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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-10
WAKE FOREST METAL WINNERS.
Regular Examinations Begin May ls
and Continue One Week.

Wake Forest, n. c., May 9.-(Spe-
ciai) The subject of study in the Lit
erary Circle last evening was Words
orth's Prelude" The meeting was
at the residence of Mr.. p. w. johnson.
Ihe following medals have been
awarded in the literary societies: Phi
lomathesian, for the best orator of the
Junior class to G. J.. Greaves, and for
greatest improvement, to J. NJ Ar
nette; Euzelian, for greatest improve
ment to X. G. Maley, and the Thomas
Dixon, Jr., best orators medal for the
senior class, to Willis @. Briggs.
The societies have elected their rep
resentatives for the next anniversary,
to-wit Eu. orator, r. N. Simms, of Raj
ejgh; Phi. orator, A. B. Cannady, of
Granylle; debaters-Eu., H. IL. Mash
burn and j. s. Snider; Phi, w. ID.
Burns and W. n. Johnson; president,
W. X. Skies; secretary, G. NJ. Mcintosh.
There is this year large gradual
ing class, as many as thirty applying
for degrees. For the first time the de-
degree Of Bachelor Of Law will be CON
ferred.
Several members of the faculty have
engagements to make commencement
addresses. Prof. Ferrel at Severn.
Northampton county; Prof CARLYLE at
bonneville, Elizabeth City, and Bethel
Hill, and Prof. Poteat at Shaw Univer-
sity.
Prof. N. Y. GulIey is the new mayor
Of Wake Forest.
The regular examination period will
begin May 18 and continue one week.
Some special determinations have already
been held.
DR.. Hendren Gorrell Of the chair Of
Modern Languages, viii leave for his
trip to Europe on the 18th instant.
Coming Bible Band lectures antici-
pated with special pleasure are by r.
NJ. Plttman, Esq, of Henderson, on
he SanhedI.im and Civil Procedure, !"
the nth, and Rev. j. w. Lynch, of Dam
vile, KY, on Palestine, to be given May
24th.
President Taylor is at Chattanooga
attending the Southern Baptist con ven
tion.
Tickets for the approaching com
mencement are in process of distri-
button. Senior class exercises will oc-
cur Monday evening, May 25. DIR. w.
l.. Wright, Of Richmond, will make the
Alumni oration Tuesday evening, DR..
p. II. Carroll, of Texas, the literary adj
dress Wednesday morning. DR.. b. L..
Whitman, President of Columbian Uni
yersity, Washington, d. c., will preach
the baccalaureate sermon Wednesday
evening. The exercises ofcommence-
ment day proper will be on Thursday,
the 28th, in the forenoon. Letters re-
ceived here indicate an exceptionally
large attendance Of Alumni and others.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-10
THE CONFEDERATE DEAD
Memorial Exercises Held Yesterday by
the People of Statesville.

Statos1ille, y. C., May 0.-(Special)-
Memorial exercises were celebrated
here to-day an the presence Of large
audience of ladies, citizens and old Con-
fedcrate soldiers. Judge Il. +. Armfeld
not being able to be present on account
of being sick, Hon. r. u. Linney filed
his place in the programme, as he hap
pened to be in town on his vay to
Washington. Orator of the day, Hon.
G. l.. Turner, of Monbo, N. c.,
delivered an eloquent address
of an hours length An ap-
peal was made for a contribution
to fund to erect a Confederate monu-
ment of Iredell granite in Statesville
tc the memory of the old soldiers, and
a respectable sum was raised. Rev. W.
4. Wood opened the exercises with
prayer, and Rev. A. d. Adkins closed.
In prize drill this afternoon by the
Lredell Blues, Thomas Cook won the
first prize, and G. i. Turner the second.
The Chief of Police of the town and
j. A. Davidson had personal encoun-
te" and fight, in which Davidson was
considerably worsted Previous bad
feeling augmented the difficulty.
J.. Schiller, furniture dealer here,
recently sold some furniture to a. G..
Sharpe, on the installment plan, and on
Sharpe's failure to pay all the INSTALL
ments, Schiller went to the house Of
Sharpe and took the furniture, after
having some words with Mrs. Sharpe.
Schiller was arrested for forcible tres
pass before Justice Coon, and fined $40
and cost. The defendant appealed to
the Superior Court.
l am informed by some of the prom
pent Populists of the county, who say
they know, that there is no fusion and
no probability now that there will be
any between themselves and the Re-
publicans locally on the county tickets.
The extended dry weather in this sec
ton has nearly destroyed the wheat
crop. No matter how favorable the
season from this date only small crop
will be produced.
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Washington and Lee Shut Out
by the University.
AT DANVlLLE YESTERDAY
The Virginians Outclassed ar
Every Point.
THE TAR HEELS EASY WcToRs
At No Point in the Game Was There
Any Doubt That the University
Would Win by Good
Score.

Danville, May 0,-Over 1000 people
saw the University of North Carolina
baseball team take the team from
Washington and Lee University into
camp to-day to the tune of 10 to 0.
The Virginians were clearly outclassed
and at no time of the game was the
result doubtful. Captain Stanley's
heavy batting for the Tar
Heels was too much for
Pratt, and he was hammered all
over the field. His support, however,
was poor. The features were Pratt's
batting for Washington and Lee, and
Pearsalls steady work in the box,
Gregory's superb playing at second,
and Stephens heavy hitting for North
Carolina. Washington and Lee made
a triple play in the fifth inning, which
is seldom witnessed on a diamond.
Score:
Univ. N, C.,1 2 ? 90 s Xxx. 10 ),
w. and H., 0 0 0 5000 0 o.. 0 =.
Batteries: Pearsall Stephens, and
Bailey; Pratt and Lunsford. Umpire,
Acree.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-10
NORTH CAROLINA.

Wilson county Republicans instruct
ed for Dockery and Cheatham and one
white man and eight negroes bolted.
The Episcopal Diocesan convention
in Charlotte has completed its work
and adjourned to meet next year in
Raleigh.
The University a. CO. baseball team
yesterday defeated Washington and
Lee at Danyille by score of 10 to O.
Jones county Republicans yesterday
instructed for DoclSery, Holton and
Mckinley.
Memorial Day exercises held at Win
ston and Statesyille.
Wheat crop in Western North Caro-
lima cut short by the dry weather.
Northampton Republicans s'enfiorsed
Dockery for Governor and Cheatham
for Congress.
Great increase in tobacco acreage in
western part of the State.
Regular examinations at Wake For
est begin May is and continue one
week.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-10
INcREAsED TosAcco AcReAeE.
Mt. Airy's Newly Elected officers Are
Sworn In.

Mount Airy, N. c., May o. -(special)
The newly elected Mayor, Mr.. Lucius
Tilley, together with the three new
commissioner of the old board
were re-elected--has been duly in
stalled into Office. 1t is believed the
present police officials will be retained.
Mr.. w. L. Moody who has been en-
gagged here for some time in the man
ufacture of tobacco, will, in a few
days, move his entire plant, stock on
hand, &c, to Manchester, Va, where
he resides, in order that he may give
the business his closer and more per-
sonal attention.
The tobacco breaks at the various
warehouses have been unusually light
for several days past. The farmers
tell me the acreage in this section will
be greatly increased.
The Republicans of Surry
county held convention at GnhsoD
yesterday to elect delegates to the
State and district conventions They
instructed for Dockery.
Judge Fuller, of Raleigh, passed
through a few days ago en- route for
Mitchell Hotel at Fancy Gap, on top
of mountain some 12 miles above here
Representative McLaurin, of the
BennettsVille, S. G. district, has re-
turned to Washington, though his fam
lily will remain at his farm near the
White Sulphur Springs until Congress
adjourns.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-10
MANY MISSIONARIES suroHERED
Two 5oat-Loads of People Killed and
Eaten by Cannibas.

San Francisco, May 9.--The steamer
Monawai brings news of the wholesale
massacre of traders and missionaries
by natives of the Island of Manning
Straits and the Solomons.
Malayta sayages butchered a whole
boats crew of men from the Brig Rio
Loge at Rubiana, two French and one
American trader being slaughtered.
The mission of the island had been at
tackled and the missionaries escaped
with difficulty, going back to Sydney
by, the first ship. The murders on
the Island of Manning Straits were fol-
lowed by acts Of cannibalism. A small
trading schooner owned by a French
trader was attacked and the owner
and his American assistant and eight
peaceful natives were carried ashore
and beaten to death, and the trading
station was sacked. Two English mis-
sionaries are missing, and it is sup
posed they were also murdered.
The mission on Tounan Island has
been abandoned as the result of the
of the natives.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-10

Winston, n O., May o. (SpeciaD-
The Confederate Veterans OF Forsyth
celebrated Memorial Day in a patriotic
old soldier, delivered a touching and
inspiring address. Immediately after
the address the veterans, Davis School
cadets and band, Forsyth Riflemen and
Sons of Veterans formed in line and
marched to the cemetery, where the
graves of the Confederate dead were
decorated by the ladies and a salute
fred by the military. The procession
then formed and marched back to the
Forsyth Ritlcmen's armory, where q
lunch was served by the ladies of VIM
ston-Salem. Fifty-three Confederate
dead lie buried in the Salem cemetery
and Moravian graveyard.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-10
NATIONAL AEFAIRs.

Annual convention of Supreme Coun-
ell of the American Protective Associa-
tion to meet in Washington on May II.
The Milwaukee street car strike will
probably be settled by the State Board
of Arbitration.
Mike McRae, a negro murderer, hang
ed at Ozark, Ala.
Senator Boies announces that he viii
Senator Dubois announces that he will
the Presidential nominee is a free sill
yer man.
Annie Anderson, of Trenton, n. j.,
aged "a years, shot by Joseph Graham,
her Jealous lover, who Immediately al
forwards shot himself, both dying in
less than an hour.
Fire Chief William Shaw, of New
York, who received a fractured skull
while arresting an alarm Of fire, has
died from his injuries.
Don M. Dickinson replies to the strlc-
lures of Senator Vest and other free
silver men, as to alleged corruption of
the Michigan State convention by Office
holders, saying that if any money was
used, it was by the silver men.
About 400 men thrown out of en-
ployment by a half million dollar fire
at Ashland, Wis.
The city of L'Anse, Michigan, almost
wiped out by fire; loss $250,000.
A man named Williams lynched by
mob in Alabama for making an as
sault upon his own daughter.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-10
LYNCHED IN ALABAMA.

Birmingham, Ala, May 9.-Near
Eastman's mills last evening, Redden
H. Williams, a prominent white farm
er, residing near Manitan, Green coun-
ty, was lynched by mob of forty
masked white men. Williams was ar
rested Thursday charged with making
a criminal assault upon his 16-year-old
daughter. At the preliminary trial be-
fore Justice Lyn, the evidence indi-
Gated his guilt and he was held to the
grand jury and ordered committed to
Jail. Last evening, while Deputy Nc
Cracken was taking Williams to Jail
at Eutaw, he was met by o mob near
Eastman's mill and the prisoner taken
from him and hanged to the nearest
tree
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-10
THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF AMY NORTH CAROLINA DAILY

that there might be summary action
of the Spanish authorities.
''The result of the Virginius case" 7"
said he, ''will not be duplicated, rest
assured of that. This government on
that occasion made an ignominious
surrender. Spain paid but $4,000 for
the lives of fifty odd Americans who
were executed. 1t seems to me that
this action of Spain puts new phase
on the situation with regard to bellig-
erency."
Representative Linney, of North
Carolina, it is said, has received word
that one of his constituents was sup
posed to be aboard the Competitor
when she left Key West. He does not
appear among the list, however.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-10
NATloNALBAsEBALL LEAGUE.
Summaries of Yesterdays Games in
Various League Cities.

Louisville, May cit was the same
cid story to-day, Boston pounded Wey-
hing hard, while the home team could
not hit Mains after the first inning.
At one time manager of the Brooklyn
team, VIM. McGunnigle, signed to-day
a two-year contract to manage the
Louisville club. He will take charge at
once. Attendance 800. Score:
Boston, 2 o OIL 2 x--17 21 6
Louisville, 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 o. 5 z 6
Batteries: Mains and Camel; Wey-
hing and Dexter. Umpire, Keefe.
BROOKLYN, 10; CLEVELAND, 8.
Cleveland, May 9.-The Brooklyns
made bushels Of base hits to-day. Wal.
lace was knocked out of the box in
the third inning, and Young took his
place, but the cannonading continued
throughout the game. The home team
went to pieces. Attendance $500.
Score:
Cleveland, / / 8 0 0 1 2 0 o. Is 6
brooklyn, A 0 0 o 6 2 0--19 81 2
Batteries: Young, Wallace and Zim-
mer; Stein and BuTTell. Umpire, Hunt
WASHINGTON, IA; PITTsBURG, 0.
I'fttsburg, Pa, May Pittsburg
made a desperate attempt to save de-
feat, but in spite of the fact that three
pitchers were tried, went down igno-
tainiously. Hawley collapsed utterly
in the seventh. when Killen relieved
him, doing but little better and Hast
ings finished the game. Mercer was
a puzzler. Attendance, 4,500. Score:
Pibtsburg ~ 010105 Oh T. 9 II 5
Washington. 010010 IL Old II 5
Batteries: Hawley, Killen, Hastings,
and Merritt and Sugden; Mercer and
McGuire. Umpire, Lynch.
NEW YORK, IS; ST, LOUIS, 8.
St. Louis, May 9.-The Giants out
played the Browns at every point to-
day and won by big margin. Breiten-
stein started in to pitch for the home
team, but became so wild that he was
taken out. Kissenger, Wood and Nc
Dougal who were put in the box in
that order, We're pounded unmerciful-
ly. Doheny, for the Giants, kept Won
derahe's men down to six hits. At
tendance, 1000. Score:
st. Louis. 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 o. 6 3
New York. g 4 2 0 2 1 0 2-15 Is 5
Wood, McDougal and Murphy; Do
BALTIMORE, 6; CINCINNATI, 5.
Cincinnati, O., May 9.-Cincinnati
was beaten out in the tenth inning
after tying the score. Jennings reach
ed third on a base on balls and Smiths
error The ball was thrown to Irwin.
Jennings knocked Irwin down and
scored the winning run. Attendance,
6,100. Score:
Cincinnati 1911 0-5 z
Baltimore 1--6
Batteries: Fisher, Rhines, Foreman
and Peitz; Hoffer and Robinson. Um-
pire, Emslie.
PHILADELPHIA, II; CHICAGO, 10.
Chicago, May 9.-The Quakers took
the last game of the series by bunch
ing their hits in the third and fourth
and Briggs wildness in the fifth. The
Colts opened on Taylor very savageIy,
earning five of their first six runs, but
were unable to bunch on him again,
except in the sixth. Attendance, $500.
Score:
:. 2 OO12 o o 10 13 . |
Philadelphia / 2 2 0 Oil II
Batteries: Terry, Briggs, Parker and
Kittridge; Taylor and Clements. Um-
pire, Weidman.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-10
The BAPTIST CONVENTION.
Second Days Session Taken Up With
Committee Reports.

Chattanooga, Tenn, May AT the
second days session Of the Southern
Baptist convention the business was
principally taken up with the appoint
ment of various committees. The
event Of the morning proceedings was
the introduction of a resolution by DR..
j. s. Coleman, of Kentucky, in refer
ence to the expressions of DIR. w. III.
Whitsitt, President of the Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary, in his
expression on the rite of baptism. The
resolution was as follows:
Resolved, That a committee Of one
from each State comprising the con-
vention be appointed to report back
to this body what relations exist be-
tween this body and the Baptist Theo-
logical Seminary, and if the conven-
ton has control of the teachings and
actions of the former"
The resolution was adopted with
out dissenting voice.
During the morning hours to-day
Geo. w. Norton, of Louisville, KY, was
reelected Treasurer and VIM. p. Har-
yey was reelected Auditor. The yari-
GUS standing committees were ap-
pointed, very few changes being made
in any of the chairmanships.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-10
A DRUNKEN NEGRO KILLED.

Wilson, n. c., May o. (SpeciaD The
Atlantic Coast Line passenger train,
which passes here at 1880 O'clock D.
m, ran over and horribly mutilated the
body of negro by the name of Henry
Peacock, about six miles from this
place. Peacock was drunk and had
started to walk home on the railroad
track and is supposed to have fallen
asleep. The engineer appears not to
have been aware of running over him,
as it was not reported here until the
fragments of the body were discovered
by the section master to-day.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-10
SENATOR DUBOIS WILL BOLT.
Will Not Support the Republican Nom
inee if He is For Gold.

Boise, Idaho. May 9.-The Evening
Mail has created sensation by an
nouncing that Senator Dubois has writ
ten letter to Hon. +. A. Fem, of Boise,
one of the leading Republicans OF the
State, in which he states that he will
rot support Republican presidential
nominee unless he is free silver man.
The Mail prints the following extract
from the letter:
in the event the St. Louis conyen-
ton adopts goldbug or straddle plat
form, or nominates a goldbug or stard
adler candidate, / shall bolt the conyen-
ton
1t also gives the following as the sub
stance of another statement in the let
ter:
Il believe that I have sufficient per-
sonal following in Idaho, added TO the
following which / will get from the
other parties, to defeat the Republican
party in Idaho"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-10
WILSON REPUBLICANS SPLIT.

Wilson, n. c., May 9.-(SpeciaD-
Another Wake county disgraceful ne
gro wrangle was held here to-day.
Only one white man was a member of
the Wilson Republican county conven-
tion and when it instructed for Dock
cry and Cheatham, the white man and
eight negroes bolted and elected dele
gates for Russell and White. Ex-Con-
gresham Cheatham was present and
advised his constituents to fuse with
the Populists if possible.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-10
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

The five men captured on board the
Competitor sentenced to death by the
court martial at Havana.
Two boat loads of missionaries and
traders killed by the natives on the
island of Manning Straits, and eaten
by cannibals.
The British bark Centaur burned at
sea, and the crew of 25 men rescued
after going 500 miles at sea in an open
boat.
There are thirty-three fresh cases of
cholera and twenty deaths reported at
Alexandria.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-10
FINANCIAL.

Wheat was firmer yesterday on un-
favorable crop reports from Illinois,
Indiana and other wheat States; July
closed "a cent higher.
The cotton market became weak
soon after the opening and there was
a stampede of selling orders, the clos
ing being at decline of 3 to points,
the lowest of the session.
There was the usual half-holiday
covering on the stock market with the
tendency Of prices upward aud the
close firm.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-10
JONES COUNTY FOR DoCKERY.

Newbern, N. c., May 9.-(speciaD-
The Jones county Republican con-
vention, held to-day instructed, by a
vote of 16 to s, for Mckinley, Dockery
and Holton. The HancoclIs and Mid
dleton were for Russell; but Ohara,
Williams, of Craven, and Mccarthy,
the DocRery men, claim to have land
ed the delegates.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-10
LAST EDITION.
O'CLOCK. A. M.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING
THE WEATHER.

Forecast for Sunday The United
States Weather Bureau issues the fol-
lowing forecast for the next twenty
four hours:
For North Carolina warmer III
Eastern portion; southerly winds.
Yesterday: Maximum temperature,
S4; minimum temperature, 81.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-10
THE VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
At Roanoke:

At Roanoke:
Roanoke, 5 90 00003 l. IA 10 3
Petersb'g, 0 8 301O2 0 g. II II z
Batteries: Willis and Williams; Kane
and Stanhope. Umpire, Connor.
At Norfolk:
Norfolk, 0 o 800 3-14 1s 2
Lynchb'g, 112 2 0 2 o. 8 IA 6
Batteries: Gilroy and Bowernan;
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-10
RUSSELL COMING EARLY.

Wilmington, n c., May 9.-(Special)
Judge Russell left this evening for
Raleigh, and will be there until after
the Republican convention sits. His
Lieutenants, w. II. Chadbourn and G..
y. French go up Monday. New Han
over delegates follow Wednesday.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-10
CONGRESSIONAL.

The Senate devoted yesterday to the
passage of an accumulation of minor
bills on the calendar.
Among the bills passed in the Senate
was one appropriating $4,000 for q
monument to General Nathaniel Green,
en- the Battlefield of Guilford Court
House. u. G.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-10
sOUTHERN I.EAGrE

Birmingham, Ala, May 9.-Birming-
ham, Is; Atlanta, 3.
New Orleans, La, May 9.-New Or
leans, 2; Montgomery, /.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-10

Ashland, Wis, May 9.-This city ex-
perienced great fire to-day. Half a
million dollars worth of milling prop
erty and lumber went up in flames.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-10

South Castor, N. O., May 9.--(spe-
cial) The Republican county conyen-
tion of Northampton, at Jackson yes
terday, endorsed Cheatham for Com
gress and Dockery for Governor.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-10

Boylan and Schabel. UmHre, Belts.
At Richmond
Richmond, 2 o ? 0 / atis4 OH /
Portsm'th, 0 0 0 0 0 $50 o. 0 10 z
Batteries: TannehiH end Wilson;
Leach and Rollins.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-03-04
Cultivate Oats.
Huntington, Fla.

Daniel Prescott's method of growing
oats is unique and eminently practical
He prepares his land that has been we'll
fertilized by cattle, and lays it off in
rows three feet apart. He drills his
seed in these rows, covering the oats as
he would cover corn. When the oats
come up he plows, hoes or harrows be-
tween the rows the same as for ordinary
crops. For blowing he uses a sweep or
cultivator, and cultivates so as to keep
the soil we'll but not too deeply stirred.
He works so as to keep down all weeds
or grass. This cultivation works the
soil toward the oats and forms flat bed
that affords drainage to the land, and
too frequent rain is not SO damaging to
the growing crop.
The stirring of the soil causes the oats
to root deeply and prepares them to
withstand drouth. Thus fortified the
oats ripen up with the blades all green
on the stalk, and the oat straw M axes
good forage, almost as good as hay, and
the grain is better developed and the
crop is better in every way than that
grown by the usual method.-Orlaudo
Reporter.