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VOLUME "WILSON; N. G., SEPTEMBER" 14. 1899. KUMBER 36. iffil MM IS THE rflULTI-KILttCNAISE PASSES A WAY SACK FROM NEWPORT. JUST m mmM HAD TIME TO REACH H!H. News of His Death Affects Stock Market Slight lyWill Not Interfere With Pro- . posed Railway Deal, i New York, September 12. Cor nelius Vanderbilt died at 5:15 this morning at his residence on Fifth ave nue in this city. Vanderbilt had just returned from Newport last night and was taken suddenly ill about midnight. Drs. Janeway and anoth er physician worked lor five hours to restore him but . the patient died at five fifteen this morning. Mrs. Vanderbilt,. the youngest son Reginald, and a younger daughter, Gladys were at his death-bed. Cor- i. ' nelius Vanderbilt Jr. and his wile are at Newport. , , . It is stated this morning that the cause of his death was a stroke of paralysis similar to the one he exper ienced about two years ago. No Physician Was Present. ; Alter many misleading statements had been given out Chauncey De pew says that Vanderbilt died be fore any medical aid could be sum moned and that no physician .was present. He said that his death was caused from a cerebral hemorrhage. Death Sets Stocks Trembling; The stock market was not disturb by Vanderbilt's death, as he was no largely interested speculatively. The New York Central fell oft only- quarter of one per cent, and other Vanderbilt stocks in keeping. In other departments of the marke the trading was attended writh greater excitement and heavier sales with corresponding , changes in prices. Tennessee coal dropped nine and one half. The' decline is attributed to the selling by specialists. Granger stock suffered fractional losses but rallied later, as the morning advanced receiving rallies on the reports to the effect that the death in the Vander bilt family would not retard in any was the railroad consolidation plans of W. K. Vanderbilt. VANDERBILT'S FUNERAL Rumor As to Head Of Family Cornelius, Jr. And William K. Both Mentioned. I -New York, September 13. The funeral of Cornelius Vanderbilt, who djed yesterday, ; will take place Friday' morning jat 10:30 in St. Bar tholmew's church of which he was a warden. It is stated that Cornelius, Jr. was reconciled with his father and will be the head of the family. ' Vanderbilt had amassed a fortune of $100,000, 000. I 1 Chauncey Depew says that the re lations of Cornelius Vanderbilt with his son Cornilius, Jr., were only fair. He left the inference that William K. Vanderbilt would handle the fortune of the dead millionaire. Yellow Fever In New York, New York, September 12 ', Health Officer Doty reported- this morning that the three yellow fever patients were steadily improving. The body of Dr. Burley , who "died of the dis ease, may be cremated ' this evening on Swinburne Island. THE YELLOW FEVER. ouisiana Towns Quarantine New Orleans New Cases. ... -Mo New Orleans, September 12. The State Board of Health met today to consider the quarantine question, as several Louisiana towns have an nounced embargos against this city. Several patients are being watched here, but there is no positive case of yellow fever since the third which is now nearly well. case FILIPINOS REFUSE AUT0H0?JIY. Fear Race Prejudice Also High Handed Methods Employed. Manila, September 13. The reply of the Filipino Congress to the American offer of an autonomous form of government, says that-it is not accepted because they ae alarmed by the race prejudice shown by the Americans and the high hand ed methods employed. Pope Leo Has a Cold. Rome, September 13 Dr. Lap- poni, Leo's physician, in response to an inquiry as, to the Pope's illness, stated today that his patient had a jslight cold, but that no trace of fever had devt loped. All audiences are suspended and complete rest pre scribed, i It Deserves High E'raist'. In the Morning Post of Sunday, Col.D. W orthington hasv an article that is a magnificent piece of word painting, ana is a tribute from one noble soldier to another. We regret tbat we have not the space to repro duce the article, for it is brilliant in its conception, true in its delineation and vivid in its recital. A few lines we give. "Manassas, the nocturne of death man to man, bayonet to bayonet, can non to cannon, bosom to bosom here was challenged the asserted right of coercion ; frenzy against frenzy, patriotism, anger, vanity, hope, des pair, each facing and nieeting the other like dark, clashing whirlwinds. Hither sped Jackson with the swoop of the eagle, down the valley from Gordonsville, to'f-tvr carnage, lo a bloodier banquc. Hither he came with as high a resolve as ever animated Peter the Hermit to' plant upon the sandunes of Palestine the cannot be known. The formula by which he may be judged is yet undis- covered. Eleven o'clock, twelve o'clock, and Jackson, with folded arms, occupies the plateau near the Henry House. Just beyond is a dark confused death- wrestle. Forty thousand athletes against eighty thousand athletes, Two hundred odd iron throats per- petually vomiting an emetic of death. Hope within him burns like freshly lighted fagots. There is a quiver in the steeled nerves ; the old sun- scorched cap is in the hand ; the lips are slightly parted ; the order given and the Stonewall brigade is hurled i-i : human uKe a prujw uHuu - living flesh. There is a halt,arecoi cannon spit out their fire, their hail, their death upon the bosoms bared to the shock. "There stands Jackson like a stone wall." Under that name he was baptized with fire at Manas sas. Everywhere that sun-faded coat was the oriflamme oi battle ; every- where it was i gueraonupuuw- the Stonewall brigade gazed and 101- :e w kL white lowed as if it had been the white plume of Navarre. 1 118 IF n THREATENS, TO SOUND IN SOUTH AFRICA GER IS DELIDERATIfJG. THE BRITISH ANSWER WITH JSH ULTIMflTUM The Boers fust Decide In Forty Eight Hours- The Views Of The Orange Free State Have Been Asked. Pretoria, September 13.-7T h e Transvaal government has received the answer to its propositions. The answer ig really an ultimatum ano its reading in the Volksraad caused in tense excitement. The situation is acute, and any hour may bring war. Gives Forty Eight Hours Pretoria, September 12. (Delay ed in transmission.) The latest under standing here in regard to the British reply is that it asks an answer from the Transvaal in forty-eight hours. The executive has already deliber ated the matter, and has been in tele graphic communication with the Orange Free State government, with which Kruger has consulted in re gard to his reply, which will be draft ed tomorrow, after the views of the Orange Free State are ascertained. ;It will then be submitted to the Volks raad. The situation is regarded as very grave, Put secretary 01 state J.eitz has declared thatbtes not , regard it as hopeless. The Terms of the Ultimatum. London, September 13. Colonial Secretary Chamberlain's message to the Transvaal says: The franchise concessions will be accepted if a court of inquiry shows them to be ade quate The Outlanders members must be permitted to use their own langnage. An immediate reply is re quested to relieve the present tension. ' Says War is Certain. A; Pall Mall Gazette Cape Town special says that the British reply is regarded as equivalent to an ultima tum. Correspondents' advices from Pretoria indicate that war is inevit able. Will Protest Italian Miners. A Pretoria special to the Cape Times says that the Tranpvaal gov ernment has nqtified the miners of Italy that it will give them a safe con QUCt and protection in case they wish i r ii . t 1 10 remain in uie iransvaai. Irishmen Will Help. The report on the Rand that Irish- men have formed a corps to help Kruger is confirmed. It is said in Cape Town that a telegram has been received from New York saying that ten thousand Irishmen are ready to help the Transvaal. Don't Know What to Do. -phe Orange Free State burghers are reported as being bitterly divided n tne merits of the controversy and 0 a their probable course. Another Phase of the Terms. f fi g ' r gation of the African Republic here , . . . - of cLmberlain'S , Transvaai ;n which he says that Great Britain absolutely re jects all the Boer proposals on the basis of the assumption of the Trans vaal of certain rights in foreign and international aflairs. They state that Her Majesty's gov- ernment has absoIutely repudiated . . , ' r . this view of the political status of the Transvaal. n 11 It THE PARDON OF DREYFUS. Y '4 Reported in New York and London Rumor Seems Well Founded. New York, September 13 A Journal Paris special savs : 4 4 4 - 4 il ltcan now stated as almost jj- it t: x certain that Dreyfus has been pardoned. n Circulated in London. London, September" 13. H The Evening News says:-It is rumored in the city that the Rothschild? have been informed that Dreyfus has been par Si doned. FAMINE IN TRANSVAAL. People in Some Sections May Suffer To Seize The Mines. Pre! oria, September 12. It is of ficially announced that the law con- fiscating the mines owned by persons accused of high treason will be again pnfnrrpd. 5 The Transvaal government will take charge of such mines and work them after thev have been closed for a certain length of time. Danger of Famine. London, September 12. A Pall Mall Gazette dispatch' from Cape Town says that the prices of food stuffs and other necessities of life are going up at an alarming rate on the Rand. Famine threatens many per sons remaining in Pretoria and Johan nesburg. There is a feeling of disgust at the flight of the Outlander leaders that is becoming more pronounced. TEDDY NIcGOVERN WINS. A Big Crowd Witnesses The Match Round Settles It. . -The First I Westchester, N. Y., Sept. 12. The weather today was perfect and a big crowd assambled at Tuckahoe to witness the match between the pugil ists Pedlar Palmer and Teddy Mc Govern. McGovern was the favorite in the betting and won the fight on the first round, knocking out Palmer. Kound 1. -r aimer began witn a left lead and tried to force matters, both gave and took' right and left swings to the head. McGovern puts his left to Palmer's right shoul der, bringing the blood. McGovern got his right to jaw felling Palmer. Palmer took three counts before ris ing. The fighfing was fierce, Pal mer going down again. McGovern, when he rose, knocked him out. THE WHIPPING POST. It Is Used At Roslyn, Va. Punishment For Charge Of Assault. Washington, September 12. -The first legal whipping in this vicinity since the civil war, was administered to John Bushard, a young colored man at Roslyn, Va., just across the Potomac , He was charged with at tempted criminal assault upon a colored girl. The charge was not proven but Justice Smith ordered the accused to receive fifteen lashes on his bare back. The constable exe cuted the sentence in the court room. It was first decided to give the girl ten lashes also but she was left oft with ' a lecture, and ordered to keep away from these parts of the country. School Books at State List Prices. Wilson Book Store. HI SHE OF FRANCE THE WORLD HORROR-STRUCK WITH HER IN JUSTICE PROTESTS ARE HADE. A DIRECT SLAP IS THE FACE OF GERMANY The Dreyfus Verdict So Declared In Cologne The Paris Exposition Will Be ' Boycotted. Cologne, Germany, Sept. 13. The final session of the Trades Guilds of all Germany last night decided that no members of the Guilds Union will exhibit at the Paris exposition. Resolutions were passed to the effect that the verdict of the Rennes court martial that Dreyfus was guilty is equal to a slap in the face of Ger many. In view of the official declar ations oi the German government with regard to Dreyfus they further declared that the verdict had shaken the very roots ofr the belief of the people as to French justice and its moral credit. The President Meets Opposition Paris' September 13. The Journal states tbat the government has not abandoned its intended actions with regard to some General, but that the -President is having unexpected oppo sition. , Several members of the Chamber of Deputies intend introducing bills" at the next session abolishing Courts Mariial . is J imp. of peace and modify-. s ing the Criminal Code. ' Says Jt Was a Fluke. . New York, September 13 Pedlar -' Palmer, the English Pugilist, sailed on the steamer New Y'ork today. Before sailing he told a reporter that the fight was a fluke. "McGovern can't whip me," said Palmer, "and I am coming back soon to fight him for five thousand dollars a side." liingham S-cIiool at Mebitnc. (Special Correspondence of Dau,y News.)c Bingham School, Mebane, N. C, Sept. 9, 1899. The fall session of the Bingham . School of Orange County has opened most auspiciously. The campus of the school, which is one of the largest in the State, is looking its prettiest, and the weather from the beginning of the session has been faultless, an unclouded sky making everything beautiful and cheerful. Besides a good attendance of new students, indications are there will be more old boys back again in school than for many years past, and the high character of the boys who have entered has already attracted mucK attention. Professor Gray, together with his faculty, composed of Messrs. Charles H. Johnston, A. 'V. Man gum, J. S. Clay, M. C. I.v R. A. Winston and George L. Hatnptou, are on the grounds and regular work is going on. - A very attractive reception will be given in a short time to the new stu dents, and this -pleasant event is look ed forward to with much pleasure. Whopping Big Ship. New York, September 13. The Oceanic, the biggest ship that floats the waters, arrived at the Light this morning. She carried 2014 passes gers, and the time from Europe was' made in 6 days, 1 hour, 24 minutes. Over 2,000 passes were issued to vis itors today.
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