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VOL. -XI.
GREATEST OF NAVALVICT0R1ES
TAR HEEL CROPS
CAPTURE OF CRUHP
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III
Japanese Admiral Practically Annihilates Navy
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BATTLE IN THE STRAITS OF KOREA
According to Information Received at
the State Department r in Washing
ton, the Battle Began Saturday! the
Japanese Sinking the Russian Bat
tleship Borodino, Four More War
ships and a Repair Ship.
According to the latest information,
the battle between the Russian and
Japanese naval forces for the suprem
acy of the Oriental seas, on which
hangs the outcome of the far Eastern
struggle, has begun, if it has not term-,
inated decisively. All the dispatches
received point to a Japanse victory,
though it is not yet known whether
the full force of Vice Adrimal Rojest
vensky's fighting ships took part in the
contest, which, according to the dis
patches, took place in the comparative
ly narrow waters of the Straits of Ko
rea. The first information came in a
dispatch from the American consul at
Nagasaki to the State Department at
Washington, telling that the Japanese
had sunk one Russian battleship, four
other warships and a repair ship in
the Korean Strait, and this was fol
lowed by a dispatch received by the
State Department, the date of which
wa3 not given, that the "Japanese gov
ernment had made the announcement
that its fleet had engaged the Rus
sians in the Straits of Korea Saturday
and had held them." The State De
partment also received information
that two of the vessels reported to
have been sunk were the sister battle
ships Orel and Borodino, and that three
of the other shps were cruisers. From
Tsingtau, the German port on the
-Shantung Peninsula, came a report that
-a running naval engagement took place
near the Island of Oki, in the Sea of
, Japan, 200 miles northeast of the
straits of Korea, and that the whole
Russian fleet did not participate, the
:slow vessels having been sent around
-Japan. Russian sources give no news
of the battle, while the Japanese gov
ernment, following its custom, is silent
as to either the battle or its outcome.
THINK TORPEDO BOATS DID IT.
"Washington Naval Circles Comment
on Dispatches to State Department
Battleship and Five More Vessels
Sunk Straits Held Against Rus
sians. . .
Washington, Special. A dispatch re
ceived at the State Department says
that the Japanese Government has
made the announcement that its fleet
had engaged the Russians in the
Straits of Korea Saturday and had held
them .
The reported sinking of the battle
ship Bordino is mentioned in a dis
patch received at the State Department
from the consul at Nagasaki.
The belief in the naval circles in
Washington is that the Japanese re
sorted to tha free use of torpedo boats
in their attacks on the vessels of Vice
Admiral Rojestvensky's. fleet. The
Japanese have a large number of tor
pedo boats in their fleet and they de
monstrated their effectiveness in the
operations around Port Arthur. Na
val " officers here express the opinion
that -it was unlikely that such serious
losses as those reported could have
een inflicted by ordinary fire.
- The following is the text of the Na
Texas Town Not Destroyed.
Austin, Tex., Special. S. J. L. Math
er, mayor of Mineral Wells, Tex., re
quested a correction of the report sent
to several papers that the town had
been badly damaged by a tornado last
week. He says that no damage was
done at all, and that excepting a very
high wind, which swept over the town
last Wednesday, there was no prova
cation for such a report.
Floods North of El Paso.
El Paso,' Tex., Special. A half mil
lion dollars is a conservative estimate
of the damage done by the overflow
of the Rio Grande north of El Paso
in the Messilla valley. Some 7,000
acres of farm land are under water,
crops and farm machinery have been
lost, and all houses in the path of the
waters washed away. The water in
most places is six feet deep. Every
abode house in Anthony, N. M., has
been washed away and the; people
have fled to El Paso. The water is
still rising rapidly, threatening great
damage, especially at El Paso. ;
t(ii
gasaki dispatch to the State Depart
ment: "Nagasaki, May 28. Japanese sunk
the Russian battleship Borodino a,o
four more warships and a repair ship."
The other dispatch read as follows:
"Tokio, May 27. Japanese met ana
engaged the Baltic squadron this af
ternoon in the Straits of Fushima,
which was held. Cannonading was
heard from shore."
From information which has been
received in Washington it is believed
that two of the Russian ships reported
to have been sunk in the Korean
Straits by the Japanese are the Orel
and her sister ship, the Borodino.
They are battleships of 13,000 tons.
Three other vessels reported sunk are
believed to have been cruisers, the
remaining one being a repain ship.
The Orel and Borodino are of 13,516
tons displacement each, heavily armed,
well protected, and were designed to
make 18 knots. They measure 397 feet
hv 76 feet, with 26 feet draught, and
both have a lofty spar deck fully 30
feet above the water line, extending
from the bow to the quarter deck. For
ward is mounted a pair of 12.4-inch
guns in a turret protected by eleven
inches of Krupp armor. Another pair
of guns, of same size, is mounted aft
There are thirty other guns on the in
termediate battery, the vessels carry
two submerged torpedo tubes and two
above the water. A special feature of
the vessels is their verdical longitudi
nal bulkheads of inch armor, running
throughout the whole length of the
ship at a distance of nine, or ten feet
inboard from the snips' siaes, uesigueu
to -localize the effects of a blow from
a torpedo.
Failed, to Mislead Togo.
Chefoo, By Cable Private tele:
grams from Korea to the Japanese
consul here state that a battle was
progressing Saturday, afternoon at or
near the Korean straits, between the
main portion of the Russian squadron
and the Japanese fleet under command
nf Admiral Toeo. V " .
Teleerams almost identical with the
above have been received here, and
announce that a large portion of the
Russian fleet was sighted approach
ing the Korean straits Sunday, head
ed for the channel between Tsu Island
and the Japanese coast.
According to the best information
receievd here recently, the main por
tion of Admiral Togo's fleet has been
almost constantly at Masampho bay.
Advices from a reliable quarter re
ceived here are to the effect that three
Russian battleships, three armored
cruisers and several colliers were off
Shanghai Friday. It is believed that
Vice Admiral Rojestvensky sent sufll
cient ships to the vicinity of Shanghai
in order to Induce the belief that his
main fleet was there, while the major
portion of it pushed on toward the Ko
rean straits.
Sinking of American Ship.
Washington, Special. Confirmation
has been received here from Shanghai
of the press report , that the Russian
warships have sunk an unknown Amer
ican merchant ship off the Chinese
coast. Heavy gun fire is plainly heard
to the northward.
St. Petersburg, By Cable. Nothing
is known at the Admiralty of the re
ported sinking of an unknown Ameri
can steamer off Formosa by Vice Ad
miral Rojestvensky. It is recognized at
the' Admiralty as quite possible that
"Rojestvensky may have been com
pelled by military necessity to destroy
a neutral. If he feared that to allow
it to proceed and report the where
abouts and direction of the Russian
fleet would endanger his strategic plan,
he had no other alternative except to
take off the crew and sink the ship
Such an Incident is unfortunate, but
every naval officer must admit that the
risk in such a crisis is too great to
take any chances. If the ship was un
justifiably sunk from the standpoint of
international law, Russia, of course,
will have to foot the bill; lant any cost
is cheap if it furthered Rojestvensky's
mission."
Shot Chief of Police.
Nashville, Tenn., Special. A specia
from Jackson, Tenn., .says that A. D
Dugger shot and seriously wounded
Chief of Police Gaston, of that place
Four shots were fired, two of which
took effect. Dugger was drinking and
Gaston attempted to arrest him. Dug
ger was subsequently locked up.
An Interstate Railway--Columbia,
Special. Definite an
nouncement of a railroad from Charles
ton, S. C. . to Monroe, N. C,
N. C, giving Charleston, Sum
ter and intermediate points sea
board connection at Monroe, was
made, in the shape of a petition for a
commission to incorporate the "Caro
lina & Virginia Railroad." The com
mission was granted with Wm. H.: Ing-:
ram, Neill O'Donall and- Marion Moise,
of Sumter, and State Senator Thomas
G. McLeod, of Lee county, as incorpor
ators. The initial capital is forty thous
and dollars, and the ultimate two and av
half million: The "purposes" state tnat
It Is the intention of the corporation "to
acquire rights of way and build , and
Fuller Details Given Show That Japa
nese Victory Was Most Complete.
Latest advices confirm the magnitude
of the disaster suffered by the Russian
fleet, and point to the fact that Rus
sia's hopesi so far' as this war is con
cerned, now lie in whatever may be ac-
complished by the oft-beaten army ia
Manchuria, An official report received
from Tokio by the Japanese legation at
Washington Monday evening says that
the Russian losses definitely known in
clude two battleships, a cost defence
ship, five cruisers,' two special , ships
and three destroyers sunk, and two
battleships, two coast defense ships-,
one destroyer and one special service
ship captured, while over 3,000 prison
ers have been taken, including Rear
Admiral Nebogatoff. The Japanese, it
would seem, are still pursuing the Rus
sians, and it may be some time before
the final result is known. :'..
There is nothing to clearly indicate
the extent of the Japanse losses, and
it is suggested from one source that the
Tokio government is waiting to. hear
from Admiral Rojestvensky by way of
Vladivostock before announcing to
what extent his fleet has suffered.
The news of the disaster has caused
deep depression in official Russia,
though it is not yet known generally
among the Russian people. Rojestven
sky's defeat has given rise to renewed
talk of peace. It is pointed out by the
Associated Press' St. Petersburg cor
respondent that Russia, in this crisis,
will turn to France, through its For
eign Minister, M. DelCasse, while from
Washington comes information that
President RobsGvelt, in accordance with
his promise, announced a long, time
ago, is taking steps to do all in his
power, to bring about peace negotia
tions.
Nothing has been heard from Vice
Admiral Rojestvensky. In Tokio there
is one belief that he has perished, while
another source says he was rescued by
a torpedo boat, but that he is wounded.
The Lost Vessels.
Tokio, By Cable. In the battle
fought Saturday in the Straits of Ko
rea, the Russian battleships Borodino
and Alexander III, the armored crusi
ers Admiral Nakhimoff, Dmitri Don
ski and Valdimir Monomach, the coast
defence iron-clad Admiral Oushakoff,
the protected cruisers Svietlana and
Jemtchug, and the repair ship Kampt-
schatka and the cruiser Irtessimwere
sunk..-. .- ...:., . J9'rir ' '
The battleshipes Orel and Nicolaf t,
and the coast defence iron-clads Ad
miral Apraxine were captured.
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The Borodino was a first-class bat
tleship, completed In 1904, of 13,516 tons
displacement and 16,000 horse-power,
giving her a speed of about IS knots.
Her crew numbered 740, officers and
men.
The Alexander III was a sister ship
of the Borodjno and was also com
pleted in 1904.
The Admiral Nakhimoff was an ar
mored cruiser of 8,524 tons displace
ment and 9,000 indicated horse-power,
giving her a speed of 16 knots. She
had a complement of about 567 officers
and men.
The Dmittri DonskI was an armored
cruiser of 6,200 tons, sheathed, of 7,000
indicated horse-power, and having a
speed of about 16 knots. Her crew
numbered 510 officers and men."
The Valdimir. Monomach was a
sheathed cruiser of 5,593 tons and 7,000
Indicated horse-power. Her crew num
bered 550 officers and men.
The Admiral Oushakoff, a coast de
fence iron-clad, was 4,684 tons displace
ment and 5,000 indicated horse-power.
Her speed was estimated at 16 knots
and she carried 318 officers and men.
The Svietlana was a. protected cruis
er of 3,826 tons displacement, had 3,
828 indicated horse-power, was .com
pleted in 1897 and had a speed of
about 20 knots. She had a complement
of 360 officers and men.
The protected criuser Jemtchug was
of 3,106 tons displacement and 17,000,
indicated horse-power giving her .a
speed of about 23 knots. Her crew
numbered 340 officers and men.
The repair ship Kamtschatkawas a
most important unit of Admiral Ro
jestvensky's fleet. She is understood
to have been fitted up with every scien
tific appliance available for , he repair
of warships and was described as being
a "floating workshop." She had trans
port accommodations for 32 officers and
1,000 men. ' - ,. ,
The Irtessim was probably an aux
iliary cruiser, but herames not giv
en in any of the naval lists available.
The battleship Orel is a sister ship
of the Borodino and carried the same
complement of officers and men.
The battleship Nicholai I is of -9,-627
tons displacement and 8,000 indi
cated horse-power, giving her a speed
of about 14 knots. She has sheathed and
although completed as far back as 1892
was thoroughly overhauled in 1900..
Her complement was 604 officers and
men.
The coast defense iron-clad Admiral
Seniavin is a sister ship to the Admi
ral Oushakoff. '
Bigamist Commits Suicide. "
. Knoxville ,Tenn., Special. C. C
Cummings, ojt Pittsburg, Pa. commit
ted suicide at Williamsburg, Ky., by
drinking paroonc acm. tie was em
ployed by the Parker Oil Company,
as manager of drilling. Two weeks
ago lie married Miss Vicy Summer,
of Williamsburg, and only a few days
ago was arrested on me cuarge w
bigamy, it being claimed that he had
a" wife and children living in Tennes
see. He denied the charge and, gave
bond, and .thus far nothing. ha3 been
found to bear it out. Brooding over
t - - -i , ,
his family- troubles is supposed , to
j caUsSd the rash act.
Weather Conditions Given Out by the
v Department Observer.
Although considerable improvement
In weather conditions was reported in
many counties, the past week was un
favorable both for farm work and for
the growth of crops over the larger
portion of the State. The rain-fall was
again above the -normal, occurring from
the 22nd to 23rd and 26th to 27th, thus
giving only two or three days on which
farm , work could proceed. The least
precipitation occurred along the north
ern tier of counties, and in many cen
tral ones, where a large amount of
work was accomplished; in some ex
treme northeast counties there are even
some reports of suffering for lack of
moisture. In nearly all southern" coun
ties the rain was nearly continuous,
giving very lfittle opportunity for, work,
Although the mean temperature for the
week, about 70 degrees, was nearly
normal, the temperature continued
quite low, especially at night, until Sat
urday and Sunday which were warmer;
as regards the growth of vegetation the
low night temperatures were quite un
favorable, checking growth of all crops.
Where conditions permitted farmers
have been very busy during the week
chopping cotton, cultivating corn,
transplanting tobacco and sweet pota
to slips, and finishing the planting of
corn: crops that have been cleaned
look fairly well, but very many fields
are still very grassy. A week of warm,
dry sunny weather is needed.
The work of planting cotton was so
much delayed that many fields intend
ed for that crop will be used for other
purposes, so that planting cotton is
practically finished; chopping is" well
advanced but by no means completed;
stands are regular, fcut low tempera
tures continue to prevent rapid growth,
plants are very small, for the season,
and are yellow in many fields; much
late planted cotton is not yet up. Up
land corn is in fair condition, but most
of this is badly in need of cultivation;
its growth also has ' been checked by
low temperatures; the stands ,;: have
been Injured by (the ravages of cut
worms; most lowlands have not yet
been planted. The rain Friday gave a
very favorable opportunity for trans
planting tobacco, and this task will be
completed the coming week. Tobacco
is doing well; there are very few com
plaints of injury by Jnsects or other
wise. Wheat and oats are not as thrifty
as formerly, suffering In a number of
places from excessive rains and rust,
but as a rule these crops are in ex
cellent condition; in a few southern
counties wheat and oats are beginning
to Nripen. Peanuts have come up nicely
to good stands. Planting rice is under
way. Gardens and vegetables are thrif
ty. In regard to Irish potatoes it ap
pears that the growth of- tops is very
thrifty but the tubers relatively few;
digging and shipping potatoes is under
way. Setting sweet potatoes continues.
Melons are doing well. The crops of
blackberries and huckleberries will be
large. Many correspondents continue to
report that fruit, especially apples, are
falling from the trees.
Rains reported: Goldsboro, 0.50;
Lumberton, 1.86; Newbern, 1.12;. Wel
don, 0.14; Hatteras, 4.90; Wilmington,
1.60; Nashville, 0.17; Greensboro, 2.60;
Raleigh, 1.30; Moncure, 1.40; Lexing
ton, 1.78; Pomono, 2.00; Ramseurl.34;
Charlotte, 0.70; Asheville, 2.30; Marion,
1.00.
The State Department of Agriculture
Monday evening gave out the following
annual report of the acreage devoted
to cotton:
In view of the important bearing of
the acreage devoted to cotton . upon
prices of this staple, unusual interest is
felt in the size of the crop planted. The
result given below is carefully com
piled from reports of a large number of
regular correspondents, and is believed
to be approximately correct. An inter
esting feature of the report is the dif
ference between the estimated acreage
of all cotton counties and of a dozen.
of the largest cotton counties, repre
sentative of the different sections.
REPORT BY COUNTIES.
' The total acreage, compared with last
year, is 78 per cent., indicating a de
crease of 21 per cent. The total acre
age in 12 large counties is 81 per cent.,
indicating a decrease of 19 , per cent.
Reports from the 12 counties above
referred to are as follows: .
" Anson, 81 per cent.;. Beaufort, 85 per
cent.; Cleveland, 87 per cent.; Edge
comb, 82 per cent. Halifax, 79 per
cent.; Johnson, 76 per cent.; Meck
lenburg, 77 per cent.; Pitt, 80 per
cent.; Robeson, 85 per cent.; Union, 75
per cent. r Wake, 79 per cent.; Wayne,
85 per cent.
Owing to late spring cold or cool
weather, and excessive rains during the
last three weeks, there is much com
plaint as to the present condition of
the crop. Grass, scarcity of labor and
wet weather are the chief causes of
complaint.
Two Growing Towns.
As showing the extent of develop
ment "many sections of the State are
making, an example lnlay be .cited . of
the ' towns of Dover and Winterville.
A few years past each of these places
were practically in the woods. Now
Dover has a population of 1,500 and
Winterville is close behind. Both are
manufacturing towns; each located on
the Atlantic & North Carolina railroad,
in the heart of the rich middle sec
tion of the State. These towns are
only a sample of many others that are
doing equally as well. -
H. Clay 'Grubb's AssaHant Cantured
by Two Young Mem
Marion, Special. Sheriff P. H.
Mashburn's posse captured Nat Crump
alleged assailant of H. Clay Grobb, at
Mut Cut, near Old Fort Saturday night.
Two of the party, Lytle.and Porter,
boarded a train at Old Fort to. go to
Swannanoa Tunnel to watch, for
Crump and on the way up the moun
tain the negro tried to jump oil the
train.. The men got the engineer to
stop the train, after they had passed
up the road and got oft and watched
and pretty soon their , man came up.
Lytle and Porter halted him. As they
did so he . attempted to draw his pis
tol. One of the boys fired on him,
and as he turned to run. the other fired,
hitting him in the shoulder, both shots
taking effect, injuring him painfully,
but not dangerously. '
Crump was brought back to Sheriff
Marshburn's store, at Old Fort, where
he was attended by a doctor. He first
gave his name at Creeman, but af
terwards admitted that he was the
man they accused of shooting Mr.
Grubb. Sheriff Dorsett came up from
Lexington after Crump and took him
back. -
Friday afternoon while the men
were hunting for Crump some of them
saw a negro running down the hill
from a house and they hailed him, but
he did not stop. Mr. R. J. Harbin
shot and hit him in the hip.- The ne
gro claimed that he was trying to
head off the man they were hunting
for, but every one there believes he
was doing it to mislead them, as
Crnmp was seen by some?, other -j ne
groes above the house jusaf.terwards. ,
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' Growth of Masonry
Grand Secretary John C. Drewry, of
the Grand Lodge of Masons, reports
remarkable activity in that order. He
says it. is the greatest year in its
history In North Carolina. Three old
lodges .have been revived Linville,
at Montezuma; Wake Forest and
Mecklenburg, at Davidson, and four
new lodges formed since the; Grand
Lodge met in January, these being
Greensboro, Bee Lodge in Yancey
county, Hollis in Rutherfordton coun
ty, and Sharon in Cleveland. He re
ports that a site for the Masonic Tern
pie in Raleigh has been bought and
$1,000 paid on the purchase price, the
lot being 90 by 62 1-2 feet, and cost
ing $36,000. The deed was recorded
Saturday. Work on the temple will
begin in the autumn and tenants now
in possession are notified to vacate
They have under the law six months'
time, but it is expected they will va
cate earlier. If they take all their
time they will hold on until November
Killed in Explosion. "
Wilmington, Special. W. H. Corbett,
a colored fireman, was instantly killed
and his body is buried beneath the
debris of two brick buildings that were
wrecked early this morning by a boiler
explosion at the plant of the Hilton
Lumber Company, in this city. The en
gine room and saw mill, with the ma
chinery in both, were almost com
pletely demolished, causing a loss of
upwards of $25,000, which is partially,
at. least, covered by insurance! The
shock of the explosion was felt all over
the city, a distance of two miles, and
buildings were shaken to such an ex
tent that many people thought l it was
an earthquake.' The cause of the explo
sion is not known. Fortunately, the day
shift of employes of the mill had not
gone to work, else the loss of life would
have been great. One of the six large
boilers was bltfwn from its foundation
and crashed down on its end through
the mill building. The fire department
was called out, but the explosion was
so complete that the fire from the fur
naces did no damage.
Hoisted White Flag.
London, By Cable. The Tokio cor
respondent of the Daily Telegraph
says a Russian "warship has arrived
off Iwami, on the southwest coast ci
Japan, and hoisted - the white flag.
The dispatch says that 300 men and
officers, many of whom are wounded.
are being assisted by the Japanese
Red Cross Society there. -
The Mayor in Control.
Philadelphia, Pa, Special. State
Insurance Commissioner Israel W
Durham, leader of the Republican or
ganization in Philadelphia for the las
ten years, and whos-e influence reach
ed far, into the interior of Pennsylvan
ia, late this afternoon unconditionally
surrendered to Mayor John Weaver,
who opened the war on the organiza
tion-last Tuesday. The action of
Leader Durham was a ereafsurprise
to the people of the. city, -as all his
lieutenants and the , rank and file of
the organization had been given to
understand that the fight begun by
'Mayor Weaver over the gas lease
would be fought to a finish.
1 HEEL IB li! mm
Many Newsy Items Gathered Fro-
stf Sections. ' '
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Charlotte Cotton Market:
These figures; represent prices psi.
to wagons:
Strict, good middling . ...V-J8J3
Good Middlin ....1............8Jat
Strict Middling. .... .. .803
Middling, .. g
Tinges ..61-4 to T 1-Jt
Stains-.. .. .. .. ..6 1-4 to 1 1-8,
General Cotton Market3
Galveston, steady ...l,.'..'........;;
New Orleans, quiet
Mobile, dull ..8
Savannah,, quie t .... . 8
Charleston- quiet .a .
Wilmington, steady ...8
Norfolk, firm SST r
Baltimore,, normal ..... . .... . . ... ..8V1
New York, quiet 8.5CI
Boston, quiet 8.631
hlladelphia quiet . . ; . . V; i ... .8.7"
Houston, steady 8 3-1CE
Augusta, quiet ............. ;..;....83t
Memphis, firm .8
St, Louis, steady . . .8
ouisville, firm ............ 8$?
Deed of . Desperate Man.
Lenoir, Special. L. D. Whittemonat
suicided by cutting an artery in hlsi
forearm and bleeding to death. BDat
had also scraped the mercury from th.
back of a mirror and drank it, ml-rvff
with some water and alcohol. He m&
a lock examiner for . the. Yale aniS
Towne Lock Company, of Stanford-
Conn., and cleaned the' Commercial;'
Bank lock Wednesday, but seemed!
rather despondent. He went to bis
room at the Commercial Hotel, aiuS
was seemingly all right. His body was
not found until early Thursday; He toftl
Mr.' Lutis, cashier of the bank, that ha
was a married man, and had threoK
small children. He had on badges of
both the Royal. Arch and Blue Lodga.
Masons. N
Novel Case Decided.
The Supreme Court delivers ask
opinion in a novel case, but one a
general importance, this ; being " of &
citizen of Asheville against an electrfcr
company , for cutting down a : tree
which- shaded his yardr desblte, Lla.
protest. The court' holds that tbflt
felling of the tree was not necessary
for the purposes of the city and that
the latter had no right to .allow it tox
be felled for the benefit of a privates
corporation. If it had been for thai
better use of the street by the public
it would have been proper. ' The own
er is allowed his claim for $500 dam
ages." - u,,; '' i .'-. .;.
To Increase Endowment. . (
Wake Forest, Special.' The trustees;,
of Wake, Forest College Friday mora
ing, on recommendation of Dr. Charles?
E. Taylor,, passed a resolution making
Dr.. Taylor special agent of the.collegai
in raising the funds for increasing tha
endowment. Dr. C. E." Brewer, pron
fessor of chemistry, was elected chair
man of the faculty, in view of 'the ficfc
that Dr. Taylor's f reqiient absence front
the college. Dr. Frederick' K. Cookev
dean of the school of medicine, will re-;
tire, and the executive committee 'will,
elect his successor during vacation.
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North State News.
Complaint was made to the Corpora
tion Commission of the ' condition oC
the Yadkin Railway, a line from Sails
bury to Norwood, Stanly countyv Tha
commission has made a ruling that ozc
account of the heavy grades,, and tha
large amount of freight traffic, anxL.
further, on account of , the;. curves in.
the road, the' track ought to be re-laidL
with rail of at least 70 pounds toltho
yard, the present rail not . being .otct
60 pounds, . and that the defectiVa
cross.ties ought to be replaced by?
sounding and . the railroad given ' such,
attention as to make it safe.
A special to the Charlotte Observer,
from New York says: The primary ob
ject of this Northern trip of Governor ,
R. B. Glenn and State Treasurer, Lacy,
has been disclosed; i They mer Schaffeir
Bros, in New York this morning and'1
paid over $215,864"for their holding ot)
bonds, secured by; the, State's stock fa,-,
the North Carolina Railroad This was,
the price previously agreed upon and
the last Legislature authorized a bond.
issue to meet' the obligation. The pur
pose of the Governor in not disclosjngr.;
his mission was in defence to . the
wishes of Schaffer's counsel, who want
ed to preclude the possibility of any
legal interference by attorneys 1 for
holders of the old special tax , bonds. r
The State grants license to the Po-a -
ter Cooper Fire Insurance Compan,y
of New York city, to do business "Idl'
North Carolina. The .business 4 will" be
managed by , the home ofilce. -: -' '
The Colossus Gold. Mining and MilV
ing Company, of WaxhawJ 'is author?
ed to increase its capital "stocky iroirt
$1,000000 to $10,000,000, in two million.
shares, .each cf $5, all to be common.'
stock," none , preferred. . George F.
Coffin is "sresident and W. M. ShaffecV
secretary- ;