The News and Observer.
VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 52
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SOUTH’S GREATEST
THE ATLANTA EXPOSITION THE
GRANDEST WE HAVE
EVER HAD.
THE GOVERNMENT’S EXHIBIT.
The I'ostoflice Museum Will be on Ex
hibition Just as it Was Shown at the
World’s Fair—The Original Accounts
Kept by Ilenj. Franklin When lie
Was Postmaster-General Before the
Revolutionary War—Sons of Confed
erate Veterans—Postal Notes.
Special to News aid Observer.
Washington, N. C., March 23
The Atlanta Exposition will truly be
the g reatest, Exposition the South has
ever nad. Nearly every thing of promi
nence which belongs to the government
will be sent there.
The Post-office Museum will be sent
complete and will occupy a conspicuous
space of 40x55. Everything which is in
the exibit brought here from Chicago
will be sent there under the same mau
ager, Mr. 8. I. Slack. He takes great
pride in having every thing explained
thoroughly.
In this museum are all the stamps in
the history of the world, the uuiforms
of all classes of postal carriers. One of
the most interesting things in it is the
original accounts kept by Benjamin
Franklin when he was Postmaster Gen
eral. Few people know that he
was ever Postmaster General; but
before the Revolution he was
in that position and kept an account
with his own hand of all dealings with
postmasters, of which there were only
about 39. He resigned this position
when he was sent to France. The book
is in a good condition considering the
time it has had to stand. To think of
one man keeping the accounts of all the
poet offices in the country in that day,
and the fact that it takes hundreds of
men to day to keep the accounts of one
city post office. It shows the remark
able growth of this country.
The “city of Paris” has an exact mod
el in the museum. It is about eight feet
long, and is a perfect piece of workman
ship, costing $6,000. The 60-foot mail
car of to day iB represented perfectly in
one sixth the size. Everything is exact,
even to the bags being on the inside
Everything is to be carried to Atlanta.
An old mail stage coach, which, at
one time, was used in Georgia and
North Carolina, will also be used in the
exhibit.
Two pictures in the museum contrast
San Francisco of 1850 and 1895. The
first is where people came once in two
months to get the mail, would have a
horse race, cock fight, etc , and the sec
ond is a picture of the hundreds of car
riers who deliver three mails a day
standing on the steps of the magnificent
public budding.
Mr. John B. Burwell and son, who
have been here for several days, will
return to Raleigh next week, accom
panied by Mrs Burwell, who has been
in ill health. Mrs. Burwell has had the
best treatment which Washington and
Baltimore physicians could give, and by
the direction of her physicians she will
return to Raleigh. She is slightly im
proved.
New postofEces have been established
at Caralla, Currituck county, with Em
ma V. Parker as postmistress, and at
Longstn.als, Lincoln county, with Wil-
Mam J> Crouse as postmaster.
Posteflices have discontinued at
Carmicbael, Cumberland couuty, Hem
lock, Transylvania county, Glenn,
Mitchell county, and Odessa, Pender
county. All star routes to these places
are abolished.
I fcThe Association of the Confederate
Veterans, at a meeting held last night,
decided to admit the sons of veterans to
associate membership. At a previous
meeting the project of forming a sepa
rate organization of veterans’ sons was
discussed, but it was decided last night
to admit them to associate membership
•in the regular organization. This action
is entirely local aud will have no effect
upon the organization at large, except as
an example to other branches of the as
sociation. In other cities lodges of the
Sons of Confederate Veterans have been
organized on plans similar to those of
the Sons of Veterans, which is composed
of the sons of those who fought iu the
Union armies.
On Tuesday evening a “Circulating
Library” entertainment was given by
Miss Jennie Haywood complimentary to
her guest, Mies Sophie Grimes, of Ral
eigh. Mr. Jacob Seagle, of Morganton,
N. C , won the gentleman’s prizi, which
was a beautiful edition of Lallah Rook.
Among the North Carolinians present
were Miss Mamie Cowper, of Raleigh;
Miss Bagley, of Raleigh; Miss Sophie
Grimes, of Raleigh; Misses Hester and
Sauderliu, of Raleigh; Miss Wheeler,
daughter of Woodberry Weeler,the North
Carolina historian; Messrs. Seagle, Hes
ter, Haywood and Murdock.
A party of North Caroliuiaus to day
visited the Chinese legation and called
upon Minister and Mrs. Yaug Ya. The
legation is hansomely furnished, being
unequalled by any iu the city for beau
tiful painting and bric-a brae.
Mr. W. W. Moore left to day for his
home in Asheville.
Mr. Sherwood Higgs, of Raleigh, will
spend a few days here next week.
Miss Bessie Henderson is now perfectly
well aud will leave for North Carolina
iu about a week.
Arrivals.
L. L. Staton, Tarboro.
W. T. Powell, Morganton.
F. 8. Raison, North Carolina.
THE ARMENIAN OUTRAGES.
The Stories of Brutal Usage of Women
and Girls Emphatically Denied.
London, March 23.— The Turkish Em
bassies iu London and Paris give abso
lutely wholesale denials of the stories
that 200 Armenians are in prison and
many of them dying from the rigors of
confinement.
The Globe’s correspondent in Constan
tinople quotes a statement made by a
European who was travelling in Bitlas
and Moosh last fall. This gentleman
avers that he was passing through Djel
lieguzan on and about February 23rd,
when it is related that the most inhu
man atrocities were perpetuated, one in
cident being the massacre of 360 Armen
ians of all ages and both sexes by Turk
ish troops.
In refutation of this he says he never
saw or heard anything of the massacre
although he admits that the village was
attacked on account of the hostile atti
tude of it’s inhabitants towards toe
government. He saw ruins here and
there as a result of the fighting, but de
clares that the accounts published in
Great Britain were gross exaggerations
and that the so-called details pure fiction.
This he declares, is especially true of
the stories of the brutal usage of women
aud girls and the torture of villagers.
In another letter Sir Ellis-Meade Bart
lett denounces as monstrous lies the
statements that owiDg to grave reports
of outrages fiom the Russian Consuls at
Erzeroum and Van. Russia has appointed
an imperial commission to examine and
report upon the alleged barbarities
perpetrated in Turkish prisons. It is
needless to denounce this story, Mr.
Bartlett says, as it is too obviously an
ornate composition of a factiouist, in
spired by the Anglo American Associa
tion.
This letter, however, has not excited
the public, and the members of the House
of Commons who are connected with the
Armenian Association have called a
meeting to be held on Monday with the
object of organizing an extension of the
anti Turkish agitation.
SPAIN’S NEW PREMIER.
Seuor Castillo Succeeds in Forming a
Cabinet.
Madrid, March 23.—This Ministry was
announced late in ihe afternoon: Cano
vas del Castillo, President of the Coun
cil; Navarro Reverter, Finance: Romeroy
Robledo, Justice; General Ascarraza,
War; Admiral Beranger, Marine; F.
Cos Gayon, Interior; Duke of Tetuan,
Foreign Affairs; Castellanos, Colonies;
Bosch, Public Works.
The names were submitted to the
Q leen Kegent this morning and were ap
proved by her.
Senor Don Antonio Canovas del Castillo
was boru in 1830. In 1851 he was
named Deputy for Malaga, aud since
that year has never ceased to occupy a
seat in the Cortes. He held several im
portant positions under the government,
and in 1864 was minister of finance and
the colonies. He drew up the law tor
the abolition of the traffic in slaves
H»s greatest title to fame is that of hav
ing been the first to hoist the standard
of legitimate and constitutional
monarchy in the full constituent
assembly in 1868 in face of a triumphant
resolution. His fidelity aD<l ca
pacity definitely obtained for him the
supreme direction of the Alfonsist party,
an<! in the proclamation of Alfonso XII
as King, m December, 1874, he became
paesident of the council cbief of the new
cabinet. This office he held until 1879,
when Marshal Martinez de Campos be
came pTil!** minister, .
In 1884 Senor Canovas uc CaSP.'.lC'
again formed a ministry, but iu Novem
ber, 1885, he was compelled to resign on
tne question of the German occupancy
of the Caroline Islands, and he was sue
ceeded by Senor Sagasta, who held the
premiership until July, 1890, when he
resigned, and Senor Canovas del Castillo
again became prime minister with a
coalition cabinet. From then until now
Senores Sagasta and Canovas del Cas
tillo have alternated in holding the office
of prime minister.
BEAT HIM WITH RAW HIDES.
Virginia II omen Severely Punish f heir
Traducer.
Washington, D. 0., March 33.—An
Alexandria sprcial to the Washington
Evening News says that this morning
Mr. Harry Uines, or:e of the citizens of
Alexandria, was tried before Justice
Triple for assaulting J. C. Weese, a
Pennsylvanian, who, it was alleged, had
made some remark derogatory to Vir
ginia women. He was acquitted.
As Wtese, the accuser, left the court
he had to pass through a double line of
women all armed with raw hides who
beat him so uumereifully that the aid of
a physician had to be called in. An at
torney who appeared for him was com
pelled to go down on his knees and
apologize.
MILITARY OFFICERS RESIGN.
The Legislature of Missouri Followed
the Example Set by the Fusionisls.
St Louls, March 23. —Brigadier Gen
eral Milton Moore, commanding the Mis
souri National Guard, has tendered his
resignation to Governor Stone, with the
request that it be immediately accepted.
Other State officers will do likewise and
the dissolution of the militia is near at
hand.
The Legislature has refused to make
an appropriation sufficient to maintain
the guard, and as it adjourns next Mon
day, it is not likely that any assistance
will be granted at this session.
RALEIGH. N. C., SUNDAY, MARCH 24. 1895.
A CONSUL CONVICTED
AN AMERICAN EX-OFFH-IAL
TRIED BEFORE \ FRENCH
COURT M X RTI AL.
SENTENCED FOR TWENTY YEARS.
A Protest From the State Department
Will Foiloxv—Jamaica’s New Tarifl
Bill—Nicarauga and Great Britain—
The Amount ot Damages Asked lor
Cannot be Paid for by the Govern*
ment, and the United States May
Have to Interfere.
Washington, D. C., March 23 — A
despatch is published here to day dated
Port Louis, Mauritius, stating that “Mr.
John L. Waller, formerly United States
Consul at Tamatawe, Island of Madagas
car, has been tried before a court martial
by the French military authorities and
has been found guilty of having been in
correspondence with the Hovas, and was
sentenced to twenty years imprison
ment.”
The State Department officials are of
the opinion that if this be true the French
government has exeeedtd it’s authority
and that a protest from this government
will follow. The trial of a civilian before
a military court is not admissable and
his trial before any court for the reason
stated in the despatch Is equally out of
the question.
Waller is a colored lawyer who was
appointed from Kansas by President
Harrison to be United States Consul at
Tamatawe. One of the chief causes of
complaint of the French authorities
in Madagascar against Waller, it has
been stated, consisted in his having se
cured a concession of over two hundred
square miles on the iu valuable rubber
forests of that great island.
Jamaica’!* New Tariff.
The State Department to-day received
a report from Consul Eckford at Kings
ton, Jamaica, enclosing a copy of the
message of the Governor of the Island
to the Legislative Council. The Gov
ernor says that “the withdrawal of the
government of the United States of
America from the reciprocal arrange
ments with this colony, entered into in
1891, and the reimposition of the duty
on sugar, leaves us free to restore to our
tar ff some of the sources of revenue
abandoned under that arrangement.”
He also incloses a proposed tariff re
vision. introduced into the Legislative
Council, which in some instances the du
ties upon many articles that are import
ed exclusively from the United States,
such as hog and beef products, lumber*
petroleum, grain, dairy products, etc.
The increase proposed ranges from 25
to 100 per cent. Tnere is absolute au
thority for the statement, notwithstand
ing guarded and technical details, that
Great Britain’s demand upon Nicaragua
is of such a character as to merit every
grave consideration on the part of the
government of the United States.
Inspection of the text of Great
Britain’s demand, a copy of which was
brought to Washington by Minister
Barrios the special agent sent to Lon
don by Nicaragua, discloses the fact that
the conditions imposed upon this feeble
and impecunious Republic are hatsh in
the extreme. Great Britaiu demands
15 000 pounds ($75,000) “smart money”
to be paid down within seven weeks, that
is to say before April 16th next, for the
affront to the British Crown implied iu
the alleged wrongful expulsion of the
British pro consul, Hatch from Blue
fields. Tnis is an imperative demand
There is no suggestion of arbitration, or
loan hob? offered for compromise or de
lay.
Nicaragua and Great Britain.
Next, Great Britain insists that the
claims of Hatch and other British sub
jects for damages alleged to have been
sustained shall be submitted to a mixed
commission of three- one to be appointed
by Nicaragua, one by Great Britain, and
the third to be selected by them, but
“not to be a citizen of any American
Republic.”
This stipulation, as originally given
out by the Nicaraguan representatives,
was 1 not to be a citizen of the United
States ”
This statement gave opportunity for a
tcchiii'al denial on the part of the
British representatives, who said that
no such undiplomatic and insulting dis
crimination had been made against the
Un’ted States But that Mexico,Chile, V* n
tzuela,Brazd and other Amet ican Repub
lics, are included with the United Stabs
in the embargo does not render the fact
that the United States is deliberately shut
from participation in a matter of this
great importance to the integrity of the
American continent any the less
serious.
Our interests in Nicraugua, especi
ally in regard to the problem of a trans-
Dthmiau canal are so great that the
presentation of excessive demand-, im
possible of immediate cumpliance, to be
followed perhaps by the seiz ire of terri
tory as a guarantee of payment, have
brought the United States face to face
with a complication, which taken in
connection with the Venezuelan boun
dary question, assume importance of
the first magnitude.
The immediate question that may con
front the Administration relates to the
extent to which Great Britain shall go in
enforcing the prompt pa\ment of this
money, knowing that Nicaragua can
spare no such sum from its Treasury,
which like those of most of the Latin
American nations, barely suffices to
meet current expenses.
It remains to be learned whether
Nicaragua can make the pecuniary
apology required or give any satisfactory
assurances of its future payment. Lit
t e doubt is expressed that Great Britain
will seize something as security in case
of a default, and under the terms
of the Clayton-Bui wer treaty the
United States will have a right to know
in advance just what Great Britain pro
poses to do.
No such serious international problem
has been presented to a recent adminis
tration as the piesent one.
ENGLAND’S CABINET CRISIS.
The Queen Unwilling to Accept Lord
Roxcb rry’s Resignation,
London, March 23.—Mr. Gladstone's
return to London has been hastened by
the deadlock iu the cabinet over the
question of the succession to the Speak
ersbip, and ihe still more serious differ
ence in regard to the dissolution of Par
liameut, upon which question There doe*
not seem to be any feeling of unanimity
It is certain that the advice of the ex-
Premier will guide the Ministers in de
ciding both questions, and until he has
arrived and the leaders have had the
benefit of consultation, nothing will be
done.
At the cabinet counc i, which was
convened a week ago list Tuesday, it
seemed very improbable that there would
be a dissolution until the ministerial
programme, fixed at the beginning of
the session, had been carried out. The
executive committee of the L ; beral party
had told the election agents that there
would be no general elections uutil No
vember. Ti e change in the situation is
due to Lord Rosebery’s increasing desire
to withdraw from the premieiship, and
there is a general realization now that
something must be done to make a
change in the state of affairs existing.
The squabbles over tb9 speakership
and the threatened desertions from tin
ministerial rauks on the question of
local veto have also bad their effect
upon Lord Kosobery and other ministers
are becoming disgusted over the tension
caused by their working with small and
uncertain majority which is liable at any
unexpected moment to become a min
ority.
Lord Roseberry’s Health.
lorl Rosebery is gaining e rength
daily, but has prdmged periods
of insomnia and symptoms of
sericus nervous disorder. Never
theless he will not withdraw from office
until he sees the end of the present Par
liamenfc. Throughout ten days be has
not bad a single night’s sleep, and his
lavorite remedy, that of drinking warm
water, which he has found valuable
upon previous occasions when similarly
attacked has hot been efficacious. Only
drugs have given him relief and those
omy temporarily. His condition is such
that his physicians have again urged
h.m to take a sea voyage, as the only
thing that would give him permanent
benefit.
The Queen has been informed of Lord
Rosebery’s condition and desire to retire
from office, and has declared herself
most unwilling to accept his resignation?
Her Majesty has expressed hope that his
colleagues will allow the Premier time
to recover from his ailments before
taking action which would embarrass
him, and this course may be pursued
However, there is a clique of ministers,
among whom Sir William Hareourt is
the most prominent, who think the
easiest way of a seemingly impassable
road is an early dissolution.
Lord Roseberrv’s Health.
The choice of the L’bera’s for the suc
cession to the speakership now iies be
tween Right Hon. Leonard Courtney and
Mr. Wm. Court Gully, and the latter
will probably be the ministerial nominee.
Mr. Gully who is a member of the House
for Carlisle, is a grand son of the famous
light- w-ight champioQ pugilist, John
Golly, who after retiring from the ring
became a member of Parliament for
Pontefract. Mr. Gully’s father, James
Manby Gully, Esq , M. IX, was a noted
physician, whose reputation, however,
was not enhanced by his connection with
the notorious Bravo poisoning case.
The present Mr. Gully is a high bred,
courtly, dignified and clever gentleman
aud a Queen’s counsel. He would un
questionably make a good figure in the
chair, but is so seldom in his seat that
Sir Charles Dilke was neently moved to
ask iu connection with his candidacy.
“Would you make a mau a speaker who
has been years a member and ten min
utes iu the House ?”
THE PANNILL TRIAL.
Few New Facts of Interest Develop
ed Yesterday.
Lynchburg, Va., March 23.— The
PauLill trial to day developed few new
facts of interest.
Cashier Talley, of the bank, was cross
txunint'd further for two hours
or more and Esten Shumate,
one of the book keepers, was
also questioned at great length. The
checks aud deposit slips that have been
so pr< minect in the case were gone over
agam and again in the development of
points raised by the prosecution or ihe
defense.
Several directors of tho bank testified
that they had never given consent lor
Pannill to overdraw or ovi r check his
account. Mr. Swain, travelling auditor
of the Chesapeake and O’.i •; Mr. Walk. r.
General Agent of the Kvuawha Dis
patch; John R MoYlnrdo, travelling
freight agent of the C andO.; D. Ax
tell, second vice-president of the load
and others, testified to Pannill’s good
reputation
This testimony was introduced at this
time as a matter of convenience io the
witnesses. The taking of testimony for
the prosecution has not yet been con
cluded and the case will hardly come to
an end before Tuesday evening.
HIS OPPONENTS WIN
THE RFICIISTAG REFUSES TO
OFFER CONG K ATULA HONS
TO BISMARCK.
HIS EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY.
The Proposition Creatis a Wild Storm
in the Chamber—The Vote Was 103
to 110 and as a Result President Von
Letezow and the Vice-President. Dr.
ltnerkin Immediately Resigned—Tlie
Victory Not so Complete as the Iron
Dnke’sOld Opponents Had Expected.
Berlin, March 23.—The Reichstag
this afternoon by a vote of of 163 to 146
rejected the proposal of Herr von Levet
zow, President of that body, that the
Reichstag charge him with the duty of
offering the congratulations of the
Chamber to Prince Bismarck upon the
occasion of tho ox-Chancellor's 80th
birthday. When the result of the vote
was announced President vou Levetzow
immediately resigned. Immediately af
terward Vice Pre.-ident Dr. Buerklin
also resigned.
Herr Von Levetzow’s proposal to send
the Reichstag’s congratulations to Bis
marck seemed to revive all the bitterness
that old Chancellor so often roused
among the deputies. It’s rejection was
generally expected, yet the announce
ment of the vote agitated the House be
yond measure. Members sprang from
their seats and shouted defiance and de
rision at one another across the aisles.
The Social Democrats and Richter Radi
cals jeered while the Conservatives and
National Liberals cried .“Shame,” “In
gratitude” and “Enemiesof the Empire.”
President von Levetzow rang for
older repeatedly. When comparative
quiet ha i been restored he spoive of the
vote, apparently with a strong eff >rt to
control his indignation.
When it was intimated that he would
no longer serve as the president the dis
order was rouewed. Ifaif the members
were again on their stet, the Conserva
tives shouting “Bravo” and the Richter
Radicals, South German Democrats
answering with derisive cal’s, whistling,
hardclapping and stamping.
The appearance of Rudolf von B jn
uingsen, the veteran leader of the N i
tional Liberals, calmed the storm for a
moment, lie is ther:ne man of the cab
inet rank left in the Reichstag, and a
close friend of the old Chancellor in and
out of office. His face was white and
bis voice trembled with anger as, with a
single quick gesture, he aunounced that
Dr. Buerklin, his party rt presentath’e in
the vice presidency, declined to serve
longer.
The curtness of Bennig*en seemed to
affect General Richter a* a personal in
sult. Pointing to Bennigsen, he called
so loudly as to be heard above the din,
and increasing disorder: “J,et him go,
then. The Reichstag can do without
either of them.”
The Grand Duke of Baden aud Herr
von Lucanos, chief of the Emperor’s
civil cabinet, were iu the Imperial box
during this scene. The strangers’ gal
lery was filled with officers and conspicu
ous civilians. The visitors rose from
their seats, waived their handkerchiefs
to the Conservatives on the right ami
shouted “Shame!” at the Social Demo
crats and Radicals on the left. They
cheered Herr von Levt tzow as he left the
chair aud was surrounded by Conserva
tives and National Liberals, eager to
congra'ulate him upon his refusal to pre
side louger.
The House was not full as was ex
pected last evening when Richter was
moving heaven and earth to rally Pohs,
Catholics, Socialists and Radicals to
vore down all proposals to honor his old
antagonist. He calculated at ti e close
of his labors that he could bring together
an adverse vote of 213 lie based his
estimate on the promises extorted
from the clericals, but many of those
deputies lost their courage at
the last moment and remained at home
The majority of the clericals certainly
supported Count von Homptsehe in his
declaration agairst Bismarck, although
a few stood by Dr Lieher, the eh rival
leader, who urged his party to refrain
from a hostile demonstration. Dr.
Lieber was sagacious enough to see aud
say openly that such an anti-national
outbreak would degrade ill participants,
except the Social-1 *. m icrats in public
opinion.
The Conservatives and National Li be
rals are so convinced that the country
will resent the action of the parlimentary
majority that they are urging the minis
ters to seiz* the opportunity, dissolve t he
Reichstag and appeal to the elector* iu
the heat of their B : »marek ardor. Thus
they say the government wou d get a
Reichstag with at least some other prin
ciple than opposition to tie ministry aud
ail tie ministry proposes. The ministers
do not cure, however, to associate their
own policy so closely with the Dynes:y
of Bi*marck as to asseut to this ]>>o
gramme.
Tiie feeliDg in the Reichstag lobbies is
that the Bismarck haters will find their
victory a very costly one, even the oppo
sition parties, excepting tho Social
Democracy, showed plainly. Their jubi
lation in the House gave place to some
thing like diffidence after the excite
ment subsided. The leaders of the ma
jority looked rather anxious and,
although conversing freely among them
selves, sealed thoir mouths to all others.
Duties mi our Food Products Repealed.
Washington, March 23 —The Belgium
government has informed tho Mate De
partinent that tho discriminating duties
against food products recently imposed,
have been repealed by Royal decree.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
PRESIDENT II INSTON HONORED.
A Banquet Given in Ills Honor Fade*
the Direction of the Clam of ’ON.
Special to the News aud Observer.
Chapel Hill. N. C , March 23.
During the breathing spell just after
the rigid period of the March examina
tions the senior class, numbering forty,
took the lead in getting up an entertain
ment in honor of the beloved president
of the University. Never before has the
low, long dining room of the old
McDade-Watson Pickard Hotel held
a more hearty and unanimons crowd
than the two hundred citizens and stu
dents, who sat last night to do honor by
their presence, and words of respect to
the head of education in North Caro
lina, Dr. G. T. Winston. The neatly
primed programme unnoticed: “Ban
quet to President Winston, conducted by
Class of ’95, U. N. C ”
Committee of arrangements: Hoi
land Thompson, Dudley Lindsay, John
A. Moore, J. E. Alexander, T. R
Brown.
Dr. K. P. Battle was toast master,
and w’as in his usual happy mood.
The toasts: “Waterloo,” was re
sponded to by Mr. E. Lewis; “Uni
versity’s Triumph,” Mr. Alexander,
“The University and Education,” Prof.
H. 11. Williams, and “The University
and State,” President Winston.
Thebestof deeorumandgood feeling,with
the greatest enthusiasm prevailed, mak
ing it an occasion long to be remembered,
and a befittiDg testimonial to one who
gives his da} s and nights, the best of
his vigorous manhood to higher
tion for the youth ot North Carolina.
Long may he live to continue his leader
ship in the time honored institution that
appreciates his ability ar.d love for North
Carolina and for what is best for her
sons.
Many old students are writing to say
they expect to attend the great Conten
nial Commencement next June. It will
bo one of the greatest annual reunions
over held A feature will be the reunion
of all the classes for seventy years pre
vious.
The societies are planing to have a
special feature on Monday, of that week,
usually a dull day. With Rev. Alexan
der Philips for the baccalaureate sermon.
Hon. A. M. Waddell and A H. Eller.
Esq , as orators, with all else that will
tie offered, the program will be of the
greatest interest.
Quue a number of students are in at
tendance as delegates to the Y. M. C. A.
convention in your city.
The Infirmary is taking shape aud will
be a conveniently arranged buildiDg for
such students who may need better at
tention while sick at any time than they
could get iu the dormitories, in a quiet
retreat from the bustle and noise of re
citation rooms.
Rev. Dr. Carroll has been sick for
some days. Dr. Hume preached for
him List Sunday and we expect Dr. N.
B Cobb to-morrow.
Only one weekly is issued by the
students, viz: “The Tar Heel,” “The
White aud Blue” having left the field,
and the editorial forces consolidated.
There will boa good baseball team
this year.
Mrs J. A. Harrell, of Henderson, is
on a visit in town.
Arrangements for the summer school
for teachers, June 18 to July 19, are
going forward. There will be a fine
faculty of the best tab-nt to be had.
THE KEYBOARD BOYCOTT.
Hearing ol the Injunction Case at’
Atlanta Not Completed.
Atlanta, Ga., March 23.—The peti
tion of the Seaboard Air Line Railway
for a permanent injunction restraining
the Nashville, Chattanooga and Bt.
Louis from boycotting it, came up before
Judge Lumpkin to day.
Arguments were heard from Jack
J. Spalding, lepresentiug the Sea
board, and Baxter counsel for the
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis.
President Spencer, Vice-President Bald
win, of tho Southern; President Thomas.
of the Nashville, Chattanooga aud St
Louis; Receiver Coiner, of the Central,
and a great many more prominent rail
load men were present.
The case involves the power of the
Southern Railway and Steamship Ass <y
ciation and all pooling aud traffic organ
izatior sto enforce boycotts. The esse
was not concluded aud will be resumed
Monday.
lu’ernational Monetary Conlerrnee..
London, March 23 - In the eommoni
catior s which ha\e passed between the-
Britisb and German governments in re
gard to the calling of a monetary con
ference, Sir William llar court is reported
as dtfiuing the position of Eugland at*
ready to take part ia a conference if a
basis o? fo;sible discussion shall be ob
tained. It is the opinion of officiate
high in authority that prolonged nego
tiations upon this subject must precede*
the conference.
Mr J cutting* Pemberton 111.
Special to the News aud Observer
Fayetteville, N C., March 23
Mr Jennings Pemberton, prominent
in social and business circles hero, war
seized with congestion of the lungs at $
o’clock to-day, caused by overheating
while skating last evening. It is feared
that he caunot recover.
Death ol Solicitor Thome.
Special to the News aud Observer.
Weldon, N. 0., Match gig
Mr. W. G. Thorne, Solicitor for Halt
fax county, died in Enfield last night.
He was an able lawyer and Christian
gentleman and was loxed and respected
by all who knew him. His death te *
loss to this entire section.