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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-03
NO ExORBITANT RATES.

The New York Herald of the 29th has
letter from its Atlanta correspondent
giving specific instances OF extortion
practiced by the Atlanta hotels in the
matter of charges. In one case four
gentlemen occupying one room were
charged twenty dollars per day without
meals. 1t would be well for Atlanta and
it's exposition that these charges be de-
MED if they are untrue, and if they are
well -founded that the wrong be RENE
died. We remember with what emphasis
the Atlanta papers declared months ago
that the ordinary hotel rates would not
be increased during the exposition. The
people of this city are much interested
in the success of the great exhibition now
in progress in Atlanta and
many of them propose to be
present during its continuance, but re-
ports of extortion on the part of hotels
or otherwise viii serve to keep them
away.
Since the above was in type, we are
glad to see that the exposition commit
tee has passed the following resolutions
in reference to the article in the Herald:
Whereas, the New York Herald has
published, ostensibly from an Atlanta
correspondent, an article in which state
ments grossly disappearing the situa
ton in this city are made. Therefore be
it
Resolved, That the following state.
ments of facts be given to the public as
as true and authentic:
1t is stated by the Herald that the new
hotels are not completed, whereas they
are all done, neatly and comfortably fur
nished and are in successful operation.
1t is stated in the Herald that therat at
one of the best hotels, European plan, is
$50 day for three people, whereas the
rate at said hotel is only so to S. per
day, and the Herald's correspondent was
accommodated at 80 per day.
1t is stated in the Herald that people
of moderate means can only obtain ac-
commentators on Decatur street, 'the
Bowery of Atlanta" whereas hundreds
of rooms of private houses in the best
parts of the city can be had at rs cents
to 81 per day, and some of these rooms
are on Peachtree street.
A sIt is stated in the Herald that mau
was charged rs cents for shave,
whereas it 10 impossible to find barber
shop in Atlanta where the charge ex-
ceeds Is cents.
1t is stated in the Herald that railroad
facilities are inadequate whereas it
would be hard to cite similar occasion
where the public was better or more
speedily served.
The books of our public comfort de
partment show that assignments are be-
ing made daily to excellent hotels at the
following rates American plan 81 so to
S. per day; European plan rs cents to
35 per day. This accommodates the
most economical or the most fastidious.
Now let us all get ready and go to
the Exposition ! 1t is great, and 100000
North Carolinians ought to see it.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-03
COTTON STATES AND INTER
NATIONAL EXPOSITION.
ATLANTA,GA.
VIA THE
SEA5OARD AIR LINE.
VestibulCd Limited Trains Upon
Which No Extra Fare il
Charged,
sEARoARo AIR LINE.

LEAVE WASHINGTON, ID. c., daily, at $40 D.
m, upon arrival of the Congressional Linn
tied from New York, and reach Atlanta at
400 p m. the next day
second train, with through sleeping
cars from New York leaves Washington at
4:3O a. IN, arriving at Atlanta 500 a, m the
next day.
Both trains leave from the Pennsylvania
railroad station and land pa ssengers i'm the
Union Depot at Atlanta-as near the Expo.
ANY line are landed.
AT PORTSMOUTH AND NORFOLK, VA, the
SeabOard Air Line has other connections
equally as important as those at Washing.
ton, namely: From New York and Phila.
delphia, the Cape Charles route; from Balti-
more, the Bay Line steamers from WASH
ington, the Norfolk and Washington steam-
eTs; from New fork, the Old Dominion
steamships; and from Boston and Proyi-
dence, the Merchants and Miners steam
ships. Close connection is made at the
steamer sides with through trains and Pull
man Drawing Room, Buffet Sleeping Cars,
operated through from Portsmouth to At
lanta without change. Each OF these
routes takes the passenger via ola Point
Comfort and through Hampton roads.
EQUIPMENT.
These trains are composed Of the hand
soonest Pullman Drawing Room, Buffet
m. train I"The Atlanta Special'') is yesti-
buled from end to end and is operated solid
from Washington to Atlanta without
change.
The route from Washington is through
Fredericksburg, Richmond and Petersburg
Virginia Weldon, Raleigh and Southern
Fines, North Carolina, Chester, Clinton and
Abbeville, South Carolina, and Elberton
and Athens to Atlanta, Georgia.
RATES.
Excursion tickets will be sold to Atlanta
and return, via the SeabOard Air Line, as
follows:
On Tuesdays and Thursdays, Septem-
Der 18th to December oath inclusive,
Portsmouth and Norfolk, limited TO ten
days from date of sale.
Daily, September l6Ch TO December 18th,
inclusive, at 1925 from Washington and
SIT 80 from Portsmouth and Norfolk, limited
to twenty days from date of sale; and at
Portsmouth and Norfolk, good until Janu-
airy Z, 1896
THE EXPOSITION
surpasses. in some respects, any Exposition
yet held in America, Here you find, side
by side, exhibits from Florida and Alaska,
California and Maine, the United States of
America and the Tinted States of Brazil,
Mexico and Canada, and so on until nearly
every civilized nation on the globe is repre-
sented. On the terraces are found. among
many other attractions, Arab, Chinese and
Mexican villages, showing just how those
people have their daily walk and CONVEX
satiOn.n
ASK for tickets via "THE SEABoARp- AIR
LINE"
Pullman Sleeping Car reservations will
be made and further information furnished
upon application to any agent of the Sea-
board AIR Line, or to the undersigned.
II w b GLOVER, Traffic Man
T.5J. ANDERSON, Gen'l Pass. Agt.
+, ST. JOHN, Vice-President.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-03
A NEW INDUSTRY.

The London Truth, apropos of the en-
gagement between the Duke of MARI
borough and Miss Vanderbilt, affects to
condole with the United States on the
monetary losses it is sustaining through
the marriage of its wealthy women to
titled foreigners 1t thinks it vain to
contend against the mania fer titles in
herent in the Anglo Saxon" and sug-
gests that this country would do well
to manufacture the coveted article at
home, for it is a wooden nutmeg that is
easily bought. "
We manufacture everything else, and
nobody need be surprised any day to see
an advertisement offering to furnish
titles sat reduced prices" Wanamaker
has just returned from Europe. Who
knows but that he has brought some
over for his bargain counter ~
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-03
COOPER BROS, Prop rs.
RALEIGH, NC.
Sale of Valuable Real Estate

BY authority of an order of the Superior
Court, made in special proceedings entitled
NIB. BroughtOn, adm. C, t. a., VS.. +. s. Lougee
and others, for the purpose of making real
estate assets, l will on Tuesday, October
18th, 1895, at II o'clock m, at the court house
door of Wake County, sell to the highest
scribed real estate situate in Raleigh, n c.,
tO-wit:
First PaTcel-On North Person street and
Shipp, on the east by lot of Mrs j. NJ Heck,
on the south by lot of c. g. Latta, and on
the west by Person street.
Second Parcel-On East Jones street, and
bounded on the north by Jones street on the
east by lot of Mrs w NJ Shipp, on the south
by Gatling's lane, on the west by lot OF
Rev n. Il. Cobb.
Terms of sale: One-half cash balance in
six months from sale day
N. b. BROUGHTON, Admr
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-03

ONE year ago the prospect Of Demo
cratic success in 1895 was dismal indeed,
but, with returning prosperity, the chance
OF succeeding again grows brighter. The
Republicans are beginning to recognize
that unless they present scheme of leg
islation in the next Congress that will
meet the approval of the people, and pass
it through both houses, they cannot win.
The Democrats have made mistakes, but
if the legislation enacted restores pros
perity, the people will vote against any
change
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-03

In 1895 there is to be celebrated ID
Athens revival of the Olympic Games.
The last issue Of Harper's Weekly con
tanned pictures of the leaders of the
movement, among them Hon. E. Alex
ander, of the University of North Caro-
lima, now Minister to Greece. We quote
from the article:
The first subscription that reached the
committees hands was not from born
Greek, but from Mr. E Alexander, Uni
ted States Minister to Greece, who, new
ertheless, is looked upon and claimed in
Athens as true HELENE, both by his
wide acquaintance with the Greek Ian
gusge and literature and his whole.
hearted sympathy with the country and
its people.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-03

GOVERNOR CARR is right in saying
that the people of North Carolina sym
pathize with the Cuban insurgents. They
also hope that the insurgents will be
able to form provisional government
and hold out until Congress. Then
Congress can recognize them as belliger-
ents. That done, Cuban independence
will be established in sixty days.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-03

THE New York Evening Post presented
figures showing that the wages of AGO.
600 men had been raised since the new
tariff went into effect. The Tribune
jumped on the Post for printing "free
trade initiation" and gave a list showing
that the wages of only 336, $40 men had
been raised. Free trade" tariff might
we'll be content with the result Of the
controversy.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-03

PEARSON, Pritchard & Co. promised
free coinage if the people would elect
them. In the next House there will be
251 Republicans and Populists and only
SO Democrats. If they carry out their
promise, the House will soon vote fer
free coinage.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-03

ONE of the good things about the in
crease in the price of cotton is the fact
that the farmers have made it with a
mind of selling 1t for / 2 to 5 cents a
pound. The rise in the price will mean
profit for the farmers; the first profits
they have made in three years.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-03

THE Treasury gained three million dol
lars last month. The Duke of Marlbor
ough will export fifteen million of it on
the 14th of November. The gold and
the girls both go out.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-03

RAILROAD earnings are sterdily in
creasing. The Southern Railways earn
ings for the third week in September in
creased $23, 900.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-03

ADLAI has not yet given his endorse
ment to the third term idea. He Is as re-
ticent about that as about the money
question.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-03

o, LORD, deliver me from my friends.
Harrison.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-03

SOME dukes are born rich, some
achieve riches, and some marry Ameri-
can heiresses.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-03

An Illinois farmer walked out into his
pumpkin patch the other day, stepped
off a 1873 foot vine, counted 81 punks on
it, and felt so proud that he pulled up
the whole outfit and packed it off to the
Atlanta Exposition.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-03

HOODS PILLS cure Liver IIIe.
Btiousness, Indigestion, Headache.
a pleasant laxative. All Druggists.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-03

The Boston Journal of Commerce.
discussing the situation and prospects of
the South, says 1.-THE trouble with the
South at the present time is the people
there are land poor. The ownership CON
sists of too large tracts.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-03

Charles Francis Adams has just said
in formal interview: 81 don't like
men who talk for two hours on one sub
ject, and / don't like men who are elc-
quent."
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-03

The latest railroad.rumor is that either
Maj. John @. Winder or Mr.. Sol. Haas
will be appointed Commissioner of the
Southern Passenger and Freight Asso-
citation, to succeed Maj. Stahlman. The
salary is SIS, 900 Wilmington Star.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-03

Another record breaker was made the
other day on the New York Central road,
when train made the run from Albany
to Syracuse, distance of 148 miles, in
1872 minutes. That knocks the fast time
recently made on the Great Western, in
England, out again.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-15

to his nephews, from whom he had been
estranged for many years, and they, as
well as Mrs. Barroilhet, his ward, who al
ways attended him when in his illness,
were at his bedside much of the time until
he died.
Charles Mayne was born in Potsdam,
near Berlin, eighty-two years ago, and was
chrstened Henry Merzbach. The family
was large and the parents not very well
off. Henry, while lad, at the invitation
of a relative in London named Charles
Mayne, went to that city, and took the
name on account OF the prejudice existing
at that time against Jews. He came to
California in early days, and prospered.
His first successful ventures were made
ithrougA the advice and with the assistance
III the fbuse OF Belloc Freres, OF which
Henry EarroiIhet was manager. This he
never forgot, and Barroilhet married
Louise Rabe, daughter of DR.. Rabe, who
was at that time United States Marshal.
Since the death of her husband she has
been treated as a daughter by the aged
capitalist, and she has always mlnIstered
10 him in sickness.
Some twenty years ago three OF Mayne's
nephews-Felix, Julius and Sylvan Mer5-
bach-Came out here, but they quarreled
with their uncle, who refused to have any
thing TO do with them. Some two years
Felix made an effort to bring about a re-
cancellation. but was refused admittance.
MerZbach then declared war and pub
lished the fact that Mayne was not the
capitalists real name and accused him OF
sailing under false cotors.
Since then there had been nc intercourse
between uncle and nephew until his final
sickness.
They came and were admitted to the old
mans bedside.
E.J. PringIe, who has been Mayne's at
torney for many years, said yesterday:
Mr.. Mayne was during this last illness
very affectiOnate toward his nephewS.
They and Mrs. Barroilhet were on very
amicabIe terms. In spite OF his estrange-
ment from them he has probably remem-
bered them all in his will. AT the time of
his previous serious illness two years ago
he obtained the names of all his relatives,
both here and in Germany, and made IN
quiries about each OF them before making
his will.
"Mr Mayne was an extremely kind
hearted man and gave away great deal OF
money. He was little quick tempered
and irascible, and people were apt TO think
him cross and Grabbed. bat he had kind
heart. | cannot help thinking OF him with
a great deal oftenderness."
Mr.. Pringie would, of course, say nothing
about how the property was left, but 1t
might be gathered from what he said
that each of the relatives would receive
something. Mr.. Mayne was worth be-
tween $5G0,o0 and $780, 900, about a third
of which was in real estate and the rest i'll
shares, noes and mortgages. The best known
of his real estate is the old Portsmouth
House on Clay street, facing Portsmouth
Square, now tenanted by Chinese.
He was large shareholder in the Bank
of California and the Spring Valley Water
Works and was director in both of these
tinns
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-15

! ence, and this tells him that the difference be
| tween his battle-shipS and box must be some
| where between and 90 to l, so he decides OF
! 631, and the length OF the ship IS therefore
| 34S feet. This in America, is called the box
/ coefiieient. On this foundation OF dlsplaee
ment rest our Dattle-ship.
! Having determined the dimensions of the
| foundation that is to support the man-ot-war,
| the naval architect must face the quality oi
! stability. This depends upon the relative po-
sition to each other OF two centers, the mete-
center and the center OF gravity. the stability
of the ship being expressed by the sign OF an
NJ above G, and the amount expressed in feet
and inches.
The metecenter is the point around which
a vessel moves in rolling, and It's position IS
found bytaking the center of buoyancyof all the
sections and obtain from them a mean center
OF bueyaney. The meteeenter will always lie in
q longitudinal. vertical plane, bisectIng the
ships and vertically over the center OF buoy
ancy; its position being found by dividing the
amount OF inertia of~Ihe load water plane rela-
tive to the middle of the vessel by the volume
of displacement; that is, the foundation l have
already mentioned
The center of gravity must be found, and to
do it the designer draws line under the keel.
This ne calls the base line, and having de-
termined the position of the metecenter he
notes 1t as so many feet above the base line.
Thus the stability of a vessel depends upon
how much above the NJ is the G. II they were
both together the shipwould stay in any posi-
ton she might accidentally get into, and if
were above Nj she would turn bottomside uD.
This is initial stability, and it is inherent in
that occupy the attention of the naval archi-
tect in beginning the design Of one OF our
great battle-ships.
The speaker then described the con-
struetion of the vessel, detailing all the
technicalities involved, the whole consti-
tutiEg one of the most interesting dis
courses of the institute lecture series.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-15
BUILDING MEA-OF-
George w. Dickie's Interesting
Lecture Before the Me-
chanicS' Institute.
The Naval Architects First Work in
Designing a Battleship Graph
ically Described.

An audience that filled every available
seat in the lecture-room of the library
building of the Mechanics Institute list
ened attentiveIy to an exceedingly inter-
esting and instructive lecture by George
W. Dickie last evening. Mr.. Dlckle s SUD-
ject was "a Man and a Man-of-War. he
was peculiarly fitted to handle the TOPIC,
being manager of the Union Iron WORKS
where some of the finest warships have
been constructed, and IN its treatment he
outlined the principles of shipbuilding'
likening them meanwhile to the underlying
principles of mans life. The speaker IN
terlarded his remarks on the mechanical
technicalities of .the.ship-b p-building art with
comparisons of man to niap-of-war.
That portion Of the speakers remarks con-
cerning the construction OF warships was
IN part as follows:
Twenty-six years ago stood before the first
audience | ever faced in California in the Me-
chanics' Institute. 1t YVES the occasion OF q
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-15
Bright Phebus, the Realization
Winner, Had an Easy
Victory.
CLEvERLY HANDLED BY MILLER.
A Score of Bookmakers Kept Busy
Handling the Coin at Ingle.
side Yesterday.

The Realization winner, Bright Phebus,
showed something of his true caliber in
the mile and furlong handicap at Ingle-
side yesterday. Let il at lis pounds he
was slightly favored in Sthe betting over
Pepper, and after Miller had waited on
his field until the stretch was reached, he
gave him his head and millionaire Hobart's
horse galloped over the top of his field,
winning hands down from the light
weighted Polaski, who had been making
all of the running. Pepper, who pressed
Bright Ph9bus hard for first choice honors
in the ring, was a good third. The win
ner was cleverly handled by George Miller
and his victory was a most popular one.
Neither Santiago Nor Cadmus, who were
backed at long odds, showed to much ad-
vantage.
The programme furnished by the new
jockey club was an excellent one, and a
large crowd was in attendance. Twenty
bookmakers were doing business in the
ring. and all did big business. The days
sport was marred by no accidents. and.
although a couple of the hurdle-riders re :
ceived hard falls, neither was seriously iu-
jured.
1t was a good day for favorites, four
of the first choices finishing in front.
William Pinkerton, the to 1 favorite
in the opening race for two-year-olds,
ridden by Sam Doggett won very hand lily
from Adolph Spreckels after leading most
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-15

reception rendered to W. II. Webb one of the
foremost ship builders OF the country. I had
peen called upon to speak, and | predicted
tnen that inside OF twenty years ocean steam
ships would be built in San Francisco. At that
tlme few people thought my prediction would
be realized.
This year we have sent models of the war
ships built here to the imperial Government of
Japan, and they occupy a prominent place
among the exhibits OF the great ship-building
centers of the world
The naval architect in beginning design
sor battleship, most like an architect OF
building, decides first on the foundation. The
naval architect calls his foundation displace-
ment, and his unit OF displacement is thirty
five cubic feet, because that amount of sea
water weighs one English ton. The first thing
to be decided IS how deep shall the foundation
be- The depths OF certain docks and harborS
enable him TO fix this ct twenty-four feet The
bureaus OF engineering and ordinance euulp-
ment give him the weight OF all the things the
ship must carry, and he then figures on the
weight of the structure itself. Taking the
battleship Oregon, just completed, for ex-
ample, the result is 1O,400 tons.
He now considers the width of his founda-
ton. The weights he must carry help him to
with the type of ship nearest to the design he
proposes, fixes the width in this case at sixty
nine feet.
Now, ii he has to build simply rectangular
structure where weight was 10,40O tons, the
displacement would be 364 900 cubic feet, the
width being slxty-nine feet and the depth
twenty-four the length would then be 20
feet, or the smallest dimensions of founda-
ton that would carry the load, and is called
box displacement. Now great many conSlo-
length will help him 10 fine lines
aud speed, but will detract from
maneuvering qualities and speed not being
everything ne again has recourse to expert
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-15
As Light As Da<.

Market street presented an animated ap-
pearance last night, crowded as 1T was by
holiday buyers who were taking advan-
tage of the pleasant weather to make their
purchases IN comfort, instead of taking
chances on the rain that generally comes
Christmas week.
All the stores handling holiday goods
were open, even the great establishment OF
]. J. O'Brien 81 Co., which closes promptly
at s. o'clock any other time of the year,
and which on this occasion seemed the
main objective point of endless streams Of
humanity converging from every direc-
ton.
Passing with the crowd through the
broad portals of this great store brilliant
scene of bewildering loneliness was re-
vealed, for a Iimitless profusion of the
richest, rarest and most novel productions
in dress goods, silks, velvets, faces, cloaks,
ribbons, gloves, handkerchiefs, hosiery,
underwear, mems furnishings, silk UNI
brellas, curtains, portleres, fine linens, lace
bed sets, head rests, shopping-b purses,
fur sets, feather boas, books, games, toys,
ETC., were shown, and their full attractive
ness was brought out by the food of light
cast over everything by the new lighting
system just put in.
This system embraces nearly 200 of the
new Welsbaeh gasburner, and Mr.. o. Brien
was as enthusiastic over its success as he
was over the immense business transacted,
say ing that it surpassed any system of
artificial lighting he had ever tried-in
fact, was the next best thing TO daylight,
as its soft, steady glow enabled the most
delicate tints and shadows to be distin-
gulshed as readily in the evening as at