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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-20
GIRL ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
She is Seen in Time to be Saved-Case
of w. T. Riggsbee Continued.
(Snecial to News and Observer.0

Especial to News and Observer)
Durham, N. c., May 19.-It was
learned today that at a late hour last
night Miss Nora Lassiter attempted
suicide in West Durham by throwing
herself into the reservoir connected
with the Erwin Cotton Mills. She
was seen in time to be prevented frorH
taking her life.
The would-be suicide is a young
woman employed in West Durham.
The causes that led her to attempt the
rash act are not known.
In the Superior Court this afternoon
Ed Horton was sentenced to nine
years on the county roads and Bud
Jones was sentenced to five years. both
for robbery. This made three SEN
fenced during the present term for
highway robbery and the aggregate
sentences are nineteen years. Quite
number of prisoners were sent to the
roads for good terms The case of w.
7. Riggsbee was continued for the term
and he gave bond in the sum of $1,000.
He is charged with ballot box stutting.
One defendant. Robert Bynum.
swore falsely on the witness stand and
he was given three years.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-20
GOING TO EUROPE.
Five Raleigh Bows Have Planned to
Cross Atlantic.

Messrs. john A. Park. Eugene Nc
Donald, Val Parkins, Max Gardner.
and s. Q. Perkins. the latter from A.
d NJ College. have planned to visit
Europe this summer. and will make
the trip to Liverpool aboard a cattle
ship, working their passage
They will leave Newport News June
1st, accompanied by students from the
State University and Wake Forest Col
lege. From LIVERPOOL they will go TO
London. and thence to Paris. Switzer-
land, Belgium, Poland and Norway up
as far as the Alps. and then back to
Raleigh, via New York city.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-20
SENIORS CLASS DAY.
Miss Lillicn Marshall Wins a Medal.
University Scholarship Won by
Norman Stockton
Especial to News and Observer.)

Especial to News and Observer.)
on-Salem, N. c., May 10
Classday exercises by the seniors OF
the nigh school have never been more
successfully and acceptably rendered
than they We're this morning in the
chapel of the West Winston graded
school, when sixteen boys and four.
teen girls, the most nearly proportions
ed class that has been for several
years, did themselves and their alma
mater proud by the handsome way in
which they acquitted themselves
The graduating exercises were held
tonight The diplomas to the gradu-
ates We're presented by Col w. A.
Blair. The III. Montague scholarship
medal, given for the highest average
made in the senior year. was awarded
to Miss Lillian Marshall the presen-
tation speech being delivered by Judge
q. B. Jones. The University scholar
ship was won by Norman Stockton.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-20
A CASE or WIFE BEATING.
Loss to Truckers Through Prompt De-
liveries by Transportation Com
Danies-Washingto Horse
Exchange Company.
Especial to News and Observer

Especial to News and Observer
Washington. N. c., May ia case
which has attracted considerable at
tention this term of court is that of
w. j. Archebell of Sidney this county.
arraigned for wife beating. He was
found guiltv and sentenced to six
months hard labor on the roads, but
was bailed out till the October term
of court under a three hundred dol
lar bond.
Archebell was conspicuous last fall
in a divorce case. and succeeded in
freeing himself from his third wife
Since then he married a young woman
of about nineteen years. He is about
fifty-five years old. Until he is called
up for trial again, for which appeal
was made, he is living in Alabama
leaving real estate holdings in the
lower part of the county to the extent
of some two or three thousand dol
lars
No inconsiderable damage is result
ing to the growers of truck about here
by reason of the failure of the trans
portation companies in the prompt de-
livery of truck shipments.
The markets on beets and cabbage
are in good shape. but the stuff is
delayed so in reaching its destination
that heavy losses are falling on the
shoulders of the truckers
Yesterday a refrigerator car was
brought down for use in shipping cab
bage. and upon investigation was
found loaded with sundry merchandise
freight for various points. It stood on
the yard for a davs before the peculiar
situation disclosed itself.
This morning iust before the hour
for the departure of the A. c. l.. train
engineer Leens was taken suddenly H.
preventing his going out with the
train. Not until an engine was
brought down could the train proceed
on its run. which was finally made at
10 O'clock.
Messrs. 3. L. and Harry Susman are
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-20
IN JURY'S HANDS
Case of H. Clay Grub
Given the Twelve.
The Argument BY Counsel Was Closed
Yesterday Afternoon and a Verdict
is Expected Early This
Morning.
(speeial to News and. observer.)

NPpCCldl " 4NENa dilt1# poSE1 NCI'J
Salisbury, N. c., May 19.-Argu-
ment by counsel in the Clay Grubb
trial which has been in progress in
this city for ten days, was concluded
late this afternon. The closing speech
was made by e. T. Cansler for the
State and was a scathing arraignment
of the prisoner. CanSler was preceded
by Cyrus b. Watson for the defense
and his speech was considered one oil
the ablest heard here for years.
Speeches were also made today by
Senator Lee S. G)verman for the de-
fense and Solicitor Hammer for the
State. Judge Bryan delivered his
charge to the jury tonight and the case
is now in the hands of the twelve men.
The verdict is expected early tomor-
NOW morning.
Mr.. J. N. Blackwelder, one of the
jurors, is severely i'll and received med
ical attention in. the court room today.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-20
Leads an North Carolina Daiies i'm News and Creulato

of the persent day, Mr.. Taylor said,
while New England is drivelling ih
her agriculture and manufacturing
the South is blooming like a rose
The speaker said the South is fast
coming to her own and that every
man is expected to do his duty and
soon the South will take her rightful
place al the head of the column OF
the States.
In concluding Mr. Taylor spoke in
beautiful language of his old State
home and friends. i
When the speaker closed the al.
plause that greeted him spoke in no
uncertain terms of the appreciation
OF the audience.
General Carr's Address.
Col. Julian S. Carr OF Durham. was
heartily applauded when he was in
trodueed by President Fries. His
subject was Banking and Money"
and he spoke fifty minutes, holding
the close attention of the audience
and discussing the general condition
and monetary situation of the country
in an able and concise manner. He
said in part:
I'VE live in an industrial age. The
hum of machinery is heard on all
sides, and the music of the loom sup
plants that of Beethoven and Mozart.
The songs of the people breathe the
air of industry, and the rhythm of che
populace is more in the nature of the
quiz What is the per diem, than of
"Lohengrin'
I'VE love music; we love art; but we
love money more. Why?
Money creates music; money makes
art; money is king.
Money in every age, to use a home
ly phrase, has made the mare go and
in this age make the prima donna do
her level best, and the artist surpa5s
Industry is a world characteristic,
but nowhere is it more universal or
Continued on Page Three.)
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-20
A WRECK AT GoLDsBoRo.
Passenger Train Dashes Into Truck
Train-One Man May Die.
Especial to News and Observer

Especial to News and Observer.)
Goldsboro, N. c., May 19.-Tonight
as passenger train Number Six was
rounding the curve just before enter
ing the city. near the Goldsboro Rice
Mills, it was wrecked. The truck train
which had Just turned around on tht.
wye was standing on the side track
waiting for orders before leaving for
New Bern. The passenger train, which
was about twenty minutes late. was
making good time and ran into the
switch, which had been changed and
on which stood the truck train
The passenger engine struck the
truck train engine full force, its front
being demolished, as well as the front
of the other train Albert Mccoy. the
colored fireman, had just laid his coal
shovel down and was standing between
the cab and tender when the two
trains struck. He was terribly man.
gled and was pinioned there and his
cries were pitiful to hear as he begged
some one to take him out Mr. Mar
shall, who was i'm charge of the pas
senger train, did everything possible
to avoid the catastrophe his engine
being reversed and the brakes grind
ing fire. freight train on the Coast
Line road had the truck train blocked.
but Engineers Flowers and Marshall
pulled their engines wide open ana
backed up against the freight, thus
letting the fireman free. He was
taken to the emergency hospital near
by,where DIR. John Spicer at this hour
is giving him every attention.
Captain Hancock, who was In the
baggage car, had his back hurt and
received several other bruises, but
none of them is serious.
Louis Blount the colored porter.
was standing upon the seats in ths
first class car turning up the lights,
and was knocked to the floor of the
car. senseless; but outside of a few
minor bruises he is unhurt. The pas
sengers were terribly shapen up, but
none are seriously hurt and all were
transferred to the depot by hacks fur
nshed by the road.
The cause of the wreck is laid to the
forward brakeman of the truck train,
who it is supposed opened the switch
for his train to pass out and walked
off, forgetting the passenger train.
which was past due 1t Is not
thought that the colored fireman will
survive the night
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-20
THE PRESIDENT TO RECEIVE.
This Reception Will be To The South
ern Industrial Parliament.
(Bv tho Associated Press. !

Roosevelt will give a reception to the
Southern Industrial Parliament next
Thursday afternoon. Governor Cox
of Tennessee, has telegraphed that he
has designated the following delegates
TO speak for his State:
B. L. Dulaney. Coal and Iron De-
velopment'; A. G. Adler, Chattanooga,
Water Power; E. G. Shannon, Nash
vile, Commercial Organization;
John W. Bailey, Memphis, Cotton
John w. Rosmas Gadsden, "Horticul-
ture," and Robert L. Gates, Nashville.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-20
{. n. EVANS THE
NEW PRESIDENT
Inspiring Address By
Hon. Hannis Taylor.
HEAD OF THE COLUMN
There's Where the South, Blooming
Like Rose viii Soon Take Her
Place Said the Speaker Amid
Thunderous Applause. Others
Speak. Adjournment.
Speak. Adjournment.
Especial to News and observer.)

Especial to News and Observer.)
Winst6n-Salem, n. c., May 10
After eIecting officers for the ensuing
year, selecting delegates to the Amer
lean Bankers Convention and listen
ing to short talks from several mem
bers the ninth annual convention of
the North Carolina Bankers Asso-
citation adjourned this afternoon.
The reports of the committees were
read and accepted.
The following officers We're elected
for the ensuing year: President c. n.
Evans. of Charlotte, formerly secre-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-20
Hester's Cotton Statement.
CIV the Associated Press.l

New Orleans, La, May 19.-Secre-
tary Hesters weekly cotton statement
issued today shows:
For the 19 days Of May an increase
over last year of 35S.000 and an in
crease. over the same period year be-
fore Last of $4,000
For the 261 days of the season that
have elapsed the aggregate is ahead
of the same days of last year, 2,398,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-20
Cruelty to Animals.

Justice Badger yesterday had before
him Robert Kelley colored. charged
with cruelty to animals. He. tied to-
gether the legs OF. a calf. put it in his
wagon, and drove to the butchers
pen, while the dumb animal uttered
cries of agony and distress.
Kelley wanted a lawyer. and at his
request the case was continued until
Monday morning.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-20
Is Slang Dying Out?

Two perfectly dressed. refined-look
ing girls were talking i'm the subway.
'Will you come around to see me
tomorrow afternoon ?" said one.
sorry" said the other, "but I can
not Mother is to give something for
Cousin Ada. tomorrow-ae reception
jigger, with a tea effect attached 10
one end of it, you know. and I'm part
of It,"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-20
Talked of Sketching.
sion.

The Art Department of the Womans
Club met yesterday afternoon at 5
O'Clock. The subject for the afternoon
was .Sketching with Chase in Eng
land" and this was discussed with
much interest.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-20

Major r. H. Bradley is improving
from the effects of the fall he suf-
fered a few days ago. While walking
down South Wilmington street his
foot caught in a wire and tripped him.
Failing, his head struck the pave
ment. and severe bruise was infict-
ed on his head.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-20

There are a lot of things that a
man would not want half so much If
he thought there was any chance Of
getting them.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-20

About two-thirds of a mans time
is spent in catching cold and trying
to caste It.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-20

Many a man has made fortune
by gratifying other mems curiosity.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-20

He who doesn't marry too young
benedict.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-04-11
RICH SILVER IN THE IMNAHA
Great Northern Company Has Gold
and Copper in Ore, Too.

Baker City. Ore April 1O.-Sensa :
tional values in silver have been OBJ
tanned in the Great Northern Gold &
Copper mining company's property on
the Wallawa slope of the Eagle
range f. T. Schiller, president of
the company. arrived in the city few
days ago with number of samples
of the ore. which carries gold. silver
and copper. The chief values are in
native silver, some of the samples as
saying as high as $500 per ton in
that metal. The company owns Ii
claims at the head of the Imnaha and
Minam rivers. about 20 miles from the
town of Joseph. The company is COM
posed principally of business men
of that town. The property has been
quite extensively developed during the
past winter.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-04-11
IRRIGATION
At M|N|D0kA
Senator Dubois Explains the Ac.
ton of the Government in
Withdrawing Funds

Washington. April Ex-senator Du-
bois, OF Idaho, who is one of the or
iginal irrigation men. and who helped
Senator Newlands to frame the we'll
known Newlands reclamation law. has
recently come out in a letter explain
ing the irrigation situation I'm his state.
The letter was prompted by numer-
GUS complaints received by him from
Idahoans who think that an injustice
has been done them on account Of the
governments action temporarily side
tracking the Minidnka Irrigation pro-
jects and furthering other operations
in the state.
The senator's letter which throws
light upon the Idaho situation follows
in full:
Every state a territory which is
arid. or semi-arid, Is pressing to have
money taken out OF the reclama ton
fund and devoted to various projects
in their respective states or terri
tories.
AT the time $4,000, 900 was set aside
for Mindoka. there was about $50 1000,
600 In this fund. When you consider
that there are II arid and semi-arid
states and territories you will readily
perceive that Idaho Jared extremely
Svell. There are enough splendid pro-
jects In Idaho alone to use up the en-
tire reclamation fund. The great Du-
bois project, In my own immediate
section, and which was named In my
honor. is the greatest single project
in the entire United States. Even.
tually the headwaters of Snake rive,
must be stored In Jackson's lake and
the other lakes In that immediate vi
entity must be made reservoirs. Nat.
urally the Dubois project appealed &c
me very strongly. The MinidOka pro.
ject. however. did not require nearly
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-04-11
new YORK !. i.
news Letter
A Few Interesting Events of the
Past Week Told in an En-
pertaining Way

NEW YORK. April 1O.--Nan Patter-
sons third trial for the murder OF
Caesar" Young will begin before Re-
corder Golf next Monday. and the girl,
who has spent nearly a year in the
Tombs. expects to be free by the first
of May. The fact that her fugitive
sister and brother-in-law, the J. Nor
gan Smiths. have finally been captured
and returned to this city to testify at
the trial, is given much weight by the
prosecution. Notwithstanding this
however. the general public is in
clined to the opinion that the girl will
be acquitted. or that the jury will again
disagree and she will be discharged
from custody.
Miss Patterson is bearing up gravely
under the ordeal Of confinement and
worry in the Tombs; she has gained
almost ten pounds in weight. but she
is very pale. and her eyes, though
clear. have a sunken appearance. The
laughing, witty. happy chorus girl of a
year ago is now a serious minded
quiet, sweetfaced woman. Apparently
there is not shadow Of doubt i'm her
mind but that she will be acquitted and
exonerated. her chief anguish of spirit
arising from the terrible shock of hel
arrest. Imprisonment. trial and the
resultant publicity have been to hel
parents.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-04-11

Russell Sage is said to have been
one of the best pleased men in Wall
street since call money rates have
stiffened somewhat and have gone up
from the low level at which they have
been ruling for nearly year. AS Mr..
Sage's main business consists in loan
ing money, the low rates were not adj
vantageous to him, as they forced him
to lower his rates to per cent. a
thing which he is said never to have
done before. When the fact first be-
came known some months ago he was
| swamped with requests for loans from
people who had read about it in the
newspapers, and who did not know tha'
MIR. Sage loaned money on call only
to Stock Exchange brokers.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-04-11

The increase i'm the number of au-
tomobiles and the stricter traffic regu-
lations now being imposed have opened
the way for a new business. 1t is that
of the professional automobile bonds
man. There have been professional
bondsmen for many years, but the
newest kind is respectable.
The auto bail man makes his head
quarters near the West rty-seventh
street station, which Is not far from
Broadway and Central Park, and also
Fifth avenue. where arrests for ex-
ceeding the speed limit are most fire.
quent. The automobilist who is ar
rested for speeding has only to wait a
short time before the bondsman will
show up. You give him IS and he will
deposit the 500 necessary to obtain
your freedom. To many who are not
supplied with 500 cash and are not
DESTROYS of leaving an Automobile for
security he is real benefactor.
NJ. Loicq de I.obel. Il French Sngin-
eer, has arrived here as a commissioner
for the Russian government to arrange
he explains, to push aside the only re-
manning obstacles which stand the
way of an all rail route between Paris
and New York.
THE plan is not i'm it's infancy, by
any means" says NJ. de Lobel. I'm Rus
STA and France the road is all but es-
tabblished. We have already named
il the Transalaska- Siberian road. and
l have completed the plans for it's con-
struction. These plans have been APP
proved by the French government. !
have not the slightest doubt that the
American people will be AS enthusiasts
tic over it as We in France and Rus
sia"
The plan is TO tunnel under Boring
strait. II is estimated that il will take
s150,0o0,ooo TO build the road and make
the connecting lines.
Plans have been on file for the new
city house TO be built for Mrs. William
X. Vanderbilt, jr., on plot on Fifth
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-04-11

New York, April 10.--Damage by the
elements to the tomb OF General L.
:. Grant on Riverside drive. is report
ed to be causing much anxiety to menu
bers of the Grant Monument associa-
ton. which is interested with the care
OF the granite pile
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-04-11

Plans have been on file for the new
city house TO be built for Mrs. William
X. Vanderbilt, jr.. on a plot on Fifth
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-04-11

A collection of rare and valuable
Americana has been made by Vladimir
c. Simkhovitch. photographer of the
Columbia University library. and put
on exhibition in the library building.
The collection includes a large number
of first editions of works printed in
the Colonies just before the revolution,
dealing with the political troubles OF
those days. several rare British prints
illustrating Colonial subjects and sew
eral dozen original autograph letters
from colonial and revolutionary celeb
rites.
1t has also the original of Trumbulrs
famous painting of George Washington
and the first sketch of his painting of
the battle of Bunker Hill. Among the
autograph letters is one from General
Washington to Alexander Hamilton.
complimenting him on the authorship
of the anonymous letters of Junius
The letter was written at Mount YER
non and dated in August, 1888. There
are two letters from the Marquis of
Lafayette. one in English and the
other In French, dealing with condi-
lions i'm his division of the Continental
Army. The collection contains also
several letters from Benjamin Frank
lin, John Hancock. Benedict Arnold
and John Jay.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-04-11
Italian Admiral Here.

San Francisco. April 10.-Admiral
F. Grenet of the Italian navy. has ar
rived here from the orient on the liner
Manchuria, on his way home in Ma
pies. He has been in command of
the Asiatic division of the Italian fleet
and his sea term has expired.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-04-11

jamestown. n. Y, April l0.-A let
ter has been received from Miss Aimee
Tourgee announcing the critical ILL
ness Of her father. Judge Albion w
Tourgee. American consul at Bor-
deaux. France. Little hopes, she writes,
are entertained for his recovery
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-04-11
HEALTH
IS the
Most
Important

The manufacturers of Royal
Baking Powder have had 40
years of scientific experience.
Every method of bread-and-
cake raising has been exhaus-
lively studied in this country and
abroad.
The result is a perfect prod
uct in Royal Baking Powder.
There is no substitute for it.
The purity and efficiency of
Royal Baking Powder have
been commended by the highest
authorities of the world.
These facts mean two impor-
tant things to all housekeepers {:
First: that Royal Baking
Powder is healthful and
makes wholesome food.
Second that Royal Bak-
Ing Powder makes food
good to taste.
a.rt
ROYAL R F6kpzs
ABSOLUTELY
PURE
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-04-11

The first of next month automobile
busses thirty eight feet long, with the
general appearance of trolley sears, will
begin operation on Fifth avenue AID
as soon as the Fifth avenue coach
company can secure the big motors
from the manufacturers all the old.
historic state coaches will be displaced.
The new coaches now being built are
tremendous affairs. The body of the
coach is twenty five feet long, the ex-
tensions of platform and seats making
up the rest. They will be seventy
inches from wheel to wheel. in width,
and will have height of twelve feet.
There will be no seats on top. as
climbing down and off would upset the
schedule. which. il carried out, will
give service like that OF a car line.
Each car will accommodate thirty pas
sengers. Big electric twin headlights
will light the busses' way at night and
the interior will be equipped with in
candescents.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-04-11
Premier Bostrom Resians.

Stockholm, April l0.-Premier Bos-
from has resigned owing to express
sions used by the prince regent in his
recent statement on the subject of
the dual government