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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-24
Diminution.

Ten Filipiros, sitting in a line:
One struck for liberty, then there were
but nine.
Nine Filipinos. musing ON their fate;
One was ''assimilated," then there were
but eight.
Eight Filipinos, to mediation given:
One said: I'm capable" then there
We're but seven.
Seven Filipinos, in a pretty fix:
One was censured by the press, then
there were but six.
Six Filipinos, all of them alive:
One kicked a missionary, then there were
but five.
Five Filipinos. stepped alike in gore:
One fought to save his home, then there
were but four.
Four Filipinos. sitting in tree:
One of them displayed a gun, then there
Were but three.
Three Filipinos. feeling mighty blue:
One sneered at Otis, and then there Were
but two.
Two Fiipinos, sitting in the sun:
One said he wouldn't pray then there
was but one.
One Filipino isn't very nlany
He called Uncle Sam 8 robter- then
there wasn't any Liic.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-24
TYPHOID AND WATER.
Will the Lesson at the Normal Be
Needed by Other Schools?

To the Editor:
After a calamity has occurred it is an
easy matter to tell what ought to have
been done to prevent it. The investiga-
tons of the State Board of Health dem
onstrate the fact that the contagion at
the Normal was through the drinking
water. This disease Typhoid Fever
was carried to the school in the system
of one of the pupils. There it found
fertile field and from lack of proper care
the drinking water was contaminated
1t is Il truth well known to intelligent
laymen, as well us doctors, that the
bacillus of typhoid is eliminated from
the body through the feces. If the feces
pass through a leaky sewer pipe nea. 4
well, either open or driven. or as often
happens the vessels are washed near the
well or the feces thrown upon the
ground near the well, they will filter into
the drinking water and contaminate if.
1T is no easy matter to make iIidiyid
uals understand these things or take
precautions to prevent contamination OF
drinking water This is because the or
binary individual is lacking in sense and
care. The management of schools and
institutions where large numbers are
congregated together, ought to look after
these matters with due diligence. BY
due diligence. we mean that it ought to
be made impossible for typhoid fever
or any fever to be conveyed by drinking
water. This can be done easily and
cheaply. BY means of a good first-class
water sterilizer with kerosene at twelve
cents gallon, one hundred gallons Of
water can be sterilized for seven and a
half cents. Thirty-seven and a half
cents "a day would sterilize five hundred
gallons of water, enough to serve the
largest school in North Carolina for
drinking purposes.
Owing to the popularity of the manage,
ment at the Normal there is IL DISPOSE
ton on the part of the people of the
State to east no blame. The work of
the Board of Health demonstrating the
drinking water used by the house stu
dents as the source of contagion and the
wide publicity given TO the matter by the
press, will render the management Of the
next school or institution at which such
an outbreak should occur an object OF
just odium.
Drinking water tho reeking in patho-
genie bacteria can by sterilization or
distillation be rendered perfectly safe.
These things can be done so cheaply
that there will hereafter be no excuse
for recurrence Of any such calamity
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-24
The U & I r. R. Co., Limited.

What though between thy heart and
mine
The long miles stretch, my dear.
Since we have a private railway line
And Love is the engineer;
Loves drives the engine straight and true.
And the trains i'm an instant fly.
Bearing sweet thoughts from me to you
Over the U & /.
The y & / is a wonderful road.
For the stations are in our hearts,
And the train is due I'M thine with it's load
The moment from mine it departs:
1t runs through the land of lovers
dreams
That has ever a starry sky,
And fairies welded the soft moonbeams
Into rails for the u & l.
The cars are words that we fain would
say,
Sweet words that all lovers prize.
And the engine is lighted upon its way
BY the light of your fair blue eyes;
The boiler is fed by the gentle tears
You shed when we said good bye"
And our trustful hope and our tender
fears
Are the freight of Z & i.
And never an accident, never wreck
Nor washout, nor strike. nor blockade,
Has come to our dear little railway to
check
The trains, since the last rail was laid;
But back and forth, 'twixt your heart and
mine,
Each moment the trains still fly.
Bearing sweet messages over the line
OF the wonderful Z & I.
Ellis Parker Butler in Life .
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-24
The Charge at Mabalagat.

BY the side of the fame of Thermopylae
And the wonder of Waterloo
Let us place the glory that freedom
gained
When Bell and his boys broke through,
Blind to the dangers that lay in front,
Shooting and believing "Scat!'
And causing the rebels to hump them
selves
Getting out of Malabacat.
There was Hoffman who fought at
Lingayen,
And Martin of Dagupan;
There were Hess from Porac and Davis
and Brown
From Tarlac and Malaban.
o great was the charge that Pickett
made,
But greatest of all was that
OF the fearless Bell and his bully boys
When they captured Mabalacat.
Porac and Keva and Cabangan
And Bamban and Bon Tassong,
Tutay, Baysit. Shut, Gapan
Licap and Pitong Pitong-
Let them all salute the glorious flag
That is waving so splendidly at
The town which the wondering world
shall know
By the name of Mabalacat.
Cheers for Wagner and Schmidt and
Schwartz
And Macdonald and Jones and Cray.
Who rushed through the swamp and
who carried the height
With Kelley and Burke and Shea.
Let them sing of the charges that others
have made.
But the greatest of all was that
OF bouncing Bell and his bully boys
When they swooped on Mabalacat,
f. L. Eiser
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-24

The starter at Il race track is one man
who Is always taken at his word
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-24
Christmas Superstitions.

Here are some interesting German
Christmas superstitions:
"On Christmas night, between II and
II O'Clock, water is Wine"
He whose head shows no shadow on
Christmas Eve will die during the year"
He who steals ON Christmas Eve and
is not caught may steal safely all the
year"
ION Christmas night the animals talk
together and with spirits
IF an unmarried woman wants TO
know if she will be married during the
next year, she must knock at the chick
en-house door on Christmas Eve. If
the rooster crows, yes; if the hen clucks
no."
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-24
Betting in Church.

At Il meeting at Plymouth church.
Brooklyn, on Sunday a funny thing
happened An Anglo4Boer resolution was
introduced. Deacon S. V. White fought
it. and its introducer said he believed
the entire congregation would endorse
it. whererlpon Deacon White said: I'm
bet you $3.50 to a cent that you could
not pass it,
Think of it. A deacon Offering a bet
in church upon n proposition of that
character. Whittier are we drifting?
"Can such things be and overcome IFS
like a summer cloud
And not excite our special wonder?"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-24
Relic of Randolph of Roanoke.

Iittleton On. Co. News eporter.)
DIR. L. w. Harris has i'm his possession
a beautiful ivory handled cane that was
given to Hon. Nathaniel Macon by his
colleague the Hon. John Randolph, OF
Roanoke, i'm 1893. The cane is in good
condition and looks as if it might be good
at the close of another century
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-24

"He laughs best who laughs last" If
you take Hoods Sarsaparilla you may
laugh first, last and all the time, for 1t
will make you well.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-24
len the State Normal

as has befallen the State Normal
School.
The time is not far distant when
hotel-keepers, boarding houses, institu-
tons, schools and towns will &c held
liable for damages for fevers contracted
through drinking water over which they
have control. II. o. HYATT.
Kinston, \. c., Dee. 20. 1899.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-24
Oak Ridge Institute.

Oak Ridge. \. c.. Dec 23.-(Special)
-For the fall term in the Literary De-
partment. Mr.. E. f. Knapp, of Winston,
\. c., led the senior class with an aver
age grade of 90 6-35; the second place
was held by Mr.. w. l.. Newsom, OF
Forsyth county, with an average grade
of 9S 1916, and the third place by Mr..
James Holmes, of Florida, with an aver
age grade of 9S $40. Mr.. Kapp's aver
age grade for the last quarter of the
fall term was 90 1914, said to be the
highest grade ever obtained at Oak
Ridge Institute in any quarter.
In the Commercial Department Mr..
r. w. Kerr, Jr., of Clinton, y. c., led
with the average grade of % %; fol-
lowed by Mr. +. c. Johnston, of Leas-
burg, n. c., with an average grade of
9S 81; third. Mr.. Thomas Knight. of
Madison, y. c., average grade of 9S.
The medal of the Athenian Society
Junior defamation was won by Mr..
Guy Garter. of Forsyth county. The med
ais of the Philomathean Society were
won by Messrs. Ad. Hester, of Kerners-
vile, \. c., and f. W. Kerr, Jr., of
Clinton. \. G.
The work of the fall term has been
of high order, and it is possible that
the graduates have never averaged
higher during any term.
The following young gentlemen passed
final examinations in bookkeeping:
Messrs. ]. l.. johnson, Warsaw, \. c.;
w. S. Thomas, Ellerbe, Richmond
county: w. e. Yelverton, Wayne coun-
ty; Ralph West, Pitt county; Earl West,
Pitt county; G. G. Gorham, Wilson, n.
C. Also the following in Shorthand:
Messrs. f.. w. Kerr. Jr.. Clinton, n. c.;
Henry Griffin. Alabama; j. j. Dudley,
SAMPSON county; Festus Hargrovc,
Sampson county, and G. c. Gorham,
Wilson. \. c.
Spring term opens January 4th, and
prospects are good for full attendance.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-24
What Two Women Did.
q alias News.)

Mrs. Jesse H. Sewell, who came to
Texas from North Carolina after the
death of her husband, twelve years ago
bought land today for which she paid
cash with money she made by raising
bees and poultry. Mrs. Sewen and he1
daughter, the latter a grown young lady
are preparing to start a bloOded-stocb
farm. The ladies say they will not give
M bees and hens, burt will also raise
cattle and sheep now that they have
ceased to be renters.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-24

1T doesn't require practice to enable a
man to drop a hot plate with perfection.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-24

The average man is good nurse when
it comes to ocddling imaginary wrongs.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-04-27
B. & O. LIABILITIES.
Statement of the Company's Liabilities
Submitted to the Court

Statement of the Company's Liabilities
Submitted to the Court
Baltimore, April 26.-Messrs. A. S.
Durham, and Arthur l.. Shamer. ap-
pointed special masters last November
in the United States Circuit Court for
the purpose of examining the accounts
of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Com
pany, and reporting the Indebtedness,
submitted their first report to the Court
to-day. The report shows that the to-
tai Indebtedness is $120,4SS, 1929, dis
tributed as follows:
Liens, including car trust funds,
mortgage liens and receivers certifi-
Gates, Sos, 236, 1885.
Judgment claim of the Mercantile
Trust Company. of New York. $685.
10000.
Claims filed before the special mas
tiers s3,177. 450.24
Collateral debt s2,163.477.7
Note endorsements S2,136,3S9
Unsecured obligations $50. 1000.
Other liabilities s3,S29, 349.30.
Grand total of Indebtedness. $780,
4ss. 1929.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-04-27
FOUND A POT OF GOLD.
: Plowman Turns Up Rich Treasure in
Field That Had Not Been Flowed Fo

A Plowman Turns Up = Rich Treasure in >
Field That Had Not Been Flowed For
Fifty Years.
Special to the Register.
Cumberland, Nd. April 26.-R. A.
Dorsey, while blowing on the farm be-
longing to Mrs. Helen Hardman, over
turned a pot containing about $1,000.
The ground had not been broken for
more than half century and is located
just outside the city limits. About
sixty years ago, John Scott, then the
wealthiest man in Cumberland. after
collecting his rents used to carry the
money out in that neighborhood in
company with his servant, and bury it
The find to-day is thought to have been
one of Scott's hidden treasures. Once
the late David Strong and John Wright
went out at midnight to search for
SCOTS money. Some OF their friends
learned of their intentions and wrap
ping themselves in white sheets, nearly
frightened the money-hunters to death.
1t was a superstition at that time that
ghosts guarded the hidden wealth. The
money found to-day was in gold and
silver and showed its age.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-04-27
KENDIG TALKS.
Says the Last Bride of $4,000 Was
Paid to Ingham and Newitt.--An
Ineorruptible Deputy.

LANCASTER, Pa, April 26.-W l.. Ken
dig, one of the principals in the great
counterfeiting scheme, went 10 Ph.ladei-
phia this morning and prior TO his de-
parture in speaking of the alleged con-
nection of Ingham and hewitt with the
gang, said the last bride money paid out
was to those two and that the amount was
5000
1t was divulged to-day that Jacobs had
made an unsuccessful attempt TO bride
another internal deputy collector before
approaching Downey. Aldus c. Herr was
formerly a clerk for Jacobs but became
suspicious that everything was not right
and resigned
A year later he was appointed deputy
collector Jacobs then called on him and
asked If any secret service men We're in
Lancaster, and proposed that Herr should
keep them posted If any came and as
much as possible of their purpose. The
deputy said: Mr. Jacobs, you must re-
member / am a sworn officer of the law. >"
That ended the episode so far as Jacobs
was concerned, but Mr.. Herr reported his
suspicious to the collector and then
learned that Jacobs was under surveil-
lance
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-04-27
SOUNDS WELL
Official Reports Very Different From
These Sent to Newspapers.

Berlin, April 26.-With the view of
rectifying the reports of discord said
to exist between the three naval COM
manders at Samoa, the Nord-Deutsche-
Zeitung publishes extracts to-day from
the reports of the commander Of the
German warship Fake up to March
20, in which Captain Schoenfelder says:
1.-The widest rumors are current con-
corning the relations between the Of
ficers and crew of the Fake and the
Americans and English. The reports
are due to some of our countrymen
who do not tire of creating ill-feeling
between the officers and men of the
three countries by promoting such ru-
mors. AS a matter of fact, the relations
between the different commanders and
officers are thoroughly courteous and
of an accommodating character. In
spite of the arduous nature of his guard
duty, Captain Sturdee attended the
funeral of a GERMANY sailor, Wiehl,
with deputation of an officer, and six
teen men, and Admiral Kautz hoisted
his flag at half mast. No disputes have
occurred between the German and the
American or English crews.
"a recent meeting of the military
representatives of the three powers ex-
pressed indignation at the rumors and
whenever the commander and officers
of the Fake meet the American and
English officers and consuls, social
forms are strictly observed"
Dealing with the commencement of
hostilities, March Is, and the fact that
fragment of one of the Philadelphia S
shells entered the German consulate,
the report says:
1.-THE German consulate was not pre-
viously notified of the commencement
of hostilities and was still inhabited.
Immediately dispatched an officer to
inform Admiral Kautz that the German
consulate was not evacuated and that
his shots had struck the building, and
requested him to cease firing over Apia
until the Germans were in safety.
Admiral Kautz told the officer that ow-
ing to my representations he would
not continue firing over Apia, and the
following day he sent flag lieutenant
to me and expressed regret at the oc-
currence.
Admiral Kautz, March Is. directed
that uniformed officers and men should
be allowed to pass freely at all times.
The Americans on guard were always
most civil"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-04-27
BIG ADVANCE
In the Wages of Tin Workers Expect
en--.A Conference to Meet Monday
Next.

1000 workers are concerned in the result
of the wage scale conference to be held
at Columbus, Ohio. next Monday between
the manufacturers and the international
Tin Workers Protective Association. The
wage committee of the organization will
recommend a demand for decided adj
vance in wages and in this the convention
will. it is said, undoubtedly concur. II Is
estimated by those who are familiar with
the conditions in the trade that the con-
ference between the employers and the
tin workers will result in an advance OF at
least % per cent.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-04-27

Washington. April 26.-The follow
ing cablegram was received at the War
Department late this evening:
Manila, April 26.
To Adjutant General, Washington:
Lawton at Norzagaray and Angat,
his two columns united have driven
enemy to north and west. Slight casu-
alties, names not reported. Only means
of communication couriers.
Macarthur has taken portions OF
Calumpit, south of river. Movement
attended with difficulties on account of
jungle, heat and strong entertainments.
His casualties yesterday, three killed,
eleven wounded.
Developments thus far satisfactory.
(Signed, OTIS.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-04-27
SENSATIONAL TRIAL.

A Man at BresIau Charged With Murder
ing Three Wives and weive Children.
Berlin, April ga sensational trial
will begin tomorrow at Breslau, where
a man named Hermann is charged
with numbering his three wives and
twelve children, of his former marriage.
He is also charged with a wholesale
series of other murders. 1t is alleged
that Hermann, after numbering his
wives walled their bodies in the cellar
of his house. The children all died
young, and it is asserted they were
poisoned with cyanide of potassium.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-04-27
WALLIS-WADE.

Special to the Register.
Clarksburg, w. Va, April 26.-This
evening at the Southern Methodist
Church, Miss Fannie Wade, daughter
of Rev. T. S. Wade, was married to
Mr.. Edward S. Wallis. son of t. T.
Wallis, of this city. Rev. Mr. Cooke,
Of the Episcopal Church, offlciated. A
reception was rendered in their honor
by Mr.. and Mrs. Gilmore B. Hursey.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-04-27
BICYCLE COMBINE.
One Hundred Manufactur

One Hundred Manufacturers to go Into 1t.
CLEVELAND, o., April 26.There is a
strong probability that within a few days
nearly one hundred of the largest bicycle
manufacturing plants in the United
States will be under the control and
ownership of one gigantic company, cap
talized at fifty million dollars. The CAPT
talists behind the scheme have exact
data upon the situation, and this week VIII
see the footing UP of the sum totals of
the various phases of the proposition and
definite action win come at a meeting of
the manufacturers early next week.
A. G. Spaldng. of Chicago, is the chief
figure in the enterprise.
1.-THE trust will build three different
grades of wheels" said Mr.. H. A. Lozier.
of the Cleveland Bicycle Company. to-day,
"a high priced wheel, medium and a
cheap grade. There is little probability
of the big deal falling through" 80
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-04-27
A WARNING
by Bishop Walters, That Race War
Is Brewing in the South.

New York, April 26.-At the annual
conference of the African NJ e. Church
in Jersey City to-day, Bishop Walters
spoke on the recent burning at the
stake of Sam Hose, colored, at Pal
metto, Ga. The bishop asserted that
the charge of assault which was put
forward in justification Of the treat
ment of Hose was unfounded and
would soon be shown to be false. He
warned the whites of the North that if
the negroes of the South were not given
fair treatment a race war would be
precipitated.
1.-The Cubans and Filipinos," he said.
whom we have spent so much money
and shed SO much blood to free from
Spanish oppression were never treated
SO barbariously in time OF peace by
that government as some negroes have
been in the States of Arkansas, Texas,
North Carolina, South Carolina and
Georgia.
Those who speak fiippantly of our
determination" he continued. will
find when the work is begun that all
the white people of America viii not
be against the negro any more than
they were during the civil war"
Bishop Walters announced that the
first Sunday in June would be observed
as day of fasting and prayer to Al
mighty God for aid in this hour q dis
tress.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-04-27
WANTS DEATH OR FREEDOM |
Mrs. Georges Attorney Declares Re
Wants DO Mercy.

SHOWN HIS CLIENT-POINTS OUT
WEAK PLACES IN THE STATES
CHAIN OF CTRCUMSTANTIAL
EVID ENCE SAYS Mr. S.
GEORGES ALIBI WAS COM
PLETE AND CONVINCING AND
THAT THE CONDITION OF HER
SELF AND HER CLOTHING
WEIRD ACCOUNTED FOR-PROS-
ECUTING ATTORNEY PIONEER
ENE'S SCATIIING ARRAIGN-
MENT-CASE GOES TO THE
JURY TO-DAY.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-04-27
REPUBLIC IRON 9 STEEL co.

YoUNGSTowN. o.. April 2s.-Notices
received here to-day BY the stockholders
OF the new rolling mill combine. known
as the Republic Iron Il Steel Company
state that meeting 20 elect officers and
perfect the organization, viii be held In
New York Tuesday. May 2. Negotiations
for the purchase Of ore mines In the Lake
Superior region have been closed, and tho
comfane will have sufficient ore to keep
all its blast furnaces In steady operation.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-04-27
BODY FOUND BURNED.

Middlesboro, KY, April 26.-The
body of Mrs. Virginia Brook WIS
found in Lee county, Va, thirty miles
from here, lying ON a log heap, partly
burned but easily recognized. It is
supposed that a man who has been
paying respects to her murdered her
and attempted to burn the body.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-04-27
FAMILY TROUBLES.
Preyed Upoa B. W. Miller's Mind TIL He
Committed Suicide.

Preyed Upoa b. W. Miller's Mind TIL He
Committed Suicide.
Special to the Register
Cumberland. Md, April 26.-B. w.
Miller, a prominent merchant of Buck
harmon, w. Va, admitted to the hospi-
tai here last Saturday suffering with
nervousness, committed suicide at the
hospital this morning by blowing his
brains out with a revolver.
He was 81 years of age. end had
been educated for the ministry. He
stated to the surgeon in charge and to
others that his family troubles proved
on his mind until his health was
ruined He was to have returned
home to-day, and went down town last
night and purchased the revolver with
which he killed himself.