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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-24
Beers REPORT
THEIR LOSSES.
Up to the Battle Of CoIenso These
Aggregated 1904,
RESPECT FOR GEN. WARREN
Beers Dread Hin Much Wore Than
Buller-Plan Of Present Hattie
Mscrum Ia Paris.

New York, Jan. IA dispatch to the
Herald from Brussels says: "since the
beginning Of the war TO the battle Of
Colenso, the Beers say they have lost
2l9 killed, es2 wounded. eighty Of whom
have recovered, and 200 prisoners"
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-03-23

wv s No1 PPAeAAo~ - O'A
friends of the candidates.
It was announced that the
voting strength of the conven.
tion stood as follows: Ashe
80, Burke 80, Catawba 35,
Caldwell 26, Mitchell 13, Nc.
Dowell 21, Watauga 81, Yam.
cey 21-total 199-necessary
to a choice 100.
On motion members of the
Democratic presspresentwere
requested to act as tellers.
Following is the vote on
first ballot: Ashe 80 for
Council, Burke 80 for Erwin,
Catawba IS for Cline, Cald.
we'll 26 for Wakefield, Mitch.
ell 6H for Councill and 6H
for Erwin, Mcdowell IS 70,
Erwin and 6 for Wakefield
Watauga 21 for Council
Yancey 21 for Council, max.
ing a total of 8OH for Council
sly for Erwin, 35 for Cline
and 80 for Wakefield.
The second ballot stood the
same as the first, with the ex
ception of the Mitchell vote
(which was 7 for Councill anl
6 for Erwin.
Councill was nominated or
the third ballot. The vote b,
counties was as follows: Ash<
80 for Council, Burke 80 fol
Erwin, Catawba 26 for Coun
Gill and 9 for Erwin, Caldwell
20 for Wakefield, Mitchell
for Councill and 6 for Erwin
Mcdowell q for Councill
Watauga 21 for Council, Van
cey 81 for Councill-makinf
a total of 128 for Council, 4:
for Erwin and 26 for Wake
field. Before the vote wa
announced Catawba asked t.
be allowed to change her vot'
to IS for Councill and Burk'
to change hers to 80 for Coun
Gill. Then the vote stoot
167 for Councill, 6 for Ervi1
and 20 for Wakefield. A mo
tion form the Burke delega
tion to make the nomination O
Council unanimous was car
ried amid uproarous applause
The following resolution
offered by Capt. E. F. Lowell
of Watauga, was passe'
unanimously:
Resolved by this judicia
convention, that we recogniz
in Col. w. S. Pearson, o
: Burke county, a Democra
worthy of our hearty support
and we earnestly recommen'
that he be placed on the Stat
ticket as a candidate for Stat
DloAno hin, %,
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-03-23
COUNCILL NOMINATED
W. B. COUNCILL, OF BOONE,
CHOSEN FOR JUDGE OF THE
10TH DISTRICT.

at Hickory Yesterday-A Choice
Made on 3rd Ballot The Vote in
Detail-Col. Pearson Endorsed for
State Auditor.
A convention of the Demo-
Gratis of the 10th Judicial dis
trict was held in the Elliott
Opera House in Hickory yes
terday to nominate judge of
the superior court from this
district. Every county in the
district-Ashe, Burke, Ca
tawba, Caldwell, Mitchell,
Mcdowell, Wataugaand YAM
cey-was largely represented.
The large representation and
the enthusiasm of the Dem
ocrats was the subject of gen.
eral remark, yet it was one of
the most harmonious conven-
tiOns we ever attended.
The convention met at l p.
m. and w. A. Self, chairman
of the executive committee of
the district, called the body
to order. Col. p. J. Sinclair,
of Mcdowell, was appointed
temporary chairman and F..
M. Williams, of the Newton
Enterprise, temporary sacre-
tary, and Henry Aiken, of
Catawba, and 7. c.. Cobb, of
Burke, were asked to conduct
them to their stations.
No contests we're reported
from any of the counties, the
temporary organization was
made permanent and, after a
few well-timed remarks by
the chairman, nominations for
Judge were called for.
Col. w. S. Pearson nomi-
mated S. ]. Erwin, of Burke;
w. G.. Newland nominated
Lawrence Wakefield, of Cald-
we'll; Capt. E. F. Lowell nomi-
mated w. B. Councill, of Wa
tauga, and Mr.. Yoder nomi-
mated E. B. Cline, of Catawba.
G.. G.. Eaves, of Mcdowell,
seconded the nomination of S.
]. Erwin; E. A. Poe, of Cald-
we'll, seconded the nomination
of Lawrence Wakefield; Mr.
Smith, of Yancey, and w. l.
La m bert, of Mitchell,
seconded the nomination o1
w. B. Councill, and T. II
Hu # ham, Of Catawba
seconded the nomination Of
f. B. Cline. All of the
speeches were very fine ane
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-03-23

Shoes.
Our Blue Ribbon line of
Children's Shoes is without
doubt the best shoe on the mar
ket. It's an exclusive line with
us and has no superior.
Our line of Clement & Ball
Shoes for Ladies is the best
shoe on earth for $3.50, it has
all the style and comfort of a
$3.50 shoe, and has no equal for
wear.
For the best Mans shoe you
have only to get the 5 Star 5
made by the Brown Shoe Co.
1t is the best.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-03-23


MARCH %, 1900. NO.ll.
ANDERSON & co.
STILL IN THE LEAD.
tables n ali sd p xh nsS snd On Our s seusS
early, before the advance in prices
Dry Goods and Notions.
Ts1s S af White Goods
Shoes. Hats.
foi shes Ss'2s 9s ~bos This line was so
ket It's an excns;ve line @ With We Offering excep
ne Ball tona value Mems Fur Hats
Shoes tor Ladies 10 is the best from 80
Fl tbs syie Comfort more to buy them now
$50 shoe, and has no equal for
For the best Mans shoe you
made by the Brown Shoe Col
Clothing Department.
we are for Suits easons5ls We
vas the sHa9 auy
% not PASS call and Line
Crockery Department.
People who Ton be convinced will never know but those
90 come ana cockeTy 9d it the largest and
cry store.
Field Seeds.
| Orchard Grass, 12@ I" :
| Red Top so $ T" bushel
j Blue Grass, 123 +" I" pound
. Crimson Clover 10 '
i All Kinds of Garden Seeds at only cent
| per paper.
Flower Seed.
Is different varieties. The regular packs We will
sell all of them at 2 cts per paper
i Grocery Department.
| Don't pay more than prices You pay too much.
Sugar Sugar grannlated sas St St, cents per PEI pound
i Bacon, u 4"
Arbuckes Coffee il
i Leverings Ii
i Lyon 2a
i Tomatoes, per .'
i Baking Powders per can, .
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-03-23

This line was never so COM
plete. We are Offering excep-
tional value in Mems Fur Hats
at from 80 cts. to $3.50, worth
more to buy them now.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1900-03-23
Clothing Department.

We don't want to boast but do you know that
headquarters for good Suits reasonable We
don't want to for value than get Our
you pass by, call
and prices; may you money; who
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-26
FORREST CITY, ARK FRIDAY AFTERNOON JANUARY 26 9oo
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Frank Steunenberg, governor of Ida 10, is seven feet tall and is straight as pine.
 Publishers in Finland lose from $6, 900 10 $1O,000 year due to suppression of books by the government.
 Maj. hnstruther-Thompson. who weighs 2s0 pounds without his accou- terments, is the heaviest man in the British army.
 Nicholas Fellens, of Chicago, threw away roll of bills when confronted by holdup men one night recently and then went back the next morning and found the money, amounting to $50.
 Henry Irving has developed the Yan- kee trait of answering one question by asking another. He was recently asked: Has the theater any other mission than to amuse?" Sir Henry replied: Has food any other mission than to please the palate?"
 Mrs. Hannah Halsey of Binghamton, N. r., has willed her large farm to her son, on condition that he shall give his sister so long as she may live, eight dozen eggs, 12 pounds of butter, one ham, what milk she can use and all the vegetables she may want each year.
 Frank l.. Stanton writes in the At lanta Constitution of a Georgia boy who sent letter to his father, who was in another town. This is the way it read: Dear Dad-This is wrote to tell you Jamie was blowed up by toy cannon. He went in your direction. If you find him please send him home, as we are worried about him."
 The school board of London has re- ceived letter from pupil complains ing of book he received as prize in his school. He wrote: Tt is Rigid Kipling's tumble book. It is dream about snakes, and father says it is only suitable for man who drinks"
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-26
SECRETARY CAGES BLUNDER.
Even the Republican Press h UD h Arms Over His Financial
 Policy.

There can no longer be any doubt of the fact that Mir. Gage has irreparabiy damaged the administration of which he is part by his action in designat- ing the National City bank of New York as the general depository for rev. enue collections.
 The severity of the blow which he has struck is best shown by the man. ner in which leading republican news- papers have received it. The Chicago Tribune characterizes it as foolish" |" and says:
 "A policy of governmental interference in financial affairs for the benefit of stock market spectators is not viewed with favor by the public. It prefers that the government should remain neutral. This preference is shared by the Tribune. It believes it neither right nor expedient for the government to attempt to bolster up a sagging stock market by exhibiting gross favoritism to a particular bank. It is too big contract. The government may be harmed more than the stock mar ket Is helped"
 The Journal, of the same city, says MT. Gage has done the administration more harm than any of its enemies, and the Inter Ocean follows:
 'Should MT. Gage resolve to quit the cabinet and t,e service of a people which good-humoreuly but firmly declines to regard him as financial genius. no one outside the diminishing mugwump coterie would lament his departure; the repub-
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-26

lican party would feel a sense of relief and the nation would proceed upon its way rejoicing"
 The Philadelphia Press, of which the postmaster general is the inspiration gets at the heart of the deposit deal when it says that If the privilege of receiving these deposits is wanted, It is because it is valuable; if it is val uablc, the privilege should be paid for whether it is held by one bank in one city or by several banks in several cit ies." The Providence News approves of "the storm of criticism" in which ii is indorsed by the Baltimore Amer ican, and the Milwaukee Sentinel de- clares "that the prejudice against loanlng the public funds to banks st present is too strong to be disregard eti." Even the Boston Traveller feels called upon to protest, and the Ban. gcr Commercial feels that "it is ei- gartic job" Thus we might go on in definitely in showing how MT. Gage has stepped off the line, and with pro. tests from republican newspapers against his acticn.-Atlunta Constitu- tion.
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-26
BEEN BREWER.

r.Eben Brewer. the first United States ,ostmas ster in Cuba, was a hero and a uartyr.D
 Hear the story of Eben Brewer, Never a braver soul and truer In the plunge of the shot and she'll Never a nobler mercy-doer
 When Santiago fell! Not against the proud Castilian Went this citizen-civilian
 With the dreams of a conqueror; He was simply a man of the million Caught in the net of war. To and fro from grim Baiquiri, over the treacherous trail and dreary, Bearing news from the motherland, Toiled he, gallant and stanch and cheery, Lending a lifting hand. Holding the tropic heat a trife Where the troopers strain and stife, In the rush of the forward track. i, Out of the range of the deadly rife Bore he the wounded back. Then. while the weary soldiers slumbered, He, where the crowding cots were cum
 bered.
 Ceaseless. followed his high behest: And through the days and nights he num-
 bered
 Never an hour of rest. Is 1t strange that the mortal reaver Swiftly swept him-the fatal fever Out of his self-forgetful part? To the breast of the Great Receiver Hastened his hero heart Such as he, with no thought of booty, Draining the stirrup-cup of duty,
 Though the dregs be as bitter gall, Halo their lives with a veil of beauty; Let us honor them alli Clinton Scollard, in Youths Companion
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-26
TIME TO COOL OFF.
Pfesident Mckinley Has Been Get. ting Up Too Much Steam for
 the People.

MT. Mckinley has been at Manila a year and four months. He has had un- disturbed possession. Under the protec- tion of scores of thousands of bayonets he has had the fullest opportunity to put into practice his benevolent as- similation."
 What is the result of this intimate intercourse? A general uprising of the people plotted and only prevented by lucky chance; the garrison of Manila doubled to overawe the people.
 He has been practising what may be called more "strenuous" sort of "bc- nevolent assimilation" in the outlying districts for II months. He has swept the towns and the rural districts of Luzon with fire and sword.
 Result: He can show himself only where he is protected by a circle of bayonets; guerrilla warfare in the north; insurgent armies in the south. Mir. Mckinley has spent upon his war:
 In appropriated money. $500. .000, ,00t In debts which congress is expect ca 10 pay .,......................- 5o,oO0,0S In American lives .................. 1923 MT. Mckinley has got "the open door" in China, without killing any, 8body, by the expenditure of a few dol. -ars in telegraph tolls and postage. What more do we want in the Philip.
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-26
WIT AND WISDOM.

When man has . dark record he is apt to light out.-Chicago Dispatch.
 It is hard to support sealskin wom- an on 8 muskrat salary.-Sedgewick (Kan.) Pantagraph.
 A man never fully realizes how gold- en silence is until he tries to buy some of it.-Chicago Daily News.
 One thing in favor of a poor pen- man is that there is no way of show. ing that he is bad speller.-Atchison Globe.
 Cautious.--"You say the man stole your umbrella?" "Well, I don't want to be too sure about it. He may have been the original owner."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 Bachelor-''Do you believe that it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all?" Benedict -'I don't know about that, but it's better to have loved and won."-N. Y. Journal.
 A Chicago woman burned $15O in her parlor stove the other day. This burn- ing of money is very foolish, as coal gives off great deal better heat and is only trifle more expensive.-Chicago Journal.
 First Physician-"What's the matter with Jones'" Second Physician-"He's either got an everyday cold or a severe complication of grippe. I can't tell till look him up in ."-N. Y. World.
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-26
One of the many amiable chara,

One of the many amiable charac- teristics of President Mckinley is non- interference with his cabinet officers. Secretary Gage is understood to be su- preme in his judgment in the conduct of the treasury department. Of course the law frequently goes right over the executive head in directing and author izing the secretary, but there have been presidents who had their own way. Hints at resignation can be delivered in . diplomatic way, but at the same time with such color that they cannot be re- sisted.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-26
FRISCO'S WHITE SLAVES
Women and Children Who Work for Chinese Fruit Merchants for
 Very Small Pay.

Rev. Frederick Poole has said that there were at one time, if not now in Philadelphia's Chinatown, white wom- en who were little better than slaves to the Mongolians. This is true at San Francisco to-day.
 There have been white men who con- sidered themselves, like the Bill Nye of whom Truthful James speaks, ruined by Chinese cheap labor" We'll, in Frisco white women and children serve yellow, almond-eyed taskmasters for less than even Chinese wages. The whites in question are employed | chiefly by the Chinese fruit packers ot | San Francisco. One instance--the latest reported and fair example oi the rest-is that of fruit packer ot Stockton street, who, during the season just ended, discharged nearly all his Chinese help and hired white women and children to do his work, because they would consent to work for less money.
 | The Chinese boss could not induce his fellow-countrymen to accept the pittance he offered, and, of course, his fellow-countrywomen never thought o1 such a thing.
 | There were plenty of white childrer working in such circumstances, it wa! said, but there were no little Chimes, children at it.
 | This especial Chinaman's establish ment is on Stockton street and his busi ness is to put up canned fruits and vegetables, tomatoes being his spe cialty.
 On the occasion of recent visit tt 1 this place a score or more of white women and 50 or 50 children were found working in Hing's cellar under the side walk peeling pears and peaches under the supervision of a Chinese boss, who ruled them as few masters outside of 1, slave pen would do.
 The little children evidently stood il nwe of the master. The eldest womar in the lot looked 10 be at least 70 ant there was one little girl there wht seemed not more than six or seven yearl | old
 l Boys ranging from eight to 12 wer, there, and slips of girls, just en tering womanhood, all serving thei Mongolian master in fear lest the, should fall under his displeasure ant he should deprive them of the coveted favor of working for less than Chimes wages.
 | The nose is assaulted with noisom vapors and the odor of decaying vege tation; the cellar is dark and illy-venti lated; but these poor women and chil dren ply their work eagerly amid tn whirring machinery and the steamin, vats of the canning factory. l Yet investigation shows that this i not the result of hard times. On tn contrary, times are good and work i | plenty in San Francisco. Indeed, tn demand seems far in excess of the sup ply.
 | Ignorance is one of the causes, then for this condition of affairs. But ther are other and worse ones. Many of the women are opium fiends and can get the drug only by doing Chinaman's bidding. All, for one req son or another, are said 10 be unde some Mongolian thumb. and are force, not only to work themselves, but t bring their children to the same drudg ery.-Philadelphia Press.
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-26

pines than the opportunity for Amer jeans to develop the commercial pos abilities of the islands and use them as depots for the oriental trade? These objects and all the naval stations and a protectorate, if we wish it, could all have been gained, can all still be gained, without bloodshed, without taxing the American people, without giving the world the melancholy spectacle of . democratic republics president deny ing that human beings have human rights.
 Because Mir. Mckinley started wrong, because he has gone on from folly to folly, is that any reason why the Amer ican people should continue to tolerate his blundering in the costly effort to initiate England at her worst?
 Does not the superheated MT. Me- Kinley need a vigorous cold douche of American common sense? = N. |. World.
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-26

With each day it is becoming more apparent that trusts cannot be effectively checkmated by negative legislative enactment, so long as the tariff is not reduced to a revenue basis. The trusts themselves seem to enter tain no fear that the states can, through their several legislatures, se- riously handicap their operations. The recklessness with which trusts have been promoted, despite public protest, the enactment of drastic antitrust laws and adverse supreme court deci- sions, must have forced thoughtful peo- pie to the conclusion that where all these agencies fail there is somewhere and in something a harbor of refuge for the trusts that neither public in. dignation, legislatures nor court deci- sions have been able to invade.-Hous- ton Post.
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-26
I've still have to make the as

We still have to make the ac- uualntaLce of the first German-Amer- ican newspaper which has been able to strike up friendship with the expan- sion policy. We will add that the great majority of our German exchanges go much further in the condemnation of the expansion policy than the Ger mania does.-Milwaukee Ger mania. -t
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-26

President Mckinley always turns Loyalty to the American people when he wants anything. He turns now to ask them for $1oo,o0o, 900 with which to subsidize the shipping business of a few eminent republiesns.-St. Louis Republic.
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-26
His State of Mind.

"Your bookkeeper is subject to ih of ill-humor, isn't he?"
 NO; he has widely isolated attac0 of amiability."-Chicago Record.
The Forrest City times., 1900-01-26
Had Habfta.

Bad habits break their preseason more frequently than they get broken Chicago Daily News.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-03-18

An instance of the utter disregard that
the present comptroller has for the re-
quirement of the charter when the same
does not conform to his own personaf
views, was brought to light recently
when the council was endeavOring to Sc
cure additional funds for the use of the
school board,
In 1882 the council decided to save some
money by opening an insurance fund and
cancellng the insurance policies on the
public school buildings. The sum of
$1,000 was placed in the tax estimate for
that year, and it was directed by ordi-
nance that like amount be placed in
each succeeding tax estimate. The amount
was to be taken from the general fund
each year, and the comptroller was di-
rected to invest the fund in the purchase
Of tax levy certificates of Indebtedness.
Fhe idea was that the fund would In
crease not only by the $1,000 to be added
each year but also by the interest re-
ceived from the purchase of certificates
The amount was to be used for the re-
building of structures destroyed by fire.
Each year the sum of 5000 was placed
in the tax estimate and the estimate of
the comptroller submitted to the council
showed that this had been done.
When, after eight years 1t was deemed
advisable by the council to use part of
the insurance fund for school purposes, it
was found that instead of there being
$4,000 in the insurance fund, there was
but $4,000 on hanG. Investigation showed
that instead of placing the $1,000 annualy
in the fund, the comptroller had used his
own judgment in the matter and dis
obeyed the orders of the council. In some
Of the years the $1,000 was placed in the
fund.- ana in others only a part. while
for two years no amount had been cred
tied to the fund at all.
When questioned as to why the ordi-
nance had not been complied with. the
comptroller declared that he had decided
that it was not necessary, in his opinion,
to do so.