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The Weather To-Day: icAKOLiNA,i RAIN. The News and Observer VOL. XLVIII. NO. 24. Leads allMorthOarolmaßailiesmNews andOifealatien THE CONVENTION WILL DECIDE THE CANDIDATES' FATE J So Far Only One Nomination is a Certanity. THAT IS CHAS. B. AYCOCK He Will be Named For Governor by Acclamation. A HOT FIGHT FOR ALL THE OTHER PLACES Yesterday Was a Day of “Rooting” and the Can didates Were Last Night the Worse For Wear. Late This Afternoon the Balloting Will Begin. / By noon today the belts will be on uml the contention machinery buz zing’. It opens with but one thing certain. That is the nomination of Ay cock for Governor by accliinjaticn. The with drawal of Col. Theo. F. Davidson last night assured this. As for the rest of the ticket there is a thick cloud of uncertainty hanging about it. For all of the places there are many entries—the number ranging from three to three tunes three. For some offices the racers are making! it neck to neck and it’s a toss-up for tiie winner. For others there’s one far in the lead with the others trailing in a buneli, but who knows what may happen on the home-stretch. In poli tics as on the race track no stakes are paid till somebody comes under the wire. None of the candidates now wear so jocund a look as they did when they came here, each protesting that V \\ OUR next' governor. . he held lilt* nomination in the hollow of his hand. They continue to certi fy to the same effect, but it is in a grin: determined sort of way. There is now more of desperate resolution than blithe,confidence in their tone. All day long - yesterday, and far into hist night, they were T oeking on an ocean of anxiety; now aloft on some billow of hope, now down in the trough of some despondency. And this morning as they retired, some of them looked sick and preyed iq>on: they came here with hopes that a personal eross-q nest ion tng of some of tin* delegations has not fulfilled. The “rooting” begun on Monday morning was continued yesterday, and last night. All the day and most of the night, candidates and candi date's friends and the friends of can dates' friends and the friends of can und the streets one vast hunting ground for votes. Incoming delega tions were interviewed, those alresidy seen were seen jigjiin. old friendship were renewed, kinships were claim ed. sectional pride was appealed to and personal interest was pointed out; all sorts of trades jind combinations were proposed, and now and then there was talk from men with hot hearts. But never once did Enthusiasm take the bit in its teeth and run awav with Temper. Good Humor ever held sway over the scene. Do you know tis the hours drift by and the lmrly-btirlv goes on T find tnyself wishing that somehow or other it could be arranged so that all the candidates could win—they are such fine, splendid fellows. But it's impos sible. Late this afternoon, or tonight :it latest, the balloting will begin. Then doubt will give place to certainty and hope and anxiety will blossom into joy or disappointment. Every train yesterday brought in delegates and visitors by the hun dreds, and when darkness came on there could hardly have been less than 1.500 or 2.000 people here to be pres ent J t what promises to be the great - esl j olitieal convention North Caro lina has ever know n. The hotels* are already overflowing and the boarding houses art rapidly tilling tq). All last night great crowd's were arriving to throng tin* streets and hotel lobbies waiting for day. un./ole to find accommodations at so lab -an hour. This morning’s trains wib. no doubt, be taxed to their ut most capacity with still greater num bers coming in at the last hour. Late yesterday afternoon when it was seen that the number of visitors in the city exceeded the accommoda tion.? of the hotels, Mayor Powell and oilier citizens at once organized a bureau of information for the purpose of . touring accommodations wit.h pri i vjite families Tor visitors. Four men were sent out to make a canvass of the homes, and htany persons who la <d to secure accommodations else where were directed to private fami lies and are comfortably located. This morning at 9 o’clock to facili tate the work of the convention when it gets in session, the delegates from each of the nine Congressional dis tricts will meet at places appointed for the purpose to select their dele gates to the National convention and members of the various committees. Though none of these selections have yet been definitely made the following names were yesterday being disc ussed: Second district —Platform committee, Donnell Gilliam; Delegates, E. L. Travis and T, L. Emery. Third district—Delegates, C. C. Lyon and P. M. Pearsall. Fourth district—Delegates, Josephus Daniels and W. C. Hammer. Fifth district —Platform committee, A. W. Graham; Delegates, S. M. Gattis and Robert L. Holt. Sixth district—Platform committee, James A. Lockhart; Delegates, W. C. Dowd and Jos. Brown. Seventh district—Delegates, J. R. Blair and A. D. Watts. Eighth district—Delegate. E. B. Jones. Ninth district —Platform committee, M. H. Justice; Delegates, Thos. A. Jones and S. Gallert. Delegates at large-E. J. Hale and Wal ter E. Moore. No doubt there are other names that •re being considered, but only those leard discussed yesterday are given above. In but few of the eases is it even known that those whose names are mentioned are desirous of having Hie, places for which they are sug gested. All of these matters, however, will be settled in the district meetings at 9 o'clock this morning. '! i.e convention is ealled to meet in Die Academy of Music at 11:4A o'clock Admission to the hall will not be by fi<d et as previously stated. The del egates will be called to order by State t ha : rmnn Simmons, who w ill ask Mr. 15. 'l . Webb, of Shelby, to preside as temporary chairman. THE NEXT GOVERNOR ARRIVES. He is Not as Good Looking as Ben Abernethy Thought He Was. Ayeock arrived at 1 o’clock. He had been detained at home by the sickness of his wife. Immediately he stepped from the car riage to the side-walk he was surrounded by a crowd of admirers, and nearly an hour was consumed in pushing his way through an enthusiastic hand-shaking crowd to the clerk’s desk. As lie pushed through the crowd Ben Abernethy, of River Bead (Gaston coun ty) picnic fame, was introduced to him. “Is this Charlie Aycock?” he asked. “Yes,” replied Mr. W. C. Dowd, who did the introducing. “Charlie Aycock who is to be Gover nor?” “Yes, Charlie Aycock who is to be Governor.” “Well,” slowly drawled Mr. Abernethy smiling up into Mr. Aycock’s face, “you lack a d—n sight being as good looking as I thought you were.” Mr. Aycock was assigned to room 108 and went there immediately. But he was not to be alone for there was a constant stream of callers during the afternoon and evening. He chatted familiarly with those who came and seemed to enjoy meeting his friends from all sections of the State, but later in the night in order to get quiet and rest he went to the home of Mr. Jose phus Daniels to spend the night. Charles B. Aycock is a man of fine, wholesome figure—neither tail nor short, fat nor lean, but showing a noble strength in chest and shoillders. Upon his clean shaven face sits a smile that bespeaks a gentle nature and a warm heart. It is a face marked by strong lines and there is a winningness of expression in the half closed brown eyes that makes it ex tremely attractive Ben Abernethy to the contrary notwithstanding. His tem ples are just touched with the frost of years showing that he is not as young as he was a fistful of years ago, although he is just as blithesome. His wit is as ebullient as his laughter and no matter where or with whom lie may be he is thoroughly at home. Where he sits there one finds the bead of the table. In short this, the next Governor of North Carolina, is the type of man who commands the respect and friendship of other men through sheer force of a mas terful personality. A dominant note in his character is his love for his fellow man. He never forsook a friend or turned a deaf ear to an appeal for help. • ‘Charlie Aycock,’ said one of his friends yesterday, ’is just the kind of man old Franklin Pearce was. Pearce and one of his friends got drunk—this was before Pearce was President —and they were passing a pond when the friend fell in. “• Franklin, can you get me out?’ he asked. “ ’No,’ replied Pearce thickly, ’I can’t get you out, but 1 can come in there with you.’ “And he went in. Thai’s Charlie Ay cock, minus the drinking. He has the admiration and respect of the people of his State because he is a lovable fellow, every inch of him. and because for more years than he might care to admit he has been doing good for liis fellow men." Mr. Aycock is a self-made man, and it "ill not be anjiss to say in passing that he wastes no time in admiration of his (Continued on Fifth Page.) RALEIGII, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 11, 1900. DEWET INFLICTS A CRUSHING BLOW He Kills and Wounds 600 British. CAPTURES NINE HUNDRED *4 » Dewet’s Third Defeat of the British Within a Week. SETTLE FOUGHT AT MEERKATSFONTEIN London is Loath to Credit This Report of New Disaster to the British Arms But Fears it May be True Never theless. (By the Associated Press.) London, April It.—(Wednesday.) — A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Brandfort dated Sunday says: “Yesterday General Dewet inflicted the third defeat on the British within a week at Meerkatsfontein, killing and wounding 600 men. lie captured 000, with twelve wagons, losing five Boers killed and nine wounded/’ A SECOND REPORT. London. 'April 11. —(Wednesday.)— The Daily Mail publishes the follow ing dated April 10th, from Lourenzo Marques: “The Netherlands Railway Compa ny professes to have received a tele gram reporting a Boer victory near Kroonstad, the Boers capturing 900 British.” Commenting upon this the Daily Mail remarks: “There is a Meerkatsfontein about eight and a half miles southeast of KroonSlad. but, if the report be true this can hardly be the place.” THE THIRD REPORT. London, April 11. —(Wednesday.)—-- ’fhe Daily News has the following from Pretoria, dated Monthly, byway of Delag’oa Bay: “It is officially announced that a battle has been fought south or Brand fort, in which six hundred Brit ish troops were killed and wounded and sun taken prisoners. “Lord Roberts is declared to be find ing great difficulty owing to scarcity of water.” METHUEN’S DANGEROUS MOVE. His Attempt at Flanking Puts Him Between Two Fires (By the Associated Press.) London, April 11.- (W< dnesday 5 a. m.)— But that the War Office has issued no news from Lord Roberts during the hist three days, there would be little disposition to place credence in the Boer reports of an other British disaster. The unexpect ed rallying of the Free State com mandoes however, leaves the public in a nervous condition, fearing every thing. Dispatches from Pretoria, as late as Monday, did not mention any further Boer victory. On the contrary, they said all the commandoes were quiet, and. as Lord Roberts has hitherto never failed promptly to report mis chances, as well as successes, or to al low the newspaper correspondents to report them, until some confirmation is received there is justification for regarding the Meerkatsfontein rumor as only an exaggerated account of the iieddersburg affair. At the same time Boer reports have so often proved cor rect that the greatest anxiety will be felt. No further news has been received of fighting either at Wepener or in Natal. Boer reports seem to indicate that Lord Methuen is advancing from Boshof toward Hoopsta 1. It is a bold and apparently a dan gerous move, since, although it turns the right Hank of the Boer position at Brandfort it puts Lord Methuen’s force between whatever garrison there may be at Bloemhof, in the Transvaal, and the Brandfort force. The Boer peace commissioners tit Naples do not conceal the fact that they have ho hope of obtaining peace with independence for the republics; but 1 hey will endeavor to save their amour propre, or to secure a truce for further negotiations. THE BOERS ATTACKING BRABRANT. The Fighting Which Ceased Monday Has Been Resumed. (By the Associated Press.) London. April 10. —The Boers at tack on General Brabant’s force at Wepener was resumed again at dawn today. The enemy’s attack on two or three sides on Monday lasted until 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon, when flit' firing ceased and it was believed that the enemy had been beaten off, but. it was announced this morning from Aliwal North that the fighting had again begun. General Brabant’s force, numbering from two to three Thousand, hold positions in a rough country. I'he numerical strength of the Boers is being rapidly augment ed. A hotly of 2.000 Boers is inarch ing towards Springfontein from Smith field between Wepener and Sprinfontein. The detonation of heavy guns was heard at Maseru on Monday. Sir God frey Lagden, the British resident Commissioner of Basutoland, Inis left Mstseru for ihe border. The events in the southeast portion of the Free State have caused the Eighth division which had been order ed to Fourteen Streams to be diverted to Springfontein. Mysterious movements of troops at Bloemfontein tire proceeding. The newspaper correspondents are not al lowed to telegraph their destinations, and the presumption is that Lord Roberts is making dispositions to cut off the raiding Boer forces when they | try to withdraw northward from the pursuing British columns. The re-appearance of the Boers in the occupied country has caused a revival of the warlike feeling among the Free Staters of the Fauresmith and Philippolis districts. The Federal agents are busy getting details of the surrendered Boers, and owing to the British garrisons being withdrawn from these districts the British resi dents are uneasy and sent delegates to Springfontein to ask for help. They were told that steps for their defense would be immediately taken. The Boers are rejxirted to have ven tured south of the. Biggarsberg and to be posting heavy guns four miles north of Elandslaagte. They are also said to have fortified the vicinity of Weasel's Nek. General Sir Frederick Carrington has reached Cape Town and is going i to Beira, Portuguese South. Africa, I forthwith. The War Office proposes to land at Cape Town before the end of May 20.- 000 horses which will be conveyed there in twenty-three steamers sail ing from New Orleans, Buenos Ayres and Australian ports. It is rumored that General Duller lias obtained command of one of the Drakkensberg Passes whereby he hopes to take the Boers in the rear. If successful General Bullet* has suffi cient troops to leave 20,000 men to I hold Natal while he advances byway of Harrismith, whence he would be able to threaten the Boer positions at Bethlehem and Kroonstadt. HEAVY' CANNONADING HEARD. Pietersniaritzsburg, April 10.— Heavy cannonading commenced this morning in the vicinity of Eland s laagte. PRISONERS AT ST. HELENA. Island of St. Helena. April 10. —The Niobe and the Milwaukee have arriv ied here with the Boer prisoners. Their health is good with the excep tion of four eases of measles, neces | sitating the Milwaukee being quaran tined. I The prisoners are quiet and well be haved. They will probably laud to | morrow. 'l’he Government has been I notified of the desire of the authori ties that the prisoners be treated with every courtesy and consideration. THE ROAlt OF BATTLE. Ladysmith, April 10. —Heavy firing was heard early this morning - in the direction of Sunday’s River. It eon tinned for a few hours. No details of the engagement have been received. THE BATTLE ITSELF. London. April tl. —The. Durban cor respondent of the Daily Telegraph, telegraphing Tuesday, April 10th, says: “Our naval guns have commenced bombarding the Boer positions Ik*- tw *en Sunday's River and Biggars berg.” REMOI NTS COME CONSTANTLY. Bloemfontein, Monday, April 9. — Remounts are continually arriving. | but competent authorities estimate ! that the wastage of horses monthly I by the British forces in South Africa must be calculated at not less than 5,000. FIGHTING AT FOURTEEN STREAMS. Heavy Cannonading Reported There. Methuen Moves Toward Hoopstad. (By the Associated Press.) Pretoria, Monday, April 9. —Via Lourenzo Marques.) —Heavy cannon ading is reported at Fourteen Streams, i I'he British are using a naval gun. Lord Methuen is moving in the direc tion Os Hoopstad. BRABANT ATTACKED MONDAY. Aliwal, North, April 9.—(Monday.) I —An engagement took place today at Wepener. The Boers Vickers-Maxim did considerable execution Jit first, bet the Br tisii gunners soon got the j range and did great havoc. The fighting was severe and lasted 1 :ill day long. The Boers received ji cheek. The casualties were rather heavy on both sides. Another com mnudo is advancing toward Wepener from Dewet’s Dorp. The Rouxville commando has gone to Wepener. THE FIGHTING HEAVY. Aliwal North. March 10.- (Tuesday) —Heavy fighting was continued at Wepener this morning. Three Boer * commandoes are attacking the town. PRISONERS TAKEN TO LAND. Cape Town. Tuesday, March 10.— I'he remainder of the Boer prisoners that were on board the transports off Simonstown. about 2.000 have been transferred to the mainland. Rudyard Kipling and Sir John Hen | r.v De Yilliers, chief justice of Cape i Colony will sail for England tomor- I row. TERRITORY REOCCUPIED BY THE BOERS They Practically Hold the Free State East of ' the Railroad. (By the Associated Press.) Bethulie, Orange Free .State. Mon duy, April 9. —It is expected that. the (Continued on Second Page.) FURTHER LOSS OF LIFE IN THE FLOOD Eight Persons Engulfed in the Concho River, FIFTEEN IN THE PARTY It Was Composed of Two Families Who Were Traveling GREAT LOSS OF PROPERTY REPORTED The Flood in the Brazos Now the Main Point of Interest. Precautions Taken to Pre vent Loss of Life From the Approachtng Waters. (By the Associated Press.) San Antonio, Texas, April 10.—The | waters are receding in the swollen rivers and streams of Texhs, and it Is believed that the worst is over. The property damage wil be very large, and many lives have been lost. It was learned tonight that eight people out of a travelling par ty of fifteen, composed of two families, were drowned at the junction of the Mid dle Concho River and the Kiowa Creek in Iron county. The names of the families arc' Queen and Wilson and they were from McCullough county, Texas. Os the eleven members of the Queen family, seven were drowned, the father, mother and five children, among the latter be ing an eight-months’ old baby. A boy of the Wilson family was also swept away. The bodies of the unfortunate vic tims of the flood were found alter a search of thirty hours. INHABITANTS WARNED IN TIME. Why Loss of Life Along the Colorado Was Not Greater. (By tiie Associated Press.) Austin, Texas, April 10.—The waters of the Colorado river are rapidly receding at this point, and while additional rises are reported from the north, it is not be lieved that they will be of sufficient vol ume to do further damage. Advices from every section of. the flood ed districts indicate that the property loss has been great. One or two negroes are reported drowned in Fayette county. Every section tributary to the river was warned of the coming of the flood, and this is why the loss of life was not great er. The waters, having swept the coun ties of Travis, Bastrop, Fayette and Guadaloupe and points north of herfe are now washing farms in Wharton county as they are near the Gulf. That section of the lowlands is under water, the river being some six or eight miles wide in places. The inhabitants were warned in time to remove their live stock and their valuables to higher ground. PREPARING FOR THE COMING FLOOD Volume of Water Rolling Down the Brazos Near the Gulf. (By the Associated Press.) Houston. Texas, April 10.—The flood iu the Brazos river is now the main point, cf interest. There was a heavy rain today in the country which the crest of the flood is approaching and this will add materially to the volume of water which will strike the section between Richmond and the mouth of the river. Every pre caution has been taken to prevent loss of life and stock, but the loss in crops will be heavy as the newly planted ground will be swept away in the bottoms. Tb farmers, however, will have time to re pair the damage, provided they can se cure help. Reports are that many ten ants have become dissatisfied and are preparing to leave that portion of the prairies. The Guadaloupe is still booming its way toward the Gulf, devastating the crops and destroying the bridges. No loss of life is reported from this section. Train service remains badly crippled. REPORT THAT DEWEY WILL WITHDRAW Dewey Himself. However, Says it is All a a Mistake. (By the Associated Press.) New York. April 10. —A Washington special to the Evening World says: “Jt is asserted this afternoon on what seems to be good authority that Admiral Dewey h:is deeided to with draw jis :t candidate for the Presiden cy and that within ji few days he will formally announce his decision. “His brother-in-law. John I*. Mc- Lean. is Jilleged to be responsible tor this latest move. “Within forty-eight hours Admiral Dewey luis been in consultation with Democrjitie leaders and others antag onistic 10 President McKinley, and the opinions then expressed, together with unfavorable or mm-commital views voiced by the newspapers de eided him. it is asserted to withdraw from the contest.” DEWEY SAYS IT IS A MISTAKE. Washington. April 11. —Admiral Dewey said tonight that the report published in a New York afternoon paper to the effect that he intended to withdraw his candidacy for the Presidency was all ji mistake, that he had never given anyone whatever ;mv such information. PRICE FIVE CENTS Serious Affrays in Chicago Between Union and Non-Union Workmen. (By the Associated Press.) Chicago, Ills.*, April 10.—There was a renewal of rioting today in the local labor war. At the new Marshall Field Build ing as well as at the scene of the excava tions for the Western Electric Building serious affrays took place, the combatants being union mechanics against non-union men who had been put to work to fill the places of discharged trades unionists. Five workmen, all said to be non-union artisans, were injured. They were: R. HAGAN, bruised and severely up. JOSEPH STROM, struck with a brick and believed to be injured internally. J. SWANSON, bruised from a beating. JOHN FOSTER, struck on head and body with stones and other missiles; not injured severely. • Non-unifin man, name unknown, struck unconscious by a scantling in the hands of a sympathizer. ITALIAN STRIKERS SHOT. New York, April 10.—There was a riot at Matnaroneek, Westchester county, be tween striking laborers and men hired to take their places on local improvements. Several strikers, Italians, were shot, one fatally. Several of the rioters were ar rested. The padrone had brought a new gang of Italians from Mount Vernon to replace the strikers. When the latter appeared on the property they were or dered away by the padrone, and, refusing to obey, it is alleged that the padrone caught up a shotgun and tired into the crowd of strikers. A |TRIKE ORDERED. Frostburg Md., April 10.—A general strike of all the miners in the Georges , Creek region has been ordered for tomor row (Wednesday) midnight. Nearly five thousand men are involved. The miners insist on an increase of from 55 to CO cents per ton of 2210 pounds. NEW JERSY CITY ELECTIONS Local Issues Involved. No Striking Overturn Anywhere. (By the Associated Press.) New York, April 10. —Municipal elec tions were held today in most of the important cities of New Jersey and in several smaller ones. Councilmen only were elected In most of the cities that voted today. Local issues were involved, and there was no striking overturn any where. In Newark, where the Republi cans had hoped for a sweeping victory, Mayor Seymour, Democrat, was re-elect ed by 2,300 majority, but the Republi cans elected two members of the Board , of Works, the whole electorate voting. I and the new council will stand 18 Re -1 publicans, 12 Democrats, a reversal or last year. In Jersey City the Democratic ticket was elected by 5,200 majority. The Board of Aldermen will stand 23 Democrats, 2 Republicans. In Elizabeth, Mayor Mack. Republican, was re-elected, but the Democrats still retain control of the common council. In New Brunswick the Democrats re elected City Collector Florence by 1,335 majority. The new council will consist of nine Democrats, four Republicans. In Trenton the Republicans carried ten or the thirteen wards and gained four councilmen. Hoboken gave the usual Democratic majorities. The Republicans gained a councilman in Paterson. The Republicans made gains at Rahway. Summit and Philippsburg went Demo cratic as usual, and at Asbury Park and Montclair citizens tickets were success ful. Georgia Populists’ Ticket. (By the Associated Press.) Atlanta, Ga., April 10.—The Middlo-of the-Road Populists of Georgia today nominated the following ticket: Governor —J. 11. Traylor, of Troup county. * Secretary of State—Dr. L. L. Clements, of Milton. Attorney General —F. H. Saft'ord, Eman uel. State Treasurer—J. \V. Park, Meri wether. Commissioner of Agriculture—\\. T. Flint, Taliaferro. Prison Commissioners —J. T. Dickey, Upson, and S. G. McCaudless, Butts. The eight delegates at large to the Cincinnati Convention were instructed for Wharton Barker-, of Philadelphia, for President, and Ignatius Donnelly, of Minnesota, for Vice President. The platform appeals for prohibition, and direct legislation by means of the initiative and referendum. The hope is expressed that the coming national con vention will clean the ranks of all mere office seekers and work a new era in the party’s history. The Omaha and Cincin nati platforms are endorsed. The Cassie Boone Murder Trial. (By (lie Associated Press.) Charleston. S. C., April 10. —There* was much excitement and interest in the Cassie Boone murder trial at Chesterfield this State, this morning, as it was known that Thomas Steen, one of the men charged with the crime, has turned State’s evidence and would be put on the stand. It turned out to be quite a disap pointment as he did not com© up to expec tation. Ben Jackson, who has been held back, is to follow as State’s evidence. The defendants are hopeful of acquittal, be lieving that no ease has been made of it. The case will probably go to the jury tomorrow. Messrs. Hudspeth and Company of Richmond, Va., agents of a trans-Atlantic Line of steamers will establish at an early day a regular line of bolts from Feruandina, Fla., to European ports. These steamers will carry not only naval stores, but miscellaneous freights.
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