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SALTSBCEY.-N-.c. TU'ISSDAY, -M AJtOH 13. lOOO.
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COMMISSIONER RE- THERE IS BUT LITfLE HOPE
PORTS ON CONDITIONS.
FOR CRAWFORD.
SijiTht Report of Deaths Occorfag la A Six Thonsaad najority la the Virginia
Cuii tre n:t Gliea cat- f A bad Con- Cass was OTertorsed and Us BunM
ItI:a cfAffilr.
can Seated.
Washington, D. C., March 14. Washington, D. C.March 18
( H. J. Ormsby, of Wisconsin, who The contested case of Wis t
spent the last . five months in Younff, involving the title to . the
Cuba as special agent of the war seat of the 1 second Virginia dis-
department, said today. that the trict having been disposed of, the
yellow fever is iiow and has been North Carolina nnntpsta will )ia
for some time past raging heavily, the next to be considered.
He says the reports of actual ThaVirstof these, cases which
TW "U wu u8al are nop will be taken up will be that of
Allowed to go out. Pears6n azainst Crawford : in
view of the record made by the
House of Representatives in over
turning a majority of more than
0,000, in the 2nd Virginia district
there is but little reason to hope
that the result of the contest in
volving the seat in the 9th North
Carolina district will b$ any ' diff
ereiit, as the majority on the face
of the returns' for Mr- 1 Crawford
was comparatively; small. How
ever, irora the decision of the
House in the Alabama and Vir-
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BOBERTS SENDS SOME NEWS
TO LONDON. V ;
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OFFER
1.
UNITED STATES MAY BRING
. ABOUT PEACE
Offers to Mediate la tSis South African
War- J London Officials Tbisk it Will
Be Accepted.
Ixndon, 'March 13. The TTni
ted States government has. offered ? . . , ine quesnI0n 01 ma-
v- ( r ripa nn&a nrr. coord
ni iruisii govornmeni it, a servi- fi(rure
T . .!!.. . - I
-meaiatorwitn;. the view of The next, case probably to be
effecting peace in South Afrir.n'' considrel will 1 thnf. f TWi,.,,
Lord Salisbury has not yet replied; vs Bellamy In this- case, the
iriends ot Mr. Bellamy are .more
hopeful, and believe that the House
it is learned that . there is little
t. 1 - -..
doubt but that he will decline the
good office's of the United States
in terms as cordial and polite as
those in which the offer was
couched.
L6
may vote to permit, Mr, Bellamy
to continue in the seat. Thev
- - . , j
may vote not to consider the case,
which would give the Republican
members ol the House who do not
mdon, March 18. The cabinet ;wish to vote to unseat Mr. Bellamy
at a, meeting today will bo made a chance , to keep him' ,in his seat
' acquainted with the j nature and 1 without going' on record directly'
exiept o;the proposals submitted A lavor ot voting for a Democrat-
Dy me jioer presidents to .Great ic contestee. ;
Britian through the United States 1 The close vote in the House yes-
government but there is 'little 1 terday m the Young case on the
prospect that an official statement
will be issued after the meeting
unless word is reeeiyed that
Choate has presented the Kruger-
Skeyn note to the foreign office.
London, March 18. Govern
ment officials here believe that
peace is now assured, and that the
United States will act
tory capacity to bring
in a media
it about.
i PEACE PR0U0T0RS MOBBED
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Tie Usb Smashes Plate Glass- Military
tilted Out.
London, March 18. An attempt
to hold a piece meeting at Scar
borough" last night resulted in a
riot. Tho husband of Olive Schrei
ner was the principal speaker. The
police were unable to control the
crowd, and the meeting-was aban
doned. The crowd then went
around to the various i stores own
ed by the promoter of-tho meeting
and smashed plate glass valued at
$5,000.. The mayor read the riot
act but this had) no effect. At 10
o'clock this morning the military
was called out to disperse the
mobs.
REPLY TO KRUGER
. London, March 18. Ixrd Salis
bury in the House of Lords ;read
government's reply to Kruger,
Tho concluding sentence is as fol
lows: t4Her Majesty's govern
ment cannot reply to your honor's
telegranii saying it is not prepared
to assent to the independence
"either of the South African Re
public or the Grange Free State.
minority resolution, which came
very near being adopted, declaring
Young entitled to the seat, was
due to the fact that several Re
publican members; absented them
selves without being paired. For
a time it looked as if Young might
keep the seat v ; -
Mr. Bellamy left the city Sat
urday for h is home at Wilmington ,
North Carolina. ; Mr; Bellamy
himself is very con fid en t that he
will get thejbetter of his opponent
in the contested case, and, that ne
will continue to represent his dis
trict in Congress unti) the end" of
the session, Mr, Bellamy will re
turn to Washington in a day or
two. ' ' .
Repres e 11 1 at ive Kitchen, of
North Carolina, who has been on
a visit to his home, has returned
to Washington, and was register
ed at tho Metropolitan Hotel on
Monday. Mr." Kitchen was pres
ent? in the House yesterday. He is
very sanguine concerning the pol
itical outlook in North Carolina.
Attorney General Walser, "of
North Carolina, who is in the city
for the purpose of arguing a case
before the Supreme Court hasjbeen
quite sick at the Hotel Raleigh,
but it was an n ounc ed Monday
morning that he is much better,
and hoped to be able to appear in
court, as had been previously ar
ranged. -
Congressman Atwater is work
ing hard to have Raleigh selected
as a point for the taking of obserr
vations of the eclipse of the sun,
which is scheduled to take place
on May 28th next. A delegation
from Raleigh will be her6 in a
week or so to aid RepreBe'ntative
Atwater.
Actarrlzed Fresca U Seize Ralirij tta
tl:a at BI:f:atil3. Tta I;:rtaat
Heltftattkea. .
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London, March ' 13. Roberts
wires from Ventera Vlei this mor
ning that he directed General
French if th?re were time, to seize
the railway station at Bloemfon
tein and thus secure the rolling
stock. At midnight he; received a
report from him that after consid
erable opposition he had been
uuiw.io occupy two hills close : to
the railway station commandin g
jioemioniem. a brother of Pres
irlonf CAnn .'. 1- " .
.vu M u u jB B prisoner, ne is
now starting with the third caval
ry and a brigade of mounted in-
fan try o re-enforce the cavalry
division: The test of the force
will follow as quickly as possible.
London, March 13, Roberts
cables this morning that French
has entered Bloemf ontein. In a
previous dispatch' Roberts said
that 321 were wounded and about
sixty or seventy killed and miss
ing. It is thought that these fig
ures refer to the: total casualties
among Roberts forces since he
started to ; Bloemfontein after
Cronje's surrender.
II fl m .--DID.
DEATH CLAIMS TWO . ilORE
SHINING 1IARKS..
til
TO BE AT UETHODISJ CHURCH THE PEOPLE WHO COME AND
lUUUKKOW NIGHi. GO. LITTLE LOCATE .
Ura. Elce. After lt:i zzi Patl::t Sctfer
- leg, Ciea-Hleatij cf l!r. U:w Allea
Satsfdaj. - .;: .
" .? f. . y , " m-. rr ' '' ' : '
1 After a lingering- illness Mrs.
A. M; Rice, of Woodleaf, a sister
of Mra. ,W. Gr Watson',' of this
city died yesterday afternoon at
4 o'clock; Mm. Rice's last illnwa
ovr "a period of
months and her. death has been
expected at any time for the past
four weeks. 1 ' ' .
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C1UEKS WitO
UEUBERS HUST PAY:
-VERY.SOOH. 5
UP
rejj la JCSartstti Tcafefet. Lest:ra lt:a cf fatereat C::fess!i aii E:U:i Ii:a t!:!II t!irta ihi ta Pit
Tc:rrc Kit Eejlaa at 7 o'clcsa
' iop Galloway, of Mississippi,
was in; the 'city this morning on
DarilUhRsubci Erlrf Put cf D Ftn!::
msseliDaj. - rti:l. Ft:s w C:s. .
nOBTO LAW REPEALED.
Albany, N. Y., March 18. The
Lewis bill repealing the Horton
boxing law was reported favora
bly in the Senate this morning.
xe owe vote in opposition to it
was that of Donnelly, of N6w
York. - -
lifViTv y - - A'"" o the Old Hielorr
lotte this morning. ' ; r, , , .
., ;.... : Club w held at th, city UU
,w me southern, 1 l&gt night.
It was decided t
Col. A. H. Bovden nnf. "Unn. 1 1 a i "i. . . v
it- -n 1 r, " WUXB limit Ior the payment of
High Tomt and GreeiiH-L- ..... . . . 3 fc V
lowkvm; q.i:.u-jl I... - boro: . ,u,ufuoa uues 10 club. Mr.
First MkhApi tt- . Mr nr -n- ..- U' L' m chairman of th
bei nis lectn f 7 ret timed last nieht t Pnasing committee; wai called
Chariqtte, where he preaches to- was n the city last night.
Tomorrow nieht Biahon OaI. day at Hieh
ThrOUCrhout hpr illnoatt aUk V.- I ali. 1:1 " LiJ A , u
i" . . " . 7 i4o 1 uxuer xo mate connec
been a patient sufferer. Runv UUJ liiu .i .
nvi w'.'kUw'ii:..;i. ;iuT.7 MLiW" ine heiby train at
J -7. xrw" v"ab Charlotte.
JH IliD B1IK I I H 1 , 1 M II I I IT nnAw. 'I XT ill
1 . r , " - - ' -tie ii aescribed . . as one of - tb
plaminerlv waited nnl wdUa v i'i .f oa8 01 tne
lj - - " . Liiuuiii m 1 a nrai ta : j v w
- - - a. mniiiimL nnn : . m rvar Ak a. jz i. 11 1 r- k
theend. - - : r Li -E wT ueut ai xwenara &mitnt a former. Salis-
Mrs,RiceVmaiden name was ZMb11 b-ri w of Concord, wa. in thQ
Miaa Tf; T , . . 7 7 " repuwiuon
I:; - 7 ." 8ae a nai.fonal character.
communi- He rliiirns to Salisbury tomor-
ty where she difirl ' TToi-of f j L: i . - - J mui
.V . T V rMw mqrning.tjom Uharlotte
luc Hfls tue vioiaen rtuie and
Mrs. -A. L. Young went"" to
Charlotte this morning on a visit
to'relatives.- ' ' '
is city yesterday.
she lived uplto it. Her life's his- Thi IJlil ri.rT
A. - -.-- 4
wry may oe summed up in the
pure
iThe
concert - at the
gentleness of manner and
unselfishness that were character- ?Ifetnot church, which was to
wtic of the woman
Her married life was a happy
. "I ..-' ' . . J-
one ana the death angel has bro
ken ties in this liime that were
born of love and tenderest affec
tion.
have beefr given last Friday nitzht.
has beea postponed until Friday
Yt 1 f1119: y w ! -c-very one; is
inyited y attend this concert and
h4D- a j rortliy cause The pro
ceeds wi 11 be devoted to th
upon to make a statement of what
the committer had done. Mr.
Gaskill stated that the commits
had purchased all the furniture
and part of it had arrived. It it
expected' that the entire order
would be here in a short while.
The secretary was called tinon
Mr. J. E; Hennessee WRfl mi if a
Rive a statement & iitfc.
sick last night. We are glad to collected for initiation fees,
learn that he is better today. On motion of Mr. Gaakill itwaa
The 4ittle son nf ir, n rr ordered that all duei for initU-
Swink, who has been threatened l?? on or
with pneumonia is improving. - Z ' . : :
- The tt"t t ... . . S . . The club hopea to'be- able to
..w is m receipt open up in its new quarters by the
of an invitation to the Newborn 1st of April, if noiSr? '
16th beginning April
Mrs. W. B. Wood came in last
night from States ville ff
The funeral services were con- Potion seje: the Methodist church at "Pending a short while there with
liTrttrwl 4-1,:.. .fi.2 , . . -L . I thft VflltHrt mill ' - " . J . rolafirna
fHIAS GATHERING.
SIEGB CONTINUES.
j London, March 13. Mafekim?
dispatches dated the 6th say that
the siege continues. Col. Plumer
is within four days march.
Ura. Nelsoa laprored. .
Mrs. P. M. kelson, who has
beon in Salisbury with her broth
er, Jas.. Hill Ramsay, for several
months, under care of Salisbury
physicians, left thismorn'ine with
her husband for their home I near
' t?- j ... 1 . I
uuiiBuaie, Alabama, m improved fair could
heaIth- - 'Standard.
Sonie TrcuUe aj 6o!tf Kill..
Sheriff Peck received a tele
gram Sunday from Gold Hill ask
ing him to. come and get a law
breaker. The charge against the
fellow is assault with intent to
Kin. iio sheriff wired, to send
the criminal with a deputy; but
he had not yet arrived this after
noon, fio further newa nf fho f
f ' w . aMtf t
be learned.r Concord
' HEAVY FIGHTING.
; Maf eking, " March 13.-There
has been heavy fighting here. The
Uoer wagons are trekking . away.
aii are wen.
COTTON MAEKET.
New York, March 13. April 40.
May 81, June 32, July.30, Aug 16,
Sept. 528.
"Are you able to stand a terri
ble shock?" asked the rich broker's
gardener, as he rnshed into the
former's private offioe, 'Hea
vens 1 What is it? Speak, . man !
Don t keep me in. suspense!
can stand anything better than
your terrible silence?" "Your
your wife eloped, this forenoon ,
with your automobile driver "
Oh I ByGeorge, youihad me scar
eu tor a few seconds, I thought
something might ' have happened
to that new orchid of mine."
Chicago Times-Horaid. ! '
Seal-Weeklj Begins. .
The first issue of the Semi
Weekly Teuth-Indix was publish
ed today, and will besued here
after every Tuesday and Friday.
uy this arrangement our -readers
wn get a iwice-a-weelc paper at
the same price they have hereto
fore paid for a weekly. The" news
service will be improved ijom
week to week an our readers may
jes assured that nothing of im
portance will escape them. The
suDscripuon price remains the.
same as heretofore $1 per year.
Ur. KlBttz Betins-.
Mr. Theo. F. Kluttz, Jr., who
has been spending the past mouth
in Washington with His father,
has returned home and will re
sume the , practice of law? Mr.
Kluttx says that his sister con
tmues to improve and her recovery
is fairly certian. '
THE WEATHER.
The weather f 6 re c a s t
Fair toniglit and warmer tpt
raorrbw.i -i
from Unity church.
4r. J. E, Smoot, of Concord.
. ess. v w. U. ,Vatson and
J. h. L. Rice, of this city,- went SeTenl afpsfinry. Pytklanj take la : tn meetings.
v wujctii luis jnornms to r i6MnuyH.
Ur. Uifell Hen.
.
Mr. W. L. Liddell, one of Char
lotte's leading citizens ia spending
the day in the city on basinets.
Mr. Liddell hai
Kev. John WakpfipM tranf I mnptilniit. u: .
Albemarle this morning to assist Charlotte. . .
Rev. 3Ir.'Arrowoodinl a series of i
attend the funeral.
Miss Roft 'Willifsi.! e n
" , Tfir vt--"jriman8 cord, who has been 'viifW f;-
!e Pl thi8MD. Carrie Richwin.. r.i ZZ
Mr
well!
brother-in-law of Capt. L A F U be ! a gala occasion f or ' - exoertjQharlqtte,
Frazier, of this city died at Wolf's the WaDS,f orth Carolina wuof terday at Gold Hill,
Creek, Tennessee-Saturday. and wilfV largely attended by W? 1D lPelty Iat night on his
Mr. Allen was n. vuf im "oers ot this : order from 1I
w V'Ua. VA LiUH I ' ' A . a w '
--.. ' a si fa . -
sumption and had been in failirifr 8ecnpf the,State. The follow
health foj "several months. 1 His 1DSrPiftn8 ffm Salisbury went Dr. BrOHl to ReSDDB Vfirt.
Mr. Allen
was a biff-hearted :
popular young man and his many
friends here and elsewhere wjll be
grieved to learn of his death. He
was for many years in the employ
of the Southern Railwav
r
T ' . - .
ny ana
some
Levy, Ji
Neely J.
.1. A .
ery; : -: .
f ! '
mn Monroe, J. H. Mc
1 Evans and C. W7 Mow-
1 - A
er. jV. L. Rankin, Max ter last week, from nnu
VA
Brown stating that he would be
here in about two weeks, to go to
MctoflthUpartv retnra to wriSTi. '"f; "'own
f i i . i ' . ? dams in March. Viuva
d resided at Charlotte for Sewerage SSten Oelljei,; , unbelievers yet.. They say - it is
tlme- ' -Mr, Bitkhalter, who has charge seeing before. believing.Stanly
oi ine sewerasre. svstem horA na county corresrondfir.fA
wpiBB iQmorrQW. I ns that the work, has been
Uniforn Rank.
. -
The Uniform Rank, K. of P..
vm meei in tneir Castle hall to
night at 8 o'clock. 'A full atten
dance is desired as arrangements
will be made for the annual ser
mon at the First Presbyterian
church next Sunday night.
, Wm. H.. Overman, Capt.
Mr. W, G. Kewman is expected much ,hi??ered,; for the past week
down tomorrow morning from New Account
York. He will leave for Gold Hill With, godd weather it. is expected
immediately on his arrival here. I tnat-the P7etfin- will .be entirely
School Closing.
The school at Union Academy
will close Friday,March 23,follow-
ed by a picnicon Saturday, Mareh
For Prlaarles.
f unfavorable weather.
completer within
weeks. II
the next four
! t
xnere is some talk here of naV-
24, to which the public is cordial- ing the Siate convention to order
iy invited, young and. old. primaries for the United States
We hope to have and will have kenatorsmp,. as therA
.R pioveuuj, -inn us- on cAwiiennna well onalified nini.
that day the following , gentlemen rants in the field that it seems to
to deliver addresses-viz : ' ' be hard left: the average Democrat
xvev. a. iirown, pastor of tolnaxe choice, savs thfi Sali.
Union church, and Mr. John M. bury correspondent of tbe RaVitrh
juiian, oi. aaiishnrv fitxr fn Post.. . I
. , . -j j bUlbVl I " - it
of thA Tt?tti.tiT
J mm VCOl"
bly Prof. Coon, superintendept of
me graded school in Salisbury.
To these'addresses the patrons
Of the district and Tnfani t'
v.-. 4 (JI tUQ
township are especially invito
We feel sure that you will not re-
gret the time lost in coming' out
VP near rrot. Coon on local taxai
tion and Mr. Julian .perhaps on
politics and Rev. Brown, possibly
on'education. ;
We again extend to the public
an invitation to come and spend
the day with us in the interest of
education. STrnivr
U-ie$J Please Atteitd. '
The ladies of the different socie
ties of the First Presbyterian
church of Salisbury are earnestly
requested to attend at the praye
meeting tomorrow., crenine, , tb
arrange for a lecture by pr. Guer
rant, to be .he. delivered some
evening next week: Pastor.
Ur Spencefs Platfora. '
T ILn. jrj a ....
x am K.uauuiuave, strictly
speaking! fori the legislature,'1
eaid CoLBilll (O. W.) Spencer
this morning when I called on
him. for an interview, i
"If myjfriends wish to run me,
however, have no hesitation in
stating 4? position. My plat
form is 'E pruribus unum, now1
nencetorthjind forever! On thi
platform hvill I stand or fall
know thpf e is j some considerabl
opposition to this nolicr bnt
have always ben honest inrtx
pressing by sehtimenU tfmy
constituents and jdon't pmbse at
thu late day in life to fell my
c9nvictions for a
tage". ; 'J
; ?urthef thin this Mr."
refused t4 be iiterviewe
friends are working heroic
secure hiaiiominatiori.
mess
Rowan's . Cliolce, "
Everybody up here seems to be
of one opinion as to the fact Row
an wilj cast her vote for Chas. B.
Ayoock for Governor, and for W.
P. Wood for Secretary of State. It
seems to be generally conceded
that Aycock will be nominated on
the first ballot. Salisbury corres
pondent of Raleigh Post.
Ur, Yarier's Cizilii:.
Mr. II. B. yarneryof Ix?xington,
was in the city this morn ing on
his way to Charlotte to attend the
Pythian banquet there tonight.
Ir. Varner is a candidate for com
missioner of labor and printing and
tells us that he has been very much
encouraged by the - promises of
support, that have .come to him
from nil quarters.
J. Hed E.vx
a
V
5encer
I Hia
fir
Oat M i SWt
New Ybr, March 12. About
2,300 cigarmakere, of which num
ber nearly eight hundred are girls,
employed by she firm of Kerbs!
"criueim flcsscmirer, are on strike.
ufto asxea ior an in
crease of .wages running from 20
tQ 30 per cent, and that the factory
ii unuer ine control of th union.
1
- PA1MTE0 THE TQtfl. . -
, . .' -
Aai Fcrfeitei i $10 Bed FcrW Trci-
tie.-.;-;;..-;, :
Louise Allen, . of Greenibom "
and.Dallia Morris, formerly of
Salisbury but now of South - Caro
lina, arrived in the city Saturday
night with the determination to "
paint the town red.
They, succeeded in doini? the
town but incidently were done
tnemselves. They, chartered a
carriage and sUrted on a drive of
the city at 1 o'clock Sunday :
morning. Theofficem investigat
ed the . case when, their carriage -drove
through Main street and '
pulled both parties. They posUd
a $10 bond and forfeited the bond
by Tailing to appear in the mayor'i
court Monday morning. r - .
'
Rei. UcKaln lEitallel. ,y ;
Revs. Gerney Weber and J. M.
L..Lyerly and Dr. C. B. BIcNairy
went to Concord Saturday night
and returned to the "citv tbia
morning. They were present at
the installation ceremonies of Rev. .
W. W. McNairy, of the German
Reform church at Faith, vester- -
day morning. ' .
Renilss Ziizgd Ben Scfij rrraal-
liisa ari Ititmt.
Tha remains of Mrs. Susan Mur
phy arrived here Sunday morn
ing on tho 11 o'clock train from
the South and were met by the
pall bearers. They were taken to
the home of Capt. Thomas Mur
phy on East Inn iss street, where
they remained until the hour for
the funeral. - Many friends of the
deceased called at the home and
viewed the remains. , The funeral
services were conducted from St.
Luke's Episcopal church at 4 o.
Clock Sundav Afternmn U T?
F. J. Murdoch, D. D.
The pall bearers were : Hon.
John S. Headerson, Hon. Kerr
Craige, Ool. A. H. Boyden; Mess. ,
a D. Davis, Joseph White, Hen
ry Horah, S. F. Lord and D. B.
Julian.
r4 ' " " .
Aneremaina were interred
the English cemetery.
in
Therois only one thia- that
prevents me from: raising a good
head of hair,! i&id the bald man.
"What's thatr asked hia wife.
"I can't raise the price of a wij'
gihl the lald manl " -w