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South African Dutchmen Gain a Great
Victory.
ENGLISH PEOPLE ARC AWAKENfD
To the Fact Hint the lloer|/Are Not j
So Nearly Subdued -mm lad Been j
Reported. /
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London, My Cablo-Jx, Avas announced
Monday that General Lord Methuen (
and four guns hy^T boon captured by 1
tho Boers commanded by Qonoral Del.i- i
ware. Tho news came liko a thunder- j
bolt to ixmdon. The extra odltions of i
tho evening papers, giving an ae.couaU?
of tho disaster, wcro eagerly bought up
and their readers hurried through Iho ;
streets with anxious faces, anflmlttor
remarks were passed on tl^ sulvj^t of }
the government's declaration that the
war in South Africa wmj oyer. '1 ho
news came too IMo to aflecp business
on the stock exchango. but excited nub
dealings quickly followed the closing,
in which South Africans slumped
heavily. Tho news 'caused excitement
In the mine market. Throckmorton
street was thoronged with South Afii
can operators anxiously looking for de
tails arid watching the effect of tho an
nouncement. Shares wore offered free
ly at first; by G o'clock the excitement
had abated and tho curb tone harden
ed. The news was receivod in tho ;
House of Commons amid great excite
ment. The reading of Lord Kitchener's
telegram by tho War Secretary, Mr.
Brodrick, was listened to in deep si
lence,, which was broken by loud Irish
cheers. Instantly there wcro .erics of
"Shame!" "Shame!" from tho govern
ment benches. Then the Irish mem
bers seemed to think better of their
outbreak and suddenly subsided. Tho
subsequent eulogistic references to
Ocenral Methuon wcro received with
cheers. !:i brie?, Lot? Kitchener an
nounced that when General Methucn
was captured, three LJrltish officers <?nd
38 men were killed and five officers
and 72 men wounded. In addition quo
officer and 200 men were reported ml33
ing.
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Secretary Long; Resigns.
Washington, Special, ? Tho third :
change in tho cabinet of President, j
Roosevelt occurred. Monday, when Sec
reatary I/>ng submitted his resignation
in (i graceful letter, it being accepted
lfy one equally felicltlous by the Prcal
' drtiit. The change was made complete
by the selection of Representative Win.
Henry Moody, of tho sixth congres
sonal district of Massachusetts us Mr. !
Long's successor In tho Depart
ment. Mr. Moody will assume charge j
"Of the Navy Department on May 1. .j
This Oh an go has boon expected for a
long time. Mr. Long had Intended -toj
retire at tho beginning of Iho late j
President McKlnley's second term, but
lie consented to remain until certain
lines of policy in wbjeh he was Involv
ed were moro satisfactorily arranged.
Then, when President Roosevelt sue- j
eoeded to the presidency. thougn .
-anxious to return .^.to private life?for
Secretary Long will never again enter
public life? a stiong feeling of loyalty
towards Mr. Roosevelt induced the Sec- j
rotary to drier his rotlrement until it j
was convenient for the President to j
make a change. Mr. Long will re-en- j
ter the practice of law.
Big Strike in Boston.
Bon!on. Specinl. ? After nearly six
months of skirmishing the dread labor J
war between the organized teamsters '
and express handlers of Boston, and
the two railroad corporations, the New
York. New Haven & Hartford, and the j
New York Central & Hudson river, the
latter locally known n-s tbo Boston and j
Albany, broke out Monday. At night
tlio outlook Is that nnlsss powerful
r.jronele* are speedily Invoked to corn
pel peace, the struggle wjll have a far
reaching offect. Tbo strike, which Is
n sympathetic one. already involvog
8,000 men in and about Boston.
A Protest Against Free Sugar.
New Orleans, Special? Believing that
great Injury to Ixwislana as weJl as to
the country4 at large would result from!
any reduction In the tariff on Cuban
sugars, the New Orleans cotton fcx- j
change has addressed to each of the.
Blsfer exchanges throughout the United
States a letter requesting their official
co-operation towards defeating the pro- j
posed measure now being agitated In j
Congress. The exchange orgucs that the :
sole effect would be to cripple or de
stroy the cano Interest in Louisiana, |
whllo no benefit can accruo to the
American consumer er laborer, but
"solely to the sugfir trust,1
Charges Against Minister Wu.
Pekin. By Cable^? A prominent Man.
chu censor has mci&or^llzed the throne
for the removal of Wu Ting-fang, the,
Chinese minister to the United 8tates.
The censor a*serta that Wu Ting-fang
i _ corruptly retained, ostensibly tor re
pairs to the ChThero Aegatton txr Wash
ington $80,000 of the Tien-Tain nllrer
refunded by the gorsrnmenfc
^fTctortfMcBiMk
Burglar* killed Mlebsel gbrenk aa?
his clerk. Jacob Cuter, sear Savannah,
Cs., on Saturday. \
The Installation of ?.ne* ?are rt
ttr ox the trolley linen at Norfolk.
In caused a strike.
The Ohio L*?lsJntnrs\aa pasted >)
Mil ,w>U?? t* at *? ??
?ke?ie?Ud>f s.ttw, )
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THE M W SAURY ACTS.
Assistant Attorney (lqncral (lives a
Construction oij Tliein.
Assistant Attorney General Gunter
has furnlshe<Mhe comptroller general
with tWo ountlons of gonoral interest.
Tho fiiH^on corns the salary of prac
tlc^^r^every county oitl ?.?! nl in tho
. late, and is consequently of much
concern to those officers. It reads as
follows ;
Dear Sir: You request to be ail
vised when under the nets of 1 SH2 tho
salaries of county auditors and county
treasurers begin.
An act approved Feb. 27. 1902,
grading the salaries of county otll
ccrs, provides that the amount there
in fixed, shall become effective May 1,
1902. The auditors will therefore re
ceive the compensation now provided
for until May the first next, when
they will receive the salary provided
for in the act above referred to. Hut
the appropriation for county treas
urers iias a clause making the opera
tion different fvom that of the audi
tors. 'By au^act approved Feb. 22,
11*03, it is provided that the following
sums if so much bo necessary, be. and
the same are hereby appropriated to
meet the expense of tho tax depart
merit, as follows: For the salaries of
county auditors, $29,000. * * * * For
the salaries of county treasurers. $29.
000. Tho county ticaaurcrs of the
State shall receivo as compensation
for the year 1002, the annual salary
provided in an act passed at this ses
sion of the general assembly, en
titled, "An act to 11 x the amount of
compensation to be paid to the coun
ty ofllcers of the various counties of
the State, notwithstauding anything
contained in said act." It will thus bo
observed that the appropriation act
making the compensation of county
treasurers begins on the f\rst day of
January, 1902. upon the basis of tho
salary graduation act and shall be
come effective on May 1. 1902, for In
no other way could they receivo "com
pensation for the year 1902 and an
nual r?n lary." Then tho appropriation
act refers to tho act fixing the sal
aries making the provisions "notwith
standing anything contained in srid
act"; this phrase is clearly intended
to exempt the salaries of th^ county
treasurers from the May tho first lim
itation and to allow the salary* pro
vided. to become operative from the
first of January, 1902.
Thy other opinion referred to read.?
as follows:
Dear Sir: You request to be advised
upon tho following statement: '*'1 he
act fixing the salaries of circuit solic
itors, approved Feb. 25, 1902. reads as
follows: Section 1. He it enacted by
the general assembly of the State )f
South Carolina: Tho circuit solic
itors of each circuit phall receive a
salary at the rate cf $1,500 per an- j
num. except the solicitor of the I'irstj
circuit, whose salary shall be nt the j
rate of $1,800 per annum. Such sal- j
ary shall be In lieu of all charges :
against the State and county. All j
costs from tluv defendants shall be
Vaid over by the solicitor to the coun
ty treasurer for the use of the conn- 1
ty. They shall also receive the same
per diem and mileage as members of j
tho general assembly while in at/
tendance upon the session thereof.
Section 2. That all acts and parts of
acts in conflict with this act. are hero
by repealed. Approved Feb. 25, 1902.
In the appropriation act, section 2.
among the amounts appropriated, ap
pears the following: 'For salaries of
the solicitors, $12,250. It is ..evident
that this appropriation was intended
to conform to th<?Nflfct above men
tioned, fixing tho saluries or compen
sation of circuit solicitors, although
the sum appropriated Is $50.00 less
than sufficient to pny the amount pro
vided for by that act. 1 wish to
know: First. If under tho act In
crcv.sing the circuit solicitors sal
aries, this Increase dates from Jan
uary the first? Second. Foes the com
pensation provided for in this act. <*r
the increase in salary, begin 20 days
after the approval of the act first
above mentioned?"
The appropriation act. for 190<J.
makes the following provision In sec
tion 1: 'That the. following sums. If so
much, be necessary, "'bo, and tho samo
are hereby appropriated to meet tho
expenses of tl?e executive depart
ment. as follows: ** * Scc*,00nr/?,\
the salaries of solicitors, $l,2o0. To
determine Vhat amount Is necessary
we must look to tho act fixing the sal
arles The act above referred to fixes
the salaries at $1,500 per annuum, ex
centt for tho solicitor of tho First cir
cuit whose salary Is fixed at $1,800
per annum. This act was approved
Fob 25 1902. and under tho law bo
comes effective 20 days thereafter.
This act is of course not an appro
priation act. but simply directs the
comptroller to pay certain amountls
out of a fund set aside for that pur
pose. Hence it follows that the sal
Erics on and after 20 days after t.io
25th of February, 1902. should be at
the above rat** and prior to thatdat<j
in the vear 1902. the salaries shoul.i
L" ,ho r??of $1,360 each except
tho solicitor of tho Flmt olrcult. ?
receives $1,600, asWovldod by th?
law then of force. (XXl Vol., p. 41<).
The pet fixing tho salaries has ex
aetly tho Mini effect a. If It crested
a new officer from that date, and
salary therefor^
Wild Bill Knocked Out.
Louisville, Special.? Joe ChmrnsHI, of
Chicago, defeated "Wild WW* Hanra
hari> of New York, In tha. fifth round of
what was to hare been -a 2&- round
match before the Empire Athtotic Club,
at Hyfclc Hall. The knockout blow
came after a hot mJx-up, which emted ,
by phoynakl putting a stiff left to Wild.
Bill's jaw and following it np with a
right to the Jaw whkh pat Hyrahan
out of the fight.
New Pevelopwewt Cosipcey.
Chattanooga, Special.? ' The Oeorgla
Tenibwi Development Company Hp
piled tor m charter of lncorporigio/rtn
| Catoosa county, Qa, aaantig the lacor
I ponton Mas OeorgeR. Rpot, of 1*0
fbrla, 111; George a QTBtarM^ta.
aad W. M. McCroesla, of Birmingham,
Ala. capital at*** la placed at
" 1 tv.
WILCOX ARRAIGNED. :
The Grand Jury Finds a True Bill and
t!e Stands For Trial.
FOB THE MOIR OF flISS CKOPSFY
Prisoner Pleads Not OulUy Venire j
of 250 Jurors ? Another
Chapter in I'amoua
A Tuesday special to the Char otto
Observer from l*iiv:ibcth City, N. ( ., ,
My b:
"The grand Jury list* found a true hill ;
against James Wilcox. Tho report was ,
mado at 12:1T> o'clock Tuesday after- ;
noon. The jurors came into*- the court
room escorted by an off ioffir and with |
nil the dignity 11 ml solemnity line tho I
[occasion turned over the hill of indict
ment to Judge .lones. In handing tho
document to the Judge, the foreman
uuid: 'This Is what we find.'"
The court ordered I he prisoner ?
brought Into court after donner at 2
o'clock, so that he might be arraigned.
I The order was obeyed v* ml at tho hour
set .Tames Wilcox, accompanied by ills .
father .and Deputy Sheriff Heed
marched Into, the bar. The court house
was well filled with people and every
eye turned to gnxe upon the prisoner.
Wilcox is a very ordinary-looking,
| compact ly-hullt man of about 2S years.
I'as shoulders are broad for a man of
his sire, and his head is large and is
tho most striking part of his person, it
is bulky, square and he ivy. liis hair
was neatly trimmed anil his face clean
shaven. His general appearance about
tho face Is that of a courageous, deter- !
mined, bull dog. lie did not as mych as
allow the muscles of his face to relax
while in the court house. In fact ho ap
peared to be troubled and the least bit
restless. lie was carcfull^'bul plainly
1 d r eased. Ills hair was parted in the
mj.J.ljo niyl o f] ?? f y 111 CCt 0'.!!'! ] pV # 1 T1
his forehead Just beneath the "part."
The solicitor, Ooorge W. Ward, ask
ed Wilcox to stand and lift his r.ghl
| hand, lie obeyed promptly and the pica
I of "not guilty" was entered by his lead
Ihg attorney, 10. !?'. Adylett. The bill < I
indictment reads as follows:
"The State of North Carolina. Pas
quotank County Superior Court. March
j Term. 1902. The Jurors for the Slate
[ upon their oaths present that Janus
1 Wilcox, late of the Bald county an 1
; State, on the 20ih day of November,
1901. with force and artns In tho coun
My of Pasquotank. in said State, felon
iously. wilfully and with malice nfcrp
thtmght, did kill and murder 1011a M.
Cropsy. agalnal the statute in such
cases made' and provided, and against
the peace and dignity of the State.
' (Signed) "CJICO. W. WARD,
^Solicitor."
After the pica of not guilty was man
Mr. AdylHt Sftid that his client would
be tried by his Go:l and his country.
The State asked that s special venire
of 200 be drawn. The defense insisted
on 260. which wero drawn from ihe,
lKixen by a boy, William Younge, under
ten years old.
* This l^ase promises a lively contest. I
The prosecution and the defense arc
alert and will fight every inch '"of
ground. Aydett asked the judg* to
make o no'e to the effect that the de
fense abjected to the box from which
the Jurofs were drawiu. claiming ihat
it had not becii_ ccv/^ed within the lftst
two years a?f the law provides. '1 he
venire was njade returnable Thursday
afternoon, at 2 o'clock, when tho trial I
will begin. When the venire was iJrawn j
Wilcox was returned to jail.
Nc^vs In Paragraphs.
A Philadelphia dispatch says: "Hear
Admiral W. S. Schley, accompanied by
his wlfo, arrived here Monday after
noon from Washington and he was
tendered a reception by the Pennsyl
vania Club."
The cancellation of King Rdwfcrd's j
visit to Ireland is believed to mean that j
many arrests for political offenses are
to be made.
A I/Ortdnn dispatch r.ays: "One bun- j
dred and fifty balrw of cotton and 100]
baleu of cotton seed meal in the rargo !
of the Hrltish steamer Mora, Cajrt. j
Harris, which arrived from Savannah,
at Prelim., for Hamburg, were badly
damaged by^fTFe and water."
Prince. Henry Sails Home.
New York, Special. ? Prlnro TTonrv i
flailed for Germany on board the Ham- |
btlrK-Agierlran liner Peutschlaml Tu<\*- j
day afternoon. His last day In America
wan spent entirely on board the Deuch
Iand, but It was well filled with pleas
ing incidents. The Prtnce's aportmonta
on the Deutschiad include tt|e captain's
cabinet and three adjoining rooms, es
pecially prepared for the use of Hh
Royal Highness. The social ball on the
Ttoutschland was beautifully decorated
with flowers and there was a profu
sion or them lirthe Prfnfe's mtrt of
| rooms. The company had o1s^ tasteful
| ly decorated the pier.
**V|of#MCS rc srsrt .
Roanoke. Vs.. Special.? A. Bristol.
Tea a, ipseial says: "A psrty of man
a rmti |i(b Winchesters. left Bristol
aflmooa for ths southwest
Virginia ettlMli, where an outbreak
Is Narad oa ascpunt of the demands of
?afcMi takor agslsst operator*. Tke
strike Ims Vms ? for It days and tke
Wm HHft fcr eo? art*
man svaatlsa m assMMt af tka-aliaa*
ww mw jwtvf wt
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I.IYI: IT1MS ()S: NEWS.
Many A\? 1 1 4? : s of ii ? 110 ri? t Interest In
fdtort I'a? n&r;>phs,
The Sunny South.
Great tracts of valuable timber ava
burning near Marble Falls. Tex.
For murder doue last April, Luke
Banders was handed at Man. a. Ala.
A long stretch of 1 i v 0 r bank at Au
gusta. (ia.. iavi',1 la, carrying with : t
300 feet of Charleston Western' Crt.
olina railroad h:'ei<
While trying to force sleep with
ehloroforjn, Dr. Richard Ferguson, Jr.,
fell forward Into a saturated handker-.
chief at CjhiioL lu, S. C., alrl was suf
focate d.
Roberts boat Fdnuuul lloup and his
wife, of 1 1 u ro.labui g. K>'-, into in- n
slbillty.
Trolley ears in Norfolk, Va , ate be
ing guuardcd from strikers l<y police
\nd militia.
The resignation of l>r. William S.
layman. preahh nt of tlx- I'liivera'ty of
Alabama, liaj heen tendered because of
old age.
A ? 1,000,000 isalo of his oil lands In
West Virginia was ma.h !<y J. It, Rob
inson, a pioneer driller.
At The National Capital.
'i Representative O. II i\ Relmonf,
,11 with pneumonia nt Washington, 1).
C?., is improving.
The United States erub-ei Cincinnati,
Commander T. C. Mel. tan. i . In Ne?v
lH>rt. harbor for a supply of torpedoes.
With which to destroy derelicts. The
ship will sail 011 a eruise along the cost
ami over the regular routes followed by
ocean liners and destroy tuich floating
wrecks as may ho* found.
No hearings on thu hfhmlan Cannl
will he held after this week by the Sen
ate Committee.
! Secretary of Agriculture WJleon has
returned to the capital from a Western
speeehmaklng tour. / ,
At The North.
The deserted village of^|klherton, N
J., is to be. put up for r.n le ot auction.
1 V*irluK an election riot at. Hamilton.
O.. 011 Saturday. (Jennie Lafayette was
fatally shot by Officer Henry Laim-me.
After killing Mrs. Sarah A. Tii'll
m,an. for whom he had a fondness, \n
thony I'erry at Detr i'.t, Mich., commit
led unh ide on Saturday.
(Sold shipments of $2. GOO, 000 from
Mew York to Europe arc arranged for
next weiftk.
1 .
A Referendum League has b(*-n form
ed In Chicago. 111., to - further that
feature of municipal rule all over tiio
United States.
A $5,000,000. Candy Trust is endeav
oring to secure f.n option on the lead
ing factories In St. Louis.
Five men were drowned by the up
' setting of a small boat In the Saera
monto River, California, on Sunday.
Safeblowers secured $1,200 in stamps
and ?200 in money from the Webtville,
Ohio, posloftlee.
The centennial of Hie incorporation
i of Cincinnati waa celebrated by the
municipal author! ties. <?
Congressman Chester I. Long has
been renominate.! by tho Repuhllc.au
convention of the Seventh Kansas dis
trict,
A number of persons are reported <
drowned in the floods in We.it Virginia.
Pennsylvania and New York and ibe ]
property damage in Maryland njuounts
to many thousands of dollars.
At the annual dinner of the Oki.i
Society of New York Senator M. A..
Manna made a plea in behalf of labor.
Ernest Solon-Thompson bids fare
well to the lecture platform on Satur
day and will enter upon newspaper
work in Philadelphia.
One body lvjs been found in the
ruins of thu-Zollapse 1 baking powder
building, 'at Cleveland, O.
A Philadelphia dispatch saysjT"Th?
schooner Maggie S. Hart from Apala
ehleola, reports that%on February r>, 30
miles north by northwest of Ferry's
Island, passed an upright, spar extend
lug about 10 feet out of the water with
other small wreckage fart, but floating
about, probably attached to a sob
merged vessel."
Opposition to (he Wax Paper Trust
Is the purpose of a new $f>,000,000 com
pany formed at Chicago, 111.
Prom Across The Sea.
The Now York Herald quotas ox
l'resldent Clovel anil ns insisting on
generous tariff concessions to Cuba.
A million francs gold was received at
Now York from I^irls en route to Cuba.
Gorman police nro pushing a crusade
against quacks of **11 classes.
F?irs of an outbreak among - tV.
Wnmluh Indians, of Idaho, arc reported.
? o*'
Allscel'fliieous "faatters. '
Tho Victor HflgoTocntennlal In Paris
ended In a series of elaborate fetes and
and his renldcnce v.-as presented to the
city as a museum. ^
Application baa boon made In Otta
wa for a charter from tho Canadian
Government for tho Northern Securi
ties Company.
Mr. Whltelaw Reld, the*' American
envoy, is said to bave paid $20,000 t^t
a house In London for six weeke-rfurln*
the cofonatlon. * \
Slr>A1bert P. Jonee, president of the
Llvftn*ool Chamber of Commorce, and
S flTittngulfthcd parly *>f Brltleh - bual
nm men are Investigating conditions!
la Jamaica.
Reports prepared under Uovernraem
?uperlvlslon show there are about 380.- 1
St? square miles of cofl laads In tlys
Unite#. States. _J
avll Service tomnMoter. Foulke
nm tbe wbole of political contribu
tions lief In coercion both to secure
ftad to forbid sybscrlptlopq.
V>#T number of first aai SMpnd army
HMglMta arts agtuUttC toWe the
viffr* iwk
Th* trsnsport Hancork
KILLED IN A WRECK.
Fa la I Accident on Southern Pticlfic
Railway.
FIFTEEN KILLED AND MANY HURT
Many People Slaughtered Outright ?
Train Was Running nt a High Rate
of Speed,
hjvin Antonio, Tex.. Special.-- A brok
en rail caused u frightful wrock on the
Southern Pacllle Railroad, near Mas
ton station, mill's west o( flandvreou
at 3 o'clock Friday morning. From the
latest accounts received here K> peoplo
worn killed out right and UH morn or
less injured The dead tiro: Three
children, of Hart Riddle, *>f Chetopa,
Kon.f Kstavon Cuntrnras, IKjI Rio.
Ton.; Andrew C. Shelly, wife and.
. h'.hl. Unler. Tex.; child of I). 10. lloue
??>?. Racine, Win.; A1 Most, engineer,
I'M Paso. Tex.; W. W. Prince, engineer,
San Antonio; ti. Rurlscholst, llreinaih
HI Paso. Toy.; Chris Keel, contractor,
San Antonio; h. A. Boone, lKiyllue,
1 .'A .
Tlie Injured are: Mrs, Mary Koohler,
San Francisco, internal injury; A((S.
Tiinu r, lUa< khawk, Miss., hand cKish
Jed; Mrs. 10. M. rtheppard, Glenn Mills,
! pa., head hurt ; J. Fuller. Washington,
! D. c. U-g and foot erushed; Antonio
! lOlrlo, Del Rio, Tex., internal; Georga
j Ollenburg, Lexington, Ky.. hand crush
ed; 10. ('. Baker, Angleton, Tex., bruls
ed; Charles II. Hoy, San Antonio, Tox.,
hoth feet Heal ded ; A. 13. Mftssey, Wllhy,
Tex., scalp wound; J. I. Taylor, Mul
berry. Kan., he?d Injured; Mrs. Mitch
ell, Philadelphia, Internally hurt; W.
i P. Adaois, express messenger, Internal
j injuries and l*vlly scalded; Craig Bav
Reman, North Dakota, head and back
| hurt; Biscoe Rodriguez, Del Hlo, Tox.,
bruised; Dillons Morales, Del Hlo,
j Slightly bruised; Antonio Dillon, Del,1
i Hio, bruised; M. D. Robert, residency'
imidirtwn. bend hurt; D. P. Havens, 10J
Paso, bruised; A. 10. MoKenzle, Saff
ford, Ariz., slightly injured; 11. J. Todd,
Frankfort, K.v., bruised; Thos. 0.
Crowder. Houston, bruised; Win. Jos
ephs, San Jose, Gal., back injured; J.
H. Taylor, Birmington. Ala., slightly
Injured; Dr. O. O. Martin, Pecos City,
slightly Injured; C. W. 11. Dennett, St.
Paul, Kan., bruised; W. S. Glenn,
Blackhawk, Miss., log broken; Mrs.
Annlo Wortherst, San Francisco, log
and hand crushed.
Tho Ill-fated train left San Antonio
nt noon Thursday, 2 1-2 hours late, and
at the time of tho accident was run
ning at a high rate of speed in ordex
to make up time. The road at tho
point where the wreck oecui'rcd Is in
a i oogh country, the curves hoiug sharp
and the grades heavy. It was when
rounding a curve that tho train left
the track, (it is said, on account of a
broken rail. The hour was 3 a. in., tlf
teen hours after the train had left An
tonio, showing that it was still behind
time. All the passengers were asfeAp
and the shock that followed was tho
# first Intimation they had of the dnngci.
?fljhe train v'ss going nt such a rate of
j speed that the tender and engine land
ed 75 fee t from whore 4 hey loft tho
rails. The cars behind piled Up against
the engine causing a ftfre and Mil wero
consumed except tho sleepers.
S'kiis Bill.
Washington. Special. ? The Presi
dent has signed the bill creating a
permanent Censuus Bureau, and the
President, in a lotter to tho Secretary
of the Interior, says: "You will
please Inform tho Direetor'of the Cen
sus that bis office will contJmio as
heretofore, to be administered as it
has been administered.' until the 1st
of July. On that day ho will, with
your permission, appoint such mem-"
hers of the present foreo under hlm
as will constitute the permanent Cen
sus Bureau force, appointing only so
many as are to bo permanently em
ployed. After that dato all appoint
meats will be mode under tho regula
tions of tho tdvil service.
Aid for Southern Education.
N<'w York, Special. ? Announcement
was made that- there had been organ
ized In tills elty an association to pro
nvito Southern education, to lie known
as t lie General Education Hoard, and
that more than $1,000,000 had heen
placed at tho disposal of the hoard of
trustors. The underlying principle of
(he association Is t/i he the recogni
tion of the fact that the people of the
Southern States are earnestly en
/gaged in tho promotion of public edu
cation and that in this effort they
should receive generous aid; and to
\thls end, and in pursuance of this and
iclndrpd objects, the association will
sw^gifts. largo and small, from those
In sympathy with Us plans.
Consuls Flag Fight,
London, Byt'TJlble.? Cabling from
TMen-Trln, the correspondent of the
-Standard reports a dispute between the
French and American consols there,
arising from ? the attempts of the
French cqnsul to Include certain mis
sion properties In the French settle
ment the American consul, says
miTrnprnrfrnT' liiilshiil tho Anrrtr^i ]
flsa on the disputed hnlldings. The]
Freneh. consul now threatens to hotak
the French taf above th# imstlwan
NEW FINANCIAL MEASURE.
Provisions of I iuaiiclai IMan Intro
duccil Monday.
Washington, Special. ? Chairman
Fowl or, of tho House committee on
hanking and currency Monday Intro
duced an important financial measure
framed by tho Republican members
of tho committee after conferences
extending through tho hint two
months. It brings togothor Into one
financial measure a number of propo
sitions which haviyhoyn urged sopau
aiely heretofore. m. Kowlor explains
tho purposes of tho bill as follows:
'"To transfer from the government
to the hanks the responsibility of
protect Ihk the necessary gold reservo
and tho burden of furnlshnlg gold for
export, thereby saving our comineree
from tho destructive apprehensions
growing out of raids upon tho gold in
tho Treasury, which can now only bo
replenished by a tax Imposed tho
people through the sale of bonds; to
provide a currency always respon
sive and adequate to tho demands of
trade everywhere, and to equalize
and lower the average rate of In
t'M'ost In all parts of tho United
States; to Rocure for American enter
prise and American capital the privi
leges and opportunities of engaging
in international hanking under tho
national law and so lay a foundation
upon whlvh to build an American
merchant marine; to remove the last
vestige of doubt with regard t& OU"
stahdard of value.
"The measure provides for Interna
tional banking, and a division of
banking ami currency is established,
under a board of control, Instead of
a single Individual In the person of
t lit) Comptroller of tho Currency, us
heretofore. Tho hoard will consist of
throe members, whose terms of t'hl
ce are for 12 years, so arranged thaw
only one member will retire every
four years.
"If tho measure now introduced
should become a law, It Is confidently
believed that the national banks will
assume tin* current redemption In gold
coin of $i:t0.000,000 of United States
notes, in consideration of tho obliga
tion assumed by the national banks,
they will have the right during tho
succeeding live years, to Jbkuo gradu
ally, as business may require, an
amount hank notes equal to GO per
centum of their paid-up and unim
paired capital; provision being made
also for an emergency circulation. As
the noies are taken out for circula
tion tho banks will deposit with the
government a guarantee fund of 5 per
.centum of tho amount 6f the notes so
Issued. The national 'banks horoafV'i
will bo required to pay interest upon
government deposits at. the rate of 1
i-fier centum per annum.
"This B per centum guarantee fund,
And tho tax upon the bank notes will
bo ifcsuod to protect the .bank* notes.
All tho excess of such taxes with the
Interest on the government deposits,
will bo used to pay off tho United
States notes which the banks assume
to currently redeem.
"Tho United Slates will bo the
I clearing house district and the cur
rent redemption of bank notes, so
! that the amount of notes outstanding
1st any time always will be coord I- ,
1 natod to tho amount of trading, and
I precisely as checks or dpsfts relied
the amount of commercial work being
carried on. I
s "IJy and with tho consent of the
hoard of control, the banks may have
nioro than one place for doing busi
ness, being authorized to establish
themselves in tho various cities of
the country.
"No bank not? of a denomination
less than#. $10 will bo issuod, and the
Secretary' of the Treasury shall not
issue a silver certificate of a denomi
nation greater than $5, and, th?r*
after, upon the presentation to In
of 100 silver dollars, or any multiple*
thereof, and a demand for their re
demption. shall cxchango gold coin
for tho same."
f it/Hugh I.et? In Boston.
Boston, Special. ? Mayor Collins en
tertained General Fltzhugh Led- at an
Informal luncheon Friday. Among
those present wore Roar Admiral John
son, commandant of the Charleston
navy yard; Lieutenant Qovornor John
I j. Baton, General Thomas II. Matthews,
and General Joseph us II. Whitney.
Governor Crano was unable to attend.
During the aftornoon General Lee was
received by Ihe Legislature at the Stato
House.
Richmond Murder rtystefy.
Richmond, Special. ? Wrtl. Clayton, a
well-known contracting painter, was
murdered here Sunday In a manner'
that thus far bafflcfl the police. He was
found 011 the * street In a residential
section of the city early fn the morn
ing, frightfully beaten, and died nt
night without having regained con
sciousness. His head was crushed and
one of his eyes almost punched out.
Clayton leaves three grown daughters
and two sons. The murder recalls the
Scott ease of a few months ago when
John W. Scott, a rich bachelor, going
home froar the club early In the morn
ing, 4ty*rf>e)rten In such a manner that'
ho died soo\ afterwards. That
tery is still unsolved.
WilsoJ Wilt Nat Raafg*
Wa4Hngton\ Special.? The aMeatloa
of Secretary Wilson, at tka Agricultu
ral Department, waa gN flndpr to
reports that Ha tomb
! SOU TUliRN INDUSTRIAL,
New filter prises That Arc iinriclitag
Our Pavored Section.
Ail lnuneii.se Water Power.
Tl>e Salisbury (.V. Oji Sun published
; an luterview with .Mr. 1?. B. 0. iUunb
i loy of Gold IIlll, N. C., president of tho
J Whitney (Induction Co., particulars of
| which havo previously l^fon glvon In
j the Manuactui ers' llccorf, In which .
j Mr. I la nib Icy gives sonic details ro
; guarding tho uveal work imposed by hia
j company. This Includes tho building
of 6U-4 lullo railroad, now under eon
; Btrucllou; tho development o a water
! power planned to givo at llrst 20,00'>
1 horse-power, and eventually to bo in
i creased to 415,000 howa?'"power. Tho
i ptQQR Include tho bn-iidlng of a dam
serous tho river, which Mr. llainbloy"
states will bo of granlto secured from
the company's quarries. It will bo 1500
feet long, 40 fret high and 60 feet
through tho bane. It is proposed that
I flie power- house shall bo 300 feet long
| nnd U>o feet wldo, and estimated tt>
! cost $200,000, with machinery figured
; ?t $1500,000. Tho company has pur- ^
chased about 30,000 acres of land In or- -y'
; (K-r to avoid any I rouble with ndjaeont 1
j property owners in carrying out Its
i roinprehensivo undertaking. Included
! In this is a gold nipt uoppcr minor on
which il Is understood about $250,00(1
have been expended in opening up tho ?
property preparatory to Its larger do
| volopmont when tho water-power has
j beeu completed, it Is intended to utl
[ 11 zo thb) water-powor for ploctrlc trans
, mission to Salisbury and a number of
other towns In tl?v3 vicinity. Tho capital
for this undertaking has been largely
secured In Pittsburg, Mr. (Joujrgo. r.
Whitney of Pittsburg being vice-presi
j dent; J'\ L, Stephenson of PIttsbuvg,
| treasurer, and H. L. W. llydo of IMtts
| burg, secretary. ' /. .
$15,000 Knitting mil,
It. J. Fisher of Athens, Tenn., writes
I the Manufacturers' Record giving do
(alls of his knitting mill reported last
week as to be established. Mr. Fisher ?
has ercctod a brick building 50x})0 foot ?
In size, nnd has ordered for installation .
therein thirty knitting machines, thir
ty rlbbers, twelve loopers^and-ttUxlllary
machines, bosides dyeing *plsnt. -Tlui.T
product will no about 275 dozen pairs
of misses' and children's ribbed lioso
daily. Tho cost or the coinplolo plant
will from if 12.000 to $15,000.' '
Textile Notes.
(From tli o Manufacturers' Record.-)
It In stated that a company has been .
organlze<^^ build n COOO-splndle cotton
mill nt DunTr, *N. 0. ' _ ?, .
M. E. WhUohtfrst, New Herne, N, C..
nantn addresses of manufacturer.* of
cotton and manlla rope.
N. 1). Mills 'of Statesvllle, N. 0.. eon- )
templates tho erection of ft null to knit j
fleece-llnod underwear.
The rf?port of fast week as to the Oaf
feny (8. C.) Carpet ManufftcturlOg Co.
adding 100 lotfms was an error.
Relclgh (N. C.) Hosiery Co.. has ob
tained authority to issue ?? 1 5.000 wortti
of 7 per cent cumulative flrot preferred
stock.
Monarch Cotton Mills o&.Unlon, 8. C,,1*
will build thirty opcratWfci' cottages
and a warehouse. This company has a
10,000-splndJe and 300-loom mill.
J. Lewis Sale, 100 Main street, Dallas,^
Texas. asking (or Information antf *
prices on equipment for bleachtfy to
ho usc<l In connection With Sheeting.
mill.
Mrs. J j. O. Miller of Shelby, N. C., has
purchased the JUaufa Olonn Mips Utv~
Bhelby, which was sold recently atv
court silo to John K. Hurt of Haiti
more, president of the 'former com*'
pany.
An order has bo*n passed by court
action for tho pile of the Fayettevflle
(N. C.) Cotton Mills, H. W. Lilly being
temporary receiver, with Messrs. 0/ W. '
H road foot and H. L. Cook as commis
sioners. The plant. hatf'3120 spindles. '
Charter of the Radford (Va.) Woolon" .
Manufacturing Co.. has been 'recorded,
naming Ooo. XV. Mills, president; L. I*' .
Fauler, vice-president-gcnoral man
ager. nnd Fred Painter, socretary
troasurer.
John Calhoun of Dunbar, S. C.. con
templates establishing plant for" the;
manufacture of bobbins snd shuttle
for textile mills .and asks makers of
tho required machinery to sond prices
and InfoMnatlon.
Opellka (Ala.) Cotton MHtji write*
?that it does contemplate installing ad
ditional spindles, as reported last week,
but has not made a definite decision on
yet. Thero are now CG00 spindles In po
sition, and 1248 more are prposed.
J Haugtiton Ihrll, Plttsboro, N. C.,
contemplates establishing plant for fha
manufacture of bobbins for textile
mills, and Is asking makers of the rs- .
Quired machinery to send information
and prloes on. th.e cQuipment needed-,
At tho public sale of the Waynman
Cotton Mills of WaynmanvlUe, Gaftjast
week the property Was hid In by the
MadAox-Rucker Banking Co., of Atlan
ta. The purchase price was $15,500, ft*?d .
It'tjw said the company Intends operat
ing the plant if the courts confirm
sale. This plant has 5408 spiadlss
serenty-slslooms. " . ?
Shamrock lUIls of
states that Jt
as was iipoflM kit
pairs of 1
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