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acting with the ministers, has in
formed the widow Of President Heur-
esux that the body Of her husband will
be inferred at Santiago de Las Cabal-
ieros. and orders for the carrying out
OF this plan have been given to the
governor of Santiago.
It Is currently reported that this
curse was decided upon in order to
avoid the excitement and manifesto
tons which would be the result OF the
removal OF the remains { the city OF
Santo Domingo.
Foraseeing the possibility OF distur-
Dances and IN order TO be prepared for
any emergency. General Pepin, governor
OF Santiago. has taken important pre-
cautionary measures and has decided
to demand that arms and ammunition
be forwarded to him from Santo Do
mingo.
Advices from Santiago received here
at a late hour report that the situa-
ton there Is becoming more serious.
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New York, July 27.-The body of Col
onel Robert G.. Ingersoll was cremated
at Fresh Pond, Long Island, today. The
body was placed in the rotor at 1850
O'Clock, and at 2 o'clock all that re-
manned was ashes. There were no SER
vices at the crematory. Even the or
gan, which is usually played while a
cremation is going on, was silent. This
was at the request of the family.
The body vas removed from Watson
soon after 8 o'clock and taken to the
Dobbs Ferry station, where a funeral
car was waiting. The body was placed
in the car and the members of the fam
ily also entered it. The body was in
closed in a black coffin, which was un-
relieved by handles or plate. The par
ty reached the Fresh Pond crematory
at 11:30 o'clock.
The coffin was not opened in the CO.
lumbarium. Those present stood around
it for a few moments and then it was
carried to the incinerating room. Mrs.
Ingersoll bore up better than it was ex-
pected she would. When the retort
had sufficiently cooled, the cradle was
drawn out and the alum-soaked sheet
was opened. The ashes were then plac-
ed in the usual canister and then in
the urn. Both were sealed n the urn
taken in charge by the Ingersoll party.
The funeral urn is a beautiful one,
wound with laurel leaves and berries
in bas-relief and set with cypress leaves
fashioned of green bronze. 1t is oval
and set on a red porphyry base that
rests or a brass plate. On n side is
the simple inscriptions: Robert G. In
gersoll." On the other, in French, are
the words: This urn holds the dust,
the heart, the memory"
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CUBAN BANDIT CAPTURED


Havana, July 27.@Chief OF Police
Gallo, OF Guanajay, has captured En-
riQue Rivere. the r~ingleader OF the ban
ditti engaged in he recent safe rob-
berry at Mariel. Rivere was taken in a
ruined building on a plantation in the
neighborhood OF Guanajay.
In telling his story. the bandit chief
says he was asked by Major Jose
Acosta, Of the Cuban army, TO help
raid Mariel and was told hat there was
no danger in the enterprise. Acosta,
according to Rivere's tale, took him TO
the Cuban barracks, where h plot was
arranged with Sergeant Formin, OF
ers. Arms were supplied the men and
the telegraph wire was cut by order OF
AcoSta
The party arrived at Mariel at 5
O'Clock in the evening and all hands
assisted in carrying the safe some dis
lance away, where it was opened with
an axe, each man helping himself to
some Of the money which 1t contained
On their return the party arrived at the
Cuban quarters in Guanajay at 3
O'Clock in h morning. Rivere says
that he delivered a portion of the mon
ey to Acosta and some to Major Bulnes.
and he believed that others of the party
gave money to ulneS
When the first man concerned in the
raid was arrested Acosta ordered all
the members of the band to get as far
away from Guanajay as possible. RI
we're also says that AcoSta stole many
mules and horses n also had a plan
to rob the hotel at Guanajay.
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ssTHE WHITE SQUADRON"
be Played I'm lew York in Place of
Presenting Dewey with q Residence

New York, July 27.-The executive
committee of the Dewey testimonial
fund met at the Astor house today. The
plans of the committee which was
formed to raise money to purchase a
house for Admiral Dewey, have mar
rowed down to the proposed production
of the play, 1.-The White Squadron"
1t has been decided to give the per-
Torrance at the Metropolitan opera
house. President Mckinley, the cabi-
net and Governor Roosevelt lave en-
dorsed the plan.
The performance itself promises to be
one of the greatest theatrical produc-
lions ever undertaken in this city. En-
tirely new scenery will have to be made
to meet the requirements of the Metro
politan opera Gus stage, and already
twenty-five scenic painters are making
plans for the work. Robert Hillyard,
now in London, has been engaged to
form the n he will head the
players.
In the congress of nations scene 500
sailors from the Brooklyn avy yard
will appear dressed in the costumes of
the countries represented. The crew Of
the Olympia will also appear. taking the
part of the American sailors. Rear
Admiral Osborne has promised to fur
nish 200 more sailors for the scene, max
ing all old about 1000 in hat part of
the play.
A committee will be appointed to
wait on President Mckinley at lake
Champlain, and Secretary Long at
Washington in order Ito ascertain the
exact time that they will be able to be
present. The time will be between Oc-
tober 3rd and 7th.
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organs of digestion and nutrition and in
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glands. The use of Golden Medical Dis
covery" at seasons when the strain of work
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- used ten bottles of DR.. Pierce's Golden
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A single item of medical knowledge
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In Fusion Management
of Finances.
EXPENSE NOT REGARDED
In Conducting Aanirs OF the Agrfeul.
snral Experimentation FssAs
Among the O0ceholAen-Osher WIZ
nesses 60 be ExamiaeA-Juage sinens
ton Grantee Another RessraininS
Order Against the Corpsrasaea Com>
ntssiou.



Raleigh. n. G., July 2T.-Today the
Legislative joint committee Investigate
ing the agricultural department.. ex-
amined s. L. Patterson, and T. X. Bru-
ner, commissioner OF agriculture and
secretary to the board. for the purpose
OF ascertaining the expenses under the
former and the present democratic ad-
ministration-
Yesterday a subpoena was issued for
ohn r. Smith. the recently retired
fusion commissioner. James NJ. New
boorne, another ex-commissioner. will
also be a witness. j. NJ. Allen. who Is
now the editor OF the republican organ
here, will be yet another witness.
j.. NJ. Fix. one OF the officials at the
experiment station, was before the
committee today. He Is one OF the fu-
sionists who was carried over. He was
asked about the increase OF salaries In
he experiment station. and said all
were increased September LIST last. and
that he had not asked for any increase.
The committee found hat on he
date named the board had increased
the appropriation for the experiment
station from $4,000 to SIS, 600. II en-
ployed only one new clerk and paid
him only $50 monthly; SO nearly 81, 500
was thus divided among fusion en-
ployes.
1t was discovered by the committee
that the record as to fertilizer inspec-
ton for the past four years shows
an increase of ST. 900 TO 8 5000 annually
and that las years increase was the
smallest of any in four years; yet this
trifing increase was secured by an in
crease Of cost OF inspection from &c.,
900 to $4,000.
Chairman Brown, OF the committee.
issued subpoenas today for J. c. L.
Harris, who is at Morehead City, and
J. M. Mewboorne. who is at Kinston
for their appearance as witnesses.
John r. Smith has not yet arrived
and no news has yet come from his
subpoena
Judge Simonton grants a restrain
ing order, %forbidding the corporation
commission from assessing h value
of the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany's property in North Carolina at
81, 900, 600, and directing that Ii be as
sessed at 5000, 900. The order is returna-
BILE before him at Asheville September
Goth. The papers will be served on the
commission tomorrow morning.
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DEAL
The Chicago Wife, urderer Dies in
HIS Cell-Kfs confession Made to a
Lawyer

Joliet, ILL.,, July 27.-Adolph L. Luet-
CERT, the wealthy Chicago sausage
maker, who was serving a life SEN
tence in the ~penitentiary here for the
murder of his wife, was found dead
in his cell today.
Doctors Werner and O'Malley held
a post mortem examination, disclosing
the fact that he died from fatty de
generation of the heart.
The trial of Luetgert. in Chicago at
tracted wide attention n was one
of the most sensational in the history
Of the state. Luetgert was charged
with having murdered his wife in the
basement Of his factory and cooked the
body to pieces in a vat. The prOSecu-
ton had but a few small bones and
two rings as evidence that their story
was correct, but secured conviction
n a life sentence.
Chicago, July 27.-Frank Fay Pratt,
a member of the Chicago bar, said to-
night that Adolph Luetgert confessed
in February, 1898, hat he had killed
his wife.
He told me he had killed her." said
Mr.. Pratt. He started to tell me
some of the details, but fell to ours
ing about the affair and I was Enabled
W lcdu lllIu OdCk - oil uIllOluluS VI Tile
steps in the crime. It was in February,
1898, that I became acquainted with
Luetgert. I was connected with the
Chris. Merry defense, and in my visits
to my client, I became acquainted with
the sausage maker. He vas told by
one Of the ~jailors that I was a palm
reader and one day as I was passing
his cell, he asked me to cad his hand.
I did so. I found the lines of fatality,
or predestination very strong and I
told him hat there were influences
that he could not resist that led him
on. I told him hat from his hand !
could readily see that he was not re-
sponsible for his actions in the sense of
self-restraint. He then said: Yes, that
is so. I did kill my wife. I was pos
sessed Of the devil and killed her be-
cause I vas in owe with another wo-
man. He then started to tell me about
the vat, and said his wife attempted
to make a dying statement to him,
when the dogs began to growl n he
put an end to her. It was then that he
switched off to cursing. AS I consid-
cred the confession a professional one,
I respected it until death has now
placed him beyond further human pur-
suit"
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Mayor Farley Determined

Cleveland, Ohio, July 27.-Mayor
Farley purposes to finish the campaign
against lawlessness in Cleveland on the
lines he has laid down and he will not
tolerate any interference. That was
made clear at the special meeting Of
the city council this evening when the
attempt to institute an investigation
of the strike on the Big Consolidated
street railway line by a special COM
mittee of hat body was defeated.
through the mayors influence.
Many of the strike sympathizers
have been very bitter toward Mayor
Farley. In public meetings they have
charged him with responsibility for
the present troubles, and threats
against his life have been made. This
has led him to provide a guard for his
residence on Euclid venue and detec-
tives watch the house every night.
There was no serious rioting today.
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of the Bakers were called today n
many witnesses were in attendance.
The attorneys for the defense reported
Dee Baker sick and unable to be pres
ent.- The court hen postponed the
case and witnesses were discharged.
Baker will have to be rearrested n
the witnesses resummoEed before the
case can be tried. The case in which
James and Wiley Baker are charged
with the murder of Birch Storr, was
called. The attorney for Wiley Baker
made a motion for bail, which was
deferred for hearing until Monday. The
Ease of James Baker was postponed
until morning.
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LYNCHING NORMAN ELDERS
Three Disappear In h Hands ors
Masked Mob I'm Georgia

Atlanta, Ga, July 27.-The Constitu-
ton has received a special from its Cow
ington, Ca, correspondent, which says
that a mob OF fifty masked men mad
away with three Mormon elders who
nave been proselyting in jasper
ty. The story Is to the effect that h
three elders visited the home of Will
liam Cunnard, near Newton factory,
Jasper county, yesterday and endeavor-
ed to persuade Mrs. Cunnard TO join
the church. While they were at the
Cunnard home fifty men, masked n
on horseback, came Up and asked h
elders to accompany them They re-
fused to do 30 and while they were
parleying Mr.. Cunnard procured a rife
and aided the mob in taking the Nor
mons. Several shots were exchanged
and in the excitement Mrs. Cunnard
had her jaw shattered The mob final
ly secured he elders and rode or with
them. Nothing has been seen OF them
since.
The elders were driven out Of two
towns in Jasper county early in the
week.
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Troops Wade Through Water and Swamps to
Attack a Philippine Town.
AN UNIMPORTANT VICTORY
In the Capture OF the Town of Calamba-Om Loss Greater Than the
Enemys-Many Spanish Prisoners Found in the Town-Philip-
pinos Secure War Supplies From Japan-To Ransom
Spanish Prsoners-A Deserter to be Court-Mar.
tialed-Caroline Islands Seek Annexation.
Troops Sail for Manila.
Troops Sail for Manila.

soldier, saw him and reported him TO
the commanding officer. Givens was
taken into custody. Gable orders from
Manila directed ne be sent back for
court-martial.
Givens deserted from his company
No. z, a mile and a half north Of Ma
Mia The command was under fire
constantly from marauding bands. One
day in the latter part of May ne went
TO Manila, drank heavily and cast mill
tary obligations to the wind.
THE CAROLINES ASK FOR ANNEX
ALTON.
The Call today says: The natives OF
the island of Kusale, in the Caro1ines,
want to be annexed to the United
States. The king, high chiefs and prom
inent men OF the island to the number
of seventy-two have forwarded a petit
ton to that effect to San Francisco
with the request that it be laid before
the president They say not a word
about the Spaniards or the Germans,
but simply ask to be taken under the
folds of the Stars and Stripes. The Pc
tition was forwarded today to the
president. Now that Germany has pur-
chased the group from Spain, she will
at ICE take possession and then there
may be a war on Kusale similar to thai
in the Philippines. The petition of the
Kusalers has arrived too late.
TRANSPORTS SAIL FOR MANILA.
Three transports sailed for Manila
early this morning. They were the
Ohio and the Newport, which left the
lock shortly after midnight, and the
Tacoma, which steamed out toward
The Heads at 3 o'clock. -Four COM
panies of the Nineteenth infantry, COM
prising about 500 men, were evenly dis
tributed on board the Newport and
Ohio, besides several hundred recruits.
The Tacoma took thirty horses for the
Fourth cavalry.
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The South African Crisis

London, July. 28.-The aspect of the
South African crisis has been little
changed by the latest news, but the
question seems to have arrived at a
deadlock.
The firm speech Of A. j. Balfour.
first lord of the treasury and govern
ment leader in the house of commons,
at a conservative luncheon yesterday
afternoon, which was the subject OF
much discussion in the Hobbies of the
house of commons last night, had a
double object-to impress President
Kruger with the necessity for further
concessions, and to silence the rumors
OF a lack Of solidarity in the British
cabinet ON the question.
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We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
T. J.. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo,O.
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believe him perfectly honorable in all
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by their firm
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NEWS FRom THE oRrKxr


Deadly murata Rife
Victoria, B. c., July 27.-The steam
ship Kinshu Maru arrived today after
a record breaking trip from China
She had few white passengers, among
them being DIR Eastlake, Of New York,
who is Introducing the electric railway
system into Japan. The officers of the
almost stamped out, so far as ships are
concerned.
A terrible hurricane swept the Japa-
nese coast from July Sth to July 18th.
In Ushijimamura, Dye district, Kushi-
ma prefecture, seventy houses were
washed away. fifty persons killed and
thirty are missing.
In Isajamura, Itano district, the
same prefecture. over forty houses
were demolished and many people are
missing.
At Aigumura, Kitsmoro district, Miyo
prefecture, a landslide occurred on the
night of July 10th owing to the heavy
rain. Five houses were crushed under
the debris and twenty-eight persons
were either killed or injured.
When h Kinshu Maru left Yoko-
hama, the United States cruiser Bos-
ton had arrived from Manila on her
way to San Francisco; also the trans
port Hancock, which had 900 Nebras-
ka men aboard. The transport Relief
left on the same day as the Rio, July
18th, fer America, with 300 sick aboard
o Manila-mostly Kansas men.
OF these, Captain Bradley, of the
Tenth Kansas, has a bullet in the rear
of his heart, n DR.. Eastlake says he
cannot recover His signal man is with
him, with a shattered jaw, having been
wounded three times before dropping
out. Captain Bradley eulogizes Gen.
eral Otis management of the cam
paign, but says he is overworked. The
captain recommends the pouring in Of
troops enough to suppress the rebels.
He speaks in terms of h warmest
admiration of the American troops,
who, he says, have displayed the ut
most GOODNESS n bravery. He brings
a sensational report with reference to
the army of the Philippines, saying
that the range of the Philippines
rifle and character Of the wounds show
that they are not Mausers. In the
same connection he gives currency to
the rumor that before the outbreak a
Japanese firm in Toxic filled a large
order to the Philippines for the deadly
Murata rifle, which has a much longer
range than the American weapon. The
sale is alleged to have been consum-
mated secretly and without the knowl-
edge Of the Japanese government.
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Spafn,s Greatest Need

Mr.. r. P. Olivia, OF Barcelona, Spain,
spends his winters at Aiken, S. G. Weak
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self. That is why
it so often happens
that just about the
time that Farmer
Fa has
reached the place
where he can take
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farmers and
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ARanw.y Tunnel Caves In

Cambridge, o., July 27.-The main
line Of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
was completely blockaded today by the
caying in of a tunnel just west OF here.
The cave-in occurred about twenty
minutes after h regular westbound
passenger train had passed through.
The track inspector. who discovered the
accident. had just time to stop a spe-
cial and save IL from destruction. The
tunnel is 200 feet long and at least half
OF 1t has fallen in. All trains are run
ming over the Cleveland and Marietta
railway. IL viii be at least two weeks
before h obstruction Is cleared away.
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North Wilkesboro Hustler: Light
ming played a strange freak a few miles
above here Monday afternoon. There
were three or four horses tied in the
same stall. One OF them was killed
and the others unhurt. Strange to cay
there was no sign on the barn as to
where the bolt hit IL. The animal be-
longed to a Rev. Mr.. Wellborp.
Raleigh Post: A negro supposed to
be Moss Dowden, was shockingiy mu-
tilated by a Seaboard Air Line train
just beyond the Raleigh Cotton Mills
last night shortly before IL o'clock.
The train passed over the negro,s body.
decapitating and disemboweling him.
One OF his arms was cut OF Pieces
Of his body were strewn along the
track.
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London. July 2S.-Thshng Post
Paris correspondent 1t is stated
from Rennes that Major Carriere has
completed his Indictment which for
mally concludes that Dreyfus Is guilty.
Major Carriere, who Ia the government
commissary in the court-martial, will
demand the confirmation of the first
Judgment
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Farmer Fahnstock thinks he owns the
stock be is so proud of. But as a matter of
fact the stock owns him. He is the humble
servant of horse, cow and pig. He looks
after them better than he looks after HIM
self, and feeds them before he feeds him
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The BEST Prescripuop fer ChiIIs.

md Fever IL q bottle On Groves Taste
less Chill Tonic. The formula II plain
ly printed on each bottle, showing that
IL Is simply Iron and Quinine In q taste
less form. Imitators do not advertise
their formula because II they did they
know hat you would not buy their
medicine. Be N then that you get
Groves al the formula shows what you
are taking.
NO CURE NO PAY. Price 80 cents.
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Lincoln Journal: It has been two
months since Lincolnton had a rain.
In that time only ma or two showers
heavy enough to lay the dust have fall
len. And this condition prevails over
nearly the entire county.
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Rocky Mount Motor: The Rev. DR..
Morton will assume the ~pastorate of
the Presbyterian church here in Sep
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