North Carolina Newspapers

rh.3 Wilson Advance. ;, A YEAR, CASH IN ADVANCE. "LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AIM'ST AT, BE THY COUNTRY'S, THY GOD'S. AND TRUTH'S." BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. VOLUME XXV. WILSON, N. C. MAY 16, 1895. NUMBER 20. I S TIOACKETS NEW HE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR! r I 1 m THE MANY HAVE TOO FEW i-'i I ! ! Never missing a chance to reach out our arms, Octo jas like, and take in out of the wet (as the shark took the bather), anything that can be sold at a . . . . . ORIFICE. K Acting on that principle we purchases. Among our daily Miore our people some landslides POSITIVELY BEYOND THE WHISPER OF COMPETITION! Prices that will teach you in the silent logic of truth the difference between dealing with live and with dead V men, between the cash and rathe riffht and the wrong way. n i t t i: . ... ti T? I 1 LO JLHUIC I lUbc, I dSl Black, seamless, at ioc. .Pins, ic. a paper, the best pins. 5 Papers Assorted Size and f i Atcdies lor 4c. 25c. Sailors for 17c. Jron China Ewer Basin for 68c. 24 Sheets Good Note Paper, c. Envelopes, 2c; best, 3c. is1 ickage. Ox lord Slippers, 50c. a i j Men s Cordova Calf incs nSr nnir 9 Men's Fur Hats, Satin n meti ;oc. l I V TilE CASH RACKET STORES, J. M. LEATH, Manager. ASH AND GOI.OSBORO Streets, WILSON, N. C N I ; CE! .By virtue of a decree of the Superior Court made in the civil action wherein Calvin Williams et als were Plaintiffs arid R. W. Wynn was Defendant, I will sell ;it the Court House door in Wilson on Monday the 13th day of May, !9S the following described property in Wilson county, Toisnot township: one trad of land adjoining the lands ot John Dawes and Catherine Cobb, con i tiding twenty-five acres more or less, it being the land of which Lucy Ann Wynn died seized. One other tract of land, adjoining the lands ol John Sharp and Kinchin Edwards, contain ing thirty acres more or less. It being the land of which' Nancy Stith U ynn died seized. Terms: One third cash balance payable November 1st, 1S95 with 6 per cent, interest. S. A. Woodard, Commissioner. F. A. & S. A. Woodard, Attorney s. N TOTICE! Pursuant to a decree ot Ihe Superior County in a special proceeding pendidg r in. entitled Jesse Simpson et al ex parte, I will sell to the highest bid der at the court house door in Wilson, oil Monday, the third day of June, 1895, , tract or parcel of land in Cross Koads Township, Wilson County, ad j dining the lands of Seth Scott, J. F. Fanner and others, it being known as the Tempie" Barnes tract containing ,-i 'y nine (69) acres more or less. lerms One-third cash, balance in six months, title reserved until pur chase money is fully paid. John E. Woodard, April 29th. 1895. Commissioner. 25-1S-4L im. COOPER MARBLE WORKS, in, 113 and 115 Hank St., NORFOLK, VA. farge stock of finished Monuments, Gravestones, &c Ready for shipment. Designs free rXcOB BATTLE, ' ATTOPJ.EY ABD COUNSELOR AT LAW. ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. Circuit: Nash', Edgecombe and Wilson IT. G. CONNOR, Attorney at Law, WILSON, - - N.C. Branch & Go's. Rank Building. Offi TJOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE! Five Rooms and Pantry, lot high and dry. well drained; good well of water. For information, apply to ADVANCE OFFICE. JOHN GASTON Fashionable Barber, Nash St. WILSON, N. C. Easy chairs, razors keen; Scissors sharp, linen clean. For a shave you pay a dime Only a nickle to get a shine; Shampoo or hair rut Pompadour You oav the sum of twentv cents more! Children Cry for SPRING STOCK! AND THE FEW TOO MANY! have made some re-cent arrivals we shall place be- that are ... the credit system, between See thetffollowing: ring: Trilby Veiling (lace), 9c. yard. B a rage Veiling, good quality, ioc. a yard. Another Special Torchon Sale, real linen, at only 5c. a yard. Muslin Caps for Infants. The reason why we arc so successful with our lines is that we buy them right and sell them cheap. No double price on anything in our vast stock. White Spreads our values are far better than ever. For $1.10 we can sell you a large spread, worth at least $1.50. rNTELXIGKNCE OF VISO. Tourist You told me the lake wot full of fish, but I couldnt get a bite all day. Landlord Well, you see, they have no faith In your bait. They think that If you had. anything decent to eat you would feed yourself- Fliegendn V3 blot ter. Ilncklen's Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, j Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin erup tions, and positively cures Piles, or no j pay required. It is guaranteed to give ; perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 23c per box. For sale by B. W Hargrave. Will Vote Only ror the Original llli!. Berlin, May II. Iu the reiehstag yesterday Herr Groeber (clerical) an nounced on behalf of the centrists that that party would vote for the anti-revolution bill only in the shape in which it emerged from the committee and would reject Herr von Lovetzow's and all other proposals and amendments. Mr. Smith is an estimable and ami able but harmless gentleman who during his lifetime Jias starved his brain to feed his whiskers. Syra cuse Courier. BEFORE I could eet relief from a most horri ble blood disease, I had scent hundreds of dollars TRYING various remedies and physicians, none of which did me any good. My linger nails came off, and my hair came out, leaving me perfectly bald. I then went to HOT SPRINGS Hoping to be cured by this celebrated treatment, but very soon became disgusted, and decided to TRY i he effect was truly wonderful. 1 commenced to re rover after tlrincr the first bottle, and by the time 1 had taken twelve bottle 1 was entirely cured tSU V SvS- S- when he world-renowned Hot Springs had failed. WM. S. LOOMIS, Shreveport La. Onr Book on the Disease and its Treatment mailed free to ut add raa. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. Atlanta, Ga. Pitcher's Castoria. IN NORTH CAROLINA Current Nowa for the Week Throughout the State. A VICTORY FOR THE FUSIOMSTS. Tho Saprcme oart of North ( arolln Decides the Ewart-Jones Judgeship. Other lntereBtlntr N Throughout the Htate. Raleigh, N. C, May 9. In the case of Ewart vs Jones, the supreme court yesterday handed down a decision. The casri grew out of the act of the fusion legislature in creating a new criminal court in western North Caro lina and electing Ex-dmgressman JL C. Ewart, judge. Governor Carr held that under the law the right of appoint ment was given him and that the leg islature had by electing infringed upon his prerogative, lie therefore refused to grant Ewart's commission and ap pointed Thomas A. Jones, of Asheville, judge. Suit was immediately entered by Ewart for the offlc and the supremo court yesterday without a dissenting opinion decided that he was entitled to it. They Are Coming South. Charlotte, N. C, May 13. New England interests continue to become identified more and more with the 6outh, An important move has been made by the Whitiu Machine company, of Whitlnsville, Mass., and the Kitson Machine company, of Lowell, in crea ting a general southern agency with headquarters in Charlotte. N-'mfS Mentioned ai Candidates. Winston, N. C, May 11. Hon. Kope Elias of Franklin county. ex-Congressman John S. Henderson of Iioan, Major M. II. Pinnix of Davidson, and Colonel J. W. Alsbrough of Winston, are the names of the candidates mentioned for the collectorship of Western North Car olina Internal Revenue district to suc ceed tho late Captain M. E. Carter. Ef-Conffrf-Mman Henderson for Gnvprnor. Winston, N. C, May It. It was loarned here yesterday that there is a movement on foot among the leaders of the democratic party to "boom" ex Congressman John S. Henderson, of Salisbury, for Governor of North Caro- j Una on a silver platform. NORTH CAROLINA BRIEF8. Lnurenburg is to have a wot and dry 1 election next month. Ex-Oovernor J. T. Jarvis will deliver ! tho commencement address at the Uni- versity of Tennessee, June 11th. The Record hears that Rev. Dr. E. W. t I Smith, of Greensboro has received a I call from the congregation of the First Presbyterian church of Danville, made vacant by the death of Dr. Martin. It j is presumed he will decline. : Annapolis cadets has just (been con- : eluded. Cadet Worth Ilddgley, of ' North Carolina, of the graduating class, ' j failed on heart trouble. Several other ; cadets who are not physically sound, ! j will undergo a re-examination in Sep- j tember. The Chronicle says that "Aunt Dol- : ! phi Porter," of Wilkes is eighty, and j ; that last week she wove eighteen yards i of cloth in two days, and had it taken . i out of the loom by 10 o'clock the third j ! day, and what makes it more remark able she did all the quilling herself. The annual physical examination of ; Statesville Landmark correspondence states that Wat Byers, colored, of i Coddle Creek township, Iredell county, was killed at the granite quarry near j Mooresvillo last Friday evening. He did nor escape a falling rock that had ' been thrown from the quarry hy a blast and the injuries he received were so serious that death resulted in a few hours. At Wilkesboro Dr. J. A. Turner, leadinc the dry ticket. was elected mayor by 1 majority, having 48 votes to 47 for R. N. HaeUett. wet. Dry com missioners were also elected. At North Wilkesboro J. N. Marlow, wet candi date for mayor, was elected by 1 ma jority, having 49 votes against 48 for Ed P.arkley, dry. Two wet and two dry commissioners wore elected and one wet and one drv commissioner are tied. Close voting all around. THE STORM IN ALABAMA. Damaging Results Follow a Oale Through the .State. MoriiLE, Ala., May IS. During the prevalence of a norther Saturday night, the big dredge Bismarck of the Nation al Dredging company, sank ten miles down the bay. where she was dredging the ship channel. Three tugs wont to her assistance yesterday afternoon. The American schooner Ann E. Valen tine, lumber laden, for Port Limon, dragged anchors and went ashore in seven feet of water. Iho schooner Anna Nora sank in the lower bay be tween the Quarantine station, and Port Morgan ; the vessel and the cargo are a total loss. Eight souls were on board and all were saved. The wind was blowing fifty miles an hour at Fort M organ. IS MISS WILLARD ENGAGED? Rumor In Tempurnee Circles that the Lecturer Will Marry. CmoAGO, IU-, May 13. A story is I floating around in women's temper j ance circles to the effect that Miss ! Francis Willard, the famous emper j ance lecturer, may be led to the altar ' before autumn. Tho gentleman In the : in the case is alluded to without name as "an Englishman of wealth and po sition, and of prominence in reform work across the water." To Suppress History of Outlaws. Tallahassee Fla., May 11. In the n . n, Si vesterdav Mr. Sullivan intro duced a bill to prevent the publication or sale of any book that purported to be the life or history of the outlaw. On the Way to KleL Washington, May lb Admiral Kirkland left Naples yesterday in the flagship San Francisco for Algiers on his way to Gibraltar, and thence to the celebration at Kiel. Intends to Make a Tour of Syria. Constantinople, May lb The lion. A. W. Terrell, the American Minister to Turkey, left yesterday for Cniro. Egypt. Ilo intends to make a tour of MORE TROUBLE IN HAWAII. The Japanese Contingent Plotting a Raid on the Uovernmen. San Francisco, May 11. It is proba ble that the next sixty days will de velop some very exciting scenes in Ha waii. Private information recently re ceived by C W. Ashford, in this city, indicates that trouble is gathering around the government of President Dole and his colleagues. The Japa nese, who are numerous on the island and who at present are feverish and elated over the victory of the mother country in the war with China, threaten to come forward and become serious factors in the government of Hawaii and the adjustment of its affairs. It is known that among the Japanese on the islands ae several hundred trained sol diers. In fact, there are enough to Beize and control the government at any time, should they so choose. The natives are restless and dissatisfied and only wait an opportunity to fly Into the thick of another insurrection. ANOTHER RELIGIOUS BODY. The Methodist Woman's B arl of Foreign Missions at Meridian, Miss. Meridian, Miss., May 11. The wo man's board of foreign missionss of the Methodist Episcopal church South has convened in Meridian, to hold its meetings for about a wnek. This board consists of officers and managers and delegates from thirty-four home conferences and is the ex ecutive body of the womans foreign missionary society that has its workers located in Mexico, Brazil, Indian Ter ritory and China. Hundreds of dole gates and visitors are in the city. . The meetings are held in the Central Meth odist church which has been tastefully decorated for tho occasion. Tho first was'a praise service at 10 o'clock yes terday morning, presided over by Mrs Bishop Wilson of Baltimore. WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION. The Seventh Annual Meeting Now in Ses sion at Washington. Washington, May 11. Tho seventh annual meeting of the Womens' Mis sionary Union, whoso motto is. "For God and home and every land" and which is auxiliary to the Southern Pap tist convention, opened yesterday. An address of welcome was made by Mrs. Stakoly wife of tho pastor of the Firrst Baptist church of this city. Tho re sponse was eloquently made by Mrs. J. C. Porter of Florida. Th-.- address by the president, Mrs. A. M. Gvvath mey followed. The rest of the session was occupied by routine proceedings, appointments of committees and rend ing of reports. GORDON NOT HELD FOR TRIAL. tfndir. 1 homp4in 1.1,-,-lnrr-a th. Killing Jns:titlle Applaus;- Follows. LoriPViLLK, Ky., May 11. Judge Thompson, after listen lag to arguments for four hours in the Gordon-Brown murder ease yesterday afternoon, de cided that Fulton Gordon should not be held for trial and discharged him from custody. Judge Thompson, after the closing argument, said : I have li.-t Sned to Ihe case carefully nna have consulted the authorities. It is ray deliberate Judgment that this man Is not only not guilty in law. but his notion will leach adulterers that when they ply their nefarious calling they t! standing upon a preoipi e from which they arc in dacsrer of being dashed at any moment. Tl'iM piUv? is discharged. rW AN TO BE MODIFIED. Th nlzatlon of tho Oeorgla, 8onth- ern ai'd Florida. New Vouii. May 11. It Is currently reported that the plan for the reorgan ization of the Georgia Southern & Flor ida railroad is to be changed and mod ified so that they will issue a four per cent, bond instead of a iivo per cent. The reason for this is the decreased earnings, the net for the past three or four months not warranting the issu ing of a five per cent. bond. QRESHAM OUT OF DANGER. Will be Taken to Soni'i Medical Springs When He Is Thoroughly Convalescent. Washington, May 10. Secretary Gresham is much better today, and he is now reported to be entirely out of danger. The place to which ho will be taken when thoroughly convalescent haa not been decided on. It is proba ble that ho will go to some medicinal springs. will gresham retire. A Humor That Don M. Dickinson Is to Bo. come a C'ahinet Mcmhsr. Washington. May 18. A story is be- I insr circulated in Washington that owing to ill health Secretary Gresham will retire from the cabinet and that Don M. Dickinson will take his place. Tho report originated in the West and can not bo confirmed hero It is cer tain that If any chango is to be mrj.de in the cabinet it will not be done while Secretary Gresham is on a sick bed. After the Migration Agent. Savannah, Ga., May 11. The de tectives are on the look-out for J. W. Masters, who for two months has been ; acting as agent here of the Internation al Migration society. Masters was last seen at 10 o'clock last night and it is . believed he was then on his way to the depot. IIo got away with $4(10 belong- i ing to the company, this being what he j had collected from negroes 'on their passage money to LuDeria. Will Unve an Extra Session. Nashvillk. Tenn., May 18. An ex tra session of the general assembly Is now a certainty. Tho seventy-five days' limit expires tomorrow. The senate Saturday adopted a resolution to take a recess until today and save one day, but all the republican mem bers of the house voted against taking it up and prevented its consideration. The business before ouch house cannot possibly bo disposed of by tomorrow. International V. M. C A. Convention. SpRiNOFiKi.r). Mass, May 10. The thirty-first international convention of the Young Men's Christian Associations of North America opened here yester day and will continue iu session uciU May ii. Bradatreel's Reports Steady Improvement New York, May 11. Bradstreetfj to- 1 day, says : The present week hrinss distinct and in some instances, even more pronounce:! evidence of improvement in business notwithstanding the i Increasing wove of industrial discontent and , strikes for higher wages always tho accompan iment of an upward tendency to prices. Some little sain in demand for either dry goods, plantation supplies or in collections (which is most 8Urnifl! ant) is announced by two-thirds - ail ,ir.U-.J v.'im ir M Ji i I Children Cry for BURNED JN EFFIGY Tennessee Citizens Show Their Contempt for Gov. Turney. THE COUNTY SHER1F OFFICIATED. It Was Fxplalnrd by the l.rarirs That ThU Waa the Only Way tile IVoplo Had of KxpresKing Their lndigna- natiou Adequately. ::..3 Chattanooga, Tenn. , May 13. News has just reached here that the people of Unicoi couuty, in the eastern part of the state last night hanged and burned Governor Turney in efligy at the coun ty seat, Erwin. This was done because the alleged parMsan investigating cotn mistee threw out ten out of the 19 dis tricts in that county, three-fourths of the votes of the county being for Evans. As a method of showing the disapprov val of the proceedings and their con tempt of Turnoy, tho people decided to burn Governor Turney in effigy. A gallows was ere. 'ted at Erwin, ; :idr dummy was procured and dressed as much after the fashion of the governoi as possible and the ceremony of hang ing him in effigy was gone through with, the sheriff of the county officia ting'. After the drop fell the effigy was saturated with keroaene - and a match applied. One of the participants acted as minister and the "governor" was asked if he "had anything to say why he should not be hanged by the out raged people." A discourse was then delivered In which the counting out deed was de nounced. There were many women and children present and the ad'air passed off in a very orderly way. It was explained by the leaders of the affair that this was the only way that the people had of expressing their indignation adequately. CONDUCTOR'S CON VENT SON. Great Preparations Have Been Murte In Atlanta for Their Keoeption. Atlanta. May 13. Delegates to the conductors convention are arriving on every train. Th preparations for tho convention have been attended to and everything is in thorough readiness for the coining of the convention. The first public exercises of the con vention will be nt DeGive'sGrand opera house on tomorrow night. The stage will bo filled with prominent conduc tors, prominent citizens of the city and city and state officials. Wednesday night a b!g reception will be given to the visitors in the ballroom of the Kimball. The first business session of the con vention will bo held Wednesday after noon at 1 o'clock. All of th: jjessions of tho convention will commence at I o'clock in the afternoon. There will be no morning sessions; The conven tion wiil be in session ten dtiys and will close by a grand excursion to Au gusta. Charleston, Savannah ami points j m i' lorma. THE FIRST STEPS TAKEN. Looking to a National Miners Convention to Settle Differences. Oblpmbi-s, O., May 13. -The first step looking to a national convention of miners to consider existing conditions was taken Saturday. A conference was held in the afternoon by P. II. Penna, Patrick HcBryde, secretary of the na tional organization. and President Knct.ch.ord. ice-1 resioent Shires una i Secretary W. C. Pearse, of the Ohio district. As a result it was decided to submit the question of calling a nation al convention of tho miners to a view of a general strike of a settlement, to a vote of the officers of the districts in Western Pennsylvania. West Virginia. Indiana and Illinois. President Ratch ford is in favor of holding the conven tion in Pittsburg if it is called and he believes it will strengthen the striking miners in that district. WANT FAIR PLAY ALL AROUND. Workmen and Manufacturers Form n Com llnntion for Pair Prices. PUBsnuao, Pa, May II. The Amal gamated Association of Tin, Iron and Steel Workers and the Merchant Bar Iron Manufacturers' National associa tion have entered into a combination to secure for the Iron workers of the country better rates of wages and for the manufacturers fair competitive conditions against the mill operators of tho Pittsburg district, who have been working their employes at low wages. An association of manufacturers has been formed, principally outside the Pittsburg district, to secure remunera tive prices for iron products and inci dentally to give the workmen better wages than are now paid, which are admittedly too low. SHAKES HANDS WITH 3APTI3TS. President Cleveland tirvea a Rcoe;r!o5 to the Southern Conference Delegates. Washington. May 11. The dcl-to to the conference of the Southern Bap tist church, now in session in Washing ton with their wives, daughters and friends, 8,000 strong, were received by the president at 4 o'clock yesterday af ternoon in the east room of the White house. They composed the largest body of people received by Mr. Cleve land in the White house since his inau guration in 1B98. Was Dnpont Biectcd Senator? Washington, May 18. Senator j Mitchell, of Oregon, who wiil probably i be the next chairman of the committee j on privileges and elections, says he can- j not see how Speaker Watson, of Dela ware, while acting as governor, had tha authority to vote for a candidate for senatorship. Godwin Goes to the l'enitentlary. Lexington, Va., May 9. II. K. (krd- ! win, bookkeeper of the defunct bank of i Lexington, was found guiltt- bv the j jury as under the first indictment for ! ! which he was being tried for making . false entry as clerk. The penalty wsis fixed at four years in the state peni i tentir.ry. i. 8. Baifonr on TrinL London. May 11. Jabez Spencer Bal four was arraigned in the i!ow Street police court yesterday morning i r ex amirni tiona Urge Varnish ITant Burned Akkds. O . May 13 The Imperial Varnish company's plaint wr-s totally destroys I by liru yesterday. Loss, JMt?.",uo0; insurance not known. Pitcher's Caston? WHAT SENATOR TILLMAN SAYS Cuoceruhtg the limtetana of ih Uegigtra tion una IHapeaawy Ijtwn. GAJKEBYiCLK, Fla , May 11. Senator Ttitman of South Carolina, arrived in this city yesterday from the Archer neighborhood, where he has some property, lie met hi old friend 3. F. Kunchatthe depot and accepted the proffered invitation to dine at his homo here, A correspondent met the sena tor and inquired of him if he had read the dispatciies from Columbia in refer ence to the decisions against the regis tration and dispensay laws of his state. The senator replied: I have not soe.n the papers, and vhi!e I n tteipated ihe result-. I hjve no direct knowl- eoge in regard to ti .loe ent is;oiw. handed the The corresnon soaa- i tor the paper contains? the report ' Af- ! ter he had read the report the senator j snti: ! In rerard ui the regi-t ration law ther-" Ido general election in iiauth Carolina th's v-nr and no tranchl will be exercised onty in the ' election of delegates t rention. salted hv th having tc n voted gpo tho constitutional eon- last legislators after 1 by th people at the ! tho last genera) 1 do not know ion U-t Xove.;ix i what the United states sn- . '.I?;,; "i::.ir; composed of white men principally w", o will ' people to be very uncomfortable. , Fans lake cere of South Carolina and see that j and folded papers find hats were utll- whlte supremacy Is maintained withtc . bor j Jzed to create artificial breeze, but the i!iVr k , . .. morning was close and torrid and the he.t ate.ut the disoensarv ? ! , , , , . t,.i.. m, i - unu7'J j. enthusiasm of tho churchmen alone Judge Htmonton has once declared that this', , , , , . . law wiia constitutional. Ke has nracttcallyr're- I hept them in their places throughout verse.a hlmseit. r ror:t t' the iiilutietion. I am almi in troinsr so far in tryln;.-1 the ui';re li,':r. bC6B iniTT ',iin nature of j :y to nun:; mat thvov the law UiiueneeiL The tpu;ar much anu is new wateneu witn much keen ln;.-tv.t by the people ontjldc with the al most absolute certainty of hcln adopted by other states, that the bar-keepers and liquor manufacturers roatd well afford to raise a million dollars to buy a jndjre ov I wo. nra'-th- Uv eit rn-L th i ,' , , V . pra tu any destroys the WHl vi suite of state's I rurtits and Jefferson V prophesy that the feder al judiciary would le the means of overthrow ing our myrtles and destroying local stlf-yov-criiinent 'will have be a ft.ltllled. Governor K vans' plan to resist the injunction is the quickest a court pe.s.-i The jud, tlons and t idly makir d best way to have the supreme os. by their ngrassmen '' f this eouiitrj nd injunc s are rap in in which gses are as issia. Cn- TPOtis 10 inn in I? the rights and Interests of little moment as thej less the peopr iv.stlr tii and lodges will sell our 11 ations and the money p see them pressing thiir s bring upo:i us the revoli sooner or later. it t ar' imscives the lawyers berates to .the corpor- ver. but I am glad to hemes lor it vv ill only :ion that must come ONE SOLID MASS OF FLAMES, The Yo.wI-ttrd Lumber t"o". l'lnt at At lanta, Ga., i tnsii;ned by J'ire. Atlanta. May IS. Saturday after noon the Woodward Lumber Co's plant, a great po. lion of the lumber in stock, abd e gist frame houses disappeared wages of one ' of the most under t destructive fires that the city has ever had. It was an instantaneous fire, spreading from one building to another, iiefore the department could arrive, the mills, the dry house antl the stables were almost solid masses of flames. The plant which includes tho office, the mUtfi, the dryhorist; and. the stables is worth probably iSJO.OSJO to ???;, 0', and the a tn nut of lumber on hand is es timated by various parties from 585,000 to 45.000. The frau-.e houses are esti mated over 66,000. They were small. WEAVER? MAY LOSE THE FIGHT. The Sttnnil.n-. at OloeyvtUo, ft. I.. Very l' n favorable to the strikers. Oi.nkv villi:, 11. t, May 10. --The strike situation hero does not favor the strikers. The mill operatives have been expecting u collapse of the stand taken bj" the mill owners. They counted Bprely on the inability of the manufac turers to keep their agreement to shut down their mills on May 1 3th, for the reason that orders must be filled. But now comes the announcement that the Riyerside mills will positively shut down next Saturday afternoon. A por tion of the help in that mill went out on Monday, for the reason that the weavers struck and as the mill owners do not think it at all profitable to run a mill if they cannot have all the de partments in operation, the mills will shut down. i WILL TRY TO PROVE AN ALIBI. New I-evolopuirnts in the Duranr Mordcr t ase at San 'Francisco. San Francisco, Cal., May 0. Attor- I neys for Theodore Duraut claim to j have at last secured some testimony ' that, they think will enable them to ! boister up an alibi in the case of Min ! nie Williams. It, has been learned that ! the witness is a woman who conducts a ; hair-dressing establishment and it is i said that she has communicated with the attorneys to the effect that Minnie i Williams entered her establishment at j eight o'clock on the evening that she di sappeared. 1 his statement is in direct conflict with the testimony given at the preliminary examination. VERY NICE FOR NICARAGUA. Capitalists There YVonid Like to Have a Crotect orate. Managua, Nicaragua, via Galveston, May 11. Many prominent Nicara frnoBo, tyomc t":em ljt-ing m ntgh offi cial positions, are openly favoring the establishment by the United States of a protectorate over Nicaragua, or the incorporation of the country into tho great republic. They declare that pence and prosperity would then re sume, the wonderf ily rieh natural re sources of Nicaragua would bo devel- oped, and a financial system be organ- ' ized bv which nl of the country's, just ', on ,1 . (irl The S. A. & 51. ReorK n:zattnn- Bai.timoke. May 11. The Baltimore Trust and Guarantee company wili ad vance SOOO.OOO to the reorganization committee for the purchase of the Sar vannah, Americus and Montgomery railroad, tho sale of which is fixed for May 17. A minimum price of SI, 800.000 has been placed on the property by the courts. The ForttfrlnK of Blnenetda. Colon. Colombia, May 9. The Nica- j raguan authorities at Bluefields are hastening extensions of the fortifica- ' tions on tiio bluff of that place. It is ' believed that this action is due to the fact that the deposed chief, Clarence, 1 now a British pensioner at Jamaica, I has asked Great. Britain to take steps ' looking to restore him to authority. Troops Go to I'oebonlas. Richmond, Va.. May 13. The Rich mond tflues battalion and another de tachment of the Howitzers have been ordered to Pocahontas and left last night. It is understood that they go merely to relieve the troops now there and that the order is not significant of increased danger. Read The Advance, $i a year. SOUTHERN BAPTISTS First Days Session of the Con ference at Washington. A GREAT RELIGIOUS GATHERING. The Election of Officers and the Report on the Different Lines of Work Were the Principal Fea ture of the Iuy- WAsmsOTOx, May 11. The first ses sion of the Southern Baptist conference was held yesterday morning at 10 o'clock at the First Baptist church on loth street. The church was well filled long before that hour and when at 10 o'clock Judge Ilaralson, the pretudtng , . oHuxr. arose and called for order every seat on the tloor was taken and the gal- lerfea were beginning to fill up. The , , , , , People Kept coming, however, long after every available inch of space was filled and standing room was soon at a Premium, The great heat caused th e tB e exercises o" th day. Meeting ( ailed to Orler. The meeting was called to order by President liarulson. and tho religious exercises that preceded the regular or der of the day were conducted by liev. Dr. T. E. Skinner, of North Carolina. A hymn was first sung and then Dr. Skinner read from the Scriptures and offered prayer . lie then called for sug gestions for a hymn from the poople. and a voice was immediately raised to propose "I Lovo Thy Kingdom Lord." At once the singing was begun, before the organ could be started, and for two stanzas the song was raised without any accompanlament whatever. Then President Haralson said that meeting would go ahead to organize the convention, until that was done no one would be regarded as entitled to the floor. Be turned the matter of effecting the organization over to the secretaries, who, he said, knew more thanJic did about the details. Dr. Burrows, the chief secretary, read out the lists, prefacing them with the .statement that the maximum number entitled to sat- on the financial basis was 813, the nu:nier of representatives of associations elect 401. making a total of all delegates of 1,214. The Klect'on of Officer. W'hen these preliminaries had been completed. President Haralson called for the election of oflieers. and Dr. Kl iis at once placed his name in nomina tion. The nominations were closed im mediately and Judge Haralson 'vus unanimously re-elected president of the convention which ofHce he has filled since 1989. Ho made a brief speech, thanking the conference for the honor and expressing his .belief that the con vention would be a complete success if every delegate would lend his co-operation to the officers. Judge Haralson announced the com mittee on order of business and the committee withdrew to eeesult. Nominations were then made .r the vice presidents, four in number. The convention unanimously re-elected Doc tors Lansing. Burrows and O F. Grv ory as secretaries President Ilaralson then introduced Commissioner Boss, who made a brief address of welcome. Dr. C. C Meadows, of the district con ference, spoke iu welcome in behalf of the Washington churches. He was fol lowed by Rev. Dr. J. R. Sampey of Ken tucky, of the southern seminary, who made a ringing address in respon.se to the hearty welcome extended to the delegates. lieports on Different Work. The committee on order of business reported in favor of two sessions for to- i day. a morning and evening session. J No recommendations were made as to I Monday. The report was adopted and a committee was appointed to arrungn tor memorinl service to be held Sunday in memory of Dr. Hroadus. Rev. Dr. H. L. Morehouse, corres- Tono Rapti Kndiug secretary of the American st Home Missionary society, was invited to the platform and made an extended address on the subject of wortt to re done ;;mong the colored people in the south. Ileports were then called for. T. P. ! . Bell, eorrcspondinrr secretary and treas- i Will Not Arrest the Governor, urer of the Sabbath School board, pre- J Topkra. Kan., May 13. County At sento.l his report. It showed that the i torney Snfford announced yesterday receipts have been 53.034, as against j that ho would not cause a warrant to tJ4tt.5"fl last year. be issued on the complaint of O. W. I he work of the foreiarn missions board was presented by R. T. Willing- ham, corresponding secretary, and re ferred to committee on papal fields, j pagan fields, and financial policy. The j total amount driven for the en use in the ! past year was over Pi 20,000, but ex j pensefl for collecting it in the stato ro ' ri.,n. a iyu ,.t in- wirci xo j 1A5.417. This was more by 20,000 J tha-n the receipts of the previous year. StatlstirH of the. Contention. L T. Techenor report ed for the Home j I Mission.board as follows: Missionaries. , j 42$; increase 44, and more than in any j i year of the board's history. Baptized i 5.921? Increase 1.451, and 57'J more than L j have been , baptized in any one vear ' since the organization of the conven- ; tion- Cash receipt tjoB.640, beiDg Sfl3, 399. larger than last year. The general statistics of the conven tion were given in a compilation made by Secretary Lansing Burrows. It showed the following- totals: District j associations 702; ordained ministers 9,907; churches 17,803; members 'white) 1,431.041: colore ! churches 12,838; mem bership 1,817,180; aggregate member ship 2,748,171. After the rcadino- of these reports the convention adjourned until even ing. The conVetion siet 7:30 o'clock, at whle'i of the committee on the home missionary ceived and ratified l ist evening at time the report conference with society re- Highest of .ii in Leavening Ab&owtecv pure A NEW SWINDLE ' which the people of the South are resenting, is the efforts of rorae to sell them imitations for tha real Simmons Liver Regu lator, because they make more money by the imitation; and ihey care little that they swindle tho people in selling them an inferior article.- It's the money they are after, and the people can look out for themselves. Now ibis is just what the people are doing, and merchants are having a hard time trying to get people to take the stuff they offer them in place of Simmons Liver Reg ulator which is the "King of Liver Medicines," because it never fails to give relief in all liver troubles. Be sure that you get Simmons Liver Regulator. You km w it ly AgfigfenA the same old stamp vpN7 of the Red Z on the wr package. It has wSwfcjjTry never mil e d y o u , wWyJ&ft and people who have Sk been per suaded to take something else have always come back again to The Old Friend. Better not take any thing else but that made by J. H. Zeillv & Co., Philadelphia. WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED. The Chickasaw's Oual Government. Dknnison. Tex., May 1L The nat ional courts have convened at Tisho mingo, the capital of the Chickasaw nation, with a state of affairs existing which may precipitate civil war. There are two sots of ofHcers throughout, from judge down, and a clash seems certain, as both sides nre obstinate and do not seem inclined to yield in the least. The factions are heavily armed. A single shot tired means a bloody fend. The governor's offer of medita tion has been rejected. Son Antonio Want tha Fight, Little Rock, Ark., May 1L George Walker of the San Antonio, lease of Little Rock and several Texas theatres, received authority yesterday from citi zens of San Antonio to offer a purse of 850,000 for the Corbett-Fitzsimmons tight It is proposed to have the fight take place in Laredo, Mexico, where non-interference is guaranteed. Dnpont Delaware' Senator. Doveii, Del., May 10. The joint ses sion of the legislature failed to elect a United States senator and at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon the two bodies ad ourned sine die. Speaker McMullin of tho house declared II. A. Dnpont elected senator. MoMnlllns declara tion will, it is claimed, give ground for a contest in tho I'nited States senate. Gonthern ttapiiat Convention. Washington, May Hi - ' Haptist convention assembled here this morning. It is tho semi-centennial meeting of the convention, and this fact alone would make It one of the most interesting in the life of the or ganization since it separated from the northern branch of the church, in 1845. Methodist Woman's Board of Mission. 1 Meridian, Miss., May 11. Tho wo man's board of foreign missions of tha Methodist Episcopal Church South tQ be composed of delegates from every state In the union where the denomi nation is organized and a number of missionaries from foreign fields, con vened in this city today. A Mothers' Insane Piety. Spokane, Wash., May 18. The insane wife of Newton Ilagg, a rancher resid ing near Chatteroy, built an altar in the woods near the house, on which she bound her two-year-old child prepara tory to roasting it alive. 8he was offer ing a prayer for hef sacrifice when her husband arrived and rescued the child. Thursto still Minuter. Washington, May 11. Despite an almost general belief to the contrary Mr. Lorran A. Thurston is still rccoir- i nized by the state department as min- i ister from Hawaii. The diplomatic list ! for P.lav, an official Issue of the deDart- meat, containn his name, with the sin gle word "absent" after it. ; Powers, charcrino- (lovrnnr Morrill with having obtained money out of the state treasury bv false pretenses. Ex-Governor Chase Dead. India NArons, May 13. Ex-Oovernor Ira J. Chase died last evening at Lubec, Me The ejr-rrr.vor..- xm ,i, nearly two months ago to conduct evangelistic services. He had been suf fering from erysipelas. Mr. Governor Brown Dead. Baltimore, Md.. May 18. Mrs Frank Brown, wife of the governor, died at tho Rennert Hotel Saturday morning at 8;45 o'clock, after an Illness of three weeks, of a complication of kidney and Tbc Fatal Word. "My darling," he exclaimed, raptor ously, "How brilliant yon are. Yon fairly or bristle with ideas." The Chicago girl drew herself up to her full height and brushed him j haughtily aside as she swept out of the j room. "Yon seem to forget" she turned on I her heel at the door and faced him - "tliat I cannot brook any reference to i my father's business." N. Y. World. Mrs. Bacon "It is terrible down at your boarding home. You can never get any hot water." Mr. Bacon-' Only we have soup, ray i dear." -Statesman. Power. - Latest U.S. Gov't Report oAi:.a.