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Vol. IV.
RALEIGH, N. C, SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, ivqiss.
-L HE
TNG
No. 73
II fill P
Acknowledged Responsibility
on the Stand
i ins of eoHvicis
Says that His Error Was Not
Intentional.
A. Yes.
Q. What papers?
A. The Votit and the News and Ob
server. Q- AVhere were yon when you saw
the criticisms in the paper?
A. At home.
Q. 'Who was present?
A. My wife.
Q- Any one else?
-A. No.
Q Yon have brought suit against Dave Uussell and Tom Unwell
the News and Observer, have vou nor? 111:1 about it. F.very time an
HE HAS SHOT HIS MAN
Ilie Hofs of thtv Farni Assaults Dave
Hn-eirs Testimony Br. Ferguson,
Dear Friend olSummerell's, Anxious
to shield Him Lowe Hit Over tlie
A. Yes.
Who -advised. you to bring suit?
A. No one at all.
Q. I ask you if Captain Day didn't
state to you in the presence of witness
es that you should sue the damned
paper, and break it up?
A. il don't think he ever did. Cap
tain Peebles is my attorney.
Q. Refresh your memory on this
point.
A. He might have made a remark,
but not to nu I am a man who dois
his awn thinking.
Q. Does Captain Mclver have dis
cipline enough?
A. I look on h"nm as a fine discipli
narian. I lirst worked as overseer
under Captain Mclver. He was ,ny
Meal of a superintendent " and I got
my first ideas from him.
Q. How about Captain Rhem?
A. lie is a good disciplinarian, I
reckon.
ing You can't take a nigger's word.
If you did. he'd be sick all tlie time.
Stiiumerell Atturlin the HtiMella.
Q- I ask your opinion as to who was
resH)nsible for ihe freezing?
A. I am not reionsihle if they had
all been frostbitten. I am responsible
for making the crops. If I listened to
the convicts they would all be sick.
Summerell here said: "I discharged
got
old
A Job for a Friend.
Q. Do you know W. J. Hodges?
A. Yes, When he was discharged
by the Republicans I had an oppor-
Hrad with a Bridle Dr. Ferguson I trinity and gave him a job. as he was a
Told ISfloreliand that He Ilad Heart
IMM-ase The Committee Adjourns
lor a AVeek or ITIore.
Halifax. X. C. Aug. 2G, 1809 Staff
OuTt'siMii'lence Lewis Suni'mereH,
tin- manager of the Northampton farm
tat- stellar witness before the
It-Mauve Investigating Committee
iviay.
The noteil supervisor, whose meth
oiN i'f tliscipliiie among convicts have
s.nnletl the people of North Carolina.
aiil Sra:es North and South, confessed
riMiisihility for the freezing of con-viv-is
ou the Northampton farm last
iVIuuary. when they were made to
is oi k ia the open field during the mem
ra Me n.;M spell that month.
It was not a voluntary confession.
Only !y the closest cross-examination
were the admissions of Summerell ob
taineil. A score of convicts were frost
bitten, two of whom lost their hands
ly iteration as a result. That is the
i::nie against Lewis Summerell.
'.'in '1 lAttl ' Ulll 111 V I V . 1. s . ' v.
an unruly witness. Such he was not.
However, he deserves distinction for
!:;- .-vasive reilies to quesrtions. The
witness made counter-charges against
L. S. Russell, who yesterday gave
-ti'h damaging testimony against him.
He told of an attempt made to bury
i."we. me murdered convict, withm a
ffv hours after his death. Interest-
in;' in his testimony was the fact that
tie once sh;jt a man. Humorous also
was his statement that he is humane
It. h. R. Ferguson, .the dearest
friend Sunnnerell has outside of his
family, nlso testified. He started out
wan a eulogy of the sunervisor. but
; elose questions directed at 'him
Hired him 0n the defensive before he
I'lr 'the st.-uiil The ilrwtnr m:iHi :i
Dumber of admissions, which he appa
"'litly sought to evade. At one time
'" said he would "do justice to all,"
'''it Chairman Brown called him down
a;!l told liiin that he had better con
tine himself to facts, as he was on his
'tftn. The doctor's fulsome praise of
Mmiuieiyil gave out before he con
doled. T'ne gentle reader should re
Hieinher. too. that the doctor is the reg-f?--
lliysicia-n it the Northampton
!!)e eonuuittee adjourned to meet in
d.-n-s ,,r two weeks at the call of
chairman.
o'vi iiiruti jl -nii-inr.
Q. Is his character good?
A. Is a clever mail. I know nothing
against him. "
Q. What sort of a man Is D. S. Rus
sell? A. I discharged him for getting
drunk.
Q. Is he a reliable witness?
A. No. sir; I wouldn't say so. 1 1
.1 1 1 . . . 1 T - '
rninii ne is a prejuuieeu uiau. n runs
in the family.
Q. Do you know Dr. F.urgeson?
A. Oh, yes, indeed.
crippled nigger went to Raleigh I wan
held responsible for it. Tom Russell
told it all.
Dodging Responsibility
Q What is yiir opinion as to
where the convicts were frozen?
A. Well. I will teTl it just as near
right as it Is, let the drop fall where
she will. Some of them might have
been frost bitten at the Northampton
..fa nn, but I believe the majority of
them were frost bitten when they arrived.
How many were frozen at your
farm;
A. Four or five, I think.
O. How many had fingers ampu
tated? I
A. Two, I think. The fingers got
so bad. I suggested to Dr. Ferguson
10 cut tnem on. lie told me to
wait: that it was not time yet. There
was a report that these convicts had
been grubbing frozen pea-nuts at Cas
tle Ilajrne. It came from the convict.
Q- Has there leen too much politics
in the penitentiary? :
A. Yes. I know there lias.
Q. How about old Gabriel Elliott?
A. He had consumption.
Q. Who did he work under?
A. He only worked two pieces of
days.
LABORI MAKES A HIT
General Mercier Confuted
and Confounded.
TURNING POINT REACHED
Dramatic Seeue oriireat Power It Ap-
iwa rm n-An nA..ii.tiii r .... v.
That Drey fti a Was C'onTlcted on Ills
Former Trial by Secret and False liv-Idence-
Freystatter Puts Ike For
jner Judge to Silence.
valued hi hu: lud u.t ni-ntIonl
istiy. that ilif :lr-n few w.ird "f ili
Ifir-jt-reau. "Je voim a lr-.. -otill-tutnl
ib. cry !) i2aaii:r of Irf
fu. IVrtlll.cj r.-Mli.tl tint h. .1K1 :
nttjt-h iimh-Ii Iiijjmu.iu-- now to tU.it
Id.-n.
Dreyfu. reply in? t. IM-riIlhn. pr--tested
llf:it th- wiliii- h.i.l r.iut iiiiul
ly turned toward him Ihe word nl
prit." lie u'jaiu d-:iliil that h- wryt
i In- iKtrdernuu or Ii kI auy kuoivN-ilg-
tlliTeof. He d-l;irinl Ch.-ij tin f!IT
foimd lii Jis blot i In- p.i.l after ar-r-t
was Iut what It itur;.,rii-d to l
i a h tter frim L! broth r Mathifii. .nnl
nut an Imitation of hi brthT- li.unl
writliitf. as r..-rtill iii had ucg".l la
his abTrd theory that lrvyfu had
en.Iea vore-l to nuke tin- Ixirdfreau ap-lM-ar
to Im iu Mnthi. u'f writing. o t!j.it
If det--ffI a;jd UtU bnuher wen
avned. the c.l!e Wolthl Ih tritnl iu the
civil. inre.iJ if the military count.
A re--i hm tlu n t.-ik-m. After th
r-'s M. tili-rSo. the miKtarv b in !-
Rennes, Aug. 2i. rhe day whi-h
as exieciea to ik tlie unilest irovNi j wi;ing fXiM rt. r :.'at.Ml hi t.timojy
the .most important of the Dreyfus j before tlie oiin or t'.-i uhm. main
4rlai. No reason apparently exittetl for! tllmn;: t,,;,t 'lu bor.!fr.au wa a
ini..i... .k. :rors. i d.H umeut. a tlnnry quite dlf
scene yet
ewltneved beDwiMu the testimony of
two dreary. experts, unless it was the
rercnt rroui that of RcruUou.
A frietjil of li-ertilloa. by the way.
says lie is o wrought up mvr his won
French horror, of monotony aud love ,,,'rful 'beory aud attacks theron. that
of dranmtic effect. Every one realiz-d " 'jf! ""iJ llZ?xT' ,,,m-Vy ll
Aenikt the cXhTI Would colli JU it ui-
tf ih b'ir-bTf an, but h was only
gT Dreyfus was the real wrlt-r.
Lunr Had Heart Disease.
Q. Did James Lowe die at the
Northampton farm?
A Yes.
Q. Did he die in the field or in the
hoiiise?
A. In tlie field.
Q.-IIowi many times was he
(whipped?
A. I don t know. I was sick m bed.
Q. Was Lowe a healthy man?
A. No He had had dropsy. He was
sorter delicate, but had fattened up.
Dr. Ferguson said he might have heart
disease, and told me not to work him
hard.
Q. What sort of a man jvas Sears?
Lrrvt is Praises. Sears.
A. He was as fine an overseer as
ever I saw. He never did wrong be
fore. I had doubts about the Lowe
matter, so I discharged him. The
prisoners told me about hiin.
Q. Did you ever whip Joe Mazon?
A. Yes.
Q. What kind of an instrument was
ha whipped with? i
A. A leather entrap two and one-half '
feet long and three fingers wide, and
a wooden iiandie seven nieiies loug.
Q. I low large was the handle?
A. An inch and a half.
Did All tle Flogging.
Q. Did you flog Mazon yourself?
A. Yes. I do most all of the flog
ging, except when I am sick.
Q. Did vou ever knock him down
with the butt end of a whip?
A. Yes; to keep him from cutting
me with a knife. Joe was a man of
M UJIEKiaL ADMITS ALL.
Tlie Supervisor Acknowledged He was
"sponsi ble lor Freezing of Convict.
stimmmdl was attired in his dan-ly
"'Jihes when he appmred before the
Jumimtt,. yesterday morning. A min
;tln:il (,oat of extra length concealed
'f Passive form of the noted tsiiper-
iiis linen was faultless, and
liilv
tile
otuiit.
lossed patent leathers set off
Jiuiiereirs character is not written
illf nice. He looks as mild-mauner-
n i l.. ... i . . .. , .. .
,. - i.uun, and oniy wnen lie lins
'Mt aud exposes his close-croppc?d
t;iir
. iU you get the impression that
IN alivuiincr hut o-fiit,lo Tf t art
ir r;i i ... . r T ' .
nis enemies tuiat lie is
:i and hospitable in his manner,
u aw.-iy
""'i not
.i?n
Misjudged the Weather.
Q. Don't you think it was cmel and
wrong to take out convicts in the con
dition of old Jabe in such cold
weather?
A. WcH, they were ?ent to me and
I had no right to let them lay up. They
were not tit to work, but I am held
responsible for their Idleness.
Q. Would you not rather take the
responsibility than to put men out In
such weather?
j A. The weather was really "wqrse
than I thought. I should bemore eare-'ful.
Q. Was the weather too severe to
work men?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Then you think yon made & mis
take in working the convict?
A. 'I couldn't keep men in the house,
and the sun shining. They hold me re
sponsible. Q. Who holds you responsible?
A. The superintendent, I reckon."
Summerell at Last Confesses.
Q. If you had It to go over again,
would you work convicts out iu such
weather?
A. No. sir.
Q. You admit, then, that you did
wrong in sending them to the field?
A. Yes; I think so; but not Inten
tionally. Q. If the superintendent has such
arbitrary rules for the working of
convicts they should be changed?
A. The superintendent never gave
me any such orders, but -he sent the
convicts here to work.
Q. Doesn't it reem to you an act of
cruelty to take a man with consump
tiou, who was physically a wreck, and
put him to work iu such severe
weather?
A.I didn't know he had consumption.
Q.W as it not your duty to know?
A. If is hard to tell all in a minute
Q. Wasn't it the dirty of the at
tending physician at the farm?
A. He could only see they were run
the uipment that Captain Freystatter,
that gallant soldier, sitting ou the
court-martial of 1SIM, whose conscience-
impelled him two years ago
to disclose the fact that Dreyfu was
condemned bv secret aud illegitimate j doeuuu-nf.
evidence, that the crucial moment of Captain Freystatter. who wa
the case was at band. It was nor ex. n,"Pr f tU? Clirt-liiartial of 1XU.
Iected that he would be able to give
i t
cine.
alerio de-l.ir-d hat Esterhazr
might ay as Ions as be liked that be
wrot
lyin
and he traced aud forged the whale
bad reputation. I undertook to whip,down-
him and lie pulled out Ins knife, li ou ay the people at the train
had hold of the strap and turned aud noticed the condition of these convicts?
hit him with the handle. Shouldn t you have shown them to th
Q. Where was Joe Mazon when you physician and examined tnem.'
l rem the convict farm
exercising authority. But
;uy is of the same character.
. "u umnierell appeared before
I;,,,...; ",ul'i,uee yesterday he seemed
"ns. nP explained his uneasiness
nU .n- rh:-t he had sat up all
fan, i !? st'areli of a convict who es
ua, fv'm his fam Friday. -Norhing
"uiutri 'lhoUit the SU(ldra cse of
Wr or hiK almost' equally sud
t 1 "'"very, However, Mr. Summer
;r,'u''d that he had not been well.
is given
Lpw l !oes HlB 0wn xllInkng.
struck him?
A. In the yaixl.
Q. -Did you whip him that morning?
A. Yes. S
(. Who else whipped him?
A. 'Safer, I think.
Q. Was he whipped so he couldn't.
work '!
A. No: he went right along. A few
days afterwards he complained that
his head hurt him where he was hit.
I told him to stay in.
Q Did the doctor examine him?
A. No: I think not.
Q. Did you ever whip a convict so
as to disable him?
A. No.
Q. Did the overseers?
A. If so, 1 never heard of if.
Q. What do you think a reasonable
mode of punishment?
A. It depends on the ''.nan.
JVItist Wear 'Fni Out.
Q. Suppose a man like Mazon
A. You've just got to wear Joe nt.
He has never given me any trouble
since. Bill Day says he wants to come
1 rU" til Tll
O Was George Dixon transferred to bury him that day?
from Castle Hayne?
Summerell did not catch
when Chairman Brown said
. If 4T-i 11 .1 . 1 - .1 1 t
.ro,:'" .w a said a couvict had died and
laugn. vnuess saiu " ,r,.n.,t a Imrv him. I sahl
i uii iv v ' av?ia i.a b
r-..ip. nury a man this day. 1 told them to
keep mm im uiurmug.
A. I don't know but what it would
have been best. All men are liable
to err.
Dr. Fergnson Derelict i
Q. Was not Dr. Ferguson derelict 'n
his dutv when he failed to notify the
overseer that Ixwe had heart disease?
A. I can't say.
(. Do you feel perfectly comfort
able ami satisfied over Lowe's death?
A. il don't know how I feel. I am
not ready to condemn anyone.
Q. I asked you to state your feel
ings, not to condemn anyone?
A. Of course. I was sorry.
Q. Did you discharge Scans or did
he run away?
A. I discharged him.
Q. How was Lowe whipped?
A. They said lie was whipper over
the head with a bridle.
Q. Could you kill a man by hitting
him with a bridle.'
A. I could.
Attempt to Hide Lowe's Body.
Q. When Lowe was Urronght to rhe
stockade dead was an attempt made
A. Yes. Sears attempted to do o
en but lt I prevented it. I got up that
"Old evening ro see soiut? ineuis. i nat
in a been sorter sick. A man came up an.
.11 ...-w. 111. I 1 1 1 1 1 .....1 .1.
r s;uu n ivunii aim i.iiev
the
w or th 1 e s s c h a ra ct er .
(). .What time were
Havne convicts transferred to you.
A. Can't tell exactly. The day be
fore I met the committee last January.
Q. That was January 24th?
A. Y'es; alxnit that time.
Q. What was the condition of these
convicts?
A. The worst I ever saw. They
were poor and lousy, and people at the
depot asked where in the world those
By, "p!i,1u-Have you got a good crop 'convicts came from. I put them to
, Jt'fli,V jwork knocking down cotton stalks. I
inSw,M'Yps: lut cotton is not as' n't know any harder work." You'll
U.-v,,.. " , -- - . , v: ' , - . , not ills Tien.
ffw. ,u" tiave been criticised some y. wt-ien am you nrsi near oi .uc
""''fiirirv i, T. ! ; e sea fiome 7.in-i O.-Did you ever shoot a man?
.MoiV Than in I a T lnnt1 .t thei,- fln-ers and they ' A. Yes, sir. I don't sec what that'
Ha vii 1.1 : . " ' l ii - .i,.i. ri-wr to do with it.
Wfcrs ,,;;;":t41.rJuimS rne y J11? ,B Continued on Third Page.)
Doctor Told the Oyposlf e.
Q. Did you have the post-mortem
examination matier
A. Yes: I did.
Q. Do you ever drink?
A. Ye.
Q. Do you get drunk?
A No.
Q. Are you a passionate man and
get extremely angry when anyone -lis
, ..
airrees wiui you;
"A. Yes, sir. I have had trouble.
testified that Ireyfiis was cond-uint-d
(Continued on inge Z.)
TIIK NATIONAL LIIK.l IU
One C'anie Slopped bjr ICaln and Anoth
er Ilad lo U foslponed.
At Ciuelnnati: I!. H. V.
! t'liK-lninti ..u ij
Wasjiiugtou 4 ;i
it
and
i ;
lobiu-o:i:
i:
more than his word against that of
Colonel Maurel, president of the is:u
court-martial, and coutradict one or
two points of Mercier s eyidence. His
'splendid physique ami calm and dig
nified soldierly learlng made addition
ally impressive his plain, direct aud
convincing words. It was the incar
nate truth of the man which oyer-; Batteries: llahn and VcUz; Weyhlng
whelmed and confounded the two iiicu!3"1 iuach.
who tnm ,uitM.11.l tn ...fr..i.i hi-n I . X 1 I-lIVllIe: it. Jf. K
- I T oiiii-iM.. -
Colonel Maurel. oue of the idtterest
enemies of Dreyfus, was compelled to
admit, face to face with Freystatter,
that be was guilty of the lowest form
of prevarication in his testimony two
lay ago. Moreover, when direct ir-
ury was forced home to hint he weak-
y pleaded loss of memory. refu.el 10
answer, and left tlie stand dlgracM
and despised In the eyed of houest
hien. .
Mercier himself narrowly escaped
similar, humiliation, lie was cleverer
t ha u. Man re I aud Wpiu his reply to
juestlous by characterizing cert:.ln of
reysta tier's statements as lies. Here
s an Im-Kirtant distiuctiou iu Fretuh
estimation U'twecn this cxnssiou
atl calling n man n liar, otherwise
Sunday . monotony might kive the
welcome relief of a duel. But Mer
cier was obliged to eveu make an Im-
xrtant correction In his previous tes
timony and tookv.l fuge. against a d-
nla In the dead an. SanJherr, In
stead of the living, but absent Dn
Iaty De Clam. It was a strange situ
ation that confronted one at the end
of the third week of the oNratioii of
the machinery of French military Justice.
M. De mange makes an interesting
comment on today's developments. He
considers that the refutation of Mau
rel and Mercier will have little effect
with' the Judges, who are determined
to Judge everything nouveau. He le
lleved they were deeply impresse-1 by
the testimony of Bertillon. and are
uow still more Impressed by the refu
tation of Bertlllon's system by the
pivsent witness, Baral Java I.
It is expects! that M. De Freycinet
and (ieneral Koget will confront each
other Monday when the famous :io.
OUO.OOO francs foreign syndicate for
Dreyfus rescue will be exploited.
Ixuiville
Baltimore
Batteries: Kit son
Wimds and ZimnitT.
At riewlaud: n. II.
Cleveland . . 1 4
New York '2 t;
t;ame rail.'. I eud fifth Jnuitig on nr-
t-oiiui oi rain.
Fattirles: Sditnidt and Walli?cr
Daheny and Vlou.
At M. iAitiSs: I, ii. i:
M. Iiiiis. ...... . , . 4 pi
1'hilarielpula r, n
Italteries: Powell and SchTiH-tengos?
Onli and McFarland.
At Chicago;
Chi-a- M .
BrtHiklyn
B:itteri-s: "allahan and
MrJamcs and MctJuire.
tSame between Pittsburg and Boston
Httoned on account of rain.
i ii. i:
; ii
Dauohne;
LYNCHING BEE FOILED
Prisoner Placed in Durham
Jail for Safe-Keeping.
NEGRO'SSHOCKING CRIME
tndretiv be ldams Attempts Im tiralltjr
Ills Last on m Little 1lld- 1lt yen of
Alamance Hear of II and Prepare lo
Visit s ui Jasilre I pon lllm-Ttio
rrest n.Jc In Connection THU
Kidnapping at IlaM Durham.
Durham. A nr. J:.-SNN-i.il. AndretT
M.-AiLitu. a ugro. w.is brought here
fr.nn ilriham tud.iy aul wa lodg.-d
in JjiUfor jafe-kt-piiig. MeAdatus at-
tuiptil to oiMragt a little girl t
Tiif-slay. and a party of exa-iiera'.ed
-itlzns bad ui.ide arratis'-nirnts to
lyu'-h him tonizbt. Had he remain.!
In Urah.iui he would Dot hate
Iled through the night.
McAiIjuis is alout tifie-n years olJ,
and the inno-eut vl. tim of hi lut it
a daughter of Thomas Faucet t. whj
lires near Haw Bivcr. Tlie chill Is
ls than five years old. She was hurt
by the negro's attempt ou her. but X
physician who maile an aui!na:ioa
ild Cut h was uuj -rioiiy r
p'-rrraucutly injured. McAilazus wa s
arn-stctl ilie sauie day the crime was
co:uniitt'd and was plactil Jn Jail. t
forts U-lug made to k--p the nat;r
jniet for fear that the rase of Fau
cctt's Deigh!irs could not be retraiu
h1; but tb fact 1--.-iaje gearaily
ktiowu In th imtuutiiiy to-lay. anl
i.-ps were taken lo vUJt uujniarj
puiii!i:iicut on the uegro.
After th- d ..r. "( Dnrliam Jail !iaI
leell o4 o:i b-AtLinis The poc
rprv-.i'aiie 1-id a talk with biui.
lie :icktiowb.-e 1 the cTinie and im--;u-eI
clad to e-.iM. death by lynching.
There tin Liii-.mt if an atteaipt !
lag made to ;ake hl:n out uf the JaU
here.
This aftcmoou Ilnfu Scogglns arI
James Parker were nrretel chargcl
wiili cu-piracy In the -i5ri litis: away
f Dilkis S--i:giiis at lla Durhaju
Iat ti'uht. Jiii as be was about to
Im married. .They will have a bcnrSug
3!uiday. In the meantime they an
on lei 11 in the u:n of SUm each.
It Is iM-lleved that tb. caro'Jug off of
young Sisgln vas la puruatic f st
preerincril p'ati. to nhlch Ue wa a
party, to nIie him of the emjarm.
lug Mutation of U-ing forceI Into
uuirrfage. and that a .oii a be got
out do-r be put fpje. 1 t n e-;i bini-
sclf and the ej.i--;aat bride as rapidly
as lKsiUje.
Kenues. Aug. 2t. Bertillon contin
ued for three hours more toilay to ex
ploit his wonderful theory that Drey
fus manufactured the bordereau by
means of word-tracings. Imitations of
his brother's handwriting. tc. The
courtroom was not half tilled, and the
JuJges were evidently making strenu
ous efforts to comprehend 4he little
man. Colonel -Maurel hail sworn that
be and other Judges In the court-mar
tial of 1S!M understood Bertillon and
that -his evidence largely Influenced
their verdict, and Colonel Jouaitst ami
his associates cannot therefore con
fess the possession of less mental acu
men than their preilecessors.
Deuiange remarked to the corre
spondent of The Pst while Bertillon
was talking: "If the case liad not U-en
too serious a Joke we should have
covered Maurel with confusion by
asking him to give us even a slight
explanation of the system which he
declare on oath he understands."
Bertillon finished with a gmn.IIlo
queut declaration that he had demon
strated Irrefutably that the "culprit
iioTTF.x ctM-uit i:kvi r..
Charge and Counter Cliarsea Indlrate
a liad Slate or.ttrklr.
Washington. Aug. Investigation
of the hargcs against IUhIKm. Fuiu-d
States cousul at 'a n ion. will be tin
foundation for a general investigation
of our consular service in fhina.
CJiargen involving other consular ottl
cers besides Bedloe are uu tile iu the
State IiciKirtuieut. ami the fullest i
vest iga tiou wKI be made. If one-hi if
the allegations arc true there certainly
Will U s-'Veral listniss:ils. Smie of
the chargs are m.-u national, iuvolviuz
the honesty of the consuls ainl tlnJr
sulHinlinaes. Consul Wildmau. at
Hng Kt:g. h:is tiled clmrgcs :igalui
ItedLie which, if sustained, will -...u-
iH't his removal. Be.lio lias fib-il
counter-charges against Wildman. and
it is said that allcgatious of Im-zular
comlllct luive lecn uialc by the whole
sale by these two men and some of
their colleagues. It Is imjo.sihlo lo
learn the nature of the charges.
ui'Pi'.riDs o-Kin i'i:ii.
Chamberlain Sa)a the Trouble Willi
Trautiaal la Not Vet Settled.
Tendon. Aug. '!''. dos-ph Chamber
lain. Secretary f.ir the Colonies, in a
sjcecii at Highbury this evening s.u-l
be wished he could say the difficulty
between Knglaud and tlie Transvaal
Was settled, lie declared that the IsMle
of iH'.n-e or war was iu K ruber's
hands. The situation as fraught wit!i
danger ton str.lltfd f.ir Ilidt-tlliL'e p !
K;iement. If a rupttiri was forced be
felt confident of the siiptKjrt if a vast
majority f the Ingl!-h. eople.
let-ch was bean ilyai-laiid--l. .
II!
Not the Itatlruad I'lshU
Iulsville. Aug. "'1.-1 II a letter tUAJe
public to-lay Atigut Belumiit say ihe
I I.jnisvil!e and Na-hv'.lle Ka lr...id
! Company is nt ln:ere:cd In the fig';:
sittlug there -Indicating Drcyfusi ' V . i t . r ... I 7 i-
initted Ksterbazy's liamlwrltlug totbej
same elaborate experiments and tests
as Dreyfus.
The witness admitted tint he had
not. but he had nevertheless exam
ined Esierhazy' handwriting, lie had
found In Ristcrhazy handwriting
some resemblances to the bordereau.
In order t promote or undo the for
tune of any party or Individuals.
While linn Out r;- m rgrm tilrU
Columbia. Aug. IN. 4ohn QnJnry
Cor.M-it. a white man residing iu Sum
ter county, ravished a negro g'.rl
twelve rears old. Crlctt is .iniifl and
but greater differences. He was mire, has taken to the woods. d-t lug ar
that F.fterhnzy began to alter his rest.
handwriting after the liorderenu was!
discovereil, but the disguise was awkward.
I.aborI cross-exam inetl the witness
Lakr Steamer on l ire.
Painesville. O.. Aug. IM. A t earner.
on the radical points of difference be-;'Iiove, rt 'c 1,10 r,t ,,f r
tween his evidence In 1XU and that of fi lere for Buffalo with a thousatel
tolay. Jouaust several times Interven-i paers aUiard. wn e-u adrift
ing. Itborl wante-1 to know about aI u nr, tonight off FalriorL Tujs
Bertillon a weird theory which he ad-J " bvl'u bcnt lw "cr
NTr.CiltO FAITH HIIALTnit.
Parson (olletl t.oes to Leiluctn
Itreak pa Cake Walk.
Wiiiion. N. .. Aug. M Si-ecial.
Fvatlg.-Jj.t foliett. tlie edored falt?l
cure divine, pre.it h.d at Mi. Pleasant
last night and it is rei--rtel that alxnit
twelve paticu stifft-rhig vi;!i rlieunia-
tisin. ell-., wen; away healed. rh
evaiigejjt went to 1-xbigton ;L',
mortiiiig to hold a uu-eting for ti week.
He s'.it-sj last nigh; that lie was giv
ing over there break up an
fasliiotiml -iki walk. A -lorcd woman
who heard him remarked to a frt-n l
that he wtiiild stay ht-re. as a big
-ake. or tJeorgia. walk is to e glvra
at t'itiz-us Hall Mmd.iy night.
The evangest au!ioiiticel that be
would return to Winion tin flrM of
SepTeUllH-r. He has derided to bold
his meeting at Mr. Pleasant instead of
In a tent.
W ake Fcrel !ie.
Wuke F.r.-st. X. C. Aug. IM Sv-ilal.-
A reception was given la n!cht
in h.n-r of l!.'V. J. W. I.yuch and li.s
brhlc and Prof. I.i':e anj his bride.
The door of the I'.i. linr. Hall w:ra
thnrwn oni as a recepiUiu r.cii for
tiie gnosis, and from eiin until half
past t-n -lo-k It t.a the "C-je of
s.iff-ui roln-s and s:i)il:ig fa-es.
At half-past nine, in Prof. Mills rsH
tarioii ro.i.u. a oinptii iti r-pat was
..e! f.irth. After this mtI of h -ere-inoiiy
was tv-r lb- nai-.iuy gradually
i!iinu--l -mi: and w-ut ! their hrtnr
highly pb-.is.oi with the new a'u:4-iJ-iis
to our iuiini!i!ty.
Ieall( In t.aeiin Ilae.
Paris. Aug. IM. A black tag irii
bi:is .v-r i b I---!-. -d 1kjtiu la Boe
le t'lubnd tills tu irn'ng. In lJcatlns
that n death lud ortiTel w1ib!n. This
gate rle t a nimor that tiwrla anl
his coiiijuuious ha.l all eomtnltted u5
cj . It was. if (xiiir'. impo-etible to
nicr the ban- to !: t'.Ti larxJcular.
ID I the prit win Went to the en
trance otdy allowed to cvaSna
iLe u---HrdTou iliat a d--a;h had occurred.
Fire at W arrentan.
Warrntoa. N. C. Aug. 21. elaL
Tin livery -tables f Jobnon & Shaw
nere cim-uUicl by fire ICa'.&K at-oilt
h .i'cI.k k. Th- bors and TetJc'es
were iaed. Tlie fire uc.g'.timlnl ia
the feed -r ui above the -taJU. Th
!rae work of the ireiaen aated
Bitd' kirge tobat-co warehotia. only
a few fi-et distant. Th- lost It about
one hundred dollars.
m Idler Ambabd and KltlesU
Manila. Satunlay Ilveuiag. Aug. M
Filipinos ambusbed four member of
rhe Twen-r-thir I Bcgtmctii :atiooed
!at Cebu. klllios three. Tb fooni
tnan cscaxL