The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-03-23
THE BOER SIDE WON
THE MAN WHO IMPERSONATED ANOTHER
IS IN JAIL.
Conductor Jones, Who was in Car that lump
ed the Track, Had Narrow Es-
cape. Personal Mention.
Especial to News and observer.)


Durham, N. c., March 22.-The debate
at the court house last night between
Prof Albert Whitehouse and Mr.. Charles
N. Van Noppen, was very largely attend
ed. Each of the speakers had forty
minute speech and ten minute rejoinders.
Prof. Whitehouse, who spoke in behalf of /
the English cause in the English Boer
troubles, had the opening speech. Mr..
Jas. H. Southgate introduced the speak
ers of the evening. Prof. Whitehouse /
stated near the beginning of his remarks
that he proposed to touch on facts and |
conditions, and that these fact were not |
obtained from English sources, but all |
from American writer's He proposed to
give his audience the Boer as he is. He |
made out the Beers as being an ignorant, |
indolent, unrefined class of people. Prof
Whitehouse acknowledged to his audience
that he had not made out as good case
as he expected. Mr.. Van Noppen, who
spoke in behalf of the Beers, made most
eloquent and able plea for his down
trodden countrymen. The larger part or
the audience were with him from start to
finish, and enthusiastically applauded his
we'll rounded points and telling hits. He
Beers and in very able way championed
their cause. Going back into history
from the early times to the present, Mr..
Van Noppen showed in a most conclu-
sive manner that the English had always
been the oppressors, and that by tyranny
they had endeavored to rule and govern
until it had become too grievous to be
borne longer The Beers are fighting for
their native land and liberty. They may
be defeated now in the impending conflict,
but right and justice will prevail in the
end and some day they will come out vic
torious Mr.. Van Noppen, who was born
in Holland, told his audience that in him
they beheld typical Boer. In the lam
guage of some who were in the audience,
he almost completely demolished his oD-
ponent. To use a fgurative expression,
the English crossed the Tugela River
last night, but were overwhelmed by
larger force of Beers than was expected.
George w. Daniel, the young
man who got a check cashed
at the First National Bank, on
February goth, in the name of L. jerks,
for $S117, was tried before Mayor Nc
Gown this morning. Daniel is the man
who was captured at Rowland, Robson
county, and brought back to Durham
Tuesday afternoon by Chief of Police j.
A. Woodal1. The evidence against Daniel
was most complete and conclusive. w.
J. Wagner, a witness, positively identi-
fed Daniel as the man who was at the
paying tellers window getting money for
4. check when he (the witness) stepped
up to the window to get his check cashed.
The arrangements of the checks as
placed upon file in the bank after be-
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statement. Other witnesses also identi-
fed the prisoner as man they had seen
hanging around the Parrish Warehouse
on that day. The defendant went upon
the stand in his own defense, but about
all he had to say was the same old story
that has been oft repeated, to the effect
that he was not guilty but was accused
of crime committed by some one else.
He did not then or at any other time get
a check cashed. After hearing all the
testimony, the mayor sent Daniel up to
the May term of court under $3.50 bond.
This the prisoner was unable to give, so
he now languishes in jail.
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany has dressed it's messenger boys in
this city in new uniforms. The boys pre-
sent very imposing appearance in their
new spring suits The two little boys in
blue, Masters Atwell Ramsey and Willie
Rhodes, are as proud of their uniforms
as a kid is when he dons his first pair of
pants.
The Southern Conservatory Of Music
was we'll crowded tonight with our citi
zens who were there to hear Mr.. Wulf
Fries, the famous Boston 'cellist. Every
one enjoyed the concert to the fullest
extent. Mr. Fries is venerable old gen.
tleman, his hair and beard are white
with the frosts of many winters. 1t is
indeed pleasure to meet such re-
fined, heightened, polished gentleman.
Conductor Jones, of the Southern Rail-
way, who was in a freight caboose that
jumped the track and turned over near
Morrisville Tuesday morning was in the
city today He had a narrow escape
from being badly hurt or killed, and has
bandage about his head. He also feels
the effects of the shaking up he got
The gratifying news comes from Phila-
delphia that General Julian S. Carr con-
tinues to improve.
c. T. Pearson, one of the statesmen at
the clothing store of the w. A. Slater
Co., left this morning for Wake Forest
College to show the students there his
new spring styles Of clothing and gents
furnishings.
II. NJ Jordan, city editor of the Daily
Sun, who was hurt on last Saturday a