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VOL. LIII. NO. 7.
Leads all Worth Carolina Dailies in Mews and Ciroulation
CRAIG WINS THE
DAY AT KINSTON
Pritchard Says Trusts are
Like Cancers,
PRITCHARD WAS DUMB
Craig Pressed Him For a Reply To a
Vital Question .
CROWD ALMOST RAISED THE ROOF
The People Made a Good Trade When They
Swapped Off Russell For Aycock
Even With SI,OOO at ihe
Boot,
. (Special t(f News and Observer.)
Kinston, N. C-, Sept. 2'?. —It was De
mocracy's day at Kinston.
Three-fourths of the crowd was Dem
ocratic to the core, Democratic from
principles and because they believe that
Democracy is rig-ht.
To tbem Mr. Craig unfolded the tell
ing truths of political history that made
the Anglo Saxon banner even more re
splendent with merited glory than ever
before.
The remainder of the crowd was made
up of a political pot-pouri—a few old
line Republicans, a few disgrunted half
and halves, a considerable number of
Federal office holders, a few so-called
Populists, and an element of those who
claim no party affiliation who have all
sort of opinions, but no party prefer
ments, just mad with somebody or some
thing they know not what or who. As
one gentleman expressed it, ‘'They are
“agin” anything that is and “fur” any
thing that “aint.”
Senator Pritchard spoke first and he
spoke with all the power that he pos
sesses, and that is a great deal. Tall
and robust of statue, handsome as hand
some goes in sturdy masculine make up,
pleasing in address and in speech, vig
orous and seemingly sincere ani desper
ately earnest in his declarations, expe
rienced and hardened as a politician and
a campaigner, he is an individual
ity a strong man in more ways than one.
lie is positive and earnest and has
made himself believe implicitly in the
doctrine he preachers so far as national
issues are concerned. I will not do him
the injustice to say that the Republican
and Fusion policies a.; applied in North
Carolina in carpet bag days, and as in '97,
'9S and '99 were either wise, wholesome or
correct, or even “clean, able, or econom
ical.” fie pleads with marked energy
and earnestness for the doctrines of na
tional Republicanism. He pleads for
high tariff tax on mica, even though he
is speaking to men who never saw a
piece cf mica, except when they went
to buy it, and then have to pay more for
the tax than they do for the mica. He
pleads for tariff tax on raw wool
to men whose only acquaintance with
wool is in the apparal they buy, paying
as much for the tax as they do for the
wool in the apparel. He extols the
virtues of the Republican high tariff pol
icy to Lenoir county farmers from whom
th*» tariff protected trust-barons demand
from twenty per cent, to seventy-five
per cent, more for trace chains, pitch
forks, cut nails, axle grease, and nearly
everything else they buy than these
sara* tariff protected trusts-barons de
mand from the Englishman or other for
eigners. He charges the State Demo
crat|| administration with extravagance
and reckless management, and yet he
skips over the scandalous feautrese of
the Republican administration with
such reckless adroitness as to make him
n most pronounced, if not successful or' -
torical athlete. The Senator is the em
bodiment of all that is Republican, or
anti-Democratic in North Carolina- He
pleads well for a lost cause. He makes
the best defense possible of a discredited
State organization, but he is in the po
sition of a man pleading for a client
against whom the evidence is overwhelm
ing. He is in the position of a powerful
attorney who knows that his case is lost
unless he can by some individual force
or logic or legerdemain divert the minds
of the jury from the past conduct and
reputation of his client as established
by the overwhelming evidence already in
the hands of the jury.. If it were pos
sible to win by a mistrial the Senator
would win, for there are those among
his followeds who would hang the jury
forever, but in this case a majority de
cides the issues and it as perfectly evi
dent from the demonstrations here to
day that a very large majority of the
white men of Lenoir and adjoining coun
ties have made up their minds from the
great volume of direct eviflence that the
good old State of North ( arolina is safest
when controlled by that sturdy, honest
and capable Democracy, to which it has
ever turned for relief when perchance it
has for a short season admitted others to
the mismanagement of its affairs. But
Senator Pritchard of course desires to
he returned to the United States Senate.
For this and this himself and his
party has seemed to abandon all else.
For this he is fighting, and for a man who
must be almost convinced that the con
etst is in vain, he is fighting valiantly
a*nd vigorously. But if we may judge
from the demonstrations and declara
tions here today, these good people have
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made up their minds that it will be bet
ter for them, better for the State. bet
ter for the country that a Craig, a Over
man, a Watson, a Carr, a Hoke, an Al
exander or some other staunch Democrat
shall join Senator Simmons after March
next,
Mr. Craig was at his best. It was not
his first successful combat with war
horses of Republicanism. He had met in
fights to the finish no less a war horse
than the venerable, but tireless gray
eagle of the Swannanoa, Virgil S. Lusk,
and left him scarcely able to flutter on
the field of one of the fiercest political
contests that has been waged in the west.
He was fully equal to the Pritchard
emergency, if emergency it may be term
ed. He is a forceful and powerful natu
ral born stump orator. And a little
goading makes even more invincible.
Small of stature, with keen bright eyes
that smile and flash by turns, with a face
clean shaven and without a wrinkle,
with handsome features and perfect mein,
with flowing black hair waving to and
fro as his arms strike circles of majestic
gesture, with a voice at times as soft as
the ripples of a brooklet and then grad
ually rising until when his discourse lias
swollen into burning eloquence and
pathetic power, it roars like a sweeping
torrent. He is more than a match for
Senator Pritchard, even if issues were
easy and in this contest he is a veritable
winner.
He soon tore away the veil that hid
the Senator’s inconsistency in his deal
ings with his erstwhile political breth
ren in black and with the Russell ad
ministration. he riddled the many color
ed banner of Radicalism that the wily
Senator had unfurled, and poured into it
from his rapid fire political field piece
death dealing shell after shell until it
hung in shreds before the vast audience.
He dealt not in personalities, but con
fined himself to the issues involved, and
the public record of his antagonist. He
took the vast crowd with him in his vivid
and pathetic description of the Legisla
ture of 'BS. He pointed them to the Sen
ator, then as now the leader of his
forces, rallying them to a man against
the proposition to appropriate a pittance
to the tottering heroes who were the gray
in 1861. He carried the crowd with him
to the Senate chamber at Washington,
and in stirring and telling eloquence re
vealed Senator Pritchard, lavishing pen
sions upon the deserter —the man who
forsook his flag and joined the enemy.
His heart and soul were in the cause
he espoused. With Senator Pritchard it
was to win mostly for personal ambi
tion’s sake, all else had already been
practically cast to the winds. With
Craig it was cause first; personal ambi
tion. next. The battle might be won and
yet he might lose, but it was all the
same to him. He was pleading for peace
apd good government at for jus
tice for all men all over the country, find
special privileges for none. His speech
was a masterpiece, and its effect was
electrical. The vast crowd of Democrats
were enthusiastic in applauding what one
gentleman declared was a Democratic
demosthenes.
Senator Pritchard’s part of the audience
applauded him, but it was a Democratic
day. a Democratic crowd, and a Demo
cratic victory.
* * *
Senator Pritchard said in the begin
ning that he thanked the Lord that the
time had come in North Carolina when
public questions could be discussed be
fore the people without prejudice or
passion, but neglected to state that he
had fought the amendment and tried to
prevent the conditions for which he
thanked the Lord. He then reiterated a
large portion of the speech he made at
the Greensboro convention, dwelling at
length on the Republican policy of pro
tection on raw material and manufac
tured products. He mentioned the tariff
tax on mica, wool, rice and lumber as
the paramount causes of general pros
perity. He repudiated the idea that pro
tection in any manner fostered the trusts.
He declared that the Republican party
would in due time look after the trusts,
and, in an unguarded moment, likened
them to a cancer on the body politic and
asked if it would be wise for a physician
to cut out the cancer from a patient
when the probability was that the op
eration would kill the patient. He de
clared that only twelve per cent of the
American people were interested in
trusts. Would it be wise to cut away
the other eighty-eight per cent in order
to get at the twelve per cent cancer?
He declared that there were more trusts
in free trade England than any other
country and pointed to free trade Rus
sia and free trade France as trust
ridden countries. He scored the Wilson-
Gorman tariff bill and said that that
measure was largely responsible for all
the national woes that followed its en
actment into law. He said that New
England had grown rich because of pro
tection on its raw material and manu
factured products. It had used up its
raw material and was now clamoring for
free raw material of the South. He
talked tariff and protection during three
fourths of his time and made a vigorous
attempt to convince the farmers of Le
noir that the more tilings were taxed
the richet they would be, but he poured
this brand of Pritchard doctrine into un
willing ears—into the ears of men who
are not to be entrapped by any such
contradictory logic.
He lauded Roosevelt and the Republi
can Congress and declared that the
Philippines belonged to America by right
of purchase, and by treaty which had
been adopted by the aid of Democratic
votes in Congress, and favored by the
great Democratic leader, Wm. J. Bryan,
and that the United States would hold
them forever for the purpose of estab
lishing and maintaining commercial re
lations with them. He finally took a
whirl on the ice of Republican and Pop
ulist control of the public affairs of
North Carolina, but he made only a few
cautious circles on this dangerous point
before he felt the ice giving way, so
with an allusion to the advance in the
Governor’s salary, the establishment of
new judicial districts, and the attempt
KALKIGH, NORTH CAROLINA. TUESDAY MORNING, BftPTKMBE.It 29 1902.
to impeach the judges as unnecessary ex
penditures of the public funds, and with
the statement that the administration
had borrowed over two hundred thousand
dollars to help meet its expenditure, he
approached the limit of his allotted time.
He was given a most respectful hear
ing. The eight hundred people listened
attentively and w’ith marked courtesy,
but there was but little demonstration or
applause. He spoke of Mr. Craig and
told the audience that he had challenged
him to joint debate because he believed
that it had been foreordained by the
Democratic party that in case of victory
Mr. Craig was to succeed him in the
United States Senate, and because, too,
that he knew Mr. Craig to be a true
gentleman, a fine speaker and a typical
Democrat of the Simmons type. When
he took his seat there was a few pro
nounced ripples of applause amid the
forty or fifty negroes present, who had,
during the speech appeared non-plused,
pleased, disgusted, uneasy and chagrined
in turns.
Mr. Craig arose immediately. There
was a storm of applause which came
with such vehemnee and spontaneity tha
it seemed to have been pent up for an
hour and had just that moment got an
opportunity to manifest itself. Mr.
Craig spoke for several minutes calmly
and slowly. He thanked the Senator for
his pleasant allusions, hut disclaimed 1
the idea that it had been foreordained or
predistinated that he should be elected
United States Senator. He was a can
didate for that high honor, but the Dem
ocratic party had no bosses to dictate
who it would elect, and it was universally
(known that the Republican party in
North Carolina was bess-ridden, and that
the boss was Senator Pritchard, who
HON. LOCKE CRAIG.
had just taken his seat.
He would in his remarks have some- s
thing to say about trusts, and perhaps
he had as well begin with Senator
Pritchard as he was a trust in himself,
a whole political combine. Mr. .Craig
took up the question at issue that h;?d
been discussed by Seenator Pritchard and
discussed first the tariff and trust ques
tion. His voice rose by degrees as he
proceeded until it grew into a great
volume of well rounded, sharp pointed
home thrusts that sounded through the
building, echoed out in the streets and
thoroughly aroused the crowd. He told
of the burdens placed upon the great
masses of the people by the tariff-foster
ed trusts and combines. He accepted the
Senator’s definition of them as canceer
ous, eating out the vitals of the govern- j
ment. He with powerful and telling
effect rang the changes on the Senator’s
unguarded definition, and turning to the
Senator said: “Let me show you, Sena
tor, where you had an opportunity to
aid in performing an operation that
would cut the cancer out. He then read
the resolution approved in cancers by
Congressman Richardson, the Democrat
ic leader, empowering the President and
Secretary of the Treasury to withdraw
the tariff tax on goods made by trusts
and combinations and sold to foreigners
cheaper than to our home people. “Did
you join in this effort to cut out the can
cer, Senator Pritchard, and if you did
not will you, if you should be re-elected,
vote for this method of cutting away
what you yourself designate as an eating
cancer on the body politic?”
This was a home thrust and then the
young giant of debate advanced a step
and in a most dramatic manner said: I
will pause right here, Senator Pritchard,
and let you get up and tell these people
whom your cancer is devouring, whether
or not you will, if ycu are returned to
the Senate, voet for this resolution.
There was a moment of silence, terrible
to the Senator, but he opened not his
mouth- and then the crowd almost lifted ;
the roof-
From then on the victory was Craigs,
and when he came to Pritchard's charge
of extravagance he outdid himself.
“Yes,” he said fc in reply to Pritchard’s!
| reference to the advance in the Gover
nor's salary, “you do'Governor Aycoc k an
injustice when you say that he refused
to qualify until his salary was raised
and we did raise it. Your own Governor
recommended it, and we believe we
made a good trade when we swapped
Russell for Aycock, even though we did
give a thousand dollars to boot. This
was a stunner. The audience went wild,
hey yelled and and yelled, and it
was some moments before Craig could
; continue. *"
But the climax came when Craig
touched the pension question. Os course
I the Senator had been looking for it. He
had perhaps sealed himself against it,
and had doubtless in his mand arranged
an answer, but he did not expect it to
come in the shape of a whizzing, whirl
ing buz-saw as it did. Craig drew a
vivid, pathetic, touching, blood boiling
picture of two Southern boys donning the
gray and leaving home to fight for home
and native land, to march with the im
mortal Jackson or Lee under the stars
and bars. One wore the gray to the end
; and came home maimed for life, broken
in health and the other threw away the
gray and donneed the blue and came
back in the enemies lines to shoot down
his loyal brother, to burn and destroy
the home that sheltered his mother or
father.
i Which should a Southern man pension?
Senator Pritchard voted against giving a
; pittance to the boy that wore the gray
to the end in the Legislature of 1885, but
voted to lavishly pension the destroyer
: in the United States Senate in 1902.
This was the killing thrust that went
home to nearly every heart in the au
j dience. It was indeed a roof lifteer. The
I yell that followed it was deafening. The
applause came in mighty waves. Sena
tor Pritchard wa s nettled. He rarely
becomes so, but he was stung, he was
visibly disturbed. He was nearly mad.
The terrible shell had bursted all about
him and the missies of pronounced effect
was flying thick and fast.
Mr. Craig had nearly spoken his time
out. He followed this thrust with others
almost as effective. He alluded to the
suffrage amendment, and said that
Senator Pritchard thanked the
Lord that the time had arrived
passionately discussed in North Carolina,
when live questions could be im
“Yes, that time had come.” The Demo
cratic party had put the negro out of
politics and in the name of the hundred
thousand white yeomen he wanted to pro
claim that he would stay out for ever.
He had been eliminated in spite of Sen
ator Pritchard and his party, and there
would never again be the damnation of
negro domination ip North Carolina un
less Senator Pritchard and his party re
gained control and restored it. The Sen
ator was doubtless glad that it was so,
but would he, like a man, get un and
tell these people that he accepted the
amendment in good faith And would sup
port it in good faith? Mr. Craig closed
with a touching peroration amid a
storm of applause.
Senator Pritchard arose for his twenty
minutes' rejoinder. He was nettled and
stung to the quick. He is a hard fighter,
a courageous defender of the position he
takes. Ke is usually cool and collected
but he was manifestly disconcerted at
this moment. He was seemingly border
ing on real anger, but ho partially con
trolled himself. He expressed surprise
at Craig’s speech, aqd charged him with
aping Senator Simmons and declared that
if he did not mind Senator Simincno
would make a fool of him.
At th’s Mr. Craiy arose. “That is be
coming personal,” he said, and I thought
there was to be no personalities.
“Well, I do not mean it in any offensive
sense,” said the Senator. “If the remark
is offensive. I will simply say that he
will get you in a hole. He declared
that he had voted against the Pension
Bill hi 1885 because he did not like the
bill, but that he had with the Alliance
(Continued on Second Page.)
ANNIE PULITZER'S
MURDERER FOUND
Young Was Wandering inthe
Guise of a Tramp.
TAKEN IN CONNECTICUT
He First Denied His Identity, Then
Betrayed Himself.
BLOODY STILETTO AND CLOTHIES FOUND
Woman’s Undergarments Saturated With Gsre
Discovered in His Trunk. A Cable 4 *
gram Comes From Young’s
Father in Paris.
(By the Associated Press.)
Derby, Conn., Sept. 22. —William Hoop
er Young, for whom police of New York
have been searching. In connection with
the murder of Mrs. Anna Nelson Pulit
zer, has been found and is also said to
have made a confession regarding the
killing of Mrs. Pulitzer.
In the guise of a tramp, he had been
wandering about the country for several
days, when he was arrested last evening
by the Derby police on suspicion. Al
though his description tallied closely with
that sent out by the New York officers,
ihe prisoner at first stoutly denied any
connection with the murder, and even
when lie was confronted with a man who
was formerly a fellow workman, he still
denied his identity. But this evening,
upon tlie arrival of a man with whom he
was intimately acquainted, the prisoner
acknowledged that he is William Hooper
Y’oung.
It was to Mac Levy, a physical culture
instructor, of Brooklyn, and Detective
Sergeant Edward Hughes, of New York,
that the prisoner admitted his identity.
Levy and the detective reached here at
6:20 o’clock and were conducted at once
to the prisoner’s corridor in the jail. The
suspected man, who, up to this time, had
insisted that ho was Bert Edwards, of
Portland, Orgeon, was taken from his cell
and met Levy in the corridor.
“Hello, Hooper,” exclaimed Levy as
soon us the prisoner appeared. There
was no response and no sign of recogni
tion from the suspected man, but when
Levy again saluted him, he said calmly,
“I don't know’ you.”
“Os course you know me,” said Levy,
placing his hand on the shoulder of the
prisoner, he spoke in a low tone for
several minutes. The prisoner said:
“You Should be sure of your identifi
cation. This is a terrible crime for which
I am held.”
Young was taken back to liis cell and
told tits reasou for liis arrest. The
prisoner then for the first time admitted
that iie was William Hooper Young. He
talked with the officer regarding his re
turn to New York, and expressed a wil
lingness to 20 back at once without re
quisition papers.
While Detective Sergeant Hughes wfis
talking with Young an acquaintance of
the latter, Dixie Anzer, of Hoboken,
passed by the cell and looked. Mr. An
zer, who was formerly a business part
ner of Young, w’as somewhat in doubt
about the identification, but as he went
by, tHo prisoner raised his head and ex
elaimed, “Hello, there’s Anzer.” While
Levy’s identification of Young and the
latter's own admission cleared up all
uncertainty regarding the case, the police
had been positive for several hours that
they had ihe man they wanted. Detective
ergeant Peter A. Finley, of New York,
who reached here shortly before 3 o’clock,
aeompanied by Gustave A. Ernst, of
Brooklyn, was able through Ernst to es
tablish the f dentity of the arrested man
to his satisfaction, but to make the identi
fication complete, the detective decided
to have another acquaintance of Young
confront the man, and Levy was sent
for.
WILL IHEY COMBINE I
Many Eay the Beal American-Imperial Fight
Has Not Yet Begun
(By the Associated Press.)
London. Sept. 20. —The tobacco situa
tion is absorbing columns cf space in vhe
London dailies. A recent dinner of the
Wholesalers’ Association was productive
of varied speculation, owing to a speech
of the chairman, who mysteriously hint
ed at possible government action ad
verse to imported manufactured tobacco
and a speedy end of the present trade
war by the amalgamation of the Ameri
can and Imperial Tobacco Companies.
Those interested in and conversant with
the real situation assert that neither the
American nor the British companies are
ripe for any sort of a compromise, and
that the real fight has not yet com
menced.
MT MORIAH ACADEMY.
A Number of Raleigh People Participate in a
Delightful Meeting
Many citizens of this city participated
in a large gathering at Mt. Moriah Acade
my, situated near Auburn, Friday night.
Among them being Mrs. E. E. Moffitt,
Miss Rosa Broughton, Miss Cheatham and
Miss Wyatt. Mrs. Moffitt made an in
teresting talk on the betterment of the
public school houses of the county.
Some delightful solos wer.e sung by Miss
Rosa Broughton. Miss Wyatt rendered
some charming selections on the violin,
and Miss Cheatham presided at the piano
with ability.
l*rof. Crittendon, of Wake Forest Col
lege, delivered the address of the even
ing, which was greatly enjoyed by all
present. ,
Prof. Adams is principal of the /."ade
my and is highly gratified at the bright
prospects for the school. Many improve
ments are being made. New pianos have
been purchased and new furniture will
be installed.
A dwelling is in course of construction
for the accommodation of boarding
pupils. Mt. Moriah Academy is doing a
splendid work in its section of the coun
ty and is taking a high stand.
GREAT SHOOT AT BTATE FAIR
A Practice Day and Three Days For Prizes
Means Big Shooting,
The trap shooters are to be featured at
the State Fair in October, at which there
will be two days of extra fine sport.
Expert shots are to be present and
there will be two days of the shoot for
sweepstakes and SIOO added money,
making S2OO in all. The days for these
events will be Wednesday and Thursday
of State Fair Week, and the big money
prizes mean a hot contest.
Preceding these two days there will be
a practice shoot on Tuesday, and on
Friday comes the State championship
shoot for the trophy. This means four
days of trap shooting, which will be an
enjoyable feature for visitors and great
sport for the trap shooters.
sevenTortTiaken
Parshing is Now About to
Attack Macin.
In His Campaign Against the Moros He Has
Killed Twenty* five. The Sultans
Remain Obstinate.
(By the Associated Press.)
Manila, Sept. 22.—Up to Sunday the
force commanded by Captain John J.
Pershing, of the Fifteenth infantry, oper
ating against the Moros in the Island of
Mindanao, had met with slight resistance
in the Macin country and had captured
several forts, killed twenty-five and
wounded twenty Moros. There w’ere no
American casualties.
Captain Pershing's courier reached
Brigadier General Samuel S. Sumuer, at
Camp Vicars today. The Captain re
ported that he first moved on Goanan,
where ihe troops took three forts. They
then pushed on to Baynbo and cap
tured two forts. From there the column
proceeded to Sanir and captured two
more forts. From Pantnan to Sanir in
the country dominated by the Sultans
of Cili and Butig and the two Sultans of
Macin, ihe column was frequently fired
on.
Captain Pershing communicated with
the Macin but they refused to
recognize the Americans and remained
obstinate.
When the courier departed Captain
Pershing had planned to attack Macin
today. Macin is situated a short dls
tnace from Sanir, where the troops
rested.
General Sumner has forwarded addi
tional rations to Captain Pershing, so as
to permit him to keep in the field if
Macin offers serious resistance.
On the Diamond.
• ■■
American League.
(By the Associated Press.)
At Chicago— R- H. E.
Chicago 100 20000 I—4 10 3
Detroit 0101 10 3 0 o—60 —6 8 3
At Washington — R- H. E.
Washington 0001 20 0 1 o—4 7 2
Baltimore 1404 00 0 0 o—90 —9 10 2
Second Game. — R- H. E.
Washington 01612220 *l4 15 3
Baltimore 00020 010 0 — 3 9 2
At Philadelphia— R. H. E.
Boston 12000020 o—s0 —5 11 1
Philadelphia 0000 00 1 0 o—l 9 3
Second Game. — R. H. E.
Boston 00021000 o—3 8 2
Philadelphia JO 320 0 0 o**—s 9 0
National League.
(By the Associated Press.)
At Brooklyn— R- H. E.
Philadelphia 0001 00 0 0 o—l 5 2
Brooklyn 00000010 I—2 5 0
At New York— R. H. E.
Boston 00010030 3*—7 5 2
New York 00001000 o—l 4 6
Contracts for Stone Work.
Mr. Charles A. Goodwin, of this city,
who has the contract for cutting and pre
paring the stone foundations for the two
big guns recently brought here from Fort
Casw’ell, says that they will be ready
within the next three or four days.
Mr. Goodwin also has recently closed
contracts for the erection of two very
handsome granite monuments. One of
these is to be put up in Durham by Mr.
W. J. Angier, of this city, and his
brother, Mr. John C. Angier, of Durham,
in memory of their father. The other
one will be erected in Oakwood ceme
tery, this city.
Mr. Procter a Shade Better.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Lumberton, N. C., Sept. 22. —The con
dition of Mr. E. K. Proctor, Jr., is slight*
ly improved though he *s very sick.
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PRICK FIVE CENTS.
TROOPS DISARMED
BY THE AiRIHS
Before Being Transported
Across the isthmus.
A STORM OF DISAPPROVAL
It is Believed That This Will Follow
McLean's Actios.
COLOMBIANS THINK US THERE TO STAY
That Troops Are Sentlin Anticipation of Early
Signature of Parian a Canal Treaty aid
That Tney Will Soor. Chick
All Hostilities.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Sept. 22.—The Navy De
partment is in receipt of the following
cablegram from Commander McLean of
the cruiser Cincinnati, dated Colon, Sep
tember 20th:
“The United States guards and guar
antees traffic and the line of transit.
Today I permitted the exchange of Co
lombian troops from Panama to Colon,
about one thousand men each way, the
troops without arms, in train guarded
by American naval force in the same
manner as other passengers, arms and
ammunition in separate train guarded
also by naval force in the same manner
as other freight.”
Officials of the Colombian Legation
here predict that a storm of disapproval
will arise in Colombia as a result of
Commander McLean’s action in disarm
ing the Colombian troops before their
passage across the Isthmus. It is stated
here that Colombia’s agreement With
the Panama Railroad Company specific
ally provides for the transportation of
Colombian soldiery by the railroad when
occasion arises, and the commander’s
action is regarded at the Legation here
as a direct infringement of Colombia’s
sovereignty over the Isthmus.
A belief which has grown so strong
that it no longer can be disregarded, is
held in Central and South American dip
lomatic quarters here in regard to this
latest, and in point of numbers, almost
unprecedented dispatch of a naval force to
the Isthmus. This belief (and it should
he stated that the impression prevails
in spite of emphatic expressions of high
officials of the United States Government
to the contrary) is that the large naval
force which has been sent to beep traffic
open across the Isthmus will prevent, by
its very presence, the continuation of
hostilities along the railroad on any ex
tensive scale, and soon bring them to a
halt altogether: that the force has been
sent there in anticipation of an early
signature of the Panama Canal treaty,
and' that it will be kept there to main
tain order.
Colon, Colombia, Sept. 22.—The United
States auxiliary cruiser Panther from
the League Island Navy Yard, with a
battalion of marines on board, has just
arrived here. Efforts are being made to
secure suitable quarters here for the
American marines.
Mr. De Wit Felt is Dead-
News has been received here that Mr.
DeWitt Felt died Sunday evening at 6:30
at his home in Emporia, Pa. Mr. Felt
was the brother of Mrs. J. J. Thomas
and Mrs. S. W, Brewer, of this city. Hr
also leaves three brothers, J. P., Talcott
and C. H. Felt. The deceased was taken
ill three weeks ago. He leaves a wife,
two sons and a daughter. Mr. Felt was
in the milling business at Emporia. He
visited Raleigh two years ago.
Escaped Convict Caught.
Mack O’Rorke, the negro who escaped
from the work house several days ago,
has been captured and sent on to court.
He was caught in Swift Creek township
and brought here Sunday. Yesterday
morning he was taken before Justice
Marcom on two charges, of escape and
assault with a deadly weapon. He at
tacked the deputy who arrested hiii witli
a rock, but did not inlure him. His
bond was 750 in each case.
Accident Investigated.
The Corporation Commission yesterday
examined witnesses in the matter of the
accident on the Seaboard Air Line last
July, which caused the death of Engineer
Watson.. It will be remembered that a
lumber car broke loo»e just the other
side of Crabtree bridge and rolled down
grade into Mr. Watson’s locomotive.
Testimony was given by several negro
helpers, the fireman, brakeman, engineer*
and others of the crews of the two traius.
The commission is required by law
to investigate all accidents,
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Notice to Registrars.
All registrars in Wake county ran get
(he registration books, blanks, Election
Law, etc., at my office in Carolina Trust.
Building on Saturday. September 27th.
Registration books must be open Thurs
day, October 2, and it is important to
get the books on September 27th.
BART M. GATLING,
Chairman Co. Board of Elections.
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Do a man a favor ana he will consider
you under everlasting obligations to him.