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w > 1 . TROUBLE EXPECTED fltl MOUNT ETNA of Terror Through Sicily. The Country Swept fc A DISASTROUS CYCLONE, Followed bv * Tidal Wavp?Violent Marine Agitations Noted?A Hundred Dead Bodies FounJ at riodica. ^ The Disaster Believed to Have Been Due to a Waterspout at Sea. * London, By Cable.?A dispatch from Rome announces that a severe cyclone has swept over Catania, a city on the coast of Sicily. The railroads have suffered seriously, The cyclone also was * . sever at other places and many were killed. Mount Etna shows further * signs of activity and the volcano of Stromboli 13 still active. Syracuse. Sicily. By Cable.?For 24 hours before the cyclone burst over the t island. a .violent storm raged on the eastern coast of Sicily. The path of the cyclone was 124 miles long, and leverything in the line of the storm Iffas destroyed. The sea swept inland 'for several kilraoters. doing enormous damage, while there were violent submarine agitations between Sicily and Jfce mainland. Along the railroad from Tatania to Palermo, the force of the cyclone was such that rails were torn tip and huted to great distance. It is reported from ?4odica 32 miles southwest from Syracuse), that a hundred Hf bodies have already been found, but \ ?that kl-e number of dead bodies swept 4 S^way the torrent is unknown. The newspaper Fracassaa expresses the belief that some 400 people have ' been killedd. The torrent destroyed everything on the ground floors in houses of the lower portions of Modi% ca. Budges and roads have disappear' ed and damage amounting to many . . million lire has been done. (A lire is worth about twenty cents.) The survivow of the catastrophe have taken ^ . refuge in the hills. A relief committee , and search parties have been organized at Modica, The disaster is supposed to have been due to a marine water4 enonf f ho .Carman cfpsmpr FanPra jt *was wrecked At Catania after a terrible J struggle with the waves. L": *. * ?? _ Census of Philippines JjM Washington, Special.? President Roosevelt has signed the order proelding for the taking of a census of the * "Philippines, in accordance with the terms of the Philippine act passed ar the last ses6i,on of Congress and upon -certificate of the Philippine cominlssion that the'insurrection has been suppressed. The commission's certificate excepts the I^ake Lanao district In Mindanao, Where Moros are in arms, as cot naming within the terms of the PhilipjSHe act, the Moros havJng nevff takei part in the Philippine H^mrreetltfn pSpper. The order of the ^pesideut is dated September 25. It Mis nrovlRion of the Philinnine which jiWvides that when compeace afiall have be en estabBBBpKhed-wtTd., tb^ fact certified to the ^^^PFrcsldent. theensus shall be orHM^ftdered, which shll make inquiries remm lating to the^wpulation and ascertain as faBas pgsajble all facts such as jV taken p a* ceflkis of- this country. In his discretion foe President may emflB 9 ploy the pr^dnt Census Bureau iu 9| promulgating the statiscal informa^ The C?tton Crop. t Washington. Special.?A number of special agents of the Department of W - Agriculture have left Washington for khe South and others will follow for Hrjfr Purpose of investigating certain 'f#featu|es of the cotton movement. StaES^-:|isttcian Hyde's estimate of the Hp?v azhpslft of cotton, actually grown durr7 the year 1901-'02 and the Census I v ^fyreku as to the amount ginned du.*I"# the year both differ considerably the amount marketed, according commercial re port?. The DeHEL, jBfanent believes the difference is iff9 up ^ar8dy of cotton carried over PRkJfcott preceding years and of linters P **i re-packs. No expense will be -UImm it is said, in an investigation I llTto yfifkt the commercial crop really i amounted to and what it consisted of. pWL fun statement of the result will -"TP ffceT^de public. 'Veil Digger Strikes Gold. P? TFf GI%ensboro. Special.?A well-diggei ( * found a suspicious-looking chunk of Stmetal on the farm of Mrs. Harrison "* Eipkjs. three miles north of GreensI * a^rqgand. bringing it to the city, had * x cMmist io examine it. who pro*>unced it a nugget of pure gold. 18 v : ' karats fine. Th^lump is about the . ?vnjtf?lze of one's thumb and the gold ri.us L * entirely through it. The man v ho R will not tell exactlv at what on the fa-m he found it. He ieems to think h? has a good thing ? A ?udikwants to share in it. }jk <*m i ^ ? Postmaster Absconds. ^ * '^Washington. Special.?Chief Post ^ mice Inspector Cochran received a a dtoj^tch announcing that Postmastei * 8. Nutty, of Timber Ridge, Va., has Jm ahsccnded. Timber Ridge is a fourthBT class office. The disappearance of the HH postmaster followed a visit or tne RSB poitoffioe inspector, who wires that BfiBf th^tamp accounts have been manipuB | Jated. N. S. Wood has been designat??d. acting postmaster. fm% 0' Items Interest. ^ . Jkp?r cent of $1,000,000 i3 the qpJPpiarlcs M. Schwab, the steel j fitng. is t# pay tnnually fc>r an unfur*?ish Kl apartment of 17 rooms on the ja, _* sixteenth floor cf the Ansonla. Broadvy and 72d street New York, with & private elevater service. Only a few p - ago this would have bee i a Rkfirtjltg rental for anyc ne to pay. BB * Th#Chinese are a very thrifty pooThe Rev. M. Sears, a Eaptist njAionaryf to C hina, in a letter to ftppds in^lexlco. Mo., relates that the ?ody 'or ue head of a family of B ' his acquaint? nr e was kept by his B economical children until ttfbir mptner died, sb tb,v both could he, burJed togeth^^. In tua way the needless expense oftpro'viilih'g'. two graves was avoided. RUf. A?'/' ?;\, \ *, * - * * * ? THE STATE FAIR. Big Preparations For the Annual Festivities. Columbia State, 18th. It is exactly four weeks from Friday next before the great South Carolina State fair begins, and the people of the State will begin to flock to the capital to spend a great gala week. This year there is more in fair week than the State fair itself and the band concerts and street illuminations. It will be a carnival week also and after j the people leave the fair grounds in tfie afternoon the fun for the day will Just be starting up. Down in the city there will be no end of attractions incident to the great Elks' carnival. The streets will be illuminated and the side shows of various kinds will be in full blast. Confetti tossers will be everywhere and young and old will go in for a real good time. Bands of music and brilliant illuminations and attractive decorations will add to the I scene of festivity, and the fun will continue until the midnight hour has arrived each night. The whole carnival will conclude with a grand Elks' j street parade in which the militia will participate, the fire department will be out, and the queen will be crowned. All along the line those who have charge of the various features cf the great work are hard at work and nothing is being left undone to make the J week the greatest in the history of the State Fair society. The Elks have the guarantee in j signed contract from the Carnival ! company furnishing the shows that all ! Qhn-a-c that will form a part of the | street fair will be clean and moral, and that there shall be no gambling brought to Columbia by them or operated under their auspices or control, and the management of the carnival enterprise will be hold strictly to the letter of the agreement in this matter, the first appearance of anything of the hind being the signal for the revocation of all privileges. Among the street attractions will be the Electric Theatre, the '"Statue Turning to Life," the "Electric War Show." "Lunetta," ' Big Snake, Sampson," "Old Plantation," "Egyptian Snake Eater." Vaudeville Theatre, "Hall cf Fame," "Palace of Mystery," etc. There will be several star free shows, and Prof. Griffin's brass band will be much in evidence. The Elk.? will run their own "Country Store" and Elks' Jail, and there will he voting for the queen cf the carnival and the most popular Elk. a crr^of manv features of the car nival are just at present being finally arranged for. The fair itself promises to be an unusually good one. Col. Holloway is as busy as can be receiving entries. The exhibits in all departments this year promise to be large and interesting. Several large concerns are already arranging for space for extensive exhibits. The merchants of Columbia are being urged to make exhibits from their stocks of goods and If they carry out the idea some handsome displays of this character may be expected. From all parts cf the State comes information indicating a very large attendance at the fair this year. Another feature of this year's fair which will be an improvement on preceding fairs will be the races. Good purses have been offered and some ex- ' cellent stables will be brought here for the meet. For the society folk the State ball committee Is making preparations on a more extensive scale than usual and they say this year s can win oe one of the finest that they have ever given. The managers of the theatre are booking in a number of star attractions for the week, and this year propose to vary the plays with each succeeding night. Everything is looking far more promising than usual for a great gathering of the people of South Carolina. and if such is not the case U will be no fault cf those charged with the work of providing suitable entertainment for the crowds, and entertainment to suit all, rich and poor, old and young. Shot Girl and Himself. Memphis. Tenn.. Special.?Prompted by jealousy, Joseph Emers. a young man from Vicksburg, Miss., this afternoon shot and seriously wounded Rosa Rorodofsky, a young lady who had recently refused his attentions. Emers then turned the revolver upon himself, inflicting a wound from which he cannot recover. No Fair at Spartanburg. There will be no street carnival in Spartanburg this fall. At a meeting composed of representative citizens and a carnival agent last night the matter was discussed at length and the project was decided upon unfavorably. While there had been considerable talk concerning the question and some Interest displayed, when the time came for a concerted action no one was willing to take the initiative steps. Probably the street fair now on in Atlanta and the airing given its uncleanly features by the Georgia newspapers was partially responsible for the turn the matter took at the meeting. Sad Case of Suicide. Reidsville, Special.?Sam Lindsay, a respectable man, 24 years of age, son of Robert G. Lindsay, committed suicide at the home of his brother, Jack Lindsay, on Irvine^strect, at 6 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Ho shot himself twice with a pistol in the side and head, and <feath was instantaneous. Thfc act wan probably due to despondency,. caused by# ill health, as he had been sick for se?-< eral weeks. '9 * ( called out militia Soldiers Mobilizing in Wilkesbarre District. SHERIFF JACOBS ASKS FOR TROOPS Some Persons Misplaced a Switch and a Train Load of Coal Was Run Into the Ditch. Wilkesbarre, fa., special.?in compliance with the request of Sheriff Jacobs and numerous citizens of Luzerne county, Governor Stone issued an order at noon Wednesday directing the Ninth Regiment, National Guard of Pennsylvania to mobolize at Wllkesbarre, and three hours after the order had been received Colonol Dougherty, the commanding officer, had the regiment, with the exception of the Hazelton companies, ready for the field. The regiment consists of 12 companies aud has a membership of about 750. There are quite a number of mine workers in the regiment, but all responded readily to the call. Colonel Dougherty says he does not apprehend any serious trouble. President Mitchell refused to make any comment on Sheriff Jacob's action in asking the Governor for troops for the Wyoming region. He said the presence of the militia would not interfere with any of his plans, which were to push the strike to a successful issue. Some of the Mitchell lieutenants think the sheriff acted rather hastily and the bringing of troops here was for the purpose of enabling the mine owners to operate their colleries, but they would be disappointed, as the strikers are as determined as ever. Sheriff Jacobs, in a statement issued to the public, explains at length why he called on the Governor for troops. He says the outbreaks were becoming too numerous and with the limited number of men at his command he could not cope with the unlawful assemblies that gathered in various places throughout the county. A Central Railroad of New Jersey coaj train, which was moving out of a mine siding at Warrior Run Tuesday night, was derailed by an open switch, which had been tampered with by unknown parties. The crew escaped by jumping and the cars were piled up in a big wreck. The coal which the train was carrying was intended for the New York market. A big crowd of strikers attempted to prevent the non-union men employed at the Exeter colliery, of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company at Sturmerville, from going to work this morning. A number of deputy sheriffs, in charge of Thomas Burket, tried to protect the workmen. A fight followed, in which several shots were fired. David Richards, a fire boss, was shot in the leg. and David Harris and John P. Stroh were beaten on the head with clubs. Thos. Burket was also knocked down with a stone and rendered unconscious. The coal and iron police finally dispersed the mob. New York Republicans. Saratoga, N. Y., Special.?Completing a State ticket and promulgating a platform of principles without the lea3t indication of friction and amid3t much enthusiasm, the State Republican convention adjourned sine die. The enndi dates, with three exceptions, are at present State officers. The planks in the platform which attracted most attention were those protesting against combinations and trusts, and the declaration for improved canals. The ticket nominated was: For Governor, 13. B. Odc'l, Jr., of Orange: Lieutenant Governor, F. W. Higgins, of Cattaraugus; Secretary of State, Joan F. O'Brien, of Clinton: Treasurer, John G. Wickser. of Erie; Comptroller, N. B. Miller, of Cortbndt; Engineer, E. A. Bend, of Jefferson; Attorney General, H. B. Comon, of Madison: Judge Court of Appeals. Wm. E. Werner, of Monroe. The platform also endorses the administration of President Roosevelt and Governor Odell; discourses on the economy that has characterized the administration of State affair3; favors reciprocity with Cuba; congratulates PrcsideEt Roosevelt for laying the foundations of local government in the Philippines and endorses the constitutional amendment allowing the Legislature to reguiare me nours 01 iaoor ior wording men. Was Too Attentive. Ooan, Fla., Special.?In a duel Wt.< nesday morning between Moses Brown and W. T. Frierson, Brown was shot and killed, and Frierson dangerously wounded. The trouble is said to have* been caused by Brown's, attentions to Frierson's wife. Brown was a prominent young business man of this city. Public sympathy appears to be entirely with Frierson. Two Killed. Beaumont. Texas, Special?In a riot at Port Arthur Wednesday night, Deputy Marshal Smith and a Mexican were killed. The Mexican who killed Smith escaped. A posse Is searching for him and when captured he may be lynched Feeling is high at Port Arthur and more trouble is expected. About two hundred Mexicans are employed ther? I Boise a Candidate Waterloo. Iowa. Special.?Former Governor Horace Boies made public his letter accepting the Democratic nomination for Congress in the third Iowa district, now represented by Speaker Henderson. Rains in Texas. Houston, Texas, Special.?A heavy rain fell Wednesday night over south Texas, breaking a severe drought in the cattle country, which had caused a heavy loss to cattlemen along the Rio Grande and the lower coast. * Reports from northeast and north central Texas show that the rains ofajbe pa3t two. days have done considerable dam age to the open.cotton andfchat the neids' are so boggy as seriously to interfere with picking operations. |_ i * ilAfssi T .. *<?-* SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL Textile NoJes. Messrs. M. T. Boss of McMinnville, Tenn.; S. G. Stratton, Alexander Young. Wm. Boss and A. Bryan of Lebanon. Tenn.; R. H. Dudley, Jr., and E. J. Turner of Nashvil'e have incorporated the Tennessee Woolen Mijl3 Co., with capital stock of $30,000. This company has acquired t.n established plant at public sale, paying therefor $5,500. The plant will be put in proper condition and operated at McMinnville. Mr. J. H. M. Beaty cf the department of textile industry of Clemson College, S. C.. has issued his announcement for the coming term, including the statement that there has been arranged a special course in his department whereby mature men who have had the advantages cf good preliminary education and who cannot afford to follow the regular college course may pursue certain courses in textile work. It has been previously announced that a cotton mill was projected at I JA1.1- A _1. TJ tl JL.11U? IVUCX, /VI R. UCU, IV. uiunu, ?t uu is interested in the enterprise, now plans the corporation of the Little Reck Cotton Mills Co., with capital stock cf $100,000, and the installation ci a plant of 5.000 spindles and 150 looms. Messrs. R. E. Morris, A. B. Poefl R. W. Poe and other leading business men are interested. The No. 1 plant of the Stonewall Cotton Mills of Stonewall, Miss., was damaged by fire during the week. It was, in fact, practically destroyed, but tiie company . ill rebuild at once, and is already making preparations. In order to continue meeting the demand for product, the company will operate Mill No. 2 at night with the employes who have been operating the No. 1 plant.. Knit-goods manufacturers of Rhode Island and Tennessee contemplate locating a knitting plant at Cuthbert, Ga., aad may soon announce their decision. Other manufacturers are, as reported last week, negotiating to establish a cotton factory at Cuthbert, Ga., but names and addresses cannot be stated as yet. It is stated that the Victor Cotton Mills cf Charlotte, N. C., will meet September 29 to consider plans for enlargement of its plant. The company has in view the erection of a woave shed and the installation of 400 looms, and it is believed that the majority of the stockholders will vote to make the improvements. Breaham Cotton Mills of Brenham, Texan, has let contract at about 152,000 for the textile equipment for its plant. Mention was made last week of the company letting contract at $SSS95 for erection of its building. There will be 5,000 spindles and 150 looms. It is reported several weeks ago that the Pearl Cotton Mills of Beverly, Ga., had decided to install looms. The contract for same and for other clothroom machinery was awarded during the weok. There will be 120 looms; 7,500 spindies are in position. Thos. J. Lillard of Elgin, N. C., contemplates organizing a textile-manufacturing company. His plan is to build either a cotton mill or knitting plant, and ho is ucsirou3 of corresponding with prospective investors. It is reported, but not authoritatively. that the Lane Mills of Now Orleans, La., will add practically an entirely new mill of 20,000 spindles to its plant. The company has at present 1,700 spin ics ana ooa 1001ns. The Excclslon Manufacturing Co. (Howell. Sanders & Orr) of Charlotte, N. C.. has equipped a plant for manufacturing specialties in cotton goods, and use electricity as the motive power. It is stated that local capitalists of Mayfield. Ky.. have purchased the Mayfield Woolen Mill3. and will rerucdel the plant and put it in operation. The plant, is said to bo worth $125,000. A report states that Thos. Hirst of Vineland, N. J., is seeking site at Petersburg. Ya., for the establishment of rug factor}- to employ about 100 persons. It is announced that Phil A. Rush of Scnatobia, Miss., is organizing a $100,000 stock company to build cotton factory. Lumber and Timber. A representative of the Berlin Machine Works of Beloit. Wis., closed a deal last week at Houston. Texas, with the Kirby Lumber Co.. of which Mr. John II. Kirby is president, for eight complete planning mill outfits. The machinery is to go into eight mills of the Kirby Company, of which four are 1 new?at Buena. Kirbyvllle, Jasper and I Prorenn Vnph thn miphinorv enn. alsts of improvements entirely new. The I'nion Plneopolis Saw Mills Co. nf Atlanta, has been incorporated, with a capital stool: of $750,000. The incorporators are Preston S. Arkwright. R. E. Cullane, W. B. Stovall and F. M. Sisk. The company is organized to deal in timber, timber lands, turpentine and rosin, and erect and operate saw-mills and factories. The main office of the company will be in Atlanta. The Valley Pine Lumber Co. of Fort Smith. Ark., represented by its vicepresident and general manager, A. L Harrison, purchased last week 52,640 acres of timber land in Leon and Wakulla counties. Florida. Besides being largely interested in the lumber trade, the company deals largely in cattle, and expects during the coming winter to place $40,000 worth of cattle on these lands. The shipments of lumber rrom the port of Mobile last week amounted to 2,955,584 feet, the shipments of sawn timber aggregated 545,723 cubic <feet, and of hewn timber 88.538 cubic feet, making the total shipments of timber and lumber 10,566,776 superficial feet. It is reported that the Kimball'Mill, one of the largest lumber plants at Apalachicola, Fla^ will beifcpairec} and fitted ont with iftw machirfery, Tha , plant Mil in future be{- Operated by I Bostotrcapitalists, end under the , , - v- r;, ^ 'W 1 ' j MR. WILLIAMS TALKS President of Seaboard Air Line Is-< sues Statement. CONCERNING MORGAN'S MERGER. nr. Williams Says the Seaboard Has All the Business it Can Handle and Will Nnt Re Fffected cow larauy sweu ouuuiciu uunto, v.? tending from Baltimore in the North to the Souhtrn limits of Florida in the South and to Montgomery and Birmingham, Ala., in the frouthwcst. The business of the sy3*.cm at the present time Is limited only by its capacity to move the freight which is offered to it and ihecp conditions will not be interfered w^th by any action of connecting Surprised at Williams. New York, Special.? A nicn*.bep of the inni of J. P. Morgan & Company expressed surprised at the tone of Mr. Williams' statement with regard to the a'iitude of the Seaboard Air Line !u Ihe matter of L A; N. and Atlantic ^jast Line negotiation-;. No action of course hostile to the Seaboard Air Line was contemplated, he c?id though the [oabourr! was not eons'dorei a factor in The present neir:tb :ors. Further than this, however, the firm of Morgan & Company was not prepared now to make any statement in the matter. The member of the firm interviewed said he was unable to find any explanation at the time of Mr. Williams' attitude. Died at the Make. Corinth, Miss,, Special?Writhing ic the flames of fagots piled high by hundreds of citizens, Tom Clark, alias Will Gibson, a young negro, was burned at the stake "here at a late hour Sunday. Clark had confessed to one of fhe mosr atrocious assaults and murders in the history of Mississippi, and said that he deserred his awful fate. On August 19th last Mrs. Carrie Whitfield, the wife of a well-known citizen, was found dead in her home. Investigation showed that the lady had boon assaulted. Her head was practically severed from her body. Both Whitfield and his wife were related to several of the most prominent families in tho South and the indignation of the people knew no bounds. Woman /Y-rdereet. aJt Snp.-iai.?While defend lng her fifteen-year-oll niece, Helen Robertson, from an attempted criminal assauit, Mr3. Helen Dickson, who lives In a suburb south of this city, was murdered in her home early Sunday by some unknown assailant. Miss Robertson, Miss Dickson and a three-yearold son of Mrs. Dickson were in the room when the murder wos committed. Mrs. Dickson's niece was aroused by some unknown porson who had entered the room and who attempted to assault her. Her cries for help aroused Mrs. Dickson, who was sleeping by her, and in the struggle that followed Mrs. Dickson was choked to death. There is no clue to the murderer. News in Brief From 100 to 400 persons are believ*c to have been killed by a cyclone in Cicily. Pietro Mascagai, the noted musician, will sail from Cherbourg for New York today. Turkish troojis have'been sent Into the interior of MafWonia. 'A 4 Commandant Leroy Ls*pri,c was dismissed froti t?e Frapch Army for re-^ fusing to obey orderthjnjlcslng religfcfl , 'W: V < ^ v' New York, Special.?President John Skelton Williams of the Seaboard Air Line railway in response to inquiries as to the effect which the proposed purcharse of the Louisville and Nasbvill railroad by the Atlantic Coast Line would have on the Southern railway situation and especially on the Seaboard Air Line, said: "Whether the purchase cf a controlling interest in the Louisville and Nashville by the Atslantic Coast Line will prove a profitable and valuable acquisiton, or whether it will prove unfortunate for both, will depend entirely upon the new owners. If the lines of the Nashville are held open for the interchange of business on a fair and reciprocal basis with all connections, without unfriendly discriminations, the union of these two important systems may be made advantageous to both, but if an attempt is made to interfere with the free interchange of. business between the Louisville ana wasnviue and its present connections, such a policy will be followed in due course by the construction of new railroads Into the Louisville and Nashville terrtory and the building of such additional mileage throughout the South. Such additional mileage can undoubtedly be built for less than ens-half the cott per mile of the I^ouisville and Nashville, figuring on the basis which It is stated has been paid for its stocks. I essume, however, that the friendly relations which have heretofore existfa between the Louisville and Nasn\ill? railroad and its several connections wil not be interrupted. It is certainly the desire of the Seaboard Air Line to maintain cordial relations with both allies and competitors. I do not know what arrangements were made on behalf of the Southern railway with the owners of the Atlantic Coast Line in connection with the saie of the Louisville and Nashville to the Coast Line; nor do I know whether there if any truth in the report which has reached me to the effect that a secret offensive and defensive alliance has been entered into between the Southern railway and the Atlantic Coast Line covering a period of year3. "It is certain, however, that nothing has hen done and nothing v ill be done which will affect adversely the earnings and business of I ho Seaboard Air Line system. The lines of tb'3 system 1J? - ?- ? ? kAxtt vtn f nc ov. I LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS. ittany Matters of General Interest la i otaort Paragraphs. V The Sunny South. vThe Democratic executive committee of the first congressional district of ] Tennessee, has nominated Cy. Lyle to t oppcse Congressman Brownlow (Republican) for re-election. ' Robert Bur- ^ row, who was nominated in convention . recently, declined to make the race. Capt. J. M. Falkner, chairman of the . building committee of Camp Falkner, United Confederate Veterans, of Monk^BH gomery, has received from Post, G. A. R., of Orange, N. J., a con- ^ trihutinn of J100 for the building fund of the home for indigent Confederate \ soldiers, at public. Accompanying the . j gift from the Henry E. Day, of the ) U Florida railroad. A detail of ^1 marines from the Pensacola navy yard, under command of Ecrgeant Burke, is under orders to proceed to Norfolk, where they will join other marines and sal! on the cruiser w;\ Prairie, for Colon. Panama, to protect V American interests. The combined forces will be under command of a colonel of the marines. A State convention of pension commissioners has been called to meet at Jackson, Miss., February 10, to see what can be done to settle the pension problem. Confederate pensions in Mississippi are paid pro rata, a gross sum being voted by the Legislature. Last j year the pro rata became so small that most of the veterans got only a fraction more than $2 a month. The Legislature, at its meeting in January, increased the appropriation 33 per cent., j-* but the new roll of pensioners shows a similar Increase,*and the veterans will again get only $2 apiece. . Washington, N. C., Special?Those in vvi,* a position to know say they never saW^ oysters scarcer than they are this season. The beds are being rapid!- thinned out along the coast and Weil in- ; formed persons say it wilt be only a Ail i.t Klva No j few years unui ui? iuavi<iu? ....... will will be a luxury to be enjoyed only by the wealthy. Packers ateo say they never saw a season when "September mullets" were scarcer. The few that are coming to market however are commanding the highest prices. Chattanooga, Tenn., Special.?At Tuesday morning's session of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, \ C. A. Wilson was elected first vice v i grand, master and T. Shea, of New Jersey, second vice grand master. Tfl Grand Secretary and Treasurer Wer- * I nold stated today that the convention j will probably be in session all day, but H that on Thursday morning It will ad- J journ and the delegates will leave for I their homes. The place of the next I meeting may not be decided until to I morrow. The principal cities bidding for it are Birmingham, Milwaukee, I Buffalo, St. Louis and Washington. | At The National Capital. President Roosevelt, in a speech in Cincinnati, said that changes in the tariff would not remedy the trust evil. 1 Secretary snaw, in a speecn ai ? Chicago, offered reciprocity as the I remedy for tariff troubles. Senator W. E. Mason has a bill to t end the coal strike, and wants the l President to call Congress in special ] session to pass. it. i Representative Joseph W. Babcock, j of Wisconsin, chairman of the Republican Congressional Campaign Commit- jJH tee. will be a candidate for the Speakership of the next House of Repre*etr--~^Rfl tatives. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has- 1 ordered an Investigation into the discrepancies between the department'scrop reports and commercial estimates. Ten experts will be sent to ths South to gather data regarding thecotton crop. ( __ At The North. i A note received by the New York police states that William Hooper Young, who is suspected of murdering" Mrs. Pulitzer, is a suicide. For the first time since 1899 the New York Clearing House banks show a deficit, amounting to $1,642,050. . Because her skirt was wet and made a contact with the electric third rail at the Curtis street crossing in New Britain. Conn., 2.5C0 volts of electricity passed through the body of Mrs. Frank Brown, aged 35. burning her badly, but not fatally. Her two-year-old son, John, carried in her arms, was killed. , . JnRtantlv. Cutting his son off with $50,000, W. S. Stratton, of Colorado, left most of his fortune of $14,000,000 to found a home for the poor. From Across The Sea. United States marines guarded the arms cf Colombian soldiers permitted to travel on a Panama train. President Castro is advancing with 6,000 men to attack the Venezuelan . rebels. " / J Israel Zangwill applauds Secretary Hay idt his defense of the Roumanian jj Jews. There are many signs of mourning in Belgium for Queen Marie Henriette. Miscellaneous Matters. The announcement that the Rev. Dr. Francis L. Patten will accept the presidency of the Princeton Theological Seminary marks the beginning, so it is thought, of an era of extraordinary prosperity for that institutiom^he at- * t a ten lance, until tin's fall de- M creasing, bu! with the new. arnc^fctharr In Which more than