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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-06

North Cardinals loss in the Civil War, 30
per cent.
The greatest loss suered by any regi-
ment on either side in any one battle was
that of the Twenty sixth North Carolina
at Gettysburg commanded by Colonel
Harry Burgwyn, of Pettigrews brigade,
Heth's Division. 1t lost five hundred and
eighty eight men. In one company OF
eighty-four men every man and officer
was hit The Light Brigade, in the cele-
brated charge of the six hundred al Bala
klava, lost thirty-seven per cent of it's
men, but the Twenty sixth North Carolina
regiment charging up the heights of Get
tysburg, lost eightysix per cent of it's
numbers, and nobody blundered either.
The following list embraces the ten heav-
lest losses in single battles, both sides
Twenty sixth North Carolina, at Gattys-
burg, $685. Fourth North Carolina, at Fair
Oaks, 369 Ninth Illinois, at Shiloh, $3.50
Forty-fCurth Georgia, at Mechanicsville,
335; Fourteenth Alabama, at Seven Days.
324; Eighth Tennessee at Stones River.
300; One Hundred and Twenty first New
York, at Salem Heights. 276; Forty ninth
Pennsylvania, at Spottsylvania. 274; Fiji
teenth New Jersey at Spottsylvania. 272
Fortieth North Carolina. at Gaines Mill
272.
Governor Taylor's conclusion at dedi-
cation of Vance monument:
The name of Zebulon B. Vance is a
household word among the old; it is the
glorious heritage of the young. Sleep on
child of genius, in the grave where low
ing hands have laid thee!
"Unwearied, unfettered, unmatched I'M
confined,
Be my spirit like in the world of the
mind;
No leaning for earth e'er to weary its
flight,
But fresh as thy pinions in regions of
light"
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CAROLINA. 1865.

(By William j. Clarke.)
Pale faintng from the battlefield.
Carolina leaned on denied shield;
Her broken sword and shivered spear
She laid aside to wipe a tear,
Sob choked, ! heard her feebly say:
MY sons my sons oh. where are they
The evening breeze, soft whisp' ring,
sighed:
.'On freedoms battle ground they died.
Fames loudest trump shall proudly tell
How bravely fought, how bravely fell.
Loyal true hearted men were they.
They sought no portion in the fray;
But Sunny South they could not see
Bow down to Northern tyranny.
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FIRST. ASSOCIATION OF CONFED-
crate VETERANS.

James l. Metts, Secretary, Wilmington,
n. c.:
North Carolina Infantry regiment was
held at Wilmington on the evening of
February 2, 1866. to arrange for receiving
the remains of their friend and brother
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IS IOO MUCH MP()IISN
SAYS MIR. HARTLEY, NJ. p, IN THE
GOVERNMENT OF LORD
SALISBURY
ARMY AND NAVY IN SAME FIX
South African Disasters Due to In
competent Oflcers With a Fam
lily PuII-Amendment
Voted Down.

LONDON, Dec. 10.-In the house Of
commons today, referring to a question
on the subject the under secretary Of the
foreign office, Lord Cranbornc, said tf.c
government had been notified that the
present disposition OF the troops of he
allies on the Shan Hal Kuan railroad was
of q purely temporary character. The
government, he added, was watching
British interests
Lord Cranborne also said the replies of
the powers to the invitation to adhere to
the Anglo-German agreement would be
promptly presented to parliament.
After some desuItory discussion, Joseph
Walton, Radical, member for the Barns.
ley division of the West Riding of York
shire, withdrew his amendment offered
Friday last to the address and G. c. L.
Barley, Conservative, representing
North Islington, moved an amendment to
the address, asking the house to express
regret at the fact that Lord Salisbury
had recommended so many of his own
family to offices under the government.
One-ffth of the cabinet members, Mr..
BARLEY said, are of this family Sons
would obey their zfather and sons-ln-laW
and nephews would yield to the same IN
fuence. Such conditions precluded an
independent inquiry into the army fail
ures in South Africa and were calculated
to impair gravely the efficiency of the
public service and diminish the chances
of reform in the system of national de-
fense.
The same canker worm of nepotism
had entered the army and navy and 1t
was the general opinion that many OF
the disasters in South Africa were trace
able TO the conduct of officers who OBJ
tanned their commands by family IN
huence.
Mr. Balfour said the unhappy accident
of birth. ought not to be a bar to public
service. There was only one member of
Lord Salisbury's family in the present
government who was not in the list. MT
BARLEY, he added. had not shown that
the appointees complained of were In
capable, while the country, at the recent
election had shown confidence that the
premier would carry out with ability and
integrity his thankless, heartbreaking
task
The amendment was lost by vote Of
go to 12S.
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MUST SERVE HIS TINE
APPELLATE DECISION AGAINST
CAPT oRERIIN Nj. CARTER.

CAHSE. eDBElkkIIN M CA1OLEAEGs
ST. LOUIS, Dec 10.-In decision
handed down by Judge Hook, of the
FEDERAL district court of Kansas, and con-
Cured in by United States Circuit Judge
Amos Thayer this afternoon, Oberin M.
Caster former captain, United States
army, under sentence of five years i'm
prisonment for misappropriation of gov
elnment funds while in charge of the
harbor work of Savannah, is remanded
to the custody of Robert w. McLaugney,
warden of the federal penitentiary at
Leavenworth, where Carter has been con-
fir ed.
The court overruled the petitioners de-
murrer on the habeas corpus writ issued
some time ago, and sustained the ruling
Of the trial court, together with the sub
sequent action of President Mckinley,
who set aside twelve Of the charges
under which he was convicted, but made
no change of the sentence imposed by
the court-martial.
In addition to the prison sentence, Car
ter was fined $1,000, which was paid, and
he was dismissed from the army.
Judges Thayer and Hook lind these
proceedings were entirely regular.
One Of the chief contentious urged in
Carters behalf was that the president
III reducing the number of specifications
preferred, thereby made void the punish
ment inflicted.
On this point Judge Thayer says:
'"The punishment prescribed by the ar
ticles of war is attached TO the charge,
and not the specifications made thereun-
der, the. latter being merely by way of
eXamplifcation and a detailed statement
of the principal charges to which they
respectively relate, but even If this
were not So the rule is well ablished
that where sentence in gross is pro-
nounced upon conviction under an in
dictment containing several counts, and
upon appeals or review some of them
are held bad and the others are sus-
tanned. The sentence will not be dis
turbed, provided it. is such as could law
fully have been fmpos ed under the counts
which were upheld
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DECIDED SaRIaKIGE II VALUES
WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY NEcEs-
sITY FOR INCREASED
TAXATION
BUELoW TALKS ON KRUGER
Arbitration Was Recommended by
Germany to the Two Republics
in 1898 and Was
Refused.

BERLIN, Dec. 10.-In the reichstag to-
day, during the debate in the estimates,
the secretary of the imperial treasury.
Baron Won Thlelmann, took decidedly
gloomy view of the economic situation
in Germany. He said the system had
been undergoing a radical change since
summer and people must be prepared
for number Of years to see a gradual
shrinkage of the inflated condition. The
decline, however, would not take the
form Of general financial crash, as in
1873
This period of demand diminished trade
could not pass without affecting the i'm
perial budget Therefore it yeas not
necessary to strengthen the reserves Of
the treasury.
In regard to the abolition of the sugar
bounties, the secretary of the treasury
said negotiations between Austria,
France and Germany were not concluded
but they would probably provide basis
for definite agreements.
The treasury also announced that a
bill taxing sparkling wines would short
ly be presented. and that another bill
taxing saccharine was in course of prep
aration.
In 1901, said the secretary, an increas-
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FIRST OF TIE APPROPRIATIONS
LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE AND
JUDICIAL BILL PASSED BY
THE HOUSE
WAS DONE IN RECORD TIME
Took Three Hours to Read the I3I
Pages of the Bill and Ten
Minutes to Adopt

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1O-The first of
the great supply bills, the legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation bill
was passed by the house To-Day in rec
ord time. The bin carries $24, ,496, ,30S
and has 131 pages, but there was less
than ten minutes debate upon it. Mr.
Bingham (Pa.), who was in charge of
the measure. rendered his thanks to the
house for the confidence shown in the
appropriations committee. 1t required
about three hours for the clerk to read
the bill. No other business was trans
acted.
Both parties in the recent campaign,
Mr.. Bingham said, pledged themselves
to economy and retrenchment The
pending bill-the first of the big money
bills-was step in that direction.
Mr. Robinson Qnd.) expressed the opin-
ion that if retrenchment was desired, a
provision should be inserted in the bill
to cut off the thirty days sick leave in
addition to the thirty days leave now
allowed to clerks in the executive depart
ments.
Mr.. Bingham explained that such legis-
lation did not come within the purview
of the pending bill. The law left the
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BLAINE TREATY ON TRIAL
IN EXTRADFFION- CASE BEFORE
FEDERAL SUPREME COURT.

CHICAGO, Dec 10.-The question of the
constitutionality Of the Blaine extradition
treaty between Great Britain and the
United States, signed by representatives
of the two governments in 1889, and which
it is asserted, has never been passed
upon, is to be brought before the United
States supreme court in the cases of
Fred Lee Rice, Frank Rutledge and
Thomas Jones, who were arrested in Chi
cago last June on the request of the Ca
madam authorities, charged with being
fugitives from justice. The specific
charges against the three men included
completely in several bank robberies in
Toronto and other Canadian cities Pres
ident Mckinley issued a warrant for tae
requisition of the three men, but action
was prevented by writ of supersedeas
issued by Judge Kohlsaat, of the United
States district court and since last June
the men have been confined in the county
jail. Next Monday attorneys represent
ing the prisoners, and the British consul
will appear before the supreme court at
Washington and bail for the prisoners
will be asked pending the construction
Of the Blaine treaty.
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n of leave within the discretion

question of leave within the discretion
of the various heads of departments.
MIR. Robinson protested that clerks in
the government service outside of Wash
ington did not receive the same leave
provision received by those here, and he
thought the unjust discrimination against
the former should cease.
An amendment providing for twelve
additional temporary clerks to dispose of
the accumulated business in the Office of
the controller of the treasury was
adopted.
At 3:15 p. m. the house adjourned.
MINORITY REVENUE REPORT.
The views of the minority members of
the ways and means committee of the
bill reducing war revenue taxes about
600 was completed and made pub
lie late this afternoon. 1t is signed bv
the entire Democratic membership of the
committee-Messrs Richardson (Tenn) ],
Swanson (Va.), Mcclellan On. VI. New
lanas new, Cooper (Tex.) and Under
wood (AIa.)
The report says that the minority are
OF the opinion that the proposed reduction
OF revenues is too small and that the
bill does not go far enough in relieving.
the people of the burdens imposed upon
them for war purposes. The remaining
taxes, says the report, are unnecessary
clA1U SIlOQ1U U0 removed. q
The minority take issue with Secretary
Cages estimate of SIG, 100000 surplus IN
1902, and say that if congress observes
proper economy in expenditures the sur
plus ought to be $1O9, ,0O0, 900.
WILL STAND BY THE BILL.
The Republican house caucus on the
war revenue reduction bill decided to-
night by large majority to stand by
the bill as now drawn and reported by
the ways and means committee There
were about 100 members present and
the vote to support the bill as now
framed stood 6S ayes to 20 noes
CASE OF CADET B0oz.
The house committee on military af-
fairs today referred the resolution in
regard to the case Of Cadet Booz to the
secretary of war for such action as he
deemed proper Secretary Root repIied
to the committee that he had inst re-
ceived a report from Col Mills. superln-
tendent Of the military academy. giving
the result of an investigation of the case
personally conducted by himself, and
that he would forward a copy of the re-
port to the committee for its perusal
as it could be prepared for transmits
sion. The report will prebably go to
the committee tomorrow The secretary
declines TO indicate the character of the
report in advance of its transmission to
the military committee.
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ht1cally. Mr.. Hill is less strong than he
might be in the state organization, but N
Wondertully strong in the nation He Is
looked upon as a man remarkably safe
and is regarded as one of the best men in
the nation. Should the Republican mol
icy of colonization prove a failure and the
nation four years hence require a con-
seryat1ve, clear headed, able man whose
Democracy never has been questioned.
then the choice of the next Democratic
national convention doubtless win be Mr..
Hill. If the radical element of the party
develops strength enough to again get
into the saddle, then the nominee will
pe Nllilam Jennings or some other man,
bat not Mr. HILL, All this talk Of raor,
ganfzatlon amounts to nothing. The mo-
IAelh has not arrived to talk of reorganf-
cation. The reorganization of the party.
If II IS required in 1904, depends upon the
contingencies and the developmerfs ha-
tween now and 1904 will point out what is
necessary"
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BULLETIN OF
NEWS OF THE DAY
Weather Forecast for st. Paul:
Fair.


I-TOwne Seated in Senate.
One appropriation Bill Passed.
Claim Strike Is Over.
Decision In HanIey Y Case.
Germany Hard Up.
NepOtism I'm British Government,
2-AssembIy Tackles the Budget.
Whites in Nanlkin Safe.
Chaplin Jars the Chamber.
Day Murder Case.
minneapolis News.
3-Neyvs of the Northwest.
Union Labor Men Working.
Morrison Murder Trial.
The Supreme Court.
4-EditOriaI Page.
5-SpOrting News.
Baseball Magnates Meet.
Ramsey Men to Caucus.
Will Govern in PeI1in.
6-News of Railroads.
Looking for More Territory.
Popular Wants.
7-Markets of the World.
Chicago May Wheat, 73c.
Stocks Irregular.
Bar Silver, 81 I-2c.
Wild Time in Cotton.
Sim Local Labor Field.
Justus-Van Hoven Recount.
Bids for New Jail.
Mines I'm Far North.
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RECOMMENDED ARBITRATION.

When. in 1885, the question of arbitra-
ton seemed not altogether excluded, the
government recommended it to Mr.. Kru-
ger He thought the time had not yet
come. When Mr.. Kruger later sought
intervention, his feelings were too h. .ghly
inflated for the Dutch and German gov
ernments For the German government
1t was lost time to give advice. Ger
many was convinced that any step of a
great power at that moment would be
critical and lead to no result.
There was no use for u.s. said the
chancellor, ito pinch our fingers between
the door and the hinge"
The chancellor added that when the
subject Of mediation was suggested to
Great Britain by the United States in a
quiet, gently worded inquiry, it was re-
jected officially and categortcally. In
tervention might have led to war.
The chancellor described the reply of
NJ. Delcasse, the French minister of for
eign affairs, to Mr.. Kruger as:
France will in no case take the initia-
tive but would not oppose it when GER
tain eventualities became known pro-
vided they are calculated to serve French
interests" u
The chancellor thereupon remarked
that he could not have dealt with the
situation better himself. Ovations to
Mr. Kruger in Germany he pointed out,
would have displaced international rela-
tions and served no purpose Of Mr.. Kru-
ger or of Germany. Germany was not
bound to Great Britain by hairbreadth
more than Great Britain was bound to
Germany. But to act the Don Quixote
against Great Britain would be a piece
of folly for which he would not be re-
sponsible.
The budget committee of the reichstag
has adopted resolution that the Chinese
expeditionary. corps must be dissolved
after it has finished its duty in China.
Although the Kruger matter will be
taken up again In the reichstag, Count
Won Buelow's speech, evidently prepared
with great care, was SO overwhelming in
its array of powerful facts that it
amounted to a sweeping victory over the
entire opposition. The imperial chanceI-
lors involuntary humor and his particu-
lar inapt quotations extorted hearty
laughter from his bitterest opponents. So
far as German policies go the Incident is
closed. At all events this was the eyi-
dent opinion of the reichstag when adj
journment was taken at late hour
DISORDERS AT COLOGNE.
Baron Won Rheinbuben, Prussian min
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DAVE MILL
FOR TIE pREs1DENCY

CHICAGO, Dec. 10.-The Chronicle to-
morrow will say: David Bennett Hill,
ex-governor Of New York, and a former
United States senator, is to be a prorni-
nent figure in "a candidacy for presi-
dent on the Democratic ticket in 1904
This statement, which amounts to almost
a personal announcement, was made by
David MCGUIRE, Mr.. Hill's political lieu
tenant, mayor Of Syracuse, and chair
man of the executive committee New
York state organization. Mr. Mcclure
was in Chicago yesterday from the East.
'If the Republican foreign policies, so
far as the Philippines, Porto Rico and
Cuba are concerned, shall fail absolutely
or in part within the next four yeqrs,,'
said Mr.. Mcclure, 'and the Democrats
OF the country want man, eminent, safe
and conservative TO lead the party to
success and face the existing questions,
that man undoubtedly will be David Ben
nett Hill. Ex-senator Hill is very much
.gke what Mr.. Grover Cleveland was po-
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MINNESOTA SUPREME
COURT Is SUSTAINED

WASHINGTON, Dec 1O.-The United
States supreme court today rendered a
decision in the case of the Wisconsin,
Minnesota & Pacific Railroad VS.. ]. r.
jacobson, in error, to the supreme court
of the state of Minnesota. The opinion
was read by Justice Harlan. The opin-
ion of the state court was affirmed. The
case involves the validity Of the Mime
sofa, law requiring intersecting railroad
lines crossing each other at grades TO
was attacked upon the ground that it Is
a violation OF the Interstate commerce
clause of the state constitution. In this
case it was urged that the railroad COM
pany might be deprived of a long haul
of cattle and compelled to turn them over
to an intersecting road if required to
build a '"Y' at Hanley Falls, which IS
the point involved In this case, and the
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AMERICAN pIPLoMACY.

L.,
It is now dawning upon the German
press and public that Mr.. Hay. the
American secretary of state, has secured
an out and out diplomatic victory in
obliging the powers, Germany included.
to yield to his arguments in favor of
more moderate terms in the preliminary
joint note to the Chinese peace pleni-
potentiaries This clearly defined defeat
is especially bitter here because Emperor
William had set his heart on imposing
the most humiliating conditions upon the
Chinese and thus emphasizing Germany's
power in their eyes.
CHAFF'EE AND Won WALDERsEE.
The German government has not
taken official notice of Gen. Chaffee's let
ter to Count von Waldersee, complaining
OF the removing of the astronomical in
struments from the walls of Pekin and
the return Of the latter to the American
commander, ION account of it's tone
Only few of the papers print the incl
dent in their news columns The Vos-
Siche Zeitung remarks: ''Whateyer the
cause, Gen. Chaffee had in no case the
right to use such rigid language in a let
ter to the commander in Chief
The Berliner Tageblatt observes: eve
must, of course, reserve a definite judg-
ment until reliable German reports have
been received. Whoever knows, however,
of the generally acknowledged diplomatic
tact of Count von Waldersee, would not
doubt that he would have employed such
a brusque procedure without the strong
est kind of provocatipn."
Capt. Dannahauser who is with Count
Won Waldersee, says In private dispatch
received in Berlin today:
'"The French have abandoned their
operations to remove astronomical instru-
ments from the walls of Pekin, presum-
ably in order to impress the Chinese with
their comparative clemency, but the
Germans continue removing instruments
under the protection of a company Of en-
gineers."
Under the patronage of Countess Won
Buelow, notable concert was given this
evening for the benefit Of the German
troops in China. 1t was attended by En-
peror William and the empress, many
members of the nobility and the entire
diplomatic corps, including United States
Ambassador White and Mrs White The
net proceeds Of the entertainment were
about 100000 marks.
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NORTH POLE IN DANGER.
Four Expeditions Will Try to Run
1T Down Next Summer.

Four Expeditions Will Try to Rum
1t Down Next Summer.
LONDON, Dec 1O.-Evelyn Baldwin, of
the United States weather bureau, who is
preparing an expedition in search OF the
north pole, has arrived here to consult
with Sir Entis and inspect ships. He
will go to the continent at the end of
the week Mr.. Baldwin Informed a rep
resentative of the Associated Press that
he had definitely decided to adopt the
Franz Joseph land route, and that he
hoped to get away next summer.
The famous Russian ice crusher, Err
mack, which is to attmpt to reach the
north pole in 1901, under the command
OF Vice Admiral Makaroff of the Impe-
rial Russian navy. is being fitted out
at Newcastle for the expedition, and Capt
Bernier, the Canadian explorer, is busy
in London fitting out the Scottish King.
With these expeditions and the German
expedition, the year 1901 promises to be
eventfu1 in the history of searches for
the north pole.
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DEADLY ABSINTHE.
BILL IN FRENCH CHAMBER FOR IT'S
PROHIBITION.

PARIS, Dec 10-In the chamber of
deputies today M Marie Edouard Vail
liant, Socialist, one OF the deputies for the
department of Seine moved a resolution
calling upon the government to prohibit
the manufacture and sale of all alco-
holic liquors pronounced dangerous by
the Academy of Medicine" The resolu-
ton was aimed at abs nthe, the consump-
ton of which has nearly doubled i'll
France since 1894, and now stands at 10,-
100000 litres annually.
M. Valiant and others denounced the
spread of absinthe drinking and laid
stress upon the ravages among the popu-
lation.
THE increase of the consumption OF alb
sinthe, said the mover of the resolution,
marches arm in arm with the increase
of cases Of driveling insanity, which will
end by becoming national malady."
The chamber adopted the resolution
unanimously.
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man and caught him by the wrist. whera-
upon the fugitive placed a weapon against
Deans breast and fired. The wounded offi-
Ger fell and while his brother officers
We're caring for him the desperate fed
Later posse of officers and citizens, arm
ed with shotguns and revolvers, started out
TO hunt down the fugitive. 1t is thought
he cannot escape, as the towns and conn
try have been warned for miles aroun,7
Kuhns escaped from the penitentiary et
Columbus, O., Thanksgiving day. He was
under sentence for murder.