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VOL. XXXIII. NO. 13. ATGLMIKGTON, X. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1900. 81 .00 PER TEAR.BRYAN SPEAKS IN BALTIMORECONGRESSMAN ROBERTS. CLEAR NOTE OF-WARNI- .THE BIG BATTLE BEGUN.

BOERS AND BRITISH FIGHTING ALL DAY

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'LONG YESTERDAY.

purpose is to consider the question ofconstitutional right, not of power, asIt is conceded that the house has thepower to exclude--, with or without rea-son, right or wrong. The exercise ofsuch a power, without constitutionalwarrant, would simply be brute force,a tyrannous exercise of power, unre-viewable by any tribunal."

Aftr citing the constitutional pro-vision as to the qualification of a rep-resentative in congress, the report pro-ceeds:

"This house, by its independent ac-tion, cannot make law for any pur-pose. The adding by this house, actingalone, of a qualification not establish-ed by law would not only be a viola-tion of both the constitution and thelaw, but it would establish a most dan-gerous precedent, which could hardlyfail to return to plague the inventor."

The report concludes as follows:"A small partisan majority might

render the desire to arbitrarily exclude,by a majority vote, in order to moresecurely intrench itself In power,

Hence its exercise is con-trolled by legal rules. In case of ex-pulsion, if the reqr'r're ftwo-thir- ds canbe ha-'- , the motive f r the exercise ofarbitrary power no longer exists, as atwo-thir- ds partisan majority is suffi-cient for every purpose. Hence expul-sion has been safely left to the discre-tion of the house, and .the safety of hemembers does not need the protectionof legal rules.

"We believe that Mr. Roberts has the

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John Ruskin died Saturday, aged 81'years.

The Boer losses to date are placed at6,425 men.

(Mexican soldiers defeat a band ofYaques, killing 200.

Two scandals in the navy at Manilaare causing much talk.

The anti-Briti- sh feeling in Germanybecomes more intense. 1

Filipinos ambushNar.d destroy anAmerican pack train.

The Boers place in position some 8-I- nch

guns before Ladysmith.The grand jury at Frankfort indicts

Colonel Colson lor willful murder.A steamer is reported showing sig-

nals of distress off Fenwick island.Dr. Leyds is receiving numerous ap-

plications for enlistment in the Boerarmy.

More witnesses testify to bribery Inthe election of Senator Clark, of Mon-tana.

The Delaware, Lackawana and West-ern Company are closing many of theirmines.

Surgeon General Wyman issues avaluable brochure oa the bubonicplague.

The naval bill will be the chief topicin German political circles for the nextweek or so.

Secretary Gage before a house com-mittee oposes limited coinage of frac-tional coin.

Griffin, Ga., is to have two knittingmills, one to be removed from LittleFalls, N. Y.

The news from Transvaal indicatesthat a great battle had begun Satur-day morning.

John II. Wise, Jr., from near FlorenceS. C, has been arrested on a charge otcounterfeiting.

The government statistipan givesout his figures on the food products ofthe farms of the country .

At Decatur, Ga., Flanagan, the mur-derer, heads eight prisoners in a des-perate attempt to ascape from jaiL

The $13,000,000 new issue of stock bythe Pennsylvania railroad has beenover subscribed two or three times.

American, food exporters say the, Boers are well prepared for the war in

that line as well as in war munitions.General Warren's forces were in ac-

tion all day Saturday, gradually ad-vancing to the enemy's main position.

Ex --Consul Macrum reaches Rome onhis way home. He says he has lettersfrom Kruger to Presidents McKin-le- y

and Loubet.The senate committee hears argu-

ments for and against free trade be-tween Porto Rico and the UnitedStates.

A house committee on elections de-cides to report in favor of the contesteeagainst the sitting member, a democratfrom Alabama.

. The duke of Marlborough, RudyardKipling and Baroness Burdett-Coutt- sare among the passengers on a trans-port which sails for Sputh Africa.

W. J. Bryan speaks in Baltimore un-der the auspices of the free silver dem-ocratic association, None of the reg-ular democratic leaders had anythingto do with the affair.

) Majority and minority reports aremade by the house special committeein the case of Mr. Roberts, of Utah,one favoring exclusion, the other ex-

pulsion after admission.State chairman Simmons in an in-

terview says Senator Butler's speecfibefore the populist committee indicatesa desire to stir up strife and inflamethe negroes to violent resistance in thecoming campaign and he sounds a noteof warning to the leaders of the op-

position so inclined.

I'nder Anp!ce of a PenuKrratle FrwSilver Association.

Baltimore, January TO. Hon. W. J.Bryan delivered an adcress here to-night upon the political questions ofthe day to an audience which filled nheMusic Hall, .the biggest auditorium inthe city, to Its fullest capacity, andwhich greeted him and his remarkswith the greatest enthusiasm. Themeeting was held under fihe auspicesof the Maryland Democratic Associa-tion, one of the free silver wings ofthe democratic party of the state, andwas not encouraged in any manner bythe regular democratic organization.In fact, the l&oter held strictly alooftn in any participation in the affair.They made no effort to discourage itin any manner, but not one of thedemocratic leaders appeared on theplatform, and an offer of stage ticketswas politely declined by the principalmembers of the democratic state cen-tral committee.

With the party who came fromWashington with Mr. Bryan were Sen-ator Tillman, of South Caroling; Con-gressman Sulzer, of New York; Rich-ardson, of Tennessee; Jones, of Vir-ginia, and DeArmond, of Missouri.

"I am going to ask the republicanshere to think for a little while whenthey go home of the Income tax andsee if it is riot in line with that doc-trine of equal rights to all and specialprivileges to none in the constitution.

"When the Spanish war broke out wehad to have more taxes and the repub-lican party looked around for any oldthing to put a stamp on, and you runacross the stamp taxes all the time.Every time I send a telegram I haveto pay the regular rate and in additionthereto one cent is added for the bene-ficial assimilation pf the Filipino.

"Why is it that the man who sendsthe telegram has to pay the tax? Be-cause the telegraph company says so;and why was the law so m?de that thetelegraph company could shift the bur-den on to the man who sends the tele-gram? Because the telegraph compan-ies have more influence with the repub-lican party than all the poor republi-cans who use the wires.

"In an hour of peril, this governmentcan take the son from his mother, thehusband from his wife, the father fromhis child and stand them up in frontof an enemy's gun, but in an hour ofdanger this government cannot layits hands upon accummulated wealthand make that wealth bear its shareof the expenses.

"Why is it? It is because the repub-lican party has made money more prec-ious than blood. My friends, youheard men denounce our income taxplank in 1896. I want to say that itis stronger today than it was then.And if those who have been shirkingtheir taxes think that they have set-tled this question for ever I want totell them that the income tax will be inthe next campaign and it will be in thecampaign until the constitution of theUnited States is so amended as to spe-cifically authorize an income tax, sothat neither one judge nor nine judgescan build a bulwark around the for-tunes of the great and throw the burd-ens of government on the poor."

THE BUBOVIC PLAGUE.

A Valuable Article Thereon Issued br0

Surareon General Wyman.

Washington, January 20. An interesting and valuable brochure giving acomplete history of the bubonic plague,together with means which have beenadopted for its prevention, has beenprepared and made public by SurgeonGeneral Wyman, of the marine hos-pital service. Partly, it is a reproduc-tion, of a somewhat similar work is-

sued by Dr. Wyman several years ago,when the plague made its apye-ranc- e

in some of the eastern countries, sup-plemented by facts and data gatheredsince then. It Is shown that the plague,under various names, is a diseasewhich has ravaged the several coun-tries of Africa, Asia and Europe almostfrom, time immemorable. A pestilencesupposed to have been the plague pre-vailing in Athens from 432 to 429 B. C.One .jfKoiian calculates that one-four- th

the population of Europe, or25,000,000 persons dies in all the epidem-ics in the Fourteenth century.

A very interesting account is givenof the origin and spread of the presentepidemic of the plague, the first re-corded instance of its occurrence In thewestern hemisphere being at Santos.Brazil, in October last.

The opinion is expressed that in thelight of experience in other parts ofthe world it seems reasonable to -- believe

that even were the disease intro-duced here its spread would be verylimited In cities where the sanitaryconditions are good and where theprecautions as to the isolation of pa-tients and the segregation of those ex-

posed to infection could and would bepracticed. The death rate varies Indifferent epidemics and is estimated atfrom 50 to 90 per cent--

Lewls DenniB, SaJem, InL, says,"Kodol Dyspepsia Cure did me moregood than anything I ever took." Itdigests what you eat and ran not hlpbut cure dyspepsia and stomaoh troub-le. R. R. Bel lamjr. w

THE BOERS WELL PREPARED.New York, January 20. Exporters In

the city who make a specialty of theSouth African trade believe that theBoers are remarkably well provisioned,and that any attempt to starve themout is hardly likely to succeed soon.The United States Is the source of thecereal supplies of the fighting repub-lics.

"The British government has showna remarkable lack of foresight," re-marked one of the largest local foodexporters to South Africa today, "Informing a Just . estimate of the pre-paredness of the Boers for war and thebad work of the Intelligence departmentin gaining any accurate Informationconcerning their military supplies Isonly one aspect of the case. As a mat-ter of fact, the Boers have not onlybeen laying up an almost Inexhaustiblesupply of powder and cartridges, butan abundant supply of food as well."

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TO CERTAIN POLITICAL .LEADERS IK

THE COMING CAMPAIGN.

EFFORTS TO STIR UP STR'FE

Between the Rare and to Inclto tno, Passions or Ono Again! tho Other

Not to be Tolerate! --Tone of lluUer,fSpeoch Before the Populist StatCommittee Tho White People ofthe State nre Not to 1h Made TnpeOf Populfnt !)r,majpinM.

(Special to The .Messenger.)Raleigh. X. C, January 20. .i. t

Chairman Simmons was imervier .!today regarding the action of the- - r -ulis state committee Thursday m ::.He said substantially:

"Judging from Senator But!, '

speech at the committee nieetlng, ;

evidently wants to, start up strife : idinflame the negroes to violent res., tance of the purpote of the whites todisfranchise them. There will llk.Iybe no race troubles in North Carolinanext time. If there are ihey will bethe outcome of Incendiary jreechesi ofagitators like Butler to the negroes. Iftrouble comes such men will b- - heldresponsible for it. The poor mouldednegro will be the greatest sufferer, butit is likely the Instigators will not es-cape the wrath which they will pro-voke by their lnnammaitory appe ils.The white people are determined to set-tle this negro question this year andare not to be deterred from their pur--pose by the thinly veiled threats lf anegro insurreotion led by a gang of un-worthy white office seekers. The decentwhite people of the state havo morerespect for the negro than men who6efkto use n5m for s'fish purposes.

"If these men think they can deceiveuneducated white people and use themto bolster up and continue Ignorantnegro suffrage in North Carolina, fiev-greatl-y

misunderstand and undei rutChe white people of the state. Althjujjhmany poor white people are uneducatedthey are not ignorant nor can they bemade rthe tools and dupes of thesedemagogues. They are-- generally wellposted. and before election thy al-ways understand the questions upon 'which, they are to vote and how theywill affect their interests.

"Threats of such men as Butl-- r andOtho Wilson to take the negro anddrive the advocates of white suprema-cy out of the state wUl be greatly re-sented by the respectable people of thestate, and an attempt to execute nto"threat may put the boot on the otherfoot. When these men attempt to em-- iploy an army of Ignorant negroes tocompel by force the white people ofNorth Carolina to return to negro rule-an- d

domination .they will learn more-tha- nthey seem to know of the nurrJof which the Anglo-Saxo- n is ma "Jacob s. Allen. Jr.. hardware ihere, files voluntary petltio.bankruptcy; assets $2,200. Habil'

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C;bargtd with Countprfeicfrur.(Special to The Messenger.)

Florence. S. C, January 20. John 2&mWise, Jr., a young white man of theIlymansviile section of this county, hau.been arrested and la now in Jail under-- a

charge of counterfeiting.The young man Is about 20 years ohl'A preliminary hearing was to have?been given him today before UnitedStates Commissioner Walter II. Welia,but an Important witness could not behad. and the hearing was adjourned tonext Thursday.Spurious coins hare been circulated"here quite freely lately and Rowel!, thedeputy marshal, thinks he has one oXa party of several who are implicatedHOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES- -Washington, January 20. The house

spent an hour today in disposing ofbills favorably reported and amongthose passed were the measures tobuild the League Island and Mare Is-land dry docks of stone instead oftimber. '

The reports on the Roberts cas werealso received. An hour was glveaenlogies on the late Repre-

sentative Dan ford, of Ohio.White, of North Carolina (coloredX.presented a petition signed by 2.413 perusons for national legislation againstlynching and mob violence and askedthat It be read at the clerk's desk. Mr.Richardson, of Tennessee, objected,saying. that there was no reason why

this petition should not take the usual,course.

Inspection or American Fruits.Washington. January 20. A more de

tailed statement from Minister Lel&lv-ma- n,

at Berne, respecting the action ofthe Swiss government affecting Ameri-can dried and fresh fruits, Is to the ef-fect that upon reception of dried fruits-no- t

disclosing any living gall Insectsof San Jose scale, general authorizationwas granted by order of President Hao-s- erfor the Importation of euch fruits."The same permit extends to the lmporl.

tatiorjL of fresh fruit through the cust-oms at Rasle. under condition that thefruits be examined by an expert andfound exempt from San Jose gall in-sects or other parasites. Mr. Mueller,secretary ot agriculture, explained tothe American minister personally thatthe order embraced all kinds of sundried, sterilized or evaporated fruits. c

COLSON INDICTED FOR MURDER.Franfort, Ky., tfaiiuary 20 The grand'-Jur- y

today returned Indictments charg-- --

ing ColoneJ Dvid G. Colson with thewillful murder o Lieutenant Elhel- -. --

burt Scott and L. A. Demaree.,

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MAJORITY AND MINORITY REPORTS OF

THE COMMITTEE.

HIS EXPULSION OR EXCLUSION

Points on Which Committeemen Dis-

agree Majority Advocates Exclu-sion, Which Would be by a MajorityVote-- It Questions Right to ExpelAfter AdmissionMinority Insists onAdmission and Then Kxpulslon,Winch Must !n by a Two-Thir- ds Vote

Washington, January 20 The reportsof the special committee of investiga-tion in ithe case of Brigham H. Rob-

erts. of L'rah, were presented to thehouse today. The majority report,signed by Chairman Tayler and six ofhis associates, is a voluminous-document- ,

and is accompanied by a summa-ry of the law and facts. It gives thedetails of the hearings, the ample op-

portunities afforded to Mr. Roberts topresent his case, his refusal to testifyand the unanimous finding of facts,heretofore published. It proceeds:

"The committee is unanimous in itsbelief that Mr. Roberts ought not toremain a member of the house of rep-

resentatives. A majority are of theopinion that he ought not to be permit-ted to become a member; tha't thehouse has the right to exclude him. A

linority are of the opinion that theproper course of procedure is 'to per-mit him to be sworn in and then ex-pel him by a two-thir- ds vote under theconstitutional provision providing forexpulsion.

"Your committee desire to assertwith the utmost positiveness at thispoint that not only is the propositionof expulsion as applied to this caseagainsit precedent, but that exclusionis entirely in accord with principle, au-thority and legislative precedent, andnot antagonistic to any legislative ac-tion which the house of representativeshas ever taken.

"For convenience we present here-with, before proceeding to extended ar-gument in support of the committee'sresolution the following summary:

"Upon the facts stated, the majorityof the committee assert that the claim-ant ought not to be permitted to takea seat in the house of representativesand that the seat to which he waselected ought to be declared vacant.

"The minority on the other hand, as-sert that he ought to be sworn in inorder thait. if happily two-thir- ds votetherefor he may be expelled.

"Thrpe distinct grounds for disqual-ification are asserted against Roberts.

"1. By reason of his violation of theEdmunds law.

"2. By reason of his notorious anddefiant violation of the law of the land,of the decisions of the rupreme court,and of the proclamation? of the presi-dents, holding himself above the lawand not amenable to it.

"Xo government could possibly ex-ist in the face of such practices. He isin open war against the laws and in-

stitutions of the country whose con-gress he seeks to enter. Such an ideais intolerable. It is upon the principleasserted on this ground that all casesof exclusion have been based.

"3. His election as representative isan explicit and offensive violation ofthe understanding by which Utah wasadmitted as a state."

After further arguments on theselines the committee continues:

"The interesting proposition is madethat the claimant be sworn in andthen turned out. Upon the theory 'thatthe purpose is to permanently partcompany with Mr. Roberts this is a'ubious proceeding. Such aotion re-quires the vote of two-thir- ds of themembers. We ask if such a vote is pos-sible or right in view of the followingobservations:

"The expulsion clause of the consti-tution is as follows:

" 'Each house may determine therules of its proceedings, punish itsmembers for disorderly behavior' and,with the concurrence of two-third- s,

expel a member."No lawyer can read that provision

without raising in his own mind thequestion whether the house has anypower to expel, except for some causerelating to die context. The ablestlawyers from the beginning of the re-public have so insisted."

The report concludes as follows:"If there is any fact apparent in this

case it is that the constituents of Mr.Roberts knew all about him before hiselection. Can there be room to doubtthe proper aotion of the house? Is itprepared to yield up this salutary pow-er of exclusion? Will it declare itselfdefenseless and ridiculous?

"Nor are those who assert that ex-pulsion is the remedy necessarily barr-ed from voting for the resolution de-claring the seat vacant. He must, in-deed, be technical and narrow in hisconstruction of the constitution whowill net admit that if a vote to de-clare the seat vacant is sustained by atwo-thir- ds majority the constitution issubstantially complied with. He maynot agree with the committee that amere majority can exclude, but he canreserve the right to make the pointof order that the resolution is not car-ried if two-thir- ds do not vote for it.

"If the house takes the action whichthe minority of the committee Insistsit ought to take, it will for the firsttime In its history part with a mostben efii cent power which it has oftenexercised a power that ought rarelyto be exercised, butt which the househas never declared it did not possess."

THE MINORITY REPORT.The minority report is signed by Mr.

Little-field- , republican, of Maine, andMr. DeArmond, democrat, of Missouri.It says In part:

"Assuming that Mr. Roberts hasbeen and is now a polygamist, unlaw-fully cohabitating with plural wives,and the house of representatives is forthat reason of the opinion that heought not to be a N member thereof,what course should ft rightfully pur-sue under the constitution, the su-preme law of the land exclude him orexpel him? If he Is to be excluded, nmust be because he is for such reasonlegally ineligible or disqualified. The

BRITISH BIVOUAC ON THE FIELD.

Battle to be Renewed Today-Briti- sh

r Forces Fight Their Way ForwardSteadily They Now Confront the

j.'Maln Position of the Boers BoersjBombardlns Ladysmith With Heav- -.

lerGunj Bnrstlng of Bailer's Shellss Seen from that City.

i London, January 21. It Is evidentfrom General Buller's dispatch to thewar office and the advices in the Asso-ciated Press from Spearman's camp,that a big battle is now being fought.As far as can be gathered from thesedispatches the result remains undecid-ed, and unless the Boers withdrew dur-ing the night, the engagement on

rwhlch hangs the fate of Ladysmith andwhich may prove the turning point ofjthe whole war, will be resumed thismorning.

London, January 21. The war officeshortly after midnight posted the fol-lowing dispatch from General Buller,dated Spearman's camp, January 20th,evening:

"General Clery, with a part of Gen-eral Warren's force, has been in ac-tion from 6 o'clock a. m. till 7 o'clockp. m. today. By a judicious use ofhis artillery he has fought his way up,capturing ridge after ridge. Thetroops are now bivouacmg on theground he has gained, but the main po-sition is still in front of them. Thecasualties were not heavy. About 100wounded have been brought in by 6:30o'clock p. m. The number of killed hasnot yet been ascertained."

Spearman's Camp, Natal, January20, 11:45 a. m'. The firing of field gunswas heard early this morning from theleft. Evidently General Warren hascommenced the bombardment of theBoer trenches on Tabanmyana moun-tains. There was also a brief musket-ry fire. Among the prisoners capturedThursday was a grandson-in-la- w ofPresident Kruger.

The artillery and musketry fire corf-tinu- es

fromXreneral Warren's position.JThe enemy has not shifted its positionat the time this dispatch was sent, andthe shells set fire to the grass.HEAVY BOMBARDMENT OF LADY-

SMITH.Ladysmitji, January 20, .via Spear-

man's CatilD. The pnemv ha v n!ror!fit position new guns throwing ch

shells and have been bombarding morevigorously for the last few days,thoughlittle damage has been done. Three ofthe British force have been wounded.The troops are jubilant over GeneralBuller's successful advance. His gunscan be heard distinctly and the burst-ing of shells can be plainly seen.

BOER TRENCHES SHELLED.Spearman's Camp, January 20 (Eve-

ning) The Boer trenches were shelledcontinuously today. General Littleton'sbrigade advanced and occupied a kopje2,000 yard3 from the Boers' position atBrakfontein. A company of rifles ad-vanced with a balloon into action andwere received with a heavy fire fromthe Boers.

The artillery and musketry fire con-tinues from General Warren's position.

Lord Dundonald's force on Thursdaysurprised 350 Boers. The British, whowere posted on a kopje, allowed theBoers to advance leisurly before open-ing fire. The Boers did not reply, anda majority of them galloped off. It isreported that the remainder surren-dered.

Rensburg, Cape Colony, Friday Jan-uary 19. A gentleman who has escapedfrom Colesburg reports that the Dutchinhabitants, who are sympathizers withthe Boers, are proceeding to the OrangeFree State, in anticipation of the evac-uation of the town. Mr. Vander Walt,a member of the Cape Assembly, hasalready gone.

The Boer force there is estimated tonumber from 6,000 to 7,000 men, besidesa strong force at Norval's pont. TheBritish shells did much execution east-ward of the town. The Boer loss upto date is probably 200 men.

Carefully sompiled figures from re-publican sources, some of which havebeen investigated and found to be cor-rect show the Boer losses up to dateare approximately 6,425 men, inr l iding2,000 casualties during the siege ofLadysmith.BOER ACCOUNT OF THE BRITISH

ADVANCE.Boer Headquarters, . Upper Tugela,

Tuesday, January 16, via LourenzoMarques, January 19. (Afternoon.) Itbecame known today that 300 Englishhad crossed the Pont drift over theGreat Tugela and were on the federalside. A display in force has been madetoward Colenso and another north-ward, toward Oliver's hoek bridge,which was blown up by us a few daysago. Toward 5 o'clock the alarm wasgiven out that the English wrere com-ing. The lookouts observed long suc-cessive lines of Infantry moving downto the new British position, a bush-cover- ed

chain of hills known as Swartz-ko- p.

Their forces were sometimes lostin the trees studding the river bank.

At 6 o'clock they emerged in openorder and advanced in two lines to thelow kopjes on the river bank.

At 6:30 o'clock they took up a posi-tioiwam- id

complete silence on theBoer side, their horses tethered wherethere was the least danger from chanceshells, and the men prepared to make

fa night of it at their posts. Night hadnow fallen. With the gloom came fit-ful flashes of lightning from the thun-derclouds which had been threateningall day. The clouds eventually sepa-rated, showing the moon. Simultane-ously with the clearing sky well-know- n

Dutch hymns were repeated from kop-je to kopje, with a strangely weird ef-

fect, highly Inspiring both to the greybeards and the beardless youths. Thebattlefield is full of historical signifi-cance. Splonkop hill, whence I am nowwriting, was a hill from which theBoer trekkers. after crossing the Dak-ensbr- rg

mountains, spied out the thenbarbaric Natal and found It fair intheir eyes.

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legal, constitutional right to be swornJm as a member, but the facts are suchthat we further believe the house, inthe exercise of its discretion is not onlyjustified, but required by every properconsideration involved, to expel himpromptly after he becomes a member."

FREP TRADE WITH PORTO ISICO

Arguments For and Ajralnst BeforeSenate Committee.

Washington, January' 20. The senatecommittee on Puerto Rico and the Pa-cific islands held a long session todayand listened to arguments for andagainst free traHe between PuertoRico and the United States. The Puer-to Rican commission, appointed by thefederal party, which recently arrivedin this country, was heard. These gen-tlemen were all for free trade with theUnited States, wanted a territorialform of government, desired UnitedStates currency as the standard andwanted a loan authorized. Most ofthem favored an extended suffrage andbelieved that under the United Statesfair elections could be held..Henry Oxnard, of Nebraska, argued

against free trade because of the ef-fect it would have upon the beet sugarinterests. Mr. Hill, of Louisiana, rep-resenting the cane sugar growers, tookthe same view.

Mr. Frye, of Connecticut, opposedfree trade on account of the effect upontobacco interests.

Herbert Myrick made a general argument against free trade between theUnited States and Puerto Rico becauseof the effect it would have upon 'theagricultural interests of the UnitedStates.

Major Awes, who was for a long timesanitary officer of the island, gaveseme information concerning healthconditions there.

Clark Election Investigation.Washington, January 20. Little new

information was developed today inthe Clark senatorial investigation bythe senatecommittee on privileges andelections.

T. F. Normoile, of Butte, Montana, amember of the last legislature, testi-fied that he had been approached withan offer of $12,500 to vote for Mr. Clark,but had not accepted it, and had votedfor Conrad throughout the contest.

Mr. Cason, who was on the stand yes-terday, was recalled for additionalcross examination. He said he hadbeen urged by Mr. Clark to secure thevote of Represent? tive Marcye, Mr.Clark indicating to him that he wouldpay $10,000 for it; but as he found thatMarcye would vote fSr Clark anyhow,he did not approach him with the prop-osition.

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Desperate Attempt to Break Jail.Atlanta, Ga., January 20. Edward C.

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THE YAQUES DEFEATED.San Francisco, January 20. A special

to The Examiner from Nogales, Mexi-co, says that a battle has been foughtby the Mexicans and Yaques, in whichthe Yaques were defeated with heavyloss. Their killed numbered 200. Fivehundred were taken prisoners.

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Y., has been here for several days andhas about closed a deal to bring his$40,000 knitting mill plant here fromLittle Falls.

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Free ot Charge.And Auuit suffering from a cold set-

tled on i.e' birast. liivnchitis, throator lung troubles of any nature, whowill call at R. R. Bellamy s, will

with a sample bottle ofBoschee's German Syrup, free ofcharge. Only one bottle given to oneperson, and none to children withoutorder from parents.

No throat or lung remedy ever hadsuch a sale as Boschee's GermanSyrup in all parts of the civilizedworld. Twenty years ago millions ofbottles were given away, and yourdruggists will tell you its success wasmarvelous. It is really the only Throatand Lung remedy generally endorsedy physicians. One 75 cent bottle will

cure or prove its value. Sold by deal-0- 3

in all civilized countries.

SCAXDAL IN THE NAVY.Boston, Mass., January 30. A letter

received from a naval officer at .Ma-

nila, dated December 12th, says thattwo scandals in the United Statessquadron .are causing general talk.

One is the shooting of a Filipino onboard the Monadnock by Captain AIc-Gow- an,

because the man climbed overthe side of the vessel forward, insteadof aft, as demanded by naval usage.It is maintained that the captain in-

tended to fire over the man and scarehim, but he was hit in the hip anddied soon afterward.

The other subject of comment is thefact that Commander S. W. Very, ofthe Castine, up to the present time,has had every officer on the vessel,with one exception, under suspension,and one of them has objected. Al-though the authorities desire to quietproceedings, the officers will have tobe heard, and the matter will be carri-ed to the department at "Washington.

A BIG SAW MILL. PLANT.Oeala, Fla,, January 20. A deal has

just been closed here by which Georgiaparties have invested $600,000 in theCopley Lumber Company's pine timberon the Aclawaha river below Grahams-ville-u

They will ereot one of the larg-est mills in the south, employing 200

hands and cutting 12,000,000 feet oflumber annually.

Those Who nave HousesInsure them. Those who expect to3iave a house if they live, should insuretho ut that :; o earn the house. Those'who own an equity and owe the restJfihoujd never sleep witnout nie insur-ance. The bestt rthait is sold is by theMutual Life of New York, (organized1843, assets 300 million dollars), Wil-lar- d

& Q51es, Agents, Carolina

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