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Yol. inNo. 33. . ' ' ' KINiBTONj N; O , TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1900. . ( Price Two Cents
6E11ERAL HEWS.
Matters of Interest Condensed Into
, Brief Paragraphs. .
' The D. S. supreme court has decided the
fnhart.nnoa tttT laur to h constitutional
and ralld, bat that it applies to legacies
only, ana not o tne estaie a
The store o! Levy Brothers, general
merchants, at Newport News, Va.,4 and
two adjoining residences were entirely
destroyed by fire Sunday morning. Loss
probably $75,000.
The executive committee ,oI the South
ern Educational association have decided
to have the next annual convention of
the association Jn Richmond, Va., on
December 27th, 28th and 29th.
. Chas. A. Goodloe white, a clerk In the
Richmond postoffice, has been ; bound
over to federal court in the sum of $4,000
for rifling the" mails. A decoy letter and
several other purloined letters were found
on his person. .
it Hatha Mnriit .RAtlirdAV.ChSS.FaUls-
tein shot and killed Alex Tate, and shot
and seriously -wounaea sirs. Aiex w.
and then committed suicide. He charged
Mr. and Mrs. Tate with being responsible
for the separation of himself and wife. .
There was ' another negro riot in the
"Rockets" section of Newport News, Va.,
Sunday night, because a policeman shot
a negro who resisted arrest and tried to
grab his pistol; The negroes threw bricks
ahrt ntatnia Into a theater in which
the policemen had taken refuge. The
cniel oi ponce nnauy overaweu wv nui
Tha Tanr Yrrt Tnrtln. famine committee
has issued an appeal to the citizens. ; The
appeal asserts that despite toe systematic
aid furnished to 6,000,000 of people in
inula, a leas o,wuu,wu uu" " -ing.
The appeal, which is signed by the
officers of toe incus iamine reuei commit
tee, sayB that America ought to send at
least 11.000.000.
At Marlinton W. Va;, Frank Reed, a
negro of Salisbury, . U., was sno ana
killed by John Robinson, of Charlotte,
N.C They were working on a new rail
s road.' The men fought over an old feud.
Reed made at Robinson with an open
" knife, and the latter fired three shots into
his heart. Robinson gave himself up to
the authorities, and is now. awaiting a
. hearing. . VV-," ';Y- i: '"''V
It is said that the entire plant and bus
iness of the GiUette-Herzog company, of
Minneapolis, Minn., will pass into the
hands of the American Bridge company.
The consideration is-understood to be
not less than f 1,000,000. It is believed
that the Minneapolis plant will be closed,
and that the stock and machinery will be
moved to one of the other plants of the
New Jersey concern. , '.
At Camden, N. J Sunday,- fire broke
. out in a market bouse and destroyed
that building, 10 stores and 50 small
dwellings, rendering 250 people homeless.
Boys either accidentally or purposely set
fire to a large pile of tarred lumber, which
had been stored in the market house .by
the Bell Telephone Co. They were play
ing there shortly before the fire began.
Loss 200,000, partly insured. w
Officials of soms of the railroads run
ning out of Chicago have a novel idea un
der consideration. It is that of having
religious frxercUes on their through Sun
day trains. The plan is to have the ex
ercises held in the dining car at some con
venieat hour between breakfast and
Inncheon, to have the racks supplied with
Bibles and hymn books, and for the sing
ing to be of the congregational character.
Francis Schlatter, the "divine healer,"
was prevented Saturday night from ope
rating on the streets of Parkersburg, W.
Va, by the police dispersing bis audierc.
On Sunday Schlatter opened up at Terra
pin Park, Just beyond the city limits, and
daring the day had thousands of visitors.
Quite a number declare Schlatter healed
them by "laying on of hands," and some
big voluntary contributions were given
him. ' - ' V
Alex Whitney, aged 23 years, a popular
young man of Augusta, Ga., was shot
and killed on a street tarSunday evening
by William Willis, a negro. Willis, with
another negro, entered a crowded street
car and one of them sat in Whitney's lap,
whereupon Whitney strnek the negro,
nnd Willis shot and killed Whitney. The
lifyro murderer, was overpowered and
j Uced in the hands of oSeers. Officers
cndertook to carry the murderer to a
place of s&fety, bn a mob overpowered
thera and lynched the negro Monday
morning. , , '
Decided Improvements.
Creo County Sundajti.
Our al'.8 and esteemed contemporary,
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CELEBRATIONS CALLED OPP.
Supreme Court Disappoints Both
the Beckham and Taylor Adhe
rents. ' I ' ,
Frankfort, May 14.The failure of the
supreme court to hand down a decision
In the governor's contest case today was
a great disappointment to both the Tay
lor and the Beckham governments. -
The Taylor authorities here were confl-
Aant: f o v Air dlnn And art af rnnir trKt
their hopes that they had arranged for aT
cejeDration in aavance. ;
' The Beckham ' government and adhe
rents, if anything, were more confident of
the success they expected from the decis
ion of the supreme court, and had like
wise prepared to celebrate.
Every precaution had -been taken to
prevent a clash between the soldiers.
The progress in the alleged conspiracy
cases, so far an making further arrests is
concerned', is likewise stopped. Taylor's
friends here doubt whether he will return
to Frankfort unless the decision is favor
able to him. i The indictment against him
will not be made public until the case is
decided. r
BTJLLER'S ADVANCE BEGUN.
British Take Boers' Position in the
Biggarsberg Mountains.
London, May 14. A special " dispatch
from Stone Hill Farm, Natal, dated to
day, says: . - -.
'"Gen. Bailer' advance ' commenced
Thursday when he left Ladysmith in
strength-! When within two miles of
Helpmakaar the Boers opened heavy
artillery fire and the British guns replied,
while a portion of Buller's troops worked
round the Boer flanks. The British at
tack was pressed home Sunday. Bethune
on the right outflanked the Boers, whose
splendid defensive positions on the Big
garsberg were practically taken.
"Gen. Buller's march subsequent to the
attack was carried out without a hitch.
The British are still pushing on."r -
Mr. Llncolu used to take, great de
light in telling how he gained a knife
by his ugly looks. That has been pub-,
ilshed, but 1 have not seen another in
print telling how he gained his wife.
Mrs- Lincoln was a beautiful lady, at:
tractive,8 sharp,., witty jand. relished a
Joke even at her own expense. ; She
was staying, with her sister, Mrs. Ed
wards. She had not been there long
before everybody knew ' Mlsg Mary
Todd. She often said: "When a girl, I
thought I would toot marry until I
could get one of the handsomest men
in the country, but since 1 became a
woman I learned I can't get such. a
man, which has caused me. to change
my mind. I have concluded now to
marry the ogllest looking man I can
find." i-'V-..- 'V- :i:ri
Later on Llncoln came to town. She
had never seen him before she met
him- on the street.' She was told who
he was and went home and told her
sister she had seen her man, "the ugli
est man I ever saw, Abraham s Lin
coln, and I am going to set my cap for
him." , '''A:,,.' Y.'
That became a common saying in
street gossip! When they were mar
ried, instead of taking a bridal trip,
they went to the Globe hotel, owned by
the writer and occupied by a tenant.
Theytook board at 4 a week. When
be got able, he bought a lot for $200
and built a four room house costing
less than $1,000. When he received
$3,000 from hia great railroad case, he
spent $1,500 of It In, putting a second
story on his house, and there he lived
until he went to Washington. Thomas
Lewis In Leslie's Weekly.
The Zulus carry their wounded to the
hills and expose their wounds to the
afr, having found by experience that
that is the quickest ' way of curing
them. 1
Kentucky furnished more soldiers,
Confederate and Union, than any other
state ftccordtng to population.
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cobaiip;o: FRAUDS
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Director General Rathbone to Be
" Retired! He Cut i Big Swell In
Havana at the Government's Ex
- penae A Regular Republican
Carpet-Bagger Rioting in a Pine
House, With a Pine Carriage and
Footman. -'
Washington, May, 14Aq order will
be Issued today relieving from duty Mr.
E. G. Rathbone, director general of posts
in Cuba, under whose , administration
the frauds recently disclosed have oc
curred. ;He. is held responsible for , ex
travagance in the department and for
the loose business 1 methods that have
characterized the conduct of postal af
fairs on the island, resulting in' an em
bezzlement of funds estimated at f 100,
000, and thus bringing shame and hu
miliation upon .the American govern
ment in Cuba. He is not charged with,
or suspected of, any complicity in ' these
frauds, but the postmaster general and
secretary of war are convinced that his
unfitness for the highly responsible ' posi
tion has been 'clearly 'established. The
order relieving bim may take the form of
suspension, but it is . the understanding
that he will have no further connection
with the Cuban government. A reor
ganization of the department of poets
will follow upon a new basis that, it . is
believed, will preclude the ' possibility of
simitar frauds in future.,; The pending in
vestigation, though postoffice inspectors
are to be used, is under the war depart
ment, v '
. Rathbone's power .was great. He
could appoint and remove postmasters,
fix salaries, and make contracts at will.
Everything connected ' with ; the postal
service was intrusted to his hands'. , It is
true that be was required to make pe
riodical reports to the governor general,
but these merely showed the receipts and
disbursements nothing more. Gov. Gen.
Brooke was an easy going ruler, and
there was no interference with the depart
ment cf posts.'--. .rt-V
Rathbone rented a house at f 3,000 a
year. This rental - was charged - up
against the Cuban postal revenues. The
house needed repairs, and they were
made. It needed refurnishing, ' and the
new furniture was provided. . . The direc
tor general soon had a carriage and
team of horses; likewise a footman. He
began to entertain. The functions at the
home of the director general of posts : be
came one of the features of official life in
Havana. ' He cut a social figure second
only in importance to the governor gen
eral. Mr. Rathbone's salary at that
time was f 4,000 only f 4,000 but, then,
the house was provided, hi allowances
were liberal, and he succeeded in worry
ing along. A per diem personal expense
allowance of f 5 helped him to make both
ends meet, and when he traveled and
he traveled a good deal all his expense
were paid.. One of his trips to the United
States cost the Cuban government over
11,000.
Director Gen. Rathbone's second lieu
tenant, or official next in importance to
Treasurer Neely, was Auditor Reeves,
the Tennessee man assigned to service in
Cuba by the war department upon the
recommendation of the postoffice depart
menU Neely had charge of the funds and
Reeves had charge of the accounts. How
well this combination worked is revealed
by the admitted shortages of 69,000 in
1899 and of $30,000 in 1900, up to
May 1. : .-. ,
While Director Rathbone could fix.' sal
aries at will, and allow anything in the
way of expenses that be deemed reason
able, he hesitated to raise his own salary.
Therefore, he applied to the postmaster
general for an increase from $4,000 to
$8,500. The application was made some
months ago. The increase was finally
allowed late last year, and was dated
back three months on account of the de
lay in acting upon the matter in . Wash
ington. Taking into consideration his
salary of $6,500, his free house, and
many other allowances, no cabinet Offi
cer in Washington has ever fared as well
as he.
DEPUTY rTTT.T.ET) BY ROBBERS.
Comes Suddenly Upon a Fugitive
"And is Shot Down. Man Hunt In
Progress -
: Emporia, Kan., May 13. Hundreds of
men on foot, on horseback, and in all
kinds of vehlc scouring Neosho
Valley tonight for two alleged bank rob
bers, James Murphy and E.F. EsteU, who
are charged with having, last night, shot
and killed Deputy Marshal Edward Rob
erts, one of a party which bad been pur
suing them for several days. ' --:
. It is alleged that on May 9th, Murphy
and Estell robbed a bank at Marysville,
Kan., and since then a posse of deputies
has pursued them, traveling over 150
miles. About midnight last night the
two men were found by Roberts and a
companion, who had become separated
from the pursuing party. Before they
recognized the fugitives, one of them had
emptied both barrels of his shotgun into
Roberts, killing bim instantly. Roberts
wan but six fuel from the gun, and the
shot tore a big hole in his chest. Murphy
and Estell again fled south; They are
supposed to have stolen a horse and
buggy. ... s
Roberts was well known in Emporia,
and the news of his tragic death caused
intense excitement.) Numerous posses
were soon formed aud began scouring
the eountry. About 6 o'clock this even
ing the two men had beeu traced to
within three miles of Emporia. Lynch
ing will surely follow their capture.
INSTRUCTIONS J'ROM BRYAN.
Nomination of Towne in Line With
the Nebraskan's Wishes.
Omaha, 'Neb., May 13 The Bee is
authority for the statement that before
the delegates to the Sioux Falls conven
tion, who stopped off in Omaha, resumed
their northward joursey, the leaders
were supplied with a memorandum in
Bryan's own writing, outlining the plan
they were expected to pursue on the vice
presidency, in alternative propositions to
be preferred, in their order. v According
to authority not to be questioned, this
memorandum read as follows:
1. Refer to committee for conference
with Democratic and silver Republican
committees and with power, to appoint.
: 2. . Select several names for submission
to Democratic and silver Republican con
veniionsrand add to the list' of names
the words "or some other person equally
committed to reform principles."
8. Nominate some man who will with-
Wraw if not endorsed by the other , two
parties;. ; i ""'.', . ."-"-..;,--,-
The final adoption of the third plan of
Col Bryan's bill of instructions will be
taken to mean that Mr. Town has been
given a .nomination merely to , fill the
time up to the Kansas City convention to
prevent the position from being occupied
by some one distasteful to Mr. Bryan.
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St. Louis 8, Brooklyn 0.
Cincinnati 6, Pittsburg 7.
Chicago 10, New York 9. '
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Chicago 4, New York 0.
Pittsburg 6, Boston 8, , ?
Brooklyn 8, Ht, Louis 2.
Philadelphia 7, Cincinnati 4. ,
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.lany a schoolgirl is
caia to cc jszy ana
shiftless when she
deesn't deserve
the least bit of it.
She can't study.
easily falls asleep, is
nervous snd tired all
time. And what caa
expect? Her brain is
bcint fed with impure blood
snd her whole svstem is suf-
ferin from poisoning.
bucn iris are wonderfuuy celpea
and creaily chinked by taiinj
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LD years. You ca a'crJ to irurst
a rirspar!" that fcas tesa Kstci
for ts a century.
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STATE HEWS.
Interesting; North Carolina Items
In Condensed Form.
The strawberry growers . between
Wilmington and Goldsboro have had a
prosperous season. It is estimated that
200,000 crates were shipped the past
week. ' -
Mr. Will F. Davidson was injured in
an elevator accident in Andrews' furni
ture store at Charlotte Saturday. Uis
elbow,; shoulder and three ribs were
broken and he was seriously injured in
ternally. ,,.-, , . ' ;
; Newbern Journal: Frank Abbott was
bitten Sunday msrning bv a dog, sup
posed to be mad, near his home on East
Front street. Tils' boy was bitten in the '
thigh. The dog was pursued and killed
on West street.
: The Linn Mills company of Salisbury
was organized Monday with a capital
stock of 150,000. Its purpose is to
manufacture cotton and woolen goods. .
A number of the prominent citizens of
Rowan county are incorporators. -'
: Mr. J. S. -Worth, a prominent citizen
and business man of Wilmiugton, died
Sunday morning at Johns Hopkins
Hospital, Baltimore, where he had gone
for treatment. He was about 30 years
old, and leaves a wife and three children.
In Chatham superior court damages
to the amount of $3,000 has been award
ed C. D. Wilkie for injuries sustained in
falling from a handcar, of which he was
in charge as section master of the Raleigh
& Cape Fear railroad. The case will be
taken to the supreme court. .
An oil portrait of the late Hon. George
Davis, of Wilmington, N. C, who was in
President Davis' cabinet as attorney
general of the" Confederacy, was presented
by Cape Feur Chapter, Daughters of the
Confederacy, to the Confederate Memorial
Literary society, at Richmond, Va.. Mon
day. The presentation took place in the
North Carolina room of the Confederate
museum, in which the portrait has bee
placed. ',
A special from Rutherford ton says
that Mr. A. D. K. Wallace, formerly chief
clerk in the secretary of state's office, is
in favor of the constitutional - amend-'
ment and will vote for it. - Mr. Wallace
was a Republican up to 1893, but since
that time has been in the Populist party,
wnicn put mm in tne office he ueld. lie
has never been a Democrat, but strongly
advocates the amendment aud, says ft
will carry. "'yr-v.-:.'
The first crop bulletin of the season
was Issued yesterday by the Mate agri
cultural department. The report, which
is based on returns from every county in
the State, save f ur, shows that there is
an increase in cotton acreage of 0 per
cent. The report shows that farmern urv
not so well up with their work. There
is a decrease in the amount of corn and
other crops planted.. Trucking and
small fruit make a much better showing
than last year. j. : , a - ,
Greensboro Telegram: The Lewiston,
Idaho, Morning Tribune tells of a big
mining deal, involving a quarter of a
million dollars, in which a former Greens
boro young man figured conspicuously.
The deal referr t to was the sale of the
Big Buffalo Mine property, as the cul
mination of a big law suit."-The chief
attorney for the winning side was Judge
Wallace N. Scales, a son of Mrs. .11.
Scales, of GreenHboro, and the Idaho
? taper says he received as hid fee f 10,000
n cash. ., - .
The, laboratory of the United States
flab commission, at Beaufort, will be re
opened for work .on the first of Jgne, and
will remain opeu until October. The
laboratory is designed for research in
marine biology (zoology, botany, physio
logy), and, for the present, is open to
men only. The collating outfit is par
ticularly good, including Htvnm launch,
sailboat, akilfn, did, truwl, seines,
surface sets, etc. The indoor equipment
embraces the usual apparatus, glass
ware, and reagents, provided by marine
laboratories. .The more important works
on the systematic toology and natural
history of the forms that are found on
this part of the coast, will be on hand;
and the current numbers of the more
commonly used journals will also be re
ceived. Naturalists working at the sta
tion will find a collection of identified
forms, Illustrative of the fauna and flora
of the rezion. together with a record of
breeding times and local habitat of the
species. . '
Question Answered.
Yes, Aupmafc Flower still has the largest
fiHe cf any medicine in thecivilized world.
Your mothers and grandmothera never
thocJit of rjsi:!!? anything e!r-e for Lad.
p;T!n or l',iounp6s. Doctors wtre
fcsrce, nnd they siMom l.eard of .Arpes
dicitis. Nervo'is Prostration, cf Heart
Liian4 eic. They uned uiPt Hover
t doiin oct the ejeUtn and" f top f r-rrnts-.ioa
of undisttnl fcvl. TvaM
tLs fcc'.ion cf tbe liver, . surrn.-sve tla
nrvots and orcrar.tc actiun cf tbe rr.
Um, a: 1 tl.at ia all t!.( y took : en l"U
lrd--U a:il t-.vl with tral L a and
c-v r sr You r-!y to 1 a few
cf l.r- n's AtTCf-t 1 Sowr, in 1. -: '.If rra,
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