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THE WILMINGTON .MESSENGER. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1905 LABOR CELEBRATES The Day Generally observed Throughout Country JTHLETIC5 AND SPEECHES And Parade of Union R!en Features o! The Programmes. Heavy Rains in New Tork Did Not Invent Parade or 15,000 Men Chi cago Parade Took Three and a Half Hours to Pass a Given Point Gov ernor Glenn, at Salisbury. Declares Tor an Eight Hour T)av Barbecue and Fiddlers Convention Features of the Day at Raleigh Prominent Men Delivered Addresses at Many Places. New York, September 4. Fifteen thousand workers marched unic streaming umbrellas in New York's labor day parade today. Although the rain poured with tropical precipita tion, only strict order from the union leaders prevented an even larger num ber of workers from marching through the deep puddles which collected on the asphalt of upper Fifth avenue. The members of the waitresses union, who had prepared to march in white tion, only strict orders from the union sols were so determined to march in the parade that it required a decree of the central federated unio declar dresses and shoes.and carrying pata en to tramp in sloppy streets to decer them. In the men's unions not only did the workers march, but many of them were followed by small sons uni formed like their fathers. BEHIND NON-UNION BAND Union 3Ien in Chicago Call a Halt in the Procession. Chicago, September 4. Ideal weath er conditions prevailed for the obser vance of labor day. The union labor parade numbering many thousand marchers was the chief attraction. The magnitude of the procession was a surprise. The marchers started shnrtlv after 10 n. rr.. and wero 3 1-2 hours passing a given point. Among the notables near the head of the line was Cornelius P. Shea, leader of the recent big strike of the Teamsters- in this city. The parade was halted when it war, discovered that a Teamster Union was marching behind a non-union band. Committees went into a conference on a street corner. The trouble was ad justed and the parade resumed. Elaborate Programme Carried Out. Columbus, Ga.,Septemrber 4. Labor day was celebrated here today mere generally than ever before. The lead ing stores and business houses, banks, warehouses, city and county offices and all public places were closed. Wildwood park was the mecca of the people and thousands went there There was speaking there this morn ing by Mayor Chappelle, Hon. G. Gun by Jordan of this city and Hon. Joe Hill Hall, of Macon. An elaborate pro gramme was carried out. There was no disturbance. Athletic Events at Asheville. Asheville, N. C, September 4. La bor day was observed here with ath letic contests, held under the auspices of the Central Labor Union at River side park. About 10,000 people wit nessed the events, one of the features of which was a baseball game between the Daily Citizen team and Nortn Asheville. The newspaper boys won by a score of 26 to 0. The day's pro gramme closed with a display of fire works. - A Day of Merrimaking at Picnic Grounds. Charleston, S. C, September 4. Trade unionists to the number ol about 1,000, representing a score of or ganizations and including colored as well as white lodges paraded the streets today to the music of half a dozen hands and afterwards adjourned to several picnic grounds and spent the remainder of the day in merrimak ing. The day was observed geneially in the city as a holiday. Parade. Athletic Events and Ad dresses. Roanoke, Va., September 4. Labor day was generally celebrated here. The various union labor organizations gave a large parade in the morning. At the Roanoke fair grounds in the after noon sports were engaged in and ad dresses were delivered by Mayor J. H. Cutchin and other prominent citi zens. The banks, office buildings, postoffice, etc., were closed and busi ness suspended. The Day in Richmond. Richmond, Va., September 4. Labor day was celebrated here with a parade of" trade organizations through, the city on the West End park.where there were athletic contests. The parade was smaller than usual, but the atten dance at the Dark was large. Observed at Cliarloite. Charlotte, N. C, September 4. La bor day was observed here with a pa rade composed of all the labor unions of the city together with other organ izations Addresses were delivered by Cameron Morrison and Victor Terry of Raleigh. Many out of town. visitors were here. Ko serious accidants marred the day. Baseball and other contests took place in the afternoon. Governor ' Glenn Favors 8-1 Ion r Bay. Asheville, N. C, September 4. A special to The Citizen from Salisbury says: Labor day was observed here with a parade in which several thousani working me of Salisbury and Spencer took, part," and an address by Gover nor R. B. Glenn. Governor Glenn de clared that he was heartily in favor of an 8-hour day. The governor also stated that Americans were living too fast and it was time to call a halt. 4.000 Men in Line in Savannah. Savannah, Ga., September 4. The local labor union organizations made the strongest labor demonstration to day that they have ever made here. A parade was given in the morning in which every union was represented by its members and by floats all along their respective trades About 4.000 men were In line. A, picnic was given j at Tybee Island in the afternoon at which 4,000 attended. Many athletic! contests were held on the islands and ; these were the principal features of the forenoon celebrations. Feature of Norfolk's Celebration. Norfolk, Va., September 4 The fea ture of labor day in Norfolk was a pa rade by the labor unions, participated' inby about 2,000 persons and charac-j terized by many attractive floats. United States Senator Thomas S. Martin and Congressman Claude. A. Swanson, Democratic candidates for governor of Virginia, spoke at Pine Eeach. labur Unions Have Big Barbecue. Raleigh, N. C, September 4. Labor day was celebrated here with a great barbecue by Central Labor Union. All public buildings and nearly all busi ness houses were closed. A state fid-; dlers convention was a feature of the day and E. C. McCullers of Raleigh won as the champion fiddler this event, with R. C. Page, of Wake, a close second. ROYAL ARCANUM Statement by Supreme Secretary Rob sn Cnccrnins the Final Ation of tlur Convention. Pit-In-Bay, September 4. The fol lowing statement concerning the final determination of the Royal Arcanum convention, was authorized today . by Supreme Secretary Robson: "The laws were amended striking out option 'D,' by a very decided vor.e. We also made options 'B.' and 'C ap plicable to the present member s hip only, and restricted new members to a selection between the regular rates and option 'A.' An amendment wras adopted provid ing that members over 65 years of age may pay only the half of their assessments and that the remainder may be charged against their certiii cates, deduction to be made when the benefits are paid. MIDDLE STATES REGATTA Last Rowing Event of the Season on the Schuylkill River Course. Philadelphia. September 4. The Middle State.3 regatta, over the Nation al 'ours;s on the Schuylkill river which finished the rowing season here, was one of the labor day features of this city. Unfavorable weather dur ing the morninir resulted in a small attendance, but during the afternoon conditions improved and the crowd was larger. While interesting the races were in no way sensational, with the exception of the senior singles quart er mile dash, and no particularly fast time was made. In the auarter-mile dash. James B. Guvenil. of the Penn sylvania Barg3 Club. won. after a close contest. There was but one second difference between the first and third oarsmen. One of the mcst interesting events was the iunior octuple race which was won by the Har'em r.owing Club of New York. It was the first race of its l'ind ever heid in this citv. and thee was great rivalry between the winning clu'3 and the Vesper Boat Club "f this city. The local syrew hld the lead until near the finish when the Harlem club spurted and won. in the forenoon the intermediate sin tries resulted in a dead heat be tween William B. Clare, of Baltimore and F. J. Koch, of New York. The race was rowed off in the after noon and the New Yorker won easily. The other winners were: .Iunior singles. George Rogan, Sheepshead lav Rowing Club: Junior four oard gig. Ariel R. C. Baltin-ore; Association: singles shells-. John O'Neill. Halifax: Junior double shells. Vesper B. C. Philadelphia; Interme diate four oared gigs. Pennsylvania Barge Club: Junior eight oared shells. Pennsylvania Boat Club: Senior sin gles. Thomas Shepperd. Norfolk; In termediate doubles. Pennsylvania. B. C : intermediate ouadruple Vesper: senior doubles. Stantan Island. B. C. TO END OIL COMPANY INQUIRY Proceedings Against Officers of Co lumbus. Ga., Concern. Owning Cali fornia Proiwrty. Appointed for Sep tember 7th. in Columbus. Birmingham. Ala.. September 3. II. M. Beck, of this citv. who is repre senting minority stockholders cf the Union Oil and Land Comtany. of Co lumbus. Ga.. states tonight that the final hearing in the investigation pro ceedings against the officer of the company is to be eiven in Columbus. Ga.. on September 7. ,4. temporary in junction has Deen in force sir.ee last fall, which restrains the maiority stockholders of the company from disposing of the company's properties at Mokitrick. California, in the Uak ersfield district. The Associated Oil Company, which is the largest producer in California, now operates wells which turn out about LOCO to 1.500 barrels of oil daily and the officers of tho Associated Com pany are the majority stockholders in the Union Oil and Land Company. Death of Colonel Finley Anderson. New Yrk, September 4. Colonel Finley Anderson, a well known jour Finlay Anderson, a well knoka jour nalist, died at a private hospital here today, death following a long illness -Colonel Anderson leaves. a widow who was Miss Emma Abereromble; a Vir ginia authoress. TREATY WILL BE SIGNED TO-DAY Last Act o! Peace Conference Will be Simple. NO SPECTACULAR FEATUUES Besides the Envoys There Will lc Proem Only Representatives of tin? President, of the State. City nnd Navy tMd Army 31. Witteand Par ty to Leave for New York Wednes day Portsmouth. September 4. The closing- act cf the peace conference Promises to be a veiv tame affair. There "Wi'l be no ron'tarnlar (itiinw Final arrangements have been made. for the signing of the "Treaty of Ports- month" at 3 o'clock tomorrow after noon in the conference room of the naval stores buildinsr. Besides the Plenipotentiaries, only Assistant Sec retary Pierce representing the Presi dent. Governor McLane. the mayor of Portsmouth: Admiral Mead and Com mander Winslow will be present The ceremony will be brief. AfPfr the signing, the members of the Russian mission will go to Christ Episcopal church. Portsmouth where a te deum service will be held. The Russian Orthodox biship at New York accompanied bv twenty priests and anout seventy choristers arrived this evening on a special train. M. Witta and the members of his suite will leave for New York at 9 o'clock Wednes day morning. Baron Komura. before going to Ovster Bay. will visit Har vard, his alma mater. The k, rvice at Christ church to morrow will be conducted iointly by pf-v iStovrikv ''!eJw7hr ?nnrcrxwtkVThl ing song will be intoned by Father Brine after which thre will be a sol emn tr- deum. niIUS NO MORE PLAGUE ON IS' Alaniit Reports to the Contrary! Causing Central American and Me.i-! can Ports to Ban All Freig-bt Sent bv That Route ' U-LLL ' Colon. Sent.?mhpr 3. -The renort hv xhf m'dieal authorities of the canal i zone that the death on Auyust 2'i of' laborers employed on the wharf at La l Boca was due to bubonic nlasrue has eiven rise to much discussion. Jeroni- ! ;r.o Ossa. the Ecuadorian consul at j Col.-m. declares officially that the re- j port s false and that there have been no additional cases of bubomc plague cn the ;.tluo.us. The direct result of this reported prevalence of the plague is that Central American and Mexican ports refuse to receive freight sent by way of the isthmus. Costa Rica and Nicaiagua had oeen altogether clos ed to isthmian ports. Several thous and tons of freight for Central Ameri ca and Mexico are now tied ut on the isthmus and this freight is in creasing with the arrival of every vessel. Sweeping changes are taking place in the management of the Panama i:ailrad. H. G. Biird. who arrived here Thursday from New York, has assumed duties of superintendent of I the road, and AVijiiam Rodman, who ,' accompanied Mr. Bierd. has been an- j puintod riad master. i j OUTBREAKS IX CAUCASUS i . i Situation Continues. Serious Results ' of the Fighting at Baker. St. p. m Petersburg, September 4. 7:45 i -r-v . i i - . I j-nspatcnes received by tne ministry of the interior esWe ,n! iniy peijus weitr iiiJieo uiring tne fighting at Baku, Caucasia, September 2nd, with a relatively large number of wounded; the majority of whem are Tartars. Private dispatches report that corpses are lying about the strWts and that incendiary fires have already destroyed 151 buildings and are in progress. Both factions, after th former disorders, supplied themselves fully with arms and they are now al most as well equipped for street fight ing as the troops. The situation, not only at Baku, but also throughout xhe Caucasus, has been exceedingly tcns-5 for weeks. The disorders at Shusha had just ceased when the street car- strike at Baku furnished the occasion for another outbreak. VOLCANO IS FORMING Great Upheaval Threatens the and Valley of San Luis. City Mexico City, September 4. News from the state of Michoacan, Mexico, says that a great volcanic upheaval threatens the city and valley of San Luis. The people are fleeing into the interior. The entire side of a precipice o fthe mountain called Cerro Dolores, about 200 feet square, suddenly took an upward movement,fell into the val ley with a thundering noise. For two month? -slight 16cal earthquakes have been of daily occurrence. People who have arrived recently from this district declare that the precipice continues perceptibly to rise and portions of the rock to crumble and fall. Of late the stones have been hot and a volcano is believed to be in process of formation. KILLED AT ROAD CROSSING Accident in Suburbs of Raleigh Two Men Lost Their Lives. Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh. N. C. September 4. As a party of farmers Were coming into Raleigh today they stopped at the Seaboard Air Line grade crossing in the suburbs to allow a freight train to pass. A mule driven by David Clary to the buggy in which there were two othei men. . suddenly dashed Into the middle of the train and waa killed, the bug-gy was torn to - pieces and thrown into the ravine with Clav un derneath it. out almost unhurt. JIra Rrnoks. colored, -was Instantly killed, and John Nipper, a white farmer, was so badly in lured that he never rallied bnt died in eight hours, was not to blame. The railway SEVEH LEFT TO PERISH AT SEA Serons's Crew Renain to Allow Otters to Escape.. STORM SWEEPS LAKE SUPERIOR s Heart Rending Farewell to the Heroic Crew Storm Lasting Two Rare Did I rumens Damage More Titan a Score of Lives Iot ami S50O.000 Worth of Property Destroyed. ' Ashland, Wis, September 4. More than a score cf lives were lost, eni property valued at half a million dol- lars. was dPfitrovp1 m fnrimis ctrvrm that swept over Lake Superior from Friday night to Sunday night,' accori- ing to reports received un till tonight The gale was the most destructive to pie while the face bore nine stab lake shipping that has been experi- wounds, apparently made by a pen enced in many years. knife. Besides the wreck of the steel UwdiS to the mother the child, o who was attractive robust voung- steamer Savona, which broke in two 8ter with a profusion of light curly on Sand Island Reef, seven of the j hair, and blue eyes, was beaten to crew, including the captain, losing J death the previous night because Den their lives, the barge Pretoria of Bay er who has tnree children of his own, riv vq . . , objected to her presence n the borne. Cit, carrying a crew of ten men, Bank ter the moth washod the to rive sailors browning. remove blood stains and, dressing it in The schooner Olive Jeanette, whicn a petty coat, white dress, white cloak, carried a crew of seven is also thought hela at tue "aist with a leather belt to be lost. The Olive Jeanette it is f,ml Mtent lealier carriei U to j . x , tue doorway -where is was found, believed went to the bottom about ten , ,,f miles from Portage entry. The new MIKADO TI LINKS PRESIDENT steel steamer Stackhouse arrived at Soo on her first trip with her hatch ' tcfnl Appreciation of covers so badly sprung that water J Distinguished Services in the Estab- poured continually into the hold. On.? i lishlnc of Lasting Peace in the East. of the crew was washed overboard I Th0 w&aleback steamer Samuel Matd-j als one of its crew overboard. The monetary loss of the Savona 's $350,000, while that of the Pretoria is $250,000. 1 At,far 38 ow tonight all persoi.. on tbe wrecked steamer Savona ars j safe except seven of the crew who re- mained on the broken ship to allow seventeen others to escape in the only two Doats available for rescue. Those who are now tnught to have perished are: vdpinui iiLi; jua,iu, r iist .uaie Jjar- win; tne second mate, name unknown; two wheelsmen and two sailors. The body of Captain McDonald was washed ashore. Miss Kate Spencer, of Erie, P-i., speaking of her experience said. "It was early in the morning when Captain McDonald told us he was go ing to run for shelter, and that we should put all breakable stuff in a se- cure place as when the boat turned' it would toss badly. Soon afterward he came to our stateroom door and told us to dress and go aft as the boat was leaking forward. This we did with the help of sailors at 4 o'clock Friday morning. We were instructed to put on life preservers and had them on when at 5:45 o'clock the boat broke in two "The first engineer got us into the vawl boat, but did not launch it, and the captain cried through the maga- phone to hold out as long as possi-. , , TTyt i -l ... , , , - thn ble With this we got out of the yaw. , boat and congregated m the during room, which was still intact. Tie big boat was pounding badly. A pk'ce of the deck broke away and then a portion of the dining room. "nnnnfr thia time. h mon forwarrl could not reach us. At 11 o'clock! everything seemed to be broken up . and by order of the chief engineer we j took to the yawl boat again. We piled ! intSw IN FECT ED AREA WIDENING Cholera Situation Gives Concern Sixty-Six New Ciies and Twetitv-Thrcc Deaths. Berlin, .September 4. it was omciai- ly buHetined today that sixty-six chol- j era eases and 23 deaths occurred in ! Prussia. Of this number ten new j "ases and three deaths were reported ip to noon today. While anxiety is not yet the word to describe the feeling in the imperial health office, concern over the cholera situation does begin to exist. Most of the ney cases do not break out among the qurantined persons but are sud- rlenlv t i i l . ' deniy herd of in detached farm hous- es or villicres. not continguous to the Vistula. " 4i.o the infectec area is widening slowly and that the measures to hold the dis ease strictly ithin the existing boun daires have no. been fully successful. These measuies, however, are being sharply increasHl. FIDDLERh CONVENTION A Thousand Persons Hear the Con test for State Championship. (Special to Tht Messenger.) Raleigh. N. C. Sepember 4. In the presence of a thousaii persons ln the auditorium of -the .Agricultural and Mechanical college hee this after noon, fourteen old tirst fiddlers com peted for the North Cirolina cham- pionship as fiddlers 'rt violinists, the occurr-nee and refused ,ympa 1 hey played a score o: the old tunes. ihlser.s ith wounded men to accum ulate of ficera were ame, the Judges. r.mv them to the hospitals. The Jew c. E. MeCulJers. of ci&ton. won theih hospital is surrounded bv soldiers honor of being first flder and R. c I and patrols are stationed at central Page, of Raleigh, that second fid- zonU In the town. Great alarm pre- dler- ,,. ; vails. tt"- m ivtc luumi . . Acctisoil Man to Read Book on Hyp- MEXfCO WANTS IMMQiIANTS notlsm. rrAm,. t--, ..-. i . , Norfolk. Va. -September 4. Captain Movement to Direct Portly of Tide E. W. Jones, of the 7ist Virginia reg Now Flowing Into Brli, ; inient. who kiUed Maud Cameron Rob- " ; ertson. waived examination when ar- Mexico City.. September 3.-.in view z-ai-jnfti ttn- nn nt on to the of I.c large numbar of Euroi-n Crn- OctotfT grand iury.- The prisoner grants who are flocking to South asSed u ?e 'mlf to have In his a . 4n T3Mt : cHI a v"1- on hypnotism, and this re- America, especially to Brazil, .com- mn mJssioner from the latter coDtrv. Senor Joaouin Orres. has been ii con sultation with InieTesUd parties i,this country with a view to .1ive.rtin the tide of immigration to Mexico. s probable that a conmittee will be formed for the purpose of heat'hg some of the desirable emigrants n this direction, as there is a good .i- mand on the various plantations Astrady agrioultural laborers. v . COXI "ESSES TO CHILD'S DEATH Inhuman Deed of Mot !kt Accom plice in llie Murder of Her Two Year Old Daughter. New York. September 4. A-con-fes?d aeeoiKpIiee in the murder of her two year old daughter wboe mutilated Kiy was subsequently bathed and neatly clad in it best tlotbes and then placed in tne open doorway of a West side tenement house, Agnes Hyland red 23 years, was locked up tonight. Gustave Denser, a plumber, with whom the woman lived as housekeep er, is also under arrest The mother told the iolice that Denser killed babe girl Gertrude, because it "was in the way," and that she helped to dispose of the body. The janitor of the tenement this T,. Ver le Lich wnpprf 1,1 a "wPWr the corner of a chirk stairway. Physi cians found fatal bruises on the tern st'!r Sten H.KnH today ;piemoer a. resi today received from the Emperor of Japan the following jm-wan: of thanks and appreciation for IK;, narr ntavori w tho Praelrl..ni .in thfJ notlations whIch ha result. . . t. . . . . 7 ld tt of hostilities in the r'ar East Tokio. September 3. 1905. "The President: 'T have received with gratification your nus.sa?e of eong ntulations con veyed through our plenipotentiaries and thank vou war.r.Iy or it. To your disinterested and unremitting efforts in the interest of peace and humanity. I attach the !iigh value which is their due. and assure vou of mv grateful appreciation of the distinguished part you have taken in the establishment cf peace based upon principles es sential to the permanent welfare and tranauilitv of the Far East. "MUTSUHITG." KAISER LAUDS ROOSEVELT jn Conversation With American Con- gressman the German Ruler Gives President Entire Credit for Peace. Bcilm. September 3. United States Congressman William Aldcn Smith, of Mn higan. was one of Emperor Wil- bain's guests at dinner Satin day night. During a convention of about fifteen nMnutes with Mr. Smith after dinner, mj-wr William alluded to the peace conference at Portsmouth, raying: ..preaj.lenl Roosevel. alone deserves (,re,iit for hriniSine about peace. He waa tlie onlv man ln thc woriti -Vho could have done it. He did his part splendidly." Mr. Smith, after the dinner, was pre- sented to Crown Prince Fiederi k William and Prince von Buelow. the imperial Chancellor. TOUGH ON THE FROG I,ow "I" TTn'"X The Newton correspondent of the Charlotte News gives a new sort of treatment for typhoid fever as fol lows: "Your correspondent, like other - wft it .iv,r e(J yesterday a toad applied to the foot of a fever paUent and kept there, would certainly cure the patient. It nay be that the same is a well known remedy, known of old, but it is new here. A young man in this county has been very low with typhoid fever for several weeks; so ill, in fact, that the physicians gave him up to die. An other young man once suffered with typhoid and took the frog treatment ctUU wu.3 emeu, ilUU bV lue ueaiuicui .o o .. . ' ,,1T1f adn was cured, and so the treatment .... w"u grauiying resuis ine young man is reported as convalescing. The toads, the story runneth, turn green and die, having drawn all the fever from the patient. It seems to be an excellent remedy but it is tough on the frog. Officers Fire on a Jew fell Funeial Pro cession. Kishineff. September 4. During the Drogress here today of a funeral pro cession of Jewish workmen following the body of a poor woman who had beon ki::ei by roughs, shots were sud denly heard and the procession wa charged by troops and police. Many of thi workmen were wounded and flfry of them were arrested. Several are missing and are supposed to have b?en killed. The officers declined to Kive any explanation of the cause of Attorney Ttlton said he had no Idea that any-hypnotism could be used on the jury which will try Captain Jones a month hence, and attached no im portance to the matter. H'CQll SEfIT BACK TO JAIL AppOcatioo For Disdarp Dded tj Jcdfe Walker. NO I3LECTION ON OPIIN S.LOOXS Supreme Court to Gic the Cav a Hearing Ttnlav Ibir Day Cele bration in Rak-UI Order From National Guard Hcadouarient. Menrer Bureau. R&eigh. N. C. September 4. Today was a legal holiday, and ao the capitol and other public buildings banks, etc, were closed. A great dcl of rain fell yesterday and last nigfct, and the ground was ertranely wet, which made Jt rather unpleasant for holiday makers, who here, had two objective poims,the state fair ground, where the labor organizations gave a barbecue and at Pullen park, w lie re there was a contest by old-time fid dlers for the championship of the Ute and money prizes, this event being; pulled off in the afternoon, the Juds?. being Suite Treasurer Lacy, Auditor Dixon -and ex-Congressman Nichols. all of whom are devoted to the fiddle and the old tunes, but caring nothing fcr violins and new music. Govemof Glenn went up to Salisbu ry on an early train to make a speech, there at the Labor Day celebration. Ho will return here and will probablyTe main until he leaves next week for his tour cf four of the New England states to make a series of sjeeches. The rains which have so marked the summer just ended, have had a bad effect on certain crops, but most of all upon cot'On and tobacco. They cause too great growth of cotton and now they art checking to a quite marked degree the opeing of the bolls Cot ton is generally pretty rank on clay lands. It appears to be the general opinion here now that the aldermen will not call an election on tho question of open .saloons. The saloon men and their lawyers, it is intimated, will, in such case, take the matter to the oourt The qustion hinges upon this point, whether a registered voter is a nino, who is not only registered, but who has paid his taxes by May 1st, of tho year in which he votes. Yesterday Attorney Jones Fuller came here from Durham and procured from Associate Justice Walker of the supreme court, a writ of habeas corpus for Mosea McCown, ex-mayor of Dur ham, who was in , jail .there on the charge of assaulting Superior Court Judge Ward, Saturday night, Julgo Ward having sent McCown to jail and fined him $200. The writ was made returnable at noon today, at the su preme court. Judge Walker requesting; all the members of that court to sit with him in this curious and unique case in Xorh Carolina It is also said the attorney general would appear lor Judge Ward in thc absence of th so licitor of the Durham district.who is. artend ng Alamance court. Mr. Fuller said rhe c.n'fntion of his would be- hat McCown's act in striking Juige Ward was not cm of contempt under the statu! e.but that it was one covered Ly he law regarding simple assaults. 1h re is universal condemnation of the act of McCown in making the .13 aalt on the judge. Justice Walker hoard the ea.e alone as it was arranged that thre should be an immediate hearing bv tho full Supreme court. He denied MrCown's. aorlication for dicharg. and release from Imprisonment, and remanded him to the Durham Jail to serv- out the sentence imposed by Judge Ward. McCown was accordingly taken Lack to iU.rham this afternoon, and re placed in Jail. The Supreme court will specially hear the case tomorrow morning. Solicitor Brooks and Attor ney General Gilmer representing Judge Ward and the ttate. The cpjes tion to be decided is the original one whether Tudge Ward had the right to attach for contempt for an asxault up"n his person out of court. The supreme court will tomorrow take up the docket of appeals from the second district. The following from the adjutant general's office has been published, un der its provisions a number of vet eran officers of the national guard nor on the retired list will take a step up. State of North Carolina, Office Adjutant General. Raleigh, August 29. 1903. General Orders, No. 15. The following paragraph or section VIII, chapter 103, of the re vised statutes of North Carolina, is published for the Information of aQ concerned: "Retirement of officers. Whenever an officer of ten years service and up ward makes application for retirement he may, by consent of the commander in chief, be retired with the next high er grade, and all officers on the retired list of the national guard of this state are advanced one grade." Officers on the retired list will be permitted to wear the uniform of thir rank on occasions of ceremony, -and upon courts martial, courts of inquiry, or duties of kindred nature, when call ed upon or assigned by competent au thority. - The names and residences of reUredr officers will be published in the regis ter of the military forces of the state of North Carolina, in the annual re port of the adjutant general. By order of the commander in chief, T. IL ROBERTSON. Adjutant General. Official. ALFRED WILLIAMS. . Assistant Adjutant General. " - No Fever in Bfemph!t. . Washington. Sept. '4. Surgeon General Wyrnan of the puMlc health and marine hospital , sendee has re ceived a report from Passed Assis tant Surgeon Goldberger. who has ben In Memphis for the past se.veral days, saving that he found jio. jellow fever in that city. " 1 4