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Vol. 17. No. 19 Salisbury, N. C. j.December 8, 190&. Established i887- UURDER AND WRECK. GREAT COTTOX CARGO. WRAPPEO IN THE FLAB. HANNA WILL DROP OUT. BOERS MIGRATING. Sailors Escape From Wreck Only ti hi Murdered by Savages. Letters received her from Ma nila Mveithe fii'lst ry of tht wrecking of the ship Benjamin Sewall, the killing of moat of the crew by savages Wd the rescue of fire survivors, : incl ud i ng Captain Uharles Halstead ai?d his wife, of this town, by the American gun boat Don Juan De Austria. The warship was sent up the Formosa channel in search of the bewail, as it was feared she had met with disaster in' the typhoon early in October. The merchant man was cast ashore on Koita isi ana and the storm left her a bat- terea nuix. inree boats were lowered and in these the 24 peo ple of the craft sought safety. The first boat contained Captain Halstead. his wife and two sailors. The second boat was full Russians, Japanese and Chinese, . but it was capsized and all those on board were drowned. The third boat, in charge of the ship's carpenter, an American, and containing lev en other men, started for the isl and. Before the beach was reach ed some natives put off iu canOes and as they appeared friendly no n.t.t-.rvmnfc wa m-il to PRon.no frnm them. Coming alongside the savages killed ail but three of them, who ought safety by jumping over board. The carpenter swam out toward the captain's beat, while the other two reached shore and disappeared-in the woods. this time a large war canoe start ed from the shore for Captain Halstead's boat, which i had pick- , ,eu up i.a carpenter. - rei.ore tue natives could reach the five sur- vivors the American warship ap peared and frightened away the savages.De Mariscotta, Maine, dispatch. The Host Valuable Tbat Em Sailed Out Jufge ReagaQ Recelies an Otatlca Fr : of the Cape Fear. Enthusiastic Texas Bins. . - Wilmington, N.- C, Deo. 4. The Daughters of the ConfeJ- The Brittiih steamship Anglo- eracy are holding ; their; annual Saxon, Capt. Herbert Per- state convention at Houston, ry, sailed from this port today Judge John H. Reagan,. 85 years with a cargo of 17,000 consigned old and feeble, is a visitor. file by Messrs. Alex. Srpnnt & Son. was led to the, pktforn audiiad- The vessel is bound for Bremen, dressed the Daughters.. When he This is the largest cargo and had finished he waa rushed upon the greatest value ever, shipped by the Daughters, almost in : a from Wilmington, and with the body, and seized in- a collective possible exception of Savannah it embrace. A large Confederate has the record for being the big- flag that served as a part of th gestand most valuable cargo of decorations was borne from it? cotton ever shipped from a South place and; Judge Reagan was com- Atlantic port. , pletely wrapped in its folds; The Anglo-Saxon went out Judge Reagan; was visibly affect? drawing over 20 feet of water. In ed. The aged statesman talked to his hearers. He ext this connection it may be well to repeat that she is the longest ves sel that ever visited the Cape Fear river, besides being the most valuable and modern freight steamer that ever entered the port. Edison's New Miracle. Mr. Hidison.is not a man given to making startling promises that do not result in performance, so that his claim of having at last solved the problem of generating electricity at a trifling co9t for common use maybe accepted as the announcement of an accom plished fact. And such a fact is little less than a miracle for it means the production at will, of an almost limitless and widely About I adaptable power., The electric generator wnicn, ir. Edison nas perfected after years of toil de rives its power from, a so-called f U9l of v jnarvelou s p&tssey ,It; will make' it possible for the day laborer, as well as the million aire, to light his home with elec tricity and have some sort of a vehicle. For a few cents seriously plained to the younger genera tion the causes of the civil wari that it was not slavery, but free dom for the states, for the right! of the states that compose, the union as guaranteed in the con? stitution. He repeated the words iu which these rights were guar anteed. He advised the Daugh? ters to place in their various chapters histories of the lost cause which give . impartial facts! He advised the reading of the his tory of the life of Jefferson Davis, by Mrs. Davis, and the life of Stonewall Jackson by Mrs. Jack son, and other publications which are counted the truth. Referring to the negro question,! he said that " he had formerly be- . - . . . .. . . lieved education the best course to bring about a solution of the race. problem, but he was cot el tain in later, years of the bcrr nessofjachatjieqry. 'V thaVwTiile education helped som negroes it made many unfit to as sociate with either negroes ox whites. Dallas, Tex., dispatch; - C2Cli:s to Relinquish the Republican Ckair- Washington, Dec. 4.- Senator Hanna will not'serva as chairman of theRepublicau national com mittees .'during the next year's campaign; President Roosevelt has been made aware ef this decis- siqn. r It is possible that the sena tor willxesign at. the forth com ing meeting of the national com mittee in this city December 11th, buM the, matter 'mayjbe deferred until . spring. The condition of Senator'Hanna's health is the os tensibly xeasbh of bis inability to meet the wishes of the President, who earnestly urged him to con tinue; in the ofiice of chairman, and conduct the fight next jf ar. Perry S. Heath, secretary of the national committee, will ar rive iu .Washington next Wednes-day-and it is thought !. that at' the meeting of the national commit tee Friday his resignation will be handed in and accepted, : as it is well - understood that President Roosevelt thinks that; it is neces sary for the good of the Republi can party, in view of the disclos ures of the Bristow report on the. postal frauds, that I -Mr. Heath promptly resign. - A Pair of Roiues. : High Poiut,N. C.,Dec.' 4. An unusual coincidence occured here to-dayjin police circles. A negro boy, Sam , Neely, stole a . watch from. Lucid Brown, also colored, of Salisbury. A fewlminntes bt- isl Prof.iGoler, of vSalit- i.J South Africa fs no Longer a Desirable Placi of Residence for Then. 1 London, Dec. 5. General Ben Viljoen, the former Boer com mander, has sailed for New York on the umbria. lor the purpose of completing arrangements for the establishment of a Boer colo- uy in Mexico, He says that he has already secured 85 000 acree and expects to tret 200.000 more later on in northern Mexico, where the climate closely resem bles that of the Transvaal. He gives an account of the Boers m South Africa at the present time. He says it was the policy of the leaders after the warlto encour- t age the Boers to remain in the country in the hope of securing local self- government but . tht conditions render it impossible for them to remain longer." The country has been devastated and cattle and horse disease seem to make its immediate recovery im possible. Emigration has al ready begun and it is, therefore, thought best to find a general set-, tlement instead of permitting tlr& race to become extinct by scatter ing them in all parts ot the globe. Arrangements .have been com pleted for the reproduction on a large scale atthe St. Louie Ex position next year of the princi pal battles of the South African war. An attempt will be made to preserve the absolute histori cal accuracy of famous engage ments. Artists are now painting the scenery for the representation of : theSouth African country. There will be from 700 to 1,000 FOOLISH, FOOL HARDY, DESPERATE.! The Deed has Been Done. Perhap You Think we bit off Uore than we can 6hew but goodness knows "We 'aint done it." Don't we know people are worrying their lives away all around us when a few comforti and necessities at prices they cani afford dispels the shadow and brings a smile with a happy spirit that scatters joy and sunshine? J motor a day light and power may be produced in sufficient quantities to supply the needs of any f ami ly, and the generator is so simple Death of John R. Morris. Goldshoro, N. C, Dec. 5. Following the distressing news of that any person of the critical illness ,ot John & intelligence can act as Morris, comes the sad intelli gence of his death, which occurred this morning at 7 o'clock in a hospital in Baltimore, where he In the inventor's own words: Trrvn nan titi tc xmnr hnnaa f rf .j JWU VMU TI1IU J UUi uuuau 1U4 electric bells, telephones from room to room, or for anything went for treatment two weeks ago electricity will do, and the bat- f or rheumatism and kidney trou- Iteries in vonr automobile will ble. His death will be sincerely operate them. The cost is so tri mourned not only in this state, fling after you are provided! with but in several other states, where your plant that it is not i worth he was not only widely known mentioning. but cordially esteemed. It was "It has always been my ambi- generally conceded that he had tiou to bring the uses of electrici- him, and while she was preparing to go to see an aunt Armstrong entered her room, pressed his attention on her, and being re pulsed, pulled a pisidl and shot her. Ralph Armstrong to Dlt. ; Birmingham, Dec, 5. Ralph Armstrong, a prominent young man, son of the late grand master ordinary of .the Masonic fraternity in Ala- engineer, bama, was to-day convicted of killing his cousin, Miss Alice Arm strong, several wseks ago by shooting her. The jury nxed liecember 18 ai the date of execution. The. trial began Monday and was sensational throughout. The defense claimed drunkenness at the time of thecom mission of the crime. Armstrong was in love with his couiiu and asked her to marry him.She refused Varrarit f orjLucid Brown, charging Brown with the larceny of $70. rJrown was searched and almost ; . -I . - he entire, amount .was found on his person. -A new overcoat, a bicycle and receipt for' a bicycle, dated at Washington! D. C, were also found on his possession. The Salisbury negro was sent to that place to-night in charge of the colored professor, ''while Neely few equals iu point of natural ty within the reach of men of means." Harper's ability, resourceful reading and moderate ready information. He was a Weekly. traveling man and an honor to the prof essson. He had traveled through the length and breadth of the state for a number of years and WAfl known to everv- business man of consenuence in the state, than two-thirds of the birthp While he devoted his: business Ported to the secretary to the 'hours to his vocation, and did it board of nelth 1Q C0UPtv successfully, his spare time was have been boys, and one physician taken up ' with literature and his reports that out of twenty cases contributions to'the ureas of the he has been called upon to attend state were read with interest. A Sign DT War. Leavenworth, Kan., Dec. 5. Within the last fix months more than two-thirds of the births re- Tax on TradlnjStanps. Winston-Salem, N. C, Dec. 4 At the request of the local mer chants' association the Winitoii aldermen have imposed a specia license tax of $2,000 upon the trad Women not Qualified for Lawyers London, Dec, 2 The -House of Lords has decided finally that a woman is debarred by sex from becoming qualihed as lawyers in Great Britain. ing stamp company, for the pur nineton of them have been boys, pose of preventing it from doing The birth cf a orirl ii m nnimm business here, i he company IS They, will reproduce the scenes of the war. It is expected that Gen . Cronje, Viljeon and other Boer leaders, as well as several British officers, will take part in the pro duction. The bulk of the profits will go to the relief of the Boer sufferers. Retired Statesman Dead. Washington, Dec. 4. Farmer was carried to Greensboro to-night Representative Wm. M. Springer The following transportation re ceipt explains itself : The conditions upon -which the property mentioned below is received for transportation are printed on the back hereof. - Received from The Salem China do., - "' Salem, OhioT 8-19-"l90a ? cles named below, to-be delivered Fn like good order, as per condi tions of Company V bill of ladin 5. Upon all the conditions, whether printed or written, herein contained, it Is mutually agreed that the rate of freight from ,8ALEM, UmO, to SALISBURY, N per 100 pounds: Consignee, C. S. MINOR, Destination, Salisbury, N. C." No. I articles. I Weight O , is to be 41 cents and lodged in jail. of Illinois, a Democraticj'leader from the Fourty-fourth to the Fifty-third congress-, inclu sive, andoncejchairman of jithe ways and means committee of the House, died at his home in this city, 430, B streetEast this morn ing, aged sixty-seven years. His death was due to pneumonia con tracted in Chicago Thanksgiving day. He was attending a dinner there and was suddenly taken with a violent chill. He left Chicago the Io lowing day and arrived here lastSaturday afternoon very ill. as to create comment. One old colored woman who it able to solve all mysteries says : "It means wah Before thsis t .-. 1 children is twenty-one years old thii country will have wah." now operating in several towns in the state and is arranging to open a store here. , , . Be Une Star State. ; : Dbwti in Texas at Yoakum, is a big 1 dry r goods firm of which " Mr. J. .M. Haller is the head. Mr. Haller on one of his trips East to buy jgoods said to a friend who was 'with him in the palace car, " 'Here, take one of these Little "' Early Risers upnn retiring and you will be up early in the morn ing feeling good." F.. r thedark brawn?' taste, headache and that - logy Reeling' DeWitt's Little Ear ly Risers are the best pills to use. Sold by all druggists. ' Women Appeal to RoosTeit. Cripple Creek, Col., Dec. 5. -In consequence of Govenor Pea- body's order placing Teller bounty under mm tial law, a committee of the women's auxiliary bf the labor unions of this city, number ing 700 members, has sent a tele gram to President Roosevelt ap pealing to him V'for protection from the unjust rulings of the govenor of the state," Good for Children. The pleasant to tak and harm less One Minute Cough Cure gives immediate relief in all - cgejfpf Cough, ; Croup and LaGrippe, W5 cause it dons not pass im mediated ly into the stomach,, but takes, ef fect right at the seal of the trou ble. It draws out' the inflamma tion, heals and soothes and cures permanently by I enabling - the lungs to contribute pure life-giv ing and life-sustaining oxygen to the blood and tissues.; Dr. Arm strong, of Delia, Tex. , prescribes it daily and says there is no bet tor cough remedy made. Sold by all druggists. -- Big Hani by A Sneak Thief. Baltimore. Dec. 5. -A sneak thief entered the waiting room of the registered letter division of the post office Friday and stole a leath er satchel containing nine regis tered letters from Stewart Hill, a runner for the Merchants Na tional bank. The registered let ters in the satchel contained cu- pons amounting to j $810, bonds of the Baltimore and Annapolis short line worth $3,000, jand fifty shares of stock of the Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron Com- nanv. wnrth $2 000 Hill, the " T ' In Priitnr lipntr runner, is about twenty years oia. .,.,.., He had been snt from , the bank Winston-Salem: N. C. Nov. 5. for the morning's registered mail, j Eitor T. J. Lowery of the Mt He had receipted for nine letters Airy wews, has invented a ma in the registry room when one of x chine, and experts tell him that the clerks told him that there it will make him a millionaire. were three other, letters to be I A patent has been applied for signed for. .He had , already put and Mr. Lowery has been" assured the nine letters in the satchel and that it will be granted. He de- had closed it. As he started to clines to give out any particulars sign for the - remaining three he lor publication just now regard- laid the satchel on the writing mg his invention desk in front of the window. When I Gar Load in Bulk Chinaware, Erie RR 80,493 24,000 Owners risk of Breakage. 10,875 J. D: Dewees, agent. This meariB that we are the first firm and Salisbury the first town in the State of North Carolina that has the backbone to tacle a solid car load of chinaware in bulk. It means that we will make our prices to you at the same or less than competition can lay them down'for. ' he turned to pick up his satchel it was gone. ,: . 'j'. - ' .' At the time of the rbbberr Hill was receipting for a package con taining $5,000 ln'caihV ; The pack age was still in his' baud, and he was turning to put it in the satch el when he discovered the thef. Detectives last night captured the man who stole the satchel. J.He i is David C B 1 is s , a notorious crook . Nine thousand dollars" in checks was recovered, but $7,000 iu nego table paper is still; missing. : Captain Ewan is Abroad Again. Jackflon, Ky., Dec. 4, Captain B. J. Ewan, principal - witness against White and Jett in Breath- nz county assassination cases, is bodily walking the streets imme diately after all the soldiers have been recalled has occasioned sur prise. He was always guarded by a large body of soldiers when 'here and on innumerable occasions ex pressed the belief that he would be assassinated if he ever returned to Jackson. Now is the time and this your chance., Come early before the stock is picked over. If you wait. just what you want may be gone. Hip, hip, hurrah for the Great Dollar Stretcher and Money Saver. Your true friend, SPOTrCASH J 111 and 113 East Innis street. i 4 - , ' C. S: MINOR, proprietor.
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