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GOLDSBORO. N. C. THURSDAY, JANUARY 28. 1904.
Vol XV
NO 23
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fl GREA1SURPR1SE.
THE REPORT OF THE GRAND
JURY WAS BROUGHT
IN SEALED.
What the Grand Jury Did Not Say
Regarding the Greensboro
Female College Con
flagration. Greensboro, Jan. 23. To the sur
prise of every one and the disap
pointment of reporters, when the
grand jury made its report this even
ing of the investigation ordered by
Judge Cooke of the college fire, and
his further special charge this morn
ing relating to fire protection in the
city buildings, his honor sealed the
report in an envelope without hav
ing it spread on the minutes. Lest
this should be construed as tanta
mount to making revelations, which
his honor certainly did not mean to
have created, the public should
know the purport of the report. The
following statement covers its salient
features and can be relied upon as
absolutely correct:
It contains no reflection or criti
cism of any officer of the college, any
individual or institution, or any city !
official relative to the fire at the col
lege, or in regard to lack of fire
escapes for the large hotels, city halls
or other public buildings in Greens- j
Jtoro. R -commendations and sug
gestions were made to the solicitor '
looking to certain investigations.
This is the substance ot the report. j
(Questioned as to the secrecy en
joined by the judge, the solicitor
said that-such matters are always in
the- discretion of the court as to
whether or not a report of a grand j
jury should be made public or (
whether the recommendations made ;
to the soliicitor should be pursued or '
not as in his judgment as an official
he thought best and proper.
SCHOONER WRECKED.
Fifteen Lives Were Lost, the Bodies
Being Washed From the
Wreck.
New York, Jan. 23. The four
masted schooner Augustus Hunt,
Captain Blair, from Norfolk, January
18 for Boston, was wrecked off West
hampton, L. I., to-day.
The vessel lay about 600 feet from
the shore, but the fog was so dense
that she could not be seen. The cries
of the men on board calling for help
were distinctly heard.
Two of the crew were saved, but
fifteen others were lost, the bodies
being -ii-ashetL-from the wreck. The
two survivors were the second mate
and one sailor, who reached the shore
on a piece of wreckage.
KILLED NEAR TARBORO.
Bud Bell, a White Man, Found in
MacClew's Field.
Tarboro, Jan. 25. Bud Bell, a
white man, was found dead in Mac
Clew's field near Tarboro Sunday
morning. He wa3 murdered the
night before. His head was bloody,
showing signs of a heavy blow just
above the right ear.
The coroner held an inquest over
the body and the verdict was that
he came to his death by parties un
known. No clue as to who committed the
crime has yet been found.
London, Jan. 21. It is reported
from St. Petersburg that there is the
greatest secrecy in official circles re
garding the situation, but it is be
lieved the government is anxious for
peace with honor. It is reported at
Tokio that Russia's reply is expected
to-day, but it may be delayed a few
days. Japan and Russia continue
preparations in the meantime.
IHE PEERLESS LEE.
HIS
NATAL DAY IS DULY
HONORED IN GOLDS
BORO. Daughters of the Confederacy Con
fer Crosses of Honor on Con
federate Veterans and
Serve Them
Collation.
a
Under the auspices of Thos. Ruffin
Chapter Daughters cf the Confede
racy, the birthday of the peerless
and immortal Gen'l R. E. Lee, was
appropriately observed in this city
Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 19th.
The services were held in Odd
Fellows Hall, which was crowded
to its fullest capacity with our citi
zens, of all ages, to pay their tribute
of honor to the memory of the world's
greatest soldier and the South's most
beloved hero.
The programme as published in
the Aegus was carried out, Mr.
Henry Lee, acting for the Daughters
and as a Confederate Veteran, had
charge of the services, and, as al
ways, was graceful and eloquent in
what he did and said.
The' opening prayer by Rev. M.
Bradshaw was fervent and appropri
ate, and attuned all hearts to the
spirit of the occasion and to a reali
zation of the courage of duty for the
right that quality of soul that
made the Confederate soldier,
whether a general in the lead or a
private in the ranks, matchless and
immortal. ;
The recital of the "Sword of Lee"
by little Miss Louise Crawford, was
a wonderful rendition in spirit and
modulations of voice for so mere a
child and was one of the most enjoy
ed features of the services.
Miss Caddie Fulghum's reading of
a thrilling war poem was marked
with her characteristic genius and
greeted with enthusiastic applause.
During the course of the program
the set choir rendered some of the
old soul-stirring Confederate war
songs, that were deeply appreciated
by the entire assemblage, as was also
the acted acrostic on "Robert E.
Lee" by ten little boys of the Golds
boro Graded School.
At the close of the exercises Miss
Sue Collier, president of the Chapter,
presented Confederate Crosses of
Honor to Messrs. Jas. R. Dail, F.
Abram and W. P. Lane, and these
were pinned upon them by ladies of
the Chapter ihe3e noble women
God bless them, who are tireless and
true in their mission to perpetuate
the memory and honor of the Heroes j
ot the Gray and the Lost Cause.
After the benediction a delightful
collation was served by the Chapter
to the Confederate Veterans, a score
or more of whom were in attendance.
The address of the occasion was
delivered by Col Jos. E. Robinson,
who was substituted in the 11th
hour for that intrepid Confederate
Veteran, Dr. W. H. H: Cobb, the
latter having been summoned to
Philadelphia to occompany a patient
to the hospital.
Col. Robinson spoke as follows :
Miss Sue Coilier, President :
Members of Thos. Ruffin
Chapter Daughters of the
Confederacy: Confederate
Veterans : Ladies and Gen
tlemen :
This is a privilege an honor I had
not expected, and in the brief, notice
afforded me, nnas me wnony unpre-
oared to meet what should be your
expectations of a speaker on sm h an
occasion as this. ' But, as for that, I
always feel utterly inadequate of
speech whenever I stand in the pres
ence of Confederate Veterans on these
soul-stirring and hallowed memori
als you battle-scourged heroes who
so fearlessly followed a banner that
was conquered only m the exhaustion
of glory, in a cause that was lost only
in immortality. Ah ! you ana your
dead, but deathless, comrades in that
terrible crucible of war, sized up to
gigantic stature measured by the
deeds that make men colossal: for
what did the South not suffer and
dare in the bodies and hearts of the
brave "Boys in Grey" the immor
tal men of the sixties ! What would
our Southland be to-day without the
patriotic inspiration of the heroic
history they made for her? And yet,
not less gloriously will history re
cord the matchles-s heroism of the
immortal women of the sixties the
sad-eyed, war-tried Rachels of the
Lost Cause who, in the suspenseful
solitude of their homes, in the deso
lation of their ruined hearthstones,
in war's rude alarms, and even in
the red shock of battle, played the
part of the Spartan mother, wife and
sweetheart. Co-partners were they
in the stress and tragedy of those
four terrible years: the deei est tra
vail of their country's desperate or
deal was theirs : they eagerly made
sacrifices that canonized saints would
have shrunk from; and in it all and
since itall they were and have been,
found faithful as Ruth. God bless
the "Daughters of the Confederacy !
I would be untrue, therefore, to the
sentiments of my heart were I to re
main silent when they call upon me,
even though feeling unprepared to
do justice to myself or the hallowed
memories that this memorial awak
ens. There is no parallel in history for
the hero whose tame we have come
together to-day to commemorate.
No other land or age has furnished
a man whose genius, in peace as well
as intrepid valor in war, wasN com
parable to Lee's; and especially was
he the embodiment of the South's
ideal of true manhood and nobility.
He was the highest type of the
soldier and statesman. His noble
spirit was a bloom from the cher
ished traditions of generations and
the most cherished tradition for gen
erations yet to come in this South
land of ours will be the story of his
noble life and peerle-s deeds.
The historian of the future will re
gard him as a symbol; and it is well,
and fit, and proper, that we should
teach our children, through these re
curring memorials and by daily pre
cept, the nature of the priceless leg
acy which he snri the men who fol
lowed him have left to the South
land. The men who followed Lee
followed the, personification of the
thought and sentiment of the South.
Tiie temper, the mettle, the daring,
the loyalty, the truth, the unselfish
ness, thu stainless valor of its ideals
found human realization in him.
He was as if the visible Avatar of
the Southern spirit rode before them
through all the clamoring days fro n
Manassas to Appomattox: and this
is why few other names if any
are ever spoken by the men who fol
lowed him with the same tender in
flection which comes involuntary to
their lips when they speak his name;
for when one of these men speaks
the name of Lee, "remembrance
swells at the breast," and he lives
o'er again the thrilling scenes to
which that name relates. His el
bows touch again the elbows of dead
comrades in the grey dawn's dress
parade for the coming fight. He
shuts his eyes: hsees the tattered
flags, tossing like feathers, caught in
the crimson eddies of battle: he
catches again the glint of Lee's gleam
ing sword : and then the line leaps
and surges forward acrossthe scarred
field, in the wild rush of a resistless
charge: and then and then there
comes a cold clutching at his heart,
as he confronts the end of it ali
the panorama at Appomattox the
furled banners, the sheathed sword
the stacked arms, and the thin grey
line of shattered heroes, as they move
mournfully away in broken ranks
from the field of their dead hopes
but, thank God, without a stain upon
their deathless deeds of matchless
valor. The world will never look
upon their like again!'
The qualities which marked Lee
as superior in war made him great in
peace for they were the manifesta
tions of a noble soul. His civic ca
reer showed that he had been ma
tured and tempered by the experi
ences of war not hardened; and so
he turned to face the future with faith
and without fear with a heart still
true- and tender, and which he did
not shut away where the sunshine
of his people's hopes could not smile
upon it, nor the tears of his people's
griefs bedew it. Love is the price of
love, and the people ot the southland,
to whose service he gave himself, in.
ur uuu peac-, win evw yy w-w
memory tne triDuie oi tneir nignesp
honor and hold his name in tender-
est love and forever peerles-'.
Not even does the comic opera
comedian mention asbestos nowadays-
' -. -',
"Give' your blood . a cleaning."
Rheumaeide clears out all the im
purities that make you ill. Ask your
druggist.
TERR BLE
EXPLOSION
IT OCCURRED AT THE HAR
WICK MINE OF THE
ALLEGHANY COAL
COMPANY.
How the Explosion Occurred Has
Not Yet Been Determined. The
Gas Was Either Set Off By a
Blast, or a Miner's Pick Struck'
Into a Pocket of Gas, Al
lowing it to Light From
the Lamps the Men
Carried. 134 Believed
to Have Perished.
Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 25. "I saw a
big sheet of flame and turned to run.
Something seemed to hit me in the
middle of my back and I was knock
ed down on my face and knew
nothing more until I wass found by
McCann."
Such was the brief story of his
experience told by Adolph Gonia, a
eager, the only survivor so far, of
the explosion which occurred this
morning at the Harwick mine of the
Alleghany Coal Company, in which
one hundred and thirty-four men
are believed to have lost their lives.
Gonia was employed as a "eager" at
the bottom of the shaft and was at
work putting a tar of coal on the
cage at the time of the explosion. He
was rescued by James McCann, who
venturt d down the shaft first, about
unlock this even! ag. - McCann is
badly injured. Gon:a's head and
breast are badly burned and the
skin anl flesh were dropping off his
hands and arms as he was carried
into the little school house at Har
wick. He was still conscious and
the physicians say he has a good
chance of life.
The explosion occurred at 8:20
this morning. Fire B jss J. A. Gor
don had made his usual rounds
early this morning and reported
everything all right. When the
miners reported for work the fire
bosses and Mine Foreman George
Brown went down with them.
According to the number of safety
lamps taken by the men there were
one hundred and thirty-four w7ho
went dow the shaft this morning.
How the explosion occurred has
not yet been determined. The gas
was either set off by a blast, or a
miner's pick struck into a pocket of
gas, allowing it to light from the
flame of the lamps. None had any
warning of what w-as coming. The
explosion was one of the most severe
ever known in a mine in this section
of the country. The mule used at
the foot of the shaft was just pulling
on a loaded car. He was blown
right up the shaft and through the
tipple at the head, and landed, all
broken and lifeless; two hundred
feet away from the mouth of the
pit.
Five men employed on the tipple
were injured, two so badly that they
have since died. They were Henry
Mayhew, aged 50, and George Dalt
man, aged 27, employed as tipple
man. They died at West Pennsyl
vania hospital, Pittsburg. T. H.
Gillispie, aged 40, weighm aster, was
brought to West Pennsylvania hos
pital; James Waltman, aged 25, tip
pieman, was taken home.
v Salt'. .Lake,,: Jan. 25. The anti-
i SuSodVfcele have received informa-
ti6n frptnWfhngtpri that .President
J. F3g3jti of the Morman church
ami bis five wives will 'be summoned
to the capital and compelled to testify
in the Smoot case. It is also an
nounced here that eight of the twelve
apostles and their plural wives will
also be called and put on the witness
stand. It is taid that the head of the
church will be asked to bring Apostle
Grant, the fugitive polygamist, back
from England that he may testify.
DEAD
TREACHERY
LIEUTENANT FLAKE SHOT
BY MOROS.
The Moros Fired on the Soldiers
. While Major Bollard Was
Parleying With Them.
Moro Atta Taken.
Manila, Jan. 24. It has just been
learned that Lieutenant Campbell
W. Blake, of the Twenty-second In
fanty, was killed while trying to
enter Moro Atta, Mindanao, for the
purpose of examining the locality.
He was accompanied by Private
Foy, of the same regiment.
Lieutenant Flake was shot treach
erously, the Moros firing on the
party while Major Bullard was par
leying with them. Moro Atta was
at once taken by assault, with no
further loss to the expeditionary
forces. The estimated loss among
the Moros is 20 killed.
The Japanese merchants in this
city have received advices from the
home government that in case of the
outbreak of hostilities they had bet
ter transfer their business to the
Americans.
TRIED FOR FREEDOM.
Jabel Register Almost Gained His
Freedom With a Saw.
Whiteville, Jan. 25. The mur
derer Jabel Register, under sentence
of death, confined in the jail here,
tried to saw himself to freedom dur
ing Friday night's storm.
By some means he had secured a
saw and during the night he com
menced hi" labor ol sawing his wray
out from his cell to the corridor from
where ht hoped to make his way to
the outside world.
He had sawed through one of the
bars to his cell when a prisoner in
another cell gave the alarm and the
jailer was awakened. He put Jabel
in., another cell.
GABRIEL COX DEAD.
Mr. Cox Was One of the Oldest and
Best Known Citizens of
Kinston.
Kinston, Jan. 25. After lingering
four weeks with pneumonia, Mr. G.
P. Cox, one of Kinston' s best citizens
died this morning about 2 o'clock.
He was an old time gentleman
and loved by all who knew him.
He was 83 years old.
Charles Schwab was assessed for
$500,000 of personal property in
1903. This year he is rated below
$50,000. If you want to dodge taxes
buy some steel.
A New Englander died at the age
of 101 the other day, while he was
smoking his pipe. If he had uever
used tobacco in any form, he might
have lived to be 102.
Berlin, Jan. 21. Prince Henry, of
Prussia, representing Emperor Wil
liam, addressed the German troops
leaving Kiel for German West Af
rica. He told them he envied them
of the opportunity to vindicate the
German name and fame and said few
would return. They would have to
face hunger, thirst and other priva
tions, but it was all for the honor of
the fatherland.
May wheat ' touched 92 cents in
Chicago on Wednesday, and dollar
,wheat is prt dieted. This preset t
winter has been very hurtful to the
small grain crop throughout the
country, specially in this State and
the South, which will uo doubt af
fect the price. While 15-cent cotton
sounds mighty g od, dollar wheat
should impress upon our farmers the
importance of raising their own
breadstuff along with their cotton
rather than depend on their cotton
money lor bread. .
GOSSIP OF HIE WORLD.
tTEMS OF INTEREST FROM
DIVERS SOURCES.
The Latest Telegraphic News ot the
Day Boiled Down to a
Focus For Busy
Readers.
The Japs are not indulging in any
"On to St. Petersburg" talk.
A collision between passenger
trains on the Burlington roads north
of St. Charles, Mo., is reported. Four
persons are reported dead and twelve
others injured.
Des Moines, la., Jan. 25. Major
Hoyt Sherman, brother of General
W. T. Sherman and John Sherman,
died at his home here to-day. Major
Sherman was one of the oldest resi
dents of Des Moines.
Johnstown, Pa., Jan. 21. Thirteen
men were killed and twenty eight
terribly injured by the explosion of a
one-blast furnace of the Cambria
Steel Company this morning. Most
of the dead were roasted alive. The
injuries were caused by flying molten
iron which ignited the building.
Tarboro, N. C, Jan. 25. Bud
Bell, a white man, was found dead
in Macclesfield, near Tarboro, Sun
day morning at 9 o'clock. He was
murdered the night before. His
head was bloody, showing signs of a
heavy blow just above the right ear.
No clue as to who committed the
crime has yet been found.
Nashau, N. II , Jan. 25. John
P. Goggin, treasutr of the Nashua-
Trust Company, was arrested to-day
charged with emoezzlirig a sum of
money from the bank. The amount
is placed at between $80,000 and
$100,000. Goggin was held , in $10,-
000 bond for the grand jury. He
made no statement. He is one of
the most prominent bank officials in
New Hampshire.
Washington, Jan. 23. The Senate
Committee on Privileges and Elec
tions to-day determined to enter up
on an investigation into the charges
against Sena. or Sinool in connection
wih the demand for his expulsion
from the Senate, and authorized
Senator Burrows, chairman of the
committe, to present a resolution in
the Senate permitting the committee
to send out for witnesses and docu-
ments.
Chicago, Jan. 25. Carter H. Har
rison, as mayor ot unicago, was
found responsible for the Iroquois
Theatre disaster by the coroner's
jury late to-night in that he was de
clared to have shown a lamentable
lack of force in his efforts to shirk
responsibility. He was held to the
gi and jury. Fire Marshal Musham,
Commissioner of Buildings Williams
and W. J. Davis, manager of the
theatre, were also held "until they
shall be discharged by due course of
law."
St. Paul, Jan. 23. The lowest
temperature recorded here in twelve
years, 32 degrees below zero, is the '
official figure at midnight. All day
the temperature was falling until it
has reached the record never before
exceeded, except in 1892, when the
mercury registered 33 degrees below
zero. There is little snow in the
northwest, but forty mile an hour
wind is blowing, which has practi
cally suspended travel, and all trains
are from two to ten hours late.
London, Jan. 23. At last it is pos
sible to affirm with strong confidence
that the situation in, the far east is
distinctly'tiopeful. The basi3 for this
welcome announcement is a fact
which should be decisive, namely,
that Japan has the best reasons for
nelieving that Russia is prepared, in
the interest of peace, to concede prac
tically all the claims in the last Japa
nese note, and is delaying her reply
only to find the best means to give
proper diplomatic expression of her
'decision.
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