Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-02-23
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All defeated candidates open Law
Offices in New York nowadays.
Russia is. trying to find a graceful
act of backing down and out of Man
churia.
Russia's ninety-nine year lease o
Port Arthur has already expired
! Nogi did it.
The question which interests thu
meat tnsumers now is whether the
cheaper price follows the INDUCTION
and if SO, when.
The Herald says: A NAL
who courted by telephone is suing
for divorce. 1t serve him right fol
! winning "a woman without a sofa.
We.see nc good cas- why hos
tilities in Manchuria should be put
OFT till spring. This kind of weather
is enough to make anybody want to
fight.
The Atlanta Journal says: A son
of Brigham Young is being sued by
% chorus girls. In the good old
days of ~polygamy he could have
compromised by marrying the whole
bunch.
Wilson, N. c., Feb. 17.-Sam
Stalllngs, a promising young man
who worked III the cotlcn seed oil
mill, Was caught in tae uel.lng today
and mangled 81 terribly that he died
III two hours.
New York, Feb. 17.-District Al
torney Jerome today SEM a notlti a.
ton to counsel for Nan Patterson,
accused of numbering Caeser Young,
that d new trial of her cast Win be
begun March q III the criminal branch
o. the supreme court.
The Franklin Times says: Con-
gress is about to settle the question:
Of polygamy for all time. 1t will
take up divorce next week and We
mayyet look fora race suicide la ~. IL
will not be long until eAeura., .
editions of the Congre,54,Aal IT, "u
will be a necessity.
Health Commissioned Dariiu. l.,
oI New DIX Guy, says mat It's t.u,.-
PIC ale I&tdIns The paCv maj hIlls.
oucn talk na5 Dven often ntaru be
lore, bat it is noticoa.ie mere is no
dImInutiol in the speed Of American
life. 1t is nc use for one man to live
the simple life and starve to death
or die of ennui, while everybody else
is out after dollars and a god tune.
Charlottesville, Ind, Feb. 15.-
ieneral Lew Wallace died at his
nome tonight. The end came peace
fully. His wife and other members
of his family were at his bedside.
General Wallace's conditicn grew
worse during the last year, but it was
only Within the last few weeks that
his condition became alarming. His
remarkable vitality and rugged on
5titution have alone been responsible
for prolonging his life for several
months.
A conference of members of the
Democratic State Executive Com
mittee was held at the Marlborough
House last night at which it was de-
cided unanimously to request the
chairman, Senator Simmons, to call
the committee to meet in Raleigh
not later than next Tuesday to con-
slider legislation now pending, that
involves, in the opinion of many
Democrats, an official Interpretation
Of the language of the last State plat
form.
Just about three weeks more re-
main for Congress to finish up its
UOoIi1ooo dhl duJOuIu. TIOIl
| pre- sent indications that Worshipiu]
body will have to burn midnight
oil, ia order to dispose of the appro
priation bills that are now imnl.
nent. More's the pity, for C,ngres:
is not used to work. After the gar.
rison finish that is predicted mem
bers will have t, follow the diZz,
pace of a Roosevelt Inauguration anC
after that if some of the more i'm
questionable congressman do not re
quire the rest cure 1t will be surpris
Jig.
Texas is striding forward every
day. A new evidence of this is thu
fact that a bill has recently been in
troduced in the Texas Legislator,
providing for a tax on bachelors. Tn
tax begins at the age of 81 years ant
increases with age until 30 is reach
ed, when it becomes almost prohihi
tive. 1t appears hal there is a go"'
chance tor this bill to be passed., an
if it becomes a law the cowboy al,
"bad man" may as well bid fare
we'll to the l. me Star State, Their
are but few of them left, any way
81 that tho lost -iaTn 4