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VOL. XLVII. NO. 5.
LEADB ALL-NORTH MSS DNUE& 11 IEIS AND CDRCtf JTION.
RAILROADS HARD
DRIVEN SHIFTTHE
BASE DF ATTACK
Seek to Show Corporation
Commission Hold noTax
Levying Power.
THIS IS THEIR ONLY HOPE
ARGUMENT ENDS, WITH EAOII
SIDE APPARENTLY CONI'I- /
DENT OF VICTORY.
JUDGE JOHNSON RAILROADS’ TRUMP CARD
His Eloquent and Ingenius Argument Marred
by Sneering Attacks on the State, the
Legislature and the Corporation
Commission. Judge Connor’s
Able and Brilliant Speech
for the State.
Asheville, N. C., Sept. 15.—(Special.)
Argument in the tax case was concluded
this afternoon at 5:40 o’clock. The whole
hearing has consumed exactly throe
days. Judge Si moot on takes the papers
and ail evidence and will announce his
decision later. Twenty days are given
counsel to tile briefs.
Fertilizer rate and telegraph tax cases
will be taken up tomorrow, the rate case
tirst. They will consume about two
hours each.
It is hard to predict bow -the case just
closed will be decided. Both sides pro
fess confidence, though, in the case of
the railroads, I have a strong
suspicion they are whistling to keep their
courage up. After having heard all the
evidence and the arguments, 1 should
confidently predict, were the case not
before Judge Simonton, that the rail
roads would lose it. .
The last card played by the railroads
was their highest trump, to be sure. It
turned out to be a nine spot or perhaps
ten, but it was the best they could do
with the poor hand they held. This final
trump was Judge Johnston’s speech. He
was their prize and surprise box.
Brought here all the way from Phila
delphia and paid, it is said, twenty-five
thousand dollars for his services, lie
was designed to startle the natives, con
vince the court and fling consternation
into the Corporation Commission camp.
Instead he has abused the natives, ridi
culed the Commission and left the court
where he found it. It cannot be denied
that his argument was ingenious, and
even eloquent, but always marred by an
attempt to be funny at the expense of
the State, Legislature, Corporation Com
mission or counsel on the other side.
Here are a few choice nuggets:
“They talk of the State and her proud
record; we are dealing with money and
not with sentiment. It is not necessary
to charge fraud on the part of the Com
mission, or even knowledge of the rule
of undervaluation of property; we may
simply credit them with an ignorance
of which they will hardly feel compli
mented. They say had they known
more —heaven save the mark—they
might have arrived at even a higher
value. Those men occupying such a
high and honorable i ami turn and draw
ing an enormous salary think, forsooth
we ought to be content because they
could have done worse anil didn't.
“My friend, Mr. Simmons, tells me
the people of North Carolina are honest.
I’m glad to hear it. I’m glad Judge
Connor told me the Legislature of North
Carolina was actuated by noble pur
poses. It's a fact I could not otherwise
have obtained.
“The Legislature of North Carolina
may know how' to create a Corporation
Commission with defective powers, but
it has a great deal to learn about levy
ing taxes. The Fourteenth Amendment
is the safeguard of property from the
despoiler. It is to protect it in such cases
as these When legislatures are uncertain
and courts are unsafe, and *we|are here
today to ask one of its exponents to pro
tect us from its violation by the Legisla
ture of North Carolina.
“They claim that a section of the Ma
chinery Act confers power to tax rail
road property on the Corporation Com
mission. I find that section in a suspi
cious place and set forth in a suspicious
way. But they tell me the people of
North Carolina are honest and its Legis
lators honorable men.
“The Machinery Act is a most remark
able one; it viola the Constitution by
prescribing rules, by prescribing different
rules and by prescribing wrong rules.”
And much more to the same effect he
said, all of which was intended to be
funny. He said the Corporation Coin
mission had arrogated to itself tax
levying power, that this power was given
in broadest letters to the Railroad (hull
mission only, and it was an insult to an
intelligent, court to contend otherwise.
“Os all untenable pro|K>sitious in unten
able cases by men of ability,” he thought,
“this stood out as the most monumen
tal.”
Other speeches of the day were made
in the following order: Rountree for the
Coast Line; Harris for the State; Shiaw
for the Seaboaid; Hinsdale for the
State; Burton for the Coast Line; Cou-
nor for the State. All were aide, stu
diously prepared and well delivered.
The first live speeches were made at
the morning session of court, and the
entire afternoon session was consumed
by the condlmling speeches of Connor
ami Johnson. Connor spoke o.te hour,
and Johnson two.
Judge Conuor'is argument was clear,
eloquent and convincing. Fie first defin
ed the valid legal custom as used in
decisions governing this case, and show
ed that the railroads had introduced no
evlidence to prove that such custom of
uiwdervalttation of private property ex
isted in North Carolina. He argued that
it was not sufficient to show, as had been
done, that there were some specific in
stances of ■ umlervaluation. lie picked
up a handful of affidavits, put in as e*i
donee of this custom by railroads and
read them. In Halifax the undervalua
tion was placed at seventy to eighty p* r
cent; in Warren, fifty to sixty; in ren
der. seventy-five to eighty, says one affi
davit; another says fifty to sixty; in
Brunswick, seventy-live: in Rod m* son, six
ty to seventy-five; in 'Edgecombe nlmety
to ninety-five, says one, and another says
“Full cash value;” Jones, eighty-five to
ninety.
“Now this,” said Judge Connor
“proves our contention that it whs not
uniformity of custom or concert -of ac
tion, which is necessary to make out
tlieir ease. It is charged in the bill
that it was custom systematic ami de
signed. They have failed utterL* to
prove it. Mr. Price complains tb it w<*
have brought here alndavits of money
lenders and tax gatherers, h ive called
to our aid publicans and 'sinners, and
Mr. Rountree adds that with all these we
haven't got enough. It is exceeding diffi
cult to satisfy them, for we have affida
vits from 87 of i>7 counties. Then all
join fin the cry that the witnesses arc
interested and unworthy of belief.
It was Edmund Burke, T believe, who
said that he found it difficult to draw a
bill of indictment -against a whole na
tion, But these gentlemen have man
aged to dra w u bill of indictment against
a whole State. They charge that asses
sors have been unfaithful and that the
Cori►oration Commissioners have usurp
ed jmwer and violated their oath. I bc.v
go further. They say laws were cun
ningly devised by representatives of tin*
jioople in the Legislature, to bring about,
aim imposition of unjust taxes >n rail
roads,
*T wish I had lintc to call Your Hon
or's attention to the record of that leg
islature. It would show how, after long
debate, the legislature rejected a sys
tem of taxation that many of us - thought
unjust to railroads. It would refute sug
gestion made here that the legislature
intended to do otherwise that justly.
Whatever else you may believe I am
on second page.)
THE DEAD MILLIONAIRE
FUNERAL SERVICES OVER THE REMAINS
OF CORNELIUS VANDERBILT.
Services at St. Bartholomew's Church Very
Simple. The Remains Laid to Reset at
New larp, Staten Island.
New York, Sept. 15.-—Funeral serv
ices were held over tile remains of Cor
nelius Vanderbilt today in St. Bartholo
mew's Episcopal church. Tin! church
funeral was preceded by short exercises
at the house to which only members
of the family and close friends were
admitted. Tin* Rev. I)r. David 11.
Greer, rector of St. Bartholomew’s, offi
ciated at both services. From the house
to the church the funeral party included
Mrs. Vanderbilt, her children Cornelius,
Gladys, Reginald and Mrs. Harry Payne
Whitney, Mm., K., Frederick K., and
George Vanderbilt, brothers of the dead
man, Mrs. E. F. Shepard, Mr. and
Mrs. W. 1). Sloane and tlieir two chil
dren and Mr. and Mrs. 11. McKay
Twombley.
At the church tin* casket was preceded
down the aisle by Bishop jjotter and Dr.
Greer, the Bishop reciting the first sen
tences of the Episcopal service begin
ning “1 am the resurrection and the
life.”
The first lesson was read by Bishop
Henry Morgan Stone, of Trinity church,
Newport. Dr. Green read the burial ser
vice and the Bishop performed the rite
of sprinkling dust on the casket accord
ing to the Episcopal ritual.
The services were extremely simple.
A choir of sixty mixed voices under the
direction of the church organist, Richard
Henry Warren, sang the music of the
services, ami Chopin's Funeral March
was played as tin 1 procession moved up
the aisle. The only floral tributes at the
church were from the members of the
family. One great cross of roses, or
chids and lillies of the valley and more
than six feet tall, stood near the casket.
Mrs. Vanderbilt walked with her eld
est son. Cornelius.
At the close of the ehureh services the
casket was taken to the Vanderbilt
mausoleum, New Dorp, S. I.
THREE THOUSAND MEN IDLE.
West Virginia Miners Strike* for au Ad
vance in Wages.
Hinton. W. Yu.. Sept. 15.—Hundreds
of miners here joined tin* strikers today.
Nearly 11,000 men are now out.
Charleston. W. Va., Sept. 15. —Practi-
cally the entire New River mining dis
trict! is now idle*. Three-fourths of tin*
miners have* suspended entirely and tin*
rest are working with only a small
force. The miners demand an advance
of five* cents |H*r ton, and the operators
claim they have contracted to furnish
coal for both Eastern and Western
trade* at a figure which will not admit
of any increase in wages. A joint meet
ing has been called for Monday to en
deavor to reach a .settlement.
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER lfi, 1899.
TWO DOLLARS, ill
AXE Hi DEATH
■3
Two Farmers Quarrel Over
Money Near Shelby.
THEY FIGHT WITH ROCKS
THEN A KNIFE MAKES ITS AP
PEARANCE.
FINALLY ONE OF THEM SEIZES AN AXE
With this he Deals a Blow from the Effects of
Which his Opponent, Dan Grigg,
Dies Within an
Hour.
Shelby, N. C., Sept 15,—((Special.)—
Today a homicide occurred six miles
from here. Bert Beam, a farmer, killed
Dan Grigg, another farmer.
Grigg’s son went to the house of Beam,
and a quarrel ensued about two dol
lars. Briggs* then ran up and threw a
big rock at Beam and started toward
him, knife in hand. As he neared Beam,
the deceased stooped to pick up a rock,
and at that instant Beam struck him in
the head with an axe which lie picked up,
am! death followed in half an hoar.
Beam was outing stove wood in front of
his door when the fatal quarrel occur
red.
The affair is regretted, as both parties
have good connections.
NEW SPINNING COMPANY.
Will Develop a New Process of Ring
Spinning and Twisting.
Rest on. Sept. 15. —The Boston Com
mercial News today says:
“The Rotary Ring Spinning Company
has been organized with a capital stock
of $5,000,000 with its main offices in
this city. Tin* company was formed
for the purpise of developing a new
process of ring spinning ami twisting,
which it is claimed, will largely in
crease tin* production of cotton mills
by making is ix-esiblo to run spinning
and twisting frames at a far greater
speed than i.s now practical.”
IIEST E It'S C OTTCIX ST ATKMEN T.
New Orleans. La.. Sept. 15. Secretary
Hester's New Orleans Cotton Exchange
statement shows that the amount
brought into sight for tin* week ending
this afternoon is 250,755 1 ales against
1 02,r.>7 hales for the .-even days ending
September 15th last year. 227,045 bale
year before last and 302,.‘>80 kales the
same time in 1800: this makes the total
amount for the 15 days of the new sea
son to 408,404 hales, against 230.221
bales last year, 372,503 bales year before
last and 508,374 Tales same time in 180'i.
The statement shows receipts at a 1
United States ports since September ist.
of 280.010 Rales against 153.754 bales
last year, and 232,500 bales year betoie
last; overland across the Mississippi.
Ohio and Potomac Rivers to Northern
mills and Canada 18,270 bales against *v
314 hales last year, and 3,200 bales year
lie fore last: interior stocks in excess of
those held at the close of tin* commercial
year 40,020 bales, ngain-1 22.070 Junes
last year, and 80,7(15 bales year before
last; Southern mill takings 01,077 bales
against 55,077 bales last year ami 5C.-
030 bale/ year before last.
Foreign exports for the 15 days have
■been 114,215 bait s against 08,535 F iles.
The total takings of American mills.
North and South and Canada thus far
for the season have been 104.551 bales,
against 75,271 nudes last year. I liese m
elude 43.484 hales by Northern spinners
against 18,104 bales.
Since the close of the commercial year
stocks at American ports and tin* 20
leading 'Southern inferior centres 'have
been increased 180.028 laics against an
increase for tin* same period: hist season
of 07,415 bales ami are now 443.545 bales
more than at this date last year.
Including amounts left over in stocks
at ports and 'interior towns from tin* last
crop and the number of hales brought
into sight thus far for the new crop the
supply to date is 1,027.302 bales, against
500,787 'bales for the same period last
year.
Secretary Hester's statement of the
world’s visible supply of cotton shows an
increase for the week just closed of >»3,
002 bales, against a decrease of 10.381
bales last year and an increase of 70.708
bales year before last.
The total vis hie is 2.045.140 bii'es,
against 2,501,238 bales last week, 1.048,-
083 bales last year a;t d 1,438,088 bales
year 'before last: of this, the total of
American- cotton is 2,081,140 bales,
against 1.000.238 bales last week. 1,402.-
083 bales last year and 012,088 bales
year before last and of all other kinds,
including Egypt. Brazil. India, etc.. 504,-
000 bales, against 505,000 bales last
week. 540,000 bales last year and 520.000
year before last.
TO ADVANCE TRUCE OF FLOUR.
-Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 15.— At a
meeting of the Hour manufacturers of
Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia and Miss
issippi, held it# this city, it wal decided
to advance tin* price of flour on October
Ist. Twenty eight millers attended the
meeting. <
AG ALX ST OLEOMARG ARI NE,
Georgia Farmers Say Butter Trade is
Being Destroyed by Its Sale.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 15. —In compliance
with requests from farmers and dairy
men in all parts of the State the Agri
cultural Department, of Georgia has de
cided to begin a vigorous campaign
against the sale of oleomargarine in this
Slab*. It is claimed by those who supply
the markets of Atlanta and other caries
in tin* State with butter, that their traf
fic is being destroyed by the sale of
oleomargarine which commands half the
price—butter being 25 cents per pound,
oleomargarhie is sold for l-Vi cents. The
subject of the sale of oleomargarine
in the Southern States will probably he
brought before the conventknni of State
Commissioners of .Agriculture which con
venes here next month.
VERDICT AGAINST CAMERON.
Columbia, S. ('., Sept. 15.—A gentle
man who came to Columbia today from
Beaufort, S. C., brought the informa
tion that a jury at Beaufort had found
a verdict of SBSO in favor of a Jew
named David Scliein and against Sena
tor Cameron. Sehein had sued for $lO,-
000 damages for being whipped by
Senator Cameron some time ago.
The fact of the whipping had not
been heard of before this time outside
of Beaufort. Senator Cameron is large
ly interested in a hunting club near
Beaufort.
SITE FOR COTTON WAREHOUSE.
Pensacola, Fla., Sept. 15. —Represen-
tatives of the American Cotton Company
of Now York, are here endeavoring to
secure a suitable site for the erection of
immense cotton warehouses. If sites are
secured all the export cotton from their
compresses in Alabama, Georgia and
several interior points will Im* shipped
through Pensacola. This company
handles the new round bale exclusively.
POPE WILL WRITE TO FRANCE.
Rome, Sept. 15. —Tilt* Pope, while re
ceiving fifty pilgrims from Toulouse.
France, today announced his intention
to address a letter to the French nation
urging an immediate pacification for the
sake of humanity and so as not' to com
promise the success of the Paris Expo
sition. *
‘ NI CART LAND THE VICTOR.
New York, Sept. 15.—Kid McParthmd
of this city, tonight before tin* Broad
way Athletic Club gained a decision
over Otto SeilotV. of Chicago, after fight
ing twenty-five rounds.
WINDS WROUGHT RUIN
HURRrANE DEVASTATES PART OF NEW
FOUN LAND COAST.
Several Lives Lost and Havoc Worked £mong
the Fisheries. The Steamship Corean
Has a Frightful Passage.
St. Johns, N. F., Sept. 15.—A violent
hurricane swept this section of New
found land' last night. The Allan Steam
ship Oorea.ii, from Philadelphia, had a
frightful passage: and tin* steamer Sil
via. from New York was delayed twenty
four hours.
Four fishing vessels wore driven off
the St. Johns coast and three men and
a woman drowned.
Widespread destruction of fishing
premises and gear is reported; and it is*
feared that there has been much dam
age. especially loss of life, at more dis
tant points.
BECAUSE HE IS A RICH JEW.
Davitt Says This is the Secret of Eng
-1 mud's Sympathy for Dreyfus.
London. Sept. 15, —The papers are si ill
Hooded with Dreyfus letters, the most re
markable today 'bring from Mr. Michael
Davitt. the Irish Nationalist member of
Parliament. Mr. Davitt says Eng.fish
sympathy for the prisoner is entirely due
to the fact that Dreyfus is a rich Jew
instead of a poor one and to the desire
to injure a rival nation.
“No absolutely innocent matt.” con
tinued Mr. Davitt, “was ever convicted
twice in any civilized country by a jury
of his peers. No civilized country could
produce a conspiracy of .men educated,
cultured and responsible like tin* French
military chiefs to stoop to the baseness
and infamy of plotting to ruin an in
significant i ire tty officer. The supposition
is too monstrous to 'be entertained by a
mind unwarped by anti-French feeling.
What have you to say a limit iFlorence
MaybrickV Your Lord: Chief Justice is
said to believe her iniui:»ceut. So do many
eminent Englishmen and tens of thou
sands of Americans. Why has she no:
had a second trial if innocent? She has
suffered ten times more thaun Dreyfus
could suffer.”
THE SHAMROCK’S TRIAL SAIL.
New York. Sept. 15.—1 u a light breeze
from the west, northwest, varying from
six to eight knots an hour. Sir Thomas
Upton's yacht Shamrock sailed over a
course of about twenty-three miles to
day in three hours and four minutes, or
at an average of nearly eight knots an
hour.
The total elapsed time shows that the
Columbia sailed the same distance in
her last race with, tin* Defender at
Newport, twenty-nine minutes and fort.v
fom* seconds faster, than the challenger,
but there was more* wind at the Newport
race during the windward work, so the
comparison is hardly a fair out*.
THE BOERS IN IN
UNYIELDING MOOD
Adhere to the Seven Years’
Franchise Law,
THE WAR GROWL DEEPENS
TIIE OUT LA NDERS PROTEST
AGAINST BRITISH DELAY.
00M PAUL SEES NO CAUSE FOR WAR
Denies that He has not Sought to Give Aliens
Full Political Rights. Still Consid
ering the Reply to Great
Britain.
London, Sept. 15. —A Blue Book con
taiding the last Transvaal dispatch of
the Secretary of State for the Colonies,
Mr. Chamberlain, relating to the mat
ters which led up to the dispatch being
sent, was issued today. The text of Mr.
Chamberlain's note is identical with the
dispatch as cabled to The Associated
Press September 13th. The only impor
tant feature revealed is a telegm.ni from
the British High Commissioner, Sir Al
fred Milner, dated August 31st, referring
to the commercial distress and saying;
“I am receiving representations from
many quarters to urge the Imperial Gov
ernment to terminate the suspense.
British South Africa is prepared for ex
treme measures and is ready to suffer
much more in order to see tin* vindica
tion of British authority. It is the pro
longation, of the negotiations, endless
and indecisive, that is dreaded. I fear
seriously that there will la* a strong re
action of feeling against the policy of the
Imperial Government if matters drag."
The blue book throws no new light on
the situation as it is today, except to
show that tin* commissioner's patience
has reached the ebbing point.
A published interview with President
Kruger, said to have taken place at Pre
toria yesterday is far more important.
He is quoted as saying:
“I have tried all along to place the
aliens in tin* Transvaal on the same foot
ing politically as the Burghers. Mr.
( h@mberla.in says I have not kept my
promises. This,” thundered President
Kruger, “I deny.”
Con tinning. President Kruger is report
ed to have added:
in* aliens of the Transvaal have the
same commercial rights as the Burghers
and have always enjoyed them without
interference. I wanted to let them have
the same political rights, but they would
not avail themselves of this. Roughly
there are more than 50,000 a hens who
have lieon here more than seven years
ana have registered, thus beOng eligible
to tin* franchise. Yet of the British sun
jeets who have availed themselves of it
tin* chief part have lmen Afrikanders and
not English born. This shows that rim*
British in the Transvaal do not want
til** franchise.
*ln my opinion there is wo cause what
ever for w ar. Everything could be set
tled by arbitratioin.”
A second edition of the London Times
today prints a special dispatch front
..eweastle. Natal, dated September 15lli.
whiuh bears out the British High Com
naiisioner's statement, as it says tin* out
landers’ einianeil has tram-mitted to tin*
imperial Government wihat practically
amounts to a protest against further de
lay.
The Times correspondent adds:
‘There is nothing to confirm the re
ports that the -noil's will concede Mi*.
ChambcrMn’s demands. On the con
trary, it is stated that three thousand
men will be dispatched to the border im
mediately after the Transvaal’s reply is
sent. Everything points to the prospect
of an early conflict.”
Tile advices from Cape Town today
tend to confirm the pessimistic view of
the Times oorrespeinidomt at Newcastle.
The news that a strong force of Boors
has been stationed one hour from
Ramathlabauia, con.uiTaniling the Preto
ria and Johannesburg roads, has created
great indignation at Cape Town.
Tile tirst battalion of the Manchester
regJmenit arrived at Cape Town today,
disembarked ami marched through tin*
streets. The soldiers were wildly cheer
ed After they had been reviewed by
lieutenant. General Sir Frederick IV Hik
er, commander of the British troops iu
South Africa, the battalion re-embarked
and proceeded to Natal, Tims** troops,
forniling the first instalment of the rein
forcements were sent from. Gibraltar to
Capo Town.
The* 'Colonial Office has not yet receiv
ed the formal reply of the Transvaal am;
the Consul General of the Transvaal
here, Mr. Montagu White, dims not ex
pert it tonight.
CONSIDERING THE REPLY.
* retorhi. Sept. 15. —The executive is
still considering the final reply to Great
contain.
All fbe commandants have been asked
to send immediate returnis of all the Bur
giiens avail able for military duty.
A special dispatch from Pretoria says:
“The Transvaal’s reply will bn on flu*
following lines:
“The Transvaal adheres to the seven
years’ franchise law, but is willing to
consider, and, if necessary, to adopt any
suggestions Great Britain may make
with regard to the working of the law.
‘“ln regard to the other points of Air.
Chamberlain's dispatch, the Transvaal
3 FIVE CENTS.
boldly stands by the London convention.
It is said that the reply is couched in
polite terms.
The morning paper editorials regard
the crisis as having reached its most
acute phase. It is understood that a
Cabinet council will Ih* summoned as
soon as the Transvaal’s reply is received.
At the close of the discussion born
Rands met in secret session to discuss
the final draft of tin* Transvaal reply
which will be handed to Mr. Conyngham-
Greene, the British agent, here in the
morning. It is understood tin* reply is
courteous, urges the aceplance of the
joint conference and maintains the con
vention of 1884.
PENA LTIES PRESCRIBED.
Cape Town, Sept. 15. — The British
High Commissioner, Sir Alfred Milner,
has issued a proclaim!icion prescribing
severe penalties for inciting the natives
of Basutlanil and other districts to re
bellion.
MARTIAL LAW SOON.
Johannesburg, Sept. 15. —The Eastern
Star, of Johannesburg, asserts that a
martial law proclamation is being print
ed.
MOIILEY SAYS WE REPENT.
Those Most Anxious to Rush Into War
Now Anxious to Rush Out.
Manchester, Sept. 15. —The Right Hon
orable John Motley. Liberal member of
* arliajurint for Mont rose burghs wide
abdressiing a peace meeting in this city
this evening, at which a son of the late
Johns Bright, the distinguished British
statesman and friend of pence, presid
ed. was frequently interrupted by cries
of “Majiiba Hill,” and other unti-Bo*'!*
demonstrations. In retorting to the in -
terriiptfiions, Mr. 'Motley said:
“A year or two ago the 1 titled States
saw* only one aspect of war; anul what
arc they doing today? They* are repent
ing. They have their yellow press and
we have our yellow press. If lam asked
to speak in 'this ball a year or two later.
1 will find those who now oppose me
repenting also."
HENRY DELEG A L ACQUITTED.
Guyton, Ga.. Sept. 15. —Henry Dele
gal, Colored, was today acquitted im
the Effingham court, of the charge of
criminal assault upon a white woman in
Mclntosh county. This was the affair
out of which grew tlu* Darien riots.
Arguments of the attorneys were made
at a late hodr last night, and the jury
remained locked up until noon today
when a verdict of not guilty w as return
ed. Tin* cases of Edward anil Mallndn
I telega 1. charged with Icing accessories
to the murder of Sheriff Townsend, were
begun this a f ten toon. '1 how are the last
of the Darien riot cases.
TO PROPOSE HIS PARDON
WALDECK ROUSSEAU WILL TAKE THIS STEP
FOR DREYFUS.
It Will be Done Tuesday at the Cabinet Council
D eyfus to Withdraw Appeal
for Revision.
London. Sept. 15. —The Paris corre
spondent of the Daily News says the
Premier. .VI. Waldeek-Rousseau, has
promised definitely to propose a pardon
for Dreyfus at next Tuesday's Cabinet
Council.
INSULTS TO FOREIGNERS.
Ijondou. Sept 15. —The Daily Mail,
which is still booming a Ixiycott of the
Paris Exposition, publishes dispatches
from Paris and Nice that describe "in
sults in tlu* streets" to Americans and
British.
Its correspondents refer to these inci
dents as indications the people of
both nations should avoid going to
France, especially to tin* Rivera, and
declare that the house agents there are
in despair at the prospects of a bad
season.
SEA SERVICE FOB Sri 111 EY.
He is Assigned to Command the South
Atlantic Station.
Washington, Sept. 15. —Sunni* time ago
Admiral Schley applied to the Navy De
part nwmlt for sea service. The Navy
Department has now granted the request
and 'has notified him to hold himself in
read'iiness for sea. He has been assigned
to eonmnanil the South Atlantic Station.
mud 1 the 'Department is about to take
steps to make the eomniiand commens l
rati* wiith his rank by increasing eon-fid
erably the manlier of vessels on the sta
tion. The CinivHtttati probably twill go
there: tin* Detroit is already on her way
to join and the Marblehead is l.kely to
In* attached. 'Altogether tlcre will be
about five or six ships on the statam
when tin* quota .is filled. It is said at the
Department that wiith a threatened war
in South Africa which is part of tlu* sta
tion. t!u:ld tlu* disturbed erudition* in
South and Central gViueriea, the Souths.
Atlantic command is likely to become an
iiniiortant one in the service .n tin* near
future.
CONFEDERATE LEADER DYING.
Washington. Sept. 15.-—General Harry
lletli, the famous Confederate leader,
who has been ill at his home,
is reported dying. It was thought when
In* was first stricken last winter that
death would soon ensue, but bis remark
able vitality has kept him up till now.
THIRTY NEW CASES.
Key West, Fla., Sept. 15.—There have
been thirty new eases of yellow fever
in the past twenty-four hours. One
death has been reported.