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WISDOM CARR & WARD ZP1STRIBUTORS, Made ' South Main 'Street.' ' . Pnon "S. NEWCASTLE OCCUPIED Buller Advancing With Con tinued Success Natal. in And Driving Seven Thousand Transvaaiers Before Him. Boers Using the Torch, Plundering and Wrecking. Claim That They Will Make a Stand at Lain g' a Nek. LONDON GONE WILD OVER AN NOUNCEMENT, STILL UNCON FIRMED AT THE WAR OFFICE, THAT MAFEKING HAS BEEN RELIEVED. London, May 19. The papers this morning are practically devoted to Ma- f eking, retelling ; the tale of the siege. Though there is absolutely no official confirmation of the reports of the re lief of the town it is implicitly believed in all quarters. There is doubt as to whether the Commandant Botha captured by Hut ton near Kroonstad is the great Boer general or his brother. London, May 18. A despatch receiv ed tonight from Roberts says: "Bul ler reports today (Friday) that New castle. was occupied last night, and to day the second and third cavalry brig ade will concentrate there. I sent a force of mounted troops through Rorkesdriat to turn out a small force of the enemy and reassure the natives. The enemy burned the Catholic chapel and plundered many houses and took cash from the banks. Otherwise they did not do mucji harm. The railway is badly damaged. At Waschbank, Ingagane and Nkandhla bridges were destroyed and many culverts, pumping stations and water tanks. Of 7,000 met flying before us about a thousand seem to have gone to Wakkerstroom, and some by Milner'a pass to the Free State. The remanjler, who are de scribed as an organized rabble, have gone north. They say they intend to make a stand at Laing's Nek. REJOICING OVER MAFEKING RE PORTS. - London, March 19. This city went into hysterics last night over an an nouncement at the Mansion house that Mafeking had been relieved. Inquiry at the war office revealed the fact that no information had been received, but despite this the people paraded the streets until long after midnight sing ing national songs and rejoicing gen erally .evidently taking it for granted that the mansion house announcement was true. The scenes on the streets exceeded those on the occasion of the relief of Ladysmith. London, May 18. The following is the text of Lord Roberts' despatch" to the war office: "Kroonstad, May 18. Methuen enter ed Hoopstad yesterday unopposed. Generals Duprey and Daniels-and forty men have surrendered. Broadwood occupied Lindley yesterday after slight opposition. Only two of our men were wounded. Steyn was not there, and his government officials had left last Sunday. Hutton's mounted infantry surprised and captured, about 'thirty miles northwest of this place, Com mandant Botha, Field Cornet Glassen, five Johannesburg policemen and sev enteen Boers .N The're were no casual ties on our side. Buller reports that several Natal farmers are handing in arms." ' The latest despatch is to the effect that the "Mafeking relief force left Bloemfontein at the beginning of May and marched straight across the coun try towards the goal, passing to the rear of the Boer forces at- Fourteen Streams. It is said that satisfactory news of the progress of this force was received May 11, leading to confident anticipation in high quarters that It has now achieved its mission. ROBERTS' ARMY ADVANCING. London, May 18. From both he right and left flanks of the British Do Not Buy a Home Before seeing . us. We have several Interesting bargains to offer, are daily adding to our list and may have just what you want. Prices and terms will suit. y ' i WILKIE & LaBARBE, Real Estate Brokers, Fnoae 661. 23 Pattern Av. A8HEVILLE, N. d, SATURDAY MOKNING, MAY 19, 1900. army comes tjie Important news that Lord 'Roberts has 'brought the two wings of his forces on a level with tne main body. As shown in his odespatch I to the war office announcing that Lord Methuen had entered Hoopstad yester day, and, as so many had expected, Lord Roberts' advance has been promptly resumed. Evidently the commandant, Botha, whom Lord Roberts reported captured with a, number of others, thirty miles northwest of Kroonstad, is not ' the federal commander in chief, or Lord Roberts would have mentioned that fact in his despatch. Pretoria, May 17. Advices have been received there that sharp fighting con tinues around Mafeking. THE BOER ENVOYS HOW IN WASHINGTON Their Mission Evidently- More Politic al Than Diplomatic. Washington, May 18. "What chance the Boer commissioners had of being received officially by the presdent and secretary has been lessening, in con sequence of their conduct in New York. Administration officials have been following with close interest the statements the delegates have been making. It is not usual, according to the officials, for the diplomatic repre sentatives of foreign governments to dome to the United States and immedi ately on arrival publicly announce the purport of their mission before they I obtain recognition, and some of the 'authorities do not hesitate to call such conduct highly improper. From the administration point of view the action of the delegates and their friends is calculated to stir up a sentiment designed to force the gov ernment to receive them and carry out any suggestion they may make. It is still the purpose of the state de partment to receive the delegates as "distinguished strangers," and after they have presented such papers as they may have, the question of their recognition as representatives of the Transvaal will be determined. Ixt is becoming apparent to the offi cials, however, that the mission of the commissioners is more Cf a political than a diplomatic character and what ever preparations they may make look ing to the intervention of the United States in South Africa it is altogether likely that the president will decline to act. New York, May 18. The Boer dele gates left for Washington this after noon at 3:30. The committee appointed by the citizens of Washington to es cort the visitors to the national capital arrived in New York early today, and after breakfasting at the Pennsyl vania railroad station drove to the Hotel Manhattan, where they were re ceived by the envoys. DE LQS SANTOS SURRENDERS. Manila, May 18. The insurgent gen eral, DeLos Santos, surrendered to the Americans yesterday at Bulaoan, prov ince of Bulacan. He promised to try to induce his followers to surrender. May 1 700 rebels attacked a portion of the Forty-third volunteer Infantry at Catarmat, Island of Samar. One American was killed and another wounded. Two hundred insurgents were killed. Catarman is thirty-seven miles from Catubig, where nineteen men of the Forty-third infantry were killed some weeks ago. On the follow ing Sunday Major Gilmore with a hun dred men of the Forty-third Infantry, scouted as far as Pambukan, in the same county, and chased the remain der of the insurgent band. The insur gents attacked from ambush the Americans at the city bridge. The re sult of the fight -was seventy-five insur gents killed while the Americans had one man wounded. A fiery insurgent proclamation, dated May 4 has been widely distributed in Manila. POSTAL TELEGRAPH EXTENSION. POSTAL Special to The Gazette. Charlotte, N. c, May 18. Manager Stephens oif-the Postal Telegraph com pany says 'tibat they expect to be con nected with Lynchburg any day now. The lines are also being oarrie 3 to Dan ville. v THE CHARLOTTE COTTON FIRE. Special to The Gazette. ChiarlotU, N. C, May 18. The big task of picking over the burnt cotton from the recer:1 fire is nearly completed. The cotton covers a ten acre field, wfiiere it is being kept to insure the ex tinguishing of every spark of fire in the bales. , FOR LADIES UP-TO-DATE. I carry a fine liae of imported and domestic walking and golf skirts. We sell you the cloth in patterns by the yard or take your measure and make to your order. At I. W. Gla- ser s, is south Main street. Peerless Corn Salve, 10c. Grant's. Wood's seeds at Grant's. Wood's Lawn Grass at Grant's. Peerless Corn Solvent 25c. at Grant's. Try Grant's Tonic. 75c. Grant's, Best Vanilla Extract at" Grant's. Best Lemon Elxtract at Grant's. BAKER & CO., Scientific Refracting Opticians, No v 45 Patton Avenue - -- - -v. Cramln allow Ftm. v. y rfyeclal tttwttfm .glit to fepaWas. " TUHHEL BLOWUP Boers Destroy Only Railroad Entrance From Natal -Into trie TranbYaal. To Check the Advance Buller. of London, May 19. A despatch received here tonight from Volksrust in Tranp vaal, dated May 17 says: The large tunnel at Lain gs Nek, ov.ir two thousand feet (long, which afforded the otnly means olf railway communica tion between Natal and the Transvial, and which had just been completed, has been destroyed by the Boers, who blew it up with dynamite. A very large quantity of the explosive was used and its effect was terrific. The tunnel is now completely choked from end to end witn a huge mass of earth and which will require money and ro2 c, great engineering skiHl to remove. All Boer commands are occupying the fine stratigtc positions and fee cc-nfUent that they can easily repel any attempt1 by Buller to enter the Transvaal by way of Laing's Nek. MANY LINES STILL TIED UP. lt. Louis, May 18. General Manager Baumhoff, of .the St. Louis Transit company, says he .has 1,300 men at his command, many of them old employes. "With this number of men," said he, "I would be able to operate every line belonging to the Transit company in the city, if the police would give us proper protection." Mr. Baumhoff further says that it s the intention to open several new lines each day until the entire system of the Transit com pany is in operation. Rioting has ac companied the opening of each line, he says, but these .-demonstrations have ended with the first dayj. New men to take the places of the striking street car employes are coming in every day from other cities, where they have been procured by agents of the Transit company. Seventy-five men are expected tomorrow from New Orleans and twenty-five arrived from Omaha today. Not all those who came here from other cities stay with the Transit company, every day noting the defection of a nurnber of the non-union men who immediately join the strik ers' ranks. Cars are operating on about fltteen of the twenty-two Transit company lines, but the number is inadequate to carry more than a small proportion of the temporary means of transportation that have sprung up. The fact that cars are stoned and delayed at unex pected points deters many from riding on them. President Mahon, of the International Association of Amalgamated Street Railway employes, announced at noon that fourteen labor organizations in St. Louis had up to that time express ed a willingness to join a strike of sympathy in aid of the street car men. DEPUTY AUDITOR CONFESSES. Havana, May 18. W. , H. Reeves, deputy auditor of the island, made a confession at midnight and gave up $4,500 given to him by C. F. Neeley, the arrested financial agent of posts a'. Havana, to perform certain services the day he left. General Wood and tre postal inspectors refuse to disclose the nature of the confession, barely ad mitting that one has been made. It is claimed $1,400 more will be recovered. SEE COPIES OF FINE STATUARY IN OUR WINDOW SAMPLES. ONLY ONE OF A KIND AT LOW PRICES. J. H. LAW. 2t. Grant's Liver Pille, 50 for 25c. Grant's TalcuVn Powder, 10c. Grant's. Best Almond Extract at Grant's. Baldwin Headache Cure 25c. Grant's. Grant's Dandruff Cure, 75c. ' Grant's Hair Tonic, 50c Grant's rants. Grant's Poison Oak Cure, 25c Grant's. Grant's Lavender Shampoo, 25c. Grant's, Digestive Cordial for Dys pepsia, indigestion and constipation. Over 500 bottles sold. 50c. at Grant's. Grant's Mange Cure, 50c. Grant's. - Grant's No. 24 for la grippe. Best Orange Extract at'Grant's. The odorless refrigerator Is guaran teed to give perfect satisfaction and is sold only by Mrs. L. A. Joiiso'43ja JUDGE ADAMS' WORDS ARE WARMLY PRAISED Impression Produced by Hii Winston Speech Democrats Introducing Louisiana Msthods. Gazette Bureau, Raleigh, N. C, May 18. The speeefh of Judge Spencer B. Ad ams at Winston Tuesday has attracted considerable attention in Raleigh, and is being commented upon a great deal by democrats aaN well as republicans and populists. The republicans are pleased and proud of the nomination of their convention. The democrats are very restless over the matter for they realize in Spencer B. Adams a foe worthv their steel. All are frank to say his speech was a 'masterly effort. Many democrats have expressed much indignation at the vileness otf the article published in the columns of the News and Observer on Sunday morning' last. Mr. Adams' reply has won for him many friends 'aM over the s'ate. II3 friends realize in him a, friend and rep resentative of the interest of the masses. A gentleman from tihe new county of Scotland said yesterday that red shirt ism would prove a (failure in that coun ty this year as a large number of those who supported them ;n' the lat cam paign, thinking they were serving a good cause, have denounced thnr meth ods and would vote ag-ainst the amend ment. The men who oragnized them have shown eo clearly their intc-ntk rs that conservative men of all parses have lost faith in them and uemocracy will receive a lasting rebuke in tbe coming election. The democrats will organize a pri mary system for Raleigh. Thus they are making 4br a perfection of tre Louisiana methods. Only men whem the machine wants will b; allowed in the primary and those who cannot get in the primary are prevented from hav ing, a voice in nominating the men who will rule over them. A machine flaw run by the few to rule the masses . And these are the men who are ask ing the support of the good people of North Carolina to elevate tihem to pov -er where they can rule "without dispu te and tax without representation. But tne common people are beginning to .-pe into the trick and are rising up in their might to thwtart Uiis devilish, scheme. Hon. Claudius Dockery, the efficient running mate of Hci. S, B.. Adams, is, in tlhe city. The populists have challenged Chair man Holton for a jgint discussion. This has scared the democrats worse thai ever for they are beginning la figret having challenged the republicans and desire very much than Holton-refuse" to meet them, but we predict that he- Will do it. The republicans of the first Con gressional district helJ their convention at Edenton yesterday, They made no nominations for congfes"g. The populists are very busy in their headquarters sending out literature. . . H. E. Clement of Thomasville, Jos eph Ross of Philadelphia and A. P. Mc Pherson of Sandfard yesterday hied ar ticles of agreement for the corporation, of the Clement-Poss manufacturing company of Sanford, tor the purpose of dealing im and manufacturing woods and lumber. The capital stock is $30,000. The Summerfield Gun club of Sum merfield, Guilford county, was yester day incorporated with a capital stock of $300. The Incorporators are Julian T. Davis, Jr., E. V. Ingen, J. c. Barnes, of Manhattan, New York, and cbout a dozen other Northern sportmen. W. A. Si YES 'ER DAY'S LEAGUE GAMES. At Pittsburg R H E Pittsburg 11 17 1 Philadelphia 4 8 0 Batteries: Chesbro and Lattimer; Bernhardt and McFarland. At St. Louis R H E St. Louis .... 12 16 1 New York 5-8 3 Batteries: Jones and Criger; Haw ley and Bowerman. Chicago-Boston game postponed on account of rain. AMERICAN LEAGUE. At Cleveland Cleveland, 10; Kansas City, 8. At Detroit Detroit, 0; Minneapolis, 16. At Buffalo and Indianapolis Rain. n'niin''ninani'aiHi - , ys. I Ml At a a $ $ a n Agency D fi Q "R0CKBR00K FARM" CREAMERY BUTTER. More Truth Than Poetry! "He is a fool who thinks by by force or sk'll To turn the current of a woman's will," When she decides with pow ers keen To use our brands of Gela tine. Per Package. Cox's 20c ; 5 Knox's 15c o Chalmer's -15c Nelson's 20c g TTi n nraTvv'a 1 ftp EL Per Pound 13 0 n CLARENCE SAWYER Successor to W. P. Snider. JORTE COURT SQUARE. PEICE 5 CEUT TO REIMBURSE CONFEDERATES First Bill of This Kind Acted f-avorably Upon Since the Civil War. Senator Clark's Case Not to Be Dropped. Committee Decides to Press Resolu tion to Unseat Him. Governor of Montana Writes Begard ing the Case. AGREEMENT REACHED THAT THE MATTER SHALL NOT BE BROUGHT UP IN THE SENATE UNTIL MONDAY. Washington, May 18. The house in committee of the whole, favorably acted upon the bill to appropriate $200,000 to pay ex-confederate soldiers for horses and other property taken from them in violation of the terms of Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomat- lux. inis is the first bill acted upon since the civil favorably war to pay : uicuciaies ior tne property taken from them. When the bill to pay $6,000 to the Masonic lodge at New Bern N C for the use of the building as a hospital during the war was called up it devel oped tnere was no quorum and house adjourned. the The senate today resumed consider ation of the postoffice appropriation bill, but without taking action the biU went over. ALDERMEN IN SESSION, Amendment to Lighting Contract Wili b Signed. At the meeting of the board of al dermen last evening the : mayor and clerk were instructed -.to sign the amendments .to the, lighting - contract' with the Asheville Electric company recently passed. Mr. Rawls, chairman of the lighting committee, protested against the adoption of the amend ments and the order.' Judge Shuford and Judge Moore wanted a definite order to get the Asheville and Biltmore track off Mrs. J. H. Williams' sidewalk on South Main street. The street committee was given power to act. The sewer lines which the J. B. Bos tic company laid were accepted, pay ment to be taken in water rents. A number of colored residents be yond the colored Baptist church want the water line extended 200 feet and will pay a year's rent in advance. It was referred to the water committee. The street committee reported that it recommended that the Inter-Mon-taine Street Railway company be compelled to pay for paving eighteen inches on each side of the rail; that the sidewalk on Charlotte street in front of Mr. Alexander's be five feet wide; both recommendations were adopted. The fire committee recommended that the fire department foe allowed to go to Charlotte; that the park donat ed by Mr. Pack be called Magnolia park, and they were recommended. The market house committee report ed bids on the market house roof for painting and repairing. SPECIAL SAMPLE? LINE OP WHITE CLAY COPIES OF FINE KTATTTA'RV- TOE PRTHRS ARR LOW but w,e muot return most of THE -GOODS IN TWO DAYS. J. H. - 2t, LAW, 35 PATTON AVENUE. Gazette p ople. want adds reach Asheville For No Reason i Y ' Is Asheville more pre-eminent j than on account of its fine cli mate all the year round. It is America' first resort, because perennially invigorating. It Is the same way with Ashieville's famous product WHEAT-HEARTS. It is the first breakrast food for all the year; it is always in vigorating. WHEAT HEARTS is prepared for serving in two minutes because we've milled the wheat, roasted the gluten, and converted the starch to dex trine before it reaches you. WHEAT HEARTS makes a tempting dish with whlea. noth ing else compares If you but try it once you'll understand why "It'Swheat-Hearts we Want." Te Wheat-Hearts Comp'y, ASgBVTTJiTl. ) it. 1 l t 4: y a;1 . i. 1 v it'
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