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Post. .1.HE Vol. X RAXEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, AUG-UST 7, 1902 No. 68 Morrison Pears Negro Issue Will Be Raised Selecting Sites for Public Buildings Condidacy of Justics Douglas Not . Heard of at the White House A. - i r- t i.. , ttf 1 HO Tln J. PE5CG ,:. Aug. Special. The e : v for the Durham ami : lni:'d"ags will be made . -.v 'jy. fecial agent J. B. '.. -.v:. i viited both places and i .i-rlt with lx-al condition, , ! .iud i. preparing his re-i- prevailing m! in the . .;. . i: rmr.nt thzi the cost of sit?. ..- i-:::d.ng shall not exceed 10 :" Ui-- aivpriatlou. This rule, will ei initiate nian.v of the :, i ;:s lt"i ?ivl":Kro and Dur . '. is pos?ilh. that exceptions : !,, in U'h intance as the -us are rot large. That an ! nude to incrrase the ap ! ;. the Durham building i;:rie .!-uM. The mn appro Sy oi!-rca is altogether too r" a t i;M:n; that a town of e .! rci.i I iiuortance merit. . r. :h ::- hi been done with - r . i s- ite 'or a public bnfld !:.:..:!,:: City. The department n ;nfrr,.l that an effort will . t Till . i ; :h? iu! lie bmlding. This : ' r. !' :-i a l.ins delav iu th bniKl.nc. ' h.. .iv.-r 1" building pro i f : n;-1 i:::3.ilKth City heads I'y .-':;;ig congressional oc- r. 1 its order of prece : i :i r t the foot of the " -.I'iTi ctt is Jttisfied with il,. i :v f.! r. h3fd ami no char.se 0.!":en in charge th'ir way. They .t i:e a desirable one .-- i-nzTess appropriate n f.r the purchase of save N ;' l: 1. .4 t'j. - tir ! : t-T " V." ' r." J ;; r-. i ? 1- tt; ! - . : i . ! ri:r-. a i-l rn A; f-- n: .!') TT-n Ivr.i.-: cf::-.ii;i.: miles, lies partly in Xorh Carolina and partly in Tennessee, just north of Mount Mitchell and the Asheville region. It embraces within its boundaries the towns of Jone-sboro, EJizabethtown, Erwin and llakersville. The map wlH be completed on tho scale on which it wa com menced 1 to 90,000, and contour lines at intervals of every 100 feet will be di-awn through points - of equal eleva tion, thus indicating the altitudes above sea level and also the character of the steeps of the mountains. The work will be under the control of Mr. Uersey Munroe, one of the to pographers of the survey whose party will consist of It. C. Howard, field as sistant. W ,G. Ipey, rodman, and C. B. Kendall, levelman. He will also be r.ssited by E. G. Hamilton, assistant topographer, and G. T. Ford, field as slstant. The greater part of th southern Appa lachian regions ha been topographically mapped by the geological survey and the mops are now ava&ihle'at the nomi nal government rate, on application to the director of the survey. Cameron Morrison of Rockingham wwa here today on has 'way to Baltimore, where b went on professional business. Mr. Morrison is an enthusiastic and ag Te?ive Democrat, nd though defeated by a fraction of a rote, in one of the nioft remarkable t niggles for a con gnsional nomination in recent years, he does not ffel the sting of defeat. He predicted the election of Mr. Page by a l;?ndfnie nvajority and said amons other things that he would take the ttirm; in Ins Iteanlf. "The Democratic party in North Caro lina Is in fine shape," Mr. Morrison de clared. "If looks as though the negro qiK?tion w:al be the issue in the cam- The ' fHl tr.hifA mo-n -rri'1 K irfr)inrK:iPd V the result of the operation of the irufifrage amendment they draw the issue themselves. The Democrats are raying nothing and they are trying to avoid snrh an issue In the coming campaign. They do not want the necro issue raked, but the logical result will be that they will be forced into the position of de fending the amendment." Chapman W." Manpin. a special agent of the treasury department, has returned from Wilmmgton, where he went to in sptt the Parsltv property which con gress authorired the government to pnr-chis-e for custom house purposes. Mr. Manpin wrfs directed to report on the value and title of the property and ascer tain what damages weie sustained by the owners of the Parsley property. His report was completed (May and was mn officially in TTash- ;t. d ran li.Iacy of Judge r' of th Nrth Caro-. ;i i for the vacancy on v liih was rwently .. MoLaurin of South .I ly him. At the 'i th!s nv-roing As v r.tcr. who is In r a h-.d not neard or turned over to Assistant JSecrerary Tay IM'Tr. At the de-jlir, who will take final aetkm ra a few ' c wisere all of .the.'davs. The sum of sixteen thousand dol- lj:f i :i ;"!o. .t.itement was . iiuiv or Judge Douglas ; -'':.tI for th? vacincy. ! -hit there are crmethi:rff .:. lr-d candhla-tes fir this D-jiilas' friends may !:a at Oyster Biy. ! -t month the director of t:rs cvliz!cl survey has fr rhe completion of the '. lf rin Momyain qnad- iu the heart of the :.; h:.i:;s in the vicinity of f :'i.it nam. incl!idd be- v2 and ami llti ''".K Th tract, a nuad- abint 1000 square lars was appropriated for the purchase of the property, but it Is reported that Agent Maupln considered the sum ex cesive. RtchaTd B. Thompson is appointed postmaster at Tryo Shops, Davidson v. 1 Mioar. Tesignea LINGERING QN THE BORDER LAND Judge John: Gray Bynum Has Passed Beyond the Pos sibility of Recovery Greensboro,. N. C, Aug. 6. Special. Judg4 John Gray Bynum, whose dis tressing accident Monday night was re lated yesterday,- is' now just on the bor der land, and the-onjy .response given by his physicians is that h may possi bly live through'the nigh?. - Until eleven o'clock last night fie seemed to have improved somewhat, resting quietly, with only. an. occasional muttering that his eboulder hurt him. At eleven o'clock he became rt:less again and delirious, and at six o'clock this morning lie passed into a stupor from which It Is :mpossi-ble. to . arouse him, and has been plainly 3ylng all day. He made but one coherent utterance since he was injured, and- that was about twelve o'clock 'yesterday.- Everything that medical- science of loving sympathetic friends could do for the stricken jurist has been done, and his physicians and' friends having at this hour, one o'clock, "abandoned hope for his life, are trusting that his last breath may be painless. The deplorable accident has-cast a gloom overthe' community and the greatest sympathyis felt and expressed for th suffering man. Judge Bynum was fifty-six yerws old last February, and 5s the son of Judge jonn uray uynum oi acw iiannver Greensboro; N. O, Aug. 6. Special county, who moved to liurKe coumy. jfrs j.- P, .-Johnson oC tflis city, while Ills mother was the last, wife of the carrying to her husband his dinner to late Chief JustU-e Pearson. He' was j day; was approached by a strange ne appolnted judge &f the Superior Court sro - man in hiding behind a clump of by Gov. Scales to succeed Judge Avery, bushes in a ravine near Greensboro Fe- 3 - x 1 m t . . . ana eieciea to succeed nirasen ior cue mala ColJeire. . Unon twp v nr nn im- term. He married Mies Henrietta Er- I nroner DroDosal Mrs. Johnson screamed. win or liurke and nad no cniidren. in vhen the biute made for her. Dashins ISOo he moved from IMoreanton . to : h At-n tireensoro ana soon Decnme prominent In the local practice of law in associa tion with his first cousin, ex-Judg W. P. Bmum, Jr. In 1900 he lost his wife and hs not seemed the same man since. he is buried here in' Green Hill cemetery and b? her side he will repose. Judge Bynum was a member of the REGULAR HOWLER v':;AAT:HIGHP0iHT .- . Factory and Other Property Extensively Damaged " : by the Wind High Point, N. C., Aug. 6. Special. A terrific wind storm passed over High Point today: at , ' two-Thirty p. m. doing considerable damage, at some of the fac tories and .uprooting trees in different parts of the city. The hrrge smoke stack at Scow Lumber Company's plant was blown i down, demolishine a shed near by and causing the factory to close down on account of fire going. out. In the yard. the. lumber was scattered in every direction. A large smoke stack at one of vhe Globe Home Company's yiauLa at uisuj 1 ai-geu. j.ne cuimneys at Mr. I.. K. Grimes' residence were blown down.; The number of trees up rooted over, town and the outhouses and fencing torn down cannot be estlmatedr as damage "is reported in every street. The wind was followed by a heavy Tain which literally swept things. CHASED-BYABRUTE A Greensboro Woman Makes a Good Run and Escapes Masked Men TIa aiid Rob a Burlingf on Train Amount of B"ooty Obtained Was Small One of the Men Killed as They , Were Making Off' screaming, pursued by the man until she bounded over Solicitor Brooks' back fence, when her pursuer took another cover. Later he was seen to mount a wagon driven by another negro and lash the horse into a gailop, jumping out at j a dense thicket on a branch near Ashe i street jast as his pursuers caught sight I of him. A tnearo answering 'his Ktescrrp- I'res-bytenan cnuren and was noted ror i tion was arrested at, five o'clock, but his liberality in all charitable and pub-(was promptiy discharged when Mrs. fie spirited undertakings. Mr. and Mrs. George D. Green of Wilson and Judge W. P. Pyrum, Sr., of Charlotte have just arrived. Mrs. Green being a sister to Mrs. Bynum and Jndee Bynum uncle of the dying jnrist. - Mr. James W. Wilson, Jr., of Morganton arrived last night and has Jere Conelly, United States poet office jbeen at Judge Bynum's bedside contain icspertor,- who has been located in rvortli . ally. Carolina for several years, residing at Rale ish and Wilmington, has been trans ferred to the rural free delivery sys tem! of -the post office department. His friends in North Carolina wMl be pleased to learn that he has earned a promotion. For the prtsent Mr. Connelly is sta tioned Ik re. The .King -and Queen Return to London Town His Majesty Steps Buoyantly Without the Use of His Cans-Crowds Cheer ' - Him Joyfully I-""! a. An;. C.-King Edward and '.'''a AI-Sladra .in-iri1 :n 1 smA.m lna ni".:i. Vir-turia station was pro 1 rated wiih Rjzi. bunting. only 1 hf . -a I lk devices. '' ;s Ii-';.Ia.vil in The the wh .ile .t-j ...1 looking down rhe hill towards the line of route the crowd. stood nine and ten de?D. Close to Burton's arch, at the top of Constitution hill, two American girls were standing beside the railings. Presently as the sound of cheering rose In the distance the young women, disregarding formality, asked an Eng lishman to lend them a hand to climb the rail. When a little later the king pased they cheered enthusiastically and one of them remarked: "How hap py he lo-k?. This indeed was the best pr.sslble description of his majesty's ap pearance. The genuine, improvement in A a' . r.. . .; f! T... rr i r'r Ui sr w-i h t s. r n .. - . t i?;.n wore th: c l.irire his majesty s health was reliected in :''l shii-KIs. one btiutrith frankness of his smile and his con- the p-.Int at which Utant willinimes to raise his hat and Vcr .;;r;f;:irhad assembled t T'1?1' ?hrTells e m - r.,,r, fr :. the nation to th.-e cf the onlookers The people are i .ra j ah. e h-iiirs bt fore the time delighted at ths klnes recovery and r.-iv.il ,,f the train, ia spite of this wa shared by the queen, who re J that i: wa raining heavily, sponded to the cheers and wavings of ( , -ranse denser than evtr handkerchiefs with bows. ' re o U-k ant! the police , . . . u.ty i i.ola-.ing the platform rornl carriage was driven at a tl' ry-i train waa to draw up. oxr trot, giving everybody an eflsr val of two cl.Hie.1 l.irdaus. e-iview of a few moments duration, which a tr: of royal life guards I reassured them h-.hitelv that the Test enn-ed a murmur I ftn iiPj .s-, . hn-. ,.i r fectel a genu?ne restoration of the'r y . ' . . 1 OR ward rue yacht as ".in.' .hi: - " : , f T I fecte.1 a F, nue restoration i I thi v would t- i.roTPm'ihl fn.iii soereicn s health 1 1 VI t ' . tr, t . . . ft - . r.r. . i-ir n i ierie :p the tr.ihi arrived the king left i. ,11 nth ,n t asi.tance and, ac . Y' the qnen. walked across ,f.tnn t. another rarririffe. A Their majesr arrived at Bucking ham pilace at 5:44, a minute ahead Of schedule time. $ V.rtll r . i . i t:!r heere,l by -ho irreit throng! rUlliam S baSO WlM the JUTV were delighted to sfe that i 41, .. x- o 1 re had beon open.-d, the rain' -P"1. C., Ang. 6. Special. The h.n-lr.z st..j.jsl. The cheering i rmllam case wns given to the jury at -i-u.tK throughont the entire i 4 0 clock this afternoon. No verdict has nmg wore civilian dress. yet been reached. The court will re- earn ace. fr in the station rani thev Tl s th. station the life guards re- convene in the morning at 10 o'clock, la 1 t IT f .i:e an.l lw l.iti.lna trnr. . i which 4ime 11 T-erdlct ia mooA I"le ifil.-t rutlue arrived fltfTbce hours on either lde were aUnwni Liter the roval 'T the judse for argument. Judtre t harles A. -Moore for the defense and IMstriet Attorney Holton were today's speakers. Much interest is" manifested It is generally believed there will be a mistrial. . a few minift n by engine "IIU Mniwir" r-td with -nwns ai.l ti mml f o-. :.. dt . 1 . , - v.ipen .ipxaiiiira.- wno 1" - .' .; black, was th? first to ,." : ; was fr:lwcl a moment 1-1 . " : '" king. .The guanls saluted 1 t i,v , . rllpere,L J.inff i ,5 -platform briskly, !.-r,rt the way with a few 1 4,ii.:.n? happilv. k wn:ke.i Uioyaistly by the sido 1'i-t th entire length of the " i asite.l iier niaietv into He tlen entered his with. ' " " He wore a rrey fFock hat and carried a small " r - i'"'-ver, he did not use to ' walking. Irjad'cr aa i:,,,,,e throng In th-? l iirnd nsrir Tn A Ry of Hp G reensbocro, N. CL, Aug. 6. Special. JurJge Byaiurai is still alive tonight. He was roused from his srupor at 8 o'cioc-k anl -repented the word "Governor'' whtm told t'h."t Governor Aycock was present to feo him. StimulaT.rs and nTuriiCifment have hid effect. Physicians say there is a shgn't ray of hope, 'but his seraii-con- t scKm-sness has caused him to feel paan and liow it. S Amrrlcaa Leigut At Chicago: R. II. E. Chicago 5 13 4 Washington 2 4 1 Batteries Carrlck and Clark; Patter son and McFarland. At Cleveland: " R. II. E. Cleveland 5 12 .2 PhUadelphia , .. ..4 9 1 Batteries Smirh and Bemis; Waddell and Schreckengost. At Detroit: . R. H. E. Detroit.. 1 6 2 Baltimore.,. 2 10 0 Batteries Mullen and Buelow; Wiltse and Smith. - At St. Louis: R. H. E St. Ixmis. . , . . . . Boston . . .. Batteries Powell and Kahoe; Dineen and Crigor. . Ambassador White Resigns Washington, Aug.?. C The state de partment today received the resignation of Andrew D. White as ambassador of the United States to Germany. The formaf resignation, which Mr. White presents, to take effect rsovemoer 7, 1002, has been forwarded to the presi dent. The officials of the state department are unwilling to make any further state ment relative to Ambassador Whi:e resignation beyona tne racr mar 11 wa received this morning. It is tacitly ad mitted, however, that the action of the aged diplomat was not unexpected by either the president or the state ae-partment. li.. II. Hi. . li 2 V.-7 12 2 Johnson was able to look at him and declare he was not the man. Mrs. Jolmon is suffering from the result of the fright and excitement. She is a woman of irreproachable character for truth and modesty. ... . - MINE WATCHMAN .BEATEN TO DEATH HisTamily Was in Want and He Would Not Take a Hint Wlikesbaarre, Pa., ATJg. 6. DanSel J. Sweeny, a watchnnan ia the employ of the Delaware, Da'ckawanma & Western Company at their ElSss co31iery in 'Han over t'ownihip, was fouimd deaxH to, a fielul there today. He quit -work mit midnight Kind was foltowcd 'by a score of nif?n. Tii-o ni'ein were making threats an'! Sweeny was 'afraiki of t'hem. He took ref usra in a saloon ar.d wait )& there fot soojo time. AtTter-he thought the crowd that followed him had dispersed! he left for his home. This was 4he last seen of 5iirn alive. The supposition is that the mn who followed him from the mine were lying In wat for him, aoiKl when he approached the spot where they were ! hidiTig they 'assaulted him with. pk:k handles and beaft his brains out Tire body lay in a pool of bloodu One of the arms was also broken, apparently fby a bkw from a cJlulb. It is sal'd the coal company will offer a rewaird of $1,000 ikxr the arrest and conviction of 'the miurd'erers. The imur dered nian told! the superintendent of the mine where he was employeid that some of the strikers (had! spoken o himi last week .and adTisfed him that it did not look right to see him igoing to work, and that if he was wise he would quit at once. Sweeny isa!ld he needed employ ment as his family was in want. The next day another delegation of men met Mm on has way fo work and -told him if be not qnit work hewould be sorry. County Detective Richard Jones this af twcooni arregifed three Dlthuaniains for the murJer of 'Sweeny, agaunst whom the eridcthce lis dasnaging. They are John Smith. Iknyl SKiuki'S and Michael Yush ko. They were identified as havang left the saloon qufrckly after Sweeny ami had been, and seen soon atfter running from the stireet where -Sweeny's body was found. They told coafEicting stories and were jailed without trial. . 'Moamt Carroll, IH., Ang. 6. A dartoig amd siiieoeissful iLrarn a-obbery occurred1 at Marcus on the Cha'cago, Burlington. & Qudncey ralliroad, fiw iniiles north, of Sa-vatan-a, about midniglht. The vestibuled passenger -traani of eleven eoani-hc'S, Conductor J3mersoa in charge, was flagged at the irttJe station aiad eight masked men .boarded the en- girne. The englwer ami fireman obered the imperatSre ordeirs. a-nd -f7w iWhors at . once uoiooaipled the en'gine and : ex press oar Knom the ta-a5n and ran them a quarter of a mile up. the track. They tin-en blew up the express caT with dyna mite, ram the emgine north, a dlistanee of a mile from 'Hanover, and- t lotcomo tive becomd'nfg deadv the rofbbers abam' doned it aind escaped'. One off She h-ighrwayiiven -waB killed;, (be ing shot afbove the eye and alsoi dn the leg. He met tositanteath amri his body wasv dumped) tto the gronnd .by his com panSona as they sped away. ' The deed was dome" quickly, tifhe trainmen amid pas eengeTs m'aking mo defense. - &lx "sacks of mocey were secuTed. The passeagers were mot nnolested. -. '' There to mo way xf telegraphteg news cf the iholoSup, so a flagman wallcod back and 2? aye -tlhe alarm. A soeoial train of citizens amd several iwJl'iceimen at once proceeded! to the acene, but as the track 'rums along the ''Mississippi and iuhe country is well adapted! to a success ful ftiight, the robbers easily escaped. The work was evidently that of experts, as they went at it cooily and methodical ly. Tho train attacked Is 'one of the finest In the world!, and usually carries consid erable1 money, wtidh must have been known by the highTwavanen. The dead robber was a stranger fin. this vicinity. Hie was & middle aged man and well dressed. Four explosions were (required to com plete the destructfion- of the safe and the oar was batdHy wrecked'. The' rob bers were eight to m-umber, aM Tnaafcedi. They etyidenitty were railroad men, on tre4n!g a good: enigrneer. 'Messeager Wtll 11am Byl fiTed five shots t tho robbers (but without avail, and am a-rtempt waa miakle to blow Mux up &ni h4 oar. Several passengers Sn tho buffeit car, incluidm'g the porter, were -held prison era diu.Tiing the struggle to crack the safe. It is thought the dead robber was killed by a comrade 'by mistake. The body waa put on the tender' amd1 ruin -oy the others a elhoTt distance and) then thrown. Into the woodla. Ohireaigo, Au-g. 6. Follow! irg Js the of fictaJ flocorrnt of t)he -robbery, tssned by the general anamaiger of thai Ohdeago, BTiTfSjmgton. & Quincey raSrway: "Traro 'No. 47 -was held up last might a:bout 110 -at south switch, Marcus, f.lbvwit ten mliTes raorth, of Savanna, Dli nois.' The switch was ttinnod for pas senger (fcraick and -the train flagged. The two had; ears, consisting of a onll and express car amdl a composite car, were cut off and taken to -Che norrhi swUfch, where the safe "jm the express car waa was blow open w4th idiyn'amfite -and 00a- tein-ts taken, after which 'the engiin was cut off by the robbers and started worth. As the robbers left the express mesa en-. ger fired at them. One robber was found dead about one miles nortb. of Marcus amd his 'body . was given over to -the coroner. . At least six mem were con- eetnrcd in the robbery. Sb far as is knowtn onily $2,(Xa) in slliver was secured None of the crew was hart 'amd none of the passengers molested." Thfe express company- today said that a purse- of $1,000 wouM be made up by the two compamies' and given to Express Messenger Byl for has bravery. Harry Jracy Puts an Esid to His WHd Career With His Leg Broken by a Bullet He Puts a Pistol to His Head and Pulls Trigger . Spokane, Wash., Aug. 6. Harry Tracy. the notorious outlaw, who with David Merrill, escaped from the Oregon peni- tentiary-at Salem June 9,; . after killing three prison guards, killed imself early this morning after being wtfcraded by the rifle, of one of a posse in pairs u it. vmiio intn, h Tracy was surrounded in a wheat field I . , ,. , . .. . near t allowes, a station on the W asli ington Central railroad about fifty mife-3 . Tracy committed many feats of daring during his flight, in the course of which he eluded various posses when appar ently surrounded and held up numerous farmers whom he -forced to furnish food and clothing, and by threats of murder ing their: famtlies compelled thean to cover up his , tracks. " - . Traoy was hunted down by a posse of Creston citizens, and being surrounded, he engaged in a running battle with hi- pursuers. H!s leg was broken by a bul let and an artery bled profusely. Ile crept into a wheat field and tried to tie up tne artery, uecommg aesperare ne nut his. revolver t4 his head and fired jrain. At daylight this morning his body was I found, already cold. No sheriffs were west of Spokane. Last night word was near when the battle was in progress, Th. 9.' - . m an r.,rt A Town Fire-swept New Orleans. Aug. C The greater part of the business section of the town of Washington. Jjh., was destroyed by fire last night, including the opera house. pot office and P.ank of Washington. The fire became .o threatening at one time that a special train was run from Lafayette and Opelousas and brought in firemen from these towns. The los is estimated at $150,000: insurance only ?25,000- , , Profane Swearer Struck Dead by Thunder Bolt sent back to Davenport, the county iseat, and a large number of armed men hur ried to the scene. The posse under Sheriff Gardner open ed fire on the outlaw, and one bullet pierced his right leg between the knee and thigh. About twenty minutes after being wounded he shot himself with one of his revolvers, and his bodT was found this morning after daybreak. The re volver with which he killed himself was graped tightly in his right hand. Harry Tracy' escaped from the Oregon state prison June 9, after killing Frank W. Ferrell, G. R. T. Jones and B. T. Tiffany, guards, and Frank Ingraham, a convict who -tried to prevent his flight. On .Time 2S Tracy kilted Merrill near Napavintt, Washington, shooting him from behind and leaving ins body in tne forest where it was found July 15. On July 3 near Seattle, in a fight 'with a posse, Tx-acy shot and killed Charles Raymond, a deputy sheriff, E. B. Bresse, a police man, and mortally wounded Neil Raw ley, who died the following day, and wounded Carl Anderson and Louis Zaf rite, newspaper reporters. and private elzens of Creston will gel the reward. : Perhaps hisi greatest show of daring was displayed July 2 at South Bay, ! nenr nivmnint whfn ho fhnlf! nn six . - , ir .. 1 - - men and forced four, including Captain Clark of a'lage gasoline launch, to em bark Jiim on Iuget sound and pilot him up stream for ten hours. In 197 Tracy murdered Valentin Hoge, a Colorado .cattleman, and William-Strong, a5 boy, in the same state. A total reward of $5,G00 was: offered for his arrest George A. McBride of Washington offering $2,500 for his cap ture dead or aflve. The state of Oregon offered $3,000 land a brother rff one of the guards killed at the penitentiary offered $100. j The reward (for Merrill's , capture, amounting to $1,500, has been claimed by Mrs. Waggoner, the. berry picker, and her son, who' found the body near their home. j fuel Blows Down Trees and Houses In! Durham Carr Church Loses Its Stee ple . Cotton .Mill Win dows Broken Wires in a Bad' Tangle The street engine shed and the en- Charlotte, N. C, Aug. 6. Special. After muttering an oath because he couM it untie a knot to a rope, Ike McMillan, the engineer in charge ox the imerry-go-Tonrid at Latta- park, "was struck dead by a bolt of lightning duc'lcg an electrical torm this afternoon-. Fred Smith, colored, was also severely in jured, being ;bumod about the arms and htfivtang hi slroes badQy torn. Will Young, - a' third assdistant, was also stunned. In view of the fact that a big tide of criticism , had 'been aTOcsed here ou ccwmt of the rumning of tho marry -go - round last Sundiay, as a resTJlt of which the manager was tried1 and fined1, people are dEsped to wonder if the deadly work of the lightmim-g this atbemoon has any .eon-cecttion with, "the 'Salfbnth riola tion. three days aco. The deadi man's body shows po marks or 5n(juries except those receive? when) he fell, while, strange to say-, the. negro is badly burned and his shoes were literally ripped open, and! he eti-M lives. " Marston McManaway, som Oj. f promi nent phj-sicaan, was standing oetween McMillan and the negro, but escaped' injury. Durham, N. C, Aug. 6. Special. A terrific wind and rain storm nere tms afternoon about 3 o'clock did considera ble damage to property. Trees - and wires in the city fared badly and a inr?P mnmfo of window awnings, were destroyed. , 1 The greatest damage is reported at Hickstown, west of Durham. - A brick building used as a residence was blown down and the furniture deroyed. The building was owned by Sid Mangum of this city and was occupied' by J. H. Crab-tree. Fortunately every member of the family was out visiting at the time of the storm. The loss is between six and eight hundred dollars. In -Eat Durham . the ftfeeple to Carr Methodist church was Mown off, caus ing a loss of abwut one hundred dollars. This loss is covered by cyclone insur ance. Below East Durham a colored church, almost new, was blown down, causing a. loss of four hundred dollars. The lumber yard of Jv E. Bowling was damaged tc the extent of fiftty or seventy-five ' dollars, was lifted into! the gine damaged, j At Trinity park three tree were blown' down and the home of Prof. Alridge was damaged. , In East Dur ham the sanctification tent was blown down, and MrJ Brooks, who has been as-siting in the meetings, was caught un der it, but escaped unhurt.. Windows In East Durham cotton mills were dam aged to the amount of $15 or $20. The direction of the t3rm waa from west to east, and seemed to get worso east of the city ' $ . .' Base Ball at Winston W4TJStorbJSalem, N1. O., Aug. 6. Spo ca". A clofe and exciting ball game was played heire, this afternoon between WantonrSalem and Stonevllle. At the opTLdcfg of the ninth fow'fng the score was a tiie, but Wrason-&alem won by TOakiong one.jruri, making the iscore 9 to 8. Storm at Winston-Salem ' Wlnfjton-JSflle-, 'N. C, Aug. G. Spe cial. A severe storm parsed oyer thia section this- afternoon. The worst dam age done was ibe re-nnicwering of a Winst'ooiSaleni 'Furndture Company buiMing. At- nramber of -trees around town also chtamoya were blow down.
The Morning Post (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Aug. 7, 1902, edition 1
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