Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-06-04
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day as this is a holiday on all ex-
changes.
Lisbon, O., June 1.-George NJ. Con-
nell, author and leading player in the
"Fall of Atlanta" died here today, of
heart disease, aged 81 years.
Dixon, KY, June Jason Mellow
ell a negro in j Ill here charged with
having killed a travelling man last
March, was taken from Jail last night
and lynche6 by a party OF masked
men.
Raleigh, May C. Governor Glenn
today declared that delegates to Dem
yer should be Instructed at Charlotte.
The governor is a strong Bryan man
and believes the Nebraskan is sure to
be nominated.
Representative Champ Clark, of
Missouri, believes that Representa-
tive Francis Burton Harrison OF New
York would be a good choice for the
vice-presidential nomination on the
Democratic ticket.
Texarkana, Ark, June Red river
is On a rampage again. Seven persons
are reported drowned and a hundred
others are homeless by the rising OF
the waters. The damage to property
and stock cannot be estimated.
Washington, June 1.-The Senate
and House both passed a resolution tor
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night. The Republican financial bill
Is a aw and with the adjournment of
Congress Senators and members are
leaving for home.
Raleigh, May 3O.-Fourteen COM
gpanies Of the North Carolina guard are
preparing to move on Fort Caswell for
coast defense exercises, which begin
on June L and continue 10 days. The
Third regiment band and Company 8
leave Raleigh tomorrow.
Princeton, n. j., May 3O-Two
negroes suspected OF the murder Of
Bertha Vanderbilt, the Library girl
found in the lake, today proved an
salibi and were released. h prosecu-
tor, Berdine, has detectives now
Swallowing a young white 'man whose
name Berdine refuses to disclose.
Washington, May 3O-The orator at
Arlington cemetery today was con-
gresham Esch, of Wisconsin,. The
President and other distinguished Wis
itors participated. Congressman Graft,
of Illinois, was the orator at Elmwood
Cemetery. Short show ers were the
4only interruption of the exercises.
Rome. June2.-The relatives OF Duke.
d'Abruzzi haves decided he must wait
= year before marrying Miss Katherine
Elkins, the daughter Ex-senator Elkins,
Of West Virginia, and the young duke
replies that a wait of ten years could
not cool the ardor of his love for the
beautiful American girl. And b.
you are.
Raleigh, May 30.-Estimatss of acre
age in North Carolina made public by
the Department OF Agriculture today
place the cotton acreage, compared
with last year at 81 per cent; corn 100;
tobacco 100, and peanuts 1O1. Corn
acreage it will be seen, holds its own,
q loss in cotton and a gain in
other crops
Lakewood, N. J., juno 1.-Ex-Pres-
ident Grover Cleveland left the hotel
today after a sickness Of two months
and went in the automobile OF John
Hays Hammond to his Princeton home,
accompanied by DIR. Bryant and one
nurse. DIR. Bryant persists in b state
ment hat Mr.. Cleveland was never
seriously sick.
New York, June 2.-The Cunard
liner Mauretania has just made the
trip from Liverpool in four days, Fl
hours and Ii minutes-or Sc minutes
behind the best ocean record, held by
her sister the Lusitania. The best
single days run was es5 knots. A re-
markable TACT was that only three out
of her foul propellers were working.
Washington, June 2-Gaston Phil
lip,o trial for shooting cabman Frank
Alloy made a strong point today when
this court refused b government per.
mission to show defendant was drunk
the morning. of the shooting. The Gov
eminent hoped to show hat Phillip
was too much intoxicated to know
whether Or net danger existed wher
he pulled his gun on MacAboy.
Raleigh, June 2.-Charged with rob
bling the postofhcs at Dunn, N. G., OF
December 20, J. T. Leonard. Charlie
Williams, G. F. Shaw, James Scan1ol
and Harry Italian, who were arrested