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CONGRESS ADJOURNS Winding Up of the Last Session of Both Houses NO UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THANKS Messrs. Hoar and Lodge Hitch on tha Philippine Question?Closing Scenes. Washington, Special.?The Fiftyseventh. Congress expired at noon Wednesday by limitation. In tnaqy respects the closing scenes were similar to those at the end cf every Congress. Every (our years, however, there is an inauguration which materially changes the proceedings in the Senate, but the expiration of a Congress in the House is very much the same each time. But there has not been in many years such a demonstration in the House as occurred, owing to the fact that Speaker Henderson was retiring, not only as presiding officer from the House, but from the House as a member. The bitter partisan feeling that has sprung up in the House of Representatives during the past week reached a pitch which prevented the Speaker from receiving the unanimous approval of the House when the usual resolution of thanks and courtesy was offered. More than this, the resolution had to come from the Republican side, and while this has occurred before, it is not the usual custom. The usual resolution cf thanks to President Pro Tempore Frye was unanimously adopted in the Senate. MASON TALKS A BILL TO DEATH. Two years ago, when the Fifty-sixth I Congress expired, it was remarkable not only for the second inauguration v of Win. McKinley, but also for the fact that Senator Carter, of Montana, talked the river and harbor bill to death, which occupied the time of the Senate up to within a few minutes of the end. Senator Mason, whose term expired at neon, talked an unimportant bill to death, but in his valedictory he lectured the Senate for its unlimited debate which allows bills to be K killed in that manner, and he also made a final plea for the freedom of the Filipinos. ALL IMPORTANT MEASURES GET THROUGH. As all the important supply bills bad passed before the two houses took a recess this morning, no legislation was necessary and none was attempted. ! '' tills which tad passed and reached the stage of enrollment were all I' ; , by President llc,csevclt, who, v\:h members of his cabinet, occupied t-<. President's room in the Senate ~ Thit! vicit nf thp I UI IUC l/Uj/i A uiu ? >wt\ -? ? Jri?.A.ueat to the capitol is one of the features of a closing Congress. ? NO LET-UP OF THE FILIBUSTER. Washington, Special.?The deeks were Clear for the final adjournment at noon when the House reconvened at W o'clock Wednesday morning. The Speaker, despite the strain of the last few days, looked smiling and serene as he faced the House, gavel in hand. Mr. Richardson, the minority leader, who has been conducting the filibuster, was on his feet, smiling back at the Speaker. The Democratic minority de? tennined to make good their threat made when Mr. Butler, of Missouri, was unseated last Thursday and filibuster to the end of the session. Speaker Henderson soon yielded the gavel to Mr. Cannon, the in-coming Speaker. As the latter took the chair the members broke into applause in which the galleries joined. It was quite as much a compliment to the retiring Speaker as to Mr. Cannon. Amid intense silence, Mr. Payne, the majority leader, then arose and offered the following resolution of thanks of the retiring Speaker: RESOLUTION OF THANKS OFFERED BY PAYNE. "Resolved, That the thanks of this House are presented to the Hon. David B. Henderson, Speaker of the House of Representative? for the able, impartial and dignified manner in which he has presided over its deliberations and performed the arduous and important duties of the chair during the present term of Congress." As the reading was concluded Mr. Cochran, Democrat, of Missouri, was on his feet demanding recognition, but the ehair ruled that Mr. Payne was emtitled to the floor. The majority leader faced the minority as he announced that he considered it a high honor and privilege to be permitted to offer this resolution, pointing out that it was not the first time that such a resolution had come from the majority side. He cited the lntances of Clay, Polk, Banks and the late Speaker Reed. As he concluded, with a glowing tribute tc Speaker Henderson, the whole Republican side broke into hearty applause. But there was dead silence on the Democratic side. THE SPEAKER'S FAREWELL ADDRESS. Mr. Cannon, still standing at the side of the rostrum, then in a clear voice read the resolutions adopted by the House. Speaker Henderson was visibly attested as he faced the packed galleries and the members of the House for his valedictory. For half a minute he paused to control his emotions before beginning. Then in a voice that trembled at first but grew gradually stronger as he proceeded until Ms words rang out, he delivered what was perhaps the most touchingly human farewell address ever delivered from the Speaker's chair. * Toward the close he laid down the gavel and reached out his arms to his colleagues as he spoke of the love and affection with which he ttould treasure the friendship and memories of his career in the House. When he concludv * ed the cheers from the floor and galleries echoed and re-echoed through the hall. ; V In the Senate. Washington, Special.?The Senate was called to order at 10 o'clock Wednesday for the last sitting of the Fifj ty-eeventh Congress, but business did not begin until some time later. The delay was due to the absence of a t . quorum and to the fact that Mr. Cockiell Insisted upon the presence of the necessary number before taking up r the work of the uay. 1 | >! *. Allison. chairman of the c:m isitlce cn appropriations, made I statement regarding the amount o. money appropriated by the present Congress as compared with the sp* ic-priations of the Fifty-sixth Congress. The total appropriation for the present Congress he stated, was $l554.l08.5lS as compared with $1.4i0,43S for the Fifty-sixth Congress. Mr. Allison said that while it appears that th? appropriations of this Congress haw been largely in excess of those of t.K last Congress.' the incraaso is chief.* made up of three items, namely, tfto $50,WU.UVU ror ine raiiamn 1...,. increased appropriation of $50,000,000,000 for the postal service and the river and harbor appropriations. He con. eluded by saying that the people of the country endorsed these items of increase and that the opposite political party concurred In them. Mr. Bailey, of Texas, called up a bill amending the river and harbor act so as to provide that $515,000 heretofore appropriated for certain river and harbor improvements in Texas snail be used for the construction of a channel in Sabine Lake, Texas. On a yea and nay vote, demanded by Mr. Mason, the Senate agreed to take the bill up, 41 to 9. The effect of the vote was to displace the Philippine tariff bill. It was then temporarily laid aside and Mr. Hoar spoke on the failure to pass the Philippine bill. The point he made he said, was that the Senate, the executive. the House of Representatives ant! the public are not lit to govern the destinies of a people S.000 miles away who have no voice in the government. 'it ie the first great object Reason.' said he." of the wretchedness, the iniquity o f^yhat the American people did two years ago in regard to these people." Mr. Lodge made a vigorous reply to Mr. Hoar in which he said he did not agree with him in the view that tne American people are not able to deal with the great problems in the East. "Iv believe they are thoroughly able to deal with it as they dealt wLth greater and mighty problems before," said Mr. Lodge. Continuing he said it was a great misfortune, that the Philippine tariff bill had failed. Mr. Mason took the floor and talked of the Panama Canal and other matters. He urged that the rules of the Senate be amended and called attention to the ancient snuff boxes in the Senate. It goes without the rules, *he said, because it is a.part of the dignity of the Senate and he added amid laughter, "like the rules, the snuff boxes a;e as unchangeable as the stars." Mr. ^Allison reported that the PresL dent had nothing further to communicate and that Mr. Roosevelt had said: "If it is in order I would like to say that I congratulate the two houses of Congress upon the admirable work performed during this session." As Mr. Mason had Just been arraigning the Senate for its failure to pass necessary legislation, a titer went around the Senate which broke into iaughter in which everybody joined. At 11:55 Mr. Bailey attempted to get a vote on this bill, but was frustrated by Mr. Mason, who continued to hold th*? floor, in spite of Mr. Bailey's protest. Mr. Cockrell, of Missourf, presented the usual resolution complimenting the President of the Senate, which was adopted. Mr. Frye thanked the Senate for its action and then -declared the Senate n-djourned sine die. Shut in By Snow. Fort Worth, Tex., Special.?The country around Amarillo is wrapped in \ nearly two feet of snow and the town has been practically shut out from the world for the past six days. Railroad traffic is completely suspended. Not a train has moved in a week. Two hundred passengers are held here awaiting the break of the snow blocha;'.^ which is the worst ever known in thai section of the State. Avenged Wreck:d Home. Roanoke. Va.. Special.?At Powhat tan, W. Va.. a little mining town just across the Virginia line, Jas. Hickman shot and instantly killed Jas. Mack. Several years ago Mack induced her home in western North Carolina. Hickman had not heard from his wife until a few days ago when he learned she was living with Mack in the coal fields. He went in search of her and located them in a cabin at Powhattan. He called Mack to the door and emptied both barrels of a breechloader into the man who had wrecked his home. Hickman surrendered. One Released. Paris, By Cable.?Mile Maria Daurignac. who figured in the Humbert frauds as the prospective bride of one of the alleged American brothers, Crawford, and who was arrested in Madrid with the other members of the Humbert family and brought here, was released, the physicians having de"' " "l ?-Vio ?iifforinc from hvs teria and not rcsponsibe for her actions. She was refused permission to see her sister. Mrae Humbert, and others of the family before leaving the prison. Bootblack for Naval Academy. Isaac C. Bogart of Columbus. Q., who one of the successful four Ohio boys at the examination conducted by the United States Civil Senvce Commission for entrance to the Naval Academy, was formerly a little bootblack at the Grove House in that city. Bogart is an orphan boy, and was selected for the place by Congressman Snook through the efforts and influence of John N. Kunneke, a prominent merchant and Democrat. The boy graduated from the local High School with the class of 1902. and at the time of graduation held a teacher's certificate. He was an energetic little fellow, and Landlord and Mrs. S. A. Morris of the Grove Hotel had him make his home with them. Bogart closely applies himself to any. thing undertaken.?Cincinnati En| quirer. * GORMAN M ILL LEAD # Democratic Forces in United States Senate Next Term. WAS CANDIDATE FOR POSITION Opening of Extraordinary Session? natters cf Organization?The New Body. Washington, Special.?Arthur Pue Gorman is again firmly seated in the saddle as leader of the Democratic party in Congress. He was selected as the Democratic leader in the Senate. His was the only name suggested, and he was placed in nomination by Senator Bacon. The Democrats practically determined Friday to make Mr. Gorman their leader, and his refusal was all that could possibly have stood in the way cf carrying out the programme. When it was suggested that the Senator would be an avowed candidate for the Democratic nomination for President and for that reason he would not care to accept the responsibility of becoming chief ffuirio in the Senate, a ciose friend cf Mr. Gorman said: "The Senator has no intention of being a candidate? for the presidency After the caucus adjourned Senator Simmons said: "The whole country knows what Mr. Gorman's leadership means to Democracy. The minority will hence forth, under his guidance, be aggressive and wisely effective when unity of purpose is demanded. Although he is new to the present Senate, it is not forgotten that he has had an experience of 18 years." While, as Senator Simmons says, the minority lays great store by the Maryland man's actions in astuteness in skirting legislative pitfalls, a more important political significance is attached to his elevation Remembering Mr. Gorman's intimate associations with the conservative leaders, there are those who see in his elevation a tendency of the whole party organization to return to conservative first principles. Washington. Special.?The Democratic senatorial caucus which met Friday organized by electing Senator dorman to his old position as chairman of the caucus. This is a permanent place and assures him the occupancy of the Democratic conference room, one of the most commodious and best located committee rooms in the Senate and of the capitol. He made a brief speech in assuming the chair, and the conference then proceeded to other business. There were present 28 of the 33 Democratic Senators. Senator Gorman's nomination as chairman was * ~ 1 n ? T">r? AAW or\H thoro suggested uy oeuaiui uatuu, auu was no opposition to his selection. In taking the chair, he thanked the Senators for the honor conferred, but did not make an extended speech. The remaining time of the session was devoted largely to the discussion of the present situation in the Senate and the necessity for Democratic harmony and unity of action. There was a general feeling that the vacancies caused by the retirement of Democratic Senators from committtees which have to deal with questions before the present call session should be filled, and it was decided that the designation of the members of these committees should bo made by a steering committee, to be appointed by the chairman of the caucus, but that their selection should later be ratified by the caucus. The steering committee for the past Congress has numbered only 7 members, but Senator Gorman requested that the number should be increased to 9, which was the number in the daVs of his previous chairmanship, and this increase was decided upon. Will Not Be Released. Washington, Special.?The Associat ed Press is authorized by the British embassy at Washington to state that there is no foundation for the reports that Mrs. Maybrick's release is contemplated by the British authorities; that there has been no recent correspondence on the subject between Washington and London, and no representation whatsoever to the State J Department, and that none is contemplated. Shoots Mis Brother. Charleston, S. C., Special?A special tc The News and Courier says that Friday morning near Holly Hill, in Berkley county, Fred Martin, a young white farmer, who lives 18 miles away, rode up to the field where his brother was ploughing, and without a word of warning, fired a load of buckshot into the shoulder of his brother, Joel Martin, killing him instantly. He then ouickly rode off, remarking that his j brother had "only gotten what he deserved long ago." Fred Martin claims that his brother had been criminally intimate with his (Fred's) wife. General Strike Ordered. Philadelphia, Special.?A general strike against the American Bridge Company has been called by the executive board of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Workers. This general order includes all construction work in the hands of the company throughout the United States and Canada, and involves thousand sof men in all sections. Calimo in Eruption. Colima, Mex., Special.?The volcano is again in eruption. The people at Tuxpam are in consternation. According to advices from that point the eruption was accompanied by showers of ashes and dense clouds darkening the sky. Some have fled to neighboring hills. Many houses and stores have been closed. I I FLOODS IN THE WEST Serious Damage Threatened at Han? Points From High Water. Cairo, 111., Special.?The observe) 'at the weather buerau has sent out warnings to places south of Cairo tc prepare for at least 50 feet of water Rain fell Sunday and night over the watersheds of the Ohio, Wabash, Ten nessee and Cumberland rivers, anc in many places where the rivers were falling they are rising again. A vasi territory around and below Cairo is now covered with water and manj farmers have been forced to abandor their homes. While there is no imme diate danger at Cairo, there is dangei in the low lands between Cairo anc Memphis. The levees are expected tc stand a stage of 55 feet as they have been raised and strengthened durinj the last few years. The gauge show: 45.8 feet. Excursion Boats Run Five Miles In land. Memphis, Special.?The river, aftei remaining stationary for two days, be gan to rise slowly again. The gauge marks 34.4 feet and more water com Ing. The levees remain intact, al though a large area of lowlands south of Memphis is submerged. Crittendcr and Lee counties, in Arkansas, are in undated and some distress is reported from there, especially among negrt farmers. The most serious difficulty the railroads are experiencing is ir maintaing schedules, trains beinf from one to three hours late. Thou sands of people lined the bluffs hert gazing on the vast expanse of water Excursion boats were run five miles inland. Water Up in Fourth Sreet, at Louis ville. Louisville, Special.?The Ohio rivei registers 28.1 feet in the canal hen one tenth of a foot over the dangei line. It is expected that a 30fooi stage, the highest in two years, wil be reached before the flood begins tc subdue. The water is now well up in to Fourth street. The flood was caused by heavy rains up the river in the pasi 24 hours. The Flood in Kentucky. Owensboro. Ky., Special.?The heav iest rain for many years fell here Sun day night. The river is still rising anc it is over all previous mark3, exeep the record of 1884. The smallei streams are also flooding the country The cold clear weather gives encour agement but the situation is verj serious here and at other poins alonj the lower Ohio valley. River Ten Miles Wide. Evansville, Ind., Special.?The rivei is still rising and stood nearly 4'. feet at 10 o'clock. It is believed thai the river will continue to rise for ? week. All boats are delayed. The rivei between here and Owensboro is man than 10 miles wide. Many towns be tween Owensboro and Cairo are nov at the mercy of the high water. Another Flood Predicted. Cincinnati, Special.?The Ohio river which fell Sunday night below th< danger line of 50 feet, has been risinf here again and it is reported to b< rising at upper points. Rain prevailec throughout Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky Tennessee and western Pennsylvania so that another flood is predicted this week all along the Ohio Valley. Pollc. msn Slain. Waterbury, Special.?Violence ii its worst form has broken out anew in Waterbury, as a result of the higt feeling in connection with the strik* of the motormen and conductors or the street railway line. This time ii is murder and Policeman Paul Men dlesohn is the victim. John W Chambers, a non-union motorman i< shot and his whereabout are unknown and the conductor, George Webern dorfer, was pounded almost into in sensibility. The scene of the crim< was at Forest Park, the terminus oi the North Main street line, the spoi is an isolated one, and when the cai reached- the end of the line the crew made preparations for the return. Im mediately after the conductor turnec the trolley and the motorraan reversed his levers, eight masked men spranf from the bushes by the roadside, en tered the car and discharged their re volvers. every man being armed, uffl cer Mendlesohn fell' at the first re port, and as a later examinatior showed, the first shot was fatal, hav lng pierced his heart. The motormar was also hit and leaped from his cai with a cry of pain. Some of the met followed him, while the remaindei turned their attention to the conduc tor. He was thrown to the floor o] the car and pounded and kicked un til he wns almost unconscious. Th< men then left him and joined theii companions outside. From lhi3 poin in the attack their actions are wrap ped in mystery and are causing con siderable apprehension. The conduc tor regained his feet with difficult: ajid went to the side of the \Counde< officer, but he was dead. wrecKeu at rtonoiK, Norfolk, Special.?A herce wint storm swept over Norfolk at nooi Saturday, and did considerable dam age. The large building being erectec by the American Cigar Company, neai the city limits, was almost completed destroyed and several workmen nar rowly escaped the falling walls. Street Demonstration. Buda-Pesth, Special.?Street demon strations by 10.0C0 Socialists to pro test against the government militar; bills, took place here Sunday and let to collisions with the populace am breaking of windows. Many arrest, were mace and the police had flnail; to charge the demonstrators and dis perse them. ' Terrible Snow Storms. London, By Cable.?The St. Peters burg correspondent of The Daily Mai telegraphs that terrible snow storm have been raging during the paBt wee! in the government of Samara, an have caused hundreds of deaths Horses drawing sledges have returne to villages with the passengers froze to death. Many persons have bee: frozen to death within the village while searching for their own home: = SIOPS A STRIK! I " " ~ Injunction Issued That Covered t | Whole Gronnd. j A JUDGE BLOCKS ALL PROCEtDINI 3 I Notice From the United States Di * trlct Court Served on All t 1 Officials of th^ Orders Involved. 3 T * 1 St. Louis, Special.?Ail injuncti " granted by Judge Adams, of the Unit j States District Court, prevented t ) culmination of the threatened stri of the 1,100 firemen and trainmen the Waba6h Railroad for higer wagi As the result of the poll during t . past week among the employes ov the questien of striking in case Pre: r dent Ramsay ultimately should refu to grant the demanded wage conces 1 Ions on the Wabash east of the M! * flissippi river, the engineers and co 1 ductors refused to participate in ' strike, but the firemen and trainm I favored it emphatically. Their coi > mittees Wednesday notified Preside r Ramsay that he would be given un i noon Wednesday to grant their d \ mands. If by that time he sjill r - fused, a strike would be Immediate ; called. President Ramsay request . more time and the two committe s granted him until 5 o'clock to ma final reply. Before the allotted time hi * expired, President Ramsay had secur a restraining o-der from the court a] r it had been 6erved on all officials of i ; the orders and members of the grle r ance committees. The injunction was t most sweeping instrument and effect 1 ally blocked any strike proceedings. > part it reads: "We therefore, do strictly commai 1 you, until further order of the coui t absolutely to desist and refrain fro in any way or manner ordering, c ercing, persuading, inducing or othe - wise causing, directly or indirect! - the employes of the said Wabash Ra 1 road Company to strike or quit the se t vice of said company." r The injunction is temporary and tl . writs are not made returnable. Tl . persons against whom the injunctii r is issued may appear in court at ai ; time and present a plea to have the 1 junction dissolved, or if no one as that it be dissolved, it may be ma r permanent. Meanwhile the gievan > c- ,mittees had prepared and subml t ted to President Ramsay a letter se i ting forth the increase concessions th r desired. It #as soon after delive > of this letter to President Ramsay th . the injunction was served. Shortly a j ter'5 o'clock, two hours after the i junction proceedings, President Rai say sent to the grievance committe his reply to tbir letter, practically r jecting all theid demands. Before lea ing his ofTice to go home he said ! did not believe a strike would occi J The committee of firemen and tral men met and talked over the situatii ] this evening and then dispersed for t j night Killed by Stepson. Columbia, S. C., Special.?Mr. N. 1 UnnnA nrae a V? onH InafanHv VUTpfl nca^C nao ouui, auu moiuuvi/ x Branchvllle Tuesday morning by t ? step som, F. W. Fairly. It seems th 1 Mr. Heape has been on a spree for se t eral days and had become delirious. 1 ' had threatened several times to sho his wife, young Falrley's mother, ai J had run the whole family off the pla< ? Mr. Heape and young Fairly had i ' ways been specially good friends ai he started to go and try to quiet i Heape, who had already been shootii f at Mrs. Heape, and at any one th t passed the place. As soon as Mr. Fair r entered the yard, Mr. Heape drew ! 1 gun and Fairly had to shoot to save t own life. The verdict of the coronei 1 jury was that "Heape came to t I death by gun shot wounds in the han ? of F. W. Fairly, Jr., and we belie the same to be justifiable homicidt This is one of the most deplorable i fairs that has ever occurred in tt section. Mr. Heape was one of t 1 oldest and most trusted engineers this branch of the Southern Railwa i Mr. Fairly will apply for bail [" once. ? r' Took a Town. Manila, Special.?Ladrones captur the town of Ous, in tbfe province ? Albay, Wednesday. They at first d: r ormpri thp municinal Dolice and thj t surprised the constabulary garrison, few of the constabulary obtained rifl and resisted stoutly but they we finally overcome. Two of the consta ' ulary were killed and 15 were ca J tured. Option Extended. 1 Washington, Special. ? Attorn 1 General Knot, on leaving the cabin j meeting announced that he had i r ceived from the Panama Canal Coi 7 pany an acceptance of the propos which he recently made to it with i spddt to the extension of the option < the canal company's property held . this government. He said that the coi - muniaation from the canal compa 7 was of such a nature that the opti j would be kept alive until the ratific 3 tion of the pending treaty?it matter ^ not whether the treaty was ratified t fore or after the conclusion of the pr< ent session of Congress. Oil Tanks Ablaze. Greenville, S. C., Special.?The st j rage tanks of the Standard Oil Coi a pany here are burning. The fire start k in the stables adjoining the tanks. T d tank on the delivery wagon, has < s ploded from the heat and shattered t j windows in a building some distal away. The woodwork over the lai a tanks is now burning. One tank cc n tains 7,000 gallons of gasolene a s there is fear of this exploding, a ;. doing much damage. I SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL u? Roanoke's $30,000 Silk Mill. 5 ^ In its issue of February 5 the Mail?ufacturers' Record stated that Valentine Bliss of Scranton, Pa.f had decided to establish a branch silk mill jg at Rcanoke, Va., investing about $30,000. A suitable building having been secured, a portion of the machinery Is- has been installed, and ten operal,e tives begun work this week. There are twelve throwing machines in position at present, but forty more have been oraerea, ana are expeciea iu tunva before April 1. The mill Will-fill oron ders on commission. It receives the ed Chinese silk in the raw state as it is reeled from cocoons, and its mabe chinery throws the same into skeins, ke Trese skeins are used principally in of manufacturing dress trimmings. ItalJg ian and Japanese raw silk will be " ' used latef on. he * j er Spindles in February. There was more than the usual acse tivity last month in announcements is- of increases to the spindleage of the [8. Southern mills. Not for a year has such a month's record been made. As usual, the established companies of va | long experience lead in the activity, en ! There were 135,500 spindles and 2,500 n_ ! looms definitely announced in Feb. i ruary as to be installed. An investment of $2,710,000 is indicated by equipment of that extent. Established ' companies are credited with 80,500 , spindles and 1,550 looms, making an investment of $l,ttl0,000. This leaves [ 55,000 spindles and 950 looms for the , | strictly new mills, an investment of ^ 11,100,000. ed ! x"* id | The Odell Improvements. I i It was announced in these columns v" j last September that the J. M. Odoll a Manufacturing Co. had decided upon u" making extensive improvements to its In plant These improvements were stated to include the rebuilding of its id dam and raising same from a height rt? of four to ten feet. During the pres'm ent week John W. Hays of Peterg?~ burg, Va., was engaged to prepare r" plans and specifications for these T> water-power improvements. The comII" pany will also carry out its plan, as :r" previously announced, to install 150 innmo in nrrl^r tn manufacture its b? yarns Into cloth. There are 6,000 spindles in the mill. About $52,000 la 3n being expended for the additional mar ay chlnery. n J* Its Third Silk Mill. ce A dispatch from Fayetteville, N: C., It- states that the Ashley & Bailey Cq. it- will build another silk mill in that ey city, making its third plant there. Site ry has been bought for the third' mill, at This company is now operating 15,000 if- swindles and 1,200 looms at Fayetten ville, the first plant having been esn tabllshed several years ago, and the es second one last year. Only negroes ^re e- employed in the company's Southern v- mills. The company has large mills at he Paterson, N. J., and in several Pennir. sylvania towns. V ^ ' Textile Notes. 6 It is stated that M. W. Conway of , New York city, while in Jacksonville, Fla., recently, purchased 2,000,000 crosstles from dealers in that city. C. These ties are to be used in the construction of an electric railroad from Catskill to Oakhill, which is to be eomLS plcted by July 1 next. Mr. Conway at pronounces the yellow-pine heart cross- """I v- ties of Florida well adapted for his- ? purposes. ot The door, sash, blind and building ad material business of the late Mr. Joan :e. R. Neely of Norfolk has been acquired il- by a stock company which was charad tered last week. The new company will tr. be known as the Hawks-Maupin Comag pany, and will bfegln business with a at capital of $15,000. The officers of the ly company are Judge L. R. Watts, presltis dent; Mr. E. W. Maupin, Jr., treasurer, ds and E. B. Hawks, secretary. |lg C. C. Mengel, Jr., & Bro. Co. of * ds Louisville announce that within the ve next few months they will import , ?> through Pensacola 8,000,000 feet of ma hogany logs, the first cargo of which lls is now here. The mahogany is coming d0 from Honduras, and 250,000 feet of 0{ logs is considered a good cargo for a vessel. The product will be shipped to the company's box factory at Louisville. Several vessels are now en route there. To Fight Combine. Richmond, Special.?It Is reported ig_ In financial circles here that the American Locomotive Works is backen ^ ing the financial arrangements for the eg settlement of the affairs of the Wm. R. re Trigg Ship-Building Company and that ;b_ this is the beginning of an organizap. tion of a shipyards to fight the American Ship-Building Company. Lumber Notes. The shipments of lumber from the ey port of Jacksonville, Fla., for the -4-* - * AmAiinf a/1 tr\ 1Q . I I22QHl.il UL rcui uai / auiuumvu w *?| 731,592 feet, against 11,035,033 feet for February, 1902, an increase of 2,696,55? feet. ?Q 1 ' The large new planing mill and "c" novelty works of the Douglass Manuon facturing Co. of Douglass. Ga., started by up last week. The company turns out all styles of woodwork, and has orders for months ahead. uy A charter has been granted to the Haynes Furniture Co. of Franklin a" county, Tennessee, with a capital ed stock of $15,000. The incorporators areP*^ to- J. C. Haynes, Jr., A. J. Barnes, W. \y. 53- Tucker and Floyd Estill. The exports of lumber from the k port of Mobile last week aggregated :o- 1,504,732 feet, and for the season 39,m 877,667 feet, against 46,020,002 feet cd last season. The shipments of sawn bo timber last week aggregated 157,543 ix- cubic feet. he Among the shipments of lumber ice from the port of Charleston, S. C., go last week were the steamship S. T. m- Morgan for Philadelphia with 1,400,nd 000 feet. The steamship Apache clearnd ed with 48,912 feet among her cargo ' for New York. t