North Carolina Newspapers

t THE LEATHER TODAY. X For North Carolina: + ♦ Occasional Showers and i X Thunderstorms. t VOL. til. NO. 122. Leads all Morth (DaFolina Dailies in Mews and culation THE CITY OF VENICE RAMMED AND SUNK Almost Split in Two by the Steamer Seguin. THREE MEN ARE DROWNED A Sinister Uystery Hangs Over the Collision. THE WATCH ON THE SEGUIN IS MUTE There Was no Fog and the City of Venice Went Dcwn to the Botton With All Her Lights Bl?zing Clear. (By the Associated Press.) Cleveland, Aug. 3.—As a result of a collision on Lake Erie between the steamer City of Venice, ore-laden, and the steamer Seguin, a steel lumber ves sel, off Rondeau, Canada, last midnight, the City of Venice was sunk and three lives lost, while several other persons were more or less seriously injured. The drowned: *' PETER SIMONDSON, fireman, Brook lyn, X. Y. THOMAS FLANNIGAN, deck hand, Buffalo, N. Y. GEORGE WEIR, watchman, residence unknown. The cause of the collision is not known. There was no fog whatever and the night was fairly clear. The lights of the City of Venice were burning brightly. To this the crew and passengers all testify, saying they could see the lights on the Venice as she was sinking. The second mate of the Seguin, W. A. Lavigne, who was on watch, refuses absolutely to give any information in regard to the way the accident happened. “The less said about it the better,” was the only statement ho would make. It was shortly after midnight when the accident happened. The City of Venice, laden with 3,60 ft tons of ore, was bound to Buffalo, while the Seguin was going North to Perry Sound, from Ogdensburg. nn board the Seguin all were asleep save the second mate, W. A. Lavigne, and the watcihman, who was with him in the pilot house. The first mate of the Ve nice, Tom Sullivan, was on watch aboard the boat that went down. The first known that anything had happened was a terrible crash which brought both boats almost to a stand still. The Se guin had struck the Venice fairly amid ships and plowed its way half through the boat. The or' v and passengers aboard both boats heard a tearing of timbers mingled with calls for help from those already on deck. All those who were sleeping rushed out on deck and there was a frightful panic for a time. The Venice, which had been split almost in two was sinking vapidly. Captain Broderick, of the boat, ran on deck and immediately called the men to man the life boats. The members of the crew who had not been hurt rushed to his assistance and in five minutes they had the boat in the water. Several of the men fearing that the ship would sink before they had an opportunity to escape, threw themselves overboard. They were later picked up by the life boats from the Seguin. The City of Venice wont down in very deep water in less than fifteen minutes after the collision occurred. After standing by for an hour, the Seguin headed for Cleveland with the survivors, arriving here early today. The City of Venice was a wooden ves sel, .101 feet long and 42 feet beam. She was owned by the McGraw Transportation Company, of Bay City, Mich., and valued at about Sl7s,oftft. She was commanded by Captain Broderick. The Seguin is an iron vessel, 207 feet long and 34 feet beam. She is owned by J. B. Miller, of Perry Sound, and com manded by Captain J. B. Sims. CBAZED BY RIB PREACHING A Destructive Bail Storm- Work Resumed on the New City Hall (Special to News and Observer.) Goldsboro, N. C„ Aug. 5.—A hair-lip negro preacher has made his appearance in these parts and is creating much con tusion among the negroes. He claims sanctification and makes a cure of any disease for $5, so he claims, and has to have half of the money in advance. A n*-gro woman who had been attending his sermons regularly went crazy yes terday afternoon and was taken to the asylum this morning. It is reported here that this same negro was driven out of Greene county. he most devastating hail storm re ported from this county this season passed over the southern section of the < ounty yesterday afternoon. Mr. Dick Parks had a six-horse farm completely destroyed. Other people in the same sec tion lost heavily by the storm, but jiot nearly so much. Work was resumed on the new city hall and market this morning by the con tractors. The old “Great Eastern” is to * >r the alleyways leading to the market house. Capt. J. w. Lamb and family went to Walloer yesterday afternoon to attend the funeral of his brother-in-law, Mr. Neil Bonez, who died suddenly yester day morning. Rev. J. B. Jackson, the pastor of the Second Baptist church in this city, left The News and Observer. today to attend the funeral of his aged father at Winterville. The cotton weighers for Wayne county were appointed at the regular meeting of the board of county commissioners yesterday and are as follows: Fremont, B. G. Jimmett; Mt. Olivo, H. J. Williamson; Goldsboro, L. W. Parks; T. H. Hall, M. E. Brogden and J. E. Bryant. NEGRO CHRISTIAN CONGRESS- The Meeting Will Open in Atlanta Today with a Large Attendance (By the Associated Press.) Atlanta, Ga., August s.—The Negro Young People’s Christian and Educa tional Congress, called for the elevation of negro morals and the promotion of Christian spirit throughout the negro race, will begin in this city tomorrow with an estimated attendance of 5,000 delegates. The session of the congress will continue through Sunday night and will be participated in by prominent representatives of the race from every portion of the United States. The con gress will be opened tomorrow in the auditorium at Piedmont Park, where a welcome service will be held. The exer cises will begin with a song service. Bishop W. J. Gaines will make an ad dress explaining the objects of the con gress. Addresses of welcome will be delivered by Governor Allan D. Candler and Mayor Livingston Mims. During the week conferences will be held in the several negro churches in the city each afternoon and mammoth prayer meetings will be conducted in the differ ent negro theological seminaries. AMBASSADOR WHITE RESIGNS His Resignation Was Mailed to Roosevelt Several Days Ago (By the Associated Press.) Berlin, Aug. 5. —Ambassador White mailed his resignation to the United States several days ago. Mr. White’s resignation may now be in the hands of President Roosevelt. The date set by the ambassador for his resignation to go into effect was November 7. He is now at Hamburg where he is taking the waters and where he probably will remain till the end of the month. There is much gossip at Berlin con cerning Mr. White’s probable successor and one circumstantial story is that the President intends to transfer Ambassa dor Tower from St. Petersburg to Berlin, Minister Storor from Spain to be ambas sador to Russia and to appoint Henry White, now secretary of embassy at Lon don as minister to Spain. Mr. Tower, who has been dissatisfied with St. Petersburg, expressed months ago a wish to be trans ferred to some other equally desirable post, preferably Berlin. Andrew D. White was appointed am bassador to Germany April 1. 1897. In March last It was announced that he contemplated resigning because of ill health. FIFTY THODSAND TO CHARITIES Given by the Will of the Late Mrs. Emily McDivitt. (Special t othe News and Observer.) Asheville, N. C., Aug. s—By the will of the late Mrs. Emily McDivitt, of this city, fifty thousand dollars is loft to various charities. Among them are the Lindley Training School, McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago; Park College, Parkville, Mo.; Mission Hos pital, Asheville; First Presbyterian church, this place, and the Home and Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church. The clay pigeon tournament, under the management of Maj. E. P. McKissick and Col. J. A. Anthony, opened today. The weather is all that could be desired for the event and four days of success ful shooting is promised. To Unveil a Confederate Monument (Special to News and Observer.) Columbia, N, C., August s.—The Con federate monument at this place is com pleted and ready to be unveiled on the 7th inst. With but one exception it is the only Confederate monument in the Albemarle section. The Elizabeth City Naval Reserves and probably other mil itary companies will attend the unveil ing exercises, and to accommodate the great number of persons who wish to at tend the unveiling, excursions will be run from Elizabeth City, Hertford and Edenton. M. C. S. Noble, Professor of Pedagogy in the University of North Carolina, con ducted a most successful teachers’ insti tute here last week and the teachers and public generally wish to have him come again next year. Wants Waller as Counsel. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, August s. —Parmister Pe dros, who is to be tried by court martial at Erie, Pa., on Thursday upon several charges, the principal one of which is embezzlement, has asked the Navy De partment to assign Major L. T. Waller, of the marine corps, to act as his coun sel. His request will be complied with and the assignment will be made. Major Waller is now at the marine barracks, Norfolk. Revolutionary Vessels in Panama Bay (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Aug. 5.—A cablegram re ceived at the State Department from Panama, dated August 5, copveys the information that there are rey-olutionary war vessels in the bay; that a fierce battle has been fought at Agua Dulce and that the results of the battle are not yet known. The government, how ever, claims the victory. The Ranger is in the bay. RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 6,1902. FRIENDS £ COUNCIL Yearly Meeting Has Opened at High Point. Interest in the Church’s Work Growing. Fmin ent Friends Who Are in Attendance at the Meeting. (Special to News and Observer.) High Point, N. C., August 5. —Yearly meeting of Friends opened this morning at 11 o’clock with a meeting of the rep resentative body of Friends of this State, at which there was a good attendance and the prospects now seem that the at tendance this year will be quite up to the average. The interest in the work of the church seems to be gaining in im portance from year to year. The attendance of Friends from other yearly meetings is a noteworthy feature of this yearly meeting, so many Friends from North Carolina in the past being removed from the State and settled in various parts of the West and becoming members of the yearly meetings which have been established in Western States. I note this year the presence of Mr. Washington Hadley, a banker of Whit tier, California, accompanied by his daughter, who immigrated from North Carolina many years ago. The eminent Friends, Allen Jay and wife, of Richmond, Ind., are in attend ance. He for many years was a member of the North Carolina yearly meeting and labored extensively for the educa tional interests of the same. Mr. Joy has many friends in this part of the State and is most cordially welcomed by all Friends. He has traveled most exten sively all over the world and is a min ister of the Gospel who possescs much power. Prof. Thos. Newlln, also a minister of the Gospel, and now a member of the faculty of- Guilford College, is also in at tendance. He was here last year and greatly impressed the people, and now he has come to make North Carolina his home and will be in active service at Guilford College and various parts of the State as an educator. President L. L. Hobbs, of Guilford College, is another prominent Friend present. One of the most important features of the meeting this week will be an edu cational meeting Saturday night, which has grown out of the active interests of the Old Students’ organization of Guil ford College. There will be a business meeting followed by an educational ad dress and promises to be of much inter est as affects Guilford College. Mrs. Mary Johnson, of lowa, and 'Mrs. Rebecca Morgan, of Kansas Yearly Meeting, are among others who are ex pected tomorrow. DIEB OF HIS WOUNDS. Underwood Says the Cotton Mill Merger Will go Through. (Special to News and Observer.) Wilmington., N. C., August s.—Mayor Waddell, accompanied by his wife, left today for a vacation of a week or more which he will spend at Southport with his brother, Maj. Hugh Waddell, ot Washington, D. C.. who with his family has a cottage for the summer at that delightful resort. The negro shot Saturday night by Mr. Charles R. Rogers on Mr. Oscar Pear sall's place, in East Wilmington, died last night at the City Hospital. A cor oner's jury today exonerated Mr. Rogers of all blame, the action having been wholly in self defense. Mr. F. L. Underwood, who came hero to confer with the committee of cotton mill-men in regard to the cotton mill mer ger, W'ent to Bennettsville, S. C., yes terday afternoon. “I hope to give out something definite for publication later,” said Mr. Underwood. “The meeting here was satisfactory and the merger will go through all right.” Residents in the northern section of the city are much exercised over a report that the Standard Oil Company has stored In a tank at its plant near the Carolina Central depot a tank contain ing 10,000 barrels of gasoline. In view of the frequency of electric storms the past week the possibilities if lightning should strike the tank are horrible to contem plate in the eyes of those resident in that locality. At last night’s meeting of the Board of Aldermen the matter was discussed and the ordinance committee was instructed to frame a law regulating the sale and use of gasoline. The Stand ard Oil Company denies having the large quantity in stock. To Die For Assault, * (By the Associated Press.) Montross, Va., Aug. 3.—in the West moreland county court under guard of the Fredericksburg militia, the jury to day returned a verdict of guilty in the case of John Homer, alias Lomax, col ored, indicted for committing a criminal assault on Miss Susie Costenbador, aged \r years, daughter of Robert Costeribader, near her home at Potomac Mills. Judge Beale pronounced sentence of death and fixed Tuesday, September 9 as the day of execution. The prisoner was turned over to Captain Rowe, of the militia, and will be taken back to Alexandria, Va., for safe-keeping. A North Carolinian as Interpreter. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Aug. s.—Hunter Sharp, of North Carolina, has been commission ed by tin 1 President as interpreted of the United States consulate at Kobo, Japan. ¥ -j* * GALLANT SNOW OF HEELS 8T SOLDIERS Leg it Vehemently Before Shenandoah Crowd. COURT MARTIAL TO COME An Italian Shot in the Leg by Un known Men. HAD BEEN TOLD TO QUIT CERTAIN WORK Civil Authorities Say They Can’t Hold Down Southern Shenandoah and Gobin Will Station Troops in That Sec tion ot the Tow.i. (By the Associated Press.) Shenandoah, Pa„ August s.—There were many rumors flying around the regions today of trouble in tlip camp and various part of the region. The only dis turbance that occurred, however, was at Girardville, six miles from here, where a workman coming from the iGrard washery, operated by \V. R. McTurk and Company was shot in the leg and slight ly injured. The injured man is James Caparell, an Italian. He had been engaged at work which had been forbidden by the un ion and had been warned several times to quit. This morning on his way home he was met on the road by half a dozen unknown men, who began to beat him. Caparell ran and as he did so one of the men fired at him. Some of the buckshot hit him in the leg. He managed to walk to a physician's office, and after having the shot extracted from his leg he walk ed to the Lehigh Valley Railroad station and boarded a train for Hazleton. Bur gess Jones is investigating the assault. Report was made to headquarters to day that three members of Company I, of the Twelfth Regiment, were chaspd by a crowd of men last night on the out skirts of the town 'ml that the soldiers had sought refuge in the house of Squire McGuinness at Fraek'ville. The militia men met the squire and he took them to his home and kept them there until to day. when they returned to camp. Brigadier General Gobin in the mean time heard of the incident and sent the cavalry over to Frackville, but before the troops reached there the three men had returned to camp. General Gobin said the three soldiers will be court martialed. Burgess Brown,. President of Council; David R. Jones and Chief of Police John Fry held a conference with General Gobin today and confessed their Inability to cope with the situation as it exists in the southern section of Shenandoah. The Cambridge colliery, owned by Mr. Jones and ’Squire McGuinnes is located there. The borough officials told the General that men gather in that part of the town and molest every person, not except ing the women, that happens along. Men, they said, can no longer work there in safety. The burgess said that one man in this crowd had boasted that their ob ject was murder if they can find the man they are seeking. Throats are openly made and the officials requested that troops be sent there. General Gobin consented to station two companies of infantry in that locality and on the road leading to Turkey Run li ill. Two injured Lithuanians, who were in the riots of last week, were arrested to day. The constable located them and asked the military officials for protection while the arrests were made. The two prisoners, who sustained wounds in the feet, w r ere boarding in the foreign quar ter of the town. A detachment of the Fourth regiment surrounded the house and the men wore placed in a wagon. The soldiers then formed a cordon around the vehicle and escorted it through the streets to the office of ’Squire Shoemaker who committed the men to Pottsvillc jail. EFFORT BY NEGRO TO BURN A CHILD ALIVE FRUSTRATED Mr, C W- Vanstory Who Prevents the Deed Has a Hatchet Hurled at Him by the Enraged Negro (Special to the News and Observer.) Greensboro, N. C., Aug. 5. —C. W. Van story looked through his store window this evening and saw Frank Culbert, a negro, in the act of sticking a lighted match to a crying boy in the alley. Rushing out in time to prevent it, he discovered that gasoline had been poured on the victim’s clothing. As he walked into the back door, a hatchet hurled at him, grazed his side. Enraged, the foiled negro boy had sought this raean3 of revenge. He is in jail. Judge Bynum is resting easier tonight, but is still unconscious. The doctors are more hopeful. Bike Race Postponed. (By the Associated Press.) Boston, Aug. 5.—A dense fog and damp ness on the Charles River Park track tonight compelled the postponement of the 23-mile motor-paced race between Walthour, Freeman and Moran until to morrow night, ’ , JUDGE BYNUM'S FALL Headlong Down a Flight of Steps. His Skull Fractured and Left Shoulder Broken. Supposed to Have Slipped on a Rind. (Special to Nows and Observer.) Greensboro, N. C., Aug. 5. —Everybody hpre was grieved this morning to learn that Judge John Gray Bynum was at the hospital in a critical condition, the re sult of a fall last night down the stairs leading from the Merchants’ Club rooms. He had started home and just as he reached the head of the stairs stumbled over some small obstruction, thought to have been a watermelon rind, and losing his balance fell headlong down the whole fight of steps, his head striking on the asphalt pavement. His physician, Dr. Robertson, just now, at 12:30, tells me: ‘ Judge Bynum’s condition is quite se rious. His injuries are a scalp wound on top of head, fracture at base of skull and left shoulder broken. The fracture of skull has caused a paralysis of left side of body. His general condition is somewhat improved as he is slowly recov ering consciousness. We have hope of his recovery.” The first brick was laid this morning on the new city reservoir, which will hold millions of gallons of water. Ex cavation began January Ist and has been diligently prosecuted since. Hon. James H. Pou spent the' night lu re, and today is engaged with President .Hal. Worth and Secretary McAllister, of the Worth Manufacturing Company, , in conjunction with attornies. King and Kimball, in arranging a final decree of transfer of the property from the hands ! of the receivers to the original corpora j tion. Mr. W. H. Ragan, one of the re ceivers appointed by Judge Boyd, is also ! here. He will be the general business ' manager of the new organization. Ernest Causey, a white man from High Point, who was sentenced to the roads several years ago, escaped and was cap tured after a year’s absence in West Virginia and brought back, is having steps taken to secure a pardon on the grounds of inability to stand work or confinement. \ There is little comment heard on the pardon of Al. Daily, one of the gold brick trio. People generally say he only acted the part of ‘‘Lo, the poor Indian,” in the drama, and suppose he has been chief actor in the criminal tableaux at the penitentiary long enough to know better and do better in future. Petitions were presented to the county commissioners today, one from Deep River and the other from Jamestown township, asking that an election be or dered to vote for local taxation for bet ter schools. Both elections w'ere ordered. There will be an educational mass meeting tonight at Suinmerfield. Con solidation and local taxation will be dis cussed. Prof. Wharton, County Superin tendent of Public Schools, said today that a graded school would probably be estab lished at Summerfield. Mrs. W. H. Brooks, wife of Dr. Brooks, who is an army surgeon in Alaska, is packing up preparatory to joining her husband in that far off land, leaving here Saturday. It will take her eighteen days to., make the trip. She will carry some Guilford county ferns, as the Doctor writes he has not seen a blade of grass since h* wont there. The sun goes down at 12 o'clock and rises at 4. The days will not be so long to the Doctor when Mrs. Brooks get there. WILL 00 TO SPENCER. Employes of the Southern to be Bent There From Charlotte. (Special to News and Observer.) Charlotte, N. C.. It was learned au thoritatively today that the trainmen, in cluding conductors, flagmen, brakemon and engineers of the Southern Railway are to be changed to Spencer. Most of the men have homes and families here and a great hardship will be wrought. The Chamber of Commerce will protest the change. A telegram received here by J. B. Krimminger today announces the death in the Naval Hospital at Portsmouth of his son William. Young Krimminger disappeared from Charlotte a week :g) and his family knew nothing of his whereabouts until a letter was received stating that he had enlisted in the navy, was sick and wanted to come home. This morning he died. The body will be brought here for burial. Lieutenant Edwin R. Stitt, who has been on the U. S. S. Hartford for some time, has been assigned to duty in the Department of Bacteriology at Washing ton. He is a son of Capt. and Mrs. W. It- Stitt, of this city. Prof. E. P. Moses, Superintendent of the Raleigh graded schools, delivered two fine addresses here this morning, the occasion being the county teachers’ institute. The meetings are held in the handsome auditorium of the Presbyte rian College. THE CUBAN BOND BILL- Squires Cables the Text of the Mcasnie Now Pending. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, D. C., Aug. s.—The State Department today received a cablegram from Minister Squiers at Havana giving the text of the bond bill pending in the Cuban Legislature. Article 1 provides for a $4,000,000 loan, bearing 5 per cent interest and issued at 00, and Article 10 provides that: ‘•The executive shall likewise negotiate within a period of six months from date another loan of thirty-five million dol lars, American gold, on the same basis of time limit, rate of issue and interest as the first loan, from which he shall set aside in bonds a sum sufficient for taking care of the first loan as provided in Article 11, applying the cash to first, the payment of the indebtedness and obli gations legitimately contracted in bene fit of the revolution by the corps-com mander of the liberating army, after February 24, 1895, and prior to September 19tli of the same year, and to the pay ment of the indebtedness and obligations which the revolutionary government it self or through its legitimate represen tatives may have contracted previously in foreign countries, in compliance with the first transitory provision of the con stitution, and, second, to the payment of the wages of the liberating army of Cuba, likewise in compliance with the transitory provision cited in the fore going paragraph, after the rolls of said army have been revised and the com pensation due each member thereof has been decided. The sura of twenty-three million dollars is fixed as maximum for this purpose.” Court Meets to Try Strikers. (By the Associated Press.) Roanoke, Va., Aug. 5.—A special from Blueflelds says the Federal court mot there today in special term for the trial of a number of strikers who are ac cused of violating the injunction awarded by Judge Keller, in the case of Castner, Curran and Bullitt vs. the Caswell Creek Coal and Coke Company et als. There have been a number of arrests, but none of the leaders or officials of the national organization are among them. For this reason it is not thought that a fight will be made, as the mine workers did at Charleston, when some of the offi cials were on trial. Denial of Central of Georgia Deal * (By the Associated Press.) New York, Aug. s.—Representatives of two separate interests, one of whom is J. P. Morgan & Co., report that the ab sorption of the Georgia Central system by the St. Louis and San Francisco Road is not contemplated. It is even denied that anything like a ‘‘traffic agreement” is under way. Morgan & Co., according to report, control about $4,000,000 of the $5,000,000 stock issued by the Georgia Central. To Select Site For Army Post. (By the Associated Press.) Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 5. —Major Walter S. Schuyler, of the Second Cav alry; Major Jefferson R. Kean, of the Medical Department, and Captain Herbert J. Slocum, of the Quartermaster’s De partment, who compose the board of sur vey appointed by the Secretary of War to select a location for the new army post to bo erected at Ohickamauga Park has arrived here to determine the loca tion for the post. One of the Convicts Captured. (By the Associated Press.) Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 5. —One of the convicts who escaped from the State prison last night was captured this morning about two miles below the peni tentiary, while trying to cross the river. The men separated after getting out and they have been seen in different parts of the city, but efforts to capture them have been unsuccessful. Dividend by the Oil Trust. (By the Associated Press.) New York, Aug. s.—The Standard Oil Company has declared a dividend of $5 payable September 15. The last dividend was $lO a share, declared on May 6. On the Diamond. National League. (By the Associated Press.) At Boston— R H E Boston 2100 01 0 1 *—s 8 4 St. Louis 0 0000031 o—4 7 2 At Philadelphia— RHE Chicago 0 0300032 S—ll 10 3 Phila 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1— 1 5 0 At New York— RHE Pittsburg 0 2000000 o—3 7 0 New York .. ..0 0000000 o—o 2 2 At Brooklyn— RHE Cincinnati .. ..0 20002010 o—s 10 1 Brooklyn 1 0002100 o—4 12 1 American League. At Cleveland— RHE Cleveland .. ..0 02000220 I—7 8 6 Washington ..300201000 o—60 —6 10 5 At Detroit— RHE Detroit 02 010 00 2 *—s 7 2 Boston 1 0000001 o—2 10 1 At Chicago— RHE Chicago 0 0000120 o—3 10 2 Phila 001 10002 o—4 71 At St. Louis— RHE St. Louis .. ..1 11020020 I—B 17 1 Baltimore ....100310002 o—7 14 3 Southern League. Nashville, 8; Chattanooga, 2. Shreveport, 0; Little Rock, 11- Birmingham, 3; Atlanta, 6. New Orlelans-Memphis. no game. Eastern League. Buffalo, 3; Newark, 4. Worcester, 8; Montreal, 1. Rochester, 4; Jersey City, 5. | THE WEATHER ♦ For Raleight t I Probably Thunder Showers. X PRICE FIVE CEVTS. CROWDED SCHOONER SHVED FROM WRECK she Notice Disabled and \ Drifting Helplessly. SHE HAD MET A SQUALL In the Night the Captain’s Whisttg Sounds Alarm, SEARCH FOLLOWS BUF HE HAS VANISHeI Li SoriH Days Luter the Italian Steamer Sarffl Appears in Sight and Takes thfl Schooner in Tow, Bringing V Her Into Port. (By the Associated Press.) New York, Aug. s.—The Italian steamer! Sardegna, from Genoa and Naples, ar-l rived in port today with a small twcJ[ masted schooner in tow. Captain Mon tana, of the Sardegna, said he fell in with the schooner drifting about help lessly with her decks crowded with peo ple. Running down near the disabled craft she was found to be the American schooner Notice, of Providence, R. 1., from Brava, C. V. 1., with 64 persons on board. The mate of the Notice said that Captain Antonio Ramosa had been lost overboard and was thought to have com mitted suicide. The vessel was disabled and short of provisions. He asked for assistance. The steamer sent her a boat load of provisions and took the schooner in tow and brought her to this port. The schooner’s mate, John F. Pina, said that the Notice sailed from Brava, J Cape Verde Islands, on June 27 with 65 persons on board. Os these eleven were I women. The schooner had no cargo and her hold was fitted up to accommodate the people. On July 21, in latitude 34, longitude 64, a squall struck the little schooner and disabled her. She drifted with the Gulf stream. A spar was rigged for a jury rudder, but the little craft having no spare canvass for heading did not steer well. The provisions were running low and the water scanty. About 10 o’clock one night Mate Pina heard three blasts of the captain's whistle. He rushed on deck to see what was the trouble, but the captain ■ was nowhere to be seen. The vessel was searched, hut no one had seen him. It was thought that while brooding over his misfortunes he jumped overboard and was lost. Pina, the mate, is a navigator, but his craft was so disabled that all he could do was to let her drift along. On the third instant, the Sardegna came along and took her in tow. Pina said he had six days’ provisions and a little water loft. 'i ue passengers on board the Notice are all natives of Capo Verde Is lands. They come to join friends at Providence, R. 1., and find employmejj as laborers and fishermen. The schoonl Is owned by Anton Costa, of ITovidencS Her tonnage is 63 tons. i death of dr j m redd. Republicans Anxious to Nominate B. Frank Mebane For Congress* (Special to News and Observer.) Reidsville, N. C., Aug. s.—Dr. John H. Redd died at his home on Main street yesterday morning at 1, o’clock, after an illness of several months. Dr. Redd was 69 years old and was one of Reidsville’s most highly respected citizens. For a long time he was engaged extensively in the tobacco business, and was the mayor of the town for several years. The Republicans of this district, at least a great many of them, are anxious to nominate Mr. B. Frank Mebane, of Greensboro and Spray, for Congress from this district. They think that if the cotton mill vote can be taken from Mr. Kitchin it will insure a Republican’s election, and as Mr. Mebane owns a num ber of mills in the district they think it probable that he can win. In this county the Democrats will have everything their way, but the candidates are entirely too numerous. It will be a close fight between the present sheriff, R. W. Hutcherson, and Frank Pinnix, one. of the best known citizens of the county. A Brunswick stew and basket picnic will be served the members of the Seales- Boyd Camp of Confederate Veterans near Reidsville on August 12th. f The Masonic picnic at Seven Springs, Caswell county, on Thursday will attract a large crowd. Governor Aycock will de liver an address, a chapter of orphans from Oxford will give a concert and the Third regiment band will go over to fur nish inspiring music. To Close the Stock Exchange. (By the Associated Press ) New York, August s.—The Governing Committee of the Stock Exchange today decided to close the Exchange next Sat urday, in honor of the coronation of Kin& Edward. McPherson For Congress. (By the Associated Press.) Harrison, Ark., Aug. 5. —W. L. McPher son, of Newton county, has been nomi nated for Congress by the gepublicans of the Third district. I