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V ".ii''Jt::! TlflES-V No. 8,958 RALEIGH, M. C, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24, 1899. 25 CENTS A MONTH HE ISITOR PROOFS NOT CONVICTIONS Demands Dreyfus of Witnesses in the Trial Today MERGERS ADMISSIONS Although Chid Accuser was aot Hrescot at eaterhaiy Trial aor Fallow its Proceedlof a. Rennes, Aug. 24. At cue time a great lumdier of witnesses sprang to the plat form holding up their hands, clamoring so as to create a perfect babel. Mer rier confessed the name. His replies wwe tantamount to confession thai Sandherr and Henry played with Hie Minister of War, and even with Gonse, keeping from them -what letters ! pleaded. Rerenea, Aug. 24. During the exami nation Krf General Rinbomrn at the court martial today Dreyfus sprang to his feet and demanded .tha the witness should I (ring proofs and not convic tion. , General Mercier admitted that, nl thAiurli tflia chief accuser of Dre-yfns, he was not preset at the trial of Ester J hazy, nor followed the proceediigs of said trial. UPTON SAHJS SATURDAY. London, Aug. 24. Upton sails Satur day. He is hoiefuJ of winning, bu' thinks the Columbia will wan a lot or beating. A GERMAN ORANK. ioiwlon. Aug. 24. A former officer of the German army was arrested today i r throwing a letter in the Queen's car riaiie, which was driving in the dnrec t:ou of Whippiiigham. The Queen was stti riled at tile abruptness of the ac tion ami rough demeanor. The officei submitted to arrest quietly, making no effort to escape. THE BUBONIC PRAGUE. Tien Tsing, Aug. 24 The Bubonic plague has broken, out anew. The change is not regarded as serious, hut is fear ed that the disease will spread to Tien Tsm and other places in North Chirfti. ICE CRTAM TONIGHT. There was an old man who said "What! "You say you're awfully hot! Then the very best rule By which to keep cool IB to eat ice cream on the spot!" Take the advise of the k'lowlng eld man and come to the laiwiu nar.y this evening. Ice orfam, cake and string band music will be served from six to eleven this evening on the lawn Mrs. W. A. Myatt's home on Blood worth street. All are invited to come. ALEXANDER HUNG TODAY. The Negro Rapist Fays the Penalty of His Crime. Julius Alexander, the netgro rapist, was bung this morning privately in the Jail yard at Charlotte. He was hung for committing an assault on a married lady to Charlotte. The Charlotte News of yesterday says: PENITENTIARY. Mr. Oshorne on the Purchase of the Caledonia aim . In the course of a conversation with W. H. Osborne, one of the penitentiary executive board, he said that Travis and Newlaod, a majority of that board fa vor the purchase of the "Caledonia" farm, on the Roanoke, and that the pur chase woulsV in all probability be made, says Ooi. Olds in hit correspondence. He say i finperinenidciot Days says there la vsry little wood for fuel on that farm. Osborne is ye fufl of the notion that steady employment can he found for the greater number of convicts on railroads, and other - things, along that line, and say sttie real reason 'why it has not been obtained before ia because it was not diligently sought for. He also is of the opinion that-the cojrvtcts ought tx be employed in the prison ft possible. Sev eral tinea large numbers hare boen, go employed,' making horse-cottars, sh w, etc.,' tmt tabor organxatioMi raised ,i row and said to he matter of shoes a boycott The private corporation which . had a contract with the State for con vict hibor In mafamg shirts came out r the" big end of the horn ' - TRUST LOGIC. "New York World. - The Beef trust is logical. In hard : rimes It keeps op the price- of meat be -cause cattle ire so scarce. In good times It Just advances the price a peg or two because the people vat so much that it ia impossible to Supply the de mand. , .- It is easier to catch a weasel asleep than It is to catch a trust without a good, soond reason (or its extortion. . Many a nran who claims to be truthful -; spends a lot of time echoing, the Mes of other The Ufa stork f some people seems o be critictainf others. ALEXANDER HUNO TODAY The Nrrro Rapist Pays Penalty of Hig Crime. Sitting in the shadow of the gallow on which he will tomorrow forfeit his life 'for a heinous crime, Julius Alex ander, the negro rapist, yet remitting unmoved. In a cold-ibloodcd way he confessed his crime to his sister sev eral days ago, stating that the occur rence took place almost identically as the evdence before the court in which he was convicted showed. Last night about 8:30 o'clock Alex ander sent word to Sheriff Wallace that he wished to see him. The sheriff went to the cell In which the candjeiraiied man has occupied since his incarceration. As' soon as Alexander and Sheriff Wal lace met, Alexander stated that he wished to have a talk with the sheriff as it would, he stiyposed', lie the only opportunity he would have to. tell him about the crime that was weighing so heavily on his mind. 'Sheriff Wallace asked him if he was guilty and, quickly came the answer in the affirmative. Furthermore, Alexander was frank enough to admit that the story Mrs. Mullls, the lady he assaulted, told, was true and he was prepared to meet the iwiialty that had beeen prescribed toy the law. In admitting, his guilt, Alexander told the sheriff that he made his peace 'with God and did not fear to die. Sheriff Wallace states that Alexander was as cool and delitierate as was pos sible for a man to be, especially one J whose time on earth was measured not by days but by hours and mi rout eft. He told the story of his awful crime vth out a shudder. How he had follow -d Mrs. Mullls down Hie railroad trtuk w.th no other intention but to assault h-.'r and, furthermore, the circumstances connected with his attempted escape. ACKNOWLEDGE AMERICAN SOVERIGNTY Gen. Bales Mission to Salu Islands was Successful. Manila, Aug. 24. General Baes has returned from tire Sain Islands, having successfully accomplished his mission. After five weeks of negotiation an agreement was signed, reeogniisiiig Am erican sovereignty. The Sultan and his chiefs signed the agreement. A REMARKABLE LAKE. ! It Rises or Falls Many Feet at Va rious Times. (From -the Middletown (Conn.) Press.) Job's Pond, the remarkaWe lake in this towu which has since early history puzzled scientific men by its jAiciiomc nal actions, is again1 furnishing material for curious speculation. It h is no out let, and in some places is from forty t sixty feet deep. Dr. Field i-i his his tory says It rises and falls as much as fifteen feet, but not from such c.iiim's as affect other ponds. It ;s often the highest in dry seasons, and 1 v.-st in the wet season of the year. When it begins to rise i; rises regularly for six or twelve months, and the falls for about thn same period. Those, how ever, who are most capable of judging. uk there is nothing mysterious about it. It is probably fed by some very deep springs that are mot affected by the rain fall until after a considerable time. This beautiful sheet of water, deeply set between the hills, was once known as Waroona Lake. This Appropriate name is the Australian wont for soli tude. The pond for several years past has given no cause for comment and by some had almost been forgotten. It has now again presented1 Its claims for no toriety in a manner which is certainly as astonishing as had ever been credited to it before. . The water has been, con tinually rising for several days, and has reached a murk over Its natural heights, and is' still reaching out in am eff.irt to cover more territory. The pond is higher, it ia reported by residents hi the vicinity, than it has been since 1870. The most peculiar feature connected widF the present conditions existing there In the fact that fanning land lo cated at a great distance from the take has been affected. John Strick land, who resides near the Outer church, recently ploughed a field located two and a quarter miles from the pond en which he intended to raise a crop of potatoes. He had also compietej a large shed on the lot for the recep tion of the crop when it was harvested. The soil is sandy, but Mr. Strickland had always considered it the most val uable of all his farming land n'ld it has n;ver given hi mreason to think oth erwise. On Wednesday he In 1 occasion 'to do some work on the lot with au ox team, and great was his surprise ti find the soil wet anjl unfit for work eg. He drove his team some distance on the field, where one o fthe oxen sunk down to its body fci the "earth and was with, much difficulty extracted frni) his h sition. - '-' - WHO IS . WILLETT ANYHOW? ' Columbia State.' ' Croker's change of base 'leaves "a dis tinguished Alabama lawyer," one J. J. WiUett, out ra the cold. It was Willctt who quoted Croker as saying last spring thai "Bryan cuts no Ice and Perry Bel mont's views of expansion are correct." 1 ... -i. t7jn n i , . ... . Van Wyck boom Which Hogg exploded. ' Vi lUett is in m had ax. Ha should go to vope for a short season. A NEGRO MOB Assembles to Protect a Negro Rapist SOLDIERS ON THE SCENE The Negroes are About 1,200 in Number and are Armed with Pitchforks to Pistols Delerall the Name of Rapist. Darien, Ga., Aug. 24. Early his morn ing one hundred more soldiers arrived. There are about twelve hundred negroes here, armed with all kinds of weapon" from pitchforks to rifles. The town is under martial law. Some of the liolder negroes say if Donegal is lynched a massacre will follow. The crime for which the negro was arrested is sal.i to have been, conuinitted nine months ago, the victim foiavi'iitg told the story Ukmi tBe birth of her mulatto clii1 said she did not tell betore neca.is. IMogall threatened to kill her and her falicr if she did so. FIRST TWO BALES COTTON Sold on Raleigh Market Ibis Season Both from Johnston County. 'file first bale of this season's cotton was brought to Raleigh and sold to day. As noted yesterday it was brought in ny Mr. ,1. Walter Myatt, of John ston, county. It was bought by Messrs Lee Hi Latta. The price paid was ti cents. The bale weighed 443. Mr. Wyatt won only by a day, as Mr. B. B. Brougliton, of Johnston, brought in the second bale this morning. This was also sold today and was bought by Messrs. U'ec & Lntta at the same price paid for the Myntt cotton. COTTON. New York, Aug. 24 Coton Uds. -August, 78; Scptenilier, 80; November. 03; December, 83; January, 13. HOME WEDDING. Iu this city last evening, at the home of the bride, on Newberu avenue. Mr. VMaud Broughton and Miss Iterlie Spears were united iu marriage by I v. A . M. Siimus. Mr. B rough ton was one of the soldiers from Baleigh in the recent Cuban war, and has come back to claim m his wife one of the fair daughters of the City of Oaks. BOMB OB A BANKER. New York, Aug. 24. A bomb was fouud in the cellar of a banker nam?: H. C. Williams today. The police sus pect a plot. PROTECTION TO GAME A GERM AN CRANK. IN It is not generally known that the last Legislature passed a law aiakinz it a misdemeanor and punishable with a fine for any person to enter 11,1.-11 the land of another without his permission and hunt for any kind of nirds or 1 1 y other gome; and it is not necessary to have the laud posted to make the hun ter liable. " or the iniforinario nof the public we publish the' law, which Is Chapter 534. Laws 1809: "Section 1, That it sj all be unlawful for any person to hurt birds of any kind, or other game, i n the lands of any other person in Wa.e county with out "the permission of the owner there of. "Section 2. Amy person violating this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined five dollars for each and every offence. "Section 3. This act shul be in lo-ce on and after its ratification. 'Ratified 28th ebrnary lSiW." It ds reported on gno.1 authority thnt the land owners are goiug to strictly en force this law. RAILROAD INFLUENCE IN POLI TICS. II. L. W. m Washington Post. It is yet too early m the campaign to venture a prediction as to the vote in Louisville, andyhi fact, neither side is yet thoroughly organised. The Democrats have the advantage in the control of the citygovernment andof the election ma chinery. They are opposed, however, tiy the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, a powerful corporation, while John Whal len, a tocnT Democratic hoes, is with the bolters. The railroad opposition is' a fac tor not to be discounted, not only in Louisville, but throughout the entire State. Every one remembers the -powerful and successful ' influence exerted against Senator Gorman in Maryland by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The sat kind of nght but even mors bitter aad determined, is being made In Kentucky by the Louisville and Nash ville Boad against Goebel. He in tarn, like Gormao, is attacking the road from the stump. The fight has now reached that stage where the road will not sell excursion tickets to any point where Goebel speaks. Perhaps every mm, has his price, bat in most eases t is very elastic. - The fortunate ma always takes D f octane the hardest. - BENB0W BANKRUPTCY CASE Being Heard Before Judge Ewart at Hendersoovllle. Greensboro, Aug. 23 A letter from 'Ilendersonville today states that 011 yesterday Judge Ewart heard the argu ments of Senator Efeltcbafd and some of the other counsel in the Beiilsiw bankruptcy case and that the hearing will likely continue through today ami tomorrow. As I have previously men tioned, the purpose of the tnwtcc 111 bankruptcy (the Southern Ioan ami Trust Company) aimd of Senator Pritcli ami and the other coivnsJ for the cred itors, is to hnve continued the order re straining bhe contmisMion aprHninte.l here at the June term of tire Superior Court from selling Dr. Benhow's ;,rop erty. The trustee and the counsel I'm the creditors also wish to have the case taken from the hands of the State courts and made purely a matter foi adjustment by the United States laws governing bankruptcy. Therefore, the case is interesting, not only liecau.se of the large amounts involved, but in its very nature. The fortunes or. rather, the ill-fortunes of Dr. Benbow htwc hung Is'iii a matter of public interest in (ireenslsiro. People generally have sympathized with him and wished him well out of hiv troubles, for he is one of the land marks of this place and has been its benefactor in many ways. Time wa when he and his contemporaries here were the moneyed men of the State, au '. they used their wealth and iumieiM-e 10 such a manner as befitted men of wis, public spirit and progress. But reverses came with the failure or the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Hail road ami of the North State Improve incut Oompany the time that this sec tion seeoiod to touch the lied-rocl; ol liiiuncinl depression! This context sin: gests a brief summary of the iBunboii case, which is the last heritage, in tin mature of a law smit of coiisoqiiime left by (he North State Improvement Company. Dr. Benbow faiiied in 1S!M. his liabili ties being reckoned at $3117.000. Just after the failure he made a deed of as signnient, which seems to have been in operative. At any rate it was set asidi at the last June term of court on tin grounds of fraud. Among his principal creditors were the Atlantic National Bank, of Wilmington; Hie Greensilior National Bank; the Bainik of New Han over. Wilmington: the Lynchburg Na tional Bank; Miss Rowena Wiggins am! a few others, who held North State Ini provement Company paper, endorsed by Dr. Benbew, to the auwwmt of $102,0011 These claims, it seems, were through' up By Ovaries D. Ben-bow, the son o' Dr. Benbow. who got judgnsiit 011 them inst June; the assignment was set aside, as I have mentioned, and it wn decreed that Dr. Benliow's propertv should be sold to meet these claims as superior liens. The sale of all his prop erty, it is charged, would not have stif ficed to more than pay the $102,000. But a leverage had been given Murch ison & Co., and the Third National Bank, of New York, when Dr. Benbow voluntarily went into 'bankruptcy liu-i February and a trnstee was apiioimt ed. When they saw that Benbow'"' property was to be sold and they were to be entirely left omt, they came in un der the bankruptcy act, and, alleging that there had been fraud and collusion between Benbow aad his son, asked to tie included im the schedule of the bank mptey and that the proceeds of the sa ic should be divided equally among all the creditors. They wish 'to ha.r the State courts from any jurisdiction im itthle mat ter. This is the case as it is standing before Judge Ewart. DEATH OF A YOUNG WOMAN Miss Orion Hnlloway Passed Awnv Near Raleish. Miss Orion Holloway, aged twenty five years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Holloway, died at the borne el her parents in Neuse township, five mile-' from Raleigh .yesterday shortly before noon. The funeral was held from the church at half past ten this niornin- by Rev. H. H. Marshbnrn, of the Bap tist church. Miss Holloway was a gra.lua'e of I'rof. Hobgood's scholJ at Oxford. She was teacher of the infant class ant organist of the Baptist church. Providence, Aug. 24. It is no lougei probable that there will be a strike of telegraphers. Representative men have been given assurance by the New Haven road that their complaints will be given consideraton. JUSTICE NICHOLS' COURT. Bryant Pope was tried before Jnstice John Nichols this morning on the charge of assault with deadly weapon on Mrs. IMary Jane Smith, Pope's daughter' t mothoNn-lpw. It1 (developed that it was a simple assault and the defendant was fined 11.00 and costs. -A ; . The case 'of Will. Creel charged with carrying concealed weapon and point ing a pistol-at Seth, Nowell, was also heard by Justice Nichols. The State did aot sustain their case and Mr.. Creel was dismissed.: '. ., 't ,v. -.iV-v- Jlortgags the ship for all it's worth jwfore yon girt It p. ,.'., -- " AROUND AND ABOUT Items of Interest Gleaned by the Wayside SHORT STATEMENTS Familiar Faces From the Passing Throng Movements of People You know Snatches of Street (iossipToday. Mr. Jesse Jones left this morning. Gen. B JS. Roystier is in the city to day. Mr. Tyn Cobb, of Siufrwl. is in tin' city. Mr. j. T. Womble, of Durham, is in the city. Miss Carey Winrbish has gone on - visit to relatives in Danville. V11. Mi9 Dixie Leach has returned tti the city. Mrs. J. B. Koonce has returned to the city. Gen. Julian S. Oarr, of llu'-ham. r.r rived in the cty this morning. Dughi is making some improvement. -in his restaurant dopnrtiiunt. the street force is grading Dawson street between the union depot and llargett street. Mr. Clarence Poe. editor of the Progressive Farmer, reiirned to the city this morning. A good vaudeville entertainment was given last night at Pullen Park by Sutton, Hardy and Coley. The meeting opened well at the Cen ral Methodist Church last night. Much interest is shown. Services will he held each night. The Bayhoro Transportation Com pany has been incorporated with a capi tal stock of $7,000 to run steamers lu tweeo Bayhoro and Newtiern. D. L. Ward. Esq., of the law firm or Simmons, Pou & Ward, at Craven Circuit Oimiinial Court yesterday in troduced an order reserving one por tion of the court room for whites and one portion for blacks. The order was signed by Judge Battle who directed the 'sheriff to enforce it at once. Mr. Thomas 'E. Wallace, who was assistant postmaster under Mr. Chad bourn at Wilmington, will be perma nently retained in that position I y Miss Darby. Mr. Wallace has a host 01 friends hi Rfllegh who will w pleased to read this. Hon. Frank Thompson, memner of the legislature from Onslow enmity, is m the city on. a visit to his brother. Dr. Cyrus B. Thompson. Prof. James Diniwiddie, of Peaci" Institute, left this morning for Goldshorn and other enstern points. Miss 'Nannie McMackin returned this morning from a vis'i 1 1 Unckuighuni. Mr. J. B. Batehcir r. - I'-ac! t i the city this morning. The first time iu the history of the postoffice here that all tdie employ - have had a fifteen days' holiday ca. '1 with full pay. Postmaster BniKv is always on the alert to benefit the p'i! lic service and at the stime tim- jink after the interest of his employee?. i The eorporaion coinmiission meets agiin September 5th. Today it was no tified of the organization of the Bank of Youngsville; capital, $5,000; J. IV. Terry, president; W. J. Riddick, cash ier. The conHiussion received an invi tation 0 attend the meeting of the Civic Federation at Chicago, Septeni'ls-r 13-IU, at which the sulbject of trusts will lie discussed. The Republicans are at sea asto who will lie their candidate for Governor, says Col. Olds. Ioge Harris says the nomination will go beggifflg and that some one will have to be forced to take it. He says the action of the Poplisls depends upon a national issue nawl that they will tr yto steal a march on the Democrats. It is said that ex-CMcf Justice Shepherd will be the Democratic nomimiee for chief justice. FAIR WBATHiElt. For Raleigh and vicinity: Fair to night, and Friday. Local thunderstorms occurred yester day at Chainlotte, Montgomery, and Port Ends, with the largest amount of rain, 1.32 inches, at Port Ends. Very light showers also occurred in the northwest.- In the central vaHey fair weather 'prevails, and drought contin ues over Texas. A moderate area of high barometer is central over the mid dle Rocky Mountain: slope, with a con siderable fall in temperature, reaching a minimum of 44 degrees at Bismarck and North Platte. Yesterday's highest temperatures were 106 degrees at Pales tine, 100 degrees at Kansas City and 08 at Oklahoma. . Chewing gum was probably invented .jnstice be tolls how the world treats him. Dughi 'a peace cream ia dellcfcms. Try CRIMINAL NOTES Business Transacted by the Mayor and Justice Nichols. Bryant Pope, a white man aged about 45, was arraigned before Justice John Nichols this morang on the charge of assaulting Mrs. Mary Jane Smith, mother of his sou in law. Pop..' went to the house of Mrs. Sniiitih lojkin for his daughter and assaulted Mrs. Smith. Justice Nichols lined him one dollar and costs and sent trim to the roads to work it out. There are three other more scrius charges against him for which he will also have to answer. Keeper of the Market J. N. Mirllary cought another chicken thief this inorn iing. It seem sthnt a gang has been operating about the market snatching chickens from country wagons. The one caught today was a white noy and he was sent on to court und'r a bond. STREET CHAT. Corporal Booker, formerly janitor at the court house, was a recent interested spectator of the work on tho Tucker building. The stone arch over the front door was being raised and the corporal expressed surprise that this bad not lsen done before. Captain Jrthu Fcr rall ninpcnred about this time and in re ply to the Corporal's question said "Why, they built that house and forgot to put in that arch stone, hence they are doing it now." "Well, shore thing folks ain't so forgetful in our section, they don't do that way at Cary," was the knowing reply of the Corporal. Two prominent young attorneys of tbi- city called upon Prof. Krnutz to have their character read. No. 1 tells the fonowing on No. 2, "You are a skeptic, a-imgnostie," said Frof. Krantz, "anil you think yon know a hundred times more than you do." No. 2 says that the Professor eyed No. 1 ortoiically and ask ed '!What is your profession ?" "I am a lawyer," was the quick reply. The professor looked him over very closely tut then said: "Well, I never would have thought it." According to the report of the Unit ed States deputies Johnston is the ban tier moonshine and blockade county in Collector Duncan's district. "We are being severely criticized for our activity in Johnston," remarked a deimty, "but I know the best people of the county are with us und the criticism comes from those who are profifcimg by a violation of the law." Mr. Phickney Caldwell Hardy, the turnkey at the station house, has quite a romantic and thrilling incident con nected 'with law early life. He wa lsru in a 'building covering the spoi where 'the market house now stands. When he was only a few weeks old the building was completely destroyed by fire. In rilie excitement the infant was almost forgotten, but just before it was too late a wan named Pinckney Caldwe'.l ran into the burning building am', hroiusht the little 'baby out in his arms. Hence Mr. Hardy was named Piuckne Caldwell 'Hardy after the man who sav ed: his life on the very snot where he works every day. QUAY TICKET. Iiarrisbnrg, Aug. 24. The Republi can convention met today. The Quay ticket will be nominated. THEY ARE ORPHANS. A Bun Away Couple From Nayh Aged 78 tlnd 70, Respectively Married iu the COurt House. (Wilson News.) There was a wedding in Register of Deeds Barnes' office this morning. It was a runaway love match, and the haven of refuge in the court house in Wilson had been gained only after a swift ride through rain and mud from over in Nash. The bride and groom reached the city in separate conveyances, and the drivers of each vehicle tell that the bride to be and the groom elect had them ply whip to weary steed and fly away to Wilson. It was not a gay young couple, but the blood of age coursed swiftly. The driver of the vehicle which brought the expectant lady, Mrs. Alie Lamm, was her grandson, for the bride is 76 years old. The groom 'is not slow, as his cap ture sliow-8. He is Mr. Jackson Lamm. aged 78, and both bride and groom that are, were fleeing from pursuing children and grandchildren who wanted to keep their fond hearts asunder. , But too late, for Justice of the Peace Roscoe B. Barnes had tsed tliem tight and fast. And so, as our friend Henry Blount would say "We have another evidence of the flowers of affection blooming amid the snows of bleak December." MASONIC. Iliraim Lodge, No. 40,- A. F. and A. M., will meet in special communication Friday evening, August 25th, 1800, for work in the second degree. A full meet ing of the orembership is desired. Breth ren of sister lodges are cordially invited to he present. ' W. W. PARISH, W. M. Bl B. THOMAS, Secretary. ; The beef trust charges. f6 .mora for beef hams In this country today than hurt jreai at tho same season, and yet It is selling beef in Parts, Berlin, St. Pet ersburg and London cheaper than last year. It is only Americans who are robbed by this taaa,. - -w.- - ,' .! . .- -4 r . '1. WOMAN LEAPED INTO SCHJJYL. ' KILL. Bu Her Suicidal Effort Wm Frus trated, a Boatman Resetting Her. -Mrs. Mary Qumn, 1927 Carlton street, attempted to commit suicide yesterday .morning b yleapuig off the OallowfrHl Street bridge imto the Schuylkill river. She was rescued, however, by J. 8. Mc Cull, Eighteenth and Paiplar streets, and taken to the German Hospital, where she lay last night in a critical condition. McCall was sitting im a spat bolow thebridge on the east side of the river, where he heard a mam's voice cry: "liook out below there!" As he raised his eyes, bo saw, D. tween the water and bhe bridge, the falling body of a woman. A few min utes later his shoes were thrown aside and he wns in the river swimming rap idly toward the place where the woman had sunk beneath tne s-i.vace.j The cn fortunate woman, had gone down for the second time when (MdCall saw her hair floating on the Water. ; He quickly seized her, and swajn with Her ro the shore. As McOall drew the inanimate forii from the water several persons has tened to his assistance, and vigorous efforts were .made to resusitate the woman. In a few minutes she partially recovered consciousness and was taken to the German Hospital, where she gave the name of Mts. Mary Quiim), and "aid that she Jived at 1027 Cnnlton street. She is suffering greatly from the shock of the plunge. The police of the Ninth district, who investigated the case, learned from wit nesses that Mrs. Quinm had walked rapidly toward the bridge, and after getting about one-third of the way ncross she had paused suddenly, and after a fe w moments' hesitation had leaped over the railing to the river be low. Severn! of Mrs. Quimn's relatives who were seen last night said that for the last few months she bad been in feeble health, and had been in an exceedingly nervous condition. This, it is thought, affected her mind. Philadelphia Press. POSEURS FROM PiRIS. Walk along the stivets of Paris and you will see a hundred simple dtfzens tricked out in such a guise as :n roller London would mtnke them riiicnlons. Is a man a poet? Then his hair is invariably long; his clothcB are shabby and fantastic; his hat, with its lit brim, recalls the fashion of 1830. Is a man a painter? Then his cloth-Mi proclaim that he inhabits Montnmrte, and that he wanders up and down under the skinny trees of the boulevard Roche ehouart. Is a man a journalist? Then he is what is called epatant ,and dines, for a reduced price, at the C ife Anglais. Is a man a deputy? Then the imagina tion, refrnins from a formnia; he ha 11 brougham, and he is "decorated, but be yond this the eye of dogmuisin cannot penetrate. Yet, whoever he bo, he dresses the part; he separates himself from the bourgeoisie by a trick of custom and gesture; and, though no man ever possessed so brilliant ar genius as the young Frenchman assumes, his love of acting instantly marks him oat, and the world is so wisely ftcclstomed to his antics that a man who would be mobbed in London uia-ches up nii.l d.,vn Paris unobserved. It is an nsx iiiisV.lng dis tinction. London Spectator. THEIR GUILT ON THEIR BROWS. New Scheme to Brand Criminals Talk ed of by Neiw York Police. New York, Aug. 21.-The proposition to brand criminals on the forehead with the marks of hie speetitl crime te caus ing considerable dsdwson. in tihe Ber tillion Bureau of the New York Police Department. The plan is to stamp letters with a chemical, invisible in the darkness of a cell, but hnimediately transformed into coal-black letters the -moment the pris oner escapes n. to the sunlight. The new system is he intverntion of Dr. Louis B. Couch, of Nyack. On negroes Dr. Couch would use a strong solution of peroxide of hydro gen, which bleaches tho coloring matter in the skin, leaving the parrs to which it is applied snowy white. The colorings on the sktni made by a solution of nitrate of silver would wear aiway in time. Captain George Mc Ciusky, of the Detective Bureau, thinks that the people of New York wooid hardly allow such a proceeding. M'KINLBY HAS USURPED POWJ3R. Fayetteville Observer. - The war-making power under our taw, the Congress, has not declared war against onr late allies, tho Filipinos, yet the President ia waging war against them. If there, were - Democratic House, he would he Impeached, and ir there were a Demncratie Senate he would he convicted and deposed. The pretense out forth by tie President that we must lower the flag ta defeat before the Filipinos, is of no weight No one is calling for that. All that as neces sary is srnrpiy to declare to the Filipinos that wa mean to grro them independence and the war will cease. t - 1 " Attorney General Griggs It at Hatta trargy N. Y., putting his time playing gotf. I the meantime the Carter case is hung up and tho trusts i( tnuhiplar. "Platts" burg is a, good ptac to go to get orders to do nothing. Ha thinks It would be "super-officious" M enforce ; tbm laws against rich Ttuiators . - :i'' 1 I A
The Raleigh Times (Raleigh, N.C.)
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