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vary the advertising dose, but it
is very likely to be true that the
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THE WEATHER: Occasional Showers Tonight and Thursday.
VOL, XXIX
CHARLOTTE, N. C., .WEDNESDAY EVENING. MAY 13. 1903,
CH
NEWS.
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OFFICERS ELECTED
Bf HE FUNERAL
iECTORS TODAY
Session Comes to an End
This Alternoon Dele
gates Greatly Pleased .
With Treatment
While Here
EMBALMERS IN SESSION
They Have a Demonstration
at J, M. Harry's Under
taking Establishment
Which is Very
Interesting
The members of the North Caronlia
Funeral Directors Association have
i,ei.n taking it rather easy today.
v.:t enlav the day was an exceed-
ii,- .tiro mip The members were I
Wo".1 "v " '
going from morning until late at
night winding up at the Manufac
turers Club.
At 1" o'clock this morning - the
members of the association met in
juha M. Harry & Co.'s place, there to
witness some demonstrations on
Cadavers by Prof. C. A. Renouard of
New York.
This afternoon Prof. Renouard gave
a lecture btfore the association that
was highly appreciated and most in
t.rt':it:::g. Trie following committees were ap-
iriinte;! by Piesulent Barnes this af-
teniuon:
Executive: F. H. Zeigler, Eliza
beth t'itv: V. L. Simmons. Tarboro,
anil J. Prank Morris, Winston-Salem.
GrU'vancts: Geo. V. Wright.
Salisbury; Charles Stanley, Golds
boro: .1. B. Williams, Burlington.
Bv-Laws: R. T. Stevens, Wilson:
T. J. Howertor., Durham, and Lewis
Zeigler, Edenton.
Auditing: E. G. Flanagan, Greens
boro ; S. J. Stallings, Littleton, and
Orlando Elam. Shelby.
Legislative: John M. Harry. Char
lotte; F. H. Vogler, Winston-Salem;
Juhr vV. Brown. Raleigh, and H. W.
Simpson, Xtwbern.
Thv association was taken out to
the Charlotte Casket Co.'s place of
business, in a body this afternoon. On
the ivMirn to the citv the body will
have a short meeting, after which an
EiM'Ournmtnt will take place.
Dunns' their stav in the city tne
gentlemen composing the association
sav thev have been rovallv entertain-
hed'. Their visit to Charlotte has been
one ruuri'l of pleasure and all express
themselves as being delighted witn
their stay.
Charlotte will be hannv to again
entertai.i the North Carolina Funeral
Directors Association.
At tb afternnnn spssinn vesterdav
- -. . - -. . rf
the annual election of officers took
place, Mr. A. T. Barnes, second vice
piesident occupied the chair.
On motion, the following officers
were unanimously elected:
President, A. T. Barnes of Hender
son.
First Vice President. J. F. Woolvin
of Wilmington.
Second Vice President B. F. Amer-
son of Wilson.
Third Vice President. J. Frank Mor
ris of Winston.
Secretary, W. L. Bell of Concord.
Treasurer, E. Poole of Greensboro.
After SOUP c icr-nccinn Wei crt-it-ovi 1 lr
LIOJ HJ LX II I 111 UJ I ll'lj
as namec' as the next meeting place
and .Tiino 70 t-v,,
, me convention listened with a great
"eal of pleasure to the renort of Mr.
Has Passed Worthless
Paper on Unsuspecting
Persons in About 25
or More. Cities
numi Vk' May 13. Philipp L. Ger
Phni i 'r 25 year old son of Rev.
'ipp Germond, rector of Chelsea
episcopal church in this city, was ar-
ch'arged with YllkesbaiTe yesterday
faio I h forSery and uttering
Yn,.i. , 1 rie was Drought to New
10lk last m?ht or,,! ,:n v,
Hf 1 t OlUUgUL LO 1"NW
last night and will be arraigned
tod
bJft"ge?es date as far as Septem
forVvt , n he was sent to Elmira
forged u-iv. fr Passing a check
caiy Iai , et name f Huyler' the
onhw acturer- Since tnen his
or thirt Pai?er has been Passed in 25
Chicago w'e,S: includinS St. Louis,
ford i Vf,shlnSton, Boston, Hart-u-
and Atlantic City.
mm soil
HELD FOR FORGERY
John M. Harry, the State delegate to
the last National Association that net
in Milwaukee.
Rev. G. H. Detwiler's address was
one of the pleasing features of the
afternoon session.
At 5 o'clock the convention adjourned
to accept the kind invitation of Messrs.
J. W. and G. P. Wadsworth for a drive
over the city. A number of handsome
carriages led by the "break" traversed
the city.
A stop was made at Wadsworth's
model farm where light refreshments
were served. A little later on, the car
riages pulled up in front of the Country
Club where refreshments were again
served.
The outing was thoroughly enjoyed
by all and a vote of thanks was ex
tended the young gentlemen who made
this pleasure possible.
Last night at the Manufacturers
Club, the visitors were the guests of
the Charlotte Casket Company at a
delightful luncheon.
' VETERANS AND FRIENDS.
Who Will Attend the Reunion In New
Orleans. '
Mecklenburg Camp, Confederate
Veterans, leaves Charlotte Sunday
night at 10:20 o'clock for New Orleans
there to attend the annual reunion of
the Confederate Veterans of the South.
In addition to the camp a large num
ber of ladies will accompany the vet
erans. Those who will attend the: Mrs.
Harrison Watts, Mrs. L. Leon, Misses
Julia M. Alexander, "sponsor; Janie
Patterson, maid of honor; Maggie
Treloar, Mabel Erwin. Lula Harris,
Jessie Taylor, Adele McCarver, Dixie
Alexander, Misses Springs and Miss
Nesbit.
The members of Mecklenburg Camp
who will attend are as follows:
Harrison Watts, Commander; H. D.
Duckworth, Adjutant; W. B. Taylor,
Dr. J. B. Alexander, Jno. O. Alexander,
Louis Leon, S. H. Hilton, J. Elam Cald
well, Leander Query, A. H. McCombs,
M. L. Davis, J. Shakespere Harris,
Capt. A. J. Beall, C. W. Rivenbark, C.
B. Sikes, David P. Lee, C. L. Torrance,
A. L. Smith, J. M. Sims, J. S. Shafer,
T. J. Black, J. M. Earnhardt, J. R.
Winchester, R. B. Cochrane, W. J.
Wiley, J. B. Nicholson, Capt. R. A.
Torrance, S. J. McElroy, T. O. Squires,
Eugene Asbury, J. C. McLean, Richard
B. Hunter, P. P. Zimmermon, W. R.
Burwell, Geo. W. Bryon, L. W. Os
borne, W. P. Sloan, H. C. Hurbert, Z.
T. Bailes, R. G. Graham, J. W. Shields,
Dr. W. W. Pharr, Prof. Hamilton.
The veterans and their friends will
for the most part, leave over the
Southern railway. The Charlotte party
hope to catch Gen. Julian Carr's train
here and go through with him.
FRENCH VIEW OF CLEVELAND.
Safe In Port, He Need Not Again Risk
Perils Of the Sea. ,
Paris, May 13. In an editorial on the
coming Presidential election in the
United States the Temps discusses the
chances of Democratic candidates.
After declaring that Mr. Bryan was
never popular with the managers of his
party and that in consequence his
chances of being again selected are in
finitesimal, the article continues:
"The party managers seem to have
at their disposal a model candidate, a
sure man par excellence Grpver Cleve
land, who was twice President, who
filled those difficult functions with dis
tinction, whose name has remained at
tached to honorable enterprise and ad
ministrative reform, has broken the
silence and come out of the shadow in
which the former heads of state usual
ly remain. Mr. Cleveland has spoken it
the dedication of the St. Louis Exposi
tion. The ingenious brains of politi
cians at once began to ferment. They
put together a complete plan and em
barked on the dream over which they
have already shed tears of tenderness.
Mr. Cleveland is the keystone of this
grandiose project which is to bring
back victory to the humiliated stan
dard of the Democratic party.
"There is only one unfortunate point
in this combination, and that is that it
depends entirely on Mr. Cleveland, and
that he will not hear of his new can
didature. Everything opposes it the
unwritten law, more powerful than the
Constitution itself, the precedent laid
down by Washington and observed by
all his successors, even including Grant
in virtue of which no one can exer
cise supreme power more than twice.
Then there is the unchangeable resolu
tion of Mr. Cleveland, who, having
safely arrived in port, does not risk
again the perils of the sea."
STORE TO ELEVATE NEGRO.
Chicago Man Says Carnegie Is To
Start One.
Little Rock, Ark., May 13. Governor
Davis received a letter yesterday from
Chicago, signed by Julius T. Hirsch,
which said:
"It is the intention, with the aid of
Andrew Carnegie and under 'the aus
pices of Booker T. Washington, to es
tablish in Louisville, Ky., or New Or
leans, La., a large department dry
goods store, exclusively with colored
help, in order to elevate the colored
race and educate them in the commer
cial pursuits of life. Will your Excel
lency be good enough to give me your
view upon this unique enterprise?"
The Governor, in reply, said that he
considered the social elevation' of the
colored race all nonsense. He believes
the negro vould do much better if let
al6ne and that his natural place is in
the field. -
Shot Housekeeper for a. Burglar.
Indianapolis, May 13. John Kirk
ham, a merchant at Sullivan, Ind., shot
Mrs. Jennie Kelley, his housekeeper,
last night, under the suspicion that she
was a burglar. Mrs. Kelley cannot live.
Kirkham was not arrested.
THE CORPORATION
CAPTURE DENVER'S
REPUBLICAN HOST
Scrimmage Ensues Which
Causes Charter Conven
tion to Break Up
in the Wildest
Confusio n
POLICE CLEARED THE HALL
Insurgents will Call Meeting
to Carry out Mandates
of Those Who Put
Yokes on Their
N e c-k s
Denver, May 13. In a scrimmage
the corporations last night captured
the Republican charter convention in
spite of a rush of Democratic police
men, who were summoned td pre
serve the peace and eject the distur
bers. A rush was made for the stage,
owing to an objectionable ruling and
in a moment the hall was in a state
of the greatest confusion, forty men
struggling for possession of the
speaker's gavel and as many more
resisting.
During the melee the cry was raised
that a woman was in imminent danger
of being crushed to death, as she was
almost suffocated under the weight of
a dozen fighters who had "been knocked
off their feet and were struggling on
the floor of . the stage. A lull ensued
to allow the rescue of the woman, who
was carried out of the hall, for med
ical assistance.
In the meantime a riot call was sent
in and policemen soon invaded the
hall and the floor was cleared. The in
surgents organized on the street and
say they will issue a call for a meet
ing of the Republican County Central
Committee to carry out the program
as originally laid down by the cor
porations. An ex-senator is credited
with leading the bolt'.
Men Stay Away From Factory.
Fremont, O., May 13. The Clauss
shear factory whistle blew as usual
this morning, and less than 25 men
entered the plant to go to work. An
immense throng assembled in the vi
cinity but there was no demonstration
of any sort up to seven o'clock. The
negroes who have not left are keeping
close at home.
Austria spends about $1,000,000 a day
on alcoholic drinks.
ONE LIFE
LOST
BUFFALO BLAZE
Fireman Has Skull Crnshed
Fire on the Lake Front
Works Much Damage
to Property Owners'
Buffalo, May 13. In a fire which
started shortly after midnight, in. the
Diamond mills and elevator oh Abott
Road and Elk street, were entirely de
stroyed, with twenty-two freight cars
loaded with grain taken from lake
boats for shipment today. The loss is
three hundred thousand.
Lieutenant William H. - Clark, of
Engine No. 21, was struck by a length
of hose and sustained a fractured skull
dying a few hours after. Several
buildings were set afire by sparks
from the burning building and in some
instances families had to be taken out
by the firemen.
SEABOARD OFFICIALS HERE.
On Tour of Inspection of the Carolina
Central Division.
President John Skeleton Williams,
General Manager Barr, General Super
intendent Huger and Superintendent
Berkley, of the Seaboard, passed
through Charlotte yesterday, aboard a
special train en route for Rutherford
ton, where they spent several hours.
. The party returned through Char
lotte last night en route for Wilming
ton. It is understood that the officials
were on a tour of inspection and that
very soon decided improvements will
be started on the upper end of the
Carolina Central division of this road.
MRS. W. W. BELL INJURED.
In Accident Near Cowpens, S. C, Yes
terday Morning.
The News stated yesterday afternoon
that an accident occurred near Cow
pens, S. C, yesterday morning and that
a lady was (badly injured. The Spar
tanburg Herald of this morning has
the following account of the accident:
"Yesterday morning about 10 o'clock,
freight No. 64 on the Southern main
line, northbound, ran into horse and
buggy on the road crossing, a short
distance this side of the Little Thick
ety trestle. The buggy's occupant, Mrs.
W. ,W. Bell, was perhaps fatally in
jured, one of her legs being broken and
her skull fractured. The horse was
killed outright and the buggy torn to
pieces. ; "
"The injured woman wa.s carried to
a farmer's home near Cowpens, and
the last reports "from her last evening
were that she. would haruly recover.
"Yesterday morning early, Mr. W.
W. Bell, a lineman in the employ of
the Postal Telegraph company, hired a
horse and buggy from a livery stable,
and accompanied by his wife started
out to regulate the line of this com
pany from this city towards Gaffney.
At different points, where summer
growth and "hedges were springing up,
Mr. Bell would stake the lines. Mrs.
Bell would drive along as near the
railroad track as possible.
"At the time the accident occurred,
Mrs. Bell was endeavoring to "back"
the horse off the railroad track; but
th" animal gave a spring forward, di
rectly down the track. The locomotive
struck the horse and scattered the ve
hicle and its occupant."
ARBITRATION EXTENDING.
Eight Latin-American Republics Sign
a Treaty.
Mexico City, May 13. The new ar
bitration treaty just arranged between
Mexico, Bolivia, Argentina, Peru, San
Domingo, Guatemala, Paraguay, Salva
dor and Urguay has been signed by
President Diaz and the diplomatic rep
resentatives in Mexico of the countries
mentioned.
Under this treaty all controversies
between these countries are to be sub
mitted to a board of arbitration unless
the grivances are such as to inperil the
honor of independence of either na
tion. LATEST F
JEWS ID IIS
Ireland 'Certain to Get the
Red Hat--New British
Battleship is Christ
ened Today
Uskub, Albania, May 13. The Aus
trian and Russian consuls inspected
the prison here and found 772 prison
ers incarcerated in a comparatively
small space. The consuls protested
strongly to Hilmi Pasha, Turkish in
spector general, against the crowded
condition and pointed out the un
healthy state of the prisoners. Hilmi
promised to remedy the evil.
Constables Want To See Race.
Cork, May 13. Two thousand royal
Irish constabulary requisitioned for
duty along the route of tlra interna
tional automobile race for the James
Gordon. Bennett cup, July 2.
Ireland's Red Hat Certain.
Berlin, May 13. At the Vatican it
is now considered certain that while
Archbishop Ireland will not be created
a cardinal at. the next consistory, he
will receive the red hat at a consistory
to be held at the end of the present
year when a new English cardinal will
also be created.
Marchioness Christens Battleship.
Glasgow, May 13. The British bat
tleship Commonwealth was launched
at the Fairfield works on the Clyde to
day. The new ship was christened by
the Marchioness of Linlithgow.
Allowed to Leave Turkey.
Washington, May 13. Many a fcp
py family reunion will take place in
the Turkish and Syrian and Armenian
colonies in this country within the
next few weeks.
Long-separated relatives will greet,
each other and thank President Roose
velt for persuading the Sultan of Tur
key to set aside the long-standing pro
hibition against his subjects who have
sought fortune and citizenship in 'the
United States, leaving Turkish terri
tory after having once returned there
and against families of such subjects
following them to the New World.
The Turkish doctrine, like fh'at of
England a year ago, is "Once a Turk,
always a Turk." United States Minis
ter Leishman recently delivered to the
Sultan a letter from President Roose
velt requesting among other things
that families of Turkish subjects now
citizens of the United States be allow
ed to join them, and today the State
Department received from Mr. Leish
man a cablegram stating that the Sul
tan has given special orders to facili
tate the departure of naturalized
American citizens of Ottoman origin
who -desired to rejoin their husbands
and fathers in America, about 20
families ; have sailed for ' the New
World and others expect to follow in
the next six weeks. As a result of the
conditions the immigration from Tur
key is expected to increase. The State
Department has been deluged with cor
respondence pn this subject.
REIGN
' V - 1 I 111 '
ADVA CE
II
OF
HERS
IS
TODAY
Some of the Most Prominent
Manufacturers in the
Country are Regis
tered at the Lo
cal Hotels
THE CONVENTION THURSDAY
it Will be Opened at 10
O'clock in Court House
and Will Last Two
Days-Those who
are Here
The advance guard of the Southern
Cotton Spinners Association has begun
to arrive.
The Central and Buforct hotels are
filling up with prominent mill men
from all over the country.
At the Buford the following well
konwn cotton men are registered:
H. A. Bostwick, New York; John Cor
bett, Philadelphia; R. B. Goff and
Charles. H. Childs, Providence; A.
Schaer, Warren, R. I.; Arthur H.
Lowe, Fitchburg; W. C. Thomas,
Lowell; Arthur T. Bradlee, Boston; E.
E. Austin, Providence; Frank A.
Synder, Philadelphia ; W. F. Bryan,
Athens; H. W. Taylor,' Philadelphia;
H. C. Pegge, Philadelphia; J. H. Allen,
New York; A. K. Smith. Smithfield;
Henry Ash worth, Fall River; E. W.
Jenkins. Philadelphia; F. F. Beatty,
Greenville: Monroe Melchor, Pioneer
Mills; P. S. Steele, Philadelphia; W.
M. Sharpless, Philadelphia; W. W. and
N. D. White, Worcester; M. M. Lahuc.
Lowell; W. C. Leak, Rockingham;
Chas. O. Herx, New York; S. C. Baker,
Huntsville, Ala.; Hon. W. C. Lovering.
Mass.; G. I. Gaul, Mass.; Thos. Mc
Adoo, Philadelphia.
The following are registered at the
Central: . A. Walter Harris, Provi
dence; Leonard Paulson, New York;
Edward Atkins, Boston; E. W. Atkiua,
Boston; A. W. Noone, Petersburg, N.
H.; W. R. Noone, Boston; J. A. Smith,
Bessemer; Val. Taylor, Uniontown,
Ala.; J. H. Brogdon and wife, New
York; H. O. Barnes, New York; W. M.
Kendrick, Augusta; John P. Bowling,
Baltimore; James S. Woodword, Phila
delphia; John J. Mitchell, Jr., Boston;
W. F. Calvert, Baltimore, W.
Schmidt, Baltimore; H. B. Worth,
Raleigh; A. W. Jones, Atlanta; M. K
Bronston, Greensboro; Wm. J. Fuller
ton, New York; Henry S. Patterson,
New York; W. W. Ballough, Boston;
A. Sanders Morris, Philadelphia; A. W.
Trafford, Fall River; Joseph Mulleu
eau, Philadelphia.
A large number of the members of
the association will arrive today on the
evening trains and the morning trams
will also bring in others.
The seventh annual conventibn of
the Southern Cotton .Spinners associa
tion will convene in the court house
EXCITING CABLES
' AT THE OPENING
Commission Houses Have Big
Buying Orders and Quo
- tations Go Up Be
yond Record
New York, May 13. Liverpool ca
bles furnished a sensation to traders
this morning and upset all plans of
bear operators and turned the opening
into a whirl of excitement, with near
months 24 to 30 points higher.
Liverpool held the gain well and
shorts were the heaviest buyers here.
The late break yesterday increased the
short interests and the demand sent
quotations up to record-breaking lev
els. Commission houses had big buying
orders, mostly to cover shorts, and the
excitement continued although enorr
mous selling for profits and new short
account sent July 10 points.
Cables kept arriving every few min
utes, showing remarkable stability
which did cnuch to encourage purchas
ing here, every time prices sagged a lit
tle. At 10:30 May was 11.25; July 10.63;
August 10.28.
"Wild Man" An Insane Student.
Derby, Conn., May 13. An alleged
wild man, who has terrorized this vi
cinity for two days, was found today
to be Prentice Babcock, aged eighteen,
an electrical stdent, driven insane by
overstudy. Babcock stuck blades of
grass to his face to imitate a beard
and protested to the'trees that he was
the Saviour.
COTTDH
S
AKH
IV HG
tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. . The
convention will be called to order by
President Geo. B. Hiss, after which
prayer will be. offered by Rev. G. H.
Detwiler, of Trinity Methodist, church.
The address of welcome will be de
livered by Mr. Thomas C. Guthrie, of
the Charlotte Bar, and the response
will be by Mr. W. C. Heath, chairman
of the board of governors of the asso
ciation. The balance of the programme for
tomorrow will be as follows:
Elecetion of new members.
.Annual Address by President, Geo.
B. Hiss, Charlotte, N. C.
Addresses.
General-W. F. 'Draper, Draper Com
pany, Hopedale, Mass. Subject: The
Development of Rapidly Running or
Yielding Bearing Spindles.
E. W. Thomas, Charlotte, N. C. Sub
ject: The Advantage of Diversifying
Manufacturers in the South.
Afternoon Session 2:30 p. m.
Meeting called to order by President
George B. Hiss.
.Addresses.
T. V. Bolan, General Electric Com
pany, Baltimore, Md. Subject: The
Electric Drive in Cotton Spinning and
General Driving in Cotton Mills.
Edward Atkinson, President and
Treasurer Boston Manufacturers Mu
tual Fire Insurance Co. Subject: Mu
tual Fire Protection.
W. D. A. Ryan, General Electric
Company, Lynn,- Mass. (Subject to be
named later).
THANKS MAYOR BROWN.
For Invitation Extended Cadets Of
Citadel .To Visit Charlotte.
Mayor P. M. Brown, in the name of
the city of Charlotte, invited the cadets
of the South Carolina Military Aca
demy, while in camp at Rock Hill, to
visit Charlotte.
Today Mayor. Brown received the
following letter which is explanatory:
Citadel, Charleston, S. C, May 12, 1903.
Hon. P. M. Brown, Mayor,
Charlotte, N. C.
Dear Sir: In the name of the chair
man of the Board of Visiters of the
Academy and for myself, I thank you
sincerely for the very cordial invita
tion given in your esteemed favor of
the 9th inst. I can not see the feasi
bility of moving the corps directly
from this place to Charlotte, yet I
think it both 1 possible and probable
that we shall visit your hospitable city
after establishing our camp at Rock
Hill.
I shall take pleasure in communi
cating further with you as to dates,
etc., shortly after reaching Rock Hill,
possibly before.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
ASBURY COWARD, Supt.
ADMITS A LITERARY HOAX.
How a Disappointed Author Contrived
To Get Even.
New York, May 13. "Arthur Stirl
ing's"- disappearance, . described by
several New York newspapers last
June as a probable suicide and . fol
lowed after a lapse of several months
by the publication of a book entitled
"The Journal of Arthur Stirling,"
proves to have been a hoax perpe
trated by Upton Sinclair.
With the aid of several mischievous
young friends Mr. Sinclair . convinced
some reporters that "Arthur Stirling,
a young poet, had drowned himself
because of the discouragement re
sulting from his inability to find a
publisher who would take his master
piece. Realistic details were related
of "Stirling's" battle for recognition
When the book was published sev
eral critics accepted it as genuine and
gave praise to "Stirling's" posthumous
work, while others denounced it.
Satisfied with the result "of his hoax,
Mr. Sinclair ha3 stepped forward to
expose himself. In an article written
for this week's Independent, under
the heading of "My Cause,'' he de
clares that, having succeeded in accu
mulating $1,000, he intends to retire
"to the woods" for three years to de
vote himself to writing the first
volume of what he intends to be the
greatest of all American novels.
In his own struggles Mr. Sinclair
declares that he said to himself that
he "would get even" "with the literary
world.
PLAGUE SPREADS IN PERU.
British Consul Protests Against De
stroying Property.
Lima, Peru, May 13. Dispatches
from Pisco, Peru, announce the spread
of the plague at that port. Several new
cases were reported to the authorities
today.
Active measures have been taken at
Pisco and Callao to destroy all the
rats, as it is feared that they will
carry the "plague -to other ports.
The British Consul and the share
holders have protested to the govern
ment against the proposed burning of
the big Milnes flour mill. The plant is
worth $300,000. It was there the
plague was first distributed in Lima,
some of the rice from the ship Serapis
which brought the pla.gue from India,
having been stored in the mill. The
Board of Health insists that it is
necessary the mill be burned.
Interesting Kentucky Case.
Frankfort, May 13. The court of ap
peals, by agreement of attorneys, has
fixed Thursday and Friday of this week
to hear arguments in the glove contest
or prize fight case of McGovern-versus
the Commonwealth of Louisville. The
decision in this case will settle the
question of whether glove contests can
be held in Kentucky, and it will be
watched with much interest.
About 4,000 persons are killed each,
year in London's, streets.
1
CADETS REFUSED
Major Marcpid, of th
Georgia fVf4itary Acade
my Punished Them
and is Forced to
1 Resign Job
PATRONS OF SCHOOL HOT
Wrote Faculty and Demanded
Reinstatement of Ex
pelled Cadets Gol
' or Line Caused
Removal
. Milledgeville, Ga., May 13. Major
A. M. Marchand, of the Georgia mili
tary academy has been forced to
resign because he punished cadets
who refused to march behind a negro
drum corps on the Memorial Day
parade.
Three cadets were expelled and
others suspended. Patrons of the
school then wrote the faculty that
they would withdraw their sons unless
the expelled cadets were reinstated.
Congressman-elect Hardwick signed
a petition sustaining the cadets who
drew the color line. Marchand then
resigned.
Marchand is the second Georgia
professbr to lose his place because of
the color question. Professor Sledd
was forced out of the Latin chair at
Emory College on account of an article
in the Atlanta Monthly criticising the
Southern whites treatment of the ne
gro. WABASH TO NEWPORT NEWS?
Big Deal - Reported From the Busy
Town On the James. .
Newport News, Va., May 13 The de
tails of a big deal in this city ar$ com
ing to light. Recently the stock of the
Old Dominion Land Company, which
has been interested in the development
of Newport News, has been quietly
bought up until more than a controll
ing interest has been secured. It is
authoritatively reported that it was for
the Gould interests and that this
means that Newport News will be made
the terminal point of the Wabash sys
tem, which is now making an effort to
get into Washington. The company is
capitalized at $2,000,000, and in addi
tion to big real estaie holdings, owns
the Warwick Hotel.
GRAVE DIGGER'S BOYCOTT.
No Burial Unless Mourners vRide In
Union Carriages.
New Haven, May 13. Several hun
dred teamsters in this city are on
strike for increased wages and recogni
tion of their union. They wenE out at
noon today, and a general paralysis of
business is anticipated If the strike
continues.
The local Grave Diggers' Union to
day voted to indorse the strike of the
hackmen, and will refuse to dig graves
for funerals where non-union carriages
are employed.
SchooneV Mary F. Goc'frey Lost.
Jacksonville, Fla., May 13 The
schooner May F. Godfrey, bound for
Philadelphia, lumber laden, which left
th:3 port last Monday, was wrecked
off the bar outside of this harbor. The
captain and crew escaped. The ves
sel and cargo are a total loss.
NEW COMMONS
PRINCETON "FRESH"
While Higher Rate of Board
Will be Charged Than
Other Colleges, It is
Below Old Rate
Princeton, May 13. Jt is learned this
morning that an eating commons will
be established at Princeton for the
benefit of freshmen in the University
building. University hall will be used
and accommodations -will be made for
three hundred students. The rate of
board will be fixe dollars per week.
While this is higher than the com
mons rate of Yale and Harvard, it is a
reduction of a dollar on the prevailing
rate of board at Princeton. . .,
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