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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-02-06
SUPREME COURT.
For License to Practic Law
Examined Tomorrow.

The Supreme court will meet tDngDr-
row for the spring term. Tn" day Will
be- given MP 70 the examination of apph
canls for license 10 practice law. The
examination will be held in the Senate
chamber beginning at ten o'clock tomor-
TOW morning.
Judge McRae. dean Of the University
law school. came down yesterday win
his year, law class consisting of twenty
two members. sixteen oT whom have Ger
.tjc:itcS from the school From Wax.
Forest College there are nine applicants
IhiS year. There arr. twO col0rcd apI'li-
t.-f,nocn 30 had re siSt cred IL stand for
the examination.
On Tuesday. February 18th, the appeals
from the First Judicial district will bo
called in the following, order:
state ". Gailop.
State ". Hcttrick.
Hinton W. Insurance Company.
Jordan ". \cwsomc.
MeGlCuShan vs. Mitchell.
Clark vs. Moor.
Credlc W. Aver.
Lewis " Batcman.
Temple vS. Insurance Com1aay-
Hinton W I'ritchard.
IIcrnthal V. Commissioners.
Bri2lkley W Railroad.
Cedar Works V. kilby.
Shannon ~. Lamb.
Jennings vs. Hinton.
I.oftin yS. Cobb.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-02-06
Lecture by Dr.. Alexander.

Chapel Hill, y c.. Feb. :.-fSrecial.i
d. E,ben Alexander. former United
States minister 10 Greece. lectUred be
fore the Cni:ersity last evening on The
Study OF the Classics. DIR. Alexander
showed in hi> pleasing WY the practical
value. OF classic study as well As tbs
nlind-traini,ig value. All study today i
directed toward the study nf the rea,
philo>ol hy-life and truth-and to slud,
real philosophy the student must know
the ancient h;iosoIhefS-'i'lat" Is all
of philosophy d phil"ScihN IS Plato
Pilates Republic ibe best treatise oil
the study OF education. The speaker
dealt III length UPON the classic writer
whose works form the basis Of education.
Ire lecture was most instructive 6
we'll as delightful effort.
Special musical programnlS have been
arranged for The services al the EpscO
pal chure hes today.
The leir,i law in many counties in the
State prohibits he shooting Of game
after the 10Th OF this month -
Over 300 Young women are present
in aitt ndancc upon the Normal and In
dre1ral COLLEGE, at Greensboro.
Judge Brown is in the city. on his VA.
10 wilson to held court this week. IL.
held court during the past Week "a
Io,Ii>burS.
Mr. David " King. master ma chinis'
for the Seabolrd Air Line road here, i
sick. and Mr.. James Reed is actin
master machiniSt
Mr. Sam Parish has gone 20 \orfolh
10 play rhe organ in, Cumbcrland stree
NJ. f.. church today Miss E,lzaEeti
Burt Of III" Baptist Female Iniversit!
viii play a the i'ir: Eai:tist church il
his absence.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-02-06
WHY the Germans Were Killed

Berlin. Jan. 31.-Dr. Lcyds in the
course OF a conversation today. said:
.''rhe heavy losses the Germans have
sustained in thu Transvaal service are.
due 10 their raShly exposing themselves.
hui they have nov ad@1tcd the tactics
required by the topography Of the land.
Recently German. Dutch and Scndi-
nav;an volunteers have been merged in
Pocr regiments That such losses in
The future Will be impossible.
Gen. Julian :. Carr has contributed 100
pounds of flour 10 the Soldiers Home.
The annex row being built to tile In
sane asylum here viii BE completed and
ready for occupancy ahcu: March LIST.
II II an extension OF The main building.
back.
First Sergeant Walter j. Moore having
cen promoted. liy election, to fh. po-
-ition of first lieutenant III the Raleigh
light Infantry. Capt. Bernard viii at
DE meeting on neat Monday III ght az
point his successor rs first sergeant.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-02-06
Views and interviews.

The Farmers Institute ut Laurinburg
was not Il success in point of attend
ancc. said Commissioner OF Aericul-
ture Patterson on his return from there
Yesterday. But those who did attend
were prominent. successful farmers,
who had ideas Of yaiue and the power
10 express them. and in this resyect the
meeting was Il success. The small at
tendance was due | think. to two causes
The notice OF the meeting was very
short and many farmers did NOT hear
of Ii IN time 10 make preparations To
attend. Tnen the cold weather kept
away many who did hear OF il and
would in pleasant weather have been
there"
Experience has proved said Mr.
John III. Sharpe. treasurer OF the Sea
board Air Line. at the Marlborough last
night. that cotton mills are not, as a
rule successful. in very large cities. at
seaport towns or at cities in the iron
and coal districts. The principal reason
for this is the inability 10 get labor. or 70
manage ii if obtained
do you know he continued. I've
been giving this matter some considera
bic thought of late and I've come to the
conclusion that about the best place in
North Carolina for cotton mills is al
Henderson in Vance county. 1t possesses
all fae advantages Ter cotton mama.
Featuring ctntrc and capital IS beginning
TO realize il. There IS on.. mill there
already paying handsomely anl another
Is being organized"
The Martin ,Jcxas, Democrat don,
like Kentucky. nrilow. 1t thus depict
the Troubles that besct the t!ellizrns 81
@tbe Blue Grass State:
I. '.Man born III '4Ic mountaiT iTfs Of Ken
tucky is Of feud days and full OF virus
He tisheth. hddleth, cuseth and fightett
all the days Of his miserable life.
lie shlnneth water as mad dog ant
,lrinketh much mean whisky.
When he dcsireth TO raise h h,
rlanteth a nei2alLOr, and 10. nc reapt1l
twe1rty fold. He riseth even from, the era
die to seek tn, scalp Of his erandsire'
enemy. amt blingeth home in his carca $
the ammunition If his nei@nbor's wifi
cousin un"le'S father-in-iaw. who avcn-
,-1 the deed
Yea. verify, his life i uncertain. an.
he knows not the hour when he NAV b,
licked hence.
He goeth forth on :, journey half SHOT
ara cometh back On a shutter shot.
He r'seth III the night 70 lo1 the ca
out. and ii 1akctn nine doctors three day
10 sick th, b,!ckShot out OF hiln.
He gooth forth in JOY and "laGnoss
ard oometh back III scraps and frac
mcntS.
n cyclone bloweih him into ,he bosom
Of his neighbours wife. and his ne!ghhor'
wifc's husband bloweth him into Atr..
hams bosom before he hath time 70 cN
plain
''He en..;icth a demijohn into hlmsei
! and q shot gun into his enemy. and hi
enem. s son lieth III wait for him n clec
ton day. am1 10. the coroner plJHe, \ II
a forty-acre field 10 harry the remain, I
that man.
Woe wee s Kentucky, 10. her eye
arc red with bad whisky. and bcr soil i
stained with the blood Of innoccn. moon
sinners
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-02-06

Continental Europe 1.311 600 bales,
against 3.349.O 600 bales last year: in
Egypt 20i.00O bales. against 215,OD
bales: in India ;:2>, 900 bales. against
:;Hi.OOO bales: and in the United States
1907 900 bales. against l,6lt,OO0 bales
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-10
GEORGE wARFEL's RETURN.
His Experience During the Eclipse In
Old Mexico.

George y. Warfei assistant general pas
senser agent Of The Baltimore and Ohio
Southwestern, returned to headquarters
yesterday after a two weeks trip through
Mexico and Texas. While In the City of
Mexico Mr.. Warfel helped TO install in Of
ice the new agent of the b. IL O. S-W., Dun
can Bankhardt. His official title has not
yet been fixed.
In the course of his trip through Mexico
Nr. WSrfel says his train stopped for
&rty minutes on the line of totality the
very morning the sun was eclipsei by the
moon. Several Mexican astronomers. sent
out by the Government, We're there to make
observations, and the train waited for
them. Mr.. WarfeI says he has distinct
recollection of seeing one eclipse back in
Jackson's administration, he thinks, but
that was only a side show to the real
thing put up at the all fresco garden, two
weeks ago, In the land of poems and
pulque.
Here is the way he described it: when
the moon put the sun out of business, it
became black and dark, as suddenly as
Swapping the shutter of a camera. That
darkness. too, shall never forget. 1t was
thick and unnatural. heavy, oppressive and
as sickenins TO observe as the black cap
which shuts out the world from the eyes
OF the doomed man on the scafold. The ma
tiyes fell to their knees in terror and
shrsnk in superstitious dread. Suddenly a
blood-red spot appeared on the edge of the
finally burst through the pail of darkness
and gloom. In this case the curtain went
up and the show was over"
Mr.. Warfeid has q magic lantern with the
genuine Mexican slides and is open for en-
SagementS.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-10
MAY EARNINGS.
Some Interesting Figures Given in
Comparison With Last Year.

New York, June 3.-Dun's Review says.
Many railroads reporting monthly earnings
have reported for May, and total gross
earnings of all United States roads included
Ere s45,45l.T95, a gain of 80 per cent over
last year and 10 per cent over 1855. Roads
reporting embrace 5000, miles. nearly one
bali OF the total mileage of the United
&tates. ans many leading systems. Traf-
Pnc last year was rer1arkabl heavy and the
increase in earnings this year reflects
greater Improvement Grain moveu .nt in
ceding years, Yet an Increase in earnings Of
3.5 per cent over last year is reported and
1872 per cent over 1898.
In the South the cotton movement was
reduced. yet earnings are s-6 per cent over
last year and 1873 per cent over 1898 The
movement Of other classes Of freight has
been enormous this year. Central Western
and Pacific roads report largest increase
in earnings, while on trunk lines Southern
and Southwestern roads earnings are con-
siderably above last year and very much
larger than in 1885
In the following table earnings Of roads
reporting for May are compared with last
year: Trunk. 1900. ss.147,32l gain $i0.3l1 So
per cent: other Eastern. 1900, sl.5ls, Ss7. gain
SIS, ,055. 2l.S per cent; Central Western 19oo
S7,77e,31i gain 1856 G64. 1i.2 per cent: gran
gers. 1sO0 81 ass. 407 gain $40 s73 3.5 per cent
Southern. 1860. 1881. 42s. gain ssl4,7lS, 65
per cent: Southwestern 1850 s.. Sas 591, gain
sS96,3Ii, 6.l per cent: Pacific. 1860 s. go. i,a
gain S7sl, ,031, 1S.3 per cent; United States
roads, 1880, Si5. .i51 1s5 gains. So 93l 52S go per
cent; Canadian, 1900. 81. .1S3 .00o, gain H7etD0
11.2 per cent: Mexican, 1900, S275s, ,S3l ram
ss2s,62l, 1s.5 per cent; total 1900 SIG 1893 6o6
gam si,5H,155, 10 per cent
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-10
INSANITY FROM NOT SMOKING.
Strange Case of Albert Turner. Il
Young Negro.

There have been many stories published
OF cases of insanity resulting from cigar
ette smoking. but the City Hospital con-
tains the only case on record of insanity
resulting from not smoking cigarettes. Al
bert Turner, negro. is years old,
living at No. 322 Targee street. was brought
to the hospital by his mother at a late
hour Saturday evening She claims that
his insanity is the direct result of his
stopping the habit of cigarette smoking.
The story she tells is an interesting one.
as 1t is exactly opposite to the generally
accepted ideas on the subject 1t seems
that her son Is a teamSter and receives
salary of IS week. which easily puts him
IN the upper ten of the social circles In
which he moves.
His record for being one of the high So
cia' lights Of the ne.ghborhood leads him
often 10 flights of extravagan on pay
days. and one of his heaviest expenses
heretofore has been cigarettes. of which
he consumed about fifty to seventy-five
daily. So far could be seen this had
no detrimental effects on Albert's health.
but the expense of cigarettes. smoked in
such profusion, made il difficult for the
family, living in the style to which the
Turner's were accustomed, to make both
ends meet. In consequence. the mother-p per-
suaded Albert to stop the habit. He final
ly consented and swore OFF for good. From
that time she dates his mental troubles.
and the fact which worried her most was
that the resumption of the habit did not
bring back his former mental condition.
Albert is now under treatment at the hos
pital. where his condition is not regarded
as yery serious.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-10
DETROIT SAW DEWEY.
Canadians Helped to Make the Oc.
casiOn Memorable.

Detroit, June 9.-Dewey's second day In
Detroit will be memorable both TO the Ad-
mirai and the thousands of all classes who
We'd with each other in persistent efforts
water and on land, furnished scenes of hom-
age to d war hero quite unparalleled in this
city
In the marine parade the honored guest
was seen by the masses chiefly from a
distance: in the land procession he was
lauded at close range. This afternoon
dress uniform of the Admiral. giving him
the historic aspect In which he Is as
sociated in the public mind.
One of the features of the marine parade
was the courtesy shown on the Canadian
side of the river. At Walkeryille. Ontario.
American and British flags were flying. and
one large banner bore the inscription:
Canadians best wishes to Americas great
seaman and Britain's warm friend"
Salutes were fired on the Canadian shore
and Canadian whistles shrieked in unison
with those Of the Michigan side. The
fOrty-mile trip was uneventful. aside from
the ovations witnessed en- route.
This afternoons parade, the final public
feature. was the climax of Dewey Day. A
half holiday was generally observed, and
the people crowded themselves in the down
town street
In Grand Circus Park a thousand children
seated on slopIng structure. sang, as the
Of the star Spangled Banner adapted TO
express praise OF Dewey's naval achieve
ment.
The closing spectacle was review OF the
pageant from stand erected in front of the
City Hall Headed by Brigadier General
Duffield and Governor Pingree. marching
men passed in review across the Campus
Marftus They We're saluted by the Ad-
miral. special Difference being paid to the
regular and volunteer naval battalious and
the c. A. X. veterans.
Admiral and Mrs: Dewey anticipate a
quiet Sunday. On Monday they proceed TO
Grand Rapids
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-10
NOAH PRITCHARD SURROUNDED.
His DepredatiOns Caused Race
Conflict in Mississippi.

New Orleans, June 9-Noah Pritchard. the
pib W, iiuay I irT' nihs AZ slios ;,u hi,eS
store at Devall West Baton Rouge Parish.
and last night returned to the Marler resi-
while all the men of the town Were out
trying to locate Pritchard at a place where
they believed him to be in the woods, was
to-day surrounded in the timber near Zach
ary in East Baton Rouge Parish.
A number of rifles We're yesterday shipped
to Port Allen from New Orleans, and with
these the white men are armed. This morn
ing a Deputy Sheriff in the posse, whose
name Is not yet known. was shot and per-
haps killed. Yesterday forenoon a negro
was killed as the result of the race preju-
dice existing. at Rosa plantation near Port
Allen. by the overseer of the plantation. T..
u. Fem. 1t Is expected that before morn
ing Pritchard will be captured or Killed.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-10
COMMERCIAL CLUBS RETURN.
Members Were Entertained in Bos-
t0n-Fast Train Time.

The members of the Worlds Fair Com
mfttee and the members of the St Louis
Commercial Club arrived from the East on
the same train at the Union Station last
on the Nandalia Line. The train arrived
at the Union Station an hour and half
ahead Of the time at which II was expected.
The run from Indianapolis to this city was
accomplished i'm five hours and the trip
from the East was very close to a record.
as regards time. On the train were x-GOv-
ernor ID. r. Francis. Congressman Seth p.
Cobb and Corwin II. Spencer of the Worlds
of the ST. Louis Commercial Club: Robert
Moore. James II. Allen. ". II. Bixby, X.
8. Brookngs. G. o. Carpenter, Daniel Cat
lin. II. n. Davis. S. NJ. Dodd. Howard Ell
B. b. Graham. W. f. Guy. H. {. Haarstick.
Ethan Allen Hitchcock q. H. Holland. u.
s. Holmes. W. l.. Huse, X. Mex. Jones. J.
W: Kaufman, c. Gordon Knox. G.. f.
Leighton, +. n. Mektttrick, Edward Nal
linkrodt, T.. A, Mysenburg. II. l.. Morrill,
L. q. Niedrlnghaus. F.. g. Scudder. A. l..
Shapleigh. r. y. Stanard William Taussig,
l.. II. Tebbetts. J. s. Walsh, e. 6. Warner.
J. A. Waterworth. Rolla Wells. T. II.
West ard Oscar l. Whitelaw.
The Commercial Club returned from a
weeks visit 10 Boston. where IL was en-
tertained by the Commercial Club of that
city. An elaborate programme was a--
ranged for their entertainment, including q
trip through Concord where all the places
of historic interest were visited, among
them being the church where the first Pro-
vincial Assembly was held in l174. 3Ed the
old Wright tavern. the headquarters of
day a concert was attended by the clubs
of Chicago. Cincinnati. ST. Louis and Bos-
ton at the Mechanics Hall In Boston. A
trip TO Gloucester and the Essex County
Country Club and the annual banquet of
the Commercial Club We're the features Of
the succeeding day.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-10
THE OMAHA's SHOWING,
Annual Meeting of Stockholders and
Statement of Earnings.

Chicago. Ill, June 9.-Stockholders and di-
\ rectors of the Chicago. St. Paul, Mime
>Spolis and Omaha Railway. an auxiliary
Nelpany of the Chicago and Northwestern
system held their annual meeting in Hud-
son, Wis, to-day. The annual report of
the company was made public and showed
that dividends had been declared on COM
mon stock aggregating s21. 492 %: and on
preferred stock amounting 10 s12 6is ss3 This
will place the road on a 8 per cent dividend
basis and will bring the annual dividend
on the preferred stock up to per cent.
The gross earnings for the year amounted
- TO Slq48s.Slf: operating expenses. 81. .51S 1876:
net earnings. 50 S1o,67s. After deducting In
terest on-bonds, dividends and .appropriat-
sng 800. so for future improvements out of
the net earnings. the surplus for the wear
amounted to 500 62S.
The recent purchase of the property of
fhe Des MOines Valley Railway Con1pa nv
of Minnesota. comprising the newly con-
structed line from Bingham Lake to Currie
was ratified. The directors elected were:
Martin l. Sykes, John NJ. Whitman, Thorn
as Wilson and John Humbird Frederick
W. Vanderbilt was elected TO fill a vacancy.
The officers were reelected
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-10
Four Sectional Committees of Ex-
ccutiye Officers Are TO he.
1 Organized.
REPORTS MADE TO CONFERENCE
Pledges Renewed to Maintain
Strictly All Published Tariffs
Air Line Salc-General
Railroad Notes.

New York. June e-The conference OF the
western and Southwestern railroads. which
vas in session all day yesterday. adjourned
shortly after noon to-day to meet again in
Chicago. June 70.
The committee appointed at yesterdays
conference 10 consider passenger rates and
freight rates reported 10 the general con-
ference to-day.
~ the adjournment the president T. = =
Jeffery, made this statement of the woc..,
Of the conference. The committee report
50 hat four committees or executive Off
Icers be organized. each to have jurisdiction
wi hin certain boundaries to be defined Iatar
These committees are to report 10 tn. gem
CTai conference when it reccnvenes in Chi
caEs on June 70.
The committees are: Kansas City Com
mittee-Chairman President felton OF the
Chicago and Alton pnnaha and Sioux city
tommittee-Chairman Vice President A G.
Bird Of the Chicago. Milwaukee and St
Paul: st. Louis Committee-Chairn nan,
PRESIDENT r. r Noakum of the st. Louis
.polis Committee-Chairman. Vice Presi-
cent Clark of the Omaha Railroad
inc entire session Of The conference has
neeh narm1nious. and no serious differences
have developed WheT tine adjournment
was taken up il was the genera; imrres-
sion tkat the pledges heretofore given TO
maintain published tar;d rates and to con-
form 70 lawful methods IN The conduct OF
traffic will be continued
hepiylng 10 a question. ne said that The
referred to- committee which had sue
cecdeG In adjusting all difficulties.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-10
PersOnal and Current Notes.

Southwestern lines have agreed 10 APP
ply short line rates from Texas. wa Tex
Vention at Kansas City, July and ..
The Frisco Line ran $3.50 excursionists
into Springfield yesterday from various
points along the road.
-D Bowes, general Western passenger
agent of the Chicago and Alton, left last
night for Winnipeg, where he will recuper-
ate from an attack of In grippe
The Supreme Court of Georgia has rem
dered a decision to the effect that pas
senger presenting ticket the time limit CT
which has expired may be decorousiy
elected from the train if he refuses to pay
his fare when SO requested by the con-
ductor.
Western roads are voting on a proposl.
ton to make the same arrangements In all
respects. including forms Of ticket used. re-
turn limits. for homeseekers' excursions as
have been announced for summer exeur- ..
and August. The proposition is likely to be
made effective whether IT receives unan-
imous vote or not.
d. B. Drake. formerly general agent TO
City Southern at Kansas City. has been
nrven notice of transfer to Fort Smith.
End hold the title of general agent for the
freight department. He will be succeeded
by George NJ. Sargent.
1t is stated on what is regarded as good
authority that orders have been issued by
the executive officers of the Choctaw, Okla-
homa and Gulf Railroad which Indicate
that the proposed extension west from
WeatherforG the one to Amarillo and the
other from there to Albuquerque. will be
pushed. The statement is to the effect that
a corps OF engineers have been instruc' ed
to go forward rapidly from Weatherford.
and that a corps of engineers left Amarillo
last Saturday to run the line from there to
Albuquerque.
Last month the lines operated by V. T,
Malott receiver of the Nandalia. earned
.63. an increase Of 81 les iS The Terre
Haute and Logansport, which is also ope-
rated by Mr.. Malott, shows earnings If go
S143l a decrease of Si.24i.62.
On June 6 the Big Fours new train. the
New York and Boston Limited. made the
run from Beilefontaine. o.. to Gallon. o..
siXty-one miles. in 20 minutes. including
two StOus
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-10
CORONER TO INVESTIGATE.
st. Louis Man Said to Have Died
From Knife Wound.

week on the body of Frederick Spiegelhal-
ter, son OF Doctor Joseph Spiegelhalter of
No. 2is6 Lafayette avenue. to determine the
cause of death. Fred Spiegeihalter died on
his ranch in Crosby County, Texas and his
body reached ST. Louis yesterday morning.
The undertaken employed TO conduct the
funeral here yesterday presented a Crosby
County physicians certificate stating that
death was caused from a knife wound of
the throat at the mortuary Office yesterday
morning in application for a burial permit.
oner Lloyd, who issued a permit. and will
hold an inquest as soon as he hears from
the authorities of Crosby County. 1t is not
known exactly how young Spiegelhalter re-
ceiyed the wound. The family in st. Louis
deny that there was any reason for him to
take his own life.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-10
ON THE BANDITS TRAIL.
Sheriff's Posse After Mexicans-A
Woman's Courage.

Phoenix. AriZ., June 9--The Sheriff 8
posse i'm pursuit of the four Mexicans who
killed Anton Olsen and John Stewart and
robbed their store at New River Station, are
reported to be close upon the fugitive muir
derers.
The same Mexicans recently robbed w.
H. Rice in Yavapai County of quantity of
gold dust. At Globe they held up a gambling
resort, securing considerable coin. few
days ago they robbed two prospectOrs.
James Allen and Charles Erickson. near
Jerome Of 500 ard two horses, and stole
four horses last week from cattlemep south
of Prescott.
They were last seen crossing the Arizona
Canal Just north of Phoenix Two stopped
at ranch near there and changed horses
holding OF the owner at the revOlvers
point. At the Thoroidsen ranch. three
miles farther on. the other two tried the
same trick. Tholcrdsen was away from
home. but his wife drove the raiders away,
firing five shots, killing one of the horses
and woundng one of the party.