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Quickly controls chiUs.: fever J pain. 25c. at Grant's. j s . ; : , --a;-'. : A nifna aia Vnmlifiim a nice rOT -mas Present. Have you been to Mrs , - a. Johnsons? 43 .rattoave. JV Mr, f. R." Daroy 't aay: "Oamphor ,k ia not only good fox, chapped, hands but fmr hnm,. inAimMi Aurfaoes also. t nusbaind would have r Deem 5uwur rned the other day Miadi..-T not , nged DhorMne. quickly nd-freely. w -t MASSAGE 1IBB'EIlV- ' The Casualties, of the British t Tugela River Number More than a Thousand. arid's; Disasters Will Spread Rebellion in Cape Colony. Campaign on a New Basis Must Now Be Undertaken. Is Cleary Advancing to the Relief of Ladysmith! GENS. METHUBN, GATACRE AND FRENCH "W3UL. RE MENAdED (EN THE REAR BY THE UPRISING 'FORCES OF CAPE DUTCH PRE TORIA REPORTS ACCESSIONS FROM THIS SOURCE BODIES OF THE BRITISH DEAD WITHIN THE BOER LINES CREMATED. THE TRANSVAAL'S LOSSES AT MAGERSFONTEIN IS. TALK OF SEIZING DELAGOA BAY AS A WAY OF ENTERING TRANS VAAL. London, Dec. 16. 'Amid the gloom anldl grief which Overwhelmed England today confidence in the final triumph of the British army throughout South Afrieai'' remains unshaken. The deter mination to win. regardless of cost, is, Miowever, coupled with the resolve to fix mnd enforc the'rsjslbilltjrlfot cne disasters wrucn nave orougnr. tne- darkest days Great Bri tain has kaoTfrn within the memory of living man . Despatches indicating the number of Boers engaged in the battles of the current week make it clear ", that the Boer forces are many thousands great er than their owrt resources explain, This week's British disaster will almost certainly spread rebellion, to a large part of Cape Colony, and then Me thuen, Gatacre and French will be menaced! almost as seriously in the the rear as in front. This is the most serious feature of the situation, and the one which most alarms the country. The week's cam paign practically ended in a complete defeat of the British arms. An entirely new campaign on a new basis must now be undertaken. Not a single. Brit ish column: is now in condition to act offensively except at desperate risks. The enemy now has all the prestige of success along the line. GATACRE MENACED. There are already rumors that Gat- acre is menaced in ther ear and his communication with East London en Idlangered . TALK OF SEIZURE OF DELAGOA BAY. Buller meantime cannot safely move until his lost guns are replaced. More over the indications are that he will be unable to relieve Ladysmith until strongly reinforced. The move which all military men advise and one which is obviously best from all but a polit ical point of view is the immediate seizure of Delagoa bay and the invasion of the Transvaal through Portuguese, territory. The foreign office hesitates to make such a move. CAPE DUTCH JOIN . THE BOERS. Pretoria, Dec. 13 (Delayed) .--Nine hundred colonial Dutch at Barklyi 2,000 at Barkly East and 1,500 at Buruers- dlorf have joined the Boers. i A RAY OF HOPE. London, Dec. ;6. There is one faint ray of hope in Natal to which the unin -iated are clinging. Buller's despatch does not mention General Cleary, who is second in comtaand. It is surmised he is leading a strong column across the-Tugela river farther east or west i AH INVESTMENT I In 'Asheville property, now will mark' this prediction proVe to be I before the epdi of 1900 money well 4 Bperit. Call and let us Interest ciyou Iffiim. & LaBARBE, X yRer Estate Agevts.u MA :?!?" "2S ' PattonAventie r ;v fj-' ; g 1 1 v f ;j f f t 1 0 ' V 11 to divert attention from where Buller's maim attack' was expected to be made .4 Military critics ' expected ; an . UckJ near-tjoienso wouiq o6 - a lelnt. ,nly. Buller's despatch" Indicates "thatIt was more , than- that.. -The 4dea of- another movement toeing executed, elsewhere.. Is not, however, precluded by BullerTs re- port. It is. clear that nothing like hia full force, which amounts to 20,000 men; were engagefcai In, Friday's disastrous battle. . It is fondly hoped that the next news' will show-eiome imiprovement in the situation, BULLED REPORTS LOSSES. London, Dec. 16,-r-The war office has received this! despatch from Buller: "Our losses in the battle of the 15h; were : Officers audi men killeidf, S2 ; wounded, 667; missing, 343.,'' The foregoing includes seven officers killed, .forty-one abounded, fourteen prisoners and three missing. . ; "Colonel Brooke is dangerously, Col onel Long severely and Colonel Hunt slightly wounded. "Major Charley died of his wounds." Dublin, Dec. 16. A Hespatch receiv ed here today says . that . the son of Captain Robe ts was severely wounded in the Tugela river fight yesterday morning while leading ' some men to rescue the guns. He is In a precarious condition. ... -' CREMATION OF ' BRITISH DEAD, Modder River, Dec. 15 (Delayea) . Mutual arrangements were maldse by the British and Boers providing for the burning of the British deaJdi at Magers- fontein-on Wednesday and Thursday. The chaplain of the Highland regiment was chosen, the Boers "stipulating that only a clergyman of the Reformed church should officiate. Members of the detachment accompanying the chaplain were blindfolded and not al lowed to come within six huridted yards of the Boer lines. The Boers assisted the English iri fhe task of cremating the bodies. They said they would have given full details regarding the English dead, wounded and prisoners if the British had fur nished them similar information. , THE BOER LOSSES. Boers declared that their casualties at Masgersfontein were 262, and that they had only 63 killed. The British say this must be a mis'take, as they buried 45 Boers and had1 seen many other corpses which. Ihlad been removed before they reached the Boer lines. 1 Some of the Highlanders got so close to the trenches during the fight that their kilts were torn off. The Boers say they would have enfilaldied them 'but were' afraid of killing their own men. The Boers have 62 British pris oners. Today the British guns shelled the hills and definitely located j the Boer position. :;:TheBber shells were- "harmless wihen they fell on the earth - but : destruc'tive when they fell on stony places. Qnly one in four exploded. ENFILADED THE TRENCHES . Another despatch from Modifier Riv er, dated the 13th, says that yesterday the Boer prisoners' boasted they ootild have held Magersfontein two weeks. They said that if the Highland bri gade had massed" ari3 stormed the trenches after the first surprise the British losses would have been heav ier because the Boers from the Kopje on the other side were ready to enfil ade the trenches if captured. The Gordon Highlanders were sent aenainst the Boers' trenches at 0 o'clock this morning. The Boers wait ed until they reached the trenches an-J then enfiladed them. Early ini the fighting the Highland brigade almost amnihilated. the Scandinavian contin gent. It is stated that the Boers' force number 14,000. TTTTF1. BOERS' SS AT MOD'DEK RIVER. Oape Town, Deo. 13 (Delayed) . A prisoner who has " arrived here says that the Boers' loss at Modder River was 1,500. HeTsays that trenches were dug and the dead placed therein un counted. It is sta'tedl that General Gatare has fallen back to his original position. Tt is the general opinion that he should occupy Cypher Gat, where there is a ctnrsm" Tvisition ; called Bushman's -y x- Kraal . STOCK EXCHANGE EXCITED London. Dec. 16. News of the defeat of Buller at Tugela river caused a mo mentary panic on the exchange here t.'ov -nrViPrp thpre was intense exite- , ment in all departments. Immediately (Continued on (Cour'th page.) Some Men Must Encounter a Wall before they can, see it,, Thty do not realize that there is a if thing wrong with their-eyes until i they aie seriouy. affected J When you detect a slight defecticOttie to ns; rvit mignt come serious If h. neglected, ; wale -.''he proper, glasses would correct it nw.-' J. Scientific Opticians. 45 PatttoirA've.Blalx's Furniture Store. J. EXAMINATION. FREE., . , t POODY DID NOT SAY k h PEARSOn WOULD FAIL i 'r. Expectir ?im to Win the Seat in Con- ferest-rldnney's Speech on the Penance Bill. 1 Gazettte Bureau, ' Washington, Dec I 16. rfcave todjay seen, a letter from Ma- r ain M4 Moody in which he indlg- nanay repudiates the alleged interview n ie News and Observer predicting that Richmond, Pearson, will lose in his contest. The. interview Is a silly fie tioj as Moody said nothing of 'the kini to a. reporter or any one else. It hcs the usual disposition of that fyarfety of newsmner to misrpnr.sit I actual conditions and prominent repub- ana wen known democrats, both in anffi out of. congress. Major Moolv predicts PearsorTsi success ajid is working to that end . JJ telegTam received hv a Prifchtard says that fire destroved th home of W. L. Lambert and Odid TPl- lows' hlall and damaered the iail at Bakersville yesterday. Arthur D. Barnes, apnointed mes- engeKln the senate by the Se-'sr-:: Parsomi, was found dead in; h?d at his home in Wilson, N. C. His death was due to apoplexy. 3k Congressman Linney has introduced a second time his bill looking- to a re duction of the tax on spirituous liquor fronn $1.10 to 70 cerfts per gallon. Mr. Linney, who introduced the bill last year in accordance with a su erases Ho rorn the secretary of the treasurv. will mlake a special effort, to vp the-bill enacted into law at iotipp. Tt i Olaime'dl that the ; treasurv will havp nothing to lose by such a law and that it will have a tendency to4 greatly aecrease illicit distilling, as the tax is now excessive. Congressman Linney took part in the discussion of the currency bill Fri day. The speech was erenerallv com plimented and was listened to with close attention by those on the floor and in the galleries. "Mr. Chairman: I feel some little Embarrassment in attempting- to dis cuss the matter before the house, but think I see the way, and the thought ful way, too, by which my course can ejustified. I voted for the Teller rjesblution In this house, ana was the nfy, republican- in the house tflrat did ancr -xninK, jMr. cnairman, that it fa a matter of duty to vote for it. I have reasoned myself to the conclusion that I will best serve my country by voting for this proposition, laying aside en tirely the question of my loyalty to the republican?-party. (Applause.) Sir, this financial question has been discussed for twenty long years. The sprightly, eloquent gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Rdblnson) complained of the 'gag law.' Why, the discussion be gun in 1873, and there has bnen a con stant, -unrestricted, unrestrained, un obstructed flow of argument in the shape of perlddftcals and. eloquence ex tending from the far and wooly west to the Atlantic . ocean, as steady in its course as the roar of the mighty Co lumbia river over the Cascades or cf the Niagara over the ca'taracts. (Laugh ter and applause.) Yet the gentleman complains that he has been 'gagged.' (Laughter.) Why, the whle thin has become hoary with age. It is the grandfather question now in these United States' (Renewed .laughter.) After discussing the reference made by President McKmley to the money question, in his message, and after thorough reference to other phases of the subject. Mr. Linney concluded by saying: "The present law has met the de mands of increased population, has met the increased diversified industries and everything- of that sort; and it is won derful. There are in my state two streams, the Catawba and the Yadkin, running' thr'O'ugh it with laughing, rip- Tling waters, and they-both run over fifty miles' I sunrise in those streams there are at'deast 500 shoals. "These splendid shoals and 'the coua tries immediately around them! hae been inhabited only by the bat and owl ever since man existed and ever since the morniner stars sang together. What is the condition now? Industry hs been stirred up; new life has bee given; more money has come into t'e country anidl more labor found good em -ployment at higher wages, and capital ists are seeking investments in tha country on those shoals, until now in all that large area we havefa:bulou prices, thousands, tens of . thousand?. and hundreds of thousands f of - dollars in some instances, offered; for, the bar ren rocks arid sterile - hills the Ca tawba anidl Yadkin valleys' : for shoals that have lain there from the founda tion of the world to the bre'senlt with out turning a spindle or yielding a sol itary scent for the state of North Car olin,a. It is not an extravagant dream picture to expects that within the next ten years, under, the stimulating effect of the system of revenue ,and finance now existing, millions of dollars will be invested by Isound money capitalists to bless and' cheer the noble boys of Carolina bv opening- up new lines of nope rounaea m tne existence oi tmes great v enterprises "NowMr. caiairtnan, in view of these wonderful results,, surpassing in realization the wildest; dreams of the most -enthusiastic ; American that "now exists or anything ever 'thought? of, we hive an "idea of' what has been ac4 complished. TU But : th.e suggestion has; been made dniring this' discussion tha;i if, all this 9ias happened ( .or resulted from the, present. ' revenue ei financial -rtolicv tit tH jSmLnistration.'W"hv pass policy of the. aje&ninistration,3w-hy pass this bill; why 4-not let , Veil f; enough alone? The answer is thlsV-Much, as the I 1 , . L " existing law; has , acoomplished, still better results are - within our reach. There is an infirmity in the system as it now exists. Who has pointed it out? Both, parties In this country' .have point, ed it out. President Cleveland pointed It out. I believe he was the author tf the expression, 'the endless ,chaln"was he not? ,Slnce that time, President Mc Kinley has pointed it out, and the ex perts "of finance-in this country, the business men who. are most interested in maintaining the highest business' actlvityhave analyzed it, and they say that this is the only infirmity' the system possesses today. This bill is intended) to correct , this infirmity and make it a perfect system. To do so we remove the infirmity; and it is the sal vation of the south and west. I do not see how any southern or western man can hesitate to give his vote for, or how any North Carolinian can think of voting against, this proposi tion. Here is a proposition' that allows communities in the south ariS west ti'aving only 2,000 population to organ ize banks on a capital, I believe, of $25,000. The present law requires a minimum, of $50,000. So it works 'it ContInued on fifth page.) TRANSVAAL REFUSED PART OF OUR REQUFST. United States Will Continue to Peti tion in Behalf of British Prisoners. Washington, Dec. 16. The action of the Transvaal government in granting only a portion of the concessions re quested by this government in behilf of the British prisoners at Pretoria has ntensified the feeling in official circles here growing out of the manner in which the Boers have treated the hu manitarian overtures of the United States. While the Transvaal authorit ies have agreed to furnish lists of Brit ish prisoners and information concern ing the condition of the sick and woundeft. 'they have refused to permit the distribution of money among the prisoners to buy toacco and delicacies. The United States will continue to press for more favorable treatment of the prisoners. CUBAN NEWSPAPERS APPROVE GEN WOOD'S APPOINTMENT. Havana, Dec. 16. The papers unani mously approve vthe appointment of General Wood as governor general of Cuba. The Journal in referring to, the approaching visit of General Wilson to Havana soys It ts unerbain yet-wheth er -he will return to the United States with Brooke. The. paper predicts that the post of military governor of Ha vana will probably be abolished, statin? that the contiuance of such an office would probably result in friction be tween Wood and Ludlow. THINKS IT MEANS ANNEXATION Havana, Dec. 16. JNueva Pais says that McKinley's message is in perfect harmony with other presidential ut terances ree-arding Cuba, all of whicn, it declares, go directly to prove the in tention of the- United States to annex Cuba. The paper believes, however, that .WooH Is the best man for governor general. Great preparations are mak ing to welcome Wood on his arrival. It is reported General Wilson wilt re sien because Brooke is succeeded by Wood'. Bugler, Cassin, of Roosevelt's rough riora has hppn sentenced to two years and four months for shooting a Cuban major last March. A SWIFT TORPEDO BOAT Bath, Me., Dec. 16. The torpedo boat Craven in an official trial here to day showed! a speefdi of over thirty knots. i EX PRESIDENT CLEVELAND ILL Princeton, N. J., Dec. 16 Ex-President Cleveland is confined to. his resi dence suffering from inflamatory rhea yellow rim of her own brightness sur- "0V THE SQUARE" 1 i WE SELL S Agency 'Hockbrook Farm'" CREAMERY BUTTER. oooo to l&arence Sawyer, I fiuccewdr to 1 , I Sf CANDLE FOR VOTE ON FINANCE BILL Acrimonious Dispute But Lit tle-Argument in the Clos- ; Ing Debase. ' A 16 to 1 Amendment Failetf . to Materialize. Each Side Accused the 0 her of Preventing it Lentz Branches Ont into Denunciation of England and United States. THINKS WE OUGHT' TO TAKE A HAND IN THE FIGHT IN SOUTH AFRICA IN BEHALF OF THE BOERS RESOLUTION TO RECOG NIZE BELLIGERENCY. Washington, Dec. 16. There was some jockeying for position and a hot time at the close of the week's debate on the financial bill, in the house this afternoon. The contest ended in a dead heat. Saturday1 ha'tf been get aside for the consideration of the bill under the five minute rule. Proceed ing under this rule the' first section of the bill was read and then the rest of the day spent in continuance' of the general debate. No effort was made on either side to stop the discussion andl to read the bill, and the last 'twenty minutes were filled with charges and counter charges or nypocncy in dealing with the bill. The democratic leader. Rirhardsnn. complained that the republicans did not desire to give an! opportunity to offer amendments and Dalzell retorted that the democrats were afrato to risk a vote on an amendment proposing the free and unlimited coinage of silver, at the ratio of to 1. The democrats made several attempts to offer such a resolution but they were . prevented eithejr y,yoT''lbe;ch'aloV;'b3f . the raid 8efriratefc;5lpdfhV' T"H New York. iSo the contest closed' with out advantage on either side. TRANSVAAL BELLIGERENCY Representative Sulzer today intro duced a resolution declaring .that a - 1 1 j.j J y?. t iie w. puiuiiu ;war exists ueiween mng land and the ransvaal, and that bellig erent rights be accorded the Transvaal. - Lentz, of Ohio, while talking on the financial bill, branched off into a de nunciation of England and the Uniefr States, accusing them of shooting down liberty in South Africa and the Philip-, nines resnectlvely. He declared that there was evidence that both govern ments were operating on parallel lines He asked ifthings are not inside out how can the republican party stand im potent and' silent while England Is shooting to death a Republic in South Africa. PAYNE RESOLUTION FAILED. Not Considered by the Republican National Committee. Washington, Dec. 16. The national republican committee, after a short session this morning adjourned ' sub ject to the call of the chairman. The Payne resolution providing for repre sentation in the national convention on the basis of votes oast in a presidential election was abandoned, owing to the opposition of the administration. The southern element of the republican par ty has beeu strongly opposed! to the resolution. A committee was appointed to have charge of the arrangements for the convention.: The Leland ' resolution was not considered. Stfanidlard and Excelsior Diaries for 1900 at BainbrMge's, 47 Patlton Ave. Diamond oroocnes and Rings. We have a few choice Diamond Brooches and Rings at 40 per cent, less than their present value. ' Arffiur M. Field Co., ZLEADIJIG JEWELERS. READY -V. list 7 V.A'B,j., 'V -.-
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