Wlhl I 1GHT TO THE END. u-X rn iV t , , Hon. Thomas Estrada Fa am, delegate of the Cuban Republic to the United States. wtW hnA. , t ,r ' quarters .nJewYo,lr, says that mo patriots ia Cuba are in the fight to stay and will fight to the end. ., He takes a very' boxful vi nfPi,W rw,i-.v. . . ana says be thinks it must bo J very depressive to Spain as ant independent nation.' In speaking of autonomy ofCubuas a colo- ny of bpain, which was suggest ed in the message he says; "It is an idlo talking to. speak of autonomy to the Cuban people. , They have framed a constitution for a sovereign nation; they have bravely fought for about two years to maintain their iudopend ence, shed their blood in torrents, lost their deareft relatives and irieuds, and forfeited their pos sessions to that just and noble end. "In the mean time the hatred of the Cubans, which the Spanish officers and the Spanish govern- ' meat have entertained as evinced by the Bhootfhg in cold blood of prisoners of war, in defiance to the laws of civilization and humanity, by the massacres of defenseless people, including women and children, by the overcrowding with suspects of the jails and duiii gcons, and the deportation of thousands of them to the murder ous penal colonies of Africa;.!' this, a policy of terror, approved oy me iuecn liegent, a woman, and a lady -who professes to be eminently Christian and Catholic, has deepened to such an extent the political abyss reat between Cuba and Spain, that it is abso lutely impossible to fill it up with another sort of schemo which does not affirm the absolute independ ence of the Cuban people. - "uiba 114s decided to get nJ forever of the Spanish rulo, and ,hcr peop'e count neither their enemies nor the many patriots which daily succumb to the strug gle. They go 011, confident in the justice of their use, the firm ness of their resolution, and the protection of God. They realize, of course, that they are, in the very center of free America, left alone to themselves, without a hand outstretched to them; but far from being discouraged, they feci convinced of their ultimate success.' tt DEATH tip AVTOMO M EO. Antonio Maceo, the brave Cu ban leadei, is thought now to be dead. II:i physician now con firms the report of his death and says he was killed while attempt ing to cross the Moricl-Artcmisa trocha on December 7. Maceo's death is sad blow to tho cause 01 Cuba. He was the last if fix brothers, all of whom died fighting for Cuba's iudcjnd enco. Thut he was recognized by tho Spaniards as their most for midable antagonist was apparent lrora the herculean effort made by Wcyler to accomplish Ms de ft at. While it is a sad blow to the patriot who are seeking to free tlicmselves,tho great struggle will go on uutil their indcjicudence is gained. Some one will rim up to take Gen. Maceo's placo.Spaio tan never again get possession of tho island. Cuba s Jndeponacnco and freedom is not fur distant. ClOT Itlf II AXI DIEM. An Ohio exchange in speaking of the death of a leading citizen said: "He was a good collector and possessed tho faculty for making money. If he was ever reckless in his expenditures or liberal to a fault In bis donation to charitable purposes, or public enterprise, the tact has not be rich . ncD and ho died, , He was ere mated." ' 0n the above the Washington .Po.Rtcoil"neDted as follows: "We mter from these touchin re- marks that the remaps of the - deceased were incinerated. We 8,80 gather the nf tion frora th ( creanj&iory reflections of the editor b.at the parted was noiapaid in advance subscriber oithis particular nnar "" i Ireland CeaainK to be Irish? It is said that in the leading papers of Dublin there are more mures that are not Irish than UiObetliBt are; that Dubliu has become a cosmopolitan city like mnny of those in the United Staws; that Welsh, Scotch, ,iau ish, French, German, and Italiaus jostle each other in the streets and shops. In the professions there are as many whose names suggest foreign parentage as those of Celtic origin, and in the manufacturing districts the Irish poeple are be ing crowded out by laborers frora other countries. The Irish ton- guo is spoken in only a few places in Ireland, ajid the children are being taught Euglith to the ex clusion of the mother tonptia. O This condition of affairs is sure to bring about great changes in the natuio of the Irish question. If Ireland is not to for the Irish there will be no continuation of the demand for the separation of Ireland from Greai Britain. Sioux City Journal. riirt-w a Tumblt-r at An Attorney. LowvuLB, N. Y., Dec. 9. John Hocb, the condemned murderer of Minnie Inge -soil at Martinsburg in July, 1605, hav ing beon refused a new trial by the Court of Appeals, was brought to I,owville toda:' iiom Auburn prison for resentence by Justice Scripture. He was sen tenced to be electrocuted at Auburn prison within tho week commencing January 17. As soon as the sentence had been pronounced Hocb seized a heavy tumbler from the judge's bench and hurled it with great force at District Attorney Jacot, striking him over the left eye, making a bad bruise, but not seriously injuring him. Tobacco Factory Drmrojretl. Winston, Dec. 9. The tobac co manufacturing plant of the Brown Brotheis Tobacco Com pany, one of inston's oldest Arms, was dee troyed by tire at 3 o'clock this morning, entailing alo-sef $150,000, with $?VHX) insurance. Besides the factory and machinery, 350,000 pounds of manufactured tobacco and 150,000 pounds of leaf were con sumed by the flames. The origin of the fire is not known. The tlrm cms three other large fac tories and will resume business as soon as machinery can be purchased and put in operation. Tww other factories were saved from destruction only by the efficient work of the fire de partinent, Turner's N. C. Almanac for 1897 is upon our table. For oyer half a century this old reliable Almanac has annually visited the homes of our people and Is always a welcome visitor. Its great popularity is due to Its re liability, and hence it Is known as the "Old Reliable." There Is no other to compare with it. "It is the Standard," The Al manac for 1397 Is larger and better than ever. We do net know what we would do with out Turner's N. 0. Almanac. There arc Almanacs and Alma nics, but there is but on? Stand ard Stato Almanac and that is Tnrner'a Almanac which al ways has the State capitol on its first page. De sure you get Turner's Almanac. It can be had of merchants, booksellers, druggists and postmasters, or ot the publisher, Jas. II. Enniss, Kalcigh, N. U. l'rice, amgie DURHAM, IU1VE THEM FROM THE STATE. The May Davenport Burlesque Co., which has given perform ances at several places in this state, are "catching it" op all sideB. From reports tho company is a disgrace to any opera house in which they show and the citi zens of North Carolina would do nothing but right if they were to drive them from the bounds of the state and let the miserable, paintod-faced, speci men of women which tfiey have go back to the dens and dives frora which they undoubtedly came. . . We were told that their show in Oxford (and in til probabil ity it was the same elsewhere) was a lot of vulgarity and rot tenness from beginning to end. uobucu came are wanted in Durham and it is well for the company that they skipped here A thick coat of tar and feathers would be a good thing to remind them that North Carolina does not want uny such a show of cwdness in her borders. F1KBT COUKT HEKE. Governor Carr has appointed O. H. Atlen, of Kinston, to suc ceed Judge E, T. Boykin, who resigned his seat on the bench a few days ago. Mr. Allen is a young man about i$ years of age and has many friends throughout the entire state who will be glad to hear of bis ap pointment, which goes into ef fect January 1, He is a brother of Ex-Judge W. K. Allen and graduated at Trinity College. His first court will be t Id here in Dnrham beginning Jan. 11 Mb. 8. M. Sayfobd, college evangelist, has recently visited tho following institutions in North Crtrolina: Trinity Col lege, University of North Caro lina, Davidson College, Agricul tural & Mechanical College and Wake Forest College Although his stay at each institution was very short, the Christian. men were very greatly helped nd many students entered into a covenant to move forward in their christian life. Mr, Savford is in a unique position ;represent ing no organization or move ment. He has for the past nine years devoted all his time, and strength to christian work among the colleges, during which time he has visited more than 300 institutions. God has wonderfully blessed him in this work. . Tim twelfth annual issue of the Columbia Pad Calendar has made its appearance in more pleasing form than ever before, having scattered through its daily leaves many charming il lustrations, with an appropriate thought or verse for each day in the year. Among the topics are bicycling, outdoor life, and good roads. Thi cycling fraternity, to say nothing of the general public, has acquired a decidedly fnendSy feeling for the Colum bia Calendar, and its annual advent is always looked forward to with interest and pleasure. The calendar can be obtained for five two cent stamps by ad dressing the Calendar Depart ment of the Pope Manufactur ing Company at Hartford, Conn. Dr. Talmage Not to lie Married. NewYokk, Dec. 0. Rev. T. De Witt Talmage today form ally denied the report that he is to marry Miss Susie Mangarn, of Sing Sing. He said: "borne-1 times people guess right and at other times people guess wrong, but on this particular occasion the gue'.'ingis wrong and the story is untrue." At the Mangum residence in Sing Sing emphatic denial was made of the statement that Miss Susie Mangam is engaged to Dr, Talmage. Low prices will tell tail ia no rr colama T. J. Lsmbe, one of onrtntcr prinlng clotblen, tell what low prlcei bivt dona for him. His trade hit In creased wondei fully tad he says the talc is still on. N. a. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1896. General News. Tho New fi'ork City Aquarium which occupies the old Castle Garden building in Battery Park, was thrown open to the public yesterday after numberless post ponements. Tho committee of the New York Sonato iinquiring into the operation of tho Raines law is giving hearings at Buffalo to rep resentatives of the drug trade who ask a reduction of the tax. " The employes of the Pacific Rolling Mills, at San Francisco, numbering 125-' men, are on a strike because of a reduction in wages. The business of the mills has been poor for some mouths. George Thomas, a merchant of Grand Junction, Colo., brought on an attack of noss bleeding three weeks ago by lifting a sack of Hour. The bleeding continued at intervals in spite of all that the physicians could do for him, and he has just died in a hospital. His weight had become reduced from 180 to about 100 pounds. "Gross Neglect ot Manifest Duty." Whatever the present con- gress may do, it cannot evade responsibility or shirk its duty on the assurance that an extra session of the next congress will be called to its work. That duty is plainly to provide reve nues to meet all expenses au thorized by it, and to take steps toward the permanent settle ment of the revenue and tariff questions upon lines clearly in dicated bo the people in their sovereign capacity. The talk 8f an extra session at this time, and particularly any prepara tion for one, is mischievous and uncalled for. It can serve no better purpose than to divide the responsibility the Jrif ty fourth Congress for gross neg lect of its manifest duty. Pitts burg Dispatch. Australia Short of Wheat. Vakcocver, B. C Dec. 10. J. S. Larke, the Canadian com missioner in Australia, has fur nished the Vancouver board of trade with a statement as to the condition of the Australian crops. He states that the country will have to import over 5,000,000 bushels of wheat this year owing to the failure of the Australian harvest Ihsayatlrt the bulk will come from America. C Americans off for War. Denver, Col., Dec 10. Charles F. Grell and Albert II. West, members of the National Guard of Colorado, have .obtained leave of absence, aud intend to start for Cuba next Sunday with 200 vol unteers, all of whom have had- military training to enlist in the insurgent army. Grell says that two hundred men have also been enrolled at Butte. The twenty first Annual State Convention of the Young Men's Christian Association, will mett at Winston Salem, Feb. 19 22 Messrs. W. C. Dowd, Chas W. Tillett, J. M. Rogers and Geo. B. Hanna, were appointed a committee to arrange a pro gram which will be one of the strongest ever presented. Deli egates from all the Young Men's ' 'hristian Associations fi North Carolina,' and ail Christian workers will be we'eome. All p-rsens interested should cor pond with Mr. F. P. Turner, State Secretary, Charlotte, N. C. If ear Pallnrt at Norfolk. Neurotic, Vs., Dec. it.-John R. StTRtichner, a contractor and Imikler, of Rochester, N. V., tnsdt an alignment her today for the benefit of creditor. Ilia liabilities art toat J&.ouo, while the assets will amount to fully $150,000. Inability to realue on outstanding claims caused his alignment lie built the big Cotmmicr' Brewery here, among the assets are included $70,000 of its paid stock. The (company, however, to not affected in any wty by the aisignme.:t. The creditor are principally bankeii. Baltimore, Washington, Chicago, sod New York. There are preference. Something of a Change, Certainly there is a transfor mation that must be stupefying to the grave diplomatists of the Old World between the tono of the Tory presses now and a year ago, when we were reminded daily what a trifling task it would be for Britain to blockade our ports, blow our seaboard eities into fragments, and, if need be, repeat the. lesson Gen. Ross gave Madison, in 1812 by burning down Washington over the insolent heads of the con gress that dared send the Vene zuelan effronfc of the British peo ple. Yet it will be remarked that we have not, diplomatically or otherwise, done a single act toward repentance. We have not, so far as official records show, modified one jot or tittle of the Monroe doctrine. Phila delphia Bulletin. A COLLEGE FOR WOMEN. The magnificent gift of one hundred thousand dollars to Trinity College by ilt W. Duke has placed that institution on a better financial basis than ever heretofore. But the Methodists of North Carolina should not let the mat ter stop here" but should only use this gift as a "nest egg" and many thousand dollars more should be added inside the next year, it has already Deen sug gested that another one hundred thousand dollars be raised at once and added to the endow, ment fund. The terms of the gift are 6uch that women will be allowed in the college in the future and placed on the same footing with the men. As a matter of especial inter est tc our Methodist subscribers and of general interest to every Durhamite we publish below the letter of Mr. Duke to Dr. J. C. Kilgo, president of Trinity Col lege, setting forth the terms of the gift, etc. The letter is as follows. "Mt-Djjar Sir: I am much disappointed tha the Metho dist and friends of Trinity Col lege in North Cardina have failed to respond to my condi tional offer of a year ago to a Id $50,000 to the e. lowment of that institution, provided $7V- 000 were raised from other sources for a like purpose. "Realizing the need of the college in this respect, I hereby agree to place at the disposakof the proper authorities of the college, at such time or times during the year 1897 as will be convenient to me, the sum of $100,000, either in cash or such stocks or other securities as I may choose to turn over; said amount to be added to the per manent endowment of the in stitution, and to be used for no other purpose; provided, how ever, that such changes in the laws, rules and regulations gov erning the college shall be made by those having authority to do so, before tne close 01 is'.it, as will open its doorr to women, placing them in the future on an equal footing with men, en abling them to enjoy all of the rights, privileges aud advant ages ef the college now enjoyed or to be hereafter enjoyed by men; otherwise this offer shall be null and void. "I am very much pleased with the wis and progressive man acr In which the college is now conducted. You have a most excellent faculty, composed of strong, well eq iipped trm cf the highest moral and religious character, and too, the student! bod, is dJvseringof the highest commendation for Ih,ir extra- ordinary good behavior and the part the? are taking to brio the college up the very highest standard. ''And 1 feel quite sure, If the present policy is continued, ho institution will succeed in a much larger meas tre in the fur ture than it has In the past. "I say 10 you fraukly the con- fidence 1 have in tho present ad ministration of the affairs of the college, and the hope that it will be continued along the same lines, has been the main infiu ence in encouraging mo to make this offer. "Congratulating you on the work you are doing, and the success with which your un selfish efforts in behalf of the college has been crowned. etc.' THE TURKS PROTEST. It is now stated that tho Tur kish government is on their "head" about what President Cleveland had to say in regard to the Armenian massacres, and that there is trouble ahead. A telegram sent out from Washington says; "President Cleveland has been called to ac count by the Sultan of Turkey. An emphatic protest was made yesterday by the Turkish gov- ernment against the language used in the president's message to congress respecting the mas sacre of the Armenians, and the general conduct of the govern ment toward the Christians in the empire." "The situation is said to threat en the rupture of diplomatic rela tions between the Uuited States and Turkey. "Mustapha Bey, the Turkish Minister, it is rumored at the State Department, has intimated that if some amends is not made by the president, he will be obliged to ask for his pajters, und will re turn to Constantinople. "The deep displeasure of the Sultan was made known to Secre tary Oiuey on Thursday by Mus tapha Bey in accordance with a cablegram received by him on Wednesday from his home gov ernment. THEY TAKE THE PREMIUM. The Salisbury World ia speak ing of the performance of the May Davenport Company in that city says: "For brazen effrontery, cheeky assumption -nu bold pre sumption May Davenport takes the premium. For utter worth lessness and pure rottenness May Davenport's company takes anothr er premium." This is the same company the Herald alluded to yesterday and from reports is of the lowest order of common, vulgar variety shows. Young Woman Outrafccd. Coixmbi's, Ga., Dec. 11. From Searight, Ala., comes the details of a shocking assault upon Miss Minnie Martin, of this city, while visiting near that place. The assault was committed by George Dunston, a livery stable man at Searight. Dunstan was employed to convey the young lady in Searight, where she was to take the Mobile aud Girard train to return home. While on the way she says Duneton over powered her. This section of the country is sparsely jmpulatal. More than once he is said to have earned out his diabolical purpos es. When he finally agreed tr carrry her into the town, she wis forced to make a promise not to tell what had taken place and t allow him to come to bet .wm at thelitel. Wheu the hotel was reached, the iiroprktor, Mr. John Itulle, discovered there was some thing wrong and when the girl was on the ground fho told all. A rot n was assigned to her Duns' 1 attempted to cutr it and when the proprietor interfered he was badly beaten over the head, . , . . ,, . . .... afUr Vimlm M "V retK,rt f the outrage sp ea.l rapid- ly and there wa.i much talk of lynching, but the well kuowu dopcrat and dangerous character of the man who was charged with the eiimo prevented the carrying out of the threat He was known to be well armed and succeeded in escaping. Everybodv la town should bsve a lit- la r.ian. Muni fnlli-r Cnnir. let ua . sell yon one at Lloyd's Hardware Store. ESTABLISHED 1820. I Analgine m I Will I Cure I The -In- Headache J jio Minutes. M-ae) a Analgine i 1 Will X Cure 2 Tfae Headache ( Minutes. ! 10 i 1 IH4 Analgine i s I i s ! Will Cure The In Headache ( lJ Minutes. For Sale by Druggists. CONSIDER PLAIN FACTS Prices alone may be deceiv- -ing. Apparent cheapness does not make a real saving of money. OS 6 mm im CO 1 fcJ CO nest value tor its price, is real and only cheapiHt. 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