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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-02
WELLS, RICHARDSON & co.
BURLINGTON, VERMONT.

High School, of Chicago. won the
championship for high schools.
In the field sports and short dis
lance track events. Amsler, of Penn
sylvania, won the 120 yards hurdle
race Is As seconds; Moffett, Penn
sylvania, the high jump five feet IL
inches; Hogenson, Chicago, the 100
yards dash in ten seconds; Dray, Yale,
the pole vault 1 feet IL inches.
Thomas, of Purdue, the hammer
throw $50 feet 10 inches; Mount
Pleasant, a Carlisle Indian, the broad
jump, % feet one inch; Garrels, Mich
igan, the discus throw. and Coe, of
Boston, formerly of Oxford Unlver-
sity, England, but now unattached,
the shot put.
Two records were broken, but the
new figures will not stand. In the
shot put, Coe, of whom much is eX-
pected, during the coming year by the
followers of athletic sports, broke the
eastern interior collegiate record OF
46 feet, held by Beck of Yale. Coe put
the shot As feet one half inches but
as it was not done during the inter-
collegiate championship meet, his fig
ures will not stand. In the discus
throw, Garrels, of Michigan, sent the
discus 1875 feet and one-half inch,
breaking the worlds record of 1873
feet ~ inches. His figures were
not allowed because of the construc-
ton Of the discus which was used.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-02
RICHMOND WILL
CLAIM HIS BODY
There General Lee Will
Be Laid to Rest.
EMBLEMs OF GRIEF
These. Attest the Love Virginia Felt
For Her Distinguished Son. Gen.
eral Wheeler May Succeed as
President Of the jamestown
Exposition Company.
Exposition Company.
(By the Associated Press


Washington, April 29.-Mrs. Fitz-
hugh Lee, accompanied by her eldest
daughter. Mrs. Rhea, and her youngest
daughter, Virginia Lee, reached Wash
ington at 1920 o'clock tonight to
make arrangements for the funeral OF
her husband General Fitzhugh Lee,
whose body lies in Providence Hos
pital.
Mrs. Lee was met at Lynchburg. Va.
by her brother-in-law! b. III. FoWle,
of this city, and Mrs. Mann Page,
an intimate friend, and at the station
here by a large nu,.lber of friends
prominent in military and official
life. Mr. Fowle announced that the
only thing definitely decided was that
the burial should be in Richmond. Va.
The party went at once to the New
Willard Hotel where consultation
was held regarding details.
Mrs. Lee and her daughters were
oppressed with grief as they were
the party included Dan M. Lee.
brother of the General; Miss Virginia
Mason Dorsey. cousin; DR.. Robert
f. Mason, a second cousin, Lieutenant
Governor Willard. of Virginia: Col
onel Joe Lane Stern, aGjutant general
Virginia volunteers: Mayor Carlton
Mccarthy of Richmond: Major r. f..
l.. Niche. of the army general staff
and Mrs. Niche: Inspector General
Burton, of the army and Mrs. Burton:
Mrs. Caskie Cabell. of Richmond:
Major Robert w. Hunter. who was adj
jutant for General Robert T.. Lee.
No official action by the War De-
partment will be necessary under the
decision to have the burial at Rich
mond. However. it was stated by
army officers tonight that detachment
of troops would undoubtedly be de-
tailed as an escort for the remains
to the station on their departure from
this city. Mayor Mccarthy received
a message from Richmond tonight
stating that the city council had taken
official action in resolutions asking
that the burial be in Richmond. and
rendering the city hall in substitute
for the dismantled capitol building as
a place in which the remains may lie
i'm state. The mavor will wire the de-
cision reached here so that funeral
arrangements may be perfected there
by the council -
The remains of General Lee will be
taken to Richmond on special tram
leaving Washington at 1 O'Clock Mon
day afternoon and reaching Richmond
at 5 O'Clock An escort of cavalry, IN
fantry and artillery will be provided
here, and a small detail will go 70
Richmond. At the later place the mil
itary will be supported by the State
militia. 1t was at first decided to take
the body to Richmond Sunday, but
this was abandoned to permit military
honors to be shown the distinguished
officer, it being impossible to issue and
carry out the necessary orders for an
escort before Monday. The interment
will be made in Hollywood cemetery
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-02

hugh Lee, and directed that the may
ors office and other buildings coming
under the executive department of
the city be draped in black.
The mayor further ordered the
tolling of the City Hall bell and the
placing at half mast of all city flags
as a further mark of respect to the
memory of General Lee.
Colonel A. M. Higgins, command
ing the Seventy First Virginia regi-
ment early in the day ordered the
flag on the Norfolk armory at half
mast in respect to General Lee.
Certain prominent Norfolk people
who were active in the original James,
town movement are proposing today
that General Joe Wheeler, of Ala
bama, be made General Lees sue
cessor as president of the jamestown
Exposition.
The Jamestown offices have been
closed and draped in mourning. The
directors will meet Monday to adopt
suitable resolutions. General Lee was
the second president of the James,
town Exposition. Henry l.. Schmelz,
the first president, resigned of his
own volition after holding the office
for q short time.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-02
HETEROGENEOUS CARS SHORT.
Unless This Situation is Quickly Re-
lieved Berry Shippers Will
Lose Heavily.
Especial to News and Observer

Especial to News and Observer
Wilmington, n. c., April 29.-Com-
plant comes from the strawberry belt,
especially in the Chadbourn section
where the movement is heaviest, that
the shortage of refrigerator cars is
greatly retarding shipments and that
unless the situation is speedily re-
lieved thousands of dollars of injury
will result to the growers.
The trouble is said to lie beyond
the Coast Line on the Pennsylvania
system, which unfortunately just now
has a congestion of freight traffic on
it's lines.
Some berries are said today to have
been shipped in the ordinary A. G. ID.
cars and to have been transferred to
re-iced empty refrigerators on their
way back further up the line, thus
saving time as far as possible on the
Coast Line.
The movement through South
Rocky Mount today amounted to one
hundred and twenty-six solid cars
of three hundred crates each, exclu-
sive of about ten cars by express.
Monday it is said the shipments
will be the heaviest ever known and
will amount to over two hundred
cars. With Sunday intervening the
transportation people nope partially
at least to relieve the car shortage.
The distribution of shipments to
the leading markets today was: New
York 81 cars, Boston 16, Philadelphia
IA, Pittsburg 10, Buffalo 6, New Aark,
n. j., and Providence each, Scran-
ton and Cleveland leach, Springfield
and sWorchester 8 each, Bridgeport
and Montreal, Canada, 2 each, other
markets one each.
Prices today ranged from eight to
eighteen cents per quart.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-02
A BLOW TO THE EXPOSITION.
Emblems of Mourning for The Dead
General Show the Peoples Love.
(By the Associated Press

Norfolk. Va. April 29.-The death
of General Fitzhugh Lee will be &
great loss to the jamestown EXPOSE
ton Company, of which he was presi-
dent, and which had achieved much
under his management and direction
but the exposition work will go ahead
under the management of Chairman
G. Brooks Johnston, of the Board of
Governors. until a successor to Cen
eral Lee had been named by the ex-
position company directorate. Chair
man Johnston is today in Washing
ton, representing the jamestown
management in details incident to
the funeral preparations. General
Lees influence had been largely de-
pended upon in securing State appro-
priations for jamestown and he had
already accomplished much in this
direction. 1t was the idea to have
him go abroad and secure represent
tation at the coming exposition from
European and other courts after the
several States of the Union had been
brought in line. This work must now
be taken up by others.
Mayor Riddick today ordered the
city in official mourning out OF re-
spect to the memory of General Fitz-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-02

inflicted the wound upon himself it
was equally impossible for her to
have shot him.
while it is true that he made ar
rangements for the trip to Europe and
also bought the hat the suicide idea
amy have been an impulse or he may
have shot himself in changing the
pistol from one pocket to the other.
But the other side will say that after
the shooting the pistol was found in
his right hand coat pocke& Have
there not been cases of men shot in
the head walking to the hospital?
Il say, gentlemen. that in my judg-
ment this case is one of deliberate
murder or suicide. There can be no
manslaughter about it. There should
be no compromise verdict. She is
either guilty of murder in the first
degree, or not at all. / have made no
attempt to appeal to your emotions or
to touch your sympathy. 1t is an ap-
peal for right and justice. l am not
convinced that the prosecution has
proved the case beyond a reasonable
doubt"
1t was six o'clock when Mr.. Levy,
who had spoken in all over 1--WE
hours. concluded his address. During
his long talk Nan kept her eyes fixed
on the jury watching the effect of Mr.
Levy's argument which may decide
her fate. When adjournment was an
noun ced Miss Patterson walked back
to the prison with steady step. She
made no comment on the days pro-
ceedings.
Assistant District Attorney Rand will
make his closing argument tomorrow.
The District Attorneys Office is
making a thorough investigation of 4
story as to the suppression of certain
evidence in the case. A number of
witness have been subpoenaed and
affidavits will be taken from them at
at the conclusion of the trial
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-02
WOULD KICK
AND SCREAM
Baby's Awful Suffering from Eczema
- Could Not Hold Her = Tore
Face and Arms Almost to Pieces
Grateful Mother Says:
"CUTICURA REMEDIES
SAVED HER LIFE"

when my little girl was six months
old, she had eczema. We had used
cold creams and all kinds of remedies,
but nothing did her any good; in fact,
she kept getting worse. 1 used to
wrap her hands up, and when 1 would
dress her, | had to put her on the table,
for could not hold her. She would
kick and scream, and when she could,
she would tear her face and arms
almost to pieces. used four boxes of
Cuticura Ointment, two cakes of Cuti-
cura Soap, and gave her the Cuticura
Reso1vent, and She was cured, and L
see no traces of the humour left. can
truthfully say that they have saved
her life, and should advise any one
suffering as she did, to give Cuticura
a fair trial. Mrs. G. A. Conrad, Lis
bon, N. H., Feb. 7, 1885,"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-02
FIVE YEARS LATER
Mrs. Conrad Writes

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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-02
YALE AND MICHIGAN WIN.
They Garry OFF The Honors From
Franklin Field.
lBx the Associated Press

Philadelphia, Pa, April 29.-Yale
and Michigan carried off the honors
in the three principal championships
at the annual carnival of relay races
and field sports held on Franklin field
today under the auspices of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania. Yale won
the one and two mile relay races, and
Michigan took the four mile race af-
ter an exciting finish. Yale's time in
the one mile delay was 1922 As and
the two mile race S:07 3-5 Michigan S
time in the four mile relay was
1925 3-5. One of the one mile coll
lege relays was won by University
of Virginia; Pennsylvania State Col
lege second; Dickinson, third. Time,
3:35 2-5.
The preparatory school champion
ship went to the Mercersburg CPa.)
Academy and the Wendell Philips
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-02
Miss Wood versus Loeb.

Omoha, Neb., April 29.-Miss Mae
Wood late today filed in the District
Court a damage suit against William
Loeb, secretary to President Roosevelt,
former Postmaster General Wynne
and r. Martin Smith, whom she
charges with having destroyed mum
Der of letters received BIZ her from
Senator Plat. of New York Miss
Wood recites at length the conditions
that led to the alleged securing of the
letters by the defendants and asks the
court to award her damages.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-02
Mckinley Club Resolutions.
(By the Associated Press.

(By the Associated Press.)
Canton, o., April 29.-At a special
meeting tonight the Young Mems
Mckinley Club adopted memorial res
olutions on the death of General FitZ-
hugh Lee, who responded to the senti-
ment mckinley and the South" at the
Mckinley memorial dinner here Janu-
airy 81. The resolutions were offered
by William l.. Day. son of Supreme
Court Justice w. r. Day.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-02
THE WASHINGTON PRIMARY.
Mayor Stewart is Nominated in a
Spirited Contest.

Especial to News and Observer.)
Washington, n. c., April 29.-The
primaries for the nomination of may
or and aldermen last night resulted
in the denomination OF Mayor E. t.
Stewart and Aldermen 3. G. Moss, F.
c. Kugler, w j. Swindell, j. e. Spar
row and w H. Morgan.
The new members of the board will
be F. G.. Berry, T. B. Lewis and E.
e. Phillips.
The contest was spirited and hard
fought
Mayor Stewards majority in the
town is something over 100.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-02
JEFFERsON'S BODY AT HOME.
Today the Funeral Will be Held. the
Burial Being at Sandwich.
(By the Associated Press.

Buzzard's Bay. Mass, April 29.-The
body of Joseph Jefferson rests tonight
in the library at Grows Nest" for
fifteen years the actors summer home
where also gathered several members
of the family. The body was brought
here tonight from Boston.
Tomorrow morning at IL o'clock
Rev Edward A.. Horton, chaplain Of
the State Senate will read the Uni
tartan service before the family and
a few intimate friends at the cottage.
At noon the body will be taken to
Sandwich, a distance of eight miles.
where interment will be made in the
Bay View Cemetery.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-02
Appointments on N. and w.
(By the Associated Press.)

Roanoke Va. April 29.-The Nor
folk & Western Railroad has an
nounced the following appointments:
H. l.. Daw to be assistant general
freight agent with headquarters at
Columbus. Ohio Miles G. Figgatt. to
be travelling freight agent with head
quarters at Roanoke.
Alexander Tearney, formerly super
intendent of motive power of the Bal
timore g. Ohio Railway Company with
offices at Pittsburg has been made as
sistant superintendent of motive pow
er of the Norfolk & Western with
headquarters in Roanoke.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-02
CANCER CURED.

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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-02

TAKE CHENEY's EXPECTORANT
PROMPTLY AND PREVENT PNEU-
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DRUGSTORES.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-02

Bilious Bill was getting bloated,
And his tongue was muchly coated.
Patent "tonics" wouldn't cure him.
Companies would not insure him.
All his friends were badly frightened
But their spirits soon were lightened
For Bill said-and they believed him
EARLY RISER pills relieved him.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-02
Bells Ring i'm the Day.
(By the Associated Pres. }.

Moscow. April 29.-Easter was inaug-
urated by the ringing of the bell in the
Kremlin followed by the joyous peal
ing Of the chimes of Moscow's five
hundred churches. No disorder has
been reported
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-02

Ancient witchery was believed in by
only a few but the true merit or DE
Wits Witch Hazel Salve is known by
every one who has used 1t for Dolls
sores letter eczema and piles.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-02

Pure Food, Good Health and Bur.
netts vanilla are synonymous. Nc
commissi o.. questions it's purity.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-02

Actors must prevent sore throats.
They have used Piso's Cure ~ years.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-02
Levy Holds Forth For
Five Hours.

Continued From Page one.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-04
The Arrowood Disgrace.

President Roosevelt has confirmed
the sentence imposed on midshipment
Arrowood, who was the first and only
Annapolis man TO desert the American
navy. The youth is the son of a North
Carolina minister. He says he desert
ed because he did not believe that the
navy was the place for good Chris
tian. The youth may have satisfied
his elastic conscience which permitted
him TO violate his solemn oath, but he
now carries an unenviable distinction
that many Americans would rather
die than bear. A Japanese would not
live a minute under similar circum-
stances.
With the wonderful record of Farra-
gut. Foote. Lawrence and many brave
Christian sailors down to Capt Phillip
of the Texas, off Santiago, since gone
to his reward. Arrowood might have
better considered that a man may be a
Christian at any time, at any place and
under any conditions
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-04
GOVERNMENT BOAT CANNOT
GET INTO THE MISSISSIPPI
Craft Built on Lakes For Use on Low
er River Blocked by c., 3.
& @. Bridge.

A peculiar situation arises as re-
suit of an action recently taken by
! the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy rail
road company. which company recent
ly reconstructed the bridge which
spans the Wisconsin river a few miles
above its junction with the MISSISSIPPI
pi, not far from the city of Prairie du
Chen. BY permission OF the secretary
of war the railroad company rebuilt
the bridge there, removing the draw
which had been in operation there. per-
hitting the larger boats TO pass from
the tributary into the parent stream.
or vice versa. BY the new arrange
n1ent however. the boats cannot get
from one river into the other. and pc
culiar complications have arisen as a
result.
Last year government towing
steamer 100 feet in length, with a 10
foot beam, was constructed at Winth-
rOp HarbOr, Ill, Lake Michigan port
town. Capt. Frank Wild of Albany.
who has navigated several large boats
from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi
to the Fox river, the canal and the
Wisconsin river was engaged to take
the new government craft to Natchez.
The boat was launched last Novem-
Der. and the Albany skipper joined
her in the Fox river and started down
that stream to the Wisconsin. The
river began to freeze over when he
had taken the craft to Portage, how
ever and the boat was left there in
winter quarters. the company awaiting
the opening of navigation in the spring
TO send the boat southwark. But dur
ing the fall and early winter the draw
was removed from the bridge over the
Wisconsin. and now the progress OF
the government steamed is blocked
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-04
The Lay OF the Hen.

1t is the season when the modest
hen has greatness thrust upon her.
Three-fourths of all the eggs laid in
the United States are laid between
March 1 and July 1. OF robin and
blackbird and meadow larks spring
poets write page after page; their
praises are sounded every minute by
prophets and sages; but not since the
stars sang together, not since the crea-
ton of men. has anyone drawn a goose
feather in praise of the patient, profit
able old hen. All honor and praise to
the singing that cheers up the wild
wood in spring. and the old tender rec
objections that bring up JOY, childhood.
love and all that sort of thing: but
more important than the twitteT of the
robins or all the wild medley OF free
birds is the cackle OF pride over a new
laid egg. and that motherly chuck
when a brood Of chickens surround the
old hen.
And now the music of the hens fills
all iae country with promise of plenty
and substantial prosperity. The hen
is more tran a musician and a prophet.
She has tie magic power 10 turn her
humble songs into the ciink of gold.
In 1900. when the last complete cen
sus was taken. the total value of all
fowls on farms was sS5.7s4-ss6- These
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-04
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