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rrn CHAR varv the advertising dose, but it ' ;ery lively to be true that the time to advertise is all the time. ADVERTISING is simply written talk. A good plan oftentimes for the business man is' to write his ads the same way he would talk up ms goovis. THE WEATHER: Fair Tonight and Tuesday. 9- VOL, XXIX CHARLOTTE, N. C, MONDAY EVENING. MAY 18, 1903. NO. 4405 uav he advisable at times to MO NEWS. TIE SWEET GIRL GRADUfti tiJ HEAR IHTERESTiHG BACCALAUREATE SERMONS Graduates - of Presbyterian College Attend Second Presbyterian Church in thet Morning and Hear Force ful Discourse by Dr. R. C. Reed Rev. J. Knox Montgomery, at the Same Church, in the Evening, Delivers the Bac calaureate Sermon to the Graduating Class of the City Graded School All Mho saw the long procession of students and teachers that went from tiio Presbyterian College yesterday to the Second Presbyterian church must have been impressed with the fact that this was the largest and best represen tation of the college that has ever been seen on the streets of Charlotte. It declared the fact that prosperity abounds within the walls of the hand some new building and that Charlotte is fast becoming a rich educational centre. Rev. J. R. Bridgers, president of the college. Mrs. Bridges and Rev. R. C. Reed, who was to preach the bacca laureate sermon, went in front of the column which was headed by the com mencement marshals. Misses Gertrude McFadyen (chief), Bessie McAllister, Ada McLean, Mary Baird, Lizzie Hick son, Blanche Rosebro and Nellie Bat tle. Next in line were the seniors, Misses Eunice Anderson, Hattie Gra ham. May MeLelland, Ida Patterson, Bessie Knox, Claribel McDowell, Anna Morrison, Bertha Abernethy, Norma Alexander, Pearl Commins, Lottie Gray and Susie Summer, and their mascot, little Miss Lula Talirferro. Quite a large number. of young ladies and teachers from Elizabeth College lent their presence for the occasion and adiled greatly to the interest. Dr. I'i.her, organist, and the quar !! rendered music that was r.y propriate tc the service A KfV- k ''its spirituality. L Tr.1 C. Reed, of the Columbia V:v.u tl Seminary, preached a ser Vi p'.Viich conveyed a special message rlrhe young ladies a message from the Bible which he said he had come on a special errand to deliver. His prayer was that God would direct the message. There are moments, he said, which bear relation to all after time; impressions that fall like good seed in good ground and would yield a harvest for all time to come. The wise man of the Bible said: "My son attend to my word, incline thine ear unto my saying for they are life, etc." Keep the heart with all diligence for out of it are the issues of life here was the text. The preacher defined heart as the fountain of emotions; an artesian well from which flows a ceaseless current of pas sions and emotions love, hate sym pathy, respect, adoration, worship. It furnishes the motive power to all of life's activities. The heart character izes a person not the intellect nor the will. Character consits in what we love and what we hate. We cannot love the pure without becoming pure, so of love, truth and justice. Girls re veal their characters in the choice of associates, books and amusements. The richest dower any girl can have, better than a pretty face, intellect or wealtn, is a good heart out of it are the issues of life. Life will be more to that girl than to others; beautiful fares, form, fine dress and jewels may win admiration but are outside of our real selves. Greater than these things is what we are. The lower streets of heaven are on earth and we enter heaven when heaven enters us. From Milton is the quotation, "Whether I Ay is hell, I myself am hell." A girl PETIT! FOB Persons Rights Association Presents it Renewal of Report that She will be Released Next Summer is Given Out London, May 18.-The Person's t;tir A;SHOciation has drawn P a pe F ' aHkmS for the release of Mrs. on in ie iVlaybrkk- convicted of pois nm her husband on August 1, 1889. titi J ,,Se,'retai'y rePlied to the pe J1'0".. stating that when 15 years of s?rvS,Ter'8 Hfe sentence have been hei tn e questi0Q ot recommending Thi -Wcy wiU be considered. the rLn ?"siderel as confirmation of in the at she is t0 be released the summer of 1904 ANOTHER MRS MAYBRCK with a good heart Is a joy to herself, to her companions. But the heart needs keeping with all deiigence, it is exposed to enemies. The best way to keep it is to give it away. Christ says "Give me thine heart." He will take away our stony hearts and give us a heart of flesh. We need to give our hearts to Christ afresh every day and to put on the complete set of defensive armor He has provided in his Holy Word for us. A parting word to those who are not to come back to school is, keep close to Christ for this the coni: mencement and not the end. GRADED SCHOOL. A large congregation assembled at the Second Presbyterian church yes terday evening to hear the baccalaure ate sermon preached by Rev. J. Knox Montgomery before the graduating class of the graded school. The mem bers of the class are: John Anderson, Minnie Irene Allison, Edgar McCombs Baskerville,' Janie Adeline Carroll, Nannie Eustace Davis, Mary Laura Earnhardt. James Albert Fore, Jr., John Wadsworth Hutchison, Frank Hutchison, Cornelius Howard Hunter; Clara Ethel Jones, Delia Eloise Ken-! drick, Wilson Tatem King, Charles Gordon Mullen, Clara May Porter, Fannie Ardrey Porter, Etta Murl Pick ard, Mary Elizabeth Reid, John Irwin Ritch, Frank Porter Graham, Sara Hargrave, Nina Harrison Howell, An nie Blanche Humphrey, Elizabeth Shreve Henning, Eunice Lee Hoover, Corrie Jane Henderson, Maude Rein hardt Mullen, Annie Margaret Mun zler, Meyer Edward Nathan, Manlius Orr, Agnes Phifer, Crettie Daisy Polk, Margaret Cornelia Polk, Marguerite Clarkson Springs, Ruth Shannonhouse, Eunice Miller Taylor, Lucile Devereaux Withers, Harry Adams Wakefield, Mal zena Marie Yeager. Prof. J. A. Bivens, Miss Sallie Be thune and other teachers and pupils of the graded school were present to hear the sermon. Dr. Montgomery preached a very powerful and eloquent sermon from the text 1 Kings. 3:5. "And God said, ask what I shall give thee." Thee preacher said: There is inspiration in the, life of young people radiant with hope especially those assembled for the occasion. There are snares along the pathway of life and it is necessary to start right. In youth a golden op portunity is given to decide a vital question. Solomon was about seven teen years of age when he. reached the crisis of his life. Success or failure confronted him. It was just the hour when -he needed help on the tbresh- hold of life. Happy youth to whom God would speak Solomon is not the only one, the same golden opportunity comes to every one in the morning of life when hope is bright and says: "Ask what I shall give thee.V He to whom is given" all power, lays the boundless resources of infinity at the feet of the young man. Solomon may be what he will. With munificent hand God is ready to bestow wisdom, power, wealth and so on. What is your de sire? What do ycu chose? Here is your opportunity. Linked to infinity our lives may become divine. All things are possible to him that be lieves. The issues are momentous and sol emn. Upon his decision hung the fate of Solomon, the fate of Isreal and even the fate of the world. Proverbs has hold on countless millions and attests the wisdom of Solomon's choice. While rejoicing in the opportunity to choose we must feel the weight of re sponsibility in making a decision. To make a mistake here is to fail forever. He who sets sail without some port to wards which to steer, will be beaten about bv storms and gales and finally lost. It is yours to decide, Solomon did not wait long but made a response im mediately that pleased God. Youth should search the pages of the Bible to find out the true purpose of life, to get a right conception of it. Not the at taining of honors and distinction, not the desire for many year nor great riches, nor pleasure; not to be wafted by gentle zephyrs on the ocean of life but wisdom to act well our part. Lot us seek the hand of God to guide us through the storm and tempest. Wc are God's servants and our life work is to serve our generation. How great was Solomon's task to govern God s people. Your generation will be large ly what you make it. Solomon reog nized his littleness, I am but a little child, he said, and know not how to go out and come in. Many of us do not recognize our insufficiency; we do not know ourselves. We must beware of undue regard for our abilities. Solo mon said, "Give thy servant an under standing heart to judge thy people, give me wisdom." Have Christ in the soul, He is, the best Pilot, he will guide the souls to an elysian paradise, in spired by him we can do our best. Mrs. Bedford Remanded. London, May 18. Mrs. Gunning Bed ford, who is charged with having given false information to the registrar of births at St. Pancras concerning her child, was brought in to Bow street po lice court today to answer to the charge. The hearing was brief. She was remanded a week. The question of bail will stand over till the next hear ing. Turkish Atrocities. Berlin, May 18. Vossische Zeitung reports , that a force of Turkish troops recently opened fire on a depu tation of Albanians coming from Ipeck, killing the latter and wounding fifty others. V Plan lo Lynch A Charlotte Negro New York, May 18- James Dor nan, a negro who claims to hail from Georgia or Tennessee, and whom Constable Hagan says he believes comes from Charlotte, who was arrested Saturday in Newark for having attacked a white girl aged sixteen at Matte wan, N. J., except for the prompt ness of the. officers would have been lynched. To avoid lynching he was taken to jail at Freehold instead of j Mattewan, as county officials were warned of the preparations to lynch him at Mattewan Dornan is a bad negro and has previously been charged with burgalry and a murderous assaut ' upon a Mattewan policeman. : KISHIBEFF HORROR Official List of the Casulties and Private Reports Do Not Agree- Government Of ficials are Involved in a Massacre London, May 18. A dispatch giving the official casualties at Kishineff was received here today. They are placed; killed 45, severely injured 74, slightly injured 350. Private information, however, gives much higher figures. Of the 300 who were taken to hospitals it is reported forty have since died. Th-3 injured in these private dispatches is placed at over a thousand. One report states that the devasta tors during the massacre were headed in many cases by members of the of ficial class. Heaps of property were found in local barracks and even in the lodgings of police officials. SECURITIES CASE. Knox Moves To Advance It On the Calendar. Washington, May 18. In the Su preme Court of the United States to day . AttoFtiey'GeneraT Knox made a metfieff ..t4;fc&vas th iwaari:ig of -the case against the Northern Securities Company and announced that oppos ing counsel concurred in this motion. After describing the case and its present status, the brief of the at torney general says: "As the case is one of recognized general public im portance the attorney " general re spectfully moves the court to advance it upon the docket for a hearing on an early day during the next term if con venient tp the court." The motion was taken under ad visement by the court, which will probably set a date about October 19, for the hearing. Russia Less Vigorous. Constantinople, May 18. Russia's attitude toward Macedonia has mater ially changed since the report of the Russia consul last week on the condi tion of aaffirs at Salonika. Heretofore the Czar's government has been most urgent in its demands for Macedonian reforms Russia, however, has now represented to the Porte, that Mace donians do not merit such rigorous measures as the Turkish government is employing against them. WILKES BOND CASE. IS SETTLED TODftY Supreme Court Sustains Cir cuit Court Two New Cor porations News Notes of Interest From the State Capital Raleigh, N. C, May 18. The news is received here that the U. S. Supreme court declares the Craig act unconsti tutional and affirms the decision of the Circuit court in the noted Wilkes bond case. The State Auditor issues urgent let ters to all who have papers that will aid in perfecting the roster of North Carolina troops, to forward them at once to him to be used in connection with the publication of a "Complete roster of the Union and Confederate armies" by the War Department. The Dime Bank of Kinstcn was chartered today to do a commercial and savings business. The capital stock is $10,000 and the incorporators are C. F. Dunn, Sam F. Gorham and W. E. Baker. A charter was granted to Waxhaw Oil and Fertilizer Co., at Waxhaw. Union , county. The capital stock is $20,000, and H. W. Brown and J. L. Rodman are among the incorporators. State Auditor Dixon went to Weldon today to deliver an address tonight for the opening of the Confederate bazaar by the Daughters of the Confederacy. W SPRING MEET AT LATTA PARK WILL II For Two Days the Horse Will be King and the Devo tees of Racing Will be Out v in All Their Good Glory to Worship The Finest List of Horses That Has Yet Entered is Booked The Races will Begin Daily at 2 O'clock . in the Afternoon Tomorrow is the first day of the regular spring meeting of the Meck lenburg Fair Association. From all indications the lovers of fast horses will have two days of genuine sport. Mr. Junius H. Harden, secretary of the association states that the track is in elengant condition and is very fact. To the News man today Mr. Harden said: "There has been no better fields and no higher classed horses to start at Bannings Aqueduct or Morris Park than the fields and the horses that will start in the events of the Mecklenburg Fair Association tomorrow and Wed nesday." s Owing to circumstances, the harness events which were numbers 1, 5 and 6 on the programme, have been called off In place of these trotting events there will be first class running events that will be thoroughly enjoyable and en tertaining. The racing will begin promptly at 2: 30-o'clock.- The horses will be put on the track at 2 o'clock and the four events of each day will begin promptly at 2:30. Those who will attend are asked to bear this in mind. Up to this afternoon at 4 o'clock, the events 1, 5 and 6; had not been made up but Mr. Harden states positively that four good races may be expected both days. . , - - M.S follows: ' No. 2. All ages, 5-8 mile dash, weight for age, purse $100. Mr. Smoct ch. g., A. G. Denton, Raleigh; Miss Truty, ch. m., Harry Leamon, Colum bia, S. C; Flat Denial, ch. m., O. E. Jordan, Dublin, Va.; Larriat, ch. h., P. J. Bane, White Gate, Va.; Postmaster Bailey, bro. g., Thiers Leach, High Point; Miss Rosser, ch. m., Dr. B. E. Kell, Chester, S. C; Eminence, bro. ni., G. J. Engl eking, Richmond, Va.; Min nie H., ch. m., G. J. Engleking, Rich mond, Va. No. 3. All ages, 3-4 mile dash, weight for age, purse $100. Meadow Maid, b. m., O. E. Jordan, Dublin, Va.; Minnie H., ch. m., G. J. Engleking, Richmond, Va.; Larriat, ch. h., P. J. Bane, White Gate, Va.; Eminence, bro. m., G. J. Engleking, Richmond, Va.; Mr. Smoot, ch. g., A. G. Denton, Ral eigh; Miss Truty, ch. m., Harry Lea mon, Columbia, S. C. , No. 4. All ages 7-8 mile dash, weight for age, purse $100. Miss Ros ser, ch. m., Dr. B. E. Kell, Chester, 3. C; Postmaster Bailey, bro. g., Thiers Leach, High Point; King's Pride, b. g., G. J. Engleking, Richmond, Va.; Cab in Boy, bro. g., P. J. Bane, White Gate, Va.; Flat Denial, ch. m., O. E. Jordan, Dublin, Va.; Eminence, bro. m., G. J. Engleking, Richmond, Va.; Mr. Smooth, ch. g., A. G. Denton, Ralegh; Miss Truty, ch. m., Harry Leamou, Columbia, S. C; Doctor Worth, b. h., B. L. Shaw, Charleston, S. C. No. 7. All ages, 5-8 mile dash. weight for age, purse $100. Minnie H., ch. m., G. J. Engleking, Richmond, Va.; Flat Denial, ch., m., O. E, Jordan, Dublin, Va.; Mr. Smooth, ch. g., A. G. Denton, Raleigh;, Miss Truty, ch. m., Harry Leamon, Columbia, S. C; Lar riat, ch. h., P. J. Bane, White Gate, Va.; Miss Rosser, ch. m., Dr.. B. E. Kell, Chester, S. C; Eminence, bro. m., G. J. Engleking, Richmond, Va.. No. 8. Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence Stake, all ages, 3-4 mile heats, weight for ages, purse $200. Mr. Smooth, ch. g., A. G. Denton, Ral eigh; Miss Truty, ch. m., Harry Lea mon. Columbia,. S. C; Flat Denial, ch. m., O. E. Jordan, Dublin, Va.; Meadow Maid, b. m., O. E. Jordan, Dublin, Va.; Cabin Boy, bro. g., P, J. Bane, White Gate, Va.; Postmaster Bailey, bro. g., Thiers Leach, High Point; Miss Ros ser, ch. m., Dr. B. E. Kell, Chester, S. C; King's Pride, b. g.. G. J. Engle king, Richmond, Va.; Eminence, bro. m., G. J. Engleking. Richmond, Va.; Dr. Worth, b. h., B. L. Shaw, Charles-, ton, S. C. Fatal End To Bull Fight. Madrid, May 18. A" bull fight- at Aldeciras yesterday had a tragic end ing. The ampitheatre where the fight was held, was crowded with specta tors. Suddenly .the 'seats gave way and fell, crushing the spectators under the debris. ' A terrible panic ensued and a num ber of women and children were thrown into the arena where they were attacked by the bulls. The casu alties are placed at 12 killed and fifty injured. BEG TOMORROW "Lt tl-i Coal Trust T wins Work Voul ..itM.. ........ . i . T'fllTl III10I RALLY TO OF COL, E T Citizens Hold Meeting and Issue Statement Denounc ing Charge that He was Forced to Resign Because of Race Issue : Milledgeville, Ga., May 18. Thomas Jackson Woofter, who presided at a meeting of citizens, called to protest against the dispatches in the daily press stating that Col. A. H. Marchant, commandant of the Georgia Military College, had been forced to resign be cause he was a negro sympathizer, has issued a statement to the press deny ing the reports. The statement says these charges have been denounced by the citizens of Milledgeville and that the denunciation has been signed by the mayor, citizens, trustees of the school, president of the Georgia Normal and Industrial College, and every citizen to whom the oppor tunity to sign was presented. "Col. Marchant," the statement con cludes, had nothing to,do with the em ployment of negroes to play fifes and drums for the Memorial Day march. Thir?. were - secured - by- ladies ief J.hA Memorial Association who requested the colonel to be marshall of the day, and he acted under their orders solely. They publicly approved his conduct, as have the Confederate veterans. "As to be forced to resign Col. Mar chant made a business arrangement weeks before Memorial Day to accept another position. This was known to the president of the board of trustees and many others here and elsewhere As to forcing th expulsion of students, the facultv acted as a unit. Their in subordination demende'd such punish ment under military discipline." Exiles From France. New York, May 18. Among the passengers on the French line steam er La Champagne from Havre- today were sixty-four religious exiles from France, four sisters and sixty broth ers. The latter, with, two exceptions, being young students. Fory-six of the boys will go to Metuchen, N. J., and the others will go to Montreal. CLEVELAND TALK Til Senator From South Carolina Says Simple Suggestion of Grover's Name is an Insult to the Democrats of the Country Washington, May 18. "The simple suggestion of Cleveland s nomination for a third term," says Senator Till man of South. Carolina, "is an insult, (O the 6,500,000 Democrats in the country who voted the ticket in the last elec tions." The Senator is here on departmental business for his constituents. "It seems to me." he continued, "that every Democrat I have met has regarded this Cleveland talk as impertinent and in sulting. It makes us hot under the col lar. Why what sort of curs do they take us to be, to expect us to vote for a man like Cleveland," he went on. "Here's a man who has'nt even vot ed the Democratic ticket in the last two presidential elections. He threw what influence he possessed against the ticket. You might as well talk about naming a Republican as the head of the Democratic ticket. It would be about as probable." The Senator said he could not name the probable, Democratic candidate, as no one yet had become sufficiently prominent in that connection. "In my State," he concluded, "there's been some inclination to look upon Judge Parker as an available man, who might prove acceptable to the different factions of the party." MRCR MAKES LM ROT Ml T FARMER LANCASTER, MR. B. J. OVERCARSH INJURED. Fell From. Wagon This Mortiing and Injured Spine. , Mr. Bryan J. Overcash was painfully, if not seriously, injured this morning. He was on a wagon, in front of the Southern Express offi.ee, attending to the packing, of some goods when the horse moved off suddenly. -Mr Over- cash was thrown bacK.wa.rd to tne street and landed squarely 'on his back? The force of the fall completely' stun ned Mr. Overcash and for some min utes he was unable to speak. He re vived, however, in a few minutes, but complained very much of his spine. It is feared that serious injufy resulted f'-om the fall. Mr. Overcash was taken to his home on West Eighth street immediately af ter the occurrence. . . This afternoon the attending physi cian states that owing to the fact that Mr. Overcash is so sore a thorough examination cannot be made.. He fears that several bones are broken. ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION. Met This Morning and Elected Offi cers. For Corrting' Year. The Presbyterian College Alumnae Association" held its annual meeting in the auditorium of the college at 10:30 this morning. The president, Mrs. Ida Williams Miller, presided. Miss Ellen Norfleet gave" a pleasing selection on the organ that was much enjoyed. Much interest was shown IrL the work of the Association by those pres ent and all are going to work with re newed zeal toward raising money to beautify the college grounds. The dues of the association go to the scholarship fund. The scholarship for next year was awarded to a young lady whose name will be announced later. ? The rummage sale which was to have been held this spring has been postponed till the early fall, but there will be a lawn party at the . home of Mrs. L. W. Sanders in the near fu ture for the benefit of the yard fund. The officers elected for the next year are as follows: President, Mrs. Maggie ; Henderson Irwin; first vice-president, Mrs. Mary Gilmer Grier; second vice-president, Mrs. Ida Williams Miller; treasurer, Miss Eunice J. Hall; secretary, Miss Elizabeth Esther Grier; REINSTATED TODAY Cathedral School Student Who Wrote a Parody on "Mr. Dooley" is at Last Forgiven By the board of Trustees Washington, May 18. Katherine Martin, granddaughter of Mrs. D. D. Colton, one of Wash ington's society ieaders publicly deinstated this morning as a pupil in he Cathedral school for girls from which she was suspended last week for writing and circulating a parody on "Mr. Dooley," in which the various members of the faculty were "taken off." The decision to reinstate her was reached Saturday by the board of trus tees at a special meeting called to con sider the case. . NEV ORLEANS REUNION. Everything In Readiness To Give the Vets a Gala Time. New Orleans, May 18. Everything is in readiness for the Confederate reunion, which convenes here tomor row. The city is gaily decorated for the occassion, which is agumented by simultaneous . conventions of the United Sons of Vetsrans and the Ladies Memorial Association. ' Thousands of the Daughters of tha Confederacy are, here already and more will arrive tonight, although their convention was held last fall. Delegates are being met on every train by a subcommittee numbering bome five hundred people in charge of the entertainment and information bureau, which has the burden of the work today. Gen. Gordon and staff and the State division officers' are quartered at the St. Charles Hotel.: . Lightning Strikes a Church. Rockton, Ill.i May 18 There was a wld scene in the Methodist . church here yesterday when, during a( thoun derstorm, lightning struck three per sons in the congregation. All were badly shocked, but three women, fora time were thought to be killed. Their clothing was torn to shreds and they were, badly burned, but revived. The church was not damaged. The lightu ing entered by way of th-3 chandelier. The Chapel Workers . of , ike Twelfth Street Baptist church will give an entertainment tomorrow night at the corner of Ninth and Caldwell. Ice cream and cake will be served. The public is cordially Invited. R MISS MARTIN I IS. MURDERED BY A I1EGRD TENAHT Negro Surrenders HLnself to the Sheriff of Lancaster County 'Shortly After Deed was Committed, Claiming that He killed the Man in Self-Defence Evidence Adduced to Prove That Foul Murder was Committed and Four other Negroes are Arested as Ac cessories to Crime- Victim IsB. F. Blackmon 'A telephone message to the News this afternoon from Lancaster, S. C, states that B. F. Blackmon, a well-to-do farmer of Lancaster county, was shot and instantly killed yesterday moroing near his home, seven miles from Lancaster. Sandy Evans, the negro who fired the fatal shot, went immediately to Lancaster and gave himself up to the sheriff, stating that he shot Black mon in self-defense and wished pro tection. He was immediately taken to the jail. As there are no witnesses to the shooting, except four negroes, friends of Evans, the facts are difficult to ab- tain. Evans states that Blackmon came to his house about 1 o'clock yester day morning and asked to see him. He says Blackmon was under the in fluence of whiskey and was returning home from Lancaster, where he had been on Saturday. During the conver sation Blackmon pulled out a bottle and attempted to strike him over the head; that while Blackmon was mak ing an effort to strike him, he shot him in self-defence. The four negroes, at Evans' home corroborate what Evans has to say. The3e were, so intent oh telling of Evans' innocence that all four were arrested: and placed In jail as acces sories to the crime. Since their arrest, one has admitted that Blackmon did nothing to bring on the fight and that the shooting was in cold blood. The place where Blackmon was killed is only about two hundred yards from his home. Evans was a tenant of Blackmon's and he and his landlord had engaged in some angry words a day or two previous. There is considerable excitement in Lancaster over the killing. Blackmon was one of the most prominent farm ers of the county and his friends claim that the negro Evans killed him without cause. . There will be a preliminary hearing tomorrow. Clyde Boone, the Lancaster farmer who was jailed at Lancaster, charged with an assault on his 12 year old daughter, has been given his liberty There ' was no evidence thatN Boone was guilty of the heinous crime. . italTlman Better Today. rtew .ia. xo. inward H. Harriman president of the South ern Pacific and Central Pacific rail roads is much improved today. The doctors have not yet decided whether an operation is necessay. They will decide later in the day. Cyclone Hits Texas. Fort Worth, Texas. May 18. A cyclone did inuch damage at Dublin and Paris in! North Texas last even ing. A number of houses were blown down, but no falities are reported. WOULD PRESERVE THE ANCIENT CTY 4 - Washington Citizens, Head . ed by Dr. Bell, Ask that the Demolition of Manila Walls Shall be Stopped for an Investigation ' ! - ' " ' J . Washington, May 18. At a meeting of Washinston citizens, called lasti night by Dr., Alexander Graham BelL the following resolution was passeuj "Resolved, That the honorable SeCi retary of War be respectfully requests pfl tn siisnend the demolition OI u walls of the city of Manila until tl Department can make a full investig tion into the necessity or propriety t thus destroying an ancient structure great historic interest, , A committee, consisting of Ge Kennan, Miss Elizabeth Bryant . ston and Genu H. V. Boynton, pr ed the resolution at tne uepai this morning. s . t