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CATTLE ROPING MATCH
Lariat Wield era to Compete For
World Champlcmahlp.
FROB ABIT LAST EVEHT OP FIS KDTB
Tkoimii WIB *sen Uttar a* Ok
lab«ta Cltr «• Itt H>«r an ■
ah tatr •• !!•••» TUat May kmr
Oa Disputed—CUt MaCoaaaU aa4
tUlna Car rail Crwok Caaartttm.
Tbe championship or tb* world, with
a imraa of $000 on tha aide, with do
probability of lit balpg disputed In tb*
future, la tbe stake to be bottled fur la
what will doubtless bo tit* loot cuttle
roping contact soya aa Oklahoma catjr
(Oklo.) correspondent of Lbe 8L Louts
Poet-Dispatch. It artU toko place at
Oklahoma City on Thnraday ood Fri
day afternoon*. March 10 and 10. tlio
c toe log days of tha annual convention
of tl>c Oklahoma Livt Stock and tb*
Midland Live Stock and Sal* associa
tion*. Tb* contest will draw thooaiiatla
of visitors. It la a big event through
not tbe aouthwret, where prowess with
tb* lariat means lasting fame. Tha
laws of all other states uow prohibit
tbea* roping content*, and It la likely
tint Oklahoma sell) fo'lew this course
during tb* next legislator*.
Elliaoo Carroll of Magana*. sow the
vrorkl'a champion, coo cel-red the Idea
of giving o roping contest as one of tb*
restores or the convention. He ha*
arranged the following rules and regu
lations to govern tb* contest:
The Brat pries wtU be the championship
of tb* World end IBS to muni). second
prlaa W; third prise. 000; lourth prlaa
ys rulMt
L limited to slaty rn trice—thirty for
Thursday, thirty for Friday.
L Steers srtn be numbered: contestants
wtU draw: *t**T* Will bo raped os they
g Contestants srtn ba allowed to have
a rope In hand, but must not start until
tha star tar* a flag drape.
4. The rep* odist go over head or boras:
no feet raping ullewed, unless head or
herns are caught Brat.
■u Cattle must ba eaenrety tied by at
and remain securely «M t>r three feet for
flee mlnutea
d> Koch contestant ts rttulnd to rope
when hie number ia called. Vo man to
allowed to rope more than ene steer at
thia contest.
7. Time wlU he take* by three Urn ere
from the aeoond the Stoner's nag fa Us
to tbe time tbe marshal s flay fane, which
Win fan whan tbe steer Is properly tied.
Contestant will Indicate to the marshal
when tba steer la Ued by throwing ap Me
hands
t Committee ot three competent Judge!
will he appointM to deetdr any eootxo
vtray. and their doeUien shall be flnoL
1 Tbe roper shall aland at ourth and ef
wing, and after the eloer eroaeoa tbe fifty
foot lino the flay will fall, and If the oots
ceeteot starts before the falling of tho
martens flag he nrtll he oeunted out.
It If eatnee era made by letter. «U
mould accompany tbe letter. AH entries
moat be made before 11 oclooh. noon.
March 14 UH Entrance fee, roping eoo
teet. M
TWe are aloe e a trice ao far fur Use
contest—K. P. Epperson of Port Bcott,
Kan.; Clay UcConagU of Torn*, Lather
Williams of Prague, Ohio.; W. K. Hah
of Wllbartoa. I T.; L. C. Olios of Nor
man. Oltln.iClutrloo M. Williams of Vor
<lcu. Ok la, oml Carroll himself. Tlwre
will he two entries fruui the Miller
rutk'li ot Biles. It M |.r.<uil,lc thot tv
tr ot will lie mails from Anutralu and
Ibnttb Amorim.
Tho root toptoof will into y be bo
tworo Clny IfcCotturtll a ml Rilleow Cur
tail. llowevur, Chore are ethic cowboys
• la Olclalfotnn who do I to they con rope
•tcrr» to quicker time than ettlser Me
Connjll or Carroll. Cnrrttll .frosted tbe
chainplouhlp front McCoi.ogll a year
ago uml ealtMtsoo lwwllct Its la cep
lined Co kcopit.
The grrnttmt roping contest to tbe
WvrhJ portmiM op to tbot tlmo waa
arrsngrO for at Sop Antonie. To*, la
IMG, during I be Ctirtotmaa botany*
Tbe roatuet waa to bo for (he s-b tus
ploosMp of (bo worn. nod n waa
I bought, ef tunrso, that huudrodo of
•tnblttotta cow pan-boro aroahl so lor
tho boltltr for onproaiory.
<lsy UeCooogll of Terse tboa hold
tho ehaatplotHhlp. and Ha prowoaa waa
•0 well kn.in-n aflJ fcored that only
aim moo hod ogy to** of bah* able to
baot him. That waa taitooo Carroll of
Manama. Ohio., sad eroo bo was Kwh
ait m ao hotag foolhardy in bin nmM
n#*' Wh— "afrtoa were rtaaod N
ora* dtoeomod that only two eotnoM
“*• ,**** guollftod, Ctor Mrcoaagtl
had baaa dm ehaatytoa for ao tkaay
fowre that at tho toot tuionte ereai toe
(tardy kings of too raasa bad and dm.
ly baaa oalasd jrhh that asoot aagtaa*
Tho otoora wot oorraltod to a mil
|WD at os* corner of da* baseball part
on Um ooUkirt* of ttc tows. T)w oo*,
t«it waa to me which unio could rope
and tie thirty six of tb*e* animate la
tlio shortlira*. Thousand* of cow
hoi's nnd their wive*, daughters and
•weethcort*. from all over tbo soutb
w*»|. wbo had men many pravloa* eon
lwt» of the kind, declared th* tattle to
he lb* greatest ever waged.
UcCouagll goro op on th* ter eat/
eighth steer and acknowledged that h*
wu* badly dr fasted. Owing to Inclem
ent weather and the farther fact that
aoat* of tbo cattle bad escaped bo
agvmd to ■orrwodor In favor of Carrot!.
Motion** 11 being tbnn mors Omo three
minute* behind M» opponent with oo
chime to win la tbo rumalolng trials.
Carroll made th* marvelous rveoed
of rot iln* sod lying twenty eight steers
lo 19 mlnatce and M 1-3 second*, hi*
beet time ou on* being 21 4-3 second*
HI* average 00 tbo twvnty-elgtH was
40 S3 svtomlL UcOonsgll'a nverago
wt* 40 4-0 second* and his beet time
for 00* wee 28 ancood* 0*1. though be
Itad a previous record of 2114 second*,
mod* at Bi Paso some years ago.
Carrel) rude three d liferent borne*
daring the toarsinent-Jack fUU, Usd
Dock and Necktie.
Aed-OeteleUoe Ssctcvy.
Th* society girls of Urban* 0- bars
organised what they call a "Society
to Prevent Osculation." says a special
dispatch from flprlngflcld. O., to tl»*
Cincinnati Saaulrvr. 'The formal
agreement eutsrad Into forhUle thorn to
hug or to be begged or to kits or to be
klasod. They bar* sent oat uotlocs to
their mala friend* to the effect tbit
the lid U ou to stay.
THE OLDEST OBELISK.
H Stands *n tbs Banka of th* Nils No*
Far From Cabo.
The oldest of nil the obelisks is
Uie beautiful one of ruiy granite
which stands atone among tbs green
Colds on the banks of th* Kilo not
far from Cairo. It is the grave
stone of a great city which lisa vsn
ished nnd left only this relic behind.
That city was Bethsbemm of Scrip
ture, the famous On, which is mem
a.*kl* -11 IIILI._J__ -I -
rad dene# of tho priest of On, Poti
phorah, whose daughter Ascnath
Joseph married. The Greek* called
it Heliopolis, the city of the sun, be
cause there the worship of the sun
had it* chief center and its moat
■acred shrine. It was tho seel of
tbs moat ancient university in the
world, to which youthful fIndent*
came from all ports of the world to
learn the occult wisdom which tha
priest* of On alone could teach.
Thales, Solon, Eudoxus, Pythago
ras and Plato all studied there; per
haps Hoses too. It was also the
birthplace of the sacred literature
of Egypt, where waa written on
papyrus leave* tho original ebnptcr
of tha oldest book in tho world, gen
erally known as ‘*1110 Boole of tha
Dona,’* giving a most striking ao
connt of tho conflicts and triumphs
of tha life after death, s whole copy
or fragmant of whieh avary Egyp
tian, rich or poor, wished to hero
buried with bun in his coffin and
portions of which are found inscrib
ed on even mummy case and on
tha walls of every tomb. In front
of on# of tha principal temples of
tha sun in this magnificent city
stood, along with a companion long
since destroyed, tha solitary obelisk
which wa now behold on the spot.
It alone haa survived the wrack of
all the glory of the plans. It waa
constructed by Usartcaca I., wbo is
•fimmad to have reigned HWO 11. a,
ml hat outlived all tha dynastic
.l.emte i of Um land and still Mends
Wt:rrc it originally stood nearly for
ty-seven ronturio* ago. What ap
peal* of >!* nhttft abovn ground it
sixty-el'riri fr.t In hoight, but its
bare it bun. t in the mud of tho
IfUo, and year nfirr yoar the Inanda
tlsa of the r>*r deposits its film of
•Oil arrirr.fl IV foot au<l buries it
■tin e’er '. in ils vserod grave.—
rail :.a,l «V;clto.
TELEGRAPHERS SATISFIED.
Arruiamant Cirri as ia
Maxim mb aar Min imam Wait,
b«l ia Adjasted with a View a)
nttlag Each IodMdul Cast.
Chulotto OWrvrr.
Washington. March 13.—The
committee of five representing
the telegraphers ana station
agents of the Southern Railway
last night agreed to accept the
wage scale, as agreed upon,
docs not contemplate a minimum
or maximum wage, but has been
adjusted with a view of fitting
each individual case.
Id announcing that fact that a
settlement had been affected,
H. B. Perbam. president of the
Order of Railway Telegraphers,
said:
M The committee representing
the telegraphers and station
agents are very wall satisfied
with the scale agreed upon.
While some of the employes
have grown a little impatient
since the negotiations were
opened with the Southern on
December 7. those having di
rect charge of the matter, know
ing the immense amount of
work necessary before an ac
ceptable scale conld be agreed
on, have nothing but words of
praise for the officials of the
Southert."
"This is the first schedule that
has ever been pat into effect on
the Southern, and it was neces
sary for conferees to begin at the
bottom."
H. II. Spencer, general mana
ger of the Southern Railway,
when informed that the com
mittee had accepted his pro
posals, staled that the schedule
submitted by the company had
for its object the general read
justment of wages along the en
tire Southern Railway lines.
Canefla Saya Hall, a MUHaa.
ft sleigh Newt And Observer.
Ptiarlnttaatiillw \/a 14
—Andrew Carnegie pasted
through this city to-day enronte
to Hot Springs. Va. Prof. J.
M. Page was at the depot to in
vite him to visit the university
between trains, but Mr Carne
gie was unable to accept the in
vitation and proceeded on his
way. Dr. Page announced to
day that under the offer, Mr.
Cargenic made of $500,000 to the
Thomas Jefferson Memorial fnnd
of the university, provided al
umni and friends raised a like
amount, one half of the required
amount baa been raised to date.
Salisbury Wants Mr. Vipperman.
Grecos boro IndoMrisJ New*.
Salisbury. March 12—The
Baptists of Salisbury listened to
Rev. I. L. Vipperman. of Dallas,
yesterday. Mr. Vipperman
preached morning and evening
at the First Baptist church and
completely captivated bis cou
gTegation.
He is a powerful yoong
theologian, gifted with rare
powers of declamation and s
profound ressouer. He is about
28 years old and such a scholar
that he has had several flitter
ing propositions to take the
chair of theology in aome of the
Baptist universities. But he is
so much loved by bis Dallas
people and so endeared to them
that be can hardly leave them.
It was thought for a time that
tbit congregation stands a
chance to land the brainy young
man and the more hopeful be
lieve so yet. Since the resig
nation of the Rev. W. H. Rich,
this pulpit bus been vacant.
Sets# by Itkifk Hans.
•slWkwy Tm
Tbe Raleigb Times sent a
member ol its staff to Salisbury
to see and bear Bernhardt Satur
day night and a splendid criti
cism appears in Monday’s
Times, concluding in this
fashion:
I asked tbe leading man what
he thought of Salisbury.
"C’eat uoe ville tres ebaude,"
he replied, with a shrug that
threatened tbe light confusion of
of hair about hit ears.
I then asked if he had beard
Madame Bernhardt express her
self about tbe (dace. "Non,
non," said be more calmly "sllc
ue canse jamais d'une ville
presqn' a pres ledincr qu’elle
mange toojours aprea le per
formance. Je pc pee qa’elie dins
qne Salisbury test an boa
marcbe." i
Bally for Bernhardt, the lead
ing mao, tbe Raleigb Times and
all tbe rest of us. It is super
fluous to remark that are kaow
Post readers will share oar joy.
In obtaining tbe interview
printed above tbq> Raleigb Bve
ning Times scordd a fine scoop
over all its contemporaries. We
congratulate Mr^ Crater, tbe
publisher, upon |t h e brilliant
readiness with wpich be put to
opportune use tbe splendid train
ing be received under that most
erudite and accomplished
Frenchman, tbe editor of tbe
Charlotte Observer.
Chickau Cksiara Ktrendy.
Pact* Jo. fa rmnaiw Farma*.
Cholera exists at ail seasons,
T.T 1.. .11 J!_ _ « a.
indigestion, are termed cholera,
but more frequently roup fa the
disease at fault. To distinguish
cholera from roup is the difficul
ty with the beginner. Roup
may last for months; cholera
pets in aud goes out of a flock
in a burry. When cholera gets
into a flock there is no sure cure.
It is a matter of the "survival of
the fittest." A large flock can
not be bandied with the object
of administering medicines, and
the birds will not eat; In fact,
they care for no kind of food,
but they will drink, and drink
enormously. The remedy must
then be given in the water, and
of course, some birds will drink
more than others.
The best remedy known is to
add a teaspoonful of liquid car
bolic ' acid to each quart of
drinking water. It is a poison
ous dose, but desperate cases re*
quire desperate remedies. The
bodies of all dead birds should be
burned, nod every square inch
of the ground and buildings
saturated with a solution of a
pound of copperas and a pouod
of blue stone in fix gallons of
hot water, with plenty of air
slacked lime freely applied after
the ground is dry.
.Cholera kills quickly. If the
bird lingers for three or four
days, the disease will not be
cholera.
Col. Oliver H. Dockery, one
of the best known men in the
state and Republican candidate
for governor la 1888, is In Rex
Hospital at Raleigh for treat
ment. He went there Wednes
day morning, accompanied by
his son, Mr. Claudius Dockery.
Col. Dockery i. 77 years old.
He stood the trip well and at
last accounts was resting easily.
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Washington. March 13.—The
•cnatc committee on privilege!
and election* to-day instructed a
sub-comittee consisting of sen
ators Poraker, Knox and Bailey
to examine the several
bills before the senate to
prohibit national banks from
contributing money for cam
paign purposes eng report
whether. In their opinion, any
of these measures, if enacted
into law wonld prevent such
evils is the future. The com
mittee was instructed to draft a
bill if the pending measures are
not satisfactory.
The action taken is the result
of a bearing gives to Senator
Tillman to-day iu*inpport of his
resolution directing an inquiry
whether, since March 4, 13B3,
any payments have boon made
by national banka to carry on
any political campaign.
Mr. Tillman stated to the
committee that be had positive
evidence that certain *»1
banks had made pay menu bat
he declined to disclose Mr evi
dence.
It was the opinion of the omA*
mittee that such contributions
should be effectually prohibited
and that there should be a law
making it a felony for any officer
of a bank to contribute foods of
the bank to aid any campaign.
Several members of the com
mittee declared that there had
been an understanding that
banks have bees contributing
to campaign foods, but that it
would be unwise to enter upon
a general InvestigatioB.
The best policy, it was
argued, would be to prevent each
contribution in the future and
with that end in view the sub
committee was appointed.
Tillman’s Popularity.
SpMtaabucs Jmraal.
Senator Tillman has taken a
new lease on public attention
since his selection to lead the
fight in the Senate for the rail
road rate bill. The newspapers
sll over the country have again
taken him up and are printing
all the information they can get
about him, bis characteristics,
habits, manners and mannerism*,
home life and in general are
giving the public a clear and in
many cases n vivid description
oi the man. AJ1 that is said
about bias is complimentary and
shows that the South Carolinian
b at the senitb of Ms strength
sod popularity in national
politics. He occupies a unique
position as the Democratic lead
er of the Republican Adminis
tration's pet measure in the
upper house of Congress. And
it he is successful in putting it
through, and be will be, he win
become a greater man still and
"iii uuqe more ioi me |
Democratic party tbao any man
in a generation.
Re Farina Far llabsp.^
lUWUfc Cor. Chariot I* Obaexvet. 14th.
In tbe matter of pardona
granted and refuted Governor
Glenn to-day made public theae
statement*: State v*. Arthur I,.
Hiibop, who killed Tbomas
Wilson, while at Charlotte aa a
traveling man aad visitor from
Petersburg, Va. Defendant was
convicted February term, 1903.
of manslaughter aod sentenced
to five yearn in tbe penitentiary.
Tbe evidence disclosed that tbe
prisoner represented himself as
a single men and went to tbe
borne of Tbomas Wilson in com
pany with a woman, and was
there driaking and talking to
tbe daughter of Wilson aod bis
companion, when the prisoner
waa ordered by Wilson to leave.
A difficulty took place aad tbe
prisoner killed WDaon, alleging
he did so in self-defence. WB»
son had great provocation In
assaulting tbe prisoner (even if
be did) sad in any judgement
the prisoner ought to have tub
rnitted to almost anything be
fore he took the life of his assail
ant. The |ury convicted him ol
Manslaughter, tod, in my jodg
Meat, five yean U tbe peas
teatiary waa a very mild sentence
ao4 the prisoner may be ren
thankful that be waa sentenced
by a very merciful judge. 1 ate
no merit in bit case, for, whili
feeling very deeply for hia poet
wifa and mother, and bis little
Child tbe prisoner himself dfe
did not consider them wbta
passing himself at aa a single
man, aad, under the circum
itlttCfl. I CAODQt AH lay WA1
clear to grant tbe petition. Th<
application la therefore refused
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