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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-27
FAILS TO LOWER HIS RECORD.
Cresceus, King Of Trotters, Does his Best But
in VAIN
(By the Associated Press.)

<Aot1CS'ohNNs ~NHS'|
Philadelphia, Pa. Sept 26.-Cresceus,
king of trotters, today failed to lower
his record of 2:02 IA made at Column
bus on August End, in trial on the
Belmont Driving Club course at Mar
berth, suburb of this city. The great
son of Robert McGregor stepped the
mile in 2:04h without a skip and there
by reduced the track record of 2:08 3-4
made by Alix on November 7th, 1894.
Everything was conducive to fine
time. The track was lightning fast and
there WAS not enough breeze to inter-
fere with the progress Of the great trot-
ter. 1t was 4:20 when the horse made
his appearance for the effort at record
breaking. After scoring once Ketcham
gave the starter the nod and the great
trotter was off. paced by runner at
tached to sulky.
When the first quarter was reached
in 80 IA. everybody thought the record
would surely be broken. The second
quarter. on the straight back stretch,
was made in 80 ga but the third was q
fraction over a second slower. Turning
into the home stretch Ketcham urged
the trotting machine to his utmost, but
the best he could do was 311a seconds
for the quarter. As the horse flashed
under the wire great shout went up
from the crowd, which Immediately
swarmed around the horse and owner.
Mr. Ketcham had no excuse to offer for
the failure to break the record, saying
track and weather were favorable.
Summary: Time 2:02 IA Cresceus
2:O41b Time by quarters. 80 IA; 1:01
1:33; 2:0412.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-27
RAN INTO THE FREIGHT.
Five Persons Injured in an Accident on the
Southern Near Columbia
(By the Associated Press )

Columbia. S. c., Sept. ga passenger
train on the Southern Railway ran in
to the rear of freight train three
miles from Columbia last night Five
persons were injured and three cars
were burned. The freight train, it is
said, was running on a passenger trains
time.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-27
Electric Light Plant for Hamlet.

Especial to News and Observer
Hamlet. n. c., Sept. 26.-Mr G. 0.
Saunders, who makes his winter home in
Southern Pines, has gone North TO buy
the machinery for the new electric plant
he will put in operation in this place.
He expects to have the plant in opera
tion by December or earlier, and Will
probably put in water works plant next
year.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-27
Medical Director of the Exposition
lRv the Associated Press

(By the Associated Press.)
Charleston, S. c., Sept 26.-Dr. Mann
ing Simmons. one of the most distin-
guished physicians and surgeons in the
South, was elected Medical Director of
the South Carolina Inter State and West
Indian Exposition.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-27
The Judge Pronouuces Sentence.

Then Justice White passed sentence
as follows
I'm taking the life of our beloved
President you committed a crime which
shocked and outraged the moral sense
of the civilized world You have con-
fessed that guilt and after learning all
that at this time can be learned from
the facts and circumstances of the case,
| twelve good jurors have pronounced you
guilty and have found you guilty of
murder in the first degree.
"You have said, according TO the testi-
mory of creditable witnesses and your
self that no other person aided or
abetted you in the commission of this
terrible act. God grant it may be so.
The penalty for the crime for which you
stand convicted is fixed by this statute,
and it now becomes my duty TO pronounce
this judgment against you.
"The sentence of the court is that in
the week beginning October 2Sth, 1901
at the place, in the manner and means
prescribed by law, you suffer the punish
ment of death.
Remove the prisoner"
THE COURT ADJOURNs.
The crowd slowly filed out OF the room
| and court adjourned at 2.25.
The death warrant signed BY Justice
White is addressed to Inc agent and
warden of Auburn State prison, and di-
reefs him to execute the sentence OF ths
court within the walls of. the prison on
some day during the week beginning Oc-
| tober 18th next, by causing "to pass
through the BODY of the said Leon f.
| Czolgosz current of electricity of sufi-
cient intensity to cause death, and that
the application of the said current OF
electricity be continued until he, the
said Leon f.. CzolgosZ, be dead
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-27

The witness said he was sure that or
Nav 2Gth when he hailed the Texas, he
had passed within hailing distance OF the
Brooklyn, being one and half miles dls'
tant.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-27

An old bachelor says IL marriages are
really made in heaven Providence must
have a grudge against a lot of people
here on earth.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-27
To DIE IN THE ELECTRIC CHAIR
The Presidents Assassin Will Pay the Pen
atty of His Crime During the Week Be-
ginning October the 28th.
AUBURN PRISON THE PLACE OF DOOM

and you are at perfect liberty to do so if
you wish
HE HAS NOTHING TO SAY.
1.-THE prisoner replied:
Il have nothing to say about that"
The court said:
'Are you ready?''
Mr.. Penney replied: ,
Eyes"
"Have you anything to say? asked
Justice White.
"Yes," replied the prisoner.
Il think he should be permitted to
make statement in exculpation of his
act If the court please" said Judge Titus.
The court replied:
"That will depend upon what his state
ment is.'
Justice White then said:
Have you (speaking to Judge Titus)
anything to say in behalf of the prisoner
at this time?"
HE CLEARS HIS PEOPLE.
81 have nothing to say within the
definition of what your honor has read, )"
replied the attorney, "but it seems to me
in order that the innocent should not
suffer by this defcndant S crime, the court
should permit him to exculpate at least
his father, brother and sister,"
From the court Certainly if that is
the object of any statement he wishes to
make, proceed"
The prisoner said
There was no one else but me. No
one else told me to do it, and no one
maid me to do it.
Judge Titus repeated it as follows
lowing to the prisoners feeble voice.
will repeat his words. He
says no one had anything to do with
the commission of his crime but himself;
that his father and mother and no one
else had anything to do with it and knew
nothing about it.
The prisoner continued:
II was not told anything about that
crime and l never thought anything
about murder until a couple of days be-
tore / committed the crime"
Judge Titus again repeated as follows:
HE never told anyone about the crime
and never intended to commit it until a
couple of days before it's commission
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-27

The hare may be cowardly, yet he u.s.
ually dies game.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-05
As TO ADMIRAL CERvERA.

The proposition to give Admiral Ger
vera a token OF esteem, as an express
sion OF the American sentiment toward
him. is Of course dictated by the very
best OF motives, but 1t should never
theloss be considered twice before act
ed uuon
Admiral Cervera, during the remark
able battle on Santiago. and after dis
played truly Spartan valor coupled
with the finer qualities Of a gentleman.
and a nobleman. But his reward, to
be o. value 10 him, should come from
his own country.
Admiral Ccrvera was charmed with
the treatment he received while here.
but rs a true spanlard, the war that
made him famous. must seem a Grim.
inal assault UPON his own country. and
20 accept "iovlng-cup7 from the vic
torious assailant would be regarded
by him, Il We mistake not. almost as
treason, The war is shll too fresh IN
the memory Of both parties. to admit
Of the exchange Of that kind Of COM
pnments. or
Cove time all trace Of enmity viii
be efiaced and the student OF history.
both American and spaniard. viii read
with admiration and pride OF the deeds
Of heroism recorded OF the principal
actors Of the war Of iSsS. At that
time Americans, or Cubans. or both.
may be inspired 10 erect at Santiago a
statue In honor Of the Spanish hero.
who, against fearful odds. went to meet
death. because he put a higher value
on his couutry's honor than on his own
lie.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-05

oWhat was the evidence against the
mani" evidence? He was as black
az the ace Of spades. What more do
you want?'
Lynching Is lawlessness Of the very
worst type and to justify 1t In one
case is to justify II In another and to
cause Il to spread.
Il Il shameful sight to see a sena-
tor Of the United states stand up In a
vast assemblage and justify and laud
the crime OF murder 10y lynching And
IT isa disgrace to people Of the Wis
consln town where he talked that they
applauded his sentiments IL shows
plainly that the spirit Of mobocracy Is
not confined to the South but that 1t has
strong root In the North. The Ohio
lypchlng OF a few years back showed
This. n evidence were wanting. But
no northern senator has stood up and
qlorled in the shame and disgrace OF
these outrageous murders, and aside
from Senator TlIlman no southern sen
ator has. often 10 justify a thlng Is
10 commend and recommend IT, al
ways to excuse &C. very frequently to
set NJ asan eWmpl1 70 be followed
We viii not believe that Senator Till-
man speaks for the whole South when
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-05
ron rnG ARID WEST.

James J. I'm, Of the Great Northern
railway. is the latest convert to the
doctrine Of the reclamation Of arid
lands by the government He believes
that n that enterprise is carried out
on a large scale, the Pacific coast viii
in a short time have population OF
20 0OO.O 600 people. and that Chicago then
win be the metropolis OF the entire
world.
II the DEVELOPMENT Of the West since
the first settlers here demonstrated the
possibilities Of the region. Is consld-
cred. the statement does not appear ex-
travagant. The Pacific coast states are
easily capable OF sustaining 2OOOO.OOO
inhabitants and they win come, too,
as the facilities for establishing homes
are enlarged.
Mr.. HI argues that the 400 OOO,O 900
people Of Asia care little for the man.
ufactured products Of civilization
while they want cheap food. II there
fore the government would promote the
scheme for the reclamation Of arid
lands in the West, this country would
be in position to furnish those mill
lions with wheat, corn and fruit at a
price within their reach. and as con
sequence, our own national wealth
would grow immensely People he
says, regard with amazement the pre-
sent rapid growth OF wealth In the
United States. bat this VIII be com
parative poverty when with twenty
million people on the Pacific slope en-
gagged in raising grain and manufac-
turing -four for the Orient we can dis
patch large freighters daily from each
OF the Pacific ports loaded with the
manufactured goods Of the eastern fac
tories. the cotton OF the South, and the
food products OF the mountain valleys.
Then q river Of wealth viii be turned
into the United States, which win put
10 shame the visions Of the widest
dreamers. II Congress at It's next ses-
sion win appropriate 800. OoOO 900 In per
cent bonds TO be used In canal and
reservoir construction, the money Will
be returned directly many times In the
increase and value OF the public land
Indirectly, In trade results the benefits
VIII be permanent and lncalculable"
Friends Of the proposition for the de-
velopment Of the arid west cannot but
be gratined at the rapid growth Of the
circle OF its advocates, Some day II
viii seem quite natural to every states
man. and every citizen Of the country.
When the benefits the country will de-
rive from such conquest are clearly
understood, legislators win vote a mil.
lion collars or more for Irrigation, with
more enthusiasm than Congress ever
displayed when furnishing money for
destructive war. For conquests by
Irrigation are In perfect accord with
civilization. The great military nations
Of the world are constantly reaching
out for land, every foot Of which they
have to stain with tears and blood
This country should set an example
Of civilized conquest, by demonstrating
what can be done by applying the
pure, llfe-glyIng streams Of the noun
talns TO the fertile soil that is but watt
ing Tor the industry OF man to yield an
abundance Of wealth and happiness.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-05
uLLMAN JusrIPlEs LYNcuING.

No one win be SURPRISED that sena-
tor Tillmau has come out "strong" In
favor OF lynching lie Justified 1t be-
fore a Wisconsin audience, and the
telegraphic report says his remarks
were heartily npplauded"
Senator Tillmans argument is the old
one always called mp TO Justify murder
by mob. he made "aa eloquent plea
IN justification Of lynching. saying that
southern women could not be brought
into court to testify to their shame and
degradation before a jury Tor the sake
OF conyictiug a beast" This is a step
further than the argument IS usually
carried. Now women are not TO be-
brought into court to testify against
their ASSISTANTS. soon this moral code
VIII provide Cor the lynchlng OF the
court and officers II they shall instruct
junes and serve process in cases OF
assault
But lynching In the South is by no
means confined - the assailants Of
women. only the other day O negro
was lynched Tor the usual crime" Of
stealing a bottle Of pop. The self re-
spect Of the people Of his vlcarage could
not be triled with by bringing him to
trial and summoning witnesses on be-
half Of the state whose dig
nifty he had outraged A
few years ago a negro in one Of the
southern states was lynchcd Tor hav-
inc stolen harness In the South Il
Is enough 10 seriously cndauger the NE
Of any negro by lynehing TO charge him
with any crime. And an the evidence
tina; Il IS necessary TO bring against
him Is that OF the well known story.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-05
"DR'" jim As PuACEMARER.
N. Y. Evening Post


Dr. Jim" Of the raid that failed has
appeared before the British public In
several roles. He now adds that az
peacemaker His plan bears a plausI-
Die look. Reopen the Johannesburg
mines, he says, and garrison them we'll
soon the Beers on the veldt will tire of
sending In Mauser bullets, and will send
IN garden sass as they used to do.
FROM this center, peace and prosperity
WIN spread through the new colonies.
For an ex-raider the plan Is fairly idy-
nc. The verlest caviller must join Or
Jameson IN wishing for these happy
results. Some queries. however, one
might make concerning the whole
scheme Can Kitchener detach sufficient
men to garrison the mines? What
VIII the Beers be doing while their
pumpkins" are growing? Finally
does the title Paeincator sit easily upon
DR.. Jameson?
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-05

General Wood, governor Of Cuba,
says that the island has a great future
before It, This is probably true. So
long as 1t was under the control Of
Spain 1t had no chance to develop in
the true sense Of the word, for the
mother was continually exploiting It,
and its people had no outlet for their
political aspirations save that OF rev.
olution. Now all this is changed. Soon
the people OF the island will be left
to work out their own destinies. When
their land Is developed and enriched II
VIII be for themselvos' and not for
Spain The longing for independence
mat heretofore found vent In revou-
ton will now find its legitimate outlet
In independentself government:and this
VIII be a safety valve for ali political
aspirations, Nor is II at all likely that
cuba viii ever be the scene of such
revolutions as Haytl and the Central
and south American republics have
been The future looks promising for
Cuba.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-05
THE OKLAHOMA LorrERY
Kansas city Star.

The tremendous competition for
claims IN Oklahoma was not needed 10
prove the growing appreciation OF the
value OF land in this country. II IL
significant though, that l65 .Se5 people
registered FOR quarters" In the new In.
dian domain that has been thrown open
20 settlement Men and women came
from oll over the United States ana
endured extreme dlscomforts that they
might take chance In the great gov
eminent lottery.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-05

Quoted In El Reno viii be looked back
upon in after days as a most remark
able affair. We do not appreciate its
magnitude now; we seldom do appre-
ciate the Importance of contem-
porary events. As matter
Of fact, the like Of 1t was
never before attempted in the history
of the world, and the smoothness with
which the drawing Is going on speaks
volumes for the intelligence Of the Of
icials by whom It is being conducted.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-05
THE CALAyERAs SKULL.
Chicago Reoord. Herald

II appears that while the professors
at the Smithsonian Institution and al
harvard have been puzzline over the
antiquity OF a skull which was dis.
covered IN Calaveras County. Callfor.
MA, IN 1866 an Episcopallan clergy.
man OF Los Angeles has been informed
all along that this very skull was set
as trap for scientists. A storekceper
az Angels Camp had put II In the aur.
ferrous gravel at the bottom Of the
mine shaft, knowing that Il would be-
found there and knowing also that its
antiquity was no greater than that Of
the Indian tribes OF the neighborhood
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-05
HARRISON ON AMERICA.

1t Is hong since Americans cared ser.
iously what the impressions of 81 tin
guished foreigners OF their country
We're and there Is no longer a certain
condensation on the part OF foreigners
Of which Lowell complained. somewhat
peevishly 1t cannot be denied. sun
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-05

One Of the great evils from which the
people Of New York city suffer is the
extortions Of the Ice trust, There are
tens Of thousands Of little ones there
whose parents cannot afford to take
them out Of the heated streets to get a
breath OF fresh air and little ice now
and then is a necessity II health and
almost life Itself are to be preserved.
And they are all at the mercy of the
great Ice trust that, Ike a glacier NOV
ing over them. grinds them. In New
York the people have to pay tribute To
the Ice trust at the rate Of thirty cents
a hundred. How much better Off are
the people Of Salt Lake City, where
there is no ice trust? They only have
to pay dollar hundred for ice, four
times as much as they pay for coal.
How much more favored they are than
their brothers and sisters in New York!
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-05

while the method adopted by the
government for the apportionment OF
the kiowa-Comanche lands doubtless
puts all the applicants on an equal
plane and may thus be said 10 ensure
lmpartiality, the spectacle Of the United
states government conducting a lottery
or raiilc cannot be considered dignlhed
or edlfying.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-05

There are thousands Of homeless
homeseekers In FL Reno and LaWioh
When they left their old homes to seen
new ones In the Indian reservations 70
be opened. they followed, to a certain
extent, the example Of the dog that
dropped his piece OF meat in the water
to grab at the shadow. But it Is hu
man nature to leave the certain for the
uncertain.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-05

Maryland is famous for peaches,
pretty girls and oysters. This year
the crop OF peaches is the greatest In
her history aud she has surplus Of
lovely young women Of whom the Bal
timore Sun speaks In this manner:
There could not be In the nature Of
things, an excess Of Maryland women.
We cannot have too much Of a good
thing like this. The lovely 10000 not
needed for home consumption are in
tended, like choice specimens Of our
peaches and oysters, to carry Joy to less
fortunate communities, which need
compensation and consolation for not
being part Of Maryland When the
bachelors Of other sections hear az
Marylands surplus feminine crop there
VIII be a general rush from all quar-
ters to secure as wives, women who
for sweetness, beauty, cleyerness aud
capacity are chief among ten million,
and altogether lovely"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-05
New York Journal

That little government lottery in Ok.
lahoma Is costing the people Of the
United States more than enough TO
provide a national telegraph system.
The stock Of the Western Union Tele.
graph company was valued in the mar.
kei Yesterday at tsaS2s.S25. The value
ot the land which Uncle Sam has been
scattering like a drunken sailor among
= mob Of Spectators is estimated at
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-05

A geological piano has been per-
fected in Paris, the tones being given
out by pieces Of flint This Is the
Kind Of pianos they must have used II,
the stone age.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-05

II is said that J. Pierpont Morgan is
trying TO buy the sword 81 Lafayette.
But no one can buy the place that La
fayette holds In the hearts Of the peo-
uia
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-05

IL have been six times all over the
United States. / have spent ABOUT
three years Of my life in America
travelling from New York to San Fran
cisco, from British Columbia to Louis
lana. II there is one impression that
becomes deeper and deeper every
time that | return TO that country, It
is that the most interesting woman in
the world Is the American woman
says Max O'Rell. And Max Is right.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-05

President shaiIer Of the Amalgamat.
ed association wears no beard, but his
hair looks as though II bristled most
OF the time.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-05

Venice Is said to be slowly but sure
BY sinking. 1t may be 80. but the sink.
Ing is 50 slow tina; !, Is almost imper.
oeptible. And when she has sunk into
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-05

A distinguished actress says that
Cigarette" is her favorite role, But she
does not roll cigarettes as a pastime.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-05

So far as the great steel strike Is
concerned the gentlemen on either side
may cry peace. but there Is no peace.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-05

The strike continues but the terrible
heat Is moderating so the people are
getting some relief.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-05

NJ Santos Dumonts dirigible balloon
seems TO be nothing more than trife
light as air.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-05

Who would assail the Institution OF
lynching In the South must be pre-
pared 60 meet Senator Tnlman's pitch
fork
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-05

Deep down in her esthetic soul bos-
ton hopes that the Columbia VIII De
chosen to defend the Americas cup ana
not the Constitution, for the lndepehq-
ence was not In IT with the Constitution
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-05

her watery grave she win be then wha'
she is now, simply "out Of sight
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-05

Kansas City World.
The grea, lottery that IL being con-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-05
EASTERN OFFICE

ipl-In5 Times Rulldinr. New York CITY. In
charge OF II. H. Cummings, Manager Foreign
Advertising. from cur Homo once