North Carolina Newspapers

Morning Post. Weather To-Day. For Raleigh and vicinity : LAST EDITION. Fail : colder. i3 Vol. ill. RALEIGH. N. C, SUNDAY. JANUARY 8. 1899. 1 11 Hd if X Vs.-. EUROPE ENJOYS ! 1 I A SEASgHJF GfltWl But the Situation is Not Re lieved of Danger. E England Has Some Differences to Be Settled With the French Re publicVictor Napoleon Regarded Seriously In Some Quarters. London. Jan. ..i-The lulli in interna tional turmoils of, the past two or 'three weeks has been so welcome that one would fain ibelieve tnat this season of peace' on earth sentiments might be prolonged through the remaining days of the century. There is some reason to hope that the danger ' which j seemed most imminent-'-internal trouble in Fiance may be postponed a few weeks, but there are othej disturbing factors which make it impossible to take an optimistic view ol: the Euro- pean situation. It is Undoubtedly the intention-of the British government to force outstanding questions with France to a settlement, according to British interests. This policy will force the distracted Frenc h Republic to make concessions mone humiliating, perhaps, than in the Fashoda affair or accept the alternative f of war. jit becomes clearer daily that Salisbury Willi take full" advantage ''-of French troubles to secure compensation or revenge forre verses suffered at French hands the past few years in Siam and Africa. It is equally clear that an appeal to arms by-France would be followed by. speedy and overwhelming disaster. j One of the chief motives ish policy is,, of course. of the Brit byj dealing sharply with France to strike an indi rect blow against her ally, Russia. The New iFoundland shore question is, the point , now at issue, and it is already evident that the French will surrender, i There is government absurd 'talk about asking cession of the Channel Islands as the price of yjelding, but the compensation Great Britain will pay will.be nothing more thanj a' pecuniary sop. When this .question is settled, others will be 'pushed forward; but there is a limit' to the patience of the French people jwho . are already, exas perated to the point of desperation by internal scandals. Victor Bonaparte is now taken se riously in some; quarters. The. specta tors say that tf he has not been re ported wrongljt he has j resolved to strike a militarf- coup d'etat. The same writer comes to the dubious conclu sion that it would be easy to overrate .the strength of1 the enemies of the French repubic, but impossible to overrate the weakness of its friends. i INTEREST IN BEEF QUESTION. Egan Will Testify and Packing Houses Will Be Heard. Washington, Jan. 7. Numerous wit nesses are to be examined next week 'by. -the war investigating commission regarding the beef, supply of the army. The commission' today granted the re- quest of General Egan, Commissary General, that he be allowed to appear again to reply .j to statements of Gen eral Miles about the quality of beef. Telegrams have been sent to the -chief packing firms of the! country, ex tendings permission to them to furnish witnesses, and 1 already representatives of several contracting, firms have ar rived in Washington. The commission has informed Swift & Co., J that its wit nesses will he heard Monday, and it is '.said that some interesting testimony will be offered.? It was reported today that Swift & Co. are prepared to show that the government inspector in spected all beef supplied to the army both before and; after killing and dress ing ' 'in 'j Inspector Defoe, who, it is said, rep resented the government, has;been ask ed to aDDear before the commission and is expected next week San Martin Doomed to Lite Madrid, Jam 7. Gen. imprisonment San Martin, formerly military commander ;at Ponce, Porto Rico, who surrendered that place to Americans without orders, has been condemned by court martial upon charges of cowardice and sentenced to imprisonment at Ceuta for life. '' 1 L Weyler Gives a Banquet. i Madrid, Jan. 7. General Weyler gave a banquet last eveniti to a large com pany of guests; including; fourteen generals, an admiral and many other officers. The principal toast was the "regenerations of the country and re form of the : army 1 and, navy." The guests expressed the hope that Weyler would ortn come into oower. ' Ill MOONSHINE STILL CAPTURED. Bean Eaters Will Practice Three Weeks on Trinity Ball Grounds. Durham, -Ni; C, Jan. 7. Special. Revenue Officer Samuel" P. Satterfield, Deputy v'Collector of Internal Revenue and of Legislative Clerkship notoriety, has been staying around here a few days. Last night-with his posse he ran on to a large still some seven or eight miles north of here, j which was de stroyed, together with a large quantity of beer. The still was yet warm, but the operators and the distilled spirits had departed with all of the booty the limited notice permitted. This loca tion is in Mangum township, but not in that portion of it liistorically known to the department as "Hunt's old field," a locality which has much enlarged the docket of the United States court in recent years. t Trie assertion made in this correspon dence two weeks ago, that the Boston baseball team would come here in March for spring practice with twenty odd men, was verified today. They pur pose staying here about three' weeks, and the Trinity College team hopes to benefit some by the expert practice of the Bean Eaters. ; Duiham has great confidence and re spect,, a kind, of personal friendship, for our Representative in the Legisla ture, H. A. ! Foushee, and in the: ques tion of the( amendment of its charter, is leaving the matter practically to his discretion. Our thrice mayor, Hon. M. A. Angeer, now very aged, has been confined to his7 bed for several weeks, and grave fears are felt as to his condition. Misses Clara and Maude Wilson, of Summertleld, who have been visiting Mrs. Walter Bradstier, left this even ing for a visit to Burlington. Col. J. ,S. Carr is distributing sou venir badges of the late Democratic election success, with a splendid photo of himself. The remains of Miss Melissa Bor deaux, who died here yesterday, were taken to Chatham county today for in terment. Mrs. A. A. Pruden, nee Happer, who so patriotically joined her husband, chaplain of the First North Carolina volunteers, when the Spanish war be gan, after a short sojourn here, left yesterday to join her husband at Ha vana. , SKINNER'S AMENDMENT Politicians Have no Idea It Will Eever Ce come a LaVv. ashington, Jan. 7. Special. There has been considerable discussion today among Southern' members as to the scope and intent of Congressman Skin ner's proposed amendment to the Con stitution of the United States. If it ever should become a law, which seems improbable in the present temper of the country, it would completely dis franchise every negat) mjan in this country. Mr. Skinner has not offered any explanation of the reasons which have prompted him to favor such radi cal legislation at this time on the eve of his retirement from Congress and his friends are equally at a loss to un derstand his motives. As a rule it does not meet with favor, as it would de prive the South of perhaps 20 to 25 Congressmen by decreased voting pop ulation. This is not desired and will in itself probably be fatal to any serious attempt to galvanize the - proposition with vitality. Senator Pritchard today introduced a Din to pension, at the rate provided by law, Mary J. E. Sane and T. C. Humpers, minor children of Jno. P. Humpers, private Company B, Second North Carolina Volunteers. Z. F. Long of Rockingham is in the city for a few days. - Mr. Kltchin feels very hopeful that he' will be able to secure the passage by' the House this session of the hill which has passed the Senate providing for a public founding in Durham. The bill appropriates $125,000 for that pur pose. W. H. Clark, of Asheville, and Clar ence A. Stone, of Chapel Hill, have re ceived appointments in the railway mail service. Prof. Holmes, State Geologist of North Carolina, was at the capitol yes- terday C. M. Parks, of Hillsboro, is among prominent North Carolinians here. Deputy Sheriff French, of Wilming- ton, who was invited to leave that city, is a daily' visitor about the capitol. More Eoats for Dewey. Washington, Jan. 7. The Navy De partment today decided to send four more vessels to Dewey in addition to the Casrine and the Helena, The ves sels are the gunboats Princeton. York town and Bennington and the supply ship Solace. The gunboat Machias will also be sent if Dewey needs her, and the cruiser Buffalo will remain at Ma nila instead of returning after she de livers her lead of supplies and men there. The auxiliary gunboat Glou coster will alo be held in readiness to go. British Imports and Exports. London, Jan. 7; Returns of the Brit ish Board tf Trltde show that imports is 189-S amounted to 470.604.18. as compared witn i.UM9W m 7i' tne correaponaing ueouua ca- ports weTe 233,390,792, against 234,- '219.708. FIERGE FIRE IN CHARLOTTE Heavy Loss by an Early Morning Blaze. fi Flames Subdued After Three Hours of Hard )Vork Harness and Bi cycle House the Principal Loser. , Havana Letter Says Shelby Com pany Is Guarding Moro Castle. Charlotte, N. C, Jan. 7. Special". One of the most threatening fires that Charlotte has seen broke out in the very heart of the business district ear ly this morning.' Fire was discovered in the Shaw & Howell Company's large harness and bicycle works, and their large building was soon a mass, of flames. The entire fire department was called to the scene and the men worked heroically for three hours to keep the fire within the limits of this building. The flames swept across the street and even touched the Buford House and the D. A. Tompkins Company's building, while the Charlotte Supply Company and the Liddell Company's uptown of fice were in imminent danger. The walls fell into the streets, making the work extremely dangerous for the fire men, but fortunately no one was in jured. The Shaw & Howell Harness Com pany's stock, which had just been in ventoried at $27,000, is a total loss. The building, owned by the Carsons, and valued at $10,000 is a total loss. The other losses are slight. All the build ings were fully insured. A letter received here from Havana says the Shelby company is guaraing Morro Castle, and that the rest of the regiment will probahly soon be scat tered through the various parts of Ha vana province on provost duty. The people of Charlotte , comment very ravorawy upon tne new aepar ture of the Morning Post, in giving the people one of the best papers In he country at the lowest price. "The leg islative proceedings are excellently re ported by the Post," a well-known ho tel man said to your correspondent. Death Rate Decreasing. Washington, Jan. 7. Late reports from Havana by the marine hospital service show that the death rate is slowly decreasing in the city. Under date of December 24th, Sanitary In spector Brunner says that, for the week ended that date mortality was the lowest since early spring, and that the only death from yellow fever oc curred in one of the military hospitals. December 30th. the same officer writes that the death rate had still further declined. Deaths from malarial fevers, however, were more numerous tljan formerlv. Reports from Santiago give most encouraging accounts of the con dition of health there. AGUINALDQ MEANS FIGHT. Proclamation Issued In Which McKlnley Is Roundly Denounced. Manila, Jan. 7. Ag.uinaldo today is- .... I .. n.nitnmAiAn r" 1 fOCCill SUeCl V lgul UU3 jJiutiainaiivii auui v sji. v. to his Filipino brethren, foreign, consuls and other foreigners, protesting against the intrusion of Americans in the Phil- ippines. In his appeal he alleges that verbal promises of American authorities that trie Filipinos would have independ- ence have been violated. He roundly denounces President Mclvlnley s in- structions to. General Otis as against all ideas of right and justice, and calls upon Filipinos not to desist for a mo- ment in the struggle for liberty they have so gloriously begun. The procla mation has created considerable ex citement. It is reported that members of thrf no ealied revolutionary reserves U ManJlx- have been secretly" ordered to join the insurgents in the interior immediately. The First California volunteers, which emSarked Tuesday, D.resumably for Ilo- ilo, are still detained in Manila bay.- Colombia Settles With Italy. Washington, Jan. 7. nAn official dis patch from his government received by General Rengifo, Charge d'Affaires in Washington, .of the United. States of Colombia, contains the announcement that an arrangement has been made for fh, catu-motnrv diRtment' of the claims of E. Cerrutl, an Italian citizen, against the' government of Colombia. It was the failure of - Colombia, to satisfy the demands of Italy in Cerruti's be- half that caur-ed the Italian govern- ment to send a squadron to Cartegenal with instructions to bombard the town or take possesion of the custom house ss inn in ifliiG if the. demands were not settled In a day concluded consideration of the from Richmond informing him of the J pxi n is so dangerous that the Lo.i stated time. A temporary compromise Legislative and Judicial appropriation suit brought by William B. Strang .K-n VWekly Statist. deaKng entir?ly w-i3 effected? but recently it has been bill, adopting it substantially, as re- against the Richmond, Petersburg and J with this phase and not discuFsins announcea tnat anotner Italian squad " -." . 6w uunuum.ro mi me present action . c.-spofeed of danger or international trouble. , i . EXCITING RACE FINISH. Four Riders Only a Few Inches Apart at End of Twenty-four Hours. New York, Jan. 7. At no bicycle race in Madison Square Garden has there beeti a finish more exciting. than that of the 24-hour contest ended a few sec onds after ten o'clock tonight. During the last minute four men. who had been riding without rest since- Friday night, sprinted as if life was at stake. The "race was won by Louis Gimm, by haif a length of wheel, while only a few inches separated second and third men. Pierce and Turville. Frederick, the fourth man, was a length behind Tur ville The race was the first of the kind ever 'held In this country, and was re markable for the fact of their being five men from wmrm to pick the win ner -When the last mile was begun. The first prize was $1,000 and the second $400. There were eight prizes. Gimm, the Winner, is a Pittsburg boy, who has won a reputation as a road rider. The eight men who will receive prizes fin ished as follows: Name. Miles.Laps. Gimm 450 Pierce 450 Turville 450 Frederick ; 450 Lawsbn 449 Julius 437 Hale .... 443 iMillet 422 0 0 0 0 6 6 4 6 AR6UMENT IN QUAY CASE. FjII Bench of Supreme Court Listens to Argument on Technicalities Philadelphia, Jan 7. Whether the court of quarter sessions of the peace of Philadelphia will try Senator Quay for , alleged conspiracy to misuse the tunas ( of a banking association and misapply! funds therein deposited by the Treas urer of the Stite, tests now with the decision of the Supreme Court, which listened to arguments today. Setting aside all precedents in its former prac tice,' the full bench of the Supreme Court sat for four hours to hear tech nical points argued and for an hour after adjournment the seven justices who compi ise the Supreme Court bench deliberated in private. It was expected they would hand down a decree this af ternoon, but nt 4 o'clock all had left the judge's chamber, except Qhief Jus tice. Sterritt- and Associate Justice Mitchell. These two jurists finally left after an apparently earnest conference, and the offices of the clerk of the court were closed for the night. A decision is expected Monday. BUTLER WAS JOKING. Senator Allen Suggests a Motive for His Pension Amendment. Washington, Jan. 7. Presentation in the Senate today of a memorial from a Confederate post in Florida, opposing the pensioning of Confederate soldiers, was made the text of ?ome remarks by Senator Allen, who said he did not suppose that Butler was serious in of- fering his amendment, but was simply carried .away by enthusiasm. Such a proposition ne consiuerea an injuMice ! i a. ; i. ji j . to the rank and file of Confederates, l"uu5,u,,t l" lllC7 whole incident with the happy thought that all sectional! had been closed by the Spanish war. Mason, of Illinois, presented an anti expansion resolution, on which he will speak next Tuesday. The District of Columbia appropriation bill was passed and some minor measures agreed to. Company Organized to Handle Tobacco Philadelphia, Jan. 7. Philadelphia wholesale tobacco dealers have taken steps to organize a company to handle J outputs of the American Continental an(j Lorillard Companies in Philadel- phia and portions of Pennsylvania and , ew Jersey. Steps for the formation 0f a company were taken at a meeting Thursday night, but the matter was kept quiet. The company will have a capitalization of $1,000,000 common and $500000 preferred stock, and .will pro- bably be known as the Pennsylvania or Quaker City Tobacco Company. Veterans Against the Butter Idea. Norfolk, Jan. 7. Stonewall Camp, Confederate Veterans, of. Portsmouth, has declared Itself un-compromisingly !nnn tn fntor Butler's bill which 1 i;a9 utA.iai j uiv.v... . u....-o- contemulares the pensioning of soldiers of the late Confederacy by. the general government, adopting resolutions to that effect; but applauding the patriotic sentiments expressed by President Mc Klnley in his recent Atlanta speech. Duelist uet Hurt. Paris, Jan. 7. Droits de L'Homme re- ' . " " 1 ' fought between Count Bom De Castel- lane- husband of Anna Gould, and Paul Deroulede. the leader of auto-pension- 1S- erouieue 13 ""u wua,Vc"' graveiy. ana uateuane sugnuy injurea. The cause of the difficulty Is unknown, Vote Will Be Taken Mnoday. 1 ' Washington, Jan. 7. The House to- - ported from the committee. A vote on the amendment striking out the appro - priation fcr salaries of the civil service commission will be taken Monday. HITCH IN RECENT L Injunction to Stop Sale of Pooled Stock. MAY Tit OPillf 0II Ryan Has No Interest In the Enter prise of the Williams Syndicate. Railroad Contractor Sues Owners of the New Road From Richmond to RIdaeway. Norfolk, Jan. 7. It is authoratively statejl that Thos. F. Ryan, of New York, whose efforts to secure control of the Seaboard Air Line systeny have been unremitting for three years past, will continue his fight whether he de feats the sale of the system or not. -In an Interview today, D. Lawrence Gro ner, of Ryan's counsel, said: "The injunction granted by Judge Wicks- in Baltimore yesterday re straining holders of more than 3,000 shares of pool stock in the Seaboard and Roanoke from disposing of their holdings until Ryan's bill for specific performance could be heard, will have the effect of tying up the ported sale to th Williams vnrtirflt inrtAfinitiiv If not preventing it altogether; and of the two propositions, I regard he lat ter as far more probable." "Has Mr. Ryan anything to do with the new interests which' are seeking to obtain control of the road?" was asked. "Nothing whatever, Mr. Ryan has acted in this matter from the begin ning until now for himself, and if he gets control of the road it will be with full notice to all concerned. I am in clined to think that even If the sale to Mr. Williams would be consummated. Mr. Ryan would still continue his suits directed to the ascertainment "of the financial affairs, and particularly . the purchasing department of the road. and if things then should be found in a bad condition as alleged. I have no doubt he will insist upon the suits he now has pending In the courts being prosecuted to the end." Suit Against the New Line. Richmond, Jan. 7. Suit has been brought m the United States Circuit court here in the name of William B Strang, a railroad construction con tractor, (f New York, against the Richmond. Petersburg and Carolina Railrcad Company, for the enforce ment of an alleged contract for build ing the road Mr. Strong alleges that the defendant . company agreed to build the road from j,,. to nidgeway, N. C, con ; trading to turn over to him the $2,-J00. tracting to turn over to him the $ 000 of bonds secured by the Mercantile Trust Company, of New York, or the proceeds ftorr the sale of the bonds WHAT IS ASKED FOR. Th bill recites that Strang opened an office in the Ebel buildlpg in. Rich niond; that he employed engineers and other help, and has been ready to car ry out his part of the contract, but the company has put him off from time to 1 lime uniii now it is icpui icu iai ucb- other arrangements for building the road. The court is asked to issue a decree enjoining and restraining the Rich mond. Petersburg and Carolina Com pany and the Mercantile Trust Com pany from cancelling the mortgage on its property or the bonds secured by the 'same. It Is alleged that DeWitt Smith, the president of the railroad company, has purchased in his own name a large amount of real estate for. terminal fa cilities for the company. The court is asked to make him a party defendant, and to enjoin him from disposing of 1 . ...... . ' property until tn.s cause can o I i A n w A ilnfapmlnAii The court asked to' declare me bonds of the company a fund to con struct the road. A representative of the railroad com pany made light of his suit. He said the company has never had any con tract with Strang. The New Yorker, he stated,. has been anxious to build the road, but no contract was entered Into. Williams Says There Is Nothing In It. Baltimore, Jan. 7. Mr. 'John Skelton Williams, who is the reputed head of the syndicate tor the purchase ofSea board and Roanoke stock yand for. es tablishing a new throug line from Washington to the South, was in Bal- timore today. Being shown a dispatch Carolina Railroad, he said that fctrang - never had a contract, for the construe- RAILROAD . . tlon of the road nor any one conneptea ; with the road, and declared emphatical- I - ly that the Strang suit would amount to nothing. ' j Mr. Williams further stated that he had a talk today with (Mr. D Witt Smith, of New York.! the president of the Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina Railroad Company, who" was In Balti more today, and that Mr. Smith em phatically . stated that neither he nor the r company of which he was presi dent had made any coruracj whatever with Mr. Strang; that Jthey had not contemplated making - any with him. and that It was not likely that any would be made with him in the future. "His suit will amount to nothing," said Mr. WilKams, ("and Mr. Smith does not even look upon it seriously. I am not connected with the Richmond. Petersburg and Carolina' road, myself, but I have heard of Mr. Straner hofnro and this is not the first time that he has tried to identify himself with rail road schemes" ED. FOY ACQUITTED. Ex Convict Pleads His Own Cause and Gets Seven Years. 1 Wilmington. N. C, Jan. 7. Special The Circuit criminal court concluded the first week of the January term to day. The jury In the case of Ed. Foy. charged with .burglary, late last night returned a verdict of not guilty., Foy will be tried on another charfee of housebreaking Monday. - The case of W. H. Hausley, a negro charged with the larceny of a number Of h023. OCCUried a eood nor t inn nf the morning session. .! A curious feature of the trial was that Hausley, a dense ly ignorant negro, conducted his own defense, cross examined the witnesses and afterwards made a speech to the jury. The Jury found him guilty with out leaving their seats and Judge Bat tle sentenced him to seven years in the State penitentiary. "His record Is bad and he has only recently been released from a five year sentence in that insti tution. The trial of a well known youn white man for highway robbery, which promised sensational developments, was abruptly ended by the solicitor who failed to make put a case and nol prossed the indictment. The work of clearing out the dens of ill-fame goes merrily on, and today two more of the soiled doves were shipped from the city on free tickets. The i United States transport Hart ford, which arrived here Thursday with Miss Clara Barton Jon her passenger list, sailed this afternoon for Havana. The repairs to her j machinery having been completed. , This afternoon the police found a 2- year-old white boy wandering in the" woods near the southern suburbs. He was too young to give any Information concerning himself, j not being able to give his name. The little tot is being tenderly cared for at the station, but h'.s home and parentage are mysteries. UNCLE JESSs DEAD. Rev. J. A. Cunntagglm Succumbs to Heart Failure. Greensboro, Jan. 7. Special. Rev. J. i ; A. Cuninggim died at his home in this 11. city at 8 o'clock tonight. He had been ill for some tim, but the immediate cause of hjs deah j was heart failure. The funeral will take place Monday. Uncle Jesse," ais he was called for many years, was jne of the oldest mem bers of the North) Carolina Conference. M E. Church, South. After long and successful service! in the pastoral rela tion he was called) to the responsible work of presiding1 elder, in that capac ity he served thej Ralelgn district four years, and with 'the close of the last conference year'j completed his time limit on the Durham district. Admon ished by failing health and the infirm ities of age, he realized that his work in the ministry was finished. He was too feeble' to attend the conference at Elizabeth City, jjut he wrote a' very pathetic letter toj his fellow laborers in the ministry, asking to be placed in the superannuated J relation. His re quest was granted with' the hope that his- life would be spared yet a long time. But that was' notjto.be: -his earthly career closed within a few weeks after he laid down his work. 'j-.- a mighty man among North Carolina Methodists has fallen. A more lovable character or a minister better b?Ioved has rarely, If fellow men. ever. Uvea to bless his FRANCE SHAKY FINANCIALLY. Depositors Withdrawing Savings From Small Banking Houses. London, Jan. 7. Unanimous forebod ing that a national crisis 13 imminent in France has now taken control of m jvements'cf money there. From th? highest finaucial Institutions of Par s, fo outlying peasants' savings banks, there Is the tame sense of instability. It nas not approached a panic yet. s c?pt among small Investors, thousand of whom hav become distracted. and are following like sheep their lead, r v. order to get their money into their oaii . keel ing. Ye: the entire financial cm iitual c.au.'e?. saysa -It is occult to believe that conn-' der.ee can d aKen to eu-a an and order b? maintained 'much Ic PjCt-tll long? r." 1