11 1 1 - - - -' : - - 1 - ' ' ' " 1 ' 1 ' ' jBCfflR 10 Til RQCX1KGHA1 lOCOl, Hew Series, Vol I, No ROCKINGHAM; N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1899. SLOG PER YFAR IN ADVANCE 10 OTBODK. HS OF I IB. (MU -uv,. -a t Bfliv ivaa miib i v .mm-. m w m m ...nitil rSl IU T1UD TA CITE HIM A THANKSGIVING DINNER. kmil Captarta ail atCTtiarj virvvy i PhHiooliKt MoTlna More Actlrely EHh Hive Ben Mre Thaa HoM- in, tteir 0 la 5otk Africa aadRcJa- fakement are Arrivlx A Fkrca I Fbt i Vcienel A War Seems U be White, who appeared in great dan b :,r.(.Mo RiMUuiJmn.' ger. has held his positions, and BIt'WK I , . I For some weeis pai ic tpuu. .... .. tUm puiu r ....-;.! nrvrn mni in the xn ill rv I oioes hav'e been so uninteresting .h.t a real spicy testimonial to. the irtUf OI SUIllC uav "".ui- rin would furnish better enter-I tainment and perhaps as much in-1 form.uion. 1 nereiore we nave noi 1 tried to follow them. Uunng the o.it week there has been a little briffhtenine up. They are talking now about ctchine Aguinaldo. Thev even say they have him cor- 1 nered. That begins to get inter esting. If there i any truth in the di-patch copied below it shows a more demoralized condi tion of the insurgent army than has jet appeared, and if they will keep up that pace they may get Aguin aldo in time to make him take his thanksgiving dinner on ITnrU I Sam's acccunt : Manila, Nov. 13. When Colo nel Bell left Cacas, io miles from I Tirlir .it i o'clock vesterdav. he 1 , . " u ,a ;,k h.m" t, Tnffcsi,tl, . . . , r lui.intrv, ouicu a ijvuuii, iivup i- E, of the Fourth Cavalry, and batt.ilion of the Twenty-second Regiment and Gatling guns. The scouts, mounted, preceded the main body up the railroad. They met a hundred rebels at Murcia, but the insurgents quickly retreated. The scouts found the depot burning, but extinguished the fire and saved the building. The main columu march ed up the wagon road, but before reaching Tarlac, divided and enter ed the town ou two sides at 8 o'clock, without a shot being fired The insurgents had evacuated the place only a few hours before set ting a hre to the railway station, and the rolling stock. They left a guard of 400 men who, however, fai!d to mke a stand and cover the retre it of the main force of in surgents, a they had probably been ordered to do. The rebel ordnance is reported to have been shipped to the town of Donnell. The Americans are continuing their advance so aapidly that the insurgents had not time enough to destroy the railroad. General oung is supposed to have reached San Nicolas, about 30 miles east of Dagupan. but his wagons are far behind. Colonel Hayes has captured Aguinaldo's secretary, and Major J Coleman is in Currancrlan- --.IrTV an escort of 175 Bolomen, on his way to the province of Buena Visaya. The son of General Lanares and his family are prisoners. The cor respondent of The Associated Press with General Young telegraphs from San Jose that Aguinaldo did not escape to the northeast. . He and his army, the correspondent adds, are surrounded. His last orders to the Filippino commander a: oan Jose were to hold San Jose Carranglan at all cost. The recent encounters were too one-sided to be called fights. The insurgents are mortally afraid of the Ameri cans, however strong their position. Thev make but a hrlf rr.A r.Kl. v.av.. UUU IVrUlb resistance and run when the ter rible American yell reaches their i ear, w he ren non V Am.mB 1 kuiiiwaua pursue them and slay many. ' The moral effect of the news that 60,000 troops are on their way here has been unquestionably great. The insurgents are suffer. ng more from disease than the Americans nwimi s r..4 " fa vv wu, a lack of medicines and filthy hos Ptals, with the result that there great mortality among . them. General Lawton has interepted a leleirratn fmm nnv CT uauicui uiiwiu 0 a Filipino general reading: 'How can you blame me for re reating, when only twelvemo rny POOipanv WFrf akU tr flrrkf . - la South Africa. xoexoers zaiiea to. louove up their signal victory two weeks ago I w vautuitu .VW iiUHftU --Jsoldierm which Gen. VbiMrhr np prccipitation of Southern males.. The re has not wimujci cutgcucui, reported which could be called a Boer vic tory. In all engagements English losses have been reported very light and Boers losses heavy. Gen. now English reinforcements are . . ... , , . being landed in such great numbers . " $hould -Ped to bring the w. w m mparauveiy quicc ,nn- a04KIIle4. Caracas, Venezuela, Nov. 13. rne forces of ths d facto govern- jment of General Castro hold the town of Puerto Cabello. the result Lf desperate fiehtinz Friday, and bombardment bv the fleet Satur- Iday. Three hundred were killed. General Parades, the revolutionary leader, wounded tour times. It is reported that he escaped on a war ship. ' Russia aid Japaa are. Almost Ready to London, Nov. 13. A Shanghai dispatch says the relations be" tween Russia and Japan have al most, reached the breaking point. J J. refusal to allow Russia to take do- I session of land held by the Japa nese government in the Corean oort of Macamoo. Cruiser Cttarlestoa Lost. I 1 Manila, .Nov. 14, 12:20 p. m, I The United States cruiser Charles- ton, which bad been patroling tne northern coast of Luzon, "was I wrecked on a reef off the ndrthwest I coast on Tuesday, November 7. All on board were saved. Keatacky. Not much more is known as to the result of the election in Ken tucky than a week ago. Nothing I has been definitely settled. The I official count has not yet been con- J eluded in several counties on ac-1 count of contest over irregularities. I There are numerous charges of fraud. In one strong Republican I connty the Democrats charge the I former with using tissue paper bal- lots to swell their vote. About J the most certain thing in the sit- uation is that theie is trouble I ahead." ) It is said that Gov. Bra- dley (Rep.) will not surrender the! office to Goebel. if he is given the certificate of election, and there is talk of marshal law being declar-1 ed. A Saicide Clib. Frankfort, Ind., Nov. 13. An drew Thompson to-nicrht commit ted suicide by taZlZ morpWner . -1 t The death has developed beyond doubt that there is a Suicide Club in this citv. and that two of the1 members have already carried out their obligations. Fred Geiner took bis life several days ago, and Thompson was pres ent at theime Gainer died. and he remarked that he would soon fol low him. Geiner and - Thompson were both members of Comp.uiy C, Sixteenth Indiana Volunteers, arid the supposition is that others of the same company belong to the club. The Engineer Was Asleep. Toccoa, Ga.. Nov. 9. A head end colision occuredon the Sorothen Railway here to-night between two freights trains. Train No. 43, southbound, ran into extra No. 385, northbound. Conductor Fay souxy was considerably bruised up. Flag man Homer Gray was cut in back of head ;. Flagman Hughes, : back wrenched i negrQ,. fireman 4 out 10 back of head. The crew on extra No. 385 was not hurt. - j The engines were new ; and cont pletely ruined. y , ' The eugineeron the southbound was asleep' and runing his locomo tiye at the speed d( -.sixty. miles an hour when the accident occurred.' Aderlmal'Deifey and. hia men claim $383,800 bountyCfvr.sinliing the Spanish fleet. -' f ' mil m CHi. INSURANCE ON PROPERTY IN THE SI ATE REDUCED. r r v H I m nvwuuvi vyi . I " ders Redictioa oa City and Countrj Property of from 25 to 23 U Per cent Two reasons for the Redaction.' The insurance rates on" property in XNorin Carolina nave oeen re aw I . t duced from 25 to 33$ per cent. ,The Southeastern Tariff Associa tion, with headquarters at Atlanta, which includes almost every insu ranee company doing business in North Carolina, announced yester day that the above reduction bad been made in this State. The tariff Association announces that it. has been enabled to . make this reduction because of the pas of the new insurance law which t " officially stated has had the effect of decreasing the fires in this State. The reductions made do not ef fect existing policies. They are as follows: Thirty-three- and - one-third per cent, from the basis rates on farm dwellings and barns. Twenty-five to thirty-three and one third per cent, from the basis rates on dwellings and contents in cities and towns. Twenty-five to thirty-three and ane-third per cent, from the basis 1 - rates on churches, schools, public buildings and their contents Mr. Alexander Webb, the vice president of the North Carolina Home Insurance Company, said yesterday, in speaking of the ac tion of the Association: "lhe new tanrl will result in the saving of thousands of dollars to the people of North Carolina. The State now has the best insu rance rate of any Southern State. The wisdom of the legislature in passing the new insurance law is fu lly demonstrated.' -RaleighPost. The Southern Tariff Association g1Ves as the reasons for this volun Arv reduction the insurance law passed by the last- Legislature which while it levies a tax of 2 per cnt, Cn their gross premiuois, also r.iieTet them of any additional taxes, and also provides for officiol investigation of fires to detect ana pUni8h house burners. The Greensboro Correspondent 0f the Charlotte Observer assigns a different reason for the reduction. ag follows ; "There are two things notable aDOUt this reduction ; first, that it is confined to the State of North Car- 0Hha. and. second, that it is con fined to juat those classes of nsks which the Greensboro dividend paying companies have specially sought; and it is as certain as cir rnmntflntial evidence can make it f tt e 1 o 13 O tl d d td 1 tl Gone to flinnesota for a Husband. Salisbury Sun : Some time ago Mr. M. L. Thorn, of Buena Vista, Minn.; advertised for a wife. Mrs. Goodnight, formerly Misb -Elmira Blackwelder, of Watsonville, , this county,, answered the ..advertise ment. Soon photos were exchang ed and correspondence was kept up until recently, wnen -Mr. inorn sent Mrs: Goodnight enough money to pay tare tor herself ana mother from Salisbury to the railroad point nearest Buena Vista. Tea of the Crew Lost. Philadelphia, Nov. .11. News has been received here that, the Philadelphia schooner William M. Bird, from Charlston, S. C, to New London, Conn., was wrecked in the October hurricane off the Frying Pan Shoals, N. C, and ten of the ere w, including Captain Bar rett, . perished, lwo survivors, George W. Loud, the mate, and George Robinson, seaman, have been landed at Salisbury, Md., by the. schooner Samuel T. Beachem, Jacksonville, Fla., which vessel rescued them on the afternoon of November ;3rd, 29 miles southwest of the Frying pan Lightship.- TbeT ' 7 water for ninety hours and suffered , , . ... . u.ym f wcwcu them from starvation. . Thev have . . , f ' . tl Wk jr ..y OUI"cu"y to tell just how theirxomrades Der- just now tnearxomraaes per ished, but they state in an incoher ent manher that the lost men were swept off one by one from the wreck as their strength grew weak er and drowned. , Mr. Rhyne's Automobile. Lincolnton Journal. Mr. Dan E. Rhyne received his automoDiie Jfriaayann has since been diligently at work, tssisted by Mr. 'A. M. Price, in taming it. As soon as they get it trained to i .f :jji r l - j j &cep iu uie iniuuie 01 inc roau uuu break it from, trying to climb trees, Mr. Rhyne is going to take a ride. The possession of the first and only automobile in the State is adding considerably to Mr. Rhyne's pop ularity all want to take a ride. Didn't Know it was Sunday. Monroe Enquirer. .A gentleman living a tew miles north of Monroe lost his bearings, so tar as toe recaonmg 01 time is concerned, last, week and did a hard day, plowi0(? seeding, wheat last Sunday. He started his plow by daylight and quit the field a little before dark in order that he might shave and get ready for Sun- which had a majority of nearly 5o, day, as he thought it a desecration 000 in 1896, is now overwhelmed of the Sabbath to shave on that day. As he was shaving a neigh- bor came up and informed him that it was Stinday and not Saturday, It was a hard matter to convince the man who had lost a day from is reckoning that he was wrong as b the day of the week. - A Five Thousand Dollar Robbery. Special to News and Observer. Durham, N. C, Nov. 8. News ached here Irom a nsooro to-aay ,i ou .Mi.,. yw- w, ughes at that place waa cracked st niffht bv robbers, who secured ,000 in cash. One thousand ol D ' -I rs of this amount was in $20 gold teices. - No clew has been been obtained Mo the indentity of the thieves. hd it i supposed from the manner whicn Uio joo was huuuuiP..8icm at ifcwas the wtrK 01 .proiessiou; P ' x V. ' i ; -1--' ' mw ... Mamie, the 1 j-year-old daughter Baxter McKelvey, - was burned Senator Jf air banks ana other prom death at Marion, Monday. Her inentT Republicans from outside. the othintr caught fire while she was rt..f q tv Fuu,u8.-,u ".y . : 1 ; -., - Edward Henderson, age 75 years n . . 1 Mecklenburg county, was crush to death on Friday by a f alling fee. He was standing in his yard bking at the Jeltfngrtr a - large klnijt'tree. ". Charlotte Observer: Yesterda ; Lning; four miles from btates le..Margret, 6-years-pld daughter ' : ..... '-'M I t . ". S Mr. Shuford JMiUer, was purnea death. The child; clothes ' ight fire while its mother was j 1 4 - - t of the room. i v; DM 0II1E ELECTION - A SUMINQ UP OP RESULTS BY DEMOCRATIC LEADER. Finds in them Encouragemenrfor the Ad . herents of the Chicago Platform. v TWrtin N"h tvjaw w t Bryan this evening- rave! to the preS8 an exiended statement, sum Lininin the mnh nf th Wtrtc in different States. In Massar.hu setts . and Efinnsylvania, where the Democrats re-affirmed the Chicago platform, he finds that theynavemaae gains, while in jew iorK ana,iew jersey, the Republican vote shows a falling- off. Maryland, ha declares, is now safely Democratic. On the Ken tucky election he says; The--res snlt in Kentucky ' does not give any encouragement to the Republi cans, lhe latest returns show that the contest between Mr. Goe-i bel and Mr. Taylor is very close. The Democrats claim the elec tion of Goebel and the entire State ticket by small pluralities. hae LegiaUture.ii. safely Demo- .: u 1. . t, cratic in both branches, and .1 election of Blackburn to succeed . , , .uinasay is assurea no one w no hag watched the contestill doubt Dcm , Un,ted " nauonai issues xveniucKy can oe relied upon for a majority of 20,- ooo to o.ooo. i V Ohio is summed up as follows : What consolation can Republi cans draw from the Ohio election? Mr. Hanna secured the nomination of the candidate for Governor upon a platform endorsing the Kepublis can administration and while the returns indicate that Nash has a , ... c , . . x. Lean and Jones together- have a ma rrYir rf enmpthmrr IIIrA fn nnn over the Republican candidate. I ixLwxjcau iau uuuii a uwuuim ciuni Mf T - 1.tf i - m - - Pua"ai,r """"'B luc wu.BKw Diaiiorin ana cunaemnin? inei trusts, militarism and imperialism, , , , .. c , . . and he made a gallant fight against great odds. Ohio is the home of Mr. Hanna, chairman of the Re publican national committee. Post masters all over the Union were urged to contribute money to save Ohio. Mr. Hanna took the stump himself and called upon Republic i vauo oum- dorse the policies ot the aaminis ..ration And yet. ,n sp.te of a 11 that couia De aone, jvir. nanna s own county was carried by Mr. carried' Jones, and the Republican party, by a majority approximating 5o,s j 000. The Jones' vote is anti-Re- f publican. Mr. Jones himseit has made an open fight against Mr. Hanna and his methods ; and -the Republican party has turned its batteries against Mr. Jones, and his followers.- : , Iowa, bouth JJakota ana Jvansas results are pasbed over with brief J paragraphs as-not of leading im- pprtance. On Nebraska he says : 1 xhe Nebraska campaign was , lougut uix uai.ua. f usi0n candidate for judge received I un T . rn tSi vr. as against "-'-MV T7 w J : o .1 c,.ooo last year for the fusion can- I didate for bovernor, and 13,000 for the fusion electors m ioq7. Assistant Secretary of War Me hkel:ohn came from' Washinetoh to with the voters to uphol4 : ! ... .. the Fresident's r policies: Senators Thur6ioji andJIaywood were r on thA ' afn'mn warrtinor the neflnle "f 1 . . o r.rr . not to ? .repudiate the President. State leht theirjnfluence, "but inot- .,-fKcfrar.rirnrr thp. e.ffnrts hfrtntrht """" fa " ' . -. . 1 . . 1.1: 1 " 1 tortn oy ine xvepuuiicaus. me fngion:atg coined a sitrnal victory. T&eir caudldale judge Holcoinb, carried five of the congressional districts out of the six and lost the remaining district (the first);1 by only 1,000. The fusionists made a i troJn of - three district iudtres net gam ot tnree .aismcc juages and a large gain in county officers. r Mr. Bryan continues : "Taken as a whole, - the election -returns from all the btates give, encourage- ment to those who hope for the overthrow the republican party; in iQoo.1 It ii evident that those who believed in the Chicago platform in 1096 still , believe in it. - It is also THE cvident that the hostility to the Chicago paltform among those who opposed it is not as ; pronounced asitwasin ?896, Itis apparent COOK STOVE also that there is a growing hotil-i ity to the monopolies- which :have ministration. It is safe to say that - the American people would by large maiority pronounce aeainst - ine aempt to raise the standing ariny co oo,ooo ana it u is equally certain that uPon a " distinct vote uPon the issue a large majority of wouiu prunouuee . iiuciiaiiow puiicjr, which would develop here a colo niai system, alter the pattern : of European erovernments. If. the rebuke administered to the Ropub- i ... : ..... Jr.. ...... licans at the polls had . been - more severe, the prospect of remedial t . . .. . . , . ff ; v -, legislation at the hands of Repub- licans would be brighter, while it was sufficent to indicate, that the people are not satisnea with the Republican policy toward pluc to- - 1 . . . . - 1 ldea of a government built up I force rather than upon the cor on: I vv iuiuv. waou uuvu consent revinff 18 D T? Ivm.g I05,ts 6&lr.y upon a Iaie: I ui 111c gurccucu guvciiiuicut i stanamg army rather than upon. a; citizen soldiery.' Papers are being dra n to trans- fet th title to the Dewey; mansion to have his new wife, v I - - . " ' We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Ca tarrh (Jure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Prop's., Toledo, O. We the undersigned, have known p. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, J and believe him perfetly honorable m o11 business transactions, and fin- I anciauy able to carry out any ooli gations made by their firm. West & Truax, Wholesale Drug- 8t8, Toledo; 0.: . I (Tints Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O, i . xiau 8 aiarm vuro ih niKeu hi-I u.ih.. n .i i ternaliy, acting directly upon the uiuuu biiu uiuuuua auriauea' ui uiei system. Price 75o. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. lestimonia Hall's Family Pills are the best. Tough Enough. Chicago Record. "Oh, Henry, don't cut your pie with a khife," v "Well, J ulia you ought to be thankful I donrt call for a canopenrj.ed people throughout the country. We er . crcr,amberl.i-8"Vough .'Remedy and will refund the money to any one is not satisfied arterusing two- Thin in tti. w..uo u wUtV...a. ui rcuicuy .u i" iur , 1 whoopingcough and is pleasant and safe to take. It prevents any ten. r .nii'-K mnf 1 -.-"j ; r Total Loss. Abrahams lkelstem has lostT nis wife. Solomon Yaas, an' Jts a total loss Dere vas no insurance. R We have' the hiirhest recard for the medical profession. 5 Our? preparations r.e not sold for the purpose of antagon- iTino thPm hut rathor "an w lay ft down as an established tmtk that SipelTdEi and discomforts experienced during the months preceding: childbirth' can "be 'al leviated only by external treatment by applying a liniment that softens and re laxes., the over-strained ' muscles. We make .and sell such a liniment, com? bining the ; ingredients in" a manner hitherto unknown, and call it; i f;; We know that, in thousands , of cases it has proved more than a blessing to expectant mothers, it overcomes morn- inff sickness, it relieves the sense ot tirhtn&ss. Headaches cease, and dan- ' . . ger-f rom Swollen, Hard and Rising Breasts is avoided. Labor itself t is shortened and shorn of most of the pain, i We know that many docjprs recom mend it, and we know that multitudes of women gcrto the drag' stores and buy it because they are sure their physicians have no objections. - We ask a. trial just a fair test. . There is no possible chance of injury - being the result, be cawe vomers rnena is scienuno compounded. It is sold at $1 a bot cause motner'srrriena is scienunc- tie, and should be used during- most of the period of gestation, although great relief is experienced if used only, a short time before childbirth." 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