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INTERPELLATION
AFTER EASTER
The Government Hopes to Make
Compromise.
THE BILL AGAINST EPIDEMICS.
Germany Wants Free Tr.idc With the
Philippines ia Bxchan__o for Her
Agreement to the Opcu-Door
Policy in China,
<0^pyrig"it. aSOO, by Use Associated PrrsF.)
BERLIN, March Cl.-The various legis?
lative bodies have now adjourned until
the end of April. Prom, the discussions
?iiiw before tlio Reichstag Budget Com
imiuee. it is ???lain that the government
docs not dimeni it likely that the special
?taxes ?will cover the expense-of the fleet.
An increase is necessary, but tiie gov?
ernment lias yielded to the Centre's wish
to provide for it. In that case by :ie\v taxes
by the Bourse, etc.
The Lex Heinz probably will n??t be again
taken up, but will be allowed t? rail
into ?oblivion.
Compromiso negotiations are constantly
occurring about the meat bill, between
?tiie Government and the AprariLins. The
ETvernment believes Uie nigot?ations will
?end successfully, the A?raria?ns dropping
their demands for the exclusion of? pickled
?meat, while the government concedes th(5
exclusion ?of sausages*and canned goods.
The Agrarian council, however, iias just
passed a resolution to ?eject such a com?
promise.
? ? t ??; r j * ??; ? :?\????.
An interpellation, sign? d by ?? Con
servatives in Hie Diet, ar.d aimed against
iPrince Hohesilohe, is .to come up in the
3jiel oiler the ?aster holidays. The gov?
ernment, in the meantime, hopes a com?
promise will be affoctcd, and that ihere
tby an .interpelli?, ion will be -unnecessary.
A bill has reached the Reichstag against
?the spread of epidemics, those mentioned
being the pest, smallpox, cholera, typhoid
?und yellow fever.
In vie*vr of the publication here of seve?
ral special dispatches' eaying Germany
5ias appointed delegates to a commis?
sion, which Presiden?. McKinley re-eom
Jr.onded to readjust Uie economic dirter
?Mices between Germany and tho tinned
.States, in?_uiries were made by the cor?
responden.?. The Foreign, Oflice officials
said ?they knew nothing about ,the ap?
pointment of delegates, and United States
Ambassador White raid the same.
Gnrmany. after giving ?a. satisfactory
reply to the United Slates" request for
tho open-door policy in ?China, thus snow?
ing her good will towards the United
States, has several times breached tne
?Btubject o>f America reciprocating by
*rraniti*qg a similar privilege in trade
?with the? Philippines. This matter has
?been under discussion, though informally,
both In Berlin and Washington
THE A"**SV.'-"r*"*.
The American answer has been that
?tariff matters are not yet regulated "n
the Philippines, and .must await the
proper time. (Besides, the American ar
?gument is- that if reciprocity be serious
ily considered, the insigniti rant trade with
;*GermLa*i .Kiou Chou cannot bo compared
-with the enormous volume of trade witn
Ithe Philippines, and America would at
iieast expect Germany to throw open all
lh??r colonies to America, not only Kiou
tOho-u.
: Prrfcioe l?ohcnlholc's elghfy-iirst birthday
was celebrated to-day in the usual way.
?Flags were displayed, and at Uie ban
?qnet Etnperor William personally con
?gra.tulated the Chancellor and sent him a
Siasidsome present.
I All tihe pnivat?? postal companies will be
QboMsCred to-morrow ar.d the Imperial post
*-il! take their place throughout the Km
jpfrre, one private Berlin postal ?company
talon??} receiving a million in damages.
(Simultaneously the postage will be rt*duc
icd for local postal cards to half a cent,
?arid for local letters to one cent, includ?
ing all the ?suburbs.
An unveiling of a Bismarck statue oc
curr<*d to-day at "Mannheim. The Grand
"Duloo of Baden was present.
POLITICS IN
OLD VIRGINIA
, (Continued from First Page.)
"President McKinley and Congressman
IVlse.
Delegates and alternates were named to
attend tlie District convention ?-it Hamp?
ton April 4tfii, and the State convention
?in Norfolk A:>ril loth.
Jlamp.ton Delegates?Jordan Thompson,
Joshua Fa ulk, S. ?. -Davis, W. A. Bond,
jamia.Ti.me_ Hall. Alternates: Harrison
(Smith and John K. Cowling.
Norfolk Delegates?11. I'. Brooks,
Oworge L. Barton, li. Smith. "\V. A. Bond,
Jordan Thompson. Alternates: J. S.
Owen ahd Jacob Baker.
B. B. Duuvillc was chosen as Nansc
'niond's member of the District Commit?
tee.
Tihe following County Committee -was
ohosen: 11- 1J. Brooks (chairman), George
ti. Barton (secretary), Kxum AX'hite,
6. A. Da ris. W. A. Bond, Alfred AVilsoji
?and Harrison Smith.
V?rreii Republicans.
l?*__O?T ROYAL, VA.. March 31.?Spe?
ziai.?The Republican County Convention
?cinvilved dn the court-house, here to-day.
The corvt.nt.on was called to order by
BL D. Nossett, temporary chairman. Mr.
O. F.. -Wn'tllhan. ?.f CedarviUe?:District,
was elected spici??: chairman of the Coun?
ty Executive Qounmlttoe. Mr. L.. it.
Rudaslll, who was an aspirant f?\r that
position. cont?*st?-d tho .seating of the
CVdarville District "delegation, but the
Committee on Crederitltals tailed to sus?
tain his contention, whereupon tils lac
tion bolted. The contest will be earned
to the Congressional Convention, traten
convenes here ok Tuesday.
Resolutions wero passed endorsing the
cdminisiration. Imperial and Porto Jtican
j?o!io>'. and endorsing Park Agnew for
?chairman of the State Kxeculive Com?
mittee. k
Burkcville Republicans.
??????????.?, VA.. March 31?Speda].
Tho Republicans of Burkeville Precinct
to-day ?elected the?, following delegates to
Ihe County Convention, at Nottoway
Courthoui-c, April 2d:
C. A. Overton. S. S. Fowlkes, C. C.
Miller; alternates, 11. Bather, S. J. Miller.
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A BIG BATTLE IS
NOW IMMINENT
(Continued from "First Page.)
Klipdam. An active campaign is lin pro?
gress on the part of Loyalists of Cape
Colony for the annexation of the repub?
lics and the punishment of the Colonials
who serve in the Boin- army. Meetings
in support of this policy have heen held
in many Important centres under the
auspices of the South African League.
The transportation of the prisoners to
est. Helena is arousing the anger of the
Boots, who threaten to retaliate by send?
ing the British prisoners to Koomatl
poort, reputed to be the worst fever den
in South Africa.
ROBERTS' CASUALTIES.
Tlicy Were More Numerous Than at
First Reported.
IiONOOCC, "March 31.?l?ord? Roberts to?
day reported to the War Oflice that ho
had received news from Colonel Baden
Powell; at Mafeking, up to ?March ?10th,
-when the general health of the garrison
and its spirits were good: the locally
made gun, -searchlight and ammunition
were working well; the food was holding
Out v.-ell, and The paper currency, whicn
the British commander had issued, was
? satisfactory.
From Cap. Town it is reported that
President Steyn has gone .to Pretoria,
after, according* to rclugees, issuing an
order that all British burghers refusing
to join the Bo.fr armies shall be shot.
Tho stories of refugees, however, are
notoriously unreliable.
iThe news from elsewhere is meagre,
though the last, report?! (from Natal in?
dicated the speedy clashing of the op?
posing armies.
The. War Oflice has posted the follow?
ing dispatch from, Lord Roberts, d;tted at
Bloemfontein, March 20th, evening:
"Reports point to the enemy's leaving
Brand fort and proceeding in a northeriy
?dircet'on. The casulatles in yesterday's
'.rag.cement were more numerous than
ait first reported: Oinccrs1 killed, two;
wounded, eight; rank and tile killed, nine?
teen; wounded, one hundred and nine;
missing, three.
FOUGHT SIX HOURS.
Tho British Held at Bay at Mel*et
Kop.
ICKOQXSTAXDT. O. F. S.. "March 5,0.?
General Smuts to-day engaged the British
at Ma.fc-t Kap. south of Brandfort, and
held them at bay for six hours. Tho
burghers fought well. The casualUes are
unknown.
The Free State Raad will assemble at
Kroonstandt April 2d.
Colonel Goufjh Bead;
LOXDOX. March 31.?Lord Roberts re?
ports the death at Norval's Pont Wed?
nesday, March Ss-th. of Colonel, the Hon.
George Hugh Gough, C. B.
Colonei Gough had been private secre?
tan,- to Uie commander-in-chief of the
British forces. Lord Wolsley, since 1879.
He was born in County Tipperary. Ire?
land, July 25, 1S52.
Chancellor's Statement.
LONDON, March 31.??The annual state?
ment of the Chancellor ot the Exchequer,
Sir M?ehael Hicks-Beach, for the year
ending March irist, shows a .net increase
in revenue over lb".?'.? of ?H.SSl>,:?77, of
which ?7,462,SM. occurred in the last quar?
ter, and was evidently due to the im?
mense payments for the .release of bonded
goods previous to the budget announce?
ment. -
Colonel Gough Buried.
BLOBMFOXTEIX. March SO.?Colonel
Gough, of the Fourteenth Hussars, who
died at Norval's Pont, was buried here
to-day with full military honors. Lord
lioberts and staff following the remains
to the grave.
?Prisoners Leave Tor St. Helena.
?CAPS TOWX, March 01.?The first
batch of prisoners started to-day for St.
Helena.
EX-SENATOR GIBSON DEAD;
Had Served H is State in Both Brauches
of Congress.
W'ASHliXGTOX, March 31.?Ex-United
States Senator ?Charles H. Gibson, of
Maryland, died at 2 o'clock this morning
of heart disease, at the residence of his
brother, Lieutenant Gibson, of the navy,
in this city, where he had resided since
his retirement from th.? Senate. He leaves
a widow, but no children.
Xo arrangements have yet been made
for the funeral, but it is probable that
his remains will be taken to Centreville,
Md., and interred by tho side of his
father.
Charles Hopper Gibson was born in
Queen Anne county, teil., ?fifty-seven
years ago. He was elected as a "Demo?
crat to 'the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, and
Fifty-lirst Congresses, and was appointed
United Slates Senator to fill a vacancy
caused by the death of Ephraim ?. Wil?
son, taking his seat IDecember 7, 1891; He
was elected to fill the unexpired term
January 21, 1S92.
Revenue Rulings.
?WASHINGTON. March 31.?Commis?
sioner Wilson, of the Internal Revenue
Bureau, has rendered a decision, in which
he holds that deeds of conveyance in the
State of Georgia, executed under the pro?
visions of Section 19" Of tee Code of 1S"2,
are not taxable. He ha.s alsu held that
tho tax on an assignment of a mortgage
is reckoned upon the amount secured by
the assignment at the time it is executed;
that it,'the assignment is taxable In the
same amount as would accrue were a new
morigage made at the time, instead of an
assignment.
Strike in Kentucky.
BEAVER DAM, KY.. March 31.?The
?union miners of this district will go on
strike, beginning Monday.
? The miners asked SO cents on the ton
for mining coal, and an advance of 20
per cent, on all day "labor, and the opera?
tors offered 7.1 cents per ton and 12'X. per.
cent, on day labor. This strike will affect
nearly every county ln Western Ken?
tucky. Four hundred men went out to?
day "at Sturgis. Ky. Two thousand men
are employed in the? district.
?Control Clticaso 1*5rick Trade'.
CHICAGO. March 31.?A corporation,
embracing a majority of the brick manu?
facturers of Cot?k county, was formed
to-day. The 'new concern has a capital
of $?W,C?00,<XiO, and wiil practically control
Uie brick market of Chicago and the
.neighboring cities.
SENATOR PETTUS'
Senatorsand Gallery Occupants Con?
vulsed With Laughter.
OODG NATURED THROUGHOUT.
Nobody Expected so Much Fun From
the Ponderous,' Serious, Owl-Like
Senator From Alabama?Great
Peals of Laughter.
WASHINGTON, (March 31.?The Post
prints the following:
Thero is a new humorist in the Senate.
For nearly ?twenty minutes yesterday the
venerable Pcttus, of Alabama, convulsed
his fellow-senators and the crowds in the
galleries with his satire and ?wit, Great
peals of laughter broke forth spontane?
ously with every sentence, and the mer?
riment was unrestrained. And all ?because
Mr. Pettus flayed "with his ridicule and
pilloried with his keen, good-natured'
humor the oratorical ?pretensions of Sen?
ator Beveridge, of Indiana.
Nobody expected so much fun irom
the ponderous, serious and owl-like Pet?
tus. He is tho very personification of
ancient wisdom, and is known among his
colleagues as Confucius. AVhen he speaks
he wags his head, and' orates solemnly,
as much as to say that when he opens
his mouth he is Sir Oracle, and no dog
shall bark. One coul? as easily imagine
an elephant gamboling as to think of. tho
dignified Judge Pettus, now in his eight?
ieth year, indulging in levity. Indeed,
when he (began yesterday afternoon he
devoted ten minutes or more to a solemn
constitutional argument. Then, all of a
sudden, something must have tickled his
funny-bone, for lie began to throw darts
at Senator Gallinger. "He informed us
that he ?was not a lawyer," said Pettus,
"and he proved it; not only by his asser?
tion, but his remarks."
A ?STORY AT GALLINGER?S EXPENSE.
Even Senator Gallinger joined in iho
laugh which this unexpected sally caus J,
and" the merriment spurred Mr. Pettus to
tell a story. He wanted to show that
many of the senators who gravely dis?
cussed constitutional law did not know
?what ?they were talking ?about, and he
pointed his moral with an Alabama inci?
dent. He said he once went to a "preach?
ing" in the mountains, where the min?
ister "was as learned in ?the Bible as my
friend from New Hampshire is j&. the
law." The text chosen was "Seven sons
did Milcah bear unto Enon." The
preacher explained the text by saying
that Enon ?was sick and needed nutri?
ment, whereupon the doctor told his seven
sons to get him some milk. "The coirs
did not come up the night before,"
drawled Pettus. imitating the sing-song
j tones of 'the mountain preacher, "and so
the seven sons could not find them. But
they came across a she-bear, and milked
her, and carried the milk to Enon. And
so, brethren, lt is -written, 'seven sons
did milk a bear unto Enon.' "
Tt was a ?quaint story, told in quainter
fashion, and the senators laughed. "That
preacher had as accurate a. conception of
the Scriptures as some of you senators
have about the law of tho land," added
Pettus triumphantly, and then everybody
laughed again.
HAD MUCH FUN WITH EFA'ETUDGE.
It seemed to dawn upon Pettus that
ho ?was making a hit. It was a new
experience for him. and he enjoyed it as
much as the senators, who had clustered*
around him. He wagged his head, and
shook his chin-whiskers, and chuc'-led
to himself in a gleeful happiness thai
was as amusing as his words. He looked
around for more worlds to conquer. The
memory of Beveridge standing in the
Senate chamber and uttering words and
words with rhetorical fluency came Into
his mind. He lowered his lance against
Beveridge, and then for several minutes
there was more fun in the Senate than
has been seen for many a day. "We had
a wonderful declaration from our great
oiaior yesterday?wonderful," he repented,
while everybody commenced to smile.
"It was marvelous in all its parts. It was
so '.marvelous that I d'are say that such
a thing has never been heard before in
the Senate." '
ter. 'Pettus paused a moment to se3
whether the Senate was in sympathy
with him. There was no doubt of it.
Thus encouraged, ?he buttoned up ."his long
frocW coat, wiggled his chin-whisker?"*,
and went at Beveridge again. "Now.
when you get a genuine orator"??Mr. Pet?
tus put an Irresistibly funny emphasis
on the word "genuine"?"lie is absolutely
absolved ?from all rules of logic and com
n'on-sense. (Laughter.) When it is nec?
essary, in the fervor of oratorical flour?
ishes, to prove any proposition true or
false, rules of common-sense must not
stand' in the way of (maintaining 'my
reputation' as an orator. Tt will not do.
If it Is necessary. I 'must draw on my
imagination for facts, and on my mem
dry for mights of fancy,' as Ovid Bolus
did." '"'"-'",
QUESTION OF VERSE OR POETRY, j
A wide sweep of Pettus* long arm 11- j
lustrated -the flights of fancy and his
voice rumbled like an approaching thun?
der storm. Drawing himself to his full
height, he s?rcastically^castigatcd Bev
eridge'forsaying all. who" did not agree
with him were enemies of the government.
"Tic has no right," exclaimed Mr. Pettus, j
"to say we are the enemies of the gov- ?
ernment. The government. In his mind?"
and here .Mr. Pettus drew himself up
again, fastened another button in his
coat, rumbled his voice deeper than ev?
er, and said: ?
(Me and my wife.
My son John and his wife,
? Us four
And no more.
Ab the venerable "Senator finished, the
floodgates of the senate gave way. Every
body shook with laughter. Senators ha
haed with loud gufTaws, while Mr. Pet?
tus. with his rugged countenance, un
lighted by even a smile, looked around as
if in surprise that nobody should bo
amused. It was fully a minute before the
audience on the floor and in the galler?
ies quieted down to the enjoyment of the
next sentence.
"I was amazed' at that speech," con?
tinued Mr. Pettus, and .then he made the
Senators laugh again by telling how
either Senator Frye or Senator Allison
would have to take "some action with
reference to this young orator." "They
will have to hold a caucus on him," he
continued, to the accompaniment of an?
other ripple of merriment. "I tell you,"
h?e? asserted, "that these -4^"?e men from.
Maine and Iowa could not better de?
vote their time, if they want to serve
their party well, than to take some con?
sideration of the orators in this cham?
ber."
APPROPRIATE BIELICAL ALLUSION.
Then Senator Pettus drifted into Bibli?
cal lore and found a simile for Bcveridge's
attitude in the story of Moses and Aaron.
Hero is what he said:
Mr. President, the Master once had to
select a ?man 'to lead the children of
Israel out of Egypt and through the wild?
erness to Canaan. He did not select an
orator. (Lalighter.) No. he selected one
of these men from- Iowa or Maine, and his
name ?was Moses. And he was a stutter?
ing man, too. (Laughter.)' But Moses told
his Master to his face that he could not
do it, because he could not speak to the
pe?ple. And what was tiie reply? "There
is Aaron: he speaks ?well." And they took
Aaron along, not in command, that was
not allowed; but they took Sum ?along as
a kind of deputy. And -when -Moses, on
his Master's order, went up into the -moun?
tain for the ?tables, the orator left in
charge had a golden calf framed (laugh?
ter), and he put all the people down to
worshipping the golden calf. (Laughter.)
More people worship the golden calf now
than in those days. But while Aaron and
his people were all down worshipping the
golden calf, the man of God appeared, and
he ?pulled out his sword and demanded to
know "Who is on the Lord's side?" Then
tho ?orator jumped up from his knees,
drew his sword, and got on .loses' side.
and went to killing the Israelites along
with Moses.
All these orators will ?.lc* the same thing
(laughter)-the last one of them. We saw
an Instance of it yesterday afternoon.
Witli this parting 'thrust at Bevend.e.
Senator Pottus ?sank back into his scat.
As he wined the .perspiration from his
brow with' a big red bandanna, his col?
leagues gathered around ?him with ?pngrat
ttl?tidns, Mr. Depew, who had been going
through several spasms ot laughter, being
conspicuous in the grouft Senator Rosj,
another eighty-year-old Senator, walked
across the chamber, linked his arm m r*et
tu??' and the two old men. nodding their
heads together, ?went out into the lobby.
\11 the i-est -of ?the afternoon Senat.irs
were chuckling over the humor and the
aotness of the speech. ,
The pity of it was Uiat Beveridge t?
not there ?to hear. ?
Danville Tobacco Sales.
?DNNVrLLK. VA.. March :_l.-Spocial.
Tfte "report of the Danville leaf tobacco
sal?s for Marcii --hows for the . month
:, "101 rS6 a decrease compared with tne
previous March of 672,805.. The sales for
the G?-***? ?<*?v('n months show an.Increase
of 3,T!.3,?-">" pounds compared with the
same period of tlie previous year.
Abundant Precaution.
?DANVILLE. VA.. March ?.l.-i*neclal.
T"-e nero convict. Emanuel Morton,
',-ought here from Houston, is still in tne
?ooal ja? ?'?? sergeant has male extra
Preparations for defense in tho event that
ehe jail is attacked. There are no fears
yi a mob, however.
Moiipisenor Thomas R. HI orni.
PRINCETON, N. J.. March .'.L-Mon?
signor Thomas R. Moran. Mear-General
of-the Catholic Diocese of Trenton, and
rector of St. Paul's Church, in Princeton,
died to-day of pneumonia. He was sixty
eight years old.
J
Michael Donnelly Bankrupt.
NT3W YORK, March .11.?Michael Don?
nelly, an iron merchant, to-day filed a
petition in bankruptcy. Liabilities, $119,
317; assets. $353,010.
Socialists -Jubilant.
ROME. March 31? Signor Palberti, the
Vice-President of the House, took the
chair at the opening of the Chamber of
Deputies to-day and announced that Sig?
nor Colombo hail resigned the Presidency,
and that the other officials attached to
the Presidency had also resigned.
The sitting to-day was calm, though tho
Socialists were exultant at the resigna?
tion of Signor Colombo, ?which, with the
withdrawal of the decree law, they at?
tribute to their uncompromising obstruc?
tion.
? Youiis Ihike of York.
LONDON. March 31.?The Duchess of
York was accouched of a son at York
Cottage, Sahdringhani; at 7:30 o'clock this
morning. The Duchess and infant are
doing well.
British Vessels at Taku.
TIEN TSIN. March :;i.?The British
second-class cruiser Hermione and third
class cruiser Brisk have arrived at Taku.
DRAIN THE
SYSTEM,
ENDANGER
LIFE.
That old sore or ulcer, -which has been a source of pain, worry and anxiety to yon for
five or ten years?maybe longer ? doesn't heal becau?"e you are not using the proper treat?
ment, but are trying to cure it with salves and washes While these are soothing and relieve
pain to some extent, no real, permanent good can come from their use, because the disease
is in the blood and far beyond the reach of external applications. - _
A ?ore heals promptly when the blood is in good condition, but nevai* if it is di?3eased. The
tendency of these old sores and ulcers- is to grow worse, spreading and eating deeper into the flesh.
They are a constant drain upon the system, gradually but surely ruin the health and ??sap the very life.
A person's capacity for work or pleasure is soon-lost in the great desire and search for something to cure.
S. S. S. makes a rapid and permanent cure of old sores and ulcers, and is the only mediane that
does, because no other can reach deep-seated blrod-troohl.es. Ordinary Sarsaparilla and potash mixtures
are too -weak and watery to overcome a.deadly poison that has taken possession of the blood. - Do not
waste valuable time ?experimenting with them. ?
A Gunshot
Wound.
trouble, and forced the poison out of my blood : soon afterwards the sore "h^lsd up and was aired sound and well. I now
have perfect use of the leg, which was swollen and very stiff for a long time.- J. H. McBraver, ".avrreiiceburg, Ky."
S. S. S. is the only purely vegetable blood purifier known ;
is made of roots and herbs of wonderful purifying properties,
-which no poison can rerist. S.' S. S. quickly and <.*ffectually
clears the blood of all morbid, unhealthy humors, and the old, ?troublesome ?sore heals.
At the same time the general health is invigorated and built up. When a little scratch
or hurt fails to heal readily, you may be sure your blood is bad. S. S. S. will soon
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THE TOM JONES
MURDER CASE
?p Appeal to be Taken to the Supreme
Court
BOY MURDERED HIS SISTER.
On Account of His Tender Age Given
Ten Years in the Penitentiary?A
Gun Club Organized'!?
Raleigh,
?RALEIGH, N. C, March 31.?Special.?
The jury in the Tom Jones case, for mur?
der, yesterday, as reported, gave a verdict
of guilty in the first degree, but when the
lawyer of the murderer demanded that the
clerk poll the jury, one of the jury said
he had consented to ?murder in the first
degree, but 'Would ask that he be allowed
to change, and say second degree. The
judge said the jury mnst retire until
they could come to a unanimous agree?
ment. In a/n hour they returned and ad?
judged him guilty ln the first degree. The
judge sentenced him to be hi?.ge. May 11th,
but an appeal ttf the Supreme Court will
be taken, and, as the? Fourth District
docket has been finished, it may he that
the case will hold over until the fall term
of court.
YOUTHFUL ML*KDERER.
A negro boy, fourteen y??ars old, was
on trial for the nmurder of his sister, and
he, on account of his age, was given ten
years in the penitentiary.
"The Raleigh Gun Club" was organized
last night, with thirty members. ?_Ir.
Perrin Busbee was eiected president.
Senator Pritchard (Republican) is billed
to speak at Carthage on Tuesday against
the constitutional amendment and Senator
Butler (Populist) has gone to Cuba.
Nevertheless. North Carolina's interests
will not suffer in Washington.
?BAXTER SHEMWELL'S CASE.
Governor iRussell is still undecided, as
far as the public knows, regarding the
extradition papers of the Governor of
Tennessee for Baxter Shemwell, of Ashe?
ville.
Many well-to-do. negroes here have
asked for the two children of Ella Jones,
tho woman who was murdered and burn?
ed with her five children last week
THE STORMING
OF SPION KOP
Graphic Account of the Taking and
Abandonina: of the Key to the
Boers' Strong Position.
When it was decided to attack Spion
Kop by -night, rush tiie 'Boer trenches
with the bayonet. Intrench as 'far as
possiole before dawn, hold on during
the day, drag guns up at night, and
thus klominate the Boer lines, all of the
plans were carefully laid.
Gen Woodgate was intrusted with the
command an?! Col. Thorneycroft with
much of the arrangement end direction
of the night attack.
Guided by Col. Thorneycroft the Coree
made its way successfully up the south?
ern spur of the mountains, over most
difiicult and dangerous ground, and sur?
prised the Boers guarding the intrench
ments en the sunur't.
Morning broke, and with it the at?
tack. The enemy, realizing the vital
importance of the position, concentrated
every man and gun at his disrosal for
its recapture. Gee. Wroodgate was killed
at once.
?ir iR(**dvers Bullet* then took the ex?
treme step of appointing Major Thorney
c.'oft ?brigadier-general commanding on
the summit of Spion Kop, and to the
bravest fighting man were sent reinforce?
ments.
The Boers followed and accompanied
their shell*; by a vigorous rifle attack on
the hill, and about S:30 the .position be?
came most Critical. The trcops were driv?
en almost entirely off the main plateau,
and the Boers succeeded in re-occupy?
ing som? of the trenches.
? frightful disaster was narrowly avert?
ed. About twenty men in one of the cap?
tured trenches abandoned their resistance,
threw up their hands, tond called out
that they would surrender.
Col. Thorneycroft, whose great stature
made him everywhere cor?spicuc*us, and
who from dawn ?till dusk In the first
firing-line, rushed to the s*x>t. The Boers
advancing 'to take the prisoners?us at
Nicholson Nek?were scarcely thirty yards
away. Thorr.ycroft shouted to the Boer
leader:
"You may go to hell. I command on
this hill and allow no surrender. Go on
witn your tiring."
A thick and continual stream of wound?
ed passed rearward. A village of ambu?
lance ?.icons grew up at the foot of the
mountain. The dead and injured, smashed
and broken by the shells, littered the
summit till it was a blocdy, reeking
.?-f'nambies. Thirst tormented the soldiers,
for ?though water was at band the fight
was too close and furious to give even
a moment's breathing space. But nothing
could weaken the stubborn vigor of the
.defense. ?Though the British artillery",
unable to find or reach the enemy's guns,
could only tear up the Kiound in impo?
tent fury: though the shell fire and rifle
fire never ceased for an Instant, the
magnificent infantry maintained the de?
fense, and night closed in .with the Brit?
ish still in possession of the hill.
About 4 o'clock I rode with Capt. ?R.
Erooke, Seventh Hussars, to Spion Kop,
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to find out what the true situation was.?
We passed through the ambulance Vil-,
l?ge, and, leaving our horses, climbed
up the spur. Streams of wounded met
us and obstructed our path. Men stag?
gered along alone, or supporated by com?
rades, or crawling on hands and knees,
or carried oa stretchers. Oorpes lay
hero' and there. Many of the wounds
were of a horrible nature. The spilntes
and fragmenta of ?the shell ?had torn
and mutilate! in the most ghastly man?
ner.
I passed about 2C0 while I was climbing
up. There was, moreover, a small but
steady leakage of unwounded men of all
corps. Some of them cursed and swore.
Othera were utterly exhausted and fell
on the hillside In stupor. Others again
seemed drunk, though they had had no
liquor. Scores were sleeping heavily.
Fighting was still proceeding, and stray
bullets struck all over the ground, while
tiie Maxim-shell guns scourged the o?anles
of the hill and the sheltering Infantry at
regular intervals of a minute.
I had seen some service, and 'Capt.
Brooke has been through more fighting
than any other officer of late years. We
were so profoundly impressed by the
spectacle and situation that we resolved
to go and tell Sir CTliarles Warron what
we had seen. The fight had been so close
that no proper reports had been sent to
the General, so he listened with great
patience and attention. One thing was
quite clear?unless good and efficient cov?
er could be made during the night and
unless guns could be dragged to the sum?
mit ,of ?the hill to match the Boer ar?
tillery, tho infantry coulld not?perhaps
would not? endure another day. The
human machine will not stand certain
strains for long.
Sir Charles Warren wanted to know
Col. Thorneycroft's views. I was sent
to obtain them. Tho darkness was in?
tense; the track stony and uneven. It
was hopelessly congested with ambu?
lances, stragglers and wounded men.
I soon had to leave my horse, -and
then tolled upward, finding everywhere
streams of men winding about the almost
precipitous sides of the mountains, and
desultory crackle of musketry at the
top. Only one solid battalion remained
?the Dorsets. All the others were Inter?
mingled.
I found Colonel Thorneycroft at the top
of the mountain. Every one seemed to
know even ?in the confusion where he
was. He was sitting on the ground, sur?
rounded by the remnants of the regi?
ment he had raised, who had fought for
him like lions and followed him like
dogs. I explained the situation as I had
been told and as I thought. "Naval guns
? were prepared to try; sappers and werte!
I Ing partie? were already on the road
with thousands of sandbags.
What did he think? But the decision
had already been taken. He had never j
received a?*y message from the sonerai,
had not had time to write ary. Mes- !
sages had been sent to him, he had
"wanted to send otners himself. The
fight had been too hot, too close, too
Interlaced for him to attend to anything
but to support this company, clear those
rocks or line that trench. So, having
heard nothing and expecting no guns,
he had decided to retire.
As he put it tersely. "Better six geod
battalions safely down the hill than a
mop up in the morning."
His Rothschild Sandwich.
A novelist was asked recently by a
friend which one o? his creations he was
most fond of, and his reply illustrates
a new development in his character.
"Well," he replied, "1 think that, upon
tho whole, my 'Rothschild sandwich" Is
the best thing I ever did."
"Your what?" queried the friend.
"My 'Rothschild sandwich.* Yes. I
have Invented a sandwich," he replied,
"and a good one, even If I do say It.
You take a muffin or tea-cake. Cut It
Into two slices- Butter each slice with
pure, unsalted butter. Then place.upon
the batter of each slice a ?thin layer ot
Roquefort cheese. Upon one of the slices
lay half a dozen olives, dripping with
their oil, and place the other slice on top
ot them- Then eat the result, and if you
don't say the pleasure of eating it is
worth the headache you are likely to
have next morning, you are not a true
epicure."
"But,, why do you call this the "Roths?
child sandwich,' Instead of the *
sandwich*?" was asked. '
"Because it Is far richer than I ever |
hope to be." replied the author.?Tit- ?
Bits.
The Proposed Rhine-Elbe Canal.
The estimated cost for the main cs?nal
Is *TS,0SO,00O. and the annual cost iormaln
tenance is reckonred at S per cent o? the !
coat ot construction. In order to cover ?
this yearly- charge the canal must carry !
1.116,000,00?? militons at one-eighth cent ?
L per mile-ton. For the construction o? the I
canal Prussia, asks ot th? province? I
thro-agh which" it "passes 0) tha ?oat ot
maintenance, (-.i one-third of the three
per-cent. interest on tho construction
bonds, and (3) one-half of 1 per cent, on
same bonds for a sinking fund. It is
thought that the construction will occupy
about nine years, and that it will be ten
years before It will become profitable.
It is admitted by all that the canal can
be dug, and that the technical difficulties
can be overconw. The contention Is,
? therefore, as to the advisability of com?
mencing a work of such magnitude witn
the uncertainty as to its ability to meet
the annual charges. Modern strategists
from Odoltke to the present Emperor
?have pointed' out the Importance of the
canal for moving supplies and heavy ord?
nance in time of war. And connecting
the great Ruhr coal fields with the cities
of Hamburg and Bremen and the manu?
facturing districts of Central Prussia, it
would make a coal blockade impossible,
u2 these centers of activity would be In?
dependent of the coastwise traffic from
the mouth of the Rhine. Then, again,
I Germany is rapidly Increasing her ship?
ping, and the cost of freights by all-water
routes is so much cheaper than aU-Iand,
or part lan?l and part water, that every
effort should be put forth for facilitat?
ing transportation.?From. "The Rhine.
Elbe Canal?? Fen ture In. German Poll
tics." by James Howard Gore, In th?
American Monthly Review ?f Reviews for
April.
Topics of Interest.
What Is the American Social Science
Association to discuss, and when Is it?
next ?meeting?
The American Social Science 'Associa?
tion will meet at Washington, D. C.
May 7th-Uth, Inclusive. On Monday
evening. May 7th, President Whitman.
of Columbia University, will give the
address of welcome, and Charles Dudley
Warner, presuh.nt of the association, the
ai.nual address. Tuesday will be devoted
to the department of 'health-, and Dr.
W. A. Hall, o ?fNew York; Adele Maria?
Rickey, of New York; Surgeon-General
Waiter A. Wyman (jn "Yellow-Fever
Control Methods"). Raymond A. Pearson
an?. Dr. Irving C. Rosse, of Washington,
an.- Dr. Elmer Lee. of New York, will
present papers. The department of edu?
cation and art will occupy Wednesday.
Chairman Frank IB. Sunborn. of Con?
cord, will speak of social economy and
finance Thursday morning. Papsrs will
follow on si.i.-tal changes In the United
States In the past fifty years, and among
the speakers will bo Mrs. Julia Ward
Howe. Miss Kate Sanborn and Dr. J. H.
Claiborne. of Virginia. Miss Flora J.
White, of Concord, and J. W. Kirkland
will discuss the "social conditions of th?
Boers. There will be considered, also,
the growth of bulUIlng ast-oolaticns and
banks since 1S?0. Thursday evening Pro?
fessor S. M. Lindsay will make not-?? of
recent financial legislation; Colonel Jacob
D Greene, of Hartford, will talk of "An
Ideal C_rrenc3'." and Professor J->seph F.
Johnson, of the University of Pennsyl?
vania, will speak on "Tho Financiering
of Corporations." Papers on the sup?
pression of vice, the ligal S?f?K'attnn of
women, and various other topics will be
presented.
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Verdict Tor City.
ALTON, ILL.. March .11.?The jury In
the case of Scot?: Bibb vs. the Mayor and
City Council of Alton, known as the
Colored School case, brought in a verdict
to-day for the city. The case Is a com?
plicated one. and involve? the question
ot separate schools for white and colored
children. Bibb, who represented the enl
ored people of Alton, charged that the
colored children were exclut'ed from the
puolic schools.
This Is the third time the case has been
tried tn the Circuit Court. An appeal will
be taken to th<? Supreme Court,
Senator Aldrich Returns.
! JACKSONVILLE. FLA.. March 31.?
Senator Aldrich and daughter left at noon
! for New York. Senator Aldrich Is a mem
i ber of the Cuban Investigating Commit?
tee, and has Just returned from the
istanti.
Digested food
makes rich
blood?fer?
mented food
produces poison
and from this
sprin-f
Cni.tipHha?
ttyajp?pth am?
liver Trankt?.
The Bitters wilt
help to ?eSgest
your food, and
thus create
hitalthy? active
blood. Ws an
aceitent spring
tonic.