I WEDS A SUPPOSED LUNATIO.
n-mbm Maeauerades as "Oapt.
Glaxki"jof the' -Battleship- Texas,
And Even Tried to Carry It off on
the Vessel ,
: New Orleans, March X. A romance
w.v.lk tid AavcAn-naA riiatrpfl&iniT COIUPU-
cations, became public here today. Last
iAf nn ATiitMl Tnnnir man drove to
Tendon. March 8.-A dispatch' from the head of Canal street, accompanied by
.thatformation.frPm MXZ'
JAFEKIHG RELIEVED
elae ; of Mafeldnar' Is Raised. A
Force'of 6,000 Boers Pour Miles
Prom British Front. Buller Finds
Defeat of Boers Complete.
STATE lite,
i ; iff . : v : r , v . a
Interesting North Caiblintk Sterns
In Condensed Form.
PmnavA a1 f o the legation there states
f,MlWf im- i W
hat the siege '.of Mafeiiag has been raised.
About 880 soldiers are In the town. . ,
r
A.fAin VfaroVi 9 '. Thn Boers have
Viow been definitely located four miles
rom the British fronV their left resting Coi80n, who had died on thesnip. in
bn rfhteh kopje and their right on; the officers of the ship. believing him unbal
ver.A The burgher fdrcels estimated to anwd, sent him ashore. ' '
nmuKr ueLnccii uiv Wwww -- ri .- muni sv wiwwmvu , - . t
tlesbip Texas, saying he was Capt. Clark,
A boat was obtained and "Capt. Clark"
mi.MWMinnt. yRA went aboard the
vt tnfivutnmul Mmaplf and said
that he had come for the body of Lieut,
finlnnn. who had died on the ship. The
dav.i The war omce nas rewiveu
following from uen. uuiier: -
f iit nUh Vfirfoir Mown m:.iu
p. m.) I find the defeats oi tne uoers
more complete than I had dared to antic
ipate. This whole district is completely
clear of them and, except at the top of
Van Eoenen's Pass,"where several; wag
ran am vtaihiA. T can find no trace of
them. . ; ' .. J and Clark ind the.yoiior jady-c.were in-
'Their last-train-left Moaaerepruu troduced.; .
Station about I o'clock yesterday, and Yesterday af ternoon they were mar.
they then blew up the bridge. Ibey riewDr. Perdviil at the Church of the
n exploit on the battler
mhin Uat nfirht. hMAme frijrhtened, and
tCU.A m a Man1 nnty- lnv fmm CSncin
natti here, after two days' courtship.
The bride was Miss Bertha Warten. She
came here with ber brother-in-law, ' Alex
. huainAAM . man . of Cin-
cinnatl, and Mrs. Aronson, and - went to
a hotel. The man was staying at the
hmua TTahivnTnn ffliicinatra With
iiiaa Wniton and sent a card to her
room, telling her he was in command of
the battiesmp, ana netnrea to mwu uw ,
Mr. Aronson believed bis representations,
pacKeu men v wuuo oi Annunciation. -
ing them to the north of Ladysmitn so lpftrned of niArk
. hail nn nhn.nrA oi lnterceDunsr
thenrrbut they have left vast quantities
j9 .mmmMnn nf in.11 ftnpts. heards. srrass.
rAtnti and individual neeessanes.v They
have got away with all their guns ex
cept two.''
-a
liradon, March 22 p'jn.TVith no
prospects of any exciting news coming
-n fnm itnoa tnnrn fnward 'field
Marshal Lord Roberts and his advance
into the Orange Free State. ; The critics
of the afternoon papers are almost, un
animous in expecting the main stand of
the Boers to occur at jyyndburg or in
'its' vicmityBefore: rltifritobeirtaM-
;mii in Hlru-mfr.ntpin rnh become ef-
imuvo .u v . ,
fective the strong force oi iioers aireaay
ruip w Mku - a
wiBila on nrot?frfl.tfnn. and soon satlO-
fled himself that the man was either in
sane or an. impostor. Detectives were
called in, and the groom was locked up
in a cell. "When the bride realised ber sit
nation aha MllAnfud. and was taken se
riously UU .. - '
At the police station Clark tola a num
Kotnf Mnfictinff stories. He said 'first
that he was James B.;. Clark, a lawyer,
of Cincinnati, but no sUcb name could be
found in the -Cincinnati directory. Sub-
iiHtitl ka rtraa itont..Apd AJ J. J. MoVSO.
ef Greenville, Miss. He is thought to ; be
ttiitally-iratlaiKW-
served in the Fifth Mi-sissippi InjmUne
nrtmonf. Anrlnff the war. and that he
hn1 nhtAinfri his uniform while in the
gathered southwest of Faarae Derg n -K dab w- noti-
be dispersed. .TUemisnrou ofarresnd it is Mated that if
andthe SdeHslve he iinot proved 'to be insane he will be
P0 r'SiSS nrosecuteS for impersonating a govern-
: Drn.iriii in iiii m - uaja uca civ v aiv hmi - ... , .
and ? perhaps YvBeks. Mafeking alone
. nbw awaits relief, and a force to accom
plish this is probably already on its way.
KENTUCKY GOVERNMENTS ;
Both In Full Operation. Goyernor
ship Case to Be Argued . Today.
Lives of Judges Threatened '
Vrankfort-kv.. March 1.- -The court of
appeals today entered an order post
poning the argument docket till the spring
term, which begins in April. Democrats
attribute this action to. stories that the
lives Of two of the judges naa Deen unreal- r , February 28, IDOOl
' ened. " ' :" -,. .
The agreed case involving contests for jfr. Binghem Sntton and sinter, Miss
governor and lieutenant governor will be Xola, of WheaVSwamp; visited their
argued at Louisville tomorrow before jjrandfather, Mr.n. H. Sutton, last Sun
Judge Field on a demurrer filed by Kepub- aay4 " ,T .
lican Gov. Taylor's attorneys to the pe- . Dr.Ty.Wooten.hischarmingwifeand
tition of Gov. Beckham. daughter, Miss Kathleen, of Dover, paid
The two factions of ..the .state govern- yMterday.' ,
"Capt. Clark" took his arrest coolly.
When locked up he had many telegrams
in his pocket, v One he had written at the
telegraph office when Mr, Aronson was
with him. It had apparently not been
sent, and read as follows:
"Secretary Corbin, U.S. A., Washington:
Today wedded and happy. Texas illu
minates for the bride: (Signed) Capt.
Clark,' Commander Texaa.",
COAHOMA ITEMS.
V4JkUA, r
tion. but with nothing approacmng a
clash pending the. litigation,,. oyer..,. tne
ofllces. : .- - 1
Who fraarnirr fit tho T)pmOPTatlC faction
of the state government was replenished
. j . -)". nnn
Many of our farmers, we learn, will
somewhat shorten their tobacco crops
this year, butnot to increase the cotton
crop, as might be supposed.
Our. village is pfinff improved by the
today by payment into it or $25,000 planting oisnaa.trsnyonr eirp-
from otncialsoiJenerson county. imj? un-uu an. unn. --.,
, h?re.
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your stomach is bad, your liver out of
order. Ayer's Pills will clean your
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your liver rijht. Easy to take, easy
All
to c:
25c.
drurists.
Ytunt your no
rnwn or Ti' H
r-
. '! e rr t,. it.l m beauuiul
fini nnipf, nwirhhorhood was enlivened
Friday nifjht last by a dance at Mr.
Luther Eohin son's. ?In addition to our
many young ladies and gentleman, there
were several from a distance. The affair
was a pleasant one.
Rev. S. IT. Iler filled his appointment
at Cobb's Mills last Sunday. The attend
ance was small, owing to severe cold
titnotdiiii ff Talor in nmnrio' thft nfnnwr
caviit. m... ... . w . . . f -
Presbyterians in this section of the State.
V Our Sunday school' in -not progressing
as we had hoped. Why will not our
imnA rvormla o trnVotn A DPTIflA of their
duty in this line? Just think of the young
folks in our midst, with apparently noth
ing to do on Sunday. .
Tf. tv a a nnr fnnA TvlpnstlT to STWrid a
n5"htrprently under the hospitable roof
of Mr. EJ Eaith, who is strictly a farmer
and eiiioTs the quiet of home life, eur-
j re"?.'! by an intone tin: family, visit-
r - ' rto tr.e Lar.c ci me yoacT
1:. a of tLi3 home rectivc a warm wd-
C0IU3.
Tin annMma onnrt ban decided that
where a husband signs as ,p, witness a
contract his Wild has mad it give his
assent to such contract. ; ,
. Bradford Clark, Cot Charlotte, an
employe of the Southern railway, was
killed Thursday night between Charlotte
and Columbia by. falling, from a freight
' A prominent Raleigh cotton dealer says
that he expects to see cotton so scarce
later in the year that a number of North
Carolina mills wouia nave w wy u
lackof.it, . ; - - .- ; K
Fire at Tillery a few days ago destroy
ed the cotton gin of Tillery & Bro., to
gether with about si bales of cotton in
the seed. There waa oo insurance, the
insurance having expired in January and
had not been renewed. ; T Vt' '-r "
nw.. whaim TftraTnanvanee company
has formally notified -the insurance com
missioner that it had sola "out all its
business to the Westchester pf New York
and had wound' up; its i affairs.. The
Westchester has been domesticated in the
State. ' ' ' -
a -Rnlotirh Frtdflv the iiirv in the case
t a a nniuv no-nfnat the Southern rail-
U V. W yp""" ' ' -mi !
way for damages on account of injuries
sustained while in the employ of the road
on its yards at Goldsboro, rendered a
verdict awarding Coley f 12,500. Coley
lost an arm by the accident. .
Charlotte News: eThe 3-year-old child
of Mattie Allison, who cooks for Mrs.
B. D. Springs, in uu worm,; was . uumeu
to deata Monday night in a house at the
extreme end of South Tryon street. The
child was .left in- charge of another
woman while the n6ther waa at work.
It was playing in tlie nre wnen yne cioiu
ing caught, y 'js,-" ,'.'".
Mr. A. G. Call, a contractor at .vvu
mington, was awakened by a burglar
Friday morning. Mr. Call recently sus
tained a fracture of the hipland was con-
calling the neighbors Th ldi)ber cursed
the prostrate - man, Druwuiy wuu
with some blunt instrument and fled
through a window. Call may die of bis
injuries. - " -
S. A. Pearson and Sam Atkins, negro
youths, have been captured. They bur
glarized Patch & Williams' store at
Southern Pines on the night of Febru
ary 12tb. A large quantity of miscel
laneous goods wre found in their pos-
session, iuciuuiub vww wv,v.v
which were ideutiiied by Patch & Wil:
liams and the owners of the wheels.
They were bound over to court Jinursaay
and jailed in default of bftp.
v C. W. Battle, negro postmaster at
Battleboro, was arreuted Wednesday and
jailed at Halifax, failing to give bond.
The warrant was sworn out by Agent
Connolly. A white man named Stokes
succeeds Battle as postmaster. The lat
ter is the fifth uegro postmaster to get in
Kia in Titrt,ht4MJittrn North Carolina.
the others being- Hargett at Kocky
Mount, Pittman at Tillery, ' Baker at
Lewiston and one at Boseneatb, Bertie
county.
Washington"' Gazette-Messenger: We
were shown Tuesday by. Mr, James L.
Mayo what was to us quite a curiosity
an alligator egar. i Mr. Mayo took this
r nwit on, South creek, in
which there were 53 others and it is
about the size of ah ordinary hen egg,
i w,tih li-ktitrur Ann hi 1KB an uoui euuw.
Mr. Mayo says that during the warmer
months alligators frequent this creek,
and only last summer he succeeded in
killing one 13 feet loug. c
Oxford Ledger: i We frankly say to tne
Democratic party , of , Granville county
that this is no time for empty honors in
face of a bold, fierce aggressive campaign
for Anglo-Saxon rule in our beloved
State, and the necessity of selecting the
head of the ticket with unanimity. We
need and must have tne sirougess bmu
mun in tlm State todav before the
people, and that man is Charles B. Ay
cock,who has no superior as an orator,
a man of the people, and possesses every
qualification to make Jorth Carolina an
admirable governor. . '"'
In Guilford county a young man wno
was courting a youDg woman, was for
bidden by ber father to come on the
premises. The girl's mother told him he
was welcome and he followed her advice.
The augry father sued him for treepasn.
iThB Tuot hpr Rimed his bond. The case
wAitni in.t hnaband and wife
are one she had a right to invite the
young man. An , appeal was tasen oy
the father to the superior - court. The
nnfinn will then be settled as to
wife's eaual rhrhte ou the. premises. -. '
r rm,vmoavmrhAr)tT and Children: We
have again and again urged upon our
people the importance of establishing
Lull factories for working up the Wmber
aiiiniy in fnrpiini markets at
i:tti n nn nrofit Hiflch Point stands
to hack our anrument with
.v. ,0i , Muh Tnrnt,v Tears it WOS a
straggling railroad station; today it is a
fine town oi nearly o,uw iwiw11",l,u
rAA fnmtMiro fAAtorlfiS. all On A
solid basis. We have been informed that
.i nrlA rn of these factories has a
oAtr vrvAlt' and naTs handsome
dividends to ite owners. Here in Thom
asvillewe have a half dozen factories that
manufacture ; : spokes, handles, chairs,
chinonelrs, veneering, sasn, aoora, uuuub.
fn Thov n. nil hiffhlv prosperous and
the stock is not for sale. ;:-v ,.4 , . ; ;
was tried and the father lost, the magis-
White's Llack Liniment. It cures
f,datiea. r.beiiniatism and Neuraa.
I A 2Cic bott!o for 1 5c. - . , 1. K. Uoou.
7 Surrendered to the Trusts.' ,
Nwt-Obtemr, Marcs t. .' , I ;
YiMiterdav's New YorL Journal gives
the secret to the "flop" of the adminis
tration from advocacy of McKinley s
plain duty" and Secretary Root's "high
est obligations of Justice and good faith
to the advocacy of treating Porto Rico
as England treated Ireland until it won
the eternal hatred of Irishmen for all
time. The Journal prints thepicturee of
the two men uanry . v. z emcj or,
S resident bf the sugar trust, and James
1. Duke, president of the tobacco trust
thA two men who made the administra
tion surrender. The Journal prints ? un
derneath their pictures these words:
" "These are the two men presidents of
the tobacco and sugar trusts who com
pelled President MCKiniey anaiae jvbuu
lican party to betray the people of Porto
Rico, citizens of the United States, into
their power, tnat tney miguc rvu mem
by taxation in order to swell the enor
mous profits of their great monopolies.
These are the tru$t magnates who or
dered the president and his party to prove
false to their word to the little island of
nnA whnsft order "waa obeyed.
tnnn-h if. onat this" countrv its .honor
among the nations of the earth. "f
"Capitolizatior pt
garTrust... 75,000,000.
Capitalization of thetobaC
co tru8t.........M..... 70,000,000.
"Total........... .... fwu,vw,vv,
"This is the real force before which Mc
Kinley has bowed. This great capital
ization of the two trusts is the real power
in fear of which the Republican party
and, it may be, the whole United States
will have to be false to its promise to
Porto Rico." ' " .
ti .Tnnmal t.lipn nrints the picture 01
of the president and says: .
"This is the president of the United
States and the head of the Republican
party (dominated by trusts,) who stul
itA himaelf bv beinff false to his prom
ises, and covered himself and his party
and his country with everlasting shame
at the commana oi tne w mieu tuiru
above ; who dominate the two trusts
Whose capital they represent that all
powerful f 145,000,000. '
"Our plain duty is to abolish all cus
toms tariffs between the United States
and Porto Rico and give her products
f res access to ou r markets. President
McKinley in his last message to congress
"These are the noble words promising
prosperity and justice to the Porto' Ri
cans uttered by McKinley in his message
to congress last ; December. Those are
. u.. rtmnntpH and made frrnoble
at the order of Ha emeyer and Duke and
their two trusts sugar and tobacco.
"And last night tne president eeuv
the Republican caucus on the Porto Ri
can bid the following message, which
was delivered by Hopkins, of Illinois: .
"The president earnestly hopes that
the Republicans will unite and stand to-
.n 'Ma mpumirp. and not allow
the Democrats to take control of the
"The trusts be praised,' McKinley is
their propbetl" ' . " .
Here you have it. In order to get a
hij nmnaiirn fund with which to pur
chase the election this year, the admin
istration sells itself out, repudiates a
plain duty" and is recreant to the; high
pat nhlic-ations of justice and good faith.
"Can these things be and overcome us
like a summer cloud . - .
And not excite our special wonderr
The Japanese are throwing off their
- n-ithnthprnld notions and show-
inz a liking for American made boots
and shoes. But they insist that they
ehall be made wiae ana ruuiuj a
toes. - ' " ' .
nmrcMT; rows
-; UlJllAJaUAU 41UUMI
Matters of Interest Condensed Into
,;; Brief Paragraphs. ':;',;
Freezing weather has caused f 1,000,-
000 damage at Cleveland, O. - -
1 The United States circuit court in New
York decides that "calls" are not taxa
ble. ;':: V ',- w'; ,f;v. ; :. :''
Besides the 80,000 troops now afloat,
England will send 50,000 more to South
Africa. .',- , ';'.-; '
Gen. Otis come home on leave soon
after the arrival at Manila of the ' Philip
pine commission in May . '-- x ,' 1
' Congressman Sydney Epps, of Virginia,
died at Washington, Frinav night, after
an operation for appendicitis. . . .
Grace Qarke, aged ,15, diea at Jersey
City of typhoid fever uuder alleged "Chris
tian Science" treatment.: The case will
ha investioated. -
Four troops of the Fifth United States
cavalry in Porto Rico are under orders ,
to return to the United States. Native v..
troops are now being recrutled to fill
their places. ,
Z rnu In io onirln room nf thft "
fWarnel Lumber and Veueer company!s ,
mill at Plant Uty, ia., expioaea inurs
day, seriously injuring two men and al
most wrecking tne plant.
tBy an explosion on board the British
mail packet France, at Dieppe, six of her ,
firemen were scalded , to oVatb and four
others are in a critical condition. The
passengers escaped unhurt.
The bill to charter the Richmond and
n..kUfnn A if T.lnu rnilrnad Passed the
Virginia house Friday, just as it passed
the senate, and now only awaits the
governor's signature. This ends a big
railroad fight, and gives an outlet north
to the Greater Seaboard system. , , , ,
At Chicago, Thursday, Chalres E. Lutz
shot and seriously wounded bis brother,
A; D. Lutz, at i the latter's art store. He
then Area two snow ac uiiaiT-u-Hvof,
ipiinviM nav ivibit n 11 iii j. ijuni irn 1 maim l a iw an
formerly employed by Mi ana Mr. Lata
' Ma Piitnd the store intoa- '
icated, and a quarrel ensued, whic,h re-,,
sultediin; the, sjbooting. j:be. juxv fanj
made no attempt to escape. -
At Curtberland, Md., Thursday; Mrs.
Theresa Schaaf died a terrible dent h. She ,
was tolling late at night on a sewing-;
machine, wnen on u uci juu -""u"'u
overturned a kerosene lamp, which ex
ploded and saturated the mother wita
the oil, and in an instant fhe was a sheet -of
flame. Bravely, however, she first saw
the children out of danger before making
an outcry. She died from, tbe effects of
the burning. ' .
v.n,M.nf MrTrinlpv ant a ariecial mes- .
sage to the senate Friday, recommending
that the duties collected in porto Rico
since the United States took charge be
appropriated for the use and lieneflt of
the island. Already 12,05,455.88 has
been collected. Tbe s-mit promppjy
passed a bill giving the prenident author
ity to use thi- money for. the inlands, as
well as other moneys collected under ex
isting law, without wai'tiug for legisla
tion now pending.
Three prominent members of the Chi-
CagO DOarU (H wovio jut, w.wv w.wwwv ....
by.theiederal authorities on the charge
of "bucketshoppiug." Thoe taken into
custody are James Nicol, vice-president
of the board of trade: Henry 0 Parker
4V, wm nf 11: O FMI'kfl- &. Co.. who
was first vice-prenidf nt f t he board im-,
mediately preeeding Nicol. 'and Calvin A.
Whyland, president of tl e firm of C. A.
Whvland & Co. All of th. in are charged
with using the mails to oVfroud, in con
nection with the firm of Mi lin Bros. It
seems that the McLhiuh slicited country
orders, and paid - the three prominent
board of trade men part of the spoils for
the use of their names in ullened transac-
modi ' nftwr RtrM'kH had fluctuated.
IIUWI lilt"" ' - - . .
but dated, back, to wipe out their cus
tomers' margins. '
TeCareaCeti IsCstDty
T iviTrrt HlOUO Ouintn TABtXTt.
h . rrr. ' nnn..ir it faiU to cui.
I Gkovb'S lignatura t on aach box. tjc .
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th more severe
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