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VOL. LI I. NO. 48.
Leads all North Carolina Bailies in lews and CiFenlation
FORTY THOUSAND PEOPLE
DIE UNDER A RAIN OF FIRE
St. Pierre Overwhelmed by a Volcanic Eruption Which
Sweeps Homes and Inhabitants From the Face
of the Earth.
THIRTY SUPPOSED TO HAVE ESCAPED
Eighteen Vessels in the Harbor Burned and Sunk
With All on Board.
FOUR AMERICAN SHIPS WERE AMONG THEM
The United States Consul and Family
Are Reported Among the Lost The
Eruption Continues. Washington
Has Been Asked to Send a Warship
at Oi.ce to Martinique to Afford Re
lief and the Matter is Now Under
Coasideration.
(By the Associated Press.)
St. Thomas, D. W. 1., May 0. —it is now
estimated that 40,C00 persons perished as
a result of the volcanic eruption in the
Island of Martinique.
Eighteen Vessels Burned and Suuk.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, May 9. —The following ca
blegram has just been received at the
Plate Department:
‘Uoint-a-Pitre, May 9th.
“Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.
“At 7 o’clock a. m. on the Sth inst.,
r. storm of stor.i... .: ' <-) and lire enveloped
th > city and road .cad ’of St. Pierre, de
stroying every house in the city and
community. Net more than twenty per
sons escaped with their lives. Eighteen
vessels were burned and sunk with all on
board, i hiding four American vessel*
rid a strainer from Quebec, name 1 Ro-
K-inin. Tie United States Consul and
family are reported among the victims.
\ war vessel lias ronio to Quad* lope for
l iovi-io'.s and will leave at 5 tomorrow.
“AYME,
“Consul.’’
The State Department has been re
<oivinug dispatches from commercial
houses in New York asking that a war
ship be sent at once to Martinique to
. fiord relief. The matter is under con
sideration.
Only Thirty Souls Escopa
(By the Associated Press.)
Paris, May 9.—The commander of the
French cruiser Suchet has telegraphed
to the Minister of Murine, M. Deianeasan,
from Fort de France, Island of Martini
que, under date of Thursday, May Sth, at
10 p. m., as follows:
Have just returned from St. Pierre,
which has been completely destroyed by
an immense mass of tire, which fell on
the town at about eight in the morn
ing. Tiie entire population (about 25,000
souls) is supposed to have perished. T
have brought back the few survivors,
about thirty. All the shipping in the
harbor has been destroyed by fire. The
eruption continues.’’
The Colonial Minister, M. DeCrais, re
w ivod at six o’clock this evening two
ruble messages from the Secretary Gen
eral of the Government of Martinique,
j. E. G. L’Huerre, sent respectively at
j p. m. and 10:30 p. ni. yesterday. The
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rThe News and Observe-
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! earlier cable reported that the wires
; were broken between Fort do France and
St. Pierre, but it was added in view of
j the reports that the eruption of Mont
, Price - had wiped out the town of St.
Pierre, all the boats available at Port
| de France were dispatched to ’ the as
sistauce of the inhabitimts of that place.
! The second dispatch confirmed the re
port of the destruction of St. Pierre and
its environs and shipping by a rain of
: fire, and said it was supposed that the
whole population had been annihilated
j with the exception of a few injured per
{ seas rescued by the cruiser Suchet.
Immediately after the receipt of the
above dispatches the flag over the
Colonial office was draped with crepe and
i hoisted at half mast.
The commander of the French cruiser
i Suchet, recently at Fort de France, has
been ordered to return to St. Pierre, Mar
tinique, with all the speed possible and
; to forward details of the disaster to the
French Government. It Is feared that
I M. L. Moutt, the Governor of Martinique
| has perished. He telegraphed that he
I was proceeding to St. Pierre. Senator
| Knight is also supposed to have been at
! St. Pierre.
THOMASVILLF ’O JS-UE
SIO.OOO WORTH OF BONDS
Thu People Vote the Finds For the Graded
School Unanimously. Flection of
'J own Cfficers
(Special to News and Observer.)
Thomr.sville, X. C., May 9.- Monday
was bond election day in Tliomasville.
It was the greatest success and possibly
j means mcie for the future progress of
Tliomasville than any day in the history
jof the town. Every vote polled or the
sehot 1 question was for bonds. The
I money received for the bonds is to be
| expended for school Lull lings and their
equipment. The bonds are to run thirty
| years, and bear 5 per cent interest.
The town also elected the following
officers for the ensuing year: J. W.
i Lambeth, mayor; E. W. Catos. Geo. A. i
Thompson, C. E. Godwin, J. T. Cramer ,
, and J. A. Green, commissioners. They
I met Tuesday night, took the oath of
office organized and pasod a resolution to
| place the whole of the SIO,OOO worth of
1 bonds on the market at once, and will
receive Lids for some until 12 in... May .
Slst.
There will be lots of improvements ]
made in our beautiful town in the next
twelve months. New brick buildings will
take the place of many of the burned
ones.
THE CONFEDERATE MUNUMfcN T
Extensive Preparations For Its Unveiling at
Fayetteville Today.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Fayetteville, X. May 9.—Extensive
! preparations are being made for the
j unveiling of the Confederate monument
hero tomorrow. It stands in the centre
of the old court house square, and the
finishing touches upon it were completed
yesterday. Services will be held both
around the old and the new monument.
After the unveiling and ihe chief oration
by Major E. J. Hale, the school children
and the military will march to the old
monument in the Soldiers square at the
I old Cress Creek cemetery. The children
- will inarch by and deposit their floral i
tributes, the military will fire the usual j
salute, “taps” will be sounded by the
company bugler, and then—the sighing
pines alone will be heard about this
“bivouac of the dead.”
The old beard of aldermen held their
final meeting in the city hall last night.
Mayor-elect C. B. MacMillan, and his
new board were elected without opposi
tion.
Chairman Simmons has designated I).
T. Oates, of Fayetteville, to call the
committee of the now Seventh Judicial
district together. The convention will
have little before it. Solocitor C. C.
Lyon of Bladen, it is said, will be nomi
nated without oposition.
Total Bank < ]carings
New York, May 9.—Tot H bank clearings
week ended May Sth, $2,952,007,811, de
crease 13.3 per cent outside of New
York 878,039,227, iiu rease 7.4 per cent.
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WAKF.’S TAXES AGGREGATE $140,750 27
Sheriff Page Betties in Full All State and
County Taxes.
At this week’s meeting of the Board
of County Commissioners of Wake coun
ty, Malt us W. Page, our efficient sheriff
male a full and final settlement of HI
taxes due the State and county for the
year 1901. He paid the following amounts
to the different funds:
State tax $ 35,158.51
School tax 32,432.86
County general tax .. 33,884.92
School bond tax 794.03
Graded school tax 15,974.2 S
‘ Road tax 8,666.97
Schedule “B and C" taxes
School fund 4,950.00
| County general fund 4,908.70
Making a total of $140,750.27
This is a record which any one may
be proud of, and goes to show what a
fine officer Wake county has in Capt. M.
W.* Page as sheriff.
Sheriff Page informs us that there were
4.832 white polls and 2.911 colored po!
listed for taxes in 1901, and that there
are only 589 white men in Wake county
who have not paid their poll lax av‘
-.504 negroes who have failed to pay. Out
of the whites not paid there are about
165 Democrats and 424 Republicans and
Populists.
Comparative Cotton Statement
(Special to News and Observer.)
New York, May 9.—For the week end
ing Friday, May 9th: Net receipts at all
United States ports during week 60,967;
net receipts at all United States ports
during same week last year 75.0. r - total
receipts to this date 7,282,458; total re
ceipts to same date last year 6.576.910;
j exports for the week 63.368; exports for
j same week last year 100,513; total ex
ports to this date 6,000,071; total exports
to same late last year 5.597.101; stock at
all United States poits 537.920; stock at
all United States poits same time last
year 542,261; stock at all interior towns
221,111 stock at all interior towns same
Lime l;is« year 441,613: stock at iverpool
’.1,632,00i; stock at Liverpool same time
last year 758.090, stock of American
afloat for Great Britain 82 0"0- u
American afloat for Great Britain name
time last year 120.000.
Notal Net Rac ipts
New York, May 9. —Following are the
total net receipts of cotton at all poits
since September Ist, 1901:
Galveston, 1,999,060; New Orleans, 2,-
160,349; 'Mobile, 150,671; Savannah, 1,-
089.178; Charleston, 262,502; Wilmington,
274.551; Norfolk, 438.405; Baltimore, .87,-
931; New York. 155,400; Boston, 177,19";
Newport News, 21.305; Philadelphia, 29,-
585; Vancouver, 24,554’; Brunswick, 117,-
030; Fernandina, 4,950; Pensacola, 170,-
592; Port Arthur, 48,476; Port Townsend,
107.967: San Francisco, 23,773; Portland,
Ore., 10.612; El Paso, 1,390; Tagle Pass,
2,250; Laredo, 6.730. Total 7.282,458 bales.
Suffering With Appendicitis.
(Special to News and Observer.)
High Point, N. C., May 9.—Dr. Stokes. |
of Salisbury, was called here today to j
see Mr. R. C. Charles, cashier of the ;
Commercial National Bank, who has ap
pendicitis. Mr. Charles was carried to
the sanitorium in Salisbury tonight,
where ar. operation will be performed.
He is suffering intensely from the
growth.
Second District Convention,
(Special to News and Observer.)
Tarboro, N. C., May 9. —The executive
committee of the Second Congressional !
district met here today and called the
convention to meet at this place July
2nd at 2:30 p. m. J. W. Grainger, of
Kinston, was elected chairman. Hon. ;
Claude Kitchin was present. H<* will be !
nominated by acclamation.
The Katteras Stuck in the Sand.
(Special to News a:ul Observer.)
Washington. N C., May 9 There was
a dense fog on Pamlico river last night,
and the Old Dominion Liner Hatteras
lost her bearings and today lies on the
sand flats off Rodman’s Creek, (’ant.
David Hill* is in command. The liner
Albemarle of the same company went
down to pull her off, but the water was 1
too shallow and she came near ground
ing herself, The Hatteras is still on the
flats with tugs trying to pull her olf.
N*:ir Evanston, Wyo., yesterday the 1
iei yoar old daughter of George Haw
kins was assaulted bv a negro tramp.
Last night a large body of citizens were
searching for the negro with the inten
tion of lynching him.
RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA. SATURDAY MORNING. MAY 10. 1902.
TRUE BILL AGAINST NELSON
For Killing Shoffaer at a Speak Easy. Kelson
Still at Large.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Greensboro, N. C., May 9.—The crimi
nal docket hehs had 187 cases on it when
court began Mgjnday morning Last night
Solicitor BroolLs announced that all jail
cases hud been disposed of, and nearly
all other old”cases. There have been
only two acquittals. Mr. Brooks is a
niodcl prosecuting officer, and is ably
seconded here by the business-like man
ner Judge Neal displays in accelerating
the work of dealing out even-handed and
inexpensive justice.
A true bill for murder has been found
against Willis Nelson for killing a white
man, Shoffner, at a speak-easv in Green
township, sometime ago. Nelson has not
been found. John Hubbard, his wife and
son were convicted in six cases each for
retailing without license, and the screws
put to them. Hubbard kept the speak
easy where Shoffner was killed and it is
thought was implicated In in the homi
cide, but evidence sufficient to convict
could not be secured, so the charge was
voile prossed. Hubbard is a negro who
is said to havh grown rich disposing of
the fiery and unlawful fluid.
The new company. The Gate Gitv
Guards, will make their first public ap
pearance in tomorrow's Memorial
parade. The company has just re
ceived handsome uniforms, anti has been
diligently practicing the manual for two
weeks.
James S. Manning. Chairman Citizens
Executive Committee of this Judicial dis
trict. has notified Col. J. A. Barringer,
member for Guilford county, of a meet
ing of the District Committee at Dur
ham on May 20, to consider a date and
place for calling the convention to nomi
nate a solicitor for the district. The
present solicitor Brooks, has made a
most, excellent officer I understand, and
there wil be no opposition whatever to
his re-nomination.
Trains going through are full of preach
ers and delegates bound for the Southern
Baptist convention Among those noted
today were Revs. Josiah Crudup.
Washington; C. L. Graves and
wife, Reidsvllle: C. S. Blackwell.
Wilmington; IT. A. Brown. Winston, and
Messrs. A. T. Hanes, Winston; S. B. Wil
son. Greensboro, also Rev. W. C. Newton,
ard Mosdames N. J. Terry, Winston, and
C. E. Holton, J. C. Murchison, this city.
BUIT FOR FIFTEEN THOUSAND
Fishermen Have an Exciting Mventure With
an Alligator
(Special to News and Observer.)
Kinston, N. C., May 9. —Mr. W. B. Sim
mons, of Dover, is suing the Goldsboro
Lumber • Company for 815.000 damages,
claimed In a lumber deal. Mr. T. C
Wooten, of Kinston, is representing the
lumber lonsparv. The case' came up for
trial in New Born today.
Rev. C. W. Blanchard is doing as; len
did work for -Nor.se Association. He is
building churc hes all over the field of the
association. He has just completed and
dedicated a nice church building in
Greene county.
The doctors now have more hope for
the recovery of Mrs. Mvrtle Sutton, who
was so terribly burned at her home ’n
this county yesterday.
A party of, Kinston fishermen had an
exciting experience while fishing near
Moreheod City yesterday. They were in
small boats and had reached a bend in
n little creek when a big alligator, about.
14 feet in length, was scon in shallow
water near the shore, sunning. When
the monster saw the boats and men H
began to slowly move toward them—lts
great mouth wide open. When within
a few feet of the boats the alligator dar
ted forward and swam under the boats
and disappeared in‘deep water. Water
was thrown in every direction, and such
a churning and foaming the men had
never seen Their boats were rocked to
and fro and were almost capsized The
fishermen were among Kinston s most
prominent business men.
Hester’s Cotton Statement
(By the Associated Press.)
New Orleans, La., May 9. —Secretary
Hester’s statement of the world’s visible
supply of cotton issued today shows the
total visible to be 3,498,746 bales, against
3.650.452 bales las* week, and 3,556,071
bales last year. Os this the total of
American cotton is 2.498,746, against
2.556.452 last week and 2.492 o7f bales last
year and of all other kinds, including
Egypt, Brazil, India, etc., 1,062,000 bales
against 1,094,000 bales last week and
1,064,000 bales last year.
Os the world’s visible supply of cotton
there is now afloat and held in Great
Britain and Continental Europe 1,962,000
bales, against 1.925,000 bales last year;
in Egypt 147,000 bales, against 171,C00
bales last year: in India 589,000 bales,
against. 555,000 bales last year, and in
the United States 793,000 bales, against
1,005,000 tales last year.
Secretary Hester’s weekly cotton state
ment issued today shows for the nine
days of May a decrease under last year
of 4,000 bales, an increase over the same
period year before last of 19,000 bales.
Foreign exports for the week have been
66,936 bales, against 120.228 bales last
year, making the total thus far for the
season 6,012,468 bales, against 5,659,574
last year. The total takings of American
mills, North and South and Canada thus
far for the season have been 3.278,057
bales, against 2,929,640 bales last year.
Stocks at the seaboard and the twenty
nine leading Southern interior centres
have decreased during the week 47,410
bales, against a decrease during the
corresponding period last season of 102,-
998 bales.
Including stocks left over at ports and
interior towns from the last crop and
the number of baks brought into sight
thus far for the ne\V crop the supply to
date is 10,607,705, against 9,576,847 for
the same period last year. i
INOf ONE oral
YET m RALEIGH
Pennant Winners Are 100
Much For Durham,
VICTORY BY TEN TO SIX
The Sea Gulls Were Victims to Kelly’s
Greensboro Sluggers
THE HORNETS WIN TROM NEW BERN
The Interest in the State Leaeue Grows as the
End of 'he First We» k of the Season
A|)p*oiches With Raleigh
Heading the List.
The streak i.s unchanged.
Victories continue to conic to the Pen
nant Winners.
Durham again got the worst of it in the
content yesterday, the sr-ore being ten
for Raleigh and six for Durham,
The game was a very interesting one,
though it would have been more so if
the Durham pitcher had not delayed. He
v.uS poky, and 2 hours, 5 minutes was
the time record.
Umpire Proud prodded the Durham
players up once or twice. Once he called
down Curran, who held the ball for 30im
time, and again, when Pastor was at bat
in the fourth inning and the Durham
players passed the ball around he called
three balls before Pitcher Brucktr woke
up to the fact that he ought to be pitch
ing.
The game see-sawe<l for awhile', which
made it of interest, and while Durham
led by two runs there was life and spir’t
scattered about. The Durham team had
plenty of snap and ginger yesterday, some
of it said to have been injected in large
dcses by Captain Stocksdale, who de
serves a first class team behind him.
But for the nightmare of the fourth
inning Durham would have done better.
The bases were full, with one man just
forced iu and two out, when Hook lifted
a 44y in left field which Taylor inulfod.
Three men peered or. this, and with toe
one forced in made the four winning
runs for Ralcigl*.
Umpire Stroud is a most efficient man I
agor of the game and his decisions on
bases wore usually very good. On balls |
and strikes he was off at times yester- ,
day and this against both clubs without
favor. Barring this he is doing fine work
and knows liow to keep the game going, j
Durham did nothing in„its initial in
ning, a pretty double winding up the
second man who walke, Hoffle's splendid
work starting it, Pastor and Leonard
aiding. In Raleigh's half Pastor, first
up, hit by the ball scored when Kain
lifted a three bagger in on left over
(he fenc«. Hooks’ clear hit in centre
scored Kain, but Traeger farm J and j
Smith was out pitcher 1o first.
11 Durham’s second two runs came,
both Stocksdale and Walton singled and •
o:i Pitcher Child's wild throw over first 1
both scored. Two flics and a strike out I
(ante next. For Rilcigh with two men I
clown a wild pitch on the thir-1 strike put j
Childs or. first, and Pastor's three bag- j
gei scored him, and Paster was caught 1
trying to make home.
Nothing was scored in the third but in
| (he fourth Durham got in three runs, j
Stocksdale’s three bagger in centre, Wal- j
ton's strike-out. Curran’s three bagger )
in left, Taylor’s free pass. Hook's fumble J
of ball from Darby at third, Brucker’s j
fiy caught by Kain and Darby caught at i
borne doiry the work.
In Raleigh's half five runs w'>re scored.
Smith was hit by the ball. Sherman went (
cut shot to first, several fanned, Childs
hit clean in centre, scoring Smith. Pas
| tor reached his first on fourth balls. Sof
| tic reached first cn Darby’s fumble-, Kain
j walked, and forced on Childs Hook lifted
! a tly in left which was muffed and scored
i throe rr.i n but was caught at third.
In the fifth hits by Soffel, Dieters and |
Walton scored Soffel and tn its half R il- I
| oigh was blanked. After this Durham j
j did nothing more in the way of run get- |
j ting. In the sixth for Raleigh Pastor's 1
I tlv to centre was muffed and he finally
scored when the second baseman fmn-
I bled a ho* hall from Hook. Tn the seventh
j Smith walked, advanced on Slmrman s
I sacrifice, reached third on a wild pitch
and scored on a hit hy Childs. In the
eighth no run was scored but Durham j
was four runs behind and never saw
victory, as with Dieters safe on fust
with a hit to his credit Stocksdale flew
to Kain Walton walked and a double,
I Pastor to Soffle to eonard ended I Meters
and Logan.
TABULATED SCORE.
RALEIGH. AB. R. H. P.O. A. E.
Pastor, s. s 3 3 11 5 0
Softie. 2b 4 1 0 8 3 0
Kain, I f 2 2 1 3 0 0 ;
Hook, 3b 5 0 11 11
Traegar. c. f 4 0 0 0 0 0
Smith, c 1 2 0 5 1 ft
■Sherman, r. f 2 ft ft ft ft 0
j Leonard, lb 4 ft ft 8 ft ft
! Childs, p 4 2 2 11 3
Total 29 19 5 27 11 4
DURHAM. AR. R. 11. P.O. A. E.
1 Turner, c. f 5 ft ft ft 11
Softie, 3b 4 11 11 0
Deiters, 2b 4 ft 2 2 1 2
Stocksdale, lb 5 2 2 1! <» 0
Walton, r. f i 1 2 ft ft ft •
Outran, e 3 11 6 2 ft
j Lcgan, c ...2 0 ft 3 0 0
Taylor. 1. f 3 1 0 1 0 1
Darby, s. s 3 ft 0 ft 4 1
Brueker, p 3 ft 0 0 5 0
Total 36 6 8 24 14 5
SCORE BY INNINGS.
R. H. E.
Raleigh 21050110 *—lft 5 4
Durham 02031000 0 — 6 8 5
Summary—Three base hits, Kain,
Pastor, Curran, Stocksdale; double plays,
Soffle t(A Pastor to Leonard, Pastor to
Softie to Leonard; struck out, by Childs
4, by Brueker 9; bases on balls, off
Childs 6, off Brueker 7; wild pitches,
Brueker 3; hit by pitched ball, by Bruck
er 2 (Pastor and Smith); left on bases,
Raleigh 6, Durham 8. Time of game 2:05.
Umpire, Geo. D. Proud. Attendance 500.
The Sea Gulls Lose by One Run.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Wilmington, N. C., May 9. —Greensboro
too the second game from Wilmington
this afternoon in the prettiest game of
the season. For the first four innings
each team came to the bat and went out
in quick, snappy order. In the fifth the
visitors scored the first run on a pass
to Poole, and a single into left, which
Watson, a Wilmington amateur, let go
through his legs, netting a run.
The locals were unable to score until
the last half of the eighth when singles
by Domrnel, Fisher nnd Hutton’s life on
error gave them the first run. While ff
double, of Lattin’s hit to second was in
progress, Hutton scored on Fisher’s de-
I cision on McNamara, which caused Man
ager Kelly,of Greensboro, to protest the
game. So far as the result goes, how
ever, the protest was useless, for the
I visitors pulled themselves together,
j Jones was out for patting out of his
, order and a pass to Suggs was followed
j by a single by Jones to centre, on which
j Suggs managed to get home on an error
of Wilmington’s third. Jones came
home himself, on MeKernan’s single over
short.
I McNamara was dekcidedly favorable
to the locals and all but robbed the visi
tors of their wi ll earned laurels.
Score: R. H. E.
Greensboro Oft ft 010 0 0 2 —3 71
i Wilmington 0000 00 0 2 o—2 6 3
j Batteries: Conneen and Sullivan;
Dunn and Fisher.
Summary—Bases stolen, Fisher and
McKernan; two base hits. Brown and
Watson: double plays, Fox to McTeer,
Brown, Lattin to Domniel; bases on balls,
i off Dunn 3, off Conneen 6; struck out, by
I Dunn 2, Conneen 2. Time 1:25. Umpire,
' McNamara. Attendance 400.
New Bern Again Chews Grit.
(Special to News and Observer.)
New B< ra, N. C., May 9. —Charlotte
won from the home team today by a
score of 7 to 2. New Bern lost in the
sixth inning by errors and wild throwing.
Bishop was hit hard. Applegate pitched
fine ball, while Leham and Sloanacre did
excellent work behind the bat.
Score: R. H. E.
New Bern 10000000 I—2 5 6
Charlotte 0000 10 6 0 * —7 10 1
Batteries: Applegate and Sloanachre;
Bishop and Lehman.
Summary—Stiuck out, by Bishop 9, by
Applegate 2. Umpire, Mace. Attend
ance COO.
Standing of the Cluba.
Won. Lost. P. C.
Raleigh 5 ft 1.G09
Charlotte 3 2 .600
Greensboro 2 2 .600
New Bern 2 3 .400
Durham l 4 .200
Wilmington 1 4 .200
Games Today.
Durham at Raleigh.
Charlotte at New Bern.
Greensboro at Wilmington.
National League Games
(By the Associated Press.)
At St. Louis— . R. H. E.
St. Louis 0020 02 2 0 *—6 10 4
Philadelphia 10012001 o—s 10 2
At Cincinnati— R. H. E.
Cincinnati.. ......o*o 001 01 0 I—3 10 4
Boston 0210 00 1 0 0-4 lft 1
At Pittsbui'fc - R. H. E.
Pittsburg 0ft326 Ift ft *—l2 13 0
Brooklyn 0 0)0 0000 0— 1 S 1
At Chicago— r. u. r
Chicago 20 ft 03ft ft 0 *—s 12 1
New York 0000 00 0 0 o—o 5 1
American League Games,
(By the Associated Press.)
At Boston — * r. H, r.
Boston 0002 01 0 0 I—4 6 0
Washington 0002 30 0 0 o—s 11 0
At Cleveland— R. H. E.
Cleveland .2 03000 300— 8 11 6
Chicago 0110 211 0 6—12 17 5
At Philadelphia— R. H. E.
Baltimore 1232 10 3 1 o—l 3 14 3
Philadelphia .. ..0 101 400 00— 6 8 4
At Detroit— R. H. E.
Detroit 00ftft 00 1 0 I—2 6 4
St. Louis 2000 10 0 00—3 10 1
Ea'' rn League Games.
Newark 8: Toronto 7.
Montreal 7; Jersey City 4.
Buffalo 16; Worcester 9.
Rochester G; Providence 5.
16 To 1.
(Special to News and Observe:'-.)
Greensboro, N. C., May 9.—The baseball
t-am of St. Augustine, Raleigh, today de
feated the team from Living-done Col
lege by a score of 16 to 1.
♦ THE WEATHER TO-DAY.♦
♦ For Raleigh: v
t Fair. |
PRICE FIVE CENTS
THE COKVEN MIS
OPEHEOBTIRTHEH
Governor Fogle of Arkansas
is Elected President
!HE VO(E IS UNANIMOUS
The Roll Call Shows a Thousand
Delegates Present.
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION CONVr NTS
Reverend McConnell of Atlanta Preaches the
Convention Sum in. L. 0. Davidson
Re elected Presid nt of tho
B. Y. P. U.
(Special to News and Observer.) A
Asheville, N. C., May 9. — 1 lie Soulhcrnfl|
Baptist Convention, Imposing in nmnliersy
and personnel, convened Acre today,
President Northern j residing.
Dr. T. S. Dunne/, of Virginia, led to
opening exercises. President Nortlien
made a short address before order!nig
the roll called. I>r. Lansing Burrow**,
read the roll, showing that 1,000 of the V v
1,518 delegates appointed were present.
The sixreen Southern States had the fol
lowing representatives' Alabama, 74;
Arkansa, 13; District of Columbia, 7;
Florida, 10; Georgia, 03; Louisiana, 15;
Indian Territory, none; Maryland, 19;
Missouri. 33; Mississippi, 45; North Car
olina, GO; South Carolina, GG; Tennessee,
53; Texas, 52; Kentucky, 130; Virginia,
120.
Ex-Governor Eagle, of Arkansas, was
unanimously elected president of the con
vention. The vice-presidents elected
were C. Yv. Stevens, Missouri; Joshua
Levering, Maryland; Dr. R. IT. Marsh.
North Carolina; Dr. C. C. Meador, Dis
trict of Columbia, raising Burrows and
9. F Gregory were cloctod secretaries.
Geo. Norton, treasurer, and Win. F. Har
vey, auditor )
Dr. W. E. Hatcher announced that
there were vacancies in the Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary for the
States of Virginia South Carolina, Geor
gia. Kentucky and Tennessee, one from
each State which the convention would
nil. A committee was appointed to se
lect men for the vacancies.
Superintendent J H. Tucker, of Ashe
ville, made an address of welcome and
the or I'T of business was adopted.
Tonight Rev. McConnell, of Atlanta,
t reached the convention sermon,
Kcretnry’s report of the Woman's Mis
sionary Union, which convened today,
shows good progress. The president, Mrs.
Stakely, of Alabama, made an address,
and Dr. McConnell, of Atlanta, also spoke.
L. O. Davidson was last night re-cloet
ul president of the Baptist Young Peo
ple’s Union.
H. & B BeeT’a Market Detter.
New Orleans, La., May 9.—Early Liv
erpool advices "were disappointing, owing
to the liberal movement, bat our market,
levertheless. opened 3 to 6 points higher
lad improved G to 10 adcional points
licrtly after on the old and 3 on the
uc.w crors in consequence of fresh out
?ide buying. The heavy New Orleans es
timate for tomorrow, subsequently
•aused a break of 12 to 13 from the top
on summer positions and 5 on new.
About this time, however, the bullish
visible supply statement was issued and
vccasioncd a sharp reaction, making the
act gain 5 to .8 points on old crop options
and 2 to 3 on new. The amount brought
into sight during the week was 9,000
under last year and 13,000 over year be
fore la-d., The total marketed from Sep
tember Ist to date is 9,711,000, against
>,454,000 last year and 8,657,000 year be
fore last, an increase of 257,000 r.ver
last year and an excess of 1,054,000 over
year before last. Therefore compared
to last year the movement on its face
•points to a crop of 10,640,000, and if com
part'd with year before last it indicates
a crop of 10,490,000. The leading in
ferior towns during the week received
30,000, against 58,000 last year and 11,000
y>«r,r before and the aggregate
stock hold by them is 228,000, against
428,(00 last year and 195,000 year before
last. The total stock of American
ashore and at Liverpool is 99,100, against
762,000 last year and 595,000 year before
last. The visible supply of American
during the .week decreased 128,000, against
99,000 last year and 9,400 year before
last, the aggregate to date being 2,349,-
000 against 2,492,000 last year and 2,047,-
000 year before- last.
Trading in the summer months is re
st rioted as most operators believe in
pursuing a conservative policy on the
present basis.
New crop months are becoming more
active* as speculators are attracted to
them in consequence of the heavy dis
counts. Receipts and the demand for
rpets will regulate the prices of sum
mer months, whereas weather condi
tions will influence the new.
H. & B. BEER.
Camp’s Saw Mill Burned.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Suffolk. Y'a., May 9—A saw mill plant
six dry kilns and a quantity of manu
factured lumber were burned , this uf
teinoon .it Arringdale, Va. The proper
ty was owned by the Camp Manufactur
ing Company, of Franklin. Va. Loss *
153.000, insurance $37,200. The blaua
stai tej in a boiler room-