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- TOE OR 11 ill -1 VIllll No. 9,00 RALEJGH, M. C, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER ?0, 1899. 25 Cents a Month. A FURIOUS RACE Wind Blowing a Gale and Seal Pitching COLUMBIA WINS CUP This Ends the Yacht Racing Racing The Winds was Twenty-one Miles ao Hour. New York, Oct. 20. The wind is twenty-nue miles an hum- for tin- yncht race. The Shamrock crossed at 11:110.4(1 mid the Cidiiiiiliia at 11:01.20, 12:1!). I.oiig Branch reports that the Columbia is alnnit three hundred yards ahead and is Hearing the turning point. The Columbia at 12:18.20 and the Shamrock at 12:10.20. 1:27. The Columbia is seven miles from the linielt. The wind is twenty-six knots. Uotli lionts are Hying the jib, stay and inainsnls only. The se.i at tiliH's is dashing clear over the vessels. 12::tO Amid a iil hing sea the yachts are boating for home. The Columbia is ahead and gaining. The ol'licial start was Shamrock 11:00.:!-! anil Columbia 11:01.-15. l:tK. The limits are now ten miles from tile linisli, and Hie wind is in creasing. Roth are going furiniisly, tile Columbia being throe quarters of a mile in I he lead. 1 :."iti. The Columbia is a mile and a half ahead of the Shamrock. LATF.lt. The Columbia wins. The tiiuish was Columbia at 2::i.".:!0; Shamrock at 2:44.45. COTTON". New Yolk. O.I. 20. -Cotton bid.-: .Ian. 7i:i: March 17: May 21. BFRBONIO PLAtH "K. Toledo, Spain, Oct. 20.-A serious out break of a disease, sllspeclcd to be I he Bubonic plague, has uccunvd in the vil lage of Oiicro. near Toledo. Two hun dred and Ihirly poursous were atlacked ORHFRKD TO (Jl FLINSTOWN. Miss Stephenson to Tell of Mission Work in North Carolina. Miss Florence Stephenson, principal of the Oirl's Industrial School at Asbe ville, X. ('.. will come to Baltimore to morrow from Wilmington, Pel., where the Presbyterian Synod has been in so, sion. and make two addresses in this city at the Laluycttc-Sipiarc Presbyte rian church upon features of mission work among the mountaineers of tile South. One of the addresses will be made tomorrow niglil before the Wo man'. Home Missionary Society of the church, anil nil the home missionary so cieties in the city are expected to semi representatives. The oilier address will be made on Sunday evning at 7 o'clock before the Christian Finloavnr Society, and all the Presbyterian Christian Kn dcavor societies in the city have been invited to send representatives of Iheir missionary coiiuniltees. .Miss Stephen son will In' the guest of Mrs. F. A. Meikle. loo!) Xorlli Arlington avenue, during her stay in Baltimore. The indiKstrial school over which Miss Stephenson presides leaches the poor mountaineer girls dressmaking, millin ery, etc.. and prepares them to become teachers and to earn a living in oilier lines of useful employment. There are now 1 l.'i girls in the school. The moun taineers appreciate the advantages offer ed o Iheni, anil in one case the family mule was sold for $4 in order that the daughter of the household might attend the school. In another ease a girl work ed all summer and gaVe .f."i with which to enter the school. The pupils are en chouraged to pay a small fee if they are able in order to give I hem the idea they are paying for what they gel, bill if Ihey are not able to pay they are taken in the school free. A teacher requested a red-haired !-ycar-old girl to bring a couple of quails of chestnuts ami otl'ercil pay for (hem. The girl said: "I hain't wantin' nary no pay. ban-in" what yoens is givin' us. Yoiiens is tryin' to make inc anil ni.v brother thcr Scriptural way of stating relat ionship, :is lie was in reality her cousin) grow up 'spectable folks." Miss Stephenson quotes a small boy of the region who described a minister's sermon, which he said had lliree heads as follows: "Firs'ly. lie done tuck a lex': secon'ly, lie done lef il; thirdly, lie never done gut back to it." Baltimore News. The next great celebration ill New York is likely to bo held in September, 1!MW. and it will be the :UK)th anniversa ry of the discovery of tlie Island of Manhattan by Her' Hudson. The 200th aniiiversiiiy, in September, 1S0!, was modestly celebrated- by a dinner, held under the auspice of the New York Historical Society. There is already talk that the anniversary may be cele brated by a World's Fair. o The Kansas City Journal transcribes from tin? register of the Savoy Hotel in that city the following curious entries, which followed each other in tile order triven: " J. II. Pigg, Windsor, Mo.; 'C. K. Hogg. C-nnton. Ohio,"' mid "Brown Bacon. Chicago." The Journal adds: . "The three gentlemen who at tached such strange jinnies iu juxtapo sition were not ncqliainted with pack other, but whrn the hotel clerk hhw the strange signatures the three gentlemen wliosc names attracted so much atten tion, were eagerly nought by the curious, and it was lint a short lime liefore Messrs. Pigg. Hug and Baeon were good friends." X( HOPE NOW. I Captain Curler Housed Writ or Hahea Corpus. New York. Oil. 21). United States .1.1,1,... 1 .,.,1... t 1 .1.... .. 1.;., sion dismissing the writ. This ends the i iniiuer aim carier must serve uis sen I teiicc. A SFOt-KSTTOX. One Chat Out of Many Chats This Morning. "The Fair Association should certain ly admit some more life members," said a young man. who is not in business here, bin who is deeply interested in Raleigh's progress, "Some young blood will help the Fair and if we Inive a chance we will conic in the association as members and see if there is mil a way we can help things decidedly." "Thai is an excellent idea," said a gentleman who was standing by. "It should I..' done. Young men would bring in ae ei.i hiisiasui which cannot be secured elsewhere. I think that il was a bad plan to ever have this life iiieui hei'ship business, but now that il is in force give all a chance lo come in and wake things up." SAN ISIDRO TAKEN American Logs One killed, Three Wounded Filipinos Retreat. Manlia, Oct. 20.-(!eiieral Young's advance has entered San Isidro, The American loss was one killed and Ihrco wounded. The heaviest resistance Was al Fernando, where the insurgents de stroyed the bridge. iciicr.ll l'illo de Pilar was personally in command of the insurgents. The bulk of the insurgent forces retreated up I he river. Sixteen prisoners were taken by the Americans. RKYOLI TTON KNDS. o Washington. Oel. 20, --Minister Loom is telegraphs to the Slate Dep.-irl incur that the government troops will with draw from ('areas within forty-eight hours, and Oeneral Casiro will enter wil limn lighting, thus ending the revolu tion. CRFKLTY TO IIllliSKS. Yesterday was a hard day on the horses ill lialeigh. Some of the drivers of public hacks and carriages kept their teams going inccss.-inily all day au1 nearly all niglil. Many of the horses were in a pilil'ul coiidil ion. A hors," drawiug a loo k is reported lo h.-ive dicil iu llio road last night, ami another, it is -.-1 i . I . died iii his stall. Sevral olhr horse., gave mil completly under the strain. The drivers should he prosecut- cd to the fullest exleul of llle law anil made an example of. TONNOKSKI A CANIilllATi:. The lialeigh Blade says: "Mr. (ieorge I.. Toll noil's ki is a candi date for the clerkship of I lit- 1'niieil Stales court, ami his many friends Would like to see him get llle place. Me is well qiiulilicd lo discharge the du lics of the oflice. Iii fact he has al ready considerable experience as deputy clerk and his capability is recogiiized by all. In 0 li Kepiiblicaiis .-nnl llemoerais. Il is lo be hoped Hint Judge Piirnclf will sec his way clear to give the clerk ship lo Mr. Toi ITski. TKorni i: Fou tiik parson. I Philadelphia Press. I A Connecticut faultily being much trou bled about good servants ami en a visit to some frii nils in Ti nncssce, no! iced inc of chose negro cooks iwlio ,-i! to lii found here and there.! wlmse denu :;nor was as eu-ict as her work and pc'so.i was cleanly. They persmuli d lu r 1" enter iheir .service and in line time she nrived ill ( 'otinoi-l i lit. On t'lle full.iwili ' Sabbath. ui'U..i-d -willi her churi-li halt r ri-cniiiinii'iiiliug In r lo the kindly i-iiitsii!er-ation of any sisier cliur. a wnli w hom -lie nilig'ht. affiliate, she. after much sur prise at rinding herself ti'ue "uti'ly darky in sight for miles," to say not bin-, of an African M. K. chuiili. asked l-.r per mission to worslli'.l Willi llle "Wli;le folks" and put her letter of good stand ing in with Ihi'in. She was told to nunc around on the following evening to she liusUicss ineeling of the official boa -il. Arrived, she was given a seal while her ease w as discussed, w ioh I be result thai the whole Imard, except l".ic pasloi wus in favor of receiving lier into fellow ship, hers being an exceptional case and she herself so evidently resptt !abl" ih-.it tin re was no reason, at al! for saying otherwise. The pastor, however, as president, vetoed it. saying: "Xn. 'brethren, 1 do not believe these people are lniunaii, or will ever go to Heaven. Mure than Hint, I .should lie unwilling to go there niyseli if they also be admitted." 'Here the wi.'UHlu interposed : "Well, heney. if you doan't want to g to ll.'l bin' will' niggers and yo-u go tof hell, you'll find plenty of luggers dar, too! (lencral Henry W. I.nwlon lias been trying to correct in an interview with a eorrespmndenl at Manila some of the misstatements in a sketch of his life which was printed iu this country sumo weeks ago. For example: "His inti mates will back him to drink any iiian under the table." The (leiicral says: "I never drank a drop of liquor, as my in timates very well know." Again, the sketch says: "When he feels like it he works forly-eight hours at a stretch." And (leneral Lawton adds: "I never do feel like it." Apropos of the recent suggestion that a monument to Olinrles lHckcns be erected in one of the public idaces of Iondon. The London Mail recalls that anv such scheme would lie in direct op position to the cxprcsseil wish of the novelist. In his will Oiikeas wrote: "I conjure my friends on no iiceount to make me the subject of any monument, i memorial or testimonial whatever. , 1 i rest my claims to the remembrance of uiy cpiinlry iism niy published works, and to the roinciinbrance of my friends upon their experience of me in addition thereto. BOER ADVANCES The Boers are Shelling Glencoe Camp. OCCUPY WESTERN PASSES Big Guns Brought Into Play by the Boers British Trying to Pro tect Ladygmith From Their Advance. I don. Oct. 20.-The War Oflice had a desnueh from l.ad.vsniith this morn ing. Iieiteral Synioiuis. of (ilencoe Camp, wires thai the Boers are shelling the camp with big gnus and the troops are mov og out. The War Oflice n i oil a message from (ilencoe lour hours later -that Kings rifles and Oubliii fusileers were aliacking the hill, which was defended by the Boers artillery. Scouts reporr that nine thousand Boers an--advancing from Mailings Spruit ami the I.ciccMior- shirc regiment has gone to i i them. The War- Oflice has received a des patch from ( leneral White, dated yes terday al nine p. m.. thai the Boers com menced descending to the western pass s Tuesiln y, eanie ill contact with our patrol ami yesterday coiiitinucd their advance, halting for the nkhl with the left flank tt Hesters Staliou. with cen ter at Blue Bank, and the riirht Hank more retired to Acton Homes. We mov ed t" position covering the town of I.adysinit h. The enemy seemed to re lire to the west. The patrol is nowhere coining in contact with tlicui. except a comparatively small body at Beslcrs station. The enemy captured a goods train from Flninndcluagta. The Boer force is advancing over l.uggareberg .Nek. SHFl.l.lNfi KI NKKi:. I.ailysniith. Oct. 20. -An uncoiilirined report is received here that the Boer artillery is shelling Dundee. ODDlTIFiS OF .Mill NTA I N F.KRS. Loudon. Oel. 2D. It is reported llial ihc channel squadron is ordered to Oiioote -town. OLYMPIA OPERA COMPANY. The Academy of Miisie was made to aeeii!l!in!a!e all llle people who desired to witness ilie opera Mikado presented by the lllympia Opera I 'oini:i ny last evening. .Both llle lower llower .'Hid ihc ga llery was aeked. The company gave a splendid rendi tion of I his familiar opera. The char aelions were ail well sii.-lained. As iu the previous operas presenlcd by this company I he solos of Miss Lleanor Jenkins wa.s the strong feature of the sinking. In the roll of Yuin-Yiiiii. she was as charming as ever. The work of Dan Young as Ku Kn, Ihc Lord Iliuii l-'xecul ioner. was ex- Ircllleiy clever. lie is a comedian of greai abiliiy and highly pleased Ilie an- ilience. Tile role of Mikado was well executed by Harry l.ighl wood. Cc.rge Olmi as PaoB;,li. .,,,,l 1 1 il. F.vcr.vlhiiig Klse. as u-ual. was m.isier of his character. His splendid bass voice never tails lo please the audience. To-uighi I he company will preseni ilie opera. Bohemian Cirl. Instead of issuing return checks to persons leaving a tliealre during the por foi manic, the Japanese mark Ihc de parting speii.-iior on I he hand wil 1 1 an india rubber stump. Ihc mark varying each evening in form and color. The city of Paris. Monroe county. Mo., has brought suit against the .Mis souri. Kansas ami Texas Railroad for S'L.iOii. ihc .-i mou ii l expended by the municipal auiiioriiics iu niaiulaiiiing a quarantine against smallpox and caring for those who contracted Ihc disease. The eiry bases its claim on the fact that Ihc disease was taken lo Paris by Charles Sanders, an employe of the railroad, who was allowed to leave a hospital at Sedalia while convalescent. .Iiislin McCarthy's sight continues to improve, but he is mil yet allowed lo try il willi reading and writing. lie U constantly engaged in literary work, however, dictating his copy to a secre tary, and being read to for a certain time every day. lie is employing his mind mi liclioii just at present, having engaged to do three short stories fur various ('hristunis numbers. Of 'TO 11 Kit PARTY. Oel ober gave a jiarty; The leaves by hundreds came -And Ashes, Oaks ami .Maples, And those of every iiaiue. The sunshine spread a carpet. And cverylhing was grand, Miss Weather led the tlanewig, Professor Wind the band. The Chestnuts came iu yellow, Tlie Oaks in crimson dressed: The lovely Misses Maple In scarlet looked their best, And balanced all their partners, And paily fluttered by: Tlie sight was like a rainlsiw Xew fallen front the sky. Then, in the rustic hollows, At "hide-and-seek" they played. The nrty closed at rundown, And everybody stayed. Professor Wind played louder; They Hew along the ground; And then the party ended In jolly "hands nil around." rECIAL. KATES VIA S. A. h. TO RICHMOND VA: On account of the unveiling of tho Vinnie Davis Monument and Meetiug I. D. C. Richmond. Va.. November -13. 1899, the Seaboard Air Line will ell round trip tickets from Raleigh for 0.15 for the round trip. Tickets to be old November 5 ana 6, with final limit 'oveniber 14th, inclusive. Z. P. SMITH, City Ticket Agent, Raleigh, N. C. elephone 117. R-KSISTKD OFFICER. Mr. John Abrams and Ofliccr Alder--"ii had a hard tight Ibis morning, iu which both of t Iii-iii were hurt. Mr. Ahrauis had been a policeman at the Fair grounds. This morning he became disorderly on North West Street and OflitjilT Aldeison very properly attoiiipr eil io make ihc arrest. Abrams resist id stubbornly ami tried to use his pistol. A tight ensured, but the ofliccr over powered Abrams and willi the assist ance of oiheis brought him to the sta liou house. Both llletl were bleeding plofllsely. bill were not seriously hurt. Al.ONll TIIK ATLANTIC COAST. The completion of the Dismal Swamp anal, rceeiiily referred to in the Manu facturers" Record, il is believed will open up an addii ional markei for the pro ducts of Kasicni North Carolina as tar -th as New Fnnlaiul. Il is uu- ilersiood thai ihc question ,,f opcralimr large lines direcily from ihc Albeuiarle ami Paiulico sounds to Philadelphia. New York and oilier Northern dies ,as I "eii agiialcil. As vessels drawing ten feet of water can pass ihroiigh the locks along the canal, eouiparalively large boats call be loaded for the oins men tioned. It is believed thai liie govern no nt will soon take up Ihc ipiosiioii of rniupleiiiig an inland passage from Ihc Carolina sounds to Charlcsion. S. ('.. lor strategic purposes. a well as to -limulatc commerce, for ,-m Charlcsion. a water mule inside the coast line is imw available as far as Jacksonville. Fill., which will soon be e.Mcliileil to K.-y West ihroiigh Ilie work of the I'loriila Coast Line Canal Company, which is cniiipleiing a waterway cm bracing r,i;ti miles of river, lake and 'anal. - Mauufaei uivrs' Record. I.liill l' RAIN TO NIOHT COOI.FR. For RalciLdi and vicinily : Light rain lo-night or early Saturday, followed by cooler, cloudy weather 'with fresh northeast winds. The leaiui'e dominul ing the wcnber ihis morning is ihc eMcnsjve an-a of nigh pressure over ihc Lakes where the bat'oineicr has reached oll:."ill inches. 'o real "Low" is appareni. ilioiigh rains occurred over s e soiiih Atlantic Stales, with the largest amount. 1.2s inches, ai Macon. Light rain also- , eiirred in the Lake region. The weather is fair and warm west of the Misisippi river. ON THE FAIR GROUNDS. Good Attendance Today Operation of Pickpockets Man Help Up. There was a g 1 crowd at the Fair grounds lo-ilay. especially large for Fri day. Tlnle Were enough people pres ' lit lo ui. ike things lively and al ihe sUIIIC time take iu the exhibits Willi comfort. The racing was good and spirited ami t bi'ic were a number of onirics for each race. .eh, the trick bicyclist, gave an inter esting exhibition on ihc race track. The gallic of loolball between the A. and M. College and Bingham S.-l I is in progress as ihis paper goes lo press. The A. ami -M. was in the had. There Were a few pick poekels in llle city during the Fair. Oi f tliein stole a pocket I k fi'iiin a woman iu a Irain al the siaiinu last aficrmiou. She cried out and a railroad detective pursued :he thief, who sprang through a window-, and making a rush, climber a high fence and got away before llle delcclive could shoot him. Later the t licit' was found on lie- fair grounds ) , - ihc same ileiectivc. who arrested him and liirned him over to a coiiile of the fair police, lueii. The latter look him away, but when Ihey reach ihc main gale He tripped them both, most adroitly, and ran like a rabbil. A young lady visiting here had a licit ii t i Iii I diamond brooch siole from her hair. Late yesterday afternoon on Hillsbo-o road near ilie Fair grounds, Mr. C. 1 1. Money ham was driving hoine w illi bis family in the wagon willi him. Two negroi s came up ami deiiiamleil thai he allow 'them to ride I w o. lie had bis family with him and he refused, where upon tile negroes atlacked him with a razor. I Ilie managed to escape and ihc negroi s were afterwards arrested. They proved to I o l.onnie Davis ami Rul'us lliirton. They were carried lu'lore Jns t'ee Marconi late this afternoon for trial. A WARM T1MK AT A llOl.lNF.SS M l'.KTI N't i. Oak. New Kcnl county. Yn.. October IS. -At Roper's Tabernacle Monday niglil a few cool-heailcil persons suc ceeded iii averting what promised to be a serious affair. As was seen in the Hit-patch about ten days ago. a Mr. Boroughs, a new comer to this county, invited Ihc Rev. R. W. Webb, lo hold a Holiness camp niccliiig near this place. Mr. Webb carries his own tent with him, but the .Methodists of this vicinity, who own the above named tabernacle, granted him leave to hold the meeting in that build ing. The meeting eoninif need Sunday, with Mr. Webb on hand. lie began his discourse by abusing the members of the Melhoilist church who did not believe in holiness. Christian perfection, or saiiitilicatioii. lie linally became so violent ami personal thai lie was called down by Rev. F.ugone Polts. pas tor of ilie Melhoilist church here. The lwo hail ipiite a hot discussion for a few minutes, when several members of the tabernacle congregation jumped from teir seats and joined iu what was I lien getting lo In- a very high-pitched row. One man was shaking his list in the Rev. Webb's , face. While this Willi going on the ladies took their heels and ran out of doors. Some never stopici? until Ihey reached their homos. The Rev. Webb ami his few followers were ordered to leave the tabernacle, but he ha sent on for his tent I which he had lift behind after securing the buildingl, and will continue the don't know w hat name In give it -on the land of Mr. Boroughs, Richmond Dispatch. TO AND FRO Familiar Faces From the Passing Throng, Mr. Will Bailey returned to Loiiisburg this morning. Mr. and Mrs. O. Beni Alfonl were ill the cily lo. lay. -Mr. Charles Fen, It, of Wayei-oss, I la., is iu tl ity. Prof. V Y. Ciilb-y. of Wake Fun-si. is ill the cily. Col. J. P. Leach returned to Little ton thK morning. Mrs. Rolicri Weaver, of Spencer, re I uriicd bourn ihis tuoriiiug. Mis. Jennie Dale, of Snow Hill, re luriieil home ihis morning. Mr. R. R. Colli, ii. of Coiiondale, re turned home ihi nou'iiing. Mr. Henry Biggs. ,,i Scotland .Neck, returned hoiiic tin-, morning. Miss Julia Parkin, of Beaiifori. i visiling al Mrs. Marl Thompson's. Dr. S. II. Crocker, oi Maycloii. N. ('.. is visiling his i-iers. Mrs. .1. . S; cm-c Miss Ida Baichelor. of Nashville. Teini.. is visiling i,.r sisier ai .Mr. J. R. Baikley's. Mr. "Turk" Farly. ait eiiierprisii.g and popular citizen of Reriie. is in the city. Reineinlier llle inatiuee lonionow af- lerii, at 2:o0 in llle A,-ailc:ov of Musi,-. Mr. J. lines F. ('arraway. w lc has been here a I em ling llle Fair, h.-is re llll'lieil ., New hem. Maj. Frank Brown, of llle Marshal's oflice. Weill I.. New hem this looming. Federal Conn oien. next Tiicsilay. The Bingham Sel I foot ball leant came in this morning. They played the A. ami M. team al the Fair Oroumls ihis afternoon. Mr. R. N. Siniins returned this morn ing from a very su,-,-, m'h! business irii t,, Baltimore. Mr. J. Paxloii Oaliiur. one of New born's prominent young business men. is iu the city. Mr. ami Mrs. Harry Parkin and Mr-. L.nlia II mights, of (ten it fori, are vi-ing ai Mrs. M. M. Adam-. Lililc Carey J. II r. Jr.. s f Mr. and Mrs. '. J. llunicr. is ipiiio silk. Mr. Kmuieli Lew ha.s been taking' in Ihc Fair. Mr. R. I.. Smith ami Mr. .1. D. Ib.be- sou. ,,l Roles ill,., are ill low n. Mr. R. I!. Davis. Jr.. ..f Wilmington. is here. Mr. A. P. S le. of Slatesvill, . came iii ihis nooning. Brunswick county scut i wo comb-is-lo llie Slal" Prison lo .lay. I.ollla Hull, Ml. colore. I. was -cut lo llle load- for ihirly days by Mayor I'owell for disorderly conduci. The Sale hoard ,,f agriculture held an other ses-ien today and will probably adjourn ihis afternoon. Mr. Mali W. Raiis,, ii. Jr.. of O.irys burg, w ho has been here l. iking iu l he Fair, reiuriie.l home ihis nn, ruing. Miss Maggie Hardy, of La Orange who has I n i-jtiiig al the hoiae ,,!' Mr. F. II. I.me. iii ii en," I home ihis morning. Mr. A. 1'. Sieclc. of Sialcsville. ami Mr. Ii. W. Cooper, of W'insioii. have beili visiling M S.i aiugoull.iSiu.l wllsr been vi-iiiug Mr. Sam Pari-h. i Mr. Frank Young, advance reproscn laiive of llie .lanaiisehel; I 'onipanv . was here 1 iii.- nn. ruing making area ngeiiieni s lor lb,- appearance ,.i ihis strong i puny on ihc L'oib iiisi. S e.-ial cling ..f v O. F. A. Jr. al S o'clock lo-night ai K. of I'. Hall, over Julius Lewis Hardware si., re. Visiting b I el lll'ell will plea.-e h I hand. III! porlaiit business p, night. Mr. Charles F. Luni'silen 1,-fi ibis morning for Rocky M n to attend the liineral of Mr. I'M. 'yn. mason, who die, I there last niglil. The f ral will take place this afternoon. The Raleigh C.tii.n Mill.- w i I pu; ,,n a night lone of operatives avd op, :; ie day and nighl. Tl vcr-ini-PMs ng ,c- niaml for the company's yarns makes this iuere.'iscil capacity necessary. About L0 men ami women are employed. The spindles number ih.siiii. Ml'. Robert L. Steele, of Rock'iiu t ,1 ill . X. ('.. proposes llie esl loli-nui, ni of an extensive bleachery and dyeing l;.'ll. ami will doubtless form a iot.mii.. in the near future to iuiiid and ,,'i:i:,' it. The location has uol I a chosen as ei. although several towns have made pro positions to secure the etll rprise. Dohtless the must liberal prop,, -it i .11 in the way of advantages, cx. iiim: ion. etc.. will he acceptiied. It is announced that Miss Adelaide F.verharill. who painled the life size pie Inn' of ex-Speaker Charles F. Crisp for Ihc Ceorgia State Capitol, has been en gaged to paint a similar port rail ,. I he lale Congressman Bland. The in, .Yemeni for ihc erection iu San Francisco of a monument to conimeiii orale Admiral Dewey's victory ai Ma nila is already a-surcd of a successful outcome, the fund having- reached .SIH. 000. Contributions are siill tlowing in. Tolsloi's new novel "The Resurrec tion," which The Cosmopolitan declined lo continue after having printed sever al installments, is now being sold iu London iu a most curious guise. It is issued by tin' Brotherhood Publishing Company iu the form of a collodion of tracts. It is unbound, being made up of a parcel of loose leaflets, wrapped in coarse paicr and secured by a rub ber band. On the cover of each of these smaller packets is a motto text from the Nex Testament. The different pans of the novel arc sold for a penny each. KALE HANGED Sad End of an Unfortunate Young White Boy. Avery Kale, white, aged aboiil 1!) year-, was hanged yesterday at .Newton, X. ('.. lor murder. From childhood, i-ays the corn-spoiii!-i ui of The Charlotte observer, none but the baser iulllleliees had I ll ihl'own around him. Virtually raised in a dis tillery, and iu ignorance, his life was totally dev oid of iiioral I raining. aiuT V'-i the only crime for which he was bulb-tod was coiiiiniiicd a few months before ihc awful murder for which he paid tic- penalty. He ihen shot through ihc door of ihc uiiii'ih i-e.l mall's li.iu.se, and probably ihis ai l Id lo the Worse ci ilie. Ib'orge Travis w.-i- a witness agaiui him. Kale w.ul lo liasionia an, I i her,- made iio-eai. against the lite ,,!' Travis, who loo! succeeded him in hi. employ ineiil. With -noli feelings he appall-inly "made Irhi'ds" will, his elielii,. ,o- ..ii Su!uri.i. the IJJiii of Augii-I. is: is. I,., performed a friendiy i n an, I f,.i him. and yet before l he nighl was over Avery Kale had luur-'l.'i-..! Coi.rgc Travis, who h it ., window and live children. Alter shooting Travis j,, ,..l , escaped I, i Marion, win re I Illi-led iu C pan.v A. First Xorlh Carolina Kegi- itn on. and proceeded I,, Jacksonville, Florida. His w heiva bonl s became known ami upon r.-j n i -i I i. n of tb-vern- oi Ru-sell he was 1,1 o , back and Iri,-, I al the November lerin of the Su perior curl of ( 'alaw ba cllnly. The entire jury thai convicted Kale .joined in a r. .pi.-l lo tin- 1 1 , i vcrnor to e.oim.ule his sentence lo life illlpl'i.-oll-incul. a- did many of the besl eili.ens "l" llie eoiiiny. vv iiil ita lly as many oilier good eilizclls ;s,ed that tile la VV be allowed lo iak, it- emirs,., am I while the lloverie.r son,,, days ago decided thai Kal. iiiiisi hang, "for." said be. "if I CXIcm! executive el. 'Illl'lley ill bis ca-e, how can I refuse ii iii any ease?" yd hope of ciiiiniii.iii, ,n lo imprison ment for life had not entirely disappear ed in, i, I l.isi niglil a lelegrain from .1. C. I. . Harris, of counsel lor the prisoner, si.iied ilia: he 1 1, ern,,r was uinnove able. A DOCTOR'S SITIKMI-: TO RK STORK I.I I K. The in, led young r-urgeon. Dr. W. Sinclair Davids bas rceeiiily devoid minli ii in preparing lo make a Hovel expel ilu, III oil llle body of llle eXeellleil 111:111. Il was his illlclllioll to I'e-cl Ihc lie. k. if ilisloealed. ami then by s means or other to siart up He- bean pulsaiion- and again "breathe the breath of lit"" into the dead body, and give him l.a. k lo hi- frieii.I.s. Dr. David son luiiily believe- that under favorable oii-i uiiistaiiees ss 1 1 , -1 1 a thing can be done and w u h Ihc pn paralioiis made bad III. I ,-- of sllc-es- in t 1 1 j case. lloVVl'Vl'l'. tlie faiih ,,f she condemned man was not -,, glial, and he refuse, I lo ensoul lo I I v perinii in. re,iiesi ing 1 1 1 .-1 1 1 lr. Davidson l. notified not lo nihil, pi any such cvperiluenl. Ii wa.s a greal ills appointment to the do, l,,r mil be al lowed I,, pursue his sole -mo. ;V. MARTIN'S TESTIMONY. i Wilmington Meses.n-ger.) .While well informed N'orlh Caroli lli.'il's who have sin. lied the illc- ion willi somdhing o-f t horoiig-liness accept without doiil.i the tact of a Mrckl.- i burg I leclaration of Independence mi the 'Jiiih of May. 177."i. lliero are a t'cvv Nkep,;ics here and thc.'e ill llle S'ale pi chaps. a,d many outside w ho know, ready hut little if anything of the gr'-af array of evidence iu favor of lh fact ,,f such :, dc-iararion. We wen' rnine ameiig the uoiiliters. ami rather leant towards ihc side of the attacking crit ics, but a j. aiienl simly ,.f ail llle facts .Hid eviilciic s cured our doublings, and Made ii- earnest and resolute in mi" ad v,w.acy ,," il. T'lie truth is it is estab lisj.'d l,y an airay of ev iilem-e that sh.,.'f,,l remove all doubt from 'he miii.ls ..I ;'a ir-m:iidel impiirers and searchers after llie triilh. Ii is a groat cia dit to N,ir:ii Carolina that over thirlocn in, nih-' before Ihc National ueclaral ion al l'lni.l,),'! hia tlie palriolio and rc-olule ll'.eu of M', cklenblll'g lllel and lie. ialeo Iheir il','pi llilellce of Iheir lllolher coun try. Or. at Brilain. We refer lo th', now hec-i'iise if a recent oxlraot we -aw from a letter' in Ihc Ball im.n'c Sun. wiitteii I y Dr. Oeorge W. Orahani. "f Charlotte. wTio is well up in the n I ; 1 1 1 r of a ileclit'rai fou and has given i., lime to i'. He 'riles ami what he s,, , -is helpful -.iinl instructive: .-oinc badly iu.foriueil hisiie-'aus have denounced : he Mecklenburg De claration of Independence as a legend and a myth. It is probable licit liny have never read the siah'iiiciris of Oov ernor Martin regar.lin g H- He was the Colonial ruler of Norn . Carolina at th lime of its adoption. I ,!l'' bivermu-'s aibll'ess to llle Fxeollllio Council i I. June 2. Mil. !77o. iN. C. Colonial 1?. ords. vol. x. pp. ".S-o'di. iii' si',-iks of the eoiiiiintiee in flu- count..' of Mecklen burg "explicitly renouncing' oU'dienee In His Ma.p'siy's I loverunieiii ami all law fill authority whatsoever.' A gan. in a proclamation dated Aug. . 1 ' " " 'I'P 1 I 1-1 I. "i. vol. x. sain reeordsi. the Oov ei nor sijicaks of tlie country of Meck lenburg -declaring the entire diss..,ni n.n ..f ihc hiws.OoM'i'nniei't ami Constitution oi Ihis, .-..nnl ry.' There arc other all.l sioiis in ihese record- of Ihc Oovcriior lo the Mecklenburg Ibsdaral ion of luile- pelliielMC. bal We deelll these sufficient to show thai ,u North Carolina wis made l iie lit'st dc-i la ra l ion of iiiilcpoiidem.v Hi A nuiiiiva." l'ormer Peinisy Iv a nians w ho now re side in ilie Finpiie Stale have fornieil an assoeial ion w hich they e.ll) the Pennsylvania Society of New York. Tin pui'pnso of the new organisation, aci-.ifiliug io iis eoiistiiution. is -tn -ul-liviie social intercourse among its nieill be -s and to proinole their best interests; t collect historical material relating lo llii' Slate of Pennsylvania, and to keep alive iis uieiiio''.v in Xew York." The presidi'in is Rigbl Rev. Henry C. Pol lir. and llie vice presidents are Henry 13 ihiiison Towtie. Kichard K. Cochran. Henry Oalhrailh Ward and Horaii' See. '... 7-. .- . ... """'. .,- ..
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