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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-05-30
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sweps A~ay.


Marion, n. G., May "a
reports coming in from COUNTS.
farther hack In the mountains brin,
details Of further iosrsr by Ia,
storm. Ii Is learned that severn
lives were lost and q number @
houses destroyed at Bakersviiie.
The following Is list of ownen
OF houses destroyed by the storm ir
bakersville: r. Morgan, Glib.
Green, Hicks Patterson, NJ. Buch,
anan, sam Turner, jim Green, Bill
Green, Nom Anderson, Berry Stew.
art, Prof. Britt, Quinion Moore, T..
Silver, Ms. Lizzie Howe, Il. II.
Young, Henry Poteat, John Gudger
and the Baptist church.
These houses, together with all
the household effects, were sweep,
away by the food. A great many
Others were badly damaged. Sam
Turner lost q trunk containing one
thousand dollars. A large number
OF people had taken refuge In the
Baptist church. They barely es-
caped before 1t was washed away.
Quinten Moore and son were
drowned in Loafer's Glory, q small
settlement near Bakersville.
L.. Forbes, Deaton 4 Wilson,
Charlie Stewart, Culburtson and ID.
Mckinney lost houses and store
rooms, together with their contents.
Every house in Magnetic City, a
good-sized village in Mitchell coun-
ty, was washed away. Twenty were
destroyed at Roam Mountain station.
Six or eight large stores on Big Rock
creek were washed away. Hunts
dale, with fifteen miles of railroad
near there, was entirely destroyed.
John Mckinney was drowned.
An unknown man killed by a slide
near Loafer's Glory.
About sixty-five houses In Eliza
bethtown, Tenn, just across the line
from Mitchell County were destroy
ed. An iron bridge across Toe river
at Spruce Pine was washed away.
Later news from this county show
the damage to be much greater than
first reported. 1t is believed now
it will reach three hundred thousand
dollars.
The people are doing the best they
can to repair the losses, but great
suffering will ensue as so many have
lost their only means of making a
living.
All public roads here are impass-
able, and in most places destroyed.
The ThrOntOn farm near Bridge
water was damaged twenty thousand
The only means we have of COM
municating with the outside world
is by telegraph. No mails have
reached US since Tuesday. We
haven't even been able to get news
paper Of any kind. Trains will prob
ably get to this place Saturday or
Sunday. 1t is impossible to get any
news from WilkesborO.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-05-30
Letter OF
The PEOPLE.
SOME PUNGENT OPINIONS
AND COMMENTS FROM
MEN WHO ARE READ
ING.
LET US. IN TINE LIGHT or TRUTH.
The Parking Cry or Negro DomIpatioo,,
Was . Phantom or Their Own Crea-
tIon.


Was = Phantom OF Their Own Cres
"LET US HAVE PEACE"
Why do we find these implorin,
words In all the papers Of the dormi
nant party In the state? Are the,
not In fact and In truth q para phras,
Of the despotic words, "Peace Reipn
In Warsaw" If not, then the,
can only refer to the usurping mem
bers Of the legislature of 1898 ant
1900, and their heelers who sho
white poll keepers, seized ballo
boxes, suppressed free speech, anG
inaugurated reign of terror in oul
state to secure the spoils Of office
There have been no other desturb
ers Of the public peace but these
"rhe dogs bark, the caravan passes
says the Arab proverb. Simmons
Daniel, Winston and company, are
the caravan and as the procession
moves on you hear the barking
LEU us nave peace"
Think of the legislature of 1895
OF which Mr.. Craige says, "every
important act was declared uncon.
stitutitional except the election law
and 1t was necessary to keep the
legislature in session to hold the
court down and save that, or il
would have shared like fate.
Or the legislature of 1900, the
first act before the court is declared
unconstitutional, and the revenue
act Is likely to be declared null and
void for like reason"
When they were shooting poll
keepers, dragging speakers from the
stand, seizing ballot boxes, and sup
pressing free speech and a free bal
lot in our state, they set up the
false plea, the perjured justification,
of "Negro domination" as an ex-
cuse for their revolutionary conduct
and foul breaches of the public peace
and for disfranchising by wholesale
tens Of thousand of lawful voters.
Let us, in the light of truth, see if
that barking cry of "NegrO domina-
tion" now changed to the tune of
"Let us have peace' was not a
phantoms of their own creation, in
vented as an excuse for their cow
ardly refusal to meet the opposi-
tion speakers in fair and free dis
cussion of issues before the people.
By the census of 1890 when every
black man in our state had voted
and his vote been killed by a white
vote, there were still left to vote
lO9,543 white men, to say who
should Iule over our people; and
with this fact staring them i'm the
face that they could not gainsay or
resist, what could they do to develop
the finer arts Of larceny of the public
purse as since exhibited by them,
but refuse to let their follow ers hear
the truth.
II. p. HARRELL.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-05-30
Failed Once May Fail Again.

- oA@SS <<Aesy = e&A a sAhs
Statesville Landmark.
The Charlotte Observer Is inform
ed that the 'machine" lit is pretty
well known that we have q "ma-
chine in politics In this State) has
already made up q slate for the sena-
tOrship and Supreme Court Judge
ships to be disposed Of in this State
next year. The machine is Q pretty
strong combination and may sue
ceed in carrying the slate through,
but we doubt it. The machine de-
creed the impeachment Of the SD
preme Court judges q few months
ago but was unable to deliver the
goods. This Jared il somewhat.
Those who previously had absolute
faith In 1t are now q little suspicious
Notwithstanding the Governor cf the
State gives il all the aid and COM
fort he can by appointing to Office
only those who are agreeable to 1t.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-05-30

botisr KIpiossos ~ Blg Oak. Moor.
Cossty, Kills Joe Cagts.
Carthage, May pa fatal boiler
explosion occurred n.r Big Oak,
this county, Thursday morning st
Mr.. Hector McKaskill's shingle mill,
killing the fireman, Joe Gayle, and
injuring several Others. The force
Of the explosion carried Cagle seven
ty feet and landed him In the fork
VI . tree, severing one Lex entirely
from the body and osherwise mutt
iating him. Broken fragments Of
the boiler were hurled In every d.
rection, one part striking Q green
pine tree the size Of mans body
cutting II literally In two.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-05-30

Oxford, N. c., May 25.-During
Q sudden electrical storm here 1t $3.50
this afternoon F. G. Spencer and J.
F. Meadows, while sitting In front
Of the telegraph Office, were severely
shocked by lightning. Mr.. Spencer
was unconscious for some time.
Medical aid was promptly rendered
and both are now very much better,
Mr.. Spencer is our Telegraph open-
tor and Mr.. Meadows Is . prominent
tObacc0nist. There was no Other
damage In town.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-05-30
For the Methodist Orphanage

For the Methodist Orphanage.
The eight children of the late Mrs.
A. F. Page, who died at her home
in Aberdeen, N. c., in 1897, have
contributed the sum of four thou
sand dollars to the fund for the erec-
tion of the main building of the
Methodist Orphanage in Raleigh.
AS much of this as shall be required
for the purpose, to be used in the in
terror finishing, decorating and furn-
ishing of the chapel, which is to be
dedicated to the memory of their
mother, and called the Catharine
Page Chapel.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-05-30
EXPOSING THE VILE TRICKS
"LET Us HAVE PEACE"
II. p. HARRELL

Pike, N. c., May "a, 19O1.-
Herewith find enclosure to pay my
subscription. I believe the CAU-
CAsIAN has established a reputation
Tor truth telling and exposing the
vile tricks Of the Simmon machine,
so l want to continue my subscrip-
tlon. M. MCLEOD.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-05-30
the DAMAGES HALF A MILLION.
Southern's Losses BY Flood Aroznd
Ashevflle.

Asheville, N. c., May 24.-The
damage to the Asheville division of
the Southern railway by the recent
floods is estimated at half million
dollars. The Asheville and Spartan
burg branch of the Southern will re-
sumo schedule tomorrow, but the
line to Salisbury over the blue Ridge
Mountains will not be open for sew
eral days.
Officials Of the Southern railway
at Chattanooga, Tenn, announced
to-day that they will be able to run
trains through the flooded district
to Bristol over Temporary bridges
by Monday and will reach Asheville
TO- morrow.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-05-30
ANARCHISTS
SUICIDE
THE huRDERER or Ming
VICTOR EMANUEL HANGS
HIMSELF IN HIS CELL


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weave ts Nee J>~~y-A - 49,
hsss~sshss Csr--<.
Rome. May ss.-Gs~,no nr-i
the s~a~in of King Hamt-rt. Juiy
~, 1900. has committed .ulcie, I'm
The icniicntiary OF sanso s,~fs,o
III s announced here thai Bru-a.
VINO had bc~n growing morr .ni
mor de~pondcni, tor~ his usa~r.
clothing into strips Tuesday ulrh,.
made . rorc and -tnnylcd him-.lr
bre~ci rcwntiy wrote TO King
VICTOR EnmAnaci. tb- mini.t.-r-
and his wife, declaring thai ne r,-
P-nted his crime and oouId no ,uug.
rr stand the rcmon-e he ~a. .ufr.-r.
Ing.
The details OF the trsrv.iy m
Aon-o which shorkcd all Eana-.
stiii fre-h In the minds of Italian.
Ming Humhcrt had Jus, attended |.
distribution or prin~ In oonnsx-tion
with gymnA~sic contest and had
entered his Garage, when ,hr-
shots were frcd At him rron the
crowd. He died . few minuts-
later. Brsri, the s-~~r~in, ws. Inn.
inedistcly arre-tei and with dim.
Guilty saved from the vengeance of
the people.
Bresci was placed on trial nj
MilA", August 20. 1900, aud the
jury In q few hour found a unani-
nous verdict against him for mur-
der. While te-tirying at the trial
Bre-ci admitted that the crime xs,
dsiiberate one, that he had wound
ed the King three times and that he
had previously cut the bullet. with
scissors inserting dirt In the .uts, ~
~ To make the wounds produc.d
more dangerous. He was sentenos-d
10 imprisonment for life, the nr-t
seven years To be spent In solitary
confinement.
BreSci hsd belonged To an Italian
anarchist group In Patterson, New
Jersey. He was q constant reader
Of historical books at that time .ad
WAS always telling his associate. that
they should learn To live without
work.
GLOON IN PATrEKsoS.
Patterson, n. j., May 2s.-The
news Of the death Of Gsetuo Br~cI
brought profound sorrow 10 TN.
'Group Of Existence" Pstter-on's
famous band Of anarchists. Br-~.i
was one Of them aud his killing Of
King Humbert is believed 10 hav,
been the outcome Of plans mad. at
secret meetings In this city.
Bresci was employed la Patterson
from April J., 1893, To May IL, 1900,
at Hamil Booths silk mill. He
earned OH the average Of SI4 week.
snd during the investigation Of his
crime IL YVES declared that he had
some regular source Of income out
side his wages. He was about thirty
years old.
Bresci had . wife and children In
Patterson when he went to Italy.
The woman, who is not an Italian,
was left destitute. She made her
way TO West Hoboken and became
charge on the town. Another
child WAS born after Bresci had been
imprisoned I'm Italy.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-05-30
GROWING Towns.
Where Salaries OF Postmasters are In

Wnok0 SaA1rIoo OF FO0tmA0eoED ar0 In
creased,
Salaries of postmasters ct these
towns will be increased July next;
Dunn, from 81 100 to 81 200; Smith
field frem 81 400 to 81, 200; Little
ton from $l,1OO to 81, 200; Southern
Pines and Sanford from $1,1OO ia
81, 200 each.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-05-30

u. L. Grcenlec si,soo, Will Ward
thou-el, u. W. Coni-y 600. A
great many others lot from sieo To
$500 each.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-05-30

President Of United Stst<s 4 GOO O0o
Pres Mot. Life insurance Co. 100 600
Pres II. Y. LBfe lnssssaos Co. $4,000
Pres. n. 7. Genital Railroad 100 200
Pres. Pa. Railrosd Co. 5000
Chief Justsee U.sL Supre Court 1850
Gen. Miles. Com. in Chief U.s
Amy. 1000
Rear admins, u. 9. NAVY, 1900
p. e. KquitAoie Life lns. 20. 10000
nembers u. q. Cabinet, 5000
Mayor n. Y. City, 1900
Gov. n 7 Sta'e, 10000
Vioe-Pses, u q. 5000
U D. Senat3rs and Congressmen, GOo
Pres. Elliot, Of Harvard, 5000
Pres. Of the sugar Trust, 1900
Engish Lord Onief Jus Toe, 1000
1eal- Admiral, English Navy. 1905
Com in Chief 6Fifish Army. SaI0O
speaker House NJ CoDmono, akOO0
u. B. Ambaasad0ra 1900
rreasurss o. u. g. 5000
%. II. schwsb, lyoo00oo
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-05-30
so0e High O6esaI salsrSss.
New York World.

Az president Of the Billion Dollar
Steel Trust Mr.. 6chwab receives n
salary which dwarfs any known. 1t
Is believed that no New York aw.
yer earns by his profession more
than 100000 . year and no clergy
man more than $50, 900. Two phys
icians are credited with earning
$4,000 each, and for . very few
years . pugilia or q jockey may
receive $500 to $4,000. De
Reszke gets nearly 100000 . year
by his voice. Some OF the highest
official salaries paid In the world are
shown in this table
New-York tribune., 1901-09-19
NETWORK CITY.

The Board of Elections met yesterday and decided
TO hire force of hundred extra clerks, be en-
ployed in the work of tabulating the returns of
Tuesdays primaries. 1t is estimated that it will
take about week to get the returns in shape
for publication.
Commissioner Nagle of the Street Cleaning De-
partment yesterday opened bids for the removal of
snow and ice in Brooklyn for the coming winter
Six bids received, of which the lowest 10
cents cubic yard, from John F.. Maiie, of
Brooklyn. The contract will probably be awarded
him.
Sixty-sixth-st.. between Central Park West and
Coumbus-ave.. will be laid Saturday at go p
m. After the ceremonies a reception will be held
at the old armory. No. $40 West Forty-fourth-st
New-York tribune., 1901-09-19
IT'S "UP TO" NEW-YORKERS
GOVERNOR ODEIL SEES NO REASON
WHY he SHOULD PURIFY THEIR
POLICE FOR THEM

Governor odeii was I'm the city yesterday FOR d
.hort time at the Manhattan Hotel The tribune
had an exclusive interview with him yestefuas
morning The Governor, who is just returning
from Washington. where he attended the tuner a
Of President Mckinley went TO Newburg yesterday
asternoon In the course Of the day he saw and
a.L.d ,,b several of the local Republican leaders
Ne talked about the arrest or Deputy ooihiiii7
sionsr :Devery and showed that he was wen satia
fed with the present political conditions In TINS
city He believes that the situation demonstrates
the wisdom OF his in refusing 10 exercise
his mower of removal after the exposures OF th7
Parshurst society last month.
Things are going just as i expected they
would" he said The police problem is WORKING
itself ont; and now the situation is so clear that
there can be no mistake about 1t. The people nave
been thoroughly awakened by Devery and they
sec that they have the remedy in their own hahos'
and can use IL in a couple of months There mas
never been any reason why should interfere ana
remove the Police Cornmissioner. ,. 40 ova-
'sThe people have not yet had a chance 10 eAeI-
else their power OF removal under the ne" law,
: nd until they refuse to act i should not act
conduct generally. The people have read an apoIt
IL TOO and il seems to me that they lntend 10 90
/ heir duty I expected all this when refusea 10
act last month. II is TO the voters OF New
York 10 choose either a pure or a corrupt FoHce
Department -, -; ror,
many mayoraty conference
New-York tribune., 1901-09-19
PRINCETON YEAR BEGINS.
EX-PRESIDENT CLEVELAND TO SPEAK AT
SERVICES FOR MKINLEY

Princeton. N j.. Sept. IS (SpeciaD.-The 155th an
nual opening exercises of Princeton University were
held in Alexander Hall this afternoon before a
large number of students visitors. The faculty
and board of trustees. led by President Patton and
Nj. Taylor Pyne. formed the university library
and marched to the hall President Patton delivered
the opening address. He said in part
We under the shadow of a great cloud. We
crime What il to be said this subject will be
better said here tomorrow, when we meet TO pay
tribute to the late President of the United
While We feel this a great bereavement. are
proud OF his high character and his noble life.
which endeared him to all. We also realize that
there Is for thanksgiving for the fact of the
high character of the one who has been called to
this high office
After announcing that Professor Andrew F. West
to-day assumes his duties dean of the graduate
school, the president said:
This school is a marked sign that the uni
versity must grow The logic of the development of
the past indicates In years to come the inevitable
establishment OF professional schools in connection
with Princeton University
He said the incoming freshman class would prob
ably he the largest in the history of university
At the close of his address he announced that
memorial exercises for the late President will be
held in Alexander Hall tomorrow. and that ex-
President Grover Cleveland and Professor John II
Finky will speak. DIR. Henry Dyke and Pro-
they return to Princeton before the exercises are
held
New-York tribune., 1901-09-19
MURPHY BETWEEN TWO FIRES.
HE rs WAITING FOB OFFICIAL NOTICE OF
DEvERYS FIX, BUT HE WOULD PRE-
SIDE OVER POLICE TRIALS.

,-.,s,o,.r Nrrnhv in discussing the arrest
NJ Deputy Commissioner Devery yesterday saiu
that he had not heard from the deputy NOiiiliil ,
sioner since Saturday and knew nothing ABOUT
-he nv,oceedinss IN the Criminal Courts BUILDING
except what he read in the papers lie mace 'he
significant statement that II tomorrow hao MOI
been set apart as a holiday out Of respect TO the
,,enorv of President Mckinley, he personally
,,Id have uresided at the police trials at head
quarters He would not explain this statement
He declared he had neither received any COM
rnunicafion from the District Attorneys ONCE re-
lattng TO the charges brought against DeVery nor
4s,aI potfacation from the Criminal Courts Build
lnr of Deverv's arraignment there. 1t was within
his mower to remove Devery If he was so disposed
he said thought that so far there was hothlis
,n the case to warrant action on his part
He admitted that Mr.. Pagan, The stenographer
vvba reuorted the trial of Policeman ONeill before
pevery had been ordered TO report at the District
Attorneys office with the report OF that trlal.
1.-The Deputy will sit as trial judge tomorrow
as usual will hey' asked
There won't be any trials tomorrow answered
the Commissioner, ION of it being holi-
day There only four cases to be tried
was going to try them next day, but the number
being so small / postponed them till next week
DO you say you will try them yourself?
IF they were TO be tried tomorrow, would"
why would you try them?
For no other reason than that 1 would try
them"
Does that mean that the Deputy Commissioner
will not try cases in future?"
1T doesn't mean anything of the kind
Now that Deputy Commissioner Devery has been
Irrested- will you suspend himT'
II Will tell you after hear from the District At
orney's Office"
Would the precedent established in the
Elennon and other cases apply in this case?"
i don't know.
As the intervfewers turned go the Commis-
sioner shifted some about his desk. and re
mar cd. Il don't know what will be done about
Eeputy Commissioner DeVery-
1T was reported yesterday that Devery's counsel.
Mr. Elkus. is preparing affidavit challenging
Justice !erome's right TO try the case. justice
Jerome himself may decide whether or not he is
entitled
New-York tribune., 1901-09-19
SIR IHOMAS',S LEG BETTER.
HIS PHYSICIAN HAS A HARD TINE KEEP
ING THE YACHTSMAN QUIET

HIS PHYSICIAN HAS A HARD TINE KEEP
ING THE YACHTsMAN QUIET.
The slight injury to Sir Thomas Lpton's leg
which was reported exclusively in The Tribune
yesterday morning. is not painful it
The owner of the Shamrock was limping about the
decks of the tender Porto Rico yesterday. and DIR.
Reid Mackay said that he would be all right in
day two if the leg not strained again. Sir
Thomas admitted yesterday that he had had bad
fall
DR.. Mackay. the surgeon on the steam yacht
Erin, is in constant attendance on Sir Thomas. He
said that for the first thirty-six hours his work
consisted chiefly in trying to keep his patient lying
down quietly and tn preventing him from getting
up to people. He added:
You know how it is. Sir Thomas's energetic
temperament and hosptable ways do not incline
him readily to lying on his back and when friends
come especially TO call upon him it is not easy to
Thomas slipped in the launch and had nasty fall.
Another member of the Erin party said:
Nothing is more certain than that serious
strain may be attended by most unpleasant conse
Thomas had to leave the yacht and go to a hotel
when the Cup races are sailed When he over
the designer of his challenger. and the only man in
the party who knew anything about the proper
tivelyjust before the yacht entered the Cup races
wholly out Of trim. The ballast had been altered
for experiment, and then Fife went down with in
fiammatory rheumatism and there was not a single
man in the whole Upton collection who then knew
how TO get the vessel back into right shape. We
have good reason be glad that the accident was
no worse, and have all been assisting DR.
Mackay In persuading the old man to keep quiet
and give his leg n chance
1t may be remarked that the Erin the ex-
preston the old man. has no reference to Sir
Thomas's years. On board ship the captain is
generally referred to ''the old man. but in this
case II apparently means about the as the
boss" 1t is more a term Of affection than at
tempt at classification.
AT present the Erin party is living the tender
Porto Rico while the big steam yacht is in of
the Erie Basin drydocks She will be
to-day If the work on her be finished in time
Ihen Sir Thomas will have more comfortable quar-
ters than he has now
New-York tribune., 1901-09-19
PATROL WAGON FOR INJURED MAN.
ONE ROOSEVELT AUTOMOBILE BROKEN DOWN
ANOTHER WITHOUT POWER AND A HORSE
WITHOUT A SHOE.

Oppermann, at Eighty -fourth-st. and North River.
while his way home last night was run down
by freight train at Eighty third-st. His left leg
was cut off and his right arm was broken. Police
man O. 'Brien of the West Sixty-eighth-st. station
telephoned the Roosevelt Hospital for am
buance, but there was none to be had The police
man then telephoned to the Presbyterian Hospital
and to the j. Hood Wright Hospital. but both
fused to send ambulance as the scene of the
accident outside of the district which they are
supposed to cover Finally desparing of getting an
ambulance, Sergeant Churchill. of the West Sixty
eghth-st. station. sent the patrol wagon, and the
injured taken TO Roosevelt Hospital. The
physicians said that the man would probably die
from the loss of blood. At the Roosevelt Hospital
It said that one of the electric ambulances was
broken. the other had just returned from trip
and did not have enough power TO make the trip
Eighty third-st. and back and the horse for the
third ambulance had lost a shoe.
New-York tribune., 1901-09-19

SPEAKERS WHO TOOK PART IN THE CERE-
MONIES AT WINCHESTER.

SPEAKERS WHO TOOK PART IN THE CERE-
MONIES AT WINCHESTER.
London, Sept. 19-The ceremonies proper in
connection with the national commemoration of
the one thousandth anniversary Of the death of
King Alfred the Great began in Winchester
yesterday with lecture the life of the King
l-y Frederic Harrison and a reading from Ten
nyson's Beckett by Sir Henry Irving. There
was large attendance of visitors from all parts
of the United Kingdom
Mr. Harrison reminded his American hearers
that from the Danish settlements which King
Alfred permitted had gone the first American
settlers.
The Mayor of Winchester in the course of an
address made a sympathetic reference to the
late President Mckinley.
Sir Henry Irving. replying to a vote Of thanks
for the reading. referred to Mr.. Mckinley as
"at one the avatar and emblem OF noble purpose,
high thought and patriotism and declared that
his memory shall remain green forever in the
hearts of the loyal and expansive of all
English speaking people"