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The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1900-10-27

The I1-room cottage in Ji1ntown
owned by Mr.. ]. F. Buchan, of Manly,
and occupied by Sherman Stewart,
colored, was destroyed by fire Thurs
day night, Stewart tells us that there
were about fifteen people in the build
ing and that they lost all their cloth
ing, lie losing his bicycles, guns,
dogs, SIS in money and all of his
household furniture. The fire was
discovered about O'Clock, but nc
cause # its origin has been ascertain
ed.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1900-10-27
SHORT LOCAL MENTION.

Mr.. A. Little and family have gone
to North Adams, N. Y.
Capt. A. M. Clarke visited Green's
boro the first of the week.
Miss Clyde Stewart, Of Tarboro, n.
c., is the guest of her sister, Mrs. F.
H. Weaver.
Mrs. c. J. Grover and son Alfred
have returned from summer visit to
Cambridge, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c. Stanley have re-
turned from Newburyport, Mass after
spending very pleasant summer.
WANTED-Bookkeeper, lady pre-
ferred, one willing to work, accurate
and steady. Apply at this Office. j,
The engine and boiler for the water
works have arrived, and we shall prob
ably have test of the plant by Mon
day next.
Mr.. CORTLAND Gaskill has gone to
Hamlet to engage himself with the S.
A. L. Railway, in the train dispatch
er's office.
Those attending the fair on Friday
were J. c. Stanley H. P Bilyeu, DR..
N. Robinson, Mrs, Dr.; Sadelson and
Mrs. J. F. Richards. -
Rev. G. j. Harris, from Crown
Point, NJ Y, will preach at the Con-
gregational church tomorrow at 10. 80
a. m. Come and hear him.
For SAIsIss-,-sCsharcoal In any tglna,,ti=s
ty 4 promptty#ieliveled, at reasonable
prices. ]. A. MAYHo. Leave orders at
G.. T. Patch & Bros. oct2o-3m
Among those going to the fair on
Thursday We noticed Mr. and Mrs.
VIM. Edwards, Mr.. and Mrs. R. S.
Marks, Mr.. w, E. Poe and daughters,
and others.
Mr.. w. J. Croswell, Superintendent
tf the Wilmington Division of the
Southern Express Company, stopped
of with Agent Peck Tues lay.
DR.. Robinson, of the Experimental
Farm, sent to the fair some very fine
McCuller's winter apples and some
splendid specimens Of the Hyal un1e
persimmon. A very large and we'll
matured persinlmon is now en- our
desk, through the courtesy of the
doctor.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. M. Couch and Mr.
and Mrs. L. S. Johnson returned
Thursday from camping tour, stop
ping at Jackson Springs, Ashebo,o,
High Point, Salisbury, Greensboro
and other places. They report very
fine trip and an interesting visit to
he old Guilford Battle Ground in
1uilford county and the government
at Salisbury.
The Boston Transcript has accepted
md published three-column article
rom Mrs. Jeanette Robinson Murphy,
# our town The article treats ex-
ensive1y Of "Darkeydom since free
lom broke out, F" and the question is
handled in most mastery manner.
t reveals many of the serious, as we'll
IS amusing, features of slavery days,
nd it's trials among house servants,
tc., and for general resume of dar-
,eydom and freedom it is most COM
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1900-10-27

AASNA.
D. P. Kelly and wife we're visitors
at the fair this week,
This office received a pleasant call
from the Upham party Friday even
ing.
Contractor Davis is busy putting in
the new sewerage plant, two car loads
of pipe having arrived,
Miss Blanche Pendell left for Wash
ington yesterday, after making an ex-
tended visit with Mrs. J. L. Gladmon.
1t takes heavy hauling for the en-
gine and pump for the water plant,
but Liveryman Mcqueen is equal to
the occasion.
Mr.. H. Warburton and wife, father
and mother to Mrs. A. H. Root, ar
rived Wednesday morning and are
here for the winter
Mr. H. O. Parker returned yester-
day from Wadesboro and Rocking
ham, where he ha, been looking after
K. of P. lodge matters.
Mr.. Neil A. Ray, "a years old and
one of our respected citizeus, died last
Saturday. His remains were taken to
Culdee cemetery, eight miles from
town, for burial
If you have rooms to rent, or want
boarlers, you should let it be known
in these columns. There sr. several
boarding houses in Southern Pines
which have never had a-lige es.sss.aa Of adyer57-
tising in the FREE PRESS.
=, There has never been such a dry
spell as we are having just now-no
rain of any consequence for several
months Our electric light plant, hav-
ing to be run by water power, is in
danger of being shut down unless
rain sood comes Mr.. Chandler is only
able to run his plant a portion of the
night, so low is his water supply.
Two nice little girls came to town
yesterday and have come for a per1na-
nept stay, one of them stopping at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. M. N. Sugg and
the other at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Huttenhauer. Both Of the gen
tle1nen named are receiving the con-
gratulations of their friends and the
mothers and little girls are doing nice
ly
The K. of P. lodge gave their friends
a very pleasant entertainment last
evening at their Castle Hall. After an
opening address by Chancellor Com
mander DR.. Edwin Gladmon, W. Nc
Far1ane Jones, Of Richmond, Va.,
made very interesting address on
Pythianism, and while we are not a
Pythian, we must confess that it was
good to 'be there. Addresses were
made by H. L. Thurston, of our.town,
and Editor ]. B. Upham, of the
Youths Compa. ion, Boston, Mr..
Upham speaking mainly on the OBJ
ect of his visit Soutb--the matter of
making our schools better, 1ncre at
;ractive and progressive. A bountiful
luncheon was served and then the
overs of the terpsichorean art delight
ID themselves to their hearts content
lancing merrily to the sweet strains Of
music furnished by the popular South
.rn Pines trio, Messrs. I,eavitt, Jones
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-11-21
THIS MINE LOST ITS OWNER.
Cost Him 10000 and is an Idle Bonanza
Today.
Today.

RomlnccS oi lost mines have Nrrn oi
irequrn, Occurrence In the history oi min.
ing IN Colorado, nearly every di,ti, oi
my Importance being the scene oi one Oi
these legends oi ii,h oir found hy some
poor prospeCIor Who waN Lrvrr aN!r to Te.
locate his iiui aud lett his story ~ Il
legacy to disturb the dreams ut over.
imaginative ,rndeIirrt, hut II Is lett ior
the Denver Times ,n tell the story oi the
lost owner oi a ilth nine, Who has been
sought tor IN vain ior nearly fifteen years.
] he mine IN question Is the Entre.Nlle, :,
located near the town Oi Teller, lafimer
county. at the head oi Michigan creek, on
the western SLOPE oi Mount Rich,holen.
" was discovered IN 1870 nv John Moore
and John and Alexander lelevre. The
mine developed very RAPIDLY and II Vas
soon shown that /, Was oi more than ,r'
dlnaiy value. the orr being found near
the surface and running Ncfr high IN >il'
ver. Before any great amount OF work
had been done on the property /, was sold
10 company formed at Nandalia, Illinois.
The purchasers equipped the property
with u steam ylant, including pump,
and sunk the shaft 10 a depth ot 700 ieet,
developing some very ilth ore, much ot
nigh grade ruby silver, Ru, this corner
II larimrf county Was much further from
market then than II is now, though II Is
still tar from RAILROAD transportation, and
after working II Tor some time, differences
arose between the owneIs, The company
20, In debt. work was suspended and the
plant abandoned TO the tender mertles OF
the weather,
About fifteen years ago II was sold N
Vania,ia to satisfy a judgment and Is
said 10 have brought Soc, 900 under the
hammer. Up 10 the present time this Is
all that Is known about the property, the
owner having disappeared AS absolutely
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-11-21
WILL WORK THE OLD GORDON.
Much Gold Taken Out Of This Mine in
Early Days.

Another free gold mine is shortly to be
added to the producing list IN eastern
Oregon. Joe Manadus and Frank
Campbell viii iesume work on the Ia.
nous old Gordon mine, owned Ivy the
Lawrence estate, and located about five
miles east OF Baker City.
Old timers IN Baker county will re-.
member how rich the Gordon Vas in
early days, and there is every reason to
believe that under the intelligent manage.
ment of skiltul miners, the old property
will sustain its tine reputation. The pres.
ent operators viii at once institute devel.
opment ot the old workings aud new
ground, and aim to add another teec gold
producer OF great importance to the east.
ern Oregon list.
Joseph Manadus, the promoter Of the
enterprise, is well known in Oregon min.
ing history. Coming to Baker county
when gold Was hrst discovered, he was at
one time one OF the best known and heav.
lest placer mine operators In the state. In
those halcyon golden days "french Joe"
worked hydraulic mines on large scale
at Malheur City, Clark's Creek, Nor.
mon Basin and Auburn, and was always
one Of the leaders and lucky ones to reap
the benefits Of being first in a stampede
and thereby securing the choicest claims
and making the most money. Mr.. Mana.
dus is a practical mining man, is known
and having a man like Mr.. Campbell,
also practical miner, with him to work
the Gordon, gives assurance Of great sue.
cess.-Baker City Herald.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-11-21

All kinds OF pies, cake, bread. etc., at
Rreehtel's bakery, opposite depot and In
Neill building. Orders promptly filled.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-11-21

as any Of the 80 called lost mines. Al
different lines prospectors have learned
the value ol the ore and have rndeavored
10 obtain a lease on the mine without
success.
The records at Nandala have been
searched and the tact Of the sale has been
verified. but the name and Whereabouts ot
the purchaser have never hern brought to
light, aud present officials oi that juTis.
jlcllon afe unable 10 shed any light on the
matter.
Not long since an engineer made an eN.
animation oi the property and found ore
Whl,h had evidently been taken from the
bottom oi the shaft which shows value ot
900 ounces oi silver per ton. This stim.
ul,'cd the last effort 10 find the owner.
which re, ul,ed like all the others, The
shaft has ilIed up with water, ard as It is
At high altitude and located IN a >peci.
ally exposed position, Which is subject TO
a sharp draft, the pump and hoist have
been enclosed IN SOLID l,e. There II rr'
mains today, useless TO the world, while
the owner j. unawarr that he has a bo.
nan7a Ia br had tor the working.
"For,y Mine jimmy" at the Poor Farm.
Sheriff lauIance returned Saturday
from RohnsonVillr, bringing with him
James Dlhln, OF 40 jimmie" as he is
tamiliarly known all over the Greenhorn
mountains. The aged gentleman has
passed his 10Th wear, and has been in
condition for some time that he was un.
able to care for himself, depending on the
charity Of his neighbor miners and as.
>is,ante received from Giant county.
for'y.nine Jimmie crossed the plains In
,SA0 and has been q resident in the min.
ing tamp Of Rohinsonvills Tor thirtv.two
wears, where he has some mining ground.
10 say that jimmie MAS indignant when
asked to accompany the sheriff to the
county poor farm, Is only placing II mild.
". he had faith In the mineral virtues Of
the Robinsonville country, and hoped that
he might be permitted TO die IN the home
he had occupied for almost half . century.
Canyon City Eagle.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-11-21

Never fails-Giant powder.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-04
A SENSATION SPRUNG
Tammany Takes the Starch Out of
 Hill Who Is a Democrat.

The New York state delegation fur nished the sensation of the day when, after a stormy ssssiOn of three hours, they put forth a candidate for vice president in the person of John w Keller, commissioner of charities of : the city of New York. This was done after David B Hill had been defeated as candidate for New York repre- sentative on the committee on plat form by Augustus Van Wyck, and, having been offered New York's en- dorscment for vicc-president. had de- clined it.
 There are those in the delegation who tonight b lieve the delegation leaders are playing the same game that was played by the republican delegates in Philadelphia wh-n they endorsed Tim cthy l.. Woodruff for vice-president, and that the name of Keller is pre- sented for the purpose of keeping the delegates from voting for any other New Yorker until they can vote either for Towne CT Sulzer. MT. SuIzer with drew il favor of Mir. Keller, and .n fact. seconded the nomination. which lends some color to this surrnise.
 
 ex-Senator Hill was notified by Frank Campbell that there was q movement on foot in tn Tammany delegation, as sisted by Kings county and Erie, to side-track him by not putting him on the platform committee. but by stand ing by him for vice-president Shortly afterward Senator Hill was sent for and had long cOnfere nee with MT. Croker, Mir. Shea, eX-Senator Murphy and Mir. McCarron. He was notified that the delegation stood ready to stand for him for vice-president. He replied that he did not want it, and was then told flatly that he could not go on the committee on platform. MT. Croker intimating that the Bryan els- ment did not want him there. Hill was spoken of as candidate for d member or the platform committee.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-04
WILLIAMS AND TUCSON
The Bird of Freedom Will Make
 Arizona Hum Today.

Williams. Arizona, July 3.-(SpeciaD.- The three days celebration at Williams opened today most favorably. Consid- erable crowds have been gathering for several days past from all nearby points and particularly from the mines and lumber camps. swelling the popu- lation to the largest ever seen in Will jams. The excursions are generally, delayed, disappointing many, who will arrive on the late train tonight and those coming in tomorrow Flagstaff. Winslow, Gallup and (Alburquerque will all be represented here the next few days. A big crowd came in from Chloride and Kingman and a fair rep resentation accompanied the ball team that came in from Needles
 The streets tonight are crowded and the saloons packed. It is difficult to pass up and down the street because of the people elbowing their way aim lessly in every direction. The gambling tables are full. music of every descrip- ton is present and fakirs in every line continually make business for the un- wary. The singing, shouting. dancing and jostling all unite to present a scene most interesting and only found
 
 attractions that is a factor in swelling the large crowd here is the opportunity of going to the Grand Canyon of Ari- zona. Hitherto there has been only a stage route which is now supplanted by the Santa Fe 6 Grand Canyon road Some fifty passengers went out to the Grand Canyon today and three times this number have arranged to go to- 1at this marvellous scenery are first class and the trip may be made in a day by taking the carly train and returning late in the evening. The programme this afternoon was a success in every way, although there was a hard wind blowing, which caused the bicycle race to be postponed until tomorrow The horse racing was made exciting by the entrance of seven horses. A horse from Flagstaff won the first place while Baldy. owned by Tom Wagner of Will jams, took the second money. The pool seller was busy and Baldy was the favorite. A free-for-aIl race, in which many of the best horses in the ter ritory have already been entered. will take place tomorrow. The base ball game between Williams and The Needles was hotly contested and was close at first, but Williams gradually out-pIayed the visitors. winning by a score of 9 to s. The game tomorrow is to be played by Williams and Ash Fork and a better score is generally ex- pected.
 From the manner in which this weeks celebration opens up it will be one of the greatest successes of it's kind Tents are everywhere and every possible accommodation brought into service. A large parade is arranged for tomorrow. An oration to be given and an excellent programme to be carried out Gun clubs, bicycle, horse races, foot races, base ball and drilling con tests are to be part of the sports, for which big purses have been raised.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-04
FACING STARVATION
Legations Not Only Surround ed by Rowling Mobs but Are Suffering for Food = Stories of Couriers From Pekin-Heads of Mur dered Foreigners Carried Through the
 Streets on Spears. /

London, July 4-Couriers who ar rived at the seats of government of the southern viceroys from their agencies in Pekin give vivid but fragmentary pictures of what is being enacted in the capital. These couriers seemingly left Pekin a day or two later than the mes senger of Sir Robert Hart, inspector general of customs, who started Un the night of June 24. They report that the heads of some of the captured lega- tion guards were being borne through the streets at the top of spears, fol- lowed by zealots chanting Kill foreign devils, kill, kill.''
 The city's millions have been aroused to patriotic fever, breaking out into the widest excess, while over half the city could be heard fighting around the legations.
 Sir Robert Hart's runner, who was interviewed by the correspondent of the Associated Press at Shanghai, supple nIented the tragic sentences of the dis patch he bore by a narrative of some things he saw. He says the foreigners were making their last stand in the extensive buildings and enclosures or the British legation. They had many dead and wounded. Among them were some women and children. All were short of food, even of the commonest necessaries. The women were starving, as they gave part of their small all lowances to the children. The fpreign- CTS, nevertheless, were holding, out under a terrible fire, upheld by the hourly expectation of relief:
Arizona republican., 1900-07-04

ings festooned with the French and American flags. The exercises con- sisted in a speech, donating the statue to France. and it's receipt by Minister Delcasse, and in brief addresses by Mrs Daniel Manning, representing the Daughters of the American Revolution. and by Ambassador Porter, Consul Gowdy and others.
 The statue unveiled today is the work of Dan C. French and Edward C.. Potter. It weighs S,2O0 pounds and is twenty-two feet in height from the pedestal to the point of the sword. which the figure of Washington holds upright. Washington is represented in a heroic attitude. The left hand hand holds the reins, with the chapeau resting in the crook of the elbow. The sword is held in the right hand
Arizona republican., 1900-07-04
HILL STILL A DEMOCRAT.

All through the controversy the ex- governor sat quietly. Than he arose slowly, and facing Richard Croker. who sat in the rear of the room. said slowly and distinctly: There have been some things that have been said to be reflections on my attitude in 1896. It should be remembered in passing such criticisms that I have always been consistently democratic No man has right to question my democracy."
 At this MT. Crokcr rose. saving in what wa@ evidently intended 10 be a pa ellie tone: ''I don't think anybody intended tJ criticize your democracy. but il is believed that as you were so s-ronglY against the silver plank that d new man would be more accept- able" And then MT. Croker aroused MT. Hil! by adding: And there is no reason why you should think that po- sluon is reserved for you every year."
 No, l have no such idsa," answered Mir. Hill, shaking his finger across at Mir Croker. But 1 want you to re- member that what I did and what said in committee and in the conyen- tion' of 1896 was done for hsIAnocpars
Arizona republican., 1900-07-04
WEARY OF THE WAR
British Soldiers Long to Re-
 turn to England
Tommy Atkins Has No Love for the South African Veldt He Would Willingly Have Left it to the Dutchmen.

London. July 3.-Writing to the Morning Post from Winburg, MT. Pro- vost- -Battersby says that the British soldier. although just as ready as ever to do or die" is sick of South Af- rica''
 There are very few men out here" :" he says, who have repended of their pluck; very few who would hear of turning back until the show is fin ished; but there are fewer still who are not heartily sick of the whole conern, who do not reckon daily with a sigh what they are missing in England the racing and yachting and the cricll- ct, the little meetings and the little matches and the shooting, it may be. to follow. The big thing they are in does not appeal to them; the taking of two countries, each of which might make a kingdom; the drawing of the scarlet line of empire round this rich corner of the world.
 Mind. They mean going through with it: they would meet anything short of unconditional surrender with voluble disgust; they would stop not a step this side of Pretoria. But they hate it. Their heart is not in the the enterprise, but in the little ways and plays of settled conditions. They would, had it been in their decision, have left the cursed place to the Dutchmen' Since it was not, they starve and fight and die with the best grace and most excellent courage possible. But the change, is there, from the spirit of the men who won the Indies and made America, and set our flag on the seas"
Arizona republican., 1900-07-04
ADDRESS OF THE KAISER.

Berlin, July S.-Addressing detach- mcnt of marines to leave for China En- peror William yesterday made a re- markable speech. Among other things he said: "The firebrand of war has been hurled in the midst of the most profound peace. Unhappily this was to me not unexpected. crime of un- speakable insolence, horrifying in it's barbarity. has been committed against the person of my trusted representative and has taken him from us. The Ger man flag has been insulted and the German empire treated with contempt. This demands exemplary punishment and vengeance"
Arizona republican., 1900-07-04
CROWDS IN TUCSON.

Tucson. Ariz., July 3.-(SpeciaD = Hundreds of people have come here from Bisbce. Globe and Nogales to at tend the celebration tomorrow. There will be large crowds in from the min ing camps in the morning. The Helve- tia has closed down for the day and six hundred people will come from there. The attractions include bronco busting, steer tying, miners drilling contests and racing, besides a game of ball be- tween Tucson and Phoenix. The city is decorated in flags and bunting.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-04
A GIGANTIC ARMY

London, July 3.-The Times St. Pet ersburg correspondent says tfat on June 30 the grand staff of the Russian army estimated the Chinese army to number 100000 men. He also said that about 100000 Mausers have been imported during the last three years
 London, July 3.-A special dispatch from Shanghai says the Chinese re- ports are current that two other foreign ministers were murdered the same day as Baron von Ketteler.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-04
KINYOUN EXONERATEb.

San Francisco. July 3.-In the United States court today Judge Morrow held that pr. J. J. Kinyoun, the local fed eral quarantine officer, had not been guilty of contempt of court in requiring persons leaving this city during the plague excitement to secure health cer- tificates from the authorities.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-04
DISTINGUISHED TRAVELLERS.

New York, July 3.-Among the pas sengers of note on the White Star steamer Oceanic. which is due to arrive from Liverpool today, are Archbishop Riordan of San Francisco, President M. E. Ingalls, of the Big Four railway. Mrs Mark Hanna, former United States Consul Patrick A. Collins. and Sir William Martin Conway, the ex- p,Orer
Arizona republican., 1900-07-04
WASHINGTON IN PARIS.
A Statue of the First President Un-
 yelled Yesterday.

Paris. July 3.-Thc equestrian statue of Washington, presented to France by the Daughters of the American ReVo- Iution, was unveiled today with great ceremony. The site selected for the statue is at the intersection of the Avenue du Trocadero and the Avenue de Jean and in honor of today's cere-- monies the neighborhood was richly decorated and the houses and builG-
Arizona republican., 1900-07-04
ROUGH RIDERS REUNION
Roosevelt Given a Royal Welcome
 in Oklahoma.

Oklahoma City, July 3.-A typical frontier demonstration and a rousing welcome from the Rough Riders cow
 punchers and citizens of all classes, white, black and red, was accorded today to Governor Roosevelt of New York. Governor Roosevelt is expected to deliver some speeches tomorrow on the trip through Kansas and Missouri.