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V NOELL BROS., Proprietors. HOME FIRST: ABROAD NEXT. S 1 .00 Per Year in Advance. Vol. XV. ROXBOEO, NORTH CAROLINA, "Wednesday Evening, April 27)Ti898: .N6. 17."' IP X - Us ItTTTTfT. l I I I I I I No. 083. Made in 54, 48, 42, 36 Inch widths. $2.25 buys this Brass-trimmed White Enameled Bedstead. In stock in all widths ; length, 75 inches. It has one inch pillars, two-inch brass vases and caps. This bed retails at from 5 to 6 dollars. . - Buy of the maxer and save the mid dleman's large profits. Our Catalogues are mailed for the asking. Complete lines of Furniture, Carpets, Draperies, Crockery, Pictures, Mirrors, Stoves, Refrigerators, Baby Carriages, Lamps, Bedding, etc., are contained in these books. Our Lithographed Carpet Catalogue-showing all goods in hanu-painted colors is also free ; if Carpet Samples are . wanted mail us 8c. in stamps. Drop a postal at once to the money-savers and remember that we pay freight this month on purchases of Carpets, Iace Curtains, Por tiers and Rags amounting? to $9.00 and over. Julius Mines & Son BALTIMORE, MP 4 Please mention this Paper. WYJiIREOTOEy. , N. LTJ1TSF0IID, ATTORNEY - AT - LAW, Roxboro, N. C Dr. E.J.Tucker, SURGEON - DENTIST, Office up stairs in W. J. Johnson & Co's new building. Roxboro, N. C W. H, B. Newell, t Watchmaker and Jeweler, . . . .Roxboro, N. C. . . . R. J TEAGUE, M D, Having located in Roxboro, offers his professional ser vices in the practice of medicine in all its branches, to the people of Rox boro and surrounding country. Spe cial attention given the treatment of diseases of nose and throat. Office over Louis Goodfriend's store. C. T. WILLSON & CO. ..General Insurance Agents,.. . . . .Roxboro, N. C Life, Fire, Accident and Surety Bonds, Safest and most reliable Companies rep resented. Give us your business and we will give you real protection J. S. MERBITT. Wm. D. MERRITX Merritt & Merritt, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, . . . . Roxboro, N. C Practice in all the State and Federal Courts. Special attention given to cases in Caswell, Durham, Granville and Orange counties. Office over Peoples Bank, W. W. KITCHIN, A. P. KITCHIN. KITCHIU & KITCHIU, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, .... Roxboro, N. C ... . Practice wherever services are re quired. C.8. WINSTEAD W. T. BRaDSHER Winstead & Bradsher, . : ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ... .Roxboro, N. C Special attention given to Federal practice, both in the State air d at Washington. Attend regularly the Courts of Person and Caswell. ' All business intrusted to our care will receive prompt attention. BOONE & BRYANT, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, : .. Durham, N. C. . . . Always attend the Superior Court of Fcrson county, aud : will go there jir such'other times a the business of ; tits demand. ; HOTEL DOWDY, Roxboro, N.C R. H. DOWDY, Proprietor. - "A . . The bes Hotel on the border of K. Cor Va. Table supplied with the v best : Your every want supplied iUn the power of MTha Old Man." Rate? $2.00 aday. : Hot and cvia baths rree. TEN SPANISH PRIZES CAPTURED THAT IS THE . NUMBER, WITH 230 PRISONERS, Now Held at Key West. She is Worth $250,000 A Spanish Army Officer One of the Prison ers Taken to Key West Yester day Aboard the Sloop' Oaptured By the Cincinnati. Key West, Fla, April .26. The Spanish steamship "Panama," from New York to Havana, loaded to the guards with provisions and , supplies for the Spanish army and the people of Havana, was sighted twenty miles off of Havana at 6 o'clock last night. The "Panama" belonged to Span ish naval reserve. The vessel ai -rived here at 11:30 o'clock today. The prize money will be divided between the "Indiana" and the "Mangrove." She is valued at $250,000. The "Panama" makes ten prize ships now in the harbor here, and the prison ers on them number 230. The government today rented a large house for them in -this city and they will be maintained at the government's expense. . The cruiser "Cincinnati" today captured a small sloop with Pedro Fernandez, a Spanish army officer aboard. He was also brought here a prisoner. 1 The Connection Made. Kingston", Jamaica, April 26. A United States Army officer is now in the camp of General Garcia, of the Cuban army, consulting him with reference to the arming of the Cubans, and the co operation with the United States troops. The officer is Lieut. Rowan, of the Nineteenth Infantry, who landed Monday from the torpedo boat "Porter." Mr. Kitohin's New Plan. Washignton, D. C, April 26. Congressman Kitchin, in order to avert the increased internal revenue taxationron tobacco, and at the same time provide revenue to conduct the war, has introduced a bill to coin the silver bullion now in the Treasury; also to issue, if necessary, $500,000,- 000 of legal tender notes, redeemable at stated periods until 1909. Americans Would be Losers. New Orleans, April 26. The Cotton Exchange of this city has passed resolutions requesting ; the government to reconsider its action in seizing the steamers Jover and Catalina, on the ground that their cargoes are property for the most part of American citizens. . ' j : l .'M. Dingley War Revenue Bill. Washington,; April 26. The Dingley War Revenue bill was re ported to the House today, and an agreement made to debate it tomor row, Thursday (including -night sessions) and on .Friday, under the five minute rule, when it will ?be open for amentment until 5 o'clock, at which hour a vote will betaken. ; The "Vesuvius' Sails. ; - Newport, R. I., April; 25. The pneumatic, gunboat, ''Vesuvius" sailed this afternoon, presumably for Key West, undx imperative orders. r While hefe the "Vesuvius" was supplied with one hundred shells and her tests have demonstrated that she is a terrible:; engine' of destruc- tiont;:'-: - - ' - DECLARATION OF WAR. Congress Passes the Resolution! and it is Signed by the President of the United States. Washington, April 25. Presi dent McKinley today sent a message to Congress reviewing the state of affairs .with Spain and the beginning of hostilities by the blockade of Cuba. fThe message concludes, by saying : "In view of the measures so taken and wih a yiew to the adoption of such other measures as may be hec cessary to enable me to carry out the expressed will of Congress, I now recommend to your' honorable body; the adoption of a joint resolution declaring that a state cf war exists between the United States of Amer ica and the kingdom of Spain, and ! urge speedy action thereon, to the end that the definition of the inter national status of the United States as a beligerent power may be made known, and the assertion of all its duties in the conduct of a public war, may be assured. The House passed the declaration of war resolutions recommended by the President in his message to Con gress today, and Speaker Eeed has signed the same. The Senate passed the war reso lutions with an amendment making it obligatory on the President to prosecute the war to a successful termination. Governors Called on to Furnish Quota of Each State. Washington, ' April 15. The call on the Governors of States for the required number of Tolunteers was sent 'this afternoon from the War Department. - ; Georgia is asked to furnish two regiments of infantry and two light batteries. , North Carolina is asked for two infantry regiments and- one heavy battery Virginia, three regiments of in fantry. Tennessee, three regiments-of in fantry. Military ; regiments not ordered out as organizations at all, even as recruiting as volunteers. North Garolina's Quota Is 2,574." Washington, April 25!. Secre tary of War Alger telegraphed Gov- erenor Russell this evening that the exact quota of volunteer tioops which . North Carolina would be required to furnish under the call for 125,000 men is 2,574. . He also requested the Governor to inform him at once when those troops will be ready. . A Sensational Rumor. ..- - - 4 " London, April 25. A despatch to -the Central News from Athens says that the United States has of fered Greece 45.000,000 francs for - - - - its entire fleet of warships. - The despatch adds that hundreds of Cretans are offering5 to enlist in the service of the United States.- The Helena's Prize. Key West, ApriL 25. Another prize was brought in this, morning by the .United States gun-boat Hel ena, Commander W. T. Swinburne. She turned out to be : the Spanish steamer Miguel Jovef, bound from New Orleans for" Barcelona, ; with a cargo amounting to about 2,000 tons of cotton and 'grainy , : ; ; r "" Wilmington and Porter Each Cap ture a t Boat. -New York, April 25. A dis patch to the Press from .Key West says: ' , " , .The gun-boat Wilmington today captured the Spanish - schooner,, Candidia, with a deck load charcoal, intended for Havana, where it is ex. tremely valuable for fuel. - The torpedo boat Porter .today, captured the Spanish schooner An tonio, laden with sugar for Havana. The Antonio was sent to Key West with a prize creW of four men "under Naval Cadet Dubois. . x -The Winoma Captures her Prize. Mobile; Ala. April 24. A Special from Biloxi, Mies., says the revenue cutter Winoma, from Mobile, cap tured the Spanish steamer Soturnina, from Sagua to Ship Island, Captain Zuclaga in command, 1,876 tons. v Capture of the Catalina. Key West, April 24. Spanish trans -Atlantic steamer Catalina was captured to-day 12 miles from Ha vana by the cruiser Detroit. Ensign Christy, with a crew of 16 from the cruiser Detroit, and four from the flagship, brought the Catalina into port this afternoon. She was in command of Captain Fana, is 3,491 tons, and left Cadiz, March 7, bound from New Orleans for Barcelona via ." . ... Havana, for which latter port she was making when, taken. She is carrying a cargo of1 6,000 bundles of staves. Taking in Prizes. ... ; , On Board the Associated Press Dispatch Boat Dauntless, Key West, April 24. The Associated Press Dispatch Boat Dauntless arrived in this harbor yesterday, before mid night, having in tow the first sailing vessel prize of the campaign, the schooner Mathilde, of Havana, sixty tons, loaded with rum." When the Dauntless left the main fleet, under Admiral Sampson, 3:15 o'clock on Friday afternoon, what seemed a thorough blockade of Havana had been successfully effected. The "Black Battering Ram.". Richmond, Va., April 25. Col onel Marshall, a well known ex- Confederate of Portsmouth, Va.w left for Washington tonight, bearing a letter from Governor Tyler and Gen eral Lee to the Sectary of War, en dorsing his project to raise a brigade of negro troops in Virginia and oth er Southern States to fight for Cuba. . ' ' ." z . There are at present eight com panies of negro militiamen in Vir ginia. Colonel Marshall proposes to raise four, more to make a regiment, and to raise three other regiments in adjacent States. - He will ask for the rank of Brigadier-General. He proposes to call the brigade "Marshall's Black Battering Bam." Beats the Klondyke. ' Mr., A. C. Thomas, of MarysTille, Texas, has found a more valuable discovery than has yet been made in the KlondykeV For. years, he. suffered untold agony from consumption, acT companied by hemorrhages ; and was absolutaiy cured by Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. He declares that gold is of little value in, comparison with this marvelous cure ; i would have it, even if it cost a nunared aoiiazs a bottle.: Asthma, Bronchitis and all throat and lung affections are . posi tively cured by Dr. King's New Dis covers for Consumption. ' Frial bbt ties free at J. D. Morris' Drug Store Regular., size 50 cents ; and $1.00. Guaranteed or price refanaea, : .j Royal makes the food pure; . - ' " s i. 4 wholesome and delicious. Absolutely Puro- ROYAL BAKINQ POWDER CO., NEW YORK. Where First Battle may be Fought ; Naval officers i are looking forward to news from the Orient within" the., next few days. ' ' ' " . ; 'Com. Dewey's ships have -started ;: for tho Phillippine3, a nd it is ex pected that the first Maval battle of':' the war will be fought - in . those waters before the end of the, present '. weetr. ' ' . 1 1 ' - " Sherman t Resigns. ', -i-' : . ' Washington, April, 25. When Assistant Secretary of State Day, re-';t turns from Canton, Ohio, where he ' went yesterday, his name will ;Jae ; sent to . the' Senate as Secretary of , ' State, to succeed John ; Sherman,' . whose written resignation was placed i in the hands of the' President ;td- r Secretary. Day's successor'as First;, assistant Secretary of State js J ohn ?s Moore, Professor , of ; International ; Law at Columbia University. : -f . Prof. Moore was Third Assistant , Secretary of State under Secretary Bayard, during Cleveland's first term.' " He is a Democrat. To Move On Cuba. Washington, April 26. Plans for the first military expedition-to ? Cuba were practically v arranged today . - A point on the Northern coast ; of Cuba, within the radius of the blockade instituted by;: the ' Amer ican squadron has v been selected for tle landing, place, - and when. ' the military force ia leady , to proceed there, will" be no. delay in ; carrying out the programme. How soon the troops will bef able, to move to the Cuban coast is not determined, but the military author-; ties expect that the first detachment will be in. Cuba early in May. - i:, -- , ( v. To "Possess" Hawaii. : ' , Washington, April 26. ; The way has been-opened for the . United States to take possession , of .Hawaii. , v Several weeks ago a bill was pre- . pared with the: approval -" of ' .the President.and Secretary of State, by which the Hawaiian -Government was -authorized - to ; recognize ine authority of the United Sfate& ; The bill was sent to the Hawaiian Legislature, and news that it has been adopted by that body is looked for at an early date. . , i ' ' , TheTaris" Heard of. . 'LONtON, April 26th. Confiden tial informations fnrnished to your correspondent, enable him to , state that the" Anerican: liner "Paris" will reach her destination' safely.' XJ. S. Buys an the Hawaiian' Goal" . '-; Honoltlxj, April 26.Unite& States Consul General Haywood hz? purchased all the coal available oz thesa islands, , - V . , - ; V . J ' i f ": ' - mf .' r - : I '
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