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DEATH OF MR. McWHIRTER.
Ho Passed Away Suddenly at an
Early Hour This Morning.
Mr. John W. McWhirter who
for many years was a well known
figure in Charlotje, died at the
home of Mr. J. O. Long, corner
East avenue and McDowell street
at an early hour this morning.
Mr. McWhirther came to Charlotte
last week from Lancaster,
were he had been spending most
of his time of late. He was very
feeble when he arrived and Mr,
Loug suggested that he go to his
(Long's) house until he felt better.
This he did and seemed to
improve very fast. Yesterday
afternoon Mr. Long drove out to
his brother's farm, lie took Mr.
McVVhirter with him.' He seemed
- -to enjoy the ride very much and,
on his return said he was feeling
much better. At supper last
night, Mr. McVVhirter eat heartily
and about 9:30 went to his
room. Mr. Long went to church,
returning home and found Mr.
McVVhirter asleep.
About one o'clock this morning
Mr. Long was aroused by a strange
noise, it seemeil to come from
the room that Mr. McWhirter
occupied. Then he heard some
one open the back door and go to
the water bucket. Thinking Mr.
( - McWhirter got up to get a drink
of water, he was preparing to go
back to sleep when he heard
some one try to get out the front
door. Then he got up and Mr.
i McWhirter called him and informed
him that he was desperj
ately ill. The two walked out on
the porch as the sick man insisted
that he wanted air and felt that
walking would be of benefit to
^1^-him. Mr. Long noticed as soon
* as he took Mr. McWhirter by the
arm. that blood wm flnwinw f*A?<
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his mouth. He immediately sent
for a physician and in the meantime
tried to do something for
the sick man. The flow of blood
continued for some minutes, then
there was a choking sound and in
a few seconds the end came. Mr.
McWhirter died sitting in a chair
on Mr. Uoug's front porch.
Few men that have ever lived
in Charlotte had more true
friends than Uncle John McYVhirter,
as he was familiarly known.
tHe came to Charlotte from South
Carolina in 1870. He first entered
the .grocery business, his place of
iiusiness beiug on College street.
He continued in this line for a
number of years. Finally he
retired from active business and
returned to South Carolina, locating
in Lancaster. He built him
a beautiful home in a most picturesque
Rpot near the town. lie
spent a large sum of money im^proving
the place, and had all the
conveniences that go to make liv-!
ing comfortable and pleasant. Ho 1
was not satisfied and oftentimes
expressed the wish to move bark
to Charlotte. He would always
make it convenient to come
m * whenever he could and was always
sure of a hearty welcome.
Deceased was an eccentric man,
but was geneious to a fault. lie
4 delighted to do a charitable act
and there was no needy person
who ever went to him that was
turned away empty-handed.
A telegram from his brother
Mr. Qeorge McWhirter, received
by Mr. Long today, states that he
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will leave Newberry, S. C., this 11|
afternoon and will arrive in
Charlotte tonight. Hh will accompany
the body to Harmony ,
drove, Ga., where the interment
will take place. If they can possibly
do so, they will leave Char
lotte on the 10 :15 o'clock train.?
Charlotte News, 12th inRt. ' '
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Had Assaulted and Murdered a rP
Colored Woman In Mississippi. '''
Sardis, Miss.. June 11.? Simon 10
Brooke, colored, was lynched by ^
a mob of 500 negroes near here, ^
having been taken from the jail ^
sometime between midnight and
dawn. The crime which was thus
avenged was one of the most atro- P'
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clous in the criminal anuals ot
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this State. Last night a nogress '
named Armistead, while returning
from a shopping tour to her ^
home, was assaulted by Brooks ^
and another negro. The woman ^
was outraged, her throat cut and
she was severly beaten about the
head and her jaws were tied to
t % or
prevent breathing. Ller body was ^
then concealed in rubbish. The
woman rallied suiliciently to give
the alarm and the names of her I
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assai Ifcnts. Part of the goods
ill
taken from the woman was later
found in a trunk belonging to e8
Brooks.
The mob, which was composed et
entirely of negroes, did its work
very quietly. The white people
knew nothing of the affair until cj
hours after it occurred. jn
* ? th
Correct Insufficient, Painful, pro- ^
fuse and too Frequent Menstruations
with Simmons Squaw Vine Wine or ar
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Willing tor United States to te
Mediate.
Berlin, June 11.?The London hi
correspondent of the Frankfuter ha
Zeitung says: to
"The idea of having the United T1
States mediate between Great ah
Britain and the South African r?
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republic is being favorably discussed
in all quietness in impor- a
tant commercial circles here. It bo
is pointed out that, at the pres- th
ent, no power stands so close to ho
Great Britain as the United th
States, while at the same time the ga
fact that the Republican form of fr<
government prevails in the Unit- hh
ed States, would make Washing- co
ton's meditation especially ac- to
oeptatble to the Boers. t fo
"It is also thought that the ob
prominent social and political dii
position occupied by the descendants
of the old Knickerbocker
Dutch in the east of the union th
would bo regarded by the Boers' ty
a< a factor recommending to them j?f
the friendly intervention of the th
United States as an arhit^r " ' w!
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London, Juno 12.?The Cape- dr
town correspondent of the Daily ki
Mail says that the expected exodus
from Johannesburg has be- ce
gun and that bnainess there is at en
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SRMI-WRRKLY.
C., WEDNESDAYJ
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STRIPPED TO M UST.
iscarded Blankets, Coats
and Haversacks.
[LI PIN OS KLUDK CAPTURE. |
lien Seemingly Cornered 'I hou
sands Slip Away ?Capture ot v
Paraiiuque and Las Pittas 1
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Manila, June 11.?The Filipino f
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cupation ot the province ot (Jate
has been broken, and as the 1
Riilt of the present movement *
e Americans now control .the
iportant coast towns of Para- 1
ique and Las Pinas, while a *
ng line of insurgent, trenches y
cine our south ln.e have been |F
eared.
The insurgents have again '
'oved their facility as dodgers,
tween 3,00() and 4.000 warriors,
ho seemed destyied to he capred,
having disappeared, the
ajority sliding away under
ver ot th < night, after lighting
e Americans all day. Some
hers came to meet our troops
ith protestations of frieudship.
The Thirteenth infantry lost
le man killed and six wounded ;
e Ninth infantry, one man
lied and five wounded; the
surteenth infantry,three woundI,
and the First. Colorado regient,
11 wounded.
Yesterday's work was the hardt
our army has seen. The batp
field stretched out across the
itire isthmus from Laguna de
ay to the harbor.
While the troops were advan- e
ng the army gunboat Napidan, s
the river near Taguig, shelled c
e enemy, killing several of t
em. The monitor Monadnock (j
id the gunboat Helena shelled
iranaque and Las Pinas all day t
Lth the full power of their bat- [
ries. I
The rebel sharpshooters kept in t
ding uutil the American lines 1
id passed and then attempted (1
pot stragglers from the trees,
tanks to their poor marksman- r
ip, this subterfuge was without t
suit.
The whole country proved to be \
succession of small hills, with c
itrtrv o roii ml ~ l * -L 1 ^
rnj VM MV4 UOl/*?CDll Ultl Ul^Il, 1
ick grass, and bushes in the d
illows, which greatly added to i
e difficulty of the advance, but c
vo shelter thai saved many i
jm the enemy's bullets. Our L
on threw away their blankets, a
ats and haversacks, stripping
the waist and trusting to luck f
r food. Water could not be n
tained, and there was much v"
3Com fort after the canteens v
*re emptied. v
At the outset the Colorados, j,
e Ninth infantry ami theTwen-first
infantry forced tne line t
insurgent trenches, wheeled to e
e left and drove the enemy to- t
ird the lake. During this mamvor
the Filipinos, in concealed e
inches on the right, opened an p
blading lire, but the brigade,
rtly owing to the high grass, 8
d few hit.
'he Ninth infantry crept around *
the right, llanked the trenches,
iving out the Filipinos and o
lling many of them. jt
The Colorado regiment advan- *
d to the lake. Two companies v
countered trenches on top of a *
toll, where the Filipinos stood
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Makes the food more c
v?ist high above a trench, poui
n^ a volley upon the advaucin
Americans. The Colorado troop
;h trged and drove them ou
Lieut. Col. Moses being wounde
n the arm as he jumped into th
Tench.
In the meantime Gen. Whet
iou's column advanced one and
ialf miles toward Paranaqm
vhere the Americans found
itrong trench on a ridge, out c
vhich they drove the Filipinos b
lard fighting.
The enemy tried to llank th
lismounted troops of the Fourt
;avalry accompanying Maj. Ger
iawton, and at the same tim
hey made their only advance
hrowing a skirmish line to Han
he Fourteenth infantry. Bu
hey were easily repulsed, th
\merican artillery coming to th
:rest of the hill and shelling then
About 3 o'clock in the aftei
loon Gen. Wheaton's brigade
leaded by Gen. Lawton, who, i
lis white clothing and helmet, o
i big black horse, was a shinin
nark for the enemy's sharpshoot
,ers, circled to the south of La
L'luas, encountering a large fore
>f Filipinos in the shelter of th
rees, Gen. Lawton had a narroi
tscape. In the first volley of th
tuemy the horses of three of hi
taff officers were shot from uo
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ioi iuhuj. me v^oioraao regimen
>ore the brunt of this attack am
lispersed the Filipinos.
Hardly had they finished oi
hat lot when a large force ap
>eared in the rear, which th
sinth infantry and a part of th
Colorado regiment drove awa;
3y this time nearly the wholi
livision was around Lake Pinas
The Americans camped for th<
light south of the town and 11
he midst of a heavy rain.
At 6 o'clock this morning Gen
Vheaton advauced upon Las Pi
ias with a troop of cavalry, th<
.'wenty-first infantry, the Colora
lo regiment, part'of the Nintl
nfantry and two mountain guns
rossing two streams and enter
ng the town without tiring a shot
le then advanced upon i'aran
que.
The women and children, and
or that matter, many men re
naiued in the towns. Xo house
/ere destroyed, though man;
/ere torn by the shells from th
/arships. Everywhere the Amer
cans found white llags Hying.
So far as can yet be ascertained
he Filipino loss is about 50 kill
d, about 350 wounded, aud 2'
aken prisoners.
The whole country is net-work
d with trenches, and the enetu;
- l r - - -
uurruu irom sneiter to shelter.
To-day long trains of commis
ary wagons are carrying provis
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f? along the road which only yester>8
day was the stronghold ot the
U enemy, ami the natives who yes"
terday were probably carrying
ie guns are to day doffing their hats
and grovelling before the Ameri*
cans with ell'usive greetings of
a welcome.
* > The Colorado regiment returna
ed to barracks in Manila inn icrhf
As the ragged and dusty men
y marched past the Luneta, the
fashionable gathering place for
e Manilans, they were heartily
h cheered.
e DeNVitt's Little Early Risers act as
> a faultless pill should, cleansing and
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.. Ueii. Otis' Report of Fighting.
?. Washington, June 11.?The
n war department to-day received
n a report from Maj. Gen. Otis of
g the military movement yesterday
to the south of Manila for the
s purpose of clearing out the rebe
els in that section. It shows that
e the movement was a great sucv
cess and that the ememy's loss
e was considerably greater than
s stated in prexious dispatches,
i- Gen. Otis' cablegram is as folt
lows:
1 "Manila, June 11.?Terrific
neat yesterday did not permit
T troops to reach position at hours
i- designated; enabled majority of
e insurgents to escape in scattered
e organizations south and westward,
. which they effected during the
3 evening and night. Movement
. great success, however; enemy
0 disorganized and routed, suffera
ing heavy loss; troops resting today
at Laspinas and Paranaque.
i. Navy did excellent execution
. along shore of bay ; but many in*
e surgent detachments retired in
. that direction, protected by presti
ence of women and children
whom they drove along with them.
- Our loss, four killed and ?'!0
wounded. Report of casualties
1 Q tar f 4 ?
- ii.vva. uuunoi OblVD Illiklt) Ol
enemy's loss about 400. Otis."
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Troubles in Transvaal.
Bloemfontein, Orange Free
1 State, .June 11.?It is asserted in
ollicial circles here that President
^ Kruger will propose to the Transvaal
raad the abolition of the dynamite
monopoly.
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While Orange Free State is us
ling its inlluence at I'rotoria to
. obtain reforms for the Outlanders
- in the Transvaal the railroad com.
pany |has sent all its available
- rolling stock to .Johannesburg to
r be in readiness for a possible Girt
dus of the population.
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over about sixty years, as a moat suc3
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