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a 1 fit If f L VOL. II. NO.-22; 1'1'lTSBonO. C.,TWliuXESDA V, Al'KIL 2i), 190;i. US Ala: itfflll i 2 Newsy Items Gleaned From t : Murpby to iluteo. The board of managers of the Jsnses "Walker Memorial Hospital at Wii nilinjtaa will investigate horrible af lalr that exeurre'l at that Institution tarljr Friday morning. Peter Mdntyrr., a wgvo railroa employe, ia the eol oirj r!er-rt;:n r.t lor the treatment tit a inashf J foot, knocked a lams over upon himself in h.& and was bur?"--! to death almost ins;anUv,The attue's . iiffer-;ig -with lockjaw an3 hart con tracted' a Infectious 4iacae 'which necessitated his lcnoval to aa isolated rou it. re lamps art used for light ing by electricity acd St did not occur to the nurse who had just left the patient that there was any dancer in she laaip on a table near the bed, Tne wgit in tossing in his sleep, or in n effort te move the lamp, knocked it ever on the bed and being unabie to get ont Of the may and the bed clothes beinjj saturated with oil, the whole room wan oa full of flame. The hrs pital attaches auccevded in'extlnguiab Jng the flame Without the aid of the lire department but the unfortunate Oejro wa uurr.f d airatwt beyond r -ognltion. In a frantic effort to escape he had writhed between the mattress aai the. other clothes on nis tot. The Investigation ia not for the purpose ef attaching blame to'any of i, the : dn- " ploycs, but ia justice to theai in view of tsunci" critic-ism that has been heard on the streets. A special from Itakfgh to the Char- i lotte Observer stays; Mr. William A. tiittis died Sunday raorniDcj at his burr-.? here. He wan Jjora in Orange county and-woa in his , (?Jih year. He was a brother of Rev. T. i, flAiHs, of the North Carol?:' Methote! Conference. la April. 1SS1. he joined the Oraase Guard, un oM Hilisilioro company, tbo first duty of which was to garrb-r-n Fort Maecn. It was laser Company C, Twenty-seventh Kepiio- nt, and in Cost's BrljraJ". He ' wag wonjjdHt slightly se-vtial liata. but in Auj;;!t. Jt-il, was .seriously woun'il'i! in tho hip and snado a cripple for life, M wan by buMiaees a broker ; and was -sreaily eKtemei. H'was a n-eci'ir ot .. O H, DranrU (nrr.o cf CoafeJerate YeUraus, whkh will at tend the fatu.u-a!. He was a.nwntifr of Edeuton Street M. K: church and im? fun ral viit hfld therefrom. Hp ltavf a wits anJ four i!Wrtf), Vv. O. . ttR. of Norfolb. Mrs. Charles L. Wool It. of Uaiwsh. Cbarl : li. OaJiir,. the total ticket af nt of tao StaboarU. Air b!v, anJ Lewis iattis, A VVHn.iagtoa Special aaya: -'The Awrr'ciit Kr:t rrd Proittt Tisval ' -r' As-. irfioa. oir.p.sr-'l of rprrfivr, I lativcs of the leu tin wholesale cc.w--JU m m:t -p hot:w !a the North. South, x Wet?? and Si'i!tliw:jt, eotirhiJed its If lourut cnnc-ii ni'M t:ng iis morcins. F. M. Flitly, of Brtstcn. waa. v.- cbesi'n jrcfiitlcnt; W. sPratt..; vle-;i ltrea.!i!i-ut, , for the'" Ef Ui i-answ.:-tive year .i. tt. Fianklia. a llaii!:n )re, wast elect .'if f.ecretarv as reaaure?. T. II. rerkins. of 8prirt-rfi;bl; was appointed ef i s?c.:nt-at-ari!::i. Rfro" ahov.rd a prnvrth in iiiftniberah'a ir,d influence, ju-leatja were named l-.t , rep: est tit the jisrociatirn- at th anaual meetlnar r tl;e National League of Pro.i.uo Consfilafclon Merchant at I)ul:v.!li la Ja.ni:'.ry, 1SQJ. , The Carolina Tract aft 3 Fru't Grow ers' Jonrvial in its 1-skuo Motidav Kay that rn account of d-imcge from roll weather, rain and hall storras, the las to grower in thiy iHtloy will affiouist to bf twe'n 1j aud 2o per r.t Aa a resii!. it thesta. conditions' the quality of the fruit 1 Boriicvhat below the jtciicrat avcrnRO, ailnots;h some very tine berries have boeu ehiPtitd ,f"Otii many scctionst. ' Thode' host posted,. The Journal nay., think the recent ldniis;:e to straw t;erri-'s will come as a bias ing in niasulijp, -for the reason that will yield the grower better 'returns in price accordingly. Secretary " Livingstone Johnson, of the ftaptitit State Convention, says that the North Carolina convention la eu- titled to (50 delegates to the Southern Baptist Convention,, which meets la Savanna. Ga., next month. The list ha been pent him. but the names of anao datlon delegates do not pacta thio-igh lila Imii'lu. Carload of V-itgn Wretked. Old Fort, N.-. C, . Special. A car loaded with egi, and attached to eu 'aat-botind freight train. Jumped tnc track at Mud Cut. No aerioua damage resuitcd, h youd nwholesnle gmasljiiug of egf-s. The track was oo badly block ed that the weut-bound passcnucr train wan.t5(M up lifii'e for t?j t i ! tjirejj ifteeo Store Ourned. Ucleteh, - N.v C Special. ;.V special from f'Dcon. N. C aiya: "AbJut noon ftunday a lire broke out t.t the bus!ncn.i poitluu of this town which consume! tho Itirger part 'of it, 15 siorea .hems cntitcly consumed. The hs Is tatl mated at front $50,000 t $J3,00t). with itihunttn-o of not more than J 10.000. The origin ot'tlnJ file Is nuknown " ' Circen' horo ftlan hi 1'rooblt?.' Vi'MVu Valf.;y, I T., Special. -John Van Siory, of OretnBlxio, N. 0., hati been placed tinder arrer.t here chained with wrftilia lettora to C. J.-Oram, a haultcr, ircttonin to pttlaoti the lnt ter's 'fatnlly, r kiihtapping one of h la tlaup.ht.ers tintcdi $2, SO were depoeltcd I y tirant iu an iaolatt J sjot. ARABS GREET M. LOUBET A Brilliant Ceremony Held in "the Alg-erian Desert Trilirmnea Ki n)M Thtttr lylt aad'he ' Cbicl Ara l)ecrtel Kr"nrll rrvaw dttnt Urjrln HU UataruJaarue.r. HI Kre'der.. Algeria. President I.ou 1iet hat witn!ed , a remarkable de;i!.ns:tratlu by the uotnadic tribes ne:i ef the desert who sckDowledjre the stta -rainty of ' France. The tritckuien feathered in tbousanda from all part of Southern Algeria for a ccrcuioay of OrlerJal Splendor- M..-Loubet h;fd liereto.'ore vkltM r.nly tbo? Keotioni of Altria which siiotr the advance of French colonisation. He now entered" tlw tieaert 'coumry, witii iu npitrse and burned vej:etatio. white the trelcl.p f isand and hot sun pi'iducHl the eurioini effects of mir age. , The eeremotiT was held on a vant pla teau. Here the tribesman asnni.'iwl from all oimriors, b"i;h of tbcm bavins Jom-neywl .'JOTor '4tt miU1 across the tlf)!rt. Their tents were arranged in elroloi after the Arab riwi'iii. each. triie ocenpyio; a lar(i circie, in the centre of which were droves of richly uanseMd cameia. The' chief were mounted on horses, but the tribemncn were ou eftmela. and formed) great car avan. More than 8(K) mrn partici pated "in the gathering. A unerb tent of camelsi" hair fabric and A rait lapeatriea bad been erected for l'rehlent Ixule(. As each triJ passed in review it chief dismounted end paid homage to ilie President of France, who distributed lecii'atioua to the oriucipal leadra. After the r?vbw came a rative exhi bition of "PWti. There were feat a of hor-wmanshin and much burning of gunrtiiWiicr. the exhibition ending fcv a charge of ail the native cavalry, which vhe.'Ied aero Jhr? plain and galloped toward the station oei-ttpled by the President, pwlling tip th-ir horses wl'.h. In 300 ynrd of h'm iio.itiu. A ntimie CKial)')t followed. It represented the attack t'pon aiid capture of a caravan by rt den-rt ir'.hc Tit feremottieit were brocrht to a fer.ciuficn by a trrand "dlffa." or Arab bnnonet. .tiveu "ov tlie chief a iu honor of M. I.oubct. The menu, wblcli va printed in rabic and French. Included KUtdi derrr dritca. e m renst snxelle. "cottscon." ficd car el' milk. Oance esecited tty celebrated native beamiest followed, and after an evbiliitino of n.i tivo tiieiboils of liitntjiig. which in 'luild a hnr? ( has? by trained falcons, tlie day's entertainment ee 'ed. . T!ie PrcHi.lent then ,t:;ried o:i bis re tnnt jonrny to Kahla. Tht tri'teumtnt. titunnting their i-orsi x, rode at full ca! lop alougihle the train long as ti ev t eti'd keep, tip the ;,nce. their many col ored liori.oits's fluttertng in the wind. Tiotkina a bnUintit pictnre Tlie dsy'a eniertninmeiit tji'Krnved n ape ."laei f,f barbaric: i-tlndoc n-lr n Ki'bloiii has been t-een by Cut'vpean rye. A "OL01DSU?PL.E V, NT- VICTIM. I.uriil Inli f an-l tra!er ! Hie of ltloml I'ot-nliiiil.-. ProvitVnce, II. I. Willis S. Scvihucr. who rcidcd at ;"i S)'il ttrcet. rt:d was a newsdealer nt -11 Plain fdrert. is tbad from tdonrt P'rlf riicg. due. it Is c!alii!"d. to littnttliittr tli highly colored uppl-meiiu o Ptimbit newspapers, tiarih til.uly tiio fnun New York, the luk Mf-cd oil which is gummy add ad heres y. the hand. Mr. Scrloner was ae. tit-toincd- to use his right index' ling' r in ripping open the bundle He cut lti Jingr with the raw edg(or (up pitn'f aitd got so:iof theliik!nto the ttuu;d. Tb! happen-d two weeks atro. nod while jh? :it;gcr lie came swollen ntnl dlscha'rgi'tl pus. Jlr. .crlbi cr did not become alarmed until n wpek-a-at Ktinday. when his arm be came cxceidinglv painful, and a large spot nnpenred pear th: elbove. A physician -,y)s called, but It was too late. Mr. Set letter was foriy-threc yiaisold, '. v. AL. ADAMS CETS ONE YcAT?. Tolirv Kins neMjMTKaif a I'erUfnt ImbrfnkrT, New York Ity. Policy King "Al" Adam,, who was convicted of having policy parapheialiu in his possession, was Kcnteiu-oTby Justice Scott to serve not Icfs thfii "one year and not more than ony ear ami nine months In the SiaKTrlson, and to pay n tine of Moon. Before pronoum ing seutenee .lustiee Pcntt said to the prisoner: "Albert ,T. Adams, I am quite satlnlled that no other verdict could have been rendered by the jury In this case. For year you have been a persistent lawbreaker, the mainstay and chief of a iulsorablo gain, that preyed upon the weaknesses of Us victim. When the Legislature lixcd the 'maximum penalty for th's particular kiud of -crimp it evidently had In view the ronvjctlon of just such persons as you, "ami 1 see no reason why the maximum penally should. inn be given you.", . ; l v , I KEAMSAflCE'S CU.M HUIC MRE. KiuIkii Mint Invnlle.Ttr.l CIn.cil itia Itrrrrh utt In Tlnta to Smtb tlie Crrw, Mobil . -Ahi- Tho . bnttlcshln Keav spr. riile at target prnellee'tit 1'en lineidiii fiMi'iow iy esca;nd n porlotis cs plosion In tho a ("tor Miperlnijmsed tuv rcl. The jiun was tited by clei trb-iiy, but tt.e ciuir-re frih'il to e(dode. Ktl fclun .1. t 'lemenS walled live mi t istcs befofo epetting the block. : On tto Ii;g so ho m.i'ccd sni'ilc,' U.snlif from the vrlitier, lie closed the block just as the chin's cuplodeil. Ciienpiug the recoil of the luge gm ut:d (saving the lives of hiai own crew. 'Adiulriil Iliggliis'oii complimented him upon his coid-lii'adcili.c.vs. Ti:o hang-lire lasted an unusual time. i. TYNER RIFLES A SAFE Wife of Assistant Attorney-General Seizes Papers For Him. HE IS SUMMARILY DISMISSED Tit Womjia Kaian)ri a Lock Expert Into Hrr UiuliBBla Office la tha roatufliv , Ilrpartaaeat Mil t'oreaa a Gimrniiirit PafaTaJtra Valaabta Document x jBVrtlcat So He Maile. Washington. l C Mrs." James X. Tyitc!'. wife of the Assistant Atforey. tJctteijii ajiMlgntN to the Postofflee !" partment, accompanied by Mrs. Bar rett, her sister, whose on. Harrison J. liurrett. is uiide;' invest Igation, with the assistsncp of an expert sa.e open er, entered Mr. Tyner's private office In the Postonice Hepartiarnt a few days ago. opened the wife aud abstract ed trout it all the -pa iHrs-inn! docu ments it contained. The office of tbe Assistant Atiorney Ceueral js the tirsc agalusr which charges of irregularity were preferred !nritr the p.-ct;t ajsifavAl. k1 she' department assumes that the paers abstracted may conialii evidence which might 1k used against Mr. Tyner. Mr. Barrett and otlier itersontt now or for merly connected with the department. Mr. Tyner'a office Ik under investi gation because of charges which have lieen made that decisions were rendered which would permit turf exchanges of tbe "get-rich-quick" variety to continue their business ani reco've their mail. Mr. Barrett, after httving tbe depart ment, became attorney for suiue of the turf investment comiiatiies. M Tyner and Mrs. Barrett entered the jttic- of Jhe Assistant Aftoriiey Ccrnral, walkeil past Assistant Attor-nuv-Jcneral i'bristiancy, who was at his desk: iiiiose to hint, entered. the pri vate office of ?Ir, Tyucr. admitted C. CI. Hamuer. the safe opener, by a pri vate door, and spent -an bom- going over the papers in the safe. Then ihey made The papers ni into buudbs and gave them in Andrew. Mosher. a col ored messenger, who nteompntiied the women to their home. Hie postonice aiilhorilits were iiiToriiU'd of tlicir visit aud inspectors visin-d ii:e house, but failed to obtain any of the papers or any satisfactory explanation of what bad occurred. Ths master has been reported to the Attorm-y-tJercral. and if is probable that arrests will follow. Mr. Tyner. around whom this m-w sca:jdal revolves, is ki'vcm y-seven years old. He enured the postal service two days alter the lirst Inauguration of President Lincoln, ami therefore has been an employe of the Oovernmeiit more than forty-two years. He has been confined to bis bouse for several luonihs, having bct'ii stricken with par a!yis. He was at. one tio.e a member of Congress, and for a tinr.wys pciing Postinaster-Ci-iscra'. t'haigt s were brought ' against. Mr. Tyur early In March iiy T. C. Casnio bell, a lawyer, of Cincinnati, tihio. who rejrescn:ed- the A'-uoId and Ilyan turf lnv"stti!( i't cunceri!r.,of St. Louis, Mo., and Newport, Ky. These concerns are Itow tir.iler tire ban of th. ilepartiuctti. th: rcgulaihiiiK having been so i-on-struct! tbu; tlicir lualls were held by the department under fraud orders and they vtri'e practically driven cat o." btisiress. Accord i ug to tlie s:ory winch Mr. Campbell told, he had been appnuic'.n d by Mr. Barrett, wii.i is Mr. Ty tier's b'other-in-law, anil bml been his as sistant. Mr. Barrett told him. Mr. t':u;ii.)t:!l said, that he would inform liim bow to carry on his company so thai it would lll be interfered with. It Is stated that .Mr. Tyn.r. as...Vfl sNiadi Attoi.iK'.v-ti'eneral, wrote to. 'Die Arnold concern iu St. Louis, suiting that its business had been investigated tnd that nothing hail br.cn found which rendered It liable to be Interfered with by (he department. The letter added that the ca'e In regard to the St. Louis t'rui was closed. Several ,t irf concerns were afterword Indicted .in St. Louis, and while Mr. Tyner had reported to the Arnold eoni" puny that It was nil rlfrht. the post utllee Inspectors stopped its malt, it U und.rstood the turf concerns th-n tie elded tq "get even" w-lih Mr. Tyner mid his 'former assistant, Mr. Barrelt, und brought the charges, President Hoosevelt decided that Mr. Tyner should go. and his resl-matlon was reUestetl. to take effect May 1, with the stipulation that he should take tt vacation untibthat dates Announcement of the latest affair was made first by Postinaster-Oenernl Payne when he maiV public a letter Kummarlly removing Mr. Tyner front ifile?. iu (his letter Mr. Payne detailed the action of Mrs. 'Cyner, and added that the fact would be submitted to the Attovney-Cenrral for such action ns he might deem proper. ISLANDS DISCOVERED. iliitnrtttaii I'ome;unii In the S'nnllirrn t'liltittea Kilrnile.I. Washington, I. C.-O.'Ilciiil ,ndvlees received at the Navy Ponantmont. from tli! Philippines record (he discovery of a innnber of valuable Islands (ii'.the so.ol.evn part the aivhltielago which n re not on any of the, charts lit the pos-se-'sden of the Covcvutueni". So far as known no foreign CoveHimetfl has ye( iJd ilrim t A th's .evritory, m:d to i ei-ltnlo the presentation o! such t hvlitis '"Secretary Moody hits taken aiop. to -have the 1-luinl-c properly charted as. tbe property of the Tnltctl Si.ii s, fi'iec bit wng every tsTort inaili1 lo learn If any (Tovernment: hud groutui for a claim to the new Islands. A naval vcs-;e will probably 1 e' onlered to the southern part of the archipelago to pre pure the necessary charts, $600,000 FOR TUSKEGEE Contributed by Andrew Carnegie lo the Endowment Fund. Ironmaster Frovlclea For tit Want at t'.ooker Vahinetn Ilia Family lnric Tlirir Lifetime, N-rr York City.-In a letter placing 1 looker T. Washington almost in the same niche in the lemplo of fame wiib Jeorge Washington. Andrew Carnegie announce:) thai: he had given SiHSi.Otsl to the Tuskigee Institute, and stiiu lated that provision must be made out of that fund for the wants of Mr. Washiuclon and his wife for the rest of their lives. Tie says he wishes this done been use Wasliiufl.in is :i "great aud good man." and he wauls him To he entirely free from Oeonutarv cares. The trustees of the institute wlil meet sooa to take formal action in accenting the gift, and to takes measures still fur-liter-to increase the endowment. Mr. "arngle's letter conveying the gift rea ls thus: 'William H. Baldwin. Jr Trustee: "Mr Dear Friend I have instructed Mr. Franks, my cashier, to deliver to mi. on trustee ct Tuskecce Inst'tnte. tMMKiO five per cent. 1'nited States Steel Company first mortgage bonds to ward the endowment fund. "I give this without reservation, ex cept that I require that suitable provi sion be made fron the gift for Hie wants of Booker Washington aud his family during his own or his wife's life. I wish that creat and trond man to Vie entirely free front jtccniniarv cares that he may lie free to devote himself to his great mission. "To me he seems one of the greatest of living men. boc-susp bis work is unique, the modern Moss who leads Ms race and lifts it thromrit education to even better antl idchcr thing than a land ovcrflowintr with jnill- and-hoify. History is to tell of two Washington's, on white, the other black, bolh fathers of their people. "I am satisfied the serious race urob ilin of the South is io ls solved wisely only thromrh Mr. -Washington's policy of education, to which he seems to have heen specially born a slave am mr: slaves-to establish and in Jiis. own dav greatly to advance "tllad am I to be able to asdf 'this good work in which yoti and others so zea'onsly labor. Tru'v vours "ANDREW C A UN Ed IK." Mr. Carnegie was one of the most en thusiastic persons nt the recent mass meelinsr in this city in tlie interest of the institute at which forcer President Cleveland presided. SEVERE BRITISH DEFEAT. Forre or Ten Ofltrpr anil Men XTijted . Our In Sotnalllmie. London The WarOlKee has received from llrigatlier-'?ctienil Manning. In commaml of the British forces ill So maliland. n di.-ttaicii idling of the wip ing out of a-Britit.lt column th"re by the Somnlis. untler the leadership of the Mad Mullah. The dispatch snvs: "At it.l." a. m. on Auril 17 Cdonei Cobbe dtsnntehetl Cohv.tel I'intu;?tt with MO men ,-f th. Second haitiiiloa of the Klrg's African LiPcs, forty-cU'h; moil of tlie Second Skhs and two Masiiu guns for the extrication of Captain Olivey. if isecc-s.try. As a matter o fact, Captuin Onvey h.'d not been engaged.' Cidour-I I'lnnkctf. on Joining the detachment, Ciun.tnued tr push (Tn. At 11.4r Coiencl flbe heard a heavy fire in !: tiirectlou taken by Colorel Pluiike;;. ;'i:d at ,nlort 1 in th afternoon a fev' fugitives coming In rcportetl thr.t Colonel Pluniccit had been defeatetl with loss. "The news has Veen 1'i.llv corrobor ated since and I bare to report tha total loss of Colonel Plttiil-'eti's party, with tlie except ion of thriy-r'veit Yaos, who have arrived here. j London. The British transport ITuV tliii'.'e reatdied Alien from Berbers, the cjtpital tif S'imaliland. Fast Africa, nud confirmed there the report of a British defeat in Suiimliland. Tho oijieets of tbe Hnrdinge stty that ten ofllcers and TRO men out of a total British force of 2'JO if,eu were killed in an engagement with the Somali. LEE TELLS ABOUT BOCDLPCC MlMnurl Sauntnra IterclTFtl From SSOS e;sao i atti. St. Louis. Mo. Lii'ittenant-Covernor Lee told the Oram! Jury how Baking Powder Tust boodle was distributed at tho Laclede Hotel In Sr. Louis two years after the defeat of the "alum'' bill. Lee, it appears, was employed to distribute the money and engaged the services of n Senator to assist him. Lee received a handsome fee for. his work. He handed the big hunt h of boodle over to the Senator, and the lat ter handed it out In chunk In his room at the Laclede Hotel. March '2D. 1!OI. Senators who voted with ihe Baking Powder Treat's Interests received sums of moucy varying from IJoOo to S riO'J each. At least five Indictments' will insult from Lee's testimony before the Cratid .fury and several more will follow, j 'The Licutciutut-ltpveritor, was appar ently under up'iat mental strain. Jb appeared to be very iutwws, but Is said to have hovim hini'vU' well while he was roinlhtg the inside lusiory oi' hooilio seaulals io the t.'rand .iuvy. Killftl tir a I'tiU'tn I'bpIi ;t:;e. Ib'dand L, Morgart, a wcilihy m.an. oC Klgln, 111., dl"d RuJdcnl.v i t hi toviuu-y place, six miles t'nc.n Pensacol:!. Kl.i. He received a packago'o? prepared food by mall, and within li'tet n minutes nft tcr tating It was tb'ud. The postmark Is too liuilstiitot to give the ollicers any elite as to the place wlrjncy U -vu mailed. PRESIDENT liESOBES TOUR He Comes Out ot Yellowstone Park . Greatly Benefited in Heailh. HAD SEVERAL NARROW ESCAPES An Ktnptjr Maelt Flew Karlt From a le fwtive ttrv.ilvrr and Nearly llllnded I'.eaaeTelt For Ufa lie Safely inl led : Ula Meant Dawn an Icy Mountainous Ti-ail Atnualuc luriitenU. Cinnabar, Mon;. Presiiietit Boise Teit'n P.'trk vacation is at an eud. He greetcd'his pany at the mammoth Hot Spring hotel in Yellowstone Park and resumed his tour on the following day. The President. Is the picture of health, tuul tup time spent in the Park hats been of great bench! to him. When he arrived at the hot el he found many waiting to greet him. The Prefd lcnt jdiotik hands with each one, '..and spent the rcut of the day inspecting tbe post and riding hprsobaok with Ma'er Pitcher. The President Sient most of tbe time Mu.ititic tue Oaoits or the oifferent species of pame that abound iu the Park. He also studied bird life with Mr. Burroughs, ami showed himself paitTculflrly well posted on this sub ject. Mr. Burroughs was able to show him but one turd with which ho was not acquainted the soltaire. Tlie President's oa.mp w-as composed of two Sibley tent and one wall tent, without board floors. The party that accompanied him consisted of Major Pii-hcr. Mr. Burroughs, two orderlies and two cooks. While, fortunately, there were no ac cidents, a number of amusing incidents occurred: During the visit to Ceyser laud the President and Mr. Burroughs wert( on skis aud started to race down biil. Mr. Burroughs,' who bad never used a ski before, soon found himself with his head in the snow and his feet in the air. He bad nardly struggled to his feet when the President repeated the performance. Neither one was hurt, but Major Pitcher secured excel lent photographs. While mi accident occurred the Prod dent had a number of narrow eseaoes One day. in company with. Major 1'wch-" cr. he tired a new revolver ut ai.ree; The weapon was defective, and ths emijty shell. flew back and struck the President on the chick, drawing the blood. If it had struck a little higher up tt would have Injured if not blinded one eye. The President rode a big gray horse fluring the Whole of his tour, ft belong to Troop B, Third Cavalry, and Is one of the surest footed animals In the Park. He showed what l could do on the first day out. To reach the lirst camp It was necessary to traverse two miles a narrow mountainous trail cov ered with ice. :;:ne of the paviy dis mounted aud led their horse; down the trail, for a mis-step meant tb-ath or se rious injury, but the President stuck to the saddle and guided his mount fafely down the trail. The lirst there days in camp the weather was extremely 'cold, and tlie President was compelled to break the Ice iu his bucket before performing his morning ablutions. CHINA APPEALS TO POWERS. YTanU Help to llrolit the Neir UcmamU Made hr i:ui:t. Pcl;tn. CKiwi. China has declined to necede to the demands made by liussia as a condition precedent to hr-r evacua tion of Manchuria, and will appeal to the other Powers for help ia resisting the demands. Bussia reeks lo obtain from China an agreement -that no new port in Manchuria be opened to foreign trade; that no new Consuls be admitted to the territory: that no foreign ofiicials other than Itussi.ms be employed in Manchuria: that control of the sanitary commission at Newehwang be given to Iidsshi; that the receipts of the Mau- tditirian customs be deposited with the Kusso-Chlnese Bank: that permission be given that Hussion wires be at tached to Chinese telegraph poles; that the status of the administration remain S heretofore, and that no territory be alienated to other Powers. CREAT , BRJTAIN'S BUDGET. Tbe rhanrrllor of the Kxrliaquer M ultra Ilia Annual htatunrut. London. Chancellor of the Ex chequer Ritchie has Inir.oduccd In the House of Commons the lirst p'uce bud get iu four yen vs. ' He abolishes the duty on grain alter July 1. and lessens the Income tax by fotirneuce ia the no.tml. Tiiis Menus a loss of .? 12,500, OOf rev enue from incomes and about SKi.lKiO, W in from grain. Mr. Ritchie estimated the revenue on the cxlstitm basin of taxation rt S77.V S,V,tHH, giving a surplus of .M.0S0,iHi0. The remissions on incomes and grain leaves an estimau'd iturplus of ?l,r,S0, I tin. 2'lso fotaJc:pee,nti:iv for the past year wa.s .M.tU';.t:!'i,tK.t. The wars In South Africa and China oust 81.v.".,oo;.titK'), . Including the war :.t 'he national Indebtedness has row r-:.ri;ed the caor raoas t.jtai'of ?;;'.0ii.7-ir.tjih. Tour t'rtio'entiM'il Seltllfia iv"1. T! nt'iecrs loiv;. Ket-o r':Hi!(1 in lh: rases -of i'our of the five private soh'!'.r belonging to ii:c Second ' F.-j.tiiiou or thr i.ci;niT7 i:eginic;it, who were sen tenced to dentil in tic Supreme Court at Preioria. Sor.lh Aftica. for rioting Three of the men will umlerco fifteen years' pt a I servitude, v. hiie th? founts will get tw enty .vears. . ' . A VERSATILE PEEKESS. One of the most Interesting and ver satile, duchesses is hvr Grace of Suth erland "Miss Miliicent Sutherland." as an Innocent reviewer spoke of her at reviewlng"her last book of stories. , Politics and literature" claim the great er part of her Grace's interest. She naa been writing -since she came of age. when be told the world tho s-iory of how ahe spent her twentieth year, and it is said that ehe :laraed social ism at s Sunday lecture at I-erk, near Trentham. where she sat. among th audience and listened to an elqut-nt aa dress by a lady, whose friendship th Duchess afterward sought. The Duch ess has shown her interest la practical politics by Inducing the government to Investigate' the question of lead pois oning In tbe potteries. Her Grace is the daughter of the fourth Earl of Rosslyn, and married the Duke of Sutherland. when he was Marquis of Staffo? d. Her house is town has been the sne of many bril liant functions for charity's sake. Black and White. invalid Preacher' Good Work. Despite the handicap of having to speak from a wheel chair, having been stricken with paralysis some time ago. Jit. Uttilicl olltpiiututsou Is COUUUCtJDK a series of revival meetings In Spo kane. Wash. Dr. Shephardson is ot the Baptist persuasion. His meeting are attended by large crowds every afternoon and evening. When the back ache and pains so badly, can't work, can't rest, can't sleep, cau't cat. It's hard to bear. Thousand of ach ing backs have been relieved and cured. People are learning that back ache pains come from disordered kid neys, that Doau's Kidney Pills cure every kidney ill, cure bladder troubles, urinary derangements, dropsy, dia licles. Blight's disease. Read this tes timony to tbe merit of the greatest of kidney specifics. J. W. 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Chatham Observer (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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April 29, 1903, edition 1
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