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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-24
The Action Was Monstrous

oxford Public Ledger.
The Charlotte Observer expresses our
views on the question when 1t says:
"We readily concede that they have
done what they conceived was best to be
done under the circumstances, but their
action was monstrous and they cannot
answer satisfactorily for it at the bar of
public opinion. What baleful influence
controlled them, so that from the outset
they have been steeled against all argu-
ment, we do not know, but we do know
that four years in advance of any neces-
sity for action they have bartered away
the States most valuable property for a
century,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-24
TuELARGEsr IN THE STATE.
Two Hundred Thousand Pounds of
Tobacco Sold at Wilson.
al to the News and observer.

Special to the News and observer.
WILSON, N. c., Aug %.
The tobacco sale here to day is said to
be the largest ever held in the State in
August. It is estimated at two hundred
thousand pounds and that it will aver
age from eleven to twelve cents. Selling
has been going on all day at two ware
houses. Selling will begin at the third
house in the morning. Not less than
four to five hundred carts ard wagons
are in town. Everybody is happy and
farmers are satisfied with the prices they
are getting for their tobacco.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-24
Record Breaker at GreenviIIe.
Special to the News and Observer.
GREENvILLE n. o.. Aug. 81.

6REENVILLE n. @, Aug. %.
Greenville made a record breaking
sale of tobacco to day, surprising the
records of all State markets for August
sales of new tobacco. Four warehouses
sold one hundred thousand pounds, and
carried ever twenty five thousand pounds
for tomorrow; four auctioneers relieved
each other for eight hours without com
pleting the sales The bank payment of
warehouse checks amounted to ten
thousand dollars, with two CT three
thousand more estimated yet to be paid.
This was not special sale day, but just
an ordinary break.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-24

The News AND OBSERVER said yester-
day that the story that the President re-
fused to see Minister Ransom at Buz-
yards Bay sounded like a summer sea
serpent fake The Minister says: 81
have not been to Buzzard's Bay and
have not failed to see the President. -
The New York Sun ought to explain.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-24
Tampering with Rights of Po-terit,

Monroe Journal.
AT the present rate of industrial pro
gress, before this lease expires the State
will be densely populated, and road
with as vital connections as this one has
will be worth manifold more than al
present. Twenty five years would have
been somsthing more like reason for the
time Of the lease, or fifty years would
not seem so entirely contrary to what is
right. 1t is question whether the direc-
tors had right to make the term 80
years. 1t is allowing for no growth, nc
prosperity in the State, no increased
value of the property, which is bound tc
come. Ii is tampering too much with
the rights Of posterity.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-24
Buffalo Lithia Springs
HOTEL NOW OPEN.

Parties proposing to visit there from Rail
eigh are advised to purchase straight tick
cts as far as Durham and there buy round
trip tickets over the Lynchburg and Dur
nam Railroad via Denniston, as this route
is about five hours quicker than the South
ern Railroad via Jeffress. Leaving
Raleigh at sos a. IN. and coming over
the route advised you reach the Springs
w. b. BISHOP, Manager.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-24
Inclined 10 Endorse II.

Hllsboro Observer.
We don't claim to know much about
it, but are inclined to believe that the
Board has done the best that could have
been done under the circumstances,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-24
No Doubt Great Mistake.

smithfield Herald.
The leasing of the North Carolina rail
road to the Southern Company is being
deplored by the press and people. This
was no doubt great mistake. The lease
was made at just little advance over
the lease made over quarter of cen
fury ago. The directors say they know
what they were doing and can render a
satisfactory explanation to the people.
Maybe they can There will certainly
have to be an explanation made before
their action will be satisfactory to the
people.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-24

The New York Evening Post says that
"the return of J. Pierpont Morgan and
his presence in his office restored conf
dence!' Commenting on this the Spring
field Republican says: ut wasn't neces-
sary. To be there was enough. The
country is safe"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-24

THIS is Reform Mr.. J. w. Howard,
of Edgecombe, who has been capable
and useful magistrate for SO years, has
surrendered his books to "a colored man,
by the name of Sam. Howard, an az
pointee of the last Fusion Legislature
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-24
A Dnrk and LamentabIe Dad.

Red Springs Scottish Chief
The lease of the North Carolina Rail
road by the directors to the Southern for
90 years is condemned by the State press
as one of the darkest and most lament
able deeds Of the State of the century
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-24
Nothing Short of a Crime.

WHrTcntOn NecOFu
Study the question as you will or may,
view it with as much charity as possible,
and vet this transaction seems to be
rothing short of crime against the
people of North Carolina.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-24
A Big BIundeT.

Tarboro Southerner.
We consider it a big blunder, aud one
that will result in a great loss to the
State, but why the directors acted as
they did, we are unable TO understand.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-24

THIS is good year for bosses. Platt
holds sway in New York, Quay has won
his fight in Pennsylvania, Brice is on
top in Ohio, and German defeated his
opponents in Maryland. Will they do
as well at the polls as in the convention
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-24

THE proposed sham bull fight at the
Atlanta Exposition having been declared
off, nothing remains to prevent the ex-
position being a perfect success.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-24
STOCKTON HOTEL,
CAPE MAY, N. j.

The grandest hotel and location on the
Atlantic coast. 1.-THE old home of the south
ern tourist.l Completely reorganized.
Every modern convenience. Single rooms
and suites with private baths. UnObstruc-
ted ocean view, delightful surroundings.
Cuisine and organization as near perfection
"a il is possible to attain. Every effort will
he made by the proprietor to furnish enjoy
able entertainment for old and new guests.
III. NJ Cake, Prop, also Hotel Normandie,
Washington, ID. c.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-24

PEOPLE ought to suspend judgment in
regard to Librarian spofford's shortage
until the investigation is concluded. He
has always borne spotless reputation,
and ought not to be condemned too early.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-24

Col. Breckenridge evidently considers
Miss Pollard the Delilah responsible for a
probable overthrow of the Democratic
temple in Kentucky Washington Star
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-24
There was no Kind of Excuse.

Aberdeen Telegram.
There was no kind of excuse or circum-
stances connected with the matter that
the directors should thus outrage the
will of the people.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-24
Too Long "a Lease.
GreenviIIc Weekly.

Ninety nine years are too long for
such a lease. Twenty, or twenty five
years, would have been long enough at
most.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-24
Death of Rev. George Hebbard.


Special TO Lle NEWS anu ODScTN6E
TARBORo, N O., Aug. %.
The sad news received here yesterday
of the tragic and untimely death of Rev.
George Hebbard, Rector of Trinity
Parish, New York, and formerly Rector
of the Episcopal church of this place. 1t
is presumed that he fell from a train
while in motion and when found was IN
conscious, death following shortly. His
numerous friends here are shocked to
learn of his death
Druggists say that their sales of Hoods
Sarsaparilla exceed those of all Others.
There is no substitute for Hoods.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-24

SENATOR Gordon says that he didn't
go to Gray Gables ard therefore he is
not ''the Southern Senator" to whom
Mr.. Cleveland gave "the marble heart
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-24

The Quay victory in Pennsylvania is
said to mean a boom for Reed for Presi-
dent. Magee & Co. were for Mckinley
and Quay for Reed
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-24
THE AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE FOR
THE coLoRED RACE, AT GREENS 5oRo N. C


of
who
will Music Sewing Cooking and
Tuition sion.S
week
Iodng of room, bedding &c 1000
by ePesiCen
Mechanical
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-24

The James G. Blaine club Of New
York on Wednesday night black-balled
Edward s. Flow because he is a negro.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-24

IF Campbell carries Ohio, he and
Mckinley are the logical candidates for
President. But that is big "if.n
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-24
Believed They Were Doing Right.


Louisburg Times.
The long term for which the road was
leased is probably subject for adverse
criticism, but the Times believes that it
was a pretty fair trade, and it believes
further that the directors, composed of
North Carolinians, did what they hon
estly believed to be the best for the State.
Condemned by Press and People. e
Nurfreesboro Index,
The action of the directors has been
condemned by both the press and peo-
pie. The former lease did not expire
within six years so there was no need of
being in hurry. The lease is entirely
too long. The rental should increase as
the business of the road increases, but
the directors have done the work and it
is too late now to say no.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-24

Miss Annie S. Peck, of Providence,
now shares with Miss Brevoort, of New
York, and a Miss Carrel, the daughter
of Swiss guide, the honor among
women of having climbed the Matter
horn.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-24

Toole, the English actor, sitting at a
table next to a gentleman who had
helped himself to very large piece of
bread, took it up and began to cut a
slice from it. "Sir," said the gentleman,
''that is my bread" 81 beg thousand
parions, sir, )" replied Toole. II declare
| mistook it for the loaf"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-24

No wonder the attorneys for the own
ers of the Mora claim worked so hard for
their clients, for nearly half of the
money, 5000, 600, is to go to the lawyers.
Both parties seem to be satisfied Mora
less, says the Boston Herald.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-03-27
HOW Gen. Cara Fell.

MOBILE, Ala, March 19.-The Reg,
ister's correspondent at Bocas Del To-
70, United States of Colombia, under
date of March 13, says Identification
of Gen. Catarino Erasmo Cara, slain
in the attack in Bocas, is complete.
Several letters were found on his body
addressed to him, also telegram. In
dividuals also identified him. Three
times during the fight he advanced
within ten feet of the barracks and
called On the captain to surrender and
each time the answer was volley of
musketry. When killed he fell with
in twenty feet of the barracks. As he
fell he shouted: Fire the town." and
a rebel named Cartro poured oil on a
building between Wilson's store and
the barracks and struck match, but
was shot dead in his tracks. Govern
ment soldiers captured the small
schooner on the 9th in which the reb-
els came from Greytown. Five rebels
were on board, but they jumped into
the sea and escaped ashore in the
bush. These alone escaped to tell the
tale of the defeat. On board were
found forty Winchester rifles and a
large number of cartridges. From
this the inference is that Cara expect
ed to have had larger force than that
which appeared at Bocas. 1t is posi-
bic, he anticipated that the force
would have accessions at Bocas. Since
the fight forty more government sol
diers have arrived from Colon. The
total record OF the battle is eleven
dead; twenty-five wounded and thirty
FIVE prisoners. Several Of the wound
ed will die. The woman and baby
who were shot are doing Well. The
prisoners say that they were signed as
laborers at Greytown to work on ba-
mana plantations at Bocas. They sail
ed from Greytown February I'd, and
visited Carreta, Costa Rica, where
arms were taken on board and many
more Joined the expedition. When
they arrived at Bocas, the arms were
given them and they were told to fight
or die. This story is not credited.
There was but one Colombian in the
party. 1t is thought it was merely
pillaging expedition. The fruit steam
er Briefond from New Orleans, reports
passing a schooner off Cape Gracias,
supposed to have soldiers on board
coming to Bocas. Should it prove to
be another rebel invasion, they will
meet with a warm reception. Tic
United States steamer Atlanta has
withdrawn her marinas and returned
to Colon.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-03-27
A Tragedy of the Flames.

New YORK, March 20.-In his heroic
endeavor to save his wife and children
John Kurtz was burned to death in the
four story tenement 16S 25th street
this morning. Kurtz, with his wife,
two sons and daughter, occupied the
second floor of the building When
Kurtz reached the street door. just be-
fore o'clock, he discovered the vesti-
bule ablaze. He dashed upstairs,
warned his elder son, told him the
house was On fire and look out for his
mother. Mrs. Kurh was quickly
aroused and, followed by her son, ran
up to the roof, where the greater num-
Der of other tenants, aroused by the
shouts of kurtz, had preceded her.
The occupants of the third floor gained
the roof, crossed to the adjoining
house and escaped in safety. Two
sisters named Schamp found escape
cut off. The fremen spread tarpau-
lin under their window and both
women dropped into it withoutmjury.
Tony ketcham, an insurance agent,
who roomed on the third floor, jumped
from the front window and fell on the
sidewalk, with nearl V every bone in
his body broken. He died at the hos
pital at $50. Two of Kurtz's child
rem jumped from the second-story
window and were not seriously in
jured After the fire was put out
Kurtz's body was found on the stair
way leading to the roof. He had evi-
dently attempted to follow his wife
and son to the roof, but was overcome
by the smoke. His clothing was burn
ed from his body and his head burned
to a blackened, charred lump.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-03-27
4 Cuban Plot Fooled.

TAMPA, FLA. March 20.-On Satur-
day three Cubans, Ricardor Ferdinan-
de-. .Abelardo Leon and another
bought tickets for an excursion to
jamaica When they presented their
tickets at the South Florida ticket Of
fee, this morning, they were told by
the agent that he had orders to take
them up and pay the money back. He
first got hold of the tickets before tell
ing them this They went to the port
and boarded the lIascotte, rendering
;he money was refused and they We're
forcibly thrown from the steamer. 1t
is known that these three men had S50,-
600 for the revolutionists in Cuba, and
important papers for the patriots. By
some means the Spanish vice consul
found it out and ordered their passage
cancelled. 1t IS further known that
one Of these is brother-in-law of Gen
Marti. leader of the movement.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-03-27
4 LoHcrn Quarrel.

CELINA, O.. March 20.-A team be-
longing to Robert Mangler, livery
stable keeper at Monticello, five miles
from here came into the stable yard
last night with the body of a girl
named Annie Frisch sitting in the We
hicle stone There was bullet wound
in her right temple and another in
the left arm. Later in the evening
the dead body of her lover, Arthur
Speyed, who was known to have gone
driving with her, was found on the
roadside. Speyed had killed the girl
and committed suicide, probably as
the result of lovers quarrel. Speyd
was %, and the girl 19.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-03-27
4 Disaster on the Rhine.

AMSTERDAM, March 20.-SiXteen
hundred cases Of dynamite in transit
on boats on the Rhine from Germany
for Maaslius, exploded today near
Lobith. The cargoes Of two boats ex-
ploded. sending both to the bottom.
\ church in the village Of Elten was
shattered by the explosion and fifty
houses collapsed in Emmerlch and
keeken. The inhabitants of Loblth.
Cieve. Salworth, Tolkamer, Spick and
half dozen nearby places felt two
violent shocks and supposed that there
was an earthquake. Three bodies
have been recovered. A girl was
found dying in a pile of ruins. The
cause of the explosion had not been
aScertained this evening. An inquiry
has begun in Cleve. The number of
casualties is not known, but it IS sup
posed to be large.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-03-27
The Very Throne Trembled.

LONDON, March ia dispatch to
the Central News from Madrid, via
Bayonne, France. says that recently
the condition OF affairs in the Spanish
capital has been more serious than at
any time for years past. The censor
ship OF dispatches leaving the country
has prevented the full truth from be-
coming known. The fact is that the
government is powerless to control
the army and that the officers from
the generals down have sided with the
riotous subalterns. When Premier
Sagasta learned of this state of things
he meditated summoning the civil
guard. but he found that he could not
depend upon that branch of the SER
vice, its officers expressing sympathy
with those Of the regular army.
Thereupon the prime minister and his
colleagues rendered thier designations,
Senor Sagasta informing the Queen
Regent that he feared insistence upon
the punishment of the offenders would
result in a mutiny of the military otfi-
GERS in Madrid and the provinces and
might even endanger the monarchy.
The impression produced upon the
general public at seeing the govern
ment at the mercy of few score sub
alterns is most painful.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-03-27
The Armenian Outrages.

LONDON, March 90 special re-
porter of the Daily News reports on
his inquiry into the Armenian outrages.
He says: There is abundant and
unanimous evidence of the bloodiest,
most iendishly premediated and dam
nably perpetrated massacre OF inno-
cents This l intend to prove out of
the mouths Of the perpetrators them
selves" The correspondent sends from
the Russian frontier, under date of
February 2S. the story which he him
sell elected from Turkish mono COM
missioned officer. This officer, acting
under orders. shared in the slaughter.
He described the revolving horrors at
great length. He has now left the
army" says the correspondent, 'sand
has field to Russia. where he is perse-
cuted by the infinite horror of his own
thoughts and is dying surely and rap
idly. questioned him three hours in
the presence Of responsible witness. ]
was deeply impressed with his resigned
melancholy and invincible despair.
He said that throughout the fighting
he never heard Of a single soldier be-
ing wounded. much less killed. Many
kurds We're killed, however, practical
ly in the earlier days Of the affair
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-03-27
Another Convert.

Mr.. S. M. lnman, a very weslthy
cotton dealer of Atlanta, Ga., receotly
paid visit.to Mexico, where he spnt
one month. Up to the time Mr.. %
| man went to Mexico he was strouy
advocate of the gold standard, but hi
sojourn in that country, where silver
is the standard, has opened his eyes,
and he comes back convert to free
silver. Speaking of the conditions in
Mexico he says:
II find that Mexico has prospered
during the last two years, when busi-
ness conditions in our country have
been clogged where they have not
been actually going backward. Cot
ton in Mexico is selling at 169 cents a
pound in silver, which is equal to ST
cents in our money. paid $3.50 in
silver for suite of rooms which. in
this country, would have cost $40 in
gold. A suit Of clothes, pair of
gloves, a hat or any item of domestic
necessity sells in Mexico for approx
mately the same amount in silver that
we are required to pay here in gold;
in other words at about half the price.
This establishes very clearly to my
mind the absurdity of the argument
about silver being depreciating cur
rency. a silver dollar in Mexico will
do what is done by a gold dollar in
this country, and it has been the ap-
probation of gold and not the depre-
citation of silver which has brought
about the disparity. l found the fac
tories running on full time and cot
ton factory at Orizaba, capitalized at
So, 500, 900 was paying from 20 to 25
per cent. dividends. The people are
contented and prosperous and have
not suffered from the general depres-
sion during the last few years. The
truth of the matter is that the silver
currency Of Mexico has acted as a
splendid protection measure against
outside depression, and as it has re-
suited in Mexico, so it would be in
this country if we would initiate the
example of Mexico in this respect and
throw ourselves upon our own re-
sources.
This is not the testimony OF a politi-
clan or office seeker VINO is trying to
delude the people with the hope Of
getting Office, but is the testimony OF a
shrewd, wealthy business man, who
has been on the ground and knows
whereof he speaks. Mr. Inman is not
the only gold bug who has been con-
verted from the error OF his way by
visit to Mexico. Sometime ago we
published the testimony of Gen. E. ?.
Alexander, who is now resident of
Mexico. His statement and Mr.. In
mans agree exactly as to the prosper
itv of the masses in Mexico, and they
both attribute it to the same cause
the free and unlimited coinage of sill
yer. The testimony Of such men is
entitled to consideration, and no doubt
will have its weight with many Of
those who have heretofore adhered to
the gold-bug theory without being
able to give one intelligent reason for
being in such company. Such converts
as Gen. Alexander and Mr.. Inman are
invaluable 70 the cause of the people
in restoring silver to its rightful place
as money. All we need in tbs coun-
try to bring prosperity IS more money.
and the way to get more money IS to
authorize the free and unlimited coin
age of silver
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-03-27
A Triangular killing.

TooMsUBA, Miss, March 20.-A
triple killing occurred at Kewanee. a
small station on the Alabama Great
Southern Railroad this afternoon.
Ben and Allen Pringle, brothers, aged
respectively 81 and 35 years old, and
James Britton, aged so years Old. re-
newed an old quarrel at a meeting.
and one of the Pringle boys shot Brit
ton in the bowels, MORALLY wound!ng
him. Britton then shot both Of the
Pringle boys, killing them instantly.
The men exchanged four shots each.
a tragedy between these men had
been anticipated for some time.