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I VOL. XVI. AITAl.MXd mSAKTKIl Takes Place on the New York Central Railroad. A REAR END COLLISION. An IOngim* (!rnHh(Ml 11u! !* Way Into the I tear Con eh and Itotli TeleHOopeil the Car Ahead. In I he New Ytirk Central railroad tunnel that burrows under Park avenue, New York city. ?wo local trains collided Wednesday. Fifteen passengers were killed and twice that number were injured. A dozen of the latter were seriously hurt, and the roster of the dead ma\ lie extended. Til 12 DKAIV. Albert M. Perrin. Ft years old, recently from Chicago, secretary and second vice president of the I'nion Bag and Paper company, resid< nee Now Ilochollo, N. A.: P>. l>. C. Foskett. 10 vears old. New Uochelle: B. IT. Mills, 26 Now lUicholle: B. C. Hinsdale, 15, New Kochelle: Mrs. A. F. Howard, .15. New Kochelle: Frank Washburn, formerly ol' Chicago. president of the I nion Itag. and Paper company, residence New Kochelle: Win. Leys. .15, New Kochelle: (Jeneral Manager It. Airman and company. New York: Theodore. Forgardo, MO, New Kochelle; Win. Fisher or Forbes, 26, New Kochelle; William Howard. 48, New Kochelle: Oscar Meyrowitz. 50, New Kochelle, optician in New York and secretary of the New Kochelle Yacht club; Franklin Crosby, S3, New Kochelle; Lrnest F. Walton, .10. New Kochelle, broker in New York; H. Ci. Diamond. Now Kochelle, assistant general manager oft le American Itridge company, this city; Charles It. Mars. New Kochelle. employed by the New York custom j house. T1IK SKItlOtTSLY I N.I L' It I'M). Krnest Collin, 15 yea.rs old. New Ko'chelle; serious wound on head. Taken to woman's hospital, 50th street and Lexington avenue. Alfred Wauiey. Ilorist, of New York city; fracture of both legs, shock and sculp wounds. Albert W. Adams, a carriage buil derof New York city: left leg cut olT below the knee. George M. Carter. New York, leg fractured; George M. Fisher, I<>, lOast Port. Chester, severely injured. Mabel Newman. New liochelle; contusions of body and hip fract ured. Mamie.I. Pice, New liochelle, fractured nose, lacerated ear and sprained ankle; Sadie Scott, New liochelle. left hand and left foot fractured; Plcbard Millineaux, New liochelle, compound fracture. of thigh. Thomas Murphy. New liochelle. both logs broken and internal injuries. condition critical. Winlield Schult/.. New 11 ichelle. fractured legs and burns. A. Mcllae, New liochelle. leg I'ract tired. Henry Kcnne. general manager of the Siegel-Coopcr company, this city, fractured ribs and internal injuries. (icorge Winter, New Pochelle, compound fracture of left leg. The leg was amputated. Win. brooks, Erie, Pa., lacerated face and possible fracture of skull; taken to I loose veil hospital. A KKAK KM> COLLISION. It was a rear-end collision between j?>ont n iXtrwaiu local I li.it ran in o-vtiv t he Now York. Now I la von and IWtttford railroad, and was halted by .block signals at 1 In- sonlhorn oiitranco oil' the Annuel and a While Plains local trhat came by the Harlem branch of the New York Central. The wreck occurred at 8:17 a. m., at which hour the trains were crowded by suburbanites. Most of t he death, injury and damage was wrought by the online of the White Plains t rain, which plunged into the rear ear of tic motionless t rain and was driven t brooch to tlie middle of t he car, smashing t lie seals and furnishings and split t inj; t he sides as it moved forward, The viclims either were mangled jntlo' mass oi wreckage carried at the pilot, (rushed in tiie space between lioiler and cat sides, or sealed by steam which came hissing from broken pipes and cylinders. The engine in its final plunge of 40 feet curried t he rear ear forward and sent twisted iron, broken timbers, splinters crushing into the coacli ahead. Lights were extinguished and from t he wreckage .and darkness came theories of the injured and calls foi ; assistance by those v.ho escaped Within a few minutes T11K WOli K OF UKHC t 'K marked t>y heroism and sacrifice, l>o gan. Alarms that l)rougiit, ever) available ambulance in the police re serves of lire preclnts and t he flreinei of central and eastern districts o Manhatt an were sounded at once, wit I rpollce, tiremen and surgeons, came < score of volunteer physicians and hal dozen clergymen. I .adders were run down the t unite air shafts and the tiremen and polio attacked the debris with ropes am axes. Passengers already had ralliot and were trying to relea.-e those im prisoned in the debris. Father Sinitl and Hov. Dr. Walkley. chaplains o the lire department, cr vied in ove the wreckage and ministered to th dying. Lieut. Clarke of the tire de part merit, forced Iris way t<> the poin where Miss lllee and Miss Scott la, and stood in water that scalded th - .flesh from his limbs until the womei senator, both of whose leits wore broken and still bold by the timbers, volunteered to remain as lie was until those around him were assisted. Two p lieemeii and Chaplain Walkley reached Mrs. Howard, and the ehaplain jjave her a stimulant. The polio.-men were cutting away the sea which held the woman down, when a pipe broke. The scalding steam drove them back ami when the rescuers returned Mrs. Howard was dead. Injured persons in need of immediate attention were given temporary dressing by the ambulance and \olunteer surgeons and then hoisted to the street. Many Park avenue mansions were thrown open to the suffering but most of the Injui -d were at once taken to hospitals. The dead were carried t o morgues and police stat ions. An immense crowd heedless of the snow which swirled t hrotigh t lie st reet. gathered about the tunnel entrance and shafts and watehed the rescue work. Cornelius Vanderbilt was among t hose w ho came lo lhe t unnel, but tho police denied him admission, despite the fact that his family controls the railwav. i FIXING Tilt: KKSI'ONHMM I.1TV. itesponsibiliiy for the disaster i* unfixed, l)iit Supt. Franklin said that so far as he had been able to diseover, I.M. Wiseho. engineer of tlie White* plains train, is to blame, it is de j ,.i.I I lo.t I. N II I * i?i i < ?? i i ia i ?> i n * 11 I ur nniii il < M \> I 11 ] train slopped, a flagman ran bank oil > ' the. 1 imuoi and. beside plaeing a toi-I pedo on the Iraek, endeavored to flag I 1 ho on-eoining t rain. Thelunnel \va j beclouded with steam and smoke while tile snow, whieh fell through tlie air shafts tended to obseure t.heview. Fngineer \\ iseho and Fireman Christopher Flyer were arrested. A signal man also was detained for si time hut was released. Supt. Franklin has issued a statement as to the accident, which he declares that the block signals at Fiftyninth street were obeyed by the New Haven train, while the engineer of i the White Plains train disregarded' them. "The torpedo on the track went olf." said the superintendent, "lull he did not si p. even though the fireman called to him to do so. The system of block signals is such that il I is a physical impossibilil v for a signalman to make his light declare the traek free if another train is on the block." District Attorney Jerome visited the wreck and personally examined many witnesses. The State railway also announced its intention to make an investigation and similar Intent was expressed h\ the general ollleersnf both the New York Central and Hudson Ki\er railroad and the New York, New llavenand Hartford railroad. Residents of Now I h.chelle. conl ribut.ed I ho largest number t < the causally list bee. use t he rear ear of the South Norwalk local was reserved for them and wiiske.pt locked until the train reached that place. APPEALS TO THE PRESIDENT. Admiral Schley lii'higiiig Out Some Xew Facts. The object of Admiral Schley's visit to t he White 1 louse recent ly was I o request the president to entertain and consider an appeal for the reversal of the action of Secretary Look and the disapproval of the majority judgment of the court of inquiry. The interview was satisfactory, the president granting the admiral's request. Messrs. liayner and Teague today will assist Aflmral S-hley in t lie prcparat ion of t he appeal. The interview with the president was arranged in advance and at its conclusion Admiral Schley left the White House In a satislicd frame of mind, lie had been given it full opportunity to present the case from his standpoint and to acquaint the president with many details of which the lal ter could not have any knowledge. \\ Idle Admiral Schley would not make any statement regarding the matters 1 discussed, holding that an interview 1m>1 ween a naval olllcer and his coin1 inander in chief should he regarded as ' confidential, it is understood t fiat la' ; brought to the president's attention main of the .alleged injust ices and dis' cr< pancies of the majority report of t he court of inquiry. Admiral Schley's interview with tin; president was the result of his determination toexhaust every means in his ' power to overturn t he judgment which lias been rendered against him. Mis 1 new appeal will he d I (Torch t from that submit.ted to the navy department, bringing out some new facts which have an impartant bearing upon the, controversy. Messrs. Itaynerand Tcague, counsel for Hear Admiral Schley, came over . from Halt imore and were closeted for several hours with their client . The following statement was given i out by Admiral Schley's counsel at the f conclusion of the conference, i uAdmiral Schley has c included, i after mature and careful deliberation, i to appeal from the majority report of the court of inquiry to tho-president of I t he United States as commander In i> chief of the army andjnavy. This acI tion having been determined upon, I nothing more can bo divulged at this . time, the regulations of the navy bei ing such that, the nature of t on prof posed appeal cannot be revealed except r by tiie president after formal docuc incuts have been tiled with 1dm." Mr. ltayner stated that it will take t some time to prepare the appeal and y t hat It will not be tiled with the pvesie dent until after the return of Admiral n Schley from his visit to Savannah, i- abopt ttye 20th Inst. CONWAY, S. C., ' (iONK r<> TilK WALL. Tho Father of the Later "Cherry Tree" Idea Fails. A TOUCHING VALEDICTORY. II*' llrl't'rs t<? Mix Webb I'l'rl'ft'tlnj; I'rCHs. The AkkI^iicc 1 smtiCM a \(?Uro to ttit* < VtMlltOI'K. Since t he unt imely end of that infant industry, "The Amos Owen Cherry Tree company." the skeptical have been predicting the failure of "tlie father of them all" the Smith newspaper concern of Mont icello, I la., which is the lirsl of the "pfot-richquick" schemes I ? he started. T'lio napkin ring concerns and ot her aborl i ve iufi ingeinents on I he Smith copyright haveheen failing and now comes the announcement that Smith has made an assignment. For several weeks he lias been slow in making remittances, and now his agents are h ing informed that they are apt to conn* out losers in t Ins matter. Smith's valedictory is very affect inpr. has a "touching" ring about it. lie is. or was, the publisher of the Weekly (.'oust it lit ion and t lie Monthly Reporter, notoriously "sorry" papers, but tin y brought him over 40.000 subscribers through his system of gi ving employment to agents to do writing at home. Some of these agents in Columbia are sadly in need of the money which 1 hey put into the business and would almost he willing to sacrifice their claims for pay for wollv they have done if they eouid gel hack t he money advanced. The last of Smith's vent lire, is summed up in the following statement which he issued under ditto of January I: To t he 1 htblic: Leaving lite University of (Jcorgla in 1890, 1 moved to Monticello and in a few years afterwards I haven't the exact day before me. but seven' or eight years ago, I took charge Of t he Montieello Weekly Constitution, and have eont inuouslv edited and published that paper to I ho present time. When 1 took charge of that paper it had less than one thousand subscribers, and by continuous hard work have Increased Its circulation to 40,ouo or more; was rapidly building up ;t large Job printing business and had a prospect of doing about $;j0jO00 worth of advertising per annum. In October, loot. I bought and moved to Montieello I lie best newspaper press a Webb perfecting in Florida, with the exception of one in Jacksonville. I also purchased other costly and valuable machinery with which to operate t he plant, and hav? nearly completed a new building, all at a heavy expense. Mont ieello being a small place ii was necessary t hat a large per cent, of our business In the way of subscribers, j .j >i> priming and an vertisiiig, come I from a distance. To net this business it was necessary to have a good many paid representatives in the territory from which we expected pat ropagc. The business was gradually inovoasIng and promised well up to a few months a no. At that time I encouiit ered some opposit ion. but |>y con 11 pilous and persistent effort-managed to withstand il for a while. This opposition came from parties or newspapers who were and are not personally acquainted wit li me and who had no correet conception of my work, from partics whose main hope of keepiun their own heads up, depends on pulling down the heads of others. Their tinfriendly criticisms consisted of statements and publications, that were wholly tint rue, and wit liout t lie slight est foundation. In fact, statements that were conceived in malice, made in jealousy, and circulated with a desire and hope to injure. As above stated. I was able to Withstand this opposition for a time, tint to do so I was compelled to toil day and night. which under tlie strain I have had logo. lias seriously impaired my health. I am now unable to give the business the energy ami attention necessary for its successful continuation under t he diilioultics Inielly mentioned. ' Had it not been for this opposition I would have successfully built the business up lot he point desired, given employment to many who needed it. and made a fair margin of profit on the business transacted. Hut bad news travels at a rapid rate, and In many instances a substantJal institution under ordinary conditions lias been ouicklv ruined bv the circulation of untruthful reports, regardless of who their authors may have been. in conducting my business I have ever endeavored to keep faith with each of my representatives and aih sure a reference to my past record will satisfy any one on tlds point. And l shall yet keep faith with them, even though to do so, makes it necessary for me to sacrifice everything I have worked for, for Hie past 12 years. I have carefully and maturely con siderod the situation for several dayf , and have lirmly concluded that tin only safe course to take, considering the Interest of all, Is to assign all Hi) ; property for the purpose of satisfying the Just demands against me. I liave therefore, this day. voltirr tarily assigned all my propert y, real personal or mixed. Included money ii the hank, and excepting only un household and kitchen furniture, foi tile purpose named. Tin asdgnei . has taken charge of it and will make I the proper disposition of same. it is a matter of deep regret and t great disappointment to mc and t< .. u - . I nil'HSDAV, .lANl'i my frlentlfc and Lain glad to say thai | I fool that ovory one who Is personally j ae<iuainted with mo is my friend that t lie cou.sr taken seems host. Itespoet fully, eti*. } ^ 9Pi iw ?i/?i?i nm el 11 iiw I \ *v i cl >1 t oiiuuil ! from "S. I>. Clark, assignee," in which lie gives foimal not ice of the assigntnont ami says: "You will therefore discontinue your work in solieting agent s in Udialf of t his est ablishmeiit. and that you will send forward a sworn itemized statement on the en- 'I closed hlank to the undersigned assignee, of the amount of this estabiishment's indehtednesH to you. In making up this statement it must bo duly fc'wbrn to he hire some magistrate iu your vleloit y. I will kindly ask i lint \ i?u send I his statement I'oi ward to me as soon as possible and I will endeavor , make t he best disposit ion possible at ah early dated' l' county incltschools. ' i j ( Superintendent JlrMuhan I'rewentH | Some I'raclicftl HuggONtlonN. State Superintendent of Kdueation MeMahan in bis annual report has the j following tosav in the matter of eoun y ni}4ii synoois: * , "In many counties Ili? town school isattemled in its higher grades by pupils, from vomity districts, who in some cases (.as in Orangeburg and I n- , ion) are admit I ed tree oft nit ion by the gi ih.mvus act ion ?<l the city board, hut generally arc required to pay tuition, t Iiioither oils ', the limit, of eapacity 1 o ild'mlt pupils is being reached or lias bod. reached in many towns especially in those that lutve grafted the priv- ' i!* ge without tlie barrier of tuition I charges. What Is to tie 'done to supply die demand for high school education? Moreover, many smaller tow, > have never yet been aide to provide .1 high seh'ool department for their own children,- and eonse-iuent ly in sone counties there is not even Ibis beginning bt a high school aecesible to lie children of liiO- County, if the I;. . provided macibnely by wliieti town ind oouiHry tbounty, in short coPi unite 111 cat nbli'.iiiiig. and support in.: it nt /???. *? liAii/un.i litin man. places where now tin; need of il liacomo to be. soi lv felt. Indeed, we have reached the t ime when some counties have developed a senUment In favor of providing hl;;h school education for all children, from t own or count ry, who will attend. The comity hoard of Anderson, for example, In i>he person of .Count v Sep erhd"iid? ul lv. 10. Nicholson and < y S'tpcrinte.ndv'.iii. T. Walton, have been aifitatin^r for a year the establishment of a county hi|/h school, to serve, the cit v as well as the county. They have called meetings of the school trustees of the county and secured cooperation looking to comliined contri1 >ut ions of pi: )'.> funds for t Ids end. ' hut mere voluntary cooperation of boards liable to constant change of member ship will not suiliee. A simple enactment 1 hat I lie count y lioard may reserve and apply in its discre- | l ion 1 <> per cent.. of the school fund would suiliee. It would tfivc in Anderson more, than $."l,()uo. While that hoard would use the fund of a liitfh ; school* hoard in. a county not yet : ready for a hi^h school mijjht use a small sum to.assist in supplying ^ood teachers to specially backward or poor communities, or m'lLfhl think best not to exercise its power to set aside and expend part of the school fund. "It wfvuld tie Ix'st to at tempt no distinct legislation on the subject of high schools. An clolirate system created hv law for all eoupties at this time would be positively hurtful a waste of money which is sadly needed iii me country sciinni cwsincis. in any delini-tu legislat inn there would ho danger of forcing prematurely a high seJiool for it-. All that Is needed is to st rengthen t lie hands of I.he county hoards. ft\ the several safeguards and powers suggestt;d above.. and. these 1 wards will establish the necessary high schools as soon as loCal conditions can he developed to warrant them. The county hoard would thus he. as it should he. t he governing board of the county high school. The. county superintendent, employed by the county hoard, would have general oversight of t he county high school, as of all the ot her schools in the county. "In some counties these schools would serve for the better preparation of local teachers, until that distant day when the colleges and the normal schools shall suit ice to supply t rained teachers for all the schools of the country. In some counties these high schools would lake the form of Indus. trial schools for lioys and girls satisfying somewhat t he craving t hat Clemson and Winthrop have served to ;iwaken in 1 ]>? breasts of thousands who cannot reach these splendid institutions. Any one of our counties is as lartfe as a State of the old world, i and is amply able to provide within its I borders a high school for the practical education of Its children, rich and i poor." Ho WftH n Ilriito, Alderman Donohue of Wilkesbarre, Pa., Imposed a 20-day sentence upon ? Hubert Ridley Thursday on the evi deuce of the l:it t.er's wife, who testified r that when'ho returned home late la.sl ' night and got into be(i he placed both j ids feet against her back. They wore Ice cold and she was chilled. She ask* - ed him to stop, but be Insisted that . he wanted to warm his feet. Then i she protested, and be kicked her out >' of bed and would no' allow her to rer turn. She slept on the floor all nlgUt. The wife did not expect her spouse ,woul(l be locked up and begged for lib release on ball, but the Alderman rc< i fused and said no punishment was toe > severe for the man. ^4 , VHV 10, TEN MILLION UIKT ro Found ft Higher Institution of Learning. DONATED BY MR. CARNEOIE. I'lio Oltji'ci, I'ui'iMKsc and Scope <>!' the Proponed Institution j.s Sot l-'orlhby Mr. Ciii " iu*i?ir Himself. onudal annoiinromrnt u..s made Pluirsday of tlio hoard of In dees of ho ('anionic lastitution, whieh hits doom incorporated in Washington mi lor tho -<10,no >.00.) vrii'l of Andrew 'arnoj^io. The onl\ indicat ion as t<> I ho form of thotfift is I hat il will ho in "liso por font, bonds." Thin Is teferr'sl to in a sinyrI? sontonoo its follows: "i* is tho purpose of Mr. Carnegie to transf r $10,000.0011 in live por colli, bonds to tho hoard of trustees for tho purposes above mentioned." The annoitneemenl was made in the form of a statement given out by ( 'has. i> Waloott, secretary of the incorporators, in accordance wit lit he expressed wish of Mr. Carnegie, The hoard of t rust res elected by I lie incorporators to carry out the purposes of the institution as indicated, are as follows: kx-okfioio. The president of t ho t oil ed Slates. Tho president of the I'idled States senate. The speaker of t lie house of represent at Ives. Tlir secretary of t he Smithsonian Inst itni ion. The president, of tin* National \cadomy of Sciences. (Jrover ( leveland, New Jersey. .loon S. I tilling.-;. New York. Win, N. I n w, I'enn ,lvania. Lyman .1. < Ja^e, I llii.o! a l>.'intel c. (iilm in. Maryl mil. John Hay, District of Columbia. Ahram S. Hewitt., New Jersey. llenrv 1.. Ilintfinson, Massaolnisetts. Henry Illteh.jck. MIs:.-> irt. Chas. Ij. Hiitcbinson, iliinois. Win. Lindsay. Kentucky. Seth'Low, New York. Wayne Mac Yea gh, Pennsylvania. H. (). NTtlis, ( .uifornia. S. Weir Mitchell, Pennsylvania. W. W. Morrow, California. Klihu Ho >1. New \ 01 k. John D. Spooner. Wisconsin. Andrew 1). White, New York. Kdward I>. White. Lonisiana. (diaries I). Walcotl, Hist riot of Columbia Carrol 1>. Wright., District of Columbia. The hoard of t ru. cos will nv el to organize and ele t on leers, in the oilier of tin; secretary of stale on Jan. '.M. Mr. Carnegie's purpose, as stated by himself in requesting the various memhers of the hoard to lieeome mem 1)0is is jus follows: "II is proposed to found in t ho oily of Washington* in the spirit of Wa.shi opt on, jtii inst Itul ion whioh, wit h I lie cooperation of institutions now or hereafter estjihlished, hero or elsewhere, shall, in the broadest and most liberal manner encourage invest ipation, research and discovery; encourage t he applicat ion of knowledge to the improvement of mankind; provide such buildings, lahoriitories, books and apparatus as amy be needed, and afford Instruction of ;m Jidvanced character to st udents whenever ;ind wherecvor found, inside or out dde of schools, properly (piiilifled to prolit thereby. "These and kindred objects ma> lx attained by providing the necessary apparatus for experimental work, b> employing jible teachers from the various inst it ut ions in Washington 01 elsewhere, jtnd by emibliriK men titled for special work to devote t hetnsel veto it. through sabirled fellowships 01 scholarships, or t brunch salaries witl ' or without pensions in old it^e, 01 : through aid in other forms to sucl | men as cont inue their speci.al work al seats of learning throughout tlx world. 'I'lio Cherry Tree .Men. i A Winston-Salem, N. C., special t< the Charlotte Observer, says: Cost oltioc Inspector ('. 10. iOnteman wa here yesterday conferring wit h I >ls trie' Attorney liollon in regard to tin Alios Owen Cherry Tree Company which stands charged wit h violating t li(. r if it; I ;i 1 hi u'li in I lid niliYirl Iciiwr inil i 1 ^ tei sent out. Tlie Inspector Is I lives t Igal ing and eollpct Ing evidence pro piratory to the trial of tho men wlv c<?mpose tho company, at tho nex term of the federal court at ObarlotD The writers of many of the letters r? ee I vert hy District Attorney 11 olio ask him to collect the money whlc they pairt the cherry tree people. Eae writeV tells liim how much is due lilt or her. Mr. Holton has prepared circular letter In answer to those rt ceivert hy him. lie tells the peop] who claim to be defraurtert that h business Is that of prosecutor and n< collector. It Is salrt that the defer rtants, through their council, wi make an etf ,rt to compromise the sui Instituted. I>?>tk*t l.lvc Togotlicr. Constipation and health never go t gether. J)cWitt's Llllle Early Uise promote easy act ion of t lie Wrwels wit out distress. "I have been uoubh ' wit h cost iveness nine years," sa\ s .1. < . tireene, Depuuw, Ind. "I havetrk many remedies but Little Early Kise , give ix'st results." Dr. E. Norton. /<{-M frO o oa^A. THE STATE'S FINANCES. A Statement .?!' Itcrelptn nut! IMs- , lllll'HOItK'lIlM lilt' I'llNl V l'?P. Tito dorks in the compt.roller's ortlee prtictIcullvcompleted * he statement of 1110 receipts tuul disbursements for t t ,? I'cilr I 'til I OM.Itliir M il li I ml .'II lust, showing i he liniuiclal condition t>f t If SI ;itThe statement of the receipts was made public, showing that they amounted to $'I.!I'.H,77 1.87. The eompt roller's is,;>ks -hows the total expenditures to have hem , $."1,781. hi*,.28. There are. however, more outstanding warrants which will make t he t reasurcr's hooks si "ore the expenditures at $'t,780,H13.<17, in accordance wit h I hese llguics tin* comptroller's hooks si?ow a cash balance at the end of the year of $22f>. r.l.*?.H9, and the treasurer's hooks a cash balance of $2117.718.2.*). This all Indicates that tin Slate Is not in as bud a tix llnanciallv as may be supposed, although of the receipts 31 Id,000 represents inonev borrowed by the governor and the State treasurer upon which to run the government, reducing the cash balance very much. Tiro receipts from the taxes due for the year IUUI are shown also to he pitifully small. A not iter thing worthy of note in the statement of the receipts is the farcical sum collected from the income lax this year. Ihit In iv is the statement of the receipt s to speak for itself, and it ftirn'shes material for thought on the. part of the members of the general assembly, which begins its annual sessional on Tuesday next. ilack taxes. $ 317.8f? Taxes, 18! .) f>,U77.no Taxes, ii).)o r>8ii,:i(iH.r>8 Taxes. 1000, It. It. assessment 4,1110.77 Taxes (Income) 7a0.it I Tax s. 1001. It. it. assessment i,3i:i.r?r? TAxos. IP I (Income).... 8.7ft Taxe . !O.H . .. .. 219,213.82 Prlv>i- ifes on FcrMh/rr . 84,078.43 S. C. Dispensary 1,948.('83.4 .Sin' ;.vc Fund ( omutiss'n. ?v.? m.',. .34 Sin' i Fund i'or Uedaot ion lot). 102 09 Insurance License Fes.. 12 iia. > lOxp lidilures i r 190L. .. 3,781,40a.28 j lla.su bal. Jan. 1. 1902... 22... 10.7.hi) Total 4,000,001.17 i Insurance License Fees (t J rad uu I ed) 13, ft 4 3.7 0 i Permanent Male School Fun<J 2,700.18 J Phosphate royalty 17,120.50 I Dispensary school fund.. loo,000.00 Cash, horr ;\v< d n 4es s'ovornor and treasurer... ? ia,000 00 Fees oillec secretary f state 10,033.71 i 11imii.uici\ niiii-1ti/ mnri. j.uv i. 17 ('icinson bequest rtn.oo j Morrill fund 250,000.00 imn' N t >H. On account. Ktat'* 1 n??i-.< keeper 2.88 On account st at ionery and stamps sup!. education 10.01) | ()n account pensions.... 1,287.70 On iiccouut extra clerk 111ro, secretary state.. 7.25 On account books, blanks and charters 2.75 On account expenses, phosphate eoniiniss'n'r at.21 Total receipts $2,801,77 1.87 The suminar!/e<l statement of receipts. expenditures and cash balance I in each otllce is as follows: < OMITUOI.UUC (IKNKIIAI.'S OKKICK. (!ash balance .Ian. !. I Do I $ 01 1.880.: to ('ash receipts during loot 8..'tot ,77 1.87 Total $1,000,001.17 HTATK TUKAHIJKKK'K OKKICK. .('ash balance Jan. I, 1001 $ 020,0 12.0."? ('ash receipts during '01 8,801,771.87 r Total $4,018,080.1)2 i {expenditures for loot... 8,780,048.07 . 1 Cash balance Jan. I. 1002 287,7 18.25 j Total $1,018,080.01 i- Cash bai. state Treaa .$ 237,713.25 , ' ('ash bill. Cnnip. (ien'l. . . 225,105.80 I (upstanding warrants comptroller general. 12,547.38 Total $ 237,743.25 Died at tlin I'ost. ) I There was a bead-end collision on s the Kenova division of the Norfolk and s j Western railroad at 7 o'clock Wednes(1 day morning in which Hugh Smith, an express messenger and hnggagcmastci ' and Klaginun John Turner ot Hluetield were, killed. The colllsior occurred near Alnwick, W. Va., between No. 4. passenger train, eastbo ind. and an ext i a westIw.und freight t i rain, mo passenger train was or t line and I ho freight was delayed. Tlu freight train gent Flagman Turnei ahead to hold t ho passenger train at Alnwich. hut owing tr> t he heavy foy ^ t he engineer of tlie passenger train die n not see him, and the bagman In id: n olTorts to l?e seen got on the track it ' front of the train and was run ove ,0 and killed. The two trains cameint< js collision just cast of Alnwick. Itotl )t engines were hadlv damaged. Th express car wa crushed and Messentre .j Smith killed. Kngineer Itailey of th (H p.os nger train was seriously hurt and Conductor d'oran of the sum train was slightly injured by being eu with t?rokcn glass. Kngineer Klpp (?f tho freight train was slightly hurt ' * t?ut ids lireman was uninjured. Th 11 xpress car and the combination ex ,,j press and baggage car caught lire an ). were de it ro ved, nothing l>cing save i?(i except two trunks. 1 he body of Me? rs senger Smith was badly burned be.for 11 was rescued from the flames. Nou of the passengers were Injured. * ? t ?n ^ NO. 25. ; *?4?%V-iCI .X<MTM* ?< >,! I. I BD^II m i i n" i * >r * HOLD ROBBKRS. Robbery of tie National Stock Yard Bank of St. Lcuis ??? ... jjUflJCi HY ?1A HA5SKED MEN. ________ I'liey Took \11 !??? ('urroncy nud Coin /Vniumiliiig to .AIm>nt Jkr>,< (><). Hooks ami I'apcrH Destroyed. Six masked nun entered the Nali nal Stock A'ar?Is hank north of East St. Louis. III., Wednesday night and after rapt wring and gagging ttie two night watchmen and tlremen at the plant and blowing open the vaults with dynamite, secured In coin and currency, with which they escaped. Kor nine hours, from 7 o'clock last night until t a. in., they were at work on the vaults without being interfered with. The entire East St. Louis police force, aided hy the St. Louis police, are guarding all avenues of escape, hut as yet have obtained no clue tot he wherealKiuts of t he rohliers, who, it is believed, escaped on horseback. Lee Pldlpot, one of the watchmen, a rough rider friend of President Roosevelt, and a mcmtx'r of the well knwn Kentucky family of that name, was the llrst to meet with the rohliers. lie was standing in the stock yards near the exchange building, in which the bank is loeated, when lie was addressed hy three men who sprang out of a fence corner with revolvers in their lPtiuls. They said: "We want you. Pldlpot," and with that overpowered him U f .re lie could reach his re vulvor. The three robbers took 1*1*11put to the composing r ton* of the Daily Nalknal block Yards Reporter nearby, and laid iiim on the tloor. Ho v. a t)(a;in! hand and > .ol and (tugged \ ii!i t tvv< 1 >. W hil1 lying there three ot tier nun came in. ?\ il< !,? w I 111 ' i 'm? ',r Phil p i In .ir I I v i . . . t r h ers h v: ' Let r. kt. ;i?i. . was prev ot d fr in ' ? i' 1| t s . vs. by t iit* i I her r b! f I h men vis sent ? ot w,r .j i< mh to Reen re ;'ns l? d t 1st nil ' Alts it ?. it o t oe ul . . man, was eaug.it on f y ?ops t toe exchange building. I ie r o >er wont. up t-.i t.strp and addressed h tn t?v name, fhink'.ng it was a frl> ftstep was takin unawares and a r* "her .was timed- into Ids face and unddr threats < 1 till he was i'or< d to go I . tlie composing t? in, where lie was Ixiund and gagged. Kireuiar. Clark was taken unawares in the steam plant, of the exchange building. I Ie resisted and was badly beaten before in; was subdued. Ho was also taken to the composing room and left, bound and gagged, with' his t wo companions. About midnight one of the robbers was left to guard the three captives, while the ot tier live went to Hie hank, which is located on the tlrst floor of the exchange building, near the centre. With nit ro-glyccrlne r 1 it* robbers blew open tlie steel doors of Hie vault. These floors of a double thickness of steel were shattered and the bank's 1 ?ooks ami papers blown into shreds. Knterlng the vault t be big steel safe witti quadruple plate doors, was next encountered. These doors were drilled and a charge of explosive inserted, which blew them off. The explosion destroyed more books and papers and I scattered aljont $000 in gold and silver upon tlie floor. This money was not taken by the robt>ers. They t<K>k all tlie currency and other coin amounting to about $">,000, as nearly as the bank's officers can estimate. The five men left the bank and signalled to the one who was guarding the captive > , watchmen and iireman and he joined his companions. I Five minutes after the robber guArd left the composing room Kstep, who i had not l>cen tHuind securely, worked loose and released ("lark and Philpot. j All the robbers wore masks. In addition to the $5,000, the robbers secured $550 left with the bank by Assistant Postmaster Buslmell of the stockyards. This is the bank whose officers recently swore out a warrant MH .. . ... t ?i * - - * * - ' 11<11 111>: i hhhior' 1 MiUMH'SU in, I IIO assistant cashier, with embezzling $12,000. _ # 'I tic Tax on HURlir. At t he annual meeting of the sttflk. holders of t he American Sugar Refln. in>; company in Jersey City Thursday, ( President Havcmeyev presented Ids annual report, lie said: "It, would seem that with an overflowing federal treasury there had disappeared any ( reason for continuing the existing , high tariff upon raw sugar. It eon- % r stitutes a charge uik>n the constnupt Hon of nearly 2 cents a pound. This * r represents on an annual consumption j of 2,360,000 tons $85,000,000 a year. s of this, however, only 1,360,000 tons t are Imported, yielding customs rever nues of $40,000,000; the balance, $36,000,000 goes into the pockets of the l planters. "A removal of this duty on k.^r[Tj ^ raw sugar would result in a saving to r the consumer of $85,000,000." e 1 * Mi White Men to liang. Governor Ayoock of North Carolina t named Wednesday, -4'eoruary 25, for s the hanging of alx white men. In , each case there has been an appeal to c the supreme court. Pour men are to :- hang at Anhcvllle for burglary at d Emma, N. 0. One Is to hang at YVUd Ron, N. G., for tissualnation, tills belt,g t- the ilrst since the war, and one at e Lincolntou, for burglary In which a io woman was horribly cut, a child born later having birthmarks as a result.