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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-06-17

co is knocked off to the only bidder for
that grade of tobacco. at a price that
barely covers the cost of cultivation and
often fails to do that well. You are ask
ed to give your influence to the Associa
ton and help restore the tobacco grow
ers to the same prosperous condition that
they occupied ten years ago when they
we're reckoned among the most fortunate
farmers in the State. Will not this APP
neal from the farmers, for the restora
ton of the prosperity that marked the
tobacco grower find a responsive chord
in your heart? To say that nothing can
he accomplished is to surrender without
effort an unconditional surrender
The "plan" to organize every town
ship and county in the bright tobacco
district, and to get every tobacco grower
in the territory an active enthusiastic
member In territory that has been
partially organized we ask that thorough
organization be pushed to completion.
In counties where there has been no or
eanization. we ask that the tobacco grow
ers call convention and organize under
the plan adopted by the State Assocla-
ton Put organizers in the held anu
cease net until every township is tnor-
Oughly organized. Is the TASK StupeLd-
GUS? Not as large as some may think,
for there will be willing helpers to en-
courage the organizers. But there must
be leaders in this, as in all successful
movements Now is the time to do
effective work AS soon as an organiza-
ton is effected notify the state
Secretary, giving names and posto1lce
addresses of the President and Secretary
1t has been said that tobacco can go
lower, which is true and may be Verl-
fed unless the growers say: 1t shall not
go lower In their determination lies
the secret of their success The reports
coming into this office show that there
has been a decrease in the acreage OF to-
bacco planted this year of not less than
% percent, possibly more. That should
mean better prices for the crop. VIII
you help to make it bring the increased
price that a short crop should bring?
Organize. cooperate. Success depends on
these coupled with determination.
T. 3. PARKER,
Secretary N. c. Tobacco Growers Asso-
citation.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-06-17
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| Tried Another !!
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Roxboro, N. c., Aug. Z, 1899.


MRS. JOE PERSON:
Allow me to tell what your wonderful
medicine did for my little hoy. A little
over two years ago, he began to break
out in sores all over his face and head.
/ called in a 1Oct1r and he began to
treat him, but it seemed that he could
do him no good. l then tried another
doctor with the same result. then
tried another, giving three doctors n trial
for about two years with the little boy
and he seemed to grow worse. The sores
seemed to come together in one, on the
top Of his head / then became fright
ened over my little boy. / was induced
to try Mrs. Joe Persons Remedy. l
bought three bottles of your wonderful
medicine and one package of your Wash.
Now let me tell you what it did for my
little boy
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-06-17
Gastonia, N. c., June 18th, 1900.

1.-THE Watauga Democrat exposed this
lie when it was first published and It's
exposure appeared in these columns.
When Hon. W. B. Connall was in Raleigh
attending the adjourned session of the
Legislature, a reporter of this paper call
ed his attention to the statement, and
he pronounced it a lie without founda-
tion.-Editor.1
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CONVENTIONS.

NATIONAL
Republican, Philadelphia, June 10.
Prohibition, Chicago, June q.
Democratic, Kansas City, Mo-, July 4.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-06-17
It is an Unvarnlshed Lie.

To the Editor: In an argument with
Rep-Pop here today, he stated that, in
the last State Democratic Convention, at
Raleigh there was a negro delegate from
Wautauga county, He further asserts
that 'he saw statement to that effect
in several papers, three or four, and
especially in the Caucasian" He further
stated chat no Democratic paper has
denied the fact The name of the gen
tleman who makes the foregoing asser-
lions is G. W. Bowman, now residing in
Gastonia n. c.
If you know that the statements are
false, please publish the fact for the
benefit Of White Supremacy.
Yours very respectfully,
L II STRICKLAND
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-06-17

volume of smoke will bring tears to
the eyes of the reader.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-20

teir between the Ivory Coast Colony
and Dahomey. 1t has, however,
been decided that for the present the
delimitation operations shall be con-
fined to the recognition of the ele-
venth parallel from its intersection
with the Volta as far as its junction
with the road going from Sansanne
Mango to Pama, via Djebiga. The
British representative will be Capt.
Watherston, and the French govern
ment has appointed for this work
Capt. Peltier and Lieut.. Cherier, at
present in the Sudan. The determi-
nation vf the frontier. between Da-
honey and Lagos will GevOlve upon
the Tout6e- Lang mission. Thus,
several questions which might have
involved international complications
will be disposed of.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-20
The Coming Election
For President In
The United States.

The neat presidential election in
the United States will, in some res
poets, be one o1 the most important
in the history of the country. In
1896 there was one welt defined is
sue, that between the gold men on
one side, headed by Mr.. Nc Kinley
and the silver men on the other, re.
presented by Mr.. Bryan. At the
present time this issue is still alive
although others cf great Importance
have arisen since.
Since MIR. Nc Kinley assumed
Office as President of the United
States a war against "a foreign po-
wer has been successfully waged and
foreign territory has been acquired
A part of this territory, the Philip
pines, is in rebellion and the present
administration in the face Of a
strong opposition is doing all in its
power to quell it:
Again the question is still mooted
what form of government is tU be
given to Puerto Ricos Also her
relation to the mother country in
regard to commerce. All these
questions will be before the people
when they are again called upon to
choose their chief magistrate. 1t
will be one of the most momentous
elections since the Civil War.
The probabilities nov are that the
candidates will be the same as at the
last election. There is no question
about President Nc Kinley. He
will undoubtedly be renOminated,
but there are rumors of a revolt
against Bryan in the Democratic
ranks. At the same time it will be
difficult to crystalline the opposition
TO him upon any one man, and the
chances are he will be nominated.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-20
ONLY FOR ONE GENTLEMAN.

Furnished room and board. 8 40
monthly. Payments made fort
nightly in advance. San Jose, 40.
At one o'clock yesterday afternoon
as engine no. 5 was coming tc San
Juan, it struck JacObo Rodriguez,
causing two fractures, according to
the report of the attending physician
Who was asked to make a statement
OF the facts to the Municipal Judge
of San Francisco.
The "Mc Clellan" will sail to-
morroqo for Cuba and New York.
Do you want for the next day a
really good Rubber Stamp?
Apply to the BoLETlN MEIcAN-
TIL establishment 24-26. Fortaleza
Street, corner San Jose st. and you
will be satisfied in all respects. ID.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-20
Anglo=French Mis-
sion TO. The West Oi
Africa.

The arrangements for the early
departure of an Anglo French mis-.
sion for the west coast of Africa for
the purpose of delimiting the Daho-
mey, Lagos, and Nigeria boundaries
have now been completed. The Bri-
tish section of the mission will be in
charge of Capt j. Lang Of the engi-
neers, while the French section will
be under. the command of Major
TOuttee. The two sections of the
mission are to meet at TchaOuron,
and operations are to be begun to-
wards the end of February. The
first work will be to locate the from
tier line from the intersection of the
ninth parallel and the River Okpara
to the Niger, and subsequently the
mission will decide uDon the two sta
tions to be leased to France, the one
at the mouth Of the Niger and the
other between Leaba and tue juno
fion with the Moussa. The British
and French governments have also
appointed the delegates who are to
determine on the spot the new From
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-20
News OF The Day

Owing to the insufficient number
of councilmen present the Municipal
Council of San Juan could not held
a session last evening.
The .'Mc Clellan" arrived this
morning from New York.
C. G.. Wal1in.
General Blacksmith and Wagon
Maker.
Prompt and Reliable Work
Horse shoeing and Carriage Work
a speciality.
Preside Street, adjoining Iarhor
Works.
The Mayor of San German has
forwarded petition to the Governor
General requesting authorization to
raise a loan of ten thousand dollars.
The cases against QuiteriO Gen-
zalez for robbery and Manuel Perez
Olmo for breach of promise are to
be tried tomorrow before the Dis
trict Court of Arecibo.
The following passengers arrived
from New York on the "McClellan:'
Capt. II. Ell. GibSOn-Lt. NJ. I'll.
Rowell-M. r. Gateil-Eloisa Val
deS and 35 soldiers.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-20
New York Market

Tie aboye cablegrams belong to
the BoLETIN MERCANTTL and their
reproduction IN any fnrm viii cost
tifEy dollars each cable.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-20
London Chronicles
Alarmist Editorial.
Government Invites ReServists
To RejOin COlOrs For Home
Defence.
OFFERS BOUNTY.

New York February Goth 1900
The /" London Chronicle I"
publishes a rather alarmist
editorial regarding Russian
designs in Afghanistan.
The British Government has
invited the reservists to rejoin
the colors for the year for ho-
me defence.
The Government offers a
bounty as an inducement to
enter the army.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-20
From THE Associated Press. "
Representative Richardson
Declares Measure Would
Be Bad Faith Towards
Puerto Rican.
u. S. immigration Laws To Be
Extended To The Island.
New York February 2oth19OO


New York February 20th19OO
Representative Richardson,
the democratic leader in the
House. declared that the pas
sage of the bill would mean
bad faith towards the Puerto
Ricans.
A new measure has been
introduced before the Senate
which extends to Puerto Rico
the immigration laws of the
United States,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-20

This paper is the Oldest and has
the largest circulationSin the
Island. 1t is also the only
EOne that has an established
cable service from New York
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-20
Sobrinos de Ezquiaga.

Bankers, Merchants and exclusive Agents for Puerto
Rico of the following Insurance and Steamship Companies
"Compana Trasatantca Espanola," Barcelona; the
Steamhp lines of Larrnaga and Sea Lverpoo The Royal
Fire Insurance Company, of Lverpool Indemnity Mutual
Marine Assurance Company, Limited" of London The
sole representatives in this Island of The Standard OH
Company" of North America
Also owners of American steamship "VASCO."
Catano Oil Refinery. II. Fortaleza Street
San .Inan p z
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-20

The British crossed Riet !
River but they had to aban-
don the position owing to the |,
Boer fire.
200 wagons with 600 tons
of ammunitions from the Boer
stores were captured by the
British.
General Bu1ler Captured The
Hills South Of The
Tugela.
TO RELIEVE LADYSMITH
NewYork February 20th1900
1t is stated that General
Butler captured the hills at
the South of the Tugela Ri
yer and Southeast of Colenso
making more feasible an at
tempt to relieve Ladysmith.
British Government Aware
Of Russia's Increase In
Central Asia.
Cardinal LedOChOwsH Danger
Ously iii.
NewY ork February 20th 1900
A despatch from London
states that the British Go
vernment has announced that
England is aware of the large
increase of Russians in Cen
tral Asia.
It is added that Cardinal
Ledochswski is dangerously
i'll.
New York Market
Special cable to the BoLE-
TIN MERCANTlL from
the ASSOCIATED PRESS y.
New York Produce Exchange
Quotations.
Wheat Flour " Tum-
badora ".-........ S $50
Muscovado Sugar &c 4
Beet sugar. .,... 2.4l
Sterling exchange :. 4.S41
.
Tie abuve cablegrams belong to
/ the BoLETIN MERCANTTL and their
reproduction IN any fnrm will eos:
tifTy dollars each cable.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-20
TranSVaal War
Beers Moving Towards
Bloenfonteif1.

NewYork February Goth 1900
Dispatches from London
state that the Beers are mo
wing slowly towards Bloem-
fontein.
Twenty five thousand Bri-
tish are pursuing them
Punors That Cronje
Surrounded.
General Roberts Thirty Miles
Eastward OF JacObsdaI.
British Compelled To
Abandon Ret River.
200 Wagons With AmnunitiOnS
Captured.
NewY York February 10th 1900
1t has been runored that
Gen. Cronje had surrounded
Dispatches froLl South
Africa state that Genelrl To-
berts " sterday evening was
thirty III les eastward Of Ja-
cobsdal.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-02-20
FOR SALE.-P PROPERTY

On sale 300 cuerdas of land between the Mu-
ncipa. districts of Luquillo and Fajardo.
Full information will be given at IT Fortaleza
Street. San Juan, Porto Rico.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-28
DIED AFTER ESCAPING.
Mail Thief Who Led Band of Four --s In Escaping From Prison.

New York, Dec 2S.--According to the World, William H. Post, the alleged mail thief who led a band of four prisoners in. the escape from Ludlow street jail in January, 1897, and for whom the United States secret service officers have been searching the coun- try ever since. died two months after escaping. His body has been for three and a half years in the Wooster cemetery. Daubury, Conn, under q tombstone bearing the name Charles Mason
 Post. who was mail wagon driver. was arrested during the holiday week of 1S9G charged with robbing letters of holiday gifts. He did not deny the charge. Two weeks later he broke jail.
 In March, 1s97 q farm hand em- ployed near Paterson. N. Y.. died in Danbury, Conn, hospital, from in- juries received ill falling from q wagon. He was buried and the town placed stone over his grave.
 Police Captain Ginty of Danbury. q few days ago. learned that letter had been received from Posts mother. ask ing about the body. A description of Mason" tallied with that of the miss ing Post even to the absence of TWO fingers on the right, hand.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-28
COLLEGE PROFESSORS MEET.

New York. Dec 2S.-An informal meeting of the executive. advisory and faculty advisory committees of the h. tercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletics of America has just been held here. l was attended. among others, by President Albert q. Mason, Har- yard: Jesse D. Dana, Yale, of the ex- ecutive committee: Prof Ira \. Hollis, Harvard. and Prof l.. Y. Corwin. Yale, of the faculty advisory committee. Chairman Kirby of the advisory con- mittee said that no formal business was transacted, and that the meeting had been held to gather the three committees to decide upon a policy re- garding q number of questions now pending. He stated that the case of Beck. the Yale athlete whose amateur standing is in question:, will be re- ported upon. probably favorably, at the next meeting of the committee hay ing it in hand. The revised eligibility rules, it was stated, will be issued in about two weeks.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-28
THE HEARING CONTINUED.
Cadet Breth Had to Be Revived With
 Stimulants After Being Exercised"

West Point, N. l., Dec 2S.-tOr Ih~ first time since the military court Of inquiry began its investigation of the haZing practiced at the military acad- emy during the past three years, cadet witnesses testified yesterday that they had seen man "eXerciSed'' to the limit of endurance and that he had To be revived with StimulantS. The man was former Cadet John Breth, of Al toona, PenIi. who died eighteen months ago from typhoid pneumonia, Superin- duced. it is said. by the rough haZing which he received while at the West Point post in 1897.
 Cadet Harry E. Jordan of Washing ton, of the present first class, was the first witness called when the court opened to-day. His examination was very brief and his testimony uninter- eSting.
 The next witness. Alfred A. May bach of Ohio. did not know Cadet BooZ personally and was not aware of his being haZed.
 Cadet Elliott J. Dent. of PennSyl- vania. was next sworn. He had been haZed when q fourth class man. but did not have to 90 to the hospital in conseunencp He told of being pun ished for refusing to reveal the names Of cadets who haZGd him to the mili- tarv authorities of the academy.
 Ernest D. Peck. of Wisconsin. Swore he knew Cadet BOoZ and while he knew him he was sure he was not haZed. He was rather left alone.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-28
WHO WILL BE KING
Mayor of the Consolidated City's
 Great Power.
IT WILL BE ALMOST UNLIMITED

Great Number of People Who Have
 Not Had Time to Read the Bill
 Think It d Foregonc Conclusion
 That It Will Be Passed Anyway
 Some of the people about town are
 not bothering their heads about con
 SOlidation and don't seem to care q
 row of pins whether it passes or not.
 One of the largest property owners in
 the city told a Democrat reporter tc-
 day that he was not going to fritter
 away any of his time with it because
 he was satisfied that it would not pay.
 He knew, he said, that if the republi.
 cans agree upon what they want that
 the legislature will complete the job for
 them, and on this account he consid-
 cred it the height of folly for any one
 not ill the ling to give the matter any
 consideration. The reporter tried hard
 to get an expression of opinion from
 him on the draft, but he evaded the question, and the most that could be
 got out of him was the following: If those gentlemen who desire to concen- trate all power into the office of may
 or feel sure that Waterbury will al-s ways have q man of strict integrity in that office, all right, but if the past be any criterion by which to judge the future this is very doubtful. Wit | ninety-hine out of every hundred men it is all a matter of taxation, and as this will have 10 be determined from year to year ny those who VIII | be in office. it is . natter of much l importance to every taxpayer in both districts what kind Of men shall noid these positions. The others are not so much concerned about taxation and while they are but q small fraction of l the whole. I'm willing to risk my guess that they will decide the fate of | this measure. What else could you eX- pect? Most people have not taken
 enough interest in it to read it and have no idea as to what it aims at. I asked half d dozen of my friends this | morning what they thought of it. and found but one who had read d line of it. and that man admitted that he did not finish it. I'm in favor of conSoli- dation, but I don't want it SO badly that I would be willing to accept it unless it promises to be an improve l ment upon the present system. don't want the mayor to own the town and if our neighbors are to be admit | ted to the franchise at all elections in | the city it ought to be worth, some 1 thing"
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-28
GERMANY DENIES
That the Empire is Going to
 Buy Island of St John.
GERMAN CAPITALISTS PERHAPS

That Are Trying to Secure Land at
 St John-The Rumor Was That Ger
 many Wanted It For a Coaling Sta
 tion.
 Berlin, Dec 2S.-The Frankfurter Zeitung prints a letter from Copen hagen in which the writer saws Ger many intends to buy the Island of St John for coaling station if Den marks negotiations with the United States miscarry. The letter refers to the organization of German syndi- cate for the purpose of acquiring land on the Island of St John and says the syndicate has sounded the Danish gov ernment regarding the acquisition of the island by Germany. and that Den mark answered that she was unable to discuss the question owing to the pending negotiations with the United States. Now. however, according to the letter, the plan for German ac- quisition of the island is approaching realization.
 A representative of the Associated Press showed d foreign office official the letter referred to. In reply the official said Germany had never even remotely thought of acquiring a West Indian island The official admitted that it might be true that German cap italists were trying to purchase land on the island of St John, but he re- iterated that the German government has absolutely nothing to do with the project. The foreign office regards the letter as intending to bring pressure to bear on the United States for has tening the purchase of the Danish An titles.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-28
COAL FOR FRANCE.
Members of American Chamber of

Members of American Chamber of
 Commerce Closing Negotiations
 Philadelphia, Dec 2S.-F. K. McIll- waine. q member of the American Chamber of Commerce in Paris, is now in this city. closing negotiations for the sale of coal to the, French govern ment. Mir McIllwaine believes sub- stantial coal trade between this coun- try and France will soon be estab- lished. He asserts the coal supply of France is 1O.000,00O tons short of the demand. Formerly this deficiency was made up almost entirely by Eng land. The great industrial establish mentS are becoming alarmed. Mir Me Illwaine said. at the possibility of this supply being cut off owing to the scarcity of coal in England.
 "The government he continued. "is dependent upon English coal, and it will realize soon that tbe French navy would be at a serious disadvantage in time of war The attitude of the French government toward American coal is distinctly favOra ble. 1 am here for the purpose of seeing whether American companies could, within the next six months. deliver upon the order of the French government at ! satisfactory price at least 100000 tons. These arrangements have been com pleted and it only remains for the quality of the coal to be satisfactory to inaugurate the business"
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-28
GRAND LARCENY CHARGED.
Accused of Stealing Accounts of Proyl- dent Savings Life Assurance Society.

Accused of Stealing Accounts of Provl- dent Savings Life Assurance Society.
 New York. Dec 2S.-Morton l.. Mor- timer. an insurance broker. and John M. Van Kleeck. were arrested last night on charge of grand larceny preferred by Ralph K. Hubbard, sec retary of the Prevalent Savings Life Assurance society.
 According to the warrant the men are accused of stealing books. papers and accounts of the Prevalent Savings Life Assurance society. Magistrate Deull, who issued the warrant, said that the charge was simply q tech nicaI one and others would follow it. The prisoners were released on bond. Counsel for the accused said:
 Mortimer is the actuary of the Prevalent Life Assurance society and Van Kleeck is his assistant. These two men were requested by their su- perior officers to make certain entries and reports in manner that they were unwilling to do. These reports were made from the actuary's books, and every report was copied by them. They had perfect right to keep copies of their own reports for their own safety.
 "On December 10 last certain officers appeared in the rooms of my clients with persons supposed to be officers. and they forcibly took possession of these duplicate copies, together with other papers,.