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i. Vv " i" vnimxcreasing circulation. "TRUE TO OURSELVES. OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD." N excellent advertising mepic a VOL. I? SMITHFIELD, N C.,FIUI)Y, FEBRUARY 17, 1899. NO 43 0 A V v From Factory to Firrsidc. SI. 75 JXIV 1 11 IS .1 v Unfunded Steel I?ed in cither 54, 4.42 or v i 11. u itlu.s. l ength 75incht. Ithasone it , h 1 ill.trtanii in. ttller. l.uamntcl the sttcrcst Icd mailc. ip civit i6o-fvre "la!oo: tells cf thou s cf l.:r.iins in Kurnilure. Clothing. Heil .4 tv Vct , uverva:c, Se-iirsj Machines, I'sVUtr.y l".xU, I'aly Carti!:e. i:Taur. I'irtiire-i, Mirrors, Tin Ware, e . r;.-. , ami 1:1 luvin- tVom u. you save 40 11 Cj vr C-nt. cn everj thi-. j; Jon't T- :' !ih ;. !itV.Oi-rr.-hc ! .ata'oiv.ie of Car iv :;;s. Art i-uarc. Pettier anJ lace I I., f: V T : 1 c cltciU t an I c rn.lv!: a ?atis- -r.Iy taotv'i y.u were here at the niili. t'r r 1 !ratet! c . : cw -;a. !i:ne y L.ivc wo ci:tomers ry 1 .rt it ih I'ni. . I -crimi.'.i, Oub.i, r:.i n:ul even as T - . , i , tr.; r.i vl ot:th " Z? styles 1 " a . "si-;.! for ci.r Vrtc cf Machine. i ."..t..i:.cs. i Ley v;Ii tcUyou. AJJrcss this oray 4 Julius Hines & Son, 3ALTIKURE, MD. Dept. 009. Otis Reports Friday's Fisht. W.tshington, D C . Feb 10 The followin.ii dispatch from Major Oi-ner.-il Otis was received to flight: Manila. Fel). 10 Insurgents coMeeced in considerable fore? beUveen Manila and Calooean, where- Aguinaldo was reported to be, and threatened to attack r.nd cause an uprising in the tity. This afternoon I swung the left ol McArthur's division, which is north of the Pasig Riv v r. into Calooean, driving the vnemv out easily. Oar left is noft' at Calooean. Our loss is flight, but that of the insur gents is considerable. 1'articu ! irs in the morning. The at tack was preceded by one and a ''alf hours firing from two of Rear Admiral Dewey's vessels. Otis. To sweeten the breath, bright- n the eve. clear the complexion rind inside the natural bloom of health. ue Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine. Mm?. CancJelario Dead. San Antonio, Tex., Feb. 10. The last survivor of the massa cre r.f the Alamo, in Match, IS3G, Mme. Candelario, died to day. She was 114 years of age. S ie was born at Presido de Rio tirande, Mexico, in 17S5 and ime to San Antonio as a girl. iKiring the siege of the Alamo she nursed Bowie and other he ; ots who were wounded In the nagernent. She saw Travis k'lied and stood ten feet from Daw Crockett when he was kihed, riddled by bullets. Santa iu refused her request to have t h? de-id heroes removed for in terment, but ordered all the dead cremated. Mme. Candelario was granted a pension by the State twelve years ago. For the past few years she has been totally blind. Many thousands of tourists have visited Mme. Candelario in the past few years. Volcanic Eruptions Are grand, but Skin Eruptions rob life of joy: Bucklen's Arnica Salve cures them, also Old, Run ning and Fever Sores, Ulcers, 11 ils, Felons, Corns, Warts, Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Scalds, Oiapped Hands, Chilblains, Best Pi;e cure on earth. Drives out Pains and Aches. Only 25 cts. 1 box. Cure guaranteed. Sold !v Hood BfO.' Druggist. Frozen to Death. Wakefield, Mich., Feb. 10. John Fichsler and his family, c msisting of a wife and four ;h ldren, were found dead in their home, seven miles east of ho; re, this morning by neighbors w h had calltd on them to in vestigate, the Fichslers not hav ing been seen about for several OTy. The family froze to death Fichsler was a miner, but had not been employed for nearly a year, and the family bad been in :j mr circumstances for many months. During the past week tt- temperature has been from 2 to t0 below zero. Chamberlain's Couerh Rem edy in Chicago. fli'gtn Bros , the popular South Side druggists, corner G9th-st.and Wentworth-av.,say: "We sell a great deal of Cham berlain's Cough Remedy, and find that it gives the most satis f'ld.ory results, especially among children for severe colds and croup" For sale by Hood Bros, and . W. Benson. t.'i . v. taUj.v.utu. icBrxjrf T c H:..var Stlc,H jjfM 9 S13.25 JCXlt THE LEGISLATURE. Many Measures of Importance Being: Passed Daily. THl'RSDAY FEB. 9 At noon in the House to day the bill to create the County Of Scotland," out of lour southern townships of Richmond county, came up as the special order. It was discussed by McLean of Richmond and Winston of Bertie for the bill and by Wall of Richmond and Patterson of Robeson against it. After more than two hours debate the bill passed on second reading by vote of 85 for to 13 against. It will be put on its third reading to-morrow. Among the bills passed on final reading were : To transfer from the Governor to the Board of Aldermen the appointment of a Police Justice for Asheville; to make abandonment for two years cause for divorce a law like this was passed by the Legislature of 1895. but it was made not to apply to separation that might occur after passage of the act the bill passed to day lets the bars down for good and all; to appropriate $4-7,000 for support and maintenance of the North Carolina School for the Deaf and Dumb; to change the time for meeting of the new Board of Internal Improvements, and to confer upon the board the appointment of an agent to superintend and supervise the s ivamp lands of the State. The State Board of Education has heretofore been appointing an agent at a salary of $1,000 a year. The position is now held by John A. Ramsay, of Salis bury. IN THE SENATE. Among bills introduced in the Senate were. To establish a graded school at Newbern; to regulate trial of criminal actions this bill provides that no man who formed or expressed an opinion in any criminal action shall be allowed to serve as a juror; to appropriate $270,550 for support and maintenance of three insane asylums. The calendar was taken up and bills were passed: To declare the Southeastern Rail road Company a duly incorpo rated organization; to amend Chapter 249, Laws of 1885, relative to the stock law in Pender; to prevent live stock from running at large in Cross Creek township, Cumberland. Both the House and the ben ate to-day elected B. W.Ballard, of Franklin county, a director of the penitentiary, to succeed R W. Ricks, of Nash county, resigned. The House concurred in Sen ate amendments to the bill taking from the Governor all power as regards the Atlantic and North Carolina Railway. The House Judiciary Commit tee passed a resolution this afternoon declaring that Judge Norwood is liable to impeach ment and that his conduct deserves impeachment. The vote was twelve for impeach ment and six against. The resolution will be reported to the House to-morrow morning and a committee will be appoint ed to present the case to the Senate. The Judiciary Committee also decided to report the Stevens anti-trust bill favorably, with an amendment that it shall not apply to any wholesale mer chant or jobber who is not a party to, or interested in, or the agent of a trust; nor shall it apply to any fishing, trucking or.canning industry iu the State. Also, an amendment was adopt ed striking out the clause of the bill making it impossible for a trust to collect by law a bill for good3 sold on credit in the State. The Committee on Congres sional Districts has decided to restore the Seventh and Ninth districts as thev were before the Fusionists changed them, except that Catawba will be in the Eighth and Lincoln in the Seventh. FRIDAY FEB. 10. Bills passed as follows: Declaring the Southeastern Rail road duly incorporated; to amend the charter of Red Springs; to remove the statearsenal from the capitol square; to improve the roads in Anson; to give telegraph and telephone com panies equal rights; to establish a dispensary at Madison, Rockingham county. By leave. Senator Mclntyre introduced a bill to appropriate $100,000 to the public schools. Bills passed as follows. To incorporatr theNorth and South Carolina railroao; to incorpo rate the bank at Chapel Hill; to incorporate Coleman cotton mill; to establish a dispensary at Clayton; to incorporate the Great Council of North Carolina Order of Red Men. The report of the judicial committee in favor of the im peachment of W. L. Norwood as judge was presented by Mr. Foushee, and made a special or der ior tc morrow. A resolution was" embodied in the report providing that a commit ee of three from the house impeach Norwood at the bar of the sen ate of high crimes, and misde meanors, and declared that the house will proye . its charges, and that Norwood be brought before the senate to answer the charges made. By leave Mr. Uolman intro duced a bill to appropriate from the general fund $100,000 to the public schools. The committee on congres sional districts presented a bill with a favorable report placing Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston and Mitchell counties in the Eighth district, and Davie and Yadkin in the Seventh district. The bill to establish the Vance textile school as adepartment of the Agricultural and Mechanical college came up on its third reading, and passed ayes, 4-d; noes, 36. The bill to create the county of Scotland out of four southern townships of Richmond came up on its third reading. Mr. Patterson, of Robeson, endeavored tosecure a postpone ment because of the absence of Mr. Wall, of Richmond, but the house declined to postpone. The bill passed ayes, 75; noes, 9. By leave, Mr. Robinson in troduced a bill to incorporate the bank of Cumberland, at Fayetteville. The house took up as a special order the Steyens anti-trust bill. The committee had amended the bill so it did not apply to jobbers, canning, fishing or cotton mill corporations which are not agents of any trust. The bill passed its second reading without debate. It is entitled "An Act to Punish Pools, Trusts and Conspiracies." On third reading there wa3 a debate. The bill passed to change from April 1st to February 1st the date of expiration of turpentine leases. Brunswick, Cumberland and some other counties are excepted. The bill to make an appropri ation for the white institution for the blind and the one for the negro deaf-mate and blind at Raleigh came up. It carried an annual appropriation of $16, 500,. and also ol $200 per an num, for each pupil in excess ol 200. Mr. McLean, of Harnett, ably supported the bill. He said no further appropriations for build ings would be asked for for twenty-five years. It has pur chased twenty acres of land at $4-0 an acre in the suburbs ol Raleigh near the negro institu tion. It is supposed that the bill will carry a total appropria tion of $f5,000 annually. There are now 328 inmates, and there are many applications. For four months the institution has been operated on credit. The $16,500 is mainly for buildings for girls at the white institution for the blind. Mr. McLean said this and other desired appropri ations can be made without increasing the tax rate. Mr. Thompson, of Onslow, said it would increase the ta rate. Mr. Leatherwood spoke warmlv in support ol the bill. The bill passed its second and third readings with hardly any dissenting votes. The bill passed to establish a dispensary at Smitbfield, John ston county. Bismarck's Iron Nerve. Was the result of his splendid health. Indomitable will and tremendous energy are not found where Stomach, Liver, Kidneys and Bowels are out ol Drder. II you want these qualities and the success thev brine, use Dr. King's New Life Pills. They de veloo everv power of brain and body. Only 25c. at Hood Bros.' drug store. FILIPINOS ROUTED ACAIN. American TroopsTake Calcocan. Manila, Feb. 10- Major Gen eral Otis'Jarmy administered a sound thrashing to the Filipi nos this afternoon. Their killed will probably reach one thous and, with many moie wounded and taken prisoners. The Ameri can soldieis fought with the greatest heroism, charging witbj cheers and shouting encourage j ment all along the line. It was a brilliant victory and crushed at one blow the army that Agui naldo was massing in order to make another attack on our lines. The shattered forces of the Filipinos, after Sunday's battle, were gathered in the town of Calooean, about a mile and a ball in from Malabon From here the Filipino chieftain de termined to lorm for a second advar.ee, :md he was reenforced by natives from the northern provinces of the Island of Luzon, who had ariived too late for the first battle. A MORNING SKIRMISH. Allduiing the day s-nall bo dies of armed Filipinos had been sbi ting their positions and moving into Calooean. In or der to cover their movements the rebels opened fire during the morning on the Kansas pickets They were hidden in a jungle and kept up the crack of their mausers for about twenty min utes, but without effect. A de tachment emerged from the bamboo as if to attack the Kan sas re-enforcemcnts, but a well directed volley sent them scur rying back under covet General Otis brigade was iu a splendid position, stretching from Calooean to a Chinese cemetery in which stood de la Lome Church, and the tower of which was used as a signal sta tion to wig-wag to the ships in the bay and to the regiments. Shortly after dinner the dou-ble-turreted seagoing monitor Monadnock and the gunboat Concord moved up oft Mala bon. By a prearranged plan of attack, these vessels began to hurl a shower of shells into Ca looean at half-past 2 o'clock. They did considerable execu tion. At 3 o'clock the signal was sent from de la Lome Church tower for a general advance of Brigadier General Otis' troops. In two hours and a half our troops were in complete posses sion of the city and the Stars and Stripes were flying over piles of Filipino dead, while remnants of Aguinaldo.s army weie inflight. The Sixth Regular Artillery and the Utah Battery opened the fight on the land side, their missiles joining in cross fire with those of the Monadnock and the Concord and playing havoc with the Filipino en trenchments. The natives dis played great heroism, however, and stuck to their fortifications. They did not reply to the big guns, reserving their fare for the troops. BATTLE UNDER FULL SWAY. At 4 o'clock, with staff offi cers scurrying to and fro carry ing orders, our advance was well under way, with Brigadier General Otis directing the at tack. Our line was formed in the following order from left to right: Twentieth Kansas and First Montana supported by the Fourth Regular Cavalry. The advance of the It ft wing was made through a heayy field of bamboo. As the Kansas and Montana boys emerged from the brush they were met by ter rific successive volleys. Not once did they flinch. Their lines were as steady and straight as on pa rade. Sunday's battle had made veterans of them. They immediately returned the Filipi nos fire with great enthusiasm, cheering as they fought. From the right came an an swering cheer. It was from the Idaho Infantry ard the Fourth Regular Cavalry. They had the hardest time. They bad to cross an open field and were un der fire all the time. They ad vanced steadily, not tiring a shot until they reached the Fili pino trenches. Some of the enemy's sharp shooters made their way through a jungle from which tbey could fire on the Pennsylvania troops at long ranee. Two artillery guns were whreled around, and .'jftcr several volleys of shrapnel tlc sharpshooters fled. The Third Artillery all the vhi!e was keeping up its steady volleys ol solid shot. Then the fight began in earn est. One company of the Mon tana Regiment, under command oi Major J. F. Bell, which volun teered lor the seryiee, crossed over and executed a neat flank move against the enemy's left. CAPTURE OF THE CIT if. Cheei:ng like mad, the Iorg American lice started to Caloo ean. The enemy fought every foot ol the way, but was steadi ly elriven back, feaving furrows ol their dead to n.ark their lines. The-ir aim was b.?, while every shot of the Americans tdd with eleaeily tftTct. Soon the tuuia body of the Filipinos began to waver, and the Americans started on the run, firing &s i est they could. Up over the trencLes .they leap eel, cutting elown those who had remained. In a twinkling the Filipinos scattered like rabbits. The Twentieth Kansas and the First Montana entered the town on the south and found iu some cf the bamboo houses a body of natives, who evidently hoped to get in our rear. The houses were set fire to and the natives shot as they ran. Our men entered , the town as the Filipir os went out at the other end. STARS AND STRIPES RAISED. The only flagstaff in the place was that on the small house of an Englishman named Higgins. He was not at home, and the place was borrowed for the oc casion ami the Stars and Stripes run up. Our losses did not amount to much. Lieutenant Colonel Bruce Wallace, of the First Alon- tana Volunteers, vas wounded in the charge. There were about GOO Filipinos in the bat tle, including a famous native regiment, which in the revolu tion of two years ago killed all of its Spanish officers and de serted Manila. They are prob ably the best el ruled cf the na tive troops. As to Aguimtldo, he is further away than ever. He is said to be at Marilao, four miles north of Calooean, endeavoring to gather his men together. BRIGADE HAS FOUGHT WELL. Br:gadier General Otis, to reach the position from which he attacked the Filipinos to-day, has advanced four times since Saturday in a series of brilliant combats. He has had to fight. and fisht bare!. In the battle of Sunday the Pennsylvania and Montana Regiments charged the enemy, and, routing them, totjk the Chinese cemetery. They had to advance up aslope and made a picturesque advance. The advance on Tuesday was the hardest. The Americans kept up a hot rifle fire and after two hours determined to try cold steel on the Filipinos. Tbey charged three times with the bayonet successfully. In this engagement the Americans lost one killed and six wounded, while the Filipinos had forty four killed. Previous to to day the brigade lost six killed and fafty-fivc woundeel, while Briga dier General Otis has buried 130 Filipinos. Discovered by a Woman. Another great discovery has been made, and that too, by a lady in this country. "Disease fastened its clutches upon her and for seven years she with stood its severest tests, but her vital organs were undermined and death seemed imminent. For three months she coughed inces santly, and could not sleep. She finally discoverad a way to re covery, bv purchasing of us a bottle of Dr. King's New Dis covery lor Consumption, and was so much relieved on taking first dose, that she slept all night; and with two bottles, has been absolutely cureJ. Her name is Mrs. Luther Lutz. 'Thus writes W. C. Hamnick & Co., of Shelby, N. C. Trial bottles free at Hood Bros, drug store. Reg ular size 50c and $1. Every bot tie guaranteed. l isn't likely that Solomon succeeded in convincing all his wives that a word to the wise was sufficient. Mother's trusted friend, Sim mons Squaw Vine Wine or Tab lets, prepare the system for con finement, shorten labor and make child-birth easy. The White Man's Burden. Take up the white man's burden Send forth the best ye breed Go, bind your sons to exile To serve your captives'fneed. To wait, in heavy harness," On fluttered folk and wild Your new-caught sullen .peoples, Half devil and half child. Take up the white man's burden In patience to abide, To veil the threat of terror And check the show of pride; By open speech and simple, An hundred times made plain, To seek another's profit And work another's gain. Take up the white man's burden The savage wars of peace Fill full the mouth of Famine, And bid the sickness cease; And when your goal is nearest (The end for others sought) Watch sloth and heathen folly Bring all your hope to nought. Take up the white man's burden No iron rule of kings, But toil of serf and sweeper The.tale of common' things. The ports ye shall not enter. The roads ye shall not tread, Go make them with your living And mark them with 3'our dead. Take up the white man's burden And reap his old reward The blame of those ye better The hpte of those ye guard The cry of hosts of humor (Ah, slowly!) toward the light: "Whv brought ye us from bondage, Our loved Egyptian night?" Take up the white man's burden Ye dare not stoop to less Nor call too loud on Freedom To choke your weariness. By all ye will or whisper. By all ye leave or do. The silent, sullen peoples Shall weigh your God and you. Take up thejwhite man's burden! llave done with childish days The lifthtly proffered laurel. The easy, ungrudged praise; Comes now to search your manhood Through all the thankless years, Cold, edged with dear-bought wisdom, The judgment of your peers. Rudyard Kipling, in McClure's Magazine. New Pen Directors Meet. Raleigh Pot, Feb. 11. The Supreme Court has a task ahead of it to unravel the tan gle at th? penitentiary. Yesterday morning the new members of the Board, elected by the present General Assembly, met at the penitentiary and pro ceeded to organization. The memblers of the old board, who werr also present, were invited to participate in the meeting, but tbey declined, stating in a written communication, as their reason that the act under which they claimed authority was un constitutional. The new board then effected a permanent or ganization and after doing this notified Captain W. II. Day of their action and made a demand of him, in writing, for the deliv ery ol the State's property and the convicts in his possession. Captain Day made immediate reply declining to comply with the request of the board. The new board assembed in one of the front waiting rooms, and the old board was entrench ed in the Secretary's office, while Capt Day, with his attorney, Col. T. M. Argo, baricaced him self in the office of the superin tendent. Each recognized the other as beligerents, and when not in the act of firing communi cations and answers at one an other, mingled freely with each other. The new members were met by Captaiu Day and given the glad hand. The best ol good feeling prevailed and the tri-cornered preliminary contest occurred without any disagreeable inci dent. The nearest the new board came to being recognized was an invitation to dinner, which was accepted. Mr. R. OBurton and Mr. C. M. Busbee, of counsel for the mem bers of the new board, attended th. meeting. After an informal discussion the following com munication was sent to the mem bers of the old board, it having been ascertained that they did not intend to meet with them: Raleigh, N. C. Feb. 10.1899. Messrs. E. T. Clark, J. W. Den mark, A. Y. Sigmon, Claudius Dockery, R. R. Cotton, Gentlemen: The undersigned members ol the Board of Direc tors of the State's prison of North Carolina, having thi3 day met in pursuance of the pro visions of the act of the General Assembly of North Carolina, ratified January 26th, 1899, for the purpose of organization and the transaction of business, yon arc hereby notified as individual members of said board appoint ed by said act, to meet with us in the organizatit.no! said boan4 and in such business as may come before thesame. E. L. Travis, J. L. Gwaltney, M F. Morphcvv, W. H Oahorne, L M. Bryan, J W. Perry, J. II. Weddington, B. W. Ballard, Jas. LeGrand. A B. Young. W. C Newlanel, James C. Davis. The letter of invitation was taken by Mr. R. R Cotton, of the old board. By Mr. Cotton's presence a quorum of the old board resulted. Chairman Dock ery took advantage of Czar Reed's tactics and went through the form of calling the board to order. The communication was read and the invitation declined, Director Cotton dissenting. Di rector Sigmon was inclined to meet with the new board, but the other diiectors were violent ly opposed to it. After consult ing with Captain Day and his attorney. Col. T. M. Argo, the feillowing reply was made to the new directors: Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 10, 1899. Messrs. E. L. Travis, J. L. GwrJtnev, M. F. Morphew, W. H. Osborn, L. M. Bryan, J. W. Perry, J. II. Weddington, B. W. Ballard, James T. LeGrand, A. B. Young, W. C Newland, and James C. Davis. Gentleman: At a meeting ol the Board of Dicrectors of the State's Prison this day held Messrs. Claudius Dockery, E. T. Clark, I. W. Denmark, A. Y. Sigmon, Heenand Hughes and R. R. Cotton being present, it was resolved, Mr. R. R. Cotton dissenting, as follows: Resolved. That w respec tively and courteously decline the invitatiou of Messrs. E. L. Travis and others to participate in their proceedings as Directors of the State's Prison, because of our opinion that the act of As sembly under which they claim their authority to act, ratified January 26:h, 1899, is uncon stitutional. F. 13. Wimbish, Clerk North Carolina Peniten tiary. After organization had been effected, a demand was made upon Captain Day for posses sion of the prison. Thedemand, which was reduced to writing was delivered by Mr. Newland. W. II. Day, Eq. Dear Sir: We hereby neitify you that the Board of Directors of the State's Prison ol North Carolina has been this day duly organized, under the provisions ol the act of the General Assem bly, ratified January 26tb, 1899, and we hereby demand that you surrender and deliyer to us such of the property of said State's Prison and also the convicts conBned therein, as are in your possession. Yours respectfully, The Board of Directors of the State's Prison of North Carolina. By A. B. Young, Chairman. B. W. Ballard, Secretary. A reply from Captain Day was soon forthcomings. It was as follows: North Carolina State Peni tentiary. Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 10, '99. To Messrs. E. L. Trayis, J. L. Gwaltnev, H. F. Morphew, W. H. Osborne, L. M.Bryan, J. W. Perry, J. II. Weddington, B. W . Ballard, James T. LeGrand, A. B. Yeung, W. C. Newland and James C. Dayis. Gentlemen: Being of opin ion that the act ol Assembly ratified January 26, 1899, under authority of which you propose to act, is unconstitutional, and has no effect to deprive me of official authority, or to relieve me or my bondsmen of responsi bility, or to authorize you to de mand the property now in my custody, or to assume and ex ercise any of my official func tions. I therefore decline your demand for the surrender of the same, and the delivery of said property for the control of the convicts into vour hands. At the same time, I am ready to facilitate a judicial determina tion of your claims. Very respectfully, W. H. Day, Superintendent North Carolina State Prison A motion was then made re taining Messrs. R. O. Burton, Shepherd and Busbee, as counsel to assert the rights of the board. Adjournment was next taken j subject to the call ol the execu (board. Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards the food against alum. 6 Alum baking powders are the greatest menacers to health of the present day. BOVAl BAKINO POWOFft CO , KFW VOflK. GENERAL NEWS. There were 1,600 deaths in Bombay, India, Ia:t week, from the plague. William Joel Ktlse', a four- teen-year-olel boy, committed suicide in Atlanta last week by taking morphine. The Supreme Military Com! of Spain has decided to prose cute Admiral Cervera for his dc eat at Santiago lest July. Miss Eliza Work:, of Enst Henrietta, N. Y., celebrated her 105th birthday on February 10th by giving a dinner party for two, herself and her nephew, a youth ol 76, who lives with her. She does her own house work and prepares the meals lor the household. To stop the cries of his baby twin brothers Friday three-year-old James Hughes, of Reading, Pa., mixed them some medicine as he had seen his mother do, but innocentlv put in some arse nic and landanum, which killed both the infants within a few hours. Tbey were the childrer of Mrs. Mary Grace Hughe. John D. Clews, aged 102 years, and Mrs. Sarah II. Jennings, aged 100, were married in Franklin, Pa., on Monday by Alderm in Henderson. The bridegroom is a wealthy oil pro ducer and a veteran of the civil and Mexican wars, while the bride is a cousin of Abraham Lincoln, and resides in Foxburg. She was married in ISL'f- to James Jennings, and has lour daughters and seven sous and twenty-five grandchildren ;:h living. President McKinley signed the peace treaty at j.jj rrnicjy afternoon. Mrs. McKinley was present, together with Secretary of State Hay and his two daugh ters and the President's house guests, Charles Spencer Border and Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Brookes, and Abner McKinley and Lieut. -Col. Montgomery of the Signal Corps, chief operator for the White House. 1 be signing toejk place in the "library, the Presi dent using a new gold pen and ebony holder provi-'ed by the Secretary of State. George Keplinger, a farmer 21 years old, ef Marion, Ind., shot and killed his sweetheart, Miss Laura Pegan. one evening last week, because she refused to marry him. The shooting oc curred at the young lady's hi:.c. Keplinger knocked at the door of her home, and when she open ed it he threw one arm around her neck and with the oihcr lie-id a pistol to her head and sent a ball crashing into her brain. He let the lifeless bodv fall to the floor and placed the pistol against hisi own head and pulled the trigger. The ball inflicted a flesh wound and glanced oft, doing little damage. Keplinger then fled, but was captured. New York State has the honor of having the oldest postmaster in the employ of the postal ser vice. He is Roswcll Beardsley, of North Lansing, Tompkins county, and has been in the service ol the post oflire at thrtt place since June 28, 1 828. When he was appointed postmastc the office had been in existerc-: about two years, having bcti established April 6, 1826, wit! Joseph Bishop as postmaster. Mr. Beardsiey is regarded us a model postmaster by the Je part ment officials, and durin;: his long service of 71 years there has never been a complaint against tbia administration of the adairs of the office. The Postmaster-Genet al received a letter from this aged postmaster a short while ago, in which hf said that he still enjoyed goo 1 health and wa able to persi r. ally write all his report and tend to the office, which pa;. -salarv of $175 per annum.
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