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NOCLL BROOl, Proprietors. HO HE F1R0T: ADROAD. HEIIT. 01.00 Per Voar in 7 ' f ir it t.. Vol. XVIIII. ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, Wednesday Evening, March 19, 1902: No, 12. WORST SNOW STORM IN YEARS- MANY DEEP CUTS FILLED TO the top; No Trains on the Northern Pacific and Great Northern in ; 36. Hours Snow Bound Passengers , Being Cared for at Stations The Tem perature at and Below .the :: Zero Markr-The, Farmers Delighted at ' a Blizzard.' St Paul; March i6: North ' -Dakota and the' Canadian - Northwest have experienced the worst snow storm in many years andy. railroad traffic is practically paralyzed-' The Northern Pacific and Great :North ern have not moved i a z wheel for nearly ' 36 ':' hours in the blizzard stricken district, .and have abandon ed all efforts to do so until the fury of the storm shall abate . . The high wind has piled the snow, in the mountainsand. packed : it . in solid masses, many deep cuts being en tirely: filled. The temperature has been gradually falling and is now at or oeiow tne zero marK. jNot a trans continental train has arrived at bt. Jfaul since Friday, and none is expectedfer several days. The Northern Pacific reports its west- bound coast trains which left St; j Faul yesterday morning, tied up at 1 Fargo, the road beyond there beihs: blocked. It will start a coast bound train tomorrow and hopes to be able to cet it throueh; ; I The east-bound due here Saturday morning is held at Mandan, N; DV, and no attempt will be made to move it before to morrow. ! ' v . 7 - . HIGH WIND AND SNOW IN MICHIGAN Detroit, Mich., March i6.-Be-tween 5 o'clock this afternoon and 10 to-night, the temperature - has dropped 26 degrees, registering . 26 above zero that hour. High wind and flurries of snow accompanied the sudden fall which was V general throughout the State 4 In the '.ex treme southwestern portion of: the State a veritable blizzard prevailed ; MERCURY BEI.OW ZERO. Sparta. 'Wis.. March . 16. The worst blizzard of the season has prevailed over this section for the past 24 hours and is still ; raging. The mercury is below zero and the snow is driven by a high wind. . - . : ; "rsimZ ' Kalamazoo -Mich:. March' J6. Within the past .12 hours there has been a fall in temperature of nearly 40 degrees, A gale is blowing and a blizzard is rairinsr throughout Southern Michigan. W ' ' ; tt' - t. THE BLIZZARD MODERATING. Minot, N. D.. March 16. The blizzard which . has ragged, for. three days in' moderating to-night.' All trains are late and will notbe; mov ing for some time. ; - ' - amendment to the pending resolu Ship SubsioBm Passed t)y Senate tions providing for the' election of v. . . n TTli-A Ci4.nn O'lli. 1 J ' a. Washington, March - i7.After prolonged debate, the Senate today passed the Shro-Siihsiriv "Rill the k final vote upon the measure being 42 to . 31. Senators Allison ,; and uoniver,, ot Iowa- Spooner , and Uarles, of Wisconsin, ; and Proctor and Dillingham, of Vermont, Re publicans, voted against final pas sage of the bill and Senator Mc- for it; -y"" . wtuima, vuteu t Bignature is on evenr box of Uaxativ Rrr 0.??r. r-.v,.x, Icerjarate Banks to Enter the Money Order -Field-.' . . : ? ' - ' Indianapolis, March 14. The Sentinel to. morrow will f! print the following ; Charles L. Farrell , as -sistant cashier of -the ; camtoP Na tional Bank; and secretary of the Indiana Bankers' 'Association, left yesterday to, attend a big meeting at New .York ' city Saturdays ; of prominent bankers from nearly ev ery State in the Union in one of the most important banking Schemes of late .years. , v ' - - . . "The proposition is to" enter t the money order field as a competitor of the express companies and the gov ernment itself.' It is proposed .'to issue a formal bank money 'order, payable through an immense clear- ing house in New York city, prob ably the Western National Bank, with branch clearing houses in all the other large cities. -' - . Tho End of the Trial is Looked for , . Thursday . Elizabeth City, N. C March 18. North Carolina has rested its case agdnst-as;',Wiloox;-arged':with slaying his pretty sweetheart, Ella Maud Cropsey , missing from last November 20 to December.27, when ner ooay was pulled trom .the jun- iper-dyed water in Pasquotank riv er. . That declaration ' was made at the close otms rnornrng's session by District .Attorne Ward. . wiicox coun:ei ucciare mat tne State has failed to Halie out a case a?d they put on no witness at all. From the accounts as given by the . " fc""T " ut" Wilcox; will not be convicted, though the majority of the people acquinted with the facts are of the opinion that he is $ responsible for the death; 'i Death of Gov. , Altgeld. Joilet, 111., : March 12. Foimer Governor John P. Altgeld died in room 58, Hotel Monroe this morn ing, at 7 19 o'clock. . He had . been unconcious since midnight. , r . Mr. ; Altgeld: was the principal- speaker at a pro-Boer mass meeting, last night in the Joilet theatre. ; ; Just at the close,bf his speech, - a sudden dizziness, seized him and he was assisted from the. stage. The rr.ppfincr Tmrpf1pf1 the nurlipnrr not realizing wnat naa; nappenea. Mn Altgeld was taken to the door of the eatl.e' yife several vomit- ?g spe? seizea mm. ... h Anls concinuea. .ior : neany . .an 1 1 1 ' ' uuui ana i 4iiuuuuuu. uc could not oe removed to tne notei. . , . A Pronosition to Increase the Num. . ber of Senators. 7 ; , :r Washington,-March, -14, Sena- tor Penrose v introduced as an UUiUCUP7atc:!. u vote of the people; a proposition ; to increase the number of Senators in proportion to; population. It pro- poses an additional Senator for ev ery ratio of 50,000 persons, : who shall be elected by direct . vote of the people. " ' v ' - An Omn ibus Territorial Bill . House committee on Territories to day decided upon, an . "omnibus" territorial bill, which will provide for statehood for Arizona. New stateiioca D1113 lcr crz.i Another Flood: m the South. Atlanta , March 1 6 . Heavy rains yesterday and last "night in " north ern and middle, Georgia : to - day caused the: Atlanta weather-bureau to send flood warnings to E'ifaul, Ala., and West Point and .Colum bus, Ga. predicting a rapid rise in the Chattahoochee; North . Ala bama was deluged, as were portions of. South Georgia -and , Northern Florida. -and streams in those sec- tions of the South are out of their banks.. The tracks of the Central of Georgia and Plant ; System be- tween Albany and Thomasville are under water in several places. . The Chattahoochee, at Columbus, rose I 7 feej; to-dayrand is still on the up- ward move. 1 For the Nicaramian RontA. WhWnti -r r. Tr.r V. -1 The Senate Committee oh Isthmian Canals has-'declded bv avote , Wi 4 to report ..the Hepburn Bill provid-. .r 4.1. 4.- r ll" ing for the,, construction .of an isth- mian canal via the Nicaragua route. Over cv Score Dead. Vicksburg, Miss., March 12.' xue bieanrcrj xroviuence, piymg between this port and iake Palmy- rap was overturned at 2. o'clock this! morning by a sudden squall at lone Landing and twenty-one of her pas- sengers and crew were drowned- North Carolina Wins. - ChapelHill. March i-The University of North Carolina won last night in a 'debate with the Johns Hopkins University ' ' ' The University was ably repre- senated byR. R. Williams, of ,the Dialectic Society andD. P. Stern, of the Philadathropic. ; . o . t,' TT7n ttx -m- ''-'- Prinoe Henry Will Visit, TJs Again Incognito whincrfAr. Mroh xcRf Service Chief Wilkie,. who was the constant companion of Prince Hen ry during his visit, says he expects to see the Royal visitor in America again, , Chief Wilkie says he will visit us incognito when he comes again. . x ' ?s - The students of the State Nor- mal and Tdiistrial'rllw'liftw'nr- eanized the Association : of Women Citizens of North Carolina1 for the BetteVmen tof Public School Houses es of the State. ' The society has over 200 ; charter members. The State will bef divided into districts, the management of 'each being in the hands of a vice president, of the central organization. ' - : Mr. Robert P. Orr, of New York, and his associates who iwithin the j past two years, have ., invested about $50, 000 in v the John' s river gold , fields of Burke and : Caldwell coun ties, are making additional purchase es of miningv properties this week. They ' have great faith in John's river gold mines which they will develop on a large scale. ' North Carolina week at the Charleston exposition will be April 7th to 15th. Wednesday 9th, will be Charlotte dayj Thursday 10, ed itors' day, and Friday il, Wil mington day. Doubtless the Old North State will be well represent ed all through the vreek. The copy for Miss Sallie Walker Stocliard's history of Guilford coun ty is ready fcr the v. printers. Re quests fcr cc; 23 cf the c: r 0 AsliQS the food more deHciotis end vho! ROYAL BAKING POWOSR , The . Spring Dress Goods. The subject of clothes is never so interesting as when ;the dainty Spring and Summer fabrics fill the shops. To anticipate in matters of dress is always difficult, as Fashion is incli- ned to be whimsicial. The Delineator, however is . singularly , successful in this respect, as is - indicated, in the April number. The dress fabrics which will become most popular:are illustrated, and all the latest inno Tal'UUB "TV? aT, ? " dwelt upon, 'n trimmings, bwisa and batiste -embroderies will meet with great favor on Summer gowns, , A - - , s . , and the beauty of foulards, light clo thes, etc., will be enhanced through the ' vast assort 5 ment of lace3 and LppiiquW , Roseville Notc3. We have had some nice' weather since our) last writing"ahd some rain If the wet weather, continues much longer the f aimers cf this section will be very much behind with their ork- hereisfut-littbloaghrnc done yet in this Section, It looks right much like it will equal the sPrinS of ere was very . httle plonghing done that year up .to; the PCa 01 Pril. wercneiess mere was a goou crop maue ouc id was a ,uu U1U& g .F. Mr. Hugh Eus36ll has returned ' ... TT. . . v ' . home from High Point where be has lbeen working for several ; months That,fl bo COme bf ck t0 the Mr- E. R, . Blalock returned, to ynrnam on t-e lotninstant. Mr. M. Horton ha3-been on the sicfc list ;foV, several days, "t but we are glad to learn that he is improving, ' There seemJ to be right much said about our next - Congreasn-an. ?hm talks well on this subject. Fow fellow, citizens, let'save no swapping about, for we have a true and tried one m the person orHon, . . Selling EEigh-8 " ' Likely to continue to sell high I The Philosophy of Farming : Smaller Surface. Fertilize with ... . Day oyoiir c v 1.o ' i l y. CO., NEW YORK. W. W. Kitchen. He thoroughly un derstands and is thoroughly acquain ted with all the detail of hi3 ofOc ' and he is the right man in the riLt place. Then what's the use of snap ping? We don't like so much snap ping, unless we. have a balky hor:?, then of course we want to get rid c him. Mr. Kitchin is a friend to tbr working class, as he proved in c. speech he made in Congrecs on tha stamp act before it was pa::ed. We, like Seth, are oppczed to tl: : road law or working rccicta by tasr.- tion; and more so when . forced upon us. - Jt is riot .fair for a' feu to put r. tax upon the whole population cf c. jOounty and let the people .have no voice in the matter And we uill net knowingly vote for any man nlio xr- - "Buottit, ' A Wonderful CcCco Hill. Alany people who buy ccfZes mil! that only last for to cbert a ti: will ba eurprissd zo hczr cZ cno : 5n uca fifty. C3ven yer.rz. Tl: c:; . mill of Rov. Jam:3 King c nl,o x Person county, is, still m uca and good running order, . It is now n by his grand-daughter, Mrs. J, m Jones at Big Rock; Granville coun ty, N. C, Many have been tbo changes since the faithful old L:ill has been grinding daily the Brazil ian berry. ' ;L . ' ; v , Notice pf'Oalc-: By virtue of powers contained in a distraint warrant issued by t f United States against JnoMl. CI totf registered distiller No. 373T deficiency in spirits for, Augnct is 01;" 1 will sell to the highest bidder for cash on the distillery premiers tlirc : miles north of Roxboro on Saturdr.j the 29th day of -March 1902 at VZ o'clock the .distillery premic:3 con taining one.acre more or lesi. Thi sale is made, to collect a balanc3 c S24.99 after exausting. the person al property of said Clayton by enle cn March 3rd 1902. E. 0. Duncait,. Collector. 0 0 Labor S . Cj rs 9 ' a free hand I own poop la I : : that enrca o cm c- ? c -7 i Territory .
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