The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 02, 1903, Image 1
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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
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holiday
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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
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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!*.*!*.*}*
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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