North Carolina Newspapers

' t , . ... ... - s ft '- V -: , - : .;s-;f'- J U U WILMINGTON, N. C, TUESDAY NOVEMBER 22, 1898. S1.00 PER YEAR. OL. XXXI. NO. 93. K KIKX'. :1 1 ly o X y A"Y 4s I V 1 NEARINGTHE END- The Spanish Peace Negotiations Likely to be Soon Terminated. PREPARING LAST STATEMENT The Last Spanish Communication Laid Before the Cabinet-The Answer Thereto to be 3Iade by the Americans-The Spanish Commis sioners Overreach Themselves The Negotiations Likely to Break off Without Any Conclusion Having Been Reached- Our Final Proposition to be Laid Before the Spanish. Paris, November 19. The American osition here from the United States peace commissioners today have been closely engaged in formulating the terms of the important communication to be made to the Spanish commission ers next week. It is impossible at present, however, to detrmine whether the work wil be completed for presen- , tation on Monday or Tuesday, though it iq believed the Americans will be ready on Monday. While the Ameri cans fully appreciate the necessity of making progress they are also under the necessity of great care in the pre paration of what may possibly be the conclusive record of these negotiations. The Spanish commissioners consumed a week in the preparation of the last memorandum, but the Americans will not require so long a time to complete the work in hand. There was no meet ing of the joint peace commission to day. Washington, November 19. It was not until a late hour last evening that the last paragraphs of the long trans lation of the Spanish which was pre sented to the American peace commis sioners last Wednesday were decipher ed at the state department, and most of the members of the cabinet were noi aware of the full contents of the docu ment until today, when they called at the White house. It appeared that in addition to the long argument which was intended to show that the word "'disposition" used in relation to the Philippine meant something else, the Spanish note did include a proposition to submit the Philippine clause of the protocol to the interpretation of an arbitrator. ArtfJhinm fniiAw0,i firQt I inr,cr rco -hia h Q i?TwH,r fr-rr, ! t 1 1 ri ra Hnv cicr irnMinc! ,iofi nitely on some points to be made in the American answer which is yet to be presented. These instructions have been sent forward, and it may be stat ed, without going into details, that they are precisely in line with the iw.licy w'hich the American commis sioners have been pursuing up to this point in the negotiations. There are several matters of real im portance, though not ranking with the Philippine question to be treated by the commissioners, but the instructions to the Americans are not to call up these at present or until the main pending issue relative to the Philippines has been settled in order to avoid compli cating the proceedings. In the event that the commissioners disagree total ly at their next meeting on the Phil ippines, therefore, there will be no dis cussion of any of these subsidiary questions, but in the other event; namely, that an agreement shall be reached on the principle of the Phil ippine disposition, these matters may be expected to consume at least one or two additional sessions of the com mission. One of these subjects con cerns the restoration of trade relations between the United States and Spain. At the beginning of the war Spain ter minated all of her treaties with the United tSates and if the two countries are to get along amicably, even after the declaration of peace, there must be working arrangements in treaty form for the protection of trade interests, the equalization of tariff charges, the regulation of extradition and such sub jects as are usually included in treat ies of trade and commerce and amity. So far the commissioners have given no consideration to these matters in their exchanges. It is believed that the peace negotia tions are nearing an end, and it is considered not improbable that by the end of the present week all of the main features of the treaty will have beea forly agreed to or the effort to reach an amicable settlement abandoned. With a view to bring matters to a speedy conclusion our commis sioners by direction of the presi dent early tlie coming week will lay before the Spaniards the final and ir revocable demands of this country, al lowing a specified time in which 'our conditions may e accepted or rejected. This ultimatum, it is understood, in volves all that has thus far been con tended for Including the surrender to tte United States of .the entire Philip pin gro:ip and also -names the amount of cash wiiich this government will pay Spain in consideration of her ex penditures on account of pacific im provements and betterments in the is land of Luzon. The amounf of this cash payment is not known. bu..t there is a basis for the belief that it js ap proximately 140,000,000. . SPAIN OVEJifJEACHES HERSELF j Paris, November 19. The first prop commission to the Spaniards regarding the Philippine islands was not a de- j mand. To bring the subject under j discussion the Americans merely sub- j mitted a proposal to take over the 1 nmppine lsiauus aim icmiuuioc yam t.i j i l .--,,1 ! Viino Cnnin tne amount spent uy nei meie uu pci- manent betterments. cnajn declined the terms and the proposal itself. Had she stopped there the United States would have been compelled to repeat the proposal as nn ultimatum or to tender new terms. Spain, however, put off consideration i of the terms by declaring that the United States had no right to impugn her sovereignty in the Philippines, that if her sovereignty there should pass, the mortgages she had placed on the Philippine revenue must be under written and that her dignity forbade her to heed any question as to how she had spent the loans so secured The Americans patiently replied j that the peace conference was charged with the disposition of the Philippines, and the sovereignty there. They laid down the broad principles that the ex- j penses incurred in a futile attempt at subjugation shall not be loaded upon the colony seeking freedom. Finally they affirmed their right to inquire as to the destination of moneys raised by pledging the- Philippine revenues.. All this postponed a discussion of the main question but in their next memo randum the American commissioners will go to the vital point. Definite notice will be given that the United States will take over all the Philippines and Spain will unquestionably learn" the terms from which there will be no deviation. It is more than likely that the Americans will flatly summon sPain to affect immediate amicable ad- justments. Should she refuse to make ' a treaty ceding the Philippines to the United States, the instant alternative for America will be the conquest of J,hat. territory at an increased cost to S.pain ln final settlement and pos- j siuiy wuu loss oi me. j PROTEST AGAINST PHILIPPINE ANNEXATION. j Boston, November 19. The organizer of the movement against the annexa- ; tion of the Philipipnes met in this city ' today. A constitution was adopted; officers were elected and a long address was issued to the people of the United States, urging prompt co-operation in kiting signatures to a protest against the annexation of the Philippines. : Edward Atkinson presided. Before the meeting he received a telegram from Andrew Carnegie that he had sent him a check for $1,000 for the use of ! the movement. Funds have already been subscribed liberally. a m:i:ri r to m sim;ss Willi Negro Domination Removed, tlie Old North State Looks lor a Solid Im provement (Special to the Baltimore Sun.) Raleigh. N. C, November 17 Mr. Harry J. Martindale, of the W. J. C. Dulany Company, of Baltimore, was here today from eastern North Caro lina, and says the white people in that section are so joyous at the result of the election that they can scarcely ex- ? press their feelings. In a business as ' as well as social way taere will be ! . . A r. .1 great improvement. With the posi- j tive assurance that negro domination . will never again be permitted in North i Carolina, the people have taken heart and are full of pride and enthusiasm. In the last two years at least 1,000 negroes from other parts of the state and from other states have gone to Wilmington, which they deemed an African paradise, and thought it was to be an even greater one. It is said that not a few of these out of town ne groes were among the chief promoters of the bad conduct at Wilmington. Attempted Train Robbery j San Bernardino, Cal., November 19. ' The westbound overland passenger train was held up by' four robbers ' about 1 o'clock this morning between : Daggett and Barstow. Express Mes- j senger Hutchinson drove th.m off with a shotgun and the train pulL'id out for Los Angeles. At Barstow the train- ' men sent a posse back to the ."scene of the holdup, where the body of one of the robbers was found perforated with shot. A special train with Sheriff Hol- comb has left this city for the scenO of the holdup. x- tx. 7. 7 ' nr" Hood's Sarsaparilla, America's Great- est Medicine. 4 HKPIIILK AN INGRATITUDE They Now Say tlie Negro wa Nerer of Recent to Their Party A Wretk on tlie Southern Railway Escape of a Wilmington Negro from the Peniten tiary Butler Want a Constitutional Convention State Penlooi Messenger Bureau Raleigh, N. C November 18. The Winston Republican, the Trgan ( of that party in North Carolina, today 1 makes the editorial assertion that the j negro as a race has never benefited the ' republican party. It says further that counties in eastern North Carolina . where the negroes dominate go demo- i cratic. Some Vance ' populists say county that Eaton, the colored candidate for register of deeds, made outrageous speeches there, but a leading demo crat assures your correspondent that this is inaccurate. He says that as a matter of fact Eaton fought the popu lists and their fusion machine in Vance and that his speeches were in good tone. The last legislature repealed the act which required candidates for office j to file with the secretary of state an : itemized and sworn statement of their j election expenses. Judge Hoke and ; Thomas G. Skinner, senator from the first district, have, however, filed their , statements. The cost to Senator Skin- ' ner was 5G1.78J cents, the hair cent ; coming in from a charge of 37 cents ! , for ferriage. One item is for ?10,UU ' for 50 bushels of oysters for a roast. 1 Another is $10.00 to Rev. Dr. Thomas . W. Babb for expenses incurred in his canvass of Gates county. Babb was an independent candidate, whom the i fusion machine tried desperately but I in vain to induce to leave the field. Governor Russell will arrive here from Asheville tomorrow morning, it was announced at the executive office today, There was a collision at Haw River yesterday between a passenger train and a freight train, in which an en gine and two or three cars were badly damaged. The passenger train arriv ed here six hours late. The movement to have Democratic State Chairman Simmons succeed Senator Butler is a powerful one. It is spontaneous, like the one to make Charles B. Aycock governor, and was a keynote of the big democratic jubilee here Tesday night. Flagman W. G. Parker, who fell from a train at Selma night before last and died in a hospital here, wrss buried at Warren Plains, his home, today. Another "trusty" convict has escap- ed from the penitentiary this time Robert Johnson, from New Hanover county. He walked away yesterday afternoon. The penitentiary has made claim to the Castle Haynes phosphate mine prop erty by reason of money, some $10,000 due it for convict labor by Colin Haw kins, but its directors have waived all claim to the property. Senator Butler in his paper today declares himself as in favor of a con stitutional convention. He touches lightly on the matter of limiting the suffrage. The Morning Post, of this city, takes the advanced ground of calling on congress to repeal the amendment to the constitution allow ing negroes to vote, and to place ne groes in the same class as Chinese. Colonel John S. Cunningham, of Person, tells me he is at work building twenty-eight public academies there. He has charge of a fund of $40,000 which will be expended in this direc tion and in supplementing the public school fund. He says Person will have by far the best public school system in all the state. The colored state fair ended today. There were speeches by Mr. Josephus Daniels and Colonel Cunningham. The old officers were re-elected Thos. Donaldson president, Rev. R. H. W. Leak secretary. The state auditor finds that there are now 5,440 state pensioners, an increase of 5S over last year. The increase in the number of soldier pensioners is 117. There is a decrease of 59 widows, The 131 first class pensions will this year be paid $72-00 casn' tne 272 sec" end class $54.00 the 393 third class $36.0o, the 1,963 fourth class $18.00, and the 2,681 widows $18.00. Peg Leg" Williams who in 1889-90 took over 20,000 negroes south from this state, to work on farms, is now horo after mora n f thorn T-fo cave it ' ' ! is an excellent time for them to emi- ! grate, and he hopes to secure num- bers of them. It will be remembered that a farmer named Ennis. with shot gun in hand, last Saturday prevented the convict force of graders from entering on his land to build the Raleigh and Cape Fear railway. Ennis was brought here and tried and won his suit. But the railway has now had its inning. Wednesday night it secured an in- junction from Judge Bryan restrain- ing Ennis from further interference. t.:- .i.- i . , iuib uiesnerm serea yesteraay, ana so worK is again in progress. The board of directors of the insane asylum here has elected Dr. C. L. Jen kins, of Edgecombe, first assistant physician, vice Dr. F. D. Koonce, Jr., of Jones county, who resigned a few days ago. The lower floor of the new male annex has been chosen for the , excess cf. female patients. There are ; many more females than-males, and 1 the increase is largely of females. c onr e first floor atId the other fioors of -the annex 13 entirely cut off. SEPARATE CARS FOR THE RACES Tlil Question to be Taken lp by the Ka'.hrar Commission Fuslonlsts Elect Tvo Solicitors aud Mne Sena tors Governor Russell Declines to Talk on Recent Erents Messenger Bureau Raleigh, N. C, November 19. The attorney general is now complet- ing the annual report on the criminal statistics of the state. It will be more complete than heretofore, as it will cover all crimes. it is stated that at its next meeting the railway commission will take up the matter of separate railway cars ijT white and negroes. It is said its jurisdiction is ample to permit this. It seems to be reasonably certain that if it does not so act the legislature will take this step. Many if not most of the negro leaders do not like the idea of separate cars, and have said so; but the white people like the idea and it has in the past two years grown greatly in favor. The supreme court will devote next week to the hearing of appeals from the Ninth district. The fusionists elected two solicitors out of the twelve, it is now ascertain ed. M. L. Mott and Moses N. Harshaw, the latter of the Tenth district. The official returns of the election in ! Mitchell county did not arrive until the ntn. inese snow narsnaw s eiecuuu -l .. T T S 1 A. i 1 by a small majority and also the elec- j uun oi me io iubiou bcuatuis. uu- . district is yet in doubt and the senate stands 39 democrats, 9 fusionists and 2 doubtful. The democratic claimed two days after the election was 41. Senator Butler's newspaper, The Caucasian, will be in future published at Goldsboro and not here. Wiliam F. Parker, of Enfield, has filed a voluntary petition in bank ruptcy in the United States district court here. The liabilities approxi mate $15,000. The State labor commisisoner is re ceiving information regarding the water-powers in about twenty of the western and Piedmont counties, to be furnished to the Boston people who plan a $5,000,000 investment in North Carolina. Governor Russell returned today from Asheville after" a five days' stay there, during which time he had a con ference with Senator Pritchard and other republicans of prominence. The governor has declined to talk any poli tics here since the election or to be in terviewed regarding the affair at Wil mington. He has, however, intimat ed that he may have something to say. Alex M. Powell is to be elected mayor.of Raleigh.December lst,to serve until the next regular election, Mayor Russ then becoming a county officer. The outlook is that the state fair this year pays all expenses and prem iums and a year's interest on its $40, 000 of bonds. Captain Todd, the muster-out officer for the Second regiment, will be here next Thursday and muster out the field and staff and band. The eastern com panies of the regiment have behaved well, but some of the extreme western ones behaved outrageously. It was these western men who behaved so outrageously when furloughed here in September, and they repeated their bad conduct after their muster-out at Nashville. A CASE OF YELLOW FEVER A Mau from Nicaragua Dies of Yellow Fever In Washington-Ills Com pan ion Sick of Same Disease In Flttston, Pennsylvania Washington, November 19. Archie S. Miller, a civil engineer, aged 32 years, single, died in a hotel In this city yesterday afternoon from what the physicians have pronounced to be yellow fever. lie had been in Wash ington two days, having come from Nev York city where he arrived Mon day from Nicaragua, whre he had been since last April. He left there about two wetks ago on a ste'irr.cr bound for New York, but which stop- i ped at Port Limon, Costa Rica, an in j fected port. Miller's whereabouts from I the time of his arrival in New York up to the time of his registration at the hotel here on Wednesday morn Irg are not known. After registering he went out and was brought back un conscious in the afternoon. The case was believed to be- an ordinary "drunk" anl the man was not dis turbed until early Friday morning, when an inmate of a neighboring room heard a noire from, the apartment oc- b, M,"r and,.a Jian was (ii in i n without recovering con sciousness. An autopsy was performed, which Dr. Woodward, thtj district health officer, says leaves nd question as to the nature of the disease. The body was wrapped in an antiseptic sheet and placed in a coffn filled with quicklime, for burial. After Mr. Mil- J three little children and offered bread ler's death a letter reached the hotel j saying it was all she had. They de addressed to him. It was from a com- mo,,r, nn ,u cv. panion who had been with him on the 5 sanded meat, with an oath She be way from Nicaragua, and showed that ' came frightened and fled to the woods. Miller had been quite ill on the steam- i The tramps caught the three little er and that the writer of the letter, : children and set fire to their house, then in Pittston, Penn., was at the rnastinsr the little nnps tn death. time of writing, the 17th instant, him- . jelf s"ng from mptoms which D ?dward ss- to a weI1 informed physician would appear su?tjicious. Miller was employed by tne Nicaragua . Miller was employed by the Nicaragua Canal commission and came here by j ; order of the state department. There is ' no occasion for alarm here, as the ; i cold weather and the precautions j taken render the likelihood of a spread very remote, j The officers of the marine hospital service also investigated the case and after some laberaton' tests tonight pronounced it true yellow fever. On learning of the illness of the man at 'Pittston, Dr. Lee. of the Pennsylvania -state board of health, was communf- cated with and at his request one of . the marine hospital yellow fever ec j perts left for Pittston. T1IR EATEN TO KILL lll.tl Editor IHanly's Fear of an Assassin Prevents Hint from Attending ?leel Ids at Cooper I'nlon - Wants the Whole Hatter Rnrled (New York World.) Asbury Park November 16. Wilmig ton's refugee negro editor, Alec Manly, will not attend the meeting of his peo ple and their sympathizers in Cooper Union, New York, tomorrow night, be cause of letters which he has received threatening his. life if he should do so. The colored people of West Asbury Park, where the editor Is stopping-, are in a high state of excitement and fear that an attempt will be made to mur der him. The arrival tonight on a late train from Philadelphia of a rough looking white man who made Inquiries about Manly added to the alarm. The editor Is guarded wherever he goes, and is re luctant to express himself regarding the riots, fearing that he will be at tacked, or that vengeance will fall on his father, mother and three brothers, all of whom were driven out of Wil mington and are hiding in the woods. REPLIED TO MRS. FELTON. Manly did, however, consent to dis cuss tonight the letter from Mrs. Fel ton, published in this morning's World. "It is an explanation," he said, "which explains away none of the facts which were set forth in my editorial in the Record of August 18th. She says mat ou nor ceni oi me crime nas ue- 1 - ' creased since ner speecn. l mignc ,.,im fhnt rrimo ins innv.i?,..! in tho same ratio in New Jersry, but I think inai m uui ca- u uum ue .uu "I contend that there is no negro so low but that if he had the opportunity he could attain to as high a standard of intelligence and morality as his j white brother placed in the same posi tion. I call to mind the case of Pr. Joseph C. Price, who was born the lowest of the low, but by education rose to the highest place in thought and mind, with the best men of th United States. This is but one case of hundreds I could mention. "When the war occurred between the northern and southern states, black men were left in entire charge of the plantations, and the women thereon. The colored men proved their loyalty by the fact that there were fewer homes disturbed by negro violence than at any other period before or since. WILL SPEAK OUT SOME TIME. "There will be an occasion when I shall reply fully to everything that has been said on this subject. Until that time arrives it is the part of wisdom to keep silent. Any utterances of mine at this time must necessarily increase the race friction in Wilmington, and I do not care to be responsible for fur ther violence or subject my friends and relatives to possible maltreatment or death. "I will say nothing, therefore, about Mrs. Felton's statement that negroes should be lynched, or that I should be lynched. For my part, I want the matter buried out of sight. I feel as though I would give worlds to lose my identity, and, like the chrysalis, expand into some other being and forget all the bitterness of the past." Editor Manly was here admonished by members of his family not to say too much, and abruptly closed his ar gument. A Good Exchange (Manufacturers' Record.) The Philadelphia Press published the other day a long screed headed "The Butchery of Colored Men." There was a quantity of words about the at titude of North Carolina democrats toward the criminal class in that state, but not a word about the criminal at titude of republican authorities in Illi nois toward negroes seeking to earn an honest living there. We notice that the exiles from North Carolina have been speeded on their way north wher ever they have tried to pause in their flight. An invitation is here extended, and we hope The Press will second it heartily, to all characters displeasing j to North Carolina or any other south ern state to make Pennsylvania and Philadelphia the field of their future operations. In their place the south will welcome any sturdy Pennsylva nians seeking to make their living honestly and fleeing from the wrath to come. A cough is not like a fever. It dos not have to run a certain course. Cure it quickly, and effectually with One Minute Cough Cure, the best remedy for all ages and for the most severe cases. We recommend It because it's good. It. R. Bellamy. CMldrMi Rurued to Death by Tramps Jacksonville, Fla., November 19. A special to the Times Union and Citizen from River Junction, Fla., says: This afternoon about 4 o'clock three un known white men went to the house of Andrew Schakleford, a farmer living about five miles above here in Decatur ! county, Georgia and demanded food from hi from his wife. She was alone with her I Sheriff Patterson, of Rainridsre. Ca.. ha3 b w, d t come t once whh hounds and strong hones are -oou nounas anu strong iiopes are that the fiends will be apprehended I a doors and Oat. "My health was very roor and I suf fered from dizzy sjell3. rheumatism and weak nerves. I did not care to live in such a condition. Hood's Sar saparilla has changed all this. It has completely cured me and I am now able to work hard indoors and out." Mrs. John A. Lively. Dallas, West Virginia. Hood's Pills are the favorite family cathartic. Easy to take, easy to op erate. 25c. Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards the food against alum Alum bald arc the creates men a cere to althof the present day sovftt. sMuwa sewncs ca. srw vosx. SO.tlE PIF.M IM'AIIMTK Commit a Horrible Crime on ami then .Tliirdrrs Little Roy lit .rt -u lit South Carolina Columbia. S. C. November 19. H special to the State from Greenville. S. C, says: Weaver Smith, a littlo white boy beggar was most fouiy mur dered Thursday night in the heart ot town and the mutilated body was not found until nearly twinty-fonr hours later. A more horrible crime than tho murder had preceded The butchery ol the boy and the fiend lncarnito who did tho deed is unknown. A long gash In the boy's stomach caused hfa death and the entrails were protrud ing for the body. Weaver Smith was alut 8 years old and was a notorious beggar around town, having a skillfully -worded story$ of distress. When last seen by citi zens he was at J. W. Ricer's. sexton of Springwood cemetery. Main street, by. whom he was given some food altout 7 o'clock Wednesday night. From there he went towards the first brigade) camp. He secured some money and food there and visited the Fourth Kerwt Jersey regiment last. Late yesterday afternoon, a ncgrc woman discovered the boy lying among weeils on Elford street, which is U side street, one block north of the con federate monument. The boy was ly ing on the south sidewalk, which la rarely used. When discovered, ho lay on nis face- aml. on bi5nK turned Ovor, the cut in the stomach was revealed. The physician found unmistakable! evidence of a more fiendish crime com mitted beforo death and the boy was doubtlessly killed to prevent tho dis covery. Two New York soldiers coming froafl camp to town Thursday night heard cries on Elford street and approach ing, found another Boldier unknown! to them, with a boy, who. the eoldtac claimed, had lost his way. Tho un known soldier's command is not known and the New York soldiers left him! standing near the child. It is believed the boy was Weaver Smith and tho soldier his assailant and murderer. The crime has aroused the greatcHt indignation among citizens and foI diers and if the guilty man is caught and proves to be a soldier his com rades will endeavor to make short wjt!c of him. Foot Rail on TliuuKogl t Dar The High school eleven will nieet a team picked from the O. V. I), Chest nut street and C. F. A. teams, at Hil ton Park, Thursday Xovpnib'-r IMtli promptly at 4 o'clock. The High school eleven is making quite a fin f record for itself this season and will strive to keep it up. Th picked tears are coino3 ed of the best class players in tho c ity. Some of the players that wil partici pate in the game of that date will bo, for High school, Foster, Wipgs, (cap tain,) Smallbones, Cause. Knighton, Laughlin. Ewing, Armstrong, Ford, Hall, and for the opponents such as Jewett (captain.) Adkins. (Jrteno, Potts, McClure, Ahrens, Huhn. Jordan. Dork, King, etc. The admission will be 15 cents. Ladk free. There will be policemen on hand to preserve or der so bo on hand and encourage tho boys. Ksterhazy's Sensations! Itook Paris, November 20 La Lib. ru- pub lishes this morning extracts from the abvance sheets of the flrnt part ot Count Esterhazy's book entitled "L'Af- fairc Dreyfus" in which the writer do dares himself the victim of Cavaigna? (recently minister of war) whose en mity for him. he sayw, ari.-e from tho fact that their fathers were political enemies. Es t e rh a zy reasserts that he wan tho tool of the general staff; that It wart the general staff who always dictated his conduct; that by their orders ho struck Lieutenant Colonel Plcquart and that it was the general staff who selected his seconds when he chal lenged Picquart and furnished hint wah "exceptional and Irr. gulap means" of defending himself. He left I- ranee, he assert, to "escape as.-ad-nati..n or being driven to suicide lika Lf-u tenant Colonel Henry. Thanksgtilnc: Dinner lor fcevrntts Army t orps Savannah, la,, November 19.--The ladies of Savannah are endeavoring to give the soldiers of tn Seventh armjf corps a Thanksgiving dinner. Therw ar 12.000 men in the corps and tho undertaking Is a large one. Contribu tions of any kind expressed to tho ladies thanksgiving committee. Savan nah, Ga, Monday will U? carefulr distributed. li I- 11 n S