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RALEIGH, N..C, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13. 1900
No 23
I H lIIlIMfli
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First Day's Proceedings of the Adjourned
Session of the General Assembly
HE NEW PROVISIONS
The Appalachian Park 'Bill to
Be Endorsed.
THE PAN-AMERICAN JAIR
Cor. Roosevelt Sends a Representative
Who Invites Us All to Buffalo Mis
jitorUard and' Her History of Ala
j,,auee - Objection Ittade to Considera
tion of Several Measures Snggestotf
Tim Kneiity Objects to Passage New
Election Law and the Bill Went Over
Till Today "What AY as Bone in the
Senate
Speaker Connor
rapped
at noon
the
the
H-!ie ln
order yesterday
in dented to the reporters - was
unlike the unveiling anew of an
(ikl
1K1 II '
familiar picture a handsome
h.il, with intellectual countM-
wit
aud bright, determined eyes on
ill sides prating into the face of the
jwsiding officer.
Tin' patriotic Democratic lawmakers
of were again assembled, at the
ca'il ut' their country, in adjourned ses
sion of the General Assembly,, to per
forin certain acts which are believed to
it advisable or necessary ta the good
of the Commonwealth and .for the ulti
mate benefit and prosperity of. all the
lph' i the greatest of all the South
ern States.
Net all were -present, it is true, but
inure than two-thirds of the whole num
ber ilJoi of original members answered
to u initial roll-call.
It would not have been possilde for a
" full House" to have materialized, for
d.-ath ami resignation have made some
hroiids upon the original, list
pf mem-
.Messrs. Hart of Edgecombe, Wall of
Ki hiiioud and Trot man have passed; info
th Creat Beyond since the ! closing
seem s of the last session,-in ""vrhichthey
l.-ore conspicuous parts fifteen months
f,p.
Several others of the "more prominent
ami able men of the House last session
have vacated their seats on account of
'.Humiliation, appointment or election to
other positions of public trust and
hello".
A:;iong these tbe absent faces of
YV. P.. Council and Saniuel L. Patter
son uhe present Democratic nominees
for judge of the Tenth judicial district
and Commissioner of Agriculaure, re
f4e, th-ely) impressed the' writer most.
I;.';h occupied prominent seats near
the right front of the speaker, and both
were tine-looking- specimens of the. North
Carolina law m a ker .
.'Yi'sterday their seats were occupied
l.y Messrs." Foushee of Durham .and Gat
ui of Orange, two of the handsomest
ami ablest members of the House.
List of Those Present
Onlv thirtv-three
members
were
plnnvn to' be absent when the roll-call
v,;is completed. Most of these repre
sent the Republican and. Fusion-Popu-lisis
of the body. Of the few missing
It- moerats Mr. Henderson of Mecklen-l-iirg
arrived last night, as did probably
Others.
Following is the complete list. of thdse
pro. sent at the opening session at noon
yesterday:
Mr. Speaker, Messrs. Abbott, Alexan
der. Allen of Columbus, Allen of
Wayno, Austin, Barnhill, Burrow,
Keusiev. Boushall. Brown of Johnston,
lire v.-n of Stanly, Bryan of Granville,
Hunch. Carr. Carraway, Carroll, Clarkt
a. Cochran, Craig. Currie of Moore,
Curtis. Davis of Franklin. Davis of
Haywood Davis of Hyde, Dees, Ellen,
11-iiiing. Foushee, Gambill, Garrett,
Cattis, Giles, Gilliam, - Harrison, Hart,
Hartsell, lloey, Hoffman, Holland, Hol
Hiaii. James, Julian, Justice of McDow
ell. Kennett, Lane, Leak, Leatherwood,
Tigh. Lvon, Mcintosh, Mauney, Mc
Lean of Harnett, McLean of Scotland,
McNeill, Moore, Nichols, Nicholson of
Beau fort. Noble, Oliver, Overman, Pat
terson of Robeson, Powell, Ranson, Ray
of Cumberland, Ray of Macon, Red
in, Reinhardt, Robinson, Rountree,
Smith, Stevens, Stubbs, Sugg, Thomp
son of Davidson, Thompson of Onslow,
Trotman, White of Davie, White of
Halifax. Whitfield, Willard. Williams of
Dare, Williams of Iredell, Wilson, Win
Eton. Wood, Wright, Yarborough.
The absentees were noted as follows:
Messrs. Boggs, Bryan of Madison,
barter. Coats, Council, Crurapleiv Cur
of Bladen. Eaton, Hampton, Hauser,
Henderson, Hendren, Johnson of Samp
an, Johnson of Johnston, Justus, Low
p'.v, Maitland. McFarland, Nicholson of
iVnpiimans, Patterson of Caldwell, Pe
tree. Pritchard, Reeves. IUssell, , Snipes,
T-ukenton. Tharp, Will, Welch, Wil
li a uk of Graham, Williams of iYadkin,
YVrenn. v
Brief Morning Session :
There were many spectators in the lob-hh-s.
including a number of prominent
visitors, and in the galleries there had
esemiled quite a number .of the beauti
f5l and attractively-attired young
'"nieii of Raleigh to witness the opening
Iror-eedings.
They were not detained long. .
. When the hour of noon arrived the
y -int Democratic caucus was m session
the hall of the House, and a half-hour
later it was again called to order (by
aueus Chairman Skinner) in the same
hall the legislative session intervening,
and occupying only twenty-five minutes.
Speaker Connor called upon Rev. Dr.
Eugene Daniel of the Presbyterian
'-'lurch. to open the, session with prayer,
and -after Dr. Daniel's appropriate invo
cation the roll was called, with 5 the
tesult shown above. -
i
By Mr. Winston of Bertie: A resolu
tion with regard to the Theophilus
White shellfish commission case, calling
for appointment of a committee to con
sult with the-State Treasurer and as
certain if that official had paid out any
funds on this account.
Mr. Allen objected to immediate pass
age, and intimated that the measure was
in violation of understanding reached in
caucus, etc. The resolution finally went
to the calendar and was later referred
to the Committee on Rules.
My Mr. S Moore of Jackson: A verbal
suggestion j that jit would be proper to
notify the Governor, by the appointment
of the customary joint committee, that
the General Assembly was in session and
ready to receive! any communication he
might be pleased to make, r
Mr. Winston thought this unnecessary,
as this was not a new session of the
Legislature. '
Mr. Moore's suggestion was not
adopted.
By Mr. Craig of Buncombe: A resolu
tion endorsing the Appalachian National
Park project. Referred to Committee
on Rules. I .
.Mr. Craig stated, that Senator Bate
and perhaps some other members- of
Congress opposed the plan because the
State of North I Carolina had not offi
cially endorsed.it, and that the adoption
of this resolution would disarm all such
objectors and make friends and pro
moters of them. I
A message from the Senate informed
the House of the passage by the former
of S. B. 430. repealing chapter 125 of
the Private Laws of 18.03 (an old bill,
a legacy from the last session), liefer
red to Committee on Rules.
Mr. Robinson' of Cumberland an
nounced the deaths of three members
of the House Messrs. Wall, Hart and
Trout in a n and moved the appointment
of a committee to draft suitable resolu
tions. Mr. Gilliam amended so as to provide
for the selection of the committee by
the speaker. Adopted. Speaker Connor
named Messrs. Craig, Abbott and Brown
of Johnston.
On motion of Mr. Winston the House
then adjourned till 4 p. m. in respect to
the memory of the deceased.
Address by a New Yorker.
When the House reassembled in the
afternoon. Speaker Connor introduced
Col. John L. Webber, commissioner
general of the Pan-American Exposition
to be held in Buffalo, N. Y., May 1 to
November 1. 1901.
Mr. WelnVr. came 'for the express
purpose of formally inviting, in person,
the1 General ' Assembly of North Caro
lina to make "such provision as it saw
fit towards having the State represented
at. the exposition.
He is a pleasant speaker and made
a most interesting talk. He explained
the objects and scope-of the exposition,
and stated that about $12,000,000 were
to be expended in making it a success,
one-half of which amount had already
been provided.
fie also referred to the pleasant reve
lations of this his first visit to North
Carolina, and feelingly. declared that the
North and South should know each other
better, adding that it was his belief
that if the people of the two sections
had known each other even as well as
they now do the fratricidal war of 1S01
;." would never have been fought. He
added that such affairs as that which
he now represented were calculated to
bring the people of this entire country
in closer touch, and he sincerely hoped
the South and North Carolina particu
larly would be largely represented at
Buffalo a year ; hence.
He also suggested that this State
would reap benefits .thereby in inducing
the immigration of desirable farmers and
others from the North. His address was
closely listened to and liberally ap
plauded. :
The Speaker announced that he had a
communication from Miss Sallie W.
Stockard relative to the publication of
her "History of Alamance." which he
desired to call to the attention of mem
bers of the House. No forma 1 action
was taken, the purpose of the author, it
being understood, being simply to secure
the attention and thought of the legisla
tors anent her project at this time.
Mr. Moore, from the Committee on
Rules, reported back' S.-B: 701, II. B.
abolishing the office of treasurer
of Henderson county, to take effect De
cember 1. lt)00 (end of - present official
term), and asked for its immediate pass
age. . -.1 . '. .
Messrs. Foushee and others opposed
this, and Mr. Ray inquired as to whether
the bill .didn't smack too strongly of
"Hoke vs. Henderson." Mr. Moore
thought not, because it would not de
prive present official of any portion of
his term of office or its emoluments. It
finally went to the calendar.
Mr. Craig, from same committee, re
ported back three bills referred to it
at the . morning session', and asked that
the Appalachian National Park resolu
tion" (referred to alove) betaken up and
passed at once Opposition to this also
at once developed, and the bill, with
the other two, went to the calendar.
Republicans Asked and Given Time
- Mr. Winston; from the Committee on
Election Law, reported back the election
law passed at the former session of this
Legislature, with copious amendments,
and asked that the bill be put upon its
several readings.
After the rules had beerv suspended
for he purpose and the bill put upon
its second reading, "Mr.- Johnson of
Sampson (fusion Populist) asked that the
opposition be given some time to ex
amine the amended bill before it was
put upon its final reading; that possibly
the opposition would desire to offer some
amendments thereto. -
Messrs. Rountree, Ray and Craig saw
no objection to this. They thought it
a courtesy due the opposition. .Ihey
voiced the sentiments of their Demo
cratic colleagues, and therefore the
third and final reading of the bill went
over till today, it being made the special
order in the House for -10 o'clock this
aiorning, to which hour the House then
adjourned. f -
Several important additions and
changes 'and some modifications are
(Continued on Fifth Page,) "7
SCRAMBLE FOR PLACES
The Rush Goes on at Record
breaking Pace
WHITE HOUSE VISITORS
Republican 'Notables Discnss Politics
with the President The Nomination
for Vice President a Puzzling Matter
-People Who Draw Fay from the
Government Yithout;Renderlng Any
Service-Self Laudation of Gen. Otis
By JOHN BOYLE
Washington, June 12. Special. The
rush for places -shows no abatement and
the scenes about the White House daily
are one of animation. Seated about the
great reception hall in the second story
near the 1'resideiit s
women in all walks
opportunity to see
pour into his ears
room are men ami
of life awaiting an
the President and
their tales of woe
or expectation.
Not one in five see the President. lie
cannot give the time. At best mrny
can only see the President's
private see
when he
is besieged
retary, Mr. Cortelyou, and
emerges from his room he
and can hardly shake off the importnnate
place hunters. Fond mammas and proud
papas are there in swarms.
Prohablv no rush for idace has ever
exceeded in eagerness and axniety the
one now in progress for the ten cad-.-ships,
divided between' West Point auL
Annapolis, and in the gift of the Presi
dent. Tremendous influences are being
exerted by tho mamas and papas af v-
said who are able to command such as
sistance, and many of these are turned
away discomfited when they hnd that
the President is determined to make no
appointments Vave where the applicant
meets most rigidly all of the require
ments and qualifications. Numerous
others have been keenly disappointed at
the declination of the President to see
their sons in person. Such parents
imagine, naturally enough, that every
one looks upon tneir oitspring wmi ue
as proud and indulgent as their own,
and consequently feel sure that if th?
Presidential glance could only rest upon
their sons the resultant admiration would
lead to the coveted appointment These
parents are invariably referred to the
Secretary of War or the Secretary of
the Navy, as the application may bo for
West Point or Annapolis, respectively,
and hence thev feel somewhat disturbed
about their failure to show off ;liir
sons . for executive approval.
" The President had quite a number of
prominent callers today before, the ca Id-
net meeting. Lhey inciuueu senator
llanna. chairman of the Republican
National Committee; Senator Allison-of
Iowa, Senator Fairbanks of Indiana.
Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania,- ami
Mr. Thomas K. Lowry of Minnesota,
one of the delegates at large from his
State to the Philadelphia .convention.
Senator llanna goes to Philadelphia
tomorrow to attend the first meeting of
the sub-committee of I the Republican
National Executive Committee. He
probably will see the President again
before his departure. Senator . Fair
banks goes to Ohio tonight to deliver
an address to the graduating ., class of
the Ohio Weslevan University and will
not reach Philadelphia until Sunday.
Senator Allison also experts to jirrive
that dav. Mr." Lowry. who is pushing
Senator Washburn, of his State for the
Vice-Presidency,
continued his journey
to Philadelphia today. m
Although the gossip around the W hife
House in connection with the President's
callers centered particularly about the
Vice-Presidential nomination, the Sena
tors who conferred with Mr. McKinley
were reticent, concurring only in the
statement that the situation had not yet
crystalized.
"No one can say
who the nominee for
with positiveness
Vice-President will
Senators after he
be." said one of the
had left the White
are shaning un some.
House..
"Things
but the
problem
is a difficult one to solve
1 think the
Republican leaders as a rule are of the
opinion that the nomination should go
east, so as to secure a geographically
balanced ticket. Secretary Long would
make an admirable candidate, but his
State is safely Republican, and his
nomination would avail little from- a
strntesretical standpoint. Most Republi
cans, I think, would prefer to see the
nominee chosen from New York, but
there are difficulties in the way. Gov.
Roosevelt's attitude prevents a natural
selection. If Cornelius N. Bliss would
accept the nomination, I think the prob
lem would be solved. He is being urged
to permit his name to go before the con
vention, but he has thus far declined.
and I am afraid he cannot be induced to
alter his position. He retired to private
life from choice for domestic reasons,
and nothing. I fear," will induce him to
re-enter politics."
The number of people who are carried
on the iwiy roll of the Senate, who-never
perform any service except to draw their
pay is becoming alarmingly large. It is
said that the Senate rolls contain a
hundred such i names, or to be more ac
curate, that one hundred persons are
thus paid by the Senate, although the
names of many of them appear upon
no rolls whatever. The contingent fund
is. to a considerable extent usisl to
furnish salaries for dummies. The coal
fund is said to be assisting in the sup
port of some gentlemen of high social
pretensions in this city. Sundry students
fin colleges in distant parts of the coun
try get tneir pin-money rrom ( ongres
sional pay rolls. If these lists .were evex
published, there might be a wholesome
overhauling, but on tne one day in two
years when Federal employes are round
ed up for the blue book there is a wide
spread Vsuspensioh of services at the
capitol. Theset so-called "grafters" are
dropped a few weeks before and re
employed a few weeks after the round
up. The reason these things are never
brought to light excent in a spasmodic
wav is
because the ramifications of the
abuse are so extensive.
Most of
campaign
influence.
tnese men are now
hustling for their
ont in the
respective
vsot all, However, are thprp
but some
are here who are sendintr nnt
glowing newspaper articles in defense of
the-administration. Only a few years
ago a list or iour employes was nub-
usueu, oeiore n. was pruneu, aumi it dis -
closed that a prominent newspaper man
was carried on the rolls as a .black
smith, another was a messeuger and
several were folders. None, of course,
ever did the work forr which he received
pay. The same state iof affnirs exists in
all the departments which have "secret
funds' and these rolls account in a
large extent for the number of well
dressed and well-fed men about Wash
ington, who year in and year out, appear
about the hotels and do nothing.
The lack of fair dealing with the peo
ple in respect to the i ailippine war was
perhaps never better shown than when
General Otis arrived in the east from
the war. His wake across the continent
from San Francisco was illumued with
interviews in which he declared the war
in the far East was over and reading
between the lines. one could almost hear
i him proclaim, "behind the hero."
He arrived here Monda'" and with the
same fulsome flattery of himself con
tinued his self-laudation. In. the same
papers in which he decjared the war
over wre printed an interview with
Judge Taft at Manila, in which he said
it would take 5UKX men a year to end
the war, even if it com be done then:
also an order from the War Department
sending 2,000 more men to Manila. Suen
deceit and hynrocisy are nauseating.
Dr. Francis Duffy has been appointed
a pension examining surgeon at
Bern, N. C.
New j
Pensions have been granted residents
of North Carolina as . follows: Isaac
Price. Thurston. $12. and Christopher
C. Bundy, Dardens, JfS.
AMERICAN PRESTIGE
Victories at JVIanila and Santiago Go
Far to Assure the Peaee or tlie World
Philadelphia, June 12. Alumni day
was observed at the University of Penn
sylvania today, the feature of the oc
casion being an address by Senator
Cusliman K. Davis, of Minnesota. The
prograin included a business meeting
and elaborate luncheon at which Senator
Davis was the guest of honor. Toasts
were resnouiied to uy Dr. treorge m.
Sternberg, surgeon general U. S. A.;
Congressman Robert Adams and others.
Senator Davis spoke on "I he Foreign
Relatious of the United States." He
said in part:
"I t-hink it can be safely said that
they who once threatened intervention
between the United States and Spain
abandoned that desire very quickly after
the momentous events of Manila and
Santiago, and will never again entertain
the design of a similar intrusion under
any circumstances that we can now
imagined
"I believe that these victories have
done more to assure the peace of the
world than all of the alliances and inter
national concerts which have been ef
fected during the last fifty years."
With regard to the partition of China,
Senator ' Davis said the United States
will command the greatest part of the
commerce with the Chinese Orient.
FEW CHANGES MADE
Committee Agrees on
, Suffrage Amendment
the
IT WILL STAND "1908"
The Majority of Qualified Votes Cast
Instead of Majority of Qnalfled Vot
ersTh Fourth and Fifth Sections
Consolidated-The Last Paragraph
of Section Four Referring to Property
Assessments Stricken Out
At 31 o'clock last night the Amenl
meut Committee reached a final conclu
sion as to the changes to be recommeal
ed in the amendmeut act of 1899.
It is understood that the only material
changes which will be recommended by
the committee are those relating to how
the vote shall be ascertained and de
clared. They provide for the consolidation of
sections 4 and 5 with the provision that
the requirements of the new section
shall stand or fall together, etc.
The last paragraph of section 4, which
reads: Poll taxes shall be a lien only on
assessed property and no process shall
issue to enforce the collection of the
same except against assed property, is
stricken out, and no change is made in
section, and it stand 1908. 1
Section 9 is changed to require a ma-
jonty of votes cast at the general
tion. .
Section 11, the word Governor is
stituted for General Assembly.
elec-
sub-
1NDIAN WAR IN MEXICO
The
Red-skins Occupy a Range
of
Impassable Mountains
El Paso, Texas, June 12. William G.
Stephens, general agent in Mexico for
an eastern manufacturing company, re
turned today from u tour of th State
of Sonora, having visited the headquar
ters of (ieneral Torres at Torrin last
Wednesday. '
The Indians, he .says, ' occupy the im
passable Baccatete mountains, a range
fifty miles in length, and it requires the
utmost vigilance on the part of (ieneral
Torres' 0,000 troops to hold them in
check.
In a brush Tuesday morning the In
dians lost twelve men and the Mexicans
had fifteen killed and several wounded.
ATTACK FROM THE REAR
! Philadelphia Republican Clnb Con
spire Against Postmaster General
Philadelphia, June 12. In view of the
postal frauds in Cuba, a number of the
Republican clubs of this city of the stal
wart or Quay persuasion have started in
on a crusade wnich has for its object
'the ousting of Chas. Emery Smith from
I resiueni jiciviuie s i-auiuri, une ail
'of the local llepublican leaders deny
that tney are nientineu witn tne move
ment, it is wen unarstooa mat it was
not inaugurated spontaneously bv the
clubs themselves, but that it has behind
it , at least the tacit ; consent and en-
dorsement or the men who run the city
and state organizations oi party.
BOERS MAKING NEWS
All
Kinds of Reports from
Lorenzo Marquez.
NO HISTORY TO SPEAK OF
Little Rails of Fact in Stories Sent Out
from Boer Sourccs-Biiller Forces Al
mond-sNelcat a Los of Probably Less
Than One IIunired-Itclly-Kenney
ICeports CefeatlustueBoersat Rood
eval Knox Jloves Ont of Kroonstead
London, June 12, 1:37 p. m. A plen
tiful crop of report has been filtering
through Lorenzo Marquez. According
to these, General DeWet with i:i,CK
burghers, is marching on Johannesburg,
the Boers have retaken Bloemfontein,
! where President Steyn again occupies
the presidency: the British have sustain
ed a severe defeat at Elaudfonteiu and
have also lost 7o0 killed and wounded
and 150 prisoners in the fight at Vrede
fort. Nothing from any other source
lends color to these stories, -with the ex
ception of the last, which is probably
the Boer version of the disaster to the
militia battalion of the Derbyshire regi
ment at Roodeval.
In regard to PresiJent Steyn being at
Bloemfontein, a dispatch from Masuru,
Basutoland, dated Monday, June 11th,
says President Steyn was then at Vred,
200 miles from Bloemfontein. General
Buller seems to be making substantial
progress and ought soon to possess the
railroad at Charlestown (in the northern
extremity of Natall whence, presumably,
he will advance on lleidsllerg or ef
fect a junction with Lord Roberts.
A dispatch from Lichtenbnrg, dated
June 11th, says that 0 Johannesburg
mounted policemen, with a Maxim gun,
have surrendered to (ieneral Hunter.
A probable explanation of the reports
that a British force is moving through
Swaziland comes in a dispatch from
Port Elizabeth dated June 11th, announc
ing the return there of the British
cruiser Doris from Kosi Bay, -whither
she Had taken a number of whale boats
with the object of landing an armed
force, presumably part of a plan to pen
etrate into Swaziland. The Boers, how
ever, got wind of the expedition and the
force was not landed.
According to a ('ape Town dispatch
the cabinet frisis continues. - It is added
that should Premier Schremer secede
from the bund -as he threatens, his ac
tion would place the blind in the minor
ity in the assembly. Mr. Sehreiner has
accented the resignations of ""J. X. "Mer-
riam. treasurer, and. J. W. Saner, com
missioner of public works.'
Among the members of the yeomanry
killed at Lindley was W. T. Power.
proprietor of the Canyon ranch in north
Teas, and son of . Sir . T. Power.
Almond's Nek Forced
iondon. June rz. ju:u. a. ,m. it is
officially announced that General Bul
ler has forced Almond's Nek. The War
J Li 11 V ill FJM l U V 1 tM I ' I II fit ui'aivu eiwu0
details of the operations:
"Headquarters in Natal. .Time 11. We
forced Almonds Nek today. It is not
marked on the map. but is the last de
file to Charleston flats. The enemy were
in considerable force, with several guns
in position. The 4runt of the fighting
fell upon the second Dorsets who car
ried the position at the point of the bay
onet, and the Third cavalry brigade, who
were heavily attacked on our. right from
verv broken country around Iketini
Mountain. I hone our casualties are
less than 100. which, considering the
extreme length of the position, is much
less than I expected.
"The whole attack was directed by
Ilildrard. whose dispositions were ex
tremelv sood. The artillery. Tenth bri
irade. and Tiiird cavalry brigale did
much of the work.
Nothing Late framMethnen
London. June 12. The following
dis-
patch has leeu received at the War De
part men t from (ieneral Forestier-Walk
De-
er, in command of the lines of commu
nication in South Africa:
"Cape Town. Tins -is from Kelly-
Keuney: June. 11. .No communication
from Methuen since .nine itn. lie was
fighting June Gth to the north of Vetch
kou. Stevn is near Reitz. The British
- . " 1 1 1
prisoners
sent, to Vreed are well
treated.' "
!rrT Roers Defeated at Roodeval
London. June 12. The War Office
has received the following dispatch from
Kelly-lvenny:. -
"Bloemfontein, June iz. unr troops
from the north are at lioning spruit
(South of Itoddeval, where .the Boers
cut the British lines or communications
having defeated the enemy, lhey will
be at Emerica Siding ; tomorrow at 8
a. m. General Knox moves out from
Kroonstad to intercept the enemy.
"Fuller particulars later."
Boers "Evacuate Lalng's Nek
London. June 12. A dispatch from
General Buller tp the War Office, dated
Joubert's . Farm. June 12, 5:05 p. m.,
At 4--p; m. I encamped four miles
north of- Vblksrust. Laing's Nek and
Majuba Hill were completely evacuated
by the Boers last nigDt. Clery from
Ingogo is now coming over the Nek. I
have had : to camp here for want of
water." -'-',' . . : ';.
QUIT IN .DISCCST
A Republican Orator Disappointed ln
Ills Audience and Ills Reception
Hot Springs", TN". Cm June 12. Special
Hon. II. Anderson spoke here this
evening in oppoSitidn . to the proposed
amendment. 'She reception he received
would ' compare favorably with the mid
winter winds of ,the North pole. After
pawing the ground and -beating the wind
for nineteen minute: he sat down In dis
gust amid thepplanse.of three negroes,
one Federal pensioner one land office
a cent, one census supervisor and one
would-be Republican habitual
cocl-pr. . - '
Hon, X. . EbbA. aypnt Xar thi onr-'
land office and mouthpiece- of the ad
ministration, was expected to assist Mi.
Anderson; but as his reception was so
fnxsty he failed. to make a speech. The
now u ocrnpiea one pair or wagm
scale about eiht bv tin fftr wirh r.vim
to burn.
Aycoek Speaks In Morganton
Morganton, X. C. June 12. Special.
Ion. Charles R. Avcock addressed
nthusiasiic crowd of one thousand men
snd five hundred ladies here vestcrdav.
I'he speech was a vote-winner. Th re
sults are pcrceptib!e. Old mm sav
no such effort has ever been made here
except by a nee. His speech was con
servative and powerful. He has the fac
ulty of moving an audience to tenrs or
aughter at will. lie dined with .Tudire
very yesterday and is resting nt t!ir
iospit.nl today. He coes from herp m
Lenoir tomorrow.
CHICAGO WHITEWASHED
Philadelphia TIns from St. Louis
Boston Takes One from Plttsbnrg
Rrooklyn Reaches the Six Hundred
Mark.
New York, June 12. The New Yorks
went out in oiie-two-1hrei ordr until
the sixth inning, when Callahan's wild
throw, three safe hits and Dav is Inn?
fly let in two runs. In the tighth three
more singles and an out gave them two
more tallies. The Chicagos hit the ball
bard, but did not bat when thev were
needed. Some stupid base running and
a questionable decision on the doubb
play by the umpire probably robbed them
of a couple of runs.
The score: u it r
New York 00 0 0 02 02t1 : i
Chicago .-.OOOOOOOOiM) l 1
Ratteries Carrick ami Rnwomnin-
v nuauan and lonaiiue. -1
mpire
warts wood.
Philadelphia C, St. Louis 5
Philadelphia. June 12. Philnrtolnhia
defeated St. Louis this afternoon by
sticking everlastingly at it. Up to the
seventh inning the local nlavers had been
unable to do anything with Jones. Then
they made two singles and two doubles.
which, with a base on balls and a
throw by Tebeau, netted them tivo runs
and tne game. Attendance. l.7YA.
The score: n it r
Philadelphia . .1 0 0 0 0 0 0 x ; -
St. Louis :i Kiooiioo lT. ir. :t
Batteries Donohue and MrFnrl.ind
Jones and Criirer. Uninire Hurst.
Boston 3, Pittsburg I
Boston. June 12. Sullivan won to
day's game for Boston in the spvmth
inning with a home run over the left
field fence, sending in Freeman, who
had drawn a base on balls. It was a
prettv contest throughout, both Dinem
anil lIiesnro havinjr ulentv of speed
good control. Long made one of b:
phenomenal plays in the fourth. W:l
liams drove a liner over the shortstop'
head, but Herman leaned into the ai:-.
caught it and doubled Beaumont at sec
ond. The score: : . R. II. II
Boston ...... ,10000020x-'J ; ::
Pit tsburg 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 r I
Batteries Dineen and Sullivan; Chex
bro and O'Connor. Umpire Enislic.
Brooklyn 5, Cincinnati 4
Brooklyn, June 12. The Brooklyns
won a close game from the Cincinnatis
today by bunching hits off Scott. A
home run by Keeler, which sent in Kit
son ahead of him in the sixth, and v.
three-bagger by the same player, which
was followed by a single from Jennings
in the ninth, with nobody out, did the
business. In the first four innings nei-8-ther
side made a safe hit, and but one
man reached first. Irwin tied the score
in the ninth with a four-bagger which
sent in McBride, too.
The score: R. H. E.
Brooklyn 0000120115 ( 1
Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 O 24 G 1
Batteries Kitson and MeGuire; Scott
and .Wood. Umpire O'Day.
Standing of the CInbs
Won. Lost. P. C.
. 20 l.' .634
.24 1G .600
. 2:; 22 .nil
. 2H 21 .488 "
.20 'Si .46T
. 19 20 .487
. 16 2.5 .410
. 16 24 .400
Philadelphia
Brooklj'n . .
Pittsburg . .
St. I-rfjnis . .
Chicago
Boston ....
Xew York
Cincinnati
American League
At Chicago Chicago 6, Detroit 5.
At Milwaukee Milwaukee 6, Indian
apolis 2.
At Minneapolis Minneapolis 0, Buf
falo 4.
At Kansas City Kansas City 6,
Cleveland 9.
HAS TWO FAMILIES
Interesting Discovery Made by aCen
ins Enumerator In New Jersey.
New York, June 12. A census enu
merator has found a man in Newark, "S.
J., living happily -with two wives and
two sets of children. The chief clerk
in the county prosecutor's office said to
day that the case had been brought t)
the attention of the county prosecutor,
but what action that official proposed
to take in the matter the clerk refused,
to sav. Owing to the strickness of the
census laws the name o fthe man has
not been made public, but it is known to
the local authorities.
In answer to questions of the enumer
ator the man said he was born in Ger
many, and married there twenty years
ago. He became tired of married life,
and, leaving his wife and four chil-.
dren behind, he came to this country. He
met a German girl on the vessel in which
he crossed and fell in love with her; Af
terldanding at New York he went to
Pennsylvania and the girl settled In
Newark. That was ten years ago. The
man did not like Pennsylvania and he
went to Newark, where he married the
girl he met on the ship.
Two y-ars ago the man's first wife
came to this country. and. found her hus
band living with wife No. 2.. There was
no trouble, the man said, and wife No.
1 took up her residence with her hus
band and wife No. 2.
- A Filipino Stronghold Captured.
Manila, June 12 S:20 p. m.-General
Fred Grant has captured a rebel strong
hold east of Biacnabato-after four hours
fighting. The Americans destroyed a
large quantity of Filipino stores. Gen-
office- ieral Grants command suffered no cas
ualties. Detachments of General Grant's
-" biM. Jou surrounding tram.
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