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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-05-11

One hundred and fifty churches il
PIttsburs, Penn, representing twelve
denominations, have associated them.
selves in q federation for united ag-
gressive work among the foreign pop.
ulation and non-church-goers.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-05-11

q witnessed a knife fight between
a couple Of italian sawmill hands the
6ther day SAID a resident OF the
Pearl River district Of Louisiana, who
is Interested III the lumber business,
land it was the most dramatic, thrill
Ing spectacle [ ever laid eyes on.
Neither Of the men was particularly
large, but they were 1.-THE and sinewy.
and quick as lightning. How the row
originated | don't know; they had
been growing at each other for some
time. and on this particular day things
anne to a focus while they were eat
ing their lunch on a raised platform
Just over the log hoist. The platform
was perfectly clear, and il the scene
had been arranged for 4 play it
couldn't have been better. [ heard
the engineer call, and looked up to
zee the TWO men, bent nearly double,
and wheeling around each other IN
rapid circles. Their evident purpose
Il crouching was to guard against a
wound in the intestines, and there
Eas something indescribably ferocious
ind cat-like IN the attitude. They
Kept their arms thrown out as fen
le-s. clutchcd their knives close to
heir breast, and glared silently into
Zach others eyes as they passed and
.epassed IL the quick, deadly manou-
.ering Of the fight. | was SO thor
,ughly spellbound | never thought Of
interfering, even had such a thing
oeen possible. and. after what seemed
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-05-11
Gossip.

Mrs. Fl. II. Stanley. wife Of the
great explorer, is Q fluent speaker.
Mrs. Anna &. .Ayerell, of Chicago,
has given $50 coo to the Presbyterian
Hospital Of that city. i.
Mrs. George Vanderbilt is said to
have the finest rope of solitaire rubles
III the country, ii not IN the world.
A memorial chapel is being built IN
honor Of the late Empress Elizabeth
of Austria. It is to be paid for by pub
lie subscription.
Progressive Chinese women have
started q weekly publication calledthe
Feminine Magazine. The staff con-
sists of women only.
Nine. WI, the wife of the Chinese
Minister at Washington, is a great
favorite at the capital. She and her
husband are verypunctilious about re-
turning visits.
It is reported that Queen Wilhel-
nina of Holland pays frequent visits
to the museums, especially to the fine
collection of prints in the Rijks Mus
cum, at Amsterdam.
Mile. ThiiikeZa, 3 young woman Of
Polish origin, recently passed a bril-
liant examination before the Paris
faculty of medicine. The subject of
her thesis was the Condemnation Of
the Corset"
Mrs. Clarence Lexov, wife of the
New York Senator, and other women
of Nyack, N. Y, have instituted a
"woodpile," where men seeking char
ity may earn money in saving and
splitting wood.
Mrs. Ada L. Hanford, daughter of
District Judge Hanford, Of Seattle,
has been placed at the head of the
movement among citizens Of the State
Of Washington to purchase a suitable
testimonial for the battleship Olym-
pia.
Sister Mary Helen Ellis, one Of the
few survivors of the band Of Roman
Catholic Sister of Mercy who, under
Miss Nightingale. went to attend the
English soldiers in the Crimean War,
died lately at Walthamstow, England.
in her eighty-second year.
Miss Caroline Hazard, the new
President Of Wellesley College, is no
a college bred woman In her stu
dent days, however, she enjoyed semi
collegiate privileges IN Brown Univer
sity. She is forty-two years old au(
is quite a successful writer.
The Empress of Japan has priv
leges accorded to none of her prede
cessors. She is allowed to eat at tn,
same table with the Emperor, and h'
consults her II regard topolitical mat
ters. The Empress is fond of horse
back-riding, and also exercises ever,
day in her private gymnasium.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-05-11
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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-05-11

II sydney, New South Wales. the
street car lines are owned by the mu-
nicipalltv and no fares are charged.
Homeless folks. it is said, use them
at night instead Of going to cheap
toaQlQR houses
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-16
TELEGRAPH BREvI1IEs,

The Spanish government has decided
not to sell the Caroline Islands.
r. 1t is reported that Germany wants a
new agreement relative to Samoa.
1t is reported that Don Carlos has
instructed his agents in Spain to stop
the agitation in his behalf.
Six hundred and fifty miners en-
ployed by the Choctaw Coal company,
Indian Territory, went out on strike
Friday. .....-.
II is now uouUtcu uuaI tne uIsease
that has broken out in the camp of the
Two hundred and Second New York
in Cuba is yellow fever.
Captain Oliver Perry Smith, COM
missary of subsistence, United States
volunteers, Second division, Seventh
army corps, died at Havana the past
week.
The army appropriation bill was
completed by the house committee on
military affairs Friday, and, by dint OF
pretty severe cutting, it was brought
down to $79, 034,372.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-16

for twelve shares at $25 each. Sub
'scriptions came in rapidly until S., ),
600 was subscribed before the meet
ing adjourned. Committees on sub
scriptlons, site, machinery and
building were appointed and direct
ed to report at the next meeting
Feb. 81. The capital stockof the
stock company is put at $50, 900, and
work will commence as soon as 25
per cent of the stock is subscribed.
The merchants are thoroughly in
earnest over this matter, and will
put the project through.
Judges Complain of Perjury.
jackson. The papers over the
state are taking up the perjury
question, and attempting to find
some method by which this growing
tendency may be repressed. Some
time ago Judge Stephens made a
recommendation in his charge to
the grand jury of Union county
that stenographer be employed to
take down the testimony of wit
nesses before the grand juries, so
that the district attorney can pin
them down when they get on the
stand in open court But this does
not strike at the root of the matter.
since the complaints Of many grand
iuries are that there are many first
class perjurers who will not even
tell the truth to the grand jury, 80
that it would be useless, except IN
an occasional case, to take their tes-
timony down in the grand jury
room. Judges all over the state
have denounced this crime, especial
ly in connection with attempts to
indict lynchers, without effect.
The explanation of a good deal OF
the perjury with reference to minor
matters that come up before the
grand juries is that there are good
many laws that are not in strict ac
cord with public sentiment and it Is
impossible to secure informers. The
repeal Of the imprisonment clause
the concealed weapon act by the last
legislature was a concession to the
public opinion that rendered an in
dictment rare and conviction al
most impossible.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-16
Twelve Below at Little Rock.

All records for low temperatures in
Arkansas have been broken and Feb
ruary II, 1899, will be treasured up
IN the memory of the ''oldest inhabi-
.ant' for years to come. At II o'clock
Saturday night the thermometer in the
Weather bureau registered / degree
above zero. The mercury then began
Its toboggan slide and at 8 a. m. Sun
aeay it reached the lowest on record at
Little Rock, 12 degrees below zero.
At o'clock Sunday morning the
temperature at Pochabontas, Ark,
ttssgstered 20 degrees below zero.
white river, stream with an unusu-
ally rapid current is frozen from bank
to bank.
Reports from all over North Texas
sfe that the blizzard of Saturday and
sunday was the most severe in the
history of the state. Loss of cattle in
me Indian Territory and on the Pan
handle ranges will likely be very
arge. Zero weather was recorded all
D over North Texas Sunday morning.
snow has been on the ground at Dallas
'or seven days. This is the longest
'0la spell for fourteen years.
:, dispatches from different points
throughout Georgia report un-heard
y y weather. At Carrollton, Ga, the
thermometer registered Is degrees be-
iow' A fall of snow from two to Six
inches in depth covers the entire state.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-16
A Freeze a Blessing.

Viewed from hygienic standpoint
on the yellow fever germs, tho freeze
in the south is blessing to the peo-
pie Of that section, according to DR..
Wyman, the surgeon-general of the
marine hospital corps. .....
"It is just what we wanted" said
he, in speaking on the subject, ''and
I believe it will be productive of great
good in stamping out the germs that
may still exist after the very thorough
work which has been done by the state
and national officials in eradicating all
vestiges of last summers epidemic. 1t
certainly is blessing to the people of
the south as far as next summer is
concerned"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-16
Site for the Masonic Home.

Canton. - The Madison County
Fair association at their annual
meeting Friday rendered to the
Masonic Grand Lodge of Mississippi
their beautiful grounds in the cor
porate limits of Canton, containing
twenty three acres, as a gift upon
which to erect the Masonic Orphans
Home, and citizens are ready to
give them $5, 900 or morein cash to
locate the home in Canton, and tel
egram was sent to this effect to the
Grand Lodge, now in session at
Vicksburg.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-16

Wesson. on.-Harvey Adcock, resi-
dent of this town, twenty seven
years of age, was found alongside
of the railroad track two miles south
of here Saturday afternoon by the
crew of freight train No. ~ with
both legs and nearly all the fingers
on one hand crushed, The train
brought him to the depot, where
medical aid was at once forthcom-
ing, but his injuries were so severe
that he died shortly after reaching
here. 1t is not as yet known which
train struck him or how he got on
the track, but it is supposed that he
was sitting down or walking on the
track in an intoxicated condition
and was not concious of the danger
he was running. He leaves a wife,
who is critically ill and an aged
father.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-16
REMAINS OF GEN. GARCIA

Now Lie in State in the Palace at
Havana.
The United States Gunboat Nash
vile, bearing the body of General
Garcia, has arrived at Havana. The
guns of Moro Castle and squadron
saluted her. The solemn booming an
nounced the arrival to the expectant
city. Everywhere householders ano
ships lowered thousand flags to half
mast, and black streamers soon sur
mounted the Cuban banners. By the
time the gunboat had come to anchor
thousands of people had crowded tho
water front. Two companies of the
Eighth infantry, with regimental
band, we're lined up to receive the
coffin, which, draped with the Cuban
flag and bearing wreath of flowers,
was carried on the shoulders of mem
bers of the junta between the saluting
ranks ofregiments to to the hearse. The
silent crowds, with barred heads
marched to the strains of funeral
dirge to the palace, where the body
now lies in the municipal chamber,
guarded by details of Cuban and
American troops.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-16
Burned to Death.

Near Springville 5-year-old child
Of Mr.. and Mrs. William Meeks was
fatally burned. While the mother
was absent at a neighber's the child's
dress caught from an open CRATE. He
ran out, screaming, and made for the
nearest neighbor's house, where the
fire was entinguished, but not until
the child was SO badly burned that ne
cannot recover.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-16
COUNTY DIRECTORY.

Chancery and Circuit Clerk, N. Batson;
Sheriff w. T. Scott; Treasurer, ]. L.
Strahan; Assessor, G. W. Bilbo; Superin-
tendent of Education, H. K. Rouse; Sur
veyor, A. J. Ladner.
Chancery Court, Second District-Chancel'
lor N. C. Hill. Regular terms, first Mon
day in January and July, six days
Circuit Court. Second District-Judge I. A
Wood. Regular terms, third Monday in
April and October. Walter A. White,
District Attorney.
Supervisors-J A Moody. President, W
Smith, Williams, W c Stewart, j A
H Smith
CHURCHES
Methodist-Rev w H Huntley, pastor,
Services first and third Sundays in each
month. Sunday school $50 m Prayer
meeting Wednesday night.
Baptist Church-Rev w B Holcomb pastor
e. Services second and fourth Sabbaths.
Sunday school 10 a m. Prayer meeting
Thursd dav night
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-16
Mississippi Commissioners to Paris.

Hon. c. C.King, who was appoint
ed commissioner from the state of
Mississippi to the Paris exposition,
is resolved to render the appoint
ment something more than empty
honor. He writes to a friend in this
city that he has nearly perfected
his plans for a cotton exhibit that
will display all the various products
of the plant, and that he intends
to put them into execution at as
early date as possible. He will be
backed up by all the cotton men of
the state in his laudable effort to
get up decent exhibit. The legis-
lature should be called on to aid,
in case there is time enough after it
meets. If not, it might well reim-
burse the outlay. p.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-16
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Col. Colson Shot.

The trouble that has been brewing
Vf %, some time between Col. David &.
volson and First Lieut.. E. D. Scott,
0l the Fourth Kentucky, eliminated
= va late hour. Saturday night at An
olston in pitched battle, in which
wi. Colson was shot in the hip snd
lieut.. Scott and many others had mar
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-16
Two Children Cremated.

A special from st. Charles, La,
saws two children of Frank Edelman
were cremated and Mary Bankins,
aged 12 years, so badly burned that
she will die. Edelman was badly
burned in saving the other members
of the family from the burning build
inc. Babe Perkins, white man, at
tempted to ride home last night. His
body was found in the morning where
he had fallen from his horse and mo-
zen to death.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-16
Coolest Weather Ever known.

The section around Vicksburg,
Miss, is experiencing the coldest
weather ever known. The thermome-
ter reached one degree below zero
Sunday morning. The river is frozen
for 200 feet from the shore. Two me-
groes were frozen to death.
1t is reported from Greenville that
fifteen coal barges broke their tow
there at 8 o'clock, and are floating
down the river with the ice. Six men
are aboard the barges.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-16
Want the Federal Court.

Hattiesburg,-J. P. Carter, pres,
ldent of the National Bank of Com.
merce of Hattiesburg, left Saturday
night for Washington with a long
petition praying for the removal Of
the Federal court at Mississippi City
to Hattiesburg. He will present the
petition to the proper authorities in
person, and make strenuous efforts to
have it granted. --'t et
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-16
u;storx,s Last Page.

Madam Candaleria, the only survi-
yor, of the Alamo massacre and one OF
the most historical persons in this
country, died Friday fromsan attack .pi
la grippe. She was 115 years OF age,
as authenticated by her baptismal Ger.
tificate in the records of the Catholic
parish church.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-16
C0bDESq WEATHER EVER KNOWN.
THE WEATHER BUREAU
Explains the Movements of the Mer.
$3.50 curry.


WASHINGTON. Weather conditions
and general forecast: Since Sunday
night the Atlantic coast storm has
moved from Florida to the Massachu.
setts coast, with a velocity and in
| creased intensity such as has been
seldom equaled in the history of the
Weather Bureau. The barometer at
Woods Hole tonight reads 1886
inches, fall of one inch since q. m.
Monday. Remarkably heavy snow
has accompanied the storm, and still
continues at p. m. from Virginia
northward.
Accompanying the snow there were
northerly winds Of hurricane velocity,
and hurricane warnings we're issued at
noon on the Atlantic coast from Della
ware Breakwater to East Port. So
severe has been this storm that there
has been an almost total paralysis OF
all classes of business in the middle
Atlantic states. In the vicinity of
Washington this storm has greatly
exceeded all previous records. About
twenty inches of snow has fallen since
Saturday afternoon, and thirty-four
inches the past eight days. OF equal
interest with this storm has been the
record-breaking temperature for the
south.
At New Orleans Sunday morning
the temperature was 6 degrees above
zero, 9 degrees lower than any pre-.
vious record, while at Jacksonville,
Fla, it was 10 degrees above, OF 4 de.
grees lower than any previous record.
The observer at Jacksonville reports
heavy snow and sleet during Sunday
night, and that great damage has been
done to the crops. The line of freez.
ing temperature in Florida extended
through the upper two-thirds Of the
state, with maximum of 20 degrees
at Tampa.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-16
BA'KsAROUs TREATMENT.
Pillory and Whipping Post Tortures in
Delaware Augmented by Intense Cold.

With the thermometer standing at
zero three culprits were placed in the
pillory for an hour at the New Castle
Jail yard at Wilmington, Del, Friday.
On account of the intense cold the men
were all covered with blankets, but
when released they were so benumbed
that they could scarcely stand. Upon
being thawed out two of the three, to-
gether with six others, were sent to
the whipping post. One man, con-
victed of murderous assault, received
forty lashes, another twenty, and six
others fifteen each. The back of the
man who received the forty lashes was
badly cut.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-16
Manisesto to Parents.

jackson. Police Judge Ramsey
Wharton has issued a manifesto
warning parents against allowing
their children to jump on and off
trains, and stating that he intends
to enforce the law strictly in the fu7
.ure. This is nuisance that is prac-
tised more continually at jackson
probably than anywhere else, and
the number of one legged negro
boys on the streets bears witness to
the inevitable result. ts
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-16
FORrIFICATIONS BILL.

Committee Reduced the Estimates Over
$7,OOO,OOO.
The fortifcation appr opriation bill
was completed Saturday by the house
committee on appropriations. 1t car
ries "a, 744, 79S, as against estimates
made for this purpose of $12, Isl, 1898.
The bill carries out the general policy
of past congresses in strengthening
the seacoast Notifications. g..
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-16
M.-s, ,Gr... celebration.

On account of the extreme colo
weather prevailing in Birmingham the
Mardi Gras celebration has been posi-,
poned. There is probability tna'
the carnival will take place in May.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-16

Inc general assembly of Alabama
.oi' 10 montgomery for Mobile Monday
u ~ special train to attend the Mardi
uras fsstivities.s There were l56 IN
sM ~ legislative party, containing about
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-16
THE NEWSIN MISSISSIPPI
The JUDGES OF THE STATE COMPLAIN
OF PERJURY.
scranton to Have a Canning Factory.
nough Weather. Commits sioner to the
Paris Exposition---A wesson Man KuIsd
by Train. o.
Rough Weather at vicksburg,

Vlcksburg. - The most severe
weather on record prevailed here
Saturday to Monday. The temper
ature went down to zero. A heavy
@sleet and snow storm ragged Satur-
day night,
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-16
Twenty-Four Below Zero.

The thermometer registered "a de-
grees below zero at Fayetteville, Ark,
which is about Is degrees colder than
has ever been known. In the large
orchards many trees have bursted open
from the cold. Aft.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-16
rarmers, Freeze to peats.

At Dallas, Texas, B. F. G. Johnson,
Willis Clark and another farmer were
frozen to death while attempting to
walk from Mckinney to their homes.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-16
CoIdest Ever Known.

The thermometer reached IA degrees
below zero at Ashville, N. c., the cold
est ever known. At noon the mercury
stood at 10 degrees below. There is
much suffering. s-
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-16

Where there is originality there will
be mmortality.-Lord Beaconsfeld.
Help one another. Be good to one
another.-Carlyle.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-16

The empress of China proposes to
surround Peking with quarter OF q
million foreign equipped troops, who
are to oppose any invasion from Man
ehuria or the gulf of Pechih.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-16

WOODMEN OF THE WORLD.
Juniper Lodge No. 267.
R. E. Wilkinson, G.. c.
T. P. Lawless, Clerk.
Meets every second and fourth Monda
aights
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-16

CITY DIRECTORY.
Mayor-D, p Archer.
Treasurer-W. w. Strahan.
Clerk--R. H. Reeves.
Marshall. W. Ford.
Board of Aldermen-W. 7. Scott, N. Bat
son, j NJ. Thorphill, j. A, Moody, j. S.
Moody.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-16
Weather Unprecedented in Florida.

Weather Unprecedented in Florida.
Unprecedented weather visited
northern Florida Sunday. Sleet was
followed by light snow in all of the
western and middle districts of Flori-
|da, The temperature was 2 degrees
below zero at Tallahassee and 8 above
at Jacksonville. Early maturing veg.
stables were killed. What damage
was done to orange trees is yet in
doubt, subsequent weather being an
important factor in determining. In
tue orange belt the temperatures were
not so low as they have been. In
northern Florida the weather was un-
precedented.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-16
Gillespie in the Race.

Greenwood. ---J. L. Gillespie, edi-
tor and proprietor of the Green
wood Enterprise, has definitely con-
cluded to make the race for treas
urer of Mississippi. Mr.. Gillespie
was born and reared in Pontotoc
county. He served Lee county in
1890 as member of the state legis-
latrlre, was president of the Missis-
sippi Press association in 1896, has
been delegate to the National Edi-
torial association several times, is
city clerk of Greenwood, secretary
of the democratic executive COM
mittee of the Third congressional
district, secretary of the democratic
executive committee of the fourth
judicial district and also secretary
of the democratic executive commit
tee of Leflore county. He has been
a delegate to every democratic state
convention since arriving at his ma
jority, and is now in his S3rd year.
s ~ Canning Factory. aH}
Scranton. - There was an enthusi-
astic meeting of the business men
of this section Friday evening at
the court house to take steps to or
ganize IL canning factory. B. D.
Valvorde,F a merchant of Scranton,
was in the chair, and M. M. Wat
kins of Moss Point secretary. Al
ter hearing the questions thorough
" discussed, the Democrat Star be-
gan the good work BY s1abeswiRiqg
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-02-16
SECRET SOCIETIES.
MASONIC.

MASONIC.
Sherand Byrd Lodge, No. 1853, F. & A. M,
Rev. W. w. Mitchell, W. NJ.
H. H. Bilbo, Secretary.
Meets every second Saturday at 2 O'Clock
D. m.