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ROCKINGHAM, N. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1901. Send One Dollar and Get It.
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“•PEACHMBNT TRIAL.
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did ttjy M7 to to»tr- .
B* <»» ■»»Ur had
^"Wy *J»1* Wort tt>« writ ID to.
^jpr.**- !•«* •• “» «■ K«o»n «nl
•'Will wn Mlnltoti Hi m illtfaaan i ■ ka
raapton
•kfectrt
. waa com
bt oc«T *u Umc
b ittorom. Tb*. irai
, >«»^mhr^ssrja
Oatkm tor a* promuuUua on u<
Qppbt far the dafaaaa la a atn»t ox
:SCTaiKT-irsaEr«r
kiBuaaoata of mwail on both at—
SaVabaec dlmtoad and on a high or
fir. aaab aim badttias tba ImpocUhl
MM aadar oonctdoratloa.
Aimnm ant by iQuaaat to tba bow to
oaoas ha am'till a» trial occupied tba
rtmalndor of tb* awt. mad ana ra
aninrut od IffiadAf.
Fraatdaal Tamar called tba high
went of mmaibmat ba ordar Moo
day moraine at It o'clock. Forty
thraa baaolon aa* acred «o tba roll
cali. butm Junior okared * rreota
ttoo that court boM nlgfct aaadlona
from > o'clock aatfl 10 o'clock. Sana—
Morion oppoaad *l|bd —Mi—. a«t*i
—ora war* otbauuMd bon mu
three moo the oocdlaaoua labile dobra
aal cabal Mat tba ran oa tba raaohi
tloa ba dafarrad uaw all tba Baaanor?
war* prdmat Jaatlca toatalad on tba
ruatotutloa beta# pat Tba raaolnpoe
waa touk Ayaa a. aoaa K
V. U. Dnbaa, lor tba ooa
• H*.
office of aba writ of
ataapty a anMiipa ta a Mark yo carry
oat tba |co»I «*»■# of tba optakm jau
ca It — tba duty of tba clock to law
**“5T^ta*c*—^ba"!ndBa»aDt ol
Jbdmo Btaabaek ordarad tba tauaanooat
a writ and tko Buymo* Otmit only at
Braced that Jafl—w* Jadpa Ctocb. la
hto flaaaetlag optaton, aaya that a
writ of nandamaa bad beta ordarad.
Now aha!) thma rmonndaata ba JtadaM
tor wtaat Jadpa Clark aayay Tba ooor|
took tba can a rtow of thto aa orory
tba aoort norar tohaa
of tba matter, an
te term or a»
or patltloa of Mark
to tapally aaOad to M?
At 11: U Hr. Beat a a acnatodad hU
Mid ba bad ^t^
^to'lMfa apaaeb wab aa abia pro
aaatatoaa af tba aM* ad tba Juatto—
and taw daHracad to aa ia—ra
—Bar. Ha auaatolal hto ana— at
t.m. to
throughout the couhtry
Tb* Sowtb.
T. R Cananter. a ndnt wMrttat
of Ob to, btaw bU bwil off arltb ■
•hct ia at L* oat on. Via.
Tb* Hf fating to Uaatanant
Bobnoa. at Orwutont Ala. baa baa*
patoaml bacaaaa of tb* UntauCi
Ulaaaa.
Tb* America* Laatbar Company. at
KaoxTtDa, T**».. baa ctoaad a daal by
wtoub It eaaaaa lata poaaapakm of tba
Than* 17 of tba Vtrctala Tannin* bad
Cuban** Company, oa* of tb* Uneat
taanarlaa 4a tba Btnta.
A apart*) to Tba Atlanta OooaOto
ttoo from Larroala, Oa.. aaya: “Joba
Baatar, a aacro, charged wttb aaaanl
tfa* tba Bra-yaar-otd itoa^itf of J.
B. Con wall, aacapad froan bla captor*
Baoday UdM, wfBla balm tahan to
tb* BartwaM Jail. In faraotec HnMar
Mr. Oonwall aortdaotly toot Haary A.
BlaflaUtfX ooa of tboaa pardlof Hun
tar. bat or wound to not fatal. “Dow
poaeaa an ptmuta* 4b* aacro.
The North.
Tbe lee te tbe ■ —ppl at Dubu
fiue. toe*, west oot lapsing (be than
Ml clear Tor errata! — ' This le
Ibe earliest tor roam
' The MeLoecke Toy Cottpanyb five
story brick structure. la Mllwaekse,
m gutted by fir*' Buadny night, en
isling a toes cl—fieri tram fiUOjMQ
to 1111,000.
. A special to khe Buffalo1 Sxprees
(na OMapbolKoka. N, B_ aaya: "Btx
yluuc were beraed to death Satur
day might et little C—cagsda. Hiikai.
ee
At the next eaeelon of the. Ohio Gen
eral As—big, Hope—otatlye Gear, ad
exia Bead—y. erfll latradoee an
aadl-kMaepplag MIL He baa received
lb— let—a threatening to kidnap and
met!late — delight sr eat— (COO bo
left hi an old shoe, at a certala plaoo.
Tbe wrltere threatened to put out the
Bxl'e eyes with a red-hot poker and
Are the Gear residence
Poreiga.
The dock strike at Marerillea la an.
broken.
Rmnore of the 1 liens of President
Mas, «t Menton. — denied.
There wee a general fight be ter ten
stadeots and police at St Petersburg
A lot—'y la Batope lor tbe Boers la
bring Organised by V Heart Roehe
fidkt
—We cloriag baa bean ordered
at tbe Co—enter Cotton IftUe, Bert
IrgVOC. V*.
Germany sonde aa addlVtooei appro
pt— yesterday of oearty RlAMr
.POt for tbe OblDiee expedition.
Tbe season ot Auatrin-Hoogary
shows a popolatloo of lO.atPAfifi which
to-as Increase of lfi per oant. during
the teat deeaAe.
. A special dlepatA ficn Cairo,
Amt —w a new Dervish movexxcot
la repoftod to bare occurred la tbe
sooth sre peri ot the Bouden.
Tbe official or gas of tbe Rasetao
—try of Floe ace at BL Petersburg
ft—S That Bessie will tasks strict
rtgrttsla to ease ot aay raising at ffa
ttea hr Os—any on Raeriea predneea
%
Qoaaa Victoria*! fuaara] coat WTK
«*.
«fca baHMIf Akitaa daralofaad
U.t kaoto o* it* laat trial.
A MrVi OiaWl ra porta that tha
Oaraaa aarr into tha Brttlafa. haa *r
•Mad to dbaatua tha BaMarllia botlara
I
roi PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS:
Wtat tk* Rwm U|kM«ra Appro,
prtatad tor TMr tappart.
Tka Oaaaral Aaaanbty tanatlaatad
watatlr tba piaOr or to* flu** Edara
Uooai aod CkarttaM* InaOUaUoM. U
took murb ttma boto la aoaamlcta*
«*k aod la dabata to maka a bill tkac
•«*tt raa ok op to all tk* raqulra
to* paopia, and atilt keep
totka to* Halts of to* oknay (o b*
m***d by to* iwiaao* MU.
Tka amouata appropriated for tk*
ekarMabl* aad odacaOooal inatltudoo*
of to* Stmt* ar* aa follow*:
Danf aod Itomb- A no to I moproyru
ttooa, 440,000; lor watarwork*, lira
4'BBP. «r* aacapaa aad equipping tor
baaoar promotion agataat low of Ira.
aaaaally tor 1 yoan. *3.100; total.
NU04.
Oallowka* Hl*h School-Aaaaal *p
ttoOrlaUoa. U.000; u. talldta« (all
propartp to b* ooorayad to tka StaU.)
14,000. total. *1.000.
Dtof. Dumb aod Blind—Aunaal ap
^bprlatloa, *40,000; aaaaal lor pro
yaars. *14.000; aoaoa] for library, *10;
aaoual to pay dadclt aad to fmolds
dlalap hall, twain, ptwoabtac tag
baa*anal, *z artaataa mu, gymaoa
lata, lianalo Ngtot plane, paring aod
aatoadaaldot. n-oorvr kttekan aad
■aoodry. *10.00*; total ***.040.
Col vanity of NdrMs Oarollna— An
aaal appropriatloa, UM44; aaoual to
traaaa, 111,MO; total. *17.40*.
8ta«* Normal aod loduatrtal Ool
l««a—Aaaaal apptoprMtoa^ *34.0*0; ta
pay todabtadaaaa of *31.000. build
pracMe* and obaamratloa actsoot aa*
additional dormitory aad mettatlon
rooaia, aaaaally tor tame year*. *14,
000; total, *40.000.*
***** utrouM udu«c» of A«ricni
tad HacUuki AxU-Amiai tip
protriatkm. 919.000; aamllj for I
rears to par debt*. tlMOOgl; aanaally
for 1 raara ct> baud taztile bnlMlar.
Hb,000; total. (JOjeOAL
Colored A grt cat Rural aod Kachan*.
<al OoUaca—Annual appropriation, (T«
tOb; annual lacraaaa. (4.000; total.
$1(400.
StaU Hospital at Raleigh—Ain aa]
appaoprtatloa, (T1400; aaaaally for 2
yuan for Iran dalnt|« and repairing
$7.(40; annually tor 1 yaan to pay In
datocdaaaa, $1.000; total. $77.(10.
.Kata HoaplUl at tforreatoa—An
Ofc^buaropr'aitoa. (1(0,000' aoaually
tor 1 raara to par laddotadkane. pt*t
000: aaaaally for 1 roan to complete
praaaot bnUdloga aad araot new oeee,
$26,000; total, $lg.M.
•tan Hospital at Ooldatero—Aairaal
appropriation (1101). $47400; (for 1001
Increeard to $40 004); annuity (or I
yean, to erect new bonding* $(>,000;
total. 171.406.
Provlato* Nona bat Indigent la.
mm to be ttabud to boapptaU tree.
AO Ot&era to par aa dtraotad by Board
of UneCon. Offlctau violating act
gntttj ot a mltdacaaaaor.
Proaliha. Uoaey to bn need ex
•**ty aa appropriate* No bnlldlnga
to be ooanmenoed (bat would require
non money to oomplata them that la
appropriated, the Board of LX rector* to
determine thin
Pmrhloa Unlawful tar any par.
aratag official to Inear nay data «*
•KA aa prortdad by lav, unleee lit at.
Irtma emergency and authorlaed by
Oooacll of State.
Qradtd School' BataMIshad.
Orodod school* srsrs oatabHahod la
tbo foHowts* towns sad cos atlas'
Rbcby Boast; *BoAsM. Halifax conn
Ur. Haadonoa LowasMp. Vases mis
ty; Boat Baod, Tsdklo minty; "Outl
tort Ondod Soboot." is Osllfort
eoosty; HaadanonTlTla; Bocklsabam,
Rlobsaood minty; Balms. Johnston
sownty; BtsiUrtoid; Johaatoo oooaty;
Martas. MoDowslI eoosty; Mt. oil**
Wayo* ectasty; Cdsnaoo. Hall tax'
eoosty; Onssrills, Mk oooaty; Bas
tard, Moon oooaty.
Colosod Orphan Asyfom.
Tho Ootond Orphan Asylum at Ox
tart will by spaeUJ aot neats* tho
Mm o« II.MO. losdthtoa to tbo usual
spprtmrtaUoa tar Its amtataaanoa. Tbo
aoroont Is to bo uasd to pay off tho sx
M1b« dahds soaloat tha oaylem. and
to moha sook rspsdrs as may ba assd
ad.
Col—*4 Nomto Scknoto.
TM act far tk. aa—Miiloi «M
rn*mmmml Of tko Coterto Non—I
MN—. Mm Mato Room of
■f—0*100 to r MOOT I or eto— m of
Mo Mat. CM—M Non—1 fehooto. —4
•0 fMrlbto. tko hnf. oov oppro
NtofakotoMM, - too, Mk-i
for tko Morotoa of tko r—latai
——. <041 raputottooo of tko Mot.
Utoo to rrtor—o. fa
Mto Kkoofa Mon to Mbfort to rorlnr
*n tko Mato Boaom to Rd—ouoo.
toe trar
*< MO
%!■*•*}*• "m t>m—1>
to—t to OUmmo at, to —ttt—Jly m.
AMtorkt
k DraNIn, K T., —no koHMo *»«5
MARYLAND'S LAW
PwrWtof f*r WjfrincWkhk*1 »f Al
Iffltcnte Yrtm
PASSES TIE LEGISLATURE EASILY
That fully fitly Thmiwu
WBbDWnatklN4hyttiW*ili
lata of the New Law.
*»*u»olU, bid.. SpecUJ.—Tb» M
election Mil. baying for Its object tb<
prardtral dlafracchlaamctK of ana ol
U>» **.*00 UUtaraM youre of tbi
***** *aaaag the Saoau ehorUy aflat
H waa laaMMab east tc
the Boaaa. wbara all the «.**.s*
■•da by tba Senate ware eoaeurrad
la. and tba bill paaeM. It da now rea
dy far the Ooreroor'a signatory.
Tba teal paaaaga of the Mil sea
markad by tba uMar afbaemae of any
thing of a aaaaatlooal chary cur la
the 0 ay ala bat aw pm teat yea an tyred,
vhlcfc eanw In the form of a apaach
Con Senator Dotbaoo, Rapoblloea,
who charactarteed tba ooUry prooeod
tuga aa a Mot upoo tba fair naan tad
boaor of tho Mata Tba Seal you wta
Ji v> If. a arm party ojrlatoa. In 4
ounrtar or an hour altar |-*-[ the
Sanata the coaatdemJon na lauaedl
ataty begun. Ona by oaa ttoa Senate*
■aandmanta nn taken np aad ooa
•airad la without dlrielaa. That K
eras p« span tu float r*nrr, wltk
no attempt at relay upon the part o<
tk* minority, except a motion to allow
them oaa boar to oonatdac the annul
“•»«. Thla wna promptly rotad down,
and tka Mil wn* passed by a rata ot
U lo II. tha Democrats haring six
rate* oars than the majority requir
ed br the cooeatwtion. nta Demo
crats, Masers. Backer and Lamia, of
Underlet; Key*, of Cacti; Pettiaon, of
Porch enter Qartsr, of flt llary'i.
rated with the Rapoblleam.
Tha moat Important chase* in an
Mdog methods accomplished by tht
enaotmant of tha new law Mm In da
priring til Karate rotate of the ajelf
taaca of ballot elarba In prapsrtng
th*U ballota Under the prartoc* prsc
tin* Uaaa carka aeoompanied taeb
raters Into «h* booths and marked
-Hale baDoutor them, or ahownd Chma
how to da It. The Damoersdn dta
Chat this practice nttarly dearoyad tha
aserwey of the ballot and mada U poa
■ibia for oorraptlonisu to kan throw
«h signals from tha ballot elarka
*h*th*r bar pal na made with corrupt
ratara had baaa earned owl Tha ac
re eg we; at at tbs naasm oa the bat
lam has beta altered so that the can
didate* for each office are grouped in
stead of briag arranged In group* ac
cording do the party they represent.
Party emblems are abolished and otb
*r changes wbteh make tha new law
rary snarly similar to that In ariet
tas* In Msmirbnaelt*. Tha effect ot
the ha, Is. of emuna, largely a matter
of coadaaMra, and on* upon which tka
party imdsrs widely differ. TV D*a»
ocrata axpeet that It will dlffnaoUn
iM ttjOQO innM and parhap* IV
000 white ratara who easoot rand or
write Of them It Is claimed- all the
■—tom and shoot (0 par cask of tha
whites rad* the Republic*D tickek
With thee* out of tha way the But*
wilt ba safely Democratic toy many
year* Id coma, aad tha Hnmadtsta re
mit will ba the election of a Demo
crat to suoeaed United State* Senator
Wellington 1a lPtfl.
Tha tcklre latarast taken by SeaaiOf
Oormsn la tha passage of the MU
(■area no doobt of bit candidacy tot
lb* senatorahlp In «h* treat that the
affact of tka new law la m the Demo
irate aspaot It to ba
Watoatt ta SaccMd tlttchcocfc.
PmMo, Col . SpartiL—Tto Dally
Chieftain taya: "It la detail*!? koovB
bat that m Beam or IMeeU. of Ool
—ta. vM ba appointed by tba Prtal
Saat ba ba Baoratery of tba latartar to
aaaaaaB Mr. BMakmet. Tba am baa
baaa —UK by tba MaaBa at Mr.
Wotoott la tkta oltr. tba atatanaat ta
tng BMB aaaqalvMalty, aat K la In
dlcatad that tba appotntmnnt vUI U
atoda la Waahlogtoa tomorrow."
Aa Alabama Railroad Bait.
Birmingham. Ala.. BpaeHtr-A am
atol ga Tba Agt-M—M from Oadadaa.
Ala., aaya: ’Tba Oadadaa and At
tatln Catoa Ban—y wan wold at yab
Ba oatary ta mttafy Urn etalma at tta
tntSaM—. aa tto road hag Barfattfd
aa iBa lataraal. Tba taad wrat ta T.
B. Mi la bahiW of tto bmdbaldari
tor tm.aaa Tba m>s ara batag aaanlad
kg A raontrar."
/ mamw—■**—aa
TMoartMa, Into aoanty. Toon , via
Barttolly diairoyag by Bra Ttiaada/
•Ml Lorn mitmntal at I7I.MB. (ar
Thc taart wblab tagatrad lata the
matlllam aadar which tto trUalag
tadp Dtste gwilil la tto Palamae
rtrar ad Marytoad Mai, Bad a that tta
waa aat Baa ta aay toatt af
tod M aflba
TIE TEIMS BOTHA DECLINED.
Miltary Otvinuiut to Be Replaced
By 1 Crowe Colony,
loedao.’By Cable.—The parllamen
ury Pepere giving deetellj of the ae
IVAlaCona between the Boer eoonnan
<er-l»ehlef. Oeneral Botha, pod Lord
K1Ubetter, commanllmg tho BrWeh
In South Africa, bagla wdth a
telegram from Btr Allred Mllaer to
(XMoatel Secretary Chamberlain. The
4h«>etch la dated Pretoria. r»0. IJ,
and etntea that lira. BoUa lu re
turoed from n meeting with her hue
bead bringing a letter lb reply to sir
Alfred hfllaer'e verbal menage offer
log to meet General Dutha on a mean,
<* ending the war on the expreaa un
deretaarilog that be would not dtecuee
Ue Independence ol the Traneraal
and Change River Colony. Mia. lo
Ua aeeured Alfred miner that tho
lr*««r wae written with the poinl
clnsrly oadentood. Oeneral Botha re.
’fenad the matter to ble general! and
sn&Asm*
Mr. Chamber leo reptM Chet bo wae
Had to lean of Oeneral BotlWe deal re
1® tunl and hoped that It wee genu
lae. "He will hud ue." eald tbe colo
nial Secretary, "andovia to meet him
on all point* affecting Ue Individual
median.’
A dispatch from Lord Kitchener to
the War Office, dated Pretoria, rob.
**• reports a long Interview wttb Qeu
•Tsi Boabn. who ahowed very good
JflUag and satmsd anxloua for peace.
H* »“•« Po» Information, wMcfcbe
■aid he would rubmtt to his gurera-.
Dcot. the generals and the people. If
they agreed, be would visit the Orauo
Wtut Oniony and get Blau to agree.
Should all then hang u> sfaelr arms, it
would finish the war. Ho said they
eould go on tor some time and he was
■** straw bo would bs able to bring
about peace without Independence
"1 declined to discuss such a point.'*
asfid Lord Kitchener, "and Mi* a mod
ified lore) o» Independence would be
nwei dangerous and would land to wtu
la the future. Replying to General Bo
tha's Inquiries, t Informed him that
when hostilities ceased Urn military
would be replaced by a crown colony
admtnlstrattou consisting of a ncml
nsted ax scull vs and an siqpted as ism -
bly to advtae him, followsd alter o pe
riod by a repi-ss sot stive govemmeat.
The Boers would ho licensed to have
rifles to protect thaemtvss sgnlnn
the natives, thu Dutch »nd English
languages were to hove equal rights.
Kaffirs would not bare the franchise
wngll after representative govn-nmeot
bad bean grunted,' the Orange Free
Bt-tfe taws for Kaffirs would bo con.
strived good, Chareh property- anb'.lo
trusts sod orphan nrTrw^AflK-vt i.q—
toadied ,eo war tu wod^^^kpoectl
on the farmers, seetstsnee mould bo
given to repair the burned farrne and
to enable the farmers to start afresh,
sod ootonlsu who had Joined the re
po bite should not be disfranchised.
Oeuaral Botha generally seemed satis
fied with these coodtttoex."
Ou March X, Blr Alfred Milner cab
lad Ixvrd Xttehsoer, sugeetlOff the fal
lowing rspllss to Oeoeral Mottii “I
bag to (storm you that on tbs cassa
tion of bosUllelsa and the complete
surrender of arms, ammunition, can
non and munitions In the bands of the
burghers In the field at gwernmool
dapote or else what a. fit* Majesty's
government lx prepared at once to
grant amnesty to tbs Trasavsal and
Orangs River Colony for nil boowfldo
sets of war during the hostilities, as
well so to move the governments ul
Cape Colony and Natal to similar se
ll on, qualified by the dlefrxnchlsecnsnt
of may British sttojecla Implicated In
ttie war. The military prisoners 11
fit. Helena, Cwylco and aisawhere on
complete ear voder, shall ba brought
back to their country. Milk ary law
shall at ones ba repiacad by a civil ad
ministration, but K I* the desire of
His Msg eery's government as soon »■
circumstances will permit to sauib
llrh a reprrsairtxtlve government. On
the esisntlon of bostilKlea a high
court. Independent of the executive
■hall ba established to administer the
lews. T-aad, Church property, trusts
etrl orphan funds shall bs -respected.
The English and Dutch languages
shell be tangM In die public schools
and allowed in ths lew oourt.
Whiskey Was Poisoned,
flea niiailaiin Spec lai—Mr* Gao.
F. Kse*. artfa at a longshoreman; baa
base arrested on eueplrlln of baaing
seat to bar husband, through tho
mails, a hauls of whiskey, which, on
examination, was fraud to contain a
large quantity of arsenic. Tho nooplo
bad separata*. Tbs packago contain
ing the poisonous liquid ms held by
the postal officials baoaasa of U» rules
forbidding tbs mailing of liquids
Kant was aotlflod aad whan be nailod
at tbs pnatofflee tbs bodtla was open
ed with tbs result that daeUraa soon
afterward arrested Mrs. Kent. She da.
aim ear knowledge of ths matter.
A not bee Mssai<r.
Maw Tork, Sperlel—The Owns
Stsemadtlp Lina has plsrod an order
wfth tbs Roseh Shipbuilding Oompsar.
Chaster, Pa. for a saw stmmshlp to
rwa batwusa kata aad ■areaash Ths
-v saaal. It |a SI pentad, will ba eoin
Aprll She wl'.l
bean wl h a
tka spar
to*
Pawrtaaa PsrVfcrd.
Antwerp. *T Cable —The eisemer
Obama Ha of tba Oeraven-Australian
fftswmabtp samps*/ and ttbs IIrills*
-Tap collided ta tba noshing
Ttoadahaad Tba Tap ash sad only
thrsi af bar grow ware eared. The
Tay bad pat into tba Flashing Road
a Mad swing so tba preselling storm.
Pm mass parsoaa prrtstet. leelodlug
tba wtraa of two sailors whs bearded
Us reseat as * tarawsll rUlt.