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4 . y r" I ills 'UAU UAolAiN VOL. XVII. r nTM I It! nAVTrtm f. II ii ill Hi uuuui. flccli"" Pcsults in Kentucky Wil be :itfed by Contest. BOTH 5115 CLAIM THE VICTORY. . Rpublii.Mis Make (jam in Some states. Democrats in Others. The Ljtot nn J I'ullest Return. Kentucky. Lom 1)- . Ky.. Special. Tho uncer- tain'y ".'inimx me result or Tuea- toy'n fl-'tion iu this State la not liko v to ! t-niov-d for nomc time. Uoth -' II r laii.i thj victory, the State l.ntri." ; t ' no.i j.arty auer.tlng that jiln t.'-k-'f V.n ;i plurality of atK;jt 4,000 Nw-p.i"T nturna from Republican lourc's I'.iu; Taylor a plurality of 3,- 4JS, v.i-:: thoo from Democratic iourr' ;'i.iKf. i-jepci.si plurality y 41. TV" ii't'-r ,; all hut 33 precincts In tin Ht;it although several reports from i mv.tka give estimated plurali- ten lrr:'r:i! of actual. F.tl ii).: irn:.ni the faction? has been Kgrn.ii' rat'.er than allayed by the dfVfl'in. nts nlnro Tuesday. Excited m:iu', arc being held in many parts of tlv st;if" tt protest against frauds, wbiili if I' alleged, are, contemplated by till' liMdiTH. Nothing hi;t of the oflidul unit will drtprmli the result, nnl It l foregone concilia. on that tho unnouni tucr.t will Rimply chango th ttreno "i cmllkt to the eourta or the pfc!latnr. wlmo it will appear In the form of a contest. The situation has not rh.'iiiR. d materially up to 1 p. m. The oHl'via count was begun In all parts of tlio State by the county boards of canvas.-. In this city a large rrowil gathered at. the courthouse, but. there tio disturbance. The latest claims from the newspaper' returns sr! a plurality of 931 for Goebel by the Times. mid a plurality of 3.603 for Tay Vr. i!;-inn I by the Evening Post. Ohio. ( ; nili'is. Ohio, Special. The sta tistic. ins at the Republican head quartfiN wrro busy all day and night Wednesday emlei vorln? to secure noiiie accur.it e figures on tho plurality of Judge Na.h, tho Republican candi date for governor, and at night an nn ofllr'ml t ilde of pluralities by trinities van completed. This shows that in 3? counties Nash, Republican, has Si.OttJ over McLean, and 1n 31 coua tip McLean has 34033 over Nash. This gives Nash over McLean in tho State 3o,3ti4. It is not believed the official returns will make any Im portant changes In these figures. No figures are available on the to tal vote in the State, as the commit tee Bought to obtain only pluralities. Canton, Ohio, Special. The official ranvans of the vote In Canton, Stark county, President McKinley's home city find county, was completed Friday night. The returns of the city show an Increased Republican plurality of 317 as compared with Bushnell's vote in 1807. and a decrease of 120, com pared with MeKlnley for President In 1SK The county shows an increased Republican plurality of 982, as com pared with 1897, and of 676 as compar ed with WJ'i. Maryland. Baltimore. Md.. Special. Unofficial returns from Baltimore city, and all tin counties of the State Bhow that the Democrats! swept practically every thing before them In Tuesday's contest. John Walter Smith. Dr. Joshua Ilerlng and Isidore Raynor, tte candidates for Governor. Comptroller and Attorney General. resDectlvely. were elected over the Republican candidates by up proximately 11,300 majority. The of llclal count, it is thought, will not Jnaterlally change these figures. Th Democrats elected 11 State Senators for four-year terms, which with their four bold-overs, will give thero 15 out f a total membership of 26 in the up per house of the General Asesmbly. In the lower house, composed of 91 mem hers, the Democrats elected 66, while the Republicans will only have 25 Del egates In the Legislature to meet In January- nest.. In Baltimore city the Democrats elected a Judge of the Court of Appeals, clerk of the city court sheriff. State's atorney, city surveyor nd three Judges of the Orphans Court. New York. New York, Special. Returns receiv ed up the State increase the Republican Assembly membership to 93, against r7 Democrats, a Republican gain of 12. In New York county the largest Tam many plurality was that of the candi date for surrogate, Abner T. Thomas, 55,670. He was formerly a Henry George leader. Ex-Justice Jos. F. TJaly, fusion candidate for Supreme Court Judge, who was expected to get many Democratic votes, did not head the poll for his ticket. The Independent Labor vote, as Indicated by the vote for John S. Crosby, for Supreme Court Judse, was 5,700, or 3,000 less than the Social 1st vote. The Tammany pluralities in the several counties are about normal, the gains of Assemblymen In this city being due largely to combinations with the Citizens' Union and Labor men egalnst Republican candidates. Nebraska. Lincoln, Neb., Special. It is evi dent to both parties In the day's fight that Nebraska has re-pledged her al legiance to the fusion standard. While Republicans are not yet willing to admit their defeat, early figures point that way. There baa been a steady falling off in the vote of both parties, but while the fusion!st3 have suffered but little the Republican loss has been not less than 3 to a precinct. It. the present ratio is maintained ex Governor Holcombe and tho fusion State ticket will be elected :iy not less than 10,000. Fuslonlsrs claim much more. " '' Mississippi. Jackson, Miss., Special. Scattering returns received from reoresentat'e sections of the State Indicate slight vote in the Mississippi election. This was caused by a decided lack of inter t on the part of voters In their pre cincts and a heavy purging of the res istratlon books lnieveral countlefe. Th entire Democratic State ticket la sleet ed by a majority conservatively esti mated at SO.OOO. The ofVeisJ 1 wli; net gTeatly vary the M The Populiat vote shows a decide tilling off. which will probably amount to 30 per treat Not onaj GF.000 vtfus were polled curing toe Hay. The Ponuliits have probably elected member of the Legislature from Choctaw county. The ret OA the Noel amendment, provtdi&f .r.iirnis'fsas count to determine the result. Several pre ( lecta report the votes on the meas ure. The opponents of the amendment are confident that they have defeated Louisiana. New Orleans. La.. Snwini Orleans election passed off quietly, al- mungn luuy u per cefft. of the regli- tereu vote was nollft Pnrtv n-or. out of 14? give the.regular DcmocTjts and the .Tackaonlana 2,743. At th? .-r.ra? ratio j'aul Capdevllle will b3 e'ee -ed mayor over Walter C. FovJer. the iirtscui incumbent, by at leaat 6,0!K votes. The State and United Stita enatorshlp flghti were involved In the cor.ttKt and the Democracy a!s made IOC l.HRlle Of mniilrlnil niFtortt. n prominent. Both fides agreed to two ieivieea :n each wars hpnm n r. trah board of arbitration wh!h tided all disputed questions and took away any excuse fcr trouble. Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Pa.. Special. Com plete ret.urji.s frcmCtot tb.e.67 coun ties In the State, including Philadel phia, and with carefully revised est!- r.ntcs from the eevet wls-dng coun ties, fihow a plurality of 109,463 fa. Rarnctt, Republican, for State treas urer, over Creasy, Democrat. The qlurallty for Hrown, Republican, for Supreme court Judge, will exceed that of Bnrnett by probably 30,000. New Jersey. irenion, i. j., special. The re- mrcG ai miantgnt tnaicate that t'.ie Republicans have carried the State by about 20,000 plurality, although there la to direct vote on a State ticket. I he Republicans will control both hous8 of the legislature by good working majorities and will have an increased representation In the House f Aaembly. Inc-w. York. Sneclal. Taking the ilghest candidate for county officers a each Mcket in all the counties the Republican urality in New Jersev well above 20,000. Taking what local political leaders consider a fair average in each county, the Republi can plurality is about 16,000. A year the Republican plurality In the Slate, calculated in the same manner, s 8,400. In the same year Voor- hec.-, Republican, for governor, had .. plurality. Massachusetts. i! .tjn, Mass., Special. Three hun dred and fifty out of 333 towns and cities in Massachusetts glvo Cran Republican 168,374; Paine, Democrat, 103,S6". The same citie3 and towns 5n 1S9S gave Wolcctt, Republican, 189,793, Biioe, Democrat, 107,919. The three remaining towns in 1S98 gave Wolcott 27S; Bruce 47. The Republican plural ity In this State, therefore, is about 66,000. In the Franklin-Hampshire district, Senator Herbert C. Parsona, an anti-Imperialist, who ran on an independent ticket, was defeated by the regular Republican nominee. The Re publicans carried Massachusetts to day by G5.000 votes, electing W. Murray Crane Governor. The entire Republi can State ticket was elected by prac tically the same plurality as the head cf the ticket, and the Legislature of 190O will also b3 Republican by the usual large majority, there being few changes in either branch. Kansas. Torcka, Kan., Special. Very mea ger returns indicate Republican gains In the county elections held over Kan sas. It Is predicted by conservative politicians that the Republican gain will reach 10 per cent. In Shuwaiiee county the whole Republican ticket is elected by a gain of 20 per cent over last year. A very slight vote as poll ed all over the State. South Dakota. Sioux Falls, S. D., Special. At mid night Chairman Bowler, of the Demo cratic State committee, conceded the election of the Republican judges by 2,000. The Argus Leader claims the State by not less than 10,000 for the Republicans. Rhode Island. Providence, R. I., Special. The elec tion here was dull and the vote cast was light. Mayor Baker, Democrat, was elected for the third successive time by a plurality of 2,100. Last year his plurality was 3,400. All but one of the Democratic candidates on the gen eral ticket were elected. Jones Satisfied. Tyler, Tex., Special. United States Senator James K. Jones, chairman cf the Democratic national commit tee, is in this city. Upon being asked as to the election results, the Senator said he was satisfied and was not al together surprised, though he did not look for quite such a Republican ma jority in Ohio. The senator and iMrs. Jones will leave in a day or two ror Washington. San Francisco Democratic. San Francisco, Cal., Special. Cor rect returns ehow that the. Democrats made almost a clean sweep in the mu- niclnal election held here Tuesday. The Republicans succeeded but in seven cases on the entire ticket. They elected the sheriff, auditor, tax com missioner, county clerk and three su- ne-nrlsors. The Democrats elected the mayor and all other county offi cers and 15 supervisors, mayor jrne lin's plurality over Davis, Republcan, is 7,756. Carriage Builders Association. The Carriage Builders National Association met in annual conven tion In Indianapolis, Ind., last week Mr. J. G. Anderson, manager or the Rock Hill Buggy company, of Rock HlU, S. C, was elected one or the vice presidents. "This organization is 2'. years old, and nas aooui uvu mem bers, from every State in the Union and Canada. It is said that Admiral Dewey and Mavor Van Wvck as they drove down Fifth avenue New York City at the head of the imposing procession, amid a wilderness of color and a steady roar of applause, the Admiral t nrned to tho dignitary beside him and said, "Glorious, magnificent I But who are all . these different old men whose pictures are-displayed so profusely ?M "Wh, Admiral, those are all supposed to be rou." "ale I exclaimed the suffering hero. "Great Scott 1" end be sank back speech' less agaiast tie eusldons. Some men' who finally succeed io OTIS' DISPATCHES. rts of Great Public Interest From The Commander in The Philippines. TYPHOONS IMPEDE HIS PR0ERSS, The Solders Push Their Way Through Rain, Storms and flud Agalust The Insurgents. Washington. D. C. Special. Three Important dispatches from General Otis were received at the War Depart ment Saturday, showing the hardships ana difficulties encountered by our troops in their advance atd giv'n.-j a captured insurgent dispatch showing the line of arguments put forward to sustain thfc insrriectlon. lje dis paches ire as follov Manila, Nov. 11. Severe trp'ioons over Panay last two days impeded marchGeneral Hughes' troops: his column several miles north of west of Hollo. Insurgents have abandoned strong defenses in that section." Manila, Nov. 11. Lawton pushing troops through on Lupadlmgan and Sanquentln road; but country sub merged; bridges and recently con structed rafts washed out wheel trans portation can ret move; his reliance on cavalry, fev infantry and nativj scouts, living mostly on country. Mai Arthur commenced advance early thi3 morning. Yesterday two companies Seventeenth Infantry under Chyn- weth making reconnaissance on Ma along and Cunccpt'.oa icad, struck m. battalion of the eutnj, which left 23 dead on the fie.1; our lusualties re ported 3 wounded." "Manila, Nov. 11. A number of of ficial insurgent dispatches captured yesterday by General Young's troops in the north and forwarded by Lawton last night. They Indicate directed abandonmet by enemy of country in vicinity of Cabanatuan and San Jose and hurried movements by way of Taylng over mountains to B;ryonbo- nay, thence to Apirra. Among the dispatches the following appears: "Tarlac, Nov. 5th, 1899 " 'Otis did not accept proposition to day; enemy attacked our outposts be cause Otis Promised McKinley to take Tarlac today; think they can not break through; take care of prisoners as therein lies our great hopes, espe ciauy tior.'j our wives. There is no such mlscruit (?) either ty the gov crnment or by Mlong. Spanish com missioners triad to decei' e us; deal lng with us insurgents; our gov ernment sent them away and they withdrew greatly displeased. Quadru pie alliance between Germany, Franca Russia, and Spain is a fact Before Decembe we will know our fat Throughout Europe there is sympathy for our cause American Democrats clearly in our favor; they aro sure oi Bryan's next election. Pay no atten tion to your affairs and never mind the rest.' " The dispatches are given verbatim as received with several unintelligible words including "miacruit." Inquiry is being made to learn whether this is a cable error or a word used in the insurgent dispatch. Washington, D. C, Special. Inter est is felt Iu the War Department over Aguinaldo's sudden change of. base northeastward from Tarlac to Bayom- bong, about 73 miles distant. There are numerous spellings of the latter place, but the form given is the most generally adhered to on the maps in the possession of the War Department The most interesting feature of the new situation is that Aguinaldo has been forced out of the Tagalo country into a region north, where Tagalo is not spoken and where the mountains are filled ith Negritos and other sav age tribes who are hostile to the Tag alo.s. , To the southwest base of Carabello mountain there' is a break in the mountain range and within a few miles around the base of Carabello mountain on its northern slope one strikes the head waters of the great G-agayan river that flows northward 250 miles into the China sea. It is on the nead waters of the Magat that Aguinaldo is now located. The way is open for him down the long stretch or river to Aparri at the mouth of the Cagayan where it flows into the sea. This is one of the wildest but richest valleys in the island. It is believed that the river Cagayan Is navigable for our thin-clad gun boats 150 miles from its mouth and for cascoes much further. It is expected that as soon as Aguinaldo shows any disposition to move down the valley toward the Chi na sea that the war ships and .gun boats will be sent round the northern end of the island to meet him and shut off his eycape. If it is bis Intention to escape from Luzon he would naturally seek Aparri or some northern port, but the coun try around. Carabeilo mountain is such that foe could' probably stand on the whole American, force In a gam j - of hide and seek in the hills f r the greater part of the coming season. 600 British Soldiers Killed. Lonoon, by caeie. Another . rumor emanating from Amsterdam sources says that "a British regiment was dec imated Friday by Free Staters." It Is added that 600 of the British soldiers were killed or wounded and that 300 horses were captured. Bxecutlve Appointment. The President has appointed former Governor Joseph W. Fifer, cf Illinois a member of the inter-state commerce commission, vice W. J. Calhoun, re signed. - : .. Military Occupy Arsenal. Frankfort, Ky., Special. It became known tonight that a squad of State millitiamen had "been secreted in the State arsenal for several nights past.- The soldleis or officials refuse to tell by whose orders they are doing guard duty. But it develops that they "have been on guard since Tuesday evening when Goebel was given a great dem onstratlon upon , arriving here, and threats ere made . by several against White Republicans snouia uov.. urau ley refuse to recognize Goebel as gov efaor If given a certificate of election by the state board of election. , RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, TOBACCO GROWERS. ? Called to Meet In Raleigh on Decern , ber 6th. President J. Bryaa Grimes, c! the North Carolina Tobacco Association, has issued a call to the tobacco plan ters of the State to meet In Raleigh, on December 6th. Planters in every tobacco-growing county are requested to form c-associations and send -egates, as many as they wish, to this convention. In counties where there is no local organization individual growers are urged to attend, so that if possible all the tobacco-growing sec tions of the State will be represented. Planter from Virginia an South Carolina are also asked to attend the convention. "The continually diminishing pri ces, says President Grimes in his call. have been keenly felt by every plan ter, and it Is hoped that in this con vention some practical plan may be evolved by which producers with Ju dicious, conservative atd persistent concert of action may better their con dition. "If the prevailing low prices are due to over-production we should face the situation and endeavor to remedy It. If it Is found that the price is fixed by arbitrary methods, we should vigor ously protest and determine to make that protest effectual. Every intelli- ent farmer should recognize the ad vantages to be secured by intelligent organization and determined co-oper ation." State News. Durham county has cent in its list of taxables for this year to the State Auditor, and a grand showing rit makes. The total property valuation Is $9,932,- 261, which is Jio less than $2,200,000 in excess of that in 1898. The" taxes due the State will exceed $21,000 and be $5,000 mere than last year. Over $2,- 200,000 of stock in Incorpoiflted ccm- paaies is returned, and $1,200,000 of to bacco reported on hand. Wake county has made its report to the State of taxable property. The total is $11,387,468, an increase of $1,- 300,000 over last year. This makes the county stand next to Durham and ahead of Mecklenburg in increase. The insurance commissioner has made up his monthly statement, which shows that 31 life, 79 fire and 13 ac cident and surety companies have been licensed while only six out of sixteen fraternal orders complied with the re quirements of the Craig law. The coni misswn says the fraternal orders pay less attention to that law than any others appearing to think that because they are fraternal they are not covered by it. , The Commissioner of Agriculture is advised by the cattle owners in Clay county that they have formed a club to protect their territory from tick fe- rer. They call on tue State to forbid the entry of stock into Clay from Geor gia and South Carolina a.t any and all seasons. The intensely cold weather last winter did not kill out the ticks. It appears that the South Carolinians and Georgians, having' no quarantine laws, have a contempt for quarantine laws. Elijah Moore, the brutal negro who was hanged at Greenville in the pres ence of a great crowd, is the man who was in jail in Raleigh for months. He was a terrible fellow. He went to a store, called the clerk to the door, split his skull with an axe, plundered the store and burned it. His next step was to try to make it appear that five or six negroes were the murderers. All of them narrowly missed lynching. Then he saiid he was lying and that he had only one accomplice. He and this man were hurried to Raleigh to prevent lynching. Finally Joyner confessed that he alone was guilty. His crime was committed in the hope of getting $2,500, which he had heard was in the safe in the store. The State charters the McMillan- Miller Lumber Company, of Duplin; capital, $30,000. It is notified of the in crease of the stock of the Paragon Drug Company of Asheville from $15, 000 to $50,000. . The four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miller was burned to death at the homeT of her parents, about ten miles west of Winston, last week. The case against A. J. Marshall, a well known lawyer in Wilmington, N. C, who is charged with being an ac complice in a counterfeiting case, will be tried at the December term of the Federal Court in Raleigh. The territory between Murphy and A?!heville is alive with mineral and timber men, and large developments in the near future will surprise no onex The debts of the penitentiary up to December 3let amount to $100,000, and those contracted will be $20,000. These last claims will have to wait until the Legislature provides for their payment, as under the Supreme Court's decision they can't be paid out of the bond fund. The warrants for debts are now being allowed so as to conform to the court's decision. . Governor Russell issues a warrant for the execution, of Lorenzo Brown, colored, at Greenville, January 26th, tor rape. The State Treasurer will before the fiscal year ends be called on to pay $100,000 to the public .schools. It Is a direct and unconditional appropriat- tion. AC the statement of date of Octo ber 1st there was $44,000 available in the Treasury. No douibt Father Worth will scrape around and get the money. We learn that W. C. Ledford has discovered a rich vein of corundum on tiis property on Shooting creek, Clay county. 'The vein is three or four hundred yards long and is rich at dif f erent points where it lhas been cut and tested. The Davis5rews knitting mill at Kernersvilie, reported lately as to be established, has- organized with L. F. Davis, president, and B. G. Davis, sec retary and treasurer., The company will put in machinery for daily capac ity of 100 dozen nairs of naif -nose. The chairman . of the penitentiary . A large force pf laborers ore still at work digging -put from ; under - the steam tug Blanche which was ground ed at Soutbport: during the storm Tuesday morning. ' It is 'thought that it -will be several days before they will succeed In floating her. Sh is net very badly damaged. - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER IG, 1890. IN CRITICAL STAGE. ! Darkest Pa;e of Transvaal War Being Written. AN INTERESTING SUMMARY Of The Present Situation in Africa -neraJ Joib:rt Draws in tils Horns. Lndcn. By Cable. To the eyes of military experts the darkest pag cf the war la now being written. But even that is illuminated with bright pas sages, such as ex-Gen. White's victo rious sorts. If he can keep the British flag flying over Ladysmith until he is relieved, the campaign will turn a fresh page, and with the advance of Sir Redvers Buller's force, the British public is promLsed more cheerful read ing. This feeling of relief, Inspired by recent good tidings, is nevertheless tinged by a certain anxiety lest General White should again make some fatal miscalculation, involving a repetition of the 'Nicholson's Nek disaster. Hci Majesty does not sharo this anxiety and apparently is sanguine of her abil ity to pull through successfully. It is asserted that she has written to Lady White, expressing sympathy with her husband in the trials and difficultly he is now experiencing, and assuring Lady White of her own undiminished confidence In his generalship. The pur port of this letter has been cabled to General White by the Marquis cf Lans downe. The most interesting news tonight 13 a dispatch from Estcourt, announc ing the departure of a strong "force of mounted troops and artillery for a destination not given in the advices. Another message announces the ar rival at Estcourt and Pietermaritzburg within the last few days of re-en forcc raents from Durban, and that 3.500 troops are assembled ready for an ad vance to Colenso when the opportune moment arrives. The latter dispatch throws light upon the former, and the force which left Estcourt Monday has doubtless re-occupled Colenso and pos. sibly is now advancing cautiously up the railroad toward Ladysmith, General White's sortie of Friday almost to the banks of the Tugela river encouraging its commander in the hope of loaning hands withhlm. General Joubert, the latest advices would indicate, drew in his horns af ter Friday's engagement, and has since withdrawn the southern Boer contin gents, leaving only outposts cn the lino from Ladysmith to Colenso. The Boers who occupied Oolense about the mid dle of last week retired without dam. aging Bulwer bridge, over the Tugela river, or in railroad as far noith as the village of Nelthorpe, seven m ilea south of Ladysmith. Evidently they nurse a hope of eventually utilizing both in their descent on Pietermarltz burg. Meanwhile, the British are also able to use both, as they have already done, in running up an armored train. which may at the present moment be covering the advance of the Estcourt force. At Estcourt and Pietermaritzburg the defensive works have been greatly strengthened within the last few days and they are now believed capable ot holding their own against any Boer force which General Jubert would at the present juncture risk sending against either town. Both are likely to be strengthened before the week is out by a further naval force and even by the' first detachment of General Bai ler's army corps. None Of the troop ships has arrived. Robbers Crack a Sheriffs 5sfe and Get $5,000. Dunham, N. C!A Special. News reaches here that the safe in the of fice of Sheriff Hughes, at Hillsbcro, was, cracked Tuesday night The robbers got $5,000 in cash, $1,000 In twenty dollar gold pieces. There is no clue and It is supposed to be pro fessional work. Dewey Gets His License. Washington, D. C, Special. A marriage license was on Wednesday issued to Admiral George Dewey and Mrs. -Mildred Hazen. The applica tion for the license was made by Lieutenant Harry H Caldwell, U. S. N., one of Admiral Dewey s secre taries, a person. The Negro Eliminated In New Orleans New Orleans, La., Special. The reg ular Democrats won an easier victory than expected. The registration books had been thoroughly purged and the negro practically eliminated, leaving 38,000 votes as against 60,000 votes on the roll two years ago. Of these 32.C0C votes were cast, Paul Capdevllle, the Democratic candidate for mayor, re ceiving a majority of 6,700. Officials flystifled. Washington, IX C, SpeciaL Oflb cials here are at a loss to know what was meant by the mysterious London dispatch relative to Anglo-American relations as to China, which was of. such a startling character that It eould not be published.' It is stated that there is nothing under consider ation in this Hue at present between' Great Britain and the United States that can be said to be of a. sensation al character. MacAuthur Takes Mabalacat. Manila, By Cable. General Mac- Arthur has occupied Mabalacat His entire line, including the Twelfth, Seventeenth and Ninty Infantry and part of the Fourth Cavalry, is ex tended three miles in front of An geles in a good tactical position. Maior Bell took Mabalacat. Being ordered to reconnoitre, until he lo cated the flnemy, hS pushed to' the town, driving out two companies of lnsursents. ana sailing several inu nino- oflcars. The Americans suf fered aewt. SCIIOOLS MlST WA,T- j State Trcasarcr Says The tioo.ooe Special Appropriation lNot -Available. The Superintendent of public In struction recently wrote the State Treasurer to acrta!a whether or cot the appropriation could be paid In the near future. The following U the letter from the State Treasurer: -Raleigh. Nov. 11. H. "Ron. C.H. Mebane. Supc Public la- Kruction, Raleigh. N. C: IXar Bit: Yours of 8th lcU asking for information In regard to the time the $100,000 appropriate! by the lt General Aiuembly to U0 achools of North Carolina could be paid, is received. In reply I regret to say that the prospect is not good for an early payment of the ime. The Treasurer's books thowed on October 31st that the disbursements had ex ceeded the receipts for the first eleven months of the fiscal year ending No-. vcmber SCth, to be IS7.7S0.60. Unless the receipts are much greater and the disbursements much smaller. I do cot think the condition of the Treasury will be such as to admit of the pay ment of the above appropriation be fore the latter part of the year 1900. "Rerretilne that such la the case. 1 aa yours very truly. "W. 1L WORTH. "State Treasurer." The law making the appropriation Is so worded that the usual formula. 'stilt rt n v mniin tint ntHt-m-ino an .. . . . ., . ftm. , t-. - , proprlated. Is tmltlti. The first section says "that the sum of $100, 900 be, and the same Is hereby appro priated, annually from the , State Treasury for the benefit of the public schools." This wording, therefore gives this spproriatlon precedence of all ether special appropriations. The law provides that this money be paid by warrants of the State Su perintendent of Public Instruction cn the State Auditor in favor cf the coun ty treasurer of eacfli county, the flrrt Monday in January. State Auditor Aver, who has given the matter of taxes and taxation cla-e attention, thinks that the reve nues which the State will derive th's year willebe sufficient to meet all ap propriations and expenditurca. It will require clcse collecting on the part of county officials," the A'ldi'.or said. Whilo the appropriations for ttJ year are largely increased, the s.-Mircca from which revenues sre oltlnel were extended. The Increased appro priations generally put the expenl!- tures of the State upon the bxri. cf $1,000,000 annuilly. Auditor Aycr says fully $25,000 will ba secured from the Increase In property valua tions in .he different counties.. Sche dule B may also be expected to yie'd an Increased amount of taxe. For several years past tb taxe3 flfiv.l frefn schedule B have tteadily In creased. In 1896 the taies from th"5 source amounted to $89,000. aud ie 1897 they amounted to $106,000, snl In 1898 they were $116,000. The special License taxea were greatly Increased by the legislature Among the new business that wcr? Included under this head are auc tioneers, dealers in bicycles, rent cl lectlng agencies, dealers In me2Ls, coal and wool dealers, cotton com presses, cotton buyers, phor.osrapcjers Ice manufacturers, laundrymen. lum ber dealers and undertakers, ctr State News Notes. Dr. Porter, a prominent truck farm er, at Rocky Mouot, fell from a lad der Saturday, sustaining painful, b't not serious injuries. He a?cnded th ladder to look after some work on the roof of his dwelling and while he wae near the top a round broke throwing him to the ground, breaking two ribs and badly hurtinga his hip, beside shocking him severely. Salisbury is getting ready to issue $251100 In bonds for sewerage. The bonus will be In denominations cf $1,000 esch. At the funeral of the late Mr. Geo. Harris, of Wilmington, every honor was paid to his memory He was one of Wilmington's best citizens, par ticularly esteemed by the sea-faring men to whom he had always been a good friend. Delphie Thorne, ef Tarboro, ha been granted a-pension of $8; -Alice Johnson, of Riddlcksville. . $8; Wil liam Milson. of Barnard, $3. The grading of the Richmond Petersburg and Carolina Railroad south from Petersburg to Ridgeway. N. C, is completed, and the laying o' rails is being pushed. It fs expected here the track will be laid north from Ridgeway to the Meherrin river, an south from Petersburg to the Meher rin river inside of the next" fifteen lays. The grading of the road from Petersburg to Richmond, It Is thought will be finished by the 15th of 'De cember next The grading of the -oad In Chesterfield county is well under way, and the work Is being orosecuted with a large steam shovel lay and night T. K. Bruner, Esq., of toe Agricul tural Department, says he has in spected no less than fifty thousand bushels of the finest apples he ever gw, in the western counties, and that most of these apples will be shipped to the Paris Exposition. The cose' of the N. C. Corporation Oomxnlssfon against the Raleigh and lastoa Railway and other ' ddvisions f the Seaboard, involving the legality ot the -new fertilizer rate, will be heard at Chambers in Raleigh, De cember 11, before Judge Moore. State Treasurer Worth notified Prof, :. H. Mobane, the Superintendent ot Public " Instruction, that he did sot A-ink the special appropriation cf 100,000 for the public schools In the State could be paid before the latter 1 part of the year, 1900. fc . s Daniel W. Youmans has been ap pointed surfman at the life-saving station at Portsmouth, N. C During the' last fiscal Jyear 14,604 bostmarsters were appointed, 1IJ&3 ba. lbs fourta'classr SMITHE IS THE KING Bill Arp Teils of Eis Visit to PcUcr, 1 UICEI 1HAN CAITltSVIUI, CA. Pros per out Place of 7,eoo lakatttaats Vltbwt Any Ofik r. Lawyers, Editors or Saloons. . A lew day ago I rrctiv ed let from a friend and It era pott-taarked Pelxer. He eeld I waa wanted there to talk to the pearl. J he tuns! to fix the day tad the compel at!oa for Iom of tin and wnte o tongue. I had never heard of Pel a' nor could 1 find It on my natlcjuatei map. Cut I d'.d find It on one of later date, and suppoftcd It was eotae small village that had a cotton mill and a dam on the Salule and noma tnent houf. Nevertheless. I tene- ctptt-d the rail, for the offer was lib eral. The ncit mall brought a simi lar Invitation from Piedmont. authr u'll town, only six miles fro a Pel zer. Sv 1 Journeyed from Atlanta to Cret-nville. and there changed rare for my destination, ahkh was ooly tvetly miles away. It was night when I rutched the place. 34 y good friend. Mr. PalgcU. who la the Democrat: e psistmajtcr, took me to his house. I had not fceen the to a. for It was quit dark. -What Is the propect for aud;nc,r I InqWiel -Very tool." he raid. "I think you will have sev eral hundred people out to bear yoa. "Why. how Urge la your town? What Is your population r "About 7 .." he said. 1 was anaz-d. A town twice as Urg as Cartrraville and I never heard of it and it Is not on tuy map. He explained by eayisff thai It was only twelve years old. and had four Large cc'.tou mill that employed over 2HM operatives, sad conaumd nearly 100.QQO IA1 of cotton, and tnel company owned some a .000 acres 1 1 1 land, and all the houea and stores and churches and several miles of the rl-tr. "Did you advcnl nte prettf well?" I asked. "Oh e! be said. "We church folka told It to everybody we met. both In the town end In the eourry. and they all f ld they werel coming." "Publish It In the papers? ' I sad L "No. no. We ba.e no papers here, sand no prlatlcg office. We didn't even have a po.ter cf a hd bill, but we talked It a good deal." Well. I Hutened aad woolered. snJ my confidence was shaken. Aftr s bountiful supper snd a little mixing up with the children, we went to the large church where I was t hoi J forth, and found it already pretty wel filled. In a brW time I stood before more than 500 people, and was la spired to mikmy bent effort, for I haJ an orderly snd stt-ntive oongrc- gallon, and we all fell In love with one ancther. 1 never have had & more gratifying lecture occasion. Next mcmlce was spent In viewing the city and the m:i!a aad the library. The menJianu carnwi umu-r large stores, and there were many nice residences for the managers nd hcitia of the vericwa departments, but thev were sll built snd are owned and leased by the mill company. Th's company own an-1 controls every foot of land and evtrythUrg that Is cn it. Captain Saythe. of Charleston. I the king, the czar, a b'g-hcarted. brainy mm. and everybody respects and loves him. He Is a fcon f that celebrated PrnabyterisB minister cf Charleston who during his ministerial life, was a notable man In religious o'rcles, I remember that be was on" of my father's friend a. "Who U your mayor?" said I. "We have none; po mayor nor aldermen, no municipal corporation, no marshal nor police. Captain Smythe runs the town. Everybody who comes here for em ployment is investigsted carefully. Hi iVecdir8U muit be good or be can't slay. We have no lawyers nor edi tor, don't need any. We allow th'tr. to come In end look around." Did vou know that I was a lawyer?" sa'd I. "Oh. vrs: but we learned max yon had quit the practice sad reformol. and so we Invited you." The lyceum snd ptibllc library a! Piedmont Is an Intewtlng place tr visit and Is liberally patronized by the workers Is the mills. Connected wltr it is s home made Insnrarce or bene fit association, a kind cf savings baas wfnere for a deposit of ten rents t week the family of the decHtor get forty dollars whenever a death occur. This Is of course to provide for funeral menses cad a decent burlaL In thie library Is the finest collection of In dian relics I ever saw anywhere. - Fcrtunste people to have suet philanthropic guardians. Old Father Pelzer does not Hvs there, but he b near enough to keep a fatherly eye on these numerous children. He Is s Charleston millionaire, "bet lives nt his up-coontry home, not far from th beactiful Mill City that he founded and which bears his name. Jnst think of It my Georgia friends.; 0.000 spin dies turning in one rqpm. and 1.40S looms weaving n two 010 era. way should not every cocton growln county in Georgis. yes, fs Routt Carolina, do likewise. Our county produces ten thousand bales annaallj and surely car farmers can. build a mill large enough to fiuaafeetnre It and double its valne. Bill Arp la At lanta Constitution. Xotkla Xew Cater tb 1C I 'wandered to the circus; 1 est be neath the tent and saw the man from Borneo, likewise the tattooed gent I heard the toothless lions bowl, while men In spangled clothes stepped fear- I lessly into their dens and whacked them on the nose. I saw the sacred elephant spout water through his trunk, the salamander eating lead and other melted Junk; I heard the merrv clown get off the jokes we used to know. when we were boys together. John, some twenty years t ago. The same old horses waddled 'round she same old kind of ring: the. same old comic vocalMs proved W they om' tn-r h me old hlooonots - mus was grunting with disgust; the same old Persian ox was kicking up the dust; the same old rhecmatSc acro bats crawled psmfully around, and the ossified contortionist was crawling on the ground, and ladles rode barebacked steeds to music ssd an4 riow the same old girls we need " to sea some I twenty years, aga-UticetUJ lit Isenger, NO. 50. CftEY aiuttfc V 4a a 34Ur mi TTaaktaglan. D. C t rciai Mre , tUMti u SbarrVd L Aamtrei tWty i i an- iay snvrsuag pawmj re- 'iJctc of Si rU fW tCatWkrl. R r u-ix ru. i .the rrrvoxaey. Te Siag m la- I formal and tery Wl. Ula nit only by nratrr Urm llaene tn 4ute family aaJ Utneat CaU weli. adnursTe ermay. When lb s34:ac party entrr4 the hc Pntbr Markla was rrvasitwJ lo Adelrel Ity ty Mra. Ilaam. Tlee rrnu'a of the party wfn e tJ M4 m feW ltt ferfur, i oVUth e-rddlaa trtr .LmW ti nutar Usutenast CaldU stood at U riefct the admiral, and Mrs. atL-Ta and airs. Ludlow to the loft of Mrs llaxea. Fataer Uarkta farod tho ad miral sad Mrs. Ilsarm. Tho bride was drroaed la a UrooSI rustume of l!M gray with an overwklrt trimmed with gray frlxge. Iter WmaH ntatcbd her art tad khe wore nhKo aid gloves. Admiral Dewey wore a frock roat atradlag almost to hie hares, light trousers with a narrow strip, and patent leather shoes. UoeUsM CU well u luUUrty attirre. Father Uarkla made a short ad-lreos. dwelling on Che Importance of tho rrr emoay. He then nrorerded wtth th Catbolie rrretnony nrraaged for a wedd;cg wbra on th rMtrarflng partly U a CatholK and th othr n rtotewtsxt. Doth rvty and Mrs. Ha tes gave th rrspooMO la a firm role, snd then Father Markln pronounced them man snd wife and Invoked th divis Urralng upon them. Cuagreta la liens were thm 4n order nod wot ea leaded U around. "I naderttaad yos were one a sail or.' said IV ey to Father Mm kin, I was ocx." be responded, "having run away to era hen a boy; Wot I found I had no chanr of brooming as fcimlrL and I rrtsrsod to my UmA. "WeJl." ssld Dewey. "I am glad to hsve been married by a sailor. After a few more words the wedding party left the botiM. Admiral and Mrs Iwey taking th admiral rarrtag. Mrs. Dewey is forty-three yenrs of Mt tnedlam height, snd whiW not a brulfui woman, is on of tho most entertalnlog. No use was present at the woddleg breakfast except ntmbm of th w4 dLrg party. Admiral snd Mrs. TVwey remained at the McLesn rrsldm until nearly 12.J0 o'clock, when they enter U a car riage snd drove to tb Pennsylvania Railroad station. wUr they took th 12.4; train for New York, taking easts la a chair car. Secretary Root who was sleo a paatencer on tb train on , ma7 to New York. Joined thrm aad tmtrtu1ated them hsrtily. rVvere! frfa, ho wer on th train rotlfriiuMtt4 thrm. The roupl will spitid tb first stares f th- hnn,rm(lnB t riakdal rj-m I ,xac ,xand. n handsom country litare belanrlnx to Mrs. Ludlow, th bride's sister. Congress PctUoaod. New York, FpeclaL At the meet ing of the New York board of trae and transportation, the following res olutions were sdopted: ReoIrd. That we ask the Congress of tb United Stat mi to enact a law estab lishing the gold dollar as n standard aad measure of value, and providing that bonds and notes of the United States and all paper mosey. Includ ing national bask notes, shall b re leemable In gold. Reooived. by the New York board of trade and trans portation. That the business In terests In the United StsUn demand the creation of a separate (govern ment department, whose head shall be a cabinet officer, to be known as the Department of Commerce and Manufactures and the Presldeet of the United B tales Is respectfully urred to . recommend to Congress early action to this end." Five Privates Dtscliarrnd. Atlanta. Ga. SpeciaL Privates Ber lin. Bowon. fiarst. Bslrd. Kelley. of the Ffth Regiment Georgia Veduntosra, were discharged Friday from ssrrlos of the Stat by Governor Candler for the good of the serrie. The men are charged with looting a small store at Hamlet N. Couth return of toe reg iment from New York, where it land been participaUag in the Dewey cele bration. Manila, by Cable- The landing of the American troops at Sas Fabian Tuesday, was the most spectacular af fair of the kind stare General Ehafter disembarked at Daiquiri. The eo-oper- atVon ot the trope and the navy was complete. The gunboats maintained n trrifl bombardment tor an bout. I VQje the troops rushed waist deep 1 tnroacSi through the surf nuder a heavr but badly aimed fire, from the Insurgent trachea, and charged right and left pouring voUey after roiiey sr ter the fleeing rebels. Forty Filipino were captured, mostly Bon-eomms-"sloned officers. Several insurgent dead and Are wounded were found In n building. Washington, D. G. SpeciaL Th thly report of tee stsUat Irian of th Department of AgricsKnr nil state tJjat the most thorough lavesti gation of the cotton situation that baa been made since 18tS has just been complf-ted. Special agents from tho Washington oface hav rlaltod all the principal points in the cotton be, in vestigating both acreage and produc tion. 0 the basis of this uvostiga-. tion the Department estimates the cot-, ton crop nt i.SO0.0O bales. HnrrtcasM Sweeps Jasnstra K nton Jam. by Cable. Commu nication with the eastern' parts of th lslsnd. particularly "e2fl57a 1 the lias from Moraat Bay to Port As- I ?0ZZJZ'tt fj TSSS SSSXSTSiii. rice from various points uu CBl- on Wednesday the heavy mlaated In a tawmasu which, during the night ran. d the baaafaa and other cnUtvazsJ earlahsn. FOstUad. Ct J Cay ere redrew ,1 I V raising the wind are unable to tt9 It 1
