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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-07-31

on Thursday and devote the day to the
cause of White Supremacy:
A. S. Womble, G. A. Strickland, Lancas-
ter & Co., J. B. Green & Co., J. S. Allen,
Jr., w. M. Novel;, John S. Jones, D. T.
Johnson & Son, j. S. Gray, o. p. Hay,
Royal 6 Borden, A. Rosengarten, N. Y.
Bargain House, Levine C Brown, Terrell
& Terrell, L. H. Adams & Son, Woodall
6 White, ]. j. Thomas & Co., Phillips
Co., Frank Stronach, Lee & Latta, Bar
bee & Co., Crowder & Rand, M. T. Norris
& Bro, w. w. Parrish, Newcomb & Pee
bles, likes Bargain House, Globe Clothing
House, ]. F. Matthews, Julius Heller, j.
M. Monte, A. Wilson, E. H. Love, r. l..
Partin, j. G.. Ball, NJ. M. Smith, w. j.
Moore, w. r. Macy, Whiting
Bros, S. M. & w. J. Young, Dunn Bros,
Phillips & Penny, G. S. Tucker & Co., c.
c. Jones, John H. Dali, Spence's China
Store, WAITS Harness Co., Wyatt
Hunter, Wynne & BEDFORD, j. p. Wyatt
& Bros, Dewar & Wilder, Thomas &
Campbell, A. T. Keuster, William e. Ash
ley ]. M. Barbee, w. B. Wright, N. A.
Spence, Jr., c. NJ Bretch, Johnson john
son, T. w. Blake, Mrs. e. Fasnach, +. A.
Watson, Darnell & Thomas, Baptist Book
Store, A. Williams & Co., Young &
Hughes, Dobbin & Ferrall T. l.. Eber-
hardt, VIM. H. Hughes, VIM. T. Harding,
B. r. Jolly, S. c. Pool, Boylan, Pearce &
Co., A. d. Register & Bros, l. Rosenthal,
w. c. Stronach Sons, w. E. Jones, ]. Ros-
engarten, A. B. Stronach, S. & D. Ber-
wanger, H. Mailer Sons, Cross & Linehan
Lumsden Bros, j. r. Ferrall & Co., Julius
Lewis Hardware Co., H. Briggs & Sons
Sherwood Higgs & Co., M. Rosenthal.
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COLD STEEL OR DEATH.

There is but one small chance to save
your life and that is through an opera
tion," was the awful prospect set before
Mrs. l. B. Hunt, of Lime Ridge, Wis, by
her doctor after vainly trying to cure he1
of a frightful case of stomach trouble
and yellow jaundice. He didn't count on
the marvellous power Of Electric Bitters
to cure stomach and liver troubles, but
she heard of it, took seven bottles, was
wholly cured, avoided surgeons knife
now weighs more and feels better thar
ever. It's positively guaranteed to cure
stomach, liver and kidney troubles and
never disappoints. Price SOC at all drug
stores.
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IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.

All the Democratic county tickets
be voted next Thursday. The last of
them were sent out yesterday.
Mr.. r. H. Bradley. the Librarian to
the Supreme Court, is at present en-
the Supreme court. He finds it very
tedious piece of work.
The Berzelius Chemical Society will
meet this afternoon in the State
Chemists office, at p. m. DIR. B. w.
Kilgore, State Chemist, will present
the paper of the meeting.
The .Adjutant Generals office here
was yesterday notified from Washing
ton that another shipment of military
stores and equipment to the value of
$4,000 had been made to this State.
News has been received of the death
of Mrs. Ann Elizabeth fancy Womack,
of Caswell, sister of Mrs. George w.
Swepson, Of Raleigh. She was a
daughter of the great Bartlett Yancey
one of the first men the State has
produced.
Joe Francis who keeps shoe repair
shop under the law building, was
arrested on Sunday for selling liquor
without license. His recognizance was
taken to appear before Judge Maroon
yesterday but he did not put in his
appearance, and forfeited his recog-
nizance 1t is supposed he has left
town. He is the man who, in the re-
cent ice famine, doubled the price of
his ice.
Rev. Marvin Culbreth, who gradu-
ated at Trinity College last June, has
been awarded a 800 scholarship in
the Yale Divinity school, and he will
take a course in divinity there next
year. Mr.. Culbreth won the Wiley
Gray medal for oratory at the last
Trinity commencement. He is an OK
ceedingly gifted and bright young
man, and has a bright future.
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THURSDAY WILL BE A HOLIDAY.
Patriotic Business Men Will Close Their Store
on Election Day.

When men close their stores and quit
their business to carry an election they
are terribly in earnest and there need
be no doubt as to the result.
At the meeting of the Democratic CEN
trail executive committee of Wake coun-
ty, held last Saturday night, the mer-
chants and business men of Raleigh were
requested to close their places of bust
ness on next Thursday, August the End,
and devote the entire day to the interest
of White Supremacy and the election
of the Democratic State and county
tickets.
The request has met with ready and
almost unanimous response, the following
ninety firms yesterday signing an agree
ment to close their places of business
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55geswuaa1GzagaY1n s0eeswoaS79taN
BUSY DAYS IN THE SHOE DEPARTMENT.
SUMMER SHOES
AT ABOUT HALF PRICE
Mems, Womens, Misses and ChiIdrens
Light Weight, High-Cut Turns,
and LOWCut Southern
Ties and OxfOrds.
A Great Clearance of all Broken Lots,
This Seasons Most Desirable STYLES.

1t invariably happens that those lines which hit popular
fancy quickest the first to be sacrificed The reason
plain sizes missing and not always duplicate
Come without delay and be you'll be we'll repaid for 1t
Every size in style other We can suit you from this
marked-doWn lot-83o PAIRS TO SELECT FROM
Big Clearance Sale of $500 and $3.50 fine Tan Shoes al
ST. 5O-Some Patent feathers.
Over hundred pairs of Geo. E. Keth's Custom Made
new Spring and Summer styles at less than factory prices
clear.
Black and Tan Vci Russia Kid Titan, Storm Calf Box
Calf and Patent Leather in the newest shapes.
Of course they'll go fast-Your size and kind is here
Come before they picked and from half to
dollar.
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Mr.. j. M. Brown, member of the House
from Stanly, was thrown from his buggy
while en- route to fill an appointment, and
painfully hurt. He was so disabled that
he will not be able to take further part
in the campaign.
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TIE WEATHER TODAY.

North Carolina-Shower on the
coast, fair in the interior Tuesday
Wednesday fair. Ligh to fresh south
to east winds.
Local forecast for Raleigh and vi
cinity to 8 p. M: Tuesday fair.
Local data for Raleigh yesterday:
Maximum temperature, 81; minimum
temperature, 20; mean temperature,
rs; total rainfall, 0.
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FUOUAY SPRINGS.

The Ellis House at Fuquay Springs is
open for visitors. Price reduced to $500
per week, $500 per month. Address, Ellis
House, Sippahaw, N. c.
24-1w.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

THE DEXTER MATTRESS-Dexter
Brown and Mattress Co., Pelzer, S. C.
r. Fl. WHITEHEAD. M. D.-School of
Medicine University of North Carolina
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READY TO WEAR HATS


Felt Hats for the Ladies'. The prices
run from soc. to $500. The very newest
things out. l have made the prices low
so as to keep them moving. l want to
move one. You will be pleased with the
shape, color, size and price.
DRESS STUFFS
We have three Ito ospftnride sjthes
We have three lots Of Printed Lawns
--Organdies, Oiminities, Coss, ETC., that
we are selling at 5, ~ and 9Hc. Nearly
all the goods of this kind that are in the
store have been put into these piles and
you will find every piece bargain.
HOSIERY
Three prominent prices ofe 10c. 15c.
and Csc. l can say that you VIII hnd
good values here att hese prices.
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SOM G BARGAINS

0ONVG 6AK0AIN0
All Linen Towels 10c. Just think of
buying a linen towel for the price of cot
ton ones. We have two kinds-uck and
Gloss Linen at this price. Either one
would be good at 15c.
SHIRT WAIST
l have several lots of White Shirt Waist
that we are offering at a very low price.
These are not poor made goods but well
made and good fitting garments.
DOMESTIC
For one week I will sell yard wide,
clean well made, unbleached Domestics
at SEC. a yard
This is the price by the bale and you
will do well to buy some.
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odd Sizes of Ladies' oxtords.

This looks like giving them away.
&c pairs of the thoroughly warranted
kinds-odds and ends of all good sorts
were $1.25, $3.50 and $500
sizes 21a, 3, 81, 6h, z and S-while
IHey IdSl. 6oC.
One special lot of II pairs Tan, Oxfords
Genuine Dongola Kid Tip, some with
Nesting Tops-worth $1.OO. SOC.
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I he Best Advertisement

Is Well-pIeased customer We don't ex-
pect to make our everlasting fortune this
foIowng thae s success viii be ' ours T in the
terrestrial bye and bye Just now, then,
we would rather make. customers than
money-rather have a big crowd and a
small profit than a big profit and a small
crowd, Eventually, We know, like Con-
stantine,
By These Signs We Shall Conquer
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WORKING MEMS SHOES.

No; not Brogans, but gentlemen's,
Dressy Congress Gators and Lace Shoes
that were $3.50, zoo and So. SO, out
on bargain table-choice $ 90.
It's for your sake we say hurry, they'll
all be gone in three days.
$1.25 Boys shoes for $50.
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All the Democratic county tickets
have now been distributed, ready to
be voted next Thursday. The last of
them were sent out yesterday.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-07-31

The Berzelius Chemical Society will
meet this afternoon in the State
Chemists office, at 5 p. m. Dr. B. w.
Kilgore, State Chemist, will present
the paper of the meeting.
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The 4Adjutant Generals office here
was yesterday notified from Washing
ton that another shipment of military
stores and equipment to the value of
$4,000 had been made to this State.
Mesa free press., 1900-10-26
Riotous Soldiers.

Havana, Oct. 13.-At Mantanzas yes
terday a Cuban policeman interferreo
with two members of the Second
United States cavalry. A quarrel fol-
lowed, eliminating in a general hghf
between the police and soldiers, who
arrived upon the scene simultaneously
After the police had shot Trooepr Tur.'
ney of troop D, one other soldier and
a civilian, number of members OF
troop D tried to break into the gun
room to get their weapons, but the
quick action Of Captain Foltz OF troop
D in forming troops l. and M in skirm-
ish order, made it impossible for the
excited cavalrymen to pass. Lieuten-
ant Willard is said to have been slight
ly hurt while endeavoring to quiet the
men. The soldiers declare they will
have revenge, and Colonel Noyes has
ordered them all confined to their bar
racks. The feeling is strong between
the Cubans and the cavalrymen. The
authorities here look upon the incl
dent as pay day fight between ma
tives and no investigation has been or
dered.
Mesa free press., 1900-10-26
Free Textbooks.

San Francisco, Oct. 13.-The Exec
utive Committee of the State Educa-
tional Committee has drawn up bill
calculated to solve the public school
textbook problem. The bill will be
submitted to the session of the Legis-
lature. AS prepared it calls for uni
form. series OF textbooks for use in the
elementary schools of the state, and
such books must be furnished free of
any cost to the schools of the state
The State Board may cause
such text books, when adopt
ed to be printed and publised
by the superintendent of the
State Printing Office, but if so printed
and published said adopted books must
be printed and distributed by him free
of any charge to the schools of the
state. All textbooks so adopted shall
continue in use not less than six years.
An act to enforce the educational
rights of the children was drawn UP
and prepared for the Legislature. Chill
dren between the ages of eight and
fourteen years will be compelled to
attend school unless excused for good
reason:
Mesa free press., 1900-10-26

diers against the destruction Of mobs.
In 1890 a'storm cut path Of desolation
through Louisville, KY, thousand feet
wide, destroying over 900 houses. A
British army swept over the Orange
Free State and the Transvaal in CAM
paign Of eleven months, but in one day
in the year 1884 there were in Missis.
sippi, Tennessee, Kentucky and Illinois
over sixty tornadoes, which destroyed
10000 buildings and killed 800 persons.
The storm Of one day was more de-
structive of property than the British
campaign Of eleven months. Lady
smith was bombarded week after week,
but the British army and the citizens
were rescued. Johnstown, Pa, as large
a city as Ladysmith, was swept out OF
existence in one night. There were
2, 142 lives lost and property to the
value Of $1O,OO0,OOO was destroyed.
Man, through strategy, inventive gen.
ius and skill, has some control over the
destruction of war; He has no control
over the destructiveness Of the cyclone
or the tornado.
Mesa free press., 1900-10-26
Beers are Again Very Active.

Cape Town, Oct. 14.-The Beers are
very active in the Kroonstadt district
Gen. Dewet has proclaimed that burgh.
ers who refuse. to fight will be made
prisoners of war.
British mounted infantry scouting
from Lindley had Capt. Wiltshire kill.
ed through mistaking party of forty
Beers in khaki uniform for friends.
Boer commanders continually har
assed the British column while march.
ing from Lindley to Kroonstadt.
TIE Beers captured detachment Of
the Cheshire Regiment which was es
corting an empty wagon near Frank
fort. They released the driver, but
kept the wagon.
SATISFACTORY AFFAIR,
London Oct. 14-The War Office
received the following from Lord Rob.
erts, dated Pretoria, Saturday, October
13:
ga satisfactory little affair occurred
near Frankfort Thursday. Col Grove
with the West Kents, surprised Boer
laager at dawn; killed seven, wounded
nine and captured eighteen"
Mesa free press., 1900-10-26

No woman has any beauty to brag Of
Genius is talent with it's sleeves rolled
way up.
By the time a man has learned the
proper way to treat wife he is too
old to want one.
Ministers probably lay the origin OF
evil to the devil, because they know
the Lord wouldn't stand it.
AS a general thing, woman is wise
enough to pretend to believe her hus-
band when he tells her she was his first
love.
Most men never have half as clear an
idea what they said when they stood
up to get married as they have Of what
they wanted to say.
The first thing girl generally says
right after she has been proposed to, is
that she is perfectly sure that no man
could ever know just how she feels.
It is probable that no man ever got
up to light the gas in the dark to get
something for his wife without bump
ing himself on something that wasn't
there when they went to bod.
Mesa free press., 1900-10-26
Born Rich, Died Poor.

San Francisco, Oct. 13.-There died
at the County Hospital last night the
outcast son of wealthy resident Of
Montreal. The dead mans name was
Francis e. Mccain. Last July he
found himself in Sacramento, alone
and penniless and sorely afflicted with
consumption. He managed to reach
this city and applied for admission into
the hospital, where he had since been
under treatment. His parents have
have been informed of his death, but
SO far no one has claimed the body,
and unless someone intervenes, his
body will be buried in the potter's
field or turned over to a medical col
lege. Young Mccain was exceedingly
well connected in Canada and a few
years ago fell heir to $4,000 which he
squandered.
Mesa free press., 1900-10-26
LOVED and DIED IN LUXURY
Because Her Husband Left Her Alone.
PUT A BULLET THROUGH HER
BROKEN HEART.
Mrs Phillip Hardy Killed Herself Upon
the Receipt of a Bogus Telegram.

Chicago, Oct. 12.-Dead, with a tiny
hole oozing few red drops of blood
just over her heart, the dodgers in a
house at 1920 Wabash avenue found
Mrs. Philip Hardy, today. Beside her
lay silver. and goldmounted dueling
pistol, in keeping with the luxurious
appointments of the apartments. The
doctors said the small red hole in the
left breast was the result of bullet
from the big-bored pistol lying on the
heavy carpet, fired close to the body
1t was clearly a case of suicide and
the motive was easily ascertained. She
was the wife of Philip Hardy, part
ner in large mercantile house in Lon
don, whose exporting business calls
him to spend six months of the year in
the United States, most of which time
is passed in Chicago. The couple have
spent several seasons in this city, liv-
ing for long periods at the SWEETEST
apartment houses.
Hardy was we'll known figure
around town, having money to burn
and an incediary mood at all times
He was particularly attentive to vaude-
vile artists. on one of whom he law
ished much affection and more gold.
Wednesday night, under the influence
of tarrapin and champagne, he eloped
with his charmer and went to New
York.
The news of his liason reached his
wife the night of his elopement and
they had violent quarrel. When he
reached New York he feared that his
wife might have him arrested, so he
caused a telegram to be sent to her
stating that he had committed suicide.
She evidently brooded all night over
the end of her martial happiness and
finally determined to end her own life.
Today haggard, repentant man with
the champagne dried out of his system
by remorse, stood beside a slab at the
morgue and wept over the cold, white
face of a woman lying there. 1t was
Philip Hardy. He has forgotten his
temporary inamorata in his grief over
the loss of the married companion Of
many years. Dejectedly he admitted
that he had drunk heavily and courted
other women, and in drunken frenzy,
after a quarrel with his wife, he had
fled to New York with an. actress, in
tending to go to Europe. Fearing his
wife might have him arrested he
caused a telegram to be sent inform
ing her of his suicide. 1t was this
news that prompted her to take her
own life.
Mesa free press., 1900-10-26
Shipments of Mining Machinery Resum
ed on Big Scale from Chicago.

Chicago, Oct. 49, Shipments of min
ing machinery to South Africa has been
resumed from this city. Thousands of
dollars worth of machinery which
could not be delivered during the Boer
war, is now going forward One of the
members of an iron firm, in sepaking
Of the present prospects in South Afri
ca, said:
Orders from that country are com
ing in again and the indications are
that the Transvaal VIII soon enter up
an era of prosperity such as it has
never known before. We are already
crowded with orders, and the plant is
running to it's full capacity"
HOPES FOR PEACE.
Cape Town, Oct. 13.-Parlament was
prorogued today. The Premier, Sir
James Gordon Sprigg, expressed the
hope that when Parliament assemblies,
all bitterness will have passed away
and that peace will prevail in South
Africa.
Mesa free press., 1900-10-26
MURDER AS A VOCATION.
Wife.SIayer Sues for Insurance on the Life
of His Victim.

Philadelphia, Oct. 13.-A suit to
recover insurance on the life of his
wife, whom he killed on December 81,
1893, has been commenced in this city
by Prof. S. C. Shortlidge, who is now
residing at Kennett Square, Chester
county. The suit, which is to recover
the sum of $7O22 from the Proidence
Life and Trust Company, is one of the
most remarkable in the history of life
insurance.
The tragedy which ended the life Of
Mrs. Shortlidge was enacted in Media
on New Years Eve and caused a
great sensation. After the death of
his first wife, Shortlldge, in November,
1893, married Miss Marie Dixon Jones.
Shortly after his marriage the profess
sor began to act strangely. On the
night of the killing, six weeks after the
marriage, Prof. Shortlidge invited his
wife to go with him for a walk. A
short distance from the house he shot
her through the heart and attempted
suicide, but was disarmed by a neigh
bor.
In the trial which followed, Prof
Shortlidge was acquitted on the fround
Ol luSdulLy, dnu w dO 'COAuhCo LII Oil
asylum until year ago.
There is no case Of a parallel nature
in the insurance annals of this State.
A life insurance man recalled a case
which occurred at Sedalia. Mo-, sew
era1 years ago, but which does not es-
tablish precedent for the present suit
by reason of it's sudden and tragic end
ing. A saloon keeper in that city in
sured the life of his wife for $4,000, and
then in a rage killed her by forcing a
red-hot poker down her throat. He
was put on trial for his life and after
free legal battle as acquitted on a
technicality.
After his acquittal he sued the life
insurance company, and, so far as law
was concerned, he had it entirely on
his side. Public feeling had been
rought to such a pitch, however, that
no jury could be found to give the
murderer a verdict, and finally the in
dignant citizens ended the matter by
taking the plaintiff out and hanging
him to a tree.
Mesa free press., 1900-10-26
Love Proved False.

Sacramento, Oct. 13.-Mrs. Martha e.
Browhard, proprietress of an employ
ment agency here, has sworn out a
warrant for the arrest of Geo. Odell,
who, she alleges today, embezzled 81
300 and two" gold watches from her
and left for the east. Odell has been
clerk for Mrs. Browhard, and she
says they were to have gone to San
Francisco tomorrow to be married.
Last winter She was involved in a
lodging-house and mining claim deal
with San Francisco party, which got
into the courts, and she put all her
money and deeds in Odell's name, and
now he has decamped leaving her pen
niless. Chief of Police Sullivan has
wired along the railroad, and Odell will
no doubt be apprehended.
Mesa free press., 1900-10-26
Shafter's Report.

Washington, Oct. 14.-The report of
Major General Shafter, commanding
the Department of California, has been
received at the war department. 1t
is chiefly interesting on account of the
large number of troops shipped from
San Francisco to the Philippines dur
ing the time he has been in command,
General Shafter speaks in the high
est terms of the efficiency of the quar-
termaster's department, which has
handled the transportation at San
Francisco, and commends the commits
sary generals departments. He calls
attention to the lack of artillery troops
to take care of the guns in the various
Notifications. He says that many of
the guns are becoming rusty because
the are not cared for.
Mesa free press., 1900-10-26
Sailor Accuses Captain.

San Francisco, Oct. 13.-A shocking
case of cruelty to sailor on the high
seas was reported today to e. J. Ban
ming, the Assistant United States Dis.
trict Attorney. The complainant is
Michael Brown, one of the hunters en-
ployed on the whaler Balaena. The
accused is Capt. Bert Williams, master
of the vessel.
The statement of the complainant
was substantiated by other members
of the crew, who told straightforward
stories of how, for slight infraction
of the rules, Brown was triced up in
the mizzen rigging from 9 o'clock one
night until 2 o'clock the next morning,
while the thermometer was below zero
besides receiving a terrible beating at
the hands of Capt. Williams.
Mesa free press., 1900-10-26
"A
Wm,,an,s
Mistake

It is a well-known fact that Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
has cured more women than any other
remedy. It therefore must be the
best possible medicine for female ills.
But some women make the mistake
of thinking that they will try some
thing else, simply because it is new.
That mistake is often fatal one
fatal to the health and happiness of
the experimenter.
Is it not foolish to risk the possible
results of such experiments? Is it not
better to depend upon medicine
which has been tried successfully for
thirty years, and which has never
been found wanting? Do not therefore
let any one persuade you to try some
thing which they say is just as good.
1t cannot be just as good. Mrs. Pink
hams Compound is the BEST and there
can be only one best. This is not a
mere assertion, but a positive fact, ad-
mitted by hundreds of regular ply
sicianS.
Rely on your own common sense,
and Mrs. Pinkhams lifelong expert
ence, and you will make no mistake.
Don't experiment with your health, but
take a medicine that you know is good
and is backed by such letters as these
to Mrs. Pinkham: