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i! j' i ! i'r - i Weather To-Da For Raleigh and vicinity : Cloudy; colder. : LAST EDITION. u 'J Vol. III. RALEIGH. N. C, SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 5. 1899. No. 5?. Post. MM VlORWIXTfl ' - I ...... ... - . . raSTINSITS CASE, OF THE WILSONS. Strong Resolutions by the White Alan's Club. iff AMIS SAY R. J. Reynolds Company Have No Desire to Sell P. H. Hanes & Co ILWish to Run Their Own Business. Large Cotton Mill to Be Built at Shoals ot the Yadkin. Winston. X. C, Feb. 4. Special. Your correspondent today interviewed members of two of Wfnston's largest tobacco manufacturing firms regardin reports tfnat a representative of the Continental Tobacco Company is here trying to buy some plants. R. J. Rey no Ids, president of the I R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, admitted that a gen tleman was here talking with manufac turers, but said that 'four firm is not considering any proposition and. has no desire to jj sell our business." P. H. Hanes, . of P. H. Hanfs & Co., - said: "You can' sray that no proposition (has been made to us, and that we wish to run our own business.'! He added that lie did not know wlidf the gentleman here represents. - :f The '-Forsyth White plan's Club here adopted strong resolutions last night urging the General LApsembly to pass the Tennessee Jim Crow car -bill. The resolutions were . tod4y forwarded to the Forsyth representatives. The club; also passed strong inti-trust resolu tions. ; They urge Fqjrsyth's represen tatives in the Xegisliture to -advocate th& passage of as' strlong an aftti-trust. law as possible. Th resoluutions say "that it is the sense of .this club that the 'Democratic party of. North Caro- lina, at its next contention, should in corporate in its platform a plank of determined and uncompromising oppo sition to combinations formed for the purpose of restrainijpg trade and con trolling productions of labor combina- tions, usually designated as'trusts. ' Some time ago Ciflonel EH. Fries; of ttMs city, who hld- a mortgage -on the large' Reeves farm- at Roaring River, Wilkes county, sold it to ex Sheriff 'Greenwood, tf Wilkes, f6r about $12,000. Mrs. A. D. peeves and her son GeoTge are the defendants in a case . vrhich the courts 4"ill have" to settle. The controversy befween them and the purchaser is regaraing the legality of Uie vile and as tof what personal fix tures went with the farm. A motion has already been njiLde asking for the appointment iof a Jreceiver and re straining order forbidding the removal of anything from tfie "farm. The ques tion of appointing I a receiver is to ba heard before Judge! Starbuck the latter part of this month The promoters of a big cotton" mill enterprise at the Skoals of the Yadkin, in Davie county, have bought a large amount of land (n and around that place. It. is said tfiat the oAvners have paid the Hailrston pmily. $15,000 for the shoals and adjoining land. The com pany intends to begin at once the erec tion of one of the! largest' cotton mills in the State. Thy will invest about one-half 'a million I dollars in the enter prise. I - ; The Winston ard Sa Tern fire depart ments have passed resolutions recom-;::-nding I'res'idenl James D. McNeill, ..f the State Fifelnen's Association, to th- position of Rdilroad Commissioner. District Atttorney Holtotn ) tells me that it will requirfe three or four weeks to try he Ashevflle bank cases. lie sjvs the governmint 'has a vast amount ..f "evidence agairst the defendants. ; AGONClLLol'S 'MEMORIAL. Testimony of Witnesses Taken by Com . missioner at Ashevllle. ; AsheviHe, N. C, Feb. 4. Special. Commissioner Mackey, Vho was ap pointed to take depositions in the case of Governor Russell vs. J. W. Wilson and S. Otho Wilson, under authority of the special committee of the General 'Assembly, after waiting an hour for Hon. A. C. Avery, counsel for Governor Russell, began the taking of depositions at 4 p. in. yesterday. ' The firs witness introduced was Rev. J. K. Connally as a witness as to the character , of Major George D. Miles, one of the Governor's informers, the said Mfles not being present. The wit ness testified that Miles was unworthy of belief in any matter. Captain Thomas 'Murpny, conductor on the Western North Carolina Rail road, a witness for the governor, said Major J. W. Wilson used a pass prior to 1898, and on being asked what other persons used passes, said nearly all State officers, and when asked to specify, named Judge Avery specifical ly. This raised a storm from the judge, who demanded of him to say When and where, which the witness did to the sat isfaction of all save the judge, who de nied the charge. Witness stated posi tively and j specifically the occasion. Mr. Christie, keeper of the eating house at Balsam, testified that Major Wilson offered 'Round Knob Hotel to him as a lessee. Also that it was a cus tom of railroad and express companies to dead head goods for his house. Captain Troy said he ran Round Knob (Hotel and supplies -were sent him dead head. Said Round Knob Hotel was valuable property, and was valuu able with or without, trains. J. J. Long, mentioned in Governor Russell's message, having committed suicide in the west, his brother, J. H. Long, appeared and was examined. Long is a barkeeper and proprietor of Glen Rock Hotel (which Colonel A. B Andrews swore, in reply of the Wilsons to Governor 'Russell's notice in August, 1897, lost the trains because of unsat isfactory service to patrons) said S Otho Wilson met his clerk, Hunter Ar- 'nold, and proposed to lease Round Knob Hotel to him, and Arnold intro duced him as proprietor of Glen Rock Hotel and the proposition was made to him. s 'Hunter Arnold told about the same THE wm . RENEWED AT MA ' r NIL A Insurgents Open Fire on Outposts Around the -City. Attack Repulsed With American Loss of twenty Wound edthree War Ships Shell Insurgents Women Taken on Board Transports Otis Has the Situation Well in Hand. ! MANiLAFeb. Insurgents made an attack on Ma- nila at 8:30 o'clock Saturday evening,, firing upon outposts all around the city. At this hour, 9 o'clock Sunday morn ing, fighting continues. American troops have been suc cessful in repelling the assault, and the Charleston, Monad nock and Callao are shelling insurgents north and south of the city. Americans wounded so far number 20. The loss of insurgents is unknown. There has been no outbreak in the city. American women have been taken on board transports. Spent balls from insurgents are falling into the city. General Otis has the situation well in hand. THE PSESIDENT READS THE NEWS. Washington, "Feb. 4. The President was practically alone in the White story, except that he said Wilson d? House at 11 o'clock, when the Sun's Manila dispatch describing the attack of not say the lease was his, etc. - I insurgents upon the city was handed him. Only one secretary was on duty, Walton & Henrie, produce dealers, of and no member of the cabinet or other governments official was present. Mr, whom Wilson bought goods, on .which freight was always prepaid, said Wil sfkn so.iC. his mother ran the hotel and he managed for her; that he told them so the first time he traded with them. Asked why they shipped from Bilt more .instead of Asheville, gave as a reason that Asheville depot closed at 5 p. m. and Biltmore 6 p. m. F. Zim merman, butcher, gave same testimony as above. R. R. Porter, .cigar manufacturer, said S. Otho Wilson bought cigars for the hotel and same were shipped. and billed to Wilson, he being told and knew Mrs. Wilson was proprietor. J. A. Morgan said he heard Wilson say something about the hotel that made him think Wilson was the owner. W. F. Snider, grocer, said Wilson -bought goods from .him for the hotel, on which the freight was prepaid. V. S. Lusk said he met Wilson in the market buying iupplies for the hotel and, presuming on his acquaintance, told him Round Knob Hotel would not pay, etc. W. H. Deaver, detective, who has figured so' prominently in Buncombe McKinle'y read the dispatch with eagerness, and. sat up until a very late hour awaiting further details. After waiting until l-a. m, for news from General Otis, the President retired. Up to that hour nothing whatever had reached the authorities here. . . ' TWO SIDES TO THE QUESTION Chilton Against the Treatyrand Wolcott In ! Favor of Annexation Washington, Feb. 4. Senators Wol cott, of Colorado, and Chilton, of Texas, spoke on expansion in open ses sion of the Senate today, and Allen, of Nebraska, introduced a resolution having in view the independence of the Philippines. Mr. Chilton said it was the duty of the nation to widen its boundaries, but he did not consider the acquisition of Philippines" a safe one. It would ne cessitate a large army and the nation would be thiowing itself on thrred hot stove of international difficulties -in the Far East. He advised amendment of the treaty to define the purpose of AIMED AT NORTH CAROLINA. ANNIVERSARY A1EETING. Charlotte Y. M. C A Will Celebrate To r niaht Othcrrhirlnttit ffn - u- Charlotte, N. C, Feb. 4. Special. Tomorrow night at the Second Pres byterian church the twenty-fourth an niversary of the establishment of the Charlotte Youpg Men's Christiah As sociation tfill be observed by a large. ma$s meeting of the congregations .of the principal churches. The Rathbon? quartette will sing in addition to the usual chojr. Dr. J. W. Stagg will pre side and Dr. H. F. Chreitzberg, Dr. A. C." Barron and Rev. James A. Dorrittee will deliver the addresses. The assq. ciation here has the finest building of the kind in the State and one of the finest in the South. It has recently installed a library of several thousand volumes. nearly all of them the latest editions of new books, and this is free to the members. There is a large auditorium with a star course of half a dozen lec tures, concerts, etc., that are better patronized than any other entertain ments in the- city. The gymnasium ana baths are modern - in equipment and the physical director conducts a num- her of classes. A series of night schools n mathematics, English, short-hand. typewriting, architecture and engi neering are conducted in connection with the association. Last year the contributions amounted to $2,637.34. The totbl indebtedness is now only $917.54. The State headquarters of the Y. M. C. A. are also located here and State Superintendent Lewis has his of fice in the building. A very interesting ceremony - took place at St. Peter's Catholic church last night when Bishop Leo Haid bless ed the beautiful new statues recently presented to .the church. These were made !n F.urope and are unusually handsome. The Interior jot the church has undergone a transformation and is now very attractive. The Bishop r reached a fine dedication sermon 'on "The Way of the Cross." Architect Frank P. Milburn, who built the Capital Club house at Ral eigh, has Just returned from Charles ton, where he was awarded the con tract for building the Martha Wylle Home that is to be built at Due West, S. C. It is to cost $7,500. The Charlotte Liquor Dealers' As sociation has issued a circular letter saying that it was understood that their business was not to be interfered with, but if there is any .danger of the cscablishmt nt of a dispensary, they will get . up counter-petitions at .once. FRANCE RUSHING HEADLONG. FOUR t art lEJITEII two Days Hearing of a Case of Assault. BIS H 110 FOR 11 Polltl BUI Introduced In Congress Looking to Re ductlon of Representation. Washington, Feb. 4. Special. Rep resentative Crumpacker, a member of the House Election Committee, 'before which several Southern contested election cases came this session, has introduced a bill directing the director of the next cen sus to gather such information as will show the election laws," qualifica tion Of voters, restrictions imposed, etc., with a view of decreasing repre sentation in Congress if discrimination is practiced on any class. This is in tended to effect North Carolina and other Southern States now about to pass laws on the subject of negroes voting. f : the United States to occupy the is- Criminai Court in the past two or three lands enly temporarily. Mr. Wolcott, years, said Wilson said things that led ! on th other hand, saw but one duty - -' f ' ; An Antl;Expanslon;!st Senator May Read I it Tomorrow. Washington, tb.' 4. The memorial -rV.m Senor Agcincillo to the United States Senate wi probably be read X that body Mondar by one of the lead ing anti-expansinisl j Senators before the vote is taken? on Ratification of the treaty. Accompanying the memorial is pamphlet of tfiirty-tvo pages,, corf tuinim?!a map o : the islands, the eon-.-Utution of -the Philippine republic,, his i - ent letter to he 'Secretary of State .Mid a copy' of lis. protest 'against he peace. reaty filecf 'with. the Paris, com- him to thin'k Wilson was. proprietor, s.nd his duty to good government im pelled him to report it to Governor Russell. O. II. Blocker, hotel keeper at Old Europe. He was not unwillinj (Fort.'4didnt know anything- "about the resnonsibUities. knowing we fight. . ! not niit our hand upon those people e.-.- his opinion, the .6nly h rfora'ole course. ; to stand I y the government and the action of tho peace commissioners. It we abandoned Philippines we would leave them cpen to the la,nd hunger of to take, should Mr. Mashburn, druggist at Old Fort, j cein; bless h was examined as to the valuue of the treaty j v as, in farm and orchard at Round Knob. S. F. Loner, asrent for thp Southern Rnrnrf t rM vnr-t bVm that - ' niaking appropriations for West Point The House today passed the bill one package by express, dead head rfmm RaleiarhJ S. Otho ."Wilson ' Mrs. Wilson, nor any one at the hotel, had' a twenty minutes speecn urgm. anything sent by freight or express un- Mjlitary Academy. In. courseof the discussion. 'Mr. Griggs, of Georgia, mission. Three Lives Sacrificed to Jealousy. Westminster, L Feb 4-At noon to- i ,xr T?riik n a if a voung laivtuuw.v wiui iTTriWfird Brovard and ilU ivii.lva 1 that the difference of half a century be.' wiped out and that sectionalism be forever abolished. less charges were paid. Said every body 'had some accommodations. All the above, save the first witness, were Governor Russell's witnesses. Arpnts nf thp 'Southern .Exnrpss Pom- d the Southern Railroad' it. Tfte President nas not iaae up rt.s m.na CASE OFJGENERAL MILES- pany an Marion; Biltmore and -Asheville all What to Do. swore that no dead head freight was i ,' Washington, t Feb. 4. President -Mc sent to the Wilsons at Round Knob. vviraey nab-nm tctu uiuemi v,r vmvAor nnii w w. Barber, in General Miles's case, and may. not say -hot Marv, Anderson jand then shot himself .lead. Jealousy was tne cause.. was engaged toi-ine - conductors, were subpoenaed, but were do so-"until he has read the report of not called by, counsel for the Governor.' e lul"uttUU" . .wiae, SlMr. Sprague, proprietor of Black which he will receive early next week Mntain Hostel, said he kept Round The belief is held that the Presides xjti oc 0 'flaw-.hn,i a'inay base his action on-the commis- mnn.v An tiifr f? the hotelJ lion's statements about -Miles's. atti his ' family and his clerk was passed " tude. i It is going too far to say that deai head. Said it was valuuable for, President McKinley has made up his ,ntPl nrnrPrtv. indenendent of trains mind irrevocably upon a court of m for meals. Said he and John H. Pear-! Quiry, although he regards that as the -ivnnr t?,1BSpii'fi Railroad ram- fairest course. Efforts are being made UU, . . . " - - j Pirtcpri i missioner. kept an eating nouse at no nave vne wnoie coniroversy uropyeu v.eeK or tne wii v ; .. ".- 1 Henry Station, building material was but tney will probably fail. There is toaay wun. me ss"i . " ' shipped, at nan price, anurwsui t-.a fW5lW ntimpnt in ravnr. of'havinsr - T . 1 l,nn1 I - . .- " -. ... ..ii.l-- ;nXn ,p Tii iii f-v whnt'ha Allies 13 taKen Dy tne omciait,uic munj i'"f'"-u - i'.iovard's attenfons to her. -4- Senatorial Situation in Nebraska.. T.ir,r.nin TCeh.J- Feb.- 4. The , third i andition cs whn it began. Haywara the leading Reouou- gained slightly during the week,, and Populists still soimiy "No chance for settie- and Thompson, can candidates, The testimony as ctpnnsrranher will be mailed tonight to gruiity of criticizing the War Depart the joint committee and to counsel of ,ment through the pressit tbeing point the participants. The evidence was all in an discharged at 11 a. ,m. The Claims of Justice Sacrificed to cal Blackmail. London, Feb. 4. No saving element ias yet appeared in the gloomy situa tion which imperils France. The sur render of the Dupuy government to the enemies, of justice by reporting a bill which discredits the highest Judi cial tribunal leaves no visible way of escape from the dangers that menace the republic on all sides. Lame at tempts are made to justify the cabinet on the ground of expediency, but there is more reasonableness in the sinister explanation that the government and some of its supporters have yielded to political blackmail. It is' an open secret that Beaure paire, who is now the leader of the campaign against justice, obtained his seat in the Court of "Cassation chiefly Chair and Beer Bottle Used In a Battle In Smoky Hollow Young Man Dies Suddenly Horror Party the Latest Durham Idea. Durham, "Feb. 4. Special. The case of the State vs. James Cain. Sam. Alex, and Ab. Cameron and Squire, Thomas, charged with assaulting James Browing, a white man, and at tempting to kill him. came up before. Justices D. C Gunter and G. A. Barbee. yesterday afternoon and was conclud ed ' this afternoon. After hearing the evidence and argument in the case, the five defendants were bound.over to court under a bond of $50 each. Cain is a well known white man. who has a large government distillery not many miles from Durham, and the other four defendants are colored men who work ed for him. Browing claims that he went to Cain's home to get a gallon of whiskey and - that 'while there sev eral of the defendants accused him of stealing a "copper''' not far from Cain's home. Browning denied the. charge and then the negroes set upon. him with boards and sticks and pro- " ceeded "to beat him unmercifully. They threatened to Will him If he did not re veal the whereabouts of the missing' still. Browning finally managed to make his -escape but not until he was. bruised and skinned quite badly. This is the story told by Browning. Cain and the other defendants said the story was false and that the first mention about the missing still was by Browning himself who told Cain that he knew where he could get some cop per cheap. They deny beating him and said he got into a fight with a negro who struck him with a gun and in-" -flicted the wound- on his head. Mv S. Hackney, a revenue officer, was on the etand arid testified that- he . and M . some other officers destroyed the still in question., and that Browning, had r nothing whatever to do, with the mat-, ter. The defendants gave the require-i security. George Walker, a well known young man, died quite suddenly at his room early this morning. He was taken sick yesterday, but nothing serious was. thought' about the matter until later in the night when he began to grow worse. He died this morning about 4 o'clock. He was a painter and paper hanger and was considered a good workman! The remains will be interred t tomorrow. . One of the most unique social func tions of the season was given at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Q. E. Rawls last evening. It was a "Horror Party" and each guest was required to carry the most horrible object he could think of. The occasion was a very pleasant by reason of his knowledge, of the cor-J one. runtion of many French politicians 1 There was a fight in Smoky Hollow.' The Same Matter DICerently Stated. Washington, February 4. The first step in a movement to reduce representation in Congress of the States which have disfranchised a large portion of their former voters was taken- in the House today when Mr. Crumpacker. of Indiana, chairman of Elections Committee No. 2,' intro duced a bill providing that the director of the census shall compile the election and registration" laws of the various pjtates and have prepared a statement showing the number of white and negro male citizens over 21 years old,-together with, the number of illiterate, insane and idiots In each class. Crumpacker's committers considering three contests for seats based on the allegation that State legislation in disfranchising cer- especially in connection with Panama Canal briberies. It is freely talked in Paris that he used this knowledge to compel men still in public life, and who thus far have saved their reputa tions, to yield to his demands in re gard to the Dreyfus case. It is some satisfaction to know that his insinua tions and so-called revelations are now received with impatience and disgust by the majority of people. There is no doubt, however, that he succeeded with the government's help in bring ing the Dreyfus case into such a snarl that no untangling is possible except with aid of a knife to cut the skein. The latest phase In the political fea ture of the situation Indicates that the government's bill referring to the full court will not come before the cham ber for about ten days. In the mean time the investigation by the criminal branch of the Court of. Cassation will be finished. It is Impossible to forecast a disreputable portion of the city, last evening, and one of the particpants came out with a badly bruised head.. Some one hit him with a chair and a. beer bottle. Officers are looking for the scrappers. The firemen of the city held a joint meeting in the mayor's office last night and passed strong resolutions endorsing Capt. J. D. 'McNeil, of Fay etteville, for Railroad Commissioner." Representative I. F. "Snipes, of Hert ford, spent today in Durham with Rev. C. J. D. PaTker, of the Second Bap tist church. J. B. Mason, Jr., and R. S. Davis, bookkeepers in the Fidelity Bank, are on the sick list, Mr. Mason has pneumonia. tain voters violates the acts by which tne fate Qf the bill in the two cham- I trciuiiiiiicu cm- SUCh States Union. were Stain Wis No Fears cf Carllst Uprising Madrid, Feb. 4. The cabinet council today decided to re-establish the con stitutional guarantees which were sus- bers. and therefore the next develop ment in the great tragedy is entirely obscure. senator Vest at the Point of Death. Washington. Feb. 4. Senator Vest, of Missouri, who ha3 been in feeble pended at the beginning of the war. j noaitn for some time suffering" from The Cortes will be convened February . bright's disease, was reported to be in 20th for the purpose of sanctioning the' a critical condition today and likely to treaty of peace. Sagasta will probably at any moment." Ratification of then retire, leaving Senor Silvela, Con- j the peace treaty may depend upon the servative leader.to form a government. I resuit of the Senator's - illness. Two The country is absoluutely quiet and Republican votes are paired with that there are no fears of a Carlist dis- of yest - " turban, e. ' ; . ' ; . . JL r Steamship Rhynland Floated Revolution 6n Again In ficnJuras. - - Tr. .. ' Lewes, Del., Fc-b. 4. The Interna- v New Orleans, Feb. 4.-Information j steamahip Rhynland, which received here by cable today states that, d d on Cotton Patch shoal in a tne expeeu onuuras "a ,...;; snow storm Tuesday night'last broken out. The revolutionary and. far thB mnrnin- So U m 1 Yt iiVU t . - guveimiiCMt u. . - .!can be learned, the ship Is Intact and where a battle took place. Nothing is I not leaking, and tugs succeeded, in d witnesses! out that tfie present commission can,,tnat iFrank 'Perry.-or New York, wa 'lIl'? S&fc "ilSi floating her without ' disUirbing her Rumor Concerning Liggett & Myers. New York, Feb. 4. It was reported in Wall street today that interests which are behind the Union 'Tobacco Company f America basj. secured more than a majority of stock of the T.isjrett & Myers Tobacco Company of St. Louis. The stock was stated to be on deposit with a St. Lcuis truu com pany. Liggett & Myers have had the largest independent tobacco manufac turing plant in the world, and the, con cern is said to be worth S.OCO.CX. No confirmation of the report was obtainable from representatives of the Union Tobacco Company. Remains of Garcia Taken to Ccba. Norfolk, Feb. 4. The body xjf Gen eral talixto Garcia arrive! at Oil Point toda' upon the steamer from Washington- The body was trans ferred to the cutter of the gur-b.at Nashville and was immediately taken on beard. Flags on steamers were half- mastfed and other marks of respe?: for lb iabf . far as i the dead were shown The remJins were accompanied by magnificent noral offerings from Washington. Colonel Garcia also went aboard. The Naili ville will sail fr Cuba this evening. f ! 1! V" t 5 f t if H -r I r support Allen. take care of the beef Ecandal. I killed. cargo. ment is in sigha i J
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