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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-01-04
SMALLPOX IN TYRRELL.
Tyrrell's Repre- entative-Columbia De
sires Its Charter Amended.

Columbia. y, c.. Jan. 2.-(Special.)-
Representa- tive-elect William Maitland
has left here for Raleigh to repres5 nj
Tyrrell county in the General Assembly
about to convene. Mr.. Maitland is a
man of good common sense and Judgment
and may be expected to render good
account Of his stewardship.
1t is expected that there are two cases
OF smallpox in Tyrrell county. Both
persons came here to spend the Christ
mas holidays from affected localities
elsewhere. and it has not yet been def
nitely determined that the disease is real
ly smallpox, bnt the scare is general
nevertheless.
Application will be made to the Gen
eral Assembly to amend the charter of
the town of Columbia.
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BURROWS WILL BE RETURNED

Lansing. Mich. Jan. 3.-There is hard
ly question of doubt tonight about
the reelection Of Senator Burrows. 1t
is only question of how large his ma
jority will be- Nearly so members have
signed the call for tomorrow nights
caucus, and the Burrows people claim
that of this number only two are at all
doubtful His vote is placed ut any
where from so to 80
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A BRIEF CABINET MEETING.

Washington, Jan. "a cablegram
from General Otis at Manila was read
at today's Cabinet meeting. 1t is said
10 have stated that the news from
1loilo was reassuring, but the details
were not made public. No other matters
of importance were brought forward and
the meeting adjourned at an unusually
early hour
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SOLID vEsTIBULED TRAINS.
The Atlantic Coast Lines improvements
in Through Service.

Washington, d. c., Jan. 3.-Com-
mencing on the first of this month the
Atlantic Coast Line put in service on
their Florida and West Indian Limited
solid vestibuled trains, with coaches add
Pullman palace sleepers through to
Jacksonville and Port Tampa, Fla.
Commencing January 10th, they will
put in service for the season of 1S9;:
their New York and Florida special
train, composed entirely of Pullman
palace vestibuled, sleeping. compartment,
dining. library and observation cars.
heated by steam. and lighted throughout
by electricity, leaving New York 1aiIy
except Sunday, 1920 p. m. and this
city at 6:20 p. M, arriving at jackson
vile ut 1:10 p. H., and st. Augustine,
Fla, 2:20 D. III. next day.
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SPANISH CABINET CRISIS.

Madrid Jan. 3.-It is expected that on
Saturday next Senor Sagasta will sub
nit to the Queen Regent the question
OF confidence in the Cabinet and that
Her Majesty'sr decision will be given
promptly. so as to allow speedy settle
ment of the Cabinet crisis.
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THE MASSACRE CONFIRMED.
Rios Cables Madrid Confederation OF
the CHASTITY Horror.

Madrid, .Jan. 3.-General Rios cables
from Manila confirming the report thar
all the Spaniards at Balabc an island of
the Philippine group situated thirty
miles south of Palawan, have been as
sassnated, with the exception of the
women, whose release is being asked
for.
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JEALOUSY CRAZED MANS DEED
Murders Wife nd Two Children, and
Then Shoots Himself.

St. Louis, Jan 3.-A special from
Bloomington, ILL.,, says:
To-day at Miner. west of the city.
John Lytton shot his wife, two children
and then himself. All are dead except
the husband, who cannot live. Jealousy
was the cause"
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MRS. BRICE ADMINISTRATORS.

New York, Jan. 3.--i3athciina Olivia
Rrice, widow of the late Calvin :. Brice,
was today appointed administrators of his
estate. The petition states that no real
property was left by the deceased and
that his personal estate is valued at $780,
900.
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rivalry among the members to do honor
to their favorites, and the bitterness of
factional fighting was entirely, wanting
to it. s4s
At least was the case up to the hour
of the caucus. All the members felt
that whichever way the contest for the
Speakership went the house would have
clean, capable and impartial presiding
officer. The least interested of all. APP
parently, We're the candidates themselves,
who took things easy and seemed to fol-
low the policy of letting the office seek
the man. This is Il good omen for a
harmonious and pleasant session.
MEMBERS TALK LITTLE.
In the main the members are very
chary about discussing matters that will
come before the present Legislature. Not
so much perhaps that they have not def
mite ideas as that they wish to wait and
see what others are thinking.
The one thing upon which all the
Democrats seem to be at one is that
the ignorant negro vote must be eliminat-
cd l heard of but one member who did
not share this opinion. As to the method
by which the result is to be accomplish
cd they are not very particular. Ihey
want ii to be certain and effective. Inc
Louisiana plan is Il favorite and nearly
all of those who talked expressed them
selves as favoring it, unless it should an
pear that it was unconstitutional. Moth
ing can be palmer than that the mem
bers of the Assembly have come up
from their constituents with imperative
instruction to take steps to make an end
of the ignorant and corrupt negro vote.
They are waiting for time and considera
ton to develop the best means, but there
is little difference of opinion as to what
must be done.
HOUSE CAUCUS.
Though the caucus was scheduled to
begin at s o'clock, it was $40 before
Mr.. Francis ID. Winston. of BERTHE coun-
ty. raped for order and called Mr.. w.
Il. Council, of Watauga, to the chair
This" said Mr.. Council, on assum-
ing the gavel, SIS indeed an unexpected
honor. To be even temporary chairman
of such an organization of North Caro-
linans is enough to make any man
proud. i shall not detain you by any
remarks. Perhaps it were not proper
that / should do SO. but I must sin
cerely thank you for the honor you
have done me"
On motion of Mr. ID. r. Julian. of
Rowan, the temporary organization was
made permanent.
Mr.. Henry A. Gillian, of Edgecombe
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A GOVERNMENTAL PROBLEM.

Washington, d. c., Jan. 3.-The OBJ
lection of the citizens of Santiago to
the execution of the War Departments
program requiring the customs collect
ions at that port and at all other Cuban
towns to be sent to Havana has brought
the War Department face to face with
another Of the many problems connected
with the administration of affairs in
Cuba that require speedy settlement.
The order is felt to be absolutely neces-
sary, the interests of good government
requiring that there should be but one
respon bile head 10 the customs ser
vice in Cuba. 1t was pointed ont ut
the War Department to-day that if San
tiago mt one end of the island and fia-
yana near the other. We're allowed TO
keep their customs receipts. such prov
inces as Puerto Principe and Pnar del
Rio would be without funds to make
any public improvements. The officials
are disposed to allow each Of the military
commanders of the seven departments
into which Cuba is now divided to sub
nit reQuisitions based upon estimates or
cost OF such pubic works. as sanitation.
harbor improvements and road and
bridge buildings as it is deemed 9esr.
able to undertake. The Cabinet which
General Brooke is about TO call to his
assistance in the administration of the
island probably will examine into thes-
necessities and propose an allotment of
the total customs collections and inter-
nal revenue taxation in proportion TO the
needs of the communities and in accord
ance with principle Of justice and good
government. In all likelihood these allot
ments will require the approval of the
Secretary OF War. In the case of San
tiago. it is the belief of one Of the
highest officials of the War Department
that the transfer of money from that
SUPPORT to Havana will be almost nomi-
nal. for the needs of the province nj
large probably will absorb the greater
part of the actual cash. The whole
subject is now under consideration. fail
ing directly under the purv1ew of ASST,
tant Secretary Meiklejohn and some
order on the subject may be expectcn
at an early date.
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ARTESIAN WE'LL \ SUCCESS.
Growth of Industries in Sanford-Good
" Trade, Looked for in 80.

Sanford, \. c.. Jan 3.--(Special.)-
Mr.. Y. T. Coleman and Misses A. b.
and f.. NJ Coleman, of Brooklyn. \. Y,
are spending the winter in Sanford
They are domiciled at Mr.. L. +. Whites
The artesian well has proven sue
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MASS MEETING PROTESTS
MEANWHILE WOOD WILL GO
TO WASHINGTON.
UNCLE SAM HAS A HAED NUT T0 CRACK
Il is Felt TO be Absolutely Necessary that There
Should be but One Responsible Head
10 The Customs Service
in Cuba.

Santiago dc Cuba. Jan. 3.-MajQr
General Leonard Wood. the American
military commander here. has cabled for
permission to go to Washington for two
days, and has been granted leave of alb
scnce. He will leave Santiago on board
the United States Transport Mississippi
tonight.
The reason OF the Generals departure
is unquestionably the order received
from Havana to transmit the entire Gus
toms receipts each week to that city
AS cabled last night, compliance with
these instructions would involve the
abandonment of many necessary public
improvements, would throw 10000 Gu
bans out of employment, and would send
them to the hills to become bandits, and
would revive Spain's practice of mone-
tary Capitalization which caused NEST Of
her troubles in Cuba.
II is believed General Wood is desir-
GUS of seeing the President on this mat
ter. There was Il mass meeting this
afternoon of business men Of all kinds
to protest against the order from Ha-
yana.
The members of the San Carlos Club
are in Il fever Of excitement They say,
as previously pointed out, that the main
cause for complaint under Spanish rule
was the continued demand for money
obtained from the different provinces,
which, they claim, could remain in the
province and be spent there.
Colonel Nalente. the Cuban who was
appointed chief of the gendarmerie was
quite outspoken on the subject He
said the Cubans had fought thirty-years
against this policy, and they were ready
to fight thirty more if necessary.
Americans who are familiar with the
situation here agree in saying the Gu
hans have good cause for complaint, in
this instance.
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If the wages Of sin is death ii mus. &
he mans own ghost that walks on fsy
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Why does Il lawsuit invariably weai
out at the pockets first?
The record-union., 1899-08-23
Y. M. T. ASSOCIATION.
The Grand Council in Session at
Santa Cruz.

SANTA CRUZ, Aug. 22.-This morn
ing the Grand Council of the Y. M. L
appointed the following committees:
disqualification for New Rituals
Rev. j. M. Gleason, P. Lawler, f. j
Driscoll, D. j. O'Leary. G.. M. Kelly
j. Riley. H. Pinkham. r. A. Miller, c,
A. Glover, E. L. Meyerick, E. N. O'Don-
nell, E. J. Donar. NJ. J. Newbauer, d. T.
Powers, A. Pulcovich. 7. J. Horan.
Resolutions-A. F. st. Sure, f. D.
Ryan, S. r. O'Keefe. G. P. Pyne.
The greater part of the session this
morning was spent in discussing the
proposed amendments.
There promises to be a contest for the
offices. The candidates for Grand
President are A. F. st. Sure of Ala
media and A. F. Schwamm of Los An
geles. L. E. Mahan and d. J. O'Leary
are in the field for Grand First Vice
President. Present Grand Treasurer
w. T. Aggler has II. w. Gillespie for
an opponent. E. 3. Sweeney, p. ]. Muir
ply and w. Newbauer are candidates
for Grand Marshal. D. J. Hallahan
and T. j. Horakinson are candidates
for the position of Grand Inside Senti-
mel. J. D. Duren has no opposition as
Grand Outside Sentinel II. r. Berge,
c. A. Glover and T. w. Kelly are men
toned for Grand Director.
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WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Favorable for a Rise in the Tenn
perature in California.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 22.-Weath-
er conditions and general forecast:
Fresno SS, Los Angeles 81, Red Bluff
IS, San Luis Obispo SO, San Diego y,
Sacramento SO, independence 81, Yuma
102
San Francisco data: Maximum tenn
perature IS, minimum 56, mean 81.
The weather continues cloudy over
Washington and Oregon, and clear in
the remaining portions of the country
west of the Rocky Mountains. Light
rain has fallen over Washington, Ore
gon, Idaho and Northern Utah.
The pressure has risen over the ell
tire Pacific Slope, and is above the
normal in all districts except Arizona
and the extreme southern portion OF
California.
The temperature has fallen slightly
over Southeastern California and the
greater portion of Arizona Elsewhere
on the Pacific Slope it has risen.
Conditions are favorable for fair and
warmer weather in California Wednes-
day.
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Nothing was saved from the sinking
ship but her papers and instruments
and her treasure.
COMING OF CALIFoRNIANs.
Governor Gage Will Take Part In
the Reception.

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 22.-To-day
Governor Gage announced that he
would participate in the land parade
in honor of the returning California
Volunteers, and that he would ride in
carriage, and that his staff and retinue
would also be suitably provided for in
the way of equipages.
Governor Gage will appear in the
marine parade on the tug Governor
Markham, and states that he will not
tow any yachts on that occasion, and
he has invited General Dickinson and
a portion of his staff to accompany him,
besides General r. II. Warfield and a
portion of his staff; General Muller of
Fresno, and all of his staff, who will
be present, and General Last of Los
attendance. Only part of the staffs of
General Dickinson and Warfield are in
cluded in this invitation, because they
had made arrangements for other tugs.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.-Acting
Secretary Allen to-day telegraphed
Mayor Phelan of San Francisco, say
ing that the Navy Department would
be glad to cooperate with the San
Francisco authorities in the welcome
it is proposed to give the returning SOL
diers on the Sherman. To that end
orders have been issued to the COM
mander of the battleship Iowa to fire
al salute on the arrival of the transport
and all the sailors and marines of the
ships at San Francisco will take part
in the parade and demonstration.
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the bench an innocent old individual
named Gregerorsky, whose idea of the
proper administration of justice was
to be in line with the President. With
the departure of Kotze there departed
all hope of justice upon the part of the
Uitlander
"There are three questions that en-
gage diplomatic attention-that of the
franchise, probably the most import
ant; the question of dynamite and the
railways.
Until quite recently a man to hold
office must have resided in the Trans
vaal for fourteen years and be at the
same time a member of the Dutch
church The Uitlanders, who have Gre
ated the wealth of the republic, are
paying 90 per cent. of the taxes and
are practically without representation.
'"The Uitlanders hope for reforms
through the franchise. Last Presiden-
tial election in the Witswater Rand, in
which the census shows a white popu-
lation of about 10000, the returns
showed but 1903 votes cast.
tIn regard to dynamite, it has been
the policy of the Government to grant
an executive franchise to a Holland
and German syndicate to make dyna-
mite, the Importation being illegal.
They demand for it - shillings a case.
An American firm offered to lay it
down in the Transvaal in unlimited
quantities at 45 shillings a case of fifty
pounds The mining industry uses
about 100000 cases annually. That
means a loss of $3,000,000 to the min
ers. The profit is too low to warrant
working many low grade ore mines.
''The Netherlands Railway Company
hold the exclusive right to build and
construct railways and also to fix its
own rates. It charges from 8 to Is
cents per mile per ton for freight Most
of the mining machinery is brought
from Chicago. The haul from Verning-
ing to johannesburg, a distance of
about thirty or forty miles, is more ex-
pensive than the freight rates from
Chicago to New York, about 900 miles.
'There are about $4,000 blacks there.
They walk from 500 to 800 miles to
reach the mines. They are forced to
purchase a kind of badge or dog coll
lar and wear it, in addition to paying
the Government 80 cents a month. If
they lose the dog collar, or fail to pay
the monthly tax, they are usually
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VICTOR FIRE.
Eight Hundred Buildings Went up
in Smoke.

VICTOR (Col.), Aug. 22.-The total
number of buildings destroyed by the
fire which broke out here at 80 o'clock
yesterday afternoon is estimated at
800. Nine-tenths Of these were wooden.
and the fire spread with great rapidity.
Fourteen blocks, comprising almost the
entire business section of the town, are
in ashes.
The total loss is variously estimated
from $1,000,000 to $2,5OO,000 and the
insurance from 100000 to $S00,000.
The most valuable buildings destroyed
were the Gold Coin mine shafthouse.
the loss on which is 100000 All the
newspapers were burned out, but they
have already arranged to keep up pub
lication.
Victor is the metropolis of the south
ern end of the Cripple Greek district,
having a population of $4,000, and will
be quickly rebuilt in more substan-
tial manner than before.
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Two of the animals died during the
voyage. The horses were unloaded to
be turned out to pasture until August
10th, when the Tacoma will resume
her voyage.
The United States steamship Boston
arrived here from Manila on August
9th, and will sail for San Francisco in
a few days.
The Government has given consent
to the Importation of nearly 10000 la
borers from Japan during the next
quarter.
The steamship City of Columbia has
been abandoned at sea in a water
logged condition, and her crew OF
thirty y-eight men are now in Honolulu.
The United States steamship Iroquois
arrived at o'clock this morning from
Waimea, bringing Captain Walker and
nineteen others of the officers and
crew who left the sinking ship Friday
afternoon. They confirm in substance
the story brought by the nineteen men
who left the fated vessel Friday morn
ing and arrived here by the James
Makee Sunday morning.
Their story is not quite so lurid as
that which first reached here. The
water did not come in as fast as 1t
was represented, but still fast enough
to doom the ship. When the vessel
was finally abandoned she had about
six feet of water in her. The water was
just above the level of the propeller
shaft and the vessel was beginning to
sink aft, the ballast preventing it from
getting forward as fast as it came
through the leak.
The last two boats left about 2
o'clock Friday afternoon, one in COM
mand of Captain 7. D. Walker and the
other in command of Executive Officer
S. J. Harris. Both loads landed at
Mana, Kauai, at the point where the
other two boats landed about 6 o'clock
Saturday afternoon. When they last
saw the City of Columbia she was
still afioat, but sinking, with all her
sails set, still stubbornly resisting her
fate.
The Iroquois sailed from here directly
to Waimea, Kauai, reaching there at
/ p. m. Monday. The twenty men were
already there She took them aboard
at once and sailed for Honolulu at 4
d. m.
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Mrs. Perot Freed.

LONDON, Aug. 22-Mrs William Y.
Perot, charged with having abducted
her daughter Gladys from Baltimore,
and for whom extradition papers were
sent from the United States, was for
mally freed from custody in the Bow
street Police Court to-day, and the case
was thus ended. The proceedings were
confined to formal proofs of the with
drawal of the extradition proceedings,
and was accomplished by mutual agree
ment after Mrs. Perot had promised to
hand her daughter over to the care of
William II. Perot. her grandfather.
Mrs. Perot drove away from the court
smiling, accompanied by her sister and
Gladys Mr.. Perot and the child Will
sail as soon as possible for the United
States.
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TROUBLES IN
The TRANSVAAL,
Little Fear of a War Between the
Beers and English,
According to Views Of a Mining Engineer
Just Back From johannesburg.
The Foreign Element in the South
African Republic Would Well
come a Conflict, in Hopes of the
Future Prosperity of the Coun-
try Increasing.

NEW YORK, Aug. 22.-J. w. Regain
an expert mining engineer, who for the
past year and half has been making
a careful study of mining and govern
mental conditions of the Transvaal, is
now in this city. The prospect of war
with England. Mr.. Regan says, at the
time he left johannesburg a few weeks
ago was, according to the native Beers,
very slight 1t was expected by them
that a compromise would be reached.
The foreign element, however, earnest
ly hoped that it will come, for in it
they see future prosperity.
American sympathy may be nat
urally with the young republic" said
Mr.. Regan, "but republic as applied
to the Transvaal is a misnomer.
"Chief Justice KotZe, recently de-
posed, told Dom Paul when asked about
a certain matter, that it was unconsti-
tutional, whereupon Dom Paul prompt
ly cut off his official head and placed on
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Was Abandoned at Sea in a Water.
logged Condition.
The Crew of the Steamship, Thirty-Seven
Men, Are Now at Honolulu.
Nothing Saved From the Sinking
Vessel but Her Papers and In
struments and Her Treasure
Stories Of the Accident Not So
Lurid as First Reported.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. %. - The
steamer Doric arrived from Hongkong
and Yokohama via Honolulu to-day
Among her passengers was General Ir-
wing Hale. U. S. A, and Mrs. Hale.
The Doric brings the following news
from Honolulu under date of August
10Th:
The transport Indiana arrived from
San Francisco August 10th, and sailed
for Manila August 11th. The soldiers
were allowed to land and they came
in conflict with the Honolulu police.
A drunken soldier was arrested by the
police, and other soldiers attempted to
rescue him. There was a lively fight,
in which some heads We're broken, but
the man was finally landed in Jail. He
was given to his commanding officer.
on condition that he be taken from the
streets
The ship Tacoma arrived August 9th,
bound for Manila, with 200 horses.
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RAIL ACCIDENT.
twenty-five People Injured In a
Wreck in Ohio.

CIRCLEVILLE (O). Aug. ID. - An
excursion train on the Cincinnati and
Muskingum Valley Railroad was
wrecked on the edge of this city, and
five persons were seriously injured and
twenty others badly cut and bruised.
The injured: Engineer William Ditto,
internally; William McGuinn, baggage
master; Mrs. Leoto Richelderfer, Cried
ersville, o.; Miss Kate De Long, Indian
apolis; Rev. c. II. Eckhardt, Lima, O..
The train was running at a high rate
of speed in the outskirts of the city,
when a misplaced switch turned it into
siding on which stood a locomotive.
Both engines were telescoped, and the
first two cars badly splintered. The
train had three coach loads of passen-
gers, going to a family reunion at Lau-
relVille, O.
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FATAL EXPLOSION.
Two Men Killed and Several 9th
ers Badly Injured.

APPLETON (Wis.), Aug. 22-A
boiler exploded at the A. H. Wickert
planning mill to-day, killing two men
and seriously injuring eight others.
The dead: Nathaniel Patterson. en-
gineer; Robert Pasch. The injured:
William Boldman. scalded, will die.
Paul Hoppener, John Foster, Edward
KoIetseke, Herman Miller, August Re-
feldt, William Hoffman, Joseph Wet
tingill.
The entire factory was wrecked, and
windows in the vicinity were broken
by the concussion. The end of the
boiler was carried through the engine
room roof and fell 100 feet distant. The
loss is estimated at $4,000