LOSES POWER
to Members of
hppeal
House to Uphold Dig
nity of that Body
OURKECOCHRAN
B
i((nj vcrvh in the House
( .,,1-patioii of the Lcg
Autl.niiiy by Executive
in
Decline m tJie mg-
.JrI I JM r"
Or
j. ,1,,. jo!:m- anu uii;
jii.v "
, rt Their Rights Sev-
,(iuiilif 1
,orU.r Defend, the Presi-
rr.i
Mil'!
His Course.
A J
; I'. The recent ex
President relating
,:is.ihility today'-fur-
in impassioned ap
i "uekran, of New
;;,.- s of the House
,;ty of that body by
:o what he alleged
i.r; of. the legislative
. s by executive or-
of Mr. Cockran's
: v se;it on the floor
h galleries were fill
Kruin the moment
r:" speak until .he
held his audience
Kive evidence of
iirst speech since
Mr
.;. president's order is
; .. House, "what frag-
: ; k ft to the House?"
:; ;he pen." he declar-
... ; : :.t ha d a ppr'opriated $30,-:,-
u:i it was a matter with
- -.- lii'.i.-r deal if it has any
'.- -a::: powers, or if it be
;d.iv of loyalty for the
... .'. .: -. :.!) created it. He. vig
- . . :'icd that "ive are here at
if the ways,'' and inquired
... ix.t be tolerated withoutpro-.
iuuse, what power is there
t-e tjieeutive order cannot usurp?
ta .r:ej"mt-n t nf i--nntrnl nvop tho
; i art'V" continuing, he said
- !: '.'!,(.' uf interpretation of
'hut a hollow mockery and
- v,'.: is.'- ;;nd he added "It is
n:-i!i .who wrote it, as
. i !:.. 4.rd..-'r . itself."
"i !::;!; t:,e stte'dy decline in
tr.t- House had attracted
:"-:.';!. la sarcastic vein he de--il
1 1' reside lit allowed Con
; ;;'.;!;.-. of declaring war,
' - i-'u.lly applauded h'y the
- a:-.u iu aided:
I''.-ieai makes war when
" ''diti.ei Was hopeless, he
: .ienuK-ratic applause,
' ''esrue o'arsel ves -fTvi
; -,; a. id deereptitude into
'' v :n to be hurrying, then
; ;"tv '" 'he eondition to be la
y -:rr ' in.iM to be discussed."
-':'s. he deehired, had so lost
...
It-:
.'i.LV
'. hf-iv u as not a paper
"-.irton that gave more
paragraphs about its
.-SjUe.-Ur.e come upon us?
'h. -reptitude overtaken
A. !
of Democratic ap
ed 'that when the House
iiats "the greater
1:i'y of liberty and the
!' ha.manity."
flou?e had been
' i:i not asserting its
: voeiiYrous applause
' "' ' he chamber when
' tr.ianding Speaker
" :-J-it public opinion
' o r-.s uo of Congress,
't';;;!,,'d "f the United
vv- are its agents, - its
i:s veiee to a high
he House is the
:; ' :titutional temple.
:" whom it is en
: ' ' pointing his -!":
'yeu 'sir. are the
; "' .for the method
:v-;'d be discharg-
: i'reident's or-
-a of power, "not
by interpreta
'it'a ted- to the "pu
Congress to do its
' : '''-ss had control
't i would e.xercise
c''d.. every privil-
i:.
would eon-,e back. degree. Ca
: i-e mahanabie j -inspiration
-g.nato revenue I orHfr trt ti
n.oers
1 .v
to assert
ir.e rulos of the
if'-the me.mber?
";ve ought to be
"ve of the svs-
; duoln-- bills and !
"""'-ppinsr them!
" aid. "you were
'-oubtful propri- j
surreptitiously." j
t-"ie rules of the '
.;'?n-?d members i
ior.s having no '
un..;er considera
v'hole proceed-
ra bouffe." '
iVeei.ient's order,
" ' that the Secre-
;;fled the action
P
--iuent Cleve-
pacing up and
f that be bo .
t .
of
'i.v;
: Uii to. idem n that
'ai.d
as
HO
WI
the Highest of .-compliments that can
be paid to a maa by any Congress in
our political history."
Continuing he said:
"You tell us Mr. Cleveland did it
and therefore it must be regular. If this
act was committed by Mr. Cleveland "
he said, "the confidence which he en
joys adds to its danger and does not
lessen it." He closed amid a storm of
applause by appealing to both sides of
the House to unite on a declaration
of rights "beyond which the aggression
of the Senate or of the executive-shall
not go."
The President and Secretary cf the
Interior found warm supporters in
Messrs. 1ailzell, 'Grosvenor, Gibson,
Calderhead. Lacy, and Hepburn. The
former maintained that it made no dif
ference how many millions of dollars
were involved in the President's order
because the Secretary of Interior dis
tributed the money voted by Congress
pursuant to the rules of evidence es
ta'lished by pension bureau. Mr. Gros
venor believed that the countrv and
the old soldiers would approve of the!
order and that the money necessary
for putting it into effect would be in
cluded in the forthcoming deficiency
bill and would be supported by a ma
jority of the House. .
The debate was upon a resolution in
troduced by Mr. Cockran directing
the committee on the judiciary to in
vestigate the recent pension order. It
had been reported 'from the committee
on rules with a recommendation that it
lie on the table, and this was adopted
by the narrow majority of three viotes,
the speaker having his vote recorded in
the affirmative.
Three Republicans, Messrs. Cushman,
of Washington; Littlefield. of Maine
and McCall. of Massachusetts, voted'
with the Democrats against tabling the
resolution.
The House adjourned until tomorrow,
when eulogies will be delivered on
Representativs Burke and Foerderer, of
Pennsylvania. ,
EX-QUEEN ISABELLA DEAD-
Was Grand mother of King Alfonso
Her. Daughters Were With Her
When the End Came.
Paris, April 9. Ex-Queen Isabella
of Spain, grandmother of King AJfonco,
died here at 9:45 o'clock this morning of
influenza with complications. The Am
erican embassy, which is opposite the
palace Castille. on the avenue Kleber,
the late queen's residence, was early
informed of the queen's death and Am
bassador Porter wa,s among the first
to call and sign the palace register.
The Infantas IsabeJla Eulaie and
Marie, daughters of the late queen, were
at the bedside when she died. The
queen had been afflicted with the
grippe for two months, which grad
ually affected her lungs. Last night she
became unscious, and the death
agony began at 7 o'clock this morning.
The three infantas and Prince Ferdi
nand; of Bavaria, husband of the In
fanta Maris, were summoned to the
bedside, but the dying queien did not
recognize them.
Prince Ferdinand immediately tele
graphed the news to the King of Spain,
to Foreign -Minister DelCasse and to all
the European severeigns.
It is understood that King Alfonso
will not. come to France for the funer
al, as he did not come for the funeral
of his grandfather, King Francis, who
died in April 1902.
The deceased queen had been one
of the conspicuous figures of Paris since
she left Spain. After her abdication, in
1870. she continued to live with queenly
magnificance here, giving largely to
charitable and religious works.
AH ATTACK OH THE BIBLE
AN
AGITATION FOR REVISED
CHRISTIANITY.
Canon Henson Questions the Future
of the Bible Sir Oliver Lodge Sug
.ests Reinterpretation o the Chris
tian Doctrine-
London. April 9. Canon Henson,
one of the chief dignitaries of West
minster Abbey and a select preacher
of both Oxford and Cambridge uni
versities, has raised a storm of criti
cism by an article in the Contem
porary Review, in which he entered
into the question of the future of the
Bible. In this article. Canon Henson
impugns the inspiration of the Old
Testament, referring to its "incredi
ble, puerile and demoralizing narra
tives." which are regarded as being
a "pack of lies, too gross for tolera
tion." Letters, interviews and resolutions
by church and lay bodies, denouncing
Canon Henson followed the onslaught.
Sir Oliver Lodgie, the di'inguished
scientist, added fuel to the fire by an
article "Suggestions Toward the Re
interpretation of the Christian Doc
trines." This agitation for revised
Christianity, led by such well known
men, whose religious principles, even
their critics do not dispute, threatens
to stir the church to an unprecedented
anon Henson declares tnat
is now not allowed to
certify to the truth of any statement
in the Bible, "which cannot be sub
stantiated at the bar of reason and
evidence."
In the New Testament he finds little
to offend reason or conscience, "but
"whether 'much- or little, it will have
to go the way of the Old Testament
prodigies." He recommends supple
menting the reading of the Bible ia
church with 'Christian compositions
which have secured the approval of
igeneral airceiptance." declaring that
"indiscriminate reading of the Bible
in public is an extremely perilous pro
ceeding." and adding- that "the rigidi
ty which restricts the modern English
church to canonical scriptures is as
intrinsically indefensible as it is prac
tically mischievous"
Despite its misuse, however, Canon
Henson holds that the Bible will con
t v.r- n time to be the "best man-
il of fundamental moramj
' o-r.n He,-, . . , I.? .-.io,iinst1ca.l cor-
' '-vun i'resi- oest eorrecuc w v. .
'usti't- o1tv,o kic .Heine "the most er-
h vi?(;:,Q,lhat Mr. Cleve- fectual check on the materialistic ten
' u- iy declared, "is flPnri of mlem life."
MINGTOST K C.
MAKES REPLY
Mr, Spooner Answers
Democratic Strictures
on His Party
DEFENDS MANY
He Approved of the Course of the
Postmaster-General in Connection
With the Irregularities in His De
partment He Declared That the
President Was Firm in His Deter-
Xmination to. Enforce the Law, and
Said the Recent Old Age Pension
Order Was No Violation of Law.
Washington, April 9. In the Sen
ate to-day Mr. Spooner took occasion
to reply to the Democratic strictures
upon the conduct of the postoffice de
partment, and before he concluded
that, traversed quite an extensive po
litical field, He defended the course
of the postmaster-general in connec
tion with the irregularities of his de
partment, and charged that the effort
on the part of Democratic Senators
to secure a Congressional inquiry was
in the interest of party politics. He
adso defended the President against
the - charge of violating the law,
which, he said, had been made by the
Democrats, declaring that in nothing
waB the President so much distin
guished as in his determination tc
enforce the law.
Air. Spooner expressed surprise that
Mr. Simmons, for instanpe, should
have said that the postoffice depart
ment (inquiry (was "reluctantly be-i
gun." He read from the President's
report on the investigation to show
that there had been no hesitancy on
the part of the officials of the post
office department to, undertake the in
vestigation, and declared that there
had been nothing in the record of the
department t'o impeach the fidelity
of the postmaster-gerueral. Mr.
Spooner said that every word spoken
against Mr. Payne' rn a1?efete
in the House stung the postmaster
gene raft like a lash..
The Wisconsin Senator condemned
what he caled a slander against Mr.
Payne in relation to sending to Con
gress oharg-es against members of
Congress, in connection with, the use
of their influence in postoffice affairs.
Reviewing, briefly the fact in regard
to the request from the House for in
formation in regard to members of
Congress, Mr. Spooner declared that
it had shown that the entire blame
rested with the chairman of the House
committee. Speaking of the charge
of corruption, Mr. Spooner advanced
the idea that there was much less
of it now than in former years. He
did not believe, yfor instance, that
a credit mobilier scandal would be
possible in the Congress of to-day.
Mr. Spooner said it would have been
impossible for the Senate to make
as complete an investigation as Mr.
Bristorw had made under the Presi
dent's direction, "and I think," he
said, "that whatever our friends on
the other side of the chamber may
find to say of the President, the great
mass of the people will agree with me
that from the beginning he has shown
that he will not tolerate wrong doing
in any official, high or low."
' He charged the Democrats in both
houses of Congress with having
adopted as a party slogan the declara
tion that "Roosevelt must be beaten."
'Why? Because they say he is a
law unto himself, a czar, unsafe un
sound, a law maker, a law breaker
and the likewhile the candidate on
the other side is safe and sound, calm
and judicial. Do you have to have
some one to testify that he is a Dem
ocrat? He hns it now from Mr.
Cleveland, whose Democracy itself is
questioned."
What evidence, Mr. Spooner asked,
had Mr. Gorman that the President
is a czar. He would hate to belaeve
that Mr. Gorman meant to charge
that the- Republican Senators had ab
dicated their functions as Senators,
but he had shown that disposition
by charging t)hat they are hlindty
obeying some outside behest to ad
journ Congress at an early date. As
for himself he would admit that he
diesired Jjto adfjoturn. He wanted to
get away,- not only because he believed,
the business of the session had been
practically completed, but because
he thought that Democratic members
ought to be al'owed to get away nd
consult with the people with the
end in view of having "the two wings
of the Democratic party flap together,
f?o that they can select as a candidate
some safe. calm. "silent, judicious man,
who can be held up in North-' Carolina
as a trust-.buster, and in Wall street
as a man entirely devoted to the busi
ness interests."
Referring" to the pension order, he
said. "So far from violating law he
had ameliorated a violation of the law
In 1893, when there was a Democratic
President."
He wanted to know how it had
happened that no fault had been
found with the original order. He
would not admit, in response to a
question from Mr. Overman, that the
pending campaign had influenced the
old nre order.
"The SfmMor ays they will give
us a hard fight" said Mr. Spooner,
referring to Mr. Simmons' speech,
"perhajpe they will, but I believe the
people will elect Mr. Roofaevelt. be
cause 'they know him and know that
SUNDAY APRIL 10 1904.
there is
luit or iow, rich
L k ' Who be excluded from
Uie benefits of the law or to be tram?
pled upon by it,"
r- Lodge made a statement in con
Snhw ith the Pstofflce bill on. the
subject of cancelling machines. No
progress was made on the bill.
ine conference report on the Indian
appropriation bill was partially read,
out further consideration was post
poned on the suggestion that the con
ferees had inserted provisions that
house1 b6en passed on y either
Mr. Patterson made a brief addition
to his etpeech of yesterday on the
Chinese question. Final considera
tion was given to the bill for the aid
X Portland (Oregon) exposition
ana the Pnilippine coastwise ship
ping by accepting the House amend
ments. The Senate adjourned until
to-morrow.
MISSED AH OPPORTUNITY
JAPANESE LANDING ON LHO
TUNG GULF NOT FEARED.
The Russians Are Now Too Strong
Japs May Try a Flanking Move
ment Position at New Chwang
Has Been Reinforced.
St. Petersburg, April 9. 5:25 P. M.
The best informed military circles
no longer anticipate a Japanese land
ing at the head of the Liao-Tung gulf.
They believe the Japanese have missed
their opportunity, the Russians being
now too strong.
A Russian officer who accompanied
the Japanese armies during the war
with China said:
"I witnessed the Japanese landing
at Wei-Hai-Wei. It was excellently
performed, but there was no enemy
to offer resistence, the Chinese having
fled. Yet it required four days to dis
embark 21,000 men. If the Japanese
attempt to land anywhere within
striking distance of New Chwang, we
can easily concentrate a force to op
pose them faster than they can dis
embark." The opinion now is that the Japa
nese will tiry a flanking movement
from Taku-Shan, west of Autung, at
the head of the Gulf of Korea, in con
nection with their advance on the
Yalu river, but the authorities here
make no display of nervousness, man
ifesting the utmost confidence in the
plan of campaign marked out by Gen
eral Kuropatkin.
New Chwang, Manchuria, April 7.
via Che Foo, China, April 9. Gen
eral Kuropatkin's visit t)o New
Chwang has' inspired boundless con
fidence. The commander-in-chief or
dered 10,000 reserves to reinforce this
position, in view of the expected Japa
v" ' k, s vrixi Irvan n-dditional farce
of'S.dO'O'-nterfeaSy' to concert-
trate upon this place at short notice,
if necessary.
It is estimated now that there are
400,000 Russian troops in Manchuria.
General Wogack has taken over the
command at New Chwang from Gen
eral Kondratsvitch.
The preparations for the defence
of the town are complete.
Paris, April 9. A dispatch to The
Temps from St. Petersburg says some
of the enemy's ships appeared before
Port Arthur last night, but retired
when discovered by the. electric
searchlights.
YOUNG MAN COMMITS SUICIDE.
Shot Himself Through the Head Had
Been Married Only Three Days and
Was on Wedding Trip.
(Special to The Messenger.)
Greensboro, N. C, April 9. J. Stan
ley Parker, billing clerk for the yard
master of the Southern rajilway at
Danville, Va., committed suicide here
at Clegg's hotel at seven o'clock this
evening by shooting a ball through
his head. He lived an hour, wis re
mains will be taken to Danville at
midnight for interment.
T-Ti mrnp here vesterdav from Dan
ville with his bride, stopping at the
Allen House. He was mariea at -ei-ham,
N. C, Wednesday to a lady from
Roanoke. On the desk near wnere
vo hnt Viimsplf were found letters he
had just finished writing, one to his
wife, in which he stated that he was
in so much trouble he did not care
to live any longer. His wife was
summoned from the Allen House, and
fninto,! xL-Vir-n hrf entered the notei
office and was taken to the ladies de
partment, and put to bed. She was
able to be at his bedside at the Allen
House when Parker died.
-rit Mall ordered his right temple.
coming out at the left. He was to
tally unconscious, gasping ror Drui
for an hour. He announced yeslcl-
dav. -upon his arrival at ureeiKsuu.u,
tht he was going to Atlanta on a
bridal trip. He was twenty-eight
vears old, and said to be well con
nected In DanviHe. Parker was oo
crved at the hotel desk, busy writ
ing for an hour, and some one in the
offee who knew him had greeted him
five minuter, before the shot rang out.
. . BASE BALL YESTERDAY.
V & M. Wins a Game Georgetown
looses to Pennsylvania Virginia
Defeats Cornell.
'' (SP-ial to The. Messenger.
Raleigh. N. C April 9. In a game
of base ball, played here to-day be
tween the A. and M. College team-and
the University team, the former won
bv he score of 9 to 2. -The defeat
of the University was due to man
errors and to the poor playing of the
shortstop.
At Charlottesville Virginia 7, Cor-
rVeAt6Co'-umbia South Carolina Uni
versity 3. Columbia (South Atlantic)
S. - . - Vir-
At Biacksburg bt. aiuu
' Techs Institute 5. ,
At Annapolis Suracuse 11. Navy
FEAST OF JOY
Russian People Cele
brated Resurrection
. of the Saviour
EASTER SERVICE
During This Celebration the Spirit of
Genuine Democracy Prevails Un
rivalled Scenes of Beauty and Mag
nificance Take Place The Celebra
tion .at the Palace One of Stately-
Beauty Scenes of Rejoicing Over
All tho City--The Red Letter Night
of the Russian Calendar.
St. Petersburg, April 9. The Russian
church and the Russian people at mid
night celebrated the resurrection of the
Saviour. For dramatic effect this Rus
sian Easter service is unrivalled. For
this one night the spirit of genuine
democracy reigns in autocratic Russia.
Upon the acclaiming of the arising of
Christ, the great white "Czar salutes
with a kiss the sentry posted at the
palace door, and the highest dignitary
and the lowest Mujik exchange the
joyful tidings with equal freedom.
In honor of the great 'religious fes
tival. Russia's capital was adorned and
illuminated. From every buildinir huno-
the national colors and in every win
dow ournea a candle, a privilege per
mitted only on this red letter night of
the Russian calendar. The scene at the
palace was one of stately magnificence.
The ceremony was carried out in ac
cordance with the strickest formalism.
The rank and beauty of the empire
were assembled. The gorgeous blaze
of multi-colored uniforms, the pictur
esque national dresses and the court
ladies and the glitter of stars and dec
orations, made a brilliant picture
At the door of the chapel two gi
gantic grenadiers, attired in superb
uniforms, acted as sentinels.. The doors
leading to the imperial apartments were
guarded by the Emperor's manelukes
and Arab footmen.
At half past eleven o'clock a gun
boomed from the fortress of St. Peter
and J,t. Paul on the opposite side of the
Neva. Within the church, the solemn
service was proceeding in the presence
of only the officiating clergy and the
Court Chaplain Yangsheff. Behind the
Ikonastas, which concealed the Holy
Sepulchre from all eyes, the mystery
took place. When the court Chaplain
in gorgeous vestments, approached the
golden gates; the doors flew open and
the winding sheet was lifted. The tomb
was empty. Turning as Christ's disi
ples did, the clergy, with the banners
of the church aloft, passed to the door
seeking the vanished Saviour. As they
reached the entrance, the Emperor's
Arabs threw wide the portals, reveal
ing the imperial procession. Simulta
neously the imperial choir of men and
boys, which is unequalled even by the
Sistine choir of Rome began to chant
softly. Slowly and majestically the pro
cession moved into the chapel, the
clergy retreating to the high altar as it
advanced.
The Emperor escorted his mother,
who was arrayed in spotless white. The
young Empress , also attired in white,
leaned on the arm of the heir appa
rent. Before the splendid altar the im
perial procession halted and the Court
ChaplainYangsheff. in resonant tones,
announced in the old Slavic tongue of
the Russian church "Christ is risen,"
"Christ is risen indeed,'.' replied the
Emperor in echo. As these words were
pronounced the choir burst forth into
a triumphant paean. Outside a signal
shot up into the sky, the cannon at
the fortress roared, with one voice all
the brass-throated bells of the city
rang out a wild peal.
Then followed scenes of rejoicing,
men and women, irrespective of class,
embraced and kissed each other before
returning home to the Easter feast.
Similar rejoicing occurred at the pal
ace. After pascal hymns and mass had
been ung the Emperor embraced, first
the Empress, then his mother and then
the other members of the imperial fam
ily, kissing each three times and ex
changing the salutation "Christ is Ris
en." "He is Risen Indeed."
The conclusion of the service was
marked by -the firing of one hundred
and twenty-five guns from the fortress.
As the Czar left the chapel, he stopped
to greet the sentinels at the door, kiss
ing each on the cheek.
A SUSPICIOUS DEATH.
Joe Kelly Thought to Have Been Vic
tim of Knockout Drops.
Joe Kelly, a white man about twen-tv-four
years of age, died at his home
a't No. 910 North Fourth street last
night, and every circumstance point
to his being a victim of knockout
drops. I
Kelly was arrested last night on
Campbell treet, between Fourth and
Fifth, upon the charge of being drunk
and dow-n. This was about 9
o'clock, and he was carried to the
police station, where he remained un
tH about 12:30. when he was carried
to his home. Hf was unconscious all
the time that he was at the city hall.
Dr. Harllee Bellamy was summoned
last night to attend Kelly, and he
died soon after he reached the resi
dence. Dr. Bell, the coroner, waa
summoned and was at the house In
vestigating the case early this morn-
Kellv had been around the city last
night "drinking, and was seen in a
number of saloons. The physiclana
v thtat Kellv was affected very much
like he had been poisoned with opium.
v
FIVE CENTS
DEATH OF MR. W. A. TURK
PASSENGER TRAFFIC MANAGER
OF THE SOUTHERN.
Mr. Turk Had Been III Only Three
Days With Pneumonia Body Will
Be Taken to Raleigh for
mcnt
Inter-
i
Washington, April 9. William Arm
strong Turk, passenger traffic manager
of the southern Railway died here to
night of pneumonia. He had been ill
three days.
Mr. Turk, who formerly was general
passenger agent of the Southern Rail
way, had been passenger traffic man
ager about a year. He had been with
the Southern and its affiliated proper
ties 21 years. He also was an ex-president
of the American Association of
General Passenger Agents. He was
born in Virginia in 1S51. He leaves a
wife and two children. Miss Margaret
Turk and Randolph Turk- His remains
will be taken to Raleigh. N. C, tomor
row, where the funeral services will be
held Monday.
STATE M EDICAL SOCI I7TY.
Annual Meeting Will be a Mos In
teresting Out Dr. BaskcrviUo to
Lecturp.
(Special to The Messenger.)
Raleigh, N. C, April 9 The an
nual meeting of the State Medical So
ciety will be held here Mav 24th, 25tk
and 26th. The following partial pro
gramme was officially announced to
night: Meeting at noon May 24th,, in
the Senate chamber. Addrsses of wel
come by Governor Aycock and Edward
Chambers Smith. Response by Dr. J.
M. Parrott, of Kinston. Regular ses
sions then begin and continue three
davs.
The local committee has arranged for
a lecture on Radium on the nlfht Of
May 25th by Dr. Charles Baskerville,
of the University of North Carolina,
followed by a reception by the Capital
Club, at which preparations for live
hundred physicians and notable guests
will be made. This will be the first
meeting under the new plan of organi
zation which provides for a represent
ative by county societies. The attend
ance will be far larger than at any pre
vious meeting.- x
The officers of the society are:
President. Dr. H. B. Weaver, Ashe
ville; Secretary. Dr. J. Howard War,
Waynes ville; Treasurer. Dr. G T.
Sykes. of Grissom. ' -
DAMAGE BY A STORM.
Several Houses Blown Dowi
on a Bond Issue.
To Voto
(Special to The Messenger.)
Goldsboro, April 9. People who came
to the city today from the Eureka sec
tion report that, a' wind storm passed
over that part of the county yesterday
afternoon which did considerable dam
age. Quite a number of small tene
ment houses were razed to the ground,
but no loss of life is reported, except
that Mr. James Witherington had one
horse killed. The -wind blew a hurri
cane and trees and fences were blown
down and scattered in every direction.
At a meeting of the Goldsboro and
Seven Springs Securities Company held
last night. $15,000 was subscribed for
building the railroad from here to Sev
en springs, and for improving the prop
erty at the springs. The proposition for
the people to vote for bonds will be
submitted in a few days, and it is al
most certain that the issue will carry.
The need for a railroad from here to
Seven Springs is too evident to lack
argument in its favor. The people are
anxious that the road be built, and
there is now nothing that could ob
struct the measure.
Young Woman Dead.
Miss Emma L. Thomas died at the
James Walker Memorial hospital last
night about 2 o'clock. She had been
at the hospital for the past two weeks,
having gone there to have an opera
tion performed.
Miss Thomas' death is extremely Bad.
She and her mother, Mrs. R. L. Thom
as recently came here from Baltimoe
to visit Mrs. Thomas' sisters. Mrs. f?.
V. Burkheimer and Mrs. M. J. Hodges.
The remains will probably be carried
to Baltimore.
HOWARD RELIEF COMPANY BA
ZAAR. To Be Given by Ladies at the Club
Building on Wednesday and Thurs
day of This Week. I
The bazaar to be given by the ladles'
of the Howard Relief Compaay at the
handsome club building of the company
on Front and Orange, streets, w"
the leading social event of the week.
The bazaar is to be given for the
purpose of raising money to pay for
-iie handsome Steiff rian recently
bought by the company.
The entertainment will be given on
both Wednesday and Thursday nights,
beginning at 7 o'clack. Thursday after
noon will be the children's day and the
club will be thrown open at 3 o'clock
in the afternoon.
A numlfer of the ladies have been
busy during the past week getting
everything in readinesjs. T- -!n
scene will be in the spacious dancing
hall on the second floor. Here several
booths are being erected and tasteful
ly decorated. One is to be used as a
country store, at another will be cJ't
cigars and candy and at still another
fancy work will be displayed. On the
southern side of the hall a well
been arranged and an old fashioned
sweep to be used in drawing the lem
onade. This kind of well Is now rarely
ever seen and the children will have an
opportunity of seeing the method that
was, in vogue long years ago for drawl
ing water.
A delicious supper will be serv for
the small sum of twenty-five cent"
There will be dancing on Wednesday
and Thursday nights, from & until 13
o'clock.
There -will be no admission fee and
the public Is invited to visit the club
This will be the first time the club ha!
ever been thrown open to the public
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