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The News and Observer.
VOL.XLVII. NO. 4.
LEADS ILL NORTH CAROUNA DASUB 1 MEW 111 MDglWil,
1 DECISION 111
THE CASE UNDER
TWENTY DAYS
Judge Simonton Places the
Burden of Proof on
Railroads.
WHAT THEY MUST PROVE
THAT OTHE.II PROPERTY IS I)H
SIGNEDLY ASSESSED BELOW.
ITS VALUE.
THAT RAILROADS ARE ASSESSED ABOVE
The Railroad Attorneys are Discomfitted. Any
Appeal from the Judge's Decision Must
go to the Circuit Court of Ap
peals. Attorneys May File
Briefs Within the
Twenty Days.
Asheville, N. C., Sept. 14.—(Special.)—
Judge Simonton will not decide the tax
case within the next twenty days, lie
lias given the attorneys that much time
to tile briefs if they so desire.
No commissioner will Lie appointed to
take further testimony. He considers
this as a full hearing, and any appeal
from his decision, must be ro the Circuit
Court of Appeals. He intimated this
several times during argument today,
much to the discomfiture of the railroad
attorneys. He has placed the burden of
proof on railways and told them they
must prove two things: 1, that real ami
personal property is uniformly and de
signedly assessed for taxation at less
than market value; 2, that railroad
property has been designedly taxed at
full value. “And if I should come to
the conclusion that they have proved
this,” he added. “I shall not regard
that anybody has committed fraud. I
shall think it was a perfectly honest mis
take and no perjury on the part of offi
cials.”
This announcement was made this af
ternoon as court adjourned on conclu
sion of Mr. Simmons, opening speech
for the State. Opening speech forJtJie
railroads was made at the morning ses
sion of court by Captain Price. Each
speech consumed two hours. There are
six other speeches to be made
on each side as follows: Ilinsdalc, Har
ris and Connor for State; Burton, Shaw
and Johnson for the railroads. They
will consume all tomorrow and the tele
graph case will be taken up Saturday.
Before the commencement of argu
ment this morning the State completed
the reading of its nearly three thousand
affidavits in regard to full valuation of
personal property. Among them were
affidavits from W. M. Frtulen,
of Edenton; Thomas G. Skin
ner, of Perquimans; E. A. Aydy
lette, of Elizabeth City; L. S. Williams,
of Wilmington; W. L. and Banks Holt,
of Burlington; A. W. Haywood and
B. S. Robinson, of Haw Rlvey; J. .T.
Laugh'inghouse, of Greenville; T. T.
Ilicks, of Henderson; c. Patrick, of
Clinton; John S. Cunningham, of Per
son county; John F. Bruton and George
!>..Green, of Wilson. Some addition
al affidavits were made by Chairman
McNeill and Clerk Brown as to actual
valuation of railroad property ol' the
State and showing by detail evidence of
officials themselves that it had been
much undervalued instead of overval
ued, as claimed.
Affidavits from Wake county were
IN4 in number. Fifty of them by as
sessors. fourteen by members of the
board of equalization, seven by county
officers, six by money lenders and 10(5
by citizens. Some of these were very
strong, all denying that there had been
any understanding that private proper
<n be undervalued nr that it had
been done.
The speeches of laith Price and Sim
mons were remarkably aide. Simmons’
was a specially great effort and on its
conclusion lie was warmly congratulated,
not only by his own colleagues but by
the railway attorneys, and officials.
The principal points in Price’s argu
ment were as follows: That the State
had conferred no power on the Corpora
tion Commission to tax railroads. That
the Machinery Act, which contained all
authority to tax conferred this power on
the Railroad Commission. This position
was elaborated at length, but even
granting this i*>wer the act of the Legis
lature, notwithstanding the provision of
the constitution requiring tax to he uni
form and equal, provided a different
method for assessing railroads than that
prescribed for assessing other property.
That, act ujhui its sac e is obnoxious to
the Fourteenth Amendment, which pro
vides that no State shall deprive any
persons without due process of law or
deny to any person equal protection of
laws. That there is a rule which
has obtained in the State of systemat
ically valuing property of the citizens
in counties from 43 to 75 per c< nt of
the true valuation.
This occupied the largest part
of the time assigned to Price
for argument. He insisted that
this rule had impressed itself upon the
Executive and Legislative Depart .incuts
of the State, and in this connection eallel
attention to the messages of Governors
Vance and Jarvis and reports of the
Auditor and Treasurer from time to
time, iu which it was suggested and
stated that property in North Cairo! i v a
is undervalued. That the court
ought in view of the conflicting evidence
in the caw to appoint a l iasrer to ascer
tain how the fact is as to the rule and
custom by taking testimony under oath.
A great number of authorities, prin
cipally Federal, were cited in support
of the above ixdnts. Price showed great
familiarity with law touching the case
and made a very line argument.
Simmons first directed attention to the
contention that the Corporation Com
mission lias no power to iix tax values.
The act creating it conferred all
[lowers formerly vested in the Railroad
Commission. In addition there was an
amendment to the Machinery Act ex
pressly conferring taxing power. Still
another act provides for taxation of rail
road property, 'by the Corporation Oom
ni'isslion, that has hitherto escaped taxa
tion.
All these acts under a recent State de
cision must Ik* construed together. He
argued that our system of taxation is
about the same as that in South Carolina
and the facts in this ease the same a.:
those in the Chamberlain ease decided
in that State by .Judge Simonton.
As to the contention that tile
method prescribed by the law
for valuing railroad property is
different from) the method pre
scribed for other property, and there
fore unconstitutional, he said this had
liven too often settled to require serious
consideration. He quoted a large num
ber of authorities on this point.
This attack on tihe Commission's valua
tion, he pointed out, was an attack on
the judgment of a tribunal of compe
tent jurisdiction, arrived at according
to law, and that to set it aside two tilings
(Continued on second page.)
SOUTHERN HOSIERY MEN
THEY MEET AT CHARLOTTE AND FORM
AN ASSOCIATION.
Schedule of Advanc?d Prices Adopted. Three
Fourths of South's Soft Yarn Mills.
Were Represented.
Charlotte, N*. C., Kept. 14. —The
Southern Hosiery yarn spinners met
here today and formed an association.
A number of commission men were in
attendance and in conference with the
spinners. A schedule of advanced prices
was made and adopted. Charles Adam
son, Cedartown, Ga„ was made presi
dent and J. F. Taylor, of Kinston, N.
C., secretary. Three-fourths of all tne
mills making soft yarn in the South
were represented. The association ad
journed to meet October 12th when it
is understood another advance will be
made.
SUPPRESSED- A VILE SHEET.
General Ludlow's Action is Approved
By Secretary Root.
Washington, Sept. 14. —Secretary
Root lias approved that action of Gen
eral Ludlow in suppressing the Rccon
centrado, a paper formerly published in
Havana. AfttTr the paper had been
.-oppressed the publishers apiteared in
Washington and protested to the Secre
tary of War that the action of General
Ludlow was an infringement on the
rights of citizenship. They petitioned to
have the order of General Hollow re
voked. The Secretary referred the
whole matter to General Brooke for re
port. who in turn referred it to General
Ludlow. The report of General Lud
low", endorsed by General Brooke has
been received at the War Department
and Secretary Root disjioses of it in the
following endorsement:
"War Department, Washington, Sep
tember 14th:
"T he ‘Reconcentrado’ appears to have
been a vile publication. Its suppression
raises no question of the liberty of the
press. Every Government is bound to
protect the community against public
indecency, in this as well as in other
forms, it is to be regretted that the
tier sons responsible for the publication
cannot be criminally punished.
“The order of General Lad low is ap
proved. and the petition is denied.
(Signed.) “ELI HI! ROOT,
"Secretary of War.”
WANT’S TO EAT FST FRHIA/V.
Another American Challenges Him to
Mortal Combat.
Columbia, S. ('., Sept. 14. —-The fid
lowing challenge to mortal combat was
cabled this morning to Count Ferdinand
Walsin Esterhazy, at his address in Lon
don:
"Sir: Believing you to be answerable
for the .misery and ''humiliation of Cap
tain Dreyfus of the French army, and
he. Captain Dreyfus, not being able to
call on yon personally for satisfaction.
1 as an American, freeborn, loving lib
erty. do volunteer in my own right to
meet you on the* field erf honor in behalf
of Captain Dreyfus at any tint-.* and
place agreeable to you.
(Signed) "PAI L El AVER.
“Anderson, S. C.”
Ayer is a sou of the late* General Ayer
of the Confederate Army, and was a
sergeant, of the First. South Carolina
volunteers in the Spanish war.
REFUGEES' COME TO ASHEVILLE
Knoxville. Tonn., Sept. 14.—Hundreds
of refugees are coming to and through
this city from the* yellow fever stricken
districts in Alabama and Mississippi.
Thc v majority are now going to Asheville,
N. C., as the railroads are giving a si>c
cial rate to that point.
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1899.
THE CUBIT WILL
PARDON DREYFUS
The Decree Will be Signed
September 19th-
SO DECLARES THE MATIN
MANY OFFICERS ASK THAT HE
BE I’AIMKFVFI).
THS IS ASSERTED BY THE FIGARO
The Paris Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph
Says it is Certain that Captain Drey
fus Will be Liberated. Letter
to Madame Dreyfus.
Paris. Sept. 14.—The? Matin this morn
ing asserts that the Cabined has agreed
to pardon Dreyfus and that: the decree
will lx* signed September lihh Many
of the provincial papers publish articles
insisting on the* granting of a pardon.
The Figaro says that many officers of
the army are asking that IDreyfuis be
pardoned.
■Countess Prokesc hostoin, President of
the Austrian Red Cross Society, lias
written a letter of condolence to Miue.
Dreyfus. *
London. Sept. 15.- The Paris corre
spondent of the* Daily Telegraph stays;
"It is certain that Captain Dreyfus
wiiil he liberated. The only question to
lx* settled is one* of ways and means."
RESIGNS AS A PROTEST.
Rome, Sept. 14. —The Tribune* says
that Signor Tomnsco Villa. President of
the* Italian Commission to the Paris
exhibition, has resigned as a protect
against the verdict e»f the Rennes court
martial.
.1 OH N IHEI .Ft IAL CON' VI ( TED.
Verdict Aces .xpanied With a Recoin—
mend at ion to Mercy.
Guyton. Ga., Sept. 14. —The ease of
John Delegal, e>f the Darien rioters, sent
to Fffingtem court on change of venue*
from Mclntosh county, was concluded
today in a verdict of guilty of murder
with a recommendation to the* mercy of
the court. He* was sentenced to life* im
prisonment. John ’ 'Dele-gal. it will he*
remembered, shot and killed Deputy
Sheriff Townsend, who went to arrest
him during the recent race* riots. His
brother and sister who wen* indict'd
w ith him were acquitted.
The case* of Henry Delegal, for rape,
which after a mistrial in Darien last
week, was sent to this county on a
change of venue*, was taken up this af
ternoon. This e*ove*rs the* ease* eait of
w'Meh grew Hie* riots. There was no trou
ble in securing a jury and the* verdict
was quickly submitteel.
NO NEW CASES AT NEW ORLEANS
New Orleans. La.. Sept. 14.—Presi
elcnt Souchon, President of the State
Boarel of Health tonight issued the fol
lowing bulletin:
"No new cases, seven eases up to
date, one* of which died. Others con
valescent and improving. All isolated
and under control. All in same* resi
dence section of the town. One ease in
Pass Christian. Mbs. I have sent a
medical 'nsjievtor and will station there
a sanitary officer to sis* that isolation
is satisfactorily carried out. One now
case in Mississippi City under supervi
sion of Dr. Gant of the Mississippi Stale
Board.”
CRUSHED BY A CANNON.
Norfolk, Va., Sept. 14.—Charles *l.
Thompson, a prominent fraternity man
and employe of the Navy Yard, was
killed instantly today by a gun he was
assisting in dismounting on the gun
boat Newport. One of the guns feli
upon him, crushing his breast and in
testines into a shapeless mass. He was
about forty years old, popular and leaves
a family.
PURCHASE CHEMICAL WORKS.
Charleston, S. (’., Sept. 14.—1 tis
stated here on the best authority that
the Virginia-Carolinui Chemical Com
pany lias purchased the big plants of
the Georgia Chemical works, which in
clude the only fertilizer works in Augus
ta and the fertilizer plant and mines
at Pon Pon, this State. Consideration
not given.
DUCKTOWX STRIKE GROWING.
Blueridge, Ga., Sept. 14.—Tlx* strike
at Ducktown, Term., is assuming .urge
proportions and the furnace and ore
roasting men having joined the strikers,
everthing is shut down.
The sheriff and deputies have arrived
on the scene from Benton, Toiin.T and
thro or four arrests have been made.
ORDERED TO PHILIPPINES.
i
Washington, Sept. 14. —Secretary Root
has ordered the Twenty-eighth volun
teers, Lieutenant Colonel Leonard, from
Camp Meade, Pa., and the Twenty
ninth. Colonel Hardin, from Fort Mc-
Pherson, Ga., to San Francisco, to em
bark for tin* Philippines. The order is
in the same form as that issued to other
regiments.
FEVER AT PASS CHRISTIAN.
One New Case at Mississippi City Sitiyt
tiou in Jackson Unchanged.
•Jackson, Miss., Sept. 14. —'Dr. J. J.
Harry, State Health officer in charge at
Mississippi pity, reports tonight that one
ease of yellow fever has developed at
that place since last night. The ease is
of a mild variety and the patient is lo
cated in one of the formerly infected
Houses.
A newly infected point is announced.
Pass Christian, oil the Gulf Coast, re
porting om* mild ease. The promises are
closely guarded with the local health of
ficer in charge.
The situation iii .Jackson shows no
change tonight and no new eases are re
ported. Major Porter, the only patient is
hanging tenaciously to life, but the at
tending physicians say he has scarcely
one Chance in fifty to recover.
FIFTEEN NEW CASES OF FEVER.
Key West, Fla., Sept. 14. —Fifteen
how eases of yellow fever have been
reported in the past 24 hours and one
(lea I'll.
TROOPS LEAVE NEW ORLEANS.
, Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 14.—General
Frank, commanding the Department of
the Gulf, has ordered two garrisons now
at New Orleans , to McPherson Bar
racks, near Atlanta, on account of the
yellow fever prevalent at the former
place. The movement is made in ac
cordance with advices received by Gen
eral Frank from the War Department
today.
POLICE RAIDS AT PARIS.
Paris, Sept. 14. —-Fresh police raids
were made this morning at the ri*-;-
dcnees of prominent Royalists.
CHARGES OF CORRUPTION
AGAINST THE AMERICAN OFFICULS IN
MAN LA.
Made by a Private of First Colorado Volunteers.
American Soldiers Sentenced to
Dea h for Rape.
~ Deliver, Col., Sept. 14. —Napoleon E.
Guyol. late Private of Company G, First
Colorado volunteers, who during the last
three mouths of 185)8 served as a Clerk
under Major Kilbourne and later under
Lieutenant Colonel Potter, auditor of
public accounts, Manila, publishes, this
evening a (signed statement in which the
gravest charges of corruption are made
against the American officials in Manila
lie says an examination of the vouchors
forwarded to Washington will shew that
exorbitant prices,-are paid for all kinds of
supplies purchased in Manila: that vast*
quantities of high class wines and other
supplies have been purchased ostensibly
for tin* Spanish hospitals while in the*
American hospitals only the coarsest sup
plies are furnished. 'He says court mar
tials of private soldiers charged with
selling Government property have* been
stopped because they would result in the
exposure of official rascality. The rob
beries he asserts will aggregate an cm ur
inous sum.
SWUNG FROM TELEGRAPH POLE
One of the Two Negroes Who Commit
ted the Assault at Tyty.
Tift on, Ga., Sept. 14.—A negro was
arrested at Tyty and positively identified
as one of the two negroes who assaulted
Miss Johnson at that place last Tues
day. Two hundred'men heavily armed,
assembled at Tyty. People passing on
a train at 2 o’clock this morning saw
a negro suspended twenty feet in the air
from a telegraph pole.
Search for the other negro continues.
TO DIE FOR CRIMINAL ASSAULT.
Manila. Sept, 11. —Via Hong Kong.
Sept. 14. —The local papers assert that
c< iporal Damhoffer and Private Coiiine,
of Company B, Sixteenth 'infantry, have
been sentenced to death by court martial,
and that Private M< Bennett lias been
condemned to twenty years iinipcisoii
ment for having criminally assaulted na
tive women in 'Manila a month ago. The
crimes, it is said, greatly aroused the na
tives.
The papers assert also that General
Otis has recommended that President
McKinley approve the sentence tun'd that
he desires a public execution of the men
sentenced to death as a warning against
a repetition of the crime.
VIRGINIA BASE-BALL LEAGUE.
Norfolk, Va., Sept. 14. —The Virginia
State Base-Ball League held an adjourn
ed meeting hero today and perfected the
organization, electing the following offi
cers:
E. H. Cunningham, Norfolk, President
and Treasurer; 11. L. Cardoza. Rich
mond, Secretary.
The new circuit will embrace Norfolk.
Portsmouth. Newport News, Hampton,
Petersburg and Richmond.
<A salary limit that will secure good
players was agreed upon. The teams in
the league will include some of the best
players in the defunct Atlantic League.
The season wall begin April Ist, 1000,
and end Libor Day 'week.
ARRIVES AT GUAM.
Washington, Sept. 14.—Captain Lea
ry, the Governor General of the Island
of Guam, has reported his arrival at Ihis
post on tlx* steamer Yoseniite under
date of August 7th. The collier Brutus
and the surveying ship Nero arrived
at the same island August 13th and
September 7th respectively.
THE RESULT OF A
DRUNKEN BRAWL
Hudson Tells the Story of
the Crime.
BINKLEY SHOT BY REED
ABOUT TO PULL IIIS GUN WHEN
REEI) FIRED.
WHEN BINKLEY FELL THE OTHERS FLED
Hudson Desires to Turn State’s Evidence.
When Arrested he had SIBO. Letter
from his Mother Urging him
to Tell All.
Winston, N. C., Sept. 14.—(Special.)—
Thomas Hudson, one of the three men
who were committed to jail yesterday,
charged with being responsible for the
death of Mr. I). Binkley, of Yadkin
county, sent for a lawyer today saying
lie wished to make a confession. Solici
tor Griffith went to the jail wlffm Hud
son told the whole story. He said
Thomas Rt*(*d shot 1 Binkley; that they
engaged in a light when Binkley threw
one hand to his hip pocket, whereupon
Reed fired and Binkley fell. They did
not stop to see how bad he was shot.
Hudson says they were all drinking. He
admitted lie made a mistake by not tell
ing the whole story on the witness
stand yesterday. In showing me a let
ter from his mother, the prisoner wept.
She told 'the son to tell the truth as to
■the murder.
Hudson said to the solicitor he wished
to turn State's evidence and asked to be
released, but this is not probable, as he
is the most important witness. An offi
cer said today that when arrested he
had over SIBO. Bob Cobbler about six
teen dollars. Hudson had very little
money. It is known that Binkley bad
as much as s4l, if not more when he
was shot.
TILLMAN’S NEW COMPANY.
It W'iH be Composed of Indians and
South Carolinians.
Washington, Sept. 14. —James 11. ’rill
man. a son of Ex-Representative Till
man, of South Carolina, and who served
as Colonel of the Second South Carolina
volunteers in the Spanish war. has been
promised by the President a Captaincy
in (.lie of tne new volunteer regiments.
Colonel Tillman cn.me to Washington
hoping to raise an indeqx*ndent company
of scouts. The President did not approve
of forming any independent commands,
at ihis time, but said there was no ob
jection to enlisting a certain proportion
of Indians a company which he au
thorized Captain Tillman to organize.
A. A. Girard, formerly of the Rough
Riders, has* been named as First Lieu
tenant of Captain Tillman’s company.
One platoon of the company will be
eonu[K>sed of educated Indians, leading
men of the Chippewa, iNez I’erees and
other 'tribes. Chiefs Joseph and Pug-a-
Ma-G'i-Shintg of these tribes are much in
ested in the work and have been in
Washington with Captain Tillman. The
two remaining platoons will be compose 1
South Carolinians. Recruiting sta
tions will Im* opened in South Carolina
and St. Paul, Minn. Already enough
men to fill a regiment have applied, so
tin* question of personnel is only one of
selection. -Captain Tillman was the
youngest colonel in the Spanish war.
THE TARTAR IS RELEASER.
Washington, Sept. 14.—Clearance pa
pers have been allowed the Tartar at
Hong Kong. It is expected that she
will proceed to tlx* United States at
onei*. The information that clearance
had been allowed came in a dispatch
to Adjutant General Corbin this morn
ing from Colonel Metcalfe, command
ing the Twentieth Kansas. and the
troops aboard the transport. Another
dispatch from Colonel Metcalfe, in re
ply to one sent yesterday, states that
the Tartar was no more overcrowded
and that the food was as good as on
other transports leaving Manila. lb*
said that the trouble arose among the
discharged' regular soldiers who were
returning home on board the ship.
The incident is now regarded as
closed.
TROOPS COMING HOME.
A
Washington. Sept. 14.—The Adjutant
General received the following dispatch
from General Brooke today:
“Havana, September 13th.
“Adjutant General, Washington.
“Depot battalions First'and Eighth
infantry leave for States on Bufort to
night. The Second and Tenth infantry
will return on McPherson, which left
New York ninth; the Fifth Infantry is
ready to move as soon as transport
arrives; expected on 12th.
(Signed) "BROOKE,
Commanding”
FILIPINO POLICE ON DUTY.
Manila, Sent. 14. —(5:05 p. ru. —The
Filipino police n urn tiering 250 men armed
with revolvers and clubs became opera
tive at Manila today. The force is eon
trolled by the provost marshal and "-as
reviewed on the Luneta.
] * JE FIVE CENTS.
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CAPTURE OF A SCHOONER.
Commander of the Paraguay Reports a»
Hot Engagement With the Foe.
Washington, Sept. 14.—The following
dispatch has been received at the Navy
1 lepartment:
t “Manila, Sept. 14th.
“Secretary of the Navy, Washington:
“Davidson, commanding Paraguay, re
jmrts sharp engagement at Baleraao.
Vessel struck many times rifle shots; no
casualties. Paraguay silenced insur
gents’ tire in twenty minutes; range
from 4<M) to 1)00 yards. Occasion, cap
ture Filipino schooner which Davidson
destroyed.
(Signed.) “WATSON.”
Raletnao is in the Province of Mas
bate, south of Luzon and north of
Viscayns.
THEY WISH OUR PROTECTION.
Washington, Sept. 14. —Mail advices
received at the War Department from
Manila state Unit the natives of the
island of Samar an* praying for the
speedy arrival of the Americans and
will welcome the hoisting of the Ameri
can flag. It is said that as a result
of the forcible collection of taxes by
emissaries of the insurgents, who taiy?
all they have, the natives are in a state
of semi- starvation. They have no
faith in the Tagalos, and they earnestly
desire American protection. An in
surgent leader, General Ludban, lias
bolted to Japan, taking with him $2,-
(500 collected by him for the Insurgents.
The agents of the insurgents endeavor
to compel the natives to join their
forces, which they will not do. The
condition, of the island is rapidly ap
proaching riot and anarchy as The heavy
and continued drag u]khi them in tho
form of tribute exasperates the natives
and they threaten desperate resistance
if it continues.
MANY CRUSHED TO DEATH
THIRTY-TWO PEOPLE KILLED IN A POLISH
SYNAGOGUE.
Overturning of a Lamp Created a Panic Which
Resulted, in the Tragedy. Victims
Women and Children.
Berlin, Sept. 14. —Advices from Ival
iscli, in Russian Poland, say that thirty
two persons were crushed to death iu a
panic in a synagogue there, caused' by
the upsetting of a lamp. The victims
were all women and children. Many
others were injured.
CROKER LAUGHS AT THEM.
The ltamapo Water Company Under
Investigation by Mazet.
New York, Sept. 14.—'Tin* R.imapo
Water Company, the corporation anx
ious to obtain the $200.000.0dd contract
with the city of New N«>i*k was the
subject, under investigation by the Mazet
investigating committee today. Mayor
Van Wyck while oil rim stand intiniut“(l
that Mr. Moss was anxious for a n.•mi
nation for a position «.n the Supreu e
Bench. He said he would not :n*t on the
Ranmpo Water case until it came be
fore him officially. Th * mayor added
that Mr. Moss seemed to think that
Silas B. I hitcher, la*vi P. Morton and
General Tracey wen* n “pack of
thieves." This was the firs: time cx-
Governor Morton’s name lias ever been
connected with the ltamapo Company,
and Mr. Moss pressed Mayor Van
Wyck for the purpose of ascertaining
what the chief executim* of New York
city knew about the sto-khoi i< rs in the
corporation possessed by the former chief
executive of the State. lie was unable
to obtain any definite information. In
fact when closely int *rrogr.ied by Mr.
Moss the mayor retorted: "None * T
your business,” while Ricliar i Croker
under similar pressure replied: "That is
my private affair.” Asked by Mr. Mom
if he did not consult a judge of the
Supreme court as to whether he was
bound to obey a Mazet committee snii
poena. Mr. Croker replied: "10, sir,
you’re dreaming.”
Little important information cotiid be
obtained concerning the Ran*ap> Com
pany. One of the nnst significant
statements was that made bv Edward
Lauterbaeh, who responding to interro
gations infofiued the committee that lit*
had endeuvfred to obtain the consult
of the stockholders to the publication
of their mimes and that by Monday
next he hoped to have the necessary
consent. He was given until Ttrsday
to produce the names. Hugh McLaugh
lin. the Democratic leader in Brooklyn
was questioned concerning the private
water companies <>f Long Island, at
tempted municipal legislation In groan r
New York affecting these corpora tin us
and the resultant react iqymry (feet of
such i iptqxxs-ed legislation apron the rela
tions between the Democrati.* leaders <.f
Kings county and Tammany Hall in
general and the Raniapo Water Com
pany in particular.
PROM LYNCHBURG TO NIAGARA.
This lExeursdon Marks an Epoch in S. 8.
Excursions in the South.
Lynchburg. A’a.. Sept. 14. —'Che de
parture of the excursion of Court street
Methodist Sunday School for Niagara
Falls this morning marks an ep >ch in
Sunday School excursions in the South
if not in the United States, in view of
thi* magnitude and success of the under
taking. The train was in two -erfions,
in all seventeen passenger coaches, two
dining ears and a baggage ear, an 1 838
passengers were aboard. Caterers, doe
tors, dentists and two score of commit*
teenmn were alxuird to look after the
comfort of 'tlx* tourists. They will te
uual'ii at Niagara twenty four hours ami
reach home Saturday night.