Newspapers / The Morning Post (Raleigh, … / May 26, 1901, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Morning Post (Raleigh, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
' If Vol. VII. RALEIGH, NV C., SUNDAY , MAY 2 6, 1901 TWELVE PAGES. No. J.58 V jGhE: Morning Post. I' ' " .1. . . - , . " - " " ' " g ' Ex-Senator Butler Adopts Himself to Circumstances WANTS LOTS OF MONEY As There is Gold Enough to ivi eet All Requirements He Considers It Good Enough or a Circulating Medium ' By JOHN BOYLE i TVn-hhijnnn, May 25. Special. "I am jr.-.Mhug now," was the startling an- a Eo-uncetuent made ty former Senator Maii"".! Butler- to the Morning Tost cor-ri'r-i'oiidfiu today. IIe.s4id.it with; a wink of the eye, but &h emphasis. The former Senator fajjjust returned fiofu a business visit t$jEjspston and the ',.rth. Paul left tonighi;Cd Raleigh. He looked' slock and weJL ;jKM?med, said he in excellent . heail'dping well and full of praise for Vfij native State sti-i ine move sue- nax;; enuy tasen up-a heelf. : "You see,"' he said in his bug position. "I in the quantitative theory it makes no different-' , money is gold or silvr ' we lune sufficient i; 1 . - - c Jy i a believer money, and nether that ast so long as to conduct le- titiinafe business iiout undue iufia- ti.n. The production of gold now, be "y uKi all previous outputs of that metal in previous history, has given us money with which- to conduct business. As a result the increase in gold money his taken the place of our silver, which was 'demonetized and given us a citcu i.'iion adequate to our business needs, "It may not be long before the gold bugs of 1S! and l'.00 become ' silver bugs in the future. They care nothing for gold. "What ' they want is dear money and gold i now Incoming, be cause of its increased production, cheap nmnov. The more money the -less chance f (oi nt ring it; and for tue very - reason that- 1 have become a gold -bug, the farmer gold bugs will become silver bugs. ft is possible now to and .produce gold where it en years ago it was impos sible. That has been brought about by the inventive genius of our people. There is no more gold than formerly. The mountains of North Carolina are teeming with gold, its sands glitter with gold, apd even in its .fertile valleys mother earth receives upon its bosom gold filtered down from the mountains nhovo. This has always been srt, not oHiv or ortn l aronna. our or tne wnoie country practically. Until recently this jerat-or 'said he. hoped the matter would fold has been locked up in nature's em- be laid over until Monday, the motion brace. The key has beci found: it is j to move the previous question was. overall-American invention. Oold now can jwhelmingly defeated. -be mined at S1.00 a ton bv the cvanide . AA tl,p nssemMy ; had agreed to ad- n v 7. I 1111V 111 VI 1 III. t V I Senator Jones of Nevada was forming twenty companies to mine gout in 'the west. Ten years ago gold could not be mined for less than S10 a ton. "I predict that in the next few years say five the output of gold mined in this country will be so great .that it will nimost be a drug on tue market. This is why I am a gold bug." said the Sen ator as he winked the other eye. Mr. Butler's trip to the North was for the purpose of securing money for the development of his Stn'te. in this he said he hail been successful. "What are the people down in the State doing?'' He replied, ''They are full of business, and all that is needed is money to de velop our resources. This they are get ting. They are learning rapidly. Fac tories are being established everywhere The South is, in fact, superseding Xew Knglad as a manufacturing section. We are learning .to use our raw material on the ground. We are erecting '-'cotton factories in the edge of the cotton fields, the lumber mill in the forest, the can rery in the truck patch. Heretofore v.-e have sent all raw material away ito where some long headed business mm had erected his factory on a -arren rock, pud we had to pay the freight both ways. All this is changing and the cry i even now heard in the Xortn for a reduction of the tariff, because i-at sec tion can not produce as cneanlv as we can'. The Souith is on a business boom ' !ind North Carolina in a few years will load the South." Mint Director Roberts bears out Mr. Butler's statement about the increased INJ USTIGE A SENSATIONAL REPORT- FALSE IMPRESSION. Oxford, N. C, May 25. Special. An lrticle in a Raleigh paper this morning loes -Oxford an injustice in stating that A mob had gathered for the purpose of (Vnching Andrew Wib?on, the man who hot and killed William Cawthorn, Wed iesday. There has been no demonstration of ny kind, and the military was called out only out of an abundance of cau tion and at the request of the sheriff, jrho was advised to take action by sev- gold production. He estimates the out put for nexit'year at not less than $1)0, 00(?0(H). This year it was $78,000,000. A new post-oftiee has -cn .established at Nik' Nash County, with George W. Sexton, as postmaster; at Fern,-Guilford Colirty, with V. H. bh&xv as post master. These pensions hare been granted: Silas C. Sittdn, Sitton, $'J; Amnion Hod gers. .Washington, $12; Peter Granber ry, Woodyille, $8; Charles F. Hoffman, Morgan ton, $(j. . Postmaster have been appointed: M. O. RaV at Tilirt VnrPst Tvanei-lmnii il vice B. F Perry, resigned; J. W. Apple, at CeUar: Cliff, Alamance county,- vice J. E. Stafford, resigned; vv". H. Prig den, of Creek, Warren count, vice B. 1 Davis, dead; MeK. Kfcicaid, at Worry, Burke, county, vice W. C. Henderson, removed. , . A new post-office has been established at Helsa, Stokes county, wJth John A. Holsabeck fts postmaster. Albert Ashe of Rich Square, has been granted a pension of $i2. O. B. Pike has. "-been appointed pot m aster at Mudlick, Chatham county, vice W. J. Thorn a son, removed. : SHOCKED BY LIGHTNING Two Men in Oxford Prostrated by a Flash Oxford; X. C, May 25 Special During a sudden electrical storm here at 3.30 his afternoon F. C. Spencer and J.4' F. -'Meadows, while sitting ' in front of the telegraph office, were se verely shocked by lightning. Mr. Spe-n-cor was unconscious for some time. Medical aid. was promptly rendered and both are now very much better. Mr.. Spencer is our telegraph operator and Mr! Meadows is a prominent tobac conist. There was no other damage in town. ."; - - , ; -. STILL UNDECIDED The Revision Question Hung up Until Tomorrow Philadelphia. May 2o. Preliminary exercises at the Presbyterian General Assemblv today were devoted chiedy' to hearing a series of . recommendations i made by Dr. Puvves on behalf of the Committee, on Church Polity. The fledr was then given to Dr. McKibben, spon sor of, the minority report on creed re vision, as the question before the house was; on the substitution of his report for that of the majority report." The debate was carried on at con siderable length, after which a rote on the minority report was taken. The motion as originally put was to substi tute the minority report for the report of the majority; but by an agreement of both sides the motion was changed so that the vote would ' be" on the -question of striking out recommendation B. The two reports agreed on everything but this '. .recommendation.. ' ' The motion to strike out the recommendation, was lost by. a vote of 2,'l4 to 271. Rev. Joseph II. Vane of Chicago I moved the previous question on the origi nal motion the adoption of the majoritv von.vt in ir mitivntv lmrnftw w&. , to, ..,,-, , u I J.ruililln 11L 1 a. liU U Ulllll J U VIOL tV U-Oil- day morning. Luxurious Tooth Pulling : Paris, .Mar 25. Dr. Laborde described to the Academy of Medicine a method of cxt-ractiug teeth without pain, and with the accompaniment of sweet music which has been discovered by a Paris dentist. The patient is put under the influence of gas, and at the same time has applied to his ears ear pieces which are connected with a phonograph j which is rolling off gay tunes. The idea of the dentist was inspired by the fact that when gas begins to act on the patient it generally causes terrifying nightmares which are connected with sounds in the room or in the street. By drowning all these sounds with music, nightmares would be avoided. Dr. Laborde suggests that this method might be employed with beneficial effects in operations which are conducted under ether or chlo roform to do away writh the risk of the after effect of nervous depression. . . Big Ephraim Subdued New Bern, May 25. Special Big Ephriam, a negro, bearing a bad name, resisted arrest and assaulted a police man' at the Atlantic and North Carolina depot tonight. Afterwards at Five Points the negro again resisted arrest, striking the. officer and threatening him with brass kncklcs, when the officer shot the negro (through the shoulder. The? negr then gave up. TO OXFORD CALCULATED TO MAKE A , era! citizens to whose ears only the vaguest rumors had come. ' The concen sus, of opinion is that there ha been and is no danger of lynching. Tho-ircum-stances of the homicide are. not such as to provoke violent action. . The Pqst has heretofore reported cor rectly the manner and circumstances of the killing. v In no aspect or the evi dence before the coroner "is the prisoner guilty of more than manslaughter. Con servative citizens apprehend no trouble. Tillman and McLaurin in a Warm Personal Debate THEY AGREE TO FIGHT TO A FINISH Their Resignations Sent to Governor McSweeney to Take Effect September 15th Meanwhile They will Canvass the State to See Whonr the People will Endorse at a Primary to Be Called for the Purpose Columbia, S. C., May Senator Ullman and Senator MeT.nnrin niel, !n joint debate at Gaffnev Wlnv and the ate at Gaffnev today 'and the gs were of a highlr sensational .tu ,.,j t " - i ioth agreed to resign and go proceedm; order. Both ueiore ine people, tne governor to re- train from appointing their successors. Senator Tillman denounced McLaurin through the newspapers iust after the junior Senator, outlined his position at po Charlotte, five weeks ago. cin red himself ready and He then da anxious to u1a.Ju,,uMuu1earap. McLaunn opposed joint debates with any except candidates for his office. He was invited to Gaffncy by a set of busi - ness m ion. and. after some correspond-'not going to be permitted' to do' so. Till piween Tillman and the chairman lman charged him with stealing a ser- . , . niou. If there was any truth m the nf iim nvnmtfi,.a. ,im!fton fn,i.'niou. If there was any truth in county, the senior Senator announced that he had been invited to Gaffney and would speak after McLaurin, if that Senator was afraid of a joint debate. McLaurin declared that no gentleman would force himself where he was net wanted. Tillman arrived last night and sent out a friend to make arrangements for ajoint meeting; the friend being em powered to agree fo terms in Tillman's behalf. MeLaurin acceded and it was in this way the peculiar conditions of to day arose a Senator who was reelected ist year opposing .ie reelection of his colleague of the same party. Asagreed tipori McLaurin opened the debatein a half hour's speech. There was a large audience and fully a dozen counties were represented by friends of the junior Senator. E. H. Decamp, edi tor of a localxpa per, presided. In his opening speechMcLaurin reviewed his course in Congreskand. argued in justifi cation of his official acts. He was standing where he .always, stood, he said, while Tillman nts forsaken his original platform, no longer standing for free speech and the settlement of all dif ference of white men in a whiteJpriimuT. McLaurin referred to Snator Tollman's attempt to make a presidentialeandi- date out of Teller of Colorado, whajiad said a negro was as good as a white man ana. entitled to as raucn snare l the government, and who also favored the "infamous" force bill. Teller was chairman of the commission that in 1S7; tried to steal the electoral votes of South Carolina and Louisiana. The sneaker said he was 'accused of deserting the South by voting for meas ures for the best interest of the nation, and asked if Tillman stood by the South is his advocacy of Teller. Again, Townft whom Senator Tillman wanted to be Democratic vice-president last year, was a -similar Republican to Teller. The speaker then quoted a number of Bry an's utterances in substantiation of the statement that the Nebraskan consider- edj himself superior to his party plat forms and would not be bound by them. Senator Tillman was received with ap plause and it required but a few min utes for him to hit his old familiar slashing stnde. He said he was there because he had been invited by the gen uine Democrats of Cherokee. He did not come to dictate to the people, but McLaurin had a right' to be heard. He was willing for McLaurin 'to have all the free speech he wanted. For over half an hour the Senator spoke of his record in eulogistic style and sneered at McLaurin. Whenever the majority of the people were against him or he could not subscribe to tne party piattorm, ne said, he would resign. He was surprised that McLaurin should dare face the peo ple of South Carolina after his conduct in misrepresenting them. Tollman de clared he wanted McLaurin to get into the Democratic primary and would op pose any attempt to keep him out, but he must subscribe to the oath and must keep it. He intimated that heretofore the junior Senator had not observed his obligation in this respect. Senator Tillmnn thn turned to Mc Laurin's speech- delivered in Greenville, and. picking out sentences, made cutting comments on them. He was especially severe ou McLaurin's position on ex pansion and subsidies. He did not dis cuss these questions as issues, but con tented himself with them as: settled Re publican doctrines against which Demo crats must be opposed, and so argued that McLaurin was a full-fledged Repub lican. In this connection he argued that only a traitor and a hypocrite could oc cupy the position that the junior senator was attempting to occupy. Senator TilL man repeated the statement that Mc Laurin has stolen "whole -chunks from a sermon bv Rev. Dr. Van Dyke. He charged that cotton-mill nren were trying to drum up votes for McLaurin. and-insinuated that they attempt to coerce their labor. "If vou elect McLaurin," he concluded, "I will take it as notice that you uo not want me: for if he is a De mocrat I am not." He claimed toAbe a leader, and because of his position as such he considered it his duty to warn the people against McLaurin and to attack him him self on the stump. There i'ere plenty of others who wanted McLaurin s place 1 and would meet him on thetump; next year. When the senior senntor concluded. wnen tne senior s-en a tor conciuaeu, ;most of his followers i1. meeting. In his reply McLaurin pointed out -that Tillman had not attempted to answer his arguments. He said he hated to insult or be insulted; he wished 'to say nothing personal or offensive to' 'any one. but Tillman conld only make one kiud of speech; he appeaknl to pas- ion and class hatred. Tillman's appeal tn fnctnrv nmrntiri to nrMT themselves ...-- South Carolina. Now could a man of pa- triotismtake such a course? I The speaker said he tried to keep dis- cussion on a high plane, but he was many charges made in South Carolina, mo" intrinsic value. If Tillman insinu- ated that he (McLaurin) had any of Mark Hauna's boodle, he told a false - hood and words unbecoming a senator or a gentleman, unman was a duii.v ami a oiu.sterer, nut uci.aunn am ne . . . , r t . : i l iiau Slzea iinu up . . ears . ugu, uuu iakjw he could handle him McLaurin then proceeded to' attack the , senior senator in-a nersonal wav. and the crowd yelled. " count of the fog, the lookout sung out Tillman had said if McLaurin was j that he had seen something just off the elected he would consider'it proof that starboard bow which looked like a ves the people did not wan-t him, but he had 'se, Xhe engineer was signa - to re not said he would resign. - ' . j verse the machinery, but before the cap- Tillman jumped to his ftet and said: taiu.g orders could be obeyed the out- I . . I I I C . . . . , .nill nLt.n.M mill I . L Mill leKiKU IL JUU V UL- IVliiU, ilUU . we will both go before the people." McLaurin promptly agreed to this proposition, and the crowd yelled- again. McLaurin proceeded then to a more extended argument in defense of his -position. When he concluded ;Sengtor Till man asked for five minute1' lit- which to reply. , This Was allowed. McLaurin, he said, had charged that he had bru tally forced himself, upon this meeting. He came, he said, because he was. .in vited, and proceeded to read the invita tion. He had not intended to insult McLaurin, but he always called things bv their names, and those who; deserved , Ohio the captain and others went for them' must take the consequences. - ward to ascertain the extent of the At the close of the meeting the two . injuries to the steamer. It was found senators retired to their respective stop ping places and began drawing up.- an agreement under ..'which they would-, re siVn Thi tvns the--f ornvunrenared bv ISenator Tillman: : Gaffney, S. C. May 25. HisExcellency, Governor M. B. Mc Sweeney, Columbia, S. C: Sir We hereby tender our resignations as senatWs from South Carolina in the United States Senate, and ask as a personal favur that you do not appoint our successor unless there be an extra session of theASenate until the Demo cratic State Committee shall have or dered a primary tochoose the men to be appointed by you. lf you will kindly advise the State chairman of the Demo cratic party and ask prompt action in ordering ssuch primary and arranging for a canvass by its candidates, we shall be under obligations. 1 ' Yours respectfully, R. B. TILLMAN. This was sent to McLaurin, who amended it by adding: "The campaign is to be between R. B. Tillman and John L. McLaurin for the long term of office, which the former resigns, and to be held during the month of October or November. Tillman rejected this on the ground that it was dictating to the committee and that '. there were no conditions in the agreement at the meeting. There was counter-correspondence, and finally Tillman 'wrote: "Will you not stand by your pledge?" and added some more hot language. McLaurin' finally made the proposition that they should resign to take effect September 15. Both signed the following tonight: "We . hereby tender our resignations as senators for the State of South Carolina in the United States, to take effect Sep tember 15 next." The resignations were mailed to Gov ernor McSweeney tonight and are beyond recall. ' - The effect of this is. to open the field for both offices to all candidates, and there will be a tremendous rush. There .are probably eight men. to run against McLaurin. Dming the signing of the resignations Tillman and McLaurin had some warm words. They called each other traitors al the like -- sensaTionalend of long's lawsuit rlaintlU IVIakeS Charges Of j -r , ... , lamperine witn jurors Statesville, X. C, May 25. Special. The case of B. F, Long, administrator, against the Southern Railway came to a sensational close today. At the after noon session-Judge Brown called up J. H. Brown, one of the'jurors, and by a few direct questions elicited from him the information that he had slept last night in the room with J. A. Gorham, law agent of the railroad, who is here assiting in the case. After reprimand- ing the juror Judge Brown ordered a mistrial. ' '" v - At this point counsel for the plaintiff asked for a rule of contempt against J. A. Gorham, Jufors J, EL Brown and B. G .Deaton, Robert Kamsey, of this coun ty, and L. C. Caldwell, Esq., of defend ant company's counsel. Judge" Brown granted the order. These parties will be heard Monday, Gorham is charged with tampering with Juror Brown and Ramsey with Juror Deaton. This action has created a stir here. The case against Caldwell seems to amount to nothing, but some of the others are in a close place. PRESIDENT'S PARTY HOMEWARD BOUND San Francisco, May 23. The President and Mrs. McKinley, the members of the cabinet and the ladies accompanying them and the other members of the par ty -who came to the Pacific coast with Mrs. McKinley left San Francisco for the East at -10 o'clock this morning. Mrs. McKinley rested well last night, and there is apparently no occasion for journey to Washington. She is feeling quite strong today. ,The train left from the Oakland side of the bay. The presi dential party crossed from this city on a ferry boat. The President and all the members of the party were in good ; spirits. TRAGEDY OF THE DEEP A Noble Bark Goes Down in Darkness and Fog Boston, May, 25. Another marine dis aster due to the fog which so frequent ly settles in the vicinity of fcle ls- land, was reported here this evening 1 by Captain Hadaway of the Wilson Line steamship Ohio, which arrived in port late this afternoon from Jondon. Thursday night at 10 o'clock when tne Ohio was about 100 miles southwest of Hamax, off Sable Island, and the steamer proceeding at naif speeu on ac- lines of a bark loomed up quickly and she crashed headon into the starboard side of the Ohio Just abaft of the hawse hole, with terrific force. Ths Ohio reeled from fhe tremendous blow and with her head" spars falling the bark bounded back into the o'g and was lost sight of. " (- .' As soon as a life boat could be made ready Second Mate Hopkins anu six of the Ohio's crew jumped into it and rowed off in the darkness and rain in search of the vessel. On board tha that three plates had been stove in and as she was taking Avater fast5 the col lision bulkhead was closed, shutting the forward compaitment off from the rest of the hold. Meanwhile the steamer's whistle was kept blowing, and an hour later the life luiath returned. Mate Hopkins reported that all he could find was a small amount of wreckage and one young sailor named Cnristian Paul sen, a . Norwegian 17 years old. Paulseen could not speak English, but by signs he told the story of the loss of his vessel and of .the remaiuing 14 men who manned her. Paulsen said that the bark was the Elise or Alissa from Christianfjord, Norway, bonnd for New York in ballast. ' She, was com manded by Capta't. Marcel, an - all hands were natives , of Norway. Paul sen said that he was asleep in his bunk when awakened by the terrible crish, and jumping out he hastened on deck only to find the craft settling by the head and her whole bow crushed in. The crew of the bark were hard at work trying to launch a boat, but as it was strapped down, Paulsen says the men made slow progress. In his fright the young Bailor . says he jnmoed into the rigging, : and as the baric began to lurch as if ; about to sink, he made up his mind-to leap overboard and thus escape being carried down by the suc tion. This he did. and hardly had he got clear of the sinking craft whn he says she went down suddenly, carrying all on board w"hh her. The 'last he hoard of his mates vas the bawlfna: of the captain and. the hoarse cries f:on the crew. VThen , there . came a sort 'f coush as the air was expelled, from ths hold, and she went down out of sight. The next the youth knew1 was fitid'n: himself .alongside a small boat which -lie recognjzed as the one the crew of the Elise were .trying t? get overboard when he jumped into -the wafer. Paul sen hauled himself out of the waffr and was shiyerin? in the bo"t when he heard the thump of oars nearby, and calling for 'help was, picked up by the lifeboat from the Ohio, and taken oboard her. . . . . After looking after the rescued man's comforts, CJaptain Hadaway sent the lifeboat away . Again to search-for other possible survivors an steamed around the vicinity mtil daybreak: but beyond some floating wreckage nothing was dis- covered. The Ohio headed for Boston ags'ii with her forwar- compartments full of water. Prince Tuan a Fugative Berlin. May 25. Field Marshal Count You Waldersee reports from Pekin under today's date that General : Tung Fu Hsiang. ;with only a few troops, is in the province of Kansu and is being close ly watched. Prince Tuan. with ten attendants is : a5'" fugitive in Mongolia. General Balloud, one of the French generals, who is co-operating with the Chinese regulars, r has 'dispersed large bands of Bexers near 'Anping. i Milner Rewarded Before His ,, Task Is Done ENGLAND IS GUESSING Much Speculation as to the Intentions of the Govern ment and the Future of the War in Africa London, May 25. The reception of Sir Alfred Milner, governor ' of the Trans vaal and Orange River Colony, now Lord Milner of Cape Town, met as he was, Dy frime ..Minister feaiisouy ana the members of the cabinet and tnen receiving an audience by tue King, was in itself distinctly noticeable; but the announcement today that the King yes terday raised him to the peerage is still more remarkable, as the high commis sioner to South Africa, to all appear ances, received his reward before the accomplishment of his task. This pro cedure, which . is distinctly out of tue ordinary, was probably due to the de sire of the government to pacify its own supporters whose loyalty has been se verely strained of late. When it was announced that Lord Milner would return ito England for . a holiday a rumor sprung "up that this was merely a prelude to his suppression. The government newspapers immediate ly raised the alarm and iiave". been breathing threats of vengeance ever since if Milner should be made a second Sir Bartle Frere. The honors accorded to him now instead of later, may there fore be taken to show the government's anxiety to calm suspicfion and also the intention to continue to support . Lord Milner and his policy. At the same time when the frank dec laration of General ' Botha, the' Boer cpminander-in-chief, officially reported by Lord Kitchener, that Milner' s pres ence in South Africa was a bar to peace negotiations, is taken into consideration, it is impossible to dismiss entirely the idea that Iiord Milner s illness, partly at least, was diplomatic. Yesterday and today he looked conspicuously well. His absence from the seat of war lor a few months is probably to enable Lord Kitchener, who has proved himself un expectedly diplomatic in handling the Boers, to come to some arrangement. The opposition party, especially the sec tion most sitrongly advocating leniency toward the former South African repub lics, has been actually helping the gov ernment, if the latter are playing a lit tle game on the Boers by . attempting to lull them imto a feeling 'of security by the temporary absence of a man to whom they so strongly object, for the Liberals foolishly were the first to raise the cry of triumph 'that the government, despairing of reducing the Boers ito sub mission by force, had abandoned Mil ner and would' now countenance any but the sternest course. This may like ly enough encourage the Boers that they are rt?fcrof their worst enemy, and con sequently may maive them more ready to treat with Loru Kitchener. A Successor for Waldersee London, May 25. It is learned from an official source in. london ithat the question of a successor to Field Mar shal Count VonWaldersee, as commander-in-chief of the allies in China, dur ing the interim previous to tc complete withdrawal of "foreign troops is now be ing discussed by the powers. Count YonWaldersee and the coun cil of military commanders at Pekin have expressed the opinion that ithe.best way of settling this question is for an officer of each nationality to..-h:ave su preme command in turn. .,.. Severe Storm in Tennessee Memphis, May 25 A storm passed over Tennessee last night which wrought heavy damage in "several coun ties. - ' Through Lauderdale county the storm wrecked telegraph and itelephone lines. Many churches, houses and barns were wrecked and thousands of feet of fence were swept away. Some of the business houses at Ripley were hi two feet of water during ' the storm. At Trenton, DROWNED IN A BRANCH EDWARD WILCOX AND ELLIOTT NORMAN VICTIMS OF THE FLOOD '''''':.yM', Weldon, X. C, May 25. Special. Edward Wilcox, of Portsmouth, V., a travelling salesman for the Hume-Minor Company, and Elliott, the fourteen-year-old son of . J.,H. Norm an were drowned in a branch between Weldon and Hal ifax last night about eight o'clock. The river had backed into-the branch arid the water was aver fifteen. feet deep in the rqad. The young men did not Paris,' Milan and Clarksville the damag was great. The. loss at Ripley ' tvill reach $2(000. So far as reported ntf lives were lost. - - ! ; Rebellion at Paoting Fu , Pekin, May 25. The people of Paoting Fu have rebelled against Chinese authori ty, and e through their treasurer hav refused to pay any imperial tares. They, declare that the Chinese emperor rait away, and that no government is a( present , in existence. Notwithstanding the efforts of high authorities to collect the taxes, they refused to enter inta any discussion of the matter with the magistrate,, and killed, three Chinese sol diers who were sent., to them under af flag of truce. This rebellion has result ed in an order prohibiting the official j from employing soldiers to. carry out their demands. . " ,' CONROY WINS THE "' BROOKLYN HANDICAP New York, May 25. For the first time on record the $10,000 "Brooklyn Handi cap has been won by a three-year-old This afternoon in the presence of. 20,000 spectators, jvith the rain falling on sheets and the track a sea of mud, Jas. R. Keene's wonderful colt Couroy, by St. Leonards, Lady luvercald, made a runaway race of it and captured tha rich 4rize with consummate ease. Conroy. carried 102 pounds, was ridden by WW field Scott O'Conner and was heavilyj plaj-ed at good odds. At no time in tha '-. ' race after the flag dropped w'as Keene's colt in danger of defeat. i Summary:' Brooklyn handicap for 3 year-olds, over one mile and a quarter x Conroy "103 (O'Conner) (3 to 1, won; Herbert 99 (Smith) 8 to 1, second; stand ing 113 (Piggott) 8. to 1, third. Tim 2:09. : . . . . "". ;t Earthquakes in Spain and Italy Madrid, May 25. An . earthquake shock was felt in several districts o Spain yesterday. At Metril. in Granadar a number of houses were destroyed but ' no lives were lost. The inhabitants wer ; panic-stricken. The shock lasted six leeri seconds. The shock was also fell at Granada city, and -i Malaga, .where honses were damaged and the people fled ; in terror from the buildings to thai streets.' " - . : :-, .. Rome, May 25. There was a violent! earthquake at 5.,o'clock this morning int. the Coni district and also at Turin. Nf... people were panic-stricken but thetar" .was no material damage. $- ' J Going by Different Routes Charloitte, N. C;, May 25. Special.- The Confederate .Veterans here , havei disagreed on what route shall be trav eled in attending thse -Memphis. reunion By regular vote the Southern . was - se . lected over the Seaboard, the ballot re- j suiting 23 to 22.' But this did not sat isfy the' Seaboard faction, who say they; wiil travel' that route -wita their bngader the Second. ' ' ; -: Lk-.i Minister to Persia Washington. May 25. The President today appointed Herbert W. Bowen of New York to be envoy extraordinary ana , minister plenipotentiary to Persia. Mr. Bowen is now minister resident and con sul general at Tehran, and the increased rank given him is under authority of tha last Diplomatic and Consular appropria tion act. . -" . . Loree to Succeed Cowen Philadelphia, May 25'. The board of directors of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail road will meet Wednesday, when it is expected that President John K. Cowen ' will retire and his successor be chosen. It is practically conceded that L. -F. Loree, fourth vice-president of the Penn sylvania Railway, will 4)e thepresident , of the company, and that the change will take effect June 1. - " -. ' All Hope Abandoned Cardiff, May '25. The rescuers of the entombed miners at Lord . Windsor's mine at Sengenhydd, Wales, had mad slow progress up to noon. Five bodies have been recovered and 70 miners ara still entombed. All hope that any of them ar6 still alive has-practically been abandoned. ".-.. ". . Americans Were Right .Vancouver, May 25. Mr. McArthur, the Canadian representative on the joint -survey of the international boundary at Mt. Baker between British Colombia and the State of Washington says tha Americans were right' in. their. conten tion last year regarding the line, owing to an error in the original survey.' - v Sister Lease a Bankrupt. New York, May 25. Mrs. Mary Eliza beth Lease filed a petition in bankruptcy today. Her assets are $2,298.75 and hej liabilities $3,247.55. - think it was dangeron to cross. They drove in and the buggy was turned over. The horse broke; loose from." the buggy and ran back to-Halifax. , A search was t once made by peop a from Halifax and TVeldon,: ' and '.tha bodies were found this morning." They were just eight feet apart w-en found. The news of the drowning of the young men has arbted the deepest sym pathy for the bereaved families,' a .
The Morning Post (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
May 26, 1901, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75