VOLUME XXIX,
WILSON. N. C, AUGUST 24, 1899.
NUMBER 33.
III
DREYFUS' COURAGEOUS COUNSEL IN COURT
THE AUDIENCE ACCLAIMS HIM.
DREYFUS' WORDS Hill THE URGE AUDIENCE
They Applaud Him Tumultuously A
Dynamite Sent to Labori's Room-
Prods the Witnesses.
Box With
Labori
Rennes, August 22.-Maitre La
bori, the leading counsel ot Dreyfus,
who was wounded in the back by an
assassin's bullet, has so far recovered
that he appeared at the opening ol
today's session of the court martial.
He walked briskly, holding his hand
to his side to ease his wound. The
audience wildly acclaimed and de
manded a speech, to which he re
sponded cleverly.
Labori immediately began the
cross examination of Gen. Mercier.
His first question caused a great sen
sation. He asked by what right
Mercier had in his possession the
secret dossier, a state document,
when he was no longer a member of
the cabinet, nor of the Government.
Gen. Mercier grew red and confused,
he stammered a moment, then de
dined to answer.
Replying to charges of Col. Mourot
to-day Dreyfus thrilled the audience,
crying, in a shrill voice: "I love the
array." The audience "was magne
tized by the sincerely of his tone and
applauded tumultuously.
Labori Prods Mercier.
Rennes, August 22. One of La
bori's questions to Mercier referred
to the Schneider forgery. Mercier
refused to tell how he got it. Car
riere tried to help Mercier by claim
ing; that it was a secret document, but
Labori said the prosecution had in
troduced it and hence his question
was admissable. '
To Dynamite Labori.
Rennes, August 22 Two bombs
have been found in a box in Labori's
room. It .is believed that they were
sent in pursuance of a plot to take
his life.
. WEDNESDAY'S PROCEEDING.
Rennes, August 23.- M. Labori
looked very much stronger this
morning.
M. De Breull testified that he met
Dreyfus at a dinner party at the house
of M. Bodson in Paris in 1886. Bod
son told him that he knew enough
about Dreyfus to get him" kicked out
of the army.
Labori pulverized him by showing
that he knew nothing that he could
substantiate by evidence.
Insinuations Against Plcquart.
Rennes, August 2-. Capt. Lerond
tended Esterhazy by saying it was
impossible for him to know about the
hydraulic brake mentioned in the
rdeau. then he related how Pic
quart had assigned him . to watch
Esterhazy. He made insinuations
against Plcquart, which that officer
repudiateg1 and disputed several times.
Esterhazy 's evidence in the Court ot
Cessation was read. Letters from
ernazy were read stating that he
-..wu uiai uenerai. raures in
tervention following the receipt of
"iese letters to have led to Picquart
beig sent to Tunis.
Gonse Denies Statements.
Gen. Gonse denied the statements
terhazy reflecting upon the gen
al staff. -
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Don asked Conse what, in his
eyes, could excuse the villainous acts
taken to apprise Esterhazy of his
danger from Picquart's investigations.
Gonse refused to admit that any im-
1 proper means had been taken. When
he was asked it he would accept the
responsibility for the acts of De Clam,
Gonse answered evasively.
Dreyfus Has a Word.
Du Breil, being cross examined by
Labori, hinted that Dreyfus was a
man with a black past. v
Dreyfus excitedly said : "It must
be made known here who is lying
and who is spealffng the truth."
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AN UNCENSORED DISPATCH FROM MANILA
THE INSURRECTION GROWS.
BEAT THE BRIDE.
Inhuman Conduct of a Brutal Father
Officers Off With a Shotgun
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Raleigh, N. C. August 23. Young THE ENGLISH THINK THE TIME HAS COME
CARRY FOOD FROM MANILA TO REELS OUTSIDE
Mr. Smith of Middle Creek Town
ship, Wake county, married Miss
Pope, of Marks Creek Township while
her father Bryant Pope was away.
When he returned he beat h& wife
THE BOERS THINK LIKEWISE.
VOLUNTEER REG1SEHTS OFFER THEIR SERTIGES.
Forty-five Tons of Rice TaVen In Small Parcels severly because of the marriage and I The Boars Are Gathering to Do Battle The
-Insurgents Immediately Re-enter Towrns
Abandoned By Americans.
OCRACOKE A WRECK.
Hotels, Houses and Churches Blown Down
Terrible Struggles for Life.
Manila, August 19, via Hong
Kong, August 22. The Filipino
rebels appear to retain much more
fighting spirit than might be expect
ed after their defeats recently at San
Fernando and the drubbings Lawton
gave them in the South.
They have an army of several
thousand in Cavite province where it
Washington, N. C, August 22.
Ocracoke Island is a wreck. Thirty-
three houses and two churches are
destroyed and two people killed. The was believed the revolt had been sup
wind blew at seventy miles an hour Pressea
and waves twenty to thirty feet high
broke on the island, the storm begin
niner last Tuesdav.
VhcrWnrT A wm; nfWH Hundreds of Filipinos enter Manila
then crossed the river "and finding
Smith cut him with a knife. Smith fled
and the irate father took the bride
home tied her to a tree and beat her
cruelly, using a plank on his own wife
also. Warrants were sworn out lor
Pope's arrest and a posse went after
him. Pope barricaded himself in his
house and opened fire on the officers
who retreated quickly.
Yesterday Pope came to Raleigh
and surrendered. He will have to
answer a number of charges.
Clash of Arms May Soon Come in
the Transvaal.
RECENT AMERICAN VICTO
RIES HAVE BEEN EXAGGER-ATED.
RUSSIANS ARE FRIGHTENED.
Rumor that the World is Coming to an End
Frighten the Uneducated Classes.
St. Petersburg, August 23. Re-
London, August 23. Offers are
reaching the war office from every
volunteer regiment in the country
expressing a willingness to enter the
service at the Cape in the event of
war with the Transvaal. '
The Boers Prepare.
Cape Town, South Africa, August
23. The Mafeking horse regiment
is mobilizing rapidly. Several hun
dred recruits have arrived here fully
equipped and have joined the Vivians
camp. Every train is bringing in
fresh recruits. It is reported that
three hundred Boers have formed a
terribly beine driven on a shoal last daiIy and return to the rebels lines ports from southern Russia say that league on the border.
Wednesday. After heroic eftorts all
of the party aboard except two were
rescued. From Wednesday till Sat
urday they were without food.
The people on the island suftered
awlully, all expecting to perish, and
the ball room at the hotel became a
place of prayer.
Many vessels along the coast were
wrecked and everywhere in the vicin
ity of Ocracoke immense damage waT ateo, abandoned for the third time
done. after its' recent caotu re bv the Ameri-
a a a --v I
rortsmoutn sunered like ucracoKe, cans.
having houses blown down and
horses and cattle drowned. From all
the seaside comes a tale of terrible
havoc.
with food and other commodities, a current rumor of the annrnachimr American Ammunition'Wanted.
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The guards reported that five thous- end of the world is causing a panic Birmingham, Ala., August 23 A
and passed through the lines in three among the' uneducated classes. firm here has received an order
days and carried out forty-five tons Workmen are leaving Kharkov in for fourteen million Mauser car
of rice in small parcels in ten days. large numbers, wishing to spend tridges for urgent delivery to South
The American troops were with what they consider their last days in Africa. Secrecy is observed regard
drawn from all that part ot the coun- village homes. Factory owners ing the exact destination, but -it is
try which was half cleared of rebels have asked the police to stop this said the Boers alone use Mauser rifles
oy me expeuiuon 01 rvmencans in emigrauon in oraer to prevent ruina- in mat territory.
tion of business.
June last' . X ;. ,. ; ,
The rebels have returned to San
BULLET IN THE HEART.
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.POLICEMAN'S GOOD AIM.
A FAMILY FIGHT.
DEATH IN THE STORM.
Fourteen Fisherman Drowned On Friday The
' Los3 Of The Mystery.
Beaufort, N. C. August 22. Dur
ing the storm of last Friday, sixteen
fisherman, camping on Swan Island,
near the mouth of the Neuse were
forced to take to small boats to get to
the mainland as the island overflowed.
All the boats but one capsized and
fourteen were drowned A aave large
families at Piney Point in Cartaret
county.
It is reported the schooner Mys
tery, ot Beaufort, Capt. David lones,
is lost oft Harbor Island. The cap
tain and crew of- three men were
drowned, and the vessel, with her
cargo of salt, is a total loss.
MORE WAR TALK.
Transvaal Reply not Satisfactory England To
Send an Ultimatum.
London, August 22 The reply of
the Transvaal government is unsatis-
actory, and it is reported on good
authority that Chamberlain has ready
the draft of an ultimatum which he
intends to forward to Kruger, de
manding immediate action in remov
ing the franchise grievance. It the
ultimatum is not complied with war
wili follow.
GUERuT ATTACKED.
The Infantry Lay Siege to Hia House. Prow
Reports Censored.
. Paris, August 22. An attack has
begun on Guerins house by a detach
ment of infantry. No one is allowed
to approach the neighborhood, the
eavalrv rharjyiner fiercely all crowds
that assemble, of show any signs, o
disorder. Severity of press censor
ship prevents fuller dispatches.
Brother Brains His Sister Then the Other
Brother Kills Him.
Chattanooga, August 22. : In a
family fight last night in Etowah
county, Alabama, Sallie and Joseph
Ward were killed outright.
The latter, who has just served a
term in the penitentiary, struck his
sister on the head . with a churn,
braining her. Her brother, John,
interposed, and the two fought' a duel
in the road. Joseph was shot dead
and the other is badly wounded.
Kills Two Negro Thieves After They Shoot At
A Married Man and a Girl of Fifteen They Had . '"' ,
Eloped. Urbana, Ohio. August 23. The
Coronor held an inquest over two ne-
New York, August 23. The bod- gro thieves to-day shot by a police--
ies of a man and a woman were found man ten miles south of this -city,
this morning in a vacant lot in Har- They stole some harness from Mayor
lem, each with a bullet wound in the Johnson and the officer chased them
heart. They were identified as Jose- ten miles. The thieves fired upon
phine Engel and John Landovver. the officer but the latter fired with
Landower's age was thirty-five and better aim.
the girl's fifteen. They lived in the
same house and he was married while
she was single, and they had eloped.
TROUBLE WITH THE DUTCH.
RAILROAD SMASH UP.
A Serious Wreck This Morning Engineer and
Fireman Badly Injuted.
Syracuse. August 22. There .was
a serious wrecic on tne iew Yom
A Mob Does Mad Work Cavalry and Infantry
Do Service.
Amsterdam, August 23. The dis
turbances at Hilversum were contin
ued last night. The mob stoned the
troops occupying the town. The
cavalry charged the rioters with
drawn swords, and finally the infantry
Burglar Shot Dead.
Englewood, N. J., August 23.
Caretaker Peterson of the Creighton
and Farrar Boarding chool shot
dead a burglar after a hard fight.
When he was discovered the burglar
dropped everything and attacked
Peterson with a pair of skates.
AFRAID OF REVOLUTION.
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French Securities Seek Hiding Places London
and Brussels Banks Loaded.
Central this morning. A long train fired upon the mob killing one and
of cars are oiled ud as the result.
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The engineer and the fireman were
taken out of the wreck badly injured.
The section foreman, Long, is still
under the engine. , 1
This is one of the most severe
wrecks caused by a freshet in years.
Seveial breakmen were thrown a
wounding two. Quiet was restored
about midnight.
$60,000 DAMAGES.
Suit Aglnst the Southern Railway A Brake
man Lost a Leg.
Smithfield, N. C, August 23
great distance and severely injured. Complaint in a suit for $60,000 dam
age was filed here yesterday for
Too Much Whip. : Thomas Vance Holt, whose leg was
crushed off a year ago while in the
London, August 23 The banks -are
receiving large deposits of money
and stocks of valuables on French
account. The banks at Brussels are
being similarly loaded with French
deposits.
Fortune To 60.
T? oloinrVi M I Alioriict 11 ft a
reported that J. B. Fortune, clerk of
the United States District Court at
vvasamgion,, August 23. runner employ of the Southern Railway, wuagu ims wxu- iuoiw tu icaiu
complaints have been received at the This he claims was due to the neg- y Judge Purnell, and that Geo,
Department ot Justice of whipping of ilence of that company, for a hand Green, of the United States Court at
Federal prisoners at the North Caro- hold gave way as he was coming New Bern will get the job which pays
lina penitentiary. Previous coin- down from a rear car and the train fe5 a year, and that Green may
plaints resulted in the government's went over him as he fell to the track, also be made circuit clerk which pays
ordering that no s more convicts be
sent there, and renewed complaints
may eventuate in those there being
removed elsewhere. '-? r ''.
The treasury has paid to North
Carolina 'about $13,000, her expendi
tures for equipping troops for war
withSjpain.!.r::!-::ir' ; t;':.
Want Him a Day Sooner.
r New York, August 23. The
Dewey Committee this morning
adopted a resolution asking Admiral
Dewey to arrive here on September
28th instead of the 29th.
$1,000 more.
Senator Pritchard had Fortune put
in but Purnell has never been satisfied,
so it is said.
Jha Kind Yob Hats Always Bought
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