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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-01-07
sKINNER-PRITCHARD COMBINE.
Representative LinRey Says skinner
WIN Succeed Butler as Leader.

Winston, n. G., Jan. Ga special to
the Sentinel from Washington this after
noon says: Congressman Linney says to-
day that he thinks the Skinner-Pritchard
combine means Pritchard's election sure.
he does not now think that Butler can
now control enough Populists to prevent
ii. He thinks majority of the Populists
of the Legislature were for Pritchard.
When asked what this combination
meant for skinner, he said: Skinner
had greatly strengthened himself with
both Populists and Republicans, and
he would not be surprised to see him sue
coed Butler as the Populist leader, and
in the Senate.
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LICENSE IN VANCE COUNTY

To the Editor Your report Of the ac-
ton of the Board Of Commissioners Of
Vance county, in refusing liquor licenses,
does those gentlemen an injustice.
We were counsel for those opposing Ii
cense, and urged that applications and
affidavits were insufficient.
Messrs. J. Fl. Bridgers and J. Il. Ingle
were heard in opposition to these views.
Hon. r. T. Hicks, regular counsel Of
the board, advised that our contention
was correct, and that no license could be
lawfully issued upon the applications
then before the board, whereupon they
were refused.
ANDREW J. HARRIS,
THOMAS NJ. PITTMAN.
Henderson, N c., January G.
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ness, and save many doctors bills. 1t IS IN
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is being distributed ABSOLUTELY free. Any
one may have a copy who will send III one
cent stamps to pay the cost of mailing only,
to Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
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cloth is 10 cents extra (3I cents in alp.
Mrs. Bella i. Howard, OF Glen Ellen, Sonoma
Co Cal writes: Enclosed find stamps for the
Peoples Common Sense Medical Adviser
have had two but cannot keep them. cannot
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visits. and as live about ten miles from any doc
tors, their visits come high-tten dollars. have
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thanks 10 your book and yenr nEsieaAes'
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Richmond, Va, Jan. 6.-The Gooch-
land county jail was burned early this
morning. There was Only one inmats,
and he was rescued. II is thought he
set the place on FIRE.
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money IL 1t
fails TO cure. 25e.
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For Sale.

In a dou' ishing and growing tobacco town
my entire stock 0i general megt LaudiSe: I
wi ] also rent az q reasonable rate, my store
MY business has been established since 1855.
Reason iOr selling, desire torttire
A. r.. MILLER,
Einstou N. g.
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Washington, Jan. 6.-The President
has signed the act recently passed rela-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-11

pany. without answering our objections, re-
sponded that the bill had been placed with
Attorney j. 70. Bell for collection, and said
ages. and filed with the Board of Public
Works with demand that the sewer roll
be not approved until the claim was paid.
MIR. Bell, who is assistant city attorney
was not usually employed by the Water
Company, but when they had a case before
Davis reasoned that If the claim was pre-
sented to the board by ]. E. Bell, attorney
for the Water Company, that its payment
would of course be recommended by J. e.
Bell, assistant city attorney. See
On Jan IA, 1897, Mr.. Bell wrote us as
follows; The claim of the Indianapolis Wa
ter Company against you on account of
matters connected with the crossing of the
canal with sewer by you has been placed in
cluding part of the bill has already been
presented TO you by the company. Please
call IL, and see me in regard to the same
little later Mr.. Bell called at our office with
the original bill; which had been changed
by him IN pencilmone item of $18O5 having
been raised 10 $29.16, and another Of $40 26
TO 500 He had also added the sum of $3.50
for fuel and loss of water This brought
the total up to $1073.13.
I'VE declined to treat with Mr.. Bell fur
ther than to inform him that we were ready
and willing TO pay S262. .05. and also the re-
mainder of the original bill if Mr.. Davis
would show that it was justly due from us
And to that we adhered even after Mr.
Bell called again and intimated that the
and $50 additional.
The next step was the filing by the
Water Company, with the Board of Public
Works Of a claim against us for 81, org 49,
On April rs, 1897, we received from the
board the following letter:
'Gentlemen-Our city attorney expresses
to us an opinion that your company should
be called upon to settle a bill pending which
the Water Company has against your COM
pany. This account construction or White
river interceptor. Our clerk has explained.
however, your position in this matter. we
give you this notice as per instructions
This showed that Mr.. Davis knew his
man.
ION July 15 we settled with the Water
Company in full for $44313 after being
amount.
What does the public think of Mr. ]. Z.
Bell, assistant city attorney accepting em-
ployment by corporation like the Indian
apolis Water Company, and especially in
case like this. which was sure to be
passed upon by the Board of Public Works?
What does the Bar Association think of his
scandalous conduct in this matter?
ROYAL ROBINSON
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WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH.
Husband in Jail Under Suspicion of
Committing the Deed.

CANTON, o., Oct 10.-Residents of the
TenderIoin district at daylight this morning
who investigated screams, saw column of
flames in the rear yard of the home of Will
liam Depeyster. In the flames was found
Mrs. Depeyster and before aid could be rem
dered she was dead, the clothing burned
from her body and her flesh literally
roasted. The kitchen of the house was COW
cred with oil spots and fragments of a
broken lamp were found in the house and
yard. Depeyster when found would give no
explanation of what had occurred and was
placed under arrest on suspicion of murder.
Neighbors say he and his wife had been
quarreling all night.
Maggie Greathouse who was on the Sec
ond floor of the building all night, was
taken in custody by the Officers as a wit
ness. She tells of a former attempt De-
peyster made to kill his wife several months
ago. At that time when he was arrested
for disorderly conduct, she says, after a
his wife, she went to their room in answer
10 call for help and found Mrs. Depey-
ster'S night robe on fire and saturated with
oil, which Depeyster had poured over her
after breaking the lamp. He had ignited
the garment. The two women fought him
on and eXtinguiShed the flames. The De-
peySters have borne an unenviable reputa-
ton for some time and have conducted
several questionable places. Mrs. Depey-
sterS reputation has been unsavory for
years. Depeyster comes from a well-to-do
family and was a railroad man us to three
years ago, when he married this woman
since when he has been in bad pursuits
Opinions differ as to how Mrs. Depeyster's
clothing was ignited. 1t was at first sun
posed that lighted lamp had been thrown
at her, but as the burner of the lamp can
not be found and nothing in the room
where the oil was spilled was burned. leaV-
ing no evidence of an explosion some OF
the officers believe that the plan Described
by the Greathouse woman on a former oc-
casion was the one which caused the death
this morning.
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THE TRlENNIAL CONCLAVE.
General Grand Chapter of Masons
Meets in Baltimore To-day.

BALTIMORE. Oct. 1O.--The General Grand
Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons will as
semble here tomorrow in triennaI con-
Nclave, and on Wednesday the centennial
anniversary of the founding of the Grand
Chapter in the United States will be ceIe-
brated. Prominent Masons from all parts
OF the world will be present and the ses-
sions will continue during the week A re-
ception under the auspices of the Mary
land Grand Chapter will be held tomorrow
night, and the regular exercises will begin
on Tuesday morning. The anniversary
celebration will consist of chorus singing.
the reading OF centennial poem by the
Rev. DR.. Henry Branch and the singing
of centennial hymn. On Thursday night
grand banquet will be held IN the Ma
sonic Temple, and numerous excursions to
points OF interest in and about Baltimore
are on the programme. which has been pre-
pared by Gen. Thomas j. Shryock. grand
master of Maryland and treasurer Of the
State of Maryland.
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MIR. DEwAR,s STORY.
Permits Fac-Simile of the Agreement
TO he Made.


to be Made.
When Charles A. Bookwalter, who has
been so active in running this park deal
to EARTH saw the Sentinel yesterday MORN
ing, he paid g visit to Duncan Dewar, psem-
Der of the Council finance committee When
Mr.. Dewar's attention was called to the
aspersions upon his honesty and his mo-
tiyes in the Sentinel the honest Scotch blood
in his veins began to boil, and while he
would not give UP the documents in his
possession, he went with Mr.. Bookwalter
and had one of them etched. This was the
famous agreement signed by Messrs. Lieber
and Holt. Of the Park Board, given as a
guarantee to the Democratic members of the
finance committee of what properties the
board would purchase. The intention was
to have Mr.. English sign this agreement,
but he never signed it. Mayor Taggart de-
clares that the consideration of his bog land
was dropped Feb. 8. Yet in this agreement,
dated Feb. 26, and signed in the presence
of Mayor Taggart. his bog land appears in
the last sentence of the agreement. And
this last sentence was written in his pres
ence. The agreement reads as folows
indianapolis, Ind, Feb 26, 1897
To the Members OF the Finance Committee
of the Common Council:
As members OF lLc OF Gdrk CON-
mSsioners we agree that on condition that
appropriation ordinance No 2, 1897 for the
sum of $35O,000 be passed by the Common
Council that the same shall be used for
park purposes and applied as follows:
Fall creek system (above Indiana
dN6HueJ ..-.....s....... $s3. 600
Davidson property (Lot 10. David
sons second addition) ............... 5000
Dean property corner Madison ave-
and Coburn street,. ............. 1900
Chadwick and Ray streets (Ballweg
& Co.'S subdivision) ................. 1S0o
Bobbs property southeast corner
Bates and Dillon streets ........... l6.75O
Corner Sanders and McKernan
streets ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS S,2J0
Kirland, corner West Washington
street and Wiley avenue............ 5000
The foregoing figures are approximate
prices, and the purchase of the last item
optional with us. That the sum OF $50 OO0--
as near as possible-be devoted to labor in
improving the five or six smaller proper
ties, If found consistent with such plan as
we have or may adopt; but in any case. we
agree to carry out our promises 10 employ
as many men as possible at the earliest
possible day. In addition TO the above
named and described we reserve the privi-
lege of purchasing for $4,000 land at Belt
road and White river.
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He Tells of n Suit Brought by This
Official on Behalf of the Wa
ter Company.
CASE BEFORE WORKS BOARD
FULMER- COMPANY WAS
FORCED TO PAY A BILL.
City Attorney Gave an Opinion That
Figured to the Interest of
Bells Client.

1t is now in order for somebody to 'ex-
onerate" J. e. Bell, the assistant city at
torney, who furnished the certificate of
righteousness for Mr.. Spencer. This
sewer, which produced the 5000
scandal that brought Holt out Of the
administration so quickly despite the ef-
forts of Mayor Taggart to suppress the af-
fair, seems to have been loaded up with
trouble. AT any rate Royal Robinson, vice
president of the Fulmer-Se Company.
seems loaded with information and docu-
ments in evidence If the mayor applies
his usual "Thou-shalt-not-b ot-be-found-out"
rule of summarily dismissing one of his
subordinates as soon as his conduct is dis
covered by the public. he will probably have
Mr.. Bells scalp before night. There is
more grim truth than humor in the COM
mon remark that if this campaign were to
last week or two longer, Mr. Taggart
would not have any administration left.
Mr., Robinson said yesterday:
"On Oct l. 1896, the Indianapolis Water
Company made a bill against the Fulrner-
Seibert Company of s42L2S which covered
certain matters growing out of crossing
the canal with the White-river interceDtinar
sewer. We returned the bill Offering ID
pay S262. 05, but questioned the business Of
items making up the remainder
dr. L. A Davis. for the Water Com
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this thing of having money command and
~ per cent interest in the Southern and
western agricultural communities on paper
that is perfectly sound, when it will COM
mand only AZ and per cent. on paper
or equal soundness in the Northern
seaboard States. Then we should
find a way TO encourage the making
of small loans. / am convinced that half
the discomfort that finds expression in the
periodical demands for currency initiation
arises from the fact that the man of small
resources finds it difficult, if not impossible
to obtain a loan at a reasonable rate of in
terest. Under our system the banks do
not care to bother with loans of less than
81, 000 and I have never heard of them
making one for less than SlO0. Yet man
who has single bale of cotton, one hun
dred bushels of wheat, two or three hum
dred bushels of corn, or a like small amount
of product, ought to be able to obtain a
loan that will enable him to carry that
ket price for it is right. 1t is seldom that
wheat commands the highest price just at
threshing time or that cotton can be sold
to best advantage right after the picking,
or that corn can best be sold in husking
time. Yet the man who has not enough to
fill large apartment in the warehouse
ing on which he can borrow money as col
lateral. If he did hold a warehouse re-
ceipt for single bale of cotton or one hun
dred bushels of wheat he would find it i'm
possible to go to a bank and get a loan on
1t. The bank will not do so, because the
care of such loans. the salaries OF clerical
help necessary to do it, the costs of ex-
change and that sort of thing would eat
up the profits of the loans. The borrower
is therefore. compelled if he cannot bor-
row from personal friend, to go on hav-
ing things charged to him at the store. at
the highest prices, or to hypothecate his
products, or pay chattel mortgage rates of
interest for loan. They do these things
better in France. With their proverbial
thrift and care for the interests of the
small proprietors, the French people have
a banking system that enables them tc get
loans from the banks as small as 100 francs
and through the Bank of France these
loans are carried at very small profit
believe it is possible for US to show the
way in this matter and to educate our
banks and our people up to a system that
will give a much wider distribution of
banking capital, and will afford the poor
man banking facilities as convenient as
those enioved by his Wealthier neighhor -
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NASHVILLE, Tenn, Oct 10.-Dr. Chaun-
cey NJ Depew. who will deliver an oration
Tomorrow at the presentation Of a statue
University, arrived this afternoon on q
later train came delegation of three hun
dred from New York and Brooklyn, incIud-
Eagle; Mrs. Margaret Sangster. editor az
Harper's Bazaar; William Berri president
Of the Brooklyn Bridge Company, and Mrs
Bernard Peters. of the Brooklyn Times
There also came large detachment of the
New York State Guard. The party will re-
main for three days.
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noon they saw the detective leaving his
home. Moore denies that he killed his wife
and says that he was in the Wall-street
district all day Wednesday until at
o'clock when he got word from police head
quarters that there was something wrong
at his home and then he went up town
and found his wife dead The effort to sup
a stab wound of the abdomen and the burn
ing of the murdered wOman's clothing at
the time Of her death are all against Moore
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HELD FOR WIFE MURDER.
Serious Charge Against Detective
Moore, of New York Force.

NEW YORK, Oct. 1o.-Cen:ral Office De-
tective William Moore. of this city, who is
under arrest on suspicion of having stabbed
his wife to death last Wednesday. was to-
day committed to the Tombs prison The
most damaging evidence against the detec-
tive was given by a neighbor, who said she
heard Moore in the house on the afternoon
Of the tragedy Two boys also say that be-
tween and o'clock on Wednesday after
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CLEVELAND. o., Oct 10.--It is rumored
w. Gates viii soon resign the presidency
Of the Illinois Steel Company to become the
head of the Consolidated Steel and Wire
Mr.. Gates Is also credited with being the
leader OF the movement to bring about a
combination OF the wire and nail manu-
interests.
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ALBERT LIERER
STERIING u A0I m
THE BARRooM MEErl n

III I4AttINDOI NJ EE9II n n
This agreement was discussed aua signed
on or about Feb. 90 at meeting in the
little room off the barroom at the Grand
Hotel, attended by Messrs. Taggart. Holt
Lieber and all the Democratic members OF
the finance committee except Mr.. Wolcott,
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Arrested for VIC Mnrler

CANTON. o.. Oct 10.-Willam Depevster
a well-known character, is under arrest on
the charge of numbering his wife She ran
out or their home wrapped IN flames. her
clothing being soaked with oil from a lamp.
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The POP11ar
MONoN ROUTE
l. s;Da the e. tCHICAGOTT,masss re, =: 4s HOURS
FOUR DAILY TRAINS

Leave Indianapolis--7:Oo a. M. 1:5o q m, s:ss
p M, 1856 night.
Trains Arrive Indianapolis-s:so a. M. 7:4s a.
m. 2:36 D. m, 4:37 D. m.
Local sleeper in Indianapolis ready at $40 n
M Leaves Chicago. returning, at 2:45 a. IN. Can
be taken any time after $3.50 b. m.
Ticket Offices West Washington street Union
Station and Nj Msssachusetts-rvenue Depot
GEO. w. HAYLER d. p A.
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PROOF THAT CANNOT BE CONTRADICTED

Fac-Simile of the Document Written by Councilman Dewar Which
He Inserted With the knowledge Of the Mayor and at the Re-
quest Of the Park Commissioners Present Clause Reerv=
ing the Privilege of Purchasing for Park Purposes
Mr. Taggar's Bog Lands for Sl5,OOO
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-21
THE MORMON TABERNACLE.
pectatiOns. this fact has not deprived
him Of strong support among the mem.

pectati0ns, this fact has not deprived
him Of strong support among the mem.
tcrD Of the church. not even when he
vigorously attacked the leaders for
'using the livery Ut heaven to serve the
devil In" rs he once did In the heat Of
the campaign. The first Representative
chosen to Congress, @. II. ANen, had
been for years a powerful and uncom-
promising opponent Of the church. But
he was elected with the aid of Mormon
votes. The twelve apostles are divided
between the two great parties. Tho
division which has come after forty
years of political solidarity appears to
he genuine, and the people carry on
their discussions with the prOverb!al
zeal OF new converts.
While the Mormons are dominant in
Utah, and are likely to be for long
time in the future, the gentiles exert
Il powerful influence. They have made
an indeliblc impression upon the insti-
tutlons Of the new State. Chief among
their works are the splendid schools
and city buildings and modern public
improvements.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-21

elsewhere. The people live under such
conditions thnt neither pnnics. strikes
nor wars could seriously menace their
three meals a day.
The MOrmOns are admittedly tho
founders OF irrigation among Anglo.
SaxOns. Until they made their first
rude canal from City Greek on that
July day, In 1S47. men Of their race had
never dealt seriously with this indus.
try. As the pioneers enjoyed prnctl.
cal equality In the matter Of property,
their irrigation works were necessarily
built by means OF cooperative labor.
Tho Mormou Church.
After q half century the Mormon
church Is stlll dominant factor In tho
life Of Utah. In numbers and In wealth
It II. Of course. far greater church
than II was nifty years ago. The prac.
tlcc of pOlygamy, suspended by formal
cdlct In 1890. Is now thing Of tho past,
speaking In broad terms. But the doc.
trine Is still religiously held among tho
tenets Of the church. 1t IL doubtless
sincerely believed In by the majority OF
the people. and II usually more vlgor.
Dusty defended by the women than by
tho men. There arc occasional arrests
under the Edmunds.Tuckcr law, but
there seems no reason to doubt tho
good faith of the church In disc0untc-
nancing the practice.
The older generation Of Mormons
rule the church, hut the younger gen.
Grafton rule the State. The Governor.
the two Senators and ono Representa-.
tive arc natives and OF Mormon parent.
age. though Senator Rawlins Is said TO
be IN apostate. Contrary to general cx.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-08-21
UTAH'S BIG JUBILEE.
RECENTLY CELEBRATED HER
SEMl.CENTeNNiAL.
Fifty Years Ago Brigham Young, the
Mormon Prophet, Led His People
Into the "Promiscd Land" and Laid
the Foundation of State.
Founding a state,

Founding n state.
The people Of the state Of Utah re-
Gently completed their big celebration
Of the semi.centennial anniversary of
the arrival of Brigham Young and his
band Of 1,1GO pioneers in the valley of
the Great salt Lake. Almost n full
week was required to fittngly observe
the great empire. building work of Brig.
ham Young.
1t was on July "a. 1S47, that the pio.
neers emerged from the rugged deille
now known us Emigration Canyon and
faced broad and sunny valley, which
sloped gently to the shores of an In.
land sea. On the east. the wasatch
Mountains. and on the south and west
the Oquirrh range made grim walls
about the desert. When the pilgrims
Ind proceeded little further they saw
B large fresh lake a few miles to the
south. emptying Its surplus waters into
the inland sea through slender river
These odd conditions suggested a strik.
ing comparison to Brigham Young, who
felt that he was Moses leading a new