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m wiv: \ (>I.<U.\1E XVII SAMDEN CHRONICLE CAMDKN, S. C.. KU1DAY, SKPTKMHKR 21. liXMi. ^ NO. 37. vLPnturw naio in m ^ Taft and Bat on Go to Point ot - Hostilities I PROTECT AMERICAN INTERESTS ? Quesada Forwards President \ ' Bol y Warning?' to Executive at U?y*var'a- Whoic Island Expected ^ be Put Under U S. Flag Unless Hwstalitiffc Cease. * Mr. ga.sada, the Cuban Minister to \\ a>li)no'i")i, on Saturday forward - IV^iildnt Pal ma Mr. Roosevelt's gP1*1' f" ?'?u. in which he i),,i,J<* s0| , ?U)ii wair.iii;. thai intervention would U?w unlc.s.s I here was permanent Ijeace ai:?l a discontinuance of the destruction ??r American propori \ on Hie island. Dispatches tVoin Washington ami ... ^u,)a an<l il5^>nnation from olMcial ; 80ttrces all make plain the fuel tliat the veiled threat will prove an immen se sensation in the Hold of armed ?Ptt\ity. Already it is known that American property has l>eon devas tated, American liberties threatened, and mikw? ihere is an immediate | ?&???<'? marines WIj| |,r landed It.-mi the cruisers now in Cuban waters and the whole island will be put un , dor 1 lie American Hag. Mi. I all and assistant Secretary Bacon started Sunday for Cuba to an inveFtk'H*ion of the . . On - Oieir report tfrc matter of intervention will swing-, t'oi by it PitiYut Koosc velt will be guided. Mr. Koosovclt's letter hr,\lr. Que aadn, written Friday night following 110 all-day conference on board the ?pJqjflowta- at Oyster Hay. is as fol lows : The Presidnt's Letter. fr- ' Oyster Bay, Sept. 11. liHJij. * My Dear Sopor Qucsada : fr in this crisis in the affairs of the/ Republic of Cuba 1 /write you not jLn^rely because you ijre Minister of accredited to this country, but jMHujae you aiit^Tyj were l'repuently together aWlif time when the States itnervencd in tin1 af -Mgl-'of Cubagrvith the result of mak io^ffaer an independent nation. You know that 1 never have done and novCf- shall do anything in reference ^jfi'lviiba save with sineerest regard aflraher- oUtn re. ? " lotffi * *nown ,lu> l"'i<l,> 1 felt v#u^ffTt came to me as President of T^^^g'^ted States fo withdraw the r^can troops from the Island of ^ and to officially proclaim her ?inuBpOu<lviH?i and wish her fjodspccil 111 hoi* carreer as a free republic. now, through you, to say of solmn warning to your peo WmMoso earnest well wisher I am. ? lor seven years Cuba has been in -a^jondition of profound pence and of growing prosperity. For four ^ptfthis peace and prosperity have ? obtained under her own independent government, ller peace, prosperity ?*n?|ffldependeneo are now menaced, -possible evils that can be Cuba the worst is the evil of an ^jwWMgin which civii war and revo ^lationaiy disturbances will assured ly throw her. responsible for armed revolution and outrage Nvhoevpr is re sponsible in any way for the con ditlott Of the affairs that now ob tau^fa .an enemy to Cuba, and doublyj heavy is the responsibility ..Qf the man who, affecting to be the A:frien^f^ of the country's inde - pendettee; takes any step which will jeopardise that independence. For "there is just one way in which Cuban independence can be secured, ?trrmsris for the Cuban people to ?how their inability to continue in their path of ^iceful and orderly progress. This nation asks nothing of Cuba save that it shall continue to develop as it has developed during the past seven y?V8> that it shall know and ia^m<tic>tr<Ufc Orderly liberty which will assuredly bring an ever-increasing * measure of peace and prosperity to the beautiful Qneen of the Antilies. ' Our intervention in Cuban affairs will only come if Cuba herself shows that she has fallen into the insurrec tionary habit, that .she lacks the self restraint Hoeessarv to 'peaceful self government art* that her contending ... fwtiona h^ve plunged the country in to anarchy. iy I solemnly adjure all Cuban pa tliotf to l?a?d together, to sink all differences and persoTinl ambitious and to rememV'* that the only way that they can preserve the indepen' deaee" or lie republic is to prevent * ' the ti??etMUy. of outside interference v Sirscuin&it from the anarchy of .i_*r J earnestly hope that adjuration of mi no lo of the American tost friends and well -tiiai there arc in a)! taken as it is meant ?onsider</l and will id if so acted upon it independence, her as a republic arc -wry treaty your gov I AS President of the United * duty in this matte* i '' ...*" w I cannot >lnrk. The ii.n .1 '* ,',al < I.v expliciiU run " upon tin* I'niled Stale* 11|?. i j<>|j( to interkiv for V|?. maintenance in II )il of ili|('<|ti;i 11* |'o| the proiccl inn |j IV, p,opcrl\ an.I indix iilual libcil \. i treaty confeiriuy this right j* ili?- supreme law of (}?. |a?d.' -il(, i nriii>hcs iijo willi the right ,,n/ ,|M, HMMiiih oI fulfilling l lie ohlieali*/ that 1 am under u? proiccl Auicri.lin in u,';;s,s' J lie information at linn?l show* ,l,t* s"?.'ial bond* tlirout:liont the fsland have been so relaxed that life, property and individual liberty are no longer safe. 1 have received authen i n* information of injury to and des truction of American property. It is, ifi my judgment, imperative tor tlx* sake of Cuba that -there shall be an immediate cessation of hostilities and some arrangement which will swure lie permanent pacification of the is land. I am sending to Havana the Secre tary of War, Mr. Taft, and the As <i>t:t;it Secretary of State, Mr. Ba ?or., as the special representatives of tins Government who will render Mich aid as is possible toward these "lids. I had hoped that Mr. Hoot, ilie Secretary of State, could have slopped in Havana on liis return from South America, hut the seeming im i liiu'iice of tlic crisis forbids further ilelnv. 'fli- ough you I desire in thi* way r?? fommuuicale\ with the Cuban Govern neut Mid witn the Cuban people, and Accordingly I am ?clining you a copy ? >i this letter, to be presented to Pres ident Palma, and have also directed its immediate publication. Sincerely vours, T11 K()D()1{K HOGSKVKI/l\ Senor Don d?*. Queseda the Culmti Minister. Money and Troops Given to Falma. Havana, Special.?President Palma las been granted by an extreme ineas iire of Congress the power to triple the lorce of rural guards, to double the force of artillery, and the right tn appropriate all public funds for the vigorous prosecution of the war. 1 iie critical situation by which the Jjte ??f" the Cuban Republic is threat j'nejj^has not been modified by the events of the past twenty-four hours. Persistent rumors are still afloat that President Palnia wishes to resign his oflice, and is only restrained by the pleadings of Government hotels in the Cabinet and Congress. It is asserted that President Palma wept when he saw American marines Irom the Denver land in Havana on -J^rftlay, for in that demonstration he read the hand writ ing on the wall by which the fate of the republic is sealed. There is no effort to conceal the fact that Palma himself asked the American Government for aid, nor Unit the Government would rath er surrender to the United States than to the insurgents. President Palma's wife, whose fa ther, the late President Guardiola, of Honduras, was murdered by revolu tionists, is said to be urging his re tirement. In the event of his resigna tion Vice-President Capote will as sume the Presidency. Tlijs would nol I relieve the situation in the slightest degree, as Capote is as unpopulai with the Liberals.as is Palma. In the action of Senator Zayas and General Loynas, who is rebel commis sioners boarded the Denver on Fri day and conferred with Comaudci Colwell, suppoi-teYs of the Govern ment see only a determination on the part ot the revolutionists to surren der to no one but American officers:; (hat is, to continue the war until it i? stopped by American v intervention The rebel commissioners asked foi protection through Havana for en voys, who wished to confer with him The commander explained that as a foreigner he could not interfere with authority. Later, when he returned to the palace and told the nature of the rebels' requests, iie was informed that the Government would not au thorize such a visit. It would be hard to imagine a more critical condition than that in which (he Government now finds itslef?:i country which is not military lola)'> unprepared for war. almost a( flit mcrcv of armed bands of revolution^ ists, which are grtyving in number. In his message to Congress Presi dent Pi^ina declared that he hue known of the plot to overthrow tin Government and murder the executive and the meml>er.s of his cabinet lonu before the outbreak of the revolution but that he had deemed it wise t? wait until the plotters had put them selves into the position of open viola tion of the law. lie knew, he declared, that the eon spiralors were all of the fwlitical party which is opjmscd to him. It was nol. he said, until one of tlu plotters came out in open rebellioc that he had ordered Unarrest of sev oral of the head conspirators. Minneapolis Ready to Sail For Cuba yPTrth*delf>hia, Sj>eeial.?The crew o| the cruisfer Mfn^eapolis, lying ?t th< iveaguc Island Navy Yard, was busilj engaged irt loading sf6ros and provis ions aboard in preparation for sail ing. probably for Cuba. In addition to the.vessel's regular complement of men, 200 marines arc also to be taken It is reported here that the Teniic'a sec, which was put into commissioi only recently, will also be dispatcher i to Cuba. v Famous Nebraskan Speaks in North Carolina . ? ? (tOUCH[D ON POLITICAL VIEWS Triumphant Tour of the Tar Heel State by Hon. W. J. Bryan Marred by a Life-Tragedy at Durham in Sad and Sudden Death of Dr. Charles D. Mclvcr. Greensboro. Special. Mi William Jennings Bryan cainc t<i North Car olina Monday morning. N?? lias met with ii warm welcome aill day. The people of Raleigh, Durham and Greensboro heard Uim speak. At Durham ami Greensboro he was giv en great ovations. The Crowds at these points were unique. They were made tip of all soils of men, women and children. The death of Dr. Char les I). Melver came as the Divan celebration was in full bloom and east a gloom over the entire touring party. Mr. Di van was introduced by (io\ - ernor (ilenn, who said anions other things: 4' North Cs?r<?liniansf thi^ is a pleasant duty to me. Who is this man that 1 am to present to vow ? lie is no potentate, lie is not Presi dent of the I'nited (Sates. This great audience has come here this dark, gloomy day to sec and hear a man who, by his fidelity to principles and stand lor the poor and humble agaiiisfe the great and mighty, has endeared himself to millions of peo ple in this country. This man i.s as learned as Cajhoun or Websteu, as eloquent as Clay or Henry. Hut above all he is an humble, sincere Christian gentleman. He is the Great Com moner of the people of the Demo cratic part^^llc has the approval of his own ^M?cicucc. lie is states man, orator siml defender of the peo ple's rights." In his speeches at RaJcigh M3r. Bryan did not introduce any new argument. lie prefaced his remarks by saving that North Carolina had a rclaim on him. It was this^State, lie said, that came to him a< Chicago and gave him support when he needed it, lie declared that he had always been well received here. , He admit ted that North ('aroliuiaus do not need to have Demoeracv preached to them. He tol<| his audience that ho would come to this State whenever I.is services were needed in any cam paign. " on have stood by me," said hOt "arid T will stand by you. Some of the original Bryan men are North Carolinians. Sometimes I think 1 waste my time when i come South. You have so many men here who can preach Democracy as I see it. There are so many Dein??crats here who long just for a chance to vote." Mr. Kryan took up Secret a rp Les lie M. Shaw's ? recent s|?eeches in North Carolina and answered certain portions of them in detail. He de clared that he was grateful to Mi. Shaw for many things that lie had. said in this State. He claimed that Mr. Shaw had palmed off an old speech on North Carolinians. Iowa has already rejected I he doctrine that he advocated here. Secretary Shaw is the high priest of the Republican stand-palters. He says that the Re publicans have done all they should have done. He set's no need of tariff reform. In other States in New Eng land. Iowa and elsewhere the Re publicans want revision. F.ven Mr. McKinley, just before his death saw that something had to be done. Hut Secretary Shaw favors no change." Remedies For Trust Evil. Three remedies for trusts were sug gested: 1. A reduction of the tariff; 2. Legislate against a duplication of directors in corporations and, l\. Do rot let trusts use mails, telegraphs and railroads. The railroad rale law said Mr. Bryan is a Democratic meas-. lire. It was advocated iu Democriti* platforms, by Democratic leaders and carried through the Senate bv the ership of Senator Tillman, of South ('arolina. Mr. Bryan touched on the Philip pines question. He said that the United States bad spent $.")()<),000,000 in the Philippine islands. This sum would have built the Panama canal, irrigated the arid lands of the West, or 'built a railroad from New York to the Pacific coast. In closing Mr. Bryan said that the argument used by the Republicans vindicated the money policy of the Democrats. Mr. Bryan also sjmke briefly at Durham, IlSllsbom, Burlington and Greensboro, his speech at Greens boro being a eulogy on the life and work of Dr. ('has. D. Mclver. Grand Jury Indicts Directors. Chicago* Special.?Tli^Cgraml jury returned indictments {isramsl the ?li reelors of the Milwaukee Avenue Stale Hank, of which Haul O. Steus lan<l is president. The indictments charge embezzlement and name va rious amounts ranging from $50 to $1,000. The director* arc M. A. L? Klof Johnson,. Marcus Kirkeby, Addi tional indictments were returned against .Stenidand and Henry W. Her ring, tire former caslyer of the bank. I'd (I! IE Popular and Able North Caro lina Mutator Passes Away THE tND CAME VLRY SUDDtNLY President of State Normal and In duatrial School at Grensboro Suc cumbs to Attack of Apoplexy Wliile on Bryan Special Train at Durham. Passing Away Before Medical Aid Could Reach Him One of State's Best Known Men Lays Down Life'* Labors in the Prune of Manhood A Biographical Sketch -A Tri to Hi* Work as an Educator. Durham, X. ('., Special. Dr. (I). Mclver, president of ilii> Stall' Nor mal & Industrial t\?lat (irecns horo, died suddenly on the Hryau spe cial train at *1.-10 o'clock Moudav af ti'ritooii as 111<* result ut a siitiUe u| apoplexy. I lie end came when the train was hut a short distauee from Durham en route to (ireeusbom. Dr. Mel \ er was one of t lit- tore most edealors in the South. A man of large experience, a line scjiplar and \\ deep and accurate liimucr, in? was largely the moving spirit in the establishment of the State Normal College for young women at (Jreens horo. ||t> has heeu president of that institution since its establishment, and his work there has brought splen did results. Dr. Me I ver has been shown mauv honors by l?i^ chief among litem being the conferring upon him of the decrees of 1). Lilt., and LL. p., by his alma mater. lie was pres ident of the North Carolina Teachers' Assembly, president of the Southern Kdueational Association, president of the National Kducat ional Assoeiation president of the normal depart incut o| the National Kduealion Association and a member of the National Kdu eational Council. He Was a member of the committee of ten of the N'a tional Association to issue an im portant report on the subject of ed neat ion and taxation. He helped or ganize the Southern Kducat ional Hoard, which in co-operation with the State superintendent has been campaign iug lor public education in the Southern States, and is also chairman ol the campaign committee. He was for seven years a trustee and member of the board of trustees of the University of North Carolina. He was State proxy for the Southern Itailway under fJovernor Carr, tliis beiiiff the only position of the sort he has ever allowed himself to accept, not having wished in any way to allow any outside interests to interfere with nis work and positively, declining to he drawn into any. pariisianship whatever, save for I lie one great cause of education. In this way he made himself known as an absolute ly unbiased champion, a man who mean! to the public not party nor Jl'dit ic>, but the one great cause he lived lor. Thus he antagonized none, and by arraying himself on neither >ide ol any question, did not bring ally one into opposition with him Aide as |,e might have been to meet and overcome in the political bat lei .iclihl. he was able to do an even greater thing?to renounce -entirelv the fascination id' the content, man against man, that he might turn no one against the ideal he worshipped. Heavy Frost in Northern N. Y. Ballston, N. V., Special ?The mer cury dropped ll) degrees during Sat urday night and was followed by the tilst heavy IrosLol the season. r 4N? Steamer ??jachuria Floated. Honolulu, By Cable.?The Pacific Mail Company's steamship Manshuria which went aground on Kabbit Island An*!. 2ft, was successfully floated and is now being towed to this port hv the tug Ifestorer. A meat crowd of peo ple watched the Manchuria come in. During the final efforts to pull the Manchuria off the reef, several thous- , and bags of flour were jettisoned. I Suspension of Hostilities Officially Anhounced. Washington. Special.?The C uhan legation received a cablegram from its government announcing the de cree suspending .hostilities. The mes sage was very brief and read: "An nounce to government thai the Pres ident has issued a decree ordering I he suspension of Imsit it lites." It is expected that the revolutionists will :lo the same." The Cuban legation immediately notilied Acting Secretary of State A dee of the issuance of the decree. Minister Morgan Returning Washington, SjM'cia!.?Edwin V. Morgan the American minister to Cuba, is on the tCay lo his post at Havana. Mr. Morgan unexpectedly joined Secretary Taft and Assistant Secretary of State Hacon in this city jnst as the train left Washington. He has been in Europe since tlx* in* surcction began, but will proceed to Cuwith the Taft-Bacon party to re?uipe his duties at once. ? - * ? ' Occurrences of Interest from Over South Carolina ? MANY ITEMS Of STATE NEWS A. Rate)) of Live Paragraph)* Cover ing a Wide Range What is Going Ou in Our State. Columbia Cotton Market. The L'Ullull UMlk^t Wl?> Nl'W <*V<'(? col I<>ii : Low iiiuIiIIiml; 7 1 'J St riei | .!? w middling S M iddliug s I 2 < iiiotl instill! ||i? , , . . ?) General Cotton Market. < Snl\ cston. linn M ,'t- Iti Ni*\v i)t leans, linn M5 I ti Mobile, tfin 1 v MIS Savannah, stealy MIS Charleston, linn M Wilmington, steady M ii-S Norfolk, steady 1KJ-S Baltimore, stonily .M5-S Now York. <jiii<-i M.SO Boston, quiet M.SO Philadelphia, aie?d\ 10.05 Houston. .stonily * . , 10 Angustii. stonily !l ,"?-S Memphis, i(iiiet ?M i<i St. Louis, quiet M 5 S Louisville, iii'in 10 1-2 Charlotte Produce Market. Chickens -Spring . . . I'Jdi Ileus- I'or 11 ?'ii(I / . . . .35 I hicks 25 Fg-gs 24(4 22 live SO < '"i n 7'M?7h < 'ottou Seed . 18 Ont> Feed 47(^1 50 Oat? Si'oii r,o(</;,r, Raltimore Produce. Flour dull, unchanged. Wheat steadier; spot contract OS 1-2 to OS .">-8 Southern ,45 to 03. Corn firmer; spot 54 to 54 1-8; Southern while G.r> to ;"><> 1-2; do yel low f>2 1-2 to 54 1-2. Oats firmer; No. 2, mixed 1-2 to .'15. live steady; Mo. 2, Western 04 to 05 (hitter steady und unchanged; fancy imitation 20 to 24; do cream ery 25 to 20; do ladle IS to 20; store pnckoil 'ii to 17. Fggs .steady 24. Cheese aetivo and uiiehtmgcd 13 to 131-4. Sugar steady and unrhnHired. Young Man Drowned at Lockhait Mills. Cnion, Special.? A special to Pro gress from Lockhairt says that C. McMillan, employed by Uie (leneral Fire e\t inguisber company,"headquar ters at ('harlot te, was drowned in Broad river while bathing with some companions. It appears lie was seiz ed with cramp ami before any one realized his condition he sank and when the body was recovered it was loo late for him'Xo bo revived. Guilty of Murder. .? Columbia, Special.?For the first time in more than 40 years a woman, in fact two women, were con victed of murder in this county. They were Nellie Broks and her sister, An nie Workman, the two young negro women who on July 14{h Sculded. lo death the infant of the Brooks woman in a negro tenement house on Plain street, in this city. 'They were recommended to the mercy of the jjourt. ^ Spcegle Acquitted. Oreenville, Special.?Arthur Spee gle, charged with ^receiving money from the county under false pretense, during the administration of his fa ther, now deceased, while supervisor, was acquitted in common please court. Another New Concern. Columbia, Special.?Columbia has anoraur wholesale business. Mr. B. li. Coonei", one of the pioneer whole sale grocery men of inner South Car olina, has sold his interest in the firm of Norrrs-Cooner and has taken charge of the Columbia CSrain and Provision Company :it 715 (icrvais street, of \.hieli he is sole proprietor. Due West O^cns. Duo West, K|?? i ial.-FrSkins and Due Wo<i| Female Colleges opened under most propitious circumstances, having enrolled a large number id' students lii.m almost every Southern State. A ccnscrvntive estimate, based on the number of students already present and those expected to eonto places the enrollment in both col leges equal to, and possibly greater than that of anv in the history of ? * the. institution.. Tragedy in Wilmington. Wilmington, Special.?In the ten derloin here early Friday morning W. L. (Pete) Williams, in well-known traveling man, was shot and mortally wounded in a general row in the ball room by Lonnie ' Snipe*, connected with one of the local breweries. Snipes ran, but a special officer in the room followed him nnd in. a pistol duel in the street Snipes was dangerously wounded in the stomach. i ?? . . v ?? ?} SOUTH CAROLINA CROP KH'OH I Crop Conditions for North Carolina t'or Week Undwig Monday, .Septem ber 17th, as Given Out by the De partment. Km i ii fell ut i ho western district from flit* 10th t?i the litth inclusive ill many places; ilie rt'iioiimler of the week was lair in tliiii dstru't. In lite t'llstMll and central districts I'll ill I t'll I colli lli#? I It ll to I i ill in local sllowi'i s except tlir 17th when tin* rain was general on tin' I'Oilsl line to a tlopi nl storm. Tin' caiu hh< yi'rv liuuv> in tin' extreme western counties, but tin' average foe tlii' SI ;t I ?* w il s liinrli bi*lm\ tli?' iiorinal. Tlyit tempera tiii?' a\ erased about four doyiees ;ibo\?? tlii* iioctnal foe tin- week. It was l.iir uiiil warm tip to the l*>tli when it luriii'tl c|oud\ a11? I cooler ov er tlif Stati'. Tlif highest tempera turf reported was i>7 degrees on (he 10th in Nash i 'on111 \, ami tin' low est was .?tl degrees on thf I7tli in liiiMi'ombf County. In general the weather was pleasant ninl favocable ? or outside work. There was an abuittlatiec t?;f suujdiiuc which was vei\ bi'in'lieinl. ,\. 11. Thessin, See lion Director. A Wild Day on the Coast. \\ 11 in i n?rl t ?n. S| n'l'ia 1. Cottage, ho tel ami railroaiI property was dam aged to thf extent of eight to ten thousaiiil dollars ami for six or eight hours- ijpwaills of 200 men, women ami ehiblreji were cut olV from the ma i n hi ii i| m imminent peril bv a tlereo northeast storm whieli awept Wrights ville lb ?ueh. nine miles east of Wil mington. The storm oanu' without warning and huiulretls of cottagers nt the beach l'eeeived Iheir tirst in timation of danger upon awakening io tirni breakers sweeping clear aeross I lie beaeh to the simml ami rolling hit*h up on the mainland, two miles beyond. A trolley ear kept at the beaeh in caj?e of an emergency took about 2. > early risers across the sound on I lie front le by whieli it is reached mill tour other cars responded from the city to a telephone message and brought others across while waves swept the trestle. Those left at the beach were Jearfnl of crossing the tresile and refused to come across, the struct tiro giving way immediately Mlor the last car reached the miiiri laml. J lie storm incrensctl in I'tirv until noon, when the rescue work was be,nun "by a number of anxious ones who sent surf boats ncross the chan nel at gf'ont risk, briu^riti^ tirst I lit? women ami children and laVr t|ie men, the last of the number being brought over at f> o'clock. Livo Stock Cremated. Charlotte, Special.?Mr. Joseph 0. Davidson, one of tlie best known far morsf in Long Creek township, had the misfortune Wednesday night to lose nine horses, six cows, two. wagons a quantity of feed stun' and fertili zer and some farming implements in a lire which destroyed his huge' barn and stables. The ioiai ioss will tie about $,'1,000 and it may reach more. I lie barn^vas large and contained much newly harvested feed stuff, etc. I he origin of. the lire is mil known. New Daily For High Point. The 11 inh Point Publishing Com pany, for the purpose of establish ing a daily paper iu opposition to the Knterprise, was chartered at Kaleigh last week, with $12.">,0II0 capital au thorized, $10,000 subscribed by M. M. Klopp, L. K. .fohiison, K. II. Arm ueld and other business men. Charlotto's Good Health. ( harlot to still leads in the record for good health. According, to The Hulletiu ol the North Carolina Hoard nl Health tor .July, the temporary annual death into per 1,000 for this city was 10.S. For Durham it was 20.K; (irec nshoro, '21; lialcigh, 2*2* Salem 1S.0; Salisbury, 12: Wehlon 10.7; Willimgton 1M.S. Republican Judicial Candidate. Kinston, Special.?The Hepuhli can executive committee of the third judicial district met here ami nam ed Mr. Julius F. Duncan, of Car teret county, to oppose Hon. (). II. (Juion. the Democratic nominee for judge in the district. No one wrtK nominated for solicitor hut Col Isaac A. Sugg, of Or$rnvillc, was endorsed against Solicitor Moore, the nomi nee, ami who also lives iu Greenville. Col. Sugg is a Democrat. Tin Ore in Gaston. Oastnnta, Special.?Mr. A. Ii. Ru disill, of King's Mountain, talked in terest injjly and encouragingly about the prospects for finding a Hue .bod of tin oro at his mine near Long Shoals. The propery is being devel oped by a King's Mounfnin coinpaijy and it is Confidently expected t'Jiat if will bo a paying investment. * Mr. Rudisill had with him several flue samples of the ore, several of them in the form of crystals, V 'amis a ?* to SEE MRS. LWWORTH She Pulls Flag Off McKinley Statue to Divert Crowd. WQMFN WERE TRAMPLED DOWN I'criaii/.iMl Thousands Stampeded in < *4>l II 111 I XIK lilltl Kvcccl*"^ Alf I*??*?< mi I anil < 'oniplotod at N'ight-?Scrambles For HeHcn. Columbus. Ohio. ? To prevont a panto am) save human life iho oxer* clses atti ndani upon the unveilii.g of (ho monument to William McKlnloy were brought to an abrupt dose. Th? thousand* of pooplo that packed iho Capitol wounds and ad joining streets lo witness the unveil ing of tho monument becamo so un ruly in their efforts to so<? at clos6 range. Mrs AI !???? Roosevelt. Long worth that she wa.i compelled, to re lease (ho drapery which covered tho statue and withdraw. Tho addresses on the program wore postponed until night Nothing lik?? the wild rush shat tho pooplo niado was ever soon in Ohio before, and no su?'h crowd of women was over gathered here. More than ^ ,o iw?n people, at loa.st ?J0,000 of whom woro women. pushed and shoved, yelled and wept In a iriad fever to gain vantage noints when the gnosis anpeared on tho ]>latforni. Fivi? acres of swaying persons scram-'' bled and pushed until those in front woro jammed against the stand. Scores of women fainted, while thousands were pulled and tossed about in the surging throng. Two women were trampled on and ro movod In ambulances. Their gar mouts wore torn, their hat# tossed askow and their hair disheveled At last J^lrs. Longworth, without ceremonv, stepped i/> the front of tho sneakers' stand and tugged at the rlhhon\til) tho tlajjs thnt veiled the statue of the late President fell.. A c.hoor wont up. and Mrs. Longworth stood smiling and bowing. It was thought that, her nart In tho program over, order would he re stored. Instead, the crowd made a rush for the ribbon with which sho had drawn tho veil. It was torn Into shreds, and then a dash was made for iho wire which had held tho ribbon In place. The brass rings were torn from It. Many were In danger of be ing cut by the wire, which the mob was trying to tear into pieces for souvenirs. Unable lo nroceed. Governor Har ris announced the suspension of tho - cx"i*clses until night,, The program of exercises was car ried out at Memorial Hall. The im mense hall was filled with peoDle. Governor Harris presided. The sneakers were William It. I)av, Asso ciate Jusl.Jce of the SitTtreme Court of , the United States: John W. n#nl?l; United States Senator from Virginia, and General Joseph McKayfOf Rrook lvn, National Commander of the Union Veterans' Legion, and General U. 11. .Hrown, Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. Mv<j$ McKlnley was unablo to attend tho dedicatory exercises, but sho was represented by her niece, Mrs. Ida McKlnley Day. The McKlnley Memorial was lmllt at a cost "of $">0,000, half of ?which, sum was raised by public subscrip-. lion, the other half being provided by ?111'* Ohio Legislature. Tho memorial'is in the form of a * s-Mnl-circle, In the centre of which Is the pedestal, surmounted by a flgure0. of'tho deart President, nine feet four inches in height. On either side of the semicircle are. rllegoiical pieces. FOl'H KILLED IN A, TORNADO. Others Fatally Injured In Rtorro Whirl) Passes Over Nebraska. Teeumseh, Neb.?Two violent and seemingly distinct storms swept over Johnson Oonnty, causing the death of four persons, tho fatal injury of two and the painful injury of Ave others. Tho (load arc: O. 1i. Giel, August Zieman, Royal Carmine and George Koehler. . The first throe crawled under ^ threshing machine, which was shat tored by lightning. A companion was severely shocked. Tho second storm, a tornado in vio lence, passed west of Tccunjseh, de molishing a school house. kilting George Koehler and fatally Injuring two .other school children and inflict ing severe injuries on four others in the school house. Many barns and windmills were blown down. eiurrLKs foioi a union. Composed of Men Who Have Lost Anns or Legs. Chicago.?The only union of crip ples in the world was organized here. The union is composed exclusively ot tho one-armed and the oue-legge4 men who tend switches oi^wavo flags at railroad crossings. In the city there are about 1200 cripples who earn a living by acting as switch tenders and flagmen. They complain that advantage ia. taken; <K them because of their, physical de fects. They work from twelve to six teen bout 6 a day and seven days in thu week at wages ranging from MO to $30 a month. Mosi of thwm ara old railroad men who have lost a leg or an arm In., an accident, and they are regarded as pensioners by the railroad companies. ? "1 ers^Sf Tfl??Sh?! Herself to Death. Mrs. George D. Bwlcer, a well- ? known summer resident of Ne^r Lon don, Conn., laughed too heartily whilo attending a play In thve Lyceum Theatre and as.4 result died it Um ? Crocker House. Insurance Agrhts Itcvifjtv llMk* The run on the Hibernia Dank, S3:\u r.Sucineo, >_ad. rAMlad-liy ttiamled ugeiiis oi a. fare ius.