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The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-01-26
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS
AS Told by the Papers in
the Neighboring
Counties.
CATAWBA.

Death of Rev. J. A. Ramsay Horse
Runs into a Wire Fence and is
Killed-Not a Presbyterian Church
in Any Town Between Salisbury
and Asheville with a Regular Pas
tor.
Newton Enterprise, Jan. 10Th.
We near that Senator Pritch-
ard will speak in Newton
against the amendment during
court next month.
There is a good dealOf pneu-
monia in the county, especially
between Newton and Starr
town. There are three cases
in the family Of Nh. Pink
RAIDER.
Weareinformedt hatsincethe
death of DR.. Ramsay there is
not a Presbyterian church in
any town between Salisbury
and Asheville with a regular
pastor. All have resigned on
account of health or to accept
calls to other places.
Last Thursday evening Mr..
Raymond Moses horse broke
loose from a tree to which it
was hitched in front Of the
house and ran into Mr.. P. A.
HOyle's wire fence and was
killed. The fence is not
barbed. The horse was thrown
down and it is supposed that
the force Of the fall killed it.
Rev. j. Aston Ramsay, D.
D., the able and beloved pastor
of the Hickory and Newton
Presbyterian churches, died in
Hickory at 10 p. M, January
18th. His last sermon was
preached in the Newton church
Sunday Dec. 31st. 1t was ad-
dressed specially to young men.
1t was a strong, earnest, pa
thetic appeal to the young men
to devote themselves to the
service Of the Master. The
next morning, New Years day,
he returned home, was stricken
down with a severe attack OF
pneumonia, and died on the
eleventh day. The remains
We're inferred at Hickory on
Saturday with Masonic and
Pythian Honors, a large con
course of friends attending.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-01-26
LINCOLN.

Mill Owners Want a Railroads Route
Changed A Lincolnton Author
Shooting Scrape-To Marry a Fill
pino.
Lincolnton Journal, Jan. 10Th.
The Lincoln Cotton Mills are
putting in a lot of new spin
ming machinery, increasing the
capacity of the mills about %
per cent.
In a letter to his mother,
Rose Black, Lincolnton's col
ored soldier in the Philippines.
Lieutenant VIM. McBrayer, of
the 49th Volunteers, says he is
about to marry a Filipino
belle.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-01-26

yet and as the price will range
from IS cents ito $1.OO per bu-
shell, it means a good deal Of
money from one crop.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-01-26

Death of Rev. J.. A. Ramsay-A Horse
Runs into a Wire Fence and is
Killed-Not a Presbyterian Church
in Any Town Between Salisbury
and Asheville with a Regular Pas
New-York tribune., 1900-10-07

glory, with a very lofty barrel vault ceiling,
which viii some day afford a superb opportunity
for mural decoration.
The architectural style Of the audience room
Is Italian Renaissance and the effect upon the
eye is chaste and restfuL The troublesome prob
lem Of how TO dispose Of the organ has been
happily solved It's pipes fill the back of the
stage from side to side, and it is in perfect har-
nony with the beautiful proscenium frame. The
instrument, built by HUtchings, Of Boston, is
8 noble one, and in the simple matter of size
has Only three or four rivals in Boston MI.
Thomas A Fox, the local. representative Of
Messrs McKim. Mead & White, superintended
the construction of the hall, the cost Of which,
including the ground, was about S750OO0. Mr..
Higginson has leased the hall from the corpora
ton which built it Gn which Mr and Mrs.
Gardner are perhaps the largest stockholders)
for ten years. and it viii be managed by his
representatives. Mr- Ellis, Mr.. Gomez and Mr
Mudgett- as the old hall was for many years
h E K
New-York tribune., 1900-10-07
CULM BANKS AFIRR.
From The Chicago Record.

From The Chicago Record
Culm is curious stuff and there seems 10 be an
stun dance Of il. People who travel through
the mining regions always inquire about the
great mountains of coal dust that rise in every
direction. some of them 200 feet in height.
These piles of cUlm often catch fire either by
accident spontaneous combustion, and il is
almost impossible to extinguish them At night
the red glare is visible all over the valleys.
Near Wikesbarre a culm bank has been burn
ing for twenty-five years Various attempts
have been made to quench the fire. but it is
Just bright and vigorous to-day il was a
quarter OF century ago, and the company,
having abandoned its efforts TO put out the fire,
feeds il regularly by dumping fresh culm upon
the flames. II this not done the fire would
eat its way into the great bank like an ulcer
and ultimately break out in several places; but
as long as the surface fire is fed with fresh
fuel il does not burrow into the heap. Formerly
cUlm was considered dead waste, but some
years ago a furnace invented in which il
can be utilized for steaming purposes after
water has passed over il and foreign substances
washed out Therefore most Of the mining
panies have erected washeries at their culm
piles. and, ! have said, many manufacturing
establishments have come into this neighbor
hood solely because they are able TO use it as
fuel
New-York tribune., 1900-10-07

House Of Lords, not merely for the duration of
the Parliament, as is the case with the Scottish
representative peers, but for life. They are
elected as follows: The Lord High Chancellor
Of England, who is the presiding officer of the
House of Lords, on receiving certificate from
two temporal peers certifying the decease of a
representative peer Of Ireland directs a writ
under the Great Seal to be issued to the Lord
Chancellor of Ireland. The Clerk of the Crown
and Hanaper at Dublin then causes writs to be
issued to every peer of Ireland. calling upon
him to send to the Crown Office of Ireland his
vote for a representative peer. 1t is on the
strength of these votes that the election is de-
cided. and the Irish peers do not assemble for
the purpose. The votes are in duplicate; one
part is retained by the Crown Office in Ireland,
while the other is certified 10 the Clerk of the
House of Lords
JUDGES SIT IN HOUSE OF LORDS
Few persons outside the judiciary and Parlia-
rnent, even in England, that the
Judges of the High Court of Justice. who
neither ordinary peers nor life peers, receive
summons by writ to the House of Lords and
occupy a seat in the upper chamber of the Ma
tional Legislature. They there merely in
an advisory capacity, have votes, and take
their places on "woolsacks' more remote from
the throne than that occupied by the Lord
High Chancellor as president of the House. For,
contrary to the general belief, there are several
sO-called 'woOlsacks'' in the House of Lords.
The Judges are compelled to sit bareheaded
until the Lord Chancellor signifies to them the
permission of the Lords to be covered.
Although, judging by recent procedure. it is
probable that the new Parliament will meet
the day appointed-namely. November for the
purpose of electing the Speaker of the House
of Commons and swearing in the members yet
this is not indispensable, and it is possible that,
inasmuch as the victory of the present Unionist
Government Is assured. further royal procla-
nation may be issued within the next week or
So postpOning the meeting of the new Para-
Inent until January or February of next year.
The number of electors entitled to vote at
the general election which has been in progress
in the last week IS 5000. .2S3. the total popula-
ton of the United Kingdom and Ireland being
New-York tribune., 1900-10-07
DEEP SEA SOUNDING.
GETTING THE TEMPERATURES NEARLY TWO
EX-ATTACHE.

GETTING THE TEMPERATURE NEARLY TWO
MILES DOWN.
From The London Times,
DR. Mill described the Peterson -Nansen in
sulating water bottle He said that Professor
Peterson had. in conjunction Professor
Nansen, completed a modification of his we'll
known apparatus for obtaining samples of sea
water without change of temperature The
purpose of the apparatus was to inclOSe guam
tity of sea water at any desired depth. to hold
ii securely, and to bring il to the surface with,
out any change of temperature exceeding oneN
hundredth of a degree centgrade. The insula-
tion, which the essential feature OF the
water bottle, was secured by series Of con-
which were simultaneously filled with water and
so protected the portion, measuring about two
Iitres which occupied the large central tube.
During last August the water bottle had been
tested by Professor Nansen on board the
Michael Sars in the between Iceland and
Spitzbergen and at the greatest depth met with.
1000 metres. or $40 fathoms, the insulation
was perfect on August II a sample was taken
from 1900 metres, and when ii came up the
thermometer read 12S5 degrees C After hYe
minutes il read 1.2S3 after nine minutes l.2IO,
and after eleven minutes 121O Professor Nan
sen considered it essential to use an included
thermometer to secure exact results. Professor
Nansen had also experimental with a water
bottle in which the insulating material consist
ed in addition to the concentric water tubes
of ring Of eighty exhausted glass tubes similar
to the vessels used by Professor Dewar for
liquid gases. Its insulation was proved TO be
perfect.
New-York tribune., 1900-10-07

gDid is concentrated in the proscenium arch,
the organ case and the balustrades- The large
surfaces Of the upper walls, above the second
balcony, are broken up by pilasters and panels,
and seventeen inches are provided for statues
IL Is the intention TO I'LL these inches with casts
from the most appropriate and beautiful antique
statues, such as the BelVedere Apollo The
heating and ventilation have been given the
most careful attention. and a very unusual
proportion Of the expense Of the building has
been devoted to these purposes. with results
which are confidently believed to be commensu-
rate with the extraordinary cost and pains spent
upon these important details The system is
thought to be as perfect as modern scientific re-
sources can attain to
The spacious corridors and foyers of the new
Symphony Hall are convenient, capacious and
generous providing room enough to hold all the
2,JbS people who be seated In the
auditorium The facilities for getting I'm and out
o the building are beyond reproach- An de-
S1rable modern conveniences in the way Of par
lOrs and waiting rooms for men and women and
ample space for prOmenading, are provided
There is really grand foyer on the second
New-York tribune., 1900-10-07

and according to law for calling Parlia-
ment"
And then the royal proclamation goes on to
state that the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and
Commons who are to serve in the said Paria-
ment are to give their attendance in Our said
Parliament the first day Of November next"
Meanwhile the Fourteenth Parliament of Queen
Victoria remains still in existence. For the
same proclamation, by means of which she sum
mons its successor, continues its life until
October 81, from which day It stands dissolved,
the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and the
Knights, Citizens Burgesses and the COmmis-
sioners for Shres and Burghs of the House of
Commons, are discharged from their meeting"
Following Immediately upon this proclama-
ton, orders bearing the signature of the Queen
are addressed to the Lords Chancellor of Great
Britain and Of Ireland. commanding them to
issue writs for the calling of a new Parliament,
to meet at the City of Westminster" These
writs are addressed by the respective Lords
High Chancellor to the Temporal Peers Of Eng
land. TO what are known as the Representative
Peers of ireland, to the Spiritual Peers of Eng
land, to the Judges of the High Court, not be-
ing peers; to the AttOrney-GeneraI and Solici-
tor-General of Great Britain, and TO the Sheriff
and returning officers of the various counties
and boroughs These writs are sent by the
Inails free of charge, and all sorts of precautions
adopted to insure their safe and speedy
transmission, wilfuI neglect or delay in deliver
ing or transmitting a writ Of Parliament being
misdemeanor. punishable by fine and i'm
prisonment.
WRITs FOR HOUSE OF COMMONS
The writs for the House of Commons differ
of course, from those of the House Of Lords in
that they do not contain the name of the egis-
lator summoned, which is not known until the
result of the poll has been ascertained. when it
becomes the duty of the returning officer to
communicate the name of the duly elected
member to the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery
by means of certificate 1t is not until this
certificate reaches the hands of the Clerk of the
Crown, and is entered b. him in a book kept
for the purpose that the election Of the mem
Der in question to Parliament is complete.
The Scotch representative peers are called in
New-York tribune., 1900-10-07

a separate and different manner the mode of
procedure being as follows Whenever a new
Parliament is summoned royal proclamation
is posted at the market cross in Edinburgh and
in all the county towns of Scotland, ordering
the election within ten days of the sixteen peers
by whom the Northern Kingdom is represented
in the House Of Lords at Westminster. The
election takes place at Holyrood Palace, at
Edinburgh, the meeting of all the peers Of Scot
land who are of age being presided over by the
LCrd Clerk Register, the principal judicial
agent Of Scotland THE peers present vote for
their nominees. Proxies are handed in, and then
the Lord Clerk Register declares the result, and
makes his return to the Clerk of the Crown in
Chancery. and by him to the Clerk of the House
of Lords They are. therefore. not summoned
by writ, and differ in this way from the repre-
sentative peers of Ireland.
The latter. moreover, hold their seats in the
New-York tribune., 1900-10-07
4 PARISH WITHOUT An NHABIT4yT.
From The London Standard.

From The London Standard.
There is a London parish which, though its
electoral list must always be duly signed, does
not contain a single iuhabtant. This is the
ancient parish of St. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. which
extends over the open space in front of the Man
sion House and the Royal Exchange, and IN
cIudes the corner of the Bank of England. Cen
erations have elapsed since the parish was any
thing more than the shadow Of name
New-York tribune., 1900-10-07
QUEEN CALLS PARLIAMENT
HOW NEW GENERAL ELECTION IS OR
DERED IN GREAT BRITAIN

DERED IN GREAT BRITAIN
1t is the sovereign who takes the initiative for
organizing a new Parliament in Great Britain.
This is done by means Of a royal proclamation
which, couched in quaint old fashioned phrase
oIogy, intimates that Her Majesty, being de-
srous and resolved as soon as may be to meet
Our people. and to have their advice in Parlia-
ment do hereby make known to all Our loving
subjects Our Royal will and pleasure to call
new Parliament, and do hereby further declare
that with the advice of Our Privy Council We
have given order that Our Chancellor of that
part of Our United Kingdom called Great Brit
ain and Our Chancellor Of Ireland do respec-
lively on Tuesday. the Twenty-Fifth Day Of
September instant, issue out writs in due form.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-18
INDIAN mAeIcIANs NOT CLEVER
Their Tricks Are Old and Surpassed by
Many Europeans.

many europeans
From Harper's Magazine: The In,
dian conjurers are not very clever.
They offer no new tricks and no Won
derfui ones. Their counterparts In
China are many times more deft, au-
daoious and original. The tricks OF
causing mango tree to grow in the
presence Of crowd is the most vaunt-
ed thing the Indians do, and that
failed to see, though it is practiced by
many Of these yagabonds. Several per-
sons who have witnessed it told US
that it is worked beneath a cloth Or
sack and that it seems as if 1t might
easily be done by drawing a small
young plant from the performers
clothing and setting it up in the dirt
under the covering. The so-called tree
is usually but a few inches-at the
most a foot-in height. However
against the reports of such skepties
We must weigh the testimony of many
famous travellers. y Nearly all the
eoniurers we saw were also snake
fharnlers. Their work with serpents
Is extremely interesting, even after one
learns how harmless are their snakes.
The reptiles are carried in baskets and
bags and are of all sizes. The
cobras are best worth watching. ?
Usually mongoose is put out to fight
3. cobra, but the ferretlike animal IS
not only spiritless, but remains so. I
never saw or heard of anything come
from such combat except once, at
Delhi, when the eorjurer was not look
ing and a large serpent killed and half
swallowed the mongoose. And the
most interesting thing about that was
the noise Of the owners 1amentation
Weather Talk.
When men cannot get their brains
together on other subjects, they fall
into friendly discussion of the weather
In the last eight or ten years I have
talked weather with 10000 clever fell
the seasons are changing, that Christ
mas is greener than it used to be, and
that winter fingers scanda1ously long
IN the lap of spring; that We have no
cold weather until January; and no
autumn until December; that billiards.
come in April which used to come In
February; that roses which used to
bloom in May now bud in June: that
navigation in the Hudson closes later
eve"y year; that sleighing that used
to be excellent in November is now
poor in December and January; that
skating IS better in the Kinks than on
lakes and ponds; that the grounding
sees his shadow later BY several weeks
than he saw it ten years ago.-New
York Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-18
THE BURLINGTON ROUTE
BEST LINE,

WEST: st. Louis to Kansas City.
st. Joseph, Omaha, Nebraska. Den
yer, Utah, Pae 6e Goast-TNO
TRAINS DAILY. Weekly California
Excursions,
NORTH WEST: to Black Hills,
Montana, Washington, Puget Sound
via the short Ell ings Route-50 to
500 miles saved from st. Louis.
Tourists sleel ers Tuesdays and
THURSDAYS, Kansas City to Seattle.
NORTH: to st. Paul and Mime
apolis-THREE TRAINS DAILY.
HOMESEEKERS' EXt URSIONS
to the " est and Northwest.
1900 Miles of Standard Railroad.
The Main Travelled Road in the
Louisiana Purchase.
Widely Pintsch-lighted
complete trains of chair cars (seats
freel, Pullman eleepers.
All Ticket Agents can ticket via
tie Great Burlington Route.
Write.
PUGG, I. W WAKELY,
7 A, Goa Pine ST.. Ger. Passenger Ag't
st Louis, MO. st. Louis, MO.
sHoWARD ELLIOTT, GenI Manager.
ST. Louis, GTe.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-18
Farming In Colorado and New Mexico.

The Denver & Rio Grande Rail-
road, 1.-The Scenic Line of the World, ,"
has prepared an Illustrated book up
on the above subject, which will be
sont free to farmers desiring to
change their location. This publiea-
ton gives valuable information in
regard to the agricultural, horticul-
tural and live stock interests of this
section, and should be in the hands
ofevery one who desires to become
acquainted with the methods of
of farming by irrigation. Write S.
K. Hooker, G. 2. &. T. A., Denver,
Colo. If
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-18

ing his absence, Mr.. Milton BIum.'
.haa hee.n filli0g ID /, ifssas I, K Tina
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-29
All grocers ; 1Jc. and 25c.
MIDSUMMER HATS.


 A Unique Display of Exquisite Milli- nery.
 Its much easier to select hats for warm weather on cool days, when the hair stays crisp and full about the face, than with the thermometer at 90 de- grees," said one woman yesterday as she walked among the charming hats and furbelows at the showing of mid summer hats and milliner's novelties which is now in progress at the Gam ble-Desmond company stores The opening began yesterday and all day crowd of admirers viewed the fascinat- ing hats
 While many of the choicest hats were carried off yesterday, there is still l goodly showing of exquisite crea tions- some Parsian and some from the firms | own Workroom.
 That the public appreciates the Gam bleDesmond company's enterprise in arranging this midsummer opening be- times, that is, before the setting in of the extremely hot days, was evidenced by the way in which the hate sold. To describe the low crowned, Wide-brim- med, flower-laden picture hats is well night impossible task. Suffice it to say that hats have not been so picturesque in years They are in leghorns, Nea- politans, chiffon, lace and flowers and in style are a recurrence of the old quaint flats of forty years ago. There is no stiff confining of the brim any where, but 1t droops where it listeth, at the weight of it's ower-burdened crown. The little narrow black velvet bindings on the brim and the streamers of the same material that our mothers wore in their youth have been revived and with them the muslin undersleeves and flowing outside sleeves of the same era.
 Especially, too, noted also in the showing of yesterday was the large dis play of novel flowers and ribbons, which eicited quite as much admiration as did the hats themselves.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-29
THE STOCK MARKET.
Reviewed By Prince & Whitely-A
 Waiting Situation of Affairs.

Reviewed By Prince & Whitely-A Waiting Situation of Affairs,
 New York, May 2S.-Quotations from
 London this morning showed some slight recessions from our Saturday s close. Evidently operators in Europe prefer to await results of what may be considered a crucial point in South African affairs before embarking in new deals or operations and besides this they probably want to see the out turn of last weeks failure which through its ramifications affects many markets and interests. In our home market almost the same sentiment and conditions prevail, but for an unimpor- tant failure possibly hastened by last weeks larger one, which caused some liquidation of stocks at the exchange under the rule, our market would have been extremely dull Some of the bet ter class of railway stocks under quiet but constant absorption were compara- lively firm. In fact only the induStrials showed signs of real weakness. From close observers we have it that the in- dustrial condition is booming Railroad earnings are making a satisfactory showing London and continental transactions to-day were of no moment. Money remains easy and foreign ex- change owing to lower European dis counts is weak with actual rates 4S4 1-2 @94 and 4S 1-2. The wheat market was quiet with little change in prices The outlook for European crop is not bril- liant and constant export demand quietly exists Cotton improved a tritle here, while in Liverpool the improve ment has been of some moment during the last few days. The professional element is bearish and facts and figures receive but small attention. Some day we think American operators will dis cover the real strength of the situation Another but smaller failure took place to-day but failed to have any detri- mental effect on the market The stock market during the closing hour devel- opened unexpected strength; transac- tions, 1t is true, were not large but the support in certain stocks seemed very good and the tone throughout the list was rather improved. The final close was firm.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-29
SPECIAL JURY DRAWN.

A special jury for the civil side of the city court has been drawn for this morning. The jury is Rollin J. Bunce, Joseph H. Smith, Theodore c. Acker- man, Thomas M. Kenna, William F. Hasselbach, Joseph M. Fitzpatrick, Robert H. Meaeham, Charles F. Bas- sett E. Wadsworth Hotchkiss, Adam Sattig, William M. King, Charles c. Denison, Thomas K. Dunn, Seligman Zunder, Horace B. Sperry, Charles Ha- vey, John w. Hut, John Matthewman, George D. Post and William Konold. The suit is that of J. M. Bradley S O.. of New York vs. W. H. Hamilton x Co.,. of this city and is one for a bill of goods, which the defendants claim were not up to specifications.