L n t i f i Y , i JL J J $i A YEAR. CASH IK ADVANCE. "LEr ALL THE ENDS THOU AIK51 ' AT EE THY COUNTRY'S, THY GOD'S AND TRUTHS." Si BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. : 1 I VOLUME XXVII !; i! WILSON, X. C, J AX. 14, 1897. XUM I1E11 1' t 1 T TT TT B 8 5 V ADVA 1 1 . r m k i s i. i: vs : a i in irr. lie lliiN'it Sct:l! ,Tv Most Important According to the best information Mr. McKinley is having a great deal of trouble to hil the two most import-I 1 ant places in his cabinet the secre- j taryships of State and Treasury. I There are three men from among whom places. ie wants to fi 1 these two These are Sherman, Allison t I and Dingiey. All three arc disinclin- I ed t accept, and Mr. McKinley has 1 not been able to settle upon any one j else entirely satisfactory for either t i Place- j Tenders have not been made and declined by rtny ot these gentlemen, but all three have been sounded di- ;j recti y or indirectly, and it has been j found that all would preier to retain their present positions. Mr. Allison, it is understood, will positively not J accept a Cabinet position. It re I mains to be seen whether the other I two can be induced to accept. Mr. 4 McKinley is re-presented as being hopeful that both will agree to serve the administration, but he is under I the necessity of looking elsewhere, as I neither will agree to go into the cabi X net, except as a matter of party duty. I Mr. McKmley has asked a num ber ot men to make suggestions for both the State and Treasury depar tments and has indicated that he had fnot been able to think of any one so well suited as the three men he has in contemplation. TM. ! j .r nr. tt .. : i i ne idea oi ir. nan na jrnincr i i ).u iww. ,.u..j a i unc duiuci iias uccii rfuriuuuucu al together, it is said. In addition to his I disinclination to take such a position the consideration of his health enters I I into the matter. ? i It is asserted on the best of author- & . ity, though the fact is not generally I known,that Mr. Hanna has had two i I or three attacks recently, which have ; 'given his friends great concern, He ? j has suffered, it is said, on two or three occasions recently, momentary col- ; jlapse indicating an overstrain of his constitution. His physicians hive jnot been prepared to say that these I 'attacks were necessarily of a serious -character as they might be the result - of nothing worse than temporary ex- j ihaustion, but at the same time the fvjmatter has cmsed anxiety among his 'it l i friends Washington Star. 1U .M I iioim:. A I'.'vllv Mfss in ltiv:irt', I Dover, Del , Jan. 5 The Dela ware Legislature was organized to il iay with much confusion and turmoil, phe seven Kent county Republicans fagainst whose seat the Court of Er- ' f ' .rors and Appeils yesterday decided, fwere denied lecognition, and after fruitless protest the Republicans left jthe ha'l an i org mized a "Rump" jHouse at the Hotel Richardson. fThere they elected Dr. T. C. Moore " ISpc.iker, and Charles Hastings Clerk i lifter notifying the Senate that they jwere ready to receive any communi cation trom that body and receiving io reply the body then adjourned to jneet next Friday afternoon. I The Kent countians were led by )r. George W. Marshall, chairman pf the Republican county committee, vho vainly appealed to the Speaker and clerk of the regular House to ac cept their credentials. When they appealedWthe Republicans to retire ! from the hail and organize another body, Senators Pearce and John Mc poore refused to do so, although it is tharged to-night thafthey had agreed jo do so in case Senator J. Frank Allee of Kent was not rcognized. I The Senate was organized by the democrats, Samuel B. Meredith, whos bear was in dispute, beinrr a - Owed 10 VOte While A1W v:is not ' This made the vote four to five in fa vor of the Democrats. After partici pating in the vote fur temporal y j chairman, the Republicans refused to j vote e:cent in case of the ehanlain. whcn John M. C. Moore voted ibr Rev. T. Revelle, who was elected. Senator Hanby championed the caue of the Republicans, but his col leagues remained mute. Before the ajournment, Senator Alrichs filed a protest against the right of Mr. Meredith to vote on tem porary organization, but no action was taken thereon. After adjournment, the Republican j Senators held a conference in the ! State House parlor, during which j Senators Hanby and AUee accused j Senator Fisher Pearce of treachery, and of playing into the hands of the Democrats. Pearce made no de fence. WKVI.Ki: AGAIN. Tli II ini" (loYtM-iimejit I'hu lnjj I? 11 vmI Confident- i-i Him l'roioel liefomis lor Ciil);i-Gi(':tt Plurality Ainmii; the ?m-1i! ie rs London, January 8 The Stand ard's Madrid correspondent tele graphs that despite the criticisms of the press. Captain General Weyler has certainly regained favor in offici al circles, owing to the demonstra tions made in his lavor by the loyal ists in Havana. Loyalist clubs have cabled to the government that they believe that General Weyler's policy will pacify the island and urge that he be retained in his -command. The government also seems to be satisfied with General " Weyler's dispatches The correspondents say that the! gov ernment has already formulated de crees granting reforms which will be put into effect as soon ps Gen eral Weyler announces the paci fication of the provinces of Habana and Maranzas and 'the security of crops in half the island is assured. It is understood that under the scheme of reform all the services in the island will be placed under the direction of a council of administration, which is about to be created, but everything concerning the army and navy jus tice, taxation and tariff will be re tained by Spain: The Cuban and ! Porto Rican deputies will continue to sit in the cortes. The councils in both Cuba and Porto Rico will be consulted concerning the budgets and taxation anel their views will be sub mitted to the cortes. The government expects that this scheme will conciliate a majority of the Cubans and improve the relations with the United States. The Heraldo, as an instance of the death rate and the sickness among the soldiers in Cuba, says that a col nmn of 4,000 men sent to the island at the beginning of November num bered only 700 men at the end ot that month. Many others columns show similar losses from death and sick ness. The latest big windfall has struck the Himelberger family of Reading, Pa , anel the remarkable thing abeut it is that it came from North Carolina from an old fellow who saved up be tween $3,000,000 and $4,000,000, died and left it all to the Himelber gers. The only unlikely thing about this is that men with that much mon ey are rarely in the habit of living or dying in North Carolina. Star. The lynchings last year numbered according to the Chicago Tribune, 131, of which 107 were in the South and 24 in other parts of the country. The number of negroes lynched was So, and of white men 51. Star. Hargrave the hustler, has intro- a.,a . ct, CT.ctm which ic nrnvhtr rmitp nnnillar. A HUMAN FIEND. Five IV-rsous Murilered Willi out A Lj'ix-li i iijc I'robalile. Cau Mayesville, S, C, Jan 7 Simon Cooper, the negro outlaw, it will be remembered shot and killed another negro by the name of Davis and ' wounded several others at Magnolia a few days- ago and for whom there is a reward of $ioo offered by the Governor, put in some more bloody work this morning near Magnolia. Cooper entered the house of Mr. Ren Wilson this morning about sun rise and demanded the use of Mr. Wilson's buggy which was retused. This human monster then picked up an axe and split Mr. Ren Wilson's bead wide open. He then made for Mr. Wesley Wilson, the son, and murdered him in a like manner. Me then murdered Mrs, Wesley Wilson with the same weapon, after which hie struck down a negro who had come up on hearing the noise. He left the axe sticking in the negro's head. Soon afterward the telegraph wires began to hum with a full account of the bloody and shocking tragedy. As soon as the news reached Sumter the Sheriff orgamzea a posse of men chartered a special car, and came over to Mayesville, where reinforce ments from this town and surround ing country awaiting his command Soon word reached the sheriff here that Simon Cooper had been seen within two miles of Sumter in a bug- gy, wrapped in a quilt, with another negro driving him. The sheriff then divided the volunteers into several posses and sent them out in diflerent directions, while he, with severa others, returned to Sumter on a spec ial train. Several persons who came to Mayesville during the day report ed that they had met a buggy on the road, and that some one was in the buggy wrapped up in a quilt, and one person, the driver of the venicle, said that the person so wrapped up was his wife, and that she was sick and that he was taking her to the doctor. At a late hour this evening the driver ot the vehicle was captured and brought to Mayesville. The fellow proved to be a young negro by the name of Boyle. The quilt was in the buggy and proved to be the proper ty ol Mr. Wesley Wilson, one of the murdered men. Boyle is locked up here in the guard house and will be taken to Sumter jail. The coroner went over to the scene of the terrible tragedy to-day and held an inquest tr J ' over the dead bodies. i , . . , tU n passed to-day reduces these offenses The Wilsons were white people of to flve vjz.; treason rape, murder, high standing in the community and . ancj tvvo offenses applicrtble the ar their untimely death is deplored by my and navy jn aI other offenses all who knew them. Mr. Ben Wil-1 hard labor for life is substituted as the son was an old man, about eighty maxjmUm punishment, and even in years ot age, his son Wesley wascasesof murder or rape hard labor about .cny. Mrs. Wilson was about thirty-five. Two poor little innocent children have been left orphans on account of the terrible deed of the monster Simon Cooper. Lip to this hour Cooper has not been captured but it is almost impos sible for him to escape as the country is being scoured in every direction for him and if captured we predict that fate will be a terrible one. Cooper got out of the buggy near Sumter,but it is believed he did not enter the town, and that he has gone in the direction of Mechanicsville where he has an uncle living. When he got out of the buggy, so Boyle says he told the driver that he expected to go back to Magnolia 1 tonight and flood the town with blood. csToniiv. The fce Elgsa:ur9 ' IS C3 A (ill. 11 LV MG II I . Keoults of a l ilit in n Dark lloom of IJrnitke:i II 11 nar inns at a'Chrl-Jeiiin:;- 1 Scranton. Pa. T.immrv s An 1 j Hungarian Christening at Mayfield, this county yesterday had the usual Moody ending which attends these festivals. As the result of a fight with knives, one man is dead, two are dying and five others are badly carved, Strong liquor flowed freely at the Christening and soon many of the men were mad with drink. Seven of the participants in the feastwent to the house of Lucetz Krut chas. Krmchas soon had to resent an insult to his wife ami then the knives tUshed out. Mrs. Krutchas dashed out the light and fled from the rooms. A fearful right followed in the dark. The drink-maddened 1 . 1 t t 1 .1 1 men tui auu siaooeu eacn otner anu roiled together upon the floor in deadly grapple. Finally a constable tu,lt u , . n , , 1 . . , - 11 that he saw a ll.ick ot beautrul white and a posse broke into the house and ro,rl, r, ' 1 -n 1 , swans nearly five inues long. 1 hey when a light was had a ghastly pic- ! fl.M1. n t ,, , , . 1 1 new well togctln r and kept tar out ture was presented. The furniture fo tt , 1 f. 1 into the sound. It is erv rare to was battered and broken and blood cescttun.- 1 1 , see these birds m sucn large numbers, was everywhere and stretched on the ; and (he Kem,emcn .j,,..,,, j, ,!lcal, floor were e.Sht apparently dead and j coId weather a!K.;J(, .,;N dying men, groaning anel cursing. A physician was hastily summon- Winon. X- C.January 5 -The ed. Krutchas was so terribly cut Vadkin Manufacturing Compa that he died in a short while. The j "' ovvntrs of a hr-e C()tton ni511 at injuries of the other men show the j Yadkin Falls' Str,nlt:" coi:,!tv' N' C- savage nitnrP of tl frU TVir Guzy was cut over the heart and leit j hand severed at the wrist, will die, Wazyl Zubi, stabbed in the back lung pierced and chunk of meat cut from shoulder, will probably die, John Turpaknoe, ear cut off and numerous slashes on shoulder and back, Paul Pawaik, face and arms slashed, John xt i r 11 11 .ittl made. To lolisli Ilanyin-;. W imnclnn Tun r Tt-i Qamfo j 1 "" , passed the House bill abolishing the j death penalty in a number of cases. The measure is in the line of recent! State laws abolishing capital punish- hient and applies the same principles to Federal offices, although the ! change is not extended to total aboli tion of the death oenaltv. The nrps- 1 . , i - 1 1 "1 r Viil " ' iJiVll ij,civ WliV. 11 Colonial times, have a sanguinary as pect and prescribe death for sixtv of- L- r 1 . , ' . . 1 t-n nt rarmne r iQnrfpr I l u Kill may be substituted if the jury states in its verdict, "without capital punish ment.'' As the bill has passed the House after a long crusade by Rep resentative Curtis, of New York, and is amended but slightly by the Sen ate, it is likely to go to the President when the minor disagreements are ar- ranged . San Francisco will soon have the most capacious wine tank in the world. There is one in Toledo, O., which will hold 54,000 gallons, and I one in Germany which holds 50,000, 1 but this one in San Francisco will hold So.ooo gallons. Star. I tester, ice neaa, ana oreast oacuy j sued and the new company has ar cut. Micheal Oleaniz, stabbed in ranged to sell $450,000 worth of the face and back, Andrew Telep, bonds with which to settle all claims stabs and arm broken. Th:se men j against the old corporation arid build are under gua.d in the hospital and i and equip the missing link m the an investigation of the affair is being j road between Newton and Hickory. "Old, yet ever new, and simple and j At Richmond, Ya.. Mond iy, while beautiful ever," sings the poet, in Paul Davis, negro, was being conveyed words which might well apply to ' from Henrico county jail to the court Ayer's Sarsaparilla the most efficient hoase to be tried for criminal assault and scientific blood-purifier ever offer-1 n Cora Twitchell, a white girl, the ed to suffering humanity. NothingTmt ' father of the girl, C. A. Twitchell, shot superior merit keeps it so long to the the negro, inflicting a wound which front. . may prove fatal. FROM a'RRlTlTk- TO CI1BK0KF.R. Rr.YIF.W OF KF.fKNT 1 1 A 1TF.X I N( . THROl (.HOI T :Y. STATF. An ordinance lias b een adopted reqir.rmg the Kaypjtcx i.le rum mills to close at 10 o'clock t vt ry ivght ex cept Saturday when they may stay open until 11. There is a movement on loot among the negroes to establish a cot ton factory at Concord. Abm one half ot the capital stock lias already been subscript d ard it looks as if the ' Project would n allv s icceeil. This enterprising -pint is commendable ancl should be M:p; k . rted. . Near Roanoke island a short time a0 a reliable opntlemnn informs iw ! U,1C "1U lUL narils 01 - MC Canless, receiver, The s'ock is largely owned by Sdisbury people. The failure was due to the inability of creditors to realize on their stock. A company has been organized to buy the narrow guage Chester and Lenoir rail road in the Western part of the State. New stock will be is- . - In Beaver Dam township, there is a sensation. The cause is the rather peculiar action of several wells. Since ' n i .1 1. uie wecemper snow tnree wens in the same neighbor hood have gone to boiling. All over the bottom of the wells the water boiis and bubbles like a pot, and there is an accompanying singing noise that can be heard some distance away. Greenville Reflector. In 1S63 the federal authorities de stroyed fifty-five bales ol cotton, the' property of John D. Thorne, of Lit tleton. We are pleased to note that Senator Marion Butler has introduced a bill in the United States Senate for Mr. Thome's relief, providing for the payment of $i2,Soo for the burn ing of said cotton. This is one of Senator Butler's acts that all the peo ple of Halifax county will heartily ap prove. Weldon News. In strange form indeed does death come when life goes out in laughter, but in such manner, ue are informed, death came last Saturday to Mr. Dan Siftord. He was at the store of Mr. Will Thompson, in Stanley Creek. Of a social disposition- he was enjoy ing conversation and companionship with friends and neighbors who chanced to be there also. He threw his head back in laughter at him, when it was noticed that he kept on backward and fell over dead. He was a good citizen and was well known over the county He used to run a ferry not far below Mountain Island Gistonia Gazette. 1 ? . I li
