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The News and Observer. von. XLV. NO. 15. LEADS 111 SUM OAHMA DAILIES 1 IEIS AND DKiLATIDN. WILD WORK OF . WIND AND Ri Cyclone Strikes Mount Airy, Demolishing Buildings. 1 * '■ SUSPENSION OF TRAFFIC THE TELEGRAPH WIRES ARE DOWN ABOVE DONNAIIA. ONE MAN’S LIFE LOST IN THE YADKiN River Higher than Ever Before Known. Mount Airy Trains Stopped. Trestles and Tracks Washed Away. Tannery Probably Destroyed. Winston, X. C., Septembet 23.—(Spe cial.)—The Winston Cigarette Machine Company, which has sold a large number of machines in Japan, Mexico and other places, has been re-organized with a cap ital stock of thirty thousand dollars. The new owners are: W. T. Brown, J. A. Vance, of Winston; J. R. Williams. Will Holt, of Fayetteville; Otto Magnus, A. B. Galloway, of New York. Mr. Wil liams is president. A cyclone visited Mount Airy last evening, unroofing the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley depot and blowing down several buildings. Three miles west of Tilot Mountain the railroad trestle and one hundred feet of track were washed away. The Mount Airy train had to stop at Pilot Mountain. Train will bo able to pass sometime to-night. The Wilkesboro train could go no farther than Donnaha to-day. The Yad kin river there was four feet above the railroad track and trestle, highest ever known.* Telegraph wires have been down above Donnaha since five o’clock this morning and no news has been received from there since that time. At that time the river was up to the depot and it is feared Smoot & Sons* big tannery lias been washed away. Near Donnaha to-day Lewis Moser, aged 21 years, was in the river catching pumpkins as they floated down. He ventured too far and was drowned before assistance could reach him. THE TRACK OF THE STORM. Charlotte, N. t\, September 23.—Spe cials to the Observer from points in Western North Carolina tell of serious damage from a cloudburst, ’lhe Yadkin and Catawba rivers are booming. In Caldwell county the rainfall has been six inches in twenty-four hours. The Carolina and Northwestern railroad tracks are two feet under water in one place. 'Trains have been delayed on the Western North Carolina by washouts. The river bottom corn crops are covered with mud and are ruined. The hay crop is also seriously damaged. Some families have been driven from their houses to the hills by the freshet. OUR MINISTER TO* SPA IN. Files Ilis Resignation—Why he May Never Return to Madrid. \r Washington, September 23.—Following the custom in the ease of a Minister who has been obliged to leave his post by tin breaking out of hostilities. Stewart L. Woodford, has filed his resignation as Minister of Spain. It is believed lint it will be six months before the United States has occasion to send a Minister to Madrid again, and if Mr. Woodford’s resignation remains so long unactel upon, his status will be merely nominal, for under the law, his salary ceased after the expiration of sixty days from the date he left his post, with the addition of a sufficient period of time, to enable him to return to the United States. It might have been possible for General Woodford to have returned as Minister had the Spanish Government seen fit to make a request to that effect. Otherwise it is customary to send a new Minister to restore harmonious reflations between the two Governments, lately at war. Should the United States Government persist in returning General Woodford to Madrid, it would be obliged to re ceive Senor Bernabe, late* Spanish Min ister to Washington, whose course in establishing a system of espionage in Canada during the war, rendered him unpopular in the United States. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ j NEGRO TAX LISTER. ! ♦ White Ladies Had to go to Him to ♦ X List Taxes. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ (Correspondent Kinston Free Press.) ♦ ♦ VANCEBORO IS KNOWN AS THE BANNER DEMOCRATIC 1 ♦ ♦ TOWNSHIP OF CRAVEN COUNTY. A HOOD MANY TWO YEARS ♦ ♦ A<IO VOTED THE POPFLIST FUSION TICKET. THE RESULT ♦ ♦ HEINE A NECJUO TAX LISTER AS BLACK AS THE ACE OF ♦ ♦ SPADES. OF COURSE, WHITE LADIES HAD TO LIST ♦ ♦ WHERE THEY HAD PROPERTY. I CONVERSED WITH SEV- ♦ ♦ ERAL POPULISTS WHO SAID THEY WOULD VOTE AND WORK ♦ ♦ FOR THE WHITE MAN’S PARTY, ONE BEIN'!J THE POPULIST ♦ ♦ REGISTRAR. ♦ A ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦«♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ GEN. GARCIA IN SANTIAGO HIS RECEPTION BY THE AMERICAN OF FICERS. Cheering Throngs Witness his Arrival. Recep tion at the S«n Carles Club. Garcia Pra ses Americans. Santiago eh* Cuba. Sept. 23. —To (he residents of Santiago yesterday was the most important day since the capitula tion, as it was tin* occasion of tin* first, visit of General (’alixto Garcia to San tiago since he left there in a had tem per on July 17th. At 9 o’clock in the morning General Wood, with a portion of General Lawton’s staff and several American officers, met General Garcia outside the city limits and escorted him into the town. Garcia was accompanied by his staff and bis son. Colonel Caiix.o Garcia, by Cuban officers who have re cently come to Santiago, and by 200 Cuban cavalry. The streets were thronged with cheering people, and it was estimated that 10,000 persons filled the plaza in front of the patnec where General Garcia dismounted. He was met at the door by General Lav t* n end an informal reception by the* American officers was held in the audience room At night another reception was tenderel (lei oral Garcia at the San Carlos dub. which was filled with promiuenl Cc huns, American officers, and ladies. The plaza was brilliantly light d and decorated with flags, and music was fu»liislied by the band of the Fifth in fantry. ' In reply to a speech of welcome deliv ered by Senor Trujillo, editor of the Poivenir, General Garcia said: “After 30 years of desperate, dead'.* struggle, the Cuban people to-day «*e'.e brate the success of their effort* I* is a day for the remembrances of the names and deeds of those heroes who fought and died for the freedom of Cu ba. from the years ISOS to IS7S, and for the remembrance of the heroes who fought in the war of 1881, which was called the ‘Little War*—little only he cause of its short duration, but great on account of the principles defended and for the quality of the men who opposed the army—and for the remembrance o those noble soldiers who fell in the strug gle which began in ISlkl, over whom* graves our latest tears have fallen. "People of Cuba, we owe a great debt to those heroes for their efforts in Ik* half of Cuban independence, efforts which would have been useless no. not useless, for we would have triumph, d; but, not speedily effective, if the Ann •i --eun people, that colossal republic, with its famous fighters, great ships and dauntless army, had not sent its own sons to slic'd their blood with ours. A grand nation it must he, when the son*, of millionaires, who had nothing to gain in Cuba, but a soldier's fate, should come here to die side by side with Cu bans. To this great nation —I<> tins noble country which has always fought for the rights of liberty—we owe the achievement of our independence and the consummation of our ideals. Our gratitude will long live for America.” - General Garcia's speech, which was delivered with considerable expression, aroused much enthusiasm among the Cubans present. General Garcia will remain in Santiago for several days, ns the guest of the* Cubans of this city. EVACUATION PRO( IRESSING. Preparations for a Grand Time at The Flag Raising Over San Juan. San Juan do Porto Rico, September 23. —Everything regarding the evacuation of the Island of Porto Rico by the Span-j ish troops is proceeding satisfactory. The Spaniards are acting in perfect good faith and are turning over everything as they quit the* various towim. Preparations are being made for an elaborate and impressive ceremony when the American flag is raised over San J nan. The military commission has adjourned until Monday next. The lights on the north coast of the island which have been dark since the war began, have been relighted by the Spaniards, except at San .Tuan, where the lighthouse was destroyed in the bom bardment by the fleet under Bear Ad miral Sampson. We bear the expense of the maiutain ance of the coast lights. The wife of Ernest Paulmier, a mem ber of the ChanibcKs of Deputies, has ad ded another tragcdV to the bewildering intricacies of the Dreyfus plot, by shoot ing M. Ollivier in mistake for M. Millerand. who she said had slandered her and her husband, because her hus band had written a letter to the Minister of War striving to put a stop to the at tacks on the army, provoked by the - Dreyfus affair. RALEIGH, N. C., SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 24, 1898. **4++****S** ************************* ♦♦♦♦♦«♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ j COST OF PENITENTIARY, f | The Authorities Refuse Information, f l But There is an Increase in ; | “Salaries and Wages.” | it The penitentiary authorities refuse to f j: give an itemized statement of expenses, | | but John R. Smith has furnished salaries | i: and wages and mileage and per diem of % Directors for 1897. Here’s the difference. | I Under Democrats; | ♦ Wages and Salaries . . $48,704.58 % | Mileage and per Diem . 2,435,69 ♦ | Total, .. . $51,140.27 j ♦ Under Fusion: i % Wages and Salaries . . $57,619.95 | | Mileage and per Diem . 3,165.00 j ] - Total, . . . $60,784.95 f l Difference in favor of Democrats in two ♦ ♦ items of expense $9,644.68, or 4821 | bales of cotton at McKinley gold standard ♦ | prices. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦❖♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦♦♦« THE IMPERIAL EDICT Recalling to Power the Em, press of China I ITS FULL TEXT TO HAND CHINESE MINISTER TALKS FREE - LY CONCERNING THE DOCUM ENT. - i NO TRIUMPH OF ANY FOREIGN POWER Its Fssential Purpose is to Strengthen China Herself at a Urna When Serious Tor eign Problems Confront her. S ketch of Dowager. Washington. It. C., September 23. — The Chinese Minister, Mr. Wit Ting Fang to-day received a cable dispatch from the Chinese Foreign Office at Pe kin giving the text of the edict issued by ! the Emperor yesterday, in which, owing tit the critical condition of Chinese af fairs, he calls hack to power the Em press Dowager and commits to her hands the direction of the vast affairs of the empire. The edict, freely translated from the cipher cable is as follows: I “Now that China is disturbed, and there is need that all business shall be done well. we. the Emperor, agitated from morning to evening for the welfare j of all affairs and fearful less errors may I occur, observing from the beginning of the reign of Tung Chi, that the Empress Dowager has twice given instructions to the Emperor, each time with signal abili ty and success, so we now, considering the important interests of the empire, have begged the Empress Dowager to give to the Emperor the benefit of her ripe experience and her instruction. The j Dowager Empress has been pleased to accede to this request. Therefore it. is to he the good fortune of the whole etn- I pire that this auspicious event is brought about. From to-day the Empress Dowa ger conducts the business in the Imperial apartments, and on the eighth day of the present month. (Chinese calendar, mean ing to-day English calendar) we will take all the princes and ministers to perform the ceremony in the Chin Chung Palace. Let the Y # amen, (foreign office) prepare ■ that the ceremony may be performed I with fitting honors.” The Chinese Minister aws seen at the { Legation, to-day, and talked freely con cerning the edict. He said there was no secrecy about it. nothing to indicate that it was a triumph of ele ment over another, and that its essential purpose was to strengthen China herself at a time when serious foreign problems were presented. It was quite natural, I he said, that, the Dowager Empress • should be called to the aid of the Em • peror, owing to dynastic reasons. The ► present Dowager has survived three * dynasties, beginning with that of Empe ► ror Ilsien Fung. She was the second ► w ife of the Emperor, and bore him a ► son> Tung Chi, who, on the death of * his father, became Emperor. The latter ► was an infant ruler, and the mother. ► then and now Dowager Empress, directed for him the vast affairs of the empire. ► On his death without issue, the Dowager elected her nephew, Kvvang Hsu. to be come Emperor, and his reign is now in progress. He was a child when he took the throne, 24 years ago, and up to nine years ago the- Dowager directed affairs for him. acting much as the Queen Re gent of Spain acts for the hoy king. It is this Dowager Empress who is now recalled to the active assistance of the Emperor. This, tin* Chinese Minister points out. is a natural move toward the strengthening of the hands of the Em peror. giving him that same aid which the Dowager Empress gave while tin* Emperor and his predecessor were infant rulers. Concerning the report that the Em press’ return to power was a coup d’etat, favorable to Russia, the Minister said he did not consider the move favorable to any power as against any other. Its effect, lie said, will be reward strict impartiality in China’s treatment of Russia. Croat. Britain, Germany. France and the United States. Japan and the whole world at large. During tlie former regency of the Em press she had shown marked friendship for the English, so that in the opinion of tin- Minister it was unfair to presume she had English prejudices. As to its effect upon Li Hung Chang, the Minister said tin* Dowager Empress had long ad mired the rugged ability of the old statesman. He did not think this would result in the return of Li to the Foreign Office. It was probable, however, that Prince Li would continue in his nominal post as Imperial Secretary. The Minister speaks with special satis faction of a concession which he signed a short time ago. by which an American syndicate will build a railroad from Hankow to Canton. It is understood that among the names of those interested in this concession are the Rockefellers, Morgans. Vanderbilts. Brice and ex- Mayor Hugh Grant, of New York. The Minister signed this concession just, be fore the Spanish war broke out. and this led to some delay in beginning work on the road. Now. however, lit- is in formed that tin* American engineers are about to start for their surveys of the line, and the construction will be pushed from this time forward. A NEW CATTLE PLAG U E GAME PRESERVE ASSOCIATION FORMED AT RICH SQUARE. j Death from Para’ysis. Negro Child Swallows Matches and Dies of Phosphorus Poisoning. Weldon, N. C., September 23.—(Spe cial.)—-A fatal disease has appeared among the eatle in this section, and the loss in Northampton comity has been considerable, some of the farmers have lost from eight to eleven head of cat tle each. Mr. John Vaughan, who lives near Lasker, had a stroke of paralysis and died a fpw days ago. A game preserve association has been formed at Rich Square, many of the best farmers in that section intering into it. A colored child in Northampton swal lowed the heads of fifteen or twenty matches a few days ago and died from phosphorus poisoning. A good many delegates to the Tar River Association have notified Mr. B. A. Page, chairman on entertainment, that they will attend the meeting here on the 4th to 6th. Quite a heavy rain storm came up this morning. m om® emim umtmso jil—■—T—wpt«b —niiiiMiimn—■imii ii- * — 11 ■ lIJI Scene at Hood Swamp When Dr. Cy Thompson Pro posed to Give Five Dollars for the First Populist who had Joined the Democrats. DONE Bill HEGROES Carl Duncan Down East Boss ing Conventions. NEGRO ABUSES WHITE MAN XEWBEBN WILL HAVE NONE BUT NEGRO MAGISTRATES. . A SHREWD POLITICAL MOVEMENT But it Fools Nobody. Dunctn Postpones the Nomination of Negro Magistrates Un til a Few Days Before the Hec'ion. Newbern. N. ('.. Sept. 23. —(Special.— The Radical party held its convention in this city to-day to nominate candi dates for justices of the peace for the Eighth District Township. Craven coun ty, which includes tin* historic old City of Newborn, once the homo of Gaston. Manly. Stanly, Badger and a hint of noble men who have gone to their re ward. The convention was held in our beautiful court house, built |*y a Demo cratic board *of commissioner};. After selecting a chairman, and a Committee on Credentials, who retired, speaking began. There was only one man in the convention who was by nature white. Ilis name was Mm. Lawrence, who as sociates with negroes exclusively. The ex-negro Congressman O'ljara, opened the ball by the vilest speech that ever escaped the lips of a negro. U s abuse of the white people of North Caro line wa« severe and uncalled for. It is a pity that, every white man in North Carolina could not have heard this ne gro abuse his race. Editor Stevens, of our city paper, was present in the con vention taking notes of its proceedings, and any one would have thought that common decency would have prevented a personal attack on him. But no. It was |OTlara’s chance to abuse a white man without fear of being “knocked down.” and therefore, negro-like, he took advantage of the situation. WM *♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ | WORSE AND WORSE. j | A White Insanfe Man Brought to the j t Asylum by a Negro Deputy ♦ | Sheriff. ♦ + MR. R. L. HAUFF, A RESPECTABLE YOUNG YIUTE MAN IN ♦ + CRAVEN COUNTY.* LOST HIS MIND AND IIAl) TO BE BROUGHT ♦ * TO THE INSANE ASYLUM AT RALEIGH. ♦ » IN CRAVEN COUNTY THERE ARE NO DEPUTY SHERIFFS, ♦ * EXCEPT NEGROES. AND W. D. PETTIFER. NEGRO DEPUTY, ♦ # BROUGHT THE YOUNG WHITE MAN TO THE RALEIGII ASY- ♦ ♦ LUM. ♦ + THAT’S ONE RESULT OF RADICAL RULE. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ THIRD EDITION; PRICE FIVE CENTS. When the convention was duly or ganized and ready for business, every candidate for the office of justice of the peace was a negro. Some smart Radical seeing this, and fearing the effect upon the election, it was announced for politi cal reasons that the convention would adjourn until a few days before the (-lec tion, when it would be called together and the candidates named. This is a sharp radical trick. Carl Duncan was in the city to-day* Did he inspire this piece of political diplomacy? ll** was in Kinston yester day running the Rad-Pop. Eighth Sena torial District convention. His “Honor” Cy Thompson was there also. He seems to be losing his prestige in this dtectiou. He once was almost worshiped by many Populists, -but now thy.v do not seem to care any thing about him. His speeches are adversely criticised by even his own side. This gang of political supers who have been for years sucking the life’s blood out of this good old State, and bringing reproach on her good name, will soon la* doomed to the place they deserve, and the holiest patriotic num of the State will take charge of affairs. God speed the day. W. W. Kitchen at Oxford. A Large and Appreciative Audience Greet Him—The Seminary Grows. Oxford. N. C.. Sept. 23.—(Special.)— Hon. W. W. Kitchen was greeted by a large concourse of people at the court house last night, many of whom were farmers eager to hear the talented toung Congressman. He was introduced by Mr. S. Lanier, and soon - enlisted the close attention of all present who made many enthusiastic demonstrations of approval of the political truths he so clearly set forth, lie commented oil the fact that in- had written three letters to his competitor. Judge Adams, on the the subject of a joint discussion, but had not received a line in reply. H» gave him a notice of his several appoint ments in tliis county, hoping that he would meet him. but this was the wind ing up of the appointment in Granville for the present, and yet Judge Adams had not been heard from. The speeches made in this county by the- gallant Kitchen have greatly strengthened the cause of Democracy. President Hobgood, reports that his boarding patronage is by far the largest in the history of the Seminary. He has been forced to rent rooms outside the Seminary buildings for some members of the faculty. lie has thus made room in the buildings for a half dozen nmr* girls.
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