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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-22
Leads Carolina DailiesinN and Circulation

lie was a man Of rare common sense
the best friend politician can have. He
was man of sound judgment. endowed
with large discourse of reason. looking
before and after" and did not make manv
mistakes during his forty years of public
service. He was q true honest. maaI,y
maA brave physically, with genuine corr
Hf conviction. and of real sagacitv
lie lived all his days in the fierce light
ut publicity. His record was constantly
studied by the people of North Carolina.
To this hour there is no stain. no sem
blance of betrayal. no questionable acts
to be found in all that record. Faithful
wise, earnest. sincere. he never forgot for
an hour the interests of North Carolina
the welfare OF his own people. He was
one of those public men, who so captivat-
ed his fellows, that they sought his com
partnership, echoed his sentiments, repeat
ed his cuips and jokes, and were infiu-
.onced by his ability and wisdom No man
could have stood the severe ordeal better
than he stood it. When death fell upon
him, it found his soul white and his hands
clean. He acted no false parts He never
bartered his soul for office. He lived a
patriot, and died North Carolinian, pure
and simple, without fear and without re-
pToach.
Vance lived a very real and true life
from boyhood to the last hour. He he'd
his faults of course. for he was human.
He sometimes erred for he was mortal.
He was not made Of finest porcelain, but
Of the clay of humanity, but he grew bet
ter and nobler with experience, with
times moulding impress, and showed that
if men are moulded out Of faults" as
Shakespeare says. he was moulded into
a character of striking excellence, for ''in
the reproof Of chance lies the true proof
Of man. to again quote the great master.
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our distinguished men have surpassed
greatest man who has ever lived in North
Carolina. His voice was more potent; he
exercised greater influence, his word,
mis- wish. carried more weight-his influ
ence was wider and stronger than that of
any other citizen who ever lived among
our people. And this was not for short
period, but for generation. This could
only have been the case from a thorough
conviction of the people-the men and
the women of the State-that his heart
was patriotic, his purposes honest and
sincere and his views correct: and what
ever advantage to the State his services
as Governor or Senator might have been
| would rank as a still superior benefit
the fine influence his example exerted
among the people in favor of cleanness,
manliness, honesty and patriotism.
This influence entered into the homes
and into the lives of the people 1t tend
ed to elevate and to ennoble them. 1t
cast out meanness and duplicity and fos-
tered sterling manhood, honorable pur-
poses and honest sentiments
AS a result public affairs and political
action have been on a higher plane in
North Carolina than they otherwise might
have been, and our people are the better
and the happier because Vance lived
among them.
would say then that the influence ex-
erted among our people because of his
manliness, his honesty of purpose. and
his honorable career was the greatest
benefit he conferred.
He rendered many conspicuous services.
When he, a recognized leader among the
staunch Union men of the mountains, at
the very outset, gave the strength and
weight of his patriotic example to the
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He was 4 man of force. and had wit
all of his joyous geniality something Of
the lion in his make up--a spirit OF in
feasibility and unyielding tenacity to the
right as he understood it.
Senator Vance was 4 masterful humor-
list No man in our day ever showed such
a fund of true humor, and even wit was
one of the weapons of his richly stored
armory. His sayings and stories would
fill a volume. His best things are very
good things, equal to the best.
His humor was free. spontaneous, ire
pressible. 1t was just as natural for him
to perpetrate fun as it was for him to
breathe. He saw fun where other men
saw only dizziness. and he soon made a
name upon entering the Senate for
Astounding wit and richest humor.
AS a debater he had high qualities
which were shown in the great canvass
with Judge Settle in 1876. He was an
orator, and sometimes rose to the height
of the great argument easily and with
eagles wing.
Senator Vance's greatest service To
North Carolina and the South, was in the
tremendous war He was in a high and
true sense, the great War Governor. His
industry, his patience, his patriotism, his
foresight united in making him very
great blessing to the people he served,
and to the young and puissant Confeder
acy. His management was excellent. He
stood four-square for the sacred rights of
his State in the very heat and trial of
the great war. He wisely had gathered
the list of soldiers in the North Carolina
regiments and battalions. and artillery
companies, and these were published in
the several large volumes after the wa,
by the State. He also caused agents 10
be sent to Europe to buy clothing for our
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Southern cause. he rendered a great and
conspicuous service.
When as Governor he caused the Off
GERS of the State to execute the conscript
laws OF the Confederate Congress, and
aided in keeping full our North Carolina
Regiments, he rendered another conspicu-
Gus service; and when he imported and
distributed cotton cards and obtained for
the people and the soldiers great guam
titles of salt. clothing, provisions and
needed supplies, he again rendered con-
sDicuous service.
During the brief period that he was Gov
ernor in 1877, he again rendered our peo-
pie an essential and conspicuous service.
He then grandly measured up to the
full stature of a man and a patriot. He
led in the path of progress. The best be-
loved of the white men, he was Just and
kind to the negro race, respected their
rights and sought to elevate and enlight-
en- them. He led the Democratic
party and the people to pursue with reso-
luton that high course of public conduct
that established within our borders peace
and contentment, cheerfulness and happi-
ness.
For myself, l think that was the most
CONSPICUOUS service ne ever rendered the
people of the State, the service that bore
the best fruits. that has been of the
most lasting advantage to the State. and
that has contributed most to he happi-
ness and welfare Of the people.
In the Senate by the United States he
reflected high honor on the State there
he took rank with Beck and George and
Blackburn, and even approached Thurman,
the noblest Roman of them all, in hhe
strength of his personal influence But
his work there was with affairs of Ma
tional concern, and although he long con-
tinued our most illustrious citizen, his
services were not of such particular utili-
ty to our State as to excel those l have
specified
S. A. ASHE.
RALEIGH AuU on
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ries, or possibly by any of the illustrious
men of North Carolina who preceded him
upon the public stage. 1--WE ne'er shall
look upon his like again"
In peace as in war. he was true to his
native Carolina. because he was true 70
God and himself. In the darkest, gloom
lest hour Of his South he never failed, he
never flashed. he never faltered, he never
lost heart. but with face to the sunrise.
he watched eagerly every sign of coming
light and life as it kindled in the East,
and he cheered on his countrymen 10
hope and victory.
He had noble and godlike faculties. He
was a great party leader. He was in q
high and true sense the Tribune of the
people of his native North Carolina. No
man ever believed more firmly in the peo
pie, than their faithful, trusted leader
believed. So great was his power over
the masses; 50 electrical his fascination;
so magnetic his very presence; so wise
and true his counsel that Gen. Lee, in a
most trying hour of the great war for
Southern Independence. had Gov Vance
to come to Virginia to address the North
Carolina soldiers and those from other
States Senator Vance had conspicuous
and versatile gifts His abilities were of
a high and very uncommon order. We
do not purpose to let cur adjectives run
away with our pencil or to be deliberately
excessive, but to write the truth as we sec
it and to say what we have long held to
be true. He showed culture in his pub
lie addresses and in the productions OF
his pen. He wrote strong nervous, good
English. His style was clear and direct
always and sometimes he was eloquent
and flowing and even, beautiful as in his
admirable and excellent sketches of West
ern North Carolina scenery.
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We give below the estimates that have been received

answered. well, l tell you Marse Sena-
ter. things had an onwelcome look out
thar, and Caliny's old fields and crooked
fences was home Vance loved North
Carolina with an unfeigned love. He
loved its young men, its old men, it's old
women and loved all the children.
We cannot forget an incident at New
bern, at an annual fair. Vance was sit
ting IN a reception room and his old
friends were calling and shaking hands
with him. We were sitting near him
and for an hour we were interested
and amused by their cordial greetings.
A tall, bony and awkward fellow came
in, reached out his hand, Vance grabbed
it, and they shook and shook and shook
and | thought at one time they would
hug right there before me. 1t was how
do Bob and how du, Colonel until my
nerves trembled and we didn't know
whether we were On our head or on our
heels. In their "reminiscences, there was
an allusion to Goose Creek which
seemed to tickle them both nightly, put
which we did not understand. After Bob
left Vance explained it to us
On the retreat from Newbern they
were stopped at Goose Creek, and they
had to construct raft to get the regi-
ment across. Bob concluded he could
ford the creek. and divesting himself of
his clothing, placed them in a bundle and
gave them to a comrade to bring them
over to him when they came over on the
raft
Bob pitched in, got across and waved
his hand in sign of safety. At length his
comrades came over on the raft, but
Bob's clothes could not be found. When
the roll was called Bob was there. puris
naturaibus, with his musket on his
naked shoulder. He marched that way
for several miles before he could cover
his nakedness.
This analysis, already too long must
close. Great as was our loved COVER
nor, rounded as was his character, varied
and versatile as were his gifts. God had
much to do with his greatness. He
threw before him such opportunities of
greatness as had never before been Of
fered to any Carolinan. He was Gods
chosen vessel for them and he was equal
TO the opportunity. He took them up
and rode into fame on chariot Of
fire, and came out of it unscorched He
was a co-laborer with God in utilizing
the opportunity for this rare workman
ship.
r. B. CREECY.
Elizabeth City, n. c., Aug. 90
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PUBLIC AFFAIRS ON a HIGHER
PLANE.

rejoice that the people CT North Caro-
lima have erected a monument in Capitol
Squire to the memory of Governor Vance,
and in my opinion it is eminently proper
that the first memorial erected there in
honor of our public men should be in
cCmmemoration of his services and vir-
tues.
In some points of excellence many of
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-22

Vance monument with Vance Souvenir Edition of the
News and Observer this letter addressed to number of
The leaders of thought in North Carolina
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What Was the Greatest Service He Rem
dered to the People of the State?

Estimates the Character Life and Service Of zebulon Baird
Vance by Leaders Of Thought in North Carolina.
Was He Greaest Governor, Leader Private
Citizen, Campaigner, Political Leader?
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THE PEOPLE LOVED HIM.

Raleigh, Aug. 20.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-09-18
LONE ROBBERS WORK
HOLDS UP BURLINGTON FLYER
IN NEBRASKA.
Trainmen Compelled to Aid in Despoi1-
ing Passengers Of Their Money and
VaIuables-schooI of Practical Agri-
culture Opened Near New York.

West-bound passenger train No. on
the Burlington Railroad was held up
five miles. east of Haighler, Neb., at 40
a. u. by lone masked robber. who Sc
cured about 500 in money. two dia-
mond rings, one diamond stud. three
gold watches, and other articles of minor
value, all the property Of passengers.
Women passengers were not molested.
The robber boarded the train at Benk-
iekman, 203 miles north of Denver,
where a stop was made to cool off a hot
box and take on water. After the train
left Benklekman be made his way to the
rear ear, the Chicago sleeper, and there
covered Porter Bell with a revolver. and
compelled him to start through the car,
drawing back the curtains from berths.
w. s. Tomilson. the brakeman, was COW
cred and compelled 70 20 ahead and pull
back the berth curtains also. The lone
robber forced his victims to hand over
their property. threatening to shoot if
they did not comply. A good description
of the road agent was secured, ind Bur
lington officials at once offered a reward
of 81 600 for his capture and conviction.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-09-18
DEAD IN MANY CITIES.
Great storm Claimed 500 Victims Ont
side of Galveston.

Great Storm Claimed 500 Victims Out
side of Galveston.
The extent and character Of the cslam-
ity which has befallen the people Of Gal
weston is so great and Overwhelming that
losses of life and property at other small
towns In the track OF the hurricane have
been lost sight Of There are probably
seventy five villages and towns that were
swept by the storm, and in most OF these
places loss Of lives is reported. II is re
liably estimated that the loss Of life, ex-
elusive Of the death list OF Galveston,
will aggregate 500. Several towns were
swept completely ont Of existence.
Through the devastated district the
scenes Of desolation were terrible TO wit
ness. The storm was over 200 miles
wide and extended 300 miles inland from
the gulf.
In Brazoria and other counties Of that
section there is hardly plantation build
ing left standing. All feaees ale also
gone and the devastation is cp;npiefe.
Many large and expensive sugar refner
les are wrecked. The negro cabins were
blown down and many negroes killed,
On one plantation a short distance
from the Inflated town Of Angleton three
families OF negroes We're killed, the death
list Of that place alone amounting 10 IF
teen people All relief is being centcred
at Galveston for the present. but suceor
will reach the smaller places and the
country people just as soon as the relief
work can be Sysiematizea.
Coy Sayers received upward q loo
kilograms Tuesday from parties il HE
Tsass a:ad West offering assistance 10 The
food sufferers AZ Galveston, and from
vaasois portions Of The State reporting
the collections Of money and supplies
Cities in al parts o. the country have
volunteered 70 aid the storm sufferers.
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For nearly thirty~six hours the situa-
ton was appalling and the inhabitants of
the town were compelled TO face eondi-
tons the like of which have rarely been
known. The hurricane, before it reached
the city. had dashed the waves Of the bay
into the utmost fury. The water steadily
advanced toward the island upon which
Galveston is located. and as It was
thrown upon the beach By the storm the
residents there fled from their homes TO
the higher places.
Against such combination OF the ele-
ments no forethought could provide.
Practically the whole gulf was blown in
upon the city. and no dikes or breakwat-
ers could have kept II out.
As the full force Of rhe gale was di-
rected upon the city the waters began to
creep up and it WAS not long before the
whole surface Of The town was covered
the highest portions being submerged TO 3
depth If FIVE feet and the lower sections
from ten 10 twelve feet
The violence ~ the Mind did not begin
Il sabssae until nearly o'clock SUNDAY
morning. and il was about that time that
the fiood reached its height. In the
coarse Of six OF eight hours the waters
had gone down sufficiently to enable men
70 navigate some Of the thoroaghfares.
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DEsTITUTIoN AT NOME CITY.
Hundreds of Stranded Prospectors-
Stampede to Blue Stone Creek.

Hundreds of Stranded Prospectors-
stampede to Blue Stone Creek.
The steamship Elihu Thompson, from
many of whom are without means. The
ThompsOn's officers report conditions but
little changed. There are about $4,000
people in Nome City, many Of them in
destitute circumstances, and as winter
approaches much uneasiness prevails
among the unfortunates, as they can see
no prospect of getting away and nothing
ahead but suffering and perhaps death.
Before the Thompson sailed from Nome
report reached there that rich diggings
had been struck ON Blue Stone creek,
this side Of Cape York, and parties who
came down from Blue Stone reported
they had found plenty Of dust. This
caused stampede and all small steam
ers and schooners at Nome headed for
the scene of the new strike loaded with
passengers, while many started out in
small boats. 1t is said by the time the
STAMPEDE is over and the last steamer
of the season sails south, Nome will be
almost depopulated. The captain of the
Thompson says the first claims located at
Nome are showing up well, il having TAX
en- the entire season TO place them in
working order. Nome is practically free
from sickness, smallpox and other dis
eases having disappeared except among
the indians at ths village south of Nome,
where number of natives are down with
smallpox
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Probably 5000 lives lost, property de-
stroyed to the value of many millions,
seventy-ive towns more or less damaged,
and some of them virtually wiped out
Galveston nearly in ruins, its great wharf
frontage destroyed, ocean going steamers
and small coasting vessels sunk or strand
ed in every direction, are some Of the
mournful details of the havoc wrought
by wind and wave on the Texas coast
and in the interior of the State. The
fury of the hurricane was spent ere many
hours, but its period was long enough to
cause almost Unprecedented destrueticl
From the best reports it is evident that
the storm began between and 10 o'clock
on Saturday forenoon. Driven by the
fury of the gale the waves of the gulf
inundated the long, low, sandy island up
on which Galveston is built and which ut
its highest point is not over FIVE feet
above the gulf level and before dark the
whole city was under water from three
to six feet. Thence the water gradually
encroached farther inland and beyond
the water mark the storm swept on with
cyclonic fury, demolishing towns and vii
lagos along its course to point eighty
miles north of Houston. Mountain re-
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Seventy-fve outside towns were wiped
out.
Several negroes were shot while loot
ing houses.
Helen Gould sent $4,000 army rations
to Galveston.
Five thousand families were made ut
terly destitute.
Ghouls stripped dead bodies of iewelry
and articles of value.
Prof De Voc, Chattanooga, Tenn,
predicted the Texas cyclone in an alma
nae
The Governors of various States offer
ed aid and sympathy to the Texas suffer
ers.
The War Department ordered a special
train from st. Louis to carry supplies
to Galveston.
Marital law was declared at Galveston
owing to the ritiing of dead bodies aud
robbery of stores.
IdIers were pressed into service at the
point of the bayonet and made to help
clear up the debris.
The French government sent a 1lessage
of coincidence TO washington on account
of the Texas disaster.
Chicago sent relief train to Calves
ton. The Rock Island road offered TO
transport provisions and furnishings
free.
Gov. Savers of Texas has been asked
to call special session of the Legisla-
ture in order TO take steps to relieve the
suffering. The State has approximately
surplus of $2,0O0,000
Not single church, school or charita-
Bile institution, of which Galveston had
SO many, is left intact. Not a building
escaped damage and half the whole num-
Der were entirely obliterated.
The dead were gathered up as rapidly
as possible, taken to sea "a barges and
there consigned to their last resting
place. This ,.ction was necessary to pro-
tect the survivors from pestilence.
A soldier while patrolling the beach
ordered man to desist from looting
This fellow drew a weapon, and the sol
der shot him dead The soldier was at
tackled by four other men, and he killed
all of them. He had five cartridges in
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FOUNDATION FOR GOOD TRADE.
Commercial Agency's Comment on
Wage SettIemeut-W Weeks Events.

Commercial Agency's Comment on
Wage SettIement-We Events.
r. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of
trade says: The volume of business does
not materially enlarge at the east, and
there is only moderate improvement at
the west and south, but if expectations
OF greater activity when politics ceases
to disturb are realized current opera
tons will be found to have laid sub
stantial foundation The most important
event of the week in the industrial world
was the agreement on the tin plate wage
scale, with the Amalgamated Association
granting about 8 per cent advance TO 3d.
OOO hands long idle. Other metal work
ers' disputes are nearing settlement,
while the Borden purchase Of 100000
pieces Print cloths at 27s cents clears
up the Fall River market and>is believed
to preclude serious wage differences
there. Prices of grain are little altered,
good crop reports coming in freely, but
the effect being neutralized by a foreign
estimate of a worlds crop below require
ments. Exports from Atlantic ports
amounted to only 1902, $40 bushels
wheat, flour included, against 2,9OO,960
year ago. Cotton is strong in the face
OF larger yield than expected. Bust
ness in iron and steel products steadily
increases, and mills are more actively
employed. Oct. / is mentioned as the
probable date of general resumption. 1t
is significant that shipyards on the lakes
and the Pacific coast are full of orders
for eight months or more. Failures for
the week were 14j in the United States,
against 132 last year. and "a in Canada,
against 80 last year"
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ONE OF THE GREAT STRUCTURES WRECKED BY STORM
Longest Bridge in the World, Spanning Galveston Bay

began basty exit TO secure places IN the
city Two gigantic forces We're al work.
The gulf force drove the waves with ir-
resistible force high upon the beach and
the gall from the northeast pitched the
waters against and over the wl.arves,
choking the sewers and flooding The city
from that quarter.
Business suddenly came TO a stanGstill:
car trafkc was impossible and railroad
communication was cut off shortly after
noon. Wire facilities failed at 3 o'clock
and Galveston was isolated from the
world. The wind increased in velocity,
while the waters rapidly rose and the
night drew on with dreaded apprehen-
sion. The public school buildings, court
house, hotels--in fact. any place that Of
fered apparently safe refuge from the
elements. became crowded to their ut
most. Darkness settled on the city like
a pail, rain fell in torrents and the wind
shriekeG with the frightful velocity Of
over 100 miles an hour. Buildings crush
ed, carrying death and destruction TO
hundreds of people.