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The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-05-05
RIVER UNION

RIVER UNION
The Catawba River Union
met with the church at Olive
Grove on Friday before the
fifth Sunday in April.
Bro. w. r. Hull was elected
moderator and a young Bro.
Workman appointed secretary.
The first topic discussed
was, 1.-The best means of
developing the churches Of
the Catawba River Associa-
ton \ number of the
brethren entered into the dis
cussion Of this subject. AS a
result of this discussion the
following resolution was in
troduced and accepted: Re
solved, that we encourage the
pastoral relation and the divis-
ion of this association into
pastoral fields.
It was also decided to hold
Mission Institutes at as MANY
churches as possible before
the next session of theassoCia-
ton.
Saturday morning there
was a lively discussion on
missions, State, Home and
Foreign. Bro. J. S. Corpen-
ing closed the discussion of
this subject in a speech Of
rare strength and felicity.
Temperance was discussed
in the afternoon. This dis
cussion was spirited and lively,
Brethren Hull, Null and Rec
tor making good speeches.
Rev. ]. S.. Gwaltnev made a
good speech on Sunday Schools
Sunday morning. F.. B. Hen
dren spoke on the Orphanage.
ft IL CLOCK, KeV. J.. =.
Corpening preached a strong
sermon on the distinctive
doctrines of the Baptists.
A collection was taken for
the orphanage.
The Union was very we'll
attended and we hope it will
result in good.
The good brethren of Olive
Grove church placed the visit
ing brethren under obligations
to them bv their kindness and
hospitality. F. B. H.
- Subscribe for The News.
sc. a wear. 100 for Siy months
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-05-05
FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1899.


Monday, May LIST, was the first
anniversary of Dewey's famous
victory at Manila.
Victims Of a cyclone which
swept through a portion Of Mis-
souri, Thursday Of last week are
estimated to number 100 dead and
many in jured.
A statement prepared at the
War Department in Washington
shows that 1913 Americans have
been killed in the Philippines
from February + to April IS and
LII have been wounded.
At Wardner, Idaho. Saturday
rioting miners destroyed property
Of the value of $3.50, OOO-blow-
ing it up with giant powder and
burning it. One man was killed
and another MORALLY wounded.
r. r. Clark, editor of the Land
mark, was on Monday elected
mayor of Statesville; w. A. Blair,
mayor Of Asheville; j. -. Mccall,
mayor Of Charlotte; Zeb Vance
TAYLOR, mayor of Greensboro.
The Southern Railroad has
leased the South Carolina and
Georgia Railroad. The deal car
ries with it absolute control of
the Augusta Southern line. but the
Ohio River Il Charleston. the
other leased line Of the South
Carolina Il Georgia road. is not
included.
At Canton, O., Friday the
trial Of Mrs. Anna George for the
murder of George ID. Saxton,
brother of Mrs. William Mckin.
lev. came to an end and resulted
in the acquittal of Mrs. George.
When the verdict of the Jury,
.:not guilty, was announced there
was a demonstration of approva,
In the court room. Public senti.
ment has sided with the defendan,
all through the trial. as it was
known that Saxton had wrecked
her life.
At the request Of the Secretary
Of State, the Treasury Department,
Saturday drew four diplomatic
settlement warrants. for IS. 900.
600 each, in discharge of the
treaty obligations Of the United
States to Spain. The warrant:
directed the Treasurer of the
Cnited States to pay these sums t,
His Excellencv. Jules Cambon,
French ambassador, representative
of the government of Spain. Thi:
money is to pay forthe Philippine
Islands.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-29
PICTURESQUE LANGUAGE.
Gen. Shaw Hopes Gen. Roe
viii Stew in His Own
Juice.

Topeka, Kan, Sept. 28.-Gen. Shaw,
national commander-in-chief of the
e. A. r., in prefacing his address to
the veterans at the state reunion, to-
day, spoke of the now famous con-
.troversy of the G.. A. R. with the Dewey
parade managers. He characterized
those having the big parade in charge
as 'narrow-minded blunderers, clothed
with little brief authority"
He then reviewed the whole trouble:
Had a soldier of deeds" he declared,
"been in the place of Gen. Roe, the
Grand Army would have marched in
glory and joy at the head of the line,
following the great admiral, where, be-
yond question, their place should be-
Again, he said: Let this battleless
Maj. Gen. Roe stew in his own Juice,
In view of his officially reported decla-
ration: I'll take the whole responsible
Iity in refusing the Grand Army the
right of parade 1 am perfectly will
ing he should
Gen. Shaw said that soon Admiral
Dewey would be invited to visit the
Bath national encampment, to be held
at Chicago in 1900, where the veteran
survivors would express their admira-
ton for him in their own way and nm
hampered. The veterans then adopted
resolutions denouncing Gen. Roe.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-29

Mrs. Florence Akridge, of Saco.
Ga, writes under date of August
18th, 1899:
81 have taken Warmers Safe
Cure for a severe attack of kidney
trouble, with the best possible re-
suits. | recommend it to those who
are suffering with kidney trouble as
the best medicine they can take.
"Mr. L. White of this place, who
was cured by it, recommended Safe
Cure as the best medicine on
EARTH
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-29
WHEELER TAKES P0RAC.
Veteran Fighter Once More
Busy On the Fir
ing Line.

Manila, Sept. 2S.-Genera1s MacAr-
thur. Wheaton and Wheeler, with four
regiments and battery. advanced at
daytrealt this MORNING upon Porac,
about eight miles northwest of Bacolor,
in Pampanga province. After half an
hours fighting, the town was taken.
The American loss was slight and the
insurgent loss is not known. The enemy
fed northward. When the Americans
entered the town they found it entirely
deserted
Tho attacking party moved on Porae
in two columns. The Ninth infantry,
with two guns, from Santa Rita, was
commanded by General Wheeler, and
the Thirty-sxth infantry, under Col.
Bell, WITH one gun, accompanied Gen
eral Macarthur from San Antonio.
Both columns struck the town at y
o'clock and opened a brisk fire, which
was replied to by the enemy for half an
hour. Then the insurgents fled and the
Americans marched over their trenches
and took possession of the place.
Just before the fight, Smiths com
mand at Angeles made a demonstra-
ton, by firing artillery up the railroad
track. Liscum reported one casualty
and Bell reported four men OF his resl-
ment wounded. The artillery had no
injured.
Today's movement was a strateeical
success, and resulted in the possession
of Porac and the cleaning of several
miles of country Whereabouts. Two
columns from Santa Rita and San An
tonic united before Porac, according to
program, stretching around the place
for some miles.
The insurgents were estimated to
have numbered 600 men. Ten dead Fill
pinos were found, and the captain and
commissary of Mascarno's command
were taken prisoners. The American
loss was five wounded, but there were
many prostrations from the heat.
Englishmen from the insurgent lines
report that the Filipinos at Bamban
have 1000 new Japanese rifles.
Two Filipino majors came to the
American lines last night, with mes
sages regarding the American prison
iers, who We're to arrive this morning.
They also requested permission for Gen.
Alejandrinp. one colonel and two lieu
Itenant-colonels TO visit Gen. Otis. They
were refused entrance to the American
lines until noon Friday, on account of
todays fight, and Gen. Alejandrino
alone will be allowed to VISIT Gen. Otis.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-29
FELL TWENTY-FIVE FEET.
Car With 35 Tons of Coal Ina Queer
Accident.

Northboro. Sept. 2S.--A peculiar acct
dent happened in the freight yard of
the New York, New Haven and Hart
ford railroad today. car containing
30 tons Of soft coal, for G. H. Felt of
this town, run out on the spur track,
and after being started was detached
from the engine.
When the car approached the end of
the track in the coal shed, the brake
man attempted to stop the car, but
found that the brakes would not hold
the cor. The end Of the track is raised
70 feet above the ground in sheds. and
the car plunged against the bumper at
the end Of the track, and carrying it
away like so much paper, crashed over
the end and down rs feet.
The car stood up on end, the tons Of
coal being dumped onto the ground.
Wher the brakeman found it impossible
to stop the car he jumped for his life.
and landed on heap of soft coal bad
ly shaken up but not seriously injured
The wrecking train from South
birmingham arrived, and began the
work of replacing the car on the tracks
with great amount of difficulty
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-29
GEOGRAPHICAL CONGRESS

Berlin, Sept. 2S.-The seventh inter
national geographical congress opened
in the Unterhaus here today. Prince
Albrecht welcomed the delegates in the
name of the emperor, and Prince Ho.
henlohe delivered the inaugural ad.
dress. The Prince of Monaco described
his expedition to East Greenland. This
evening Prince Won Hohenlohe gave 4
banquet to the delegates Gen. A. w
Greedy, the Arctic explorer, was amonp
those present.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-29
CHARGED WITH FORGERY.
William j. Pennty Arrested BY lnspeo-
t-r Stone.

William j. Penney, who claims Boston
as his home, was arrested by Inspector
w. ]. E. Stone yesterday afternoon on a
charge of forgery Penney Is a solicitor
and has represented the Johnson Mer-
camille Company, whose office is at SO
fremont street, Boston. Their business IS
ent cities, and il is alleged their agent in
this city. Penney, forged the name of
William H. Blodgett to a contract which
he forwarded to Boston.
The Boston house was suspicious, and
did not advance the books and other
things necessary for the establishment OF
the agency 20 the Blodgett people but
notified the local police department. In
spector Stone was put on the case and he
placed Penney under arrest Penney ae-
knowledges that he committed the for
gerry.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-29
DIPLOMATS NOT WANTED.

Washington, Sept. 2S.-The diplomatic
corps here is agitated as Dewey day
approaches in New York and there is
no Sign manifested of desire for the
attendance of its members. 1t is said
that since the failure of the attempt OF
the local committee to secure the at
tendance at the naval demonstration
of foreign warships, the diplomatic
representatives who We're Obliged by
the rigid rules of international inter-
course to decline the invitations for
their governments, have been dropped
out of sight.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-29
FUNERAL OF MRS. .BARRErr.

The funeral of Mrs. Harriet M. Bar
rett took place yesterday afternoon. ar
her late home, 1543 Main street. al 20
O'Clock, and was well attended Inv
friends. Rev. Henry Hague of st. Mat
thew's Church conducted the funeral
services and gave touching eulogy on
the life of the deceased. The interment
was at Hope cemetery. The bearers
We're Joseph Rhodes, John Richardson.
Fred Dighton and William Whitwnrth
There was large number of floral trh-
utes.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-29
WIRELESS ALONG COAST.
Wreck of Scotsman Sets Canadian
Government Thinking.

Halifax, N. s., Sept 2S.-In connection
with the loss of the steamer Scotsman
at Belle Isle, N. F., it is announced that
the governments of Canada and New
foundland. are negotiating with Marconi
with view to the establishment of
wireless biography stations on the
Newfoundland coast The Canadian
government is also discussing with
Marcont the possibility Of establishing
communication with Sable Island by
means of wireless telegraphy.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-29
ALLEN NOMINATED.

Portland, Me-, Sept. 2S--Amos L. AL
len was nominated for congressman by
the republicans of the first Maine dis
trict in convention here, today. In
his speech of acceptance, he came out
souarely in favor Of supporting the
president in the prosecution Of the war
in the Philippines.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-29

The honorary shoot was won by Capt.
w A. Condy. II, mantel clock; Lieut..
Col. E. r. Shumway, silk umbrella, 16;
Frank Jones, leather medal.
In the officers revolver match, the
cigar case. first prize, was won by
Lieut.. H. c. Young, whose score was
"a. Veteran shoot was won by A. ID.
Jefferson, score %, his prize being a
pipe. The sharpshooters' silver medal
was won by Lieut. NJ. H. Tisdeu, with
the handsome score of 40, for 200 yards,
A for 500, "a for 600. with a total of u.s.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-29
WEATHER REPORT.

Boston, Sept. 2S.-Forecast for Boston
and vicinity Friday: Fair Friday and
Saturday; cooler Saturday; brisk south
erly winds, shifting to westerly Saturday
morning
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-29

! rfsads Of Aedlcated vapor are inhaled
tlroa2h the mouth ana emitted from the nos.
tgil7, cieansinE NEd vaporfxing all the inhamed
and diseased parts which Cannot b. reached BY
medicine sakcs ssto the stomach.
~ Tecchss &c sore sposS-H heals he rd,v
1oi@'ss--It goes % fhe ssnt ~ >ffseuseH acts as
q bc,nf and sogjc To fhe-WioLe sysfens--sI00 at
dgYagssfs or ssHs ~ NATL 1906 orch S., PsiIa.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-29

IF THE BABY is CUTTING TEETH
Be sure and use that OLD ana wel-tried
remedy, Mrs. Winslows Soothing Svr,In
child. softens the gums, allays an pain
cures. wind collie and is the best remedy
Tor diarrhoea- Twenty-Five cents a bot.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-29

Continued from page one.)
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-29

Prof. Fortier's Dancing Academy, AIS
MAIN ST., open for private lessons from 10
a. M to I I p. m. Waltz guaranteed in
TWO private lessons. Tel. call Io42-4
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-05-18
FOR CARD PARTIES.

Card parties are so much the age
must have her wits about her to de-
wise new and catchy ideas for her
numerous entertainments.
1t is not so much question of
prizes, for the variety of these to be
found in the shops is so varied and at
tractve that it is only a question Of
madam's purse. What is more worthy
of thought is how to get the touch of
originality which is going to make
ones party the smartest which has
been held in the club.
One very clever way of choosing
partners is to write familiar quota
tons OF from four to six lines on
cards, and then cut the cards diagon-
ally in two and distribute the halves
to the guests.
One girl varied Las by writing
original verses on her cards, the
verses all having reference to the
game. The picking out of partners
caused no end of fun, as the verses be-
ing strange to the players, there were
no familiar combinations of words to
help them
Another way is to cut hearts,
spades, diamonds and clubs out OF
cardboard or ceuuloid, If the company
be composed of both sexes Give the
spades and diamonds to the men, and
hearts and clubs to the women Each
set of hearts, diamond, club and spade
is of one color, and bow Of ribbon or
other device of corresponding hue is
fastened to one OF the tables. The
player holding ,Ae red heart is the
partner of the one holding the red
club and spade are also paired to-
gether, and so on.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-05-18
TWILIGHT IN THE TROPICS.
How Long it Really Lasts After the
Sun Has Set.

The belief that there is littlA or no
twilight within the great tror cal belt
encircling our planet is very wide
spread one. History, however, warns
us that beliefs neeu not necessarily ac-
cord with facts. 1t might indeed al
most be said that they usually do not.
The toiling and moiling millions, the
humble units that, taken in the bulk,
constitute what Is called great
power" have neither the time nor the
inclination to overhaul their opinions.
Iney are not assailed by doubts as to
whether the intellectual coffee which
they have at odd moments imbibeo
may not have been mostly chicory.
Such a state OF mind unQuestionably
makes more happiness, and although
such happiness may bear rather too
much resemblance to that Of, say, the
COW, it is none the less real for all
that.
Twilight is at its shortest at the
equator and increases with the lati-
tude-at the equinoxes-at about the
same rate as that at which the merid-
ians decrease their distance from one
another. The increase is, therefore,
very slow in low ATTITUDES and very
rapid near the poles.
Practical. or civil twinght is the
time which elapses between the mo-
ment of the suns setting and the mo-
ment when he is seven degrees OF a
great circle below the horizon At
the equator this time cannot, OF course
be less than twenty eight minutes. At
the edges of the tropic zone it is about
thirty~one minutes. A person with
good eyesight will. should he care TO
make the experiment, find that when
at sea and on or near the equator he
Is able to read average type on deck
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-05-18
Collision on n. Y. Central.
E EXTINCTION OF THE
PRAIRIE-CHICkEN.
THE

Today the reign of the old time
chicken dog" is done in America,
and the day of the great brown grouse
is also done. One can see no future
for this, one of the most noble, though
easily the most helpless of all our
game birds. Today the center of the
chicken country is no longer at
Dwight. 1t moved west from Illinois
into Iowa. then up into lower Mime
sota then short way into lower Da-
kota. 1t crossed the sand hills of
Nebraska and the wheat belt of Kan
sas, tarried for long time in the
Indian nations, and then dropped
swiftly down across the state of Texas.
| should be disposed to say that today
it is perhaps located in some of the
lower tiers of counties of Texas, and
closer to the gulf coast than most per-
sons would imagine. There are some
prairie chickens left in Wisconsin,
yet more in Minnesota, and, together
with the sharp-tailed grouse, these
birds yet furnish sport in widely scat
tered localities over North and South
Dakota and Nebraska. Harper's
Weekly.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-05-18

Reading, Pa, May ia collision
between two passenger trains occurred
on the Philadelphia & Reading railroad
at Exeter, six miles south of this city,
last night and great number of peo-
pie were killed and injured. There is
no telegraph office at Exeter and de-
tails therefore are difficult to obtain.
The number killed is yariously stated
to be from Is to %. Fully so others
were injured. The regular express
train from Pottsville for PHILADELPHIA.
connected at the station in Reading
with train from Harrisburg which
was crowded with excursionists who
haa been to the state capital to witness
the unwilling of the Hartrauft monu-
ment. The Harrisburg passengers at
Reading went aboard the PHILADELPHIA
express, but it being found that all
could not be accommodated, it was de-
cided to send an extra train to Phila-
Qelephla to run as second section OF
the express. The extra train left 20
minutes later than the express. At
Exeter the express stopped for orders
and while standing still the extra
crashed into it while moving at great
speed. Three rear cars of the express
were telescoped and the first car of the
extra was also wrecked. The
passengers in these cars were
terribly mangled, many being
killed outright, while others had limbs
and bodies manned. Word was at
once sent to Reading and a special
train with physicians and nurses was
sent to the scene.
The identified killed are: John
Leaf, Montgomery county; VIM. Staler,
Col. George Shaw, Chief John Sling
huff, William Lewis, Harry Hunch-
binger, George Covers, George Hands,
Frank Showers, Harry Vents, Harry
Thompson, Samuel Beatty, all of Nor
ristown. John Johnson, Mt Clair;
Samuel Batty, Conshochockep; Hiram
Shelly, Hatboro; Benton Silvis, Read
ing; Capt. Street, Philadelphia.
The seriously injured, so far as their
names could be obtained, are: Luther
Custer, Pottstown; Harry Lester,
PhoeniXyille; A. j. Ashenfelder Nor
ristown.
A second relief train left Exeter at
$50 a. IN. 1t brought to Reading 20
additional bodies. The names are not
yet known. The most seriously in
jured were brought here on the first
relief train. The rest of the injured
We're taken to PottstoWn and Norris
town.
Collision on n. Y. Central.
Utica, n. Y, May 13.-The fast mail
on the New York Central was in a col
lsion here this morning and seven
passenger cars filled with passengers
caught fire which, however, was quick
ly eXtinguished. AS far as can be
learned, but one man, Harry Neal, of
Buffalo, was fatally injured
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-05-18

for at least twenty-eight minutes after
the sun has set without the aid of arti-
fetal light and when there is no moon
light. This is the common sense ex.
pertinent by which the duration of rac-
teal twilight has been determined
The actual duration is considerably
longer than practical, and, even at the
equator, something like seventy min
utes will elapse before night hoIus un-
disputed sway. This is the length of
the true-the astronomical-twili
1t is at or near the equinoXes that
the phenomenon under consideration
is at its shortest all over the globe.
At those periods it lasts at Honolulu
thirty minutes at San Francisco, thir-
ty-tye; at London, fortyfve; at st.
Petersburg, fifty-seven; at the arctic
and antarctic circles, seyenty-two, and
at the poles, eighteen days. When,
then, we say that the poles have six
months light and six months dark
ness, it is little more than facon de
parler. The north pole has no less
than 222 days OF practical daylight
each year, the south pole 215 days, the
equator 1877 days. Nansen, when in
high northern latituues, was able to
read the "Verdensgang" many days be-
fore the longed-for sunrise following
the long winter night. The great
length of the twilight in polar regions
is boon indeed to explorers. The
popular imagination usually attaches
itself to the great cold they have to
endure, but the real enemy is the long
darkness, which is trying to the enthu
siasm of even a Manson, Peary or a
Jackson.
There is practically no difference in
the length of the twilight at the equa-
TOR at the equinoXes and solstices.
Even at Honolulu it will not vary by
more than a couple or minutes. But
in the higher latituoes the varying du-
ration is very marked. In latitude
591a degrees. for instance, it lasts fifty
six minutes, at the equinoXes, but at
set to sunrise-that is to say, from
$40 o'clock till 1850, or for five hours
and forty minutes.
North or south of SO degrees prac-
teal twilight lasts all might at the
cquinoxes. The sun is, it is true, only
twelve hours above the horizon, but
rs he cannot get more than seven de-
grees below it, there is continual day
light for the twentyfour hours. In
such cities as Stockholm and st. Pc
tersburg there are close on to four
teen hours of daylight at those seasons
when Gay and night are said to be
equal, and at the equator itself the day
all the year round is made up Of thir
teen hours daylight and eleven hours
darkness. 1t must also be not forgot
ten that in those latitudes where the
sun remains for months below the
horizon there is during that period
good deal of daylight, so that along
the eightieth parallel north "a little
north of which the Jackson-Harms-
worth expedition spent three consecu-
tive years in the Franz Josef islands,,
although the sun does not rise between
October 10 and February %, there is
a period of three weeks following the
final sunset and another of the same
length preceding the first sunrise Of
the year, on each day of which good
type can be read for few minutes
light. San Francisco Chronicle.