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Wtml -r .& - : $1.00 a Year, VOL.. XXIV ANOTHER HEIRESS SOLD FOR $2,000, lis Price Paid by Miss Nora Iselin to Become Coun- tfcSS. VEDDINGS0LEMN1ZE Another Case of American Collars And Foreign Title Father if Bride Opposed To Al liance. New York, May 10. Two millioi dollars is reported to be the "dot'" that goes with Miss Nora Iselin, whose marriage to Count Colloredo Mannsfield is announced to take place today at the Iselin country home at New Rochelle. No elaborate - wedding marks this latest union of American dollars and a foreign title. On the contrary, it has -seemed to be the desire of the parties most concerned to avoid all publicity in regard to the marriage and the details of the wedding. This extreme reticence is said to be due, in ! part at least, to the early opposition ! , on the part of C. Oliver Iselin to his . daughter's choice of a husband. The well-known banker and yachtsman is understood to entertain a strong dis- like for international matrimonial al ; liances, particularly where a member , of his own family is concerned. But , the determination of his wife and t daughter won the day, and after a personal interview with his prospec ,. tive son-in-law, in which the latter made a most favorable impression, Mr. Iselin gave his consent for the ; marriage to take place. Miss Iselin and Count Colloredo ; Mannsfield met for the first time last -year,, when Mr. Iselin and his family ,.were in Rome. They became engaged v to be married before Miss Iselin re i turned toNew York, and the marriage would have occurred earlier had not Mr. Iselin been opposed to his daugh ter's marriage to a foreigner. The count is secretary of the Aus trian embassy at Rome, and is said to belong to a highly distinguished fam Jly. His mother is the sister of Baron .Afihrenthal, Austrian minister for for- Jeigi affairs, who incited the seizure of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and so i-threatened the peace of Europe. The : family own a castle near Aquileja, which was built in 1302. The head of vtne house is rrince josepu, wuu "-- ried twice, out is cnnaiess. By marrying miss isenn me wum rallies mmsen wim oue ui me mat 1 . 1 B sj.1. J.T S - gamines 01 ixew ioik. ror many the lseiins nave Deen prominenx. m -finance, in business and in the social Ulie OI Uie meiiopoiii,. iue iicau . . - i - ' rr,, x,j i. r aISot. Tclm wTi T, V m.XZr - died four years ago. His father was ja Swiss capitalist, who came to this (country from Basle, Switzerland, ear dy m tne last century as a leyieiiL- ative or the siik ana giove industries of Lyons. What Some American Brides Have Paid for a Title. Duchess of Roxburghe (May Goelet) .$10,000,900 f Countess Boni de Castellane (Anna Gould) , . , Duchess of Marlborough " (Consuelo Vanderbilt) . . Lady Curzon (Mary Leiter) : Dowager Duchess of Marl- .borough (Miss Hammers-ley..- .... .. .. . . .. Duchess of Manchester (Helena Zimmerman) . . ;'-Countess of Suffolk (Daisy 6,000,000 5,000.000 2.C09.000 2,000, 0-0 2,000,000 Leiter) 2.000,000 American Federation of Musicians . ,. ,T. ., m rpr. Minneapolis, Minn., May 10. lhe American federation 01 Musicians op ened Its annual convention nere to . .day, which will continue through the - reek and close on Saturday with grand celebration. More man tnree ; : ;fcndrea delegates irom an, parts ot ir -- TTnUfld States and Canada were nr.nt -t th onenine session at the sio.nii Timmlfl todav. Mr. Joseph . Whher of Cincinnati, president the national organization, called the '.nnvAntinn to order, unon which May Tampa r. wavnfis. of this city, wel corned the delegates in behalf of citv. Governor John A. Johnson, who had been escorted to the hall by a .monster band of nearly -two hundred -musicians, welcomed the convention In behalf of the state. 00 owl - Every i-tige of The Argus is interest ing. No one page is confined to local ALFONSO AND GASTON. Apropos the Efforts of Judge Allen and Mr. Manning's Friends in the Premises. Raleigh News, and Observer. 'Once upon a time," as the real story begins, there was a handsome widow who was endowed with worldly goods as well as worldly charms, who rode back . from the funeral of her husband-with the preacher who had conducted the last sad services. The preacher felt in need of a wife, and he was pleased with the widow, so on the way back from the funeral, determined to head off all future ri vals, he offered consolation to the widow and ended by "popping "the question, bu" when the widow replied he found he was not the early bird, for what she said was: "You are too late. The undertaker asked me on the way to the funeral and I have promised to be his wife." In the instance of the prospective acancy on the North Carolina Su preme Court bench, if Associate Jus tice Connor becomes the District Fed- 3ral judge, the friends of Mr. James 3. Manning, of Durham, and of Judge Brinsoll) MrB. BrlMon and Miss Maud Ex-Gov. W. M. Pawson, of West William R. Allen, of Goldsboro, are pittman music teacner of the 0dd 7irginia ig understood to have de playing the undertaker part, and they Pellows, Home ln this city together dined a foreign appointment from are already at work in an effort to get a license to wed the judgeship and their choice, and are busily at work seeking an approving smile from Gov- 1 ernor Kitchin, who has charge of the Both the "mall. ; and the wires are do .V, V nee. .rn ic nniiTuJ ing business in reaching out tor sup port for each of these gentlemen whose names are being mentioned as successors to Judge Connor if he goes on the Federal Court bench. Both Mr. Manning and Judge Allen are men well known in North Caroli na. Mr. Manning is an attorney of Durham, and in the recent State cam paign he was the manager during the primary of Governor Kitchin's cam paign. In 1894 he reeeiyed the Dem- ueiittic umwu,,. the rest of the Democratic ticket. In the last General Assembly he was the State senator from Durham, Judge W, R, Allen has been on the bench for a number of years, after " , .. " . J ' J Minnie Fulton, Mae Matthews, Mary ;ody else in Elgip, and in the elec- ers of the Rockingham Power. Comrlcent he owed. The source of his in his nrst ejection- naving oeen aeieaieai iarv nrvi-Hoii Anna Snnthpr mac k..; I , , minot... viij ti. , - TtVOpratif nartv lo?t to the! .w , . - I Republican-Populist Fusion ticket, and having been again elected when the Defnocracy won its victory and routed the Fusionists, The friends of each of these gentle men are losing no time in asking for support for the man of their choice. In Raleigh, which is in Judge Allen's bar has endorsed him for district, the the position and the Goldsboro bar has gone actively to work to get sup port for him. By reason of this activity there is a humorous little incident being talk- ed about. The secretary of the Golds-1 bon bar, in his zeal to advance the ranse of .Tudee Allen, sent out tele- to lawyers over the State ask- I w t.Qt tVl. t tVl- nara tn dorso Judge Allen. One Qf these tel- eerrams asKine ior enaorsemem was . . M Mannine at Durham, with the veauest that he eet the Durham . t0 reiuest Governor Kitchin to appoint juage Alien to nil tne vacaix- cy in the Supreme Court which might be caused bv the resignation of Judge! c . on the Federal r. . What Mr Mannine- renlied is not knnwn but a friend of ttoth the eren- tlemen. who heard of the incident, said "Mr. Mannine- ouirht to have re - plied that he would endorse Judge Al- wives, to attend the national conven len if Jndee Allen would endorse "on of the Order of Railroad Teleg- him, and then with the Goldsboro en- dorsing him have the Durham bar en- dorse Judge Allen, after the Aironso - . .. .. . ! Gaston order." Capt. T. D. Smith at Hove. Capt. T. D. Smith, the veteran typo," who has been on an extended trip to Oxford and other places, has returned to the city, and is "At Home to his manv friends at the Odd Fel low's Home. Captain Smith is near- ing ms sixty-eigntn year, ana tnougu somewhat afflicted with the in fir mi - ties of his years, Is yet withal as I - bright and chipper as can be, and his - fund of pieasing reminiscences of ye - - which is laree. still con tinues to amuse and interest all Who a I Qut to Sce nim A. & M. Commencement. I . - The Argus is in receipt of an invita tion., to the commencement exercises of of the graduating class of A. & 1 College, at Raleigh, which will be held - May 23 to 25. - The roll of the senior class includes the Ralph R. Faison and William A. Fai- I son. - 1'IANO TUNING. E. T. PERKS. Office, St. James HoteL j Phone calls will be answered prompt ly and satisfaction guaranteed. mlO 4tdw 'This Argus o'er the people's rights Doth an eternal vigil keep ; aOLDSBOBO, ORPHAN CLASS TO oiifiin By Special Invitation Eighteen Orphans Will Give Con cert. L zmn o! Superlnlendenf And Mrs. BriBSon And Hiss Maud Pimaaa Tbey Left This Horning For Charlotte By special invitation of the Grand I Lodge of Odd Fellows, wbich convenes I in rppular annual KASKinn in Ohar- I tiv. Snnfirintendent with a -large singing or entertainment class, consisting of twelve young la- .Hps and siir of the larsrer bovs. left for charlotte, where they will be entertained by the citi-1 zens and dd FellWS f prSreS" sive city. - I En route the class will stop over I tonight in Salisbury, where they will I give one of their highly entertaining I concerts before the Odd Fellows, and I the public in general of that city. I Their trips are a source of great I pleasure to all the children who par-1 ticipate in them, and a grand time is! assured each one of them. The entertainments given' by this I class are indeed of a high order, and j an honor to Miss Pittman, who ranks! high in her profession as a teacher of xceptional ability in the training of I pupils, and a special honor to each J individual member of the class. j " Those composing the class are j Misses Bessie Williams, Ella Merrell, j r r J " rTIrt 5rt Hlwila fla ere I la Inn I tdiiuic nunc, tj i i.c v - wj Chappell, Pearl Biggs, Rebecca Green,! and Messrs. Walter Odell, Grady J Ralph, Curtis Merrell, John Spruill,! Preston Thomas and Edwin Betts. j It is useless to say that they will j enjoy themselves fo the very utmost and return with many pleasant recol- Iections neir trip o the Queen City, Another Goldsborean Promoted. Mr. Herbert Kendall, formerly of j Wilmington, but now of Savannah, r,a.. snent Sundav with his mother. Mrs. Flora Kendall. Mr ifsndall who fni several vears has hn pmnloved in the railroad of- I ' u7.-,. a Coast Line, has been appointed travel- 1 mo ant with hpaitnunrtprs r ssa - vnn9h Hia v frind here will rnn?rtulte Mr. Kendall iinon his l . I success, which has been rapid for a i young man. Raiirnnd Teleerannera in Session. Atlanta. Ua., May iu, Nearly a thousand delegates from all parts of the United States, Canada, Mexico and , , even far-away Panama, have arrived 1 here, many accompanied f hair raphers, which will open here this evening at- uate city Armory nan. At I r--r -n r OAfOiAtl Sm f OT ll T I I .OUT- 1 " son Lamar, a young lawyer 01 uius city, will preside and act as master of ceremonies at the reception. Mayor R. F. Maddox will welcome the dele gates on behalf of the city, Governor . 'smith, and Governor-elect Jo- Q M Brown on behalf of the atata PraclHcnt T T ft Varham of the order, will respond.; Mr. Jerome - - will WAl,ftfnA thA u ,n behalf ot organized, labor, and Col. 1 . , T 0. in.hif r nni, 'anif.a and farmers, whll Mr B. i meuiiauiva uiu laiuicia, nunc nxi. jj. Smltn wlll aadress the delegates ....... . . ... in hphair or rnfi upfirpia K'eneranon T . , - A. D. Thurston, "The Daddy of the Telegraph," who is one of the jlele- I gates, will deliver a short address and will be followed by Rev. E. Dean El- - lenwood, pastor of the local Univer- V5 I salist Church, Senator E. W. Born, M. J Norcross, L. WV Quick, of ; SL, Louis, l . . . . and other prominent speakers Texas Bankers Meeting. Houston, Tex., May 10. Prominent bankers "and financiers from all parts of the state are arriving ln Houston for the annual meeting of . the Texas Bankers Association, the sessions in FEW CONVENT which -will begin tomorrow. One of the principal features of the program will be an address by George M. Rey nolds, of Chicago, president of the American Bankers' Association. N.' C., WEDNESDAY, MAY POLITICS AND POLITICIANS. J. C. W. Beckham, former governor of . Kentucky, has become editor of a newspaper in Frankfort. On the national woman suffrage pe tition the name of Governor Warner, of Michigan, heads, the list from that state. The old report that United States Senator Aldrich, of Rhode Island, Is to retire at the expiration of his term, March 3, 1911, has been revived. Governor Hoke Smith, of Georgia, will resume the practice of law when he retires from office as chief execu tive of the state next month. Secretary Nagel, at the request of President Taft, will represent the ad ministration at the Virginia State Re- 2p8ublica convcntio be heId July Ex-Gov. James K. Vardaman, of Mississippi, announces , that he will again be a candidate for United States senator in the primaries which will be held in his state In 1911. Don C. McMulIan, . of Tampa, who fathered the prohibition bill in the Florida senate, is now talked of as I-Ha nrrkhn hi a si-nrHr!st fri o-Avrnnr Lf that tat th nrrhiwti ni President Taft in order to remain at home and continue to take a leading nart. in th directifvn nf ' thm' Ttorm'hH. can party affairs in his state. Governor John A. Johnson, of Min aeS0' is efpected nter the sena- torial .race to contest for the seat now I occupied by Senator Clapp. The term! of Mr. Clapp expires March 3, 1911,1 and his successor will be elected by I the legislature sitting in 1910. I Because John Kelly in early life I was a member of the House of Repre-j sentatives for New York city certain! friends of Charles F. Murphy, Tarn-1 many's chieftain, have remarked that I it would be a good thiiyg to elect Mr. I Murphy to Congress a year from next fall. ' " I William F. Sylla has just commenc- i 3d his thirty-fifth consecutive year as 1 city clerk of Elgin, 111... His success! in politics is attributed to his pecu- J iiar methods of campaigning. He is I said to know more people than any-1 liuiu w. acoui j v. l o i"i;a iitau' l Livaiij n u upyusitiui. While it now looks as though Unit- t: .... 1 1 .. 1 j. 3 I ad States Senator. Isador Rayner, of Maryland, will have no competition in I the Democratic primaries for renomi- nation, the honor will be costly. To comply with the new primary senator I rial election law, he must bear the en- tire expense of holding the primaries, j which it is estimated will amount to about $17,000, UNCLE JOE" CELEBRATES SEVENTY-THIRD BIRTHDAY Famous North Carolinian Greeted by Many Friends His Career. Washington, D. C, May 7. Speaker annon was seventy-three years old i u. . i...i; U u unaa-aA t-nm I li win uicuMJCi s ut i.uc xxwuiac twv& va hi txe o i mcniuci a ui wuc ocuaic, b.ii I Democrats as well as Republicans. Prom friends in other cities he re ceived felicitous messages, and partic ularly numerous and hearty were the ariioaTino'c noma -- ffTT TQ nvillo feiHUfeO m". " ' ui- wnicn is jvir. cannon s nome city, M rnr nrna V.nra in' Cln i 1 fnrel itxx. vaiiiiuii rvao uvtu i vjuiiiutu oonntv Nnrt.h Pamlina Mav 7. 15?S8. l '! . j . it i fill r- n t iv i tr r uiuv r-.i i vr 1. 1 inn i d I parents to Indiana. : He began life as clerk in a grocery store. - He studied law in Cincinnati and was admitted to the bar in 1858. He-settled at Tusco- la, 111., soon after and was elected state.a ntt0rnev there in 1861. In , ; 1875 he moved to Danville and was elected to the -Firty-third Congress. Since 1903 he has been Speaker of the House. If he lives through the present Con- press Mr. Cannon will break the rec- ord in length of service as presiding officer, with the exception of Henry Clay, who served nine and a nan years in the chair, to Mr. Cannon's eight v years. Andrew Stevenson, of Virginia, and Thomas , B. Reed. of 1 - .1 Maine, served seven years each as j I Sneaker, whieh is one year more than 01 ' j Mr. Cannon has served, although he wil1 surpass them by one year if he outlives the Sixty-first Congress. Mr. uannon nas aireaay oroxen me - . . .-. . . .. record lor : length or service on tne floor. He Is now serving his elgn - l. .. . - . . of ... - . . . 111 ll.t" III rTM" 1 1 fl.H.1. 1 V Cm iVI 1 . I r - I e 1 . r. 1 1 lf he "outlives the Sixty-first Congress 1- . he will have served continually from March, 1873, to March 1311, a period of thirty-eight years, with the excep I tipn rof two years, f' when f he was de- I feated for the: Fifty -second Congress I ' Pending the adoption of a tariff bill of J by Congress, business in this country is always at a standstill. The indica tions, however,- are that Congress will finally adopt a tariff bill not later than the 10th day of June, and then J business will immediately inxprove, No soothingstrains of Maia's son Shall lull itshundred eyes to sleep." 12, 1909. JUDGE CONNOR IS NAMED TO-DAY Name Sent to the Sen ate By President Taft. EPIfl Be Will Be Federal Judge Fir Easi- era North Carolina It the Senate loulirms Se lection. Wflohinetnn TV f? Mav 1(1 Prst Mnt Tft tnrt ' Hflnt tn tntk a.,., J k. TQIY1Q nf nn Honr f, rw,- , be Federal Judge for the Eastern Dis-1 crict of North Carolina to succeed the iate Judge Thos. R. Purnell, deceased. This clears the slate of Federal i judgeship vacancies, some of which have been - pending for one and two years. POWER COMPANY TO BE SOLD. Rocklngliam Power Compaily Wm Be , I " s -? " Richmond, Va., May 8. Judge Jeter j C. Pritchard, sitting today in the Unit-1 ed States Circuit Court of Appeals I tor the eastern district of North Caro- Una, entered a deeree in the case of J the S3. Morgan Smith Company, com-j plainant, vs. Rockingham Power Com-I pany and Knickerbocker Trust Com- j pany, defendants, ordering the sale of I the properties of the Rockingham J Power Company, said sale to take JUDO LL place on the ,14th day of July, atlfered by Davis operations here have Wadesboro, N. C. I This sale is for the purpose of I winding up of the affairs of the Rock-I ingham Power Company. , William' H. j Brown and W. A. Leland, the receive fjc&iij, : ncc apnfiuicu wuiuiiooxyuno i iu umtte mtj aie. - n i sam iuu bby- eral million dollars are involved. j i il . 1 Ti 1 A It. A. . I Judge Pritchard also entered a de- cree authorizing the receivers to Jor- J row a sum not exceeding ten thousaad dollars to pay the- obligations matur ing in the necessary work of protect- ing the property during the time "that may elapse before the sale of the J property. The decree also authorizes the receivrs to issu certificates rep resenting the indbtedness, said cer tificates taking precedence as a lien on the property of the Rockingham Power Company in preference and in priority to any other Indebtedness, obligation or lien now existing against said property. PORTO BICO PENNILESS. President : Taft Today Sends Special i Message to Congress. Waahinrtrm V C. Ma v 10. Presi - dent Taft sent a special message to! Congress today concerning Porto Rico. J As the legislative assembly of Porto I Rirn arlirtiimpd without nassine aD- I ' " i pi upuauuu um auu, mci , I fllTlO SO th( f fhfPriimPIlt will haVB TIO v.v vuv r-t available money to run PortO RiCO nMnt ji.iavx . The situation is a grave one for the I island It is said the house -of delegates held up the appropriation bill, in or- Ider to force concessions from the ex ecutive council. Representatives of both branches ol I the island government have been in Washington for some time. The President in his special mes- sage recommends to Congress to pass a law making available in such emer- gencies as have arisen funds from cur- rent revenue. SPECIAL SERVICES AT ST. JOHN CHURCH SUN DA - . Col. A. C. Davis Delivered Address in the Morning Epworth League . J ' ' Exercises. ; t"v'.J ; '! In the absence of the pastor. Rev. J n. iriaeue, uu s "m -" I m Carolina u oniereuce uui msi. , - centenary unurcn . ot new xxuu,;yM.i..fu0tn, it is said, wm propaoiy De I I.' i.ll 1 .. J J .,. 4 al .. . . - r, A I . ) I.. mm V.l : w . ... uu. 7. . morning. It was one of the best ad I dresses ever maae : oy , oioui, wno receivea -many uoun)uiuuu - day. lfle eveumis.eivKe w .u. OI IBB ! apwui iu i6ttft ; x the .different departments of this so- ...i-' .1 .1 w 11 TJ..l, ciety were reau uj : m.s Ida Starling, May and Hattie Midget Miss Annie jonnson, me young aaugu- ter ofsMr.iRichard Johnson, recited, a selection and won renewed honors., Advertise liCthAROUa, ARRESTED FOB EMBEZZLING $400,000 IN WASHINGTON Former Resident of Wilmington Charged With Wholesale Frauds. John C. Davis, who was prominently connected with the Fifth Street M. E. Church in " Wilmington in 1890, and who afterwards served a sentence in the Raleigh asylum as a result of em bezzling about $75,000 of the church's money, was arrested in Washington, D. C, Saturday, charged with receiv ing $400,000 by fraudulent means.. Sunday Wilmington Star gives the following account of the arrest of Davis: The arrest of John C. Davis in Washington yesterday was received with much interest here by those who followed current events about the year 1890 in this city. He was a mem ber of the bar here before that time and was known as a man of greal benefactions until "suddenly it devel oped one day that all his operations had been carried on with other peo- Pie's money in much the same wav as xe seems to have operated, in Wash widows ana administrators of states being his chief victims. He argely built Fifth Street M. E. Church j.nd installed there a costly set of j.himes, which were later taken out, .he congregation, however, assuming :he other church debt and having struggled until only a few years ago r under its burden. He was arrested nd tHed ln Superior Court on the charge of fraud, and it is estimated that the money Involved was some thing like $25,000 or $3Q,Q00, The de fense in court was insanity and this was sustained, Davis being committed to an asylum ln Raleigh, where he remained from May 24, 1892, to No vember 30, 1897, a period of five years during which he escaped twice, but was later discharged as cured, when he took up his residence in Washing- ton. He was thirty-two years of age tat that time. Recently those who suf been receiving checks for various amounts from time to time, accompa nied by, personal letters in which he stated that he was doing well in Washington and hoped to pay every wiuc waa livJV. uiiucu c&l Ulllll Lll uue ui m arresi reacnea nere yester- Iday. The outcome of hia case in . M t . i . . , Washington will be waited with in terest by msiny people in Wilmington. GOVERNOR. HASKELL IS AGAIN IN THE LIMELIGHT Federal Grand Jury to Investigate Muskogee Land Frauds PromJ. uent Oklahomlana Involved. Tulsa, Okla., May 10. In compli- ance the or(iers issued by the Attorney-General of the United States a new Federal grand jury met here j today to re-investigate the Muskogee town lot fraud cases in which the names of Governor Charles N. Has kell and a number of other prominent Oklahomians were recently involved Governor Haskell and six others were indicted at Muskogee last Jan 1 ' & J I Fo i Vik TParlorol OYkvnrnmctnf on1 trio .. . with the scheduling of Muskogee town lots in 1902T" The indictments I .., .,V loo .,fl, Kr , . ,. . TT, , . -r I t"5y were iciui ucu uy a giauu jury , composed of twenty-three men v v. - ' . , x . . ArKansas law, wuicu was ueiu to ue in force in. old Indian Territory by Fed eral enactment at .the time the al leged frauds were committed. . All of the seven indicted men are - Severs ' Walter R. Eaton. I ' ... ' , William T. Hutchins, A. Z. English, Jesse Hill and - Clarence W. Turner. Mrs. Boyle Convicted. Mercer, Pa., May 8 Mrs. James H; Boyle, formerly Helen Anna Mc- Dermott 01, unicago, was con victea today on a charge 01 aiaing, assisting it I and abetting in the abduction of Wil- ii8,v4uuauiouaruu,rtt... . A motion for a new trial will be made next Monday, by her counsel, but K.iB saiartnat juage wuiiams win . . . mm T TtTt 1 overrule the motion and , immediately pass sentence upon, tne woman ana ai i so ner nusDana, wno was convrcieu .... . ...... . i or Kidnapping yesteraay. ' - n I . . " .. .. ' c. , - ml a ..9.1,1a . I 1 a I J 1 1 1 1 1 e I T . C2. 1 - Boyle is liable to life imprisonment i an(jT ne maximum sentence in tne case or tne woman is twenty-nve years. , vo-.6, , T f hwu , JUllUJi. Young ladies selling : tickets for - I " J . opening game. on May . u, t iv ua, win be allowed to sell these tickets until after the . game on that date. ; ; I . GOLDSBORO ATHLETIC ASS'N l ... . . ... , . Edwin Lee. Treasurer I AMItioaal local news on third page.) $1.00 a Year. KC. 47 LONGFELLOW STATUE EILED TO-DAY First Man of Letters To Be Honored With Memori al In Capital. WIINESSEDJBYLflRGE CRDIVD Ciogress Appropriated $4,601 Fir Pedestal $25,000 Ealsti by Popular Subscriptiei from Every Stale Washington, P. C., May 7. W3th interesting ceremonies the statue of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, th poet, the first of American men of let ters to be honored with a memorial in the national capital, was unveiled todiy. The President of the Unitec States and members of the Cabinet, diplomatic corps, justices of the Su preme Court of the United States, lit erary men of fame and many other persons of prominence, were present. Chief Justice Fuller presided over the exercises and the speakers in cluded President Taft, Hamilton W. -Mabie, Gen. A. V. Greely, U. S. A., and Brainard H. Warner. Music was fur nished by the Marine Band. Thous ands of spectators, among them the children of the public schools of Washington, assembled to witness the exercises, The statue, the work of William v'ouper, was admired by every one who saw it. It is of Bonacord marble from Scotland and represents the poet seated, in an attitude of reverie. In planning the statue, Mr. Couper's sole idea was to have everything else sub ordinated to the head. The lines of the flowing gown of a college profes sor, with which the poet-is dressed, are so draped that no matter where the sight strikes the figure, the glance s diverted upward to the face. The memorial was erected by the Longfellow National Memorial Asso ciation, which was organized seven years ago with Chief Justice Fuller aa president. Former President Grover 'leveland and President Roosevelt were elected honorary members of the oard of regents. Others of the so k'ty included the leading literary :cn and women now living, as well is college presidents, clergymen and Uaesmen, Congress presented the association with the site for the statue and con tributed $4,000 for the pedestal. The remainder, $25,000, required for the monument itself was raised by popu lar subscription. The statue is lo cated in the most fashionable residen tial section of the etiy, at the Inter section of" Connecticut avenue .and M. street, northwest. It is surrounded by many splendid mansions, and is on the line of one of the most popular driveways of the capital. SOUTHERN BAPTISTS MEET. Opening Session of Convention Today in Louisville. Louisville, Ky., May 8.- Coincident with the silver jubilee of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, of Louisville, May 11, a convention of all the Baptists of the South will begin here, the session to cover a period of one week. The occasion of the con vention will be made the medium for a sort of stock taking of the faith in the states of the Union below the Ohio and Potomac and Dr. E. Y. Mul- lins, president of the seminary and e- oflicio head of theorganization, which is known as the Southern Baptist Con vention, estimates that five- thousand delegates will be in Louisville during tLe eventful week. , The Southern Baptist Convention la in no sense a legislative hndv ai. 1 bama. Arkansas. Florida finrf Kentucky, Louisiana. Maryland. North Carolina, South Carolina. Tennessee ' Texas Virginia and a nortlon of th Baptistry of the District of Columbia - wU1 be represented with a total mom. bershin in 1908 nf 2 minsn in nrhit. .-'. ' '"""' " Texas, Georgia and Kentucky hold the first three nlace in t ft J ' " ' " - i .i.V VX oers. n. I 'I'hn . ... 1 mo wmcuuuu was nr?nni9iAn ftr Augusta Ga. in 1845 and this in i fifth time it has met In Louisville. Fourteen Southern states will hava , representatives from th nrnminon. unv L citizen BaDtists. an mw M.rth. ones will oonH 0ob-o i the Uirmi nf ipamin nat. , I w-w " wwhu m u vuu. A a OiM.lM. LIIUBd till1 : " " f"6CDO I.UO t:reed named for Joh d . ita iast meeting. Bmti tba The Kind Yqg Have Mways Bought
Goldsboro Weekly Argus (Goldsboro, N.C.)
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May 12, 1909, edition 1
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