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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-06
THE CANAL ROUTE
Formal Transfer of all
Properly to the United
States.
(By the Associated Press.)

Panama, May 4.-The United States
canal commission today took formal
possession of the canal route and of
the Panama canal company. William
w. Russell, the retiring United states
Minister to Panama, (recently APP
pointed United States Minister to Co
Iombia), Secretary Lee, of the United
States legation, and DR.. Pierce, super
intendent of sanitation work, were
among those present.
From today the canal work Will be
under the direction of Major Mark
Brooke, Cf the engineer corps OF tn
United States army, who represented
the Canal commission ~ the cere
mony of the transfer.
Immediately after the transfer the
United States flag was hoisted over tne
legation and over the canal OIllceS III
the Cathedral plaza.
M Denaudin, the representative or
the Panama canal company, called the
principal employees of the company TO
his office and read to them a cable
dispatch from Paris, ordering him to
deliver all the canal property to the
United States government. Major
Brooke read a Geographic message
from Secretary Taft, directing him to
accept the property for the govern
ment of the United States. NJ. Re-
naudin then handed the keys of the
building to Major Brooke, who hoisted
the American flag over the admins
tration building. A document attest
ing the delivery of the property writ
ten in French, Spanish and English,
was signed by Major Brooke and M.
Renaudin.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-06
THE COLONIAL DANES.
Report OF the National Historian--To
the Memory of Col. Moore.
(By the Associated Press. }

Washington, May 4.-The National
Society of the Colonial Danes of
America met in biennial convention
here today. There were IT'S dele
gates present. The initial session was
devoted to reports of officers. 1t was
reported that the organization en-
braces 1888 members in the colonial
States, and 1,515 in other States. The
executive committee recommended
that the DANES assist in the erection
of a permanent memorial at James,
town, Va. The delegates will be re-
ceived by. President Roosevelt at the
White House Saturday.
All the afternoon the society listen
ed to the reading of the report of
Mrs. Henry F. lie Hunte Lyster act
ing national historian. The most inn
portant work of the Virginia society,
she said, is the copying of the Journal
of the House of Burgesses bearing
date of March 4, 1773-75. The ma
tional society will bear the expenses
of a preliminary search in London for
the letters of William Pitt. In
Georgia there has been restored por-
tons of the citadel of the old town
of Frederics, on st. Simon'S Island
built by General Oglethorp, and in
North Carolina a tablet has been
placed in the old colonial church of
81. IIlllllp, u the I1eHlOIy Ol bOiOllcI
Maurice Moore, who, in 1925 gave the
land for the town of Brunswick. The
North Carolina genealogist discovered
the original papers, dated February
5th, 1878, putting into partial effect
the fundamental constitution COM
piled by John Locke for Carolina,
March 9Th, 1863. The Pennsylvania
Danes she said, have joined with the
Daughters of the Revolution in petit
4; u oil In,
indefinitely and irremovably in indie
pendence Hail.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-06
Death of Mr.. Howard.

Especial to News and Observer
Wilson, N. c., May 4.-Mr. Is. a.
Howard died at his home here last
night about 8 o'clock, in the 62d year
of his age, of kidney trouble WIN
which he had suffered for year. lie
was one of the county's leading mer-
chants and farmers. He rs survived
by a widow and two children, MI. ben
Howard and Mrs. J. T. Williams. me
funeral took place this afternoon at 5
o'clock, from the residence.
The county commissioners nave de-
cided to remit the liquor purchase TAX
paid by the liquor men OF the county
outside of Wilson and Elm Guy VINO
uncertain as to the action or the COM
missioners on January 1st bougnt men ,,s !
stock of liquors and were coliipei' ~
later to sell at a sacrifice, peca"0e IL
censes were not issued to them.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-06
The Cleveland Bond Issues

Philadelphia, Pa, May 4.-Ihe oaI,
urday Evening Post of May u, WI
contain an article contributed ny 20
President Grover cleveland on the
Cleveland bond issues" in which he
gives the history of "the issue of
United States bonds in the years ol
1894. 1895 and 1896 for the pun poae
of replenishing the stock OF Solu -,
the public treasury" Mr. CIeVe siitll
holds that legislation in favor u a Satat,,
coinage and the effort to llaiil '.',
the parity of silver and goId 49,
greatly responsible for the Icu ..,',' 'doi
of the gold reserve, and ina. uiit thd
the law of 1890, the burden NJ on
gold reserve was tremendo"''S
larged.'
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-06
Losses Over Two Thousand.

st. Petersburg, May 5.-(3:47 a. m. }
The Russian losses at the battle of
! Kiu Tien Cheng were 1000 men and
| forty officers-far greater than pre-
vious reports indicated.
| This is the official estimate of Major
General Kashalinsky, who directly
commanded the division that suffered
the brunt of the attack and whose re-
| port was received yesterday by the
| Emperor. Many are inclined to place
| the Russian losses even higher. Cen
eral KaShalinsky mentions also that
more than 700 wounded had arrived at
Feng Wang Cheng and these may not
be included in his report He made
no attempt to estimate the Japanese
losses, merely stating that they must
have been colossal. The magnitude
of the Russian losses had an almost
stunning effect on the authorities and
aroused general grief, mitigated only
by satisfaction at the bravery dis
playedby the Russian troops.
Not for a moment was there any in
tention to pay such a terrible price for
delaying the enemy'S crossing of the
Yalu.
General Kashtalinsky's report estab-
fishes the fact that the Russians sus-
tanned the greatest loss in order to
save the two regiments which were oc-
cupying Antung.
The Eleventh regiment was given
the post of honor at the rear, wi h
instructions to hold back the on-com-
ing Japanese. The Twelfth regiment
and the Third battery's quick firing
detachment were directed to retire.
Russians Almost Henmed In.
BY the time the latter movement
commenced the Japanese had almost
surrounded the Russian position. The
| Twelfth regiment was compelled to
charge with the bayonet and succeed
ed in breaking through the enemy's
line. The Second batterys firing de-
tachment without horses, could not
move the guns and were compelled to
abandon them. The men of the Sec
ond battery put their shoulders to the
wheels in an effort to push the guns
up the mountain side, but the Japa-
nese fire was so hot that they re-
turned to the protection of the
Eleventh regiment.
Near and nearer approached the
japanese and charge upon the
Eleventh regiment and the Second
battery was Imminent. So the guns
were abandoned.
Then a priest led the troops and
| they began the terrible march across
the valley.
XIII Tien Cheng is historic and we
must now deal with impending
events said an officer of the general
staff to the Associated Press
The idea has prevailed that the Rus
slams would not make a stand at Feng
Wang Cheng, but the fact that Japa-
nese occupation of that point would
enable a movement to the southwest,
thus cutting off the Lao Tung PENN
sula which is taken into consideration
by the authorities leads to the eNDet
tation that General Kuropatkin will
dispatch strong reinforcements there
and make determined stand.
The activity of the Japanese, it is
remarked here. is not only north OF
the Yalu from which there is COAST mi
scouting, but also off the Lao Tune
peninsula. though the failure to -eal
Port Arthur may interfere with the
operations they had bean expected te
carry out on the west coast Of Ulai
peninsula.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-06
RED MEN CAPTURE CHARLOTTE.
The Great Council of the State Hold
1t Three Days.
Especial to News and Observer. }

NpPCCIell W NEWS ana ODSerVef.)
Charlotte, N. c., May 4.-The Red
Men of North Carolina are in Char
lotte today and more of the big chiefs
are coming for the three days session
of Great Council of the Improved
Order of Red Men, of the reservation
of North Carolina including a part of
eastern Virginia, which convened here
this morning, at the Catawba wigwam
There was a public meeting tonight
and the council was welcomed to the
city in Warm-hearted speeches by city
officials, while some of the chiefs
made reply.
Tomorrow there will be the regular
kindling of the fires and at night
convocation of the Corncob Associa-
ton, No. 131, of the Haymakers, who
Will entertain the brethren and admit
tramps to the hay loft.
On Fridays sun there will be a
gathering of chiefs, sQuaws and pa
pooses at Catawba wigwam, where the
trail will be struck for the hunting
grounds of Latta park. There a pro-
gramme of field day sports will be
witnessed followed by music and
dancing until the second sun, when
corn and Venison will be served. At
the sleep of the same sun there will
be an assembling of chiefs at the wig
wan and a grand fantastic parade.
The council is composed OF Great
Sachem G. Y. Buchanan, of Washing
ton; Great Senior Sycamore A. Bum,
OF Charlotte; Great Junior Sycamore
George T. Tonnoffski, of Raleigh;
Great Prophet W. H. Lane, of Will
mington; Great Chief of Records w.
Ben Goodwin, of Charlotte; Great
Keeper of Wampum C. H. Strunk, of
Wilmington; Past Great Sachems Col.
j. l.. Anthony, J. r. Davis, Louis d.
Duval, w. S. Liddell, H. +. King, w.
II. Lane, w. Ben Goodwin, and thirty
representatives from various tribes
fro mall over North Carolina.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-06
WH|FF! AND AWAY s!
Dough kneaders Needed
in Chicago Vanish.
Spirited Away it is Believed by the
FIoury Fraternity on Strike
in the Windy
City.
(By the Associated Press.)

Chicago, May Am attempt to
import twenty-nine bakers from ST
Louis to fill the places of strikers re-
suited today in a complaint to the
police that twenty-seven of the ST
Louisians had been Kidnapped by
members of the Chicago bakers union
Two of the striking bakers were ar
rested and the police are looking for
the twenty-seven men,, who have dis
appeared. The strikers warned the
newcomers not to accept work at the
beleagured bake shop. Some of the
non-union men insisted, however, and
a fight started. A riot call was sent
in. but when the police arrived the
crowd had disappeared. Only two of
the st. Louis men had succeeded in
reaching the Schultz plant and the
others had been spirited away.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-06
CROWDS THE TABERNACLE.
The Presence of Mrs. NJ. ID. Wightman
and Miss Belle Bennett.
(By the Associated Press. }

Waco, Texas, May An the mis-
sionary conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church here today addresses
We're delivered by Horace II. Bishop,
Of Dallas; Elder j. T. Smith, Bishop
w. w. Duncan and DR.. w. E. Lam
beth. The Tabernacle was densely
crowded this afternoon, the special
attraction being the presence of Mrs.
M. ID. Wightman, president of the
Woman's Missionary society, and Miss
Belle Bennett, distinguished in home
mission work. The Tabernacle to-
night was crowded, the attraction be-
ing the address of Bishop Hoss, OF
Dallas.
The General Board of Missions and
the mid-year meetings of the confer
ence boards will be held tomorrow.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-06
ESCAPED NEGRO GETS 20 YEARS.
Dispcnsary Profits for April i'm KinstOn
Were $1,1o1.50.
Especial to News and Observer.)

Kinston, n. c., May 4.-The negro,
Luther or Reuben McCrimmons, who
escaped from the road gang in this
county and stole Mr.. Joel Hills horse
and other horses in the State, was be-
fore the Superior court in Laurin burg
and plead guilty to horse stealing and
was given twenty years in the peniten-
tiary Monday.
The dispensary profits for the month
of April were $1,151.50. The gross
sales were $4,050.10. The total profits
for the first four months since the es-
adjustment of the dispensary are d
little over $4,000
DR.. George r. Winston, president
OF the A. and M. College, was in the
city yesterday and paid a visit to the
graded school and made a splendid
talk which was highly appreciated by
both, the faculty and students.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-06
ASSAULTS ON THE BIBLE.
Modern Attacks Simply Paine, VOltairt
and Diderot Rehashed.
(By the Associated Press. }

New York. May 4.-The opening
address before the American Bible
League today was by Rev. S. S. Bow
man, of Newark, n. j., on "The Pres
ent Assaults on the Bible" He de-
plored the disposition to find fault
and touched on secular criticism OF
the church. Secular editors, he
said, ARE wonderful in their desire
for harmony in the church, but it is
safe to say if they treated the sub
jects like the trusts and tariff as they
treat the questions of the church
they would soon find themselves out
of work.
Other speakers were Rev. DR.. David
J. Burrell, of New York; Rev. DR.. e.
r. Booth, former moderator of the
Presbyterian General Assembly, and
Bishop w. L. Sabine, of the Reform
ed Episcopal church.
An address by Professor Howard
Osgood, l.. D.. of the Rochester Theo-
logical Seminary, was read by DR..
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-06
DIED RESISTING ROBBERY.
A Negress and Two White People Held
Because of His Death.

Especial to News and Observer
Wilmington, n. c., May 4.-The cor
oners jury which investigated the cir
cumstances of the death of Chas. Fish
err, the country negro who was found
dead in a negro house of ill-repute in
the northern section of the city Tues
day morning, returned a verdict this
afternoon, fixing the responsibility OF
his death upon jamie Williams, pro-
prietress of the house, 12d Albert Mel
son and his step-daughter, Bertha
Nelson, depraved white people who
frequented the place. The jury said
that the man came to his death> by
anuerism of the heart, brought on by
resisting an assault for the purpose of
robbery The Nelson's and the Will
liams woman were committed to Jail
without bond for the May term of Su-
perior court.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-06
THE COLLEGE OF BISHOPS.
The Plan of Episcopal Visitation for
the South.
(By the Associated Press

Waco. Texas, May 4.-The College
of Bishops today promulgated the plan
of episcopal visitation in Southern
States for the present year and l-Xt
year as follows:
First District-Bishop Wilso /, I1a-
zil. Petropolis. August IL. Wig I,ia,
Lynchburg, November 8, Norlh Ala
bama, Talledega, November %. A'a-
bama, December z; South Carolina,
Darlington, December IA: BaltimoI {,
Conference, Winchester, Va, March
%.
Second District-Bishop Duncan,
Tennessee, Gallatin, October s; Wes-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-06
ELECTION FOR A DIsPENsARY
Petition Presented by One-third of
Qualified Voters.
Especial to- News and Observer

ISpec1aI to- NEWS ana ODSefVtf.J
Wilmington. n. c., May AT to-
nights meeting of the Board of AL
dermen the campaign manager, Rob-
ert G. Grady, presented the petition
of one third of the qualified voters OF
the city asking for an election upon
the dispensary issue. The petition was
referred to a special committee OF five,
appointed by the mayor, who are in
structed to inquire into the validity of
the petition and report upon the same
at the meeting of the board in June.
The petition contains over 700 names
and the advocates of the diSpenSary
are very confident of victory. The
election will be held before August 1st
The contest will be Titanic.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-06
Waddill Appoints Receiver.
lBv the Associated Press J.

Wy
Richmond, Va, May 4.--On petition
of c. A. Hanson, for L. e. Watson,
one of the creditors OF the Blackstone
and Southern railroad, Judge Waddill
of the Federal court today appointed
A. 3. Dickinson, of Richmond, and
Benham Morris, of Blackstone, receiv-
ers for the road. The claims of Wat
son. who is a New Jersey contractor
amount, it is stated, to $4,000.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-06
HAPPY MOTHERS
TOUCHING STORY
OF Baby's Dreadful Suffer.
ing from eczema.
CURED BY CUTICURA.
Now His Skin Is as white
as a Snow Flake.

ga terrible rash broke out on Char
lies poor little face and spread to his
neck, chest and back. Ihad never seen
ANYTHING quite like it before" writes
Mrs. Helena Rath of 82l 10th Ave, N. Y.
CITY. "The skin rose in little Jumps,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-06
PROFESSOR MCCARTHY HoNORED
Honorary Degree Of Doctor of Science
Conferred by GalIaudet College.
Especial to News and ObserverD

ISpecmI TO NeWs and ObserVer.)
Washington, d. c., May s.
Gallaudet college. of this city, today
conferred on Prof Gerald Mccarthy.
State Botanist for North Carolina, the
honorary degree of doctor of science.
Prof. Mccarthy graduated from Gal
laudet in 1887 The exercises today
were commemorative of the fortieth
anniversary of the founding of the in
stitution as school for the education
of the deaf and dumb.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-06

and matter came
out. My baby's skin
was hot, and how
he did suffer. He
wouldn't eat, and
night after nightsI
walked the floor
with him, weak as 1
was. Often / had
ito stop because I
felt faint and my
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-06
HEARST SCORES AGAIN.
He Secures Seven Districts Against
Four Anti-IIcarSt.

Des Moines, Ia, May 4.--William
Randolph Hearst scored a victory in
the district caucus preliminary to tine
State Democratic convention today by
securing seven districts as against four
for the anti-Hearst faction. me
Hearst members of the resolutions
committee are radical and it is not
unlikely the resolutions will carry
decided Hearst feature.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-06
Georgia Peaches Begin to Move.
(By the Associated Press. }

(by the Associated Press.)
Triton, Ca. MAY 4.--Mr. G. j. Aus
tin shipped the first of the 1904 crop
of peaches today. Ten crates were
consigned to an Atlanta firm. Last
wear Mr.. Austin shipped the FIRST
Georgia peaches May 10, and in 1902
made the first shipment from the
State on May End.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-06

tern North Carolina, Charlotte, No
Vemoer .; North Georgia, Marietta
November %: South Georgia, McRae
November 3; Mississippi, Gulfport, De-
cember Z.
sixth District-Bisaop Cancer
North carolina, Henders N, Nov en-
per 81 FLORIDA. Orlan 10. December : ::
Northwest Mexican Mission confer
ence' Nogales. Me lino, January IL,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-06
Making Bread Under Guard.
(By the Associated Press.)

Norfolk, Va, May 4.-Threats of
violence having been made against
seven non-union bakers brought here
today the Davis bakery is operating
with a guard on duty tonight. Only
two bakeries have signed the union
scale, and today the State Federation
of Labor, which is in session here,
appointed committee to seek an adj
juStment of the difficulties.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-06
WHICH is 1T IN THIS STATE?
Both the Hearst and Parker Factions
Claim to Be in Control.
(Ev the Associated Press

Olympia, Wash, May 4.-Both the
Hearst and the Parker factions claim
control of the Democratic state con-
VentiCn, which is to meet here to-
morrow to elect ten delegates to the
national convention. The Hearst
men have not yet decided whether
they shall attempt to get the conven-
ton to instruct for the New York
editor. Some of the Hearst leaders
will be satisfied with an expression
that would show friendly interest
in his candidacy
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-06
Eight Steamers Bought by Japan.

Berlin, May 5.-The Vossische lei
tung says it is informed that the North
German Lloyd Steamship company has
sold to the Japanese government eight
steamers belonging to It's east Asiatic
lines for war purposes.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-06
FIVE CHILDREN DROWNED.
Trains Held by the Washing Away of
Tracks.
(By the Associated Press

Austin, Texas, May 4.--As a result
of the cloudburst in central Texas and
this section not a train has moved to
to North. About five miles of the In
ternational and Great Northern tracks
have been washed out north of here.
Five children were drowned in a
creek five miles from this city.
Fields are under from four to eight
inches of water to the south of here
for fifteen miles l.ivers and creeks
are swollen n~WOnG their banks.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-06
Bonds Defeated at Carthaso'

Carthage, N. c.. May 4. ,.inn 70 - is0
voted Monday on the prop s1S 600 for
sue bonds in the sum OF slo'V IF wa
the erection and maintenaho -os 10
terwarks The proposition
feated by a majority OF seVei"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-06

Gregory DR.. Osgood reeounted the
points advanced by Bible critics of to-
day and showed them to be Identical
with those in Paine's Age of Reason,
published in 1892. In referring to the
works of Voltaire, Diderot and Paine,
he showed that the arguments of to-
day advanced nothing new.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-06
BRYAN CONTROLS HIS COUNTY.
The Convention Agrees to Act as lie
Thinks Best.
(By the Associated rress. }

Lincoln, Neb, May 4. w. j. .iryan
controlled the Democratic convention
in his home county today and plat
form reaffirming the Kansas City Dlct-
form was adopted. No names Tar the
Presidential nomination were mcn-
toned, the convention voting TO Adolf
the unit rule and practically alice
ing to act as Mr.. Bryan thinks lest
in the National convention.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-06
FOUR BANDITS GARROTED.
They Were Convicted of Murder-Pal-
ma Refuses to- Interfere.
NV the Associated Press. }

Santiago, Cuba. May 4.-Four
bandits convicted of murder were gar
roted today in the provincial Jail. 1t
was the first legal execution since the
Spanish regime. Two executioners
who arrived here from Havana yester-
day with the Sarrote were almost
mobbed while on their way to the Jail.
President Palmer was petitioned to
commute the sentences, but he de-
clined to interfere.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-06
Death of Mrs. Margaret Thompson.

Especial to News and Observer
Fayetteville. n. g., May AIRS
Margaret Cramer Thompson died OF
the home of her daughter, Mrs. M
J. Pemberton, after a very brief ill
ness. Mrs Thompson was in her
ninetieth year. She was universally
beloved, of most sunny and genial dis
position, and her death is deeply de-
plcred.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-06
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Having qualified as administrator OF
Victoria L. Mial, late of Wake County.
| hereby notify all persons having claims
against said decedent to exhibit the same
to me at my residence. in Marks Creek
Township, Wake County. on or before
April End, 1906 WILLARD Mail,
Administrator of Victoria l.. Mial.
April LIST. 1904.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-06

A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES
Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protrud-
ing Piles. Your druggist will re-
fun money if PAZO OINTMENT
fails to cure you in to IA days. soc.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-06

Pullman Drawing Room Sleeping cars or
all through trains, New York to Atlanta,
Jacksonville and Tampa. Tickets on sale
to all points, Pullman reservations made
upon application to any Ticket Agent of
this Company. or at the uptown ticket
office, Marlborough House Building.
Uptown TiCket-OffiCe.
Marlborough House Building. -
G. H. GATTIS, C. A. and P. A.
Phones III. Raleigh, N. o.
Z.P. SMITH, T. P. A.
Raleigh, N. O.
JAS. M. BARR,
President and General Manager,
Portsmouth, Va.