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THE CAUOAGIAN PUBLISHED XVERY THURSDAY BY TUX CAUCASIA PUB. CO. SUBSCIirriOM IATES. Om Year, . Sis Months, Three M oaths. 1.00 .eo 85 PROOrOFTIIK STEALIKU. Ths election in Aosrust was tarried bj the most notoriously fraadolant, disgracaf al, and damnable methods Ter known in this or any other State. It was a rif antie and wholesale steal, wbleh has brought the grand old 8tate into national disgrace. thanks to the most corrupt political machine thaterer infested an Amer ican State. Men all orer the United BtaUs are astounded and shocked a the situa tion in North Carolina, whore a "r publican form of government ba been absolute) d9ied her eit !; where a lawless mob have no respect for the rlgh s or llOorties of their fellow citix u ; where thousands of white cltmns were disfranchised through the method of ballot-stuff ing, bull dosing, intimidation and coercion. All good ciiisvns of the 8 ate who love law and order deplore the nnen Tiable situation. Tay keolj fet the shame and disgrace that hv been heap d nooa tnHcst bf th conduct of the pdittotl maehia that now controls the State If one 8tate in the Uaioo can b overthrown and denied a "repubh can form of goTerom-'nt," the ques tion natorallf arises: where will snob conduct endl This is a question that Is uppermost In the minds of thoughtful men who hare some re gard for the "consent of the gorern ed. It is an awful and deplorable situ atlon when a minority can by a riot ous and anarchial methods overturn the will of the majority in all parts of a State. Tms was done in the August else tion. Fraud and ballot-stealing were practiced in all parts of the State. It was in no sense confined to the counties whet the negroes are numerically stronger than the whites It was done in white connties where the ntgro rote was very small and lnsign.flcant, in fact, in connties wbre the negro rote was in no sense a factor. The machine ringsters and corrup tion is ts pretend that they want save the negro counties from 'nig ger domination." That was their campaign slogan yet these same thieves were not sat iflrd to steal the votes in the negro gro oounties. but they robbed white men of their votes in coan'ies where the negro vote wa so small and in sigoifloant as not to be factor. Now, we shall give the Democratic vote east. ( r to be accurate, conn ted) In August and compare tha vote with the Carr-Simmons vets. In August Ay cock reoeivtd 186 650 votes. The combined Carr and S,m mons vote oast in November was on ly 149 637, showing a decrease of 37 013 voter. Li ke Vance's cat-flsh the Democratic vote ''swank migh uiy in the brlet space of three months. As the Carr-Simmons vote of 149 637 proves the democratic strength in the State at "big a water mark," also illustrates the ei'ent of tl stealage in August of at least 37.013 voter, which if addrd to the vote for the co-operative ticket, wonld have elected it by an overwhelming ma- jrity, notwithstanding the fact that thousands of voters were denied the right to register, and many voters were also intimidated to such a de gree that they did not vote. The ballot-staffers, according to tne published vote, stol 37 013 votes. No donbt the machine deplored the primary method of selecting the candidate for the Senate, for this plan proved to be a tell-tale in that it gave a more correct ida of the Dem ocratic vote in the State. It must be admitted, however, that this 149 000 votes is not the Demo cratic strength. It is less than 149, 000 tor Simmons, no donbt, received some "nigger votes, while Carr re ceived some Populist. Can any man who has sny self-re specr, and who believes in honesty in pontics, as well as in businaaa. hesitate as to his dnty in the present deplorable and eorrnpt political sit uation in North Carolina! Can he longer remain silent when he is confronted with the effioial evi dence of the stealing of 37,013 votes in the August electiont Should not every honest man feel keen! th deep humiliation and shame that Have been brought upon the o-ood old Bute that was first to "cry aloud" against oppression and tvrannvf If they do, then it is time that they jnoujd unite with all men of like vuws, and call a halt to the infi ll onslj corrupt political methods and practices, and save the fair name ot the State. A Dangerous Offense. A Georgia paper Is responsible for the following? An Alabama Judge In Instructing a jury said: Geo tl. men of the jurj, you nave neard the evidence. The Indictment charges the prison er at the bar with stealing a Jack ass. 1 his offense, gentlemen, s ems to be becoming a very common one in this state, and the time has now eome when it must be stopped Otherwise, gentlemen, none of ua will be safe." i Representative Kitchln has off ered in the Bouse a resolution to repeal the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States. This amendment provides that "The right of the citizens of the United State or of any Bute to vote sha 1 not be denltd or abridged on account of race, color or previ ous condition of servitude." This amendment was originally Intended to prevent discrimination against the negro In the right to vote. By the introduction of his reoo lutloa to repeal the fifteenth amend ment in order to prevent the negro everywhere, from voting. Mr Kitch in confesses to the world that the North Carolina amendment is eltb er unconstitutional or that it will not be effective in removing the negro from politics as he and other Democratic speakers claimed for the pet scheme. If be ware entirely satisfied as to the ffM-tlvnefts of the North Car olina amendment to eliminate the race issue. Mr. Kitchln certainly would not have attempted to re peal th fifteenth amendment. Bis cooduct In this regard is a confess ion of a lack of faith In his "pet, cure-all' "grandfather clause." Furthermore, Mr KItchin could not consistently oppose an effort on the part of the Repub lean Con grrss to reduce tne Mouth's repre sentation on account of the sup pressed vote, because a repeal o the fifteenth amendment would make more certain the reduction Mr Kitchln will certainly occa py a most redlculous position should the measure for the reduo tion of Southern representation come before Congress, because his effort to repeal the fifteenth amend ment invites the reduction of rep res int&tion in Congress and In the Electoral College. TH.K SITUATION IX LOUISIANA. The New Orleans Times-Democra in an editorial which appears else where calls attention to the certain danger of the disfranchisement o thousands of white voters of that State on aocount of their inability to pay or carelessness in paying their poll tax T 4 .a ii says mat since tne adoption o the constitutional amendment, which is similar in form to the amendment which was adopted by "force and rraud in our state, the voters are very slow qualifying themselves for the franchise by paying in advance their poll tax. A failure to do so dislranchises the voter. Lt it be remembered that the Democratic speakers in the August campaign pledged tne people that so white Uk WOULD BC DISFRANCHISED by th AMENDMENT. we call particular attention to this extract from the Titnes-Demo-erat editorial, on the effect of the wholesale disfranchisement of white voters an aooouut of failure to pay their poll tax. It sayc: "This means that the political eon trol of the city will pass wholly into the hands of ward politicians, free from any restraint." fn ; hi t -i . ion win do ine exact situation in North Carolina when the infamous amendment goes Into effect The poll tax feature was designed and in tended to disfranchise thousands o unfortunate white men. The Sim' mons machine, no doubt, knew this when they submitted the amendment with the tax feature to it. THE ELECTION LAW. Mr. B. A. London, of Chatham who Is a member of the Legislature, In his paper, the ChUhatn Kecord, of recent date, declares that one of the essential things that the Legis lature should do Is to enact an hon est and fair election law. Be says : "If illiterate iugro.s are elimina ted from politics by our suffrage amendment then nobody ought to object to the enactment of a per fectly fair and impartial election law. And we believe that the en actment of such a law would not only be generally approved, but would create a kindlier feeling be tween fair-minded men of all par ties." Mr. London probably feels the shame and humiliation that the grand old State has to bear in con sequence of the outrageous and no torious frauds that were practiced in the August election. ' '" commenting on Mr. London's a A. m m i eaitoriai the unarlotte Observer says: "The present election law fa n Just and unfair, and ought to be re- peaiea." The Observer, in fact, says that it "cannot Imagine an object to which an honest member of the Legislature could so well devote himself than the repeal of the un just and unfair election law, and that "there will be no Justification for an election law which will ne. ble white men to cheat white men." One Item of the Cost. Ashsville Oasette. In. n account from the sUte treas urer's office of the disburaements for the last two Tears. nndir th. a- eratio admiirion. on a... on. item is $21 600 l'gal advices And expense. It would he interest log to Know now much of this amnnnt was expended in defending eases in which the unconstitutionality of law passed In 1899 waa nr. , Sl Sr V assess ia SwaVPsV bow much ot this w fif of Simmons ft Pou, whwi .J: t. . 7J 4 " :riLcoun' wo of TO BZPZAL TRX riFTZtTsTTH I THX POLL TAX. New Orleans Times-Democrat. But twenty-one days rras4n In which the poll taxes of 1900 may be paid In Louisiana. If not paid with in that time the voter so falling dls ran eh lees himself for the next two years and cannot vote at the con gressional election of 1902, nor at any other election beid to nil vacan cies, etc. Be disfranchises himself as thoroughly and effectively as the Constitution disfranchises the illiterate and property less negro Experience warns us that once the suffrage Is lost it Is difficult to get the voter back to it again. Be be comes accustomed to staying away from the polls, loses his Interest In elections and drops o it of sight as far as politics are concerned. The evil grows steadily worse; that Is, the number of self disfranchised men Increases from year to year In Mississippi nearly haif the white voters have surrendered their suff rage through care.eesoess and a failure to pay their poll taxes ; and the press of the Htate Is having bard work to get the other half to pay. There Is every reason, therefore, why Louisiana shou d make the most strenuoufl exertions to Induce all its white citizens to pay their poll taxes and thus qualify them selves to vote. The new sy tm go a into effect this year, and If we start out badly. If only a fraotlon of the white voters pay their txea and tnus hold their suffrage it will be a bad aud contaminating Influ ence. It most be admitted that the outlook U unpromising, at least In New Orleans. Less than one loarth of the voters have pild their poll tax- 8, and the number of payments made each day Indicates that a half, two-thirds or even more will voluntarily disfranchise them selves. The ward leaders some time ago. It will be remembered, held a conference to consider this question, and resolved to make an earnest canvass of their several wards, each leader pu'sulng what ever policy he might deem best, to get their backers to pay up their poll tax a. The movement has met with some little success; that is, they have succeeded in getting their strikers and backers to fit themselves for the suffrage; but 'he general mass of the voters have not been reached, and consequently are not paying their poll tax, but are disfranchising themselves At the present moment the indi cations are that the electorate after Jan. 1, will consist either of reales tate owners, who generally pay their poll taxes when they pay the other taxes on their property, or of the political classes, the ward lead ers and their Immediate followers and supporters; and the average voter, who, although be may not be a taxpayer, Is deeply interested in the government and prosperity oi Mew uneans. win be shut out entirely. This means that the po uticai control oi tne cty will pass wnoily into tne bands of the ward politicians, free from any restraint. NATION'S WORST DANCER. Era eat Crosby 8ays the Dangerous Classes are Among-the Wealthy. In an address delivered by Ernest n. irosoy before the recent confer ence on religion in All Souls' church, New Yoik, he said, among other thines: "If you want to flad the danger ous classes in this city, do not go in to the east side among the ignorant, the criminal and tne poor ; do not go into the Tenderloin to fl id them or any other like locality. Ton would not find tht m by going to Tammany Hall or to the chief of police. Bat if you had stood at the doors of Oelmouicols last night as the mem bers of the chamber of commerce filed in to sit down to the annual dinner of that organization, or had you stood on the streets of this city when the sound money paraders passed by, you would have found them. Sevenor eight families in this country own one-eighth of its entir. wealth," he said- This was not so 20 years ago. The larger the wealth f this country grows to b a the fewer the bands it gets into. The cry is, Let us have prosperity, no matter where it comes from.' Taey forget that true men would rather earn $1 a day as free men than $5 a day as henchmen." six. Crosby declared that the rights of the people were being yielded np o the favored few. Supreme sel fishness underlay the passion fer wealth and deadly isj istico was done to Individuals and races. This wa oontrary to the spirit and traditions of the Anglo-Saxon race. "That race never takes away the rights of any people for it own bene fit," he said. "It has always bat tled and stood up for its own rights. 'The remedy for plutocracy is to remove the condition which makes the nndue accumulation of money possible. It would be a good begin ning to tsx the water out of stock and the unearned increment ont of land. But the most important thing ot all is to substitute a new ideal in the popular mind. "The ideal set by Wail street and adopted by the country at large is to get as much as you can for as little as you can. "The new ideal should be that each man should have his just earnings and nothing else. It he is wor h $50,000 to a community, let him bave it, but not millions of dollars besides. suppose i shall be designated an anarchist for saying these things. All truth of this character is anarchy to those who exploit the people. I shall, however continue to speak the truth, no matter how I am design ted. Drunken Bevel In a Cemetery. Sk Newport News, Va., Dec 9 -At ureeniawn uemetery, early this morning, considerable excitement was caused by the discharge of fire arms In the hands of a large mob of drunken negroes. The shooting was long, Indiscriminate, and ap parently motiveless, but Peter Page received a bullet in his body. Officers were summoned to the scene, but no arrests have been made. A Karse Kills Child. New York, Dee. 8 Alios O'Don nell, the nurs girl who kill-d the in fant child of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Jones, in Brooklyn, last night, was arrested today. 8he admitted killing tb chad, sayiasr that he n h.K. which was born eight months ago was in an institution, and ahA ma J why another woman should be able to have her child with her when that nnvilem ii Anmj her own child. THE DUPLIN LIBEL CASE. THE DEFENDANTS WERE ANXIOUS FOR SPEEDY TRIAL THEY WERE PREPARED TO PROVE THE TRUTH. THE PROSECtrrOtS 010 NOT O AIT TO CO TO TRIAL The DefsadaaU FaiUac to Get a Trial QtMkfd the Bills Of Iedirt it m Were .Discharged. kenansville, Dec 7. Correspondence of Morning Post. The fa moo s libel suit from Ramp- son eountv. In which George K. Bn' ler, John E Fowler, Cicero B John son and fourteen other prominent Populint were Indicted for libel on John D. Kerr, H. B. Cheenutt and other prominent Democrats, cams op for trial here in th Superior Couit Thursday. There were able counsel on both sides of the case Messrs. John E Woodard, W. R Allen and Solicitor Duffy for the Htate, and Messrs. Stevens, Beaslev A Weeks, rapt. C. M. Cooke and F. K. cooper, E-q , for the defence. A large number of witnesses from Hampson county and elsewhere w re In attendance, and, on account of the character of the case and the prominence of the parties, there was mueh interest manifested In the outcome of the case. The pros ecution, after calling thlr witness es, announced that they were not ready for trial on account of the ab sence of a material witness, and asked for a con 1 nuance. The most Interesting phaze of the case was here develop d. The defense stated that theywere ready and anxious for atrisl. and claimed that the absent witness for whom the prosecution asked for a continuance a as one J. C. Peterson, a student at Wake For est College, who had not been sub poenaed, until last Sunday, the day before the court convened. But one of the prosecutors having made affidavits as to the matter they could show by this witness, and it appearing material and necessary for the prosecution, the judge gran ted the motion for continuance. The defendants insisted upon an Immediate trial, upon the grounds that the prosecution had not used due diligence to procure the atten dance of one hundred and twenty- five witnesses from the county of Sampson, by whom they Insisted they were prepared fo prove the truth of the charges contained in the alleged libelous article, and that it would be a great hardship upon the tax payers of Duplin county, who had no interest in the prosecution, as well as upon the de fendants and their witnesses. The de'endants' counsel further insisted that if the case should- be cont nued it be removed to Samp son county, where all the prosecu tors, deienaants ana witnesses re side. The defendants, failing to get the case tried at this term of court or to get it removed to Sampson conn ty, moved to .quash the bill of in dictmebt for defects in the b ll and for some irregularities in the grand jury. Upon investigation of these matters the motion to quash the bill was sustain d by his honor Julge Moore and the bills of in dictment in both casts against the defendants were quashed, and judgment was entered discharging tne aeienaants. j.ne aooye report or this case ex- eapt the head lines was dipped from Sucdsys' Baleigh Post, and is a fair report of the trial. A fuller report of the casa would probably show why the prosecution at the prelimi nary trial at Warsaw withdrew from the case and put the mem be is of the canvassing board alone as the prose cutor's. Tne public would no doubt like to know that and secondly, why the case was asked to be continued tor Mr. J. C Peterson was not sub- poened until Sanday, the day before the trial came up, and fourthly, why me outs or maictment round at K nansville did not embrace the same matter charged in the warrant upon which the defendants were bound oer at Warsaw. These and manv other matters which the public wonld iiKe to know wonld no donbt eome ont in a fuller report, but the above enquiries are very hard to answer, ana we presume that the Post re porter could not obtain the informa tion. THE CATTIS KILC0 DAtlACE 8UIT. The Jury at Oxford Rendered a Verdict of S20.000 in Favor of Mr. Gaitie. The jury in Gattie-Ktlgo damage suit renaerea a veraict or f2U,UOU in favor of Mr. Gattis, and against the defendants, Eileo. Duke and Odell. on last Saturday. A motion to sit aside the verdlot was made by conn set ior tne aeienaants, ana was overruled by Judge Hoke. An ap peal was taken, and the case will now come to the Supreme Court for final adjudication udoo Questions oi iaw raisea in tne progress of the trial in the lower court. Some time in the year. 1898, Judge Walter Clark made certain charges amlnst Or. John C. Kilgo, the President of lrmity Uol eee. Unon these chars? es becoming known to the Trustees of Trinity, Judge Clark was atked to resign from the Board of Trus tees. This the Judge declined to do. But. instead, he presented for mal charges against Dr Kligo Up on tbe trial of those charges before the Trustees Mr. Gattis was a wit ness aga nst Dr. Kilgo. After evi dence was closed Juoge Clark was not allowed to -ddress the Trustees because he would not agree before band that he would not publish his spe cb. Dr. Kilgo made a loog speech before the Trustees in his own defence, In which he need the langaag about Mr. Gattis which the jury at Oxford savs was libel ons After the trial in fore the Trus tees, that body ordered s pamphlet to be published and circulated which contained the offensive words aoout nr. uattls urjon which th suit he has just won was based. Mr. Gattis went into the courts for the vindication of his character with toe result above set out. This !.! u unci uia jiiNbury oi una case as we now remember it. Special to the Carcasias. Washington, D. C, Dec. 10 Ceo greas convened on Monday. Deoeatber trd.with a foil ssemWrahie af both Senate and House la attendance. Tbe most neticeaMe feature of the reaaaeaibling of the. fifty-Sixth Con gress was the magaifloent Aval display in each bouse io fact, it was said to have been the grandest exhibit of flow ers ever seen at the Capitol Many senators ana Kepresen'ativea were re epical oi Dowen present-a by soate close person tl or political admirer. Senator Prltchard was remembered with a handsome floral tribe t preeea- ted by some North Carolina friends. a ad ciegaot ooaqoet was presented to him by Mrs. Barley, mother of Worth Barley, as a tken of appreciation for the Senator's servos s in her behalf Tbe past wek witnessed buy daily sessions in each branch The Senate, however, ad jotrrred Friday afternoon until Monday, though the Bouse s every day. The Bay-Panncefote Treaty and tbe Sb'P-Subsidy Bill occupied the entire time or the Senate during last week An agreement has been reached to vote on tbe Treaty Thursday of this week I he Bouse has passed the Army Bill which provides for a permanent in crease oi tne Army establishment to 10O000. The House declared against tbe Army Canteen and there is now going on a strong light to put it in the Din wnen It comes before thebenatefor consideration. Hearings were riven Saturday before the Be. ate Committee on Military Affairs to parties favoring and opposing the Canieen. This will be a busy, short session. Presbyterian Creed Revision. Washington, Deo. 8 After two hours' deliberation todav th Pr.s. bytenan Committee concluded Its discussion or the revision of the Westminister Confession of Faith ond adjourned. The committee find on examina tion of the returns from the Pres byteries the following facta; 1. That the returns plainly lndl cate i oat tne cnurch desires some changes in Its creedal a tat m an e S. These returns Indicate plainly mat no cnange is desired which wonld in any way Impair the lnteg rlty of the system of doctrine con tainea in the Confession of Faith 3. These returns alao inriiAttA that a large plurality desire that coanges snonia oe made by some new statement of Dresent doctrine 4 The returns also indicate a de sire upon the part of many Presby teries for some revision of the pres ent Confession.. 6. It wat therefore unanimously J w ... M grueu oy tne committee to recom mend to the general aanemblv that some r vision or change be made in tne uonesston statements. The committee will convene in this city on Feb. 12. next, to final ly prepare the statement to be made to the General Assembly In stay. xnrvwreppr la His Xree nod Then Horee-WUnned Him. Wheeling. W. V T a Bridgeport this afternoon lira. Boss mu, a respectable woman, wife of local machinist, met Dr. P. F. Hop- pier on the street. She was aoeom panted by her husband. Mrs. Hill, witnout warning, dashed a handful of cayenne pepper into Dr. Hoppler lace, ana wnus he was blinded and in agony, lashed him about the head face, and back with a heavy whip Mrs. Hill continued her assault till Dr. Hoppler staggered into a door way near bv and eaeaned. H I m. ered with great swollen welts, and is severely loj area. Mr. Hill followed his wife, urging her to lay the lashea on well. The Hills claim that Dr. Uoppl r insulted Mrs. Hill, when she was in his office to secure profession al services. Dr. H ippler says the trouble arose irom his dunning the Hills for money due him. Texan to be Shot in Mexico. 1 Raso. Tex.. Dee. 9. For th first time in many years an Ameri can citizen has been sentenced to be Shot in Mexico. The sen ten m wo imposed upon Bias Aguirre, a native corn xtxan, oy a Juarez tribunal as the penalty for murder in the first decree. Amine waa eonvietJiA tt making a raid across the border and W m ei . murdering j nan uaaeja, a citizen of Mexico. He eSCarjed to Texas, bnt mae a. restea by American cQeers and ex a 11 . . . m traaitea eismt montns sva. h w. tried and eonvioted, and the sentence or the Juarez court will nndonMedlv be carried ont unless the President ox the republic should interfere. France to Increase Her Navy. T J rnmmrn fans. IMS. ui tss tart or naval bill deaiarned ta taulvlniiMua r ranee s strength on the sea is pub usnea toaay. it sails for credits amounting to over $152,000,000. to eoostruet six fonadronaof ima niad. nve protected cruisers, 23 destroyers, i.00 lorpeao seats ana submarine torpedo boats. la Dead FatWa Moth- ere Bodr Across Pittsburg, Pa., Dee. 8. The Cum berland accommodation train for Pittsburg, on the Baltimore A Ohio road, tonurht crashed into a ITnif Traction car filled with neonlav at Bankin. One man waa kilbd mi. riffht. his wife waa aa hedlv hurt ttnt she can hardly reeover. his baby was s rionaly injaredaadaseore of oth- r passengers were fasvdly hurt Tne dead is unknown, and his wife at a late hour tonight, is still mneonseion rrom tne es-ets or her injuries. Tne babe was found clasped in the fa ther's arms with the mother horf across them. Newport News Gets There. Newport Mews. Va . December 8 --Newport News will build one bat tleship and two cruisers. The an nouncement was made at the effl ma of the ship yard this morning on in formation received from Washing ton. . . It is great news for the eitr. whiah is in a state of general congratula tion. The Sheriff of Stanty county brought Will Binson to tbe penitentiary Satur day flinson will have tn five years for the murder of one Swear-inger. Sound IGdncys Insuro Good Hoalth. Mr. John B.CorUes, Secretary of the Coaaefl Blaffk, la, A tale tie was cured of kidney trouble by Parana. Be says t " mm firm teOevw la rVrees srwaAJs ot law fcMswys aesf rffcf. I somsT Purwum SnJkirWfjr f am Im txcgOemt hesfft. mmrmgnfati Hit better im my Un." Hoa. D. L. Jayeox, Cheplala ef the Oread Army el the Republic, writes freso 885 Broad way, Oakland, Cala t 'Immmmmfd wmrretermm. f issfi si to try It. I mi oocm mooght m bottie mmt om mtlmg It tor mmmrly tour momtam. "Pmranm ham prorom tmm best madkimm boliero mtyaelt to be estreat. I feel watt time ot meed tor tern time Ha coat." Mrs. Mary Lawler.of Appleton, Wlaw, waa cured of kidney trouble by Parana. In a recent letter to Dr. Hart man, she saysi Last August I eaux htasummsr cold which settled in the kidneys and caused me serious inconvenience. Noth ing I did seemed to help mm and the doctor advised a change of climate. As that was out of tha question for me, I tried Peruna as a last resort, and I found It waa a God -send to me." The kidneys are the natural gateway out of which much of the waste tissue finds Its escape. This waste matter be comes a very poisonous subs tan oe If al lowed to accumulate. The renal artery brings the blood charged with Impuri ties to the kidneys. BEAMS DEATH TO TELL OF ttUfCEt. Kentacky Coepie Who See Man Killed Flee Rather Than Testify. Pittsburg, Pa., Special. 7 in to Phila delphia North American. Fleeing for their lives from their native State of Kentucky, Talbert Hall and his wife arrived in Pitta burg today, foot-sore from their 22 days' trip from Floyd county. Tbev are typical mountain residents, and witnessed a murder the week after election. To save themselves from testifying before the grand jury, and thus courting sndden death, they es caped from the State. One evening Hall and his wife saw fifteen men, armed with rifles, going down a lane near their cabin. Pres ently Charles Browafield, a neighbor, came along from the opposite direc tion, also carrying a gun. The fif teen turned on him, and the lone man dropped dead. Unfortunately, it leaked out that the Ha1 Is had wit nessed the crime, and the relatives of the murdered man notified them to go before the grand jury. "That settled it," said Hall today. "I told my wife we had better leave. Why, if you testify in a murder case down home, you might live till the waterd get out, but not until it would strike a bile.' " Tbe murder was the renewal of an old feud between the Elkins, Tygart and Vance families on one side, and the Brownfields en the other. Forty Men Under D-ata Sentence. Chicago, Doc. 10 Tuere are in the Kansas State penitentiary an even forty men under sentence of death. They have not been hanged because for years no governor has been willing to sign the death war rants required by law. In view of these facta Governor Stanly has re cently instituted an investigation of the entire subject of capital punish ment and it relation to mob law in the several States of the union. The story of the seige of the Pe kln legations ii told in a most inter esting mannsr in an article by Sir Roger Hart in the December num ber of The Cosmopolitan. Sir Rob ert's long residence in China and his continued association with the peo ple of the Orient qualifies him to write of them, and in this 'Instance he is further qualified by being one of the beseiged foreigners in the British legation at Pekin. The growth of Washington citv is shown m a. lies of striking illustrations in con nection with "The Centennial of the Nation's Capital," by F. W. Fitzpat- ne. Jail Breaker In Tolls. Winston-Salem. N. O.. IW o District Attornav Holton minHltuI yesterday of the arrest of William B. Burnett, who broke ont of ie.il t Ashsville a year ago, after he had been convicted in the Federal Court, and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of two vears. for illicit diatall. i'-g. and shooting Deputy Meyfral B. T. Items. Burnett was captured by Dr. J. F. Abel, who will receive a ewara 01 sjuu, offered by the gov- einmenr. The late fall has enabled the farm. ers to sow an immense crop of wheat in Randolph. Some of the early Wheat is injured bv the fl and in a. few instances the crop has been re- sown, but there has been a larger crop than usual sown this falL-Ashe boro Courier. n7 II II U Be invites sH weakness to call 2. XWT0 BATXA WAT. XL B. and eramtnanoa wrapper his sew 64 page book and sett-exaauaaOea symptom Masks, to mcoufldeace. at. sttWToa hatmaway, sj frnr chree yeavw jiasf a amy M im srSsJsYB SUBS? lif sevens I Is ids r swsf kMmty SraVe e sfsssers. svt ssar stW me tmmmd It melpmd mm mo tmrnt I kern I mror mm wKMmmt m mxtie Im I If the kidneys are healthy thsy will I excrete the poison from the blood. The renal veins return the purified blood from the kidneys to the general elr emlatioa. Parana stimulates the kldaeys toes ereta from the blood the eeeumuletint poison, and thus prevents the eoavnl siona which are sure to follow If the poisons are allowed to remain. It gives great vigor to the heaife action and digestive system, both of wbleh ere apt to fall rapidly in this disease. Kidney dls eases are more liable to summer than in winter. Send tot copy of "Summer Catarrh, writun by ut. uarvman. xua dook will be sent free to any address npoa application POSTAL SERVICE COST 15,000,000. Third A sel steal Asks Cona-reeetoaal Ac tion to Correct Present Atraeee. Washington Post. The report ot the Third AssisUr Postmaster General shows that the total receipts from all sources of pos tal reunn daring the year amonn Ud to $102 354.679 while the ezpen ditnres reached $107,740,207. Tbe value of the total number of pieeee of stamped rpr issued to postmas ters was $97,687,771, a net increase a over rnm sue or tne previous year of 97.536 111. The report says that most of the abuses of the second-class of mai matter nave oeen eliminated or cur tailed, but urges legislation on "book senals,n "premiums for subscrip tions and the "return of unsold matter to news agents." It is also asked that Congress be urged to pass an act consolidating tbe third and fourth classes ot mail matter. Re commendation is made that the sum of $10,000 be appropriated for the issuance free to the public of a pam phlet containing postal Information for reference. The report comments upon the ex eessive number of articles registered free by the executive departments, and says the abuse of the registered mail in this respect will continue un til Congress acts in the matter. It is said that could tbe amount paid indemnity for lost registered first class domestic mail be raised to the full value, not exceeding $200. manv letters which now pass in the ordina ry mails would be gathered into the registered mail. An indemnity fmd not exceeding $25,000 is estimated to be sufficient for this purpese. De "Wet Cornered A rale. Pretoria, Dec. 8 7:50 p. m.) The Boer commander. Gen. Chris tlan De Wet. Is cornered between the Caledon and Orange Rivers, on the borders of Basutoland. As the rivers are in flood. It is considered that his capture is certain even If he should manage to recross the uaieaon. untun columns have been sent to hold all the passes and roaoa to the north to prevent his cape. The military omoers here are greatly pleased that the attempt of tne rsoer commanaer to enter Uarje uoiony with his commando been frustrated. Xerdlund'a Head Chopped Off. New York, Dec 10. A dispatch from Wsteraaa, Sweden, sava that Philip Nerdlund, who on May 17 last, as tne steamnoat rnns van, on which ha waa a naaaeno'er. waji ms. ing Qiieksand, murdered seven and wound d are othr, including a wo men and a boy, and subsequently escaped in a boat to Kopint, was be headed todav. The condemned asan chanted the verses of a Psalm as he laid his head on the block. Persian Minister Arrived. Washington, Dae. 10 Gen. Isaac Khan Mafakoamed Djoleh, the new Persian minister, called at the Stat Department this morning and pre sented his eredontials to Secretary Hay. The State of North Carolina has this year gran td charters to more than two hundred and fifty corpora tions. Tne most of these are oi coarse cotton mills. FT3 PI Jn 7 rw-Hattseuyhastssae II II III 1 V U known as tbe leading 3 fill specUOrt ta the core 1 1 I U 1 fl 1 A of eliroole diseases. In- I Lirvl 1 1 1 iTjl curable eases" are sent J UUU to him LU)T Ina B parts of the country by physicians bo haTe had 4emoostrated to thera the invariability of hli cures. To UUn do rase is "hopeless." His method of treatment it his own. It Is a system which baa been developed and perfected during bis long- years ot aeUre, eoa Start prarticf. Dr. Ilaiiiao-) has cuofioed himself to the treatxeeoi of chronic disease those of the Blood, the Nerres sod the Genital and Urtoary orsaos. His cum of Varicocele and Stricture without openUioo. by means of a paioless hune treatment, are the msnsl of the medical profession. Men who bare lost the Ttfor ef natcre or . hoe blood has been polluted by coo tattoo are broaght oack by him to a pert ect state of health and energy. those who hare any form ef chronic at his office, or write him. for free and ad rice. He win also sand free. THE CAUCASIAN He Farcer and Manic's Paper. CONTAINS ALL THE NEWS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OF THE STATE AND FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. For Single Subscrip tion One Year, $1. OUR GRAND CLUB RATE- Send oi Five Cash Subscrip. tions, and we will send yon the Paper one year Free; or if yon are already a Subscri ber we wiU move np your date one year. Home & Farm AND The Caucasian On Year fir $1.25. Tte COZE :tD Pin is u Bjfct-prp. 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The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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