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AMDRN -fii ? \U ML^k > Camden, s. c./kriday, VOLU\U?ii. rtlnor Event* of Brief The legislative c 3?k at Clemson C e workings of the rough every den ge end made a Wtlon." The com the following: >n, of Abbeville, ardln of ChefRK alr.aford. member aentatlves from 8ntlemeu exprr<?}? ig delighted with trprieed at ?!?*> - - x/ cviicgti, Wednpsdi^ ntgl: titakirtsior Florei 'ith it atf 5-ypnr-oid tie colored man owe. It^Js ,sald thi t home and his wift hild to bed, lock he house. When overed they had )f saving tho build he boy was fraiitl hat hev child was Iter screams were Tom Pearlstine, btfrg, this State, to the home of W. operative, to collect Creech declared tt tho rv<?neyt but won the mill tor JJie a!j then began a^rsing, strated, beftbVse of wife, thereupon, itj drew bis pistol an<f shot killing tlreech| oTher -barely rhlssli ' A bold and darli In Mullln3, S. C., which tho Bank of j larized and the bar ?nm of five thou bat past few months tf on hand of about meet tho detiapds ests, but just how ipg the weed Is ne? for the bank they carry r.nough cash njal busies. The authorities of last year lnaugn$ ing to oach fam| key for moir year this will to pany haa ordei pot there 1.200 and they will bf operative in pa rati on of $1<M)00 ~p4oT r .rj A. Law. a'proi H?" Twl^hett, Convert Comj large cotton eral othvrr mill be located at r: conveniently 1< tive# of the Oil ' Friday night mssaa&lnatq Mr.] Richland com T 4ent of-the * that place and otf of the premil fall Mr. DaWJ arm was shot negro whom b< , =Tlte postoflk * Ington county, I Friday night. timfi TTWWUff U tW safe' was dyn| badly cracked burglars were number of toolj premises. Mr. W. Uoyj for $90 dwiuaf company for bulea for thoj operation. Tl the road is lial tent of $10 daf Of 'Decent l.o: mills kf giv r* tur Thia com ?xir de ktrpoao LgkiJi K~nc jje pre ler. M holiday Bttor on ' the rbbbpos TUtDuc tor v?Ur Wr homf llroatl h^K l? A* Irthp' Tt>t* NE6R0 AND WIFE LYNCHED. Brutal Murder of a Parmer Avenged lit A Summary Planner. Charleston, a. C., Special.? A spe- , clal to The News ami Courier from (Jreenwood, S. C\, says: "W. K, .lay, a prominent young farmer of the Troy ficetlcn of this county, was foully nun j dered in his own yard by a negro, j Oliver Widoman. or his wife, both ot them living on the place. Both of the negroe* were lynched by Jay's in furiated neighbors. Mr. Jay, on re turning home on Friday afternoon, heard Wideman abusing or lighting his (Wideman's) wife. Jfy went to tho cabin and ordered the negroes to he quiet. Immediately afterwards Mrs. Jay heard the report of a gun and saw the two negroes running away. Calling for her httebund, she had no answer and on looking over the yartl found him dead in a pool of his own blood. Almost htj? > *>??*< *--?* mvwi uiown on. "The alarm was given and parties were soon scouring the country in pur suit of tho negroes. ThAy were cap lured. Before the coroner both ac knowledged the deed? but the tttptt said lh#~woman did it, ami the woman accused the man. They never changed from this, but died, accusing each other of the crime, While In tho cus j 'ody of a t o ns t a i ' '? - -- ? ; -rrrry-Tvero* sTSpped" "at the Wiuterseat , bridge by a crowd of infuriated iriends and neighbors of Jay and both negroes were lynched. The lynching took place about midday, seven hours after the inquest. W. K. Jay was u good citizen and prominent Mason, having been a high official of the grand lodge of South Carolina," Method of the Arbitration. Washington, Special. ? There is now in progress an active exchange of notes between the allied powers, Vene zuela and tho United Stales, respect ing the' method of submitting to arbl i tratlon the istaies which have arisen between Venezuela and the allies. Questions are being put and nre belmj answered, but it Is said the negotia tions are in such shape that It" would be extremely injurious aud indis creet to make each phase public it\ there really existed a desire to reach a satisfactory settlement. It is ex plained at the State Department that the part of the United Stateaytftfvern ment just now is that of "good friend" to all parties; is not undertaking to draw up pr^Hnols or impose limitations Upon th???rties, W*f5'^Gffftufijg~ltT ^settin? them together and them so. In this view it will not^^Kneeessary for our government to p^^^Bribe how the Monroe doctrine sht^^^H>f Khali not figure in the protoro^^^Blt will Judge for Itself by results '^^?our interests are affected and will^^Ht indulge in premature or uncalle^l^B* protests. ' As for the term of jHPw?bUration agreement, it stated in a faiv way to-be spea'Hy adjuMed, but ^nothing can be sal.l of the Vde talls. It is presumed that the alHes will agree to terminate the blocktMe, though no stipulation has yet been Vtt tered into on th?t point. Nothing iBr.a been heard recently of the part to Me takon by United States Minister Bow en in the final settlement and it b> gins to appear that after all, VendH xuela will probably be represented bj? on* of her own people. ? 38 Killed In a Wreck. London, Ont., Special.? The most frightful railroad 'accident in the an nals of the past <]^cade happened a short distance from the little nation of Waostead, on the Sarnax branch of the Grand Trunk Railroad, Friday night. The trains in collision wr.ro the Paclflc Express and a freight. THe express was running nearly "tyrQTlfotirg late and was making fast time. The freight was endeavoring to \pake a siding to get clear of the express, but failed by a minute or two. There was a dreadful crosh, the locomotives reared up and fell over in a ditch, the baggage car of the express telescoped the smoker and in an instant the shrieks and cries of the wounded and the dying filled tho air. The loss of life is 28. The injured will number considerably more, and n^any of those may die. . Charge to Be Made .J Washington Special. ? It is lcMiuer at. the S(,ato Department that lea^lp of absence has been granted to Ji B. Crossland, United States minister resi dent and consul general to Liberia, and ihat upon his return to this country he will tender his reslgnaton. Minister ^Crossland was appointed to his post from Missouri in January last and hid conduct has been under investigation owing to a personal encounter IrtitWeen himself and one of the offlnciaLs of the Monrovian legation. There appeared ti Ue a state or affairs in existence at Monrovia that wits not acceptable to the State Department and therefore a chHiiK" in the mission will be made. $>oo,ooo Fire. Rlooiutagton. III.. Special.? jn (he birtluess Motion here catia?d <?*?* Of aboui f 200,000. The building ? occupied by William A. Nicholas .:?. ;ca.. flrj r^t? nirawta^ Tlie Cold Wave. Kaivufl City. Mo., Spoclal.?Advlcca received here indicate severe weather througtymt Kansas and Missouri. Hutchinson, Kan., reporte<Lthe coldest weather In years, the thermometer at that point registering 5 below **ro. At Atchlrson 5 below ia recorded. At Mex ico. Mo., a coal famine, confronts tho people. There is no more coal for Halo "it any yar<\* AiirtThe teni j?erfc lure wa.i at *ero Friday night. - ' " HE CUT HIS THR0A1 Fearful Ending of a Young Man Out of Employment SOUGHT DEATH AT HIS OWN HAND. Young HrUv* Boole* Thoroughly D??* appointed In Lifo, Seeks Solace in Dentil. ? ? ? ? ? J Norfolk, Va., Special. ? Penniless, | out of 'employment and without a home far htmeelf and young wife, J Brucc Boohs formerly <>f Wiluiihgton, N. 0., at a late hour Saturday night cut his throat with a rotor, nearly severing his jugular vein. lie may, however, recover. Booio Ik.Su years of from his wif?- to the police, was mar ried three weeks ago in Newark, N. J. They came to thh?-Hly~?otn?- time ago and, being strangers, boarded at u houpf on Gow street. Being wiihput funds the landlady gave Mrs. Booi U position as housekeeper and she and her husband occupied a room on the swnil/l H/-I/IT ? ' A " -rZ.'.-n'.Ji viii'.iv Boole and the landlady lm?' noma woi'ds and the latter Ordered Mis. Booie out of the house. Boole, who was ill and worried, when informed of the circ umstances by his wife, grab bed a razor and, with the exclaim a lion, ./'Before 1 Would see you surfer any tjiore hardships, 1 will _kill my self." brought the keen blade deep into his throat. His wife snatched thn razor and screamed while her husband sank to the floor in a pool of his own blood. He wan taken to St. Vincent's, Hospital, where It was said there were even chances for life and death. The young wife is being cared for by friends, with temporary quarters a', the Union Mission. y / Charlotte, N, 0>, Special. ? Bdoie re sided in Charlotte some years ago, and wae among the first conductors oh the electric ears when the present street railway system was established, lie will also be remembered in Charlotte as the man who s*ut up paper bal loons at the park on Saturday aftev ..nooe.* J?o& the* entertainment of thr I'tTnldren. A Day o ? Suicides. Now York, Special. ? Fight persons met violent deaths In Greater New York Sunday. Three were clear c?s?s of suicide and resulted from a variety of caugeSt Mrs; Mary Clarke, Uge' 45, wife of the chief officer of the steamer Nevorly, died from the result of gas poisoning^. self-administered. George Simon, 4o, and Jacob Sch wartz. 35 years of age. died after drinking carbolic acid. Mary Stack, aged 24, was fOUtld dead th d hotel. Kscaping gas was given as the cause. An unidentified man was found in his room unconscious. Mary Searies, aged 38. drank wood Alcohol and died in a hospital. Henry Dunkey, aged 27, was found oil the sidewalk with a frac tured skull nnd^dled later? Two men are dead as the result of falls, (>6ne in the power house Of a street railwr.y company and the other in a lodging house. An 18-year-old girl unsuccess fully attempted tulclde by swallowing carbolic acid and a woman 32 years old hange<T herself In the police sta tion, but was cut down In time to save , her life. Mrs. Hugh Mooney drank I carbolic acid and died before a phyei lelan could attend her Her husband Isald she had tried tc commit suicide fcwelve times before. ? ' n I Death of firs. Fremont. \Lo8 Angeles, Cal.; Special, ? Mrs. Jfjesle Benton Fremont, widow of Gen eJUil Fremont, who. died Sunday night, atvner home in this city, was 7$ years oflnge. Mrs. Fremont was taken 111 on \ Christmas morning. She grew ra pifflfcy-^orse and soon lapsed iuto un coAVirtnsnctss from which ?he ne?(;r ralnied. For the pa9t three years the a^eil wdow of the "Pathfinder" had bcew extremely feeble as a result of a fall ri which she suffered a dislocation of tlje hip which had since prevented her rjom walking. Mrs. Fremont was the daughter of Thomas H. Denton, for 30 ^ears a United States Senator. Value of Frost Warnings. Jacksonville Fla., Special. ? The cold wave has done no material damage to any crops in Florida. While a tempera ture of from 27 to 30 degrees above zero was experienced at some sections o Just below .the freeainrj line on tho w^at coast last night, frost warnings had been sent out In nmpUi time and I radically all the >v?g?tah!o growers who could be irffceted had prepared for if. -The cold was not nevoro enough/] mr n?s it of sufficient dmntoi to dnmas<? i he ritrus fr;*,!i tr?-oi or th? fruit. Two Boy.s Drowned. . Dttiolt. RpPclaT. ? A Tribune special from Ovand Rapids. Mich, says: "Al beit llultgreen, sRod 1C, and Henry Faulkcrson, were drowned in Half Moon lake. llultgrien broke through th\> ice while xkathtg and FnuJVerson sot in while attmeptlng to his "ompauiou. A Uilrd lad, Thomas Oevitt; ,\i?o broke in while trying to save TTtp | bo> s1. but managed to pull himself out of the .wait j-." ? ? ? - ? ??? nt. Prl? Again In Emotion, St Thomas. P. W. !,, By Cahlt.--Tii? cablcthip Ni wlngtoo, which arrived at S4 I/Kia. B. W. t report** teviuig HM?ed Mont Vt\tt. i.tood of Hartta; lite at 10: SO in tha atorotag. Tl*1 volcano was the a la vioUM ?TOfUon. clouds of gray mi ska aal 4m( tarnr* pobxlag ?mt ofAtfc? iaeauing to an emctmnw iMfUH. SOUTH l;RN INDUSTRIAL To Manufacture 8?a Island Cotton. K. S. Matthews of Starke, Flu . write# to the Manufacturers' Keeord dcsii Ing detailed Informal loll rcgurd Ing the h?*Ht mentis of utilizing in manufacturing Sea Island Cotton. 11^ sa> as "Yhe Seft Island cotton mowers ? i f this comity are seriously discussing the establishment of a mill for Hi ? manufacture of the product of thyir Ilelds, and I lmvo been requested io ascertain as nearly as possible the eosi of u factory that wonld work up tho crop of the county, Thirty-six hmt flpe.l halt's Ih dbout an average crop fd>' tho county, though neighboring counties could he depended upon t ? i materially Increase thin number if the factory was large enough to uccoui modate them. A faetorv houo ?"^vw-1 ' , ??iv iu uv; tut 1 1 1 vf uianuiHC ture of sui h articles as are produce i from cJouk staple Sua Island ^-Cotton, and ther6 is a lack of information y.j to what particular line, of , Manufac ture could ho most profitably engaged 1 _ - ? A $350,000 Addition. Several weeks ago annoum- .Mii?-n( *??iw made that tho tfirt'Ctorfe 1 1 or Tire" Mainer.ville (On.) Cotton Mills hi?.<l called a meeting for January 4^ b vote on increasing capital stock from $500, nun to $350,000. It Is now known that arrangements for the increase of $'150,000 have heed dellnitely decided, and the meeting will be mere routine action. The increase is to he expend od upon) the erection of an additional mill, details as to equipment for which are how under consideration. Plans for the buildings required have been agreed upoii. The company's present equipment is 25,200 spindles and 7 It! looms. Adding 3500 Spindles. Reference was made last week to the Great Falls Manufacturing Co. of Hockingham, N. C., as having in creased capital from $100,000 to $150. 000. This increase will be Invested In new machinery, to consist mainly of 3500 additional .spindles. The present building can accommodate this ma chinery. It now has 4524 ring spindle* and 115 looms In position. About fif teen tenement cottages will be creel ed to bov.se the additional operatives that will be required. Contract for furnishing the machinery has been awarded to the Howard A Bullough American Machlns Co. of Boston, MltPS; A $100,000 Silk Mill. Tlie .Newport News Chamber of Commerce has closed negotiation* en suring the establishment of a silk mifl at Newport News, V?. This plant will be erected by the Liberty Silk Co. of 646 West o7th street, New York city, and over $100,000 will be in vested. Local Investors have sub scribed to this amount of preferred stock. Further details will probably be announced in the near future. (The Liberty eorporatlon Is capitalized at $600,000, and operates several large plants for manufacturing dress goods.) Textile NotfU, It Is i%tnored that C. B. &omoiviile of Staunton, Va., proposes forming company to build cotton factory, it Is said i? is contemplated to manufac ture denims for the overall trade.* | "Durham Cotton Manufacturing Co., Fast Durham, N. C., has installed X00 new looms, replacing old loom*. Further additions are to be made Boon. The company has been operat ing 23,500 spindles and 602 looms. It Is reported that North and South Carolina and Northern capitalists have purchased Green River Shoaia. near i^pluda, S. C. Their purposo is said to be the developiuCJH of the water-power of the properly and the ertction of a large cotton factory'. Messrs. Thomas G. McAllister of Fitzgerald, N. C.; B. K. Terry of Spray, N. C., and J. Worth McAllister. Vf Charlotte, N. C., have incorporated Ihe Imperial Company, with capital ttock of $60,000. Company's purposo fcre to manufacture textile, ileal in merchandise, etc.* The Columbus (Ga.) Manufacturing Co.'s increase of capital from $400^000 to $500,000, reported last week, is made to pay for the full equipment of machinery already installed, and is not to make any additions to the plant. Plant as present has 26.000 spindles and 800 looms. Saxon Mills. Spartanburg, S. C., has declared a semi annual dlvKyftSA of per cent. Companv Is aapttatAul at $200,000. / Carlisle Knitting Mill of Carlisle, is. C., has beeir incorporated to estab lish plant by Messrs.^). Fant Gilliam, John A. Fant, ,1. 8. wldch and W, If.. Oist. The capital stork r*.$<W,0OO. The company will build the plant recently anuoune'ed as projected by Fant Gil liam of Union, S. C., who is to . be present. The Proximity Manufacturing Co. of Greensboro, N. C., has announced that after January 1 the hours of labor in ita will wlll.bo redilced from eleven to ten hourS/dally. T^itt action li adopted as ip^-ferabletto continuing the present jtlme withy increase of lt> per cent. In wages, Vhere are is, 00o ring spindles and 1006 looms in the plant. ^ v Cotton Seed Oil Notee. TJi*? n<?w CfKton sc-%1 oil rotU of (Ire Shubuta Oil & Manufacturing _<'??. at Hhtrtmte. !><?** n operation* on i.tlm JMl, AIMt Will run day muL DlXfct (timoii . Um> ae*eon. .. ..T ' ""Tht larKAt-uiV miil of tke Itta Bona ; Cotton <I006. MSItta Bfrna, MIsjl, be ; ?eo opcrmtioaa qbSu? lttfc last. JTbU BIN **? * caWnV^of U u** a 4?y. Tfc* oflkwre of ttie owaeaar mrt> p. BOWEN WILL ACT In the Capacity of Referee Por the Government of Venezuela ? ? - ORDERED 10 TAKE IP THE CAfE lie Will Arrange the Details of the Protocol WhUli Will Oo liifore the llftKue lribu*#l % \ Washington. Special.? The Ven? Ian negotiations now wait upon Presi dent Castro. Minister Dowen has been advised by the Stale Dep.irt meilt of the result <if Us ewhanges with the Fur* \ ?dgn Office a I London. Merlin ami i j ItoilU'j 1(11(1 ho Itiujirn'i i ... nana nimself and arrant" i the details of ihe protocol which will | ; piecede tiie submission of the fond^u ' ?"'uiuia tu the arbitration of Thr llnfrno t , tribunal. In ho doing, Mr. Brown is 1 i acting, not as I'niied States minister, j liiit a. J V? Mey.iU'la'rt i i-presenlflttve. The ! officials here wish it io he distinctly s | understood thai tiieir rulletlons ceaued, i so far as the Venezuelan >>> ,r! '? "? ? - . ?'niniTTnr t: lliey" T>ro7igTit'\ hn j\a i ; ties to the controversy together. It me* ? ! probable that Minister HowVnvj : will come to Washington an Vene/.ue* ! la's representative on the commission ! ' whleli will draw up the protocol pro* j viding for the snhnilssion of the claims of the powers to The' Hague tribunal. \ It has 1>o<mi decided that he may ho ; represent Venezuela, notwithstanding I the fact. that he is at present engaged i with the interests of (Trent Britain, : Clermany, Italy and other European j powers in Venezuela. As soon as lie ! leaves Venezuela, this charge will pass i to Mi\ Russell, the secretary, and 'charge de affaires of the American lo i gation, whose reputation at the Stale , i Department is that of a thoroughly , i emn peteivjt and able official. The selec i tloh of Mr. Bo wen will cause a post- : ! poncinent of the asHembling of (lie pro- ? j pos^iV commission until he can arrive here/from Caracas. lialnl right at Phosphate Mine. r j | will 1st on, Flo.. Special. ? Two no* | I firooy are (load and two white mnn i i wounded as u result of a elashal-arnn j j near the Newberry phosphate mines j j There has been bad fueling between the j ' whites and desperate negroes employ- | cd at the mines for some time. Ulmei' | Flowers, Hoy landrail, N. Landran. 'i and M. orflley, whites, drove to Now- ! berry in ttyo buggies on business. J Knowing the desperate character of . the negroew of that Vleinlty, they went j ; fully armed. When they started home, j ; a Rang of negroes, armed with Win- j ; cheater rifles, met them In the, road and ; opened fire. The whites returned the shots and the battle wa? continued for some time. When the smoke' cleared away it was found that two. of the tie* profB were dead, while Flowers was found shot through the thigh and a channel was left' in N- i-andrnn:s brow, where u . Winchester- bullet had plough ed its wfly. Thv live negroes had fled, hut the whites followed and succeeded In capturing one, whom U?ey delivered to ttyf sheriff, ? Sltake*Up in Land Office. Washington, Special. ? Binder Herr man. Commissioner of the General Larid Office, has resigned and will ho Succeeded by Win. A. R161iards, now the Aeiaislant Commissioner of tho (letteral Land Office, The chauge will take eflV^t February li* Mr. Herrman's rrsifinatlrift Wffa TFtlllfSted Shout two weeks ago by the Secretary of the In terior and was immediately presented. The relutloifa between Secretary Hitch cock and Commissioner Herrman have j been stiained for a long period. 1 Charges have been preferred against two of the subordinate officials of the Rand Office, Involving alleged Irregu larities. and they have been given a specific time In which to make answer. These officials are -Harry King, chief, and Fred Metzger, assistant chief of the draughtsman's division of tho Gen eral I>nnd office. The former Is charged with neglect of duty and the latter with mismanagement and unsat lufactory administration of his duties They h tve until tomorow to submit j their answer to the charges. Battle Ship Maine Commissioned, Philadelphia. Special. ? The new battleship Maine was placed In com mission at the League Island and navy yard Monday. She was turned over to Captain Lentz, who will command her. It io thought the new fighter will lie manned, coaled and provisioned as quickly as possible und sent to tho ! Wfst Indies to tako part In the 1 manoeuvres under Admiral Dewey. Armstrong to Succeed Spaulditig. Waahlngton, Special,? Robert U. Armstrong. private secretary to-Z^hu Secretary of the Treasury, .wl/Vbe jiV pointed Assistant , Secretary of tha Treasury on the re-siHKenihling of Con-] Kress, to succeed Mr. Spaulding. whose resignation has been in the hands or Secretary Shaw for some time. Mr. Armstrong comes from Illinois and his selection is ft personal one with Sec-* retary Shaw. He will have charge of tfyewMutfoniH branch of tjie tfvrvlc^. Mr. pAtaytfTong, who is years of age, is regarded as a young man of exvcllro^ ability and haa the curtru confidence of the officials of the Treasury Depart ment. The Naval Jlanoeuvrts. Manila, Special.? The navAl roauoeu rroi have, begun in SuUIk Hay, with the selxur* of a forttllTOTiSft on al?oi? to serve Ji Ju naval base. The ffeet enter ed 166 wil?. lAanneT, which nii tkta mined ^ kkp. In 66 minutes. in tucky,the ? . ? r, the meanwhile, the transport ZgOefo had landed 2** asartnee in- fir and hi IffiMM&rtJ!*.*!*.*}* i MM CHRISTMAS OltSf RVANCKS. How I lie Day Wits Spent liy I'resU dent Roosevelt and Others. Washington, Special. -Snow which began f:?IIuiK lute Wednesday night gave Washington u genuine Chrlbtmns appearance, Public amL-jirlvatft busl i<*s* w a 8 praothaliy entirely yuspend ?*<1 . Interest ?enteied initio happening* at (lie .White House. /yearly In tin* 1UOMII/.K Die PfesbbmT and all tlie members of his family repaired ?o .lie library, where presents v fit '^changed' and the many boxes and packages v-hh'h bad come from out of townopen cd. There was a large number of cakes and manjr gifts in tin* shape of Hand some floral plccis were received. Soon after Ireakfust the President, Theo. dor?. Jr., and l.lt uteiiant hui'rt:. iu?n? u long hoi sebaek ride, re tuinuig in time lu Join the rout of tbe family a( luncheon. with Commander i.n.1 M?m, Cowles. 'fno President anil Mi ?. Kuosi entertained a 1 umber of friends at dinner tonight. The tablo w :is ??'t in iIh' newly finished State dining room. The guest* included Sen a tor and Mrs. Lodge, Mr. John Lodge, Caniiiin ??>!?. 1 \ ;; ./uttn rm fiott, Mrs. (Mitts. Henry I)avi3, jMlss Davis, the Messrs. Davis and Mr. Hobert Forgu-on At tbo homo of the cabinet oflkcra the day was quietly observed, while among ihe embassies and legation.* J elaborate preparations bad been made for celebrating. Official dinner parties were given by the- British, Mexican and Russian ambassadors. The Argen tine minister and wife gave a children's ! purty at the taxation, while the mill, irftor from Peru and his wlf" enter- J talned a number of Peruvian atuder.i.i j in the various schools and colleges of | the United States. -1 Asheville, N, Speclul>-At Ui'.t more llou.se l lirlstinas afternoon v.j.e hundred employes of VantlP?,^lt's estate were given a most elobornto Christmas entertainment. Exercises were held in the banquet ball of B'lt more House, In the center of the hall was the largest holy tree to be found on the Vanderbllt estate, a mammoth tree that towered to tl^e celling of the immense room. At one end of the hall was a large star made of hundreds of incandescent UglUs. Beneath the Christ man tree- wttt stacked presents of every conceivable Stature, There wns a gift for every person who worked or stayed on tbe estate. Mr. ahJ -Mrs. Yanderblt, with their own bands, dis tributed gifts to-thc assembled guests and wished each a merry Chrlrtmas and a happy New Year. ? Music was furnished throughout the afternoon by j the First North Carolina Hegiment | 13a nd. the ltouirb Hlel.ij. Four Bunted to Death. Malone, N. Y., Special.? Four per sons worthburned to death today In th?< house of Julius King, of Piercefleld, a pulp and paper manufacturing town in the Adirondack*). The fire had gained $ueh headway before it was discovered that Mrs. McOovern, King's eldest*" daughter, and. her (Jfrec children wiio were sleeping on the lower floor were not able to get out and all wer<5 burnod to dea^h. One of the children, whose body was found close to* window. evl- 1 dently had made heroic efforts to es cape. King and hia wife, with a few boarders on an upper floor escaped by jumping out of the window. One man was burned 'gealously. It la not known how the fire started. Jumped From Hunting Factory. St. Joseph, Mo.. Special. ? Fire broke out Wednesday morning In Chase & Sons' candy manufactory, tfophia Mln tus, aged 15. and Mattie l/*alle. aged 20, employes, jumped fronv>a third Htory window and were fatally hurt. There were 50 girls employed In Iho factory and many others jumped from second and third Htory windows, tome sustaining slight Injuries. I^aua Craw ford. Maq Dakln and Roslc Kraus were injured about the heads by jumping, but not fally. The factory hod been running night and dajr-to (ill holiday orders and the night and day forces were changing at the time the flic | broke out. The loss is $100,000. Big Lumber Fire. Norfolk, Special.? A Are which start ed at 8 o'clock Wednesday night In the large lumber mills of the John L. Re per Lumber Company, at Gllmoore, six miles from Norfolk, on the South? | em branch of the Elizabeth river, had, up to 11:30 o'clock destroyed eight itn ! mense dry kilns and over 2.000.000 feet * of lumber. At midnight It was burning i with iVnewed fury an<1 had not been ; in the least gotten under louttol, ae i there is no great amount of Are flght | Ing apparatus on the sceno except the ; volunteer and bucjket bridges. At tnld i night It was considered tfw*t there was : little chance of saving any/x>f the kilns ! and lumber. President John L. Roper ! stated that he was unable to estimate thf loss, but It will be very conslder ! able. j Cattle Starving. Denver, Special. ? Thousands ^Of cattle ! are reported to be starving on the | range in northwestern Colorado. The j Humane Society appealed to the own 1 rrs to rescue their stock and th? y have j replied that they are powerless to ho i. wo. The- rattle arc allowed (n on the i high range lu Routt and &lo Blanco counties, without pasture and without water. It la Impossible To get food 'ft them and' equally Imppurfhle to drive t hem iato aultaXiU -wfhter quartets. j - 5tH?aw's Sstdjers Iklsatti i Tangier, . Morocco. Hjr Cabks.? !*? I Imperial troop* have beea totally de i maraggis the ithroae. TlMB JLsltai ? LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS. Many Matter* of General Inteteat lg Ahort fAritraphi, The Sunny South. Klre at Loulavllle, Ky., Monday night dcatroyed property valued at $100,000. The Ma I lory l#lnc steamer, Colorado, ? Captain Risk, which Bailed from ilrufi awlck, Ga., December 20, anchored In tliavcwen^ Hay Monday night, wi^h the ateamef Comal, which who haa in tow for Charlexicn. Tim Carnal. a? pvevlou* ly reported. put Into Charleston,* S. C?? on December 24, with a broken aliaft a nd halted from the' port on the 0th Inst. SuMhkvru Aaaoi'luttou of KlocutloiJ v.. - < a iUm! to or (Km* !?>' Mib. Wni. Culvin ( Million. ?>f Oxford; Miss., prealdeut yt ? tin* usmm Iu'Io An tiddreu of wouielo# the assiK Intlun. An (uldreHH of wel toino WW* delivered by John Temple ( Ji uvea, Y'apeiw upon elocutionary a??b- * " Je? Ik wore read by I,. 1\ Fill Is aud ? \ ^ *. ot Tm?ne*a?*\ T(T<' nieelliiKa of tlw> association dur ing the remaining two day a of the ( on vt'Uilon will lie open to tho public 'V " and will con?l?t largely of reading (oiii recitation), ~ " ' _ ~ J At The Norlly It is reported that tho N^v. Dr. Gun-' HauhiH, of Chicago, will receive a call to mi the pulpit of the London City Torn pie, of which tho late Rev. Joaeph Porker was pastor, ... ****, - ? George Gardner. of Lowell, Maaa., , * the light heayy weight champion, won a decision over "Kid" Carter, of liropklyu, In a alx-rouud <*>ttteat in~ "* Chicago Monday night. The fight, waa rough and fierce from beginning -to - end with Gardner having the advent' age of each round. ? In addition to |5,o0o n year received " from the government. Mm. Grant has a large Income from the royalties on her * husband's mcmolra. Thla haa, It. la 1 atated, reached a half- million dollar*. Miv, Grant, before her death, waa^wrlt ing a book of recollectlona, whlc.fi waa nearly completed, and whioh will un doubtedly prove Interesting. -.-as* From Aero** The Ureal Britain, (lermany and Italy ~ agreed to arbitration of the Venezuela tflaput? uiMlov certain conditions.'/ Joseph Chamberlain arrive;! at Dwr ban. Natal, and made sevorol apeeehn* conciliatory toward the Boer*. Iladriah Mullah, who fought aeveial -i wars against the British In India, Jg. dtad. / ZJ * The lied Cross Is- helping the' earth- ?" quake sufferer* at Apdljan, TtJrkeatifnr ~^p; The body of ArchblshopTemplewas removed to Canterbury for burial. A 4'ontroversy H *?M ?s?ss m Tniipw. Philadelphia. ????? Both the Amalgamated Company and the Helnxe Interest* claim victory In a decision by the Montana Supreme "???vffi Court Involving rights of co^pgr com- " panic*. ? Jj. ']'li ree firemen were killed by falling I IS walls at the plant of the Arbuckle ??> Company, In Brooklyn, N. Y. ... ? A ?uan who posed a* OuVr~j, Sy1. _ Beckham. of ' Kentucky," y/fih' arretted 7"* at Miami, Florida. Tlin American Historical Society and American Economic Association bejflrtT their annual acsslona in Philadelphia. The executor of the estate of tt>* late Henry M. Bennett will renew hi* fight' In thu Court of Chancery. * "? Mary H. Catherwood, tae well known author, la dead in Chicago, ? Miscellaneous Matter*. The Interstate Commerce Commls slon met In New York to Invsstlfata railroad rates on Import tra#tc;? Miss Laura Biggar took the stand In her trial at Freehold. N. J. The condition of Cornelius Vander bilt, who Js sick in New York, contin ues critical. - % Thomas J. Sharkey, on trial in Now; York charged with itiUlog Nicolas./ Fish, was found guilty of'paneiatigh* ter in the second degree and.racom mended to the Court's mercy. Thomas (). William* and an uniden tified Italian mm Mill il lip Ills DH?1 ture explosion St a blast at York, Pa. - w-ii-.Hpnter. Jr., In a statement re- ; cehred in Now York, claims that trie killing of W. A. Pltxgfrlad In Ouatt mala was in self-defense. The Republic Iron and 8teel Opaa pany. according to a Pittsburg dis patch, has a scheme for niljmg It* workmen stockholders. The AnthVaclte Coal 8trlk* sion heard more charges made Wf union workmen and others strikers. / The ^t Jolted States District Court elded that the ctgtm c* 91J9M* money made by the BaglfM eret the deatructloa of a lgaalahataaa InyaHd;- ? The Committee mere* of the parttMSt of OoasMtl Mft. - txiipte itooey. peals to the < wintry meat on th? aioa at Arixoma