VOL. VI I.
RALEIGH, IT.C. SATURDAY: NOVEMBER 2 1901
No. 73
LIEUTENANT. HOOD ADMITS
HE ACTED THE SPY'S PA
Was Sent by Sampson to
Watch Schley at San
tiago Argument
Begins flonday
Washington, Nov. 1 Lieut. John
(lood iwas the principal witness before
the court' of inquiry today. He made
the admission that he had observed the
movements of Commodore Schley off
Cienfiiegos for the purpose of reporting
them to the commander in chief. He
made observations, but he did not com
municate the result to - Commodore
Schley.
The only other important witness to
day was Sylvester Scovel, a newspaper
co, respondent, who was called by Cap
tain Lemly to testify to what Contain
Si-sbee told the men on the press boat
Vomers X. Smith.
The court adjourned shortly before 1
o'clock today until Monday. Admiral
.Schley will then go on the st.md again
to correct bis testimony and make car
additional statement he may desire. It
is thought that argument will begin on
Monday afternoon, or certainly by
Tuesday morning.
The judge advocate addressed Me
court briefly at the opening of the ses
sion, saying:
"I have one or two preliminary mat
ters I would like to address the court
upon. In the first place --Lieut. Uar'ow
was recently written to to search his
private diary with a view to ascertain
ing any additional information av's:liii.T
regarding the vessels of the fleet and
concerning the message sent by Schley
to bompson July 2. I have a letter
here from him, dated October 20. in
which be says that he has examined n's
diary, and that lie finds no record of
this message or any preference to 't I
would now like to say that 1 have con
ferred I with senior counsal in the mat
ter of closing argument and that we
have agreed, subject to the sanction of
the court, that my associate. Mr..JTan
n a," will open, to be followed by Captain
Parker and Mr. Iiaycer in :he order
named 'and the judge advocate to cUyip.
If that is agreeable to the court, it will
be the order." . .
The Court That is entirely agreeable.
Captain Lemly I would like, for mv
information, to ask the instructions of
the court as ta whether we are ertoeet
ed to confine ourselves to the ev'dance
and the scope of the precept as defined
by the court. I mean the arguments
made both by counsel for the applicant
and by my associate and, myself.
The Court Yes. "
Mr. Ilayner Of course in our argu
ments we can not allude to any facts
that are not in the evidence. But as
to the way we may talk is a different
proposition. We, of course, will have
latitude in the matter. Of course we
will argue respectfully and within the
proper bounds. It is a difficult matter
to define this business, however, and
1 don't exactly understand what the
judge advocate is driving at.
Captain Lemly The court has oefinod
the scope of the precept, but we could
not undertake to prescribe the words
and manner, etc., of the argument.
That is a matter that the court must
decide from time to time as the argu
ments proceed. In courts of inquiry ,
aad courts martial in the past, before
modern methods were introduced and
the stenographic report was available,
it was the practice to furnish the court
with the arguments before they were
read. That was before we had the
stenographer. If there appeared to be
anything objectionaole in these argu
ments, counsel who misht have present
er it were so informed and were not
allowed to read it, although it mizht
be appended -to the record of the in
quiry. The court will remember that
that was the practice. Of course, now
it is not practicable to do that, and that
vas the purpose of my remark. Even
now, I may add, that is the case where
we have not stenographers, and sten
Dgraphers are only employed where
there is express sanction of the court.
Mr. Ilayner Of course we would not
pretend to refer to anything not in i'-s
record. We would be bound to confine
ourselves to that. Rut I do not care to
lave these uncertain restrictions placed
lpon me. I want the constitutional
right, to argue this case just the same
as I would argue any other case. I
want to make 'Comment and criticism.
I can not confine myself to some cer
tain prearranged argument. I have not
nritten my argument and do not know
Exactly what it will be. I fail to see
inything objectionable in ..conducting
'he argument as is usual. If I should
find that I believed a Witness had not
Vld the truth I s"hould feel.it nay duir
to say so., nd if I should find that a
fitness has made ra mistake; I should
rant to point out" tht .'mistake. I don't
"ant to be . restricted in-any such . wav
in my argument.
The Court No, not a all.
The judge advocate then called Syl
vester Soovel, of Havana, formerly the
correspondent of a New York news
paper in Cuba, and stationed there as
tmeh during the war.. The examina
tion was conducted by Captain Lemly
as follows: .
Q. What is your nr.ir.e and resi
dence? ' t-
A. Sylvester Scovel, Havana.
Q. Where-were yon during the re
cent war with Spain hi 3.S98?'
A. I was in Cuba and vicinity.
Q- What was your occupation?
A.A newspaper correspondent.
Q. During the war were you oa ; The testimony of .this witness was dm
any boat or boats? j turned further, but nothing of sensa-
A. Yes, I was on several boats. i tional interest developed.
Q. Do you remeniber and can you i 'lr. Scovel is the correspondent who.
idtatify the Somers N. Smith? ! achieved some notoriety during the Spa n-
A.-Yes, I was aboard ner during If Tt y by TeTon of (lis"
th v W 1 - ".patches, but because of an encounter
rrf V V -u . , , - which he had with General Shafter at
Q.Please state what occurred dur-j Santiago, when, it is asserted, he took
ang your stay on that boat; whether occasion to slap the face of . that of -yew
fell in wdthHhe St. Paul,? . ! fieer. 1 " . .
A. Yes, we fpll in with " the St. ; A. B. . Claxton, Captain Boxden and
Paul. ' (Neils Anderson were thin called to eoi-
Q.- Do' you "remember who was" the rect their testimony. Mr: Andersen,
commanding officer of the St. Paul? J ""'J0 wf flt the wheel of the Brooklyn
A.-Yes sir, it was Captain Sigs-j SJS? mnle. tlJ . explained that
tee - - - a question which had been asked him
v" -m .,. c.4. t i "L,"' ''made his answer appear to state that
Q.-WJiere was the St. Paul when the Brooklyn had gone to the south
yon fell m with her? v 'J ward after her turn. He said that she
A. -Oliose in shore off Santiago har- only went "southihig" instead of '"south
bor and" a little to the w.est of the har- ward." His meaning was that 'she was
bor, r - I compelled to turn southward when turn-
Q. State as nearly as you can when vrh the port helm, but that shd
jt was :: did not run to the southward.
A vrn u OUf. ' , w .Captain C-hadwick was then called to
' 14 was on the 28th o Mfly- conx-ct his testimony.
think thatj was -the date. -.When Captain Chadwick had eon-
Q Did you have any interchange of eluded,- Lieutenant Hood was recalled
messages or any conversation with, to the stand and asked df he had any
Captain Sigsbee on that occasion? f additions to make. He was a-sked par-
A. The St. Paul hailed us and we
had a megaphone conversation, with ,
her.
Q Was
, it was the oninion of a great nixlnv
there a megaphone onfflppr, ?n 33r.?Jov finm.iivm .n.i i,L
board' each ship used in that conver- own also, that the Spimiards were not
sa-.ion? Uf Cienfuegos, This was while Sqhlej-
A. Well I don't rember exactly ! was off Cienfuegos.
about 'that. Lieutenant Uood AVhile I was at Cien-
Q. How near were you to the St. : fitegos after my consultation with Corn
Paul? modore Schley I talked with him afld
A.-Well, I should say about 100
ft-et We were vprv cW in ,
11 -Jie re" Tery crow ? - . . 1
y.-AOW give 113 as nearly aS yOU
j can the words of that conversation.
j A. Well, we asked the Sr. Paul
where Commodore Schley was. The
1 . , . ' .
answer was, "lou can find hira in the
! Yucatan passag."' We asked if we
! i .1 a , t. c i 1 : m 11 . . tt.
t'.miu vunu oc-uiey ii we ioiioweu. xie
sa'd Schley had starfed at about six
knots and at that speed he thought we
conld overtake .-him.r , We then asked
where Cervera was. Captain Sigsbee,
who was talking, -did not answer this
question directly. He turned around
on deck to talk with some one. Then
he answered. He replied that he was !
sure he saw a Spanish collier trying
tn snenlc mtrt tli .hnrlvir th'flt. morn-
rember to have had with Captain Sigs -
b-e, iersonaHy. Other , men on the
ship, I : believe, -'talked with !him -on
that occasion.-'
Q. Did Captain Siarsbee at any t5m
during the conversation inform yon
'that the Spanish squadron was nor in
Cni.finr.n") ' i
Mr. PaVkerThat question is
ed to.
.Captain Lemly--(continaing exami
nation) Well did he or did he "not in
form you at any time?
Mr. Parker And tha-t is equally ob
jectionable. Ask hini- what Sigsbee
said. Don't try to pax words in his
mouth.
Captain Lemly We have been ask
ing that sort of question right along
iu this case. That is the particular
point in -issue. I would like to have
an answer.
Mr. Parker It is all wrong.
The Court There is no objection to
that. "
Mr. Scovel He did not tell us that
the Spaniards were not in 'there.
Q. Did you have any Experience in
landing and communicating wit!h the
insurgents while you were down in
Cnban waters during the war with
Spain? -
A. Yes sir.
Q. On both coasts, the north and
the south?
A. Yes sir. f
Q. Now as to tho south coast, I
will ask you when and how often and
at wha-t times?
; A. You mean alone or with troops?
Q. I would prefer to have you state
your experience alone.
A. Three times.
Q. When and where was this?
A. The first time (witness referred
to notes), was June 9, a point about
three or three and a half miles to the
west of the en-trance of the harbor of
Santiago.
Mr. Rayner Do we want to go into
events after the first of June?
Captain Lemly This comes in like
the matter developing the batteries. It
shows the f acili'ties for landing and
communica'ting with the insurgents.
Admiral Dewey (to! Captain Lemly)
Confine your question to the time prior
to the first Of June. ,
Q. Did you make any landing prior
to June 1? - .
A. Not on the south coast of Cuba.
Ci-oss-examiination by Mr. i.ayner You
were at the megaphone of your 'boat?
A. A portion of the 'time.
Q. Who else, was at the megaphone?
A. I do not remember.
Q. You know, though, that somebody
else was there?
A. I m not sure about that. All
that I remember is that when the St.
Paul firet came near -we used the mega
phone. When she got close it was not
necessary.
Q Do you know whether anybody had
any communication with Captain Sigs
bee with the megaphone after vou had
left It? '
A. I do not know,
very likely.
Pt'CFume it is
Q I want you to say whether vou d
not know without presuming. if von
presume you must have sr..-ic reason "for
presuming.
A. I will tell you the mison why I
presume it. Mr. Pepper had been' in
Havana at 'the time, the Maine blew
up. and he knew Captain SSigsbee very
well, amd it is very likely that Pepper
asked Captain Sigsbee something on his
own account."
RT
t remarry with reference to the state
ne i,a J .mltt, a lrt to the
commanding officer of the Dolphin that
lerf wmcw-nlng the probability of the i
murus iu iue 11,11001- mere.
1- was gathering information for the
MVTrtTWnTiHpr-in-Viief Wnrnr.,1 tr.
jlrwas to report upon arriving off that
r-tatlon. I gathered from what the
officers under Schley said " -
f A r T" . . . ' ;
iUr- xiayner vne moment, piease.
1 Captain Lemly Yes, that is objection
' able.
Lieutenant Hood I was gathering this
Road Building a tip
Good "'Roads Congress
'
' - Winston-Salem, N. C, Nov. 1. Special.
The State Good Roads Congiess opened
in the court -iiousfr this morning,'' ' the
Jconrt'room being. filled with citizens aiul
visitors, the. latter a-eprewnting this and
many other eounrdes throughout the
State. The convention was called ..to
obW-ltealSlea SKfe
WWTft U VtTUUl VUIlUUlSSiUmii- t . XI.
come were mane by Mayor Laton and
W. A. Blair, followed by a stirring re
sponse by Secretary Richardson of the
National Good Roads Association.
In the absence of Governor -Aycock,
who will make his address tomorrow,
Senator Simmons opened the congress
witn a formal aauress wnicn was strong
and sensible. Ferhaps the most hearty
appiause lie ito-'iu'u was much ue
clartvl that the State government of
North Carolina ought to quit trying to
farm and devote all the energies and
labor of its convicts to the betteiinent
of the public roads of the State, this
work to be supplemented by the aid of
cities, counties, townships, Communities
and individuals. .
At the conclusion of Senator Simmons'
timely address a temporary organization
was perfected by the election of P, II.
Hanes president and W. A. Blair secre
tary. Postmaster Reynolds followed
Senator Simmons, and represented Sen
ator PritJchard, who was unavoklably
detained at Madison court. Mr. Rey
nolds made a strong and practical speech.
He endorsed the views expressed by
Mckinley's Friends
Will Hold Their Jobs
Washington, Nov. 1. Nearly all the
time of tne cabinet meeting today was 1
occupied by the 1 'resident in the in
spection of long lists of appointments
that were made by his late; predecessor
during the recess of Congress. He wijl
have to send all these anoointnients : to
the Senate or make other appointment!
to take their places. While it is his
policy to send in for continuation all
the recess appointments made by Presi
dent McKinley, he wishes, as a matter
of principle, to know about the men
for whose appointment he is to assume
the responsibility. . f ; i
The President is in favor of re-ap-pointing
federal officials who have served
acceptably for four years, unless there
are specially strong reasons for super
seding them.
Secretary Gfige explained to the cabl
net his purpose in announcing, as he
did yesterday, that the Treasury De-
White Cops Warn
Nashville, Tenn., Nov. l.-Much ex- crpants to leave under plfcy of ! " 0 grain at th.i
citement. exists iri the third district of M!ea;:h. On the back of such of these ;,1orth(wfst, heavr increases in visible sup
Lake county on account of vvh-.e caps, notices is drawn a figure of a man , ,jios Manitoba reported by Brad-
ijrtod, substantial negro renters nuvu
ii.AT. 'nntifipd to cither their crops us.
soon ' as possible ana leave, r Whi
men have r.lso been notiutxi to aasieu
the "harvesting of corton in order that
the transient negroes may leave. No
nt'Rroes are wanted.
Written notices have been posted at .
or near each negro home, warning oc- '
information on my own (responsibility.
I 5a'3 to report it to .the commaiider-iu-chief
at Havana. When I arrived ther-J
the commiander-in-chief was gone' and 1
was compelled to make my report to
the commanding .officer of the Dolphin,
who was the senior officer iif command.
I reported- that I had delivered dis
patches ,and that it was ni'y own feeling
and the feeling of the officer
-Mr.? Itayncr One moment, please. "
Captaim lA-mly Yes, sir; that is not
admissible, . '
LieutenanT Hood (continuing) My re
port was submitted to the commander
of "the Dolphin, and it was that I did
not believe nor did any of the officers
believe ..?.'-.. !.: ...'. -,
M r. , Ilayner I object.
Mr. Haiina Now, lieutenant, answer
thi simple question. It will clear up
the matter. ,f Did 3-011 or did you mot
irake 4iny rejort to the commanding
officer of the iIoIphin which would war
rant the .use tftt 'the. language embodied
in your nieihoiandum?
t. .Lieutenant nHood I made a n-eport
'The Court-Can't ' y.ou answer that
question by Saying "yes" or "no?"
Mr. Hana-Yes, tTiatis.it. ,
t Lieutenant Hood Yes, I did make such
a report. ' j .
Mr. Hanna then ouestioned Ijientennnt
Hool concerning the statement made that
he had boftirded the Adula and that he
had . gained Important informatioai .there
which ;wHs .withheld, from Commodore
Schley, t This information, it as alleged,
w'ss cf a vei-j 5mp6i-tant character, the
use: of Avhiih l would have been of great
value to Schley.
Mr. Hannah-Now I want to find out
whether you! Iwai.led the Adula and
got any ibformatnii of the charactoi
alleged. t '
A.' I never ! boaTded the Adula. I had
been collecting the mail, and had just
lt'ttiracd to the flagship Brooklyn under
Commodore Schley's 'orders. I heard
that Lieutenaijtt Simpson had been aboard
tne i Adula uhu had a written report
which he was! about to submit." I aked
him to let-mei tee it. I felt there might
be Vauia'ble Tiiifoi-mation in it which
would bciof service to me. He showed
me his report, and I told him. I 'wanted
a (-opy. ' We went to the office of tho
exoctitive officer, whre he read me his
notes. . We then bad the executive offi
cer's writer niake up a copy.
Mr Itayneif-Then you did not board I
tne Auuia t
Lieutenant Hood No, I did not.
No other testimony of consequence was
g; veri, and the court adjourned until
Monday. . ! .
. f - . A '
IT
Senator Simmons, and. especially his
stattinent fhat State coTrricts sliould be
worked on the lonxls" instead of farms,
. CnpRv .W. A.- Hayes, representing' the
Southern Iiailway, gave a practical talk
011 the great advantage to a commnnity
of .reducing the cost of freighting pi-o-ducts.
and said the reason the railroads
. k. . . .... . .
iiiaKnig perrer earnings now tnan
their earning f! for the iast five years
to lowering grades of their track so
that the expense of hauling would be
less per mile. He said he had just
left Buffalo, where his mission was to
convince people of the North that in
the South wad tfcpir hrmr for tho tviln.
tion of the' agricultural" ra-oblem: that
with as rich ; koil as New York, bet-
iter, climate Ur all crops and cheaper
iitnds', the Smith was the garden spot
of -the universe. He spoke of :the' first
inquiries - being; ab-iut the condition of
the roads.
Good progress was made today in thn
work of riiacalamizing Liberty street
road. This afternoon, in the presence. of
a large crowd, j demonstrations , cf road
building were made by President Moore
and Secretary iRichard.'n, of the Na
tional Association; Mr. M. O. Eldridge,
government road expert: State Geologist
J. A. Holmes and others.
At the night s session of the congreps
stirring and- practical addresses were
made by P resident V. II. Moore 'and
ethers. Prof. J. A. Holmes spoke and
his address was iroagnifieently illustrated
with stereopticon views.
( pa rtment wall not accent offerings for
Liiitcn Mates bonds. It is Secretary
Gage s purpose to reduce the excess of
receipts over expenditures in his depart-'
nit-nt, ana to prevent a detrimental effect
ijpon the currency.
Secretary Root lis nnich concerned over
the report from the Philippines of the ill
health cf Governor TaftT president of
the Philippine Commission, and has ca
bled to Manila for an authentic state
ment of his physical condition.
v.Recent dispatches t the War De
partment have shown that Judge Taft's
health was improving, and it appears that
he had again taken up some of his du
ties, but; only in n limited way. It is
the opinion of some cuT the War De
partment; officials that Judge Taft is
V-ally in worse health than he will admit,
pnd that his strong-sense of duty is
keeping him from con-octly stating- his
condition. !
. r i i
eciroes to Leave
swu-gmg to a tree, some or rne lie-.
rocs have left l the fields of . cotton '.
and farmers are having trouble gettin
picKers. The land owners nave oand-
ed together, and vigorous methods
haye been adopted to apprehend the
guilty parties. They intend to pros--
cute to the extent of the law sSr?.'5
the whitecappers be found.
WILL THE SULTAN
DEFY THE FRENCH!
Paris Talks Excitedly of the
Probability of War
with Turkey.
Paris: Nov. 1. The all-absorbing topic
here today. is the Franco-Turkish situa -
tion. Reports are conflicting and it
is not yet settled whether France's
efforts to ibring the sultan to terms in
the matter of the quays claims will result
in peace or war.
Some of the aewsoacers declare that
Abdul Hamid has submitted to the de
mands of France and that the crisis
is at an end. On the other hand, a
Constantinople cablegram received by
EDUCATIONAL DAY
IN BURLINGTON
Burlington, N. C, Nov.JL. Special.
This was a great day for Burlington
and the graded schools. The weather
was bright and beautiful. Governor
Aycock, State Superintendent , Toon,
Auditor B."F. Dixon and Prof. M. C.
S. Noble, of the University of North
Carolina came on the 11 a. m. train
as guests of the committee.
- A procession was formed in front of
the Burlington Inn at 1 p. -m.. the fol
lowing being the order of march: Bur
lington Concert Band,
Governor and escort.
Holt Guards,
Junior Order.
speakers and distinguished guests ?n
carriages, Burlington School Boardg
Reception committee, citizens in car-
riages. The line of march was Mam
to Davis, Davis to Mendenhall, Men-
denhall tO graded school.
Three thousand people were present,
An imposing feature was the perfect
order of the pupils filing in columns to
the place assigned them on the grounds.
The following program was observed:
Song "The-Old North State" graded
schools.
Music Selection by --Burlington Con
cert Band. '
Opening Exercises by' Chaplain Jr. O.
U. A. M" ' '
Song "The Star-Spangled Banner"
Glee Club..
"Presentation of Flag and Bibles-Hon-
W. H. Carroll.
Pamiliar Story of
Young Fool Lovers
.
Reading, Nov. L A tragedy occurred her a pillow. He then stepped, back
hullfst crasMre through lior
this morning uniler tne pines 01 .im..
j- ' i;
! iievaru, uue iauiui; . .uUUt v -
overlooking this city. Walter F. Snei-
der, aged 22, shot and killed ihis isweet- and fell back" to the ground, liotu
heart, Minnie C. Reichstetter, aged 21, died In a short' time, but when posers
and then killed hiimself. The lovers by hurried- to the spot, they saw the
had taken , a stroll over the mountain, girl still lying on the bench 'swing
resolving to die. Sneider carried -their in g herf arms.
last letter and their photos in his Both had attached their signatures
pocket. A revolver was in another, to the letter Sneider had in his pocket,
The girl wore Sneider's picture at her
throat. He wore hers on his breast.
AVhcir they were ready to die 'the
girl lay on her on a bench. SneideV
took off hi-s coat, and with hers, made
BRADSTREETS ON ,
STATE OF TRADE
Unseasonably Warm Weather
Checks Retail Distribu
tion Cotton Tends to
Lower Prices.
New Yo-k, Nov. i. Bradstreet's to
morrow will say:
The complaints of car shortage noteu
m jsraastreei s cnue.-rewit " .
past rwe repeatea tnis et "
greater degree. At oest, neva,
is only a aiegatively unfavorable circum
stance and is the -best of proof that an
anAii vnlnmA of business is doing
throughout the country. Unseasonably j
Warm weatner is nitewuse cuuiamcu
as interfering with or checking retail
distribution, of clothing, shoes i and other
ftaSSA'r
east and west. The holding off of kill-
i.n' frost at the South (it is now one
wwk behind the average date) has bene-
. 1-1 nln l - aH AT
fited the' crop prospects; but, coupled
with immense receipts, has induced a
raising of estimates of the cotton crop
nri lowered the price 6-1G for the week.
Reports of wet weather come from the
vrest, however, and next week will prob
ably see colder weather. 1 -Tn
k-ponine with raw cotton several
other farm products have weakened this
I .1. TTrU- Unc a. Tia ' 1T fl IIPTICO Of
street s, and rattier less critical auvicea
f.-om Argentine. In addition,- the stories
-f dullness and depression hi the export
u,Coo ------. ; ., .,..
business have attested truio. tnougn 11 ;
to be noted that v.-hent1 and corn
shipments together, sim-o July 1. rv
Heavier liiuhi a jr." js"
export shipments of cotton, coal, irou
. .... il n -w.rtn- n '" ' I mallo1 .
find steel and to an over-supply of new
I tonn.ige is probably due the depression
way of Philipoppolls, declares that the
sultan has determined to defy the French
government and that hehas ordered- the
defence of iSalonicaj Smyrna' and Mity
lene. .-:', 1 - ! '". .'
Although, it was 'stated this mornini
that the minister of marine had receive
no confirmation of ilhe report that , Ad
mdral .Caillard's fleet, which was on ".th( ,
1 way to the Levant to make a demonstra
,on. against Turkey hadu;returaed( t
from thai place stating that the Frencl
Mediterranean squadron arrived then
last evening. The Toulon dispatch states
however. that the squadron did not in
elude the ships 3etacSed under . Admdra
Caillard, which are expected to be re
ported in Turkish waters late Sunday.
The foreign otHce has denied the repoi
that the sultan' has yielded to - the de
mands of the French government.
Acceptance of Flag and Bibles Statf
Superintendent, T. F Toon.
- Selection Rnrlineton -Concert Band.
The work4 of the Junior Order was a
great success. The thanks of citizens
and the school .are due the order for
the part they, took.
The address of Governor Aycock was
a masterly effort and made a profrjnc
impression, aii did great good. Aft?:
the address the Governor held a :ec n
tion. The Holt Guards gave a sk:rni';
drilt-and were received by th3 Governo:-.
The Alamance county' teachers insii-
tute convened at 4 p. m. - Addre$.'S
were made by State Sunelfntendeut
Toon, Auditor Dixon, Prof. Noble und
others. At 8 p,m. Prof.: Noble soke
( in the auditorium of the school to a
j large audience ' on the subjeet "Educa'
j tion and Citizenship." It was a strong
j speech and was wen received.
Tne institute will continue Saturday.
All in air this was one of the great
est days educationally in the history of
Burlington. There were many compli
ments for the graded school. Several
hundred people visited . the different
grades and expressed themselves as
highly delighted with the work: '
County, Superintendent W. - S. Lori
is doing 'n'gbodwork' pJhe cause of
education in .the "county, and his wcr't
is being .. appreciated and is , bearing
fruit. ' "
- AlltAr4nr Pr hP. four
Hill lit IUO UUI v. . -
. hl(;hes atove he- right temple. Snei.ier
...then fired a bulle-t into his own heal
blaming relatives ror sepamung lueni
and making them unhappy by opposing
their friendship. She was a mill girl
and he had worked in a hardware
factory.
in ocean freights .prevalent forjnonths
rvnsf- ITna- orrwlncts ' are 'lowen it is
claimed, 'because Of packers manipulating
the hog market ;j but the recent high
prices appear to have checked consump
tion. Coffee has los-t a little strength,
and some grades of sugar , are also
lower. - '
Among the staples advancing corn is
prominent, though held ' down slightly
by wheat. A large short Interest it
said to exist in that grain, and wet
weather and good buying'have stimulated
prices of that product and oats. Print
cloths, among the textiles, have gone
counter to the raw material .mainly be
cause of manipulative buying. The ef
fect of the two diverse movements ha
been to unsettle the -market slightly,
while the failure of the Faty River spin
ners to vote in favor of a strike is still
another disturbing element.
Failures for the week number 172, as
afrair.st last weeK and. loo in tms
weeli a year ago.
Dr.1' Dillard in Jail
Winef-rm-SfllPTYV "V P Vatt 1 Sno.
1 1V . TTt TT T"V 1 1 Jl j. 1 T . 111 .
Ciai. jjr. j. n. jumara, rne jeiasvuie
negro .ho jjag been creating a stir 'or
several moriths was brought here last
from T. by hi. bond,-
man, T. W. Wright, colored, of P-eids-
ville, who committed the old negro to
jail Wright went on Dillard's bond
when the latter was arrested in ueids
vule by a Winston officer, on the charge
of getting fifty dollars from a Winston
negro by ' false representation. The
question of releasing Dillard' a bonds
man will be heard before Judge Star
buck tomorrow. It is thought that
Wright will be released, though he may
have to pay costs in the' case. ;
. ,
Boer Laager Surorised
London, Nov. 1. General Kitchener
reports to the War Office that Oolone
. . . . - yC. ... :
Kekfwich surprised 'Van ' Albert
in,!trt,r at Beeste kraal, thirty miles
,t. f - . (..K.miiin
ei,
three -wounded and 75 tinwounded
Roers, including Commandant Klop
per. . , ,