VOLUME XXIX.
WILSON, Isr. C, AUG UST 17, 1899.
NUMBER 30.
THINK LHBORi WILL RECOVER
THE COUNSEL OF DREYFUS GETJ5 BETTER
BULLET YET in him. , V :
GLUE TO THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE ASSASSIN
Anarchists Hold Mercier And Others Personally
Responsible Labori Shot As Result '
Of a Deep Laid Plot.
Paris, August 15. Maitre Labon
still lives' and he will probably re
cover. The latest bulletin of his tem
perature is 37.05 and he ' has no fe
ver. His condition is stationary, but
slightly improved in ; the past few
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Assailant Still Free.
Rennes, August 15. -Labori is
somewhat better this morning. The
doctors, howeyer, are still unable to
sound his wound. His assailant has
not yet been arrested. .
More Forgeries In Dossier.
Paris, August 15. The Matin to-
Labori, alter being shot, declared as
me omcome 01 me injuiry appeareu
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to be doubtful, that he wished to
make known the fact that M. Cham-
oin, who has charge of the secret
documents in the Dreyfus case, has
discovered a new; forgery in the
dossier. 1
The Anarchists Make Threats.
The anarchist organ Journal De
Peuple says in retaliation that for the
outrage upon Labori the anarchists
will hold Mercier, Drumont, Roche-
fort, Judet as hostages personally re-
sponsible for anything done against
the anarchists. "
Clue To The Assassin.
Rennes, August 15. A clue to
the whereabouts of the assassin was
brought to the authorities about
noon. The gensdarmes were ordeed
to concentrate at Fouillard, north of
Rennes and search the Mi Forest. A
man by the name of Gallais has been
arrested at Laval on the suspicion of
his being the assassin.
Tried To Get The Wallet.
Rennes,. August 15. The condi-
tion of Labori is so improved that the
physicians . I, consider him out of
danger. He lies back unable to
move but life is returning to his leg
believed trt e naralv7PfT anH he hns
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no fever. . , j ' -
He continues to discuss the trial.
Corroboration of the statement that
his pocket was rifled was obtained to
day, lor an attempt was also made to
steal the wallet containing' important
papers referring to the ronrt martial;
including his notes on the cross-ex-
animation of Marcier.
When he had fallen Labori Saw
ne of the two men run to his side :
one said ''His coat must come oft.
He'll be too not."
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The speaker then
took oft his coat and another seized
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we. wallet.' Labori refused to allow
the wallet to be taken out . of his
hands, by putting it under his head.
No effort was made to take his watch
r money which is regarded as clear
evidence of a plot in which several 1
arc implicated. ;
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Transport Aground.
Manilla, Aug. 15. The Baltimore
and Concord
unsuccessfully at-
tempted
tO tOW Oftthe trnnnnrt
which was. grounded a week
ago.
is now believed tn hp im.
Possible to float her.
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SAYS HE'S THE SON OF GOD.
Hnrry Oebnam's Mind Gone and He Says
Strange Things.
Harry Debnam, ; a negro hack
driver who went crazy here several
days ago, was yesterday brought i
SS WJaII
admission into the asylum at Golds-t
boro. He imagines himself the son of i A
God and thinks he is compelled to go
about preaching the gospel. When
arrested at Auburn he had been out in
the storm all night and had lost every
thing except his Bible, a copy of the
News & Observer an& a short stick.
He was very scantily clothed.
When he arrived here and was be
ing taken to the jail he conceived the
idea that he was about to be hung
and he set up a. mighty cry for mer-
cy. wnen iresh clothes were taken
to him he got solemnly down on his
knees and prayed the Lord to hold
the earth still tor a few moments until
he could put on his clothes.
He says the News & Observer is
inspired and all men should read and
follow it ; that it is the next thing to
the New Testament. All men, he
says, ought to vote for the constitu-
tonal amendment. News & Ob-
server.
The Governor Agrees.
Raleigh, N. C, August 15. Gov
ernor Russel accepts the counsel em
ployed by the Corporation Commis
sion in the railroad tax injunction
case. These are Judge Connor, and
the firm of Simmons, Pou & Ward,
He adds to these on the part of the
State Messrs. J. C. L. Harris and
Chas. A. Cook, and. all will be paid
by the State. Chairman McNeill, of
the Commission, who is a lawyer,
will have general direction of the
case.
COME AND TAKE HIM.
The Message of Guerin to the Police Crowds
In the Streets of Paris.
Paris, August 15 Early this
morning the Assistant A-hiei ot ue
tectives went to the house of Guerin
with a warrant for his arrest. Guerin
told him that if he "-''ed him to
come and take him. lie said that he
would fight if they wanted to fight
Two thousand people are in the
streets.
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THE CHINESE ROBBERS.
A Thousand Of Them After Five Hundred So
diers The Soldiers Routed.
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Hong Kong, August 15 One
thousand robbers have routed five
hundred Chinese trooos near Kai
Yong, in the Hinterland
The soldiers lost two hundred and
fifty killed and one hundred wounded.
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The robbers haVe taken possession
of the neighboring villages.
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Hundreds Without Food.
San Francisco, August 1 5. The -Steamer
Albion, just arrived from
Cape Nome reports that a hundred
men and women withqut food or
money were picked up on KotzeDue
beach by the revenue cutter Bear ana
taken to St. Michaels.
Looking to War.
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa,
A,.... :Pfi!cli Trnrtno ViaUP
been sent to occupy Lainesnek Pass
,v.:,o. .t- r Ua nnpn-
1 "uiui lllc XJCia avubu uu iuw
ing of the last war with England.
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GEN. WHEATON MARCHES FROM CALULET TO
ANGELES THEN BACK, AGAIN.
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FILiPPINOS ENGAGE IN DESTROYING RfllLROAOS
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Fight Near Malolos With One American
-Killed Geo.. Pio Del Pilar In Com
I . mand at Malolos. i -
Manila, August 15. Abouv 500
insurgents were met and defeated by
the. Americans five miles northeast
of Malolos between Quingua and
Bustos, the Americans losine but
one man.
The Filippinos were punishsd se
verely. They were commanded by
Gen. Pio del Pilar and were endeav
oring to tear up the railway track
three miles above Bulacan.
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A detachment of, troops will be
sent to guard the railroad against the
insurgents at the points threatened.
Gen. Wheaton left Calulet last
mgiu wuu ujc uuup ifuiii uiaL piace,
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and marched to Angeles. -Here he
found 500 of the enemy. After some
brisk firing he silenced their guns
and then retired to Calulet.
American troops' will be kept con
stantly on the move to break up the
raiding- bands about Bustos and
Quingua. ;' .
Settled Out
of
Court.
London, August 16 The case of
Mrs. Perot is announced as having
been settled out of court and Gladys
has been surrendered to her grand
father, who has crossed the ocean in
pursuit of the child who had been
abducted , by her mother from his
home in Baltimore.
Jersey Lily Weds Again.
London, August 15. Lilly Lang-
trv was married on the Island of
Jersey on July 27, to Hugo Gerald
de Bathe, son of General Sir Henry
de Bathe. The ceremony was pri
vate.
Grandfather Gets Gladys.
London, August 15. The child
Gladys, abducted by her mother,
Mrs. Perot, has been given by the
court to the grandfather and extra
dition proceedings withdrawn.
Steel From England.
London, August 15. The Pall
Mali Gazette says that the . Lanark
shire firm has secured an order for
ten thousand tons of steel for ship
ment to the United States. ,
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- Overdue Steamer Sighted.
New York, August 16 The Ward
Liner, Vigilancia, which is overdue,
was sighted oft Jupiter Light House
this morning.
. Dewey Still Sick.
Leghorn, August 16. Dewey is
"still ill. No announcement is made
of the date on which the Olympia
will sail. ' i , :
Mr. Natanael Mortonson, a ivell
known citizen of Ishpeming, Mich., and
editor Superior Posten, who, for a long
time suffered from the most excruciat
ing pains of rheumatism, ; was cured,
eight years ago, by taking Ayer's Sar
saparilla, having never felt a twinge of
it since.
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THE HURRICANE.
High Winds and Heavy Rains No Great Dam-
v age Reported.
Wilmington, N. C , August 16.
Yesterday and last night the wind
reached a velocity of thirty miles an
hour here, and there was a heavy fall
of rain. Most of the neonle from
Ocean View, Wrightsvilie and Caro
lina Beach came to the citv. At
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Carolina Beach the wind was blowing
at the rate of 42 miles an " hour, and
at.Southport n reached 46 miles. At
Carolina Beach the tide w-s .the
highest ever known. No serious
damage is reported, but some is ex
pected
Charleston, S C, August 16
High winds, reaching 52 miles an
hour,yesterd2y prevailed here, - but
no damage was done The tide is
two feet above its normal condition.
Guerin Will Repel an Assault
Paris, August 16 Guerii and his
associates, despite all advices to sur
render, are, preparing to hold the
house and repel an assault. Premier
Waldeck Rousseau says the assault
will b'e made, to-day,-
Guerin is the head of the anti-Se-
mitic league and he and his compan
ions denounce t)reyfus and the at
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tempts to clear s nim. 1 hey are
classed as Jew-baiters, and are wanted
for complicity in the plot discovered
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to start a' revolution.
THE LION'S PAW
Is Raised Over: President Kruger An Answer
Must Come Quick.
London, August 16. The war of
fice will order to South Africa for an
emergenc a forde of twenty thous
and soldiers unless President Kruger
replies this week, giving satisfactory
assurances cuuceriimg aiians 111 me
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Transvaal and the determination of
the Boer government.
DU CLAM IS DISGUSTED.
Wants to Tell All He Knows Blames His For-
mer Assoc.ates. .
Paris. August 17 The Lanlerne.
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a newspaper, announces this morn-
ex-Lieut. Col Uu Paty de Clam is
anxious to declare everything he
knows regarding the Dreyfus case
that he is completely disgusted with
the treatment he has received at the
hands of his former associates.
Supplies Sufficient.
Washington, August 16. Secre
tary of War Root has received a dis
patch from Davis, saying that the
supplies in Porto Rico are sufficient
to relieve the present distress until
the transport McPherson arrives!
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Killed the Engineer.
1nntrenl A nrriicf t f UTho nrcc
bound Imperial Limited Canadian
Pacific train which left Montreal on
.
Monday, ran into an east bound train
near Sudbury yesterday. The en
gineer of the Limited was killed, and
several persons injured.
Ordered to South Africa.
Rennes. August 16. Several Ene
lish correspondents here Reporting
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the Dreyfus trial have been ordered
to proceed to South Africa forthwith
as there is expectation of war between
Great Britain and the Transvaal.
THE FIGHT AT flllGELEES.
TEN COMPANIES MEET 2,500 FILIPINOS-XTHE
ENEMY PUT TO ROUT.
INSURRECTION INCREASES IN CEBU ID NEGROS '
The Autonomist Government of Cebu No Good.
The Cruel and Vindictive Treatment of
Lieut. Gillmore and His Men.
Manila, August 13th, via Hong
Kong August 16. The Arrivals by
mail of advices from Negros and
Cebu islands agree that the insurrec- '
tion is gaining strength remarkably
on both these islands, hitherto count
ed most friendly and which received
Professor Schurman with the great-.
est cordiality. ' .
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on Cebu where some of the leading
men have gone over to the insurrec
1 Jin iirfH yrp ipa rpn nariirn ar v
tionists.
Many wealthy inhabitants are pre
paring to leave the island as' the re
sult of the autonolmist government of
the Negros Islanc is disappointing.
.Attacked 2,500 Insurgents.
Manila, Augusp 16. The Filipinos
sustained a severe defeat before
Aneelees to-dav. Ten companies of
the Twelfth Infantry, with two can
non, attacked 2L500 insurgents in
trenched near tofrn. A fierce fight
followed, in which the Filipinos were
worsted and driven back, with a loss
of two'hundred. Our loss, two killed
f uroltra rtr f tin rarv4 .
"The Twelfth Infantry now occupies
Angelees.
Young Lieutenant Dies.
Washington, August 16. General
Otis reports the death from typhoid
fever of Lieut. . B. Morse. His wife
is a niece of President McKinley.and
1 ne was; annninipn t in v av t jt rT this
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year bein8 chosen from the Mrst
California Heavy Artillery. .
Cruel To Prisoners.
San Francisco. August 16. Re
ports reach here from Manila that
Lieut. Gillmore and his men captured
by the Filipinos are being terribly
ia u.. u c,, t
1 ucdicu uy nic iLioiAiguis. Lciicia
found by the Spaniards, and given to
the Americans when Vnen reached
San Isidro tell that the men had been
starved, beaten and bound.- an3 that
they were in ragS. These letters also
told that the Spaniards were treated
even worse by their captors, and that
hundred"? were Hrinor of dvsehterv
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and other diseases, no attention being
given them.
DIED IN AN HOUR.
A Woman Burned to Death Twenty Houses
Consumed.
Lebanon, Pa., August 16.- A fire
was started by a gasoline explosion
last nigni liouni camp
meeting. Twenty cou..,., were
burned, and several person 3 badly
I hnrf A Mrc Miller U.'H mm nlf ttr
enveloped in the flames. She was
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badly burned, and died in an hour.
Laudanum Ends Life.
Wilmington, N. C, August 16.
Edward Rodenck, a white huckster,
committed suicide here yesterday,
using laudanum Family difficulties
- was the cause, borne three weeks
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ago he was indicted by his wife to
keep the peace, and tried to end his
life then, but his brother took the
laudanum from bim. He leaves a
wife and five children.