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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-21

larial trouble. Stree then by continuing
the search at least one probable cause
for the trouble has been discovered. /
prefer to make no positive statement in
regard to that until the health officers
pass Judgment upon the matter. The
representatives of the State Board of
Health are now here. The executive
committee was present on Thursday and
Friday of lase week i'm their annual
meeting auditing the accounts of the
Treasurer and while here made inspec-
ton of the grounds, buildings, etc, and
could see no local cause for the trouble
1t was ON Saturday afternoon that the
cause to which / have referred was dis
covered. Naturally many exaggerated
statements in regard to this matter
have gained currency. | take it that the
public is specially interested in the fol-
lowing facts:
First. There are forty-eight
sick students still here. Some of
these are preparing to leave tomorrow.
1t must be remembered that this is
less than 1212 per cent of the students
in the dormitory and only about 10 per
cent of the enrolment of the college.
The total number affected In all the
two or three weeks has not been so
large as is frequently reported for a
single day by uniformed people.
Second. | am unable to say how
MANY of those forty-eight cases will
prove to be typhoid fever. Some are
conyalescent.
Third. In addition to our resident
physician we have had the regular as
-
known physicians in the State and more
recently other leading physicians in
Greensboro and from elsewhere have
assisted in directing the treatment of
patients. | cannot express too warmly
my appreciation of the work done by
these physicians the trained nurses,
the volunteer nurses and all of the
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LEADS ALL NORTH CAROLINA DALES u NEWS AND GIRGU5 TOM.

ish losses are reported to be much less.
Another battle is said to have occur
red Thursday 1t is described as the
heaviest yet fought. The Boer dead, it
is said, number hundreds, while the Brit
ish losses were comparatively small.
NATIVES READY TO RISE.
Berlin, Nov 21-Ihe Cologne Gazette
publishes the following dispatch from
Cape Town:
Everything is prepared for a general
rising of the natives throughout Cape
COLONY. They are ready at any mo-
ment to make common cause with the
Beers"
BOERS OCCUPY CAMPBELL.
fHopetownt ICaf3e Colony Thursday,
Nov. 16.-Yesterday the Beers occupied
Campbell I'M West GriQualand
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Baptists Want no State Chaplain.

Richmond, Nov. 20.-The General Bap-
tist Association of Virginia adjourned
tonight, to meet in Bristol next year.
The principal business of the three ses-
sions today was the adoption of
protest against the appointment of a
State Chaplain to the penitent.ary, the
endorsement of the petition Of the Dls-
ciples to the Legislature TO make the
teaching of hygiene in the public schools
mandatory, and the hearing of the report
on State missions. The report showed
the work to be in good condition.
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MASKED MOB ATTACK A JAIL.
The Sheriff and His Deputies Success
fully Defend It.

Atlanta. Ga, Nov. 20.-A masked
mob Of about - men attacked the jail
at Covington. Ga, at L o'clock tonight
in an effort to secure VIM. Collins, Il
white man, who attempted TO assault
Miss Minnie Kirkus, near Porterdale
Mills. this afternoon. Sheriff Anderson,
who had been appraised of the mobs in
tentions had fifteen deputies inside the
Jail. These men fired on the mob. The
result of the firing is not known, bur
Sheriff Anderson says he saw one man
carried away by his companions.
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WILL SEAT TAYLOR
Harlan County Republicans
Offer Their Services.
With Them State Board of Elections Decision
Cuts No Figure. Urey Woodson Says
Twill Decide for GoebeI.

Louisville, Ky, Nov. 20.-The Com
.mercial qiepublican) today says:
The following communication from
Harlan county talks to the point:
"We, together with 1000 other able
bodied citizens of this county, have ten
dered our services to Governor Bradley
and General w. S. Taylor to inaugurate
General Taylor and maintain him in the
office to which he WAS elected, however
any State Board or Legislature may de-
eide lSigned)
"A. b. CONNECT, County Judge; S.
n French. County Attorney; w S.
Hensley, Sheriff of Harlan county; j.
S. Bailey. Chairman Republican Com
mittee; III. Ii. Howard, Commissioner
Harlan Circuit Court; J. s. Kelley,
United States Commissioner; John B..
Hurst, Postmaster; NJ. W. Howard,
Clerk Harlan Circuit Court; G. A. Ever
sole, Attorney at Law"
Harlan is one Of the strongly Repub-
lican counties Of the Eleventh dis
trict.
WILL DECIDE FOR GOEBEL.
1iICtEUs MY. y ANihlO1di 1DHIF
mitteeman Urey Woodson, of Kentucky,
who was present ut today's meeting of
the National Democratic Executive
Committee, said there was no doubt
that the State Board of Elections Of
Kentucky would award the certificates
Of election TO Goebal. He said that Mr..
Goebel will not contest the case if the
board of elections decides against him.
Former Senator Joseph Blackburn, Mr..
Woodson said, will be elected United
States Senator
HEAR ARGUMENT WEDNESDAY.
Louisville, Ky, Nov. 20.-T'he County
Board of Canyassers adjourned late this
afternoon. until Wednesday, after hav-
ing completed the official count Of the
ballots cast November 7sh. The city
and county give Taylor plurality Of
3,413. The work of the board TODAY
was the consideration of the contest
ed precincts in various parts of the
city which had been passed a sthe
count progressed.
Five Of these were thrown out and
FIVE were counted. This resulted in a
gain Of two members of the Legisla-
ture by the Democrats. The Legislature
result in the county now stands one
Republican Senator and five Republican
and three Democratic Representatives
When the county board meets it viii
hear argument on the motion, notice Of
which was given several days ago by
counsel for the Democratic candidates,
TO throw ont the vote Of jefferson coun-
ty because of alleged intimidation by
the State militia,
Democratic newspapers figures now
give Taylor "A plurality of nearly 1000
on the State. They show that 2.4S9
votes are i'll contest and THAT Goebel
has a plurality of 937 on the uncontested
votes.
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Seven Jurors Secured.

New York, Nov. 20.-Three more jul
rors to try Roland b. MOlineux, who is
accused of the murder of Mrs. Kate j.
Adams. We're selected today, making in
all seven jurors.
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Capt. Carter's Appeal Filed.

New York, Nov. 2O.-The papers in
The appeal taken in behalf of former
Captain Oberlin NJ. Carter, United
States Engineers, convicted of embez-
cling funds belonging to the Govern
mant in connection with the improve
ments in Savannah harbor. have been
fled by his attorneys with the clerk of
the United States Circuit Court of APP
peals Of this district.
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Ten thousand smuggled pearls We're
captured i'm New York Yesterday by SpP-
cial Treasury Agent Theobald from
Francis Book, a dealer in gems, of PROV
idence, II. |.
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A TERRIBLE CHARGE
Shot an Unarmed Captive on
His Knees.
Colonel MetcaIf, Recently Breveled Brigadier
General For GaIIantry, Accused Of Shoot
ing Down Filipino Prisoner.

Topeka, Kan. Nov 20-Theo Cattall,
Of lawrence formerly Of the Twentieth
Kansas regiment. in a letter to the To-
ipeka Journal today, makes the charge
that Colonel Metcalf recently breveted
Brigadier General for gallan4ry in the
Philippines. shot an marmed and sup
plicating Filipino prisoner, and in sup
port Of il furnishes the following affi-
davits Of Private Huslley, OF the
Twentieth Kansas. and First Lieuten-
ant Ferguson Of the Thrty-Sixtn in
fantry:
philippine Islands, City of Manila.
Personally appeared before me, this
24th day of July, 1899. Private Harris
o. Huskey, of Company X, Twentieth
Kansas infantry, Z. S. ", who being
duly sworn, deposes AND says that Mt
the battle of Caloocan, he was orderly
for Major w. $. Metcalf, Twentieth
Kansas infantry t. s. V. That at a
Eoint where the inSUrgent trenches crGss
the travelled road nearest to the right
of the tIamway he saw prisoner
brought out of the trenches and to Mai.
or Metcalf. Daponent fuT her says
that Major w. s. Metcalf. Twentieth
Kansas infantry L. S. V. shot the
prisoner with his revolver and at the
time of the shooting the prisoner was
unarmed and on his knees
(Signedl HARRIS O. HUSKEY.
Private Company X.
Twentieth Kansas Infantry.
Sworn to and subscribed TO before
me this, oath day of July, 1899.
II. Fl. LAWTON.
First Lieut.. Twenty-first Inf'y."
Affidavit Of First l4ieutenant Felt
gus0n
San Antonio, p. l.. Aug 24, 1899.
"On the 2Oth day of February, 1899,
| was engaged in the taking of Caloo-
can by United States troops, being n cor
poral in Company E. Twentieth Kan
sas infantry. Immediately after the
crossing of the first line of insurgent
trenches, about 300 yards south of the
Caloocan church, | heard shot fired
to my left and rear and looking that
way. saw n native falling apparently
lifeless to the ground j. Metcalf was
standing about six or eight feet in front
of the native with a smoking pistol and
the impression / received was that the
Major had shot the native But other
matters called me and i went ON with
the line
(Signed)
"a pTIlINp NJ LSLNDrJrSON
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DEATH OF LADY SALISBURY.
Wife of the Premier of England. Her
Death Unexpected.

London, Nov 20.-Lady Salisbury.
wife of the Premier, died this afternoon
at Hatfield House. Her health recent
ly appeared to be improving and her de-
mise today was unexpected.
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ARTHUR NJ. FERGUSON,
First Lieut. 2Gsh Infantry,
United States Volunteers. .
DENIAL BY METCAIF.

Elyrla. O.. Nov 2O-Colonel Wilder
Metcalf, accused by Lieutenant Hall. of
having shot Filipino prisoner. was in
this city tonight visiting old friends.
The Associated Press correspondent
found him at the opera house amd in
formed him of the nature of the accu-
sation. He said he did not know what
Lieutenant Hall referred to, and that
he could not comprehend how he came
to make amy such statement, unless it
was due to the fact that the lieutenant
VAS not recommended for promotion
file declared that the charge was abso-
mtely false.
Il don't understand what Hall means
by his story" declared the Colonel.
'sYou may say for me that | enter gem
eral denial"
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-05-12
WOODMEN'S GRAND BALL.
McCandIess Hall was Crowded
Last Night With rierry-
makers.
makers.

The ball at ,McCandless hall last
night was another demonstration
of what the w. of w. are capable |
of doing when they undertake au
81, w. of W. is a very live instltu-
ton, and that its members are
hustlers. The evidence OF this
was that the hall was crowded
with those who had purchased
tickets. aud there was very little
'stagging.n Everything was COLI
Quoted in most satisfactory man
uer. There were very few square
dances, an item of superiority over
many public dances. In one cor
ner Of the hall a young colored
man i'm white coat and apron dis
pensed lemonade galore TO the
thirsty dancers.
The cake walk was the main at
traction. In this contest Sheriff
Hawkins and Henry Price, OF
! Canon. and Mrs. DR.. Stephenson,
of this place, acted as Judges,
awarding the first prize to Paul
Hoyt and Miss Gusta Woods, and
the second to Will Humphrey and
Miss Marie Reese.
Following this, Charley Lenox
colored boy. gave a step dance
which was followed by break
down by little Tommy Conners,
little boy about eight years ofage
During the evening the Ladies
circle. Women of Woodcraft, serv
ed splendid supper in UnioI
, hall, which was very well patron
lied by the dancers.
1t was two O'Clock before th'
last dancers left the hall, Th
Woodmen evidently do thing
about right, and, no doubt, tn
affairs of their order are conducte'
in the same pushing" manner a
was their ball of last night
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-05-12
DEWEY COrlING AT ONCE.
1t is Believed He Will Reach New
York Before July First.

the many reports to the contrary
il is now believed that Admiral
Dewey will leave the Philippines
for this country almost at once.
The general opinion here now Is
that he will be here before July j.,
counting tifiy-hve days to be con-
sumed in his passage.
The most significant indication
IF This was n communication sent
out this morning that all mail for
the officers and crew of the Olym-
pia be sent to Mr.. Stevens. the
mail department agent oi the
American navy for Europe. This
would also Indicate that the adj
miral will return via the Suez ca
nal. A cable message was als'
sent by Secretary Long to Admlra
Dewey granting him permission
to return as soon as he might elect
This. is also looked upon to meal
that the war department believe
that the war is practically ended
as Dewey would not leave as lon
as he is needed at Manila.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-05-12
CALL FOR NATIONAL
TRUST CONFERENCE.
Governor, Attorney General and
Labor Commissioner of each
STATE Invited.
WILL BE HELD IN CHICAGO.

Chicago, May II. The National
Civic federation today issued
call for n trust conference to be
held in this city on June 10Th,
Invitations were issued and mail
ed today to the governor, attorney
general and labor commissioners
of each state. urging these gentle
men to be present, and asking the
governor to appoint two delegates
at-large in order that each state
may be represented by five per-
sons. Representatives of trusts
will also be asked to attend.
The officers of the federation
believe that the convention will
be one of the most noted assem-
blages of national representative
civil officials and commercial men
the nation has ever known.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-05-12
ANTI PERIAL|SM
AND ANTITRUST.
Thsf is 10 be the Strong Plank in
Democratic Platform.
so SAY THE LEADERS.

Chicago. May II In an edi-
torial the Chronicle says today on
the authority of Sam Cook, of the
hatiouHl Democratic ways and
means committee, that antitrust
and unti-imperialistic planks will
be foremost in the Democratic
platform for 1900. He says he
has been in communication with
the heads of committees and
leaders of the nntioual Democratic
organization, aud it is the general
opinion of these gentlemen that
the planks named will be inserted.
He says thnt although they will
reatirm the principles of the Chi
cago platform, they will turn their
big guns on corporations and
labor matters, and that anti-expan-
sion will also be endorsed.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-05-12
cOWARDLY ACT OF OFFICER
Shoots and Instantly Kills a Girl
of Seventeen.

Guthrie, O. T., May l2.-Henry
Purden, constable. went this
morning to the home of David
Hecht. a shoe dealer, to serve sn
on his property for a
$40 debt owed Chicago firm.
Jessie Arnold, aged sever teen
Hecht's sister-in-law, protested and
refused to allow the officer to en-
ter. Purden thereupon drew re-
volver and shot the young woman
through the breast, killing her in
stantly. Purden is in Jail. Pub
lie sentiment is at high pltcn
against the officer, and there are
many threats of lynching.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-05-12
To Succeed Nelson DingIey.

Lewiston, Me-, May II. &C. Z.
Littleield, of Rockland, was nom
mated by acclamation yesterday
,,y-unv --s---.--.'''-----.-''
Maine district, to succeed the late
Nelson Dingley.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-05-12
The Strike Situation.

Buffalo, May Il. The grain
handling situation is much the
same as it has been during the
past week. No compromise and
no settlement has been made. Re
ports that the scoopers have ac-
cepted the lake carriers PROPOSE
ton is not true. A strong effort
is ,hatsss, ~.ss-sae hy- Dr.:->I.S. is----s---
president of the International
bougshoremen' association, to in
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-05-12
SURRENDER OF
REBELS INEVITABLE.
General Macarthur Has Completed
Plans for Crushing Blow.
LAWTON IS COOPERATING.

Washington, May 1I-lt is IN
derstood here that Gen rai Me
Arthur has practically completed
his plans for final aud crushing
blow at the FilipinoS, which will
complete his campaign in the
north and force them tn meet Gen,
Otis. when their surrender will bu
inevitable His plau. are To sur
round the 1000 Filipiro nj Baco-
lar General Law ton II cooper
atiug in This plan aud is ALREADY
moving his column 10 a strategic
position SO as To cut off cummuni-
cation of the rebels with Manila.
In order to make this final effort
convincing, Macarthur has given
his troops time to recuperate after
their hard fighting, and they arc
now reinforced by the regulars
which arrived yesterday
The war department believes
these plans will mature in a sue
cessful manner and expects news
of heavy fighting now any day.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-05-12
Pope Declares a Jubilee.

Rome, May l2.-The pope yes
terday morning handed to Mgr.
Marina a bull declaring a univer-
sal Jubilee in the year 1900.
The bull was afterwards promul-
gated. according to custom, in the
vestibule of ST. Peters, where Mgr.
Dellaquila read it aloud in the
presence of the prelates and an
enormous audience. The bull was
then affixed to the doors of the
basilica.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-05-12
Train Drops Eighty Feet.

Newcastle, Pa, May ia con-
struotion train on the Pittsburg
q Western railroad, near Wam-
pun. Pa, went through trestle
and dropped 90 feet yesterday.
Two men were killed and six in
jured.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-05-12

duce the schoopers to accept the
lake carriers proposal, which
grants all demands made by the
grain shovelcrs. but does not re-
yoke Connor's contract.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-05-12

Be sure to call on the Florence
Plumbing company and inspect
the new line of supplies; the larg-
est and best in the city.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-12-21
unsolvcd Mystery Of the Maine.

81 do not believe the details of the
blowing-up of the Maine will ever be
revealed. and no man ever worked
harder to probe: the mystery than ~
remarked Capt: Lucieu: Young, ofs the
navy, recently. cit is as much of Il mys-
terry to-day as it was when the afro
cious crime was committed, for there
cannot be the slightest doubt that its
destruction was the result of design.
The explosive that did the work was
taken from the magazine by a couple
of Spaniards. who undoubtedly acted
under orders, aud these men are not
alive to-day. Dead men tell no tales,
and after they had been used in the
accomplishment of the barbarous deed
there was every reason to get them
out OF the way. The exact wayin which
the explosive was used, however. is a
secret that viii never become known.
unless those who know about it choose
to expose their own infamy.'-Wash-
iuCtOn Post
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Official Proceedings of Williston
Special School District.

Williston. N. D., Dec. -, 1899.
Board of education met in regular
session.
Present: Messrs. Bergh, Baldwin,
Woodiey, Tande and Freeman.
Board called to order by the president.
Minutes OF the previous meetings
were read and approved. r...
On motion the following bills were
allowed:
Z. w. A. Rowles, school supplies, S Is 25
A. A. Austill, superintendent
o! construction of new school
building, 1S9 OO
President Bergh then called Mr..
Baldwin to the chair.
Moved by Mr.. Bergh, seconded by
Mr.. TAnde. that the bill of Messrs.
Lease & Richards bs paid amount due
on contract, less 1925 90, the difference
between concrete and boulder stone
footings. which, was carried.
President Bergh then resumed the
chair.
Prof. Brownson made a report as to
the need of supplementary readers.
On motion, it was ordered that sup
Elementary readers to the amount OF
ten dollars be purchased by the board
On motion, it waa-ordered that school
be dismissed on Wednesday afternoon
and no school 10 be held until Monday
in order to arrange for heating the new
school building and for moving into the
same.
Moved by Mr.. Freeman, seconded by
Mr.. Tande. that Mr.. Brownson and
Brown remain in the old building, and
that Mr.. Waldron he given the north
west room in the new building, Miss
Scott the southwest room, and Miss
Lommen the southeast room.
A motion to amend by allowing Mr.
Brownson to select rooms as he saw fit
was lost, and the original motion pre-
vailed. !
On motion, board adjourned.
| K. II. COPELAND, Clerk.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-12-21
Improving: the phono.r.pn.

On the principle of the sounding
board, which repeats sound at so short
an interval that the original and the
repeated waves impress the ear in uni
son, a device called the polyphone has
recently been applied to the phono-
graph for the purpose of doubling the
volume OF sound issuing from that in
strument. A photograph with the poly
phone attachment has two horns, each
provided with diaphragm and stylus.
Not only is the sound made louder, but
Its quality il improsed-Youth's Com
panion.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-12-21
THE MOON OF MARS.
"A Satellite That Regularly Goes
Through All Its Changes or "Quar-
tiers" Every Night.

The inhabitants of the planet Mars
if there are any-witness every night
spectacle the like of which, the. as
tronomers tell us. may be seen nowhere
else in the universe. They have
moon that rises. in thetwest and sets in
the east. and that goes through all its
phases. inaa single'night.. This moon.
which, is called Phobos, isso1ly about
seven miles in diameter, and is less
than 4.COO miles distant from Mars.
Prof. Hall, who discovered it and it's
companion, DEMOS, in 1877. found
that it revolves around the planet in
seven hours and 3S minutes, and as the
planet itself rotates in 224 hours and 81
minutes the moon makes a little more
than three revolutions while the Clanet
is rotating once. 1t is this rapid mo-
ton that gives Phobos its unique dis
tinction. 1t moves toward the east. the
direction in which Mars rotates, but it
goes so fast that it disappears above
the western three times while Mars
is turning over one time. Thus
the Martians have new moon, a cres-
cent moon, half moon, gibbous
moon. full moon and a new moon
again all in one night.
1nthe case of the earth and its moon
thseeoauid .i6ns.are reversed. The earth
turns oxels- on IFS own axis about q
times while the>moon is going around
it once. The motion of each is toward
the east. buttRe moro rapid movement
OF the earth makes.th moon appear
to be moving toward the west. That
1t is really going"eastward is shown by
It's rising from 45-too5O minutes later
every night and by, the daily change
OF its position among the stars.-Cin-
@nnati Enquirer.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-12-21
Gun as a Cigarette ,Case.

There is more than one way of carry
ing cigarettes about, as was shown by
soldiers marching in the Dewey land
parade in New York. Cigarettes car
ried in closely-buttoned and belted
uniform would be hard to get at. So
some men carried them in their guns;
they were safe there and easy to get
at. When the column halted a soldier
who had thus provided himself would
tip his gun muzzle forward, and out
would slip cigarette, which he would
light and smoke in the brief halt. This
illustration of the use of gun for a
cigarette case never failed to interest
the spectators.