The Weather To-day: THREATENING.
The News and Observer.
VOL. X.LVI. NO. 92.
LEADB ILL NORTHI CAROLINA HUES « NEWS 111 CIRGULAWI.
THE VIEWS OF OTIS
ON THE SITOATION
He Replies to Questions of
The War Department.
ENEMY'S FORCES BROKEN
AND ONLY SCATTERED BANDS
OF THEM REMAIN.
DEPENDON “HELP FROM UNITtOSTOES”
And the Overthrow of McKinley's Administra
tion, He Declares. Population Ger.fr*
a ly Becoming Friendly to
Amer'cans.
Washington, .Tune 20.—General Otis
in reply to a eahle from the War De
partment asking for information regard
ing the situation and con litions in the
Philippines, today cabled a long reply
as follows:
“Manila, June 20th.
Adjutant General. Washington.
“Rainy season. Little inland cam
paigning possible in Luzon. We occupy
large portion Tagalog country, lines
stretching from Inins smith to San Fer
nando north, nearly 00 miles, and to
eastward into Laguna Province. Insur
gent armies have suffered great losses
and are scattered; only large force held
together about four thousand in Tnrlae
Province and northern Pampanga. Their
scattered forces in bands of fifty to five
hundred in other portions Luzon: in Ca
vite* and Ratangas Provinces could as
semble possibly, two hundred, demoral
ized from recent defeats; mass of people
terrorized by insurgent soldiers, desire
peace and American protection: no lon- j
ger flee on approach our troops unless
forced by insurgents. but gladly wel
come them: no recent burning of towns;
population within our Tines becoming
dense, taking up laud cultivation exten
sively: kept out Manila much as possi
ble, as city population lieeoming too
great to be cared for. Natives southeast
Luzon combining to drive out insurgents:
only hope insurgent leaders is United
States aid. They proclaim near over
throw present administration to la* fol
lowed by their independence and recogni
tion by United States. This is the infiu
cn<*e which enables them hold out: much
contention prevails among them and no
civil government remains; trade with
jKirts not in our possessions—former
source insurgent revenues, now inter
dicted: not certain of wisdom of this
policy, as people in those p >rts are with
out supply of food and merchants suf
fering losses*, meditate restoring trade
privileges, although insurgents reap
benefits. Courts her** in successful oper
ation under direction of able Filipinos.
Affairs in other islands comparatively
quiet awaiting results n Luzon. All anx
ious for trade and related calls for
American troops received. Am giving
attention to Job* archipelago and Pala
wan Islands. Our troops have worked
t<> limit of endurance. Volunteer organ
izations have been called in: replaced
by regulars, who now occupy salient ik»-
sitions. Nebraska. Pennsylvania ami
I tali now taking transports and Sixtli
infantry sent to Negros to relieve Cali
fornia. Then* trwrpis in good physical
condition: sickness among troops has in
creased lately, due mostly to arduous
serviee and climatic influences. Nothing
alarming. Os the 12 prr cent of the
command reported sack, nearly 6 per
cent in general hospital, of whom 3
per cent have typhoid and 17 malaria!
fever: twenty-five |ver cent have intesti
nal trouble; remaining fifty five per cent
have various ailments, fourteen of
which due to wound injuries. Many
officers and men who served in Cuba
break under recurrence Cuban fever, and
regular regiments lately received are in
adequately officered.
(Signed) “OTIS,
“4:30 A. M."
Tin* inadequacy of the number of offi
cers mentioned in last part of above
cablegram has been remedied by Ihc sail
ing of the transports Zealandia and
Sheridan, carrying a number or officers
for regiments in the Philippines.
Adjutant General Corbin says that ali
officers belonging to regiments in the
Philippines who are not absent on ac
count of a surgeon certificate are under
orders to join their regiment at oin*e.
Forty-four officers have sailed on the
recent transports going from Manila.
Secretary Alger said today that no ac
tion will be taken for the enlargement
of the army or sending troops to re
inloree General Otis until the return
<>t President McKinley. He also said
that Genera! Wheeler would receive no
assignment until that time.
BOM BA RDM FAT TIIREATENKI >.
Manila. June 2d.—(7:30 P. M.)—The
Montana ami Kansas volunteers are re
turning from San Fernando and the
Twelfth and Ninth regulars will replace
them.
Senor Luis Marinas, the first Spanish
Consul General at the Philinpine Is
lands. has .arrived her** from Singairore.
on hoard the Isla de Luzon.
Delegations from Spanish organiza
tions on tugs met the steamer and wel
comed the Consul.
Tin* Bantayan Correspondent of the
N'otieicro writes that the gunl*oat Al
bany ap|H-nred off Bantagnii. .Time Stii.
and her commander fold, tin* authorities
of the town* that unless they declared
allegiance lo the United States and
raised the American Hag after fifteen
days he would bombard the town. The
Albany then sailed, announcing she
would return.
When the dispatch was forwarded the
town* was greatly panic stricken ami it
was thought tin* authorities would prob
ably comply with the demand of the
commander of the gunboat.
THE COURTS.
Manila. June 2(1.—(7:30 P. M.)—Great
interest is felt in the result of the first
step which is now being taken lu re in
the direction of self-government. The
Supreme Court is sitting daily and the
American and Filipino judges are hold
ing consultations through an interpreter.
A unanimous vote is required for a de
cision. Major General Otis lias persua
ded Major Young, of the Utah battery,
to remain on the court for a time after
the battery departs. Three of the active
justices art* absent. Amhrosio Rianzares.
Justice of the Criminal branch of the
court, happened to be at Tarlae. then
tin* seat of the insurgent government,
when the appointments were announced
and he was arrested and sentenced to
banishment for life. His present where
abouts are not known. Pedro Llorente.
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court,
is in Cebu, where he has great influ
ence, working to popularize American
rule, with good results.
The native judges will now begin to
hold criminal courts, having jurisdiction
over all offences except those commit
ted. by soldiers or against military au
thority.
The United States transport Sherman
has sailed for the Island of Negros, with
the Sixth infantry, which relieves the
California regiment.
WAR OFFICE VIEW.
Washington, June 2(l.—General Otis’
detailed report of the conditions existing
in the Philippines is considered very sat
isfactory at the War Department. It is
taken to mean that General Otis will not
now prosecute n campaign on account of
the rainy season, except where the in
surgents make it necessary to defend the
territory now in possession of the United
States. That portion of the dispatch
telling of the belief among Filipinos that
the present policy of the United States
will not he uphold is regarded as of great
significance. It is believed that when
the Filipinos sec there is no hope of their
recognition by the United -States they
will give up the tight. The absence of
any suggestion as to more troops being
needed is taken to mean that Genera!
Ot is *lo**s not believe they could Ik* used
to advantage.
MRS. BARROW GETS 12 YEARS.
New York. June 2(1. —Mrs. George I’.
Barrow, when arraigned liefore Justice
Werner in the criminal branch of the
Supreme Court today, pleaded guilty to
tin* charge of kidnapping baby Mai ion
Clark, She was sentenced to twelve
years and ten months in pris m.
Justice Werner bitterly denounced the
woman and pronounced her crime one of
“consummate villainy,” and refused to
defer the sentence.
“This woman,” he said, “would or
dinarily be entitled to some considera
tion. but the nature of this ease shows
her to be utterly devoid of tin* fine ami
t* nder feelings that are the distinguish
ing characteristics of her sex.”
HIS BODY~WAS SEVERED
BUT HE LIVED AND TALKED RXHONALLY
AFTERWARD.
Remarkable Caw of a While Man Nam'd Par
sar.s Who Was Run Ov r by a Train
on the Siuthern.
Winston, N. C., June 26.—(-Special.)
A young man named Parson, of Lenoir,
in attempting to -board the Southern
vestibule train at Bethel station lasi
night fell off, the car wheels running
over his body and one arm. He was
cut half in two. To the surprise of
everylsidy the young man lived for two
hours after tin* horrible accident. He
was conscious and talked till the very
last.
BODY TAKEN TO CHARLOTTE.
(By Associated Press.)
Charlotte, N. (’., June 2(1. —A white
man named Parson, whose home was at
Lenoir, N. ('., was run over by a South
ern Railway train late last night 3b
miles north of here. He was brought to
Charlotte and lived about 30 minutes
after reaching here. His l»ody was en
tirely severed just below the waist, and
while lying on a stretcher talking to a
physician, tin* unfortunate man saw fr.e
lower half of his body removed to an
other part of the room and commented
upon it. He told Ills name and talked
very rationally, and in a few moments
said to tin- doctor that lie had only a
few more minutes to live and asked
that lie be given something to stop tin
pain. The doctor administered an. opiate
ami Parsons became quiet and died in a
few minutes. The man was about 21
years old. and was beating his way on
the train when kill- *l.
KILLED BY THE SOUTHERN.
Richmond. Va.. June 26.—James H.
Nelson, weighniaster ami storekeeper for
the W. R. Trigg Shipbuilding Company
here, was run over and killed by a train
on th«* Southern Railway at 11 GO
o'clock this morning. His body- was ter
ribly mangled. Mr. Nelson was flu
father of Mr. Jesse A. Nelson, the Su
perintendent of the Trigg Ship Yards.
WHOLESALE GROCERS TO MEET.
Richmond, Va., June 26, —'Hie South
ern Wholesale Grocers Association,
eighth annual session, will be held in
Asheville, N. C., July 6th.
This organization comprises the trade
of twelve States atnl two territories.
The approaching convent ion will, it is
stated. Ik* the largest ever held by the
Association. From some of ihe larger
Southern cities the entire trad*.* is ex
pet ted to attend.
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING. JUNE 27, 1899.
FRENCH CABINET ,
OUFLINESft POLICY
I
The Usual Uproar Follows in
Ihe Chamber.
THE REPUBLIC FIRST
THE ARMY. ITS DIGNITY AND IN
TERESTS AFTERWARD.
THE MINISTRY HAD A SM»LL MAJORITY
Its Motion Prevailing by a Vote of Only 263 to
237. Ministers Much Interrupted
And Violent Txcitem’nt Pre
vailed in the lobbies.
Paris. June 26.—Tin* new Cabinet
Ministry presented themselves to tho
Chambers this afternoon.
The Chamber of Deputies was
thronged and there was great animation
at the opining of tin* session when it
became known that two alleged hostile
groups, the Socialist-Radicals and the
Democratic Left, had derided to vote in
favor of the Government and that M.
Patti De Cttssagnae had withdrawn his
interpellation.
Identical statements were read in tin*
Chamber of D**j uties by the Premier. M.
Waldeck-Rousseau and in the Senate by
the Minister of Justice, M. Munis.
They were as follows:
“The (’handier of Deputies, in ex
pressing itself resolved not to support
any government lmt one determined to
defend energetically Republican insti.'i
tions and assure public order, has clearly
defined the task imjtoscd upon the new
Cabinet. The Ministry has no other *n;
bit ion than to accomplish it. In order to
bring alwuit the pacification of ihe coun
try and to maintain intact our common
inheritance, it seemed to us that exist
ing delusions should Ik* effaced ami
that the work we are about to under
take required the *•*»-< perat ion of all R* -
publicans*. When the aim is definite,
though varying according to the meth
ods of different schools accord becomes
easier and con!rover:-’c» are I*l*o in
the presence of or..* duty to perform.
To i'iid the agitations pursued, .mder
disguises easy to penetrate, against the
regime which has been sanctioned a.id
will be upheld by universal suffrage,
and to rerequire from all the serve**,loyal
assistance and (-outrageous as-umi ti-us
of responsibility. Such is necessarily
t'he first duty of the Government. If is
resolved to have all judicial decision* re
speeted, and f the first wish of the
country is to listen to the voice of jus
tice it will maintain silence and respect
while its decisions are prepared.
“In the front rank of the important
interests of the country, hound up with
the conservation-of the dignity of the*
nation, we place tin* interests of tie*
army, which the Republic iias con
structed on a stronger and wider basis
and which is synonymous with the Re
public's security and is the pride of
France. We think, with the army’s
most illustrious and surest guides, that
inviolable' attachment to discipline is
the first and essential guarantee of the
army's own greatness. We intend to
defend it with the same energy against
tin* attacks and solicitations which eon
stitut** the most undeserved of insults.
“We desire above all that appease
ment may he accomplished and it will
come quickly if every one will give up
Vaing a law unto himself and bow to
the law of the land.
“To accomplish the work which has
devolved upon us we have need of the
co-operation of parliament and its whole
confidence. We ask the widest man
date. We take the fullest responsi
bility. We ask for a truce of the irri
tating discussions, hurtful to the iinter
ests of the country and that you will
vote without delay a sum necessary to
the good working of public services. If
our efforts are not sterill, disunion
among Republicans will vanish and the
Republic will soot* resume the path of
“conomie and social progress.”
The Senate, by a vote of IS7 to 25.
approved the declaration of the Govern
ment.
In tin* Chamber of Deputies, M.
Ernest Roche. Socialist, interpellated
thd Government regarding the pdicy
and composition of the Ministry. He
declared it was a government of war
and of defiance and violently attacked
the Minister of War, General The Mar
quis Do Gallifet.
Other speakers followed in a similar
vein and eight orders of tin* day wen
moved, only two of them approving the
Ministerial statement.
M. Wahleck-Rousseait rppi'iied t<> tin*
various interpellations. lie expressed
the hope that it would not be necessary
o take more sever** measures and said
he thought it easy to demonstrate
whence came fin* attacks upon the
courts.
In conclusion the Premier said:
“Our task is Ip-avy. Whatever course
tin* ("handier may pursue, 1 have done
all my duty.”
The speech of M. Waldeck-Rousseau,
was much interrupted. The noise, at
ones, was deafening and several mem
hers were called to order.
M. Waldeek-Rousseau accepted an or
der of I lie day moved by M. Jules Peril
"T, Radical-Socialist, reading as fol
'ows:
“The Chamber approving the declara-
tion and acts of the government, passes
to tin* order of the day.”
The Chamber adopted M. Perillier's
motion by a vote of 263 to 237. An in
describable scene of excitement fol
lowed in the lobbies.
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
The New Industries Reported in the
South in a Week.
Chattanooga, Tenn., June 26.—The
more important of the new industries re
ported by The Tradesman during the
week ended June 24 are a .$60,000 brick
making plant in Florida; coals mines in
Kentucky; three cotton mills in Georgia
and one each in North Carolina, South
Carolina and Virginia; cotton seed oil
mills in North Carolina and Texas; elec
tric light and iwiwer companies in Ala
|uima, Mississippi, North Carolina, Vir
ginia and West Virginia; a fertilizer fac
tory in Georgia: flouring nulls in Arkan
sas and Tennessee; gas works in North
Carolina and West Virginia; graphite
mines in Alabama; ice factories in Ala
bama and North Carolina; an iron bed
stead factory in Tennessee: lime kilns in
West Virginia; lumber mills in Georgia.
Kentucky and South Carolina; planing
mills in Florida and Georgia; a rice mill
in Louisiana; a roi>e ami yarn mill in
South Carolina; a sash, door and blind
factory in Georgia; a telephone company
in North Carolina; a tobacco stemmery
ni Virginia.
WORLD'S CONGRESS OF WOMEN.
Novel Idea of Its President, the Coun
tess of Aberdeen.
London, June 26.—The International
Council of Women opened to-day. Tin*
Countess of Aberdeen, President of the
Council, in her address, after cordial
words of welcome, sketched the duties of
tin* Council. She said international ar
bitration should ever Ik* placed foremost
in its programme, advocated the estab
lishment of an international bureau of in
formation regarding all that affects wo
men. anil warned women against arro
gating to themselves alone the duties of
curing all evils, saying:
“It may be well to have unions of
mothers, but do tin* fathers count so lit
tle in the homo that their counsel is not
needed V Tin* redemption of the race can
only be compassed by .men and women
joining hands and making common cause
in every department in lit'**.”
in conclusion, the Countess of Aber
deen deprecated the 'idea usually formed
iltout women's congresses, that they
I/Ovtire bent upon devising plans whereby
women might bo emancipated from home
duties, slaving:
“This congress holds fast to the be
lief that woman’s first mission must be
her home.”
DAVIS COMMITTED TO .TAIL.
Tarboro. N. (’.. June 26. —(Sp-*ebil.) -
Chance Davis, charged with burning
the residence of Mr. Battle's at (Viol
Spring, this county, was committed to
jail today. His counsel waived examina
tion-. Jacob Battle ami 'Don Gilliam
represented the State. The defendant
was represented by Paul Jones.
BIG TIN PLATE STRIKE
IT WILL THF.OY/ 50.0C0 PEOPLE OUT OF
EMPLOYMENT.
Result of Failure of Am-i’gamated Association
And Factory Owners to Agree on a 20
Per Cer t Adv nee.
Pittsburg. Pa.. June 26.—A1l the Tin
Plate Works in the country will be
closed at midnight on Friday as a result
of the failure to settle the wage scale
at the conference in Chicago. Fully 50,-
000 persons will be thrown idle by the
shut down.
The conference, when opened in Chi
cago on Tuesday morning, closed Sat
urday evening at six o’clock, without
having arrived at an agreement. The
workers wage committee acting under
instructions received from the annual
convention hold in Detroit last month,
made a demand for an advance of 20
per cent. The present wage scale will
expire on June 30th. and members of tile
Amalgamated Association are not per
mitted to work after that date unless
the new scale is signed.
. About 25,000 skilled workers are mem
bers of the Association and as many
more are dependent upon them and will
lit* idle while the skilled men are unem
ployed. Nearly 75 per cent, of the
tin plate workers of the country are em
ployed in Western Pennsylvania mills.
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.
The drafting committee of the peace
conference on arbitration adopt'd the
first reading of the proposed code of
procedure on arbitration yesterday.
Th** the second reading will ofceur
on Friday, when the second reading of
the penman* lit arhitratbni proposal,
based on the scheme of Sir Julian
Pauneefote, the head of the British del
egation, will occur.
St. Petersburg, June 26. —The Czarina
gave birth to a daughter here this after
noon. Sin* was named Maria.
Tile trial 'at Nice of General Gil'leti di
Guiseppe. the Italian charged with es
pionage. who was arrest***! there June 12.
resulted yesterday in a verdict sentencing
him to five years imprisonment and to
pay a fine of 5,000 francs.
The seven,tv-fifth anniversary of the
Vale Law School was celebrated yes
tenla.v. Tin* oration was given by At
torncy General John \Y. Griggs, whose
theme was “The Advances otf Jurispru
deuce in the Nineteenth Century.”
FIH HORNS TOOTED!
DELEGATES HOWLED
Another Fruitless Day in the
Kentucky Convention,
MINORITY FILIBUSTERED
A.w> ONLY TWO BALLOTS WERE
TAKEN AT THE SESSION.
CHAIRMAN RLFUSED TO ALLOW APPEAL
From His Deds : cn and the: Fun Bfgan. Mat y
Dtlegabs Wearied Out are • eavmg
For Horne. Niw Voibel
Against Ue Field.
Louisville, Ky., June 26. —A continu
ous performance of howling farce, last
ing eight hours, a rare vocal entertain
ment, with soloists and chorus of several
hundred voices, declamation and tin horn
tests of lung power, made up the pro
gramme of the sixth day's session of the
Democratic State Convention and it nar
rowly escaped winding tip in an exhibi
tion of pugilism mill markmanship.
From 10 o’clock until 6 to-day -Central
Music Hall contained without dtrmht the
most uproarious and disorderly body of
men that ever gathered together for the
transaction of political or other business.
Angered by what they considered an ar
bitrary ruling of the chair, in refusing
to allow an appeal from lies decision, de
claring out of order a motion to remove
policemen from the hall, over half the
delegates set -about with all the energy
they could command to prevent by deaf
ening noise the transaction of any furth
er business until they secured a vote on
this appeal. This plan was successfully
carried out until] nearly 6 o'clock this
evening, when principally because of ut
ter physical exhaustion, th** filibuster**!'
allowed themselves to be outwitted and
the ballot on nomination for Governor,
which the (hair had ordered early in
tin* morning and had tried repeatedly to
proceed with, was concluded by having
file county chairman, or as many as
would come to the stage and yell their
vcites to the clerk, who at a distance of
a few inches was able to catch the
figures.
Before they fairly realized it they -wore
beaten and a second ballot was reached,
this time with less tribulation. These
two ha Hots, though fruitless, represent
the day's work of the convention. After
they were completed all wore glad
enough to adjourn until 10 o’clock to
nurmw morning. ,
Behind this spectacular entertainment
the three candidates for Governor work
ed like beavers. To-day it was clearly
Goeliel against the field and the Kenton
county leader, cold and nervVless as
ever, has successfully defied his. two op
ponents to combine anil beat him. They
may do it yet. but ko far they have
shown themselves woefully lacking in
their ability to throw their vote in any
one direction or to keep it silent when
their managers deemed it best that no
votes In* east. G*»«*l«*l controls tin* or
ganization of tin* convention and
through it the State Central Commit
tee, but at present the fight is as open
and ns fierce as it has been at any time.
Many delegates, weary after last
week’s session, or at the end of their
allowance for expense account have gone
home. What effect this will have on
the main eentest is an open question, but
it has seriously alarmed many of the
candidates for minor offices.
The Chairman's efforts to secure a roll
call on the nomination for Governor 'af
ter the convention convened developed a
season of excited speech-making.
Them Came a deafening churns of sing
song yells, the chairman boating time
eon fnoco, with his gavel. After several
minutes of this pandemoniu.m, a faceti
ous delegate arose.
“Gentlemen,” he said, after struggling
seme time t<> make himself heard, “there
seems to b*> a general disposition to sing.
Why not lot ns sing together. Lot ns
sing “Praise God From Whom All
Blessings Flow.”
A wav of laughter swept over the hall,
then all caught up tin* strain and the
hymn was snug amid surroundings + hnl
made it sound weird and uncanny, not
indicative of peace and good will.
But sacred music never had a loss
soothing influence, and nnoth *’* attempt
to start the roll call was howled down.
At this juncture a delegate rushed to
w-aid the stare. In front of tie* ••hair
man stood a line of hlueeoats. The *>v
eited delegate began to denounce tie
police, th** chairman and things general
ly. An officer laid his hands on the dis
turber’s shoulders. The convention arcs*
as one man and a dangerous movement
to the front of the house began.
Every delegate was on his feet and
wildly excited. his gesticulating noi-v
mass surged forward, pushing hack the
police and crowding them against the
stage. Four of the dissidents with pres
ence of mind took possession of the dis
turber and hustled him out of the way.
The police who had been stoically listen
ing to all sorts of denunciation for hours,
evidently took the matter seriously.
One of them, (’aptaiii Maher, pulled his
revolver. His intention was probably to
protect Chairman Red wine, who had
made his way to tin* rear or tin* stag*.
At any rate the crowd did not catch
sight of the weapon or tin* convention
might have *leVelojK**l what lias been *.)<•-
mentarily feared for nearly a week—a
general tight.
The cause of this disturbance removed,
PRICK FIVE l c? S.’S.
comparative silence and that was not
deathlike, was restored.
One delegate shouted: “Mr. Chairman,
1 move th** convention adjourn to meet
some future date in Manchester, day
county. Kentucky.”
A Hardin leader in front of the stage
asked the chairman if he would call tlie
roll ou appeal.
“No, sir.” came the determined answer
“My Country ’Tis of Thee,” began th**
crowd, and for five minutes th** conven
tion took part in an admirable rendition
of tile national anthem. Patriotic music
had even a less quieting effect than re
ligious.
"My Old Kentucky Home," followed
and the gathering became |H*rsmial.
“Hang Redwim* on a Hour Apple
Tree,” they chanted.
Meanwhile the Chairman reclined in
his easy chair, his elbow on the table
with head resting on his hand tanning
himself complacently.
In order, to rest their vocal organs tin*
delegates started a round of whistling
with "A Hot Time” as the theme.
Chairman Redwim* here showed the
first sign of impatience. Rapping the
table sharply he said imploringly: "Gen
tlemen, how long is this thing going
to last?”
“Until we get a vote.” came tin* re
sponse like a Kansas cyclone, and tin*
crowd struck up: “\Ye Won't go Home
Till Morning.”
The disorder continued without in
terruption until after five o'clock when
the Goi'hi l men hit upon the plan to
have county chairmen come to the stag**
and east th** votes of their delegates
This set their frenzied opiMuients Im*-
side themselves with anger hut the roll
call proceeded, the awful din increasing
all tin* while. County chairmen came
to the stage and the clerk had to lean
over to very close range to catch a word
that was said. The Hardin men and
many Stone delegates did not. vote.
After half an hour of the hardest kind
of work, tin* ballot was furnshed and
announced as follows:
Goebel. 352'A: Stone. 261’.: llardin.
67.
The chair ordered another ballot,
whereupon Oi'iie James, a big lunged
Stone leader cried: "All Hardin and
Stone men refuse to vote.”
“They wont do it.” the GoClieUtcs re
sponded defiantly and sure enough they
did not. and predictions that have lx*en
.made that tin* weakness of Hardin mid
Stone would show itself in the lack of
control over their delegates were verified.
The last ballot, the 13th. resulted:
Goebel 32*64; Stone 275: Hardin. SO.
By agreement between of the candi
dates tin* convention then adjourned
until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
SEVERE MEASURES PROPOSED.
Madrid. June 26.—1 n the Chandler
of Deputies today tin* Premier. Senor
Don Francisco Silveia. replying to a
quotioii by Senor Rnmery Robledo as
to the disturbances in various parts of
tin* country, said that those at Seville
and in Madrid were not important, but
tiii* disorders at Sarragosa were se
rious. The Government, hi* declared,
was fully determined to punish severely
all outbreaks against law and order and
if necessary, tin* whole peninsular would
he declared in a state of siege.
SEABOARD CONTRACTS
FOR THE BUILDING OF THE ROAD FROM
CHERAW TO CAMDEN.
May or May Not go by Columbia. M. J. ''on
don, of Kn xville, Was the Lowest
Bidder, Work to Begin at Orce
Norfolk, Va.. June 26. —From sources
which < an he relied u]mui. it can hi* * na
tively st.it* «1 that the contract was exc
cut cm! to-day by the Seaboard Air Lite*
for tin* building of th** road between
(’ll craw and Camden. S. ('.. an id from
Camden to a connection with the
Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad
at or near Columbia. S. <’.
While the surmise is- strong that the
Seaboard Air line will run this new
road through Columbia, this cannot yet
lit* definitely confirmed. There serais
to be enough doubt to prevent any pvsi
ti'-o statement in the matter.
The other party t-o the eomtraot is M.
J. Condon, of Knoxville, Tenn., who was
the lowest bidder. The work of grading
will lie begun next week and enough
eighty-iKMind steel rails have already
been ordered to cover 100 miles of terri
tory, though this is considerably more
than the distance between Cheraw and
Columbia. According to the terms of
tin* contract the line most be completed
before 'December 15th. 1800. which, in
ecuniectiiwii with the Ridgeway and Rich
mond extension, will give the Seaboard
Air Line a solid track from Virginia's
capital through Coluimhia iM’rhaps, and
through Savannah certainly, to Tampa.
Florida.
TO IMITATE WHITES.
Ilawkinsvilic. Ga.. June 26. It'll Col-
I'inns and Monroe Washington, both col
ored, been me involved in a quarrel last
night near here. Washington was killed
as a result. A posse, including many
negroes, is in pursuit and Collins will be
captured to-night. The negroes declare
that there will be a lynching.
$1,000,000 WAREHOUSE CO.
Dover. Del., June 2*!. —A eertifiaete ** f
Incorporation was tiled to-day with the
Secretary of Stall* by the Danville (Va.)
Tobacco Warehouse Company of Brook
lyn. New York. Capital $1,006,000.
The British House of Lords yesterday
defeated tin* bill legalizing the election
of women as councillors and aldermen.
The vote stood 182 against the measure
and 68 in favor of it.