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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-06-14
THE CROP CONDITIONS.

Washington, June 5.-The Weather
Bureaus weekly summary of crop con-
ditions says: over the central and
Eastern portions of the cotton belt
there has been d general Improvement
in cotton, although slow growth is re-
ported from Georgia and South Caro-
lima, where rain is needed. In Texas
planting is not yet completed and the
crop has suffered much from excessive
rains, is much in need of cutivat ton
and is being damaged by insects
The week has been exceptionally
favorable for trans-planting tobacco in
the Ohio valley and Middle Atlantic
States, the bulk of the crop in Ken
lucky having been set
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-06-14
FUN>TON'!S & Eat DISCOVERY
he General Finds Thirty or Forty
Large "HOLen sa.es Filled With
EiiiniMO II lc J.. cunlenfS.

FiiiDiuO IT etp l., cumentS.
Vancouver, 3. c., June S.-A copy Of
he Manila Times received by the
dzuma Maru, tells of an important
iscovery Of insurgent documents and
,ther articles which had been hidden
by the Filipinos. 1t says:
On May I'd General Funston was
making a personal reconnaissance with
eighteen troops in the direction Of Bon
gabon and Pentabagan, up the Rio
Grande de Papapamnga, when he dis
covered a perpendicular ladder leading
up cliff crowned with d dense forest.
Beside the ladder hung a rope which,
when pulled, rang an alarm bell in the
woods back of the precipice.
The General ana his men assembled
the ladder and found thirty or forty
large wooden cases crammed full Of
State documents, comprising most of
The archives of the government. There
We're other things saved from the
wreck of MalOSloS. about 1000 HOtch-
kiss shells, a quantity of dynamite, a
stock of bombs, and much other am
munitiOn, 200 pounds of black gun pow
der, office furniture from the MalOslOs
Auliencia, carpets, chairs, tables and
lot of miscellaneous goods of no spe-
tldl
The documents We're the principal
prize. After a good inspection as cir
cumstances permitted, General Fun
StOn set aside several tons of useless
rubbish and burned it on the spot, saw
ing the State papers. These comprise
all the correspondence Of Aguinaldo
and his chief official from the time of
the earliest dealings with Dewey down
to the hurried migration from Malolos.
(ArchiVes subsequent to that date
We're, it will be remembered, taken at
Tarlac i'll the middle of last week..
There are letters to and from Wild
man and Dewey, besides several bust
ness firms in Manila Aguinaldo's own
letter book giving press copies of
everything he wrote, is also there. 1t is
rumored that the correspondence shows
some firms in MaUila to have had rela-
lions with the rebels heretofore I'M
suspected.
The whole cache was ingeniOuSly hid
den among the trees in the raVine and
rooted over heavily with nipa to an
unusual thickness. The structure made
quite a big warehouse, with not an
inch of space vacant. 1t was found
later, that there We're other approaches
to the cache just like the one described,
with alarm bells everywhere.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-06-14
ATHRILLiNG INCIDENT.

THIRTY. One me r Ans II Did DIX II IN.
dred FiIip.nas at Bay During Four
Days Of Fierce FL htine-OnIy
Thirteen Of tho Resiesed Party
Saved.
Washington. June 8.-Perhaps the
most thrilling and picturesque incident
Of the entire Philippine war occurred
at Catubig, on the island of Samar,
where on April 18th. last, 4 party OF
thirty-one enlisted men of Company b.
Forty-third Infantry Volunteers, held
at bay a force of some GOO insurgents
during four days of the fiercest fight
the nick of time.
The War Department has received
reports from Colonel II. NJ. Day, of the
Forty third Volunteer Infantry, and
First Lieutenant J. 7. Sweeny. Of that
regiment who commanded the rescue
party, giving all the details of the at
tack, the siege, and the relief.
According to these reports, the at
tack on the garrison at Catublg began
without warning on Sunday morning,
April 18th. From the hills on all sides,
from every point of vantage in town,
and from a deserted church directly
adjoining came a rifle and cannon fire
of terrible intensity. On Tuesday morn
ing handfulls of burning hemp were
thrown into the barracks from the in
surgents in the church, and soon the
soldiers refuge was on fire.
All efforts to subdue the fire failed,
and finally the little band made dash
for the river bank. Some were killed
before the bank was reached, others
fell dead in a boat which they were at
tempting to make the opposite shore
with, and when a trench finally was
dug with bayonets. there were but SIX
teen Of the thirty-one left to man it.
Here for two days more Corporal Car
son. handling his men with the judg-
ment Of veteran, held out under a
terrible fire. until Lieutenant Sweeny' 8
command, which had been ordered to
supplement the garrison at Catublg
and was on its way up the river on
the steamer Laoang, arrived.
Not until within a quarter of a mile
Of Catubig, says Lieutenant SWeeny in
his report, did they hear the noise OF
the engagement. Then he realized that
he and his men were sorely needed, and
ordered the captain of the steamer TO
run his boat at top speed. The Laoang
steamed up to Catubig under a rain of
Mauser bullets from both shores Two
small beats We're lowered. a landing
Effected, and the reScuerS fought their
Way through the open to their be-
sieged comrades in the trenches, buried
the dead within reach, brought back to
the boat the besiegtd party, number
ing now only thirteen men, and then
steamed down the river.
Captain Day DestowS the highest
.Ommendation upon Corporal Carson
as displaying extraordinary good
Judgment in the handling of his men,
hereby saving the lives of the sur
yivors and protecting the wounded I'M
il relief came
To each of the little command, and
heir rescuers, he gives the highest
raise.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-06-14
URGED KRUGER TO TREAT FOR
PEACE.

Lorenzo Marques, June s.-JJnited
states Consul Hollis, who returned
here yesterday from the Transvaal bv
special train, had a two hours inter-
view in close conference with President
Kruger at Machadorp 1t is stated that
Mr. Hollis was the bearer of friendly
dispatches from the United States Gov
eminent urging Mr.. Kruger to treat
for peace.
washington. June S-Secretary Hav
says IN reference to the Lorenzo
hai ques dispatch. stating that it was
pelleVed United States Consul Hollis
nau been negotiating with President
hruger to bring about peace, by direc-
tion OF the Washington Government.
that MI. Hollis had no authority what
ever from the State Department to
make trip into the Transyaal and
furthermore, the State Department did
not Know of any such intention on his
part. The consul had no right to go into
foreign territory without permission
from the state Department, but IS it is
assumed that his visit was of purely
personal character no attention will be
palO 10 his reported actions
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KILLED IN y bISf! I T.

Santiago de Cuba. Jun" -
Bryce, of Savannah. Ga. h''''4
Jamaican named Constantine" lasi liz
in a fight growing out Of Il i'lid'N
Bryce that if the Americans ins'''-
the English, had been hIh'ih-
Beers, the TransVaal war ""u'H '.-
terminated long ago. II is rihi'ir1
Bryce that he aclcd IL s'ii-irir.
The British consul ana Cninnsi y.
side, the department r"ini'"l.I'''
investigating the case.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-06-14
\ LARGE REFINERY BURNED.

Savannah. Ga. June THE refinery
and soap house of the Southern Cotton
Oil Company's refining plant al this
place was destroyed by fire this after
noon. The loss will be upwards of
$3.50, 600. fully insured. 1t is believed the
fire originated from a stroke of light
ming on the roof. as the blaze was dis
covered during a severe thunder storm
about 4 p. m. This plant was one of the
largest in the country. 1t makes Said.
cooking and other high grades of cotton
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-06-14
COMMANDER TODD RESTORED TO
DUTY

Washington. June The last act
OF Secretary Long before departing for
ANNAPOLIS last evening was to sign an
order terminating the former order Of
suspension in the case OF Commander
Todd. chief of the naval hydrograp hic
office. The officer was relieved from
duty because he had addressed letters
to persons not in the naval service
seeking their aid in the struggle the
hydrographic office was making to con-
troll the surveys as against the coast
survey. This excited the ire of Repre-
sentative Cannon. who was leading the
fight in behalf OF the civil bureau. and
led to an official complaint by him.
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INSTRUCTED fol, i5itYh..

Waterbury, Conn. June Tile Com
necticut State Democratic Convent, q
has unanimously adopted d platfuI n1
naming William J. Bryan as it,, can Ii
date for President. instruttir2 ti.e DEL
egates for Mr.. Ri yam ana ij'rdSin- -u..-
port to the platform VI the !>;,l.s,,.5 Ci.s
Convention.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-06-14
Mark Won't Tell.

| intended to keep calm and COOL
And not behave just like a fool
When Mark proposed.
/ intended to be dignifled,
And say: ..perhaps I'll be YOUR bride
If-I'm disposed,
In spite Of all thought to do,
Nv plans 50 cherished ne or came true
When Mark proposed,
| laid my head against his breast,
And Mark can tell you all the rest
if-he's disposed
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-06-14
A REIGN OF ANARCII,
BRITISH TROOPS .uo,
A PASSAGE Int,En

3rcnt Britain Intends
Position In iii" 'rnn; =,
rincs Marching: on ,h.,t
ny Win
Machine Gu" 'Ai"r.r
Severe Fight with
"Acnr,
Moro That Tro Hundrear
on the Field OF RattIp
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-06-14
FALL OF PRETORIA.
GENERAL RoHERT> OCCUPIES THE
TRANsVAAL CAPITAL.

All ENGLAND Celebrating the Event
with Wild Enthnsinsm-Pracf
Finish of War which l: as Tried
Great Erilaiu's Military Resources
"a They Were Never Tried EerOre-
The Beers Last Effort PitiIuIIy
Futilc.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-06-14
THE STRUGGLE ENDED.
pICrrgEsQIE SCENES MARK THF
CHASING uoU..S OF CONGRESS.

Party Passion and FersOnnl Rancer
Give Way to Good FelloWshsp
which Find Vent in Patriotic
Outbursi of Enthusiasm-Me lnbeFs
TestIheJr Vocal Powers In song
A Mighty Chorus from Thousands
of Throats-A Magnificent and
SOu:-Inspiring Spectacle.
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WHIPPED IN ONE ROUND,

New York, June S.-TOm Sharkey
easily defeated "Yank' kenney in the
first round
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-06-14

Tell a man he's level-headed and
hr IL feel fiattered; tell him he's dat
headed and he'll hit you with a club.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-06-14

Don't fail to try e. THOMSON on
FLOUR ifyou want the best in town for
the money.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-06-14

The season for listing Your taxes
is again at hand. During the month
of June the tan listers will he ready
10 see and serve YOU. MeSSr> l. h.
Gary and :. Is. Belts arrthc list takers
for Henderson township and will take
the list for the town at the same
time. Persons who fail to list their
taxes ProPert" and polD will be
deemed guilty of mi>dcmeanor pun
iShablc by fine or imprisonment
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-06-14
Seed Potatoes
For Planting in June or July.
N,.d'> Seeds.

We have Il large quantity of late Seed
Potatoes which were put into cold stor-
age early in the season, SO rs to keep
them unsproutei and in first class vigo-
rous condition for late planting in June
or July. Heretofore. the principal OBJ
staclc TO planting late potatoes success
fully has been in procuring sound and
vigorous stock late enough to plant, so
as to insure the maturity Of the crop in
the cooler rainy season of the fail. We
advise our customers 10 place their
orders ahead, otherwise our supply NAV
be exhausted Shipment can be made
at such time rs customers are ready to
plant.
Write for prices and Descriptive Circular
which also gives full Information about all
Seasonsble Seeds. German MiIIet. Cow Peas,
Teosinte. Sorg.,ums, Buckwheat, etc.
T. w. WOOD & SONS,
Seedsmen. Richmond, Va.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-06-14

photographer has a way of taking
things that would not be tolerated in
any other line of business
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-06-14
Read and Study for Yourself the Question
TO be Voted on Next Augusta Plain,
Simple Proposition Which Amy UnpreJ-
udiced Mind Can Understand.

The following j. the amendment To
Article & OF the Stat.t Constitution. adopt
ed bv the General Assembly OF 1899. and
to he submitted to the voters Tor ratlfi-
cation next August:
Section l. That Article VI OF tn" Con
s1itution OF North Carolina be. and the
same i hereby abrogatcd, and III lieu
thereof shall be substituted tn" following
,,ti..I.. L .uiI ON [ Itu1lnn.
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Highest Market Prices Guaranteed the Seller.

shipped or
We
homes '~' a' N'he
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-27

apart, with the others so closely bunch
ed that not an inch of daylight could
be seen between them. At this point
1t was anybOdy's race, for the pace had
been slow and none had done any firing
work, except what was due to the
track. Up the back stretch they went,
the speed not quickening to amount to
anything, and in a few seconds they
were at the three-qUarteTs pole and
ready to round the upper turn. King
Barleycorn began to drop back.
AS they began to make the upper
turn, McCue sent Kinley Mack to the
front and he soon had a neck the best
or the former leader. who was a neck
IN front of Survivor, who made a
breaking rear in a wild bid for the rich
purse. Then came Imp. RaffaelO. Her
bert and Wait Not, heads apart, a
length behind the three leaders. There
was lot of shifting of positions among
those behind on the turn and as they
cut around into the home stretch with
only quarter of a mile to go. Nit
/ chell drove Herbert through the bunch
and at once Strengthened out for the
final rush.
Kinley Mack had length the best
of it and the crowd began to shout for
him. Jenkins on Raffaelo and Mitchell
| on Herbert, went to work with whip
and spur. Inch by inch they began to
cut down the lead of the 4-year-oId.
Their hopes were raised as they drew
up on the leader, but McCue then let
out link in his reins and drew away
again as if he had only been playing
with them and went past the judges
with goo6. bit up his sleeve, an easy
winner by length from the fsVorite
Raffaelo, who was half a length in
front of the second choice uorba-+
+ only head in front of Survivor.
The winner of the Brooklyn handicar
takes $4,000; second horse, $500, and
third. $500. Results.
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thoroughfares of Zion all spring on

thoroughfares of Zion all spring on a
green wheel with a decided tendency
toward scorching. More than one res
ident has paused in his wanderi3gs
and made some remark about the
unique sight of a Chinanan on a wheel.
but zee hasn't bothered about that. He
has gone on training seriously, putting
in an hour or SO in the afternoon at
the Salt Palace track. and he has de-
velOped some speed that has Occasioned
many comments from his fellow riders
of Caucasian persuasion. And when
they asked him if he expected to win
anything in the races, he replied, as he
winked obliquely out Of his left eye:
Me show Mellica man." Which was
very significant
Another of the features in the big
race viii be the debut of two twin
! brothers, A. Bollschweiler and Gustaye.
of the same name. They are as much
alike as the proverbiaI two peas, Gus
tave having exactly the same appear
ance as A, only a little more so. Man
ager Gum expects some difficulty in
ascertaining which is which, should
either of the two win honors, as they
certainly have big chances of doing.
An innovation in the matter of score
cards viii be made, and it will be a
popular Improvement. The cards are
moi to be sold as heretofore, but are to
be distributed gratis. This distribu-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-27

The Decoration day road race over
the course to Pennington has come to
be considered an annual affair, without
which the cycle of the months could
hardly be complete. It is to j. p. Gum
that a large modicum of the credit for
it's popularity must go, for it is he who
has promoted the event for the last
two or three years, and has kept it so
alive in the memory of wheel-loving
people that they look forward to it
from the first glimpse of spring.
And they are not to be disappointed
this year. The big race will be run
again on Decoration day over the same
old course, with only a few alterations
that are in the nature of improve
ments. 1t will be even a bigger event
and a better race than it ever was be-
fore, and that is saying a good
deal, because 1t always was considered
as one Of the wheeling events of the
year. A list of prizes has been offered
that comprises more of value than
was ever before presented, although
there are fewer rewards of merit Of
fered. Quality has been aimed at rath..
er than quantity, and the change has
been noted with satisfaction by the
riders and the public.
The race this year will be unique
for several reasons. It will include in
its list Of riders the only real Mon
gOlian that ever rode in a race in Utah.
And he hasn't entered with an idea of
buriesquing this most popular sport
His Intentions are serious, and he has
his eye leveled on first honors. His
name is zee Wing Choy-there is moth
ing AnglO-SaxOn about that-and he is
the Celestial who has been seen on the
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p ugiIiSn1.
MORRIS DEPOSITS FORFEIT.
Big Texan Puts Up S25 as Guaran-
tee of Good Faith.

As stated in The Herald a few days
ago, Jim Morris is very much in earn
est in his desire to arrange a match
with Dummy Rowan. He means bust
ness right from the start, and as a
guarantee of his good faith in the mat
ter, he last evening deposited with The
Herald S25 to say that the match would
not be called off through any fault of
his. As Norris is a working man, he
was not able last evening to make the
amount of deposit larger, but he says
.hat when Rowan arrives in Salt Lake
he viii have a bigger forfeit to put up.
The money left with The Herald last
evening was to show that he will do
all in his power to bring about the
fight
While Norris is willing to do almost
anything to have the fight come about,
he would much rather prefer that he
and Rowan should meet and arrange
the details themselves, instead of hav-
ing it fixed by their managers. He con-
siders that the Dummy" is on the
square and that If it is arranged by the
two Dugilists themselves, everything
will be satisfactory.
AS it is to be d finish fight there may
be some difficulty in finding a hall in
Self Lake and Morris is willing to go
to either Rock Springs or Cripple
Creek and pull the match off there. But
in the meantime he wants the public
TO understand that he is strictly in
earnest about the matter
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-27
PENNSYL vANIA WINS CONTESTS
GETS AWAY WITH FIELD AND
TRACK EVENT IN NEW YORK.
Great Work Done by the Wonderful
Athlete Kraenslein-The Sum
maries.

New York, May 26.-Orce more Penn
sylvania university athletes proved
their skill and stamina against all their
collegiate opponents in track and field
events by winning the championship
Of the intercollegiate Athletic associa-
ton on Columbia field this afternoon.
The Pennsylvania cannot do too
much honor to their wonderful athlete,
A. c. .Kraenslein In the history of the
associations games no athlete has done
what Kraenslein did today. Yesterday
he qualified in four events-the 1UG-yard
dash, the low and high hurdles and the
running broad jump. This afternoon
he won three of these events, namely,
the 100-yard dash and the high and low
hurdles. Having had to use all his
reserve strength in these events,
Kraenslein did not take part in the
final contest for the running broad
Jump, which was delayed purposely for
his convenience, and Myer Prinstein of
Syracuse won with a jump of twenty
three feet, eight inches. Kraenslein's
jump in the preliminaries proved good
enough TO give him the second place.
The weather was most unpleasant
Almost from the beginning of the
games there was a continuous down
pour of rain, but the athletes and the
thousands of spectators stayed al
through the drenching dOwnpour, and
the games wound up in what might be
well termed q Scotch mist.
Alec Grant of Pennsylvania made
| the. two mile run in better time thar
it has been done before He had the
distinction of breaking his own RECORD
of last year of ten minutes, two anC
! two-fifths seconds. by winning in n1nt
/ minutes, fifty-one and three-fifths sec
onds. Princetons representatives wer.
! shocked when they saw Cregan quit a
! a mile ard a half. The race was simply
gift for Grant, who won out by tel
yards n the easiest fashion.
Summary.
One hundred-yard dash, semi-fina
heats-First heat won by F. w. Jar
+ Wis. Princeton; second. T. B. Mccain
! Pennsylvania; third, Meyer Prinstein
/ Syracuse. Time-:10 2-5. Second hea-
wen by A. c. Kraenzlein, Pennsylvania
+ second, z. S. Mattheson, Cornell: third
f J. E. Haight, Harvard. Time-.10 %
/ kraenzlein simply romDed home.
One hundred and twenty-yard hurdle
i seTni-inals-FiTs heat won by 4. c
/ kTaenzlein. Pennsylvania: second. w
] E. Lewis. Syracuse Time-:16 LIS. Sec.
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Che Curt.
.EINLEY MACK'S BROOKLYN
KENTUCKY HORSE WINS BIG
EASTERN HANDICAP.
At Seven to One he Spread Eagled
His Field and Cantered Home
First by a Length.

New York, May 26.-Kinley Mack, at
Z to 1, won the Brooklyn handicap at
Gravesend in hollow fashion, while
Raffaelo. the favorite, landed in sec
ond place comfortably, and Herbert, the
second choice, could do no better than
third. The time, 2:10, was slow, but
the track was very heavy and the
crack horses were out of the race
The weather was anything but salts
factory for the opening day, as rain
fell all the afternoon.
When the horses and Jockeys names
went up on the board, there was much
disappointment, for Jean Beraud and
Ethelbert were among the missing, and
all the snap was taken out of the con-
test. The attendance suffered because
of the weather and it was not one Of
the old time handicap crowds Not
more than $1,000 people We're present.
and those in the field were the only
ones who stood out on the wet grass
to watch the race.
At 4:10 the horses paraded to the
post, with the grand mare Imp in the
lead. She got a bit of applause as she
walked past the grand e. d. but it
was half-hearted and died out quickly,
while the others got no attention
An instant of delay at the post, and
l the starter caught them all IN motion.
The red flag swished through the air
and they were off in a bunch, in good
| order Batten was first to poke his nose
out of the bunch as they came splash
/ ing down through the stretch, all the
/ jockeys making for what looked to be
/ drier spots in the track, and in the
first furlong there was a good bit of
crowding, but nothing serious.
| They passed the grand stand the first
! time with King Barleycorn, Batten,
/ Knight of the Garter, Imp and Kinley
Mack noses apart, with Imp having q
! little the best Of it, if anything, al
| though there was little to choose be-
| tween them. Rounding the lower turn
there was much crowding for the curve
| is a sharp one, but none of the lot got
jostled enough to hurt him. First one
and then another poked nose in front
! as they scurried around the turn. and
when they had reached the half-mile
post and began TO straighten out for
the run up the back stretch King Bar
| leycorn had a length and a half the
best of it
Next came Kinley Mack, Imp, Knight
Of the Garter and Survivor, heads