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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-18
THE NATIONAL CROP REPORT.
Cold Weather and Drought Combine
to Retard Cotton.
(Rv the Associated Press.


Washington, May 1.-THE weekly
crop bulletin issued by the Weather
Bureau says:
Cool weather has been unfavorable
for cotton throughout the cotton belt,
and drought in portions of the east
ern districts has proved detrimental.
Complaints of poor stands continue
from nearly all sections in the cen
trail and eastern districts, but good
stands are the rule in Louisiana, Ok
lahoma and Texas. In the last
named State the fields are generally
clean, and the plants are beginning
to fruit in the coast districts. Chop
ping is well advanced, and cultiva-
ton in the southern district is gem
eral. Boil weevils have appeared and
are increasing in a number of south
west and south central cotton counties
of Teas.
In Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and
Virginia, tobacco plants are back
ward, but they are doing well in
Maryland, Kentucky and Tennessee.
TRANSFORMING has begun in the two
last named States and is general in
North Carolina.
The fruit outlook is generally prom
ising, except for peaches in the more
northerly sections. In the southern
States, however, a good crop of peach
aS is promised.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-18

No one appreciates poor health ex-
cept the doctors.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-18
PllRoUIMANs CONVENTION.
An Appeal To White Voters To For
ever Stand Together to Maintain
White Rule.

Especial to The News and Observer
Hartford, n. G., May ia convcr-
ton for the election of delegates for
the various conventions to be held liz
the district and State by the Demo-
cratic party was held in Hartford, Per
quimans county, with Hon. T. G.. Skin
ner as chairman and G.. II. Newly as
secretary. After the ordinary routine
business delegates were elected and
the following resolutions adopted:
1--WE the Democrats of Perquimans
county, in convention assembled, re-
new and hold stronger our faith in
the Immortality Of Democratic princi-
pies; we hail the hopeful signs of an
Cn-coming Democratic triumph. in
State and nation, and we ask all Demo-
Gratis to lose all factional strife and
party differences and to blend all local
disaffections in one great common de-
sire and effort to promulgate and eff
feet the policies of that party whose
creed and practice has always been to
guarantee the largest share of person
al freedom and the highest reach of
American citizenship.
I'VE hold fast TO. the doctrine that
government is of the people, and by
the people, and for the people" anu
denounce the party in power for their
reckless extravaganza. for their vi
cious precepts and examples in rela-
ton to Southern social conditions, for
their frittering away of the peoples
time and for their unWarranted and
tyrannical executive usurpations.
eve congratulate our State upon
her powerful solution of q veXed ques-
ton and view with pride her full
emergence from a period of unrest,
and political chaps and disgrace, and
we pledge ourselves to stand forever
united to maintain triumphant and I'M
blemished the supremacy of our
blood.
1--WE take great pleasure in indors-
ing the able, conscientious and ener-
getic work of our Representative in
Congress, Honorable John Fl. Small
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-18

right belonged to them. Now we
shall ask that the rights of Berthe
county be recognized and that the
mantle of Lieutenant Governor Tur-
ner fall upon the shoulders of that
eminent jurist, speaker, parliamenta-
rian and promoter of general educa-
ton, Judge Francis ID. Winston. With
Winston in the most exalted position
within the gift of Tar Heel patriots he
would be the same approachable man.
The smallest child could approach
him and make known his wants and
he would receive the most gentle at
tention.
OF all the candidates for Governor
BERTHE Will give all of them some sup
port.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-18
THRICE FLASHED
HIS PISTOL
And the Desperate Fell
Bleeding, Dying.
Chief of Police Gray, Assaulted by Ioe
Jackson Who Attempts to
Wrest His Pistol From
Him.
Especial to News and Observer

High Point n. c., May 17.-Joe
Jackson, well known characte~, was
shot and instantly ki'ei here this af-
ternoon by Chief o: Police Gray.
Eye witnesses tell of the cause that
led up to the shooting. Jackson had
just returned from Greensboro with a
bountiful supply of liquor and was
"parading' the streets when Officer
Gray CHANGED to come by. Jackson
hurled a vile epithet at him. Officer
Gray passed down the street and some
minutes later was again approached
by Jackson, who, taking him unawares
grappled him around the waist and
made a desperate effort to secure his
pistol. After a hard struggle in which
it looked for a while like Jackson
would secure the pistol Officer Gray
managed to get the use of one of his
hands, and wrestling himself loose,
fred at Jackson. The first shot went
Wild the seconds took effect in the
stomach and the third entered the
head. ~
Mr. Gray remarked after the shoot.
ing, 81 regret it but had to do it,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-18
A}IR i
Y SPRINGS
$500 Feet Elevation.
IN TIE MOUNTAINS
ON CHESAPEAKE Sc OHIO RAIL
WAY

where the Spring and Summer eli
mate, the waters, baths, hotels and
scenery have no equal in America.
a fine golf course, tennis and squash
courts, swimming pool, excellent liv-
cry and wcll-kept roads and paths for
riding, driving, walking and mountain
climbing, combined with indoor pas
times and refined, interesting and
enjoyable social atmosphere, make
THE NEW HOMESTEAD
one of the most attractive resort ho-
tells i'm AmCrica-StrictIy modern, con-
Quoted on the broadcast lines and pat
rOnized by the highest class. Brokers
Office with direct n. Y. wire.
SPECIAL SUMMER RATES.
Stop-ovcr privileges on Worlds Fair
and through tickets via the Cncsa-
pcal1e & Ohio route.
Excursion tickets on sale at offices
of $. A. Line-YarborOugh House.
Southern Ry-Yarborough House.
FRED STERRY,
Manager, Hot Springs, Va.
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The ground is being brOlpen for a
handsome dwelling on Caswell street.
next TO DR. Tull's office, to be occupied
by the doctor and family when com
pleted. There is to be 2 or Is rooms
in the building and when completed
it will be an ornament to that street.
1t will cost in the neighborhood of
$40, Wilmington Dispatch.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-18
he Atlantic Hotel

AND COTTAGES
MOREHEAD CITY, N. G.

Under manage the A & n c. r. r.
HOT LII.
South
in
locations
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-18
Puckett's Disinfcctant

cures sore, tender itching, chatting,
burning or offensive feet caused by
excessive perspiration. Price, 25c.,
at druggists, or by mail from Clark
Pickett, Raleigh.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-18
A. J. Cooke, Mgr, Morehead City, N. C.
Virginia Springs Mountain Resorts.
On the Line of the
CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILWAY.

of
surely benefits
-
In
an
Res en-, Vac
EXCURSION TICKETS
aned al S. A L. o
ii. W. G.P A. w. o. DIP
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-18

Women appreciate quality and de-
mand the best for their money The
increased demand by housekeepers
everywhere for Blue Ribbon Vanil
la Extract shows it to be the Best
Ever Made
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-18

To satisfy yourself that Blue Ribbon
lemon and vanilla extracts are the
best ever made" Just try them. At
your grOcerS.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-18

Telephone 102 and order Bretsch's
Washington Bread.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-17

Some idea of the State of Texas may be formed with the aid of few statis- tics. Its extreme length is 620. and its breadth 765 miles, comprising an area of 265.7s0 square miles. It has 243 counties. 1s.500,o00 acres of i'm proved farming land. and farm proper. ty worth s962, 100000 The number of it's farms is 352.1oO Its population, as shown by the last census, was B. 04s.71O. being in point of numbers the sixth State in the Union Those which exceed it are New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri and Illinois, whose az gregate population is 23,656.769. Yet their total area is only 262, ,010 square miles. This is less by 3.770 square miles than Texas, which would not be capitalized were Connecticut and Rhode Island thrown in. If the population of Texas were as great to the square mile as New Works. it would be 4e,- 59S .220, or nearly twice that of the five states mentioned.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-17
HIGHER EDUCATION AND MATERNITY.

At the convention of the American Medical Association, lately in session at Atlantic City, N. J., distinct sen sation was created by a paper read by Dr. A. Lpthom Smith, of Montreal, in which he denounced in strong Ian guage the higher education of girls, on the ground that it units them for do- mestic life.
 The Montreal physician, who stands high in his profession, internationally, holds that higher education for women is "unwise and unjustifiable because it makes the duties and privileges of motherhood distasteful.' In his pa per he declared that the health of American girls is not as good as was that of their mothers and grandmoth- mothers at the same age, and added:
 For these conditions we must blame the over-education of women. The blood that is necessary for her body is diverted to her brain. If children come to these highly educated women, they are usually few in number and physically or mentally deficient The phosphates that should be ip their lit tie bodies have been stolen to it out the brains of their mothers''
 T would have girls taught the same elements in the same manner and to the some degree as boys, but I would cut out algebra, astronomy and all the higher subjects. h their stead l would substitute outdoor sports, cook ing, sewing and care of the child. l would give girls frequent vacations, and would advise early marriages. If the breed that now dominates this con- tinent is to live, it must begin, and that soon, the sensible. practical training of it's girls. If the starvation and modification of the flesh for the exal- tation of the spirit shall continue. the righteous sentence of death will be inexorably executed"
 -~C"r 4cA us 4Cdl HOAHCA . clubs,
 The convention before which Dr. Smith made prominent his radical views. was attended by fully 5000 del egates. representing every state in the Union, including physicians prominent in Germany, Austria. Cuba, the South American Republics and Canada. It is said that many of the delegates agreed with the Canadian physician, and the subject he discussed promises 10 become a bone of professional con troversy, with no end of lay discus sion.
 We may now expect to hear the knowing ones smoke up'' again CD the great question of race suicide.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-17
THE YOUNG
 MAN ABSHLOM.

The contention that the conditions Of today leave open no such possibil ities for the Young Man Absalom" as conditions Of an earlier day presented, has constant refutation.
 Take the case of Philander C. Knox, who has just been selected to succeed Matthew Stanley Quay in the United States Senate. Knox is young man. Look al him.
 The receipt is simple one: First, get to be special counsel for the Unit ed States Steel Corporation. Then have this corporation select you to conduct an antitrust crusade from the office Of Attorney General Of the Unit ed States. Then secure, for purely po- litical purposes, verdict in an indi- vidual case, but be sure to accompany this with the assurance that there is 10 intention to run amuck" by insist ing upon the practical application of that decision to railway organizations other than that of Mr. James J. Hill, or 10 other trusts.
 There you are. Any Young Man Ab- salon who is careful to follow this re. ceipt is sure to secure the endorse. ment of the United States Steel Corpo ration, and of the other trusts, when he aspires to seat in the United States Senate.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-17

The thuggery and outlawry so com mon in Douglas, arises from the keen eyed sense of justice that can see a Mexican a block off with a gun in his pockets, and fining him one hundred dollars, and the granting of changes of venue in assault cases where scarce ly a soul knows the participants in a street row. Bum" Rodgers" the rock thug, will probably be presented with a set of resolutions thanking him for his kindly work in the interest of good citizenship.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-17

The papers of Douglas speak of some person disturbing the peace on Sixth street" Sixth street in Douglas having its peace disturbedI Every time the gentleman with the forked tail takes look at his possessions on Sixth street. he feels a sort of pride that nowhere in all his kingdom has he so noisy, so vile and so wicked a corner as he has there.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-17
sars the philadelphia Record:

CdgS tue PA4o @>~~NeN.
 "A demonstration of the workings of protectionism may be given on the Isthmus of Panama. The Canal Con- missioners, of course. desire that the canal be built with the least possible cost consistent With good work; and to this end they wish that material. machinery, supplies and food for the laborers may be admitted to the ca nal zone duty free. The Secretary of the Treasury, as, a consistent pro tectionist, insists that American man. ufacturers of steam shovels. cement. pick-axes. flour dredges and dinner pails shall be fenced off from foreign competition by the extension to the Isthmus of the provisions of the Ding ley tariff The government would in that ease have tn nav to the purveyors thus favored the difference between the cost of these articles in the open and in the protected market; and 1t would be made to appear very clearly that the consumer Gin this instance the government) pays the tariff taxes"
 But what else could have been ex- pected of the present administration? Having already paid out s50,o00 to the Frenchmen and the Panamans, was it not a matter of course that our tariff barons, who own the Republi- can party, should have a share of the swag?
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-17

A change of venue should at once be given Bum" Rodgers, of Douglas, who beat up an officer with a rock, and assisted by three or four more Of the same low ilk as himself. This ele- gant gentleman can not hope to get justice in the Shelter City. Let him come to Bisbee by all means.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-17

The soldiers in Colorado placed a rope around a miners neck, as an in ducement to have him talk. This beats the water cure" at any rate, if they don't pull the rope too tight.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-17

Time for another manifesto to be issued in Douglas against the carrying of rocks in the hands of gentlemanly residents of Sixth street. Members Of the four hundred of that district are requested not to carry quarries around with them
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-17
Fatal HoId-Up of
 North Coast Limited
TWO BANDITS HOLD UP EXPRESS TRAIN, BLOW UP EXPRESS CAR, GET RICH THUNDER
 AND HIDE OUT IN
 TIMBER.

Butte. Mont, Friday.-Al .
 2 10:45 the North Coast Limited,
 the finest train on the Northern :
 2 Pacific, was held up near :
 Bearmouth. Three explosions ' of dynamite completely demol- . ished the express car. The en- . gineer showed fight, and the . robbers killed him. A special ' train has been sent out from , Missoula. The plunder of the ' robbers is supposed to be large. . The bandits, two in number, ' , have escaped in the large tim .
 Der of the mountains. .
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-17

Observation of the magnificent tribute paid to Charley Warner in the absolute suspension of business in this city during his funeral, shows in what esteem he was held by his fellow citi- gems.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-17
Japs Lost Men and Horses.

Tokio, Thursday.-It is reported that the transports Kitachi and Sado car- ried only four thousand men. If this is true. the loss in lives is less than 1000. The transports, however, had many horses and large quantities of supplies on board.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-17

If our forefathers had though: of it the second time. and what the Glori- ous Fourth was to be in posterity, they might have hesitated.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-17

A king could not have had more honor bestowed upon him, than when thousands of men stood bareheaded simply to witness the carrying of the casket of Charles C. Warner to it's hearse.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-17
Another Battle On.

London, Friday.-A correspondent Of the Daily Mail at Japanese headquar- ters, cabling from Antung, under date of June 1s. says that the Russians are advancing, and have occupied Jong
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-17
Retreat Cut Off,

St. Petersburg. Friday.-It Is ru- mored throughout the city that Gen. Stakelberg has sustained a disastrous defeat at Vafangow, and tha: his re- treat is being cut off.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-17

A full dinner pail item is in another column of the Review. It tells of the discharge of 75. 1000 men from the rail- way service of the country.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-17

Yeng Pu. Sumengtsu and Sanchitzu. and that battle is expected immedi- ately.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-17

proportion of them refusing to retire until after they had been repeatedly or dered back"
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-17

Do you want a situation? Quick Employment office is the classi.ed columns of the Review
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-17

Mention your business in the 'eBusi ness Brief columns of the Review
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-17

Old Liberty Bell appears to be among the greatest junketers we have.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-17
Cut to Pieces
 by the Japs

Continued From Page One.)
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-04-21

Duels in menageries and ZOOS are,
fortunately, rare. Now and then they
happen, though, and while they last
they are at once repugnant and fasci-
mating. Man cannot fight like his
lesser brothers. He no longer pos
sesses their indomitable bravery, their
cruelty and their power to endure
pain, says the Philadelphia Record.
An animal trainer said the other
day that he once saw a battle of alli-
gators that lasted for five days. ALI
gators, it appears, fight without rea-
son. These specimens had lived to-
gether peaceably for years; then, all
Of sudden, they began to fight.
They fought in a horrible way. They
only tried to crush one another's jaws
and to take off one anothers legs.
They displayed amazing swiftness in
attack and in defense, and they did not
know when they were beaten. One
alligator with two legsrgone still
fought on. Another got his jaw crush
ed and still tried to bite, paying no
heed to the hideous confusion of
broken bone and torn tissue that his
exertion brought about There were
nine alligators in the cage, and not one
of them survived the wounds that he
received in this battle.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-04-21

Fierce Animal Battles


The man said he once saw, at the
London zoo, O fight between kanga-
roo ard a hippopotamus. In the mid
die OF the night the kangaroo escaped
from it's cage, and laundering into the
pool where the hippopotamug lay, be-
gan a fierce combat. The hiDpopota-
mus, its enormous mouth open wide,
tried hard to bite, but the kangaroo
stood erect in the water and rained in
Vulnerable swift and powerful blows
with it's forehoofs upon the others ten
der nose. Vainly the hippo swung it's
head to right and left, lodging, trying
to crush the kangaroo with its power
full teeth, but the kangaroo was too
quick. 1t boxed like Bob Fitzsimmons
and finally, under a rain OF vigorous
let's and rights to the nose, the vast
hippopotamus actually turned tail and
retreated.
Snakes, tho trainer said, fight as
quietly as they do everything else.
Once right behind his back, two big
and valuable serpents fought a duel
to the death, the larger swallowing the
smaller, and the man, though not three
feet away, knew nothing Of the trag-
edy till, turning, he saw only one
snake where there had just been two.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-04-21

1t is no uncommon thing for a tip
pler to see snakes and plenty of them,
too-great ugly squirmy ones-but it
is out of the usual order for his Wis
ions to become real. When they do,
however, there is quite apt to be a
continuous performance not altogeth-
er lacking in interest and excitement.
About forty railroad laborers OF Al
toona, Pa, went in training for cir
Gus of this kind a day or two ago.
While at work they found nice fila
gree ball of half-froZen rattlesnakes.
Ii was a curiosity worthy OF space in
any side show, and great deal bet
ter than most of those fakes put up.
When the forty returned to the hash
house. the place where they ate stand
ing and slept on shelves if at all, they
took along wad Of chilled ophidian5.
Chilled. themselves, from working all
day in the cold, the men took few
fingers of something warming when
they arrived at the cabin. This start
ed the frost; so they took some more.
In the argument which followed a
ioosening of forty tongues, the jug
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-04-21

of the King. Two days later Captain
Blake, of the Alaska, started up the
river with the Monocacy and Palos
and four launches to make trim of
investigation. He had strict orders
not to fire on the natives excent in
Self-defense. On the way I'D the ey-
pedltlon passed two stone forts, which
had been erected since the French ex-
petition Of 1866 At a point nine
miles from the mouth the party came
10 some narroWS, where the river ran
very rapidly between an island and
the mainland. The island was strong
~ fortified with crenellated walls.
through which projected forty or fifty
guns. At the base of the walls were
stationed 1000 Korean troops armed
with matchlocks.
AS the foremost launches turned a
bend IN the river opposite the fort
they perceived another fort on the
mainland SO situated that IFS fire
would converge with that from the
island battery. At the same moment
the guns vim both forts opened fire
on the launches and poured a hail of
shot round them that lasted for some
ten minutes. By that time the Palos
and Monocacy had come up to the
launches and with a few shots from
their guns silenced the forts. The
boats then withdrew down the river.
In spite of the heavy fire from the
forts only one man in the surveying
party was wounded This was due to
the fact that the Korean guns were
aimed to sweep a certain point in the
river, and as the launches did not pass
that point they escaped with compare
lively little damage.
Ten days later, on June TO- the boatr
made a second expedition up the river
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-04-21

anchored near the mouth of tie Seoul
River. He was met by officers who
purported to come from the Korean
court, but as they had no credentials
they were denied an interview. One
of the men presented letter from the
King which was in part as follows:
This people and kingdom have
lived in the enjoyment of their own
civilization 1000 years, and we want
no other. We trouble no other ma
tons. Why should they trouble us?
Our country is in the farthest east;
yours is in the farthest west For
what purpose do you come so many
thousand miles across the sea? Is it
to inquire about the vessel destroyed?
Her men committed piracy and MUIR
der, and they were punished with
death. Do you want our land? That
cannot be. Do you want intercourse
with US? That cannot be-"
The Admiral said in reply to this
that his intentions were friendly and
that he. proposed to make d survey of
the river. He asked to see an envoy