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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-13
Star Course Attraction.

The next star, course attraction VIII
be Lovetts Boston Stars next Wednes-
day night at the Academy of Music. the
reserve seat chart will be opened 10
subscribers Tuesday morning at $3.50, 10
on-subscribers at 10 o'clock. Prices 5o
and rs cents. This company ranks as one
of the very best concert organizations
now touring and are greeted with crowd
ed houses.
"Lovett's Boston stars proved to be all
they were represented to be. They pre-
scented q program of wide variety ana
of such a high standard of excellence as
to give it high place among entertain
ments of it's class. In fact the program
throughout proved that the performers
were worthy of their name, Boston
stars Aurora (Neb) Republican.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-13
Ths Opposition Cry Fraud.
fBy the Assnei,sea Press.

lBy ths Ass0ci'Fed Prsss.l
Birmingham, Ala, Nov. 11.--Roturns
from forty counties in Alabama indicate
that the new Constitution will be ratified
27,0Co majority.
Jefferson county and the city Of Bir-
mingham gave a heavy vote for ratilica-
ton. The majority in the city is 1883
but it is estimated that rural precincts
opposed to the movement viii bring this
majority to $500 in the county. Leaders
of the opposition to the new Constitution
claim that frauds were coinraitted in
birmingham and throughout The Siate
but that they have carried tho white
counties by large majority.
If the new Constitution is adopted 95
per cent of the negro voters will be chm
mated from politics in Alabama.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-13
Excursions by the Delegates.
(By the Associated Press. J

Mexico City, Nov. 11.-The several
committees of the Pan American Con-
gress are settling down to work.
On Friday the delegates to the con-
gress and their families will start on
their first excursion, going first to Puebla.
They will be banqueted there by the
Governor of the State. From Puebla they
will make side trips to the Pyramids OF
Cholula to the cotton mills of Atlixco,
and the sugar mills of Matamoras lzu-
car After visiting Puebla they will go
to Orizaba, on the 18th, returning to
this city on the 22nd.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-13
APPRECIATE sUPr. BROWN.
Sunday School Pupils at Edenton Street Re.
member 18th Anniversary of His Marriage

Sunday was the twentieth anniversary
of the marriage of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
G. Brown, and the occasion was an OPP
portunity of which the Edenton Street
Methodist Sunday school scholars avail
ed themselves to do honor to their much
loved superintendent. Rev. G.. F. Smith
on behalf of the school presented super
intendent Brown with handsome China
umbrella stand. Mr.. Smith spoke Of the
sacrifices made by Superintendent
Brown for the school and how every pupil
loved him. Mr.. Brown was deeply az
fected by this evidence Of esteem on the
part of the pupils and in reply made a
most happy speech of thanks.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-13
Rubin Grows In Favor.
(By the Associated Press. ]

San Francisco, Nov. 11-Gus Rubin,
who is to meet James Jeffries on FRIDAY
night for the heavy weight champion
ship, is growing in popular favor and
today crept up in the betting so that the
local odds are holding fairly steady at
to l, but few days ago considerable
sum of money was wagered at and
even 3l9 to /. This is partially account
ed for by the fact that Geo. Siler, who
has reached here from Chicago, has ex-
pressed confidence in Ruhlin's chances
and oloks for the advent Of new cham
pion.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-13
Mrs. Anderson's Funeral.

The funeral of Mrs. c. Fl. Anderson
was conducted Sunday afternoon at 4
o'clock at the aptist Tabernacle. She had
been devoted member and an active
laborer for years in all branches of the
work of the Baptist Tabernacle.
The services were conducted by
the pastor, Rev. w. D. Hubbard, and
there was present Il large concourse of
sympathizing frien5s with many floral
membranes.
The gentlemen who acted as pail
bearers were Messrs. A. III. Monaghan,
w. A. Cooper, E. HUH Lee, r. l.. Hor-
ton, j. M Broughton and r. II. Bradley.
The interment waa at Oakwood.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-13
w. c. T. U. NATIONAL CONVENTION.

w. c. T. U. NATIONAL CONVENTION.
On account of the National Convention
of the Womens Christian Temperance
Union, to be held in Fort Worth. Texas,
November 1920, all railroads of the
Southern division are selling round trip
tickets at fare and a third. The Iron
Mt. r. r. sells tickets from Memphis to
Fort Worth and return for one fare, plus
So that is $3.50. These rates are open to
the public as well as to the members of
the w. c. T. IT,, but can be obtained
only on the certificate plan. The ticket
lin It is November .5th.
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Shot Down as He Ran.
(By the Associated lress. J

Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. 11.-Lawrence
Lewis, one of the escaped Fort Leaven-
worth convicts, was mortally wounded
this morning near Quenemo, Kansas,
while making dash through Gordon OF
armed deputies.
Lewis is white boy twenty years OF
age, who was sent up in October 1900,
70 undergo five years sentence for lar
ceny. He was tracked to a wooded place
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-13

Distress after eating, belching. and
nausea between meals are symptoms of
dyspepsia. which Hoods Sarsaparilla al
ways cures
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-13

John B. Wright, of Greensboro, N. c.,
has satisfied piano purchasers from the
mountains to the sea. Won't you join
hem and be hzsepy?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-13
French Fleet Leaves Mitylene.
(By the Associated Press.

London, Nov, ia dispatch from
Paris says Admiral Caillard's fleet left
the Island of Mitylene this morning.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-13

Patience and careful training will cure
most any woman of singing.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-13

Ly. Wilson Il 2 s5 I12 10 10 As 4 IS
Ar. Rocky Mt. 8 80 6 10 70 45i1 % 50
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-04-27
Contributed to the Pioneer Prese.)

RIOR LAKE. Mimi, April 10.
Five miles west of this place,
on the Shakopee road, is an
antiquated log house, built
4 prior to the Civil war by one
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-04-27
! ALTA Lorraine.

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frontier ores and they seemed to be
DESTROYS of cultivating friendly relations
with the inhabitants Of the country AS
soon. as they went on the Warpath they
were transformed into monsters OF
ferocity and cruelty. Macarthur under
stood a few words OF their language, and
before they had Travelled far he learned
that they had murdered several people
during the raid. and he became pretty
well satisfied that the Indians had some
special grievance to satisfy In making a
prisoner Of the young woman. They
seemed to have entertained srudge
against Col. Lorraine. and knowing that
Macarthur was often in company with his
daughter they included him with the OBJ
jects OF their spite and hatred.
Upon reaching q village in the noun.
tafns, where they met an old war chief
by the name OF Boca, the prisoners were
dismounted and tied to- posts. The
squaws and the boys and girls Fathered
about them laughing and mutterina
threats. The spoils that had been stolen
on the raid were thrown In great bean
almost within reach OF the captives3
Among these things Miss Alma noticed
her own mandolin. thinking little Of it.
ut the time, and never dreaming that It.
Vas soon to play such an Important part
IN her strange adventure. Boca extended
y warm welcome TO the young chief who
had led the War party. and he tened
:attentiye1y to the story of the raid 40
Told by the proud warrior. The red
monster Of cruelty made q long speech.
detailing every feature and circumstances
Of his foray, not forgetting to boast Of
his own proWess. He pointed to the sr0ils,
the srolen horses, and the captives. say
ing in Spanish: 81 did not kill Lorraine;
he hid from the braves. but / brought the
bad white mans DAUGHTER and one whom
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-04-27

Gzb0ig|)fg Re=Qnd6f
H1QzSdgp Scene

George to put the horses in the barn.
Afterwards he went intosthe house, carry.
ing. some parcels he had brought out from:
town. George cared forsthe horses, ard
came from the barn Just IN time 20 see
his mothe. run through the front loor-
way, screaming for help. She was pnr-.
sued by her drunken husband, who waved
a butcher knife with evidently rnurd e:ous
intent. All this was made apparent to
George by the light that streamed through
the open doorway.
He hurried UP the back stairs to his
room, grabbed the shotgun from the pegs
above i. rcd and has snetb8o the rescue
of his another. IS He paused upon the
threshold OF the front door to listen. Be
yond, the light cast by thes sittingroom
lamp, it was pitch dark. He. had no idea
which way his mother had fed; therefore,
he was at loss to know what to do.
A sudden flash Of lightning, however, re-
vealed to- him the figure Of his father,
standing near large ELM tree about
thirty yards away He fired instantly
and was appraised of the result by hear
ing a loarse cry of pain and the sound
of heavy body striking the turf. The
next instant second Khashtof lightning
>darted across the sky and AN down the
trunk Of the great elm and struck the
ground near where JohnsNacey had fallen
and probably compile ted the work the son
had begun, for at the distance already
stated it would have gbeen tususual for
charge of small Eshot to kill a
man. =
Dazed by the electricity and conscious
ness of his own act, The son re-entered
the house and sat down by.t the sitting
room table. In a few minutes several
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-04-27

she loves Boca answered that he had
done WELL and he turned and said few
words in Yaqui to the squaws. All OF
them instantly began to sing in weird
tones and run towards the woods. The
old chief then unbound the captives with
his own hands, and, after stripping their
shoes from their feet, he bound them to-
gether by putting chain about their
waists Speaking in Spanish he said tc
them in hypocritical tones, with smirk
on his ugly face, as if he enjoyed the
terror that was undoubtedly depicted ir
their countenances: You must &c
through the fire. If you are good the
flames will not burn your hair, but II
you are bad you will perish. Be brave
like Yaqui and maybe the fire will not
burn white squaw. sabe!''
The poor trembling captives did .Sabe,s
only too well. for they saw hundreds OF
squaws and children coming from the
woods with bundles of fagots in their
arms. These were thrown in two rows
about two feet apart and piled four al
five feet high. The rows were about
forty yards long. A glance satisfied the
prisoners Of the horrible intentions of the
savages and they saw that they were
doomed to meet a horrible death. The
merciless chief had hardly ceased speak,
ing when the two rows OF dry fagots
were lighted at different places and the
flames Ieaped toward the top of the
trees. X 9555ssss 5$s4
Boca seized the trembling girl by the
arm and dragged her to her feet The
miserable wretch was Laughing at her
terror when she burst forth az il inspired
by angels and began to sing Home,
Sweet Home n
The countenance Of the red devn
changed at once. He released his hold on
her arm and stood gazing into the sweet
pleading face as II he were, transnxed.
Other Indians began to draw nearer.
and Alma sang as she had never sang
befo.e. Nor did any other mortal ever
sing as she did ''s says Macarthur. he
voice that che possessed on that awful
night might have been envied by Media
or Patti It would insure her fortune on
any stage in the world. 2
And I think you sang little your
self. z says Miss Alma
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-04-27

nelghbors had gathered about him. They
had been aroused by Mrs. Macy and
had come anticipating capturing and dis
arming the drunken man.
In answer to their inquiries concerning
his fathers whereabouts George stepped
into a closet, lighted a lantern and led
them to the spot where he. had last seen
his father, but not a vestige Of the body
could be found. Some blood spots about
the hole dug, by the lightning were cor
roborative of the story George told Of the
shooting, otherwise deep mystery
shrouded the whole affair. HAS i5si.
On account Of the disappearance of
the body, the son was never called upon
to account for the deed and some years
later he with his sister. who was present
in the house on the night Of the shoot
ing moved to the Black Hills, where 1t
was afterwards reported, he was shot
over a roulette table.
A year later the sister died. Before
her death she claimed that the spirit Of
her father was in the habit of pulling
at the train of her dress, causing her to
keep necessarily turning around. The
mother was the last of the family to
pass away, but she never lived on the
@"old place" after the occurrence of the
tragedy. = -. !. n H. st.. .-... IT.. ....-
{ Nowadays, as the story goes the ghosts
Of the whole family return to the old
house on the anniversary of, the murder
and enact the narrowing details over;
again, The hole dug by the lightning
still remains. although it has been filed
up several times by superstitious people
They assert that the lightning digs it
afresh on. the anniversary of the
tragedy. james r. Hull
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-04-27

the reputation of being haunted And a
weird story concerning the appartions
that appear upon the premises is in cir
culation among the farmers of the vi
entity. So firm is the belief Of many In
the story. that the owners of the property
have failed forstthe last ten years to SCI
cure tenants for the old building.
The house stands some distance from
the road in a grove of ancient oak trees.
Its windows and doors are gone and there
are holes in the roof large enough for
mans body to pass through. At the end
where the old-fashioned fireplace oncc
stood the logs have rotted away. leaving
ragged opening through which a man
by bending low in his saddle, might ride.
This old house was once the scene Of a
chastity shooting ARRAY in which a son
killed his father. kse-
The crime was committed during the
fall of 1870 The perpetrator was George
Macy, son of John Macy, builder of the
house. 1t. seems that the father was
hard drinker,- and when under the influ-
ence of liquor was in; the habit of abas-
Ing his wife. The, son heartily resented
the actions of his father, especially the
harsh treatment of his mother, and had
threatened on several .occas ions 20 nut a
stop to It,. = c...@E.r r.
One stormy night the father returned
from Shakopee intoxicated. and ordered
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-04-27
MEDICAL NOTES,

Neuralgia is literally a nerve main
put euch a pain as cannot be adequately
oescr1ped or even scomprehended by one
VINO has happily never experienced it.
IL darts upon the victim like a light
ming stroke, it courses through the af-
fected nerves like liquid fire, and then,
after racktng the victim until it seems
no greater agony could be endured 1t
suddenly ceases, leaving only a dread Of
It's recurrence, for a sudden onset, an
equally sudden remission, and periodical
recurrence are the chief characteristics
OF neuralgia dinerentiating it from all
other pain.
The causes of neuralgia are many and
obscure. Pain has been called the cry
aof a starving nerve for food, and as
phosphorus Is an especially acceptable
Ing OF a nerve hungering for phosphorus
such pain is evidently due to debili-
tated system, worn out by care or work,
or disease, SO that It cannot support the
constituents OF it's constitution. Anemia,
too = verify Of the blood; leads to
nerve starvation and Importantly for
nerve food, and wasting disease, like
consumption, which spend more than
they earn, also cause the nerves to pro-
teri painfully. ssf
Inflammation Of the nerve cen.ers may
cause neuralgia in some more remote
nervous tributary, and Inflammation Of a
nerve sheath may cause nerve pain by
comprising the nerve. Inflammation in
other organs or tissues may also cause
the pain; a decaying tooth, for example,
is sufficient to set up the most excru-
sciating form Of neuralgia, known as tic
doloreux, but this will disappear with
the removal Of the tooth Other forms
of tic are most persistent, defying
all modes Of treatment. both medical
and surgical, and strange to say no one
absolutely knows the causes OF this ter
rble pain. The most plausible explana-
ton OF the tic" In these cases, is that
ZONE Of the multitude Of minute passages
with which the bony part OF the skull
and face IL perforated become smaller
than il natural, from some subtle bone
disease, and that the nerves, which lie
In them comfortably, when the conditions
sre normal, are compressed by them and
hence cause pain.
Neural = y has an uncomfortable habit
Of migrating from one part to another,
but usually settles down after while.
into one; spot which it seems to select
as most adapted to its disagreeable per-
formances. The 1umbago for example,
is simply neuralgia In the lower portion
of the back; sciatica 10 neuralgia affect
Continued on 2nd Page
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-04-27
SPEECHES THAT FELL FLAT.

A Too Lavish Use of Quotations and
Es- Stories Responsible. 49, ~ n
/ remember making an address in my
own state, illustrated-as L thought-by a
few opposite quotations. The audience
listened attentively for more than two
hours. I made substantially the same
speech a few days later in a little country
town in Maine, but I noticed that nv
hearers were restless and that a number
of them left the dali. Next morning,
while sitting on the porch of the village
inn, overheard two countrymen who met
in the dusty square in front:
"Was you to the meetin last night.
Neighbor Jenkins?' asked the one of the
other. /
"Yaas,' was the answer
did We hear the speaking?' ID.
'Yaas'
"How was it?''
ooh, 'twant no. account. Twas mostly
quotashuns.''
DO telH'' .
" The point of a story is often the signal
for an outburst, and no one can deny the
power Of opposite Illustration The para
bles Of the Bible and the stories of Lin
coin have in them a pith and point
which could not be as we'll made in any
other way. Yet many speakers are tempt
ed, not to make the story the illustration
of the speech, but to make the speech
mere potpourri of stories The man who
does this may be amusing, but in the long
run he will not be taken seriously; and
If he be unfamiliar with his audience he
is likely to tread on somebody's toes with
out intending it. 49,. T.,
Tn no
Jams and Benjamin Harrison were oppos-
ing candidates for the governorship of In
diana, we Republicans used to make great
1un OF Blue Jeans as we called him.
ridiculing his rustic manners :, and :. his
homespun ways We didn't make much
by it, for the people of Indiana were
mostly farmers, and after he had been
elected and had made an honorable, re-
spectacle and sensible governor our cam
.paign jokes looked rather pitiful in retro
spect.. One night I spoke at a small
neighborhood meeting, and repeated to my
audience the following story which was
going the rounds: ~ l. VII
Mr.. Williams, who was then a member
of congress, was one day washing his
hands at one of the lavatories in the cap.
itol. when an attendant handed him three
towels. He sighed at such wanton ex-
travagance, and exclaimed: why, down
at my farm I make a single towel last
the whole family week.
This was a pretty poor story, but for all
that was astonished to see that there
was not a smile upon any Of the faces be-
fore me: indeed, the countenances took
on even deeper gloom. On my way
home, as we drove through the woods, my
companion said to me: II Il. II +
You didn't make a great hit with your
story about Blue Jeans family towel
No, I didn't seem to.''
DO you know why?''
| 'tNo." 3
We'll, I'll tell you: There wasn't !
farmer In that crowd that hadn't done the
same thing himself y William D. Faulke,
In the Forum.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-04-27

Miss Alma Lorraine, one of the prettiest
girls in Western Texas. saved her own
life and that Of the young man who is
about to become her husband by singing
sweet songs and playing on a mandolin.
The two playing Young people were cap
tives in the hands of a band of merciless
Yaquis, and fires had already been lighted
to torture them to death when a propi-
tious circumstances occurred which sug-
gested to the young girl the idea of try
ing to soften the hearts of the grim war
riors At the same time the strange In
ctdent so cruel in it's conception resulted
In revealing to the lovers one Of the
richest gold mines ever discovered
What you have heard is true says
The beautiful young woman Eugene and
( owe our lives and our fortune to my:
voice and a mandolin"
Eugene Macarthur is the happy Young
mans name who says that he had aban-
Toned all hope when his sweetheart be-
gan to sing Home Sweet Home to the
red devils who were eager to roast us
alive. Just after the Yaqui war broke
put, it is related by the Chicago Tribune,
band of prowlfng Indians visited Col.
toratne's ranch on the old Guymas and
Hermosillo road, and after killing several.
beeves and rounding up band OF horses
they carried his daughter of Into cap
tiyity. Their sudden raid into that part
of the country at the time was wholly
unexpected by the Inhabitants. The
ranchers were taken by surprise and
many of them were murdered. Col.
Lorraine was not at home when the at
tack on the settlement was made and
when he did return and troops were coli
lected and sent In pursuit the Yaquis had
already made their escape to their strong
holds in the mountains. The same band
that made Alma q prisoner soon after
wards captured young Macarthur, who
was employed on neighboring ranch
Though the Indiana were boisterous and
often threatening in their conduct the
captives hardly expected to be. murdered.
for the Yaauis did not have hard name
at that time. @1any Of them were partial
~ civilized and some OF them were en-
gaged In farming and raising stock. While
pAaSe prevailed they had traded With the