RALEIGH N, C. THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 10, 1900.
25 Cents a Month
FITTING TRIBUTE
TO. NOBLE DEAD
Mc.noriat Day r& it Was in
Raleigh
ELOQUENT ADDRESS
BY MAJOR H. M. LONDON
Median af Coftda!e Vaterana-firavea
f Confederate Dead Strewn with
Flowen The Pracetslon- '-.;'.
nd Exercise.
- Memorial Day in Raleigh litis been
generally observed by the closing of
public buildings and by n. linlf holiday
null suspension of business during- the
afternoon by the lending merchant.
- At noon the Confederate Veterans
Association of VViike County met in
the Mayor's office. Mr. A. B. Stronach
.called the meeting to order and asked
Colonel Thomas S, Kenan to take the
; chair. ..-."'!. fy '
Colonel Kenan made a short and
beautiful talk to his fellow veterans,
paying handsome tribute to the men
who fell in the great' civil conflict of
. the (Mi's.
- After Col. Kenan concluded his re
marks Adjutant "J. C. Birdsong, of
. . O'R. Branch 'am) of Confedeinte
Veterans, called the roll, and six who
. answered at the last annual roll call
we're reported to have passed over the
river.
' After adjournment the veterans
" were the guests of, the Ladies Memori
hI Association in the Veteran's Hall,
where luncheon was served and most
heartily enjoyed by the old soldiers. -At
4 o'clock the procession, the
Raleigh Light Infantry SrA Confeder
ate Veterans, with a number of car-
iin'nni unt- mnni' lurl M Avvt.n t 1i the
. cemetery, where, just as The Times
Visitor goes to pans, they took part
.in the rendition ot a,n impressive' pro
gram. .'..-
The large crowd gathered about the
pavillion. where prayer was offered
: ly Or. Eugene Daniel, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church, and follow
ed bv n hvmit hv the. choir of young
mm WlV?e from thi city.
ThgrdYe were strewn with beau
tiful nd choicest flowers, the duty jf
decorating them being claimed by the
' ladies. - ' '- '""
With the orator of the day was Col.
.lohn M. Lime, the surviving com
manding officer of the famous regi
ment to be eulogized,
the great throng of people gathered
nlioiit the pavillion and there was a
perfect silence until Mr. AV. II. Hugh
es, Chief Marshall, made n short and
complimentary sieech of introduction
presenting the able orator of the day
Major Henry M. London, of Pittsborti.
Major London had as his subject the
Twenty-sixth .North Carolina Regi
ment, which was composed of farmer
boys and throughout the war known
as the "wool hat" lighters. The regi
ment was organized in the central
and western sections of the State, on tfl
company coining from this county,
and one from Mr. London's county.
After a fo.w words, by way of intro
duction, Mr. London delivered his ad
dress, saying in iarf: '
"The Twenty-sixth North Carolina
Regiment is conspicuous for having
lost, in killed and wounded, more
men at the battle of Gettysburg than
any othpr regiment in either th
. I'nion or Confederate army, in any
battle of the 'War Between the
Ktntes.' Not only was its loss numeri
cally the greatest, but its percentage
of loss Was the greatest of any regi
ment in either army, and 'will be
come as well known in history as the
Light Rrigade'nt Kalnkluvu.' quoting
the words of Col. William F. Fox,:
Federal officer and the author of th
'Regimental Losses in the American
Civil War." Indeed his regiment
should become better known in his
tory and deserves more praise than
the Light Brigade at Rnliikluvii. for
its percentage of loss was more than
twice as great. ' The percentage of the
loss qf the Light Brigade was .17.3,
while that of the Twenty-sixth Itegi
ment at Gettysburg was s.6.2, and
though we may nof'have a Tennyson
to immortalize in verse the Twenty
sixth Regiment, its heroism should be
the proud boast of every North Caro
linian, and be perpetuated to the re
motest generation." :
Then he told of the organization of
the regiment, the election of Kebulon
Ruird Vance as colonel, Harry K. Bur
gwyn, Jr., as Lieutenant Colonel and
Abner It. Cnrmichnel as Major. .That
was near Raleigh and then the regi
ment went to the coast and later to
Virglnio. Major Cnrmichnel had beeu
Wiled near Newbern and Captain
Martin had succeeded, hi m in hi
command. They suffered heavy losses
in the Seven Day's Fight Around
Richmond,- Vance left the regiment,
to become Governor of the State, and
.Burgwyn, became Colonel. The regi
ment ,th.e served in North Carolina,
returning to Virginia in May, 1803.
fighting there us the centre regiment
of Pettlgrew's Brigade, and nt Gct
. tysburg, where It made ij name famous,-
until ; the Surrender ut Appo
mattox. .' ;., v v.--;
"And now we come to that siul and
fateful dtt.V. Wednesday, the first day
of July, 18ft!).. when this regiment woil
Its Immortality or renown,; for it muat
be remembered that it was in the
first day's tight that it suffered its un
precedented Joss and not on the third
day as Is generally supposed. Af day
dawn J he. regiment was aroused and
liegan preparation for the march, lit
tle thinking of tha horrible carnage
through which they must pass before
night. After a short distance . the
enemy opened with their artillery,
sweeping the road. Af once this re
giment ami the. other regiments of
Pettigrew'a brigade filed to the right
ana tnerevhalteu. At flint, there was
some little excitement among the
men but it quickly disappeared as
vol. mirgwyn rode along the line en
couraging them in his clear, 'firm
voice, "Steady boys, steady.' General
Pettigrew and his. .staff then npprotieh-
presenting an imposing appear
ance, and the entire brigade moved
forward, every man eager for the ap
proaching buttle, which all now felt,
was-imminent. . A halt was ordered
und for some time the brigade remain
ed inactive, waiting for the remaind
er of Hill's Corps to be placed in po
sition. Col. Burgwyn liecauie quite
impatient to move on and engage the
enemy, feeling that they were losing
precious time, for till the while, -the
enemy were being reinforced. It was
r trying ordeal for the men to remain
thus quiet while exposed to the ene
my's fire, butnot a man flinched and
even indulged in jokes a,nd jests. The
regiment was again moved forward
about In If a mile and halted in a
skirt of woods. In its front was a
wheat field of ripened grain, ready for
the harvest, .about a quarter of a 'mile
wide, then runic a branch with thick
underbrush . and briars skirting the
bunks. Beyond this was again tin
open field with the exception of a
wooded hill directly in front of the
Twenty-sjxth Regiment and about
covering its front. The enemy were
strongly posted in the woods on the
ascent of this hill, protected in a
great measure by not only the woods
but by breastworks aiicl barricades of
stones and rails and old pits from
which ore had Hteen dug. At last,
shortly after 2 o'clock, orders to ad
vance were -received and at the com
mand', "Attention!" every man sprang
to his feet and was ready for the
deadly charge. The entire brigade
moved forward as if on dross parade
in Dcniititiu style and at quick tunc.
When Hearing the branch, above re
ferred to. the enemy from the oppo
site bank opened a" galling .fire, into
the left, of the brigudiv the Eleventh
and Twenty-sixth Regiments. The.
other twa regiments of the brigade,
the Forty-seventh and Fifty-second,
although exposed to a heavy fire,
from artillery and infantry, here lost
but few in comparison with the 11th
and 26th regiments. I'ndismayed by
this destructive fire our gallnnt "Tar
Heels" pushed across the branch and
up the opposite, slope anil drove the
enemy tit the point; of the bayonet up
on their second line. This second
line of the enemy was encountered
almost h lone by the 26th ..regiment. .!
while the other regiments of the bri
gade were expose! to a heavy shelling,
and here it was that the fighting was
in riiiif jitiu iit-Hinieiiv- -( .''ir- llieil
advancing, the enemy stubbornly re
sisting, until the two lines were injur
ing volleys into each other at distance
not greater than twenty paces." These
words are quoted from the official re
port, of Major John Jones, anil in so
simple a manner describe as gallant a
light as was ever made by mortal
men. Think for a moment what these
words mean! There,- standing not
more than twenty miccs apart, these
two hostile lines were pouring' into
each other at that short distance vol
ley after volley of leaden hail, and
yet they Withstood each other amidst
this terrible carnage, each determined
to die rather than to give way. Of
such men our whole country should
feel proud!
"At hist the enemy were compelled
to give way and sullenly retired, but
again made a stand in the woods near
the top of the hill and again for the
third time were driven from their po
sition and here lost a stand of colors
which was captnred by the 2(ith re
giment. And it was ' fortunate for
the 26th that the enemy did then re
lire, for their ammunition had been
exhausted and they had to refill their
cartride boxes from the enemy's dead.
At this time General Pender's division
came tip and assisted in driving the
enemy from the heights on the edge
of the town, and our troops were Unit
ed ami ordered to the woods"which
they had occupied previous to making
tlie clmrs-e. where they bivouacked
for the night.
' "But oh, what a change that day's
carnage hud made in that baud 'of
heroes! The regiment had gone into
the tight with over 800 men, and there
came out unhurt only 216. Its Colonel
had been killed and its Lieutenant
Colonel desperately wounded und
nearly every. of her officer either killed
or' wounded," -Thirteen, one after an
other, had been shot down carrvini
the flag of the regiment, the last man j
to carry it in the final charge being
Captain Stephen W. Brewer, of Com
pany K.
"This unprecedented loss of Hie
20th regiment can bent be realised by
comparing it with the losses of other
bodies of troops in other wars. As
above stated, the loss of the Light
Brigade at Baluklavu was H7.3 per
cent; that of the opposing armies at
Waterloo was 21 per cent, and the
heaviest loss of an German regiment
in the Franco-Prussian war. in 1876.
was 40.4 per cent. In the Union urmy
there, were 3.800 regiments, and there
were only 45 regiments which had. 200
men killed or mortally wounded.
"While every company in the 20th
regiment suffered so severely. yet
some of them suffered more than o'th
ers, being almost annihilated, which
of course made the ercentage of loss
in these companies so much greater.
For instance, hi the first dnv's fight
Company F, from Caldwell' county,
had 87 1 men for.mity ami lost every
man killed or,-wounded, except one,
named Bobert Hudspeth. lit the third
lay's fight Hudspeth was reinforced
by four or five of his company who
had been nn riptliil rkitr mwl 'all
them, except Hudspeth." were either 1
Killed or wounded In 'that charge,
and he was knocked-down by the
concussion of a shell an he was fallintr
back. . After the battle this gallant)
hero was made Lieutenant, but, sad ,
to say. was afterwords stricken with
fever nnd died in a hospital. . - -
"To illustrate the cool courage and .;
unsurpassed bravery of these heroes .
of the SOth regiment, attention is call-'..
ed trf the number of men who were
shot down, one nfter another, while.
carrying the flag in the first .day's
tight. The first standard bearer was
J. B. Mansfield, of Chatham, who was
shot down early in the action, but
survived his wound for several years
after tint war. All the color guard,
one after another, were shot dowp.
then Captain Mc( reery, of Ocneral
l'cttigrew's statf. seized the flag and
he. too, was shot dead. The next to
share his fate was Colonel Burgwyn
himself, then Flunk Honcyciitt. or
I'liion county, undeterred by the fate
of all who had carried the flag., with
a courage worthy of immortality
snatched it from Colonel Burgwyn,
aud he too in n few moments gave up
his gallant spirit to his country ami
his God. When Honevciitt fell' with
the, colors. Lieutenant Colonel Luue
and Lieutenant M. A. Blair, of Cald
well county, both rushtx! to seize, the
fallen flag mid had quite a struggle as
to who should carry, it Lieutenant
Colonel Lane, succeeded in securing
the flag, anil rushing ahead of his
men shouted to them. ""20th. follow
me!" In a few moments, when' near
the top of the wooded hill, he fell
desieintely wounded as the e.nemy
liroke and fled. It was here that a
Federal officer exhibited a courage of
which all Amencun should be proud
for n hi nu.n tm-,wi t !h
only half a doen beside him stood his
ground, defiantly facing the advanc
ing Confederates and firing with his
pistol until stricken down.
""That )ortioii of the I'nion urmy
tluit was driven back by the 2th Be
ginient suffered a loss almost as great,
and displayed a courage almost equal
to that of the 26th regiment. Instead
of repeating the old saying of "Greek
meeting Greek." it may be more ap
propriately said mat Here 'Americans-
met Americans." and our re
united
country may well be proud, of all
those heroes those, who wore the
gray and those who wore the blue
who on that occasion displayed a cour
age never surpassed in any war.
"'It but adds to the glory of the
26th regiment, to praise the 'valor of
its opponents on 1 hat field of carnage.
The Federal troops opposing l'ctti
grew's Brigade were liowley's Brig
ade and Cooper's Battery and a part
of the renowned 'Iron Brigade.' This
battery of ' artillery was one of the
best. in the Federal army and in this
tight, lost a greater number of . men
than any other battery in that army,
which shows the destruct iveness of
the Confetlerate fire. The official re
sirt of Colonel I'.iddle, commanding
liowley's Brigade. 'da ted Julv 2. lso:'l.
states that 'The total number of of
ficers and men who went into the ue
tiOii.'witH '1JK17: out of these 141) were
either killed or wounded, and l."t are
.missing, leaving us the present effici
ent force only ;!!) officers and men.'
"One of. the Federal regiments im
mediately in front of the 26th was the
l.jlst Pennsylvania, which, according
to the official report of its Lieutenant
Colonel, (tarried into that battle 467
men and next morning only 121 an
swered the roll call. Only " two cap.
tains remained ami one of them com
manded that, regiment in the second
ad third days' fight.
"'This heavy loss of Federal troops,
partially'. protected as they were by
woods and '-temporary-- breast
works, is the best proof oi the cool
courage and effective fire of the 26th
regiment.-' when ' they -were pouring
volleys into each other at a 'distance
not greater limn twenty paces'."
Major London then paid a tribute to
the Colonels of Hie Twenty-sixth. The
regiment, he said, hud it no other
claim for glory, might be the pride of
the State as "Zeb Vance's Begiinent."
Bis tribute to Harry . K. Burgwyn.
who was ' elected Colonel before he
became of age. was one of beauty and
choice of rhetoric, a tribute from a
'personal friend and fellow soldier.
Speaking of liim Alajor London stiid
in conclusion: -
"This young officer fully proved
himself worthy to command such a
body of heroes. He was proud of
thcin and they of him. and each was
worthy of the other. It is no wonder
then that when he called to them' to
follow him on that e;irnare-eovered
field of Gettysburg' that they so
promptly and readily uheyrri him, and
his pride in his men and tie affection
for them arc attested by his dying
words, for when he, fell in that des
perate charge his last words, as his
young life-blood gushed out. were:
"fell, the. General my men never failed
me at a single point." Then with the
shouts of victory sounding in his ears
and his men rutUiing-juuiin -liie foe. '
his soul winged Its flight to find. And
while to mortal eves such a
death
seems so sad .ind untimely,
more glorious death could a
what
soldier
of the
die?" , :
The third and last Colonel
regiment, lie said, was John I
Lane,
of Chatham county, who still lives as
one. of the survivors of that gallant
band. He started at a corporal, he
became the Colonel of the most fa
mous regiment in ..tV.e Confetlerate
army, and his promotion was due en
tirely to his own personal merit and
worth. '-.
"No greater praise can I given
him. or any man." said Mt jnr London,
"than to sny (lis can most truly be
said of him), that he was a worthy
successor of Zebulo-i B. Vance and
Harry K. Burgwyn."
In conclusion he said:
"Let not our ingratitude cause any
Confederate veteran to eiuy the fate
of his comrades who were slain in
battle. But let a grateful ptrple ren
der homage to both the dead and the
living fondly cherishing the memory
of the former nnd re'iiiifi-ing, all pos
sible honor and help to the iiitter."
; New York. May 10. ltoliert Wetzel,
whom junied from 1b'oo-!yn Bridge,
is d lei tiir in the. Hospital'; from the
effect of his plunge. ,
1'ortici. Italy. May 10. An" 'explo
sion in Vesuvius is now" of frequent -occurrence.
The !cuo is only emit
ting cinders. The eruption is'eonsid
ered terminated.
t ineinnati. May 10. Price Current
today aaya; The crop situation hits
been favored by timely rains. Gener-
Hi good position maintained in all see-j
tions, but some chinchbug talk from i
ivansas. ,.
BOER RETREAT
CONTINUES
Gen.
Rtberts Cables a Victory
at Zinds River
PUSHES BOEXS STEADILY
" FROM THEIR POSITIONS
Worn. n, Ask Kruger If They Can Take
v the field Tor Bear Independence
Boers Will Not Destroy
Mines.
Sennd Biver. May 10. A severe ar
tillery duel is in progress, fortv thou-
' sand British have alrecdy crossed the
river.. Both the cavalry and mounted
i infantry are working around the
. Hoer tuuiKs. l ne iHirglierK linvc ie-
f gun falling hack in face of tlu
whelming. British force in their front.
and with a flank movement threaten
ing them, (ieneral lloberts is con
ducting; the operations in person.
BOF.ItS HOLD STRONG POSITION.
. tendon. May 10.--(teneral Roberts
cabled last night from Welgetegcn-j
Polcthat Carew and Tucker's division '
of Hamilton's column, with heavy nav- '.
ill nnd n. garrison of artillery and four 1
brigades of .artillery- have crossed
' Heam' river. The enemy is holding a
strong position, out we are gradually
pushing them back.
POWIvLL CIIKBIiFI'L.
liOiidon, May 111. (ieneral lloberts
cables. Idatcd May !lth: "I have re
ceived ti most cheery telegram from
Buden Powell, dated' April 27th."'
KB KK STATERS MOVING.
Maseru, May !. The Ornnj-e Free
1 Staters are moving in small parties
with their herds from Fiekslmrg to
r I'i'thlehliiu by way of Harris, Smith or
Vaal. ' '
GKNKKAL KOBKRTS' VICTORY.
Loudon. May 10. (ieneral Roberts
cnliles that he won a battle at Zand
.. River and that the Boers are in full
' retreat.
.. NO CONFIRM ATION YF.T.
London. May 10. The (olouial Of lice. !
has no information confirming the ru
niore current on yesterday in Accra
"t but KiniKissi hud fallen. j
S.VLISIil'BV CONDFMNT.I). j
'.-- L(unlii..Mny 10. Everywhere there
is coiiiiemmition of Lord Salisbury.
The Chronicle. The Kxpress Hntl The
Bitily Mail strongly condemn it us
tactless and unwise, especially in view
of the gallantry of ihe Irish soldiers,
in the Transvaal. I
AIINKS SAFE. I
Berlin. May 10.-A despatch to the
Cologne Gazette from Pretoria says
General. Both informed the Boer gtiv-
! eminent that he would resign if they
were intending eo destroy the .lohuii
ucshu'rg mines. He' said' that he. had
no grievance against private property,
anil would only fight a hostile army.''
General Botha Was -officially informed
that the government had not intend
ed to destroy the mines,
j WOMEN TO FIGHT.
London. ..lay 10. A liner woman
has telegraphed Pr.-sident Kruger
that she was prepared to lead a body
of women to defend the independence
of the republic, if he thought the
time for such action had arrived.
BRYAN WILL BE NOMINATED.
.-'.'''Siohx Fall, S. 1).. May 10. The dele
gates to the National convention were
slow in assembling. The day's work
begun by the presentation- of reports
of committees, Bryan will be nomi
nated for President. The Vice-Presidential
(piestion has n'it vet been set
tled. IOWA ENDORSES McKINLF.Y.
DeS Moinse. Town. May 10. The
State Republican convention met to
day and chose delegate at large to the
Philadelphia convention, and endorsed
President McKinley. specialv. -mention--ing
his foreign policy and the curren
cy law.
AUODE OP THR ROAD N0MINEF.
New oYrk. May 10. Advices from
different portions in New Jersey state
that garden produce was seriously, in
jured by last night's frost.
REPORT FROM GEN. WHEAT0N
.Washington. May 10. A report has
been received by the War Department
: from (ieneral'.W'heatoii. in which he
describes the operations in Southern
J Luzon during the month of Januiiry
.iind tells in it graphic manner of sev
' erttl engagements in which the Fili
pinos were routed with terrible loss.
THE NEW PASTOR-
The new pastor of the Talernuele
Baptist Church, Rev. W. D. Hubbard,
arrived in this city this morjiing. ac
companied iy his wire and young
(laughter. They were met at the train
bv n committee on the part of the
Church consisting of Messrs. W. W.
Parish. R. O. Bradley. A. B. Forrest.
J R. Barkley. ltev. A. Betts, J. M.
Broughton, J C. Birdsnng and Dr. T.
S. Skinner. .
Mr. mid Mrs. Hublmrd left Enfiila. I
Alabama, their late home, yesterday1
and arrived here over ,the 'Seaboard
Air Line. . ,
Quite a party of ladies of the Ta-
bcrnaele were at the station to meet
Mrs. Hubbard, who is here for the
fir&t time. A uill,Wh10 ValAnma in HA.
corded them by not only the Tnbei-j
nacle but the c'itiitens generally.
' , , 1 .'.
General W. Ji. lloberts is-In the
eitv. .
JEFFRIES-CORBETT
ludications Tbalj Jeffries
Will Knock
Jim Out
New oi k. May 10. -There is very
little belting on the .leffries-( orbett
tight. The general opinion is that
Jeffries will knock out the old cham
pion. None of the heavy betters
showed up. Brady offered to bet Con
sidine a thousand to five and Consi
iliitc offered to bet five thousand to
ton thousand that Jeffries would not
best Jim in ten rounds. Brady only
said: "I didn't want an eas, thing
like that."
PIANO RECITAL TONIGHT.
Pupils of Mrs. Baumano's Music Class
to Entertain Friends.
The members of Mrs. Kallmann's
Music Class will give. a piano recital
at her residence, and at the recital
Miss .liinkin is to be the voeuliHt.
Properly speaking, the recital is "An
Etening with Mozart." The following
is the program to be rendered by
some of Raleigh's most talented young
women.; who have been studying un
der this most successful teacher:
Symphony in ('1st movement. (Duo)
Mtsses Roberta Daniel and. Emily
Steinnietz.
Don Juan Mintiett
Miss Alice Bovden.
Bagatelle .'.
Miss Laura Egertou.
Miniicit in E Flat
.Miss I rencj.ac :
Turkish March (Duett)
Misses Margaret Mtiekay and
Edna. Walters.
Silently Blending (Song).
Miss Junkiii.
Larghetlo
Miss Virgie Kgerton,
Pastorale ( Varations)
Miss Margaret.' Mackuy.
Short Sketch of Mozart and His Work.
Rouianze . ."
Miss Emily Steinnietz.
Sonata in F ' '
Miss Bolierta Daniel.
Overature to Don Giovanni (Duo)
Mrs. B.iiimaiin and Miss Junkiii.
Glory to (iod on High
Miss Junkiii.
Local News Items
Mr. Ernest Holt and Miss Mar
Holt, of I'.urlington. arrived 'in
aii ret
l!al-
cigh this mnruiiig.
Mr. ,W. W.. I ones left this morning
for Wilmington.
Passengers from Greensboro today
say that there were hundreds of peo
ple -at the station when the morning
train, left. Ihe crowd going from
Greensboro to Mt. Airy on t lie first
of the season's excursions.
Mr. Cilrv J. Hunter returned home
this morning.
Mr. I!. S. Busbee returned last night
from 'a business trip to Charlotte.
Mr. W. E. Christian, (Ieneral Agent
of the Passenger fcMirtflient of Ihe
SealiOiird Air Line. arrived .front
' Portsmouth this afternoon, ami is
shaking hands with his many friends
here.- --'-- ' - ,
.mis. l)r, I.".: II. Kills continues
treinely low at home on Mor
ex
! a n
street.
The .Alumni Address at the A. and
M. Colege will be delivered on Mav
2S1h. Mr. ('. . linld. of Wilson, of
the class of "!!.-.. will be the speaker.
Mrs. E. II. Love and daughter.-Miss
Florence Love, left this morning for
Winston to visit relatives and friends.
.Miss Barnes, of Murfreesboro, who
has been in this city the guest of her
cousin. Mr. John C. Drirv, 'returned
home today. f
Miss Janie L. Itt-owit left this morn
ing for'-.Wilmington "'to. attend the
Missionary meeting there. She is a
delegate .from the Edenton Street
Methodist ( hurch Missionary Society.
Tin- hanks are closed today in ob
servance of Memorial Day.
A called meeting of the W. R. W'om
blc Hook and Ladder Company will
be held tomorrow evening.
The Danville Register and the Bee
have been sold and the new proprie
tor. Editor James, is in Raleigh to
day. He was a welcome visitor ut all
newspaper offices.
Messrs. ('. G. Lattti. W. 11. William
son and A. A .Thompson left for
Charlotte last evening to represent
lialcigh's cotton mills the Pilot,
Carnlcigh and Raleigh. . President
George T. Winston went as a repre
sentative of the Agricultural and Me
chanical College. He will press the
point that the college is for textile
and manual education. He will issue
10.000 copies of pamphlets on that
subject.
Mrs. H. B. Greason went to Durham
yesterday on a visit to Mrs. W. ('.
Llndscy.
.- Judge Bowman is in the city on liis
way to Wilson.
Mr. Euimett Levy arrived this morn
ing. ..
Airs. R. H. Whit a ker, Mrs. Maggie
Griffin, Miss Jane Brown, Mrs. Julia
Bailey and Miss Joscphene Bees have
gone to Wilmington to attend the
North Cnrollnn Conference of the Wo-
I mans foreign Missionary Society,
which convenes in Grace Street M. E.
Church tomorrow moruiilg at 9:.Kl. '
Mr. Hill E. King.-of this city. Senior
Great Sagamore of the Xortii'Carclinn
Ciiiineil of Bed Men. has gone to Wil
mington, where the Council fires were
lighted at. noon today, (ireot Chief of
Records Conlev. of Philadelphia, is in
attendant'?. The Georgia Council of
Bed Men this week decided to admit
t no saloon men into the order.
BARKER NOMINATED.
("ineinnati. May 10. Wharton Burk-
was nominated fur lVi.iri.n ,n
the second ballot by the middle-of-the-roud
Populist convention in session
here, . ; - t -
fiOVKHNOR OF NEW YORK.
Allwny. , X,; Y , Mae 10. Governor
Woodruff is nding Governor during
the absence of . ;- liovernor : Theodore
Koosevelt.
CUBAN POSTAL FRAI DS
1 Neety Not Alone in the Steal Just Dis
covered
Havana. May Id.-The jiostal frauds,
have reached a point where other ar
rests will probably be made, it is be
lieved that a considerable" sum
will lie recovered. One culprit has
made a complete confession, proving
conclusively that others beside Xeely
arc implicated.
GATES GOES TO EUROPE
American Steel and Wire Company will
be Reorganized.
New York, May 10. There was no
effort on the part of Lawyer - Lamb
to stop John W. Gates from going to
Europiv He sailed this morning on
the steamer Kniser Frederick. A cur
rent rumor says changes in the Ameri
can steer and wire company have
Ix-en arranged. A. (I. Clifford - will
succeed Gates us chairman, ami W. P.
lu liner will succeed John Lambert as
president.
LAST DRESS PARADE
Tomorrow 'afternoon ut 4 o'clock the
A. ami M. College battalion will give
their last dress puradt for this session
on the college gronds. This parade
and review is complimentary to the
girls schools of this ity and the gen
eral public. Every one is invited. The
cadets, band will furnish music.
THE St. LOUIS STRIKE
St. Louis. Mo.. May 10. Considera
bly less than the usual number of
curs tire running under police protec
tion this morning .on the suburban
system. Policemen are on every car
and at the troublesome points.'.' There
are few passengers. No attempt will
be made. today to run the cars of the
Rapid Transit Line unless ample pro
tection is afforded.
THE MINSTREL NEXT WEEK.
Toe Company that is to Play in a Can
vass Theatre.
On next Monday, in the Cameron
'field west of the. city. Primrose and
Doekstiirder's Big New-. Minster Com
pany wiU'be een in its great canvas
theatre, which is a miirvel in itself as
it contains all the comforts and cou
venlenees of ;-'modern --, play-house.
si!:h as 'private Uixes reserved or
chestra chairs, uniformed ushers and
attendants'. The stage will be pro
vided with all the scenery and light
effects found in n first-class opera
house. In fact, this novcj and up-to-date.
I liea ire under canvas is equal
'and. in sonic rescfts. superior to
many --of the theatres in our larger
lilies. The coihkiiiv numbers one
hundred, white artists, among whom
will.be found funny end men. sweet
singing vocalists, a company of well
known aerolmls. jugglers, song-and-daiu'e
artists, club swingers: a troupe
ol genuine Arabs, grotescpie skaters
ami ii dog and monkey circus, the lat
ter sure to please every juvenile who
has ihe price of admission. The en
tertaiiiinent has in fact everything
that goes to make a clean and Whole
some summer,.' day's . ilivertiseinent.
There will be two performances given,
an afternoon and evening. The doors
open at 1 and 7 p. in..' performance
begins one hour later.
WARMER WEATHER COMING.
For Raleigh and vicinity; Fair
Friday, Saturday anil Sunday, becom
ing warmer.
The "cool wave" has advanced
south with great, rapidity. A fall in
teni-rutiire of from JO to :itl degrees
occurred from Xorth Carolina to New
York. The remarkable feature of the
map is the number of stations report--ing
frost: namely, Washington, I), v.,
Cinciniititi, Detroit, Cleveland. Phila
delphia, and Pittsburg. The Weather
throughout the entire eastern Cnited
States is dominated by the extensive
area of high . pressure' central in the
Ohio valley," which will move to the
middle Atlantic .const tonight.
AUDITORIUM JNC0RP0R ATED.
- -.The. Auditorium Company for RjiI
eiirh was' today incoi"s)itited bv the
Set'retary of Stiite. W. N. Jones, R. H.
P.atfle.:T. B. Womack. Ii. B. Raney. J.
E.; Pogue. Thomas M. Ashe. C. C.Me
Diiiiald. Charles Pearson. F. B. Aren
dell and George-'A lien- filing articles '
of agreement.
The principal place Of business is
Raleigh and the duration of the eoiu
puny is sixty years. The capital
stock shall lie iS.lo.uoo. divided in 5,000
shares of $10' etich. but the corpora
tion may begin business when $10,000
is subscribed and $.100 thereof puid.
THE GRADUATING CLASS
The following has been issued:
The President
oi
Peace Institute
requests the honor of your presence .
at, the Commencement Exercises.
May twenty-third and twenty-fourth,
nineteen hundred,
Btileigh. .Xorth .Carolina.
Tlie graduating class sends out with
the invitation separate engraved
eiujcl mh follows! ... ! ': -.
I LAKS OF 11100 :
Mamie Southerhittd McXair. S. ('.,
President.
Kute Grey Alien, X. C. '
Maude L. Dixon. AluJ
: Emina M. Johnson.. X. C.
,' . Annie Xeill McLean. X. C. '
Katie McLean, X' C.
. BESCl EI) SIX.KIXG t REV.
Astoria, Oregon, May 10. Tb Brit- .
ish ship Argos ,ha arrived here after
a cnllisioji with, the Hawaiian uhlp
lolnni, in fog. off San Francisco.
The rrew and iinsseiigem of the lolani.
V which sank, were. rescnel bv the Ar