North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 107. TO GO JUNKETTING \\ okrenfondknih TO BOOM Til E ATI. AMT A EXPOSITION. THE BOVS STRIKE IT RICH! Thi» Mill II mr ifcr* H' *l ilm* Uoiiniry \ il.nil- lorn W.ili»Alirtnl Hcfcrmr l or llii' | i po>ilioti mill llm- Reporter* ••North Carolinn Pwoniilii—W n<li* lnclon to >»*• lli pr« rented nt Mir I ni* ver*ity Uoniwioirrement—'Tlre North Carolina Oeologßnl Display. Special to the News and Observer. Washington, D. 0., May 25. The Washington correspondents of the various prominent papers of the country will leave on Monday for a trip though the South. They will begone just one week but will see the most prominent cities, visiting Atlanta, Chattanooga, Knoxville and Asheville. In each city these men are given the best which the ; cities they visit cau afford. The South ern Railway has been very generous in offering their road and the Pullman Company has offered the best sleepers : and library cars which they own. The Arragon aud Kimball Hotels of Atlanta, : the Lookout Inn of Chattanooga, the Battery Park of Asheville and the Hick ory Inn of Hickory, which are noted as the finest hotels in the South will entertain the party and the citiecns of each city have furnished carriages and everything that can add to the pleasure and comfort of its guests. The parry will be in North Carolina Friday and Saturday, visiting Asheville and having a daylight ride through the mountains of tbeßta'e. In Asheville, where they are the guests of the Battery Park Hotel, the party will be g’ven a banquet on Friday night by the entt-Tprising citizens of that 'place, ! and on Saturday will be driven over the city and to Biltmore, the home of Tan derbilt The entertaining of these men will undoubtedly be of great benefit to the “City in the Mountains'’, which is already s© popular with the people of the North who seek rest and pleasure at! the same time. As the party returns | they will stop at Hickory for supper, as ; the guests es the Hickory dun, and will be royally entertained by its enterpris ing manager. Mr. E. P. McKissiok, the manager of the Battery Park Hotel, has done everything in his power to make the best of arrangements for the party. The News and Observer and probably the Charlotte Observer will be represente ion the trip. The chief ob ject of the visit to Atlanta is to adver tise the Exposition throughout the North and Northwest by letting the men give their papers t.he accounts facilities of the Southern city. In Atlanta Mrs. Joseph Thompson, the president, of the Board of Lady Man agers, will give a lawn party, and the I Capital City Club will give a reception on Tuesday, while on Wednesday the correspondents and their lady friends who will accompany them on the trip will be shown over theExpositiongrounds j and given a genuine Southern barbecue, something which many of these North ern men have never learned the better part of. Many of them have never seen j growing cotton and some never saw torn growiug. * * * State Geologist Holmes, of North Car oliua, who was here yesterday, called on j Dr. Day, of the Geological Survey, in regard to the exhibit which will be made for North Carolina by the small appr >-; priation made by Cong>ess r allotiDg a cer tain amount to each State It is proba- ! ble that the exhibit from the Geological j Survey of the United States will have a better exhibit from North Carolina than any other State, as everything possib’e j will be done to place the greatest amount in the little space allowed. Several Geologists are in Atlanta at present, and will show the plans to the correspond- j ents for the exhibit of the Survey. Each Department here will have an exhibit, and the correspondents had been shown these before the packing for shipping had begun. W * * Mr. Alfred A. Thompson, ex Mayor of Raleigh, passed through here to-day tor New York, from which city he sailed to day on the steamer Etruria for a trip through Europe, making the greater part of his stay in England. His trip is mainly on business, but-he will combine pleasure with it. Several of the University Alumni leave next week for the State where they will attend the University Centennial. Sever al young ladies of this city will at’end the commencement exercises among them being Misses Lucy Young and Ethel Baglep formerly of Raleigh; Miss Laura Payne, formerly of Chapel Hill; and Miss Bessie Robertson of Charlotte who has beea tere attending the Guns ton Institute in Georgetown for the past session. .Miss Kobertson will make a visit to Raleigh during the summer. * * * Miss Lucy London of Pittsboro, who has been attending Gunstou Institute, here will make a visit to Rockville to the family of Judge Eouie of Maryland, b -fore returning to (her home. Miss London will graduate in instrumental music and has taken hi#h honors in v - cal music and French. * * * Mr. W E Tucker was heere on IPs way to New York where I understand he will sail for Europe. He saw manager and trainor of his little two-year old horse Jeneola, who quartered at the Alexandria Island race track. Jeueola is quite a favorite with the taWut, acd o„iy last week wo» the two year--old rn'le race from Bob the l 4 favorite. She is well worth owning and may be looked out for to do some noble work cn the running turf. Her haif mile record is 49:3 4 ♦ * * Mrs W. H. Bagley and family will re turn to Raleigh, their former home, on June Ist. Mrs. Bagiey and Miss Belle will re uain in Washington for a few weeks and will attend the graduation exercises at the Naval Academy in An napohs, Md. Cadet Worth Bagiey who, it was thought, had an enlargement of the muscles of the heart, but who wa< passed by the Surgeon General, will h»-e six weeks’ leave before reporting for duty on the Montgomery, which is at The News and Obse"' jr. TTKIE [LAMEST ©OIMKMLMTOK] ®IF AKTif KKMTTKi ©ACSffitLDuM IMOIIX p-vsent engaged with the Nicaraguan commission. He will spend his leave in Raleigh. * * m Dr. George Worth, of Wilmington, wh ) has beer, in New York for the past few years as physician in charge of the 1 Ciiy nusnilni there, is n tiif city on his way Smith to visit his father, Mr. I> G. Worth, for the hut tlmr before sailing forCuini. whore he will boa mrdioal missionary of the Presbyterian church. He will be married before sailing to Miss Emma Chadbourn, of Wilmington. * ■¥ * Mr. S S Jackson, an attorney of Pittsboro, passe 1 through hore todiyen route for Chicago where he will engage in the insurance business. * ** * Mr. W. W. Scott, of the Treasury De partment, will spend the 30th in Hamp- 1 tou, Va , visiting his sister, Mrs. Bryan. * •* * Referring to the income tax decision, j Senior Palmer, ol Illinois, who is here, I expressed the opinion that the decision, j or rather the circumstances surrounding the decision and involving the manner I in which the court arrived at a conclu sion, will tend to lower the popular es- j teem for that high tribunal. He said I the law was either Constitutional or it was not, and on that point nine good lawyers ought to’have no serious difficulty in coming to a practically unanimous verdict. In conclusion, Senator Palmer j : said: “The country will accept the decision, . but if the emergency should arise for the enactment of another income tax law, j Congress will pass it and the Supreme Court then sitting will uphold the taxing authority of Congress in the premises. The people of the country understand their power.” » Senator Palmer called at the White ! House this morning and had a long talk | with the President. lie told Mr. Cleve- j land the free silver people, would carry ! ; their point, but that eventually the sound j money idea would prevail in his State. Mrs M T. Langston was appointed ! ' postmaster at Overshot, Johnston county. j 3# * * The priuteis have passed resolutions; requesting the President to put the gov- j eminent printing office under civil ser- j i vice rules. Heretofore the printers have ! opposed this change on the ground | ttiat the Typographical Union afforded the best examination. It is believed the change will be made. * * Senator Ransom’s friends hear that he arrived at Monterey in very poor health two weeks ago, but is still weak * 4 * Not satisfied with drawing one hun dred and fifty million dollars a year for pensions, a soldier has recently filed a pension for service after April 10th, 1 1860, on the ground that the war did j not end until President Johnson's proc ; lamation August 20, 1866, d< daring it j at an end It was held that the war ; ended July, 1:865, and the pension was not granted. -* * * Justice Field, who is entitled to retire from the Supreme Court bench ori ac count of age, is so worked up on Ihe in come tax question that he says : “I will i not leave the bench, if the Lord gives me life and strength, so long as the pres ent idministration is in power. The ap ! pointment of a succe sor to Justice Jack ' son canuot change the standing of the | court upon the income question, so that there is no danger of the law being de ; dared constitutional through such means. A Judge appointed to succeed i me might be so selected as to make sure : that he viewed the income tax law as a ! constitutional measure. But, as I have ! said, if lam given life and strength I will remain on the bench throughout this i administration to prevent such a re I | suit.” Justice Fit Id has never .gotten over his i i ill-feeling toward Mr. Cleveland since ' I the President did not appoint him Chief j 1 Justice when Fuller was appointed. * * * At the recommendation of George MeCorkle, Chief of Division of Land : Claims, Interior Department, Secretary J Smith appointed Crawford Clapp, of j Newton, Townsite Trustee in Oklahoma j Territory, at a salary of $1 a day, vice j William J. Rrgers, of Northampton; | county, resigned. He left to day for the I j West. SUE FELL DEAD. Flic Fanners are Plowing up Their Cotton anil Re-planting it. Special to the News and Observer. Scotland Neck, N. C., May 35 Mrs. Davenport, mother of Mrs W. E. Davenport, who lives near town, fell dead two nights ago. Though she was old, her death was unexpected. He • re mains will be interred to day. Miss Fannie Kitebin, niece of Capt. W. H. Kitehin, and formerly a resident of Scotland Neck, was married this week iin Portsmouth, Va., to Mr. Wakefield, of Richmond. The bridal party came ( here on a visit to Mrs Wakefield’s reia ' tires, and were given a reception by Ms J H. Futrell, Mrs. Wakefield’s aaut They will soon return to Rich mond, to the home of the groom. Persons who had chopped and plowed J their cotton, had to plow it up and re plant this week. j Rev. R. P. Troy, of Weldon,remained over from the Conference yesterday and preached in the Methodist church last night. SALEH FEMALE COLLEGE. Ninety-third Annual Commencement Opened Last Night. Special to the News and Observer. Winston, N. 0., M ty 25. # The ninety third annual commence ment of tbe Salem Female College, the oldest educational institution in the South, opened to night with a grand concert. The programme opened and closed with the college chorus in which 100 girls took part. The Baccalaureate sermon will be preaehel to morrow by Bishop Cheshire of the Episcopal Church. Tbe graduating class this year uuru bers fifty three young ladies, and is the | largest in the history of the school. It ' represents nearly every state in tin South, besides several Northern states. Among the distinguished visitors who . will attend commencement will be Mrs. • Stonewall Jackson and Mrs. Senator Z ; I B Vance. RALEIGH. N. C.. SUNDAY. MAY 26. 1895. A DOUBLE LYNCHING TW O YOUNG MEN HANGED FOR II It I’ T A 1.1. Y ASS \ 1' LTI >G A YOUNG LVOV. MOB LED BY THE GIRL'S FATHER. Judge* Sherill and Citizen* Begged the Mob to Disperse, But All Appeal* Were ia Vain—They Declared That They Feared Gov. Altgeld Would Pardon the Brates ns be llad Done in Several Other Instances— Hanged Near the Scene of Their Crime. Danville, 111., May 25.—Early this morning a mob which had been in pos : session of Vermillion county’s jail for ; .several hours, succeeded in locating John Halls Jr., and Wm. Royce in their cells, took them aside and hanged them for ! assaulting Miss Laura Barnett. From mid-night, when the crowd first i made its appearaoce at the jail, until I the victims were reached, it was a de termined, desperate struggle of a fren zied mob to meet summary justice, bat tling against heavy oaken doors and iron bars and occasionally halted by the grim stand of a little band of defenders of law and order under the eommand of Sheriff Thompson. After repeated efforts to break down the outer jail door with a telephone pole the crowd for a moment desisted in their efforts to break into the jail. Ed. Me Cusker stood on the jail steps and ad- ; dressed the mob, begging them to desist They laughed him down. Sheriff Thomp sou, his wife and deputy sheriff James Sloan also besought the mob to disperse. F. V. Barnett, the father of the injur ed girl,’said to Mrs. Thompson: “Madam, you never had a daughter assaulted and her blood demands ven"eauce.” His re ply was wildly applauued. At two o’clock Sheriff Thompson sent for Judge Bookwalter, es the Circuit Court, who addressed the crowd from the jail corridor. He made an earnest plea to let the law take its course. He assured the men that Halls and Royce would receive a severe punishment if found guilty; that the trial jury would do its duty. But the leaders, who were j among the most prominent men in the county, replied: _ j “Yes, we know the jury will eonviet them and give them a severe sentence, but Governor Altgeld will pardon them out. He recently pardoned three brutes you sent up from Champagne county for 20 years, and he will pardou these men. If any other man than Altgeld was Gov ernor we would not lynch these men. But we are determined he will never have a chance to turn them loose.” With these words they again com-i meuced at 3:30 o’clock. Sheriff Thompson, finding himself powerless to control the mob telegraph ed the Governor asking that the militia toe sent to his aidt At 3:15 the mob secured both of the prisoners and started toward the bridge with r-prs about their necks. They were hanged almost upon the scene of the crime. THE EPISCOPAL COUNCIL. Wilmington Selected as the Place of Meeting Next iear. Special to the News and Observer. Fayetteville, N. C., May 25- The Episcopal counsel met in session to dny. After prayer, Bishop Watson read his annual address. The following were elec' ted deputies to the General Convention of clergy: Revs J. C. Huske, N.Harding, J. O. Carmichael, R. B. Drane, D. I).; la men. A J. Deßossett. W. G. Lamb, W. L. Deß>ssett, G H. Roberts. Com mittee on Cannons, Revs. Huske, Car tnicbael, Dr. Drane, Dr. Deßossett and Mr llojt. Rev. N. C. Hughes read the report of the trustees of the University of the South Mr. S las Me Bee addressed the council on the relation to the ! University of the South Rev. LL. Williams na t tbe report of the Church j 1 Building Committee. Rev. George read report of the Missionary Commit tee. R.-v Drane read the report of t fi< : Students Aid Committee Rev. Joyner read the report of the committee on r.ew parishes Rev. Ebon read the report in relating to th* late Rev. Thus B. Haugh ton apfi a resolution commemoratory to j this noble naan was adopted. Rev L L Capers, D. I)., bishop of 8 >uth Carolina, made a brief address.; R v. Wooten read the report of Board of Managers of Thompson Orphanage. On motion, Thund iy, May 21, 1806, w.a< selected as the time and St James Church, Wilmington, the pi a for the meeting of the next annual convention. On motion the council adj Turned until after service Sunday evening. Arrested tor Murder. S; ecial to the News and Observer. Asuville, N. C , May, 25. Lazarus Clayton Jr., has been arrested ; charged with being accessory before the | fact of the shooting of Dave Sherrill in ; Cripple Creek Weduesday. He is abroth er of Jesse Clayton, who inflicted (he ; wound fiom which Sherrill died. Death of Muj. O. J. O’llanlon. i Special to the News and Observer. Fayetteville, N. C., May 25 Major A. J. O’Hanlon died this morn ing at 3a. in a f ter only about 24 hour's ! illness. DIDN’T LIKE HIS SPEECH. Secretary Carlisle Hanged in Elligy at Natchitoches. St. Louis, Mo , May 25.—A special from New Orleans says that Secretary ! Carlisle was hanged in effigy in Natchi ! toehes Thursday night on account of his i anti silver speech. A negro appeared on the streets in the evening, carrying around a placard an nouncing that there would be a hanging at the bridge at 8 o’clock A large number of people assembled, imagining that there was to be a lynching. They found instead the effigy of the Secretary of the Treasury hanging from the bridge. Natchitocbesj is a unit for free silver but some of the people regret the effigy 1 business. WOH * VS MISSION ARY SOCIEI \ . Election of Officer* and Report of Trea*urer Yesterday. , Special to the News and Observer. Fayetteville, N. C., May 25. The Women’" For. U’u M i.—ionary S » eiety of the North Oaroliua Conference in session to-day elected the following! officers for the ensuing year: Mrs. J. A J Cunnitiggim, President, Greensboro; Mrs. R. A. Willis, Vice President, Fay etteville; Mrs. F. I). Swindell, cor responding Secretary, Goldsboro; Miss Blanche Fentress,Rec. Sec’y,Wilmington; Miss Alary Poscud, Treasurer. Raleigh;! Mrs. L. L. Hendreu, Superintendent and Treasurer Juvenile work. District Sec retaries are: Mrs R H Whitaker, Ral eigh; Mrs. J. S Bassett, Durham; Mrs. R. S. Gorham, Fayetteville; Miss Emma Page, Rockingham; Mrs. R H. Bury, Wilmington; Mrs. J. A. Simpson, New- j hern; Mrs. J. L. Horne, Washington;! Mrs. H. C. Spies, Warrenton; Mrs. j. O. Humsden, Eiizibeth City. An address of welcome to the bright j I jewels was made by Miss Pauline Cole, of Fayetteville, and response by Miss Fannie Corbitt, of Wilmington. The collection for the fiscal year, end- ! ing March Ist, 1895. amount raised by | Bright Jewels if 1,205 80; by Woman’s Auxiliary* #1,757.13; grand total of: $2,- 962 93. Number of new bands added to Bright Jewels for this year in this dii-; trict 2; total for North Carolina Confer ence for year. 52; number of new num bers added for year, 231; total mi mbe - - ship, 1,108. A fund of #IOO was p’edged by the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society to pay the expenses of Miss I/zzie Martin to China as a missionary. An addi tional #IOO was pledged by the society for outgoing missionaries. The Aunt Mary Black fund, by action of the board, will be applied for found ing a ward for children in hospitals at Soo Chow, China. To morrow at 11 o’clock a. m., Rev *Langdon Litch will deliver the annual sermon before the conference soc ! ety. AN AGED FIEND SUICIDES. A Sixty Year-Old Man Assault* an Eleven Year-Old Girl. Lake View, Mich., May 25. — George Reed, aged sixty, last night committed a criminal assault on the eleven year old daughter of Rev. Clarence Welch, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Reed was arrested. He asked Sheiiff King, of Stanton, the privilege of getting adiinkof water. The sheriff granted the request and then proceeded to the hotel with his prison er. Reed soon showed signs of sickness and in fifteen minutes after reaching the hotel he was dead. Reed, who was a carriage mauufactui er, leaves a widow. The crime was com , mitted at his residence in his wife’s ab sence. Five capsules of cyanide of potassium were found in the vest pocket of the dead man. R**< d w 8 a prominent member of the church of which Mr. Welch is pastor The child is iu a precarious condition. IN HONOR OF HEROES. Corner Stone ol a Confederate Monu ment Laid at Louisville. Louisville, Ky , May 25.—E'ght bun dred persons, including many Southern veterans, assembled at Confederate Cir cle, third Avenue and D street, this af ternoon, to witness the c remony of lay ing (he corner stoue of the monument to tbe memory of the Confederate dead The total cost of the monument will be #12,000 All the money was raised by the Kentucky Women’s Confederate- Mo :ument. Association. It is to be a gianite shaft, surmounted by the figure of a Confederate Infantry, while around the base will be figures representing the other branches of the service. Owing to the fact that the monument will be completed in thirty da’s, the ceremonies were simple. FIFIY PEOPLE WERE KILLED. And t.»t> Were Seriously Injured by Earthquakes. Constantinople, May 25.— A series ! of eartl quakes to-day virtually razed the j town of Palmyra, European Turkey. Fif ; ty p.-rsons were killed and 150 seriously irjured. The inhabitants are panic | sti eken anil will p iss the night in open ; !sp ices. The total number of shocks was 1 jtventy-six. The Green Church, which ] wa ' built three hundred years ago. was j moved several yardt. but is still stand | ing- * Blues and Grays Marched Together. Portsmouth, Va., May 24 —To-day ! was observed as Confederate memorial day. Several tlioiisand people were | present to hear an address by Rev. J. B. | Funston, of this city. The blues and grays marched together. PEYCE INSTITUTE ALUMNAE. The Annual Re-Union of the Daugh- ; | ters of Peace Held in the Ladies’ | Pallors Last Evening. The Alumrie Association of Peace In stitute held its annual meeting last even- : ing, from six to eight o’clock, in Ihe ia- i j dies’ parlors of the college. Mauy representatives o' former classes were present, and greetings were read j from absent members. An enjoyable and mirth provoking feature ot the programme was the re sponses to the toasts to various classes, | the beverage used being iced lemonade After the transaction of business rela J five to the scholarship established by the Association, delight r ul refreshments i were served. The retiring officers are: Miss Susan | Clark, President; M;ss Merrimon, Vice- j President; Miss Bellamy, Secretaiy and j Treasurer. The officers el« cted for the ensuring | year are: Miss Belvin, President, Mrs | S. B. Norris, Vice-President; Mi-s Kate J | Stronaeb, S cretary and Treasurer. These gatherii gs are seasons of in j terest aud enjoyment to the m *uy noble | women who are proud to call Peace In ; | stitute their alma mater. And the re j ! ception last evening will take rank with 1 the best of these pleasant occasions CARLISLE AGAIN HE&RD ADDRESSES TIIE PEOPLE Ol’ lIOW LING GREEN ON TIIE MONEY U TEST ION. AND HE STILL OPPOSES SILVER. The Secretary Sny* it I* Not Hi* Object to Defend Ihe Administration or I on gre*s lint Hint He Wants the Poor Man’s Money to lie Jost as Good n* ihe Rich Man’s Money—Repeated the Arguments Made iu lli* Speeches at Memphis and Covington. Eovvling Green, Ky., May 25 —Sec retary Carlisle spoke here to-day. H:s coming had been looked forward to with great pleasure, and Potter’s opera house was packed with men soon after noon to day. Every man in the audi ence was a voter. That silver has warm devotees in this section of the country is evidnee on every side. The “outs” are almost to the mau in favor of free coinage The administra tion men here are with President Cleve land. S) intense is the feeling that even boys are interested. At 1 o’clock Clarence Underwood Me Elroy, defeated candidate for Congress, introduced the Secretary. Mr. Carlisle told the audience that he first came to Bowling Green as a Democrat, preach ing Democratic doctrines. He came now as a Democrat still, and in strict adhe rente with the principles of the party. “I am not here to defend the adminis tion.” said he, “for it needs r.o defense. (Loud applause.) lam not going to de-! fend the late Congress. It has done much good If it had uever done anything but repeal the Federal Election law and emancipated the voters of this country, if ; has done enough to make its stssion one to be remembered.” Then Mr. Carlisle plunged into the currency subject using iu thi ir proper places the argmmnts ad vanced iu MemphisandCovington In this connection the Secretary remarked: “But little that has not been said on this sub- j ject can be said.” Then he went into the subject with vim and after arguiDg j for a time rea hed a point where he be came eloquent. “They say silver,” he exclaimed, “is the poor man’s money. If it is I want the poor man’s money to be as good as the rich man’s money. I mean to main ; tain that doctrine in spite of vitupera tion and abuse and charges of inconsis tency, whatever may be the effect on me, either pei sor ally or politically.” The Secretary then went on with an outburst of eloquence favoring the poor mau and the farmer, and showing them how much poorer they would be with a silver standard. He drew a harrowing picture of the condition of the country under free coinage law. “You knew that this j last Congress could have passed such a measure,” said he, “but it would never have become a law” At a later period in the speech he said: \ “It is said that no one but a ban kef or a rich man is interested in defeating the - silver standard. Gentlemen, they are i the ones who would profit by a silver standard They have money and their gold would double in value in case: silver was freely coined.” He called at ten tion to Thomas Jefferson’s order of ! 1 5 06, stopping the free coinage of silver 1 and sarcastically remarked ‘ and I be lieve that Thomas Jefferson is still re- j garded as ha'.iig been a good Demo J crat.” Mr. Carlisle aud party left for Louis j ville at 3 p. m , where he will remain until Wednesday, wheu he wall deliver the fourth and last speech. WANT ANOTHER CONVENTION. The Atlanta Delegation to Memphis Dissatisfied. Atlanta, Ga , May 25.—The Atlanta delegation to the Memphis Currency Convention returned home this after-, noon and with their arrival the an uouneem, m is made that another con vention will be called in the fall which will permit a discus ion of the financial question. The Atlanta delegates were supporters of the financial plan of the administra tion and the announcement of di- satis faction at the Memphis convention was received with surproe here. It seems j that the delegates complaiu that the j entire affair was cut and dried and, that nobody had any show to advance j any a”gument that conliicted with ht ! pre-arranged programme. Among the prominent members of the Atlanta d le | gation were Mr. T. B Neal, R. T. Mad- j dox and C. A. Collier, bankers; and A. H. Cox and H. T. Inman. The Georgia delegation in caucus be fore the couventiou decided to offer a resolution suggesting the unconditional repeal of the 10 per cent, tax on State banks. It seems that they were cut oil by the resolution adopted immediately on the assembling of the convention, that all resolutions should be referred to the committee on platform, without debate. Such resoJu ions as were pre sented by the Georgia delegates were never heard from a^ain. The dissatisfaction of the Georg adele gttiou is expressed in the mow meat begun on the return trip to Atlanta to call another convention which would permit a full discursiou of the finaucial question aud which would be do must id by bus ness men instead of politicians. It is claimed by 'he members of the Atlanta delegation that not a business mm was permitted to open his mouth, the only spet ches made being those of Congress man Josiah Patterson, of Tennessee. Richard Clark, of Alabama, and Catch ings, of a Mississippi. Nothing has yet been doue towards the cilliDg of the new Convention j further thau the announcement that it j will be held and that it will be a buai | ness men’s co veution. Members ot | the Atlanta delrgatiou iu interviews lon the subjict admit that the movement is under way and that h ; : call for another convention has been de j aided on. This step was agreed upon in jconftreuce with delegates f*qm other i Stares, who discussed the rnatthr on the j return trip. Mr. R mire, vice president of the At- lanta National Bank, in an interview to day expressed great surprise at the ac tion of the convention in declaring for the abolition of the National Banks. Mr. Itomarc was one of those who took a prominent part In sending the Memphis delegation to Memphis. He had no id. . that any attack on the National banks un contemplated and in to day’s interview says fortunately the Memphis convention cannot repeal the National Bank n< , but that that must be done by C'ongn and that it will not doit. IIA SEIIA 1.1. Y ESTE It DA V. Pittsburg and Boston I’lav the Gland est Game ot the Season. Pittsbukg, Pa., May 25.—A base on balls to Stenzel, bis steal of second and Bierbauer’s single in the sixth inning to day enabled Pittsburg to shut Boston out in oue of the grandest games of the year. This was Boston’s third straight defeat by Pittsburg. It was a pitcher’s battle and each was faultlessly supported. Pittsburg, 00000100 x—l Boston, 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Batteries: Hawley aud Sugden; Nich ols aud Ryan. Cincinnati 8; Philadelphia 4. Cincinnati, 0., May 25. —Frank Fore man, who was sent, to the hospital owing to injuries inflicted by Beckley some time since, celebrated his recovery today by winning the game for the Cincinnati’s. His pitching was very effective and he also made a two bagger. The visitors were bent on winning tlu game and shifted the team considerably but without avail. Cincinnati, . 12100103 x—B Philadelphia, 100210000—4 Batteries: Foreman and Merritt: Smith, Grady and Buckley. New York 11; Cleveland 8. Cleveland, Ohio, May 25. —The home team play ed a very loose game to day and lost after making four runs in the first inning. Meekin’s home run bit was one of the longest ever seen on the grounds, the ball going o r er center field fence. Both pitchers were hit very hard Cleveland, 400101200—8 New York, 10011 5 21 o—ll Batteries: Cuppy and O'Conner; Meek in acd Wilson. Chicago 7; Baltimore 3. Chicago, Ills., May 25 —Reitz started the sensation at plays in tbe first inning to day by making a double play, unas sisted in the first inning. The game throughout was replete with brilliant plays, both teams makirg stvcral diffi cult stops of batd hit balls. The visi tors could do little with Hutchinson, while Hemming was pounded hard w hen hits were nctd<d. Chicago, 01101112 o—7 Baltimore, 00000010 2—3 Batteries: Hutchinson and Donohue; Hemming and RtbiDSon. Washington 5; St. Louis 1. St. Louis, Mo., May 25.—Washington beat St. Louis to day almost without effort. Listlessness < n both sides was the feature of the game. St. Louis, 010000000-1 Washington, 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 x-5 B.tteries: Clarkson and Peit; Mercer acd McGuire. Brooklyn 9; Louuville 7. Louisville, La., May 25. --Louisville and Brooklyn played a ten inning game to-day which was won by the latter on Shindle’s single and Daly’s triple. Mc- Dermott pitched good ball but was badly supported. A double play by Collins, Sugart and Broutbers, and Griffins hit ting were the features. Louisville, 00000 1 2400--9 Brooklyn, 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 2-7 Batteries: McDermott and Zahner and Welch; Daub and Dailey. II (mv the Club* Stnn;l. clubs Won Lost. Pr. Cr Pittsburg, 20 8 714 j Cincinnati, 19 10 655 Chicago, 19 10 655 Cleveland, 17 11 6<»7 Philadelphia, 13 12 520 New York, 13 12 520 Boston. 12 12 500 Baltimore, 10 11 476 Brooklyn, 9 16 360 Washington, 9. 16 360 St. Louis, 10 19 845 Louisville, 5 19 908 PEN EMOTE x SURPRISE. She 04 H s Not Reckoned in the Re tins (till She Won a* She Pleased. Baltimore, Md., Miy 25 Penelope was the surprise at the closing dav <>t the Baltimore, Philadelphia, New Y >f spring circuit meeting at Pimlico to-day. National was the tip f< r the 2:20 trot and sold f r #2O in pools es #53. Pom-lope was not reckoned iu the betting, but proved too fast tor her company. She reeled off three miles in faultless style and won a> she pleased. Prairie Lily was a 5 to 3 favorite over the field for the pace aud after finishing a bad fourth in the first heat, cl earl) outfooted the field in the three succee i ing miles. First Race. 2:20 class, trotting; purse #SOO Penelope, b m, by McEwen (Megiuni-), 1,1, 1. Brunhild, g m, (McCarthy), S, 2, 2. Jacks mian, b g, (Tyson), 3,6, 7 Charley U, Yerlinda B, Nagional, Nel lie D, Uncle Josh, Hundley in the or ler named Tune, 2:17 1-4; 2:17 3 4: 2:17 3 4 Second Race. 2:lßclass; pacing; purse, #SOO Prairie Lily, b. in., by Adrian Wilks. (Bojct), 4,1, 1,1. Dr. Wood. (McCrary), 1,7. 2. 4. Miss Woodford, (Greenwaj), 5, 2,4, 2. Flying Nig, Daisy Dean, Dulgetty, Harry, Abetn, Frank B, in order named. Timm: 2:15 12; 2:15 14; 2:15 1 2:15 1 4. Time and Twenty Blue Birds Baked in a Pic. To the Editor of the News aud Observer: Lillington, N. C., May 24 Some weeks ago I saw an enquiry of what bad bic>me of the blue birds. I i can tell you wh it bee ime of a few of i | th- m, during the b g snow last wintei;; two ii|tle boys caught twenty-three ot ; them in a hollow tree and made a blue I bird pie. They were the Us" blue birds | that have been seen in Harnett county j i so far as we have heard J. T. Rogers, i PRICE FIVE CENTS. SEABOARD S DEFIANCE TIIE ••BOYCOTTED r.IXF.’* I»K --CL4RE8 A RATE WARDS COMPETITOR*. WILL GO ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. The H«ud Will \ttciii|>t to Extend Its Iliisiac**lnt» Kmopc—Tirkcts b* the Thousand Puts Into the Hands cl thr Scalpers on Broad wav—Will tht Southern Checkmate the .Wove-.lt is a Retaliatory .Wove and no a Sehr tn> to .Rake Money. New York, May 25.—A block of one hundred thousand tickets have beem printed, aud it is said will shortly be tloated on the market by the Seaboard Air Line, uuless the Southern Rail way can checkmate the move. Following oc the heels of the recent boycott of tht- Seaboard Air Line by the Association, this deal is the most stupendous in years. a short history of the boycott wdF make matters plainer. On March 1 last the Southern Railway aud Steamship As sociation ordered a boycott of tbe Sea board Air Line. Retaliation followed, and the Seaboard Air Line cut passenger rates. 1 ben the-.- Pennsylvania railroad, which was the New York city teiinitialed the Seabcatd. refused to sell its tickets. Then the Seaboard secured a decision’ fremthe United States Ciicuit C’ourt in l Georgia, declaring the boycott inopera tive pending tbe hearing of the matter on May 28 Things were not allowed tc rest there, howevtr. The Texas fai ili ties of the line and its cheap rate to At lanta aud the South gave the authorities a chance for a big coup, ai d they decided 1 to take it. Vice-President St. John ifttn ordered the tickets printed. Then came the problem of floating them. T® this end plans are on foot to estab lish a line of Seaboard Air Line ticket offices all along Broadway. Tbe nalp ers. too, will come iu for a, bjg share o 5 tbe batch, at rates, of course, exceed - ingly attractive. But tbe Seaboard Air Line officers did not rest there. An agent, was mc-ntly sent to Europe tocatch the emigrant bus iness. Offices will l>e established all over the continent at centers of emigra tion, from Italy to Norway, and (bey will offer tickets from any point in Eu rope to places in the United States as fas- West as San Francisco. The Thit gvalla L : ne is said to have joined the Seaboard iu its plaD, ami other trat s-Atlantic lines are aUso men tioned. Comections with the*® lines will iu elude points iu North Carolina, iSoatli.- Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texa*, New Mex ico, Arizona and California. This, in brief, is the echemo, aud all 'he compet ing lines iu the Southern Railway and-. Steamship Association w ill hat* io Uee the music. Whether this big coup will succeed or not is another question. Railroad men who were asked about ir j rate relay were doubtful. All recognized that the scheme was not devised because Ihe road needs money, but to beat o.vir its - competitors, who have declared th* re cent boycott. “There is nothing illegitimate in thi?: issue of tickets,” said the general East ern agent of the Seaboard yrsferdav,*. i “and you can get from 50 to tOO,O “if you want them. We have thern .ii j stock.” Mr. Strauss had cot much to say the report, He said that be had so ih W i ets to place, save those in the regtilsw* course of business. CO.HVI E N cr. VIE NT EXERT ISIS » V TIIE UNIVERSITY. «<, A' ! A Splendid Programme —Kt <fv.v/ *>’ Rates and Extra Trains.- tveoww dations in the Buildings lot 9WWn— J i dents. ‘j/, j Special Cor. News aud Observer. ' *j. v Chapel Hill, n. C., May 250 The following is the progran B*- vs tbe> University commencement: Sunday, June 2 - Baccalaureate ser mon in Gerrard Hall by Rev. AlexaKde* ' | Lacy Phillips at 11 a. m. Monday, June 3 —Annual xs «Yag ot’ ! the Dialectic and Philanthropic Literary • Societies at 8:80 p m . in their haUw. Tuesday, June 4- -Seniorclass day ex ercises at 4 p. m , in Memorial Vail. The annual contest in oratory between the representatives of the Dialed A anc:. Philanthropic Literary Societies, iu. M em-- orial Hall at 8:30 p. rc, Wednesday, June s—The5 —The CV.vreo.niaj• • celebration of the openirg of Jbe Uni versity in Memorial Hall at It a. m. Centennial Song by Mrs. Spencer; ora tion by A. M Waddell; center*ai-wt ode' by Jas. D. Lynch; oration by A fi. El ler; centennial sonnet by Henry Jerome Stockard; alumni banquet at Sp in., in I the gymnasium; reunion of the a?amni at Bp. m , by classes in Venaorisd Hall. Addresses by H. A. London and Stephen B. Weeks. Special exercise*by vwjieue. classes. * Thursday, June 6 —CbTnmem-'rtmtnt Day. Exeitires in Memorial Bail. 4?ra tions by graduates, conferring ot- ,de- ' grees, &e. ’> h Baseball on tbe athletic at 4tl ‘ pm, University va. Oal ftldgex. An nual concert, by the University (ik»; Club?- in Memorial Hall at 8:30 p. m Special accommodations wii£ (V pnx vided iu the University btuldinpv fv>T the aiurnui. Rtturu tickets may Be pur- g i chased from any point in North. lina for one aud one fifth farefr. rial-! ' trains will run from Chapel' fftii sr/t»n -ne,t with all trains leaving:da-y «r night between Raleigh and tureens bore* Tick* . j ets on sale J uue 1- sth uvulusiw®, good! i to June lOth. State papers phase copd ik J W fXhTViNV Formosa is Nova* * ynblire. Washington, D. C., MW 2%—Minis ter Denby cabled the* Stats- Iteyiirtment from Pekin to day confirming news that Formo a had d* ol.V* o’ her inde pendence and was a* Kop'uh'ifc in form. The ({iieiiiN BlriMny. ■ y.-X, London Miy 25. Tr.o (tfaeu’fc births* day was officially cel b-atedi to dav. th* artillery at. all of the n ival awi' rat At stations firiog sout* s, and the troops parading.