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Vol II-No; 301.
KINBTON, Ni 0M ID AY.AROH 23, 1900. r
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LI otters of Interest Condensed Into
Brief Paragraphs.
Ex-tiov. Oates has withdrawn from
the senatorial contest in Alabama, in
favor. of Senator Morgan., i i :
The house committee on foreign affairs
has decided to investigate the allegations
made by Chaa. E. Mac rum, ex-consul to
Pretoria. South Africa, relative to the
opening of his official mail by, the British
authorities - .
ond sectibn of the Western Express, while
running at a rate of 6Q m lies, an hour.
was wrecseu. jcingmeer Aimrew jv&uu
man. asred 45. of Harrlsburir. was lam
med in the wreckage and died from bis
Injuries two hours later at the Altoona
hospital. . , -
; At BufaloN. Y., on Wednesday, fire
burned out the interior, of the consump
tive ward of the Erie county hospital.
There were 60 patients in the ward when
the Are broke out. Thev were carried
from the building by attendants, all escap-
i ill j. iJ ' i fnL.1 n -
lug wituoui .uijury. au nrv wtuj vuu
fined to the 6ne;warL : ' , , ".',-.
' Secretary Hay and Ambassador Cam
bbn have signed a protocol extending the
time allowed for the ratification ' of the
French reciprocity treaty., By, the terms
oi the protocol the treaty is to be ratified
."as soon as possible, and within twelve
months from date." 'This is the same
provision that was adopted in respect to
the tfntwn west inaian reciprocity trea
ties. , . t
At Chicago, Wednrsday,, 85 persons
were injured by the falling of a freight
elevator in tberear of tbe buudingatl2Q
Market street, 'where the victims of 'the
accident were employed by the Blakely
Printing company. It is thought none of
the injured wfll 4ie, althoughsevefal of
them were badly hurt. The accident was
caused by the breaking of the engine in
the basement.1- - ,"-. , r;
The charred remains of Cassie Boone, a
young: white woman,, was found in tbe
woods near Cberaw, S. C, last Tuesday.
Three, men : have been " arrested for" the
crime. . Whether committed by the men
acting as a committee of regulators (the
. character of the young woman being not
of the best), or whether she was forcibly
taken into the wooas, outraged and then
burned, cannot nqwbe old.'vr - -
Jacob Lorrilard, formerly a brick man
ufacturer and son of Peter Lorrilard, the
minionairetobaw 'man, from Whom be
Inherited f 1.500.000 besides bequests of
nearly f 1.000,000 more, has filed a peti.
tion in bankruptcy; Liabilities $867,327,
assets $ 300. Pierre Lorrilard and H. J,
Barbey, of New York, are the largest
creditors. He admits an incomo of $40.
000,' but says it is necessary for ' his sup
port. ;
Secretary Boot has granted exclusive
concessions to prospectors to obtain gold
from the sandy beach at Cape Nome.
This fact became known after Senator
Turner, of Washington, bad- offered in
. the senate a resolution of inquiry as to
the action of the secretary in granting
these licenses to prospectors to dredge
the beach. Mr. Turner declared that if
such authority had been given; it was "a
shame, a reproach and a scandal.!' The
concessions are said to be valuable. -
Beck Olsenof Copenhagen, met Ernest
Bother, the heavy-weight . wrestler of
America. Wednesday night at Madison
Square Garden, JJew York, in a Graeco
Roman march for tbe world's champion
ship, and Olsen was declared the victor
oy ine reieree. xtoener gamea ine nrsi
fall in 24 minutes and 25 seconds, by a
half Nelson hold. The Dane secured , the
next fall by a front body hold and throw.
Boeber was unable to come to the center
at the call of time after a 10-minute in
termission and Olsen was therefore given
the match.
Villiam Blackstone, of Baltimore, and
Ben Jones and James Lacy, of Westmore
land county, Va., three of the four negroes
charged with holding up and robbing
1 nomas Davidson, of Huntington, .Fa.,
Thursday night, and Maj. Tollier and
Thornton Henderson, both colored, of
Orarce county, Va., at Cumberland, Md.,
L uncjy Ei-ut, fecurirT zxo from the Jat-
t?r, were cacht Ve
John's V.r.n by Llvi
f ; ; a ci 15 rr: 1 r;
lUTiLir t I' :.tc.f two i.
n jiilat r 1 1 .:.y V;
I
rta EC
TO
near, hir
Harrison and a
men, after a
:a. They are now
-SW. Va. The
L..J!y wounded,
v. r .-i terminated
D.A.Ty-
1 r:-ty to the
' " ! t' rc""h
4...; j co".-;. ...i a
case ,tbat has engaged the court for the
better part or two weeks, ana which
Judge Bpeefcharwtfrixef a one of the
most nopBDjg cases ever. inea m, me iea
era! court In this country.'? "The conspir
acy had tamiflcattons through half adpf ?xi
counties in Georgia, most of them pro
hibition counties... The conspirators sent
orders by mall to wholesale merchants
out or the state for, all manner or goods,
Srincipally beer and liquors, which they
ispensed in blind tigers and the shippers
would never hear of their money.. But
while liquors for sale in '"dry": counties
were a, specialty, many other , kinds of
goods were embraced in the orders of the
gang, f Indeed, the confessed leader of the
conspirators,' D. ' A, Tysonf built and
equipped ar loog distance telephone line
connecting Savannah with neighboring
towns witb material fraudulently ordered
on elegantly engraved letter paper of flic-
tmouanrms. . rrson made use or a num
ber ; of small country merchants, whom
be persuaded to permit the use of . their
names for the fraudulent Ordering o
goods. Many pianos, organs, reapers
cases oi wine and other Tartlcies were
found In denote in the territory of the
gang, consigned to tbe various members
of it.. The gang victlm'KKi wholesale
merchants in Montgomery, Chattanooga,
Kichmond. ubarleston, Baltimore, tmcin
nati and elsewhere. The trial had gone
Dn nearly two weeks and nearly 100 wit
nesses .nad- been examined; when it was
suddenly terminated by a plea of guilty
SWORN TO DEPEND TAYLOR.
Organizers at Work in ' Louisville
With the Knowledge and Support
Of Republican Leaders. Gulden's
Mysterious Movements.
Louisville, March 2l.Eet)ublicans are
.organizing over the state what may
!)rove'to be an army. The organization
s knpwn 'as the Liberty League and
bands are to be formed In every, county
and tn every town where sufficient mem
bers can be gathered together. In Louis,
ville organizers are actively at work and
many bands are being organized The
movement has the suoDort of the oartv
leaders and or the party press, which has
made public the details of the organiza
tion. ! o .. -.--- :-r ,:; vtfi A-.,-
Liberty Lea trues are to be formed and
are to be held in readiness to carry out
whatever work may be assigned to them.
It is generally understood . that the real
worK will consist In being an active ally
of Taylor's militia, to' defend the execu
tive building from the Democrats after
the court of appeals shall have acted.
But the oath may mean that It is in
tended to protect those arrested for com
plicity in the assassination of Gov. Goe
bel, as there is a pledge to save life. The
oath is as follows:
Whereas our civil liberties have been
assaulted .and a gigantic conspiracy has
been formed to 'persecute and defraud us
of our rights: therefore we, the under
signed, do hereby organize ourselves into
a Liberty League, pledging to preserve
tfbth' our civil, liberty and lives of our
fellow-citizens? who are made the victims
of the aforesaid conspiracyrand to this
end we pledge our property and our lives
and will follow the commandof our cap
tain, who ie to be selected by us!'' ;
' Tbe Louisville party organ, in annoanc-
ng-the intention to organize Liberty
Leagues, makes no secret that tbe plan is
revolutionary, citing the way in which
the minute men were organized in 1776
in order to protect their rights. It also
sees fart her and depicts the bloody scenes
of the Cincinnati riots, when tbe court
house was destroyed. '
Oolden Slips Into Lexington . -
Who is the centre of interest in theGoebel
murder investigation, slipped into Lex
ington last night, and has been under
surveillance of detectives,throughout the
day. He left for Winchester today, lie
was inaccessible to outsiders and to
friends was as silent as a sphjnx. To
II. M. Steeleof London, Ky:, who is here,
be said: "Eu mors going over the coun
try are all a lie. You will find out later
I am telling the truth."
; Jud8 Robert Fields, of Perry county,
Came here from Beattyvi!!e today, lie
savs that at the barber shop there where
"Tally" Dick Combs works, he heard
Comba say that he wes at work every
day and would make no attempt to
escape if the cllhcera wanted him. lie
said te could prove where he was every
hour of the day on which Goebel was
killed, end that ha was not alrald of tha
consequences. ,
L'awbrJl, tte BcrutIcr
ernor of Kent"cL.v, tn
ton to.
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4,000 C0GRS.FM1IG
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Army,
Bridge W& . Saved.; ; Belief at
Bioexnfbnteiq That the Burghers
WillZrotMakea.Stahd South of
Transvaal Border, nconnrmedi
Report That the Two Republios
Have Been Federated and ; That
Steyn Has Been Appointed Gen
oral in Command of All the Boer.
Forces. . ; ; I v.? r
this
London, March 22. The Times
morning publishes tbe following '
patches from its correspondents at
front: 5 , . - i f
Kouxville, Free State, March 20. This
town has been occupied Without opfoni.
tion by the Kaffrarian rifles,' under Mai,
Cuming, a- companied by Lord Wolves
ton. Commandant Olivier is believed to
be at Bmithfleld with 200 burghers and
75 rebels, all others having deserted.
Large Quantities of rifles; ammunition
and stores were found here. Land rost
Hoffman has consented to act as magis
trate. The British flag was hoisted and
notice served on the residents 0f the town
to deliver up . their weapons. Immedi
ately messengere "Were sent round the
district for the same purpose. "; '
' Trooper Bobins, who was captured at
Aliwa north on the llth and conveyed
to Bmithfleld, arrived here at midnight.
He reDorts that CaDt. O'Neil. w th , flftv
scouts and 1UO of tbe Berkshire mounted
infantry, occupied Bmithfleld from Spring
fontein yesterday. He says the Free
State Boer commandoes . from Aliwa
North.' Bethulie. . and : Bouxville have
Joined forces, numbering together '4,000
men and 16 guns, and retired toward
Sand river Sunday night.- i.
' In Time to Save the Bridge
Bethulie. March 20. It ifl ' difficult to
believe that thia pretty and: peaceful
lage, now nying the union Jack," was
ten days ago the headquarters of I)up-
loey's commando. The wrecked rail
way bridge is the sole evidence of the
recent bloodshed. : Five spans were de
stroyed. The Boers used 200 pounds of
explosive on each pier.
The enect ox lien. Kooerts' second pro
clamation is: evident here. The Free
State burghers in the southern districts
are surrendering their arma in consider
able numbers. .
During the forward movement of Gen,
Gatacrs. force , the plucky manner in
which Bethulie road bridge, which had
already been prepared for demolition,
was saved, was , worthy of ivery com
raendation. The regiment of mounted
nfantry, covered 100 miles without sad
dles. ; Communications are free by the
Bethulie road bridge, which is standing
intact, ttethuiie railway, nridge, Wor
valspoht railway bridge, and the Coles
berg road bridge were demolished, . ,
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Mysterious ; Messages " Between
Liondon ana Pretoria.
London, March 22. Several telejrrams
have passed .between1 President Kruger
and the British government in addition
to the Salisbury-Krusrer correspondence
already published. The foreign office re
ceived a -dispatch from Pretoria yester
day. I he contents of these communi
cations cannot yet be obtained.- -
Kruger Predicts Desperate Fight-
London, March 22. A dispatch to the
Daily Mali from Pretoria, dated Monday,
March 19, says: , "President Kruger re
turned from Kroonstadt yesterday. He
says the fight in the Free State ; will be
desperate. , I am informed that the
Transvaal government has taken no res
olution to destroy mines or property as
a last resort." 1
Removal of Secret Documents.
London, March 22. The Cape Town
correspondent of the Morning Poet says:
'Un the best authority I learn that the
real objKtive of the Fischer-Wolmorans
deputation is Russia I also hear that
they have taken away all the secret in-
criminating documents from Pretoria,
thus making it difficult to implicate Steyn
and the Bondites." -
Cecil Xlfcodea for rland.
Cn're Town, March 21. Cecil Rhodes
tiled for Lnland today. . '
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r. .r.h 22.
Uca. Oliv
ier, have engaged the British troops un
der Gen. Uatacre in tbe vicinity of Bethu
lie.'repulsipg the British with heavy loss
and capturing many of them.
Burghers are arriving here in : great
numbers. Gen. De Wet arrived today.
Desultory fighting with Col. Plumer's
column has occurred near Gaberones.
Boer Vlotory, Over Oataore Dis
; ; credited. ..
London. March 22. The report from
Kroonstadt, Orange Free State, via Pre
toria, that the Boers, under command o!
Gen. Olivier, had defeated the British
troops under Gen. Gatacre in the vicfn
ity of Bthulie, is not believed here. A
dispatch to the Daily Mews from spring-
fontein. dated March UU, says that lien.
Uatacre was all well, and adds that he
and Gen. Brabant had not lost a dozen
men in a fortnight. The last ad vices also
placed Gen. Gatacre about thirty miles
north of Bethulie, where the Boer report
says tbe defeat was inflicted, This, com
bined with the fact that no mention of
the affair was made by Lord Roberts in
his dispatch of Mareh 21, ' confirms the
belief .that the Kroonstadt; advices , are
erroneous.
The reports of skirmishing near Lo
batsi, while apparently notinflicting any
serious loss on. Col.? rlumer s columns,
cause grave anxiety in regard to bis abil
ity to reach Mucking. , further news
from that Quarter is anxiously awaited,
for in tbe six days that have elapsed since
the last messages were sent off a serious
engagement may have occurred though
not of Col. Plumer's seeking. - Tbe Boeri
seem determined not to give up theij
prey at Mafeking without a fierce strug
gle. r .
y Boers Repulse British Attacks. ;
Pretoria, March 19. via i Lourento
Marques. Sharp fighting continues In
the vicinity of Warrentown, northward
of Kimberley. The Boers have success
fully repulsed repeated attacks by the
British. The. railroad in the direction of
Mafeking has been destroyed. ,
. Capture of Gataora Reported.
'Kroonstadt, Orange Free State, March
19. via Lourenza Marques, March 22.
A rumor is current here that the ' British
commander. Gen. Gatacre. and tbe mem
bers of bis staff, have been isolated and
captured, by Commandant Olivier's com
mando. . It is said that the prisoners are
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England's Great JResources.
Loadcn Black and Whits. .
An amusing story is going the rounds
of some Midland districts with reference
to President Kruger. A grandson of
that amiable old gentleman is said to
have been in communication with Preto
ria, and received a eable: "More ships ar
riving. - Are any men left in Manchester?"
Young Kruger went to Manchester , and
cabled back: - "Regret, Manchester still
full." A second cable came from Preto
ria: " "Still more ships arriving. What
about Leeds?" Tbe answer ; was: "Re
gret, Leeds also full." A third cable
came: , "Try Newcastle,"- Young Kru
ger went to Newcastle and there saw r a
lift go down the shaft of a mine empty,
bringing up eight men to the surface.
Rushing off to the telegraph office - he
cabled: "Stop tbe war, grand-papa.
England is bring up men from h II'.', .
be-
H Craved a Fat or. , -
MSay,M called the victim from
heath the bed covering. '
"Well ?' ' asked , one of the burglars,
jfruffly. .
' "Would yon fellows m bd carrying
off that ornamental watchdog of mine
In tbe front yard along with the rest
of your swag?" Philadelphia North
American. 1 ' ' " '
Cantlona.
"Do you think a prizefighter has
right to call. himself a gentlemanf
"Er there Isn't one within bearing,
Is there?".-InrtfannnoU Preei.
' , Question Answered.
Yes, August Flower still hasthelargest
sale of any medicine in the civilized world.
Your mothers and grandmothers never
thought of using anything else for Indi
gestion or Biliousness. Doctors were
scarce, and they seldom beard of Appen
dicitis, Nervom Prostration, of Heart
failure, etc. They used ugust Flower
to clean out the system and stop fer
mentation of undigested food, regulate
the action of the liver, stimulate, the
nervous and organic action of the sys
tem, end that is all they took when feel-
r. dull and had with headaches cud
othrEChes. ion only need a few do".?
of (Jr "i's Ar.zat Flower, ia linuid forri,
toraakeyo'i eatf2ed there is not1'
Frriotn the matter with you. Tcr r
tyTcmtlo-ilarston JlrugCo.
STATE1 HEWS.
Interesting , North Carolina Itemn
; In Condensed Form. ; . 1 r ,
While out hunting Wednesday Malcoln '
Robinson, of ChmrTotte, dropped : dead
of heart disease."; "T V -r, ; ,'' ",
' It is learned that Judge Dossey -Bat
tie is very sick, and that it is feared t he
ha Blight's disease and. also heart
The Bemovi uts of the 10th judicial dis
trict met at Hickory Thursday and otn-
inated W. B. Council, of ' Watauga, for
superior court judge. ; ; ' 1 'r
' Dr. Geo. Davis, of Beaufort,, resigns as
second assistant physician at the Insane '
asylum at Baleigh, in order to take
the practice of . his father, ' recently de
ceased. ' ( , ,( ' ,.',',,"
'Concord cor. Charlotte. Observer -Mr.
W. S. McDuffie, manager of tbe stock
exchange here; lost his , voice ou Satur- -day
and has not been able to speak since.
Cigarette smoking is supposed to be the
A very determined effort is to be made
to purify college athletics in this State
by dispensing With professional players, '
how so common.' 'li ay 5tb at Durham
the beads 'of the colleges will, make an
agreemeptwhich will bar. the prpfes-
sionais.,, , . wiy&.-tSJr.:.
Clarence Call, chairman of the Repub
lican congressional executive committee
of the Winston district arid ex -sheriff ' bf
Wilkes cbunty, was convicted in Wilkes
superiorcourt . Thursday of, disturbimr
religious tWorhip and carrying concealed
weapons. He . was fined f 10 in the first "
case and foO in the second. ' .
The state has chartered the Southern
Saw Mill' and Lum ber com pauy capital
fSC&OlOO,, principal offices at Pbiladel-
Ehia and1 Lumbertou, N. 0. The Atlantic
eabotod' company, of Philadeiphians,
owns' all -the 'stock save three shares,
wUcttik.talo':'lieldlhy PhUadelbbia..
The( company, wi , buy .timber, lands;
manufacture lumber and make any kind
of wooden goods: ' . 4,
The Southern' Railway has : -another
$20,000 damage suit started against it.
This suit grows out of the death of , Lin-wood-
Couch, a young flagman- on the
Southern, who was killed at Funstyn
sidingi about six miles from Durham,
several months ago.'- The causes for the
action Alleged by the complainant are
defective machinery and negligent opera
tion of cars. The cae. will cme up for
trial at the next term of Orange superior
court. - 'h 1 ' : t
The man who w6rked the slick trick
on a Durham tobacco warehouse, -.has
been discovered and arrested: His name
is George' Daniels, of Kobiuson county.
This is the man who went to the sales
clerk, asked him for the bill of sales for
tbe tobacco of F. Link, lie said he was
Link and the clerk not doubting .his
identity, gave him the bill, and he went
to tbe office and got the check. Tbe er
ror was discovered when the real Link
applied for bis check. t ;
Superior Court Judge Timberlake has
decided the Craig law unconstitutional.
Tbe act was . passed lost : year by the
legislature, in an attempt to prevent tbe
transfer of cases from Statu to federal
courts: The case now. comes on appeal
to the supreme court, which, it is ! bdiev
ed, will sustain the court below. It is
now said that in a cose from Louis
iana there is a similar ruling, and that
railways and other corporations knew
this last yenf when the legislature enact
ed the Cruig law.
Elijah -Whitaker,. '-the negro, boy . who
was shot by William Pustb at Weldon
Saturday .night, died of his injuries
Wednesday. Whitaker said before-his
death that they were all shoot ing "craps"
and that Pugh went down-town and
returned "vith a pistol and fired the fatal
shot. The: witnesses examined in the
mayor's court, however, testified that
rugh bad no pistol, and that it was
Whitaker's pistol Pugh took from Eli-
ah and fired while Whitaker was ' ad
vancing with a knife wide open, ' . .
Democratic State Chairman Simmer
has arranged . for an entirely new C
parture in this State in th tshape cf a
series of ratification Hie-tines cov :;r
twelve days of .continuous epeL ,
beginning April 16, five Cays cfl.r t 2
Democratic ttate convention at I!:.! " li.
At thse ciwtiiiKs every canl" : n
the
ticket v
be pn