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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-10-31
Adjourned to November 7.

Richmond, Special.-The constitu
tional convention was in session only
25 minutes and after this brief sitting
adjourned until Thursday, November
7. in accordance with a resolutlcl
adopted several days ago. The amend
ment offered by Mr.. Eggleston 80 tbs
section relating to the e3eou-n c.
commissioners Of revenue was takel
up and rejected, but a motion 10 recon
slider prevailed and the amendment is
2gain pending
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-10-31
Oso,o,a Officers to Be Arrested

Atlanta. Special.-Gov. Gambler has
acccded TO the request or Governor
Aycock, of North Carolina, that TWO
Georgia officers, Sheriff LoVnigood'
of Fannin county. and his deputy be
sent to Murphy, N C., for trlal De,
cause they crossed the state llne anu
arrested an alleged criminal. The
Georgia officers are charged with
kidnappiug and will, 1t is understood
90 without, reQuisitiop,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-10-31
RooseveI4's Coming Message

Washington, Spocial-The consul
tationS between the President and his
cabilet officers at the cabinet meeting
were especially full, owing to the de
clsion which Mr.. Roosevelt has reach
ca to write all of his message to Con-
gfess and to do it on original lines,
Inc President has determined to do
away with the detailed statement of
the affairs Of each Department. He
VIII devote his message to such topics
s. he chooses TO lay particularly be-
'oFe the attention Of Congress.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-10-31
NewspeDar Man Shoots Farmer.

Pine Bluff, Ark, Spacia!.-Carl Stub
blefe!d, ore OF the Oldest and wealth.
est residents of this city, was shot and
instantly killed by Meyer Solmson,
formerly city editor of the the Daily
Graphic. The shooting, it is said, was
the result Of an attack made by Sub
blefeld on Solsmon Sunday concerning
an article SoImsin was alleged to have
written while doing newspaper work,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-10-31
Almost a Row.

81. Joseph Mo, Special-Prominent
members Of the State Federation Of
Womens Clubs, in convention here
prevented a clash of the factions fol
and against admitting colorod women
to membership. A motion to post
pone action on the subject until l1te
this afternoon was speedily carried
Before adjournment sine die, the
convention decided to lay the matter
over until the next annual convention.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-10-31
Production Of Precious Metals

Washington, D. c., Special.-Direc-
tor Roberts, of the mint, has prepared
statement, showing the production
OF precious metals for the calendar
year OF 1900. 1t shows that tho pro-
duction Of gold in the world was 12,-
451.2o7 ounces, of the value Of S25s :
514,7OO, loss in value Of $4,000. .2OG
from 1899. The silver output OF the
world amounted to It's. .796,796 fine
ounces, the largest ever known.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-10-31
CouXic.cd Of ArSou

Dallas. Tex. Spccial-Thc jury Ia
in the case Of {. II. Alexander. who
was charged with arson having em-
yloyed a man TO burn a building in
this city in December. 1895, returned
a verdict Of guilty. The punishment
being fixed at five years in the pcni-
Tertiary Alexander was once presi-
dent Of the Dallas Consolidated Elcc-
trio Street Railway and Is at present
connected with a company holding
shares In the Beaumont oil fields.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-10-31
Official Records.

Washington, Special-General Fred
{. AinsWorth, chief CT the Record and
Pension Office, in his annual report
to the Secreatry Of War, says that the
fiscal year has witnessed the practi-
cal completion Of the work, so many
years in progress. of the publication
OF the official records Of the Union
and Confederate armies during the
civil war. They make total Of 125,-
730 pages # te:.t.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-10-31
Two Regulators Killed.

Knoxville. Tenn, Special-A Br.s-
t7i. Tenn, special tells Of how faUh r
and son in Dickinson county, Va,
drove back about - regulators" who
mad warned the man OF their visit.
The man and boy stationed themselves
in the garret Of the house and then the
regulators opened fire, they returned il
with deadly aim. Arlington and ROB.
erts. two members Of tho party, were
instantly killed The names OF the
parties attackers have not yet been
learned.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-10-31
Charleston Exposition Endorsed.

Buffalo, Special.-The Executive
Commits .oners' Association, composed
Of commissioners to the Pan-American
Exposition, from the various states, Of
which Joseph McMullen, Of Minneapo-
lis, is chairman. have adopted resolu-
tons endorsing the Charleston Expo
sition and advising all Pan-Amorican
Exposition exhibitors to exhibit there.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-10-31
Presbyterian Synod Me cts.

Charlotte, special.-The Synod OF
North Carolina met Tuesday night in
eighty-eighth annual session IN the
Second Presbyterian church of this
eity. The attendance is large, both
ministers and laymen being generally
Sn hand. The sessions will CO. TIM
'nTough the week.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-10-31
A State Sugar Mill.

The State of Texas will erect sugar
mill to cost from $150,000 to 100000
on the Clemens farm, in BrazcFia cour-
ty. The financial agent Of the peniten-
tiary board has been auth orized TO take
the necessary steps for establishing the
plant. The products OF the State farm
are pledged to pay for the mill.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-10-31

TIE largest diamond in the world IS
o'v in tnc possession of tie Rajah vi
Nat!an. 1t weighs 367 carats. and is
hrse times The size Of tue KohiRooE.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-10-31
ARP HAS LOST FAITH
He IS Inclined Just AT Present To ee
Fighting Mad.
WISHES BRANN WERE HERE NOW.
Roosevelt Washington Dinner Has
Aroused the Anger of the Barlow
Philosopher.

1t looks now like my old friln l.
Evan Howell has lost his inhu- ne =
with the new president, and have lest
my faith. Hope and despair arc some
times not far apart. Last week | was
Sanguine, which means hopeful, ccns-
dent; and now | am sanguinary, which
means fighting mad.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-10-31

This world is all flceting SHOW.
For mans delusiOn given;
And You can't always sometimes m0st
generally tell what is going II
happen"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-18

Frances Smith in Leslie's Weekly.
A word to the amateur who is going
to try her prentice hand as a geneal-
ogist. Ten generations is the average
limit, although if one happen to strike
a Klondike in ancestors, they may be
traced back to the thirteenth or four
teenth generation. Genealogical books,
il is we'll to remember, are not infalli-
BILE, and your great-great-
may figure as Patience in one book and
Charity in another, and the very foun-
dations seem giving way under the
structure you have built up after days
and days of toll. But hold on to your
grandmother: she is all right, proba-
bly,: il is the book that is all wrong,
or at least misleading, because one
writer has called her by her real name
while another has only known her by
a nickname. Another word: one must
learn to look out for clews and follow
them up with all the relentlessness of
a detective. For instance. it is dis
tracing not to be able to find out the
name of the damsel whom your grand
father, sixteen times removed, mar
ried. There is an empty space on your
chart, and an aching void in your
heart, when you think that you can
never. never call the lady by name.
BY pure luck the writer, who once upon
a time was trying to raise a crop of
family trees, came upon the secret,
or one of them. to the whole situation.
The grandparents naturally had chill
dren; scan their Christian names in
the book before you. One is found
whose name. we will say is John Treat
Crane: Treat" then. is the key which
let's the cat out of the genealogical
bag with apologies all around for mix
ing metaphors Treat was his moth
ers name. and in the Treat book of
ancestry you find the name of the long
looked-fo ancestress and probably die
from JOY on the spot. OF course II.
owing to "A total depravity to which
the human race is liable. no chick or
child can be discovered who bears his
mothers surname, the trick is lost: nor
can any substitute be suggested in this
ferreting- out-ancestors game.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-18
Medieval Trusts.
From the Atlantic.


The combinations which in their
magnitude and methods most nearly
resembled the trusts of the present day
were corners in foreign trade or in do
nestle commodities like the metals,
which had a limited area of production.
They were made possible by two facts
then new in business life; capital had
accumulated so that a few persons
were enabled TO undertake large enter
prises, and the habit of faithful CO.
operation had reached a certain rough
perfection without which 1t would have
been impossible for even a few men
TO act concertedly. In the foreign trade
particularly. great wealth was neces-
sary, not only for making wealth pur-
chases. but also 10 defray travelling ex~
penses and provide depots en- route.
As early as the first half OF the fif-
tcenth century merchants sometimes
purchased-particul at Venice
quantities Of Oriental wares. spices,
silks. gold brocade. ginger. cinnamon.
pepper. etc. and, after consulting the
chief merchants Of the empire. nNed
n price for each commodity. This
method was later applied also 10 do
nestle cOmmoditiee such ~ hardware.
leather. tallow. and many agricultural
products Tradeemen who refused 20
enter into this arrangement were
crushed out by % sudden lowering u
prices. When competition had been
stlneg prices rols again.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-18

an indescribable screech. If followed
1t retreats, facing its pursuer, and
either sinks into the ground or sudden
ly dissolves itself into a mist. Weap-
ons pass through it as if it were a
shadow. 1t frequently appears in Lam
cashire, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire.
1t is often seen in a dreary lane in the
parish of Overstrand. Spots where it
appear sare often found scorched and
smelling of birthstone.
The Welsh peasants are deathly
afraid of the Gwallgi or dog of dark
ness, which haunts their country
roads. This terrible spectre has the
form of mastiff and blazing red eyes.
Peel Castle, Isle of Man, is haunted
by a shaggy spaniel, known as the
"mauthedoog." In olden times its IA
vorfte haunt was the guard room of
the castle, where it was commonly seen
lying by the fireside. The guards of
the old edifice went from this chamber
through the chapel when delivering the
keys to their captain. Fearing the
phantom dog they customarily made
this trip in pairs. 1t was their super
stition that something dreadful would
befall him who ventured upon this err
rand alone. One dark night, according
to tradition, one of them, very drunk,
made 1t a brag that he would brave
the dog of darkness without compan-
ionship. Soon afterward a terrifying
noise alarmed the soldiers. They sought
the daring guard and found him dying
with distorted features, in violent ag-
ony."
1t was an ancient English custom to
bury animals alive in the church yards
for the purpose of soaring away the
sacrilegious. The ghosts of pigs, dogs,
horses and other beasts so treated are
said still to haunt the ancient cemeter-
les of the mother country.
The early founders of Christian
churches in Sweden burned a lamb un-
der the altar of each new church. In
many parts of Sweden to-day it is said
that when one enters a church out of
service time he is apt to see the ghost
of little white lamb spring across
the choir loft and vanish. One of these
seen in a graveyard, betokens the
death of a child.
The ghost of a pig, buried alive in
kroskioberg, frequently reappears as a
harbinger of death or calamity.
Near Leeds, England, the ghost of a
small donkey, with shaggy hair and
eyes as large as saucers, frequently
traverses the country roads to the ter
ror of the populace.
The doorstep of a certain ancient
house in Washington is said by many
to be haunted by cats ghost. Guest
after guest stumbles over the shade
as he enters, and yet no live cat is
ever seen fleeing from the spot after
these experiences.
Mr.. Isadore de Sofia, Harrington
Square, London. reports to the Society
for Psychic Research the following ex-
perience. in which a dog figures:
Il sat opposite my daughter, who was
reading a book at the fireside. Pres
emily 1 exclaimed, Good graciousv nv
daughter saying, What is it?' l re-
piled, L could have sworn 1 saw a
dog enter the room 1 described the
dog infinitely. My daughter in great
surprise, told me that she had that mo-
ment read a description of just such
a dog. l did not even know the title
of the book. We had no dog at the
time, nor had we conversed about one. -
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-18
Changed Teeth with His Brother.
From the Milwaukee Sentinel.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel
One Milwaukeen named FIRED
perpetrated what he calls "a good
joke" on his brother George not many
days ago. The latetr had been ne
gotiating with a dentist for the re-
moval of most of his teeth and the
substitution of a false set. The dem
fist recently extracted about every
thing resembling a tooth in George
mouth, sending him home with the
comforting statement that he would
mail him a temporary set. That night
George told his troubles to Fred, VINO
had been through a similar experience,
and the next day George received
through the mail an old set formerly
used by Fred, ostensibly sent by the
dentist George tried hard TO manlp-
ulate the things, but, of course they
didn't come anywhere near fitting MIN.
He manfully persisted, however, IN
giving them a show. because family
consultation resulted in the unanimous
verdict that the only trouble was ne
didn't suck them hard enough Inc
poor fellow became nearly tongue tleu'
and finally ran out of suction. That
night he went again to Fred, who per
suaded George to try just once more.
He did, but when his mouth became
so parched that he nearly choked 10
death he hunted up the dentist ana
gradually learned the truth.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-18
WANTS EUROPE TO COMBINE.
Organ of Austrian Foreign Office
Advocates n League Against Us.

Vienna, July 1.-THE Fremdenblatt,
the organ of the Austro-Hungarian
foreign office. contains a leading arti-
Gle to-day on American Industrial
Competition in the Near Future"
European nations says the article,
will have to combine against a COM
petition which threatens them and,
sinking their differences, must make
a common front against American in
dustrial aggression. The United States
are forging an iron ring of defense to
ward off the blows of the enemies of
America.
THE tariff programme of large man.
ufacturers of Austria which was re-
Gently presented to the ministry of
commerce, is based mainly on prin-
ciple that is universal and limited. The
most favored nation clauses should be
abandoned, especially with reference to
the United States; and that old GEN.
mercial treaty with the United States,
which reaches back to the second de-
cade of the last century should be re-
placed by a new short term treaty.
Salvation in the customs questions with
regard to America is only to be found
along these lines"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-18
LOCAL PERSONAL.

Miss Reba Mazromat is visiting rel
atives in Waycross.
nr. w. w Owens left yesterday via
the Southern for Asheville.
Mr.. G.. F Charlton left for Baltimore
yesterday via the Southern.
Mr.. ]. s Garrett left yesterday for
Greenville over the Southern.
Nj 4. T. Lanier left yesterday over
the Southern for Philadelphia.
Mr. c. w. Burgin left over the Plant
line yesterday for Wilmington.
Mr.. ]. w Seay left for New York
via the Ocean Steamship Line.
Mr.. G. c. Warn left over the South
ern yesterday for Spartanburg.
Mrs. H. S Lowell left yesterday by
way of the Southern for Saluda.
Mrs. c. w. Howard left yesterday via
the Southern for Hendersonville.
Mr.. Joseph M Hull left for Waynes-
Vile Via the Southern. yesterday.
Mr.. P. D. Cassidy left over the
Southern yesterday for Asheville.
Mr.. II. p. Smart and family left yes
terday for Hague on Lake George.
Mrs w II. Allen went to Hender-
sonville yesterday via the Southern.
Mr.. and Mrs Noble A. Hull went to
.Asheville over the Southern yesterday.
Mrs. Henry Blum, Jr., left over the
Southern yesterday for Hendersonville.
Mrs T A. Bryson went to White
Springs, Fla, yesterday via the Plant
System.
Mrs. Wilbur Mccoy and children
went to Asheville yesterday via the
Southern.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence McNeal left
via the Southern yesterday for Hen
Jacksonville.
Mr. p. T Haskell, Jr.. left by way
of the Southern yesterday for White
Sulphur Springs, w. Va.
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Grower and chill
dren left yesterday by way of the
Southern for Waynesville.
Miss Lena w. Cole arrived yester-
day from st. Louis and is with Mr..
and Mrs. G. H. Cole, No 302 Park ave-
nue.. She will go to Oak View, near
White Bluff, the home of her father
and brothers.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-18
IN THE SPORTING WORLD.
Ethics the Only FavOrite to Win Mt
Brighton Beach.

New York, July 17.-There was a
large attendance of race-g oers at
Brighton Beach to-day. Ethics, in the
second race. at 2 to 5, was the only
favorite of the day to score. Prince
of Melbourne had a walk-over for the
fourth race. Water Cure and Herbert
declining the issue. so that the fifth
race, which had a field of sixteen en-
tered, wasd ivided and run as two
races.
The Winged Foot handicap was the
only fixture decided. Albert, a well
played second choice. won by a short
neck from Brixton. the favorite.
First Race-Seven furlongs. Tom
Kenny, to l, won, with Arden, 2 70
/, second, and Bobs, to l, third. Time
1.2S.
Second Race-one mile and seventy
yards. Ethics. 2 to 5. won, with Mar
gravite, to /. second. and Balloon,
80 to /, third. Time las.
Third Race-The Winged Foot handi-
cap, five and half furlongs. Albert,
2 to l, won, with Brixton, to 5, sec
ond, and Andalusian, to ,, third.
Time 1907 is.
Fourth Race-One mile and fur
long. Prince of Melbourne walked over
Time So.
Fifth Race-Five furlongs. Ascen-
sion, 4 to /, won, with Honolulu, to
10, second and Colonial Girl, 100 to l,
third Time 01.
Sixth Race-Five furlongs. Oclawa-
ha, to 2, won with Lady Radnor,
TO 8, second. and Zirl, to l, third.
Time / 01 Is.
Seventh Race-One mile and a six
teenth. Big Gun. II to 1. won, with
Armor. TO 2. second, and Tinge. II
to 5, third. Time AS is.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-18
PLEASED AT OUR TROUBLES.
German Papers Rejoice Mt Embar-
rnssment of Steel Trust.

Berlin, July 1.-THE steel strike in
the United States attracts much atten-
tion on the Berlin Boerse and in the
German press generally.
"A struggle has begun" says the
Vossische zeitung, which is well
worth the attention of the entire world.
Foreign countries can only rejoice that
the gentlemen of the steel trust, who
presume to conquer the whole world,
have been reminded in this manner
that they also are mortal"
The National Zeitung says:
The strike exhibits at one blow the
weakness to which the United States
are continually exposed. 1t might easily
become a dam-break, producing a most
dangerous flood
One result of the news has been a
strong rally on the Boerse. Coal and
iron shares have recovered many
points, Schalker iron shares rising 81
points and Shuckert electricals S1a
Bank shares also showed strength to-
day.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-18
A ROMANCE OF PEKIN.
How Laurn COnEer and Lieut.. Buch.
an Met and Loved.
From the New York World.


Blood and fire, long-drawn-out hor-
ror and suspense, famine and the fear
of death-these and many other ter
rors Swallowed the historic siege of
Pekin, a year ago.
A CHASTITY atmosphere for romance to
blossom in-yet, as has long been sur
missed by many wise singers of songs
and tellers of tales, romance has a way
of doing that very thing.
So it happened that while the group
of young American women under the
charge of United States Minister Con-
ger were suffering those often described
days of mental torture and bodily pri-
walton, they were Also in the most nat
ural way in the world, falling in love.
The romance of Miss Mary Condit-
Smith, sister of Mrs. Leonard Wood,
who was one of the besieged colony,
and who has since become a bride, is
one instance.
Now comes the news of the betrothal
of Miss Laura Conger. Mr.. Conger's
eldest daughter. and, before afflction
fell upon il. the belle of the United
States legation in Pekin.
The young man who was fortunate
enough to form one of the relief expe-
dltlon ana TO play heroS part in the
eyes of the rescued Americans, and
who has now reaped so rich a reward,
is Lieut.. Fred K. Buchan of Troop X,
Third Cavalry, one of the fighting
young soldiers whom the country sent
to China.
1t is believed that the wedding will
take place at an early date. for Lieut..
Buchan has all the traditional impa-
thence of lovers. and Miss Conger, in
spite of her all-too-close observation of
the horrors of war, thinks nothing can
be more desirable than TO be a SOL
dier's bride.
The secret has been kept for a year,
but since the recent announcement OF
the engagement the details OF the pref
~ story have leaked out one by one.
The time was ripe for heroes when
Lieut. Buchan first flashed his sword
I'm Miss Conger's delighted sight. Week
after week the distressed foreigners
had huddled within their insecure shell
ter Day by day slaughter fire and
bullets became more and more familiar
spectacles. Boxer horrors were as COM
mon as summer showers. Daily the
spectre OF death STROBE nearer. The
food supply was practically gone, hope
was dying and communication with
home or with any part Of the world
had long been impossible
So familiar, indeed. had the thought
OF death become that II seemed FAR
less hrorhle than the possibility Of
capture b. the Boxers. To avert 40
chance Of this one unspeaka bic horror
fhe women Of the colony were daily
ssh0oled 10 methods u aniside, that
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-18
Explosion. When Box Cars Collide.

From the New Orleans Times DEM
ocrat.
Did you ever hear a freight wreck?f
said a railroad man the other evening.
You mean did l ever see one, do
you not?"
No; l said hear one, and your not
understanding the question shows that
you never have been within earshot of
a collision between two trains of box
cars. l was at a little station on the
Iron Mountain a few years ago, when
a long file of empty cars rushed past.
rounded into deep cut and must have
been half a mile away when we heard
a frantic whistle from the engine, an
swered by another in different key,
and then there followed a series of eX-
plosions as if fifteen or twenty dyna-
mite cartridges had been set off in sue
cession. We knew that something hor-
rible had happened, manned handcar
and started for the scene. We found
the freights telescoped. several dead
trainmen and as fierce looking wreck
as ever happened. What caused the eX-
plosions, you ask? A man on one of the
cabooses told me that as the engine on
the down train struck the first empty
boxcar it blew up like an empty candy
bag popped by a boy, and then each
succeeding car went off with the pop!
pop! pop we had heard away back at
the station"