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STO SEA
DURING BUTTLE
Renarkable Story in Circulation
hat on the Orel 140 Mortally
Wounded Were Thrown Over
board and all the Slightly In
jured Tied to Ship's Mast.
Reported Sinking of Russian
Cruiser Jemtchug in Battle is
Confirmed, Three Warships,
Nationality Unknown, Sighted
North of Manila Bay.
gv A??ciatod Press,
'okio. .lane 2. The reported sink-
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in '
I'
bat
En-,
co:
It '
tip"'
am
of t tie taissia.ii cruiser jenitcnug
ir " attle is confirmed,
is planned to bring the Russian.
Ipship Orel to Yokosuka, where the
ieror will visit her.
remarkable story is in circulation
erning the wounded on the Orel,
s said that at the opening of the
i 300 men were killed and wounded,
that the groans and shrieks of the
won
mled exercised so harmful an effect
1 1 1 J. J.1 i 11
it was deemed to iuiuw me moriany
wo-mded into the sea. One hundred
an'l forty, it is said, were thrown over
lio;..'d. Those slightly wounded were
then fastened to the mast to prevent
i be r interference with the fighting of
tin ship. It is impossible to obtain
,oi irmation to this story, but later
rei ins indicate that the crew of the
On fought with desperate bravery
tin Helmut the day previous to their
sin ender. The hull of the vessel is
shf'l-marked and many of her guns
we. 3 smashed and dismounted.
No Russian Ships Found.
T)ldo. June 2. Togo telegraphs:
"Tie ships sent northward in search
of Russian ships have returned. The
eniisers Iwate and Yakumo and other
vessels sent southward to find Russian
ships have also returned. They thor
oughly searched the Shanghai coast
from Tsushima and vicinity, but on
both sides found no trace of the Rus
sians." .'dmiral Shimamura, on board the
iiiiiser Iwate, reports: "During the
hatJ.e of May 27th the cruiser Iwate
vigorously attacked the protected cruis
er jsmtehug at a distance of 3,000 me
tres. The Jemtchug-sank in. one min
ute. The loss of the Jemtchug is there
fore contirmed."
Peace Talk Denied.
Paris. June 2. The report 'that M.
Ron rani, French Ambassador to Rus
sia, is hastening back to St. Petersburg
as Prance had agreed to ask the con-sr-n'
of the powers to bring peace, is
officially declared incorrect.
f'ONAPARTE SEES HIS DUTY.
Ave se to Public Office and Accepted
Portfolio Reluctantly.
IMtimore, Md.June 2. Mr. Bona-
jiar, r- was attending a meeting of the
pxe-..itive committee of the Reform
Lea :ue. of which he is chairman, at the
Hoi 1 Belvedere, when informed of his
app- intnient as Secretary of the Navy.
On ping shown a telegram announcing
his election to succeed Mr. Morton, he
wro-e the following:
"r he President tendered me the posi
tion about ten days ago. After due re
Kron I decided it was my duty to
airot. I had no .reason to think pre
viously that he had my name under
fonsirifration for this office. It is need
les for me to say that I appreciate
ver' highly the great honor and unex-T-ert
.cl compliment implied in his offer.
Nevertheless, I did not accept without
mitt hesitation, for I have always
Ijeer very reluctant to enter public lifo.
There is nothing to be said except that
1 Will try to do my duty and hope to
malr? a c reditable record."
Mr. Bonaparte said he had not set
t!e'! upon what he would do about mov
bis. residence to Washington. He
wifi he preferred remaining a resident
of
aryiand.
Ennlich Wnmin Wine
Ey Associated Press.
L''ii'lon. June 2. Miss Thompson, an
t-n? ish woman, won the international
f'J'f 'hampionship at Cromer, defeat
,n8 -'liss Stuart of Ireland.
BE DEFEATED
Editable Directors in Session,
tut Nothing Definite Given Out.
Want to Appoiht Commmittee
Name Successors to Alexan
der, Hyde and Tarbell.
By
A( v Ynrlr T n mi
York.
Equitable
an hour's ses-
j -uurai uum later ill Liie ua.j.
"" a member of the Frick com
lrnn ' saif he believed the Frick re
nnt wu,d be defeated. The report has
ucn been made public.
tha. (lllector was quoted to the effect
that h 1 rifav report recommended
nf . directors appoint a committee
vi,e . . select a new president, first
., l"'Csident anr? comnH roo. nrpsi.
Tar V? f;uced Alexander, Hyde and
ii-hel,. Four members of this commit-
' H was said, has been agreed upon.
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UNIONISTS DEFLATED.
Crushing Blow to the Government in
the Election of a Liberal.
By Associated Press.
London, June 2. The bye-election in
the Whitby division of the North Rid
ing of Yorkshire resulted in the elec
tion of a liberal, Noel Buxton, by a ma
jority of 445, over Gervase Breckett,
a Unionist. This was a crushing de
feat for the Government, as the elec
tion was fought mainly on the fiscal
question, in view of the fact that
Whitby has been a conservative strong
hold for twenty years.
STANDARD OIL REDUCTIONS.
Prices on Naptha and Gasolines Have
Been Lowered.
By Associated f ress.
Cleveland. June 2. The Standard Oil
company reduced the price of tank wa
gon naphtha and gasoline half a cent
and barrel goods one cent a gallon.
V. M. & P. naphtha and deodorized
stove gasoline is now quoted at 11
cents and 74 to 76 degree gasoline to 13
cents.
ANOTHER PHILA. SHAKE-UP.
Third Official, By Request Has
Tendered His Resignation to Mayor
L Weaver.
By Associated Press.
Philadelphia, June 2 Wm. H. Baker,
assistant director of public works, by
request, tendered his resignation to
Mayor Weaver. It is the first move
toward a "general shake-up." Baker
is known as an "organization" man.
The assistant director of public
safety, Alexander Colville, also ten
dered his resignation by request of
Mayor Weaver.
WANTS ASSISTANT BISHOP.
Favorable Action Taken by Council
For Diocese of Southern Virginia.
Roanoke, Va.; June 2 In his annual
address before the general council of
the Episcopal Church of the diocese of.
Southern Virginia, in session at Wythe
ville, Bishop Randolph recommended
the election of an assistant bishop. The
matter was immediately referred to a
committee, which later reported that
another committee, composed of Revs.
McBryde ,of Lexington; Hall, of Dan
ville; Barr, of Norfolk; Withers, of
Wytheville; Noltenius, of Petersburg,
and Hon. W. W. Ould, of Norfolk, to
gether with the secretary of the council,
secure the consent of the church au
thorities for the election of an assist
ant bishop, and that the bishop of the
Southern diocese call another session of
the council for the purpose of electing
him.
There was some talk of a division of
the diocese instead of giving the bishop
an assistant, but this did not take
definite form in the council. No name
has yet been connected with proposed
new office. The council is largely at
tended.
ASSISTANTS ARE APPOINTED.
Announcement of Those For the Dif
ferent Departments of the Univer
sity. Chapel Hill, N. C, June 2. Presi
dent Venable made the following an
nouncements of the appointments of
assistants in the different departments
of the University: T. F. Hickerson, in
structor in mathematics; I. W. Rose,
assistant in pharmacy; W. H. Kibbler,
B. F. Royall, T. P. Cheshire, assistants
in biology; R. W. Perry, J. B. Jeffries,
assistants in geology; E. E. Randolph,
C. W. Martin, L. M. Kelly and G. L.
Paddison, assitants in chemistry; T.
B. Higdon, assistant in French; Dr. L.
R. Wilson, assistant m German; J. L,.
Hanes, Jr.. assistant in physics.
Mr. H. M. Stacy has been granted
a leave of absence for a year.
GEN. J. S. CARR ILL.
Attacked Last Evening But Is Re
ported Better Now.
Durham, N. C, June 2. Gen. Julian
S. Carr was taken quite ill late Wed
nesday afternoon while returning from
the University commencement. He
was attended by a physician, and rest
ed well during the night. He was
considered better yesterday.
Three Warships North of Manila Bay
Rv A ssoclated Press.
Manila, June ;2 Three warships were
sighted at 2 o'clock and three more at
3 o'clock this afternoon steaming slow-
In and headed for the Gulf of Liinga-
ven. The ships are of different types
and are painted lead color. The Gulf
Lineaven is on the west coast ot tne
Tsiand of T,uzon. seventy-five miles
north of Manilla bay.
Japan's Demand on France.
Paris June 2. It is learned from an
llv well-informed source that
Dr. Dotono, the Japanese minister, has
demanded on behalf of Japan, from
Minister Delcasse, the sum of 500,000,-
000 francs ($100,000,000) as damages for
French breaches of neutrality in con
nection with the voyage of Admiral Ro
jestvensky to the far East and sojourn
in French Asiatic waters.
Blackburn's Secretary.
Winston-Salem, N. C, June 2. Edi
tor John Crouch, of the North Wilkes
boro Journal, who was here today,
stated that on July 1 he will become
private secretary to Congressman E.
Spencer Blackburn.
Two Sisters Elope.
Norfolk, June 2 Miss Annie Ger
trndfi Winbrough and Miss Etta D.
Winbrough, sisters, eighteen and nine
teen years of age, respectively, eloped
to Elizabeth City, N. C, yesterday from
their home in Portsmouth, where they
were married, the former to Sidney W.
Finley and the latter to Edward F.
Hewlett, also of Portsmouth. The Rev.
W A. Ayers, of Elizabeth. City, per
formed the double wedding ceremony.
17-Year Locusts
I T3-,, A eantatpd Press.
I Janesville, Wis., June 2. Swarms of
17-year locusts have appeared through
Southern Wiscoasin,
RUSSIAN PRESS
IS ADVOCATING
THEASSEMBLT
More Vigorous Than Ever in De
manding That the Assembl be
Summoned to Decide the Ques
tion of War or Peace. Many
Ugly Stories.
Report Current That the Crew' ofj which" made over one hundred ill, while
r j Superintendent Griffith discovered
Battleship Orel Bound Officers ltraces o pans green on the window
and Hoisted the White Flag.
Demoralization and Mutiny
Reigned Over Several Ships.
By Associated Press.
St. Petersburg, June 2. The Russian 1
press is advocating more vigorously j Chicago, June 2 Indictments against
than ever the summoning of the Na- . thirty men have been drawn as a result
tional Assembly to decide the question j of the evidence secured by the Federal
of war or peace. j grand jury in the two month's investi
The censorship is removed from for- . gation of the methods of the meat
eign dispatches and the people are cp- j packing industries. It is said at least
palled at the horrible stories of slaugh- j ten more will be drawn,
ter on the Russian ships. The Admir- j -
alty has not yet been able to estimate
the loss, but as the ships were over
rather than under-manned, the total
will be greater than the ordinary com- c
plement of vessels would indicate and j
will probably exceed 10,000, if only 4,000 ;
were saved. j
Ugly stories are circulating of the
demoralization and even treachery of
the crews of several Russian ships dur- .
ing the battle and t is even said that
thfi nrsw of thp liat.tlashin Orel hound .
the crew of the battleship Orel bound
their officers and hoisted a whit flag.
The origin of these stories, which are
discredited by naval men, cannot be
tracec1, as the. only direct information
conies from Japan, but doubtless they
are based on the trouble among the
crew of the Orel before her departure
for the Far East. ' She sunk at her
dock before she left Cronstadt and lat
er before she left Libau, the crew were
mutinous.
Indignation against Rear Admiral
Nebogatoff is growing. Epethets of
"coward" and "traitor" are coupled with
his name, and especially since the re
ceipt of Tokio dispatches, showing that
his surrender was not in the heat of the
battle, but with land close under his
lee, to which his crews could have es
caped after the destruction of the
ships.
Renewal of Rioting.
mv z' oui- - h. ;
There was a renewal of the rioting this (
T i T)n1nJ : .'W4... Tnm A.
detachment of Cossacks and the latter
fired, killing two and wounding many
others.-
STOLEN BANK PAPERS FOUND.
Bonds and Securities Valued at $300,-
000 Found By Workmen While Un
loading a Car of Sarid.
By Associated Press.
Bedford, Ind., June 2. Workmen en
gaged in unloading a carload of sand
found hidden several bundles of ja
pers which proved to be bonds and se
curities valued at $300,000, identified as
the property of a Wilmington, Ills.,
bank, which was robbed of the papers
and $2,500 in cash. The papers have
been returned to the bank.
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CARICATURE SKETCH OF HON. FRANK B. BRANDEGEE.
Mr. Brandegee was recently elected to suceed the latoe Senator O. H.
Piatt, of Cononecticut as United States senator. - -
GIVES HIS FORTUNE TO CHURCH.
Munificence of the Late Bishop Wat
, son of East Carolina.
Special to The News.
Raleigh, June 2. The entire fortune
of the late Bishop Watson, of the Pro
testant Episcopal Church, of Washings
ton, N. C estimated at $20,000, is left
to the Diocese of Eastern North Caro
I lina.
i The fact was discovered in connec-
tiun wiiii iu mccniig ui cue jiipiscupa.!
Council at Wilmington, with Bishop
Robert Strange.
ARSENIC IN CABBAGE.
Caused Over Ona Hundred Peniten
tiary Convicts to Fall III.
Special to The 3ews.
Columbia, June 2. State Chemist
Burney has-found arsenic in the rem
nants of a cabbage dinner given to
prisoners in the State penitentiary.
sill of the kitchen. The men are out of
danger.- Suspicion points to one of the
convicts having poisoned the food.
30 INDICTMENTS DRAWN.
Result of Federal Grand Jury Inves
tigation of the Beef Trust Case.
By Associated Press.
L
REPAIR THE ROAD
Complaint of the Corporation Com-
" r"'
"mission About the Condition of
the Yadkin Railroad is Acknowl
edged. ,The Governor Back in
Raleigh.
Special to The. News.
Raleigh, June 2. The Corporation
Commission today received from First
Vice-President A. B. Andrews, of the
Southern railway, acknowledgement of
the recent adverse criticism of the
Yadkin road from Salisbury to Nor
wood as needing better drainage, sound
cross-ties and heavier rails and as
sured the Commission that orders had
already been given for such improve
ments as will put this brance of the
Southern in good condition. . .
The. Smithfieldsavings Bank received
from the. Secretary of State authority
to. Chan?e its name to th Commercial
and Savl e'L. Woodall.
president.
Governor Glenn returned this morn
ing from Catawba College, where he
delivered an address at the commence
ment. He says he will be in Raleigh
now for the remainder of this and all
of next week.
50 LABORERS DROWNED.
Reservoir in Natal Overflows', With
Fearful Results to Hindoo Work-
men.
By Associated Press.
Durban. : Natal, June 2. A great
storm swept over Pinetown, the center
of the sugar plantations of Natal,, and
caused a reservoir to overflow, result
ing in the drowning of fifty Hindoo
laborers.
SOUTHERN
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LAST SAD RITES
OVER THE BODY OF
FATHER
FRANCIS
Funeral Services Held in St. Pe
ter's Catholic Church This
Morning at 9 O'clock. Bishop
Leo Haid and Visiting Priests
. Conducted the Service.
At 12:35 Today the Body Was
Taken to Belmont Where the
Interment Took Place. Large
Crowds Attended the Church
Service.
"Pax Vobiscum."
There was not a heart in all the vast
concourse of citizens in and about St.
Peter's Catholic Church this morning
to attend the last sad rites over the
remains of "Good Father Francis"
that did not, with solemn earnestness,
echo these words, for the blessing
"My peace I give unto you" brought
to Father Francis the corresponding
benediction from his fellow-man:
"Peace be unto you."
At 9 o'clock the funeral -procession
formed in the rectory and the body of
the loved priest was borrie from his
home into the church he built, beauti
fied and loved.
Immediately following the casket
were the following dignitaries of the
church, all of the Benedictine order:
Rt. Rev. Leo Haid, D. D., O. S. B.,
Belmont; Rev. F. Bernard and Rev. F.
Aloysius, Savannah, Ga.; Rev. F. Jo
seph. Salisbury: Rev. F. Ignatius, Rev.
F. Thomes. Rev. F. James, ttev.
Rintimnnd- Rev. F. Vincent. Greens
boro; Rev. F. Dennen and Rev. Wm.
Whearty, Wilmington; Rev. D. P. Lon
nigan, Charleston, S. C; Rev. T. W.
Stapleton, Goldsboro; Rev. William
O'Brien, Nazareth, N. C; Rev. P. F.
Marion, Fayetteville.
The family mother, brothers and
sister of deceased.
Sisters of Mercy, from St. Mary's
College, in this city and Belmont.
Knights of Columbus.
Societies of the Church.
A hieh patafalaue draped in black and
surrounded by six tall candles, had
been erected in front of the altar and
on this the casket was placed. On the
Casket was a large crucifix and the
cassock and chalice worn and used by
the dead priest. The church was hung
throughout with black bunting; - the
altar was divested - of all decoration
save the vestments of mourning; the
altar rail, covered with black and
massed with beautiful flowers every-
erywhere were the habiliments oi
monrnine:.' the sorrowful evidence of
the "heart bowed down with weight of
woe."
The service began with the chant
in o- of the office of the dead, followed
by the solemn Pontificial requiem sung
by Bishop Haid, celebrant, assisted Dy
Rev. F. Bernard, Presbyter assistant;
Rev. F. Aloysius, deacon; Rev. F. Den
nen, sub-deacon, and Revs. F. James,
and F. Thomas, masters of ceremony.
The scene at the elevation of The
Host, was not only deeply impressive,
but solemnly beautiful one not to be
forgotten by any one present.
After mass, the Libera was sung by
the Bishop, and then the following
beautiful tribute paid the dead priest
by the lips he most loved and honored,
in the church those of his Spiritual
Father; his beloved Bishop:
Tribute. "
"It is not our custom," said the
Bishop, "to preach funeral sermons ov
er our dead, but the circumstances sur
rounding the death" and life of our be
loved brother, may excuse the few
words which I have to say.
"When the father or mother is called
away there is mourning and justly so,
but the Catholic priest is not the fath
er of a single family, but the spiritual
father of all. We do not call our
priests 'Rev. Mr.,' but by the holier,
'Father' so the dear
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dead will always be remembered nere
as 'Father Francis.'-
"Vnur h parts mourn and yearn be
cause your spiritual Father has been
called away by Almighty God. 'Good
Father Francis' has-been intimately
.r-r.tori with p.vfirvthme about your
church and your life. This churcn
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and the rectory were built , by him.
The old church was about to tall
down, when it was replaced by this
beautiful building. Everything about
you, my dear children, reminds you
of his iabors, his life.
"His whole life was dedicated to
his holy calling. He never counted
the labor or sacrifice, but went gladly
to the call of duty. Your joys were
his- vour sorrows were his. The last
years" of his life were years of pain.
Often as he stood at the altar of God,
saying mass, his body was racked with
pain. In the last letter I received
from him, he said: 'Bishop, I pray God
to let me die in the harness.' God did
let him die in the harness. He has
been called away, my friends and spir
itual children, and let us hope is al
ready enjoying his reward.
"The life of a Catholic priest is one
of sacrifice. Christ said to his apos
tles 'I chose you' 'I separated you
fron? the world.' This is why the
Catholic nriest lives without wife or
child. Yesr Christ made us P4
the full sense of the word. The
priest's heart is taken away from the
A ' tjo rati hold no ties but those
of the church. 'Tis the spirit of re
nunciation in act as well as word.
Father Francis gave his boyhood, his
young manhood, to God, to the church.
"Ten or twelve years ago he was
at the point of death in Greensboro.
I went to see him. He was one of
my first priests, and God knows how
I needed priests at that time. 1 gave
him the sacraments of the church.
We thought he would die, but we
promised the Blessed Virgin Mary if
his life would be saved we would build
the beautiful groto at Belmont. He
was spared, and that groto commemor
ates the blessed fact.
"His work has now been finished.
God was satisfiprl with him and called
him away. He has done his work and
done it well. Everything points to
that, and we pray God's everlasting
peace to rest upon him.
"You will not forget Father Francis.
You will remember how he we at to
you in your joys and sorrows. If you
fail to remember him in your prayers
you will be spiritually divorced from
him.
"May God give him everlasting
peace and rest."
The Bishop was deeply moved
throughout the service, and during his
remarks almost the entire . congrega
tion was m tears.
After the hvmn. "Abide With Me."
temriprlv snnsr hv thfi malfi r.hnir from
Belmont, the face piece of the casket
woo romnvod and tHJ" r1fn ptp cci t ; nil !
filed past to take a last look at the j By Associa ted Press,
good face of "Good Father Francis." Washington, June 2. The Depart
- White and black came, rich and ment of Agriculture's cotton crop bul
poor, high and lowly, AUloved Fath- j ; y
er Francis, for he was good to all. .
He gave out of his big heart, charity j to May 25th about 28,120,000 acres, a
that which tne worm so mucn neeas
and there was no man or woman m
Charlotte whQ did net know that if
he or she needed a friend Father Fran
cis would be that friend. The bless
ing of the church rests upon him. The
benediction of his fellow man is
"Pax Vobiscum."
Floral Offerings. .
Among those who sent beautiful tri
butes in flowers were Mayor McNinch,
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Jordan, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles M. Patterson, Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. B. Hiss, Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Harriss, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Harry,
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Wilson, Officers of
the Merchants' and Farmers' National
Bank, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Lovejoy,
Rnvs' Sor.ifitv. Mr. and Mrs. A. H
Harris, Mr. O. M. Sadler, Jr.,
Dr. and Mrs. H. M. Wilder. Miss Ce
leste Wilder, "The Children of Mary"
Society, Dr. and Mrs. James L. Keer
ans, Misses Fayssoux, "Knights ' of
Columbus," Misses Edward and Bessie
Springs, Mr. H. A. Webber, Mr. W.
M. Boyd, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gon
zales, Mrs. O. M. Sadler, Mrs. Gillespie
Sadler, Miss Agnes Manning.
COMMITTEE RETURNS.
Well Pleased With Visit to President
Roosevelt.
A portion of the committee who
waited on' thef President yesterday and
asked him to visit Charlotte on his
Southern trip, returned to Charlotte
this morning.
Mr. Heriot,Clarkson stopped at Man
assas to visit an uncle. Mr. B. D.
Heath returned by way of Richmond,
and Mr. Huntington remained in
Washington.
Mavor McNinch, Mr. D. A. Tomp
kins, Cap!. T. S. Franklin, Mr. George
Stephens, and Mr. K. M. Miner, jr.,
returned this morning at 9 o clock.
Mayor McNinch, in speaking of the
trin. states that the committee was
well rdeased with the cordial manner
in which the President received them.
The Chief Executive was in splendid
humor, and listened with marked at
tention to everything said by each
member of the committee. While he
could not promise to stop off a day
in Charlotte he did say that he would
remain with-us two or more hours,
and that he would speak to the people
of Charlotte. It is the intention of
Mayor McNinch to arrange for the re
ception to the President to take place
in the First Presbyterian Churcn yara
Fac.h member of the committee agreed
that the First Church lawn would be
on irioni niapp for the President to
make his Charlotte talk. It is the de
sire of the Chief Executive to meet
and shake the hands of the children
of Charlotte, and the working classes
TTe esneeially is desirous of meeting
the wnrlrinemen and talking With
them.
A CLOSE CALL.
Accident Narrawly Averted in Dil
worth Yesterday Afternoon.
Miss Aline Whiteside and little Wil
lie May Whiteside came near being
nm over hv an electric car yesterday
. niicsQ H7Viitoc?Hf and her
i mt.le neice were returning to their
i . .
home in Steele Creek after a day's visit
to the city. Just as tneir ouggy woa
passing in front of Mr. B. D. Springs
rpsiripnpfi in nil worth, the horse be
came frightened at an automobile. The
animal dashed across the street car
tracks barely being missed by one of
thA nam and iust in time for the buggy
to be overturned by a car going in an
opposite direction.
,Misa Whiteside displayed unusua
With her little neice An her
orma slip rlnns- to the reins. The
horse' dashed off and as it sprang the
hnsrsrv that was lying on one side,
righted itself and in a short distance
the horse was brought to a stanasun.
Those who witnessed the accident say
not it wae a vprv nlose call and the
wonder is that both Miss Whiteside
and the child were not killed. lne
conductor and motorman in charge of
thfi -far were kind and obliging and
assisted Miss Whiteside in every way
possible. , Strange to say neither were
hurt to speak of.
invited to Address Tammany.
Raleigh .Tnnfi 2. Gov. Glenn has re
ceived an .invitation to deliver one of
the principal addresses before lam
many Hall, New York, July 8. He says
he greatly appreciated the invitation
and has the matter of acceptance
under consideration, . . ...
COTTON
ACREAG
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B? GOVERNMENT
Crop Bulletin Issued Today Shows
. Total Area Planted About 28,
120,000, a Decrease of 3,610,
000 Acreas From 1904. Average
Crop Condition 77.2.
Percentage of Acreage Decrease
in North Carolina Placed at
10, and the Condition of the
Crop in this State, 83. Texas
is' the Lowest in the Scale.
decrease oi about i$,tiu,uuu acres, or
! 11.4 per cent, from last year.
The average condition of the grow
ing crop on May 25 w.s 77.2, com
pared with 83 on May 26th last year,
and 74.1 the corresponding date in
1903, and the ten-year average of 85.3.
The per centage of decrease in acre
age in the different States, the com
parison being with the total area
planted last season, is:
Virginia, 13; North Carolina, 10;
South Carolina, 11; Georgia. 11; Flori
da, 10; Alabama.. 8; Mississippi 12;
Louisiana, 14; Texas, 12; Arkansas,
15; Tennessee, 10; Missouri, 14; Okla
homa, 11; Indian Territory, 10. .
The condition of the croy by States
on May 25 was:
Virginia. 87: North Carolina, 83;
South Carolina, 78; Georgia, 84; Flor
ida, 88; Alabama; 87; Mississippi, ii;
Louisiana, 73; Texas. 69; Arkansas,
73; Tennessee, 86; Missouri, 84; Okla
homa, 88; Indian Territory, 81.
Effect on the Market.
ntpw vnrlr Jnn 2. The Govern
ment's' first monthly cotton report ot
the season, giving the acreage at 77.2
and the reduction of acreage at 11.4,
was preceded ' and followed by active
selling and excitement of the cotton
exchange. The market was weak from
the opening under active pressure and
before the report was issued July soia
off to 8.15, October 8.22 and December
8.34. Immediately following the an
nouncement of the Government figures
there was great confusion due to tne
New Orleans market, which shot up
over 20 points, causing a rally of 6 to
8 points here. This was subsequently
lost. It developed that tne average
condition was received in New Orleans
at 75.2 instead of 77.2. July sold off
to 8.10. In New York the market s de
cline from last night was about 24
noints and lost half a cent from the
high point of Wednesday..
STUDENT A SUICIDE.
Overwork at Studies Cause of Mental
Breakdown for Lynchburg Man.
Lvnr.hhnre. Va June 2 Laughton
Duiguid, a well known young man of
this city, committed suiciue at me
home of his parents. Last winter he
tried to take a two-years course of
study in chemistry in a Philadelpphia
rnlleefi in one vear. but broke down
and tiad to come home. Since then he
has been growing worse mentally.
This morning his father, wuuam u.
nnip-niri tried to eet him to go with
him to Richmond to be treated by a
specialist. The ycung man declined to
sm and two hours later, while alone,
placed the muzzle of a Winchester to
his head, pulled the trigger, ana aieu
instantly. Deceased was twenty-two
years of age.
WANT CHARLOTTE
IN OTHER LEAGUE
Possibility That Southern League
Will Pick Up Charleston and
Savannah. Columbia and Au
gusta Want Chariotte to Join
Hands With Them.
Special to The Mews.
Columbia. S. C June 2. ;There is a
possibility of a baseball league next ,
year with Charlotte and Columbia as
the chief cities. There is little doubt
but that? the magnates of the Southern
League have their eyes on . Charleston
and Savannah to complete their cir
cuit and that they have decided to
drop Shreveport and Little Rock. If
this is the case it will mean destruc
tion to the South Atlantic League and
the stockholders of -the Columbia ball
team are beginning to consider what
they will do next. Already there is
a proposition to form a league with
Columbia, Charlotte, Augusta, Jackson
ville, Raleigh and one or two paying
towns, in. this section of the country.
Some of the smaller towns in the
Virginia-Carolina League would have
tr. vet nut aa the salary limit would
( be too hi2h, but the love of sport in
Charlotte -is too wen known to cause
any doubt but that the city will come
up to the mark, especially as it made a
proposition, to come into h S. &'h
DECREASE