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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-14
HOUSE VOTES FOR TRUCE
Bill Passed Requiring Vestibules and
Tenders on Street Cars.
S. M. GATTIs ELECTED SPEAKER PRO TEN
Senate Bill That 0rIy Practical FarmFs b. Ap-
pointed on the Board Of Agriculture
Passes After Some Dis
cusSion.

One of the most important bills OF the
session was introduced in the House yes
terday by Representative Whitaker, OF
C'ulford. 1t is entitled an act to pro-
vide for compulsory attendance on public
school terms. The Board of County Com
of the voters of county or town, are
TO hold an election on the question of
compulsory attendance, and If the ma
jority be for it, any child living in that
county or town, over twelve and under
eighteen years of age, who is not able
to read and write any section of the Con-
stitution, shall attend the public schools
unless educated by other means until able
TO read and write. It is provided that
the attendance shall not exceed sixteen
months, that the act shall not apply TO
any child physically or mentally unable
TO attend school, OF ia any school district
which cannot accommodate the children
compelled to attend.
The ommittee's substitute for the bill
introduced by Mr.. Whitaker. of Forsyth.
requiring city and street railway COM
panies to use vestibule fronts and fen
ders on cars, was passed without dis
cussion. The substitute gives the Corpora
ton Commission the power TO make what
ever exemptions they may deem wise.
Mr.. Baldwins bill amending the code
SO as TO require that all executions OF
capital offenders be private was passed
on its second and third readings without
opposition. Mr.. Baldwin said that he had
been led TO introduce this bill because
on one or two occasions there had been
public executions in his county, Forsyth,
and he had been impressed with the
demoralizing effect of such exhibitions.
ONLY PRACTICAL FARMERS.
Senator Scotts bill providing that only
practical farmers be appointed on the
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Macarthur Eopes For an Early Peace
lBy the Associated prces.l

(By the Associated Prcss.)
Washington, Feb. i3.-The following
caoiegram today was received at the War
Department from General Macarthur at
Manila
Colonel Simon Tecson. seven officers.
Il soldiers, 90 guns, 1000 rounds ammu-
milton, surrendered Internationally Feb
luary 11th San Miguel de Mayumo, Lu-
zon The breaks up group insurrectors
heretofore operating mountains east of
Balucan; removes from Northern Luzon
last formidnble organized force excepting
in first district. Rigid Increment pro-
clamation December 10th; spontaneous
action people through Federal party be-
halt peace; self-protection are producing
most satisfactory results; encourage hope
entire suspension hostilities early date.
tSlgnedl 'MacARTHUR
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-14
Tax on Packing Houses.
(By the Associated Press.

Atlanta, Feb. 1S.--The packing houses
OF the North and West have determined
10 make test case of the matter OF
taxes Tor their branches in Georgia. I'm
dcf recent act of the Legislature the
TAX on packing houses was raised from
%IVV 20 $2OO per annum and il is re-
CURED that this tax be paid in every
county where the firms do business. The
hIms claim, however that the 5000 paid
III Atlanta should suffice for all their
branches in the State.
The $500 demanded by the State will
be paid and the county tax collector sued
for this amount. The suit will be taken
On the ground that the tax is unconstitu-
tional
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port was partisan report made by a
partisan commission and he urged that
IL was desi@ned TO conceal the facts and
convey false impression of the sit
uation. The resolution was then agreed
to.
A bill for retirement of the Hawaiian
coinage and currency was passed. Mr..
Foraker explained that the old Hawaiian
Government had issued 81 900, 900 of silver
coins in dollars. half dollars, quarters and
dimes. Against s272, 900 of the amount OF
silver certificates had been issued the
S272, 600 of silver being retained in the
Treasury. The purpose of the bin was to
substitute silver coins of the United
States TO rthe Hawaiian coins both being
of the same weight and degree of fineness.
The Senate agreed to a conference on
the Naval Bill, Senator'S Hale, Chandler
and Tillman being named as conferees
At 2:20 on motion of Mr. HawIey, the
Senate resumed consideration of execu-
tive business.
AT AIS the doors were opened and con
sideration of the Agricultural Bill was
resumed. The amendment relating to the
seizure of imported foods, drugs and Ii
quors in case they should be found to
be adulterated iniuriously, which was
discussed at length yesterday, was
agreed to.
When the committee amendments pro-
viding for the mapping of the soils OF
the United States was reached Mir. Tel
Ter protested that no such project ought
TO be authorized. 1t would prove to be
not only gigantic task. useless as 10
practical results but ii would involve an
expense ultimately of millions of dollars
Mr.. Teller offered an amendment strik-
ing out the provision.
The amendment was not disposed when
the Senate at Sis D. M. took a recess
until s o'clock. q
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-14
RECITAL POSTPONED.
Miss Highsmith Up and Doing Well No
Other Cases

President Vann, of the Baptist Female
University, asks US to announce that the
recital, which was TO have been given on
Thursday night. has been indefinitely
postponed. He says that the young lady
who is sick is improving and that there
has been no new case developed.
DR.. Vann has -~.Ten out the follow
ing statement in regard TO the situa-
ton:
The patient, Miss iHghsmith. IS up
and doing well, and no new cases rave
developed. Her room mates. who are
under strict and separate quarantine
are feeling very we'll and have shown
0 signs OF possible contagion. Elery
student. as we'll as the faculty and
every servant, and in fact every Ecr-
son about the premises have been vac
cinated, and from every reasonable
indication the disease is mastered and
confined to this one case.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-14
MR. LONG SUES FOR $685.
For the Death Of His Son Killed by the Chapel
Hill Train.
Especial 10 News and Observerl

Especial 10 News and Observer)
ber 3, 1899, Mr. B. f. Long, il stu
Durham, y. c., Feb 13.-In Noveln-
dent of the University, started to Raleigh
to see his father. Mr.. 3. r. Long, Sr.,
who was in Raleigh attending the Su-
preme Court and while waiting for his
train at Uniyrsity station he was run
over by The Chapel Hill train and man
gied in a horrible manner. He was
brought to the Watts Hospital in this
city for treatment but died few hours
afterwards
His father has brought suit against the
Southern Hallway for $4,000, and The
sUit will come up in Statesville this
week
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-14
For Methodist 0rphanage.

On Friday evening, February 15tn. at
s o'clock, the well-known play Little
Women" will be presented by some
young ladies of the Methodist sun lay
school. al the residence of Mr.. A. n.
Green. 527 Hillsboro street Some en-
joyable "speeialties, consisting OF
music and reading will be introduced
This entertainment is given for The
benefit of the Methodist Orphanage and
the admission is Is cents for adults; 10
cents for children.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-14
EIGRTH ANNUAL CONTEST.
The Leazar Literary Society Will Contest Feb
ruary 90.
lBv the Asaoclnted Press.

Buda Pest, Feb. l3-There was serious
street fighting here today between men
out of work and the police. About l.
2G0 Of the former attacked the labor bu-
reau, smashed the windows and attacked
the police who attempted to dispense
them. The police charged them with
drawn swords and arrested thirty persons.
The rioters attempted 10 rescue them
and were only scattered by the arrival
of force cf cavalry
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-14
Senator T. C. Platt's Wife Dead
av the Associated Press.

New York, Feb. 1S.-Mrs. Thomas c.
Platt, the wife of United States Senator
Plat, died early today at her apart
ments in the Fifth Avenue Hotel, after
long illness.
Senator PIatt. with his three sons and
then. wives. were at the bedside.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-14
The Spartan Prince ashore.
(Bv the Associated press.l

London, Feb. 12-The British steamer
Spartan Prince, from New York January
Ceuta, opposite Gibraltar, at the entrance
to the Mediterranean Sea- Assistance has
been sent. The Scartan Prince has had
her engine penetrated ON the starhoard
side by her humping on the shore and her
afterhold is leaking.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-14
Dud,ey.Aust n

Married at the Harrison House in this
city. on the 9Th day OF February. 1901
by J. C. Maroon. justice OF the peace, Mr.
j. A. Dudley to Miss Mettie Austin Both
of this city
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-14
La Peg Inundated. Many Lives Lost
lBy the Associated Pregs.

Lima, Peru. Feb. 13.-(via Galveston)
"A dispatch from La Paz, dated February
11th. p. m, says that the overflow Of
the river mas caused the inundation OF
the city and the destruction of bridges.
The electric lighting system has been
disabled and the city has been in dark
ness for two nights. Many lives have
been lost and the damage will aggregate
million dollars, (Bolivian.)
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-14

The Secretary OF the Treasury has i'm
posed a counteryailing duty of 64 copeks,
or about 80 cents per pood Ca little over
&c poundsl on all refined sugars imported
into the United States from Russia.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-14
THE BoERs LOST FORTY MEN.
The Result of the Fight With French a
Ermelo

VDy tHt AssOCIdIEU PTess.J
Durham, Natal, Feb. 13-The Boer
losses. when they were attaced by Gem
efal French at Ermlo, last week, are
said to have been forty men killed and
two hundred made prisoners.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-14

Some men make specially of doing
others they are dunned by.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-14

Where ignorance is bliss harvest
awaits the coming of the green goods
man.
, 1901-03-07

So far as these things 90. the dweller
in the city tenements is often in a far
worse condition than the savage in his
hut or his cave. The latter at least
may enjoy some privacy of life when
he desires it. and ure air and water
are not denied him; neither must he
and his family, whether they like 1t or
not. be in constant contact and asso-
citation with the most hideous and re-
pulsive vices hat disgrace and de-
grade humanity. But for the masses
in our cities our boosted civilization
has nothing better to offer tina the
tenement, where neither pure air nor
pure water are obtainable. nor scarce
ly anything else which common de-
cency and right living demand.
Tenement blocks in New York where
from ten to forty persons Of all ages
and both sexes are found huddled to-
gether in small. filthy rooms without
light or ventilation, without beds or
c~losets-blocks where there is not n
single bath tub nor n single square
yard of ground space for a child to
play in-these are things which make
the surroundings of n Zulu savage
seem enviable in the comparison.
That vices and crimes in the yilest
forms known to man, hldeous poverty
and loathsome disease should develop
and increase under such conditions Is
not surprising. The far greater mar
vel is that so many actually survive
the influences of such awful dens and
in spite of them rise to n pure and tru-
ly noble manhood and womanhood.-
Leslie's Weekly.
, 1901-03-07

remedy for the grip and catarrh. I
have used it in my family, and they
all join me in recommending 1t as an
excellent remedy."-George H. White.
Hon. j. P. Megrew. superintendent
U. S. Capital Police Force, of Wash
ington, d. c., says:
Having suffered from the grip, l
was advised by a friend to use your
Peruna. l also used it for my catarrh,
and l can now cheerfully recommend
you remedy to anyone who is suffer
ing from the grip inc catarrh."-J. P.
Megrew.
Miss Anna Russell, Past Worthy
Counselor. Loyal Mystic Legion, 293
Endicott Bldg, st. Paul, Mimi. writes:
For years l have unfortunately
found my system in a peculiarly recep-
tive condition for catarrh when was
exposed in any way to inclement
weather. At those times l would be
severely afflicted with la grippe and its
unpleasant consequences.
Now for the past year and a half
l have used Peruna In such cases and
have found that it not only cures me
quickly, but 1t also ~cIeanses my blood
and renders me less liable to catch
cold. 1t is the finest preventative OF
colds that l know of and a very SUI
perior tonic.'-Anna Russell.
, 1901-03-07
SIR Robert Harfa x,arnfns.

When Sir Robert Hart speaks on
the Chinese question the world does
well to listen. In the Fortnightly Re-
view for last November he directed at
tention to the fact that China in Arms
would be a great power some day. In
a second article, which appeared in the
January number, he urged care in set
Ting the present question so that the
China of the future might have some
thing to thank us for and not TO
avenge. In his article in the February
number. on China and Non-China,
he gives a most serious warning to
the overs.
Many white men say that it is i'm
possible to understand the Chinese or
the motives most likely to control
them. Sir Robert believes that a little
earnest effort to put ourselves in their
place would show us the error of this
view. They are not so inhuman, after
all. The Boxers and the special advis-
ers of the empress were plainly enough
unreasonable in ~presuming to settle
their troubles with the foreigners with
gun and sword. But how much more
reasonable is 1t for the powers to go
on overriding, robbing, insulting,
trifing With the four hundred million
Chinese. discriminating against them
in all international ways. regarding
with contempt the historic Chinese
aversion to war. presuming upon their
everlasting meekness, sowing the seeds
of vengeance and %treasuring up wrath
against some day of wrath when the
Celestials may be forced to learn as
much about fighting as the white men
knows.-Ex.
, 1901-03-07

| Miss Alice Dressler, 1913 North Bry-
ant Ave, Minneapolis. Mimi. writes:
Last spring 1 suffered from la
grippe and was partially cured, but
the bad after-effeCts remained through
the summer. and somehow I did not
get strong as | was before. In the fall
l caught a cold after getting my feet
wet and attending a lecture in a cold
hall, and | suffered a relapse. An I'M
pleasant catarrh of the head and
throat followed, and as 1 was in a
weak condition physically previous to
this, it tool but little to break me
down completely.
"One of my college friends who was
visiting me asked me to try Peruna,
and I did so and found it all and more
than | had expected. 1t not only cured
me of the catarrh. but restored me to
perfect health. built up the entire sys-
TEN, n brought a happy feeling OF
%buoyancy which | had not known for
years.'-Miss Alice Dressler.
If you do not derive prompt and sat
isfactory results from the use of Pc
runa. write at nee to DR.. Hartman.
giving a full statement of your case
and ne will be pleased to give you his
valuable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman ~Sanitarium, Columbus, o.
, 1901-03-07

IKE A TERRIBLE CYCLONE grip
bacillus has passed over our coun-
l. try. from the Atlantic to the Pa
cifc. leaving behind 1t a lark cloud
OF anguish and despair.
Catarrh follows grip as effect follows
cause.
A multitude of catarrh victims will
spring up in the trail of the awful cpl
demic of grip that has just passed over
our fair country.
The hope to these people is Peruna.
Most people know this already.
Everyone who has had the least
touch of grip, should not fail to take
a course of treatment with Peruna.
Peruna eradicates every yestige of
the disease and leaves the system in
a normal condition.
Hon. Joseph B.. Crowley. Congress-
man from Illinois, writes from the Ma
tional Hotel, Washington, d. c., as
follows:
After giving Peruna a fair trial 1
can ch~eerfully recommend your remedy
to anyone suffering with coughs, colds,
la grippe and all catarrhal COM
plaints.'-J. B. Crowley.
Hon. George H. White, Congressman
from North Carolina. writes:
~ am more than satisfied with Pc
runa. and find it to be an excellent
, 1901-03-07
Italy Gains Upon France.

-ltaly's census, which gives a popula-
ton of $4,000, 900. will surprise the
statisticians outside the country as 1t
has the natives. Estimates OF a year
ago, largely calculated probably on the
government census of 1881. were only
31.S56.67
The figures are interesting when
they are considered by themselves, but
they receive an additional interest in
a comparison with the similar statis-
tics OF France. In SO far as numbers
contribute to strength. and they are a
very important element indeed. it is
evident that the central domain of
Caesars empire is gaining rapidly
upon the chief seat of Napoleon's.
, 1901-03-07
Abduction of Child Acfress.

Because of the abduction of a pretty
Italian actress, Miss COLOMBIA Quin-
tana, 16 years old, n of the stars of
the Companie Iufantil. a rio was
started in Chichihuahu, Mexico. the
other night. When the time came for
her to go on the stage her absence was
announced to the audience. Police
searched the city for the missing ac-
tress. She was found in a house where
she had been kept prisoner by the
proprietress, Juana Tapia.
The woman refused to release the
, 1901-03-07

The readers OF this paper will be pleased to
iearn That there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in an No
stages, and that is Cutarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure Is the only positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being "a constItu-
tlonai disease, requires a constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system. thereby destroying the
toundation OF the disease. and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
prietors have so much faith in its curative
powers that they orer one Hundred Dollars for
Testimonials.
Address +. J. CHENEY s. CO, Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists T5c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
, 1901-03-07
Ooporfunffy in fbe Armx.

Civilians usually assume that in the
regular army West Point graduates
virtually m%onopolize the commissions.
The common belief is that the private
or non-commissioned officer has no OPP
%portunity to rise to the rank of lieuten-
ant, captain, or colonel. The truth is
that the majority of our army officers
of the higher ranks are not West Point
ers and that many of them have been
promoted from the ranks of the regu-
lar army.
, 1901-03-07
English, Don't You Know

The New York Commercial Adver-
tiser says: "A Fifth avenue costumer
advertises that he makes a speciality of
tub gowns The Anglomaniac will
not be long adopting this euphonious
name for her washable frocks. But
she had better not ask in the shops for
tub dress goods The clerys would
probably stare in amazement, as they
did the other day when a little Eng
lish woman, who wanted n spool of
thread, tried her best to buy a reel of
c%Ofton,'"
, 1901-03-07
Grant Family Reunion.

Sixty members of the Grant family
association inc their guests celebrated
in New FORK February 9th the third
annual reunion and the oJOth annlver-
sary of Priscilla Grant. 1t was an
nounced that there are now 1900 of
the descendant of Matthew and Pris-
ella Grant in his country. Matthew
Grant and his wife Priscilla landed in
this country in 1880. The late General
U. S. Grant was n of their descen-
dants.
, 1901-03-07
Founded Firsf CoIIede-

DIR. James Warrenne Sunderland,
founder of what is believed to be the
worlds first college for the higher edu-
cation of women, celebrated his eighty
eigth birthday at his home in College
vile. Pa. on the 18th inst.
, 1901-03-07
From Hatcher 10 P..

Apparently Mrs, Carrie Nation has
up her mind that the pen is
mightier than the Ratchet. Instead OF
smashing beer bottles she will settle
down in Topeka and attempt to mold
public opinion.
, 1901-03-07

"He who knows not. and knows not
that he knows not is a fool; avoid
him.
He who knows not, and knows that
he knows not, is simple; teach him.
He who knows and knows not that
he knows, is asleep; wake him.
But he who knows and knows that
he knows, is a wise man; follow him."
From the Arabian Proverbs.
He who travels by the New York
Central knows hat he rides over
smooth and level tracks, in luxurious
trains, at great speed, through the
most delightful country. and at a cost
of but two cents per mile.
This man is of sound Judgment.
Follow his example. and you will be
happy"
An American Proverb.
-Ernp, The nrAaLlrn GfandarI ITnfnn
, 1901-03-07
COLOMBIA

girl, and a mob smashed the house,
rescued the young actress and beat
Sonora Tapia severely. The actress
says she was invited into a restaurant
and made drunk on wine by a man
who was introduced to her as a gov
official. When she came to
her senses she was a prisoner.
, 1901-03-07

NAptil NJ 10
now in charge OF
irrigation investi-
cations being made
by the United
States Department
of Agriculture, has
been called to the
faculty of the uni
versity of Califor-
mia to take charge
of the newly t a
lished department
, 1901-03-07

\ good little boy went to Sunday
school and learned theNteXt: Go to the
ant, thou sluggard.' But when he got
home he recited it: Go to your aunt
and get slugged.r
, 1901-03-07
POOR INGREAT CITIES
THE ARE WORSE OFF THAN THE
LOWEST SAVAGES.

Corrupted by Constant Association With
yice-No Privacy, No Pure Air Nor Pure
water-Herded Together Like Hogs In
Filthy Rooms That Any Grow
Tn Decent Men and Women.
, 1901-03-07

FITS rermaneBtlyC Cured. Nonts CT nervousness ate,
hTst day : use OF DIR. klins's Great Nerve Kestorer.
pend Tor GREE s2.OO trial bottle and treatise.
= h- NJ MILNE, Ltd. ISL Arch Sc. PhiIadelphla. Pa
, 1901-03-07

De Sappie-I hadn't been talking with
him hve minute before he called me an
ass. She-Why the delay? "e III"
, 1901-03-07

The managers of the Denver Noun
tain and Plain Festival are talking of
making a Congress of Nations one Of
the features. OF course they will in
vite Mrs. Carrie Nation.
, 1901-03-07

If the United States and England should
form an alliance, the combined strength
would be so great that there would be
little chance for enemies to overcome us.
In a like manner, when men and women
keep up their bodily strength with Hos
letters Stomach Bitters. there is little
chance OF attacks from disease. The old
time remedy enriches the blood, steadies
the nerves, and increases the appetite,
Try 1t for dyspepsia and Indigestion.
, 1901-03-07

A manufacturer advertises that in com.
pounding his mucilage he uses watei
from the River StyN.
, 1901-03-07

Some people who think themselves the
salt OF the earth are still altogether toe
, 1901-03-07

The Denver News says that either Ted
dy Roosevelt. is the greatest hunter since
Nlmrod, or the guide who told about the
hunt Is the biggest liar since Ananias.
, 1901-03-07

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infarlible
medic; no for coughs and colds-N. W. SAMUEL,
Ocean Grove, N. j.. Feb. II. 1900
, 1901-03-07

The latest alleged Joke in Congress runs
as follows; why does Dom Paul wear
rubbers2" ITO keep Dewet from defeat"
, 1901-03-07

George Washington never saw a street
straps. either.
, 1901-03-07

Don't spoil the appearance OF your
washing by using poor blue. use Russ
Bleaching Blue. the famous bag blue.
, 1901-03-07

All goods are alike to PUTNAM
FADELESS DYES, as they color all
fibers at one boiling.
, 1901-03-07

For frost-bite, chilblains, sore and
lame Joints, stiffness of muscles, try
wizard OIL. 1t won't d%isappoint you.
, 1901-03-07

of irrigation. Professor Mead will take
up his new work about March /.
, 1901-03-07

Didn't your wife sympathize with
you Wshsn you had the grip?' mo. she
, 1901-03-07

Primley's California Fruit Gum contain.
the most delicious qualities OF western
, 1901-03-07

An American Proverb.
From the Brooklyn Standard Union.