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o - V .' 5 IP is7? Vol. XV III. RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA, DECEMBER 6, 1900. No. 52 THE STATE'S GROWTH. OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF ITS INCREASE IN POP ULATION SINCE 1800. WE NOW NUMBER 1,893,810. Jtaport Hhow Growth of Population by C'ountlee (Torn IHUOau the 1'reawat TIom a Ureat lacrmm Within tbm last too Ywars. The population of North Carolina tihi txts tffleislty announced i l,fc93 810. against 1,017 917 in 1K90 T is n increase aiuos 1850 vi 275,863 or 17 0 per ce-t. Tne population in 1880 wa t 390 -7&0. snowing an ia.cren of 2lo Ji7, or 15 5 per cent from 1880 to 18J0. We kit below the population bj ntnnties.sbowing tbe increase line 18'JO. COUNTIES. Alamance, Alexander, Aileghany. Anson, Ashe, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Buncombe, Buike, Cabarrus, Caldwell. Camden : Carteret, Casw 11, Caawba, Chatham, Cuerokee, Chowan, Clay, Cleveland, Columous, Craven, Cumberland, Cuiruuck, I) re, Davidson, Dvi , Duplin, Darhatn, E tgeoombe, Fvryb, Franklin, O as tun, Gates, , Graham, Oranville, Un tne Ooilford, Halifax, Harnett. Uaywod, flrtl drtTBOU, Uur rd, Hde, lrrMl, Jak on, Johnaton, Jones, Lenoir, L ucoln, Mr D J Will, Mcoa, ' M-duon, M tr in. . Mecklenburg, Mitcoell, Montgomery, Moore, Naih, Now Hanofer, Northampton, Oalow, Oraog, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Peiqaimans, Persun, PI ;t, Poik, Rvidolpb, It c&mond, R o-son, K -ckingbam, IV) wan, Katberford, Simpson, S aoly, rVokcs, Sairv, 8s1j, Trauylvana, Ttrreii, Union, V nce, Wake. Warren, Wasuingtou, Watauga, Wayne, W.Ik, a, Wilson, Yadkio, 1900 25 CG5 10 HW 7,:r 21 870 l'.iJMl 20 4"4 20 53 I 17 r,77 12 C57 44 :88 15 6l9 22, ISO 15 094 5 474 11 8.1 15 28 22 l: 2IHI2 11801 1.. 258 4 532 25 078 21 274 24 100 29 24 1 0 r.9 4 7:7 23 4'3 12 1 15 22 4 5 26 233 20 591 3 .2111 25 UG 27 J 03 10 413 4 343 23 203 12 038 30 l74 30 73 15 98i 16 222 14.14 14 2514 9 27i 29 t04 llrfil 32 25' 8 220 18 69 15.4"8 12f,67 12 104 20 644 15 33 55 263 15 221 11 197 23 Mil 25 478 2 75 21 150 11 940 14 G90 8 015 13 660 13 JHl 1 M01 16 8" 30 889 7 U04 28 232 28 408 40 371 33 163 31 006 .25 Id 26,38. I 15 220 W rGG -25 515 8 4ul 6 620 4 80 27 156 1H6S4 54 626 19 151 IOG'8 13 417 31356 20,872 23 596 11 464 1890 18 271 9 43i 6 523 2o U27 15 6 8 21.072 la 1 l'J lift 16 76 J 10 90 3 266 14 939 18 142 12.29- 5 607 10 825 16 028 18 689 2513 9 976 9,l7 4 197 2o,3 4 17 856 20 533 27 321 6 747 3 76a 21 702 11 621 18 6'JO 18,011 24 1H 28 434 21.0HI 17 7 4 10 25. 3 31 24 4 4 lo U3' 28 052 28 908 13 700 13 346 1Z.5&9 11 851 8 903 25 462 9.512 27 2J9 7 403 14 s;9 12 5-6 1 93u 10 12 17 f05 15 2?1 42 67 1207 11,230 2047" 20 7'7 24 026 21 242 10 30 i 14 948 7 146 10.784 12 M4 9 293 15 151 25 519 5 9 i 2M95 23 H4s 31 4 2 363 24 123 18 7 2 0!'G 1-2 1 6 17 19U ll2l 6 577 6 881 4 225 21 250 17 581 49 2o7 19,360 10 200 10611 26.100 22 75 18 644 13 790 What Fools We Mortals Be! Nonconformist. Great Britain has spent $500,000,- 000 in trying to destroy liberty In South Africa. The United tttates has Ppent $300,000,000 In trying to destroy hbeny in the Philippines. Here' is $80(,000,000 spent for the acquisition of land and gold. The great middle class furnish the mon ey to carry on the wais, but do not get one foot of the land nor one dol lar of the gold. Tne men for whose benetlt these cruel wars are waged pay the gov eminent Is too ioor to own the rail roaus, yet tne $800,u00,000 worse than wasted in foieign war Would have pul one-fourth of the cost of every railroad in the United States. What tttols Wo mortals be. Imperialism Comes High. Nonconform at. -lo moian government," says uie nwuia correspondent of the Dai y .nan, "ia about to spend $12,500, 'i irw guns tor tne Indian ar my "-London Pm-s dispatch. ne 1-eopie of India now on the very Dord-rland of starvation, and who nave not yet recovered from fli-lQ ft 1 V Jk .1 t A . -.jr auu wiueaDreau tminn. called upon to send $12,500,000 new war material to cairy on for the Business of murder. This ia the Im periaiisui of England which nnr no. pie have vot4 V endorse in Amer ica, - - TKEaouBY HEAPED WITH COLO. Th Lars Htock oa Hot la tbm Hi orjr' of tb Coaatry Tha KloaiUWa (oatrlbatlun. .a waMi.iiijfton, Nov. 30. The "Un:- ct htick !(?., Id coin and bullion ever held In the United fitiw, tJ u(iw acvumuUted In the Trwwurv aud 119 bmnciUM. Th ttal has titn rirting Bteaaily during the whole of the pre nt year, and tne amount In now $474,108,330, or aoout 76,0'0, 000 Keatr than at the cI.eol 1899. Tn liKTttiHe up to June 3o was about 23.000,000, but since that time turn benn alxHit 11,000,000 lor Jul v, $6,000,000 for Aujcu-tt, $10, 000,000 for fck-ptemoer, 118 000,000 for October, aud $17,000,000 thus tar luNovemler Tlu j?old la not all the dlrt-ct property of the United States, but is held against outstand ing gold certificates. The amount of the, lenfl the amount in the TrviiHury ami Its brandies waa $239,755,809 Wednesday. AU the reiuainiiiK gold, amounting to about $243,000,000, belong to the Tieas ury a a rt of the reserve fund of $150,000,000 or the free fund oi $53,000,000 ia the general cah. The influx of gold Into the Treas ury couieH partly from the new gold from the Klondike and other mine, but its retentiou ia due to the pree Kure f.r currency, which leads to the acceptance of gold certificates and other piper money in preference to coin. The Treanury has recently been shlpp'ng small notes In large quantities to New Orleans and other point upon deposits of gold In tue New York sub-Treasury hy the New York reserve agents of the Southern banks. The gold supply of the country on the last day of 1896 was estiinte'j tod at $692,947,212. The estimated! amount November l, 1900, was $1,08,027,407, and it is probable tnat the report for December 1, will show at least $1,100,000,000. A VICTIM OFHAZINC. Awful Treatment of Concnaiata VVsa- g-xr'a ApDiotei May Eod iu Death Philadelphia, Nov. 30. A special to The Pies from Bristol, Pa , saye: "Oscar Li. Itooz, a man 21 years of age, lies at the point of death at his ome on Cedar btreet. About a year ago Booz was appointed by Con gressman Wangerto the West Point Military Academy, and the parents declare that the hazing administer ed at that time was of such an atro cious nature that the death of thela on mny result. "After the hazing Congressman Wang r's appointee was left in such a phsical condition thai he had to tesign his cudetsnip. It U al eg rt that Tobasco sauce was pour-d down Booz's throat, red peper was thrown iuto his eyes, hot greas was poured ou his bare feet, a tooth knocked out and fiendish operations general ly indulged iu. The Booz fmaily iiave no hesitancy in declaring thai the hazing received by 0-ar is re siionsible for his precarious condi tion." AHEATHEH PAPER'S ESTIMATE. The Voice of God Drowned in the Hoar of Cannon. Commenting on the wars In Chi na and the Philippines a Japanese paper says: "When Westerners come among us they teem to be like augels, but no sooner des something untoward occur than the angels turn to devil, aud the voice of God is drowned in the roar of cannon. The llu siaus are called Christians and the Japanese heathen. Yet what is tak ing place in China? The Ilus-ians are committing outrages of which the dpanese are ashamed. This is the I m tasted civilization of the West! We cay to Bishop Nicolai and his fedo f workers: Kio home and convert your own people.' " To Erect Confederate Monu ment. Correspondence Charlotte Observer. Shelby, Nov. 30. There is an other fine thing on foot for Shelby. It is a movement in Cleveland coun ty to raie funds for the purpose of erecting a monument in the square in Shelby to the Confederate dead of this county. Tne monument will cost $3,000 and will be a worthy testimonial of the pre sent and future generations to the heroic and the splendid sacrifices of the gallant band of patriots who of fered themselves so freely upon the altar of their country. Cleveland county furnished tier full quota of soldiers to the Southern army. There are some hustling men at the head of the monument movement. Mr. A. C. Miller is chairman, and is sending out a lot of letters to the leading men of the county. Gold in Helena's Streets. A Helena, Montana, dispatch says: Gold was f mud on Main street this afternoon in considerable quantities below the surface of the street. George Booker, a well-known char acter, "panned" several bu. k ts of earth taken from an opening in the street in the presence of several hundred people. Several dollars the yellow in tal was secured. The city of Helena is located on "Last Chance gulch," at one time the richest placer property in the world. Old-time mining men say there still remains under the city more gold than was ever taken out. When the Montana clnb building was built the contractors paid the cost of the building from the gold secured in the excavation. Several people living up the gulch have gold mines in their cellars. are t DiacowTMl la Miico, After Twenty Fire YafV Aba oca. IcrosMe, WL Distch.J A. O. Wibwwi, of thU city, di-p-learvJ m.VKterimly pearly a quar ter of a century ago. Thw we-k he was located at Sit.ina, Mex., and lib wife left here lt night lo meet him. They were married in ihi city 44 year ago. He was tujr in tending bridge constru-tion on the rt.utht-rn Minnesota when last heeiO here. One day in 1876 he raid bunos would take him away a few day. He never came back. Th wife thought polbly that Indian had killed him. She bought a little patch of land, which had been made her indeiendently wealthy. Detective John Cody took up the case three months ago and found Wilson a wealthy ranch owner in Mexico. It is thought he Huff, red lor of mem ory and lost hLs identity. Wilson I still ignorant of her coming or his discovery. ANOTHER BIG STEAL Brought to Light by the Death of a Clnrk lo ( laciouall. Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. 4. The di-covery of a supported error of $1, 600 In the books of George Griffith-, deceased, late clerk of the board oi education of Cincinnati, led to an examination of his books wi'h start ling results. A special meeting of the board has been called to take action in the matter. The investi gation so far made is paid to show that Griffiths was a defaulter to the amount of about $100,000. The dis covery is all the more startling from the fact that Griffiths had been a clerk for 13 years and had always had the entire confidence of the whole community. It is with great pain that this revelation has been made as no city officer had a bet ter reputation than the deceased. Ills estate is said will not meet more than one-fifih of the shortage and his bondsmen will have to make up the remainder. Wood Factories in North Caro lina. Charleston News and Courier. North Carolina appears to be lead ing all the other Southern States in the importaut Industry of manu facturing its forest resour-es into more valuable products than plauks and scantlings. Besides itd 500 saw mills and 85 fh ingle mills, says The Dixie Maga ziue, which gets its information from The American Lumberman, there are in the State 182 ilaning mills aud sash, door ami blind lac tones, 63 factories making furni ture, chairs, show cases, etc; 36 mak ing wagons, carriage, agricultural Implements, etc., and 25 making loxes, crates, veneers, etc., a total of 306 stahlishmeuts engaged in wood working which employ more or less killed" labor. Of ptrticuiar interest, says the magazine, is the number ot couceriis manuiacturing "hardwoods" iuto furniture, wagons, agricultural im plements and so on. This branch of industry was until recently practi cally monopolized by the North. Now there are "small towns in North Carolina, each with five or six such establishments," and from the fact that they have so greatly increased in number in the last few years, "it would seem that they have proved profitable." Tnere are comparatively very few such concerns in S -uth Carolina, and there are many c unities in the State, we believe, which are well supplied with valuable "hardwoods" in large quantity and variety, but w hich do uot turn a wheel for their manufac ture into any form. It is a prom is ing field for enterprising wood workers from other States, as the experience of North Carolina suffi ciently shows. A Woman's Hour. Please state to the court exactly what you did between 8 and 9 o' clock on Wednesday morning," said a lawyer to a delicate-looking woman on tne witness stand. "Well," she sa Id, after a moment's reflection, "I wash- d my t wo child ren and got them ready for school, and tewed a button on Johnny' -oat, and mended a rent in Nellie's dress. Then I tidied up my sitting- room and watered my house plants and glanced ovr the morning pi per. Then I dusted my parlor and set things to right in it, and washed my lamp chimneys and comb- d my baby's hair and sewed a button on one of her little shoes, and then I swept out the front entry, and brushed and put away the children's Sunday clothe-; and wrote a note to Johnny's teacher asking her to ex cuse him for not being at school ou Friday. Then I fed my canary bird and gave the groeryman an order, and swept off the back porch, und then I sat down and r sted a few minutes before the clock struck 9. That's all. of FOOHO LOST HUSSAR 0 IJCH. Cut In Wages. Harr'sbwrg, Pa., Nov. 30 The no tice pos-ted by ti e Pennsylvania Steel Works at oteehnn that a reduction of ten percent i wages would go into e feet January 1, was n t uuexpec ed For some time a st ry has been cur rent th t such notice would be pote 1, and there was no eurpri-w when it came this aft rn wn. About 6.100 uen will be affected by the cut. Durham is to have a dime savings bank that wi 1 be bwned cud --operated by colored people. OICU SAtTS PECOUAl TOOL ndiaa Head oa the Marrtaod aad lo4aatriea. Indian Head. Md , Diapateb, to the d dtimura oao. , Mot people have heard of India j Head, bat very fw appear to koo oiaea aboat it or even it location. r .at it is tract of land ond bj tn Fed ral g4erom-n( aomwbar ia Maryland, wnere Uocls Bacn flrr iff ui tag gaaa and m-hea arm r ptair, is the Tcry general and myaii el ev-ne-p ion of tne place. O rUj of the proving ground and m k' lc powder factory featnrtt towefer, th. t are ion mtrtio hisga worth knuwirg abont Iadai H. ad iiaelf nat is. the tows of Iu Itan Had, if it may be so call-. roe fact is there is no incorporate d (tarn of mat name, bat thre ar sever tl el alters of hoass twtn t -ne mile down the Potomac riTrr from Washington, on the Mary land short-, situated in Cnarias eonu ty, so designated. No oae has ! ueen accated of calling this plaee a town, lor it is not digaift d with a own hall or ven etiurch. It ha the prond distinction though, of fo-t-riogfonr saloons. Tne dHiogr nnmot-r abont thirty, nearly all u wbicnare lighted by electricity, tar utshed witn batLrooms and water nd supplied with the nsnal modi re Dpliaaes found in city houses. Taerei" cnt row of six brick houses raid i g alone. A strong imagina tion m ght fancy them lifted up ood ily from soma city and deposited iere in splendid isolation. Another carious thing about Iadiau Hed ir a line of trolley cars. Tnese are tot tne t x jlaaiTe nee of the govern meu. aowever. Tnere are no railroad fa cilities for reaching Baltimore ot Wash'ngton, the nearest railway sta-1 tion beine L Plata, the cuaiy seal of Charles county, fit ean mile away. Tae only means of transpor tation is by river steamers, aad tbtse facilities are not very ample. Indian head has a special reputa tion fur malaria and the concomi tant motqaito, some ot which linger here at tnis time of-the year, and iu const qience quioine is a staple drug iu ttxo community. Oer tnree hundred government tuiuluyt-8 make their hunes in and arouad Indian Head. Society is di vided into several tl&Fses, the naval ffi era, of course, bbving an txclu- aive society of their own. Taere are practically no private enterprises here. Toe recent t x plosion has left th" g io quite a dilapidated condition. E ery nous in the vicinity suffered unre or less. Lirge sections of plas- f.r were shaken down and window s&sbea and doors carried away. As a ens. q tence the houses are all open tne weather. A large contract tor giass is on, and the prospect appear ;oud for getting the houses patcued ip before the very cold weather sets iU. FELL INTO A WHITE HOT FURNACE. One Hundred People 'Writhing; in Burn' iog Heat- Many Hi d. 8an Fkakcisco, Njv. 29 Whi'e sixteen thouatnd people wore watch ing the foothill game between ih Stanford and B-rkley teams tod a cne roof of the Sau Francisco and Pic fit Glass works, on wbicti sever al buadred men were corgregated for the parpose of obtaining a fret view, collapsed, cnrryiog more than hundred men and b y down upoi the white hot turnaca b Ijw. E.even rA report d dead and more man 40 it j ired, fifteen of whom will die. Tne furnace was dirtc If uader neath the portion of the roof which gaye way. it is a Dries structure, aud the top ii a curved surface. The exterior heat on tne top of thu fur ac at the time or tue accident is saia to nave oeen nve nuuarea a- gne -i Fahrenheit. Tats is wh-re a tt-ast fifty fell wnen the roof caved Ou the top of this glowing farnace lay two score of men and bojs wri tamg in ag iny. 8 jme were stunned after striking the iron girder', other uad fallen headlong and were either lead or uncansciouj. Those not se riously iojartd burned tj the aid ot frietdd. Bat for the t.mely aid of these the dath list would have been tripled Tne scene that was presen ted looked l.ke a slaughter house. Cat Made 87 Revolution a Minute 1 wo and a Hair Houra. Sheboygan, Wis., Dispatch. for A maltese cat jumped into a large flywheel of the Plymouth Refriger ator Company's engine. As the engineer could not very well stop and shut off lights to release the animal, he waited until the usual time of shutting down. Ou stop ping the engine he iouud the cat alive and clinging to the flywheel. The wheel is 12 feet in diameter and nakeft 87 revolutions a minute. Consequently, during two and one- half hours the cat covered a distance of about 120 miles. Tne cat lives. and with the exception of lameness a pp. ars none the worse for the ex perience. Her Celestial Credentials. "Put it down thar," said the old nan n the obituary writer, .n at she wtz 42, an' likely for her age." -Taa' down." "Tnat she wnz never known to speak a cross word bein' deef an luoob from cbi.dhood." "Ad right." "Tnat she is now at rest on Abra ham's bosom, bat hold on: Ain t hat whar L ztrusist" I think s ..w He paused a momenN as 11 in Jeen thoushu Then he said: No matteit Put it down that she's ihar, too; fer ef ever Lizsrus sets aer comm' he'd vacate an' hunt an other restin' plaee. 'S.des tbt, ho' btentbar too long, anyhoa!" At lanta Constitution. Mr A P Bryn. Superintendent o tbe Southern Expre s office at tbis d ace. died a ; his home on Hi.isboru sfeet Friday a'teruoon. Mr Bryan had b-en Superinte dent-of .the office hart for Um past forty jaaxs. BOERS ivin VICTORY. BRITISH OAnRlSON OF 400 MEX ANDTWOCUXS CAPTUUED. GENERAL BOEESTS CUUS IIS fi- CRCTS. O oaf cat n tVet'e Sareofat Attack tba Blllah-Cap C'otoajr HtrfW. Thr-atra UebUUos CuatitrMUtia la Kaaiaad. General DeWre h won another bn I- liaot victory. Lord Ruber s catt-d V- lxnd n from Johannesburg, under date of Wfdnedr Nov. 2: "The le Wet -dorp garri-on. of two guns if the iztj-eighth Field Halle ry, with rtetaciinints of the O'ou'v- t-rhire Regim-nt, the II ghlaml Light tt fantry. and lih Kifle. 400 i i all ur rendered at 60 p in., Novembei 21 Our iusses were fitteen men kil ec ard forty-two wounded, includins Msj.il. J. Anson and ( apt. I'ibj Trie f nemy is -a d to be zt&00 strong. "For hnndrrd mn were dispatch-d from Kdenburg to relieve le v etslrp but they did nut succeed in reacliiiiK tt'ere hi time Knox joined ht fore- and found De Wet-iorp evaciiatrl -eveniy-nve si k and wounded hi been left there Kn x pir ued, and i retried to have s iccsstully engagei "tt-yn and Wet, near Vai Baim, N v -mber t7 'I hey retired west aim southwest. Knoi' messt-inrer failed to get through, fo I have no details " Lord Kebertfl al o reorts tn it vn rio'is ut.lutitns fuiin I the lioer holding stro g titui ns in the vicm tyof Liar risuiilh, Fhitlipoliii (btl . in I he ir anire Kiv-r o ony), and other widely separated points. he fighting, how ever, wa f litlie imporiance. " Boer raiders have reached the Or an ire Kiver i h-y liave fired l to te rtrilish camp, ou th Lape - olo v id at Sandrifl, killing one man aud wouu- din fir tw otlierA ol. I'll n r naa a smarr sKirmisn fuesdav. November 27. with ran. ol 4 u I'e wets coiniiiauu, wuicn wa: couvoyi g loot c pt'i red at I'e W in dorp. I lie Boera re reated. abandon lug a rortion tue ioc ana a large number o1 horse. Former l'reaidem Stevn and Uen. ie wet were in lo-e P'oxuuity to tne scene ot the ngnting. but hey eluded th British "I he Boera w-re so teuacioiH that Col. Ii cherv men actual y reacneu a position within thirty yards of them where r volver Miots a ere tx-nangeu the Boe8fhelled the Briti h witii Hi i e-n-pounders capLurei at De Wtis doro Kx-re-ident Myn ana oen. ie Wet. who were beak a-tmif at a faTln near b, roie u to uie wexvwaru, i av ing the British lrnt cl-ar o far a Known, former President teyn is not wounite I. although reports io the con trary hive be-n ciroulat a I lie unt ii-h casiiaiti s were one man ki led antt six men woiiiid.i . .-ever .1 Boers wh had beeu wouu ed were found by the Bri isb ! eyn and He Wet hav unce been reoorted io b encamp d in tb west ward, between Helvetia and Ihe rail road, but the command appears to hve hriken ii n into three b lies. I)i-tncl ij mmissioner Bote. of 1 e Wets-'orp remains in te u-txty nt the hurh-rs Man farme s in the disuict Lave join ed lien le wet " I he disater at He Wetsdorn ha snt a thrill of a arm thrush Great Britain. The cen-orahip continue- so strict that there is no hone of arriving at a clear conception of the actual po hition of affairs in So .th A rica For instance, indenenden' a -counts o" the AiibseQiient proceeding- and the recap ture ol Hi wet a rp give 'ipieueiau not oniitti e t ainou 04 the ca .ture of two Boer wag ns and q a-ti y of . f t I! !... A. . 1 ot; DU mere ino laexiiiciiLeMt men tion of the surrender of 40 1 Br lish troop and two guns, whcli wre not even tl sauteu. iiii-mncii as in ooer; were abl to use them again t the Bri. OU v .x.. . - - 'i'h "oh n,.itnii De Wet" seem gain to have tcott-n away and so far, there is no news that the captured British have been liberated. .".uni inrnooniileraLion ihe pnic- matical military situat on no th f the Orange Kiver. t e iuol lermg rebejhon in ape Colony, the rumors that France has promised Mr. Krugerto presi ar bitration on Kng'and if he ia ab'e t obt-iu ihe support of Oe many, and that Lord rtiichei.er. after a 1, is 11 t to b- triven th-i chi f command i South Africa, tbe Briti.-h g.ve ninent will me t the new Parliamerr. next week at an exceedingly iuopportuue moment London, Nov. 30 The War Ofnc onfirnis tbe sta'ement that (ieueral R berts yesterday handed over th- chief command of th Bri i&h or -e n South Atrca to Uentral Kiteh ne , o has been pro not d by the Qieeii tobealieiiten nt-gen-ial. with t e lo cal rank of full g-n-ral while commun ing in Sodh fr'c New York. N v 30 The Biter ref u- gres who arrived in this country la a aeek were muctt ptea-ea tnis morning er the cahle di patch from London an noun 1 g wener-i Honeris- report t at 4oo British soldiers with two gun had urre dered to the Boers at le- v'eti-dorp, southwest f Bloemiontein I bis is very g od news," sa d Cap tain ViMientbi- morning " I be dispatch cays mat mere were ntur.d 400 and th t only 15 we e kil ed You may make up your mind that oar victory as much greater than wa reported, in tne nrsi pi ice no British force is going toaurr-Miner iu9t liecsuse fifteen men were Mile t. 1 here w uid htve to be more severe slaughte than 1 hat to caue tbein to gi up. and you can wager that tbe los- was gre t- er. men too, in- reports e s oui from South Africa and lo donareceii- s red, so altogether 1 think we hae won a srood vietory. A- regarus ape olony, I am not surprised a . the re port of the unsettled condition mere. indeed, ! w ina not oe burpn-ei 11 oui b eak had already occurred. Boer commandos bav already penetrated various 1 arts of Cape - olony I know tbis from lelt ra 1 have received I t ink thtt an up'ipiug is certain If it does occur it means thar. otf.OoO addi tional men wi 1 be added to Ureat Britain'-en mies in South A frict. ihisis about as many as the Irausvaal has ever had in the nel I "fit took England thirteen months com ke any headway against us what w Hebe do witb 5d0 0 fresh fighting men? Practically all of England's vol unteers iave returned to tneir home and the forts now in South Africa in Door condition. I be iioer causa I by bu means aaad.n PUT CNILfittl IN AN C0IRC3U TO CIE So MaaMaa waa Cit t llootwr Mchaaaa. Tne Raleigh eormiondent of the Wiltulugtoa M'SHeoger mys: Fiauk Sruill, Ki , wt here to lay ou bin way Imhih fnni Naii uuty, where he apjk-arvd venter day a one of the wMivutlng at tor ues in a ca- whkh he sy4 U th- uiont re vol iug In Its twxrtk cruel ty of alt of wnlch he 1ml- ever bad kiiokige in North Carol I na. Jeorge Griffi t and wife, white, erv iiled for cau-iug the U-ath ofGrif tiu'a lour cnildreo by a former mar lge. The ol Unt of the four wa- barely ten. Griffin and the t-p mother nit theHe children in sn out lou.ie, 60 lxt from their home, anl tell them llrv in one mi-arable t.d, with no attention. Tliy fell ill with dropy, aid in Itct were half rvtarvi-d In June one died. fhe toIy lay on the bl l-mlde th- iving children. Alt were covered with bel H-res, and the aud th bed itself were alive With in gi tin. fhe e idei.Cc was o hoir.l It as to icken tlie Ju Ige and the jury. It 'as in evidence) that the iuhumau -Vp-n lot her had said ahewas "gtting t move the mis Table little dirt- eat iug devils out iuto ihe outhous and let them di-." Tire grand jury returned a true bill for murder, bui it was decided to try for man laughter, as it was contended lor the defence that on acHint of the grinding imv rty of Griffin and hi ite the children died as much ot lisease as of ieglect, laau-aj he ould not furnish them medicine. No medicine was given them, no loctor saw thni. The home of ihe (In Hi us is in the oarkeet turt ot Nash unty. The people who lived near clearly did not understand their luty as neighbors, for they should have taken the children away by force if neceary, as soon as they di-covered their horrible condition. Wiienever the nelhtors went to aid the children. Griffin made threats of violence and diove them away. fhey icxik away the body of the (irst child who died, aud buried it. dVr it had remained some time in the bed with the living. At in tervals of about ten djya the other children died and the ueighb rs had to take away their bodies. It was urgrd in thH attempt to get clem ency for Griffin tht he was sick with typhoid fever part of the time. He was given a 12 year's ttentence to ihe penitentiary and his wife six years. She got the shorter term be- eime r-ht was no blood relatlou to the children. Eugene V. Debs Sayings. The world is my country. I hap- petied to be bom iu the UniUil States, but that is no rea-on why I Jiould hate my brothers in other countries. I oij ct to ldng a slave. I ncorn to be a master. 1 ivfue to be td my back to the economic la-h. I -coru tw !ie a ,nater. I refuse to bend mv la.k to the economic lash. I acoru to wield one. The modern wge earner remains a wage earner. 111s only escape is hrough the bu k door of suicide. fne lab irer biiilds palaces and lives iu hovels; he lives in coal miues and has no fuil. The anthracite coal region is a su burb of hell. The miners work in the cold and keep alive the h-arth tin's of the world. Love and pov erty do not dwell together. Belter vote for freedom and fail, than vote for slavery and suct-ml. The condition of the woi king-nan is economic slavery. It is not ueces- . , I sary 10 own a siave oaiii. it is I only nece-sary to own his tools. I Tneeheanwt commodity on this L-kinii.Bi.i,m.1.ii,llk..,iu;.i I -""-j ..... . we proauce s-miucntnat wenave- . .... n't enough of anything. gh of anything. I shall resist the present ystem with every drop of blood in my veins. I am opposed to thesys'em which permits some to have more than they can possibly use, while count- ler-s millions suhVr fur bare nece-d- ties. Kvery millionaire in the coun try represents 10,000 traiii. It is not ihe fault of the capital- is' 8 that they do not own the sun If the arms of the corporations were long enough, they would have a meter ou every sunbeam. Hickory's New Industrie. Hickory, Catawba county, is be- coming one of the most suisuntial manufacturing towns In Western North Carolina. Th Hickory Mill ing Com piny, making flour aud lU'-al, is erecting a p ant of 150 bar rrls daily cap'itv, with an elevator capacity of 40,000 bushels. The Miore Milling Company is building a flour and meal mill with a easi ly of 100 barrels daily, and an eleva tor capacity of 30,000 bushel. A cotton mill is being built wun an equipment of 10,618 ppindies and 200 looms making yarn ami cloth aud cipitaiizd at $i00,00. The Piodtnont Wagon Company Is erec ting a lirge new brick building and the Hickory Novelty Company Is doubling the capacity of its plant. an 1 Machinery for a new steam laundry h.. hi or.lprwl- To ail.Iit on .L .t . mew iuprove;o.u-, a UCw vt. . 1 . 4 . 1 x r. uas recenii own i-wiw nt hi Hiekorv bv the Baoti-ta. and a large nw It jut ! church Ls bein? erected in the centre of the city. 0 rant Tenson. Tresanrer of tbe State! riel bv the D-stor of the Paoiui key Ftir. i- n jw raying off ihs premiums ana prizes iwirueu a tue r air. ; M ' . . . .... 1 The "Dewey Arch" was sold to are mtinmn ..f lIio Charleston Kxrjoaition I from McKinlev'a cabinet to become at is las . week as old trash. The price toruwaslaS.. CJTN CAESURA? U9 R0AS. 4a, w MIU a SmrtM Norfolk Land mar k. There It rapldlr approvals com plr tion a ovw ratlrd, bkb bfi coenectlona are mad wlil this city, win op a nw mark, t la the Nvrth and Laat tor tb pro locte vf that s-vtiu of the Mate ot Sonh Car4iaa, cf which KAkljb te the ootre. The ruad la qcrstidB Is the Grt KaeU'D IUII ay Work 04 11 w. 0- gun m rw than a year ag tii far eme unacooaottble ra-on tb work did not progr.M very rapidly b-rai a W4uiV jalf.oniSaja 8111, la Ur ne county, to UaMti, . aaaiog ibrugh the loans of Fr nonf, Keoj. Archer, L dga, C rkaaodHu l Um 1 thus ispptat the moat f-rtlle regloae of iorv cuatla. Aa has b aa Utd, th. a-ork of the surveyor aa far as 1U1 eigi ha 1 long bern compleUd. aoi ihe work of gra4lng has txa prac tca ly IlaUbed a far aa premoat, dlataoc of elg btec mllee It t now prupo-d u pusa ib wok to rapid e mpletlo,aod tb grading tod track laying over th for y oiilea btwea Krvmoot and Kat lab. It la eipwcUd, will bo tinisa ed by spring. The new road 1 really a ptrt of the Vaod.rbtltsystem,and tbepar po-e Is tA make con oeclloa with th Sorfolk & rtouthera.anda tbtaUt er road 1 a also a part of the atari tyatem.lt wilt bn seen that wbli. tb coatemtilated construction ol the Great Eastern embraces onl 8 ml lee of track it owvrtbe!ea, l iis connactlon with the Norfolk A Southern, opens not only a dir.-ci lo to this city, but to the Nrtb tod r.tst as wll, by connect Ion vith the New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk road, which forma a very important part ot the Vu.drbiit system. Ranch Bigger Than Two State. N. Y. World. There U a cttle raneh in Txv lot qatte as large as Aia-e-Lorrain -hree-furihs the s s of Wales, mnew Urger thai Porto Bieo and almost as large as HawaiL It could -wallow up the States of Rhode llaad and Delaware com blued, and would overlap Connecti ?nt by maa-f tnoasand acrrs. Its area is abou'. 5.000 square mile. It is dis tributed over nine rounties. Tucked away iu the n-rthwes cor ner of the Panhandla it would notb. muuitd out of Texas, which is larger han either France or the Germs n Empire. Its name is tbe X IT ranch. It t owned by a Cnicsgj syndicate. Tne property is not y-t worked tt any hiog like tts f nil rapacity, tut r ustaia about 12o.'XX head of cattle atid 1 600 noraes Tne numtn population of th ranch ia very scanty, only 125 men ate employed to lok after tbe lv. stock, each mai covering on aa av erage forty square m 1-s. Taur la b rs are sitafldl-d by an extensive ytem of barbed wire fence. Taere are ranch bonsts, sail', rrs ervoirs, wiodm.lla, dams and all olb rt acceesorUs aeedad on suehaprop rt y. About twelve years ago, when T x -isnei-dtda new State capitcl, tu legislature adapted a novel plan to grt it. A prjmiss was held forth tnat a vast tract of laud would be given for a budding. A-nong ihe tempted by tMs off-r were x Sana'or Cbailes B. Farwell aad his brother Jjuo. who ul'imate- ly formed a syndicate in Chtcag and took up 3 a th-oi'elve tie ra P3nsibdity of erecting the proposed eapitol. Tli King Devil FUTu An exchange Utes that the Stan dard Oil Com piny has depo-dta iu different lianks amounting to one- til ih ol all the money In In coun try, ami his paid to its stoekhoid rs dividends durLig the iireseut year amounting to $lC,C00,OO0. Roke teiler, liead of the oil tru-.t, made $l,000,0oo in forty miuutcs by a 1 a a mi Dar-a a- aiivx aa. w v - ri-aj on his stocks, and then gave . 0 .. . I... . ... Use his philanthropy. The Women of Saa Freaetero Pay Fifths of the Tas.a aad Claim fehoald Hvaa Voice In Ite San Francico Dispatch. A novel application was made here today by on of the leaders of theCal i ornia -ociety for Securing Femal SiitTrare Mrs Ellen C. Sargent, wid w of lite late Un ted HUtes Senator Aaron A ara"en-, p-titine t the board of sutler ifvra to order tbe tax c lire tor to rotund her taxes on the ground fat she is deprived of her right t v te. rhe pad ax-s, amounting to $140, ip der protest, an t In her petition he allege that tne deprl.at on 01 rer rgbt ol ai iff rage because o her sex robi her of 1 olitiral power that should belo g to every tax-payer. S ve al o h r pro i-iuent women be longing to this le a e suffrage ass -cia ti n al o pa d taxes this year under proteat Among litem are wrs. Jane L Stanford, who ptys axes on aeveral millions of secur ties, aud Mrs John F Swift, widow of a former United states minister to Japan. They have gat i red statistics showing that twu nrtbs of all the taxes m San Francic are paid by w-a n ai d bey ay they shoul 1 have be nght to Vote on me .icipal it not on general m .Iters. White Girl Karri Richmond Idspatch 1 an Indian- Mi-srarhE Co aba, a young white woman 2rt years old, living In Fa ton. a mi urb of th-s eity. vn Saturday mar ried ter ing Sampson, a fuU-btoialed Pamunkey Indian Sampson isn hn- I no tant m n of tne reservation, lie i- to f stalwart rtuna ana snrea oeyona . s s a a . i most of bis tribe lie ha- accumulated . fc . fa 1 r - . ti tbe reservat on He rime to fii- I ton to sell and 1 1 biy. He is 41 ye I ld lie met wi h favor in Mi-eCootba' I am m &J aaS f Sk await av liAfl jrir at vXaa Sjta. M M n W-W BJ 1 1 VTI i SS III iwvuau mr awaaav w enough to know her own mind and no obiertion was r i-d. They were war I Bsptiar church, and Mr Sampson ha I L . A t . . V. 1 oeca auvyicu uv Maw. tbe Attorney General Griggs is to retire paid tomey for the Liquor Dealers Aasooi- ataaiavia jta PJIiCltOlf CET1U9 cuts. A OtW Trait mUtlmm la lhs u, ibwui t full Mar rl. Galavt Oa,-ciJ,r3J,te A- LaaU Nra, Uae death aa t etrht raeea ef s. nott lll, aad ig or lea aiA tr raava al as awftaas tar- ba 8 U U bre by tbeeallagof dvU4 t-raba al tbe a4r wed liaceUbra !oa ot Mt aad Jara L t. ChajBa ra. A fer partaktaj of tbe aata4. a a u rubr wot bain aai al ara be gvnto f.-l eapeaaaal fl c t a, AtQ iDf ibtwaha q tickly a4ck-e-J ttol J O. AiB nt al's, tV. K. MrKlrtaey, nttik t of taa iai Haw a. aad I f J (lay Bnttoa editor or ihe agU, aaj Jobe Huech aad wifa in a few day a mmbrt of Mr. Cbiiubfr'i faotily tN tak-alll- Wise-a Marian aod CatrU Casa b- ra. Oertrud V llllarue aad Eala ftKinoey Ulng T-ry aUk. Tae laat a.m.-tl to are yl la a preca loue coditltfc T o Ua ago otbr cara dcval ip!' Lvt-ff ooe hat -aia I he lltd crabs Toe ayiptoms wr all al k. lea mling l phuld faVeT k.m-w h U Ibe pMlclaas. at flrat at a loea to account for ila iium, proQttuac- d it aptic f.-vrr and gtsilc fever aud autotoiloe poiontig Ta It waa Ovdlcd that wry oaa iff t4 bal altondrtl tLe weddlog aod oat en tha raniil gMMa. Caaee of (OiiHolng fn 111 rauod gods were looked Up at 4 tbe lutrvuiui op'a ion plac.l the unlortunase ortgla 1 Ite trouble. Thom ill were Mrs, Mary Estea, arlfrt of Ju Igt. J jbo I? Kt-a who Itt-d Monday laai ; M aa Ku a IIoch, W joe conitttloa la very dang roue ; .!re.loi. II -ward ruompoa. 1 o n iy avbuvl c .tuanUatoafr, f. R RjO rtaou, Mim AIL- Una s, Mrs, rlod J.xirain. form-rlr of Ibis cit ; MImi llvll.n Jjbnatja. Tbeoe tre all very al.k al thb prvoaot I me. tlthers who were IU, but nnr have n c v rd. ar: Mrs F. M. J .hna n, Mra. ivr.lon Tbonuieon, Mis mUuti.tH Thomas, Carrie Joan aoa. Marian and l arile Chtuibwrs and EuSa McKmney aaj Mr. Ezra Pilgrim. Mrs. J .hn A Hmlth Is very low. Oa new rass has d 'Vlopd at the aemlosry ; ihe only on who was sent a waiter of tae pjlsjned dlah. A LESSON TO THE WORLD. How th IVopla of w Zoataat Ilara Ho!.4 lh laaaalrtal I American NnnconCrmikt. I lie lit le (.land o' New Zetland, way down in th- nouih-rn ocean, con-linu-a 4 ive the wold pointer after p4nter in the wy of g-d govern ment. Kvery tMK-ialM ic inn vtiion haa worked well and tits laid the fiUa- lalin for farther advaocea in tbe ame d-ruction Kra Zealand, live all otter nations. has a large il 1- d.bt. bt unlike f em, the inoi-rv a ewnJtd in pub- lie i"'v niriil and h4)iig b-xnea (W the pe p r, i.led ot g w IO 3rry on arf cm j .rt aud the sep pri ol la'K toliiiaT aruoea Ibe railroad. ielrgra b. tal a v ng bLitks and l.iir iff bu-irit i.nned by 'be gv riinient, and nttile charges to 1 he pe are r tuuch I aa lisu lt-re. stilt lite) ra ly par io te'et on the public dc-l.t a-d leave a hand mi e nr-li t tlw p'e lo be mtetet I oibt-r iitiprt.trm M Pari of the money t.f tlu oternmevtt Is aned t- ..r seltUrs at a rry lw rate of in 1 ere t. to b- M-rd in IIm i ra il! ovrn tent of 'heir C aiuM We d dlf- ferrnily in the I lilted Mates We are ki.tiinc 19 .Utaisi ot ur p .14 r mKi-y to Ue net larikrr vrillnrui ialerest. H Itea the . Hirer I r Zeaaod re port hat lite ( ubli.- leiraitii lit made a few imiII'o a Met profit t e people re- jteiee. fori is 11m r noey ImO in ibis cMiiilry Ibe W.ieru l"i io 1 lele grsph c-iii.aiiy dertares a q-iarterly dividend ol two nr -eut. on I SJ W, ijoO f wlered tu- h a lr rnefi rJ.tce and are exee ituf il. b it Ibe inaS of lite peop e can ou y envy the forta- rsteuteaabo are robbing tneta by law When in New Zealand the govern m nt repor s an inc ea-e of Vll,i la Ibe receipt of l e public raiirosds It i good er lo rvrrj luai., w toa and chud in the count n. Ir ea ii of lten ia part ostirr of th t increa-ed prwBt, but ale-n 1 lie I ion l'at3c r ilroad eompany rb-tw by its rp rt that It has hid a 1 rtlable yer aod lias Jear e4 many nulli in on lite rurXj It Itrt-t wrecked and then boi(l.t beck agiin at a wr rent discount, it ia a iibjec.t fo co"grattltioi tonob-dyia 1I1- wide wjfld except a few I .amenity r ch stock bolder I Ik o-ojm bate no interest in lite tusinea except pay extravagant fretfhu aud fares fur lite ecluiv- bn fi of tueu WiMi do Uot need the ro o y. In ew Zedand tne people are g aa utlly re. ut.ua- every tiog li the bisis of pu'-lic oners i p. and o far the scheme Uas workei admirably. ucAurrroBc us res- Afro-Aaaeriean Lrncwa to Take Conatttw. UoaaJ Aaaewdmaa ta tka Sagr.ms Ibe National Afro-American council iaa appointed s committee to that tbe validity of the Louisiana cootitu- lion ef l&i la tested before tbe So- Premei'ourt, 1 It opinion oi a numoex ui imiin lawyers. North and SvUlb, has beea obtdneJ respecting te Louiaisna an North arolina ii retricung -ai-iraare and tie supreme '"ort will have bef. re it sbor ly cae tat it believ ed will aee re an expre-si .n of it opin ion reapecUog these ssiflraga laws. Oasrmiee Leis f-e Otaar 1 Tbe Al nuance Gleaner sa) s : "Many uf the Un on mill rperath are leaving be county and gang to Suirt arohiia. Georgit and oiber pont. Mure tba 1 one bun Ired w 11 u-ave her, an I aa maoy from Hsw R.ver aud Burlington, av li. we are te r.trme I. Among tlem are a crest ma ny exce lent people wlto prefer ' o go rlaewbere rstber tbn furrender rig .ts snd privilege which tbe.-, as citixas, deajs their own ai.d sbou d enjiy. Tbe Univers ty of Ne-rth ra-niioa played a game o fo t-lll wiihUeo-ga. tianCo egeat tieoegetoan TluuT piiagaaj. JUtUtswiatJircJa '
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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Dec. 6, 1900, edition 1
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