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E. S 1 4 -\ -~ -t- c 14I 1)1 IC1;NS S. . '1I1[1,stA JAN?. .[.L'LiL1J PALMETT 'GLEA IN'GS flinor Events of the Week In a Brief Porm. 'rhe legislative eommnitte spent last. week at. Clemson College investigating the workings of the college. ''hoy went through every department of the cot loge and. -made a iost thorough inves tgatioll. The (oitittee iN composed of the following: Senator W. N. Gray (101 , of Abheville. Senator-elect P. L,.. H-ardin of Ches, ter and lon. T. Hi. Rtainsford. nemler of the house of rep r-ntati(S from (1dgefleld. These gen tltmt expre.sed thesmel 'es as he Ing delighted with what they saw. and snrprjsed at. the s1ope and eq(uipmnat bf the college. WY(dneesda night a uottage on the olutskirt N of Florcle was burned an(] with it n 5-year-oid son of S. Brunson, the c(lored mail who Iived in the bous;e. It is Faid that .Rrunson was not at home and his wife, after putting th ("hild to hed, locked the door and left t he house. When the flames were (is covered they had made considerable headway and there was no possibility of saving the building. The mother of the boy wos frantic when she realized that her child was burned to death and her screanms were heartrending. Tom l'earlstine, a merchant of Bam berg, this State. Saturday night went to the home of W. M. Creech, a factory -operative, to collect a debt of 80 cents. -Crenech declared that he did not hav<: (he money. but would give an order on the mill for the amount. Pearlstine then began cursing, and Creech reimon strated, because of the presence of his wife, tl)erenpon, it is said, Pearlstine drew his pistol and fired twice, one shot killing Creech instantly and the other barely missing Mrs. Creech. A hold and daring robbery occurred in Mullins, S. C., Wednesday night, in whIvI- hl the Uank of Mullins was burg taried nnd thie an it a secured the fat (ntil of' liVt thousands dollars. Por. the past 'tw muconths the hanik car"rie d cash on hand of about $20.000 in order to nie''t the demnands of th' tobacco inter ests, buut just now the scason for sell ing the weed is nearly over, and luky for t he bani they were only trying to crry i,"u h cash to t ransaet the nor )ulal hn:-ine.:: The aut.horities of I he Olympia mills last year1t inauturated a custot of' giv insg It cach family of operaItive a ttr khey ftr their 'hristmna. dinnurr. 'liis v'ar I his will b dton igit ain. I ' mr - itasy has c,nh'ired frotn the Armo(it' do. Inot Ilhern. 1.:!II tt';rk:ys for. the it"pcsu altdi 1h''r n ;i al istrilmnteil amnong thct alrit.: .crn{sl:- timtlc for the { r( {tr:ti'n. of tlhe (ctri,,tuas dinner. \ $10ct(il sstvinr:, hank for ( tirin (s.a: peopti will ie establishei by W. A. L-aw, a pr"ominenut loeal banker;: A. Hl. 'I'witch('t, prosideil. of the 1). E. ;'onverse omutpany. operating several large cotton mt1ills, logether with sev-. eral oi hot mill men. 'T'hc bank will be lota ed nt Converse, and will be (con\veni(ntly located for the opeta tive; of the Clifton cotton mills. Friday i!ght ant attempt was made to assassinate MrI". T. F. Davis, of Killian's Richland (olunty. .\I. )avis Is presi ditI of the extensive kaolin works at that plaee 0un Priday ordered a negro off of the p,remise. Shortly after night fall Mr. I)avis was waylaid and his left arm wals shot off. He suspected the negro whom he had discharged. Thle postoltice' at llat.enburg, in Lerx - hungtion county, S. C'., was burglar'ized l'ridalty nmight. Onaly a few dol lain iii change wats taken from a drawer. The sate was dlynaimited and although lfadlyv crackod wacs not. opened. The buirglars were frightened awvay for a nutmbetr of tools were found on the premises. Mr'. W. Boeyd E~vanms has- brought sit. for $90 damages against the street eatr - company for failing to pr1OVide vesti hules for the fronts of the cara in oiper'ationi. The complaint charges that 1he road is liable to damages to the ex.. tent of $10 daily for the first nine (lays of December. Dr. M. M. Kinard has resigned as plastor of Ebenezer Lutheran Church * n Columbia, and willl accept the call to Knoxville, Tenn.. C~flemson College will have holiday from the 23rd instant to the 3rd day * of .January. -Abbeville is talking of another ban'k antit a sec(ondi fuirniure fatctor'y. Th'le appOintment of Maj. Mtcah JTenkins as collector of internal r'evonne~ 2Imi South Carolina has beeni confirmed l 1y thle sentte. .Three negroes chinrged wvithi murder ing Samuiiel hLingtse. In Barnwelh coun.. ty. were (iartied to thle Peniitetilary on1 * Thurrhi-Icy to get thetm out of the leach of a lynching party. F%lay morning Robert Philson, a nlegro emoloyc at the LydIa cotton mill, was lnsinntly killed by the fall ing of an archway in the office of tho mill. Thle A. R. P. Church 4t Cheoste,r oti Sunday subscribed $2,200 to the Twentieth Century fund. It is priop)oa od to raise $60,000 in the synod-$25, 000 for Erskine, $12,500 for the Duo West Female College, $12,000 for- edut catIon in Mexico and $10,000 for home misesions. According to the anntual repor-t of the Spartanburg ap.d Ashevillo railroad recently :ompllleted, the ooneern has -nettedl the stockholderai during the fis cat year, t he sum of $212,000. Further Items ini the scald reOport are: Total bus iness. $f527.000). Expenses, includ - ing taxes. $315,000. John S. fior1beckm, of Oharleeton county, claims the higgest grove of paean trees, Ho has 10,000 on 500 * cres, lHe gets from 25 cents to a dollar rhits nuts. News in Brief. .TheV ar Department baa decided to /2~divide thi~ -transport service on thme Pa ciille bcteleef Washington State porte \nd San F'ranlsteo. \Ambassadoar Tower presented his edeOn-tlale to Emperor William in Ber NEGRO AND WIFE LY CI1ED. Brutal Murder of a Farmer Avenged Ij a Summary Ilantier. io hrleston, S. C., Speeial.-A ape i,al to "'lie Nws and Courier froml Jenwood . ays: "W. K. Jay, a.J1'roninlont youpg farner of the '1'roy ection of tblt 'ounty, Wast foully mur fored in his own yard by a negro, Oliver Videnman, or his wife, both of hem living on the place. Both of the negroes Were lynel(1d by Jay's ln. furlated neighbors. Msr. .Jay. on re turnling home on Priday afternoon, heard Widenan abusing or fighting his 1, Wideman's) wife. lie went to tle -abin and ordered the negroes to be (Ililet. Immnlediately afterwards Mrs. .lay h'eardl the report of a gun and n(aw the two negroes running amway. Calling for hegr husba(nd. she had no ins\ver and on looking over the yard 'ound him dlead in a pool of his owr blood. Almost his entire head had leen blown off. "''he alarm was given and pattie 1'ere o011 scouring the country Inl pu! suit of the negroes. They were rap ttred. Before the coroner both ac knowledged the deed, but the man said the woman (id it, and the woman veense( the man. They nver ehanged rom this, but died, ancusing cuei: other of the crime. While in the rus" ody of a constable on the way to jail they were stopped at the \Vinterseat >ridge by Ia crowd of infuriated friends and neighbors of Jay and both negroes were lynehed. The lyne.hing took place about midday, seven hours after the inquest. W. K. Jay was a good citizen lld pronilent Mason. having been a high ofllcial of the graud lodge of South Carolina." Method of the Arbitration. Washington, Special.-There is now In progress an active exchange of notes between the allied powers, Ven zuela and the United States, respect ing the method of stiblit.ting to arb tra.tion the issues which have arisen hwt.weeln Venezuela and the allie". Q*uestions are being put and are bein;g answered, bitt it is said the negotia. -ions are in sch shaupe that it wount lie xtrenely injurious and indis. creel to make eaeh phase public if there really existeud a desire to reaah a sa.1sifactory s::ttl Ien lnt. It is .e ilained at Ile State i)epartmeu thait. the part c t the t.lilit.ed States govern nlnt just now is that cf a "goood frienld" to all parties; that it is not uidertaking to draw ul) protocols or m111)nse Iilimiat.1ons 11pon11 ti' 1artIi's, mit is c'olnlining its oflievs to getting thel togcyt1her and keeping them so. In his v'IPw it. Will not be n('("ssary'v for lu- go 'e'nmI n')t to prescribe how it (' Monroe doctrine shall or shall not figure in the protocols; it will judge for itself by results how our interests arc affected and will not indulge in >ri 1111ture or uneall1ed-for protests. As for the term of thIlle arblitratioI agreement. it is stated that they are In a fair way to be speedily adjusted. hut nothing can Ie said of the de tails. It. is presuned that, the allies will agree to terniiate the hlockmhb. hough no stipulation has yet been i i t-'ed into on that point. Nothing has heen 'heard recently of the part to be taken by United States Minister ''ow r'n in the final settlement and it. be' R:ius to appear that. after all, Vene .uela will Probably be r'epresented by tome of her own peopl(e. 28 Killed In a Wreck. righitful railrload( ac'cide(ntI. in the an 'mls of the past dlecacde ha ppi'nied a ihort dIstance fromg the little m'~(ion >if Wanstead, onl the SarnaiIx branch of the Or-and Trunllk Rail roaid, Fr'iday t ight. The trainls inl 'ollision wcre the Pad fle h10xpress and a1 freight. The -'xipress was runnling nearly two holtrs ate nnd wan makIng fast. time. The freIght was endeavoring to malhke a iding to get clear of I lie exprests, but11 ailed by a inuitte 0or two. TPher'e was Sdreadful crash, the locomnotive's 'caredl up and fell over in a ditch, thle aggage car of the exprless teles'oip'd the smoker and( in an instant the br'iks and( erles of the wvoundedl anid the (lying filled the ali'. Tile loss or life is 28. Trhe injured wiih numer ei oniderably more, and many of these may (lie._____ Change to Be Made. Washington Speclal.-It is learneu' St thle State Department that leave of Shsence has1 been granted to J1. 13. 3r'Ossland, United States minlister reni ienit and consul gceneral to LiberIa, anid t upon0 his r'etumrn to thIs cotutry he will tender his re'ilgnlaton. Minlister 'rossiand wasn appointed to his post from Missouri in Jlanuary hant anid i, 'tndnelt has been ulnd'er invest igation11 iiwidg to ai personal enicounter bietween lilmsel'f and one of the otfilscals of the donrlovian le'gaition. Thlere applearedi 1i he a state of affairs in existence at vMonrlovinl that was niot acceptabile toi the State D)epartmnent and theOrefore a change in the m1Iisio will be madlie. $200,000 Fire, Blioomlingtoni, ill.. Sipeciai.-l"lire in the business sec'tion here caused . loss of about. $2001.000l. Th e buildIng oco'upied by WVIl11iam A. Nicholaui' & ('o., dry goods a in ldes' furn Ishingsi;, was destroyed andl the' double1 stor1e o,f C. WV. Klemn, wholesa!e and1( retilh dr;y goods, was considherabIly dlamagdi b)y smoke and water. Charles Abram,, nIa sistant fire chliof, feil fr'omi a ladder anfd .vas serlious5ly Iinjure'd. The Cold Wave. Kansas City, Mo., Spec'ial.-Advices t'iVlve here indliente sever~e weaither'I throughout Kansas anid MIisouri', Inutchilnon, Kan., replor'ted thle coldeas. Weather in years, the theormomivetr at. that point r'egister'ing 5 below zero. At Atchinson 5 below is recorded. At Mex-. ico, Mo., a coal famine confronts the PeOple, Thiere is no miore ecol for salm At any yards and the toinperatur'e was at zero Friday night, llE CUT HIS THROAT Fearful Ending of a Young Man Ou of Employment SOUGHT DEAT11 AT i1lS OWN 1I1".0. / Young Bruce Boole, Thoroughly Dis appointed In Life, &eoks Solace in Death. Norfolk. Va., Sprecial.e-- 11'iless, out of elploylelnt anid withoutf a home for hiuseif and young wife; Brtce Booie. formerly of Wilmington, N.. C.. at a late hour Saturday night cut his throat 'viti a razor, nearly severing his Ju.iilatr v.-in. IlIe may, however, rco Jver. Itoi)ie is 3it yevars of age and. according to a statemlnt. frol his wife to the Iolice. was mar ricvd three wevks ago in Newark. N. J. They cenmee to tis eity somle time ago and, being sirangers, boarded at a house on Cove street. living without, funds the landlad1y gave MWrs.. H3oole a position as housekeeper and sheand her husband occupied a room on the second floor. Saturday night Mrs. Boole and the landlady had 'sone words and the lat.ter ordered IM rs. 3oole out of the house. Boole, who was ill and worried. when informed of the ciruntmstances by his wife. gruh bed a razor and, with the exelanma tion. "Blefore I would see you suffer any more hardships. 1 will kill my self," brought the keen blade deep into his throat. Ills wife snatched the razor and screaned while her husband sank to the floor in a pool of his own blood. IIe was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital, whore it. was said there were even chances for lif'e aud deatht. The young wife is being 4are l for by friends, With temporary <larters at the Union Mission. Charlotte. N. C.. Special.-- Itooie re ided in Charlotte som. years ago, t1a was among the first conduetor5 <) tiht electrie earIS when the present 5l-e railway system was es;tallishc'd. II. wtilI also berem<emtberel in t'harlotta as5 the man w \ho sI1,nt p 1aper hal. lu(ttn: at the pa1% oil Satturday aftei' Il<,)mt for the ettcrtalit nment of the "h ildlr!nn. A Day of Suicides. New York, Special.- light pe"rsons mlet. Violent deaths in (1i1ater New York Swina. Three wrere cIh.:r-<"as"" of sni<lide and re-'Iult'-'c frEtm! a vio'l of causes. irs. \tIary 'iarl , agq I -15, wif.' of the c"1-c ef' oflicer oft the st.catier 13everly . ld fro i te reSi t of gas poiSonin+, SPlf-admlinlister1eda. George Sion. -t;. ani .hateob, Seh wartz. 3 3:, years 'f ag', diEl aft' drinking eatrholie acid. Mary Stack. aged 21, was foutnd dlead in at hotel. 1'seapling gas was given : the cals,-. An tlnidentified inan w,ias t'ounil in hi; 10111 tinconsciolls. Mary S'arlc":;, ;a gc-<d 38, drank waood alcohol and died in a hospital. Ilenry 13unkc'y. aged '-17. w; found on the sidewalk with a fra< tired skull and died later. Tw) mnc'n are deal as the result of tfalhI. mne inl the powAE' h11-a' of a sti*4(,l railway company andl the other in a. lodging houtse. An 1 8-year-oldl girl un5itsucesS fttlly attempted 5ruicide by swallowing carbolie cid and a wonl;l 32 years 011ld hangedl herself in t he polleIe st a tion1, but1 Wats (ut dlown in time)( to salve her?i life. Airs.. 11 ugh Mootiey drank1 l elanti could( attn h'11Ier. lHEr husbanlld I w1Elvo tIimes be(fore(. Death of flrs. F'remonit. Los5 Angeles. CalI.. Speclal.-Mrs. JTessiec Benltonl Frem'iiont. widowv of (Gon oral Fremnont, who dIed Sunday 'light. at hecr home in this c.ity,. was 78~ years of age. Mirs. F"remont was taken Ill on Chr'istmas morning. She grewv ra pidly woIrse and1( soon lapsed0( into un.. conlsciousnessR from which shietever. rallied. Foir the Past three years the aged wd'fow of the "Pathfinder" had hon extremely feeble as8 a result of a fil n wvhich she suffered a dialocation of the hip wvhich had sline prevented hter from walking. Mrs. Friemont was the daughter of Thomas HI. Benltoni for' 30 years a United States Senator, Value of Prost Warnings. JTacks'orvie 1Fla., Special.-Th''le cold wa)ve haR done no mateial damage to ally crops5 In FlIorida. While a1 temperaIZ tur'e of from 27 to 30 degrees iaove zer'o waIs eiene a'i0llt som1e sectiona. just be'low thle freezin a; line on thi' welt eoast last nlight,. frost. w:Iirninlgs had be'en sent1 ouit in nmle il t ime and ' j'ra't ically all thle veg'4:hM! growers whoi 0 ould( be r ff4-etied hia. pre)'fpared'i fsr 11. T'he cold was not a.'vr-re' enlou)h, nor wvas it of suifileat duratIll on to dnmiagc' the cit rus fri';!t tr'.ef's o)r thle fruit. nit. Pelee Again in Erhnption. St. Thomas. T). W. 1.. By CableI.--T-'he cabileshipIi Ninilgton,11 wic h arrlive'fd at1 St. Locla, I1. WV. I., r'eportexd havinig passed Mont Pelee, Jskmd~ of Mart'Iini que1, at 10: 30 ini the0 mlorin g. The volcano was 11hen ini viole'nt (ruplt ion. Dense clouds of gray .'mioke atnd dus5-t were pouing out of the crat or and1( a1. eendilng to an enormnous height. Oithers advices say that the :onie wvas iluminousi duhlrin~ the night. Cotton Seed Oil Notes. Th'le newl cottoni 5eed oil mnil of th114 Shlubuit, Oil & Mafac'tuinig Co. at the Jat,,i, t', ru'tn clay anld night (hiling -3t''' it The( ' i' ajf tihe Itta llena (n otp menan 4ue '-ti- M lns ')h" m111i has. hai lit of I lukiin s a dasy. T he oflie th 114 . P(4e4 of thie'ny are4 I'. Cohten, i,rt'4 -Vessels I I tlahey, viecv pr esddent, ii fy lar1g4e . of , ti;eeal a nage r-. IJOl 5 1 s 'V e iun CHRISTMAS OBSERVANCES. How The Day Was Spent By PresI dent Roosevelt and Others. Vainugtoit, Spec"ial.- -Snow whitih l,ganu falling l:tc' Wedinesday night gave'Wasilingtoni a genti Inc (lhrh tn)as a)pai'l ance. lublic atnd private bu ness was prailtically entirely !'1uspend ed. in trrest centeretd In tle lialpr ing a3 t in' \Vhite llouse. I0ar.Jy in the morninK tI Pes ient anI II t he mu1nilnbers of his faiily repair-l to he lI.brary, where prc":sents wrr. --whan.1 i'd an the mtani y boxe1 d a ptI ackIcag;'v v.hich had come fr"oun 01ut of towntpen.. t'd. There, was- a.iarge nutnlber of r":i;,s an1d )tany gifts,1 iIllhe . he of itaind :,me floral pieuigs wer' reived. Son after' breakfast fhill .',t he - dor't. .tr.. and I,eutiienu al 'er'". oun. lf the" ough (iders. 1 s hs glw-t. took at l ng h),rasebackI ride, Ie 1ur1ninl1 in time" to jt i; l resd ofMth famt jI u- n 11l1 eh on. wi h CI 'u('(11 n rler and \l1s. (' owlr"s:. 'lI'he 'resi'' puIt and .\Jr:. yosevel t entertained a ,:mh11,er of frinlids at diunn'r (onig;ht. ''h" talt' was set in t ile nt'wl"y tinishe"d State dining room. The guests int Ie11 etln ilor and .\lrs. Il.odi e. .\1r. .lob i 1I,g(e, Captain and Mrs. ('w. ls,Mr. .ohn 1I liott' .lrs. (Chas. ienry 1)avi. \liss iavis. the Meisrs. IaV Is and M"I I(obert lI'ergusou. At titt home of thi labinet. olfi1.rs the a.v) was q(uietly observe13 , 1 wi le among -thle enthbassies and legations c!laborate prparal tions had ben m it for celebrating. Official dinner partleh Were given by the ( .ritish. Mexican and Russian amnbassadors. tTl Arl.en ?ine mninistei tn wif( gave a )itli -n's party at the' legation, while the min ister from Peru and his wif'' enter tained a 1number of Pe'rnvian stu'd:11. hi thle Variouts Scho ols and college.; of the United States. Asheville. N. X .. S pet iai.-- - t iilt mo1(re Ilo sr' Chrlislnmas afiternooun -h' hu1ndr('d ('mployies of V'andlerb)I1'; (stat werE'1(" gi e "t most ( a111 r11at1 . S' ist11a tertIainm1111nt. I'xerlctisesi were held in .he b:a11(inet hall of 1 1i1 in 1re loust' . lnitIht center of thet, hall 'l was lite lares t hol 11'.t' t oo ;'1n1 on llte \anderbilt aest:tI . a 33 aioltl i 1;qe that towered to the f eiin); o: lh'' nltlse raoom. Atn of the 1t'(ll O"hle 31.111 was a: rla'g .et:r :i!Iy. tf Ii 114I)r 1 1o ine:ndes let ligh1 s. 1nh h h prisemas tret wernit:-kd arey-nis o e\'ry )tcnceivabh- natu Ir'y . T'htr ut :lii; a h ift. for 15Very I)'141 'On) whi , o(1e(dc <0 s(ayed on th(e e' tate. .\r. an.1 ilri \ ;sn ' Ir i with 1h ir f1wiI handl . :lis Trileri el gifts tr he as:w'bed i . fact:: wislled "ahI ml rry ((' hln u - fro; ;elon happy rw Yoar. nsi w;:' Ilu ishetl il hro(,:gh t he 1 ' fternon", ,' h ini Notht! (:ally thnat r d iee it l'our Burned to i)ethd. Malone. N. Y., Spehial.--our pr sons were burned to death loday in fi" houlse ,f Ji1li s l ing. of l'ie rr"ti( ldl , a ulp :td pai er nanu(fac'turing t aon in thx Aedirouneo.s. The lire hal g-ained(l ;c i'h headw vay before it tas distvr,t ei3( hlat. .\lrs. .\le overn, King's eltles( dautghter. and her three children who were sleeping on the lower 1loo1r wvert3 not able to get out and all wer' Iurned to death. One of the children, whose bod4y was found close to at win'dow. ei-r bordsl a uplpers Icfortaoed y jumin g, out of teo wIndow. One- man13 was bued ser'3' usly. h It3 1111 ry 113o It Iw 1:the ie heared.lytiepe n40'1 umptroe. 'irom BunIting (Facptory.d4 t sWcenesay 11 mringlin thaseit& tus,( aged 'n15, at l MatIeI fI,le , a ged: str Cidwandl weareftalyl hrt There''J(i wee 50 gir'.s employed in31 thei fatory~ll( and many 1others1'l jnope iom11 suii" ng~le 18 slght iui.'lx 1,aa 4ra for. MP 'at taie and53( 11 Roi Krau wereli (i(1u1red aS ibot.e'(ead by' jump ,w1t.ing, butQ Iot Ifall.IThe fatory htad been oo rtining 133141 and3 Il y fill holiday 4'1( (41 .orders and1111 3he niht and,' 3( da f'or'Ien lare umbr ills of thet Joh1103 Re SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAl To Manufacture Sea Island Cottor I:. S. \l i'thiews of Starke, Fit. writes to the .\lanufactiurers' Itc"or< .desiring detailed ii'ormattiot regard ihig the 1wst nleans of utilizing 1i i1nanIteluri,ig Sea Islani ('otton., I Says: "Tht Si'a iland1 cottonl growers o this (-t,tln ty Ia'e seriously li ("iussinl the c"tabllishlln('nt of at mnill for IIh miiufll'lture of t.he produlet Of theii th-l1 aind I have hcent re<luestted t<: :tS(el'Inll a iivl'ly a o s 1os:ilel (it't,yo of at 'a('tory thatl wouhlili wvOrk up1 thl crop of the coui ty. hI'lirty-six hin drled ihs isitolit at average -o I forte ie coiunlty, th<ellgh u'it;hbor"in1i 't t : could elit IIt i'd '(lx tt ul po(1 t1 tiit ria' 111 increase this ;i1ft nh(rI " if' ilt $acl(,ot"v ii was. I'go I 'tl t l 1041 i" 11tl4 futelory waso irgI''5 1nug to 1) ('ei( nul(lat,' Oheln. At factory- hcrt w<"cn1, (' cuurs', hate to b1e I'or 111e1a1 iniua tutll' of s1ch1 ar it s ats art. produ(lc(' .roinl long(. stapile Si'n l:iltl Cot toll anl here is t lac of infortal oh ah 1t vI w iniI t a tit ltl'r li(e' of in an11111ufal 1.11-4 e(lul(d be mnost prolitably 'Ingage; 1(11. A $350,000 Addition. several e'(ks ago :onnoulnettneS :was nmado t'at. the dlirectors of th Gainesville (G;a.) Cotton Mills ha ('niled at meeting for JiatuItaIry 10 t vote on l lncasing ('pitl stock fro $500,00to $800,000. It is low know that a'ranlgeme'nts for the ic 1reitse ' $350,000 have beent d'et'nitelly deildei and the mIeeling will be nere routl i at'tio, The in'rease is to be expen< it'I uponl the ereetionl of al additiolu mnilI, detllyt t.a to 11itlipntent for wl(' arto w IA1ler colnsideratlonl. Plans fi the building. rerIed hatVe beo ('greed IUon. TI'he com' t oally's prese I'(lilin en Cot is 25,2a) alit lletci' and 7 loomns. Adding 3500 Spindles. lIt(fe'r(ne was mNade 1111 lttwedk I 81he (Gr'Ie Falls 111111.\ a turing Co. (I I .ockinghamn N. (.. as hinig il Ire st'd Cpital fr $1 0,0th0 to $1.,I hnt . This ilcrease will be In'ested I n'w r inadchinery. to consist lnalntly I .111 1 todd hitional slindlet.i The pro St'h bulildiint; (iln a(t'leOlII1odatie this tu c"hin-ry. It now has 4524 ring splint l< anl I 1.e loo'I in i n position. Abiiut. Iin iChlotten,Nl. < ottag(es will be erer" t,e to house the additional operaIt that wv ill be r(lirtxed. C,onltact f( furnishing the mtachincry hau et awr'tIlt'I to the lvi tarl & I llloo:: .\n1('ri('an .\achine Co. of Iti,stti A $100,000 S i l k Mill. TIhe Newport, N(-w%s 'hanori 1'o t)lunterc(' has closed net otialins I siring the establishnen. of a si ill at N((tw"po)t News,i. 'I. This pI1al will be erectel by h(; tliherty Si ('o. of 5-1(i West. 57th1 :;treet, N York city, atntl over $I0(I.000( will he 11 11sted. ,ocal in vstor s lave sui scrihed to this anloun of' pr'ferre stock. I''rthe," d.etails will probal be annonnced in the ilcear future. (''l iherty corporat i is capitatlized $10.000, and op rates severa larI plants for' nluufacturing dlreus goods Textile Notes. ft Stu11111 . 1a1111 . pro ,ort"uit '' r.ahid uit i'('ontempaed to~ aitura ("arl kenst for, te tov0~ead Irade. gotrhnwil C attn Manufnelogturn Ce1 10coi. Durhan(lI. N.bI t lt . ha s le 3 now bookm's, relin IIg o loom Caolna 1,1anaedNohern h capitli Mesil)srs. oa i MAlse LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS. - Many Matter, of (General Interest In Short Paragraphs. i The Sunny South. Fire all l.otllsville. Ky.. \1o1 day tilehit () (1stroyed( ))rolerty vaIne< at $1(1U.t). Thc" Mall1ot'y I,inv stvamner. Colorado,H Captain Itisk, which satilecI fromn litrnt tt'ick. k a.. I ) ''mhvir 2., aneiborcil in G ;I(ra c'nd1 ltty .\lon'lay night, wt"tih (ft sleamecr ('omintl. v;hi1'b shet has itn low for ('narle>stont. The ('attul. as itrevic)ns ly re)o rte(d, pot into ('harl "1ston, S. ( ., (;n D() #.-mber 2-4. withi a brok1'n shaft (i 41111 8:)iled 'f11)m the p ort on t1. ' 601'h Int. hc't ;mI -rl Assoal ho AI)nf1y hl e t p;n eI1 beiin in At -t .\ -na , b ig - en11h-<l to orde1r by .\rs. W ml. C v I lkt Chilton. of ()xford. Miss., IsrSihl11nt of lh " Own tssorialio An ath(lr('s of wont)-le.I' I) iI. 11s(('1s4rintion. An aI11)'rs:; of tw t ("1tn a itier'd byt .lohnv' Tyo Uplhn ('r:ives. I'ap('rs 11po( n ('l011ntittry suh- i Jvcti wvere 'c'tra l by I .. I'. Iitills anil .\lss orIIc1't'il c+ I,ntfi(ky, of 'I'e lesse-' 1 . 'Ih Imi-1tH oig of th issol" ioat lol (ltr 13n 1h4 remniting itw 'lay of the . (On1\1'11111on will be ow-n 1o th plibile 1 anid w''il a onsist4. WaglIfrenigs la nnI r cilaiii tV i 1t wI f At The North. vi of it is rc"ii rle1 that thc' Inlev, 1)t". (IIn- It c aInIiIs. of ('hi("ago, will reeive a call r' I to fill tihe piti)iI. of ft iamnlonl City lh S'I'em11)le. of which I hie 11at' R'\'. Jo.lih w ih P'arlo - was 1a 1slor. *(I (w4)-rg" (aruner. of I,oet"ll, ass., 1n heIII light. h114yywyeight c hanpiont, woni a) 1t lec"i:;on ovcr ''Kil" Canrter. of t lIrook i. n. in at six-runn(1 (5onltest in ch ('hieago \onht night. iThe tight tti s 91 rongh an(i (lerec' fron b('ginnitig to 4)1c wil It (a:iu'(!n-r having the aciv nl- c at( 1' tf each r1)in l. 11l 1 f l it aclhlit 1' tt .*:.ii n a yc';tr rec cvit 1 c t- fr1oIm th1 gov'1 "rn i nt, .Mrs:. (;rant 1 a- :I ht, . :lal in01110 1111n liht ro*yalties (n her'1 It ItilshiltII'5 ltn1'nt i1:; TIllijs 1)as, it. i )f st1)tncil. rcn u a) h1( a1 m1:i fn illiiott dol11)1I it. M s. ':irn, b1forc 1 1 11th. tav:s writ t" inti :1 hool< f r1el tlitions, whi ch wa - -5 11ar.1cs 1 o i;ct1 11. and i which will 01t t' 't From Across The Sea. ; (;rc:11 ltrilain., (; rni iani y Ii' tal> :agr("., i o arbit ratil iI (f t ho V1"niztt1'a i, ii I,si1 te n cll')r 1"11r1tin c"ou litionls. a .1sp1.1 )h ('II'lao h 11hiin arriv. ! i i I)ir h1111. :1ttal. an1( nunia ' 51s v("rul S11'ec"it'S ! 1":c iliatory Iotwardi Ihe" itc"r 4, il p- I lachbah .\ 1n1lah. wt"hc fou) !:t ;c Iv1 inI k t':.rs aIgainist 41h4 firuit ish ini Ii ., i It t'a:i.s I lc The ite Crs,; is h1lpin h1' ctuarth- si w Inake SIIfi1" (.- (i Aacijan. Tilllo-At:Il. s( ' 'h' hnrj1i1y44 () r )hhish t>1) ''1"11)o ttaa a, S ilov' to ('an trb ry for hr al. fi fu y A controversy is beving ti-go "I.I vor fI -1 )ro1pos('l 1rection of a tablet Io w . iitsti 11'ittnie DIavis in (Ira " Il' ih41 it et T1' I "'t 'lt i'hila llII)hia. ii S l ot It 't l 11 t Ilgamata c<i ('om I I'pa n , a" ( il('#' Ileinze int'resis hliim ictory;1 hI t (idefision by the Alontan,t Suprem)o wall t1 the ' prliiian t of th.e. A h1 .....k... Company, In IIrooklyn,. N. Y. H S A man11 who~ posed as Gov. J1. C. W. (G lh'(lkham,)i or K(ouinel(ky, wasl1 arrtestedi tt TIhe~ Amiii''can ist1(oina So0l10.y anld AmeI(rIenni E:onloie Association b)egaln I I t'ir 1 anna I esson.s in PhI iadel ph ia. K TheI( e1x4'entor4 of thie et'ut tn or thec late be 8 144 the~ Court of (Chaincery. tv knownz anth1)r, 18 dearIl In Chicago. H TI tMiscellauneous Matters. TPhe nter'stateI Commerc4'4 (Comm tis- ('r 8101n met In Now York to inivest.igate4 eli ai Miss I anura llggar' tooIk the s'tanlud in, her It'rial at l''r'hol. N. .1. g The' ('onditi on of Cor'nelina1 Vandelir-- Ii Yrk chariigedl w'ith killIng NI('ho(las b)4 t) F 14h, wasI found14 gult y (if m) Ialagh- l t('r In the I second1l de(gree0 and re;omi- Yi Th'Iomaus (. William nd1( anl unhien. 1 1 titl4d Ita Ilin wer'' k(11i'd by3 l.hie prema)1I I (4re I lexplion of1 a blasut at York. Pa. WV. (...Ilut'r .14'., 41n a1 Htate 0nent, res e. '4Ived in Newt% York'. uinlmsn 11ha.t the k!Il!ng ofI W. A. Il '/zgerulal in (uatv. l la .was ini se'lf..deftnsi.'I The44 Re'limli: T[ron and1 St (el Comi panIy. Ji(e'rling to ai I'llsb414urg dilK Th 'le Anlthra4'iilte( Coal StikeItI Coin m I 8*4( i hear d ((114r4 chiartgI' made b1 y lnon ir 'Thie I init'd Slaites District C'oit (1d 411niiIy maili by the Eagle's crew for ' t he i(H d 'estren of a Spanis 1 s1 teame is01 1K PThet C'omm itteer on Inters4'talte C'om merce''I o(i f th HouPe a4gr'Ieed to thie 1)1- IN 1partnn Ii 'lLof Commerce I h(u ill. Acet~C I )elegale (t (0ey,' 1)r N(ew MexIead taX c :4 11 (i'if Ao the'i country11 t supnII1' XI Statehood1) ii. ,, eight daftP 44(1d Cgurren'Ic1y Ca vIrablly I rai:ng lyin3g I in NOwY Yor)k has1 handed1 /i has4 1't,t10 414d'('1810n it thei habeasi eg , misses80 tihe wtV1s 0f youth, sh aawp It certIoraL r a'4l[(d.am ''cuNti 0dehntanto CX contempt o en're'e.nst r oeex OWElt WILL CT i the Capacity of Referee GoVernaeint of Veie ia' RDERED T0 TAKE UP TIE CASE c Will Arrange the Details of the Protocol Which Wi (14 Before the liaguc 'rihmal. \\'I.shin1 1 '. .\I;ii ial. -T \'hV nezt-ne a nrv tiu i wat llfpon l 1''Cla P Ire. li Csttsl ro. .\liut I tlowen hla l in'tit V .:1.1 by il,S h it, 1ru'I1i 1 d: t tt the VI Null of i t Ie"\tlh tiin ". wth the l tor. 1 0iti()11 1 O fi- t' I Iuol r l ., 11111 kfl I1I lt its Ii""t 1 t'''r ih t ande un' an he haslt hOVii.n P l0thWd tio'ake e' "a a' inl hando him itihatul a wrr l 11 deti'si22 of ihV i Ile prt- ith h wa illt t' rd th(. suihmission o)1 lin'" 1oretin tii " Is ) 1t' to rlr itti'ln ao'' t"h l:la t1+ huuit t. in to doiti g. Mrl. ittr,wn ig i11 . I ( Int Its I tIiIed Stt1v,; Il iin is qr, I IN \'t'nIzI1'I:':< 1 r r5osen ativt. T1het it- ills he'r wIsh1 It to be (ili i c"tly d itr 1 tha 1 i t tht ir nn t lln s I.rwtsead, far as th II \'e i -hn t' dfutl a (I iuity wle n'.rned, whien 1t y brought the jtl' 'I t i' (te)I rovter' te thea. It, now mt 1robable that Minister Bowen II t'omet to W\ashtIngt.on ax V'enezile t te'Iesl'ntative ot til . 'oeti sion liah will 1r aw up1) tilt prot'oti pro ling for the sithntisaion of lie llaitmi t.he powers to Th'le Ilagne ot'ibtunal. has been dttfcIded t hat hr may so prt';tenl. venl'znlla, not withstandin g fact tha att i piresint ngaged (Ithitn Iutert'ss of Ira. 't ' ritain, 'rianiity, IIa ly anil othter I'lu l t'r:pea wers I11 Venll/znit I;. A\: soon as he tve's Venl'zurla, thlis 1-hara'.e will pass18 Ir. It ss . Jll te scr tear. aid iir)g dt affairt's of th Amran h1n't't'a e t ionl. w'hose' rleputatn lot) a tihe Statlt paprlmont is that of a tlloroughly mtl)te'nl and thll oft'ic:ial. IThe see-ie - mn or.ltr. 11owen will tiansl a1 post m-nnt1i' of tei assti'nbling of thte llo s01d it llui:tion nntil hit 1'In arrive 1'atal light at Phosphate Mine. W'illbtitm. th1 .. ii 1.ial. Two) nt' bl':+ WI' t'l6";1 1 w l12 w"til i l't 14 t(t tll o I is Wiy 'l'iii' :00 '1 I gi outwhil mot il lit'l ;' li t rt"i:;i t (1i' a -iti S1 h at-aria Ih I e Nlula ntt i't h SrlutI t-n !t ' I na hIt wen .heI It ::s 1 1 (a' ! t awi n t 'd n 'i l nillo - I at t:lt' nlint 1't1' tet tinir. tilm er'1 l \\trt:;;. otby $V1 1a1l- . I . l ,i d iratu, ltl \) . .'<:.1,',t t-- 11 tt 11't t It, Nr m t"ti" '0 A . t111 th , oi rt ,nloca buf I o "te't 414 tfI ie he,l O tlltg ;ill 1'l0 gro:. ha ' that tc"i-iity, tht y e l t llIy 4a1,nu'd. W h'in Ihe'y sIlirtvd hor' gang of nt';'r:-;., ;Irmned wiih WV iostr ri(lts, mo t them intely road : 11t1 ilned Ir .e. The whies rInrn't'1'et'd it'i ols and the blif ot>' was eonn hinted1 1it inl-. Whi'n a he ,lo o les 1l k q" vay it wcis hao nn 1 liat Iwo of fil'l,ai t os wore' d'ad,. wh ilt' i''ower.. tofI shel ithroa' 1 the thigh :ia n th Ia1n1e was lefl lin N. alndan's btryg horl' a WVhnch":It"r hn11ltt hald p l (1 ho I Its way. They live negres had is. 1ithe t wites tlow c d lnl snto'maht is ipiInt tin ouet, whomio they i01i th. till- sher'Iff. Shake-Uin La1ndtOffice. 1 Wash int on. Speiael-- iner nnsert an,lr Cnissaioner tt o of lthe General 1('ndiv 01111 has resigne and willbe Ite Asipn MCine msionerof (1 eneal((lit i,n. Ofice IThelune wlill signeataioani was luesed abot '4two 11eksaa atob the ereta fte Il finv rir ano:das imedtiaely presented. ie rlt onh he wten fecretarywilltlh tIk ayn Commissione lierrman11 t he 'n'st ind fort t a a ongt .t perio P ftesrdine atr ofilial ofth nuy Off'leer , tuolvin a--ee irrgt - r it's, ad ltheyit hav betn:gy. ect aflitm iVhe toa' mYaaketanwlti r 'lte(Imelarare 'lht ary Kwag ahift le rauh' tin' duviston omthie al hf,nadt offic.t SWThe former'h late t'agte withl ndec odtyad"h tierlwt(h Ismanagenof tent'and unt.. 'ary J aditistratinl(f is'' d20Utile 0 leyhave uni tomorow itll(toW suloit,It PhOiladlhia. Spctial.The .114 newgt Ct(L shy aiii na' w'a plcin tom-~ (1)' iIn at thei ag aie al lit navy,111 r<d Mnday.(1t't lShe wat'it' ture ioverit to la though the new itert wil be aned cald n prtoisiod ate lely, aposbond lset t tte