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The News and Observer.
VOL. XLVI. NO. 138.
LEADS Ml NORTH CAROLINA HUES 1 HEWS AM CDMIU^m
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PIGOUART PROVES
A FRIEND 111 HEED
The Mainspring of. Dreyfus’
Condemnation.
THE SECRET DOSSIER
PICQUART’S ANALYSIS OF TUB
FAMOUS DOCUMENT.
DE CLAM’S COMMENTARIES FDICULED
Picquart Creates a Sensation by Testifying that
General iGonse, Although Convinced of
Dreyfus' Innocence, Was Unwill
ing to Re-Open the Case.
Roraies, Aug. 18.—When the second
trial by court martial of Captain Alfred
Dreyfus, charged with treason, was re
sumed in the Lyeee at 7:25 this morn
ing, Colonel Picquart, former Chief of
the Intelligence Department of the War
Office, was called, continuing lus depo
sition, which was interrupted by the ad
journment yesterday.
The Colonel gave his testimony in the
same strong, ferfrless tone of voice that
characterized Ids manner yesterday.
Colonel Picquart discussed the secret
dossier as being the main spring of the
condemnation of Dreyfus. He took up
the documents successively, referring to
the writer’s and addresses of the letters
as “A” and “\B.” Among those present
an court were Generals Zurlindeu and
Billot, former Ministers of War.
'Madre Moniard, who argued the case
in behalf of the Dreyfus family for the
revision of the prisoner’s sentence, before
the Court of Cassation, was present this
morning to assist M. Deuiange, of coun
sel for the defense,
i’u.iowing is the evidence in detail:
Before res tin dug his position, Colonel
Picquart said:
*‘i think it necessary to say a few
words with reference to the veritable
speech for the prosecution delivered by
General Itoget when referring to the
QuenriH case.”
Then Colonel Jouaust interrupted him,
saying:
"Is it a personal matter?”
*’t shall be very brief. Colonel,” re
plied Picquart. “I am, moreover, -ready
to reply to all questions the court may
nsa on the subject.”
He explained lirst that he had little
or no connection with the Queuelli case
Teterred to by General Roget, being out
of cans at the time.
At this point General Roget arose and
said:
”1 wish to be allowed to reply.”
“You shall,” said -Colonel .Jouauwt.
Colonel Picquart, continuing, said:
‘‘l protest absolutely against the alle
gation that I consented to the communi
cation of secret documents to tin* mem
hers of the Dreyfus court martial with
out the prisoner's knowledge. I never
ordered such communication and if it
was done it was not with my cogni
zance.” '
jhen the Colonel discussed the phrase,,
occurring in the bordereau. “I am going
to the Tramouevres.” He said there was
no question of probationers going to the
mawouevTes in September. This, he
pointed out, would have curtailed their
period,of probation in an entirely unus
ual manner.
After dealing with the testimony of
the experts at the court (martial of 1894,
Picquart examined the secret dossier, a
close analysis of which, he asserted,
was particularly necessary, “owing to
the weight the document had with the
members of the court martial in 181)4
“This dossier.” continued the witness
“may l>e diA"ided into two parts. Tlip
tii-st contains three docnn»«nt»:
“One—A document known as the
D’Avignon document, the terms of which
are about as follows:
“ ’Doaibt the proofs: Service letters:
Situation dangerous for me with French
officers; No information from am officer
of the line: Important only as coming
from the Ministry: Already somewhere
else.’
"ito- I The document containing the
words ‘Cette caanile de d— —
‘Three—A document which is noth
ing but the re|x>rt of a journey to Switz
erland made in beh'ulf of a foreign pow
er.
“The second part of the dossier,” con
tinued Picquart, “consisted partly of a
supplementary review of the first. It
. contained the gist of seven or eight doc
uments, one of which ‘Cette canaille de
d will serve for the purpose of
cam pa neon.
“It also contained the correspondence
o. Attaches “A” and “R.”
These initials it should lie borne in
mind represent Colon-id Schwartzkoppen
formerly German military attache at
Paris and Major PanTzzardi the former
military attache of Italy at the French
capital.
At this juncture the Colonel said it
would facilitate his explanations if he
were permitted to see the secret, dossier,
adding:
“I have already had it in my hands,
but I fear my memory may fail me on
some points.”
“What you ask,” replied the president
of tin* court mar rial, “is inqtossihlc.
The Minister’s orders tare absolute. The
secret dossier can only be examined
under certain conditions.”
"1 regret it,” answered Picquart.
“But, I will try to refresh my mem
ory.”
The witness explained why Major Du
Paty de Clam’s translation of the
D’Avignon document which has been
classed as idiotic was open to doubt, and
why the document, if it toad any mean
ing whatever, was as applicable to
Esterhazy as to Dreyfus.
Regarding the correspondence of the
military attaches, the witness demon
strated the iusigticance of -the -informa
tion asked for. While Paty de Clam re
garded the correspondence as convinc
ing, and as clearly indicating an officer
of the Second Bureau, Picquart main
tained that the terms of the correspond
ence indicated that the writer intended
to ask a friend, and not a spy, for the
information desired. Many headquart
ers officers, he pointed out, were on cor
dial and (absohilteJy legitimate terms
with the foreign military attaches.
Colonel Picquart then took up the
“Cette canaille de <1 ” document.
He called the attention of the court to
the fact that it was addressed by
Schwarzkoppen to Pianizzardi and not
vice versa as long believed.
After giving his reasons sot believing
Dreyfus was not the person referred to
in that document, Picquart showed how
Paty de Clam endeavored to ascribe the
authorship of the document to Paniz
zardi with the view of establshing a
connection which, in reality did not ex
ist between the various documents in the
indictment against Dreyfus.
The document referred to the French
agent’s journel to Switzerland, of which
Schwarkkoppen is said to have been
informed, was only slightly comment
ed upon- by the witness as he did not
attach much importance to it.
The minute detail with which the Col
onel dealt with the evidence, clearness
of his language and his deductions had
great effect upon the audience and eli
cited general admiration.
The former chief of the Intelligence
(Continued on- Second Page.)
RED BAY WAS BUT IS NOT
BLOTTED rROM THE EARTH BY THE TROP
ICAL HURRICANE.
It Was a Town of Andros, One of Ihe Bah mas.
The Island is Full of
Corpses.
Jacksonville, Fla., August 18. —Ac-
cording to a Miami dispatch to the
Times-Union and Citizen, Captain Dil
lon, of the steamer Cocoa, states that
the tow'll! of Ited Bay on the Island
of An*os, twenty miles southeast of
Nassau, wws swept away in the recent
hurricane and about 3(H) lives lost. An
eye-witness of the storm ■estimated the
loss of life on the island was fully
six toundlred. Scattered through the
wreck of house's at Red Bay after the
storm subsiiled he said, w<»re hundreds
of corpses of i terse ns of all ages and
classes.
Captain Dillon says the wind blew
at the rate of ninety miles an hour
at Nassau with occasional gusts which
reached a velocity of 105 miles an hour.
THE SHAMROCK IS HERE.
She Was Only Fifteen Days on the
Passage.
Sandy Hook. N. .T., Aug. 18.—The cup
challenger Shamrock in tow, passed the
Samly Hook bar inward hound at 8
o’clock this morning. She is painted a
light green, and although not very beau
tiful in her present kiteh rig, she looks
to a very saucy craft and may give the
Columbia a square fight when properly
fitted out. Sir Thomas Upton’s yacht
Erin followed close in her wake. She
was only fifteen days on her passage,
not more than half as long as was ex
peeted. The Erin towed her about 2,000
miles in light winds and calms, while
she sailed 1.200 miles unaided.
THE GLEN FALLS RACES.
Glens Falls, N. Y., Aug. 18.—Sum
mary:
2:07 class, pacing. Lady of the Man
or won; Royal It. Sheldon, second;
Prince Albert, third. Time 2:00)4,
2:04*4- 2:00*/.,. 2:11*4. Royal R. Shel
don won the first and fourth.
2:14 class, trotting. I»rd Vincent
won; Charley Herr, second; Precision,
third. Time 2:10*4. 2:00%, 2:08%.
2:10 class, trotting, (not "finished).
Ivetta S.. won, the third ami fourth
heats. Jack 1). won the second; Dollar
Wilkes won the first. Time 2:12*4,
2:11%, 2:11*4, 2:11%.
THE RACES AT SARATOGA.
Saratoga, N. Y„ Aug. 18. —Summary:
First, Seven Furlongs—Brigade, 2 to 1,
Won; Exit, 20 to 1, second; General
Mart Gary. (5 to 5, third. Time 1:27*4.
Second, Five Furlongs—Little Veron
ica, 15 to 1. won; Fleeting Moments, 8
to 1, second; Dollar Sceptre, 200 to 1,
third. Time 1:02.
Third. Mile mid quarter—'The Devil,
5 to 2. won; Beau Ideal, (i to 1, second;
Meadow Thorpe, 7 to 1. third. Time,
2:07%.
Fourth. One Mile—Wcdhurst, 3 to 1,
won; Estaea, 15 to 1, second; Maurice,
5 to 2. third. Time 1:41%.
Fifth. One Mile —Alpni, (5 'to 5, won;
Myth, 5 to 1. second; Star of Bethlehem,
40 to 1, third. Time, 1:41%.
TWO MURDERERS HANGED.
Rockville. Md., Aug. 18.—Armiistead
Taylor and John Alfred Brown were
hanged here this morning for tile murder
of Louis Rosenstein and his wife. The
drop fell at 10:20 o’clock. Taylor on
the scaffold de cl ansi that Brown had
nothing to do with the crime.
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA. SATURDAY MORNING. AUGUST 10. 1899.
YELLOW FEVER
EXPERTS REPORT
The Disease Caused by a
Microbe.
“BACILLUS ICTEROIDESE”
DISCOVERED BY PROFESSOR
SANA KELLI OF BOLOGNA.
FOUND OKLY IN CASES OF YELIO V FEVER
There is a Reasonable Possibility of 0 e Pro
duction of an Anti-Serum More Pow
erful lhan Professor Sanarelli’s
It is Said.
Washington, Aug. 18. —The report, of
the commission appointed by the Presi
dent ’in 1897 from tlie Marine Hospital
staff to investigate the nature of yellow
fever was today made public by Surgeon
General Wyman. The commission was
composed «f Surgeon (Eugene Wasdin
and Passed Assistant Surgeon Godding*,
both of them yellow fever experts.
The conclusions of the c*>tmiii**«ion are
summarized as follows:
First—That the micro-organism dis
covered by Professor Giuseppe S-ana
relli, of the University of Bologna. Italy,
and by him named “Bacillus leteroi
dese,” is the cause of yellow fever.
Second —That yellow fever is naturally
infectious in certain animals, the degree
varying with the species, that in some
rodents local infedtiemt Is very quickly
followed by blood infection and that,
while in dogs and rabbits tjiere is no
evidence of this subsequent invasion of
the blood, monkeys react to the infection
the same as man.
Third—That infection takes place by
way of the respiratory tract, the primary
colonization in this tract giving rise to
the earlier manifestations of the dis
ease.
fourth-—That in many eases of the.
disease, probably a majority, the primary
infection or colonization in the lungs is
followed by a secondary infectioq, or a
secondary colonization of this organism
in the blood of the patient. This, second
ary infection! may be <-< implicated by the
.co-instant a neons passage of other organ
isms into the blood, or litis complication
may arise during the last hours of life.
Fisth —That there is no evidence to
support the -theory advanced by Profes
sor San are Hi that this disease is primar
ily a septicaemia, kasniuc'h as cases
occur in which* the ha-lcillus icteroides
can not lie found in the blood or organs
in which it might lie deposited therefrom.
Sixth—That there exists no casual re
lationship Iwf-ween the Bacillus “x” of
Sternbeyg and lira's highly inlfectiotus
disease, and that the Bacilnw “x” is fre
quently found in the intestinal contents
of normal animals and of man, as well
as in the urine and the bronchial se
cretion.
Seventh—That so far as your commis
sion is aware, the bacillus icteroides has
never been found in any laxly other
than one infected with yellow fever, and
ttyat whatever may be the cultural simi
larities between this and other micro
organisms it is characterized by a spec
ificity which is distinctive.
Eighth—That the 'bacillus icteroides- is
very susceptible to the influences in
jurious to bacterial life; and that its
ready control by the processes of dis
infection, chemical and mechanical, is
assured.
Ninth —That the bacillus icteroides pro
duces in vitro, as well ns in vita, a
toxin of tlie most larked potency; and
that, from our present knowledge, there
exists a reasonable possibility of the
ultimate production of au' anti-serum
more potent than that of Professor Sana
relli.
THE ARREST OF JIM INEZ.
Seized by the United States A .thonties
at Baracoa.
Havana, August 18. —General Juan
Isidro Jiminez. aspirant to the Presi
dency of San Domingo, was arrested by
the United States authorities on board
the steamer today as he av is Heaving
Baracoa for Santigao de Ctiwi. He
Avas unarmed and' accompanied only by
his secretary. He protested against
his arrest but was brought ashore and
lmlgixl at a good hotel.
BOILER EXPLODES; TWO DEAD.
Norfolk, Va„ August 18.—By an ex
plosion in Hitch’s saav mill, near Norfolk
this afternoon Douglass Shearer and
Fred Smith were killed. Gum OMborne
and* Preston Williams were seriously in
jured and three other men painfully
hurt. Three of the eight large Indices
exploded. The mill was not running to
day and it is supposed that the engi
neer let the AA'atcr get too low.
ONE CASE OF FEVER.
Washington, Aug. 18. —Surgeon Gener
al Wyman was -today notified by Surgeon
Carson,, stationed at Port Limoni, Costa
Rica, of -the apiKuinnwe of one case of
yellow fever at that place. 'Hie informa
tion received has been telegraphed to
several of the Southern cities which pro
hibit the importation of fruits front i**
footed ports tts soon as a case of y&llow
fever appears.
A STRUGGLE WITH WILD SEAS.
The Essex in tin' Storm off Tybee
Island.
Norfolk, Va.. August 18.—The steam
er Essex of the Merchants and Miners
Transportation Company arrived here
this evening after a severe fight of over
ninety hours Avith seas which rolled
mountain high and Avinds which reached
hurricane velocity.* She left Savan
nah. Ga., Monday at 12 o’clock bound
for Baltimore and met the fury of the
gate off Tybee- Island. She shipped
considerable water, ami her cargo of
general merchandise i,s damaged. The
seas at times -submerged her and ac
cording to Captain Dizer she had a nar
row escape. Iler twenty passengers suf
fered quire severely. She rook on a
supply of coal and proceeded to Balti
more tonight.
FRUIT GROWERS TO MEET.
Crop Sold tat a Loss—More Accommoda
tions From Railroads Wanted.
Macon, Ga., Aug. 18.—‘Hon. Pope
KroAvn, President of the Slate Agricul
tural Society has been asked to cull a
convention of melon growers and fruit
men of Georgia, Alabama and Florida,
to meet either here or in Jacksonville,
Fla., on September 12th. The conven
tion will discuss the Shipping and sale
of fruit. This year’s crop av«s raised
and sold at a loss, and the growers want
among other things more accommoda
tions from the railroads.
THE IROQUOIS OVERDUE.
Charleston. S. C., Aug. 18. —The
Clyde steamer Iroquois, Captain Ivenir
ble, which left New York on Tuesday
afternoon with fifty first-class cabin
passengers and should have arrived here
about four o'clock p. in. Thursday is still
overdue. The ship and captain are both
staunch, and no anxiety is yet felt here.
A FISH TRUSI IN FLORIDA
•" * "
IT CONTfOLSALL THE FISHERIES 1 HERE
EAST Os PEaSACOLA.
9 “
Customers of Ail i ti Houses tfa* Would rot
Buy of the T rust Went Without
Fish Yesterday.
Jackson A'ille. Fla.. Aug. 18.—The
Florida Irish and Ice Company incor
porated, of this city, is uoav am full swing.
Capital stock SIOO,OOO of which $90,000
is paid up. It controls all the fisheries
in Florida east of Pensacola.
The company is operating ninety-right
soliomM'rs ami sharpies, an auxiliary
steam* schooner and a steam
boat, all fitted with refrigerator
boxes,' employing eight hundred fisher
men), besides barrel makers, packers,
book-keepers and clerks. The President
is John Saverese, of Tampa, General
Manager. W. 11. Adams, JaeksonA'ille;
Secretary and Treasurer, George T.
Brown, Jacksonville.
TRUST GOBBLES ALL THE FISH.
Atlanta, Ga.. August 18.—The princi
pal fish dealers here haA’e received a
circular letter under date of Jackson
ville, Fla., and sent out on the 10th in
stant. giving ihe particulars of the new
combination in the fisheries of Florida.
One or two Atlanta houses Avere un
able to serve their customers any fish
today for the reason that they have
decided to communicate with the houses
not in the combine and ascertain- their
prices. It is believed by the dealers here
however, that although there are still
three houses not in the combination,
that their catch is being bought up as
fast ns brought in and that they will
eventually lx* forced into the organiza
tion.
THE TOWN SET ON FIRE.
Negro Had Threatened This Because
Forced to Work on the Streets.
Macon*, Ga., Aug. 18.—A special -to the
Telegraph from Rochelle, Ga., says; A
negro -recently threatened to ilium up the
toAvn because he Arias sentenced to work
mi the streets. Last night the town was
set on fire and every Avooden building
except tAVo Avas destroyed. The ucavs
paper plant and office was among the
number. About ten buildings were de
stroyed.
Tlie susix'ct has not been captured.
HESTER’S COTTON STATEMENT.
New Orleans, August 18.—Secretary
Hester’s statement of the world’s visible
supply of cotton slums a decrease for
the week just closed of 70,845 bales,
against a decrease of 113,020 bales last
year and a decrease of 112,551 bales
iu 1805.
The total A’isible supply is 2,258.381
bales, against 2,320,220 bales last week
and 1,753,501 bales last year. Os this
the total of American cotton is 2.044.381
bales, against 2ft 15,220 bales last, week.
1,557,501 bales last year and of ail
other kinds, including Egypt. Brazil. In
dia, etc., 214,000 bales, against 214.000
bales last week, 100,000 bales last year
and 300,200 bales in. 1805.
THE KANSAS CITY OVERDUE.
Savannah, Ga.. Aug. 18.—The steamer
Kansas City, Reported sailed from New
York Tuesday afternoon is thirty hours
overdue. At midnight rile had not been
sighted at quarantine.
AFTER AMERICAN THREAD.
London, Aug. 18.—It is said that an
English sewing cotton company will ac
quire all the common shares of the Am
erican Thread Company. American
vendors have subscribed for 125,000
pounds sterling in the new concern.
ON THE DIAMOND
Exiles Make a Triple Play
But Lose
BOSTON’S DUAL TRIUMPH
PHILLIES IJOSE ONE THROUGH
YOUNG’S EVASIVENESS.
WIN THE SECOND WHICH IS HARD FOUGHT
Sparks Was Too Many for Washington, and
Pittsburg Won a Close Game The
Orioles Broke Even With
Chicago.
Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 18. —The Exiles
made a triple play today, Quinn flaking
Casey's liner and Tucker and Loekhead
doing the rest. They were beaten, how
ever, being unable to hit MoJame* ex
cept in the seventh inning. The game
was called to allow Cleveland to natch
a train. Attendance 1)00. Score:
It. H. E.
Cleveland 000000 2 o—2 0 1
Brooklyn ~0031000 *-4 71
Batteries: Rates and Sugden; Me-
James and Farrell. Umpires, Swart-
Avood and l>Avyer. Time 1:24.
Boston, Mass., Aug. 18.—Boston took
a double header from Louisville today by
hard and opportune hitting. Meekin was
very effective in the first game. Big
Mike Sullivan, formerly of the New
York, pitched the second game for Bos
ton and Avas batted hard. Boston drove
Wilhelm out of the box in one inning
and Woods fared but little better. At
tendance 2.800. Scores:
First Game. R. H. E.
Boston 111 101 0 0 * —s 71
Louisville 00 100 1000—2 5 4
Batteries: Meekin and Clarke;
I'hilippi and Zimmer. Umpires, Gaff
ney and Latham. Time 2:02.
Second Game. R. H. F
Boston 5 0 0001001-7 14 2
Louisville 00 1001022—0 10 2
Batteries: Sullivan and Clarke; Wil
helm, Woods and Powers. Time 2:15.
Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 18.—Tlie Phil
lies lost the first game today through
their inability to hit Young. It was their
second shut out of the season. The sec
ond game was nip and tuck until the
finish. Chiles’ hit in the tenth inning
giving the locals the victory. Attend
ance 10,808. Scores:
First Game. R. H. E.
St. Louis 000500210—8 14 1
Philadelphia ..00000 0 000-0 5 2
Batteries: Young and Criger; Piatt
Fifield and McFarland. Time 1:55.
Second Game. R. H. E.
St. Louis ...000 000 02 0 0-2 10 0
Philadelphia .0011000001—3 9 2
Batteries: Smloff and Criger; Bern
hardt and McFarland land Douglass.
Umpires, Lynch and Connolly. Time
2:15.
Washington, Aug. 18. —Washington
could not hit Sparks today and Pitts
burg Avon a close game. Ely Avas bit by
a pitched ball in tin* second inning and
had to retire. Attendance 855. Score:
11. H. E.
Washington ....000 000100-1 4 0
Pittsburg 0 0 0010100-2 7 3
Batteries: Weyhing and Roach;
Sparks and Schriver. Umpires, O’Day
and Hunt. Time 1:30.
New York, Aug. 18. —The Giants made
it four straights from tlie Reds today.
Grady Avon the game for the locals, his
batting yielding four runs. Attendance
1,000. Score: R. H. E.
New York .... 1000 03 1 0 *-5 10 2
Cincinnati ....1010001 1 o—4 10 3
Batteries: Warner and Garrick;
Hahn and Peitz. Umpires, Kin-lie and
McDonald. Time 2:05.
Baltimore, Md., Aug. 18—The Orioles
managed to break eA T en with Chicago to
day after nearly fiA-ie hours of continu
ous play. In the second game Everitt
Avas put out of the grounds for abusing
Umpire Manas.-tau. Attendance 3,785.
Scores: R. H. E.
First Game.
Chicago 400 3 1 14 0 0-13 21 2
Baltimore ...120520200-12 14 4
Batteries: Garvin, Taylor, Donohue
and Chance; Nops, McGinuity, Smith
and Robinson. Time 2:50.,
Second Game. R. H. E.
Chicago' 0200 2 0-4 7 2
Baltimore 02 0030-5 71
(Galled on account of darkness.)
Batteries: Callahan and Donohue;
Howell and Robinson. Umpires, Man
nxxiiti and McGarr. Time 1:45.
EASTERN LEAGUE RESULTS.
Wo&'oSter, Mass.. August 18.—Score:
Worcester ...000 301 4 2 x—lo 13 1
Syracuse 200 000 0 00— 2 0 3
Batteries: Ivlobedanz and Carr; Keen
an and O’Neil.
ON SALE OF TOBACCO STEMS.
Washington. Aug. 18.—Mr. Williams,
the acting Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, has rendered a decision to the
effect that manufacturers of tobacco or
cigars may sell tobacco stems in their
natural condition to other manufactur
ers, to qualified dealers in leaf tobacco,
or to persons who buy tobacco stems in
their natural condition exclusively for
exjxirt. the purchaser of the stems not
being required to qualify as a manufac
turer of tobacco nor to export in txond
the stems purchased from manufactur
ers.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
GUERIN RF v £ - ALL TERMS.
Paris, Av M. Guerin decide!
tonight t< dicnlly maintain his
own- prop-si’* ami refused to ac
cept t uo*-\: on, xed by General Ja quay.
M. Cm rin’s decision ntot to snrreti h r
was delivered after a deputation of .the
national defense group had Aviited on
him and inlormcd hint of the co 1 1 cuts
of the semi-official note.
General Jaequey and M. Fir min Enure,
revisionist and Anti-Semite, a Deputy
from Oran, Algeria, had numerous in
terviews during the day Avith members
of the Chamber of Deputies and also
with Premier Wnldeck-Rousseau. avliciv
tqx>n General Jaequey submitted his pro
position for surrender.
WILL STARVE HIM OUT.
The Government has decided to make
no forcible attempt to arrest M. Guerin.
His citadel will be closely besieged and
he Avill lie starved out.
FRATERNITY AMONG WORKMEN
Chicago, Ills., Aug. 18.—At a meeting
of the Afro-American Council ted ay the
following resolution was adopted:
“That a committee be appointed to
confer with the leaders of organized la
bor to impress upon them the mutual
benefits that Avould accrue to laborers re
gardless of race could their cruel dis
crimination be set aside to bring about a
spirit of fraternity and co-oiieration a
among American Avrirkingmen of every
grade, regardless of race or section.”
COMES IN FOR REPAIRS.
Newport News, Va., Aug. 18. —The
steamer City of Birmingham, from New
York to Savannah, came in today for
repairs, her engines having been badly
crippled by the storm. She will proba
bly be in a condition to proceed, on her
trip tomorrow.
The only reminder tonight of the sc
vere storm of yesterday is a stiff wind
along the water front.
OUTRAGES ON NEGROES
INVESTIGATING COMMIIT\ E NEAR GREEN
WOOD MAKES REPORT.
Negroes, Asst reJ by the Wh Us if P.o tc tar,
Testifiy, and a Number of Arris's
Will rol'ow.
Greenwood, S. C., Aug. 18.—'Several
hundred white men met at Mount Mo-,
rinh church today to hear a report from
the committee appointed to investigate
the recent outrages committed on negroes
in t'he Mount Moriah section and else-
Avhere.
Hon. J. M. Gaines, for the committee,
stattxl that no effort had been made to
excuse or shield anyone but that dili
gent inquiry had' failed to elicit informa
tion sufficient to recommend the arrest
of any one.
The first case was that of a negro
Avho it Avas reported, Avas organizing a
plot against Phoenix and one aa’lio it is
thought took part in the ambushing last
fall.. The second was found to be a
jx-rsonal matter between a white man
and a negro.
The third Avas one in which, two wo
men were concerned.
The fourth was that of three negro
men and greAV out of a reported tres
pass on a Avhite man’s crop, and so on
doAvn the list.
There Avas only one case for which
they could not find a cause, and that
aa"us the unimercitful beating of Jake
Richardson.
Negroes appeared before the meeting
to give evidence, but many of them were
afraid to tell the names of the white men
who inflicted the punishment.
The meeting evidently thought the
committee had not been ns thorough
as it might haA'e lx*en in the investiga
tion, and several of the negroes who
haA'e been whipped and Avho were pres
ent were called for and questioned, first
having been pledged protection by the
white people by a unanimous rising
vote, for any information they might
gtie that would lead to the arrest of at
least some of the guilty parties.
The tales they told AAcre harrowing
in the extreme, especially is this true
of old man Jake Richardson, as he told
how they dragged him from a sick bed
beat him, then ravished his wife. No
one Avho hxiked in his face doubted the
truth of his statement, but unfortunately
he Avould! not divulge the names of
any of his assailants.
Five other negroes gave evidence
against Joe Joules, Jesse Cauley, Wil
liam Wilson and Robert McOaslun, all
white men, sufficient to warrant their
arrest, and the sheriff will execute pa
lters against them at one**. All the evl
denee Aveur to show that there Avas a
dozen or more of the aa hite cappers and
still others may be arrested.
THE DEMOCRATS’ PLANS.
‘No Single Representative Conference
Favoring Conservative Candidate.
Ncav York. Aug. 18. —Judge Joseph NT.
Willett. President of the Bar Associa
tion of Alabama, announced tonight that
there would lx* no single representative
conference of Democrats favoring a con
servative candidate and a conservative
platform in 1900. He said that he av;is
holding daily conference with Demo
crats from various sections of the coun
try and that lie expected to meet those
interested tomorrow and Monday, AAiheu
lie hoped to be able to .make a public
statement. #
TOTAL BANK CLEARINGS.
New York. Aug. 18.—The total bank
clearings in the United States for the
week Avere $1,514,135,513; per cent in
crease 19.3.
Exclusive of Ncav York, $574,015,732;
per cent increase 23.2.