THE CAUCASIAN.
VOL. XVII.
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1899.
NO. 27.
IN
AGAIN
Spain's
New Minister Welcomed in
Washington.
A NFW TRIAL FOR DREYFUS.
!pjni tlls a Number of Her Colonial Pos
sci'ins Jo liermany Admiral Uewev's
f'rxrra4iini .
V.siiivru, I). C., Scia!. Di
lc luKtic relation with Spain, broken
.rl on i-nl ',l, woro formally rc
Hiiucl nt 11 o'Hork Haturdaj', when
I .loi. t McKiuley greeted Iuo 1)'
Am., tLo newly ncci fd itci minister
tf. tho I'mled h.tate ij t ho Blue I'arlor
i.f Uhi White House, iiuultaneously
in Mmli ul, if tho j lOKraruiuo arranged
:n miried out, Bellamy Storcr, tho
new I'uited Statu u.inistor to Spain,
uih he.ng pruxeutol to Chutiauo, the
.lueeii llcjroiit, during the legal minor -itv
f his I'utholiir Majesty, Alphoneo
XIII.
ft was a noUb'y occasion ia the
wmM'h history tho resumption of
funnily reV.ious between two nations
which hnl teou at wnr u;ul in the brief
f-1 1 iiirlc hud changed the map of tho
oi IJ. '1 ho s eeches of the day wore
hi I'cidlly notable. They were plain
eokeii nuil devoid of tho uanal hazy
ihpleinntie phraseology, 'lho ceremony
wnn xrecdingiy simple.
Promptly at II o'clock, tho hour sot,
tliu t wo curriaegs containing the Duo
li'Arcos, Secretary liny and tbo secro
titnn of tho new Spanish minister,
!-ihis Kinno and Pastor, reached the
White House. (Juite a crowd had col
lected to catch n glimpse of tho new
minister. Tho party was immediately
mliendin tho Clue Parlor. Tho Due
uh nttired in his rcsplendont diplo
matic uniform. .Across his coat ho
oro a scarlet nasi), and ou his brecst
sparkled the iusiguia of half a doztn
orders, tho dazzling cross of the Order
of lho Catholic being the most conspic
uous He carried bin plumed cbapeau
in his left hand, i.ud a copy of his ed
tlruBS in his light. Tho secretaries
were likewise nttired in thoir gorgeous
dip'oniutic uniforms.
A New Trial isNow Assured.
I a MP, By Cab!. Tho Court of Cas
nil ion Saturday roudercd a verdict in
favor of n revision of the Dreyfus case,
ami onleriu;- n new court-martial, to
fc:t at Kenucs, (Q milca from Nantes for
the trial of tho prisoner. Previous to
tkeanuouncerneut ; f tho verdict, crowds
of people assembled at theTulaco of
Justice and ia its noiguboihood, await
in- me uccision. loriect calm pre-
Tailed,
The kidnapping Case.
Ni.w Vnx, Special. Sheriff Rlnvclt,
of Uocklaud county, came to the city
eurly Saturday to cousnlt with tho
pnliro authorities here, regarding tho
case of tho Wilson, r Burrow, who
Hie in jail nt Nyack, charged with tho
kidnapping of Marion Clark. A iis
tatch to tlu Associated Press from
JS yio k says that there is a strong senti
ment there against tho county author
ity standing iiou tho law, which
K'i7ts I'ocklund ccunly the power to
prosecute tho abductors who were ar
rested there, although tho crime vai
committed iu New York county.
Dewev's Programme.
Honu Kono, P.v ('able. Admiral
Dewey's health is still improving, but
he is keeping very quiet at the Peak
Hotel, onlv once having como down to
the city and accepting no invitations.
He will sail on Tuesday. According to
his piescnt plans he will not visit Eu-
:Iand on his homeward journev, but
will proceed straight to Gibraltar and
thcucotoNew York, whero he expects
to arrive at tho beginning of October
after a leisurely voyage.
Still Another Case.
a i l a n r a , ua. , Mnecial. A special ;o
tho Constitution from Cedartown, Go.
dated Juue I), says: The Polk county
jail hero is surrounded nt 11 o'o'ock
tonight by a mob of 300 men, clamoring
for Grant Bell, a vagabond negro who
was placed there to-day for a brutal
BHsult upon Mrs. J. C. Lumpkin,
a widow u.j years of age, at an early
Hour tlxis morning.
Wages Advanced.
IWhminhuam, Ala., Special. The
lrnncssee Co 1 Iron and Railroad
Company has announced au advance in
tlie wages of its miners of 2 cents per
ton. Sit thousand men are affected.
A C) clone Strikes a Freight Train.
f KfiTtE Haute, Iud., Special. Word
has just reached this city that a freight
train on the Chicago & Illinois Rail
road, near Watseka, Ills., was struck
1 y a cyclone, while running at a good
rate cf speed, and the wind carried five
mrs cut of the train, and blew out two
tracks for a distance of (W feet, together
ith a good portion cf the road bed.
176 Paid of Off; 54 Rejected.
Havana. Bv Cable. The ravment of
in curgents soldiers was continued Fri
day at Melincla. One hundred and
seventy-six received the $75 allotted to
each soldier turning iu bin arms, and
! applicants were rejected for various
eu?er.
The Wain King Dead.
Vienna, By Cable. Johaun Strauss,
the famous composer, known through
'nt tho civilized world as the "Waltz
King," is dead.
Maybe Another Georgia lurching.
Powder fcrmvof, Ga., Special.
News has jnst reached here of the as
anlt upon the eight-year-old daughter
ef Mr. John Smith, a well-to-do farm
er, who lives five miles north of here,
by Harvey Minnirield, n negro cm
ployed on Mr. Smith's farm. The crime
as ci muitted late Friday aftornoon.
After the crime was discovered, it was
deoidad to keep it quiet, nod by t bin
inaans it wan thought that the capture
of MinoifitM would tffc1i4 irUhout
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
The South.
Yellow fever Las appeared ia Nw
Orleans.
Reports are reaching Richmond of
severe storms ia the Piedmont section
and to tLa Valley f Virginia.
Mis Anna Sr. Clair Patteraon wt
married in Baltimore Thursday to
Count Ceaare do Ccmturbia, f Milan,
Cardinal Gibbons performing the cere
mony. Seven hundred men employed as
ship builders and boilsr-msker in the
various ship-building plants of Haiti
more have struck, and as a conse
quence the ship -building industry there
s practically at a standstill.
(Jen. Joseph AVheeler was tendered
an informal mucheou at thv Union
Club, in Boston, by Governor Wolcott.
Anions those present were John D.
Long, Secretary of the Navy; Richard
Olncy, former Secretary of State, and
Josiah (Juincj', Mayor of Boston.
The North.
Tacit O'Brien got the decisiou over
Martin Flaherty, at the end of the
twenty-fifth round, in New York, Mon-
'Jny night.
J. N. Plumb, who shot and killed Al
exander Masterson. on May 2d, died at I
Bellovue Hospital, New Y'ork, Wednes
day night at 8:r,0 o'clock.
Confederate gravos were decorated
at Arlington at the sanio time and by
the same hands that decorated the
Union graves.
Foreign.
Maj. Marchand has arrived at Tou
lon, where he was greeted with im
mense enthusiasm.
Ex-President Harrison delivered an
address at the annual decoration by tho
Americans of the tomb of LaFayette,
iu Parris, Monday. '
A special dispatch from Manila says
that tho insurgents attacked the out
posts of the Fifty-first Iowa Regiment,
at San Fernando, and that two Ameri
caes were hit.
The London Daily Chroniclo an
nounces that Mrs. Florence Maybrick
is likely to be liberated shortly, as a
result of the pressure brought to bear
by Mr. Joseph H. Choato, United
States ambassador, iu favor of re-opening
the case.
The winter wheat crop of Southern
Russia has boon completely destroyed
by a protracted drought. The spring
wheat crop is also in jeopardy from the
same cause.
The Queen regent of Spain has sien
cd a decree appointing Marshal Mar
tine Campos to the presidency of the
Senate.
In paying the Cubans it becomes more
evident day by day that the lists are
badly padded, everr man who ever
served in the Cuban array, dead or
alive, appearing ou them.
The United States embassy at Brus
sels has reported to the State Depart
ment that tho Belgian government has,
by a decreo issued on the 28th instant,
roscinded the interdiction upon the im
portation of American cattle. The de
cree takes efl'eot May 31.
Miscellaneous.
The transport City of Pueblo has ar
rived from Manila. Among her pas
sougers is General King.
The megaphone is about to be order
ed experimentally into the German
navy, this summer.
Advices from Dawson City state that
over 81,000,000 in gold is awaiting ship
ment by the first steamer.
The aldermeu of Greater New York
have voted J150.000 for the celebration
of the arrival of Admiral Dewey in that
oity.
General Lawton has been given com
mand of the defences of the city and
troops forming the line around Manila
which will be his division. General
MacArthur commands the outlying gar
risons and the troops holding the rail
road and river.
' The Hon? Kong Daily Press reports
tint the claim made upon the Hong
Kong and Shanghai Bank by Aguinal-
do, for $200,000 deposited with the
bank, has been settled. The money
has boen paid over to Agninaldo's re
presentatives.
The funeral of Colonel JohnStotzen
burg, of the First Nebraska, took
place at Arlington Cemetery Thursday
afternoon. Colonel Stotzenburg was
killed at the head of bis regimnt
nt the charee upon the enemy near
Manila, April 23d. Three troops and
the headquarters band of the Third
Cavalry participated in the funeral.
President McKiuley was present at the
exercises.
In Washington Wednesday Doc M.
Tharpe, a member of the Company A.
Fifth Immunes, shot and killed Aaron
G. Hishop, a member of Company G.
of the same regiment, while Bhooting
at ex-Sergeant Acton, of the district
police. Tharpe was drunk. He and his
comrades were mustered out at Camp
Meade yesterday and were en route
home. Tharpe is from Mississippi,
and Bishop from Gadsden. Ga.
Dan Shannon, for many years the
manager of the Wilkesbarre, Pa., base
ball club, has tendered his resignation
to accept the management of the Buf
falo clnb.
The German warship built to replace
the ironclad Kaiser Wilhelm was
launched at Kiel Thursday, in the
presence of Emperor William, who
named bor Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse.
Johann Strauss, the famous Australian
composer, now in his seventyfourth
yeara is believed to be dying, in
Vienna.
Five hundred saloona of Baltimore, it
ia estimated, will quit the business.
Some of them have already closed their
doors and others will follow. TKj
cause of the great shut-down is the do
termination of the Maryland Brewing
Company, which controla cearly nine
tenths of the beer output of the city, to
abandon the practice of paying for sa
loon licenses in order to force their
product.
Forty people wero injured iu Chicago
in n rear enJ coiUBion between a liar
lem ia03 track special and a 4Sth Street
train on the Law street elevated road.
It ti net bolimd that any of tbo in
jured win flJMaa moil letjcus in janes
9 W rPtnq priff orpnen jirons
GOVERNOR JIB ML
South Carolina's Executive Passes
Away.
A SKETCH OF HIS CAREER.
A Victim of Conumption-Leaves a Wife aod.
Sit Children. Well Provided For He Was
.a Good Governor.
CHAfiLEiffriN, 8. C, Special. Wil
liam Hazelden Ellerbe, Governor of
SouthCarolina,died near Dillon Friday.
About two weeks ago ho went from the
Governor's residence at Columbia,
where he had been an invalid for
months, in tha last stages of consump
tion, to his plantation home in Marion
county. He was a descendant of Cap
tain Thomas Ellerbe, of Marion's Brig
ade, who came to this State from Vir
ginia, iu 1773. He wa3 born in 1862 and
educated at Wofford College and Van
derbilt University. He was a planter
and merchant at the inception of the
Tillman movement in lgG, and was
elected Comptroller General in 1890 In
1894 he was defeated as a candidate for
Governor.
In 1890 he was elected Gov
ernor, carrying every county in the
State except one, receiving the votes of
many Conservatives, as he had pro
claimed his determination to know no
faction,
OOYEBNOU ELLEBBEE,
OF SOUTH CABOH2CA..
When the Spanish war was proclaim
ed, Governor Ellerbe promptly sec
onded the call of tho President for vol
unteers, and his appointment of officers
gave general satisfaction. In Novem
ber, 1898, ho was re-elected Governor
after a hot campaign and after a most
formidable opposition, many Conserv
atives claiming that ho had not fulfilled
his pledges. Ho warmly approved the
Spanish war.
Governor Ellerbe's dome3tic life has
been a happy and beautiful one. He
leaves his widow and six children val
uable landed estates in Marion county
He will be succeeded by Lieutenant
Governor Miles B. McSweeney. of
Hampton county, a former Charleston
printer boy, who has risen to tne top
through his own exertions.
No Enlistment of Volunteers.
Washington, D. C, Special. -
-The
cabinet, at its meeting Friday, decided
that there was no present necessity for
the enlistment of volunteers. The situ
ation was gone over at the cabinet meet
ing very fully before this conclusion
was reached. The President stands
ready at any time it may appear neces
sary to authorize tho enlistment of vol
unteers, although hoping that such a
contingency will not arise. Gen. Otis
is to be given the 30,Q00 men for whom
he has asked. Tho additional 5,000 or
0,000 troops to make up the 30,000 are
to be taken from tho regulars "now
servins in Porto Rico. Cuba and this
country.
The Southern League Disbands.
The Southern League of baseball
clubs has disbanded. Patronage has
been very small and money loBt on
every club. New Orleans was to have
played Mobile here Friday afternoon
but concluded not to come, claiming
that Dallas has disbanded.
Hanna's Man the Mmner.
. Columbus. O.. Special. The Re
publican State convention Friday nom
inated Judge George K. Nash, the fa
vorite of Senator Hanna, for Governor,
on the second ballot, and ex-Congress
man John A. Caldwell, the favorite of
George B. Cox, for Lieutenant Gov
ernor, with the other five nominations
distributed among those of less distinct
party afmiations.
Two Killed in a Cyclone.
New York, Special. A special to the
Press from North Tonawanda, N. Y.
savs: A cvcione passed over iu
southern part of this city and adjacent
country at 4:30 o'clock Monday after
noon. Two men were killed, houses
were wrecked and much damage done.
There is much comment in Havana
over the fact that Cuban officers have
been demanding $o as compensation for
identification of Cubans who have been
applicants for the $75 allowed by the
United States authorities to former sol
diers of the Cuban army wlfo surrender
their arms.
Refused to Work With a Negro.
Savannah, Ga., Special The ap
prentices in the machine shops of the
Central of Georgia Railroad complained
to the superintendent that a negro had
been put to work along with them, and
requested that he be removed and that
a white man be put in his place. They
declared they would not work on an
equality with a negro. The superin
tendent discharged seventeen of them
in a body.
A Big Manila Ball.
Manila, By Cable. The United
States Philippine commission last
night gave one of the most brilliant
balls Manila has ever seen. It was one
of a series of entertainments intended
to foster friendship between the Amer
icans and the natives. The commission
ht.d the handsomest residence in Ma
niia. overlooking the harbor. The
grounds surrounding it were illuminat
ed, while the bouse itself was decorated
with the American colors. Toe newly
appointed yZM, Geaeral Otl, a
cumber of ether Amii'lcno cfiican and
mm wfiUby mUtw iffr j &
El METALIC CL13S.
Jeetig in Louisville, liy., taJorses Erya
tad the Chicago Hat form.
Louisville, Ky.. Special The Ohio
Valley League of bi-metalie clubs.
comprising the states of Ohio, Indiana,
Uinois and Kentucky, is holding its
third annual convention in ib.it city.
McBauley's Theatre, the scene of the
gathering, was profusely decorated
whenthe convention was called to or
der. When President Tarvin.of the Bi-
Metalic League, delivered his annual
address, perhaps 1,000 people were in
the theatre. Mayor Weaver, of Louis
ville, extended a welcome to the visit
ing delegates and told them that their
work would b6 well done, if they'in-
dorsed Bryan for President in 1900.
Judge J. P. Tarvtn's remarks were at
times received with the greatest enthu
siasm, any reference to a re-affirmation
of the Chicago platform or an indorse
ment of W. J. Bryan as the presiden
tial nomineo being the signal for vo-
cifeous applause.
A Bank Cashier and Mill Man Missing.
Athens, Ga., Special. John A. Ben-
nedict, cashier of the Exchange Bank,
and owner of the Athens Roll Cover
Company, has been missing since-last
Tuesday. He went to Greenville, S. C. ,
on business connected witn me rou
cover concern, and on Tuesday morn
ing left the hotel there to visit cotton
mills at Spartanburg. His accounts at
the bank have been fonnd absolutely
correct by experts. No reason can be
assigned by family or-friends, who fear
he has met with an accident or foul
play.
The New Spanish Minister Arrives.
New Y'ork, Special, The most nota
ble passenger who arrived Monday on
the North German Lloyd steamer Kai
sar Wilhelm der Grosse, was tho Duke
de Arcos, who comes to assume the
post of Spanish minister at Washing
ton. Ho is accompanied by his wife,
formerly Miss Virginia Woodbury
Lowry.of Washington, and Senor Juan
Riano. who will act as first secre
tary of the Spanish legation.
The Officials Disppointed.
Washington, D. C, Special. Gen
eral Brooke has made no report to tho
War Department upon the reported
non-success of the effort to induce Cu
ban soldierB in Havana to lay down
their arms and accept the gratuity pro-
viden for them. lho omcials are
greatly disappointed, but feel thst they
have dona all tnat in fairness could be
expected of them and if the romainin:
Cuban soldiers aro of the eame mind as
thoso in Havana, tho government will
not loner delay a withdrawal of the
offer.
The Week's v ork Toward Peace.
The Hague. By Cable. A brief
official record of the doings of the
peace conference during the past week
says: "Provisional proposals for medi
ation and arbitration have been sub
mitted by the representatives of Rus
sia, Great Britain, Italy and the Unit
ed States. " Tho correspondent here of
the Associated Press learns that the
statement that the Americans have
submitted an arbitration proposal is
not correct.
A Terrific Storm in Pennsylvania.
Pittsburg, Pa., Special. A terrific
wind and rain storm passed over this
section Monday, doing considerable
damage, but no fatalities resulted. An
nie Sullivan, a 10-year-old girl, who
was on her way from school, was struck
by a live telephone wire, heavily
charged by a cros with electric light
wires. The wire caught her across the
throat and burned into the flesh from
ear to ear. The physicians say she has
a chance of recovery.
The Civil Service Bars Let Down.
Washington, D. C, Special. Presi
dent McKinley to-day issued the
amendments to the civil rules which he
has had under consideration for nbout
a year. It releases from the operations
of tho civil service rules about 4,000
offices. .
The Solace Arrived.
San Francisco, Col, Special.
-The
United States transport Solace has ar
rived here from Manila, via Honolulu.
She had on board a large number of
Boldiers whose terms cf service have
expired, or who have been incapacitated
from duty. Among her passengers ia
General King.
News from Gilmore.
Washington, D. C, Special The
following dispatch received by the
Navy Department, is the first direct
news of Lieutenant Gilmore that has
been received for over a week. It-was
taken by the Department as a hopeful
indication of his situation:
Manila, May 31.
"Secretary Navy, Washington:
"Escaped Spanish prisoner- reports
seeinz Gilmore and some sailors well.
Gilmore is allowed a horso.
Barker.
Telegraphic Briefs,
A general strike of the plumbers in
Norfolk, Va. , went into effect Wednea
day morning
Five people, three women and two
men, were drowned at the foot of Mad
ison street, Toledo, O., Wednesday.
The party was in a row boat and got in
the wake of a steamer. The boat up
turned and all went under. The boat
also sank.
The Ameriean delegates yesterday
aubmited their schemes for an artbitra
tion tribunal to the peace conference at
The Hague. Special dispatch is to the
London papers say that the scheme
meets with much favor, being regarded
as eminently practical.
The tenth annual session of the
Trans - Mississippi Commercial Con
gress opened at Wichita, Kas. , Thnrs
day morning with 300 delegates in at
tendance. .
Ex Governor Lowry has decided to
become a canditate for the United
States Senate in Mississippi, and has
commenced a'vigorous canvass of the
State. He is an able man with an ex-
cellont war record, aod - it is thought
he will mako considerable inroad on
tho support which has been claimed for
Governor McLaaria and CoDflTOMman
Tt!. 7tiA.
A Hill ACM.
One Killed and 12 Injured at the
State Hospital at Morgan ton.
OTIS MAY CALL VOLUNTEERS.
The Yellow Fever Sileatioa at New Orieaat
not Regarded as Serioas Ei-Metallists ia
Session Other News.
Mobgaxtox, N.C., Special A work
ing party of 34 patients in the front
grounds of the State Hospital
here Thursday, ran under the bowling
alley to escape a rain. The wind blew
the building down, killing out-right
one patient, and injured 12 others, more
or less seriously.
The following is a list of the casual
ties: Sawyer, killed; Slater, Vanover,
Earley, Krider and Burde, aeriously
injured; Burnett, McPeters, Greenlee,
Green, Staly, Dickson and Houston in
jured to an unknown extent, as at this
tune the injured have not been carefully
examined. . Everything possible is be
ing done for the injured, The friends
of the patients will be kept informed of
their condition.
Later: Examination shows the fol
lowing injuries: Farley, both legs
broken in the collapse, condition seri
ous. Slater, internal injuries, unknown
extent, will probably die. Krider, in
jured JU hip. Burde, broken thigh.
Green, dislocated hip. McPheetere,
arm broken. Dickson, both legs
broken compound fractures. All the
others appear to have slight injuries,
though further examination may show
more extended hurts.
May Call for Volunteers.
Washington, D. C, Special Ra-
plying to the enquiries of the Secretary
of War, General Otis telegraphs that he
is still of the opinion that 30,000 troops
will bo necessary for tho effective con
trol of the Philippines. Secretary Al
ger took General Otis' cable to the
President, after a conference with him.
stat the text cf the dispatch would not
be made public. "It re-affirms Gen
eral Otis statement made some time
ago," said the Secretary, "that 30,000
men. would be sufficient to cope with the
situation. As I stated yesterday, the
regulars now on tho way or under or
ders to co to tuo I'uilippines, will give
Genral Otis about 24,000 or 23,000 mon
after tho withdrawal of the volun
teers."
v nere will tne additional 5,000 or
6,000 men whom General Otis asks for
come from ? The Secretary was asked.
"That has not been definitely deter
mined as yet," ho replied. "We may
be able to take the additional troops
asked for from the regulars now located
ia thi3 country, Cuba, Jand Porto Rico,
jli vouniteers.
The New Orleans Situation.
New OriiANS, La., Special By di
rection of the Louisiana State board of
health, at their meeting the following
telegram was forwarded to the several
State boards of health interested in the
reported case of yellow fever in this
city: "Representatives of this boards,
of Alabama and Mississippi, accompan
ied by Surgeon Murray, of the United
States Marine Hospital Service, in
spected all hospitals and hospital
records in New Orleans, and found
nothing suspicions. It is probable that
the several inspectors will make their
final report in n day or two. Nothing
justifies tbo slightest apprehension."
Skull Fractured by a Leap from a Carriage.
Montgomery, Ala., Special Mrs,
John H. Clisby, wife of the mayor of
Montgomery, was fatally hurt Monday
by jumping from a carriage, and her
sister, Mrs. Cbailes Virgin, seriously
injured. Mrs. Ciisby's skull was frao
tured, and she died late Monday night.
Spain Again Represented at Washington.
Washington, D. C, Special. The
next Spanish minister, Due D'Arcos
and the Duchess D'Arcos, arrived here
at 0:10 o'clock Wednesday evening, and
for the first time since Minister Polo
demanded his passports and retired,
iust before the outbreak of war, the
Spanish government was directly repre
sented in Washington by one of its own
countrymen.
Bi-Vetallic League Endorses Bryan.
Louisville, Ky., Special At the
afternoon session of the bi-metalho
leasrue here Friday, resolutions were
adopted declaring that faith in bi-met-
alism had been vindicated; that relief
to the country could come only by free
coinage by independant action of the
United States, at the ratio of 16 to 1;
that paper money should be issned
only by the crov rnment; that the na
tional convention in 1900 should adopt
the Chicago platform withost change,
and thatW. J. Bryan should bo nomi
nated for President.
Tbe Duke and Duchess of Arcos hay
arrived at New York.
Eckstein Whipped by an American.
Johannesburg, By Cable. One of
tbo leading financiers here, assaulted
at the Standard Bank, by Thomas Re
gan, an American, who struck him in
the face with a whip and with his bare
fist, smashed his eye-glasses and threw
him to the ground. Began, before he
was overpowered, resisted desperately
and again struck Eckstein after having
been arrested. Tbe af Air has caused a
great sensation here.
Mediation Would Have Stopped the War.
London, By Cable. The correspon
dent of The Daily News at The Hague
say a: "3Ir. Freierick Holls, secretary
of the American delegation, is the au
thor of the American mediation propo
sals. In one of the most forcible and
lucid speeches the 'conference has yet
heard, he argued the utility of specie!
mediation, as illustrated by the leasona
cf the Hispano-American war. He said
that, Lad Spain and America been each
naaiKted hv a maStnv rvaana wnnM
VWWJ TrpvfM Wf fBf
STATE KOtlAl COftJUSCUUXf.
fragrant f Abserftar UteteU at tar
.Waal aad laJastrial Caticge.
The teventa annual com-BeDCcmrbt
of the State Normal and Ioda.tml
College of North Carol! oa opeac4 oa
Saturday, the 19th, with a reception
by the faculty to the aloaoae aad oth
er former atadeata. Deeorstioue of
palms, vine and flowers tninttlrd with
the College colors, white aod cold, ia
the entrance hall, and with color of
tho different claaseaiathe recitation
halla. wera bat c fit frame-work for the
living pictnraaof North Carolina you bg
womanhood. Itgooe without saying
that one fonnd beauty every bete
ainoe the adorning of halts and Ublee
-there refreshments were aerved. wa
done by the Zealous hands of cultured
women loyal to their Alma Mater. No
iratitutioa within the writsr'a knowl
edge so holds the heart of her chil
dren. This ia ill uatratod by the fact
that out of one hundred and fifty-sewn
gradnatea of the college since iu foun
dation seven years ago, about seventy
nve were present at this reception.
JJr. j. u. Bust, pastor of the Edge
field Baptist church, Nashville, Ten a.,
preached tLe baccalaureate sermon in
the college chapel Sunday morninir.
The large auditorium was crowded to
discomfort; je during the whole ser
mon there was not a sound to di.torb
the sparker. He held the audience in
listening ilence, which fact telle the
tale of hia rare eloquence. His tub
je:t was complete consecration to good.
iJt. Knat h broad ideas concerning
the State's duty in the matter of higher
education are those for which this In
stitution Manda to-day before the peo
ple oi rtortn Carolina.
Dr. L. A. Alderman deliveaed an
address before the Young Women's
Christian Association Sunday evening.
Again the chapel was filled for we are
ever ready to hear the President of
our State University. Oa Tuesday
the chapel was packed and many were
nnable to get in. At 8 30 o'clock
Miss Speight, of Tarboru, Chief Mar
shal), conducted upon the rohtrnm the
thirty-nine rrembcrs of the Senior
Class. This is the larsest class that
has yet gone from the college. Sortlv
there has never a nobler array of earn-
ebt, capable young women gone from
t rtm.
any conege. ine exercises were
opened by the battle cry of the Nor
mal: "Carolina. Carolina. Heaven's
blessings attend her."
Miss Rosalind Sheppard, of Win
ston, president of the class, welcomed
tbo audience cordially and gracefully,
Assays were read by mx representa
tives ol the class.
The topics of these as of all the class
show the trend of the thought of tho
College. The need and duty as well
as the beauty and the joy of labor are
sounded by every tongue that speaks
tor ine formal.
On Wednesday at 11 a. m. the band
of the First North Carolina Regiment
virtually gavo ita service to the College.
so we see that the patriotism of these
men was not all spent in Cub. Val
sucn musioi ine nrst number was
Tarheel March" and the Tarheels
went wild over it The medley of
Dixie and Yankee Doodle kept tbe
greut house in a (data of patriotcio
fervor and we hardly knew which we
most called our vervown song we for
got that nearly forty yeara ago these'
two. songs were played in opposing
camps.
J udge Walter Clark awarded tbe Con
stitution and made the annual ad
dress.
The dramatio entertainment riven
by tbe Adelpbian and Cornelian Liter
ary Societies on Wednesday evening
was for the benefit of tbe Students'
Building which the young women have
undertaken topwt np.
The Students' Building Fund ia
richer by nearly $300 The enter
tainment brought in about $220.
The fund now amounts to something
over 4,000, raised among the stu
dents and faculty and from their
friends. They are working upon the
principle that God and man help thoae
who help themselves. The college
nseds society halls, a library home,
and other apartments.
Elizabeth College Commencemeai.
Following is the programme of the
annual commencement of this excel
lent and justly celebrated institution,
June 2d to 6th: Baccalaureate sermon
by Rev. J. T. Moorehead, A. M.t
president of the Southern Lutheran
Theological Seminary, Mt. Pleasant,
S. C. Address before Missionary So-
av
ciety by Bv. E. A.Yoder, A. M., pres
ident of the Lenoir College, Hickory.
N. C. Address before the Literary So
ciety by President Geo. B. Cromer, of
Newberry, S. C. The programme of
commencement is as follows: Jnne 2d.
at 8 o'clock, senior class day exercises;
J une 3d, at 8 o clock, Literary Socie
ties annual meeting; Juno 4tb, at 1
o'clock, bacealaereate sermon; Jnne
4th, at 8 o'clock, addresa before tbe
Missionary Society; Jnne 5th, after
noon, art reception; Jane 5th. at 8
o'clock, address before the Literary
Societies; Jnne Gtn, at 11 o clock.
commencement exercises, Jane 6th, at
7 o'clock, annual concert and recep
tion
Doctors at Asheville.
The first session of the forty-sixth
annual meeting of the Medical Society
of North Carolina waa heid in Ashe
ville Thursday. Dr. L. J. Ficot, Lit
tleton, the president, presided. The
address of welcome was by Hon.
Locke Craig and the response by Dr.
Benjamin K. Hays, Oxford. TLa
president's message contained con
gratulations on the success of the so
ciety and several suggestions.
To Buy Cafadosia Far sis.
The members of the executive board
of tho peaitentiary while at Raleigh
this week will direct the State Treas
urer to issue and sell enough bond to
purehaae the Caledonia State farms.'
The act of tbe Legislature authorizes
$95,000 of bonds, bnt it is probable
that only enongh will Le issued to bny
the Caledonia farm -two in number.
They are the richest of the farm
worked by the State. The authority
ia given, however, to buy also the An
ton fern if lb MacotiTt eoaiaitt.
let! fit to do to,
Bill ARP HAS SKI
II
No Use Trvinr to Enlighten the
Northern Peo?!e.
I,
THE N EG ROE'S CONDITION.
0r tot t Bat Tail J t the BmIm
Staple. Vet Tfccir Papers Caabas T
Abate the Satna.
I've awora off again. Tfcea Bo ton
people n-aae tna ao iirvl It av-r-apa
impoaaiblo to make a laating I opera
tion upon I Lem. Ft on t'tua to titue
w have acnt our U-l Cia there. W
aent Gm-rl Gordon and Colqutt anJ
Urnry ltr4y. and they wer -U re
ceived, aid wa thought o r Otorgia
oiaaionaiica had 'Cvbvett4 thru, bat
la a little wLiU they Lad a rU).
Governor Northern think ha h con
verted all but the editor, tot toy ob
servation is that the editors eobtrol
tbe aaimna of the people, and if tLey
are agaiLat oa their readers -i!l U. I
notice that avnteof their editoi are '
easy on our governor, l ot none of
tnemapologiied. Tb.y v got 1 1 re
pent and aitologize before we will b
satisfied with their eoLVetaion.
This thing of going op to tie
altar and hinir hand i
played out. They liked to have shook
Henry Grady's srm off. bat in a few
months they took it ad bark and went
to abuniug i s again about the begr .
It.it very dicuurging to a u.iion
ary to have to keep on 'oooverlio tU
same heathen. 1 Lotice that oue cf
their paper lets oa duwnaortcr easy oa
Sm iloso, but wanta to know what
about tbe lynching of Lige KiurkUu J.
That's all right Give ua aomeibiug
hard. Lige waa a preacher in Meri
wether couuty, and hia-fatber-iu'law,
Aaron Wataon.sajs he was tbe uieaot
nigger in the county, that he tat his
wife scandaloualy and cut and gashed
her with a batcher-knife and IhtT mem
bers fit his on church took him ut
one night and gave him a hnndnd
lashcs,snd told him to leave the county.
Then be sett'ed down in Coweta and
turned politician and roaJe hiruatlf
generally a disturber of putdio ece
and order, and finally capped th cli
max by denouncing tho white ode
and defending Sam II one. Tbo general
opinion ia that Lipe got .ff pretty will,
for they didet burn him.
Tin Bon ton Trauarript ejs wo are
"a geucratiou behind tbe titue. is
fact several New England gtbertioL
behind it." How i that? Why it
haeeut been 20 yearn since New Ltig
land was Burning innocent, harmlc
women for beinjt witchts. It haaeat
been fifty year tince B'ton merchant
were hi j plug rum to Africa to buy ne
groes to oJl again to tdave conntrie.
Long after Maachusetta at t her lv s
free her merchants carried on the
dve trade, Joepb Story, the great
jurist, charged the grand jnry in Bos
ton and said: "The lve trade ia still
carried on among "s wnu iuji'h-.uiu
ferocity. Avarice Las grown more
aubtle in itt evasions of the Uv. Its
appetite is quickened rther tLan sus
pended. Our citizeLs aro etwped up
to their very months in thia iniqnity."
W. W. Story, his gifted roo, aaya:
"The Boston newspapers denounced
my father, and sail that a jndge wb
wonld deliver auch a charge ought to
be hurled from the bebrh," and he say
luriner, mat "tbe xottunes or many
men of prominence were invented
in this tofamoos buiini. Ytbeu
alavery disappeared in New England
tbe African slave trade took oa new
life, and was winked at. A man might
have position in society and be eon-
-idered a gentleman and a Christian,
while his ships were freighted with a
human cargo and his commerce was in
tbe blood and pain of his fellow creat
ures. Msny of the largest fortunes ia
Boeton were the blood money of the
slave trade and came from tbe sale cf
he wretched cargoes of negroe that
survived tbe borrora of their transpor
tation across tbo seas.
Yes, we sre behind that sort of bus
iness several gtneraliona.
But I've aworn ft The Lit-
tory of Ma-aechaaetls fa
tigues my imagination. Here
are our negroes who would bo happy
and contented if the Northern weta
wonld quit stirring up diaroutent and
telling them lies. If old Mother Jniia
Ward Howe, who is now in her eigbty-
brst yesr snd ought to have an eld wo
man's sense, was to drop down here in
Cartersville, she wonld see some young
bucks wrestling on tbe depot platform
while waiting for freights, and she
would hear tbe merry laogb of a score
of negro dryrren who stood around.
She would bear tbe sound of the col
ored school belL She would paaa and
repass negro women with a l-aiket of
clothns on their besds and a aai'e oa
tbeir faces. She wonld tea negro girl,
clsd in cleaa garments, nursing white
children and watching them with tco-
.u-r care, n mere was a funeral on
hand the would ee a happy gathering
of women and girls, dangbtersof Zjod,
louowiogice bearre, ana u mere was
railroad excursion oa hand tbe depot
would be crowded w.ta both sexes snd
all sorts snd tiza. Then we would es
cort her carefully to the baseball
ground and let herseetbeyonugborks
plsy and bear them shoot and give tbe
negro yell for victory. Bat she is too
old to be cured. 1 remember when she
published sa abolition paper in 1817.
Bot. pnhaw, it wooldebt do any good,
ao I will swear off. Somebody said that
if a woman was a fool at forty she
would be a fool until the died. And
somebody else s:d convince a woman
igunit her will; a lhtwillbeof thc-ssrse
n.inion stilL Aod the parable sajt,'
if they will not believe Mosses sod
he prophet, neith-r would they be-
e- ! o- '-I V r. r.,-f. h
dead. And so I will swear off ' r
good and Itt those Boston pbsroseef
die in their own conceit. The Mass
cbusetts state board of charities says
ia tbeir anneal report. "Aad pow we
find that there ia hardly a country in
tbe civilized world where at rocioua and
flagrant crime is se? common as ia Mas
sachusettcs." Well, !bst settles it.
Georgia ras bet two white women in
her prisons, while MstAscbutts Las
134. Ia 1HW. Georgia had I'll white
convicts, while MaaMcbntadU bad 4,11;!,
and Mr. Stetson stys that in one year
tbars were C3.01K) arrests iu the rate.
and that divorees icc;eo thsre Uiot
umI u pojJuUtJoBj 5i wl cert
-nM'
!! It ta k -a tea
vital IV ii!v aal LaKt ! ta rataf
. ttg tit..
livw I t!4 let hurt i '.
Yr, 1 ftU Mat Uaa4 Ua
if' r-f''.wu. I L A I'at
I've Mtt i J tt.dtly t-cM aa
1. I Lt ;at 4 ll rl4
tty fiua-l lit. W.trL'. aUtil Mr.
1 I.itcul at. J I. r.f4Kr. Natry llaais
.ia 1 a ia fr.f.-4 at k a'aUcxt-l.
Ntcttl r XIr. ltby abke r-l a
C l r- is it I Hi i . J it i
t ?..v.-i U.td I ttLe tu f V Ha
t'alv ll.a !'. !v ?t th lfct4
frlia fi oa. Is lL aal.-aa. Is
r UJmII IrcoUa aJ -tl cat J.
1 t tU lu a t tl.rt.k aco4 4
rrf.U tj II. II. I .Urr, lUj.-
N. 1'. - I'm I Art, tu AUbt Cvft ta
li, u. a
tun tfcOM uuu
Weather fr the fa.t cti latjiMiMt twt
Cr.a x Cr.
The rrpott f evtp rwire-pnaiat
ifiJir.. th.t lb wrkalla -Ia4y,
Mt 2.. lJJ. a very aa'avaraU
wr ibtcrvaUMiffi'ia. I.aia o--ar
red at tie Ugibna,r W th- (.! I)
as J f.lUr I y a drnd-4 fall ia
temprratare. The aciUr rvuJ
oiiKtaiiitbir rod utttilSualav (it),
aaltUr!t aautxt a te-.ly t
dvtHiog b4et. lb Vd wat"
ruiuinat d o the 21th and 2th, wita
dally define tinea it tneao WaBprtatare
of Ltatly 12 i-jjrec; awl ltbt froaU
wero geuerally rerlrd ua tb dates
ia north IB evt tu. Tit tetaperatare
avtra.'ed 1 al (i der-era lluw the
normal for tho c k . H.ue laat Te
ly tery dry weather baa f tailed.
Drotibt is U gtbbitig t. W Mt ia the
weal tticn jf the Slate, aod warta
hwt-ra would t bene final every
where. '1 h wek enJed i'o.r wile
abundant aubobioe.
Tb low le-aprratore arriusaly
cheeked the groat b of all Vg-UtKa.
Morh corn, eutUta. an 1 UHrea twrae-l
yel'oa ; ra'tou p eiallj ulTrted aaarh
tiijttry aud tuaa yours; '.ata weta
kiiled. Suoic- to'-aco whieh Lsljt
l-ec-a traboplabte 1 wa rultiJ.
Garden aLd tiuck eroi- reortrrd a set
back.
Tho wt-atber eru tu bats fatoreJ
th mQlii.!i -ation f itiaaeu. aad aa
unuua'ly lar.- iiuoir ol c r-Ha-diiito
r i ort taiua to oro by rut or
luJ -Vi-inj, with (uioor iujiry ta lo
lcv, p.it!e, aad tru -r -a.
Tlie ci lititn b aeer. wera
v ry (nvoial lf for faint work, which
wuLl aud i t.'w -( li up la
iuijy cutjiiv. Citivatin pro
fit 1 ttiH At, an I croja are eieaa
an 1 tie l.i i)-, .ib h t- ul there
aurs) -ct turn. I' lm tiling I rc!ie
allr ov r; iLuj pt g 04't-a nearly f.u-
IkLeil. IU I Ibe Mt-tvuud Ifljr, of ".r U
Ltalt-uti u ILr iMtnth. . Di gitg Iiuh
jttb htt U rna at a le puit.t.
Maktl g cluti r bay wa ktatte l Ofad'-r
favoratile etiditiua, aud tb-i Latet
of wheat arid o. lil -n le euder
way, a few . Id of oata Lv al'eay
bc-n cat. iar-l n an I trork cra
ti.aievtrv l.tila ciowth tLis week.
( Xcellvut quality t f pr.in acror JiLg tt
the j rea tit intiratiuu. iFticg to
tuich dazute b; iaertaa I I li-'ut tbe
eotira fruit crop. txcpt crajM, ep
peart to le pra'-tira.l a failure.
OUn CLUD WOMEN IN LONDON.
Amerieaa OrcanatUa Ilvtr SlatteS
la tacH.b 4 alak
A womsn'a lub bat lately U-en or-
ionized in Ixind'n Ly Amer1rats.
Ihe American club woman St cot to
V fiiut.A ir.eriljr because tLs tap
Pcls to be omewiij!t far fr'n th land
of fcer birth. Tfc? lttrt Ovrloptnett.
of tbe -Aon.an riub is the orcaniaa
tlcn founds by tL? -a omen from this
ectintry who live In 1 ndon. Ths eloh
baa tcen as cmfu)ly ctcanltd if
It were In aa Arneib-aa rity. an 1
rooms Lave been ccat"J la one cf
the leading London botrla. Ia order
that the women may see one another
frequently and not have time to lot
l-itereat. an arrtnjrement La been
adopted by which durlrg nine months
cf every year tbe club members will
be eertala to meet once every four
w.tel.8. Then a lunriieon will te c'en.
During tbe late aun-ner and at other
times whe-n the members sre tA likely
to be In London th rerul.tr plaa cf
meeting will be abandoned. TLe cb
ject cf tbe club It to provide for
American women in London a plane of
meeting rimliar to those wLkb exltt
there now for f!cr.lib women. The
American residents of London have
enjoyed the privileges cf tbe womea's
clubs, but tby have come to feel that
they would probzUjr enjoy themselves
much more In a club that would be
American at w;i as limited exclusive
ly to the use of worn a. B tbe club's
quarters were engKged In one of the
largest Loiidon hotels, and the er en
tire club life of London has received
another addition. The women's dubs
cf New York hare sever been so pop
ular with the tex or so generrJly sor
cetrful as thoe cf London. Tbe only
effort maAc to establish one of the
organ lotion n on an elaborate baxls
failed. The club at aa institution,
however, la far lct -iereary here
than It is abroad, whatever tbe partic
ular character of tie orraaliation may
be. That is shown by the greater
number cf London'a clubs. They .may
not be ao elaborate or lainrious as
' New York's organizations of the same
kind, but they are more numerous and
are less f reopen Uy Ir firoscLal en bar -e-tsmtrt-
"
TLe r-efp!e of several weirtm Kan
sas towns bvrd-iel tfflth a heavy
bendt-d debt Lave tbSut of a Pew
way of trading iayioeuL They l-r-poM;
to nove their tovm. Itg and
Ui-r-ae. iiwi tbe state Iln. and let
the ltondboldcrs Uke powntJoa f tbe
vacant lts arvl cnmty crllars. Ue--ntly
-a-hea an attrmpt trss tnade te
arrange for tbe .afinent by the town
of AtUca of P.(W of Loads roted for
a sugar mill tliat vras a fa!lcre fiora
the start, tbe towTpeple deeded te
wot out It th del t w press'
c-1. Netst City is o"Mb-r place that U
t-onKidcrlns this method of -acapl-)ri
obligations It cw- t.
orrt-r.r ro imLunrti rrtwtn
"halltaiite, what ittde Jou laUfi'.i
wbculwaa reading my U jir
oa AieLitecturer"
Ttrdo-i c. ya-cy; X tcnlda't
help it: taa lokt-d aa ts&uj ir.U
' ffwiut q preo'a.ed.M
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