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VOL. LII. NO. 109.
Loads all Month Carolina Dailies in Mews and Circulation
THE FIREMEN ARE
TILLING THE CITY
lioming in Fast From all Parts
of the State.
TO-DAY THE CONVENTION
A Fire Alarm Will Be Turned in this
Afternoon.
EXHIBITION OF FIRE EXTINGUISHER
Ladies’ will Be Cordially Welcomed at the Con"
vention. There Will Be Baseball Wed
nesday and Thursday and
Possibly Today.
Firemen and firemen’s friends were
coming in fast yesterday, and the city
was beginning to look crowded and fes
tive last night. Several of the visiting
companies, with their apparatus, got in
during the day; but today's trains will
bring the great majority.
Today is to be convention day, and
will be devoted to the business of the
State Firemens’ Association. The con
vention will be called to order by Presi
dent James D. McNeill at 11 o'clock in
the Metropolitan Hall.
The opening prayer will be offered by
Rev. l»r. I. McK. Pfttenger, rector of the
Church of the Good Shepherd.
Mayor Powell will give the delegates
the freedom of the city and introduce
Mr. R. N. Simms, who will deliver the
address of welcome.
Responses will be made by several
prominent delegates from different parts
of the State, among whom may be men
tioned Mayor Eaton, of Winston; Hon.
R. I>. Douglas, of Greensboro; Col. T. H.
Gain, of Goldsboro, and T. A. Green, of
New Bern. These are not all, but the
names of the others could not be learned
last night.
After the speech-making is over, the
regular order of business will be taken
up. All of the officers of the associa
tion will make reports.
Any ladies who care to attend the con
vention will be cordially welcomed.
ALARM OF FIRE.
An alarm of fire will be turned in
some time during the afternoon today,
to which all of the Raleigh companies
will respond, for the benefit of the con
vention and the visitors generally. There
wlil also be an exhibition of a chemical
lire extinguishing apparatus on Fayette
ville street. A large w r ooden box will
bet set fire to and put out with the ex
tinguisher.
The program for Wednesday and
Thursday is as follows:
Wednesday, 3 a. m.—Street parade; 11
a. m., engine contests; 2 p;-m., horse
hose wagon races; 4:20 p. m., baseball;
5-30 p. m., championship reel races; s p.
m., band conceit.
Thursday, 1) a. m.. Hook and Lad
der contests; 11 a. m., hand-reel con
tests; 2 p. in., grab-reel contests; 3:30
p. in., special feature races; 1:30 p. m.,
baseball.
PARADE TO-MORROW.
The line of march will form at the foot j
of Fayetteville, march up Fayetteville to
the Capitol, thence to Wilmington street,
thence north to Eden ton, west to Salis
bury, and thence to Hillsboro, and out
Hillsboro to the bridge, and counter
march back to the Capitol on the same
street. Thence down Salisbury street to
Morgan and back to Fayetteville, and
down Fayetteville to the graded school.
The grand stand on Hillsboro will com
mand an excellent view of the counter
marching.
Further particulars of the parade will
be published tomorrow morning. The or
der of march will appear with the full
program.
BASEBALL.
There will -be baseball games at 4:30
on Wedn 'aday and Thursday and possibly
today, between a picked team from
Greensboro and one from Raleigh. Among
the Raleigh players will be Curran, ‘'Billy
D.” of last year’s “Red Birds,” Will
Wynne and Bronig. Morris, of Durham,
will pitch one of the games. The full line
up has not been decided on, as several of
the players are still to be heard from.
The games will be genuine bona-fide,
snappy ball. An admission of 25 cents
and 15 cents for grand stand will be
made. There will be no charge for ladies,
except for the grand stand.
JUDQE TAFT LEAVES HOME.
A Final Interview With tha Pope Who ia Much
Pleased With Results
(By the Associated Press.)
Rome, July 21.—The Pope received Gov
ernor Taft and the members of his jarty
ia farewell audience at noon today and
welcomed them with marked cordiality.
To mark his satisfaction at the success
of the negotiations he prsented each
member of Governor Taft’s party with a
Personal gift enclosed in a magnificent
morocco case adorned with the papal
arms.
The pontiff commenced the interview
by saying he was most satisfied and
happy at the results obtained and was
confident that the negotiations would be
the starting point of a complete and sat
isfactory solution of the question under
discussion. II(j added that the apostolic
delegate soon to be appointed would he
instructed most strictly and precisely re- j
The News and Observer
garding the carrying out of the ideas de
termined upon between the United States
and the Vatican, saying:
”1 will see that orders be given him as
to his work, over which I will watch him
personally.”
The pontiff then showed them the
mosaic, which he is sending to President
Roosevelt in return for the President’s
present of a box containing Mr. Roose
velt’s literary works. The mosaic is a
copy of Corridis well known picture of
Pope Leo sitting on the terrace of the
Vatican gardens surveying Rome. It
was made in the Vatican workshops.
The Pope then gave Bishop O'Gorman
an autograph letter to President Roose
velt.
Governor Taft and his companions then
called on the Papal Secretary of State,
Cardinal Rampolla, with whom they ex
changed somewhat similar courtesies.
Later Governor Taft, accompanied by
Judge Smith and Captain Strother, left
Home for Naples.
Bishop O'Gorinan will sail for the
United States next week. He will take
with him a letter from Cardinal Ram
polla to Secretary of State Hay.
FIRE AT OIL WELLS OUT.
After a Struggle of a Week the Flames
Are Extinguished.
(By the Associated Press.)
Jennings, La., July 21.—The fire in the
Heywood oil wells was distinguished
this afternoon. Nine boilers of large
capacity were set in the field to the
northeast of the burning well. They
were connected with tow- lines of four
inch pipe. One of the lines was station
ary and the other movable, so as to fol
low the flames, and a man was stationed
at each boiler to keep the steam pres
sure up to 125 pounds. It is estimated
the combined boilers gave a 225 horse
power force. Two four-inch water lines
were laid from the north with four two
inch connections and fifty feet of hose on
each connection and w-ere so arranged
that the flames could be covered from
the east, north and northwest. One of
the pumps on the Jonnings-Heywood
oil syndicate well was used to force the
water and the other to force chemicals.
The steam did the work, extinguishing
the flames whiich have been raging for
a week. The chemicals were not used.
FIFTEEN ARE DROWNED.
The People Perish Like Rats in Their
Flooded Basements.
(By the Associated Pres?.)
Xieff, European Russia. July 21.—Fif
teen persons were drowned yesterday by
a sudden inrush of water into the base
ment of various houses in the lower por
tions of the town. A torrential rain
sotrm, accompanied by violent wind and
rain, broke over Kieff during the after
noon and turned the streets into verit
able torrents, flooding cellars and drown
ing their occupants before they were
able to escape. Large trees were up
rooted and railroad embankments were
washed away, necessitating the suspen
sion of traffic. The losses sustained are
very heavy.
THE PUBLIC LEDGER SOLD.
(By the Associated Press.)
Philadelphia, July 21.—The Philadelphia
Public Ledger was today purchased by
Adolph S. Ochs, from George W. Childs
Drexel and the Drexel estate and posses
sion was at once given Mr. Ochs. The
purchase includes all the Public Ledger
estate, comprising about half a block of
improved property on Chestnut and
Sixth street, facing Independence Hall.
/The price paid is not made public, but
I it is stated on goed authority that over
two and one quarter million dollars are
involved in the transaction. Mr. Ochs
has no associates in the transaction ex
cept that a substantial interest has been
acquired by James M. Beck, of Philadel
phia, who represented the purchaser in
the negotiations. There is no underwrit
ing and with the exception of Mr. Beck's
interest, Mr. Ochs is the sole owner.
The new owner says there will be no
radical changes in the appearance or
policy of the Public Ledger.
L. Clarke Davis will continue as edi- j
tor and John Norris, of the New York
Times, will for the present act as busi
ness manager.
TO BUY OUT BRITISH SPINNERS.
(By the Associated Prog3.)
London, July 21.—The Westminster
Gazette says the directors of a number
of spinning companies in the Ashton
and Stalybridge districts of Lancashire
have been approached by agents of Am
erican cotton growers with the view of
the sale of the former’s properties. Meet
ings of the shareholders of the concerns
affected will be held at an early date 1
to consider the matter.
Shot and Bobbed.
• (dy the Associated Press.)
Lafolletto, Tenn., July 21.—William De- ,
lap was shot and afterward robbed of
51,100 and a gold watch by highwaymen
on the outskirts of this city late last
night. He was riding through the woods
and hearing the Odd Fellows distress
signal, responded to it when three men
accosted him. Delap will recover.
NEWSPAPER MAN DEAD.
—t—
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington. July 21. —John Thomas
Harris, a well known man,
died this morning after a brief illness
from a complication of diseases. He was
47 years old and a native of Winchester,
Va. The funeral, which will be held to
morrow, will be private.
The average woman doesn’t care any
more for the privilege of voting than the
average man does for the privilege of
| putting a baby to sleep.
RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA. TUESDAY MORNING. JULY 22. 1902.
IN DEMOCRACY IS
TREIR ONLY HOPE
Industrial Slavery is Drawing
Steadily Nearer.
IT IS BORN OF PROTECTION
Which Fosters the Trusts and Oppres
ses the People.
THE OPINIONS OF WILLIAM F. VILAS
He Speaks on Political Conditions and Possi
bilities of Democratic Harmony. H*
Points to Protection as the Great
est of All Issues.
(By the Associated Press.)
Milwaukee, Wis., July 21.—lion. Wil
liam F. Vilas, who was Secretary of the
Interior in President Cleveland’s Cabi
net, was recently asked by A. F. War
den, chairman of the Democratic State
Central Committee, to give his opinion
respecting political conditions, the possi
bilities of Democratic harmony, “and the
assurances of the party’s restoration to
; power and the relief of the people from
I Republican maladministration,” Mr.
J Vilas replied today in part as follows:
I “Whatever the alligments on past is
sues, the Democratic party remains to
day the hope of the people of this land.
On no other can be placed any just ex
pectation of a rescue from the menacing
conditions that beset us. Anyone can
see. who will s-ee the truth, that all the
J combinations of greed, all the plotters
j who work upon our government to win
special gain at the cost of the people at
large, are to he found supporting the
party now in power, for the Democratic
party they have, as always, only hos
tility.
“The overruling need is of concentra
tion of opinion and a co-operation in po
litical action by the people.
“Under the false and deceitful name of
protection to industry, there has arisen
such a system of combining devices of
legislation with the vices of business
management to obtain mastery of the
people as was never before seen in this
or any other land; the iniquity of which
it would be hard to find any parallel
for, unless in Oriental countries.
“At the pace the movement has attained
it can be but a few years, if it go un
checked. before substantially the entire
range of manufacture, mining, trade and
transportation will stand composed of a
few masters and millions of employes,
the latter constrained to trade only at
what may be called practically ‘com
pany's stores,’ and all agriculture will
be helplessly ensnared, as it already is
to no small extent. Liberty in the pur
suit of livelihood will well nigh have
disappeared, for, with the devices of our
modern invention, it is unnecessary lon
ger to manacle the condemned with ball
and chains.
“The people must aim their stroke at
the root of the poisonous tree. It is
idle to complain of mere incidents, to
merely attack particular evils, to begin
lawsuits against some special conspiracy.
The policy of the illustrious Grant,
whose objective was not the capture of
towns or the subjugation of districts,
but the destruction of the armies of
secession, must be ours in the intending
conflict. The victory to be won, which
alone is worth winning, is the overthrow
of the grand central, governing conspi
racy of protection. When that “crowning
mercy” shall be vouchsafed, the very
purification of the nation’s soul by the
fires of the strife will easily enable it to
subdue the lesser forms in which satan
is embodied in our national life.
“The contest cannot be longer post
poned, but with the utmost peril to the
rights of our countrymen. Though mas
ter nov/, protections knows its danger,
and is vigilant t? secure every element
of strength, every ‘coign of vantage,’ and,
as ever on both sides of the field. It is
making new alliances, controlling more
industries, increasing its political pow
er. How arrogantly it has but just de
filed the appeal of national kindness
and justice, bound by the law of its self
preservation, to stand by every confed
erate in whatever exactment.
“It is a painful record we have written
on the pages of three years past, for
Americans who look to Washington,
Jefferson, Madison, the Adamses and
their compeers o fthe Declaration and
the Constitution, for the rule of national
conduct that should enlighten the world
with the love and truth of liberty. And
that same must yet be wiped off by fu
ture treatment of the unhappy Filipinos,
according to the principles wo have in
herited, or so surely as justice rules the
world, America will bitterly atone for it
in resulting suffering of her own. But
not at once can all national wrongs be
redressed and those borne by our coun
trymen must challenge first relief. I
fear distraction. Protection is quick to
profit by it. Its shrewd counsels have
fomented war, have set the nation in j
of military glory, and find its ac- j
count in the controversy over imperial
ism. We may justly hold protection it
self responsible for these conditions; it
will craftily keep agitation of such ques
tions alive, and we may be sure, also, as
the careful observer cannot but see the .
fact now to be, that it will prevent array j
of parties on any issue arising from j
them that may imperil its own party's
strength.” i
A BUlr FOB SLAXDEB
Mrs Victoria Roberts to Proceed Against the
Virginian-Pilot.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Winston-Salem, N. C., July 21.--Mrs.
Victoria Roberts, of this city, has em
ployed counsel here and at Norfolk, Va.,
to insiitute suit in the United States
Circuit Court against the Virginian-Pilot,
of Norfolk. Mrs, Roberts considers that
she has been slandered by an article
which appeared in the paper connecting
her name with that of Charles F. Os
borne, accused of murdering two wives.
Mrs. Roberts and Osborne's second wife
were good friends during their residence
in Winston. It is probable that a suit
v.ill also be instiuted against a North
Carolina paper, which published the sub
stance of the Norfolk paper’s article iii
a telegram sent by a correspondent.
Hanged for Murdering a Blind Man,
(By the Associated Press.)
Atlanta, Ga., July 21.—W. R. Wells
Was hanged in the tower here today for
the murder of Frederick Pierce, a blind
man, on February Ist, last.
Wells, who conducted a v'ood yard, be
came involved in a dispute with Pierce,
because Pierce had ceased buying wood
from him. In the altercation that fol
lowed, Pierce, It is alleged, assaulted
Wells.
Wells left the place accompanied by
friends, but returned a few months later
and stabbed Pierce to death.
MC LAURIN SAYS NAY
fT ■
And 1 bus Becomes Roose
velt’s White Elephant.
Declines Position on Court of Claims Bench.
Stung by Paper’s Sayieg He Sold
Himself for Office.
(By the Associated Press.)
Oyster Bay, N. Y., July 21.—President
Roosevelt is in receipt of a letter from
Senator John L. McLaurin, of South
Carolina, declining the proffered ap
pointment to the vacancy on the bench
of the United States Court of Claims.
The President much Senator Mc-
Laurin’s decision, as he believes that
McLaurin’s Senatorial experience and
his career as Attorney General of South
Carolina would have rendered him a
particularly good addition to the Court
of Claims.
The President now is uncertain what
he will do about Senator McLaurin. It
is understood that he is anxious to ap
point him to some position in recogni
tion of what the President regards as his
services to the country and his demon
strated ability in public life. Senator
McLaurin’s letter is coushed in thd most
positive terms and evidently was based
in particular upon a newspaper article
which accompanied the letter. The ar
ticle stated that t lie Senator had sold
himself for the prospect of getting such
an office as that offered to him. It can
be said, however, that the President re
garded such a type of accusation as be
neath notice and sincerely regrets that
Senator McLaurin should have deemed
it necessary to pay any attention to it.
Senator McLaurin evidently has
changed his mind about accepting the
proffered appointment since he was in
Oyster Bay July 11. At that time he
indicated his readiness to accept the va
cancy on the Court of Claims and the
only question then was when he should
resign from the Senate.
SHOT TBROUGE. THE HEART
Pistol in H A- Loman’s Hands Goes oft With
Fatal Results.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Greensboro, N. C., July 21.—The night
telegraph operator, 11. A. Loman, 18
years old, was instantly killed by the
accidental discharge of a pistol at 5
o’clock this afternoon. He was a fine
operator at Banaja, a station fifteen
miles from here, and had just purchased
a pistol and was exhibiting it to friends
when it fired, the ball going through the
heart. His father is Jake Loman, a
freight conductor of forty 'years’ service,
who is now sick and fatal results are
apprehended to him from the shock.
British Steamer Still Aground.
(By the Associated Press.)
Norfolk, July 21. —The British steam
ship Comcric which stranded off Sewell’s
Point while on her way to Lambert’s
Point Saturday for bunker roal, was to
day still hard aground. Her cargo was
being lightened, however, and the Mer
ritt wreckers at work on the steamer
expressed the hope of being able to float
her at high water tonight. The Comeric
is bound from New Orleons to 'Ylamburg
and carries a general cargo.
Mocksville’s Annual Pic Nic.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Mocksville, N. C., July 21.—The annual
Masonic Picnic and Confederate Veter
an’s Picnic will be held here this >eai
cn the fourteenth day ot August. General
Julian S. Carr will deliver tin- address
to the Confederates and Hon. Chas. H.
Mebane will deliver the annual address.
Durham, N- C., July 19.—News has
just reached here that several days ago
a colored child about two years old was
killed on the Oxford and Clarksville
road, near Shipwith, Va. The child was
killed in the presence of its mother, who
was rushing to save it. The engineer
did all in his power to stop the train.
[A STEAMER IS CUT
INTIIYAII BY ft TUG
Fifty People Drowned in the
River Elbe.
MANY SAVED BY THE IUG
The Steamer Sinks 300 Feet from
Place of Collision.
A STAriMENT BY THE TUG’S CAPTAIN.
He Says an Attempt by the Primus to Cross the
Bows of the Hansa at Close Quart* rs
Rendered a Collision Un
avoidable.
(By the Associated Press.)
Hamburg, July 21. —The steamship
Primus, of Hamburg, with 185 passengers
on board was out in two and sunk by the
tug Ilansa on the river Elbo at 12:30
o’clock this morning. So far as is as
certainable about fifty persons were
drowned. Thirteen bodies already have
been recovered. The disaster occurred
between Blanknese and Nionstedton.
Among the passengers were the members
of the Eilbck Male Choral Society.
The Primus was an excursion steamer
from Buxtehude (Province of Hanover,
Prussia). At ihe time of the accident
the Primus was crossing the river chan
nel near Blakenose from the southern
into the northern Fairway.
According to witnesses aboard the
Ilansa, the movement was pre
cipitately. The Primus struck The tug's
engine room and the Hansa endeavored
to push her ashore but the grounded and
the ships parted. The Primus thfn sank.
In the interval however, about fifty of
her passengers were able to reach the
Hansa by means of ropes and ladders.
Seventy more were picked up by the tug's
boats, while others swam ashore.
The disaster caused deep gloom. Many
children lost both their parents. The
Choral Society, which was on board the
excursion steamer, consisted mainly o?
workmen. There were no foreign pas
sengers.
Captain Peterson, of the Primus, swam
ashore and gave himself up to the police.
Captain Sachs, of the Hansa, also sur
rendered.
The Primus was the oldest boat on
the Elbe. She was built in England in
1844 and had never before met with an
accident.
The Hamburg-American Line which
owns the Hansa issued a statement to
the effect that the weather was fine and
the moon shining and both vessels wore
stering absolutely clear of each other.
Suddenly the Primus when about 450 feet
from the Hansa put her rudder hard
aport and crossed the bows of the latter.
“This mistake” continues the statement,
“rendered a collision unavoidable. The
only possible step for the Hansa to take
namely, to go full speed astern, was
carried out immediately hut without
avail. Less than a minute elapsed be
tween the time the Primus changed her
course and the collision. Boats were im
mediately lowered from the Hansa and
ropes and ladders were thrown over
hoard. Fifty persons were rescued by
the boats. At the same time the Hansa
tried to push the Primus ashore but be
ing of deeper draught, grounded herself
before the passenger boat. The Primus
floated down stream and sank 300 feet
from the Hansa.”
GALLERT FOR CONGRESS
Rutherford Solid for Fim. Thirty fourth Dis
trict Senatorial Convention
(Special to News and Observer.)
Rutherfordton, N. 0., July 21. —The
Thirty-Fourth District Senatorial Com
mittee mat here today. M. L. Shipman,
of Henderson, was elected chairman and
George Gigg>rstaff, of Rutherfordton.
secretary. The convention is called to
meet in this place August 18th. The
county convention to appoint delegates to
the Senatorial and Congressional con
ventions was also held today. Solomon
Gallert gets the county solid for Con
gress. D. F. Morrow having withdrawn.
The convention adopted a resolution com
plimenting Judge Winston upon the fair
and impartial manner which character
izes his conduct on the bench. This is
the fourth week Judge Winston has pre
sided over our Superior court.
Had to Shoot.
(Special to the Nows and Observer.)
Tarboro, N. C., July 21.—Willie Smith,
colored, with a wounded ankle and foot,
has been placed in jail for entering the
dwelling of A. T. Daughtridge, of Rocky
Mounty, and stealing some rings of Mrs.
Daughtridge. Smith, gave a posse a
lively chase, and it was necessary to
shoot in order to capture him; W. T.
Turner hit him in the ankle as he
climbed a fence.
Fire at Gold Hill.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Salisbury. N. C., July 21.—Fire at Gold
Hill Saturday destroyed the company
building of the Gold Hill Copper Com
pany, of which Mr. W. G. Newman is
president. Mr. Newman and a party of
guests were dining in the building at the
time. The fire was caused by a child
Playing with matches in a store room in
♦ho building, which was filled with ex
celsior, and the blaze immediately spread.
Mr. NowmaYi and the guests had barely
time to get out of the building. There
were no means of fighting the fire and
the destruction was complete. It was
erected before the Civil War and has
always been used as the residence of
the company officials and for storage
purposes. The loss is estimated at $5,-
000 or SO,OOO.
New Brandy Gaugers
(Special to News and Observer.)
Asheville, N. C., July 21. —Collector
Harkins has named twenty-five new bran
dy gaugers who will soon go in the field.
Their pay is $3 and expenses. Those ap
pointed are:
Cherokee and Clay, W. M. West; Ma
con, Jackson, Swain and Graham, Milas
Parker; Henderson, Transylvania and
Polk, A. E. Hudgins; Rutherford and
Cleveland, W. J. Mode; Yancey, Mitch
ell and McDowell, J. L. Hyatt; Burke,
L. A. Bristol; Catawba, J. F. Miller;
Yadkin, E. Vestal; Davie, G. W. Slieek;
Forsyth, C. R. Atkins; Stokes, R. F.
T'ulk: Davidson, F. R. Liofton; Gaston,
,T. 1,. Hoffman; Anson, Rowan, Cabarrus
and Stanley, C. J. Kestler; Surry, S.
G. Brim and A. L. Sparger; Alleghany
and Ashe, T. W. Lamlreth, M. L. Hen
derson and J. F. Phipps; Wilkes, A. C.
Phillips and D. V. Nichols; Caldwell, B.
H. Dula; Watauga, W. H. Norris; Alex
ander, D. A. Little; Iredell, A. A. David
son.
II BUTTLE FOR HONOR
Two Attempts to Commit
Criminal Assault.
Woman Strikis Her / ssailant On The Head
Wi.h a Pock. He Is Finally
Away.
(Special to Nows and Observer.)
Winston-Salem, N. C., July 21.—A tele
phone message to the Sentinel from Smith
Groves, says an unmarried men named
Robert Smith, made two attempts to
commit a criminal assault upon the
wife of Mr. Gregan Cash, one of Davie
county’s best citizens. Smith w T ould no
doubt have accomplished his purpose the
last time had not Mrs. Cash's brother ar v
lived and frightened him away. Mrs.
Cash says she struck her assailant on the
head with a rock, but this did not stop
him in his efforts to commit a nameless
crime. Mr. Cash and officers are looking
for Smith, but up to this afternoon they
had not been able to find him.
On the Diamond.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Wilson, N. C., July 21. —Tarboro put up
a “goose egg" which Wilson was forced
to swallow whole. Tarboro played pret
ty ball, while the home team was slow.
Score; R. H. E.
Tarboro 2 0 0 11 1 0 0 *—s 5. 2
Wilson 000000000—0 4 7
Batteries: Suggs and Sullivan; Cas
sidy, Sullivan and Read. Umpire, Lewis.
Attendance 300.
Goldston Defeats Cumnock.
(Special to New# and Observer.)
Cumnock, N. C., July 21.—Goldston de
feated Cumnock in a game of ball at this
place Saturday. Score, 4 to 5. Batteries,
for Goldston, Harrington and Willcox;
for Cumnock, Harkey, Hood and Foster.
Umpire, Beal.
American League.
(By the Associated Press.)
At Philadelphia—v R H K
Cleveland .. ..1 1 50 0 0 3 0 o—lo 16 a
Philadelphia ..1 1 00 11 6 0 I—ll 15 1
At Baltimore— R H E
Baltimore 00000000 o—o 6 6
Detroit 0 0212300 o—B 14 1
At Washington— R H E
Washington.. ..00100001 x—2 C 0
St. lauiis.. .. ..01000000 o—l 8 2
At Boston— R H E
Boston 10010210 x—s 11 2
Chicago 00000002 I—3 7 3
National League.
At St. Louis— R II E
St. Louis 0 0 00001 0 I—21 —2 9 3
Cincinnati 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 o—7 16 2
At New York— R H E
Philadelphia ...1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0— 1 6 6
E rooklyn 4020 4 0 0 0 x—lo 14 0
Southern League.
Memphis 0; Nashville 6.
New Orleans 3; Atlanta 0 (five innings,
rain.)
Shreveport 4; Birmingham 3.
Eastern League.
Wrcest.er. 3; Prvidence 3. (Game called
, on account, of darkness; eleven innings).
Other games postponed on account of
rain.
Mr. J. J. Laughlin Dead,
(Special to the News and Observer.)
Warrenton, N. C., July 21. —Mr. J. J.
Laughlin, a prominent citizen of this
' place, is dead. He was 65 years old,
1 and was ill about ten days. He had been
in feeble health for some time. Capt. J.
J. Laughlin, of Durham, a son of the
i deceased, was here to attend the funeral
yesterday. I
♦ THE WEATHER TO-DAY t
For Raleigh: X
| FAIR.
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10 •TRICE FIVE CENTS.
OUR THOMS WORTH
SiXTEEU BILLIONS
And a Few Hundreds of Mil
lions More or Less.
TALL CENSUS FIGURES,
Average Size of Farms 146 Acres, 49
Per Cent. Improved. )
i
IN 50 YEARS THE NUVIBER QU \DRUPLED.
The Total Value of Farm Products for the Year
1899, $4,/39,118,755. The Most
Important Agricultural Sta’es
in the Wtst.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, July 21.—The census bu
reau today issued a bulletin giving the
condition of agriculture in the United
States for the year 19<>0. It shows that
there were at that time 5,739,657 farms in
the entire country which were valued at
$16,674,694,247. Os this amount $3,560,-
198,191, or over 21 per cent, represented
the value of buildings, and $13,114,492,-
056, or over 78 per cent, represents the
valu of oflands and improvements other
than buildings. The value of farm imple
ments and machinery was $761,251,550,
and of live stock $3,078,050,041. These
values, added to the value of the farms,
gives a total value of farm property
amounting to $20,514,001,838,
The total value of farm products for
the year 1899 is given at $4,739,118,752,
of which amount $1,715,990,221 was for
animal products, including live stock,
poultry and bee products.
The bulletin places the average size of
farms in the United States at 146 acres,
and jt is stated that 49 per cent of the
farm land is improved. The total acre
age for the entire country was $841,201,-
546.
Tho number of farms in the United
States has increased in every decade for
the last fifty years, and so rapidly that
in 1900 there were nearly four times as
many farms as in 1850, and 25 per cent
more than in 1890. The total acreage of
farm land also has increased but up to
1880 less rapidly than the number of
farms .thus involving a steady decrease
in the average size of farms. Since 1880,
however, the total acreage has increased
more rapidly than the number of fams,
so that the aveage size of fams has in
creased. The total area of improved
land had increased in every decade since
1850.
A comparison by States indicate that
the most important States in the agri
culture of the country are, beginning
at the West, Missouri, lowa, Illinois, In
diana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New oYrk.
Together they contribute 44 per cent of
tho total value of frarn property and 38
per cent of the total value of farm pro
ducts. Texas leads with the greatest
number of farms, 352,190, and also with
the highest acreage 125,807,017. But only
a little over 15 per cent o fthe farm
lands in Texas was improved, and the
value of Hie farm land in Texas was less
than in 1 ennsylvania, Ohio, New York,
Missouri, lowa or Illinois, being $962,-
476.273. Missouri ranges second in the
number of ifrrms having 284,886. Other
States having, more than 200,000 farms
are: Alabama 223,220; Georgia 224,691;
Illinois, 264,151; Indiana, 221,897; lowa,
228,622; Kentucky, 231,667; Michigan,
203,261; Mississippi, 220,803; New York
226,720; North Carolina, 224,637; Ohio,
276,719; Pennsylvania, 224,248; Tennessee,
224,023.
lowa leads the list in the percentage
of improved lands, more than 86 per cent
of the farm lands of that State being im
proved. Illinois follows with more than
S 4 per cent, Ohio comes next with 78 per
cent, and is followed by Indiana with
more than 77 per cent. Illinois occupies
the first position in the matter of the
total value of farm lands, the figures
for the State being 2,004,316,897. Other
State values are:
Tennessee, $341,202,025; Texas, $962,-
476,273; Virginia, $323,515,977.
The live stock farm lands of the coun
try are put down at a value of $7,505,-
284.273, or more than 36 per cent of the
whole; the hay and grain lands at $6,-
379,548,543 or 31 per cent of the whole,
dairy products over S per cent; cotton
over 5 per cent. There are 512 coffeo
farms in the country, valued at $1,932,915.
Mr. Stephen Starr Dead.
(Special to the News and Observer.)
Winston-Salem, N. C., July 21.—Mr.
Stephen Ctarr died at the home of his
son-in-lavy, It. C. Taylor, in West Win
ston. last night, aged 82. He was a na
tive of England and came to America
in 1573, residing for three years in Ral
eigh. He has been a resident of Win
ston since 1876. He( laves a wife, six
daughters and one Son.
Death of Horner H. Hawei.
(Special to the News and Observer.)
Atkinson, N. C., July 21.—Ilorner H.
Hawes, an unusually popular and tal
ented young man, aged 19, son of E. A.
Hawes, died at his home near Atkin
son Saturday night. He leaves three
brothers, four sisters and a mother and
father. It is a shock to the entire com
inunitv. .