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RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1900
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IIP IN. PEKIN
t-v'vn Heard from Minister
CCii.rar Since Tuesday.
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WILL BE SHEU
-s t Improbable 3Iro Serl-
of Violence to Foreigners
Vl'lien Telegraph, Commu-
!
i in, flrstorrcl Forces of the
!
J'jatlsorSnsc INear the Seat ol
ji,';c A no5'ra?ntfrom Manila
fionnuuinktf still out FIRE CLAIMS VICTIMS
on an lines leading to Pekin. .Minis
tor Conger has not oeen heard from
since Tuesdaj-, aiid a.-n attempt' made to
reach him by tne State Department yes
terday failed. A high official of 'the
Mate Department said' today that the
report of large
pit hemic:
numbers of Boxeis
soutn oil Pekin and th.-it- nil
foreign legations were barricaded .showed
tnat serious trouble might be expected
within a few davs.
"There will probably be a good deal of
bloodshed before this matter is settled."
said he, "and we are rather inclined to
i lm n. in tne event of a
Midnight Disaster in a New
York Tenement.
believe such
the
June lo. Nothing has States
State Department from
Horrible massacre, and I
iuin are contemplated, our interests
would remain helpless and unprotected
for two weeks, until troops could be hid
Horn MacArthur. Therefore, Ave are in
clined to land at least one reiriment, at
lakii i. to anticipate any trouble.
in is government was not asked
eernmg the further landin
rroops and guns at
n'mmium-auim nan netwet-n
TEN NAMES IN DEATH LIST
v
itcs Minister Conger at Pekin
T:iesd;iy evening and the offi-
settled down to the belief
, '1 the foreign relief column
i Chinese capital will Mr.
able 'to resume the use of the
nous that nothing has been
United States .Consul Mar
Kiaag since his lirst appeal
(Hug of a warship to that
it may be that he, too, has
.!. The consul at Chefoo is
"siiion, for a cablegram re
N:iy Department today an
arrivul of the gunboat York
t port. The vessel probably
.T$eiov awaiting orders. She
:i s sail to Taku. and
v.iKined-- bv Admiral Kempff
reinforcements at short no
prubable however, that the
w'il serve a better purpose
lg in lite viciiiitv of Chefoo
con-
of Russian
rnkii. The onlv
the Unite 1
and other Dowers en me in il
form of interrogations as to our course
m the matter. I am confident, that Rus
sia acted with the full consent of the
powers. While the United States was
not asked for, and di 1 n t yr. ant this
consent, it is very evident that Min.s
ter Conger acted concurrently with other
powers in making no objection."
Heary IjOss of 11 fo and Numerous Ac
cidents In a. House Well Provided
with Itteam of Escape-Firemen and
Policemen Display Heroism in the
Work: of Rescue A Tenant Loses. Ills
Head and Leaps to Destruction.
looked npou these positions as a great
boom, they having been out of employ
ment for a long time, and in some cases
hardships will be experienced.
In explaining the delay in paying the
salaries, those in charge said that all
of the books will-have to be completed
here, and will hare to be sent to Wash
ington, where experts are to go over
them, and endorse the enumeration be
fore the pay rolls are made out. Part
of the men had been expecting their pay
within a week or two.
THE WAR IN AFRICA
DEWEY FEKLS THANKFUL
'. ..si ;s are- reported to be active
. ;:, m of Shall Tung.
proba-b!e: that, after all, Uni
': troops in the Philippines will
i upon to furnish a contingent
:i tiie rescue of the foreign
rh-v in China, and in the pro
of the foreign embassies and
A great change has conre over
ninistrnti'on in this ' regard, for
;:s yesterday' there was a firm
iiation hot to go beyond the
;:i'u; of marines and sailors,
.'wspaper report that the Chinese
troops are 'opposing the prog
;he relief column has given great
and without doubt has had as
dp with bringing about the do
; to "in create the United Srates
:,t as has
The Worst Is Feared
London. June 15. The actual condition
of affairs in the disturbed districts of
China is a matter of conjecture, but
the worst is feared. l't is believed here
that wh'n telegraphic communication
has been restored details of many out
rages upon foreigners will be forthcom
ing. A dispatch from Tien Tsin says tint
the jealousy on the part of Russian and
Crouch authorities on account of the
supposed facilities granted to the Kugl!sh
by the P.ritish emnloves of the Chinese
railways has been growing constantly j
and reached a climax Wednesday when !
Inspector Weir refused to hand over j
an engine to some French marines. One 1
of the latter attempted to bayon-t M ". I
'Weir, but the weapon passed over his
shoulder. ;
Prompt action by the P.ritish naval j
and consular authorities, backed, up by
the American consul, brought about a j
conciliatory settlement of the affair.
New York, June 15. Ten dead, seven
injured and some of the seven likelv to
jdie, is the morgue and hospital record
; of the worst lire in this city since the
I horror in the Windsor House over a
year ago.
Flames swept the old five-story brick
tenement at No. :J4 Jackson street about
o'clock this morning, and the ghastly
work they did is onlv relieved bv the
At .a meeting of the cabinet in Paris
today M. Delcasse. the minister of For-
4 ! 1.1 . 1
eign .iiairs. connrmeu tne reporr tnat
bright tale of the bravery of policemen
and firemen, whose efforts kept the loss
of life from being greater than it was.
Babies, young boys and girls and grown
men and women were among the lire's
victims.
If it had not been for the ignorance
of the man who lirst tried to send in
an alarm and who delayed the firemen
several minutes, and lor the unconquer
able habit of tenants of lire-threatened
houses to open doors and. windows, there
by providing not only a draught, but a
path for the Hames,' lives might have
(een saved this morning. The efforts of
the imperilled persons to save them
selves discounted the efforts to save
them.
The list of dead and injured is as fol-
Tlie Admiral Glad Tbat Ills Boom Was
Not the Genuine Article.
Washington, June 15. Admiral Dewey
leaned against the railing of the broad
veranda of his country nome today and
said: "I thank CJod that the people
appear not to want me Tor president."
He was asked-by a reporter if he had
any statement, to make supplemental to
that which was published this morning,
and in which he formally announced hi
withdrawal as a candidate for the pres
idency. "Admiral," asked the reporter, "whit
induced you t give up the happy, tasy
life you now lead to become embroiled
Roberts Has the Boer forces
on the Run
DIAMOND HILL CARRIED
It Was Grand, Sayn the Enguili Com
mander, to See the Way the Troops
Advanced Over Difficult Ground l'n
der Heavy Fire British Loss Small In
Vlevr of the Natural Strenztli of the
Position of the Boers.
London. June 15. The War Office has
received the following dispatch from
Lord Roberts:
"Pretoria, June 15, 12:"0 p. m., June
il4. (It is presumed that this means
in politics?"
"Many of the most influential people . . ,. ', ... . . , ...
in the countrv. and some whom I ) e- lucuispau-u as nimi ....u.- jn.
garded as party baders of high ra::k, and sent June 15th). As 1 telegraphed
assured me that it was my duty as an vesterdav from our outposts fifteen miles
American to servo the American people of " ilvtria th. jm.rs evacuated
as their president. I hev told me it was . . .
as much my dutv to be President as it tllt11 lotions during the n.ght of June
had been to enter Manila bay. I felt 1-th. They had given so much attention
that if the American people wanted me to strengthening their Hanks that their
to serve ineni as i-resiuonr it was my i
oury to ooev mem. i s:im lasr juxut
low:
Dead William Colter,
workman in a b'-'we'v
10, years oM. a
Kate rotter.
to the gentleman who called to inter
view me. that after thT,,t nir this piop
osition over several week3 I said y
and accordingly announced that if the
people wanted me to serve in that capac- j
ity I would gladly do so. But I thank j
(iov they don't appear to want me. i
he President, but j
centre was weakly held.
"As soon as they became cvidint June
12th, I directed Ian Hamilton to at
tack. He moved against Diamond Hill
with the Sussex and Derbyshire regi
ments and the City Imperial volunteers.
I supported his left by the Guards bri
gade under Inigo Jones (Lieutenant Col-
"I would like to
would never enter a scramble for it.
Presidents are not chosen by the peo
ple by a few political leaders. My re
cent trip nao no political signincance , aU(j
ii.nriri. l rvlli in. ii i nil i v i in- ii-
feftion of the American people, and
that is honor enough. I am no longer an j sj(it.riug the natural strength of the posi-
aspirant for the place of chief magis-tion tuat haU to jK. oanitd.
Ii'.ate. - "Our seizure of Diamond Hill caused
-it tne so-caueu goi.i democrats snoum llu. u)ors tl) ft.(.i that they were pacti-
cally surrounded and this resulted in
their hasty retirement. They were
jonet Inigo Jones, of the Scots (iiiards.)
"It was grand to see the way our
'men advanced over the difficult ground
under heavy fire. Our casualties
j were, I am tuan&rm to say, le ss uian
one huudretl a very small number con-
the telegraph lines to Pekin had b en wife of William; Mamie Cotter 13 years , I ewey continued.
IKIUIKlil ir , mi ilii me i it-n tl 111 .1 n in,
votes from the Democratic candidate,
would you consider the offer?"
"I am nor now a candidate," Admiral
colored lawyer, doctor, school; teacher, '
preacher, clerk or laborer, let him. but
don't place a whole community of white
and black under a colored school teacher, .
postmaster, marshal or any other official.
As long as the Republican party places
colored men on its ticket for anv office,
so long will it fall in Florida. '
White men will not join a political part
where the negroes are in control, but "
will join the enemy to down such."
To this last sentiment the editor makes
the following comment: "This was
shown at the Congressional convention
the other day. White delegates went
home perfectly disgusted and will never
be seen in a like convention again."
How many times have we witnessal
similar scenes iu North Carolina? Yei
strange it is that white men have allow
ed the dose to be repeated year after
year! Hut let me quote further:
"With the Republican vote growing
smaller every year (on account of thi
negro policy) what good is there in vot
ing? There is no hope of electing any.
one. Every time the colored man casts
a vote to put some other colored man
in office (there is always one or more
on our ticket! he emphasizes the ch.nrge
the Democrats make of negro suprema
cy, and brings down on himself the re
sentment of white friends, and in vcry
instance he is the loser.
"As a white man with some propertv
and at least ordinary inieilii-onr. auA
respectability, I know ami have felt the
power of boycott and ostracism, extend
ing not only to mv business, hnr t.. mv-
family because I voted for a npr'.
and with the party putting negroes in
olUce. 1 he colored man is ;i stilt -i-it.i-
sufferer from the same cause, and the
colored man who has any real honest,
aspirations to smcii..! in nr -iii i,.
place himself in such anhi-nnum tn.
those who can end wish m Iu.i'm Mm
I'he article from which the above ex
tracts are made is interspersed with
paragraphs of timely comment from the
editor of the Kcmihlic.m nf MM.tl,.
Florida iu endorsement thereof. The
Republican nartv is a nonentitv in
Florida. South Carolina and all State
where the negro has over presumed to
aspire to positions over white men. just
;is it has b-en in North Carolina for a
quarter of a century and until we saw
the remarkable sped able J:f forty-odd
thousand white inui fusing with the
enemy in an unguarded i;io:ne?it ilie va
ults of which wi-re disastrous and
brought sr.; h a b'ush'of shame to the'
faces of while men !!:. ;hev have resolv
ed to put ail cud to :': ..' elciirr of
recurrence of 1 1 U . cotaliti :is
He stated that
been received froin
cut
the
direct appeals (if
me missionaries in tne
There is reason to be
fio 'with safety in Clraa
that the navy has done
that recourse must
:..ls of
States.
; il can
. ev over.
stage, and
to the army. - -
is genuine need for all the a'vail
.arine's nt'Cavite, and it is said
at i lie naval vessels in the Philip-
e piiiv ami iroiuaoi enrueu i;i
through the archipelago
ring the landing of
as with supplies,
i fore, it is: admitted that the cab
rously considering the dispatch
as to Ten Tsin, and it is und'er
h:it inquiries are being made, prob
;. id to (ieneral MacArthur, as
number of troops that can be
for t his' emergency and the possi-t-i'
securing transportation for
no dispatches had
M. Piehon, the
to China, since
June 12.
A Berlin dispatch to the
(lazette, says it is regarded
Old; Joseph t i;:tt-.-. i e.i im,, .nf
Cotter, ! years old; John Cotter. ." years
old: Louis Marion. 40 years old, cigar
box maker: Albert Marion, 14 years old:
Magdeburg ! Elsie Marion, tl years old, and Emma
Marion, '., years old.
th
ere as a ;
good omen that the Boxer troubles in
China are confined to the province of
Pe-Chi-Li. Meanwhile, however, Cer
niauy has decided that it is necessary to
send re-enf oi-ceuients to Taku, where
2.(1! '0 more Russian troops are expected,
and that (Jermans whom if was original
ly intended to withdraw, have received
fresh order to remain.
and
filibustering
' i' iovis con i
;';n in less
a- for th
-rd louar. inat trie
as past, but on the
A Battle Fought Last TOonth
Victoria, B. C June 15. News is
brought by steamer of the battle which
occurred Siay 25, south of Pao Ting Fu.
After seven hours fighting the Christians
succeeded in defeating and routing the
Boxers, with a loss of seventy killed.,
the victors having one killed and six
wounded.
It seems that a mob of 2.000 Boxers
attacked the Roman Catholic village.
The villagers, nearly all converts of the
Roman Catholic missions, had antici
pated the attack and wen well armed,
whereas the attacking Boxers were arm-
d not . le p-otten to
than a week even it
lie if employment suoium
crisis is by
contrary, is
.more acute, is evidenced by a
ram received by the State Dejpart
this morning from the rnitfl
consul at Tien Tsin, Mr. Rags-lb-
says that the mobs are in con-
l he.. .native city of Tien Tsin and
;ta irities do not seem to be able
anything with them. lie adds
foreigners in Tien Tsin are still
surprising feature of this telegram
announcement that the Boxers
;. era sing freely under the very guns
:ec:. of war, for it is understood
vera! Russian gunboats are lying
:i Tsin, which is also the depot
i relief column. Fortunately the
:'',- and 'Hie Monocaey are just
liu- at Taku, and one or both of
.a-.-v!s will soon be able to coni-
' the situation at Tien Tsin.
r-a-ords of the War Department
that there are now in the city of
.; and vicinity, the Fourteenth and
: a ;!i infardrv and one battetjy each
i Third. Fourth, Fifth and Sixth
. :y. less Pthnn 3,000 soldiers alto
. There are, however, no less
oT.O'K) soldiers distributed among
a i i . .u s commands outside of Manila
-Mae of these would certainly be
e a pica to furnish garrisons for the
in- case the above-mentioned troops.
1-1 be sent to China.
e only with iron-shod poles, hatchets,
club?, stones and knives.
The Boxers came right on into the
gates of the city, which wore left open,
and then as they entered, carrying' their
Hags with yellow ground and red bor
der, and their josses m a big car. tne
lire from
villagers poured in a heavy
some of the near by houses.
Attack after attack was made, anl
every time the attacking Boxers were
driven back. At ; length, after seven
hours fighting, the rebels fled in disor
der. The villagers afterward went out
and. counted iy less than seventy dead
Boxers, besides many wounded.
LATEST FKOJIPEKIN
It Comes by Way of Shanghai and 1
-:vidently Embellished.
London, June !. Beliable news of
curia ut date from China,
-re. Nothing is known
position of the
(ilJOWHG STI3ADIIE WORSE
'ihe Situation fn Cliiaa Gives Adminis
tration Oiliciais Alarm.
( V-. ashihgton, June 15. The situation in
' ;a is growing steadily worse and
if-. War and Navy Department offi
f are becoming thoroughly alarmed.
! ili-nvihg dispatch was received this
raoon -bv Secretary Hay: .
""Tien Tsin, June 14. 1000.
'".V' ! in control of city. Authorities
! nn-ab'le to do anything. Foreign-
liais far safe.
'RAG SD ALE."
T'.'.e following dispatch was received
.a-- Navv Department this morning:
"Cavite, June 15, R)!0.
'T.nrean of Navigation. Washington:
-V Lempff's reouest shall send Iris to
'! V.-,: ara.ut twentieth with coal and
v" ' for nine hundred men for tliree
:; ih; REMEY."
''; message is regarded as meaning
Rear Admiral Kemptt expects a.
rhtuance of serious trouble with thee
'. i-s. ' and is preparing for it.
: .Yorktown arrived at Chefoo this
" ' " eng. according to advices received
' i:. P.ureau of Navigation, but ro
- i-. t has beeji heard from Rear lAd
- : '-il !empff. ; I
ii -v as stated at the War Department
' iay iliat Secretary Root had held a
i -.vo-hour interview with the President,
:'s a i i suit of which it was decided "that
case of
is most U.ea
of the fctual
international forces un-
i 1 .1 ............ ....p -l..v -f....ki.r,iil4.
del' A'.lillinu rve, mom .wi lun ijim;-
in l'ekin.
The latest information concerning the
foreign force comes from Tien-Tsin un
der yesterday's date. It asserts that the.
troops were still near Lang Fang with
the prospect of being engaged for some
weeks in repairing the railway. The
(ineslion of their communications with
their base is not alluded to.
The most, recent references to Pekin
merely reproduce earlier reports, with
embellishmnts acquired in Shanghai.
Thus, yesterdays rumor that lO,(0
Chinese troops were opposing the ad
vance of the international force on Pe
kin has grown into a story that the walls
of the (at pit a 1 are guarded by 10,000
soldiers: that the gates have been closed,
and that the walls are defended, with
modern guns. Prince Tung, acting un
der orders from the Empress, has de
clared that no more foreigners wrll be
allowed to enter the city. The foreign
ministers are represented as having
twice demanded that the gates be opened
under penalty of forcible entry, both de
mands being unanswered by the Tsung-Li-Yamen
in any form.
It is rumored in Shanghai that another
foreign force besides the Russian arrived
yesterday outside Pekin. There is also
a report, entirely lacking in detail, of
an anti-British rising in the Yang Tse
Kiang Valley.
According to unconfirmed gossip in
London, the government is debating the
question of dispatching a substantial mil
itary force to China from South Africa.
It is asserted that General Roberts could
easily spare the necessary troops. Ru
mor 'designates Col. Sir William Nichol
son, military secretary to General Rob
erts, as commander of this force.
Injured Patrick Byrijes, 2 years old,
longshoreman, dying iii Gouveueur Hos
pital: George Cotter, 4 months old; Mary
Marion, IU years old, wife of Louis
Marion: Mamie Marion, 17 years old;
Frank Marion. 12 years old: Margaret
Marion. II years old; Antoinette Marion,
ti months old all in Gouveueur Hospital
in a. precarious condition.
! None of the Cotter or Marion fami
lies escaped death or injury. There
were thro other households or families
in the tenement, but Byrnes, the long
shoreman, was the only member of any
of them who failed to get out safe and
sound, save Maggie Mulhearn, tenant on
the top lloor, across tic hall from the
Marions. One of her feet was slightly
burned. As it chauced, the rooms just
below tin4 Mulhearns were occupied by
ihe Cotters, who suffered so disastrous
ly. Policemen and firemen passed by the
windows of the Cotters, seeing no signs
of life and thinking that all the occu
pants had escaped. The rooms of the
Marions and Cotters Avero not entered
by either firemen or policemen Until the
flames had been put out.
The fire was all out in less than an
hour after it started. The firemen drove
it up, inch by inch, to the roof. A prop
erty loss of' only Jjsl.OOO or thereabouts
was caused. The building was not gut
ted. A little replacing of woodwork
and plastering will make it as good as
it was, or bettor.
The saloon of Alderman James Smith
occupies the whole ground lloor of the
building. Rimming the cornice over his
saloon and extending across the front of
the building is a large wire sign which
makes a balcony with the cornice, and
was very useful this morning on that
account. There are fire escapes, both
front and rear, the ladders in each case
extending up from the top of the first
story to the windows of the fifth with
a landing in front and at the rear of
every a'rtment in the tenement. The
fact that there was such easy ways of
est ape makes it difficult for the police
and firemen to understand how the ten
ants of the building failed to see them.
The fire-fighters and life-savers went up
and down these escapes after they had
reached the scene.
Patrick Byrnes, a lodger with Miss
Mary Jordan, who occupied the whole
second Moor, discovered the fire about
THE DULL SEASON
By ltecent Comparisons Trade Looks
Worse Than It Keally Is-F.xport
Business Continnes Heavy Process
of Ilettirnlnz to Normal Prices
New York, June 15. Bradst root's to
morrow will say:
.Measured by recent records and recol
lections of business activity, the present
bet ween-season ? dullness seems specially
being followed yesterday by some of our
"'"Vl'rm'.mak, m hljrh term, of the BROOKLYN S PLAY TO WIN
three battalions above mentioned and
marked, ain't th
of prices makes
reactionary mov
the trade look
than it reallv it. Judged by sti indi
cators as railroad earnings and the sta
tistics of foreign trade, the volume of
business doing is considerably larger
than a year ago. when it will be recalled
that trade was cheerfully active.
It is true that bank clearings are con
siderably smaller than last year, taking
tlit country as a whole, but last year's:
clearings undoubtedly included much of
a speculative character, which is this
year almost wholly absent: and yet, out"
side or the. -metropolis bank clearings are
heavier this year than last.
Failures for the week number ISO as
compared with 1S4 last week. 50 in this
week a vear ago. 207 in 108, 22G in
1SD7 and 205 in 1S00.
the admirable manner in which th Sixty-second
field battery covered the ad
vance, the good work of DeLisle's
mounted infantry and the valuable as
sitance afforded by the Guards brigade.
"Hamilton received a contusion from
a shrapnel bullet on the shoulder.
is not, 1 am happy to say, unable to
perform his duty.
"Puller reports Ins casualties at
Laing's Nek as two killed and one officer
and sixteen men wounded.
"Baden-Powell reports from his camp.
forty miles west-southwest of Kusten-
Review
2:.'55 o'clock. He awoke to find the rooms
filled with smoke and growing hot. He
gave a yen, jumped out ot tied and
rushed to his landlady's room. He
dragged her to the front window and
then ran back and spread the alarm. He
ailed to save himself, as it turned out.
He discovered the fire and gave the first
alarm to the house, but some madness
tempted him back into the rooms and
sent him down by the blazing stair
way. Policeman Purfield, of the Delancy
Street station, making his way along the
ground-floor hallway to the rear shortly
after the Jordans escaped, found the
stairway a pile of flames from bottom
to top, and just as he got to the foot
! of the stairs Byrnes jumped through the
j fire and fell at his feet all ablaze. . lie
! died later.
The first alarm of fire was turned in
to the department several minutes af
ter Byrnes had alarmed the house, or
so much of it as woke up. A German
baker who turned in the alarm wasted
several precious moments through his
ignorance of the mechanism.
Policeman James T. Knowles, ot the
Delancy Street station, at the risk of
his own life, got twelve persons out of
the upper floors of the building, and
only quit his post of danger when driven
from the fire escape by flames and
smoke. Other policemen and firemen
made heroic rescues.
Forts to Be Seized.
Tien-Tsin, June. 15. It is reported
that a mixed foreign force will attempt
to seize the Taku forts tonight.
Cental Nich ' is taking 2.500
troops from Lu Tai to Chun-Laing-Chen,
which is half-way between Tien
tsin and Taku. The Shan-IIai-Kwan
I .1 J 1 m
hostility in Pel;iu. -Geneiall troops. commHimeu oy general filing
vuu piaps iyvui9 lyvvfiru ein.
LONG T I ITI IS TO WAIT
Census Enumerators Will Not B 3 Paid
Until September.
Philadelphia, Pa.. June 15. At the of-
fice of the Census supervisor Beaston, in
the city hall, yesterday it was announced
that none of the thousand or more
enumerators would receive his pay be
fore next September. This will be un
pleasant news to many of the Census
X2Frl A- 1VS? rart of Xhe gjga
Readjusting Prices
New York. June 15. Dun's
tomorrow will say:
A season of declining prices is never
wholly agreeable to business men whose
stocks on hand are losing part of their
value. Yet there are tifines when a re
turn to the highest prosperity in busi
ness is not 'possible except through re
adjustment of prhfs. Having shown
for six months that great industries de
pend for prosperity upon restoration of
normal prices. Duns Keviow nas given
in such tables as were printed last week
ample proof that this readjustment was
in wholesome progress. 1 he volume ot
business is large, especially in Mates
south of the Potomac and west of Penn
sylvania. Speculation and the creation
of new securities swelled business at
New York. Boston and some other Kavt-
... . T..i 1 1 -!-
crn cities last year. mu ocwim uu
narrow section the volume of trade is
this year the largest ever known, and
on tne wuoie snows no mm ml a iui le
nient.
The official report holds out fair prom-
. .1 i. .1 .
ISO ot good crops Ills yenr. aim ine tie
mand for staple products has run close
19 the largest ever known, while the ex
ports of manufactured products have
been, in eleven months ending with May,
about 27 per cent larger than in any
previous year.
Failures for tne weeK nave oeen in-
in tne i.niteu mates, against i.w im
year, and 21 in Canada, against 18 last
year.
DEAD IN HI". H BED
l"-rg, that after the relief of Mafekin
,,,r. . .1. . ft 1 I ...
ne repaireu mo railway aim leiograpn.
He then moved into the Transvaal with
a force of about eight hundred men to
accept the surrender of the Boers am
prevent the natives from looting.
"lie is now working systematically
through the districts of Marco. Lychten
burg and Rnsfenberg. re-establishing or
der and collecting arms and supplies,
About six hundred Boers have suri u
dred and two hundred and thiitv pris
oners have been captured. The local
chiefs who took up arms with the Boers
against the English have been arrest"d.
"The natives of the Transvaal seem
to welcome our rule heartily. The bur
ghers are coming in readily to see hint
and discuss terms of surrender with
him. They all speak of and appreciate
the good order and good discipline with
which his patrols carry out the work
of pacification.''
Klerksdorp Snrrenefers
London, June 15. The War Office is
sues the following dispatch from Lord
Roberts:
" Pretoria. June 14. I(k40 p. m.-
Klerksdorp surrendered .June : to an
armed party sent on by Hunter.
"Kitchener reports that the Boers at
tacked a construction train early this
morning a few miles "north of Rhenoster
River. He sent out mounted troops and
drove off the enemy before they coul 1
do much damage. One man was killed
and eleven wounded, including two offi
cers.
"A messenger from Klerksdorp reports
that Cronje. who commanded there, de
termined to surrender as soon as he knew
for certain tnat Pretoria was 111 our
possession. His examnle has ben copied
bv many in the neighborhood. The court
house is now said to be full of arms.
It toolc Good Work to Kat Boston, for
the Score Was Ioe Phillies Win In
a Pitchers' Battle.
Boston. June 15. Timely hitting and
superior all-round playing won the gam
lor l.rooiUvn todav. In th- lirsr innmir
Keeler tripled to center re-Id and Jen
nings singled and sent in-the run. The
visitors drew goose eggs in the next
1 ur innings, and in the sixth Cross
knocked a home run over the right
field fence. Keeler opened the eighth
tli a single and scored on Dahlen's
safe hit. lr, the ninth Dulr reached
lirst base on Long's error and s-corod
on Kennedy s single pa socoinl. Sts'il
drove the ball over tie leif-fieid fone
in the sixth for the second run.
The sere: It. IL E.
Brooklyn liHHIUlill 1 H 1
Boston 0(1(11 O 1 O 1111-2 ! 2
Batteries: Kennedy and I'aircll; Pit-
linger ami Tlark. Fmnire. O'Dav.
Philadell;a 3. Xv Vork '
Philadelphia. Jirie 15. --( )r.ts"d' of ibn
closeness or In- vroye. thor was noth
ing about today's :::Ut bt v.'.-n the
Phillies and the N-w Ys!, to com
mend it. It ;i pin le-rs' content,
made painfully !o:!:--drav.T--o'T by the'
dilatory tacti'-s of Mercer. The fi'-lding
of both teams was respe.-t abio, with the
ei'tds !i::!itly in favor of tie Phillies
at the close.
The score: I;. j. H.
Philadelphia ...0200(10 1 11-:: 11 I
New lork (i(K)l(MiKMi-2 0 2
Batteries: Frazer end Douglas: Mer
cer and warner. i-niiore, j.mslie.
Standing of the Clubs
Philadelphia
Brooklyn . .
Boston . . . .
Pittsburg ..
St. Louis ..
rhicago
New i ork
CAPTAIN DII.TIINCi'S SI-TEXCK
TIIE MIGItO IN FLORIDA
Iter. W. A. L.utz Accepts Ihe Presiden
cy of North Cnrollna College.
Winston-Salem. X. C, June 15. Spe
cial. Mrs. W. S. Petty, of Pitt.oto.
was found dead in bed at the h un ol
her son Mr. J. W. Petty, in West Win
ston, this morning. She came here sev
eral days ago to visit her son. She was
out driving Vesterdav afrernoon and ap
pealed cheerful. The remain 'ill
sent home tomorrow for interment. She
was 5( year old.
Itev. W. A. Lutz. pastor of the
Lutheran church here,
accept the presidency of
college, at Mount Pleasant, to
office he was recently elected.
Washington Notes.
Washington, June 15. Special Con
gressman Small is here on department
business.
Robert V. Riddler of BriJge water,
John C. Howenstein of Marion. William
Views of a White ICcpnblican Which
might lie Studied with Profit
Greensboro. X. C. June 15. Special.
Solicitor A. L. Brooks, of this city, has
shown me a copy of the Republican of
Middle Florida, a paper published in
Tallahassee, carrying at its masthead
the following words in lld letters: "The
onlv white Republican paper in Middb
Florida." The issue shown me is dated
June 2. Hit Kl. and contains an artic.e
written byNa Florida Republican on the
question of uiegro omce Holding, wlnci
North Carolinians, and especially the
white Republicans of the State, might
read with much profit at this time when
an effort is being made to rid our politics
of the negro as a disturbing element
Please permit me to make ft few extracts
from the letter in question:
"I am a Republican, and always have
been, and 1 write this for Kepublican:
taking advantage of jour fre parlia
ment paper. I wish to call attention to
two principles, or facts: First, that the
has decided to It -publican party can never succeed m
North r.n-.iHn 1 Florida as long as they look to the negro
which - for sunnort: and. secrn-i tnat tne colored
race can never succeed as long as in
hold on to politics for support.
"That a superior race will be subject
to an inferior race is against all rule
Peculation from I'ncle Sam 3Tcets IU
Jr st Heward.
Washington. June 15. The findings
of the court martial in the case of
('apt. Peter C. Doming, assistant com
missary 01 suosistence at ran r rancisco.
who was arrested on (harges of. embez
zling the public morn-y. of the United
States, forgery, and conduct unbecoming
an officer and a gen thin an. were mad
public by Adjutant General Corbin thi
morning. Captain D'-muig was fouii'
guilty on all of the nineteen charges ii;
the indictment and was sntnnced tc
three year's imprisonment in the pe:ii
teiitiary at Fort Leaven wort lr, Kansas
and is dishonorably discharged from th4
army.
The prisoner was found to have drawn
money, on many occasions, ny piaini
the names of fictitious persons on h':
salary list, and drawing the salaj-ie-i
More than SI.'J.OOO was obtained in thit
a. V -
wav. aitnoiigii iteming is a comparative
ly wealthy man and own much prop
erty.
It was further proven that Drmin-?
had forged a large number of check
and had cashed these. The sentence was
annroved bv President McKimey. and
the order carrying it into effect "was th-
first signed by General Mile", as Jieu
tenant General of tne army.
Convention Day Approaches
Philadelphia. Pa., Jnne 13. With the
opening day of the Republican nation?' 1
convention now but a short time off.
tlip citv is tM-ginning to tate on a more
or reason. Force may compel submis- ;in(niated appearance, and th hotel lob
bies are hourly nuing up-wiin delegates
'A new postottice has ueen esraonsued man.
h Burcham. Wiles county, with Eli R. I man's rights. He should be protected
Wiles postmater: at Gwynn. Yadkin in his rights, better than he is and
countv. with W. A. Grater postmaster; better than he ever will be as long as he
t Trantus. Marion countv. with Jos. B. 1 aspires to positions of power over the!
and visitors. Tomorrow and bunday and
.Monday, will witness the largest incom
ing crowds. The railroads entering thi
city have made special arrangements
for the expected crowd, and no diffi
culty is expected in handling them.
sion lor a time, uui as iuiuu is superior
, 1 1 . 1 ...
to matter ana wiu govern, so me wnne
race is superior to the negro race, and
will rule in spite of legislation, polities
TTnmlev of Giles Mills. X. C, have been. or auytmng else, xne ttepumcau party
1 , ,o.?T,t,x.i ;i-..t- ,nnil elet-L-a in Florida mane a iaiai mistake wnen
Ui--" 1'""""' 1 .1. ....... ... . ..! -...1 .,, . .
Caroline AYilkins of Iceland, nas neen ; tney e.au y i' iu
irranted a pension of $8.00. iof 'boss m any sense oyer tne white
Itfowniowiieiesiuon uint -
Philadelphia, Jnne" 15 The RepublU
can National Committee this afrnooa
decided in favor of Brotmlnv'j d?l?ga-
Ayers postmaster; at - Xm Alleghany ..wmie man. , - --v w. . ,
I county, with Win. Jennings postmaster, 1 .. "ii a wane tuau cuuw&us iu ewvwr a -iuivim ,vk, .
Won. Lost. p. Cj.
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. 21 21 .51 m
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. 2o 2.1 .105
. 17 2.: .525
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