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tf HE MORNING POST SUNDAY. AUGUST 24 1903 Higginson Waiting to Hear from PmsDurv Nobody Knows Where He Will Make a Dash, but Every body Is Guessing and . Speculating Rockport. Mas., -Aug. 23. The old alts of this town and their wire and funnies are becinninc to believe that Itocfcport and not Roston is the hnb of U murerFr. jU 01 jiocaporc is minus cn tonlcbt looking out to sea. where Ad iniral lligginsau's fighting force is aux Ious'jt awaiting word that Commander PlJLbnrjs hostile squadron has hpen dis covered. The Kearsarge. the Alabama nd the Massachusetts are gently lying t their moorings while two little black spitfires of torpedo boats, the Bagiey and the Riddle, are scouting along the horizon line. As the time approaches "when r:! fcrrry must neixe port, the excitement nd interest Jn ltockport and in the feome defense tleet increases, lie vaut4. do something tonixht. for the time limit within .which he mut try to perform his rart in the war problem exp!rcs at noon Mondav and that Includes the six hours that PilNhury mut hH the place selted before Higsriofon's superior force gets there. If h does not do the woTk to night he will place Admiral Iliza'inson at tb adrantage of knowing that the period of darkness ending at dawn Mon day will rarrk Tilleburys limit of hos tile operation. TTi r- hm lMn mirkM chance of entlment toward the opponent in the Olyropia. are doin rame. Higginson was tie hero at nrrt becaas h had, the birsfst ships and made Rockprt the headquarters of bis fleet, bot Pil!hirv his rained tremen dously in pepnl.iritT witbfn the pn3t twenty-four hburs. It mar b that natu ral bnman eympnthy for the little fellow In the icbt -i responibl for this ?n ome roeanre. but the belief which has come to Report Is that the govern ment will have to erect forts at the harbor entrance If Pil!bnry shows that an enemy's squadron can slip into port, is the moving reason. Already Rockport t.ees itself an important military post, an J then what P will ;thom pesky smarties" do when in Gloucester bay, in tome way or another the theory is growing that rillsbmy .will try the daring feat of running into Rockport harbor despite the fact that Admiral H igginson h7s superior force here? The theories argue that Piilsbirry . will lure the ad miral away by ruse and then make his ttnt; und if he hazards this and should succeed, the road leading to one of the forts will be called Pillsbury ATlTeUKearsarge. the Alabama and the Massachusetts are lying off he5! Island within easy, signaling distance of shore. This morning ana in is mm noon the officers and men hail a nne tmw of the new Maine as she raced twice bv on her official test. The IJrooK Iyn and the Olympva. the heaviest ves sels in Admiral Higginson s command a ttl5hrns. hove in sight this morning coming fronj the south. They passed northward rour or ncim" apparently bound for the rMT of Portsmouth and Portland. These trwo fast ships are operating as a division nnder the eommand of Hear Admiral Gochlnn. They are not capame, ineo- retieally. of preventing rmsDury iroai enterine a harbor end holding it as a . Their comparison with the hos tile pquadron la only as lb if00: The battleships aTe moored with snort rabies, 45 fathoms of chain in 17 fathoms . ti mv rin their anchors to get way quickly if news of Pills bury's whereabouts Is delayed, riftecni .1. Snoln.llnir hft BrOOklm n DU I . . . m,:.. ing piCKei auj win Ka AfAneA ilstrlrt wnicn emorntts about ninety miles ns the bee flies, but owing to the curvature of the short line, is fnlly forty miles longer. Rome foreign naval men believe Fills bury is rrving to tiro out his opponents before making the port selected as his base. Th work on all the vessels of Admiral IHeglnson's squadron is very exacting and officers nd men are feel ing the strain.' On the picket boats duty is particularly onerous and fatiguing. KILLED IN SLEEP A.Tennessee Farmer Mur- dered by His Wife - Xahvl!le, Tcnn.. Aug. 23. John E. TVrtght. a prosperous farmer, residing near Waverly, was shot ami instantly fclllcl last night whi!e asleep. The deed wa eomnnft-l with a Avrble arrelei aht gnn. The entire top, of bis head was sVt off. Th iicghborhood wns aroused by the rie cf his wife awl a crowd e-n grherexl Sheriff Teatress waa tele-fhone-J tr anf e-n arrlve with blood Vmiv!s. b?t tliey f.i;Nd to strike a scent. The ofn.er searche.1 the hone aid found Tw 1 ).-!! shells nd ne empty one, the !stter having recently Wn fired. Mrs. Wriit had prevfvuIy stated, to HORSELESS - RAGING - Record Smashing Affair by Automobile Drivers New York, Aug. 23. A horselees'race meet was held at the Brighton Beach running track for the first time this af ternoon. I was nnder the anspices or the Lonff Island Automobile Club and was that organization's first meet on & track. Several new records were made and the events were interesting to a crowd of about 3;500 people, bus there were no clone contests and noth ing that res em-bled real competitive sport of any kind. The steam carriage built by Harvard Saudent George Gannon wjia the center of interest in the day. The new record of one minute So sec onds made br him by & trial bears ne rorocera jury mat inrra wrre n i rfv: v- Ktf r-hiclo on nv -he!: la the place. Shells were found . tMtk p The best former record conceaa eeiween iae udj au w for OQe Jnl,e OQ fl track 1s thtt of T fleers of mine workers today -eant a challenge to the" operators to gather to gether all the miners they can ana run the West i Shenandoah colliery, which is protected by 1.500 state -troops. The strikers claim' that a sufficient number of miners cannot be so collected through out the anthracite fields. $ : Cambon's NewBerth . Paris, Aug. 3. The Echo De Pafls says M. Jules Oamibon, the (French, amr fbassador at Washington, has been des ignated as amfbassudor to St, Petersburg. Date to Take Testimony St. Paul. Aug. 23. It has been agreed between the office of the attorney gen eral and counsel for the Northern Se curities Company that the taking of tes timony an the euit against tne merger shall begin at the office of the district attorney in New York city September 13. It is said that Solicitor Uenerai lucnaras will conduct the case for the govern ment. "Absolutely Independent" New York, Aug. 23. President Stuyve sant of the Illinois Central Railway, when asked today if there wa any truth m the reoort that his road was to 'be a party In southern railroad comblnar tion having for its purpose ithe joint control of the Louisville & Nashvllfe, said: . "The Illinois Central will not change statirs so far as the other south ern lines re concerned. It will be ab solutely independent." i $ M Lunatic Steals a Girl Maoon. Auz. 23. With a drawn pistol in hand, James I. Tindall, said to be an escaDetl lunatic from the sanitarium t 3Iflledgeville, entered the home of L. A. Roach in Wilkinson county and carried off Agns Roach, a fifteen-year-old girl. The kidnapping was accom plished while Roach was absent from home. At last accounts Tindall had net returned. He drove off with the girl, going in the direction of Maton. , Pelee Active Again Paris, Aug. 23. The Temps says the colonial office has received confirmation of the report of another . eruption of Mont Pelee. TCie seifmographic rnstru mente at Oyalla in Hungary and at Strapsburg in Alsance-Ixwraine regis terI several earthquake shocks Friday evening. The "direction was from east to west at Strass&urg. They were felt at 4:1C, 4:28, 5:30 and' G:30. It is be lieved that a great earthquake has oc curred in -eastern Asia, 'the Philippines and in Japan. CHOLERA'S RAVAGES : - - V boeeial tor m orismen i The finest line of RAWHIDE IB V : q SHOES ever exhibited in the-Scate. From 9 to 15 inches high, with Elk skin soles. Guaranteed waterproof. Call and see them. , & . Rosenthal Fayerflvi lie Street, Trust Building Perry Na 230 Feeble Efforts Cannot Resist Its Progress Xew York, Aug. 23. Th Medical Journal today prints an article from a correspondent in Manila on the cholera situation in the rhil;pp'nrs The at tempts which are being made to con trol the diseases are likened by the cor respondent to the "spectacle of a dozen floor. " "rrlght ard.hls wf ?U net get along; wtll am? this with other evidence caused suspicion to rest upon tie woman and she baw been plseed nnder, arrest. The verdict of the jury was that "Wright met his desth at the han!. of his wife. Iater la a private conversatln with the eheriff tbe woman confeed taking her huMnds life. The confession is being kept al to" tear of tvJb -tTKe' n the relatives of the murJcrel man are greatly wTOTurht np. -Mr. "Wright was aVmt 05 years- of aee ami highly re spected. He and bis wife ha-1 five chil dren, two cf whTn were t home at the time of the murder. Mrs. "Wriirht has teeTj taken to W'averly and placed in tin. $ NO MARTYR Mayor Refuses to Humor a Socialist's Fancy E. Griffin at Chicago, 1 minute 39 sec onds. The best straightaway record is that of S. T. Davis, Jr., 1 minute 12 sctmds, made on Staten Island. Ma 31, thJs year. In .the way of a surprise there appeared II. S. Ilarkness, with a new French machine. It was delivered by custom officers only two Jaj- ago and is the first that Mr. Harkness is known to have owned. It proved to be the fasteet machine in any of the races and it was handled by its. owner in a way to make prorsionai cnaaneurs snare. q Convention. -Tickets on sale August 26, 27 and 28th: final limit September 1st. GREENSBORO, N. C. Account meeting Synod cal Sabbath School Convention, Grensboro, N. C, August 28th, 31st, 1902. Tickets will bo sold at rate of one and . one-third first class far for the round trip on the cer tificate plan. ' ' - DES MOINES, I A. $31.70, Raleigh to Des Moines, la,. and return, account annual session Sov ereign Grand Dodge. I. O. O. F. Ticke'.s on sale September 11, 12. 13. and 14th; final limit September 25lh, except by depositing ticket with jont agent, Des Moines, not earlier than September 16th, nor later than September 22, and on pay ment of a fee of E0 cents an extension of the return limit can be secuied io and including October 15rh. OMAnA, NEB. $33.00, Raleigh to Omaka, Neb , and return, account National Convention Christian Church. Tickets on sa'e 0c tober 14, 15 ard 16th, final limit Octo bber 2Sth. 1902, except by depositing ticket with Joint agent, Omaha, and cn payment of a fee of 50 centa, an exten- Vbat Iof Face Worth? Sometimes a fortune, feut. never if you hare a sallojw complexion, a jaundiced look, moth patches and blotches on the skin all : signs of Dhrer Trouble, But Dr. King's New Ijfe Pills give Clear Skin, Rosy Cheeks Rich Complexion. Only 23 cents at all druggists. . ANNOUNCEMENTS OF DEMOCRATIC SPEAKINGS the- archi- NEW MAINE A FLIER ., Fastest Ship of Her Class Built for the Navy Boston, Aug. 23. The new battleship Maine brrlt by the Cramps o? Philadel phia for the United States navy arrived in the outer harbor this evening after proving to the satisfaction of her buikl- Ilarletoa, Pa.. Ang. 23. Morrison J. Swift, a socialist organixer. was aT- TMrrtvl Vit- tho nolle hew this evenlns-: for attempting to hold a mass-meeting ir ud the members of the government in defiance of Mayor Reinhardt, whjtrila board that she can s;cam at the had previonslv refused socialists the ( rate of 18 knot for four successive privilege of holding mass-meetings within . honr. bpr cantrnct renuiromont ivrwl ih. the city limits during the strike. On theway to the station crowd numberinc thousands followed them to frustrate nr attempt to rescue the prisoner. The entire police force of th city was sum raoned. but, beyond hooting and jeering the police and mayor, no violence'was attempted. Swift was fined S2 and al lowed to go, pending an appeaL He asked to t locked np. but the mayor refused, not deslTlng to give" him the chance to pose as a martyr. He was warned, however, that a second attempt would meet with drastic measures. Nerve Center Affected ' Laurel. Del.. Aug. 23. Chas. Rennln ger. a conductor on the New York, , PhCdaelphia Jc Norfolk railroad, died at his home in. Delmar today. While shifting car in the lumber yard of Con gressman Wm. II. Jackson at Salisbury aeveral months' ago, Rennlnger was jnck in A bit of pleasantry oa the right arm by a cane in the congress nan's iand. The conductor and the congressman were the best of friends. The blow though light affected the nerve center and in a .hort time Rennin;ers scrvous system was a wreck. Congres. uian Jackson employed the best medical aid, but th sufferer gradually grew wors cntQ he died. Hit Ka Golf BaH r craft therefore is the fastest ship of her type yer constructed for the Amer ican navy. A representative of Cramps said after the trial that the Maine av eraged 18.3 knots an hour during her run, and that her greatest speed dur ing the trial was 18.9 knots, made be tween the last two tugs marking the course on her return trip. Oothers on lird fieured that her speed was 1S.1 for the sixty knots, -he course being 3i kr.ots from Cape Anne to IToone Island and retrrn. By the watches of several course wa 1 hour and 53 minutes and one hour and 40 minutes, returning, a totil of 3 hours and 39 minutes for the lxty-six knots or an. average speed of 1S.1. Naval officers on board said that the Maine was in every way satisfac tory to the trial board. ! scribes the condition'' in pelago: "From a single focus ia a filthy su burb the d'wease has spread, now slow ly now rapidly, until today nearly every province in Luzon has been invaded and from these the Islands of Leyte, Min- doro, Masbate, Samar, Cebu and Marin doqne. ' "In the city of Manila the cases have nnmbered from ten to sixty daily, with a mortality Tarely falling below 80 per cent. "For the provinces the latest reports show a total of 15,255 cases with 11,491 deaths. These figures do not represent the actual number of cases and deaths as it is well known that the Filpino physicians fall to report many cases of cholera in order that they may thus avoid the quarantine regulations, to which the native population is much op-po-sed." The array in the Philippines has suf fered severely. "In General Bell's bri gade alone," says the correspondent, "nearly 200 soldiers and civilian em ployes contracted the disease, whili prairie fire." The corespondent thus de- "L.i MACON. G A. Raleigh to Macon, Cn., and return nt rate of one fare for the round irip, ac; count annual meeting Farmers' Nation al Congress. Tickets on sale October 5th and 6th, limited returning October 14th. 1P02. Rate from Raleigh viaVtlanta, $12.85, via Augusta, $12.70. For further particulars, tickets. Pull man reservations, etc , write or call on T. C. STURGIS. C. T. A., Yarb?ronight -Hons. Building, Fayette viUe St., Raleigh, N. C. ; g Glasgow has made a profit of $2,170 on the year's working of Its municipal telephone system. saTtt Two From Deatli "Our 1ittle daughter had ru almost fatal attack of -whooping cough and bronchitis," writes Mrs. W. K. Havl land ot Ajrmond, KTY., "tout when all other remedies failed, -we saved her life with Dr. King's New Discovery. Our nifce, who had Consumiption in an ad- n ma. ' tiAfO tltln tMA.tAffflll proved fatal -n about C5 per cent of txnediefce end,, today he is perfecUy cases. I ft tv j Logan's Fe wTrd ParklrJ on the heafV today. Tfc tiorger wbo the line. Physicians Pitcl tVilkesba pltvhiag a r afternoon S f I I It V M a boir baw . Avz. 23. Dr. Ed lold. Ia was struck ' W Kail -r. . l : u driven by a Pitts- w I'arklns was on still enconscioo. und wiil be fatal. m Breaks Aue. 23. While ..nil at Plymouth this ;nydoc broke his ami tetweea the shoulder and the elbow. It was the second' ball pitched and he was tryinc to throw, an in curve. As the ball left his hand the bone snapped. 1 w a clean break. I STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS They Began Tiieir Work in Raleigh Yesterday Big Task Before! hem The State "Board of Examiners pro vided' for ly the last general assembly and appointed a few weeks ago by Gov. on board the time required to cover the j Aycock to vim a state instltntions was 33 knots, steaming north over the at work in -this city yesterday and coin- pieica exa-nmva nous into tne affairs of the State 'Board of Public Charities and the North Carolina Agricultural Society (State Fair) and took hold -of the ex amination of the ftnte Board of Health. However the latter has not yet been cample ted. The Board of Examine-, it will la to. Imerm'bered, is composed of Oapt. T. W. i-aiion oi -vraeviiie. Dr. I. P. Jeter of Morganton and Cant. W. P. Wood, of Randbiph. v . It is not known when the board will P,V1?,1VOrk D Sleigh. Several other histltntions are m to be examined inchiding -the state prison, Centra! hos pital for the insane, th. A anA r tMeoibers ox t.h .., - . , i-vc noace. . Tainsra weTl." Desperate throat and lung dis- eajsea yield o Dr. King's New Discovery as to no other medicine on earth. Infal lible for Oongh and Colds. 50c. and $1.00 botfles guaranteed by all . drug gists. Trial bottles 10c. ' Hon. C3and Kitchin will speak at Wilson 'September 3d.. Hon. E. Yl 'Webb amd Judge A. 0. Arery will apeak lat Bakersville Sp--tember 2d. 1 1 I - Hon. J, M. Gudger Jr., will peak at Robbinsville Beplt ember 2d' . V Hon. Robert SV. Winston will ppeak at grah'ani September 2d. i Hon, J. Sm-all and George W. Ward will speak at Ourrituek Court House Sptemi&er 21. , j Hon. Dan. Hugh McLeanr will speak at Red S&prings on iSepteimber 6th. j Hon. Dan Hugh MeDeJaim Tvlll peak at Dum'ber'ton on September 9th. ! Hon. E. J. Justice will peak at Ruth erfordton on Seotember 2d. :. . ADD DEMOCRATIC" SPEAKINGS' fi Hon. . Claude Kitchin will speak at Jackson, Northampton county, on , Sep- ftemDer 1st. - - - . $ ITV . '.'TTrrvB-'hVm MOn 4-U - 1 since then he has made several fff,vt. to ooitafn a dopy of it. . 1 . NT. R. Johaison, secretary to taesifcnt M. II Ingalls, of tlia Big Four systea, passed through here recntlr en rotitf "to Etagl'amd amd Mr. U-pahur reqnested''h!a to make a copy of the inscrimton. hL 1 he d'idv bringing, it back to Mr. Upshur on aits return. M. -Sepulchre's church is locafted on the limits of the great Iin-i ure. Following its a copy of the. inscription. To tie Living Memory of Ills Deceased Friend, CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH, eonnetime Governor iof Virginia . and Adrndral of IXew England. who diepiarted this life the 21st of Jica 1031. ; Accordianus, yincere Est Virere. 0 It takes the constant labor of 60,OCO people to make matches for the world! White Nan Turned Yellow Great consternation was felt by I- the friends of M. A. Hogarty of Dexington, T . . ... . ft, . . . ! n ivy., Tviaea Tney sa.w ne was rurning yel low. His skin slowly changed cojor, aJso his eyes, and he suffered terribly. His malady '.was Yellow Jaundice, (tie was treated i by -the best doctors, jtrat without benefit. Then he was adTiteed to try ESectric Bitters, the wonderful Stoandch and Lrer remedy, and j he writes: "Afters taking two bottles I was wholly cured.'" A trial proves : its matchless merit for all Stomach" Liver and Kidney v troubles. , Only 50c. Sold by all druggists. I : ZBL. Jbn Smithes Rpltaph Walter S. Upshur, superintendent of grain elevators at the Ohes&peake and Ohio terminials at Newport Niew, accord ing to a letter published dp. the Rich mond Dispatchhas just received a copy of the inscription on the' brass tablet wihich. covers the tomb of Captain John Smith in 'St. Sepulchre's church, fxvn- don. TMien' in England some ycarsmgo I-- Here lyes One conquered ithat hath con. guered kings, . Subdu'd' large Territories, and done things Which to the world impossible wouli seem. Bnt That truth is held in more estewn. Shall, I , report , his former Service font Tn honour of his God and Christ enta? How Ithat he did devlde from Pvn three Their Head and Lives, Types of tl Omvalry. ' Fromi which great Service In that Cli mate; done, (Brove iSlgi'smundis, King of Hungarlon, Did give as a Coat of (Arms to w;ar, These Oontfuered Heads got 'by 111 . Sword and Spear. Or shall I tell of his Adventures sis Done to Virginia, that large Continent! How that he subdu'd Kings unto h! Yoke And made thiose Heathen flee, ss wind doth smoke; And mode their land, being so ar?e Station, Ah Habitation for the Christian Xatkn Whiere God is lorlfy'd, their wants sap- (oly'd. Wthich else, for Necessaries must kv dy'd. Buit whiat 'avails his Conquest, now if lyes !; Interr'd in Earth,: a prey to Worms .ml Flyes? O! May Ms Soul in sweet Elysium iee?. Until the Keeper that all SotIs dh keep,' f . Return to Judgment; and that an thence, " : Wilbh Angels he may have his Ro ponce. , (Rcplioa of Original accordteg to Sto.) TWO TIMES ATEAR WE ; SELL OUR A New Gusher Opened New Orleans, Aug. 23. Another oil gusher, known as the Ilnvwood No. 2, has been brought in at Jennings. La. The oil was thrown up to the height of 150 feet. The new gather is some distance from the other gushers and adds considerably to the proved oil fields. $ Situation Critical New Orleans, Ang. 23. Passengers from Nicaragua say that the situation en the Isthmus of Panama 4s reported to be critical as the result of the defeat of Colombian troop under General Morales Bertl at Agua Dulee. thre weeks ago. and that the revolutionists under General Ilerera are marching on Panama, hoping to find an inadequate force there to protect the town. $ Non-unionists Won Over Pottaville. Fa.. Ang. 23.-A11 union men In this section,! including lo Italians, this . evening becama . member of th United Mine Worker orgamia titm, and the waaheries which they have beca opera ting .were closed down. Uf- 1 t TV 7 J fi ) Now is oue time,' the other time wll be six months later. , 4t's a chapter in these are the surplus pairs of regular stock that remain oh hand. Every; nairk Cheviots. Several hundred pairs that are famoffely perfect fitting, well. tailorede and just right every way, wi'l 1 at cut prices, and deeply cut. at that. Now, Sir.Mf you expect to--continue to wear pants, here's your chauce to t little money, . . 1 the Semi-Annual Clearar.cc-snl included, Cassimeros, Wor-:'' a are a emor. paelal Rate. vl. n. GREEXSBORO, N. a V ri tytes to GnensboVN a ana return, netvmn r .V, ' - account Republican State $7.5P 7.00 6.00 t. 00 ( 3-5 ( 3.00 Pants go now for Pants go now for Pants go now for Pants go now for Pants go now for Pants go now: for Pants go now for Pants go now for $6.00 ; 5.60 5.26 .480 M? 2-98 2r55 . THIS INCLUDES : .1 1,, THE ENTIRE SPRING AND SUMMEK STOCK OF SEPARATE TROUSEHS . A. A. T A . fSV . A ' -'I Cf 'L UW DaIrS 01 Urash Pants lef wort'h $1.25, go now for 75 cents. All V Choice of Straw Hats,-qualities worth up to for 50k;ents This is a regular Bargain feast. All for the sake of clean clearing. &. &z D. 3 ONE PglCE CLOTHIERS
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