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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-09-18
GHOULs CAPTURED AND SHOT.
Forty-Three Executed By Order of the Court
Martial.

Dallas, Texas, Sept. 12.-W. H. Nc
Grath, manager Of the Dallas Electric
Company reached Dallas today direct
from Galveston last night. He said:
Vandalism at Galveston has been hor-
Tible. The most rigid enforcement of
martial law has not been able to sup
press it entirely. Adjutant General
ScUrry's men have arrested q hundred or
more negroes, 43 of whom were found
with effects taken from dead bodies.
These were ordered tried by court mar
tial. They were convicted and ordered
shot. One negro had 23 fingers with rings
on them in his pockets
THE REPORT CONFIRMED.
Houston, Texas, Sept. 12.-It is trde
that negroes were shot by order of 4
court martial. Their pockets were found
to be full of human fingers and iewalry
of which the dead were stripped.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-09-18
COTTON AN EXCEPTION
Rise in Raw Material Causes Rise IN
Manufactured Article.
THE STAPLE COMMODITIES ARE HIGHER
in Mos Of the Manufactured Products Changes
Are Not Mate-iaI. Buyers Are New
Anxious to Secure Supplies
of Cotton.

New York, Sept. 14.-R. c.. Dun and
morrow Will say:
"The tropical storm that devastated the
Gulf coast almost wiping out the city Of
Galveston and doing damage in other parts
Of the country, caused reduction in the
volume OF business at the South, and rail
roads in the Gulf region have probably
not shown their maximum losses of earn
ipgs as yet; but even after such q catas-
tropi.e a ~recuperatiye power is shown. An
added cause OF hesitation in business is
the order for g strike OF anthracite coal
miners.
Prom many quarters Of the West and
Southeast a better distribution of mer-
chandise is reported in jobbing and retail
circles. Prices of staple commodities are
higher for the week, hoisted by the sharp
ducts there is little change, though steady
increases of business at the current level
is satisfactory.
Cotton closed last week at the highest
price in ten years and a large short inter
est was awaiting reaction. Instead there
came news Of the disaster in Texas and
sensational reports that a million Bales
had been DESTROYED. At the New York
Exchange trading was far in excess of all
previous records and prices rose by
bounds. Subsequently there were less ex-
aggerated reports from the South. but
the market failed to respond and middIing
upiands advanced to lie. The rise in TIE
raw material caused sharp advances in
cotton goods. Buyers who have been de-
laying Tor weeks are anxious to secure
liberal supplies both instant and distant.
FAILURES for the week were 1875 in the
united States, against 149 last year and
AZ III Canada, against 80 last year.
COMPARATIVE COTTON STATEMENT
Now York, Sept. 14.-For the week
ending Friday, September IA: Net re-
celpts at all United States ports during
week. oz,5o'; net receipts at all United
states ports same week last year. 164.-
'94; total receipts to this date. 1874 814.
total receipts to same date last wear 281
90; exports for the week, 1924: eyDorts
Tor same week last year. SO. 895: total av-
ports to this date, 50 OBJ; total exDorts
70 same date last year. 115 356. STOCK
at all united States ports. 157 985. stocl
az all United States ports same time
iast year, 518, 161; stock at all inferior
Towns, $3.50; stock at all interior towns
same time last year, 185,34O; stock at
liverpool 111,ooo; stock at Liverpool
saihe brne last year, 805. 900; stock Of
american afloat for Great Britain, 81. 600.
s:och OF American afoat for Great Brit
am same time last year, 80. 600.
TOTAL NET RECEIPTS.
Ne" YORK, Sept. 14-The FOLLOWING are
'He TOTAL net receipts Of cotton at all nor+e
since September 1st. 1900:
Galveston, 1887 bales: New or,oo,s
I2''oS; Mobile, $3.50; Savannah. 81 ais
Cnarleston, 1874; Wilmington. 90. IA. Nor
on 1927; Baltimore. 239: New York -
US; boston, 25; Philadelphia, $50.
Total, 34.S14 bales.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-09-18
TO REBUILD FORTIFICATIONs,
s Board Of Engineers Organized to Consid
the Matter.
(By the Associated Press

Washington, Sept. 15.-Nith a view to
the restoration of the Notifications in
the harbOr Of Galveston, if such thing
IS possible, General Wilson, chief of en-
Sineers, this morning organized a board
OF engineer officers consisting Of Colonel
Henry NJ. Robert, stationed at New
York; Major Henry NJ. Adams, stationed
at New Orleans; Captain Charles S.
Richie, stationed at Galveston, and Cap
tain Edgar Jadwin, stationed at New
York, to meet at Galveston at the call
of the senior officer, about October goth.
The board is instructed to make a care
fUl and critical examination of the let
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-09-18

In some quarters of the city today me
wafer works company was serving Gus
TONER'S on the second stories. This Is
taken as Indicating the rapid Roadway
being made in putting the plant in oper-
o,ion The British steamers Norma ana
the American steamer Alamo nave beeh
fcated.
The street railway company suffered q
loss of a quarter CT 4 million, n us en-
tire system is torn TO pieces An c-
fort is to be made temporarily TO opei
ale cars with mules.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-09-18
LIGHT DRAFT VESSEL NEEDED.
The Winona Will be Used to Communicate
With tho Mainland.

Washington, Sept. 12.-The President
has received a telegram from Governor
Sayers asking that a light draft vessel
be sent to Galveston for communica-
ton between the island and the main.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-09-18
CONDITION MADE Plan
The Legislature Of 1901 WIN u,-
Penitentiary Problem
STATEMENT BY TRAVIS AND ss.a.


"'SNNSa ~ u5tGi04A
Yesterday Mcssrs. t.. A.. Tr...
G. Newland drew a "arv.r.
Treasurer under chapter Co..
OF 1899, for So. ooa. the ru..
appropriation made 10y lla .I....
ture for the support Of the s..
for the year 12eo. They had
drawn $4,000, the a|ufrorr...
$50, 900.
The State Treasurer la."...
the warrant on tfe ground
was no money in the tre.a.r.
ing to this matter, the Press Visitor
terday afternoon said.
state Treasurer Worth Ia r...
reporters question stated tl
that n few months since the ..-.
drew SD, 600 from the Treason.
appropriation OF $1,000 provided
institution for his year. in cas-. i.
be needed. Today the authorities
for the remaining $50, 00o. and wares
was given them. but the money Will
be paid until it is in the Irea..-.
State has not the funds on hand nu.
pay the $50. COO.
~"Treasurer Worth says that tho
tertiary drew 500, 400 from 3D..
treasury last ear which the L..
provided for as 4 loan, bat THAT
it has ever been paid back I.r
demand has been made for the ...
GEO appropriated for this y,.."
Last night a reporter OF the E.a
Observer asked MeSsrs. Trayla and
land whether it was true tl..
their administration the peuft.at.re
borrowed any money from the
State Treasury. They said.
The States Prison has mos. .a
We're connected with it, borrowed
from any one. The a-pprynr.rm
each CT the years 1899 and lt.t H.
q loan but a direct and ahsoLu..
priatiCn as Will be seen by T.rnu
chapter GI9 Of the Laws oil l.
purpose Of the Legislature i0
those appropriations was to uur rH.
on IN a position to run on a e.a
rs near as is practicable I'm AN Iu..
Of that character. At the emf %.
year 1899, after paying all e.
mad enough money left TO have
than repaid the $1,000 ar,r...
"iiOii . h'u u'ea II lit t'r
meet % 70 40 80 hul III lH.. .
oi'Sisu' We "o".a nave H"u '' ..
S"" on . oieul'' h' 'H'
money H'MtFel, We were eI@a.t
ne ihStilutloh uHlil no" N|.1"..
ing upon the appropriation fer ..
oAoep' lol fio,V'V tOFiHb A'-
Va" ""cLi ~ 'He ttelti"' vi
llduI' WIN lhe $"',''o I'I
n:"Ue "PPilcdlioh To-Day we "0...
"D'o0 ~ IN y 'h' 'i""' '
"Poidii5 "Hy 'i'"'
'hlS Je"i . 'iop9 80 'E"' d, wv
80 W. "oup1 nave 10 "'.
Ilohuce ~ H"hu "ofih az i'~
LIS foduc CONSISTS hlalHi# %.
~ paleS o. coWoh ana c"i'o'
lIoHI' ABOUT o3,eo2 buSheIs OF I'"
wv worth Oh oeGi ca',Ie' 5o'..
"u,i,ioi 70 WIZ VIII Ds A''.
,n.ti'u'ioh' anu "lso " '@is1 +
'iroh'
I'M Sho"lnS VIII hut 'h'
. Year ahcaa instead OF u .'
- : No. he'e'oloia p.'n'
! - ~ iut"1o "''-D.
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hoh' = oHoo'i HcN'i 0D-t -
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80 a.
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: : =
-, 49, = ~"
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No. ~
-
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etato -. "a da-,o~.,.-. e
how $500 7cn oan :. lu..
c+i+, - rrr. +.-.
and we have installed an .Ia.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-09-18
AID FROM JACKSONVILLE.

Jacksonville, Fla, Sept. 12.-Jackson-
VILE will send tomorrow a carload of pro-
visions to Galveston for the storm suffer-
erS.
In addition the mayor today issued an
appeal for help and expects to raise sew
eral hundred dollars. The Times-Union
and Citizen started the relief movement
this morning and is receiving contribu-
tons.
Galveston gave Jacksonville $3.50 dur
ing the yellow fever epidemic Of 1888, and
the Times-Jnion and Citizen will edi-
t~orially refer to this liberal donation in
asking help for the stricken Texans
AID FROM COLUMBIA.
Columbia, S. c., Sept. IN. G. Con
zales, President of the State, newspaper,
has started The Galveston relief fund.
Columbia has responded literally, and
contributions from many parts Of South
Carolina are being sent to the State.
vTCMc
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-09-18
DEATH FOR GALVESTON GHOULS
Bullets For Proving Hyenas WHO Rob the
Bodies Of the Dead.
SHOT DOWN BY ORDER OF COURT MARTIAL

to shoot anyone caught looting or at
tempting to loot.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-09-18

The steel light ship TO a"
mond Shoals. near Cane !!..
launched at East Baintree, W..
d..
Mr.. Gavin Dortch, Of Gola
fined in the hospital at hi5 '".'
at Bethlehem, Pa, with cI-'-
c:t:s.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-09-18
AID FROM COLUMBIA
F0ETIFICATICNs DESTROYED.
Cannot be Rebuilt or Presents Sites at Crockett,
Jacinto and Travis.
By the Associated Press.)


Washington, Sept. 12.-The Quarter
masters Department has received the
following from Galveston:
'Quartermaster General, Washington.
"Eteferring to my kilograms Of 9th and
10th | ave subject to approval, sus-
pended Fort Crockett construction con-
tracts and again urgently recommend
that contractors be paid for labor and
material in place and On ground, ali
swept away and lost beyond recovery.
FOrtiications at Crockett, Jacinto and
Travis all destroyed and canno be re
built on present sites, recommend the
continuance CT my office here only long
enough to recover Crockett office safes and
morning gun when located; also to close
accounts and ship my office and recovered
property where directed. l fear Calves
ton is destroyed beyond it's ability to re-
cover. Loss of life and property appall-
ing.
(Signed) BAXTER,
Commanding
AID by NAVY DEPARTMENT.
Washington, Sept. 1.-THE Navy De-
partIncnt has ordered the g%unboat Ban
croft, now at New London, Conn, and
the tug Somerset at Pensacola, Fla, to
proceed to Galveston, Texas, to furnish
what aid they can to the storm suffer
ers.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-09-18
FOR VICTIMS OF THE STORM.
The Contributions Made Toward the FUND oy
Various Cities.

Roanoke. Va. Sept. 15.-The Roanoke
Daily Times Relief Fund for Galveston
sufferers is growing daily. Editor Clay
tor will on Monday t Governor Say
ers. of Texas, the amount already re
ceived. which Will aid in relieving the
crffarHrc
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-09-18
THE KNIGHTS TENiPLAR ACT.

Asheyille, n. c., Sept. 12.-Grand Com
mander w F. Randolph, OF North Caro-
lima knights Templar, today wired the
following to subordinate commanders Of
this State:
'Our f~raters N Texas in dire distress
because Of recent storm. Immediate re-
lief imperative. Grand Master appeals
for funds. Wire or send quickly TO Henry
B. Stoddard, Deputy Grand Master, Gal
weston. Texas
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-09-18

me carthage Tribune says that tho
Narthage Furniture Factory will, add ~
.lieir business the manufacture of sasb
doors and blinds, etc. ''n'
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-09-18
CONTRIBUTED $1,000.

Washington, Sept. ia private dlS-
ratch received here states that Robert 7.
Houston. q member Of the English Par
lament, from Liverpool, has contributed
5000 TO the Galveston relief fund.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-09-18
TIE LYNCHBURG FUND.

Lynchburg, Sept. 13.-LynchpurS lund
for Galveston has reached nearly >ooo' II
will be forwarded Monday afternoon by
which time it is probable the amount VIII
be one thousand dollars.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-09-18
FUNDS FOR FLOOD VICTIMS.
sympathies of the People Aroused by the IN
paralleled Disaster.
CBy the Associated Press.)

Atlanta, Ga, Sept. 12.-At q special
meeting of the city coucil this afternoon
81, 800 was appropriated for the Galveston
storm sufferers. Private subscriptions
have amounted to more than this amount
and today $4,771.25 was sent to the relief
in Galveston.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-09-18
FUND.

Norfolk, Va, Sept. 15.-The movement
to swell the relief fund for the Calves
ton sufferers is bearing good results.
Up to tonight about $500 had been re-
ceived. Tomorrow collections for the
fund will be taken up in all the churches
Tomorrow afternoon there will be a big
mass meeting at the Academy OF Music.
The riggers employed in the equipment
department at the Norfolk Navy Yard
today unanimously donated one days
pay TO the relief cf the Galveston suf-
ferers. 1t is probable that other forces
employed in the yard will follow this
example. There are $500 men employed
in the yard.
Evening journal., 1900-12-13
FOR A COMMON CONDUIT

Here is an editorial from the chester
Times, which applies with equal force
10 the city of Wilmington;
The Delaware and Atlantic Tele-
phone Company has under cOnsidera-
ton a most important step in reference
to the overhead wires of its system
that will be of material benefit TO the
streets in the matter OF appearance,
while it will remove an element OF
danger.
Tho company proposes to place It's
wires in the business section of the city
under ground. placing the cables in
conduits, thus removing one of the
most objectionable features of the
telephone system i'm the cities.
Market street in this city, for in
stance, is greatly dishgured by the
large number of wires of all kinds that
stretch along the highway and cross
and recross in many places, and it is
proposed, as far as the Delaware anc
Atlantic system is concerned, to plcat
these wires under ground.
What should be done in this business
Is to have a common conduit and com
pei all Of the companies using over
head wires to use ii. Some of tn,
/
work of wires. which add various ele
ments of danger to the people whit
walk the highways. They are in thu
way during the course of a fire, al
ways hampering the progress of tn
nremen. they become dangerous II
times of storm and in the other way
form an almost constant peril to In
people.
Sooner or later all Of the cOmpanie
will have TO place their wires unde
ground. as the question Of cost of main
tenance is the one that has decided tn
Delaware and Atlantic Company (
adopt the conduit; and while tn
streets are being torn up to lay ON
tunnel the work of all the companie
should be done and all should so int
a conduit that will be large enough
. accommodate future needs for years
come.
This is in line with the recommel
1 dation recently made by John w. A.
don, superintendent Of the Wilmingto
municipal electrical system, in his r
port to the Board of Police Commi
sioners.
Evening journal., 1900-12-13
DROP The RENEGADE

'Let us have peacel" pleads an Ad-
dicks organ in concluding a ranting
and nonsensical editorial advocating
the election OF the gasman to the
United States Senate. !
There can be no peace while such
an unworthy man is in the field for
such a worthy Office. Any overtures
looking TO harmony OF action by the
Republican and Union Republican
members OF the General Assembly
must be based on the distinct and in
violable agreement that Addicks must
retire from the field. and. in the seclu-
sion Of private life. expiate his many
high crimes and misdemeanors
against the Republican party of this
State. IA
Self-respecting men cannot be ex-
pected to lower themselves by voting
for a man whose political principles
and practices appeal to none but the
besest natures.
All the money that Mr.. Addicks can
raise, and all the forces that he can
bring to bear cannot seduce or force
the Regular Republican representation
20 betray the confidence of the Regu-
lar Republican voters. He may blow
and buster and whine and cry, but It
will avail him nothing. He has paid
his entrance fee and run his race and
lost 1t.
So let us have peace. Peace with
honorl Peace with decencyl Peace
without Addicksl Peace without dis
ruptloni Peace without corruption!
Meet and elect two Republicans to
sit in the United States Senate Dror
the political renegade who has. dis
rupted the party and debauched tho
Statel
Evening journal., 1900-12-13
PROSPERITY IN THE SOUTH

Having returned from a two-weeks'
trip through the South, Richard H.
Edmonds, editor Of the Manufacturers
Record. one Of the leading trade papers
in the United States, has written his
observations, which are most graft
fying to those who take an interest
n the commercial progress Of our coun-
try. He says that, throughout the
entire South there is a degree Of pros
perity and of hopefulness as to the fu-
ture which has not been seen to the
same extent for many years. In fact
the South is to-day more uniformly
prosperous,and with greater abundance
of capital. than at any time since the
war. This is due in part to the gradual
accumulation Of capital of recent years
the very great prosperity Of manu-.
featuring interests, the development o
railroads and the investment of larg'
capital from outside sources; but it i
especially emphasized this year by tn
! enormous value Of the cotton crop.
Owing to the shortage in the world
supply of cotton, the consumption fo
r the last year or two having outrun th
production, this years cotton crop
Evening journal., 1900-12-13
eRANDMoTHsRs CAKE

self-raising buckwheat may be all
right, but they are not to be compared
to the buckwheat cakes our grand
mothers baked out OF old-fashiOned
batter, which they made up over night.
Then, who, of the older generation,
don't remember the good old generous
buckwheat cakes, as large as a tea
plate and nearly quarter OF an inch
thick. Not the kind the restaurant
cooks make for you when you order
buckwheat cakes and sausage. Daily
Republican.
Following the late election, comes
dyspeptic recollection Of the cake that
grandmother. and none other, used to
bake. No self-raising mass Of matter
just the plain, Old-fashioned batter
which she took upon her knee, beating
1t with ghoulish glee-while she
crooned an ancient ditty-dead &c
every sense Of pity for the cake thai
grandmother aud none other, used I,
bake.
Thrown in clear and bold proiec
tion on the screen Of retrospection 4
the cake that grandmother, and nom
other, used to bake. Gasronomi
thrills sweep Ger us as we think G
things so porous made from batter
batter. batter, wrought with clatte
clatter. clatter. Not the kind the res
taurant cook mixes up by rule Of booh
but the cake that grandmother, an
none other. used to bake.s
Strip the cerements Of ages, wour
by epicures and sages round the cal
that grandmother, and none othe
used TO bake. Think of It, and its 4
mensions; take it through the FIVE d
clenslons; sing its praises highe
higherl close beside the kitchen fl
till your wife. in desperation, lifts b
voice and says. "Tarnation to the ca
that grandmother, and none 9th
used to bake"
Evening journal., 1900-12-13
WilmingtOn's Needs
From the Morning News.


The needs and necessities of Will
mingtOn are increasing. There is a de-
mand for a new bridge across the
Christiana river at Market street, in
order to accommodate the growing ne
cessities Of a wider channel at that
point for new ships to be built here
The United States government has, in
effect, declared that the present bridge
is an obstruction to navigation. The
War Department has control over and
jurisdiction Of the rivers of the coun-
try. The government appropriates
money to keep the tide-water streams
open to navigation, and it thus reserves
the authority to require that such
waterways shall be kept free of OBJ
stluctiOns The cost of the new
bridge is estimated at 5000. .O00-rather
considerable amount of money to be
paid by New Castle countys taxpayers,
most OF whom live in Wilmington.
! There is no avoiding the order of the
War Department, and it looks as If the
new bridge would have to be built in
a year or two.
Then, in addition, a question has
been raised by the War Department
concerning the obstruction Of the chan
mel Of the Christiana by the contents
Of the sewers that empty into tbs
stream. The ordinary sewage is dis
solved after il enters the water. bu
the surface washings from the street.
carry with them much solid matter
and in that way a certain amount o
the governments dredging is made use
less. The government is dredging tn
stream in Oruer to maintain a cnanne
of proper depth, but the accumulation
I Of sand and other dirt from the street
e iills up the channel to a less or create
degree. Upon this point there is
g difference Of opinion. 1t is natural {
suppose, however, that the obstructio
to the channel is due. in part. to IN
:, sewage. To meet this difficulty tw
d plans are proposed. One is that tn
q city shall provide an annual sum o
say ten thousand dollars, to be expen(
ed in dredging the Christiana ever
h year at the points where the solid sew
e age is deposited. Another. and fs
is more expensive plan, is to build sew
er that will empty directly into II
l. Delaware river. That sewer won
n have to be at least six feet in diamete
ie and its cost would be tremendous.
n Something will have to be done, an
perhaps an intersecting sewer to Il
- Delaware is the only permanent sol
lie tion OF the problem problem whi'
lg may become more serious year aft
is year. One method by which the dred
y ing Of the channel of the Christian
river would be made more permanei
OF and therefore less expensive so far
recurring expenditure is ccncerns
would be to build wharves on bo
sides Of the stream from Market str'
to the jetties at the mouth Of {
ev stream. That would prevent the 81
ing in of the mud banks and in
other way can that sliding be p
as vsmted.
Another project that will have 10
sic ceive attention before many years
that Of the City Han. The pres
Evening journal., 1900-12-13

When a man who has been arrested
for drunkenness and dlsorderly con-
duct, or any other crime, gives the
name of another and an innocent per-
son instead of his own when arraign-
ed in court, he commits an almost un-
pardonable crime against common de-
cency A case OF this kind has just
come to light in connection with the
proceedings OF the Municipal Court.
George w. Kelley, a young man, was
.arrested. When asked his name in
court he said it was William Young,
and as William Young he was fined
and the fact was published in the
newspapers. 1t was learned after
wards that Kelley boarded with
Young, a respectable man with wife
and four children, and had used his
name to hide his own identity, with
out caring what the effect might be OF
Young and his family. AS one Of The
newspapers which published the pro
lceedings in court and thus unwittingl!
did Mr.. Young and his wife and littl'
ones a gross injustice, the Evening
Journal takes pleasure in making thi
statement for their benefit Kelley
act was a dastardly one and it canno
be condemned too severely.