The News snd Observer
VOL. XXXYIII. NO. 92.
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SOUTHERN BAPTISTS
MEETING OF THEIR CONVEN
TION IN WASHINGTON
TO-DAY.
FIFTIETH YEAR OF ORGANIZATION.
Three Thousand Delegates and Visitors
are in Attendance— Many Noted Men
are Present—The Session Will Last
Four Days—Baptist Young People’s
Societies and Woman’s Missionary
Society Meet—Question of Union
With the Northern Convention.
Special to the News anil Observer.
Washington, D. 0., May 0.
The meeting of the Southern Baptist
convention, which is the largest delegat
ed ecclesiastical body in the world, will
begin in Washington at the First Baptist
Church at 10 o'clock to-morrow morning.
The session will last four days, and will
bring to this city not less than 3,000 peo
ple, including the visitors and families
of delegates to the convention.
A conference was held to-day, as call
ed bv Dr. Pitt, of Richmond, and Dr.
Gambrell, of Mississippi, to discuss and
look to the organization of a Young Peo
ple's Baptist Bible Union.
There are many ministers from North
Carolina who favor such an organiza
tion. Dr. YanDeventer. formerly of
Henderson, now of Burlington, Vt., is
leader of the movement. Among those
favoring the organization are Revs. Dr.
Carter, of Raleigh; Brown, of Winston,
and Matheny, of Gastonia.
North Carolinians took an active part
in the organization, Dr. Pritchard taking
a prominent part. He favors union.
Among Carolinians here are Revs.
Durham, Skinner, Carter, Miss Heck
and J. W. Bailey, representing the Bib
lical Recorder, of Raleigh; Newton, of
Thomasville; E. F. Jones, M. P. Mathe
ny, James Moore and Miss Essie Moore,
of Gastonia; J. E. White, of Edenton;
Pritchard and Pruett, of Charlotte;
Woodson and family of Snow Hill.
Probably the question of organization
of the Union will come before the Con
vention. It has many opponents but
the general opinion is they will organize
it.
Many North Carolinians are expected
to-night and to-morrow.
Congressman Lockhart is here.
Mrs. Wilson, mother of Peter M. Wil
son, arrived to night for a week’s visit
to her son.
CONVENTION MEETS TO-DAY.
It is Believed that over 3,060 Visitors
are now in Attendance.
Washington, D. C., May 9.—Southern
Baptiste are swarming into Washington
on all of the railroads from that section
of the country, and the Norfolk boat
arriving this morning brought 800 of
them. The Convention does not formally
assemble until to-morrow morning but
there are other allied organizations which
are holding their sessions coincident with
the main gathering, and these suffice to
bring delegates on ahead, as well as
members of these organizations, who
may not be themselves accredited dele
gates to the Convention.
It is the semi-centennial meeting of the
convention, and this fact alone would
make it one of the most interesting in
the life of the organization since it sepa
rated from the Northern Branch of the
church, in 1845. Being a delegate body,
whose members are chosen as a rule, by
ballot from the churches or societies
which they are here to represent, it may
be said to comprise in its ranks the lead
ing lights of the denomination in the
South.
The series of meetings was inaugu
rated last evening with the annual ses
sion of the Baptist Educational Society,
which was held at the First Baptist
Church, on 16th street.
The Young People’s Societies.
This morning there was held a con
ference upon the question of organizing
the YouDg People’s Societies of the
Southern Baptist Churches into a body
to co-operate with the convention in di
recting the work among the young peo
ple. It was called to order by Rev. Dr.
R H. Pitt, editor of the Religious Her
ald, and Prof. P. H. Mell, of Alabama,
was made moderator and O. F. Gregory,
of Maryland, secretary.
A number of propositions were pre
sented to the meeting, among them one
to postpone the consideration of the sub
ject for a year. Finally it was agreed
to refer all of the different propositions
to a special committee, which will report
later on.
The Moderator named the following
as members of the committee: C. C.
Meadow, of the District of Columbia; R.
H. Pitt, Virginia; o. F. Gregory, Mary
land: T. H. Pritchard, North Carolina:
A. J. S. Thomas, South Carolina; J. B.
Hawthorne, Georgia; A. J. Dickinson,
Alabama; N. A. Bailey, Florida: Clerter
Helm Jones, Kentucky; W. 8. Penick.
Louisiana; J. J. Vanness, Tennessee; J.
B. Cranfill, Texas; R. P. Johnson, Mis
souri; A. J. McMolloway, Arkansas.
To morrow morning at 9 o’clock the
meeting of the Woman’s Foreign Mis
sionary Union will be held at the Cal
vary Baptist Church, when an address
of welcome will be delivered by Mrs.
Stakely, tbe wife of the pastor of the
First Baptist Church.
As the delegates are not expected to
have all registered before to-morrow it
is not possible to estimate the size of the
crowd which will be here, but it is be
lieved that 3,000 would be a conservative
estimate. Dr. Stakely said a day or
two ago that from the way applications
for accommodations were pouring in
he thought there would be iu the
j neighborhood of a thousand delegates
present when the convention is called to
order tomorrow. Many of these will
doubtless have other members of their
families with them and these will go to
swell the size of the gathering. The very
best of arrangements have been made by
the local committee for the comfort and
welfare of the visiting host. Postoffice
facilities have been prepared and every
thing has been done to assure the dele
gates that nowhere can they feel as much
at home as in the beautiful capital city.
Its Thirty-ninth Session.
The meeting of the Southern conven
tion is of special interest, as it is the
fiftieth anniversary of the formation of
the association. Among the important
questions that will be considered will be
the cementing of the bond of union for
practical work in the South between the
Southern and Northern conventions (the
latter body assembling in Albany, N. 5
next week), and which has been pursued
on independent line 3 since the separa
tion of the Baptist Church throughout
the United States in 1845, but for which
a plan of union was recently adopted. The
convention tlrs year is called the Golden
Jubilee. Although this is the fiftieth
year of the Southern Baptist Convention
it is only the thirty ninth session, as no
convention was held from 1863 until
1866. Semi-annual conventions had
been held up to 1863. It is proposed, in
recognition of the golden jubilee of the
convention, to make a special effort to
increase the contributions of the churches
to mission work. The first session of the
Southern Baptist Convention was held
n Augusta, Ga., on May 10, 1845. The
convention met last May in Dallas, Tex.
The total number entitled to seats was
1,175, and there were present 772 dele
gates.
How the Convention Originated.
The convention originated in a with
drawal of the Southern churches from
union and co-operation with the general
convention of the Baptist denomination
in the United States, which was popu
larly known as “the triennial conven
tion." The separation of the Southern
Baptist churches from the Northern
churches was an aftergrowth of the anti
slavery sentiment in the North. Thus
was started the Southern Baptist con
vention, which at once secured the en
thusiastic support of the churches in the
South.
Although the original separation of
the North and South was the result of
sectional differences, there now exists
the best of feeling between the two orga
nizations. The only reason that the
Northern and Southern conventions
have not united long ago is that each is
now larger than can be conveniently
handled in a single meeting and for
practical business reasons it has been
thought best to keep them separate.
There will be a serious discussion, how
ever, this year of reducing the pro rata
representation, and in this case with re
duced membership it may be possible to
successfully combine the two sections.
Their work now is carried on with the
greatest good feeling toward each other,
care being taken by each not to trespass
on the territory of the other, thus avoid
ing duplicating the church work in any
one section.
The Present Officers.
The general officers of the Southern
Convention are as follows : President,
Jonathan Harrison, L.L. D., Montgom
ery, Ala.; vice-presidents. Francis Ma
rion Ellis, D. D., Baltimore, Md.; John
William Jones, I). D., University of
Virginia: Samuel Howard Ford, D. D.,
L.L. D., St. Louis, Mo.; William Jona
than Northen, LL. D., Atlanta, Ga.;
secretaries, Lansing Burrows, D. D.,
Augusta, Ga.; Oliver Fuller Gregory, D.
D., Baltimore, Md.; treasurer, M. Geo.
W. Norton, Louisville, Ky.; auditor,
William Patrick Harvey, D. D., Louis
ville, Ky.; secretary foreign mission
board, Rev. Dr. R. J. Willingham, Rich
mond, Va.
The convention at the time of its or
ganization took charge of missions in
China, Brazil, Japan, Liberia and Africa.
The total receipts of the foreign board of
the convention last year amounted to
1437,073. The receipts of the foreign
board of the convention last year amount
ed to #106,332 69, and the contributions
from native converts were #5,944.27.
The receipts of the home board of mis
sions the past year were #67,768 51.
These boards conduct missions in
China, Africa, Japan, Cuba, Mexico,
Brazil, Italy, among the colored people,
the Indians and among the whites of the
mountain region of the South and on the
frontier.
The convention has connected with it
684 associations. 9,610 ordained minis
ters, 17,346 churches, 2.654,397 mem
bers, and 93,842 persons were baptized
last year in the churches. The total
white membership is 1,363.351, and the
total colored membership is 1,291,046.
HENDERSON FUR GOVERNOR.
The West Will Ask His Nomination on
a Free Silver Platform.
Special to the News and Observer.
Winston, N. C., May 9.
It was learned here to-day that there
is a movement on foot among the lead
ers of the Democratic party to “boom”
Congressman John S. Henderson, of
Salisbury, for Governor of North Caro
lina on a silver platform.
Some of his friends and supporters go
so far as to say that he will not only be
the Democratic candidate, but that he
will be the “Old North State’s” next
Governor.
Mrs. McAllister Sues lor Divorce.
Savannah, Ga., May 9. —Mrs. H. H.
McAllister to-day filed a petition for di
vorce from her husband, Henry Ward
Hall McAllister, of New York.
RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1895.
THURSTON’S RECALL
SECRETARY GRESHAM SETS
FORTH THE CAUSES THAT
LED TO IT.
HIS LETTER TO MINISTER WILLIS.
Mr. Thurston Used His Influence
Through the Press to Bias Public
Opinion in Favor of the Hawaiian
Republic and Against President
Cleveland’s Policy, and then Refused
to Make a Formal Apology in Wri
ting to Secretary Gresham.
San Francisco, Cal., May 19.—Secre
tary Gresham’s letter to Minister Willis
directing to ask for the recall of Mr.
Thurston is as follows:
Department of State,
Washington, I). C.,
February 21, 1895.
Sir 1 regret to be constrained to
bring to your attention and through you
to the k owledge of the Hawaiian govern
ment certain acts of its Republic in the
United States of which this government
has just ground to complain.
In order to set forth the facts with de
sirable clearness, it becomes necessary
to recite fully what occurred at two in
terviews which I had with Mr. Thurston,
at this department, on the 16th and 18th
instant.
The recent seizure of a ship at San
Diego, Cal., for alleged violation of our
neutrality laws in carrying arms to
Hawaii was the occasion of his first call.
After brief conversation on this subject,
I took occasion to remark that I had in
formation that he was not pleased
with your action in connection
with recent events at Honolulu. Mr.
Thurston desired to know why that view
was entertained here, whereupon I
handed him a clipping from a New York
paper of the 13th instant, of which a
full copy is hereto appended, enclosure 1.
After he had read this article, 1 asked
him if he had furnished the matter to
the paper for publication. He at once
said he had furnished the paragraph,
which he pointed oat, reading as fol
lows: “There has been a great
reaction among the more prom
inent Royalists who are not con
cerned in and did not approve
of the late insurrection, and a
number of them have taken the oath of
allegiance to the Republic. Others had
stated that as long as the Quees claimed
that she should be reinstated and there
was hope of receiving help from the Uni
ted States government to reinstate her,
they feltduty bound to support her resto
ration. Now that the Queen has abdi
cated and further action on the part
of the United States looking to resto
ration is hopeless, they propose to
accept the situation and work for
annexation, which many of them say
they have all along considered the best
course for all concerned, but have been
prevented from advocating it by what
they considered their duty to the Queen.”
I then desired to know if Mr. Thurston
had also furnished to the same paper the
concluding paragraphs, purporting to be
extracts from a letter written by “a pro
minent lawyer in Honolulu” and read
ing thus: “Mr. Hawes, the British Re
presentative, has confirmed his action to
a diplomatic request to the govern
ment that if not inconsistent with the
interest of the government, capital pun
ishment proposed to be inflicted on any
British subjects, may be postponed until
he can communicate with his govern
ment, while his whole manner is friend
ly to the government. Upon the publi
cation of the instructions of Secretary
Herbert to Admiral Beardslee in the lo
cal papers, declaring that no protection
would be given to Americans who either
opposed or supported the government A
number of Englishmen applied to Hawes
to know whether his course would
be similar to that of the American gov
ernment. He immediately replied that
on the contrary he considered it highly
proper for all English citizens to do all
in their poiver to support the govern
ment, and by so doing they violated no
international law and would forfeit none
of their rights as English c tizenu
“Had the insurrectionists not been
discovered at the time they were, and
had they once succeeded in getting into
the city, there would have been savage
butchery, as they were well supplied
with dynamite bombs, and the evidenee
which has been developed shows that
their plans were to march into
town at 2 o’clock in the morn
ing along the main avenue leading to
the city, blowing up the residences of
the prominent supporters of the govern
ment, as they advanced, regardless of
the women and children therein, in order
to prevent support reaching the govern
ment. Their plans also were for an up
rising of the natives in the city, attacks
simultaneously to be made on the palace,
the government buildings and station
house, and the telephone station The
arms and dynamite bombs stored at the
Queen’s residence were to play an
impor ait part in the plans. A
marked feature of the situation
is the large number of natives
who rallied to the support of the govern
ment. They voluutered to the number
of nearly 300 to go to the front. The
final capture of most of the rebels who
remained in the mountains was effected
through the thorough search made by
Captain Robert Parker, a three quarters
native and fifty native police, who, with
their thorough knowledge of the country,
scouted the hills from Honolulu to the
east end of the island.”
Mr. Thurston argued that he had
furnished nothing to that or any other
paper, but that he had permitted an em
ployee or agent of ond of the press asso
ciations to copy at his legation a private
letter or letters which he had received,
and added that the published paragraphs
did not contain all that was in
tbe private letter. I thereupon said
that 1 was aware this was so, and
that I knew the private letter or letters
did not appear in full in the last para
graphs as printed. Handing him a type
written paper, I asked if the omitted
parts were not contained in the follow
ing passages: “There is intense feeling
being manifested by the people at what
is looked upon as Mr. Willis’ unwarran
ted interference in connection with the
present trials.”
“He is doing everything that he can
to protect the Royalists and harass the
government. Many of our best men feel
it imperative for our future safety that
some examples should bo made. While
the government is master of the situa
tion for the present, the danger is not
entirely over. Much indignation is also
felt from the fact that, although direct
information was given to Minister Willis
last. November, before the shipment of
arms was made at San Francisco, that
such shipment was intended, nothing ap
pears to have been done to stop the ship
ment.
“it is felt that the Hawaiian govern
ment has strong ground for complaint
against the United States government on
the score of its indifference if not at its
active conniving at this flagrant breach
of neutrality. Whether or not the Ha
waiian government will make a claim by
reason of breach of neutrality laws it is
not known, but there is strong feeling
here that it should be done.
“The action of Mr. Hawes, the British
representative, is in marked contrast to
that of Mr. Willis,”
* * * * * *
“An analysis of the growth of the feel
ing and facts leading up to the
insurrection showed that it is based
almost wholly on the encouragement
given to the Royalists by President
Cleveland and his announcement and
constantly reiterated opinion that the
Queen ought to be restored, and a feel
ing, which, rightly or wrongly, was dis
seminated throughout the Royalist sym
pathizers, that upon the slightest op
portunity Cleveland would take occasion
to assist the Royalists if they could get
control to a sufficient extent to give him
an excuse for so doing."
“Another letter received here from
Honolulu says: ’The most serious fea
ture is the attitude of Willis and Hawes,
they are in constant attendance at the
trials. Newman, the attorney defend
ing the insurrectionists, is constantly in
close consultation with them.” ’
Having read this paper and after some
apparent hesitation, Mr. Thurston said
he did not know what right I
had to interrogate him. I re
plied that he had already admitted
he had allowed the published matter
to be copied from letters at his legation,
but that the publication was not full,
and I did not suppose he would deny
that the paper I showed him contained
a correct copy of the omitted parts. He
said the letters containing the omitted
passages were submitted by him to the
representative of the Press Association
to be copied for publication, not as ex
pressing his official or personal views,
but as showing the state of feeling in
Honolulu.
1 then remarked that all I desired to
know was whether he had furnished the
matter for publication, and he repeated
that he had not furnished it in his offi
cial capacity or as expressing his per
sonal views, but merely as information,
and that in doing so it was not
his purpose to injure the administra
tion, the President or Mr. Willis. I
remarked that he had permitted the let
ters, including the omitted parte to be
copied for publication; and that he, do
doubt, was disappointed that the*omitted
parts did not appear and I asked him if
he thought he could, with propriety as
the rejiort of a foreign government at
this capital, furnish newspapers with
such matter. His reply was that he
bad simply furnished it as news or in
formation which the public might like to
hear from Honolulu, and that Senator
Kyle had received a letter even more
severe in its terms which had been given
to the public; to which I rejoined that
Senator Kyle was a citizen of the United
States and as such might say and do
things which a foreign minister could not
say or do with propriety. Here the in
terview ended.
When Mr. Thurston called at the de
partment two days later, he informed
me that there was a further statement
he desired to make. After being told
that if he wished to say anything more
on the subject it should be in writing, he
at once proceeded;
“I simply desire to say, Mr. Secretary,
that 1 realize I was guilty of official im
propriety in furnishing for publication
the matter mentioned in our former in
terview. I did not realize this at the
time but do now. I regret what I did,
and apologize for it.”
I replied that, in order to avoid any
possible misunderstanding, the Minister’s
statement should be in official form, and
requested that he prepare and submit
Such a communication. He deeliued to
do this, sayiny he did not feel called
upon to make a written apology, and
that he would trust to my fairness in re
ducing to writing what he said.
You are instructed to make this incid
ent known to the minister for foreign af
fairs by reading this instruction to him,
and should he so desire, give him a copy.
You will express the surprise and dis
satisfaction with which this government
naturally regards the conduct of a
foreign envoy who thus covertly
uses his influence through tke
press to bias public opinion in the coun
try whose hospitality he enjoys. And
you will add that the President would
be pleased w r ere Mr. Thurston replaced
by another minister from Hawaii, in
whom he may feel that confidence which
is essential to frank and cordial inter
course. lam Sir,
Your obedient servant,
W. q, Gresham.
IN TIIE PALMETTO STATE.
'I tie Registration and Dispensary De
cision* Have Created a Stir.
Columbia, S. C., May 9.--The two de
cisions rendered by United States Judges
Goff and Simonton yesterday, the one
making a free ballot and 'the other
sounding the death knell of the dispen
sary law, apparently have created
a big stir all over the State, and
some pretty wild talk is being
indulged in. The administration is more
or less worried. In official, and legal
circles, nothing else was even thought of
apparently, and the negroes and liquor
men were giving all their attention to
the new order of things brought about
by these things. For the present Gov.
Evans and the State authorities are pay
ing no attention w hatever to the registra
tion matter. As Governor Evans has
already said, he does not propose tojcall
any extra session of the legislature or
proceed further in the registration cases.
However, as yet nothing.has been finally
decided to regard to this matter.
The negroes regard the matter as a
second emancipation, and to-day the
ministerial union, recently formed, of
which every negro minister is a member,
an organization formed to fight against
their impending utter disfranchisement,
issued an address which thanks the
Attorneys in the case and “the many
friends of the negroes in their
fight for emancipation from the cruel
and unlawful registration laws which de
barred white and biack alike from the
exercise of their constitutional fran
chise.”
The following circular of instructions
to constables was to-night issued :
“ToConstables: Seize all liquor coming
into the State for other than personal
use. Go and watch ‘Blind Tigers'
carefully and seize all liquor in the pos
session of ‘Blind Tigers,’ or of those en
gaged in the illicit traffic of liquor.”
The circulars was sent out by the State
Board of Control, of wffiich Governor
Evans is the Chairman.
This afternoon in the presence of a
large crowd of curious persons, several
constables stood by and saw several
crates of beer unloaded at the Union
Depot here, without interfering. At a
country town one defiant constable made
a seizure, saying he knew of the injunc
tion.
BASEBALL YESTERDAY.
At Cincinnati :
Cincinnati, 1114 0 15 1 o—l 4
Brooklyn, 00610001 0— 8
Batteries : Parrott, Dwyer and
Vaughan.
At Louisville :
Louisville, 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 o—s
New York, 10 3 10 110 x—7
Batteries: Cunningham, Welch and
Zahner; Gorman and Scriver.
At Chicago :
Chicago, 100211110—7
Boston, 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4—4
Batteries: Griffith and Kittredge:
Nichols and Ganzel.
At St. Louis:
St. Louis, 0 0100001 I—3
Philadelphia, 00000301 o—4
Batteries: Breitenstein and Peitz; Car
sey and Clements.
At Pittsburg:
Pittsburg, 00000000 2—2
Baltimore, 3 0003011 I—9
Batteries: Killen and Sugden; Hem
ming and Robinson.
At Cleveland:
Cleveland, 130 0 0003 x—7
Washington, 0000 0 012 o—3
Batteries: Cuppy and Zimmer; Mular
key and McGuire.
DUPONT DECLARED SENATOR.
The Delaware Legislature Adjourns
After Taking 211 Ballots.
Dover, Del., May 9.—The Legislature
adjourned sine die at 3 p. m. to-day
without having elected a United States
Senator. In joint session 211 ballots
were taken, the first ballot having been
taken on January 15th, and there was at
least 1 ballot on every day since that
date, Sunday’s excepted.
Just prior to the adjournment this af
ternoon Speaker McMullin, of the House,
declared Henry A. Dupont elected Sena
tor.
McMullin’s declaration will, it is claim
ed, give ground for a contest in the
United States Senate.
Death of Sir Robert Peel.
London, May 9.— Sir Robert Peel,
brother of ex-Speaker Peel, died last
night. He was apparently in excellent
health last evening. This morning he
did not make his appearance at the
usual time, aud a servant sent to call
him, found his door locked, and was un
able to get any answer to his calls.
The door W'as forced open, when Sir
Robert’s body, still warm, was found
lying on the floor. Doctors asefibe his
death to hemmorrhage of the brain, but
a coroner’s inquest will be necessary.
A Lover Dies of Heart Disease.
Jacksonville, Fla., May 9.— The
corpse of E. D. Hatch, formerly of Fort
Valley Georgia, w'as sent to that place
for interment to-night. Mr. Hatch fell
dead this morning at 12:20 o’clock as he
was taking leave of his affianced, Miss
Daisy Whistler, upon whom he had been
calling. Heart disease was the cause of
his death.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
THE TREATY SIGNED
FORMAL RATIFICATIONS WERE
EXCHANGED AT CHE FOO
WEDNESDAY.
NO CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE IN IT.
; Blit Certain Concessions Have Been
Made to Russia—Japan Will Re
nounce the Permanent Possession of
the Liao Tung Peninsula as Soon as
a Suitable Indemnity is Paid—Russia
Claims That She lias Only Been Act
ing on the Defensive.
Washington, May 9. — An otlicial des
patch from Tokio received at the Japan
ese legation this afternoon states that
the ratification of the treaty of peace be
tween Japan and China were exchanged
at Che Foo on Wednesday.
It is understood that no change was
made in the text of the treaty as origi
nally concluded, but that taking into ac
count the demands made by Russia, Ger
many and France, the Japanese govern
ment has agreed to renounce the per
manent possession of the Liao Tung
peninsula, on condition, however, that
the arrangements legarding the form
and the terms of the renunciation shall
be reserved for adjustment between it
self and the government of China.
This latter stipulation is construed to
meau that Japan will not surrender the
peninsula until a suitable indemnity
shall have been paid, and that it may
even be agreed between Japan and
China that the possession of Port Arthur
itself will be retained for a term of
years extending beyond the date when
the indemnity shall have been paid in
full, thus guaranteeing to Japan not
alone the payment of the indemnity it
self, but also sufficient time to safeguard
herself against anything like a war of
reprisal.
The treaty of peace itself was that
Wei-Wai-Wei shall be held until the first
one hundred million taels and the next
two annual instalments of the indemnity
shall have been paid, so with the added
guarantee of the possession of Port Ar
thus, even although only temporary, the
Japanese government appears to have
taken every possible precaution for the
future.
No Change in the Treaty.
London, May 9.—The foreign office
has been informed by the Japanese gov
ernment that the China-Japanese treaty
was ratified on May Bth in the exact
form agreed upon at Shimonoseki.
Russia Disclaims all Warlike Designs.
London, May 9.—A despatch to the
Times from Che Foo says that ratifica
tions were exchanged between the Japan
ese and Chinese Envoys at midnight last
night. The despatch also says that Rus
sia disclaims any aggressive designs in
: Manchuria and in acting purely on a de-
I fensive footing against Japan.
Protesting Powers Left to Spain.
Paris, May 9.— The Figaro says the
drafting of the terms of the final settle
ment between Japan and Russia protest
ing powers will be left to Spain.
SENATOR PRITCHARD HURT.
lie Receives Some Slight Injuries from
a Run-away Horse.
Special to the News and Observer.
Asheville, N. C., May 9.
A mare belonging to a colored dray
man, ran away this morning, dashed
into the Battery Park Bank, through
two doors and inro the director’s office.
Senator Pritchard was in the bank, and
was kicked on the leg besides having his
wrist cut by broken glass.
In the Federal Court room this after
noon Robert Ray, the town marshal of
Burnsville, who had been sentenced to
one month imprisonment and fined one
hundred dollars and costs, drew a pistol
and started for the door. The crowd
stampeded but the deputy marshals
seized Ray and struggled with him
several minutes, finally subduing aud
placing him in irons. Several pistols
were drawn during the struggle and the
matter looked exceedingly squally for a
time.
The members of the fire department
have presented a fine gold watch to the
chief of the department, Mr. J. P. Saw
yer.
UNFORTUNATE GREENSBORO.
It’s Only Street Car Horse Runs Away
ami Commits Suicide.
Special to the News anil Observer.
Greensboro, N. C., May 9.
The horse which pulls the street car
between the depot and the Benbow
Hotel, while carrying the car up town
this evening, broke loose from the car
aud the single tree fell down on his heels
frightening him so that he rushed up the
street at a fearful rate of speed and, be
ing blind, ran into two horses hitched to
a hack, broke the tongue of the hack,
then rushed on against an old wall near
the hotel with a fearful crash, driving a
large piece of board into his breast, kill
ing him in a few moments.
Fulton Gordon Acquitted.
Louisville, May 9. Judge Thompson
after listening to arguments for four
hours in the Gordon-Brown murder case
this afternoon, decided that Fulton Gor
don should not be held for trial and dis
charged him.
Another Railroad in Receiver’s Hands
Lima, Ohio, May 9. — The Ohio South
ern Railway went into the hands of re
ceivers to-day. The petition states that
the road is insolvent. George W. Saul
was appointed receiver.