Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-08-20
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Laredo, Tex, Aug. 14.-There is
no yellow fever here, as has been re-
ported.
Albany, Ca, Aug. 14.-The re-
ported lyching Of a white man and a
negro at Hartsfeld yesterday is I'M
true.
Charleston, August 14.-Sarah
Polite, colored, and two children
were killed by lightning last night
at Brogdens.
New Orleans, August IA. E.
Batson was hanged at Lake Charles,
at 1:42 p. m. to-day for the murder
of the Earl family in February,
1902.
New York, August 1.-THE SUI
spension Of III. A. Patterson, a MEM
Der of the Consolidated Stock Elk
change, was announced on the floor
to-day.
Asheville, Aug. 15.-'Squire1ance,
of Arden, was thrown from his
horse while riding through Biltmore
to-day and seriously injured. He is
20 years old.
Oakland, CAL, Aug. ANVIL
liam D.. English died here to-day of
appendicitis, aged 81 years. He was
a member of Stonewall's brigade.
He was born in Jefferson county,
Virginia.
Raleigh, Aug 15.-Governor Ay-
cock yesterday offered a reward of
5000 for the capture of Will Harris,
the Charlotte negro desperate who
escaped last week from the pen1ten-
tary here.
It is now stated that the real OBJ
ject President Roosevelt had in writ
ing his letter fernent lynching to the
Governor of Indiana was to stay the
rush of negroes from that State back
to the South, as they are sadly need
ed by the q. O. P. in it's voting bust
ness in that State. In fact, that ex
plains the presence of SO many in In
diana, they having been carried or
induced to go there for voting pur-
poses.
DIR. Francis Duffy, n of New
bern's most prominent physicians,
arrived to-day with his bride and
are guests at The Orion, on their
way to Little River, S. c., to spend
their honeymoon. DR.. and Mrs.
Duffy were married at $3.50 o'clock
this morning at Newbern, the bride
having been Miss Lydia F. Pattsr-
son. Mr.. and Mrs. Simmons. OF
Lake WaccamaW, accompanied the
bride and groom and will leave this
afternoon for h~ome.-Wilmington
Dispatch.
The farmers state alliance OF North
Carolina, in annual session the past
two days IN Hillsboro, transacted
considerable business, the most no
table action probably being the
adoption of resolutions calling or
Governor Aycock to cooperate with
the Governor of Virginia and the
tobacco growing states in inducing
President Roosevelt to enforce any
law now in existence for the sup
uaao- ~ poopopoIxy -, tho mr.
chase OF tobacco and attributing thu
present low prices Of the weed to tn
merging of the American Tobacco
Company and the Imperial Tobacco
Company.
The promotion of Captain Charlie
D, Sigsbee, who was commander o
the Maine at the time Of the explo
sion which caused her to sink in tn
harbor of Havana in 1898, has com
naost tardily, but perhaps in the reg
ular order of naval ascension. From
Monday noon he is Rear Admire
Sicsbee and there will be few in tn
list with him who have better dc
served the rank and emoluments {
that Office. Captain Sigsbee was, 8
the outbreak of the Spanish-Amer
can war, given seme perilous assign
meants and in the execution of thel
displayed the same intrepidity an
skill that won for him the admir'
tion of the whole nation at the IL
slant of the Ma, catastrophe. E
i cool and dari fiser in actor
4 skilled seaman, and at the head
the intelligence brreau OF the nav