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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-26
THE LAST SESSION
Education Conference at Vir-
ginia University.
Addresses by Drs. Barringer, Kent, Peabody
and Dabney, President Ogden and
Prot. Dabney.
(By the Associated Press.)

Richmond, Va, April 25.-A special
train carrying the members of the Edu-
cation Conference left here this morn
ing at o'clock for the University of
Virginia, where the last meeting Of the
conference will be held. The program
for the day included addresses by DIR.
Dabney of the University of Tennessee;
Prof. Dabney, DR.. Barringer and DR..
Kent of the University of Virginia and
others.
A special from Charlottesville, says
that on their arrival the visitors We're
taken charge of by committees COM
posed of the professors and their wives
and the session of the conference took
place in the University public hall. The
address of welcome was by DR.. Barringer.
chairman of the faculty. and was re-
sponded to by President Ogden. DR..
Kent spoke on 1.-THE Relation of the
University to the Public Schools" DR..
Francis G. Peabody of Harvard, spoke
on the Relation of Jefferson to Educa-
tion' and Prof R. H. Dabney of "The
Souths Relation to this Movement.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-26
Sports on Franklin Field
(By the Associated Press.)

Philadelphia, Pa, April 25.-Yale
Pennsylvania and Michigan carried OFF
the principle championships today at the
carnival of relay races and field sports
held on Franklin Field under the aus
piees of the University of Pennsylvania.
Yale won the one mile championship,
Pennsylvania the two mile event, and
Michigan after a hard struggle beat out
Yale in the four mile race. The high
school championship of the United States
was won by hicago and the National
chS Smpior,ihip for preparatory fthocis
went to the Brown School, of this city.
w. A. Schick, of Harvard, captured the
one hundred yard dash in a close finish
from A. Hahn of Michigan, and r. H.
Gains, of Princeton, was first in the 120
yards hurdle.
University of Virginia ran third in
one mile relay race which was won by
Amherst. Seven thousand people saw
the sport,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-26
FAvoRABLY IMPRESSED.
An Rnglishman Finds Southern Mills and
Villages Ahead Of Those North.
Special to News and Observes


Greensboro, N. c., April 25.-Greens-
boro has an interesting and important
visitor, in the person of Mr.. ]. T. B.
Meekins. of London, England. He is on
a special visit of inspection of the large
cotton mills and manufacturing plants
of the United States, studying the condi-
tions OF the employees, the relations ex-
listing between capital and labor, and the
plans of industrial operation and man
agement. He seems surprised at the ex-
cellent condition of things, since he has
struck the South, remarking this morn
ing. that so far. the improvement over
what he found in the large and older
mill settlements North, was striking
He seems of the opinion that operatives
here have an ideal existence, compared
with those North, and with many of the
English operatives.
The Empire Steel and Iron Works shut
down this morning for thirty days for the
purpose OF transferring its entire work
ing force to Ore Hill and Wilson's Mills
to assist in laying additional tracks tC
: the main line. so that mining of ore
and loading may be greatly increased
in the future. Now II seems that new
and very rich vein of ore has been found
at Ore Hill. and as it is much nearer
the ore Wilson's Mills will be worked
also.
The Greensboro Telegram, which re-
Gently changed from an afternoon to q
morning paper, came out this morning
as a clean, bright eight-page paper. and
compliments at the excellent work being
done by its editor and proprietor, Mr.
r. w. Haywood, are plentiful.
Mr.. Victor McAdoo was last might
elected by Guilford Chapter. United
Daughters of the Confederacy as Chief
marshall of Memorial day ceremonies
General Julian s. Carr will deliver the
memorial address.
There will be very important meet
ing of cotton mill capitalists and pro-
moters here, one day next week.
The registration books for the city
election. which closed last night, showed
1.1SO voters registered, Of which q Were
colored
This is considered very small regis
tration considering the interest bent
displayed in the approaching city elec-
tion. which takes place May 5th.
Democratic primaries will be held II
each of the wards next Tuesday night
and the city Democratic convention vii
make the nominations on Thursday
April 30th.
Executive Committee last night, it was
decided that no person should be en-
Titled to vote in the primaries unless
his name was on the registrars certified
list OF those registered
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-26
Avengers Securing the Coun-
try for John Paris.
HER BROTHERS LEADTHEM
Consummaton Of Damnabie Deed Prevented
by Parents Reiurn---"Man Tried 10 Kill
Me-" Shrieked lhe Poor Half
Strangled Child.
Especial to News and Observer. }

Asheyille, N. c.. April 25.-Searching
surrounding country for John Paris,
who last night criminally assaulted the
ten year old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. f. Galway of this city.
Paris, who is an expert loom repair
er, came to Asheville two days ago to do
some work in the cotton mills here. He
secured board with the Galway family,
and such was his respectable appearance
that last night they did not hesitate
to leave him alone in the house with their
children while they were at a neighbor s
house not fifty steps away.
But no sooner We're the mother and
fa ther out of the house than the devil
broke loose in the man and catching
1.-The child by the throat he choked her
into insensibility and dragging her into
an adjoining room there attempted to
accomplish his purpose. He failed. how
every owing to the return of the parents,
who came into the house by the back
door Hearing them returning Paris
left the insensible child and made his
escalle by the front door.
TIE alarm was soon given and bodies
of men headed by Mrs. Getaways two
sons started after the fiend, who, up to
this hour, has succeeded in eluding cap
ture.
When seen by the News and Observers
correspondent this afternoon, the child
bore evidence Of the terrible treatment
she had received. Her neck was badly
swollen and great black and blue prints
of the mans thumbs We're still plainly
visible about her throat.
When she first regained consciousness
she gave one agonizing scream and then
cried: ''Man tried to kill me-"
The search for Paris is being kept up
tonight and it is believed that he will
be caught before morning.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-26
Fifteen Stores Completely
Wiped Out Yesterday.
LOSS $5OO,OOO TO $4,000
Insurance Not More Than $4,000 at the 1. :
most---How the Fire Started is Not
Known--0dginated in Tom
nv Holmes.
Especial News and Observer. J

tSpeclai News and Observer
Benson, N. c., April 25.--The best part
Of the business section Of this place was
completely wiped out by fire today
Fifteen stores and houses were de-
stroyed.
The loss Is estimated at from $4,000
TO }$75,000. Only a small PORTION: is
covered by insurance, not more than $780,
900 at the utmost.
How the fire started is not known, but
it was in Tommy Holmes store, about
neon, that it was discovered. 1t spread
with the greatest rapidity as far north
as the railroad, and consumed the build
ings fronting on the railroad, going east
to the next block. To the south also the
stores were burned as far as the corner
occupied by the store of Preston Wood
all.
The stores and buildings burned were:
Preston WoodaIl, at the corner, c. B.
Johnson, groceries; Lonnie Stevens, gro
ceries; Cavenaugh, Holmes and Company,
groceries and general merchandise; Will
son Aliens bar-room; Tommy Holmes
store; ]. H. Royals bar-room j. w.
Canaday, general merchandise; II. Lucas,
hardware; barber shop of Daniel Hill;
Stewart and Dew, general merchandise;
A. L. Barefoot dry goods; building occu-
pied by store of Mrs. Bette Broughton
and dwelling of B. B. Broughton; dwell
ing of John Strickland, the building be-
ing owned by J. H. Royal.
The last two buildings fronted on the
railroad.
All the buildings burned. the whole
fifteen, were completely destroyed. Hard
ly a timber was left
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a Luscious Scandal Spoiled.
Especial to News and Observer

Reidsville. N. c., April 25.-Some one
started the report that Rev. C. l..
Greaves, pastor of the Baptist church
here, was seen to put his arm around a
lady with whom he was walking near
the water-works last Sunday. The story
flew and soon came to the ears of the
preacher. He traced it to its source, saw
several parties interested in disseminat-
ing the reports, secured signed state
ments from them and then issued a cir
cular, which was strewn broadcast II
appears from this that the statement
so far as 1t relates to his having his
arm around the lady's waist was correct:
but that-and this is what makes the
scandal -mongers gag-the lady was his
wife.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-26
HOMELESS AND DESTITUTE.
Thousands Of Jews Suffering From Barbarous
Persecution at Kishineff.
(By the Associated Press.)

st. Petersburg, April 25.-The Novosti
today without giving the exact figures,
indicates that the Jews at Kishineff,
capital of Bessarabia, during the anti
more severely than admitted officially.
The paper says scores of Jews We're shot
or beaten to death and several hundred
were wounded Their houses were wreck
ed and their shops were sacked Thous-
ands of Jews in the district are homeless
and destitute.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-26

action taken this morning = "<Qh.
that all the documents papers an
properties so carried away have been
turned"
Postmaster General Payne tonight sale
that he had not yet replied to the re
quest of Mr. Christiancy, but that he un
doubtedly would retire him pending al
investigation.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-26
WILL DISCUSS RACE QUESTION
Senator Simmons at North Carolina Society
Banquet in New York.

Senator F. NJ. Simmons has accepted an
invitation to deliver an address before the
North Carolina Society in New York
This organization will give banquet at
the Waldorf Astoria on the night of the
goth of May, and Senator Simmons will
speak at that time. His address will be
devoted to a discussion of "The Race
Question"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-26
The Louisburg Primary.

Especial to News and Observer)
Louisburg, N. C. April 25-The prima
ry for the nomination of the mayor and
six town commissioners was held here
today. The candidates for mayor were
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-26
Rain Stopped Game.

4 No game of ball was played here yes
terday afternoon between the A. and M
team and the professional team from
Oxford. 1t rained and this ended it.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-26
Miss rhoebus' Funeral

The funeral services Of the late Miss
Annie E. w. Phoebus, of Princess Anne,
Nd, We're held at the residence of Prof.
w. F. Massey yesterday afternoon at four
O'Clock. The remains will be sent to her
home this morning on the 11:15 train.
She was sister of Mrs. Massey and had
been in bad health for some time.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-26
On the Diamond.
National League Games.

(By the Associated Press)
At Chicago r. II. E.
Chicago =. .....OOOOO7OO%-7 6 2
Cindinnati :. .1OOO0OO11-3 6 3
At Pittsburg- r. H. E.
Pittsburg :. .0OO5OO0OO-5 10 /
ST. Louis =. ..O0OO31O6O-10 IA 0
At New York
Score: r II l.
New York. ......0 0 5 0 0 0 2 Is IL 5
Boston :. .....0 0 4 0 0 0 0 II 8 4
At Brooklyn
Brooklyn =. ....3001121 IS 10 l
Phila. :. .....0 0 0 90 0 0 90
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-26

(By the Associated Press.)
At Philadelphia R. H. e.
Boston :. =. .O201OO010-4 10
Philadelphia :. 0OOO0OO00-O 4 2
At Detroit r. H. e.
Cleveland :. 100000 2
Detroit :. :. 100000 *-2 0
At Washington
Score r H Z
Washington :. 1000 oOOOOO1- 6 5
New York .....4400 002 0 0 Ill IL l
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American League Games.

(Bv the Associated Pressl
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-26

(By the Associated Press.)
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-08
THAT IS EASY.

The Union naively asks: will
some one please explain how Mayor
Hunt could buy the Thomas springs
for the city,"
1t is evidently not known at the I'm
ion office that the city already owns
the Thomas springs and all other sub
terranean water On the Thomas
ranch having acquired the title to the
same from the Walla Walla Water
Company, which paid ten thousand
dollars for the property If the IN
ion refers to the Thomas ranch
Mayor Hunt would probably go about
the purchase regardless of the city
charter and the laws just as he has
ignored the laws in selling supplies
to the city and the school district, and
just as his administration secertly
threw off fifteen hundred dollars in
national bank taxes after the board
of equalization had refused TO make
any reduction in the assessment.
Mayor Hunt evidently has not such
respect for the laws as was enioined
by President Roosevelt in his speech
in this city on May 25th.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-08
RURAL ROUTES IN NO DANGER

On its second page the Union every
day publishes a lot of double column
alleged Associated Press dispatches,
which in fact are taken from eastern
papers and the dates raised. The
most conspicuous of these fake dis
patches this morning was headed
western Rural Routes Dealt a Body
Blow" In fact this report was pub
lished in eastern papers nearly a
next day by Fourth Assistant Attor-
ney General Bristow. That the I'm
ions second page dispatch was faxed
is cOnclusively proven by the fact that
it does not appear in any other paper
of even date taking the Associated
Press report. Just watch the Spokes-
man-Review and the Oregonian and
see for yourself that the Unions sec
ond page dispatches are stale news
with raised dates.
Here is the denial of the truth of
the rural delivery story:
Fourth Assistant Postmaster Cen
eral BriStOW authorizes the statement
that there is no truth in the report re-
Gently circulated in the northwest
that no free delivery route can be con
tlnued that does not serve 100 families
and handle 5000 pieces of mail
monthly.
Such a question has never come
before me-" said Mr.. Bristow, land !
cannot imagine how it could have
originated He does say, however
that no new routes will be establish
ed which do not serve 100 families
each
What is the reason for that
| order?" I asked.
The fact that more routes. which
would serve 100 families or more,
nave been applied for, than there is
money to pay for them In establish
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-08

paign. That Mr. Moore hit the mark
and rang the bell this morning by his
letter to the editor of the Union in
reply to the personal attacks maze
upon him by the machine organ is
proven by the fact that the editor took
two columns and half in futile and
fatulent effort to square himself.
However, the Statesman has no part
in the fight between Mr.. Moore and
the editor of Mr.. Ankeny's paper and
il will leave them to fight it out, while
this paper continues to expose the
short comings, delinquencles extrava-
gances and abuses of the present
Burford- Smals administration of mu-
nicipal affairs under the nominal di-
rection of Mayor Hunt.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-08
|H:::B:(;
| BEERS
Guaranteed Pure.
None So Good.
BachtOId Il Achermann.
RachtOId Il Achermann.

long. rambling, open letter TO Rev.
NJ. H. Marvin. in a sorry effort to eX-
plain his abandonment of all the prin-
c.ples that he started out to advocate.
tor has proven that the conservative
law and order people were wise in re-
fusing to follow his leadership until
his Worthfness had been demonstrate
cd. His own statement to Rev. Mar
Yin proves that he lacked the moral
courage and backbone that a reliable
political leader should have. He says
plaintively: Having been abandoned
what was there left for me to do?
Was | to have gone on just the same
as though a large convention had ap-
pointed me to lead?' The poor. dear
abused man. Now what did he do
when he found that his ambition TO be
he leader of new political party
vas not to be gratifed? Let him an
sWer for himself: Il went to the
Hon. ]. 3. Wilson for a thorough ex-
PLANTATION of the political situation
from a republican standpoint. He
gave me the information asked for -
No doubt Mr. Wilson did a sleek job
Of it while he was about it. for at
that time he was recognized as the
man who was carrying the Ankeny-
railroad sack over eastern Washing
ton. 1t is we'll enough to bear in
mind. however, that the sudden con-
version of the editor of the Argus
did not occur until three months after
his failure to make himself the lead
er of a new political party. On May
IS, 1902. the Argus was still support
ing Governor :1cBrfde, opposing Levi
Ankeny a. ne railr1a3 lobb- and
advocating nc enfo1 6 r12c1t Of law
and orde-. .'r., on We. later, May
%, the ea:-@r tHr2ed q complete
somersa@ Il. landing n the AnIzeny
camp and .r3r. his new position hurl-
IuS uSuduce dl CONDl1IJE -IcbIi lie ana
singing hosannas 10 jim Hill and the
railroads. On May 18th the Argus de-
clared that it would not under any
conditions work with Mr.. Crocker's
forces if they ally themselves with
the saloon power" but the very next
week it was working with the Crock
er forces, saloon alliance and all
There it still stands
These are the facts taken from the
files OF the Argus itself and they can
not be explained away by any number
Of such long-winded appeals to the
preachers as that addressed to Rev
Marvin last Monday by the weak
kneed and webbing editor Of the eve
ming Air Goose.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-08

ing new routes we shall always give
the preference to those proposing to
serve the largest number of families.
For instance, in my own state, Kan
sas, | have been told that it is very
difficult in the western counties, to
locate routes which will serve 100
families. | have replied, expressing
my regret at the fact, but saying that
other states were ready to supply the
requisite number Of families per route
and would have to be considered first.
If we had enough money to establish
routes independently of the number
of families served, this new order
would not be necessary, but under the
circumstances now existing it is ne
cessary.
so far as | know now, no existing
routes in any Of the states will be
disturbed The question has not even
been considered. | have complaints
on my desk that certain routes in
some of the western states do not de-
liver 500 pieces of mail per month.
In time that question will be investit
gated. and if the charges are we'll
grounded, it is possible such routes
may be abandoned in favor of those
proposing to serve more people But
the investigation, if made at all. is a
good month in the future. | do not
recall whether any of these alleged
short routes are in Minnesota or the
DakOtaS or not"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-08
HE WAS TOO FRESH.

When the editor of the Argus call
ed his Washington Birthday Conven-
ton" in February, 1902, for the pur-
pose of organizing a new law and
order party with himself as leader,
he had been in this state only ten
months and was, therefore, not a
voter. 1t was not at all to be wonder
ed at. then, that the law and order
people did not fall over one another
in their eagerness to follow the stand
ard of a comparative stranger in the
community. The editor of the Argus.
had made great professions of zeal in
the cause of moral reform, but he was
on trial and his sincerity and stead
fastness were yet to be proven. Peo-
pie generally marveled at the pre-
sumption of this new conner from
South Dakota in proposing to make
himself the leader of not only a new
law and order party, but Of new po-
litical party to be composed, as he
said. of "Lincoln republicans" After
condemning the Croker machine,
Brother SLOVENIAN declared in his
issue of February goth, 1902:
"A new republican party must be
formed from the fragments of the old
republican party, which, as in the
DAYS of Lincoln. shall stand for all that
is high and noble in government; a
republican party which shall be made
I'D of the people; a republican party
which shall protect the weak from
the selfishness of the strong; repub-
lican party which shall select it's rep
resentatives to congress upon their
merits and regardless of what they are
worth in dollars Ca slap at Levi Ank-
eny): a republican party whose repre-
sentatives in the legislature cannot be
bought buncoed or bamboozled' "a
slap at the Ankeny- Stevenson rail
road lobby. showing the approval of
the editor for the condemnation OF
the corrupt methods of Temple Flat
by Governor Mcbride in an interview
a few days before).
All this was very bold on the part
of the populistic- prohibition editor 80
recently arrived from South Dakota,
and naturally the conservative law
and order people of the city looked
upon him as a little fresh in his at
tempt to revolutionize the political
affairs of this city, county and state,
as we'll as of the whole nation. before
ne had become a ull-panOplied citi-
zen of the state of Washington. That
is why the only people who responded
10 his call for a convention on the
22d of February were "one lady and
one gentleman os the editor states in
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-08

plauds the retaliatory measure where
by both merchant and farmer are in
cOnvenienced, but it insults the intel
ligence of every elector who voted
for MI Babcock. by insinuating that
De is a crusader Of the Carrie Nation
type.
Against che merchant, the farmer
religion. morality and seemingly
| everything else except a wide-open
policy which will permit the hard
earned dollars Of labor to slide easily
into the Golfers OF saloons and other
establishments which are not gener-
ally looked upon as necessary to the
| well-being of cities and communities
how can a publication of this de-
scripJiOn hope to maintain it's self
respect or enjoy the respect and good
will of the public at large?
The Argus maintains that an editor
has just as important and solemn
duties before God and man as has a
minister of the Gospel or the president
of school or college. He should up
hold what is good for his city, state
and nation, and condemn what is bad.
What would be thought of minis
ter who should use his sacred privil-
eyes for the purpose of debauching
his congregation?
Common business sense generally
restraints a paper from antagonizing
the representative interests of it's
community, as the Union has done.
Who is responsible for it, the editor,
or someone who directs his actious?
The Argus is reluctant to believe that
any practical newspaper man in Walla
Walla would act so like an irrespon-
sible dunderhead.
If anarchy is persisted in and per-
mitted to hold full sway, the business
men of Walla Walla may look forward
to time in the near future when the
saloon men will enact an ordinance
prohibiting the transaction Of any Oth-
er business, in order that all the
money in circulation may be spent
over their bars. Perhaps that is a
trifle OvedraWn. but the point is that
saloons, instead CT insClently dictat-
ing, should deem it a favor that they
are permitted to exist at all, since
they are harmful, rather than beDefic-
ial to the community i2 which they
exist.
AS the Argus by its support of the
dominant political machine AMI its de-
tense of the wide-open policy of May
or Hunt now represents all that it
condemned in the Union TWO years
ago, it might we'll be asked, Is the
Argus an anarchist?l