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MEETS DEATH IX HAZING. v. 4 Governor of State Has Called on President of University to Investigate. Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 13.?Governor Kitchin to-night called upon President Venable of the State university < to make complete investigation of the death to-day of Isaac William Rand, a freshman, as the alleged result of hazing by four sophomores. The coroner's inquest at Chapel Hill this afternoon resulted in hold: * t> O+vnAri nf U'ilminortnn ' llig A. XX. Ol.UUU, ui i> imuuei.v-, W. C. Merrimon, of Wilmington; A. V ' C. Hatch, of Mount Olive, and R. W. Oldham, of Raleigh. All are sopho> mores and are held in default of $5,u00 bond each. The evidence brought out was that Rand was forced by the sophomores to sing and dace o na barrel and that while performing the part he was either thrown by the barrel be * ing kicked from under him or he fell. A piece of broken glass pierced his neck, severing the jugular vein j a : j ? ~ Tn-y-, froclimon ana caruuu ai icij. j. y r fled, but two others and Rand's room mate, also the victim of the prank, remained and called for help. Rand died in ten minutes. President Venable had the four boys arrested and an inquest was held this afternoon. Gen. Julian S. Carr, v millonaire of Durham, announced tonight that he would raise the bonds and allow the boys to return to their parents. Xegro Confesses Mysterious Homicide Anderson, Sept. 14.?A homicide, i which occurred eight weeks ago in the t town of Belton, and which up to now has been shrouded in mystery, was completely cleared up to-day when Waiters Sumter, a young negro man who claims Sumter as his home, confessed to having thrown the rock .. which killed Will Grove, another ne gro, as he, Grove, stood in his tent in the interurban construction camp. Sumter was arrested on suspicion on the morning after the killing, but was released after being held about rme-hnif hnnr. Two weeks latet the officers got in behind "Sumter and rearrested him in Greenville. He was brought to the county jail here, and his confession to-day was made in his cell. According to Sumter's statement he had loaned $5 to Grove, who v ? worked with him on the interurban railway. Sumter says that he went to GrdVe's tent on the night of the killing, which was on a Sunday night, and that Grove became angry when he asked him to pay him what he owed him. Sumter says that Grove picked up a piece of board and y. * struck him across his left arm, and then reached down as if to find something with which to strike him again. Sumter says he then picked up a rock which was on the floor of the tent and that he hurled it at Grove. The rock hit Grove's head, and he staggered and fell across his ^ cot. Sumter says he thought he had merely wounded Grove, and that he went to his own. boarding place where he was later arrested. He de* nied his guilt at that time. Sumter says he realized that the "jig" was up when he was arrested the second time,, and he decided to confess. The rock that Sumter admits having thrown almost buried itself in Grove's head. His skull was badly smashed. Grove came to Belton from Greenwood, and was about 45 years of age. Sumter will be tried for murder at the approaching term of criminal court. "Break" on the Wire. Two telegraph operators were i seated in a downtown cafe recently when an athletic young man and an exceedingly pretty girl entered. They were placed at a table opposite the "key" men, who were sitting side by side in a position facing the girl. As is the custom of the craft when wishing to discuss Someone in a public place they telegraphed to each other, ' using their knives on the plate. "Peacherino, isn't she?" one ticked to the other. "A tree full," came back the tapping reply. "Wonder who the sac!; is with her?" "Search me?looks like a boob tied up with a wren like her." "Bet they aren't married. If they are, all she needs to do to get a divorce is to exhibit that map of his in court." While the two men were enjoying a huge laugh over their silent jok v ing they were surprised and somewhat alarmed to hear some more "table knife telegraphy." The "peacherino" was doing it and she did not look at all pleased, either. "You two would better look out while you are all together," carelessly ticked her knife blade, while she listened to something her companion was saying. "This sack and boob, as you called him, with the divorce map, is my husband?boilermaker by trade. He eats fresh little boys." Something happened to the "wires" about that time and all communication ceased.?Kansas City Journal. * s XO DOWRIES, SAYS QUEEN MARY Her Attendants Will No Longer Receive Gifts When They Marry. London, Sept. 11.?Queen Mary, who is of an economical turn of mind, has directed the royal chamberlain to discontinue the time-honored custom of giving marriage dowries to maids of honor. Victoria, as queen in her own right, had eight maids of honor always at her court, and whenever a maid became a bride she rei A- /"> A A .... *1,^. .n.-nl C61V6Q $D,UUV OUL ui cue iu)ai puisc. Cupid found much encouragement under those conditions, for though maids of honor are usually either the daughters or near relatives of peers, they are not all wealthy. Mary, inasmuch as she is only a queen-consort, is limited by state etiquette to four maids of honor. They are miss Venetia Baring, Miss Katherine Villiers, Miss Ursula Lawley and Miss Mabel Gye. Each of them on becoming a maid of honor attains the title of Honorable for the rest of her life. ' The present queen has also let it be known that there is to be no raise in the salary of a maid of honor, which is $1,500 a year; almost a quarter of that sum has to be spent for gloves alone. A maid of honor must be a clever and agreeable talker and a charming and accomplished girl, up on books and music; able, like the queen, to speak German, French and Italian; a fine dancer; and good at cards and needlework. She must, of course, dress extremely well. Sometimes, when in the country, the queen occupies the afternoon in needlework, at which she is very expert, and the maid of honor in attendance on her either reads or plays, or else helps her in making garments for the poor. When the court is at Buckingham Palace the maids of honor generally go on duty just before lunch time. A royal carriage or auto is sent to the private house of each maid and they lunch at the palace with the royal household, after which they await the queen's commands. If they are not needed they go home. Two of them usually attend the queen whenever she appears in public, at concert, garden party, theatre, opera, or other function. All of the maids have to attend the state balls, and at Windsor Castle, where, in the season, there is a constant round of banquets, balls, etc., the maids scarcely even have an idle moment. All of these functions mean many changes of dress. On informal occasions the maids lunch with other members of the household, but in the evening they dine with the king and queen. Miss Gye's grandfather, the first viscount Bridport, was a member of Queen Victoria's household for sixty years, and till his death, in 1904, he was a member of King Edward's household. Miss Gye's uncle, the Hon. Alexander Hood, was for many years comptroller to the household of Princess Mary of Teck, mother of the present queen. JOHNSON TELLS QUEER TALE. Xegro Pugilist Says Fight with Jeffries Made Him a Nervous Wreck. Chicago, Sept. 12.?Etta Duryea Johnson, the wihte wife of Jack Johnson, champion heavy-weight pugilist, died a suicide after wrecking her health in caring for the champion, who was a victim of nervous prostration and had been afflicted with suicidal mania for a year on account of injuries and exertion during his fight with Jeffries. This was the testimony of Johnson at the inquest here to-day over the body of the woman who shot herself last night in her rooms over the champion's saloon. "I am still suffering from the effects of that fight to some extent," he said. Johnson gave his testimony in tears. He declared that his wife's efforts to keep him from committing suicide were what broke down ner own health. He said: "I believe that I incurred brain fever or some similar derangement from the exertions of the Jeffries fight and the heat that prevailed at the time. I was not myself for a year. My wife saved me twice when I tried to choke myself to death. She seized me and struggled with me and prevented the act. She had an awful time taking care of me for over a year. I am only telling this now in justice to my wife. It never has been told before." Testifying as to his wife's suicidal mania, Johnson said: "During the last two years she often told me she was tired of living. She tried twice to kill herself. Once she attempted to jump out of a window in a London hotel, and before that she tried to take her life by lpanin? from a train out West. "I did everything I could to make her happy and spent money on her lavishly, but most of the time she seemed despondent. Her father died ,four months ago and since then she seemed more nervous and despondent than before." A PLACE FOR SAM NICHOLS. Governor Appoints Him on Board of Regents of Asylum. Columbia, Sept. 12.?The governor to-day appointed John O. Darby to fill the unexpired term of T. W. Shannon, deceased, as supervisor of Chester county. He named John W. Austin as supervisor of Greenville county to fill out the unexpired term of J. P. Goodwin, deceased. The late Mr. Goodwin was defeated for reelection to the office of supervisor of Greenville county and died within a few days after his defeat. The late Mr. Shannon was rounding out a term as supervisor of Chester county, and died a few days before the election. The governor also appointed Sam J. Nichols, of Spartanburg, as a memt ber of the board of regents of the State Hospital for the Insane, vice J. Wright Nash, resigned, and named Wm. M. Hamer, of Dillon, to fill the 1 vacancy on the board of trustees of TTniirorcitv r\ f Qrkii + Vl Pornlina VlPf? R. P. Hamer, his brother, deceased. Oldest Paper to Suspend. It is reported from China that the oldest newspaper in the world, the Pekin Gazette, is about to suspend publication. The first number appeared in 911 A. D. and since 1351, more than a century before the discovery of America, it has appeared regularly. The Pekin Gazette has published a daily budget of the imperial court news and has been a repository of edicts from the throne, memorials from Provincial Governors and reports from Chinese officials. It would be wrong to infer that its contents were always dry. Frequently the Gazette has contained news of great interest to the world and information illuminating one phase or another of Chinese character or the gevernmental regime. The files of the venerable paper are among the curiosities of typography. During a part of the eighteenth century it was printed in the imperial palace from movable copper type and in the last eighty years from movable type carved out of wood. The Chinese government will now supplant the publication by the Government Gazette, which will be much larger and conducted along more modern lines. It will be the official government organ. The disappearance of the Pekin Gazette is one of the signs of the times illustrating the mighty changes that are coming to pass in China.?The Fourth Estate. MORE FRAUD IN ANDERSON. Negro's Name Appears on Polling List Twice. Anderson, Sept. 14.?The sub-committee of the county executive committee which is inquiring into the charges of fraud in the. recent election had another session to-day. Nothing of much importance came to the surface, except that the name of L. S. Stamps appears on the Orr mill polling list and also on the Ward 4 polling list. The committee spent most of its time in rearranging the polling lists and club rolls in list of alphabetical order, which is a considerable job, as there are 53 boxes in the county. The committee t will hold frequent meetings to receive testimony and affidavits and to check the rolls. Also a corps of clerks will remain on the job in the work mapped out by the members of the sub-committee. The fact that the name of G. W. Wright, a negro,, appears on the Concrete precinct polling list twice, has caused more comment and interest than any other alleged irregularity that has yet been brought out. SEVEN YEARS FOR BENSON. ^ " ** ri! A i If lireenvine Man wno onoi m. Wing, Given Long Sentence. Greenville, Sept. 14.?In the general sessions court to-day Ernest Benson, who shot C. M. Wing, at the latter's quarry, near the city, some time ago, was sentenced to seven years in the penitentiary. Benson was paroled three weeks ago, having served half of a six-year sentence for manslaughter. Wing recovered after spending several weeks in a hospital. Lee Mathis, charged with arson, housebreaking and larceny was given a sentence of thirteen years. He was convicted of burning J. P. Moon's barn in the Dark Corner about a year ago. A Harmony of Opinion. She was holding the teething baby, trying to pacify Alice with a toothache, and attempting to instruct her husband how to prepare a mixture for Roy's sore throat?all at the same time, says Lippincott's. "John, if I could have looked forward ten years and taken in this scene, do you know what I should have done?" John, with alacrity: "Yes, dear: just what I wish I had done." i SEQUEL TO MOUNTAIN TRAGEDY. Man Who Slew His Brother-in-Law i Arrested. \ Nashville, Sept. 14.?A story jj redolent with the flavor of the moun- I tains is contained in a special from ; Elizabethton, Tenn., recording the | identification of a man in the Sulli- \ van county jail as John Triplett, al- \ leged to have killed his brother-in- 1 law, John Potter, near the North | Carolina line six years ago and said ^ to have escaped. At the time a broth- a er, Will Triplett, was arrested, but = acquitted. I The Elizabethton story alleges that the feeling of the Triplett boys ^ against Potter went back to Potter's | courting days, when they were chil- | dren. Potter and his sweetheart would | sit up late and consume the firewood | prepared by the boys for morning. 1 When this occurred the father vigor- | ouslv corrected the boys. Finally one | night the suitor arose to replenish the 11 fire and the youngsters protested, a | fight resulted in which the boys were 1 worsted. It is alleged that they never | forgave Potter, though he married 1 their sister. < | Ejj Four of a Kind. | Judge Isaac Russell, Chief Justice | ~ e 4-u* HA...! nAi?i o J ? ? e = ui cue v/uui l ui oyeuxax oessiuus, ux ^ New York city, undertook a private ^ and unannounced tour of inspection | among the various corrective and 1 charitable institutions of his juris- | diction. Late in the afternoon he | entered'the outer office of one of the g= insane asylums. p "I should like to make a trip | through this place," he said to an | underkeeper, who chanced to be in j sole charge of the office temporarily. | "Visitors' days are Wednesdays 1 a and Saturdays," said the keeper 11 shortlv: "and besides, it's after i ? hours." jF "But I insist on being shown through," said his Honor. j "Well, you've got nerve!" growled the keeper. "Who are you to be givin' | me orders?" f "I am Chief Justice Russell, of the I Court of Special Sessions," was the | answer. ft "That'll be about all," said the keeper wearily. "We've got three of you in here now. Why don't you call yourself George Washington? Uj there's only one of him!"?Saturday |H Evenig Post. - jjj She Was Not So Stout., I A Chicago man in London was in- g vited to a ball where everybody ex- 1 cept himself talked with an exceed- 1 in.gly broad a, as in Boston, and, of 8 course, as everybody does in London. 0 The accent was puzzling to his Chi- I cago ears, but the guest did his best. I He danced a waltz with the wife of his host. The lady spoke with an especially broad accent, and she ran somewhat to flesh. When they had finished the round of the floor she was panting in a repressed and wellbred way. "Shall we try another whirl?" inquired the Chicago man, eagerly. "Not now," she smiled, "I'm so dawnced out." "Not bv a long shot,'? said the Westerner with emphasis. "You're By far from being darned stout. In fact M you're about the neatest figure of any | little girl I've seen yet in London.'' ?N. Y. American. 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