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- ' V . , . . . - ..... .. . , . The Morning f 1 o ; LAST EDITION. rather To-day. Foialeigh and vicinity Ram ; warmer. ' ; YL. III. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY. JANUARY 5. 1899. No. 31. Post. 2. Brake's Order Makes Ten Thousand Cubans Idle. MrC TrOOpS Will Be Required to . I I Preserve Order Brooke De- - - ;- i if-- nounced In a Public Meeting and America Characterized as an Op- I pressor. Santiago, Jan. 4. The gravity of the situation here is increasing. Several Cuban mass-meetings -were held yes terday, at which the order of General Brooke in regard to the customs reve- nues of the province was discussed and violently denounced The stoppage of public improvements consequent upon the application of funds which had been used for such purposes to other uses will throw 10,000 Cubans out of employment. The condition of agricul ture in the island offers no jsubstitute for the work they' have had,) and most of them will take to the. woods. . Brigandage already existing in the Guahtanamo district has greatly in creased, and this state of things will necessitate the presence of a large force of additional troops. Business men are already cancelling orders untp the! cus toms revenue question is settled, i The Chamber; of Commerce at a. meeting held yesterday passed a resolution of strenuous protest to President McKin ley against "General Brooke's order. : The plaza this morning was filled with- idleCmen, among whom it would take little more toj' kindle the fife of anarchy, wliich w.oujld spread rapidly. At yesterday's '-meetings Brooke's name was .'hissed and hooted at vehe mently, as was the mention of Weyler and Spain. One speaker said: "Why have Americans sent here a man who only achieved failure in Porto Rico, and now threatens the 'prosperity of Cuba? We have learned how to resist oppression-in the past and we shall know how to resist it tomorrow, "What ever utS flag-!, ORrJER TO MUSTER OUT. Commands Designated td Be Dismissed In Short Order; Washington, Jan. 4 Orders were is sued' by the War Department today for the muster out-of ithe vo; unteer organ izations selected yesterday. The jmus ter.oums to take effect; at the places where ! the troops designated are en camped as soon as possible after , the or dors are received. To compensate for the loss of furlough pay, the reg i'mt-nts will receive individual travel i pay to places of enrollment, amounting to .ibout eighty cents for; ev ery twenty than isuffi- miles, which will be more cient ' to pay traveling expenses. The men mustered out ftrill proceed to their homes as individuals and not as or ganizations. If they-wefe transported a." organizations the government would n?iv pxnpnspa. leaving- no! bonus for the Scldiers. . j "I i It will take at least ten days after the ieceiDt of the Order to muster out the men.' If, during that time, Con gress adopts the Hull bill! providing that volunteers shall , receive thirty days' additional pay, th men will re ceive gravel pay and thirty days' reg ular pay upon beig mustered out. GATLING'S BIG GUN BURSTS. Experiment of New Process Heavy Ore nance a Failure. .... i New York. Jan. 4.--Dr. Gatling's ex perimental cast steel eght inch rifle for the construction of which Congress appropriated $40,000, burst; at Sandy "Hook proving grounds today under normal firing pressure of 36,500 pounds. Although the air was filled with flying fragments of steel, no one was hurt, as the officers took refuge behind a sand hill before each firing. The gun burst on the fifteenth firing. Fiye proo shots were; fired three weeks ago at a pressure'bf 37,000. pounds The burst ing of the gun is a failure theories. for'; Gatling's Editor Measured for an Anarchist. Berlin. . Jan. 4. The Minister of. the Interior has instructed police authori ties throughout Prussia, to measure in accordance with the Bertillon system all persons known to be anarchists. Adolf Brand, editor of an anarchist paper, was measured by jthe police in obedience to this order, though he pro tested vehemently .against it. Socialist deputies in the Reichstag have an nounced their Intention to question the government in regard to the' matter. Senator Davis Renominated Minneapolis. Minn., Jai. 4. Senator Davis was made the Republican nomir nee at tonight's caucus, is assured. - : His election il 7 SMALLPOX IN NORFOLK. Neatly One Hundred Cases In the Hospital and the Disease Spreading. ,4. orfolk, Jan. 4. The smallpox si! anon 'here is considered serious, al- f . taough most of the local newspapers il to print anything about the dis- ase. in its incipiency, the disease was onfined to the negro Population. Now it has. broken out among the whites. How to stamp it out has become a problem. Up to the present there -has not been any danger of an epidemic, but the sit uation will bear watching. The local board of health says it is doing all in its power to prevent the spread of the disease, but judging by new cases de- veloping daily its efforts so far have heen of little avail. There are now narly one hundred cases at the smaii- ...... " px hospital, an negroes except two. TROUD TURNS UP. Doubts a: I to Fowler's Intention to Contest Thomas's Seat. Washington, Jan. 4. Special. Con gressman Strowd appeared invhls seat today for the first time this session. " lum;&;? - . Congressman Fowler is not here ana there is some confusion as to whether he will contest Thomas's seat in; the next Congress or not. He told several of his friends here that he would. He told Congressman Kitchin that he would not. In Fowler's absence no posi tive information can be given on the subject. DIngley's Condition improved. Washington, Jan. 4. kelson Dingley rallied this afternoon and tonight was so much improved that his physicians hope the crisis is passed. They felt so much encouraged that they left him for the night in the care of trained nurses. Victor Napoleon and the French Empire. Paris, Jan. 3. The Matin prints a summary of an address by Victor Na poleon to a ; delegation of Imperialist committees in Brussels in which he de clared he would take action for the restoration of the, French empire when he thought the time favorable. He would have recourse to force if neces sary -and was preparing to lead a move-' ment as soon as certain events came to a head. T Affair Patched up and Dis missed With Costs. County Boards Continue Their Sit tingsThirteen Barroom Licenses Issued Pleasant Social Events. Durham, X. C, Jan. 4. Special. Much interest has centered around the court house today. Both the county commissioners and the board of educa tion have drawn their weary length along to the third day's sitting, the volume-of business before them making this action a public necessity. The matter of greatest financial and moral import before thec county board was the granting of license to sell spir- its, not ethereal, but alcoholic. Such li- cense was granted to thirteen different concerns to dispense their liquors to a thirsty public who are anxious to ob- tain a lethe to the pangs of conscience "which doth make cowards of us all.' The amount of cash paid by these sa loons to the town is $2,600, while a like amount is paid to the county, making an aggregate tax paid by these people in Durham to town, State and county of $7,S00, irrespective of purchase tax and internal revenue tax. The famous White Rock church (col ored) trouble came up for trial today before Justices of. the Peace Owen and Barbee. Almost the entire bar of the town was employed, either on one side or the other, but pending proceedings the opposing factions effected a com promise and agreed to live hereafter in peace and amity; whereupon the court dismissed the case, charging cost as had been agreed In the compromise. This ends a. case, which in the name of religion, should never have appeared In court, , The social event of the week was the reception given last night by Miss Ella Peay, defughterof Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Peay, at the residence of her parents, which was attended and en joyed by many of Durham's young peo pie. Another social event of no less pleasure and eclat was a select recep tion given by Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Mar tin to a few friends at their residence yesterday. The county board today awarded the contract for county printing to E. C. Hackney, of the Durham Recorder.' Peace Treaty Program. ) wasmngion, Jan. 4. The program outlined by friends of the peace treaty in the senate is to have it reported back to the Senate after the; regular meet ing of the foreign relations committee next Wednesday, and press its ratifi cation with all haste. I THE SYNDICATE Through Line From Washing-1 ton to Jacksonville. OFFICIALS 1,111 III! SALE Seaboard and Roanoke Stock In the Pool Taken at $200 a Share. Three Hundred Shares of Scat tered Stock Will Be Bought at the Same Price Baltimore, Jan. 4. The sale of the Seaboard and i Roanoke Railroad was officially confirmed today. The syndi cate' which has acquired the property subject to approval of the owners of three-fourths of the stock is composed of Baltimore, Richmond and New York capitalists. President Williams, of the Georgia and Alabama, is the moving spirit in the transaction and it (s un derstood that 'he will be president of the company when the control Is trans ferred to the! syndicate. The price agreed upon lsj $200 a share. A member' of the syndicate said today that it is the Intention of the new own ers to continue! the road as an indepen dent system, though he admitted that a line would ultimately be built from Atlanta to Montgomery, connecting with the Georgia and Alabama and making a through line from Washing ton to Jacksonville. It developed today that the Maryland Trust Company is largely interested in the syndicate, land it was reported thafe Messrs. Alexander Brown & Sons are also identified with it. There are 11,000 shares of Seaboard and Roanoke stock outstanding, in cluding 8,300 shares pooled with Messrs. McLane and Watts, about 2,500 shares owned by Mr. Ryan and about 300 shares scattered. The syndicate has agreed to purchase the pooled stock, and it is understood that it will offer to buy at the same price 300 shares not controlled by the pool. The. deal, there fore, will involve between $1,660,000 and $1,720,000. There are seven lines in the system. the length of the various lines rang ing from 8.10; to 266.20 miles. The incial condition of the properties is said to be better than at any other time for severaij-ears past. According to statements of the operations for the fiscal year ended June 30th, 1S98. there was a surplus or $i4b,0ba.oo after pay ment of operating expenses, fixed charges and dividend upon stock. No date. has been fixed for a meet- ing of stockholders to ratify the deal. and it is not certain that a meeting will be called. President Hoffman may is sue a circular letter to stockholders. advising theni of the proposition and recommending its acceptance by sign ing an agreement to sell at the price fixed-4200 a share. Control of the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad carries with it the control of the Baltimore! Steam Packet Company, which operates the Bay Line between Baltimore, Old Point, Portsmouth and Norfolk. The! company also has large interests in the Old Dominion Steam ship Company, which supplies the New York. connection for the Seaboard Air Line. ! For a long time the Seaboard has been aiming to get a through rail route to the North,! and it is Jikely that this will be one Of the first moves of the syndicate. .The building of the new line between Ridgeway and Richmond will connect the Seaboard system with the Richmond, Fredricksburg and Pot omac Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad. . The Georgia and Alabama is the short route from (Montgomery, Ala., to Savannah, Ga., and connection with the Seaboard Air Line could be made by building a new road through the belt of territory which now separates these two systems. , Mr. John Skelton Williams, of) Richmond, president of the Georgia and Alabama, is one of the leading spirits in the syndicate which has offered to buy the Seaboard. Balti- more capital s heavily interested in the Cienrsr'ih anfl 'Alabama, and the second vice-nresident is Mr. J. William Mid- dendorf. of the bankine house of Mid- dMidorf. Oliver & Co. Col. J. Willcox Rrnvn inrAaifleiit nf thfJ Maryland .i . Trust Company, and Mr. . Henry A. Pan are members of the board of dl- rectors. Colonel Brown Is also treas- urer of the company. The Georgia and Alabama is the re organized Savannah, Americus and Montgomery Railroad. Since its reor ganization the property has been steadily developing; President Wil liams is among the younger railroad executives qf the country and is al ready recognized as a far-seeing raana gerof suchj a property. The recent deal, by which his railroad secures large independent' terminals in Savan- r.ah, was? acicommplished with notable ability. His association with the syn dicate that wants the Seaboard is tak en as meaning that an ambitious pro ject is back of the move of the syndicate. Train Runs Into a Landslide. Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 4. The Mis souri Pacific passenger train No. 10 ran into a landslide one mile west of this city at 3:30 o'clock this morning. The locomotive and tender were hurled over a thirty foot embankment, and the engineer, Charles Clawson, and the fireman, Zoll. were killed. There were about ninety passengers on board the train, none of whom was seriously In jured, but all were badly shaken up.. Male Renominated for Senator. """ Augusta. -Me., Jan. 4. Senator Hale received the unanimous nomination of the Republican legislative caucus to day, and will be returned to the Senate when the election takes place. In his speech Hale declared against expansion.- SHORT SESSIONS. Treaty of Peace Sent to Senate and Re ferred to Committee. Washington, Jan. The Senate and House held short ses.sions today, ad journing as a mark of respect to the late Senator Morrill. The treaty of peace was delivered to the Senate and In executive session was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. The treaty will probably be favorably re ported to the Senate Friday. In the House the time was taken up in discussion of the bill providing for a criminal code for Alaska. An amend ment was made to the section regard ing the sale of liquors, providing a license system; but both amendment and bill went over. MENOCAL RILED AT GOMEZ. Resigns From Cuban Army and Wants Em ployment Under Americans. Havana, Jan. 4. Major Dusenberry formally took possession of Cienfue gos yesterday afternoon. The Second Illinois is garrisoning the city. Pedro Hernandez, a prominent Cuban, has been appointed mayor. There has been no disturbance in the city. Colonel Mabry of the First Texas is very ill with yellow fever. General Menocal and staff have re signed from the Cuban army and want employment under the Americans. Menocal Is angry at Gomez, who pro moted Betancourt In place of him. J. Both Elected From Wilminn I - tun iui iaiit;iiy TWO Young Men Indicted for Cru Clty to Animals SmallpOX Pa- tlent Escapes House. From the Pest Wilmington. N. C. Jan. 4. Special. The Ciicuit Criminal court disposed of a number of cases today, a majority of them being trivial. Son Fisher was found guilty "of larceny and sentenced to two years in the StTate penitentiary. Harry BLocker was found guilty of the same offense and sentenced to three years in the same institution. Both are negroes. In his charge to the grand jury Judge Battle instructed them to bring pre sentments against disreputable houses as he intended to rid the community of them if possible. He also announced that he would deal severely with anj' persons convicted of cruelty to animals. There are two cases of this character on the docket, both of the accused be ing prominent men. The specific charge against them Is driving a hOrse to death. If they are convicted it will doubtless go hard with them. . The negro smallpox patient, Barnett, escaped from the pest house, situated about a mile from the city limits at 11 o'clock this morning." After diligent search officers discovered him at his home on Wooster street, and he was taken back to the pest house. He is I practically well, and was to have been discharged tomorrow. The pits upon his body are dry and the danger of in- f ection from that point is over, though I he wore the clothes in which he was at I tired when attacked with the disease. How he escaped the nurse and guard -who were supposed to be with him con I tlnually is not known Douglass ana 3ternDrri, m -Savannah, Jan. 4.General Douglass and staff left today for Havana on tne Panama. Colonel Berner, of tne inira I ... . j aw A I Georgia, win commanu me c here. Surgeon General bternDerg ar- rived here today to inspect the new hospital being built here lor sick Cuban soldiers. He left tonignt ior Havana via Tampa. Anarchist Movement In France. London, Jan. 4. A dispatch from Pails says that the anarchist move ment in France has received an enor mous Impetus through fear of military despotism. The sum of 200,000 francs has been placed at the disposal of Se- bastien Faure for the purpose of es- tablishing an anarchist daily news- paper. CIWHEPEN 1111 1111 Anticipating the Action Of Congress. A1! General Otis Issues a Proclamation i In Accordance With Instructions, Spanish Official Declares That 1 McKinley Is Ignorant Of the Phil-land Ipplne Situation. Washington, Jan. 4. Plans for the construction of fortifications in the col onies are to be made by the Engineer Department o? the army as soon as Congress determines upon an appro priation for that work. General Wil son, chief of engineers, is awaiting the intention of Congress as to the Phil ippines before completing plans for for tifications there, but already, represen tatives of the Engineer Department are in the Philippines, and others have been ordered there for duty under General Otis. It is expected that something will have to be done in the matter of fortifi cations for the Hawaiian Islands, and Major Longfiet is at Honolulu, where he will gather information that might be needed by the departmen when it is proposed to erect fortifications. General Wilson has recommended to the Secretary of War that Lieutenant Colonel Bodges be ordered to report to the chief of engineers for duty In Porto Rico. It is not expected that there will be much change In the fortification of Cuba, except in the matter of repairs. PROCLAMATION TO FILIPINOS. Indefinite Promise Mad of Liberal Repre sentatlve 6overnment. Manila, Jan. 4. A proclamation, based on cabled instructions sent by President McKinley, was issued at 5 o'clock this evening.. The proclamation says it is the intention of the United States to draw from the Filipinos as much of the military force of the islands as possible and seek the estab lishment of a most liberal government in which the Filipinos will have as full representation as the maintenance of law and order will permit. No mention is made of the kind of government that will be established or the number of representatives the Filipino will be al- lowed to have two points upon which the natives are anxious for information. Demand is made for Filipinos to lay down their arms, but no date is set for them to do so. COLLUSION DENIED. Amerlcans Said to Be Victims of McKIn ley's Philippine Policy. Madrid, Jan. 4. In refutation of the assumption of some American newspa pers that Iloilo was surrendered to in surgents in order to complicate the sit uation, it is pointed out that the gov ernment, after the treaty of peace was signed, ordered Spanish troops to evac uate the islands as soon as possible, in order to avoid further bloodshed, and also in order to conform to the desire expressed by Americans. . An ex-prefect of one of the Philip pine provinces declares that President McKinley's policy shows his complete' Ignorance of the situation. Americans, he says, are now victims of the support they gave the insurgents. He also says that Spanish prisoners in the hands of insurgents were horribly treated, more than 1,000 having died from the effects of maltreatment to which they were subjected. In some cases monks were marched through the streets led by cords attached to rings I in their noses. . CLUE IN CORNISH CASE. New York Police Believe They Have the Guilty Man Cornered. New York, Jan. 4- The police now believe they have solved the mystery of the attempt on the life of Harry Cor nish, which resulted in the death .of Mrs. Adams. A coil of circumstantial evidence has been woven around a young man, a former member of the Knickerbocker Athletic Club, so strong that his arrest was seriously consid ered. several days ago. The testimony of a saleswoman in a Newark store that a man with -a red beard had bought the tooth-pick holder caused an interruption in the' police plans, as the suspected man never wore a beard, but there is a probability of disguise. An arrest may be' made now at any mo ment. If the man under suspicion at tempts to leave town he will be Inter cepted. His name Is known to many and has already been mentioned In the case. The police believe the man- was disguised and are trying to find out where he bought his wig. I NEW BOYS AT THE UNIVERSITY. Enrollment Promts r .u-ejqn 9W Water Mai Chapel Hill, N. C. Jan. 4. Special. The spring term of the. University opened today with a large number of students on the Hill. Several new stu dents have already registered and many are coming in on every train. At this hour registration is still going on and om present indications' it Is safe to say-that this year's enrollment will fully come up to, if not exceed, the high water mark made list year. The faculty and students are looking forward with much pleasure to a visit soon "from Mr. J. Howard Gore, a brother of Professor Gore, who for some years past has been engaged In, gov ernment work In the Arctic regions. Mr. Gore while here will deliver his lecture entitled "Within the Arctic circle." which was so highly spoken of ??hWfa"hInton PaP recently. The fact that Mr. Gore has carefully studied is thoroughly acquainted with the region from which Andree embarked on his famous expedition in search of the North Pole will , add increased in terest to his visit here. Dr. Charles Baskerville Is fast re covering from the serous attack of sickness which he has lately undergone. Mrs. William Robert Webb, of Bell Buckle, Tenn., arrived here .yesterday on a visit to her parents. Dr. and Mrs. John Manning. A6UINALDO PLOTTING. Movlag Spirit la Com piracy to Resist American Authority. Washington, Jan. 4. The existence of a plot to resist American authority, in which Aguinaldo Is the moving spirit, has been made known to the govern ment in dispatches from General -Otis. To the knowledge of the discovery of the conspiracy the disappearance of Aguinaldo 1s attributed, as he evident ly feared arrest. General Otis cabled late last night that he has located Aguinaldo, probably at Malolos. where the Filipino Congress was to meet Tuesday, which is today In the Philip pines. General Otis has no fear of being able to defeat the natives if hostilities oc cur. He Issued a proclamation' there today and was to distribute copies to the so-called Congress. This, it is ex pected, will have the effect of winning over many of Agulnaldo's followers who may overthrow his power. The administration also believes the procla mation has had a good effect at Iloilo. ' It is probable that an attempt to ar rest Aguinaldo will be made If he de clines to obey the command that Fili pinos lay down their arms and disband. BANDITS LOOT; AN EXPRESS CAR. The usual Method Followed With Eml. nently Satisfactory Results. Mansfield, Mo., Jan. 4. Bandits who mi iiigui ruDoea a west Dound pas- senger and express train on the Kan- sas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad at Macomb, a flag station five miles east of here, are believed to have secured twenty thousand dollars from the through safe, besides a smaller sum from the local safe'. The train stopped at Macomb to put off a pas senger, evidently a member of the ban dit band, and as soon as it slowed up, armed men boarded it, ordered the pas sengers to remain quiet and the engi neer was compelled to run the train 100 yards up the track, wjiere the robbers, using the engineer as a shield, broke down the door of the baggage car and proceeded to dynamite the through safe. The car was wrecked by the explosion. CONFERENCE OF LEADERS. Democrats and Others Discuss Matters But Tell No Tales. Chicago. Jan. 4. There was a confer ence of Democratic leaders at the Au ditorium yesterday or rather a series of conferences extending over the greater part of the afternoon and even ing. Colonel Bryan, Senator Jones, Senator Teller, C. A. Towne of Duluth. Senator Dubois, Of Idaho, "Coin" Har vey and ex-Governor Altgeld met. but none of the conferees would tell what the conference amounted to, although they are said to have split on expan sion. The ostensible occasion for the meeting was to consider the work of the ways and means committee, the mission of which is to raise funds for the disemination of 16 to 1 doctrine and for the support of the Democratic tick et generally In 1900. According to Sen ator Jones, the committee on ways and means met, transacted some unimpor tant business and adjourr.ed sine die. State Dinner at the White House. Washington, Jan. 4. President and'. Mrs. McKinley gave their first state dinner tonight in honor of members of the . cabinet and their ladies. The dining hall and all the parlors, includ ing the east room, were profusely d?co rated with ornamental - plants and cut flowers from the White House conser vatory and the botanical gardens. Burrows Beats Plnci ee. - Lansing, Mich.. Jan. 4. Senator Bur rows was made the nominea of the Re publicans to succeed) himself by the practically unanimous vote of th cau cus this evening. He will le elccteJ January 17th. Burrows ruccess is a crushing blow to Govcrn:r Pingree. .1 .1 V" -
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