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The news & observer., 1905-11-19

In this great novel the iilustrious
Queen Elizabeth, Sir Walter Raleigh.
Earl Leicester. her darling faVorite
she so much loved, Earl Lussex, all
figure. 1t is probable that Leicester
had treatment or Indifference, il you
please. to the lovely Amy, the daughter
of inferior rank. was because he
hoped to marry the Queen. and thus
sacrificed upon the altar of criminal
ambition the happiness. and, perhaps,
even the life of his innocent, confid-
ing victim A gifted writer and critic
in the first half of the last
fruitful century. discussing "Kenii-
worth" in fine appreciation, said, ti.at
much of this romance is founded on
fact; the splendid scenes of Kenil-
worth ale copied from authentic docu-
mcnts of the time, only vivified and
giIded by the glow of genius the
manner, costumes and so to speak,
atmosphere Of the whole work, afford
perhaps the noblest instance which
literature can show of the power of
genius to evoke past ages and persons
in the brilliant hueS and motion of
life" This fine and discerning writer
says that perhaps, amid the thousand
fictiouS of the So-called romantic
school to which the success of Scott
gave birth, there are no scenes even
approaching in probability, in ease,
grace and splendor, to the audience
in this romance where the lion-heart-
ed Queen commands the reconcilia-
ton of Leicester and Sussex to the
episode of Raleigh'S first court sue
cess, to the passages in the country
hosiery of the Black Bear, to the en-
try OF Elizabeth into Kenilworth; and
assuredly the power of pathetic terror
never displayad more interest and
with a more Shakespearean concise
ness than the murder of Amy Rob-
Sart.
One of the later critics found the
romance less fascinating upon a later
reading than at the first reading. My
experience differs. | had read the
delightful story more than once when
not very long since [ read it again.
1t was more alluring, more impress
sive. more satisfying than ever be-
fore ! could read it. now | have no
doubt, with unabated interest and de-
light. | find the fifth, eighth or tenth
reading of a play of Shakespeare more
pleasureable and attractive than ever
before.
Other novels of the greatest ro-
nance have been assailed because of
real or supposed inaccuracies of his
toric points or details And SO with
Shakespeare. But what of it? Take
the very admira bic novel "Quenten
Derward" a most charming histori-
cal romance. of the time of Louis XI
of France. or '"The Fortunes of
Nigel" a romance laid in London in
the reign of James !, and you VIII
md real or supposed errors of some
KIND. but how rich in incidents. how
superb in descriptions. how teemlng
win interest and beauty. His pic
ture or London in the sixteenth cen
Jury IS fresh, full. in true colors. with
I'll .,ie shaue and proportion of reality.
Inc Mine writer quoted from above, says
.ilat aI'er reading the novel we can
iol 4il olxest ourselves of a firm convic-
eioli U tne reality of persons. places
reality of Hamlet Othello and Lady
$ Macbeth than We know of many ia
The news & observer., 1905-11-19
The WIZARD OF THE NORTH.
BY Or. T. 6. Kingsbury.

Mr.. w. ID. Howells, the well known
Northern author and a writer of gifts,
diSlikeS the great Sir Walter Scott
and has more than once made an as
sault upon him. He dislikes "Kenil-
worth and that most entertaining
novel provokeS his contempt and
wrath That is enough to make one
have sorrow and sympathy for e
Northerner. Howells has not much
constructive and inventive faculty, and
he cannot admire the most original
English writer since Shakespeare. The
illuStriouS William f. Gladstone, Eng
lands greatest statesman within Il half
century, and a man of letters withal
held that "kenilworth'' is Scotts
greatest novel. | cannot deny or at
firm here. but it is surely a very fasci
mating. superb work. 1t is in this
novel that Sir Walter introduces
Shakespeare, but puts no words in his
mouth. Great as the novelist was, he
did not venture to make the greatest
of all geniuses talk, in language of
his own suggestion. A clever writer in
Scribner'S Magazine, William IL.
Rideing, is in evident sympathy with
HOwelfs excess but the great critics
have not pooh-poohed the highest
creative genius but one, and the real
originator of the historical romance.
It's true that Scott like Shakespeare
and all great original minds, took lib
critics with his characters, even when
real. and yet there remained a genuine
historical basis for his personages
represented. The greatest American
critic OF the drama. Mr.. William Win
tor, VINO wrote very charming books
on SnakespeareS England. and is also
a poet, is in full sympathy with Scott.
and wrote of him and his novel Ken
llwortn during his visit to England.
He has implicit faith i'm the legend
or the unfortunate Amy Robsart, SO
sweet and attractive. Some few re-
cent writer's consider Amy and her
sad experiences as merely fabulous
Scott relied upon Jesuit's account.
named Parsons, and upon Ashmole :,
well known character of tho nast
Leicester denied he was instrumentaI
in Amy'S death, and he never n,arried
her secretly, he said, but he did marry
Lazy Shefheld secretly thirteen years
ai.er Amy oealn. Arny's father was
Sir John Robart Leicester uaS tbe
son of the Duke of NorthumherIand
who was beheaded. Elizabeth love,
Leicester. The town of Warwick 10
mentioned in the "Doomsday Book
of William the Conqueror. Mr.. Win
ter believing the story of Leicester
marriage with Amy Robsart, confesses
that as he presses to his lips a rnt.
rose. plucked in the garden of Ken-
ilworth. he has the enviable sensation
of touching the lips of the lovely Amy,
who "outweighed England's crown
and whose sad spirit is the everlasting
genius of the place"
Mr.. Rideing admits that Leicester
was Indifferent to her as is shown by
his actions and by his correspondence
Scott probably knew as much of the
a f,.rRfx. II
cester's secret marriage with Amy as
his later critics know. | find the
older critics do not attack the general
facts as given by the consummate
novelist, or like some Northern
writer's do not question the great su-
periority. fertility. splendor and ac-
curacy of the Great Wizards genil
The news & observer., 1905-11-19

bers, and was regarded by many as a
man of remarkable information and
reading
l wish to express my qualification to
my friend Mr.. Oscar w. Blacknall, of
Vance county, for his paper in
the News and Observer upon
Colonel Freemantle's Three
| Months in the Southern States,
written in 1863, and to join
with him in the wish that it may be
soon republished and widely read. l
had the great pleasure of reading it
Immediately upon it's publication. 1t
is unique, viVaciOus. and full of inter-
est. Written by gifted British sol
dier who visited our Southland in the
midst of a tremendous upheaval and
of war more gigantic than any
known to modern history, and meeting
General Lee and many of the South
ern heroes, and writing at once, it is
d book of fascination, freshness
marked independence and a most
commendable exemplification of can
dor and truth. The British officers
like Vol lev, Treemantie, and
another colonel who was a great au-
thority OH war matters, whose name
escapes me, who wrote the famous
imaginary Battle of Dorking," for
"Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine"
some thirty years since, all paid
hearty tributes to the great Lee, and
to some others among our brave Off
GERS. The book should be read and
republished.
| wish to add that North Carolinians
should buy and study Mr.. Grady's
important book, published some five
years ago, entitled THE South Against
the North" 1t is full of needed in
formation
Wilmington, N. G.
The news & observer., 1905-11-19
Timber Land for Sale.

By virtue of a decree OF the Superior
court of Wake county, made in the
case of J. w. Maroon and others, ex
parte, We will sell, by auction, at the
court house door, in Raleigh, N. c., at
IL M, on Monday, the 20th day of
November, 1905, tract of wood and
timber land, containing 101 4-10
acres, situate in Wake county on the
border Of Cary and House Creek town
ship, about six miles west of Raleigh,
adjoining the lands of e. B. Barbee.
Mrs. Kings dover land, and others,
and bounded on the south by lot No.
8 in the division of the J. G. Maroon
land, and on the east by lot No. l
in said division, and being lot No. Q
in said division, plat and full de-
scription can be seen at the office o
j. H. Fleming, 25 Pullen Building,
Raleigh.
Seventy-six acres of this land are
finely timbered in original growth
pine, oak and hickory: the other
twen-. five dc- es are in second growth,
pine of good size and suitable for
lumber. M
Terms Of sale: cash.
j. H. FLEMING,
w. J. PEELE,
Commissioners.
10-11-4 a
The news & observer., 1905-11-19


The recent awful destruction of life
in italy by an earthquake is well cal
cuiated to awaken fresh consideration
of chronological theories and discov-
cries, aud particularly of the great
devastations in the many centuries
past. The tremendous destruction at
Yokohama, on the 23rd of February
1880. is to be noted. The Japanese
city described as beautiful, was en-
tircly destroyed by an earthquake
that came in the early morning. In
q short time it lay in ruins, and those
of the inhabitants who survived the
awful visitation were homeless deS-
pcrately stricken and Impoverished.
An English writer mentions the calm
ness, courage and resolution of the
japanese on that day. His words
are: yet in no quarter could
any trace Of discouragement be
perceived. Excitement and activity
rcigncd instead. The disaster had on
ly served to intensity the common con-
sciousness. Much had to be done. and
pressing; and it might we'll have been
that quickly; the circumstances were
supposed that material eXgencicS
would have absorbed immediate alton
tion. But to this remarkable people it
seemed quite as urgent to interrogate
repair it's effects. So after few
hours devoted to clearing away the
rubbish of shattered tenements. a pub
lie meeting was summoned amid the
debris. and the SeiSm illogical Society
OF Japan. in sombre earnest, set about
its task of inVestigation.'
! Through the last twenty years there
j has been a great advance in the study
! of earthquakes, and many works have
| of the most important is the volume
| prepared by Major Clarence Dalton of
! the United States army, published in
| London i'm 1904, by John Murray and
F., entitled Earthquakes in the Light Of
! the New Seismology." John Milne, f.
! Il. S., an English authority published
in 1898, two works on this sucJect
bearing different titles. The last work
/ have seen referred to afterwards in
London this year, is by Chas. Dawson.
! which he calls "a Study of Recent
! Earthquakes" What is "Seismolo-
gy?" 1t is regarded as the science
of earth vibrations, and is described
as CLOSELY allied to acoustics, which
is the science of vibrations, and to
optics. the science of ether-Vibrations,
and it is farther stated that "the
ground under our feet. the rocky
crust of our planet. is an elastic solid,
capable of propagating wave motion
at measurable rates and according
to determinate laws"
Referring to the Charleston, S. c..
earthquake on August 81, 1886. that
SO stirred UP our own little city, Will
mington. and played havoc at Char
lesion, the same writer in recent
paper in the Edinburgh Review,
notes that 1.-The final crash came un-
heralded. and no minor movement
ushered in the greater movements :
This applies to SummerVille and
other places within the epifocal
tract" Maj. Dutton writes that in the
"citv of Charleston. twenty miles from
The news & observer., 1905-11-19

miliar historic characters We know
more accurately or intimately Callum
Beg, Guy Mannering, Dominic Samp-
son, Meg Merrille's. Edie Ochiltree
Clav2rhause, Rob Roy Di Vernon, Hell
en- Mdcgregor, Dugald Dalgetty, Do
mimic Sampson, JEANNE Deans, Cedric
Wanda, Friar Tusk, Rebecca, Isaac
the Jew, Catherine FELTON,, Norma of
the Fitful Head, Meg. Dods Nancy
EWart and many other most original
crcat tions of SCOTS inexhaustible
genius. than we know the leading
characters in history or the men and
women about us.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-23
CHARGED WITH CRAFT.
New York Lawyer and Politician Is In
 TKnuhIe.

New York, July 22.-Growing out or the sensational arrest some weeks ago in an apartment on Riverside drive or two men charged with the larceny or Sl2.300 and attempts to secure $t,ooo' Champ S Andrews, well known at torney and politician. has been warned against sailing for Europe today, as he had planned. Two attaches or the District Attorneys office, accompanied by a city detective. met Andrews last night as he left a train at the Grand Central station. The officials informed Andrews that If he persisted in going to the steamer this morning they would arrest him on allegations Of ex- tortion. The lawyer at once declared he would remain and hold himself Tn readiness to meet any charges on the strength of this promise no action was taken.
 On the night of June 26 two men. known as John s. Strosnider and George Mckee, were arrested in the apartment of Dr. John A. Harris. TWO county detectives, Andrews and liar ris were present. and the prisoners were captured only after sensational fight. One of them had $7,5OO and a rtick faro box. Harris asserted that he had met the men while automobile ing in France. where they posed as wealthy persons; that they had bor- rowed SIPS from him later in New York and were engaged in a scheme to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-23
NOBLE AVENUE FIRE.
Flames Destroy Home of Thomas w
 Tebb-LOss, S1,5OO.

Fire which was discovered at 1O:45
 o'clock last night practically destroyed
 the home of Thomas w. Tebb, super
 intendent of the Conecuh Pine Lumber
 Company, at 12 Noble Avenue, causing
 a loss estimated at $l,500.
 MT. Tebb's family were away from home and the house had been closed Tor
 some time
 The origin of the fire is unknown, ana there were no evidences of incendiary
 work. The fire had secured a good start by the time the firemen could reach the scene and the flames were un- der good headway Two lines of hose were stretched from neighboring plugs, one of which was about 1.200 feet dist ant, but the water supply was good, and the firemen did not have much trouble in preventing spread or the fire Some of the household goods were removed from the burning building by
 the neighbors and firemen in time but quantity of household effects were destroyed. . Information as to the ownership or the house was scarce. but it Is thought
 that MT. Tebb owned the house and that it was fully protected against loss by insurance.
 The fire cast a bright glow in the skies and several hundred people were attracted to the scene of the blaze.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-23
ITALIANS IN PEONAGE
sAIvATOR CAPITINA OF NAPLES WILLIE UNDER ARREST.
,,.,,. couptrymen Claim That They xV.r. Not Allowed tO Quit
 work at Saw MILL Hearing Monday.

Salvador Capitina, an Italian, was brought to Montgomery last nlsnl ns Deputy Marshal F. G. Taylor ana ar raiened before United states Conlih's sioner John A. Fillmore on charge ol holding a number of Italian laoorer' in peonage. s q,
 Salvador Capitina was arrested a, a Maplesville, where he is employed a' the Ensign Lumber Company. Ills bond was readily made by John l. En- sign. president of the company.
 1t Is alleged that Salvador Induced a number of his countryHen to come to Maplesville as laborers for the lum' Der mill. After they had worked cer' tain length of time. the Italians pe- came dissatisfied and attempted te leave the saw mill. Capitina wouidn stand for this, 1t is alleged. and com pelled them to stay with him.
 Complaint was made to the authori' ties and the arrest followed.
 The Italians on reaching Montgom cry were totally unable to tell theil story. An interpreter was secured. bu 1t was finally decided to continue th' case until Monday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-23
YELLOW LEGS COMING:
CAVALRY SQUADRON CAMP AT PICKETT SPRINGS.
Major Atkins and Members of Ills Stan Spend Day Arranging Details
 For Arrival of TfOOpefs.

All is in readiness for the coming of the cavalrymen of Alabama for their week of camp at Pickett Springs which begins tomorrow morning. The tent age. the cooking utensils and all regi- mental fmpedimenta have been placed on the ground under the personal supervision of Major V. B. Atkins, who commands the squadron.
 Major Atkins assisted by number of his stan officers spent all of yester- day in arranging the details for the opening of the camp. The cavafrymen will camp upon the same ground used by the 1st infantry and in their evolu- | tions the cavalrymen will use the same parade ground.
 The stan officers who were assisting | Major Atkins yesterday in the arrange
 ment of the preliminary details for the camp were Captain and Adtutant Charles E. Dexter of Montgomery, Cap tain and Acting Quartermaster, R. Pfeiffer of Selma and Captain and com | missary l.. L.. Rosendorf of Selma. The | first cavalry squadron of the Alabama | National Guard is made up for four | troops stationed as follows. Troop A. | Montgomery, Troop B. Camden: Troop l c. Selma; Troop D, Birmingham. The squadron will have in camp between | 160 and 200 men. A feature of the week will be the. competitive drill for | the fine flag for the best drilled troop. Troop c, of Selma is now the holder of l the flag. The Montgomery troop. com
 manded by Captain Tyler Goodwin will l make a strong fight for the flag this year. The men have worked earnestly | to perfect themselves in the drill and 1 they say the troop that beats them | will be the troop that will win the flag. The camp will begin early Monday morning. The Selma and the Camden
 troop will arrive early Monday morn ing,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-23
WILL sTAYY IN ENGLAND.
Americans Unable to Capture the Lawn
 .s Tennis Trophy.


 Loudon, July 22.-For another year the Dwight F. Davis international lawn tennis trophy will have its home in England .' .:..
 At Wimbledon today Holcombe Ward and Beals c: Wright, especially the last ately to take the silver trophy back to the land of its origin, and at one time they were wit hin measurable dis tance of their desires, but R. F. and art of getting out of tight corners, suddenly sprang into grand form and snatched victory from the fire. thus adding another point tG the ne score Tn Tn in favor of the defenders Of the trophy.
 Although the winning of the dou- bles today allowed the Englishmen to retain possession of the cup, the. two remaining sets of singles will be played next Monday.
 the net. in the court and behind the during his partners lapse in form played the Doherty's single handed. Five sets were played, Iher,fnSs The first. 1OS, was the hardest of the contest. Ward constantly returned the ball to ana hs s ent wFEet Tse eofs Raysd mads sfsd the Americans in winning this set de prived them of some Of their snap and the Dohertys easily took the next two, 6-2, 6-2. The fourth fell to the Americans, 6-4. Then came the fifth and deciding set, in which both teams put forth their every effort Ward and Wright took the first, third, fifth, seventh and ninth games, which made the score 5-4. in favor of America. R. F. Doher- ty the elder of the brothers. then took hold. winning the. tenth and twelfth. the Americans taking the eleventh. The scone then was all.
 In the thirteenth game when the score had reached 40-30 in Englands s favor. and both teams were lobbing the ball and waiting for an opening, the elder Doherty put a ball that should have been killed easily with smash stroke. It went to Ward, who through over anxiety hit too easily and struck the net with his racket, giving the game to England. The Dohertys then took the next game in love, winning the match and the cup.
 The Americans are greatly pleased with the visit Not single incident has occurred to mar the happy rela- tions between the American and Eng fish players. Wright In speaking of the trip said: Tt is not long to wait for 1906, at which time we will be after that bit of silver again"
 Summary. final doubles for the Dwight F. Davis trophy: R. F. and H. l. Doherty, England. defeated Hol- combe Ward and Beals c. Wright, America, ,S-1o; 6-2; 6-2; 4-e; s-e.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-23
Tint Lonn Cleared Tn.

New York, July 22.-Most of the mys- tery remaining about the $6S5,000 loan which the Mercantile Trust Company had standing on its books to the joint account of ex-Presldent James w. Alex ander and ex-Controller Thomas D . Jordan of the Equitable Life Assurance Society when State Superintendent of Insurance Hendricks made his inYestt- gation has been removed. says The Times The indorser of the note se- curing the loan was. the paper asserts. a well known official of the Equitable Society who recently disposed of his holdings of stock.
 Former Controller Jordan carried the check to the office of the trust com pany and while payment was nominally for the trustee account" The Times in inmates that the check was signed by the man who indorsed the note.
 A complete report of the loan account with the names of all those who re- ceived, and the date of the payments. is said to be in the hands of the State officers and will he used by the Attor- ney General and held available for the Legislative Committee which is to in yestigate insurance conditions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-23
Ean of Motor Car Tour.

New York. July 22.-Twenty-nine motor cars. containing 1000 persons were in line when the survivors of the Charles J. Glidden trophy tour made their appearance tonight at the Auto mobIIe Club in Fifth Avenue. from which place their trip to the White Mountains was started. The event was given under the auspices of the Ameri- can Automobile Association ana was success in every detail. As far as breakaees and accidents were concern ed according to the touring committee, it was 25 per cent. better than any tour and from a social stand point the event was even more successful than the St. Louis tour
 No decision as to who won the time trophy, 1t was said tonight. can be reached until meeting of the commit tee is held In Boston on August Zhd.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-23

ipate in the proceedings credentials will be accepted from any reputable. organization of business men whether agricultural or commercial. Creden-' tials from boards of county commis-l sioners, officials of county fair associa-l tions and similar bodies will be hon., ored.
 In localities where no organizations are available for this purpose. farmerS and stockmen are urged to hold local conventions for the purpose of naminsi delegates to the conference. Chair-l man Sanders said: The committed not only desires that all interested communities send a delegate or dele~' gates. but that every individual farm-i CT or stockman in America who hopes to see this movement to broaden the outlet for our grains and meats suc-. eeed, shall enroll his name upon thel lists now being made up in the com-l mittee's offce."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-23

secure s7,b0O of his funds. One of the men was identified by the police as having been in their hands before.
 After some delay charges against the men were dropped, Andrews informing the magistrate that restitution had been made. The later developments grew out of a visit to the district attorney office by Mrs. Strosnider, who asserted that she had, in order to settle the matter and stop proceedings before the judge, transferred her home. valued at s13,OOO to a clerk in Andrews ofhce' She is now endeavoring to recover title to the property. which she alleges was extorted from her, while Strosnider and Mckee declare Dr. Harris lost his $l2,- 800 in & gambling house.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-23
Under War Department.

Oyster Bay. July 22.-As one result of the long conference between Presi- dent Roosevelt and Secretary Root. the statement tonight was authoI@ed by President Roosevelt that the affairs or the Panama Canal would remain for the present under the direction of the War Department.
 It Is understood that the President and Secretary Root desire to confer personally with Secretary Taft upon his return from the Philippines regard ing the transfer before a final decision is reached.