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H VOL. XXIII. Raleigh, noptii Carolina Thursday, may i, ioos. NO. 18. I'M Distinguished Party From the North Greeted by Prominent Southerners SOME SPLENDID SPEECHES MADE Meeting at Columbia Opens With a Cordial Address of Welcome by Gov ernor Heyward, Followed by the An nual Address of Mr. Robert C. Og den. President of the Conference. Columbia. S. C. Spoda!. The Con-frc-iic; for Education in the South oj.r-nf.il its eighth annual session hero Wednesday, with a large attendance ! I'-mUns educators from Loth North South present. j Ii.; Os'Ion train, containing a party .f indie aa;i gentlemen from New W!. Boston. Washington and other will.- cities, arrived at 3:10 p. m. :t:i. tite visitors are being entertained in various homes in the city to which I !:- have been invited. The party i uiii!;rH ninety-five, being educators, ht rary men and women and business ii ii interested in education. They am" in on a special of ten Pullman us, chartered by Mr. Robert C. Og of New York. The members oi party are his guests for a nineteen :.iy trip to different points in South Carolina. North Carolina and Virginia, lr.iiing their stay in Columbia, they p.3 w'U as the many hundreds of other visitors, mainly from the Southern states, are guests of the city of Co lumbia. A party consisting of the may or of the city, the State Superintend- :u of Education, Editor Gonzales, of Th Columbia State, two professors oi ili- .South Carolina College and several other prominent citizens of Columbia, i:i(t the party at Hamlet, N. C, and 3 covted it into the State. Every train mining into the city brings from all parts of the South visitors to the con-lcr-i)ce. The conference opened its first ses sion here with an "address of welcome by Governor D. C. Heyward. The Governor said in part: GOVERNOR HEYWARD' 3 SPEECH. "Today throughout the entire South the sehoolhouse bell is ringing. II rings from the university on the hill and it rings from the little school boti.se by the roadside, and to yoj teachers who are present at this con ference from our sifter States of the South and from every portion of our own State, I wish to say that in wel coming you 1 must also congratulate you upon the great work you have done. I believe that you have ac complished more during the past forty years along educational lines than has ever been accomplished by any peo ple in the same length of time. No people have ever worked. 80 well or under the same conditions, and In your work you have been accorded loyal support by your people. In their days of poverty and in their days o prosperity the tax-payers of the South have shown a willingness and a de sire to tax themselves to support the schools, not only for their own children the white children of the South but also for the children of anotder and dependent race. Though often misunderstood, they have never let their hearts fail them; they have never looked backward, but always forward, and today we can see in university and in college, in graded school and in common school, in better teachers and longer terms, a happy and prosperous people aye. in smiling fields and grow ing cities, the result of their courage and determination. "In welcoming you to South Carolini I welcome you to a State which has always had a deep interest in the cause In which you are enlisted. With us, the modern sehoolhouse stands beside the college of a century. From the earliest history o? our State our peo ple have prized learning and cultiva tion. Before the Revolution, South Carolina sent her sons to Oxford and to Cambridge. Shortly after the Revo lution we began to build colleges and to establish public schools. The first library in America to be supported in any degree at the public expense was that established in Charleston in IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION REA LIZED.. 'I am sure, however, it needs no ar gument to convince you that the impcr tance cf education in its highest sense has ever been realized by our people. The facts that I have just cited that before vte had colleges of our own we sent our sons abroad, and the further fact that almost within sound of our voice? stands South Carolina College over ICO years old these will show the spirit that animated our ancestors. "As to what we are doing today for the sons and daughters of South Caro lina. I have but- to point you to the number of colleges ct our State, and to our growing system of graded and public schools. The State supports Winthrop College for Women, and South Carolina College, the Citadel and Clemscn for young men, and also a State college for negroes. In addition to this, each religious denomination supports one or more colleges vr.irh are doing excellent work. There are also many private colleges, several cf which are well endowed. Contributing to these is our system cf graded and common schools. Our State constitu tion requires that the General Assem bly shall provi.de for. a liberal system of free public schools for children be tween the ages of 6 and 20 years, and the constitution imposes an annual tax exceeding one-half of our entire State tax for general purposes. With us the fight to allow school districts to levy a special tax has already been won; it is incorporated in the organic law of the State, and we are now extend ing the battle lines to the various dis tricts, 400 of which have already exer cised this prerogative. New victories are constantly being gained along this line, and within the next few years we confidently hope to greatly enlarge our army of educational progress. "During the past year we built 175 school houses, and we improved and equipped many more. These buildings ranged in cost from isoo to tm apiece, and in this equipment are' in eluded 500 libraries. Two thousand and Ave hundred of our teacher last year attended slimmer schools in ordei to taUfcf equip themselves for tbeli grtat work. It will require no prophet my friends, to predict that, should wc e again so fortunate within the next few years as to welcome you within the confines of this State, jrour eye will behold tajt improvement In but educational and industrial affairs. "Pardon me for this apparent digres don, which I hope will prove to yoc this interest we feel in you and in youi wrrk. Let me give you some added welcome to our State and to our cap ital city. In the name of the great cause which brings you here; in the name of every school and college la the State; in the name of those high interests which it is your mission to serve; in behalf of the people of our Btate, and especially in behalf of tht people of our capital city, I welcome you, ladies and gentlemen, to South Carolina," At the conclusion of the Governor's address of welcome, the annual ad dress of Mr. Robert C. Ogden presi dent of tbo conference was delivered. PRESIDENT OGDEN'S ADDRESS In the opehing Mr. Ogden spoke at some length of the objects and history of the conference. Although this con ference, he said, has no education body of authority, it yet has a very deep community of interest with the South ern Educational Board, the General Education Board, and in a lesser de gree with the board of trustees of the Peabody fund, and the board of trus tees of the Slater fund. These several boards are so thoroughly co-ordinated and sympathetic that every facility created by any is at the command of each and the commonage of aim is so perfect that waste by duplication or competition Is impossible. The work of these boards and funds having been briefly dealt with, the speaker spoke of what had been accomplished. It is the leadership of the child that we fol low here, he said, inspiring this great company more than curiosity, possible entertainment or social fellowship is the interes of the child. And it was just the preparation of this pervasive influence that awaited the advent, of the new'movement for education which was unfolded in the triple alliance of the conference -and the two boards. This movement came at the psycho logical moment. Throughout this Southland, isolated and lonely, many able, thoughtful, well informed and solitary souls were brooding over the needy conditions of certain localities with which experience has made them painfully familiar. And with the per ception of need was associated a con scious helplessness and vague, indef inite hopefulness, or was thi3 condi tion of mind solely confined to the iso lated and obscure? Men- of large pub lic affairs, women socially prominent, were both equally anxious and sadly doubtful. Here a voice had been raised, there a little local effort had been started, and beyond this the pro phets were beginning both persuasion and provision. Then followed the awakening of the earnest and anxious thinkers. A strength of association wag promptly created. Symptoms of many sorts indicated the educational epiphany that has commanded the ad miration and respect of educators throughout tho land, the encourage ment of progressive citizens, the in terest of statesmen. Certain facts may be briefly outlined. PROGRESS OF LOCAL TAXATION. Local taxation, for education has made great progress, notably in Ala bama. South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee. The constitution of the State of Georgia has been so amended as to facilitate local taxation for schools. The increase of public j appropriations both through States and the local tax. for education, has aggregated many millions of dollars. New school houses by hundreds, per haps thousands, have replaced others that were lacking in comfort, space and equipment. Hundreds of inade quate schools have been consolidated and transportation has been supplied to scholars that have been incommod ed by the changed conditions. School terms have been greatly lengthened, the "qualifications " of teachers im proved, and compensation increased to meet the longer term and better service. Laws against nepotism in education lave been passed and thus a beginning has been made In the removal of a corrupt and debasing influence upon education. This is an incident in the divorce of public education from poli tics an end most devoutly to be de-. sired. Perhaps the most encouraging single element of progress is found in the formation' of local and State or ganizations of citizens and educators tor the promotion of public interest in education. In the cities of Virginia large audiences of tho best people have been assembled by the commis sion to wait upon the teachings of men whose souls are awake to the needs of the children and whose tongues have been touched with the holy fire from the altar of public ser vice. Such meetings :h, & ve been held elsewhere with success. and power. Put Virginia's leadership is exception al in persistence :and thoroughness. No doubtful ennosity of suspicion iurks in the background; no academic seclusion, no Intellectual superiority, no cloistered exclusiveness now di vides higher from popular education in the South. Other prominent educators made splendid addresses. The meeting was an eminent success in every particu lar. . - t-s Second Day's Session. The second day's session of the great educational conference1 was marked by exceptionally strong ad dresses by notable speakers. - At the Superintendents' Conference the State Superintendents of the fol lowing States were present: South Carolina, North Carolina, ; Georgia. Alabama, Texas, Tennessee ; and Ar kansas. Each of these spoke on dif ferent phases of the recent progress of education in the Southern States, Columbia, S. C.,-' Special. The Con ference for Education in the South closed its sessions here Friday, and the conference adjourned subject to the call of the executive committee. At the morning- session of the confer ence, Mr. Robert ; C. Ogden, - of New York, was unanimously chosen presi dent; Chas. B. Aycock, former governor of North Carolina, was chosen vice president. The following executive committee was ejects to f erve the en suing year: S. a Mitchell. Virginia; Sydney J. Bowie. Alabama; R. R. Cousins. Tex as; Clarence H. Poe. North Carolina; D. C. Caldwell. Louisiana; C. P. Gibson, Georgia; R. H. Jesse, Missouri; Dr. I. A. Jenkins. Kentucky; S. A. Mynders, Tennessee; J. H. Hineman. Arkansas; D. B. Johnson. South Carolina. The other officers of the conference elected were: Secretary. B. J. Bald win. Alabama; treisurer. W. A. Blair, Winston-Salem, N. C- The following resolution adopted by the Association of Southern States Su perintendents of Education, at Its meet ing on April 26. is given out for th first time: "Resolved that the Association ol Southern State Superintendents oj Public Instruction, desires to expres; its appreciation of the valuable work of the Southern Educational Board, ic co-operatin with the educational au thorities Of the States, and of tht spirit in which the work has been dont for the past three years; and also tc express gratification at the provisioi for the continuance of this co-operative work." All the Southern States are represent ed except Tennessee, Mississippi and Virginia. Mr. Ogden, in a brief and expressive speech, then pronounced the conference adjourned. GOVERNOR GLENN SIGNS BONDS VII Will Be Ready By Time Bids Are To Be Opened. Governor Glenn Wednesday morning ligned each one of the two hundred md fifty $1,000 bonds that are being tsf ucd by the State for the purpose 3f paying off the judgment against the State in the noted South Dakota bond case, and all other North Carolina bonds of that class. His Excellency says he signed all the two hundred and filty bonds in forty minutes and wrote his signature so that it could be read. too. The great seal of the State was also affixed to the bonds, and as soon as they are signed by State Treasurer B. R. Lacy, they will be ready for issuance May 10th, when the bids are to be opened. Would-be Suicide Punished. Asheville, Special. Calvin Baird, who, several weeks ago, attempted to commit suicide by hanging himself to a tree, but who was discovered in time to save his life, was tried in the Superior Court on the charge of at tempting self-destruction, convicted and sentenced by Judge Neal to two years" on the chain gang. Baird is an old negro, who for a long time resided iiv the Beaverdam section. One Sun day night several weeks ago, Baird left his home, and securing a piece of rope, proceeded to bang himself. Ke was discovered the following morning in an unconscious condition, cut down and medical aid given him. Baird waa later brought to Asheville and placed in jail, where he has since remained. Killed at a Saw Mill. Bessemer City, Special Oscar Smith, i young boy of about 17 years, and son Df Mr. Sid Smith, was killed Tuesday it a saw-mill about a mile from town. The saw-'mi'l belonged to his father, Sid Smith, and he was helping with the Tvork. Mr. Smith was at the saw and was sawing slats. A piece of timber that'was defective was being sawed when a part of it about three feet long flew off from the saw and grazed the shoulder of a. boy standing near and 3truck Oscar Smith just under the left breast. It came with such force as to break several ribs and cause internal injuries, from which he died in auout thirty minutes. New Enterprises. The Scotland Neck Land Company of Scotland Neck, is incorporated with J25.000 capital, A McDowell and W. H. White being the principal incorpor ators. Another charter is to the Rich lands Tobacco Warehouse Company, of Richlands, Onslow county, capital J$23, J00 authorized and $5325 subscribed by 0. B. Cox, C. H. Rhodes and ethers. Charters are issued for the Neuse Lumber Company, of .Newbern, capital $125,000 authorized, and $20,000 sub scribed, by W. B. Blades. C. G. Blades, and A. F. Bunting. The Gwynn Veneer and Panel Com pany, of Lenoir, capital $50,000 auth orized and $20,000 subscribed, by R. L. Gwynn, J.'L. Nelson and others. The Hyde County Telephone Com pany, of Washington, capital $25,000, by B. L. Susman and others.. The Little & Sawyer Company, of Elizabeth City, $10,000 capital, to do a general insurance and. real estate business, J. B. Flora, principal incor porator. The Williams Grocery Company, of Greensboro, changes its name to the Greensboro Grocery Cmr-any. j. w. Cole i3 president and J. M. Fisher sec retary.' North State News. The records in the office of the State Insurance Commissioner here show that there are 5.315 North Caro lina policy holders interested in the adjustment of the affaire of the Equi table Life Assurance Society, that is ci eating such a sensation in financial circles nowi The total of policies in tills State is $10,159,499. Wilmington, Special. Ninety-four solid car loada of strawberries for the Northern markets passed through the junction office of the East Carolina Truck and Fruit Association at South Rocky Mount, and 93 went forward rrom the. east Carolina trucking belt. The cars average 300 crates each and the ruling prices" in the several markets were from 10 to 20 cents. The express shipments were also large. Thus far the heavy shipments have been from to Cbadbourn section, SPECIAL IS WRECKED Of del Ptfty TfecresjMy Sfcakei I'p ii fitil CoiPsioi TOE LIST OF DEAD AND WOUNDED Rounding a Curve in tht Yard Limits of the Southern Railway at Green ville, S. C the 'Train Bearing the President of the. Conference for Edu cation and Hit 100 Guest, Crushes Into tht Rear of a Freight Greesttvlle,8. C., - SpeciaL While founding a carve in the yard limits of the Southern railway at Greenville, and running at an estimated speed of 60 miles an hour, the special Pullman train bearing Robert C. Ogden and 100 members of the Southern Conference for Education, crashed into the rear end of a freight at 7:53 oclock this morning, killing four personv and in juring a scora or others. Nine of Mr. Ogden's guests were killed. The dead are: Charles M. Cope, white. - brakeraan of the special, Columbia, S. C. John Little. W. W. Cummings and J. F. Hayne, negro employes on the dining car S. James. The Injured are: Prof. Henry W. Famham, Yalt Uni versity, arm broken an! cut on lread, and Mrs. Henry W. Farnham. badly bruised about head, and arms. St. Clair McKelway. editor of The Brooklyn Eagle, bruised on back and shoulder. Dr. Julius D. Dreher, former presi dent of Roanoke college, cut oh the head. Robert M. Oglen, secretary te Pres ident Ogden, cut on hand and head bruised. Mrs. J. G. Thorpe, Cambridge, Mass., cut and bruised on head. Bishop W. N. McVickar, of Provi dence. R. I., bruised. James Hunter, engineer on special, leg and arre broken. Walter Keishaw, electrician on sper lal, ear an.t head cut. Conductor Edward Acker, bruised. John F. McCoy, agent Pennsylvania railroad, gash on head. R. Shull, negro cook on St. James, cut on arm. Geoige Williams, waiter on dTher Waldorf, bruised. Ogden Calls For Inquiry. The Greenville wreck will be inves tigated as is shown by the following: "Hon. D. C. Heyward, Columbia, S. S.; Would respectfully suggest the extreme use of the executive power is may exist by the coroner's jury or railroad commission for investigation criminal negligence, local and man agement, that caused wreck of my train. Four hands killed ind others injured, also Prof, and Mrs. Farnham. My impression is that the case I3 a bad vine and needs drastic treatment. "ROBT. C. OGDEN." Governor Heyward replied as fol lows: "Robert C. Ogden. Greenville, S. C: have referred your telegram to the railroad commission, who will imme iiately investigate wreck. Coroner's inquest will be h'sld by county author ities." Making Investigation. Greenville, Special. Prof. Faraar. of Yale University, and Mrs. Farnar, who were injured in. the wreck of the Ogden special, are both resting easily In a sanitarium here. It has not been decided when they will be able to trav el, but the attending physicians say aot before Tuesday. Electrician Ker shaw, also injured in the wreck and detained here, is doing well. Assistant General Superintendent H. Baker and Division Superintendent McManus, of the Southern, are here, and an investigation of the cause of the accident is being held behind closed doors. St. Paul Globe Suspends. St. Paul, Special. Thf 8t. Paul Globe, after Sunday's edition, will sus pend business. The Globe wr.s the only Democratic morning dally In Minnesota, and It was the recognized organ of it party both in State and in municipal affairs. The reason an nounced by the paper for its suspen sion was that, in spite of Its large circulation, it was not properly atpan ized by advertisers. Sixteen Killed in Texas Storm. Laredo, Tex., May 1. Later daetila from the tornado, which . struck this city Friday evening indicate that first reports in circulation here were by no means exaggerated, either as to the number of lives lost or the financial damage resulting. Scores of people were injured and are being attended by the various physicians. J It will be impossible to state the number of the injured, but it is not belived that may deathswill result from injuries. s The number killed is sixteen in this city. Sentence Commuted. SL Petersburg, By Cable, An im perial rescript summons Count Voron-tzoff-Dashkoff, viceroy in the Caucas us, to the council of the empire and appoints him a member of , the council of ministers, and charges Baron Nolde, Secretary of State to represent the viceroy In the council's declarations. A rescript commutes the sentences of the officers concerned In the incident of the firing; during the ceremony of thf blessing of the waters of tho KeYQ, GEN. FITZHUGH LEE Strickea With Apcpkxy Mile es Bcsrd a Tra;o to Wasfciajtoi DISTINGUISHED MAN PASSES AWAY Had Been a Conftdtrate Major-Gentral Governor of His State, and Consul -General at Havanna, and also a Re tired Brigadier-General in tho U. S Army. Washington, Special. General Fit hugh Lee, United States army, retired, and one of Virginia's foremost sons died at the Providence Hospital hera Friday from an attack of appopiexy, which he suffered on a train while en route from Boston to Washington. In the room when he died were Dr. Montgomery, one of the physician? at the hospital. Miss Dorsey, a relative, and a nurse, two of the attending pby. sicians, Drs. Edle and Kean, having retired temporarily. A pathetic feature of the case is that although General Lee had a family consisting of a wife and five children, not on of them waa with him at the time of his death. Tho general was 68 years oi cgc. Arrangements for General Lee's fun eral, together with the selection of the place for interment of the remains, will not be made until after the arrival in Washington of Mrs. Lee, who is now on her tay to Washington from Fort Oglethrope, Ga. Meanwhilo the body will be prepared for burial and will re main at the hospital. It is possible that the body may be laid to rest at the national cemetery at Arlington, al though It is expected that General Lee'9 friends may make an effort to have a site chosen somewhere else In Virginia, the State in which he lived so many years and with whose Interests he was so strongly Identified. A widow and five children survive General Lee. Two of the boys aro ar my officers and two of the girls are wives of army officers, while the re maining child is a young woman still in her teens. The children are Mrs. J. C. Rae: wife cf Lieutenant Rae, now at Fort Oglethorpe; Lieutenant Fitz hugh Lee, of the calvary branch, now in Manilla; Lieutenant Mason Lee, of the Seventh Cavalry, who is now in San Francisco; Mrs. Anne Brown, wife of Lieutenant Brown of the Seventh Cavalry, who is now at San Francisco, and Miss Virginia Lee. General Lee was stricken with ap popiexy, the entire left side being af fected, at 3 oclock Friday morning, while on a train en route from Boston to Washington. The train bad just left the Harlem river when the stroke came. The train bearing the genera? arrived in Washington shortly aftei 10 o'clock. Under the direction of Ma jor Kean, United States Army, of .the Surgeon General's office, the patient was removed to Providence Hospital. A physician was taken aboard the train at Jersey" City. At Philadelphia he gave place to anotfeer, who accom panied the general to Baltimore, where still another wis taken aboard and made the trip to Washington. General Lee had been spending a few days in Boston and was returning to Washington, on his way to join Mrs. Lee. His Distinguished Career. General Lee long has been a promin ent figure In Washington, and he al ways was given a hearty reception wherever he went. Prior to the civil war at the begin ning of which he resigned his commis sion in the United States army. Gen eral Lee saw considerable frontier duty in moving against the Indians. He was an ex-cavalry officer. His services in the Confederate ar my as a major general are well known, and during the interval between this war and his active work in the Spanish-American war, General Lee filled a number of Important positions, includ ing governorship of Virginia, the presi dency of the Pittsburg & Virginia rail road, the collectorship of internal rev enue for the Lynchburg district", and the consul generalship at Havanna. Following his honorable discharge from the volunteer army on March 2. 1901, General Lee was appointed to the regular army with the rank of brig adier general, and with this rank he was retired In the March following. Hall Goes Through Roofs. Savannah, Ga., Special. Dis patches frcm Southwest Georgia report a se vere hall storm Friday. Fifteen miles west of Albany, In Doughtery and Worth counties, cotton and other crops were- brokTen to the ground. On J. H. Bynum's farm the roofs of houws were broken through. Near Harts field, Joseph Stovall. an old and well known citizen, was killed by the blow ing down of the house of his grand son John Stovall. Russians Sighted. Hong Kong, By Cable. The steamer Stettin, which has arrived here, sight ed frcm thirty to forty vesscU of the Russian Second Pacific Squadron in Hongkohe Bay, Annra, (about fifty miles north of Kamrana Ba-J Tburs day afternccn. Two cruisers, wbitbf had thair decks clacked with to-1 signalled the Siettin to stop, and ques tioned fcer. The fleet wa3 prspi.Jns for sea. . ' Monument to Joe Jefferson. THrhrr.ond. .Va.. Scecial. A popular subscription has been started here tor ; the erection in this city cf a monu- ment to Joseph Jefferson, the actor. It bids fair to be successfuL The city Steamer Passed Warships. Island of Penang, Special The Brit ish steamer Catherine A pear, from Calcutta, reports having passed two detachments of eight and seven 4 war ships, respectively, Thursday night sixty miles south of Penang, Jhey Wprt feejrtin tor Singapore. FUNERAL OF GE. fUZiLGfl UE Tho 0iattrg Clergyman Dr. McKtal, An OAcr in Gtneeal Ltt'a O'd Com ma n-d and a Lift-! FHtnd TKo ate and ltnpoiE3 tribal e paid Mocday to all that U mortal of Brt dir Gvnrral FUxfeuah Lv tnlted State artay. retired. Formal funeral ertre over the remains held la Richmond. Va. Thorday. Brtef r tirea were held on Monday, however, at the Church of the Epiphany, cm O street, many cf the personal and offi cial friends embracing the opportunity taut afforded to py a lat tribute of respect to tht mtmvry cf the dtitin guisbed dead. Prior to the service, the remains of (Jen era Lee. which had been Ijlng In their eafrket In the Sunday school chapel of Epiphany Churrb since their removal from Providence Hospital, were cenveved to the auditorium of the church. Throughout the nU'ht and day the were surrounded by a guard, consisting of member of the local camp of Confederate veterans. The church services were conducted by the rector of Epiphany Church. Rev. Randolph II. McKlm. D. 1).. who in chaplain cf the Washington camp of Confederate Veterans. He was an officer in General Lee's old command in the civil war. and the two were life-long friends. The services were very simple, being in accordance with the burial service preftcrlbed by the ritual of the Episcopal Church. No funeral oration was pronounced. The church was thronged Wth friends and acquaintances of General Ixe end his family. The casket con taining the remains was coverei with floral offerings which had been re ceived from individuals and organiza tions with which General le was GEvEKAIi FITZIIl'CJII I KK. identified. Among them was a band some wreath sent by the President and Mrs. Roosevelt. The details of the arrangement of the services and escort of the body were completed by Major General Gillespie, Brigadier General Burton, Major Kean, and Captain Mlt:hle, United States Army. The detail of eight non-commissioned officers cf the Sevent United States Cavalry acted as body-bearers. Col. John T. Callaghan, commander, and the members of the camp of Confeder erate veterans constituted a euarJ of honor for the remains while they were being taken to the Pennsylvania sta tion. The military eiccrt consisted of a squadron of the Seventh Cavalry, a battery of field artillery and two companies of engineers," United Statea army. Shortly after noon, the cor tcge, headed by a band, moved to the railroad statoion via Pennsylvania avenue. In the column, in, addition to the military contingent, were rep itsentatives of the civic societies of which General Lee was a member. On errival a tthe railroad station, the casket containing the remain was conveyed, with due ceremony, to the funeral ce.r. in which it was conveyed to Richmond. The escort then was disbanded. Mrs. Lee was accompanied on the special train to Richmond by her brother. Major B. H. Fowle; General Lee's brother. Captain D. M. Iee; Miss Virginia Mason Dorse y. Miss Laura Lee Dorsey, Dr. Robert F. Ma son and Mr. and Mrs.- Uen.amin S. -Minor. In addition to the?e members ot the Le2 famtl. many promir.t-nt araiy officer, including seveial who served in General Lee's Seventh Army Corps during the Spanish-American war, also accompanied the funeral par ty to Richmond. The train lelt for RJchracnd at 1 o'clock. The body bear ers tf the Seventh Cavalry re mained w'ta the casket until Alexan dria was reached. There they were relieved 1-y a detail of an oScer and c:gbt enlisted mn cf the Alexandria Light Infantry. Is turn, this detach ment was relieve at Fredericksburg by a similar number cf soldiers. Remains Arrive at Richmond. Richmond, Va.. Special. The spe ci I train bearing the remains q Gen. FJi'augh Lee reached Richmond about 5.20 o'clock Monday afternoon and was met at Elba station, at the bead cf Bread street, by an imposing array cf Stato military. Confederate veter ans. State and city officials an! mem o:ial organizations. The casket con taining the bod.' was placed upon a b'ack crrsn drawn by six black he: ses. at the bead of each horse being a number cf the Richmond Howitxers is full dresj gray"anifonn. A proces s'c3 t-'s formed and the march was tik?n un for the city hsll to solemn strains cf music from a band. The tels of the city were tolled as the troseslC3 moved, fags ca the build lags vere at fca!, mast, and at fre qcftrt interval along the way special errblems cf mourning appeared in drapery over store fronts and other houses! The procession was made op of the Richmond companies of the Seventieth regiment," Virginia volun teers: the Richmond Light Infantry Battalion: the Richmond Howitxers r Lee and Picket Camps of Confederate veterans; the Veteran Cavalry Asso ciation. Army cf Northern" Virginia; the Sons cf Confederate Veterans, and the various ladles' Confederate; memor ial associations ot the city, v NORTH S TATE NEWS Maay fuwty tttta Ott!r4 f rm all SccttosA. CHARLOTTE COTTON MARKET. The ficarrt rerree"M frit PH to atts: Strict wo4 mJ44Heg T M Good aWdHag T l irtct middling T 14 UUSditag 1 Tutgee C to J4 mains LO to 1M GHNKRAL COTTON MAKKITT. Ml44Siac Galvestoo. T 3 New Orleans. Brra T 1 U Mobile, Heady 7 I f Savannah, steady .............. 7 It Chariest 00. quiet 7 Norfolk, steady 7 J t Baltimore, nominal 7 13 New York quirt TtS Philadelphia, steady 7 id Hocstun, steady 7 14 Augusta, stead r 7 U Memphis, steady , 7 31 St. Louis, qtlet 7 71 tomlsville. firm 7 NEW CHARTERS. Two tobacco companies were char tered, one lejng the Marlon Tobacco Manufacturing Company. of Pilot Mountalc. capital t!S,C03. by Mrssra. R. N. Marion and others, and the other the Golden laf Tottreo Varc&ou Company, of Arex, Wake ct tniy, capi tal I20.fx authorized, aul o sub scribed, by V. II. Howard, L S. and P. J. Oliver. J. J. Roger and others. Other charters wei to J. 8. Hall Com pany, undertakers, of Durham, capital $7,500. by J. 3. Half. W. A. Wllmn. and O. V. Wynne; Hot Springs Manufac turing Company, capital 12.(0. by J. Harrison sod others, to mine barytet and other minerals and rsublUb !e trie light Flants; the Clymer Machine Company, of Greensboro. $10,000. to es tablish machine shops. L. M. Clymer. I. R. l.amb. . 8. Jobe and E. F. Crann. Charged With Barn Burning. Greensboro, Fpeclal. Early Thurs day morning three men tvere arrested In Sumner township on the charge o! of firing the barn of Mr. Isaac II. Stan ley, of that township. The namea of the arrested men are: T. II. Farrtng ton. Rotie Parrfngton and Fred Ox nun t. all of whom are white and ar known to have be-n among tho who engaged In retailing in that sitlon. The hearing was set for S.o ctock Fri day before 'Squire Collins, but waa con tinued until Saturday morniuir at 10 o'clock. The arrests were made by .Sheriff Jordan, assisted by Assistant State Fire Insurance Commissioner Scott and Sergeant Neeley. The offl. cers left here this morning at 2 o'clock, made the arrest and returned to Oo city at noon. It la charted that tot parties became incensed at Mr. Stan ley for reporting tnem for rttailint and blockading. AH three men were under bond at tht time of tht arrest for retailing. They art' now in Jail pending the hearing Saturday. The evidence againat them la saJd to bt very strong. They art charged with going to the bouse Sunday night, set ting the large feed barn of Mr. Stan ley's, worth several thousand dollars, and two other buildings; on fire. The family were awakened by an explosion of dynamite, which waa In tht barn. Lutheran Conference. Lincolnton, Special. The North Carolina Conference of the Evangeli cal Iutheran Tennessee Synod met with Emmanuel congregation. Lin coin ton. Tburaday at 11 a. tn. Tit) op ening nermon waa preached b 'ttv, R. A. Yoder, D. D.. of Hickory, from Luke 15:4. The conference was then lormally opened, and there waa found to be a good attendance of ministers and laymen. A paper on "Confession and Abso lution" waa read by Rev. W. A.' Bea ton, of Dallas, which was freely dis cussed by the conference. Tho presi dent appointed the regular commit tees. It was decided that the next meeting of confer en ?o be held witU Christ Church. Stanley Creek, nor. W, A. Beaton, pastor, beginning at 10 a, m. on Thursday before the fifth Sun day in July. 1 North Stat News. The Antl Saloon league of Durham has started a dally paper called The Voter. Two days' shipments of straw berries frcm eastern Carolina amounted to nearly $200,009. ' Judge Moore, in the Superior Court, after hearing T. M. Arto. counsel for the plaintiff, made an order setting tbo noted Gattls va. Kilgo damage suit for Ita third trial Wednesday of next week. In Wake Superior Court Thursday the trial of Pejram va. the Seaboard Air Line, for $25,000 damages for the burning to death of Jno. M. Wilson, bookkeeper ia the Hamlet cotton com nrM in October. 1904. was commenc ed, md it la expected will require Ato dajg to complete it. xne Beaoatxa us already won suits ia which damage were claimed for the burning 01 tne ice plant and for quantities of cotton that .r hnrnwi at the same time. The contention in all these suits Is that the fire started from sparks thrown by a woodburnlfig engine. Telegraphic Briefs. ternary of War Taft stilts that the policy cf tht Government in respect to the Fasama railway will ba no dis crimination against any of the steam ship companies transporting bustaesi across the Isthmus, t The Governments of the United Sta tes and Great Britain have agreed to accept the official steamship surveys of the other. Mrs. McDonald McLean. President General of the Daughters of the Ameri can" Revolution, says hlr policy be to upbuild, (he organization. V 1 f
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