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VOL. XXIII.
TOGO DEFEATS" RUSSIANS
Japanese Admiral Practically Annihilates Navy j
of the Czar
BATTLE IN THE STRAITS OF KOREA
Accord r-g to Information Received at
tre state Department in Washing
ten, trie Battle Began Saturday, the
Japanese Sinking the Russian Bat
tiesh'p Gorodino, Four More War
ihips and a Repair Ship.
A' ; rding to the latest information,
battle hot ween the Russian and
jap;i:j'-.-r- naval forces for the auprem
a v f the Oriental seas, on which
ULr-- the outcome of the far Eastern
t'j,-'-. has bgun, if it has not terra-
ica''-: ii i Lively. All the dispatvhes
i..v1 point to a Japanse victory,
trih it is not yet known whether
the f -ill force of Vice Adrimal Rojest-vr..-ky
"s fighting ships took part in the
cir-tt. which, according to the dis
iat :-. took place in the comparative
ly Lrrov. waters of the Straits of Ko
ra. Th- first information tame in a
dis.ti-!i from the American consul at
Naza.-aki to the State Department at
Wa.-hiiii::on, telling that the Japanese
tai siimlv one Russian battleship, four
ether warships and a repair ship in
lit- Korean Strait, and this was fol
lowe'l hy a dispatch received by the
Staff I partruent, the date of which
a-; n'-t j:iven, that the "Japanese gov-rn:i:-nt
had made the announcement
tiat i:.-- licet had engaged the Rus
sians in the Straits of Korea Saturday
and ha'l held them." The State De
rartmti.t also leceived information
that two of the vessels reported to
have hem sunk were the sister battle
ships Orel and Borodino, and that three
of the other ships were cruisers. From
Tsinirtau, the German port on the
Shantung Peninsula, came a report that
a running naval engagement took place
near the Island of Oki, in the Sea of
Japan, 200 miles northeast of the
Straits of Korea, and that the whole
Russian fleet did net participate, the
slow vessels having been sent around
Ja:an. Russian sources give no news
of the battle, while the Japanese gov
ernment, following its custom, is silent
2s to cither the battle or its outcome.
THINK TOHPEDO COATS DID IT.
Washington Naval Circles Comment
on Dispatches to State Department
3attlcship and Five. More Vessels
Sunk Straits Held Againct Rus
sians. Wa?irr;;:ton, Special. A dispatch re
ceived at the State Department says
that the Japanese Government has
inaae the announcement that its fleet
tad enyascd the Russians in the
Straits or Korea Saturday and had held
them .
The reported sinking of the battle
ship Sordino is mentioned in a dis
?atch received at the State Department
from the consul at NagasakL
The belief in the naval circles in
Washington is that the Japanese re
sorted to the free use of torpedo boats
in their attacks on the vessels of Vice
Adaiiral Rojestvensky's fleet. The
Japanese have a large number of tor
Ido boats in their fleet and they de
monstrated their .effectiveness in the
or-eraticns around Port Arthur. Na
x& officers here express the opinion
?nat it was unlikely that such serious
jes as those reported could have
bef,n inflicted by ordinary fire.
The following is the test of the Na
Texas Town Not Destroyed.
Austin, Tex., Special. S. J. L. Math
er, mayor of Mineral Wells, Tex., re
Quested a correction of the report sent
to several papers that the town had
badly damaged by a tornado last
eek. He says that no damage was
""He at all, and that excepting a very
?!gh wind, which swept over the town
J&st Wednesday, there was no provo
cation for such a report.
Floods North of EJ Paso.
El Paso, Tex.. Special. A half mil
lion dollars is a conservative estimate
c the damage done by the overflow
01 the Rio Grande north of El Paso
5n the Messilla valley. Some 7,000
acres of farm land are under water,
crops and farm machinery have been
l0t, and all houses in the path of the
Waters washed away. The water in
ost places is six feet deep. Every
anode house in Anthony, N. M., has
een washed awray and the people
"aJ'e fled to El Paso. The water is
rising rapidly, threatening great
image especially at El Paso.
McGraw Fined.
New York, Special. Manager Mc
, of the New York National Lea
see Baseball Club, has been fined $150
suspended for 15 days for using
wofane language to President Dreyfus,
i the Pittsburg club. McGraw will
" el-:gible to resume the privileges of
te hall field on June 11th, providing
fft previous to that date the fine of
jj is paid, together with the sum of
tdMif'bich fine was imPsed by Pres
ent Pulliam because of his being re
uvea from the game May 20th.
gasaki diHpatch to the State Depart
ment: "Nagasaki, May 28. Japanese sunk
the Russian battleship Borodino and
four more warships and a repair ship."
The other dispatch read as follows:
"Tokio, May 27. Japanese met and
engaged the Baltic squadron this af
ternoon in the Straits of Fushima,
which was held. Cannonading was
heard from shore."
From Information which has been
received in Washington it is believed
that two of the Russian ships reported
to have been sunk In the Korean
Straits by the Japanese are the Orel
and her sister ship, the Borodino.
They are battleships of 13,000 tons.
Three other vessels reported sunk are
believed to have been cruisers, the
remaining one being a repair ship.
The Orel and Borodino are of 13,510
tons displacement each, heavily armed,
well protected, and were designed to
make IS knots. They measure 397 feet
by 76 feet, with 26 feet draught, and
both have a lofty spar deck fully 30
feet above the water line, extending
from the bow to the quarter deck. For
ward is mounted a pair of 12.4-inh
guns in a turret protected by eleven
inches of Krupp armor. Another pair
of guns, of same size, is mounted aft.
There are thirty other guns on the in
termediate battery, the vessels carry
two submerged torpedo tubes and two
above the watav. A special feature of
the vessels is their verdical longitudi
nal bulkheads of inch armor, running
throughout the whole length of the
ship at a distance of nine or ten feet
inboard from the ships' sides, designed
to localize the effects of a blow from
a torpedo.
Failed to Mislead Togo.
Chefoo, By Cable Private tele
grams from Korea to the Japanese
consul here state that a battle was
progressing Saturday afternoon at or
near the Korean straits, between the
main portion of the Russian squadron
and the Japanese fleet under command
of Admiral Togo.
Telegrams almost identical with the
above have been received here, and
announce that a large portion of the
Russian fleet was sighted approach
ing the Korean straits Sunday, head
ed for the channel between Tsu Island
and the Japanese coast.
According to the best information
receievd here recently, the main por
tion of Admiral Togo's fleet has been
almost constantly at Masainpho bay.
Advices from a reliable quarter re
ceived here are to the effect that three
Russian battleships, three armored
cruisers and several colliers were off
Shanghai Friday. It is believed that
Vice Admiral Rojestvensky sent suffi
cient ships to the vicinity of Shanghai
in order to induce the belief that his
main fleet was there, while the major
portion of it pushed on toward the Ko
rean straits.
Sinking of American Ship.
"Washington, Special. Confirmation
has been received here from Shanghai
of the press report that the Russian
warships have sunk an unknown Amer
ican merchant ship off the Chinese
coast. Heavy gun fire is plainly heard
to the northward.
St. Petersburg, By Cable. Nothing
is known at the Admiralty of the re
ported sinking of an unknown Ameri
can steamer off Formosa by Vice Ad
miral Rojestvensky. It is recognized at
the Admiralty as quite possible 'that
"Rojestvensky may have been com
pelled by military necessity to destroy
a neutral. If he feared that to allow
it to proceed and report the ' where
abouts and direction of the Russian
fleet would endanger his strategic plan,
he had no other alternative except to
take off the crew and sink the ship.
Such an incident is unfortunate, but
every naval officer must admit that the
risk in such a crisis is too great to
take any chances. If the ship was un
justifiably sunk from the standpoint of
international law, Russia, of course,
will have to foot the bill; but any cost
is cheap if it furthered Rojestvenskys
mission."
Shot Chief of Police.
Nashville, Tenn., Special. A special
from Jackson, Tenn., says that A. D.
Dugger shot and seriously wounded
Chief of Police Gaston, of that place,
Four shots were fired, two of which
took effect. Dugger wras drinking and
Gaston attempted to arrest him. Dug
ger was subsequently locked up.
An Interstate Railway.
Columbia, Special. Definite an
nouncement of a railroad from Charles
ton, S. C. to Monroe, N. C,
N. C., giving Charleston, Sum
ter and intermediate points sea
board connection at Monroe, was
made, in the shape of a petition for a
commission to incorporate the "Caro
lina & Virginia Railroad." The com
mission was granted with Wm. H. Ing
ram. Neill O'Donall and Marion Moise,
cf Sumter, and State Senator Thomas
G. McLeod, of Lee county, as incorpor
ators. The initial capital is forty thous
and dollars, and the ultimate two and a
half million. The "purposes" state that
it is the intention of the corporation "to
acquire rights of way and build and
maintain cotton worehouses,'
News of the Day.
The mayor of Philadelphia won out
in a stubborn fight against the ring he
opposed. ,
Stockholm, By Cable. There were
riots here Saturday night in connec
tion with the scavengers' strike. A
mob stoned the police, who drew their
swords and cleared the streets. Many
persons were injured and a number
were arrested. Much damage was
done to property.
RALEIGH, NOB11I
JAPANESE VICTORY COMPLETE
Fuller Details Given Show That Japa
nese Victory Was Mcst Complete.
Latest advices confirm the magnitude
of the disaster suffered by the Russian
fleet, and point to the fact that Rus
sia's hopes, bo far as this war Is con
cerned, now He In whatever may Le ac
complished by the oft-beaten army In
Manchuria. An official report received
from Tokio by the Japanese legation at
Washington Monday evening says that
the RuEsian lopsea definitely known in
clude two battleships, a con defense
ship, five cruisers, two special ships
and three destroyers sunk, and two
battleships, two coast defense ships,
one destroyer and one special service
ship captured, while over 3,000 prison
ers have been taken. Including Rear
Admiral Nebogatoff. The Japanese, it
would seem, are still pursuing the Rus
sians, and It may be some time before
the final result is known.
There is nothing to clearly Indicate
the extent of the Japanse losses, and
it is suggested from one source that the
Tokio government is waiting to hear
from Admiral Rojestvensky by way of
Vladlvostock before announcing to
what extent his fleet has suffered.
The news of the disaster has caused
deep depression In official Russia,
though it is not yet known generally
among the Russian people. Rojestven
sky's defeat has given rise to renewed
talk of peace. It is pointed out by the
Associated Press' St. Petersburg cor
respondent that Russia, in this crisis,
will turn to France, through its For
eign Minister, M. BelCasse, while from
Washington comes information that
President Roosevelt, in accordance with
his promise, announced a long time
ago. is taking steps to do all in his
power to bring about peace negotia
tion s.
Nothing has been heard from Vice
Admiral Rojestvensky. In Tckio there
is one belief that he has perished, while
Another source says he was rescued by
a torpedo boat, but that he is wounded.
The Lost Vessels.
Tokio. By Cable. In the battle
fought Saturday in the Straits of Ko
rea, the Russian battleships Borodino
and Alexander III, the armored crush
ers Admiral Nakhimoff, Dmitri Don
ski and Valdimir Monomach. the coast
defence iron-clad Admiral Ousbakoff,
the protected cruisers Svietlana and
Jemtchug, and the repair ship Kampt
schatka and the cruiser Irtessim were
sunk.
The battleshipes Orel and Nicolai I,
and the coast defence iron-clads Ad
miral Apraxine were captured.
The Borodino was a first-class bat
tleship, completed in 1904, of 13,516 tons
displacement and 16,000 horse-power,
giving her a speed of about 18 knots.
Her crew numbered 740, officers and
men.
The Alexander III was a sister ship
of the Borodino and was also com
pleted in 1904.
The Admiral Nakhimoff was an ar
mored cruisar of 8.524 tons displace
ment and 9,000 indicated horse-power,
giving her a speed of 16 knots. She
had a complement of about 567 officers
and men.
The Dmittri Donski was an armored
cruiser of 6,200 tons, sheathed, of 7,000
indicated horse-pov.-er, and having a
speed of about 16 knots. Her crew
numbered 510 officers and men.
The Valdimir Monomach wras a
sheathed cruiser of 5,593 tons and 7,000
indicated horse-power. Her crewT num
bered 550 officers and men.
The Admiral Oushakoff,- a coast de
fence iron-clad, was 4,684 tons displace
ment and 5,000 indicated horse-power.
Her speed was estimated at 16 knots
and she carried 31 S officers and men.
The .Svietlana was a protected cruis
er of S.826 tons displacement, had 3,
82S indicated horse-power, was com
pleted in 1897 and had a speed of
about 20 knots. She had a complement
of 360 officers and men.
The protected criuser Jemtchug was
of 3,106 tons displacement and 17,000
indicated horse-power giving her a
speed of about 23 knots. Her crew
numbered 340 officers and men.
The repair ship Kamtschatka was a
most important unit of Admiral Ro
jestvensky's fleet. She is understood
to have been fitted up with every scien
tific appliance available for the repair
of warships and was described as being
a "floating workshop." She had trans
port accommodations for 32 officers and
1,000 men.
The Irtessim was probably an aux
iliary cruiser, but her name is not eiv
en in any of the naval lists available.
The battleship Orel is a sister ship
of the Borodino and carried the same
complement of officers and men.
The battleship Nicholai I is of 9.
627 tons displacement and 8,000 indi
cated horse-power, giving her a speed
of about 14 knots. She has sheathed and
although completed as far back as ISap
was thoroughly overhauled in 190$.
Her complement was 604 officers and
men.
The coast defense iron-clad Admiral
Seniavin is a sister ship to the Admi
ral Oushakoff.
Bigamist Commits Suicide.
Knoxville ,Tenn., Special C. C.
Cummings, of Pittsburg, Pa., commit
ted suicide at Williamsburg, Ky., by
drinking carbolic acid. He was em
ployed by the Parker Oil Company,
as manager of drilling. Two weeks
ago he married Miss Vicy Summer,
of Williamsburg, and only a few days
ago was arrested on the charge of
bigamy, it being claimed that he had
a wife and children living in Tennes
see. He denied the charge and gave
bond, and thus far nothing has been
found to bear it out. Brooding over
his family troubles is supposed to
have caused the rash act.
Nebogatoff Among the Prisoners.
Tokio, By Cable. Rear Admiral Ne
bogatoff, former commander of the
fourth division of the Pacific fleet, re
cently commander of the information
squadron, composed of scouts of the
merchantmen, with 3,000 other Rus
sians, is among the prisoners captured
by the Japanese. Vice Admiral Ro
jestvensky appears to have escaped.
The battle begane Saturday morning,
and the Japanese are still in pursuit
of the Russians.
CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JUNE I. 1905.
ROTHSCHILD IS DEAD;"0"" w
Passios of Cnc of the Wcrid's Most ;
Famous Financiers j
WAS A FOUNDER OF CHARITIES
Eminent Financier Who Financed the
Billion Dollar Indemnity France
Paid to Germany and Who Was the
Leading Spirit of the Rothschilds in
Their Relations With European
Governments Succumbs to Acute
Bronchitis, Aced 78.
Paris, By Cable. Baron Alphonse de
Rothschild, head of the French branch
of the banking houie bearing the name
of Rothschild and governor of the
Bank of France, died at 4:30 Saturday
morning from acute bronchitis aggra
vated by gout. The eminent financier
has been sinking slowly for many days,
but there was no apprehension that his
death was imminent.
He passed away peacefully surround
ed by his family. The announcement
of the baron's death caused widespread
regret, for besides his position in the
financial world, Baron Alphonse was
known for his lavish charities, one
of the latest being the gift of J2.000.000
for the erection of workingmen's
homes.
The deceased who was born in 1827,
will be succeeded as the head of the
Paris banking house by Baron Lambert
de Rothschild, of Brussels, whose bus
iness capacity has earned him a world
wide reputation.
The burial of Baron Alphonse will be
most simple, according to the strict
rule of the Rothschild family, includ
ing a plain coffin without mourning
tributes. The funeral, the date of
which has not been fixed, will be the
occasion of a notable tribute of re
spect. A member of a Franco-American
banking house said: "Baron Alphonse
was the leading spirit of the Roths
childs in their relation with practical
ly all the governments of Europe.
Besides the colossal task of financing
the indemnity which France paid to
Germany after the Franco-Prussian war
of. 1870-'71, he carried on relations with
other governments. In Italy these in
cluded both government and Vatican
finances. The house has also had con
siderable dealings with American se
curities through the Belmonts. J. Pier
pont Morgan and Jqn W. Gates, in
cluding Louisville & Nashville and
Atlantic Coast Line transactions, and
also has extensive interests in mines
in California.-'
Baron Alphonse leaves two children.
Baron EdGuard and Baroness Beatrix.
He has two surviving brothers, Baron
Gustav and Baron Edmond.
Speech by Judge Parker.
Chicago, Special. Judge Alton B.
Parker, of New' York, addressed the Il
linois State Bar Association at the Chi
cago Beach Hotel on "The Lawyer in
Public Affairs."
Judge Parker was greeted by, hearty
applause as he arose to speak. After
returning thanks for the cordiality of
his reception, he said in part:
In studying, however casually, or
with whatever care, the modern de
velopment of the law, and the scope of
the men who fellow it as a profession,
it is impossible to escape from a knowl
edge of the close relation which the
latter bear, almost as a direct result of
their professional life, to our politics.
It is seen all along the line of public
effort whether in village' town, city,
county, State or nation. Its existence,
therefore, cannot be overlooked nor can
its importance as a feature in the his
tory and development of the law, or of
politics be exaggerated. It is not a
new tendency, having manifested itself
even in our earliest days when, owing
to the simplicity cf conditions, the need
for the lawyer and the recognition of
his place in our social fabric became
only slowly apparent. Yet, it is a ten
dency which has grown with the
growth of the country and with the en
larged facilities for the study of poli
tics and also with the added dignity of
the legal profession itself.
In the earlier days in the history cf
the thirteen colonies, the questions dis
cussed were those relating to rights,
then popular denominated natural,
most of which, in their practical asser
tion,' have since become legal, or re
cognized as a part of our, institutions.
It was almost a necessity that the few
members of the bar whose services
weie then called for should become at
once the assertors of these rights he
fore the courts. It was even still more
Imperative that they should come to
the front in the discussion of them In
the forum, in those bodies where hear
ings must be held, and also in the re
spective assemblies of the people. This
was in the declining days of a theo
cratic age when every profession other
than that of the clergyman had to
struggle for a position. He argued fur
ther that no truly great lawyer ever
has been a demagogue.
More Chicago Riots.
Chicago, Special. Rioting broke out
afresh in the teamsters' strike. Al
though nobody was seriously ' hurt,
there were a number of vicious fights in
the lumber yards during which the po
lice were compelled to use clubs, and
in one instance, revolvers, to disperse
the crowds.
Four Killed in Collision.
Augusta, Ga., Special. Two were
killed, one fatally injured, two-probably
fatally and three slightly injured
in a collision Thursday night between
a passenger trolley car and a Louis
ville & Nashville coal car . on the Au
gusta & Aiken Railway, in a stretch of
woods some miles from Augtista, on the
South Carolina side of the river:
The dead: J. E. Holdnian, motorman;
Felix Boddie, employe of railway, who
was riding with the motorman.
Weather Conditions Given Out by th
Department Observer. )
Although considerable tmpfoeetseet
in weather conditions was repurted la j
many counties. the pan week was un- J
favorable both for farm work and for I
the growth of crops over the larger !
portion of the State. The rala-fall n j
again above the normal. o curries from :
the 22nd to 23rd and 2tn to 27th. thus J
giving only two or thre days on which
farm work could proceed. The lat j
precipitation occurred along the north- j
ern tier of counties, and In many tea- j
tral ones, where a large amount of I
work was accomplished: in some ex
treme northeast counties there are even
some reports of suffering for lack of
moisture. In nearly all southern coun-t'c-s
the rain was nearly continuous,
giving very little opportunity for work.
Although the mean temperature for the
week, about 70 degrees, was nearly
normal, the temperature continued
quite low, especially at night, uiull Sat
urday and Sunday which were warmer;
as regards the growth of vegetation the
low night temperatures were quite un
favorable, checking grow th of all crops.
Where conditions permitted farmers
have been very busy during the week
chopping cotton, cultivating corn,
transplanting tobacco and sweet pota
to slips, and finishing the planting of
corn; crops that have been cleaned
look fairly well, but very many fields
are still very grassy. A week of warm,
dry tunny weather is needed.
The. work of planting cotton was so
much delayed that many fields intend
ed for that crop will be used for other
purposes, so that planting cotton is
practically finished; chopping is well
advanced but by no means completed;
stands are regular, but low tempera
tures continue to prevent rapid growth,
plants are very small for the season,
and are yellow In many fields; much
late planted cotton Is not yet up. Up
land corn is in fair condition, but most
of this is badly in need of cultivation;
its growth also has been checked by
low temperatures; the stands have
been injured by the ravages of cut
worms; most lowlands have not yet
been planted. The rain Friday gave a
very favorable opportunity for trans
planting tobacco, and this task will be
completed the coming week. Tobacco
is doing well; there are very few com
plaints of injury by insects or other
wise. Wheat and oats are not as thrifty
as formerly, suffering in a number of
places from excessive rains and rust,
but as a rule these crops are in ex
cellent condition: in a few southern
counties wheat and oats are beginning
to ripen. Peanuts have come up nicely
to good stands. Planting rice is under
way. Gardens and vegetables are thrif
ty. In regard to Irish potatoes it ap
pears that the growth of tops is very
thrifty but the tubers relatively few;
digging and shipping potatoes is under
way. Setting sweet potatoes continues.
Melons are doing well. The crops of
blackberries and huckleberries will be
large. Many correspondents continue to
report that fruit, especially apples, are
falling from the trees.
Rains reported: Goldsboro. 0.50;
Lumborton. 1.86; Newbern. Wel
don, 0.14: Hatterns. 4.90: Wilmington.
1.60; Nashville, 0.17; Greensboro. 2.60;
Raleigh. 1.30; Moncure, 1.40: Lexing
ton, 1.78; Pamono, 2.00: Rameur. 1.31;
Charlotte, 0.70; Asheville, 2.20; Marion.
1.00.
The State Department of Agriculture
Monday evening gave out the following
annual report of the acreage devoted
to cotton:
In view of the important bearing o!
the acreage devoted to cotton upon
prices of this staple, unusual interest is
felt in the size of the crop planted. The
result given below is carefully com
piled from reports of a large number of
regular correspondents and is believed
to be approximately correct. An inter
esting feature of the report is the dif
ference between the estimated acreage
of all cotton counties snd of a dozen
of the largest cotton counties, repre
sentative of the different sections.
REPORT BY COUNTIES.
The total acreage, compared with last
year, is 7812 per cent., indicating a de
crease of 21 !2 per cent. The total acre
age in 12 large counties is 81 per ' - nt.,
indicating a decrease of 19 per cent.
Reports from the 12 counties above
referred to are as follows:
Anson. 81 per cent.; Beaufort, 85 per
cent.; Cleveland, 87 per cent.; Edge
comb, 82 per cent.; Halifax, 79 per
cent.; Johnson, 76J, per cent.; Meek-'
lenburg. 77 per cent.; Pitt, 806 per
cent.; Robeson, 85 per cent.; Union. 75
per cent.; Wake, 79 per cent.; Wayne,
85 per cent.
Owing to late spring cold or cool
weather, and excessive rains during the
lest three weeks, there Is much com
plaint as to the present condition of
the crop. Grass, scarcity of labor ancl
wet weather are the chief causes of
complaint.
Two Orowlnjg Towns.
As showing the extent of develop
ment many sections of the State are
I making, an example may be cited of
the towns of Dover and WInterville.
A few years past each of these places
were practically in the woods. Now
Dover has a population of 1,500 and
WInterville is close behind. Both are
manufacturing towns; each located on
the Atlantic & North Carolina railroad,
in the heart of the rich middle sec
tion of the State. These towns are
only a sample of many others that are
doing equally as well.
French Fishing Vessel Sunk.
Sydney, N. S. Special. The French
cruiser Troude, which has arrived
here, reports that after cruising about
the Grand Banks for a week In search
of the missing French fishing vessel,
Cousins Rennis, she could find no
trace of her. The cruiser's officers
decided that she had either struck an
iceberg or collided with some other
vessel and went to the bottom with
all on board.
M. Clay Grutb's AtM!ant C?ttff4
by Two Young Min.
Marios. SbefiS I H
ilaLbura s t. rartr4 Na! Cnssxr
an4 aftMkliact uf 1L Clay Orufcb. at
Mut Cut. nr Old Fort Saturday
Two tf tt- tr.y, l.jtW? ad Porter,
boarded a trasn at Old KWt to go to
tfwn:jtt.ia Tunnel tu uh for
Crura j. aod on th way, up the csoua
tain iLv bvgru trl-4 to Jump on ttse
train. The tarn got the engineer to
step it- train after they had
up the road and rot off and watchti (
ana prvtty oon thrlr man came up. !
Lyilt- and liru-r baitrj him. As they ;
did tut bt attempted to draw bU pt
lv. Oue of the toy fired on bim. '
and an he turned to run the other fired. ;
bitting him in the shoulder, buth shot, j
taking effect, injuring blm painfully.
but not daisuerouttly. '
Crump was brought back to Sheriff
Marishburn'a utore. at Old Fort, where
he was fctlt nded by a doctor. He C"1 Mtmph!. rirm ..IW
cave his name at Cremn. but ai j St. LouU. taJjf a liter-wards
admitted that be wan the i Uraurtlle. firm I
man tuey accused oi Iiuj;iuk ir.
Grubb. Sheriff Ikinrett came up from i
Leiiigtuu after Crump auj took him
buck.
Friday alternooa while the men
were hunting for Crump some of tbm
haw a negro running down the bill
from a house and they hailed bim. but
he uid not slop. Mr. R. J. Ilarb;n
shot and bit him in the hip. The ne
gro Claimed that he was trying to
htad oft the man they were bunting
for, but every one there believes he
was doing it to mislead them, as
Clump was seen by home other ne
troes above the house Juet afterwards.
Growth of Masonry.
Grand Secretary John C. Drewry, of
the Grand Lodge of Masons, reports
remarkable activity in that order. He
uys it is the greatest year In Its
history in North Carolina. Three old
loJges have Leen revived Linvllle,
at Montezuma; Wake Forest and
Mecklenburg, at Davidson, and four
new lodges formed since the Grand
Iodge met in January, these being
Greensboro, Bee Lodge In Yancey
county. Hollis in Rutherfordton coun
ty, and Sharon in Cleveland. He re 1
ports that a site for the Masonic Tern
pie in Raleigh has been bought and
$1,000 paid on the purchase price, the
lot being 90 by 62 1-2 feet, and cost
ing 56,OuO. The deed was reeordei
Saturday. Work on the temple will
begin in the autumn and tenants now
in possession are notified to vacate.
They have under the law six months'
time, but it is expected they will va
cate earlier. If they take all their
time they will hold on until November
Killed in Explosion.
Wilmington. Special. W. H. Corbett.
a colored fireman, was instantly killed
and his body is buried beneath the
debris of two brick buildings that were
v. ieeked early this morning by a boiler
explosion at the plant of the Hilton
Lumber Company, in this city. The en
gine room' and saw mill, with the ma
chinery in both, were almost com
pletely demolished, causing a los3 of
upwards of $25,000, which is partially,
at least, covered by insurance. The
shock of the explosion was felt all over
the city, a distance of two miles, and
buildings were shaken to such an ex
tent that many people thought it wa j Yadkin Railway, a line from 8a!la
an earthquake. The cause of the explo- j bury to Norwood. Stanly county. The
skin is net known. Fortunately, the day commission has made a ruling that un
shift of employes of the mill bad not ! account of the heavy grades, and UW
gone to worK, eise ine toss or me wouiu
have been great. One of the six large
boilers was blown from its foundation
and crashed down on its end through
the mil! building. The fire department
was called out, but the explosion was
so complete that the fire from the fur
naces did no damage.
Hoisted White Flag.
London, By Cable. The Tokio cor
respondent of the Dally Telegraph
says a Russian warship has arrived j
off Iwami, on the southwest coast of
Japan, and hoisted the white flag.
The dispatch says that 200 men and
officers, many of whom are wounded,
are being assisted by the Japanese
Red Cross Society there.
The Mayor in Control.
Philadelphia, Pa., Special. State
Insurance Commissioner Israel W.
Durham, leader of the Republican or
ganization in Philadelphia for the last
ten year3. and whole Influence reach
ed far Into the interior of Pennsylvan
ia, late thi3 afternoon uaconditlonally
surrendered to Mayor John Weaver,
who opened the war on the organiza
tion last Tuesday. The action of
Leader Durham was a great surprise
to the people of the city, as all his
lieutenants and the rank and file of
the organization had been given to
understand that the fight begun by
Mayor Weaver over the gas lease
would be fought to a finish.
Japs Lost Seven Ships.
St Petersburg. By Cable. The St
Petersburg Telegraph Agency has re
ceived the following from Shang
hai "News has been received here that
seven Japanese ships, two of which
are armored, and four Russian ships
have been sunk. It is confidently be
lieved that the Japanese are awaiting
the publication of Vice-Admiral Rojest
vensky's official dispatches from Vla
divostok before admitting the extent of
their own losses."
NO. 22.
NORTH STATE NEWS
Many Ntwtf Itf C?t4 F
all fttA.
CHctl CMe MarweL
Tt:c ci!" fcrrt vT . s tfkkl
to waeva.
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Wilmington, steady i
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Nw York, quiet , jm
l6ton. auWl ,k
Philadelphia, quiet
l!ounu, ttt)y a 2 16
Aurutli etiiet SL
Dted cf Desperate Man.
Ix-no'.r. Special -L. D WtUtetoor
utdded by rutting an artt In hba
forearm and Meeting o d-t!i Ho
had alpo scraped the mercury flora tbw
bark of "i mirror anJ drank it. tuliot
with tome wattr and alcohol lie wa
a kck examiner fur the Yale and
To tie Ixck Conjuay. of Stanford.
Conn., and cleaned the Commercial
Bank lock WeJnenday, but eael
rather detpudeut. He went to lain
room at the Commercial Hotel, and
-a Merntttjely all r!&hl. lilt body was
not found until e.irly Thutiulay. 1le told
Mr. Lull, canhier of the bank, tha't It
was a married man, and bad threw
h.-sall children. He bad J1 badges of
both the Hoys! Artb and Blue Lodge
Mahout..
Novel Case Decided.
The Suprcrt Court delivers ar
opinion in a ,n )vcl catte, but on of
general important e. this b tng of av
cltisen of Abbeville ag&liiht an electric
company for cutting down a
which shaded his yard. depita bl
protest. The court holds that tbei
ft,1InK lf lh tr' was ,i"t nwW
for the purpMxcH of the city and that
the latter had no rln'it to allow U U
be fclkd for the Im-h fit f a private?
corporation. If it baa been fur the
better use of the street by the public,
it would have been projier. The own
er Is allowed his claim for ti'JO daru
ares. To Increase Undowment.
Wake Forest, Special. The trustee
of Wake Forest College Frl l.iy rnorn
inir, on recommendation of Dr. Cbarlem
K. Taylor. pa.K.-d a resolution making
Dr. Taylor npei lal agent of the rot leg?
In raising the funds for l!u-reainff too
endowment. Dr. C. 12. ltr--wer. pro
fchsor of chemistry, was e!vtd chair
man of the faculty. In view of the fart
that Dr. Taylor'B frequent alwtice from
the college. lr. Frederick K. CWc.
dean cf the s IkjoI cf mcdl-lne. will re
tire, and th exeevitive committee will
elect bis successor during vjcatlou.
North Stste News.
Complaint was made to the Corporae
tlon Commission of the condition of
large amount of freight trade, and
further, on account of the curs in
the road, the track outfit o be? re-Iakl
with rail of at least 70 pounds to liter
yard, the present rail not being over
CO pounds, and that the defective
cros sties ought to be repUced hy
sounding and the railroad riven suet
attention as to make it safe.
The State grants license to the Pw
ter Cooper Fire Insurance Company,
of New York city, to do buslnena In
North Carolina. The business will Le
managed by the home office.
The Colossus Gold Mining and Mill
ing Company, of Waxhaw. 4s authoris
ed to Increase its capital etock from
11,000.000 to $10,004,000, In two millkx
hares, each cf $3, all to Le common,
stock, cone preferred. George F
Coffia Is president and W. M. Sh&ffer
secretary.
A special to the Charlotte Observer
from New York says: The primary ob
ject of this Northern trip of Governor
R. B. Glenn and State Treasurer Lacy
has been disclosed. They met SchsJfer
Bros, la New York this morning aodt
paid over $215.SC4 for their holding of
bonds secured by the State's stock In
the North Carolina Railroad. This wast
the price previously agreed upon and
the last Legislature authorized a bcrncl
issue to meet the obligation. The par
poeo of the Governor in not disclosing '
his mission was in defence to - tbo
wishes of Sc batter's counsel, who want
ed to preclud3 the posa'MHty of any
legal interference by attorneys for
holders of the old special tax bonds.
The aldermen of Raleigh har
granted an extension of the franchlse
of the Raleigh' Electric 'Railway, so
as to make It run 30 years from this
date, the company agreeing to bulldl
two mile3 of new track in a year, aotX
to operate the line to the union sta
tion, Raleigh being perhaps the only
place In the country with a street ear "
system without a depot connection.
The Jewish congregation of Temple
Emmanuel, of Roanoke, has purchased
the church property of the United.
Brethren and will In ths future oceupy
it as a place of worship.
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