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YOU . UK XIII. CAMPKN. S. ()., KU1PA V APUU. II. I'k>2. NO. 11. PRESIDENT ARRIVES Mr. Roosevelt and Party Reach the Imposition RECEIVED A ROYAL WELCOME **? ? ? I Entertained at a Banquet, W here the President flado n Highly Appropri ate Specch, Tho President's train reached C'har ? lost '>11 at !>:;>() a. in., on time. Tho party diil not come into tlio ? ? i t y . hut left tho train flvo mil^.s out. whore trolley cars wove wait ing t.i convey them to tin na val station, t > take tho revenue cutter for a t ic of i he harbor The President's Immediate party went directly to thrt naval stition, where they wore joined ' in a tow moments by members of the r- reception committee an:l inviteil guests in the city. A guard of :h> nillitiamor. * was stationed about tho landing anil !>. stood fit "present arms" as the Presi dent landed. At tho naval station SO ?< men of t!>? militia were poste 1 J maintaining the lines around t !?<? re fe servation and none was allowed within a the lines except such as had passes. The pl'rrsident and his party were shown about the station and then were con duced to ttie pier, where tho revenue cutter Algonquin was in waiting. As !he President s<>t foot on *he dock the Hag of the commander-in-chief of the ftVniy Jtnd navy was raised, and tho inckiey were paraded while a salute of &1 guns was fjr< 1 In the stream the Slitters Forward and Hamilton wore ylng, and fuithor down toward the city ere tho cruiser Cincinnati and traili ng ships Tonoka and Lancaster. After ho committee and guests had gone ioard, the Algonquin started on a tour io harbor. Passing down Cooper Ivor a fine view of the city and tho ening of the buy was presented. The ather was perfect. There was not. a cud in tho sky and a gentle breeze |ew from the ocean with just a brac g touch In it. not chill enough in it require overcoats. Passing into tho y the Mgonquin came abreast of the liner Cincinnati, whose decks wore auncd with her crew as well as the jpeka and Lancaster. As the I'resi 1'it's vessel passed each ship a salute 21 guns was (ire 1. Off tho fortiflea ns of Sullivan Island tho Algonquin si greeted with the sainc welcome pho passed out to the ocean with streamers amid a ( bonis of guns, t a littl" run to the sea and tho Al taquin turnr,d about and re-entered harbor, pa:-jin:r around historic rt iJiimtei'. Whiln ?? earning up the luncheon was served in tho <*1bin Jjho cutter. A sho1. 1 run was mad" lie Ashley river giv ng a view of the tern water front and then the ship headed back for the landing, where loop of the Charleston Light i>ra iia was in waiting to escort tho Bif'cnt. to his headquarters at the St. Sn Hotel. All the arrangements wore lient and the: e. was not a break in forogramme. The President seemed pel spirits and entered with keen into all tho features of the oeea le banquet tendered to. President level t at night at the Charleston |l was a fitting close to a day full leidents and served to gather to &r men prominent in tho affairs of jtato, having solely in mind a Jpng to the President which would fe tho sincerity and the warmth of Jig existing for him as the Chief Rftivo of the nation. The banquet f$vas a bower of roses, pinks and P. artistically arranged, while By strewn over the tables wer.j Bamls'rrf violets, whose fragran e I only hut suggest that spring tiino B*rived. Over .".CO specially invited wore present and tho President ki. his best. In a few well-chosen ifrks, Mayor Smyth welcomed Pres Bjlooscvolt to Charleston, whose j?o wa3 listened to with the attention and which was inter by" loud and continuous ap ^President's remarks weee r.s fol 'Mr. Mayor and You, My Hosts &ly Fellow-Citizens (irreat ap I should indeed be but a poir :an myself if I were not deeply ifl and gratified by the way you frecte"d me today in this, your ful city, and of course I feel at mere. (App'ause.) I think that ferk-nn who is worth his salt has fill to feel at home In any part ? Pulled States. (Applause.) this table I s;h> many men who I in the great war. The war ?h the younger among us here ?rt was a very little one because bot have to he any bigger. (Ap Hut it had one thoroughly Feet ? !t put the cap on the ? that had been building, while almost unconscious of it; and 113 how thoroughly a one we men we gf<i tnrougn with that not ntaf>e a bit of difference' rhcther it was an admiral who >m ^Vermont or a lieutenant ie from Alabama (applause), an had done his duty In suirh to make us eai-h feel an even enerous thrill of pjfido in our latlohality. The d'?bt that we ? had little to do with the f.ocA which he camo.. (Applause.) a special word \o you o? .jn?and of South Carolina. Jriat pears, ago, when I first went to jton to talce part In govern vin I was Immediately thrown jularly cloa6 contact and Jn rlth a South Carolinian, It was fortune to work with him for irs wild for the nhie y -since as long as I shall continue to MIC life, it will be to me o ver a. w/ tc do. decent. 4uty. for" the Pectuse I hav(f b'.ko* thrown ly In contact wlih as fearless Igh-minded a public servaajraa Jtry has ever had, my old former Governor, Hugh jtOreat applause.) And jave known or you and of otattves It was fit no sense it was a keen pleasure h the hearty andgen , the more than Hearty ftality: whkb you (Applsiwe.V ?O'infty IS in a .rriain s-mse an indwx i of the w chare of all. and I think. gen , demen. thai on tin- aw rage as we all '<?11(1 10 J.;: J ujt. II Kceins to >.(? :i lit do natter to go Uj) uniformly rather than Ht a s'lfu'>,,r Salt. for the time being ana thou down and then up again and then (I own. St, nth Ca rolina seems dur ing tht1 last two decades to have dot) nitel.v entered upon the path of steady progress in tilings material as well as in other things, l was much struck in looking over sonio of the figures of the census quite recently published to s v the astonishing progress that has horn made here in yoni State. I was p. e pared to see that the values of your : farm products had risen as they haw i little over 25 per. cent. 1 was pro lan d to see that your farms them selves Have increased in a still larger *>roportiorj; that the value of your ! :m. Is and buildings had g.own up, hut ! I tlid n/ 1 realise the way in which your i iianut-v'turing enterprises had incivaa 1. both as shown in i h*t tact that your i .nanui'aaUired products had gone u;> | ver j::0 Wr eeut.: that for instaneo the numhtM- (.f spindhs has about ? maili uplejl, from less than half a mil I iion to more than two million in the j -S:ate. I did not i ali/.e that the wages j aaid out had increased 75 per cent, j Mentleinen, you talk of progress of i )i ? ? .'ar Wist, hut 1 think South . Carolina an give points to some of the States. (Applause,) 1 think that with such a I record for the previous decade you were well warranted upon insisting upon holding your own people here. | (Applause.) And, genthmen, 1 was j wry glad for your exposition. Vou not only t::ok in the Southern States, hut j you specially included the islands ly ! ing south of the l ulled States, those" islands with which the events o* the last few years have made it evident j : hat we are hound in the future to have j colser relations, (great applause), elos ? "r relations for our advantage and out. advantage can only ho secured by making it for their advantage also. (Loud applause) And about all that I have ?nid applies to the greatest and richest of those islands, the islands | with which we have been brought in ! to tiio most peculiar intimacy and re lationship?the island of Cuba. ( Ap : [da use.) And I ask that In our trade relations with Cuba we give her a 'marked and substantial advantage, not j merely or even mainly because it will j redouna to our el-edit, although that al ' ??> is t rtie that it will redound to our own interest, but I ask it especially be cause the\ven;s have so shaped theiu ! selves tharVJt is our duty. <:s a groat and mighty nation, to help Culn and I hope to see us. do our duty. (Cheers and applause. ) j "f shall not \ r.v t'> make yon a speech tonight, because for youi sins you will have to listen to me mak<- one ; tomorrow. (Laughter.) I shall men ly thank you again with all my heart and say to you that I want you to app e cia.'e that I inc;.? every word 1 say. and mean it deeply when '] tell you I have been touched, more than pleased, touched and stirred by the warmth and heartiness with which you have made , me feel today that I at^ono of you.'' (1/oud applause and elicits.) The President was followed by fJov j eruor ,VeSw.*?>tu-y, who prefaced bin 1 prepared speech by a few words in which he assured the President that he was as safe from bodily harm in South ( .irOl sna as h<* \v fc in Washington. : Continuing, he said: i ^'OVO|'nor MeSweeney said in part: "The Anglo-Saxon is entering the cen , tury with tin* imperial crown of the ages on his brow an l the sceptre of tb* infinite in his hands. The <>1-1 -v ? 1 > j fought against, the stars In their" course ? the resisting tide of the rising consciousness of nationality and world-mission. The young South greets the new era and glories in* its man ! hood ; he joins his voice in the cheers j of triumph which aro ushering in this j all -conquering Saxon. Our old men ! dreamed of local supremacy; we dreamt of conquest of the globe. Threads of steel have Itnit State to State. Steam and electricty have silently transforia , ed the faco of the t earth" annihilated i time and space and sWf.pt the c/.-ean {harriers from the path of man; the j black steam shuttles of commerce have woven continent to continent. These j words are taken from a specch de livered at a moment of crisis in tho i history of n sister State. Civil n.,erty religious freedom have boon plur,d in our keeping as a trust and it !.i our duty to be faithful to that trust a/.d to move on and upward till the peoples all lands Khali enjoy t ho same 'jless ings which are ourr. Threads of steel 'iave indeed knit us dose together and now we know r<> North and no Jjouth. no East and no Wes!, hut hand i i hand we are striving for the uplifting and betterment of mankind. * "I want to suy in this presc-fi.-e, and ;n tho pros- no ? of the President i.f fb>~ ITn'ted Ktites, tliat while wo may no! ?i!?ree on many questions of policy, that we are all American citizens and Ihi hoys of tb<> South will respon>l to tho call of their country, which is the call )f duty, as quickly and ?ovjilv ns thoso of any other section. When four years 4go America 'let slip the dog 3 of war' tnd sent |ier armies and navies to Irive the tyrant from Cuba's wasted chores, together Mn the gloom of the gory trenches and the ramparts wrapt !n flame.' stood the sons cf rho frozen North who wore the blue with those of the sunny South who wore the gray, to lefend the honor of their common "ountry. Side by vide and shoulder to Moulder they fought till the broken power of Spain in the Wcstejn world ittested the fact that tl^e men who mado and withstood Plekctt's charge it Oettysbnrg could elasp hapds over tho graves of their fallen heroes ...and ",ogethcr shed their blood In defenso cf mman rights and their counlrtf* ?ao'.se. It was a Southern boy who first slanted the'Stars arfrt Stripes on foi ^Ign soil; It was a Southern boy who Inst gave up h!a fair young life In thlg, Aau8e, and the cold, still form of Kn ?'gn Baglev. wrapt about frith the silk en f?Hs of fcls country's flag, wa3 laid to rest mid the lamentations of a re anltod .poopl^.' And la the selfsame sepulchres where lie the braves who' gave their lives In that conflict. Is wlprt tfcp last remnant of any an U?oulsm which might have existed be tween. the eccilons. ' - " TirhglldtTiafprciIdebi Roosevelt has come to ibis grand old eltft'that ha mar. see and know as as we are. That. he may know and realise' that thpngb'we may not agree to politics, wa haow how fO wele ?mc the Prsaideat of oar coames coWry TfcHJsiiv iSftj JB* 2? Charleston ho will f i? I iho highest ! typo of this old-time Soatluin hi-pi-j t a Illy. We hope thai h'j- ?. ^is< : ^ w ?? | he beneficial to all f m\ (\lpt. Wimlli'l', CaVi l'l! >1 \> ; ) \ . (if j No. ill Carolina a:i I ?. ? ? i . 1 1 i : li? i ?< , made sh.jrt ;;<Kir ? 1 ; ra< ?u: Iti'nht when the pa'ty t>r:?)\ ? up ni; 1 a ^ tin* President left iln lu a was ? h I 10 I ho echo. not on lv d-iI. -? w li > ha 1 been fort una to ?u. ? 4 s i> a.- ul ib hamjiut. luit l>v tin' 1 ? r a- ? luimhois! who hail p:. t ! ni ! / w '.I: i :n " ; !i ? )? i? ! parloi a ami O'llsi ! ? to ( il a I li>o;;?el of hiui. Cpc-n arrU?-l to. Ms hotel liujuodbit' lv ? e: i rod. SIM MONS OPI'OSI'S Ml I.I.I -N. Senator /lakes a Fjglit Against Ciinr'otte Postmaster. Washington, Special. Senator Sim mons has placed himself sijuaroly find emphatically in opposition to the confirmation Mr. .Vulhn as post nsa.it or fit Charlutti. X. C. at a rieet ing of the postoffico com ml t too. ! 1 . ^ re ferred bach to Cio eoir.'nitteo ihe. pu pers in which the I'resid* nt had re nominato 1 Mr. Mullen in t'a\CA words: '1 decline to submit the report on this noniinat lot . on mj awn responsibility. Personally 1 shall oppose the. confirma lion on t li ?> ground tnat 1 am unwilling to advocate the nomination o.* ,?> man to >u oh an important office, when hi.-; con flict was r.tieJ: as 1 understand his to (have been." Mr. Simmons followed thi^ {declaration with re suggestion that ;ho secretary of the committee should he instructed to procure copies of the i report made by the inspector with ref erence to the "harv.o;; a^ainrt the Char lotte postmaster, which suggestion was promptly agreed to. Pcfore leaving the subject Senator Simmon:; recited ronio of the facta wl:i? ii had led the President (o withdraw the nomination of Mr. ' Mullfn after 'lie agreement ti re-ap point him. The chairman of the com mittee. Senator Mason, of Illinois, di rected the secretary of Ihe committee to noetire the papers In the ease with out unnecessary delay. Spoke for Good Roads. Charlottcvillp, Ya., Special. ? Senator Ilanna. cx-Sccrctn'y of the* Interior BMs.i, Assistant Sleeve I a \v of Agricul ture Brigham, Congrc 'Ksmon Tongue, Davis. Mttl'-flol 1. Fringe. Bnwersoc!*. and Mc^vcavy. togcthri villi l.O other guests, arrived n:i a special train from Washington, ovr the Southern "! i :? i J - way, to all* ml the Coo'i Uoa'k' C'lnvrr, Hon, now in session here. A hard r.tVn kept Die attendance down this morn 1 n sr. Ilo'!, \Y. i .. T)irk< r:-i>flf. ,of Spring field, i.. spoke on "In:piT,vemont of ? fin r Highways;" Col. Chas. K. Harri son. government expert of New Je:s? v. spoke on "Pmelicai Road Construc tion;' 1 1 o i : 1*. Tl. I fanes, of N'o."l!i Carolina, also spoke on road construc tion. \ Alnny Uca'lis Prom Cholera. Manila. Special. ?1 ?p to noon Thurr*. day 117 cimes of cholera had boon re ported and 72 deaths from t!ie dis ease had occurred. The health hoard, since the establishment if the deten tion cam p. ear. been having mneh diffl culty i'i finding the whereabouts of ease*; of cholera. As soon as the members of a household find a ease they cither send tho sick person out of the house or flee themselves. Major Mans, the insular health commission* ; er, has written to the bishop object ing to the action of the priests in in forming the people that no casts of cholera have occurred; that only < asra of cholerine have been discov erer! and that the sanitary precau tions are only taken to annoy the peo* I ' ' __ New York to Charleston. New York, Special. ? At Friday's , meeting ef the Morchwnta' Association, i of this city, a letter from Mayor Low was ic.id. saying that April 21! had been ! suggested as New York Day at the j Charleston Exposition. The mayor sild ; he thought it desirable that Ne\/ York'' should take advantage of this sngges tion to show the S cithern peopjyvthe | city's interest in their commercial ad vancement. The mayor requested tiie association t? take charge of all neces sary arrangements and a resolution was adopted to this efT.vt. V Slit ""ra^e Plan Adopted. Richmond. Special. ? The constit'i Monal convention adopted the suffrage i plan by a large majority. Then came up the rescinding resolutions and all were considered and rejected, exeept j those relating to chance in the ho'd over Senate question and the election of Supremo Court judges by the people. A resolution ?o adiourn Friday after noon until May 22 was adopted by a large majority. The Atlantic City Plre. Atlantic City, N. J., Special.? On Thursday a dtastrous fire wrecked many of the palatial hotels of Atlantic City, doing a damage of over $1,000,000. | No adoquate fire protection was avail able. Ono life was lost. Thirteen hotels and more .than 70 I buildings had been destroyed or se verely damaged. The effect of tho fire [ has been to give the city a'new charter, f prorlttlny for bnltdtng Taws, ..the bill for "the a?me having been signed by Gov. Varpfej when he heard the Are wq^k, raglnf. Already the city Is plan ning to rise, strengthened, from its Uganda] log^oj >1.000,000, ' ? 9ioo,oo^for College. 1 XfXlAgCoa. ??.. Special. ? A telogrijn received here from PreafdcntBenny.of Washington and Lee TJftW*rsIly?who la in New. York, aaaoaneea the t&njAetitf* | ot tjM Wa, L, Wflaoa mgeorlal fund A DESPERATE FIGHT Whole Posscc Held At Ba> By One I Man ^ KILLS TWO MEN INSTANTLY AM)' | [ Wounds Seven Others oi the Possoo I Severely Finally Shot to Death and Burned. Tuscumlda. Ala.. Special In a ties potato buttle. fought near this place , Sunday between a sherlft a posse mil Will Reynolds. a negro desperado, two members of tho posse were I killed and seven wounded bv tho ileal i ly fusihule of iho negro. who alter ward was killed and his body thrown into a burning building. Tho dead ' rue: i 1 hkIi Jones; Ih>l> Wallace* and Will Keynoldr (colored.) Tlio wound od are : Shi rift (lassawa.v. nu?rlall\ ; Will (la-.saway. mortally; IV A Prout. I'atallv; J. K. Payne. seriously; Jessie Davis. Jim Fii.ncy and Kobort l'at u r.-on. Karly In the day. accompanied hv ! Will (iassaway. a deputy, Sheriff t!a-< ! tnway w ? it r to a negro sottlonu.nl ? "Kbai iltown." to arrest Will Key ni ids. on a charge of obtaining goods | ?nidi r false pretense's. Tho negro w is , ! barricaded in a house and npeiiod Iho t with a Winehrster, mortally wounded iSIh l ift' (Iassaway and Will (Jassawav. who was alio!.: Hon yards distant, i As soon as tho news of tho <m\ J counter reached town, a posse left for (he scene. Owing to tho location, nunc of the oflicers eould venture i .vitliiii the open space. Dynamite was j I procured f.nd the house in which tho , I negro had fortified himself Was tired j .i) on; but tw no effect. At 1 o'e loci; ' I Simpson, of the- Wheeler Kilhs, ar- : | rheel with U' guns and 1.000 cart- 1 ridges, which were distributed among I 11' picked nun. This company was ?tationch around tho house and rid I .lied it. I ) ; 1 1 tho negro had taken i ! rt'fugtt in the cellar and returned t'.io ' fire killing Jones and wounding ( Finney. Coal oil was then procured and titer four hours of hard work j i tho adjoining houses to that In which j the negro was were 11 red. At. S o'clock ! | Iho house in which the negro was lo cated was fired by tho Wheeler Uittos, who had arrived on the seen0. I The negro J'.ed to a shod and re j opened fire, killing Wallace and : wounding Dav)S, but foil In the next volley trom tho posse and inilltiaiuen. The crown, numbering 1,000 seized tho rlddlcrf body and threw it in tho burning building. Wallacc, who was killed, was ad vancing on the> negro, who shot him i through thi body. II. s body fell in tho burning debris, but was recover. vl. Davis. Wallace ami Falknor were the unn who fired the building. Hollo j scolurs badly mutilated the body. : Three houses were burned in the ef i forts to reach the negro and several hoif.es were killed in the battle. It Is reported that, the sheriff and his brother have no chanco to live. So deadly was the negro's aim that it was possibly an hoar before tho body of Prout could -Ik* recovered. Not a shot was fu? <1 by Kcynohls that did not t ? ? 1 1 when those whom ho was firing on could be seen. The oxeite inonJ was inlcn.se. h'ully 2,000 people fiom Florene e- and Shefllehl wore -here and every rurgeon in tho town was pressed into service. No fear of an uprising r.mong the negroes is an ticipated. The Philippine Cable. Han Francisco. Special.? Cieorgc O. ! Ward, of New York, vice president of the Commercial Cable Company, arrived here, to select a landing place for the projected cable between th.'s' coast, and the Philippines. Mr. j Ward is accompanied by Charles Cur tins. t he company's chief edectrlc'an. While here. Mr. W.yel will consult with John W. Mackay, president of the company. Mr. Ward said: "Wo are going to build the cable I irrosppeetive of congressional action. The first link between San Francisco and Honolulu will be completed by | the end of next October. The cabl-3 will bo shipped from England next July. It has not yet been decided j where we will land on this coast. It will either be at Monterey, or this ' city, probably the; latter." nisslon to AltJve. Kroonstad, Orange River Colony, I My Cabin. ? Owing to the ureal flits- j taiice separating the members* of th.? Transvaal mission here,' from Mr. j ; Hteyn, ihe former president of tin j | Orange Free State, and General i)e larey, the negotiations between tin i Hoer leaders in South Africa looking to the conclusion of the war make little pros8crg.plN'Ew( amhramh ma . llttlo progress. It is expected, how* ; ' ever, that Mr. Schalkburger and his : ' collegut?v)U the miesion wUl Bhortly I i leave here for a mom convenient ! centre from <*Jilch to cdpduct the no j gotiations. \> Di fends (inker University. The Kansas City Journal indignant ly refutes a charge' "that religious ! and metaphysical sffadies have alto gether displaced utilitarian branches , at Baker Bhiversity, in Kansas. It : points out that, the leading literary t- sociqrty of the Institution debated the j other day the following important j proposition: "Unsolved. That a half grown, Langs hang rooster can rooet : better on a smooth pino roost than on a square rough roost" For Relief of Boer Woman. Chicago. Speola*.? A certified check for >5,000, drann to the order of Pres ident Booaerelt ?/aa forwarded t?tk? t-reeldent on March 28th by the com <iu:ttee of dtiMiw which Oorernor, Vales appointed, la December last, to rfciao foods for the rettef of Boer m vmm mi It tto live in ..MS orVjvrw s. Man\ Matteis ?>f (It iicnil l/itercst ? : i Short Paray ivptis. I lie Suuny So^th. / . \ J Notic ? of a strike as- 1 ? >? i of tiOtm i 1 1 ? u i mill opi'H . \ wan post. I at A llt'.usl.l <!:l Thf Klkitis 1 )i'Vi'U?,?nn-m ( 'omj '< >."? just itwor poi at ed, has pur? ha. ?.'?! !?>? lu'i't s ill llic salmi dt F.lkins. \\ . fur ivM.I.-tuv and maniu'ai I nrin:; sites. Al Ni'U'pmi N(\\s Saturday ailei noon W illiam .Mine:. loloied t II across a stove in a ? pasni aiul v. .. s slowly roasted to death. Sev eral lions elapsed before lu* was found. Tin* suit of Hell's heirs. colored, fur j.: opert\ valued at $r>o,oon in the ca >t <a.l of KUhinotil will 1>. rallied to lite I ill lea SIM'* Supremo four'. Jild^e Codf. ol the Fedeial Cir? nil Court ot Appeals. tit t ide. I against 11.11:; heirs a lew days ago. 'J'he West Virginia Court of Ap peals mi 'Saturday rendered decision lu a largv number of ? a set- . At I lie National Capital. The Pr-.-sldcnt has nominated Wd di?n L. Montague for postmaster at San Francisco. The Uritish War Olliee is espeii men t i ug with armor plated aiitonio hiles and with airships. Kepresentati vo Atiios Cumiuings i., confined to his rOoin in Washington. 1?. c. Dining the fiscal year l!?<?| the r\ ports of agricultural products front the Failed States amounted (o onn.OOo, th<* heaviest on reeofd, and an exeoss of $:.r.n,non.uo.) ovi r im ports. President Koosrvelt and party will leave Washington this aftiiuooii t > visit the Charleston Fair. { It is exported the Fnitcil Stales. Nicaragua and Costa Hica will si;;n the Canal Treaty tliis week. In the House this week will l?r.::in the battle over the reciprocity prop) sition to give relict to < nha. The Senate is expected U> dispose of the Chinese Exclusion bnl by .he. middle of the week, and tin n take up tne Philippine Coveinment hill. A t The North. Nevada X. Stranahan. now Cnll? -tor id New Y;?vk. Saturday took th ? oath of office. SaniptM Wiid'niTlii:!. > > hier ?>!' !'i (iallatin National Hank. N't w Vj-.rk. he; hpipn elected president of t h it . insi.i t a t ion . Kug'Mie Hit harduon. a farmei n? It land. Midi., while insane, shot <ind killed his wife and then killed hiin M If. At the AinalgamaM 1 Copper C i*n pany's mines, in Unite. Mont.. i'S ao!s I t i hk ciminpcrs hav ? struck and more Ihan :hKKi men are read' red Idle. Unikoinen .Michael (>. Furri :? ?i d an 'unknown man were killed in a freight, wreek on tii" Ch veland. l/rr.aiu &? Wheeling road at Si rassbiirg. O. i The St. Lottie gran I jury reports that start Ijng eonuntion exists in that cilv, no franchise hill i:i years having passed the municipal (Council with out In ihcTN . The Prince of Wales and the Crown | Prince of (Jcrniahv may come to ! America in the autumn to attend th" dedication of the New York Cham her of Commerce. Freedom was given M. .1. Hp'dlrrv?u nii?l I >. It. Jones, Federal pri?onei.t-vat Leavenworth. Kail., on habeas < o; piiX writs the result of claims of illegality* in the Court's martial which uied tlUlll. I roin Across flic Sea. vt? In t \Vo South African lights I'ritish losses of <7 Killed ?:nd 'Jpi wounded | are reported. A .stund collapsed at a football i game in Glasgow, killing and injur 1 Ins 1 Opponents of the French M ini.stcri.-:) I party arc conccntratin^ tlndr strength j against Premier Wnldcek-KousHeau. j The controversy over the sab* of tlio > I Danish West Indies i.s loading t.> ! serious political divisions in l)cn- I I mark. | hater details show that 21 wro ? killed and 2'?0 injured I > y Die collapse "? of a stand at a football game In <.la>;- ? i gov.* Saturday. Rinperor William says tin* eluea- * tional bequests of Ce< II Khode.; j rhowed his broad visions of the fu ture. Details of the rccent battle at j Doom bait farm, in the Transvaal, ( ehow thnt ii was desperate. The funeral trnln of CJccil Ilhodeo ' received many honors at Kimberley. | Senator J. K. Jones bays- he does I not Intend to retire from the, Demo- ( cratle National chairmanship. The Senate Republican Steering j Committee will recommcnd that tho I Philippine Civil .Government bill fol low the Chlne?e Exckialon bill .as tho unfinished business. The Indian Appropriation bill passed the Henate, aft^r which consideration of tho Chinese Exclusion Wll was re sumed. Congressman ])e Armond, of Mis- j souri, will he the orator at.UM?*coni tnenognient of the Virginia Military InatituOl, in JunK A Pretoria dispatch states that j Caspper Kmger, eldest son of l*reat- i dent Kruger, has taken the oath of allegiance to the British. * M. Sejourne, who threatened Presi dent I.oubet with a pistol, was ar rested in Pails. , ' Miscellaneous Matters. Andrew- Carnegie, ta on Interview, expresies the optnon that Great llrt? tain will some day be Anncxo.Xrto the United States. ' A Boston dispatch reports thai Nor folk dealers are forming an . ovs>c/ combine, . ? Secretary 8 haw has completed a s? srjr of the result of bis togg $01 TIlliRN INDUSTRIAL CootidCUCC 1(1 till' Soutli Mr. M II Atkinson of Vllatita. (*:?., w ho Recently returned i'v;ini tin1 NortV After < < ! i f '1 i In.', 1 1 ? ? ? stockholder^ i! various j ? s i 1 ? ! i i ? s.'i vi e company ; ?. ? r Mlant.i. s'hs t li.it he found Ili>' ato.'li ) 4 < i : ? 1 i ' I s much encouraged over Culidi lioH.i ill lh.it ? i I > 'l in v :i pparcilt lv V. i>i ;?.!< it t.uth in tluir investments in l it' South, in I believed liny had done w < - 1 1 to invent Dice, Furtherm ire, they ?,iuM l.o! db'pose of tin r hold ings. Continnk Mr. Ukinson said he had rtpnit linen weeks in the N\jr:h, :ui I that lt:i i n i' the entire 1 Tin :? lie has been 1 . \ i i k in ih<> i' >nt!t. making o. ? ;t s'onal v ? I > the Not th. he had li v tr seen busine in n of the latter ;icc tiiei '?.) thoroughly imbued with the idra that the ?m?u V the placi* fur in vestments. 'Tin > jire," he added, "troin^ to do in iieli for this section in the future. and the results of the pres e:it fei Jinx, will soon be felt generally." X? .... ... , . . I o [?(iul>lc n 1 >i>' Mill. Mention was made recently of th? fact that the Ib'ton M i I In. of licit >n. R. ha 1 in contemplation the crcc ! ion of a duplicate plant. The propo sition was f'.iven consideration at a nvtlnu of the directors on March 1*0 and decided nfllrniatively. This >'oin p.i'iv now has an equipment of 27,000 spirilhs and o(?0 looms, wliieh will ac cordingly he duplicated. The canst m.' t ion of the required additional ht?!l ' Invs will be commenced nt onco, an I ? 'int rai't for the machinery will ho n warded soon Kormnl action to l it If.v the diret tors' decision will he ta Urn in April by the stockholders. Cap '.talization Is $100,000. tnxl pioliahly ? :*'io .000 will he tin investment for the new mill. I?\ A. Sniythe is president. A Denim Hill Rumored. Messrs. Mosts M. Cone and Caesar Cone, of (! reeiiVnv: o, N. C . are uocpti fi'jim the purchase of a water-power property near Koanoke Rapids, N. C., the power said to he obtained helnn 10 000 horse-pow* r. It is rumored that If the property Is purchased it will he developed to Its utmost, and that a ton denim mill, of !' .000 looms and 'om pie!" en t of spllldles will lie erected to ? : t ! 1 f v o the power. The Messrs. Com* control the !'i >\irnity Manufacturing at f?reenaboro. f\* C., which ?per at' .s J *?.0no spindles and l,0(;0 looms in the mtinufru tore of cotton d< nium. Text II ? Notei ( I'mm t'ie NT n n u f ??furors' ltfcord.) The Hi'.'.blun;! I'l.'k Manufactur'ni: Co. of Cli :i i lot I Is. N. < miii! Unci? Hill. P (V. will ?>:?"? 1 ? 1 ;i cot ' oil-seed oil mill to 1 ?o opcnrtel In connect i.ufi" with M 11 \*(i 2 at II ?"???!< II'L It, ??!< proposed to i vjx'tKl aliotit .S.liiO.(i(?0 -"for (!;<>? erect on mil eou'ptficnf or 11m1 addition. noMbt b-ssx- 1 Ills in a ^ ? p (???. ;\nl ridding a gin nery and fert'U/er factory. aud I '.us the tompany won! I op :h:ed to in:Ml uf.?et n re from tollon ail its m:u ko'nb'o product:.. Piedmont Vamit'aflMriiiK Co., I'ols mouth. \'ri., ? t '? t ? Ihjit its p-oposeo <? pi ipmcnt . lately iikm"' t ioned. will 1 ? ? ? of snftlc|ent capacity fo pioluco 400 dozen p-M'Mu nts i f ribbed umli iwear daily, e "tdoyinr 12." hnpdtt when in full opor ai'on. The b.iihlinir completed 1m ri iwo-stf*rv si i"ii c t in <? I0v:?0 feef. will) n luul -<-ll. Capital Is $2.1 OM. Map! I prn"i is ! ' In'f made with the ri'const ni' t ion of the (Jlobe Cotton Mills at Aiimr ta. (la . and the plant will he in otK'i'iitlon in tho near future. I The old luilldiuu has been remodeled arid rebuilt. and w ill hold SHOO sulndlos. VJiic i.o'.v loMiihous" Is luillt of brick, l IKK I feet . and will hold 400 looiiM. kA t?<'\\ wlicclpil will In- hiiilf., and new ?(ji,ii>in"iit </f wat wheels will be in stalled. li. M. Oatcr? ?>' Chirlotf". N. C.. If about to purchase the flreen river shoals property iK'ar llomlersonville. ! N. ('., wlili tin Intention of developing the nropcviy find eroding at the alto a brge cotton mill, Mr. Oaten also has under consideration removing to the v'Uj a. Charlotte mill. Iirstrad of erect- : fnlrnew plant. The Charlotte mill has 1 r?.r.ort spindles and -100 looms. Messrn. W. C. Kimball & Co. of Tal lapoosa, (la. Kfatod that tbejr knitting plant, reported recently, will require an investment of $2,000. The two-story lulldlng. 2T.XR0 f//*t in size, Is now be inr; ereeted to hold the ten machines for producing hosiery. lSllawhlte Cotton Mills of IJnlontown | Ala.. contracted for a f?00-sp!ndle addl- i lion, not n 3.ri00-splndle addition ns 1 -"Seated last week. All contracts have been awarded. Work baa begun on the oroction of the required buildings. Robtudel Manufacturing Co., Rock ingham, N. C., states that plans have not been formulated as yet for Its No. 2 mill Announcement of the decision to build this addition was inadc at length last week. One hnndred teachora of Cleveland, f),, left for Chicago, 111., to study tho schools of the latter city. ' Extradition papers are being ma^o out at Houston, Tex., for David Tullis, alias Thompson, under arrest at ^cal ?!e, Wash., charged with theft. The Democratic Stat? Convention tn f llinols has been called for June 17, at Springfield.' Train service, interrupted by floods, \ several Southern States, it gradual / being resumed. Richmond HosleryMJU^flt Roaaville.. Ca.. has increased capital $10,000. This action la^Mcen to prorlda fund* /or lm? ppovement^ and' addlilonal machinery, especially in the dyeing department. ?Mcssra. M. C. Mlgel 4 Co., of Asto ria, N. Y.. mafiuf actvrera of Rroad ?ad dress silks, will eatabtlah a br???B olant At FajatU-*?4 Qi<gH* a<rH< - H Alt l more, Md., employing 180 Opera r ea. T. tJ Vaughn Twf? Olty Salem: N; ' er. LA BOH WORLD. I'orlo Kieo elgiirmakers Jul VO Jif A I >10<1 >1 more per M >0; > w iihout strike. \ 1 it i u t LN' t t Norwegian laborers have been hind i<>r vn 1 1 road work in Can ada. 'I lie troubles among diamond t u I f *?r.<i ni A 1 1 ( \v ? r | ? will mm I It'll without ft strike The threatened .strike of street ear lUeli at New Orleans, La., has been ;i v cried. a state Federation of Labor will sunn lie or^uuiKCd in llie State of \\ iishiiigloti. Members < 1 1? I he h ull Mohlel's' t'liion of America will receive :i live per cent, iili reuse in wages. The carriage makers' strike at Cin cinnati, Ohio, Is < 1 11". concessions hav ing been inaile liy both sines. The I toot ami Shoe Workers' Inter* national I nion has ileeidetl t > hold a eon vent i< >11 in t >et lolt in June The Imilei makers ami iron shipbuild ers have im ren.M d in membership ill I he last ten vcars l imn ItHip to lft.tKH). The brewery sirike at ( 'ineininil l\ Ohio, has heeii renewed because of dis satisfaction over the settlement terms. The masons of Kail Uiver. Mass., ha \ e siailed an agitation toy an eight botlr day. which bids fair to invol/e members of the allied trades. Moistening lo'iichiiio.s have been placed in the working rooms of tho great cut 1 1 1 1 1 mills ai Lawrence, Mass, The air is noticeably purer and the work i-- made easier for the employes. The ('hit-ago federation of l,ahoi has '*i p | > 1 1 i 1 1 1 <1 a special committee to investigate the age limit problem among Mori nu n. for the purpose of devlsipg a plan to give old men em ploy iqcnt . The Kapid Transit I'ompaliy, of 5>t. Louis', , Mo. has issued notice that no employe w ill be discharged on account of old age. Veterans will he given i work l hey can do and their original pay w ill be (oiitiuucd while they live. SflrRcant Appointed, Washington, Special. ? Frank Sar gent, picphlont of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, oaw tho Preai dent Friday, and was tendered the po Bitlon of Commissioner General of Im migration. .Mr. Sergeant accepted tho offer. It is naderatood that tho resig nations of jMc:?atrs. I'owderly and Mc Swency have been requested, or will he at. once. Joe. Murray will sureeed tho... lat t el' and Wm. Williams will ho ixotrl inaled ao.-m to mieeef-d Commissioner of Immigration Kltehle. at NewVork. Seaboard Air Lfiie Ry^ 1 Jotihlo Daily Service I'tlwtoii New York, Tauipi, Atlanta, New ( rlcans and I'olnls South and West. 3 05 pm lT 00 pm ^ 7 40 am 71 ft 1 pttt 8 WM 3D3?m.n0JaBi 1245am lIKpa 3 66 am 14# pm 0 00 am tf*p? IN I . I?' 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