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VOL. XII. NO. 116 WILMINGTON N. C., TUESDAY, MAY 16, lb99. PRICE 5 CENTS. A PRIZE Supreme Court Decides in Favor of the Steamer Olinde Rodrigues. THE REPORT OF ADMIRAL KAUTZ An Account of the Ambush of Americans and.Sritish on German Plan Vt tation on April lstFierce Struggle of Our MenHeroic Efforts of V- Ensign Monaghan.to Rescue Lieutenant Lansdale For Better Protection of Washington City-First Sub scription to Dewey MemorialTo be No Extra Session of Congress. Washington, May 15. The supreme court of the United States decided the prize money case of the: French steamer Olinde Rodriguez, the first of the naval prize money cases growing out of the Spanish war to reach j the court. The decision was announce by" Chief Jus tice Fuller and directed that the ves sel, which was captured off San Juan, Porto Rico, on the 17th of July last and has been held since by this gov ernment, shall be returned to its own ers,, on the ground that it was not proven that the steamer's officers in tended to enter the blockaded port. The ' court lield incidentally that the block ade of San Juan was effective. FOR BETTER PROTECTION OF WASHINGTON CITY. Extensive improvements are to be made to the military j post at" Sheri dan's Point, Va. The batteries at that point, together with those at Fort Washington, on the oposite side of the Potomac river, form the main de fences of the national capital from at tack by water. The secretary of war has approved a recommendation of the quartermaster general for an allotment of $40,000 for the construction of suita ble buildings at Sheridan's Point, and it is expected that the work will begin immediately.- ,i TO BE A REGULAR ARMY TRANS PORT. The steamer Qrook is being converted Jnto a regular transport for the trans . portation of troops between this coun " try and the West Indies. It is expected that the work upon her will be com pleted in time to permit her to leave New York on the 24th; instant. She is under orders to proceed to Savannah, , &a, to embark the Second United states infantry for transportation to Havana,, and she will bring back from that port discharged soldiers, and a number of horses which are no longer needed there. ADMIRAL. KAUTZ, S REPORT. . Secretary Long today made public so much of a recent report from Admiral . Kautz upon Samoan affairs as touches killing of a number of American sailors by the Mataafa adherents near Apia on April 1st. The report is an elaboration of the description of the affair which was cabled at the time by the Associated Press from Auckland. No mention is made-at "any point of "the reported par ticipation in the affray! of the German, Hufnagel,. the manager of the planta tion where the fight occurred. It is shown that the failure! of the Colt gun to work properly wars in a large meas- ure the cause of the American and British defeat, Admiral Kautz says the expedition was projected by Captain Sturdee, of the Porpoise. j For, several nights j preceding, the sentries had been fired upon by the na tives and It became necessary to drive the aggressors away. Admiral Kautz says that it was the opinion of all the officers who had the matter in charge ,thaf the force was ample to do the work without risk, especially as itwas to movft out along the beach and return the same way, under the protection of the guns of her majesty's ship Royal lst; It Is safe to say, says the admiral, that after Lieutenants Freeman and Lansdale had conferred together, they did what they, deemed best under the circumstances and the disaster that followed could not be foreseen. . Admiral Kautz appends the reports " of the surviving officers of the expe dition, which were transmitted by Cap tain White, of the Philadelphia. In this letter of transmissal the captain com mends in the strongest terms the work of Passed Assistant j Surgean G. A. Lung. He says: j "At times when the fire from the con cealed, natives was thickest and at all times, by his example he encouraged the young and inexperienced men to the proper performance Of duty. On the completion of the work of his pro fession, lie assumed command of our .bluejackets and marched them to the United States consulate." THE AMBUSCADE OF APRIL 1ST. Captain White describes in some length the happenings of April 1st, as gathered, from close examination of the petty officers and men engaged in the fight. He says that several excursions had been made into the beach back of Apia during the last ten days of March. Very few natives had been observed and when" seen they always fled when fired upon by the Colt automatic gun. . Lieutenant Lansdale set great store by ihe-gun and fwquently operated it fiimself. Says Captain White: "H appears to have! depended great - . Jy upon the gun -when the party was ambushed on April 1st. Twice it did not work and time was lost -in over hauling It and great I delay was con sumed in trying to get it through the wire fence. Lieutenant Lansdale was loath to abandon it, but the fire was . so galling that before he was wounded he was compelled to; scatter the im portant parts and leave it behind. Pru dence led him to deploy his men in open order. The thicket was so dense that after the order j for retreat was sounded it was not possible for the groups to render each other mutual support. "Jjieutenant Lansdale- was wounded below" the knee soon after the Colt was abandoned, and rendered incapable of marching. He was assisted by his men, one of them, N. E. ! Edsall, ordinary seaman, was mortally wounded while doing so. It. is not clear when Mr. Lansdale received the wound in his chest. It is in evidence most clear that when . Ensign Monaghan discovered that Lieutenant Lansdale was wound ed he used his best endeavors to con j vey him to the rear, and seizing a rifle ' from a disabled man made a brave de fense, but, undoubtedly, he fell very shortly after joining him, and the hos tlles, flushed with success, bore down on our men in this vicinity. The men' were not-in sufficient numbers to hold . out any longer and they were forced along by a charge which it was im possible to withstand-. 'Ensign Monag han did stand. He stood steadfast by his wounded superior and friend;, one rifle against many one brave ' man against a seore of savages. He. knew: he was doomed. He could not yield. JHe died in heroic performance of duty. ,T&.e number of cartridges fired by each of tie bluejackets averaged thirty. From what appears jtobe reliable au thority, .forty of- Hie assailants were killed and fifty bounded. This infor mation was obtained several days after . tse"eagagement. Whenever our men could get cover they ; turned and fired." The British story of the affair is told , briefly by Lieutenant C. E. Cave in an enclosed report made to Captain Stu- art, of her majesty's ship Turanga, " and contains no information beyond SHIP CASE that set out in the report of the Ameri can officers. . FIRST SUBSCRIPTION TO DEWEY MEMORIAL. F. A. Vanderlip, assistant secretary of the treasury; Charlea H. Allen, as sistant secretary of the navy; Berry S. Heath, assistant postmaster . gener al; Brigadier General Corbin and Ellis H. Roberts, treasurer of the United States, who nave been appointed a na tional committee to take charge of the funds with which to purchase a home for Admiral Dewey In Washington, had a meeting today in Mr. Vanderlip's office.'- " . "" - The committee will be glad to serve any newspaper, organization or indi vidual, wishing to make a contribution for the purpose in view. The national character ofthe committee makes it a proper one to have charge of the mat- ter ana it is expeetea mai we many j worknco tee. Treasurer Roberts is now prepar-! ed to receive contributions in any i amount.- A handsomely designed re- ; oplrvt will ht crvttp-n mif- 1mmw!ltlv ! by the engravers at the bureau of en graving and printing and all contribu tors will receive such a receipt. A for mal address to the public, probably, will be issued soon. The first subscrip tion to the fund, $250, was received "to day from General Felix Agnus, of The Baltimore American, and he will re cede receipts No. 1. NO EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS A member who is ' in a position to know the view of the president on the subject; said today that the probabili ties were against an extra session of congress being called. He thought that the president had given the subject some thought, but he was reasonably sure that no call would be Issued ex cept in some unlooked for contingency which would make it necessary. FARRAGUTS OLD FLAGSHIP. Admiral Farragut's famous old flag ship, Hartford, which for j many years has been on the Pacific coast, is com ing east.. She has been selected as a training ship for landsmen and will be placed under command of Captain Hawley, at present attached to the navigation bureau of the navy depart ment. The landsmen to be trained on the Hartford will be recruited almost en tirely in the central west and Atlantic states. The vessel has been completely modernized. THE WHISKEY TRUST v General IWculta, the Receiver, TeU flei Before Congressional Committee as to Working of the Company Washington, May 15. General John 'McNulta, receiver of the DistiHing and Cattle Feeding Company, was a wit ness before the industrial commission today. His examination was a continu ation of the Investigation of the so called whisky trust begun by the com mission last Saturday. General McNulta began "his testimony by giving some of the details regarding the receivership for the whisky trust. It -was 'found that one distillery at Nebraska City, Net)., had been sold for $10,000 at private sale, and later was bought by the Distilling and Cattle Feeding Company for $410,000. -There was another case in which one who was, later, an officer of the company, "had purchased, a distillery and sodd it to the company for $280,000 more than he gave for it. These and other things resulted In the witness filing a Hbill against a number of individuals, in cluding some officers to recover $800,000. There were other Items to make up this total, growing cut of stock speculations in New York 'by officers of the com pany. There were no patents that he knew of owned by the Distilling and Cattle Feeding Trust Company, but they had secret processes that were of value. He had been told by experts that there axe 350 to 360 different varieties of germs in the yeast used in distilling and that by experiment they discovered the yeast .that had the 'best germs for their purposes. When these germs were se cured they were carefully guarded for the purpose of multipliyin'g them and he had heard that distillers had given $500 for, 'a little jug of the most favor able yeast.' Labor, he said, was only a small fac tor in the cost Of production. He did not believe. the rebate system could be revived, nor In his opinion would there be another organized movement to con trol the market. If you suffer from tenderness or full ness on the right side, pains inder shoulder-blade, constipation, bilious ness, sick-headache, and feel dull, heavy and sleepy, your liver is torpid and congested, DeWItt's Little Early Risers will cure you promptly, pleas antly and permanently by removing the congestion and causing the bile ducts to open and flow naturally. They are good pills. R. R. Bellamy. The Transvaal Ready for War London, May 15. The Cape Town correspondent of The Daily Mall says "At a meeting of the commandants on the western border of the- Transvaal yesterday (Saturday) instructions were issued to the Burghers to prepare to take the field at a moment's notice frln Pretoria. "The negotiations are still pending for the proposed meeting between Pres ident Kruger and Sir Alfred Milner, governor of Cape Colony." - Johannesburg, Transvaal, May 14. The work of fortifying the redoubts and the hill tops at points of stragetic importance Is progressing rapidly. Last or the Spanish Indemnity Wart rants New York, May 15. The fourth and last of the $5,000,000 treasury warrants paid to Spain for the Philippine islands was presented at. the National city bank today by a representative of the French embassy. This draft will pass through the clearing house in tomor row's exchanges. Not one dollar of the $15,000,000 already paid to Spain has really gone ou? of this country, the en tire transaction having been conducted On the basis of foreign exchanges and as there has been a large trade balance in favor of this country in about every one of the continental money markets. the indemnity money has been charged To Tow tli Floating Dock to Pemsa cola Washington, May 15. The navy de partment's floating dock recently bought fn New York . will be sent to Pensacola on June 1st, government tugs taking It down. It la believed the weather will be such at that time that no difficulty is' apprehended In hand ling the unwieldly atructure. THE SIT TATION "WORSE The Striking raln Elevator Men Dei termlned Men in Otner Departments to Stand by the shovelers. Buffalo, N." Y., May 15. The dock situation is worse tonight than at any time since the opening of the season. The monthly men, the men' who work inside of the elevators are out, and have agreed to remain out until , the grain shovelers and the freight handl ers -strikes are settled. Tomorrow ev ery elevator will he idle unless new men can be secured to take the places of the monthly men,' which is said to be im probable, owing to the fact that it re quires considerable experience in oper ating the machinery of the elevators. .Bishop Quigley and the leaders of the grain shovelers held a conference today that lasted until 9 o'clock tonight. The grain shovelers claim that Mr. Connors had violated, all the essential provisions of the agreement that the Lake Carriers' ; Association had made with the union. The bishop summoned many witnesses before him. At the conclusion of the conference the bishop addressed a big meeting of the grain Bhovelers.He told them that in view of the course adopted by the contractor he wonlcL not advise them to return to work. It had been decided, he said, that the only way to win a victory that would have any material results was for all the laboring men employed on the docks," including, grain, shovelers, monthly men, freight handlers, coal passers, ore handlers and hoisting en gineers to unite and continue the con test until the grievances of each had been settled. . j He also said that no settlement woul1 De effected until Contractor agreea employ none but members of the new Gram Shovelers Union. If th.s demand was not agreed to, iJisho? vu-g.fc j saia, ue Lake Car riers Association wou.a te aiea to auvc wuiinavw . , No settlement of the difficulty wlline ; tqo,--Vic. nnril a 1 iha i.no: arm-inora m- i ioy ed by Mr. Connors are discharged, The freipht handlers, monthly men and hoisting engineers have agreed to stand by the grain shovelers, and the coal pasers and ore handlers will make the same agreement tomorrow. THE BIG IRON TRUST The Combination Formed and a Char ter Secured The Capacity ot the Mills. Cleveland, Ohio, May 15. The "sale of the Lake Iron Works today gave no tice of the fact that another immnece combination of Iron and steel interests has been . consumed. The Republic Steel Company has been incorporated under' the laws of New Jeresey with a capital of $55,000,000, consisting of $25,- 000,000 preferred and $30,000,000 com mon stock. The general offices will be in Chica go. The mills in the comDinauon win be operated as now, execept that busi ness will be done in Chicago office. AH the presnt superintendents, will be re tained. The concerns in the new corporation number thirty-three' in Illinois, Indi ana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Alabama'. Among them are the Bir mingham Rolling Mill Company, Bir mingham, Ala., and the Pioneer Mining and Manufacturing Company, Birming ham., Ala.- Thee mills have an an nual Output of over 1,000,000 tons oi merchantable bar iron, the rolled pro duct used by farming implement, and wagon makers, car builders, and otner kindred industries. In addition to the rolling mill prop erty there are six blast furnaces with an annual capacity of about 4vu,iwu tons of pig iron. Some of the by-products of the com bination will be spikes, 'bolts, splices, turnrbuckles, skelp, and there will be some manufacture of steel plates and sheets. The irOh ore properties are a very Important part of the combination. The Pioneer Mining and Manufacturing C-mpany, of Birmingham, owns 25,- 600 acres of land, of which l,uuu are coal, 8,850 red and brown ore, 560 lime tone, of and 1,760 of other character at the furnaces and coke plants near Thomas, Ala, By these acQuiSItlons, the company will be largely independent of all other intersts in the iron industry. Pneumonia, la gripps, coughs, colds, croup and whooping cough readily yield to One Minute Cough cure, use uus remedy In time and save a doctor's bill Cr the undertaker's. R. R. Bellamy. Consolidation ot the Tube mills Syracuse. N. Y., May 15. Officers of the Syracuse Tube Company in this city today stated that the National Tube Company, a consolidation of the prin cipal mills in. the United States making wrought iron and steel pipes and tubes, would nrobably be effected this weeK. It will have an annual tonnage of 1,000- 000 tons of tubular goods, and has cap italized at S65.000.000. The local plant will be purchased outright by the new concern, but will be continuea, it is db lieved, about as at present Want to Reopen the Book Concern Case. Atlanta. Ga.. May 15. The Methodist ministers of Atlanta today passed reso lutions calling for the appointment oi a committee to urge upon the forth coming annual c&nference a movement for an extra, general comerence iu i consider the "publishing house matter. The preamble states that there is great dissatisfaction-witn tne way m wui this matter has been disposed of. v . Arroied lr -: obr-a:il-eut NorfoIk.Va., May 15. William Farnes- worth, wanted in Washington tor em bezzlement, was arrested &y tne detec tives here tonight. He is a white man, originally from Wisconsin, and is about 40 years old. cmei: is.izer recti veu a telegram from Washington's police su perintendent Sunday asking him to arrest Farnesworth, who was badly wanted in that city. Farnesworth is also held for swindling a Norfolk man. Little, neglected scratches and wounds frequently result in blood pois oning. Better heal them quickly with DeWItt's Witch Hazel Salve, a thor oughly anti-septic application with a record of always curing piles, old ul cers, sores, cuts, wounds and skin dlseas - R. R; Bellamy. Called tbe Halter a foodie Prlmce Berlin, May 15. Herr Maximillian Harden, editor and publisher of The Zukunf t, has begun to serve the six months lmprlsonment to -which he was sentenced on November. 4th last, after having been convicttd of lese majeste, in comparing the emperor to a poodle prince and on other charges. . ' Scbaefer Defeats Slosson New York, May 15. "Wizard" Jake Schaefer. of Chicago, beat Geo. Slos- son, of New York, the. "student," in an excitine eame of eighteen inch balk- line billiards at the Lenox lyceum here tonight. Ther" final score was 600 to 418 in favor of Schaefer. and J500 In stakes, to say nothing of many thousands in side bets, changed hands -.on the re sits. - . Proposed by Aguinaldo to the Americans. FAVORABLE RECEPTION Given Proposition by Civilian mem bers of American Commission Onr Scouts In Enemy's Lines Gay Scenes In Streets of Manila Philippino Jan ta Declares for War Until Independ ence be Secured To Keplaee Spanish Garrison With Americans. Manila, May 14, (Sunday.) The ci vilian members of the United States Philippine commission are favorable t6 the meeting with a Philippino com mission, which was suggested yester day, on behalf, of Aguinaldo by Lieu tenant Reyes, of the stafT of General Gregorio Del Pilar, who came to Gen eral Lawton under flag of truce, bear ing the proposal. It is thought by the American commissioners that the idea may have resulted from a recent meet-. Ung of the so called Philippino congress at San Isidro. Definite information on this point, however, cannot yet be ob tained; though the local Philippino committee, which is in close communi cation with the leaders of the rebellion, is doing its utmost to secure peace. Ten members oi Major General Law- on's band of sc-uts, under W. M. Young the oid Indian tignter, entered the town ! ot ban Miguel, aoouc fifteen miles north ! fvvn.,.c.rJI nnt nwarfi wflflT mace it. "T'""r" " n " r.' 7.Zl '7.7t' ' w.-- w " pmos there, but the reoeis, taking the scouts for the advance of General Law ton's army, ned after firing a lew snots, "i'oung and another scout were wound ed and have been brought to Manila. The Ninth infantry and a mountain battery of six guns nave been sent to the front. GAY SCENES IN MANILA The uniform quiet now prevailing in Manila has led tne authorities to relax the ruie under which the city streets were Cleared from 7 to 8:30 p. m., and this evening there is the largest and most brilliant assembly of peaestrians and people in carriages to listen to a band concert on the Lunta, that has been known here since the Spaniards j left. London, May 15. The Philippino junta here has received a message from Aguinaldo , via Hong Kong, saying the Philippino government has decided to continue the war at all costs until in dependence is secured. 1 Washington, May 15. It is expected at the war department that General Otis wijl. take steps at once to replace the Spanish garrison at Zamboanga with United States troops. The indica- tions are that a comparative small force will suffice, provided that it is supported by one or two gunboats. The place is one of the greatest strategic importance, being the capital of the is- ML HI land of Mindanao, the second largest in i."1 tne miormaition. practicai the Philippine group, and a good sea- j ly no classification of cotton in the port. It was to this point that the ' state or in the south certainly no uni Snanish, forcea rfttreated ' from Hollo I form classification. As is known, the when ; the town was evacuated .with- ! out notice to the American forces. The town. is easily defensible with a small artillery force. The fact that the in surgents are in possession of rapid fire guns makes the situation at Zamboau ga more serious but it is not believed here that they have a large supply of the ammunition necessary to operate the weapons, which will consequently soon become useless to them. Through unofficial agents, the gov ernment here has been quietly making investigation into the state of affairs in the Sulu group, south of the Vizayas islands, with a view to determining whether by good management the in habitants cannot be brought into al legiance to the United States without -insurrections. The natives are gener ally Mahomedans, and owe allegiance to a sultan whom theSpaniards have never 'been able to bring into more than nomi nal submission. He maintains a harem and lives in state, and it Is probable that an annuity will have to be provided for him out of the revenues of the is-T land after the United States takes pos session. - ' . Strikers Return to Work Athel, Mass., May 15. Th strike of the spinners at the Millers River Man ufacturing Company, which began last week, was settled today, the employees having accepted a schedule of day wages, instead of piece work rates, which formerly prevailed. JThe change from piece to day work caused the strike. Dover, N. H., May 15. The striking weavers of the cotton mills of the Co checo Manufacturing Company returned to work today afer a strike of two weeks duration, following the refusal of the agent to reinstate several dis charged union workmen. About 2,000 hnds have been idle, the mills having been shut down. Agent Fish today dis charged three loom fixers, but there was no trouble. . - . Norwich, Conn., May 15. The cotton mills of the Beneimah Company, of Taftville, are today running at their full complement of 1,400 hands. The '400 weavers who went out on strike for a 10 per cent, increase in wages, about seven weeks ago, thereby causing a general shut .down gave up the con test last Friday night and announced that they would return to work today. Heturn of the Fourth Volunteers New York May 15. The United States transport Dixie arrived in quar antine at 11 o'clock tonight from Man- zanillo, Cuba, having on board the Fourth United States volunteers, under the command of Colonel James S. Pet- tit. This regiment as recruited prin cipally in Virginia, and the District of Columbia. After being boarded and examined by the health officers she will proceed to the city. ; Corporal Danlwl E. Hammong, of Company G died of acute intestinal trouble, and peritonitis and was buried at sea on the 13th of May. People who have once taken DeWItt's Little Early Risers will never have anything else. They -are the "famous little pills" for torpid, liver and all Ir regularities of the system. R. R. Bel lamy. " ' - Cleveland In Ohio ' Toledo, Ohio, May 15. Ex-President Cleveland, who Is now on a fishing trip at Middlebass, will be the guest of honor at the formal laying of the cor nerstone of - the court house at Port Clinton, . on Thursday. Mr. Cleveland will not ' speak, but has consented to be present. He expects to be on Lake Erie fishing at least two more weeks. . . wa,. t u.vo; non; rv& sides, looeti- atm.. come off there. , J dry salted shoulder? bopteoT HIieaj J Are Holding Meetings in Wards of Havana. AN ANTI-AMERICAN RIOT In tbejCity of Clenfaegos Captain Bar ker threatened by an Angry Mob. The I Police Attacked and a Street Fight Follows Troops Guarding the City The Society of Veterans of inde pendence Holding Sessions In Ha vanaCuban Stocks In Demand. 'Havana. May 15. :The society of veterans of independence, Which is merely the old military assembly under a new name, held an inaugural meet ing last night under the presidency of General Fernando Freyre de Andrade, who acted as president of the assem bly, at which meeting Generals Lacret, Cisneros, Jual Gomez and Leyte VJdal and others were present'. The proceed ing's were devoted to drawing up an agreement that is to be proposed at the meeting "held this evening. The Cuban national party is holding meetings in all the city wards this, evening. , In lap'ite olf the situation brought about by the attitude of Gomez, stocks remain" firm with a rising tendency. English syndicates are. trying to buy all th railroads, and an offer of 10 per cent, premium has been made for the ; Sabariilla, Cardenas and Jucaro Line, but this was refused. The local banks have received orders to buy all stock offered, AN ANTI-AMERICAN RIOT. -Cienfuegos, Province of Santa Clara, May 15. 8 p. m. About 5 o'clock this af ternoon a gang of Cuban dock labor ers called upon Captain Barker, cap tain of the port and demanded for back pay. As they were violent, "Cap7 tain Barker drew his revolver. The la borers retired, but returned soon after with fifty others and made a similar demand, using obscene and profane language, Insulting Captain Barker and offering threats, The Cuban police were ordered to ar rest the malcontents, and a great street fight followed,in Which one laborer was killed -and seven persons were wound ed, including three members of the Cu ban police force. ' As the Cuban populace became very insulting and threatened revenge, an outbreak was expected, and the Sec ond United States infantry regiment was ordered into the city. The troops are patrolling the town this evening. COTtTON CLASSIFICATION JTIovetnent to Have this Made Uulform bv Sworn Inspectors Atlanta, Ga., May 15. There Is a strong probability that the legislature of Georgia at its next session in Octo- ber will take up for consideration a i plan looking to the uniform classiflca ! tion of cotton by sworn inspectors all j over the state at the points from which J the-staple is shipped. i At the ipresent'time there is, accord- i0Jf,SlLhnmfnH not by the producers, and the standard which Is put on the material by tho former has to be accepted by the lat ter. This state of affairs, it is said, re sults in the reclamation of thousands of dollars annually by the consumers upon tlhe intermediary brokers and In directly, therefore, upon the producers. The people who at present put the class upon the staple act independently and wherever the coCton falls off in quality, according to their standard, they hold the right to come back upon the south ern houses for the amount claimed to be short. It is learned by the department of ag riculture it'hat during the past year, one firm in the' stiaite lost as much as $55,000 by this process of reclamation. The proposal to establish a uniform classification it is 'held, must not onjy be final in its nature, "but It must be entered into by all or ithe majority of the cotton producing states. By this mean's it Is the belief of Commissioner Stevens that the arbitrary methods employed abroad can be done away wlfeh. ELECTRIC POWER To be Used In Operating aKallroad Th rough the fountains of Northern Georgia. Atlanta; Ga., May 15. Application for a charter will be filed in the office of the secretary of state in a day or two by .the parties interested In the .con templated road that is to be built from Gainesville, Ga., via Da'Mone, Ga through the counties of Hall, Lumpkin, White," Union, Towns and Rabun to some connecting, point with the South ern railway in Tennesse. The road is being built for the purpose of reaching the trold fields otf North Geore-i. -n the gold fields otf North Georgia and the big marble and granite quarries in that section of the state. It 'has been practically determined that the motive power for the new road is to be electricity, which ds to be generated in the northern part of the state by use of waterpower that runs -through the mountains. At present there is no railroad line in Union, Towns or Rabun counties. If you have piles, cure them. No se undergoing horrible operations that simply, remove the results of the dis ease without disturbing the disease It self. Place your confidence in DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. It has never failed to cure others; it wi' ,,-:;re you. ;R. R. Bellarr To be Confined In an Amerlean Prison. Washington, May 15. In the case of Raffaea Ortiz, a native of Porto Rico. who was found guilty of the murder of Private John Burke. Comtxanv C. For ty-seventh New York, at Caguas, Por to Rico, on February 24th last, and Whose sentence of death was commut ed to imprisonment for life, the presi- aenx nas airectea tnat ne be confined in the Minnesota state prison- at Still water. , - England tu be Represented Philadelphia,- May 15. Great Britain will be officially represented at the in ternational commercial congress to bp held here in connection with next fall's national export exposition. Formal no tice of such was received today by the exposition authorities. It came in the form of a communication from the for eign office. London, throueh Assistant Secretary of State Hill. Mekes the food more I VitSEM A PITCHED BATTLE Between Princeton Students and Pawnee Bill's Showmen " Princeton, N. J, May 15. Princeton students, and Pawnee Bill's "Wild West" employes indulged in a pitched battle today, and continuous and seri ous rting was prevented only by the presence of men with cool heads, and the action of President Patton, of Princeton university, later in the day in calling a mass meeting of all of the students. For fifty years it has been an un written law of Princeton that no circus parade must pass through the streets. Every show proprietor in making his dates has always left Princeton from the list for it bad been a matter of common knowledge that the students would enforce the unwritten law. This morning Pawnee Bill's Wild West combination violated traditions and paraded. The result was the fierc est battle Princeton has seen in many years. When posters.-; were hung up a few days ago "announcing the advent of Pawnee Bill it was at first considered a joke. Finally when it became known that the management of the show was really in earnest the town authorities, fearing trouble, advised the circus men not to attempt a parade. This advice was unheeded. As a result of today's fight one man is unconscious and may die, and a number of students and employes of the show are nursing wounds received in the fray.- That the show would be upset at night seemed a certainty, un til late this afternoon, when President Patton called a mass meeting of all the under-graduates and the faculty, and the result of the meeting indicates that the show will leave town unmolested, "but it will have lost money, for word has been passed through the town that no one is to enter the tent and the town people who are in sympathy with the students, are a unit in refusing, to at tend. THE EXtiTGK HA1LWA1 UORROB. Total Number of Dead Twenty-Nine. Cause ol the Accident "Vet a Mystery. Reading, Pa., May 14 (Sunday) The total number of deaths as a result of Friday night's rear-end collision on the Philadelphia and Reading railway at Exeter, six miles below here, reached twenty-nine today, William D. Jennkis, of Norristown. dying today at the. hos pital at that place. Of the large num ber of injured persons still in the hos pitals here, three are In a serious con dition and small hopes are entertained for their recovery. They are William' Friedewhorn, Thaddeus S. Adle and George W. Holmes, otf Norristown, Holmes' 9-year-old son .was instantly . killed In the accident, but the hospital physicians -have not yet informed the father of the boy's death. At least 10,000 persons visited the scene of the wreck today. Almost ev erybody was bent' on carrying away some kind of memento. Many of the people did not hesitate to take away with them pieces of wood thoroughly saturated with human blood. Every thing in the neighborhood of the wreck is bespattered with blood and the sight was a gruesome one. , The question as to who as responsible for the catastrophe is still being dis cussed here. That someone blundered is generally admitted by railroad men. Who it was thait! blundered, however, no one seems to positively know, and opinion's on this point differ widely. The Reading railroad officials here to day took -the statements of the train men who were concerned in the affair and they "were sent to tixo ge-nrail offi ces of the company in Philadelphia. The coroner will begin a rigid inquiry tomorrow at 3 o'clock p. m. He has summoned a large number of witnesses. FIENIUSH NfcGttO PARENTS Horrible Torture of their Children. The JUother Narrowly Escaped . Lynching by Negror. Atlanta, Ga., May 15. Winnie Roach, a mulatto woman, came near being lynched by an angry mob of incensed t negroes tonight at the corner of Sco- fleld and Hilliard streets. The crime with which she and her husband were charged was brutally burning their four children to death by igniting pa per saturated with kerosene, with which their bodies had been wrapped. The man, Lawrence Roach, ran away during the afternoon when he heard that his treatment of the children had been reported to the police. The woman had been away from home all day and did -not know v that her cruelty had been found out. She was In the house when the mob gather ed and was in the act of applying more fire to one the children when the crowd broke in. Telephone messages were sent to the police station by white people living in the neighborhood, who said they believed the woman was about to be burned by the crowd. A wagon of officers was sent to the place. One of the children had all the flesh burned from her legs in several places and will die. The other three are badly burned. The Peanut Trust Options Again Ex tended Norfolk, Va., May 15. For "fully a year there has been talk of the forma tion of a trust to control the peanut trade in Vlreinia and fnr anmo. tima v, . . , . oPtl0na have been held upon nearly, if not all, the cleaning houses in the state.- These options have been extend ed once or twice and the last renewal expired today. Mr. Charles E. W. Smith, of New iYork, who has been promoting the deal, is in the city and uus ;uri an extension or the op tions until June 1st. This was only ac complished after much ' difficulty, 'as several of the dealers were tired of sus pense. The purchase price for the va rious plants and stocks of goods on hand will aggregate $750,000 to $1,000, 000. The monied man on the purchase side of the, deal is said to be G. N. Morton, a capitalist of New York. The Virginia peanut cleaning eBtablish mente are located in Norfolk, Smith field, Suf flolk, Petersburg and Wake field and Franklin. . ANewlSicyete ttvery f ive Seconds. New York, May .15. R. L. Coleman, president of the Western Wheel Works of Chicago, today renewed his option for the sale of the bicycle plant to A. G. Spaulding. The combinatoiq being engineered by the Spauldings will, by the acceptance of ail options hold by Mr. Spaulding, control a large percent age of the outuut in the United Sattes. It will possess facilities for making a complete bicycle every five seconds, working ten hours per day. The company is financed by the Unit ed States Mortgage and Trust Company ' of this city and Lee, Higginson & Co., j of Boston. The capital of the company is to do ao.wu.uw preferred stock and $45,000,000 common stock. delicious and wholesome - pwocn co,-, new vookt. GOOD CL THING for MEN AHD BOYS Trade in Men's and Boy's Clothing grows apace, both in made-to-measure and ready-to-wear. The Serge Suits have been geneiuslv welcomed because of their faultless style, perfect eolorings and mr chant-ta,lor finish; could hardly be better if made to orderand trimmed regardless of cost. More of these excellent" Serges taday some soedal hnes m Bovs' Clothing and an attractive offering of seasonable Psu5s for men, m variousr cloths and colorings, at reductions such as are not often observed right in the height of the season: c "ol Men's Blue 6erge Back Suits " faultles in cut and finished in a manner fully equal to the usual custom work. Some of these suits are half lined, some are skeleton lined, and others are silk lined. In the better grades the seams are nicely taped. The serges are war ranted fast color; every thread is ! wool. These are thoroughly depend able suits, that would readily sell at prices one-third higher than the figures at which we have marked them $8.50, $10.00 acid $12.00. Alen's Club check Suifs These .nobby styles have made a genuine hit. They come in good qualities of Cassimeres and Wors teds, and in a full line sizes. Prices for the most desirable patterns are $8.50, $10.00 and $12.00. -A. "V I CLOTHIERS AVD Galvanized and Brass Hardware .... FOR SEASHORE USE ... Wire Screen boors and Windows. A Complete Line of Fishing Tackle. White Mountain Refrigerators, Ice Cream Freezers, Ice Picks, Water Coolers, etc. THE IjAKGKT HAKDWARK AND HOUSE FURNISHING STOCK IN TH S TAIE - N A fully equipped Tin Shop. Any thing in Tin or Sheet Metal manufactured or repaired. Roofing and Repairing of Roofs, and Range Work a speciality. OWEN F. LOVE & NEXT TO POSfOFFlCK, It Is To Your Interest To visit this DRY GOODS and CARPET" STORE before making - your purchases. The most magnificent line of WASH GOODS, the ngnt, oreezy kind adapted to the weather, .we are now having. Then, too, there is the WHITE GOODS DEPARTMENT which needs your attention. Everythin g In this way, such as FRENCH and ENGLISH NAINSOOK, PERSIAN LAWN, DIMrTTESc INDIA LINEN, VICTORIA LAWN, LINEN LAWN, ORGANDIES, SWISS CHECK NAINSOOK, and PIQUES In both white and colored. HOUSEKEEPERS GOODS TABLE LINEN, TOWELS, NAPKINS, SPREADS, , SHEETING SHIRTING in all the reliable brands. ' ; 1 ; UNDERWEAR UNDERWEAR A complete stock for MEN, WOMEN and CHILDREN. A BEAU- TTFUL ASSORTMENT OF LADIES' LISLE .THREAD VESTS. NASRETH WAIST for children. Something new, novel and entirely practical. Nothing . : like it ever been on the market before. Ask to see them and let us explain its merits. . CORSETS AND CORSET-WAIST in all the leading makes. SOLE AGENT for "HER, MAJESTY'S" CORSETS and BUTTERICK PATTERNS. We can do you good on MATTIN GS and HOUSE FURNISHINGS. D. BROWKT. NORTH FRONT STREET. DOBBIN &FERRALL AT TUCKER'S STORE, 123 and 125 FAYETTEVILLE STREET - RALEIGH, N, C For a Stylish Summer Dress We Are Offering - : - The New Pastel Blue In Corded Veilings. ' . . ' . ' I ' 48 1 WIDE $1.50 PEB YARD. We believe in not only being up to date, but a date ahead. DOBBIN & FEERALL Men's Worsted Trousers Made to sell at $5.00 and $6.00 now $3.50 a pair. . - Men's Spring and Summer Suits-' . in Worsteds, Cheviots, Vicunas Fancy and Plain Checks and Her ringbone weaves; either single or double-breasted sack coats; some full lined, some half lined and some skeleton" lined; not all sizes In each of the styles, but every size is In cluded in the assortment; all In this season's fashionable shapes. Prices have been $12.00, $15.00 and $18.00 but are now reduced to $8.50, $10.00 and $12.00 a suit. Little Boys' Suits-: - Vestee, Sailor and Double-breasted , styles. Regular $5.00, $6.00 and $7.00 ! suits at $2.50 and $3.50. Boys Knee Pants- A large variety at 25, 60 and 75o a pair about half price. ID &c OO FURNISHERS. CO. THE BEST EYES Are those given the best care through out all periods of ons'a life. "I used to have the best eyes," Is a common ex persslon. These people very likely have bad eyes now because neglectful -of the care necessary to keep them good. Let us help, keep yours good. If ypu haven't . good ones let us assist in making them good. Right glass -aid .that's what we offerl. Dingelhoef Bros L - Jewelers and Opticians
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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