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DR. LEE PAYNE’S STORY
If is; VERSION OF THE KILLING
OF HIS FATHER BY BAX
TER SHEMWELL.
ON THE STAND FOR FOUR HOURS.
His Account of tlie Tragedy Brought
Tears to the Eyes of Many in the
Crowded Court Room—Most ol His
Evidence Corroborated by the Testi
mony of Mr. TusseV—A Glaring Dis
crepancy in Young Payne’s Evidence
Brought Out by Cross-Examination.
Special to the News and Observer.
Lf.xington, N. C., July 5.
Dr. R. Lee Payue told today from the
witness stand the story of the killing of
his father. First witnesses for prosecu
tion and defence were sworn, then Dr.
Payne was put on the stand followed by
Thos. Tussey, a carpenter who corrobor
ated him and by Dr. Robt. 8. Young, of
Concord, who told of the autopsy held
by him and Dr. Long on the 27th of
February and of the cause of death,
which was the severing of the subclavian
artery by the shot he received.
Besides corroborating Payne, Tussey’s
testimony brought out two new
points: First that Shemwell said after
the second fatal shooting, while being
led away by Tussey; “Turn me lose, I
want to kill them both,” Second that in
answer to his wife, who asked him,
■“what made you do it?” Shemwell said,
“If I hadn’t done it they would have
waylaid and killed me." Under the
cross examination of Watson Tussey ad
mitted that there had been some work
which he had done for Shemwell in which
he had to make some changes to render it
satisfactory, but said that there had
been no quarrel, and that there was no
ill feeling between them. Counsel for
the defence did not seem, however, to
be perfectly satisfied of this.
The feature of the day was the story
of Dr. R. Lee Payne, the son of the de
ceased, who was on the stand four hours,
lacking a few minutes. Dr. Payne,
though of phlegmatic temperament, was
a shade di turbed for a few moments
and then went on naturally, the listen
ing by the jury and by all being intense.
At one point the young doctor became
choked with emotion and wasalmort un
able to proceed, and eyes of old and of
the youDger glistened all over the pack
ed court room. The women of the Payne
family who were present were deeply
■overcome by the distressing narration,
but there was no sensational giving way
to their emotions.
Dr. Puyne’s Story of the Tragedy.
“The killing,” said Dr. Payne, “took
place on the main street,” and the place
was located. “My father, my little boy,
Mr. David Crotts and his grandson,
David Jacob, and I were walking quietly
down the street, talking about 3ome sick
people at the poor house. Suddenly Mr.
Crotts cried cut, ‘Lock out, Shemwell’s
coming, or Bhemweirs on you,’ I am not
sure about the words; I was then walk
ing three or four feet in advance of my
father. As I turned I heard the de
fendant say, ‘We’ll have it out now.’ I
saw my father half turned, facing
towards the road, the defend
ant with two pistols, one to
wards me and one near my father’s
breast. The defendant was standing
with one foot on the curbing of the pave
ment, the other on the side ditch, and
just as I turned and caught this all at
at one glance, the defendant fired at
my father.
“My father, immediately after the
firing, grasped Shemwell. They strug
gled out into the street and fell. Shem
well had two pistols in his hands when
my father grasped him. I expected to see
Shemwell shoot him again. I took a
pistol from my own pocket and rushed to
the assistance of my father. I tried to
shoot the defendant,but he caught me by
the leg and tripped me, and as my father,
weakened from loss of blood, lost his
hold, he (Shemwell) got upon me in the
struggle. We were struggling there in
the street until we were separated.
When we were separated and I started
toward the sidewalk I caught my father,
for he was falling and calling for help,
and I moved him to the sidewalk. My
father said, ‘I am dying ’ I tried to
stanch the How of blood with my finger.
He said, ‘Lord Jesus, receive my soul.”’
The last sentence was uttered by Dr.
Payue with a choking sound. He p used
and his eyes fell. It was a dramatic
moment, the more dramatic because in
the m.dst of the glimmer of tears which
shone from the hundred of faces, there
were eyes tha* were dry and by contrast
©old lookicg.but the profound silence be
tokened the impressiveness cf the mo
me t, and the jurymen, each one of
them, had their eyes upon Payne as if in
a kind of a trance, two of them being
visib y touched by their emotions.
This pause is probably a proper oue
with which to close Payne’s story, but
he continued under repeated ijciestions
and under a cross examination from
Watson. It was uncompromisingly zeal
ous, acute and vigorous. It is but jus
tice to say, moreover, that the testimony
of Dr. Payne (lid not seem to be shaken
under the terrific attacks made against
it, unless an incident near the close
should be mentioned, and upon that each
reader may put bis own construction.
It was during the afternoon session.
Dr. Payue bad been cross examined and
examined again by defence when he was
prodded again by Watson on new points.
One of them was that during the first
fight of the morning Dr. Payne was in
his office, his father in the yard. Payne
heard voices which he did not recognize
and opened the door a foot or more to
look out and heard his father saying to
Shemwell “Calm yourself Baxter.” “And
I peeped out,” continued Dr. Payne,
“and then I closed the door thinking
that my appearance upon the scene might
stand in the way of p -ssible reconcilia
tion, when I heard a shot and went out
with my gun.”
Watson was very severe on Payne for
not having mentioned this up to this
time, and put it against the earlier state
ment he alleged Payne had made, name
ly, that Payne w'as writing a letter when
he heard the shot. With this exception
there did not seem to be a rough piece
in Payne’s testimony, which, however,
was pretty varied by Tussey, who did
not report Shemwell as standing on the
side ditch with one foot, but said ho
came from behind, as if he were going
between the two doctors, and stopped
and shot old doctor Payne.
All the trouble* over the drug stores
of the respective parties were goue into
and the latter things leading up to the
trouble were gone into, but the substan
tial statement, of the killing from the
State’s standpoint is contained in the
close.
In the first fight of the morning no
body was hurt, old Dr. Payne receiving,
however, a blow over the eye. There
were several shots exchanged, and two
hours later came the fight which ended
in the killing. Payne claimed that in
the first fight his father stopped Shem
well, and asked for peace between him
and his son, the lie finally passed, Shem
well shot, young Payne went to his res
cue, and a general fusillade followed
with nobody hurt.
Relatives Present in Court.
There were present in court to day the
following relatives of ihe deceased and
defendant respectively: Mrs. V. M. Har
grave, the deceased’s sister; Mrs. Mary
Fowle, the deceased’s daughter; Mrs.
Emma Payne, wife of Dr. Payne, Jr. ;
Miss Lizzie Payne, young daughter of
Dr. Payne, Jr. The gentlemen were
Dr. R. L. Payne, Jr.; Samuel L Fowle,
son in-law of the deceased; Rev. Dr. C.
M. Payne, brother of the deceased;
Master R. L. Payne, son of Dr. Lee
Payne; Master Charlie Payne, son
of Rev. Dr. Payne; Master Jamie
Fowle, grandson of the deceased. The
prisoner Baxter Shemwell; Mrs. Laura
Shemwell, his wife; Master Dermot
Shemwell, son of the prisoner; Miss Alice
Shemwell, sister of the prisoner; Mr. and
Mrs. T. E. McCrary, brother in law and
sister of the prisoner; Rev. 0. H. Bern
heim, father-in-law of the prisoner, were
also present.
LOSS O F TIIK STEA M E R CO LIMA.
Inspector of San Francisco District
Makes Report ill Regard to It.
Washington, D. C., July s.—General
Dumont, ,the Supervising Inspector
General of steam vessels has received
from the Inspector of San Francisco dis
trict, a report of the loss of the Pacific
Mail steamship Colima. The report,
which is signed by two local inspectors,
Talbot and Phillips, in part says:
“We find, from the testimony that
nothing unusual occurred on the voyage
from San Francisco to the Way ports of
Mazatlan, San Blits and Manzanillo in
Mexico, and that she gave no evidence
nor any indication whatever of being
crank or tender from the time she left
San Francisco and crossed the bar, which
was rough, until the morning she was
lost.
“From the evidence there appears to
have been no danger anticipated until
five or ten minutes before the ship went
down. It appears that there was good
discipline maintained on board in the
deck and engine department, all orders
having been obeyed; and, we, therefore,
can attach no blame to the third officer.
“With regard to the steamer there can
be no doubt that she was a ‘staunch-and
sea worth v vessel.”
LUMBER TRUST ORGANIZED
It Will Endeavor to Control the Yel
low Pine Lumber Market.
Savannah, Ga , July s.—Articles of
incorporation fort te Southern Pine Com
pany, of Georgia, were applied for here
to-day. The petitioners are Henry P.
Talmadge, George 8. Fairchild and
James Stillmore, of New York city;
William Hogencam, of New Jersey; John
Flannery, Samuel P. Hamilton, B. A.
Denmark, of Savannah.
The capital stock, already paid in full,
is one million two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars, with the privilege of
increasing to five millions.
Under the charter there will be a com
bination of the big lumber plants of
Stillwell, Millen & Co., J. J. McDonough
Co., J. K. < lark Lumber Company and
other large Georgia concerns, valued at
several million dollars. The new com
pany can engage iu any business per
tinent to lumber or naval stores. It will
endeavor, it is said, to control the yellow
pine market.
THE TRUST WON AS USUAL.
The Tobacco Grower* iu North Caro
lina not to be Relieved.
Trenton, N. J., July s.—The Ameri
can Tobacco Company gained a partial
victory this afternoon in the suit brought
by the Attorney General to declare the
concern a trust.
Iu a supplemental bill filed by him the
Attorney General alleged that the de
fendants in securing a monopoly of the
manufacture of paper cigarettes, had
worked au injury to the growers of to
bacco in Virginia and North Carolina
Chancellor Magill this afternoon dis
missed this supplemental bil , holding
that the Attorney General must confiue
himself to injuries; the State of New
Jersey, and that he cannot extend the
remedy sought in this ease so as to go
to the relief of persons in other States.
RALEIGH, N. C., SATURDAY. JULY 6. 1895.
A WHOLESALE MURDER
A CONTRACTOR MURDERS HIS
FAMILY AND THEN HILLS
lIIMSELr.
SIX BODIES COLO IN DEATH.
Believed to be the Deed of a Mad Mao
who had Clone Crazy From a Sun
Stroke—The Murderer aud Suicide
W rote a Letter to his Brother Telling
hint ot his Intention to Kill Ilimself
—The House Filled With Gas—How
the Awful Discovery was Made.
Chicago, 111., July s.—Frederick Hell
mann, a well-to do mason contractor,
murdered his wife and four children last
and then killed himself.
It was at first supposed that Ilellmann
aud his wife and children met death by
accident, but it developed at the coro
ner’s inquest this afternoon that the
wholesale murder was calmly
planned and that the man intended to
kill himself and end the existence of
members of his family. The dead man
and his victims are: Frederick Hellmann,
aged 37; Mrs. Ida Hellmann, aged 32;
Fred Hellmann, Jr, aged 11; Ida Hell
mann, aged 10; William Hellmann, aged
7; Hedwig Hellmann, a three year-old
daughter.
The tragedy took place in a little brick
cottage at the corner of Cornelia and
W’ood streets. The motive for the crime
may never be known, but it is supposed
to be due to the fact that he was mad.
Hellmann ten years ago had a sunstr )ke
from which he never recovered com
pletely. Suspicion was first aroused
this morning by the fact that the home
in which Hellmann lived was tightly
closed long after the usual hour for the
family to be astir. The mother and mar
ried sister of Heilman, who lived next
door, attempted to break into the house
but were unable to do so. They finally
managed to force an entrance through
a window that had been lett
unfastened and made their way to the
bed-room where the dead bodies of all
the family were found. The Mouse was
so full of gas that two women were nearly
smothered. It was only after it had been
opened up that it was found possible to
turn off the gas which was streaming
from an open jet. The relatives and all
the neighbors at once concluded that the
deaths had been the result of an accident,
aud the police, when they came, adhered
to the same opinion.
The open gas jet was juot above the
bed in which the mother and one of the
•hildren lay, and it was supposed that
one of them had, during the night, acci
dently bit the atop cock and knocked it
open.
At the inquest this afternoon, how
ever, au entirely different complexion
was given the affair by Charles, a brother
of Hellmann, who produced a letter writ
ten by the murderer and suicide late on
the previous evening in which he clearly
stated his purpose of killing himself, al
though he gave no intimation of the fact
that he was meditating the deaths of
other members of the family. He spoke
of the window through which the women
had crawled as the only way in which
his brother could gain admission to the
house, and said he had left it open for
this purpose.
The brother had not received the let
ter until afternoon and came directly to
the inqnest. Other circumstances also
warraut to show the deliberate inten
tions of the man. The gas pipes were
only placed in the house two weeks ago.
It is now the belief that they were put
there for the purpose of carrying out
the deed so skillfully accomplished.
THE MASSEY-PILOT LIBEL SUIT.
Mr. James Testifies to an Attempt Bv
Mr. Maxsey to Bribe Iflm.
Norfolk, Va., July s.—lu the great
libel suit of Rev. John E. Massey
against the Pilot today, Hon. W. G.
James, of Franklin county, testified that
while he was a member of the Legisla
ture, plaintiff offered him $ 00 to help
the Democratic caucus nomination and
vote for him (Massey) for State Auditor,
and subsequently raised the offer to
ODs. thousand dollars.
Afterwards, Massey iu making a
speech in Franklin county when Mr.
James had reported to his constituents
the attempt to bribe him, denounced the
report as uat rue and Mr. James slapped
him.
This testimony came out in response
to a question from counsel for plaint’ff,
who fell into a trap set for them by Cap
tain John S. Wise.
Messrs. Jame-: and Massey are both
old, white headed men. Mr. James is the
third prominent citizen to swear that he
would not believe Mr. Massey ou oath.
The French Victorious in Madagascar.
Paris, July 5 Additional advices re
ceived here from General Duchesne, the
commander of the French troops in the
Island of Madagascar, say that the Ho
vas lost 231 killed in the repulse which
they sustained after attacking tne French
troops at Zarasoastra. when the Frdnch
captured 720 teuis, the standard of the
Queen of Madagascar, a nurnbor of
pieces of artillery and a quantity of am
unitiori.
Manassas, Va , July 5.- Ti e trial of
Janies Bali for the killing of Wm. F.
Bodiue on June 21st, ended to day, the
jury returning a verdict of acquittal.
The verdict was not a surprise as such a
result seemed to be expected. There was
an affecting scene in the court room be
tween Ball and his wife when the verdict
was announced.
MINISTER RANSOM IMPROVING.
He Hopes to be Able to Return to
Mexico in August.
Special to the News and Observer.
Washington, D. 0., July 5.
Minister Ransom arrived here last
night from Greenbrier Sulphur Springs
much improved in health. He reports
that his health is improving, and says
that if his condition continues to im
prove as he expects, he will return to
Mexico at the expiration of his leave of
absence in August. He visited the State
Department this morning to pay his re
spects and discuss Mexican affairs. Mr.
lia som says he found the Mexican people
cordial and agreeable, and quite as anxi
ous as our own peo le to maintain
amicable relations between the two
countries.
“I am feeling a good deal better,”
said Gen. Ransom, when asked about
his health, “but I am going to my home
in North Carolina, where I will remain
until August. I hope then to be able to
return to my post. I left the City of
Mexico on the third of June, but went
from there to the Hot Springs of Mon
terey in the hope that the trip
would benefit me. On the contrary,
I seemed to grow worse. I think
that after 1 have been in Mexico some
time I will become acclimated, although
there are some who say that I can never
live there. When I went down to Mexico
I was in poor health, which may account
for my illness. I do not think the rarity
of the air has troubled me as much as
the tropical climate. It is cool at times,
of course, but the coolness reminds me
of a wind blowing through a hot house.”
“Are there any diplomatic questions
of interest between Mexico and the coun
try ?”
“Not at all at present. I was fortun
ate enough, when 1 was presented to
President Diaz, to express a hopeful,
honorable and peaceful settlement of the
boundary dispute with Guatemala, and
it so happened that my words aided the
government in securing such a result.
Consequently, my pathway has already
been made very pleasant. As a matter
of fact, there are no people so amiable,
mild and deferential as the Mexicans,
and the more I come to understand
them the better I like them.”
“Is the Republic prospering!”
“It is in a much better condition nofr
than it has been for a number of years.
It is surprising that there are from
$100,000,000 to 1100,000,000 o' Am® dean
capital invested in the Republic. All of
the railroads, except the one from Vera
Cruz to the City of Mexico, was
built by American money, while
great smelting works, factories and
other improvements have been inaugu
rated by Americans. It naturally fol
lows that the United States Minister has
a good many matters to constantly claim
his attention, but the Mexican govern
ment is disposed to be very friendly with
this country, and the work of Minister is
made as pleasant as possible. I have
had the kindest reception. The officials
are pleasant and agreeable, and they
seem anxious to maintain amicable rela
tions with the United States.”
Prof. J Y. Joyner, of Greensboro
Normal School, is visiting at Dr. G. W.
Sanderlin’s. He will leave in a few days
for Cornell University to take the sum
mer advanced course in English.
Messrs. 0. P. Cheatham and R. P.
Watson, two tobacconists, of Henderson,
are in the city.
Dr. and Mrs Stephen B. Weeks, re
turned Monday from North Carolina.
Mr E. I Powell and sister, of Edge
combe county, who have been visiting
their brother, returned home yesterday.
Arrivals.
Miss Alice Carter, North Carolina.
R. H. Carter, North Carol’na.
T. O. Linn, Salisbury.
Miss E. T. Welsh, Raleigh.
SITUATION GROWING WORSE.
Troop* in Keadine** to Proceed to tb«
Poeahouta* Coal Fields.
Pittsburg, Pa., July 5.—A special
dispatch from Charleston, W.« Va., an
nounces that Gov. McCorkle has ordered
the & cood Regiment under arms in
readiness to proceed to the Pocahontas
coal fields.
The miners, with Winchesters, forced
fifty of the foreign laborers to quit work
and leave the field. Last night a band
of armed strikers met the Norfolk and
Western trains at Rekman, and refused
to allow any one to leave the coaches.
U. 8. Marshal Garden was notified, and
he has ordered all the Deputy Marshals
in the State to masi at Huntington to
morrow in order to protect, the trains.
Another speciai from Huntington, to
night, says: The situation in the Elk
horn Coal region is very serious to night
and Captain Adjutant Lyons of the Sec
ond Regiment has ordered all companies
to assemble and be ready to move to
Elkhorn ;tt a moments notice.
Miner* Are Desperate.
Wheeling, W. Va , July 5.—A special
just received is to the effect that the
miners throughout the Elkhorn region
are rioting, having burned houses and
commuted other depredations. The
Elkhorn mining region is on the Norfolk
and Western road, near the boundary of
Virginia aud on the West Virginia side
of the line at which the Governor of
Virginia has had troops for two months
past. The present trouble is supposed
to be due to the long strike during which
the strikers have been driven to desper
ation through hunger.
Bam Destroy«d by I.i^bUiinc.
Winston, N. C., July s.— The large
feed barn of Alvis Fleming in Yadkin
county was struck by lightning aud to
tally destroyed last evening. His laige
wheat crop, which was stored in the barn,
was also lost.
LOSE A NOTED LEADER
BUT THE INSURGENT CAUSE IN
CUBA IS GAINING GROUND
RAPIDLY.
THE DEATH OF MAJOR GUERRO.
TtvoSevere Engagements Were Fought
Thursday Near One of Cuba’s Larg
est Towns and Many Killed on Both
Sides—A Railroad Passenger Train
Fired Into and Many Ilonses Burned
By Insurgents—The City Government
of Havana Being Reorganized.
Havanna, July s.—Details reached
heie to day of the death of Major
Guerro, the noted insurgent leader.
It appears that two severe engage
ments were fought yesterday at Palmas
Altas, near Manzanillo, one of the
largest towns in Santiago, Cuba. Capt.
Boreas, at the head of a detachment of
eighty volunteers engaged a force of
400 insurgent cavalry under command
of Major * Guerro. The volunteer#
lost 17 killed and had 10 wounded.
Among the killed out of the
insurgent side was Major Guerro and
Lieutenants Raphael Borrero and Ta
mayo Y. Ferrere. In addition sixty of
the insurgents, rank and file, were
killed.
A railroad passenger train filled with
men, women and children bound for this
city was fired upon by a band of insur
gents today. Only one of the passen
gers was wounded.
The plantation of Esperanza, near
Santo Domingo, in the Sagua La Grande
district of the province of Santa Clara,
has been attacked by fifty insurgents,
who seized all the arms aud afterwards
plundered a store at Muela Quieta.
They cut the telegraph and telephone
wires communicating with Santo Do
mingo for a distance of one league, in
terrupting communication between that
town and the country in which they were
operating. The insurgents were com
manded by Pedro, Garcia and Liso. A
detachment of troops has been sent in
in pursuit of them.
The insurgents have also burned sev
eral houses at Tiarraba, not far from the
city of Santiago De Cuba, their inten
tion being to cause the garrison to leave
the fort and start in pursuit of them.
Just as the troops did leave the fort the
insurgents opened fire on it, and kept up
firing for two hours. At the expiration
of that time the iusurgenta were corn
polled to retire, leaving many dead and
wounded on the field.
Information has been received here
from Caracas, Venezuela, to the effect
that many revolutionists are there pre
paring to attempt a landing on the coast
of Cuba and that others I already
left Caracas for these shores.
City Government Reorganized.
Tampa, Fla., July 5. —Late news from
Havanna is that Campos has re-organized
the city government appointing on the
Council eleven conservatives, three re
formists .and four autononist3. The
mayoralty, it is said, was tendered a
prominent Cuban but refused.
THE KENTUCKY POPULISTS.
The Oeala Platform Reaffirmed aud
Free Coinage Demanded.
Louisville, Ky., July s—The State
Convention of the Kentucky Populists
met in its second days’ session at eight
o’clock this morning. A platform re
affirming the Omaha platform was
adopted, also demands as follows:
A demand for free and unlimited coin
age of silver on a 16 to 1 ratio without
asking the assistance of Great Britain; a
demand that National Banks be abolish
ed and the National Government issue
legal tender notes for silver.
A demand that the addition to the
National debt by interest bearing bonds
be stopped.
Tbe recent Democratic issue of bonds
which were sold to the Rothschilds is de
clared an infamy.
A demand that the parity of legal ten
der money be maintained.
A demand that it to unlawful for
Congress to stipulate any one kind of
money in payment of debts.
A demand for an amendment to the
United States Constitution to provide
for an income tax.
It views with alarm the recent acts of
Congress in regard to the bank tax, and
trusts that the will of the people will be
sustained by a reversal of these decisions.
It demands that the bo* trust be
crushed and calls for retrenchmeut in
every part of the government.
After listening to the ladies and draw
ing the question at length the Woman’s
Right plan k was overwhelmingly rejected.
A motion to endorse Union-made goods
was unanimously adopted.
The following ticket was then nomina
ted:
For Governor—Thomas 8. Petitt, of
Davies; for Lieut. Governor, John J.
Blair, of Nicholas; for Treasurer, M. R.
Gardiner, of Harlins; for Auditoy, O. H.
Dean, of Woodford; for Regis
ter of Laud Office, J. E. Quick
sail, of Wolf; for Attornep Gen
eral, S. M. Peyton, of Hart; for
Secretary of State, Don. Singletary, of
Hickman; for Superintendent of Public
Instruction, H. H. Farmer, of Hender
son, for Commissioner of Agriculture,
M. L. Scott, of Shelby; for United States
Senator, Clarence S. Bate, of Jefferson.
Ten Killed and a Score
Colon, July s.—The boiler of the elec
tric works, at Oarthagena, exploded to
day, destroying three houses, killing teu
persons and wounding eighteen others.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
BASEBALL YESTERDAY.
At Pittsburg:
Pittsburg, 00000201 4—7
Cleveland, 51 1020100—10
Batteries: Jordan and Bugden; Cuppy
and Zimmer.
Base hits: Pittsburg 12; Cleveland 16.
Errors: Pittsburg 4; Cleveland 1.
At Chicago:
Chicago, 011001 2 0 o—s
Cincinnati, 2 0 0 0 7 2 0 3 o—l 4
Batteries: Thornton, Terry and Mor
gan; Dwyer and Murphy.
Base hits: Chicago 9; Cincinnati 10.
Errors: Chicago 4; Cincinnati 3.
At Philadelphia:
Washington and Philadelphia game
was not played on account of rain.
At St. Lonis:
St. Louis 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2—6
Louisville 40000010 0-5
Batteries: Kissenger and Otten; Wey
hing and Warner.
Base hits: St. Louis 10; Louisville 13.
Errors: St. Louis 0; Louisville 3.
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.
Prof. Willis L. Moore, the newly ap
pointed Chief of the Weather Bureau,
took charge of his new office yesterday.
At Ontario, the world’s record for the
220-yard dash was broken here yester
day by George K. Nolan, of Riverside,
who covered the distance in 19 2 5
seconds.
Two negroes entered the storehouse of
L. H. Farmer, near Meridian, Miss.,
beat Farmer and his wife into insensi
bility with clubs and robbed the pla<ie.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Farmer are said to
be dying.
It is expected that the Atlanta in a
short time will reach Key West, Fla.,
where she will be ordered.to relieve the
Raleigh, the latter ship returning to
New York and joining the squadron un
der Admiral Bunce.
The duel arranged between Signor
Galli, the Under Secretary of State, and
Deputy Marescalchi, was fought yester
day morning at Rome. Sabres were the
weapons used and both were wounded.
The duel arose from the fact that Signor
Galli Thursday, during a debate in the
Chamber of Deputies, called Signor
Marescalchi a liar.
WORK IN THE SUMMER SCHOOL.
Interesting Lectures by Prof. Holmes
and Superintendent .Moses.
Special to the News and Observer.
Chapel Hill, N. G., July 5.
Oue hundred and four teachers and
those preparing to teach have registered
as pupils of the Summer School. This
number does not include the nineteen
instructors who are at work in their
class rooms every day nor does it include
Miss Minnie Redford's class of boys aid
girls which she teaches every day as an
object lesson in Phonic Reading. About
four subjects are being taught at once in
different class rooms, the periods for
which are three quarters ot an hour
long. It is impossible for each to take
every sublect, so each electa 3 to 5
studies and sticks to those. It is a
studious, quiet band of intelligent work
ers. Only the morning hours are given to
recitation from 8:15 to 1:45, except sing
ing and geology which come from 5 to
7, and also some laboratory practice
which comes in the afternoon,
Last night, Prof. Holmes, our worthy
State Geologist, delighted the school and
a sprinkling of villagers with a most in
structive lecture on “Some Varieties of
the Earth’s Surfaoe,” illustrated by cal
cium light stereopticon views on a large
screen. *The lantern was skillfully man
ipnlitea by Mr. J. V. Lewis.
Prof. Holmes's department is very
popular. Like all great teachers, he
knows how to simplify. Another of
these illustrated lectures will follow soon
on “Mountain Ranges and River Gorges.”
Prof. K. P. Moses, formerly Superin
tendent of the Raleigh Graded School,
now Professor of Pedagogy in the in
stitution at Rock Hill, 8. C., delivered a
lecture this morning before the tcahers
here on reading. For several days
Prof. Moses has been here lending his
magnetic presence and kindly assistance
to the great work of teaching the teach
ers.
The most impressive work he has done
was an address on Classification of
Pupils in Graded Schools. His thought
was revolutionary, to say the least, and
since it comes from a man of recognized
ability and wide experience, hia ideas de
serve careful consideration on the part
of graded schoolteachers
Mr. Moses advocated the abolition of
the system of classification now prevail
ing in most of the so called graded
schools and the substitution of a system
more in accordance with mature or by no
system at all He referred to the work
of Superintendent P. W. Leach of Los
Angeles, Cal., who has abandoned the
class system and is building up an edu
cational system by means of individual
recitations, his motto being “The Con
servation of the Individual.”
Mr. Moses insisted that the present
system of classification was wrong be
cause pupils were promoted on a general
average of all studies and in
sisted that pupils should be classified in
each study without reference to their
standiug in other studies. He argued
that, if a boy was able to do higher work
in history, he should be promoted in that
branch, though he should not be ad
vanced in Arithmetic.
He urged that superintendents and
teachers should study the n .tural gifts
of the p-pih and cultivate them and
held up as an example Oliver Wendell
Holmes, of whom Emerson said: “He
was ‘a cheerful optimist, peering into
every cradle to find a halo around the
brow of a new-born Christ.”