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THE WITjMINGTON ' MESSENGER TUESDAY FEBRUARY 25, 190B OFFICIALS El Reprcsejutdtive of A- C. and Truckers Association L. IMPORTANT fiGREEMEHTS Reduction in Number of Crates for Minimum Car Loads Omfa-eiu-c Held in ThJ citj Yester day Reduction of Five Cents a 0tc on Shipments to Baltimore and Washington Adequate Service la Promised Berry Season to Open About Middle of April. An important conlerenee was held In this city yesterday afternoon be tween officials of the Atlantic Coait Line and the executive committee of the -Ear Carolina Truck & Fruit Growers Association at which agree ment was reached on several ques tions of far reaching importance to all the truckers in this section. The questions considered are of gen eral interest on account of the near approach of the strawberry season and the outcome of the conference is of great importance to all the berry growers. Yesterday morning the members of the executive committee of the asso ciation held an informal meeting in the office of the' secretary. Mr. H. T. Bauman, in the Masonic Temple, dis cussing and formulating the mater to be presented at the conference with the railroad officials and all the mooted questions were put in shapo for clear presentation. The formal conference between rep resentatives of the A. C. L. and Truck ers was hell yesterday afternoon at three o'clock in the office of the traf flc manager, there having been pres ent the following gentlemen: Representing the A. C. L. Superin tendent of Transportation E. Borden', Traffic Manager R. A. Brand, and As sistant General Freight Agent C MeD. Davis. Representing the .Truckers Presi dent W. E. Springer; Secretary Bau man and Messrs. W. L. Hill, J. A. Wostbrook and J. S. Westhrook. After a full consideration of the matters on which relief was desired, the railroad officials consented to make certain orders which it is bfTev d will prove satisfactory to the truck ers Probably the most important agree ment was that which providps that In the future the carload minimum fchall he 236 crates, this being two tiers high, instead of 250 crates as heretofore, although the old carload rate on 300 crates can still he taken advantage of. The packing of the cars with only two tiers of cat's re sults in certain refrigeration and it is an advantage that the maior'ty of the shippers will not fail to recog nize. Another important agreement on the part of the railroad authorities, made on advices from the Armour como'nv was that in the future the smaller refrigerator oars, referred to as the r.G-foot fare, will not be sent to ths section except in case of absolute nec essity, the Armour company promis ing to 'send its large cars whenever possible. This means it Is asserted, that few of the smaller cars will en ter into this territory. A reduction of fivo cents a cate was also promised by the A. c. L. offic'al on all shipments to Baltimore and Washington. The rate heretofore for freight and refrigeration has amounted to about The railroad officials gave every as surance to the representatives of the .nuers Association that cars will ue iurnisned in abundance and prop erly iced when the shipping s-a-on begins and it is not thought that there Jill be any danger of car shortage uunug me approaching season In the future as many growers as I - J CtW.TA nftfsir ri i t v. i - cv, iuu.u uerriea on one car at any three stations, providel on man becomes responsible for the whole car and the shipment need not be sent to one consignee but to several if de sired, this resulting in what is known as a market car. The question of detention charges was also considered, but no agreement was reached, the railroad officials jromising to further take up the mat ter and advise the truckers shiv as to their decision, it Is felt certain that their decision will be a fair and equitable one. After full discussion it was consid- r16 to arranSe the schedules of the Berry trains much on the order of last year's trains, although there may be some change in the leaving time of the "Cannon Ball," the through train, whfch last year left this city at 7:55 a. m. The conferenee was eminently satis factory and It v.as harmonious throughout, both parties havn eine ed a desire to reach fair and satisfac tory agreements on every question, which of course are of mutual bene fit and impoi-tance. R is too early tc estimate me snmments of berries wm begin o- ts to tho sire of this year's cmn hut I ill ii' n is thought, probable that the o-o- will be a normal one and that -hin Tlicnto Tirlll VtAurfn 1 . ii . . . . -..v,.. ,3 .mi ucjiu rtuuut me miaaie oFf April., The members of the executive com mittee of the Ti P T jC- tt1 r A 1 t-.. , . 3" Aq- nPre Vpsrerciay were 'rsf-j today and voted for Congressman OVUs dent snriner and Seeretary panman I. Tames for United States senator The of Wilmington; MPFrs. W. L rW ob''ot: Pckham 57: Bradley 57; Warsaw; J. A. Westbrcok. of Mt Ol- Jamw 2: Campbell 2: Alien 1: Black- ive and J. S. Westbrcok of WaPa'p I wmw - Z Z . : f crosby STUART NOYES dead.-.- Was Well Known Newspaper Man and Editor of Washington Star at , Tlni3 of Ills Death. " , Los Angeles, cal.. February 2L Crosby Noyea, editor o the Washing ton Evening' Star, died shortly alter 5:20 o'clock this afternoon ai the Hotel Raymond, Pasadena, where ha 1 had been ill for some time. Mr. Ncys who was surrounded by the members of his family at the time c! his death retained his faculties until the end. Washington, February 21. Mr Cros- by Stuart Neves whose da'h wa3 re- ! ported today at Pa3adena, Cal, was 82 years of age. and no less than to years of his manhood had been spent in the newspaper business. He w?a born In Minot. Maine. February 16, 1825. He began his newspap-r work is LWSCS per known as the Washington News. He became connected with the Wash ington Star in 1855 when the -paer , was under the management r.f WllFam D. Walsh and the recognition by tte latter of the fine newspaper qualifica tions and business judgment of his voung assistant undoubtedly did m.ich to ensure the laying of the foundations of this great and successful newspaper enterprise. During the days of the civil war Mr. Noyes was most actively engaged in his special reportial duties and he enjoyed to an unusual degree the confidence of th nubile men nf thA I day. In 18C7 Mr. Noyes associated him self with several other gentlemen in the purchase Of the property he had done so rsueh to creates and since that time he has been one of te le-d- ing spirits In the direction of its bus!- ness. Mr. Noyes was for 21 years a mem- her of the gridiron club. He H su- vived by a wife, three sons Theo- dore W. Noyes, president of the "Even- ing Star Newspaper Company; Frank T. Noves. editor and publisher o' te Chicago Record-Herald, and p-esidnt of the Associated Press; and Thomas C. Noyes, news manager of the Stnr, ana one daugher. Mrs. George W. Boyd of Philadelphia. INVESITOAVTION ENDS. Full Jteport of Proceedings Will be Mado to Full Commission. Richmond, Va., February 21. The testomny taiten before Interstate Com- merce Commissioner Lane here today was largely supplementary of evidence already given showing alleged loose office organization of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad through which rec- ords of freight claims prior to Janu- ary 1, 1907. suspected of being memo- randa of rebates to shippers, were de- stroyed by Lynn B. Enslow, auditor of disbursements, who confessed en- tire Ignorance of the interstate com- merce act forbidding such destruction of records. It was brought out in the examination of District Freight Agent Henry that Henry M. Boy km, the Seaboard Air Line and Chesapeake and Ohio clerk, that the Chesapeake and Ohio had reported under charges on reconsigned cases for August, Septem ber and October only when the alleged- secret practice of splitting the through rates on local shipments had been go- ing on for eyars The investigation was adjourned this afternoon. Commissioner Lane will make his full report to the full commission at Washington. Al.DRICir CURRENCY BILIi. : ln tne strength of our fighting force Vote on Measure Will Probably be ' Tf" ou JfiPtPn?f iSTtJ?? Taken Next 1-Yiday or Saturday. 1?'? this ead he said, the 1 United States is easily able to main Washington, February 21. Senators tain by authorizing only two more Aldrich and Bailey believe the senate battleships of the big gun type, will pro! -ably votrj on the A drich cur- Reference was made to the change rency bill on Friday or Saturday of in the character of battleships which next week. When half a dozen sneeeh. resulted from the lessons of the naval ! ni n r. ?n'ii-erarl Mono f. t- T)n',loif irrlll otTer his bill as a substitute- for the Aid rich bill, and when it is voted down, as ita author concedes that it will be. the committee itself will bring in some amendments. Te bi'l will re ceive the almost unanimous vote of the republican senatorV, but it is con- ceded that a few of those from the far west will oast their ballot i:i the nes;- ative. When the bill goes to the house 41 111 1 ttf . there will ba an effort to have it ac cepted as a substitute for any bill that may be reported by the house com mittee on banking and currency. WORK OF WRECKERS. Atlantic" Coast Ijinc Train Derailed and Several Cars Overturned. Tampa, Fla.. February 21. A deli berate attempt was made to wreck tne Atlantic coast Line passenger 000. In 1905 there were S57.000 wage train No. 85 last night three miles from earners earning $482,000,000 and turn Plant City. A rail had been removed ing out products worth $2,176,000,000. and the entire train, except the loco- And there is hardly an Industry in the motive and sleepers, was derailed and land that has not been benefitted in several cars overturned. A track claw a similar way, though not perhaps in and wrench were found at the scene so marked a way. The money expended with which the rail had been removed, on. the ships of war was not there No one was seriously hurt. An investl- fore an ecomonic loss, judged by a sin gation made by railroad officials to- gle trade alone." .. day resulted in an offer of $500 reward Senator Perkins closed by calling for the perpetrators. . . attention to the brilliant service of oar "' fleet at the time, of the Spanish war, BLOW (TO LOCKER CLUBS. and to the deeds' of heroism then per- - formed. I ... Judge Denies Petition, for a Stat Tnim,n rintinn Insfmrtinir rt Savannah. Ga., February 21.-Judge Charlton, i nthe superior court today denied the petition of the "Palmer Locker Club" for a state charter. This is a serious blow to Savannah locker clubs if the supreme court of Georgia sustains the decision. A dozen or more of the clubs have already paid state and city licenses, amounting to $800 thinking the state charters, enabling them to keep liquor in lockers for their members would f.?rw. if charters are not secured the clubs t ... . Dccome associations insteaa of Incor- 1 1 ' a a eacn W1U De s110-'1 lo a practically prohibitory tax of $25 for each member. . - Ballot Without Kesnlt. AranKrorl- Ky.. eoruary L"t. Representative Aranertt Vft Beckham Frankfort. Ky.. Februarv 21. bum 1. Necessary lo choice 61. C Senator PerHD's Defends Pol icy of the Move M WISE AI NECESSARY Money Spent in Building Was No Unproductive ItM Dispatch to- the Pacific pecan No Indication of Unfriendliness Toward Any 'Other Nation Resolution or Tillman's Adopted Business in llouse Unimportant. Washington, February -i. a ae feute or tho policy of sending the Am erican battleships to the Paeinc ocean and maintaining that the vast expen diture on the new navy was tully warranted Was made in the senate to day by Senator Perkins, of California His remarks were directed to the reso- lution which he had read at the des, as follows: Resolved, That it should be the poi- Icy of this government, whiie "Vuot adopting a continuous program hxing' the number of naval vessels cf anv type to be built in future years, to maintain its present relative position in comparison with the navies of the other great powers." "The policy," he said, "which sent the fleet to the Pacific is wise and necessary if we are to retain on the ocean the prestige that will give a fair and open field to our sea trade." This was in no way an indication of any unfriendliness on the part of the United States toward any other na tion. The reception the fleet has re ceived in South America, he declared, waa an indication of the friendliness of those people toward the United States. " "When the fleet now on its way to San Francisco is joined by the other effective vessels on the Pacific," Mr. Perkins said, "we shall have a fleet of eighteen battleships, eight armored cruisers, thirteen protected cruisers, thirteen destroyers, five torpedo boats and two submarines. The battleships and cruisers alone aggregate , 423,172 tons while the other naval power on tne Pacific Japan has only 374.701 tons of a11 classes of vessels. The Pa cific fleet wiU be amPlv able to nro" tect our interests In that ocean. Attention was called to the unbrok- ep- record of bravery which the navy Pents m- its earliest beginning and pn Pacic those ,wh? man ves!els 11 ?atn.e ve .f Com: modore Sloat, Admiral Kimberley and j AdIral Dewey for inspiration, Tae senator sketched the growth of the 6W, naV' Lm lZh vew iu uue uu.uu were auinorizea to ine presem uay, i when the United States has become the second sea power in the world, x j : 1 n T ese wai.f which taught the importance of hi -n1nq rarrvine bi' suns o that .BBlP,l!yi?5 within a shorter battle line. The cost of the vessels of the new navy, building or authorized, is $309,- 359,190, while the total expenditures on account of the naval establishment since 18S3 is $1,234,651,092," said Mr. w r r w Perkins. "But this vast expenditure is not, as may be claimed by some vnproductive. The construction cf the ships of our navy gave such stimulus to the iro.i tra ie thai now we are the greatest iron and steel manufac turer in the world, ln 1880 there were only fourteen hundred wage earn ers in the iron and steel industries of the country, earning $",5,000,000 and turning out products worth $296,000,- the attorney -general to prosecute sn'ts gainst transportation companies In Oregon which have received land f ants n have ,not complied with tern?s J thf WaS oday c? ? SnS0" ZSi'Z KJ6 Wit?SiS!ba. ?t ! Li ll? S Sfu'J ?Vfh9t f?w l it i wSl TJ?d S wlthlh. ec?t?,n iS XtlnorSii tne TAlsing of any question concerning . Orbin Osborne Captured. ikuauunci v r cwi uai ) a . viu Roanoke. Va. February 21. Orbin Osborne, who shot and kil'ed his cou- sin. Nat Honeycut, at Norton. Va., jU!y 3. 1904 and for whoe capture there was a reward of $500. was caught in Hancock county, Tennessee, last evening and odgel n the Wise county, Virginia, jail today. The killing occurred at the home of the youne: lady whom Osborne ex- Pcted to make hi3 wife the ro'lowing Gay. ' j . 1 '" ' New Pictures every dayBijou. FLEET TO F the . depaxtihenU authority wlslcd th: resolution passed. An amendment to the iotoJic bill was introduced by Senator roraker today. Senator Culberson ordered that it b? read. It proved to be a proTlfioa that railway postal clerks shall be paid actual travelling expenses wten away from their stations at a rate of not more than $2 per day. The countenance of the senator from Texas showed disappoint ment. "I thought" he said "it was to rro vide for the non-payment of salar'e of postmasters of those nom nations which have not been confirmed by the "Oh," retorted Mr. Foraker, "that will come later." THE HOUSE The time of the house cf represent atives was devoted to the consJdera tion of what is known as th Di'trlct of Columbia Street Railway Trackage bill. Including the extension of street car lines to the new unicn station. The subject-of universal street c.r transfers in Washington e'icited rp jcial attention and no d'snositin wa . manifested toamend the provision x iceDt to strengthen it. Tomorrow also will be given over to the D'strVt of Cb"-?b'a bi's'ne-. Ten millions for 'h efnse, v fortification. " of PhiladHphin. Pa!M -more and Norfolk w? ase4l f- r ! dav at hand o ri,s-comm'tt on fortificatfons of th hove o-r-m'tte on appropriations tv r. d" ntf-n comocsed of' citizens o" No-fVk an' Id cnrz' of Represent" t've Ma-ra'd of 'Virginia. 1 Tf f'r.lrpt'nn rrr-n'-ted W T. An-a-coti r-p;?PTit h? bcrd of 'r."5e" William Baldwin p-eid'n "t real estate exchaprer W. Edic Col an attorney Alvoh H. Martin, p-ei-firn of Can Henv svd'ete. n3 P. IT. Lnrk'n. '. The war denartmnit in 'h e tlma'e? for fortifications tor the enfi"ng fs cal year include $inooo,ooo f r tve creation of fortiPcat'on o an artifi cial island at the entrance o '-es'-peake bay. mfdwav of the Tirpinia capes. It was to urge the re''t" -f appropriation that the Norfolk dele gation appeared before th committee. Tne war department total estimato for fortifications for 1009 is approxi mately $38,000,000 mt t s th inten tion of the ppnropriatfon cor.m'ttee to cut down th'p esHmn' t" ome thing like ;. 1 10.000 or.o a-d -re en plans contemnlate the exren?'ur of practically all of that amount in the Hawaiian and Philippine. THE MAY KIJSCfriON The,Isinc One of Loral veTf-l7orn- t mem, 'i .'. ' " " The Wilmington Mesbtnger it tak ing quite a positive view on the ques tioon of local self -government in wha; might be termed its relation to luo stateprohibition election in May. The Messenger 'believes that the legisla tive ace enforcing an election upon the entixfi. state on tiie issue of prohibition is against the democratic principle of local self-government. Of course The Messenger, being pub lished in a city with saloons, will be declared an upholder of liquor drink ing and the saloon, because of this declaration. The Journal, published in a prohibition city, and a defender or prohibition as declared by its com munity, has already said the same thing as The Messenger that the issue of local self-government was a grat er issue involved in the May election than that of whether half a dozen or so places in North Carolina shovid have, to give up their saloons and dis pensaries. If the issue was such, assuming that every town or city that has saloon or dispensary in it in this state is so corrupt, its citizens so steeped in the traffic of liquor selling and ii s pro tits as o Le 'j-.rl :! and self-respect, and that these places, one and all, were so vicious in their example in promoting and assisting crime as to endanger every other peace i nthe state, then ther might be d reman dto ceinJe all precedent and principle, and, by a majority force, say that not one of the so-called wet towns should be permitted to vote, that their local franchise be taken away and that outsiders be given the right to make and enforc their local government. But no such conditions exist. No vicious local control is to be found in Washington, Wilmington and Salis bury. Neither can it be said that the crimes in these places even exceed, through liquor causes, other places in this state where prohibition has been voted in. This is not the argument or contention, however that of any comparison. The state election infers through its mandatory act that the citizens of saloon and dispensary towns are not capable of self-government .That a central state . power shall tell them and force them to put up a municipal government that the center state authority through Its leg islature shall declare the right kind of government for them. The danger in giving legislative au thority sway, to make a popular vote serve to fix the status of local muni cipal government, instead of each community deciding for itself; must be evident to every intelligent person. Public mcrality was never well served through compulsion. The temperance sentiment In North Carolina is on the increase, but It will not successfully grow, except by the right kind of ap peal which the people of every town and city can best judge to be the most effective and wisest course of proce dure. The destruction of local slf government can never prove the way to successmully build up the temper ance cause. Majority vote may defeat local self-government through the May election. But what is to come af ter? New Bern Journal. One Killed in Wreck. Elyria, Ohio, February 21. One man was killed and three persons bad ly injured tonight when a Baltitrore and Ohio railway switching engine and a Lake Shore passenger train met in collision at the crossing, cf the itwo roads here. FOUND DEAD IN BED Mis. Wm. Pr oudlict Burden Conies to Untimely End PROMINENT li SOCIETY Cause of Death Ascribed to Gas Poisoning ! Had Been in Habit of Heading After Retiring and Neglected to Shut OUT UJ Olci-tivel IHt-cased W'om ! Dauglucr of 1). i. 11. llclinout nu.l us 22 Vcatb of Age. New York, February 21. Mr. Wil liam Proudnet Buruen, who was .Na tica Rives, daughter of O. 1L P. Bel mont and a society favorite in New York, Newport and Washington, was found dead ln bed at her Fifth ave nue aome today. Death, the coroner decided, was ac cidental and due to gas poinoniug. A disconnected gas tube which had led from a chandelier to a drop light, so placed last night, that Mrs. Burden might read while propped up in bed, had permitted a flow ol gas that hi led the room and, escaping into the. hall, finally attracted the attetnion of the servants. Mrs. Burden was 22 years of age and since her marriage on April 17, 1907, the and her husband had occupied the beautiful home of the latter father, the late James A. Burden, at 90S Fifth avenue. Mr. Burden Ijad spent tho inght in another part of the house anu learned of his wife's death from the servants who had en tered her room at 10 o'clock this morning. Entering the house at 11 o'clock last inght Mr. Burden had no ticed that a light was still burning in his wife's room and passing the door called out, "Good night." Mrs. Burden rt-sponded, "Good night," ln a tone that indicated that she was in her usual health and spirits. Mp. Burden had been in the habit cf reading after retiring anl this practice recently led her to hav a gas reading lamp placed in her room. This stood on a stand conveniently near the head cf the bed. The coroner's investigation showed that the gas tube had been disconnect ed fiom the lamp, apparent! j having beccne drowsy, Mrs. Burden had reached from her bed and turned off the lamp cock instead of taking the trouUe to get up and shut off the gas at the chandelier jet. In some manner undetermined the tube became loosen ed at the lower end and slipping off the feed pipe of the lamp laid in such n position that the ifow of poisonous gas was directed into the sleepers face. Mrs. Burden was the daughter of the first Mrs. Oliver H. P. Belmoul. vho was Miss Sally Whiting. The daught ei took the name of her mother y sec ond husband, George L. Rives, who adopted her and has always been known as Natica Rives. William P. Burden is a nephew of I. Townsnd Burden and has a Ian;e interest in the Burden Iron Works at Troy. Mrs. Burden r.s Natica Riven, w?& one of the most popular of the young women in socity. Her health broke down in the summer of 190G and she spent some time in a sanitarium at Lakewood. During her stay at Lake wood her engagement to Mr. Burden was announced. She never finally re covered her health. It was stated at the house tonight that young -Mrs. Burden had been suffering for some time from a slight attack of tne grip. The funeral ar rangements had not Don decided up on toinght. ONLY ONE BODY' RECOVERED 29 Persons Were Blown to Atoms In Dynamite Explosion. Berkley, Cal.. February 21. The latettt reports from tho fecne of the terrible dynamite exxploslon at the Hercules Powder plant in Pinole, place the number of dead at 30. Four of these were white men, the other be ing Chinese. The body of the foreman W. W. Stlllwe 1. is the only one re covered. The other 29 were blown to atoms. Not a man at work in tho packing house and on the trains used for hauling the dynamite to the de pot escaped. The six injured girls and four men will recover. No cause is assigned for the accident. The damage to the plant amounts to $10,000. Superin tendent Birmingham cays the company will rebuild at once. , THE WAGE QUESTION. No Result Reached at Conference f Officials and Engineers. Washington. February 21. The conference as to wage adjustment between Vice President and General Manager Akert of the Southern Rail way and representatives of the loco motive engineers, was resumed today, and a conference also was held with a committee representing the conduc tors and trainmen. The rrPsition made to these class es of employees is substantial'y the same as that made to the machinists and other fhop men. which fc? to the effect that ln view of the condition of business and the falling off in traf fic, the lower scale of wage In effect a vear aD shall be restored. .No definite action has been received and a further conference will beheld tomorrow. " ( New York, February 21. Total bank clearings for the week $2,161, 662.000 against $1.927,509.00d last week and $3,130,486,000 last yar. BLUK JACKETS IX IAMA. Hundreds Given Shore Ixrave and .spend Day Slcht Seeing. Lima, Peru. February 21. Etery- j the jolly Jackles of the American fleet. 1 fxaternlxing witn ine reruTn mca-of-warsmen promenading ln th Plaza de Armas or on sighUccinc ! tcrs in the various lnte:stinn quar- tcrs of the city. Hundreds of the mem I wtre given shore leave today and j they availed themselves of the oppor ; tunity offered by Immediately com In j up to the capital from Callaa The ! railroad did an Immense LuRlnc throughout the day. carrying passen gers down to Callao to see the battle : ships and bringing them back agala to Lima. In view of the fact thai to j many of the sailors were given shore leave. Admiral Evans also sent a num- ber of marine to Lima to soe that ; order was preserved by the men. This afternoon President rara re ceived Admiral Thomas and a number of other American offlcera. They wer accompanied by United States Minister lslio Combs and Secretary of l-ffr-tion Richard R. NelU. The president conversed with the Americans at length. Rear Admiral Evans is feeling bet ter, but hf still has to walk with the aid cf a cane. (UXBOAT STILL AC ROUND Submarine Boat Viper F!atrl mmd Return to AnnapolU. Annapolis. Md.. February 21. The submarine boat Viper, which bJ tree agjound on Thomas Point ten mllti down the Chesapeake hay from hre since Wednesday. wa floated at hlA tide this afternoon and icuchcd the naval station tonight. Af:ei bein;4 afloat by the torped boat Big ley, the Viper was able to rfceed to Annapolis under conoy uf that e. sel. Nothing further has been h.'ard of the gunboat Hist, which rn aground early Wednesday morning on Cote Point while conveying the Viper and her sister submarines, the Tarantula and Cuttle Fish. The government tug StandUh, front the aeaderry is endeavoring to flt her. SAVINGS AMI STAT 1 1 HANKS. CVriwntloti Commllon (nll fr Statement of Condition sk Ilax rrs to Confess. (Special to The Messenger) Raleigh. Feb. 21. The corp .ration commission calls for a statement frcm Ftate savings and private banks to February 14th. It announces that there are now 29S f.!ch banks, a vain f 41 lr twelve months. In two years there has not been a bank failure. B. C. Berk with, of the state board on internal improvements, addressed the junior class of the Agricultural and Mechanical college regarding the hazing of freshmen by sophomores, now being specially Investigated by Governor Glenn'H order. He railed on them to aid the Fealors In foretng the culprits to confess and throw them selves on the governor's mrcv, and thus obviate the judicial Investiga tion. President John T. M!1--. rf the N. C. State Fedentlnn of T.V'or, n'ter consultation wi'h t' e n u'i' e I oird notified all affiliated u; Ion thit the state federation ha no and'rla'e for nny st,ite ff!-e and will enors nrne, and has given no such authority to any union. RAILROAD AT SOlfrilPORT. Ilcing ConMrm ted Through the t;roe Swamp I'roni Bolton. The Southpori Hvrald of Thi.rM.'oy says: ' It now turns out that the fir.u lall ioad tf Southport will l.e tho un I ling built through the Green Swamp by th Waccamaw Lumber Comiany from Bolton. At bust this is what h sup posed that the company intends to do, and sp have it on pretty go! au thor! ty. "They already have 15 mile con structed wblrh leave twenty-fiv more. The road is standard fcua, e and is well built. "The Waccamaw company seems to have plenty of money back or It, the panb" not seprning to effect their opera tions In the least. "Well, we hope the road will be com pleted, but . What hrs become of all other various and sundry rail road schemes and Fchmers. we don't know. Perhaps It were best for us to be left to go our own way ln peace for cwhile, anyway." ICE FELL INTO SHAFT." Thrc Persona Kil'ed and Threw Oth ers Irobal)ly Fatally Injured. Wilkesbanre. Pa.. February 21. While ten men were being lowered in to the Stanton mine of the Lehigh and Wllkesbarre Coal Company today, a large packing of Ice fell into th shaft, striking the hood of the cage and demolishing it. Two men were killed outright, another died on the way to the hospital and three others, 11 is believed, will die of their Injur ries. Two of the men In the cage escaped Injury The cge was near the bot tom cf the shaft which is one thous and feet deep, when the Ice fell. 3fn t Pay For JewcR Paris. February 21. The court of appeals has confirmed the judgment of tno lower court ordering Count Bonl de Casteliane and Madame Anne Gould who secured a divorce from the count last year, jointly to pay to Vera Neml ofe' an Pra singer, the sum of $2i,000 for certain Jewels the count purchased from her prior to the di vorce. Madame Gould entered the de fense that she was an entire strangec to the transaction and had never seem the Jewels. The court laid down tho principle that the jewels presumably, had been purchased for the uso of the buyer's wife.' Visit the Bijou todayNew pictures f