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good Plan oftentimes for
i 'business man is to write his
IX Se "ame way he would talk
IT MAY be advisable at times to
vary the advertising dose, but it
is very likely to b& true that the
time to advertise is all the time.
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his goiHib.
THE WEATHtR: Fair Tonight; Probably Showers Tuesday.
VOL, XXIX
CHARLOTTE, N. C., MONDAY EVENING, MAY I 1 . 1903.
NO. 4399
IE
NEWS.
s
BUTH
CAROLINIAH
ARRESTED
FOR
IS
A HEINOUS CRIME
iddle-Aged Citizen of Lan
caster County, Clyde
Boone, Charged with
Outraging His
Daughter
GIRL 12 YEARS OF AGE
He is Jailed at Lancaster and
will be Kept There Until
a Preliminary Ex
amination Can
b e Held '
A telephone message to the News
this afternoon from Lancaster, S. C,
siatv's that Clyde Boone, a well known
farmer cf Lancaster county, was com
mitted to jail there today charged with
an assault on his 12 year old daughter.
Eoone denies the charge though there
are witnesses who will swear to his
guilt.
Boone is about GO years old and up
to tbi's time had been considered a
man of good character.
The:? is considerable excitement in
Lancaster over the arrest.
'SHAKESPEARE A PUNSTER.'1
"Cheap
" Ore at That, and "His Wit
Was of a Slim Order."
Chicago, May 11. "Shakespeare
should not lie used in the grammar
schools nor ev-sn in high schools
where there are many pupils of foreign
birth. Shakespeare was a cheap pun
ster, and his wit was a slim order. His
jo'.i s are often of a shady character.
His language is behind the times. The
bad grammar, bad spelling and bad
morals which appear in his writings
should not. b? set up as a standard for
cur young students to follow."
These were among the observations
made before the Chicago Principals'
Association today by Principal Wil
liam E. Watt, of the Graham School.
The views were expressed in the
course cf a discussion following the
presentation of a committee report on
English.
Mr. Watt declared that the same ob
jections applied to some of Addison's
writings, to Goldsmith's Vicar of
Wakefield and ether classics. There
was not a voice raised in behalf of the
Bard cf Avon or of Addison.
OLDEST ODD FELLOW IS 96.
Lives in Bethel, Conn., and Once Held
the Office Noble Grand.
Etthel, Conn., May 11. The oldest
Odd Fellow in the United States lives
heie. He is John McDowell, nfne-six
years of age on Feb. 15. He is a broth
er-in-law of Mrs. Ashley Spring, of
ueneva, 0 a well-known Rebekah.
Mr. McDowell joined Samaritan
Lodge No. 7, I. O. O. F.. at Danbury.
Conn., in June, 1843, and he is still a
member of that lodge. He held the of
fife of Noble Grand, the hiehest in the
ledge, in 1846 only three years after he
oecame an Odd Fellow.
He is rather deaf but his sight is
good for a man of his years. He has
been treasurer of the Hat Makers' So
ciety for many years, and not long
hi ne e they presented him with five
twenty-dollar gold pieces.
STRIKE IUT TIE UP
II
tngineers in Union Stock
Yards Appeal to Packing
Trades Couucil for
their Support
nicago. May 11. The strike of
steam engineers in the Union Stock
Idras threatens tn fim-pnrl Thp on
Sineers have appealed to the Packing
grades Council for support and the
WUIUs executive board meets to
H18ht tO COnsidpr the TYiotoy
tuv lUUbtl
Uar.y union butchers, hog men and
'ool workers are willina- to inin in a.
sympathetic strike as they fear the
fn O-lr, , .... "
'7iU,tls win be defeated if their
"e'P is not given. The council controls
er twenty-three thousand employees
ine distrist and to strike would tie
PACKING
H0US1RY
u me packing industry.
OBSTRUCTIONS ON TRACK.
Attempt to Wreck Train Near Paw
Creek Station.
Train wreckers attempted to wreck
the evening, passenger train on the
Carolina Central division of the Sea
board at a point, one mile from Paw
Creek station yesterday evening. A
large lot of cross ties were placed on
the track. Some of these were placed
beneath the rail so that the opposite
ends would extend near the middle of
the road-bed. Others were carelessly
thrown across the track. The engineer
saw the obstructions in time to stop
his train before any damage resulted.
Detectives were put on the case this
morning and it is to be hoped that the
guilty party or parties may be brought
to justice.
DEATH OF MRS WILLIAMSON.
The End of a Good Christian Woman
Came Last Night.
Mrs. Oeorere Willinmsnn a. wpII
known and highly resDected ladv of
the Paw Creek section, died last night
after an illness of several days at her
home, about eight miles from Char
lotte.
Mrs. Williamson waa about 50. vears
old and is survived by her husband
and four children. Mrs. Thomas Stew
art, of Charlotte, is a daughter of the
deceased.
For many years Mrs. Williamson
had been a member of Paw Creek
Presbyterian church. She rtas in every
sense a good woman and her death is
sincerely mourned.
The funeral will tase Dlace from
Paw Creek church -tomorrow morning
at 10 o'clock.
PROGRAM COMPLETE
FOR SPIERS MEET
Secretary Bryant Expects
Five Hundred Delegates
Prominent Cotton Men
to Make Speeches
Mr. C. B. Brvant. seeretarv and
treasurer of the Southern Cotton Spin
ners Association, is Dusuy engaged in
makiner nrenaratinns for thp ronii''
meeMner of the. association that, will be
called to order in the county court
house, Thursday morning at 10 o clock.
President Geo. B. Hiss will call the
meeting to order after which prayer
will be offered by Rev. G. H. Detwiler,
pastor of Trinity Methodist church.
The address of welcome will be de
livered by Mr. Thomas C. Guthrie, a
prominent member, of the Charlotte
bar.
The resnonse in behalf of the asso
ciation will be by Mr. W. O. Heath,
chairman of the board of governors of
the Southern Cotton Spinners Asso
ciation. At the conclusion oi Mr.
Heath's address the election of new
members will take place.
The annual address by the president,
Mr. Geo. B. Hiss, will be the next on
the programme. This to be followed
bv an address bv Gen. W. F. Draper,
of the Draper Company, of Hopedale,
Mass. His subject will be The Develop
ment of Rapidly Running or Yielding
Bearing Spindles.
Mr. E. W. Thomas, of Charlotte, will
then address the association on The
Advantages of Diversifying Manufac
turies in the South.
At 1 o'clock the association will ad
ourn for lunch and will reconvene" at
2:30 o'clock.
The first on the orosramme, after
the lunch hour, will be an address by
Mr. T. V. Bolan, of the General Elec
tric Company, of Baltimore. His sub
ject will be The Electric Drive in Cot
ton Spinning and General Driving in
Cotton Mills.
Mr. Edward Atkinson, president and
treasurer of the Boston Manufacturers
Mutual Fire Insurance Co., will then
address the association. His subject
will be: Mutual Fire Protection.
At the conclusion of this address
the balance of the afternoon will be
taken up in the discussion of general
topics of interest.
In the evening at 8:30 o'clock, the
programme was that Mr. W. D. Ryan
wnniri riplivpr an address. Mr. Ryan
writes that he will be unable to be
present, therefore this address will oe
cut out.
On Friday, the loth, the programme
will be as follows:
May 15th, 10 a. m.
Meeting called to' order by President
George B. Hiss.
AUDRKSSHiS.
H. J. Webber, in charge of Plant
Breeding Laboratory, U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, Washington, D.
p Rnhipct: Breeding and Cultivation
of Cotton Producing Better Fibre.
BUSINESS MHJliiUlNU.
Report of Secretary and Treasurer.
Report of Committee on Finance. -Report
of Committee on Ways and
Means. ...
Report of Special Committees.
New Business: ,
Election of Officers. .
May 15th, 10 p. m.
BANQUET.
Central Hotel Dining -Room.
ADDRESS.
Lauris Loomis, Catlin & Company,
New York. N. Y. Subject: Southern
Cotton Mills and How Their Export
Trade May Be Increased.
General Call.
Adjourn.
(WILD PilC AND
MUCH
DAMAGE BY
EXPLOSION OF OIL
Big Tank in Yard of the Old
Trust at Long Island
City Goes up Into
the Air With
a Roar
ONE MAN IS MISSING
Twenty Streams of Water on
Blazing Cauldron Does
no Good and Oil is
Allowed
Burn
to
Out
New York, May 11. A wild panic
and ten thousand dollars damage to
property was caused this morning by
an explosion of an oil tank in the
yards of the Standard Oil Company at
the foot of Tenth street and East
River, in Long Island' City.
The blazing oil flowed from the tank
into a creek in which a number of
lighters and small barges were moor
ed, which were set a-fire, but were
towed into the middle of the river by
tugs and the flames quickly extin
guished. The oil in the great tank was allow
ed to burn out, the twenty streams of
water played on the blaze being of no
avail.
John Quinn, a Standard Oil em
ployee, is reported missing and it is
supposed he was killed in the explos
ion. Mr. D. A. Tedder has returned from
Marshville, where he went on legal
business.
IARKET IS WILD i
MAY R E ACHES 11 si 5
Pronounced Strength of
Liverpool was Chiefly
Responsible for Up
ward Prices
New York, May 11. The pronounced
strength of Liverpool was a feature at
the start today and was chiefly respon
sible for the wild opening. Trade was
prepared for a seven-point rise, but it
opened eight higher, and rose three
points further before our market open
ed. Such a strong upturn naturally
attracted considerable buying on both
accounts, and prices rushed up 21 to
23 points. Far months rose fourteen
to sixteen points.
May established a new record, selling
to 11.15. It was scon apparent that
big blocks were being thrown on the
market by commission houses and oth
ers, which checked the upward ten
dency for a time. The market sold off
six to eight points after 10:15, but
trading continued active. (At 10:30
May sold at 11.10, June 10.62, July
10.42, August 10.09, Sept. 9.32.
Strike Is Serious.
Jackson, Miss., May 11. As the re
sult of a strike on the Mobile & Ohio
railroad in this city one man was kill
ed, two trains wrecked and business is
badly tied up. The indications are the
situation will become more serious.
COOHTESS KILLED
HERSELFFOR. GRIEF
Upon Learning that Her Hus
band Would Not Live,
Heiress Refused to
Touch Food
Berlin, May 11. Countess Pototzy,
wife of one of the wealthiest of Polish
noblemen, starved herself to death
through grief for her husband, who is
suffering with an incurable disease.
Immediately upon the physicians, who
were called into consultation over the
patient, announcing the decision that
there was 'no hope of recovery .of the
health of Jhe count, the countess re
fused any kind of food.
Fifteen days completed her period
of starvation. The' countess was 38
years old and would have inherited a
hundred estates, valued at twenty mil
lion dollars, upon the death of her
husband.
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Dixie School Property To Be Turned
Over To County.
The county hoard of education met
this morning at the court house. A
number of bills were audited and gen
eral routine work was accomplished.
The board listened with much inter
est to the plans for the summer
schools at Davidson as told by Supt.
Cochran. Each member was in hearty
accord with the movement.
Messrs. R. C. Freeman, W. M. Sad
ler and T. M. Byrum were appointed a
committee to represent the trustees of
Dixie High School when the matter of
transfering this property to the county
comes up. It was ordered by the board
that Superintendent Cochran meet
with the trustees when the transfer is
made.
Messrs. J. S. Boyles and W. L. Clark
of the Lodo section, were granted cer
tificates stating that they belong to
Big Spring school, No. 4 district.
The board will soon begin looking
over the school properties throughout
the county to ascertain what, if any,
improvements are needed.
THE CUP DFENDER
FOLKS ARE NERVOUS
Wonderful Showing Made by
Shamrock III is Causing
the Owners of Reli
ance Uneasiness
Bristol, May 11. The remarkable
showing of Shamrock III is causing un
easiness among the syndicate owners
of Reliance and orders have been
given to expedite the work ' of re
fitting the defender in order that she
may be tried out and put into racing
shape as soon as possible.
The admission is openly made that
Shamrock III is a wonderfully fast
boat to defeat Shamrock I so handily
for it is conceded by yachting authori
ties around the Herreshoff yard that
the old boat is faster than Shamrock
II, which pressed Columbia so closely
two years ago. V-;
MEMORIAL EXERplSES.
Large Crowds Atten his Solemn
Servian ' ' : ' .
this afternoon at imply ivotfc. ; Many of
the stores are cr.tlur Nf rom four to
six, and quite a large n'uniber of peo
ple assembled in the First Presbyter
ian church yard to hear the exercises
and from there marched to the Ceme
tery to pay tribute to the dead.
The program was as follows:
Prayer by the chaplain, Dr. R. C.
Holland.
Address by Rev. Dr. J. W. Stagg.
Roll call, Judge A. Burwell.
Presentation of the Crosses of Hon
or, given by the Children of the Con
federacy.
"Dixie," sung by everbody.
March to the cemetery, where the
graves of the soldiers will be decorat
ed. Besides the regular organization the
Daughters and the Children of the
Confederacy, the Veterans, Drum
Corps and military companies, and
school children. There were many
others in the march.
Mrs. T. J. Jackson presented crosses
of honor to the following Veterans:
B. C. P. Burnett, J. M. Cochrane, R. R.
Huddleston, J. M. Kendrick, N. L.
Lambeth, J. M. Love, D. E. Robinson,
N. H. Shaffer, D. N. Smith, E. D. Still
well and J. M. Wilson.
CAR BROKEN OPEN.
Lot of Shoes and Dry Goods Stolen at
the Junction.
Agent Crutchfield was at the police
station early this morning to ascertain
if the police had run up on any stray
shoes, dry goods and such like.
A car heavily loaded with such ar
ticles of merchandise was broken open
at the junction sometime last night,
and a large quantity of goods are miss
ing. '
Mr. Crutchfield was unable to say
what amount of goods are missing.
The car was sidetracked at the junc
tion yesterday and during the night
hours a thief, or thieves, broke the seal
and went in and helped themselves.
Chief Irwin's men were put on the case
this morning and they will run down
the guilty parties, if possible.
Run On Bank Stops.
Buffalo, May 11. Satisfied that any
cause of alarm as to the condition of
the Fidelity Trust Company was
groundless as it was absurd, the few
frightened depositors who withdrew
their funds Saturday, have entirely re
gained confidence in the institution
and all traces of a run have disappear
ed. The bank opened at 8:45 this
morning instead of nine,' the usual
hour, but there were no anxious de
positors on hand. The bank issued
this morning an announcement of its
tenth anniversary, and the figures
therein show the amount of surplus as
a hundred thousand dollars greater
than the capital itself.
,
Protracted Meeting At East Avenue.
Protracted meeting at East Avenue
Tabernacle begins tonight at 8:30
o'clock. Rev. James H. Pressly, of
Statesville, N. C, is already here and
will begin work tonight. Everybody
most cordially invited. Come and
bring your friends with you.
THE POLICE HAVE
HEW CLUE III THE
STURTEVANT CASE
Evidence that Throws Suspi-
cion on Boston Man Has
Been Gathered by
D e t e c t i ves
On the Case
HE IS A MONEY BROKER
Was Formerly Employed by
The Medford Co-Opera-tive
Bank and De
manded Money
from Banker
Medford, May .11. The police now
have evidence that throws suspicion
upon a Boston man as being the mur
derer of Miss Sturtevant.
Last night Detective Whitney and
Special Officer Kane, of Medford, and
some inspectors from Boston, were
looking for evidence which will cor
roborate what they have found and
they think solve the mystery, which
until yesterday, it was feared would
never be fathomed.
The suspected man is under surveil
lance, it is said, and should he attempt
to escape before the work the police
have mapped out for themselves is
completed, he will be arrested on
suspicion.
The man now under suspicion form
erly lived in Medford and was connec
ted with the Co-operative bank of
which the murdered girl was assistant
treasurer. The man is a money brok
er and had been trying to obtain
money from the Co-operative bank
and was refused by Mr. Sturtevant.
IS THIS FLOATER
THE'
tKEMCH?
Old Dominion Liner's Pas
sengers Sight It-British
Tramp is at Mercy
of the Waves
Newport News, May 11. Passengers
on the Old Dominion steamer from
New York report that Friday evening
a steamer was sighted, which was be
lieved to be the missing oil steamer, S.
V. Luckenbach. The vessel showed
signs of rough handling at sea and her
sides were rusty. She appeared to be
drifting but did not ask assistance.
Disabled In Mid-Ocean.
New York, May 11. The Cunarder
Ivernia arrived this morning from Liv
erpool and reports that on May 6 at
10:25 a. m., in latitude 46.21, longitude
34.39, she passed the British steamer
English King. Signals were displayed:
"Not under control, machinery disa
bled." She did not require assistance
and was making repairs. The English
King is bound from Antwerp for Bos
ton. Forest Fires On Sugar Loaf.
Boyds, Md., May 11. Late last night
fire broke out afresh on Sugar Loaf
mountain. The fire, fanned by high
winds, quickly passed over the moun
tain tops- from the south to the north
side, Durning several small houses in
its path. The flames are rapidly being
forced toward the Greenfield Mills, a
small village on the Monocacy.
J
IS HOT YET DEAD
"Poet of the Sierras, "Miner,
Editor, Lawyer and
Judge is AHve and
Still Hearty
San Francisco, May 11. The report
that Joaquin Miller, "the Poet of the
Sierras", is dead, is untrue.
The report was sent out last night
from Oakland by the Associated Press.
How it originated is not known.
OAOUIH
MILLER
FUNERAL DIRECTORS.
From All Over State To Meet In Char
lotte Tomorrow.
The association of Funeral Directors
of North Carolina will hold its annual
meeting in Charlotte, beginning to
morrow and continuing through Wed
nesday. ' .
The meetings of the association will
be held in the Superior Court room at
the county court house.
There will be about 40 or 50 in at
tendance upon the meeting here.
Up to a short while ago Mr. C. W.
Brown, of Asheville, was president of
the association. This gentleman has
retired from the undertaking business
and his successor will be elected at the
meeting here.
Tomorrow, there will be an address
by Dr. John W. Stagg and on Wednes
day Dr. J. P, Munroe will address the
association.
Mr. C. A. Renouard, of New York, a
prominent member of the National
Funeral Directors Association, will be
present and address the body.
Dr. Lewis, president of the State
Board of Examiners, will also be pres
ent and make a talk.
Miss Grays Recital.
Miss Lottie Gray will give a recital
in the auditorium of the Presbyterian
College tomorrow evening at 8:30. She
will be assisted by Mis3 Helen Foil,
who will play Guilmant's "Prayer
and Cradle Song" on the organ, and
by Misses Ellen Norfleet and Elizpieth
Hickson, Vocalists. Dr. and Mrs. C. R.
Fisher will take a part in the recital
which promises to be quite as enjoy
able, if not more so, than the gradu
ate's recitals already given.
Mr. Croft Woodruff, who has been
attending school in Baltimore, has. re
turned home.
COTTOH BUYERS
The Object of the Organiza
tion is to Control Prices
and Charlotte Firms
Have Joined It
Cotton . merchants in Charlotte are
very much interested in a meeting of
prominent - cotton men in Atlanta
Saturday. ... ' . -:" '
" The- object qf .the meeting was: for
the purpose of taking initiatory steps
for the promotion of an association the
purpose of which will be the wresting
of the control of the price of cotton
from the hands of the British and the
New York exchange and keeping this
privilege in the South. The concern is
soon to seek a charter under the name,
The Southwestern Cotton Buyers As
sociation.
Such an association was formed
about two years ago but has never ob
tained a charter. Its object is to secure
the co-operation of the cotton men in
the South and thus to gam control
over the price of the fleecy staple for
keeps.
There are already in the organiza
tion a number of the larger cotton
dealers in Georgia, Alabama, North
and South Carolina. Other states will
be urged to get in line and at an early
date the association expects to be per
fected.
From time immemorial, the price of
cotton, though the article itself is rais
ed in the South has been fixed by Liv
erpool firms and the New York ex
change. The farmer and the Southern
dealer has never had a word in the
matter of naming a price for the ar
ticle! in which they deal, but has asked
of the foreign corporations' wllat they
are willing to pay. The association
proposes to change all this, maintain
in the South an organization controll
ing the price of that from which the
world's clothing is made.
The firms that are already members
of the association are as follows:
Maddox-Rucker Banking Co., Atlan
ta, Ga.; Sanders, Swann & Co., Atlan
ta, Ga.; Howell Cotton Co., Rome Ga.;
J. B. Hoist & Co., Columbus, Ga.; F.
B. Fiske, Montgomery, Ala.; Ralli
Brothers, Montgomery, Ala.; Wiel
Bros., Opelika, Ala.; L. G. Doughty,
Augusta, Ga'.; Lampley Cotton Co.,
Eufaula, Ala.; Sander, Orr & Co.,
Charlotte, N. C; C. E. Johnson & Co.,
Raleigh, N. C; Elberton Cotton and
Commission Co., Elberton, Ga.; George
H. McFadden & Bro., Montgomery,
Ala.; R. L. Ross & Co., Athens, Ga.;
Knight, Yancy & Co., Decatur, Ga.; C.
Cochrane & Co., Augusta, Ga.; C. A.
Shearson, Savannah, Ga.; Robinson
Bros., Anniston, Ala.; Decked & Co.,
Albany, Ga.; Parker & Co.s Albany,
Ga.; Heineken & Vogelsang, Augusta,
Ga.; Bower & Son, Augusta, Ga.; Wat
son & Co., Augusta, Ga.; W. D. Nes
bitt & Co., Birmingham, Ala.; Heath
Bros., Charlotte, N. C; W. H. Nance
& Co., Sheffield, Ala.; W. P. Welch &
Co., Selma, Ala.; A. P. Loveman &
Co., Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Bashinsky &
Co., Troy, Ala.; Georgia CotTon Com
pany, Albany, Ga.; Ford & Co., Macon,
Ga.; Mandeville & Co., Carrollton,
Ga.; Inman & Co., Augusta, Ga.; John
E. Cay, Atlanta, Ga.; American Cot
ton Company, Atlanta, Ga.; John Van
Landingham, Charlotte, N. C; F. M.
& J. T. Jones, Decatur, Ala.
THE WEATHER.
Forecasts for tonight and Tuesday.
For Charlotte and vicinity: Fair to
nightTuesday prohably showers. .
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ASSOC AT ON
VATICAN
WANTED
THE HOKOR OF A
SPECIAL ENVOY
Considerable Disatisfaction
Felt there Because
Roosevelt Sent His
Gift over by Car
nal Gibbons
VICTIM OF YELLOW JACK
Sister of Panama Railway,
Official Dies--Bubor.ic -Plague
in Russia.
-Other Items
of Interest
Rome May 11. Considerable dissat
isfaction is felt at the Vatican that
President Roosevelt did not send his
Jubilee present to the Pope direct by
a special envoy, instead of handing it
to Cardinal Gibbons to be forwarder.
to his holiness.- Had a special envoy
been sent, it was intended that Cardi
nal Satolli should act as special envoy
for the Pope to convey hie thanks to
the President.
Yellow Jack's Victim.
Panama, May lL Miss Caroline
Shaler, sister of Supt. iShaler of the
Panama Railroad, died "last night at
Colon of yellow fever.
Sixteen Whalers Drowned.
Berlin, May 11. The Vossiche Zei
tung reports that the Scandinavian
whaler Cyclops foundered off Faroe
Islands, in the North Atlantic. The
crew of sixteen were drowned.
Silvala In Bad Health.
Madrid, May 11. El Paris today says .
Professor Leyden, the eminent Aus
trian nerve specialist, v examined Pre
mier Silvala, and the latter is in a bad
state. The premier's heart and nerv
ous system, the specialist says, are
very weak. He ordered Silvala to take
a complete rest to prevent prostration.
..' " ': Plague in Russia.
Berlin, May 11. The Lokal Anzeiger
states that three cases of bubonic
plague were discovered at Libau, Rus
sia. The disease, the paper says, waa
brought from Siberia by means of in
fected furs.
Agrees To Kaiser's Request. ...
Paris, May 11. It is reported here
this morning that the' Pope has ac
ceded to the request made by the Ger
man Kaiser during the latter's visit to
the Vatican, and will appoint a ponti
ficial delegate to Berlin.
A Good Minstrel Show.
The I. A. of M. Minstrels was greeted
Saturday night by a large and appre
ciative audience. The performance was
put on with a snap and vim that did
credit to this organization of local tal-
; ent. Saturday night was to have been
jthe last performance, but Manager
Banks has announced that the com
pany will play tonight for the benefit
of this faithful aggregation of players.
This will be the last show this com
pany will give this season. All are
cordially invited to attend. Admission
fee, seats 10 cents. Doors open 7:15 p.
m.; curtain. 8: 30.
Banker In Extrems.
Plainfield, N. J., May 11. The condi
tion of C. J. Fisk, the well known
banker who is seriously ill at his
home here, is reported as somewhat
improved today. The doctors, how
ever, give slight hopes of ultimate re
covery. Mr. L. A. Vanderburg is very ill at
his home on East Tenth street.
CAPTAIN TRYING TO
EVADEJHE LAW?
If He Was, Summary Ven
geance Overtook Him,
for His Vessel is .
High on Shore
Hatteras, N. C, May 11. Four hun
dred Italian immigrants, on the Italian
bark Vera Cruz, are stranded at
Ocracoke inlet, near Portsmouth, N.
C. The captain has abandoned the
ship and crew and passengers and is
making his way inland. The ship is
destitute of provisions.
It is reported that the captain took
the vessel into the inlet for the pur
pose of landing the immigrants, thus
evading the payment of the usual fees
at their port of destination, New Bed
ford, Mass.' He ran the bark too close
and went aground. The immigrants
are in danger of starvation unless
epeedily relieved. , .
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