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RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1900.
Vol. V.
PfJST;
- No. 4l7
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OUR POINT CONCEDED
England Admits Illegal Seiz
ure of American Flour.
FOOD IS NOT CONTRABAND
fitn " ndT OurGoTernment
i n-.rfed-Ael of Selxure In Delagoa
liJf Practically DlitTOWfd- Claim
,r Iuise ! Admitted, and the
in.ount ! to He Determined by the
ITe Court.
..ilv:t. January 11. Ambassador
M In received Lord Salisbury's
u answer to his note regarding
t zitr' of American flour. Tlie
Minister says the British gov
:.. -:it d.Ms not hAld foodstuffs to bo
. raMn l of Avar. Neutral Testis
: i.t f.r neutral pons and carrying
.f plainly unarkcd and not clestiueu
- ;lt- enemy will not In subject to
;;tr. . Km. Salisbury adds. KvlJ5on.
.:.vc questions must be left
prize courts.
y . Central News states that the
note in regard to the seizure
;.kltuffs cm the steatushlD Ma
, i w as hainleil to Choate by Salis--v
la-t nWrlit. The Central News
is understood that the British
.v.rnment recognized the fact that
r- .i no ground for detaining the
then Wine no evidence that
. v were iatendeil for the enemy.
, pr zr court, howvver, will fcave to
.!, what co:nensation is due to
vuers.
U lO.inn. Jan. 11. The substance
..: answer of Kngland to fae. rep
n:a::ns of the United States con-
;-:iiii; t!ie seizure of flour at Delagoa
:.iv ;va received today from Atwlws
. , Nr fhoute. Kngland -on cedes the
. n!,W which the United States
1 u:.i to have established in regard
.. ih inviolability from seizure of
uri.vl good in time of war, ami
further by acknowledging that
f.idtuff destined or an eiiemy!?
Tisiirv are exemot from seizure or
.Mention when not intended for the
.i.nvs military force. The illegality
.:' the detention of foodstuffs on tvo
the vessels concerned is admitted.
T'.r.s assures payment of damages for
::e seizure.
Mr. Choa .says: 4Tbl virtually
n.nmls the American contention that
'.). goods were not subject to seizure
art.l practically disavows the seizure.
":h reirurd to the seizure of .food
-rtiffs on the third vessel, the steam-
: Beatrice. Mr. Choate says that
Kr.rl.md deferred answer pending den
!.:re determination of ownership, the
iiterion twins raised as to whether
r'ae ow nerslim of flour in that vcssel
: i I n.t passed from the American
.:iicnars. Kngland assumes respon
sibility for iviymeut of damages for
!. tetttron of tbe Beatrice flour, and
r.i- refore no loss will ensue to either
. Honors or consignees.
ANOTHER ON GOEBEL.
IteportThat He ATas to Tlarry Denied
a Soon as It Clot Started Why He
Itemains Slnsle '
I."tnrton. Ky Jan. -11. "William
U I. who is x)ntcsting the seat of
:; .veni.ir Taylor, is said lolay to be
I'XMotl to le married to Miss Corinne
lt!.i klnim. the only tuinmrrleil daugh
ter of Senator Blackburn.
It : stateil that the wedding will
take piir-v tmmeilhi:e?3- nfter Gccbel's
rou:et is decitknl at Frankfort.
Tfr Had Time to Marry.
I-exinzton. Jan. 11. In an interview
h- aid the reason lie had never
married was because he lad been too
iM.y. -When I "was seven years old.
? aid. "I went to making my own
I.:ti by selling newspapers in the
-r.-ets ,f Covington. I wsw kh?keil
win then, and ever since I have met
tt'th stern ami cold opposition In all
:ny undertakings. I never toad time to
tl 'ink of marrying.'
It;h Miss BIacWurn and Goelel
the report tonight that they are
erua-ed.
IHG PAV FOIl VOTES.
Tratimonr Taken In Ileffard to tho
Montana Senatorial Drlbsrj.
Wa-Iilnzton. Jan. 11. The Montana
ertat.irl.il lrihrr 4nonirr was contin-
' I this morning. Frederick Whlte
'!, wa-i sti'J on the stand, anvl re
dn examination was legun. After
a fiw inteMions. .Mr. -Wh5tekle was
t up-rrnrilv withtlniwn. nnd the c'halr
as Mkt-n'by T. E. CoUhis. rtate treas
tiier nf Montana, wlo produced nvel-
;es ntaining money, placed in hi
r..U 1a- rite legislative committee,
en lorsvd " with the names or raitials of
t-p uieu proixjscil to ixs bribed. The
Sr; envelope contained -ten '$1,000
bi&s and was emlorsed as "property
W. A. Clark Ktute ; senator from
Madinm county. The -witness rend
t!r letters and figures on each of.he
1'iIK which .were all legal temlcrt. lie
"! the same with the contents of rh
flyers envelope, $10,000; of -the Garr
fMivelope. $T,X), and of the Whiteside
t nvelope. $5,000. These envelopes ana
tney. $30,000 in oM. wre alIowel to
niain in the cirstoily of Mr. Coluns.
ivi.t i.i- -v.i-.tmfr srrain and
WvsiOi'od the cavclopea produced vy
3 ;
tbe lust witne?. which he (Whiteside)
I 1 J ? 1 1 . - J 1 I - A
ism imncni tt .uie iCKisjiiiive COill
mlttee nnd .which ih.-it einxmitjta li-il
turneil over to the state treasurer This
closi the examination or AYiiiteside.
"V. A. 31urk, stiite senator from
Madison county, tesaineil n-s to canver
sxitlons -with Whiteside and Welhome,
In a hich hi sciiil lie neivc! an offer
of payment of $10,000 to vote for his
namesake for senator. He also identi
fied the enveloie containing that eum.
The last -witness .was Frederick W.
ryw;in. a Northern Pacific -onductor.
He testititl that he had been asked
to etMr. Stiff, u member of the legis
lature, and offer him $1.,000 to join
the Clark forces.
BOERS GET A FREE RIDE
ilateh of Prloner Sent to Cap Town
French Holds a Strong Position at
Coles be r.
Modder Kiver, Jan. a Forty-one
prisoners bclonin.? to the Sunnyside
vnimanlo of Colonial -imtcli took a
train here yesterday afternoon for
Ca.:e Town under escort. Ltke all
other Boers, except the 'Staats artil
lery, they -were without uniforms.
Alnitit a dozen of them wore blue and
white sjotted scarfs aroun their
wide-Sir.'mmed hats. Most of them
were men at least forty years old, but
there -weTe a half dozen youths. They
carricil Idankets sriven to them by
British troops at llelmout. and watch
ed prejMrations for sending them to
Caie Town -with, indifference. A mortis
the prisoners are the second and third
leaders of the commando.
noeunieuts caitured include the. pt
litical reconls of residents of the coun
try for fifty mill's in the neighbor
hood of Sunny side. Stationery of the
British govern men t has leen used for
Boer correspondence, wrhiuh was found
in magistrates offices in evacuated
towns.
There was tie usual outpost can
nonade this nioruinjr.
Germany Not Satisfied.
Berlin. Jan. l'l.-A Berlin dispatch
to the Frankfurter Ze;tuu.z says the
German government Avill not le sat
isfied with the release of German
s"tcamJhiis ly Great Britain. It will
deanand. besides, imtemnity ana as
sunmct that similar mistakes will not
ie made.
' llrltlsh Position at Colesbers
liondon. Jan. 11. TlensTmrg, Ciipe
Colony, Jan. 11. A dispatch to the
Times states that the IBritish hold a
losition on the Boer right command-
Ins the CtflesbUTj?. oriuge roaq
French Has Doers Hemmed In.
Caj JTown.'Jhn. 8. A man who has
in rptnrnMl from Itensburg ay tnat
Jeeral iFjmdi holds. a .very strong
nosiiion. He has tiemmed the Boers
In nn thiw sides, sind there is now
onlv one exit open. Another 2.000 men
would enable ibhn to' surround the
enemy. The reverse to the (Suffolk
regiment does not affect the position
in any way.
IV News from the VTai
Jndon. Jan. 12. News from South
Airiva grows Jess and less every day.
.Not an item of jmiortance was re
rvei vesterdav. and the la-test dat
of anv telegram-Is January Rumors
persist in the clubs and elsewhere
that Buller is moving, Imt they cannot
iw te-ieHl to anv trustworthy source
There is still no official return of
casualties at Iadysmith January 0.
General ITlethnens Injuries.
ilnxlon. Jan. 11 In connection with
l rell of tJeneral Me-
thuen, it is repoPteil at his home. Wilt-
slii re. that wJjen wouimou ai uie u-.i-
Af.vii- ttlver his horse reared
and threw him, causing spinal and
other injuries.
Lroises at Ladysmlth.
.T.-in 11. Tlio Daily Mail
At lei-Tv that a ire n era 1 estimate
of losses in the fighting at Iyatlysmith
Tomwrv ; has men received. it
nbices the Brittsh losses at . 14 offi-
cers killed, .- wmutu ami juoa- iuau
cro men killetl ami Tx)umtei. 'ine
losses of the Boers are estimated at
over 2,000.
" SANTO TO.tlAS TAKEN.
The InsnrgenU TIake Two Desperate
Stands and Lose Heavily.
riTiil:i. ThureIay. Jan. 11 'A .squad
ron" of American cavalry struck the
insurgents' rear guaru near uarmona,
r.-Hri"' them and canturinir a ouan-
titv of arms. The cavalrymen pro-
CeeuCU. TO ouiuip. il-miu lli huv iii -
vnal and capturing fvveral. - thousand
Ti:i! of anmrunition. There are foul-
American prisoners nvnli the neeing
iiinrtnits. In the insunrent hospital
7 T(K) pesos in money was cnptureil.
flouei isuiiani s movement souui
nmi fans leen successful. His men
catnurcd the town of Santo Tomas.
yt-thoro ne reoeis terr tinrtv-six ueau
11 w -r
:n itie trenches. lUftv-four rnsurzents
ami four c-annon were 'captured. The
enemy maue rwo uesperate sramiaaoj
be Americtins had -one man kCZJod
and two officers wounded- 'Many in-
nrcrents tscajed in the -direction o
cttin'r. Two battalions of the Thirty-
nlnth were left .as a- garrison at Santo
Xonras, the town having been deserted
by the rebels. The. people of Santo
Tomas say that Aguinaldo is in Ca
vito province. ' Mujor Boyd, of the
Thirty-seventh' Infantry, lias captured
retired insurgent General IMzal ami
a casket containing the remains and
bones of the genera IV brother. Martyr
lUzal, as the Filipinos cajl ihlm, at a
viU3-qt? three mues.troiu-jww
CENSUS BILL PASSED
The Senate Gets One Measure
Out of the Way. t
"THEIR PUNYPRESIDENT"
Senator Petti srew Makes m Dlsat He-
Kin ley and the Imperialists If , He
Were a Filipino He Would Fight
Until He Was Gray Asnlnaldo's Ef
forts to Restore Peace Censored Out
of Otis' Reports
Washington, Jan. 11 Tlie feature
of the proceedings in the Senate today
was the debate on Mr. iretTigrew's
resolution calling for information in
regard to the alleged interview be
tween the Filipino General Torres and
General Otis, at which the former, it
is alleged, requested a cessation of
hostilities, rrevious to the commence
ment of tlie debater Mr. Lodge sug
gested the withdrawal of Mr. retti
grew's resolution and Mr. Lodge's
substitute therefor, and urged that
one offered by Mr. Hoar, covering the
a me subject with certain amendments
calling for other Tulipino communica
tions, he adopted. In his remarks on
the subject Mr. !xdge referred to ef
forts made to influence American sol
diers in Manila as "dabbling in treas
6n." Mr. Hoar expressed concurrence
In this, provided 'the correspondence
between the President and the Phil
ippines commission were included.
Mr. rettlarrew. however, insisted. dn
his awn resolution, and in his speech
charged the Imperialists with con
founding tihe American people with
"their ptmv president." He declared
the. ieople had a. right to know what
the resolutions requested. He assert
ed that Aguinaldo's "efforts to restore
peace had 'been : censored out of Ous
re,ports. He asked -what was the use
of quibbling about wiho started the
war, when the president s prodaiina
tlon. in "all its 0rutal phrases,!' as
serting flu sovereignty of tlie United
States, iirecludcd peace. He closed toy
declaring that f he were a Filipino
he would light until he was gray, if
not killed before, against 'this unholy,
5 nfn nrm - a jrsrression."
The -Hour ldlrto defliie'and fix'he
standard of Aalues was taken up, the
morning! hour having expired, ana Mr,
Stewartsnoke thereon. No other teen
ator deiiring to speak, the Census bill
was called up ami passed. The Senate
then adjourned -until Monday.
PREMATURE ANNOUNCEMENT.
nob Glenn Did Not Know ne was Co
in: to Get His Name In the Papers.
Winston, NV C, Jan. ll.-r4ecialfc
Mr. It. B. Gleun is greatly annoyed
over the announcement in the papers
that he is a candidate for Tjnired
States Senator. Tlie representative of
the Atlanta Journal did talk with him
while in Washington, but Mr. Glenn
did not know his statement would be
published. .Mr. Glenn says he con
siders it too early for him or any one
else to declare himself a candidate for
senator, but that every good Democrat
should devote his time? and attention
to the ratification of ithe constitutional
amendment, ns he considers tills of
more importance than the question of
the suceesor to Senator Fritchord.
There is one error in the Atlanta Jour
nal's interview with Mr. Glenn which
he wishes corrected. He is made to
say: "We ore tired of "being ruled by
the Ignorant vote." What he said was:
"We are tired of being cursed by the
ignorant, vicious negro vote."
SUICIDE IN THE NAVY.
Lieutenant Commander Green Pats
Himself Out of Ills Misery.
Washingtton, Jan. . 11. Admiral
Schley this morning cabled the Navy
PeiKirtinent from Montevideo as fol
lows:
""Montevideo, Jan. 11. lieutenant-
Commander Greene committed suicide
Wednesday morning. Arrangements
liave been made for i his hurial. on
sliore. A board is ordejred to examine
the circumstances of the case and re
port" ;
Tieu tenant-Commander .Greene en
tered the service in 18C7, having, been
appointed .a midshipman. He was
graduated in June, 1871, and in 18S2
was promoted to be lieutenant. Dur
ing the -war -with Spain he was sent
to the Montgomery as executive offi
cer. He was promoted to lieutenant
commander 'last March.
. . . ,
MILITARY OFFICERS CURBED.
Gorernor .General Wood Sets
Limit
to Their Authority.
Havana, Jan. 11. General Wood has
prepared an order, wbich will be is:
sued tomorrow, instructing military
officials that their powers are never to
lx called into action until the civil
authorities have failed to perform
their functions. The order tvjII also
point out that public order in cities
Is uiwier civil control, while in the
country districts it devolves upon ,henks, rming the ndgroiar-
SfI?. FT1" T.r Pending the
escaoaisameni oi civil government in.
those districts; All public -woricR.
nt those of sanitarv olinmrr
Jxxxrdinz to the ordert are to be under
mr 1 - .-a. 9 CV.
raie isupervision. of the secretary or
public , fworks." ""'ComTmdnding officers
are directed to inspect prisons momth
ry to prevent Injustice.
; fA clash sefms inimment between
civil and military authorities over cus
toms frauds. The Supreme Court has
been asked to protest to General Wood
against Colonel v. Bliss', action, m not
allowing the prosecution of any men
except those he designates.
CUNOOATS FOR BOERS,
PlotlUi
Said to Be Forming In the
' Bahama Islands.
. Atlanta, Jan. 11: Oaptain Hill, an
Atlanta - naval commander, who won
fame during the Brazilian rebellion :by
sailinig the dynamite cruiser Nictheroy
from New York to Itio Janeiro, may
get a commission as captain in the
flotilla of gunboats said to "be forming
in the Bahama Islands in itfhe interest
or. xae : xransvaai repuiuai;. oapwiu
ttu.1 m Lt .hd an
m i, J ; m . , nt: rt4-;.
offer, of this character indirectly from
the Boer government. He says that
a. number of vessels are .being concen -
tmted to tje-at or Wanraj
and being fitted .with arms sent from,
vanTous Sports' of the globe. It is sup-,
posed to be the intention of te pro-!
diioters of the project to man the flo-
tlila to prey upon tne niisn mer
chant marine service-
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l.EGISIATURE A MOB.
Governor Taylor Intends to Try Con
clusions with the Kentuckf soionr.
Frankfort. Kr., Jan. 11. Colonel
Breickiriridge, who was closeted with
2ialitor tanwimrt are adopted
ble and the other Goebel leaders .in- j Tuesday the contract for the sewer
sist' on Trimble's presiding over the, -work was .awarded to a 'firm from
Joint: session the governor will con- j Birmingham, Ala., for $15,000. This
stitution. si ve of materials. ; There were 21 bids
Goebel leaders declare that Breckin-.put in by contra cfors- for this work,
ridge's statement is a Republican ; ranging m amount from $15,000 to
threat to which .they will pay no at-?25f000 Tue iers , were mostly
'iTfeeling against Goeoel methods ! Northern contractors, and tilie fact -of
grows. BepuWicans and anti-Goebel so many bidders -from that secti on
Deiwcrat met last night and discuss-monstras a desiire x)n their part .to
edplansto mow the" State capital to
Dexington.
DEWEY'S CONFIDENCE.
Wai Sure lie Could Take Manila Be-
.'. ifpre lie Sailed from Hong Kong.
'Washington, Jan. ll.-The -Secretary
of he iNavy today, in response to a ; wmcn will emorace cu mums
cequest (by the . Senate, .tnans-niitted -a and eormectioti&-.--.. ; '
erter from Admiral 'Dewey from- The . school .commissioners for
Hong Kong - tefoi he- sailed to HowTan have fixed the per capita for
Manila;: Tlhe letter is dated-on board the puMic school chadren at $1.7o,
the Olympia, March 31, 1808. In the which is considerably more than has
letter he tells of the condition of his ever been .made before. .
fleet, of information received from The . handsome new .postoffice build
Manila -with regard to -the Spanish ing is. completed; and the affairs df
fleet and fortifications at Manila, and the postoffice are being transfered to
concludes as follows: . ithe new buildiing;- which as a model for
.M ilelieTO I am not over confident style, .convemehce and accommodaitiion.
in stating that, with the squadron In fact, the office is bne of the neatest
.now under my command, the vessels and most jperfeetHy appointed in the
.liltI hA ..tntpin nn.fl if hrf rlP'fncP!a of
Manila reduced in one day
TWO WITNESSES.
.What W Developed Yesterday In the
Trial or Moimeux.
'New York, Jan. 11. Tlie chief wit-
nesses in the Molineux trial today
iwere Professor Witthaus . and Mrs.
Rogers. 'The foi-mer testified as to
i-Jhat he found in CBarnet's body, and
CT.ia tnat urair a vox oi mwurciu'e aie
found In Barnet's iwm was composed
of cyanide of mercury, which, he de-
clared, was the same kind of poison
that was in-the bottle sent to Corn isn.
' Mrs. Rogers', testimony was exclu
sively composed of the story of her
mother's death. She was cross-examined
in regard to her hiring a private
letter-box and her (reasons therefor.
This, she explained, was for the pur-
pose of obtaining evidence in regard
to her husband.
NO LONGER A SLAVE.
President Ingalls Will Not Be Respon
slble for C 3c O. Management.
Cincinnati, Jan. 11. CPresident In-
Galls, of the Chesapeake & Ohio and
the. "Big 4" Railroads, returned from( The now street lights have stood
New York today and gave out a state- t;lle tist and have been received by
ment in which he said: "While in town. The system Salisbury has
future 'I expect to toe largely interest- is identical with, that in New Orleans,
ed in the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway It gives. a much prettier and steadier
through certain interests, I do not jigM than theold srtyle open arc light,
propose any longer to 'be a slave to its -politics will oon . be the order o?
serTice. or to be responsible for its (tne Up here. The political pot is
active" management." He added that jfruiybllng somewhat and the Demo
a't the request of Vanderbilt and Mor- are making preparations for an
igan he would stay with the Big Four, aggressive amendment campaign. As
usual Rowan will go Democratic by a
TURKEY MUST PAY UP. large majority. The opinion of most
' of the politicians up here is that the
Positive Demand to Be Made for Set- stalwart young pemocratfrom Wayne.
tlement of Indemnity will receive tlie nominatioji for Gov-
i. . r - a- a l 41 T I AX ! -n r. CnKH". -' .
uasmngwn, jan. n-uiMru uuu,
will be sent tomorrow to the United
Sfates Minister at Constantinople
oarecting inun to axe a pout; uC -
anand on .the tSultan for the payment
.. .. : :i: i
of $40,000 indemnity forsthe assassi -
llHUvll ,u. X' x alia axlxj r-
iwho, while bicycling through Turkey,
-was shot and killed iby Turkish sol
dilers. The minister 'will also be in- joday while Mr Allen, with great se
etructed to press for the payment of riousness and inrpressiveness of man-
120,000 indemnity on account of loss-
es sustained oy lAmerdcan eaucanonai
institutions and American teachers ia
the Sultan s possessions. i ,
-
Second Group of Depository Banks
'Washington, Jan. 11. Seventy-eight
inngexi .secretary uage ugr
nea as government aeposiioriw. xuic
total amount of deposits of internal
Ji'na ni n-rmlied for bv these
- - " : IT K
-'institutions is $101,000-
WEEK FULL OF EVENTS
Salisbury takes Important
Strides Forward.
CITY BONDS SELL WELL
Contract Awarded for Construction of
Sewer System School Fund Appor
tioned Granite Company Buys a Bis
Rock Crusher Marriage of Miss Wal
lace and Mr. Oestrlcher Political
Campaign Will Soon Open ,
cvSqI
Salisbury, N. C, Jan. 11. Special.
This has been an eventful week in
Salisbury and one that emphasizes tlie
ifa?t ,that e 0kl town will this year
great strides she made in
f . .
the year past in general and industrial
developments. Monday he city sold
$25,000 of the $100,000 jn bonds recent-
ly voted for sewerage and street im
provements. The bonds were bought
by Fidar, Holzman & Co., of Cincin
nati, at $111.25. , The money raised for
these bonds will be used as a start in
the construction of a sewer sysltem.
The remainder of the $100,000 will be
sold, as 'the--work -advances and plans
secure wonc injrne jjwuu iuj
a.nd pcit.ion -vvMch everyone realizes
is now in the midst of an unparaflleied
miUiUStriai grOWllU. . Al'lCi -'uuc anaiu-
ing oftfie contract fnosft of the bid
ders left for the progressive and grow-
ing town of Gaston i a,, to place mas
a . -av
for a sewer svsitem mere. worK will
begin -inimecliately on the system here
. Wttlte.
The delayed -meeting of the educa
tional hoard of fine Southern Synod
to decide upon a location for North
Carolina College .will probably meet
here Fefoniairv Gth. when the location
. the wm be ..decided.
The new subscribers to the reincbr-
Jpomtion of the suspended Old Hickory
Club will meet tomorrow night in the
'city ha Bl, i and reorganize. The club
'will occupy the ; handsome and com-
Imodious quarters - especsally prepareq.
ior nt in . tne new oysuiiuce uumuxi.-
.Mr. N. B. McCanless, of the Salis-
bury Granite Company, has purcih'ased
a hundred ton granite era sner tor tne
company, wjiicn will soon ename xnem
to furnish crushed granite in any
quantity.
The; immense concentrator and re
duction works at the Union Copper
Unlne are nearing completion. If is
said that these works will crush and
concentrate: 1,000 tons of ore per day.
The marriage of Miss Rachael Wal
lace, one of Salisbury's handsomest
o,nd most popular .young ladies, and
Mr. David Oestricher; of Wilson, was
solemnized at , the residence of the
bride's father, by Rabbi Calisch, of I
Richmond. Many handsome and valu-
a'ble presents were . received -by the
young couple.
rviiss ' Jennie Mitchell Rankin
. Zda ftnnh.
is
, 'of 'Victor
i L lit; uiuui . ,
r .Raleigh; : are glad to see him
flAL old home. -
," - , ; '
Tillman Tells a Story.
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Washington; Jan. 11. -In the Senate
ncr, was trying to Impress upon, the
'gena-te the importance of obtaining in
formation about trusty Mr. Tillman
broke in upon -the ponderous argu-
ment with light shaf ts of ridicule. At
Ijast the. "Nebraska' Senator expressed
regreat that llinan, wliom he always
5
--r - ;
and tow a .story.oj an opossum nunc
in the South illustrate Allen's state
iof mindr -The : story- was that "when
dog had iharkel up a tree, and when
the tre was ut down - and no 'pos
sum was found, the odd darkies . weajt
hack, to thefr cMiins disappointed, giv
ing as an explanation thatthe dog
had een. running a .bant. . 'TThds ex
pression," he explained, amia mucn,
laughter, "is diirkey dioJect for chas
ing a 'spectre 6r haunt.", I ;; j
ALL AGAINST ROBERTS
But the Committee Is Divided as to the ;
I Coursi to Be Pursued.'. 5 ; i
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'Washington Jan. 11. It was . ex
pected that tie special committee on
the Roberts ?ase would ;take a . vote
this afternom. As Representative ;
Miers i was called to his home at
Bloomington, Ihd., this morning . by
th; death of his mother,-a vote -will
probably not be taken until : his re
turn:. The cc mimittee is nnanimous .in
the opinion that Roherts ,is not en
titled to a j eat, (but Representatives
Littlefield, lers and Desmond will ,
report that le should first be seated
and then ex, jelled.' . !l
Fertilizer Trust to Be Probed' y
Columbia, S. C, Jan. 11. 'Following
an organ! za Ion of farmers . in some
sections aga nst the "fertilizer trust;'
a (bill was introduced in J;he legis-ia-ture
req'uirii (g -.the attorney general if
anvestigate-
rthe methods of the Vlr :
ginia and Carolina Chemical Companyr
which 5ias absorbed nearly all the feiS
tiiizer factories in this State, ' and : li
it has violated the anti-trust law tc
annul its charter. The bill will pass.f
Passenger Steamer In the Breakers.
St. Johns, N. Fm Jamll;-7A largo
ship, ; supposed to be ,a. passenger
steamer, is ashore near Peters rivet;
name unknciwn. The sea is so heavy
that it is1 impossible to reacli her.
There are a number of people on deck.
Some of the m have been washed over
board, whllj others are lashed to the
rigging, wh, it is feared, will be fro
zen to deati during ifche night 1
Great Lc si of Life and Shipping. "
Vancowe r, Jan. 11. Jaipanese- ad
vices give deitails ct a terrible Typhoon.
on the Japanese coast7 the latter part
!of Hecembir. They state that thirty-
1linlc,
sunk off Osaka,-' in whibli:
1G9 of the
crews were drowned, i A
vessels were lifted -bodily
number of
and deposited humdreds of 3ards in
landl Miahy.?, yillagtcs were leyelled.
The total
oss of life was 700 ,
Wedding at Wadesboro.
Wadebdrtj N.tC, Jan. 11. Special.
The xn&nik';lr2-SJv'-l It.
TJiompson ahdruMiss May :Lea Rose
was celeb rated vat ;8 o'clock- this eve
ning at Ft irview, the hospitable. hpnie
of the I Ale's father . Rev. Parker
Holmes o Hciating. ' v; large number
of friends enjoyed a tempting - colla
tion, after which the bride and groom
left for. visit to Northern points.
They will live In CMonroe. " j ;
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Injunction Hearing Postponed -
Atlanta, Jan. 11 The court before
whom the heciiring on the bill to en
join the consolidation of the Georgia
& Alaban a and the Florlda& Penin
sular rail oads was to nave been "held
today, has postponed it to the 24th
instant.
Clovjer Swapped for Col well.
'Washington, Jan. 11. Orders -were
.issue(j byf the Navy Department today
for the J detachment of - - Iileu tenant
Commander Col well from duty, as na-
val' attache at the embassy 'jn Lon
don. Lituenant-uommanider Cotwell
:will ibe rllieved by. Commander TCIover.
Blrlef Stay on Our Coast.
i Norfollt, Jan. 11. The JBrttish
steanieT Empress, which went ashore
in a fo? off False Cape, near Hat
teras, (N. C, this morning, floated this
afternoon and proceeded on her way to
Norfolk. She is apparently uninjured.
British Seize an Italian Bark.
(Port Elizabeth, Natal, Jan. 11; The
British cfruiser P'earless, Saturday; last,
seized the Italian hark ?Maria !.. from
Girgenti
for Delagpa Bay. . .The, hark
was loaded with ajcargo of sulphur.
A lilneman Instantly Killed.
New ' fork, Jan. ll.-f-MIchael . Clark,
while re pairing an electric light .wire
in Ninth avenue today, was instantly
killed, - wo thousand volts passing
dirough his body. . . '
Two Deaths from an Explosion. .
Louis .ille, Jan. 11. Mrs. Theobald
and her daughter were burned to death
by the explosion of a, lamp hr their
home tils morning. - . :
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Parliament to Meet January 30th.
Lbndm, Jan. 11. It ,i unofficiall.T
stated ;hat Parliament will .'meet, Janj
nary 3( , a fortnight earlier, than origi
nally djtermined. :, " !' . ' I
The Lawton Fund. "'. L. -
i Washington, Jan. 11. Receipts, for.
the Ivawton fund have reacnea f,iwu.
Rocfkr Monnt Snlt Compromtwo.
Tlie citil case of the Sydnor Well
and Ptimp Company against theocky
Mount Ice 'Manufacturing -,Cmpuny
was disposed of in the United ; States
Circuil Court' yesterday fcy a compro
mise, fine ice company agrees to pay
T'
mpon the' jfact
. .j nvnT itWI nnf th.4.
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