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VOL. IV. NO, 135. I
SALISBURY, N C.j. TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1899.
lO Cents Per "Week
SAD DEATH LAST NIGHT.
THE COMEDY "SIDE TRACKED.
Mrs. Harris, of West Virginia, Died at Some of the Pun Makers To Be Here
the Salisbury Depot Last Night.
A very sad death occured in the "Side
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CONCERT TO-NIGHT.
Thursday Night.
By the Louise Brehany Concert Com- 0
pany A Treat for All.
3,000
ENGAGED.
Tracked" with itsscenic The Louise Brehany Concort
ladies waiting room of the South- and mechanical effects, its funny Company arrived in the city this 4,000 "WERE KILLED.
ern passenger depot at this place tramp, German and Irish come
last nighfr . dians, and its saucy hoyden, and
O.Q the train from the North charming lovers, will be the at-
came in Mr. R. W. Harris ard tractior I at the opera house on
wife and daughter from Charles- Thursdiy night. There is a vim
ton, West Virginia They were and "g" about the play that cap -
enroute to Ashe vi lie where by tures th e gallery as well as the
the change of climate it was hoped elite or every - audience. The
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to prolong Mrs. Harris' life. She special
had been in feeble health for a several
morning from (Joncord and will
giro a performance at the opera
house to-night
This company has appeared in
a number of towns of the State
recently and has sustained the
reputation gained elsewhere.
Speaking of the concert the
scenery is eriective ana LKochelle, 111., Independent says:
strong specialties assist Our people were indeed fortu-
long time suffering from a consti- materially in the action of the nate in being able to attend such a
K. H. O'Connor as Charles high-class concert as was given by
alias Horatio IrvmgBootb, the Louise Brehany company,
successful in his perform- Tuesdav nio-ht. All tho nnmhfirs
the tramp, and Billy Bow- were well rendered and heartily
Fritz Grabhold a section encored. Especial mention is duo
J. 1.' 1 A II "1 I 1
uuionai irouoie ana was quite piay
weak when the train reached Salis- Mercer
bury. The family was going to is very
stay in the city last night and were ance of
in the waiting room awaiting the ers as
DEWEf'S SHIPS HELPED.
13,000 American t Soldiers Lined Up
Against 20,000 Insurgents .
, American Loss Less
Than 100-Fight-
ing Now Over. . ,
the fun
bringing of a chair in which the
lady was to be taken to the Mt.
Vernon hotel when she died lean- German
ingon the arm of her daughter.
The body was put in charge of
Undertaker R. M. Davis and taken
Manila, Feb. 7. The scene pre
sented in the environs of the city
1
gang bdss, assisted materially in the brilliant piano performer, Mr. as the sun went down Sunday ev-
111 akin
to his room where it was prepared ber of very catchy songs and dan-
for burial. ces. Cfecile Loraine, Josephine
This morninfi: the remains were Roberts, and Marguerite Mavfield
IIV ni nni& Saiiv at xirhr txmo nni.illn.l 4-' m- I i! ill
r j I c v4 t "liu ictancu iuiud cuiui: was one or leiriDie (lesoia-
character work. Ger- times, j The opera act was es-
t rude Barnes,; a captivating little pecially interesting, and was full
soubretie assumes the role of Bes- of dash and pathos, charmingly
sie Reynolds and introduces a num- intermingled.
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE..
sent back to Charleston, accompa
nied by the bereaved husband and
daughter. 1
-Mr. Harris is a railroad man.
being master mechanic of the
shops at Charleston.
4;
pretty and appeared to ad- Items Picked TJp by the Reporter on
The Measuring Party:
The following invitations a re be
ing sent out:
"It will be a pleasure,.
Beyond all measure ,,
To welcome you hearty
To our measuring party;
But before you start
The essential part
Is to count up right
i'Ur feet in height.
" All we daro ask, -
For this generous repast,
Is just five cents a foot,
White each extra inch, if any,
Will be taxed at the rate
Of a single penny."
Will be given at the Shaver
Building on Fisher street, for the
benefit of tho M. E. Church, Fri
day, February 10th, from 7 to 11
p. m. Refreshments free.
looked
vantage ! in their different charac
ters. Ii. C. Yeomans appeared as
James Montague and R. Edgar
Vance as J tidge Pecksniff. Others
injthe competent cast are "John
Brown, Louis Leon Hall, John T.
Brophy and others.
His Daily Round
is in
A. B. Lisk, of Pool,
city. f .
Every one is invited, to the
measuring party.
For MavorE. W. Burt.
I des re to recommend for may
ort of Salisbury one who is- recog
nized a:; a strict business man, and
one whom; we all know E. W. the mayor's court this morning.
Weather forecast: Fair to-night
and Wednesday.
How long, oh, how long will
this terrible weather last! ,
tion. In the fighting the Filipi
nos had been utterly routed with
fearful slaughter.. From the. best
information their losses are esti
mated 4,000, which estimate is
not believed to be excessive. The
natives1 were wholly unprepared
for the terrible punishment in
flicted at the very outset. They
tne evidently had been getting ready
for the attack for some time, but
the vigorous work of the Ameri
can troops completely demoralized
them.
Our troops suffered more than
at firsF reported, upwards of 40
having been killed and 150 wound
ed. ; There were 13,000 Ameri-
IN HOUSE AND SENATE.
The First Night Session of the House.
Bills Handled.
A colored tramp was sent up from
Burt. He would render valuable
service to the town and its citizens
by the upbuilding of its streets
and other ' improvements, and
Will, 1f pOSSlblt?y uuiu tlrwr-wrK?1
wo hav 3 needed and wanted for so
many jrears, better lights elec
tric ligMs. He would faithfully
perforn the many duties entrusted
to him in every instance; 1 give
him by! unqualified endorsement,
and think a majority oi. the citi
zens v ill believing his nomina
tion and election would be ad
vantaofebus to the town's and citi-
cans engaged, while the Filipinos
numbered 20,000. '
The V slaughter of insurgents
The first shad of the season was north of the city by the guns of
received this morning by Noah the Callao, Charleston . and Con
cord was particularly heavy. Fil-
wheTe,-they had been driven, : and
hundreds were torn to pieces by
the frcrrible rain of shells. The
Charleston joined the Monadnock
off Malate Sundar afternoon and
Burt nnnml js1ip.11 nftp.r slipll with fiwfnl
effect upon the insurgents, who
7fth V. Wvjitt rnrnfi- hnnift last I were
night from Winston where
McCubhins.
night for Norfolk where he has se
cured a position.
Burt's Own Make school shoes
are the kind to stand this weather
every pair warranted
Shoe Co.
SENATE.
Bills passed: To allow Lexing
ton to issue 30,000 in bonds; to
abolish probatesand registrations;
to amend sections 58l and 582 of
The Code; to repeal the act giving
Bladen a dispensary; to validate
the registration of certain convey
ances. '.' . .
There was'discussion of bill to
repeal section 3,1 13, of The Code,
and enact a substitute to compel
county commissioners to hold local
option elections on petition of one-
third of the qualified voters and
on any day 120 days removed from
a general election (the counties of
Robeson, Union, Buncombe, Mad
ison, Swain, Jackson, Henderson,
Transylvania, Wayne, Duplin,
Pender, Lincoln, Alexander, Ca
tawba tmd Wilkes being excepted).
The bill went over until to-morrow.
A communication from William
Chase, of South Carolina, was read,
asking the Legislature to co-operate
with the Suuth Carolina Legis
laturein securing school books by
Southern aulhoio.
THE HOUSE.
Bills introduced: By WTrenn
to incorporate tlio town of Mon
cure; by Mauney, to protect ho
tel and boarding house keepers
aud livery stable .keepers; by
Winston, to require separate ac
commodations for'whites and ne
groes on railroads; by Council, to
provide for the partition of land
wrhere there is an intervening es
tate. -
The House passed the 1,000
mark in bills.
and referred to committee on ap
propriations. The bill to allow New Hanover
cotmty to give the old court house
to the Wilmington Naval Reserves
was tabled on Roundtree's motion.
He said the commissioners re
quested that action
Bills passed to amend The Code
relative to the probate of wills;
to amend The Code so that so
licitors shall get no fees for attend
ing civil terms of court and not
be required to attend such terms;
to incorporate the Carolina North
ern Railroad from Goldsboro via
Lumber ton into South Qarolina;
to chan'ge boundary line between
Ashe and Alleghany; to require
crossndcxing of wills; to amend
the law in regard to bankrupts,
by providing that no premise to
pay a debt discharged by any de
cree of a court of competent ju
risdiction in any proceeding in
bankruptcy shall he received in
evidence in any of the courts of
North Carolina, unless such prom
ise shall be in writing and signed
by the person to be charged therewith.
NORTE STATE ITEMS.
Happenings of the Commonwealth
BrieSy Told.
Thirteen young boys were ar
reste.l in Charlotte for stealing
coal. They were whipped and
then turned lcose.
. A gentleman was in Greensboro
yesterday on his way home to Mt.
Airy from a trip to Philadelphia,
where he has been looking into a
scheme to build a trolley line from
Mt. Airy out to the White Sul
phur Springs, four miles distant.
falling back, before the
he steady advance of the Fourteenth
zens' interest.
Flagman Clark Killed.
Mr. Luther Clark, flagman on
the Southern, was run over and
killed at Thomasville yesterday by
freicrht No. 72. Mr. Clark was at
his post of duty, when the brake
chain broke, throwing him across
the track. The wheels passed
over his body cutting him irf two.
The mangled remains of the un
fortunate man were sent to Dan
ville, his home last night. De
ceased was 25 years of age. Char
lotte Observer.
A Voter.
Taken to Morganton.
Mr. Clay Thomas, of Thomas
ville, v ho became insane here, as
has been recently representing a
large book concern.
The time for , suggesting, candi
dates for municipal honors , is at
hand as can be seen from several
suggestions in today's paper.
Salisbury , is tnreateneu witn a
butter famine. On account of the
the gun-
village of
Mr.
morning.
Infantry. Rice fields along the
banks oi the luver iasig were
swept with shells, from
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boat Laguan, and the
SantaAna was fairly riddled with
Gatling guns. On all sides were
lying dead natives", their bodies
in some instances- being full pf
bullet holes. A majority of the
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Scotland was made toe special or- lesterday tnero was a sensation-
iler for next Thursday morning. al occurrence at the funeral of a ne
Bills passed to repeal the char- grb woman. " Thecofiin wTas in the
ter of Yanceyville. Bill came up church . and the services were in
to amend the divorce law-so as to progress. Suddenly the top of
bring up to January 1, 1899, the the coffin burst apart and rose, so
act of 1895, giving divorce abso- that the hands and part of the
lute if there is abandonment fori body were visible. The coffin
the space of two years, and it ap- was then taken out of the church,
plies to existing cases. v imams, but the damage could tot be re-
of Iredell, wanted the bill re-re- paired. As the cofiin was being
f erred to the iudiciarv committee, lowered in the grave, one of the
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It was accordingly recommitted. straps broke and the cofiin fell.
By leave, Brown, of Johnston, Some of the negroes were badly
introduced a bill to allow owners scared. Raleigh correspondent
of dogs to list them at the sher- Charlotte Observer.
iff's office for taxation at any time,
mentioned in yesterday'spaper was
taken to Morganton this morning.
He wak accompanied by Deputy nmd and swollen streams farmers dead were lying with their heads
ShfirifflHenrvMonroe. are auuuieioi w luccuy., toward the line of the American
Thomas was quiet this ! There will bo a
meeting
of the advance, showing that! they had
He had but' recently anti-saloon League at the Sunday- fallen fighting desperately.
been released from the State hos
pital, having been insane before.
Young
Lady Dead.
1 Yesterday Miss Lona Bost died
Af r rlnvb- wna n Tinrnlnr. vnnncr
.. i i m: i .." i of pneumonia, febe, was a daugh-
f riends here and at Spencer.
ter oil Mr. Moses Bost, of
High Waters.
The heavy and long continued
rains have caused streams in this
part of the country to overflow
considerably. Parties from Nor
wood report that the Yadkin river
near that place is higher now than
it has been 4 in fifty years. The
rWer is very high near Salisbury,
too and covers a large area of bot
tom land.
Manning.
some 1
on the
bone,
monia
school room of the Methodjst Lieutenant James Mitchell, of
church to-night at 7:30 o'clock. - the Fourteenth Infantry, who was
I The, Christian Reid Book Club wounded in Sunday's fight, died
will meet Wednesday afternoon at yesterday.
3 o'clock with Miss Bessie Hender
son. Author, Frankfort Moore!
If you wish a pleasant evening, and
During the cold spell enjoy refreshments come to the
line since, iviiss , liost , ieu
ice and broke her shoulder
-
Later she contracted pneu-
and this caused her death.
Meeting of Big 400-
Thei e will be a meeting of. the
"big 4 30" on Wednesday night.
The pi ice of meeting is known by
the members.
measuring party Friday evening
at the Shaver building
street.
j The Salisbury Cotton mill is not
running today, on account of high
water. The heavy and long-continued
rains caused water to get
up in the engine room.
It is now "considered, a certainty
that the ground hog saw his shad-
Attention Daughters of the King.
. 'It is absolute) necessary that
there "be a full attendance .of the
Daughters of the King on Wednes-
On J? IfcjDGr I J "j-ici uuuu at J u wuii.
tendance as there is a most import
ant matter to be decided at once.
By order of the president.
and thus make them property.
The special- order, Winston's
fee bill, was taken up. This is the
one reducing fees an average of
about 25 per cent. W inston said
the bill did not reduce the fees un
der the criminal laws, but re
duced many fees in the civil
business of the courts; that the re
duction is largest m recording
crop liens, etc. Winston explain
ed the bill. Robinson said the
bill was a blow at county officers;
that there there was no reason for
it; that in the great majority of
counties the officers were barely
making a living; that it would ab
solutely destroy the office of reg
ister of deeds in many counties.
Ho made a motion to table. On
Southern City Charter.
lv. Jee yv rifiut wtui iu uiuoiu
this morniner to get a charter for
Southern City. A couple of other
gentlemen went to Raleigh also, to
fight the proposed charter.
New Advertisements.
Harry Bros.
Lichtenstein & Teiser.
Joe EI, McNeely.
Hurt at Spencer.
xnis morning a part oi a car
load of lumber at Spencer feir on
ow the Other day and crawled back William Fisher, - colored. Some
in his hole.' Anyway the weather P. his teeth were knocked out, and
indicates that such was the case.
Our
it. away Harry Bros.
SOMETHING GOOD You will
' find fresh "cream puffs every Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday at A. Parker's.
Crash towels
Carolina Racket;
10c each at the
OR
price on underwear moves
BOARDERS . VANTEI): Prices
right, lbcation good: north Main st.
MRS. R. C POOL.
Postponed.
The reception that was to be
held at the Methodist parsonage
this evening has been postponed on
account of the leather.
concussion of the brain was feared.
It is thought, however, that he
4,
will recover. , '!
Rent: Nice six room cot
tage near corner of Lee and Fisher
streetsLLRoom for garden. Apply
to R. V. Lanier.
I Fresh Oysters : to-morrow
at Ritch and Outlaw's.
morning
TO CURE A GOLD IN ONE DAY-
CROCKERY 1 have just received
2 hhd. of fine assorted table ware. La
dies especially invited to call at A.
Parker's.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All Druggists refund themoney if it fails to
cure, cents,
Ladies and gents storm rubbers
jat Harry Bros. . ..
SMITH BROTHER'S COUGH
DROPS AND ASSORTED JU JULES
Pleasantly relieve drvness and irri
tations of the throat, sweetens and
nerfumes the breath. Sold by A.
Parker.
Black Satine 5c yd. at the Caro
lina Racket.
A nice display of embroidery in
tne window at xiarry uros.
For Alderman.
Editor Sun: As the name of
N. P. Murphy has been mentioned
as an acceptable candidate for al
derman f ronTthe West Ward I
Would like to suggest as a worthy
colleague for him Dr. R. L. Ram-.
say, our popular young dentist.
With a few more such names on a
ticket headed by Mr. David Gas-
kill the younger, sturdier and
more progressive element of Sal
isbury will receive tho recogni
tion which has long been due it but
which has thus far been steadfast
ly denied". , The fate and future of
Salisbury is the inheritance of tho
vounger generation of our voters
an inheritance which they have
been kept out of too long. Let
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this vv mston aemanueu yv . now come out and assert
and noes. The vote was: Ayes id, their rights in support of their
nOeS 39. lic-on iinhnt
Another special order came up, . R ... . - become
being a bill to reduce fees of regis- of thafc meetinff There is a
ters of deeds, amending sectioa , . OY1ln:n:nnP irt hfl ,lnnpi hv
3,751 of The Code. There was . f he aldermen and tho
favorable report by committee.
This was McNeill's bill. The bill
was recommitted to the com
mittee on salaries and fees.
NIGHT SESSION ,
The House held its first night
session Saturday evening. Bills
people arc anxious for
- West
orof fit. it.
fc
them to
Ward.
M. Ba-
Fnger
and will
all orders
Plenty of Wood A.
singer has. purchased the
& Anthony Wood Yard, a
add more wood and fill all
rtrnmntlv. Have six car loads on
passed to give telephone com- nan(j. Pine and Oak, Dry and
panies the same rights as telepraph Green. Yours to Please,
fimnanifis. so thev can run lines A. M. 15asinger.
along railroads, as The Code gives
tfiTeoraoh companies HO status. THE BEST PRESCRIPTION FOR CHILLS
, . xt I una iever is a uuuie ui r. o
ne reSOlUUOU LO pay ouugo iuim aHiLt Tonic. Nevertailstocure; men wny
WOOd fcobO was reported tavorably J cents. Your money back If it fails to cure.
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