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The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-18

has been temporarily transferred to
the War Department, for use in the
transportation to Porto Rico of reliel
supplies collected in the cities of Balti-
more and Philadelphia. The vessel
will be loaded at Philadelphia and will
proceed direct to San Juan.
Leghorn, August t16.-Admiral Dewey
who had been suffering from a fever,
is now better and, this morning, he re-
NAMED on the deck of Olympia. 1t is
believed the Admiral will give official
reception before leaving for Florence.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-18
PHANTOM.

A very amusing thing occurred Fri
day between Selma and Wilson. The
intense heat had warped the rails on the
bridge and the train had to stop there
two or three hours, in the withering
sunshine. A lot Of Wilson fremen
were on board, and these decidrl to 60
in bathing in the creek. They went,
and then the engineer and the conduc-
tor concluded to have some fun. 30
they gave out that the train would lun
back to a station nine miles away The
whistle blew, the bell rang and here
came the tiremen on the jump, in
stages Of undress. The other passen-
gers roared with laughter. The fire.
men joined in the laughter at their own
expense. --Asheville Citizen.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-18
Suffering Porto Rlcans.

Washington, August I6.-The ap-
palling conditions existing in Porto
Rico were made more fully known to
the War Department today by General
Davis in dispatch which says the
deaths outright in the island will
reach 2,ooo while many are dying daily
from injuries and privations.
By direction OF the Navy Depart
ment the auxiliary cruiser Panther
now at the League Island navy yard
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-18
A Business Scheme.

The Raleigh and Eastern Railway
Company was granted articles of in.
corporation yesterday by the Sectre-
tary of State.
The company is Incorporated for the
the purpose OF constructing, maintain
ing and operating a railroad from Raj
eigh to or near Wakefield, Wake coun-
ty, or to or near Earpsboro, Johnston
county.
The length of the road is to be twen-
ty miles, passing through parts of Wake
and Johnston.
The amount of capital stock is $780,
oco. The number>of shares is 1000 Of
the par value of $1oo.
The company is incorporated for a
term of ninety.nine years.
The stockholders are S. Carr, E.
B. Barbee, c. B. Burbee, John Gatling
Herbert jackson, J. R. Ferrall, E. H.
Lee, j. B. Pearce, Julius Lewis,
Thomas Pescud, William Boylan, W.
F. Wyatt, T. B. Crowder, N. M. Rand
M. T. Norris, w. G. Norriss, J. W.
Norris, j. w. Barber, y. G. Latta, W.
M. Russ, W. H. Hood, w. f. Jones,
John w. Cross, B. F. Montague, John
Stronach, J. B. Hill, Frank Stronach,
T. H. Briggs, Joseph S. Correll, N
w. West and Armistead Jones.
The directors ofthe corporation for
the first year shall be J. S. Carr, E. B.
Barbee, c. B. Barbee, T. B. Crowder,
John Gatling and Armistead Jones.
The officers of the corporation, in ad-
dition to the board of directors, shall
be president, vice-president, secre.
tary, treasurer and superintendent or
manager.
The first meeting of the corporation
shall be held in the Office of Armistead
Jones, Esq, in the Commercial and
Farmers Bank building, in the city of
Raleigh, August If, at I2 m. At this
meeting the president and other Off
GERS of the corporation will be elected.
Mr.. E. B. Barbee, one of the chief
promoters of the new road, was seen
Yesterday and asked as to the plans of
the new company.
1--WE are simply going to build rail-
road from Raleigh into what we believe
is the garden-spot of Wake county
said Mr.. Barbee. "Those Of us who
have been iu business ip Raleigh dur
Ing the past dozen years know that
our best trade comes from east of
Neuse river. We know that this is one
OF the best rnrai sections in North
Carolina. We know the people and
have known them for years. We know
that they are industrious and prosper
GUS. We know, or we think We know
that along the line OF the proposed
road there is an abur dance of re-
sources that are calculated to make
local railroad profitable. We know of
splendid water powers, fine timber
lands, a magnificent farming section,
good country produce and other ad-
vantages that are inviting, and we are
simply going down with railroad to
give them the facilities they need, and
turn all the traffic into Raleigh"
"What about your connections at
Raleigh and at the other end Of your
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-18
ELM CITY ITEMS.
Aug. 16, 1899.

mug. 10, 1000.
Mr.. T. S. Hedgepeth went to Wilson
Friday.
Mr.. !, L. Bailey was in Rocky
Mount Friday on business.
Mr.. John H. Land spent Sunday
here with his parents.
Miss Matte Williams, of Florence S.
c., is here visiting relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Dixon paid
friends in Rocky Mount short visit
last week.
Mr.. A. A. Haynes, of Tarboro, was
here Friday on visit to his father-in-
law, Capt w. L. Grimmer.
We were glad to see our clever and
efficient Register of Deeds w. B.
Barnes here Friday evening.
Mrs. T. E. Keel, of Wilson, was here
last week visiting the family of Mr.. E.
O. MCGOWAN.
Rev. G. L. Reed returned Saturday
from visit to his old home in Mecklen-
burg county Va.
We regret to learn that Mrs. w. d,
Carter is quite sick at her home in
Nash County. We hope she will soon
recover.
Miss Bertha Pridgen left last Satur-
day for Conetoe, where she goes to
spend sometime with her friend Miss
Lizzie Ilighsmith.
Mr.. A. A. Haynes, accompanied by
his wife, and Misses Nora Hedges and
Bertha Day, left Saturday morning for
Wrightsville Beach. They returned
Monday night
Mrs. Theo. B. Winstead left last
Friday for her old home in Leggetts
Edgecombe Co., where she was called
Wy lHC oCAuSSS w lcI UGOtlleT, Master
Aubly Leggett.
Rev. Mr.. Wooten, of South Rocky
Mount, was here Thursday, where he
was called to preach the funeral of
Mr.. J M. .Joyner who died Wednesday
night at his home, about three miles
from here. Mr.. Joyner had for several
months been a patient sufferer with
consumption. He was buried Thurs
day evening at Mount Zion in Nash
county.
The Wilson County Medical Society
held its regular monthly meeting in
our town last Wednesday. They
were royalty entertained by DR.. f. G..
Moore and his most estimabe wife, at
their beautiful home. The dinner was
most elaborate one, was served bv
the fair Misses of our town whom Mrs.
Moore had invited as attendants for
the occasion. We are informed that
the doctors one and all enjoyed the
occasion very much, and voted DR..
and Mrs. Moore an ideal host and
hostess.
PHANTOM
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1899-08-18
M. E.sabOri shot BY An Assassin

Bennes, Aug. I4.-The drama at
Rennes grows tragical. That long
becalmed town is being stirred into a
more violent passion than Paris. The
Parisans are laborious. The Bretons
are silent and possessed by their
belief or idea, whatever it may be.
This morning at six o'clock a we'll
nigh successful attempt was made to
kill M. Labor, who defended Zo]a
last year and who came here to defend
Dreyfus, with M. Demange. The
would be assassin was evidently a
crank and looked a workman. His
was a revolver, the theatre of the
crime the Quay Richemont. 1t was
while Labori was going to the court
with Col. Picquart and his consin M.
CAST.
When Madame Labori came up she
was sent to fetch the doctor, but not
knowing the town she lost good deal
of time. At last she thought of going
to the court and asking there for a
military surgeon. Doctors Vidal and
Reclus were at hand at once accom-.
panied her. They had the presence
of mind to send gendarmes to the
barracks for an ambulance with a
stretcher and bearers.
With deep thankfulness they found
that NJ Labor could move his limbs
at will. The spine therefore was not
injured. The ball had entered at the
sixth vertebra, behind the thoraX. 1t
might BE- embedded in the muscle of
the back or have penetrated deeper,
injuring the lungs.
However the thing was to bear the
wounded advocate to the pretty and
gay lookingvilla he had hired for use
daring the trial, villa adorned with
green slabs of faience, bright with
flowers and in the airy part of
Rennes. But why 60 further into
details? The lesson of the event was
foreshadowed in my cable last even
ing The two opposite forces are in
line of battle. Fanaticism has been
appealed to and has answered the
CALL
Col. Picqusrt describes the would
be murderer as swarthy and thickset,
resolute and intelligent looking. He
thinks the man might be Southron.
If so, he must have been known the
country around Rennes. 1t is
country of small, patchy fields,
separated by hedges, which Re was
evidently familiar with.
Apparently he knew places in the
thickest into which he could dive,
and in doing so remained concealed
for some time from pursuer. The
gendarmes that Colonel Piequart
met Joined in the pursuit, but fleet
running and knowledge of the
locality enabled the would-be MUIR
derer to escape.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-15
MISGUIDED REBELS.

Aguinaldo and his fellow Filipinos are
trying TO shape the policy Of the Unit
ed States in regard to the Philippine is
lands. Whether or not they viii be al
lowed to make coed their bluff remains
to be seen
Aguinaldo is evidently unacquainted
with the American spirit. He is trying
to carry his point by main strength.
This win not do in the present instance.
Aguinaldo would accomplish more by
acting humble lie can not hope to win
q war when his recent masters made 50
poor q showing. He would better wait
and see whether the treatment he re-
ceives from this government viii war
rant hostnities before he begins them.
Aguinaldo may be intelligent for a
savage, but he is not long-headed
enough to cope with any civilized
power.
Americans who have commended from
the first that this nation needs no Phil
fDpines are gradually becoming con-
vinced, by reason of the attitude of the
insurgents, that the natives ought to
be thoroughly tllrashed, at least, be-
fore our army is Withdrawn.
Conditions for disorder exist in the
Philippines unlike the conditions in any
other colony taken from Spain. Manila
is not unlike the cities Of the West In
dies, perhaps, but throughout the rest
Of Luzon are disturbing influences
which are being rapidly spread over the
other islands, and which may require
time and means and men TO eradicate.
The difficulty springs from the am
billions of the self-appointed leader of
the Filipinos, whose pretensions to di-
vine right and the exercise Of SOW
ereign power, coupled with his utter
lack OF capacity, are not likely to ben
eft his people or the world.
Aguinaldo aspires to lead. he cares
not whittier. He wants to blow a gold
whistle and make his people bow at his
fcae. But he hasn't the ideas of gov
eminent which are necessary to the
trade and industry of modern civiliza-
ton. IF the natives were actuated by
any laudable ambition, they would be
glad to have the Americans establish
order and security, even under strict
military rule, that the Importance and
development of the islands might be
assured.
But, while the difference and distance
between Spanish tyranny and savage
anarchy may be only step, it is a, step
backwards, and that the world cannot
afford to take.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-15
The Way You Ring It Tells.
(Tit-Bits.)


Door bells are pretty fair indicators
of character. Probably you have not
been conscious of it, but every time you
pull door bell you register what man.
ner of man you are. Your ring Will not
tell everything about you, from the
color of your hair to your taste in
flowers. but to those who know the
signs the door bell is as s1.-, as z. title
page. Anyone who has had Cseasion to
answer bell pulls knows how much diff
ference there is in them One persons
method varies very little from time to
time. though the difference between
that method and somebody else's, while
slight, viii be sufficiently well marked.
It IS seldom that two rings are exactly
alike.
The housewife recognizes each-the
impatient man, who pulls the bell twice
in quick succession, and does not wait
long before trying it again; the one of
more phlegmatic temperament, whose
ring is slower and more substantial;
the hesitating woman. who draws the
knob out in a succession of nervous
jerks; the seedy individual with
matches to sell, who stretches the wire
carefully to its full length, and then al
lows it TO relax with a faint, apollo
getic tinllie; and the jolly friend who
knows he is welcome, and, therefore,
grasps the knob with a hearty swing
that is fairly eloquent with good ma
ture, and sets the bell to shaking its
sides with such peals Of echoing laugh
ter that it positively cannot stop at
once, but subsidies gradually with a
merry, irreprsssible little litter. a door
bell has as many voices as visitors.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-15
KITCHENER's SCHOOL.
Rudyard Kipling. in London Time

CRudyard Kipling. in London Times)
being a translation of the song that
was made by Mohammedan school mas
ter of the - Bengal infantry (some time
on service at Siiakin), when he heard that
the sirdar was taking money from the
English to build MaGrissa for Hubsrees
"a college for the Soudanese.)
Oh Hubshee, carry your shoes in your
hand and bow your head on your
breast
This is the message of Kitchener who did
not break you in jest.
1t was permitted TO him to fulfill the long
appointed years,
Reaching the end ordained of old over
your dead Emirs.
He stamped only before your walls, and
the Tomb we knew was dust;
He gathered up under his armpits all the
swords of your trust;
He set a guard on your granaries, Sc
curing the weak from the strong;
He said: Go work the WaterWneels that
were abolished so long,
He said: go safely, being abashed,
have accomplished by VOW
That was the mercy of Kitchener. Cometh
his madness noWi
He does not desire as We DESIRE nor de-
wise as ye devise;
He is preparing a second host-an army
10 make you wise.
Not at the mouth of his clean-lipped guns
But letter by letter, and many letters,
at the mouth Of his chosen men.
He has gone back TO his own city, not
seeking presents or brides,
But openly asking the English for money
to buy you hakims and scrbes,
Knowing that We are forfeit by battle
and have no right to live,
He begS for money to bring you learning
and all the English give.
1t is their treasure-it IS their pleasure
thus are their hearts inclined,
For Allah created the English mad-the
nladCest of all mankind.
They do not consider the Meaning of
Things; they consult not creed or
Behold they clap the slave on the back
and behold he becometh a man!
They terribly carpet the earth with dead
and before the cannon cool
They walk unarmed by two and threes
to call the living 10 school.
How is this reason (Which is their sea-
SOM TO judge a scholars worth
BY casting a bail at three straight sticks
and defending the same with a
But this they do (Which is doubtless a
sDelD and other matters more
strange,
Until. by the operation of years, the
hearts of their scholars change;
Till these make come and go great boats
or engines upon the rail;
But always the English watch nearby
to prop them when they falD
Till these make laws of their own choice
and judges of their own blood:
And all the mad English obey the judges
and say that the law is good.
Certainly they were mad from of old; but
l think one new thing
That the magic whereby they work their
magic-wherefrOm their fortunes
spring
May be that they show all people their
magic and ask no price in return.
Wherefore. since We are bond to that
magic, o Hubshee, make haste and
learn!
Certainly also is Kitchener mad. But
one sure thing I know
If he who broke YOU be minded to teach
you. to MS Madrissa go,
Go, and carry your shoes in your hand,
and bow your head on your breast.
For he who did not STAY you in sport, he
VIII not teach you in jest.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-15
SUPREMACY IN THE ISLANDS

What will be the result if the United
States government decides to renounce
all claims on the philippines and to
withdraw from the archipelago at this
time?
Men who talk of constitutional lin
itations, of the rights of humanity, or
even Of the policy of keeping out of
the Orient, as Senator Foraker puts it,
are forced to admit by the attitude
and actions of the natives that with
drawal under present circumstances
would be cowardly and unwise.
The result would injure commerce,
and amount to confession of weak
ness, following so closely an assertion
OF power. and would prove q
detriment to the islands. as well as to
humanity in general for whom this
war was waged.
There was time when possession of
the islands might have been relin-
pushed without dishonor That time
is gone. Another time may come when
the best interests of this republic, at
least. viii require their abandonment
But it win rot do at present.
The withdrawal of the American
army at a time like this, means an
archy, danger TO colonists from whom
this nation has sw~st the last vestige
Of protection. obstruction to industrial
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-15
Maude and Sympathetic Agent.
(NaW York Sun 4

During the long run of the Little
Minister" in this city last winter Hiss
Maude Adams frequently spent Sun
days at her summer cottage in a little
New Jersey town which at that time of
the year was almost deserted The
train service had been cut down and
most of the passenger trains pulled
right past the station unless they were
signaled that passengers were waiting
to board them. 4 young man familiar
ly known as Joe" acted as station
agent last winter and he was very
proud of thea occasional privilege of
Tagging train for Miss Adams. One
day while she was waiting for a train
which was late Joe felt it incumbent
upon him to be entertaining, and he
began by saying:
Are you still playing in the Little
Minister Miss Adams?"
Yes, joe, still playing"
Don't you get awfully tired going
through the same thing every night?'
well, it is sometimes very hard
work." acknowledged the actress.
Joe locked thoughtful for a moment
is if casting about for some suggestion
of relief, and then his face frightened
and he said:
Say, Miss Adams, Why don't you get
another job?'
Miss Adams was saved explanations
by the oppOrtune arrived of her train.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-15
OREYFUs' SENTENCE QUAsHED.

Among the dispatches printed this
morning is one from Paris that Drey-
fus will be accorded atrial, having been
sentenced without one, and that the en-
tire investigation win be reoDened
Friends Of justice and believers in fair
play everywhere win be glad TO hear of
this. The courtmartial has been su-
preme in France. AS a, result, justice
has been ignored, the rules of evidence
have been disregarded and the rights of
accused persons trampled down.
The arbitrary power of the court
martial has made this So Military tri-
bunals are not necessarily unfair, but
they have greater opportunities to be
so than have civil courts.
The right of the civil government to
review, and, if deemed advisable, to
revoke the findings of the martial
courts, must be recognized in a re-
public. In France this right has been
denied and all who insisted upon it
were branded as traitors and threat
ened with death.
Several times the court Of cessation
assumed the authority strenuously
denied by the military chiefs in rela-
ton to the Dreyfus Investigation. Each
time it was circumvented by the enc
mics of civil power.
When the reOpening of the case SEEM
ed assured, &, month or six weeks ago,
the military governor of Paris ordered
Colonel Picquart tried by courtmartial.
There was ONLY one object. II was to
put this brave and conscientious officer
out OF the way, to dispose of him before
his evidence could be produced by the
court Of cessation to justify a revision
of the Dreyfus case.
The civil court summarily ordered
stay of proceedings in the Picquart
courtinartial. This was on the Sth of
December last. Colonel Picquart has
been confined for some time in the
Cherch-DIidi prison at Paris. There is
hope ahead for both Dreyfus and Pic
quart. 1t is evident that the supremacy
of the military power in France is los
ing ground. It has not been many
months since an order of reproval from
a civil court directed against a martial
tribunal would have caused a, riot
French people are becoming partisan.
One class favors the army, another the
people. In the event of revolution, the
former would have the arms and the
latter the numbers.
But France may avert civil war if the
army quits clustering, the mob clamors
for fair play, and racial and creedal
prejudice is curbed.
If acts Of treason actually occurred"
rs the court Of cessation has ascertain
ed, let the guilty parties be punished,
but no scapegoat be made to bear their
sins to Devils island.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-15
SENATORIAL ELECTIONS.

The Herald has been asked by mem
bers OF the legislature to make q state
1aent of the law in reference to the
election of United States senators.
Section Of article l, of the federal
constitution, provides that the times,
places and manner Of holding elections
for senators and Representatives shall
be prescribed in each state by the leg
islatures thereof. Congress is empow-
cred TO alter such regulations except as
to the places Of choosing senators.
Congress passed an act on the 25th
Of July, 1866, prescribing the mode of
conducting the senatorial elections in
the several states. 1t provides that the
legislature whose duty it is to. elect
a. senator to the congress of the United
States, shall, "on the second Tuesday
after the meeting and organization, -
proceed to elect such an official.
There seems to be a slight discrep-
ancy between the state and federal
laws, however, concerning the manner
of balloting. Section 8 of article 1,
state constitution, declares that "all
elections shall be by secret ballot"
The congressional act requires the
following programme to be observed:
Each house shall openly, by viva
voce vote of each member present,
name one person for senator in con-
gress.' Next day, at high noon, the
members OF the two houses shall as
semble in joint session. If it appears
from the journals that a candidate re
ceived a majority Of the votes cast in
each house, he shall he declared the
choice Of the legislature. Otherwise a
ballot shall be taken by the joint as
sembly IF no choice is made the joint
assembly shall meet next day and each
succeeding legislative day, at noon, for
the same purpose. At least one ballot
per day, after the first day, shall be
taken. All voting must be viva voce.
4 secret ballot and viva voce vote
are contradictory requirements. Yet
the intention OF the trainers Of the state
constitution was to conform to the laws
and constitution OF the United States.
Therefore the senatorial election viii
be conducted along the lines laid down
by congress under the powers vested in
that body by section 4, article /, of the
federal cons titution.