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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-10-25
FORTY THOJSAND MORE
ARE TO Re EMBARKED IN THE
NEAR FUTURE
faS SPAN AR05 MKT PR08ASLE MOVE
/ Viii be an [f3t. 10 Saddle a New Cuban
Goyernmeu. With The Cebt Contracted
for ioesia1 Beatfi. No Ar
bitration.

Washington. Oct. 10 General Made.
President Of the American evacuation
commission, teicgrnihcd the War De
soldiers had been embarked alr,.ady for
Spain and that arrangements had been
completed. of which the American com
missionerS had been duly notified hy the
Spanish commissioners. FOR the embark
alton Of 10000 more troops i'll the near
future On the whole this rate of prog
r"Ss il view Of The limited resources Of
Spain, is believed 10 hc reasonable
80 long rs this disposition Is exhibit
cd 10 carry ont III good faith the eyacua
tion of the island, our Government is
not likely to make complaint, and the
statement that the American commits
sionerS at Havana did yesterday deliver
themselves Of n formal ultmatum on tile
subject is said to hc erroneous This
conclusion. however. does not apply to
the transfer Of sovereignty.
CUBAN DEHT QUESTION.
Now that tn" Spanish peace cominis-
siGnerS have been rcpulscd III their ef
forts to have the United States assume
sovereignty over Cuba as the means Of
thus transferring 10 our shoulders the
Cuban debt. the next movement looked
for on their part is enc in The direction
Of imposing this Indebtedness upon the
Cuhans themselves when they Shall
have erected some form Of government
on the ruins Of Spanish sovereignty
This would be something in the nature
Of last resort Oh the part Of the bond
holders. But il is scarcely probable
that any such proposition would be ia
vorabiy received by the peace commits
sioners acting jointly. for aside from the
question as to the Justice of imposing
upon Il new and struggling Government
mass Of debt quit" sufficient 10 para
I'VE il for years to come there is much
70 be said in favor Of the entire rcpuda-
ton Of this debt iy the Cnbans on the
score that il WAS not really incurred on
account Of the island. but actually to
benefit Spain. Also. it may hc said that
even should the commissioners consent
to consider sGch Il proposition. they
would do 50 only on the distinct under
standing that the various so-caled Gu
ban debts should be differentiated and
only part Of them regarded aS
proper liens against the Cuban people
.ARBITR.AMENT OF THE SWORD.
Touching the bitter complaints that
are made III the French raIrIr, against
what they dcn0minatc the uncompromS-
ing and unyieldin@ attitude of the Amcri-
can commissioners aEd their refusal tp
consider propositions To arbltratc radical
differences between the two bodies. il is
said here that presumably the pan;rh
commissioners went to Paris under in
Structi0nS quite aS comprehensive rs
those supplied to tie American comris-
SiOnerS. Any suggestion Of arbitration
would be out Of place in connection with
the peace commission, and should il come
to an lrreconciliab!c difference between
the two commissions. there can BE- but
one arbitramcnt-that Of the sword
for which our Government is fully pre-
pared but which it does not cIpcst tU be
Obllgca to center unOH.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-10-25
HOSPITAL CLOSED.

Chattanooga. Tenn. Oct 22-Lciter
Hospital. the largest general hospital at
ChickamauGa during the summer. was
closed to-day. Only half il dozen pa
tients remained IN the hospital. and
these Were removed to Sternberg hos
pital. There are now about 100 patients
in the Sternber~ hospital and many of
these will be discharged during the com
ing week.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-10-25
ri GR0ES THREATEN ASHP01E
They Assemble Heavily Armed and Say
They Will Burn the Town. Whites
Are Fastening to the Rescue

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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-10-25
THE S.AFFIRS REPULSED.
Burghers Chase Them Into the Noun
tains. Killing Several.

Pretoria. Transvaal Republic, Oct.
22..-The Magato hatfirs have been re-
pulsed by The force Of BHTGhcrs sent
against them. The Burghers chased
them into the mountains. killing several
Of the natives The Rurghef artillery
did good execution, and the Iransyaai
forces suffered no loss.
The fact that the natives attacked the
Burghers is regarded as declaration
of war
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-10-25
WRECK ON ROCK ISLAND.
Five Men Killed and Three Dying
LIZ In Broke In Two

L I've Men i>ilied ana / hree Dying
Train Broke in Two.
Fort Worth. Texas, October Oh
wreck on the Rock Island road near here
to-day. resulted in the death of five
men. Three others ill die and two were
seriously injured.
y freight broke in two at the top Of a
steep grade. The rear portion could not
be stopped and it crashed into the front
section. wrecking and derailine several
box cars In one Of the wrecked cars
We're ten men evidently stealing ride
Five Of them We're instantly killed and
three are dying. The names of the unfor-
tunate men cannot he learned
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-10-25
KAISER OFF FOR PALESTINE.

ConStantinoplc. Oct. 22.-The Emperor
and Empress Of Germany. left here for
Palestine at $40 o'clock this afternoon.
They received an ovation from the
crowds OF people assembled to witness
their departure.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-10-25

Deep and Fervent Gratitude for Ameri-
can Md i'll Time of Its Sorest
Need
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26

 she was pretty communicative. She does not like problem" plays, it ap- pears, and she thinks that the public do not like them either, for they are financial failure. '"The theater," she says lis for the young first of all, and the young have their ideals and do not like to see them destroyed before their eyes by Ibsen, or Pinero, or any one else" As to Ireland and the Irish, she is quite in love with both, and it is a case of love at first sight T like your Irish nation," she says, "the very mo- ment I place my foot on Irish soil. feel that it and the people are sympa- thetic. I understand them and like them. They are quicker than the English audiences, but I like the Eng fish, too" l do not mean to say or hint that Mrs. Brown-Potter Is at all insincere; but she certainly knows "how to get along" all the same.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26
ATTORNEY MAHONEY
 FAILS TO APPEAR
LOW VACATES THE ORDER FOR
 A NEW TRIAL.
He Does Not Issue Bench Warrant for Mahoncy's Arrest but Con-
 tinues the Case.

Judge Low has descended from the high horse he was riding and has virtually acknowledged that his course in the case of attorney w. H. Mahoney as pointed out Tn The Call last Thursday, was wrong and untenable.
 Yesterday, when the case was again called, the Judge instructed the clerk to the court to vacate the order granting a new trial and ordered the defendant to appear for sentence. The bailiff called the names of the defendant and his at torney, ex-Judge Ferral, in the corridor, but each failed to show up. Policeman w. J. Smith, who arrested Mahoney, was in court, and the Judge asked him what he intended to do.
 "I have nothing further to do with the case" replied Smith. T am not the Judge. It is for you to do whet Is right"
 The Judge adjourned court for some minutes and went in search of Mahoney and ex-Judge Ferral. He could find neither, and after the business of the court was concluded he continued Ma honey'S case till tomorrow. The Judge did not issue a bench warrant for Ma honey's arrest, as was the proper course, seeing he did not consider 1t worth his notice to appear in court for sentence.
 Considerable curiosity is now evinced as to what sentence the Judge will impose upon his friend Mahoney. It is a coinci- dence that one of the jurors who convict ed Mahoney was also arrested for ob- structing a street crossing and was con- victed and fined.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26

home or in their lodgings when they were alleged to be obStructing. The mistake was not very much noticed at the time, but showing, as it did, that the chairman had lost his head, 1t eventually damaged him irretrievably. It remains to mention, however, that pr. Lyon Playfair afterward became with Gladstone home ruler, and, un- like others who were made peers by MT. Gladstone, remained one even after he had been elevated" to the House of Lords.
 The Corporation of Dublin appointed a deputation to attend at MT. Glad stones funeral. Its action in the mat ter has been by no means universally approved, a majority-if not most--of the citizens of Dublin taking the view to show any disrespect to the great Englishman's memory, but that, on the other hand, there was no special call on Irishmen, in view of the tragic events of 1890, to take part in the funeral ceremonies or in any glorification of his career. As usual on such occasions, the question of ''prece- dence" arose-the question, namely, whether the Lord Mayor of Dublin and staff should or should not have prece- dence of the Lord Pr vost of Edinburgh at Westminster. In that party this was the subject of a fierce controversy which was carried on for years and reached its height on the occasion of the marriage of the Prince of Wales In 1863. On that occasion the Queen ac corded precedence to Dublin. A storm of indignation accordingly arose in Scotland. Soon afterward the Prince of Wales gave precedence to Edin- burgh, whereupon the loyal 1rish-for the Dublin Corporation was not then a national body-rose in arms in their turn. Nothing remained to be done but to refer the whole question to the "her alds'' of the three countries. The re- suit was rather confusing, for, while 'the Ulster King of Arms" decided in favor of Dublin, the corresponding Scothch authority naturally gave his. vote to Edinburgh. and, in doing SO, was backed up by the English function ary. The question, apparently, could tory state, and, accordingly the Queen herself intervened and solemnly referred the matter to the Privy Coun- cil, who as solemnly heard the argu- ments on both sides Pravely urged and finally decided that Dubl-- and Edin- burgh were ex eQuo and that they should have precedence alternately! And so the long war was put an end to at last. How the point was decided on Saturday or whether 1t then arose does not clearly appear.
 All we know Is that no explosion of temper or. public calamity has super vened, and we are beginning to hope that both loyal" Irishmen and loyal Scotchmen do not think so much as they used to of absurd trifles.
 For the past week we have had the American actress, Mrs. Brown-Potter. playing Charlotte Corday' here in the Theater Royal. She has been fair success. Her dresses have been specially admired and she has explained to a newspaper interviewer that she her self had good deal to do with the de- signing of them. On other points, too,
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26
TWO TICKETS NOMINATED
LIVELY CAMPAIGN NOW WELL
 UNDER WAY.
League for Better City Government Determined to Control the Formation of the New
 Laws.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

LOS ANGELES, June 25.-This city Is now preparing for a charter election which is exciting considerable interest among all classes of citizens. The char ter under which the city at present is operating was adopted in 1888, when Los Angeles had about 45,000 inhabi- tants. The city now has 10000 people and the present charter is therefore all together out of date.
 There is no division of opinion upon the point as to the necessity of new city charter, but there is some division as to who are the proper people to formulate the new instrument and pre- sent it to the people for their approval or rejection.
 In the early part of 1897 the Chamber of Commerce and the League for Bet ter City Government prepared num- Der of amendments to the present char ter. The City Council submitted them to the people and they were rejected.
 This adverse action on the charter amednmentS was due to two reasons In the first place the amendments in themselves were not altogether satiS- factory and in the second place they were drawn and largely prepared by the League for Better City Govern ment. The ostensible aims and objects of this organization are highly com mendable, but the people got the inn pression that the league was controlled by clique made up of selected few who were seeking their personal ag- grandizement under the cover of the organization. The people thereupon truned out and defeated the charter amendments.
 So when the agitation for a new char
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26
Close of the Directory School.

Among the most interesting and sue cessful commencement exercises held within the past two weeks were those arranged and rendered by the Girls Di- rectory School on Buena Vista avenue, under the immediate auspices of the Sis- ters. The programme began with an ad- dress in rhyme, composed and recited for the occasion by Miss I. Loftus, and con- tinued with the following selections: Song
 Angels Whisper by the elocution class; piano solo, Miss A. Dobrogoiska; recita- tion, Miss s. s. Dunn; song, Yankee Doodle; "Pussy's Class Misses M. Snow berg, E. Dyce and A. Purdy; piano solo, "Star-Spangled Banner Miss V. Dobro- goiska; recitation. Spider and the Fly" Miss F: Tschich; class songi Paddle Your Own Canoe; recitation Pussy and the Turtle Misses E. Dyce and V. Dobro- goiska; piano duet. Misses Nellie Ne e.e Gray day Night" Misses C. Meyer and A. Car roll; class song, Freedom Forever" At the conclusion of the exercises rewards for scholarship were awarded, after which refreshments were served the students.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26
CRIMES OF
 TWO BANDITS Hold Up a Train and Kill the Engineer. THEN FLEE FOR SAFETY TRACED BY BLooDHoUNDs ONE RoBBER IS CAUGHT. Promptly Confesses and Gives Infor- nation That Causes the Arrest
 of His Daring Con-
 federate.
TRACED BY BLooDHoUNDs ONE
 RoBBER IS CAUGHT.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

ST. LOUIS. June 25.-A special to the Post-Dispatch from Whitehall Ill., says:
 Frank Ainsworth and Bill Jackson of Roodhouse are the men who held up the fast express on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad about mile north of the depot here last night and killed Engineer Fred Dempsey. SherlH s posse was immediately organized and bloodhounds belonging to F. Branzell of this place let loose. The dogs have trailed and captured many criminals in this part of the country. They soon tracked Jack son to Roodhouse, where he was arrefited. Jackson told the whole story zof the hold-up, and Aims worth was arrested a few hours later.
 The train Spulled out of the station about seven minutes late, and when 1t slowed up at the Chicago ard Alton crossing it was boarded by Ainsworth with a gun in his hand. He used the usual tactics, crawling over tEe tender and calling the engineer to throw up his hands. Dempsey evidently did not understand, but reversed his engine and threw on the airbrakes. Ainsworth be- gan firing and Dempsey was shot in the body, falling to the floor of his cab. The fireman escaped through the front window.
 A general alarm was spread on the train and the desperadoes fled. They wore white masks, and as the one who killed Dempsey left the train he fired his gun in the air and yelled, Come on, Bill.'
 The night express is supposed to carry local and through safe, and the plan evidently was to cut off the eX- press car and run ahead with it.
 The Coroner's inquest was held in the
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26

ter was revived it was conceded that the only way to secure anything of that character was to have the labor of drawing up the document performed by duly elected representatives of the peo- pie and not by few all-wise people in star chamber
 A charter convention was called, made up of delegates from the Demo cratic, Republican, Populist and Silver Republican parties, from the League for Better City Government, the Cham Der of Commerce, the Board of Trade, the Merchants and Manufacturers Association, the Council of Labor and one or two other organizations. The object of this conference was to secure united action without regard to political lines on a freeholder ticket.
 The first few meetings of the confer ence were attended by delegates from Better City Government put forth a desperate effort to capture the con- vention and failed.
 At the meeting at which freeholders were finally chosen the league was not represented. Despite the fact that it's members claimed no party spirit would move them in the matter of selecting freeholders, they did not propose to participate in any meeting to name the freeholders which the league could not control.
 However, the conference proceeded to the nomination of freeholder tick ct, selecting the following gentlemen as candidates: Frederick Baker. Pop ulist; Samuel J. Chapel. Council of Labor; E. H. T. Hazard, Silver Republi- can; L. J. Mathews, Board of Trade; J. B. Willard Teachers Association; M. J. Newmark, Chamber of Commerce; A. M. Stephens, Democrat; William Le Moyne Wills, Merchants Association.
 The following freeholders were named at large, representative of the entire city, but of no particular body of men: Milton Carlson. E. F. Crandall, William M. Garland. John F. Humphreys, H. T. Lee, R. H. Variel.
 At the last moment the League for Better City Government placed a ticket in the field, as follows: Fred Lalles, J. D. Bicknell, Kaspare Cohn. Albert H. Crutcher, J. H. Davidson, s. c. Dodge, A. N Feldschar, M L. Graf L. A. ry, Robert McGarvin. Octavius Morgan, H. w. O'Melveny. Thomas Pascol and Charles Vouden Kuhelen.
 Four of the candidates on the cit izens' non-partisan ticket were in dorsed on the regular non-partisan ticket, as follows: R. H. F. Variel, H. T. Lee, M. J. Newmark and A. M. Stephens.
 None of the political parties have placed a charter ticket in the field and it is now too late for them to do SO. The contest will be narrowed down be- tween the two tickets named.
 Good and representative men are on both tickets, but nevertheless there will be a warm contest at the polls on election day.
 The manipulators of the League for Better City Government are deter mined to be the dominating influence in the formation of the new city charter and to many people this will not be &C., ceptable.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26
BENEFITS FROM THE
 BANKRUPTCY BILL
Senator Hoar Tells of Thousands of Persons Who May Be Aided by .
 the Measure

WASHINGTON, June 25.-Senator Hoar, chairman of the Senate Commit tee on Judiciary, who has been urging the enactment of a bankruptcy law for the past fifteen years, has given out a statement apropos of the Senate's ac- ceptance of the conference report. Among other things he says:
 The present bill is a compromise. It will un- doubtedly be found that, in getting 1t through, we have been obliged to leave in it some crudi- ties and imperfections which must be remedied by subsequent legislation It is quite likely that the fees of clerks. referees and trustees will be found to be low. One of the great ob- jections was that under the old law the estates got little or nothing So we have pared to the quick in that particular. Instead of the long list of crimes there are only two for which a bankrupt is to be punished-one. tbat of Willfully making a false answer in the bank ruptcy proceedings, the other the embezzle- ment of the property of the estate The terms it is provided that farmers and wageearners will not be the subjects of involuntary bank ruptcy, which extends in general to merchants. manufacturers, banking, printers and publish CTS. etc. There are some possible cases of fraud which the law will not prevent. but the ob- was not thought best to risk the success of this bill by standing out for a perfect rule to be applied to cases which would not occur once in a thousand times.
 The bill seems to me great deal better than that known as the Torrey bill in two parti- culars. One is that the settlement cannot be delayed by appeals to the Supreme Court Of the United States except in two cases, first, where Federal question is involved, and. secs ond, where a decision of the Supreme Court is needed for uniformity of construction through out the country Secondly, there is a provis- ion for a summary application to a court of appeals in an interlocutory way to correct mis- takes as the proceedings go on. instead of wait ing until the final determination in the court below Is arrived at and then keeping the whole estate tied up until after final decision in the higher court.
 The bin will enable from 15o,oeo to 200 GOO bankrupts to get on their feet again. It will enable manufacturers and merchants to get a fair division of their debtors property and will prevent a great deal of fraud. embezzlement and wasteful dealing with property.
 Celebrate the EOurth with California
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26

City Hall here to-day over the body of the dead engineer. A great crowd was in attendance and excitement ran high.
 Prominent officials of the Burlington road are in attendance upon the pro- ceedings, and no effort will be spared by the people to bring the desperadoes to il1Sfipa
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26

Advances made on furniture and pianos. with or without removal. J. Noonan. 1017-1023 Mission.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-05-16
WAS IN CtENFUsGOs,
A South Portland Shipmaster's Hurried
Departure.

Capt. Frank York of South Portland.
master of the three-masted schooner Sarah
and Ellen Of Portland, arrived here safe
Thursday afternoon.
Capt. York was in Cienfuegos Just be-
fore war was declared between Spain and
the United States, and grave fears were
entertained at one time for his safety.
Capt. York was seen by PRES, man
Saturday night and talked freely about
his trip. He seid that while he was in
Clen1uegos ne had no knowledge OF the
crisis in affairs, although the Spaniards
OF that place had no love for Americans
and the feeling was very bitter against
them. 1t was unsafe to go about the
streets alone as one did not know at
what moment he might be assaulted.
Although the American consul was in
Cienfuegos when Capt. York first arrived
there, he did not seem to have much love
towards American shipmasters and could
hardly give them civil answer to their
questions. There were five American
vessels in port at the time and not one
OF the captains had received any Motif.
cation of a probable war with Spain.
Capt. York's vessel was about half loaded
with sugar and he was completing his
cargo as rapidly as possible when the
American consul handed Capt. York his
ship register papers with the remark !:
Here are your papers. captain, am 60
ing away on the next steamer. wish
you good luck, but you had better get
your. vessel out of port as quick as you
can.
This was the first notification that any
of the captains had received and before
any of them had time to see the consul
and ask for particulars, he bad sailed
away on the steamer and left them to get
out of port as best they could.
Capt. York finished loading and cleared
with just his register papers, having no
bills OF health or other papers which he
should have had if. the American consul
had remained at his post. He sailed for
New York where he arrived all right
with his cargo He did not meet any of
the Spanish feet nor have any trouble on
the trip. After arriving in New York
he discharged his cargo of sugar and
loaded coal for Portland.