$1 AJ YEAR, CASH IH ADYANCE.
" LET ALL THE EHDS THOU AIMS'T AT BE THY COUNTRY'S, THY GOD'S AND TRUTHS.'-'
BEST ADVERTISING- MEDIUM.
VOLUME XXV.
WILSON, X. C, AUGUST 8, 1895.
NUMBER 32.
GRAVEYARD CASES
AN ALLIANCE IS
Being Investigated by Insurance
Between the Several Small Coun
tries of Central America.
Companies in North Carolina.
A STARTLING STATE OF DISCLOSURES. !
WITH GUATEMALA AS THE EEYST05E.
Far Seeing People
Visit First -
The Gasti Racket
What ! Devote all
rising; Tin Coffee Pots?
Yes ! We' want our
benefit of good thing. The Coffee Pot
holds one gallon, is warranted perfeet,
and is sold elsewhere for 25c. Our price,
only 8 cents. We now have about six
dozen of them but they will soon be gone
and we can get no more to sell at this
figure, so come and get one and put it
mm m
away until you want
Mosquito Net (all
at 5 cents per yard.
THE GASH RACKET STOR
J. Ivl. LEATH
Nash and Goldsboro Streets,
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AFTER RAILROAD BILL.
lie Kills a Rloodhonnd and Tuts a Ilole
Through a Deputy's Hat.
'. . Jacksonville, Fla. , Aug-. 2. A spe
to the Times-Union from Pensaco
la, Fla., says : The following1 telegram
from Judge A. M- McMillan, of this
county, brother to Sheriff McMillan
who was killed by "Railroad Bill" some
time ago, was received by Judge Mc
Millan's son, Frank, in this city last
night.
'Castleberry,.Ala., August 1. Frank
McMillan, Pensacola, Fla.: We started
, Railroad Bill' this morning and chased
him two hours. He killed our best
dog- and the balance would not chase
him. lie shot a f hole in the hat brim
of one of our men, who shot at him
eight times but he escaped to the
swamp. We will have six good dogs
on No. 8. tonight and have a good
chance for tomorrow.
I A. M. McMillan."
LIBERTY BELL.
Its Itinerary to the Cotton States
and In-
ternatlonal Exposition.
Philadelphia, Aug. 2. The joint
committee of the city councils on the
Atlanta Exposition, met yesterday to
arrange and complete the details of the
trip for the Liberty Bell which is to b, e
in the south during the festival. The
itinerary, of "the bell's southern journey
is as follows: I
Leave Philadelphia, September 11,
then via Baltimore, , Washington, Fred
ericksburg, Richmond, Petersburg,
Lnychburg, Roanoke, Bristol, Knox
viile, Chattanooga, and arrive in Atlanta-
Santember 15.
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CROP CONDITIONS.
Hn-nanal'v Fine Yield of Corn
in the
Southern States.
Washington, Aug. 1. The weather
bureau in its report of crop conditions
for the week ending with July says:
, Drouth continues in ' western Ohio
and is effecting crops unfavorably in
Pannsvlvania. South Caro
lina, Georgia, southern Texas, Kansas
and -Nebraska. In southern Michigan
drouth has been relieved, but in the
northern part of the state the rainfall
has been insufficient.
The general, outlook for corn is ex
cellent, although unfavorable reports
are received from portions of Nebraska
and Kansas, and it is reported as late
in North Dakota, In Indiana, Illinois,
Iowa and Missouri, it is making rapid
growth, and earing. In Iowa the best
crop ever grown in that state is prom
ised. In the southern states an unusu
ally fine crop is now practically
assured. . , '
The condition of cotton is probably
Jess favorable than last week. In Lou
isiana and the lowlands of Arkansas,
there has been too much rain and the
crop continues grassy in Mississippi.
In Texas it is of irregular size and
from one to three weeks late, and com
plaints of shedding are received from
the Caroiinas, Florida and Louisiana.
Harvesting of spring wheat is advan
cing in South Dakota and Minnesota,
and will begin in North Dakota this
week. Tobacco is not doing well in
Ohio, but in Wisconsin, Maryland and
Kentucky it is growing finely, the out
look in Maryland being exceptionally
favorable; in Virginia the general con
ditkra is promising. .
Lunatics, Consumptives and Infirm Appli
cants Are Reported as Good Risks.
A Strong Case Made for the
Insurance Companies.
Morehead City, N. G Aug. 3. The
trial of the sensational cases of con
spiracy to defraud insurance companies
was continued yesterday. The evi
dence brought out was in line with
that of the day before, but was much
more explicit and conclusive. Frauds
were proven conclusively in one case
after another.
The following shows, first, the actual
ages; second, the age named in the
policy, and the third the real physical
.condition of the parties named below,
who were all insured for good amounts:
Hattie A. Davis, 70, 45; infirm.
Sarah M. Gabriel, very old, 47; in
firm.
Shepard Davis, 70, 56; infirm.
Emma J. Casey, 70, 50; infirm. :
Melisa Guthrie, 70, 50; infirm.
John Boyd, physical wreck.
William J. Rice, said to be good risk,
lunatic
Mary A. Longhurst, 65, 55; poor
health.
William H. Jones, good risk, con
sumption. ,
Sarah A. Lewis, over 60, 49.
Rosanna Washington, 60, 35; laid up
with rheumatism.
Samuel Windsor, 85, 58; infirm.
Thomas Davis, consumptive.
Florence Chad wick, in very bad
health.
The prosecution attempted to prove
that the money received on the benefit
paid at the death of Wigf all was di
vided between four relatives of the
dead man and that these four relatives
insured a man in the last stages of con
sumption, eleven days before death,
swearing that he was a good risk, and
that the insurance acrent in Beaufort
certified that Wigfall Was a "good
risk,"
Most of the day was taken up by
wrangles between counsel as to the ad
mission of testimony. A large number
of letters, affidavits, applications for
insurance policies, etc. , were ad mitted,
and several witnesses were examined
orally. The CQurt room was filled with
interested listeners.
Rascality Results in Murder.
Takboro, N. C, Aug. 2. A paper
conspicuously posted at Columbia, Tyr
rell county, connected the name of
Dock Newbury with a prominent mar
ried lady. Tuesday Nevvbury accused
A. J. Walker and Thomas Patrick of
writing the offensive document. Walk
er called Newbury a liar! and was shot
in the abdomen. Patrick interfered
and was shot in the -arm. . Newbury
was formerly a business partner of
Walker, and is now register cf deeds of
Tyrrell county. I
The Monroe Cottts Mills Sold.
Monkoe. N. C, Aii. 3. According
to advertisement, the! Monroe Cotton
Mills were sold yeslemay at noon and
were bid off" by Messrs! Heath for $32,
800, which is regarded! by all as a fair
price. ms win pa y m luueuituucaa
and leave some for 4e stockholders.
Every thing was fair find everybody
seems satisfied with ;be result. It is
said the mill will resuufe Monday under
the new management, f
VALUE OF ALUM 1 N U M ,
The
Oxide of the Mina
ral e.9 Found ia
Southern S:
Ces.
Washington, Aug. 5.4-The forthcom
ing review by,the geooeical survey of
the mineral resources !of the country
will show that the production of alum
inum in the United Stites in 1S94 'was
550,000 pounds. Bauxie, which is an
oxide of aluminum, ha3 been found in
sufficient quantities to be commercially
valuable in only three localities in the
United States. Thesearein New Mex
ico, Arkansas and the Coosa valley of
Georgia and Alabama. Aluminum, the
review will say, has now found the po
sition in the arts predicted for it, and
the demand is increasing. Its metal
lurgical use has proved more valuable
than was expected. " I
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
Three Others, Who Sought Shelter Under
a Tree, May Alo Die.
Altoona, Pa., Aug. 5. During a
heavy thunder storm yesterday, a
large barn belonging to David Bell, on
the outskirts of this city, was struct Dy
lightning and burned together with its
contents. About the same, time a wan
dering family from Williamsport, Pa.,
sought shelter under a tree near Dun
cansville. The tree was struck and
one of the family, a young man, named
John H. Miller, killed. The mother,
Mrs. Miller, was so badly burned by
the electric fluid that it is thought she
will die. Two other members of the
family, a boy and ft girl, were seriously
This Union May, and Probably Will, Affect
the Future of the Peninsula It Is
Said the States Hare Assented
to the Agreement.
Washington, Aug. 5. Private ad
vices received from Guatemala yester
day indicate that sensational develop
ments affecting, possibly the future of
Central America may be expected
within the next thirty days. These ad
vices state that President Baraios, of
Guatemala has formed a secret alliance
with Costa Rica, looking to the forma
tion of a union of all the Central Amer
ican states, with Guatemala exercising
the dominant influence in the new fed
eration. The first step in this program
will be the downfall of the present Bo
nilla administration in Honduras and
the appointment of his successor in the
person of Marco Soto. This last named
gentleman is favorable to the proposi
tion and if the plans are. perfected so
that he may, by a coup d'etat, assume
the president's office, the assistance of
Honduras can be obtained in the plan
for a federation of the five states and
Nicaragua aud Salvador will thus, it is
claimed, be compelled to join with the
other republics as a matter self-interest.
President Barrios, of Guatemala, it is
said, is the more desirous of this new
alliance, inasmuch as at present Hon
duras, Nicaragua and Salvador are now
closely allied. This trio of republics,
which are contiguous to each other,
forms a geographical wedge, so to
speak, being Guatemala on the north
and Costa Rico on the south. Without
the active co-operation of one of them,
it would be difficult for Guatemala
and Costa Rico to assume an offensive
attitude toward the remainder. The
withdrawal of Honduras from the
triple alliance and her co-operation
with the other republics would give to.
the latter a preponderance of power
the value of which it can be readily ap
preciated. To what extent President
Barrios can carry this program can
only be conjectured, but it is believed
in Guatemala that he will succeed.
What renders his plan the more feasi
ble is the hereditary enmity of lack of ,
comity at least which exists between
Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Costa Rica,
it is said, delights to see her ancient
enemy, Nicaragua, humbled, as she
would necessarily be, if compelled per
force to join a Central American federa
tion, the influence of which would be
friendly to Costa Rica.
Should Nicaragua, on the other hand,
decline to join the union, she would
still be at a disadvantage in that she
would enjoy none of the benefits which
would result from it. The situation,
therefore is profuse writh significance
and future developments are awaited
with interest by the political traders in
all of the Ceutral American states by
whom the facts seem to be well under
stood. '
MASSACRED BY CHINESE.
Missionaries Are Killed The U. S. Govern
ment Will Investigate.
Washington, Aug. 5. The State
dp-nnrtment has received a cable
gram from United States Consul Jer
nigan, at Shanghai, saying that one
American female missionary and four
British missionaries were killed at the
mission of Ku Cheng, No further de
tails are given. The place described is
believed to be in the province of Hue,
far up on the bank3 of Yangste river,
beyond the reach of men of war and
about four hundred miles north of
Chang Tu, where the last missionary
riot occurred. The State Department
will take steps in the matter at once.
Later. The State Department re
ceived the following cablegram from
consul Jernigan, at Shanghai, in refer
ence to the reported massacre near
Kucheng: "Americans are safe; none
hurt Ten British killed."
Exhibits Arriving.
Atlanta, Aug. 5. Twenty carloads
of the government's exhibit of the ex
position are on the grounds. Mr.
Horace Bradley, of New York, writes
that he has just returned from Europe.
He states that he has secured the finest
collection of pictures in England, Ger
many, France, Itally, Spain and Portu
gal ever brought to America. Boston,
New York, Philadelphia and Chicago
galleries, public and private, will send
large loans. '
Committed Suicide.
Atlantic City, N. J., Aug. 5.. A. W.
Lambert, for several years manager of
the Baltimore and Ohio hotels at Deer
Park, Oakland and Berkeley Springs,
W. Va., and formerly a well known and
respected citizen of Virginia, committed
seiolde here late yesterday afternoon.
He had been drinking, was melancholy
and ended his life by drinking two
ounces of laudanum.
Are yoa taking Simmons Liver Reg
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cines?" That is what our readers
want, and nothing but that. It is the
same old friend to which the old folks
pinned their faith and were never dis
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relief comes quick and sure, and one
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Everybody needs take a liver remedy,
and everyone should take only Sim
mons Liver Regulator.
Be sure you set it. The Heel Z
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NORTH CAROLINA BRIEFS.
The Odd Fello ws of Concord enjoyed
a big picnic Saturday.
The Southern Railway will build a
new depot at StatesviIe.
The state firemen hold a firemen's
tournament at Newberne this week.
ExSheriff R. W. Hardie, of Cumber
land, died a week ago, aged 78 years.
The centennial of Lower Stone
church was celebrated near Salisbury
this week.
Rev. John Hughes, of Wilkes, aged
81, was recently married to Mrs. Sallie
Harris, aged 65.
rr' TfcOilDaroe" tJottci mill, purchased .
last week by Mr. O. P. Heath, will be
started up at once, and later, with in
creased facilities.
In a fight with a colored woman,
Sarah Sweet, in Wilmington last week;
Edward Dickson, also colored, inflicted
blows which resulted in her death.
The Stanley Enterprise says that Mr.
John S. Atkins, who lives near Albe
marle, is showing some fine specimens
of gold recently found on his place.
The school census of Wilmington just
finished shows the population to be
22,027. Of these . 9,1S:2 are white and
12,545 colored. There are 8,855 school
children in the city. ,
Rev. Mr. Horner, of Oxford preached
in the Leaksville Episcopal church
Sunday, the sermon in cele Oration of
the 50th anniversary of the organiza
tion of that parish.
Capt. B. I. Fisher opened up a private
street through his property at Greens
boro. It was condemned for public
use by the city council, and he was
then fined for obstructing it.
The Mt. Airy New3 says that John
M. Johnson, of Surry,
was found dead
home last week,
in the woods near
iar his
and that he had not drawn a sober
breath an ten years and the day before
his death he drank liquor by the goblet
full.
The foundation has been begun for
the Park Manufacturing Co"s., steam
pump and heater mill at Dilworth.
The incorportors as known are- Molrat
and J. W. Pharr. The works have
been located at Gastonia and will be
moved from there to Charlotte.
The state board of education has jno
knowledge of the extent of the "swamp
lands" in Brunswick and Columbus, as
they have never been surveyed. Camp
& Co. are to make the survey, and have
an option on the lands at 25 cents an
acre until December 31st, next. The
cypress timber is what Camp & Co.
saw mill men want
FLOOR BROKE IN
Precipitating a Corpse and the Conffrejra
tlon in a Cellar.
St. Joseph, Mich., Aug. 5. While
the funeral services of Eugene Shuart,
who hanged himself Thursday, were in
progress yesterday afternoon, the floor
gave way and the Knights of the
Maccabees, mourners and corpse were
all precipitated into the cellar. Sever
al women fainted, but aside from a few
bruised, no one was hurt. Everything
was righted and the services proceeded.
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Prohibitionists Norn tnate a Ticket.
Pit TTXf rw A -ncr Q Marvland's Tiro-
X AAi A 4mL V At W f J
hibitioiiists closed a two days meeting
here yesterday. Four hundred and six:
enthusiastic opponents of the Hquor
traffic,! representing all the counties of
the state, took part in the deliberations
of the body. The convention nomina
ted the following ticket: For governor,
Joshua Levering, of Baltimore; for
comptroller, Dr. J. L. Nicodemus, of
Frederick county; for attorney -general,
1 12. Vnuok Tucker, of Baltimore.