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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-08-03
Chief Justice ComiaS Home.

San Francisco, Cal, special.-'Samo.
an advices under date of July IA, were
received here by the steamer Moana,
as follows: The situation in Samoa il,
one of great uneasiness, the attitude
of the natives being far from reassur-
ing. Several fights have occurred lin
different parts of the islands, between
supporters of the rivals for the king
ship and several natives have been
killed. Nothing much seems to have
been accomplished by the high COM
mission since arms to the number of
400 were surrendered by the contending
factions. Chief Justice Chambers being
dissatisfied with the support extended
to his court by the commissioners, will
leave today for Washington. The Ger
man government, it is claimed, is
greatly displeased with it's commits
sioners recognition of the decision of
the Supreme Court in the kingship
case.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-08-03
Three Dispatches From Otis.

Washington, d. c.. Special.-Three
cablegrams from General Otis were re-
ceived at the war department We'd
nesday. One reports another engage
ment with bandits in Cebu in which
the American force was victorious. II
bears the date c, 2Gth and Is as fol-
lows: Following from Cebu: The
bandits in Cebu mountains are rob-
bing and impressing the people OF the
coast towns. On Monday, Lieutenant
More. with a detachment of the
Twenty-third infantry. while scouting
in the mountains, was fired upon
from strongly fortified position; one
private, name not given, was killed.
No other casualties. The enemy's
loss is five bandits killed and seven
captured.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-08-03
Leutrert Found Dead.

Joliet, ILL.,, Special.-Adolph L. Lieut.
CERT, the wealthy Chicago sausage
maker who was serving life sentence
in the penitentiary here for the mur-
der Of his wife, was found dead in his
cell Thursday. Doctors Werner and
O'Malley held post mortem examina-
tion, disclosing the fact that Luetgert
died from fatty degeneration of the
heart. The trial of Leutgert in Chicago
attracted wide attention and was one
of the most sensational in the history
of the State. Luetgert was charged with
having murdered his wife in the base
ment of his factory and cooked the
body to pieces in a vat. The prOsecu-
tion had but few small bones and two
rings as evidence that their story was
correct, but secured conviction and a
life sentence.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-08-03
IH[ OUTCOME At THE HAGUE.
Various Comments Of the German
Papers.
OPPOSITION SHEETS GLEEFUL
That 50 Little Has Been Aceompiished The
Final Protocol Regarded by One Paper as
Funeral Grafton.

Berlin, BY Cable.-The papers this
week have been giving their verdicts
on the outcome of the peace conference
At the Hague The tone Of the comment
d papers friendly to the conference.
generally, Is one OF disappointment,
that so little has been accomplished,
while those opposing indulge in gleeful
ieIcitations that no more was accom-
pshed The Tageblatt considers that
the form Of arbitration adopted marks
an important step toward securing the
peace OF the world. The most import
ant result the Post sees, Is that a
method IS now open to nations for set
Ting difficulties, saying: while the
conference has not shered In the mil
lenum still It shows that the powers
are earnestly striving to preserve for
the people the blessings of peace" The
National Liberal Zeitung calls the final
protocol funeral grafton, and says the
results equal zero. The Kreuz Beitung.
referring TO the United States and Eng
land says: THE nations that boasted
loudest Of their humanity made the
stoutest resistance to really practical
humanitarian propositions" The Kreuz
zstung further points out that while
England and the United States stood
together in opposing the prohibition of
bombs hlled with noxious gases, the
United States backed up England's
refusal to abandon the dumdum bullet.
"The platonic declaration of the con-
ference for the principles of the Cars
proclamation,' the Kruz Zeitung con-
tnues, introduces absolutely no
change in existing conditions"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-08-03
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.


r. w. Walker. OF Norfolk, wa1 ele-t !
president Of tn Virginia Dental As
sociation. at Old Point.
South Carolina wheat growers. who
have harvested a big crop. will hold a
convention at Greenwood .,n August
18th.
J. Duke Murphee. An actor. has been
acquitted OF numbering exPostmaster
Sherman Gaulden, OF Mansfield, Tex.
On the ground OF insanity.
Rev. Gregorie Agripay. a Filipino
priest. has been excommunicated for
trying to organize an independent na-
tive church.
Americus, Ca. has Sunday law
which has just gone into effect. Last
Sunday nothing could be purchased
except coffins. ice and drugs.
Colonel Edmund Pendleton, wide.y
known throughout Virginia and tia
South, died at Lexington, Va, Wednes-
day.
The stockholders Of the Virginia.
Carolina Chemical Company have au-
thorized the increase OF the capital
stock or that concern from $4,000, 900
to $24 100000. an increase of 6,OOO, 900
preferred and 100000 common stock.
A northbound passenger train on the
Central OF Georgia Railroad coilided
With construction train ON a trestle.
Both engines and several cars fell 80
feet into ravine. Engineer Mahas of
the passenger train, who escaped in
jury, says there were three negro
tramps under is engine, and that they
are under the wreck. None of the pas
sengers were injured.
A negro named Womack was killed
at Cary, N. c., Sunday morning by the
Seaboard vestibuled train from Allan
ia.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-08-03

moro enAa tnAs- ~ y veysznefy Q pneu1.
cal history Of sAs rsi,ea stssss sruo
asss 20 iss<- ~c~s IL xissnzt e.o-
p<cni.s sas ~y<a,sa. TAis rvp,Ai vss
fsfhrui ty AreIAid lsos. frsa
hcnsEky. vso Ssro~sA~d H~Axy Czay
In IL Csis~d seas>s s>nas. us go q
vuy cuas and saepetiAi Haa. -
peocoA fs.end cf Nr. Clay saa S~ua-
sors pouGiA>s Ase n~aiei w~asssr. Hss
ussov. Mrs.. p3sua sei,i tivss-s AisAiy
eaitu~a and CITED sonsa sho tivss
In wsaAinxsoa sitA S~ Aa.
hand earssg ell Of tAas ssessaaa
rrt,s when sse poscA vas ssrvsnxfiaa
Tor mastery % 9e slavery ss.eioa-
Iaa book hA recuSsy sra ssss~A
frosn The prc<s of sss- Rossst Cisrk
Company. e CfHlnnsssi. ans has a.
r~ady rscravct Iss hiun~-s ooumss.
da;ien from Henry wsasr.pa. yrus.
ter Knott. u,i.ism w.r Hsny. ras
Nov lo<k 1lmoA TAe EveasR Pua
and many otA~r pxp~rz. part.Aa asA
non-pariisaa- All are iasisA % n
praise and declare n 60 b de sr,eA.
the ~oose truth and nasAins eu, sAs
trura, and :he wonicr 10 sA.e ~ sns
wrtsen sy . woman. For uany yesrs
aae has made u . iAtso< of lore sna
has MADE . most intorsssing asA val
uxoso contribution eo our pnsiRfeai
history. Every lower os hisiossoai
truth ,bas concerns cSe gtrrsous past.
ve~n aocre ~cr- Giants In our nai,on-
&c legislature. eSouid rod ana pom
de~ this remarkss,ie boot. And thers
has come to me q s~~-s little g~m
os q book called Shadows ou shs
Wall" by Ml~~ Howard w~~d~n. Il
Huntsville. Ma Her brush and pru
have combined 20 make MP Q loving
tribute co the oid-;irnr darki.s- Thsy
are there win their touching saass
- sRtmons and ne oid-;lms mas
ten and missrc<ses can harfsy re-
strain our tears while ve loot and
read. The perfect fnish a, tAns~ old.
time negro fccrs "a the most eaaa.s.
6,e work Of art ! have ever r~>a
Thanks to Miss Wooden for her soaa.
tkul work.
And ! Wish Also To thank the eoot
frisnds and comrades 81 the ve,~rsn
fIoclus n Campbell. wao have rsspon'
ded 10 The inquiries made In my las
letter. Those chiidr~n VIA GET thcs,
penssou.-Bili Arp In Atlanta Con rs
tuition.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-08-03
AMERICANS TAKE CALAMBA.
They Are Also Able to Hold Their
Prize.
OUR SOLDIERS SWAN A RIVER


Manila, By Cable.-An expedition
made up of troops from San Pedro
Macati, Pasig and Morong. under Brig
adler General r. H. Hall Thursday
captured Calamba, as important trad
Ing town on the so,rt hshore of La
guiana de Bay. There was two hours of
sharp fighting during which four SOL
diers were killed and twelve wounded.
The trenches commanding the harbor
were under water. but the swampiness
OF the land made the work harder. The
troops boarded cascocs Tuesday night.
The force comprised 400 of the Wash
tngton volunteers. $50 OF the Twenty
first Infantry, $50 OF the Fourth Cav.
airy, and two guns of the First Artil-
lery. These and the gun-boats Napidan
and Costo assembled opposite Calamba,
Wednesday afternoon. Crowds of peo-
pie in carts and on foot were seen
rushing to the hills. Natives escaping
from Calamba in canoes said hundred
insurgents held the town. A force un-
der Captain McGrath, Of the Twenty
first Infantry, and Captain Etonherd,
landed east Of Calamba, but found a
river intervening. Captain McGrath and
Lieutenant Batson swan the river un-
der q fire from 20 Mauser rifles. Hav-
ing crossed the stream, the officers
procured casco to ferry the troops
| over. The insurgents retreated through
the town, shooting from houses and
bushes as they fed to the hills. Three
| members of the Washington regiment
waded from cascoes through swamps
often shoulder deep, while group OF
Filipinos, concealed In hay stacks
we're shooting at them until the Napi-
dan focused her six-pounders and Cat
| ling guns on the stacks for a few min
utes. Most Of the work was done be.
fore the Washington volunteers could
reach the town. The Filipinos left
three dead. OF the casualties on tn,
| American side two of the killed and
three of the wounded were members oi
the Fourth Cavalry and two killed and
eight wounded belonged to the Twenty.
first Infantry.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-08-03
The North.

Eddie McDuffie broke a worlds bike
record at New Bedford, Mass. Saturday
riding a mile in 1928.
While bathing near Lafayette, Ind.
Charles link, Walter Vellinger and
Paul Held, boys, were drowned.
Albert V. Row, one-armed messen-
ger boy, starts from New York soon
on bicycle trip to San Francisco.
In fit of jealousy, George Wright
killed Mrs. Joseph Crippen at Musca-
tine, Ia, and tried to shoot her hus-
band.
The National Federation OF Colored
Men will hold convention at Cleve-
land, O., on August 10th, to consider
questions of Importance to the race.
The British tank steamer Acara Sat
urday cleared from Philadelphia for
Japan with probably the largest cargo
of oil ever shipped from that city. The
steamer is one of the largest of its
kind and it's cargo weighs about 1000
tons.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-08-03
A Benefit Bale.

New York, Specialize held the suf
felers by the flood in the Brazos VAL
ley, central Texas, the members of the
New York cotton exchange arranged
to send the first bale OF '99 cotton,
sending the proceeds to the relief
committees. Already over $4,000 has
been sent to the flooded district by the
members of til exchange. The first
bale of the season is expected to reach
this city, this week. 1t was grown in
San Patricio county, Texas, and was
donated to the food sufferers by New
Orleans brokerage firm, which had
paid the full market price for 1t and a
premium of 500.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-08-03
Mixed Results,

The Hague, BY Cable.-The interna
tlonal peace conference met for it's
final sitting Saturday, when it was
announced that sixteen States had
signed the arbitration convention,
fifteen the other two conventions,
seventeen the declaration prohibiting
the throwing of projectiles or explos
Ives from balloons, sixteen the
declaration prohibiting the use Of
acphyxiating gassets, and fifteen the
declaration prohibiting the use Cf ex
pansiye bullets.
A letter was received from the
Queen c. Holland to the Pope. asking
his moral support c. the conference.
The Pope's reply, wa.ch was read,
promised Cooperntac,1, recalled the
fact that he had many times performed
the function of arbitration, and as
sured.lIer Majesty that. in spite Of his
Present abncrmal position, the Pope
would continue TO seek the advance
ment Of civilization.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-08-03
Law and Order Will Win.

Cleveland, O., Srecial.-Slowly and
surely law and order are triumphing
over lawEiness and disorder, and the
city is beginning to resume its old time
appearance. Friday the street cars
were we'll patronized, especially during
the busy hours of the morning and
evening. This is said to be the best in
dication that the government is win
ming in the struggle.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-08-03
President Hereux Killed.

ort-De-France, Island Of Martin
iQue, BY Cable.-General Ulysses Her
eux, President of the Dominican rc2ut-
lie, was assassinated at Poca, Santo
Domingo, at 4:30 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon. The name ofthe murdere:
is Ramon Caceros. He succeeded in
making his escape, but an energetic
pursuit was at once begun. and 1t Is
probable he will soon be captured
The Vice President General, Wencoe-
lao FYguero. upon the announcement
of the Presidents death, assumed the
direction of affairs. At present calm
ness prevails everywhere in the repub-
lie.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-08-03
BEDDlNGfIELD WINS.
'uo9e Moore Decides the Abbott. s.dd,..
field Case.

field Case.
Inc decision Of Judge Moore in the
bbott-Beddingheld case, for the off,c.
OF Corporation Commissioners, was on
wednesday sent to Clerk Of Cour,
Russ, OF Wake county.
This Judgment is in favor of Mr.
beddingheld and DR.. Abbott is taxed
with the costs of the case. DR.. Abbott
appeals to the Supreme Court. He is
given twenty days to make up his case
on appeal. and twenty days are allowed
the plaintih to file a counter case.
Judge Moore's judgment in full Is as
follows:
State Of North Carolina on the rela-
ton OF d. Fl. Abbott VS.. E. C. Bedding
field-judgment.
This case, by consent, coming on To
be heard at this term OF the court and
jury trial having been waived, and it
having been agreed that the Judge
should find the facts In case any dis
pute as to the facts arise during the
trial, and no such dispute having aris-
en-, and the plaintiffs relator having
admitted at the trial that the General
Assembly, on the 9th day of March,
1899, after the passage and ratification
OF chapter 164 Of the Public Laws CT
1899, elected Franklin McNeill chair
man, and Samuel l.. Rogers and the
defendant, E. c. Beddingfield, members
| OF the North Carolina Corporation
Commission, after hearing the case and
the argument Of counsel for both par
ties, 1t Is upon the allegations and ad-
missions contained in the pleadings
and said admission Of the relator con.
sidered, ordered and adjudged by the
| court:
First, That the office OF Railroad
Commissioner, formerly held by plain
tiff's relator, d. H. Abbott, was abol-
ished by chapter SOC of the Public
Laws of 1899, and that the said D. H.
Abbott lost his interest therein.
| Second, That the office of Corpora
tion Commissioner Is an office separate
and distinct from the office of Railroad
| Commissioner; that it was created by
an Act Of the General Assembly OF
1899, and filled by the election of the
defendant thereto; and that the defen
dant, E. c. Beddingfield, is entitled to
said office.
1t is further ordered and adjudged
by the court that the plaintiffs relator
take nothing by his action, and that
h. Iafa 114
and recover OF the relator and his sure
ty on his prosecution bond, the costs
of this action to be taxed by the clerk
of this court.
Judge might take the papers in this &C
tion and decide the same, and sign
Judgment out of the district and after
the July, 1899, term of the Superior
Court of Wake county as of said term
and said judgment is accordingly sign
ed at Asheville, on this the 25th day o.
July, 1899. FRED MOORE,
Judge Presiding.
The plaintiffs relator excepts ant
appeals to the Supreme Court. Notice
waived. 1t was agreed that the appel
liant should have twenty days after tn
filing of the judgment in the clerk
office to serve his case on appeal ant
that the defendant should have twent.
days thereafter to serve his counte
case or exceptions. Undertaking o,
appeal in the sum of $25 adjudged suf
: flcient. FRED MOORE,
Judge Presiding.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-08-03
The Drought Broken.

Tuesday the long looked for rain
begun falling along the line of the S.
A. L. from Chester, s. c., to Athens,
Ca, and extending a number of miles
on either side, in which nothing more
than light shower had fallen since
May. 1t came too late for many things,
but late corn and cotton will get much
benefit. The rain appears to be general
and fell in SO gentle way that the
that many small streams had ceased
running, and the rivers were beginning
to show the sand bars and stumps.
There is great rejoicing among the
farmers and merchants.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-08-03
Want to be Annexed.

San Francisco, Special The Call
says: alternatives of the Island of Ku-
sale, in the Carolines, want to be an
nexed to the United States. The king,
high chiefs and prominent men on the
island, to the number Of 72, have for
warded a petition to that effect to San
Francisco with the request that it be
laid before the president. They say
not a word about the Spaniards, or
the Germans, but simply ask to be TAX
en- under the folds OF the Stars and
Stripes"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-08-03
A Warning From v cyler.

Madrid, BY Cable.-The discussion
of the army bill in the senate led to
an exciting scene. General Weyler.
arguing against any reduction OF the
strength OF the army, warned the
government that the present situation
made a revolution highly probable.
as it had never been SO easy for the
army and people to make common
cause. He himself, he said, had new
er thoughtof heading rising. but 1t
must be conferred that revolutions
sometimes cleared the political atmo-
sphere and accomplished the work Of
regeneration.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-08-03
Niles Bases His Homes on Root.

Washington, d. c., Special.-The
Post says: General Miles will ask Sec
retary Root for speedy decision as to
the relations existing between the gen.
cral commanding the army and the
Secretary of War. He is now preparing
his side OF the case, which will be SUBJ
mitted to the new Secretary. The condl-
dtion which has existed in the War
department since the campaign in
Porto Rico is reviewed, showing that
General Miles, while major general
commanding the army, has had little
or no voice in the management OF al
fairs of the army and it is stated that
with the incoming Secretary, he hopes
the present condition will change.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-08-03
Laws and Customs q War.

The Hague, BY Cahie.-The draft.
ing committee of the international
peac conference has decided upon the
form of a convention on the laws and
customs of war, and the adaptation o
the General Convention to naval war
fare as we'll as the formula for acces-
sion to the arbitration scheme by nom
signatory powers. 1t is hoped that
the conventions will be fully signed by
Saturday.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-08-03
$500. 900 from Alaska.

San Francisco, Cal, Special.-A close
estimate places the amount OF soid
brought down by the steamer st. Pau.
which arrived Sa:Ir!'. morning from
st. Michael's, at aon,e.hi IS oNe: lJ'".-
600, Of which one-half belongs to the
Alaska Commercial Company, the rest
being divided among d number OF min
ing men. The largest amount in the
procession Of any che person is $4,000.
which Is credited to John Ericsson.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-08-03
IHe STRIKE SITUATION
The Siosa Ceaier New tocsied in Ssbsss
OF (ieseiand.

Cleveland. O.. Special. The storm
center OF the stree; railway strike ac-
cording 10 the authorities. has settled
In Brooklyn a suburb connected with
Cieveland by a long high bridge. Al
noon $50 employees O. the Born Steel
Range Company blocked a car On the
bridge and dragged the conductor and
motorman from their posts. INJECTING
with their is,s and other weapons In
3uries more painful than serious. Sol
diers on guard al the barn abou, hals
a mile away hurried 10 the scene. but
the rioters had taken refuge In the
factory which stands under the ap-
proach TO the bridge. The factory
was surrounded and tho premises
searched. but there was no clew by
which the guilty ones could be picked
out.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-08-03
North State Items.

A special from Black Mountain says:
The house of D. H. Knupp, near this
place, was burned at four o'clock Tues
day morning. Mr.. E. Fogette, an ar
chitect, perished in the flames. Mr..
Knupp saved but few of his effects
The cause of the fire is unknown.
The Wilson cotton mills cleared 80
per cent. profit this year.
Over $4,000 will be offered in prizes
for trotters, PAGERS and runners at the
State fair.
The Agricultural Department is now
paying one cent postage on each copy
of its Bulletin. This is very expensive
and counsel has been employed to try
to secure a reduction to newspaper
rates, or better.
A negro on an excursion from Dan
| willie to Winston recently was pushed
| off a car near Reidsville. He fell on his
head and broke his neck.
A severe storm visited the northern
part of Iredell county last week and
did great damage to crops in Eagle
Mills and Harmony townships.
julius Alexander. colored, charged
with criminal assault On Mrs. Julius
Mullis in Charlotte, has been convicted
in Mecklenburg Criminal Court and
sentenced to hang August "a.
Lightning played a strange freak a
few miles above Wilkesboro Monday
afternoon. There we're three or four
horses tide in the same stall. One OF
them was killed and the others un-
hurt. Strange to say, there was nc
sign on the barn as to where the bolt
hit 1t.
Philip Greer, Of Watauga county, had
% head of sheep last fall They were
of good stock and he treated them we'll
From the % he sold $40 worth OF wool
| A few days ago he sold rs head, fol
which he received $107, and now has q
|! of his best sheep left. One lamf
weighing 1874 pounds at five months ole
he sold for cents per pound, or $50
Good for a North Carolina lamb.
Burwell P. Bullock, of Vance county
. who served in the war with Spain, ha'
been granted a pension OF $l1 month
H. w. Reed, of Mount Airy, has beer
granted a pension OF SO a month.
A special from Shelby says: New
e has Just reached here of a shootin
6 that occurred eight or ten miles abov
. Shelby on the new Lawndale Railroad
]. A negro employed in the gradin
a whose name could not be learned, sho
G and dangerously wounded white ma
by the name of Coche, also an employ
: on the grade. The negro immediatel
J. fed and is being pursued at this writ
e ing by Sheriff Suttle and Chief OF Pc
d lice Jones, with blocahounds. He wi
! probably be caught. The origin of th
trouble could not be lea-GGa.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-08-03
Military at BrainbridEe,

Albany, Ca, Special. Woo
ten commanding the Fourth regimen
of Georgia militia received orders
from the governor at o'clock We'd
nesday afternoon to proceed at once to
Bainbridge and take command OF the
troops there. He was further order.
ed to carry with him such additional
companies of his regiment as he might
deem necessary to preserve the peace.
Colonel Wooten, threfore ordered out
the two companies OF the Albany
Guards and with them left for Balm
bridge at p. m. This will make four
companies on duty.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-08-03
INSURGENTS 10 Attack San:iag"-

Cape Haytien, By Cable.-Advices
just received frcm the Dominican from
tier, say that the insurgents have cut
the telegraph wires in the neighbor-
hood of Santiago de Los Caballeros and
near Moca. The insurgents in the wes-
tern part of San Domingo await the
arrival of Don Juan Isidoro Jiminez,
under whose leadership they intend 10
attack Santiago.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-08-03
Dewey's Busy Day at Trieste.

Triest, BY Cable.-Admiral Dewey
was busily engaged during the day in
replying to his immense American
and in receiving pri-
yate visitors. The rumors that Ameri-
can politicians have arrived here tc
consult with the admiral regarding the
presidency of the United States are
without foundation.