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Vol. vii; RALEIG-H, ST. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1901 No. 173 1 Cuba Now May Face the Future v WORK TO BE DONE - . ,'rovisioR Must Be Made for Elections as the Next Step Toward Independent Government Havana, June 13. The Constitutional Convention, having accepted the Patt imeiulment, will now proceed to formu-.'(ite-'au election law and prepare for ihe election of an independent govern- lieutenant' Colonel Scott will go to Cienfuogos tomorrow to settle an elec tion squabble there. There are a great .many troubles of this kind throughout the inland. Many persons think that if Americans had not been here blood shed would have resulted . from elec tion rows. Those troubles are again causing the question of serious fitness for independence to be raised. The quickness with which the conven tion accepted the Piatt amendment after many assurances from the delegates that it woud not be accepted, shows the empty bombast on which the protests nnd vociferations were based.. When the news came that the Washington gov ernment had rejected the first accept ance some of the delegates said they, woud not accept the amendment as the government wished, which was exactly what they said when the Patt amend ment was first passed. Spaniards and ethers familiar with the Cuban charac- ter say me oniy way to aeai wnn a txidy of them, such as the" convention, ! to firmly ' refuse to parley with them. It is claimed that the prompt action of ,the convention proves what has all along boeh said that there was no sincerity b the protests of the radicals. The more they are consider, the less they will appreciate it, and the less gratitude will be shown to the United States. The OutlookiHopefnl Washington, June 13. The War De partment has received -a telegram from Governor General Wood announcing that the Cuban Constitutional Convention adopted the Patt amendment yesterday by a vote.of 1G to 11. The acceptance of the amendment is very gratifying to the administration and the officials are especially pleased that the favorable re sult, came so promptly after the final com munication in tne matter was maae Dy Secretary Root to General Wood. The feeling has been for some time that the convention could not long hold out against the conditions prescribed by this government. It was known that the explanation of Mr. Root that the conditions of the Piatt amendment were laid down by an act of Congress and That the executive had no authority to modify them, appealed ,to some of the conservative members of. the convention very strongly. It took some time to make thisl point plain, but when this was accomplished the greatest difficulty in the way of acceptance was removed. Administration officials regard the out l'Mk as- extremely hopeful. They pre dict that the transition from the present military government to insular, civil con trol will be accomplished smoothly and that fettled conditions will speedily be established in the island. ONLY A MOLE HILL Not Such a Serious Matter After Al! Washington, June 13. Adjutant Gen eral Corbin, 'through .whom official com munications are conveyed to the War Department, ajid Colonel Parton, of the quartermaster general's tlepartmettt, who has charge of clothing supplies for the army, said today that no official in formation had come to them in regord to -:he alleged illegal sales of cuarter niasrers" supplies at San Francisco. Roth of these officers, attributed the large sales of army clothing by private dealers in San Francisco to the fact that 'between 30,000 and 40,000 vounteers, j i-t back from the Philippines are be ins discharged there and naturally dis pose of their uniforms to the second Laud clothing dealer who will offer the highest cash prices. The very fact that army uniforms and shoes Avere offered for sale by the thou N'li.ls' by San Francisco dealers shows, officials said, that they had been bousliT. in that way. According to War I'-partmerit officials it is exceedingly unlikely that any convictions can be se cun d of the persons who purchased the uniforms and nut. -them on -Sate. Some, officers hold that as xhe soldier owns the . uniform he has the ,xla4 to K '1 it when ' he "leaves the service, -.although the law forbidds. that army uni f'Tias be sold ito private parties. There ha vi.' been a great many convictions of soldiers on ithe charge of selling uni fonhs while still in the service, but no "ody'at the War Department could rec :'' t that, any soldier had been eotivict f.3 of sellinpr his uniform after he lad .been discharged. ft is said that there has never been .a. fise where a clothing dealer was con vipwd of selling army clothing. In fact, tfe law has not been enforced riddle -xeept in cases of enlisted men who fcire disposed of their onttits while still Irving the government. As one officer Iut it, "The government has the law on its pi,lo, but the clothing dealers have Justice on theirs." After the civil war tthe government tried to enforce ithe law on the subject in Kansas, where nearly every laborer on the Pacific i-ailroad wore an army uniform. It was found impossible to obtain convictions. Union soldiers had sold their uniforms to clothing dealers after discharge, and thousands of them were offered for sale. General Corbin said that it was not strange that General Shatter had not reported the San Francisco arrests to the War Department, as the matter was one of local administration in the Department of California. -9- Historic Suit of Armor London, June 13. The historic suit of armor worn by the king's- ehamoion who rode fully equipped into Westmin ster Hall, threw his gauntlet on the floor and challenged to mortal combat any one denying the king's right, was presented to King Edward at Marlbo rough House this morning. The cere mony was last performed at the corona tion of George I." .The suit then used, dated 1585, and bearing the monogram of Queen Elizabeth! was today present ed to King Edward VII. The Duke of Marlborough acted as spokesman on the occasion of the presentation. - : 3 Young to Relieve Shatter Washington, June jl34 General S. B. M. Young will leave tonight for San Francisco, where he goes to succeed General Shatter in command of the De partments of California and Columbia. He will assume command on or before June 30. General Young called at the White House this morning to say good bye to the President. . GROWING COTTON , The Crop Is Belated but Oth erwise Promising New York, June 13. Dispatches from Dun's correspondents throughout the entire cotton belt on the whole make a most satisfactory showing. As shown by previous reports the crop will aver age at least two weeks later than us ual, but this Is not necessarily cause for anticipating a reduced yield. Unfavor able wTeather conditions during the open ing weeks of the seasor- 'rjured much of the seed and made replacing necessary. This adds to the cost or the crop., but does not prevent a full yield. There seems t be from 5 to 10 per cent 'in crease in the acreage under cultivation, and while damage undoubtedly has been severe - in some sections,- fairly good weather from now to the beginning of picking would insure an abundant yield. Excessive fain has made the" growth of grass unusually rapid, and the scarci ty of labor, together with large grain crops, makes it difficult and expensive to keep ithe fields in good condition. In jury from insects is light in most states, except for boll weevil in parts of Texas and lice in regions where moisture has been exceptionally heavy. These points are not as harmful as usual, however, and aside from the probable increase in cost the planters have cause for grati fication. LIGHT ON A MYSTERY Offer to Dispose of ax Mur derer for Fifty Dollars New Rochelle, N. Y., June 13. The mystery surrounding the murder of Ed ward Lambden, a well known xunS man of this place,' at Southern Pines, X. C, has been partly cleared up. Mr. Lambden was a member of one of the best known Huguenot families here and was at one time chief of Relief Engine Company. He went South and bought a farm at Southern Pines. Some time afterward, according to information, re cently received by his relatives, Lamb den was waylaid end shot His body pierced through, jvas found near the farm and sent here for burial. The wri ter of a letter received by Lambden s friends here offers to hunt down the murderer and kill him for $30. The let ter has not been answered. Southern Pines, N. C. June 13. Nothing is known at Southern Pines of the letter mentioned in the foregoing dispatch. Edward Lambden died from the effects of a gunshot wound in the left breast, inflicted. July 3, 1900, by parties unknown. Suspicion rested rath er heavily upon a inan who has since left the State; but. the coroner's J jury did not thiuk the evidence strong enough to admit of his being charged with the murder. This man and the circum stances surrounding the case are well known, and it is possible that such a letter was sent to Lainbden's friends at New Rochelle; but at this place the affair remains as much a mystery as ever Post Correspondent. v Railroads to Cape Henry Norfolk, June 13. A mortgage cover ing a new railroad to be built from Norfolk to Cape Henry was filed jiere today. The Land Title and Trust Cohi- .-phiindelnhia is secured on a $500,000 bond issue. The line, it ap- pears, is to De- ouui-.ii, tuuurv-t Pennsvlvania Railroad more closely with their recent acquisition, the Norfolk & Western Railway,- and to shorten the rhir nnH bevond. Belief here is that freight and passengers will, after the new line IS DUllt, oe iniusiermi across ' Chesapeake Bay from Cape -m n Pnno TTnrv.' and not to Nor- folk, as now. The new line to Cape Henry is sixteen ninc-s ur ja no ra'ilway to the cape, but the Norfolk tt. -i-s-r,; -Roorh road." which the V an- derbilts own, is building aUme there. It i is not quite. Clear wny tne v anuer bilts and the . Pennsvlvania are heading for Cape Henry. - FISHING SCHOONER- DASH ED ON ROCKS Two Young Lives Sacrificed in the Effort to Save Others St. Johns. June 13. Ws hao inc 'been received of he wi-ppk- nf th i;Ha j fishing schooner Czar on the Cliffs of j Cabot Island, off the northeast coast of I X 11 1 f 1 - . n . .M-wwunniana. one lett Uarbonear Sat urday with seventy-one fishermen, bound iur me vneareau, iaorauor, with their wives and children. The women assist on shore in handling the cod, which the men catch in the offing. The schooner was struck by a gale Sunday evening. She lost sails, gear and upper spars. After hours of strug gling she was driven towards Cabot Island. The crew were helpless to avert the danger, and the little craft was caught in the breakers and thrown on the rocks. When she struck, all hands on deck were lashed to the rigging. A second sea threw her higher on the pinnacle of the rocks, tearing out her bottom and flood ing the hold, the living quarters of the women and children. Wet and half naked, they were dracced on rlerlc nnrl tied in the rigging. olunteers sought to reach the shore and fix 51 HnA flonrfro n-nrl Afot-t- ITic.- cock, brothers, unmarried, first plunged mio me Doning sea with a light line attached to them. They struggled shore wards, but were caught by a huge wave, hurled against the cliff and battered out of recognition.' Their bodiesw,ere hauled back to the sh volunteered to take their places. William Jones and Henry Emberly followed, but they barely escaped a similar fate. They Working a Transformation in the Philippines discussingThe code Appointing Civil Officers for the Provinces Sultan of Jalo Grants a Valuable and Important Concession ' -- Manila, June 13. The Philippine Com mission is making rapid progress with rthe various branches of work connected with the establishment of civil irovern-men-t. The commission has now dis cussed the first one hundred sections of procedure under the proposed new code. The American Bar Association today presented to the commission a memorial asking that the one hundrcth section of the code be changed so as to substitute English as the language of the courts wilh duplicate records to be made in Spanish. The memorial was received by the commissioners and will be taken under consideration, a report on the mat ter being made later; The work of appointing civil officers for the provinces is progressing rap idly and the commission is thus far sat isfied with the results obtained from the policy of pacification. General Trias, a former insurgent, has accepted the post of governor of the province of Cavite. Lieutenants Shear er and Austin of the Thirty-seventh vol unteer infantry have been appointed to the positions of supervisor and treas urer respectively. Ambrosio Flores, a federalist and a formr insurgent general, has been made governor of the province of Rizal, -which is the name of the new province made up by the amalgamation of Manila and Morons. Captain Hill, of the Forty second regiment, received the appoint ment of supervisor. Captain Krcpps, of the Twenty-second regiment, has been - made, governor of Nueva Ecija, and Lieutenant Day,. of the Third Jnfantry, will act as supervi sor of the district. .-Prince Pinatowski, a San Franciscan, has secured from the Sultan of Jolo an absolute concession for fifty years, ending with the year 1930, of the island of Paragua. It is reported that the prince has formed a ten million dol lar company and is making plans for the most thorough exploitation of the timber, miping, rubber and pearl indus tries of the island and the development of shipping. The scheme also embodies a plan for the building of roads and harbor improvements. .- The representative of.Prince'Pinatbw ski here, John Anthony, presented the documents to the Philippine Commission today and asked for the endorsement of the plan. The question ' involves the agreement of General Pates with the sultan and also the validity of thesul tan's jurisdiction, and. authority which occupied an uncertain -status with Spain and afterwards with the United States. The commission will probably refer the oucstion to Washington . j "The miltary authorities are on record as opposed to recognizing the sultans timber permits to public lands, as the forestry bureaiu has collected taxes on these iands." The population of Para gua is estimated at 30.000 of whom J'--000 are Moros. I .were severely injured, but got' back to ' il i mi me vessel, xnis convinced au tnat tnert were no hopes of escape by this means. All feared now that the boat would soon go to pieces. However, a higher ,sea than usual forced the wreck farther shoreward, where she was less exnosed to the fury of the waves, but the shock Drought down the foremast, killing two other men Edward Cole and Jesse Butte and injuring four others. In this precarious position the wretched sur vivors passed the night, expecting death' momentarily. " ; In the morning the sea. abated some what and George Andrews swam to land. Luther Dawson followed, and the two fastened a hawser round a boulder, by means of which the whole company, in cluding the dead and injured, were trans ported to shore. The condition of the party was wretch ed. Everything they posses food,cloth ing and fishing outfits were lost. The men were barely clothed and the women and children were almost naked. It was raining torrents, and the men used frag ments of sails to garb the -weaker ones. The islet was uninhabited, so they fixed a signal on a staff and made a sort of shelter with tarpaulins. They lived on sea birds and eggs until another vessel passing, Tuesday, took them off and landed them at White Bay. Here the fisher folk, though poor themselves, sup plied food and garments for the sur vivors. The government is sending a steamer to bring them home. Nicaragua Canal Discussed by Southerit Men ' ALL OPPOSED TO DELAY Delegates; to the r Industrial ConvelitionSpeak-in.' Posi tive Tones onjihe Subject Alabama Iron and Steel - Philadelphia, June 13. Delay in build; ing the Nicaragua Canal was discussed at the meeting of the delegates to the Southern Industrial Convention today, and from the statements of the men who addressed the meeting there is no doubt-of the attitude of the South in favor of constructing the great water way, notwithstanding the provisions of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty or any ob structive tactics which it was said are being put in the way of the project by Great Britain. Rivers and harbors and the necessity for improving them came in for a generous share of attention. The production of iron in the South was discussed in a paper by Charles Gibson of Birmingham, Ala. Mr. Gib son said the real development of the industry began in 1871, and now there are in Jefferson county, in which Bir mingham is situated, twenty-seven, steel furnaces, with a daily capacity of 173 tons. In the northern part of the State there are thirteen furnaces. v During the depression of 1895 to 1898 mny of these went out of blast because no market could, be found for the output. Of the 286,785 tons of iron that was exported by the United States in 1900 Alabama furnished 258, (il5 tons. Mr. Gibson said that in 18TO the population of Birming ham was 27,000, while 'in 1890 it had reached 40,000. There are in and around Birmingham 250 manufacturing plants. When the Nicaragua Canal is built, he said, Alabama coal will supply the steam ships of the world, her iron the steel, her labor will build them, and the pro ducts of her diversified industries will load them. Seweli S. Cobb, in discussing the causes of delay in building the isthmian canal, attacked Great Britain and charged that members o.f Congressiiave received money for delaying the passage of the bill providing for the construction of the p.innl bv the national government. He said there were 500.000.000 people who are waiting for the opening of the ocean highwav in order to trade with the rnited States. He said Great Britain had secured the passage of the Clayton Bulwer treaty by the expenditure of not more than $500 for champagne, ana tnat the instrument had been" the means of returning to her $1,000,000 for every one expended in its procurement. f.t was only a pretext for delay. At the evening session Gen. W. W. H. Davis of Doylesfown, Pa., presented to the Charleston delegates a Confederate naval Hag captured in 1804. At that time General Davis was in command of the Federal forces on Morris Island, and the flag was taken from a locker of the Confederate ram Chicoro by Lieut. William R. Elliott of his command. It was received on behalf of Charleston by Dr. Charles" W. Pollock of that city. 3 Standard Oil in Texas New York, June 13. The Standard Oil Company is backing J. M. Guffey and his associate, Mr. Galey, in devel oping the southeastern Texas oil fields, according to Mr. Guffey's friends in Wall street. It is also asserted that the Standard Oil people are preparing to market Beaumont oU in New York aad Philadelphia at an early day. Last week Mr. McDougell, the Standard Oil Company's Pittsburg manager and one of the best informed , oil men in the country, was transferreu from Pitts burg to Beaumont and. Port ArthnrMn addi'tion to this it was learned yester day 'that the Standard Uil Company has already brought two tank steamer loads of the Beaumont oil to the Bayonne re fineries.' -- -2- Five For One Gallows Sylvahia. Ga.. June 13. The five ne groes condemned to die tomorrow for the murder of Philmore Herrington and Milton Mears seem prepared to meet their, doom. All five will be executed at 1 o'clock tomorrow in the same gal lows at the same time. Rumors have come in from different parts of the coun ty that negroes will try to prevent the execution. Some importance is attached to the rumor, but it is very likely noth ing will be attempted... The local mili tary company here is in readiness, un der instructions from the Governor, to respond to any order from the sheiff. it Slavery Cases" for Trial Columbians. C, June. 13. The Ander son "slavery cases" were -set for trial this afternoon, but a number of trials occupied, the time of the court till ad journment. True bills were found against all the accused for conspiracy, false imprisonment and whipping. It is rumored in Anderson that the most prom inent "of the planters will. plead guilty. " S Battle to a Finish Austin," Tex., June 13. Sheriff W. L. Morris of Karnes county got on .the trail of two Mexican thieves last eve ning. He came upon the fugi tires in a strip of underbrush, and a desperate fight i with Winchesters took place. Shariff Morriswas killed, but not until he had killed one and; fatally wounded the other two Mexicans. -g- REGIS FIGHTS AGAIN. He Gets a Scratce and Wants Another Scrap. Paris, June 13. A duel with swords was fought today in the Pare Des Princes between Gerault ' Richard, man ager of the Petit Republique, and Max Regis, the anti-Semite-mayor of Algiers. The latter was wounded in the wrist. The quarrel which led to the encounter grew out of the recent duel of Regis with M. LaberdVsque. , M. Regis, who was wounded in the second bout, refused to shake hands with Gerault Richard. Afterward the latter remarked 'tbt he had offered Jiis hand as an act of courtesy. ; M. Regis replied; "I do not care a rap for your politeness. I only: shake hands with those I like." ; A bystander commented upon the rude ness of M. Regis, whereupon the latter wanted to fight a due with hrtn. Friends, however, intervened. The duel today is the third in which Max Regis has figured since last Thurs day. Friday he fought nineteen rounds with M. Laberdesque. Then, both be ing weary, the duel was postponed umtil the next day. Saturday the duel was continued and M. Regis was wounded in the first round. Today's meeting closes the series of duels. All others have been averted by explanations.. DRUGS IN THE BOOZE A Naval Officer Dosed with Knock-out Drops ;v San Francisco, June 13. Commander B. F. Tilley, of the United States navy, was given knockout-drops, .robbed 'and left insensible by two thugs early this morning. He was found shortly before daylight near the sea wall in an insensi ble condition. Commander Tilley, who is governor of the American island of Tutuila, arrived here from Samoa several days ago in the steamer Ventura. Last night, while in the Occidental Hotel he made the ac quaintance of two well dressed men and they went, out for a walk around the city. "We took a drink together," says Commander Tilley. VI gness it was drugged. Everything that happened af ter that is a blank to me." Two workmen found the naval officer lying near : Bray , Brothers' quarry; at the bottom of Telegraph Hill. He was still dazed when he reached the police station, but later revived and told his story. The thugs secured a gold watch and about $30 belonging to their vic tim. - ' WITCHCRAFT OUT WEST Old Times in New England Provided with Variations in Indiana Indianapolis, June 13. Mrs. Catherine Ferry, the wife of a prominent German farmer of v Dubois county, has been driven away from her home by the threats of neighbors who charge her with being a witch, ; saying she . has worked her evil charms to rheir injury by . caus ing the death or their horses, cattle and other live-stock. Yesterday one of her neighbor's horses became unmanageable and he accused Mrs. Ferry of having bewitched iV and. in his anger, assaulted K. .Hid cave her- severe whimoinz with i a whip, also knocking her down ' and kicking her. . . It appears that this .was the signal for the uprising of the neighbors generally ...inct tho woman, .for when she aD- j pealed to some of them for protection Wail from Mitchell Falls or Sympathetic Ears MEASURESTOR RELIEf North Carolinians Residing k Washington Take Steps tc Raise a Fund for the Home less Washington, June 13. Special. meeting of citizens of North Carolim residents in Washington was held to night, at the National Hotel to devis means for aiding the people of Mitchelf county who were rendered destitute bj , the recent floods. Congressman Moody was !ected chais man of the meeting, Albert S. Brown secretary, and S. E. K.. Buchanan trsasurer. ; Major Moody stated that in Mitchel county $1,000,000 of damage was dom by the floods, 1,200 people rendered homeless and 2,500 hjouses and barnf swept away. The people were destl tue. Their growing crops also wer( washed away. Their situation he said, was deilora ble and their condition appealed to th charitable everywhere and especially U their kith and kin. On motion the following committer was appointed to solicit subscriptions: . t Mr. James Cassady, Post Office De partment; Hon. J. C. L. Gudger, Trea ury Department; Peter M. Wilson, Sen ate; S. E. K. Buchanan, district build ing; Albert S. Brown, Sensus Office A. M. Brown, general post office; WiV Ham H. Fowle, Jr., War Department D. H. Groves. Pension Office; A. 0 Shaw. Interior Department; W. Vt. Long,; Agricultural Department. Chairman Moody then called for sub .. scriptions from "those present, and $5! was handed in as follows; Major Jamaj M. Moody, S. E. K. Buchanan, A. ( Brown $5 each; W. B. Randall $1, P. A Cummings. J. iC Calloway, - A. . M, . Brown and James Cassiday $2 each; Mr, M. S. Farmer, W. M. Briggs $3 each W7"H. Smith- Ahd'Dr.--J,-"MjMewborn $1 each ; Johq B. Lof tis $2. ".' " The meeting drew up an appeal to th( Washington public, reciting the facts ax outlined , in Chairman Moody's address, and signed officially by the three officert of the meeting. This will appear in the three daily papers here. Another meet ing will be held Monday to receive re turns from the soliciting committee. Durinj: the course of the meeting ad dresses were made reciting the conditio in Mitchell county by Messrs. Scott, Bu chanan. Albert S. Brown, Bell an . others. Favorable comment was made on the interest displayed by the Raleigh Posl; Charlotte Observer and Asheville Ga zette in the movement to help the af flic ted' people of Mitchell county. IN UGLY MOOD ' Indians in Wyoming Show i Defiant Spirit. Red Lodge,, Mont., June 13. Ther is every prospect of serious trouble witlt the Arapahoe Indians on the Shoshont reservation, just across the State I in in, Wyoming. For some time there have been signs of, an outbreak, but it was believed that the redskins would soon quiet down. Now, however, thej have gone so far as Jo express open defiance of the authorities and are pre paring to hold their sun dance, which is oftentimes the forerunner of a seriout outbreak. ' v- The white people along the border ar greatly alarmed and there are fears of a massacre. The defiant spirit of the Imiians is growing. They are in all ugly mood, and as they outnumber ths whites ten to one, a slash with them would have the most disastrous results The State militia haq been ordered ou; to prevent trouble if possible. , they also turned against ber and.thv local magistrate was requested to inter fere for her protection. It is charged that she has the power of evoking the evil spirit in man or beast, and that she caused the death of several persons. Mrs. Ferry is sixty years old and has been a resident of this county for many years. . She ays that the people have been prejudiced against her for three or four years, but it was not until a neighbor's child died two months ago and she attended the funeral that she learned that she wag suspected of being in league with the devil. She-denies that .she ever harme? any one or that she has been the cause either directly or indirectly, of the ilh that her neighbors charge against her.
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