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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-14
A COM WIETeE CHOSEN
TO TAKE CHARGE or THE NEW
SYSTEM'S MANAGEMENT
CENTRAL TRUST COMPANY DEPOSITORY
effect Of the Agreement is 10 Put the securi.
ties Of n, Several Systems in the Con
trol Of the Managing Commi,te,,
Effect:ng Union.
fFecting a Union.

Baltimore. NJ. D.. eb. Is tSrcc:al.)-
An announcement is made tina: the agree
mont Of the Greater SeaEoard Air Linz
organization has become effective. The
greater organization is rr;lctiC ally the
,nctl of all the railroad systems which
have heretofore composed the SepGoard
Air Line. the Florida {, ntral AMI Penin
sular. Georgia and Alabama Raleigh
and Castor ana lie v;1t Gus ranr0ad cor
ro,ations controlled there by
The Mana2lng committee OF the Great
CT Sciboard Air Line organization is
composed Of l.. Davies Warfield. Robert
G.. Davidson. Wn. y. MasbulG. and j..
VIM. Middendcr~f. of Ba;s.my!e JOIN
skeleton Williams and JAS. II. Dc0ley, Of
Richmond. and VIM ). Co,hlan. OF New
York. Tn committee has organized and
Mr.. Warlield has been elected chairman.
Under the organization agree lnCnt the
Continental Trust Company of Baltimore
is the depository. I he Managing com
nIttec announce that ;hp agreement OF
organization has become effective through
the signing thereof by III" holders OF
syndicate interests IN the Seaboaid Air
Line syndicate. Of tho Florida Central
ard pcEinsular syndicate and the other
intert SITS and that the depository. und Y.
the agreement is now ready to issue
the new syndicate certificates Of interest
under the organization agTo,:E> III In OK
change for the fo4mer certificates uf
interests in the Federal syndicate.
The eject Of the agreement 50 declared
to be operative is to put under the con-
trtl OF the committee nauGd 5he scCu.i-
tics Of thc several railroad systems 80
az to work Il practical union ct tnc sys-
tens by common ownership. tn holt
elS Of the interests in the securities tax
ing certificates of interest III the united
system practically this work at olce 4
union Of the several systems through the
cC.I,rol OF their securities and til" COM
mon ownership IN all. 1t only remains
for the committee TO work ol the co,p2r7i
ate organization Of the proTerTit> and
the iss.Ie ly the new company ri the
securities rerresontilg the systems thus
united
These securities WHOM is.lu>d VII be
deliverable to the holder of the ceriIti-
Gates issued by the Continental Tfa>t
Conf, ANY as depository Of the securities.
The execution Of this agreement OF or
@anizat;Cn also does away with any n2t-
essyity for marketing the new securities ~
this time. or uH.i ;he Manag m con-
Mite. Of The the organization considers
il advisable 80 to do.
Under the pan OF The Greater SeI3oalu
AIR Line organizations. the Managin
Committee supcrcedes the various ct.al-
mittees organized under the old syndicate
agreement. the certificates Of which
now become cxchangeable for &C 'tiiicate'
OF the new organization. Therefore VII II
this exchange has bcon made. certificates
in the new organization viii represent all
the interests in all the former %ynQicatcs.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-14
RAINFALL IN THE SOUTH.
Heavy and General Rivers Above
Danger Line in Georgia.

Atlanta, GA. Feb. 1i.-The Weather
bureau reIorts a heavy aI.d general
rainfall throughout the Central SOut a
Yesterday and last night; In this city
2.iS inches fell; Montgomery reports
i.JA; Augusta l.50: Meridian LIS: New
Orleans 19S and Mobile 104 inches. rs
a result of the excessive precipitation
the rivers are generally high and above
the danger line at many points in thiS
State.
Damage has been reported at Coium-
bus and TbOmnston. Ga. and At EuIau-
ia. Ala. the gauge mJrks III feet above,
the danger line. The rivers will con
tinle to rise fer the next 80 hours.
The Flint River is our Of its banIs
in every direction and is steadily ris-
ing.
Pensacola reports Il threc-day>' rain
ana all stlcamS at food height.
The Savannah River is rising N
augusta. No damage has been done
there except the washing away Of the
>caf1'oldiiIg and woodwork ar the new
bridge of the Southern road.
The low grounds below the city are
inundated and the tackwater from the
canal is being forced OIL of its banks IN
the lower places. \ rise of four feet
is expected Tonight.
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Sixth District Republicans.

Griffin Ga. Feb 49,. The Sixth dis
trict Republican t1)nycntion met here to-
day. r. y. Locke. of Macon, lwhite'
and |. W. Wood OF Butts county. mesfo'
were elected delegates to the Republican
Naticnal Convcnjicn. w. ii. Johnaon
II. \. Rucktr. .Iudson w. Lyons. and ~.
l.. johnson were endorsed as delegates
from the state at large.
Resolutions were adopted which de
clare:
I'VE firmly support and, fally o"-
dorye President Mckiney's administr"-
ton and we NOW place on record thr
wish Of he Republicans of the Sixth
Georgia district. that ne be- renominat@d
TO lead our hosts to victory i'll the cam
a,isn OF 1900. We specially endorse
the Presidents policy in Cuba. Porte
Rico and the Philippines.
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HIS DESK DRAPED IN GRAPE.
House Adopts Resolutions on the Death
of Mr.. Cnickering

Washington. Feb. 13.-The members o.
the New York delegation. as soon aS
apprisod az Rcp-csc NATIVE Chickcrlng :
death met and drafted appropriate resp
buttons for presentation to the House
The dead members desk WAS drared
und wreathcd in flowers when the llou>"
met az neon. The blind chaplain in his
Invocation referred fcclin-iy to the loss
the House had suffered.
\ Joint resolution increasing tnc limit
of cost Of the new government printing
office Si20.U0 On account Of the IN
creased ccst Of building material Wa,
adopted.
4 bill to extend the period Of the sus
l>enSion Of certain laws relating to the
VIZ Department for arother year from
March LIST was adopted. These urgent
matters disposed Of. Mr.. Payne. New
York. made the announcement of Mr.
chickering's death.
Tie resolutions prepared b. the New
York delegation were then adopted and
the following committee was appointed
10 attend the funeral:
Mos rS. Sherman N. I.J Ba1cock
Wis.,. Cummings u. W. Littaunr n.
". DeGraffcnrcid tTrXa-i. Davidson
CWis.1. Gilett N. W Alexander ~.
NJ and Otey VA.
Then az 12:.3 y. m. n further marl;
Of respect tie House adjourned.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-14
For LaGs'rpc ana lntluvn
Il use CHE >EY'S EXPE,,-
TOR ANT
Strangled by Amendments.

Columbia, s. C.. Feb. 13.-Thc House
today passed an antitrust bill l. mas
been loade, with many amendments
which are considered 10 negative the
measure even If ii should become II law
Considerable opposition developed, ii be-
ing considered impolnic 10 pass an act
before some action had been taken by
Congress.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-14

Many an heiipSs has lost her fortune in
al unfortunate MIA ;l'monial speculation
Il think | would 20 crazy with pain
were it not for Chamberlain's Pain
Balm" writes Mr.. w. H. Staplcton.
Herminie. Pa. II have been afiicta |
with rhcumaii>m for several years aud
have tried remedies without number.
hut Pair Balm is tho best medicine /
have got hold Of One application :
ficvrs the pain. Far sale cyerywhcr"-
Boi,bitt Nynne Drug Co. aud HI. l..
T. Hicks, Raleigh
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Paying Nine Cents For Cotton

Mobile. Ma. Feb. IL; \ lot Of high
grade good middiing ,otton was taken
by English buyers today III nine cents.
the highest Price for the season.
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amount of some other currency ought TO
tc provided to take their place. so that
timid people would not be frightened by
the ghost Of currency contraction.
Mr.. Allison said that the bill did NJ;
provide for the exchange Of silver notes
for gold because the committee did not
deem 1t necessary. The faith Of the
Government had been pledged to main
tain them Mt 4 parity and that pledge
had not been broken 1t WAS one thing
10 maintain them at a parity and anoih-
or to make them eNchangeablc They
had ts,t been degraded as the Senator
from South Carolina had affirmed. We
would never disgrace and degrade our
selves by allowing them To go to II dis
count
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-11
SHOULD HIDE THEIR HEADS.
Canadians View Says Americans
Are rs Bad az English.

New York. April ll.-At the Social
Reform club last night Arthur ST. John
who is now on his way 70 England from
the Doukhobor settlement IN Canada.
delivered an address upon the subject OF
the colonists He said In part.
THE northern colony ~ Canada is
pretty well settled. and the thirteen dis
iricts know each other. In the Southern
colony which comprises three districts.
they do not know much about each
other. ana ] am sorry 90 say they are
not altogether friendly 20 one another.
The colonists have enough flour To- last
them until June. but practically nothing
else. The sick must shift for them
selves as they have no doctors. ID has
been said that the DOukhobors the hyp-
ocrites. but / confidently hold "a differ
ent view. They have saving grace
IN their remarkable sense OF humor.
They resemble the Irish In their ability
20 make light OF a trying situation. Ii
has been said that they are communists.
That is true OF The Doukhobors In exile.
The Doukhobors were not communists.
however. until they We're forced 20 leave
Russia. II remains 10 be seen whether
their villages viii be run on the COM
munlst idea or not Some. ] am sure.
will not"
After defining what he termed civll-
2atlon, Mr.. ST. John said.
II am almost ashamed 20 speak 20
you upon that subject. as ] feel that We
Englishmen ought 90 hide our heads.
But am consoied by the fact that /
remember that you are quite as bad"
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WINTER WHEAT is HIGH.
Gooi Showing 10 Agricultural Department
Statistics This Year
Condition Of Live stock L. Excellent
Aso-Tigures Of Interest TO Stocks
men aud Farmers.
ais produce mercunal
Of Mercury and

Washington, Aprn l0-The April re-
port OF the staustIolau Of the depart-
ment OF agriculture WIN show the aver
age condition OF winter wheat on April
lst 10 have been s2l against 17e on
April ISL 1899, SC7 on April ist. 1895.
and a ton year average Of S2S While
the layages Of the hessIan ry IN Ohio.
Michigan and Indiana Wi probably re-
suit 90 not one OF these three states
producing more than a half crop, an exc
cept.0ualy high condition Is reported
from the winter wheat States west Of
the Mississippi river and from the Pa
cldc coast
The principal averages are:
Pennsylvania. 70. Ohio, A.; Michigan,
81 Indiana. 81 Illinois. IS. Missouri. 81.
Kansas %. Texas. l0l Oklahoma, SO;
Washington. l06. oregon. 100. and Cali
f0rnIa 90
The average condition Of winter rye
is al.> against $40 On April ist, 1889;
WI On Apr'l 49, 1895 and o ten years
average of SOL
farm animals during the year ending
Maph q, 1900 was not only below that
90 last year hut was also below the ten
and Fifteen year averages OF horses u.s.
per aeni are reported as having died
from disease against 23 per cent the
preceding year. and "a ten year aver
ace Of D. Ger cent. OF cattle "a NOR
tally of ID from winter exposure and
of 20 per cent from diseases Is report
cd against ~ per cent from exposure
ana 202 ger cent from disease the pre-
cedin- year and lG per cent from ex-
posture and IS per cent from disease as
the ten year averages.
OF sheep the deaths from exposure
amounted 60 u.s. per cent. and those
trom disease 90 per cent against 3.5
per cent from exposure and 2.1 per cent
from disease The preceding year aud 90
per cent and 23 per cent the respective
ten year averages
No estimate 0f the number OF swine
on January lst last having been made
by The department the rate OF mortal-
ity for The country al large cannot be
determined In the seventeen principal
states twelve report a mortality below
that of last year In Texas the rate Is
unchanged, and only In North Carolina.
Georgia Alabama and Arkansas is Il
even slightly higher than On iS9s-gg
Only IN I'VE States containing an ag-
Eregate Of less than one million head
OF swine is the mortality reported above
the ten year average
As regards condition on April ist.
horses are reported at o. cattle. s72.
and sheen 100 g9e as compared with gfL.
g25 and g2i respectively. on April LIST.
1893.
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SKIPPED TILL SHE DIED.
Contest Among Little Folks Causes
sad Fatality.

Chicago, April li-A special 10 the
Chronicle from Belleyille llL. says.
skipping rope contest has caused
the death of 1-yoar-0ld Freda Polguae
and occasioned the serious illness of
two other children
There was great rivalry among the
three children and others OF the school
they attended as 20 who could jump
the rope the most, one little girl estab-
lIshed a record OF $50 times without
rest and her companions attempted TO
beat this record This feat excited
Freda, who had been the champion up
10 that time, and when shl entered
the ring 90 beat the record OF the new
conner quite "a crowd gathered and app
plauded her efforts. With flushed face
and flashing eyes she passed the $50
mark and kept right on an 230 jumps
had been made when she staggered
from the ring and was led home dizzy
by her companions She became nI
and died yesterday. The attending
physician said the cause of death was
heart disease caused by too violent
exercise
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-11

New York. April IA special 10 the
Herald from Washington says Rear
Admiral Hlchborn, chief naval con-
structor has been informed that eleven
valuable models Of American warships
We're seriously injured during their
transportation from New York 10 Havre
on the converted cruiser Prairie All
the models shipped are valued az $780,
900. and the ohicem of the Prairie were
directed 90 take special precautions TO
prevent their injury
The models, enclosed IN glass cases,
were packed In wooden boxes ana were
slowed by the seamen of the Prairie in
her hold Apparently there was inn.
proper storage for during the voyage
the rolling and pitching of the ship
caused them 20 SHIFT. and the spring
ing OF the wooden walls against the
glass broke the latter and besides
scratching the models. cut their Ilg-
ging and otherwise injured them.
The model which suffered the great
est damage was that Of the Olympia
The models Of the gunb0at Bancroft,
the cruiser Columbia, the cruiser
Charleston. now wrecked. the battle.
ship Illinois; the guuboat Yorktown,
the old Kearsarge the cruiser Newark.
the battleship Texas. the monitor Mon
terey and the cruiser Baltimore were
also damaged tht severity OF their in
jurles being indicated by the order IN
which they are named
After the models We're unpacked. the
extent of the damage they had suffered
was discovered Immediately Assistant
Naval Constructor Gilmore, who had
fortunately been ordered 90 Paris. eX-
amined The models and reported upon
the repairs necessary 30 put them IN
proper condition again At one time
10 looked as though II would be- neces-
sary 90 send 20 this country Co get
Workmen 90 make the necessary repairs,
but the French government offered Mr..
Gilmore the use Of the French ship
yard at Cherbourg which was ac.
cepted.
The repairs viii probably be Of tenn
p0rary character, Il Is intended by
Rear Admiral Hiohborn when the mod.
els are returned TO Washington, TO
have permanent repairs made at the
Washington navy yard.
Commander j. NJ. Hawley. OF the
training ship Hartford has sent a re-
port 90 the navy department relative 10
the progress made by the landsmen UNI
der his command In educating them
selves 90 De seamen lie reports that
a board OF officers. OF which Lieut.
Commander Alexander Sharp Jr. was
president. convened on board the ship
on March I and examined the lands
men li9 OF whom We're reported as
qualified Tor the rating of ordinary sea-
men Their promotion leaves l09 lands
men still on board and they viii UNI
dergo AN examination at Mouteyideo !
IN May 10.
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ThaI NIcaraguan ENpelIlIon.

New York, April ll--A dispatch to
The Herald from Kingston, jamaica,
says:
Your correspondent has interviewed
persons arriving Ola a packet from Coli
on regarding the military expedition,
which 10 Is reported, landed on C1lom-
bian soil on March 81 They say that
the expedition started from some Gem
trail American port ana went ashore
near David, a town in b0rderlaud ter
rItory claimed by both Costa Rica ana
Colombia
The report says that the expedition
marched inland toward David which
10 Us believed was taken without much
resistance, as the garrison there con-
sisted %! only htty men.
The expedition started under General
Herrera 1t Is composed OF 200 men. II
has sN small mountain guns, five hum
drod extra rifles and considerable ann
muniton.
The United states cruiser Phuade-
phil sighted the vessel which carried
the expedition TO Colombia Oh the Mic
araguau coast and followed the craft
TO luuta Arenas
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Chicago Mansion of Orrin W, Pot
ter Stripped Of YaIuabIes,
FAMILY WERE AT DINNER.
burglars Entered Upstairs, and Mo-
body Heard Them Amount TO.
len Claimed az 100000

Chicago. April H. Some estimates
place the amount the porch climbers
secured al the home OF Oulu w. Pot
ter the multmiIiouaua and ex-presi.
dent OF the Illinois Steel Co.. as hlsh
as $4,000. The plumber ,he most y1II-
able secured by thieves u Chicago in
years. consisted Of diamonds JeNa.ry
and sllverware. The home OF Mr p0t-'
ter IS great mansion at tbe corner
| OF Burton Place and Lake Shore drive.
1t is supposed the thieves climbed up
the marble pillars of the porch ou the
Burton Place side and forced open the
balcony windows. The family were az
dinner when the robbery was commit
ted. They had no inumauou OF the
theft until Miss Potter went up stairs
soon after dinner. She at once missed
"a Jewel in her brooch and a hurried
investigation soon showed that robbers
had been 40 work Miss Potter az
once notified her father and boo fifteen
minutes 10 was seen that the second
floor of the house had been r8nsacked.
IL was found that more than $4,000
worth of jeWelry was missing The
fomily decided not CO. make known their
loss for "a while. az least or 90 notify
the police. having The hope that the
thieves might make a proposition TO
return the jewels for a ransom
Some OF the jewels are of such design
and appearance that for the thieves 10
attempt TO dispose Of them in the or
binary way would only invite capture.
a diamond necklace belonging To- Mrs.
Potter is the most valuable single arti-
Gle that was taken Some marquise
rIngs were also in the booty
Al the residence The following state
ment was made. ~ was between Z
ana o'clock when the robbery oc-
CURED. An who We're Boz the house al
the time were at dinner and the SER
wants We're busy iu the kitchen and
dining room. The burglars entered
an upstairs window loo front OF the
house They scaled the porch and pried
open the window without making
enough noise TO be heard below. They
were IN the house probably not more
than fifteen minutes, but In that time
they went through an the upstairs
rooms. The manner 10 which they
had gone through places where jewe'ry
might bee kept would Indicate they weta
accustomed to the work There was
no money In the house. but there was
a large amount of jewelry The
amount taken is not above S2000O"
This is the third Big burglary within
q week on the fashionable Lake shore
drive. The police are Of the opinion
mat one gang has done an the work,
and the character OF the operations
shows the members 10 be experts In
their line. All efforts 20 get any clew
TO them have been fruitless although
the best detective ability has been
centered on the cases The police be-
lleye that the booty secured by the
burglars Is slipped 10 other cities and
Of, for although the pawn
shops In Chicago have been carefully
watched, none OF the stolen property
has been recovered.
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Circulating library In Manila.

New York. April 1.-THE movement
begun by the wife Of Chief Surgeon
Greanleaf United States navy OF the
department Of the Pacific to establish
a circulating library Ca Manila for the
benefit OF the soldiers has been most
successful Major Putnam Bradley
Strong who has heartily operated iu
the movement and who rs ana officer OF
the International Express Company.
said:
The undertaking has been a remark
able success. and The American soldiers
IN the Philippines are receiving an
abundance of entertaining reading mat
ter. by an arrangement with our CONF
pany each outgoing ship agrees 90
carry free of charge. two tons OF read
ing matter boo The form Of books maga-
zines and papers. Last Saturday we
had more than four tons of such ma
terial and rather than hold the addl-
uoudl two tons here. our company paid
The freight charges on the extra matter
We SIN have several large cases 20
ship"
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HAPPY FAMILY.
when They Cot RID Of the Coffee Hal

When They Got Rid Of the COhce Habit
A utue woman ont On Oswego. MS.
tells about her husband having deter.
mined 81 see 90 ho could not make her
quit coffee drinking which Doe believed
90 De the cause 0i her constant naual-
gia and general nervousness. brought
home several packages of Postum Food
Coffee which DE had discovered. by Try
ing elsewhere, 90 be good
She says what iu the world he
brought home hyo packages for / could
not understand; nevertheless mutt Cof-
fee and started in on Postum Food C0f-
Zee. ] did not have much faith ip the
change doing me any good. but was as-
tonished 90 discover that my neuralgia
left me almost no once. and The ner-
yous troubles kept getting less and less.
Little daughter 8t that time had
been .li and could cat little or nothing
She was pale and thln As soon as !
discovered how Postum treated me. ]
began 90 give 10 to her She liked 10
very much. and would drink 10 when
she would take nothing else She bee
gan 90 pick up rapidly and g0t plump
and round and rosy
~ don't care what sort OF food there
IS 10 Postum 60 long as % treats me ls
tt has 70 b. plain enough thc food con-
tained IN Postum Coffee ls good. ana
that's ON we want to know. / am rid
OF neuralgia and nervousness ana am
a healthy woman. Husband has also
been Improved, ana daughter ls wen
and happy as 7 stated above" With
best wishes, AIRS. Nellie fireman,
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Tohncco smindle.

San Francisco, April l1.-Flve hun
dred pounds OF plug cut tobacco have
been seized In various local stores by
internal revenue agents. because the
packages were insuhiciently stamped
This tobacco manufactured by a St
Louis firm has been put mp in pack
ages weighing from am ounce and three
quarters 10 two ounces and the pack
ages had been uniformly stamped as
weighing an ounce and tWo-thirds.
Collector Thomas, who made the dis
c0yery OF this revenue law violation.
says that the fraud has evidently been
carried on very extensively, and he es-
tImated that the cost Co the govern
ment has been FULL $50 600 a year A
general search Tor under-stamped pack.
ages has been BEGUN. and AN tobacco
found 90 exceed The weight indicated
by the stamps WIN be condscated.