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lanna Mas
rouUcians'l iuiuessm
raker Will Force an En
ocrsenrent of Roosevelt by
the Ohio Convention.
The Question Arises,
Is Marcus to Be
a Candidate
1ST THO.T1AJ J. PEXCB
Washington, May 23. Special. Sen
ior Hanna's recent declaration that
paw "no reason why this year's
version should do next year's work,"
hen speaking of the effort to endorse"
esident Roosevelt, for 1904 at the
no state convention, has caused no
ntte alarm m administration circles
Washington. The question is being
?ked, "What does Senator Hanna
rj-.ean?" For months and months the
hio senator has declared publicly and
sr. private that he was not a candi-
inte for the presidential nomination.
'A'hile politicians accepted these state-
nents and assurances as final, others
have expressed the belief that Mr.
Hanna was at heart yearning for the
inmination and hoping that it would
'ne forced on him, so to speak.
Not only are these Republicans de
claring tnat Hanna has a motive in
endeavoring to stave off an endorse
ment of the president, but the admin
istration fellows are greatly concerned
Rnd are asking why he should oppose
Koosevelt's endorsement at this time.
They fail to find any Justification for
the reason that he offers and they
laugh at the idea that this year's con
vention should do next year's work,
specially when it comes from a pro
f essed Roosevelt man.
This merry war that is oh between
the. Hanna and Foraker forces in Ohio
is the subject of general interest in
political circles just now. In "Washing
ton it is believed that Foraker will
win out and that his resolution en
dorsing the president for the Republi
can nomination in 1904 will be adopted
by the convention. Senator Foraker,
who arrived in Washington today. Is
greatly wrought up over the subject
and he is sparing no opportunity .to
square himself with the president at
rVhe expense of Senator Hanna. Here is
what Senator Foraker said today:
"Senator Hanna knows that the talk
about having tour convention declare
In favor of President Roosevelt was
started by his own friends. If noth
ing had been said on the subject the
convention might have contented' itself
with a mere endorsement of President
Roosevelt's administration, but Hhese
interviews have precipitated an issue.
and they are evidently Intended fori
that purpose. If such an issue is to bei
forced upon us it will have to be met.
"I don't know what the convention
will do, but the probabilities are thatj?
we will now have either to make such
a declaration or refuse to make it. . I
don't know why, if we are all fou
TYesident Roosevelt, we should hesi-t
tate to join with other states in so;
declaring. There has been no thought
in connection with the matter of smokj
ing anybody out; certainly no thought
-of smoking -Senator Hanna, for he has
daclared in the public press repeatedli
that he is not a candidate and wll
not bea candidate, and I have-heard
him say a number of times that hi
favors the nomination next year , of
Roosevelt. - .
"If we have no other candidate it wif
do no harmjto say-so. If the con vena
tion should refuse to : say sp, it woulfl
he construed to mean that there is'"ti
V some other candidate. I don't knof,
if this is to be the case, who the othep-
an lidate is to be, but no matter whb
hi may be, it is my opinion that .the
Republicans of Ohio, at least a grea&t
Avery 5a pp dt
Pbirit
His Taking Off Careful!
Planned and Deliberately
Executed He Was:1
, t Wealthy and Well -:
Connected
High Point, N, C. May 23. Special
Avery Sapp has killed himself," were
e words that startled the people jbf
.is city this afternoon at 6 o'clock, in
'ew moments the residence was sur
mded by friends who soon realized
t the sad news was true. Sittihg
his bed in his shirt sleeves.; wfth
- left hand Mr. Sapp deliberately
"ed the muzzle of a pistol against
' breast and fired. The ball entered
heart and death'was instantajieojbs.
- left hand was' powder burned, as
hlao his shirt' where the ball n-
'1. The bosom of his shirt shoved
print" of a hand where evidently
' Snpp placed his left hand, the ne
' - was powder burned, immediately
rr he pulled the trigger, and pused
-&ei back on the bed. .-: 4 .
Sfetltl
x. - - . . .
! ;
majority of them, favor the nomina-;
6 -3
uon of President Roosevelt."
There is a. movement on foot to have
the timing Republican state conven
tion ih. Ohio . declare in favor of the
reduction Ptf the . representation of
southern states in Congress. This is
the'b&ginnihg obthe fight that will be
made! earlyf in thTnext Congress to
cut he squth's representation. The
Ohio IdeclajfatjLon Is to be used as
trap 'to catch5 the full negro vote of
that IstateJ : That is" all. The repre
sentation of the south will not be cut
downs so long as there is a Democrat
left ii the Senate,and this old bugaboo
will rightn no one. although the Re
publican pirty engraft the idea into its
platform.'
HnJiUr'lBimiiBi' Ssnr York Mpeeek
Seiator Immons,"- who returned to
Nort Carolina this afternoon, was
very I much pleased with the reception
accoded IjimHn New York. The pa
pers I of the -north certainly, gave his
speejh on jtbe "race problems" a splen
did showing. Four of the New York
papers devoted over a .column to it
and 'several contained editorial refer
ence. Srae were critical of course,
but "Senator Simmons has received
marty letters and teleerrams conerau-
llatisg him on his effort. Ex-Senatcr
Pugp of jAIabama was one of those to'
declare that the speech was the best
he iad heard on the subject and that
it expressed his ideas exactly.
"The -j-orshippers of Booker Wash
ington ere disposed to criticise my
utterance with reference to the farm
beifig the proper place for the negro,"
Senator Simmons observed.' "One. of
the'Newj York Republican papers, in a
coftimn edftorigtl, criticised my position
inlthis respect and comolaininly charg
ed! that 1 1 condemned the negro to the
drvidgerjr of the farm. I have had
sorie considerable experience with farm
aiyi city life. In my judgment there is
no occupation more honorable than
thjat ofj agriculture. The farmers of
tris country, upon an average, will
.compare favorably In character, intel
llgencefand patriotism with the people
o the pity or those engaged any other
of cupation. Farm life is just as con
ducive jto manhood, -character, patriot
ism and happiness as any other occu
njation "
I The senator said he had on son and
Ke had? always wanted to see him a farmer.-
Further commenting- upon the
attitude of; certain" Republican, papers
as to liis contention that negroes should
fe trained and educated for better ser-
ants.J laborers and farmers, . Senator
Simmons said it was strange to him
hat any newspaper should so far be
led aitray by prejudice as to claim
that farm life was not good enough
for a fnejrro 'in view of the fact that the
enornous majority of white people of
this country the very bone and sinew
of it-i-are farm laborers or farmers.
rarUons on Jade Clark
Th presidential b'oom of Judge Wal
ter Olark has now reached the cartoon
stasre. The ; New York World a few
daysji ago pictured Bryan in a heroic
and inflated size, presenting a dwarf
by comparison to Miss Democracy.
Judge Clark was represented as the
smajler of the two astride a 16 to 1
wooden horse, and there were patches
on his;, trousers labeled "Populism,"
whie a streamer lew from his cap
witty the words "rjy candidate." The
inscription under the cartoon was "The
LitQe-Unknown from Nowhere." To
day! the Evening Star contained a ear
too, which was characterized as
"Bryan's Punch and Judy Show." Mr.
Brjfan. is pictured as having left his
shqV booth, and he is standing with
on4 hand resting on the property box
and the other holding out a figure which
is abelled "Clark of North Carolina."
Thfe Nebraskan is represented as being
satisfied with his offering before reach
ing in the "property box" to pull out
anther figure.
Kills Himself
iThe suicide seemed to have been well
anned and deliberately carried out.
. -Several weeks agx .Mr. Sapp went to
"Washington city on a pleasure trip
ahd came back home broken, down
from sight seeing. For some days he
had shown sisrns. of a deranged mind
att times, and had often remarked to
hjis ! brother-in-law, Mr. J. Ed. Kirk
man, that, he intended to kill himself.
n conseauence of these threats Mr.
fCirkman had unawares taken Mr.
Sapp's pistol from him and tried to
fet a knife that the deceasde insisted
j?n carrying with hitn all the time,
feven to the bed at nierhts. Mr. Kirk
rnans who has been keeping close watch
flld not know that Mr. Sapp had an
other pistol or cartridges. He had only
eft Mr. Sapp a fey moments to get
some- fresh air when he heard the. re
port of -a pistol.
The pistol and cartridge with which
jlr. Sapp shot himself were new. How
he secured them is not known. There
! were two' loaded chambers besides the
one that was used.
Mr. Satfo left no statement as for as
could be learned.
Mr. A.'B. Sapp was 52 years of age.
He Was, p- son of the late Dr. A. J.
Sapp and a brother of lirs. J. Ed. Kirk
man and Mrs. Jno. A. Lindsay of this
High
several factories here, holding the po
sition of vica resident of the Lindsay
Chair Company and director in three
or four companies.
Up to a year ago Mr. Sapp was 'book
keeper in the National Bank of High
Point, havins: held this position for
fifteen years or more. He had never
been- married. His wealth is stimat- I
ed at from fifty to sixty thousand dol- j
lars. He was well liked by all. i
EDWARD'S BAD HEALTH
Disquieting Rumors Are Cir
culating Again in England
London, May 23. TheTe are serious
rumors current in regard to the health
of King Edward. These stories have
been in circulation for several days
past. They are to the effect that he
had a sudden attack of pain at the op- (
era just after returning from France.
A few days later while he was. in Scot- ,
land his majesty experienced . similar
attacks . which resulted, on two : occa- !
sions, it is said, in fainting spells. The
king is under careful treatment and
observation, but it is thought that an :
operation may be necessary within a
short time. In the meanwhile . he is (
able to get about almost as usual.
DIED IN SAVANNAH
A Prominent Citizen :ef Wil
mington Expires Suddenly
Wilmington, N. C, May 23. Special.
Mr. David Stone Cowan, a native of
Wilmington and one of the most prom
inent citizens of eastern Carolina, died
suddenly yesterday morning at Savan
nah, Ga., where he was on a visit to
his daughter, Mrs. A. B. Hull. He had
been in failing health for some time,
and with his wife went to Savannah,
hoping the change would benefit him.
His remains arrived in Wilmington
last night, accompanied by his wife
and daughter, Mrs, Hull.
The funeral was conducted at 5.30 o'
clock this afternoon from St. James
Episcopal church, with interment at
Oakdale cemetery.
GIFT TO MEMORIAL
Half the A m c u nt i n" S ight for
Alumnae Auditorium
Winston-Saiem, N. C, May 23. Spe
cial. Mrs. L. M. Fries today contrib
uted five hundred dollars to the alum
nae memorial to be erected by "Salem
Female College. The gift is In memory
of the doner's mother and sister. Mrs.
Fries' gift makes the memerial fund
about ten thousand dollars, about half
the amount needed for the auditorium.
Congressman Kitchen, -in an inter
view today, stated that in his opinion
Judge Parker of New York was the
man for the Democrats to nominate
for president. He is opposed to the
party nominating ex-President Cleve
land. HOT BALL GAME
Grand Stand Burned Down in
the Eighth Inning
Cambridge, May 23. The most excit
ing game ever played on the Harvard
diamond was won by Princeton by the
score of six to five today. Never was
there,an act of wild melodrama, cir
cus or parade equal in genuine thrill
to the moment when fire leaped in
long tongues from the central grand
stand. The fire was probably set by
some small boys at the beginning of
the eighth inning. The ushers discov
ered it in the nick of time and ordered
the spectators to get away. , In a mo
ment the whole wooden grand stand
was a gigantic bonfire. Eight thou
sand people poured down to the dia
mond in good order and no one was in
jured. A heavy north wind fortunately blew
the flames away from the' diamond.
For a half hour the crowd watched
the, burning of the grand stand and
some barns near by. Before the fire
department arrived the whole central
stand was burned out,' but the side
stands, being of iron, were saved. Cap
tain Clarkson and his men of the Har
vard team were dragging the hose and
fighting the fire. Big clouds of smoke
were still blowing when the game was
resumed. Harvard then proceeded to
stampede Princeton, making five runs
in the eighth inning. Clarksoa shut
out "Princeton in the ninth, but Har
vard in turn failed to score.
The score: . 1 H. E.
Harvard 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 j 8; 6
Princeton .......102 1 02 000 6 6 3
Batteries: Clarkson and Kernan;
Stevens aid Reid. ;
Athletic Managers
Chapel Hill, N. C. May 23 Special.
At a meeting of the athletic advisory
committee this afternoon the follbwing
were elected for next year's athletic
teams: Hal Worth of Asheboro, man
ager of base ball team, and Mr, Clai--born
Carr of Durham, manager of track
team. Wearers of the "N. C." for field
work were "decided on,
TWENTY-ONE CUTS
Murderers of Kentooni Made
- Sure Work of It
New York, May 23. An Armenian
mat weaver who was known as Ga
rad N. Kentooni, was killed, or killed
himself, early Friday morning in his
bed room on the third floor of the rear
tenement at 238 east Thirtieth street.
His body was found beside his bed
with more than twenty stab wounds in
his chest and stomach. A gash in his
throat had severed the Juglar vein and
caused death.
Kentooni had lived In the apartment
about two years, and up to six weeks
ago shared the two rooms with a fel
low countryman who made and ped
dled candy for a living. Kentooni, ac
cording to the other tenants in the
house, objected to the smell of broiling
candy, and the candy maker moved at
Kentooni's request. The neighbors say
they did not part on good terms.
Mrs. Ellen Gallagher, who lives on
the third floor of the tenement adjoin
ing, told the police that she and her
daughter were awakened early Friday
morning by groans in Kentooni's rooms.
The cries lasted fifteen minutes, she de
clared, and then ceased. The police
think that this was when Kentooni
was killed. The condition of "the rooms
convinced them that the murderer had
planned robbery. . !
Coroner's Physician Schultz made an
autopsy this afternoon. He found
twenty-one knife wqunds and declared
that the fact that they all slanted the
same way proved that the man was
murdered.
, PEOPLE PROTEST
Great Outcry Against the Lon-'
qon Educat'nn Bill
London, May 23. Almost every non
conformist church in London was rep
resented at a demonstration in Hyde
Park this afternoon in opposition to
the London education bill. A resolu
tion was adopted- by the meeting
against the bill because it destroys the
London school board, excludes women
from election to positions of education
authority, imposes religious tests on
teachers and does not provide for free
teaching in a body directly' elected for
that purpose.
The people who ,to4k par', in the
demonstration assembled ; along the
Thames embankment. The men walked.
The women were conveyed in carriages
and automobiles. The -number of peo
ple who took part in the affair far
exceeded any in a similar demonstra
tion in recent years.
BEE STING CORE
V
A German Doctor Says It Is
"Sure for Rheumatism
Berlin. May 23. Doctor Perc of Mar
burg addressed a. brilliant gathering: of
physicians the other day on the healing
properties of bee stinss in cases of
rheumatism of the joint muscles. The
professor pointed out that it has" been
known from time immemorial as a
cure among the poorer classes of people
who have no faith in medical science.
He has tested it thoroughly and proved
its efScacy in five; hundred cases. He
claims it is a soeciSc remedy. If a
Officials Explairisng
the TujSoch Charges
Washington, May 23. The postmaster
general gave out tor publication this
morning the reply of Auditor Castle of
the post office department to the
charges of maladministration recently
filed by S. W. Tulloch, former eashier
of the Washington post office.
Mr. Castle dismisses certain charges
of alleged irregularities in certifying
accounts by disclaiming any authority
under the law to revise, alter or review
items of expenditures. Further, he de
clares that an accounting officer has
no means of knowing whether employes
carried on the rolls are required to per
form services. . "We trust to the scru
tiny of the department officials and the
honesty of the postmasters," he says.
Several of the charges made by Tul
loch he passes -up to Comptroller of the
Treasury Tracewell. In referring to the
investigation of the accounts of the
local post offices under Expert -Grilmer,
"new to the jwork, and who raised
fnany entirely; irrelevant questions,"
Auditor Castle says: ."Gilmer had an
advantage v.- did not have, in copious
hints from Tulloch," a former cashier,
as to various j supposed irregularities
unknown to us. The expert consumed
four months in revising this account,
during which period the voluminous
papers constantly needed by us were
held in the comptroller's office at the
treasury building, to our serious in
convenience. One after another the ob
jections were I abandoned by Expert
Gilmer or were overruled by the comp-
! troller, who had secured from the ofli
! niou nledcps that the irreerular prac
tices of Tulloch, the discharged cashier,"
would be discontinued until the amount
ultimately disapproved was reduced to
$932.86. Of this amount $481.86 was
found legal if paid out "of another fund.
The defects were 2so dired."
patient is suff erlnr from - rheumatism
the stuns part affected does not swell
at first nor until the bee poisoning Is
frequently introduced. Then the rheu
matic naln gradually vanishes from
the ioint.
Dr. Perc allows his patients to be
stung at" first by a few bees and then
arradually increases the number. The
stings are inserted near the joint of the
muscles affected. In one sitting he al
lows seventy bee to sting the patient.
He described the cas of a woman who
suffered excruciating tortures, from
rheumatism. In the course of her cure
she was stung 6,952 times and this re
sulted in a complete cure.-
RAISED A BREEZE
Commissioners Objected to
.Sending Greetings to
the President
Los Angeles, May 23. Only one ses
sion of the Presbyterian assembly was
held today in order that the delegates
might spend the afternoon in excur
sions to neighboring places. The only
feature of the meeting was the oppo
sition of certain members of the as
sembly to a proposed greeting to Pres
ident Roosevelt. Rev. Frederick K.
Stanley of, Atlantic City, N. J., intro
duced the resolution that caused a
stir. He said: "I wish to Introduce a
resolution with reference to the' trip
of the president of the United States,
as he is about to turn toward the nation
al capital. A few days ago in Nevada
a numoer or us, wno were n a. v cims
in special trains, had the privilege of
listening to a very good speech by the
president. When he learned that there
were a number of commissioners to the
assembly among his hearers he remark
ed upon the importance and dignity
of. the Presbyterian assembly."
The resolution read:
"Be; it resolved, that we send the
following message signed by the 'mod
erator cf this assembly and the stated
clerk: 'To the Hon. Theodore Roose
velt, president of the United States.
Christian greeting with prayer for
God's blessing on you and divine guid
ance in all your high responsibilities.
Bee Numbers 24:26."'
Instantly a commissioner was on his
feet . shouting in a loud voice: "I move
this resolution be referred, to the com
mittee on correspondence." This was
quickly seconded. Moderator' Co y.le
afd after? a ' moment's heekatimr," -that
he did not think that was a' proper
procedure but when the call was made
to put the question to a vote, he put
it. Not more than a score, of yeas were
heard, the negative response being
overwhelming.
The resolution was then read again,
and was passed with applause.
Panic Among Russian Jews
Cologne, May 23. A dispatch from
ft. Petersburg today to the Cologne
Cazette says there is a panic among
the Jewish population in southern Rus
sia, owing to the fact that the authori
ties are not taking adequate steps to
prevent a repetition of the massacres
at Kishineff and Kieff. Many Jews
;are preparing to emigrate, especially
from Rostov, where they are being
openly, threatened with death by the
Russian populace. The latter are
being encouraged ; by the impoverish
ed members of the nobility and even
by subordinate government officials.
An item of $128 for surety bonds for
Porto Rican postal employes was ob
jectionable as a precedent, but the de
partment allowed it under increased
allowance, Thus, he declares, the ex
pert's work saved the government $165,
but he concludoi: '
"While this revision was thus barren
of financial gain, it was indirectly
profitable. Through Tulloch's private
interviews with Gilmer irregularities
were pointed out which did not appear
on the face of the papers and were
unknown to the auditor: These Comp-
j troller Tracewell exercised the authori
ty of his office lo correct."
He declares that the expenditure of
local funds for departmental uses is
not illegal, but that irregular account
ing may result. He says First Assist
ant Heath's expense bill was charged
to the proper appropriation and was
not paid out of the local office funds.
The failure of the authorities to pun
ish Sherman P. Bristow, a Porto Rican
defaulting money order clerk, he de
clares, was due to the failure of the
United States law to apply to the in
sular possession at that time.
Church Centennial
Kenansville, N. C, May 23. Special
Island Creek Baptist church, in Du
plin county will celebrate its centen
nial June 5th. " Appropriate exercoises
will be held in the church and prom
inent Baptists from all over the coun
try will be present.
Rev. Dr. J. D. Huffham. who figures
as prominently as' Dr. Durham in Mr.
Dixon's bcok. "The Leopard's Spots,"
is perhaps the most distinguished
character, and - certainly the most
scholarly , man who wilVbe present.
The New Cup
Winner in
Columbia and Constitution
Beaten in Light Wind-Reliance
Shows Wonderful
Drifting Qualities
New York, May 23. For four hours
and forty minutes the Reliance, Con
stitution and Colurribia were battling
today on the sound and for almost four
hours of that time they had scarcely
any wind. The' Reliance again showed
that she is a wonderful drifter. She
managed to keep ahead to the first
mark, although pressed hard by . the
other two boats.! This leg of the course
was a reach with baloon jib topsails.
After, turning the first mark the
yachts had the wind over the port
Quarter..--The breeze had increased
then to about a three-knot strength,
arid the Reliance, under its influence,
quickly pulled ;away from the other
boats. Then if the wind had held true
it would have been a beat home but af
ter two tacks had been taken the Co
lumbia and Constitution were behind,
while the Reliance had drifted rar
enough ahead to catch a slight bveeze.
drawing out of the- Darien river on the
Connecticut shore. To the westward
it was seen that a new breeze was com
ing, and the Reliance, the leading boat,
got this breeze first. She quickly heel
ed to her sailing lines, although it was
not much, being seven knots in
strength, and even . when the1 Columbia
and Constitution got the new breeze
the Reliance left them.
By an agreement with the managers
of the three yachts and the regatta
committee no time was to be taken, af
ter 6.30 At that time the Reliance was
about off Stamford, several minutes
ahead of the Columbia, The Reliance
held for seven minutes longer and. then
luffed into the wind and sent her club
topsail down so quickly that to many
who were some distance from the yacht
it seemed as though she had lost her
topmast. As soon as the club topsail
was lowered she bore off on her course
again and luffed by the finishing mark
at 6:42.
The Columbia carried her . topsail
right into Olen Cove, and she passed
the finishing mark at 6:54:50. The Con
stitution lowered her club' topsail" soon
after the Reliance had sent hers down.
I and. did not maker any effort, to get it
to th finish.-: '
Tlie trial was unsatisfactory, but it
proved .that the Reliance had "not Avon
her race Thursday by - fluke, but that
in the lightest of breeze? she kept forg
ing ahead even when her sails seemed
to hansr limp.
The race, Jike Thursday's, was a
reach all round the course, and the sea
Cotton Goods
Reach
Sully Says Prices Cannot Be
Made Prohibitive for Ar
ticles of Necessity.
Mills Running Short
Providence, R. I., May 23. Daniel J.
Sully, who has been a big figure in
the cotton market recently, is in this
city for a few days. To a reporter ne
said that he could not" discuss his own
ir.torocto in tht nt ton market. ' Mr. t
vuwj ' .v
Sully was asked to give an opinion
as to the probable Increase in the cost
of goods that might prove practically
prohibitive of their wear.
"That is nonsense," he said, in an
swer to the question. "There is no
possibility that cotton goods will reach
prohibitive prices. People have got to
use cotton cloth. They can't get along
without it. The prices are bound to
be high, but the prices will not rise
to a point that will be prohibitive to
the individual.
"I have", been trying to get manufac
turers for the past year my own cus
tomers to realize the situation and
buy cotton, but they laughed at the
idea of prices goinng Up. Instead they
waited, thinking that the price would
be lower. The mistake has been made
of estimating for a large crop, be
cause there is a big acreage. The trou
ble is that there has been steady de
terioration of the seed. I learned the
situation pretty thoroughly last year,
and it was on that fact that I based
my whole operations.
"A regular system of Improvement
in quality must be undertaken before
the crops show the best results. The
sooner the manufacturers awaken to
this the better it will be" for all con
cerned. The planters have not been
paying attention to the maintenance of
quality. There is not enough good cot
ton raised to supply the demand, and
the conditions are growing worse rath
er than better.
"The southern mills have not much
advantage over, the New England man
ufacturers in the matter of cotton sup
ply. Most of the mills are inland,
reached by a single-track line and
away from the terminus. With their
freight and cartage, the cotton costs
them about as much as it does up here.
In fact, there is not much difference
between freights to New England and
.to Liverpool. - European competition
Defender
Another Race
was smootlu Captain Barr berthed
the Reliance in the best position at tha
start and led the other two across the
line. The Constitution was on her lee
quarter, and the Columbia about threa
lengths astern and a little to windward.
Reliance went on about her business,
bucking at tide running to west, Co
lumbia and Constitution worked out
more into the sound and got less tida
by so doing. They also carried a Uttlo'
air longer than" the Reliance, and as
they approached the first mark they
were not 300 yards apart. "For a tlma
it looked as though the Columbia would i
turn first," but a spinnaker was eet on
the Reliance and it drew just enough'
to keep her in the lead.
This leg of the course was eleven
miles in length. In actual sailing, tak-,
Ing her time from when she (Crossed'
the line, the Columbia beat the Reliance
two seconds and the Constitution five '
minutes and twenty-eight seconds.
They gibed at. this mark and reached
three miles to the next. On this leg
the Reliance, as she did Thursday,,
gave a remarkable exhibition: of fast
reaching. With only a light breeze to
help her, she sailed the three miles in
sixteen minutes, beating th Constitu
tion seventeen minutes and twenty
five seconds. '
WANT TO COMPROMISE
End' of Famous Contempt
Cases in Sight
Charleston, W. Va., May 28. Whn
Judge Jaokson opened court this morn-.
Ing the attorney in the contempt case
against the miners for violating Judge
j Keller's Injunction informed him that
a proposition for a compromisa had
been made, and that If adjournment
were taken it was believed that, a se- -tlemept
could be reached. Adjourn,-,
mit was taken. The proposition of .
compromise was that the defendants .
in the case, growing put of the trespass
at the Lanark mines shall pay $10 fine
each, and those who trespassed at the
Raleigh Coal and' Coke Company's
property shall pay $50 each and talce
a sentence of 30 days in jalL The com
promise has not been fully, agreed upoa
but it is believed it will be adopted.
Stranded on Our Coast
Norfolk, May 23. The big four mast-'
efl - schooner . Inea X. . Carver from, '
New York for Brunswick, Ga,,' strand
ed near Chleamlcomlco, on the North
Carolina coast, today. The vessel now
lies head off shore, and there is no
serious danger of her going to pieces
unless the wind increases from tn
east. The ' crew and life savers are
trying ta float her.
Still in
of the People
is more to be feared than that of the
south. The continent is buying cottoii
heavily. Already 500,000 bales mor
.than last year have been taken by th
continent and 200,000 bales of Egyptlanj
cotton more than last year, and thty,
are still buying." v i '
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Blllla "Will Carta! 1 Fr4uet
Boston, May 23. The continued hlghl
prices of raw cotton and the disinclina
tion of purchasers of goods to pay!
anything like a .corresponding advances
are having an- anticipated effect oni
mills which jare not well stocked up;
with cotton obtained before the . rise.;
A dispatch from Fall River this after-j
noon announces that some of the mills
there are handicapped and that som
of them will shut down, for a short
time at least. ; '
It Is also announced that Great Falls.
Cotton Mills of Somersford will run)
five days a week and, on and aftery
Monday, next, until further notice. A,
mill at Danlelsonville, Conn., will shut
down next wek until conditions ar;
favorable.
At Fall River it was announced at'
noon today that the Border City No. 1
mill would shut down for the present.
A part of the Merchants No. 3 mill
Is also shut down and other factories
contemplate closing early next week top
observe the memorial day holiday and
piece out the cotton supply. General
adverse market conditions are assigned
as the cause of the curtailment.
Murdered for Money
Wllkesbarre, Pa., May 23. John Noo-
nan of Askan, near here, was attacked
and shot about midnight in a lonely
country road and. robbed of $400.- lis
had saved the money for his wedding
next week. He crawled four hundred
yards to a house, but could r.ot-njajte
himself heard and lay helpless befor
It until daylisht. when h was disco v'"
ered. He may not recover. i
Yaqui Indians Defeated
Mexico City, May 23. The vrar de
partment has just been advised of the
overwhelming defeat of a body of about
two hundred Taqul Indians by federal:
troops at a point nortt?--,t"of Ures la
the state of Sondra Ih gWernment
forces surprised the Indians Iflf.camp
and killed more than th'rty cithern.
The remainder wre U-ken : usoners. 1
casualties on.th part the gov
ernment lorces were repcite ;.
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