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The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-04-21
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Appearances

That (Which seems hard to
bear may be a great blessing.
Let US take a lesson from the
rough weather Of Spring. IT
IS doing good despite appear
ances. Cleanse the system
thoroughly; root out III
Impurities from the Blood
wah that greatest specific.
Hoods SarsapariHa.
Instead Of sleepless nights. with conse
ouent irritsbleness and an undcne. tires
feeling, YOU will have a tone and a braciBe
air tina will enable you to enter into every
days work with pleasure. EenemLer
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The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-04-21
Or. 1ALNAGE'S SERMON.
PREPARED ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNG
AND OLD.
Subject: ">igniticance of the tlowers'-
They Bear Messages of Cheer to tho
H~art--ick and Despairing-Ihsir Ap-
propriatene-s at Obse9uies.

TEXT. Citizen God 20 clothe the grass
which l. to-day il the Held. and tO-nlor-
rcw i cast into the oven. how much more
Will He clOthe YOU, . - 81 little iaith:'-
lukt XII. IS.
Morris tribune., 1899-10-21
SPORTING NEWS.

Jeffries has strained an arm and hi
meeting with Sharkey may be post
poned.
Columbia won the first race of the
series for the Americas cup by about
10 minutes.
The Western Baseball League has
changed its name to the American
Baseball League.
Miss Beatrix Hoyt, the woman's golf
champion, met defeat in the champion
ship tournament.
At New York Kid Mcfarland got
the decision over Owen Zeigler at the
end of the 25th round.
J. Boyd, well known steeplechase
rider, was killed at the Hawthorne
Qlls.) racetrack Monday.
The fight at Chicago between Joe
Kennedy of California and Frank
Childs Of Chicago was declared draw
at the end of the sixth round.
Morris tribune., 1899-10-21
BRITISH-BOER WAR.

Martial law has been proclaimed in
the Orange Free State.
-Conyngham Greene, formerly British
agent at Pretoria, has arrived at Cape
town.
An attempt is being made in the
United States to raise regiment to
fight for the Beers.
Beers have besieged' Kimberley and
are credited with an eager desire to
capture Cecil Rhodes.
An earnest letter by Rudyard Kip
ling in support of the war policy was
read at meeting in Brighton, Eng.
General Sir Redvers Butler and his
staff sailed from Southampton for South
Africa on the steamer Dunotter Castle.
A Canadian cabinet crisis is threat
ened as a result Of the war, Some min
listers object to sending soldiers to South
Africa.
Montague White, consul general of
the South African Republic in London,
has closed the consulate and left for the
continent.
The Canadian contingent for South
Africa will sail from Quebec on the
Allan liner Sandman about the end of
the month.
1t is rumored from Glasgow that the
Allan line steamship Siberian has been
chartered to take 1000 men and officers
from Montreal to South Africa.
The commander of the German corps
IN the Transvaal states that war arose
chiefly because Kruger was about to Of
fer Germany a protectorate over the
Transvaal.
A panic has broken out at Kimberly
and hurried exodus has begun, owing
to British refugees from the Transyaal
declaring that a large force of Beers
was advancing on the town.
The London Sun prints a rumor that
the government will prosecute certain
Irish members of house of commons on
the charge of high treason in conse-
quence OF their, prob attitude.
The Cape Town correspondent of the
London Morning Leader, telegraphine
sunday night. says: 1T is reported
that lighting began at Kimberley this
morning. The railway has been cut at
Belmont"
A special dispatch filed at. Dundee.
Natal, Sunday afternoon, reports that
Commander Viljoen's force had left
Newcastle for Danihauser, where the
Transvaal flag has been hoisted over.
the town hall.
The German foreign office informs
the Associated Press that Germany
would gladly cooperate in courteously
though urgently worded request to the
Transyaal government to permit the
creation of an international police force
to protect the mines.
Morris tribune., 1899-10-21
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

Senator Davis thinks congress at its
coming session will decide definitely to
leave the Philippines under military
control.
Colonel A. S. Frost, First South Da-
kota volunteers. has been appointed
major of the Thirty-ninth volunteer
regiment.
General Shafter goes on the retired
list, but will retain command at San
Francisco on account Of his Spanish
war enlistment.
The navy department has assigned
Captain William Whiting to the post
of captain of the Norfolk hayward, in
place of Captain Rockwell.
Rear Admiral Sampson has retired
from command of the North Atlantic
squadron and his flag has been hauled
down from the aftermast of the cruiser
New York.
Captain Joseph P. Coghlan, formerly
commander of the United States cruis-
er Raleigh, has left for Sitka. Alaska,
where he goes to take charge of the
government lighthouse district of that
territory.
Canada has given consent to tenn
porary arrangement of the Alaskan dis
pute. This has practically settled the
whole matter for the time being as the
main features of the arrangement were
originally suggested by the United
States.
Secretary Root holds that, since con-
gress has prohibited the granting of
any franchise to Cuba, there is no
power resting in any one, without fur
Their congressional action, to give the
Commercial Gable company the right
to construct and operate a cable in
Cuba.
Fourteen vessels were added to the
navy during the last fiscal year; four
Spanish vessels sunk during the war
were raised and added, and several
small gunboats were purchased or cap
tured on the Asiatic station and placed
on the list. On July there were build
ing for the navy 48 new vessels, in ad-
dition to those enumerated. !
Morris tribune., 1899-10-21
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS ITEMS.

Yankton, S. D., is to have a nav
opera house.
Kansas volunteers were given great
ovation on landing at San Francisco.
More than 5000 immigrants passed
. through the New York barge Office
Thursday.
The cruiser Olympia, Admiral Dew.
ey's flagship, has arrived in Boston
from New York.
The question of Iowa lake bed or
swamp lands will be taken to the ma
tional supreme court.
A severe earthquake shock was felt
at Santa Rosa, CAL, Thursday night.
No serious damage was done.
The president, the past week, vel.
coined home soldiers of three states
Minnesota, North Dakota and South
Dakota.
Indiana has 80 centarians, the Oldest
being 112. During the year 10 CEN
tenarians have died in that state, the
Oldest being ll9.
Great Northern employees, especially
on Montana divisions, threaten to
strike. Lengthened divisions and bonds
for conductors are principal grievances
The London Daily Mails Berlin cor
respondent says: General Benjamin
Harrison, formerly president of the
United States, declares that he sights
breakers ahead for the British ship Of
state.
The forest fire which ragged for sew
eral days on the slopes of Mount
Tamulpais, threatening the lows of Mill
Valley and Lockspur, Cal, and many
country residences. has been extin-
guished by timely rain.
The California state board of health
has decided not to quarantine the
state against the consumptives of other
states. 1t has adopted resolution.
however, recommending that in all
state institutions those afflicted with
tuberculosis be separated from the other
inmates.
The Iowa supreme court has knocked
out the Temple amendment" which
provided that contract between
the employe of any railroad and
an insurance relief department main
tanned by the road shall not constitute
bar to proceedings which may be insti-
tuted against the road for damages.
Morris tribune., 1899-10-21
THE DEATH RECORD.

John T. Moody, ex-master Of trans.
portation of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul railroad, is dead, aged SO.
William r. Smith, we'll known as the
man who first refined petroleum, died
at his home at Everett, Mass, aged 72
years.
W. C. Hamilton, the millionaire
Wisconsin lumberman, who suffered a
stroke of apoplexy on Wednesday last,
is dead.
Professor Edward F. Orton, first
president of Ohio state university and
since occupying the chair of geology,
died suddenly at Columbus.
M. B. Sheffield, owner of the Shelf.
field mills at Faribault and Morristown,
Mimi, and also line Of elevators along
the Milwaukee road, is dead.
While addressing Socialist women's
meeting at New York Mrs. ,Florentine
Cantius-Lange was stricken with apo
plexy and died in few minutes.
Morris tribune., 1899-10-21
FINANCE AND TRADE.

A knit underwear trust is in process
of formation.
A company has been incorporated in
New Jersey to build railways in Cuba.
The steamer Gaelic, from the Orient,
brought 5000 bales of silk valued at
$4,000, 900, and $685., 900 in specie.
Boston proprietors are endeavoring to
consolidate the paper makers felt bust
ness Of the country. There are IS fac
tories in the United States. b
The Tennessee Central railroad has
purchased of Niedringhaus Bros. of st.
Louis, $50, 900 acres of mineral and tim
Der land in Fentress, Cum berland and
other counties of Tennessee.
German exports to the United States
for the two months ended Sept. 80,
reached, according to the official re-
turns, $22. 372, 355, an increase of $780,
7OS over the corresponding quarter of
last year.
A combination of all the firms en-
gagged in the calico printing trade in
Lancashire and Scotland is announced.
The capital involved is about $4,000, 900
$50, DOC, 900. The undertaking is due
to price cutting in New York.
Navigation statistics of Lake Superior
for the season show tremendous traf-
fic. Iron ore, gross tons, 1905, 5l8; lum-
Der, feet, 735, 389,OOO; wheat, bushels,
33,211 800, coarse grains, bushels, IT,
422, 900; -four, barrels, 4,751, 900; coal,
tons, 2, 757, 900.
Morris tribune., 1899-10-21
PHILIPPINE NEWS.

Aguinaldo's brother is to be shot fol-
treason.
Three Americans were killed in a
fight with Filipinos at Muntilupa.
A small party of Americans was fred
upon by the Filipinos near Maraguayan,
two of our men being wounded.
During General Schwan's campaign
in the linus and Das Marinas districts
over 200 Filipinos were killed and 400
wounded.
The war department has issued or
ders to the Forty.fifth regiment at Fort
Smelling, Mimi, to start for San Fran
cisco Oct. %, to embark there for the
Philippines.
Authorities at Manila were uniformed
OF contemplated outbreak Of natives
in the city Sunday morning. Guards
We're doubled and strong force sta
toned in the center of the unruly dis
trict. The outbreak was postponed.
A cablegram to the war department
from General Otis states that the Indi-
ana sailed from Manila Sunday with As
officers and 619 men of the Tennessee
regiment. The regiment left no sick.
Ihe Indiana brings 100 general pris-
Oners.
The war department has ordered the
Forty-second volunteers to proceed from
Fort Niagara Oct.20, for San Francisco,
there to embark for the Philippines,
me Fortieth regiment at Fort Riley,
San, Is also ordered to proceed togSan
francisco on the aama date
Morris tribune., 1899-10-21
FOREIGN NEWS.

Ten new cases of bubonic plague are
reported at Oporto.
Excessive taxation in Madrid is likely
to lead to martial law.
The German foreign Office has been
officially informed that the bubonic
plague has appeared in North China
and in Asuncion island.
The island of Ceram, next to the
largest of the Moluccas, Dutch East
Indies, has been destroyed by an earth
quake. The killed are estimated at
1000.
United States Minister Hart has in
formed the state department that the
Colombian government is about to seek
loan of $14. 500, 500 in order to redeem
its paper money in silver.
Morris tribune., 1899-10-21
NEWS OF NOTED PERSONS.

The presidential party spent Sunday
in Sioux City, Ia.
Arthur Hardy, United States minis
ter to Greece has arrived at Athens.
Sir Henry Irving and Miss Ellen
Terry sailed for the United States Sun
day.
Henry c. Payne, national Republican
committeeman of Wisconsin, suffered
another attack Of vertigo While on his
way home from his Office at Milwaukee.
Emperor William, it is authorita-
lively announced, will not visit Eng.
land this year. He had made Queen
Victoria conditional promise to do so.
but the altered political complexion has
compelled him to abandon his inten
ton.
Morris tribune., 1899-10-21
RELIGIOUS MATTERS.

The Christian church Disciples Of
Christi is holding golden missionary
Jubilee at Cincinnati.
The new college of the Holy Cross,
which is to form part of the establish
ment of the Catholic university at
Washington, has been dedicated.
Bishop Potter will Investigate Episco-
pal church affairs in Hawaii, with a
view to the transfer of the diocese of
Honolulu from the Church of England
to the American church.
Morris tribune., 1899-10-21
CRIMINAL NEWS.

The Northwestern limited was held
mp near DeKalb, Ills, and the express
car demolished.
1t is estimated that the robbers who
held up train No. on the Northwest
ern railroad. near DeKalb. Ills, Friday
night, secured over $25, 900.
kilograms from Linz, capital of
Upper Austria. on the Danube, report
that the inhabitants of that district are
in state of terror, owing to series of
Jack the Ripper" murders.
Morris tribune., 1899-10-21
Live stock Prices at Chicago.

OAAASS9Os
HOGS-~Market weak
Sales ranged at g. l5@4.55 for mixed
and butchers: $420@4. SO for good heavy;
St90@4.1O for rough heavy; $25@4.5t
for light.
CATTLE Market steady.
Sales ranged at s4.2606.75 for beeves;
a. 75dD5. 10 for cows and heifers; VI. cog
s41o for Texas steers; $3.00@5.0O fol
stockers and feeders.
SHEEP Market weak.
Sales ranged at $a.000A0O; S4.Oo@6.s5
for lambs
Grain and Provision Prices &C Chicago.
WHEAT December, l11cs May, 1890
/ 'CoRN--oOto 81 no; December, SoA
,08)zc; January, 5000; May, $50.
ATS-October, s21c; December, ssA
.a2sySo. May, gaze. a -.
PORK October, s7s5; December,
AZ VIZ; January, 40
AXA-Cash,e Northwestern, $l.S1;
Southwestern, $1.22i October VI 20 n;
December, $ls4.
BUTTER Creameries l5@2Sc; dairy,
1415&I1c.
POULTRY-Dres turkey 9@lOci
chickens, ygy1lc ducks, ~ Sc, hens, Sac
EGGS Fresh, l6hc.
Morris tribune., 1899-10-21
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.

Prairie fires have done great damage
In Northwestern Manitoba.
The steamer Nutmeg State burned of
the Massachusetts, coast Saturday.
Eight persons persisted.
While typhoon was raging Satur-
day, a train was blown from bridge
into the river near Utsonomy, Japan.
Six persons were killed and many in
jured. Great damage was done to prop
erty and crops.
Morris tribune., 1899-10-21
NEWS OF THE WEEK
POLITICAL NEWS.

The Chicago Record says: Senator
Marcus A Hanna intends to issue a
call for meeting of the Republican ma
tional committee in Washington early
in December. 1t is believed the COM
mittee will select the city in which to
hold the national convention.
Morris tribune., 1899-10-21
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Price of wheat at Duluth.

WHEAT-Cash, No. hard, 7Ohc; No.
Northern, 69Ac; No 2 Northern, 66Lc;
No 3, $3.50 To Arrive-No l hard,
7OAc: No. Northern, 69Ac; Decem Der,
699sc; May. 1870.
FLAX-To arrive $1.21: October,
s12l; December, 81. 1919
Morris tribune., 1899-10-21
Grain Prices at Minneapolis.

WHEAT-In Store-No. l Northern
October, $50: Decem Der, 67zsc; May nv
On Track-No. l hard, $3.50; No.
Northern, 6S7Sc; No Northern, 65Ic.
Morris tribune., 1899-10-21
Sioux City Live Stock.

HOGS-Market &C lower Range o
prices, $4.10@420
CATTLE-Market active and 10t
higher.
Sales ranged at g. 5o@5.sO for beeves
$2.O0@45O for COWS, bulls and mixed;
$S.5O@430 for stoc kers and feeders; $3.50
as. 90 for calves and yearlings
Morris tribune., 1899-10-21
Live stock Prices at St. Paul.

HOGS Market SC lower. Range
of prices, So S5@4.S0.
CATTLE-Market steady on butcher
cattle Stockers and feeders in light
demand.
Sales ranged at 81. 4o@s 90 for bulls:
5000 so for stockers; 81. 50@S 40 fol-
cows: $2. 5O@3 80 for heifers; $4,000 90
for steers; S475@5 70 for calves.
SHEEP--M Market slow.
Sales ranged at 81. 45@450 for lambs;
s. 00@3 SO for sheep.
The oasis., 1899-10-28
AcR.o-- -rHs eo~ioE tS

ties oi maciinesy for electric motive power have been received lately in that port destined tn various sugar plantations in the cen:ra. and south. efn part of the state.
 Two Republics: A new bi>hopric is 10 be created with Aguascaliente> as the residence of the bishop, It k said that MOuseiinr AVerardi will as sist at the ceremonies. which will be probably at the end If the present month or early in November. No in- timaticn has been made as to who will be the fist bishop of the new see, which will embrace the whole uf the state of Aguascalientes and part Of the state of Jalisco.
 Two Republics: The owners of large haciendas in Purbla are learuiug the profit there k in stock raising and are importing animals for improving the old worn out breeds. Don Fernando Sesma and Don Upriano C.eryn, both capitalists and large pruprietors, have just returned from their hacienda Sau Geronimo, in the state of Puehla, where Mir. J de SOrca has been delw ering lot of fine brood mares and has a contract for more.
 Two Republics: The Spanish mer- chants established in the port of Ne- racruZ sometime agn raised subscrip- tion for the relief of the families of Spanish subjects who lost their lives in the late Spanish-A mercan war. the sum obtained was 8 235 pesetas and was duly remitted to he young King Alfonso. Nnw lhe queen regent, Christina, through the Duke SOtUma- yor, thanks her loyal subjects iu Ne- racruz for their patriotism and beue- violence in very warm terms.
 Two Republics: A few days since, some peonS, while eXcavating for works initiated by the state guyert- ment at the village of San BirtolO. near Pachuca, fnuud a lot of old coins in the earth On examination they show that they are uf Spanish origin, of the Sixteenth century, aud had the value of two reales each, with the columns of Hercules aud the letters P V supposed to mean Plus Ultra. The governor of the state prop se~ tO send them to the National museum in ths city.
 Two Republics: Some mouths ago Father Berro was expelled from the republic under article 33 on accourt of some things he did in Puthla which need not be recalled just now. He was shipped otf for his nati.e country, Spain, but he disemharkod in Cuba, and there reclnded several other padres, and now returns in de- fance of all. He was seen in Vers- cruz, landing from tine last Spapish steamer from Havana, but hefore he could be arrested, he disappeared and no one knows where.
 Two Republics: The Cuerpavoca Street Railway Co. has managed to get a move on, and has commenced laying track into the Avenida Mor'- los, while the track in the Gale Mata moros is simply left to itself Instead of opening the road for the service f the public Nandin is using it to ride from the town to the station and from the station to the town. in handcar covered with an awning, not to spoil his delicate and aristocratic comple- xion, and drawn by a noble bla' k
The oasis., 1899-10-28

Two Republics: Some three years ago handsome woman who bore the handsome name uf Herlinda Martinez, after career of reckless adventure and costly dissipation, during which she made herself famous under the spbriquet of La Popocha, committed suicide. She was living in a house in Sd.io del Agua, six blocks south Of the 1ardin hotel. and one day when realizing the inevitable end of dissi' patton she felt 'of fortune and oi hape at once furlorn" sue put an end to her existence Now the ghost or the spirit of the once gay Herlinda comes at the midnigut hour t0 herolo house in Salto del Agua, and with a mien as arrogant as in her boisIerous days, walks lightly and airily across the patio, wailing and sobbing audi bly. Here, then, iS chance to see a handsome ghost.
The oasis., 1899-10-28

FOR SALE AT BARGAIN-Two 30 ton copper furnaces complete. con sisting of one 30-H. P. boiler, two l2- II. F. engines, one No. 4i Baker blow CTS, one No Cameron pump, one 7xl0 Blake crusher, one pair lotion Howe platform scales, one Ortlings' assay balance, one Becker's analytical balance pulp scales, assay material and fixtures All of the above is com plete, of modern construction aud in good condition. Also new S0.ton silver lead furnace, not set up. All located adjacent to railroad. In- quire or
 GARDINER, WoRTHEN & Goss,
 Tuc@nn riJ
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-28
Lapaz Items.

William j. Burger has purchased the
stock of goods owned by Smith 81 Co.
Adrian Confer succeeds Mr.. Brugh
in the little grocery. Mr.. Brugh will
move away from this place but as yet
has not decided on location.
William Burger has started his buck
ster wagon on the road.
Samuel Claybough moved his family
to town last week.
Calvin Weaver, of North Manchester,
Ind, has been visiting with his sister,
Mrs. Walter
Samuel Harbough is painting and
papering his house for the occupancy
of DIR. Fuson.
Mrs. Elizabeth Bennett died Monday
April II, at l o'clock a. m, aged Is
years and three days. Her husband
died 10 years ago Mrs. Bennett lived
in Union township, st. Joseph county
for AZ years. She was buried at the
side of Ter husband in the yard neaI
the home. The funeral services took
place Monday at p. M, Rev. Mr.
Peter officiating.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-28
THE NEXT CONCLAVE
Knight Templars to Meet in indianapolis
in 1901.

Knight Templars to Meet in Indianapolis
in 1901.
The next annual conclave of the
grand commsndery, Indiana knights
Templars, will be held at Indianapolis.
This was the decision reached Thurs
day morning at the closing session.
The newly elected officers were install
ed at this time, the work being done by
Past Grand Commander Nicholson and
Grand Captain General Ruckle of In
dianapolis.
After hard fight dispensation was
granted for a new commandery at New
Castle. This was an appeal case, the re-
quest for a dispensation having been
refused by the grand commander during
the year. There are now more than
twenty-five sir knights in New Castle
and more than thirty other masons will
become such. William Ii. Smythe, of
Indianapolis, the grand recorder, was
presented with Cuban machette, sent
by Col. William L. Durbin of the One
Hundred and Sixty first Indiana.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-28

residence of Rev. Thor3berry Friday
night. So thoroughly enjoyable was the
evening that 1t seemed as though one
were sitting in the lapse of ages while
time glided on unobserved and unmo'
Tested. The devices for amusement were
manifold, ingeniously contrived and
pleasurable to the very end. All joined
in with spirit and seemed to enjoy
themselves for enjoyment's sake like
the artist paints for the sake of art.
One part of the evenings program
stands out eminent, especially In
the minds of those whose tastes de-
light in things above the ordinary. We
refer to the delicious cream candies
which were passed for desert and
which we are informed we're prepared
by one or more members of the Non
sense club. At late hour the club ad-
journed, first, however, bidding adleu
to the genial host and hostess, who
we're to a great degree responsible for
the fine time