For the State: RAIN.
The News and Observer.
VOL. LI. NO. 113.
Leads allMorthCaFolina Bailies in lews and Circulation
UNDER THE BUCK CUP
THREE GO DOWN
TO DEATH
Frank Johnson and Ben Fos
ter Are Hanged at
Asheville.
JOHN H. ROSE AT WILSON
Johnson Smiles on the Scaffold Saying
Better Death Than Life Im
prisonment.
FOSTER TALKS WITH RELIGIOUS FEROR
Story of the Crime lor Which Johnson and Fos
ter Paid the Death Penalty. Rose Died
For the Murder of Thomas
Farmer.
• (Special to News and Observer.)
Asheville, N. C., Feb. 26.—Frank
Johnson, alias Dudley Johnson, alias
Frank Wilson, white and Ben Foster,
colored, were hanged here at 12:30 today.
Johnson's neck was broken and he died
in eighteen minutes. Foster died in
twenty-five minutes by strangulation.
Johnson showed remarkable coolness
and nerve. He smiled on the scaffold
and in conversation shortly before his
death said he preferred hanging to life
imprisonment. To the last he refused to
divulge his real name.
Foster talked with religious fervor.
Both men were baptized yesterday.
Their funeral took place this afternoon-
A groat crowd surrounded the jail be
fore and after the execution.
Two men hung and two imprisoned for
lito is the result of the burglary which
occurred at the Emma postoffice last
February.
The case of the four Emma burglars
has for the past year been the cause of
widespread comment and argument and
has created much controversy.
The men were tried in the Superior
Court last summer and sentenced to die
by hanging August 16, 1901. Solicitor J.
M. Oudger, Jr., was assisted in the prose
cution by Frank Carter, Esq. The de
fendants were ably represented by Hon.
Thos. Settle, R. M. Welk, M. W. Brown,
H. B. Carter and T. J. Harkins, Jr.
By appeal the case was taken to the
Supreme Court and the decision of that
body was not made until the 21th of De
cember. The verdict of the Superior
Court was sustained and February 26th
f'\ed by the Governor as the date of ex
ecution.
The decision that the burglars must
suffer the death penalty brought many
petitions and letters to the Governor and
many citizens saw him personally in an
attempt to have the sentence commuted.
Governor Aycock said, however, that he
would not interfere with the decision of
the courts and the law must take its
course.
On last Friday news xvas received here
lhat the sentence of two of the burglars,
Gates and Mills, who had had least to do
with the robbery, had been commuted to
life imprisonment.
The other two, Johnson and Foster,
paid the penalty of their crime today
(Wednesday.)
STORY OF CRIME.
On the night of February 8, 1901, four
robbers attempted to plunder the post
olfiee at Emma, a village three miles
west of Asheville.
They forced an entrance into the build
ing but were met by a brave man, who
l existed their attack and foiled their at
tc nipt. The four got away with only a
fe w dollars and a pistol. Within six
hours they were captured and the next
morning were in the county jail.. Two
of the men were white and two were ne
groes. The whites were Russell Gate's
and Dudley Johnson. The colored boys
Harry Mills and Ben Foster. All were
young, the oldest not 26, and except
Gates, who was not known here, all bore
bad reputations.
The man who seemed to lead the gang
was Foster, who had served for several
years on the chain gang and who had
escaped a number of times. He had al
ways been unruly on the gang.
Johnson, it is said, was a professional
safe breaker, and had an altogether bad
reputation.
Mills had been irt trouble before and
had served a term or two with the chain
gang.
For several weeks daring fight attacks
and burglaries had been made on Ashe
ville's streets and the police were on the
lookout for the perpetrators.
Early on the morning of Feruary 9 the
city was roused by the news of the bur
glary at Emma, and for a time there was
great excitement.
The robbery occurred about 9 o’clock in
D. Y. McLellan’s store, where the post
office is.
Samuel Alexander, a frail young fellow
of 24, who was clerk, had just closed the
store for the night, when a call came
from’ outside. The speaker called that
some one wanted some groceries and
Mr. Alexander stepped to the door and
unlatched it. He was immediately cov
ered with a pistol by a masked man. who
pushed his way into the store and told j
the clerk to obey orders as he valued his '
life. A companion robber, also masked, 1
Farmer.
followed and the two (Johnson and Fos
ter). directed Mr. Alexander to go to his
room for his revolver. The man obeyed
and was followed by the two robbers,
who, when they had possession of the
weapon, told Mr. Alexander to unlock the
postoffice. Upon finding that he had not
the they ordered him to unlock the
safe. Mr. Alexander told him that he
did not know r the combination. One of
the robbers then drew a knife, threaten
ing to cut his throat if he did not obey.
Mr. Alexander opened the safe at that
and Johnson, laying his revolver down on
the top of it, proceeded to rifle at, while
Foster kept Mr. Alexander covered.
Suddenly a slight noise in the back of
the store, made by a cat, drew the at
tention of Foster. Mr. Alexander quick
ly caught up the revolver from the top
of the safe, and turning upon Foster, shot
him in the left side, just below the
heart.. Foster fell and Mr. Alexander
tried to shoot Johnson. The revolver
missed fire and the two grappled in a
life and death struggle. As they fought
Foster fired at Alexander and the ball
struck him in the left thigh. Mr. Alex
ander then fired again at Johnson and
wounded him in the shoulder and jaw,
the bullet ranging upward from the
shoulder and striking in the face.
Mr. Alexander finally overpowered his
assailants and dragged them to the
porch. He then fell, weakened from the
loss of blood.
Gates and Mills were waiting outside
for their companions, and all four made
off, the uninjured men helping the In
jured.
By the Odd Fellows’ signal of distress
Mr. Alexander roused Mr. McLellan.
About 11 o’clock news of the trouble
was received at police headquarters here
and three policemen were detailed to
search for the men. They were found in
a short time .in a section known as
Scratch Ankle and made no resistance to
arrest. *
Between $lO and S2O was found on the
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RESENT IIS ACTION
Roosevelt Asked to Withdraw
Acceptance of Invitation
to Present Sword,
(By the Associated Press.)
Augusta, Feb. 26. —Bieutenant Gover
nor James H. Tillman, who is in th's city,
says that today, in deference to requests
by wire from subscribers to the fund for
the sword alluded to, he telegraphed as
follows to President Roosevelt:
“A short while ago I had the honor to
address Your Excellency a letter re
questing that on the occasion of your
visit to Charleston you present a sword
to Major Micah Jenkins, of the First
United States Volunteer Cavalry, whose
gallant srevice you spoke of so highly,
your words oeing engraved on the scab
bard. You accepted the invitation, for
which we thank you. I am now request
ed by contributors of the sword fund to
ask that you withdraw said acceptance.
(Signed) JAS. H. TILLMAN,
“Lieutenant Colonel First South Carolina
Volunteer Infantry and Lieutenant
Governor of Sotuh Carolina.’’
In explaining the sending of the tele
gram Lieutenant Governor Tillman said:
“It is with much regret that I am di
rected, or rather required to send this
telegram, especially in view of the fact
that I am so closely related to one who
but a few days ago was subjected to an
affront which was seemingly, or at least
the people who contributed to the pur
chase of the sword think, unwarranted.”
H. and B. Beer’s Cotton Letter.
(Special to the News and Observer.)
New Orleans, La., Feb. 26.—Liverpool
advices were more favorable than anti
cipated and our market in sympathy
opened unchanged, advanced six to seven
points later on fresh buying, closing at
a net gain of six points. Port receipts
for the five days are 20,000 in excess of
last year. The semi-weekly interior re
ceipts were 59,000, against 38,000 last
year and 37,000 year before last, being
the largest on record for this time of
the year. The loss In stock, however,
was 18,000, against 1,000 last year and
18,000 year before last. The movement
ccntinues large but everything appertain
ing to facts is ignored and sentiment is
rampantly bullish now on the expected
marked falling off in receipts dp ring
March. These assertions have been in
circulation since December and although
the movement during the interim has
proven the incorrectness of such claims,
they are as vigorously disseminated from
week to week and accepted only to meet
with no realization. Cables predicting
the long anticipated perpendicular drop
in the movement during March also oc
casioned the firmness in Liverpool today.
We must have a decided decrease in re
ceipts soon or short crop advocates must
abandon their estimates. The trade
have been working on a small crop basis,
but this on its face points to a crop of
10,933,000, therefore those believing and
working on a crop of 10,000,00 or under
cannot continue to assert that these fig
upres are correct, but they will have to
prove that such is the case. For the
present manipulation and sentiment sus
tain values, consequently if new buying
can be attracted to the article prices may
be maintained.
H. & B. BEER.
Gold to Burope.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, Feb. 26.—The National City
Bank announced today that it will ship
$700,000 in gold to Europe tomorrow.
Lazard Freres will ship $1,000,000 and j
Heidbacli. lekleheimer & Co. $750,000 sold 1
sold to Europe tomorrow. 1
RALKIGH. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 27. 1902.
WILL HARDLY GO
BEYOND CENSURE
Democrats Will Not Submit
to Suspension,
BAILEY GIVES WARNING
Republicans Want Severer Punish
ment For Tillman.
DEMOCRATS GENERALLY OPPOSE THIS
Sub-Committee Will Meet Today to Frame a
Resolution For Action of the Full Com
mittee Which Meets Again
Friday.
(Bv the Associate Press.)
Washington, Feb. 26. —The meeting of
the Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections this forenoon, did not result in
supplying any solution of the difficulty
before the Senate in collection with the
Tillman-McLaurin matter. The Republi
can members of the committee frankly
confessed that they had not been aide to
formulate a scheme which would relieve
the situation, and after less than an
hour’s discussion they asked that the
committee should adjourn until 2 o’clock
this afternoon with the understanding
that the Senate should adjourn after a
brief session and thus give the commit
tee an oportunity to fully consider this
important matter, which most Senators
look upon in its present shape as a
stumbling block in the way of all other
legislation.
The meeting of the committee was
marked by the best of feeling on the
part of all the members, and all agreed
readily to a preliminary suggestion by
Chairman Burrows that the question
should be approached from a purely non
partisan standpoint, because of its gen
eral importance. It was evident, how
ever, that the Democrats were inclined
to apprehend some effort at political ad
vantage on the part of the Republicans,
and the channel through which they ex
pected this manifestation soon became
evident when Senator Foraker made ihe
suggestion that there should be a severer
degree of punishment meted out to Sen
ator Tillman than to Senator cLaurin.
Senator Dubois met this suggestion with
a- positive negative, and when the sug
gestion vas afterward made that Senator
Tillman shoull be called upon to prove
before the committee the charge which
he had repeated in the Senate that his
colleague ad yielded to undue influence,
there was a hint that if this matter
should be entered upon some Senators
would insist upon the re-opening of the
charges on file in the committee, in
connqctio with the election of other Sena
tors, which charges have never been dis
posed of.
During the morning meeting of the
committee Senator Bailey notified the
Republican members that the Democrats
would not submit to the adoption of a
resolution suspending the South Carolina
Senators. He said he agreed that they
should be punished for their breach of
the peace in the presence of the Senate,
but he was satisfied that the Democrats
would not submit to anyp roceeding which
would deprive a State of representation.
Some of the Republican members of the
committee replied that they agreed as to
the unwisdom and impracticability of
proceeding byway of suspension.
While no positive statement of policy
was made from the Republican side there
was enough said to lead to the conclu
sion that the proposed resolution for
suspension has been abandoned and that
the punishment suggested will be in the
form of censure. Indeed some of the Re
publican members of the committee say
that this is practically the only course
open to them. The Republicans, however,
will contend for more severe rebuke to
Mr. Tillman than shall be administered
to Mr. McLaurin, and the Democrats will
resist this discrimination. That i» now
the point of greatest difference.
The committee on Privileges and Elec
tions continued its consideration of the
Tillman-McLaurin episode during the
afternoon, but reached no conclusion be
yond deciding to refer the entire matter
to a sub-committee, and to meet again
on Friday to consider any recommenda
tion made by the sub-committee. The
afternoon session lasted three hours
and after the Democratic members took
their departure at 5 o’clock, the Repub
licans continued the sitting. The meet
ing of the full committee was devoted
to a general exchange of views. No vote
was taken on any proposition; indeed no
proposition was made by either the ma
jority or the minority. There was en
tire agreement on the one point that
both the South Carolina Senators should
be punished, but there was disagreement
on the details of punishment as well as
on the degree of it. The Senators had
before them full reports of the speeches
of both the Senators, making careful
comparison of their language. Each
member also was provided a copy of the
Constitution and of the rules of the
Senate, and these as well as the estab
lished parliamentary authorities were
consulted frequently.
A half dozen different suggestions
were made as to modes of punishment,
including suspension and censure by the
Senate and censure with the added re
quirement of further apologies from the
offenders. There also was a continued
The Weather Today.
discussion of the relative punishment
of the two men. Most of the Republi
can members of the committee hold that
to Senator Tillman should be awarded
a more severe form of rebuke than to
Senator McLaurin, while the Democrats
do not generally concede there should be
discrimination.
Senator Bailey quoted at length from
the speech made by Senator Tillman,
which provoked the reply of Senator
McLaurin, contending that it did not
make a specific charge of bribery. The
Democrats also held out stiffly against
all suggestions looking to the suspension
of the privileges of Senators as an at
tack on the rights of the State they rep
resent, rather than on the Senators
themselves.
When the commite adjournd its mem
bers professed to be hopeful that a
unanimous agreement would bo reached,
but they were not so hopeful as they
had been when the noon recess 'was
taken. The proceedings were not of a
character to permit of any definite con
clusion as to what the result would be,
though so far as they went they indicat
ed censure as the form of punishment
more likely to be recommended. Some
of the Republicans, however, are lidding
out for a more pronounced rebuke to
Senator Tillman than could be given in
any verbal reprimand.
The sub-committee appointed is com
posed of Senators Burrows, Hoar, For
aker, Republicans, and Senators Pettus
and Bailey, Democrats: This sub-com
mittee will meet tomorrow afternoon and
make an effort to frame a resolution for
the action of the full committee, which
will meet again at 10 o’clock Friday.
~ Galleries Again Disappointed. TP
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 26. Again today the
galleries of the Senate were thronged
(Continued on Second Page.)
CAPTURE Os LUCHIN
Dashing Filipino Leader Who
Made the Mountains of
Samar His Home,
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 26. —Gen. Chaffee to
day notified the War Deartment that
ieut. Stribler, of the Philippine scouts,
captured Gen. Lucban on the 22nd in
stant. The prisoner is confined at
Laguan.
Another capture is recorded in the same
district, namely that of William Dun
, ston, said to be a deserted from Com
pany C, Eighth Infantry, who had'ln his
possession a lot of arms and ammunition
and all of the tools necessary for the
making of ammunition. He was captured
by Second Lieut. Pratt, First infantry,
at Caghaian, on the Island of Samar.
The lieutenant also destroyed the Cuar
tel and the factory and killed eleven
soldiers, besides capturing all of Dun
ston’s correspondence.
The officials of the War Department
regard the capture of Lucban as the
mest important military event since
Asuinalcto’s capture. He was run down
on the Island of Samar. The place of
his confinement is a tiny island in a bay
on the north coast of Samar.
Lucban is one of the most energetic
and ferocious rebels. He is a half-breed,
a mixture of Chinese and Filipino stock,
and he has been an irreconcilable from
the first. He had various fastnesses in
the mountains of Samar, from which he
v.ould descend upon the coast towns and
his reign of terror was so complete that
the entire population of the island paid
tribute to him as the price of freedom
from attack. Ordinary campaign meth
ods failed in his case and his capture
row is believed to be the natural working
out t>f the system of dividing the island
into small squares by military garrisons
and making it impossible for the insur
gents to obtain food or shelter.
No details of the capture have been
received.
Gen. Chaffee has ordered that Lucban
be treated as a prisoner of war of offi
cer’s rank.
THE D A. B DAY
Addresses Will be Made at Exposition by
Bcbley, Hobson and Others.
(By the Associated Press.)
Charleston, S. C-, Feb. 26-—D. A. R.
Day at the Exposition will be celebrat
ed by public exercises tomorrow at the
auditorium when addresses will be made
by Admiral Schley, Captain Hobson and
others. Mrs. C. W. Fairbanks, presi
dent general of the National Daughters
of American Revolution; Mrs. J. C. Bur
rows, a vice-president general, and Mrs,
Daniel Manning arrived here today and
will take part in the ceremonies tomor
row.
Admiral Schley will be welcomed on
his arrival tomorrow with an artillery
salute by th? local naval reserves, for
merly the LaFayette Artillery who vol
unteered in the Spanish-American War.
WILL COME TO ASHEVILLE.
Governor Durbin and staff of Indiana,
celebrated Indiana Day in the Pennsyl
vania Building at the Exposition todav
Mid were entertained at luncheon in the
Woman’s Building- They visited the
midway and the court of palaces and
were enthusiastic in their comments on
the exposition. A visit to Fort Sumter
and other historic points in the harbor
was keenly enjoyed- Tonight they left
here for home via Asheville, where they
will spend a day.
That student who lingers around the !
foot of his class may eventually become I
a firstlclass chiropodist.
For Paleigli: Cloudy; Warm Wave.
GERMANY EXTENDS A
RAND ACROSS
[RE SEA
Desire For Friendlier Rela
tione With the United
States
THIS BRINGS THE PRINCE
So He Declares in a Short Address at
the Press Banquet in His
Honor.
DINES WITH THE CAPTAINS Or INDUSTRY
Later He Reviews the Torchlight Procession of
the German Societies. A Visit to Grants
Tomb is Postponed. One Thousand
Present at Press Dinner.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, Feb. 26.—Prince Henry of
Prussia remained on board the Hohenzol
lern this morning. A visit to Grant’s
tomb, which the Prince had desired to
make early in the day, was postponed,
because (he wreaths to be placed on the
sarcophagus were not finished in time.
The Prince left the Hohenzollern about
noon, and escorted by Troop C, went to
Sherrys. Heading the procession was a
squa dos mounted police.| Prince Henry
rode in an open barouche and following
wore carriages containing members of
the Prince’s suite and Rear Admiral
Yonßaudissin. The party arrived at
Sherrys at 12:30.
With Princa Henry were Admiral
Evans, Admiral VonTirptiCz, Gen. Corbiu,
Commander Cowles, Col . Bingham and
Assistant Secretary of State Hill. The
luncheon was given in the ball room.
Eleven tables had been arranged, cres
cent shaped, each table seating twelve
guests, with the exception of the Prince’s
table, which had twenty guests. All sat
on the outside of the crescent so that
every guest faced the Prince. The room
was beautifully decorated.
Among the guests were 11. Me. Twom
bley, Daniel S. Lamont, Alexander F.
Orr, J. Pierpont Morgan, 11. H. Vreeland,
Ex-Attorney General John W. Griggs,
Abram S. Hewitt, Chauncey M. Depew,
Lieutenant Governor Woodruff, Rear Ad
miral Melville, Charles A. Moore, Emil
Boas, Thomas A. Edison, John A. Mc-
Call, Nathan Strauss, E. J. Berwind,
William 11. Cramp, Prof. Simon Newcomb,
John A. Bradshear, Dear Admiral Walk
er, George Gould, Alexander Graham Bell,
Dr. S. Weir Mitchel. I). O. Mills, the Ger
man Ambassador, Dr. Vonllelleben, Geo.
F. Bates, Henry O. Havemeyer, Charles
M. Schwab, J. Ogden Armour and Adol
pbups Busch
From the dinner give nby the “cap
tains of industry,” Prince Henry, pre
ceded by mounted police, who cleared
Fifth avenue of all vehicles, sending
them into the side streets, was driven to
the imperial yacht Hohenzollern. After
a two hours’ stay the Prince accom
panied by his suite, Ambassador VonHel
lebcn and Admiral Evans, was driven to
the Arion Society Hall, there to review
the torchlight procession of the Gorman
societies. He was escorted by Troop C,
of Brooklyn, and mounted police.
THE PRESS BANQUET.
Henrj Tines at the Waldorf Astoria With Men
Who Make Newspapers.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, Feb. 26.—Prince Henry of
Prussia dined tonight with 1,060 of the
men who make American newspapers.
He was the special guest of Herman Kid
der, proprietor of the New Yorker
Staats Zeitung, who gathered at his
table a majority of the leading figures in
American journalism. They came from
four quarters of the country and made
the most noteworthy gathering of their
profession ever assembled in the United
States. There was a felicitous exchange
of greetings between Prince Henry and
the men who spoke for the journalistic
craft and the affair claims rank as one
of the notable Incidents of the American
tour of the German Prince.
The dinner was given in the handsome
ball room of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel,
but that immense apartment was not
large enough to accommodate the mnirr
ous guests and the Astor gallery was
also used.
The two rooms were splendidly deco
rated. Mr. Ridder and the. special
guests sat at an elevated table, above
which were the American and German
flags. The staves were crossed and the
banner, draped fan-like reached out like
the wings of a huge butterfly.
Above them was the Prussian eagle
done in incandescent lights. From the
boxes hung clinging vines, and set in on
the ledges were hundreds of palms. Each
table carried bouquets of American
Beauty roses, around which were can
delebra shaded in red.
As the diners took their places the
ladies of many of the party appeared i:i
the boxes which wall the room.
Prince Henry, attended by the members
oof his suite, drove to the hotel under
escort of cavalry and mounted police.
The demonstration in the streets leading
to the hotel was the most cordial of any
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
that has so far marked liis appearance
in public.
Great crowds lined the way and pressed
against the police guards that had been
thrown around the 33rd Street entrance
to the hotel. They cheered when the
Prince came in sight and he frequently
raised his hand to his cap in acknowl
edgement of the demonstrations.
Old Books Purchased
The State Library has recently bought
from Henry Stevens, Son & Stiles, of
London, seven volumes relating to a'con
traversy between Colonial Governor
Arthur I)obb3, of this State, who was
Governor from 1754 to 1765, and one
C’apt. Christopher Middiatom, concerning
the discovery of some overland route.
The age of the books, and the fact that
they treat of one of our old eolonial
governors, makes them of considerable
interest. The price paid was fourteen
pounds, five shillings and four pence.
To Deal in Sugar Futures.
(By the Associated Press.)
New Orleans, -Feb. 26.—The New Or
leans Sugar Exchange has decided after
an exciting meeting to establish a fu
tures branch. The progressive element
ol toh exchange has been endeavoring
to make this change for several years,
believing that it would tend to make
New Orleans a more important sugar
market.
The “Naiad’’ Burned.
(By the Associated Press.)
Columbus, Ga., Feb. 26-—The steamer
“Naiad,” owned by the Georgia and
Florida Navigation Company, of this
city, was burned at Blountstown at 2
o’clock this morning. No lives were lost.
The beat and part of her cargo, includ
ing the United States mail was a total
loss.
HERE’S fl HOT LETTER
Collector Refuses Depart
ment’s Command to Re
scind Order.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, D. C-, Feb. 26. —Some
time ago the Secretary of the Treasury
received unofelai information to the ef
fect that J. W. Ivey, Collectom of Cus
toms at Sitka, had instructed his depu
ty at Unalaska not to permit Canadian
vessels presumably about to engage in
pelagic sealing, to obtain supplies at
that port. The collector was directed to
send a statement of the facts to the
department and was informed that if
such orders had been given they must
he rescinded. Today the department re
ceived a telegram from Ivey, saying:
“My Americanism will not allow me to
rescind an order which gives British
subjects privileges within our marine
jurisdiction, which are denied our own
people. There is another matter that
may attract your attention. I have re
cently issued orders to the deputy at
Skagway.-a copy of which has been sent
you, which has put Canadian officers lo
cated there out of the business and sent
them to their own territory- You are
aware of the fact that this officer be
came so offensive that he interferred
With Amoricau officers in the discharge
of their official duties, opened United
States custom mail, dominated over the
railroad officials, discriminated in the
order of shipment in favor of Canadian
merchandise against that shipped from
Seattle, established a Canadian quaran
tine at. Skagway, collected moneys and
performed other acts of British sover
eignty in a port of the United States,
such as hoisting with bravado the cross
of St- George on the flagstaff of his cus
tom house. I have sent the concern,
bag, baggage, flag and other parapher
nalia flying out of the country. You
may fear the shadow of international
complications and rescind this order
but a Reed, a Olney or a Blaine would
not.”
Death of Rev. Mr. Proctor.
Yesterday at one o’clock,
Rev. F. W. Proctor died at she home
of Mrs. J. A. Egerton, his half sister.
Mr. Proctor had suffered from con
sumption for many months, and came to
Raleigh last November with Mrs. Proc
tor in (he hope of improving his health.
Mr. Proctor was thirty years old, a na
tive of Dinwiddie County, Va., near
Petersburg. His last church was at
Newport News. Va- He legves a wife,
mother, a brother and a sister. His
brother, William R. Proctor, is pastor
of the McKenzie Methodist church in
Norfolk. He has been telegraphed for,
and will accompany the remains to
Petersburg teday, where the interment
will take place in the family burial
gicund this afternoon.
Bunn-Williams.
A quiet home wedding was celebrated
last night at 9 o’clock, when Miss Eula
A. Williams was married to Mr. \V. H.
Bunn, at the home of the bride’s lather,
Mr. Thos. Williams, on Firwood avenue.
The ceremony was performed by Rev. R.
11. Whitaker.
Atlanta. Ga., Feb. 26 —The Southeast
ern Passenger Association, embracing all
railroads south of the Ohio and oPtomac
Rivers, and east of the Mississippi to
day announced a rate of one cent per
mile each way to the reunion of Con
federate veterans in Dallas, Texas, in
April. *