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♦ THE WEATHER TODAY. £ X For North Carolina:! * Partly Cloudy. I !♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ VOL. LII. NO. 75'. Leads all Morth Carolina Dailies in Mews and Circulation DRAGGED FROM IRE JAIL AHD LYMCHED Quick Work of the Mob at Salisbury. YOUNG NEGROES CONFESS No Outr ige Was Committed Upon Miss Benson. IT WAS A DEED OF FIENDISH FEROCITY Sharp'y Reprimanded for 1 respassing on the Farm, the Young Tieers Attacked Miss Benson With Stones Beat ing Out Her Brains. (Special to .he News and Observer.) Salisbury, N. C., June 11.—At one o'clock this morning a mob of fifty masked men from the country took the boys James and Harris Gillespie from the jail here and after having them to a tree outside the town limits riddled their bodies with bullets. The militia had been called out by authority of the Governor about mid night. but as everything was quiet they had disbanded when the mob suddenly re appeared. bui his words were without effect. They rushed into the jail and battered down the doors in their fierce quest for the young murderers. They found them at last ir. the attic of the building where tluy had be “a concealed by the officers. Roughly dragging them forth, the mob bore them from the jail and, as has been stated, hanged both some distance out side the town. Harrison Gillespie, the elder, was dragged up into the air with the rope about his neck. James Gillespie was fore. 1 to climb the tree and jump into space. The mob then fired a volley into lire dangling, quivering bodies. Just before the fatalv leap James Gil lespie burst into tears. This was the only evidence of emotion given by either. The older boy said that .Tames had knocked Miss Benson down and that the two had then battered her head to a jelly. He said they did it becaue she tried to make them leave the premises. The crime for which these two boys died was a most ghastly and revolting one. Miss Cornelia Benson, the victim, was a highly respected young woman of 25 years of age. As stated, she was at work in a field some distance from her home when the deed was committed. It is said that there had been trouble Im* tween t ho Bcnscnu end the boys on account of the latte: s' thieving propensi ties. The officers believe that the ne groes wore passing through the field ami that Miss Benson spoke to them sharply for trespassing. Upon this one of them knocked her down with a rock. Then in an access of tigerish rage they Attacked her with stones, prostrating her as she attempted to rise and beating her head and face into a pulp. Near the body sceveral bloody rocks were found. It was Mi«s Benson's mother who found the body. She had driven the cows to pasture and on her return stumbled upon ihe mutilated corpse in a ditch. The face was covered with blood and from a jagged wond in the head the Fains wore slowly oozing. Wild with lo i ror the mother fled from the spot and in a short while the entire neighborhood was aroused and engaged in a : stern search for the murderers. When the officers and citizens arrived on the spot where the crime had been temmittod they began searching for a line. The ground had been freshly broken and footprints were distinct on the sod. Suspicion pointed to Harris iid James Gillespie, two young negro levs, and they were immediately taken lo the spot. Their footprints fitted ex i'l tly in the impressions left on the ground and they were taken in charge b> the officers and brought to Salisbury. < m their way here they were followed by about fifty who had left this lily immediately on receipt of the news r ' the murder, armed to the teeth. No attempt was made to injure the prisoners hut the frequent discharge of firearms so terrified the older of the two that he volunteered a confession to Deputy Ju lian. The examination of the body showed that the murderers had not attempted to i omniit any outrage and this, at least, bears Harris Gillespie out in his asser tion that the boys were involved in words with >he young woman. It is be lieved. however, that improper sugges tions were made and resented, culmi nating in the deadly assault of the boys. The elder of the two was about HI \.ars old and stout and muscular. The itlur was probably two ‘years younger. Died at the Hands of Parties Unknown (Special to News ana Observer.) Salisbury, N. <*., June 11.—Over 5."00 people, consisting of men, women and children of all ages, conditions, viewed the lifeless bodies hanging from the limbs- Coroner Dorsett summoned a jury and held an inquest at 9:00 o'clock- Th<* verdict of the jury was that the two murderers came to their death by hank ing at the hands of unknown parties. The remains were taken to the county home and burled. The mot) of last night consisted of about 500 men, many of whom it is believed were from Salisbury. Jailer Krider in the face of ten pistols refused to give up the keys and the mob The News and Observer. battered down the doors and cracked the locks. Everything is quiet here tonight al though the main topic of conversation is “the double lynching.” The murderers were aged 14 and 17 respectively. FOB TREE MAIL DELIVERY. The Final Arrangements to be Made at High Point (Special to the News and Observer.) High Point, N. C., June 11. —The post office inspector will be hero in a day or so to make final arrangements for a free delivery service for High Point. The work here will require the appointment of three mail carriers at S6OO a year each. The returns at the office here last year were $1,200.40, two hundred dollars in excess of amount required to secure free delivery mail service. Claude Coffin, a 11-year-old boy living in Jamestown, died last week from hydrophobia, the physicians being posi tive in their diagnosis of the case. Snow Lumber Company finished this week some odd shaped furniture for the Elks at Winston-Salem. Mrs. John Craven died at her home in this city Monday night. She leaves a husband and four children. She was buried at Springfield. M. Z. Hinohara, a Japanese student of Trinity College, will speak on “Some Phases of Japanese Life” at South Main Street Methodist Church Sunday even ing. The machinery for the Lowe Trouser Company is being put in place. The Snow’ Basket Company began operations Monday for the first time since their factory was destroyed by fire several months ago. Your correspondent learns on best authority that Capt. A. M. Rankin, now with the Southern Railway, running as conductor between this place and Ashe boro. will shortly resign his position and act as secretary and treasurer of another coffin and casket factory, of whi«*h he is promoter. The company is now' in course of organization. The capital stock is $20,000. TO CONSIDER CARNEGIE’S OFFER. A Meeting to be Held in Greensboro Tonight, Election of School Teachers. (Special to the News and Observer.) Greensboro. \\ C., June 11.—There will be a meeting tomorrow night of the Board of Aldermen, the managers of the public library, the Board of Education, the Industrial and Immigration Associa tion and all others interested in the ac ceptance of the Carnegie library proposi tion. The City School Board met last night and re-elected the following of the old school corps: Superintendent, Prof. Broadhurst; Prof. W. H. Swift. prii: cipal City High School; Prof. W. R. Thomson. principal Asheboro Street School. Teachers—M,*rss3 Annie Mc bane, Mary Applewhite, Lizzie Lindsay, Fannie Wallace, Mary Turner, Rosa Ab bort, Estelle Tomlinson, Etta Stocksrd, Eliza Williams, Cera Cox, Annie Meade Miehaux. Minnie Reid, Lee T. Blair. Misses Vivian 3. Sbober, Elsie Weath erby and Mr. W. N. Mebane, of the former teachers, did not apply for posi tions and the vacancies caused thereby were filled by the election of Beulah Bagby, es (he Monroe High School, Eunice Kirkpatrick, of ihe Burlington schools, and Mr. Lee W. Crawford, of Rutherford College. Miss Margirette Gannon was elected supervisor of music for the city schools and her place as a regular teacher was supplied by the election of Miss Kather ine Davis, o r the High Point city schools. Misses Nettie Grego:y and Lucille Harri son, of Greensboro, were selected as su pernumerary teachers. The addition of a music department to the public school system is a distinct ad vance, and next year it is proposed 1 un derstand to add manual training to the course. The job printers arc having a meeting at Morchoad to organize a State* Printers Association. Mr. T. VV. Wiley, a well known and respected mechanic here, was found dead in bed at his home in South Greensboro. invitations have been received hero to the marriage of Rev. R. B. John, presid ing elder of the Wilmington district of the M. E. Church, to Miss Gertrude "Worth, daughter of Mr. J. S. Worth, of Guilford College, at the Friends’ Church thore, on Wednesday, June 15th, at 4:30 o’clock. Miss Worth is very highly ac complished and has been principal of the Wilmington High School. They will be “at home” after August Ist at 408 Grace street, Wilmington. Mr. W. A. Fields, whose brick block w r as burned some days ago, has given out the contract for another brick build ing. and will locate his steam laundry there among other industries to be car ried on. Sheriff Jordan, who is constantly on the lookout for George Blount, the Char lotte negro who murdered Tom Reynolds in cold blood almost at the brick yard near here last week, heard today that the man was seen yesterday going on the outskirts of Summerfield in the direc tion of Mount Airy. He immediately sent out messengers all along the route to look for him. Tho new street cars crossed the rail road crossing yesterday afternoon and this morning and ran up to the court house, stopping very appropriately in front of the Electric Company's offices. They are handsome ears with the mod ern chair seats, and vest!buled iu ac cordance with the Whitaker law. State Press Association. (Special to the News and Observer.) Asheville, N. C., Juno 11.—The mem bers of the Press Association of tho State who have not done so are reqii'*;jied by the historian. Rev. P. R. Law, to send to him at Lumber Bridge, N. ('.. such data as he needs in their judgment | about their papers to prepare the his tory of the association for tho year. RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA.’THURSDAY MORNING. JUNE 12. 1902. TREINICIBLES VANQUISHED ONCE The Hornets Lose a Game to the Bulls. IT IS EIGHT TO THIRTEEN Raleigh Tumbles Before the Gulls on Errors, MAKES ONE RUN TO WILMINGTON'S THREE New Bern Once More Defeats Greensboro. The Game is Close and Warmly Contested. The Store Being Eight to Seven. YESTERDAY S RESULTS. Wilmington 3, Raleigh 1. Durham 13. Charlotte 8. New Bern 8, Greensboro 7. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Won. Lost. P.C. Charlotte 28 4 .875 Raleigh 18 15 .544 Durham 17 16 .515 New Bern 16 17 .485 Greensboro ;. 15 18 .454 Wilmington 4 28 .125 » TO-DAY S SCHEDULE. Durham at Raleigh. Greensboro at Wilmington. , Charlotte at New Bern. RALEIGH LOSES ON ERKORS. They Say Sherman Wa3 Unintentionally Par tial to Ua. (Special to News and Observer.) Wilmington, N. C., June 11. —Both pitchers were in fine form today and al lowed but two and three hits each. Sweeney for the locals pitched magnifi cently throughout. Childs was wild and lost this head at times- Wilmington took good advantage of Raleigh s four errors and to them is due the loss of the game. Raleigh's run in the eighth was on a two bagger by Childs and a muff of Soffit's drive to left. Wilmington's runs came in the third on Davis’ error of Sweeney’s drive, and a muff of Dommell's fly by Lattin- In the fourth, on a pass to Deiters, a passed ball by Smith, a steal to tlvrd and an error of Davis, and in the eighth on Treagar's muff of Sween ey’s deep fly and a single to center by Hines. Sherman was conceded by all to have been unintentionally partial to Raleigh. THE TABULATED SCORE. RALEIGH. A B. R. H. P.O. A. E. Pastor, s. s>, 3 0 0 3 1 0 Soffel, 2b. 4 0 0 1 3 0 Smith, c 4 0 0 2 1 0 Traegar, 1. f., 4 0 0 4 0 1 Davis, lb., 3 0 0 7 0 1 White, r. f 3 0 1 0 0 0 Lattin, c. f., 3 0 0 3 11 Hook, 3b 3 0 0 4 4 0 Childs, p., 3 11 0 1 0 Total 30 1 2 24 11 3 WILMINGTON. A.B. R. H. P.O. A. E Matthewson, c 2 0 0 8 1 0 Hines, 1. f 4 0 110 2 Dommcl, lb., 3 0 0 6 0 1 Lawson, s. s 4 0 0 5 3 1 McGinnis, c. f...... 4 0 2 2 0 0 Deiters, 3b-, 3 1 0 1 0 0 Holland, r. f„ 2 0 0 2 1 0 O’Neal, 2b., 3 0 0 1 0 0 Sweeney, p., 3 2 0 1 4 0 Total 20 3 3 27 9 4 Score by innings: R H E Raleigh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 o—l 2 3 Wilmington .. ..0 011 00 1 Ox—3 3 4 Batteries: Childs and Smith; Sween ey and Matthewson. Summary: Stolen bases —White, Dei ters and Holland. Two base hits —White, and Childs. Double plays—Lawson to Dommel; Sweeney to Dawson. Base on balls—Childs, 6. Struck out—by Childs, 2; Sweeney, 8. Hit by pitched ball— Pastor and Davis. Wild pitch—Childs. Time 1:35. Umpire, Sherman. The Bulls Rout the Hornets (Special to News and Observer.) Durham. N. C-, June 11.—Durham turn ed the tables on Charlotte this after noon winning the game by the score of 13 to 8. Opportune hitting on Durham’s part in the fourth inning netted six runs. Brandt, of Charlotte, lifted the ball over the fence for a home run in the sixth inning as on tho previous day. Some of Umpire Dolan's decisions were decidedly off Score: RHE Charlotte 201 30101 o—B0 —8 la 5 Dunham 0 0 3 6 2 2 0 0 x —l 3 11 a Batteries: Charlotte, Ashenback, Leh man and Armstrong. Durham, Morris and Curran. Summary: Earned runs—Charlotte, 3; Durham, 7- Bases on balls —off Ashen back, 4; off Morris, 1- Two base hits — Cooper, Castello, Morris. Home run — Brandt. Hit by pitched ball— by Ashen back, 1. Struck out —by Ashenback. 6. Passed balls—Lehman. 1- Time of game 1:50. Umpire, Mr. Dolan. Attendance 500. New Bern Slugs to Victory. (Special to News and Observer.) i New Bern, N- C\, June 11.—The Truck- ors took the third game from the Farmers today by a score of 8 to 7. It was a game of slugging on both sides, (’raw ley for the homo team went out in the second inning with a small bone broken in his leg while sliding to second base- Cook for the visitors was slightly in jured but stayed in the game. Darby, Devlin and Randolph's fielding was the feature. King won his game up to the ninth, when with Fillman on first Dev lin hits over right field fence for a home run. Score: RHE New Bern 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 2—B 12 2 Greensboro .. ..0 1000420 o—7 15 2 Batteries: Bass and Daum; Kelly and McTeer. Attendance 400. Umpire Dr. Rhein. Weldon Shuts Out Durham, (Special to News and Observer.) Weldon, N .C., June 11.—Weldon shut out Durham in a fast game. The visi tors only got one man to third base. Score: ‘ RHE Weldon 0 1002002 x—s 11 4 Durham 0000000 0 o—o 3 2 Batteries: Gran and Hicks; Greaves and Surlcs- Time 1:12. Umpire, Stafn back. National League Games. (By the Associated Press.) At Philadelphia— R H E Cincinnati 2000000 o—2 9 0 Phila 0 0002000 I—3 7 0 At Boston— R H E Bostcm 0 0000001 2—3 5 3 Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 I—2 8 0 American League Games. (By the Associated Tress.) At Cleveland— R H E Cleveland 0 0003000 o—3 7 3 Phila 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2—4 9 1 At Chicago—• R H E Chicago 1 0200000 x—3 11 0 Boston 00 o 0 0 0 1 0 I—2 9 2 At Detroit— R H E Detroit 401 00000 x—s ? 1 Baltimore 0 2000000 o—2 7 2 At St. Louis— - R H E St- Louis p. 3 000021 x—6 6 0 Washington .. ..0 <> 011 00 0 1-3 13 0 Eastern League. (By the Associated Press.) Worcester 6; Newark 3. Montreal 2; Toronto 5. Rochester 3; Buffalo 2. Providence 7; Jerse City 3. Southern League. (By the Associated Press.) Memphis 4: Chattanooga 2. Little Rock 4; Birmingham 1. Shreveport 2; Atlanta 6. New Orleans 6; Nashville 7. THE OfFiK CHOSEN John C* Drewry Most Excel lent High Priest The Annual Gilherirg of the Masons Proving Ore of Rare Pleasure to All in Attendance. (Special to the- News and Observer.) Winston-Salem, N. C., June 11.—The Winston-Salem Masons are entertaining their visitors handsomely and the an nual gathering is proving one of delight, to every attendant. At this morning’s session of the Grand Commandery of Royal Arch Masons officers were chosen for the ensuing year. They wore in stalled this afternoon and are as follows: Most Excellent High Priest, John C. Drewry, of Raleigh; R. E. Deputy Grand High Priest, Henry G. Smallbones, of Wilmington; R. E. Grand King, William Anderson, of Charlotte; R. E. Grand Scribe, James D. Glenn, of Greensboro; R. E. Grand Treasurer, William E. Simpson, of Raleigh; R. E. Grand Secre tary, James C. Munds, of Wilmington; E. Grand Chaplain, W. E. Hubbard; E. Grand Chaplain of the "Most, at Wil liams, of Wilson; E. Gra’. Principal So journer, A. B. Andrews, J of Raleigh; E. Grand Royal Arch C tain, F. H. Short, of Washington; E. Grand Master of tho Third Veil, J. C. Braswell, of En field; E. Grand Master of the Second Veil, J. B. Griggs, of Eliabeth City; E. Grand Master of the First Veil, Jameus W. Shuford, of Hickory; E. Grand Lec turer, F. M. Motfc, of Wilson; E. Grand Sentinel. R. H. Bradley, of Raleigh; com mittee on finances, Chas. D. Wildes, W. H. Bam and John W. Olon; committee on jurisprudence, M. S. Willard, Jas. K. Norfleet, Eric Norden; committee on fraternal correspondence, Jas. South gate, of Durham. \t 5'39 this afternoon the visiting Masons were tendered a carriage drive over the city. The Grand Commandery Knights Templar held its annual con clave at 8 o'clock tonight. At the close of the session a trolley ride was given to Nissen Park. Mr. H. A. Siddall. one of Salem’s popu lar merchants, left today for Raleigh, where he will he united in marriage to Mrs. Watson, of the Baptist Female University. The ceremony will be performed by Dr. Vann at his home tomorrow morning. Mr. and Mrs. Siddall will arrive here on the aifternon train tomorrow. DATE SET TO VOTE ON THEMNAL BILL The Senate Agrees on Thurs day the i9th, ELECTION OF SENATORS Senator Wellington Precipitates a Sharp Discussion. VEST OPPOSES THE DEPEW AMENDMENT Fairbat ks Speaks in Favor of the Panama Route for a Canal. The House Kills Ihe Corliss Pacific Cable Bill. (By the Associated Press.) Washington. June 11. —Just before ad journment today the Senate agreed to vote finally on the Nicaragua Canal Bill and all pending amendments on Thurs day .June 19th, the voting to begirt at 2 p. m- Before consideration of the canal ques tion was resumed today the motion of Mr. Wellington, of Maryland, to dis charge the Committee on Privileges and Elections from further consideration of the resolution providing for the submis sion of an amendment to the Constiiut.on for the election of Senators by the poo pie was defeated 21 to 35, after a sharp debate. During the discussion, Mr. Vest, (Mo.), said he was anxious to have a square issue on the question presented, but he was opposed to the Depew amendment and was opposed to the resolution as it came from the House. He had be-u a Democrat for more than fifty years, but he was not in favor of the declarations in Democratic platforms for this tion. He denied the right of any con vention —State cr National— to dictate how he should t ote on any question. He was opposed to the pending resolution because he believed that when the time came for the people to be protected against their own ignorance and imbe cility it was a notice that popular gov ernment. was a failure. He inclined to the belief that this was a plan adopted by adroit politicians to induce the people to believe that they were purer than some other people. Mr .Fairbanks, (Ind.), in a carefully considered speech favored construction of the Isthmian Canal by the Panama route. Originally, he said, he had fav ored tlie Nicaragua route, but an inves tigation of the subject, coupled with the determination of the Isthmian Commis sion. had induced him to change his mind in favor of the aPnama route. He ar gued that that route not only would be cheaper in the first' instance, but cheap er in operation after the canal was con structed. Pie earnestly favored the con struction of the canal and resented the intimation that those who favored the Panama route were in the least opposed to a canal. The Cable Bill Killed. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, June 11. —The House to day dispatched the Corliss Pacific Cable Bill by the same method it adopted yes terday in the case cf the Forest Reserve Bill. It, struck out the enacting clause of the measure by a vote of 116 to 77, thus giving no opportunity to test the strength of the Dalzell substitute, which authorized the President to contract with a private company for the laying of a cable. The speakers today were Messrs. Shackleford (Mo.), Mann (Ills.), Morrell (I’a.)’ and Tompkins l (Ohio), for the bill and Messrs. Richardson (Ala.), Newlands (Xev.). Loud (Cal.), nd Cnnon (Ills.), against it. Mr. Richardson, (Ala.), referred at some length to-the possibilities in the development of wireless telegraphy and argued that it would be unwis'e, on the threshold of the development of the new system, for the Government to expend $15,000,000 or $20,000,000 for a submarine cable, which might be valueless in a few years. It was better, he insisted, to allow a private company to take what ever risk was involved. Mr. Richardson red the contract under the post roads ct of 1866, which the Commercial Cable Company agreed to make with the Secre try of the Treasury covering the sale of Ihe cable ip case of necessity, to the Government, the control of the cable by the Government in time of war, etc. He argued that these terms were in everv way very advantageous to the Govern ment. Mr Richardson declared that as an economic business proposition the Gov ernment cable ws injustifiable nd he quoted from the commerce committee’s report against former bill of this kind to the effect (hat the Government would rest $15,000,000 nd would chiefly benefit 300 foreigners and 100 American citizens. He read a letter from John W. Mackey of the Commercial Company, guarantee in gthat the compnv would build an all American cable and not touch upon foreign so:!. Mr. Adamson (Ga.) made the motion to strike out the enacting clause. To prove that the Commerced Cable Com pany was proceeding with the work of constructing the cable it proposed to lay, he read a cablegram from London, dated today and signed by G. E. Ward, vice- president, certifying tht 1,065 nautical miles of the cables to be laid between San Francisco nd Honolulu had been com pleted, and that the w'ork was proceeding at the rate of twenty-six miles a day. The cablegram said that a steamer would leave with the cable for San Fran cisco before August Ist. Mr. Adamson said the bill was one of Mr. Cannon's md dogs which should have its tail cut off just behind the ears. TO SECURE RECIPROCITY. Monoy Paid Out of the Cuban Treasury to Carry On the Work Hera (By the Associated Press.) Washington, June 11.—F. B. Thurber, president of the Export Association, the witness who has been wanted by the Committee on Cuban Relations, was be fore the committee today. Senator Tel ler produced a copy of a voucher for $2,880 showing that the sum had been paid by the Military Government of Cuba by authority of Governor Wood to the United States Export Association, of which Thursber is president. Thurber acknowledged that he had received the amount and said it was one of three payments hs hed received from the same source;. The (voucher, which the wit ness admitted to be genuine, is as fol lows: “Voucher, No. 31. Abstract “B,” ac count month of April, 1902. “New York, April 2nd, 1902. “The United States Military Govern ment of the Island of Cuba. “To United States Export Association, DR. “For sending a third edition of 80,000 circular leters and accompanying publi cations to leaders of thonught in the United States, advocating a reduction in the duties upon Cuban products, with a recipiprocal reduction in the duties upon American products imported into Cuba — $2,880. “Received payment. (Signed) U. S. Export Ass'n, “F. B. Thurber, President. “April 2nd, 1902. “To service as per bill attached (s.ee above) in support of the applications of the inhabitants of the Island of Cuba for reciprocal tariff relations with the United Statoss2,Bßo. “Under authority of Gen. Wood, March 26th, 1902.” The witness said he had circulated a large number of circulars in the inter est of a reduction of tho duty on Cuban sugar and he submitted specimens of some of them. Being asked by Senator Teller who paid the expense incident to the circulation of this literature, the witness replied that the Cuban commit tee had paid the larger part of it and that members ot the association had paid part of it. All told he thought that $20,000 worth cf literature had been circulated in the interest of Cuba in the United States. Mr. Thurber said that he had solicited a subscription from Mr. Havemeyer and had received $2,500 from that gentle roan. The testimony given today before the Committee on Cuban Relations by F. B. Thurber showing that between and $9,000 had been paid out of the Cuban Treasury under the direction of Governor General Wood for the promotion of the effort to secure reciprocity between the United States and Cuba caused a sensa tion in the Senate today. Opinions as to the ultimate effect of the testimony are varied as the predilec tions and prejudices of the Senate, but the immediate results are seen in the decision reached during the afternoon to, have two caucuses in the early future. The first of those will be held by the beet sugar Republican Senators tomorrow and the second by all the Republican Senators Friday or Saturday. Senator Aldrich expresses confidence in being able to secure fully 45 Repub lican votes in favor of any bill that may be reported by the Cuban committee. This is a majority of the Senate and the friends of reduction express themselves as hopeful of passing a bill. They say the testimony of Mr. Thurber docs not affect t'ne merits of the question in the least and they contend that even admit ting that the course of the Cuban Gov ernment was censurable it cannot and should not prevent the Government cf the United States doing what it. has prom ised to do and what it Is right to do. They do not, however generally admit that, th? course was improper. The beet sugar Senators are undenia bly more hopeful than they have teen heretofore, some of them profess to be lieve that the revelation will have the effect of at least causing a halt in the proceedings :n the interest of reciprocity. Three Promising Inventions. Mr. Alex J. Feild, of Raleigh, is mak ing a success at three inventions he has put on the market- One is tan extracting tag for plug to bacco from caddies. It is a tin slip with a grappling hold back of each plug, a catch in front and enables the retailer to pull out each plug without trouble and to keep his tobacco packed in tight. Another is a tbacco box which is easily opened at one end without injury to the other parts, and the third is a glass door, or cover for the caddies, which keeps the tobacco from dust and wear while clearly exposing it, and is tranferable from caddy to caddy. Mr. Feild is now iu Richmond and the manufacturers are taking held of those inventions. One manufacturer, W. T. Hancock, has already begun packing to bacco after Mr. Feild’s patent and retail dealers say that they would rather pay more for tobacco packed in this way, as they believe it will be more profitable in the long run. The inventions are cheap and of great utility, and Mr- Feild is to be congrat ulated on the promising outlook for his inventions. Regrets at. a wedding arc often in the, form of a present, the price of which is ! regretted. I X THE WEATHER TO-DAY. 4 ♦ For Raleigh: X Possibly Showers. | 7 ’RICE FI VE OEMS. DANCERS CRUSHED I BT FALLING WALLS The Town Hall Collapses in a Tornado. THREE GIRLS ARE KILLED And Many Are Partially Buried in the Ruins. REPOR TS Os OTHER DEATHS IN THE STORM Three Coaches Are Blown From the Centre of a Train, Leaving the Engine and Rear Coaches on the Track. (By the Associated Press.) Bloomington, Ills., June 11. —Death and destruction followed in the wake of the tornado last night. The saddest feature was the killing of three young women who were attending a dance at the town (hall of Mema, a small village ten miles east of this city. There was a party of 250 young men and women at the dance in the hall when the tornado struck the building about It o'clock last night. Everybody rushed for the doors. A num ber of young men held the doors to pre vent the people from escaping, feeling that they might be injured or killed if they got outside. About half of them, however, escaped and then the building collapsed. The others were buried in the wreck- Three were killed and forty or fifty others more or less injured, some of them seriously- The dead are: MISS LENA JAHAGAN. , MRS. EDWARD MARTIN. * MISS ANNA KELLY. All are daughters of prominent far mers in the vicinity. The bodies were horribly mutilated by the heavy timbers. Quite a number of young men and wo men were taken from the ruins in an unconscious condition and some of them are still in that state and it is feared there may be other deaths. The storm reached Bloomington about 11 p. m., commencing with a furious electrical display- Rain accompanied the wind, and the business district suf fered severely- Many plate glass win dows were blown in and the stocks of goods badly damaged. Hundreds of trees in the city were broken off at the trunks and the streets are almost impassable. Buildings all over the city were dam aged. but no lives were lost nor was anyone seriously injured. A man stand ing' on West Washington street was blown feet but escaped with only bruises. Up to Tlieir Necks in the Flood. (By the Associated Press.) Peoria, Ills-, June 11.—The double storm that struck Peoria at 10 o’clock last night and again at 2 o’clock this morning, was the worst Central Illinois has experienced since 1843. Probably the worst damage in proportion to the size cf the town, was at Kingston Mines, a small mining town twenty miles below Peoria. There were three persons killed outright and ten were injured, three fa tally. George Reardon, ail employe of the electric company, was instantly killed this morning while repairing the storm damage at Glen Oak Park. He was caught by a live wire and died instantly. George Ashlock, another lineman was seriously burned while attempting to extricate Rearden from the wire. Shortly after 11 o’clock a report reach ed the police that the people living at Dry Run were in dansre of downing, as they had been caught by the Hood. Row boats were hauled to the scene at once and the police took twelve people from their homes. They were standing on pianos with the water almost to their necks. Ail communication with the outside world was cut off for more than twelve hours and it was almost noon today be fore a wire was secured between Peoria and Chicago and St. Louis- Blown From the Track. (By the Associated Press.) Corwith, low'a, June 11.—A tornado struck an empty excursion train on the lowa Central five miles ea3t of here last night and blew three cars from the track, while the train was running thirty miles an hour, leaving the engine and the two last coaches on the track. No one whs hurt. Mr. < armack, of Tenn., Introduced a resolution in the Senate yesterday to in vestigate ' the case of Rebecca J. Tay lor, a clerk in vh« War Department, who vus discharg’d from her position for the alleged reason of criticising the ad minisiration s Philippine policy in a communication to the press. The Com mittee on C ivil Service was directed to investigate the charge. The resolution went over. At the meeting of tho Democratic State Central Committee of Ohio, it was de cided to hold the State convention at Sandusky, September 2nd and
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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