RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 30, 1899:
25 CENTS A MONTH
No. 8,963.
DE CLAItl'S . v.;
' - ADMISSIONS
His Startling Revelation are
J A. Kept "secret 7 -
PROSECUTION CLOSES
Dreyfus' Terrftle ! Straia Several Ex
perts Testify tar tac PriaMcr
at Today'. 8eag1egj.,,
. Pari, Aug. 80. Yesterday', examlna
' tioa ot de Clam lasted an boor. Martin
says that be made sensational reeela
tiou "which are of tuck a serious char
acter that we win leave to .the court,
partial the responsibility of making
them pabUc." ". .
Figure a Rennes correspondent aay.
. that none of the judge hate expressed
an opinion, but it seem froai their maiv
ner of questioning that two of them
onsideFTreyfu' guilt not proved. One
.is undecided and four' maintain stolid
demeanor. A torrent report says three
nietiibers favor the accuaed.
Mathue Dreyfos, brother of the pris
ouer, is amased at the contrast between
the determined mein of his brother be
fore the Judge and hia usual weakness.
AH membera of the family except a
collapse after the trial.
Kfunt-a, Aug. 30. No exciting inci
dent occurred in the court martial tfaia
morning. -
raul Mayer, head of Rode de Charte,
waa the first witness. He wa favor
able to the prisoner.
Meyer M. Mollner, Giry and Picot, all
ranking aa high expert, testified in fa
vor of Cant. Dreyfus. The latter aaid
that the foreign attache cleared Dreyfu
and aaid Esterhazy wm a swindler and
wrote the bordereau,
Gen Deloye testified against the Drey
fus artillery references in the bordereau.
Mottner said Esterbasy had changed
hm hand writing sine 1804. This state
ment made by Merrier, to the astonieh
l aent of the audience, waa confirmed.
, .The prosecution exhausted, the list of
? its witnesses with Gen. Delore.
SAME D0MIN0O REVOLUTION
The Oaveraateat Meetiaf Weal After
Defeat aa4 Laslaf fowM.
. Sante Domingo, Aug. 80. Toe leaders
of the revolution have refused to accept
the propositions of the government to
suspend hostilities. Santiago surrender
ed to the revolutionists Monday after
noon and this city did the same yester
day, after some fighting. The strength
of the revolutionists Is such that it is
Impossible for the government to resist
them. Jimtnee, the leader of the revolu
tion lata. Is at Vega.
MISS GRANT'S WEDDING.
Fixed for Monday, the 25th of Sep
tember. Newport, B. I., Aug. SO.-iMre. Fred.
' D. Grant has made the formal announce
ment of the date of the wedding f her
daughter, "Miss Julia Dent Grant, to
Prince Cantacusene, The-ceremony will
take plaea on September 25, and wilt be
performed by a local clergyman, as the
' Rhode' Island law permits none bat H-
-reused dergymen to perform a marriage
service hi' this State. ,
', V. S.,drant, a brother of the bride, ta
the absence at her father, General Fred.
D. Grant, arho .as in the Phllpplnes,
, will gie.e mrtoe away.-; , After rae
eeteia'jtaiibe ' .ae;'Bathr..'cera-
, 4ioy tUjbe eU eaUea, the sum
mer rwdaaos ait" Man. jf?oter Palmer,
at ' htA 'aa orthodox . Russian clergy
man, f Jfew ork, ill officiate. ; :
- After a short farewell reception' at
r' Beanliea the bridal party will leave for
A New York, where they will take e.teem-
jer , rur isuropa, ana go unw nr. m
f castle; aff; JPrlaee Csotacuaene, in' .Mos
cow, near; Odessa. "
v ; For the past two week wedding pres
; enta have been arriving from friends
- of the Prince m , Europe, and among
thetn is aaid to be a gold toilet aet from
'. the Caar.
' On September 23 a dinner to the ush
er will be given at Beanliea.
' ; On the arrival of Jhe Prince In this
; rity a round of entertainments In his
! honor will be given by Mrs. Potter
i Palmer. : - ,
MB. WORTH DBA.
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' The death of Mr. Daniel Worth, of
Guilford College, occurred at ten o'clock
luM night. He had been quite ill for
some, time, and it has Wen known for
several days that he could not recover. "
'; He waa 75 years old and one of the
-most honored eitiaena in his cotnmnpity.
He waa a brother of State Treaaogrer
Worth and leaves a large number of
-rctativea 'knd imiunerable friend to
- aiour hia lo. 3 reenboro Telegram..:
The Al. G. Field Greater Minstrel
came la this morning on their seven cars,
the Dixie sod the Flanger, drawn by a
special trails. :
BURGLAR WOVKDED.
- New York, Aug. 30. Abe Ooawley,
the noted Manhattan bank burglar, ia
lying in the hospital with a mortal
wound in hia left In-east, received last
night In, a tasawl in a aaloon.
JBLLOW JACK.
4
Havana, Aug. 30. TeBow fever has
broke out among the troops at Cabanas.
Five soldiers are ill with the disease,
but all are doing well.
VICTORY CLAIMED.,
St. Lotas, Ang. 80. Shackelford's mi
Jority over Veaholi k over three thou
sand, white Bland's" ia "only twenty-five
hundred. Thia is claimed aa a victory
by the anti-expansion forces.
Thhj election was to fill the vacancy
in Coagresa canaed by the death of
Richard P. Bland.
NICARAGUA REV9LT
Oaaeral Laaia Places Himself at the
Heaa al the sVlugccs. - ,
New Orleans, La., Aug. 30. Advices
from Nicarauga state that Gen. Louis,
the refugees at San Salvador N. . N. .
the braves fighter in the Reyes revolt,
who has pluced himself at the head of
the refugees at San Salvador number
ing about a hundred, has defeated tne
troops on the frontier and is now press
ing towards Leon. He hopes to raise an
army there and attack Zelaya at the
oapitoL
NATION'S DEATH RATE.
Collection of Mortality StaJtiHtfcs
for
The Census.
Waohingtiin, Aug. 28. Director Mer
riaiu, of the Ccumum Bureau, will make
every effort to collect mortality statis
tics for the next census which will be
valuable. Owtug to the neglect of thik
work la uwny parts of the country, anil
the difficulty encountered in the taking
of previous censuses iu securing reliable
statistics, a circular letter will be sent
to all persons interested, asking their
assistance and giving suggestions for the
best method of accomplishing the desir
ed result.
It is a comparatively easy matter to
secure statistics of the living population
through ' the census eutanerators, but
experience has demonstrated that they
fail to report more than 50 or 60 per
cent of the deaths occurring in the
country. Census returns by enumera
tors, therefore, furnish no basis for a
computation of death rates per thousand
of ; the population in any State or in
any more reeericted area.
Director Merrlam takes the view that
the end sought iu the study of the popu
lation is to determiue ita natural law
of growth, as controlled by births,
dentbK, immigration and emigration. A
complete return of deaths is essential
to the solution of the problem thus' pre
sented. No such record can be obtain
ed through the agency of euittiieratioa.
nor can it be obtained from official re
cords, unless officials will agree to furn
ish for use in the census full replies to
all the Inquiries contained in the mor
tality schedule.
The ktw governing the return of mor
tality statistics varies in different States,
In some States the" la 'provides for a.
general system of registration and the
making of returns of birth and deaths
to a central office, but in others Jhe reg
ixtration la purely local, being confined
to certain cities and towns. ' To se
cure a complete knowledge of the meth
ods folhmvd in various cities and towns
where uch statistics are kept, the di
rector sent to the health- authorities of
alt towns having a population of 5,000
by the last census a circular asking for
a description of the method employed in
their city. . The data thus obtained,, to
gether with the responses which are ex
pected from the new circular, will. It is
hoped, enable the bureau to devise a plan
for the satisfactory collection of mor
tality statistics throughout the country.
To Insure the success at this plan the
director of the census suggests that a
blank be ned for this purpose which
shall be uniform throughout the country.
The inquiries most commonly omitted
from the returns of deaths required by
law or by some mnnioipal ordinance, are
those relating to the .birthplace of par-
euts, to occupation and to the conjugal
condition. Two of the principal ends
sought hi Btatlstical research are ua
defeated. Iu every case the inquiry
must cover the flesceinttenat a name, sex,
color, age, conjugal condition,, place 'of
birth, birthplace of each parent, occupa
tion, cause of death, date of death, and,
Lit born In the census year, the date of
blroh. t : :r;V-nrm
In order to- give time for the adoption
of a uniform system of registration, Di
rector Merrinm propose that " mortality
statistics for the calendar years of 1000
be taken, instead of those for .the 12
mouths ending in 80, 1900. This
t-hange will have the further advantage
that the population on Jane L 1000, will
nmre closely approximate the. mean ppn
lallon tor the calendar year. Greater a-
curacy In calculating the death rate
therefore be attaksed by the adoption
of the calndar year Instead of the fiscal, ;
or census, year, as the period of investi
gation. Director Merrmm will ask the
assistance of, the medical journals Iu
agitating this matter, and also hopes
the UK'dleal societies will consider it.
THREE CRIMINALS
BROUGHT HERE
THIS MORNING
Durham's Sheriff 'Spent Night
on Road With Two Negroes
NARROW ESCAPE
FROM LYNCHERS
Priaoaeri Interviewed Parker Declares
He ii laasceat McAdami Only
a Boy Scarcely Twelve and
Grossly Itaerantl
The Jail here now contains three pris
ouerx, who but for the alertness nod
diligence of the officers, would proba
bly have paid the penalty of their crimes
at the hands of lynchers.
- The first to arrive was at 2:40 this
morning over the Southern from Wilson.
He was J. J. Jeffries, the murderer of
Capt. Calvin Barnes, of Wikon. Capt.
Barnes waa riding home in his buggy
with his two little grandchildren Mon
day night when he was shot and killed.
J. J. Jeffries, a white hand on Capt.
Barnes' farm, was arrested yesterday
and brought here this morning for safe
keeping. He was lodged in the station
b.oue by officers Edwards and Wells
and remained there until this afternoon,
when he was carried to the Jail.
Jeffries admits that he is the man. He
says that shopt Capt. Barnes because
he did not treat him right about furn
ishing nppHea, and failed to carry out
other promisee.
l'KISONBRS FROM DURHAM.
At five o'clock this morning Sheriff
Markham, of Durham, arrived at the
jail here, having eoane iu a conveyance
through the country froaa Durham, with
two negrosa, a man and a boy, and both
accused of a nameless criaae. : The ne
groes were handcuffed together and the
Sheriff had aa saw wtth him. The pris
oners were Meiria Parker, of Dorhaan,
aged about 24, and Andrew McAdaaas,
who appears ta he not over 12 years
eld. ."'I:
Bat for that prompt action f Sheriff
Markham Parker wwhj certainly aot
be alive fa-day. "i Yesterday afternoon
the Sheriff' heard ritmora of threats
against Parker, se after dark he carried
Parker and UvAAum' to hia awn resi
dence. He told his deputies to notify
Mm If aaa'aeaj4.:Aat''
nine or tea e'clock erowds begaa ta col
lect en the- atreet and it waa openly
stated that they would lynch Parker.
The crowd grew and became more de
termined. A depaty Lastened to Sheriff
Markham' koine and notified him. The
sheriff then second conveyance and
started through the country for Ral
elgll Hia deputies the spread the
report that he had ttHks the negro
into the woods. Meanwhile asore than
thousaatf men aarged aeoaad the JaiL
None of them vera masked. Finally to
aatkfy thetav foar of the leaders Were
admitted to the Jail end 'carried through
to eonvlne them that Parker was aot in
thtJaiL SharednaJlaisneraedaad
at two Vetoch U was qaset.: T4ay
everything is quiet In Dutfcam aai a
meaaaga from there to the Times-Visitor
aays there is aot the siUfhtest sign of
tronbla iw ; . " f
Sheriff Markham came to Rah-igq.by
a round about touts. Leaving Durham
after II o'clock he aroaad by
Olive Branch,. Dayton and Kelvin
Grove and jreachsd awra jat dawn, i the,
war he came, in order to avoid lynchers,
was about 40 toilea. I ;; !
A Times-Visitor representative visit-
d the two negroes In Jail today. Th
were still band-cuffed. Sheriff Markham
beng unable to nod the key. The
Sheriff started hack Untnediately, and
after he got a 'short distance found j&e
key, aud aent It back. The prisoner
were then nafastened. " - ' ' ?
Meivin Parker Is a medium alsed ue-
J gra Wkh the typical nang aog axpw
Ksion. He waa a convict In the Durham -
chaia-gang fnd bad , wen aem ,ior 4
- bucket of water when he eommltted his r
horrible crime Oft little Bertie Hurdles-,
ton,. geu owy eigm ycara, -;
t , Visitor reporter a. ked,P,rker. are ,on
- guiUy of, tbla erimet
re,.. a i" ?,,e of North Carolina.
did not know how old he wo but he, building, a. kI offices will
thought about twenty. lie Wra P
in AvilleandcanDhamt,! National Impoatance and Is
the year. ago. , L organisation, mark. ihe holldw
Dttrham he was sent the road, for oserv.nc Iu ... parts of
two years for stealing a bog. , Ho- bad ..TT , , , ,
i m vhen this th eoantry. , t t
i i ti- j,-iMa mmm MvnmlttA Monday
nuiuuic v -
Andrew MeAdama la a little l negro
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not over twelve years out wno ouiraaou
, tew year old child at Hanr Hive. He
was barefooted and had an only a ragged
shirr and a pair of pants. Ha trembled
with cold. He hardly had sufficient In
telligence to answer a Question.
"How old are you boy?" he waa asked.
' "I ain't never' been to school 'nough
to know." --, -
"now long did you ever go to school?"
"Bout two day 1 ; reckons."
His story of" the.crhne was told this
morning. His plea is her consent.
. MAYOR'S COURT.
William Dewar Arraigned for Robbing
Col. Hinsdale's i Residence.
William Dewar, a white tramp, appar
ently about 22, was arraigned before
Mayor Powell this morning for taking
three hats, one overcoat, one cap and
one umbrella from the ball at Col. HiiiB
dale's residence about eight o'clock last
evening. The family were at tea at the
'. me. Mr. 'atn Hint dole overtoot him
on Morgan street and after a tussle
threw him. Mr. John .Hinsdale soon -arrived
and they sent hiia to the station
honse. Dewar had one baud in a sling.
He had been in the city several days.
Will Hemphill was arraigned for lar
ceny, but was acquitted. He was rep
resented by N. M. Amis, Esq.
SUPT. FORREST TAiKBS VACA
TION. Superintendent A. B. Forrest, of Oak
wood Cemetery, will leave with bis wife
ond son Friday for a visit to his father
ot Covington, Pa. Mr. Forrest's father
at Vovington, Pa. Mr. Forrest's father
also visit Philadelphia and other places
In Pennsylvania and attend the Nation
al Cemetery Convention at New Haven.
Conn. He will be away until October
1st.
During his absence Mr. John Johnson,
his assistant, will have charge at the
cemetery, and Mr. John W. Brown will
give any information about the purchase
of lots or other business nt the cemetery.
FAIR AND WARMBK.
For Raleigh and vicinity: Fair to
night and Thursday; wanner.
Remarkably heavy rains continue on
the South Atlantic coasl and over the
interior of Georgia. Charleston report
ed 2.02 Inches and Atlanta 2.12. All
southern stations east of the Mississippi
reported rain in smaller amounts. The
high area over New England is gradu
ally spreading southward, and will pre
vent and advance of the rain area over
North Carolina. . The weather is fair
aud very warm ty the central valley
and west,- , .- - '
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AOUINALOO'S PLAN
Coaceatrrtcs Hit Treep for a Desperate
Attack.
: Manila, Ang. 80. It ia reported that
Agulnaido has ordered hia generals to
dose la 1a an attempt to take the town
of Impns. It Is added that the troops
are concentrating la the lake country,
and it la asserted that the rebels have a
foree of seven hand red on the Dns
Marinas roads and aa equal force at the
town of Ana bo. The; Americans are in
trenching aad have ao fear of the attack
from the rebels.
SPBOIAL EDITION.
The News and Observer's Special the
Largest Brer Issued.
Ths Twentieth Century State Edition
of the New aad Observer to-day wade
its appearance. It con tarns 228 pages,
profanely -Illustrated, and la the jragest
spedat edition ever issued anywhere. It
coutaia complete write-ups of the prin
cipal towns and cities of the State an 1
sketches the most prominent North
Carolinians. The edition is universally
complimented aad copies are in great de
mand. It ia being circulated al over the
State and Postmaster Bailey has put o.i
aa additional maa In the poet office to
'facilitate the work.
The News and Observer ia to be con
gratulated on the edition, also Mr. David
and his assistants who have prepared
the copy,
J ! LAWN PARTI.
' Next Friday night at the residence of
; Mr. B. C. Barrow, 410 W. North street,
the Junior Christian Budeayors, the
Band of Cousins of the Christian churvh,
will serve to their friends cream and
cake tor a worthy cause; cream 5c and
joci cake Sc.; and you are cordially ln:
"f vked to come, aud bring your friend
ana thus help the little folks in their
christian, work,
.
LABOR DAY HOLIDAY. . v
Monday next, Sept. 4, ia Labor Day. "
We have heard of no extensive cele-
f fcr" here iIttM)ugn lt
. ha. been set apart a. a National Holiday
byactofOongre-andbytheLegis..-
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QBANT ARfiJVES,
I
J Baa Fraaclsco, Aag. 80.-0te trans-
port Grant brings fifteen hundred troop,
from Dakota, Idaho and Wyoming re
giments. Five death occurred on the
voyage. JS '
, '
. gts for the Minstrel, this evening
I west like hot cakes and a targe crowd
is expected. :: .
AROUND AND ABOUT i
Items of Interest Gleaned by
the Wayside
SHORT STATEMENTS
Familiar Paces Prom the Passing
Throng Movements of People
Vqu know Snatches of
Street OossipToday.
Mr. Wade W. Olive, Associated Press
operator of the Jacksonville Times
Union, who has been here on a visit,
left this afternoon for home.
Dr. L. B. Grandy, formerly of North
Carolina, and a graduate of the Univer
sity, who -was major surgeon of the
Third Georgia Regiment in the Spanish
war, went to the Philippines some time
since as contract surgeon. He has now
been promoted to surgeon in the new
Thirty-l'TLf h Regiment with rank of
captain.
Fine pears, peaches, niples and Ban
anas at Pope's.
The Hook and Ladder is not the only
charter fire company in Raleigh as was
stated yesterday. The Rescue Ooinpany
also has a charter.
Prof. Thomas H. Briggs arrived this
morning from the University of Chicago
to spend a while with his Jwrrents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. D. Briggs, before going to
Florida, where he has accepted a posi
tion. Remenilier Al. G. Fields' Minstrels to
night. Miss Lena Vernon Powell and Miss
Margaret Harris will leave for Apex to
morrow to attend a house party given
by Miss Lottie Utley.
Judge and Mrs. Thomas R. Purnell re
turned this afternoon from a visit to
Asheville.
John L. Phelps, a two year convict,
who escaped from the Halifax farm, was
captured at La Grance and brought
back: to -Hrtrfttate prison by Mr. Etagene
Foy to-day.
Miss Fannie Prajree of Richmond,
and Miss Grace Nottingham, of Ports
month, are visiting Mr. W. G. Notting
ham on W. Lane street.
Miss Nannie Oarthrall, of Portsmouth,
is visiting Mr. Dannie Lumsden;
Mr. M. M. Smith has established a
branch store at the stand on HUlsboro
street foremrly occupied by A. J. Ellis.
The store has both hooks and groceries
for sale.
The firm of Irby and Young ha been
succeeded by the firm of S. M. and W.
J. Young. Both of these gentlemen are
well known m this city and surround
ing country and no doubt will conduct
the business on a larger Male.
Judge and Mrs. T. B. Purnell return
ed this afternoon from Asheville.
Mr. J. A. Briggs returned this after
noon from a business trip north.
Mr. R. L. Burkbead returned to the
city this afternoon.
Mr. A. Jr Cooke came in this after- j
noon. j
Mr. John W. Brown returned from a
trip' to Durham this afternoon.
Mr. Percy Gray, of Greensboro, came
in this afternoon.
Mr. Walter '' Tucker returned to the
city this afternoon.
Mr. T. A. Albright, ot Graham, arriv
ed in the city this afternoon.
Messrs. R. T. Gray, Henry Litchford,
Frank Ward,. John Duncan and Bally
Boylan returned this afternoon from a
viBit to the Portese gold mine. They
were pleased with their visit
Mr. John J. Daniel, of Halifax, ar
rived in the city this afternoon.
I f'Red and White" of the North Caro
lina College of Agriculture and Me
chanic Arts has been issued from the
press ot Alford, Bynum and Christo
pher. It is handsomely illustrated and is
of value to the college. ;
PRAYED FOB BAIN AND PARA
LYSIS.
'Lexington, Aug. 28. The drought ia
broken in this section by the season of
good rains that began falling last night
The colored population looked for
ward to this sa a gala day and bat for
the contfnuoua rain a very large crowd
would have come from other towns. But
Rev. ColletW the colored evangelist snd
"divine healer," came to town- last night
and set In to break up jhe whole affair.
He preached last night and prayed for
rain, thunder and storm, and the rain
came before the congregation all got
home. He prayed for the cake walkere
to be paralysed to-night and a number
have declared they win not tterticipate.
The cake walk, however; "trill take place.
---Charlotte Observer.
- ' FOR PHILIPPINES.
Herrisbnrg, Pa, Aog. 80. The Twenty-Seventh
. Volunteer Regiment started
from Camp eMade to-day m three spe
cial trains for duty in ths hilippines. v
VOLUNTARILY SURRENDERED.
A Patient Who Had Escaped From the
Asylum Returns.
Nearly two weeks ago Lee Honeycutt,
a patient at the Hospital for thai Insane
here, made his escape and since that
time efforts to recapture him hare prov
ed futile. Sheriff Page sent a deputy to
Barton creek township, where Honey
cutt's people live, to get him, but lost
night the missing patient put in an ap
pearance at the hospitul. lie went back
aud voluntarily surrendered himself. He
is a young man, apparently not more
than twenty-one years of age.
BONDSMEN PAY.
Suit Against Postmaster Cook of Obei
lin Compromised.
District Attorney Bernard say that
the suit against the bondsment of He
zikian Cook, late postmaster at Oberlin,
was compromised to-day. Cook was the
negro postmaster there and he turned up
short. He is away from these parts
now. His bondsmen were Jotin Turner
and Caesar Johnson, and the suit was
compromised by Che bondsmen paying
A FOND DELUSION.
An old lady living in this county has
been placed m the asylum here. She
imagined that she was going to marry
a young professor of this city, and made
extensive preparations and waited for
him all of one day. She refuses to be
lieve that he could have deceived her.
On her person was found $240 in gold
when she arrived at the asylum.
PLAIN TALK TO NEK i ROES.
Bishop Uuudy's Sermon iu Ceutreville.
Waking up a Sleeper.
Ceutreville, Md Aug. 28. Bishop
James A. Handy, of the African Metho
dist Episcopal Church, preached in Ceu
treville Sunday. He admonished his
race to save their earnings in order to
better support institutions of a reforma
tory character institutions very imicb
in need in Centreville, w"here, he said,
''the condition of the younger genera
tion of negroes is deplorable." He ad
ded, "I saw to-day ou the streets of this
town scores of colored children hulf
clothed and almost filthy. You mothers
niiiy not have the money to buy all the
fine clothes you would liku to have, but
God know, that you have the time to
keep them clean for a good part of the
time you spend in idleness. You are
paving the way for them to the jails, (he
penitentiary, and fanaiiy to the gallows.
If you would work and make your child
ren learn to work, aud educate them to
be useful, there would not be so man.v
prostitutes amuug our women and so
many raties committed by our men.'
While he was preaching a colored man
was seen by him sleeptug. He stopped
short in his sermon aud ordered an, of
ficial to wake him tip, saying that no
one should sleep in the church where he
was preaching.
(Bishop Handy is well knows here and
baa preached in Raleigh. Editor.)
BRIGHTER FOR PEACF
Kraier Asked ta Use Every Effart io
DtrecUM dUlalaialat fmu. f
Capetown, Ang. 80. tt is fceiieeed' iu
Afrikander circle that peace HU be
maintained. Several strougly worded
communication were aent to Kruger urg
ing the use of every effort 1a the direc
tion of peace.
Prime Minister Shrlener, of Cape
Colony, telegraphed President Stein of
the Orange Free State, aaytog that he
hopes peace will he preserved. He is
confident President Stein will aae his
utmost endeavors to this end.
THB HEBREW NEW YEAR.
On Monday of next week will begin
one ot the most important of the re
ligious ceremooe ot the Hebrew peo
ple, the beginning of the Jewish new
year. The festival, which is ot very an
cient origin, occurs in reality Tuesday,
but owing to the custom of the Jews
m dating their days from sunset to
sunset, it will be ushered ia on Monday
night
The occasion marks the advent of the
finst day of the seventh nnth the
month of Tishri, according to the He
brew calendar and is folk) wed by a
period of penitence, lasting for ten days,
and culminating iq the Day of Arooe
nveut on September ltttfc. The celebra
tion of the first 'day of the seventh
month, the Rush Ebashanah, date, ks
beginning from the time of Hkra, when
the Children of Israel returned from
Babylon to reestablish Jerasalem wi
der his direction, la, that day It was
celebrated, as a secular festival, the re
ligious celebration occurring in Spring
with the beginning Of the first month,
but since, for all practical .parpoaesr the
Hebrews have now adaaited the Grego
rian calendar, the festival has become a
rcHgiooa one.1 ' f". . I ''V ";'."''
- . . DIED.' '
: Mrs. Millie Sauls, wife of Mr. B. L.
Sauls, a highly respected Woman of
Swift Greek township,'' died at her horns
last evening. - ,
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New York, Aug. 80. Cotton bids: Aa
gust 67; Sept. 69; Oct. 89; Nov. 94.
WASHINGTON LETTER
Dingley Bill Supplies All Needed
Revenue
REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
Grand-daughter of Chaae Provided for
Medals lor aallairtry Consul Bed
loe'a Suapenloa tbaare ia -Naval
Commands. . -
Washington, August 29, (Special.)
The War Department ha. made a pow
erful movable search light which will
be sent to Manila to be mounted on the
interenchmeato and need ; atS night to
light the surrounding country to prevent
surprise by the inenrgenta. vj.
Capt. Grant Squiree, of the Signal
(rp8 hia s been ordered to Manila to
make experiments in establishing come
munieation between bodies of troops by
means of wireless telegraphy.
Secretary of War Root ta much grati
fied at the result of Brigadier Bates'
mission to the Sultan of Sum, by which
ho recognizes the authority" of the United
States aud accepts a similar annuity to
that formerly paid him by Spain. Hia
iiiterninl administration will not be inter
fered wit.
The Secretary of the Treasury say.
that he will not be required to issue any -more
bonds, and that the Dingley bill ia
nil the legislation which will be re
quired in the way of revenue laws. Not
withstanding; this claim, the Patent Of
fice has recently required the seals of j
Notaries Public to be certified to by
tiie Clerk of the County Court Thia
means an additional tea-cent revenue
stamp on each certificate, and the pro
priety of such a requirement h seriously
questioned, for It is well known that the
seals of Notaries Public are accepted by
every court without proof.
Consul Bedfae, at Canton, .China, hag
been suspended and directed to return
to this country pending aq Investigation -of
the granting of a certificate "of '
AnwricHii nwnnrshin: to the ateamer Ab-, "
by. This vessel was seised osr SeptemrV:
ber 23rd of last year by the MeOuiloch '
at Batanjas in the north of Luson. ' She '
had arrived in port three days bt!ore
and had landed a cargo of ammunition
for the natives. None but Filipinos
were on board when the MeOuiloch ar
rived, and they had no paper. -statement
is made that the boat waa
held at Canton by the Chinese, hot waa
released upon obtaining the certificate
from Consul Bedloe. A PhiladelphiaB
is believed to have been interested In the
filibustering venutre.
A great gathering of State BeCNsblicaa
leaders from all parts of the-country
will be held at Washington thie week
in the interest of the ad ministration and
for a discussion of the political situa
tion. Assistant Secretary Vanderllp has
given Miss Portia Sprague a $1,200 posi
tion under the auditor for the War De
partment. She is a grand-daughter of
Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of the
Treasury during the Civil War, aad the
appointment is made In recognition of
thegreat services rendered the country
by her grandfather.
The Navy Department has issued a
medal of honor to Corporal MeNeaJ of
me marine ajorps iot gau.nxry sooaru
the Brooklyn during the battle of San
tiago. He climbed oat an aix-pouoder
gun and cleared It of a Jammed shell
while under a heavy fire. .
Some rather extravagant report were
circulated this week consequent npoa the .
embarkation of Minister to China Con
ger on the gunboat Princeton nt the ;
Taku forts. Instead of thia indicating
a rupture of diplomatic relations, Mr. .
Conger merely intend, to make a trip ;
down the Chinese coast to inspect the
various consulates.
Within the next two months It la ex
pected that a number of change, will
lie made in Important naval commands, .
Rear Admiral Howlson will be relieved
to await retirement upon the return of
the Chicago to New York, October 5th. '
Capt. A. S. Barker, who socceeded Ad
miral Dewey in command at Manila,
will be ordered ta duty ta Waahiagton.
No word baa come from Admiral Samp
son as to when he desires to be tettevedT
from the command of the North Atlantic
Squadron.
The Navy Department has been asked .
to allow the famous frigate Oonatltu
Gon, now at Boston, to be towed te .
New York to greet Admiral Dewey upon
his home-coming. - Cant BoWey D.
Evans, .who is looking after the navy's
share In the demonstrations auggeata
thai the -old war ship be painted blaek
with a white stripe her former color.
aad that aoma old 82 poander gens ; be
mounted such as she used to carry. He
thinks that the comparison of the old
time fighter with the" Olympia would be
one of the most Interesting feature, of .
the Dewey festivities,
Secretary of Agriculture ". Wilson is
trying to Increase the export of Ameri
can horses by convincing foreign gov
ernment that they are better for cavn; y
mounts than those procured from 1 .
Argentine Republic