The Weather To-day: PROBABLY FAIR,
The News and Observer.
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yOL. XLVI. NO. ot.
LEADS 111 NORTH CAROLINA MIES 11 NEWS MO '/ttULATIOII.
DEFINITE PUNS
TO REINFORCE OTIS
The 35,000 Additional Men
will be Enlisted,
AS A PROVISIONAL ARMY
UNDER THE ACT PASSED BY
THE LAST CONGRESS.
OTIS ORGANIZES SKELETON REGIMEN r S
And Enlisted Men Will be Used to Fill Them
An Effective Force of 40,000 Men to
be in Philippines at Erd of
the Rainy Season.
Washington. Juno 2S. —Secretary Al
ger, Adjutant General Corbin and Col
onel Bird, assistant quartermaster gen
eral in charge of transportation, had an
hour’s consultation with the President
today relative to the question of re-en
forcements for General Otis. A defi
nite decision has been reached to con
tinue recruiting men at all the recruit
ing stations for*service in the Philippines
and Secretary Alger said when he left
the White House, after the conference,
that General Otis would have 40,000
men when the rainy season closed for
a resumption of active operation*.
There are seventy recruiting stations
iu the United States, and enlistments
an* to he taken at all of these stations.
The enlistments are to be for service in
the regular army and recruits are to Is*
organized into regiments or assigned to
regiments already formed after enlist
ment. No organizations as such arc to
lx* accepted, if sufficient recruits can be
obtained by regular enlistment.
General Corbin said the enlistments
would he for three years, although th*>
law for the creation of the provisional
army of 35,000 in excess of the regular
army of 05.000 provides only for such a
force until 1001. Arrangements are to
be made at once for increasing the
trauqiortHtion necessary to get these ad
ditional trcxqxs to the Philippines.
The decision to re-enforce General
Otis by the end of the rainy season is
interpreted to mean that aggressive
campaigning will cease until the bad
weather ends. Until that time our op
erations w ill probably la* confined to oc
casional excursions to places in close
vicinity to our lines where the insur
gents may have congregated in forte.
By remaining quiescent under good shel
ter during the rainy season it is hoped
the health of our troops will be con
serve! and the danger from climatic
fevers reduced to a minimum.
General Otis has cabled the War De
partment that he has the skeleton or
ganizations of two of three regiments
which it is projwsed to raise in tin* Phil
ippine Islands. At the War Depart
ment this is said to mean that General
Otis* has the officers for these regi
ments selected and that they are ready
to I** filled with enlisted men. How
many of these can be secured from the
volunteer regiments now in the Philip
pines is not known. It is stated at the
War Department that the recruits now
being enlisted at the rate of 1,000 a
week cannot lie use<l for the volunteer
army provided for in the act of March
2nd, authorizing 35.000 men. although
it would he an easy matter to transfer
these men with their own consent to the
volunteer service if it should be de
termined to raise additional troops.
Later in the day it was definitely de
cided to begin the enlistment for the
first volunteer service under the act of
the last Congress. The reports to the
Adjutant General based on the reports
of the recruiting officers and on close
estimates as to the number of soldiers
in the Philippines and in each command
in Cuba and Porto Rico show that the
regular army is up to its full authorized
strength.
The additional soldiers needed rails*
bt> obtained under that section of the art
of Congress authorizing the enlistment
of volunteers. The only exception will
be in tin* case of tin* few enlistments
that will be made from time to time to
fill gaps in the regular army caused
by casualties and caused by tile expir
ation of enlistments. The officers s.-ar
tered among the principal cities of the
country who have been enlisting regu
lars only, will be instructed immediate
ly to prepare to enlist volunteers. The
present indications are that about 10-
004) men will be wanted.
Volunteers will not be accepted in or
ganizations. Secretary Alger is deter
mined to adhere to that rule. Looking
river the act of Congress, he has con
cluded that the authorization to raise
these volunteer troops “at large” indi
cates a purpose on the part of Congress
to follow out the plan successfully oper
ated in tile case of the immune regi
ments. It is the present purpose to
disregard State and local lines in secur
ing the recruits and welding them into
organizations. Thus the regiments can
not be known bv State names hut sim
ply uder the designation of First. Sec
ond. Third-, eto., volunteer Cuff'd
States infantry or cavalry. No difficul
ty is anticipated in securing tin* men
needed for it is believed that the 1 "i::>
men who are weekly offering themselves
at the recruiting offices, " ill b • even
more willing to enter the army as two
year volunteers, than as long term reg
ulai*;'.
As officers for these volunteer regi
ments. the War Department in
tends to till the commands in
the first place by promoting
officers now in the regular army who
give promise of showing ability as <>.•
gauizers and managers of the raw re
cruits. and in the second place, by com
missioning many of tin* officers of the
volunteer organizations which covered
themselves with glory during the war
and have been or are about to be mus
tered out of the service. The War De
partment lias carefully preserved tin*
records of these officers and already
have at hand a long list of such of them
as have exhibited soldierly qualities cal
culated to make them of service in or
ganizing the volunteer forces.
PARIS EXPOSITION GAMES.
An All-American Team of Athletes
Will Participate.
Chicago, 111.. June 28. —An all-Amer
ican team, made up of the best athletes
of American universities, is to be gath
ered by Walter Camp. Bartow S. Weeks.
President of the A. A. U.. and also ex
ecutive of the New York Athletic Club,
and Dr. Paul Neumann, of the Chicago
Athletic Club, to contest In the games
at the Paris exposition next summer.
The team will not only consist of track
and field men. but rowing, water, polo
and swimming experts will be included.
Governor Roosevelt, of New York,
who lias Ih'cii encouraging the venture,
has been offered the honorary chair
manship. After the exposition games, it
is the intention to hold dual meets in
Germany, Fraiu*o and England.
PULLED THE SUN.
A troublesome “So” for the Great New
York Paper.
New York. June 28. —Just let* Brown
in the United Start** District Court to
day handed down a decision awarding
$<55,(HM> damages, with interest from
November Ist. ISJtS. to Win. L. Moore,
in the libel filed by him against the Sun
Printing Company for the loss of tin*
yacht Kanapaha. stranded in September
of last year while off the North coast
of Cuba. The yacht was then iu the
employ of the New York Sun ns a dis
patch boat.
At Old Point The Virginia and Missis
sippi Valley traffic associations will hold
conferences today and tomorrow.
MAY BE FURTHER TROUBLE
THE ALABAMA RITTERS ARE STILL
SULLEN.
Sheriff Mas Situation Well in Rand. Negrots
Were Shot in th t Back and at
Close Quarters
Birmingham, Ala.. June 28.—The depu
ties have the situation well in hand at
Cardiff and Blonsburg, where the race
riot occurred yesterday, although the ne
gro miners refuse to work mid continue
to carry arms. Sheriff O’Brien says lie
Jins no right to disarm them and with
few exceptions they arc prepared for
any sort of trouble. An additional
force of men has been placed on duty
for fear of an outbreak during the night.
•A coroner's jury held tin iiupiest over
the remains of Ed Ellis and Adam
Samuels to-day. A physician’s sworn
testimony was to the effect that Ixith
negroes were shot in the back. Ellis’
body was pierced with 25 buck-shot from
a double-barreled shot gun ami 'Samuels
was killed with a Winchester rifle.
The postmaster at Blosshurg testified
that shortly before the killing he heard
Ellis talking to a crowd of his comrades
in regard to a spots-li made to them by
the sheriff who said that if tin* negroes
i would disarm they would lx* given pro
tection. EH is told them this was all a
lie, and he declared he would not return
to work until his Winchester had Ix*cn
emptied. The jury came to a verdict
that tin* negroes met death at the hands
of an unknown .mob or unknown parties.
It is said among the negrcx*s that the
white men who did the shooting were
secreted in a box-car on the railroad
track near the dirt road. The physician
testified that the shooting was done at
close range. The coroner just im from
Blosslnirg says it is impossible to get at
the guilty parties. He says that both
sides are sullen and lie prediets further
trouble. The mines have almost closed
down from want of (laborers.
FEDERATION OF LABOR.
The Virginia Body Elects Officers for
Ensuing Year
Norfolk. Ya.. June 28. —The Virginia
State Federation of Lalx»r, in session
here today elected the following officers;
President, Janies B. Casey, of Ports
mouth: vice-president, 1). V. Reed, of Ro
anoke; second vice-president, Hugh
O’Connor, of Newport News; third vice
president. W. E. Daugherty, of Rich
mond; secretary, L. V. Curtis, of Nor
folk; Treasurer. W. H. Fussell. of R >-
ntiolce; sergeant-at-arms, Charles I!.
Epps, of Bo moke; legislative committee.
E. M. Mowerv, of Norfolk; James B.
Daugherty, of Richmond; J. J. Creamer,
of Richmond: C. C. Williams, of Ports
mouth; Frank Reilly, of Newport News.
MURDERED HIS PARAMOUR.
Providence, It. I„ June 28. Sadie B.
Mattehwson. 37 years obi. was mur
dered by her alleged paramour. Samuel
It. Owens, 57 years old. at Foster, ft.
1., yesterday. It is claimed that both
were drunk and that Owens drove the
woman into the yard, knocked her down
and split her head open with an axe,
.-'tabbed her twice in the breast with a
carving knife and then pouring kerosene
oil over her, set her on fire while she
was still breathing. Ilet* body was
burned to a crisp. Owen was arrested
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING. JUNE 20, 1809.
ALL IN READINESS
FOR EHE TUG OF WAR
Yale and Harvard Crews in
Fine Fettle.
RACE COMES OFF TO-DAY
YALE THE FAVORITE AS TIER
CREW ARE VETERANS.
THERE B UG BUT TWO NEW MEN
But Harvard's Aggregation has Shown the
Greater Speed on the River. This
Year the First of Regat
ta C ch< mt.
Gales Ferry, Conn.. June 28. —The
finishing touches have been applied; the
hard practice is over; and the six crews
which will represent Yale and Harvard
on the Thames in the building regatta
are practically awaiting the pistol shot
which will send them off over the
courses on Thursday.
The close of the training period finds
nil of the oarsmen of the two universi
ties in perfect shape, physically, with ro
indications of over training, except per-'
haps a little fineness in tin* condition >1
two men in the Harvard Varsity eight.
The work oil tin* river has been more
than ordinarily delightful this year on
account of the cordial feeling which lias
from the first existed between the rival
oarsmen. In fact the utter lack of
secrecy, the open and frank methods < f
practice, and the exchange of courtesies
i between the Yale and Harvard settle
ments have done much, according to the
eoaehers and graduates of Ixith univer
sities. toward putting Intercollegiate
rowing tm a new footing.
The contests are awaited with much
interest in view of the fact that the
managers have conceived and this year
for the first time are about to carry out
tin- scheme of a regatta. The events of
the meet will be crowded into one day
in order to meet the convenience of vis
iting spectators.
'l'he contests will begin in the forenoon
Thursday and will find a climax in the
early evening with the "Big” race be
tween the eights of the two universities.
\V iud weather and water permitting,
the University fours will row their ra*>*
at 14);54) a. in., the start beiic; ju-t
above the drawbridge.
The course will lie upstream for two
miles, this race finishing at the two
mile flag, off the navy yard.
Immediately*'after this race the two
Freshman crews will go on for a two
mile pull front the navy yard up the til -
er to the Varsity eight starting point
opposite Gales’ Ferry. Late in the'af
ternoon' the Varsity nice will come.
Harvard lias the ix*st in tin* betting
for two out of the three contests. How
ever, last minute changes have been
made in the shell of the Yah*. too»*.
two heavy oarsmen have been succeeded
by lighter men and tin* boat moves more
rapidly.
As a result, a hot race is lookcxl for.
On form the Harvard freshmen arc tin*
superiors of the Yale youngsters and
their shell has Splendid speed.
With the two big eights the situation
is different. Harvard is reported to
have made faster time on tin* river than
Yah*. On tin* other hand, tin* Yah* eignt
is markedly tin* superior thus far as to
form. The men pull much more easily,
apparently, and have a vast amount of
endurance and rex rve power. The New
Haven crew, moreover, is largely a
veteran aggregation, a factor whi.-h
tells not a little in a race.
The course of the varsity eight race is
the old Yule-Harvard course, which was
abandoned when Cornell became i third
crew, it starts on the West river bank;
makes straight for tin* navy yard, where
with a turn almost insignificant it re tch
es straight down the river to he big
railroad bridge.
The official arrangements have bc« n
satisfactorily completed. Observat i*n
trains will la* run* on either side of tin*
river, affording good views of the races, j
THE DREYFUS COURT.
An Official last of Those Who Will
Hear the Re-trial.
Rennes, June 28.—-The official list of
the composition of the Dreyfus court!
martial, which is to assemble in the
army service building for the retrial of
tin* prisoner, is as follows:
President—Colonel Joint list.
Major Brmigiart, artillery.
Major Debreon. artillery.
Major Profilet, artillery.
Major Merle, artillery.
Captain Parl’ait. artillery.
Captain Beauvais, artillery.
All the members of the court martial
have passed through the polytechnic
school. !
Madame Dreyfus arrived here today.
There was no demonstration upon the
part of tlie inhabitants.
RIOTS IN GERMANY.
Berlin, June 28.-- Three strikers were f
(rilled vesterday during tin* rioting at 1
the Bochum coal mines. The number of
men wounded is not known, as many
of them: were spirited away to private
houses. Thirty-six arrests were made
yesterday and troops to protect the non
union. strikers will arrive at the scene
of the disturbance today.
SPANIARDS LEAVE MANILA.
Effort to Have Prisoners Released by
Filipinos.
Manila, June 28. (1:55 p. m.t Gen
! era I .laramillos, who is settling Spain’s
I military affairs here, has received a ca-
I ble message from the Minister of War
I at Madrid, General Polavieja announc
ing that lh<* pay of all soldiers who are
j in the hands of the insurgents will he
continued during their captivity. Tint
families of many of these officers and
soldiers an* in Manila, without means
of support here or on their return to
Spain.
The Spanish Consul here, Senor lat is
Marinas, says his foremost hit si ness is
to secure the release of the prisoners.
Tin* Spaniards are fast leaving Manila.
The steamer Islit de Luzon sails for
Spain soon, taking several Hundred pel
s' nts. civil and military officials ami
their families. The Spanish commercial
men are selling out and some of the
largest interests here will soon pass into
tin* hands of English capitalists.
Captain Gales' squadron: of the Fourth
cavalry embarked for Moroiig Monday.
1 ’Pin* gunboat Napidan. which accom
panied the troops, visited the town of
Muntitilupa om the west shore of the
lake and found a small lusty of rebels
entrenched there. The entrenchments
wen* shelled by the Napiilan and when
the rebels began to retreat the cavalry
was landed. The Filipinos i’i tiring a
final volley, killed a cavalry private.
TO REFUSE ARTICLES.
Trenton, N. J„ June 28.—Attorney
General Gray today tiled an opinion
with tlu* Secretary of State advising the
refusal of the articles of Incorporation
of the American Isthmus Ship Canal
! Company.
j The articles provided for an atithor
j ized capital of $30.04)0. with the pro
j viso that the capital stock might lie in
i creased to $250.4100.0(10 by a vote of the
! holders of not less than three-fourths of
! the capital stock. This proviso is in con
flict with the New* Jersey statute ‘which
i gives to the holders of two thirds of
| capital stock tin* power to increase the
authorized capital: The company was
I intended to be incorporated here to 1 uild
| a ship canal across tin* Isthmus of Pnn
| a mu.
CHINA ON ITS LAS* LEGS
tJaIK THAT a NE# UP.ROR I . TO BE
t PROCLAIMED.
‘‘.'t is Going 1 , Grab as Much as Possible 'Mtile
it Lastr,” is the Wa'chw. rJ Hie
! mpress Unrprved,
Victoria. B. (’.. June 28. It is reported
at IVkin. according to news received by
the Empress of China, that the Emperor
will resume (saver next month: another
report that about June 20th. a new Em
peror will la* proclaimed. One
authority believes the new rul
er will be a grandson of the
late Prince Rung, another asserted that
a grandson of the Fifth Prince (Prince
Ttinpht. has been chosen Kuang Hsu.
'Fin* Em press Dowager is said to be
altogether “out es sorts." full of anxiety
i and much given to weeping. The palace
, is far from enjoying a state of harmony,
j 'l’lx* Cabinet is little better. Wang
Wen Sh.no pleads age and infirmity and
then relapses into silence. Kang Y*i is
I jealous of the immense power now wield
j ed by Jung Lott and despises him for
, his inexperience in important govern
t nn nt business; hut both hold together
for the maintenance of the Empress
Dowager and the enrichment of the
Manlius, whose present watchword is
“It is going, grab as much as possible
while the chance lasts.”
THE TRANSFER MADE.
Birmingham and Southern Passes to L.
and N. and Southern Railways,
Birmingham, Ala., June 28. —Represen-
tatives of the Southern. Birmingham
Southern and Louisville and Nashville
Railroads, held a conference in this city
today at which the property of the Bir
mingham Southern was formally trins
ferrred to the other two lines. Tlu* price
paid was SI.I<)O.TWH) and the securities
| were deposited in New York several
days ago. J. G. Moore, of Bloeton, was
made president, and A. G. Smith, attor
ney for the Southern, vice-president.
| M. 11. Smith, president of tlu* Louis-]
[ ville and Nashville; W. W. Finley,
vice-president of the Southern and J. M. |
j Faulkner, attorney for the I/oiiisviile
and Nashville constitute the hoard of
directors.
KILLED HER CHILI).
Richmond. Ya.. June 28. —One of the
saddest cases that have been known here
for years developed this nfteruo in. Mrs.
Lizaie Ellis, of Farmville, Va„ ag* 1 17
years, killed her sixteen, months oM
child by giving it laudanum, and nun
attempted suicide.. She made a full
confession, saying she had been desert
ed by her husband and could not support
her child. She was arrested on tie*
• barge of murder. Her i’uuiiiy is well
connected.
I A special from Farmville tonight says
that the family and friends of Mrs.
Ellis express great surprise at her crime,
and give no reason for supposing that her’
husband deserted her. He is said to he
working in Petersburg. He served in
the Spanish war, and regularly sent his
’wife a part of his pay.
Washington, June 28.—Admiral Van
Reypen. Surgeon General of the Navy,
has received a report from the Surgeon
on duty at Porto Rican ixirts. staling
that a most satisfactory sanitary condi
tion exists throughout the island, and
that there is not a truce of yellow fever.
II ALL ENDED DP
IN l LOVE FEAST
Kentuckians Go Home Happy
and Content.
THE TICKET NOMINATED
SAID TO BE IN HARMONY WITH
ITS HEAD.
YESTERDAY A DAY OF S'EiCT MAKING
ASt ortg Fight Made (v-r Feme of the Minor
Places But the Gceble Men Were
Generally Fucd S-ful.
Louisville, Ky., June 28.—'The Demo
cratic State Convention adjourned to
night after nominating the following
ticket:
Governor- William Goebel, of Kenton
county.
Lieutenant Governor—J. C. W. Beck
ham. of Nelson county.
Secret ary of State —Brook Mill, i <
Clay county.
Attorney General—Judge It. G. Breck
inridge, of Bovle county.
Auditor —Gus Coulter, of Grace coun
ty.
Treasurer Judge S. W. llacger, >t
| Boyd county.
Commiwdoner of Agriculture—l. B.
Nall, of Lmisville.
4 ommissioner of Public* Instruction
11. V. MeChesney, of Livingston county.
William Goebel dominated today s
proceedings as in* has tin sc* of every
day since the convention began. Com
ing here with less than one fourth of
the delegates instructed for him and
with the smallest number of such dele
gates accredited to any of the three can
didates for Governor, lit* leaves the con
vention, holding the nomination for hen l
of the ticket, with the party organiza
tion under his control and a ticket made
up of his partisans. But this has been
accomplished only after a severe ordeal
and strife that several times threatened
to rend the party to such an extent that
these prizes, even after lie had secured
them, would have been valueless. Tin
spectators have witnessed melodrama,
farce and a near approach to tragedy
since the.convention began its work a
week ago, but it all ended up in a love
feast that might have seemed out of tin*
question to one unacquainted with the
Kentuckian’s character.
The little fellows had an inning tol iy
and the five or six hundred delegates
who remained to complete the work of
the convention were harangued from
nine o'clock iu the morning until wed
into the night without intermission ex
cept for an occasional ballot. But it all
came to one end. The Goebel slate
went through. Sometimes there wa- a
strong tight, in some eases more than
one ballot was necessary, but the requir
ed votes were always in readiness when
the time came to swing them. After
completing the ticket, the convention
adjourned sine die.
ITALIAN CABINET CRISIS.
Rome, June 28.—'Great interest was
taken in to-day's sessions of t he* Oi-i.mber
of Deputies. There are (apprehensions
that it may lead to a ministerial crisis
over the Royal decree empowering tin*
government to prohibit public meetings,
etc., and to punish strikers and those
•who infringe the press laws.
At the conclusiiein of the long debate
the motion of the Premier, General IVI
- lonx. to refer the decree to the ootnini'it
teo cm political Fills, such reference to
have tin* force of an act of indemnity,
i w as adopted by u vote of 208 to 138.
DOCTORS OF THE LAW.
('abridge, Mass. June 28. —Among the
honorary degrees conferred by Harvard
University today were those of Doctor
of Laws, upon Jules Cambon. the
French Ambassador to fin* United
] States; General Leonard Wood. United
Stat(*s Array, Milffarv Governor of
j Santiago, Cuba: Rear Admiral W. T.
Sampson. U. S. N„ and, Arthur T. Had
ley, president-elect of Yale University.
A FRENCH DCEI/.
Paris, June 28. —A duel was fought
this morning with swords between M.
Berteaux, Socialist, and M. Milievoye,
Republican Nationalist, as a result of
the altercation which took place between
them in the Chamber of Deputies yester
day. After M. Milievoye had wounded
M. Berteaux in the left cheek the two
Deputies shook hands.
FOUND A MARE’S NEST.
London. June 28.—The Pall Mall Ga
zette says it lias discovered in London
two members of the Clan-Na-Gacl. from
the United States, who are en route to
flu* Transvaal and trying to enlist money
and men in support of the Boers.
SPANIARDS T URBULENT.
Madrid, June 28. —At Saragossa tin*
populace continues turbulent and fresh
troops have been stationed at strategic
points in the citv. Many of the wound
ed have been hidden, so it is difficult to
determined the number of injured.
Ouict has been restored at Seville ami
Valencia.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
NOT NEGLECTED.
Washington, Juiio 28.—At the instance
Jof Adjutant General Corbin. Quarter
master General Ludington recently insti
tuted an investigation of the published
report that the government was neg
lecting the graves of tin* Confederate
dead in the National Cemetery at Ar
lington.
The report of Major E. W. True, the
defxit quartermaster who has charge of
the Arlington cemetery, has just been
filed at tlu* War Department.
"There are.” says Major True, “13(1
Confederate soldiers and civilians. State
prisoners now interred at Arlington
I National cemetery. Os the number 12<5
are known find 14) are unknown. These
dead are buriord with other honorable
dead iu the cemetery, their graves are
; known and recorded, are marked with
!headstones very similar to those mark
ing tin* graves of Union soldiers, bear
ling the name, but not tin* regiment,
company, or State as in tin* case of Un
ion soldiers, are well sodded and eared
'for. according to regulation, precisely as
the graves of all the other dead in that
cemetery are cared for. In short, tin*
j Confederate dead are honorably interred
land honorably eared for. It is hardly
'company, or State, as in the ease of Un
for in any other than a nationl cem
etery.”
BROOKE’S DEATH REPORT.
Washington. June 28.—Gem Brooke's
( death rcjxirt from Havana, dated June
27. is as follows:
j “Death report 25th, Santiago: Act
ing Assistant Surgeon Frederick W.
F’abricius; privates -lames Met ’asley and
Charles E. Rogers, Company G, Fifth
Infantry; Michael L. White, late Fourth
Volunteer Infantry, all yellow fever;
I Private „ John H. Cassidy. Company \.
Fifth Infantry, malarial haematuria.”
| General Brooke also reports the death
of Wagoner Swan*.lensen. Company B.
Fourth Cavalry, at Puerto Princiix*.
yellow fever on the 2tith instant.
! At a meeting of prominent Jewish cit
izens and residents of French birth held
in Richmond. Ya.. last night, steps were
taken to celebrate tlu* vindieation of
Dreyfus, should the court acquit him.
iTHE OUROOK IS GLOOMY
CAPE TCWT LOYAIITS BUK UP
CHAMBER.AIN
I
; Mast-Meetings List Night—Kruger Buys War
and Says Arbitration
or Nit i r g.
Cape Town. June 28. A meeting *
1.004) Loyalists, under the presidenev < f
| the Mayor of Cape Tow n, was iu id her *
this evening and adopted with ill • gnaf
! est enthusiasm, resolutions suppnTku
Sir Alfred Milner. Governor of th* col
ony and British high commissi <:i n* in
South Africa, in his recent ncgnPatiott*
with President Kruger and thanking
the Canadians and Australians tW their
offers of assistance. An immense ovi in
flow meeting was also held. —*
| The t’oiTner. at which Right »I<>u. Sir
•John Gordon Sprigg. former I’rein or if
tlu* Colony, and numerous other j olii'i.i!
leaders, were present, was addr I by
Severn 1 Joha mu s'!hi rge r<*.
j Sir Gordon Sprigg also addressed the
> meeting, declaring that unless Sir Alfred
j Milner was absolutely supported, po ro
was danger that the Cape Colony world
secede from the ent ire. He h i hired
himself convinced' that Great Britain
was solidly behind the imperial se n
tary of State for the Colonies, Joseph
Chamberlain, whose recent speech be
fore the Unionists of Birmingham.
England, dealing with the Transvaal
problem, he warmly commended.
KRUGER STILL PREPARES.
London, June 28. —The Johairie.-murg
correspondent of the Standard «ays: 1
“President Kruger, it is understood
here, persists in his demand for arbitra
tion as an essential condition to any
settlement. In tin* meantime tin* Trans
: vaal chiitimues buying provisions and
I war material and it lias arranged wish
the Netherlands Railway Company l •
have absolute control of the railway lines
in the Orange Free State in* tlu* event
of war.”
BIBLICAL ASSEMBLY.
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' Charlotte, N. C.. June 28. —Rev. B.
Lacy Hoge, of Concord, N. ('., and Rev.
Dr. A. C. Barron, of Charlotte, address
ed the pastor's conference of tlu* South
ern Biblical Assembly today. sjieuking of
"The Bible in the Revival.”
President M. <5. G. Sherer. of Mount
Pleasant College, addressed the meeting
of the council on the subject: "Progress
iU Religious Education."
Mrs. L. A. Wriston. of Greensboro,
read a paper before the mothers’ con
ference. Subject: "Home Biblical lu
st ruction.”
Rev. Dr. T. H. Law. of Spartanburg,
S. C.. addressed ilu* young people's con
feience. His theme was: "The Bible and
Temptation.”
At night Rev. Dr. T. E. Gilbert, of
Washington, D. 4\. spoke, his theme be
ing: "The Bible in the Home."
YALE COMM EN(’ E AIE NT.
New Haven. Conn.. June 28. At the
annual commencement of Y’nle Univer
sity celebrated today, (515 degrees in all
were conferred.
II on. George W. Griggs. Attorney
General of the United States, received
the honorary degree of Id . !\ and Ad
miral Francis M. Birue. U. S. \. p
timl). * Girt ford. Conn., and Captain
W. S. Wise*. U. S. N.. Norfolk, Ya.. re
reived the degree of M. A.