NEWS
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CHARLOTTE, N. 0., FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 1, 1900.
NO. 3731
iSISTANCE OVER.
berts Will Probably Enter
Pretoria To-Morrow and
Receive Surrender.
jMORS REGARDING KRUGER.
opposed to be at fliddleburg,
but Station Agent at Kroon
stad Says Kruger is Dead
to British killed in a Smart
Skirmish Yesterday. f V
Telegraph to The News.
LONDON, June 1. Pretoria isevi
itiy simply waiting the arrival of the
itish. It is thougtht scattered bands
armed Burghers may rally at various
ints and skirmishes may interrupt
s march of the British troops from
liannesburg to Pretoria, But there
no idea here that there will be fur-
serious resistance to Roberts.
)ER CAPITAL AT MIDDLEBURG.
rhe Boers capitalis now reported,
m Lorenzo Marquez, to be at Middle
rg and it is thought President Kru-i-
is there.
SIXTEEN BRITISH KILLED.
CAPE TOWN, June 1. A number of
jels surprised a small body of British
jops at Douglass, Griqualand West,
aeen British, including the common.
v Col. Shence, were killed. -
SURRENDER AT "NEW CASTLE.
NEW CASTLE, June 1. There is a
neral dispersal of Boers in this dis
ct. Large numbers of Burghers sur
ider daily. Trustworthy reports say
? Boers are totally demoralized.
SPORT THAT KRUGER IS DEAD.
LONDON, June 1. A belated dis
teh from Krconstad, dated Tuesday,
ports that Kruger is very ill and
ds that thestaticm master at Kroon
ad says the president is dead. The
port is not believed.
3BERTS STARTS FOR PRETORIA.
LONDON, June 1. Roberts, it, is
lieved, has started for Pretoria. Most
the military critics agree in believ
er that the resistance will not be suf
iently strong to delay the occupa
m of Pretoria longer than tomorrow,
ice there the recuperation of the
roes will probably be undertaken
hile flying columns will be sent in
iriotrs directions to stamp , out the
position, establish garrisons and pc
py important railroad points.
TROUBLE IN ALGIFRS
oors Begin .to Attack the
French Posts of Occupation.
' Telegraph to The News. 'J
PARIS, June 1. A dispatch to the
rtit Journal from Oran says the latest
formation from .South Algiers for
lailows grave events. Several thous
id armed Moors are marching to at
ck the three chief 'French stations of
cupation including Igli. The French
e reinforcing all these points and
rong outposts have been established.
COUNTING FOLKS IN JAIL.
Interpreters with New York
Census Division.
y Telegraph to the News.
NEW YORK, June 1. Census Super
sor Wilbur started his eleven hundred
ramerators to work this morning. The
rst work will be Jthe taking of the
a-nies of those confined in jail. '
The supervisor reports that gratify
ig interest is taken in the work .by the
ublic
Eighty-five interpreters have been
p-pointed to accompany the enumera
te in the foreign sections.
NAVAL BILL MAY FA! L.
souse and Senate Fail to Agree
Preparing for Conventions.
;y Telegraph to the News.
WASHINGTGON, June 1. Without
py preliminary business at eleven
'clock today the House resumed to de
ste on the resolutio proposing an an--trust
amendment to the Gonstitu
'0n. Few members are present. Bor
Republican!, of Kentucky, was the
rst speaker. .
T'ne Senate is still engaged in dis
cing the price of armor plate, in
onnection with the conference on' the
'aval bill. . v
OTIS STILL IN QUARANTINE.
y Telegraph to the News.
,SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 1.
xk. Otig Is stm quarantined on board
he transport "Meade," at ngel Island
marantiae station. He is not expected
; laml before Sunday or Monday, and
il probably leave for the East Tues--&y.
as Pullman accomodation, ih re
rved for him that day. .
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
ae finance committee mets this
ornmg to make up its revenue bill,
u Ke submittprl nt
titi ";Ioillay night. The firemen pe-
SnP i a ? crease all round.
So? license taxes were discussed.
m of them may be changed.
Cecilia concert tonight.
B1DDLE UNIVERSITY.
Commencement Exercises Began
I- Last Night. 2:
Commencement season opened at
Biddle last night with President San
ders' annual reception to the graduat
ing classes. The occasion was very
successful in all respects. The closing
of the normal and preparatory school
will take place tonight. There will be
49 graduates. The following is the pro
gramme 6fx exercises:
Opening march.
Invocation. .
Music, "All is" Still."
Essay, "Toil, Essential to Success,"
C. N. Ellerbe, S. C.
Oration, "Not Words, But Deeds," J.
.At. Gladden, S. C.
Essay, "Choice of a Profession," D.
(X': Yancey, Va.
'rMusic, instrumental.
Debate, "Resolved, That Aguinaldo
was Justifiable in Resisting the United
States." Affirmative, A. R. Moore; N.
C; negative, J. A. Howard, S. C.
Music, 'Wake from Thy Dreaming."
Annual address, Rev. H. M. Stinson,
B. S., Spartanburg, S. C.
Music, "Coney Island March," instru
mental. '
Benediction.
Prof. H. L. McCrosey, principal of
the preparatory school, will preside,,
and the certificates will be presented
by the president. All are cordially in
vited to attend.
MARINES IN PEKIN.
r
Chinese Government Reluctantly
Furnished a Transport.
By Telegraph to The News.
LONDON, June 1. A Shanghai dis
patch says the Chinese 'Foreign Office
has reluctantly provided a transport for
three hundred American, British, Jap
anese and Italian blue jackets, who ar
rived at Pekin last night.
NO AGENT AT TIEN TSIN.
NEW YORK, June 1. The Equitable
Life .Insurance Company, of this city,
said today Chat, it had. no regular au
thorized agency at Tien Tsin, but has
an agencyjn Shanghai. J.t is possible
the agent there has authorized some
merchant at Tien Tsin to look after its
interests there. - - 7 f -
HURRAH! 'FDR THE CAROLINA S !
Mr. Thomas W. Alexander has re-'
ceived the degree of Bachelor of Laws
from Columbian University, having
graduated with second honor in this
class, and having won the first prize
for the best legal essay. Albert Rhett
Stuart, of South Carilina, received the
ySrst prize for highest standing in his
class. North and South Carolina carry
off the honors from Columbia. The
prize given. Mr. Alexander for his essay
was forty dollars; that given Mr. Stuart
was one hundred dollars. There were
sixteen members of the class receiving
the degree of Bachelor of Laws.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE, ,
Beginning Sunday, June 3, jthe 'fol
lowiner changes will take effeeji; in the
Seaboard schedule:. .Train No. 403
which now arrives at 8 a. m., will ar
rive at 9:31 au- m., and leave at 9:41 for
Rutherfordton;, Train .No. 402, which
now arrives at' 8: 10 p. m., from Ruth-
erf ordton, will arrive at Q:20 p. m., and
leave for Monroe at : 6; 30 p. m., con
necting at Monroe with trains in both
directions on main line. Train No. 41,
which now arrives at 10:25 p. m., will
arrive at 10:20 p. m. Train No. 38 will
leave at 5 a. m., as at present.
FINISHED HIS COURSE.
Mr. Floyd Rciss, son of Mr." J. D.
Ross, , who has been .attending the A.
& M.; returned this morning. Mr. Ross
took the icourse in electrical engineer
ing and graduated in same. After a
sumimeT's rest he will put ihis electriciil
knowledge to the test in active busi
ness. Mr. ,Ross is a young man of
bright parts, is steady and faithful
to any trust. He will make a. success
in any line of work that he under
takes. "IN HOC SIGNO VINCES."
Charlotte Comm'andery No. 2,
Knights Templar, will meet in con
clave this afternoon at 5 o'clock for the
purpose cf balloting on the petitions rjf
comps. J. M. Scott, J. M. Harry, Chas.
J. and James W. Wadsworth, J. Robert
Craig, Thomas Griffith and J. R. Kil
liany Dispensation has been granted by
the R. E. Grand commander to .hold
this conclave and confer the orders.
The. commandery is (getting ready- for
Masons! week, next week. v
' ST. MICHAEL'S.
- The commencement at St. .Michael's
School, colored, began last night with
a, cantata, which was , excellently ren
dered. It reflected great credit on. pu
pils and teachers. The commencement
exercises proper will be held tonight.
The address twill be made by J. S.
Leary. Rev, C. L. Hoffmann will pre
sent the diplomas.
-ALL WELCOME.
Rev. Mr. Fisher, of Elizabeth College,
asks the News to state that the com
mencement exercises will be public
throughout. Invitation cards' are not
necessary. All patrons and friends will
receive a. cordial welcomeT The college
authorities will be glad of their pres
ence. , -
N The township trustees this morn
ing began, work on the Lawyers' road.
They will repair four miles of the
road. A month's work is ahead v of
them.' - '" - -: : . . . " . . ;
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GAAP CHASE PRISON
Mr. S. M. HowelL of This City,
Was Incarcerated in the
Ohio Prison.
COL. KRAUSS AND HIS STORY.
His Plan to Have a Monument
Erected to the Confederate
Dead at Camp Chase Opposed
by a Grand Army Post Se
quence to Yesterday's Story. r
The story published in yesterday's
News in regard to Col. W. H. Knauss'
noble work in regard to the graves of
the Confederate dead at Camp Chase
cemetery, Columbus, O. and was of uni
versal interest. The story, the heroic
conduct of Col. Jnauss, were discussed
at many tea tables. Local interest-in
Camp Chase, is enhanced by the fact
brought out by the story of Col.
Knauss care for the Confederate dead
at that place, that it was at Camp
JChase that Mr, S. M. Howell, of this
city was imprisoned. Mr. Howell was
a Northerner by birth, but he had
come South some years before the war,
and wrhen the war broke out joined
the Confederate army. His. Relatives
were all on the ether side of Mason
and Dixon's line. It was rather singu
lar that, the story of Col. Knauss'
connection with the decoration of the
Confederate graves at Camp Chase
should have been published yesterday
in the News, and that the Associated
Press should have followed up the
story by the following taken from the
Observer of this morning:
OOL. Si AMPLE OPPOSES IT.
"During the ceremonies incident to
the decorating of the graves of the
Union and Confederate dead in the na
tional cemetery at Germantown yes
terday, it developed that in certain
Grand Army circles opposition has ap
peared to the erection of a monument
to the Confederate dead in that cem
etery by the Daughters of the Confed
eracy. Col. Thomas G. Sample, of Pitts
burg, a past commander of the Grand
Army cf .the Republic, in his oration
under the auspices of Ellis Post, No.
6 said: - "
"'We have buried "all our sectional
feeling. We forgot all sectionalism at
the close of the war. While I have no
objection to our brothers in the South
raising monuments to their generals, as
they have a right to do, yet I raise my
voice in protest against T;heir erecting
any monument tQ any one who fought
against,;the flag in, any, , national ceme
terjn dnrthe;,country.' y, vfn--z:ln
"Ellis-;post. had adopted resolutions
protesting against the erection r of : the
ntdhument and laid the matter before
the Grand Army of the Republic Asso
ciation, composed of posts in this city
and vicinity, which also adopted reso
lutions against the proposed memorial.
The plan to raise a monument to Con
federate dead took shape more than a
year ago. . Col. W. H. Knauss, of
Ohio, a member of the G. A. R. brought
to the attention of the, Daughters of
the Confederacy, that there are in the
cemeteries of the North graves of
thousands' of Confederate soldiers;
many of them unknown. The organiza
tion took up the matter and began to
collect funds, principally in the South,
for the purpose of raising; monuments
ever those graves. In this city the Gen
eral Dabney H. Maury Chapter under
took the work, and hoped in the be
ginning to have the monument ready
to be unveiled yesterday. Whether the
project will be dropped now that oppo
sition to it has developed remains for
the general society of the Daughters of
the Confederacy to determine. Mrs.
Halsy has sent a report on the subject
to Mrs. Norman V. Randolphof Rich-.
general work. This will be 'forwarded
mend, who is the chairman for the
to thejeunion of Confederate veterans
at Louisville." -MR.
SAMPLE'S VISIT HERE.
Mr. Sample is Supreme Chancellor of
the Knightsvof Pythias, and a year ago
visited Charlotte, where a large recep
tion was tendered ihim by the local
Pyfchians. He praisied the South high
ly . in his5pjeech here, and expressed
himself as highly pleased at the new
spirit of conciliation between the North
and South. ' .'
Mr. Sample in April paid an official
Visit to the Grand Lodge, Knights of
Pythias, at Dunham. He made a fine
speech to the grand lodge, and -rose to
eloquence when he' described the re
union of blue and gray; and the ce
menting of the sections by the blood. of
the men who fell in the war witEh Spain.
His recent utterance is a great surprise
to his many friends in this section,
who have heard him express such feel
ings & good will toward the South and
the old Confederates.
JfcSTijRNS TO BRUSSELLS.
Mr. Theodore Seydel, jarho has been
spending several months in this city,
left last night for his home in Brus
sells, Belgium where his father has a
large silk factory. He likes America
and may return here some time; , but
fo the pesent contemplates goings into
business in Paris. He made many
friends while here. " -
Mr. and Sirs. Albert Springs-ieave
next week. ' . , ' ......
TJIE STUDIO.
A Uiance at Art Snprimpnc of
Presbyterian College.
"The art studio at the Presbyterian
College which continues open, is an ri-tere-ting
ei cl pleasant-plafe to linger.
Miss Anthony, the art teacher, has
some beautiful specimens of her own
work on exhibition. 3ho wields the
brush as skillfully as any artist whom
Charlotte has even known. Her taste is
artistic and her touch silicate ana
clean.
Misses Mary Morrison, Marion Craig
and Adele Brenizer, have some excel
lent studies from life; Miss Hattie
Cooper some fine copies in water color;
Misses MtYrison and Brenizer and
Kathleen Rankin sketches in charcoal;
Misses Hattie Brenizer, Stuart Jones
and Violet Holland fine crayon speei-"
mins. Misses Daisy Reinhardt. Rer
trude Adler and Mary Irwinexcel in
china painting. The work of each pupil
shows the direction of an artistic mind
and temperament. The college is fortu
nate in securing Miss Anthony for next
session. " ' .-
ST. CECILIA CONCERT.
firs. Smith's First Appearance
5ince Her Return.
. The St. Cecilia Society will excel
itself tonight in its closing number
the last concert until fall. The pro
gramme, published several days age,
was food for musical thought and an
ticipation, and will be 'given tonight
with St. Cecilia success. The skies vere
alittle threatening this morning, but
the weather god who has so much
sunshine in his nature, could not do
otherwise than smile on the goddess of
music, hence ';a lovely night in June'"
for the concert. Mrs. F. P. Smith, feolo
soprano, will be heard for- the first
time since her return from New York,
and will no doubt prove a strong draw
ing card. Mrs. Ryder has chosen the
numbers for the evening wisely and
well and will direct with her usual
ease and success. The Society, it is un-
derstood is in debt to the amount of
$75 for music.
MORTUARY REPORT.
The report of Mr. M. Thomas, keep
er of the ceiheterieLS, for, the month of
TVIay, is-as '(follows: " .
Elmwood: Total number of deaths,
14'; Female adults, 4; children, 10.
Causes of death: Stomach trou
ble, ,1;- premature birth, 2;
heart disease; cholera infantum, 2;
inanit.ion,'2;tdnsumption, 1; cause un
known, 1 ; " still born, 2 ; brondhtis, 1 ;
consumption, 1. ,
Pinewood (colored): Total number
of deaths, 24. Male adults,. 9; female,
7; -rdhildren, 13. Causes --of v death:
Pneumonia 4; causer; unknown, "2;
typtooid fever, 1; cholera inf antum ,2 ;
accident H; whooping ough, 1 ,inani7.
tion, 1; tuberculosis, 1; conculsions, 1;
consumption, 3;' premature birth, 1;
still born, 1; paralysis, 1; enteritis, 1;
diarrhoea, 1; glandular fever, 1; influ
enza, 1.
BIGGEST DEMOCRATIC COUNTY.
Walter S. Neal, Esq., of Scotland
county, arrived in the city last night,
and is at the Buford. Mr. Neal had
special business at the law building to
day. Tonight he returns home. Mr.
Neal "fit, bled and died" for Richmond
county, and is ready to do the same for
Scotland the new county. Scotland,
he says, has 387 square miles. "It is
larger" says he; "than 43 other coun'
tiesi in area; in taxable property it
rates higher than 54 counties, and in
Democracy is bigger than ail the coun
ties of the State put together."
Mr. Neal is chairman of the State
Board of Elections.
SHIP LOADS FOR NOME.
Mrs. H. C. Eccles received a letter
this morning from Mrs. Louise Wihit
tlesy, (Seattle) in which she says:
wish you could" see tine steamers leav
ing for Nome. It is such an interest
ing sight. I am not strong enough to
encounter a crowd, so have to content
myself with a distant view." Mrs.
Whittlesy writes that she wants to go
to Germany next fall, and (hopes her
father. Capt. DeWclf e, will go with
her. Mrs. Whittlesy is just recovering
from a long illness. Her Charlotte
friends hope soon to hear of her entire
recovery. . .
- ' MEN OF THE FUTURE. . i
' Mr. Tom Osborne is home from Da
vidson College. He will not return to
the college, as he will spend next win
ter preparing for his examination at
West Point.
Messrs. George W. Graham, Jr., and
Hazel Holland, got in from the Univer
sity last night , Messrs; Tom Oliver
and John Henry McAden preceded
them several days." -
, CHURCH NEWS.
yRev. Roger Martin, of Mallard Creek
was in the city today for the first time
in weeks. He has been quite sick, and
is still feeble.
SUMMER EXCURSION RATES. .
The Seaboard Air Line announces the
usual summer excursion rates in effect
today, rickets will be sola daily, good
. .... .i
to return until October 31st. Tickets
and full information at the Up-town
ticket office.
M and Mrs. Lucian H. Walker
moved to tbTeir'home in Dil worth yes
terday, Mrs. Walker .continues sick.
WOMEN AND SOCIETY
A Delightful Affair Last Evening
at Mrs. Andrew C, Hutch
ison s
IN HONOR OF MRS. E. W. STITT
Twenty-Nir.e Questions to be
Answered With, the Names of
Poets "Gentlemen in and Out
of Your Books" Many Tied for
the Prizes.'
Mrs. Andrew C. Hutchison's beauti
ful and spacious new home, on West
Trade street, was the scene yesterday
evening of a delightful social affair,
given by Mrs. Hutchison, in honor of
her bridal kinswoman, Mrs. E. W.
SFtitt. Next in .honor after Mrs., Stitt
were her bridesmaids, and after them
a very charming set of society women.
The only shadow of an otherwise bright
and perfect evening was the absence
of Mrs. Stitt. A neuralgic headache
prevented her being present. In the
absence of the bride her bridesmaids
felt it incumbent upon them to con
tribute all the more " brightness and
sparkle to the occasion, and cleverly
did they succeed.
Mrs. Hutchison wore a handsome
gown of black satin and -spangled jet
and did the honors with easy grace
and charming cordiality. By a logical
sequence of suggestive ideas, slhe had
prepared, apropos , to bride, love
and poetry, a game consisting of
29 questions to be answered 'with the
names of poets. The questions were as
follows: .
1 Garments worn by ladies.
2 To move violently an implement
of war.
3 Excruciating pains.
4 'Covering for lady's head.
5 Cereal between two insects.
6 Girl's name and male relation.
7 Manufacturing town. ' " - '
8 Adjective expressing distance and
a popular name for the beau. of today.
9 An out-door game ,-and a preposi
tion. .
13 The condition of our average
country cousin. ' .
11 The condition of baking bread.
12 Necessary article of house-keepers'
store room.
13 A condition of atmosphere and a
lair for wild beasts.
14 Home for soldiers and' name for
popular girl.
15 Name for fuel and a name com
monly applied to a series of mountains.
16 Mcr.3tl:;imlpOrtant factor in suc
cessful home-ma'king.
17 'VitaT part v the body.
"18- Means1 employed, to make flour
and a weight. " fri(i
19 Name of Leo SUlLs j ,1? . . . r
20 Name of European jcountrv' '
21 An exclamation composed j"of
three poets' names used when Viewing
a Mazing fire. :
22 If tough steak could talk, what
command would it give its consumer ?
23 A precious metal and a surname.
24 Word descriptive of a misty
morning. ,
25 Tfiiat which all, however rich or
poor, greatly desire.
26 A biblical city and a beverage.
27 Volubility and value.
28 A favorite spring viand.
29 PainfuL result of tight shoes.
Answers: No. 1, Saxe; 2, Shake
speare; 3, Burns; 4, Hood; 5, Bryant;
6, Adais-ii; 7, Lowell; 8, Longfellow;
9, Tennyson; 10, Green; 11, Browning;
12, Bacon; 13, Dryden; ,14, Campbell;
15, Coleridge; 16, Lover; 17, Harte; 18,
Milton: 19, Pope; 20, Holland; 21,
Scott-Howitt-Burns; 22, Chaucer; 23,
Goldsmith; 24, Gray; 25, Moore;
Dante; 27, Wordsworth; 28, Lamb;
Bunyan.
Those who guessed were: Mrs. R
Gibbori, Mrs., A. B. Reese, Mrs. H.
Murrill, Mrs. J. A. Solomons, Mrs.
C. Guthrie, Mrs. E. L. . Martin, Mrs.
2G,
29,
. L.
A.
T.
D.
S. Yates Mrs. Richard Springs, Mrs.
Graham S Weddington, Mrs. S. O.
Brookes, Mrs. J. A. Gorham, Mrs. H. A.
London, Jr., Mrs. J. W. Stagg, Mrs. C.
L. T. Fisher, Mrs. L. D.'Hargrave, Mrs.
R. C. Ross, Mrs. W. L. Butt, Mrs. H. E.
C. Bryant; Misses Moorman, of Lynch
burg; Alice Holland, Adele Wittkows
ky; Sadie Hirshinger, Berta Oates,
Louise Wadsworth and Addie Wilr
liams. '
The prizes were two fine pen ami ink
sketches done by Mr. Andrew C.
Hutchison, Jr., a future Puck and
Judge artist Mrs. Solomons! and Mrs.
Guthrie icut for the. first prize, and Mrs.
Solomons won. Mrs. Gibbon, Mrs.
Brookes, Mrs. Bryant, and Misses Hol
land, Hirshinger, . Wittkowsky, Oates
and Williams for the second. Miss
Williams and Mis3 Oates tied three
times. On the fourth cut Miss Williams
won. After the excitement of the
game ices were more than welcome.
They were beautiful as well as cooling.
The evening was one of the most de
lightful of the season.
Air- truest r axriur last evening save
a trolley party m noncr oi miss mary
Lilinjgton McKcy, a charming visitor
irum w iiumx&i.u. .u.x va.n.y au-
; Tir:i T'V. n nr.4 o..
bled on North Tryon street at nine
o'clock, and for an hour enjoyed a de
lightful whirl up and down the car
line. An orchestra was stationed on the
special car, and the car could be traced
by. the strains of sweet music that
floated from it. At 10 : 30 . o'clock the
party joined in an impromptu dance
in the pavilion at Latta Park. Madame
Elrado told the fortunes of a nunfber
of the young ladies. Dainty ices were
served the guests, who started on tne
homeward journey at midnight, having
spent a delightful evening:
Miss Sad-fc. Clarkson and Mr. wt.
son; Miss Elizabeth Clarkson and Mr.
H. W. Wilson; Miss Bessie Hutchison
and Capt, David Clark; Miss ISadie
Young and Mr. Albert Summey; Miss
Fan Burweli and Mr. Robert Mayer;
Miss Winnie Barron and Mr. Will
Parker; Miss Mina Brem and Mr. Geo.
Stephens; Miss. Beulah Wilosn and Mr.
J. W. Jenkins; Miss Strbnaclh and Mr.
Jim Van Negsr Miss Fan McAden and
Mr. Chase BrenizeivMiss Minnie Moore
ana ivr. Elbert Farior; , Miss Neave
and Mr. Frank TV vis IWico T.ttia. Mof.
iit and Mr. Jlichard Gray; Miss Lydia
rsasu and Mr. Adlai Osborne; Miss Bet
tie Nash and Mr. Leak Spencer; Miss
Addie Bell Barron and Mr. Clint May
er; Miss Grace King and Mr. Joe Tull;
Miss Crump and Mr. J. H. Ham. Stags:
Messrs. Richard, Busbee ana Carle ton.
Chaperones: Col. and Mrs. A. L. Smith.
Miss Madge Wadwsworth will be
home Monday from Converse College.
She is to bring with iher a bright and
attractive galaxy of school mates and
friends: Misses Elizabeth Young, Mar
garet Malloy, ,. Mary King,. Kathleen
Bull, Martha Woods, Mary Oates Cald
well and Grace Powell. Tuesday af
ternoon she gives a reception in honor
of her guests.
ECLIPSE.
The Lecture Last Night by Prof.
Bigelow. .
The lecture by . Prof. F. H. Bigelow,
of the U. 3. Weather Bureau, in the
Y., M. C. A. hall, on eclipses,' was a
deeply scientific effort. An intelligent
audience greeted him and followed him
as' far as possible in his scientific talk.
He spoke on eclipses of the past, the
various theories as to the composition
ofH the stm; the kinds of motion at
work in the sun, and the various phe
nomena connected with eclipses. His
address was successfully illustrated by
the stereopticon.
Prof. Bigelow is" assistant rector at ,
St. John's church, Washington. He
finds time to carry on his scientific re
search, but is not confined to routine
work. He is a i fluent speaker, and
learned scientist.
BAPTIST UNIVERSITY COMMENCE
: MENT. .
The first annual commencement of
the Baptist Female University, Ra
leigh, will be held June 3rd to 6th. The
programme is as follows: Sunday,
8:30 p. m., missionary sermon, by Rev.
R. J. Willingbam, D. D., Richmond,
Va.; Monday, 8:30 p. m, elocution re
cital; Tuesday,-11 a m., literary ad
dress, by Rev. Edwin M. Poteat, D. D.,
Philadelphia; Tuesday, 4 to 6 p. m., art
reception; Tuesday, 8:30 to 10:30 p. in.,
entertainment and reception, by liter-,
ary societies; Wednesday, 11 a,, m.,
commencement sermon, by Rev,vF. C.
McConnell,' D. D.' Lynchburg, Va.;
Wednesdays 8: 30 p. m., annual concert,
by music' school.
' ' i M HUNTERSVI LLE WON.
;.Thef ,game of ball yesterday at the
park; between Davidson and Hunters
ville resulted in a victory, by the mar
gin of a run, for Huntersville. The
score was 7 to 6. The umpire, Vebe As
bury, was swift, but the .game was tur
tle like. The score by innings was as
follows:
Huntersville 03200200 07
Davidson.. .... ..0 0 3;3 0 0 0 0 06
Summary:, Struck' out, by Nesbit 5,
by Thompson 3, by Dye 4; double
plays; Huntersville -2. by 'McCcrkle to
Hunter; Davidson1 2, by Bailey to De
Graffenreid to Hobbs.
EFFORTS TO SAVE FESPERMAN'S
' LIFE.
A petition was gotten up today ask
ing Governor Russell to commute the
sentence of Mack Fesperman to life
imprisonment. Fesperman was to have
hung yesterday for the murder of his
wife. Governor Russell granted him a
respite until the 26th of June and now
the petition will be forwaded to the
Governor jisking for executive clemen
cy. The petition is signed by every
member of the Charlotte bar and it is
thought that the T5qvernor will step
in and save- the negro's1 life. Fesper
man when tcld thatii there "was an ef
fort on foot to:.avoihis;Jife remarked
that, he knew the Ldrd: would come to
his rescue. : ! ,
' ELIZABETH.
. Mrs; Metzer, cf Savannah; Mrs.
Schu-mpert, of Newberry, S. C; Mihs
Hearne, of Albemarle, and Miss Myr
tice Thompson, cf Salisbury, are at
Elizabeth College for commencement.
Prof. Lawton Evans' lecture at Eliz
abeth tonight will be on: "Italy TI)e
Land of Music, Art and Literature."
ANOTHER CASE.
Dr. Hawley's miscropic eye discover
ed another case of spaallpox yesterday.
The victim is Thomas Johnston who
lived on Est Tenth street near the
creek. Tie Doctor hustled him, out to
the pest house yesterday afternoon.
A 'GOOD SHOT.
Col. J. TV Anthony spent last week
at Richmond attending the Inter-State
SsooL He made the highest per cent
age of anygunner present.
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