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mercy! What shall we do? They're
Concord people!"
Miss Pinkney was right as to the
newcomers being Concord people, but
wrong, terribly wrong, in suggesting
such thing az trap
Bilkins, GImmcr ana Pettiboue were
deshing across the stsotch Of treeIess
plain straight toward them. They
loeked most formidable, especially the
sheriR whose whole menner susFestsd
che avensing Nemesis OF fahled' oriKfa.
"And this" erisA Miss nstky, pas
sionets rspreaeh 10 hst every tone,
"this 10 your dains, Ms. Heyhefsl Yoar
base plot win fail. bnt sas1l lever fcr.
get It, never, never!"
She cut her horse with the whip and
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Delightful Eaetern TrIns.

The Lake Shore & Michigan South
ern Ry. has Just issued a new summer
book Lake Shore Tours" showing a
selected list Eastern resorts with
routes and rates. Copy will be sent
on application to NJ s. Gilea. n p. A..
Chicago. or G r.. DAILY. 6, A. q. p. AZ.
ChieaEN.
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His I rie11d, The Enemy
BY WILLIAr1 WALLACE COOK,
"Eoscrs Ruit2,' "The Necessity"
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By WILLIArr WALLACE COOK,

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Copyright. i!tl q the 5. S. Mcclure Coz
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LIST OF PERSONS APPOINTED
TO SOUTHERN SCHOLARSHIPS
Mary Grace Vensble of Isheville aud Bruce
Ryburn Payne of Durham Among the
Number Appointed.
(By the Associated Press.)

New York. June 13.-Dean RUSSELL OF
Teachers College, Columbia University
announced today the appointment of the
following persons to Southern scholar
ships:
Mary Grace Venable. Asheville, N. c.;
Marion Garnett Ryland, Richmond, Va;
Julia Marshall Raines, Columbus, Ga;
Annie Linton, Athens, Ca. Elizabeth
Avery Cotton, Campbelsville, Ky, and
Bruce Ryburn Payne Durham, N. G.
These scholarships have been given for
the year 1902-19OS by V. Everitt Macy,
George Foster Peabody, and John Crosby
Brown. New York city. They are Of the
value of $500 each. Upwards of 200 ap-
plications were received during the month
of May from teachers in ali parts OF the
South. The successful candidates were
chosen from an eligible list of 10 names.
Two of the appointees win specialize in
manual training, one in primary teach
ing and three in normal school or admin
istrative work.
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DID He MAKE IT HELL2
Waller Boasts of His Work
in Samar.
He Calls EIades a Winter Resort Con pared TO
The Island He Made a HOwing
Wilderness.
Wilderness.
(By the Associated Press }

San Francisco, CaI June 13.-Major l..
W. T. Waller, U. s. Marine Corps, who
arrived here in transport Warren, ex-
pressed emphatic views concerning the
war in the Philippines.
You can't stop the revolution in the
Philippines unless you take the severest
measures said he in an interview "You
would hate to see your wounded and dead
mutilated. l cannot describe the fearful
cnoidtion in which we found some of the
bodies of men under my command who
were murdered by insurrectos. l received
by verbal and written orders from Cen
eral Jacob Smith to kill all insurrectos
who were caught armed or who refused
to surrender.
'It was the only thing that could be
done and l never questioned General
Smiths orders with on exception. This
exception l refuse to state fair esti-
mate of the number of natives killed by
the men of my command would be four
to five hundred. These were all killed
II battle with the exception of eleven
rriers, insurrectos at heart, who were
ed by court martial and shot
There was only one woman shot and
Sls was only SDSHliy WOunQeQ. Sne nap
pened to be in the breastworks Of a fort
my men were storming.
Il have fought in every country in the
world except Australia" said Major Wal
Ter, "but Samar, -, well, hell is
winter resort compared to Samar.
Il left Samar a bowling wilderness" 3"
he continued. They tried to make it that
for Us, but we made it bowling wilder
ness for them.
want any more of it?" he was asked
mo l am getting to be an old man
now" he replied. "I'm in my fftics Be-
sides they've surrendered, and it's all
over. It always ell ven wheno they sur
render in the Philippines, and. a sarcas-
tic smile curves under his military nous
taChe.
'Have you anything to say. Major. re-
garding your court martial on the charge
Of executing Samar natives without trial,
or was that tho charge?"
1.-THE charge against me- he said was
murder. Yes, one plain word-murder.
and as for having anything to say about
the court martial. of course | have.
objected to being court martialed, it
wasn't done at my pleasure; I was not
consulted in the matter: / was simply
court martialed
81 know who caused that court mar
tial; l know who brought it forward; /
know Who was at the back of it ALL and
Washington knows as much
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THE PRESIDENTS POSITION.
His Reasonc For Sending Special Message
to Congress.
(By the Associated Press.)

Washington, June 13.-After talking
with number of the leaders in Congress
regarding Cuban reciprocity, President
Roosevelt today determined to send a
message to Congress re-affirmirs his at
titude on the subject. The President
earnestly considered the matter for sew
eral days and it is stated that the action
of the Anti Reciprocity Republican SEN
ators yesterday in deciding to hold out
against the policy advocated and the
majority of the party did not influence
the President in the least in deciding to
transmit his message to Congress today.
The Presidents action, it may be stat
ed from sources close to him. was in
fiuenced by the broad question of the
duty of the United States to Cuba and
of the duty of the United States to Cuba
and of fairness to the new Republic.
1t has been pointed out to the Presi-
dent that his warmest political support
is in the section OF the country where
there is the greatest opposition to reci-
procity, the West and the Northwest,
and that he should remain content with
the stand he had taken without accentu-
ating his views in a special message. 1t
is known, however, that the President
did not hesitate to arrive at the conclus-
ion that he would not let his political
prospects interfere with what he re-
garded as his plain duty. 1t is further
known that he told his friends that it
was a source of great regret to him to
take a position hostile to the wishes of
his warmest supporters, but that he felt
it would not be in keeping with his own
nature and his position as Chief EXecu.
tive to longer remain silent on this sub
ject and thereby give an opportunity for
false speculation as to mis- attitude.
1t sstated that the Presidents posi-
tive declaration in his message today,
as to the ruty Of Congress will probably
end his active efforts to bring about re-
ciprocity.
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BY SPREAD NETS
Four Hundred Men and Women in
the Factory.
A DOZEN PRISONS SERIOUSLY INJURED
ROseIbIatt and COmpany's Leather Factory is
Burned and Several Other Buildings Are
Badly Damaged. An e., eric
Spark Ignitss CeIIuIoid.
(Rv the Agsociated Press

Philadelphia, Pa. June 13.-Fire today
destroyed the Novelty Leather Factory
of H. NJ. Rosenblatt & Company, four
story brick building, at Second and Oxforg
streets and resulted in severe injuries
a dozen persons The John Moffet Put
lie School. opposite the leather works,
was damaged, three dwelling houses adj
joining the factory were destroyed and
nine others were slightly damaged.
The rapid spread of the flames gave rise
to rumors that number of the en-
pioyes had met death in the burning fac
tory but these reports proved to be err
roneous. A member of the firm of Rosen-
hiatt & Company tonight said ali Of the
employees had been accounted for
There were many sensational and mar
row escapes, most of the 400 men and
women employed in the factory saving
themselves by leaping from the windows
irto nets held by firemen. Katie Scheidell,
aged Is years, was carried down a lad
der by policeman. She was badly burned
and her condition is reported as serious.
others severely injured are:
GEORGE HERBERT, aged AZ, ~sacI1 fms-
jured
JOHN SNYDER. aged %. shoulder dis
located and leg fractured.
AUGUST SHOOTER, aged 40, leg frac-
tured.
SAMUEL TRANKoRMAN, aged 25.
burned about body
Several others. including a police SER
geant and two firemen, sustained severe
decorations and were overcome by heat
and shock. The fire originated in a small
annex known as the celluloid room. 1t is
believed a spark from crossed electric
wires fell into a quantity of celluloid.
The fire caused a panic among the en-
ployes, especially those on the upper
floors, and for a time the widest excite
ment prevailed. Firemen and policemen,
however, prevented the panic-stricken
workers from leaping until nets had been
spread to receive them.
Mr.. Rosenblatt estimates his loss at
$15OlO00, partly covered by insurance and
the loss on the other properties is esti-
mated at $4,000.
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Leads all North Carolina Daies i'm News and Circulation

adjacent coast and waters. We expect
Cuba to treat us on an exceptional foot
ing politically, and we should put her
in the same exceptional position econom-
ically. The proposed action is in line
with the course we have pursued as re-
CARDS all the islands with which we have
been brought into relations of varying
intimacy by the Spanish war. Porto Rico
and Hawaii have been included within
our tariff lines, to their great benefit
as we'll as ours, and without any of the
feared detriment to our own industries.
The Philippines, which stand in a diff
ferent relation, have been granted sub
stantial concessions.
Cuba is an independent republic, but
a republic which has assumed certain
special obligations as regards her inter-
national position in compliance with our
request. / ask for her certain special
economic concessions in return; these
economic concessions to benefit us as
we'll as her. There are few brighter
pages in American history than the page
which tells of our dealings with Cuba
during the past four years. On her be-
half we waged war of which the main :
spring was generous indignation against
oppression; and we have kept faith alb
solutely 1t is earnestly to be hoped
that we will complete in the same spirit
the record so we'll begun and show in
our dealings with Cuba that steady con-
tinuity of policy which it is essential for
our nation to establish in foreign affairs
if we desire to play we'll our part as a
world power.
I'VE are wealthy and powerful ma
tion; Cuba is young republic still
weak who owes to us her birth, whosb
whole future, whose very life must de-
pend on our attitude towards her.
ask that we help her as she struggles
upwards along the painful and difficult
road of self-governing independence.
ask this aid for her, because she is weak,
because she needs it, because we have
already aided her. l ask that open hand
ed help, of kind which a self-respect-
ing people can accept, be given to Cuba,
for the very reason that we have given
her such help in the past. Our soldiers
fought to give her freedom; and for three
years our representatives, civil and mil
itary, have toiled INCREASINGLY, facing di-
sease of peculiarly sinister and fatal
type with patient and uncomplaining
fortitude, to teach her how to use Alright
her new freedom. Never in history has
any alien country been thus admins
tered, with such high integrity of pur-
pose, wise judgment, and such a single
minded devotion to the country's inter-
ests. Now I ask that the Cubans be
given all possible chance to use to the
best advantage the freedom of which
Americans have such right to be proud,
and for which SO many American lives
have been sacrificed
(Signed)
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
white House, June 18th, 1902
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Hester's Cotton Statement.
(By the Associated Press

New Orleans, La, June 13.-Secretary
Hester's statement of the worlds visible
supply of cotton issued today shows the
total visible to be 2,S11, ,944, against p
953 ,031 bales last week and 3,044,9 bales
last year.
Of this the total of American cotton
is 1,857,949 bales, against 1,964031 last
week and 1,955,9S4 bales last year, and
of all other kinds, including Egypt,
Brazil India etc, $4,000 bales, against
9S9 900 bales last week and 1Os9,0OO bales
last year.
Of the worlds visible supply Of cotton
there is now afloat and held in Great
Britain and in Continental Europe 1862
900 bales, against 1,521 900 bales last
year; in Egypt 100000 bales, against
$4,000 bales last year; in India 505,000
bales, against 615,00O bales last year, and
in the United States 1000 bales,
against $4,000 bales last year
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AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
The Senate Receives tho Presidents Special
Message.
CBy the Associated Press. J

Washington, June 13.-DurinS the
greater part of today's session the Sen
ate was engaged in the transaction nt
executive business, the nomination of
Captain Crozier to be Chief of Ordnance
of the army, being the particular subject
under consideration.
The Presidents message urging the es-
tablishment of reciprocal relations be-
tween the United States and Cuba was
received after the Senate had gone into
secret session. The doors we're opened
the passage read and then the secret ses-
sion was resumed.
To the reading of the message Sena-
tors on both sides of the chamber listened
with profound attention The attendance
OF Senator's was notably large, indicat-
ing the great interest being manifested
in the subject. At the conclusion of the
reading the chair announced that the
message would be referred to the Commit
tee on Relations with Cuba.
II had intended TO make a motion,
said Mr.. Bailey facetiously. Il will not
do it; but / feel inclined to move to refer
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Holly's Arrest a Sensation.
Especial to News and Observer

Norfolk, Va. June 13.-James Holly,
the young North Carolinian who is
awaiting trial on a charge of presenting
forged orders on local merchants, by
which he secured a quantit of money and
merchandise, is the son-in-law of Cap
tain George Schermerhorn, of Hampton.
Holly married Miss Mary Schermer-
horn, a society belle of Hampton, and
the news of the young mans arrest
created a sensation in that little town.
Hrs wife is at present at the home of her
father Captain Schermerhorn was for
many wears in command of the Old Do
minion steam luray, but is at present
agent for that line at Hampton. He is
highly esteemed throughout the State.
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the message to the Republican caucus. :"
Laughter.)
Mr.. Allison, who was sitting directly in
front of Mr.. Bailey, on the Democratic
side, turned to the Texan and smiling
with the utmost good nature, bowed cere-
moniously to Mr.. Bailey
THE chair is not aware replied Mr..
Kean, chat any such committee exists. y
0aughter.)
Mr.. Tillman Is. c., presented some of
the advantages of supplying metal mail
boxes for rural free delivery and showed
to the Senate sample box of sheet steel
which could be purchased for 49c. Boxes
now supplied by private individuals cost
from S1.25 to SO each. Such price, he
said, was a serious burden upon the
farmers. Already 81 900 year was
paid for rural delivery CT mail and he
believed such rural delivery would ex-
pand to exceed in cost the cost of city
mail delivery.
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THE: AUDUBAN SOCIETY
Professor Pearson's Paper at
the Teachers Assembly
at Morehead.
Especial to News and observer)

Morehead City, n. c., June 13.-This,
the last day, devoted to the actual work
of the Teacher Assembly was marked
by a number of able and interesting ad-
dresses and was marred by one disap-
pointment. superintendent Thos. r.
Foust, of the Goldsboro City Schools, was
unexpectedly called to Goldsboro this
morning He was to have addressed the
assembly on How to Use the School
Library"
After devotional exercises, the State
Audubon Society was taken up for dis
cussion. State Superintendent of Public
Instruction Hon. J. Y. Joyner. told what
Its Purpose" was in a very attractive
and interesting way Its Use in the
Public Schools was discussed very ably
by superintendent c. F. Tomlinson of the
Winston City Schools. superintendent
Massey, of Durham county, followed this
with an exposition of Its Use in the
Rural Schools" Then Prof. r. n. Will
son, of Guilford College, told of Its
Value to the Individual" Finally Prof.
Collier Cobb, of the University of North
Carolina. analyzed Its Economic Value"
Superintendent r. J. Tighe, of the Ashe-
willie City Schools, spoke on the Course
of Study for the City Schools
"True Motives of Education" was the
subject of Rev. John c. Kilgo's address.
Mr. j. p Caldwell editor of the Char
lotte Observer. treated 1.-The Teacher as
Citizen.
Ex-Judge Robert w. Winston, of Dur
ham, discussed North Carolina Philan-
thropy.''
Last night there was an address by Mr..
Walter H. Page, editor of the World s
Work, and Prof. T. Gilbert Pearson, of
the State Normal and Industrial College,
described the organization of the State
Audubon Society in part as follows:
The State Audubon Society was or
ganized on March 18th, 1902. Ten days
previous to this I sent out sixty letters
TO educators and business men of the
State. telling them of our intention AMI
ASKING them for their opinion regarding
the movement. Before the time for The
meeting replies were received from fifty
three of these. and withou; exception all
were hearty approyals of II proposed
undertaking.
An organization was formed with 40
charter members. The following officers
were elected President, Hon. j. Y
Soyner; Vice President, T. Gilbert Pear
son; Secretary. Miss Annie r. Petty, Of
Greensboro; Treasurer, Prof. Walter
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MORE STRIKERS AT WORK
Norfolk and Western Officials Give Out Rosy
Statements
(By the Associated Press


Roanoke, Va. June 13.-The officials of
the Norfolk and Western Railroad Com
pany today stated that the situation in
the Pocahontas coal fields is improved
and the prospects for resumption of
work with full forces of miners are
brighter than at any time since the strike
was declared. There has been q gradual
increase in the number of strikers return
Ing TO work during the week and TODAY
one mine is working 100 more union men
than on yesterday. The percentage of
returning men in this mine is larger
than at the other operations. but all of
them are making gains. Every operation
heard from is getting out some coal and
it is thought from what reports have
come from the fields, that forty-five oper-
ations out of total OF forty-six are at
work. The officials are of the opinion
that the entire field will have resumed
its normal condition by the middle Of
next week at the latest Reports to the
effect that outside labor is being sought
are confirmed, but it is explained that at
no time during the year is the force of
miners sufficient to meet the demand and
consequently there is no special signifi-
canoe attached to this action. Many of
the men who have gone to the field since
me strike began were engaged a month
ago Practically all of those returning
to work are union men. There has been
no reports of violence and none is ex-
pected
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Died in Germany.

Especial to News and Observer
New Bern. n. c., juno 13--In Pfedder-
shicn, Germany, on the 50th Of May,
Jacob Kafer passed away in the sixtieth
year of his age. Mr.. Kafer leaves
wife. four sons and one daughter wife
of DR.. Leinster Duffy, Of this city. Mr.
Kafer came TO this country in 1861 Be
tween that time and his death he resided
In New York, Edenton and New Bern, y.
c.. being his last residence Mr. Kafer
was engaged in the bakery business, in
which nc made decided success. his
oldest son, Oscar A. Kafer, conducting tho
business during his i'll health Now Bern
suffers the loss Of a good and valuable
citizen.
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OPPOSE THE ELKIN BILL.
Cotton Buyers and Shippers of the South All
Dead Against It.
(By the Associated Press.)

Atlanta, Ga. June 13.-It is understood
that prominent cotton buyers and ship
pers in all sections of the South have uni
ted in protest against the passage of the
Elkin Bill now pending before Congress
The Southeastern Cotton Buyers Asso-
ciation, with headquarters in this city,
has sent out letters to cotton dealers
throughout the States of Alabama, Geor-
gia North Carolina and South Carolina,
protesting against the proposed bill and
Urging all cotton dealers to use their
endeavors against the Elkin Bill or any
bill legalizing pooling by the railroads.
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IRRIGATION BILL PASSED.
The House Puts Through the Measure Passed
by the Senate
(By the Associated Press. !


Washington, June 13.-The House today
passed the Irrigation Bill by a vote of 146
to 80. Many amendments were offered,
but only one, except those offered by the
committee, was adopted. 1t was of a
minor character. The bill already has
passed the Senate. The friends of the
measure greeted the announcement of its
passage with round of applause.
The bill, as passed, creates reclama-
tion fund from the sale of public lands
in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho,
Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New
Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon,
South Dakota, Utah, Washington and
Wyoming, less the amount paid to local
land officers and five per cent due the
State under existing laws for educational
purposes. which is to be used for the
construction and maintenance of irriga-
ton works in the States and Territories
enumerated. Provision is made for the
payment out of the treasury of any de-
ficiencies in the allowances to agricultu-
raj colleges owing to this disposition of
public lands. The Secretary of the In
terror is authorized to examine, survey
and construct the irrigation works and
report the cost thereof to Congress at
each session. Section 4 provides for the
letting of contracts for the works con-
templated in sections when the necessary
funds are available in the reclama tion
fund fer such section. Section provides
that mo right to use of water for land
in private ownership shall be sold for a
tlact exceeding $50 acres to any one land
owner, and no such right shall perma-
nently attach until all payments therefor
are made. and no such sale shall be made
to any land owner unless he be an actual
bona fide resident.
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Monay For the New Bern Team.

Especial to News and observer.)
New Bern, N. c., June 13.-SeveraI hun
dred citizens met at the city hall at 8
o'clock this evening and raised a sufi-
cent amount of money to justify New
Bern continuing in the league. W. w.
Clark was in the chair, and c. Stevens
was secretary. A vote of thanks was
rendered to Ashenbach and Lehman for
their interest in the meeting. The meet
ing was full of enthusiasm.
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THE IRRIGATION BILL.
President Roosevelt Was Pushing it With All
His Power.
(By the Associated Press.)


Washington, June 13.-President Roose-
welt is using his influence in every possi-
Bile way to secure the enactment of the
Irrigation Bill into law at the present
session of Congress. His interest in the
measure has been such that he has had
a number of conferences with Senators
and Representatives, in which he urged
upon them the necessity for such law.
Representative Mondell (Wyo) saw him
today, and at his request the President
wrote personal letter to Chairman
Cannon, of the House Committee on Ap-
preparations, in which he strongly ex-
pressed his views on the subject and in
dulged the hope that early and favorable
action would be taken. Mr. Mondell is
confident that the bill drawn by the Joint
Committee of Western Senators and
members will be passed