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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-13
Too Early For Missionaries.

MANILA, By Cable. Almost every
steamer brings missionaries. The arri-
val of one in Cebu made no little
trouble, as the report spread rapidly
among the ignorant classes that the
Americans intended to compel them to
give up their churches. The American
authorities in the interests ofharmonT,
requested him to withdraw and he COM
Piled. Senior Llorente, who is con-
sidered the most influential native in
Cuba, said to Mr.. Schurman: II like
the American idea of the separation of
the church and State, but think it
would be unwise to introduce protes-
tantism while conditions are go un-
settled."
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-13
A Big Fire IN Memphis.

MEAPHIs. Tenn. Special Fire broke
out in the establishment of ths Mel-
phis Paper Company. at the corner Of
Gsyoso and Front streets, late Tues
day afternoon. and caused q Ioss of
one life. the fatal injury Of eI Fire
Chief Clesry, and the serious Injury of
Assistant Fire Chief James Ryan, be-
sides . property loss Of sbou; siJo. 900.
The Gsyoso Hotel. one Of the Oldest
landmarks Of Memphis. was ono @. the
buildings totally destroyed. and vhils
the guests were all rescued, Some of
them lost valuable effects in tho Ere,
which burned fereely for more fbsa
six hours.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-13

Now that Drayfus is landed in
France, and the wheels of justice have
begun to turn, it rs time for the Coun-
tess CastellGue Miss Anna Gould that
was to head another procession o!
Royalists, to show her disnEproval of
Che triumph Of the canaille. Other
wise the American public, with its
Characteristic impoliieness. might con-
tnue to- regard her as the daughter of
Jay Gould instead Of the bought and
paid. for aristocrat that she is.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-13
Tue HALF HAS NOT BEEN TOLD
OF the Great Havoc Wrtught BY Teas
Floods.


HoUsTos, Tex, Special. CORES
pondent has just returned from . voy.
age through the flooded districts. I He
says: THE half has rot been told, OF
the havoc wrought. The disaster is so
appalling that description is not pos
sible. After this food will come sick
ness, undoubtedly. and what . week
ago was the fairest part Of Texas. is
now almost = God. .forsaken wilderness.
The waters Of the Brazos have for six
days covered its valley = depth OF from
six to thirty feet. Where . week ago
there were on every hand fields OF cot
ton and corn and thousands of acres Of
watermelons aud canteloupes. to-day
there is Shiny mud all over the vegeta-
tion, the carcasses of cows, mules. pigs,
dogs and cats and mayhap human be-
ings, for many are missing.
''Our party left Bryan at sunrise
Wednesday morning going to the No
vasto bottoms and to a point about
three miles from M,llican. Here we
encountered everywhere An overflow
from the Novasoto, which spread out
fully two miles on either side of the
Houston Il Texas Central track. Ev-
erything is under water. 1t looked on
all sides like q great lake and the
water was so high that for
a vast area it completely sub
merged the telegraph and telephone
poles along the line. In truth portions
of the Novasto bottoms are even now a
perfect sea, extending four or five miles
wide at certain points.
II saw hundreds of houses there to-
ally submerged and as many more were
swept from their foundations and de-
stroyed. The planters Of the bottoms
are still moving their help and what
ever is left of their stock, to places
where they can be cared for. They are
all nobly helping each other and taking
refuge wherever they can, some of them
seeking safety on housesteps. All the
planters stated that the outside world
has no conception OF the floods OF
losses il cured by the destruction oi
crops, stock aad buildings. Nearly
| every planter has built boats and sem
them through the flooded districts ts
render assistance to the people and il
possible to save some of their downing g
stock.
1.-The flooded distrit has length o.
over 500 miles, breadth of probably
SO miles and 10 all this vast space dam
age incalculable has been done. Tn,
loss of life will never be fully know
perhaps; the bottoms were thickly set
tied, mostly with negro tenant farmers
Among these has been the greatest los
of life.
To show the damage done the follow
ing estimates have been made by mel
who are in q position to know: Live
lost from 100 to 800; loss to farmers
Including crops as we'll as live stocl
from S., 900, 900 to $15, 900, 600; damag
to railroads and country bridge
81. 900, 600 to 81, 900, 600. These esti
mates are based on the flood damage il
the whole area. It is known that m or
than 60 people have met their deaf
and that many bodies have been re
covered. It is not believed that all c
them will ever be recovered.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-13
Life. Saving Boats to the Rescue.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Srecial.--In
response to an urgent request from the
district superintendent of the Life
Saving Service at Galveston. Texas.
General Superintendent Kimba!i gave
authority to have life -savipg boats sent
ON fiat cara MP the country TO the flood
cd district. where it was reported many
lives we're in danger. The suthoriiy
was promptly acted on. snd tho ss'per-
intendeus, with Kespes Hsips'. of the
Galveston stct.cr, scd Kssrer White.
o! the Arkansas siation, win crew.
Stated WITH hsass late TSrrsdsy ai:ef'
aeon,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-13

A.coEpsNG 20 Chairman Simnons,
the Republicans have secured $lJ. 900
with which to buy legal opinion of ma
chine Democratic lawyers (rf which
Mr. Simmons is the leader against
the constltutionolity Of the proposed
mandmoht. II this be true, cousid-
ering the number of these lawyers, it
oaIy goes to show that the Republicans
haven't placed very high estimate
upon the selling "hGger," per capita,
OF Nr. Simmons and Mr., Simmons q
sort
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-13

putting two and two together, We be-
lleve we have pretty fair comprehen.
sion Of Mr.. Choate's meaning. But
What could the American have meant.
who, on hearing that Choate was to 20
to England, was SO filed with alarm
for her safety, that he exclaimed
'God save the Queen" We have
heard of nothing in Mr.. Choate's pre-.
Vious career to Justify such apprehen-
sion aud we submit this more by way
OF inquiry than Of comment.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-13
A Week 10 Think il Over

The HAGUE, By Gable. The third
committee. sitting Friday morning at
the Rulsten Beach, discussed the
scheme for the mediation and arbitra-
tion convention drawn up by the Com
ito d'Examen. Many Of the delegates
have only been acquainted with the
proposals since Thursday, and they
have not had time to consult their gov
ernments. Consequently it has been
decided that when the committee ad-
journs it will be until July II, in order
to consult their governments and re-
ceive final instructions.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-13
Mrs. Dicktns Burned To Death

WASHINGTON. d. c., Special.
cial and unofficial Washington alike
were shocked Friday by the tragic
death, from an explosion of gasoline at
her home, just west of the British en-
bassy, of Mrs. Marguerite Dickins, one
of the best known women in social, lit
erary and charitable circles in Wash.
ington, and wife of Capt. Francis w.
Dickins, of the navy, who received the
first official news of the blowing up of
the battleship Maine, in Havana har-
1,or
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-13
Santiaso Situation Alarming.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, By Cabe. -Four
new cases of yellow fever all in the city
of Santiago, were officially reported
Friday. Two deaths were reported. No
official report was received from Boni-
ato Camp, but it was known that the
situation there is serious. The two
principal hotels of the city are infected.
The camp on the Moro road is 30 far
healthy, but dangerous element, very
difficult to control, exists in the pres.
eucs Of numerous American Rdvsutur..
s.s, who are usually hasa aginksrs and
Yeirss TO vssrse. tho hssl:h regulatory
W 10 dsss 100 casss hsys htta sepsFsea
and ~ Deaths,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-13

JErrrrsoS onoa said "indepcnd-
epco is IT, ~ trusted only with the
pcoulD ..n phrase that must be
reul backward to suit the ideas Of q
certain modern class who think that:
The people are only to be trusted"
,ptn
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-13
Texas Flood Situation.

ST.. Louis, Special. special to The
Post-Dispatch, from Dallas. says: At
II O'Clock Thursday, short dispatch
was received from lineman at Dewey,
lust across the Brazos river, from
Sealy. 1t reads: River has been fall
ling slowly since 3 o'clock yesterday
afternoon. The conditions here are
terrible. Everything in the country
has been swept away, and large num-
her OF lives lost in the bottoms. 1t
looks lii 0 starvation for those left, The
situation haa ret bsen exaggerated. u
w.jl Ls sevsrs! days ba:ors anything
esa bs dose eay1tsmaiiea''y.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-13
SanfiaHo'f yellow Fever Record.

wAsHrsGTo~. ID. C., Specisl A re-
port summarizing the yellow fever stu
stion in Santiago. up 10 the 2sth inst 4.
has been received by the surgeon gen-
eral Of the Marine Hospital Services. Il
states that mp 10 that time. during the
present season, there had been % cases
and II deaths, all Of which. except four.
we're among Amdrican soldiers.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-13
10000 AopIicatioas for Commis sions.

WAsH1NGToN, d. c., Special. 1t has
been stated at theWar Department that
almost every officer who served in the
volunteer army during the war with
Spain and who had been honorably
mustered ont, has again offered his
services to meet the needs of the Phil
ippine campaign. Altogether no less
than 10000 applications for commits
sions in the new volunteer army now
forming have been received at the War
Department and have been placed on
file. In one day alone the applications
numbered 4SO.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-13

At Louisville. KY, the Social Labor
party nominated Albert Schmutz, Of
Louisville, for Governor; James De-
laney, of Newport, for Treasurer; w.
s. Palmer, Of Newport. for Superin.
tendent of Public instruction, and Jas.
o. Hearn, of Louisville, for Commis-
sioner Of Agriculture.
On the CIinch Valley division Of the
Norfolk 81 Western, at Tiptop. West,
Va, Wednesday night, q locomotive
boiler exploded. killing Engineer J. ID.
McColgan. Fireman 4. W. Albert and
Brakeman Oscar j. Owens.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-13
sNo Entanrling Alliances"

CHICAGO. ILL.,. Special. in an inter-
view Sunday William J. Bryan said:
II believe George Washington was
right. We ought not to enter into an
tauglins alliances with foreign nat n =
The question of an Angle Saxon all
ance is involved in the question of i,n :
psrialism. No entangling alliance
would be suggested were it rot for the
laos that \ colonial policy would
ttress.hsn thess whe deeies for ,igu
hllissas, +"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-13
The Heads of Twenty Bad Men Cut Off.

TACOMA, Wash. Special. Late Ori-
.ntal advices statethat 20 ringleaders
of the rioters who destroyed and burn
ed the electrical tramwsy cars at Seoul
last month executed in public at
Korea's capital four weeks ago. They
met their fate bravely. Their heads
were cut off and exhibited in public
places as warning to all evil doers.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-13
Justice Cox Resigns.

WASHINGTON. d. c., Special. Judge
Walter S. Cox, justice of the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia, has
rendered his resignation to the Presi-
dent. Justice Cox has been on the
benc for more 20 years and his determ-
ination to resign was prompted by his
age, which exceeds 7a years. He pre-
sided at the trial of Guiteau. the assassin
of President Garfield.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-13

The fourteenth ANIMAL convention Of
the National Editorial Association met
AT Portland. Ore, "Wednesday. Gov.
Georce aud Mayor Storey weicOmed
the delegation on behalf If the state Of
Oregon aud the ci'y of Portland. II.
w. Scott, editor of the PoTi.sLa Ore
couis,, delivered the forms. address ct
welcome
Thomas A. Edison. Jr.. the son OF
the famous Inventor, has married an
actress s<airst bis fathers wihhe-. aud
suuouncos that be has seves cd his coa.
usction vitb 'fhs old gsIilemaA" aad
viii lanueh himself ss IN irdeprEdsnt
!nvsntos. y not s!ess sswpe'llas ct
fhS Wis6d.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-13
The Fourth in Havana.

HAVANA, By Cable. The Prado and
other streets of Havana were as noisy
on the 4th, doubtless, as any quarter of
New York. Chicago or San Francisco.
Cuban youngsters caught the infection
and were given many a dime to buy
frecrackers, which they religiously in
vested. Some enthusiastic Cuban an
nexationists hired . band. gave 3OO
American flags to boys and men who
would march, and then paraded the
streets for two hours, drawing large
and cheering crowds.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-13
tSHiNGTON IOIANPA.
The ScsbSard Am line's N.w Route. Wash
ingion, Richmond paIeish. ham.et.
(hera~. Csmjen. Columbia.
a. { n q.

ihG sSSo"dtu Au tine NSN Souic. WASH
ingion, Rehmond paIeish. hamei.
lhera~. Camden. Columbia.
Thea Wa Z. {. ar
Wien the Seaboari Air Limo icsde q
deal with John Skelton Williams. the
powerful AID successful young rall.
reader. Of Richmond, who WIS largely
interested IN Southern Railroads.
they blazei he way. and
by the deal which secured the
Florida Central and PeLiusrlsr Il r..
they opened the way for a direct
line from North 10 South 10y building
only two gaps, viz: from Richmond 10
Ridgcwsy, \. c.. and and from Che
raw TO Columbia. 5. c. The former is
pretty well graded. and the contract is
let for the latter 10 be built this
year. This gives this popular
and hustlipg Il. II. syndicate . short
line from north TO south, putting 1t On
an equai footing with the two other
great lines out Of Washington. reacing
for tho far south. The :. A. l.. ira
verses a diversified county. new conn
try to great many travellers, and 4 Is
"A settled fact that the Ssaboard will
nquip its new line with the best trains
to be had and will he strong bidder
for next winters travel south. by IFS
liberal policy to the public. the Sea.
board is fayorits wherever it touches,
which fact will enablo it 10 get the bet.
ter terminals in the new towns j,
reaches. With talent employed in
every place to look after its interest,
and q new, short quick and direct
route south the general travelling pub.
lic will give it liberal share.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-13
Government Aid Graated.

WAsHISGroS, ID. C.. Special Tbs
War Department has granted the 70.
xuest OF the Governor Of Texas for aid
flood sufferers. Such government boats
as are available will be placed at the
disposition Of tte Governor, aud tic
rations asked for will be issued at
once
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-13

"a wroa aud looking glasss trust
=. ,br ,,trat. 1t would not be sur.
,,.,g,, ( come sort OF n quick silver
continuation was at the bnck of it. -
Philadelphia Times.
We'll. 1t is not free silver combina-
,np et any rate.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-13
Brysn sf Gainesville.

GAINESVILLE. Ga, Speciai.-North
Georgia gave enthusiastic greeting
Wednesday TO Hon. VIM. J. Bryan.
who was the guest of the Gainesville
ChsusauquA The .Nebrasksn spoke 10
3. 600 people in fhs- auditorium of the
gainesville Female College, being in
trodneed By Gov. Candier. After the
speskiry Q dinner Was given Col Bry-
an. Gov. Gambler and o number Of other
d,stiug guished visitors. Col Bryan left
for Atlanta at o'clock on his way TO
Columbus, q.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-13

SgSAror Marcus A. HANNA, duriug
his soJourn in England, should study
the relation Of tariff duties TO trusts,
so that he can explain on his return
home how little tariff duties have to do
with The upbuildiug OF trusts in free
,.,,l. Ityll llul
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-13
Chairman Jones win No, Res,,s.

ST. Louis, Mo-. Special. Gov.
W. J. Stone denied the report that he
had been appointed to succeed senator
Jones. as chairman of the Democratic
national committee. He said that
Chairman Jones would not resign his
position.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-13
Seven Deaths in Sao,,aSo

SANTIAGO. de Cuba, BY Cable. Ten
new cases Of yellow fever and seven
deaths were officially reported We'd
nesday. All the victims Of the disease
were soldiers, except one, An American
blacksmith. a new fever hospital had
been established near Boniato Camp.
north of III Caney.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-13
EnIistments During the Year.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Special.
statement has been issued at the Navy
Department, showing that during the
fiscal year just closed, 16. 1913 men en-.
listed in the naval service, 2, 147 of
whom were enlisted for the war only.
There we're 79s boys under instruction.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-13

The House Of Commons rejected ths
amendmen ent TO the Lopdon coveransnt
bill. permitting the election Ct women
N councillors.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-13
VOL. XVII.
ruiIOItItI HI.IffS.

TtrC,ycA,lAS one yeor ono dollar.
rib,rli commissions to those securing
J,t.oi Subscribers. Write for par
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-13

General Henderson, prospective
Speaker of the next House, does not
believe there will be any occasion for
an extra session Of Congress-.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-13
Mhiieclpoerk IIanSed.

CH.IrkSoo0A.T Tenn. Special. -Pie.s
Wynn aDd Catlett Upton. tho white
capperr. we're hanged at Sevisrv.iis
Wednesday for the murder Of old man
Whaley and his wife. over q year sgo.
Thoy both carfessed and stated they
were hired 20 do it, Mrs. Upton aud
bis 6vs children were present at the
sca fall
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-13

A passenger train on the Burlington
road was wrecked near Waldron, Mo. :,
at / O'Clock Friday morning. No de-
tails are obtainable.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-13
THE DAY CELEBRATED.
Glorious Fourth in All Parts OF the
Country
AND FOREIGN POSSESSIONS.
1ammany Nail Leads With . Big Free Sill
yer Demonsfrstion-Azniia and Havana
Celebrate in Great Snaps.

New York, Special. Tammany Hal
celebrated Independence Day, as
customary, at Fourteenth street wig.
wan. The gathering was remarks able
for its unexpected features. There was
dearih Of prominent men, ex- Presi-
dent Cleveland. David B. Hill, VIM. J.
Bryan and Senator Murphy failing to
make acknowledgements of the invita-
tion. Ex-Governor Hogg, Of Texas,
created a sensation by the manner in
which he introduced tho name Of VIM.
J. Bryan and the Chicago platform to
the meetlng, the mention OF Mr.. Bry-
ans name and reference to the Chicago
platform being received with tremen-
dous applause, which was loLg con-
tinucd. Tie boom that was launched
for Augustus Van Wyck had very in
different reception. 1t had been arrang-
ed that ex Congressman James B. Rich
ardson. of Tennessee, should speak, but
he was unable to attend, and Governor
HoSg was asked to speak in his place.
When Governor Hogg arose he received
hearty welcome and he INDUCED in a
few remarks that seemed to plecse the
Iammany men Immensely After the
few minutes he used in outlining the
we'll established principles of Democ-
racy. Gov. Hogg began a phllippic
which set the house in an uproar. The
applause began when he asserted that
next year the Democratic party would
declares for the free and unlimited
coinage Of silver Mt the ratio of 16 to /.
Men who had appeared 10 be half asleep
jumped up with start and joined in
the applause. When the speaker
promised q plank in the platform of
next year in which imperialism would
be denounced, the applause broke forth
anew.
| The speaker in his speech exclaimed: ::
''In this great contest we want the aid
of united Tammany. the greatest
political organization on earth. We
want you TO close up the ranks, to
settle your local differences, # they
exist, and to go arm in arm with the
| os"i" "a OAu VI tuo OOutU
and West to victory next year, under
the leadership of the chivalrous, the
dauntless, he matchless, great
American, VIM. J. Bryant
AS the last words fell from the lips
of the speaker, the audience was car
ried away in an outburst of enthusias-
tic applause. Cheer after cheer arose,
and what had been started ont as n
Tammany love feast becau a bowling
silver demonstration.
The other speeches of the day were
in keeping with the Tammny princi-
pies. Joseph Willett, of Alabama,
and State Senator Thomas F. Grady.
Tammany's star orator. made two oi
the best speeches, the latter making an
attack upon the civil service system
which aroused his hearers to great en-.
thusiam. The following cable dispatch
from Richard Croker, who is in Lon
don, was read:
Congratulations on the Glorious
Fourth, the day we celebrate. My
heart is with you always. Let us re-
joice over the coming triumph Of Dem.
ocracy aud the peoples rights
Signed ORCHARD CROKER
State Senator fIannigan Killed.
RICHMOND. Va, Special. State Sen
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-13

Madam Dreyfus, on leaving the pris.
on Thursday appeared in much better
spirits than yesterday. !. was evident
that her copvers ations with her hus-
band had been of q moro cheerful m
fnya
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-13
Leaving for Homo.

WASHINGTON, ID. c.. SpeciaI. Tho
Nebraska, Pennsylvanis and Utah
troops which have been on duty in the
Philippines hsve started on their home
ward journey. The following dispatch
from General Otis was received by
War Department.:
MANILA, July =, 1899
Transports Hancock aud Senator
with Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Utah,
left for San Francisco yesterday; Nc
braska forty-two officers. eight hun
dred twelve enlisted; Psnnsylvania
thirty-four officers, I'll enlisted; Utah
nine officers. 24S enlisted. Nebraska
left in Manila one sick, Private Ian.
terman, Co. Ii. thirty discharged;
Pennsylvanis seventy discharged; U tsh
twenty nine discharged.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-07-13
State Senator Flaaniqan Killed

RICHMOND, Va, Special.-State Sen
ator William Flanagan, who was also
Commonwealth attorney for Powhat-
tan county, was shot and killed at
Powhattan court house Tuesday, by
". G. Pilkinton. The shooting was
tho odtcome Of quarrel over the
recent canvass for the election Of
United States Senators by direct
vote.