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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-05-12
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special from AogEHa,on 10 The
Charlotte Observer sass: There =
great activity In The line O. railroad
construction Ia the Wilson's Greek val
Ter in Caldwell county. The Carolina &
Northwestern Railway Company.
which recently acquired the Caldwell 4
Northern. narrow gusge line extend
Ing from Lenoir 10 Coiiestsviile, a dis
tanee of 10 miles. IL coaverting IL into
standard gauge. and Is building an
additional IL miles up Wilson's creek
gorge 10 Carey's ftas,. The w. II. s<n-
ter Lumber Company. which owns the
railroad from Cranberry TO pinols. la
Mitchell county. has purchased the
standing timbe. or a 4: oao-a acre trae;
on Wilson's creek from the pemcsr-
cen Lumber Company, and is building
Ii standard guage road from Pinola Ia
western on Wilson's Greek Valley. In
the meantime the East Tennessee 4
Western North Carolina Railroad. ex-
tending from Cranberry. y. C.. TO john
son City. Tennessee, has become a
standard gauge road between Johnson
City and Elizabethton. SO that. should
this road complete the broadening os
It's gauge up Doe river gorge 10 Gran
berry, and the Ritter people make their
ufa hrs NJ
Pinola, there would be a through Inc
from Chester. s. c.. to Johnson City.
Tenn. all STANDARD width. Rumors has.
been current that some such plan Was
or foot, but railroad people fail tn con
firm them. and say that there are phys
ical difficulties that are practically un'
surmountabie, notably in the celebrat-
IL Doe river gorge. Another railroad
rtimor is tn the effect that the Virginia
Southwestern. owning a road extension
from Butler. Tenn. through Bristol tc
Big Stone Gap, Va, and the South &
Western. whose line runs from Johnson
City. Tenn, to Spruce Pine. i'll Mitchell
county, are trying ID pool their issues
with view of making a connection be
| tween Elizabethton and Johnson City
and extending the road across the Blue
| Ridge to a connection with the South
| ern or the Seaboard Air Line. Both q
F.! these systems own large bodies of coal
| which they wish To transport 10 tide
water aud to the great cotton mill cen
| tres OF the Carolinas,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-05-12
ste for the kstser's GIFT.

Washington SpecIai.--it has bs~u
permanently decided that The replica
OF the s;atu. Of Frederick the Great.
which the Kaiser has given Co the
American people, Is 10 te placed In
prominent position In the grounds
of the war college. commonly known
her.,ofore as the Washington bar
racks. The statue viii be unveiled
November % with appropriate eefe'
monies. In vhih n. President and
Baron Spcck won sternbnrg. the Ger
man ,mhas $ adoi. will take part. The
a:nhasEadur will be the immediate
representative OF the German :smpef'
or who + expected in send letter
Ia the President Ia lee read 1T the un'
yelling. making the tender If the
statuc M gift To the people of the
United States. Sites have been 80.
Ieeied la the college grounds for six
military heroes Of the world, and this
of Frederick the Great Is the first TO
he provided for.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-05-12

Plan IS one OF GREAT SIMPLICITY
% Viii be gssly Tessse ss me state
hsrrsi coilsse-es.o " hs Wss-
ssrfSiiy ssnsele-

Greensboro, -. G.. se~SiaL-A
Greenaeoro man. ia tae p~ss.n cs PREF
William iIammsi. Instructor of ssssac>
AZ the state Normal sad Industrial
College. has insentei .ondssssiiy
simple aud eTasIseas ~t..s~-- .a.~xTa-
ply syx,aRi. !, ls simple l,a,s sg~ei'
oGs device. which has bss tested o.
the Johns Hopkins Hospital al halti-
more. and EaUnd 60 be perfect IN every
respect in sending and reosivinK Hses.
.ages. The wireless system xIil be in-
stalled n. tlse Normal College. and uses-
aages from Que building 20 another ssi'
be flashed back and forth through
walls. doors aud 81 other hindtsnrss.
To ties, the strength and sfieienes ef
the sysi.m II has bern tried already
and proved successful. but Prof. hkua-
mel Intends 20 elaborate his tsst ey
Establishing q regular system os wire
less telegraphy. The students them
selves are showing a great deal Of ts-
t.res, In this wonderful invention and
are assisting prof Hammsl In his CT
forts
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-05-12
Anpt.c stIons for psnsiens.

Washington speeIsl.-Although the
recent order constituting the age lin.
II OF 81 years a. evidence OF physical
disabmili.y In granting pensions has
been in effect barely three weeks. the
Pension Oficc has already been
swamped with applications under H..
Up 10 Saturday the number OF appli-
cations filed had reached q totd OF
IL. 900. and they are still rolling in ut
the rate of several thousands day.
One reason for the haste In hiins aP
plica.ions is that although the pay
ment OF the pensons may not begin for
several months. they actually daie
from the time of fling. and the az
crued pensions will be paid In q lump
when the certificate is ISSUED. Inc
minimum pension under the order ~
IS Il month, which covers the 81 year
limit. and ranges up TO 3l2, aeeord'ns
10 2ee above that limit.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-05-12
NEWS OF Tue NORTH STATE
A Convict Shot.

Charlotte. Special.-Jim Boyd. n
middle-asesi negro who Was serving q
sentence for a deadly ARRAY. vas shot
through the back and fatally wounded
on Friday by William Owens. a guard.
at the camp presid@A over by Capt
Little The convict pretended illness
at dinner on FRIDAY. and pulled OF his
shoes as IL 10 rest his feet. Shortly
afterwards, he made a dash for liberty.
and. unheedful of the cries 10 stop.
was brought TO the ground by bul-
let from the Winchester rife of Guard
VIM. Owens. Afterwards he was
brought to the county jail, where he
died Saturday morning. 4 coroner
jury brought in verdict attaching no
blame whatsoever To Mr.. Owens. and
ii was clearly shown that the man WAS
outdistancing his pursuers and could
have been stopped in no other way.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-05-12
PROMINENT PEOPLE,

King Christian of Denmark has Just
celebrated his eighty-siXth birthday
1t is announced that President Plaza
Of Ecuador will come to the United
States soon
Senator Quay at seventy years of age
is full of vigor. and he often takes a
six mile walk.
The Pope has at last selected cosy
apartment in the Vatican as his espe-
cial quarters.
Marquis Ito. the Japanese statesman.
is an indefatigable reader of European
and American literature
Sir William II. C'Rull Rum Russell.
dean of war correspondents. has just
entered his eightyffth year.
Councillor Emile Maurice Marx is
twentyseven years old and the young
est mayor Brighton. England. ever
had.
Robert A. AIcEIrOy. a professor of
history at Princeton. is writing his
tory oe Kentucky from the colonial
days to the Civil Var
The Rev. Edward Fawcett was re-
Gently consecrated the third bishop Of
Quincy. Ill.,. in st. Bartholomew
Church. Chicago. by DR.. Tuttle. Bishop
Of Missouri. \
The Rev. DR.. Daniel Henshaw. eigh-
ty-two years old. celebrated at Provi.
dence, T. l.. the fiftieth anniversary of
his rectorship of All Saints Protestant
Episcopal Church.
Senator Bever;de2. OF Indiana. was
beaten in his examinations for :, cadet.
ship at West Point by one-fifth OF one
per cent. his defective oral reading
having turned the scales by this frac-
ton against him
4 delegation of New Workers pre-
sented to Mayor Mcclellan the other
day a Photographic reproduction of
the Democratic electoral ticket for the
State of New York of the year in
which his father. General Mcclellan,
ran for President.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-05-12
Two Ivnchinos-

Montgomery, Special-Two lynchings
have occurred in Alabama within the
past 80 days, one for alleged criminal
assault, and the other for an alleged
assassination of a white man by a
negro. Acting Governor Cunningham
Friday took decided action to have
these lynchings investigated and the
guilty punished. He addressed letters
to Circuit Judges w. S. Anderson and
T. Scott Sayre, calling their attention
to thel ynchings and urging them to
hold special terms of, their respective
courts to bring the lypchers to justice.
He gave an interview in which be said:
81 believe that prompt effort to bring
lynchers to justice will not only make
the law a terror to criminals, but also
to those Who disregard It by suestltut-
ing lynchings for courts Of justice.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-05-12
Wshinqton Happenings.

Because of protests from manufac-
turers, the War Department will not
Immediately sell some of its rifles to
Cuba.
President Roosevelt has directed the
reappOintment of d. ID. Crum. collector
of the port at Charleston, s. c., and
Senator Allison gave notice that ac-
ton will he forced when Congress re-
convenes.
Thomas Y. Dawson of Iowa has been
appointed Mi nister to SantO Domin-
go.
The bill for the government OF the
Panama Canal zone was signed by the
President.
The big Chesapeake and Ohio grain
elevators at Newport News are to close
on May 15
Considerable feeling exists at the
Navy Department among the partisans
fo- and against the general staff plan.
German Americans from six States
and the District Of Columbia organized
in Washington the National Roosevelt
League, for the purpose of aiding in the
election Of President Roosevelt
In an authorized statement John
Sharp Williams declares he favors
Judge A. B. Parker for the Presidential
nomination.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-05-12
Foreign Affairs.

Emperor William of Germany arrived
at karlsruhe.
It was reported that a Russian COL
umn was 20 miles from and marching
on Gensan.
Russian torpedo boats of the Vladi-
vostock squadron sank Japanese
transport, the Kinshiu-Maru. of 1000
tons, 1877 being saved and 200 who re-
fused to surrender were sent to the
bottom with the ship.
Colonel Duerr returned from South
west Africa. and reported the Germans
there in sad plight.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra
aided in the laying Of cornerstone
in Dublin.
Japan announced its agreement to
The Hague convention.
A general attack on the Russian posi-
tion along the Yalu river was begun
BY the Japanese yesterday and the Rus
slams retreated after being outfanked.
Serious fighting between the Arme-
nian insurgents and the Turkish troops
has taken place in Asia Minor and IL
villages have been destroyed.
Emperor William opened the new
railway bridge across the Rhine at
Mainz.
The annual banquet of the Royal
Academy was held in London.
Pan Antoi1 Dvorak. the composer, is
dead.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-05-12
NEWSY CLEANiNCS.

Speaker Cannon was reported as dis
pleased with his growing boom for the
second place on the ticket.
The Board of Church Extension Of
the Methodist Church South has set
apart Slo6,1J0 for building work This
year.
\ Grand Jury at Ashevilic. y. c.,
failed TO indict two men charged with
selling an illegal petrificd man for
$1,000.
The Nebraska Supreme Court has
ruled that breweries cannot take out
saloon licenses except in Their own
name.
Naval men in Washington coniended
that Senator Hale was wrong in his
assertion that big battle ships were Il
failure.
Mr. Kruger, former President OF the
Transvaal, is reported to be suffering
from brain trouble and to ho extreme-
ly weak.
DIR. Morton, of The Post Graduate
Hospital, New York City, discovered
u new N-ray law tending to aid surgi-
cal diagnosis.
The Swedish National Arts .Associa-
ton Of Illinois has asked for an au-
thoritatire decision as to who designed
the first monitor.
EX-President Cleveland i'll lecture
TO Princeton students declared he did
not transcend his duty or authority
by ordering out Federal troops dur
ing the Debs riots in Chicago.
Deputy Excise Commissioner II. w.
Mitchell for the Brooklyn district re-
ports the receipts for liquor tax GER
tificates for the coming year at 3d.
140,63O, $685. 600 in excess of those for
last year.
Alexander Mckenzie, Il professional
beggar of New York City, has invented
I; device for the protection Of the third
rail. The Interborough Company has
offered Il prize OF $1C0,000 for u sue.
cpSSfui idea
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-05-12
LABOR WORLD.

There we're lever May day strike.
in Sew England than usual.
cfgarmakers OF Boston have started
a cooperative cigar factcry.
The Italian hb0rers' union with 3i2
charter members has been started I'M
Boston.
Joseph +. Smith, 4 union esga rmaker.
has been nominated for mayor OF Kan
sss City, Mo.
The Western Flint Glass wo-kers'
Union has joined the American Eetier-
atioa OF Labor.
The United Garment Workers Inter
national Union has increased In twelve
years from 900 to J6,COo.
The unon label Las been discarded
by thirty wholesale clothing manufac-
turars of Rochester. y. \.
English workingmen In the engineer
ing and allied trades are but moderate.
iy employed at the present time.
The scarcity OF work I'm Belfast, ow.
ing TO slackness ia The linen trade and
shipbuiiding industries has caused con.
siderable distress among the working
classes
Union npholstereas at Grand Rapids.
Mich, have been uH strike since Sep
tember. The object of the strike Is
TO obtain nine hour day. with the
same wages, S2.1J.
The industrial agreement between
the Nelson. New Zealand, Painters
Union and the employers provides for
Il minimum wage of ;hirty-On cents
ltT. fxt lny.
The latest report Of lie British
.Amalgamatei Society of Painters
shows an aggregate expenditure Of
81! ,O00,0DD, and only one-eighth OF
tili; amount was expended for strikes
Il has been calculated that the loss
from illness averages 2o,000,OO0 weeks
Of work i'll d year. or two and hall
per cent. of the work done by the
whole population between fifteen and
S;Xty-fiye wears of age
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-05-12
A Fatal Fight.

Wilkes boro. y. c., Special.-A fata!
ARRAY occurred on the Blue Ridge. nea!
The Wilkes and Allegheny line
Wednesday. Three young men named
Keys were chasing with dogs some
sheep belonging to Ferd. Johnson, whe
went out to them with his shot gun. Az
alteration ensued in which Johnson
shot at one of the Keys. who ran. An
other OF them caught his gun as he
was trying TO shoot again and in the
struggle one OF the Keys was cut with
a knife by Johnson and died. johnson
was seriously cut by Keys. his stom-
ach being partially laid open. He
may die.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-05-12
NEWS THROUGHOUT Tue COUNTRY
Short Items Ct News Gathered From
All Points.
Through the South.

Norfolk bakers are on strike. and
q bread famine is threatened.
Norfolk & Western Railroad directors
propsoe s35 900 900 bond issue.
A wealthy Paterson N. j. man at
tackled the night watchman at the
Chamberlain Hotel, Old Point.
William Cuffee, a Norfolk negro,
committed suicide by throwing himself
in front of moving engine.
Judge John H. Reagan wrote a let
ter to Hon. w. j. Bryan advising him
to work for harmony in the Democratic
party.
Fred A. Beach, who is wanted in
Chicago on charge OF embezZlement
o. $4,000, surrendered himself TO the
chief OF police at Fort Worth. Texas.
He said that he was tired OF lodging
officers.
Richmond, Va, Special.-Henry
Woodward. the negro convicted in Feb
ruary of the murder OF Frank Tabor
white man. at Pocahontas. Decen-
Der 26th, last, was hanged at Taxewell
Friday.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-05-12
More Casualties.
The Forty-MilIion Warrant.

Washington, Special.-The Treasury
warrant for $4O,OOO,OOO to be delivered
to J. P. Morgan & Co., of New York. ON
account of the Panama Canal purchase.
was taken to that city by Secretary of
the Treasury Shaw. 1t will be deiiv-
cred by the Secretary to Borgan & Co.
Thursday. The Secretary also took
ith him certain bonds which have
been deposited with the government as
security for public monies. which are
tc be returned to the banks surrender
ing their deposits.
Mr.. J. H. Edwards, private secretary
to Secretary Shaw, accompanied him to
New York.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-05-12
North State Notes

The Secretary of State Monday char
tered the Darlington Security Compa-
ry, capitalized at $4,000; the Acme
Manufacturing Company of Marion. a
drug concern, capitalized at $1,000; and
to the Farmers Oil mill of Laurens
county, capitalized at $4,000.
A record breaking run was made in
an automobile from Columbia to New
berry Sunday. Early that morning Miss
McClintosh at the College for Women
received word that relative at New
berry was quite i'll. AS there was no
train at that hour, Miss Mcintosh. In
company with Messrs. c. B. Miller. and
J. e. Richard, made the trip of forty
eight miles in exactly four hours. The
run is considered remarkable consider
ing the hilly country.
John p. Kerr. of the board OF peni
tentiary directors, says the board has
bought as an investment s5S,500 OF
penitentiary bonds, per cent, pay
ing for these $61.425 Some of these
are bonds. issued for the purchase Of
the farm, while others are bonds Is
sued to pay the penitentiary debt.
Landrum had destructive Are Tues
DAY night. The store of Hampton Bros
was burned. 1t Is not known how the
fire originated, but it caught from the
interior. The general opinion Is that
the store was robbed and then set On
fire and the flames were not discovered
cEtil the building was too far gone for
anything to be saved. The building was
owned by Mrs. Paul Bonar of Marion,
Ala. Hampton Bros. had insurance on
their stock, though not enough to cover
the loss.
Mr.. James Meehan. Columbia boy
row with the Alderman Lumber CON-
cern at Aocolu, prevented safe crackers
from getting in their work at that place
Friday night and securing several
thousand dollars. Two men secured
work with the company about two
weeks ago. az boiler makers. They
worked steadily for about a week and
then commenced making inquiries
about the amount OF money kept in
the safe They secured the assistance OF
one of the negro employees. but another
Legro who was approached, while pre-
tending to enter into the scheme. gave
It away TO Meehan and the other white
men. Friday night. after the money had
Deen depCsitea III Tue Sdt-- SudIo Was
rut out. aud when the two white men
and the negro came mp with their safe
cracking tools. they we're halted
Monday afternoon at Manning,
Clarendon county. under the court
house portieo. and while court Was in
session. Magistrate s. N. Youmans shot
and instantly killed Lawyer John r.
Keels. Youmans fired FIVE shots. all
taking effect. and Immediately gave
himself up to the sheriff. The cuarse;
was over business transaction but
details of the tragedy are lacking, the
man slayer refusing to make any state
ment, and bystanders were too excited
To talk nationally at the time.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-05-12
New Industry Near AsheviiIe.

Asheyille. Special--Asheville is soon
TO have a new manufacturing industry
Granite Brick Company. with an au-
thorized capital OF $4,000. A charter
has been granted the corporation by
the Secretary of State. and at a meet
ing of the incorporators Tuesday even.
ing an organization was effected and
the following officers elected: Presi-
dent and treasurer. Francis s. Coke:
vice president. F. w. w. Graham |:
secretary, Duif Merrick.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-05-12
A TRIBE Hanuino.

Winchester, Tenn, Special.--Henry
Judge, Joe Delp and John Evans were
hanged here for the murder of Simon
Bucher and his wife last Ausust. The
three men exhibited the same indiTfer-
ence and stolidity that marked their
conduct during the trials and walked
without assistance to the scaffold.
Each of them made a speech express
ing preparedness. All said that their
only regret was that they were leav-
ing their wives and children. None
of them made any reference to the
deed for which they paid the penalty
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-05-12
japanese Get the Best OF the Fight
On All Sides
TIE LAST DESPERATE ATTACK
Admiral Togo's Report Of Tuesdays
Operations-The eIoekadins FiotiIIa
Was Scattered by a Gale.

Toxic, BY Cablc.-Vice Admiral To-
go's official recital Of the latest en-
gagenfent off Port Arthur. which. was
received here Sunday, shows that the
Japanese have blocked the entrance
TO the harbor.
On Tuesday morning after the
blockading fiotilla had been scattered
by a gale and the commander of the
fotilla had signalled in vain that the
attempt be abandoned pending the
moderation OF the storm, the crews
of the separate vessels, i'm no wise
daunted by the weather which isolated
them from their companions, proceed
ed to the work on their own desperate
Initiative. They forced their way in
the face of the Russian fire, which
was more deadly than ever before, as
a result of the improved Russian de-
fenses. over the field of mines.
Many Of them exploded, yet five of the
Japanese blOckading ships were JAM
med into the channel and now pre-
vent egress from the harbor to all
craft excepting small boats. This at
tack exceeded all it's predecessors in
desperation and the courage displaye1
by the volunteer crews Is equal to
that shown in any event in the war
history of the world.
Although Vice Admiral Togo again
avoided damage to a single one of his
vessels, the attack proved to be ex-
pensive in lives. Commander Haya-
shi, who was in command of the eX-
pedition, observed the impossibility
of keeping the fiotilla intact, owing
TO the heavy seas, and signalled to
abandon the attack.
These signals were repeated until ,
or 3 o'clock in the morning, but they
failed to reach the vessels of the ex-
pedition, which We're swept apart by
the tempestuous sea and proceeded
separatly to the mouth of the harbOr.
Driven From New chwans.
New Chwang. BY Cable.--There is
every indication that the Russians
have decided to eyacuate New
Chwang. Troops hav been leaving
here all day long. Forts have been
dismantled and all artillery has been
placed on board trains. All the local
transportation has been commanded
by the Russian authorities. There
is current here native rumor that
Japanese troops are in Fou Chou Bay
ION the west side of the Lao Tung
peninsula, and about sixty miles north
of Port Arthur, but this report lacks
confirmation.
eihte (Hrerda ,tffs, ,cB. .yedaeibhaijrve
The fear is held here that if the
Russians leave and the Japanese do
not at once take possession of New
Chwang. the brigands, who are now
across the river near Yin Kow, will
pillage the place. The foreign resi-
dents are prepared to resist the bri-
gands should they come over. The
British consul has requested that a
gunboat be sent to New Chwang
The Russians probably will destroy
the gunboat Sivoutch before leaving.
The vessel is at New Chwang.
Japanese troops fired on what was
probably the last train out of Port
Arthur as it passed near Port Adams.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-05-12
Hail Twelve inches Deep.

Welsh, La, Special.-A hail storm
here Thursday afternoon lasted thirty
minutes and was so thick that drifts
12 inches deep were formed against
many buildings. All the glass in a
passenger train was broken, about oO
per cent. of the windows of residences
and business houses here were shat
tered, and there was heavy damage
to goods There were six inches Of
water in the street. No news has
come from the country. but 1t is fear
ed that there has been very heavy
loss to rice farmres.