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THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN MEETS They Reject the Mums of the Recent Election : ; - . ' ; .for Prohibition. CITY ATTORNEY'S OPINION. Williams, LeRoy arJ McAbee Vote to Accept the Returns, While Nash, Parker, Fearing and Penile: ton -Vote, to 'Continue the Saloons. 'St?. : "The City Aldermen met t Monday . night, :, with every - member present, and a large; audience' of. whiskeyites . and their boodlers, together with a few others who went to see just what action would: betakent with: refrence to the recent temperance election. While the election matter was the all absorbing question, .there were some minor matters to command the atten tion of the Solons. It was ordered that the iiortk side of Pearl street be paved, from Road - to Martin streets. . jxev. jw.iy- Juavia asueu xuctt . xnw . city bear the' expense of paving in front of the Northern Methodist - Church, but the dads were so bent on; doing ample homage to their tithe masters, the .whiskey-mongers, that even this . was rejected. , iri, ,, ... r r., It was Tecommended that an ordi nance be effected to prevent boys from driving , cattle on the . streets. . , , . r -. In the matter of police uniforms the question was referred to a committee; Commissioner .-Weeks - intlmatedthat :he would not b"uy a .new uniform, 'and -would resign disposition first, where--iiTw-in o smile nf delight slaved over many faces. ' - J. . f The ordinance as to " fast "driving ,;was changed from a rate, of six miles -per hour, to eight. miles per hour. A petition from -the re .department . was- presented requesting , more bose, which , .Is.- made -necessary by- much lose having been burnt In the recent -fire olihe Norfolk &, Southern Rail - riad; depot. "The matter "wasreTeiTed rto a committeewith authority to act : Mr. W. B. Keys," agent -for the Nor .folk & Southern, presented a petition reciting' the nuisance causedby col ored boys blocking the " way ' at the depot during trail), time, and jumping on moving trains, etc. He asked for the passage of an xrdinance, prevent ing this, and the matter was referred to the Ordinance Committee. Lights were asked for Cherry, Spell man and First streets. J. Aldermen Wil liams and Fearing were appointed a committee - to investigate and act ; in the matter, . Mr. H.. C. Tunis requested that curbing be placed on the west side of IRoad street, south of Church. -The matter was referred to Street' Com mittee. , A jury was appointed to'-pass upon the value off the Ehringhaus property, through which the extension of Dyer street is to pass." This "street is to be extended from Church to Ehring haus, intersecting ;the 'last-named street at a point near the residence of the late 'ir. T. : A.:r Commander? J The jury is composed of Messrs. M.'Wes cott, chairman;- J.- C. 'Brooks, M. N. Sawyer, WX ' Woodley f and . W. E. Dunstan. - - '" -- t The next matter was ;the reading by the Clerk to. the Board pi ine. report of the canvassing" board of the recent election.!'' This was the matter, that had attracted the 'saloon men to the scene. They all wore a look off- assur ance on their faces, and manifested- a confidence : that, they would ; win, as the matter was cut and dried and they too had a -majority on the board' t- The fightpwhicbV proved Interesting, began as 'soonas the Clerk, had' finished- reading the report, by Alderman Nash? t -excitedly-- exclaiming :.f - "It's JllCgOl. lb D UlCgM . . ' . tell jusf )whyi3?asjUlIegal.. He was just confidenf'it was. .Someone tad told - him so: '. And tans; I the fight against'accepting th, returns iVas led by - 'thewhke3(yalerr,who-'three years ago' "went about 'Pasquotank -county .begging, gthe. good people" for- - their votes,? thathevighLl represent tem. In the- legislature, and.assuririg ,thenvthat he wasnot in, the whiskey; business and didn't expect to-fce again. "I am jrjam&fi s-sidtHsVwpuld-he - statesman, Vand my hands now pear the marks-of the' plow sharest "I"haTe quit the cuiseItlttfi liams .contended; thatthe,board'hadj 9 authority to pass upon; the legality or Jllegalityof feturhSJ 'tbat their dutj as Aldermen iwas only tb-record the returns, and If there -were Irregu larities they might be fought ' ouf in ; the courts. ' 1 ' - " - ' City Attorney Turner, in official v capacity; advised the board to accept the returns, -: that there was . no evi dence of . fraud and the returns were made in good faith. Hon. J. B. Leigh nlso addressed -the Board on the legal ; aspect o tiie: question and iisui't;u the wise men that La tad never 3 a fairer election, ' and that the ' fact that the canvassing board did not meet the day after the1 election did not make the' election Invalid. ' - - .: -The- vote was taken to apcept ; the returns and the vote resulted In men. iRoy, Williams and McAbee standing for acceptance, and Pendle ton, Nash, Fearing and Parker voted in ,the negative,, and thus arraying themselves 'with the whiskey forces and thwarting the will -of a : large majority' of their constituents. r The reporter' afterwards sought an Interview with City Attorney R. W. Turner, from " whom he otained the following: 4 "Under whose advice was the elec tion conducted ?'V ''The Board " of Aldermen turned the entire matter over to 'me as City At torney, and I alone am responsible for the legality or illegality of the same." "What have you to" say as to the legality of having-the polls opened at eight o'clock, and the poll tax fea ture?" ' - . ''The only thing I have to say is, I challenge - any one' to show that the polls should have been opened at sun riseor that any : voter had a right1, to vote in this election that' had not paid his poll. tax previous to May 1st, 1903 In the election , just held at Raleigh, I notice that the same- fight is being made there. The polls were opened there, at eight o'clock, ' and,. no one al lowed to vote that - had not " paid his poll tax, : as. stated: There . is abso lutely nothing in tfat contention.-1 had no Reeling in ibis, matter, but my professional reputation was' at stake, and this election was conducted accord ing rto law, and will stand the tesi of any court of competent .jurisdiction. I am not responsible for the result, but feel that I- am responsible : for any error madein.',the. election".-- v ,."Is ,there anything :Jnthe.fact Jthat the votes were not; canvassed the day after election?". ' "No; absolutely nothing; The con" vassers acted in an individual manner, and the Board of Aldermen have noth ing to do-'With going behind the re turns. : IV was the duty of ; the canvassing board to hear and ''deter1 mine any fraud that' may' have been perpetrated, - and there being - none alleged before" them,-, the Aldermen have notice of the election by virtue of their returns and are bound by the same; unless same are thrown out by the courts." , . . : . "What do you think of the Board of Aldermen for refusing . to receive the returns?" 1 ik ' " -J "I 'have nothing to say about that. They had nothing to do with receiving or rejecting same." ... v - MR. SAUNDERS' SUCCCESS. An Elizabeth City Boy Wins Distinc tion at the Nation's Capital. Mr. Henry W. Saunders, .of Wash ington, D. C. is the guest .of his father, Mr. Jos. F. Saunders,; on Pearl street Mr. Saunders, who isa native of this city, holds a responsible 'position in the Bureau of Engraving at" the : na tion's capital. He says the department turns out sixteen million stamps daily. As a recognition of merit and capabil ity Mr. Sauhders: was recptly promot ed to the highest position inJiis de partment.' -This 1s the third or fourth promotion he has received since , he entered the Bureau,' six years ago. : When "a small boy Mr.. Saunders did some sketching, which was the wonder of . admiring' friends" and which evinced a ' decided talentin ..this. line. He con tinued to: ' cultivate this talent and after some "years entered the. mechanic cal department of the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Raleighv ; Sub sequently he pursued a special course at a school of engraving , in, JNTewYprk. HIs.t success has rbeenT 'creditable to himself and highly1 gratifying to the people of his natiyji 'VwtereZ i Ui justly popular. - x DEATH OF DR. BUTT. Departed this life .in. prhindq, JTor-. da, one day last wees, ur. james Nixpn BwtU ?ayfe. " of PerquiplaiiuK !' , ; tpf . cbttJyl.'iaaU'Weht of Rtwip5,pOO? FOR OTiUWYCr for many years; iromv wmcn ne re moved to Orlando,. P?a,rtwenty;.LrB ago, . He was 72 'jears.-old f - ' During the years that he 'lived in Elizabeth ! City'-he 'was ' one of our most conspicuous citizens, dolng .gpod J work In all public enterprises, vand." h his daily walk and conservation" he was an ,exemplarr.of very; virtue. ,He; was $l leading practitioner of medicine, stood at the head of hhf profession and ' was known not ' only for his skill in his profession, but for kindness and charity. . " v - He was an ardent and faithful mem ber of- the Methodist .Church, true to all its precepts, an humble Christian, a good man, practicing what he taught. His tiaiaplj was u siuzLiij'liolit iud Vs.3 folIoweJ ty a host cf frienSa.; .1113 purse was alwayi .. open, to the"-' wants of the Church of which he was a member, and his private life abounded in charities. : ' It gives us pleasure to know that in bis adopted' home he maintained the same high standard , of character, When - he left us for a' more genial clime, to buiM up a constitution, never robust, many loving hearts , mourned his departure and followed "him . with good wishes and invoked blessings 'up on his honored life."-,...," :' j In his adopted home he was , an honored ; member - of the 'community. There as here, -he ?was .a: successful business man, and: while in Orlando he built up monuments of business s that will be .his"; enduring -memorial. i Apr. - .Butt "leaves a' large family; ot childreh' and , grandchildren, Judge Cecil Butt, being his, oldest. -Besides his worldly goods, he" leaves them the more -valuable legacy 'off - a- "good name "; His old -friends' here will join in heart; with the - procession of the sorrowing in Ihis: far-away home. ' I ' ' A SENSATIONAL SUICIDE New Yorker, Business Manager? of a Texas Newspaper, Killed Him- v: self in New Orleans Letters He Wrote. - New Orleans, Oct. 3. Under .un usually sensationalircumstances Jack Stewart O'NeilL a New Yorker; but for some time business manager of the Orange, Texas, Daily Tribune, com' mitted suicide at the St. Charles Hofel today. - O'Neill, - who was apparently 25 or 26 years old, arrived in the city last, night He left a letter saying that he had a wife living in New York City, to, whom he - had - been -devoted. Some time ago he came South, located in Orange, fell in love. with a young girl of Jthat city. ' Recently the young lady's father forced him to agree to a marrJage. TWithout giving - him any opportunity itp say that he already had a wife O'Neill's statement pays, the father insisted on an immediate ceremony, which was performed. j After the marriage, . the letter 1 con tinues:'"! bade'' my .tiew wife fare well; ad started on'a. Journey to New York to tell the whole story to, my original Jwif e rand assurV"lier 'of my fidelity."."!" reached here,' was unable to obtain "enough money to carry : me further;and decided, to wrlte-a,- story of the whole; affair and ; blow my brains "out. ' " 7 ' v - -, The statement completely exoner ates the young woman; and says the marriage ;was not consummated. A letter addressed to her and another to his father, J. J. O'Neill, a "real estate dealer- of Schenectady, N. Y. were also found. ' O'Neill had spent most of the nght in writing and had prob ably killed himseif just before day light. - i v.- J Ralph Connor t't r i Author of. our next serial story The new. OoadiMi nrrifer, Ralph' Con- : ; nor, whom c4m, "B&wk Rock"and t. "Th Sky Pilot," hp-M plHedJaim in th j rr sromt ranK m uMAaiaiLaariUBU. m - the Ht. Chartes Vf. Gordoi?' pastor of the yemir awl rrowhw chbrch of St. rjt fitepliemi W1ftape. T Critic, v - "The Sky Pilot? the most famous of the distingtu9h&9 fltttttot torkfe,"wli be Si 4U9it&Y3$flVtt of Charlotte, MaRs Larae Gift It Will Provide? a 4-- 1 Chapel HIllN. Oct 2. Ex-Judge W. P. jBynpm, ,of Cbarlotte,7.haardonatr ed to? the "University-of orth- Carolina the"um;bf " $25,1)06 forthe'erection, of a gymnasium at the institution. . I The ' announcement was made this morning by , President P. P. . Venable at the conclusion - off the oxrclses . in the , chnsl, - PSd wa3 received 4 "with great enthusiasm, Hs this magnificent gift fills a long-felt want at the' Uni versity. v Judge . Bynum makes the donation as a memorial to his grand- sor, W P. Bynum, Jr.. who" died dur- - . mere Tear ters. CHEAP but' When the harvest days I DESK FLOODED WITH LETTERS A - As the Result of an Advertisement in ' 1 ' the Tar-Heel. . Here is another , letter- testifying to the value, of -the .Tar-Heel" as an' ad vertising medium;"iMr.. Merchant, are you' satisfied with your- present bu&i .hess? Would you -Hketo do": more? Try ' advertising In the Tar Heel no other ',jpaper east ' of Raleigh ap proaches it. - ? Elizabetb City N.,Cw Oct 6.1903. Mr. Walter U Cohoon, : lfZ V j,' x-n ' " ' Mgr. Tar Heel. " " Dear Sir: Please discontinue 'my advertisement: "Wanted. To ; pur chase "a' boiler" and engine." ' My desk is ooded .with replies to the adver tisement I had not idea' there were1 so many boilers and' engine's ' for : sale, and the numerousTetters'and appli cations all prove the7value of the Tar Heel as anTadwtising, medium; J To reach -the -.'people i of Eastern North Carolina ' there r is no. paper that ; ap proaches it :, ' ; c :. Very truly, . , ." - - ' ' L. L. WINDER & CO. f TORNADO WIPED OUT A MINNESOTA TOWN. Several . People. Killed and : Twenty v Eight Injured Forty-Two Resi , fences - Destroyed Property Dam aged. . ', ' . ',. C , 1 : St. Paul, Minn., Oct 3. The little town of St. Charles, in Winona county, was almost completely wiped out by a tornado this afternoon. Several peo ple were . killed . and twenty-eight were injured, many of them seriously. ; " The sticken village is "Altogether cut off from c wire - communication. v The entire main street of : the town was literally wiped out, hardly a business place being left standing. - Forty-two residences also were destroyed, and the total .property damage is estimated at ?100,000. - -' This being . Saturdays people from the surrounding farms had gathered in -large numbers in the main street to do their customary shopping. At 2i20 the storm cloud ,was seen' ap proaching " from ' ,the " : southwest and there ' was an immediate scramble for places of safety. The tornado" struck the town from the southwest quarter and made a clean sweep through it, following almost - entirely the line of thfr main street and devastating build ings on either side. 'Residences fur thers back from the ? business center were struck and many of:them blown completely: away.v It Adeems ' almost miraculous that there C was 'not' a greater loss t)f life. Four of those kill ed were In John E ben's 'saloon when It collapsed and they were buried be-' neath the' wreckage. " Two 'others "were In ra rAtf igcda' ;store which' rwas Tslown away , and they were TdUed by the fall ing of walls.; E Peters j of 5(oVer was killed in', the' wreck": of a-. botel.'.. v' . ;The storm came upon the. town twith such 'suddeness. that, it was' filling the air ' wjth , the debritf off,' demolished buildings-before, the., citizens , fully, realized ,ie jiature.-'-tJxQ'aiBlty. ilanyj ! pff tthos ! Injured jeceived-j their hujrts 'from- .the :fljn$ fmissilefl,;riwWle others1 were caught, beneath the wreck age of their business houses or homes and ff remained pinioned 4 4own until rescued by, the relief party. .(" V '-'"Wherever -he goes our haughty President snubs somebody ! or5 other. At the unveiling off a monument: com memdrating Manila he snubbed Dewey. When Miles retired, the- President "snubbed" him..- At ' the1 opening" exer cises of the Louisiana Purchase Expo sition, he snubbed Thorns 5 Jefferson. At Antietam, he, snubbed George B. McClellan.' " Wonder . if there' is any body, living or deacC . who has done somethiD!; great s and has not been snubbed by oar LtUo vvablibuokler?" t WORLDS are over, Sweet Marie COUNTY COMMISSIONERS : MEET. Jurors for November Term - of Court Are Drawn. ' . - - " No busihess - off ." importance was transacted at the meeting of the Board of c County ' Commissioners - Monday. Mr, Newbold,' the - efficient "keeper of the' alms-house, tendered his resigna tion; to? take T?lace January -1st . ". ' "The' jurors fofthe November term of the Superior ; Court --were : drawn; and are as follows: ' - . R. N.f Morgan, T : Bertie Hewitt E. B. " Hughes -J. G. Nash, Henry W. Scott Beverly Dance, Wi J Williams, Andrew. Bright Mordecai - Keaton, N. M. White, P. E.Dozier; Seth W. Scott, R. B.' Martin, J; M. Jennings (Salem), J. . U. Brock, W. H. .. Whedbee, ; W.. J. Jones, C. W. Melick, F. I Garrett, P. W. Stevens, E. ; V. i Davenport, Simeon Pritchard, Charles pavls, Caleb Walk er, W. H. Zoeller,TW.' N Price, C 'L. Lister - ElishiL Chorey. A. . ASmall, David S.' Davfs, ; Wilson : Bray; F. M, Cook, William Lowry, C. S. Ballance, WANTED TO KILL PRESIDENT. ' ' i ; -" ' - ':' ! ' ' ; : ' .' ' ' An" Insane "Man Attempts - to Force Entrance' Into White House. . Washington, Oct. 5. A stranger, who gave' the name of Peter Elliott' of Milwaukee, Wis. attempted' to get inr to the White House this morning, but was stopped by a doorkeeper, and on being told that he could not see the President became violent James Cis cle,. the ' doorkeeper, tried to induce him to go away and an encounter fol lowed, In which the visitor,, was badly broken up. The stranger was armed with a revolver and, knife, j and used the latter on Ciscle, inflicting a wound on the ? elbow. .The doorkeeper -succeeded in overpowering him - and he was taken to the Emergency; Hospital, suffering from a scalp wound and. a wound in the hand. f - v j . Earlier in , the day ;Elliott called at the executive office to see the Presi dent, saying he , had been summoned. When questioned as to the nature of his errand,. hd 'said the. President just wanted to see-'him. for fun.;,-. As ; he seemed to be harmless, he was allowed to go. ' . , - " . Secret, service men. at the executive office 'recognized him as: the f stranger who attempted to enter the President's church i, during seryices f yesterday morning and Vwho. was rturned away by the ushters- The. President was at tending service at that time. , , EXPLOSION IN A GRAIN DISTILLERY --1 Caused the Death, of . . Seven Men and : the SerloM injury of Five Others, r Peoria, 111 Oct 3. With a terrific crash- Coming's distillery at, the foot of , Western avenue, rocked and sway ed this morning,; and one large section of the five-story building, rose Into the, air. -l.w. . . I Out of therflying debris shot a huge copper cylinder,- twenty feet in length ajid, eight -feet' in diametey.'riiTheTex ploslon of thls tremenobuB vtube of copper caused t&e tieath? of 'seven men aid the seriouSrinjury of five. more. Every manf whe Wis in? tae building at:thr tfnW'.or heT;f xpoakut xs -tp stantly "killed; the Injured' being men who, were on the; Outside. ?Te following-Is a list of the killed and-Injured: J The dead:' James McManus, cooker man r Charles- Cl Powells, assistant en gineer in cooker room; James O'Keefe, laborer r A Ed. : Schaefer, Walterbery ; George ' C. George,' meal man ; Guy Brennan," yeast . maker; . John Wilson, A. S.. storekeeper. The Injured :-Jas. Welch, -U. - S.' gauger, face and body badly scalded; Daniel Sachen, laborer, right leg" broken at knee; Chas. Lane, laborer badly cut and scalded. v The great cylinder of copper crash ed through the east wall of the cooker rooiii ana azx Liiroujiii tiia niiil, as li ti3'tr:cl:3 a-i ccrtir tzi tssa tirje paper; shot in an oblicue and down ward course through the air; cut down large tree in its flight, scattered a pile, 1 oi iumDer as ir beams and timbers had been so many straws, and lanfled ?50- feet away from the start of its flighfc : l,hree of the fomvwa!ls"nf the building were blown -out Great srans were rent in them, from top to bottom, pulling tne roof down with tlem, and sath that mass of brick, mortar. underneath beams and twisted" machinery, lies the mangled corpse of John Wilson, which unay not' be taken out for a day or two. V Nobody has a clear idea of how' the accident occurred. "All that can be said.' is that an explosion" occurred or that the -cooker gave way. The damage to the buildings and machinery is estimated by Manager Casey at about- $100,000. It will ".be three months before ;the' plant will be In operation jigainr The ' distillery is an Independent concern.-owned by the Comings, and has "been in operation less than two years. . " NEW ORGANIZATION PERFECTED. t --? The Elizabeth City Live Stock-Com-. pany Will.Make.' This a Large Market. ' ' - - - The Elizabeth City Live, Stock Com pany was organized this wejek with a capital of -ten-thousand dollars and with, the privilege of. Increasing to fifty thousand The' purpose, of the new concern is to sell horses and mules on consignment in wholesale way.-.V' ?Ir. I. M. Meekins Is the promoter of the, newenterprise and the stock holders comprise the best business men-of Elizabeth City. Among the stockholders - are: Messrs.v John Q. Wood, S. B. Bartlett .'A. Q.' Elliott, W. M. , Baxter. C. W. Overman, M. J. Sawyer, and others. 1 he company purpose to huild large and well-suited stables on the proper ty of the West '.End Improvement Com pany at the terminus .of. the broad avenue, which ' was recntly paved. This would. be, a nost desirable loca tion for such a business. 1 . The paved ave5ue of one mile lengthvould afford convenience for properly showing the' horses,- and again, "the stables will be locatedneartfie junction of "the two railroads. ' - ,' enterprise ..jpromisesto jnean much for , this city 'and .' section. It will make Elizabeth City one of .the largest live stock markets in North Carolina.' It. has , been conservatively estimated that more than 5.00Q horses and mules . are- annually consumed In the counties of Currituck, Camden, Pasquotank,,. Perquimans, - Chowan, Tyrrell and Hyde , This trade, which heretofore has gone to Norfolk; will come to Elizabeth ''City,; "for freight will be less and it has been estimated that horses can be handled here for at least ten per cent cheaper than .in Norfolk. There are about 2,000 horses shipped, through here to Newbera each year. Then with the advent, of-the Suffolk , and Carolina Railroad horses can be put in Elizabeth City ndireqt from the West in ; carload f lots, and with i other advantages over- Norfolk, Elizabeth, City should arrest this trade from Newberne " ' The stock will be shipped here direct from 'the. West on consignment. Sales will be : made on. a basis of five per cent commission; or $2.50 per- head. WJth , improved , railroad and steam boat facilities and the cost of operat ing ; minimized, there is no doubt but that the enterprise will prove,a finan cial success, if properly managed. TRAVELS IN THE WEST.; An Elizabeth City Man Tells of What ,He Sees. ; y '- ' , For-more than' four years Mr. AV e! Cohoon, of . this city, has . been con nected with the Division of .Forestry of .the-U. S. Government . During this period ; his ; assignments have ; taken him h to f every state ; and territory in the Union, i and ? in:; writing hoiSe he gives, interesting descriptions of . hi travels, .f, - .. . :: Hejs now In St.. Anthony; Idaho, and his ; descriptions of that part of the Northwest: is . that" it is the "hun ters'; paradlse.'V Here wild game, are found in great abefndance.' Deer "and elk are especially numerous; and It la the center, of attraction for many rich gunners from' the' East? t Many birds found ,: here - in' summer 'migrate there for , the wiater an - are ' ruthlessly slaughtered. - ; . , . MrCohoon: has tecentty penVmuch' time In Arizona and Salt Lake Ity. His deSCrtUtion ff 2. the 1kTnrrn4tt pie Is most graphic f It has 'a, sekfing capacity of eight -rthbiisahd and can bd "emptied : in - four minutes." " The acoustics of the building- are reo good that -one, can hear the drop of a pin in any part of the building. The great Salt Lake Is slowly but surely ree'eed- Ing.; -Though there" are two streams flowing Into it and it has no outlet yet the lake is disappearing. They find- it a3 hard in Delaware as anywhere- else' to indict 'for lynching. The --grand Jury af Wilmington failed to indict any one in connection with the lynching of George White, the ne t?ro . murUerfcr oi : Heieu UwCOL).- 0 Tc!;raa. 1 GIEHT 111 DEAD Gen. Bradley T. Jchn- :son Posses to Hi 10 1 r neivard. served thejcohfede::77 At One Tims He Was C j 21 - trollerfortKorth CarcILL. . Represented a t VirgiiLlz. - District in Congress. . Richmond, - Va., ' Oct C 5. General KBradley T. Johnsoii died early this morning at the home of his son, Brad ley, S. Johnson, at' Rock Castle; in Goochland county. Bright 's disease Is assigned as the cause of death. .The' ody of the" dead soldier will b9 conveyed to, Baltimore for burial be side the grave of his wife. It is under stood that a Confederate veteran es cort of honor will accompany the body to the place of buriaL . The body of the dead soldier will ba morrow morning, a.nd will be taken ' at noon to : Baltimore. In the interna the casket containing the body : wBl lie in state in the rotunda of the capi- toL ' - - " General Johnson was bom in Fder-1 erick City, Md.,; September 29, i&29m and came of a distinguished Maryland family, ones of his ancestors having been a governor of that -State. .He lived at" Frederick City until he came South " to take part in the war. He married a daughter of Judge Saunders can minister to Spain. Two children were born-a daughter, who died, and a son, Bradley S. Johnson, who lives at Rock Castle, and .who has one son. now a cadet at Annapolis, having been appointed by President Roosevelt Msk self. . .7,., 'f ? '-;"' - - ' ? - General Johnson was a graduate ax. Princeton in'1849, receiving the mathe matical -oration; studied law at ; Hax- vard, was admitted' to the bar in North Carolina in 1851, and was elected State Attorney -there in" November of that; year.'-1 .A, -.,, xrc n as me uemocraxic canuiaar.e fort comptroller of North C" rolina ia. 1857;chairman of-theState"fCentraI Committee in 1859-60; delegate to the National Democratic Convention at Charleston, and Baltimore" in 1860, aal withdrew with ; the majority of the Maryland delegation from the conven tion and united in the nomination ot Breckenridge and Lane. 1 ' , r At the beginning of the war between the States ha organized and armed av company- at his own expense, which, was mustered into service off the Con federate States? . - : He served with distinction in' the Confederate Army,' rising to the grade of brigadier general. "After the wax- he fsettled in Richmond, and was State Senator and member of Congress from this district He was prominent in the re:adjuster fight Jn" Virginia, stoutly opposing Mahone. ; Later, he returned to Maryland, settling in Baltimorey.and recently he had r come to v Virginis again making his home in Amelia, county. ' j. " MISS BRYAN MARRIED. To Wm. Leavltt at the Home of Her Father, Wm. Jennings Bryan.. ' . Lincoln, Neb., Oct.y 3. The marriage of Miss . Ruth B. Bryan and William Homer Leavltt, of Newport," TClWas Solemnized . at ; 8 o'clock ; tonight at Fairview. the rrmntrv - v, miLi liam Jennings Bryan. The ' cancellor of the, Nebraska Wesleyan Dniversity, ur. iiunungton, an old-time friend, oi the -Bryan family, was the officlatinsf ;. MissJBryan is tall and handsome, young , lady . of many charms and off sunny , disposition. Although ' but eighteen years off age, she has already uisplayed unusual literary abliltyi Her husband, who Is fourteen, years her sentor, is an ertfct Uh lYtit first" met Miss Bryan when he came li. Lincoln , several - months ago to paint a. portrait of llr Bryan. W ; ;.t z; - -" . -j? WEDS TWO WOMEN TWICE. V James L. "lliatL superintend "t cl a' glass , factory at Terr naute, izi. is-trying lor tie divorce record eff la-, dlana in the novelty class. , TrV rr :.rs ago o he obtained. fc. divorce frcri wlfe ,w4th.vhCTa.beJha'3jliycI tlzr.zz years. Shortly afterward t3 xr3 n--- ried to. a woman employed In V 3 z. '- factory. , Inside of a year ths c'j. " .1 a divorce, ancLhe renarried t'3 wife- A few weeks a r r- a divorce and thl3 week Ii!-tt rerTT rled wife No. 2. , She had a record, before she married Lin the first time. v.. , , President Turner, cf the Raleigh & Pamlico Railroad, siys two construc tion forced wll be pnt lo wcTk on the road October 1st, at WiTrcn, one work ing west to Ralel-h a3 tle.x other working east toTanlio zo'ir.i. It will be a glad day izr Cr- - villa when wc see tie Grez villa T.
The Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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Oct. 9, 1903, edition 1
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