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SI UK DISARM
THE OPTION
May Mot Repair in
lissians
Piiilapines
STRICT ORDERS GIVEN;
Ruli as, to Ships Injured in Battle. '
RV.S:
, n4. Manila in nAi
alls at Manila in No Condi-
t'v rn FIpp nr Tio-nf lffaii
t.o. to iee or , ignt-Neutrality;
of tne United States Must Be
Maintained Strictly
iriStOn, JUne Oth. The Russian
Aurora, Oieg and Zemtchug, 1
:'.ed
from the Japanese fleet'.
,roi(0 nf , . . , M
:: .-traits of Corea and found ref -
in the harbor of r Manila, must
; r dismantle and become interned
y !i ;tely or put to sea within twen
liours a'ter Governor Wright
, known to Adimral Enauist. the
r.inander of the Russian squad- Special. The three-year-old son of
. 0 decision of this government ' Rudy Hlne, who resides near Wall
,i! 1 to the matter. After several burg, Davidson county, met with a fa
: '.ues today, involving the tal accident Sunday morning. The
House and the state, war and child was riding on the front seat of a
v partments, Secretary Taft tel-- Phaeton, going with the parents to
.irhvd Governor Wright that under church services at Friedland. The lit
::vumstances would the Russian tle fellow lost Its balance and fell
-.e allowed to make repairs be-!1"0" tne vehicle. One of the rear
of the fact that this government wh-els ran across tne child's abdomen,
not consider that the warships inflicting Internal injuries, which it
::' i belligerent are entitled to repair
: :. neutral port injuries which were
- ivr-d in nn pnsaerpmpnt with nnnth.
;.- ! -illieerent. '
V'vernor Wright will communicate
: : "tary Taft's instructions to Ad
: Enquist without delay.
Ire state department this afternoon
ived a communication from the Jap
5 minister here, asking what this
: -vrnment Intended to do. Secre
cy of State Loomis replied that
:r- president had decided that the
Russian vessels , must 4ither get out
ri in e, or ask to be interned. The a"h
? -vill doubtless satisfy the Japan-
government, but the decision may
: . -7 t with favor at St. Petersburg.
I: maintained that the ;lnterpfeta
'if international usages relative
granting of permission to make
s which has Just been made is en
new, and that customarily the
? would be given a reasonable
to put themselves in seaworthy
T!?inn.
'.::.:r il Enquist is awaiting instruc
i !" from his government. Governor
Vrii.r telegraphed Secretary Taft to
that he had conferred with Ad-'.r.i'.-
Knjuist and that the latter said
h i no instructions from St. Peters
...... I
rr. It
is the general opinion tnat ,
i I'.u5ians can do nothing but. in
- n a once, the three vessels are in
tad condition, and only one.
Z nurhug, is seaworthy to any de-
ir.i there are evidently a oiumber,uw",s l" iu.
. :., r, .i,,v, . of Germany. It is an- open secret
much trouble if she should en-
bad weather.
11 ;r;il Train telegraphed the navy
Mr nt today that it would take
A
: '! iys to repair the Aurora, thir
: f r the- Oleg and seven for the Zem
' Japanese warships will un-
i ' liy be waiting for the Russian
whenever any effort is mad
i' '-iv.: Manila. In the face of these
"-'I t inns it seems entirely unlikely
''U: A:niiral Enquist will make an
'''! t to go to sea.
"i'.tary Taft's message to- Gover
rr'r Wright today did not specify that
!; f';ussian ships must leave within
' -ty-four hoursj but this is acccwd
1 to international law the prescribed
i- f- limit, and.it will govern the pres-l
' ' asr. Admiral Train will be in full
c as soon as Governor Wright,
'ivl government at Washington, car-
'-'ut his instructions. If the Rus
1 ars 'l.-cide to go forth Admiral Train
v.::: ? that they- do so within the
and if they decide to Intern Ad
irira; Train will have charge of the
n.rntling of"the ships, and will take
the paroles of the officers1 and crews.
Two of the cruisers of the United State3
Asiat.. squadron are guarding the Rus
i:fn vessels now and nothing Is being
!r,ri" it is understood, to put them
ln?'"' a better condition.
Thf-rp. can be no mistake on the part
-the Russians, that the United
States government means to fully maln
tain the neutrality of the Philippines.
If the Russian cruisers are interned
thf-re will be nothing to prevent repairs
-k'iri- made immediately and to any
e-'-r.t the Russian
government may ,
UP;te. Once interned,
Rupsun wnrshlna will
ft,,thin the harbor of Manila until the
tn of the war unless the Japanese
rivfrnment should consent to have
thf-m leave. This, of course, is highly
probable . :.
'i' present case is very similar to
tf!;,t
f the Russian cru'eer Lena, which
'1 in San Francisco last Septem
f'rders were issued for he In
f'"t of the vessel and the officers
err'
h,..
tf.r.
trrT
' v under the control of the Uni-, dence, if given at all, will come joint
"Tates authorities at the Mare Is- . ly from the four countries, whose mo
navy yard. Repairs are now being- tives can not be impugned and whose
to.
ca the Lena at the cost of the.
i-Russ!an government New boilers are
Miner -vii j . A "
- o " "iu omer work done.
Russian Ships Overhauling Merchantmen
JKon- Ju 5The , Pingsuey
sighted yesterday two Russian volun
teer cruisers engaged in overhauling
merchant vessels , off Shelang point,
eighty miles from Hong , Kong. The
United States transport Zaflro, on her
way from Manila tor Hong Kong, pass
ed on Saturday off Subig Bay -a bat
tleship, cruiser and. coast defense ves
sel. They were steaming southeast
at speed of nine knots. Their funnels
had been riddled by small shot, their
steam pipes were gone and the battle
ship had a hole at her deck line amid-
Today the Zafl rn saw n. vnlimtus
Cruiser. tWO dstrovpr flrfrt o nrareViln
, - ., a. W M J411(
A tramp steamship accompanied them.
Sailors From the Oldhamla at Swatow
Hong Kong, June 5th. The South
china Morning post
reports that twen
ty-nine of the crew of the British Oil
lf'nlne 01 tne crew of the J
steamship, Oldhamla, which
was cap-
tured by the Russians while bound
from New York t0 Japan arrlved at
jiraiciuajr- .. a. jiey Bay lilts
Oldhamla was captured in South
Bashee Channel May . 18th. Part
of the crew was transferred to the con
verted cruiser Dneiper. They then be
lieved that the Oldhamla had been
ann - TVia fata nt h xnntal- cJ
neer, steward and cook they did not
know. The Dnieper yesterday trans-
i f erred them to the British steamship
l - trr vi i .
jWaishing, at Chelang Point, and she
- brought them to Swatow.
Wheel Ran Over a Child
Winston-Salem, N. C, June 5th.
aiea xasi nignt. .
James Galloway, colored, attempting
to make his escape from the convict
camp today was shot and seriously
wounded. Nineteen shot took effect n
his back and right side.
NATIONS DESIRE PEACE
Consultations Are Going on in
Diplomatic Circles:,.
Germany Has Advised War, But Hao
Seen Enough of It Russia Sitting
on Top ofa Slumbering Volcans
; Among Her Own People
London, June 5th. It may now be
definitely said that certain great pow-
ors arp rnnsiilinc ns tr how thfv ran
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express to me tzar . ineir siroug
belief that the war should be brought
i to a speedy conclusion. The matter
is one of extreme. delicacy and difficulty
a i . ttt: ill- n n1..nA
czar until now to pursue the campagn.
This counsel had greater weight at St.
Petersburg .than, .any other foreign in
fluence. . '
This opinion of the kaiser's ingenu
ousness is not shared in diplomatic
circles. His desire for the, military
weakening of his eastern neighbor is
well understood in Europe. This wish
has been more than gratified. There
isj-eason to believe that the last crush
ing blow carried the process a bit furth
er than suits the kaiser's '. plans. In a
word, he is willing to see Russia crip
pled, but nof destroyed. The complete
collapse of the Russian empire would
create a dangerous political vortex.
It is as plain to Emperor William
as' it is to the rest of the world that
persistence, in the war policy with the
country almost unanimous in its op
position would be an act of suicide It
;c harfllv nossible. nowever. ior me
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kaiser personally to advise the czar
to make peace when his earlier coun
sel has been of the opposite tenor.
Neither can he join officially in general
peace proposals .without stultifying
himself in the eyes of the- Russian
sovereign. Hence the difficulty in
framing representations in. which Eng
land, France, Germany and America
may join. This problemshould not be
insuperable. The knowledge that a
peace movement woild ,not be secret
ly opposed Germany is of high im
portance. $ Friendly, put strong advice
to seek terms from her adversary, com
ing from the four powers named, could
hardly fall to have great influence
with the misguided and distracted mon
arch at Tsarskoe-Selo.. . . (
however, the The latest advices rrom i. jreieis
have to stay ; burg make it clear than the czar is now
committed to the extremest form of
reDression and tyranny. The autocra-
cv is terrified and desperate
and is
capable of any folly or excess. Mo
tives of humanity, if . none others,
should prompt the earliest measures to
avert the greatest tragedy the world
has known. The inltative has already
been taken at Washlng-ton. No power
will act alone. The . counsels of pru-
words can not be disregarded.
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TRINITY HONORS ;
ITS 'BENEFACTOR
President Kilgo's Address
on Washington Duke
THE FACULTY'S TRIBUTE
An Immense Audience Present at
the Sunday Exercises- Meeting
of Trustees Held Yesterday Two
Fraternity Banquets Last Niht.
Sermon to the Graduates Today
Durham, N. C, June 5 Special. The
sixty-eighth annual commencement of
Trinity College is now on. The first
feature was the address of . Dr. J. C.
Kilgo, president of the college, which
was delivered yesterday. This was a
memorial address in honor and memory
of the late Washington Duke, who gave
to Trinity, directly and indirectly, more
than, a million dollars during 'his life.
The second feature was this afternoon
at 4 o'clock, when the annual meeting
of .the board of trustees of the college
was held in the "office of the president,
i Tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock the
annual sermon will be preached by Rev.
Richard Wilkerson of New Orleans.
This will be preached In the Craven
Memorial Hall, beginning at 11 o'clock.
Rev. Mr. "Wilkerson reached here today.
'Another feature of tomorrow will be
the speeches by representatives of the
graduating class. These speeches will
be delivered at night,
j Wednesday the commencement ad
dress will be delivered by Prof. Francis
'Greenwood Peabody of Harvard Uni
versity. This will be at 11 o'clock. This
address will be. followed by the gradu
ating exercises. Wednesday afternoon
Jhe annual meeting and banquet of the
alumni association will be held. The
alumni address will be delivered -by
Rev. G. T. Rowe of Concord, who ar
rived in the city this morning.
The fraternity banquets will be a
.prominent social-feature of " the com
mencement occasion. Two of these
banquets the Kappa Sigma and Kappa
Alpha were held tonight. The Kappa
Sigma held forth at Hotel Carolina and
the banquet of the Kappa Alpha was
given In the banquet hall of the new
dormitory at Trinity College. Tomor
row night two other banquets will be
given. These will be the Alpha Tau
Omega, which will be given at the Trin
ity banquet hall,' and the Pi Kappa
Alpha, given at the Carolina.
There are a large number of people
in the city for the purpose of attending
the commencement exercises.
The Memorial Service
; Yesterday morning the Craven Hall at
the college park was packed to the
door?. There were quite thirteen hun
dred people in the hall; probaby four
teen hundred were inside the walls of
the building. The occasion was the
memorial address of Dr. J. C. Kilgo,
president of Trinity College, in memory
of the late Washington Duke. This
i address took the place of the regular
baccalaureate address to the graduat
ing class. It was a great effort of a
very fine speaker.
i Prior to the address of Dr. Kilgo, Dr.
W. P. Few, member of the faculty, read
an expression from the faculty, telling
of the high esteem in which the de
ceased. was held by that body. .
j. The musical feature was especially
fine. The choir was oner picked frpm
the city churches, including the best
musicians in Durham. ; t
Expression From the Faculty
The expression from the faculty, as
read by Dr. W..P. Few, was as fol
lows: . . "."'-."'
j- Mr. WashingtonDuke was thefounder
of the new Trinity and .the foremost
southern philanthropist of his geoer
ation. The faculty of Trinity College
wish to place on record some sensei of
their appreciation of his worth - and
character and of the service he has
rendered to this college, to the cause
of education, and to the wider cause
of humanity. ......
Mr. Duke was a man highly: endowed
by nature.- He was blessed 'with sharp
wifs, keen insight, a strong and active
body, and the precious gift of char
acter. , He had the stability and flaw
less integrity, the sobriety of judgment,
' and-the eager desire to live his life for
the highest ends those fine qualities
which have characterized all the great
men whose careers have illumined like
stars the long annals of our English
race. .
I He had, besides, the American turn
for practical affairs, the sleepless en
ergy, resourcefulness arid , power to
bring things to pass, which applied to
the building up. of a new country here
have made ours the richest nation in
the world. And he had the equally
characteristic American capacity to
spend ! himself and his large wealth
for the. betterment of mankind a new
manifestation of the old Anglo-Saxon
altruism and. devotion to the common
good, which has made American phil
anthropy of recent years the most im
pressive . fact of our time. "To the ser
vice of his fellows he .not only gave
personal effort, he gave abounding
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sympathy, he . gave a heaffr' that was
ever fresh and that could never grow
Old.
Living through a period Jof Intense
(Continued on page -6.) .-
Murder on an Excursion Train
Wiliiamston, N. C, Junev -a, Special.
On an excursion train t froi;feshingr
ton - to. Goldsboro were '-two' negroes,
Presley Daniel and : Willlshr ' '.Elam.
When the; train arrived at : Par mele
Presley Daniel went Into 6ne of th
cars; and found William fclam' sitting
witu nis gin. e naa wwea to kill
Elam if he ever spoke to hiaf t Again,
and ho pulled out his pistol and shot
Elam through the brain kliHhg;hiitfin
stanily. . ' . C
The verdict of the coroner's iurv was
that William Elam camejto .his death.
by a pistol shot from: the, &and of Pres
ley Daniel. . -
Presley Daniel is now tn the Martin
county jail at Winston. r
New Cars for the Coast Line
-Wilmington, N. C.; June 5. Special.
The . Atlt-ntic Coast .Line has just
awarded the contract for 1,500 box cars
for quick delivery. Of ;'thi8 number
1,000 will b made by the Westermait
Steel Car . and Foundry ;Comps.ny and
500 by the Way cross, Ga., Car Works,
The Coast Line is also receiving in
stallments of the new; passenger car3
for which orders were placed brae time
ago, the first lot now being delivered
to the road. f - ; : '
Lease of A. &N. C. R. R. Condemned
NewBern, N. C., Spec!al.At a meet
lng of the board of '.magistrates and
board of county commissioners today
a strong resolution offered, by M. D.
Lane, of Fort Barnwell, condemning
the lease of the AtlanJ-jc & North Car
olina railroad to the ' Rowland Im
provement Company,, , was carried by
an almost unanimous, vote. It was di
recting the board of commissioners to
investigate the legality T of the lease,
and if possible to set the same aside.
Editor Wtbster Paralyzed
. Reidsville. Jff. C..' June 5th. Special
Editor John R. Webstery suffered a
stroke of paralysis last nights His con
dition tonight, though aarming to his
friends and relatives,' is not so bad this
afternoon as'Jt was last evening.
iRDiirafiiote
AWayneCountyanAssaultBd
With Clubs and tbft ttrDie'
Was Seen Counting Money Saturday
Afternoon Sunday Morning-He
Was Found yith Pockets Empty
and Pied During the Day
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Goldsboro,'- N. C, June 5 Special.
What appears to be a clear case of
murder and robbery occurred in the
public road near this city late Saturday
night. The victim, whose name is Up-
church, was not found until -yesterday
morning. He was not dead then, but
he died during the day. Upchurch was
living .with some of his people on the
plantation of ; Dr. W. J. Jones, about
three miles from this city. He-came to
town Saturday afternoon and was seen
in several stores in the Little Washing
ton section of the city. In the last
place in which he was seen: he was
counting his money, which consisted of
enld" nieces and some currency amount
ing to' about fifty dollars. There was a
crowd . around the store, and it is
thought that some of the negroes who
saw the monev followed UDChurch and
used clubs on him. When found yester
day morning he had no money in his
pockets. - ,
Coroner Hill impaneled a ' jury this
morning and held an inquest, but the
Investigations failed to throw any light
on the case. One negro, who had a ten
dollar, gold piece this morning and got
Change for it at a corner grocery, was
arrested. He was a strange negro, but
had "papers on his person to show, where
he got the money. Another negro, was
seen with money in gold late Saturday
night,' but the butchers who saw1 the
man with gold and sold him meat could
not identify the negro, and did 'riot
know of the killing at that time.
Death of a Minister's Daughter
Tarboro, N. C, June 5. Special.
Friday afternoon the spirit of sweet
and precious Lucile Craven, daughter
of Rev. and Mrs. R. C. Craven, passed
Into the realm of eternity. She was a
bright, genial and lovable girl, who- by
her sweetness of manner. won her way
to all hearts. She was only 13 years
of age, but gave promise of a bright,
useful and noble life. This community
mourns with the beoved pastor of the
Methodist church and his lovely wife
in their, great snd unspeakable -' sor
row, .
Jury Duty Proved Fatal
Salisbury, N. C, June Special.
John Blackwelder, a young farmer of
Rowan county, was buried today, hav
ing died Saturday from an illness con
tracted while sitting upon the jury in
the Grubb murder trial three weeks
ago He was taken, ill and received
medical attention in the court room
during, the trial. - .
FALSE FIGURES
COHON CROP
Statistics Doctored in Interest
of Bear Operators ,
THE FACTS FOUND OUT
Information to Be Laid Before the
President With a Request for the
Dismissal of ... an' Official of the
Agricultural DepartmentRelult
" of a Broker's Inquiries
New York. June 5.---Richard Cheat-
hem of Atlanta," secretary of the South-
rn Cotton. - Growers Association, has
.gone to Washington to call President
Roosevelt's attention to matters which
he considers gross Irregularities in
both the preparation . and the publica
; tion of the government cotton report,
issued last Friday. Mr. Cheatham has
; with him documentary evidence which
'we will submit to the president. He
I will make no charges-of bribery or any
; other crime, but. will ask for a rigid in
vestigation and ask that the resigna
tion of one of the important employees
in the statistical bureau of the depart-
j ment of- agriculture be demanded.
i The Southern Cotton Growers Asso
ciation is an organization of planters
' and southern brokers whose object is
to regulate as far as possible the acre
ae of cotton and to proect the planters
and other southern cotton interests
from manipulation of the market tend-
; ing to bear the price of the staple. This
association says it has as many ex
perts as the department of agriculture
has and makes every effort to secure
the tnost trustworthy information. For
several months the statistics gathered
by, the association' have been at vari
ance"with those emanating from Wash
ington, and the officers of the ossofcia
tlon;with fcrokers and cotton merchants
ln"this;"clty' "have conducted aty secret
investigation in the hope .of .ascertain--ing
the reasons for the discrepancies.
A promnent broker of this city,
whose name is withheld on his insist
ence that he does not .care to be known
jas an investigator on these lines, gath
jered the most important of the docu
jmentary evidence in the case. From
employes of the department of agri
culture, the sass, some of whom are
in the habit of making frequent visits
to this city, he learned that advance
information in 'regard to the reports
could be secured. ; He followed up this
line by inquiring whether or not the
reports could not be changed, the fig
ures of the governments expert report
ers altered so that a false impression
might be made of cotton conditions. He
was successful in this endeavor also,
he says, receiving letters from at least
one emploee of the department, and
learning that at least one of the most
prominent firms of cotton brokers in
this city' had such an undertaking with
at least one prominent official.
The letters he received with others
that were gathered from other sources,
with affidavits concerning statements
made by employees of the department,
were turned over to Mr. Cheatham,
who, being notified of the discoveries
by telegraph, made a hurried trip to
this city today. From 7 o'clock this
morning until noon a conference be
tween Mr. Cheatham and cotton brok-
;ers ancl attorneys "was held in the of
Ifices of a Wall street law firm. At one
o'clock Mr. Cheatham; on advice of the
attorneys, left, for Washington to lay
the caae before the president. -
Mr. Cheatham; will charge that the
figures of the bureau of statistics have
been manipulated . in the Interest of a
certain bearish element in the market
here, and this charge will -.include not
only the furnishing of advance infor
mation pertaining to goverpment fig
ures, but i also falsification of these
figures to indicate a crop in excess of
that indicated by the actual condi
tions. In the case of the report issued last
Friday he will charge that plans were
laid a month in advance to , secure a
bearish report and that the employee
he accuses perfected the arrangements
himself. Mr. Cheatham! wilj further
charge that the crop condition an-
i nounced , as 77.2 . per : cent, was much
(higher than the real figures irom tne
government's report warranted by the
actual returns.
John Hyde, statistician of 4Jie depart
ment of . agriculture, is under no sus-
'picion. Mr. Hyde, had planned to sail
! for Europe tomorrow. Knowledge of
that fact . was One 'of the reasons that
prompted Mr. Cheatham to proceed
with all haste to Washington with his
evidence. It is believed that Mr. Hyde
will postpone his European trip when
he Hears what Mr. CheMfm .has to
te& him.
Mr. Cheatham considers the matter
of the greatest importance to southern
cotton interests. "Planters s who will
go to the' extremity of burning a part
of their cotton to keep own the sup
ply of the staple, and secure as fair
- price .for that which remains, must irct
'be subjected," he said, "to the detri
' ment of an unfair price produced by
false" government figures. - In the New
I Orleans market last Friday the price
ON
fell $2 a bale solely on account of this
manipulated report. The continuatfSfi
of such a condition would mean the
loss -of hundreds of thousands of dol
lars to planters in . the cotton belt in
addition .to-the loss that, has-been
caused already." : . : :.
Delcasse Will Resign
Paris, June 5th. There ' Is excellent
authority for .saying that, the state
ment of he Liberie that: Foreign Minis
ter Delcas$e's resignation may be ex
pected tomorrow is true; It js probable
that ; Premier . Rouvier rwill assume "the
duties ; of ' foreign 1 minister' in addition
to his own.' Falling this arrangement,
Leon Bourgeois, '." the former premier,
may take -the 1 post. " Jean Constant
, now ambassador ; to Turkey,- is a" third
possibility. . .;-, . .- . ;
. Fire m New Bern :
New - Bern, -.N.C, ; June: 5. Special.
There was - a fire-tonight in -the Bryan
brick '.bloc.k on .the corner nf Prnnt-.anrl
j Middle streets'. 'The flames were ; con-
fined " to tie i coriier t stofe . ocdupie'd ' by
' Mr. -Yoffier -whose iwifeQ and t child were
1 on the second floor which they occupy
j as a sleepmg-' apartment; ; They - were
j rescued. The damage to stock - is al
most total, estimated at eight thou
sand dollars with insurance of five
thousand. The buildmg is owned by
James A. Bryan and Is covered by in
surance. RACING AT GRAVESEND
Gravesend, N. Y., June 5th. Results
today: . . f v.-
First race Broadcloth' to '5 won;
Buttons, 5 to 2, second; Czaraphine
third.
Second race Gold Van 4 to 1, won;
Sandhurst, 1 to 2, second; Nirate third.
Third race Garnish, 10 to 1, .won;
Beldame, 7 to 5, second; Kehallan
third. ,
Fourth race Guiding. Star,. 7 to 10,
won; Quorom, 3 to 5, second; Jane third
Fifth race Ocean Tide, 4 to 1, won;
Canteen, 3 to 5, second; Jane Holly
third.
Sixth race Yankee Consul, 3 to 5,
won; Athlete, 8 to 1, Second; St.. Es
teohe. third.
DEATH IN THE STORM
Disaster Wrought by Light
ning and Tornado
Houses Blown Down and Numerous
Persons Fatally Stricken by
Electric BoltsThe Injured are
Many Particulars Meagre
Binghamton, N. Y., June 5. A tor
nado struck this city shortly after
11 o'clock tonight. The terifflc wind
razed a number of houses and it is
reported a number of inmates who
were asleep at the time were killed
and injured. Reports from suburbs are
to the effect that much damage was
done there.
Detroit, Mich., June 5thL Saginaw
Valley, in the lower part of the state,
was swept by an electric storm to
day. A number of persons at various
points were struck by lightning, some
of whom were killed outright, while
others were injured. .
Two children of John Smith, a, farm
er near Urbana. were killed.
Three children of Edward Philpot
were fatally Injured. The back of a
Mrsr Wagner was broken.
Elsie Appleman, a girl of twelve, was
killed by lightning at" Hemlock.
Near Cass City t thirteen dwelling
houses and nineteen barnS were blown
down and a number "of persons were
injured. "'
- George Morrow, a. young farmer at
Central Lake and three companions
sought refuge in a . vacant building.
Morrow was killed 'by lightning, and
the others sustained severe shocks.
CLAYTON HIGH SCHOOL
Commencement Begins With a Fine
' Sermon by Dr. Iyey .
Clayton, N. C, .June 5 Special. The
closing exercises of Clayton High School
began Sunday with a magnificent ser
mon before the graduating class by
Rev. Dr. T. N. Ivey of Raleigh. Dr.
Ivey's text was: "He that ruleth his
spirit is better than -he that taketh a
city." The keynote of the sermon was
a plea for the conquest , of self, and the
preacher breathed Into his words a sub
lime sentiment of heroic self-denial, the
subjugation of the ; base an ignoble
passions of our natures, and pleaded
for a finer, truer expression of; the
beatitudes of Christ in us. The Holy
Ghost is in league with the soul in its
fight against the arch enemy of man,
and the greatest victory won in this
world is achieved when a human being
wins the day on the plains of his own
life and plants the-white flag "of con
quest of self upon the ramparts of his
soul. The sermon was pronounced bv
every one as being the most appropri
ate, timely and valuable ever heard
here on a similar occasion.
The exercises today consist of a con-,
cert by the music department of the
school at 4 p. m. and a medal contest
by the elocution class at &:30 tonight.
CARLISLE HAS
NOTHING TO SAY
v .
Declines to Discuss the Bond
Syndicate's Scheme
FLOWERS FOR HEROES
Tribute to the Confederate Dad in Ars
lington Higher Rates Established'
by the Royal . ArcanumMaking J
Plans for Two Formidable Bat
tleships to Be Built Soon
By WILLIS G. BRIGGS "
Washington, June 5 Special. Ex
Secretary of the Treasury John G. Car
lisle of New York, now a prominent
corporation lawyer and attorney for
one of the two syndicates engaged in
purchasing the repudiated bonds Issued
by the carpet bag legislatures in North
Carolina, is . here stopping at the New
Wlllard. The state authorized the lssu- 1.
ance of $25,000,000 in these bonds, .and
$18,500,000 were actually placed on the .
market, but they were effectually repu
diated later in the new constitution of
North Carolina. Mr. Carlisle was seen
here today, but he -positive!:-' declined tar
make any statement about the plans of
his syndicate. "I have nothing to say,";
declared the ex-secretary. In reply to
the question as to what particular class
of North Carolina bonds his company
would accept for collection, he asserted
that he thought that fact was clearly
set forth in the papers in the case,
meaning the advertisements published
in the" New York papers and copied as
a matter of news in The Morning Post
some time ago. The rumor that $1,500,- ;
000 of these bonds had been placed in
the hands of the syndicate represented
by Mr. Carlisle could not be verified
from him. v
Impressive ceremonies were held at
Arlington Cemetery Sunday evening
when the local Confederate veterans
and the - Son' "and Daughters of th . lt
Cenfederacy decorated the graves of tha '
thousands of men who. wore the grey
buried there. Scores of North Caro
linians were present. The orator of the
occasion was the noted Judge John
Goode of Virginia. Hundreds of ex
Union soldiers were present, and all
liberally applauded the speaker as he
extolled the virtues of the southern sol
diers and the cause for which they
fought. Every grave in the Confeder
ate section of the cemetery was dec
orated. A notable Incident was the do- ,
nation by President and Mrs. Roosevelt
of lovely flowers for the decorations,"
accompanied by a note expressing ra
gret that they could not attend the
ceremonies in person.
Not a little interest has been excited
here by the action of the Supreraa
Council of the Royal Arcanum in At
lantic City in establishing a higher
schedule of insurance rates. Those who
uphold the change say that it will make
every man carry his own insurance
and bring young men in. As an Illus
tration of how the new rule will work,
a man who Joined twenty years ago at
the age of 28 years paid $1.28, sixteen
assessments. In 1898 on the basis of
twelve assessments, the rate was raised
to $2.24. The new schedule advances
him to $4.29, an increase of 100 per cent.
The Royal Arcanum is strong and pop- .
ular in North. Carolina. In Brooklyn,
and Baltimore the changed rate is be
ing extensively 'discussed in the news
papers. Two North Carolinians have been ap
pointed to government positions Miss
Mary R. Matheny at $800 a year in tha
office of internal revenue, and Lee V.
Moore at $700 in the office of the United
States treasurer. .. ' .
The postmaster at Elkin will be
pleased to know that the first assistant
postmaster general today increased, his
salary from $1,000 to $1,100 a year.
Plans for the battleships South Caro
lina and Miehlgan are being prepared
at- the naval bureau of construction.
They will 'be the most powerful battle
ships in the world, surpassing even th
splendid new ships being added to the
British navy. They will be about 42S
feet long,' will displace 17,000 tons and
carry four 12-inch, four 9-inch, ten
6-inch and twenty-eight smaller guns.
Today's arrivals: Judge James E.
Boyd, Greensboro; Henry Clark Bridg
ers, Tarboro; P. W. Liberty, Liberty; ,
P. L. McManus, Charlotte; A. Ramseur,
and Claybrook Jones, Asheville.
The Industrial News, the propose
Greensboro Repulican daily to 'be is
sued by the company of which Stat
Chairman Rollins is president, expects
to send forth Its 'first issue about July"
1. Ex-Senator Marion Butler has re
turned from New York, and it is learn
ed that he there signed the contracts
for the necessary linotypes to be deliv
ered July 1st, July 10th and AugusJ 1st,
and made arrangements for the presses
Assured of these facts Judge S. B.
Adams left for Greensboro tonight.
Agusta, Ga., June 5. According to
reports received here this afternoon a
race riot occurred at Turner, S. C, ,n
, wnicn a wnue man namea Mcijean was
i killed, his son wounded and three ne
' groes killed,.
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