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The News and Obser ver. VOL. XL. NO. 9L\ THE LARGEST OROGIATIM OF ill NORTH GAROUNA - BALT. LAST EDITION. I O’CLOCK. A. M. THE NEWS THIS MORNING THE WEATHER. Forecast for Wednesday—The United States Weather Bureau issues the fol lowing forecast for the next twenty four hours: For North Carolina —Local showers . in the niornin, followed by fair weather; warmer; southerly winds. Yesterday: Maximum temperature, <»0: minimum temperature, 66; rain fall, 0.17 inch. FOREIGN AFFAIRS* Serious cholera riots have occurred in Egypt and an American missionary and his wife were seriously injured during the disturbance. The German Consul at Havana yes terday invited the Secretary of the Government, the Marquis Palnxerola Dubos, and the French Consuls to din ner and the incident is looked upon as having some political significance. Fifty reported to have been drowned at Victoria, U. C., by an electric ear falling through a bridge. NATION A L AFFAIBS. The National Prohibition convention which meets at Pittsburg, to-day w ill split on the money question and the free silver delegaties have decided to support l>r. Charles H. Bently, of Nebraska, for President, and J. It. Southgate, of North Carolina, for Vice-President. Col. John S. Mosby, the ex-Confed erate soldier, and more recently con sul to Hong Kong is critically ill at his home in San Francisco. Charles Warren Lippitt, was inaugu rated as Governor of Rhode Island yesterday and the legislature organi zed by electing F. W. lv. Allen speaker o f the House. Fourteen persons drowned by the capsizing of a ferry boat at Cairo, 111. Twenty persons were killed by the cyclone at. North McGregor, lowa. ' Prompted by jealousy Alfred Von Neiter, of Philadelphia, killed his wife and then himself. The Raines law is constitutional and must remain on the statute of the State, the Court of Appeals so declar ed yesterday morning. CONGRESSIONAL. Tariff and finance each came in for their share of consideration in the Senate yesterday in the form of the filled cheese bill and the l>ond bill. Senator Pritchard yesterday resum ed his speech in the Senate in support of Butler’s Bond bill. The alcohol repeal hill passed by the House by' a vote of 165 to 69. FINANCIAL. The cotton market yesterday' broke 7 to 12 points and closed barely steady, wlth a further decline in summer posi tions expected. Free selling of wheat caused a weak market and a decline of % cents in July', with the same drooping tenden cy in the other grains and in provi sions. Speculation on the stock exchange professional and dealings on a more limited scale than for come time past. NORTH CAROLINA. Mrs. Baker, of New York, has given the University $3,000. A rich gold mine recently' discovered in Wilkes county. Negroes in the eastern counties are daily becoming more dissatisfied with Russell’s nomination. The Democratic primaries in the city' of Newbern have instructed for free silver. Commencement exercises in pro gress at Wake Forest College, Greens boro Female College, Oxford Female Seminary and Salem Female Colege. The cadetship to West Point from the Fifth district awarded to W. G. Pearce, of Oxford, and to Annapolis to Hollis Winston, of Chapel Hill. The season at Wrightsville opened and many people thei’e for the sum mer. A livery stable, with eight horses, burned at Pilot Mountain. FAIR VIEW INSTITUTE. Whitsett, N. C., May 26.—(Special)— Fairview Institute and Commercial ■College, Whitsett, N. C., has just closed its 24th term, with a very successful commencement. Over 1,500 people w'ere present. Orator’s medal was awarded to Chas. Morgan Sheets, Davie county", Senior Prize to H. Etta Finn, Port Jervis, N. V. There were eight regu lar and twenty five business depart ment graduates. The enrollment for the year is 276 students in various de partments from 5 States. SEASON AT WRIGHTSVILLE. Wrightsville, N. C., May 26.—(Spe cial)—This is the first message sent over the new Inter State Telephone Company, connecting the main office at Wilmington with Captain E. W. Manning’s Atlantic View Hotel. The summer breezes at Wrightsville and Ocean View are delightful and are al ready attracting a number of tourists especially at the famous Atlantic View Hotel. CHOLERA RIOTS IN EGYPT. London, May 26.—The Evening News publishes a dispatch from Cairo saying that serious cholera riots have occur red there. The rioters, it is added, were finally dispersed by the police. An America!! missionary and his wife were injured during the disturbance. TARIFF AND FINANCE Each Came in for Consideration In the Senate. TO TAX BEER AND CHEESE Republican Schemes for Rais ing Revenue- BUTLER’S BOND BILL TAKEN UP Senator Pritchard Resumed His Speech In opposition to the Issue of Bonds in Time of Peace. Washington, May 26.—Tariff and finance each eaiue in for a share ot con sideration in the Senate to-day. Early in the day Mr. Sherman suc ceeded in having the filled cheese bill taken up, whereupon Mr. Dubois (llep., Idaho) offered an amendment adding 75 cents per barrel to the tax on beer. The Senator said his amendment was intended to test the sincerity of Sena tors who expressed the patriotic de sire to aid the Treasury by raising more revenue. Mr. Sherman opposed the amendment, characterizing it as a skillfi. 1 means to defeat the cheese bill. Mr. Sherman’s motion to table the Dubois amendment was defeated — yeas, 25; nays, 30. On the question of adopting the amendment tixe db<|tjp became general, Senators Hill and Gray supporting, and Nelson, Aldrich and Vilas opposing it. The bill and pending lieer amend ment were displaced at 2 o'clock by the bond bill. Mr. Pritchard (Rep., North Carolina) spoke for and Mr. Lindsay (Deni., Kentucky') against the bond bill. Supporting his amendment Mr. Du bois said it offered an opportunity to Mr. Sherman to execitfte the patriotic purposes he had recently expressed, without resorting to the Dingley tariff bill, an “unjust, unsatisfactory, sec tional bill, w hich cannot pass the Sen ate;” that bill was a “trap, transpar ent and unfair.” This beer amend ment would, he said, yield $25,000,000 additional revenue. Mr. Dubois said Senators could accept this or else “quit posing before the country as the only patriots.” Mr. Sherman replied briefly urging that this was a move to cripple the cheese bill, which was iix no sense a general revenue bill. Oil the general question of increasing the beer Mr. Sherman said thak thirty millions of revenue already was raised from “that very' useful and comfortable drink” and he thought the consumers of beer paid al>out enough. He moved to table the beer amendment, which motion was defeated —yeas, 25; nays, 30, as follows: Yeas —Republicans: Aldrich, Alli son, Baker, Burrows, Davis, Gallinger, Hawley, Mitchell (Oregon), Morrill, Nelson, Perkins, Platt, Quay, Sewell, Sherman, Shoup and Wilson —18. Dem ocrats: Cockrell, Hill, Mitchell, Pal mer. Pasco, Turpie and Vilas —7. Total, 25. Nay's—Republicans: Brown, Camion, Caiter, Dubois, Hansbrough, Petti grew and Teller —7. Democrats: Bacon, Bate, Berry, Caffery, Chilton, Daniel, Faulkner, Gray', Harris, Jones (Arkansas), Lindsey, Mills, Morgan, Pugh, Roach, Vest, Walthall and White —18. Populists: Allen, Butler, Kyle, lVffer and Stewart —5. Total, 30. The refusal to table created some thing of a stir through the Senate and thei’e was a buzz of Comment as the vote, on tthe adoption of the amend ment, was about to be taken. Mi*. Vilas opposed the amendment, saying the tax on beer w as on the consumer —a wage-earning, hard-working class. Mr. Dubois said this opposition created a most, ludicrous situation. Senators declaimed for more revenue and yet opposed a move to raise reve nue. lib was the strangest spectacle he had ever witnessed in the Senate. Mr. Dubois denied that this would place a great burden on the consumers of beer. Mr, Mills (Dem., Texas) supported the beer amendment and j minted out that the opposition came from Sena tors who supported a great:er tax on cheese, an article of food used by the jioor. Mr. Gray (Dem., Delaware) said the cheese bill w as confessedly not to raise revenue; that the beer amendment was most opportune to make the bill w hat it purpose purported la> l>e, a revenue. At 2 o’clock the cheese bill, with beer amendment pending, was laid aside, Mr. Sherman announcing that lie would call it up as soon as the bond bill was disposed of. Consideration of the bond bill was then resumed, and Mr. Pritchard (Rep., North Carolina) spoke in opposition to the issue of bonds in Hi me of peace. THE ALCOHOL REPEAL BILL. Passed by the House by a Vote of 165 to 69. Washington, May 26j—The nouse to-day by a vote of 165 to 69 passed the bill for the repeal of section 61 of the present tariff law', providing for a re bate on alcohol used in the arts or medicinal compounds. An amend ment was attached to t lie bill provid ing for a joint commission to consist of three members of each House to examine and report on all questions re lating to free alcohol at the next ses sion. The opposition to the measure, came almost entirely from Eastern and Northeast States. It was charged by Mr. Moody of Massachusetts, that the amendment adopted was not adopted RALEIGH, N. C„ WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 27, 18!M>. with any' practical purpose in view and it was stated that once the pro vision for free alcohol was removed from the statute hooks, there would be much difficulty in securing its re-enact ment. He, therefore, offered an amend ment to suspend the operation of the present provision for a year, instead of repealing it. This and all other pro positions from the advocates of fi’ee alcohol were voted dowm. An analysis of the vote shows that 56 Democrats, 104 Republicans and 5 Populists voted for the bill and 60 Republicans and 9 Democrats against it. The Senate amendments to the Gen eiail Deficiency bill, (excepting the French spoliation claims and claims under the Bowman act,) were disa greed to and the bill sent to confer ence. Mr. DoJliver, (Rep., la.), a member of the Ways and Means committee, spoke in favor of the alcohol repeal bill, which he said had nothing to do with the tariff question. It ws a plain business proposition. He ridiculed the idea of attempting Republican legisla tion against the opposition of the “in ert, Populistic mass in the Senate and the inert, free trade mass in the White House.” Mr. Dollher drifted from the deci sion of the bill into polities. He paid his respects to ex-Governor Horace Boies,, of lowa, w ho, he said, looking in vain through the dust and cobwebs of a country law office for a Republi can nomination, joined the anti-pro hibition element in lowa and led the Democratic party to victory. With cutting satire he described Mr. Boies as tiring of the contemplation of the legal status of the town pump and turning his attention to broader fields. He told of a dinner at the New York Reform Club, in 1891, at which Cleveland,Carlisle and Boies were pre sent and at which the latter deliver ed a high tribute to the prosperity of the country under the McKinley law. He eulogized the splendid leadership of Reed, McKinley Blaine and Harri son under which the McKinley law had been emitted and described the misrepresentation of that law which had overthrown the splendid Republi can phalanx and had given Congress over to the “wildest assortment of political freaks that ever added to the gaiety of Nations.” He went on to describe how Mr. Boies had once again “shifted his horizon” and now sought “with some local State” to restore the prosperity of a Republican administra tion by' advocating the “unlimited manufacture of 50 cent dollars. ’ The Republican side displayed a good deal of enthusiasm during the delivery of Mr. Dolliver’s remarks, but Mr. McMillin, (Dem., Tenn.), an grily' protested against consuming the brief time for debate with a poli tical harangue and Mr. Knox, (Rep., Mass.), joined in the protest. The lat ter said such a speech would furnish but a poor answer to those whose in terests were affected w hen they asked for the reasons for the passage of this bill. THE CZAR OF RUSSIA CROWNED. Every Detail of the Ancient Rites Faith fully Carried Out. Moscow, Russia, May 26. —His Ma jesty, the Emperor Nicolas Alexandro vitch, autocrat of all the Russias and Her Majesty, the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, were solemnly crowned to-day in the Cathedral of the Assump tion, with the utmost ceremony and in accordance with all the religious forms and ancient rites. The weather was glorious and the Kremlin, the countless churches, the gold, silver and colored cupolas every where were resplendent with sunshine and the bells of all the churches, join ing with those of the Cathedral at the conclusion of different portions of the ceremony, broken now and then by the booming of cannon, filled the air with a grand music which thrilled even the most impassive Moujik. Throughout the night and early morning myriads of people had flocked into the city from the country and at 7:30 this morning, when the first ax*- tillery salute echoed, all the streets in the vicinity of the Kremlin were densely thronged. In brief, at 11:20 the booming of cannon and the pealing of bells an nounced that the act of coionation had been coxnpleted. At noon their Imperial Majesties were anointed, and about to enter the Holy door leading to the altar, to receive holy' commun ion, the air was filled with joy' bells, and cannon boomed salutes, which echoed far nd wide. At 12:30 the cere monies at the Cathedi’al were finished and their Majesties reached the palace at one p. m. Leaving the Cathedral their Majes ties were attired in all imperial splen dor nd proceeded to the Red Terrace of the palace in full view of the im mense multitudes assembled, loyally and enthusiastically greeted on all sides. The scene was one of indescribable j enthusiasm, the crowds being quite carried away by the intensity of the feeling awakened. The spectacle of the coronation in the Cathedral was impressive in the extreme with its splendor of religious ritual, and the solemn pomp of Rus sian Majesty shown in all its external phases, every little detail of the an cient l’eligious and regal rites being followed out with the most minute . detail. Greensboro, N. <’., May 26. (Special) —At the competitive examination held here yesterday Mr. G. \V. Pearce, of Oxford, gets the appointment to West j Point, and Howell Fry, of this city', jis the alternate. Mr. llollis Winston. ! son of Dr. Winston, of Chapel Hill, gets the place at Annapolis. NATIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE. Summrr es of Yesterday’s Games in- Various League Cities. New York, May 26. —The baseball season is now more than six weeks old. Nevertheless the local cranks only' had their first opportunity to see the New' ’i oi’ks win a game at the polo grounds this afternoon. Their victims were the Clevelands, and the locals won out by timely' batting in the ninth inning, it was the Giant’s initial victory at home this season. Attendance 3,800. Score: Cleveland, 00120 100 0 — 4 9 4 New York, 20000 0 1 0 2 512 6 Batteries: (hippy' and O’Connor, and Zimmer; IT. H.Clark and Wilson. Umpire, Sheridan. PH IADELPHIA 8; CHICAGO t Philadelphia, Pa., May 26. —The Phil lies defeated the Colts to-day in con sequence of friend’s liberality' with bases on halls in the earlier innings and the manner in which the locals laded on his delivery in the eighth, when a triple, a double and three sin gles yielded five runs. Orth pitched a gilt-edged game and held the visit ors down to five scattered hits. The Phillies played the fastest kind of ball in the field, 11 uten’s work being espe cially notable and his misplay, the only' error for the side, being an excusable low throw. Attendance 4,850. Score: Phjil’phia, 0 2 0 1 00 0 5 x— 8 13 1 Chicago, 00000 001 0 — 1 5 1 Batteries: Orth and Clements; Friend and Kittredge. Umpire, Hen derson and Campbell. BROOKLYN 4; LQUISVILLE 3. Brooklyn, N. Y., May 26.—The Brook lyns won an interesting game from the Loxxisvilles this afternoon. The Colo nels created a good impression by their lively playing. They were in tihe game from tfie start to finish and would not acknowledge defeat until the last man was put out. Several sensational catches in the outfield marked the game. Attendance 2,000. Score: Louiavile, 1000 01 0 1 o—3 9 0 Louisville, 1 0 000 1 0 1 0— 3 9 0 Batteries: Kennedy and Burrell; McDermott and Miller. Umpire, Weid man. BALTIMORE 13; ST. LOUIS 3. Baltimore, Aid., May 26.—Kelly’s one handed and jumping catch of a long fly was the feature of to-day’s game between the St. Louis and Che Cham pions. McMahon was hit freely and Hart was batted out of the box after which the home team had no trouble to hit Kissinger. Attendance 2,816. Score: Baltimore, 00070204 x—l 317 1 St, Louis, 20000100 0— 3 S 1 Batteries: McMahon and Robinson; Hart, Kissinger and Murphy. Umpire, Lynch. CINCINNATI 18; WASHINGTON 5. Washington, May 26. —The Reds found a good thing in Mercer’s deliv ery and easily' pounded out the game. Dwyer’s was unsteady at times. The visitors played an errorless game, while the Senators made several costly mistakes. Attendance 8,700. Score: Wash, 002 11 o'l 0 o—s 12 5 Cin’nati, 3 3 0 5 1 4 0 2 o—lß 18 0 Batteries: Mercer and McGuire; Dwyer and Vaughn. Umpire, Hurst. BOSTON -PITTStBU RU. Boston, Mass., May 26. —Boston-Pitts- burg. game postponed-—rain. VIRGINIA LEAGUE, At Norfolk: Norfolk, 10 2 1 B—l 211 2 Petersburg, 202 ox 4 5 5 Batteries: Corbett and Powerman; Schmidt, Kitson and Itaffert. Game called—rain. At Roanoke: Roanoke. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o—2 9 2 Roanoke... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2—2 9 2 Batteries: Kimble and Williams; Lampe and Rollins. Umpire, Morse. At Lynchburg—-Richmond, no game —rain. DISSATISFACTION INCREASES. Influential Negroes Swear They Will Not Vote for Russell. Laurinburg, N. C., May 26. —(Spe- cial) —The dissatisfaction over Rus sell’s nomination seems to inci’ease every day in this section. One of the leading colored politicians remarked the other day that he positively would not vote for Russell under any r consideration. He hates the Demo crats but says he would vote the Democratic ticket in preference to the Republican nominee. He is a man of influence among the dusky brethren and can control many votes. Rev. W. B. Arrowood, pastor of the Presbyterian church here, left us last week for a three months visit to Euro pean cities. Mr. Arrowood was at one time State evangelist and has been moderator of the Synod of North Car olina. He w ill attend the sessions of the Pan Presbyterian Council which meets in Glasgow, in June. His pulpit will be supplied in his absence by' Rev. Chas. F. Rankin, of Greensboro. PROIIIBITIONISTS WILL SPLIT. Pittsburg, Pa., May 26.—That there will be a split in the Prohibition party as a result of to-morrow’s National convention leaders of both factions freely admit to-night. The split will come they say over the money plank in the platform. As y r et, scarcely' a word has been said regarding prohibi tion. Money has been the all-absorbing topic of discussion. Anil it has come to be a bitter and acrimonious discus sion and the opposing factions have said many unkind things of each other in the hotel lobbies. The bitterness of feeling increases hourly, and when the convention meets it pro to be a battle of extermination. FOURTEEN DROWNEO| A Ferry-Boat Capsized at the Mouth of the Ohio. ONLY SEVEN WERE SAVED A Hurricane and Cloud Burst Struck the City. WITHOUT A MOMENT’S WARNING Those Who Went Down With the 11l- Fated Boat Were Locked in the Cabin and Rescue Was Impossible. Cairo, 111., May 26. —A huricane u.ad cloud-burst struck this city' at 8:30 this morning. There was a terrific w ind and rain. The opera house and Union depot was unroofed. .Numbers of trees were destroyed and signs blown down, but no houses were de stroyed or lives lost in -'the city. The ferry boat Katharine was cap sized at the mouth of the Ohio, di-owning all on board but the captain, engineer and clerk. As near as can be learned the dead number fourteen, as follows: GILOHOFEIt, Charles, Cairo. HAYES, Daniel, Cairo. BITTENHOUSE, Captain Ward, Cairo. STANLEY, Mr. and Miss Stanley,Wick liffe, Ky. THURMAN, Richard, a printer, Cairo* SHANNON, Mrs. Win. and baby, Birds point. JONES, Mrs. Mary, Jackson, Tenn. HALL, I.pwis, colored, Cairo. ALEXANDER, Asburv, colored, \Ykk liffe, Ky. DAVIS, Geo., colored, Cairo. ORR, Miss. Birdspoint. The saved were Joe Curry, Cant. Juo. Hacker, Clerk A. R. Pavey, Mc- Gee, all of Cairo; Dr. Orr, of Bxrds point, Mr. Richardson, and an un known man. The skorm came up very suddenly from the northwest. The ferry boat had just started from Cairo axid was still in the Ohio river and near the Illinois shore. The rain was very' heavy and the people were all in the cabin with the doors shut. There was no warning, the l>oat turned over when the squall fir-st struck her. The captain and clerk were both at the w heel and were blown out of the pilot house into the water, and the boat over on them. They happened to be far away,and as she came over they caught the guard rail and pulled out from benealth. Os those in the cabin only Dr. Orr and Joseph Curry got out and they were badly hurt. FIFTY PERSONS DROWNED. San Francisco, May 26. —An after noon paper has a special from Victoria, B. C., stating that a crowded electric car returning from the scene of a sham battle fell through the Point Ellice bridge into the water, 75 feet below. Fifty persons were drowned, TWENTY PERSONS WERE KILLED. The Loss of Life and Property by the Cyclone Immense. Milwaukee, Wis., May 26.—Later re ports from North McGregor, la., rela tive to the havoc caused by the storm and flood on Sunday night show that the destruction of the interests of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad at that point, as well as of the little town, are about complete. The total damage to the property of the Company alone being now esti mated at $125,000. The loss of life, will probably be found to lie nearer 20 than fourteen as heretofore reported. Out of thir teen persons known to be missing, the boilies of six have been found. The water is receding very slowly. But little in the way of search for the recovery of property’ has been done. It will Ixe at least ten days before the St. Paul can resume operation on its line west of here. THOMASVILLE FEMALE COLLEGE. Thomasville, N. C., May 26. —(Spe- cial.) —After many years of silence.the walls of Thomasville Female College last Friday night resounded once more with the music and mirth of commencement day. The Archdale cornet band discoursed sweet music for the day, and twelve young ladies and gentlemen contested for a gold medal. Miss Jessie Gray won the medal. The literary address by Prof. John A. Oates, of Fayetteville, was ad mirable. His happy' style of address charmed his audience. In the even ing the concert hall was crowded at an early' hour. Perhaps no feature of the evening afforded more pleasure than the “speeches” of the little boys and girls. They opened the exercises, followed by a farce, which was im mensely enjoyed. Although, the com mencement exercises reflect credit on Professors Hall and Ledford, who are striving to replace the old school here, anil they deserve a good patronage. Wilkesboro, N. C., May 26.—(Special) —J. L. Whittington, who found the gold mine near his home recently', seems to be lucky in gold finding. He is now at work on a new' vein in this county, which promises to be richer than the first one. He has an option on the land until September Ist, and if at that time he is pleased with the ore, he pays the owner $3,000 for his land. Until that time he hires the owner by the day and gives him 1-10 of all the gold found. It is said that pieces of gold as large as a gi*ain of corn has been found there. PRICE FI Vl* CEXT? WAKE FOREST COMMENCEMENT An Eloquent Alumni Address Last Night by Dr. Wright. forest, N. f., May 20. (Spe cial.) —The Trustees -net in annual ses sion at 10 o’clock this morning. The following are officers of the board: Dr. T. E. Skinner, President; lion. J. 0. Scarborough, Vice-President; Uarv L Hunter, Secretary; W. A. Jones, Esq., Attorney; Thos. 11. Briggs, Treasurer. Hon. t. M. Cooke was put on the Investing committee in place of the late Dr. C. Durham, and on the ex ecutive committee in place of 11. E. Royall, removed from the State. H. C. Dockery’ was put on the executive committee in place of Dr. Durham. The day lias been spent in hearing the reports of the President, of the college, the Bursar and Treasurer, and discussing them. The financial con dition of the college is much unproved over last year. The President’s report is, in part, as follows: The 61st session of the college has, in almost every respect, been a good one. 260 students have been enrolled. The general health has been good, no deaths having occurred among the faculty or students. Successful work has been done in all departments. The moral and religious tone of the col lege has seaaiely ever been better iix proportion to The number of students. file completion of tUe endowment of the Royal! chair is practically com pleted. During the absence of Dr. Taylor in the interest of the endow ment, Prof. Potent, had in charge the internal administration of the college, and Prof. N. Y. Grjley the most of fils class w’ork. The wise and effective work of Mr. Blanchard in rhe interest of the college was commended arid hope of his being continued in the field expressed. The Law School has proved a phe nomenal success and will l>e perma nent. The President expresses the opinion that the time has come to in augurate u one year's course in medi cal study, which could be done at small cost and might soon become a source of revenue. Great regret was expressed at the decision of Assistant Prof. Haywood to present his resignation. His schol arship and faithfulness have won for him the respect and esteem both of his colleagues and lxis classes. Recommendation of generous appro priation for School of Physics was made by President Taylor and the board was reminded that in this era of transition provision, generous but wise, must l>e made for expansion. Special recommendation for imme diate establishment of “Sch<x>l of the Bible” is made. At nine o’clock this evening, Iter. W. T>. Morton, of Louisburg, President of the Alumni Association, in a fitting manner, presented to the large audi ence the speaker of the evening, Dr. VV. L. Wright, of Richmond, who is one of the most able and best beloved Alumni of the college. Dr. Wright spoke on “Christain Education or Re ligion in the College.” A synopsis of this great speech would not do the speaker justice. It deserves a full re jmrt, which I hope can be given later. Suffice it to say now it was pn able, eloquent and convincing effort. Dr. Wright is a man of striking per sonality’ and deep thought. He gradu ated from Wake Forest in the 70’s, and his career since then has been bril liant and eminently successful. His address to-night was delivered in an easy, graceful manner, and interspers ed here and there with flashes of hu mor. It is not too high praise to say' that it has seldom, if ever, been sur passed by' any Alumni speaker in re cent y'ears. SALEM FEMALE COLLEGE. . Twenty-One Seniors Read Graduating Theses Last Night. Winston, N. C., May 26. —(Special)— Moravian Home church was crowded again to-night with friei'ids and patrons of Salem’s popular and famous female educational institution. The occasion was senior’s second evening, when twenty-one members of the class read essays. Their names and subjects are as follows; “Photographs,” by Misses Siewers, of Salem; Brown, of Winston, and Moore, of Huntville. “Venezuela.” by' Misses Pass, of Moeksville; Rolxertson, of Clayton; Thornton, of Fayetteville, and Bierson, of Winston. “Music,” by Misses Smith, of Texas, and Mason, of Conclave. “Literature,” by Misses Goodman, of Texas; Leinbach, of Salem; Skinner, of Greenville, and Parker, of Gatesville. “Armenia,” by Misses Cramer, Wal ker, Marler, of Winston, and Gibson, of Concord. “The Crescent and the (Toss,” by Misses Barber anil Taylor, of South Carolina; Wurreschke and lloge, of Salem, From 2 >to 5 o'clock this afternoon the academy chapel was crowded with visitors, the attraction being the school’s art exhibit, which was super latively grand. It elicited many hand some and meritorious compliments. The Alumnae Association will meet to-morrow morning and elect officers. This will be followed alt 2:30 p. in. by an alumnae banquet. Class reunion will be held in society hall at 9 a. m. to-morrow'. Job Hyatt’s livery stable at Pilot Mountain, with eight horses, several vehicles and a lot of feed, were destroy ed by fire a few days ago. Mrs. O. W. Banner, wife of Winston’s tax-colledtor, died to-day, aged 26 years. Baton Rouge, La., May 26.—The vote for United States Senator to-ilay: Blanchard, 45; Denegre, 60; Price, 13; Blackman, 3; McEnery, 9; Pharr, 3. Necessary’ to a choice, 67.
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