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Vol. VI I
RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 28. 190Q
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EASTERN NEWS MIXED
Exciting Features Conspicu
ous by Their Absence
ONE ENCOURAGING FACT
admiral Seymour's Force and ; the
Foreign .Representatives In Pekin
.Appear to De Living with Hope ot
a Itiuiatel y Being Rescued President
tlrliinlf y Believes the "Worst Is Past
and Uxpects an Early Improvement
iy:iUn, June 27. Cable messages
f: .:u the far East today are so conflict-
i. i- in their tenor that almost any de
;,;:vl view of the situation is deducible
; ki 'fruUi. On the whole, however, -the
ii, vs is en can raging', and dt seems xii'e
i I . i i - - . a n ; l i
; assume mac ice ..-vuiuirui M'jiuour
i iho legations, whether together or
Minratrly, will ultimately reach a place
safety. Various -reports locate the
--aimers at divers places, but it seems
ii.n-. J that they are safely away from
Tlie latest Shanghai report says Prince
Tiiau (the head of the Chinese f.. resign
oifiee. and father of the heir apparent)
iias sent the legationers to S-iau Pu un-u-.-r
escort, and adds that Sian Fu Will
Ih the new capital an the event of Pekin
l-ckig occupied by the international
iVCS.
Admiral Seymour, it is asserted, suc-vt-e.led
in getting a. message into Tien
Tsin Monday, according to which he was
t;,cn eight miles westward, terribly
L.nassed, could only hold out another
two days, and had killed and over
1,'iM wounded, lie did not mention the
ministers or others from Pekin.
It is thought at Shanghai that now
Tien Tsin is relieved the combined in
ternational forces will have no great
ii-ilfkitlty in reaching Pekin, though it is
expected that it will be found that all
foreigners have already left. It is
claimed that the reports 'as to the dam
age done at Tien Tsin and the casualties
among the foreign residents have been
highly colored.
The exodus of Chinese from Shanghai
is unabated. Every steamer is thronged,
and the authorities have been- obliged
I ) resort to the use of the fire horse to
prevent the fugitives from overcrowding
the vessels.
The commander of the British first
class cruiser Undaunted, however, has,
landed large supplies of rifles and ammu
nition, and guns have been placed in
pVsitiion at .cornirrand'ing iiohlts, with
the result that the foreigners 'are confi
dent they can overcome any attack on
the settlement into which the foreigners
t'r m the out-stations are rapidly congre
ating. According to a dispatch from Xew-
Hiwang, the Russians there are bare'y '
able to cope with the situation. The
Chinese, it appear?, are burning all the 1
railroad material, killing isolated Kus
s'uns at every opportunity and destroy
ing the coal mines
THE PRESIDENT HOPEFUL
McKInley Loolcs Porward to a Speedy
Settlement of Present Disorders
Washington, June 27. President Mc
Kinley's opinion is that the worst of
the trouble in China has been passed,
lie looks forward hopefully to less grav
ity in the situation and a speedy set
tlement of the disorders, thus restoring
order ami furnishing protection to ,
American citizens and interests. i
.The president further asserts that the'
interests of this country in i,nina are
wholly unselfish, and that the work of
;,.i. United States so far is based -wholly
iii the broad ivolicy of protection to
Americans wherever they may be. The
I resident emphasizes that although this
country is proceeding along the same
lines as the rest of the civilized world,
there is nothing hidden or obscure in its
motives and purposes. China has noth
ing to fear from this country unless she
is careless of consequences.
The president expressed these views
to several of his callers this morning.
Whether his hopes as to a clearing up
of the dangerous conditions in China
are based on official information is not
known. The opinion was given afte a
conference with Secretary Hay this
morning. The Secretary of State was
at the AVhite House early and was with
the president probably thirty minutes,
one of the longest conferences he has
yet held.
Tlie president has given most earnest
attention and stnav to the deplorable
and grave state of affairs in the Chinese
empire. He has .received many expres
sions of opinion from all over the coun
try. These vary, many going so far as
to recommend, most aggressive action, by
the United States looking finally to the
acquirement of territory should the Eu
ropean nations conclude that the time,
f or partition has arrived. In - fa-fit
strong under-cur rent of sentiment for
territorial acquisition in China has made
its way to toe White House. The presi
dent's conservative disposition, however,
prevents his giving weight at present
to this sentiment, if the undercurrent
of .feeling in this direction may be called
sentiment.
M. ("ombon, the .French ambassador,
accompanied bv First Secretary Thie
bimlt. called at the White House while
Secretary Hav was with the president,
.find remained "in the blue room until the
president had time to see him. There
vas no conference on the Chinese situa
ti 'ii and no exchange of views.
M. Cambon said he called to Pfty
? od-bye prior to" his departure for
France, and that there was nothing poldt-
; in his visit. lie uu wi we ih.il
Therp could be anything in the diplo
matic field ias to China at this time. The
ffairs there, he. said, are for the pres
' ''it in the hands of the war 'branches of
the different governments.
The fact that the president .in a few
(lavs is to leave for his home in Can
ton. Ohio, notwithstanding the appar
tfitlv acute situation in China, mostfa
vorablv imipi-essel the ambassador. .He
takes as indicating that the United
States government regards the situa
tion as not so serious as dnring the past
few davs it has appeared.
After taking leave of the president.
Ambassador Cambon called nnon the
Secretaary of State and had a brief finter-
View. "With, illim- Th iha return!
.the embass-ay to prepare for hid depart
ure. .ie expects to be absent from
i a'Nuriigion aor several .months, altnouih
rit lis just possible 'he may return at an
earlier date than he expects to mow.
What "Escort" JJIay Mean
"Washington, June 27. In well in
formed diplomatic circles the news that
the foreign ministers have left Pekin
for the north under a Chinese escort
is regarded with some apprehension. It
is presumed, of course, that the escort is
composed of imperial troops, but a feel
ing of unrest is induced by the evident
fact that, in the present circumstances,
even the imperial troops are not abso
lutely to be trusted. Indications are
abundant that they, too, are imbued
with the anti-foreign sentiment which
has found its open exponent in the Box
ers. While no fear is expressed that
the personal safety of the diplomatic
representatives of the foreign govern
ments is endangered, the intimation is
conveyed that they mav be held as
hostages. If this should be true, the
troops accompanying them would be
rather a guard than an escort.
It is pointed- out, that, when in 1860,
in circumstances quite similar to those
whoch obtain at present, the French
minister was taken north from Pekin
under "escort," he was actually held as
a hostage.
Favorable Report Confirmed
lsernn, .june zi. liie uernian consul i
tt- l. . . .1 x a. ... e il...
ii vjiii-uiu conmuis me contents ul ine
message from Vice-Admiral Seymour,
which reached Tien Tsin Monday, say
ing he was then eight miles westward
of that city, terribly harassed, could
only hold out another two days, and
had C' men killed and over 200 wound
ed, and adds that the Admiral asked for
ihe dispatch of a relief column oi! 2,0X)
men. This column left Tien Tsin' dur
ing the morning of June 2o (Monday)
under Russian command.
Ministers and Foreigners Safe
Washington, June 27. The Chinese
minister has received a telegram from
Pekin via Ching Fu, dated June It,
saying that the ministers and foreigners
in Pekin were safe and well ami that
arrangements were being made to pro
vide them with an escort out of the city.
Communication Opened with Seymonr
London, June 27. A special from
Shanghai dated last evening says that
communication with Admiral Seymour
was opened by the Tien Tsin relief
force Sunday. Admiral Seymour was
at that time said to be 10 miles from
Tien Tsin. Three hundred members of
the party were reported sick and wound
ed; only a few, had been killed. They
were short of provisions, and were re
turning without having rescued the lega
tions. minister Wn-s message
Washington, D. C, June 27. Admiral
ilvempff's dispatch led the government
to. accept as authentic and correct a dis
patch from Chinese official isources pie
seated to the. State Department earlier
in the day by" Minister Wu Ting Fang
by 'whom it had leen received. It was
dated Pekin, June 10th, and signed by
the Tsung IA Yamen, and apparently
had been sent out of Pekin by courier
to "Shantmi'g and telegraphed thence.
The following authorized statement
of the contents of the Tsun IA Yam en's
ones sage was obtained:
"The Chinese minister railed this
morning on the Secretary of State and
communicated to him the conttnts of n
dispatch which he has received from the
Tsung Id Yamen at Pekin. dated the
10th. The dispatch states that the for
eign ministers had before this date asked
for permission for the legation guards
to enter the city, which permisision had
been granted; that they isntbsequenit'jy
asked that these guards be reinforced,
which the Chinese tiovej-nment was in
dispose;! to permit.
"The dispatch then goes on to state
that the consul general at Tien Tsin.
supposed to be the French consul gen
eral, had telegraphed to the viceroy of
Hechui that 'the foreign admiral de
manded the surrender of the Taku forts,
and that the foreign ministers wen
shortly to 'leave Pekin for Tien Tsin
with their guards.1'
From Pekin, June 19
London, June 27. A telegram from
W. R. Charles, the British' ecns.nl at
Tien Tsim, -bearing no date, but 'proba
bly sent June 24th by way of Chefoo,
June 27th, states that the commissioner
of customs at Tien Tsin has received
a note dated Pekin, June 10th. from
Sir Robert Hart, director of the Chi
nese imperial inanine customs, which
says that the 'legations had been re
quested to leave JreKin within twenty
four hours. The note adds that heavy
firing had 'been heard north of Pekin
for thinty-six hours before 'the note was
dispatched.
BLACK EYE FOR ICE TRUST
Tbe Referee Will Not Be Stopped from
Taking: Evidence
Albany, June 27. The Ice Trust was
kuccked out completely toda)r by a de
cision handed down by Supreme Court
Justice Alden Chester.
The justice refused to vacate the order
granted by Justice Chase, appointing
Myer Xussbaum asa referee to conduct
an inquiry into the operations of the ace
trust in order to -enable the attorney
1 .to secure sufficient evidence uivon
;. which to base an action to annual the
Cei LlirCil It" JL uuiuuiiL,. io.-m u iiun ii
can Ice Company to do business in this
State. Iu Teaching this decision Justice
Chester follows the decision of the appel
ate division- in the eoail trust casea few
years ago, holding that the appointment
of a Teferee under the anti-trust law is
a judicial function. t ,
The constitutionality of the substan
tive provisions of tne law is not passed
upon, such action being unnecessary to
reach a conclusion on the quesstions
-. . . J 1 4. 1 .1- J
raised. Justice c-neater aiso cus-nu-sseti
the two alternative writs of prohibition
granted at the request of David Wilcox,
attorney for the ice trust, who aimed .to
.T-nt iho "r,inn:infltiio!n 'lyv Referee
X'ussbaaim, of the officers and books of
the trust. Upon this point the justice
agrees with the attorney general, that an
alternative or absolute writ of iprohibi
tion cannot issue out of a special temi.
W.hile Justice Chester's decision allows
( the referee to go ahead without restraint.
. it ds expected that a stay will be secured
'by the attorney iortne trust to nreveirt
by the attorney for the trust to prevent
appeal to the Appellate division from
Justice Chester's decision, which appeal
niot be decided before fall in the or
dinary course of events.
HILL NOT THE MAN
His Record Will Not Fit the
Platform.
SOME OF THE POSSIBLES
Aspirants for Chairman of tlie Kansas
City Convention Perry S. Heath Said
to lie Marked Tor Sacrifice, and Not
Much of Sacrifice Either Republican
Postmasters Charged with. Holding
.Back Political Mall.
By JOHN BOYLE
Washington, June 27. Special.
Among well informed Democrats here
the sentiment for Chief Justice Parker,
of New York State for Vice-President
is growing. Hill is eliminated, as be
opposed the income tax and is au attor
ney for several trusts in his State.
Shiveley, of Indiana, has many support
ers; lewne, of .Minnesota, is strong in
the West, and as a campaigner has no
equal except Bryan. Still the opinion
prevails that the candidate for Vice
President should come from east of the
Mississippi river. Carter Harrison, of
Illinois, is also among the possibilities.
Kx-(iovernor Patterson, of Colorado,
is now named as the possible tempora
ry chairman of the convention. lie is
a Democrat of long standing, having
represented his State in Congress, betn
its governor and is editord of the Den
ver Xews, ami is the most prominent
Democrat mentioned to succeed Wolcott
for the Senate. He is a thorough Dem
ocrat and is a man of large means. No
name is mentioned so far for perma
nent chairman with any large support
behind it. Richardson, of Tennessee,
desires the place, but it will likely come
east:
The story has been revived that tlie
Hon. Perry S. Heath has been invited
by the President to step down and out
of office of lirst assistant postmaster
general because of his alleged appoint
ment of the rapacious Xeeley to the
Cuban postal service. The fact is well
established that Mr. Heath was not re
sponsible for Xeeley's appointment,
though the records of the postofiice de
partment may show to the contrary. The
real sponson for Xeeley was George
Washington Cromer, who represents the
Eighth Indiana district in Congress, and
who is a neighbor of Xeely iu the town
of Muncie, made famous by the large
number of its citizens who for more
than twenty years have been iu various
departments of the Federal service.
Xeeley was the leader for many years
of a faction at Muncie which distinctly
was opposed to the Heaths in politics.
The Heaths, be it known, also started
at Muncie.
It is said that Perry Heath approved
Representative Cromer's selection of
Xeelev for a place in Cuba in the inter
est of party harmony at Muncie. And
only to this extent can he be considered
responsible for Xeeloy. It is regarded
rs possible, however, that in casting
about for a sacrifice with which to ap
pease the public wrath aroused by ras
cality in .Cuba. Mr. Ilanna and Mr. Mc
Kinley have fixed their eyes upon Mr.
Heath as the most available material
and as meeting in all essentials the de
mand for somebody of higher rank than
that held by Rathbone. At the same
time if Mr. Heath should be placed at
tlie head of Mr. Ilanna's literary bu
reau after being forced out of the post
office department, as the report has it,
it- could nt be .aimed that he had been
"sacrificed." The fai t is that Mr. Heath
held his position in the last campaign
and his work was so satisfactory to Mr.
Ilanna that he was rewarded with the
position he now holds. A further fact
is that Mr. Ilanna again placed Mr.
Heath at the head of his literary, bu
reau six months ago. and when Demo
cratic members of Congress, led by M.
K. Benton, of Missouri, threatened to;
invoke the Civil Service law against
Heath dividing his attention between of
ficial and political iluties, Mr. McKin
ley quckly took the JiiiK and caused Mr.
Heath to resign from the literary
bureau.
Illinodsans of both parties an Wash
ington declare that the Democrats of
their State have put in the field am unus
ually strong ticket. The nonupaliion of
the Hon. Samuel Alschuler, of AuroiV
far Governor, is characterized as perhaps
the best selection which could have been
made under the circumstances. Mr.
Alschuler has been a meniler of the
State Senate at Springfield for two or
three terms, and has made a reconl as a
safe, intelligent and honest -legislator.
He is a lawyer of high standing, and
is of Hebraic extraction. It is said
that he has few superiors anywhere as
aii attractive campaigner, and that he
will ainite the warring Harrison and
.Altgeld factions was no other man in Uie
State could do. He speaks German flu
ently and is considered to be especially
strong with that element of voters. With
30 per cent, of the German vote, which
ordinarily is Republican, it is estimated
that the Democrats can reclaim Illinois
this year and give the State to Bryan.
The charge is being made against the
postoffice department by the Democratic
campaign managers that Republican
postmasters have already begun the prac
tice of preventing the delivery of Demo
cratic campaign literature to the ad
dresses. The attention of the Democratic man
agers was first called to this alleged of
fence by complaints from many sources
that Democratic speeches asked for and
which had 'been sent, had not been re
ceived. The amount of matter miscar
rying being large, and in view of expe
rience in other campaigns, the conclu
sion was Teached that the Republican
postmaster, or at least the more bitterly
partisan of them, were not delivering cer
tain of the mail matter passing through
their offices. The authorities of the de
partment deny that any formal com
plaint has as yet been made to them
iconeerning the (reported non-delivery of
political matter passing through the
mails. Should snch complaint be lodge 1
In the proper manner, they say, dt will
be investigated.
Secretary Kerr, of -the Democratic
Congressional Committee, was at his
desk at headquarters this morning,
having returned from a business trip to
Pennsylvania.. He will return to the
Keystone State tomorrow to join the
Pennsvlvan.i'i dAlcntirm t.r tho Tln-mo-
cratic .National convention.
Among the callers at Democratic head
quarters this afternoon -was llepresenta
tive Iivdngstou, of Georgia, who will
leave for Kansas City ierhaps tomor
axw. Judge Livingston was not fluent
in prophesies, but he gave it as his
opinion that the Democratic National
ticket would win. He thinks the people
of the United States are ripe for a
change da th2 policy pursuedby the
present administration towaid trusts,
but .that they are weary of the "bur
dens imposed by imperialism.
AYCOCK AM) IjACV
Strong Specrhfs Made Before a Large
C'rotvd in Concord.
Concord, X. C, June 27. Special. A
large ana enthusiastic audience heard
our next Governor and State Treasurer,
C. B. Ay cock and It. R. Lacy, on tlie
court house lawn this afternoon. Every
business house in town closed its doors
for the occasion. The people of our town
turned out en masse, the ladies adding
grace to the large gathering by a full
attendance, and if -they were allowed to
vote, any doubt as to carrying the
amendment would he, eliminated. There
were also a large 'number dn from the
country, many of whom have for the
past few years voted the Populist ticket:
but after listening to the unanswerable
argument of Mr. Ay cock for the amend
ment and white supremacy, were com
pletely won over and will vote for it.
Ben. R. Lacy led off with a short
speech and captured the crowd from
the beginning. He is an attractive
speaker ami handles a subject under
discussion well. He paid live ladies a
glowing tribute and said -that with their
suipirt he would be found pretty close
to the hell cow in the general round up.
He is the right man in the rigjit place.
At the cbvse of his talk he retired amid
great applause.
Representative L. T. Hartsell then
aroe and jii eloquent and patriotic lan
guage introduced the speaker sf the
evening. Hon. Chas. B. Ayeock. who
was given a tremendous ovation as he
advanced to the front j of the platform.
Mr. Ayeock has few peers as a speaker,
and he held the rapt j attention of his
vast audience from lirsji to last, liis ar
gument was so clear and lucid that it
could not be misundersttxid by the mot
simple-minded. He spoke with tremen
dous force of the reconstruction period
which hung over our State and the
South like a black pall, when murder,
rapine and thievery were rife through
out the State, and Southland under the
rule of the negro and the Republican
party: how in 1S70 the -reins of govern
ment were wrested from this gang of
icut-throats by the Democratic party
and peace and (prosperity once more
came to our people: again of our recent
experience under negro domination,
when the white men under the leder
ship of the Democratic party once more
arose in their might in IS. and swept
forever from power the party that ha 1
brought alwnit such a deplorable state of
affairs which had been placed, there by
the negro vote.
The -proposed amendment to the Cvn
stitntion was discussed w!ith snch clearness-!
!:at its wirjNVJC- of eei mmently en
throning the intelligence of the State in
the seat of government rather than igno
rance cannot 1 misunderstood, nor un
der its application is it nos-cdhle to dis
franchise a single white man. Mr. Ay
cock tpledze to use his best energies to
wards the uplifting and advancement of
the cause of education during his coming
term af Governor and lift out State from
its present jMcsition to the very fnrut
rank along that ll'e where it should b.
and shall be. If every white man in
the State could hear his speer h tlie
amendment would be as grd as car
ried. His speech throughout was cm a
high plane ami nothing was sail at
which a single white man of any party
could take exception. He had to cl -se
half an hour early on account of an Ap
proaching storm, greatly to tho regret
of his hearers and himself.
K CH ASS IE EXPEDITION
iTIsJor "Wilkinson .Tlovlng Northward
as Itapidly as Polble.
London. June 27. Colonel Wilcox,
commanding the Kumassie relief expedi
tion, telegraphs t the foreign office from
Praham, under date of June 2tb, as
follows:
"Major Wilkinson reached Bekwai by
wav of Obnassi June lDth. I had writ
ten to Governor Hodgson that troop-
would arrive at Gekwai June. 2Uih if
possible. I am of the ojiion that he
never received my letter, as I nave re
ceived a letter from him dated June
17th, informing me that he woul lh 1 I
out until June 2th. Captain Hall
heard firing bv seven-pounders on tlie
night of dune 21st. At first five shots
were heard and subsequently live more.
Captain Hall fired two guns as a signal.
Major Wilkinson departed immediately
from Bekwai and arrived at Esumaga
June 22 nd. Lieutenant Colonel Bur
roughs 'with SO) native soldiers is moving
north as fast as possible. 1 he nvers
arc all in flood and the 'troops are una
ble to move more than a few miles a
day."
University Boat Bare Today
Xew London, June 27. Tomorrow, on
the historic Thames river course, Har
vard and Yale will meet once more in
their annual battle of shells and oars.
This year, it would seem, there is not
the interest in the meeting of Harvard
and Yale that has been manifested in
years past. The oldest inhabitant who
was interviewed this afternoon said he
had never seen fewer college people in
town on the day preceding a big 'varsity
boat race. Still it must be remembered
that city folks don't like to stay over
night in a town like this, and as Xew
Haven and Cambridge are both within
easy distance, the influx of Harvard
and Yale cohorts will not begin in earn
est before tomorrow morning.
No Federal Courts for Winston
Winston, X. C, June 27. Special.
District Attorney Holtou was today noti
fied by Attorney General Griggs at
Washington that the bill failed to be
come a law giving Winston two terms
of the Federal Court -annually. It ap
pears that-the bill passed both houses
of Congress, but for some reason was
not signed by the President. Winston
will make another effort at next session
of Congress.
Jim Crow Street Cars
Xew Orleans, June 27.The Louisiana
House-of Representatives has passed al
most unanimously the bill separating
the whites and negroes in the street
cars. Heretofore under the Jim Crow
Law the negroes had to occupy differ
ent cars on the railroads. The present
law extends this provision to the street
cars as well.
BOERS MORE ACTIVE
They Give British Troops
Much Annoyance
DE WET THE BOER HERO
Transvaal Officials Say Tlielr People
Will Hold Ont to the Last-British
Columns Slowly Contracting the Cir
cle of Boer ?lovemcnts Clever Buse
by Which tlie Besiegers Wer Kept
from Storming ITIafcklng
London. June 27. Telegrams from
South Africa indicate that the renewed
Boer activity increases an proiiortion
with Lord Roberts' quiesence; so the
completion of the commander in chief's
enveloping movement, supposed to be in
progress, is anxiously awaited.
The news this morning supports the
report that the Boers succeeded in
piercing General Bundle's lines and
penetrated southward.
It appears that the failure of the Brit
ish to properly guard their line of com
munication north of Kroonstad involved
disaster to a body of Basutos working
on the railroad, of whom 20 were killed
and 2KJ were made prisoners. This has
had a decidedly bad effect on the native
mind, ami a recrudescence of unrest is
reported in Basuloland.
Winston Churchill, in a dispatch from
Pretoria, date June V.l, describes an in
terview with General Baden-Powell, in
which the hero of Mafeking said, among
other things, that the Boers could cer
tainly have stormed Mafeking early in
the siege. Little Hags dotting the out
skirts and numerous warnings to the
townspeople not to let their cattle stray
within the areas sown with mines
proved an effective ruse, and saved the
garrison, the trouble of laying miues.
IN BED.? OF ZTIUD
Inadequate Provision made for Caring;
lorBrltUli Melt
London. June 27. The Times publishes
this morning a communication from Wil
liam A. P. Burdett-Coiitts, consevative
member of Parliament for Westminster,
who is now iu Cape Town, charging
the government with inadequate provis
ion for the sick and wounded. The
writer paints a painful picture, telling
of l.."0o patients who lay in field hos
pitals for seven weeks without beds: He
says that typhoid victims were stretched
upon the ground in the rain, when the
mud was three inches deep and that the
noor wretches had practically no nurs-
The Times, commenting upon these
statements, says:"
'"Such hon-i'iJe details show the cal
hm short-sightedness of the War Of
fice." .
The Boer commandos in the eastern
part of Orange river colony appear to
have been broken up by their leaders
for the time into small parlies that
harass large columns of the British, in
cessantly cutting off scouts. sniiing
pickets, making a show of force here
and there, and bewildering the slow
moving bodies. Commandant Christian
DeWct. General Steyn's principal com
mander, is the genius of the guerrilla
operations. Ho is the hero on the Boer
side in these lat days of hostilities.
Lord Koberts columns are steadily con
tracting . the circle of their advance.
Transvaal officials who were inter
viewed yesterday at Maehadodorp by a
correspondent of the Daily Express "as
serted an .intention to hold out to ihe
last. President Kruger will probably
retire to Watervalender or Xelspruif.
His physician thinks hi condition of
health will not allow him to go to the
high veldt.
The Briti.-'h prior.e'f: ar Xooit God
'acht are now more comfortable. Large
qualifies of f,,o(l and blankets have
been forwarded to ;,:;, and their en
closure is lighted by electricity.
Pretoria to!egran say th.u sunnlie
of warm clothing reaching "Lord
Roberta" infantry, v h had been ragged
ami hal sulTerod f i- n th cold.
Commandant Gener.il Botha is uncom
monly active east of Pretoria.
Sir Alfred Milnor wires Mr. Chamber
lain that all the securities deposited by
the American and other insurance com
panies have been found.
The "War Oi!b" has received a dispatch
from Lord Roberts confirming S;r
Charles Warren' reports that Iho rr
bellion in Cape Colony, north of the
Orange river, is now over. The last
formidable body under commandant De
Yilliers surrendered June 20. consisting
of about 220 men, 2X0 horses. JK wa
gons, 2C0 rifles and 100.000 rounds of
ammunition.
General Baden-Powell renorts that
pacification is going on satisfactorily in
the Rustenburg district.
Claude Kltehin In Charlotte
Charlotte, X. C. June 27. Special.
Claude Kitchin delivered one of the best
speeches of the campaign here tonight.
The speaker was frequently interrupt
ed by applause. He presented his argu
ment in a most persuasive manner. He
said God had given man powers, reason
and persuasion. May He grant that
we nppe.il to these. lie has also given
us manhood. May He grant that we
do not appeal to the last resort. His
tory for two thousand years shows not
a single instance where an appeal to
manhood has failed. The speech through
out held every listener. All acknowl
edge that Kitchin's effort was of great
value for the cause of White Supremacy.
SQUEEZED BV SUGAR TB1ST
Thirtr Millions a Vear Taken from the
People's Pockets.
Xew York. June 27. The consumer
must hereafter pay more for his sugar
than he has paid for years. The trust
yesterda.v made the sixth advance in
the price of refined sugar within five
weeks. It was an advance agreed upon
long ago when the trust took refiner
Arbuckle. its competitor. Into camp and
received his complete surrender: but the.
raises have leen made in installments.
The six advances have all leen the
same that is, 10 cents a hundred
pounds each. They foot up sixty cents
a hundred, or a gross raise of more than
half a cent a pound.
he present trnst price is o.SO cents
per pound Deducting the trade dis
count of 13 cents a hundred pounds and
1 ir cent discount for cash, the lift
price is r.."9 cents. This raise in the
price of sugar, effected in five weeks,
means that the people of the Unititl
States will pay to the sugar producers
at the rate of $:HXM)00 a year mor
than they paid before the present com
bine was made.
Xot one cent of this S30.O0O.O0O will
go to Jhe men who work in the sugar"
refineries. It will be ioeketed by 'the
Havemeyers and the Arbucklcs 'and
t4ieir allies.
The devices by which the sugar trut
has placed the sugar consumers of this
country wholly at their mercy illustrate
strikingly the powers of the trusts.
When the Havemeyers formed the sugar
trust, it was with the idea, they -aid.
of cheapening production by refining;
sugar on an enormous M-ale. Having
cheapened the production, the Have
meyers proceeded to control it in the
same way as the Rockefellers did ;
production and manufacture ofoil.
BISHOP WILSON'S TO IB
Tomorrow He Will Start on a Visit to
mission Field In tlie Orient.
J Baltimore, June 27. B:b n Alrhcus
U . Wilson, of the Met!i i"t E. is -opal
Church, South, will leave M :it Royal
station Friday aftenuxm Vs fifth
visit to the mission fid. Is of his clr.irca
in China. Japanand Korea.
The bishop will go dire-: from here io
Toronto, Can ad s, anl. thence via thv
Canadian Iltcifi.- Railroad to Vancou
ver, B. C, from wh:yh place he will s".il
in the Empress of China, July fth, for
'Yokohama, Japan; arriving there, if
conditions are f :i vorai.V. n the- 2'T.M
of .Illlv. A"rtirdiii5r to lh :il -nH'.r tl!
(voyage from Vancouver to Yokohama.
reel a ires fourteen uays when in reiiitr
but thirteen eiapse. J u.'s is account vl
for by the fact that In crossing 'the lSOih
meriliau one day is added.
CIIAJIPION WHEAT GKOWEU
A Bunch from Carthage with 110 Well
.Matured Ileatls
The Agricultural Department reeeiv'ed
yesterday some of the finest specim.n-
I of native grown wheat ever seenJjere.
The wheat was grown by A. J. Lawhom.
of Carthage.
Ia a letter to the commissioner of ag
riculture Mr. Lawhon says:
I am sending you b- t xlay's express
a bunch of wheat that contains 110 w; ,1
matured heads, which please put on v
hihition as the largest bunch of wlif.it
grown anywhere hi the United S'wit..-4
from one grain of styd. I send a chal
lenge in with the wheat that you a:i
also put on exhibition at the meeting, oj
the different agricultural commissioners
in your city now in a while. 1 am only
an ordinary farmer of this country, but
I am the only man anywliNe '.::o:-;id
'that 'has corn in his crib' and b.von "n
ibis smoke house that the taxe invc b.- :
paid for four years. I don't say .hi
boast in gly.'lmt it only goes to show vrLj
I can raise such good what."
LETTERS FRO.TI GEISHA SIT
Acknowledging the Becelpts of the.
IVortli Carolina. Booklet
While in Germany. Mr. T. K. Brunts
! had primal several thousand littje bk-
lets. descriptive of thy so:l. climate ainl
natural resources of Xorth Carolina.
The "pamphlets were "printed for distri
bution among Gcimaas and abo at tho
Paris exposition.
Mr. Bruner sent 2o copies of The book
let to each of the forty American
sults in Germ my for distribution. Yes
terday he received le!te,s fr n eight of
the German crnnls ai-know'olging tlii
receipt of the literature.
Ge rrge H. Murphy, the vice cosd
at Madebnrg, Germany, wrcte Mr. T.
K. Br'mer as f-Clows:
"I shall comply with your reon est with
much pleasure, being myself a native of
Xorth CaroKns, whe 11 years resi
dence abroad :u -lhe cors-i!.tr service "in
not lessened
State."
hi loyuky to the o'.d
SEXATOil HANSOM INVITED
Democrats of Johnston invite Illmto
Address Their Convention
The Democrats of Johnston county
hold tlunr convention July 4rh. Ex
Scnr.for M. W. Ransom lias been invited
t.- address the cenvrn: ior., and it is hoped
that he will accept.
After he was retired from the Sennto
by the fuslo'n Legislature of !! Sejalop
Ransom returned to private life and h
has evaded all efforts to draw h'ra into
polities, 1 hough liberally contributing
to the cauic of Democracy ia " ea':U
campaign.
. The people of MooreV7!" TredIl
county, gave the Senator such a cordial
and strong invitation to speak to the:u
on the present issues that has ( on
sent ed to do so. This will le his first
political speech since his retirement ia
lKOd. The Democrats of Johnston ar
hopeful that he will accept their in
vitation to address them July 4th.
PBICE OF SOUTHERN YARN'S
Jill I -.Tien to Meet In Philadelphia t
Act on the Matter
Charlotte. X. CJuno 27. A coinmittefl
of eight mill owners o fthis Sate. con
stituting a committee of the - JvatLern
Cotton Spinmers Association, -will meet
at the La Fayette Hotel, Pluladelphia,
July frth, in compliance with a resolu
tion passed by the 'board of governors
of the associatkxii declaring th.-t the; de
clination in yarn price- is u!wirrmtel
and recommending that the matter o
eta Wishing agencies of their own b
considered. The committee i crvnoos,l
of A. C. Miller. Sheiby, chainj;n: W.
C. Heath, Monroe; Geo. E. W-son,
Charlotte; J. A. Abonnathy andlt. S.
Reinhardt, Lineolnton; President J. II..
McAden and Secretary Geo. II. Bliss of
Charlotte.
A member of the commit teestated tlit
it wa proposed to supplant the middle
man by a direct representation of the
mills, either by establishing agencies of
their own or to have as representativj
three or four commission 'houses irlme
action and attitude to war! the Southern,
spinnrs feave been clearly dofined an.1
fair.
Andree Reported Safa
Rorin, nn 27. I Lokalan Z-j-cer's
Cvi:e-n comv jpqrndent avs lut a
Xorwegian paper- published a dispatch,
from Vardoe stating that the Arerjc
plorer Andree,' who attempted to re.icH
the Xorth, Pole la a ballooa's tale.'
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