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o. lite of in. vv . . VOL. . il. HALEIGII, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, MAY 26, I90L NO. 21. A SERIOUS WRECK Heaviest Damage Experienced in the history of Lake Navifaticn LARGE STEAMER GOES TO PIECES Pftisn Steamer Turret Bay, of 2,211 rcns, Goes to Pieces Five of the f revv Die While Being Taken to Land. North F-i'lnc-y, Nova Scotia, Social. "h -r.st marine disaster in the hia- i . f-f the St. Lawrence river coal ;,. ' occurred Friday off Cape North, f northernmost point of Cape Breton, ,.-n th? British steamer Turret Bay, . .i !"d 'with coal and bound from Syd- - to -Montreal, struck on the rooks r St. Paul's Inland, and sank in deep r.' twenty minutes later, causing a -,i thirteen lives. Only nine men . !i a i of twenty-two were saved. rh- dead: J. H. Hayden, captain; . Caia, first officer; G. F. Gray, v.' officer; W. H. Adams, thief .r tiiirer; II. S. Matthews, second en 4 :t:f--r: George Johnson, boatswain, to- t; ; r with the steward, name- un i ' .mi; cook, mess-room boy, two fire r. ti a seaman and a helper. nurding to the government agent c;. St. Paul's Island, the steamer nick near Southwest Light, about o'clock Friday morning. A dense i. ); vailed at the time, and the sea -.to running mountains high. Almost ira'iH'diately the Turret Bay backed off ito p water, but sank within -vT2y minutes. The crew attempted ' . ut the boats clear, but while thus 1 :.l:ic ( the vessel plunged down bow f;t st, carrying every man aloard with ' .' r. Some of the men struggled to the Mir face and clung to lloating pieces of v.re.-kago. Fourteen persons were taken .iff the wreckage by the life-saving r. w that put out from the island, but live of them died before reaching the : land. The survivors say that they did not I. now that they were in danger until the- vessel struck. The fog was so thick that the shore could not be seen, and, bearing the foghorn at the light bouse, they mistook it for the whistle of another steamer. The disaster occurred nineteen miles l.orth of Cape North. There is a light house on the northeast point of St. Paul's Island, and also one on the .-euthwest point, and a steam fog whis ile is situated near the southwest light. U was this whistle that the crew of the Turret Bay heard. Admiral at Vladlvostock. Vladivostok, By Cable. Admiral Skrydloff arrived here Saturday af Trnioon. Ho was met at the station outside of Vladivostock by Major Gen. Voronetz and deputations of the mili tary, naval and municipal authorities, .is well as by an enthusiastic crowd, and was presented with, bread and salt. Entering the town, tho admiral drove to the pier in an open carriage sind escorted by Cossacks, and board ed the cruiser Rossia, on which a short service was held. The chaplain sprink led and blessed the admiral's flag be fore it was run up to the masthead, where it was greeted with a salute from all the cruisers in the harbor. The admiral addressed the officers and crew of the Rossia, saying: "The Emperor orders me to convey his greeting and loyal thanks for your gallant services in consideration of which he reduces your tour of sea iutv to three years." Admiral Skrydloff's reception was of the heartiest everywhere, he being a Kieat favorite when last at Vladivo- stock. Capital Stock Increased. Trenton, Special. The Virginia Carolina Chemical Co. filed a certifi cate with the Secretary of State, in creasing its authorized capital stock from $50,000,000 to $58,000,000, of which $38,000,000 is common stock and $20,000,000 preferred, the latter paving 8 per cent, dividends. The certificate is signed by S. T. Morgan, president of the company. The Flood Damage. Fort Collins, Colo., Special. Esti mates of the damage caused by the tfood in the Cache La Poudrc Valley nm from $1,000,000 upwards. The' head ates of all the irrigating ditches have been washed away, and miles of em bankments destroyed. Unless repairs can be made in time to save water for irrigating this year, the loss will be nearer $2,000,000 than $1,000,000. One hundred and fifty houses in the Rus sian settlement, at the sugar factory, i-orth of this town, were destroyed. So iar as ascertained, only one life lost here. The body ot a Russian was found today. Senator Quay III. Beaver, Pa., Special. Senator Quay left his brother's home, at Morgansea, Sunday, and Is located at his own home at this place. At his home it was eaid the Senator stood the journey well. He was driven from the station to his home in a closed carriage, from which he was carried into the house. The Senator spent a restless night last night, and was not so well this morn ing. His condition is said to be not as good today as it has been far the past few days. HEWS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY Paragraphs cf Minor Important Gathered From Many Source. Through the South. Hanry L. Myers, of Norfolk, was se verely wounded by a pistol shot. Mayor A. A. Moss, of Newport News, in a political quarrel struck Commit teeman II. V. Perkins. While blasting at a lime quarry at Tom's Brook, Shenandoah county, Va., a large cave was" discovered. Great preparations are being made at Nashvlll", Tenn., for the Confeder ate Veterans' reunion, June 14 to 1G. Kansas City wa3 chosen as the next meeting place of the Southern Baptist convention, and many devotional meet lrg8 were held at Nashville, Tenn. Democratic primaries lu Florida re sulted In a victory for Senator Talia ferro for renomlnation and a likeli hood that the State will be for Hearst. File at Waverly, Sussex county, Virginia, destroyed the whole business part of the town, including tho bank building, postoffice, and the Norfolk & Western railroad station. Loss, $60,000; insurance unknown. The Southern Baptist Convention, which began its forty-ninth annual ses sion in Nashville, Tenn., re-elected ex Governor Eagle, of Arkansas, president and Rev. Dr. O. F. Gregory one of tho permanent secretaries. Wshington Happenings. A number of udditional witnesses testified in the trial of .Tame N. Tvner and H. J. Barrett, accused of conspir acy in me I'ostomce Department. Secretary Taft appointed a commis sion to formulate reeulationH for the conduct of the business of the Isthmian L,anai Commission. Since .Taniiarv 1 the available! cash balance iu the United States Treasury declined from $229,374,895 to $175,714,- A livelv f-oiitrnvc-rsv is beiner wa2frl between Weather Bureau Chief Moore and W. T. Foster, who is classed as a "long-range" weather forecaster. Government figures show that Cuban-American commerce has increased greatly since the reciprocity treaty went into effect, in December. Secretary Shaw transferred to Mor gan &. Co., in New York, $40,000,000 in payment for the canal property and re ceived $25,000,000 in bonds as security In return. President Roosevelt promulgated the regulations to govern the Isthmian Canal Commission, which will be under the direction of the Secretary of War. John Mitchell, of the Mine Workers' Union, called President Roosevelt's at tention to the situation arising -from the mine troubles in Colorado. In the North. Dr. V. H. Podstata of Chicago stated that music was a great aid in the cure of insanity. Dr. Robert Bartholow, an eminent physician and professor in Jefferson Medical College, and a native of Mary land, died in Philadelphia. It is announced that President Roosevelt will receive no delegations during his summer visit to Oyster Bay. The President has signed the procla mation opening the Rosebud (S. D.) Indian Reservation to settlement on August S. A man believed to have been a New York stockbroker named Shell commit ted suicide by jumping overboard from a steamer in Lake Erie. The Illinois Republican convention at Springfield was marked by scenes of great disorder. An explosion of powder in a mine at Murphysboro, 111., killed six and prob ably more men and injured upward of 80. The question of heresy trials inter ested the Northern Methodist General Conference at Los Angles. The Brotherhood of Locomotive En gineers met in convention at Los An geles, Cal. The Knowling Expedition, after ex treme hardships, arrived at Glenwood, Newfoundland. The Republican convention in Con necticut elected delegates to the na tionafconvention and indorsed Roose velt for the Presidential nomination. Dr. Ira Remsen, president of the Johns Hopkins University, was one of the speakers at the inauguration of Prof. C. S. Howe as president of Case School of Applied Science, in Cleve land, Ohio. , Foreign Affairs. Seventeen Americans were killed and five wounded in a Moro ambush at Simpatem, Mindanao. Tibetans are getting arms and threaten more serious resistance to Colonel Younghusband's British expe dition. The Lamas of Tibet are preaching a holy war against the English. Spanish Minister Ajeda says he thinks Spain benefited by the loss of her colonies. The body of Henry M. Stanley, it has been decided, is cot to rest in West minster Abbey. Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria and King Peter of Servia will meet today It Nish, Servia. A special dispatch received in Faris shows that Turkish forces have prac tically exterminated the Armenian mountaineers in the Sassoun district A Japanese torpedo boat was blown up while trying to remove a Russian mine from Kerr bay, near Dalny, 7 men being killed and 7 wounded. Emperor William, in an address at Saarbmcken, Pwussia, said he prayed for heavenly aid in his endeavors to pre serve peace. , Brazil will send warships near the scene ofvtbe dispute with Peru about Acre. ...... . NO RELIEF IN SIGHT War Ob Boll Weevil Seems to Be a Hopeless Stniffle COTTON BELT WILL BE PLAGUED W. D. Hunter, the Department of Agriculture Expert, Thinks That Pest Likely to Cause an Early Price Increase and Ultimately to Do $250,000,000 Annual Damage. Washington, Special. Some signifi cant official predictions regarding the ravages of the cotton boll weevil are made in a report soon to be Issued by tbe Department of Agriculture, and written by W. D. Hunter, who has charge of the entomological part cf the boll weevil investigation, in which half a hundred experts are now en gaged. Mr. Hunter says that conser vative authorities agree that unless contingencies at present unexpected occur, the post eoon will cause an in crease in the price of cotton through out the world. By living within the fruit of the plant, the weevil Is well protected from any poisons that might be applied; it occupies but fourteen days for development from egg to adult, and the progeny of a single pair in a season may reach 134,000,000 in dividuals; it adapts itself to climatic conditions and Is remarkably free from parasites and diseases, all com bining to make efforts at control dif ficult. The report estimates that the presence of the weevil practically doubles the area of land required to produce a bale of cotton, and that tho weevil caused the Texas planters a loss of about $15,000,000 in 1903. As suming $500,000,000 as the value of the normal cotton crop of the county, Mr. Hunter says tho probable ulti mate damage .when the pest has be come spread over the entire belt would approximate $..0,000,000 an- nuallv. nrovidine nothing were done i to cheek it. Planters, however, are adopting changes in methods, that tend to avoid so much damage. The report predicts that the weevil event ually will be distributed all over the cotton belt, advancing into new terri tory at the rate of approximately 500 miles a decade, and it probably al ways will bo as destructive iu & series of years as it has been in Texas since 1894. The report suggests that the probability of its being carried to West Africa or elsewhere abroad is not at all remote. In case the seed happens to be sack ed, or even shipped in bulk, there is nothing to prevent the weevils from being carried long distances on ship board, as they are able to adapt them selves successfully to climatic condi tions. It is pointed out, however, that the danger could be avoided by fumi gation, or by leaving the seed .sacked in store-rooms, Isolated from new cot ton for a year previous to shipment. Government Crop Report. Washington, Special. The weekly crop bulletin .issued by the weather bureau, says: Cool weather has been unfavorable for cotton throughout the cotton belt, and drought ia portions of the eastern districts has proved detrimental. Com plaints of poor stands continue from nearly all sections in the central and eastern districts, but good stands are the rule in Lousiana, Oklahoma and Texas. In the last-named State the fields are generaly cl.n and the plants are beginning to fruit in the coast districts. Chopping is well ad vanced, and cultivation in the south ern districts is general. Boll weevils have appeared and are increasing in a number of southwest and south cen tral cotton counties of Texas. In Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia, planting is backward, but doing well In Maryland, Kentucky and Tennessee. Transplanting has begun in the two last-named States, and Is general in North Carolina. The fruit outlook is generally promising, ex cept for peaches In the most northerly sections. In the Southern States, however, a good crop cf peaches, is promised. Japanese Squadron Fires on a Town. St. Petersburg, By Cable. General Sakaroff reports to the general staff under today's date as follows: "General Samsonoff reports at 11. 30b'clack last night that the Japan ese confined their efforts to feints at landing in the neighborhood of Siung Yue Cheng and Kaai-Chau. Their ves sels opened fire on the town of Siung Yu Cheng, on our scouts and on the coast. "The Japanese squadron left after 5.30 o'clock, proceeding southwest, anf several of its vessels remained visible on the horizon until dusk " 1 Meet in Atlanta. New Orleans, Special. President J. A.. Van Hoose, of the Southern Whole sale Grocers' Association, who is in New Orleans, announced that the next annual coiiventiCja would be held at Atlanta on June 6th, 7th and Sth. All of the auxiliary associations have not voted, hut enough votes have been re ceived to indicate that Atlanta will be the choice of the majority of the dele gates. Forces Active. Mukden, By Cable It was an nounced here that the main body of the Japanese forces Is advancing on Haicheng (about ten miles southeast of New Chwang) and Kai-Ping and Kai-Chou fabout 35 miles south of New Chwang), and that a smaller force is marching in the direction of Liao Yang. Important developments are probable. MORE PIOFI TABLE LEASE Oovernor Aycock Qcs Best Offer Yet on A. and N. C. Railroad, Raleigh, Special Be re ral weeks ago Governor Aycock received a proposition from a Philadelphia firm of bond dal en to lea? the Atlantic & North Caro lina Railway for fifty years, the rale offered t-ing over 5 per cent, on an average. Ten days ago the members cf the firm came here, saw the governor, then made a complete inspection of the road. Iast week they ?nt the Gov ernor a w proposition, on their own motion, which is by far the 1t ever received. It is for a fifty-year lease, the rate offered being 3 1-2 per cent, fcr the fhst ten yearn, five per cent, for the second ten years an 7 per cent, for any part cf forty-nine years after the fifty years, or for the full term of foity nine years Jo added; all interest to be paid to the State In advance, in Janu aiy and July; also agreeing to iay in terest on the bondeJ debt, but desiring that the railway eoniiany shall issue refunding bonds to the amount of tha present debt, on or befcr the date present bonds fall due. at the lowest rate- of internist obtainable; further agreeing to build in five, yeais thirty five miles of new road, to be a feeder of the Atlantic & North Carolina Rail way.aud within ten years thereafter not less than fifty miles more of new road, also as a feeder; the lessors to have power to examine the road ut any time, and if it h found that the lessees are not keeping the property up to the standard of condition in which they received it, that upon notice from the lessors the lessee shall make repairs before the end of the lease year; the actual supervision of the read; the proposition further setting forth that its makers are not connected with the Atlantic Coast Lin? of with any other j vn .,,-. ,lt cw the nronosition i ' ..... . . made in an individual capacity entire ly. Governor Aycock said that this proposition would almost average 6 per cent, for the first fifty years, and then, after a moment's calculation said the exact figure wa 5-18 per cent. The Governor added that it was a substi tute for. the first bid, and was a much better one. Tbe Governor was asked if it had not, all the time been his pur pose to lease. He replied: "It has been my purpose all along to lease the i cad, when I could lease it tc persons who would keep the lease, improve the road and secure the people, but I have at no time been willing to lease the read for less than its value, or with out sufficient guarantees to secure the performance of tbe terms of the lease." Valuable Mica Deposits. Asheville, Special It is learned that a valuable deposit of mica had been discovered this week on tno estate of Philip S. Henry on the moun tain east of the city, and that two workmen are now engaged in taking the mica out in great quantity. It is said that while work was in progress on the estate a few days ago mica was discovered close to the Harris place, now included iu Mr. Henry's bound ary, and about 300 yards from hi3 "Zelandia" residence. Men were put to work digging the mica and chunks of the mineral of the very finest qual- itv have been taken from the mine. The mica is very clear aud peels off in large sheets, and is said by those who have seen it to be the finest quality- of the product ever found in North Carolina. It is also said that in one day this week over a ton of the finest quality of mica was taken from the mine, and that Mr. Henry will have an expert examine the place to ascertain if possible the extent of the deposit. Receiver Appointed. Atlanta, Special. The Brady Union Stock Yards Company was plated in the hands of a receiver here by peti tioning creditors. Judge Newman, of the United States District Court, named T. D. Meador, vice-preesident of the Lowery National. Bank, as re ceiver. The liabilities of the firm are placed at $125,000, the assets at $108, 000. Plant Commits Suicide. Macon, Ga.,- Special. Robert H. Plant has committed suicide. He was president of the Plant Sons Bank, re cently placed in the hands of a re ceivcr. A coroner's jury, on the evi dence of the nurses and others about the house where Mr. Plant lived, re turned a verdict of death by his own hand. He took an opportunity to slip from the house upon tbe short ab sence of the attendants, 'and. securing a revolver, shot himself' through the head. His dead body was found on the back porch of his home Mr. Plant leaves a wife and nine children. , Section Hand Kiiisd. Hamlet, Special. Allen Bennett, a negro section hand of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, was run over and killed by a switch engine on the yard here Thursday night. While attempting to board the front of the engine, his foot cissed the step and the engine passed over both of his legs, mangling them severely. He was taken to the office of Dr. H. F. Kinsman, the railroad sur geon, where an operation was perform ed, in which both legs were amputated. He died half an hour later. WERE ALL COLORED Bishop Turner Declares God Ncrer Made a White Mai BE CREATED QUITE A SENSATION Bishop Turner Accepts Uncle Remus' Theory In Part as to the Origin of the Races Doesn't Like the Words of a Hymn. Chicago. Special. "God neter made a white man. In the beginning all men Were bl?.ck but in his wanderings on earth many of them became bleached. In their unnatural paller these bleached men upw look with contempt and In difference, often with prejudice and hate, upon their brothers, the negroes who have retained the color God gar them." So said Rev. II. M. Turner, Senior Bishop of the African Methodist Epis copal Church in an address at the an nual conference. Many negro were present and applauded wildly. The bishop continued: "What w negroes need is more edu cation. We should write books of our own, poems ami scientific treatises of our own, in harmony with our color and race. Don't learn pongs like 'Wash me and I shall be whiter than snow.' A song I would not tolerate if Rung in my presence. 1 don't want to be mis understood, and will say to the white man, whose race is at tho same time the meanest and best I ever saw. that wherever our race tries to rise and rule he will help us." North Carolina Republicans. Greensboro, Special. The Stale publican convention met at noon He on Wednesday, being the largest attended in the history of the parly. Two hours were consumed in a speech of welcome by C. P. Frazier, a response by J. J. Hritt. en able address by Chairman Rollins in calling tho con vention to order, and selecting commit tees for permanent organization, cre dentials, resolutions and adjournment was had until 3. The appointment of the committees on credentials by the chairman. v.iio will settle the contests of the eighth district, involving t ho reg ularity of Blackburn's nomination to Congress, and Yates' victory for him. made the complete triumph of what is known as. the Federal office-holding element, headed by Collector Duncan. The following State ticket was nomi nated on Wednesday night: Governor, Chas. J. Harris, of Jack son county. Lieutenant Oovernor, Isaac M. Meek ins, of Pasquotank. Attorney General, W. H. Yarborough, rt IcfQtil.-l! Secretary of State, J. J. .b nkins. of Chatham. Treasurer, C. G. Bailey, of Davie. Auditor, Frank Linney, of Watauga. Superintendent of Public Instruction, C. P. Frazier, of Guilford. Corporation Commissioner, D. H. Ab bott, of Pamlico. Commissioner of Agriculture, W. R. DIoc, of Craven. Labor Comimssioner, J. Y. Hamrlck, of Cleveland. Supreme Court Justice, R. M. Doug lass, of Guilford, and W. A. Montgom ery, of Warren. Electors of State at large, J. J. Britt, of Buncombe; R. Z. Linney, of Alex ander. Delegates to tbe national convention, Thomas S. Rollins, E. S. Blackburn, E. C. Duncan, B. F. Mebane; alternates, R. H. McNeill. Claudius Dockery, Mark Brown, H. L. Grant. The nominee for Governor v is a wealthy leather manufacturer and min er of the mountain district, aged oO, who came to this State from Minnesota 1$ years ago and is a member of tbe firm of Reese-Harris Tanning Co. Roosevelt and H ill Grand Rapids, Special With no prospect3 of fight except on ques tion of resolution declaring for pri mary reform, the State Republican Convention was called to order here to day to select four delegates and alter nates at large to the National Conven tion. President Roosevelt was endorsed. Indications early in the day are that Hitt will be endorsed for tbe Vice Presidential nomination. Eighty-Five Doctors. Raleigh, N. C. Special. Eighty-five young physicians have registered for an examination for license practice that begins before the State Board of Medican Examiners. It is expected that fully 125 will register before the register closes. The State board con sists cf Dr. Fletcher, Asheville; Dr. Pressley, Charlotte; secretary, Dr. F. H. Russell, of Wilmington; Dr. Parrett, of Kinstoc; Dr. Battle, of Greensboro; Dr. Kert. of Lenoir; Dr. Laughlng of Green vllle. The examination will be- completed and the successful i apli cants announced 'jecye the State Medical Spfciety which ceets here next Wednesday. ; , A Smair Flood. ' Wiuston-Salem. Special.-The heavi est rain ; in years visited this section Tuesday night. Reports are coming in that all small streams io the country are high and that nearly every bridge has been washed iaway. . Meeting of Business League. The next meeting of the National Negro Business League will occur in Indianopolis, Indiana, August 31st and September 1st and2ncL TAR HEEL TOPICS IN PARAGRAPHS la a i ritlral OadltUa. tUJitbary, fpr:ta!.-)Jr. U Jo f Uowaa countr. tfe old maa af on bom'a mom UknicK raoUUtKn a committed near tins city Kur day niM by Thomaa !! fend Adseu IHn.l. 1 ta a trrf critical cooditkn and ia nl expoctrd to remoter. Id vlvw of hi furtymHou coodlUu hU deposition courernioic taa perpetra tion of the rr!tn La ten taken, abd the perpetrator are ktill In the count j Jail awaiting development. TLv thre men were returning to t tc-ir homes In the country togrtbor lu a wagon, at.d it Is Mid all wen diink ing. When not far from the city J sey . tales that one of th mn hdd him while the other mutilated him with a pocket knife and left nim bleeding and half dead on th Ule of the road where he was found Sun day morning. A very delicate tpMra tlon wan performed on the old man, who is ahcut sixty iar of aa by Dr. O. M. Poole. Tho prisoner ex press tho opinion that they will I rtdcased from jail, but make no fur ther statement as to the attack upon Josey, who Ib an luonVtudve old gen tleman. Mule a Wal ii. Asheville, Special. Two !. Ton. Hirshell Tbotnan and Jim Harmon, were git en n preliminary hearing and boimn over to court on a charge ot the larceuy of a gold watch from Mins Hearing, of Ja Usonvill, Fla. Mis.s Hearing, who wa a visitor In thf city, lost her watrh on S pt'tnl r 20. Iat yenr, and Up was b lieved that it was stolen, although no clue could be obtained. Harmon and Thomas yesterday offered a watch for sale, and upon investigation it wan found to Mls D.-arlng' ptoporty. It seems that Harmon had htolen tho wairh and hidden it tinder a bush, wlurc; it remained until he had !uf-flcic-nt nerve to fcet it this n-ek and attempt to sell it. White Man Hanged. Kington, Special. Kiauk IAis, a v. bite man, charged and convicted of waylaying and murdering Cnailes Pate, also white, last September, was bang er, at the jail here Thursday at 12:20. The neck was broken by the fall and lue was extinct in 12 minutes. Contrary to expectations, Davis made no Ftate ment on the gallows. He did not dis play much weakness and only words we;e farewell to Sheriff Wooten and Deputy Sheriff Sutton. Dcniels Put to Death. Newbern, Special. Alfred Dauielt, the murderer of E. G. Simmons, fath er of United States Senator F. M. Sim- mons, was hanged at Trenton, at 1:38 p. m. The execution was witnout any special Incident. Daniels displayed great nerve, and said that be was un justly tried. He maintained that he was innocent of Intentional murder, claiming he shot Mr. Simmons in self defense. He professed religion and was baptised. There was a large crowd in town, but the hanging was private, being witnessed by only thnpe who had ti'kets. Negro Lynched by Negroes. Weldon, Special. A negro tramp was lynched at Seaboard, N. C, Thurs day night, by a crowd of his own race, who swung him up for an assault upon a 7-year-old colored child. A policeman was on his way to Jail with tbe man, who gave his name as Dick Whitehead, when he was overtaken by an Infuri ated mob of blacks, who tore the pris oner from the officer's buggy and banged him to a near-by tree. North State Items. In the Democratic primaries for Mecklenburg county held last Tues day Glenn received a small majority for Governor, Stedman being a close second in the race. The $30,000 building at Wake Forest College is under construction, and the corner-svone will be raid by the senior class next week. Charles J. Harris, of Dilleboro, the nominee of the Republicans for Gover nor, is known as the "Kaolin King." He is the largest producer of that ma terial, used in making china, in the Lnited States. The grading of the Raleigh & Pamli co Sound Railway has now reached roe point within 2u0 yard of the.Seaboird Air Line track in Raleigh. Next week the work of gradi-j towards Nrt river will begin, where there it a gap of four miles and in about a month II milesjfrill be graded- Then the iron can he lUd, in case crotsties cia be se ciired. Theie are very hard to get. af farmers are too busy to tat taezn ana there is fear that they may not be cut before autumn. Even the old road axe taviug trouble la procuring ties. The government report oa the North Carolina climate fcr April 83ys the mean temperature for the State 4.S degrees, which is 2.9 below normal. The average rainfall was only 1.47, which is 2.35 below the normal. The erage snowfall for thla State was j.10 of sn inch. There are now 515 rural free delivery mail routes in this State; this being a very remarkable Increase in a year. King Edward and Leopold wrote let ters of sympathy to the widow of Henry M. Stanley. LOSE TWO VESSELS - fUU) Japs Meet With Ateiitf Dis aster Oa Sea Sl.U BV MINE AND COLLISION Tht Battleship MjIsum stru a an Mn and tt Crur Y as Rammtd DHfl a Fag s-jr t Kaluga. Tokla, lly Cable.Vk Adta ri To kas iTifcirted a foHova: "A rpcn frota Rear X imlral la ays that the trotiwr Katus ed Vo fcllno collide! during a fug off IT Arthur en May 11 Tbe YoUco task, ocly of hr crew tlag aaied. "Oa the ajr.c day tbe httbfcti 111 tux atniik a HnUn mts- sr-4 aok." Giviii deUitS of tb OUao'rr. W Admiral Togo soys: "At 14 tutnul I to tb- aftei- i.oun of May 15. lu a 4H f-g f IVit Aithur, the Kasujt tauiraM th Vo hitui, tdnkfog the laiUr in a fr tula ulK Ninety cf hrr crew wcrr anJ. "The fame morning the llato. while crulalog oft Port Attbur. covtrlog the landing of the soldier, itruck a in Sue tea knots soutbat of the harbor fnuanre. 8ae iljcnalfd for belp. an l Instantly atruck another tuloe. b sank in half an hour. Tin--- hundre I of her crew were a- l by t-rpel Uata." The Yohhiiio i crjiM-r of 4.1 M li dUpIarno-nt aud 1."..m In lbatel aVrr-iowcr. hr n built in Km Jaud. wan luii. he i in le SSO ftl lcng. hd 45 4 fft Uam. and her draft van )7 feet. The armament 'f the Vo fcidiio conttsted of four 6-IikU gun, eight 4.7-lnrh f mm and tnt -thtee 3 jMMiudeia. She had flte t;ri-J.i tub. h-r armoj. d deck was 4'i in- hen thick tnd her gun position mere prottnt-! by j-hiehK The c ruier a i-J mn iinated to !e 23 knot, hr tal a padty wa l.OoO ton, find her re mi inhered !l0 men. The 11 at x use t a bubhij. ot ' ton displac ement and of ! latt iuv:'l-l. Sl-e a only completed In 1'm. wm built in England, was mj fpt long, had Tt'4 feet leain. dn-w 27 feet of water, had 1C.3X Indbat! hors- poner, and was fitted with mctrr tuba boiler. She was completely armoref with Meel. Her armament conalale.l of four 12-inch gun, fourteen 6-inrh gtn. twenty 12 poundsrs, eight 3-pounder. and four 2V-poundcT. She Lad four torpedo tubes, her estimated speed waa 19.11 knot. Her crew numbered 741 men. St. Petersburg. By Cable. The lota of at leapt tw-o Japanese warhlp Is cflMaliy eonflimed. A message dated l'oit Arthur, received by cancer pigeon :.t Mukden, wso transmitted to tha Emperor early yesterday morning, aay ing that two Japanese warships had been lost off that po;t. The mesage followed the Emperor to ICoursk, and no one here knew its contents until late lai night, when foreign telegram brought full details of tbe Japanca lof. Early In the afternoon, reports of the sinking of tbe Sbikisbima and the Fuji, on the authority of Russian ref ugees from Dalny. began to circulate sud aroused the most Intense interest. When, later, confirmation came of tb sinking of the Japanese warships, tha gteatest enthusiasm waa manifested. Without reference to its efTect oa tbe campaign, the people attribute the en emy's disaster to divine interposition in the Russian cauee. Io naval circles the Japa&efee catas trophe is a matter for rejoicing, though regtets are expressed that brave meo have lost their Urea. But this feeling of sympathy is swallowed up In tbe greater thanksgiving for the blow in flicted on Jhe hea power of the enemy. It is pointed out that the Hatause was one of Japan's finest battleshipf, and that tbe log of two. and poaaibly four warships at Intervals of a few days, cr.nnot fall to deeply affect Japan ana tn Influence tbe course of the cam paign. The general staff tonight i without direct news of the sinking of the Japanese ships, but there is an im pression that it may U trot. Tte re porte. at any rate, bare Infused fresh life and enthusiasm Id official circle. where ft is believed the tide has turned. No surprise is expressed by the ad- ciralitr at the Japanese vessel strik ing Rtt'aiUn ' xefaicf. the admiralty ex acting that such a mishap to k Admiral.Togo. narncaiany since iu tava) coalman der at Port Arthur kav. faithfully duplicated bis plan, which resulted in the sinking of tte Petro- r-3vlork. Warship Unrestricted. Washington, Special China has ben informed that the Washington gov ernment claim the right to dispatch warships, not only to those Chines ports declared by treaty to ba open to the world, bat also upon the Inland wa ters of CT". "Whereerer Americans may be 4 Sphere by treaty with China they ' S"4thorixe4 to engags is taurine or, - Jot th purees d spreading thy v I V
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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