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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-26

Private led the racket that sent the
booster the ways of his predecessor.
BY US reporters Mr.. Private was not
known, but we vote him a clever. good
fellow, Whole-souled and as big hearted
as he is big stomached. a side view of
our new made friend bears a striking
resemblance to the Hon. Grover Cleye-
land, the gentleman who once figured
prominently in the affairs of the nation.
Another interesting character of the
conventions delegation was the bald
headed brother from Somewhere, who
went taking in the barber shops Of the
city in quest of a hair cut at a la bald
head reduced rates. I hin he was a
friend, of my friend, John A. Oats, of the
North Carolina Baptist, but this is de-
MED by John A. This brother should
have been the recipient of cut rates for
the trimming of his locks was but the
effort of a moment. The tOnsorial
fraternity thought otherwise, and held
that as he possessed so little to be shorn
and would come SO seldom, he was not
a fit subject for a cut in regulation
prices.
The service given representatives of
the press by the Western Union and Pos
tai Telegraph agencies here deserve more
than a passing notice. The Western
and kept messengers at hand to do the
bidding Of "us poor, perspiring quill
drivers" C. J. RIVENBARK.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-26
TO DOUBLE TRACK TIE SOUTHERN.
Sidney McAden Thrown From a Horse and
Painfully Injured.
Especial to News and Observer.)

Especial to News and Observer
Charlotte, n. c., Aug. Pit is learned
today on excellent authority tina the con-
tract for double tracking the Southern
Railway from Washington to Atlanta has
been given out. Work is to begin at
once.
Three negroes from Crab Orchard
township, who We're arrested on a charge
of setting fire to the home of William
Dulin, a prominent farmer, and causing
his death, were released today at a pre-
liminary hearing, the evidence being in.
sufficient.
Sidney McAden. son of DIR. John H.
McAden, President of the Merchants and
Farmers National Bank, was thrown
from his horse and seriously injured.
Mr.. McAde mounted the animal in the
stable to go for a ride, when it became
frightened at something and rushed for
the open street door. Seeing that he
could not control the horse McAden at
tempted to alight and was thrown heav-
lily, sustaining a compound fracture of
the right leg and other painful injuries.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-26
NO PERSON Is KILLED
Though Two Cars Roll Uowf the En-
bankment.
SCENE OF THE WRECK AT A DEEP FILL
The Engineer, Conductor, Fireman and Mail
Agent All Are Hurt. Physicians Leave
AsheviIIe For the Scene of
the Accident.
the Accident.
Especial to News and Observer.)

(SDCcldl 10 News ana oDSoTNeT.)
Asheville, n. c., Aug. 22.-Ihe west
bound train, due in Asheville at $50 p.
m. was wrecked this afternoon ABOUT a
mile this side of Swannanoa. From that
place the citizens got the following story:
The scene of the wreck is on a deep fill.
The track there is straight and the only
possible reason for the serious accident
is spreading of rails. The train was not
running above speed, it is stated, and
nothing wrong was noticed on the rails
by the engineer.
The engine went down, the mail car,
baggage car, second and first class
coaches following, the Pullman remain
ing on the rails.
The cars were we'll filled with passen-
gers, but no one was killed. The bag
gage and mail cars rolled down the bank
and the first and second class coaches
left the track.
The engineer is somewhat injured, and
the mail agent, J. T. Pace, of Hender
sonville, is hurt, as was the rema The
conductor, Captain Lew, received hurts,
but was able to get to SWannanoa to tel
egraph to the chief dispatcher.
Physicians We're summoned from this
city, and hastily gathering necessary
remedies for first aid to injured, left for
the station to board the Wrecking train.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-26
ELEVEN SUITS COMPROMISED.
They We're All Against the Southern Brought
by Col J. A Barringer.

Special to the News and Observer.)
Greensboro. n. c., Aug. 23.-The South
ern Railway must have reversed the
policy which is said to have guided it for
so many years in refusing to settle law
suits for damages after a case is brought
until it has run the whole gamut of
litigation and the court of "dernier re-
sort" of the State or Nation has decreed
that it should pay. Yesterday eleven
suits brought by Col. John A. Barringer
alone in Guilford county were compro-
missed. The cases included all now on
the docket, one of them having just been
brought and the complaint not filed.
Yesterday Chief Law Agent Dooley
and General Counsel for the Southern.
Henderson, arrived from Washington and
were in conference all day with Messrs.
King e Kimball, local division counsel.
on these cases in conjunction with Col.
Barringer. The result was that at the
last moment, when boarding their special
car at the depot last night, Col. Hender-
son gave the ultimatum compromise
terms of the Southern Railway Company,
and this offer Col. Barringer accepted.
The gross amount agreed to be paid
TO the best of my information, is 81. 400
and the costs in each case. Out Of the
eleven suits, different amounts are to be
paid, according to the merits of each
case, some of them carrying a merely
nominal sum, While others reach pretty
high.
Capt. A. NJ. Rankin, of High Point. has
donated 81 900 to the Protestant Metho-
dist College to be built here.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-26
Washington's Forbears' Home.
(By the Associated Press.)

London, Aug. 23.-The statements pub
lished in the United States to the effect
that Americans in London are trying
to purchase the house near Banbury,
OXfordshire, which was the home of
George WashingtOn's ancestors, with tho
view of transporting it to the United
States for exhibition at the st. Louis
Exposition, have surprised the agents of
the property, who have heard nothing on
the subject. TIL agents recall that when
the property was placed in their hands
for sale a year ago, the same project
was mooted and discussed in the news
papers, but it was dismissed as imprac-
ticable. Since then the agents have not
been approached by any American offers.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-26
WAS HE MURDERED
Hint That Remington Did Not
Commit Suicide.
His Brother Refuses 10 Answer Questions. A
Secret Conference Between Him and Physi-
cans Who Performed Autopsy.
(By the Associated Press.)

Williamsport, Pa, Aug. 21.-It is re-
ported tonight from an authoritative
source that Edward p. Remington is not
satisfied that his brother Robert died by
his own hand. When it became known
that he was entertaining a suspicion Of
foul play, which originated before he left
Newport With the body, al Associated
Press representative called on Mr.. Rem
replied that he would neither deny nor
affirm anything relative to his brothers
death except that the autopsy performed
today revealed that the bullet in the
mouth caused death. When asked if the
bullet found imbeded in the dead mans
brain fitted the revolver found by his side,
he declared that he had nothing further
to say. Asked if developments in the
case could be expected, he said time
alone would tell.
Mr.. Remington and his attorney, Mr..
Seth T. Mccormick, as we'll as the ply
sicians who performed the autopsy, We're
together in secret conference until late
tonight and their action is surrounded by
much mystery. They positively refuse
to give out any further Information.
The remains of Robert Reading Rem
ington. were laid at rest at Wildwood
cemetery this afternoon. The interment
which had been announced as private,
was witnessed by a curious crowd of men
and women who had gathered at
the cemetery. On the casket rested a
wreath Of American beauty roses ana
lilies Of the valley, tied with a wreath
of white satin. The flowers were sent by
Miss May Van Allen, former fnancee Of
Robert Remington.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-26
SCHOOLS IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Denial That the System Is Used to the Prejudice
of Catholicism.

Washington, Aug. 23.-The Bureau of
Insular Affairs of the War Department
has made public the report of Frank H.
Bowen, Acting General superintendent
of Public instruction for the Philippine
Islands, upon charges made in the Uni
ted States against the school system of
the islands alleging that it was used as
a PROSECUTING agency against Catholics,
and generally used to the prejudice of
Catholicism. These charges were for
Tarded to Manila and the reply was made
to Acting Governor Wright. The report
of superintendent Bowen is dated July
7th, and is a general and specific denial
of the charges. He says that of twenty
persons who have been division superin-
tendents only one has ever been a clergy
man. Three division superintendent
were appointed from a list submitted by
leaders of the Roman Catholic church
in the United States.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-26
A WOMAN OUTRAGED
The Brutal Deed of a Negro
at Seven Springs.
The Woman Cruelty Beaten. Kinston Wired for
Bloodhounds. Sheriff Scott of Colds
boro Summoned.
Especial TO News and Observer.

Goldsboro, n. c., Aug. 22.-Mrs. Smith,
a respectable white woman, was brutality
beaten and raped at Seven Springs this
afternoon by a negro brute named Thorn
as Jones. Sheriff Scott, of this city, has
been t~elegraphed for. The authorities
at Kinston have also been wired for
bloodhounds.
Particulars are meagre and were con-
yeyed by phone to the authorities at
LAGRANGE.
The hellish deed must nave been COM
mitted since the evening hours, for par
ties who arrived an hour since at La
Grange from Seven Springs were first
advised of the crime at LAGRANGE.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-26

section, no upper Cape Fear or lower
Cape Fear, only he would be the repre-
sentative Of the Cape Fear district.
The following Executive Committee
were named: e. f. McCullock, of
Bladen; Geo. II. Bellamy, of Brunswick;
II. C. Moffitt, of Columbus; N. A. Sin
clair. of Cumberland; Geo. K. Grantham,
of Harnett; Geo. l.. Morton, of New Han
over. and E. F. McRae. of Robson.
The committee held a meeting and or
gained by the election of Geo. L. Nor
ton, chairman, and Z. F. McRae, sccre-
tary.
The closing scenes of the convention,
while exciting, were free from the semb-
lance of bitterness. The several candi-
dates were each strong men and they
have cause to be proud of the loyalty Of
their friends.
Major VIM. II. Bernard, who led the
fight for Mr.. Bellamy, fought nobly and
we'll, but this veteran of many successful
political battles was confronted by a con-
dition and not a theory. To quote him:
w met the enemy and we are thern."
The defeated candidates and their
friends must needs have regrets-it is
but natural-but in this short life of such
grave concern one cannot afford to
cherish disappointment to the end that
the cherishing shall engender malice to-
ward the more Fortunate. Conditions of
State and of nation are such as to call
us, one and all, to a oneness of pur-
pose.
The gentleman who carries off the
honors of the Sixth Congressional Con-
Vention is a young man, of character
and ability, possessing legislative ex-
priencc and with that additional knoWl-
edge that comcth with the wisdom of
years he will make a record for himself
a record in the halls Of Congress, OF
which the Sixth District will be proud.
The permanent chairman, Mr.. J. H
Myrover, makes a model presiding Off
Ger. He is a giant in intellect, if not il
stature and is. while firm, both kind
and courteous.
The hospitality of this people Know
no bounds. Eager were they at all times
for the comfort of their guests, not for.
gctful, even Of minor things.
IN interesting character of the conven.
TONS personnel was Mr.. Zacharial
Private, of the Robson delegation. He
was rotund Of figure, vociferous of voice
and led in the speech making that was
not heard. And, when once, amid thu
clamor OF, go on he had yielded the
floor and another mounted the stand, Mr.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-26
He Was in Earnest.
lGreenshoro RecordN

Two veterans. one 4 small man, the
other a big fellow. both strangers 70
each other, were talking IN a croWd at
the court house yesterday morning, when
the big man jumped on the educational
qualification OF the Constitutional Amend
ment and was giving it blazes. when the
little fellow. after arguing tho point in
good style for q few minutes. remarked
Il know what's the matter With YOU:
you are a id radical. that's what
you are" and from this they had ii until
another man. also a stranger. had TO got
between them TO keep OF a fight. SO
much racket was made that Judge Nc
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-26
Z DAMAGE By HAIL.
Visited By a Storm That Proves
Euinous 10 Crops.

Especial to the News and ObscryeT)
Ta-boro. y. G., Aug. 23.-Reports OF
the farmers here today show that the
hail storm that passed through Edge
yesterday afternoon and last night
did great damage 70 the crops. Farmers
in western and southwestern Edgeconbc
suffered worst. Mr.. Jones MAYO, vho
lives near Tarboro. estimates his loss at
six thousand dollars. and at his home
where he planted for 90 bales Or cotton
he says he will make about . bales.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-26

LittIeton Female College is one Of the
best located schools in the South. 1t is
Immediately on the Seaboard Air Line
Railroad between Raleigh and Weldon.
n. c., in the midst of a region Of noted
mineral springs, where many people 80
every year in quest of health and where
the pure water, bracing atmosphere and
splendid limat easily make it one of
the most desirable places for a Female
College to be found anywhere. The new
building now about completed is a very
handsome structure and presents an i'm
posing appearance from the railroad
which forms the Northern boundary Of
the large beautiful campus.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-26
NJ z. HAZEN IS DEAD.
Secretary of Publication Of Southern Presby-
terian General Assembly.
(By the Associated Press.)

Richmond, "a, Aug. 22.-Rev. DR.. Jas.
X. HaZen, who, for twenty-five years had
been secretary Of publication Of the
southern Presbyterian General Assembly,
died at his home in Bon Air, near this
city, this morning. He was born III
West Springfield, Mass, in March, 1899.
and after his graduation at Williams
College in 1856, went South. At college
he was ali intimate friend of the late
President Garfield. After studying thcol-
cgy privately, he was ordained by the
Prcabytery of East Alabama in March
1861. He was chosen secretary Of publ
cation in 1877.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-26

Some men frankly admit they can't
sing. but the man never lived who didn't
think he had a keen sense of humor.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-26

Often the spirit Of perseverance strikes
a man hardest when he is in the wrong.
The Washington times., 1902-03-08
STREET RAILWAY FACILITIES.

Commissioner Ross has hit the nail the head his
deficiencies of
What need legislation but Present facilities
inadequate While
public that other
railway
without consideration
in public
gardd schedules arranged
with the profit regard
the o public.
in the habit
the testify little
than In the morning when the majority of Government
other the
of the public o by
There call legislation
o
n o
public comfortably
tial The a
o
The Washington times., 1902-03-08
THE ISTHMIAN CANAL TANGLE.

The project of building smn canal has against another
S
they the recently concluded Hay
the Nicaragua canal clear why they should
of the
United
This latest embrogio informed
the
Whatever
railway both houses
and working both schemes to naught
While a
welded either of the other for that
individual
built
the United controlled without
let hndrance United
The position of this world
building the work
him a
combined with and drec
The Washington times., 1902-03-08
THE INFLUENCE OF CITIES.

Justice Jerome of New York has been himself
opinion
that the city makes the nation the
o a
his
n
smaller cities and of hundred successful
in
the
New and
o n
the comrneralism
the influence of Boston and New York badly
the influence The
the When the
in the
a
would be, if not unlimited certainly considerable
The Washington times., 1902-03-08
Zion Founder in Washington.

John Alexander Dowie and Mrs. Dowie
of Chicago. are guests of the Arlington.
The founder of Zion, as Mr.. Dowie calls
his church, or faith. is a short man of
bulky frame. with 1ome-like head and
g thick. flowing beard, giving him patri-
archal look.
Mr.. DOwie said he had come to Wash
ington on matters of a personal nature,
and courteously asked to be excused
from reportorial questioning. He had been
so badly treated by the Chicago press. he
said. that for eight years he had refused
to see any reporters of that city
rs Zion prospering?" he was asked.
Yes, wonderfully. 1t has now come
to be of worldwide Importance. We have
fiourishing b-anoh hes in London. Scotland,
and Ireland"
ANY followers in Washington"
Yes, but not very many. In Baltimore
there is q very fair-sized congregation "
Has your faith any points in common
with Christian Science?"
Christian Science is a delusion. II is
a continent of mud. and the further you
explore it the deeper you get in the mire.
OF course. | believe that the sick can be
healed by faith in God That is as true
today as it has been for ages
AT this point Mr.. Dowie begged to be
excused, and intimated that he would be
pleased to talk more fully on the myse
teries of his religion at later date.
The Washington times., 1902-03-08

have been asked to give my reasons for the bill
which | introduced providing for the purchase of
bronze statue of Washington 1t seems to me the
place of all others where and perfect likeness
of Washington should be preserved is in the Capitol
of the Government founded in the city which bears
his
There is today in this city statue of Washing
ton worthy If the name except the imperfectly fin
shed perishabe plaster which Stands in Statuary
Hail. The Grenoble statue is artists idealization,
not representation, of the living
Fortunately for posterty, the Legislature of Nir-
ginia, realizing during his lifetime the inestimabe
value of Washngton's services, in 1854 decreed him
statue and authorized Thomas jefferson, then in
France, the service of sculptor worthy of
the task. Mr. Jefferson himself connoisseur in art,
arranged with Houdon, the noted sculptor of his
day, and artist whose works may be found in
of the most famous galleries of Europe to accept the
commission. jefferson wrote to Washington:
He Houdon comes to lend the aid of his art to
transmit you posery. He is without rivalship in
it, being employed in all parts of Europe in whatever
is capital"
Houdon to Mount Vernon, where he spent
several weeks studying his subject and taking plaster
and measurements of Washington The result of
his labor is the marble which, since 1885, has
stood in the rotunda of the state house Richmond
OF this statue, Chief Justice Marshall, the personal
friend of Washington said nothing in bronze stone
could be "A perfect image of human being La
fayette said: is fac-simile of Washington's per-
SON" Gilbert Stuart and Longacre agreed it must
The Washington times., 1902-03-08

take precedence all others Rembrandt Peae.
who painted of the bestknown portraits of Wash
ngson. said: IF you will stand in the southeast
statue on level with it, you may well think you are
looking at Washington himself
In 1851 the Legislature of Virginia. desiring copies
of the IoudSn marble for the colleges of the State,
authorized W. G. Hubbard to take of the statue.
HUBBARD took the casts, formed his molds, and pro-
duced and finished five bronzes and plaster cast
excellent copies of the original He lost his life dur
The story is that metal having grown very in
Richmond, they used to make cannon balls. The
original discolored somewhat in the taking of
Hubards casts and has suffered injuries since
so that Virginia has since refused permit
to be taken Years ago the French Government asked
the privilege, and later the Daughters
ton, and both refused.
The plaster east made by Hubbard is the in
Statuary Hall of the Capitol. Of the five bronzes, four
the property of States or cites-one owned
by North Carolina, by South Carolina, by Vir
ginia, and by the city of st. Louis, that the
bronze mentioned in the bill is the only can
be purchased and probably the only perfect i'm
age of Washington that will be purchasabe.
OF all the men commemorated in Statuary Hall,
Washington takes precedence, and yet all the
ments there of imperishabe marble or bronze
For these reasons l believe the most fitting place
for this, the last obtainable copy of Houdons
terpiece, is beneath the dome of the Capitol
The Washington times., 1902-03-08
Unity Literary Club.

The eighth regular meeting OF the Unity
Literary Club was held Wednesday even
ing in the banquet hall of the Cochran
Hotel, the president, Judge II. B. Moul-
ton. in the chair.
After the routine business was trans
acted. Mr.. Charles McGilley was elected
auditor of the club.
A. S. Fiske. d. D., his subject being New
Methods for New Times
DR.. Fiske gave a brief review Of the
new problems confronting the world in
the beginning of the new century, and
drew an eloquent word picture OF the
time when all the nations of the world
should be united in one federation
The essay was warmly commended in
brief remarks by Mrs. Chambers Captain
Matchett. Mr.. McCreery and Prof Kirk.
After short intermission. a fine musical
and literary programme. arranged by Mrs.
J. b. Fletcher. was opened with a piano
solo by Miss Clara Ellis. Major Black
gave reading, Thoughts Suggested by
Visit to the Tomb of Napoleon Bona
parte," and selections from Heart Of
Midlothian. Two soprano solos, ''Zinga-
re1la" and THE Swallows were rendered
by Miss Nina f. Church. accompanied by
Miss Doering. Mrs. D. ]. Roberts recited
Down to the Capitol" An original ar
rangement for the piano of Midsummer
Nights Dream" was played by Miss Helen
Doering. Mr.. ]. L. McCreery recited two
original poems. THE Inquisitive Mosqui-
to- and House in the Forest bass
solo. Song of the Sword" was sung by
Col G. C. Ross. accompanied by Miss Bea-
ton.
The Washington times., 1902-03-08
Plagiarized from the Record"

Some years ago." said Ex-Congress-
man ]. A. Conolly of Springfield. ILL.,. at
the Shoreham, "a friend OF mine sent
me an address which he had recently de-
livered before an audience gathered at
college of some prominence. This friend
was man who finally achieved a great
reputation throughout the country, and
he was especially distinguished as a
scholar and fluent speaker.
Il enjoyed perusual of the speech he
sent me- but as l read it there came into
my mind a vague idea that at some past
period had heard or read that identical
production. All the way through there
seemed familiar sentences. but l could
not exactly recall when or where or by
whom they were uttered. The thought
kept cropping up in my mind and rather
vexed me by its persistence.
Finally, after haunting me for three
or four weeks, all at once there came
clear burst OF recollection, and l knew
to a certainty the real author of the
address. 1t had been, with only the
slightest variations, cribbed bod
lily from a speech Of extraordinary wit
and eloquence made by Senator McDougall
of California. who was a native of IL
linois. 1t was delivered, l think, either
in 1855 or 1859. and was spoken in oppo-
sition to prohibition of the sale of in
toxicants In the basement of the Capitol.
why my friend stole Ii I never could
imagine. 1t was one of the rankest pieces
Of plagiarism l ever knew. for l got the
old Congressional Record and. by COM
pairing the two, proved the theft abso-
lutely"