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The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-07-21
SAVED OLD LADY'S LIFE
NOW MARVIN F. SCAIFE GETS RrIK or
HER 500. coo FsT.rp

The New York SIN of Friday saws
the will Of Mrs. Maria Elizabeth Cleya.
land has been admitted to probate in
mat city, after a contest that began
aoout two years ago. Mrs. Cleveland
~bequeathed the bulk Of her estate of
eloO 600 to Marvin F. Scaife of Pitts
burg. She died in March. 1897. at Nice
at the age Of IS, and the beouest was
out OF gratitude to Mr.. Scaife, who had
saved her from accidental drowning.
Mr.. Scaife vas the plaintiff in the
case of Seattle VS.. Western North Caro-
Ina Land company, tried in the Fed
eral court Of Asheville, and which was
perhaps one of the most notable land
suits IN the history of North Carolina.
n suit was decided against him.
Ishe71ke Citizen.
Mr.. Seattle is we'll known here. hav-
ing spent about half the time between
1889 and 1896 in Morganton. He made
large investments in this section and
was president of the Morganton Land
q Improvement Co. when it went into
the hands of a receiver in December.
1897, simultaneously with the failure
OF the Piedmont Bank, which was
operated by said company.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-07-21
BALM FOR MENTAL ANGUISH.

The Statesville Landmark of the 18th
says: AT last there is balm for men,
tai anguish. The Western Union Tel
eSraph co. Tuesday closed the famous
Cashlon mental anguish case by pay
ing SoOo.7o, this being the amount
awarded at the last term of court with
the interest on the same The cost
which the corporation had to pay in
addition will be between $500 and $500.
The Western Union had given notice
OF appeal but decided not to carry the
CASE up
It will be remembered that Mrs.
Cashion's husband was accidentally
killed at the NJ. NJ. & I. Company's
woodworking shop in Morganton
about three years ago and that the
suit against the Western Union Te1e-
graph Co. grew out of the alleged fail
ure Of said company to deliver prompt
ly a telegram from Mrs. Cashion to
her brother summoning him to Morgan
ton to accompany her and her hus-
bands remains to their old home in
1redell county. The plaintiff claimed
that her brother was unable to Obey
the summons on account of the DELAY
in the delivery Of the telegram, causing
her great mental anguish, hence the
suit for damage.
This also from the Landmark of the
18th MRS. Anna P. Cashion, the
plaintiff in the celebrated mental an
ruiSh suit. CaShiOn VS.. Western Union
Telegraph Co., was married Saturday
to Mr.. Arch Brown, son Of Capt. John
D. Brown. of Davidson.'
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-07-21
MI PERSONAL,

Woe President Webb, Of the North
carolina Home Insurance Company,
a,- here the latter part Of last week.
Kry. Plato Durham, of Trinity Col
,.re faculty. Will lecture in the Metho-
H., church next Sunday night on Edu-
.4tIon.
Mr.. Robert Flake, late of Havana,
cuba. spent last Sunday at Mr.. r. A.
cobb, on his way from Cuba to his
i. home 1T Wadesboro.
ls-- Gertrude Davis is visiting her
friend Mis-, Mildred Ellis, in Hickory.
Ms Ellis spent several weeks recently
s Morganton on d visit.
I.-, Annie Erwin, one Of the teachers
Ill the Georgia School for the Deaf, at
Cise springs, Ga, is visiting her
brother Mr.. ". G. Erwin.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs. c.
Il. Hcnkle died in LenOir last Friday
atIItI AGS pllI lCd e saturday. Il >.
Henhle Vas formerly Miss Lila Duna-
ldnt Of Morganton.
Connolly Springs seems to be the
t~ltoritt resort with Salisburians this
summer. \ number spend the Sun
Grittith and son, Francis, and Mrs. A.
&. Davis and Jas. NJ. Davis went to
the Springs. Salisbury SIN, 18TH.
Miss Fannie Powell, aged p years,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. B.
Powell, died on the 18th inst, at the
home # her parents, on Green street,
otter 4 long illness. The remains were
buried 1T Glen Alpine on the evening
u the 18th. Rev. J. NJ. Rose, of Nor
Canton. conducting the funeral servi-
cce.
The Statesville Landmark of the 14th
>aNe: Mr.. H. E. c. Bryant, of the
Charlotte Observer, who suffered an
attack Of appendicitis some time ago
but was improving and had gone to
the State Hospital at Morganton to re-
tuperate. a taken seriously i'll Tues
GdI with a second attack. He was
much improved Wednesday but an
operation Will be performed IS soon
= Mr.. Bryant can return to Char
la,te.
The Winston correspondent of the
thariotte ObSt,.ty says that r. s. Nc
~, ot Asheyille. former solicitor in
US Criminal Court of Bunco1nbe, Mad
.>"n. Haywood and Henderson
~.>, n his action against all the solic-
#.f> 81 the Western Criminal District
NgATt, IN which he claims title to the
".et' brings two seperate suits, one
against the county solicitors in Coun-
- composing his old district. and one
a~41h> the solicitors III counties out
sue the old district. His complaint
""> hled with Solicitor Griffith. OF
forsyth court. last Saturday. The
NA'e>, viii 30 TO the Supreme Court.
BOARDING HoUsE.-Good Board a,
nable price. Large. airy. well
+"Naea Rooms. Apply to
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-07-21
THE RECEPTION AT <'MAGNOLIA'

THE RECEPTION AT <'MAGNOLIA'
a reception was given at 'Magnolia"
last Friday evening by Capt. and Mrs.
Geo. l.. Phifer. in honor of Mr.. and
Mrs. Moulton A. Phifer, who were
married in S%partanburg on the 18th.
The bride was assisted in receiving
and Misses Mary Johnson, of Birming-
ham, and Annie Phifer Erwin and
Maud Phifer, of Morganton. There
Mrs. 4. c. Dixon, of Brooklyn, who
was visiting her cousin Mrs. p. L.
Murphy.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-07-21
REGISTERED 90 IN THE SHADE.

REGISTERED 90 IN THE SHADE
Last Sunday was the hottest day of
the season in Morganton. AT IL O'Clock
the thermometer at Leslie's drugstore
registered 90 in the shade. There
we're heavy showers in the afternoon,
he first rain in several weeks. and the
weather has been more pleasant since.
We have had more rain this week and
gardens and field crops. which were
suffering from the long dry spell, have
been greatly revived.
n.-~Ice manufactured from distilled
water. MAY * LANE.
We keep everything pertaining to up
to-date Groceries. MAY q LANE.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-07-21

BOARDING HoUsE.-Good Board at
~.Gl>2n@ole price. Large. airy. we'll
"-NAed Rooms. Apply to
Mrs. NJ. +. GILLIAN.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-07-21

2.>' received fresh shipment of Kin
- am and Breakfast Bacon.
MAY * LANE.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-07-21

We keep everything pertaining to up
o-da.. Groceries. MAY & AMI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-09
NOT A MYTH.
The Movement on Guatemala
by American FilibuSterS
Proved to Be Genuine by the
Discovery
Of a Cargo of Arms at Puerto
BarriOs.
ARMS FOR THEIR USE
Are Seized by the Government
as Soon as Landed.
Party of "ROugh Riders Re-
turns From Nicaragua.

New Orleans, March 9.-News was
received here today by the Royal Mail
line steamer Breakwater from Puerto
Barrios, Guatemala, of the landing of a
cargo of arms at that port and their
immediate seizure by the government
authorities. Shortly before the sailing
of the Breakwater from Port Barrios
the steamship Managua from Mobile
arrived there with a cargo, which in
cluded 100 cases marked merchandise,
and so entered on the manifesto.
They were everyday, innocent-lOOk-
ing boxes and might have contained
anything from calico to Goldfish, but the
Guatema1an government had a private
tip of a different character and the en-
tire lot was promptly seized by an Of
fcer in waiting. When broken open the
innOcent-lOoking packages proved to be
full of rifles, bayonets, cartridges ard
other munitions of war, all of which
were Immediately confiscated. To whom
the outfit was consigned and by whom
it was sent were matters that did not
leak out outside of the official circle.
The interesting feature of this story
Is the remarkable accuracy with which
it fits into a rumor which was current
in connection with the Kansas City fill
clustering expedition which came to
grief in New Orleans last week. 1t was
said that the filibusters were en- route
to Guatemala city, where they proposed
to join forces with Gen. VaSquez in Il
descent upon Honduras. At Port Bar
rios they were to find an abundant
supply of arms and ammunition, in fact,
all arrangements to fully equip the par
ty at that point were supposed to have
been made
Vasquez was known to have an agent
at Mobile, who was sent there for the
particular purpose of buying arms, and
the inference was that he would attend
to outftting the Kansas City soldiers
of fortune. ..
The arrival of the 100 cases on the
Managua and the subsequent discovery
of their real contents is certainly a sig
ly intended for the Kansas City delega-
ton, and the Kansas City delegation
was really. headed for the VaSquez
camp, the conspiracy has been beset by
a singular sequence of bad luck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-09

town, marching overland and the San
Jacinto, the gunboat which revolution
lists seized was kept close to the shore
to supply them with rations and aid in
the attack. When they got half way
they ran into another gunboat which
Nicaragua had borrowed from Hondu-
ras. The San Jacinto could have sunk
the enemy but turned tail and fed The
Hondurian gave pursuit but when she
got near enough to use her stationary
gun the San Jacinto ran up the white
flag. Her captain made terms for the
soldiers as well and then both boats
steamed and made known the fact that
the revolution was over and Reyes had
fled. They went back to BluefieldS and
found the revolution really over
Eleven Americans had led victory
at Rama but after that We're deserted
by the natives and were compelled to
return to Bluefields. Reyes had been
told that his armies were defeated and
that the Nicaraguans in the interior
had Joined the Zelaya standard instead
of his, so he sought safety by escaping
on the Bonaventura to Bocas Del Toro.
The Rough Riders were taken aboard
the Condor and sailed for America un-
der the terms made with Gen. Rubin
after the gunboats met. Gen. Rubin is
now in Jail at Bluefields for letting the
insurgents off so easily.
A Spanish priest at Rama who aided
the insurgents was to have been shot
for the prominent part he took in breed
ing revolt, but he slowed away on the
Condor and came to America in safety.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-09
CAN BE FULLY PROVED.
The Amount offered Was 100000
Rice Gives the Lie to the Standard
Oil ATTORNEY.

Washington, March 9.-George Rice,
the author of the statement that Attor-
ney General Monnett, of Ohio had been
offered 100000 by a man who said he
represented the Standard Oil company,
to drop the suits against the oil trust,
has reiterated that statement here.
1.-THE attorney general has the proof
of the corrupt offer,'' Mr.. Rice said,
partly in writing and partly in the ev-
idence of a witness to the proposed
transaction. In addition to this there
can be produced a witness from Mariet-
ia who knows the facts in the attempt
ed bribery. The amount offered was
$50O,OOO, not S4OO, ,OOO.''
Mr.: Rice is very bitter in his de-
nunciation of Mr.. Elliott, one of the
counsel for the Standard oil trust, in
the proceedings at Columbus.
This attorney" he said, asked me a
question last Monday, the purport of
draw from the prosecution of the cases
in court if I were given sufficient con-
sideration. That is simply lie, and I
SO denounced it at the time.
81 cannot imagine what such an in
sinuation was made for unless it were
to discount the honesty of my intention
to assist in the dissolution of the oil
trust, which is still in operation in con-
tempt of the supreme court of Ohio and
of the federal antitrust law.
t'There is one man in the United
States who could dissolve this and all
other trusts if he chose, and that man is
the attorney general at Washington
He could direct the 76 district attorneys
to see to it that the antitrust law,
which was affirmed in the transmissouri
case, and in the joint traffic association
case, be executed"
Mr.. Rice is just now the object of the
combined attack of the attorneys repre-
senting the oil companies in Ohio, which
form a part of the great trust.
Mr.. Rice, whose refinery at Marietta
was frozen out by the Standard Oil
connections, furnished the prosecution
with the proof that when Mr.. Rockefel-
Ter announced that the trust no longer
existed, it issued new certificates which
demonstrated the continued existence
of the concern.
He says that the Standard Oil attor-
ney, who intimated that he had offered
to sell out to the trust knew he was
making a false suggestion, because he,
Rice could not make any bargain
which would bind Attorney General
Monnett, who was conducting the pros
ecution, and, besides, he had already
given his most important testimony,
which could not possibly be withdrawn
from the record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-09
THEY WERE GENTLEMEN.
A. F. Evans Says the Alleged Filibus
tering Party We're of the
Right Stuff

Kansas City. March 9.-Attorney T.
A. Witten, one of the organizers of the
expedition to Guatemala last week, will
leave today for Carthage, Mo. He ex-
poets to be gone several days and may
make a trip to Oklahoma before he re
turns. When asked if his mission was to
arrange for another party of men to be
sent to Central America, he said his
trip was wholly on legal business. He
declined to say whether or not he would
make an attempt to carry out the orig
inal plans.
Mr.. A. F. Evans was in his office in
the New York Life building yesterday
for the first time since his departure, a
week before, with the men for New Or
leans.
1.-The men I had with me-" said he,
''are true blue. I can only speak of
them in the highest terms. Instead of
being hoboes, as represented in some of
the papers, they were gentlemen. A
more honest, trustworthy lot of men
would be hard to find and I was proud
of the way they conducted themselves
on the road and in New Orleans. I was
treated with the greatest courtesy by
every one 1 had business with in the
cities visited
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-09
A RACE WITH FIRE
Virginia Vessel Is Found Burn
ing Two Hours Out Of
New York.

New York, March 9.-With the mer-
chant marine code flags IN M" flying
from the top of her foremast, the steel
screw steamship jamestown, the crack
vessel of the Old Dominion line, from
Norfolk, was sighted by the Sandy
Hook observer at $40 o'clock yesterday
afternoon. The two flags futtering at
the steamers foretop meant that the
ship, which carried 112 souls, passen-
gers and crew, and a miscellaneous
cargo worth $250000, was on fire. The
jamestown was then under full speed
and approaching the bar. A stiff wind
was blowing across the incoming vessel,
sweeping her from bow to stern. Cap
tain Richard B. Boaz was on the
bridge, his one idea being to get his
ship to her pier as quickly as possible.
The smoke was first seen issuing from
the forehatches and the captain called
the crew to fire quarters. Everything
was done to prevent the spread of the
fire and full steam was put on for a
swift run for the pier. The fireboat met
the burning steamer at quarantine, but
Captain BoaZ refused to stop, and call
ed to the commander on the f1reboat to
follow him. Two hours after outbreak
the Old Dominion liner had reached her
dock and in a few minutes all the pas
SengerS were landed.
During the run up SeVerdI STREAMS VI
water and steam were thrown into the
hold and after reaching her dock the
fire was extinguished. 1t is not known
what damage was done to the cargo,
but the vessel was practically uninjur-
ed.
FIRE ON THE LEONA.
The Mallory line steamer Leona, Whlch
sailed for Galveston, with a, large pas
senger list and cargo consisting prln-
cipally of sugar and coffee, lies beached
on the Jersey flats near Ellis island
When approaching the narrows smoke
was discovered coming from the for
ward hold and the ship was put about
and returned to the pier in East river.
There the passengers were de5arked
and efforts made to eXtinguish the fire,
which was among the sugar.
No impression could be made upon
the flames, and to save the docks and
nearby shipping the steamer was sent
to the Jersey flats, where she was sunk
in twenty feet of water.
The damage to the steamer is esti-
mated at $4,000, but no accurate esti-
mate of the loss on the cargo can be
made at present.
The LeOna has been an unfortunate
craft On May 10, 1897, she caught fire
at her pier and thirteen persons on
board perished by suffocation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-09
RumOrs of Serious Ill Health
Persistently Float About.
The Admiral Has Aged In Ap-
pearance the Past Year.
HIS HAIR is WHITE.
Has Recently Undergone a Sc
we're Surgical Operation
But He Has Not Complained
Officially of His Health.

Washington, March 9.-When his at
tention was called to the statement
coming from Vancouver, to the effect
that Admiral Dewey is breaking down
and cannot last a month longer, Secre-
tary Long said that he had no informa-
tion whatever on this point. The stories
of the admiraPs i'll health have been in
circulation with more or less persist
ency for the last four months. They are
all traceable to private reports and
though officers of the navy who have
returned recently from Manila state
that Dewey's health so far as it could
be gauged from his appearance, is
about the same as it has been for the
past year. they agree that the private
reports probably have a fair basis of
fact
1t is not denied by these officers that
the admiral has aged in appearance.
notably within the past year; his hair
Is undoubtedly whittier and his figure
shows signs of that weakness which
might be expected to come with ad
Vancing years. Dewey will be 90 years
old next December and for many years
has not been a strong man physically.
Meantime he has imposed upon him the
most severe and exacting duties, so that
at is but natural that his frail physique
should show the effects of the tremen-
dous strain.
1t is said by persons familiar with
the Philippine climate that the second
year is the hardest to bear for a eau
castan, and Dewey will soon begin his
second year there. In addition to this,
he bors under the drawbac of having
undergone a most severe surgical oper-
alton for the relief of his liver. A man
needs a sound liver in the Philippines
of all places. These facts lead naval
officers to believe that Dewey is show
ing signs of physical strain.
on the other hand, as already stated,
there is no official evidence on file at
the department to show that this is
true. The full medical history of Ad-
miraI Dewey is. among the records of
the bureau of medicine and surgery.
They show every ailment he has ex-
perienced since he has been in the navy
as we'll as the results of the physical
examinations he has undergone when
he has been promoted from time to
time. But these do not disclose any
complaint at this time; the admiral has
not been made the subject of a sick re-
port since he went to Manila.
Some time ago the president feared
that the great strain he was under
might overtax him, so he cabled Dewey
through Secretary Long permission to
return to the United States. The ad-
miral declined to avail himself of this
permission and asked permission to
stay, saying that in his opinion duty
required that he should finish the task
he had begun at Manila. The presi-
dent accepted this statement, and
Dewey remained by his own free wish
He is free to return to the United
States whenever he cares to do so, and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-09
MAY NOT KEEP YOUNG.
Board of Charities Not Altogether
Suited With Some of Its
Appointments.

1t is current gossip that the appoint
ment of W. H. H. Young as superin-
tendent of the soldiers orphans home
at Atchison is to be Withdrawn by the
state board of charities. Young is the
man who, so the board says. lost his
arm in freight train wreck but made
the members believe that the injury
was sustained while fighting for his
country in the war.
The board is also reported to be in a
disturbed condition over the appoint
ment of DR.. L. L. Uhls of Paola as
superintendent of the Osawatomie
asylum. He was preferred over DR..
Ha1deman of the same town and made
the campaign for the place before the
election. Haldeman was chairman of
the county committee and returned a
Republican majority in a Populist
county.
The story now going around is that
DR.. Uh1s has lived in Miami county
but a year and that he came from the
Seventh district where he has moved
about from place to place. One indig-
nant Republican declared today to a
Journal reporter: "Uhls is a carpet
bagger and is worthy of no such con-
sideration." Mr.. Haldeman is making
no row now but it is said hopes to ad-
just matters in the future. 1t is also
said of DR.. Uhls that he always reg
listers at hotels, signs letters and gen
orally writes his name as 'Dr. L. c.
IThIS" F."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-09
TUG AND CREW LOST.
Swamped by Heavy Sea in a Snow
Storm.

Norfolk. va, March 9.-The loss of
the tug Bowen with all on board off
Hog island is confirmed, but the crew
of the dredge she was towing at the
time was picked up by the German
steamship Albano, bound from New
York to Newport News. The tug was
lost in a snowstorm- She was towing
the steam barge Admiral to Philadel-
phia- The assistant superintendent was
lost aboard her. He was Capt. w. G.
Cannon and lived in Camden. The
others lost were: Capt. James F. Bow
en-, Thomas Crump, Samuel Fowler,
Pilot Philip. Mate Conlison, two fire.
men, cook and two sailors.
The tug was swamped by an unusu-
ally heavy sea just after cutting loose
from the dredge.
The second mate of the steamer AL
banO was drowned while attempting the
rescue of those on the dredge. Their
sufferings, exposed as they were to the
snowstOrm, were dreadful, and when
taken off the dredge they were ex-
hauSted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-09

consent to numberless delays and con-
tinuances of the cases against the Stan
dard, the brunt of the blame for which
the Standard attorneys should assume.
AN ANGRY REFUSAL.
He was simply to do nothing, and the
cases pending were to be postponed
from time to time until Mr.. Monnett
went out of office. The $4,000 would
pleasure.
1t was intimated that the three New
York commissioner and the speaker
were to divide a commission of $10O, ,O0O
These three New Yorkers, the Cleveland
man said, had come to Cleveland to
see him and they had discussed the sum
to be offered. They had demurred at so
large an amount as 100000.
They suggested that the attorney
general was a man who lived inexpen-
sively and that $200,00 would be con-
sidered by him large sum. The Cleve-
land man suggested $500,00O- At this the
aghast and to have said, that only
leaves us 100000"
But to this figure they finally agreed,
sending a telegram from New York.
Secretary Bennett did some pump
ing on his own account and was put in
possession of the names of the Windsor
hotel parties.
When the proposition was made Mr..
Monnett angrily rejected the offer. The
Cleveland man attempted to smooth
things over by saying he knew he had
come on a fruitleSS errand and that if
any attempt was made to blackmaf1
Monnett he would come forward to tes-
tify to the real facts.
Now that Rice, the Marietta refiner
has taken the initiative, it is proba BILE
that Attorney General Monnett will be
forced to make all the facts known, in
cluding names. For some reason he ex-
neys to make some statement first.
Should they do SO he could reply with