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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-05-16
SMOKING THEM OUT
American Tobacco Company an
Illegal Corporation.
A DECISION RENDERED
PROHIBITED FROM DOING BUSI-
NESS IN ILLINOIS.
A CONSPIRACY IN BUSINESS.
Judge Gibbons Hands Down an Ex-
haustive Opinion Relying on the
Anti Trust Laws. II Depends
on inter-S State Arxumept
on Interstate Argur

Chicago, ILL.,, May 15.-Judge Gibbons
rendered decision to-day declaring the
American Tobacco Company an illegal
corporation and prohibiting its agents
from carrying on its business within the
confines of this State. The decision sus-
tains the information filed last December
by Attorney General Moloney asking that
the American Tobacco Company be en-
joined from selling paper cigarettes on the
premise that it was trust, monopoly and
conspiracy in the business.
The defendants filed demurrers general
and special but each was over-ruled in
the exhaustive opinion handed down to-
day. Representatives of the Tobacco
Company who were in court, announced
that notice of an appeal to the Supreme
court would be given.
The plea of the Attorney General al
legged that the American Tobacco Com
pany manufactures and sells 95 per cent
of all the paper cigarettes manufactured
in the United States and is a combina-
ton in restraint of trade. The company
filed general demurrer, the main con-
tentiOn being that the State of Illinois
is pOwerless to restrain foreign corpor-
alton from shipping any article of eom-
merce from one State to another, or from
distributing or selling such article in the
State to which the shipment is made. The
court said that admitting that the facts
alleged as to the business of the COM
lpany and the manner in which it is car
ried on to be true te question is whether
it falls under the ban of outlawry pro-
nounced against trusts by the Federal and
State statutes.
The court said that the power of self
This gives the State the power to pass
and enforce any law which is necessary
and indispensable to the preservation and
conservation of public health.
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A RECEPTION AT GREENSBORO.
Given tn the Senior Glass of the State
Normal College.

Greensboro, N. c., May 15.-(SbeciaD
The faculty of the State Normal and
Industrial College gave brilliant recep-
ton to the Senior class and visiting alum
nae tonight. Miss Bertha NJ. Lee pre-
sided as toast master.
The following were the toasts:
The Alumnae by DR.. Chas. ID. McIver.
Our Alma Mater, Miss Mary j. AIRING
ton, of Rocky Mt.
Glass Of '97, Miss Stella Middleton.
Warsaw, n. c.
Reply, Miss Bertha VI. Donnelly.
The public schools and the State Nor
NAL and Industrial College, Miss Nettie
Marion Alien.
Our Sister College, Miss Annie Page.
Of the Greensboro Female College.
Glass of '9S, Miss Mary Best Jones.
The school Marin, Miss Ethel NJ. Par
! mele Wilmington.
At the close of the regular exercises the
young Ladies presented play written by
Mr.. Robt. Nj. Douglas, eldest son OF
Judge Robt. Douglas, Of this city.
The play was very creditably present.
ed. At the close an oil potrait of DR..
Chas. ID. McIver. by Randall, was pre-
sented to the Doctor who was complete
| ~ thheu ou his IeeC, as he was totally
| unprepared for such an event
Greensboro was greatly shocked to-day
| by the sad news that during last night
some time DR.. ]. M. Hayes, of this city,
| had died.
He was found in bed this morning early.
stif and cold in death. He had been un-
| well for several days, but not seriously,
! and it is thought that as he was addicted
to the morphine habit that his death was
due to an overdose of morphine.
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CORNELL'S CREW WON.

Annapolis, Nd, May 15.-Cornelrs
Second" Varsity crew won a very inter-
esting boat race to-day from the Naval
Cadets, beating the sailor boys by two
lengths in the fairly good time of IL
minutes and IS seconds and finishing two
lengths ahead at the end Of the two-mile
straight away course. The Cadets came
in seven seconds later. It was pro.
nounced by all who saw it the prettiest
race ever rowed ON the Severn river
and both crews have reason to be proud
of the showing they made. Cornell was
troubled by the rough water, although
she led almost from the start. The Ca
diets made hard squirt toward the finish.
but too late. The course was laid
straight away shoreward from Green
bury Point light, and was two miles
long.
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A RAILROAD SOLD.

Wilmington, N. c., May 15.-The Car
olina, Tennessee & Ohio Railroad, par
TALLY constructed from Wilmington to
Southport, n. c., was offered to-day at
public sale at Southport and was bid off
by John Il. Turrentine, Jr., of Whining
ton, for the sum of $4,000, the sale to
be confirmed by the Superior Court of
New Hanover county. The receiver for
the Union Construction Company says
the work will be resumed on the road and
it is probable that it will be completed
within four months.
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SHORT TREASURER SUICIDES.

st. Louis. Mo-, May 15.-John E..
Doehring. ex-city treasurer of Belleville,
Ill.,. hanged himself in his home in that
city to-day. His accounts are all right,
but he had overdrawn his salary to the
extent of $500 and had been told to make
settlement hits week. He could not do
so and committed suicide.
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PLEASURE -sEnKDR DROWNED

A Steam-Launch at the Dedication Ger
emonies Goes Over Fairmount Falls.
Philadelphia, Pa, May ia steam
launch, in which were sixteen persons,
seeking n view of the dedication ceremo-
MES this afternoon, became unmanage-
able and was swept over the dam at
Fairmount in the Schuylkill river. The
boat capsized and all the occupants were
thrown into the river. A woman
named Even and two younger sisters
named Matthias were drowned. The
others were rescued.
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COLLEGE BASEBALL.

Roanoke, Va, May 15.-Blacksburg de-
feated the Virginia Military Institute to-
day by the score Of six to two. The game
ended in fight, but no one was seriously
injured.
Princeton, N. j., May 15.-Princeton
defeated Harvard this afternoon in the
first championship game OF the collegiate
sea son by 6 to 8.
Providence, N. j., May 15.-Yale de-
feat Brown University here to-day by a
score Of 6 to 5.
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TWO SISTERS STABBED FATALLY
They Were Defending Their Little
Brother From Another Woman.

Dallas, Texas, May 15.-In fight be-
tween three women, employees of the
Dallas cotton factory, two were fatally
and the third slightly wounded. Mrs.
Addie Turner quarreled with a boy
named Hulsey and struck him., Hulsey's
two sisters, who were standing near by,
took sides with their brother. The boy
was practically unhurt. His older sister,
Mrs. Eva Bennett, was stabbed in the
abdomen. Miss Eta Hulsey, the other
sister, was stabbed fivA times. Mrs.
Turner was taken into custody. :,
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SOUTH CAROLINA .MORMONS.

Charleston, S. c.. May 1o.-The an
nual conference of the Mormon church,
or Latter Day Saints, for South Carolina
is in session at Wallace's in this county
Forty travelling Mormon elders who are
at work in this State are in attendance
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KILLED BY 4 LUNATIC.
Randolph King, Another Inmate, Killed
by Otto Templeton,

Petersburg, Va, May ia shocking
tragedy occurred at the State Central
Hospital, near this city, this morning. An
inmate named Otto Templeton struck
another inmate named Randolph King,
a blow on the head with floor mop,
from the effects of which he died in
three-quarters Of an hour. The assault
was sudden and wholly unprovoked.
King had been an inmate for twenty
seven years.
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COTTON MILL BURNED.

Charlotte, n. c.. May 15.-The En-
pire plaid mills which had been shut
down for some time were burned at High
Point this morning. There were no
looms in the mill and nothing was saved
except the boiler and engine. Loss $27,-
600; insurance $4,000.
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TO SELL GEORGIA RAILROAD.

Atlanta, Ga, May Ex-Governor At
kinson decided to-day that he would sell
the Northeastern Railroad of Georgia
The road was leased to e. A. Richards &
Co., who forfeited the lease by default
ing in payment of rental. The date of
the sale is June 21st, and sealed bids will
be received up to that time. The mini
mum price is $4,000. A recent act of
the legislature provides for the sale.
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DEATH OF A BRAVE VETERAN.

At the Soldiers Home, at 1870 last
evening, Mr.. Washington overly, of this
city, died.He was good soldier, Belonging
to Go. e." Oath N. G. IT, The funeral
will be announced from the pulpits of
the different churches.
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Louisville, KY, May 15.-Bannock-
burn won the futurity by two lengths;
Bangle, second; Howland, third. Time
1:561s.
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LATE GENERAL NEGRETE.
His Funeral at the City of Mexico
One of Great POmp.

SAN DIEGO, Jan. THE funeral of
General Miguel Negrete, which occurred
in the City of Mexico Sunday morning,
was one of unusual pomp. President
Diaz personally attended the funeral of
the aged warrior. Several military
companies, with bands and arms re-
versed, attended the funeral, and all the
hOnors paid to a high officer were given
to the deceased.
Major General Miguel Negrete was 13
years old. He fought valianuy against
the Americans in 1917, and was
wounded at Buena Vista. After the war
he served under Santa Ana Later he
served under General Miramon as Chief
Of Infantry. When the triple squadron
arrived at Vera Cruz General Negrete
offered his services to President Juarez,
and was appointed to take command of
the forces on the hills of LOretO and
Guadalupe, at the City of Pueblo in COM
pany with Zaragoza. General Forey' s
superior numbers forced him to sur
render. When President Juarez was
threatened with death at Monterey Cen
eral Negrete foiled a plot to assassinate
him, and was made Minister. Of War.
He served in many battles. and always
was found at the front in a fight.
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DEEP HARBOR COMMISSION
Studying Granite Quarries Near Santa
Monica and San Pedro.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 1.-For the past
two days the Deep Water Harbor Com
mission has been studying granite
quarries, and have been kept ON the go
by the Southern Pacific and Southern
California Railway officials in a con-
slant succession of viSite to quarries,
and has listened to the disquisitions on
the particular merits of the various
stone.
To-day General Manager S. B. HyneS
of the Terminal Railway took the COM
mission to a quarry he had found near
Altadena. The General Manager and
General Passenger Agent, ]. j. Byrne,
of the Southern California Railway Will
tcte the Commissioners to that COM
pany's quarry at Casablanca to-mor-
row, and the occasion will also be made
use of to make the tour of the KITE
shaped track On Saturday the COM
mission will get back to work again at
San Pedro.
The discovery that the boards assist
ant engineer, who is making the bor-
iLgs at San Pedro, was formerly an
employe Of Chief Engineer Hood of the
Southern Pacific, is not considered re-
assuring by the San Pedro people.
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EVENTS ON THE TURF.
Results of the Races at New Orleans
and San Francisco.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 7.-ResuIts:
Six furlongs, Irish Lady Won, Willie w.
second, Galley West third. Time
1:17h.
Six furlongs, Turn won, Kruna sec
ond, Prima third. Tine-1:1Sl4.
One mile, High Test won, Marquise
second Bridget third Time-1 :4534.
Six furlongs, Sankara won, Gold Top
second, CASTOR third. Time-1:17%
Seven furlongs, Eleanor Nc Won, Re-
maud second, Ban Johnson third Time
Il :32b.
Seven furlongs, Viscount won, Harry
B. second, Elyrfa third Time-1 :3214
AT SAN FRANCISCO.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 7.-Weather
fine, track fast. Three favorites won
to- day
Seven fn'longs. selling. Arrezzo won.
George Palmer second, Philip H third.
Time-1:30
Seven furlongs, purse, Joan won, Jack
Richelieu second, Boreas third. Time
1:31A.
Six furlongs, purse, Yankee Doodle
won, lamar II. second, Howard S. third.
Time-1;141h
Seven furlongs, purse, Flashlight
won, Lady Diamond second, Lovdal
third Time-1:30.
One mile, selling, Salvable won, Kam-
sin second, Judge Denny third Time
-1:42M.
One and a quarter miles, purse,
Adolph Spreckels won, Peter II second,
Barl Cochran third. Time-2:0913
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S. F. SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Experts Examining Books to Find
Out Where the rlOney Goes.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. THE an
nounced intention of Chairman Peixotto
of the Grand jury and Chairman Sam
uel Waller of the Finance Committee of
the Board of Education to institute a
searching investigation into the ex-
penses of the school department has
caused sensation among the teachers
Experts are now examining the books
of the department for the purpose of
ascertaining how the salary roll has in
creased over 5000, 600 during the past
ten years, although the average attend
ance of pupils for that period has in
creased only SS3. Since 1856 the teaching
force of the department has been in
creased by 200 instructors. which is at
the rate of one instructor to every four
new pupils for that time.
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HEROISM OF A MINE FOREMAN.
Lost His Own Life in an EndeavOr
to Save Others.

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 7.-Heroism such
as is read about, but seldom met with
in everyday life, was shown ait the
Santa Gertrudis mine, at Pachuca, in
the early morning of December 31St.
Ned Richards, an Englishman, was the
hero, and through his efforts to save
the lives of others he lost his own.
The night shift was about to go off
duty, and number of the men had
already reached the cage, when ter
rife explosion occurred in one of the
drifts. Several men who We're between
the fire and the cage ran up, and 9TH
ers could be heard shouting for help.
Ned Richards was among those who
could have escaped easily. Hastily
calling two companions to his assist
ance, he ran back, Drawing the smoke
and flames, and saved Mexican who
was fainting in the drift They drag
ged him to the cage, and then a num-
Der of others running up, it was
thought that all were accounted for,
and the men all went to the top. The
roaring of the fire could be heard in
the lower levels, and great volumes of
smoke began to fill the shaft. The
foreman procured his book and checked
off the names Of the men. All an
swered to their names except four.
Then, in the face of the danger, Rich
ards offered to be one to go below
again and get the four missing men.
Three MexicanS stepped forward and
volunteered to accompany him. They
jumped into the cage and were lowered
down Two of them went to their
death-Richards and an unknown Mex
lean.
The four men, when they reached the
level where the fire was raging, got
out and made a quick search for the
missing men. But the fire, feeding on
gas and released by the explosion,
filled all the empty spaces and forced
the men back to the cage. Richards
made a gallant attempt to penetrate
into one of the drifts, and was over
come by gas and smoke. He failed
to return, and the unknown Mexican
went after him. He found the English
man lying unconscious and dragged
bim to the cage, but was in turn over
come. The others gave the signal and
were hoisted up.
Richards before he died said he would
rather die than to Sc his comrades die
like rats without any effort to save
them. He and the Mexican died with
in a few minutes after being raised TO
the surface.
1t was learned afterward that eleven,
and not four men, were in the mine.
The deaths We're therefore, thirteen.
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TALKING TARIFF.
(Continued from Sixth Page.)

of affiliate and other departments of
the University of California in San
Francisco.
BY Brigeford-To legalize certain ac-
acknowledgements of instruments affect
ing real estate.
BY Cross-ro add section to Civil
Code relating to the sale and redemp-
tion of property sold under power OF
mortgages and trust deeds.
By Cross-To amend the section of
the Code of Civil Procedure relating to
redemption of property sold under
Judgment.
By PriCe-Providing for the dissolu-
ton of certain corporations doing a
banking business.
BY Waymire-To amend Section 634
of the Political Code in relation to in
Surance.
By Waymire-To enable any county,
city and county, city or town, to leave
property to associations of ex-soldiers
and sailors.
By Waymire-To regulate medical
pr ractice to prevent blindness of in
fants.
By Waymire-To amend Section 1880
to witnesses.
By Hudson-To provide for the gov
| ernment and organization of road dis
| ty'icts
By Goodhue-To amend sections of
| the Political Code relating to school
| laws.
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Since Which Time His Whereabouts
are Unknown.
His Team Stopped on the Road on a
Dead Run, But Without Driver
The Man Held in High Esteem by
All Who Knew Him, None Believ-
ing That He Disappeared With the
Money.
Money

OROVILLE, Jan. George Wolf, a
trusted employe of l.. Cohn & Co. of
Magalia for several years, went to Chico
in light spring wagon for load OF
merchandise, and also drew from the
Bank of Butte County 5000 to pay off the
miners of the Badger mine. Wolf left
Chico at 4 p. m. Shortly after q o'clock
William Burke, who lives on the grade
about six miles from Chico, saw Wolf s
team coming up the grade on a dead
run, without a driver. Burke, after con-
siderable trouble, succeeded in stopping
the horses. He drove them to Magalia,
secured assistance and returned to
search for Wolf No trace of him
could be found. This morning another
searching party went out, and at this
writing had not found Wolf. Wolf is
SO years old, single, and had been held
in high esteem by all who knew him.
and none think he disappeared with the
money
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schooner Ellen have received very fair
treatment at EnSenada. They We're
captured early in December at EHda
Island while poaching guarIo that be-
longs to the English company operat-
ing ON the peninsula The Mexican
Government is bound to protect the
Englishmen in their concession, and SO
sent steamer after the smugglers.
Jensen and his crew of two men were
captured and the schooner confiscated.
Recently Captain Jensen has been ad-
mitted to bali, his liberty, however, ex-
tending to the town of Ensenada only.
McAllister and Anderson, his sailors.
We're discharged, and are now here.
Jensen now has hopes of recovering his
vessel through the payment Of small
fine.
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IDAHO SENATORSHIP.
Democrats and Populists Trying to
Patch Up Their Differences.

SALT LAKE, Jan. There are no
new developments in the Senatorial con-
test in Idaho. The Democrats and Pop
ulists have been holding informal eau
cuses all day, with a view of patching
up their differences but SO far it ap-
pears without success.
The Populists up to to-day We're the
leaders in an effort to unseat two MEM
bers Of the Legislature who are ardent
supporters of Dubois, and the fact of
their practically Withdrawing from the
contest is attributed to their desire to
bring the Democrats to terms by
strengthening the Dubois supporters.
The Dubois men are working strenu-
ously, and appear very confident, de-
claring that he will be elected on the
first ballot. The Democrats claim thirty
votes for Johnson on the first ballot,
thirty-six votes being necessary to a
choice.
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A RICH FIND.
Constable Russell Unearths Three
Costly Sealskin Capes.

Constable Russell of Washington on
Wednesday went down the river hunt
ing for a hobo of whom he had heard
as being i'm that neighborhood.
He took a young man with him, and
on reaching an old and deserted barn
he sent rim up into the loft to see if
anyone was sleeping there. The youth
searched the loft, but all he could find
was an old sack, which he was told to
throw down.
On being opened there was found a
bundle wrapped in an old coat con-
tanning three magnificent sealskin
capes, each one of the very finest quail
ity of fur, and made up very expensive
ly. One of them has fourteen tails
on it. and is probably worth $3.50.
The Constable brought them over to
this city and gave them in charge to
Chief of Police Drew, who now has
| them and has been anxiously searching
for an owner in this city
The police are, however, now salts
fed that the rich find Of the Constable
is not the result of any robbery here,
but probably of one in some other Pa
cific Coast city.
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SPANISH CRUELTlES.
ATROCITIES COr1nITTED IN THE
CUBAN ISLAND.
Bloodthirsty Colonel Fondervaila In
stitutes a Reign of Terror
in GuanabaCOa.

NEW YORK, Jan. 7.-Antonio Aguir-
TO, member of the Havana Produce
Exchange, arrived here on the steamer
Orizaba from Havana. He was a resi-
dent of Qua nabacoa, where, according to
recent reports from Havana, atrocities
We're committed by the Spanish troops
under Colonel Fondeveila.
Senior Aguirro, when seen last night,
said
1.-The reports which reach the United
States of the state of affairs in Guiana
bacoa are far from telling the whole
truth. Colonel F'ondeveila has instituted
a reign of terror at the place His name
is we'll known to the American press as
that of the most blo0dthirsty officer of
General Weyler's command. He is a
favortte of the Captain-General, and
has been appointed military commander
of Guanabacoa, just across the bay from
Havana.
Fully 800 families have left the town
and moved into Havana since his TAX
ing charge People are taken from their
homes a night and killed with machetes
in the outskirts of the city.
''The world is then made to believe
that such people We're leaving their
homes to join the rebels who swarm the
neighborhOod | know of thirty nine
persons who havesthus been done away
with. Even honest Spaniards are
shocked at Fondeveila's acts.
"One of those honest Spaniards
warned me that my name was on list
with more than 200 more kept by Fon
develia as men marked by him for
secret execution as rebel sympathizers.
Being a thoroughly neutral man, ana
having good friends among Cuhans and
Spaniards alike I managed to obtain
my passports for the United States.
owe my escape from Fondeveila's S
clutches to my Spanish friends, for
whom l feel the greatest gratitude"
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JACKSON'S BIRTHDAY.
w. j. Bryan the Guest of Honor at
Big Banquet at Chicago.

CHICAGO, Jan. 1-William j. Bryan
was the guest of the Bryan League at
a big banquet given tonight at the Tre-
mont House in celebration of the ami
versary of Andrew Jackson's birth
Four hundred Democrats who believe
in the Chicago platform assembled in
the large dining hall. With few excep-
tions they were residents of Chicago.
Their enthusiasm when the name of
Mr.. Bryan was mentioned was un-
bounded, and a fiattering display of
admiration followed his rising to speak
to the toast Andrew Jackson To a
II an each banqueter arose and waved
anything available, accompanying the
demonstration with vociferous cheers
for Bryan. The late candidate of his
party was fully at his ease, and al
though tired from his long travel and
days work of receiving friends, he met
all expectations when he spoke.
The decorations of the hall consisted
of a liberal draping of the American
flags, with crayon pictures of Mr..
Bryan, Mr.. Sewall and Thomas Jeffer-
son, but none of Jackson. For nearly
two hours before the procession to the
banquet hall was formed Mr.. Bryan
he'd a reception in the parlors of the
hotel. He had previously spent several
hours with his publishers and remained
seated in an easy chair while a line of
admiring Democrats filed past him and
shook his hand.
1t was originally intended to have the
banquet on Friday, which is the actual
Jackson day anniversary, but Mr.. Bryan
had received previous invitation to
attend banquet in Omaha that night,
and he accepted, giving tonight to the
Chicago Democrats.
The speech making began after mid
night, purpoSely. Canter H Harrison,
President of the Bryan League, acted
as postmaster.
Mr.. Bryan left for Omaha at 2:45 a.
m. on the Northwestern fast mail.