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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-17

BURNETT's VANILLA EXTRACT has
outliyed criticism. 1t Is the finest and
purest vanilla extract that can be bought.
Once tried, always used.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-17
$4,000 an Acre.
fKinston Free Press. }


In a recent transfer OF real estate IN
Kinston the price paid was at the rate Of
over $4,000 an acre, the exact figure beng
$50, 1S1S1 This property was not on
Queen street, the main business thorough
fare, either. The piece of land is situat-
ed on Gordon street, and is 2 by SO feet
the price paid for it being $500. These
figures are startling when looked at in
this way, but only shows where Kinston
is at. This price does not prevail all over
the city, though, and needn't brighten
would be purchasers
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31
ORIGIN CT PRINTERS -DsvlL..
eirst ssstewed on Newspaper inps
In the Year 1890.

eirst ssstoved on Newspaper lnps
In the Year 1880.
When Aldus Nanutius set up As
printer n Venice, about 1890, lie
came into possession of \ little negro
10Y. This boy was soon known all
over the city rs the little black
devil" For At that time negroes were
not often seen in Venice. and some
Of the most ignorant people believed
him TO be either an embodiment or
an emissary of Satan. who. according
TO the superstition Of the towns. aided
Aluds in the work of his profession.
One day Nanutius. desiring to dispel
this strange and spreading opinion.
displayed the young imp publicly to
the poorer classes. making this short
but Characteristic speech: BE IT
Known to you and TO all Venice. that |.
AIdus Nanutius. printer to the Holy
Church and the Doge. have tnis day
made exposure to all Of the printers
devil. And II any think he is not Ike
Us. flesh ard blood, they may come
and piach him. AID they will find that
though he Is black he is human" Thi.
derivation Of the expression printers
devil,' as applied to . boy who made
himself useful in . printers Office,
will explain to many people that there
d nothing vulgar intended by tho
sord devil" when used In this sense
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31
AROUND the WORLD.
Professor Hess Claims Journey viii
0s Made in ThIrty.Thres Days

0s Msds in Thirty.Thrss Days
Colorado 4 Southern omcials have
received from Fort Worth. Texas. 4
pamphlet setting forth the theories Of
Prof. Alexander Hogg, who maintains
II will soon be possible to go around
the world in thirty-three days. A pro-
jected extension OF the Trans-8iberian
railway will enable the traveller to go
to q point on Bering Strait, instead Of
Vladivostock, the present terminus. On
the opposite side OF the strait II the
extension of the Alaskan railway. This
road IL making surveys from Dawson
to Nome. and has . line Of coaches
at present running from st. Michaels
to Nome. Within the next year It ID
expected b steam railroad will be In
operation between St. Nichaels and
Mons. Professor HogK figures that
by travelling from Nome to Dawson
and thence to Seattle the journey
around the world will be greatly short.
ened.
Some time ago the Canadian Pacific
railway authorities were considering q
scheme to build . line from Hudson
bay to vancouver. 1t was pointed out
the distance from London to Hudson
bay was much less than to Canadian
seaports. It was estimated that the
ocean trip could be made In four days,
thus effecting q saving OF three days
between London and Vancouver. In.
vestigatiou proved, however. the line
would ,be available only few months
during the summer, rs the winters are
too rigorous for railrOading.
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31
WOMAN MURDERED
AT CRIPPLE CREEK

Denver. Oct. 24.-A Cripple Greek
dispatch last night says:
Grace Calhoun, . dance house girl.
was shot and probably fatally wounded
By Charles c'slim'D Campbell. . strik-
e.. on Meyers avenue At 3:zs O'Clock
this morning. The woman Is lying at
the county hospital At the point OF
death, while her assaiiant is still st
liberty. The trains are closely watched
and a. he is well known 1t will be diff
ncult for him to escape.
Campbell and few companions had
been drinking heavily during the day
and toward morning in . spirit of ma
licious mischief he unhitched 4 horse
belonging to . cavalryman and turned
It loose. The horse was found by the
night marshal and tied up in Q vacant
lot About 3:15 the soldier found his
horse and was walking up Meyers ave-
nue. leading the animal when he en-
countered Campbell and his friends op-
posite the woman's house at 1913 Mey-
ers avenue. The soldier accused Camp
bell Of removing his horse, when the
latter reached down his boot and drew
q revolver concealed there. Earlier in
the night the party had been searched
by the night marshal and three revolt
vers were taken from them.
When Campbell drew the pistol the
Calhoun woman stepped between the
two men. Campbell pointed the weap-
on at her head. Sac sneeringly re-
marked. THAT doesn't scare me: eat
those things for breakfast every morn
ing" This seemingly anSered Camp
bell. for he Immediately lowered the
weapon to . level with the woman's
breast and pulled the trigger The bull
let entered above the left nipple and
passed out under the left shoulder
blade close to the spine. As the woman
fell Campbell turned and ran.
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31
viii Urge NIe.r.vs. Route.

Washington. Oct. 24.-Whiie Presi-
dent Roosevelt designated In his proc
lamation calling Congress into extra
ordinary session only the subject Of
Cuban reciprocity for Cuba, It il rea-
sonably certain now that the Senate.
at, least, will have the Isthmian canal
question brought directly to its stten-
tton. Senator Morgan Of Alabama. has
Indicated his intention of Introducing
q resolution bearing upon the canal
question.
Mr.. Morgan will cndeavor to show
that the Panama route now Ia beyond
consideration and he will urge that II
II the duty Of the President. under the
Spooner law, to construct the canal
Immediately by the Nicaraguan route.
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31
MOFFAT RAILROAD
ALLIANCE DENIED

Denver. Oct. 24.-The Republican
this morning says:
An Associated Press dispatch from
Salt Lake City last night gave new
version of the MofYat roads plans for
entering that city. A story in the
Telegram was quoted to the effect that
the route over the Wasatch range had
been adopted and that the MofRat road
would follow Daniels canon for TWEEN
ty-dve miles, striking the Hebef City
branch of the Denver 4 Rio Grands
near Charleston and use the Rio
Grande tracks from there into Salt
Lake. It was also stated that the Rio
Grande. which owns the right of way
up Daniels canon. had given the MOI
fat road a contract TO build op Its right
Of way. The story Of this alliance be-
tween the Rio Grande and the Denver.
Northwestern & Pacific was denied at
the Offices Of the Moffat road In the
Majestic building last night.
The reported agreement with the
Rio Grande is untrue and the route de-
scrfbed as having been taken by US into
Salt Lake has never even been neg0ti-
ated for" said one of the roads ON
cials. We hear Of all such matters
here, of course. before they are known
elsewhere. and the report in the Salt
Lake paper is an error. We never me-
gotiated with the Rio Grande for such
a route and there is no truth in the re-
port whatever. The way We will get
into Salt Lake has not been decided yet
and the one described is only one OF
the routes We could take. 1t II not the
one We will take"
The Salt Lake report stated that
maps Of the Denver G Rio Grands
right Of way had been filed ia the local
land ONCE and the ofIlcinls Of the Moi
fat road there think the filing Of Rio
Grande maps may have given rise to
the conjecture on the part Of tho Salt
Lake paper.
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31
IMMIGRATION DURING YEAR
REACHED ENORMOUS NUMBERS

est number heretofore reported for any
one year.
The greatest number Of immigrants.
go. .6z2. came from Italy. an increase OF
5z,z47 over last year: Austria-Hungary
furnished 106.01l. an inerease Of 34.-
022: Russia, 136, ,0S3. an increase Of eS.-
TAG: Germany. 40.O86. an increase OF
u.7s2; Sweden, 46.0zs. an increase Of
1874; Ireland. $3.50. an increase Of
SITE. and England. 1918. an increase
Of 1884. OF the Oriental countries
Japan was foremost. with Il, ,SSS. an In
crease of 5.e98. while China contributed
z.209, an increase Of $50 over last year
OF the total number ot steerage
aliens, 613.146 were mates and z43-soo
were females. Of whom 10z.43 vers
less than fourteen years Of age. There
were of those 3,341 Who could reaA.
but could mot write. and ~. .es7 who
could neither read nor write. leayfn9 .
remainder unable to both read and
write ess .0ss. The total amount Of
money brought BY them into the Unit
ed States was $1S.117.sl3.
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31
MOHONK CONFERENCE ADOPTS
PLATFORM REGARDING INDIANS

Lake Mon1uk- n Y Oct .A-Tkf
lsactnx address II tke NOconk Indian
ronfereIce yeSeT6Ay was Eate hy E
B. Heoderboa of The .rctAH bureau On
the p4r5j<H kGr 20 secure fron An6s
ai!oe,et 10 the ir5ixns II sererasiy 4
rey<1ue By t1I1ssoa for TIE 2aiEie-
nance o< the schools. hsEaHAyS. ese
The vhste population of tie IntsAn
Territory. the speaker said. wAs n .
lower normal nd i-tesietsrz1 SiAsSs
and more fn Leet Of schools and other
institutions q tiriiizatjoa than the In-
ciAns. and these c1l 0niy be main
taired under some syE.sn cS land tax
a;ioa- He did not be,iere that Indian
citizens generally should Be exempted
from tAIafi6,c. ,he aged Indians Who
night easily become victims Of un-
s-rupujoos whites being excepted
The school population OF the Indian
territory vas stated to be about Esg.-
60 whites and toJls,J Indians and the
children Of Hhitez have feuer adv1o-
tAS8 than the Indian youth and are
growing up in gross ignorance and
vioo-
Miss Alice Robertson Of Nukogee
referred TO the deplofable conditions of
The inaabe and other dependents in the
territory for whom no proTision could
b made under the territorial laws.
A resolution vas adopted asking that
eoagress make some provision n soon
. possible for extending school privi-
1exes 10 the whites Of the territory.
platform pressnted BY Dr. Lyman
Abbott was aGoptsa which declares:
In dealing With the Indians. the OBJ
jects to be accomplished are NO longer
questioned- They are the abandon
hent Of the reservation system: dsseon-
finuance o< Indian asenees; such edu-
cation ef all Indian children as will fit
them fer self-suppor and government:
access to the courts for the protection
Of their rights: amepahlity to the Law
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31
Wyoming Riding Contest.

Laramie. Wyo.. Oct. 24.-The COW.
boys and cowgirls Of the Laramie
plains have completed an organization.
They propose to give q typical exhi-
bition Of broncho busting at the fair
grounds at an early date. Among
those who will participate are several
Of the best horsemen in Wyoming.
Guy Holt, who holds the champion
ship belt; Clayton Danks and Fred
Snyder, who took first honors In the
bronchO riding contest at the fair re
Gently held here, will take part in the
exercises. as well as . number Of other
celebrated Wyoming riders.
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31
m. Mesr,e. css. Ae..n-


ST Jokn. Kanx-. Oct NM. and
Nrx- William Mcbride and Jesse L.
Lines ~ D., have gone before Mr..
Gesrsc z Moore. Notary Public. and
have sworn aad subscribed to written
-ta.eMenfs eoafrming the storJ Of the
awful illness and subsequent cure Of
The h.tls soa Of Mr. and Mrs Ne
Bride
Dr.. Lines ID particularly emphatic
in his statement. and there does NOT
rov seem to be any room for doubt ~
to the fact that Dodd.s Kidney Pills,
and nothing else. eaved the little boy.
He was 70 bad that he had Epileptie
spells which seized him With increas
ing frequency. He was semi. paralyxed
IA the right side, and his mind was
nadly Affected
In their sworn statement, Mr.. and
Mrs. Mcbride say:
The very day ve began to USE
Dodd's Kidney Pills our boy had tueE.
,y-seven Of these Epileptic spells o,
iits. In less than = week he ceased
having them entirely
The case has caused . great sensa-
ton in the neighbofhood- The sworn
statements have confirmed the whole
story.
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31

Washington Oct. za.-The annual
report of Commissioner General Sar-
gent Of the Bureau Of Immigration.
shows q large increase Of steerage Inn
migration over that Of the preceding
year, the aggreG1te for the fiscal year
Of 1903 being Ss7.04s. An excess over
that Of last year Of z08 ,303. or thirty
two per cent.
Tho statistics show an increase OF
immigration from all foreign sources.
suggesting as the chief cause Of the In
lu1 Of aliens into the United States
during the year the inducements Of
fered TO settlers here. rather than any
special causes Of discontent in their
own countries. OF the total stesrage
immigrstion there came from Europe
lS4,SO7, from Asia 1885 and from all
other sources 11.573. II to these AgsTea
arc added those representing the total
arrivals of alien cabin passengers, 64.-
~, the result will show that the total
fmmigrAfioa Of aliens TO the United
States during the year agsregafed
81 BIS. or 105. .04s more than the great
a a a a a a A a a a a 4 a a a a A
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31

in yaufkhnenf for tk,esr <-zres- Ia
Ezne liberty shnf wkite Een t.,or ia
oxa- Say- seli. trarel pay taxes Kne e1-
ps IN good ccrezanens iss oecst-s
ee5ored by cshe- .Axe. c1fiDens kne b
these means . speedy iD<o-y1rIi5u1 O.
Al Indians with the rights ot citizen
SKIP into the Americas coMDo1xealih
The best methods TO ae<-rrt these
results are wholly clear bEz ths srper-
seoce cd the past posrrs to TIE .cssor-
srx eorelux3ona:
The agency should BE- dssro,lirnss
in all ezSsa vh<re tse iAne ss -s1cT
70. ses,ie.ners and the In<sans- uhtn
necessary. sso1id be Temporarily PLACED
under The care f \ tordst su2sr1-
terdeat With limited poue-x- AID he
policy OF the Indian bureau IL this O.
re-.ton is ssroaRiy tonUeSde6
Whenever practicable the edasA,ica
OF Indian ehildren should be fsrorttsc
for In the schools in the states or ter
ri.o,ses. IL necessary for urtzIst II
dams at federal expense. or osat Of Il
dian funds wherever this ss ncf
practicable. provision should le made
by the federal eorernment il lldian
sehooas- The Indians should oe en-
couraEed In industrial arts. bosh in tie
preservation Of their oxn and in the
acquisition q o1rH The ends always
should be their Industrial and moral
development
The .ork Of the government.
whether national. stale or territorial
in providing for secular edueaSion-
does not Iessen the responsibility OF the
churches for the religious education Of
the Indian. We reEard With interest
and hope the recent action Of the secre-
tary Of the Interior. opening the ray
for religious work Of the churches In
connection with government schools.
and urEe the churches TO eo-opefate
with each other and with the govern
.ment in this work"
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31

TIE Sultan o. Salu or Guam
Or bold down the soo OF that harGh:y
n1eoS.
HIS scs.sois. the King of Siam
In TIE tropical zone would fain have my
throne.
Carezsed by its lanEuoroas breath.
To sit there In state with my biack-and-
tan MzAie
wouid tickle ne aimcs; TO death
] also would like to London to hike.
As king Of the tight little isle.
And see New York Cit throw a double
decked 1T
Ev-ry time TIA; tossed it smile
All these. i, Il plain. are but castles In
Spain:
'Tis pleasant to build thena-but yet.
j wish I'D the cheek to ask twenty week
Instead of the twelve that / get.
F. l. Rose. in Chicago Record Herald
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31
susv DOCTOR
semstIm.. ovsrIeeks Point.

Sometimes ovsrIooks q Pelne.
The physician Is such q busy mar
that he sometimes overlooks . valu
able point to which his attention may
be called by an intelligent patient
who Is q thinker.
About year ago my attention
was called to Grape-Nuts by one Of
my patients" says . physician Of Gin
cinnati.
"At the time my own health was
bad and was pretty well rundown
but I saw in = minute that the theo-
ries behind Grape-Nuts were perfect
and II the food was all that was
claimed for 1t 1t was . perfect food
70 / commenced to use Grape Nuts
with warm milk twice . day and In q
short time began to improve In every
way. and now l am much stronger.
feel 60% better and weigh more than
] ever did in my life.
II know that all of this good il due
to Grape-Nuts and am firmly con-
vinced that the claims made for the
food are true. have recommended
and still recommend the food to q
great many Of my patients with splen-
did results, and in some cases the i'm
provement OF patients ON this fine
food has been wonderful.
As = brain and nerve food, in fact
as = general food. Grape-Nuts stands
alone" Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
Look In each package for . COPY
OF the famous little book, The Road
to Weuvflle."
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31
GREAT rRAeToN ENGINE
s..u.s Freight - Death Valley .ns sss
Me1se Desert

MSf e 0S8SfI
A nrr kind Il E51r. t-1cllc1 e1slct
Aax been ccnfsrrcee sy means cf
vhkh men czr nsv travel frcH enc
10 enc Of the terrible DexlA ralley and
tie Nosnre ossegi- IN the FA- West
There Is no wafer = those a.5d re
riocs Again ana kFasn men tried 70
srI,jcre IKE Death valley. 55f horses
md nr3es fen ceae il she air q IRE.
Enough rafer cCE31 5t carried FOR
ner. Sus not enough fer he horseA-
Ncu The dsMcua.y is overcome By
the encrmcux .,-ae1Scr engine Which
runs ON Wheels FIRE feet N width and
carries great t1Ak4 Of wafer. 1t is
h1yrexse.d TO 4 train Of large trucks
ane caa run almost Independently oi
roAse The raks Quantities Of salt and
tpraI- which Up to the present time
DO oae has beel able TO reach are ZOE
hAxied Get by this raiiuay train
Feg people Uho buy salt and hc-nx
know that they may hare been brcnght
from the heart of tie Death valley.
which the lndfnns looked upon With
superxtif.cus horor and dread
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31

And when the soldiers had success.
fully prevented the men from issuing
the Victor Record. the wife of an EN-.
ploye stepped In and ran the entire
ONCE. Antony was not the last war.
rior who was vanquished by a petit
coat.
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31
u..fuIne.. Would 3. Conc.

Mayor Low Is telling an incident that
occurred while he was visiting one OF
the state prisons In company with a
clergyman. The good man stopped at
the cell OF 4 burglar. and asked sol.
emnly: MY soor erring brother. have
you any hopes for the fiture!'
Nav" answered the prisoner with
deep detection. by the lime gets our
of this blasted jail I'll be too cid t.
break into anybody's house!"
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31
Wateh strangely Recovered

Watch strangely Recovered.
Charles Ritner of New Britain.
Conn, complained to the police Sat
urday night that q gold watch had
been stolen from him. He could not
give any details as to the loss of the
watch. His daughter informed the
chief yesterday morning that the
watch had been returned. A man liv-
ing on Dwight street brought 1t to
the house. He said that his dog
found 1t In the street and brought It
To him in his mouth.
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31
Ancient Family Name.

At the second reunion Of the John
Taylor family at Hadley. Mass. the
information was given forth that the
Taylor name runs back to Baron
Tailleier. the Norman hero, who lost
his life at the battle Of Hastings in
1866. Like many other family names
1t has passed through a series of
changes from "Taillefer" to "Tayle-
fer" and at last to Taylor" with
variations of Taller" and ''Tayler." +"
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31

Critical examination Of the Olympia
in dry dock proves what was suspect
ID before. that = combination Of fog
and rock makes an ideal condition for
navigators TO avoid.
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31
Seek for Best Cotton.

The British Cotton-Growing associa-
ton is sending missions to study Tho
growth of cotton in different soils 10
secure the best seeds. and to distrib-
ute these to colonial natives in Egypt.
the Egyptian Soudan. India. the
Oceanic Islands, Uganda, East Africa
and moro particularly in West Afric..
At Sierra Leone, Lagos and the loae.
Niger.
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31

Sir Thomas Upton boldly announces
that he expects to keep on being a
bachelor. Sir Thomas fully realizes
the dimculty that one would have in
continuing to be jolly good fellow II
he had to explain every time he
missed the owl car.
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31

Seiator Hosr agrees with Pericles
that wealth. not tonor. Is the de-
hight of old men" Well. perhaps they
realize that they can't have the lat
Ter without the former In this irrev-
erent age.
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31

Let window glass go mp II 1t pleases.
no long - It isn't eatsbse or drinkabIe.
An old hat in the broken pane will
keep out the cold.
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31

A Chicago woman brought suit for
divorce because her husband sat up
all night to play the piano. The only
reason she was not . widow was that
they lived In . lonely place where tho
neiEhbors were out OF earshOt.
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31

A Chicago justice Of the peace mar
ried . couple the other evening In
two and one-half minutes. Where il
the Justice that can negotiate the cere-
mony In 2:00 dat?
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31

What . pity that the eighty insur-
gents who are reported to have re-
palsed 1000 Turks couldn't have been
prssent to defend the pass At Their
oopylae!
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31
Lamp sh.s. in Artistic ol....

The accompanying illustration shows
an artistic lamp shade from the studio
of leading artist in glass working
This lamp shade is of loaded glass in
= nasturtium vine design in most beau
tifully blended and soft colorinE
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31

Tho Germans Of Gotham engaged in
. "skat" tournament the other day.
from which the conclusion is natural
ly drawn that the tom cats were be-
coming too numerous in the vicinity
Of Terrace garden.
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31
Press Feeders Union sued.

Chicago. Oct. 24.-Suit for $50 900
damages against Franklin Union No.
Of Press Feeders was fled yesterday
in the Cook county superior court by
Rand. McNaliy e Co. The claim Is
based on alleged losses laid to pres
ent labor troubles. Franklin Union
Is Incorporated, y,
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31

The fitness Of things seems to be
pretty well observed in making LII
Ian Russell tho chief feature Of
. theatrical performance entitled
.Whoop- Dee-Doo'
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31

A roman never knows what \ good
nan her husband Ii until she has
heard his account of other women's
tusbands.
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31

In being given the choice between
remaining In the neld and throwing
themselves on the mercy Of the sui
tan," the Bulgarian insurgents realize
the full meaning Of being 'twixt the
devil and the deep sea.
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31

TIE king Of Zap. ceeessed- lei
three xives TO yAp over tie oist.!ei
tinn Of hiE property.
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31

One Of the most recent Nsr York
weddings vas between q salesgifl and
. count We ssppoae she got him by
yelling Cash"
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31

The general usefulness Of the hair
pin II impressed upon the mind By its
recent utilization a. q fuse to keep an
electric car in motion.
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31

Bill DeveSy hits the nail on the bead
again In remark that erery guy gets
. finish handed TO him ones in while
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31

The Filipinos are busT orxz.izias !,
baseball League. And nov they'll be
calling for score instead Of gore
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31

An authority On fail fashions says
that chic effect may be obtained By
trimming your hat With rooster feath-
ess.
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31

A man never Appreciates What
vefnatile creature he tx Veil be cs-
gins 10 get into the neuKpaperB-
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31

AaJdBess. We are told can be pro
vented. and even cured. by going bare'
headed. Thus far tho Mexican hair
less dog has successfully dened this
treatment.
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31

When . man has been refused four
or nve times. he begins to think that
the Newspaper stories about girls
bringing breach Of promise suits are
0nly yellow Journalism.
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31

Ersa = CAUCUS act could ros c11s'
more worry and mtsuntsrstArdiri
than the ne~ football rules
The Meeker herald., 1903-10-31

Magazine writer's In describing sse
woman sho works ought DoS 10 oEe--
look the man who Ia worked