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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-09-14

Some day there will be no inter
national boundary line bstveen Can
ada and the United States. In the
hearts of the people Of both countries
there is none nov
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-09-14

Atlanta. Ca. SpeciaL-Commission.
er Of Agriculture o. B., Stevens. wao
returned to Atlanta amer IN inspee-
tion OF the crops throughout middle
and southwest Georgia. states that cot
ton will be at least half q million
bales short. and that in order 10 re-
alixe Is per cent Of the crop Of 1899.
conditions will have TO remain favor
able for some time TO come.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-09-14
TIE An elcss Bsekess.

Cleveland. O.. Especial lD-walter Hit
president Of the American Exchange
Bank. St Louis. will be chosen az the
next president Of the American Bank
ers Association. The nominating COM
mittee decided At its meetinng. Mr..
Hill has been president Of tie a.soci-
alton during the past year. Aivsh
Trowbridge. president OF the NORTH
American Trust Company OF Ne~
York. win be recommended for FIRST
yice-president-
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-09-14

Many . woman speaks Ct her emo
tional temperament. ba; others call .s
temper
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-17
THE BRoADwAY's DOORS SHUT
Result of squires Failure. Cashier
Saws Bank is Solvent.

Boston, Dec 16.-As result Of the
failure of the John r. Squire Company
Cooperation of Cambridge, for So, 00O,-
600, which was announced late yester-
day afternoon, the Broadway National
Bank here, in which the Squires We're
largely interested did not open its doors
today, and notice at the entrance
stated that the affairs of the bank were
IN the hands of the Comptroller of the
Currency. The news circulated wide
ly and all sorts OF wild rumors were
set afoat.
The bank was Incorporated n 1853.
It's last statement, a week ago, showed
a capital of 100000; loans. 81, 800, 600;
circulation, $40, 600; individual deposits.
$2,34s. 600; due banks, $131000: due
from reserve agents, $2T4,000; due from
banks $1GS.000; expenses clearing
house, S273000; legal tenders, S15S,000;
specie. S113,000
Cashier Curtiss of the Broadway, said
today the bank was solvent, that it had
actually 100000 in cash this morning
and that all the heavy deposifors had
expressed their confidence i'll the insti-
tuition
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-17
SEES ENGL AND'S
sun DECLINING
0minous Declaration of the
Kreuz Zeitung,
TIFF EMPIRE DECAYING
THE EMPIRE OECAYING
IT Is SHOWN IN THE TRANS
VAAL CAMPAIGN.
ALL THE WORLD MAY SEE IT PLAINLY NOW
Long Ago Apparent to Far-Sighted Men.
What the Defeat Of the Third British
Column by the Beers Has
Revealed

Berlin, Dee. 16.-The German press
and people are jubilant over the news
from South Africa, and everywhere in
the streets people stop each other and
offer congratulations. Among the press
comments tonight is that of the Kreuz
Zeitung, which says:
"Thus the fighting power OF the third
column is destroyed, and the campaign
against the Beers is disastrousiy ended
What however. means more is that Eng
lands decadenee, long ago apparent to
far-sighted statesmen, has thus become
visible before the whole world.
The Vossische Zeitung says:
The English yesterday met the great
est defeat in this campaign, so produc-
tive Of disappointments and losses
LOSING MILITARY PRESTIGE
Rome, Dee. 1G.-General Buffers re-
verse produced a profound impression in
all circles here, where i Is regarded as
most serious for the military prestige
Of England. The afternoon papers de-
vote long articles to the subject.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-17
WORK OF FIRE BUGS
The Chatham Academy Des-
troyed at Savannah.
Several ttempts to Burn Other Public School
Buildings Have Been Made n the
Past Week.

Savannah, Ga. Dee. 16.-The Chat
ham Academy. tie central building Of
the public school system and the largest
school house in the city, covering half a
block, was destroyed by fire before day
light this morning. The loss viii ap-
proximate $4,000 with insurance OF
about $4,000. There is no doubt thar
the fire was incendiary. During the
past week attempts at inccndiarism have
been made upon several of the city
school buildings Night before last ar
an early hour fire was discovered in
desk in Chatham school, No. l. 1t
was put out without serious damage.
Early last night fire was found in the
desk Of one of the teachers of st. Pat
riek's School. This also was extinguished
without much damage to the building
or furniture Several evenings ago a
teachers desk in Chatham Academy (the
building destroyed was discovered on
fire. Following each of these incipient
fires it was ascertained that desks in
the buildings had been forced 1t was
the theory Of the school authorities that
boys had broken into the desks looking
for Christmas money collected for the
janitors and had started the fires to
hide their raids. In the fire this morn
ing, however, it is said that kerosene
was plainly smelled by those who entered
the building first There were several
arrests today in connection with the fire
but for lack of evidence the suspects
were released. Chatham Academy was
founded in 1913 and was one of the old
est schools in the State.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-17
A NATIONAL UNIVERSITY.
Washington's Request For This Pur.
pose. Effort TO Found It.

Washington. n. G.. Dee. IG.-ts5po.
cial) -When the Financial Bill now be-
fore the Rouse goes to the Senate Mon.
day Senator Pritchard will probably
follow the course adopted by Mr.. Lin
ney la this exigency. Mr.. Linney said
that conditions in North Carolina had
changed and he had changed with them.
He says the legic OF events had made
him an advocate Of the gold standard;
that two years ago his constituency IA
vored is to 1, but that now he could
not be elected except as a gold staallrd
Republican. His speech on this subjec;
appears in the Record this morning. and
Is very characteristics III is q la Linney.
He always commands the attention OF
the House. Mr.. Kitchin ably presented
the Democratic side of this issue in Il
speech which he withheld FIR revision.
He preached 4 straight 81, ger doctrin in
his usual dignifed, effective and forceful
style. When the speech appears it will
please your readers aud his constituents.
Mr.. and Mrs VIM Twombly and
Mrs. Twombly's brother, Mr. Jesse
Powell, will 90 to Edgecombe to spend
Christmas with relatives. Mrs. Twom-
bly, will be remembered as the beautiful
Mary Powell, great fayorite through
out Eastern North Carolina.
Through the courtesy Of George Wash
ington Ball, Esq, a grand nephew of
General George Washington. | attended
the Washington Memorial services. One
Of the most interesting speakers was DIR.
Paul Barringer. now of the University
Of Virginia, but a native Of North Caro-
lima. His uncle. the late Hon. Daniel
NJ. Barringer, once Minister to Spain,
lived in Raleigh Il number of years.
DR.. Barringer viewed Washington's UNI
timely death from the standpoint of a
physician and claimed that the Father
Of his Country was practically murdered
by incompetent doctors. He moreover
brought forth facts to prove it.
There win be strong effort to found
a great National University here as il
perpetual memorial Of Washington. He
bequeathed money in his will for this
purpose and it is singular that the idea
has not been acted on before. Another
speaker was DR.. Curry, who has many
admirers in North Carolina. There
were several other distinguished speak
crs. The Marine Band and a chorus Of
about one hundred voices furnished the
music.
ExRegister of Deeds McCorkle, Of
Fayetteville, is here after the postoffice
Of that city.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-17
The Brooklyn Wins the Ocean Race,

Washington, Dee 1G.-The Brooklyn
arrived at Manila today, winning easily
the long race from this country our.
which she has been running with the
New Orleans. The New Orleans
sailed from Singapore today for Manila
so that she is about four lays beaind
the Brooklyn. The Detroit arrived 1T
Santa Marta. on the Western border
of Venezuela on the 10th instant, VIII re
she will protect American interests in
the event of trouble between Venezuela
and Colombia.
The battleship Massachusetts has
been ordered into reserve at League Is
land Her men are wanted to supply
the crew for the battleship Kentucky,
about to be turned over 10 the Govern
ment.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-17
Troops to be Sent Home.

Washington, Dec. TO- General Brooke
has telegraphed the War Department
that he has arranged to send the fol-
lowing troops to the United States
Troops A, B, c aud u, Eighth Cavalry,
a total of ti3 enlisted men together with
their officers to Fort Riley, Kansas, and
Troops II, +, q and III, of the Tenth
cavalry, numbering 400 enlisted men with
800 horses to Galveston for distribution
along the Mexican frontier. 1t is ex-
pected that the Fifteenth infantry will
leave Cuba about the 30th instant. That
regiment will 90 to New York and be
distributed between Governors Island
and Plattsburg.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-17
LEADS ALL NORTH CAROLINA DAlES ON NEWS AMID GRGWA T0M

ed 1880 men while the Spaniards only
killed 800, are these the source OF your
prosperity? Applause on the Democrat
ic side) Is your humiliation and subor-
dination of the man who won the most
magnificent naval victory that the world
has seen, Winfield Scott Schley, zap
plause on the Democratic side,) is that
the source of your prosperity? Is your
subordination of Brooke and Miles and
Merritt, the men who had been trained
together with their associates, at an ex-
pense of millions of dollars to this coun-
try, and the putting Of politicians in the
army saddle. is that the cause of your
prosperity? (Applause on the Democratic
side.) You will live to be ashamed of
your record.
A TELEGRAM FROM BRYAN.
Mr.. Gaines, CTennessee) produced the
following telegram from William Jen-
nings Bryan denying a purporsed inter-
view with him.
Austin. Texas. Dee 16.
Hon. John w. Gaines, Washington,
ID. c.:
Have seen report in morning paper.
but do not recall any interviews in which
is the language criticised. Have sad
that bill is bad in every particular and
should be defeated, but have not said
that it would hurt the Democratic par
ty or Democracy. Believe il viii injure
the country and it ought to drive out Of
the Republican party all sincere believers
in bi-metallism.
(Signedl Nv. J. BRYAN
Mr.. DeArmond MOI, closed the de-
bate ON the Democratic side. He declar-
ed that the minority side believed that
the bill was designed to create a huge,
farEeaching and all pervading bank trust.
He had read an amendment providing
that it should be unlawful for any bank
under its provisions TO combine with any
other bank for the purpose of increasing
or restricting the coin in circulation
credit or interest. That amendment,
Mr.. DeArmon said, il adopted might
Continued on Tenth Page.)
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-17
TEE CASE OF quay ARGUED.
Right Of the Governor to Appoint
Him Debated.

Washington, Dec 16.-An investiga-
tion of the rights of former Senator
Quay, of / ennsylvania, to a seat in the
Senate by appointment Of the Governor
of Pennsylvania was begun today by
the Senate Committee ON Privileges and
Elections The hearing today was pure
~ legal argument on the right of the
Governor In the circumstances which
arose in the case Of Mr.. Quay.
Hon. John p. Elkin, Attorney General
of Pennsylvania. appeared for the Com
monwealth Of ennsylyania, and former
Senator Edmunds for those who remon-
strated against the seating Of Mr.. Quay,
and Mr. Edmunds had as CONDUCTORS
Hampton L. Carson and George Whar-
ton Pepper.
w j. Brennan, an attorney OF Pitts
burg. was leading counsel for the Demo-
cratic members of the PENNSYLVANIA
Legislature
Mr.. Elkin .comtended That a sovereign
State was at all times entitled to full
representation in the Senate according
to the spirit and letter of the Const,tu-
ton The failure of the Legislature to
perform its duty ought not and could n t
operate to the States disadvantage in
the Senate. The true position, in his
opinion, was that the Governor enjoy
ed the full power to fill any vacancy that
might occur in the States representa-
tion for any reason whatever
Mr. Carson presented an elaborate
legal and constitutional argument against
the seating OF Mr. Quay. He doubted
the desirability of according to the
State executive such authority.
Former Senator Edmunds declared
that the appointive authority was being
constantly trenched upon by the execu-
tive power not only of the States, but OF
the nation itself. The President was
exercising such power by making recess
appointmeI S Of men who previously
bard been rejected by the Senate This
he regarded rs dangerous and urged the
Senate to take firm stand against such
usurraiiion of power as protection to
itself
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-17
TWO MN WERE KILLED
A THIRD MAN DYING IN ThE
HOSPITAL.
PASSENGER TRAIN DASHED NTOASwlTCH
The Engineer Of the Passenger Train Leaped
and sayed His Life, Though His Arm
Was Broken. everal Others
Slightly Injured.

Cleveland, Dec. 1G.-A Cleveland,
Akron and Columbus passenger train
running into the city forty minutes late,
collided with switch engine near the
State insane asylum at 6 o'clock this
evening and as a result two men are
dead and one dying. The switch engine
was backing coal cars on a side track
into the asylum grounds and had the
right OF way. The passenger locomotive
struck it just as it had got off the main
track and the collision was a side wipe.
Both engines were hurled from the rails
and landed bottom up in the bitches,
one on either side OF the track The
coupling pin behind the passenger en-
gine's tender broke and none Of the
passenger coaches left the track In the
cab of the switch engine were engineer
A. G. Sherman, Fireman Charles
Ehlers and Conductor Harry
Schultz They were crushed under the
tender and terribly scalded by escaping
steam. One Of Shermans leg was
crushed off, Both Of Ehlers' legs were
cut eff. These two men died an hour
later at St. Alexis hospital. Schults is
in the same hospital and will probably
die before morning. If he rallies, one
Of his legs will be amputated at the
hip. The engineer Of the passenger
train. George Carson, applied the sand
and air brakes when he saw the dan
ger, and iUmnad. breaking one Of his
arms. Several others sustained slight
injuries.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-17
BRITISH BUY ARMS HERE.
Transvaal Protests. State Department
Can do Nothing.

New York, Dec 16.-1'he shipment Of
arms and ammunition from this city to
South Africa for use by British forces
against the Beers last Tuesday caused
Consul Charles Pierce, of the Orange
Free State. to file protest with Secre-
tary of State Hay in Washington. To
day Mr.. Pierce received a note from
Mr.. Hay declaring that the Department
Of State could not take amy action in
the premises.
According to the authorities cited by
THE Secretary of State in case Of war
belligerents have the right 10 purchase
any kind of goods in q neutral country.
subject to conhscation after shipment.
As the Beers have no navy and no Port
Of entry, the ruling is decidedly advan-
tageous to the British.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-17
MR.. C. WILKINS DEAD.
Clerk of Superior Court of Beaufort
County For Many Years.

Washington, n. c.. Dec. 16.-(Special.j
Mr.. G. wilkins, clerk OF the Superior
court Of this county for the past four
teen years, died this morning with pneu
monia. He was native of Sweden
and came to this country in 1860. He
held the office of clerk continuously for
twelve years, but was then defeated by
Il small majority when the county went
Fusion. At the last election he was
nominated by his party and elected. No
one in want ever left his door empty
handed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-17
A College Entertainment.

Henderson, \. c., Dec 16.-tSpecial9
There was delightful entertainment
at the Henderson Female College last
night. REGULATIONS and musical selec-
tions were rendered by the young ladies
of the school, after which followed All
un-to-date lecture BY Prof. Z. ]. Alder
man. His theme was, Woman, ana
his address unique and instructive. The
art display was also very good.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-17
A Big Sugar Mill For Tampa.

Tampa, Fla, Dee. 16.-Plans have
been perfected for the erection in this
city of a big sugar mill and refinery 1t
is the intention of the men behind the
enterprise to make Tampa not only the
market for the sugar cane Of Florifa. but
to bring the crude article from Cuba
and refine it here They have been
carefully investigating the matter for
months past and are satisfied that the
undertaking will justify the expenditure
cntailed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-17
The Government Buys Cedar Grove

Washington. Dee. 16.-The Cedar
Grove property opposite the Norfolk
Navy Yard, for the purchase of which
$4,000 was appropriated in the last
naval appropriation bill, will be sold 70
the Government for $132,300 this
amount having been decided upon by
Secretary Long ON Wednesday last,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-17
Torn by a Mad Dog

Eatonton, Ca, Dec. H. The mine year
old son Of Mr.. Joe Robinson was badly
torn by mad doy yesterday. With his
father he left for the Pasteur Institute
at Baltimore today.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-17
Appeals Against Roberts

Nicksburg, Miss. Dec &c. The Meth
odist Conference of Mississippi in ses-
sion here today passed 4 resolution APP
pealing to the House of Representatives
not to seat Congressman Roberts, of
Utah.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-17
The Normal Opening Delayed.

Greensboro. n. c.. Dee 1G.-(Special)
The faculty of the Normal and Ipdus-
trial College announced today that the
college viii not open Oh January End, as
first stated.as the repairs will not be
ready in time.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-17
GEN. Me HUEN LOST 963
THE LOSS AMONG THE OFF,.
GERS UNUSUALLY HEAVY
Beers ENTRENcHlNG AT SoDDER RIVER
Their Intention is Evidently TO Dispute FierceIy
the Control of the Railroad. The Brit
ish Reconnoter and Shell
the Boer Trenches.
the Boer Trenehes.

London Dee. 16.-GeneraI Butler re-
ports to the War Office that his losses
in yesterdays engagement were:
Killed, 81; wounded, 667; missing,
34S; toal, 1907.
The revised list of the British casual.
ties at the battle of Magersfontein shows
the total to be 9G3, of which number
seventy were officers.
LIST OF THE CASUALTIES.
Londori Dec. 16-The War Office
late tonight issued the following list OF
General Buffers casualties:
Killed: Field Artillery, Captain a.
II. Goldie and Lieutenant c. b.
Schrieber; Dublin Fusaliers, Captain A.
Ill. Bacon and Lieutenant r. 9. b. Hen
ry; Inrisklling Fus liers. Major ]. f. w
Charley and Captain Frank G. LOTUS;
Medical Corps, Captain M. |. Hughes
Thorn2ycroft's Mounted Infantry, Lieu
tenant &. NJ Jenkins.
Officers wounded Diayonsllire Regi-
ment. five: Rifle brigade, THE Prince
Consents own one; Fifth brigade staff,
one; Inn,skiIing Fnsiiers. eight: Border
regiment, three: Connaught Rangers.
two; Dublin Fusiliers, three: Irish
Fusiliers, one; Horse Artillery. one:
Field Artillery, FIVE; Medical corps, one;
Mounted Infantry. three: National Car
hineers, two: South African r. ght Horse.
two.
Officers taken prisoners or missing.
Field artillery, five Deyonshire, regi-
ment, three: Essex regiment, one: Royal
Scots Fusiliers, six; Royal artillery,
three.
\ POER FORT ATTACKED.
Pretoria Thursday, Dee. 14.-Ganeral
Snyman reports from Mafeking under
date Of Wednesday, December Is Ii that
the British attacked Boer fort. The
Boer casualties were one man killed and
enc wounded The dispatch also says
that Comnandant Schoemanm had a
brush with the British on Tuesday. De-
cember 18th, at the Geldenhuis Farm.
which the British were bombarding on
Wednesday.
The condition Of General Jouhert, who
is i'll at VclksruSt. is improving. The
Transyaal Government is employing
natives to work in mines. paying them
one pound sterling a month and feeding
them.
BOERS STRENGTHEN DEFENCES.
Modder River. Friday. December 10
During demonstration in force this
morning the British guns shelled the
Beers for couple Of hours. The
Beers did not reply until the British
were retiring.
The Beers are further entrenching and
strengthening their old defenses with the
evident intention of fercely disputing
control Of the railroad.
SMELLING BOER TRENCHES.
Modder River, Friday. December 10
The Ninth brigade under Colonel Pole
Carew, the Grenadier Guards and a
squadron OF the Twelfth, made re-
connaissancc this morning supported by
the Seventy-iifth battery howitzers on
the center and right, four naval T.
Founders on the left. A Al naval gun
on the right opened fire at $50 While
the Brigade deployed across the plain
the Hawitzers and the naval gun she'll
cd the Boer trenches nnd searched the
ridges.
The Beers unmasked two guns, one of
which was dismantled by the naval gun
and the second being impossible to
touch. No one was killed
The Topeka state journal., 1899-04-27

When a man says he has nothing to
say the chances are that he could say
a good deal if he wanted to.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-04-27
COERCED TO MARRY HER.
Deaf Mute Puts in His Defense on the
Charge of Not Supporting
His Wife

Baltimore Md. April ga peculiar
case growing out of the marriage of deaf
mutes is being investigated by the author
tiles.
Frederick Lurman. a deaf mute, was ar
raigned in court, charged with willfully
neglecting to support his wife, also a deaf
mute. Through an interpreter the husband
testified that on the night of September p,
1893, he was at the house of Miss Edith
May Thomas, whom he had been visiting
for a. year.. and that he, was forcibly de
when the Rev. George w. Miller perform
ed the marriage ceremony between Miss
Thomas and himself.
He stated that Miss Thomas read the
book when presented to her during the
ceremony, but he did not read it. After
the ceremony he left the house returning
to his father, saying he had been coerced
to marry the woman. and since that time
has never been in her company.
The evidence of the minister has not
been obtained, he being out of the city.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-04-27

took out another s3,100 policy in the
Woodmen of the World and left for
Texas. Last Friday his wife received a
telegram from a doctor at Sonora, in
the extreme southwest en- dof the state,
calling here there via San Angelo, on
account of his dangerous illness. She
left and today a telegram was received
by the lodge officers from her, saying
he died last Saturday. Her telegram
was dated at San Angelo, $50 miles from
Sonora. The town where he is reported
to have died is in an extremely sparse
ly settled country and is $50 miles from
railroad. There is but one doctor
within a radius of 100 miles of the town,
and it may be difficult to obtain the
proof of death required by the lodges
in which he is insured. He carried So, 900
in the Modern Woodmen, $1,000 in the
Royal Neighbors and SO, 100 in the Wood
men of the World. On the latter policy
he had paid but one assessment of 81. so.
The remains, it is reported, will be
buried at Sonora, on account of his hav-
ing died of smallpox, and his wife will
not be permitted to go to them.