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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-17
Monopoly Sometimes Desirable.
Washington Post.)

The Chicago Record Herald has discov-
cred two places in which a monopoly
would be a good thing" One of the two
is Raleigh, N. c.. the other Cleveland, the
metropolis of Ohio, vice Cincinnati, re-
tired, or, at any rate, outgrown. The
kind of monopoly referred to is tele-
phone, the exclusive ownership and con-
troll, under a properly framed charter
of the right to construct and operate
a telephone system within the limits oil
a municipal corporation. The Record
Herald seems somewhat astonished to
find the Raleigh News and Observer, "a
Democratic paper and a radical oppo-
nent to trusts" calling for a consolida-
ton or combination of several telephone
systems into one. The News and Obser-
yer succeeded in astonishing the Record
Herald by printing this declaration OF
local necessity:
Raleigh needs-and needs very
much-somcbod who can arrange to
convert all the three unsatisfactory
telephone systems into one excellent
system. Three systems are now OPP
Grating, with the result that the SER
vice of neither is what it ought to be,
whereas if there were single system
with costly underground plant, Raj
eigh would rejoice. The cost of the
telephone service in Raleigh is enor-
nous. If a business house has all
three telephones, the cost is heavy
and the nuisance great. If only two
are used some of the best customers
cannot be reached and a business
house with only one telephone is two
thirds out of business so far as tele-
phoning is concerned. Many men in
Raleigh refuse to take any telephone
because they cannot afford to take
three"
Our Chicago contemporary states that
here is case in which monopoly would
undoubt edly be beneficial to the public
and that in the city of Cleveland SINH
lar condition exists. 1t says that two
telephone companies are doing business
there and that while they have cut prices
so that it is possible for Cleveland peo-
pie to be served by one company or the
other at a lower rate than citizens OF
Chicago are compelled to pay for tele-
phones, the Clevelander is at dlSadvan-
tage because he must either have both
lines or put up with an abbreviated SER
vice. If he pays to have connections with
the lines of both companies, the Record
Herald says, his telephone accommoda-
ticns cost him considerably more thar
they would if he did business in Chi
cago. where a monopoly exists.
We cannot see any analog between {
telephone monopoly, under carefully
prepared charter, insuring good service
at fair rates. and the kind of monopol!
against which our Raleigh contemporar!
and many other newspapers are wont II
inveigh One is a necessity, the other al
excrescence. 1t is necessary in some cases
in all cities to abolish competition, jus
as the general government has done II
the postal service. But if the power tina
abolishes competition protects the pub
lie from extortion, no wrong is inflicted
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-17
FARM LABOR CONDITIONS.
The Census Shows Gradual Falling Off in the
Number Of Farm Laborers.

The census returns show that a greater
numbers, of persons are directly engaged
in some form of agriculture than in any
other branch OF labor There were a.
1851 persons, 10 years of age and over,
having gainful occupations in the United
States in 1880, of whom 1896, ga, or 800
per cent, were engaged in agriculture;
OF these 3,004,061 were agricultural Ia
borers, the class whose wages arc the sub
Ject of this report. Agricultural laborers
that, those who work for hire-are de-
creasing element as compared with the
entire farm labor of the United States.
In 1870 they constituted 1873 per cent,
or nearly One-half, of the agricultural
workers; in 1880, 1875 per cent, and in
1890, 1878 per cent, or a little more than
one third. 1t appears from the reports
on agriculture of the censuses of 1880 and
1890 that the number of rented farms
increased from 1,024,6 COL in 1880 to 1884,
913 in 1890, or from 25.56 per cent of the
total farms in 1880 to 1887 per cent in
1890. During the same time the number
of farms titled by their owners increased
from 2.9S4,306 in 1880 to 3,269, 72S in 1890.
although the percentage that the number
of owned farms was of the total number
of farms decreased from 74.I4 per cent.
in 1880 to 71.63 per cent. in 1900
These statistics indicate the tendency
of farm laborers to become farm teEants
and farm owners. Then there is con-
slant drain of population from the coun-
try to the towns, and there is. conse
quently, constantly increasing demand
for agricultural machines to do the work
of the men who have left the farms for
life in the larger centers of population.
There promises to be a steadily pro.res
sive lack of farm labor, which in time
may cause a considerable Increase in
the cost of food products But at present
machinery supplies the demand, and it is
only at harvest time, or in some other
agricultural emergency, that the lack OF
men is felt.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-17
RoseveIt's Tribute to the Immortal Lee.

The northeast during the hrst nan OF
beginning their whoe ode
living habits up their war-ke
the Civil soldiers than those followed
brought
OF
Of Welngon-From Life
Thomas Theodore Roosevelt
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-17
TIE NEW PRESIDENT.

For the third time in this country's
ed the course of events. ADJ
President Mckinley is dead; new
hand is at the helm. Meanwhile the
country is Borrowing greatly-it scarcely
yet realizes that new leaf is turned
in its history, or how mighty the events
from so miserable a cause.
However much the people may have
differed as to the merits of Mr. Nc
Kinley's policy, they had taken the
measure of the man and felt that the
execution of such policy could not be
intrusted to hands that would afford a
better guaranty of caution and con-
servatism.
In Mr.. Roosevelt no such confidence
is reposed even by his strongest friends;
though all hope for the best. He is
comparatively new to public life, un-
tried in the duties that must devolve
upon his shoulders. That he has the
ability to make an acceptable, and even
a great President, there is no doubt,
but that he has the Judgment, the tact
and the steadiness of character required
in the chief magistrate of the nation
the people cannot be sure in advance.
1t is true that as Governor of New
York he exhibited fine executive quail
ties, but the duties that now rest
n. <~f ont "a ut or
and to them he is new. Like his pre-
decessor. he is a sincere man, of spot
less honor and sternest fidelity to duty;
but he is young That he is ambitious,
his career shows; and in history there
is no parallel for his rapid rise to the
head of the nation. The greatest fear,
therefore. is that he will shape his for
eign policy on warlike lines, and make
appointments with view to strengthen
ing his chances for the presidential NOM
nation OF his party in 1904. If he does
this he will have to use great judg-
ment, otherwise irritation and trouble
will follow.
Mr.. Roosevelt takes the chair left
vacant by Mr.. Mckinley under most
favorable political conditions. He will
be troubled by no deep dissension in his
party. There is remarkable unity there.
And as for the country he has no Bit
terness to face, nothing but good wishes
and the universal hope that the admin
istration now to be his shall be distin-
guished for wise, patient far seeing and
successful service of the people and the
nation.
While the dead Presidents administra
tion may be guide that the new one
NAV profitably follow, it must also be
the standard by which he is to be meas
uTed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-17
The Chinese Fashion.

Minister WI commented on Czolgosz's
part in the Buffalo tragedy as follows:
1--WE would consider such a man as d
parricide and would deal with him as the
ancient laws of Confucius direct us. He
would suffer the 'ling-chi,' or the death
of a thousand cuts. They are made with
the sabre. Not only would he be executed
in this manner, but all of his blood. The
family of this parricide and traitor would
he exterminated. 1t is the worst of crimes
to kill ones parents, but to try to kill
the father of the country is as bad, we
think.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-17
MRS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

God gives us love. Something to love
He gives us; but when love is grown
To ripeness, that on which it throve
Falls off, and love is left alone.
Sleep sweetly. tender heart, in peace!
Sleep holy spirit, blessed soul,
While the stars burn, the moons increase
And the great ages onward roll.
Sleep till the end, true soul and sweet,
Nothing comes to thee new or strange
Sleep full of rest from head to feet;
Lie still, dry dust, secure of change.
-Tennyson.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-17

defeated for reelection by jefferson; the
younger Adams was defeated for re-elec-
ton by Jackson Van Buren, was de-
feated for reelection by the elder Harri-
son, and the younger Harrison was de-
feated for reelection by Cleveland, while
Hayes, Polk and Pierce were candidates
for reelection, but were rejected by the
party.
-Four Vice Presidents succeeded to the
Presidency by the death of the President
and all of them were earnest candidates
for election to another term. Tyler and
Johnson sought the Democratic nominal
tion and failed. Fillmore failed in the
struggle for the Wing nomination, and
Arthur was defeated by Blaine.
Washington Jefferson, Madison, Mon
roe, Jackson, Lincoln Grant and Cleve
land land Mckinley were twice elected
President. Jefferson, Jackson and Cleyc-
land were each defeated for the Presi-
dcncy, although twice elected, Jefferson
and Jackson were defeated in their first
contests, and then elected to two sue
cessive terms, and Cleveland was elected
in 1884, defeated in 1883, and reelected
in 1892 Jackson and Cleveland are the
only two Presidents who were candidates
in three national elections and received
an increased plurality in each successive
contest. Both were defeated in one bat
tie when they had received the largest
popular vote. Grant was the only Pres
ident who made struggle for a third
term. ttr
six Vice Presidents have died in Of
fee: Clinton in 1912, after having pre-
sided over the Senate for seven years;
Gerry in 1914, after little more than a
year of service; William R. King, IN
1853, who took the oath as vice-Presi-
dent on the 4th of March of that year in
Cuba, and died soon thereafter; Henry
Wilson in 1875, having served but little
more than half his term Thomas A. Hen
bricks in 1885, having served less than
a year and Hobart in 1899, leaving nearly
a year and half OF his term unexpired.
81 mo President pro. TEN. OF the Senate
has ever reached the Presidency. There
was only one occasion in the history Of
the Government when it seemed probable
that the President pro tenn. might be
called to the chief executive office of
the nation. Johnson, as Vice President,
had succeeded Lincoln as President, and
Senator Wade, of Ohio, was President
pro tenn. of the Senate. In 1868. some
ten lnoHtHs bSIoie IhS cAPii"'ioh Vi 'ohii
sons term, he was impeached by the
House. and acquitted in the Senate by
single vote. The question was then
raised as to whether the president pro
TEN. of the Senate was such an officer as
was contemplated by the Constitution to
fill the office of President, and there was
considerable agitation from time to time
on the subject in Congress, which finally
eliminated in the passage of the Presi-
Dental Succession bill of January Is,
1886, by which the succession to the
Presidency is fully defined and eligihles
are provided quite sufficient in number to
meet any possible emergency"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-17

The Richmond News announces itself
in favor of lynching anarchists. 1t says:
I'VE can clean the anarchists out of the
country in a week. For our part, we
sincerely hope that some of them-like
Johann Most, may be caught and lynch
ed, but the destruction of these crea-
lures would not remove the danger be-
setting every man who becomes promi-
nent or powerful"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-17
Mr.. Kerr Retires From journalism.

Mr.. John P. Kerr, who has been con-
nacted with the Asheyille Citizen for the
past ten years, has resigned the position
of business manager of the paper, and
will hereafter devote his attention TO he
business of the Kerr Hodges company in
which he is the senior partner.
Mr.. Kerr became one of the owners
Of the paper soon after it was established,
and much of it's Success has been due
"a his energy and skill as it's business
manager.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-17

of the House stepped into the executive
office.
1t has never happened that the Presi-
dency has descended further than the
Vice President, but such thing might
happen and the wisdom of the new law
is generally recognized.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-17


we
soldiers
passed heroic eue
a the
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-17

The country will watch with interest
the relations between Roosevelt and
Hanna. Hanna undoubtedly wants the
Republican nomination in 1904 Roose-
Welt of course wants to succeed himself.
Will they fight it out in the open, or
will it be diplomatic war?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-17

Horror had made way for hope. hope
had grown into confidence-and then
the awful end for which the country was
wholly unprepared.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-17

South Carolina will this fall furnish
notable case of the law putting the
spy glass to it's blind eye. 1t is an
will be we'll provided by the State dis
pensary with liquid refreshment. Legal
formalities will be ignored to large
extent at the exposition restaurants in
order that the patrons from other States
may find everything homelike. The ar
rangements to be made are said to be in
violation OF the dispensary law, but it
is understood that, for the sake of the
exposition, no one in South Carolina is
to protest.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-17

Groppe Knockers cure any cold, or any
case of La Grippe in 10 hours. 25c. at
your druggist.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-17

When woman has no excuse for being
lealous she comes dangerously near De-
ing perfectly happy.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-17
MRS. M'KINLEY.

In considering the overshadowing
subject that now rests upon the land as
gray pail, one naturally thinks of Nc
Kinley first as President of the republic,
then of his career as constructive
statesman, then of him as an American
citizen and courteous gentleman-for he
was all these.
But he was more; he was the devoted
husband and a lover. 1t is in this ca
pacity that one likes best to think of
him. for here we get the best insight
into his real character. In all history
there is no more touching picture than
that of his domestic life.
In their sorrow for the dead, the
American people have not forgotten the
living. There has been no memorial
service held, no resolution passed, no
prayer uttered, in which there were no.
tender expressions of sympathy for the
wife who is left alone in sorrow. She
has been literally taken to the great
sympathetic heart of the American peo-
pie.
1t is sweet and noble tribute of affec-
ton that they have laid at her feet,
though it cannot bring back her murder
ed love. The gladness of life is to her as
a tale that is told; the shaft of anarchy
has pierced her heart and left her CROP
ing in the dark.
For many years Mrs. Mckinley had
been an invalid. Ill health had faded the
roses of maidenhood and sickness had
taken away the buoyancy of youth. But
to her husband she was still the sweet
heart. With her, he was happy; away
from her, his heart enshrined her image.
Companions always, lovers ever, they
were drifting into the evening of life.
He would soon have rounded out a
noble career of honorable service to his
country, and in the peaceful years to
follow their beautiful love story would
have come to a close.
But upon her stricken head has fallen
the cruelest blow that the world GOULD
give or fiends devise. The love story is
ended. The happy princess who would
have followed her king deep into the
dying day. is left desolate. What a
tragedy has been the life of this sweet
woman! No wonder the hearts of the
American people bleed for her today.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-17
PRESIDENTIAL TERMS.

President Buchanan was the only
Chief Magistrate of the Republic who,
having served one term in the Presi-
dencys was not candidate for .re-elec-
tion. He announced his purpose not to
be candidate in his inaugural address,
ana l doubt not that he never swcrved
from that determination. At the close
of his administration the political condi-
lions gave no promise of his reelection,
however much he might have desired 1t,
but he was then past the patriarchal
years. and he is the one President who
entered the office to serve only torn
and adhered to it. The elder Adams was
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-01
MISS STONES ABDUCTION
Details of the Capture of American
 Missionary by, Turkish '' Brigands.

Kansas City, Mo, Sept. 3o.-A detailed &C., count of the capture of Miss Ellen M. stone, been received in a letter from Mrs H. c. Haskell of Samokov. Bulgaria, to a relative here. Her letter says Miss Stone had been holding her usual summer school for Bible workers in Ransko, Macedonia On Sept. 3 a party consisting of six students from the col legiate institute at Samokov. three or four Bulgarian teachers Mir. and Mrs. Tsilka, who had spent several years in America, Mrs. Ooshera and Miss Stone started for Djumiak. twelve hours travel, From there they were to go to their different homes At about 4:30 o'clock that afternoon as they were resting in the mountains Miss Stone and Mrs Tsilka. being on horseback and the rest on foot, they were surrounded by thirty or forty armed men. They dressed in Turkish costumes, but party to march and drove them up the steep mountain- side. Miss Stone thought they were taking them away from the road to rob and perhaps kill them. She did not speak of cap tureA 1t Is almost unheard of for brigands to take women.
 After going an hours distance the brigands stopped and demanded their money. They took what gold they had. but returned the sil- to Miss Stone; We want you!" and ordered her and Mrs. Tsilka to go with them. She made remonstrance. Mir. Tsilka made a move to follow his wife, but they forced him back. C.
 part of the brigands kept watch on those that remained to keep them from hurrying to inform the Government but next morning let them go The brigands murdered one of the men of the party before the eyes of the cap tives to get his horse. They took his animal as we'll as the horses ridden by Miss Stone and Mrs. Tsilka. The students came to Sa- mokov and wired Dr. House at SaJonika. Miss Stones station. He immediately went to the American consul and also telegraphed General Dickinson. who knew Miss Stone.
 for Miss Stone was widely known and greatly beloved,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-01
D1sREsPECTFUL LANGUAGE.
Charge Upon Which Soldier Was
 Convicted.

WashinRton, Sept. 30.-GeneraI Brooke has approyed the sentence of Private Pe- ter J. Devine, Troop H. 11th cavalry. who was tried by a general courtmartlal at Fort Ethan Allan. Vermont, on the agaiHst the President of the United States, In violation of the Nineteenth Ar ticle of War
 1t appears from the evidence that when McKinley was received at Fort Ethan Allen, Devine expressed great satisfac- ton over the crime and applied an un- complimentary epithet to the last Presi- dent His comrades roughly handled him before he could be secured in. the guard house. He was found guilty of the charge by the court and sentenced to be dishon- orably discharged from the service of the United States, forfeiting all pay and all lowances due him and to be confined al hard labor for one year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-01
Officers Killed or Missing.

Washington, Sept. a0.--In addition to the enlisted men, three commissioned of- iicers of Company C, 9th infantry, are action at Samar, Philipine Islands, last Saturday.
 The officers are: Capt Thomas W. Con- nell, First Lieutenant Edward A. Bumpus, Major Surgeon R. S. Griswoid.
 A question having arisen as to the ac- curacy of the cablegram received at the War Department yesterday from General Chaffee, the Cable Company was directed to repeat 1t. The repetition disclosed some inaccuracies that materially change the message. As corrected. the dispatch reads:
 "Adjutant General, Washington:
 Hughes reports following from Bas- sey. Southern Samar: Twenty men Company. C., 9th regiment. United states infantry. eleven wounded, havN just ar. rived from Balangiga; remainder com, pany killed. Insurgents secured all or company's supplies and all rifles. except three. Company was attacked during breakfast on the morning of Sept. 2s; company seventy-two strong; of1cers. Thomas W. Connell. captain; Edward A Bumpus, first lieutenant; Dr. E. s. Grts- wold. major, surgeon.
 (Signed) Chance.
 The serious discrepancy between the original and corrected dispatches Is that the latter indicates that the commissioned officers of the company are missing, per- haps killed; while the former indicated that they escaped. q.
 The father of Captain conneh Resides in New York City. He telegraphed tc the War Department today that he Is in receipt of cablegram from the quarter master of the 9th regiment saying that his son had been killed In action He asks for confirmation of the dispatch ficials are unable at this time to confirm the information.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-01
well known in New York.

New York, Sept. 30-Captain Thomas W. connell, who commanded the unfor- infantry, which has almost anriihilated on the island of Samar Saturday. was a New York man and 8 brother of Assist ant District Attorney John. J. Connell West Point in 1894 and was appointed to the 9th infantry immediately on grad uatlon. In 1898 the regiment was sent te Cuba, where Lieutenant Connen was the Sth regiment was sent to Manila. and on the outbreak of hostiliues in China was sent there. Young Cornell distiu- guished himself at the stormtng Of Pekin and in last February was made captain of Company c. The regiment was moved back from China to the Philippines sev- eral months ago. Captain ConnelIs most gust IA from Samar