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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-12
PACIFIC CABLE BILL PASSED.
The Senate Votes s6,SOo,O 900 to Begin the
Work.
(By the Associated Press.)


Washington, April 11.-With little
date of Importance the Senate today
passed the Pacific Cable Bill, Il meas
ul'e appropriatirg $3.000,000 for the
construction of a cable line between
San Francisco and Honolulu. The bill
was unanimously reported by the
committee on Naval Affairs.
During the greater part of the ses
sion the district of Columbia Appro
priation Bill was under consideration.
AS passed it carries nearly $7,457,755.
A resolution was adopted calling
upon the President if not incompati-
bic with the public interest to inform
the Senate wheti er any persons have
been executed ny garrote in Porto
Rico since the United States authori-
ties have been in control of the island
and if SO why that system was en-
ployed in execution.
A bill to establish fish Matching
and fish station in West Virginia was
passed.
on the Quay resolution, but deferred
his speech till tomorrow to permit
consideration of the District Bill.
District Bill was passed. The Pacific
Cable Bill was then taken up.
1t provides for q cable from San
Francisco to Honolulu the work to be
done under the supervision of the
Navy Department, which has made
surveys and determined the practical
bility of the route. The Navy Depart
ment may use any of its ships that
1,n do IN l. Nf 10
the cable and if it needs other ships
it may charter them, or may make
proper contracts for the work. All
materials, etc, under section five, are
to be of American manufacture I'M
less the cost is al owe 10 per cent over
the foreign markets. Mr.. Hale ex-
planned that the line provided for was
in the nature of an experiment upon
whose result would depend the gov
ernment's future course. 1t might be
deemed best to start the Philippine
Cable from some point like Seattle
and proceed to Japan by the Northern
route.
Mr.. Pettus moved to strike out sec
tioN FIVE Of the bill. He said it was
abs ri that the government should
consent to he taxed on its own bust
rcss fer the benefit Of certain manu-
facturers.
Mr.. Tillman, IS. CO.. as a member
of the Naval committee, defended the
bill. the report in which all the Demo-
Gratis of the committee had Joined.
He deemed it desirable experiment
in government ownership and control
and expressed the opinion that it
might prove a good thing for Ala
bama.
Up to this date" said Mr.. Pettus.
Alabama will n,t accept your bride.
j have seen one great State near
mine accept the sugar bottle, and /
don't like it,"
Mr.. Tillman disclaimed any effort to
bride either Senator Pettus or the
State of Alabama, but he was anxious
to increase the struggling iron and
steel industries o. Alabama and hoped
to see the day when Government
armor plate fact ry would be located
in Alabama.
Mr. Pettus' amendment was defeat
ed II to SO and the bill passed without
division.
A bill was rassed appropriating
100000 to establish branch home of
the national home for disabled volun-
teer soldiers at Castle Pinckney, Char
lesion Harbor, S. C..
At 5:15 p. IN. the Senate adjourned.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-12
THE ROAR OF WAR
LOUDER AND WIDER
Continued From Fifth Page

Lord Roberts criticised his manage
ment of the Stor'nberg attack, and
possibly Gatacre : having arrived an
EOul and a hdif 200 late to rescue the
Reddersburg force. may have decided
his return. General Rumble, seeming
~, succeeds Gererdl Gatacre, and ac-
cording to dispatch from Bloemfon-
tein the comma.h:ers of several brig
AIDES are about 10 he changed.
The Reuter- Telegram Company's
correspondent at Aliwal North, writ
ing ut $3.50 this morning, says:
There is no 'nrther news from
Wepener. Too cloudy to Photograph.
More British troops are arriving.
1t is learned that the Boer Govern
ments have formally notified Portugal
that they consilcr the shipping of
British troops aud munitions of war
to Rhodesia by way of Beira. Portu-
guese East Africa. to be tanta-
mount to hostiln action. This. how
ever. will not stop General Sir Fred
erick Carrington's force from enter
ing Rhodesia Whether or not the
Beers will make reprisals upon Portu-
gal remains to be seen. though the
best informed opinion here inclines
to the belief that the Beers are not
likely to back uD their protest with
action that wound bring them into
hostilities with sui another power.
HEARS BADEN-POWELL IS DEAD.
Pretoria, TUESDAY, April lot is
reported here that Colonel Baden
Powell the British commander at
Mafe<in0 is dead.
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LOOKING FOR ACQUITTAL.
The Cassie Boone Murder Case Given to the
Jury.
(By the Associated Press.)


Charleston, s. c., April 1.-THE
Cassie Boone murder case on trial at
Chesterfield. this State. has gone to
the Jury and verdict is expected to-
NIGHT. The attorneys for the defence
were so elated over the weakness OF
the testimony given by one OF the
four accused men who turned States
evidence that they put up no wit
nesses. Solicitor Johnson for the
State was at his best. The line of de-
fence is that the woman was drunk,
fell in the fire and thus caused her
own death. On the other hand If con
viction follows it will be the veriflca-
ton of the guilt of horrible crime.
The woman was half Indian and
was of bad repute. and whisbcy was
the Immediate cause of the tragedy
or crime. The verdict depends very
much on the estimate the jury puts
upon medical expert testimony.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-12
DEFENcEs NEARING COMPLETION.
Bloemfontein May be Held by Comparatively
Small Garrison Now.
(By the Associated Press.

London, April 12.-The Bloemfon-
tein correspondent of the Daily Tele-
graph in dispatch dated Tuesday
says:
THE permanent defenses are near
ing completion, 50 that the town can
be held by relarIEe ely small garrison.
a British scout who has visited
the Bloemfontein water works reports
thai the machinery and dams are in
tact Only few Beers remain in the
neighborhood. The enemy have trek
led six miles forth and formed a
laager near Waterfall"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-12
In almost every neighborhood there is

In almost every neighborhood there is
some one whose life has been saved by
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy, or who has been cured
of chronic diarrhoea by the use of that
medicine. Such persons make a point Of
telling of it whenever opportunity offers,
hoping that it may be the means of saw
ing other lives. For sale everywhere.
Bobbitt-Wynne Drug Co. and H. T. Hicks,
Druggists, Raleigh.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-12
FELL HEADLONG FIFTY FEET.
Mr.. William Burkehead's Sad Accident at
Reynolds Tobacco Factory
Special to News and Observer

y
Winston. n. C.. April 11.--Mr. Will
liam Burkehead while working IL the
new factory of Il j. Reynolds Tobac-
GO Company to,dy attempted to go
down an elevator rope when he caught
the wrong one ana fell from the top
story to basement floor. a distance of
fifty feet. No limbs are broken, but
his legs are para!yzed. his spine being
injnred. His condition is critical
Eugene w. Bark, one of Forsyths
bes' citizens, died this afternoon from
injuries sustained by Il log rolling
over him last SItnrd3y.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-12

w. w Mayhem, Merton, Wis, says, 81
consider One Minute Cough Cure a most
wonderful medicine, quick and safe" 1t
is the only harmless remedy that gives
immediate results. 1t cures coughs,
colds, Group, bronchitis, grippe, whooping
cough, pneumonia and all throat and lung
diseases. It's early use prevents con-
sumption. Children always like it and
mothers endorse IL Bobbitt-Wynne Drug
Co., w. Fl. King, Adams & Moye, VIM.
Simpson.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-12
EDITORS AWFUL PLIGHT.

+. NJ. Higgins. Editor Seneca Clls) ,
News, was afflicted for years with Pill, S
that no doctor or remedy helped un
he tried Bucklen's Arnica Salve. He
writes two boxes wholly cured him. It's
the surest Pile cure on earth and the
best salve in the world. Cure guaran-
teed. Only % cents. Sold by all drug
gistS
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-12
Robbery of Dover Postoffice.
Ry the Associated Press

Tampa Fla. April 1.-THE postoffice
at Dover, a small place fifteen miles
above here, was entered and robbed
Monday night. The information has just
been received here and an officer sent t.
the spot.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-12
Five Thousand Miners Strike.
CBy the Associated Press. )

Frostburg. Nd, April 11.-Five
thousand miners of the Georges Creek
region struck tonight and began
what promises TO be protracted
struggle for an increase of wages and
incidentally the recognition by the OPP
orators Of the United Mine Workers
OF America.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-12
DEPUTY COLLECTOR RESPONSIBLE
For the Contraband Liquor Stored in the Char
lesion Custom House.
(Bv the Associated Press. )

Washington, April 1.-THE Secretary of
the Treasury has received a report from
the special agent who has conducted the
investigation of the reported use of the
custom house at Charleston, South Caro-
lima, for the storage of contraband
liquors for Illicit sales The search of
the building by the inspector and a
number Of assistants resulted in the
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-12

j. |. Carson, Parliamentary. Washington,
Pa. says, II have found Kodol Dyspepsia
cure an excellent remedy in case of
stomach trouble, and have derived great
benefit from it's use" 1t digests what
you eat and can not fail to cure. Bobbitt-
Wynne Drug Co., w. II. King, Adams &
Moye, VIM. Simpson
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-12

DIR. BULLS COUGH SYRUP CURES
the worst cold in a day; stops the running
of the nose: breaks the fever and ban
ishes all tendencies toward pneumonia. 1t
is the quickest reliever and eurer Of
throat and lung diseases
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-12

WANTED FOR U. S. ARMY.-ABLE-
bodied, unmarried men between ages of
u and 35 citizens of United States, of
good character and temperate habits,
who can speak, read and write Eng
lish For information apply to Re-
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Raleigh, or Greensboro, N. c..
43-e-b b. diff
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-12

FOR SALE.-A NEW MUNSON TYPE
writer, No. 8, latest improved, has
never been used. The Munson No. g. has
more advantages and points of superior
ity than any writing machine on the
market. 1t is especially adapted to man
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with unfinished writing. It's inter-
changeable type wheel adapts it to any
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As
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-12

wants a few good men as district mana
gers or special agents for central points
in the Carolnas. Very liberal contracts
offered Apply to j. r. Johnston. State
Manager. Raleigh n. c. 4-10--tf
See ad. in this paper.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-12

GOOD AGENTS WANTED-WASHIN
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York. Assets, $16,000,000 Issues all
kinds of up-to date contracts. See j.
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-12

PERSONAL--ALL PERSONS HAVING
claims against the government on ac-
count of cotton confiscated or destroyed
during the Civil War and which claims
were in the hands of the late George
A. Jordan, prior to his death, for col
lection. are requested to communicate
Immediately with James A. Twohey, At
torney and Counsellor at Law. Room
~ kellogg Building, lie F Street,
Washington, D. c. SGT
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-12

LOST-LOST BETWEEN THE CHURCH
of the Good Shepherd and Stronachs
Store a Black Cane, with ivory handle
The finder will be rewarded by return
ing to this Office.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-12

WANTED-A GENTLE FRESH MICH
Cow, Jersey preferred. State price and
amount of milk given per day. Address
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4-10t
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-12
The Flood a Thing of the Past.

(By the Associated Press.)
Austin. Texas, April 1.-THE waters
are receding rapidly and no further dam
age is expected from the flood.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-12

agents TO SELL AK, GOLD FILLED
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-12

AGENTS TO SELL A 1900 BICYCLE.
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-12

LADIES FREE HARMLESS MONTHLY
Regulator cannot fail. Mrs. b. Rowan,
Milwaukee, Wis. 4-11-1m
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-12
MINERS MISSION TO PROVOKE WAR
Boer Peace Commissioners Strong Argument
to Prove This the Case.
Bv the Associated Press. J

Rome. April 1.-THE Naples cor
respondent of the Tribuna telegraphs
an interview he has just had with Mr..
Fisher one of the Boer peace commits
sioners who arrived there yesterday.
Mr. Fischer sald he was convinced
that Sir Alfred Miner. when appoint
ed Governor of Cape Colony and Brit
ish High Commissioner in South
Africa. went to Cape Town with a
fixed intention to bring about the war
and this was proved by the fact that
Miner had Systematically opposed the
Transvaal's generous efforts and
concessions to a, old war; as though
he had received precise instructions to
follow this line Of policy.
''WhiIe the Transvaal was making
concessions" said Mr. Fischer, Great
Britain was gathering troops along
the frontier"
The Boer envoy accused Sir Alfred
Miner of classifying dispatches. In
fact according to the commissioners,
accusations against Sir Alfred Miner
constitute one of the principal feat8
ures in the peace negotiations which
the commissioners seek to carry
through. The Bocr ENJOYS left Naples
today going by way Of the st. Gothard
Pass, and without stopping here.
BRITISH LOSS At WEPENER.
Alwal North. April 10.-The Brit
ish loss in the fighting at Wepener
yesterday was eleven killed and forty
one wounded. Fighting was resumed
and the British are holding their own
well.
ALL BOER PRISONERS TO GO.
Simonstown, April flowing to
the unfavorable conditions for keep
ing the Boer prisoners here the au
thorities have decided to ship them
all to ST. Helena with the least posi-
BILE delay. The sickness among the
captured burghers, is abating.
BODIES OF BOERS MOVE SOUTH.
London, April 12-The Bloemfon-
tein corr, slMnJent of the Morning
Post te,esr:n,hinG Tuesday, says:
THE Beers 70 ire southwest are *
hibitiIlo inGcoisior of movement, pos
sibly III consequence of oar occupation
of the railway.
Bodies of the enemy are still NOV
ing from Winburg southwark through
Thaba N'Chu. Their destination has
not been ascertained. The Beers in
the neighborhood of Paardeberg show
no disposition to interrupt our com
munication with Kimberley from
which point civil conveys are still ar
irving"
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Easy and pleasant to
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furious drug.
Tt 10 nrricEty O hccrhaI
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-05

THIS YRARls BICYCLEs
uEammehunblc Features Noticed In
the Exhibith nt tins Recent
New York show.

Some Of the striking features in the
lzew styles of wheels that will be on
the streets and roads with the opening
& the coming cycle seaso are thus
uated by the Sun in telling Of the n
uuaI cycle exhibition at Madison
square, New York:
One thing that the show seems to
demonstrate is that the low crank
sanger craze and the short head fad
Asve reached their limit, and are begin
ming to react. There is, in fact, q COM
mendable absence Of the faddism that
confused seekers after the truly best by
introducing features Of no proven value
simply for the sake of exciting interest.
There are no specimens of "curleycue"
dubing and a lack of the "hexagonal,"
spiral" and 'ovoid' oddities in this
time which have made big pretensions at
previous exhibitions. There is some
ching Of what might be called freakish-
hess in enameling, such as the idea of
giving the headpost and the diagonal
strut one color and another color to
che rest of the wheel, but this, when it
6 done, has been handled in a way that
Gnds favor in many eyes. There are
no wheels striped like barber poles,
hOwever. The stripping idea has been
transferred to the rims, which in many
cases have been made to look handsome
by thin stripes in the middle and along
the outer edges. Options in color are
given by practically all the makers, but
the array of wheels is free from a con-
siderable Of the gaudiness that has been
seen. The long cranks and the mod
Erateiy high gears prevail, but the inci-
nation toward OVERRIDING these features
seems to have been checked. The gem
GEal length of the crank on the ''stock
models" of road wheels is seven inches,
with options on smaller ones. 1t is note
worthy, though, that a parts maker
WhO supplies many makers catalogues
~ aud s-inch cranks as regular
s6cels, so that the experimental riders
who wish to follow the fad that was
started in England caa be supplied.
The changed conditions Of manufac-
tune that have tended toward making
wheels look alike and yet have been
truly improving quality are noticeable
An the number of concerns that are
H-AAA48 90<4 pa - as EA0AAG anu BD4UGA-
-ets made by the same specialists in
these branches. The progress Of the
carts makers is well emphasized. The
eact that factories in which all re-
sources are devoted to making a few
ahings with special machinery can often
produce q better and cheaper article
than a factory that makes only one
for its own wheels has apparently been
Impressed upon many makers of the
highest reputation. In respect to hubs
and spokes and the f~astenings of the
latter, there is much that is original and
distinctive. One bright idea is found
i'm the wheel Of a western maker, who
.obviates the necessity of removing the
aBprOcket from the rear hub in order to
BUt in a new spoke by making the hub
=aange on the sprocket side with button
hOle Slots, so that the spokes can be
stitched in and drawn up taut easily.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-05
POSTED ON FINANCE
at Least That Was the Impression
She Gave Her Sister Club
Members.

"It is simply impossible to keep posted on
everything" said a club woman to a Daugh-
ter of the American Revolution.
Yes, indeed, it is" admitted the D. A. Il.
"But sometimes, if you are not quite posted,
you can wriggle out of a difficult situation
without seeming so very ignorant. For ex-
ample, 1 was Just saved by my presence Of
mind at a d. A. r. meeting the other day.
Prof. Sparks, of the university, you know,
read a lovely paper on Governor Morris,
Financier of the American Revolution.
"'Who is this Governor Morris? said a
friend of mine from the FOrtnightly club.
Seems to me / never heard of him.
''There were half a dozen women around,
and 1 was frightfully embarrassed. never
had heard of Governor Morris, either, but,
you know, D. A. r, is supposed to know all
those things.
80, don't you remember?' Isaid, Nor
ris was the man who financed the govern
ment and borrowed a lot of money to do it,
" Thank you,' said my friend from the
Fortnightly.
"Now, the fact is, you know, dear" con-
tinued the D. A. R., II really knew nothing
of it whatever, except that Prof. Sparks
subject said that the man had financed the
government, and 1 knew if he did that he
must have had to borrow a lot of money
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-05
MOTORCYCLE RACING,
An Exciting Sport which Promises
to Have a Large Following in
the United states,

The racing of motorcycles may still
be described as one Of the sports of the
future. The great success of these races
in America last season is proof posi-
tive that the new sport will have a large
following among those people who de.
light in athletic competition and speed
trials, especially when great danger is
apparent.
The terrific speed at which these ma
chimes whirl around the banked BIZ
cycle tracks; the quick, nervous putting
of the motors and the skill and nerve ex-
hibited by the riders who steer and op-
crate them, all seem fascinating and
inspiring to the spectator. Capable of
railroad speed when pitted against one
another, motorcycles are sure to find
favor with the excitement-loving pub
lie of this country, particularly those
who are interested in motor vehicles.
The machines, whether tandems or 9th.
erwise, are all of the automobile order.
and naturally interest the people who
proclaim any style of self-propeIed ma.
chine wheels the vehicle fthe future
Automobile Magazine.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-05
AutomobiIea I'm AgricuIture.

The automobile, like the bicycle, has
come to stay. Its practical usefulness
has been recognized much quicker than
the wheel, and we do not hear such
earping criticism as the bicycle encoun-
tered. The latest emanation from the
inventors brain is an automobile pillow,
which is expected to supersede the mold
board Implement new in general use,
thanks to the greater facility and rapid
ity Of work as well as the considerable
saving it will insure. The machine will
be so built that it can be operated BIZ
ONE man, and do the work of eight men
and 10 horses with a pillow. In add.
ton to this it ear be used for driying a
thresher, Smelling corn or hauling pur-
poses. The propelling power viii be
either gasoline or oil.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-05-05
nor mothers nobler, cleaner sons;

nor mothers nobler, cleaner sons;
brothers never had more chaste, inteli-
gent sisters, 0 sisters more heroic,
chivalrous, high-minded brothers than
they have to-day and in our own Amer
lea.
81 am bound to say that the highest
standard of American society may be
found at the nationalcapita The social
atmosphere of Washington is sweet
and wholesome. 1t was never more so.
No social scandals tarnish the purity
Of our official or congressional life.
Finer specimens of moral, intellectual
and patriotic womanhood cannot be
found in this country or in the world
than are to be met at the social func-
lions of the beautiful capital, where
the best traditions of Republican purity
and democratic simplicity are pre-
served and exempEfed in the domestic
virtue, affection and happiness of the
first home of the land.
Surely the American people may
justly felicitate themselves on the high