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pfit V. volumi nn.. KIW BERN, CRAUN tliCm. N. II . TUlStMi l)lliMI.B I!) h si - K UST SK TIOS KUM1IR .i. v f 7 EKEIiHD'SPEBIL MY Dtreat or Gen. Enller at - llie Topla Quee Victoria Calls General Wolse ley to Windsor Castle. Beeert of Desertion of Colonial Troops. Eleven Game Loit la too Battle. Anglo Saxoa Blood- Rlttag . More Troi Ordered. Special to Journal. Londoh, Doc. 18 Queen -Vlotora tent r Lord Wolsley today. Be had tpent - night at Windsor and Iter Hajai Mi the General to return t onoe London by special lrain.fRie tykten, it greatly disturbed by the rlefeaf of Gen eral Buller In hit atleupl to relieve Ladytmilh, and ahe.it tept. advised of every scrap of information received at the War Office. General Wolseley advised L'ansdowne months before hostilities began to send a great army to South Africa. Uls ad rice was unheeded although General Roberts supplemented the advice of his chief. . ' London, Dec. 16 A. h&stllytummoned cabinet meeting was called at the foreign offices this afternoon tor the purpose of 'dealing with the war crisis. Secretary of the Colonies Chamberlain was not present at the meeting. Tlio following dispatch (fated Pretoria the 18ih adds to the dismay caused by the defeat ofUeneral Buller at the Tugela river. It reads, "nine hundred British colonial troopi have joined the Boers at Berkley, two thousand at Barkicy west, and fifteen hundred at Burgerdorf." While this messago was discredited at the War Office, the dirncultlei met by Generals Gatacre and French i it thai section of the north part of Capo Colony has inspired fears iri the public mind that there may be some foundation In the re port. Nobody believes the desertions have reac ted anywhere near these fig ures. General Buller's defeat has centered the storm of indignation that has been growing for weeks upon the ministry and the clamor '.- .against Secretary Chamberlaid and the Marquis of Lana donwe the war minister, today was fierce and determined. Tbey are the scape goats upon whom the wrath of the nation falls. Chamber lain especially is the object of vindica tive invective since his policy caused the war. Lsnsdowne. is second only to Chamberlain in this denunciation because he wss so late in putting into the field troops sufficient to nip the war in the bud. London, December 1(1. The revised list of the cis tallies at Magersfontein at the M odder river among tho British troops shows a total of 963. Of this number 70 were officers. Thi Black Watch was the heaviest sufferer and tho rank and file had 43 killed, 182 wounded and 141 missing. Gtnaral Cronje, the Boer commander, claims the victory bnt says there wss terrible slaughter. London, December 16-4 a. m. Eng land went to sleep Friday night without knowing the worst newt that has come from tho seat of war since hostilities be -gan. What time the War Office teceived the news of General Buller's defeat it not known: but It was after midnight when it was made public. Buller's report, while fairly clear, needs" elucidation in certain parts, bat thero ctn be no mistaking the result of tho battle 11 British guns lot, attempts ' by two columns to cross river repulsed with beery loss, a retreat to camp-that It I ha outcome of Buller' first step to relieve Ladytmilh. ' When Duller movad out In fall force from Cheveley early" Friday morning it was bli Intention to force a passage at one of lbs two fordable places oa the Tugela rim, but be dlecoveied later that this wa sot feasible,, owing to the ' fact that I ha numbers of Boers had been .-' ' underestimated and their plans bad beta miscalculated by him. :', The river bed at the pot Deselected by . Mlldyard't column lo cross la rood out lobe full Of Boers, wbo"overwbelmed the British artillery. Ten guns had to be abandoned, another was loot by shell Are sad two were tared by tho heroic 'efforts of Captain SuofleM and. tome driver. f ' . .; f'r. . : , It seems almost Incredible thtt artll lory should hero approached so near toe ' rlrer without eavalry or even Infantry sktrmlsbert having nrtt developed the - Boot pol'lon. Colonel Long, who was la oommamlot the batteries, seems to ' have ouly dltoovered that tbo river wat - fuH of Boers wbea bo got close to It with his guns. Be wat subjected to a .. galling Are at close range, which killed mea and horses before bo could extricate himself. The geaeral retreat followed at "Buller taw that bit attack had failed. Meanwhile the situation of Lad) smith It perilous. ' , It it not tossible that the sews of the ' reverse will shake In any way the grim determination which now animates the British to fliht the contest to a tnssh. Alrevly the War Office Is taking energet " la tte S. in the nt few days a large body of troops l dee to arrive at Csps Town. A seventh division Is to be mob lilted, and an eighth may also soon is . reive orders. T ft" a antpor t are due to srrlv j a C4p Towa betaeen December 17 end Jaaeery 8. with about 13,000 troupt of II ami, bat unless Geoarl Buller U eMe to mir the attack, which i eiceeding- ly doubtful, lb BriUili general will te compelled for week to remain practical ly on the defective. i The leteet dispatches Indicate the con-' Mailed bombardment of Ladj-smiih. THE LION SICK. And It Is Now Time For Every Jackass To Give Him a Kick. Special to Journal. WssainoTOR, Dec. 16 Representative Salter of New York has introduced a joint resolution declaring that a slate of war exists in South Africa and according belligerent rights -to the Transvaal resources of the Treasury were $1,730, government. ' The resolution remon- 9!) 7: disbursements $1,690,033; balance of atratea and Drotests against the barber- ty-fbnl httnneVwttb'Uwwr It ctm'efcfar(W of edneatjonaHund $18,153. I ted by .Qreat Britain. The report a to" the Auditor's office It authorizes the President to taise auch action as he considers espedipot to : the committee makes a new departure Seen re the observance of the laws of war by making an additional report, expres and bringing about an honorable peace. , aing opinion as to some claims for which m I Mr. J. Sheer, Sedalia, Me., saved bis child's Ufa by-One Minute Cough Cure. Doctors bad given ber up to die with croup. Its an mtailiuiecure tor cougns colds, grippe, pneumonia, bronchitis and throat and lung troubles, Relieves at once. F S Duffy. RALEIGH. Hunting For Records. Bernard Was Sur prised. Bip Orders For Brick. The Big Fees. Raleigh, December is Mr. Biiioti. Danforlh, of Albany, N. Y., wlm is now on a visit here, is sue uling sums tims in what may by a big stretch of courtesy be turaed the "archives room"' in the capi- tol. It is the room which during sessions of the Legislature is the enrolling clerk's office. Tie is in sosre'j of the names of North Carolina's Congressmen rfurinj; the revolutionary pciiod and of mforniu tlon concerning them. Andjhis calls to mind llic fai l f il; I V great and proper ' hall of records people have the fainlejt idea ivl.nl n J umble there it of the old recoids A man will read in North Carolina's his terv, and at the same time a plix'.der ought to be secured lo gather out. of the mass which ought lo lw pre served, sud put these so they wi'l be in chronological order. Scattered all over the capitol there are records. No doubt many have been lost; most of Ibis loss having occurred perhaps iu the yes i s when the archives were, so to speak, on wheels; that is when the seat of govern ment os shifted about from place to place, and. there was no settled habit tlon. Even tome of the government officials are hard to wonder why District Attor ney Bernard does wot lake up the ex tremely direct charges which James U Pou made In open court of the existence in Johnston county of a revenue ring which protects the Republican moon shiners. It is said by some of t be elect that Bernard was "rattled" quite badly by the statement, sud was very dumb Indeed. The Secretary of State says a reprint of the Sixty-seventh North Carolina Re ports is now resdy for sale. At tho Agricultural and Mechanical College Saturday evening the students gave an oyster supper in compliment to the atheletic association. Afterwards there were some speeches and the atheletic future of the college was dis cusstd. The American Tobacco Company has ordered 1.00J.OOO more brick from Maj. Grant, making 4,000,000 in all, for use at Durham. The major made 4,000,006 brick this year. Be says be will put In another machine which will make 7,000 a day. Iron ore has been found la this county and specimens are now in the hands of the Slate chemist for analysis. Home of It It red bematita. There wat no end of talk about the revelations as to big feet to State law yert and at to toe ai(H a monin pata Logo Harris at Assistant Adjutant Gen- ersL The Stale Auditor turned down tblt last account time and time again, but the Governor tatd "pay It " I waa nearly dead jwllh dyspepsia, and grew worse. I used Kodol Dyspep sia Cure. That cored me.' It digests what you" eat. .Caret Indigestion, tour tlomacb, hvarlburn and all forms of dys pepsia F. S. Duffy. -- , V. .. 5 t Je:relary Wilson Resifas. 8prclal to Journal. ; WASiimoroTun, Peccuitxr 10. James WlWon, secretary of agriculture has tin dan Jul resignation .to 1'reslduut Mc Kinley. Th President Is now looking fore mao lo 611 tbe piece.' Some Wes tern man will probably get l he position Arurciary WlUon Was forced ' lake tbe 110(1 berauee of a mortal lllnwt. Wi'.z's f 00 J more delicious end vvtio!cOfr.a TOO MUCH PAT. rnmmittee Thinks Fees Paid Auditors Office Excessive. Some Large Amounts To Lawyers. Lecture Of Mr. Tompkins. Brlek For Dnrhani. Balldlng and Loan Decision. Wo man's Eights. It alkioh, Dec. 7 The legislative joiut committee has completed the annual ex aminations of the Stale Treasurer and that of the Auditor. Last night it gave out reports as to both. It finds that the vimeril and official funds 1130. 794: says that the books are well kept, but warrehls have been issued that same have been drawn upon misconstruction of the law and that the latter does not authorize the issne of warrants for pay of the Assistant Adjutant General or for extra fres of $30 each to Criminal Court solicitors for each court held. The com mittee also claims that the amonnt paid by the State as lawyers' fees is too large. It is found that Loge Harris began April 1st to draw pay as "Assistant Adjutant Genersl on duly in the office of the Adjutant General under detail by Hie Governor" at a.rato of $4 a day," not including Sunday's, or $104 per month. He was also paid $354 for three trips to Washington. In all he got $1,082 Law yers' fees and retainers foot up $9,97, Of ibis W. C. Douglas got $2,600 as re tainer in six cases before the corporation commission, and $1,250 in the other and fiOO as part fee in t lie penitentiary debt case of Worth vs Travis. One of his fees was $300. In Ibe Wilson trial before the Legislature John W. Hinsdale waf paid $1,35(1. J. C. L. Harris got $-"00 in 1'ic railroad cases and J. H. Pou in tin- same 1 ,88 7 for expenses and services Mmmons t ou ct Vvara got a retainer ot $."0) and II. (. Connor $500 as a retainer Marshall Mott got 300 for services be fore the Legislature In Ibe Otho Wilson c ase. This va9 all for. the year ending November u(). Yesterdav Hinsdale was paid $1,047 for fees in various cases. Last night Mr. I). A. Tompkins lec tnrcd before the students of the Agri cultural anil Mechanical College. He was introduced by President Winston, in a forceful way, at one of the belt Informed men in the country. Mr. Tornp kins' lecture was practical throughout, and was one of tho very best ever heard here. Maj. H. L Orant, clerk of the District Couil here, lias closed a contract to fur nish the American Tobacco Company 3 IO0.IHHI brick, for use at Durham. It 1 1 learned that they are lo be used in building tin annex to the Duke factory and tome more tobacco atoie houses, In a day or so a lawyer representing the corporation commission goes to Charleston to take evidence regarding rateB of freight on fertilizer, to be used sgalnst the Seaboard Air Line. Lawyers are now at Portsmouth, New York and Baltimore, obtaining evidence along the liao. Iu a building and loan case Judge Si monton has decided that a borrowing member U entitled to credit for all he has paid on his stock, as well as interest and premiums; that this is a present credit and that bis liability as a stock Lholder cannot be lnforced until the winding-up of the concern. Attorney John W. Hinsdale will appeal to the United States Circuit Court from this decision, contending that the two rela Hons of a stockholder and borrower are distinct and that he must settle the debt without reference to his subscription to the slock. Referring to the Supreme Court's de clsion this week that a wife cannot sign a check without her husband's written content, Attorney uenerat w mser says that women are not emancipated In North Carolina and that as to the matter of legal rights they have but little more than they had in England 8 JO or 800 yean ago. Tbe decision of tbe Supreme Court In tbo Long case (in the 7lh N. C. Reports) at to wife beating baa caused the ouitido world to oall the North Carolina court the ''pagan court." NERVOUS troubles aro cured by Hood's Saisiirlllii, which cu " riches and purl lies tho blooil. II is the best medicine for nervous PEOPLE. Philadelphia Gets Convention. WasnrsoTON, Deesraber II Tbe lie publican National Convenlioo will be held at Philadelphia June 19ih oett. The nlnca and data ware decided noon by the National Republics Committee arter a friendly contest for ibe honor of rnt.ri.lnlM. the convention between the city .elected' Chicago, Bt. Louie and," dT-lon tba Spanleb and . Vnrk. ' - 1" ; - - , ' . s . , - . , . ' L'ri-rtlle A s ... D1YS OF TR1IL. Sprioos Outbreaks in Dutlio on Secy. ChaiiliBriaiii'. Visit Fears of Native Uprising: in Africa Adds to the Gloom. Lord Boberta Appointed Commander la Chief. KiteaeaerofKnartoam Ills Chief of Staff. Lottes at Tugela River. Troops Harrying Forward. Special to Journal. London, Dec. It) The appointment of Field Marshall Lord Roberts, the aero of Candabar, has led many to think it was done as a reflection upon General Rtd- vefs Buller on account of the disaster at Tugela river. Seuii-officially It is stated today that this is not the case but that the appoiu ment was made because the sending of a latger number of iroopt to South Africa necessitated the sending of generals of higher rank to the scene of war Plausible as this explanation may seem however, it Is not believed to express the whole truth but as eviileuce that the Ministry had become sensible of the ex treme seriousness of the situation. The Miniitry is especially concerned over rumors of a possible riling of the Kaffir tribes. The outbreak among the millions of negroes would be of much more conseijue.ice than any rebellion of the Dutch in Cape Colony could possi bly be. Duin.iN, December 18 The visit of Secretary Chamberlain today inspired a fierce riot iu this city. The students ol Trinity College, carry ing the Union Jack attacked t lie Mansion House, the official residence of the Lord Mayo: of Dublin. The students lore the green Hag of corporation to sbreds and destroyed the portico of the front of the ouilding. The attack on the Mansion House was on account jjiAle Mayor's avowed sup port of the cause of Boers. The streets were thronged with excited people. Il is feared thai a counter demonstration of Boer sympal.hi7.ers will follow this action on the part of the students London, December 17. The British Government is at latt fully awake to the necessity of a vigorous campaign in South Africa. Field Marshal Lord Roberts has been appointed commander-in-chief i South Africa. Lord Kitchener, of Khartoum, is to be Roberts' chief of staff Roberts thus In effect supersedes Gen Sir Rcdvers Buller, who had previously been appointed commander-in-chief. Buller, it is believed in London, will continue to direct the operations in Na tal. Roberts Is raled Hie most popular and by many the most brilliant soldier in England. He is at present commander in chief of the forces in Ireland. His son, Hon. F. II. S. Roberts, was a lieu tenant in Buller's army, and was in or tally wounded in last Friday's battle at Colenso. Steps have taken to send still more .e inforcements lo South Africa, When the additional troops arrive. Lord Roberts will have an 'army of 143,000 men The British losses in the battle of Colenso were 1,097, divided as follows: Killed, 83; wounded, 667; missing, 348 This is the heaviest lots sustained in any single battle of the war. The Boer loss has not been made public, The latest figures, bated on revised lists from London, bring the known British losses in the war up to 7,03 ), ia cludlng killed, wouuded and missing. If General Hethueu can hold his posi tion at the Modder river a few days longer he will probably be reinforced by at least 6,000 men. General Gatacre has again established bis headquarters at Sterkttroom, 38 miles in a slralgb line and 40 miles by rail south of Stormberg, the scene of bis recent defeat. A dispatch from Slerkstrobm states Lnll M , reU of lll9 Bril,h reverses the who'.e of Northern Cspe Colony Is In revolt. Lond w, Dec 17 The scheme by which Spafn hopes to aid Russia and balk Great Britain, by sailing to the former tbe Island of Ceuta, tho strong hold ou the Moroccan coast facing Gi braltar, has led to an extraordinary English naval assemblage In the Straits. The British "particular tervioe" tauad roa, one of tbe most formidable ever moblllfled.liat just arrived at Gibraltar, reinforcing Britain's naval strength in that region. Tbe Channel tquadron has divided ,,nl P""-006 Polling t route ,of lh 0rMA transports between the B"re11 and Cape Verde, the olb.r doing rertugueee ceuta. I Russia, France and Germany are las - 'p '' Inteadlngto combine in tola . ecrambla, to view ef Eoglaad'e eerloae dlffloultlee In Soata Africa. ; J Tbe English press It nailed In aeeenr- crating la all mood aad lenses that the war must be pursued to a trlumpheat ' and, If It costs the last man and the leal penny that Great Britain can provide. ; ' ' tiniest tome una 1 peeled triumph ted- denly transforms tbe sfhele tltaatlea It It deemed certain that European media. tlon win be proposed by Russia or FIHiNCUL DOTMHCt. Produce Exchange Trust Company Fails. J Capital aad Surplus Five Million". Deposits Three Millions Flnaa daring Floor Milling Trust. Panic Avertrd Hj Cl-sr lair House Offering Jloaey. 8pecisl lo Journal. New York, December 18 Wall tlrettj was rocked into tinsacial throes tc- i day, the excitement being Intense, with ' prlcet of Hocks tumbling down, eveiy .kind of speculaiive interest belog af I fected. j The crash came with the announce ment of the failure of the Preduce Ex change Trust Company. I This company bad a capital slock and . surplus of $5,000,1)00, wilb deposits of $3,1.00,000. lis back was broken financiering the secorlties ol llie l nileu states Milling Trust and the Seaboard Air Line Syndi cate, having one and one-half millions of the paper of the latter, secured by aa issue of the Florida Central and Penin sular railroad, this being the least pro ductive property in the scheme. A semi panic followed the Company's failure. Money went to one half per cent, per day and Interest, or 189 per cent. The clearing House smashed these rates, and averted a panic by offering tlO.OOO.WK) at six percent. Lieut. Brumby, Dead. Special to Journal Wabhinuton, 1). C. 18 Lieut Thos. M. Brumby, who was Admiral Dewey's liag lieutenant ( Hi r i t; tbe battle of Manila Bay, died here Sunday afternoon of typhoid fever iu the (larfield Hos pital. Lieut. Krumby was bom in 1885, and was not. married. His remain j will be taken to Atlanta, Ga , for burial. WOOD'S APPOINTMENT. As Military Governer ofCuta Considered Satisfactory. Wasiiinu'ion, December 13. Tbe ap poiulraenl of Muj. Gen. Leonard Wood te be milili-ry Governor of Cuba, is con sidered by t lie President lo be a long step towards tbe restoration of civil government on the island. Sen. Wood would have beea appointed Civil Gov ernor, had it not been strongly pointed out lo Mr. McKinley, by Gen. Wood himself, as well as many others, that tbe appointed of a I ivil Governor would have a bad effec' at ibis lime, among the Cubans, as it would give 111 u professional agitators a Inundation to build stories upon the i n ten lion of the United States to keep Cuba. Although Gen. Wood will be Military Governor, bis adminis tration of i lie whole of Cuba, will be largely performed through civilians, just as il has twen in Santiago prov ince. COTTON MARKET. Received by J E. Lathaas, caaaotissloa sasrckaal New Bern, N, C. Niw Y'onX, December 18. Opea. High. Lew. Close lan.cotlOB 7 81 7.21 0.1W 7.02 Mav. cottoa ... 7.40 7.40 7.12 7.20 CHICAOO MARKETS. Wheat Open. High. Low. 7lt Close May Corn: May Cofkse: March Se. R y Pf B. R. T C0 Readlag Cool. Tob. Pref . 70 71 1 3:i i 3!!f aif 0 00 m 754 50 79 0 (10 5.95 5.95 40 ',31 2i 4U 78i Rsctials at catlaa parts hales. It takes but a minute to evercoii 0 tickling in the throat and to stop cough by the use of One Minute Cough Cure. This remedy oulcklv cures all forms of throat snd lung trouble, llsrra less and pleasant to take. Il prevents consumption. A famous specllc for grippe sail its effects. F It Duffy. What Combination. - "What do you think of the PresWents' policy, Uncle Eben?" asked a downtown merchant of his aged porter. I "Deed, aah, I doan know. what row es playing," was the reply. Hath A Ilk. "The Doet and the actor," said Iba Cheerful Idiot, "arc much allka." In tb way ot hair?" asked the shoe- clerk boarder.' "Maybe," said the Cheerful Idiot. "But atUl more so In the fact that one works 'wbea tbe iplnt moree andtheotbei ' woeD the ghost walks. . , Br mi4 Day. MrsGolde NuggeV-t cannot eee any otHeri today, Nanette. nntie mtnu'ea laterjo oaller)- Moniler, 1 haf ae plalsnre to Inform jou (at tnadame Is bllpd today. , . ' - mjll ?': '"i'.'J !.i - "0"eJfc1y " Tbe .Visitor Busy , old uaot Modern ' Author Butyl Why, Pm writing to much that 1 don't hare time . Says Your Attention Please Santa Claus has come and will be his guest during the next seven days, so we extend i most cordial invitation to meet him and share in the benefits which brings. To all come down to BAZAAR, where thing suitable for a useful and handsome present is to be found. First notice the Windows which are lull ot the beautiful. Did you say a Fern and Dish P Here it is either in the Wave Crest or Worcester Ware, or a Sword Fern in handsome Jardinier. The Cameo Vases or the Bohemian with dainty Iris designs tempt lovers of beauty. Just Received such Decorated Wax Candles in a variety Of styles, in the Iron Candelabra are such an ornament to your dining table. Lamps ot every size, style and price. , A glance in the other window opens your eyes to all kinds of Toilet Sets, Manicure Sets and Wave Crest Ware Now enter, and judge tor yourselves If kind Santa has not given you a beautiful line from which to make your selection. Worcester Chocolate Pots and Celery Dishes, Hand Fainted most fastidious. Vases, Urns, Pitchers, Cake and Oyster Plates, Cheese Dishes Are just a few of the many cotinteis. Gloves. Handkerchief!, If oak. All tliene In an almost endlem va riety. Then remember the Dmum Cablneta, Onyx Stand and Chafing Dishes. And now Last but stst upon you not to forget tbe "Inner Man We have everything in our Qrocery Vepartne$ That heart can wish. Buy your Xmas Dam- ties from us and get Only come in and you frill buy, however be a pleasure to us to shoTto you our stock . Hackburns "Perfect "Blend of fflo.mi IT Java Coffee at 20c W.; Flour are daily gaining new friers. : Every one, and they are manywho has tried 'ItherriX say they are just splendid " Give ut Small Sample Order. If Everything Sold at ur8torea it Net Found U Repraaeated; :, . . Mony Chcerfally Jfcfunded, 0HACKBURm 47 and 4? Pollock St., ' New :rn, Lr. C. Listen ! to ail who wish his presence such we say, our ELEGANT almost every a beautiful stock ot in so many new thinafs- Cabarettas to suit tne things that jon can find on or Silk Jluniers, Jfoeliet not least, must -. 1 them fresh and nice. look, we feel confident if 'you do riot, "li'mi. ' Ton will bo flowed .v . ' ""f 2 1 m V" "ranee. .-. ' , t think. - .
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