Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1900-09-06
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Talking of national measures in
connection with China, the measure
most in evidence seems to be a
peck of trouble.
The Missouri Republicans have
begged the national committee of
their party to spare them the lnhlc-
ton of Senator Billy Mason OF ILL
nois. Mason's crime is that he is
weak on imperialism. Only whole
hog Republicans have any show in
Hanna'g circus ring.
Miss Madge DAILY, daughter of
Marcus DAILY, the millionaire mine
owner of Montana, is O in Paris,
but undazzled by the European I'll
ties that are presumably laid at her
feet two or three times a week. She
declares if she yer marries at all she
will marry an American. Miss Daily
undoubtedly means this, at least for
the present, and it is very nice of
her.
How general the opposition in this
country to any kind of an alliance
may be with England is not def
~nitely known, but events r taking
place on the other side that may
greatly tend to excite a strong pre-
JUDGE there against one part of the
Union at least. News comes from
London that sections of that city
have been lately pestered by impor-
~tation, or possibly. immigration OF
the genuine Jersey mosquito to such
:an extent that some of it's victims
were compelled to call in medical at
tendance.
The newest form of robbery is re
ported from st. Paul, MINI, where
a man is badly wanted for defraud-
ing express companies. His plan is
to send a package, on which he
places a high 7alue-say $40, 00O-to
a distant point, getting a receipt fol
it. Then he goes to the receiving
point and claims it. 1t never arrives
because, according to the story, it Is
filed with a chemical which destroys
it en- route, reducing even the wrap
pings and Irvine to an impalpable
powder.
It is reported from Kansas that
Senator Fairbanks, of Indiana, is at.
ter the presidency in 1904 and that
his Western trip next month will be
for the purpose of finding out how
he stands. This report, however
even if true, is hardly as important
just now, even to the Senator him
self, as that other story that W. A
Clark. of Montana, is after Fair
banks scalp and seeking his immed
date and entire political annihiliatio1
because of the attitude he took OF
.Clark's attempt to break into thu
United States Senate.
The English have met with a va
riety of disappointments in tn
Transvaal war, but none seems tt
anger them so deeply as their failur
to capture the Boer artillery. Fo
some of it the Beers cen to hav
present use, and more of it is unde
the suspicion of being buried ava;
marked "Resurgam at the next war.
In England it is calmly propose
that all of the Boer artillery officer
now prisoners of war be kept i
close and punitive confinement I'm
til they reveal the places in whic
the cannon are hidden. The holdin
of prisoners of war as hostages fo
guns would be an innovation in civ
lized war, but the English used t
do worse than that in India. II
torturing of the Nabob of Dude an
the Staying of the Princes in tt
Great Delhi tomb are incident
They are not good enemies nor gel
erous victors, and they r poor 10
ers.
Halo TI.oo