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VOL. XXXIX. NO. 93.
THE SULTAN POISONED
TRAGIC ENDING OF THE I*LOTS
AGAINST TH«; LIFE OF
TURKEY’S RULER.
NO DETSILS HAVE BEEN OSTSiNED
Hon; Fanatical Uuibieak" iti il*p
Armenian Quar'er, hik' a Jeiribu*
Massacre of 1,000 Persons - rop> rU
of tlie American Mis.-ioimr es De
stroyed bv the Rioters —Minister *er
rell Hill l)cmaud ihut i hey he
CompensaUd Ir I irt**« Losses.
BERLIN, Nov. 19. —A dispatch from
Sofia, Bulgaria, says the Sultan of Tur
key has been poisoned. No details
given.
•- —• More Fanatical On break*.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 19, via
Sofia, Bulgaria, Nov. 19.—1 n response
to telegrams sent to Kharput by the
United States minister, Mr. Alexander
W. Terrell, inquiring into the burning
and pillaging of the American mis
sions there (exclusively announced by
the Associated Press on Saturday
morning), the Porte has furnished
some information to Mr. Terrel) and
additional facts have been obtained
from other sources by the United
States minister. As Mr. Terrell will
communicate direct with the State
Department at Washington on the sub
ject, the facts in his possession cannot
be given out here. But enough is
known of the disturbances at Kharput
to enable the Associated Press to give
the following general outline of the
occurrences:
The trouble between the Kurds and
Mussulmans at Kharput had been
brewing for some time. On one hand
it was claimed that the Armenians,
incited by the agents of their revolu
tionary committee, had been arming!
themselves, holding secret meetings !
and preparing for revolt against the i
Turkish authorities. The crisis was
to be precipitated by an attack upon
the Mussulman quarter.
A second version of the affair is that
the Turks, acting under instructions
from the Yildiz Kiosk officials, if not
from the Sultan himself, deliberately
planned to massacre the Armenians of
Kharput. The Kurds, who were not
armed with rifles, were provided with
weapons similar to those used by the
Turkish soldiery, and ammunition was
plentifully distributed among them.
At a signal agreed upon, a quarrel was
picked with some Armenians, and the
attack upon their quarters was com
menced. The Armenians, however,
who had been anticipating an out
break for some time past, had armed
themselves as well as possible and had j
barricaded their dwellings and made
so determined a resistance that the
first attack of the Kurds was repulsed.
As announced in these dispatches,
exclusively at the time, when it first
became apparent that a disturbance
was imminent, the American mission
aries at Kharput applied for protec
tion to Mr. Terrell.
The latter called personally at the
Porte and sent several notes on the
subject to the Minister of Foreign
Affairs, insisting that the Turkish
officials should protect the American
missionaries, and notifying the Sultan
and his ministers they would be held
responsible for the safety of the mis
sionaries. In view of these representa
tions the Turkish officials promised to
protect the lives of the missionaries
and detailed gendarmes to protect the
property, the following was the re
sult:
When the Armenians repulsod the
first attack of the Kurds, the latter
were so infuriated at the cheek they
had received that they proceeded to
the quarter of Kharput where the
American mission is located, and
quickly overcame any opposition of
the gendarmes, if there were any
present, (a point which has not been
definitely ascertained) they ransacked
the houses, including eight of the
American mission buildings and ex
ploded a shell in the house of the mis
sionaries. The American missionaries,
however, escaped uninjured and
placed themselves under immediate
protection of the Turkish governor,
who still has them safe under his care.
During the pillaging, it has been as
certained beyond doubt, the Kurds
were supported by the I urkish troops
in a number of instances, ami in other
cases the soldiers remained passive
spectators of the rioting.
Later a second and more successful
attack was made by tlie Kurds upon
the Armenian quarter, and a terrible
massacre followed. The number of
victims has not yet been ascertained;
but it is declared to be “enormous.”
Conservative estimates say that from
800 to 1,000 persons were killed during
the rioting.
The American missionaries have for
mally protested against tin* destruc
tion of their property to tin* Turkish
authorities and to Mr. Terrell, who,
when all the facts in the ease are thor
oughly established will most likely de
mand that the Americans be compen
sated for their losses.
In fa< t, it is understood, Mr. Terrell
has already been assured that the
Turkish government is prepared to do
what is right in the ease when all sides
have been heard and the blame is plac
ed where it belongs.
A fresli fanatical outbreak has oc
curred at Moosh, but it was supposed
by the Turkish authorities after forty
Armenians had been killed.
The situation in Southwest Analolia,
where the Christians are revolting in
large numbers, is inspiring the most
grave anxiety, not so much at the Til
ths Kiosk, as among the representa
tives of the powers here as this out
bv<*»K complicates matters in a manner
well calculated to create alarm for it
is difficult to see how the Turks can
be prevented from restoring order
there by force, which would mean
more bloodshed.
A British warship has been ordered
to Alexandretta, northern Syria and
the United States cruiser San Francis
co, flagship of the European squadron
is expected there daily.
In addition a French warship has
been despatched to Bey rout, Syria.
Rustem I‘aslia is Dead.
LODON, Nov. 19. —A report just re
ceived here from Constantinople says
that Rustem Pasha is dead, lie was
formerly Turkish ambassador to Great
Britain.
I HE VIRGINIA ( ONI ERENCE.
Lifferti-Bennett-t ancon Coutioversy
Miiisiacti riO Mettled*
RICHMOND, Ya., Nov. 19.—Soon af
ter tlie M. E. Conference met this
morning the committee of investiga
tion in the Lass er ty - Ben nett -Can non
matter reported as follows:
“Your committee appointed to inves
tigate the questions between R. H.
Bennett and James Cannon, Jr., on the
one part, and J. J. Lafferty on the
other, beg leave to report :
“After an honest, prayerful and
thorough investigation, we find that
Dr. Lafferty, in the late unhappy con
troversy, had made statements, the
truth of which has not been sustained
before us, but we desire to say—
“ First. In our judgment Dr. Lafferty
has not had the intent to injure the
good name of the late Rev, Dr. YV. \V.
Bennett.
“Second. In our judgment the un
verified statements of Dr. Lafferty are
due, not to a deliberate and wilful de
sign to misrepresent facts, but to the
prominence of self in his mental habit,
and to the fact that the glory of self is
the medium through which, without
meaning to injure others and without
conscious dishonesty, he views the his
tory of his connection with the Rich
mond Christian Advocate and the ques
tions that have arisen out of it,
“Third. We condemn the irritating
utterances which have marked his con
duct of the controversy, and for this
reason and by reason of the utter un
profitableness of such personal contro
versy as we have had conducted in
public, and its liability to engender
bitterness and provoke harsh expres
sions, the Virginia Conference should
require, and does hereby require of
him, that all such matters of personal
controversy shall hereafter be ex
cluded •from the columns of its organ,
in issues of it, regular or extra.
“We desire to add that in our judg
ment, It. H. Bennett and James Can
non, Jr., under provocation have made
intemperate personal utterances in
pvin» • nirii nre *»p**il to rrproof, all*!
we would hereby also request of them
not to introduce such personal mat
ters hereafter into the columns of the
Methodist Recorder, the organ (Ti the
Farmville and Lynchburg districts.
“Finally we recommend that in the
matter of the inquiry the committee
think no proceeings are necessary.”
A unanimous “aye” greeted the
question of adoption when the Bishop
referred the report to the conference.
The committee inthe case of Rev. J.
W. Griffith reported and said that after
a careful and prayerful investigation
of the matter, they thought it neces
sary to order a trial and reported the
charges and specifications.
The Bishop will appoint a represen
tative of the church and a minister
w ill be chosen to defend Dr. Griffith.
Dr. Ray presented a report of the
publishing investigation committee
recommending the work of the Nash
ville publishing house, and practically
in rugard to certain late published
books, including Bishop Galloway's
book, “The Current of the Globe,” and
among newspapers the Richmond
Christian Advocate.
Bishop Galloway called the question
in regard to the iife and character of
Rev. J. J. Lafferty, Rev. James Cannon,
Jr., and Rev. R. 11. Bennett, ami after
some discussion of technicalities, they
were found blameless and their char
acter passed.
All three of these gentlemen arose
and expressed themselves as pleased
with the report of the committee and
that further reference would not be
made other than as conference busi
ness. Rev. R. If. Bennett, however,
took occasion to say that while the re
port of the committee satisfied him,
yet he reserved the right to answer, at
all times, any slurs or insinuations
that might be made against him or any
one dear to him.
He did not propose to give up his
self respect, he said, with emphasis.
Til E FIFE MEETINGS CLOSED.
There H ere Mere i hart Nine Hundred
Professions.
Special to the News and Observer.
WINSTON, N. C., Nov. 19.
The Fife meetings closed here to-day
with a three hours praise service and
was one of the grandest yet held. The
evangelist says this is the best meet
ing he has ever held. There were
more than nine hundred professions.
The number includes old and young,
ricu and poor, and several bar-keepers.
Mr. Fife and his assistants left to
night for their respective homes.
About four thousand people were at
the depot to bid them good bye. A
touching farewell song service was
held just before the train left. The
evangelist and his co-workers
received $1,400 for their labors here.
They will not begin their new meeting
at Fort Royal, Ya., until December 1.
A colored child was burned to death
at Madison this morning.
A large factory for the manufactory
of telegraph and telephone pins was
destroyed by fire at Wilkesboro to-day.
It was owned by R. A. Spainhour,
“who places his loss at several thous
and dollars.
HALLIGM. N. C.. WEDNESDAY. NOV. 20. 1895.
WRECKED BY TWO BOYS OUR CURRENCY SYSTEM
AN ENTIRE PASSENGER TRAIN
D1 i Cii ED |AN D i W». PER
SONS KILLED.
TALK OF LVNCHIF.G THE CULPRITS
Thf y Have JU**mi Arrested nrd Have
Confessed Although No i-
Known for the Deed—One of Thun
Told His Sweetheart of 'I heir
tion—l Ins Was the Second Atttmpt
H ith’u Three Wet ks to Wreck the
Same Train Near the Same Spot.
SYRACUSE, N. Y., Nov. 19.—A de
liberate attempt was successfully
made at a point one mile west of Rome
at 4 o’clock this morning to wreck
train number G on the New York Cen
tral Railroad, the engine and all the
cars on the train being ditched and the
train wrecked. Engineer Hager, of
Albany, and a tramp were killed. The
fireman Chris Wagner, of Albany, and
mail clerks, porter and M. J. McCarthy
and a tramp were injured.
This was the second attempt within
three weeks to wreck the same train
near the same spot w hich is an ideal
one for the commission of such a
crime. It is on a heavy down-grade,
and trains usually run down it at the
rate of sixty-live miles an hour. This
train, opened at Rome, generally goes
down the grade at a great rate of
speed and must have been running
close to seventy-five miles an* hour in
order to make up a few minutes lost
time. There is not a house within
half a mile of the place. The wreckers
broke into the section tool house and
stole some tools, with which they re
moved the fish-plates which fasten the
rails to the ties, and pulled out the
spikes.
The train left this city at 3 o’clock.
Tt consisted of four mail cars and three
sleepers. There were eleven postal
clerks and fourteen passengers
aboard, besides the members of the
crew. The engine was thrown from
the track into the ditch and complete
ly submerged in the mire, only the
driving wheels of the left side being
above the earth. Th forward mail ear
was thrown two car-lengths ahead of
the engine and rolled down the bank,
so that it lay lengthwise: towards the
rails. The second car, in which the
mail clerks were working, was thrown
on the tender of the engine and badlv
demolished. The third and fourth
cars wer« also ditched, the ends of
each being broken. The first sleeper
was thrown from the rails, completely
rolling over. The second car was sim
ply on its side, while the rear
sleeper did not leave the track.
Engineer Hager went down with his
engine and must have been instantly
killed. The fireman, Chris. Wagner,
was badly injured about the head and
it is feared he is internally hurt.
John Hildreth and Frederick Bris
tol, two boys, have been arrested,
charged with wrecking the train.
Young Hildreth broke down and con
fessed that he and Bristol.in
with two other boys named Herbert
Plato and fheo. Hubbard, had broken
open a tool house and with the aid
of tools thus secured had removed tlie
fish plates from the rails. No cause is
given for the deed.
The body of the tramp who was
killed has been identified as that of
Billy Bond, of Boston. Ills companion,
whose left foot is cut, off, was John
Macey, also of Syracuse.
The City Hall, in which the police
station is located, is surrounded by an
alarming crowd to-night, who express
freely the opinion that the train
wreckers should be lynched. The night
and day police force is on duty to pre
vent trouble. #
Several witnesses have been taken
into custody for examination, includ
ing a young lady with whom Hubbard
kept company, and to whom he told
the story of how he and his chums had
wrecked the train.
GEORGIA DAY AT ATLANTA.
Immense Crowds Visited the Exposi
tion Yesterday.
ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 19.—Georgia
Day brought immense crowds to the
Exposition. Passenger trains were
pulled in by two locomotives each, and
the street car facilities taxed to their
utmost to move the crowds to the. Ex
position grounds.
The exercises of the day began in
the auditorium of the Exposition at
il o’clock. Governor Atkinson being
detained by illness, Senator Reeks
thanked the Exhibitors’ Association in
behalf of the people of Georgia for
their help in making the Exposition a
success, and Mr. Bennett, of New
York, responded for the exhibitors,
saying it was an honor to be heard at
the greatest exposition of the world,
except one.
Patriotic speeches were then deliv
ered by W. If. Venable, president of
the State Senate; W. H. Fleming,
speaker of the House, and lion. Albert
Cox, of Atlanta. 'The day’s programme
terminated with a grand pyrotechnic
display, of which leading features
were portraits in fire of Henry Grady
and Governor Atkinson.
SOME UNIVERSITY VOTfN.
Dr. Kilgo Invitee to Lecture on Clals
lian Education.
Special to the News and Observer.
Chapel Hill, N. C , Nov. 19.
The Y. M (J. A. has invited President
Kilgo of Trinity College to deliver his
famous lee!are on Christian Education
before the University. It is hoped he
Will COL"e
Toe electric lights are a srr* at success
and are being put all ovtrlown.
CAR LISLE SPEECH BEFORE THE
NEW YORK CHAMBER
OF CO.HMMU E.
ITS AItNUtL BANQUET LIST NIGHT
He Be (arc .s the I uiidamental Vice iu
t ui* * iwretiev Sysiein to he the Legal
’lender Note Redeem a b'e ill < oiii n>,
the Government and Re-Is-uable by
Law—'! lie l*r< ui se ol the Govern
ment to Pay Money i« Not Money—
Free Coinasp* of Silver DLcussed.
NEW YORK, Nov. 19. —The 127th an
nual banquet of the (fitamber of Com
merce of the State of New York was
held at Delmonico’s this evening. ’The
yearly dinner of this organization is
among the most important- events of
the metropolis and that of to-night
was no exception.
The chamber musters notable speak
ers and distinguished men around its
board. Utterances that have moved
the policy of the government have
been made on these occasions and it
was at one of these dinners that Sec
retary of the Treasury Windom was
stricken with sudden death a few years
ago. Covers for 275 were laid to-night.
The decorations were striking. Back
of President Orr’s chair was the seal of
the chamber surmounted by a silk and
golden braided coat of arms of 1 lid
United States draped in American
flags and flanked by the seals of the
State and city of New York. It was
somewhat after 9 o’clock when Presi
dent. Orr rapped for order and in a
brief speech in which he referred to
the Armenian atrocities introduced
Secretary Carlisle, who spoke on “Our
currency system.”
Secretary Carlisle said: “Two years
ago 1 said that the disposition and
ability of the government to maintain
its own credit at the highest standard
and to preserve the integrity of all the
forms of currency in circulation
among the people, could not be rea
sonably doubted and ought not to be
the subject of further controversy. But
the task is both difficult and expen
sive. Since that declaration was made
here, interest-bearing bonds to the
amount of $162,315,400 have been is
sued to procure gold for the redemp
tion of United States notes, and the
notes still remain the same as at the
beginning. The notes are redeemed,
blit, they are unpaid. Our legal stand
ard of value is as sound as that of any
country in the world, and if we hail
such a currency system to guarantee
its - riuiim-nt maintenance, no gov
ernment would command a larger
credit or realize greater benefits from
it than ours; but the great investors
of the world appreciate the difficulties
under which we are laboring, and un
til these difficulties are removed we
cannot reasonably hope to see perfect
confidence restored at home or abroad.
I he fundamental vice in our currency
system is the legal tender note, re
deemable in coin by the government
and re-issuable under the law.
“There are ofln r defects, but this
threatens the stability of the whole
volume of our currency. So long as
these notes arc outstanding the slight
est diminution of the coin reserve at
once excites a feeling of apprehension
and distrust, affects the values of all
securities, curtails investments, and
more or less seriously embarrasses all
the business affairs of the people.
“In attempting to provide a circu
lating medium consisting of its own
notes redeemable in coin on presenta
tion and re issuable after redemption,
the government of the United States
is engaged in a business for which it
is wholly unfitted and which was
never for n moment contemplated by*
its founders. It has a right to borrow
money and issue evidences of the debt,
but it was never eon plated that it
should convert itself into a bank of
issue and furnish a legal tender paper
currency for the use of the people. The
T reasury Department, ought to be and
was intended to be, simply a public
agency for the management of the
fiscal affairs of the government—as a
government, not as a bank and no
change made in our currency will as-.
ford relief unless it provides for the
retirement of the legal tenders.
“The circulation of legal tenders has
a tendency to drive out of use and out
of the country the very coin in which
the government is compelled to re
deem them; and it has expelled mil
lions of dollars from our borders. Al
though the government and our own
people are compelled to receive them,
they will not discharge international
obligations, and gold must go out to
settle all final balances against us.
No other government in the world is
required to supply gold from its treas
ury t.o discharge the private obliga
tions of its citizens. While the pecun
iary loss to which the people have been
subjected by the issue and continued
circulation of legal tender paper has
been almost incalculable, this has not
been the only injury inflicted upon the
country.
“The theories that the government
can create money by placing its stamp
upon paper or other material; that a
legislative enactment can make fifty
cents equal in value to one hundred
cents; that artificially inflated prices,
paid in a depreciated currency, are
better for the people than natural
prices, paid in a sound currency, and
various other vagaries now floating
like bubbles in the political atmos
phere, are all directly attributable to
the long and continued use of legal
tender paper. The proposition, that
flu* promise of the government to pay
money is money, is just as absurd as
the position that a promise to deliver
a horse is a horse, and yet there are
eminent men. high in the public coun
cils, who believe that the United States
promissory note is actual money, and
that the statute which compels all the
people to receive it as actual money is
constitutional and ought to be con
tinued in force. The agitation for flu*
free coinage of legal tender silver is
predicated upon the same vicious prin
ciple that underlies the legislation
making paper promises a legal tender;
but there is it practical difference be
tween the two systems. The United
States note was a forced loan from the
people to the government, which the
government promised to repay in dol
lars, but tlie free coinage of legal ten
der silver at the ratio of 1G to 1 would
be it forced loan from the people to
the owners of silver mines and silver
bullion, without a promise of repay
ment by anybody.
“If Hu* friends of a sound and staph*
measure of value are vigilant arid ac
tive this effort cannot, possibly suc
ceed, and the question will soon re
cede from the public view. But the
United States legal tender notes will
remain to complicate the currency
system and embarrass the govern
ment.
“In my opinion legislation in this
direction.at the earliest possible day,is
imperatively demanded by every sub
stantial interest in the country and its
postponement upon any pretext of
political expediency, or upon the as
sumption, in advance, that no satisfac
tory result can he accomplished,would
be a very grave mistake.
“No nation can reasonably hope to
control the trade of any cosiderable
part of the world unless its exchanges
are based upon a standard of value
recognized as sound in all the centres
of commerce. The pound sterling has
made London not only the principal
market, but the clearing house of the
whole world. England not only reali
zes from the profit from her own
trade, but takes toll out of the inter
national trade of all other countries.
With an inferior currency, we could
never successfully contest her supre
macy, and the belief that we can pun
ish her, or enrich ourselves, by de
stroying the value of our own money
is one of the most remarkable de
lusions of the age.
“Much of our financial trouble has
been caused by speculation here and
abroad, concerning the views and pur
poses of our people at large and the
policies of the political parties to
which they are attached. This is a gov
ernment by parties, and investors
watch with the greatest interest and
solicitude every manifestation of pop
ular opinion especially when changes
are to be made in the chief executive
office. It is of vast importance that
these doubts and speculations should
be set at rest in order that the world
may certainly know what is to be our
permanent monetary poii* y. £
“Vague and indefinite declarations
by the great political organizations of
the country not only increase doubt
and distrust abroad, but encourage
harmful agitation at home, and I
hold, therefor**, that it is the duty of
all who are or may become in any de
gree responsible for the welfare of the
country to insist that there shall be
no further equivocation or evasion in
our treatment of this great subject.
Let us have no more ambiguous
phrases, no more inconsistent and irre
conciliable clauses in party platforms
or in public utterances,but let us make
our meaning so clear and our purpose
so plain that they can be neither mis
understood nor successfully misrepre
sented.”
Secretary Carlisle’s speech was fre
quently applauded.
He was followed by United States
Senator J. U. Burrows, of Michigan,
who spoke on “Our Domestic Com
merce.”
Charles Emery Smith, of Philadel
phia, ex-Minister to Russia, was the
third speaker, his toast being “Nation
al Development and Opportunity.”
PERISHED IN THE FLAMES.
A Six~Storv Factory Itui <ling Gutted
by Fire.
NEW YORK, Nov. 19. Fire in a six
story factory building at 98 Clinton
street to-day caused a panic among
the working people employed there,
who numbered about two hundred.
One person is known to have perished,
and there may he others wdio met a
similar fate. The basement in which
the flames started was occupied as a
candle factory, and the tallow there
caused the fire to spread rapidly, cut
ting off egress byway of the stairs.
Several men jumped from the roof and
from windows to the tops of adjoining
buildings. After the building had
been gritted the firemen set about
searching for bodies. One, which lias
not been identified, was found. The
search is still being prosecuted.
Os those who jumped from the build
ing, one at least will die, and two
others, if they survive their injuries,
will be cripples.
WEDDING BELLS AT TAKBOHO.
Marriage *>T Mr. That! H . Thresh aril
Miss Jacks!** Daniel.
Special to the News and Observer.
TARBORO, N. C., Nov .19.
Miss Jacksie E. Daniel, the charming
and accomplished daughter of Mrs.
Elizabeth Cromwell Daniels, was mar
ried to-day at 5 p. m. to Mr. Thad. IV.
Thrash, of Asheville, Elder I*. D. Gold,
of Wilson, officiating. Mr. Clarence
Murphy, of Asheville, was best man,
and Miss Bessie Lawrence, of Tarboro,
maid of honor. 'The residence was
beautifully and tastefully decorated
for the occasion, and a party of special
friends witnessed the impressive cere
mony.
Mr. Thrash is a prominent business
and society man. Mrs. Thrash is one
of the lovely young ladies of this place.
They leave on the 6 o’clock train for
the Atlanta Exposition, and will also
go to Florida.
PRICt FIV F CENTS.
ARMS FOR THE CUBANS
A SPANISH STEAMSHIP L\NDS
MEN AND AMMUNITION ON
THE ISLAND.
WAS SEIZED FOR FILIBUSTERING
The Ilorsa Sail* d From Phllaitelpia
on October 9, With Forty N« w Re
cruits ami Several Thousand Cases of
Aimsoti Board-Though the Captain
Claimed to be Round tor Jamaica for
a Cargo of Fruit, the Vessel W as Sus
pected by tie* Spanish Authorities.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 19. A
dispatch from Kingston, Jamaica,
to-day, says: “The Danish steamship
Ilorsa, from Philadelphia, landed
forty men and a quantity of ammuni
tion on the Island of*Cuba on Novem
ber lot it. While the men were, being
placed ashore the Ilorsa was pursued
by a Spanish gunboat. Site did not suc
ceed in landing all of her ammunition,
forty-three eases being left aboard
when she was surprised by the gun
boat. On the arrival of the Ilorsa at
this port she was seized for filibuster
ing.”
The Ilorsa is well known in this
port. She sailed hence on October 9th,
bound for Port Antonio, Jamaica, for
bananas and other fruits. She had a
license to carry passengers, though she
was not within the law when she took
aboard quietly and unostentatiously,
forty stalwart men. These men were
volunteers for the Cuban revolution
ary army and they had been recruited
by the Cuban organization in this city.
A large quantity of ammunition, num
bering several thousand eases, was se
cretly put on board the Ilorsa just be
fore she sailed.
The Spanish consul, it. is said, sus
pected that the Ilorsa was to be used
to carry aid to the Cubans and the
steamer was watched by detectives
whose vigilance made it necessary to
take the Cuban recruits down the Del
awn re river in small parties and put
them aboard the Ilorsa at night. The
ammunition was also taken aboard un
der cover of darkness.
The Fireman’s Story.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Nov. 19. —The
Danish steamer ilorsa which landed a
company of Cuban filibusterers from
Philadelphia with arms and ammuni
tion on the coast off Santiago de Cuba,
has been seized by the authorities of
Port Antonio.
A fireman on tie Ilorsa, Fredei >ck
«r*u, lias turned evidence for the crown,
says he wn» present when the
steamer’s funnels were painted red
and tier name painted out, shortly af
ter leaving Philadelphia. Frederick
sen also admits that he saw the arms
and ammunition landed on the coast
of Cuba. ‘
No Peace Negotiations in Progiess.
MADRID, Nov. 19. —The Premier
Senor Canovas del Castillo, declares
that the persistent rumors regarding
peace negotiations between represen
tatives of the Spanish Government and
the insurgents of Cuba are untrue. He
also discredits the report that the rear
guard of Maximo Gomez’s forces was
defeated in the province of Santa Clara
and the newspapers discredit the re
ported submission of the insurgents.
808 SCALES H AS BEEY CAI GUT.
The Murderer of Mary Belton A rresi* *1
at Boone’s Mill.
Special to the News anti Observer.
MADISON, N. C., Nov. 19.
About four miles from here last Sat
urday evening Bob. Scales, a colored
lw»y, 17 years old, attempted to commit
rape on Mary Belton, a young white
girl about 18 years old. After drag
ging her from the house to the barn
he sh«t her in the eye. It is reported
this afternoon that she is dead.
The negro escaped, although there
is a strong posse of men in pursuit of
him. It is reported that they have
caught him at Boone’s Mill, a station
on the Winston-Salem division of the
Norfolk & Western railroad, near
Roanoke. A petition was sent to the
Governor, signed by all the leading
citizens, asking that a reward of SIOO
be offered for the negro’s arrest.
'i'lie work on the Mayo cotton mills
is progressing rapidly; all of the brick
work has been completed. A large
cotton house will be built at once. The
machinery is coming in. It is thought
they will be ready to run about the
first of the year.
The warhouses here continue to
have heavy breaks of tobacco.
llis Capture is Denied
WINSTON, N. C., Nov. 19. Bob
Scales, the negro who shot Mary Bel
ton while near Madison, lias not been
caught. A posse of determined citi
zens is still hunting him and say they
expect to lynch the fiend as soon as
found.
ANOTHER BOGUS CHECK MAN.
He Worked Mobile Merchants for a
Good Sized Pile.
MOBILE** Ala., Nov. 19.—Richard
Kelley, a dapper looking young man
with a smooth tongue worked ten Mo
bile boot and shoe merchants and dry
goods stores last evening. He has pre
sented bogus checks at each store, and
bought two dollars worth of goods in
each establishment receiving 23 dollars
in change and skipped. The checks
were for $25, drawn on the First
National Bank and signed James T.
Palmer & Company local merchants.
The man has worked other towns iu
the South and the police in all cities
are on the lookout for him.