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X O ' 7-A 31 Ay vol. xxxm. NO. 31". WILMINGTON, N. C, FBI DAT, MARCH 30, 1900. SIjOO PER YEAR. jr. All 7 If . . 1 4 r-. a' MACRUM TESTIFIES. TESTIMONY BEFORE HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. A LETTER FROM SECRETARY HAY lie Repeat the Charge of Letters Opened and Caljlesrums Detained by BrltfMh CeiHor KrltlMh In Possession of Our Cable Cipher-Official Notice to State Department of ItrltNh Apol oary for OienImc letters to Consular iVgentStowo-Tho IJoer Kequest for Intervention. Washington, March 28. Charles E. Macrum, of East Liverpool, Ohio, the American ex-consul at Pretoria, ap peared before the house foreign af fairs committee today and told of the alleged indignities he suffered at the hands of the British during his incum bency. He was asked by Chairman Hitt to make such statement as he saw fit re garding the opening of his mail by the British censor. He explained that when he asked for a leave of absence he desired to come home for private business reasons and also because he desired to place before the United States government certain facts which he deemed it essential should be known here. lie understood, he said, that the British had possession of our cable cipher. He was not certain of this, but he had since had information which convinced him that his suspic ions were correct. He also desired information as to his course when the settlement came at the end of the war. Further, he had a petition from some American residents in the Transvaal asking that the United States maintain absolute neutrality, which he wanted to pre sent to the state department. The pe tition he read to the committee. It was signed by Gordon, the consular agent at Johannesburg. Asked as to when he was first sat isfied that his mail was being tamper ed with he said that war was declared October 12th. He did not receive any mail between that date and the sec ond week in" November. Ordinarily he had a box of mail every week. "Did other people receive mail dur ing that period?" asked Mr. Williams, of Mississippi. "Not. that I know of." replied Mr. Macrum. Pressed for specific information as to how he got the intimation that the British were opening and delaying his mai! he replied that when his mail did not arrive he telegraphed our consul at Lourenzo Marques requesting him to inquire of Cape Town why It was being delayed. 'The consul at Louren zo Marques replied that he also had had no mail. Mr. Macrum said the delay of his mail created a conviction In his mind that the British authorities were re sponsible. The first actual evidence he had was the receipt of two opened letters. He produced the envelopes which he said contained those letters. One was from a private citizen ad dressed to the United States consul at Pretoria and the other was to him by name from Consul Stowe, at Cape Town. Mr. William Alden Smith, of Michi gan, interrogated the witness snarly on the reasons for stating his belief that the British authorities had pos session of the state department's ci pher. Mr. Macrum said he could not af firm that fact from actual knowledge, but there were certain facts which convinced him that such was the case He explained that on November 6th he had cabled the state department in cipher asking for. a leave of absence. That message had gone through Dur . ban. The next day, November 7th, he said he had been informed a news paper at Durban printed the fact that he had asked for leave of absence. Mr. Smith was proceeding to interro gate Mr. Macrum as to the character of the code used by him in this dis patch, especially as to whether he had used what was known as the Slater code, a common code purchasable any where. Mr. Hitt thought it improper to touch, the matter of the codes employ ed by the government.but it was final ly agreed that no harm could come from a direct reply as to whether the Slater code wa9 used. "Tie message," said Mr. Macrum. "was sent in the state department code, the cipher of the Slater code." "And you claim the substance of that dispatch was made public?" ask ed Mr. Smith. -I do." "Where?" "In Natal." "Was it an accurate publication?" "I do not know." Mr. Macrum said he had never seen the publication. He had only been informed that the fact that he had asked leave of absence had been printed. He affirmed that no one knew of this fact save himself. At this point. Mr. Howard, of Geor gia, Interposed to question the utility of the examination of Mr. Macrum. "It loots to me," said he, "like an effort to concoct a sensation out of nothing." Bat the committee decided to pro ceed and In reply to some questions from Mr. Burleson. Mr. Macrum stat ed that he had been granted leave of absence by Secretary Hay on Novem ber 15th. He read to the committee a message from the cable company, say ing a cipher cable sent by him to the secretary of state, November 14th had bees held up by the military censor until December 2nd. Asked if other cossals had suffered any inconvenl enee in the matter of communicating with their home governments, Mr. Macrum said they had. The Belgian aH German consuls both told him that no cipher telegrams were allowed to go through. "Did you report to the1 state depart ment that your mail had been opened V asked Mr. Berry, of Kentucky. "J did not." "Did you mention it upon your arri val in Washington?" "1 did not." "WTiv?" "I would prefer not to answer that question." This reply raised a general lAus'h in the committee room. Mr. Adams, of Pennsylvania, then proceeded to cross question Mr. Mac rum severely upon the duty of a con sul to remain at his post during "com plications. Mr. Macrum proceeded to describe an alleged meeting between President Steyn, of the Orange Free State, and Consul Stowe, of Cape Town, at which he was present. In which he said Steyn was very anxious that Stowe should do something to settle the difficulty which was brewing. He said that President Steyn suggested an appeal to the President of the United States and that Mr. Stowe had replied that he would be glad if some such thing could be done. "And I have reason to believe that the question was submitted to the president of the United States," added Mr. Macrum. "and that he re turned an unfavorable reply." "What makes you say that?" in quired Mr. Hitt. i "I was told so by Colonel Stowe." "Was that statement in writing?" j "It was." - "Have you the letter?" "No. it is in the files of the Pretoria consulate." After further questioning Mr. Mac rum said he might have a copy of the ! letter; he could not say positively. Subsequently he said he thought he could produce it in a short time. Mr. Macrum went over the exchange of telegrams with the state depart ment relative to his leave. But as these were in the cipher of the de partment the committee did not call for them. He stated that his reason for not making a report to the state department on the conditions in South Africa was that when he called on As sistant Secretary Hill, he said to Mr. Hill that he understood he had been relieved. Mr. Hill responded that this was true. Under such circumstances, Mr. Macrum said, he had no report to make to the department. He endeavor ed, however, to see the secretary of state, but was told that Mr. Hay was out. After hearing Mr. Macrum, the com mittee went into executive session. Chairman Hitt presented a letter from Secretary Hay, giving in detail the de partment's view of the subject and this was subsequently made public. The committee took no action as to making a report and it was stated by members that there was nothing to be done beyond taking the testimony. Secretary Hay's letter giving the of ficial view of the case is as follows in part: "Washington. March 24. 1900. "Hon. R. It. Hitt. Chairman Committee on Foreign Affairs. Houe of Repre sentatives: "Sir: In response to your inquiries of this morning, I have the honor to report that up to this date, Mr. Mac rum. late consul of the United States at Pretoria, has made no representa tions to this department in regard to the opening of his mail by the British authorities. Although without any in formation except the allegations of Mr. Macrum. to which a reference was made in a resolution of the house of representatives, making certain in quiries of this department, I mentioned the matter to the British ambassador who made inquiry in regard to It of the British government and was in formed in return that the British gov ernment was not aware of any, such incident having taken place, but if anything of the sort had occurred, if was contrary to the instructions of that government. "I received no further information in retran! to the matter until the 21st of this month, when this government was informed by a dispatch from Mr. J. G. Stowe, consul general of the United States at Cape Town that: 'two letters from this consulate, one to Pretoria and one to Lourenzo Marques, were opened by the censor at Durban. Ur n notice of this I called upon the high commissioner, who wired Durban, and a very satisfactory apology was re turned. "This is all the information possessed by this department in regard to the in cident. "In reference to certain allegations as to our consuls in South Africa, hav ing been approached with suggestions of mediation, I have the honor to re ply that in a dispatch of the 3rd of Oc tober received at thi3 department on the 6th of November and the only one on our file relating to this matter Mr. Stowe reported as follows: " 'Under the date of September 26th I received from the United State con sular agent at Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, a letter which reads as follows: " 'I saw President Steyn this after noon by his request and he would like to have you find out at once, if your (my) government will consent for you to act as arbitrator, and if you can also find out If the high commissioner would also consent. The president ap pears to think whatever is done should be done at once, and wishes to know if you can give him, this information. I replied by wire as follows: 'Will re ply by wire to your letter of the 26th this af ternoon.' " 'After giving the above request careful consideration I called upon the high commissioner same date and in the course of conversation said: 'When I dined with you the other day you stated your government would never consent to arbitration by outside pow ers or representatives, and your pub lished dispatches so state. Are you of the same 'opinion?' and he replied, What I might like to do I cannot do now, as my hands are tied Then I told him in substances what I had been asked by the president of the Orange Free State and the high com missioner said: 'Please state the fol lowing as your reply, which he dicta ted, and which appears In the follow ing copy of my telegraphic dispatch to the United States consular agent at Bloemfontein. in the words underlined, (capitalized here) to which I added the first five words not underlined: 'Cannot ask government myself. SEEN PARTY REQUESTED. THOUGH PERSON ALLY FAVORABLE TO FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS. THINKS HE CAN NOT MOVE ON THE LINE PRO POSED " Believing It a courtesy due to the United States Consul Macrum at Pre toria, I sent the following dispatch same date: 'Was asked by the Free State to ask if our government would consent for me to arbitrate and to see the high commissioner and replied." (Here follows the above dispatches sent In code. " I also deemed it right to post Con sul Macrum as above, not only for the reason that the Orange Free State is ih his Jurisdiction, but for the further reason that he had said in a communi cation to me of 'the same date: 'Noth ing can be done here for peace unless matters settled your end " TO BEGIN NEW CAMPAIGN ROBERTS' ADVANCE OH PRETORIA TO COMMENCE IN A FEW DAYS. LABORIOUS TASK BEFORE HIM, One Hundred and Thirty Miles to be Traversed Before the Boer Position Is Reached An Immense Army As sembled for the Movement Increas ed Activity of Boers at Kimberley. Destruction of Coal Mines In Natal Continued -Boers Concentrating. London, March 28. The British high commissioner, Sir Alfred tMilner, ar rived at Bloemfontein last night and was met by Lord Roberts and his staff. According to a dispatch from Bloem fontein published in the second edi tion of TheTimes the high commission er's visit is of a private nature. It is thought this can scarcely be anything but an official subterfuge, the question. of the pacification of the Free State and the treatment of the insurgents, doubtless, being discussed between Lord Roberts and Sir Alfred Milner. According to the same dispatch Gen eral French, Previous to returning to Bloemfontein, occupied the flour mills near Batter, which is considered an im portant acquisition. Reports from Rouxville and other towns say the surrender of arms to the British continues satisfactorily. , General Clements' column entered Fauresmith Tuesday, March 27th, having previously occupied Jagersfon tein. Magistrates were appointed, the proclamation was read, bands of music met the troops and flags were flown. The scenes resembled the American occupation of Porto Rican towns. Further advices from Mafeking, dat ed March 16th, reiterate that all was well there and that the cordon was not so tightly drawn, the Boers allow ing natives to pass through their lines, which they had previously fo: bidden. The native refugees are reporteJ to be too stupid and lazy to work or take cover from the shells. They gather in crowds around the soup kitchens and have to be driven away when the warning bell rings. The bombardment) just previous to the dispatch sent, had been unusually vigorous and it was added that it was probable that before long the rations would be still further reduced. A private telegram received from Mafeking reports that all was well March 20th. Two Boer prisoners escaped from the camp at Simonstown March 26th. The sickness there Is unabated and many of the prisoners are in a serious con dition. The only word from General Buller is a report of the officers who have re covered from wounds and who have returned to duty, which list includes the name of Lieutenant John Churchill, brother of Winston Churchill. INACTION TO CEASE. A special dispatch from Bloemfon tein says: 'The period of inaction is coming to an end. Troops are being pushed to the front and transports and stores are, being -collected. The men are in grand condition and the horses are picking up wonderfully." Howev er, the reports regarding the immi nence of a forward movement are so conflicting that they cannot be taken in any way authoritative. Presiding at the annual meeting of the Militia Rifle Association this af ternoon, the commander-in-chief of the forces, Lord Wolseley said the country was to be congratulated on the manner In which the war was pro ceeding. Great Britain, he pointed out, had in the field the largest army ever sent across the seas in the history of the world and composed of the finest men he had ever seen in any army. CONSUL HAY AT KROOXSTADT. Pretoria, Monday, March 26. United States Consul Hay and his secretary have gone to Kroonstadt to make nec essary arrangements for United States representation In the Free State. A dispatch received here from the Boer headquarters in Natal announces that the destruction continues of coal mines likely to be useful to the Brit ish. The Dundee colliery has been blown up, the machinery has been de stroyed and the mine has been render ed jaseless for three months to come. According to a dispatch from Kroon stadt, Commandant Olivier has joined Generals Groblaar and Lemner, who are safe. General "Delarey is still sick at Pretoria, but he will proceed to the front Sunday. Trains are frequently leaving with burghers for the fighting line on this side of Bloemfontein. The Standard and Diggar's News says it learns that Generals Olivier, Groblaar and Lemner have arrived at a point sufficiently far noth to relieve all apprehensions of the possibility of their being cut off. It is expected they will arrive at Winburg in a few days and effect a J action with General Dewet, when the federals forces, It is declared, will formidably oppose Lord Roberts. Reports received from the various v banks of the republic show that the cash holdings amount to 2,233,057 sterling. The government has com mandeered a portion of the gold re serve of all the banks. Bar gold has been given as security to the amount of. about 300,000. MAFEKING BOMBARDED. London. March 29. A Pretoria dis patch to The Daily Mall, dated March 2Sth, says: An official dispatch reports a heavy bombardment of Mafeking in progress on Monday, March 26th, which was meeting With a spirited response. Michael Davltt had an interview with President Kruger today. Brussels, March 28. A private dis patch has been received here from Pretoria, which says that President Kruger will now take chief command of the Transvaal forces. ROBERTS PREPARING FOR HIS ADVANCE. London, March 29. General French, who has arrived at Bloemfontein from Thaba Nchu, says that Commandant Olivier has 6,000 men and is north of Ladybrand. now been accumulated at Bloemfon tein, and Lord Roberts' infantry is seemingly about to move. An im pression, which can be traced to the war office, is abroad that the advance will begin next Monday. Boer obser vation parties are- hovering near Bloemfontein, but Lord Roberts has 135 miles t cover before reaching the great position which the Boers are preparing at Kroonstadt. Moving ten miles a day is probably the best he can do with field transport. Therefore, he can hardly engage the Boers In force for two weeks. The re construction of the railroad behind him may even delay an invasion of the Transvaal until May. Meanwhile, all the Important towns In the Free. State within Lord Rob erts' reach are being garrisoned. Tha ba Nchu, Phllippolls, Fauresmith and Jagersfonteln are thus held. Sir Alfred Milner Is touring in the disturbed newly acquired territory, in vestigating conditions and arranging the administration. He is understood to be getting materials for a report to Mr. Chamberlain concerning a plan of civil government. IN PRAISE OF THE LATE GENER AL JOUBERT. All the morning papers print singu larly kind editorials concerning Gen eral Joubert. They praise his military skill, uphold his chivalrous conduot, and regret that so'strong and moder ate a mind should be absent from the final settlement of the dispute. Although some of the younger com manders thought the old soldier want ing in dash and enterprise, his raid into the country south of the Tugela is considered the best piece of Boer leadership during the whole war. It is now known that he crossed the Tugela with only 3,000 riflemen and six guns, but so bold and rapid were his move ments that the British commanders thought 10,000 Boers were marching on Pietermaritzburg. For a few days, al though in the presence of greatly su perior forces, he isolated General Hildyard's brigade at Eastcourt, and at the same time threatened General Barton's camp at Mooi river. Then, as British reinforcements were pushed up, Joubert recrossed the Tugela with out losing a prisoner, a wagon or a gun. General White's estimate of him, pro nounced on Tuesday before he died, as a gentleman and a brave and honorable opponent, strikes the tone of all Brit ish comment. "The foreign office, according to The Daily Chronicle, is arranging with Portugal for some thousands of Brit ish troops to be landed at Beira and sent by the Rhodesia railway from Massi-Kesse to Umtali. A permanent arrangement is understood to exist for the use of this route to transfer the Rhodesia police. The possibility of foreign protest is suggested by the Daily Chronicle. Among the items cabled from Pretoria is a statement that prominent residents there object to. a defense of Pretoria and desire that President Kruger should retire to Ly d-'Jlpurg. .It Js.1.?e'V'inat the prin cipal ' buildings at Johannesburg have been undermined by order of Kruger. (juestlons Answered. Yes. A i just Flower still has the lar gest sale of any medicine in the civi lized world. Your mothers and grand mothers never thought of using any thing" 1k' for Indigestion or Bilious ness. Doiors were scarce, and they seldom iuard of Appendicitis, Nervous Prostration or Heart Failure, etc. They used August Flower to clean out the system and stop fermentation of un digested food, regulate the action of the liver, stimulate the nervous and organic aciion of the system, and that is all they took when feeling dull and bad with headaches and other aches. You only need a few doses of Green's August Flower, in liquid form, to make you satisfied there is nothing serious the matter with you. For sale by R. R. Bellamy. THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO. Reorganized in the Interest of the Pensylvania and the Vanderbilts. New York, March 28. At a meeting held in this city today the board of di rectors of the' Chesapeake and Oh J' railroad was re-organized, presumably In the Interest of the Pennsylvania railroad and the Vanderbilts, by the election of the following as directors: S. "M. Prevost, Samuel Rea, N. H. Parker Shortridge, Chancey M. Depew, H. McKay Twombley and H. J. Hay den. The three first named are said to represent the Pennsylvania and the three latter the Vanderbilts. The oth er directors are G. W. Stevens, presi dent; Decatur Avetel and H. T. Wick ham. Rumors have been in circulation for several days regarding a proposed ex tension of the Chesapeake and Ohio, and Including the acqulsltatlon of the Toledo and Ohio Central and Kanawha and Michigan railroads. President Callaway, of the New York Central, when asked today about these reports said: "There is not a word of truth in it. A majority of the stock of the Chesa peake and Ohio Is owned by the New York Central and Pennsylvania rail roads and there are to be no exten sions. The Chesapeake and Ohio is now in a position where each of the other two roads named has a close in terest In its policy and management and it "will not figure in any outside deals. The fact that the Chesapeake and Ohio is a natural feeder as well as an outlet of the Big Four system made it neccessary that the Vander bilts should have a voice in its man agement." Another influential officer in the Van derbllt system said: "The time has gone by for the Chesapeake and Ohio system to be used in any new deals. It is the property of the Vanderbilts and the Pennsylvania and a majority of the stock is put away where specu lators cannot reach it. Undoubtedly such traffic alliance as the Chesapeake and Ohio has which are of advantage will be maintained and strengthened." The Chesapeake and Ohio runs from Newport News to Cincinnati and it is composed of a number of subordinate lines, including the Elizabeth, Lexing ton and Big Sandy, the Ohio and Big Sandy River, the Kentucky and South Atlantic and the Virginia Midland. There has also been close traffic rela tions between the Chesapeake and Ohio and the Kanawha and Michigan. FREE RUM, TAXED FOOD. SENATOR DAVIS' SUMMING UP OF THE PORTO RICO BILL TIME FIXED FOR VOTE ON BILL Debate Continued In Sena to -The Mor gan Free Silver Amendment De featedSenator Davis Arcues Against the Inconsistencies of the Bill The House Discusses the Army Appro priation Bill Extravagance in Lux urious Fitting of Army Transports. SENATE. Washington, March 25. A success ful effort was made by Senator Foraker to fix a time for a vote on the Porto 'Rican tariff and government bill. Senator Bacon, of Georgia, suggested tomorrow and Senator Proctor, of Ver mont, next Tuesday afternoon. The latter was agreed to. j The Alaskan code bill was taken up and Senator Carter's amendment offer ed yesterday, was adopted without division. Consideration of the Porto Rican bill was then resumed, the pending ques tion being upon the free silver coin age amendment offered by Senator Morgan. The amendment was defeated 17 to 33. ' Senator Davis then spoke. He said he thought it unnecessary, in view of elaborate arguments already made to discuss the constitutional Jiatures. The question, he said, should be nonpar tisan. He referred to the antagonistic feeling the measure had aroused throughout the country, a righteous Indignation from every walk of life. He maintained that a tariff could not be levied as between Porto Rico and the United States, although it was perfectly competent for congress to provide for the collection of internal revenue on the island. This, he said, was indubitably constitutional. He rid iculed the argument as to the protec tion the 15 per cent.- tariff would af ford to. our products and labor. No protectionist, he said, would contend that 15 per cent of the Dingley rates would afford adequate protection for anything. Adverting to the Philippines Senator Davis said: "When we come to deal with the Philippine question we will take care of that. Sufficient unto the day is the evil and good thereof Porto Rico is little more than 700 miles from our coast; the Philippines are 8,000. The island of Porto Rico is nat urally a part of the North American jurisdiction, the Philippines is a part of the domain of Asia. Against the product and people of the Philippines when the time coms the rights of American labor will be protected by any party that may be in power." Senator Davis said it was inconsist ent to extend our laws relating to the coastwise trade to the island and not extend our tariff laws. As to the feel ing in the country upon this question, he said the issue is well understood by the people, and the sentiment speaks out to us week after week in constant ly swelling volume. "They understand well too, that upon distilled spirits and tobacco there is not an Imposition of a mill of taxation by this bill. What are the people going to say if this bill passes? They will say: 'Free rum and a tax on the flour the people eat." " Senator Davis said that no man could tell half the tariff would yield, and as no man could say that the export tax was constitutional, -it seemed to him that there ought to be no hesitation as to the course to be pursued, the path way of plain duty. The senate then at 4:50 o'clock p. m. adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The house, after passing the senate bill to approve an adjustment of the sales of Otoe and Mlssourla lands In Kansas and Nebraska, made to set tlers in 1883, and agreeing to the con ference report on the pension appro priation bill, devoted the remainder of the day to the consideration of the ar my appropriation bill. Several minor amendments were adopted and about half the bill was covered. Mr. Mahon, of Pennsylvania, moved an amendment to prevent the secre tary of war from employing clerks from outside the pale of the civil ser vice in his department. Speaking to pro forma amendment, Mr. Drlggs, of New York, called at tention to a newspaper article de scribing the luxurious fittings of the transport Sumner, which, he said, was remodeled at enormous cost. He said the enormity of the extravagance in the fitting of the ship was beyond credence. An $8,000 silver service had been placed in her, he said, with cut glass tumblers which cost 75 cents a piece. The palatial furnishings of the Sumner were such as could be found nowhere except upon a millionaire's yacht. He contrasted the condition of this transport with those employed by the government when the soldiers were being sent out to fight their country's battles during the Spanish war. Mr. Drlggs said be proposed to introduce a resolution to investigate the extravagance in fitting up the Sumner. Without completing the considera tion of the bill the conference report on the urgent deficiency bill was agreed to and at 5:10 o'clock p. m- the house adjourned. The Best Prescription For Chills. And Fever is a bottle of Grovel's Tasteless ChQl Tonic The forcnuia Is plainly printed en each package. It is simply Iron and Quinine In a taste leas form and is compounded in correct proportions.. The reason imitators do not advertise their formula te because they know you would not buy thir medicine if you knew Its ingredients. G rover's is the original, and Is the only chfil and fever remedy sold throughout the entire malarial section of the Unit ed States. No cure, no pay. Price 5 THE PLEA OF INSANITY To be Made In the Tom Jones Murder Case Fonr Men Charged with Lynch Injr tn'Moore County Plueharsred 'by. Coroner Jury-Great Demand from the North for Nejrro Servant. Messenger Bureau, Raleigh. N. C. March 2S. Tour young white men charged with torturing and lynching a negro man near Carthage were before tho coro ner's jury yesterday and were dis charged. It Is said that the investl-' gatlon was lax and that two of the Ju rors were uncles of the ausftcts. The willow nd child of the murdered man at first said they Identified them, but later said they did not. The peoplo are yet deeply stirred by the outrage ous crime. Excellent progress is now being made in the matter of having an au ditorium here. About $5,000 I secured, while the lowest amount to be applied to the purpose is $10,000. It is expect ed that by the end of the week this will be secured. There is considerable local inter t in the contest for the democratic non lnation for state treasurer. largely cause two of the aspirants. It. R. L'cy and J. D. Boushall, live here. It fci asserted that Lacy will get $') per cent, of the vote at the Wake pri maries next Saturday. The commissioner of agriculture says he thinks about half the tax tags for commercial fertilizers which will be used this season have been sold. The 125th volume of the supreme court reports is ready. The revenue officers say that the general public has no idea of the great number of Illicit distilleries captured during the past six or eight months. Republican State Chairman Holton arrived here today to appear In some cases before the supreme court. Like all the other republicans, he has noth ing to say about politics. Tomorrow in the superior court here the case of the state against Tom Jones, the negro exhorter. who mur dered six members of a family, will be tried. The defence will be. not that Jones is innocent, as the evidence of his guilt is direct and overwhelming and he has not a witness by whom to prove his innocence, but that he is mentally unsound, and has been so for thirty years; In other words, all his life. The defence will introduce witnesses to prove this and will ar gue that he should not be hanged, but be placed in the criminal Insane de partment at the penitentiary. There will be no effort to controvert the ter rible testimony of the little girl that she saw him kill her mother and old est sister with an axe and then set fire to the beds. It will be claimed that during all his life up to that time Jones had done no criminal act. but that a sudden mania, or a wild deslro to put out of the way the family of his paramour and thus preserve his so-called status as a "preacher" came on him. The attorney for the Raleigh Water Company does not think the Investi gation being made as to lack of pres sure at the tobacco warehouse fir amounts to anything. It Is expected that a suit by insurance companion will result upon the evidence that had " there been pressure a dwelling could have been saved. The excavation for the Vance statue in the capitol square is being made. The statue is. to stand on an artificial elevation at the east front which will " correspond to that on which the Ht;ttue of Washington stands at the ?juth front. Negroes here say that orders have been received here for 1,000 men an 1,000 women of their race to go north.. They are leaving every day. 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