North Carolina Newspapers

- -... , . -- . -i - - . - - - . ; - , x . ; 2 ; ' 7- s - - - - - , . ... - v - ;.- ' : . . . - . i v ' mz 1 . ; 't1 . Z T- ' 1 1 i m M- ! i i ii i i , i , VOL. VHI. NO. 57. KILLED BY THE CZAR'S HAND SHOT JL YOUNG OFFICER DEAD FOR ENTERING HIS ROOM. He Saw the Young Man Enter Without Knocking and Thought He Was an As aula Cxar Subject to Remorse. By Wire to The Telegram. Vienna, April 12. "Nova Deferma" of Lemberg, says that the Czar saw a young officers entering his room with out having first knocked and suspect ing him of being an assassin, the Czar shot the young man dead. The em peror's remorse for his hasty act Las .grown into acute nervous depression. Shownan Crushed by Tiger. JBy Wire to The Telegram. Indianapolis, Ind., April 12. Show man Bostock from Baltimore entered the arena with his ferocious tiger, Ra jah, today. He was seized by the ani mal, which all but mangled him to death in the presence of an attendant. The beast was driven off and Bostock taken away unconscious, and it is fear ed he will not recover. Wont Obey the Bishop. By Wire to The Telegram. New York, April 12. Ordered to sev er his connection with the Zion Pro testant Episcopal church at Douglas ton, L. I., Rev. Jean Baptiste Blan chett, whose services ex-Secretary Whitney attends, defies all the thund ers of Bishop Littlejohn who ordered him from his post. He has barricaded himself in his rectory, refusing the ad mission of the process servers. FastIore on $100 Per month. By Wire to The Telegram. Philadelphia, Pa., April 12. Cashier McGeehan of the Philadelphia Brew ing Company, on a hundred monthly salary, posed as a millionaire stable owner. Hhe spent half a million i:i the purchase of fast horses. He has been suspended and experts are exam ining his accounts. Stolen ly his Own Mother. By Wire to The Telegram. Chicago, April 12. John Bernard Moffitt, a nine-year-old lad who Tas Iddnapped last August from his fostur parent's house, located at Altoona, Wis., by jneans of a registered letter for which the youngster signed the ro. tceipt, was spirited away by his natural jnother, it turns out. Bear on Grover's Preserves. By Wire to The Telegram. Princeton, N. J., April 12. A bear hunt is on at the suburban home of ex President Cleveland. The Princeton limiting club men are seeking the beast vhich has invaded Mr. Cleveland's do jnain. Botha Rebukes Mrs. Joubert By Wire to The Telegram. Amsterdam, April 12. The widow oi Boer Commander Joubert has urged Gen. Botha to make peace with the English. Botha replied "1 always re spected you, but this errand of yours disgraces all Boer womanhood." Killed While Rescuing His Wife By Wire to The Telegram. Pittsburg, April 12. Thomas D. Keating was shot dead by burglars to day shile trying to rescue his wife from robbers who gagged her. Winding Up. The Federal court is winding up the business of a two weeks's term. The jury was . dismissed at noon today. There will probably be no business transacted after today. The City Democratic Executive Comr: jnittee is holding a meeting tjils after noon for the purpose of "calling a pri mary. -r rr-r Mr7Ed Cartland left &la moving oh his return to Bingham School from spending a week at home. GREENSBOBO. BBBBBBBMMBMMBMBM"-l " "BB " " l : r- ' ' I - - - ; : " : : ' : i ..' ' - -.- ., . - THE VANCE PORTRAIT. Mr. Rusbee of Raleigh Wins in the Contest as to Who Shall Print It. A Salisbury Special last night to the Charlotte Observer says: x The committee appointed by the last State convention of the Daughters o the Confederacy to decide upon the ar tist who shall paint a portrait of Vance for the North Carolina room of the Confederate Museum at Richmond, met with Mrs. William H. Overman at noon today. There were present Mrs. Theo. F. Morrison, of Asheville, chairman; Mrs. Edwin R. Overman, of Salisbury, secretary; Mrs. Sidney Alderman, of Greensboro; Mrs. Walker, of Spray, and Mrs. J. P. More, of Salisbury. Four members were not in attendance, but were represented by proxy. Applica tions were read from eight artists, six of them residents of North Carolina. On a vote Mr. Jacques Busbee, of Ral eigh, received four votes to two for his nearest competitor and the rest scat tering. He was accordingly declared the choice of the committee. Mr. Bus bee has done work which marks him as a young artist of great promise. His portraits of Judges Gaston and Taylor in the Supreme Court room at Raleigh have been highly commended. Other work which has given him repu tation is his portrait of ex-Chief Jus tice Jas E. Sheppard, the late Lieu tenant W. E. Shipp and others, for the Raleigh Masonic Hall. He is a son of Chas. M. Busbee, Esq. - The portrait will be life size, three fourths sitting. It will follow, as to the bust, a photograph made by Price, a Washington photographer, a few years before VaDce's death. The com mittee was in doubt as to whether tfce subject should appear in Confederate uniform, but decided in the negative, preferring to have him represented in his character as. a statesman The portrait is to be finished before Octo ber 9th and presented on that date to the annual State convention of the Daughters of the Confederacy, meet ing at Charlotte. Class Reunion. Several of the members of the grad uating class of '81 of the Greensboro Female College, are arranging to have a class re-union . at the approaching commencement the latter part of May. Four or five of the old class have been heard from and will be on hand, and others not yet heard from will doubt less be . present. Twenty years will have elapsed since the girls were in the school together, and it will be a mem orable occasion in their lives to meet together again under the shadow ot their alma mater, and it will bnn back many fond fecdllections of their associations there. ' $107,000 in Collection Boxes. New York Sun. At the conclusion of his sermon on Palm Sunday Dr. Huntington, pastor of Grace church, pointed out that the church was badly in need of more buildings, for which it had the ground on Fourth avenue in the rear of the present structure. Great was his sur prise on Easter Sunday, after the usual Sunday offering had been collected, to find that the collection boxes held ?107. 000. The prompt response to his re quest was a most pleasant surprise to Dr. Huntington and is said to be the largest amount ever taken in the col lection boxes of a church in one day. Steamboat on the Yadkin. Winston-Salem, April 11. A com pany has been organized to put a steam boat on the Yadkin river, for the pur pose of hauling freight and excursion parties to and from the" new cotton mill town of Cooleemee One hun dred' dwellings are to be built for the mill company at once. Lots hare been laid off for various church esiall of which, the Episcopal BapUstyfrelhc dist, and Lutheran,, contemplate build- ing houses of worship during the com ing summer. N. 0.. PRII4Y. : APRIL 12, 1901. CEIIERAL MILES v- ... MOVEMENT ON FOOT TO GIVE HIM DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION. Army Officers in His Confidence Say the Plan is on Foot He Wds Neither With the Silver Nor Gold Faction and Would Therefore be a Good Compromise Candi date. ' " By Wire to The Telegram. . Washington, April 12V? Army ofl- cers in the confidence of Lieutenant General Miles say there is a movement on foot to make him a presidential can didate on the democratic ticket in nineteen hundred and four. Miles nevw er declared for either the silver or the gold faction and therefore would Te acceptable as a compromise candi date. Carriage in Jlocksville. The following account a marriage of a young man well known in Greens boro is taken from the Mocksville cor respondence of the Charlotte Observer. Mr. and Mrs. Powell spent last night in the city and left this; morning for Florida, going by way of Sanford: "A beautiful pink and white weddinj? occurred at the Methodist church here last night, at 8:30 o'clock. Mr. J. G. Powell, of Mt. Airy was married to Miss Minnie Douthit, of this place, Rev. W. L. Sherrill, officiating. The church was beattifully decorated with potted flowers and Florid palms. Miss Emma Brown, of Salisbury,, first sang a solo. Following this Mss Elva Ke1 ley played the wedding march (Men delssohn) ; at the beginning of. the march Mr. Powell, accompanied by his best man, Dr. Banner, of ilt- Airy, en tered by the right aisle, and..- Aliss Douthit, the. bride, with Mr. poutht, her brother, wlio gave her Vflray, en$er e& thV'left aisle. -Thtee were foHoWed, by Mr. Powell, of Mffant Airy, sistee of the groom; Mr. A315ert Brock, at Win ston, and Mis$ Pearl ODouthit, sister of the bride, and Mr. W. L. Sanford, . Mocksville, and Miss IsaHbell Buown, of, Salisbury. Messrs. Henty Kelley and Thos. Bailey, of Mocksville, were ush ers. The ceremony was performed, by the Metehodist minister, Rev. W. L. Sherrill. Mr. and Mrs. Powell leave to day for the "Land of Flowers " Their home will be Mount Airy." marriage in the Country. Miss Maud Hodgin and Mr. Adger Kirkman were married Wednesday . night at the residence of the bride's father, near Centre, this county. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Mr., Poe, Methodist minister stationed on the Pleasant Garden circuit. After the wedding a sumptuous supper was serv ed the guests. Yesterday at the honie. of the groom's father, Mr. Dan Kirk man, near Moriah, what, is known as an "Infair" was given the newly wed ded couple and their friends. Mr. Ab Erwin and several other friends attended both the marriage ana the infair. At Centenary Last Evening. Mrs. G. M. Jobson, of Richmond, va., made avery interesting talk on Y. W. C. T. U. work at Centenary church last evening. She told of the flower mission, jail work and other branches of the temperance work. Several new members were added to the South Greensboro Union. Mrs. Jobson has been making a tour of the State, holding institutes and doing other' temperance work. Her efforts have been greatly blessed and she has I added almost 250 workers to the cause. "Noblest Roman of Them All." A fine oil painting the portrait of Dr.' Eli W. Caruthera can now be seen, in the show window of the Odell Hard ware Co. It is the excellent work vf David L.Clart. artist to the GuOforA Battle Ground Company, just complet- ed under order and is the of the Company. property FOIfcPRESIDEHT THE WRONG MAN. The Victim of a Case of mistak en Identity Tanks Up and Runs Into 'Vehicles . on the Roadside. Yesterday afternoon a man from near Millboro named Van Ruth and answering to the description of a man wanted in Siler City, was arrested by two of the police force. Upon close ex amination he proved to be not the man wanted and was released. When ar rested he had been imbibing rather freely, but as soon as he wa released from custody he at once proceeded to tank himself to his full capacity. Having successfully accomplished this feat he climbed into his buggy and a kind friend turned his mule in the dir ection of home and started them off. The man was too drunk to hold the lines and they trailed in the road. In front of Dr. Beall's residence on Asbe boro street Miss Ross, daughter of Mr. Foster Ross, and several friends were sitting. Seeing the approaching mule and buggy and the condition of the man, they drove, to one side of the road, but the wheels of the drunken man's buggy caught their, almost ov erturning the buggy and frightening their horse. Fortunately nothing was damaged except one wheel which was severely wrenched, and which caused the young ladies to walk back to their homes. The mule also became frightened at the contact of the buggies and when last seen waa in the middle of the road, travelling at his best gait, to wards home. A man in such a condition and driv ing alone is a menace to every one he comes in contact with and especially ladies riding without male escort. Mr. A. O. Brooks' Condition Un changed. . Mr. Frank Brooks left this afternoon, for Orei. Hill and from there will drive, QCVQaa country to. Putnam, and wUl re un.'iin with his brother, Mr. A: ;G. 13 rooks, an account of whose serious illness appeared in yesterday's Tele iam until a decided change in his condition, one way or the other, oc cuiv. Mr. James Love, of Putnam, arrived last night and will have charge of th buisness at the office of the Brooks Lumber Company until Mr. Brooke return. A few minutes before leaving Mr. Brooks received v a telegram statin? that his brothers condition was about the same as yesterday. Library Plan Meeting Favor. Prof. QA. Grimsley tells The Tele gram that the library movement is meeting with great favor and that the present indications are that it will be an assured fact and that it will be a great success. The canvassing for subscriptions is progressing nicely. Every body is heartily in favor of it. Many are responding liberally. The canvassers have been out only' two af ternoons and have raised oyer f t,ooo. The business men are taking right hold of it. They readily see what it will mean in the city's progress. All will be asked to contribute and It is hoped, they will do so as liberally as possi ble. If they will we can have a library that will be a credit to the city. Changed Round a Bit. The Greensboro correspondent of the Charlotte Obserrtr says that a pecu liar situation of affairs developed yes terday during the trial of. a distiller and his storekeeper and guager. They w,ere indicted six years ago. while Mr. R. B. Glenn was district attorney and the late Judge Dick waa. on the bench. The distiller employed tlie present dis trict attorney todefihim, whiie the store keeper retained STudge Boyd. .CBeimwJUte - Me torney had, cnrgL ot : Che' prosexmtlpn., and the other attorney ipr ine aeiense. was vu uic vyuwu. When the case xame upyesteraay xae defendants' weireepreseted by Mr. Five Oente. THE DISTURBER AT HIGH POIIIT AUSTIN. THIS DRUNKEN PREACH EE AND AGITATOR, THERE. . He is Busily Explaining Why He Has Been Set Down Upon. To Make Pulpit Sets. High Point, April 11. At the home of the bride on Rankin street last nigbt Mr. Will L. Smith and Miss Jessie Rankin were united in marriage. The forthcoming marriage was kept rather quiet and the announcement was re ceived with surprise by a number of people. Only the immediate family and a few special friends were present. Rev. A. S. Caldwell, pastor Presbyter ian church was the officiating minis ter. Mr. Smith owns a large farm near here, also a town residence. It is not known which of the two places they will chose as their home .Their friends wish them them all the joy married life affords. J. F. Austin, State organizer of the Federation of Labor attended the meeting of that organization here this week and while present issued a card denying his reported swindle from lo cal unions. Members of the Salisbury unions also expressed confidence in nis honor and integrity and denounced Mr. Austin's persecutors. Following, was a foot note by Mr. Austin which in part reads as follows: "At an. early date I shall jpublish evidence, against my pursuers that will be startling and' will show their motives one of them is a dirty This poll tlcian denounced Governor Aycbck be fore a local union .calling hiim a liar, etc.!' It win be remembered that the said Austin some time ago brought suit gaist the Mill News of Charlotte, for libel and' at the trial recently ih Randleman lost his suit. Pulpit sets of every description . will in -thj&Jfuture. be manufactured byJtfr. P, V. Kirkman, of ihe High :PoinhUp-v holstering Company. Kirkmah has iust perfected ari'angements -to raae this class of goods. The sam pies he has on the market are - beau- i ties. , Married at Hotel Ouilford. - A party from Reidsveille composed f of Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Montgomery- Miss Florence D. Pannill, Miss Mary . E. Withers, Mr. Dudley Withers, Mr. S. A. Hubbard, Mr. John D. Pannill, and 'Mr. W. L. Pannill, came to this city ast night and stopped at the Guilford. Their mission here was to witness the ceremony that 'made two of their num ber,Miss Mary E. Withersind Mr. Jno. D. Pahnin,' man and wife. The wed"- ding took place in the parlors of the Guilford in the presence of their friends, solemnized by Rev. W. C. New ton, pastor of , the West Washington Street -Baptist church. After the. cere mony the party, with the exception of the bride and groom, after a short visit to the Normal College, returned to Reidsville. Mr. and Mrs. Pannill re mained in the city until this morning when ihey left Oh the morning traiflT for the eastern part of the State. The couple came to Greensboro to escape the formalities attendant upon a 'wed ding at home. Mr. Pannill is assistant postmaster at Reidsville. Lost Four Cowi.- Mr. D. R. Huffines own a nice farm about ten miles east of the city acd has on it a herd of fine cows. In the past few days several of his cows have been attacked with what :is ' - - - , -- known as Texas fever, and four of the v-- ' - bovines . have, already died. Three more were taken sick yesterday and are not expected to live. Mr. Huffines has several; very fine milch cows , and he fears that the disease will spread to them. I The animals receded medical ajtten tton. butj nothing secned to help 1 em. One thing noticabl'l.' in the disease is the fact that it .causes the tongUebf t)io cctwto turn -white. r , - . - v-vr-v. . - ? :7--' -- r ' r. . ' ' $ 7-' . ' i .7 1 - - f- u . . f -, . ; ; ... , r' ' j I" : . -.7"5;.;.'Si.' 7;-t; rV ' 1 ' ,. ..-7- -.