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GENERAL NEWS ITEMS
Matters of Interest Condensed Into
Brief Paragraphs.
I LITTLE ABOUT NUMEROUS THINGS
fhe Pith of the World's News That
Might Interest Our Readers. An
Item Here and There.
Tokio, Jan. 21. The growing belief
that a peaceful settlement of existing
international difficulties will evantual
ly be attained has served to strengthen
the financial markets, and stocks are
advancing on the local exchange.
At Atlanta, Ga., the special confer
ence, in which the synods of South
Carolina, Georgia, Florida. Tennessee
Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana
were represented, voted last night to
establish a great Presbyterian univer
ty in Atlanta.
The house committee on ways and
means will grant a hearing on Febru
ary 4th, on several pending bills for
the relief of tobacco growers. The
general preposition is to remit the
customs tax on growers who stem and
twist their own tobacco.
A mass meeting of the citizens of
Aiken, S C, has been called for Sat
urday, January 23 at noon. The pur
pose of the meeting is to take such ac
tion as may be advisable in aiding the
Governor in his efforts in suppres
sing the lawlessness prevailing in that
state. - h
The Democratic state committee of
Kansas met at Topeka yesterday and
called a state convention to meet at
Wichita April 17th, to select the dele
gates to the national convention. No
attempt was made to endorse any
presidential candidates. The prevail
ing sentiment was against a fusion
with the populists.
Charleston. S. C, Jam. 21. Today
at Aiken, IS. C, a landslide occurred
while several negroes were at work on
an excavation on the line of the city
sewerage extension and one negro
named Wallace Turnbull was buried
under a mass of clay and timbers,
while other laborers narrowly escaped
injury. Turnbull's body has not been
recovered.
Mobile, Jan. 21. President D. E
Hunger, oft the Mobile cotton exchange
by instruction of the directors, has ad
dressed a letter to Senators Morgan
and Pettus, advocating strongly-
quick action on the Panama treaty,
setting forth the advantages to gulf
ports from construction of the canal
and declaring that the republic is es
tablished and further opposition to
the treaty can be of no benefit to this
country.
Cincinnati, Jan. 21. The large ice-
gorge in the Ohio river between Lud
low, Kentucky, and the Western part
of this state gave way today. As it
was below the Cincinnati harbor, no
damage was done here, but lower
points have been warned. Great ap
prehension is felt in , the harbor here
on account of the ice gorges up the
river that are expected to break soon,
as it is raining today throughout the
Ohio Valley.
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PARTED AT ALTAR.
Groom Charged With Being Already
Married Stops the Ceremony.
"Wilmington, Jan. 21. Justice G.
W. W. Borneman, of this city, who is
second only to Squire Bailies, of
Mecklenburg, in number and interest
of the marriage vows which he has ad-
ministered during the past year, had a
most unusual experience in tne line oi
his profession last night. He had
been sent for to officiate at the mar
riage of Ella McCasley, nineteen years
old, of Masonboro township, and
George Norris, who lately removed to
Wilmington from Darlington, S. C.
The wedding was to take place with
more or less elaboration at the home
of a friend at Ninth and Bladen
streets. The residence was ablaze with
light; the bride and groom had donned
their costumes the wedding supper
had been prepared in an adjoining
room.
The justice was about to enter the
parlor and take his station in front of
an improvised altar, when some one
tapped him on the shoulder and quiet
ly informed him that young Norris
had another wife and one child at bis
home in South Carolina.
Justic Bornemann had respect for
the authority from which the informs'
tion came and fortieth an end was
p it to the proceedings. A consultation
of the magistrate and bride and groom
was held and although the young man
denied the charge and the bride reiter
ates her utmost confidence in him, it
was decided to postpone the ceremony
until Sunday night, at which time
Norris said he would be present to
defend himself against the imputation.
The announcement was made to the
guests, who departed with invitations
to be present at postponed nuptials.
SHELLFISH LANGUAGE.
Cnrlous Clicking- Sounds Heard
the Water at Nia-at.
Most seamen will ten of curious click
Ing sour.ds beard on calm nights at sea.
and the origin of the noise seems so at-1
together unaccountable that It has of- I
ten created some alarm among super-1
stitious fijhermen. , . '
A d.sangpisned naturalist made a
careful study of the sounds on many
occasions and found that it was not o
sustained note," but made up of a multi
tude of tiny oues, each clear and dis
tinct in Itself and ranging from a high
treble down to a bass. When the ear
was applied to the gunwale of the boa!
the sound grew more intense, and in
so:ae places as the boat moved on ft
could not be heard at all.
On other occasions the sounds resem
bled the tolling of bells, the booming of
guns and the notes of an seollan harp.
For a long time be was unable to
trace the cause, but at length discov
ered that the sounds were made by
shellfish, hundreds of them opening
their shells and closing them with
sharp snaps. The noise, partly muffled
by the water, sounded indescribably
weird. He was finally led to the con
clusion that as the shellfish made the
sounds they probably had some mean
ing and tlfat the clicks might possibly
be a warning of danger when the shal
:w water was disturbed by the boat
Servmnta la Germany.
It is difficult In Germany for a pro
fessional rogue to enter a family as a
domestic servant There every servant
has a character book, In which the mis
tress must enter the dates of the com
ing and leaving of the servant with
her character while In Bervice. This
the girl is obliged to take to the near
est police station and have It dated
with the official stamp, thus preventing
the manufacture of bogus recommen
dations.
aecarat Painters.
The famous Tintoretto,- in a painting
of , the Israelites gathering manna,
showed them armed with guns, ami a
latter day Neapolitan artist bus depict
ed the holy family crossing the Nile. In
their flight Into Ey pt, in a magnifl-
cently .oriinnv''''',' ini-rr. i
A Prisoner ia Her Ova House.
Mrs. W. H. Lay ha, of 1001 Aenes
Ave., Kansas City, Mo., Has for sev-
trai years oeen trouoied with severe
hoarseness and at times a hard cough.
which she says: "Would keep me in
doors for days. I was prescribed for I
by physicians with no noticeable re-
suits. A friend gave me cart of a little I
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wctlona and I wish to. state that after
the first day J could notice a, decided I
coange tor tne oetter, and at this time
after using it for two weeks, have no greater among the toilers. Dyspepsia all."With the procession" in Everr
hesitation. In aving Irealize that I and indigestion are ramoant among body's Maeazine for February
am entirely eured. This remedy is these Deoole. and thev suffer far worse 7 " wzme I0P wuy.
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For Infants and Children.
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Bears the
TO SUSPEND SCHOOL
The Board of Trustees of the Normal
And Industrial College So Decide
FIVE HUNDRED STUDENTS GO HOME
The Bnrning of the Buildings and the !
Loss Incident Thereto Has Made
This Step Necessary.
Special to The Free Press.
Greensboro, January 23. The board
of trustees of the Greensboro
Normal and Industrial college this
morning decided to suspend school
for the period of three weeks. This
conclusion was reached because of the
disorganized conditions resulting from
the recent disastrous fire in which a
dormitory and another building were
destroyed.
Arrangements are In progress by
which It Is hoped to secure reduced
rates from the railroads, and it is
thought that all of the five hundred
students will leave for home Monday.
In the interim arrangements for the
accommodation of the student body
upon their return will be perfected.
Plans for permanent buildings will be
submitted and decided upon at a fu
ture meeting of the board.
Normal, Girls Loss $17,000.
Greensboro, Jan. 22. An inventory
of the personal loss, taken by Presi
dent Melver, of the students of the
Normal College burned out in the fire ,
yesterday morning aggregates $17,000.
Citizens of Greensboro have pri
vately tendered a purse of $2,000 for
the temporary relief, and many have
ben anonymously provided with cloth-
lag.
The amount of the loss is distressing
for few of the girls were able to suffer
this way. Outside aid is beginning to
come, thoifgh none has been solicited
or expected.' ," - ' , ,, -
L Among -yuiOM: who suffered total
Iosrbr clothing aha personal" ffects
were some girls frdm this city.
The Cotton Market.
January, 14.35; February, 14.46;
March, 14.60: May, 14.80.
Receipts on the local market 5
bales. Price 141 cents.
The JUodeaty of Brahma.
At an interesting dinner party given
by Joachim, at which were present also
his friends. Professor Dorn of Naples
and Von Herzogenberg, the composer,
an amusingly characteristic scene oc
curred. Joachim in a few well chosen
words was asking us not to lose the
opportunity of drinking the health of
the greatest composer, when before he
could say the name Brahms bounded
to his feet, glass in hand, and called I
out: "Quite right! Heres Mozart s
neaitn:- ana warned rouna. cunmng
glasses with us all. Ills old hatred of
personal euiogy was never more prei-
tlly expressed, Leisure Hour.
Keeping tp Appearaaeea.
Wife There was a man around to
day gelling big brass burglar alarm
bells to put on the front of the bouse,
so I ordered one.
Husband What! You know we
haven't unything worth stealing.
Wife I know that but it will make
the neighbors' think we have. Phila
delphia Ledger.
The Dictionary.
"Neither is a dictionary a bad booi
to read." says Emerson In his essay ot
books. "There is no cant In it. no ex
cess of explanation, and it is full of
suggestion, the raw material of possi
ble poems and histories. Nothing is
wanting but a little shuffling, sorting.
ligature and cartilage."
How, Waa Itt
Clerk Is this to be charged, ma dam
Ladx Oh. yes: youll bare to. My,
husband b:is Just lost his position!
Hnrr-er's Eaznr.
Men who tnke t!:!n? without thanks
and l?t thi-m go without rei!ning are
penernlly the nftst 'successful of mor
Millionaire's Poor Stomach.
ine worn-out stomach oi the over-
fed mtlllnnaira la nfton naraHM in th I
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vuo"c wioh as a uornoie example oi i
lk a. .1 1 Jt a. 4.1- u t I
tun iia sucuunui on vue possession I
of trreat wealth. But millionaire a
not the only ones who are afflicted with
bad stomachs. The proportion is farl011- osiaries bav.e not gone up at
these people, and they suffer far worse I
tortures than the millionaire, unless
they avail themselves of a standard
medicine like Green's. August Flower,
J which has been a favorite house-hold I
' ramovl ffAM -SB. II atArn anh tiuM, KIaa Aa I
remedy for all stomach
ch troubles for
August Flower
, thus creating
rfentllirptinn
over thirty-five years.
. rouses the torpid liver,
;ppetit"Ddinsuringperfectdlgestion
tones and vi timet
tne - entire sys
tem and makes life worth living, no
matter what your station. Trial bot
ties, 2oc; resular size, "5c At J. E.
Hood & Co.'s,' druggists.
AT THE CHURCHES.
Services will te held in the follow
lug churches tomorrow, towhichevery
body is invited:
Methodist Church.
Morning and evening service bv
the pastor.
Sunday school at 9:30 a. in,
Epworth League at 4 p. m. Sundav
Missionary Baptist C hurch
Morning and evening service by the
pastor.
Sunday school at 9:30 a. m
Prayer meeting Thursday evening at
7:30 o'clock.
B. Y. 1 U. Sunday at 3:30 p
Episcopal Church.
Services in the evening onlv bv the
rector.
Sunday school at 9:30 a. ru,
t l.ristian Church.
Services morning and . evening bv
the pastor.
Morning subject: '"Nearer Mv God
to Thee."
Evening subject: "The Temptation
to Make Bread."
Special music by the choir
Bible school at 9:30 a. ra.
Presbyterian Church.
Services morning and evening by
the pastor.
Sunday school at 3 p. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening.
Free Will Baptist Church
Services morning and evening by
the pastor.
Sunday school at 3 p. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday night
East Kinston M. K. Chapel.
Preaching by Rev. J. M. Carraway
at 3:30 p. m.
Sunday school at 9:15 a. m.
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Room 3. 103 E. Gordon St.
Services at 11 a. m.and 7 p. m.
Subject: "Truth."
Testimonial meeting Wednesday at
7:30 p. m.
Reading room open from 3 to 5 p. m.,
I iuy except sundayu, '-
The public is cordially invited:
FIRE AT L0UISBURG.
Brick and Wooden Store Buildings and
Dwellings Destroyed. Loss, $15,00.
Raleigh, Jan. 22. Louisburg suffer
ed from a fire early this morning.
Telephone messages came to the chief
of the fire' department here at four o
clock, asking for help and the old
steam engine, the "Rescue," was ta
ken to the train to be carried to Louis
burg, but at that moment a second
message said that the fire was under
control.. The fire began at the river
and extended along the street to the
court house. The latter building was
on fire, but the flames were extinguish
ed, having done but trifling damage.
it was feared that if the court house
wai burned large tobacco warehouses
nri,A.unll.oa K ih k
stroved. The fire hnmpd frm -im,
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stores, two wooden'ones, three dwell
ings, and four or five other buildings,
in which there were offices, barber
shops, etc. It is said that the loss is
something less than $15,000.
The Cost of Living
Every pocket knows its own bitter
ness. According to the statistics of
the department of labor, which got its
figures from 2,567 families with an av
erage income of tS27.19, and an aver
age expenditure of $768.54, the cost of
living in 1902, when it was highest,
was 16.1 per cent, more than in 1896,
when it was lowest
Average wages
bare accommodatingly increased by
just mat io.i percent.; in some cases
by more. The Employers' Assocla
tlon of Chicago estimates that the cost
of living increased-by. 16.8 percent.
irom to iws. various newspa
pers and Independent observers have
guessed a much higher increase of
cost, even -more than double. Statis
tics are arrant liars, and in figures
there is no comfort. Ask your wife
how the household bills for groceries
and meat and so on, in the last two I
years compare with those of 1896. If
she doesn't sav that thev have van
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up irora xorty to nny percent., you are I
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a mtcrhtv luolrv man- Wno-es ma n.
mlSDlF matt- &es may or
may n0 have eone UP "IxteeQ
When bilious try s dose of Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tahlnta
and realize for once how quickly a
first xlass up-to-date medicini will cor-
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NORTH STATE NEWS
Clipped and Called From Our lorti
Carolina Exchangis.
ODD AKD IMTERESTIIG HAPPEKIKGS
Gossip Gathered from Murphy T
Manteo of Importance to Our Tir
Heel Readers.
Dr. .las. Dlnwiddie, president of
Peace Institute, at Raleigh, has offer
ed to take, free of charge, four girl
students of the Oxford college, burned
out this week, and school them for the
balance of the term.
Raleigh Cor. Charlotte Observer:
A church member here who went into
the jury room or looked into it this
week has raised something of a stir
because he has found eight of the jurors
playing a game of cards, presumably
poker.
The 19th company of coast artillery
which is one of . the three remaining
companies of United States troops in
Cuba, will leave Havana on the last
day of the month and it is expected to
arrive at Fort Caswell, N. C, about
February 10th, being assigned to that
station.
John Wells, the four-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Wells, of Meck
lenburg county, was strangled to death
Thursday. The child way playing on
a pile of cordwod when a stick rolled
down and crush.! him to the ground.
When he was found the stick of wood
was laying on his throat, death hav
ing ended the child's sufferings an
hour before.
Asheville Citizen: The body of a
male child, prematurely born, was
found this afternoon by W. W. Gold
smith at corner of Broad and Chest-
nut The child was wrapped In
a piece of cloth. Mr. Goldsmith noti
fied Sheriff Reed and the sheriff took
charge of the body and will have it in- ' -
indicate that the body had been thrown '
from a passing street car last night.
Statesville, January 21, Mrs. Wal
ter Holcombe died this afternoon at 5
o'clock, aged 22 years. She had been '
in a serious condition for some time.
While Dr. M. R. Adams was treating , '
her yesterday morning her clothing1
accidentally caught fire from the
flames of a cupping glass, resulting
in painful burns to her arms and body.
The burns were superficial, but the ;
shock in her weak condition resulted
in her death. No blame attaches to
Dr. Adams. Her parents, Major and "
Mrs. W. M. Robins, three sisters and
one brother survive.
Greensboro, January 21. Johnson v
Caruthers, an old man from WestVa.,
was at the passenger station here with
Dls 8n' tne latter in the las stages of
consumption, going home from Flor
....
a. wen the son had a convulsion
in the waiting room of the station
while waiting for the train. This so
excited the father that he drew a knife
and before any one could prevent it,
cut his own throat, inflicting two deep
gashes. Physicians present took him
in charge, preventing death from loss
of blood. The couple were taken to a
boarding house and provided for, a
guard being set on the old man. They
left on a northbound train tonight.
Outlook Is Cheerful.
News and Observer. '
Mr. James A. Bryan, of New Bern,
president of the Atlantic and North
Carolina Railroad, is in the city on
business and a talk was had with him.
last night.
He says that the outlook for the
road is an encourasring one this year,
but that with a larger equipment of
cars, the road would be in a far better
condition. He expects that the road
this year will be able to cue up to
the expectations of its friends, as far
as is possible in its present shape.
Speaking of the Atlantic Hotel at
Morehead he said that it would be
opened In excellent shape this season.
and that the oitlook was for not alone
a l&rra number ' oi o-uaata fmm Knrth
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Carolina, out. also many other states
"There is no place like the coast of
eastern North Carolina in the sum
mer," said he, "and Morehead City
will be a center of attraction for all
who desire a most enjoyable summer
outing."
Mr. Wm. S. Crane, of ' California '
Md., suffered for years from rheuma
tism and lumbairo. He was finallv ad-
Jnll,nlfa'
I&t Ch VrilnJi 1 ain B:!m
wWch he did and it effected acomplete
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