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THE "BOXERS" UPRISING
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THE CIIINEAK OPCII riBE Oaf TBI
Rl'MIAS rSVOPK.
The Troop of Mevesi Foreign Powers,
Including- Amerltaa, Lear lies
Tain for Pekln U Mb Qniek Flrlav
Ciuna-Wlll Meet tt'ltb lppo.KI.ai
at tbe Flrat Cat .f lb. Ctslssana
Capital.
Tien Tsln, May 31. The RuMlao
troopa bound for this city have passed
Taku forts and are expected here tbla
afternoon.
As the Russians were nearlng the
forts yesterday in boats the Chinese
opened fire and the Russians retreated.
It now appears that the Chinese were
only firing a gun sulute In honor of a
Mandarin who was aboard a Chinese
warship.
A special train started for Pekln this
afternoon with the following forces:
Americans, seven officers and flfty-aix
Tien; Rrtlsh, three officers and seventy
two men; Italians, three officers and
thirty-nine men; French, three officers
ind seventy-two men; Russians, four
fficei's and seventy-one men; Japanese,
two officers and twenty-four men. Tha
foreign contingent also took with them
five quick tiring guns. It is rumored
that foreign troops will be opposed at
the first gate of the Chinese capital,
jutslde the wall.
Washington, May 31. The following
cablegram has been received at the
Navy Department from the senior
squadron commander, Admiral Kempff :
' Tong Ku Taku), May 30.
Secretary Navy, Washington:
"One hundred men landed and sent
to Tien Tsin yesterday. Fifty of these
go to Ptkin this day. Other nations
landed men.
(Signed) "KEMPFF."
The very stnallness of the force which
the Admiral Is sending at Minister Con
ger's request, would. It is felt, facilitate
Its admission to the Chinese capital,
for It could not be regarded by the
Chinese Government as a menace to
Christian integrity.
The Admiral's dispatch indicated that
he has not been alile to take the flag
ship Newark up the Pel Ho river be
yond the Taku forts just above the en
trance. From that point to Tien Tsin,
which stands at the i.ead of light draft
navigation and is the terminus nearest
the sea of the railn ad to Pekln. is a
distance of about tl :rty-five or forty
miles. It is said at the Navy Depart
ment that the American marines were
probably towed in small boats by the
Newark's launches up the river to this
railroad connection. From Tien Tsln to
Pekln by rail is a distance of seventy
miles, a three hours' Journey, according
to Chinese schedules. The marines
i-ould cover It afoot in about three days
t unopposed.
The Chinese Minister, Mr. Wu Ting
Kang. called at the State Department
it an early hour to-day to talk with
Secretary Hay. He was anxious for
rews.
Resident representatives of nearly all
nf the other nations Interested In the
Chinese situation, were among Secre
tary Hay's callers to-day. But, as In
the case of the Chinese Minister, none
f them had received any information
I'lura his own government bearing upon
he situation. Count Cassinl, the Rus
:an Ambassador, who is leaving the
nited States for a visit to Europe and
tiled to say good bye to Secretary
:ay. Is decidedly of the opinion that
mch unwarranted anxiety has been
xclted as to the action of the '"Box
us." He feels confident that there Is
little danger to the life and property of
foreigners in China to be expected from
the present uprising. There are, of
urse, he said, always disorderly ele
ents in a great city like Pekin. quick
take advantaiie of any public ex
itement. so that it was probably a
lse precaution for the foreign Minis
is to call for 111.1 line guards for the
iioJesome effect their presence .gave.
Uncle Jesse Page.
Rev. Jesse H. Page, the beloved old
minister whose presence is welcomed
in every portion of North Carolina
the home of wealth and refinement as
well as in the humblest cabin,
preached the commencement sermon
before the students of Monroe
High School last Sunday morning
The sermon was out of the beaten
track. There was no lirstly, secondly
thirdly, tiresomeH' about the sermon
It was a plain and most pointed pre
sentation of practical truth. The
subject was "Talents and Gifts." The
burden of the preacher s talk was
He yourself. Ihose who trv to lm
itate others and ':'! to exercise thei
own irifts were i ;i uled in a manner i
peculiar to the original, forceful
preacher. The congregation was so
large that no church in the town
would hob! it, therefore services were
held in the opera house and that
building was tilled to overflowing.
The sermon was one suited to every
age and condition of man, although
Mr. Page announced that he would
preach specially to the children, and
he held the attention of the usually
restless small boy during every min
ute of his discourse. There is no
bettt-r. grander old man than "Uncle
Jesse" Page, as he is called. He is
getting ohl in years only. His warm
heart and active brain hold the
strength and vigor of youth and every
scrap of humanity is precious in his
sight. No man with other than a heart
big with love and human sympathy
could preach such a sermon on Frier d
ship as that good man preached in
Central Methodist church last Sunday
evening. Monroe Enquirer.
Adams, as a Negro Leader.
(Webster's Weekly.)
There can be no question as to
Judge Adams' attitude toward the
negroes while he lived in Caswell.
He was their recognized leader
taught, drillen and organized them,
so that they were able to elect one of
their own race to represent the proud
county of Graves and Yancey in the
Legislature. He waxed fat by teach
ing the negroes that their neighbors
were their political enemies. He
taught them that the white people,
who furnished them work and pro
vided them schools, could not be
trusted in political matters.
Bettie "Wash proposed to me last
ni?ht on his knees."
Blanche "That boy would stoop to
anything."
THE ECLIPSE IN RALEIQH.
A Magnificent and Beautifully Weird
Sight as Viewed from the Dome of
L? C 7h'e tckenrweno
Roost.
r.) !
(Col. F. A. Oldf, in Charlotte Observe
Raleigh, N. C, May 28, 1900. j
Tbe weather could have hardly been ;
more favorable than it was here to- :
day for viewing the eclipse. At 7 j
o clock your correspondent went on 1
tbe top of the capitol, and from that j
commanding point of view saw the ;
grand spectacle. On the top of the
dome was Lieutenant Geo. (J. Kounds, !
of Manassas, Va., who was General ;
Sherman's signal officer in 1SG5, and '
who then had the top of the dome as
his station. To-day he used the same j
telescope, field glasses and 8ignal :
tlas. There were many persons on
tiie roof ol the capitol, some 01 them cnpse or me sun, as observed in
from points as far away as Detroit, ; Wadesboro to-day, was of a very sat
(Jhicajro and Boston. Interest was in- isfactory character, all conditions
tense. In the streets below work was
going on as usual, in tne sky to me ,
westward a few cirrus clouds floated
lazily. The li;ht breeze was almost '
from the west. There was a watching
ol watchers to se whether the first
contact of the sun and moon was on ,
schedule time." Lieutenant Rounds j
f iirna 1 Hair witr-wasrtred '-first con-'
tact." i
As the "minutes slipped away the
eve roved tar and wide over the lair
landscape, visible a score of miles'
away. As the light dimmed, the
colors changed beautifully. It seemed '
that stillness came with the change. '
Clusters of people in the streets were
seen, while on all available roofs weer !
other groups, all gazing intently. On
the roof of the weather station the ;
experts could be seen, as busy as bees j
Across the fields far away shadows
seemed gradually to settle
thought of Milton's lines:
One
Now came till evening on a id twilih
day
Had in her sober livery all tiling clad ."
The swallo.vs, those "birds of sun-
set ami its purple clouds," appeared, j
and wheeled about the dome, with
. in . .1 . i J
plaintive twitterings, xo tne strained
eye totality seemed very long in com
ing, lhe cusp of the sun seemed to
rest for quite a while without grow
ing, greatly less. Then it became
but a little crescent of fire, lingered,
went out. The eye, turned to the
South-West, saw like a flash the great
dark shadow-wave as it came up and
rushed past, a very ghost of shadows,
at the instaut of totality. Jhe corona
burst into its ring-like flame and
from its upper right and lower left
portions extended broad brushes of
Tividly white light, the upper one
lonser than the lower. These were
indescribably beautiful. There also
appeared to be protuberances very
much like "liquid light" or quick
silver drops, two on the left upper
portion and one on the right lower
portion, tuite near and to the right
a planet, Mars, sprang into view,
while to the North-Eastward and
much nearer the horizon, was another
planet, Venus, larger and brigherand
more beautiful still.
The air grew chilly. All sounds
were hushed. It was night and yet
not nisht. One seemed to see and
yet not see the hills and forests far
away. Everything visible appeared
to quiver. An effort was made to see
from such a height on the broad walls
of the Park Hotel and the water tower
the passing of the shadow, but none
were thus observed.
Suddenly the upper right portion
of the sun appeared like a drop of fire
and quicker than ever fairy's touch
worked magic the darkness disap
peared. This weird brightness was
more intense, by reason of contrast,
with the intervening derkness, than
the last glint of sunshine before to
tality. There were all sorts of interesting
phenomena. If during the period of
totality the hand was held before the
eyes and the earth, the shadow of the
bones was cast, as if by an X-ray.
The bones of the ringers were thus
clearly depicted, with the swelling of
the joints aud the metacapal bones
were equally plain. The fleshy part
of the fingers was shown as the
"shadow of a shade." The effect not
of a shadow, but a round one, was
also produced. Capt. C. B. Denson
made careful observations of all these
points and told me of the results, as
above. Many others tested and
watched this queer X-ray effect of the
coronal lijiht
A number of persons who stod on
the ground, among them Mr. A. H.
Green, watched the shadows as they
passed during the totality. They
were in the shape of little crescents,
at first with the convexity to the
right, and then to the left. The
"dewfall," or rather formation, was
very pronounced.
Corporation Commissioner, S. L.
Rogers, being curious to know effect
of the eclipse upon animals, was at a
place where there were cattle and
poultry. The chickens, as totality
came on, made for their roosts and
some hens who did not reach these
squatted in the grass and brooded
their feathered babies, mother-love
rising upon fear of a phenomenon of
which they knew nothing. Mr. Rogers
also watched the queer procession of
the shadow-ghosts and felt the grass
and found the dew surprisingly heavy.
The chickens saluted, with lusty
crowings, the return of daylight. At
8:49,as totality began, the temperature
at the signal" station was 71 1-16 de
grees and at 8:54, five minutes later,
it was 69 2-16 degrees.
At 9 o'clock Lieutenant Rounds re
ported, by the army code signals, the
message he gave to the great army of
General Sherman from this very
point, the top of the dome, April 13,
1865; "Peace on earth, good will to
ward men." He prefaced it with the
words, "To the good people of Ral
eigh and North Carolina."
The Rem-Sho typewriter is adver
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has the local agency. Call and see
' the machine or apply for descriptive
catalogue, terms, etc.
GRAND SPECTACULAR EVENT.
THE SOLAR ECLIPSE AS
All the Conditions Were Perfect for a Grand and Beautiful
Spectacle Astronomers and Scientists View the Eclipse
Under the Most Favorable Circumstances Prof. Coit
Makes the Most Important Discovery so far Developed in
the Absence of White Prominences The Calculators
Missed the Period of Totality by a Few Seconds A Bet
ter General Knowledge of the Corona Will be a Result of
the Observations The Story of the PZclipse in Detail.
(Wade II. liartis, in
Wadksboko, N. C, May 28th. The
being as fine as could have been de-
siren uy ine most enthusiastic scien-
list. X he conditions were absolutely
perfect and the astronomers and
scientific men had only one thing to
complain of, and that was that by
some slip ol moon calculations, thev
were cheated out of about seven
seconds of the eclipse. In other
words, the period ef totality was
about seven seconds less than had
been calculated upon. Prof. J. 1.
Coit, one of the professional observ-
ers, explains that this tact is neither
important nor surprising, because as-
tronomers are not perfectly sure of
all the elements of the moon. It
demonstrates that the motions of the
planets can be computed with higher
accuracy than the moon.
The town was full of professional
and amateur observers and telescopes
of all shapes and sizes. Congress
appropriated !$5,000 for the expenses
alone ot the smithsomon observation
station. This station occupied a tie-
nression to the South-East of the
town, and was perhaps the most line-
lv equipped station in the belt of the
eclipse. It was made tin of the reo-n-
1. I. . . rt -
jar apparatus of the Smithsonian In
stitution, the only new addition being
the great telescope 135 feet in length,
carrying a plate one yard square,
making a picture 16 inches square.
The plates cost $85 per dozen. Dur
ing the few moments of totality the
operator of this telescope secured six
pictures.
xuC oui.tu.uuuu stauon whs u : th(J moon lenfftu The other llash.
charge of Prof. Langley, and he haded QUt bblow fn aa opp0site direc
40 assistants among them Prof. C. G. j u whHe circling the shadow was a
Smith, who had charge of the mstra-j uaow belt of n t o extreme bril
ments; Prof Smihe, chief photograph-,lian The Mercury beamed
m m i TpTifr l i just a little beyond the end of the
Child Mr. DeL. Prof. C. G Men-; arm nf the coro Venug
denhall and Mr. A. Graemer On the ; kled Hke a diamond. The shado of
omuuMiuiHu giuuuue was tue oosei-,
vation station of the Yerkes Observa-
7 f harof i rotlt Brrd, ; 8oftened brilliancy. One could dis
Ha e ltitchey, Ellerman, Flint, Frost, j ti ish faces in Jtho near neighbor.
and Dr. Ishani. Their equipment was ; hood yet it was ag if througha vel
almost as that of the bmithsonian. : lowish-haze Observers differ as to
I rinceton had a well-equipped sta-' the exact time of the duration of the
tion, in charge of Profs. Young Ltb- totality but it was about 75 seConds.
bey. Bracket and Magee; Mrs. Magee The mJost dazzlin r offect of the entire
Messrs. Reed, McClenaham, Russell j Bnontain n..xa 0t0t(l0 lirar mmr. f
and Fisher. Nearby was an observa-!
Nearby was an observa
tion station profusely decorated with
American flags. It was in charge of
Rev. John M. Bacon and daughter, of
Newberry, Eng., and Nevil Marke
lyne, of London. Each of the party
wore small American fla;s in their
hats. They had a very expensive set
of instruments. In addition to these
oig telescope oattenes, there were
many private plants of more or less
importance.
The equipment of the Yerkes ob
servatory was as follaws: One 62-foot
photographic telescope and several
smaller cameras for photographing
the corona; six spectroscopes pro
vided with prisms and gratings for
photographing the spectrum of the
chromosphere and the corona; a deli
cate bolometer for measuring the
heat radiation of the corona, and
which was used with a 20-inch re
flecting telescope and a coelostat,
loaned to Prof. Hale by the secretary
of the Smithsonian Institution; tele
scope used by Prof. Flint for observ
ing the times of contact.
Mr. Thomas Lindsay, of Canada,
secured many valuable photographs
Prof. J. A. Holmes. North Carolina
State Geologist, had a well equipped
station on one of the
buildings in
town and the results of his observa
tions are considered amony the most
valuable of the day, especially in thejuotea totality and three
photographing of tbe shadow belt, given ten seconds before
Dr. G. M. Philins. nrinein.il of thp
State Normal Schools, West Chester,
Pa., had a well-equipped observatory
on Carr's Mountain, where the Char -
leston cadets, under Captains Bond
and Coleman, were also stationed
The individual professors and ama-.
teurs with telescoj)es and cameras of
their own were met on every hand.
THE STOHY tE THE ECLIl'SK. !
Wadesboro was astir early this !
morning. The sun rose brightly and j
saTe an occasional streak of cirrus,
not a cloud was to be seen. The j
Smithsonian station was roped off fori
a block around, and absolutely no
outsider was admitted. The "vast
majority of the crowd, therefore, re
paired to Carrs Mountain, to the
West of the town, which is an ideal
spot for an observation. From its
summit the view extends in an un
broken ring of horizon. One can see
into the counties of Union, Richmond,
Stanly and Montgomery, and the
Smithsonian men had said from this
point alert persons could see tbe
shadow as it came and swept by.
This shadow, by the way, was 50
miles in width and swept over the
country at the rate of a quarter of a
mile a second. Shortly after the ar
rival of the special train from Char
lotte, the top of the mountain was
covered with people. It wa sjust
7:36 o'clock when those who were
keeping an eye on the sun through
smoked glasses saw the slightest cut
on the upper right hand edge, mark
ing the beginning of the eclipse. The
shadow came on just on the edge of
the' sun represented by a point be
tween the figures 1 and 2 on the face
4
VIEWED AT WADESBORO
A
Charlotte Observer .)
of a clock. At 8:20 the darkness was
perceptible, and under the nearby
trees the crescent-shaped images of
the sun showed very plainly on the
ground, but in reversed direction from
the position of the sun's crescent in
the sky. About two minutes before
totality began, a dull yellowish hue
overspread the landscape. The hori
zon grew very dark toward the South
West, like a thunder cloud, but those
who were looking for the rushing
shadow were disappointed. It was
too quick for them and the deep twi
light of the total eclipse was upon
them in a twinkling. White sheets
previously spread upon the ground
caught the mysterious shadow bands.
THE CLIMAX.
Words cannot describe the solemn
grandeur of the scene at the moment
of total eclipse. The chattering crowds
had been awed into silence as the
wierd, mysterious darkness leading
up to totality had progressed. The
color effects of sky and horizon were
surpassingly beautiful. Above, the
blue deepened to almost blackness
and all around the horizon rose rings
of orange and pnrple. Just before
totality it looked as a rainbow ring
ing the horizon, but the moment the
last ray of the sun was obscured all
this changed and the coloring of the
horizon was that which shortly fol
lows a summer sunset. Around the
sun the corona shone forth with
great brilliancy and in a beautiful
form. There were two brilliant
splotches of light. One flamed out
from the first point of contact. It
was shaped like a fish tail and was
about three times the diameter of
th t , ecliDse r,roduced an effect
snmpthincr liVp. mnnnliorht- vft, with
: u :
L 11 U Cllll CUIU1"IU" XL U HO CIS 11 a
mighty arc light more powerfully and
brilliantly penetrating than anything
ever imagined on earth had been sud
denly lighted in the skies. It was
blinding: and dazzling in the sudden
ness and splendor of its appcarauce.
With the first llash of the light the
wierd darkness gradually began to
disappear and very soon the shallow
was lifted and the earth appeared to
be itself again.
AT THE SMITHSONIAN OBSEKVATOItV.
The instruments on the Smithson
ian grounds were run by clock work,
to move correspondingly with the
movement of the earth. Not one man
of the number employed at the
various instruments got a glimpe of
the sun in eclipse. They had to keep
their ears open for the signal bell and
their eyes on their instruments. The
signals were given by G. R. Putnam,
of the United States Coast and Geo
detic Survey, who was also in, charge
of the instruments for determining
the latitude aud longitude of Wades
boro. At precisely 15 minutes before
the eclipse began he sounded a gen-
; eral alarm on his bell, and thereupon
i every man on the ground bent his at-
tention to his instrument. Five raps
denoted that totality would occur
within one minute. Two raps de-
raps were
the end of
totality
These strokes of the bell
guided the men under the tents in
i their work or recording an eclipse
I that the.v ,Hd not see- Kach maa had
! llis particular duty to perform and all
did it well.
six SPOTS.
Uev. Mr. tuinby, ot lierwyu, near
Philadelphia, was in charge of the in
struments for recording sun spots
It was not a good time for this kind
of observation and he is not yet pie
pared to state the results. The spots,
however, will show up in the numer
ous large photographs taken of the
sun by other observers.
TEMPEKATl'KE CHANGES.
The drop in temperature during the
eclipse was sufficient to make itself
felt by all observers, notwithstanding
their interest in the eclipse itself.
The duty of recording the temperature
changes was assigned to Prof. 11. II.
Clayton, from Blue Hills Meterologi
cal Observatory, near Boston. Prof.
Clayton's report shows that at the be
ginning of the eclipse, the tempera
ture was 71 degrees. Just after con
tact it was 65. For five to ten sec
onds after totalitwait was 63 degrees.
As the eclipse passed off the tempera
ture began to rise rapidly, and at
10:30 it was 78 degrees. This record
shows a fall of 8 degrees and a rise of
15. Prof. Clayton's record shows that
the wind increased as fjthe eclipse
came on, and decreased as it passed
off, but at no time did the direction
of the wind change.
THE COLOBS.
The color effects of the eclipse as
has already been intimated were beau
tiful. They were officially recorded
by Mrs. Clayton. Her record shows.
that at 8:17 the skies became per
oeptibly darker and at 8:22 were get
ting a deep blue. At 8:25 there was
a twilight effect in the Western hori
zon, and a streak of cirrus in the
North. At 8:29 cirrus cumulus were
visible in the North-West and the
cows in the pasture around the ob
servatory were heard lowing. The
blue purple effect was first noted in
the South and West at 8:32 and the
pale orange light in the skies at 8:34.
At 8:37 there was a pale light gray in
the East, and at 8:39 pale light gray
in the West. The deep purplish gray
in the zenith, like a deep purple bow
inverted, came on at 8:44. At total
ity, 8:45, there was a deep pink on a
streak of cirrus cumulus in the South,
also bands of purple and pink in the
West. A few seconds before totality,
shadow bands, five inches apart, were
recorded by Prof. Clayton.
ONE FACT SETTLED.
Prof. J. B. Coit, of Boston, had a
station on the Smithsonian grounds
for the especial purpose of observing
the corona. One fact which he says
is settled is that in this eclipse there
was no white prominence, a matter
of considerable importance to astron
omers, lie says that tbe conditions
for observing the eclipse were perfect,
and the results anticipated will be a
better knowledge of the corona and
heat radiations from the different
parts of the corona. Astronomers
will learn more of the form and direc
tion of the curvature of corona
streamers. He expects very satisfac
tory results from the development of
his plates.
PltOF. LAXGLEY PLEASED.
Prof. Langley, in charge of the
Smithsonian party, says that so far
as can be judged, the results of the
observations are entirely satisfactory.
'Of course neither myself nor any of
the men can make a satisfactory state
ment until after we get home and de
velop our plates, but as all the condi
tions were perfect, it is reasonable to
hope that there will be some very im
portant and valuable results, he said.
rou can say that I am entirely sat-
islied."
OBSERVATION BY HOME TALENT.
Of the men representing our own
University in the eclipse observation,
Prof. V enable made a series of photo
graphs of the corona, arranged in con
junction with Prof. Barnard, of the
Yerkes Observatory. Prof. Holmes
photographed the shadow bands which
immediately preceded and followed
the period of the totality on a specially-prepared
roof on the highest
building in the city and probably
had the finest view of any one at
Wadesboro of the great shadows
which moved across the country at
the rate of 2,000 feet per second at
the beginning.of the eclipse. In these
observations were associated Mr. H.
E.iKnox, of Charlotte, and Mr. C. D.
Walcott, of the United States Geolog
ical Survey.
Prof. J. W. Gore made observations
on the corona with a five-inch equa
torial telescope at Pinehurst, where
ho was associated with the Naval Ob
servatory eclipse party.
The observers to-dav said that the
weather conditions were exactly
similar to the total eclipse that was
visible in this section is 1869.
There will be another eclipse in
June, next year, and astronomers are
nio,re than ordinarily interested in it,
because of the length of its duration.
The totality will last seven minutes.
It will be visible in Sumatra and
Borneo and American observers are
already arranging for the trip.
The Review of Reviews for June.
The American Monthly Itcriew nf RcrUvcs
for .June im u well-illustrated number.
The important new topitu of the month
are editorially treated in "The Progress
of the World," the openim; department.
A character nketch of James J. Hill,
Builder of the North went, is contributed
by Mrs. Mary Harriinan Severance-, who
outline the remarkable, career of the
president of the Great Northern Rail
road. Dr. Albert Shaw, theeditor. writes
from full knowledge on "Paris and the
Exposition of 1900." Mr. Jacob A. Run,
author of "How the Other Half Liven,"
forecasts the work of the New York
Tenement-House Commission recently I
appointed by Governor Roosevelt. Mr. j
Cleveland Moffett writes on".ntomobile j
forth Average Man." Mr. Charles A.
Conant describes the open tion of the j
refunding law passed by Congress last
Mnrch. Thireure nlo illustrated arti-
cles on Miminer camps for bo.vs, the Pas-
riioti Play at Oberamiuergiiu, and nw ,
fiction for slimmer reading. I
"The Progress of the World,"' the edi-
torial department covers such topics us j
the famine in India and the relief opei-ji- :
lion in America, the recent Populii-t
conventions nnd Presidential situation
late in May, the Montana Senatorial
contest, the proposed revision of the New
Yorkl'it.v charter, St. Imis strike, th"
American Steel and Wire rase, the r"-iit ,
Montgomery conference on the negro
question, the Cuban postal scandals, thi.
Turkish indemnity, the Boer war, and '
the irreat Ottawa fire. ,
ST. JOHN'S DAY
At the Oxford Orphan Asylum.
Hon. A. M. Waddell. of St. John's
i
sodve, No. 1, A. F. & A
M-, Wilming -
ton. will deliver the address at the
celebration of St. John's Day by the
Masons of North Carolina, Saturday,
June 23rd, on the beautiful Oxford
Orphan Asylum grounds. Cel. Wad
dell is one of the strongest, most elo
quent speakers in the State. He is
patriotic, courageous, gifted.
It is expected and earnestly desired
that people from all over North Caro
lina, in great numbers, will attend
this celebration. It is always a pleas
ant occasion. At. attractive feature
I will be a general basket pic-nic, which
was so satisfactory and enjoyable last
year.
The Oxford Orphan Asylum is now
caring for 220 destitute, homeless,
orphan boys and girls. Visit this in
stitution and your interest for and
efforts in behalf of its work cannot
fail to be increased.
It is expected that railroads will
grant special rates, which will be an
nounced later.
HAN Is A AiNi I1LLMAN
ABE T3K PARMN FIT TO TBE IK
TEEEMTor AUK I ran IMEEEATE
i abarp rIHiri TIU Ovar th An
r rill Q,ae-t:M -Al-tfrUh,
ttmlr. Trllcr. All mm Pl
Isrvw Bfrut lvatT4 tm tk
ClrTerj, Which nt Time Bar-
r Krarel I anferrae.
Washington, June 1. The Senatorial
debate to-day was caurtic and aa warm
aa the weather outdoors. At times the
exchanges between Senators bordered
on personal! ie. Much of the discussion
wan of a political nature, althouKh In
themselves the questions Involved were
not essentially pollticul.
Soon after the Senate convened a
memorial was presented from the peo
ple of California asking that the gov
ernment provide some relief for the
starving people of India. Mr. Hale, of
Maine, with this as a text, severely ar
raigned Great Hritain for expending
hundreds of millions of dollars in
crushing liberty and freedom in South
Africa, instead of curing for the help
less and dying people of England's
chief colony.
Mr. Aldrich. ef Khode Island, charged
Mr. Hale with making political speech
es on irrelevant matUrs. and a little
later when Mr. Halo reported a further
disagreement on tl.e Naval Appropria
tion bill, un evc.ti!ij4 iliaeuohiun urose
over the urmor plate question.
A shaip pol!U-i.i twist was given to
the debate by a .-;.rcch which Mr.
Raima, of Ohio. :,-:ivirid In favor ot
leaving the wholi n, utter in the hands
of the Senate cotileriecs. and of con
ferring discretionary power upon the
Secretaiy of the. A'.txy in accordance
with the House proposition. He became
Involved in a controversy with Mr. Till
man, of outh Carolina, and Mr. Allen,
of Nebraska, ovt r ll. e government's
ability to marufucture urmor satis
factorily, in the course of which the
sparks Hew to the intense Interest of
the auditors.
Mr. Teller, of Colorado; Mr. Allen
and Mr. Pettisrew. of South Dakota,
replied to Mr. Ilanna, all speaking In a
political vein. The bill Anally was re
turned to conference.
Seventy-nine private pension bills
were passed and also the Military
Academy Appropriation bil.. The Mili
tary Academy bill carries amendments
making Cenerul Miles and all future
commanders of the army Lieutenant
Generals, and General Corbin a Major
General. Consideration of the last of
the appropriation bills, the General
Deficiency, was begun, but was not
completed.
Mr. Perkins said he hesitated to press
a resolution looking to the relief of the
people of India less Great Britain might
not look with favor upon the action of
Congress in sending to India unsolicited
alms as might not look with favor upon
i friendly intervention by this govern
ment in the South African war.
"The world has been horrified almost
Stupefied," Interjected Mr. Hale, of
Maine, speaking with deliberate em
ihasls, "at the suffering now being en
lured In India. That is the chief of
England's colonies. The pestilence and
amino are appalling to the Imagina
tion. Whole families are being wiped
tut of existence; the babe lies dead be
side the mother. The situation ia awful.
Mow, the Senator comes here with a
iiroposition that we should appropriate
noney for the relief of these people. I
should like to ask the Senator what
England has done for the people of
ndla. She has spent tens, and hun
'rcds of millions of dollars In striking
lown and crushing republics."
Mr. Perkins, In reply, said he waa
.ot asking the Senate to take action at
his time, but that the Committee on
Vpproprlatlons carefully consider tht
ubject.
The petition was so referred.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE.
W'ashhigton, June 1. The House of
tepresentatives to-day, after a lively
ebate extending over two days, de
bated the Joint resolution proposing m
onstitutional amendment empowering
'ongress to regulate trusts. It re
iuires a two-thirds vote under the Con--tltutlon
to adopt an amendment to the
Constitution. The vote stood: Ayes,
,r4: nays, 131. The affirmative vote,
herefore. was 38 Bhort of the requisite
. wo-thirds.
Five Democrats Messrs. Campbell,
:f Montana; Naphen, of Massarhu
etts; Scudder, of New York; Sibley,
f Pennsylvania, and Thayer, of Massa
husetts, and one sllverite, Mr. New
lands, of Nevada voted with the Ite
- ublicans for the resolution, and two
Republicans Mr. Loud, of California,
nd Mr. McCall. of Massachusetts, with
he Democrats against It. These were
he only breaks from party lines. The
ropulists voted solidly against the res
lutlon. The debate preceding the vote had a
-frong political flavor throughout and
.as at times very personal. The fea
mres were the closing speech of Mr.
!eArmond, of Missouri, and Mr. Little
Held, of Maine, for the respective sides.
:nd the short speech of Mr. McCall, of
Massachusetts, against the resolution.
Mr. McCall has distinguished himself
i.efore during the session in opposing
the action of his colleagues on the
I'orto Rlcan bill, and in his speech In
the Rolierts rase. His action to-day
.. as unheralded, and therefore attract
ed the more attention.
OF GREAT IN'TKREST TO SOUTH
ERN STATES.
Washington. June 1. The Senate
' Committee on Privileges and Elections
i to-day had under consideration 8ena
: tor Pritchard's resolution declaring: ex
j elusion from the prlveleges of tbe fran
j chlse because of race to be unconstltu-
i tlonaJ The rfimmlttM AiAA tn -
; ommend the adoption of a substitute
directing the committee to Investigate
whether such exclusion is antagonistic
to the Constitution. The substitute
passed the committee by a party rote.
and f it Is agreed to by the Senate the '
Investigation will be undertaken by the
committee. The resolution Is predi
cated upon conditions In North Caro
lina, but considerable interest ia mani
fested In It by Senators from all the
Southern States.
A WOMAN'S WAT.
Teas Isn't she a peculiar girl? She
wouldn't look at htm when he waa rich,
'bat now. after he's lost all his money,
he accepts him.
Jess Oh. well, you know how crazy
every woman Is to get anything that's
reduced. Suffolk Herald.
A bier lot of nice sprinjr and summer
dress good at H. THO MASON'S to be
closed oat at and below coat. Call and
see them. Phone 18.
ETerjtbine to eat, fresh and up to
date, at H. THOMASOV8.
Every voman loves to think of tha
time when a soft little body, all her
own. will nestle In her bosom, fully
satisfying the yearning which lies in
the heart of every good WDman. But
yet there is a black cloud hoverlnr
about the pretty picture In her mind
which fills her with terror. Tha
dread of childbirth takes away much
of the Joy of motherhood. And yet it
need not be so. For sometime there
has beer, upon the market, well-known
and recommended by physicians, a
liniment called
Miners meed
which makes childbirth as simple and
easy as nature intended It It Is a
strengthening, penetrating liniment,
which the skin readily absorbs. It
gives the muscleselasticity and vigor,
prevents sore breasts, morning sick
ness and tha less of the girlish figure.
An intelligent mother In Butler, Pa.,
says: " Were I to tire J Mother's Friend
Hum, I ould obtain V bottles if I had
to pay $3 per bottlo tor It."
Oct Mother's Friend at the drug
store. $1 per bottle.
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NOTICE.
HA VI Sd Til IS D A V QUAU KI KU AS
executor of the estate m William
Dickie. deCeaM-d. liefore the Clerk of the
i bupeilor Court of Vancr county, I hi U to
- . . - . . 1 : I I .
notlly ail prrwui'i nomine Claim i-taui'i
the said estate to pn-wiit t lie in to tne, dulv
aut heiiiieat-d, ou or before lli .'Jid day of
May, l'Jbl, or this notice will Ik pleaded
In bar of the recovery of the aan.e. All
persons (indebted to the "aid late inut
make immediate settle tnent.
ThU April 2, 1SW0.
I. 11. 1I C'KIK.
Executor of William Dickie, deceated.
A. C. Zoi I.ICOFFKR. Attorney.
NOTICE.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVES TUAT
application will be made tv the Gen
eral Assembly of North Carolina at Its
session in June, 1900. to pans an act provid
ing for tbe establishment of Graded Schools
In the town f Henderson. . C.
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