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licans. and that the Republicans would
soon have the State and put negroes
over us. Besides, Georgia tried the
middleaOf.Ehe road plan and has never
elected one Congressman. and they are
numerically weaker TO day than we
are. WeWere compelled to fuse, but
we we're not compelled to act as one
party in the legislature. We should
have divided the offices according to
the white Republicans and white Pop
ulistsina equity andsnot have taken
any acC61ntsoethe negro vote as they
were not to have any of the Offices.
nzn2usm AoYE:
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ENTIRELY SATISFIED.

Office of
s. w. SMITH
Breeder and Shipper, of Thorough
bred and Imported Stock.
COCHRANvILLE, PA Feb. %, '98
The Progressive Farmer, Raleigh,
N. @.
DEAR SIR:-Since l have been adver
Using through your columns I have
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and the amount of inquiries received
from the add running in your columns
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through your medium as any other
the same circulation.
Wishing you uccess with your paper
and that it may still press still further
out, I remain,
Very respectfully,
s W. SMTTB.
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"What Our Advertisers Say"

Think The Progressive Farmer
the best medium through which to
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1898.
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FROM MURPHY TO MANTHo.

NORFOLK, Va, March 10, 1898.
j. L. Ramsey, Esq Editor, Raleigh,
" c.:
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GOOD EVIDENCE.
NEW YORK, March 8, IS

.. New YORK, March 8, 1898
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". c..
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GERMAN KALI WORKS.
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Hickory Press, (Rsp }: The ruinous
policy which our party has too fire.
quently pursued, of pushing negroes
forward for Office, allowing them to be
too prominent in, and often even to
preside over our conventions, has not
only prevented thousands of good white
men from efiliating with US, but has
driven great numbers Of those who
have been life long Republicans, to for
sake US and vote the Democratic ticket.
Thus, the Republican banner ia not
only brought to trail in the dust in our
State, but we are deprived Of repre-
sentation in the National Congress in
i sympathy with the National admins
tration, whereby we might hope to re-
ceive many needed favors; and now
We have q legislature elected which
will doubtless make such a change in
our local election laws as will virtually
diefranchise q large element Of our
voters and thereby deprive the negroes
of the right to vote-a right which we
have always believed they are morally
entitled 60 enjoy.
We never have and never expect to
i advocate detraction from the negroe
rights of suffrage, but out of q feeling
of justice toward the race are disposed
to protect them in that right, and
advise them not to endanger it by
abuse and by aspiring to positions
which they are not qualified to fill,
and which, by their being an inferior
race, they should not be induced to
expect.
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in the future ID M. OSBORNE
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According to statistics of our Ma
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this year is 2I9 pounds. The principal
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HoRrH CAROLINA TOPICS.


Our Representative, Mr.. Clyde Hoey,
4 goes on record Is being in favor or
Allowing the colored ace the school
fund raised from their own taxes and
then allowing committeeman OF their
own color to control this money. This
il the law now intoperatipl IN South
Carolina. Well, We win say that the
only way we will approvec OlOred com,
mitteemen il for them TO control their
own tax money. So long as the whites
divide the fund SO long do we favor
tie white cemhitteSmen. We claim
this in much better for the colored
race. They are now having better
schools than they everhad beforehand
this the more intelligent OF them
agree to.
-
Farmers Friend, Dem lMoFganton,
\ does not share the general opinion that
the Populist party Of this State has
gone out Of existence but looks fcEa
great revival of Populism in 1900, in
consequence Of the fact that mi.
BRYAN viii be nominated by the Pop
tulists IN advance of the meeting OF the
Democratic convention" which it says
sis as sure as fate" Thereis q good
deal in all this. That the Populist
national convention will meet first
in.190O, nominate Mr.. Bryan and ten
der him to the Democrats, is g pro
Rramme definitely settled upon. The
Democrats cannot refuse to accept
him, for he is the undoubted choice OF
the party; and the fact that the Pop,
ulists were fret to put him in the field
viii, Of course, give that party q good
deal of prestige and give it q good
claim upon him in the event Of his
Observation-Disclosures Observer (Oem).
Asheville Citizen, Dem.): 1t is just
az well to remember that, as the Raj
eigh Post says, it was not q partisan
victory.
Men calling themselves Populists
voted with the Democrats. There were
men in the ranks, too, who seldom
vote at all unless called out by some
great crisis. They came out to help
E6066m bu6 ObAJc HAO 10 OSS0DAAS0 POON
government in North Carolina. Then
there were the out and out Republi
cans who seldom vote the local Repub
Iican ticket, though they always vote
the National Republican ticket. It
will not be expected Of the Democratic
party, of course, that it shall be any
thing but that party; no Republican
1ted for the candidates Of the Demo
cratic party in the hope that he was
voting for the f~urtherRnCe Of Rspubli-
can political principles. But it will be
fair to expect of the legislature of
1883 that it will pass no measure
merely for the partisan advantages
there may be in it, or for the irritation
it may cause the opposition, rather
than for any good that is be expected
Of it.
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WkNpFn a position for the sn-;--
W1N41U~ Germ as assistant teacb.ss
in RsehoOl or as q governess in a fam;Ie
Recommendation given end rpUU;~o3
MISS NELLIE POWEPSG
- Hamlet, n. O.. 0'
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Mrs. Botkin's known Handwriting.

State of Delaware, Kent County.
Leila Deane deposes and says: That she is
IA years old and lives with her father, Joshua
D. Deane, and her grandfather, John B. Pen
nington, in Dover Del; that on the evening
of August 9, 1898, her aunt. Mrs. John P. Dun
ming. her little cousin. Mary e. Dunning, and
she were sitting and standing on the porch of
their residence when Harry c.. Pennington re-
turned from the postof1ce and handed to my
aunt, Mrs John p Dunning, package. Her
aunt opened the package and 1t contained
chocolate candy of different favors and FORMS
lady's handkerchief and a piece of paper
with the inscription. with love to yourself
and baby. Mrs c." They endeavored to as
certain whence it came. and upon the
wrapper she saw the address, Mrs. John p.
Dunning, Dover, Del, and they endeavored to
read the postmark where 1t was mailed. but
they could not make 1t out to their satisfaction.
Her aunt. Mrs. Dunning, afterward passed the
candy around and they all took some and ate
1t. and also her mother, Mrs. Ida H Deane,
who in the meantime had Joined them, took
and ate some. She then left her home and
spent the evening out, and returned home
about $50 clock the same evening. About
1890 O clock she retired and awoke next morn
ing quite sick with headache and sick stom-
ach and she was compelled to keep her bed
for two days. She did not see the box of candy
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State of Delaware

State of Delaware, Kent County
Harry c.. Pennington deposes and says: That
he Is Is years old and is the grandson of John
B. Pennington. who is now resident OF
Dover Dell and is temporarily residing with
his family In the said town of Dover and has
been since June 30 1898; and that on the even
ing of August 9, 1898. he went to the postoffice
in the town of Dover for the farlily's mail
and took from the postoffce box of John B.
Pennington package addressed to Mrs. John
P. punning, Dover Del. - he o returned I to
Mrs John P. Dunning. to whom it was ad-
dressed, and whom he found sitting the
front porch of the family residence together
with Leila Deane and Mrs. Dunnings little
daughter Mary z. Dunning. Mrs. Dunning
opened the package in his presence and II con-
tained chocolate candies of different shapes and
fiavors, a lady,s handkerchief and note con-
to yourself and baby. Mrs. c. AS soon as
the package was opened by Mrs. Dunning she
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ON THIS EVIDENCE MRS. B0TKIN WILL BE TRIED y

passed the box around and he took pepper
mint. little Mary E. Dunning took chocolate
tablet and Leila Deane took a piece of some
kind. Mrs. Dunning also took some and ate
it,. Very soon thereafter Mrs. Ida H. Deane
came out on the porch and Mrs. Dunning
handed the box of candy to her and she took
some and ate It, Soon after that Miss jose
phine Bateman and Miss Ethel Millington came
to where they were sitting and Mrs Dunning
passed the box to them, and they each took
some of the candy and ate it. We afterward
separated and at the usual hour the family
retired. The next morning he awoke with the
headache and when he got downstairs he felt
nausea in the stomach. After breakfast he
saw the same box of candy lying the top
of the secretary in the back parlor with the
wrapper. He very soon went to his room and
lay on his bed most Of the day, and when he
returned downstairs the box and wrapper had
been removed from off the secretary and he
has seen them only once since, when day or
two after the death of his two aunts he saw
them in the hands of his grandfather, John B.
Pennington. HARRY c. PENNINGTON.
Subscribed and sworn to before the day
and year aforesaid. PETER L. COOPER,
Justice of the Peace.
Attestation Of WILLIAM T. HUDSON, Pro-
thOnOtary.
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II OR many days Chief Lees has
II thrown about the Botkin case all the
mystery possible. When people have
u ventured to wonder on What ne
based the assumption that the prs
oner was guilty he has intimated that all
would be made plain when the aliloaSi.s
he had been securing were mace puphc'
These affidavits are now given out
II can hardly be said, although, or
course the court is the proper tribunal Tor
deciding the matter, that the ainuaVils
are convincing. On the contrary, some OF
them are irrelevant, others vague Inc
statements of the girls supposed 10 De
concerned in the sale of the CANDY are
wavering and uncertain, and neither OF
the "salesladies" makes more than dis
tant approach to an attempt al loenuh-
cation. The statement of Dunning him-
self is brief and indefinite, setting forth
some facts about Mrs Botkin, but not
affirming as expected, that she wrote the
superscription on the box containing the
poisoned sweets.
There is a showing that Mrs Botkln
bought arsenic at an earlier date then the
purchase of the drug at the Owl Drug
Store. but this could be construed In her
favor rather than against her, tending as
1t does to establish that she had habit
of purchasing this poison. Chief Lees
puts In a lengthy affidavit of his own
tending to make clear the relations be-
tween Dunning and Mrs. Botkin concern
ing which there has been no contention
Altogether. considering what had been
promised. the affidavits will be regarded
as a disappointment. To the lay mind. at
least, they do not seem to have made clear
the guilt of Mrs. Botkin or even to have
so strongly suggested 1t as to explain why
she should be held a prisoner. The most
explicit in the lot is the affidavit of Mrs.
Botkin in which she accounts Tor her
every movement during the time the po-
lice suppose her to have been carrying AIRY M
rious affidavits or the substance of them
may be found in print, and in each reader
there inheres the right to weigh them &C
cording to unbiased judgment
To an unprecedented mind the most mos :, dam IN
Similarity in the exemplars of her known
handwriting with that of the anonymous
letters and superscriptions on the box
Expert Kytka has attained remarkable
success in preparing for the. prosecution
the many Photographic exhibits that the
case has required.
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son and has private interest in the arrest
OF the fugitive.
The fugitive is under criminal arrest in
the State of California and City of San Fran
cisco.
This application is not made for the purpose
of enforcing the collection of debt or for any
private purpose whatever, and If the requisi-
ton applied for be granted the criminal pro-
ceedngs shall not be used for any of said OBJ
jects.
The crime with which she is charged as hav-
ing here committed is murder of Ida j. Deane,
and our statutes fixing the punishment of the
SAM is chapter 127, page s23. revised code of
the State of Delaware. Punishment death.
The crime charged to have been committed
in this State the 9th day of August
A. d. 1898. ROBERT c. WHITE,
Attorney General of Delaware.
STATE OF DELAWARE EXECUTIVE DE-
PARTMENT.
Ebe w. Tul.nell. Governor of the State OF
Delaware, to His Excellency. the Governor of
the State of California:
Know you, that we have constituted and ap-
pointed, and by these presents do constitute
and appoint Bernard J: Mcvey of Newcastle
County in the State of Delaware, agent
to serve the requisil ion for Adelaide c. Botkin,
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Address on Anonymous Letter.

alias Ada Botkin. alias Cordelia Botkin. who
stands charged with the crime Of murder OF
Elizabeth Dunning, committed in the county
of Kent, in said State, and who 1t Is repre-
sented has fed from the justice of this State
and taken refuge In the State of California,
and the said Bernard j. McVey is hereby
thorized and empowered to receive and convey
such fugitive to the State of Delaware. there
to be dealt with according to law. And we do
hereby request that protection, aid and assist
ance may be given and granted to the said
Bernard J. McVey In the discharge Of his duty
in this behalf.
EBE w. TUNNELL, Governor.
J. h HUGHES, Secretary of State.
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STATE OF DELAWARE,

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. r
Ebe w Tunnel, Governor of the State of
Delaware, to his Excellency, the Governor
of the State of California.
Whereas, it appears by the annexed affi-
davits, warrants and certificate. duly anthem
ticated in accordance with the laws of this
State, that Adelaide c.. Botkn alias Ada
Botkin, alias Cordelia Botkln. stands charged
with the crime of murder of Elizabeth Dun
ming committed in the County of Kent, In
this State. and 1t having been represented TO
me that she has fed from the Justice of this
State and has taken refuge within the State
of California.
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j. III ii. HUGHES, secretary of State.
STATE OF DELAWARE,

STATE OF DELAWARE,
KENT COUNTY.
Be Il remembered that on the 27th. of August,
In the year of our Lord 1898, personally ap-
peared before me- one of the Justices Of the
Peace of the State of Delaware. in and for
the said County of Kent, Thomas NJ. Gooden,
who, being by me sworn In due form OF law,
deposes and says, that he is Postmaster in
said, and has been for four years last past
that on the 9Th day of August, A. D. 1SgS
there came to said Postofice at o'clock o.
M through the mail. package addressed to
Mrs John P. Dunning. Dover Delaware
which package was placed in the Postoffice
box of John B. Pennington, Esq, where Mrs.
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John P. Dunning's

John P. Dunnng's mail was usually placed
THOMAS NJ. GOODEN.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, the day
and year aforesaid
PETER L. COOPER,
Justice OF the Peace.
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Now, therefore, pursuant to the provisions
of the constitution and laws OF the United
States in such case made and provided, l
do hereby request that the said Adelaide c.
Botkin, alias Ada Botkin. alias Cordeia Bot
kin, be delivered up to Bernard j. McVey,
who is duly authorized to receive and con-
vey her to the State OF Delaware, there to be
dealt with according to law.
BY the Governor EBE w. TUNNELL.
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and wrapper again until after the death of her
mother, Mrs. Deane, and her aunt, Mrs. Dun
ming, when she saw her grandfather Mr.. John
B. Pennington, take 1t out of the. bureau
drawer. Her mother, Mrs Deane, died on Au-
gust II. and her aunt. Mrs. Dunning, died on
August II. The box and wrapper which 1 saw
my grandfather take the same box and
wrapper which handed to my aunt, Mrs.
Dunning, by Harry c. Pennington on the even
ing of August 9. 1898, and from which we took
and ate the candy. LEILA DEANE.
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THE REQUEST
FOR EXTRACTION
The Formal Demand on Gov
ernor Budd for Mrs.
BOtkin.

The papers from the Delaware officials
asking for the extradition of Mrs. Botkin
are as follows:
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The Request Of the Delaware Authorities for Mrs. Botkn

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