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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-30
Roosevelt to Visit Dixie
lRv the Associatad press.l }

Washington, Oct. 29.-President Roose-
welt will make a trip through a part of
the South next month i official business
should not make his presence in Wash
ington necessary at that time. The trip
will be made about the middle OF the
month the primary object of it being
to enable the President to attend The
reception to be rendered by the citizens
of Memphis TO General Luke Wright,
Vice Governor of the Philippines. Sub
sequently, it is expected that the Presi-
dent will accept an invitation to partl-
cipate in bear hunt in the cane brakes
of Mississippi. He may embrace the OPP
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-30
JOINT POLITICAL MEETING
ENLIVENED BY CARRIE NATION.
Granted Half an Hours Time, She Speaks at
Ashoville. Raising Fund for Home
for D1unkaIds' Wives.
Especial to News and observer.)

Asheville, N. c., Oct, 29.-Mrs. Carrie
Nation arrived here late this afternoon
and at eight o'clock she appeared at a
joint political meeting and asked for half
an hours time. The request was grant
ed and at the close of her talk she an
nounced the object of her lecture tour
to the raising of a fund for a home
for drunkards wives in Kansas City
She offered miniature hatchets for sale
at an open air meeting held Immediately
after her speech inside the court house
and stated this to be the only means of
her revenge. In her talk she was bitter
against the government as an agent of
the liquor traffic.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-30
Kitchin Speaks at Durham.


Especial to News and Observer.)
Durham, N. c., Oct. 29.-The banks will
observe today as a holiday so as to give
all their employees that desire to take in
the Fair at Raleigh an opportunity to do
so.
Hon. w. w. Kitchin spoke at the Dur
ham Opera House tonight on the issues
of the campaign. Mr.. Kitchin answered
the charges recently made against him
here by his opponent, Mr.. Lindsey Pat
terson, and showed in a most convincing
manner that the charges made against
him were entirely without foundation.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-30
Killed by Overdose of Laudanum.

Especial to the News and Observer.)
Edenton. N. c., oct 29.-Mr. John
McPhail, thirty years of age, an en-
ploye of the Edenton Cotton Mills. is
corpse at his home on Factory Hill as a
result of an overdose of laudanum. The,
deceased had been in bad health for
some time and had been heard to say
on several occasions that he WOULD
rather be dead than living, as he was
only a drawback to his wife and two
children. This thought fastened itself
upon him and grew until he put an end
TO his existence yesterday by drinking
six bottles of the deadly drug.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-30
SPECIAL RACE.

NO greater pageant was ever witnessed
IN Raleigh or in the State.
Yesterdays splendid parade through
the streets of the city surpassed the high
expectations of all friends of the Fair.
ard these had been great.
Great praise is due to Mr.. Sherwood
hlSss' OF Raleigh, to whose unflagging
energy and interest this splendid parade
was mace reality. As it's manager he
mas made success that he and his able
assistants should be proud Of This is
the verdict of all who saw the parade.
III was an industrial, military. and
hcral parade, but there was so much
blending of bright colors that the floral
picture was over all. labor and its pro-
docts pelng made as gorgeous spec
tacle.
K was long parade, broken here and
there by bands of music, whose lively
airs set all pulses abeat and made happy
the thousands who viewed the varied
beauties of the moving attractions.
moving on as cheers and demonstrations
o. delight marked every foot of advance.
The best part of yesterdays, wonder
ful display was the immense throng of
North Carolina folks that saw tire parade
and attended the Fair-twenty thousand
of the grandest people on the g.lobe-the
bravest and best folks that the sun has
the honor to shine upon, the most win
some women, the manifest men, the most
glorious girls, the bravest boys, the most
charming chilGren-a grand and glorious
galaxy of the best folks that people the
fairest part of the earth.
1t was a wonderful day of attraction.
and long before the parade started the
streets were not only crowded, but jamm-
ed. And when 1e o'clock came there was
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-30
Mr.. Matthew Norris Dead.

Especial to the News and Observer.)
Mt Olive, N. c., Oct 29.-After a
short illness with typhoid fever, Mr..
Matthew ]. Norris departed this life
Monday night at 10 o'clock, aged about
forty years. The intcrment was in the
family burying ground Tuesday at 4:SO
o'clock Mr. Norris was a prosperous
farmer, and was liked by all who knew
him.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-30
Two Men Struck by Train.
Especial to News and observer.) }

Especial to News and Observer)
Pilot Mountain, N. c., Oct. 28.-Colum-
bus Collins and Sam Love, returning
from Winston, in a wagon struck by
a train near Dalton last night. Both
horses and wagon were entirely destroy
ed. Both men were seriously hurt but
will recover. They were brought to
Pilot Mountain for medical attention.
They were from Westfield. N. C.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-30
Mock Hanging Ends in Death.
CBy the Associated Press.

Oxford, Miss, Oct 29.-Emmanuel
Crump, a 14-year- old negro boy who had
witnessed the recent hanging of Matthias
and Lester here, secured a plow line and
hung it over a tree limb and arranged
moose for mock hanging of himself. He
stood on a milk jar and placed his head
in the moose In some manner he knock
ed the jar away and his neck hanging
developed into the genuine article. When
found he was dead.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-30
To Hear Charlotte Shippers Nov "a
(By the Associated Press. }

Washington, Oct. 29.-The Inter State
Commerce Commission has assigned No
vember oath at Charlotte as the date for
hearing the case of the Charlotte Ship
pers' Association against the Southern
Railway and others and against the Sea
board Air Line and others
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-30
Gudger Speaks at Lumberton.

Especial to News and observer.l
Lumberton. N. c.. Oct 29.-Hon. H.
Gudger spoke in the court house here to-
day. He was introduced by B. r.. Mclean
of Maxton Majority of whites present
We're Democrats.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-30

Milledgeville, Ga, Oct 29.-Peter Lin
geld, farmer of Scottsboro, in this
county, today surrendered to the sheriff,
admitting that he had killed his brother,
J p. Lingeld. Peter Lingeld said that
he and his brother were intoxicated and
had quarrelled while on the way home
from a circus. They began shooting at
each other and ]. p. Lingeld was in
stantly killed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-30

portunity, while in the South, to visit
the Tuskegee Institute, at Tuskegee,
Ala, of which Booker T. Washington is
president
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-30
Leads all North Carolina Daies i'm News and Circulation

Nider, McNairy, Wilson, Osborne, Nlch-
OILS, Robins, Harper, Judd, Mann, Moore
Harris, Bregman, Patterson.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-30
The State FairYesterday Drew
Fully Twenty Thousand
to Raleigh.
HUNDREDS OF LADIES ASSISTED IN PARADE
The Fair Grounds We're Thronged With Great
er Crowd Than at Any Previous
Time and the Great Attrac>
lions Merted Much
Praise
TODAY'S EVENTS.

\ O'clock-The Fair Grounds Open
:. With Splendid Attractions.
y 10 O'elock-Second Day of the Gun
= Shoot.
\ II O'elock-Procession of officers
\ and Marshals to the Fair Grounds.
= 12 O'clock-Slack Wire Free Per-
:. formance.
:. 1 O'clock-Races Begin. Trotting.
!. 1:3O O'clock-Harry Costello on the
\ Flying Trapeze.
:. 2 O'clock-The Second Race. Pac-
= ing
\ O'cloek-Feats of Daring in
= balancing and traDeze work.
= $3.50 O'clock-The Special Race.
X 4:3O O'clock-Grand Balloon AS
:. cension.
= All Day-The Great State Fair In
\ Blaze of Glory.
= 7:3O-Meeting North Carolina To-
y bacco Growers in the Senate Cham
:. Der.
- s O'clock-The Annual Session of
4 the North arolina Agricultural So
= ciety in House of Representatives
= Election of Officers. Modern Agri-
+ cultural Methods illustrated by
\ seven A. and NJ Students.
I $50 O'cloek-Comic Opera at the
= Academy of Music. Vaudeville at
4 the Monumental Theatre
= 9 Oclock-German at the Capital
= Club.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-30

The Brilliant Splendor of the Floral Parade
Was Dazzling.
THE SOLDIER BOYS WERE IN LINE

heard the sound of a bugle and then came
the tuneful chime of bells and the great
parade was started
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-30

He who runs may read-if he succeeds
in catching his train.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-30
ToDAY's RACES.

\ Racing begins promptly at one
= O'Clock.
:. Glass 2;1S. T:otting Purse, $500.
= The entries are:
= Trot Deban, (b. g), Geo. Haight.
Sam Patch (b. g). Thos. Cannon.
= Trib Gentry. (b. s., Geo. F. Dyer.
y Petronel (ch. m.), Harden.
= Katie Is. m.), W. B. Brewer
Glass 2:25. Racing. Purse, $780,
= The entries are:
Caldwell Fox. %. g), S. Boswell.
: Little Bell (b. m), Geo. F. Dyer.
Edith Favill (b. m.), W. R. Steel.
= j. s. (b. 81, Harden.
SaEo, (g. m.), Brewer.
SPECIAL RACE
= The entries are:
= Effie Powers, Record 2:10, Go. M,
:: L. A. Gray
: Gispee Red. Record 2:OS &c. m.),
= d. c. Clippinger.
= Ihese are two of the fastest
= horses ever trotted in North Caro-
= lima and it is expected that the
= record in the State will be lowered
=. q .
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-01-09

The mighty sweep of the locust over
the fields of Portugal has at last been
checked. Many means had been de-
vised to stamp out the plague; insec.
tivorous birds had been let loose; poi
sons had been freely strewn about.
Man seemed to battle in vain with
these devouring pests. Triumph came
to the lowly bacterium. An ingenious
professor at Coimbra thought out the
problem, and with the aid Of the mi
crobe solved it. After many expert
ments the bacteriologist found that
a microbe resembling that of cholera
was most effective. Large cultures
were made and sprinkled over the To-
Gusts feeding places. The insects
were noticed after few DAYS to grow
thin and weak, and finally TO disap-
pear. There seems to be little doubt
about the efficacy of the microbe to
slay the locust, bat after the locust
is finished off the distressing question
viii arise as to what the microbe will
turn his attention to.-Science.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-01-09
AUTOS FOR FIREMEN.
HorseIess Vehicles Now being Made
for Use in the National
Capital.

Fire departments all over the coun-
try will be interested in knowing that
the department in Washington has de-
cided to provide its chief and his
assistants with automobiles. The We
hicles, five in number, are now being
built in New York, and will be ready
for delivery by autumn, says the Star.
San Francisco has also ordered autos
for its chief and assistants.
The machine to be used in Washing
ton will be known as the chiefs wagon.
1t resembles somewhat the pictures
of the French racing automobiles, and
was specially designed for the use of
chiefs of fire departments and chiefs
of police. Speed has been a prime fac
tor of consideration in its construc-
ton, but the matter of durability was
not lost sight of, so that the new
vehicle is much heavier than the or
binary racing motor, and yet will
maintain a speed of 25 miles an hour
as long as the batteries stored in
front and behind can be depended
upon. The motor is so constructed
that it can be run at four speeds
seven, ten, fifteen and twenty miles an
hour.
The highest speed is used ONLY in
emergencies, a gait of Is miles an hour
being considered as fast as is neces-
sary on ordinary occasions. The We
hicle also has a tool chest attached
to the rear, and in this chest. it is be-
lieved, small portable searchlight
can 5e carried. With this light the
person operating the machine can
illuminate any building where the
smoke is dense, and by attaching reel
of wire to the carriage the light can
be taken into the building and used to
illuminate interiors when the ordinary
lights have gone out.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-01-09
LETTERS TO THE CHINESE.
Generally Consigned 4" some
Known Person and Al
dressed in English.

No interpreter is required to assert
the mail that comes to the residents OF
the Chinese colony in any of the larger
cities of the country. The fact is due
TO the precautions taken by the celes-
tials themselves or their corresp pond
ents in the land where the Boxer
tbriyes. A letter to Ghinaman is
generally consigned to some we'll
known person whose name is written
IN English. When celestial writes TO
his family in China he invariably IN
closes a directed envelope, says the
Chicago Chronicle.
Chinese names are puzzle even to
Cinnamon. Every Chinaman has sew
eral entirely dissimilar names, his
birth name" and marriage name"
being instances. Then he has a clan
name, or society name, and business
name and perhaps another name or
two for variety's sake.
The larger firms have their ad-
dresses printed on envelopes which are
supplied to their regular customers
The Chinese consider handling mail in
Ale Light of an honorable trust, and
there has never been any complaint
that letters were delivered to the
wrong person. A Chinese may have
had a serious falling out with firm
and may have transferred his business
to a rival, but mail addressed in care
of his former connection always
reaches him.
The Chinese are great letter writers.
OF course, there is a great deal of BUSH
ness correspondence between China
town and Chinese ports, but much OF
the mail matter is Of a social nature.
Many Chinese who have a good com
mand of the intricate written Ian
guage of the dragon empire make a
good living writing letters for others
of their race who don't know how to
write When a Chinese in this city
writes to his relatives in China he in
closes an addressed envelope
The pos man is more reyerenced in
Chinatown than the policeman. In
fact, that hardly expresses it, for the
policeman only gets the reverence
which comes from fear of the law,
while the postman, as the link which
connects the inhabitants with the land
Of their birth, is most popular. He is
fortunate man every Chinese New
Years week, for he receives many
presents. If he tried to drink all the
Chinese wine offered to him on his
rounds in the holiday week he would
never live through 1t.
One does not have to consult a ship
ping guide in Chinatown to learn when
the next mail is due from the far east.
The Chinese know to a day when every
mail arrives and figure TO the hour re-
garding the posting of China-bound
letter. They know that it takes 80
days for a letter to go from Chicago
to Hong Kong il it is sent by the Van
couver steamers. They also know that
it takes a little longer II sent by the
San Francisco or Seattle routes. con-
sequently the Vancouver mail is al
ways the heavier.
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5. b. WILMINGTON
SOth Large Combination Sale
NJ. S. JOHNSON
Sale and Exchange Stable,
West Lebanon, n. II.

As we all know, Mr.. Wilmington is one
OF our best judges OF horses. This load
will be one Of the finest ever shipped East
as Mr.. Wilmington has instructions, time
and money TO buy the best. Now is the
time to buy as all good horses viii advance
in price % per cent. by March LIST sure.
Come and see this load which will consist
OF Driving, Draft, Farm and general pur-
pose horses. They will arrive about Janu-
AIRY 18th. Also look at our Harness,
Sleighs, Robes and Blankets which we are
selling at a very small margin. Horses
constantly on hand for sale or exchange
Horses warranted as represented but not
against sickness, accident or death; all
other warrants expire day following sale.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-10-06
IN ALLINGTOWN CHAPEL.

Services of a Dedicatory Nature Held Last Evening.
 Services were resumed in the Alling- town chapel yesterday, after a suspen-
 sion of services for several weeks past.
 The additions, Improvements and alter
 ations which have been made during
 the summer have greatly changed the
 appearance of the chapel and enlarged
 the seating capacity. ! The evening service was of a nature especially appropriate to the occasion.
 The exercises, which were dedlcatory in
 character, were largely attended. s. P. Thrasher, who is the president of the Allingtown Gospel union, was in charge
 of the programme. James E. Rees, 8 member of the Yale Divinity school read the scriptural lesson. George c. Stebbins, the noted evangelist, sang two selections, "The Bird With the Broken Pinion," and By the Waters of the Babylon We Sat Down." Dr. Benjamin w. Bacon of the Yale Divin- ity school delivered the address of the evening. Dr. Bacon spoke of the min istry of Jesus Christ and stated that llle lAedI LOT WHICH IHFlSI gave I1io iiLS was not the individual but rather the social. The kingdom of Heaven blesses the institution which Christ formed up- on the earth and this institution is the church universal Dr. Bacon alluded to the work which has been done in times
 past by those in charge of the filling town chapel and stated that with the increased facilities the work could
 broaden and expand in a manner that would attest the appreciation of the
 blessings of God
 This evening a concert will be held
 in the chapel and a large attendance is expected. The programme will be as follows: Piano selections by Miss Will
 Hams; vocal selections by Miss Ken
 nedy; violin solo by Professor Elliott;
 readings by Professor Wetzel; whis-
 tling selections by MT. Rowe, and vocal
 selections by MT. Sperry.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-10-06

into the great Ibrahimich canal, the in- take of which is immediately above the barTage.
 The great dam at Assouan is six hun dred miles above Cairo, and is practi- cally the one proposed forty years ago. It is almost completed. and will soon be in use. It is not solid wall, but is pierced with sluice openings of sufTi- cient area for the flood discharge of the river, which may amount to fifteen thousand tons of water per second There are one hundred and eighty such openings, mostly twenty three feet high by six feet six inches wide; and where subject to heavy pressure when being moved they are of the well-known Sto- ney roller pattern. The total length of the dam is about one and One-f0urth miles; the maximum height from foun- dation, about one hundred and thirty feet; the difference of level water above and below, sixty-seven feet; and the total weight of masonry over one mill lion tons. Navigation is provided for by a ladder" of four locks. each two hum dred feet long by thirty-tWo feet wide.
 On February 12, 1899, the foundation stone of the dam was laid by the Duke of Connaught. Many plans were con- sidered by the engineers and contrac- tors for putting in the foundations of the dam across the roaring cataract channels, and it was finally decided to form temporary rubble dams across three of the channels below the site of the great dam, so as to break the force of the torrent and get pond of com paratively still water up stream to work in. Stones of from one ton to twelve tons in weight were tipped into the cat aract and this was persevered with un- til finally rubble mound appeared above the surface of the water. The first channel was successfully closed on May r, 1899, the depth being about thirty feet and the velocity of current nearly fifteen miles an hour.ln the case of another channel the closing had to be helped by tipping in railway wagons themselves, loaded with heavy stones and bound together with wire ropes. making mass of about fifty tons, the great mass being necessary to resist displacement by the torrent,
 These rubble dams were we'll tested when the high Nile ran over them: and on work being resumed in November, after the fall of the river, watertight sandbag dams, or sudds, were made around the site of the dam foundation in the still waters above the ruhble dams and pumps were fixed to lay dry the bed of the river. This was the most exciting time in the old stage of the op- erations, for no one could predict whether it would be possible to dry the bed, or whether the water would not pour through the Assured rock in alto gether overwhelming volumes. Twen- ty-four twelve-inch centrifugal pumps were provided to deal if necessary with one small channel, but happily the sandbags and gravel and sand embank- ments stanched the Assures in the rock and interstices between the great bowl ders covering the bottom of this chan