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RALEIGH. NORTH OABOLIN A, JANUARY 3, 1901.
No. 3
PROOF OF
PUDDING.
r ACTS ANh FKil RKS THAT
AUK VKItV INTKIiKST
IMi. SHOW THE SILLY MISTAKES OF DEMOC
RACY. h Wlllinm .1. Ilran Kailwl to Carry
H.. ..ri Which lin llxl Car.
rnl four rnrn A- 'I h Ib-asoaa
Miulw I'laln.
Milnk,i Advance.
VN lit-n ihi-i jmper declared in the fir
i-un HfttT clt'i-tiun tli ti e vncril a
tmg (mr-f (f the democratic lifi
i'hh , in dropping the tiii I ' ntic de
iiiiinN ami hiiI trilling imperialiMru
wi I (if cii'i-o f Itrymi' ileifHt itoiiie
ol t.liriii tnnk Htiif with in.
.Now Icllliein t nit v l-rlion reliirni"
nnil m'h who win rii;lit.
Pn nb-nt Mckinley's great-st gin
i i the recent election, an compared
wiih I '.!, in tin' We-iterii htttfi".
Ill til til ! rt" :i IllOtl Weiteril HtHtcs of
I In- L'iiioij lie gnmed -"r,lS!i vot a,
while tii' iin irraiA polled 101 ami ihhf
vote than in IS. r. n Ih'.iH the tepiib
Iicmim carried hut three of these rtalen,
w hi If t Iim 3 far nine of them are to be
IiiiiimI in t he reiulilicnn column. The
loiiowing table givea the vute of the e
-Inlet HI I'.HfO hihI in IMlli :
lliuO.
llG
beiii'
US ,5U0
li2ll
2 417
ii'n,o:is
3M,f0
1 11,013
317
yn,f)0ti
:i:$:w
H5.IHHI
44,1(49
44,747
10,104
b00,.r)04
1800.
Item.
143 373
1U1.151
2 U4
171 810
42,537
1 15,80
8,877
20,G80
4li,,62
41,225
ttl,517
61.40
10.055
'.Kep.
K7,0(H)
!:,' II
-'7,217
1.S7.HSI
-'i.7."0
1:M :w."i
in
..". H(i
1 IW
ws.ono
17 OS!
f7,IM)
14,41
t-s; out;
I1HK).
Kep.
1. 1H.170
t!i!,271
(i JJ2t
l;V.ill
10 4!il
ioj.;ioi
1 ,'XIH
20.3:r
4S.77D
41,012
aii.i.vj
10,072
i ' 1 1 1't i r ri i ,
'oli.railo,
1 'In lii i,
l Hildas,
Muli I n IIH,
,N ehriHti a,
Is fula,
North I'akola,
Teg II,
imii h )akola,
I tnh,
Vasiing ton,
W joining,
'I otal,
California,
,nlorudo,
Idaho,
K 1 IIMt ,
y ontana,
ehr.ika,
Nev ila,
No tli Dakota,
I Iregon,
South Dakota,
l : ( :i ,
Washington,
Wyoming,
Total,
.31,007 HOI713
l he total change shown a gain of
5." 3iw f..r the republicans, which is
the principal factor in the increased
plurality received by Pre-iilent Mc.Kin
ley, which makes it the la'gent p'ura i
ty evergivtn to any president.
Keputilicai organs are cUiming this
phenomenal change as an approval of
vicKiuley's roiir-e. It is nothing o"
the kind. It is the expressed disgust
ot the independent populists in tho-e
strong populUlk sfiies with ttie con
ceiled attempt of the democratic politi
cians who tried to turn Hryan and the
liicngi plat form down at Kansas Lity
these populists realized that Hill,
(It rmaii, Croker and men of that class
were coming to i he top again in the
democratic party, a d that the death
tied repentance of the party at I hica
g , who h gate it a new leae of life by
inl'iining rich (Mipulistic blood into tn;
pat lent, had been recanted and he de
served to die.
TRACEDY IN ANSON COUNTY.
I'romiiifiit Itusiuens Man Killed Ky s
IT
V ear Mi Hoy.
Wadesboro, N'. C , Dec. 27 Mr
John .VI. Murray, a prominent mer
chant of this place, was shot twiceyes-
terd.H) afternoon by Petri agle, a sev-
nieen-year-old ou h of Kichmo d
c ii ii t v. and died irom his wounds at
noo.i loOay.
Alurravand f ajile became involved
in a uuarrel early in the afternoon
aglr lef , bought cirtridges, renins d
and renewed the quarrel without ap
parent justification The lstol was
discharged twice, t rie ball pe etrating
the abdomen and he other the groin
ran in n if downward.
I wa- arr. dted, also U Ii. ISittle,
who is charged with being an accesso
Seven Chlldreii at Two IMrths.
Wilkesboro l hronicle.
Mrs Newtn McCan of Roaring Gap,
hdwanls township, Wilkes coun y, a
co pic of weeks ago, in the year 1900,
A. gave birth to a quartette of chit
dren, two girls and two boys. ( We are
not re errinv to them in a musical
sense, but iust to the number, you see)
Nt unite two years airo, this good lady
irave birth to triplets, all three boys,
thus making in a l seven children at
two births All the seven children are
ahve and doing well, this Certainly
heats all the r. cords from the begin
mug to the preeeiit time. We cnal
lei kc the world to beat it.
it goes without saying that with the
l'no profundo irio" of the th'eeboys
iniiiled vs i tli the "origino quarto" of
the lat four arrivt-ls the hoi days will
he kept pretty lively in the neighbor-
w.ou ol th t d.ui cile.
l.ackioK in the First Requisite.
If I ask jnu once to marry
me
and
J"u i-ay no I'll never ask you agAin "
"You won't? Well, 1 see now why
1 .... .i'l-. ' .
j ' i uiun t succeed as a
. liicgo Record.
book agant
i he Superintendent of Public In
ruction of i.mlford county hs writ
to treasurer Worth to know if the
X . . appropriation of $100,000 will be
"'nir inn i.ii a. .
n. t-u mj Luc cou f tied in
tini - for
.,, .'"nionmeat among the different
that " "uiui rcuun
thi-. " the sheriffs settle on time
-p. Ion
le bat probably not oth
1 TI IBC,
HUSBANDS SELLliC WIYE3.
On Oo for l Coats aad AM tor for
H If ton Throws a for Two Ks
of Hmmr
Port Jervia, N. Y , Dispatch, to
Philadelphia Times.
William Hull executed a contract
to twll his wife Mary to Mot
Hurmn, a neighbor, for ten cents.
Storm paid the price and took Mrs.
Hull home with him.
Christmas morning when the
world WMfull ofchert Hall re
pudUted the contract, claiming that
the paper wan worthless because it
had heen drawn on Sunday.
He went after hia wife and
brought her back home with him,
but failed to refund the ten cents to
Mtoriim.
The latter appeared before Judge
McCormlck thh morn-ng to get legal
opinion as to what he could do to
regain Mrs. Hall.
When Htorairt was told that the
contract did not hold good, sad and
dimatfcfled he went away, remark
ing that Rill Hull had buncoed him
out of a wife and ten cents."
I'ittrtburg. Pa., Dlwpatch to Philadel
phia Times.
Nicholas IJeloga sold his wife fo
$S and hU 2-vear-old son for two
kgs of tieer. The purchaser was
Antonio Abblttlcha. Both men are
Italians, and were In love with Caro
lina Mareno.
Abbltticha thought he would be
the favored one, and came to Amer-it-a
to make a home and fortune for
hi intended. During his absence
IMoga woed and won. He and
Carolina came to America.
Abbltticha began a search and
found them living at Wilmerding.
With Abbltticha the matter resolved
i'Hdf iuto a business prop .lit ion.
The woman wa willing, but insist
ed on taking her 2-year-old boy.
liHoga Maid the child was worth
two kegs of ieer and this was paid.
Today Abbitticha arrahged to go
ack to Italy with the woman and
hi id.
NORTH CAROLINA ACADEMIES.
The Fourth Annual Session of the Asso
ciation at Ualela-b, last Week.
The fourth anna session of the
arolina Association of Academies
met in this citv Thursday after
oon and held a very interesting
session
The address of welcome was de
lvered at 7 :30 o'clock by Editor J.
W. Bailey, of the Biblical Record
er.
The following officers were elect
ed to serve next ear : President.
L. Sheep, Atlantic Col leelate ln-
thate. Elizabeth City; Vice Presl
e.nt, Junn (iranam. Warren ton
Bigh School : Secretary and Treas
urer, Robert L. Madison, Callowhee
High School, Painter.
Resolutions favoring liberal hd-
propriations for public schools, and
commending the public srvics of
wtate Superintendent C. H. Meb-
ane.
What North Carolina Has Come
To.
The Chattanooga Times, in a
thoughtful article on the subject of
American elections, says:
"Georgia bad in 1890 nearly 28,-
000 more population than Tennes
see and now her population is much
rger than ours. And Georgia s
average vote in the three lagr Pres-
dential elections -1892, 1896 and
900 -was about 180,000, while Ten
nessee's average vote was 310,000.
Georgia's votfg for Governor are
01,000 in 1886, 105000 In 1890, and
soon, being merely nominal, per
functory registering of State bosses'
decrees We sav that a State, the
politics of which is thus conducted,
has no real public opinion The
Governor is determined upon in a
ck office or over a private dinner
table For more than a quarter of
a century a half dozen wealthy At-
ama politician a dictated the Sen-
atorn, the Governors ana the r at.
We say that tais is a deplorable
state of things, we say tbat it
makes of any State that permits
such a condition to xist, and go
oa existing, a mere oligarchy.'
The Richmond Times, comment
ing on the above, says:
This state of things must con
tlnue to exist in the south until
there shall be in eacb Southern
State a rpmhle minority patty.
It is a fact which we all must ad
mit, reluctant as we may be to do
. . M tTI t 1
SO, tnat me anairs oi Virginia are
for the most part controlled by a
fe men who dominate the Demo
cratic party.
Dead Man Covered With Snakes.
Willlston, Md, Special, i5-.h.to
Philadelphia Record.
Hermit Charles Parnell, colored
who has lived alone for many yeas
in a rode bat near here, was found
dead this morning by hunter?, who
were attracted to the spot by seeing
swarms of snakes leaving the hut
Th entered and saw Duncb.es of
rentiles writhing aronod tho body.
The miserable cabin was made or
logs and covered over with dirt and
leaves. In this snakes took up their
a.hndA and on warm days the roof
and sides of the eabin literally worx
ed with them. ....
Poroell was widely Known tnrocgn
out Maryland and Delaware as a
u witch doctor" and fortune teller.
The old man had evidently oeen aeau
several days.
The Wheat Crop.
Washington, Dec 27-The statisti
cian of the Department of Agriculture
estimates the United btates wheat crop
of 1900 at 522,229,605 bushels, the area
Ii... ii h.evMtad belnar 4.2,496 ,385
a res, the average yield per acre being
12 2q bushels . .
The production of winter wheat is
1a ftrui ngfi409 bushel, and
Z.Vr'Zr.JXnV -heat at 17i.204.096
bulhels: the are. .ctually bartedbe.
iwttm 9A rot acres in we
and 16,259,488 acres in tb Isttsr.
CHIEF JC3TICE FAJXSLOTH CUD.
Eipirwl Ssddeslr at OU Hi
ta Golds-
Ooldsboro. N. C , Dec 29 Chief
Justice William T. Falreloth diwd
suddenly at his home la this city
tonight about ten o'clock. He had
taken a bath, and the attack came
on him just as he pat on hla night
robe preparatory to going to' bed.
He hastened to lie down upon the
ioange and his wife saw that his
condition was critical. The neigh j
bore and his physicaa were haitlly
summoned, but he was dead before!
they arrived. In fact he expired in !
a moment or two after reaching the
lounge. Hie neighbor came in
quickly, applied restoratives and
did wht they eoald, bat It was too
late for human assistance, and U
was toon apparent that life wa? ex
tinct. A correspondent of the News and
Observer t comments upon, Judge
Faircloth'a death as follows :
Thereto a deep regret In this
community at the sadden death of
the Ch ef Justice. He has lived
here many yf-ars and long been
I ten ti At d with its professional 11' e.
He waa one of the wealthiest men
in the place, a director In the Bank
of Wayne, interested In other en
terprises. and the owner of Ave
blocks of real estate In the city. He
was a consistent and leading mend
ber of the Baptist Church, and wae
a lberal contributor to all ltd Insti
tutions and enterprises. The ar
rangements for the funeral have
not yet been made.
Judge haircloth was born in
Greene county. Ho was a graduate
of Wke Forest College, of which
he was a trustee at the time of his
death. He volunteered in th Con
federate service and was Quarter
Master of the Second Nor h Caroli
na regiment when General Lee sur
rendered. After the war he settled
at (Joldsboro, where he always had
a large and lucrative practice. He
was a man of sound business judg
ment and his Investments made
him a rich man. The late Henry
F. Grainger, E-q , was his law part
ner, and he was afterwards a law
partner of Ex -Judge Wm. R. Allen,
of Goldsboro.
In 1875 or 1876, Governor Brog
den appointed Judge Faircloth to a
position as Aes jciate Judge of the
Supreme Court. He held that p t
sltlon until the Democratic victory
in 1878 In 1881 he was the Rwpub
lican candidate for Lieutenant Gov
ernor but was defeated by Major
Unas. M. Stedman. In 1894 he was
the fusion candidate for Chief Jus
tice and was elected by a large ma
jority. His term began January
1st, 1895, and would have expired
Dec 31st, 1902.
.Judge Faircloth was a consistent
and life long Republican, the first
man of his party in every way in
Eastern North Carolina. He was
a man of personal integrity, and in
politics was the best and most re
spected man in the Republican par
ty. He was a safe and studious
lawyer, and had that deliberation
and res.arch that befit the judicial
officer.
To Help Life Savers.
Norfolk Dispatch.
The poorly-paid life-savers are
about to be looked after by Congress.
Representative Jones has introduced
a bill in Congress which provides
for increasing the efficiency of the
life-saving service. Under its pre
visions men becoming unfit for duty
after fifteen years are to be retired
on half pay. Another bill introduc
ed in Congress is one providing for
the payment of $100 per month to
keepers during the time they are
manned.
Having many life-savers here on
our coast, the people are naturally
glad these brave fellows are to be
more adequately provided for. At
present the suifmen are miserably
paid, have to purchase their own
uniforms and rough weather outfits,
and, if disabled or killed while dis
charging their hazardous duty, the
men receive no allowance nor their
widows a pension, and of all the
dangerous callings that fall to the
lot of man that of the life-saver is
in the front ranks.
Killed by Revenue Officers.
Winston-Salem, N. C, Dec. 28.
News reached here today of the kill
ing of Boss Snow in Surry county by
two revenue efflcers named Staples
and Koffman.
The officers were out on a raw
and ran up wUh Snow's blockade
distillery- When he saw the men
coming Boss ran to make his escape,
but Staples fired at him with a Win
Chester and the ball took effect in
the block&der'a back, killing him
instantly.
Snow was a young man and leaves
a wife and three children. The off
icer who shot him lives near Stuart,
Va.
The Kind of Girls Wanted.
Southern Mercury.
The average annual income of tne
men of the United States over 21
years of age, according to recent
census reports, is leas than $100.
Ninety per eent of tho young men
a. y s
average jess man suu income per
vear ; yet the average girl of the day
is being educated along lines of year
ly expenditure of not less than $1000
a year. This is ne cause of so many
divorce cases in our courts. Young
men who marry girls of this class,
with high ideals of married life, soon
find tne wolf howling at -. the door;
then comes friction, dissatisfaction
and finally separation. All this could
be avoided if girls were taught the
practicalities of life taught those
principles of economy, in das try and
frugality which mast be practiced in
the stations to wnieh tho average
woman is called. . ., -k.
The Raleigh Christian Advocate, in
its review of the Conference at New
ksaa oisawra. wttafc K t TA Ha maun haaa wasmo.
ffjtrjru DSlJ o waxoasj v.,f-v aam aucuatsv? B) vtoss?
taken- Into the oburoh during the past
year,
eimssAiY LCOTID.
Tk Stat Sow-Paw Tommtrr at Kn
tree aeUere of ttm Christmas ProBts.
Columbia, S. O, Dec 27. The
WUllam&borg county liquor dis
pensary, at Kingtree, is reported to
have bees robbed of $1,800 In cash
Wednesday night. F. M. Player,
the dispenser, Is alleged to have dis
covered the loss this morning. This
is the largest loss by robbery incur
red by a county dispensary since the
Inauguration of the dispensary. Mr.
H. H. Cram, liquor commissioner,
dispatched an Irspactor to Kingtree.
It is remarkable that the Indem
nity bonds of the dispenser expired
December 1, and the State may suf
fer a total Ice". The rather large
amount of rash oa hand represents
the Christmas sales. A special to
The State from Kingrtxee says that
the people there demand the resigna
tion of the county board of control,
the dispenser and all ut hers connect
ed with the dispensary at Klngstree.
A number of country stores and
railroad depots have been visited, by
burglars this winter, and the safe
cracking looks like the work of ex
perts. Dicks & Salley, of Salley's
Station, have increased to $1,000
their offer of a reward for the cap
ture of the burglars who robbed
their store of $7,600 In gold last
Friday night.
ACICANTIC CANAL FnOJECT.
New York Lafalat or Said to Faroe
Great State Canal to Cost fO'i.OOO,-
OOO.
Albany, N. Y , Dec 27. A barge ca
nal, costing $62,000,000, following very
closely the present lines of the Erie
Canal, except that while touching the
large cities it may not b sect them, is
what State Engineer Bond will recom
mend to the legislature on or abmt
February 12. The most minute details
will be given in the report Maps will
be furnished, and even the character of
the suit through which the excavatb ns
run will be detained. It is probable
that electricity will be recommended
for motive power.
Lieut Gov. Timothy L. "Woodruff,
who is in the city to-nigbt, in positive
that the recommendations wi 1 be
agreed to by the legislature, for he as
serts that already twenty-five members
of the senate are in favor of it. If the
legislature passes it the measure will
go before the people next fall.
The Party of Hill, O or man, Croker A Co.
Good-Bye.
National Advance.
Crofcer and his JNew Yore, gang
have only supported Bryan to get
office for themselves. If you don't
believe it then note that the demo
cratic club in New York City by
order of Richard Croker, has been
changed from a Bryanite organiza
tion to a sound money club since I
election. Ex-Senator John Fox was i
elected president; Cord Meyer, first
vice-president, and Louis Nixon,
second vice-president. They are all
known as sound money men, and,
Fox was one of the men who last
winter signed a protest against the
entertainment of Bryan in the club
house as the guest of the organiza
tion.
Good bye Croker, and good rid
dance. There will be nothing left
for Bryan, if he is consistent, than
to leave the party that hereafter will
follow the leadership of Hill, Gor
man, Croker & Co.
Bryan's New Paper.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec 27. Before
leaving for Texas today William J.
Bryan outlined, as far as he could,
the style and form of his coming
publication.
The Commoner will be neither a
newspaper nor a magazine, but will
follow the lines of the latter more
closely than the former.
In size it will be 11x14 inches,
eight pages, and all reading matter,
with no advertising whatever in the
first issue.
Mr. Bryan hopes to enlarge it as
soon as the patronage warrants. The
personnel of his staff is still a secret,
and the business manager has not
yet been selected, or the printing
contract awarded.
Following his speech at Chicago,
January 8, Mr. Bryan will return
directly to Lincoln and devote his
whole time to the publication. -
He said the first issue would ap
pear as soon after the first of Janu
ary as possible.
Were .Not Democratic Counters.
Times-Mercury.
The census report does not show
as large a population in Wilmington
and New Hanover county as some
think it should. The reason of it
is: First, Democratic poll holders
did not do the counting, and second,
people do not like to live where free
speech is prevented and a reign of
terror is Inaugurated every two years
and sometimes murder committed
in order to put some broken down
politician in a job with an Increased
salary. Go it boots. Get all the
glory here; none for you in the
world to come.
A Populisttc Attempt.
For the Public.
"Prisoner," said the old-fashioned
judge to a dusky culprit at the bar.
yon stand cnarged witn Having
stolen your neighbors' chickens :
what do you say to the charge
guilty, or not guilty T"
Recalling - a familiar campaign
cry of the recent elections, the pns
oner replied: "Sir, I conde
scend to respond neither guilty
nor not guilty. Yon must under
stand, sir, that stealing chickens
from my neighbors is one of my
avoealdona. and I Mward thla nro -
coedlng on their part as a popnils-
tio attempt to array class against
elass." - - e
CHINESE
TRICKERY.
A FIFTEEN-YEAR OLD BOY
APPOINTED EMPEROR.
cs-iTi resjicT fksstiatc d.
Klmbarlr Isolated by tka Bor-Kltca-
sr Smaas mp taa Hmt Attack British
Be-Oceyy Fteksbar.
London, Dee. 29. Private advice
from the provlnoe of Bhan bL says
the Shanghai correspondent of the
standard, are that while the court
was sojourning at Tat Yuen fa, th
Empress Dowager Secretary ap
pointed a new Emperor, with the
title Tung Hsu. He Is a 15-year old
boy, who was taken to 81an Fu, In
the imperial yellow chair. This ex
plains the permission given to Em
peror Kwai g Su to return to Pekin.
Emperor Kwang Su has notified
the reform party that he is return
ing to the capital and will need
heir assistance.
t
na wet's project frustrated.
Cape Town, Deo. 28 General De
Wet's attempt to break through the
south has been frustrated and he is
now reported to be at Senegal with his
commando, holding the country be
tween Ficksburg, Senekal and Win-
urg.
General Knox is holding th country
between LaCy brand and Winburg I he
eastern parties of invading Boers are
being con-tantly harrassed and driven
back t j ward the Orange river.
KIMBRRLT ISOLATED BT THE BOEBS.
Cradock, Cape Colony, Friday, Dec.
28. Kimberley is almost isolated by
Boer raiders. No mails have reached
there from December 19 to December
25. Provision are at famine prices
The military took charge of all the
foodstuffs December 22.
The Leinster Regiment, commanded
by Major Parry, had a skirmish lasting
four hours with the Boers at Drey f on-
tein, December 27, suffering slight loss
es. The Boers at Getuk captured a
convoy of 25 wagons on Christmas eve.
KITCHENER SCMS OF THE BOER ATTACKS.
London, Dec. 29. General Kitche
ner, telegraphing from Pretoria, under
date of Friday, uecember 28, sends a
summary of the number of attacks made
by the Boers at various point. The
only important inoident was an attack
on a bagrage column near Greyling--tadt.
A. company with a pompon male
a sortie from Greylingstadt and .drove
off the Boers. Captains Badie yffe and
Harvesk were wounded, eigot men were
killed, 27 were wounded and 20 were
reported missing.
BRITISH RE-OCCCPY FICKBBCRO.
Bloemfontein, Friday, Dec. 28. The
British have re occupied Ficksburg
which, for some time, had been in the
hands of the Boers.
Sad Fate of an Old Man.
Durham, Dee. 28. The mutilated
remains of old man David Ellej
were found In a small dingy r om
of the CBryan building, on Main
street, late yesterday afternoon. H
bad been dead for a day or so ana
either rats or cats had eaten awa
a portion of his face and hands. It
was a horrible and revolting sight
Everybody knew old man Riley He
was a vagabond and an outcast
from society and he died as he had
lived alone and probably in a
drunken stupor. His body was
found bv two girls, who live in the
building above and who had been
in the habit of giving him some
thing to eat. He did not come for
the necessaries of life as had been
his custom. He was missed at his
accustomed place, and they went
down into his den to see what was
the matter. No one an we red the
knock and they pushed open the
door. They saw his body on the bed
but did not know wnetner ne wae
dead or not. They reported the
matter and then it was found that
old man Riley was dead. The de
ceased was an old Confederate sol
dier and drew a fourth class pen
sion from the State He had no
relatives in Durham, but It Is said
that he had some kinsfolk in Or
ange county. This morning his
body was taken to the county home
aad interred in a pauper's grave.
w hlte Supremacy In Wilmington
Wilmington Messenger.
Christmas was turned Into an oc-
I casion of drunken orgies, and every
body agreed that there was more of
it in Wilmington than has ever been
seen here lor years. Tnere were
drunken fights on all sides. One of
the most disgraceful and cowardly
that marred the day was in the Dia
mand saloon, where two or three, if
not more men, brutally beat a sol
j dier from Fort Caswell. It is said
I he was knocked down with a chair
I and beaten and kicked while be was
I down. He was so badly injured
I that he had to be sent to the city
I hospital.
The Porto Rlcan Legislature.
San Juan, P. R-, Dec 24. The
legislative assembly of Porto Rico
adjourned on Saturday onUl Janu
ary 2. It had been in session 18
j days. Nearly 50 bills have been In
troduced, but not one has been or In
terest or promise to the business peo
ple.
The popular opinion among the
Americans is that if the House coo
tinues as it is Congress will abolish
it altogether, and govern the island
throuzh a governor and cabinet.
J I e a -
1 owm. irregular proceanre ns uewn
J followed that It is a question here
I wnetner any Dusineas nas oeen legat-
llydone.
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ashiagtoa, Dm. 2d The United
States govurniaeat has formerly re
cognised the responsibility of the
mosquito for the trant mission of
yellow fever sad malarial diseases
This fact Is Indicated by the !
ance of a general order by Master
G neral Wood, at Havana, dlrectrd
to his post commanders reciting
that thecal fsurceoa of the depart
oaeat of Cuba has reported that ft Is
now wull established that malaria,
rellow fever, and malarial ta'eo
tlon are transmitted by the bites of
mosquito. Therefor the troop are
enjoined to observe carefully two
precautions. First, they are to n
mosquito bar la all barracks, ho
pttals and fifld service whenever
oracttcable; cond, ihey are to de
stroy the wlgglers'' or you a g mos
quito by &h ase of petroleum oa
the waters where they breed.
Permanent pools or puddles are
to be fllLd up To the other are to
be applied one ounce of keroaene to
ch fifteen square feet of waur
twice a month which will detro
not only the youog, but the old
motqaetoa. This does not injure
drinking water If drawn from b
tow and not dipped out. Protec
tion i thus secured, according to
the order, because the mosulto doe
not fly far; seeks shelter when th
wind blows and thus each commu
nity breeds it own mosqultos.
Murder In Granville County.
Near Creed more, Granville coun
ty on Wednesday night last, Jaoies
Green, colored, murdered his wife
Green returned home at an earlier
hour than was expected and found
some other men in his home. They
eft and he then began to whip his
wire. She tried to escape from him
nd he caught ber by the arm and
held her until he pulled his pistol
from his pocket and fired the fatal
hos, the bullet penetrating her
neart, killing her on the spot. When
he saw what he had done ha quiet
ly walked out of the house and
made his escape and has not bee'
captured. Coroner Hobgood, of Ox
ford, held an inquest yesterday and
the jury rendered a verdict in ac
oordaoce with the above. It Is raid
tnat Green nad always borne a
good character and was held In
algh esteem by all who knew him
Atlanta's Mayor Arrested.
Atlanta, Ga., Dec 29. A warrant
was today served upon Mayor James
G. Woodward, charging him with ctr
rying concealed weapons. Attached to
the warrant was a bond for $200 with a
blank place for the name of a bondsman
to be signed. The bond was left with
the mayor with the understanding that
he was to get some one to sign it and
return it to the sheriff's office. The
warrant was served by Deputy Sheriff
fye. It was sworn out by Policeman
Dobbins upon the instructions of Re
corder Broyles It was taken out on
the evening of December 18 in the city
criminal court. It was not served un
til tnis morning In one of the may
nr'a sprees he flourished his pistol dan
gerously.
Mavor and Aldermen Fined.
Rook Hill Herald.
Tbe anti-spitting ordinance is now
in full fore It is a little peculiar that
the first individuals in the t wn to be
detected and reported in a violation of
the ordinance were Aldermen Kerr
Hull and Mayor Waters They were
arraigned for the offense and pleading
guilty were lined $1 ea.b or five days
in tne lug i ney paid up and were
eat on their way, no doubt to violate
the ordinance again and maybe to get
in tne lock-up. uneasy must lie tne
bead of tbe official who wears alder-
manic honors.
Gold Mine Sold.
High Point, N. C Dec. S9 Today
the Deep River Gold Mine, three miles
south-east of this place, owned by Mrs
A. Martin and son, was sold by Law
yer . D. Steele to the Keoroor Mining
m r ma .
ompany oi new xora. lie mine nas
been in operation several months with
Dr. Uarrali of Mew xorx ctty as man
ager. Lately eignt to ten tnousaod
dollars worth oi machinery nas been
added Tbe new company will mine
both copper and gold, the former be
ing found In abundance, ' he reported
capital of the company is 'two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars. The work
will be pushed.
Domestic in North Carolina.
Washington, Dec. 27. Bulletin No
17 issued by tbe Census Office, gives
the number of domestic animals in
barns and inclosnres as distinguished
from domestic animals found on farms
and ranges. Of course most of these
an mals are in the cities and village.
in North Carolina, of domestic ani
mals named are these :
Meat cattle, 20,500; horses, 15.600;
mules, 3 110; asses. 88; swine 89,144;
goats, 1.087 These ammtls are con
fined in 25,612 separate barns or mcio
sures Named None too Soon. -
Asheville Citizen.
There are over eighty youthful
criminals now incarcerated in tbe
North Carolina State penitentiary.
This would indicate that the com
mittee appointed by the State board
of charities to draft a bill to be pre
sented to the next legislature provi
ding a reformatory for this claas
has not been named coo soon, ana
if the finances of the commonwealth
will at all bear it, the bill ahould
not fail to pass. Such a step would
be In accord with the foremost mor
al sentiment of the age
49 School Children Drowned.
Burlington, la., Dec 27. A tele
phone message to The uawaeye,
Irom ..Washington, Iowa, says 49
school children, whiht skating on
the river at Foster, near What
Cheer. ron the Chicago, Milwaukee
ft St; Paul road, were drowned.
' An addition of the figures ob
tained bv ths different, census
agents who covered Salisbury town
shin shows that the township con
tains approximately 12,000 people.
TCI KZt
MS
Keyscr, W. Va., Do 51 Oa of U
iBHsit diaastrtMM aocldests la th tuf
of railroad baiMiag ta this swti
bppQ4 at Baser Cast. aar DvWi,
Pooahoata ceaaty. mm ta 11 a of U
eoal at Inw railway aw baUdiag o
from mi a.
A tbe reset of adyaamltaaxptaaioa
six asea are 4mA an veal ears ar
aot expected to Uv. Ta adtt ar
prnd at nooo yasrdsy. while lbae
r as aiaar boom yasaalt
m paced about ta ssev a thaw
out. aad abort! afuraard a ftrrtM
rxplosioa wreeaeS I eaap. kluiag
three aieo outright sad iajarisg rig at
others, thro el whoaa hat aiao dtsd.
The dead mi wer blows i a to atoms -
tegs, arms, hands, aad ethsr par a of
thoir boJieo beiof foaad la differoot
direction froas tb Little otittdlng la
which they lived aasongth wild saoua-
tains
Physicians harried froo Oreoa Bank
and worked all alf ht with tho wound-
en. some or wbota begfed toe dor tors
to shoot them. Instead of helping taoss
to live, to bo blinded or ssaiss-4 for
Ufa. On account of Indirect coaDoe.
tions with U)t camp, it Is Impdastolo to
secur to eoaplet details lo-nlgbU
TtiiPHcaiic vmemviKS.
System BacusssfaUy I'sii Arrs
Mississippi at Mlaasayalla.
Minneapolis, Minn., DLpatch.
Telephoning wllnout wires wa
accomplished here today, by trans
mitting the voice a distance of 1,000
feet across the MlsBlmippl. The ex
periments were conducted by Jamea
Kelsey, who made the recent suc
cessful test across Powder orn Ike.
Conditions were not favorable
owing to the nearness of two electric
railways, which caused the meter to
register half a volt when the appa
ratus was not In use. Weather con
ditions were also bad and toward the
clot 3 of the test the transmitters on
both ends became frozen, making
them useless.
Before this happened the sound
was clearly transmitted with but
five volts and the speaker's words
could be understood. The test was
successfully made up to twenty volt-.
proving the correctness of tbe
method.
He Slipped Up.
The Record says the friends of a
Rockingham man In Greensboro
are telling a very good story -on
h m. His aga Is just eighteen
They say last Wednesday night he
showed up at the residence of Es
quire Waynlck between twelve and
one o'clock and wanted to be mar
ried t a lady who accompanied
him, her age being about sixty
summers, or winters, as the case
may be.
'Squire Wavnlck did not have
su h a thing as a license about him
and he could not accommodata the
young man. It Is said that now
the lady In question declines to
wed him on tne ground that she
was nypnotized on the former oc
casion, but that she does not pro
pose to allow the young man to
get near her again.
Temperaaco
Woman Si
Saloon
Mirrors.
Wichita, Kan., Dec 27 Miss
Carrie Nation, president of Barber
County W. C. T. U., entered the
Carey Hotel bar-room today, and
with a stone smashed a $300 paint
ing and a mirror valued at f 100.
Miss Nation broie mirrors in two 1
saloons at Kiowa, Kan., some months
ago, and declared there Is no law
under which she can be prosecuted.
She was lodged in the county jail
tais afternoon, cnarged with ma
licious destruction of property.
Where Men May be Found.
The New York Journal prints
this from London :
"Sir Horace Toser agent general
of Queensland in London, Is trying
to get women to smtgrate. A loud
cry comes from Queensland for
wives, as the men oatnumber the
women nearly two to one.
There are practically no unmar
ried women ver eighteen left out
ota population of 500,000. There
were 3 449 marriages last year.
Queensland, with Its planters and
miners fast becoming rich, is the
place for women wanting hus
bands.'
A Colorado Blizzard.
Walseberg. CoL, Debember 28.
A blizzard has been raging here
the past thirty-six hours. Fears
are expressed for th safety of the
miners who ar working In the Co-
randoand other mints on Mount
Blanco. They are penned la at an
altitude of 11,000 feet.
Charlotte has had a police cen
sus taken which gives the city In-1
tide the corporate limits a gain of I
1811. making 19,802. Outside the
corporate limits, but under city po
ice regulations, there is ioond
7,850. aggregating 27,752, making
Charlotte the most populous city
In th State.
A gentleman going Into his
sta-
ble one day foaad his little
astride of one of the horses, with a
slate and pencil In his hand. "Why,!
Harry. he exclaimed.
"what are
you doing?"
"Writing a composition was the
reply.
Well, why dont yon write It In
the library r
"Because, the teacher told m to
write a composition on a horse.''
tion is diaooAsed in the January Re
view of Review by Mr. James B. Bod
cers who nas spent much usts ana la
bor in th investigation of Luzon land
titles.
Mr. George E. Boegs. one of tho
most prominent farmers aad hortl
culturtsts in Western North Oaro-
llna, died at his home In TTaTnes -
vllls lass wsaa '
Mr.
Lincoln, Netv.
Dc 7 Two
cisrka, anJ two
(tocXYrapfeert, all
private SMrelarWa
Oca fortw C W. J. lima
laid
role as editor. The vtcj
advertising given tho
tttfwha brest the caaasofthat
quintupling of his oOce fbrtss A
wvk ago Mr. Bryan aanounoed hi
vrotare. liy Wcdatwday bo
enrolled snr Ikfunsmi ab
atrlbenc by Saturday 2.5O0, aad to
day-a mall, tho largvat yet rooasrod,
brought om tlKMsnnd mors cagvr
readers; Mr. Bryan U very much
Hsaaeil with tb rsvporas. It ha
been much rreater thaa ha antlci
patsd. What pleases him moat la
9 spontaneity of it all.
But he will not b eontsntsd with
depeodlng upon voluntary onVrs.
He pnipose going oat after oab
ttribera. II will not cuoy the or
dinary mean of augmenting hi Hat,
bat will aawpt tbe offers ftvety mad
nlm by several Stat DnocraUc or
gaalsation to make oao of tholr
machinery. Tbe plan they have
urged upon him Is th appointment
of the precinct cotumlUeenteo a
agent, each of whom will bo glad
to make a brief can v am In hlanehrb
borhoud for Mr. I try an and thecals.
Tula plan. It la uudentu!, will bo
adopted.
Mr. Bryan has cancelled his eo
gagement to go to Florida and bo
preHent at the Inauguration of his
ooaaln, William Jenntnga, a Gover
nor. In January.
CMIIST1.AI II IEW TOIL
Salvation Army
IMaose to TWi.
orroM
New York, Dec 27. Twanty-flvo
thousand peopi enjoyed Christmas
dinner through tho offort of th
Salvation Army. For weeks past
ths members of th Armv hav
been standing on th street corners
keeping watch over thro lorrad
Iron pots, shouting to passsrs bv.
' Kep tho pot boiling." There has
Oeen a constant jlngl of panla,
nicies and dimes In th pot. Th
Christmas dinner consisted of iJOVO
pounds turkey, 9,000 pounds chick
on, bjuw pound bool, mutton or
pork, 750 buahols of potatoes, S.0U0
bushels of other vegetables, caaaod
or fresh ; 8,000 loaves of bread, LpOO
pounds bssns, imj poo ads cran
berrlec. 1.200 plea, 1.0U0 pounds cof
fee, 100 doten oranges, 800 pounds
of butter, 2 barrels pickles, 100 gal
lons rresn mil a, 12 barrels so gar.
2,000 pounds of nuts, 4,000 pounds
crackers, 1,000 toy a aad dolls, 2,000
pounds candy, mi bar r Is spplos.
children's clothing etc
Dinner was served in Madison
Square Garden, and baskets war
distributed from that point. Th
Salvation Army programme for
Christmas was as follows :
10 a. mn 16,000 uncooked dinner
distributed to poor families la 3,000
baskets, each basket containing
sufficient food for five persons: 6
p. m 8,000 cooked dinners wsre
served at tables on the main floor
of the Garden. Other dinners wsre
served in Brooklyn and Jersey
City.
CEIEIAL MILES IIC0LCSI0IO.
Retarnlnar From Fasts ra Carolina 11 sat-
Ina- Trip.
Goldsboro, Dec 29. Lieutenant
General Nelson A. Miles, U. 8. A.,
In the city tonight, en route to
Washington. He is returning fross
a hunting trip on Trent river, where
he was the guext of his old frlead.
Mr. C. C. Jerome, formerly of Chi
cago, lie expressed blmnelf delight
ed with the trip and regretted that
the duties of his posltioa necessitat
ed his return to Washington by the
new year. He dlscuwed pleasantly
rdoonstructlou days and referred to
his residence in the State as com
mander of the district before Its
Statehood was restored, and especial
ly referred to the fact that be Insti
gated a movement to help some
25,000 whites, made poor at a result
of war conditions.
Speaking of Alger's attack, he
said: "I haven't read It In Its en
tirety. Alger waited some two
years to make tbe attack and I guess
I need be In no hurry to make reply.
The beef question has been pretty
well condemned already by tbe press
of the country. If need be I may
have yet something to aay of the
rottenness of the whole affair."
C3AIK TIIXXS EE'S TEE CSCCX.
Goss Into
Mad
War.
New Tort Son, 26th.
Jacob Marks, a crazy waiter of 441
Third avenue, who thinks he 1 the
battleship Oregon, was dry docked last
night In tbe insane partition at Belle-
vu Hospital.
Marks cr-iised op tb aviso yester
day afternooj as far as On Haaared
and Tweaty-fif th street. Tber h mis
took rvueemas nere lor a spaaisa
fleet and rnsLrd into actio. Pi ere
won th engagement. Marks still
thought be was the Oregon la spit of
tb fact that b had been beaten and
then the cop knew that tne asan was
crazy. He took Marks to th Xast
Twelfth street station, where Mark
sat down on th coal-box bobiad a red
hot stov aad told every body aot to do
anything until ho had coaled.
He was allowed to coai until to ar
rival of a Boilers e ambulaaosla charge
ot Dr. Levy, who he aalstad as admiral.
Before rnakinr ths return vyag la
tb amrxuaac ta uregon was snesta-
d ta a straight jacxet-
Wlnston Masons sent a cheek for
1252.75 to the Oxford Orphana
as a Christmas present.
At tho close of the BrlCsh Par
liament $34j815,000 had bean SO-
lproprUted to carry on ths An-lo-
irjoar
Action With a Bins Coats
dUDrydoeka la the