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CHARLES B. AYCOCK NAMED FOR GOVERNOR Convention Went Wild When the Standard Bearer Appeared Before them His Great Speech LEE S. OVERMAN MADE Strong Speeches by Simmons, Pou The Convention OVER TWO THOUSAND MEN IN THE ACADEMY Convention Will Later Receive the Plat form Nominations Will Consume " a Qreat Part of the Night and May be Till Morning. The greatest oonveni ion tliat has ever assembled in North Carolina, ami me one turn nus nrouseu more , enthusiasm than any t.her since the , great campaign of 1870. convened in the Acudemy of Music today at noon. There was one great i lass of Im munity packed between the four walls, n mass of enthusiastic while men such as has never be n seen gnth erect together in any oily in North Carolinii. These men eanie as the representatives of Hie v.b.te people of the State to see that every net of th greut convention w.-s for the ad vancement of white supremacy in North Carolina, anil that the proper first blast of the campaign should ring clear and strong w'th the notes of the Amendment. There, was an apparent desire 01; the part of every man in the hall to proceed with business, and every mini gave heed to the words of wise coun sel u they were delivered by tlu' State Chairman, lion. F. M. Simmons, anil by the represent.u'ves of the Voung Democracy of tne State, Mr. E. Y. Webb, of Shelby, who was se lected by Mr. .Simmons as the tem porary chairman o the convention. Two eloquent serche.s were deliv ered by the State Chairman and the temporary chairman luring' the morning session,. and in the afternoon the permanent chairman addressed the convention in one of the strong est extemporaneous talks I hat th-.1 delegates had ever heard. Every seat in the building held a delegate ami every county in the State had its resident delegate present. Ashe county, from way i.p in tne West," the county tluit arted the Aycoek ball'1 a-roliiig and first en dorse the man from the Kast for the first place on the ticket, was pres ent in force, feeling its privilege sound a bugle note in the convention along with the larger counties. Aycoek buttons were worn by many of the delegates, the small Itoy with his basket of buttons having done . thriving business si-llin r the photo graphs of the man who was spoken of u.s "the second Vance." All through the hall could be see-i the. Avorkers who were looking after thtHinterests of their favorite euudi dafvjifor places on the tVkct. and lit tle, knots in one corner would send out an emissary to make an ugrei ment with some other county as to the vote on the nominations that aiv to come up later. A3" The Times-Visitor goes to press it looks as though the convention. ;s to sit into the wee sinal". hours of the night and maybe into the longer hours of the early morning before the work before it is accomplished. There are to le some ringing speeches when other nominations ore in ' rder, and there is no doubt but that the enthu siasm will lie as great, as lias been ex pected. The cheers that have greets' the name of Willinm Jennings ilryan and Charles JSrantley A cock tell the story of the convention's choice There Is no doubt about "he story. It is one great, swelling. enthusiastic outburst and no earthly power eoi.ld forestal it. That was p. oven when Aycoek appeared after his nomina tion. OPENING THE lSOtiEEDIXC.S. ' The doors to the Academy of Music were opened for the recertion of dele gates shortly after ten o'clock. There was a steady influx of di "legates from that hour until Chairmun Simmons called the convention to order. The first, third, fifth, seventh, eigtlit an I ninth, district delegates took the seats arranged for them on the first floor t while the gallery was sion erowueu by the men fronuthe second, fourth aud sixth. Montgomery and Lincoln counties were given the lower boxes, and Jlertie and Fender the. uppers on account of the' number of each dele gation. The stage, w'oa occupied by the members of the Stute Executive Committee, the secretary und assist ant, secretaries und me.-.-bers of the press. The Dunn Ilrass Band dispenseo patriotic airs from the moment of the entrance of the Harnett county delegation. They nroused sreat euthu stasia when the national anthem and Dixie were played. Etry man ia the house applauded and wild cheer went up when these selections were . rendered. : Every seat in the house was token nnd there w:a no standing rocfm left in the nislcs or entrance to the Academy. Only delegates were admitted at first nnd it, wan found ne- r h , PERMANEN CHAIRMAN Webb. Overman, Justice and j Wildly Enthusiastic eessnr.v to turn hundreds awa.v long before the convention was en I led to order State Chairman J M. Simmons came on the stage at 11:.V1 o'elock and was erected with cheer. and a "hip hip hurrah," h'd by his native county. Craven. I'roniptly at. 12 o'clock he held the guvel in his hand and with 1hi'. strokes called the eonveilt on to onle". requesting the delegates to hi? sea lei! so far as possible. ' lr. T. N. Key, of this city. Edito of The Haleigh ChrisCnn Advocate opened the convention with prayer. acknowledging the Supreme I'ower of .. , , . ,,,... ivim. ,rlli,iIin., . ... " 1 ..... r ,.., murhl control every act ol the coi: veutitn. The convention stood during the prayer. Chairman Simmons then instructed the. secretary of t'- Executive Com mittee. Mr. John W. Thompson. ":' this city, to call the roll of counties. Every county was represented, am! no contests were reported Chairman Simmons then direct! d thai, the temporary officers of Ino convention, except the tciuporaiv chairman, be announced, anil tin; fol lowing names were read uy the secre tary. Temporary Secretaries W. C. Dowd. editor of the News. Chnrlolte. John ('. Lninb. of Marlin. and lie representatives of the Democrat i press of the Stt( . Temxrary Heading Clerks Steph en Mclntyre, of liobeson, and E. I;. Lewis, of Lenoir. Sergeaiil-a'i-Arins George F. Ken nedy, of Wake: Assistants V. V. Clifton. Samuel Ilinlon and W. i.. Dnvis. Chairman Simmons then anununc 'd that iiiuler the plan of orgnnizal ion it was his privilege and duty :is Chairman of the State Executive Co.n inittcc to name the Temorary Chair man of the convention. However. !e fore announcing the Tciniorar ( hail man, he wished, will' the con sent of the convention to say a few words about the oVvclnpmonts since the past campaign; the work that w.s facing the liemoeratie party in the State and what has been done by the State Executive Committee. .Mr. Simmons' appearance was greet ed vith great applause. He reviewed the last campaign, nu.l the Inst Legislature. the prixised Constitutional Amendment, ami tic; false statements that its enemies have sent out. the niisi ('presentations Ilia have been made by Republicans who depend upon the ignorant negro for their success. Mr. Simmons told of the distribution of literature through the Democratic daily and weekly press of North Carolina, the answers to the misrepresentations distributed by the enemies of "White Supremacy." When he mentioned the name of the negro (ieorge Wlute. hisses came from I gallery and lower floor. He recalled I the demands of White that the negro race must have more otticcs anil pow er, the invitation given ai.d the ac ceptance of the issue. In u spirit of fun Tom Emerv. of Roanoke Rapids, made a motion to day, when the convention was not in session, that the convention instruct the Executive Committee to hereafter hold the State Conventions elsewhere. Zeb Taylor, of (iveensboro. where an opera house with a seating capacity of about 1,500 is to be erected, mude a grand-stand play, inviting the con vention to Greens! matter was the source oPmueh imu.-.e-ment, Jt is si serious subject anil one that, has already been attended to. The. auditorium in Raleigh is -lssured. The mention of the name William Jen nings Bryan brought continuous nnd loud enthusiastic outbursts of applause. Hb said the result of the vote on the amendment Is already assured. "Not all the soldiers Mr. McKinley can spnro to tight In the Philippines can defeat the people of .North Carolina in the present campaign. Mr. Simmons said the object of the campaign could be stated In ten words : ' "To disfranchise the Ignorant negro and) not ..disfranchise 'the uneducated white man." This, he said, Is neither violative of the statute or moral law. It Is based one the well known differences of moral and Intellectual attainments of th5 two races. Bringing his mention of this sub ject to a clone Mr. Simmons closed amid great applause with the remarks that every white man In the State shall vote: "By the- eternal God they shall vote." JMjr. ) Simmons presented Mr. 'B. Y. Webb, of Shelby, as temporary chairman. Mr. Webb came forward amid great ap plause, and the call for thre cheers for the young Democracy of North Carolina, the thre cheers were given with a vim and the young man who was to call the convention to order, stood nwatlng the time when the convention would listen to the' wordo that wore spoken on be half of Western North Carolina. Mr. Webb spoke of tha conditions con fronting' Democracy and the white peo ple of the State, and compared thorn with the fight that. wn fought wbea Vauco was selected as the standard bearers- in 1876. He spoke of a young man who had arisen In the East, and who had captured the State. He spoke of a "second Vance", aud his mention of the name of C. B. Aycoek brought the wildest cheers from all parts of the great convention hall. Tho West and tbe East joined In the shouting. It came from the gallery and from the pit; It was one shout for Aycoek that had to be followed by three cheers for the man who is to lead De mocracy to victory. 1 Then the convention entered on Its business. The tempornry chairman di rected that the list of districts be called and that the name of the Vice-Presidents, selected by the district meetings thief morning be announced. The following is the list by districts: VICE PRESIDENTS. First District, li. F. Ivey, Pasquotank; Secontff J. W. Cranger, Lenoir; Third, W. K. Murchison, Moore; Fourth, W. H. Watkins, Randolph; Fifth, C. M. Stedman, Guilford; Sixth, J. P. Caldwell, Mecklen burg; Seventh, II. L. Smith, Stanly; Eighth. W. W. Barber, Wilkes; Ninth, E. II. Norfolk, Cherokee. Committee on Credentials was named by Districts as follows; I, J. N. Pruden, Chowan; 2. R. B. Peebles, Northampton; ;t. Jno. Underwood. Cumberland; 4, Jacob Battle, Nash; 5, J. W. Noel, Person; 6. Stephen Mclntyre, Robeson; 7, Emery, Uabey: 8, T. W. Folger, Surry; 0, M. H. JtiBtice. Rutherford. Committee on Permanent Organization, 1. A. O. Gallord. Washington; 2. W. E. Daniel, Halifax; 3, S. O. Middleton, Duplin: I, C. L. lilacknall, Vnnce: 3, S. H. Webb, Alamnncc: 6, R. A. Narrow: 7. T. B. Bailey. Dnvie; 8. E. F. Lovell, Watauga; !'. J. V. Ray. Macon. Commituee on Resolutions. 1. Larry Moore, Pitt: 2. H. G. Conner, Wilson; 3, O. L. Clark, Blnden; 4. J. A. Thomas. Franklin; 5. J. R. Webster. Rockingham; 6, J. A. Lockhnrl, Anson; 7. Lee S. Over man, Rowan: 8. R- A. Daughton. Alle ghanv: !', J. D. Murphey. Burke. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. First District: W. G. Lamb. Martin. A. S. Wilier, Cnrteret. W. P. Roberts. Gales. V. B. Wlnburno. Hertford. Second District: T. W. Mason, North nnniion. M. J. Hawkins. Warren. N. O'IHt- ry. Wayne. L. B. Morrill, Greene. Third District: Thus. Daniel, Craven, D. K. Melver. Moore, J. M. Falson, Dup lin. t.'.,iiih lilKirlct: .1. It. Young. Vance R. H. Haves. Chatham. E. C. Beddingheld, Wake. Wiley Rush, Randolph. Fifth District: B- S. Roystcr. Granville. J. s Manning. Durham, R. R- Reed. Rock ingham. J- J. Nelson, Guilford. Sixth District: Duncan McEachern. New Hanover. G. V. Patterson, Robeson. W. H. Nclll. Scotland. Herrlott Clarkson. Mecklenburg. Seventh District: U. W. Hashomef. Iredell, Paul B. .Means, Cabarrus, W. H. Williams. Yadkin. R. T. Pickings. Eighth District: R. N. Hackett. Wilkes, Clyde Holy, Cleveland. J. R. Llewellyn. Surry. W. C. Irwin. Burke. Ninth District, W. T. Lee. Haywood. V. E. Moore: Clay, .1. L. C. ISird: Mc Dowell. .1. V. .Ionian. Muncombc. NATIONAL CONVENTION DELEGATES First District-.las. Parson, dates: !'. (i. .lames. I'itt: alternates. T. lllount. Washington: W. II. Drug. ( I'l-ritek. Second iDstrict L. Harvey. I.enoir; H. H. Speight, Edgecombe: alternate. U. II. Stancill, Northampton; II. V. Wi'liams. Wilson. I liird District l . ' Lion, lilad-ir. 1'.. M. Croon. Craven; a'leruates, .lr . Cnilerwood. Cumberland: Tims. F. (iilnier. Onslow. Fourth Distriet- .loseplius Haniee;. Wake: Thus. 1". ArringtoM. Nash; al ternates. T. .1. Lassiter, l.ilinstoii: V. Soot I Parker, Vance. Filth District Samuel M. (.atti-. Orange: A. W. (irnhniu. (irrinvillc: al ternates. C. I'.. Mc.Nally. Hockinghnu.: .1. A. Long. Alamance. Sixth District W. C. Howd. Meck lenburg: .1. A. I'rown. Columbus: al ternates. .1. (!. Cunning.i n. Moore: .!. F. L. Arini'ield. Rotieson. Seventh District A. I). Watts. Ire dell: .1. Reese ltlair. Montgomery: al ternates, .1. I). F.iliott. X. Clenn Wil liams. Vadkin. Ninth District R. I'.Waior. Hun eoiube: S. (lulbert. Rutherford ; al ternates, .!. J. Kedniond, Henderson; A. A. Cannon. Henderson. The Convention then took a recess until j:M o'clock. AFTERNOON SESSION. H was after 3 o'clock when the con vention was called to order. Capt. R. B. Peebles reported for the Committee on Credentials, thnt every county was represented by full number of bona fide delegates and that the only matter to he considered by the committee was the claim of Rockingham county to is Instead of 17 delegates, nnd that the committee found that to be correct. The report was adopted. Mr. J. F. Ray, of Macon county, re ported for the committee on permanent organization, naming Hon. Lee S. Over man, of Rowan, for permanent chairman. The committee recommended that the rules of the House of Representatives govern the convention and that the nomi nations be disposed of in the following order: Governor. Lieutenant-Governor: Secretary of State. Auditor. Treasurer. Superintendent of Public Instruction, At torney General, Commissioner of Agri culture. Commissioner Labor nnd Prim ing; two Corporation Commissioners: Slate Executive Committee; delegates to National Convention. It was recommend ed that the two Corporation' Commission ers be voted for on the same roll call. This was the subject of discussion and required a roll call to settle the matter. The proposed amendment that the Cor poration -Commissioners be voted for separately was defeated. The report tn full was then adopted and upon motion of Mr. F. 'S. SpruiU. of Franklin county, temporary chairman Webb appointed a committee of three to escort Mr. Overman to tho chair. Mr. Overman made an eloquent speech, which was vociferously applauded at 'fre quent Intervals. The committee on platform announced that it would be unable to make a report until 4 o'clock. V "- ' - ' '. , Chairmun Overman stated to the con vention that this being the ease, the next thing In order would be tlr nomination of the candldnte for Governor. Hon. M. H. Justice, who recently led the list of those to retire from the race for the Democratic nomination for Gov ernor, wbh recognized and he made a glorious speech nominating Charles B. Aycoek. of Wavno. The second to the nomination was made in a nitisterlv speech by Solici tor E. V. Pou, of ,Tohnstrn county. The nomination was also seconded bv Mr. Norman, of Hanging Dog, ( hero kee county. liolh Mr. Justice and Mr I'ou wore greeted with great cheers. Mr. Norman moMil that the nomi nation be made by acclamation, and then came one solid, thunderous vo'e - 01 "PP""- The banil played Dixie. The cheer ing was "'ominous. V. cock was brought, before the convenCoi' bv Mr. Locke Craig, of Tiunconibe, and Neil!, of Scotland, and the scene was wild beyond description. Hats aid ban ners were thrown into the air. cverv man stood on his chair am! there was one wild shout lasting for nearly three minutes.. The nomination occurred :it exuet'v 3:51 o'clock. Mr. Aycoek spoke for abou; thirty miyiltes. His speech was- a vnastei'iy presentation of the issues of today, and was greatly complinii'Dti d. JUDGE MOORE'S CHARGE. The New Judge Strongly Against Ciga rettes Able Charge. .'i.ilge A. M. Moore, i.ppnintcd ti e bench Ivy (iovcrnor Russell, coe e':id court in Charlotte yesterday, r.ivl in the course of an able charge to Hie grand jury, according to the ( hti -loti-' Observer, said: "The prosperity of tho country ite pends upon its physical and mora I manhood. Those offenses which lend to destroy manhood, which turn our youth from right ways into tli.is of dissipation and crroi should be close ly biicstignted. "One ot those offenses is the side of cigarettes to minors. It is an ad mitted scientific truth that no habit is more injurious to our youth than the cigarette habit. It is not oulv un lawful to sell cigarettes to minors b.tl it is also an offense to 'rive them to a minor. et we see hoys u knee pants daily walking the streets of our towns smoking energy -sapping de- iocs. Tho minor eiihei Ihivn there or they are given to him. In cither case there is a niiscleiie ,i nor eoiuinii ted. Kvery time a boy ,ges a package of cigarettes into his siss0ssion an of fense is committed. You know and 1 know that these youths uv them. Yet there are uo prosecutions. "Another offense against the laws of our land is the sale of liipior to minors. It is bail enoiii.h to see grown men iiidulring in the vice of drink to excess: but f see boys sneaking around the saloon to seeure liipior is one of the saddest special Vs of the age. "tiamlding is another offense tn.it seriously affeeis our hoys and men. The statute of I Sl 1 is broad ami sweeping against gambling. It is n lawfnl for any person to play in un gatne.Tof chance at which money or other thing of value is bet, whether the. same be at stake or not. and those who play and dose who bet thereon shall be guilty of a misde meanor. If urn know of any place in this county where this offense is carried on it is your dutv to suppress it. (iretit. stalwart men should be en gaged at better employment than playing games of ehanee for money. "All those vices corrupt the morals of the community. They load our boys astray and make wrecks of them. They sap the moral, menial and ph.vsic.il manhood of our boys. Laws against these vices are passci. for the protection and proseriation of society, and it is your duly to see that they are enforced. "1 mention these olVenses more par ticularly because I conceive they are most dangerous to the welfare of the community. The reined;' lies in your hands. In your hands therefore lies the morals and the w.'fare of toe community." KINSTON MANTEL CO. The Kinstou Mantel Company, wi'h principal place of businc s at Kinston, in Lenoir county, was today inco--poruted in the Secretary of State's oi lice. The purpose of the corporation shall bo the manufacture of mantels and house furnishing goods. 'I no stockholders are C. W. blaiichard, . II. O'llcrry, E. V. Cox. Ernest Lincoln and .1. A. I'lidgou. all of Kinstou. Tho riru ipol stock shall be .r.'.llrti. A FAIR S.l'OOR. Col. Win. II S. llurgwyn informs us that Miss Esther Ransom, the charm ing daughter of (ionornl Malt. W. Ransom, will be sMnsor at the re union of the I nited Confederate ,-"t-erans for the North Carolina iivis,.ui at Louisville. Ky., in May. This beautiful sponsor will be :he guest of the oily of Lou sville.- ii -n-derHOii Herald. FIRED INDER WHITE FLAG. Bloemfonteia. April 11. A strong party of Doers are located across the river at Donkers Hock, where Dickson's cavalry is quartered, has been considerable snip ing. T.o British officers were shot from a point near a farm house from which a white flag was (lying. It is reported thirty Boers were hiding in the farm house, from which the white flag was Hying. , 1 INVITED TO THE FA Hi. The following telegram was receiv ed at the convention this afternoon: Mr. Thomas Daniels. Chairman Crav en County Delegation: . Our association extends to Mr. Simmons and the nominees of the eonveutipn a cordial invitation to at tend the XeivhiVn Fair next w r OEOUGE (IKEKu. . - Secretary. REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE MET Wake's Delegates to the Con ventions Namrd NO COUNTY CON VENTION NECESSARY Six White Men Appointed Delegates to State Convention and Six Negroes to the Congressional. X.i convention will ! held by l'i" Republicans of this comity for the se lection of delegates to t ! 'iicpub'icun State and Congressional conventions vhiii will meet here c.iriy in May. Tin Republican eoio.tv ext-cu i.o committee, met here 'ast Satire lay and selected the loleg:les to both conventions, so no primaries or i o;i ventiou will be hold for this purpos now. Tho call for the meeting fcatnr !r-y was sent out by the ooiiij. v ohnirui:. o Mr. 1). 11. Voiing. nnd : ll the town ships in the county w " represent ed, it is said, except three. This meeting of the coinniitteo was so eret. no outsiders wore present, and the proceedings wi.e kept from -he public until they leaked out today the streets here. The inforiuat;on came from an outside 1! 'publican, on' a Times-Visitor reporter Mien pur; I 'd the story. The meeting was held n' above stag ed, and it was consider)' 1 best for that party to hold no eounty oonveni ton until time to mini" the county candi dates. A compromise e:is made with the colored members of the con ;ei. too whereby all the de'egatcs to i in State convention, which meets .Va :.'nd. are white and all the delegates to the 'ongri ssioual convention an. negroes. The following' are the dele i; from Wake eounty to the State con vent ion : .1. C. L. Harris. C. T. Hailev. .1. P. II. Adams. Thomns Stephenson. .1. P. Massov. II. T. Jones. The only ones from KiJcigh are li. ' two first named. The delegates to the Cougrcssioi al oonveni ion. all colored, are: James H. Young. li. A. Johnson. II. S. Christinas. .lerrv Smith. J. I). Tair. ticorgcL. bane. The same polici will doubtless be followed by 1 b- Kcpuhlienns in ol her ICasleru counties besides Wnke. PARIS EXl'OSi l iOV Tel-is. April II. The official pi o gramme of the opening dry of the o position has been issuer. While the buildings arc not thono.igl lv finished their condition will not b.; disappoint ing. Immense number of workmen are employed and skilled artisans in some instances ar commanding l-'u dollars daily. K E L LO : : S EXT K X ' li 1 ). Vow York. April II. Jnr.os It. Kel logir. bead of E. S. Dean and Cmn p:in' . was sentenced to seven years and six months this morning by Re corder (loff. A delay o," one day was granted to allow counsel to prepare application for stay. l'ORTO RICO L' 1,1.. Washington, April II. --The House will take a test vote on 1 lie l'orio Rico bill and aineml incuts today. The tost vote W'ill be upon the adoption of u rule for special order presented uy the oonimitteo on rules. HEAVY SNOW. Kansas City, Mo., Ap-il J. Reports are received of a heavy fall of snow on the Central and Western Kansas. It is ten inches now und still snowing in the Central Western sections. Atchison re ports that the Missouri Pacific has or dered snow plows to be in readiness for lines In northwestern Kansas. WATER RISES. Denisou. Tex.. April 11. High water is reported at all points on Red river, it has risen ten feel in twenty-four hours. COTTON. New York. April 11. Coltou April .47 May 41. June 33, July 31. August :. APPROPRIATION. Washington, April 11. The Senate is gkVring the District of Columbia appropriation. DUNSTAN ARRIVES. New York. April 11. The British ship Dunstan arrived this morning from Mn naos and Bora, and reports on the voy age yellow fever. This steamer is being disinfected and quarantined. ( ROKEU FOR DEWEY. London. April 11. Uichard ( roker has suddenly disapicared from view. It is said ho has gone to Xew York to meet the Tammany lenders regard ing the Tammany flop to Admiral Dewcv for President. UriLDlXG lU'RXED. Onmha, Neb.. April 11. The tians Kirtaton building of the cxpositif-' was burned early this moraine Mr. Frank Wilson, late of King and Wilson's Minstrels, left yesterday ' for New York, where he goes to purchase ibe stage sittings scenery and other paraphernalia for the Carolina Minstrels, which appears here April 24th. at the Academy of Music. BOERS ACTIVELY INCREASES Elandslaagte Shelled Three Positions From OAT ACRE RECALLED IN DISGRACE Gen. Brabant Completely Surrounded by tbe Boers The Eaemy Even Threaten Gen. Roberts. London. April 11 lieoeral Roberts reports, undo'- yesterday's date, thai the enemy was active in the past fev: days. Otic commando is now on till north bank of Orange river, not fur fn.mj Allwai North, while anothe is at tacking Wepencr. The garrison t holding out bravely. and inflicted heavy loss upon 4 he Poors. One l'.rit ish officer was killed and there were no other casualties. Troops are mov ing up rapidly, (ienen.l Hoberts does not mention the allege ! Itritish re verse at. .Merkatsfontein The Boer ri'iMirls are discredited at the Will o -lice. TROOPS MOVING. London. April II. -A orresponilent says it is too cloudy for the helio graph. No further new:' from V.'opon er. More llritish troops are arriving. FIOHTIXO COX'l IXTES. AliivaJ North. April ').- Fighting was resumed this morning at Wepen cr, the I'oer commanders mii-rounding ieiierul Hrubant. and repeated their tactics of pouring shell i.nd shot inn. the town. This is the th'rd (lav's bai tle. tiATAt Rli RECALLED. London, April 11. General Gataero. who was signally ilef-ated by fh liners, has been recalled practically in disgrace. General Gel -inside is ap point to command the eleventh divi sion. ('.LYING DOli UiS. Buffalo. April 11 A Hritish army purchasing agent will arrive here to day and inspect in the rt ivingyaids thirty to thirty to thirty-five thou sand horses to be bought in the Wc-i-ern States. It is oxpoeted he will get thousands daily to be shipped, that number on each vessel for South Af rica. BOERS ATTACK. LadysraUh. April 11. The Boers opened fire this mcrning early, sending shells into the llritish camp at Elandslaagte from three positions widely separated. No damage was done. The troops moved out to rccconoitrc anil found the oBers had a strong force well fortified. A naval Kim replied to the oilers, who have again placed Ions Tom in position. HOLDING OUT. London, April 11. British losses at Wepencr Monday were eleven killed and forty-one wounded. The British men re ported holding own last evening. AX ELEGANT HAXQIET. Mr. Dughi Scored a Itig i'it in Serving the Elks sit Durham. The initinry banquet, of Dur'.am Indue of Elks." complimentary to vi,t iug brother Elks, was hold in Durham Monday niu'ht. It was one of the urns' ilalHirate and elegant me.nis nir sort cd on such an occassion in this State. It was gotten up. furnts:i ed and served by Dughi. Raleigii s popular caterer. The excellence ol everything served and ti e nianiie.' in which it was served wore highly co n pliinentcd by all present. Dughi scor ed another hit and demonstrated .l'.ai he is equal to anything in serving sup pers and bancpiets. The following was the menu: ISlue Points I'elerv. Sliced Tomatics. (Hives ( ream of .Vspn-ngus. Soft Shell Crabs. Saratoga t hips. Shorbert. Tenderloin of Boole, wud Mushrooms Clnok. n Croipiets. Green lVas. Claret I'lino.:. Chicken Salad. IMtiito Salad. ( uniuss-lluok Duck. ( urrant Jelly. Salted Almonds. ( old Turkey. ( old Tongue. Sbcrri. Port. Minimi's Extra Drv. Xcuiolitnn loo ( nam. Wine Jelly. G.irn.shed vith Fres:i Strawberries Wafoi Jumbles. Maeuroon.. Lady Fingers. ngcl Food. Cocoaiuit Cake. Fruits. Nuts. Rnins'tii-. Crackers nnd ( iceso. Coffee. LOCAL BRIEFS Miss Florence Telfair is con fined to hoi room with sickness. The sale of reserve seats for Faust will commence tomorrow morning at Itolibitt-Wvnuo's drug store. I sual u-ioes. Miss Dixie Stein has moved from Newborn aim .e to North East street, comer Jones, in the residence form erly occupied by Mr. C. H. Mebauc. Mr. J. 1". ''aldwell. of .he Charlotvc Obscner. and Mr. C. L. Stevens. ,m' the New hern Journal, iinth delegates to the ennvet'on. and members of the Democratic J'icss Association, arc the guests of Co! F. A. Olds, No. HI. W. Hargctt street. lion, (lenient Manly s missed sr this convention. He lip.d mniie h) preparations to altchd when he, win suddenly summoned by .Telegram 1r Haiti more yesterday, where his uistc. Miss Mary Many, Is seriously ill. 1
The Raleigh Times (Raleigh, N.C.)
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April 11, 1900, edition 1
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