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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-18
NEW TEXTILE UNION
American Federation of Tex
tile Operatives,
Its Object is 10 Unite Into Solid Body Cotton
Mill Employees North and
South.
(By the Associated Press

Washington, Dec. 17.-Representatives
half dozen or more New England cities
to the number of twenty-five met here
today and effected an association to be
known as the American Federation OF
Textile Operatives. The cities represented
include Fall River, New Bedford and
Lowell, and the States, Rhode Island and
New Hampshire. Todays action is the
outgrowth of preliminary meetings having
the same general object in view which
have been held from time TO time for
several years past. The orders included
within the general organization are the
mule spinners, the loom iXers, the card
ers and pickers, the weavers and the
slasher tenders, while other associated
workers in cotton fabrics are represented
in the meeting and it is expected will
be brought into the federation. officers
were chosen as follows:
President, James Tansey, OF Fall River,
Mass.
Vice President, Thomas F. Connolly, of
Lowell, Mass.
Secretary, Albert HILBERT, of Dover.
N. H.
Treasurer, James G. Jackson, of Fall
River, Mass.
An executive committee of ten was ap-
pointed. The objects of the federation as
explained by one of the officers will be
to unity the textile operatives of the
North and South into one solid body, to Sc
cure the enactment of legislation, national
and local. in behalf of the employees and
to seek to remove many of the alleged
oppressive conditions under which they
now labor. Systematic efforts will be
made by the new organization to secure
better conditions for the operatives in
the South where the officers say the en-
ployes work under worse surroundings
than in the North.
A resolution was adopted applying for
a charter from the American Federation
of Labor, the result of which if granted,
the officers say will be to affiliate the
new organization with the Federation OF
Labor.
The present meeting was held at Wash
ington at the instance of the National
Textile Workers This organization dates
back to 1881 but is said to have lost pres
tige in the North and what strength it
now has is mainly in the South. Wash
ington was elected at the suggestion OF
the older association for the reason that
the Southern men were better able to at
tend the meeting, but no one from the
South was on hand when today's gather
ing assembled.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-18
LYNCHING OF JOHN ROLLA.
The Mob Batter in the Jail Doors and Drag
Him Out to Die.
lBy the Associated Press. J

Bonneville, Ind, Dec. 17.-John Rolla,
the third of the colored men implicated
in the murder of Hollie Simons was hung
to a tree in the court house yard by
mob of about 100 men from Rockport this
evening. Two OF his companions were
lynched at Rockport last night for the
same crime.
Not shot was fired and everything was
conducted as quietly as if the execution
had been one under the sanction of the
law
Rolla was brought to this place this
afternoon about o'clock in charge Of
Sheriff Andersen, of Rockport Upon his
arrival he was placed in a cell on the
second floor of the iail and his presence
was known only to few citizens.
A few minutes after o'clock a body Of
100 men marched through the principal
street to the Jail and demanded that the
prisoner be turned over to them. Deputy
Sheriff Raymond Cherry was in charge of
the jail He declined to give up the keys
and the mob at once began to batter in
the wall of the Jail with a. telegraph pole.
Six members of the mob crawled through
the hole, and with sledge hammers broke
down the door of Bollas cell, and soon
lliC lUUIOuSHly lGii iAiEA nC5AO Ntio III lAiN
hands cf the men. who placed a rope
around his neck. All left crawling again
through the hole by which they had en-
tered, dragging the negro after them.
A few minutes was consumed in the
march to the court house yard, the rope
was thrown over the limb of a tree and
a hundred hands sent his body flying into
the air. The loose end of the rope was
tied to tree. and as soon as the mob
was sure :ts work had been completed
it left in as orderly a manner as it had
entered the town.
None ot the mob wore masks and the
men apparently from every station in life,
took part in the lynching. Except for the
excited groups of men standing on the
street corners. a stranger would have
known nothing Of the tragedy that had
just been enacted.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-18
WHAT DEMOCRACY NEEDS.
According to Cleveland it is Return to First
Principles
(By the Associated Press.)

Atlanta, Ga, Dec. 17.-The Atlanta
Journal this afternoon published an in
terview with former President Cleveland,
c5tained by a staff correspondent at
Princeton, N. ]. Mr.. Cleveland is quoted
as follows:
In my opinion the great need of the
Democratic party is a return to first
principles. The Democratic party has not
been fatally disorganized, but it sadly
needs rehabilitation on purely Demo-
cratic lines.
What is the matter with the party? 1t
has. in my humble judgment, simply
wandered off after strange gods. A large
mass of Democratic voters saw this be-
fore the last election. They remained
quiet, but when the time came to vote
they said: This is not Democracy and
refused to support it,
"As I see it, it is the duty Of Demo
Gratis every where to aid in the rehabili-
tation of the party. There are signs of
an insistence upon the necessity of a re-
turn to Democratic doctrines in the South,
but they are not so general as I would
like to see
What of the future?' was asked.
with sincere return to it's old time
doctrines" Mr.. Cleveland replied, ''the
old time victories of the Democratic party
will certainly be won"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-18
ON HER WERE 45O PEOPLE
A Dispatch From Malaga Accounts
For 314 Survivors.
NOTHING HEARD OF THE 1856 REMAINING
The Ship Was the Training frigate Gneisenau.
Il is Rumored That Her Commander
Committed Suicide When He
Saw All Was Lost.
Saw All Was Lost.
(By the Associated Press. }

Madrid, Dec. 16.--The German training
frigate Gneisenau has foundered off Ma
aga, Go miles northeast of Gibraltar.
Private dispatches say that 40 persons
were drowned.
NUMBER OF SURVIVORS, S14.
Berlin, Dec. 17.-An official dispatch
from Malaga received here this morning,
accounts for 314 survivors out of the $50
training frigate Gneisenau, which found
cred at the entrance to the port of Mall
aga, yesterday, while she was taking
refuge from the terrible storm prevail
ing at the time. Emperor William has
received a telegram of coincidence from
the Spanish Queen Regent.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-18
THIRTY.sIx WE'RE INJURED.
1t is Rumored That the Commander Has Com.
mitted Suicide
fBy the Associated Press.)

Malaga, Dec. lit is rumored that the
commander of the Gneisenau committed
suicide when he saw all was lost A
nephew of the imperial chancellor, Count
Won Buelow, named Beradt, was among
the saved, though he was injured about
the head. A sailor who survived the
wreck went mad as result of his exper
ience
The first engineer Tssenger, and a
number of petty officers were drowned.
1t is hoped that the guns, the treas
ure chest, and perhaps part of the hull
will be salvaged.
Of the 314 survivors, So who were in
jured, were transported to the local hos
pital, 125 sheltered in the barracks and
$50 lodged in the town hall. The munich
pality is providing food for all.
NEVA TO AID IN RESCUE WORK.
Malaga, Dec 1.-THE German steamer
Neva has arrived from Gibraltar to as
sst in the rescue work. AS yet the sea
is too rough to permit the divers to in
spect the wrecked vessel.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-18
THE MILITARY TOO LATE.
A law and Order Org .nization of Citizens
Formed at Rockport.
lBy Lhe AsgocIated Press. J


Owensboro, KY, Dec 17.--John Rolla,
who was lynched tonight at Bonneville,
was implicated by Rowland, one of the
negroes lynched last night at Rockport.
but denied his guilt. He told conflicting
stories and it was learned that he was
away from the Verandah Hotel where he
worked about the time Simons was mur-
dered. Confronted with this evidence,
Rolla wakened and confessed his share
in the crime, admitting that he struck the
first blow, and that the other two negroes
helped him to kill Simons.
The militia from Evansville arrived at
Bonneville fifteen minutes too late, and
the dead body of Rolla met their gaze
as they marched into town.
The citizens of Rockport held a meet
ing tonight and formed an organization
for the purpose or maintaining law and
order and assisting the officers in the
prosecution of criminals 1t was also re-
solved to make an effort to take municipal
affairs out of politics, While the lynch
ing was only incidentally discussed the
general sentiment of the community up
holds the action of the mob in taking
affairs in their own hands. There is no
purpose to prosecute anyone concerned in
the mob.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-18

expended on public improvements in Greer
county, before the decision of the Su-
preme court placed it within the jurisdic-
tion of Oklahoma. An attempt was made
to pass bill to give soldiers and sailors
of the Civil War, the Spanish War and
the War in the Philippines preference in
the matter OF appointment to and reten-
tion in positions in the executive depart
ments OF the Government, but it aroused
opposition on the ground that it would
practically shut out of the Government
employ for years to come all civilians and
was overwhelmingly defeated. The re-
mainder of the day was devoted to the
consideration of private pension bills and
a large number of them were passed. Just
before the House adjourned a fine tri-
butte was paid to Representative Charles
A. Boutell. of Maine, who served IS years
in Congress and who has been reelected
to ~ Fifty Seventh Congress.
Mr.. LittIefield, of Maine, asked unani-
nous consent for the consideration of a
bill to place him on the retired list as a
captain in the Navy, Mr.. Boutelle having
been a Captain in the Navy during the
Civil War Mr. Boutelle, he said, would
undoubtedly resign from the House. No
objection was made and the bill was
passed.
The Speaker first recognized Mr.. Brom-
well (Ohio) who moved to suspend the
rules and pass the Veteran Preference
Bill
Mr.. Richardson (Tenn), demanded a
second. Mr. Bromwell asked that a sec
ond be considered as ordered, but Mr.
Fowler On j., objected. A second was
ordered on vote of 81 to 81.
Mr.. Bromwell explained that the bill as
introduced was the bill pre-
pared by the G. A. r. 1t simply extend
Continued on Second Page)
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-18
THE TONE MORE TEMPERATE.
The English Editorials on the Canal Question
Much Modified.
lBv the Associated Press J

London, Dc. -(Tuesday.)-Th Daily
Chronicle and The Standard publish edi-
torials this morning on the canal ques
tion, which are in much more temperate
tone than some of their former express
sions. Both journals admit the difficult
position of the Washington Government
and advocate "all reasonable concessions
to the sentiment and interests of the
American people with a view of preserv-
ing the Anglo American understandings"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-18
BoERs INVADE CAPE COLON
wH1sKEY DOWNS THE MAYOR.
Atlanta Chief Official Locked Up in the Police
Barracks.
(By the Associated Press.)

Atlanta, Dec 17.-MayOr Jas. G. Wood
ward of this city, has been arrested and
locked in the police barracks tonight on
the charge of being drunk.
Some time ago for the same cause the
city council and board of aldermen threat
ened impeachment proceedings against
Mayor Woodward, but upon promises that
he would abstain from further intoxica-
tion no action was taken.
The mayor rendered his resignation to
the body and it was placed in the hands
of Councilman Rawson, who holds it on
condition that if the mayor becomes in
toxicated it shall be rendered for accept
ance. The resignation was submitted this
afternoon at a meeting of that body, but
action was postponed until Friday.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-18
CORRUPTION IN ALASKA.
Resolution introduced Into the Senate to In
vestigate the Charges.
lRy the Associated Pres J

Washington, Dec. lin view of the
wide publicity of charges against the
administration Of the United States Dis
trict Court of Alaska, involving as the
allegations do, the integrity of several
persons in both official and unofficial life
as well as the Just administration of the
mining laws at Cape Nome, Alaska, Mr.
Carter OF Montana, today introduced a
resolution in the Senate directing the
Committee on Judiciary to investigate
the whole question.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-18
To. Cover the Cases of Wilson and Lee.
(By the Associated Press.)

Washington. Dee. 17.-Senator Daniel,
Of Virginia, today introduced a bill au
thorizing the President to select from
Brigadier Generals of Volunteers, two
officers without regard to age and ap-
point them Brigadier Generals in the
regular army for the purpose of placing
them on the retired list. This is in
tended to provide for Generals James H.
Wilson and Fitzhugh Lee.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-18
DEwET WAS TWICE REpULsED.
In the Last Attack Led by himself the British
Gave Way.
(By the Associated Press. J

force was twice repulsed before it broke
through the British lines in the neighbor-
hood of Thabanchu In the third attack
Dewet led in person. With a few de-
termined men he charged and broke the
British lines, the rest of the commando
following. He was forced, however. to
leave in the hands of the British a fif-
teen FOUNDER and fifteen wagons with am
munition and stores.
Commandant Haasbroek, with a COM
mando and two guns. tried to get through
Sprngkant Mex but was driven back, los
ing forty men.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-18
THE STEAMER ALPHA FOUNDERS.
The Captain, THREE Eng ginee,s, the Managing
Owners and Others Drowned.
(By the Associated Press }

Vancouver, B. c., Dec. 1.-THE steam
er Alpha foundered on reef off the
East Coast of Vancouver island and Is
total wreck. The captain, three engin-
eers, the managing owners, the purser
and three seamen were drowned.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-18
Leads all NorthC Carolina DaiIiesin News @latom

as a result of the rapid spread OF the
flames. No one. however, as far as
known was seriously injured. The loss
10 the Brown Company is largely cover
ed by insurance.
The plant viii be rebuilt at once.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-18
Jim Gray Arrested at Winston Salem
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toFNNIeII 70 -NENo anu OUScINeT.J
winston Salem, n, c.. Dec 17.-Jim
Gray. colored, who shot and wounded two
negro men on a colored excursion run
from Winston to Raleigh h June last
year. was arrested here today AS the
shooting occurred near Hillsboro, Gray
will be carried there and tried in Orange
county court.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-18
FRUIT OF CHAFFEEs PROTEST.
Chinese Loot Sent to France Will be Embar'
coed at Marseilles.
(By the Associated Press J

Paris. Dec. 17.--By order of the Gov
ernment a number of cases filed with
Chinese loot, sent to President Loubet
and others by General Frey Commander
of the French marine force in China), will
be embargoed at Marseilles. when they
are unshipped.
This action is evidently an outcome of
the protest of General ChafTee against
looting.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-18
CAPTAIN HAD BEEN WARNED.
Told to Enter the Port to Escape the Storm But
Would Not
(By the Associated Press.)

Madrid. Dec. 17.-Dispatches from Ma
laga confirm the statement that the naval
commander there had warned Captain
Kretschmann of the approaching storm
and had recommended that he enter the
port but it was of no avail.
The shock on the rocks is described by
eye witnesses as terrible Many holes
were driven in the vessels stem and she
sank within ten minutes.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-18
REPORTED BRITISH VICTORY.

London, Dec. 17.-(5:1O p. m.)-The re-
port of another severe battle, resulting
in a British victory, is current here. Ac
cording to the story the fighting began at
daybreak today and lasted for several
hours. The Beers, who numbered from
1,5C0 to 1000 men, were surrounded at the
Orange River and totally defeated with
very heavy losses in killed and wounded.
A number of Beers, it is added were
captured.
BOERS INVADE CAPE COLONY.
Cape Town, Dec. 17.-Seven hundred
Beers have crossed from Orange River
Colony into Cape Colony near Aliwal
North and have reached Kaapdaal.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-18
MEETS OVERWHELMING DEFEAT.
The Bill Giving Soldiers and Sailors Prefer
ence in Government Appointments.
(By the Associated Press.

Washington. Dec. 17.-Under suspension
of the rule the House today passed bills
10 divide Kentucky and West Virginia
;nto two judicial districts, to create an
other district judge in the Northern dis
trict Of Ohio and to refer TO the Secretary
of the Interior for investigation, the
claim of the State of Texas for moneys
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-12-18

Yearning for riches is the mother Of
discomfort.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-07-22
Revisando
peTi6dicos.

Ella Democracia> af1rma que en-
todos los pueblos de la isla desde
San Juan hasta Ell dltimo pueblo Sc
toman medidas contra ell pillaje y el
bandolerismo menos en- Ponce don.
de campea por sus respetos. Repro.
duce ''Notas para un libro'' de don
Luis Muf1oz Rivera. -
Gel Democratic" dice que en-
Pto Rico los ideales han desaparecl
do para sustituirse por ell odio perso
nal1simo. Que tanto federales como
republicanos dicen que Ia sLlga de
Patr iotas es magnffica idea pero que
los federales Green que hay que ex
terminar antes q los republicanos y
los republicanos aseguran que antes
tienon que acabar con los federales.
lei Imparcial" hace referencias
q Ia polftica local de Mayagtiez don
de esta Ia cosa que arde, dice que
Mateo Fajardo asegura que Mufoz
Rivera 6 va a la carcel, Sc embarca
Sc mata, pero que muchos vuelven
la Erase pOr pasiva.
''La Nueva Bandera" protesta
contra la propaganda del odio y d !
rencor, dice que estA la amistad r.
ia, la consideration perdida, el res
peto Olvidado. A un lado la vengan
"a el despecho y a otro lado la so
berbia y el rencor. Que 81 su parti
do, Ell republican,, tratara de impo :
ner esa propaganda Sc volverfa re-
sueltamente contra ellos
Gel Correo del Este' dice que
cuando crefamos estar libres de la
funesta sombra del incondicionalis
mo surge de nuevo alentado por los
NAL. patriotas.
"La Opinion" publica una carta
del Jacaguas al Plata suscrita por
Jose Oriol Muf1oz, de Juana Diaz en-
la cual dice:
''T1 tienes raz6n de ser espaf1o
lizado y este to probara que 81 Sc
respetar las ideas agenas, porque
desde la cumbre del Torito de donde
eres oriundo, hasta ell Dorado en- que
te confundes con el Atlantico, no
hay un yankee nj para remedio; 8 10
que es 10 mismo, en- tiempos de Els
paf1a como ahora no hay en- esos do
minios un solo puertorriquefo 'de
verA uenZa.'
Gel Pals" describe la conferen
cia dada en- ell Ateneo por Ell DR.. Sa.
rak, Conde de Das, sobre spsicolo
g1a. Publica una carta de don Cruz
Castro dirigida a Muf1oz Rivera rec
tifcando una afirmacion hecha en- ell
artfculo <Notas para un libro.''
Ell "Diario" relata la entrevista
de don Luis Mufloz Rivera con F'o
rest en- Ponce, declarando que quien
le dio hospitalidad fue don Luis Ro.
driguez Cabrera en- su propia casa
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-07-22
BanC0
Territorial y Agrlco|a
DE PUERTO RICO.
DE PUERTO F
Secretarfa.

En- session pdblica que celebrara
el Consejo de Administrator en- 81
del actual a las dos de la tarde en- 81
salon de sesiones Gale de Tetuan
nun, 15, Sc designaran en- la forma
de costumbre las 1O8 cedulas hipote.
carias de la quinta 'emision que de-
ben amortizarse, las que con las pri
mas q. les correspondent Sc pagaran
en- la GAIA de la Sociedad en- los dias
y horas habiles por su valor noml
nal de Glen pesos moneda provincial
5 sean sesenta pesos U. S Cy cada
una, & partir del dia 10 de Agosto
proximo, desde cuyo dia no deven
garan intereses.
Asi mismo venceran y seran pa
gados por la referida Gaia desde
igual fecha, ell octave cupon de di.
cha quinta emission, que importa tres
pesos cincuenta centavos moneda
provincial, equivale & dos pesos
diez centavos u S. Cy. y el 50 Gu
pom de la la emission mon tante q tres
pesos 80 centavos moneda provincial
8 sean un peso 80 y medic ctvs. U
5. Cy. cada uno
Lo que Sc publica para conoci-
miento de los interesados. San Juan
P. r. II de Julio de /, 900 Ell Secre
tario--Juan de Guzman Benltez-
Vo Bo-El Director Gerente. -.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-07-22
NOT IGAS

Trescien tos sesenta mil Chi
nos, con 388 Cd nones, rodean q Pc
kin, pero carecen de municiones.
Ii Ping Chang, ex goberna-
dor de Chua Thng, ha partido para
dicha region c On objeto de impedir
ell desembarco de los ingleses en- la
region del Yan g Tse.
El dicta dor Tuan alista dos
cientos mil hot nbres para reconquis.
tar a Tien Tsin del poder de los ex
trangeros. La emperatriz ha dado
poder ilimitado a Tuan para dispo.
ner del ejercito.
La prensa de Londres elogia
la actitud del gobierno espaf1ol que
ha dado los pasaportes al embajador
chino. Alema MIA seguira la misma
conducta que Espaf1a.
Sc ha visto que los chinos es
taban prepara dos para la guerra,
parece que venianse equipando des.
de que Russia les arrebat6 q Puerto
Artur La Russia considera como una
declarci6n de guerra que acepta, ell
hecho de que los chinos invadan te
rritorios rusos.
Ell Enpe erador Nicolas II ha
ordenado la movilizaci6n de dos
cuerpos de ejer rcitos para China.
La Colonia Espaf1ola de Mana
tt prepara gra andes festejos para el
dia de Santiago
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1900-07-22
E| MundO Latino.

Ha visitado nuestra redacci6n
Gel Mundo Latino> que Sc publ1ca
en- Barcelona, diario international,
6rgano de la raza latina en- ambos
continentes Forman ell consejo de
redacci6n hombres eminentlsimos,
como Pr Margall, Labra, Estebanez,
Calder6n, Blasco, Odon de Buen,
Clarin, Salvador Ruedai etc. etc.
Tiene juntas que representa- el
diario constituidas en- casi todas las
repdblicas hispano americanas. en-
Francia, Portugal Italia
Ell peri6dico responde q un ele-
vado pensamiento y a una obra mag
ma, estab.eciendo lazos de confrater
nidad soliradidad en- la gran fami;
Ii latina. Pensamiepto que corcibio
Y ha llegsdo yer realizado ell ilustre
peruano Mariana j. Madueno.