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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-16

nor for the State. AIN were able, stu,
diously prepared and well delivered.
The first five speeches were made at
the morning session of court, aud the
entire afternoon session was consumed
by the concluding speeches OF Cnnnor
and Johnson. Connor spoke oae hour,
and johnson two.
Judge Conn0r's argument was clear.
eloquent and convincing. Tie first dehn
ed the valid legal custom rs used in
decisions governing this case, and show
ed that the railroads had introduced no
evidence to prove THAT Sucn custom of
unNleryaluation of private property ex-
listed i'm North Carolina. lie argued that
it was not sufficient to show, as had been
done, that there were some specific in
stances of sundervaiuation He picked
up a handful of affidavits, put in as csi-
dence of this custom by railroads and
read them. In Halifax the undervalua-
tion was placed at seventy TO eighty per
cent; i'll Warren, fifty to sixIy; in Pen
der seventy-five to eighty, says one aff-
dauit; another says fifty to sixty; II
Brunswick, seventy-five; i'm R0beson, six
ty to seventy-ive; in Edgecombe NINETY
to ninety-ive, says one, and another says
Full cash value;" Jones, eighty-five 10
ninety.
Now this" said Judge Connor
'iproveS our contention that it was not
uniformity of custom or concert of ac-
tfon, which is necessary to make out
their case. 1t is charged in the bill
that it was custom systematic aud Ge-
signed. They have failed utterly 20
prove it. Mr.. Price complains that we
have brought here atndavits of money
lenders and tax gatherers, have called
to our aid publicans and sinners, ana
Mr. Rountree adds that with all these we
haven't got enough. lit is exceeding diff
cult to satisfy them, for we have aliidG-
Wits from 81 of 81 counties. Then all
join i'm the cry that the witnesses are
interested and unworthy of belief.
1t was Edmund Burke, / believe, who
said that he found it difficult to dra" i
bill of indictment against a whole ma
ton. But these gentlemen have man
aged to draw bill of Indictment against
a whole State They charge that asses
sors have been unfaithful and that ;he
Corporation Commissioners have usErp-
ed power and violated their OATH Hey
go further. They say laws were c.n-
ningly devised by representatives of the
people in the Legislature, TO bring about
;un imposition of unjust taxes IN rail-
roads.
Il wish | had time to call Your Hon
or's attention to the record of that Leg,
islature. 1t would show how, after Ioa;s
debate, the Legislature rejected a sys-
tenn of taxation that many of us thought
unjust to railroads. 1t would refute sug-
gestion made here that the Legislature
intended to do otherwise that justly.
Whatever else you may believe | am
Continued on second page.)
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BECAUSE HE is A RICH JEW.
Dayitt Says This is the Secret of Eng
lands Sympathy for Dreyfus.

ItJiLd h1suiiBdtLg Aoi nv > AtiE'
London, Sept. 15.-1he papers are still
flooded with Dreyfus letters, the most re-
markable today being from Mr.. Michael
Davitt. the Irish Nationalist member of
Parliament. Mr. Davitt says English
sympathy for the prisoner is entirely due
to the fact that Dreyfus is Il rich Jew
instead of poor one and to the desire
to injure a rival nation.
mo absolutely innOcent man." con
timed Mr.. Davitt was ever convicted
twice in any civilized country by a jury
of his peers No civilized country could
produce conspiracy of men educated,
cultured and responsible like the French
military chiefs to stoOp to the baseness
and fnfamy of plotting to ruin an in
significant pretty officer. The supposition
is too monstr0us to be entertained by Il
mind mwarped by anti-French feeling.
What have you to say about FLORENCE
Maybrclz? Your Lord Chief Justice IS
said to believe her innocent SO do many
eminent Englishmen and tens of thoG-
sands of Americans. Why has she nog
had a second trial if innocent? She has
suffered ten times more than Dreyfus
could suffer"
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HENRY DELEGAL ACQUITTED.

Guyton. Ga, Sept 15.-Henry Dele
cal. colored, was today acquitted in
the Effngham court, of the charge of
criminal assault upon white woman in
Mcintosh county. This was the affair
out of which grew the Darien riots.
Arguments Of the attorneys were made
at n late hour last night, and the jury
remained locked up until noon today
when a verdict of not guilty was return
cd The cases Of Edward and Malinda
Delegal. charged with being accessories
to the murder of Sheriff Townsend, were
begun this afternoon. These are the last
of the Dalien riot cases.
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VERDICT AGAINST CAMERON.

Columbia, s. c., Sept. ia gentle
man who came to Columbia today from
Beaufort, S. c., brought the informa-
tion that jury at Beaufort had found
a verdict of $3.50 in favor of Jew
named David Schein and against Sena-
tor Cameron. Schein had sued for $40,
900 damages for being whipped by
Senator Cameron some time ago.
The fact of the whipping had not
been heard of before this time outside
of Beaufort. Senator Cameron is large
ly interested in a hunting club near
Beaufort.
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AGAINST oLEoAlARGAR1NE.
Georgia Farmers Say Butter Trade is
Being Destroyed by It's Sale.

Atlanta Ga, Sept. 15.--In compliance
with requests from farmers and dairy
men in all parts of the State the Agr-
cultural Department of Georgia has de-
cided to begin a vigorous campaign
against the sale of oleomargarine in this
State. 1t is claimed by those who supply
the markets of Atlanta and other cities
in the State with butter, that their traf-
tc is being destroyed by the sale of
oleomargaTne which commands half the
price-butter being % cents per pound,
oleo1nargarine is sold for 1912 cents. The
subject of the sale of oleomargarine
in the Southern States win probably be
brought before the convention of State
Commissioners of Agriculture which con-
venes here next month.
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THE sHAMRocK's TRIAL SAIL.

New York. Sept. 15.-In light breeze
from the west, northwest, varying from
six to eight knots an hour, Sir Thomas
Lipton's yacht Shamrock sailed over a
course of about twenty-three miles to-
day in three hours and four minutes, or
at an average of nearly eight knots an
hour
The total elapsed time shows that the
Columbia sailed the same distance in
her last race with the Defender at
Newport. twenty-nine minutes and forty
four seconds faster. than the challenger.
but there was more wind at the Newport
race during the windward work, so the
comparison is hardly fair one.
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WINDS WROUGHT RUIN
HURRl "ANE DEVASTATES PART OF NEW
FOUN LAND COAST.
Several Lives Lost and Havoc Worked Among
the Fisheries. The Steamship Corean
Has FrightfuI Passage.

ST. Johns, \. f., Sept. IA violent
hurricane swept this section of New
foundland last night. The Allan Steam
Ship Corean, from Philadelphia, had a
frightful passage; and the steamer Sill
via, from New York was delayed twenty
four hours.
-Four fishing vessels were driven off
the St Johns coast and three men and
il woman drowned.
Widespread destruction of fishing
premises and gear is reported; and it is
feared that there has been much dam
age especially loss of life, at more dis
tant points.
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SITE FOR COTTON WAREHOUSE.

Pensacola, Fla, Sept Represen-
tatiyes Of the American Cotton Company
of New York, are here endeavoring to
secure suitable site for the erection of
immense cotton warehouses. If sites are
secured all the export cotton from their
congresses i'm Alabama, Georgia and
several interior points will be shipped
through Pensacola. This company
handles the new round bale exclusively.
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MARTIAL LAM soon.
MORLEY SAYS WE REPENT.
Those Most Anxious to Rush Into War
Now Anxious to Rush Out.

Manchester, Sept. 1j.-The Right Hon
orable John Morley. Liberal member OF
! arliamtmt for MontroseEurghs while
addressing a peace meeting in this city
this evening. at which SON of the late
john Bright the distinguished British
statesman and friend of peace, preStd-
ed. was frequently interrupted by cries
of "Majuba Hill" and other anti-Boer
demonstrations In retorting to the IN
te14-uptons, Mr. Morley said:
"A year or two ago the United States
saw only Cne aspect of war; and what
are they doing today? They are repent
ing. They have their yellow press and
we have our yellow press. If ann asked
TO speak in this hall a year or two later.
| will find those who now oppose me
repenting also"
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THREE THOUSAND MEN IDLE.
West Virginia Miners Strike for an Adj
vance in Wages.

Hinton, w. Va. Sept. 15.-Hmdreds
of miners here joined the strikers today.
Nearly 5000 men are now out.
Charleston, w. Va, Sept. 15.-Practi-
cally the entire New River mining dis
tried is now idle. Threefourths of the
miners have suspended entirely and the
rest are working with only small
force The miners demand an advance
of five cents per ton, and the operators
claim they have contracted to furnish
coal for both Eastern and Western
trade at ii figure which will not admit
of any increase in wages. joint meet
ing has been called for Monday TO en-
deayor to reach a settlement.
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LEADS ALL NORTH CAROLINA DAlES I'M NEWS AND GNRG1LAT0M

boldly stands by the London convention.
1t is said that the reply is couched ill
polite terms.
The morning paper editorials regard
the crisis as having reached its most
acute phase. 1t is understood that It
Cabinet council will be summoned as
soon as the Transvaals reply is received.
At the close of the discussion bo:h
Raads met in secret session to discuss
the final draft of the Transvaal reply
which will be handed to Mr.. Conyngham
Greene, the British agent, here i'll the
morning. 1t is understood the reply IS
courteous, urges the acceptance of the
Joint conference and maintains the con-
vention of 1884.
PENALTIES PRESCRIBED.
Cane Town, Sept. 15.-The British
High Commissioner, Sir Alfred Miner,
has issued a proclamation prescribing
severe penalties for melting the natives
of Basutland and other districts to re-
bellion.
MARTIAL LAW SOON.
Johannesburg, Sept. 15.-The Eastern
Star. of Johannesburg, asserts that
martial law proclamation is being PRINT
ed.
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POPE WILL WRITE To FRANCE

Rome, Sept. 15.-The Pope, while re-
ceiving fifty pilgrims from Toulouse.
France, today announced his intention
to address a letter to the French nation
urging an immediate pacifcation for the
sake of humanity and so as not to COM
promise the success of the Paris Expo
sition.
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MPARTLAND THE VICTOR.

New York, Sept 15-Kid Mcfarland
of this city. tonight before the Broad
way Athletic Club gained Il decision
over Otto Seiloff, of Chicago, after fight
ing twenty-five rounds.
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SEA SERVICE FOR SCHLEY.
He is Assigned to Command the South
Atlantic Station.


Washington. Sept 15.-Some time ago
Admiral Schley applied to the Navy De-
partment for sea service. The Navy
Department has now granted the request
and has notified him to hold himself in
readiness for sea. He has been assigned
to command the South Atlantic Station
and the Department is about to take
steps to make the command cGmmensn-
rate with his rank lby increasing consid-
erably the number of vessels ON the SIT
ton. The Cincinnati probably will 90
there: the Detroit is already on her way
to join and the Marblehead Is Gkely 10
he attached. Altogether there will be
about five or six ships en- the station
when the quota is filed 1t is said at the
Department that with Il threatened war
i'm South Africa which is part of the sta-
tion, and the disturbed conditions III
South and Central America, the South>
Atlantic command is l:kely to become IN
important one i'm the service in the near
future.
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CONFEDERATE LEADER DYING.

Washington, Sept 15.-General Harry
Heth, the famous Confederate leader.
who has been i'll at his home,
is reported dying. 1t was thought wnen
he was first stricken last winter that
death would soon ensue, burt his remark
able vitality has kept him up till now.
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NEW SPINNING COMPANY.


Boston, Sept. 15.-The Boston Com
mercial News today says:
'.Ihe Rotary Ring Spinning Company
has been organized with a capital stock
of S5,000000 with it's main offices in
this city. The company was formed
for the purpose of developing new
process of ring spinning and twisting,
which it is claimed, will largely in
crease the production of cotton mills
by making is possible to run spinning
and twisting frames at N far greater
speed than is now practical"
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no ADVANCE PRICE or FLOUR

Chattanooga, Tenn, Sept. 15.-At a
meeting of the flour manufacturers OF
Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia and Miss
issippi. held i'm this city, it was decided
to advance the price of flour on Octohef
1st. Twenty eight millers attended the
meeting.
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THIRTY NEW CASES.

Key West. Fla, Sept. 15.-There have
been thirty new cases of yellow fever
in the past twenty-four hours One
death has been reported.
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TO FOREIGNERS.

london, Sept 15.-The Daily Mail,
which is still booming a boycott of the
Paris Exposition, publishes dispatches
from Paris and Nice that describe "in-
suits in the streets" to Americans and
British.
Its correspondents refer to these Incl
dents as indications that the people of
both nations should avoid going to
France, especially to the Rivera, and
declare that the house agents there are
in despair at the prospects Of bad
season.
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TO PROPOSE HIS PARDON
VALDEZ K ROUSSEAU WILL TAKE THIS STEP
FOR D2EYFUS.
1t viii be Done Tuesday at the Cabinet Council
Deyfus to Withdraw Appeal
for Revision.

London, Sept 15.-The Paris CORE
spondent of the Daily News says the
Premier, NJ. Waldeck- Rousseau, has
promised definitely to propose a pardon
for Dreyfus at next Tuesdays Cabinet
Council.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12
Did Great Da mage.

Sioux City, Ia, May 4.-Defnite re-
ports regarding losses caused by prai-
RE fires in South Dakota which are
coming in show that hundreds of thou
sands of dollars of damage was done
by the flames in various parts of the
state. In Sanborn county several dozen
farmers lost everything. From Jerauld
county comes like story. South of
Armour large number of farmers were
burned out. In the northern Brule and
southern Buffalo counties nearly three
townships were burned over. Nearly
5000 head of live stock was lost. Dam
age in these two counties will amount
to thousands and it is reported two men
lost their lives. Near Castlewood Mrs.
Erickson was burned to death while
irving to save horses,
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DEATH OF MRS. WHITNEY.
Wife of the Ex-Secretary of the NAVY
Finally Succumbs to Injuries
Received Long Ago.

New York, May s.-Mrs. William C.
Whitney, wife of the ex-Secretary of the
navy, died Saturday afternoon from the
effects of her fall from her horse more
than year ago. Mrs. Whitney was re-
Gently taken to her country home at
Wheatly hills in Long Island. She be-
gan to sink rapidly in the early part of
the week, and it was soon seen that the
case was hopeless.
This beautiful woman, who not so
long ago was the foremost of the lead
ers of Gotham's best society, met the
accident which caused her death in Feb
ruary of last year while she was visit
ing the country seat of George Wander
bilt, 'tBiltmore,' in North Carolina. She
was riding under a low bridge on the
road and her head struck the edge. She
was taken to the Vanderbilt house and
was there nursed until it was believed
safe to convey her to her own home.
Mrs. Whitney never recovered from the
shock. The blow upon the head in some
way reacted on the spinal cord, and the
patient did not once rally. Mr.. Whit
ney spent enormous sums of money in
trying to restore his wife to health, but
all was of no avail. The best medical
skill in the world could not help her.
Her death was release after Is months
of keen though resigned suffering.
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THE EAST.

At Marion, Mass, Richard Harding
Davis, the author, was united in mar.
riage to Miss Cecil, daughter of Mrs
John Marshall Clark, of Chicago.
Andrew Carnegie has sold his interest
in the Carnegie Steel company to the
copartners in the business for $780,
100000.
In the United States there were 15s
business failures in the seven days end
ed on the 5th, against 1874 the week pre-
vious, and 262 in the corresponding pc
Rod of 1898.
During the week ended on the 5th the
exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States aggregated
$2,162,91s,S01, against $1,s15,652, $3.50 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week in 1898
was 83.5.
DR.. William r. Russell died at Barre
Mass, aged 90 years. He was the oldest
Harvard graduate.
During game of ball pitched in
Montclair, N. j., Hugh Cavanagh, 81
years old, was killed by pitched ball.
The wife of ex-Secretary of the Navy
Whitney died in New York from the
effects of a fall from her horse more
than year ago.
Because she would not marry him
William Trasco, of Pittsburgh, Pa.
killed his sweetheart, Annie Bestak
and then fatally wounded himself.
From Manila the United States
cruiser Buffalo arrived in New York
bringing nearly 600 of Admiral Dewey's
officers and men whose time had ex.
pired.
The transport Thomas arrived at New
York from Guantanamo and Baracoa,
Cuba, with $50 men of the Fifth United
States volunteers.
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Back from Manila.

New York, May Styling a home
ward-bound" pennant 236 feet long, the
United States cruiser Buffalo, formerly
the Brazilian dynamite cruiser
Nictheroy, and before that Ell Cid, came
into port Sunday morning after rec
ord-breaking run from Manila. She
brought 500 officers and men from
Dewey's fleet, more than half of whom
participated in the battle of Manila
bay. The men are those whose terms
of enlistment have expired. The trip
from Manila occupied A days, includ-
ing stops at Singapore, Port Said and
Gibraltar. The actual sailing time was
81 days, an average speed for the trip
of 1871 knots an hour.
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TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.
Eighteen Tons of Powder Blown Up
PLANT of Pottsvil1e Pa-) Water
Company Destroyed.

Pottsville, Pa, May s.-The powder
mill plant of the Pottsville Water COM
pany, located in the Indian Run valley,
seven miles west of here, blew up Sun
day, destroying IS tons of powder. No
workmen were about the plant at the
time of the explosion, but John K. Seid-
ers, who lives near by, was slightly hurt.
A gang of tramps, it is believed, set fire
to magazine which contained 1900
kegs of blasting powder and so kegs of
rife powder, in all about IA tons. When
the flames reached the powder it ex-
ploded with a terrific report. PottsviIle
and vicinity were shaken and many win
dow panes in the houses in the western
suburb of this place were broken. Five
minutes afterward there was second
explosion, when the drying house, con-
tanning 400 kegs, or four tons OF powder,
went up. The two explosions wrecked
the entire plant. Debris was carried for
a distance of half a mile.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-12
4 WEEKS HISTORY
The Important Happ jennings Of q
=. Week Briefly Told.
IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNION
All the Latest News of Interest from
Washington, From the East, the
West and tho South.
THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES
FROM WASHINGTON.

FROM WASHINGTON.
The rural free delivery service of the
country will be divided into two grand
divisions. the eastern and the western
The secretary of war has given per.
mission 1.-THE drainage canal commits
sion in Chicago to turn the waters OF
Lake Michigan through the canal when
ever it is ready for operation.
Assurances have been given officially
that the United States is not affected
by recent events in China.
Publicity has been given to the re.
port of the court of inquiry into beef
as an army ration. The charges OF
chemical treatment of refrigerated beef
are not established. Gen. Miles is cen.
sured for delay in calling attention to
the matter, Gen. Eagan is rebuked fol-
excessive purchase of an untried "a.
ton, and the packers are .exonerated
from blame.
According to an official report just
made the appropriations made by the
third session of the Fifty-fifth congress
amount to 1914, 9s1 ,022.
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The post office department at Wash
ington has authorized the employment
OF girls in the department. Cuba. This
is quite an innovation for the island, as
women are rarely employed there in any
other capacity outside their own homes,
except as cigar makers or as menials.
Benevolent Cuban women have often at
tributed the miserable. condition OF
many of the girls and women Of Cuban
cities to the fact that they were unable
to find employment. The decision to
employ women in government depart
ments there will cause modification OF
unwritten laws of Cuban society.
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STORM IN OKLAHOMA.
Serious Damage Results in Several
Towns and Some Loss of Life
Is Reported.

Kansas City, Mo-, May s.-A special
to the Times from Guthrie, O. T., says:
The cyclone which passed over Cana
dian county Saturday night destroyed
at least 20 farmhouses and caused great
damage to growing crops. At Chickasha
II buildings were wrecked and II per-
sons injured. J. II. Murray, railroad
man, who was caught under falling tim
bers, died Sunday. A report says James
Whitman and his son George, farmers
near Okarche, were killed in their field.
At Okarche five homes were blown
away, among them the dwellings of J..
Fl. Swab and John Teufel, both of whom
were badly hurt. Rain fell in torrents
and half dozen culverts on the Rock
Island were washed out. William Walk
er, Indian agent at Anadarko, who is in
the city, received word that the cyclone
did great damage in the vicinity of the
agency, destroying crops, cattle, fences
and buildings. John Head, a ranchman,
was killed. The cyclone came from the
southwest and covered track one mile
wide. It traversed four counties, but
did its greatest damage in Canadian
county. :.