f ' r "THE CAUCASIAN. VOL. XVII. if lifsioM - - - iuch of it is a Roaring Farce, of Little Interest. PROCEEDINGS FROM DAYTO DAY jjitrc I ahnri Arain cn Drck.and Gmx the Opposition ri nty to do The Outlook GenrraCy Vr.re rawable fof Dreyfus. MONI'AT. n.nn. !'.iri'e, (Uy table.)-The trial of Cay' 11 : 11 frr yfu began the third fl(.k of il- proceedings at 6.30 o'clock, Vi m' ind Un t. La.borl, who was ex rf"d to I"- present, wsu not able to n;ik his .'iiiix'.trance. There are 99 ;.nCsKi'H ti Ik- examined and the pros P? Is Ci.it the trial will extend far into .-! mt;-r. or later. All the wit nif-i (Xiimincd Monday were hostile to irivf'in. i 1 1 belonging to the army rin. I' i fVared the popular out !irc k nnl airirrhLstlo demonstration o,'Huii'liy will work against the pris oner. . on former days most of the ivi lt nre of Monday was of a character rn' c:i!c:t!:id to Interest American ru lers nn l but small amount of real K':iniony wa.s Riven, most of the pro iNilintcs i. nesting of what Americans ip 'iljl n e inl i disorderly and undlg n fl"1 wihirIp. Tl'KSDAT. TnrMliy was Maltre Laboii's day at th" I.yree. Ills mere presence brmiKht briKhtnesa Into the court room w fresh liKht into the proceo Wnza. Labor! 'lid what people had expected, lie galvanized the dormant defence Into an active, living thing. M. Dem ons'! is conciliatory. Labor I is a glad iator and always ajms to touch hij foes to the quick. Thii-' fhe great trial moves along with alrcrate days of hope and fear for the accused. But little other evidence was given during Tuesday, n l not rf It, of a character to Interest the public. WEDNESDAY. lnrtcs. France, By Cable. The see fiwi of the Dreyfus trial waa not pro il'Kthe of any thrilling Incident?. The prosecution proceeded with the produc tion of the flimsiest trash, which it ih'pms profitable to Inflict on the judge3 ami which Is accepted as evidence. An fCTfiit was made to blast Dreyfus' char acter by much ridiculous testimony, tut the bubbles of tittle-tattle were badly pricked when counsel for the defence had finished with the witness. Mm h of thp time was occupied In read- ins thf tpstimony of Esterhazy and Mil:'. I'nys before the Court of Cassa tion, during which many of the au ilmc left the court. THt'ltHDAT. RcmiPH, France. By Cable. The fea tures cf the day's session of the Drey f'H court martial was the long expected examination of Mercler by La horl. It fprved only to demonstrate new tn audacious policy of the pow- f i ful coterie who are really on trial be fore the world. Labor! made a gallant and persistent struggle to bring out the truth of the conspiracy which sent I'rryfus to Devil's island and hopes to t'ptnrn hlni thence, but what couid any lawyer do to force a witness who takes Muga In silence when hard pressed and whom the court encourages hi his recalcitrancy? it must b? confessed that Mercier 'we 'he ordpal better than was expect- ft, some of his replies scarcely telling anything. FRIDAY. At the opening of the session Friday, ronsldprable comment was caused by the request of M. Gribelin, the principal archivist of the headquarters staff, for PTmlsyion to absent himself for twen ty-four hours, owing to a summons of 'hp Minister of War, General (the Marquis) Dc Gallifet, who desired to t,? him in Paris. It was suggested that the Minister of War wished to refresh M. Cribelin's memory which has been so strongly anti-Dreyfus. Then follow ed the reading of a medical certificate fiRnea hy two doctors whose names ere not familiar to the audience, set- tmg forth that Colonel Du Paty de Ham is too ill to leave his bed and ap pear at Rennes, at which the audience as not surprised. Madame Du Paty de Clam also wrote the gove'rnment com missary offering a written, supplemen tary deposition from her husband. M. i-aborl, after securing the names of the doctors who signed the certificate, ask d thp court to appoint two well-known Physicians to report officially on Du Paty o Clam's condition. Colonel Jou at, however, declared it waa useko3 to do so as the condition of the Invalid a well-known. Most of the other testimony given waa of a technical character and anti Dreyfus in its bearing. SATURDAY. Rennes, France, By Cable. ''Dead men tell no tales." This is the barri fal behind which General Mercier 8ud the general staff have intrenched themselves. But there is one weak point in.thelr defense Colonel Du Party de Clam and the military clique know It and are striving to the utmost to keep him t of M. Laborl's clutches. If they (an prevent Du Paty de Clam, who is now called the "sick man of the Drey fus affair," from appearing at the wlt bar they can effectually put the "Hence of the tomb between truth and Justice. M. Labori is fighting tooth and nail to drag him Into court, but Colonel Jouaust persists in refusing 1,1 m tae necessary assistance. He ae- lines to send reputable doctors to officially report on the state of Du l'aty de Clam's heajtb, which every reyfusard firmly ibelleves is only llplomaMcally affected and that he will recover quickly enough after the trial. The evidence, spiced with good ial of sensationalism, was decidedly fivorable to Captain Dreyfus, and his dances of acauitlal seem to grov Uonter dsy 'by dy. STATE SQUIBS. Red Springs Murderer Caurhf. Ri,At,2Cl,aiXd Ncck Satuay Deputy Sheriff C. w. Dunn arrested a man be lipped to be John Monroe, who killed Town Constable Thomas Atkinwm at Hcd Springs, July 21st. The mn now under arrest In every way answers the description, even scar, on his lingers, his weight, height, color, etc. He says his name Is Lewis Kearney. He work "1 there last year for Mr. Jack Keel a -kc:t while, grading tobacco. He says he came from Baman, Va., and at first aaked the officer to telegraph a colored man there. Later he asked that he tel egraph to a white man at Suffolk. May or A. . Pcarsall offered $600 reward for John Monroe and Officer Dunn feels sure he has the right man. - State Notes. The road supervise or Tryon town Bhip, according to the Saluda Resort, have given out all sections of public roadd In their control to responsible parties. At a meeting held recently the following order was made: "The roads mmt 'be higher In the center, with ditches at the side; all mud holes filled; all waer turned off the road; foot fordges across streams wherever needed; ignboard3 with plain direc tions at all cross-roads; all trees that are likely to be blown down must be chopped down." It was also ordered that an Itemized account must be kept of how the money and free labor are expended on each section. The collection of North Carolina bird eggs In the State museum has been greatly enlarged by the addition of the collection of Dr. Smlthwlck of La- Grange, Lenoir counity. This is liis gift. He personally collected most of the egg3 In the eastern counties. CiiVa- tcr Brimley ihas completed the work of mounting a very fine specimen of a shark. A saw fls;h is nearly completed. The American Telephone company ha3 completed its long-distance line to New York and it is now pos?ible for parties in Lexington to converse with people In Atlanta, New Yorfc and all the principal cities along the route. The southern circuit is one of the longest in 4he world. The cost for a five-minutes' chat with a New Yorker during the day is $5.75. At night It is jut half thi3 amount. Lexington Dis patch. Up to date 141 men have been en listed by Lieutenant Settle, U. S. A., at Raleigh for the regulars and volun teers. Of these 67 chose the volunteers. At present more are enlisting for the volunteers than for the regulars, though but a little while ago the re veree was the case. We are informed that Bishop Horner cf the Episcopal church, recognizing the need of a new house of worship here, has, after consultation with his parlshoncrs, decided to replace the nresent building with a new one.- Shelby Aurora. An electric line from Tryon to Lynn is among the possibilities of the near future. It will be almost a necessity when the Lynn hotel is completed, and of course will be extended to Colum bus when the new railroad reaches the county seat. Seventy-three convicts are now at work on the roads in what is known as th Raleigh road district. They have so far built twenty-three milea of ma cadam road and eleven of graveled The roads reach six miles from Ra leigh. The Methodist Episcopal people at Tryon are taking hold of the church building enterprise with vigor. ' The new edillce which Is projected will be a great improvement to Tryon. Mr. Hutchison, cf Buncombe county, has established a canning factory at Asheville on what has been known as the Frank Bolick lot, near the depot De&pite pursuit and search, only two of the twelve Federal. State and county onviot who escaped Monday have been found. Cooking and sewing have been added to the course of Instruction given by the Durham graded school. Rev. J. N. Booth has accepted a call to the Greenville Baptist church. Rev A. W. Setzer goes from Greenville to More head. The Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry has kept its organization in tact for 106 years. Mr. J. Crawford Biggs, assistant pro fessor of law at the University, will go to Durham in September and become member of te first Boone and Brvant. The telephone line irom t ruiuanu 10 Hendersonville is nearly completed. Dismal Swamp Canal Opened. Norfolk, Va., Special. The Dismal Swamp caral will be opened for ves sels Monday. The first schooner tnai win e throueh will be the William Tvnioi fanfcain Rieein. of Philadel phia, coal laden for isnzaDein uuy. Town Wiped Off the Earth. Newport. Ark., Special. News reach ed here Saturday that the little village of Pleasant Plain, situated in the hills f hft Kouthern part of Independence ntw ahnut twenty-five miles west f Vanm-jrt W2LS struck by a stem Fri- day night and llterawy wipeu uux ui existence. (Not a nouse waa aau tn tc .the town nas neuner ieie irnnh tmr telepnone cuuuwuuu the outside world, the details of the storm's ravages cannot ne rearnwi at this 'hour. A chest of opium weighing 125 nounda sells for 1.000 rupees at least. so that the saving in one sob-agency alone comes to 1,200,000 rupees, which at the nresent rate of exchange may be taken to be equal to $400,000. There are five sub-agencies in Bengal, ana nrobably the same number in the northwestern provinces, which give a total of $4,000,000, to which if Is added the saving in freight, owing to the bags being loaded in several layers la a railway truck, instead of only one layer of Jars, we get nearly $5,000,000. THE SURRETOOFDELflGEL Troubles at Darien, Ga, Are Prac tically Over. MILITA WERE CLOSE ON HIM, And Oelar el Surrendered Himself in Order Is Secure Protection All Qulft at the Scene of Disturbance. Durien, Ga., Special. The round-up of negroes in Mcintosh county resulted in the surrender cf Henry Delegal, the murderer of Deputy Sheriff Townsend. and the location for future arrest of Delegal's brother and the woman dl rectly'lmpllcated in the killing. Dele gal's surrender was made to Lieuten ant Wood, in charge of a detachment of thirty Savannah soldiers stationed fifteen"rnjles In the country to back up the sheriff's posse, who were scouring the swamp, and Delegal states that he surrendered to the .troops for protec tion, as he saw the sheriff's posse was closing in on him and his capture was only a few hours or minutes. No Background for Silver. Kansas City, Mo., Special. William J. Bryan stoDDed here hpt while en route to Denver. "I shall continue to discuss silver," said Mr. Bryan, in response to a query, adding: There was a story from Des Moines, la., recently, that I was putting silver in the background. I am not. I will net. I was incorrectly rermrtArt suvar will be placed alongside -the other great issues, and it will be given its due share of consideration, I stand by the Chicaeo Democratic nlatfnrm When a new baby is born in a house hold the parents do not expel the other children. Because the Democratic party is making a fight on imperialism, militarism and trusts, Is no reason Why we should send frcan our house hold the other child. We should gather all these children into arms and fight for them." Awful Crime of An Old Man. Anniston, Ala., Special W. W. Dut- ton, a white man about eighty years old, was arrested here on a warrant charging him with 'the attributed as sault on a ndece, a girl sixteen years of age. The crime is alleged to have been committed Friday night at the Dutton home, in the western portion of the city and it is said the old man came near accomplishing his purpose, but the screams of the girl brought neigh bors to the rescue. Dutton's' aged wife being too feeble to interfere. 'Dutton fled, tbut was found concealed in the home of a friend cot far from his own residence. He vehemently denies his guilt. It is charged that Ukis is Dut ton's second offense recently. Important B. & 0. R. R. Change. M. J. Allen, Traveling Freight Agent of the Baltimore and Ohio Raifroad, has boc&me" Commercial Freight Agent at Duluth, Minn., succeeding Thomas Miles, transferred to Minneapolis. C ii. narKins goe8 irom Minneapolis to Chicago. H. C. Smith, of the general offices in Baltimore, was appointed Freight TariTf Agent, in charge of per centages and divisions, publication of all freight tariffs, 'the issuance of all tariff and division sheets and billin and routing instructions. - Gen. Gordon Injured. Richmond, Va., Special. Saturday morning at Rockbridge Alum Springs, while General John B. Gordon was on his way to his cottage, a large grey hound ran In front of him, causing him to fall over it. He sustained bruises about the face, but was not seriously hurt. All Quiet at Waynesviiie. Raleigh, N. C, Special. Solicitor Ferguson wires that matters are quiet at Waynesviiie and that the lynchers did not appear. The jail is strictly guarded by the military. Burt Smith whose life wa3 threatened 'by the mob is white and is aged seventeen years He is chargea witn assaulting ni3 eight-year-old niece. Revolutionists Gain Ground. Cape Haytien, Hayti, By Cable. News has just been received here con firming the report of Saturday's fight ing in San Domingo between the gov ernment forces and those of the revo lutionists. General Pacheco, at the head of four hundred men of the revo lutionary troops, fought the govern ment troops for three days, inflicting heavy losses. It is reported that the government forces lost 150 men killed and wounded and that the revolution ists captured two field pieces. In ad dition, General Antonio Calderon, one of the government commanders, was killed and secretly buried. The revo lutionists lost only thirteen men killed besides several wounded. The McKinleys at Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Pa., Special. President and Mrs. McKinley reached here Satur day evening and were driven to the residence of Robert Pitcairn, superin tendent of the Pennsylvania road, whose guests they will be. The re mainder of the party were taken to the Schenly hotel. A large crowd met the train at the depot and cheered the president. Claims McLean's Def. at. Columbus, O., Special. The follow ing statement has ibeen given out at Colonel Kilbournes headquarters: "There will be from 520 to 549 dele gates in the Zanesville convention op posed to the nomination of John R. McLeca. The opposition to John R. McLean will organize the convention end control it imaklng. the nomi- ... atioa. Colonel Kilbourne will have tae largest number of votes on the initial ballot"' - RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1899. 8. Yooof Lady Shot Dead. Mrs. Geo. Taylor, of Bosue, wlioie eue husband kcs a :ore ne-ar the if the Weeks' murder, ecciientally shot a young girl. Dcra Taylor by name Friday. Mr. Taylor was absent" at the time, and as Misr Taylor came into the store. Mrs. Taylcr asked her if sh? did not want -to see her ntw pistil. At the ame time &he handcJ the weapon o the young lady, when by eoh? means her finger tcucae 1 the trigir. there was a fia.-.h and re-vort. and Mis.- Dora fell deal. Mrs. Taylor i.- pros trated by the shock. It is feired he will go Insane. A Fatal Expksion. A3 a result cf an explosion of three of a battery of six boilers at Hitch s Lumber Mill, Scott's Creek, two men were killed outright and two others badly injured. The dead are Douglas Sheaver, fireman, and bis assistant, name unknown. The Injured are Gus. Osborn, skull fractured: Preston Wil liams, engineer, scalded. Orrbcrn will probably die and Williams is so badly- scalded that it is thought he will net re cover. One other man, whose name could not be learned, is missing. At the time-ef the accident this man was seated en a boiler, and was seen cling ing to the boiler as it shot through the air, landing in Scctt's creek, several hundred yards from the mill. Hanged for Assault. Julius Alexander, colored, v.as pri vately hanged at Charlotte e.t 10:22 Friday morning for assaulting a white woman last February. Ho showed no signs or nervou-ness, confessed tae crime and said the penally was just. A colored preacher, in a talk on the scaffold, said Alexander's crime was "icne for which we are glad to see the law carried out." A Negress Murd:red. A colored woman named Jano Brown, from Greensboro, N. C, was found murdered in the outskirts of Charlotte Friday afternoon. A negro named Wm. Truesdale from Camden, S. C, was arrested for the crime. He had blood stains on his clothe3. The woman went there Thursday and had Truesdale arrested for breach of premise, but compromised the case. Big Tobacco Saks. There was the largest tcbacco sale at Kin.ston Friday since the market opened this season. Over two hundred thousand pounds at an average of be tween seven and eight cents. Tobacco men here say that there will be 8,000, 000 pounds of tobacco sold on the Kinston market durln-s ths season. State Notes. Mr. Samuel Cook, of Win&ton, was jumping from the north-bound passen ger train on the Norfolk and West ern road, just before it reached Avalon. He was told by the flagman not to jump. His head struck the oil box of the passenger coach. The Fayetteville Observer says 'that in 71st township hail fell cn Tuesday night three inches dee;), some o the stones being as large as hen eggs. 'Cot ton was completely stripped. It is said that all the banker ponies were drowned in the recent terrible storm on our coast. A gentleman from Beaufort tells the Gcldsboro Argus that one man counted 52 dead ponies within a distance cf a feT miles. The Mt. Airy News, says: The. well known Peach Bottom copprr mine near the state line in Alleghany county 'has been sold 'to icxic New Jersey capitalists for 21X00. T'.ie mine is an exceedingly rich and val uable one. The nearest railroad ship ping point is Mt. Airy. The came par ties offered $9,000 for another mine across the line in Grayson county, but the offer was refused. The eastern terminus of the Eat Carolina Railroad company, of which Henry Clark Bridgers is the moving spirit, will be in Tarboro near theTtot ton yard on Water street. Work on the road is now being pushed and th road for part of the way is expected to be open for traffic before the first of the year. Shipments of steel rails for the road for eleven miles have bsen re ceived. "Bob Horton," of the Valley, telli the Watauga Democrat of a petrified hog that was unearthed by high waters on the Yadkin recently. The bog died some years ago and was buried on the hank of the river, and when 'washed out recently it was found to be thoroughly petrified. So far this year 22 cotton mills have been granted charters by the State, as follows: Gaston, 1; Rockingham, 3; Davidson, 1; Forsyth, 1; Alamance, 3; Liincoln. 2; 'Richmond, 1; Moore, 1; Edgecombe, 2; Cleveland, 1; Halifax, 1; New Hanover, 1; Wayne, 1; Ca barrus, 1; Cumberland, 1; Guilford, 1. Miltioa Dollar Cotton Mil!. Arrangements are on foot 1 joking to ward -.he building of a mil'I'ia-lo'dar mill at or near Gastonii. N. C The mafn spirits in promoting the sch:mo are Messrs. George A. Gnry and John F. Love, who have done 1:0 muoh for the material advancement of the town. It has not "been decided yet' whether the mill will be an export mill or cot ton duck mill. The cotton duck mills of the country have gone into a com bine, and there is a gocd opening for a mill of this character outside of the combine. Porto Rican Question. Washington, Special. It is believed in high quarters here that many of the important questions relating to Porto Rico will be left for Congress to deal with, instead cf being settled by ex ecutive action. One of these relates to the free exchange cf commodities be tween Porto Rico and this country. Another plan of relieving Porto Rico was to permit her tobacco to enter Cuba free of duty. This would give an easy market to Porto Rican tobacco but the point has been raised that it would depress Cuban tobacco. CAROLINA Nil THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. Ike Sostk. The etrirmrfklp Kaaa CUy. which saJled from New York Tutday after noon at j o'clock, reached Savannah Saturday nlgit at midnight civJ was flocked by 1 o'clock. The Kansas Cty it 55 hours ovcrJue and great anxly was expressed over her delay. The fire which broke out Friday night in the warehouse of Lee. Rlco art"ccn & Company, in Vlcksburg. MLas., was gotten under control Satur day morning. The loss will approxi mate $160,000. well covered by In wixanc. Internal Revenue officers have pelzcd the Key Manufacturing and Distilling Company's plant at Statesville? N. C. for violation of law. In a pitched battle with horse thieves at Lebanon, I. T.. Deputy Marshal C. A. Burns was killed, alter fatally wounding ooe cf the gang. The North. Mrs. Isabtlle Kane, of New York, fell down an air shaft and was kilcd. Fire Captain John Watt, of Engine Company No. 5, Jersey City. N. J., be came overpowered by smoke at a small .fire Thursday and died. While trying to board a moving train at Lake Forest. 111.. John V. Far weil, iQillIonaire, was thrown and bad ly hurt. llie Chicago Union Tractioa Com pany Is negotiating the purchase of the Chicago, Edison and Commonwealth Electric Companies, at Chicago, Hi. William J. Bryan will speak at Tip ton, Mo., In the interest of Judg? Shatkleford, Democratic candidate to succeed the late R. P. Bland in Con gress. Lena Metzgar, 11 years old, and Rosa Salbisamer, aged 9, were burned to death by the explosion of a can of gas oline at Chicago, 111., Thursday night. John Zcltner.accomplice of his broth er, Paul, in the murder of E. II. West enhaven, at Bowling Green, O., hao bsen sentenced to twenty years' impris onment. Jack the Bum, the veteran dog of the Third Battalion, New York Fire Department, the savior of four human lives, was run over by a truck and kill ed. While searching for a sunken ship, 150 feet under water, off Tacoma, Wash., Thursday, William Baldwin, a diver, was suffocated by the bursting of his air pipe. Robert LIbbey and wife, of EastWar ren, N. II., were struck and killed at a crossing of the Boston & Maine Rail road, over which they attempted to drive. Rev. Julius O. Worth, 82 years old, of S?a Cliff, L. I., is learning to ride a bi cycle. A tornado Thursday night smashed a House and Darn at tauiKton, b. u., and killed John Sherman, aged 17. George King, charged with murder ing Eugene Van Ornum, at Malone, N. Y., in 1887, has been arrested at Spring field, Mass. William Funk, arrested in Columbia, ?Io., charged with killing William Brooks in Washington, D. C, lias been identified by Detective Weedon, of Washington. Popular subscription in Nebraska was insufficient to bring home the dts banded First Regiment of that State from San Francisco, Cal., and the men will, pay their own way. Suit has been brought at Cleveland, O., against Secretary Hay and the In terlakc Transportation Company for $42,364 by the owners of the steamer Ohio, sunk in collision with the Siberia, of the Interlake Line, in Mud Lake. Foreign. The Massey-Harrls and H. A. Lozier bicycle companies, of Toronto; the Gould Company, of Brantford, Ont., and the Welland-Vale Company, of St Catharine's, Ont., have combined, with $7,000,000 capital. Senor Jose, a member of the Spanish Chamber of Deputies, has been arrested at Barcelona, charged with embezzling $300,000 from a railway company. Surgeon Erwin, of the Marine Hos pital Service, now in Philadelphia, has been ordered by Surgeon General Wy man to proceed to Lisbon and make a report on the situation regarding the bubonic plague, which has made its ap pearance in Portugal. William O'Brien's Unit;?. Irish League is spreading in Ireland so speedily that it has provoked restric tive measures. The Cabmen's Trades Union has driven the taxameter, or fare-register ing and computing cabs, off the streets of London. The highest Prussian Court has de olded it to be a punishable offense to keep for sale American meats and saus ages which have not passed examina tion. Miscellaneous. The British steamer Strathdore is stranded near Norrskar, and is in da: ger of wrecking. Colonel Egbert B. Savage, U. S. A., arrived at New York Saturday from Matanzas, Cuba. Private Charles T. Brown, Company F, Eighth Infantry, died in Havana o chrcnic nephritis. John Pitcairn, of Philadelphia, has made a gift of $400,000 to the Church of New Jerusalem (Swedenborglan), at Chicago, 111. Among the passengers who arrived at New York from Europe Saturday were Captain A. T. Mahan, U. S. N. and Senator Spooner, of Wisconsin. A committee from Chicago, 111., ha3 arrived at Mexico City to invite Presl dent Diaz to attend the laying cf the corner-stone of the Federal building in October. William Waldorf Astor intends to put his, son into the British Household Cavalry. In reply to a cable inquiry from Sur geon General Wyman, Assistant Sur geon Heiser at Naples Bureau that there is absolutely no truth in the re port that the plague had appeared at Naples and Palermo. Booker T. Washington waa bitterly denounced at the Afro-American coun cil at Chicago hy Rev. RJ C. Ransom, of Bethel Church, in which the conven tion is being held, and also by B. T. Thornton, of Indianapolis. Washing ton has been in the ciity, hut has re fused to attend the sessions cf the con vention. Several of the most serious and in fluential Berlin papers," including The National Zcitnng and The Frankfort Zeitung, prtoLed strong editorials last week on the relations of German'? with the United States, vigorously re commending the acceptance of invita tlcma to th Philadelphia mmerci5i exhibition. ARP MjMHB TOPICS. Biil Thinks Dre)fus is !nr.cc?nt ard is BeinK Persecuted. THEN TALKS ABOUT THE WAR. The Vfro rrtblcat is Dsisel Sa Districts wfcere lh?r; is So Trostt'e. Pfscteatury Statistics. It 1 iuJrid -insular Low rauh syrn- Iithy and uhut an turns intt;e-i the trial of Dreyfus Las excited a!l ov i the civilized uorid. The life or the l.b- erty of but enc man a Jew of na re at consequence Is at stake and yt the world looks ou w ith more concern than given the Philippine war. whie hoiuauds have dird in bailie since the rial of Dreyfus began. The great hcut cf the people believe the Jew Is inno cent nnd is being persecuted by the military Lecause hi Is a Jw. Cnii- ans everywhere are gotting more and more jealous cf the military power, and well they may he. for it U aggres sive, cruel and intolerent when not kept under restraint. The long suffering of Dreyfus ha. In tensified the pity of mankind and re calls the pica that Shakespeare makes r Shylock, "I am a Jew; hith cot a Jew eyes and hands, senses, affections. passions. If you prick us do we net bleed? If you poit-on us do we net dl?" This persecution has been gain; tn for five years and the end is not yet in sight. It reminds us of the historic trial of Warren Hastings that lv gnu in April, 1790, and continued until April 795. Never was a man to unjut-tly a- sailed. The subllmest oratory and I02 ic cf Burke and Fox and Sheridan came down upon him with withering and pitiless force. Burke spoke tbrre days and amazed the world with his matchless eloquence, and the world pronounced Hastings guilty before any evidence had been Introduced for Burke's j-pecch was an exordium, a presentation of the bill of indictment. Poor Hayings, frail, small and sickly, knelt at the bar and then heard 'th terrible denunciations cf his accuser?. The English naticn was against him. and even his friend and patron. Wll liani Pitt, dc.-erted him. Hastings, as governor general of India, had nc pleased the party in power and was to be made a victim. That was politics then, and it is polities now. It waa like the execution of Mrs. Sr.rratt and Captain Wurz in 18C5, for two more in noeent persons could not have been found, but the thirsty public demanded some victims and these were chosen. In 1795 Hastings was triumphantly ac quitted on every charga and pub'b opinion had already turned in his fa vor. Lord Macauley rays that be ad niuittered the Indian government with more than the capacity of Richelieu and John Stuart Mill says he was the best governor that India ever had. Well now, if Dreyfus can have such , hapiiy ending to his long suffering and trial the world will be satisfied. La bori is already a hero the brightest star in the galaxy. He has made 110 blunder in act or speech during h'13 long and arduous labors and when he declares with folded arms and glisten ing eyts and impassioned voic that Dreyfus is innccent the world believes him. I? be is again condemned, France will be disgraced and degraded in the eyes of the great powers cf the world. A government that cannot save one in nocent man cannot save itself when revolution comes. The next biggest thing before us is the everlasting war that, like Banquo's ghost, will not down. It drags Its slow length along from day to day and week to week until its blood and cost ha3 almost reared to agitate us and only its politics is considered. The question uppermost is will it roll M Kinley in again or will it roll him out. Imperialism is a bir-er presidential 13- euo than silver or the tariff. But just now the question that seems to concern the South is what shall be done with the negro. In some portions of the country there is no di"-tvf re. no friction, no outrages of any kind The two races are getting along a3 peaceably as in the years gone Ly. There are whole counties down in low er oeorgia ana wnoie cisincts in some of the western States where the ne groes as a mass are industrious and humble and give no trouble. In upper South Carolina there is peace and ha mony save an occasional disturbance that bad men like the Tolberts pro voke. Most of the outrages that pro voke the lynchings come from negro tramps who have no settled home, no family, nor occupation, but go and come when they please. They are the ecurf of the towns and cities the over flow for cities breed crim? and cor ruption, both among white-3 and blacks. The piison report is interesting and instructive reading and shows the meat careful and humane treatment cf the convicts. The commission with Gener al Evans- at its head, are all kind. Christian gentlemen and no Stale in the Union can show a better record of its prisoners, both male and female. But it is impossib'.3 to kp up with the lies and slander that are einuli.f; by Northern politicians and Southern negro editors and educators. It is all a scheme to get money from the North ern dup.-s. Even as notable a woman &3 the wife of Booker Washington, who is chairman of the executive committee of the National Association of Colored Women, says in her published address, "The white people preach and point to the immorality cf young -colored girls and yet the Avhlte people themselves are to blame for this condition of af fairs, for in this convict leas? system the girls and women are not only worked in the field with men. but are shut up at night in the same cells with them. Can you expect a poor, ignorant colored girl to te pure and virtuous when h- is eVjt in night after nisht with a man?" . General gyans writes me that to tuh rioji!.oi eiltts la Corr'-A aa bi r esi.tet. aal tt foe lea yrt pa' I the f.?ua asilrti as act t n versed cn firs wtla tie met bet t.e ta '.- 4 to rpirt roa tract. ha orfc Uto bat tb o&.ei i-s m fsiia lb oafs aWvt titty is numlwri ..rk tcttbr. eat together. h'.fp tcwrtbrr as! are aStalrty rsu 1 irom mn &4 boy sad 1 ? 00 fctiie.y Olrent farm. TbrM '.oatea r cet ccaScrd la re'.'t at all. but lite la a Louse tar mere ctnfcrLb tbsa thry lUe-d la before tbrtr roavtctSva The ciea and women do aot sxwt at all at try time or any here. Ho it that? What ijUaa:lcn ria tint f03-.:n nVe Wbat raa !Ujkr Wah!nton sy abuut It? He hid brt ur uy m iblLC about it. for be Las had the oupport and aroaractMOl f the vuthrrn rrcple and be will b be!d rejtpr.s.L!e fcr ura tii'.itnsct !and:r. TLIs plen report bot that 44 per c:ia cf th com Ids ran read aa hte. That 4 j jwr cent, are minted. That t per cent, are beten the arts of ecntrn aul I wenty -seven. That only for.y aere In slavery be fore the war and only eighteen are old tnn.iph to remember abat slavery i Another inpulur table in the report U filled the table cf "recidivist. v; LUh means. I suppose, the ' return- t rs. TLere are 7b9 servluc a aecond .vriii. . a i uira lorm; a inmn term. and 3 a fifth term. They w a to like the bu.incd. A good wrapping or two or three good whippings wuuM have stopped all thane ret idlv 1st. If a man likes one kind of punilim nt mi f'l as to o Lark to It. It wo-jM he to tbauge It and l-t him try another. But M tit keep on agitating and d!s- coIur and let no man boot that be know it all. for be doesn't. Bill Arp in At laca CouMltutlon. THE FRIENDLESS SPARROW. t.actand Helar War a Ik rtir4 rest Ills Career la the I ailed Mate. Ever since the ancient and rather boastful declaration of the rparrow. that be bad killed Cock Robin, a large portion of mankind has believed that the tparrow. the English rparro should pay the full penally for the crime, and h's ref-atnointed iudr.es and executioners have l-n legion. But le has lived and thrived in rpl:e of them. Other crimes of many kinds have L-a charged against blai la many countries; a price has been put ou his titHd In this land of the free. and he has been declared an outlaw by state &vernmect and municipalities The department of agriculture has fulminated Its lightnings against bim from Washington, and learned societies have thundered his doom. But erery spring he chirps and twitters with re ncwed vigor, and mate'and nets and grows in number amazingly. Now. howevrr. the cable brings the news that he has leen condemned In the house of his friend, in Merry Eng land Itself. Mr. William II. Teet meier, a naturalist cf renown and an author whese word on rcientific eub Jeels carries greet weight, bas pub lished a buoh about the rparrow. and in it declares that the bird 1.4 a pest and that In England alone he Inflicts damage which amounts yearly to mil lions of pound striding. Through all his trials and during all the crusades againrt him the pert and chipper spar row has b?d boats of warm friends who have defended him gallantly and have met the onslaughts cf his enemies with all the vigor and cftn with the bitter nc?s cf Jealous partirars. But afcat con they ray now? Foucd guilty by a judge In his own heme, what remains but to pass the sentence cf death upon him finally and forever? It seems clear that the confeescd murderer of Cock Robin is doomed for good and all and that at last the rparrcw must go. That looks simple and easy, but it ln't, for little Mr. Sparrow In answer to the condemnation, and the sentence of the court will simply cock his head oa one side and ask: "Well, what are vou going to do about it? And his su rreme confidence Is Justified by experl ence. Ever since he was first Intro tiuctd Into this country from bis na tive heath, about fifty years ago. he has prospered and multiplied immensely in spite of ail efforts to keen him In check, and against convulsions of na ture and the machinations of powers and Driaclnallties" The blizzard of 1SS3 came, and be was frozen by the tens of thousands. Ore jtorm In the summer of 1893 scattered dead spar rows through the city parks and In country lanes "as thick as leaves that trew the vale3 of Vallombrosa. Pot hunters have sought his life and sold him by thousands as reed bird. Email boys with air guns and pea shooters have Leen bis sccurge. and the man who spread nets under bis roosting place at night acd shook him down to death in hundreds hzs been his bane. But he Las lived on aad brought rap his wonderfully increasing families year L-y year. Poison has been tried. but it was found that other birds and animals were hurt mere than the spar row. who Just winked and passed by oa the other side from the envenomed morsel. Boston bas lately been stirred up against the sparrow. The Ameri can Society of Bird Destroyers, who headquarters are there, and whose ob ject it is to bring back native ong birds which have been driven ut by one means or another, has taken up the cudgels agaimt the flayer of Cock Rob- la. and 13 carrying on a lively crusade against him. A petition thirty feet long was presented to Mayor Quincy. asking that steps be taken to extermi nate the bated bird, and tbe mayor went Into the work with a will. The methed which is being tried In Bos ton to execute the condemned criminals is to destroy Lis nests and eggs, and the enemies of the bird heps for great results frcm the warfare. The Bos ton indictment against th? sparrow In cludes his crimes agai&Et Cock Robin and other mild-mannered birds, whom he drives away with his vicious and nagging tactics, ss well as his destrue tivecess to trees and shrubs and his general course as a public nuisance. New .York HeraM. Order may be heaven's first law, hat i: U tsiti's last rcs'liatlTn NO. r.9. RACE 11 Al Oittl, GA. Much Arretj Eef; Fet la ttt Tcn ir.J CouM'i NEGROES OUTNUMBER WHITES ! Is I 1st Arrest f tbwy Ma(H f Atsaa'l tae Cast 1 sf tat Oaibr cat - 4 1 Pefatt Sacn'f irce a4 4itr Itert.-e. Ga. Pfrlst -tVLI'e all ta c,ult here now. -i."s a &i tf great a us'. Mr al ta'tj i timi t aoocg the wblte pcie A a ..(Nr by tbe r.rg:ars tus teeB ljn?iM-t.tH r rtpeCed s.nce the kill rg of JLa l - 241 a Bcro. t J.;b Tc.i. I a prorcltctt cltliei aad dtpatjr fci',3 t this county. Thursday fclsbt fit lay f LertS lllouat s'rt tbe fcil.ow.t-g to Governor Candler- "lleae ordrr Uberty lnlpet.d-rt Troop to rep-trt t trie. rnouMrd. t one, fl'.uattcn cr;tlal ie di.tr killed a -id another euad1 iS:gcHl -T. II II! jot sr. Vloui A. It I-aUn. isle (mmiv drr of the frcittt 1 tiifg a Il'l.C!' r, Ulilted HaW a YtduMerTs. a'. wire I the Govnecr to nod a quantity t i r blne? aad rupp'y f srarmctU n ft r li e toldlers. ('don-! lwtoa here te. investigate the ltuitWn. Aft.r a cm feretce tsl'h tbe oCMsls t.e rrluttie. to Savannah. When the netn'r te- ee.d I be tr.wage frtta fLettff ftiM be ord-r, -?o'n.ul I jitin Ut return, .f nerearary. and take nmnnar.4 r tbe military, lie Is nrw L'fe in that cp -Ity and baa enough mti. It I WiM-.t. to easily bsndle tL i(uil m Tb fberla and bl drj.utl.s mtln:e 1 bake arrests of the rlot.ng ti-ct- si. 1 the jail Las a large burnter In K. !. Itbotandlng tbe f. t that the u n b;vt Iris, left here KriJi ts xlii k f . r fvivannah with rioters ! ba t b-n arretted. TLIs aas a r"-auti.nkrr measure to prevrtit an attxk a th jail by tbe begro fiiends f tVte lai- prlnoced and to make rm for .hr-i wbo have been arretted nc e tbe re moval. The situation here t'rardel as critical, alibougb with d intuitu d mili tary control, i: It thought tht fuf-sfxr trouble ran le trevent,d. Tt.e efrs apparently Lave r. leadv upon a bom they ran rely. It Is cvMniMJ ti.tt th negroes outnumber tbe a bite in-ole li this part of Gerg'.a five to oe. .11. the whites are consequently ', .n- slve. JoLu Iwlacel, tbe nrro hfv k!ld D puty Sheriff Jos idi Towns-nd uZ wounded Iv puty Hopkins. TLurtdy night, car. not le ftnnd. He I the tou of Henry IHag-l. bc rtt for r- wit started tL ra.-e war. ILe t deputirs vent to the Louse of llrn.v Delzgel to arrest Lis two oa. Jot.r wan found at t i- bourf end Tcinwnd entered It. The cegro ms no ria-a- rtreo-e. but tbowed L's elllingntss to accompany the Cifflffrs. Hopkln. vt' was In tbe tnnonllgLt outU?e, aas J j'n ed by Toansrnd and the tao ali-! for the negro to come out. He cair.e t tbe door and a n;ro wrr.an. hn l'.ii him a gun.be fired on the oTfl'tn. Townsend died !n a few mlnut". anO waa brought to this place ,y Ilcpilu-. who Is badly wounded. I Le white t- p!e thought this would te a rU-ra! f'r attack and many slept cm tbir anus all night Tbe oegroia bave remained sullenly client up to this time. rtb. ing la crowds and lcoklug dfrr'llj at the military and the ofllcers of tbe la. The county oflb-lala hare offered !' reward for John Ielarl. and Gcnervr Candler will be atked to lntrae this amount. The sevenly-flve member .f iL? Klrrt Georaia. wb were left bere 't days ago. a ben old man Iv-lagd was taken to Savannah", are patrol)!. 5 1 town. All saloons ere closed and tbr. strictest order Is mi! eta Iced. The faak Clearmfs. New York fpecla': The total Lank clearings In tbe United Kta'.es fir th week were tl22.812.C1; pr tent. ln crease 22.1. Ezrlnaive cf New York. $36.129,&32; per cent- Increase 20 1. Make I acel cat Seldters. A tattilion cf Porto Rican s. new la the service of our government !n forto Rico, are said to make excellent sol- diem. Keg re Irgea1s far Pfcilipaiact. Washington. D. C. Special. Great pressure bas leen brought to bear oa the administration to organize a color ed regiment for service la tbe Philip pines. Tbe matter is still under con sideration. It Is reported that William P. Duvall. captain of the First Artil lery (regulars), aad lieutenant colonel of tbe Twenty-sixth Volunteers, will L made colonel cf tbe regiment. If It is decided to raie the organization. It Is also aald that tbe lleatezuast colonel and other field ffirers will be taken from tbe regular army, but that tbe company officers will 'all be colored men. A S gmfxaot teqirsL Washington. D. C. Special : Surgeon General Sternberg baa received a ca blegram from the director general cf the army aedical service of GrcaC&rit a!n. asking bim for 399 copies of a publication cilled Siaitary Lesuoaa of the War. If this nuroebr coull got be obtained, the director general ask ed authority to reprint tbe pubMcalfa for the purpc?e of dls HM-tlng It among the medical ofUceri of the British ar my. The publication was read at the meeting of the Americas Mfdlcal Asso ciation, at Columbus, in Joae. 1&99. Vessels for Patrol ft ty. Washington. D. C. Special: The Mi rine hoepital service has applied to tai Navy Department for a taitiide rest-el to assist ia the paired of the Florid s ccast. to guard against the ro&db't In trod action cf yellca fever aad cASer contagious diseaser. Surgeon General Wyman lus bsen ruliUci ly aetlsg Secretary AHn that the :--thti Oneid-t at Norfolk, ctl Kanawtha ti Sev York, arc tb caly naval vcsieli avail able for tint ; urroe. 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