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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-08-05
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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-08-05

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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-08-05
A. 4 N. G. RAILROAD,
TIM E TABLE.

To take effect Wednesday Nov. q, 1895.
EAsTBOUND TRANS.
The age-herald., 1897-11-12
BOUGHT BY VANDERBILT IS.
Have Gobbed Up the Toledo, St. Louis and
 Kansas City Road.

St. Louis Mo, Nov. 11.-It is stated on the authority of a we'll posted railroad man that railroad deal is on hand that will be of vital interest to all the roads in the Joint Traffic association. The deal is no less than ths' acquisition of the Tolsdo, Kansas City and St. Louis, fa- mil,aaly known as the "Clover Leaf' by the Vanderbllts.
 The deal is being manipulated. it is eaid, by J. Plerpont Morgan and the Clover Leaf to be made a division of the Mfchi gam Central railroad.
 The scsheme is of great interest to the railroads of this section, not only be- cause it will give the Vanderb.lts an- other line in this territory: but because it will in all probability end a great deal of railroad trouble which it has been giving the Joint Traffic associa ton for a long time. The Clover Leaf has been disturbing element and has given the Joint Traffic association more trouble than any road within ihs territory.
The age-herald., 1897-11-12
HE DIED GAME.
And John Roy CabePs Murder Was Avenged
 Left Confession.

Danville, Va, Nov. 11.-Edward Hank ins, a white man 52 years old, was hanged at Cha tlham county ssat, Pittsyivania, at 2:25 D. m, today, for the murder of Dr. John Roy Cabe1l, a prominent citizen of Danville. Hankins killed Cabell on the latter's farm, twenty-two miles from here, on Aug. 26 last. He was convicted Sept. g ard sentenced to hang today
 The condemned man went to the gall lows with firm step, but uttered not a word. eAfter a sIho,t prayer by min ister the trap was sprung and Hankins' neck was broken.
 The wilofs affair was over in six min utes ffom the time Hnnkins was taken from his cell. Hankins made a written s statement, which was mot made public till after he was hanged. He admitted elhe killing, but says that Caibel aittacked him first Caben was "A years old and very feeble. ai
The age-herald., 1897-11-12
HE COMMITTED FORGERY
Said a Grand Jury, Which Returned Pli-
 teen Indictments Against Him.
HE FORGED NOTES WERE STOLEN
From the States Attorney at Charleston, Ill.,, While Ficklin Was Being Tried-The State Halted-Jury of Inquiry
 Declare Him Insane.

Charleston, H.. Nov. 1.-The k5ensa- tional case of Attorney Aired c. Ficklin was brought to a dramatic cose this af ternoon by his being sent to the insane asylum.
 FihlS;n is the son of the late Orlando B. FiclSlin, wqlb married a sister of Al- fred c. Colquftt, late governor of Geor- gfa. Ficklin, the elder, was wsal known all over the west. He was an intimate friend of both Lincoln and Douglass was in congress with them as the Lin colu-Doug[ass debates will efaow.
 Among othe,r things Alfred. act;d as broker for some rich people, lending their money out ani paying the interest as it became due. After long tima it was learned by the merest chances that several notes were forgeria. The grand jury found fifteen indictments against F'ickifn and the cases came to triad this week. The first cage was brown clearly out by a blunder of the states attor- ney in copyng the indictment in which a note was mls1escrb.ed, Judge Henry Van Sel1ar of Paris, ordering the jury to render a verdict of aIcquittal, which was dona.
 Ths next case was cleared, and while it was in progress the states attorney made the astounding statement that he had been robbed in open court and all the forgsd notes stolen. There was dramatic aosne, but no one was able to find the notes and tha case on trial went the way of the first. Then with eleven indictm ants left the states at- tcrney obtained conitinuanee till the January term of the circuit court, in or der to try and find the notes
 Mr. A. c. Fickin was then tri d for R,sanity and taken to the Kanl1akee asylum.
The age-herald., 1897-11-12
M0RAES WAS DOOMED
By the Opposition, Says Government Sup
 porter-A Strenuous Denial.

Rio Janeiro, Nov. 11.-Senow Riveria, one of the governments supporters in the Brazilian senate, declared in open session of that body that the opposition had predicted the death of President Moraes before November This state ment, taken in connection with the al- Legged plot which led to the alleged at tempt to kill the president, caused a sensation.
 Senor Barcelos, of the opposition, pro- tested vigorously against this charge. In the chamber of deputies Seab.a, in an attack on 'the opposition, declared that an attempt was made upon the president by anarchists. This caused hot discus sion in that body. Many chergss have caused the opposition to issue a mand- festo denying any responsibility for the attempt on President Moraes' Fife. This manifesto, which sets forth that the at tempt grew out of discontent in the army, was not well received.
 Comparative quiet redgns in Rio Jan eiro, although the chamber of deputies has passed a measure declaaing the city under martial law. An armed patrol surrounds the city.
 Resolutions of congratulations for the president on his escape from assas sina- tdon were passed. fl
The age-herald., 1897-11-12
THE THORN TRIAL
 COMES TO A HALT Juror 1agnuS Larsen Dangerously III From
 An Operation AND UNABLE TO APPEAR
A New Jury Fill Have to Be Empanelled
 and the Present One Discharged.
THORN WILL TURN THE TABLES
When He Gets On the Stand, Says His Attorney Mrs. Augusta Mack Seems to Have Lifted the Crime Entirely
 From Her Shoulders.

New York, Nov. 1.-The triad of Mar tin Thornfor the murder of William Gull densuppe which was begun last Monday at Long Island court was suspended to- day owing to the dangerous illness of Juror Magnus Larsen. The jury will be discharged tomorrow morning and an other trial ordered.
 Juror Larsen was taken i'll yesterday and court adjourned on that account. Physicians called to attend him. found that he was suffering from appendicit S. At the opening of court this morning it was announced that Larsen was un- able to attend and an adjournment was taken until tomorrow morning.
 Late this afternoon an operation was performed on the sick juror and it is expected that The sick man will be able to leave his bed in two weeks.
 District Attorney Youngs notified the other eleven jurors to appear in court tomorrow morning and receive their dis charge and he will then ask The count to order a new trial.
 All the evidence of the prosecution, whose case was nearly completed, will be required to be gone over with again. y have to tell her story anew. If she re- fuses to go on the stand, the confession she made yesterday, cannot be used against Thorn.
 MT. Howe and Mr. Moss had a brief talk with their client, Thorn before he was taken back to his cell. Later MT. Howe outlined his proposed plan of de- fense, which he has been compelled to adopt, owing to the confession of Mrs. Mack. Thorn will take the stand. said he. He will testify that the murder was conceived and plotted and planned by Mrs. Mack in order that Thorn might take his place. Thorn will state that when he got Into the cottage at Wood side on June 20, he found that Mrs. Mack had shot Guldensuppe and that it was she who said "I have killed him." In other words, Thorn is going to tell the whole truth about it-absolutely the whole truth, said MT. Howe, with dra- matic gesture.
 'Will Thorn testify that Mrs. Mack took away rthe head, or will he state that it was himself who threw 1t into the river?" MT. Howe was asked.
 The big lawyer hesitated for a mo- ment and then replied:
 Watt until we have got Thorn on the stand tomorrow. He will tell about It."
The age-herald., 1897-11-12
REV. H. P. MILES
Was the One Who Received the Confession of
 Augusta Mack.

New York; Nov. 11.-H. P. Miles, pas tor of the First Presbyterian church of Ravenswood, L. T., to whom it is ale legged Mrs. Mack made her confession, said he did not attempt to work on the woman's feelings. as has been charged. MT. Miles says that he visited the wo- man at the request of the jailer, who thought that he could do the woman good.
 MT. Milss says that after few visits to the jail, Mrs. Mack rddiculed his re- ligion, but he kept on preaching in the jail corridor. On Sunday last he took as his text, Those who claim Him yet I will trust"
 During the sermon Mr. Miles said that he noticed Mrs. Mack was greatly agi- tated and was crying, and when he had finished he says Mrs. Mack came to him and told hlirn that she wanted to con- fess the murder. Mir Miles says he told her that he did not care to hear her con- fession, but told her to pray to the Lord. She got down on her knees and prayed, and later she told him that prayer had greatly relieved tsr and that great load had been lifted from her mind. He then left her without hearing the confession.
 He says that on Tuesday Mrs. Mack sent for him, and that when he arrived at the jafl she confessed the crime to him in all its details.
The age-herald., 1897-11-12

prieved, though I was disappointed that the message was not positive. am confident it will soon bs confirmed. I thank God for this resp5te.''
 "Was your repheve a surprise?"
 Not exactly. All along have had perfect faith in my God. This after neon was visited by Sisters of Charity, and believe that their prayers and the prayers of others who have interceded for me have been Instrumental in bringing about this result"
 Durrant said he could not understand how Christian people should beg h.m in letters to confess.
 q am innocent" he said, "and would never confess to such a vile chime. Sooner or later the truth will be known. I have faith that the real perpetrator VIII yet be discovered and punished. All of these little stays brings LIS nearer to it. I know that the Lord will sooner or later set all things right. l shall never give up the fight because the Lord is with me-" he said, embracing and kissing his mother.
 On Mrs. Durrant's face was smile of contentment, but the son looked sad. his eyes were dull, he earnestly repeated many times that faith in God would save him dn the future as in the past.
 You may say am innocent said Durrant, in conclusion. T VIII never yield and God is with me" @
 After an hours private talk with her son, Mrs Durrant retuPned to her ho;el and Durrant was taken back to cell a1, cupied before the death watch was se, over him.
The age-herald., 1897-11-12
GAUGERs AND sTOREKEEPERS
Come Under Civil Service Laws and Can Only Be
 Removed For Cause.

Washington, Nov. 1.-The case of But ler Berry and Ruckmam government gaugers and storekeepers in distillery in the West Virginia collection district, winch was tired by Judge Jackson of the Unified States circuit court and a de- cision rsached by which Collector White is restrained from either receiving or transferring them to other and subordi- matte positions, as was contemplated, has been recommended to the solicitor for the treasury A somewhat similar case as to the powers of collectors of internal -revemue to appoint or remove deputies was referred to the district court which was requested to express an opinion on the case.
 Judge Jackson held dn the case of gaugers and storekeepers that they can only be removed from their positions for causes other than political; that they must be removed by the rules, which re- quire that no removal shall be made ex- cep't for causes nor until charges against the person sought to be removed have been presented to him and he is given an opportunity for defense. The internal revenue officials contention is directly opposed to this cons truction of the law.
The age-herald., 1897-11-12
GREEK CAPITAL STIRRED
Over the Recently Exploded Tor
 pedo Scandal.
COURT MARTIAL DEMANDED
And Prince George May Be One of the Men 10 Be Tried-Two Officers Are Charged
 With Gross Negligence.

Brfndisi, Italy, Nov. 11--Letters re- ceived here. today from Athens state that the torpedo scandal continues to be the sensation of the Grecian capital. The basis of this scandal was the dis covery of the fact that all the car tridges fitted to the torpedoes during the war with Turkey were without per- cussion caps and Illuminating mercury, and therefore they would have been useless in case they were needed.
 The committee of investigation ap- pointed to inquire into the matter de- cided that two officers, Captains Rasto- poule and Anastasi, must be tried by courtmartlal on the charge of culpable negligence. Captain Rastopoule who is now being tried, has asked that Prince George of Greece, who commanded the torpedo fiotilla during the war, and who was previous to the war great fa- vorite with the masses, be called as a witness.
 The court has refused to do this and the Greek newspapers are publishing vigorous articles on the subject, the anti-dynastic Hestia going so far as to demand that Prince George be tried by courtmartial.
The age-herald., 1897-11-12
NICARAGUA NEXT IN ORDER
For a First-Class of Revolution
 of Affairs. THE PEOPLE ARE RESTLESS Zeaya's Proposition to Sell the Government Railroads and Steamboats May Prove the
 nyectve to an Uprising.

Manag1uas Nicatagua. Nov. il. = President Zelaya, of Nicaragua, IS senId- ing commission to the United States and to Europe who will try to sell the Nicaraguan -nat1onal raiwlay and steam boats. The commission wdn be composed of A. c. Housein, President Zeaaya's fatlDer-in-law, steward of the national paIacs and masl,er of the national mili- tary board, and M. O. Matus, minister of the tobacco nnonopoy, public instnuc- tion and the spirit monopoly
 Tn government clllcles and in the semi official organ Fl Commercio, the propo- s1tion is discussed of raising the pres ent Dow condition of NicaGaguas paper currenIcy and ths financial condition gen. early dby issuing large quantities of pa- per money-promises to pay-based upon improved real estate in Nicaragua.
 There are many Indications that there will be another evolution soon in Nica- gagua, the thind in about thres years. The people are restless. and do not want President Zelya to sell the national railroad and the steamboats. It Is claimed that some of the most promin :nt Nicaraguan officials have been placing large amounts to their credit in Europe.
The age-herald., 1897-11-12
THE DEATH VEIL
 IS AGAIN LIFTED Durrant Again Given a Lease on
 Life. WRIT OF PROBABLE CAUSE Was Granted His Attorneys By the Su- preme Court of California. MOTHER AND SON MEET IN PRISON After the News Had Been Received By
 the Warden. PRAYERS HAD WALLED A GREAT DEAL The Condemned Man, in Conversation With a Newsgatherer, Declared His innocence and Said the Prayers of Good Women
 Had Been Answered.
After the News Had Been Received By
 the Warden.
PRAYERS HAD MAILED A GREAT DEAL

San Fraacisco, Nov. 11.-Wilham Henry Theodore Durrant will not be hanged at San Quentin tomorrow, after all, the supreme court of this state having grant ed him another respite at the last hour. Up to 4 o'clock this afternoon, when the news flashed over the wires from Sac racnenlo that dIhe count now in session there had granted writ of probable cause and instructed Warden Hale not to carry out the execution until further orders, there was apparently no further hope for the condemned murderer of Blanche Lamont and Mtnnie Williams, as his afJtorneys, Messrs. Dickinson and 'Boardman, had made futile effort to secure another writ of haIbeas corpus in the United States cou1It and had not even been granted permission ito appeal from Hhat decision to the supreme couild of the United States.
 Meanwhile, Attorney Rupree had hast ened to Sacramento and applied to the state supreme co,imlr for writ of proba- ble cause for tine purpose of staying Nhe proceedings against his client upon 'bhe ground that no official knowledge of the decision of the supreme court of the United States in the mat tier of Durrant's appealing from the decision of the cir cult court had been received; that the supreme court had ad.ed too hastily in sentencing Durrant to be hanged tomor- row, as the law required that he be granted at least sixty days grace. and. thirdly, thalt the pendency of an appeal in the supreme coura affecting the con- demned was of itself sufficient cause tor a stay of execution.
 The maltter was partly argued in cham bels and later argued before the full court and then taken under advisement. Shortly afterwards the courit announced its decision granting the writ applied for, in which all the justices concurred.
The age-herald., 1897-11-12
SOUTHWESTERN ROADS.
Passenger Agents Still Talking About Com
 missions to Ticket Agents.

St. Louis, Mo, Nov. 11.-,The confer ence of passenger agents of southwestern hnss, in session here for the past few days, has revised and compleIted the xr- ticles of agrecmem5 of the new passen- ger associaticn, and the agreement will take effect as soon as signed, which will not be later than Dec. l. 2 A set of rules to govern the officials and employees will be made to suit the agreement. The ma uter of through ticket t commissions to be paid to agents of con meeting lines will be considered today and a schedule of rates for the sarne will be adopted.
 FThe Kansas City, PEtsburg and Gulf railroad is not member of the new association The policy Of the present. management is 10 stay out of all traffic agreements r.M
The age-herald., 1897-11-12
CHARLES PAGE BRYAN,
The New Minister to China, Was Educated in
 Europe.

Washington Nov. 1.-The president today appointed Charles Page Bryan of Illinois to be envoy extraordinary and minister plendpotentiary of the United States to Chfna MT. Bryan is a resident of E1mhurst in Representative Hopkins fdstrfcr. He is about AZ years of age and has been somewhat active in poli- tics. He was educated in Europe and is a fluent hnguist.
 MT Denby, who Is succeeded by this appointment, has held the position since the beginning of President C1evelands first term. President Harrison appoim ed exlSenator Blair of New Hampshire Ito succeed him, butt he was objectionable to the Chinese government, and MT. Denby was left uDdisturbed.
The age-herald., 1897-11-12
IN A NEW QUARTER.
Thebes, Illinois, Reports Eleven Suspicious Cases
 and One Death.

Springfield, ILL. Nov. 11.-Dr. Egan, secretary of the state board of health, is in receipt of letter from Dr. CAP. SpanaI of Thebes, H.. informing him that the writer. and another physician have. tin the last tfdree weeks, treated eleven suspicious cases. presenting symptoms of yellow fever. Two had black vomit. One death has result d and one patient Is in a critical condition. Dr. Egan has given fntructions for am in- vestigatfon and report. and necessary steps wtai be taken to establish a quar- antfne.
The age-herald., 1897-11-12
HAD FAITH IN GOD.
Durrant Says Prayers Have Availed Much
 Declares Ills Innocence

San Quentin Prison, Nov. 11.-Talis has been day of suppressed excitement in and about the penitentiary. The pre- paratfons for ths execution of Durant had all been completed and the prison officials were in readiness to carry out the death seniterce from which there SC med no further appeal. The man alone was yet hopeful Whrat lhe might ob- tain long Fease of life He spent the greater part cf the day in reading and had little to say to anyone.
 Hears the News
 At 5:30 D. m. ths. news that the su- preme court had granted a reprieve was received at the prison in a message to Warden Hale, from Chief Justice Bruce. Captain Edgar, who op sned the dispatch in the absence of the warden. immedi- ately wrote note conveying the infor nnatlon to the condemned man. The mektsage was ssnt to the death cell by a guard Dulrrant quclxly read it and with out amy great display of emotion fell on his knees and prayed silently for sev eral minutes.
 Mrs Durrant, the -moth,sr of the prfson- CT. was passenger on tine 3:S0 boat from San Fr'ancisco. When she reached the prison th: news was told to her. She wal5 cheerful on the way over, saying that she had put her faith in God and felt that He would not desert her. On arrival at the prison she was informed that her sons life had besn spared and that she might see him later.
 Thank God" said she.
 Then she went ito a hotel for rest and refreshments. At D. m. she returned to the prison and was admitted to Capt. Edgars office. where h-r boy was wait ing to meet her.
 Death Veil Removed
 The death veil was removed and Dur rant was brought down to the office, and it will not again be placed over ths prisoner unless required by future de- velopinents dn the case Mrs. Durrant remained with her son in close conversa- tion for some time
 An Associated Press reporter was sub sequently admitted to the prison office, where Durrant and his mother were seated on a sofa in each others arms Durrant expressed a desire to see a repre- sentative of the Associated Press and in an interview saHd:
 Had Faith in God
 "NatumFly was elated that was re-
The age-herald., 1897-11-12
Knights of Labor In a wrangle

Louisville, Ky, Nov. 1.-The general assembly, Knights of Labor, is stlll wrangling over contested delegates. Nothing will be given out as to the na- ture of the contests or from states they come and as the proceedings of the as- sembly are carefully guarded nothing
 authentic can be learned concerning them. General Master Workman 5over- eign's report has ben delayed by the d,ssensions over the delegations, but will probably be read tomorrow.