VOLUME XXVII.
WILSON, X. G., OCTOBER 28, 1897.
NUMBER 42.
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DIRECTORY.
Calendar of Sales
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local trains:
x. r.ound.
S. Bound.
Between Florence and YVeldon.
. No. 7S. . No. 23
1:42 P. M.' Leaves Wilson 2:05 P. M.
'Between Wilmington and Norfolk:
No .iS. V No. 49.
i::4S T. M. Leaves Wilson, 2:12 P. M.
Between Goldsboro and Norfolk.
No. 102. No. 103.
V4i AM- Leaves Wilson 7:17 PAL
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"Shoo Fly" Wilmington to Rocky Mt:
No. 40. No. 41.
10:23 T. M. Leaves Wilson, 6:15 A.M.
THROUGH TRAINS.
Between Florence and Weldonr.
No. 32. No. 35.
12:22 A. M. Leaves Wilson. 11:18 P. M
COUNTY UFFICKRS.
HOARD of commissioners:
R. S. Clark, Chairman.
Shade Felton, J. H. Newsom.
. C. Hadley. Isaac Felton.
W.J.Cherry, Sheriff,
. I). Bardin, Clerk of Superior Court
J. H. Griffin, Register of Deeds,
S. H. Tyson, Treasurer,
W.M. Harriss, Coroner,
J. T. Revel, Surveyor.
TOWN officers.
aldermen:
J. D. Lee, 1st Ward.
J. A. Clark, 2nd "
Dr. A. Anderson, 3rd "
Gko. Hackney, 4th
J. T. Ellis. 5th
P. B. Deans, Mayor;
Jxo. R. Moore, Town Clerk;
W. E. Deans, Collector. ,
police:
W. P. Snakenberg, Chief.
Ephriam Harrell, Frank Felton
James Marshbourne.
D. P. Christman, St. Commissioner,
CHURCItKS.
St. Timothy's . Episcopal church.
Rev. F. C. Bayliss, Priest-in-charge.
Services: Sundays at 11 a. ni. and 7:30
p. m., Sunday School at 3 p. m., Week
Jays Wednesdays and Fridays at 4 p
m. Holy days at 10 a. m. Celebra
tion of Holy Communion on 1st Sun
day in 'each month at ii a. m., other
Sundays at 7:45 a. m.
Methodist Church, Rev. J. B. Hurley
Pastor; services t 11 a. m. and 7:30
p. m. Sunday School, 5 p. m,, J. F.
P.ruton, Supt. Prayer meeting Wed
nesday night at 7:30.
Disciples Church, Rev. D. W. Dflvis,
Pastor; services every Sunday, 11 a m
7:30 p m. Prayer meeting Wednesday
night Sunday School at 3 o'clock, p.
m., Geo. Hackney, Supt.
Presbyterian Church, Rev. James
Thnnn? Pnstor: services on the First,
Third and Fourth Sunday in every
month and at Louisburg Second Sun
day. Services at 11 a. m. and 8:30 p.
m. Sunday School at 5 o'clock, p. m.
Baptist Church, service as follows
Preaching Sunday morning at 11:00
i.VWL- anH S r m. Rev. W. H. Redish
Pastor. Prayer meeting Wednesday
evening at 8 o'clock. Sunday School
at 5 p. m., D. S. Boykin Supt.
Primitive Baptist Church, preaching
on 2nd Sunday by Elder Jas. Bass; on
xrd Sundav bv Elder las S. Woodard;
on the4th Sunday and Saturday before
by the pastor, Elder P. D. Gold, her
vicesbegin at 11 a. m.
I.OOOKS.
Regular meetings "of Mt. Lebanon
Lodre No. 117 A. F. & A. M. are held
in their. hall, corner of Nash and Golds
boro streets on the 1st and 3rd Monday
nights at 7:30 o'clock p. m. each month
C. E. Moore, W. M.
Regular meetings of Mt. Lebanon
Chapter No. 27 are held in the Masonic
Hall every 2nd Monday night at 7:30
o'clock p. m. each month.
W. H. Applewhite. H. P.
Regular meetings of Mt. Lebanon
Commandery No. 7 are held in the
Masonic hall every 4th Monday night
at 7:30 o'clock each month.
R. S. Barnes, E. C.
Regular meetings of Wilson Lodge
K. of H. No. 1694 are held in their hall
over the 1st National Bank every isi
Thursday evening at '3:30o'cIock, Pr m-
B. F. Bnggs, Director.
Regular meetings of Contentnea
Lodsre. No. 87. K. of P., are held in
Odd Fellows TIall every Thursday
night. Visiting members always wel
come. -
Regular meetings of diterprise
Lodge, No. 44. are held every Frday
night in Odd Fellows' Hall.
, post office hours.
Office opens 8 a m. and closes at sunset.
Day mails close for North at 1 p. m.
" West " 1 p.m.
" " " '' South " 1.30p.m.
Night mails for all points close at 9 p.m.
PLUNGE TO DEATH.
Terrible. Accident on the New
iorK central Railroad.
xWENTY-EIGHT LIVES LOST.
Six Cars Pluni-rfi to thA "Ron
the Hudson Kiver.
ENGINEMEN DIE AT THEIR POST.
Both Enstneer and Firemen Met He
roic Deatn Nearly All Passeneers
Were Asleep at tlie Time of tlie Ac
cident The Miraculous Breaking of
a Cqrupllntr Saves Three Sleeping Cars
From Following the Others Several
Passengers Rescued From the Tops
of Floating Cars Statements of Sur
vivors of the Wreck.
Garrisons, N. T.. Oct. 25 From the
sleep that means refreshment and rest
to the eternal sleep that knows no
waking plunged in the twinkling of
an eye yesterday morning "28 souls-
men, women and children. Into the
slimy bed of the Hudson river a train,-
laden with slumbering human! tv,'
plunged, dragging through the waters
the helpless passengers. There was
nothing to presage the terrible acci
dent which so suddenly deprived these
unfortunate of lives. The New York
Central train left Buffalo Saturday
night and had progressed for nearly
nine-tenths of the distance towards its
destination. The engineer and his fire
men had just noted the gray dawn
breaking in the east, and the light
streak of red betokening the sun's ap
pearance, when the great engine went
into the depths of the river. Neither
engineer nor fireman will ever tell the
story of that terrible moment, for with
his hand upon the throttle the en
gineer plunged with his engine to the
river bottom, and the fireman, too, was
at his post. Behind them came the
express car, the combination car and
the sleepers, and these piled on top
of the engine.
It is known that it was a trifle foggy,
and that the track was not visible, but
if there was any break in the lines of
steel it must have been a very recent
happening, for only an hour before
there had passed over it a heavy pas
senger train, laden with human freight.
As the train plunged over the em
bankment the coupling that held the
last three of the six sleepers broke, an I
they miraculously remained on the
broken track. In that way some 60
lives were saved.
Of eye witnesses there were none ex
cept the crew of a tugboat passing
with a tow. They saw the train with
its lights as It came flashing about the
curves, and then saw the greater part
of it go into the river. Some of the
cars with closed windows floated, and
the tug, whistling for help, cast off its
hawser and started to the rescue.
Porter Gives the Alarm.
A porter jumped from one of the cars
that remained on the track and ran into
the yard of Augustus Kah's house,
near which the accident occurred, and
stood screaming for help, and moan
ing: "The train is in the river and
all our passengers are drowned."
In a few minutes, Kah had dressed
himself, and getting a boat rowed with
the porter to the scene. As they turn
ed a point in the bank they came upon
the express car and the combination
car floating about 20 feet from shore,
but sinking every minute. One man
was taken from the top of the car, and
efforts were made to rescue those in
side. A few were gotten out, the pas
sengers left upon trie track making a
human bridge to the shore to take the
wounded in.
The day coach and smoker had gone
down in the deeper water, and rescue
was impossible. In the latter coach
the conditions must have been horrible.
The car turned completely over, and
the passenger end of it was in the deep
water, while the baggage end stood up
towards the surface. The men In that
lower end must have fought like fields
for a brief period, for the bodies when
taken out were a mass of wounds.
The wrecked train was known as the
state .express. It left Buffalo at
7 o'clock 7 Saturday night and was due
in New York at 7 o'clock yesterday
morning.. The train consisted of one ex
press car, one composite baggage and
smoking car, one day coach and six
sleepers. Poughkeepsie was the last
stopping place of the train before the
disaster, at 5:10 a. m.
At this time there were on the
smoker, -in addition to the, baggage
man, Herman Acker, of Peekskill, who
was in his compartment, eight China
men en route from Canadian border to
New York, and a middle aged man,
supposed to be Thomas Reilly, of St.
rfmis. A1J of these, excepting the b
gagemaster, perished. The day coach
contained 18 or 20 passengers, many of
whom were women and children. How
many of these escaped is not known,
but at least 12 were drowned or killed
fn this car.
Mst of the Passengers Were Asleep.
When the accident happened most of
ihe passengers were asleep, those in the
sleepers being in their berths, while the
occupants of the coach and smoker
were for the most part doubled up in
their seats. Just how the train met its
awful fate will never be fully known,
for the men who first felt-the danger,
Engineer John Foyle and Fireman John
Tompkins, lie dead in the cab of their
locomotive at the bottom of the Hud
son river.
Conductor Parish, who was in charge
of the train, and who was making up
his report in one of the cars when the
crash came, was rendered unconscious
by a blow on the head. When he re
covered he was three seats ahead of
the one in which' he had been sitting.
One" of the occupants of the coach
who escaped with his life was Frank
J. Degan, a wood finisher, of New
York. His left eye was cut by broken
glass and his body was slightly bruised.
Mr. Degan made this statement:
"With my, friend. W. H. G. Myers, of
ni fio
tifflii dgutnrt
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Passaic, 1st. j., who was killed in the
car from which I escaped, I had been
to Poughkeepsie. We boarded the train
at that place and took a seat : in the
coach. Three, other-people got on at
Poughkeepsie. One. was a woman and
the two others were men, one of whom
looked like a railroad employe. As
near as I can judge there were 18 peo
ple'ln the coach, most of them being
women and children, and nearly all.
were asleep. Myers and I sat in the
middle of the- car. When theerash
came the car gave a great lurch, and
rolled over on its side. The water
rushed In and almost instantly the
lights went out. I knew we-were in
the river, and the car seemed to plough
through the water for some time after
it was submerged. '
"The car tilted over on one side, and
I managed to reach the fanlight over
head and cling to it until help came.
Passengers Drowned Like Rats.
"I heard people In the back part of
the car groaning as if they were pinned
fast. It was so dark that I could see
no one, and I think the passengers
must have been drowned like rats.
After a while, it seemed an age, I heard
people on top of the car and an ax
crushed through the roof. Soon they
had a hole cut in the roof and pulled
me out through it. A man and a boy
(father and son) were also rescued in
the same way, but I know of no other
occupants of the coach escaping."
Augustus Kah, a German living near
the scene of the wreck, gives this de
scription: "It was about five minutes before 6
when I was awakened by some one in
my yard calling for help. Looking out
of my window I saw a sleeping car
porter who shouted: "For Gods sake
man, if you own a boat, come quickly.
Our train is in the river and people
are drowning.
"I dressed myself and accompanied
by the porter got into my rowboat and
rowed around the curve to where the
train was in the river. When we
reached the cars, which were . sub
merged nearly to their roofs, the en
gine, being entirely nut of sight, the
crews of the tugboat were making ef
forts to save thle passengers. The first
man I saw them take out was, I think,
the agent of the express car. The first
persons we succeeded in rescuing were
two Chinamen, who were sitting on the
roof of the smoker. One had his arm
broken. We put them ashore and then
took three more persons off the top
of another car. At the same time people
in their underclothes were being taken
cut of the sleeping cars by the crews of
the several tugs. One map on shore,
with an arm cut off, was dying, 'and we
made his last moments as comfortable
as possible. I want to say that the por
ters, although frightened, showed great
bravery and saved many lives."
Five men were rescued from' the top
of a floating car a few minutes after
the accident. They were put on a train
and taken to Peekskill, about ten miles
down the road. They were admitted to
the Helping Hand hospital, where their
wounds were dressed. Of the five three
were Chinamen, and none were fatally
injured. .
The Americans were: John E. Ryan
of Jersey City, 30 years old, badly
lacerated hand, shoulder and knee;
Clarence Morgan of Aurora, N. Y., aged
26, broken shoulder. The three China
men were suffering from scalp wounds
Escaped From Floating: Cars.
Morgan escaped from a floating car
through a broken panel and swam
"ashore. Though badly" hurt, he helped
another passenger out.
W. S. Langford, of Bayonne, N. J.,
was in one of the last coaches which
remained on the track. He. secured an
ax and chopping out a pannel of one of
the partly submerged cars helped to
rescue four people.
General Manager Toucey says: "The
accident was caused by the bed of the
railroad being washed out in some in
explicable manner. In this undermined
condition th track sank as soon as the
weight of tlie train was put on it, and
the embankment giving away the' train
was of course precipitated into the
river.
"Such conditions as this we have never
looked for.. Trains have been running
over this spot for years and years with
out accident or difficulty of any kind.
and this piece of track was considered
as good as any seal ion of the railroad,
Not only was the-Voadbed the hardest
kind of an embankment,' but it was
strengthened by a retaining water wall
cf solid masonry three feet thick."
Other railroad officials were of the
opinion that a quicksand foundation
of some kind below the water line was
responsible for the giving way of the
roadbed.
Before 10 o'clock a large number of
curious spectators had gathered at the
scene, coming from the nearby towns
and villages by trains, wagons, bicycles
and boats. The number of morbidly
curious steadly increased as the day
wore on, and excursion boats even
came from places far up and down the
river, all loaded down to the water's
edge, until at mid-afternoon there were
fully 10,000 " about the wreck. It re
quired the utmost exertion on the part
of Chief Humphrey, of the railroad po
lice, and his force of detectives to hold
these people far enough in check to
allow the railroad men to proceed with
their work. Chief Humphrey did good
work In recovering valuables, and if
there were any thieves about they got
ho opportunity to ply their trade.
Treasure In the Wreck.
The American Express company had
a number of its agents at, the seen;
early in the day, but they were power
less to do anything, as no attempt was
made to raise their car. It was said
that this car contained thousands of
dollars worth of valuales, but the offl
cials said that all would be recovered
as the valuables were in a stationary
safe attached to the car.
Among the railroad men it is generally
believed that A. G. McKay, of Har
lem private secretary to General Su
perintendent Van Etten, had lost his
life in the wreck. He was a passenger
on the train, and was last seen at Al
bany, where it was said he boarded
the locomotive to ride with the en
eineer. If that is true he sharad the
ate of the engineer and fireman.
The known dead are: Thomas Reilly,
of St. Louis; Wong Glm, Chinaman; E.
A. Green, 25, Chicago; A. G. McKay,
private secretary to General Superin
tendent Van Etten; W. H. G. Meyers,
Tremont, N. Y., Guiseppe Paduano,
New York; W. S. Becker, Newark, N,
J John Foyle, engineer, East Albany
John Q. Tompkins, fireman, East Al
bany; seven unidentified Chinamen
two unidentified women; one unidenti
3ed man. Total number of known
lead, .19; estimated number of dead, 28.
1ST
If IT
INTERFERE
Gpaiii Will Get Along Without Un
cle Sam's Help.
THE SITUATION NOW CRITICAL
According to the Views -of Spanish
Newspapers, Which Unanimously
Support the Government's Attitude.
Proposed Home Rule For Cuba.
Madrid, Oct. 25. In the special note
to United States Minister Woodford,
the government declares that Spain has
done all in her power to end the war in
Cuba and cites many sacrifices which
have been made by the nation, the
number of troops sent to Cuba and the
reforms which'are to be carried out in
the island, which are fully described.
The note ends with the statement that
"Spain will hot admit the right of any
foreign power to interfere in any of her
affairs."
There is no doubt that the govern
ment's reply will represent the deep
feeling 'of the nation. The note dwells
at length on filibustering and "other
material, and moral assistance which
has chiefly contributed to the rise and
duration of the rebellion, and which in
turn has damaged American interests."
It clearly intimates that Spain can
not continue the "forbearance shown
by Senor Canovas del Castillo and the
Duke of Tetuan during the past two
years," and that she how calls upon the
American government to "fulfill more
strictly in the future the rules of
International law," because "the suc
cess of the new home rule policy and
the speedy pacification of Cuba chiefly
depend upon the conduct of the United
States."
The Spanish press unanimously sup
ports the attitude of the government,
which it calls eminently sober and dig
nified, but the impression is that the
controversy with the United States has
reached a critical stage which may be
the prelude to1 a rupture. Three mem
bers of the cabinet who were inter
viewed contended that Spnin has the
right, after her tremendous sacrifices in
Cuba, to demand the observance of in
ternational neutrality by other nations.
One of them added: "The gordian knot
is the- United States, without whose
help the rebellion would long ago have
been suppressed. We do not want war,
but ; every European nation will ap
prove our defence of our international
lights." :
A member of the cabinet declares
that the government' intends to" give
Cuba complete local government, with
universal suffrage to elect municipal
and provincial councils, and an insular
parliament. The latter will be com
posed of upper and lower chambers,
having entire control of taxation and
taFiffr-The- responsibls government will
be composed of five ministers, whose
councils will be presided over by the
governor general.
Senators and deputies for Cuba will
continue to sit in the Spanish cortes,
and the imperial government will still
control the army, navy, police, tri
bunals and foreign affairs of the col
ony, exactly as the program of the au
tonomists demanded. The government
has received promise of the support of
both the autonomists in Cuba and of
those residing in France and the United
States, and expects no opposition from
the other colonial parties.
Captain Loverlnsr Admits Brutality.
Chicago, Oct. 23. In the inquiry at
Fort Sheridan regarding the brutal
treatment of Private Hammond by the
order of Captain Lovering the captain
made no attempt to deny any of the ac
cusing witnesses' statements. He
admitted that by his orders Private
Hammond had been dragged from the
guardhouse by his heels, and he also
admitted that he had struck the sol
dier and pricked him with his sword.
None of this treatment, Captain Lover
ing said, had injured Hammond in the
least, as was proven by the surgeons'
report, and the methods used were in
his opinion necessary for the discipline
of the army.
Wecked on a Reef,
Point Arena, Cal., Oct. 25. Close un
der the rocky cliffs where she met her
doom lies, bottom upward, the torn and
battered hull of the ill fated steam
schooner Caspar, wrecked early Sat
urday morning on a treacherous reef
Of the crew of 15 there remain but two
known survivors. Captain Afindsen and
Sailor Chris Larsen. So far but one
body has been found, which was iden
tlfied as. the remains of Chief Engineer
George Opposeman. A sharp lookout
is being kept for floating corpses, how
ever.
Threw Acid on Mill Girls.
Norwaik, Conn., Oct. 23. A man
threw acid in the faces of two mill girld
who were returning from work. Jennie
Kinsella, a very preety young woman
of 20 years, was frightfully burned, will
certainly be blind, and may die. Mary
Troy is suffering greatly, and will prob
ably lose, the sight of one eye. A man
known as "Tumbler" Kelly was arrest
ed on suspicion. The police had hard
vork to prevent a lynching. '
THINKS SHAW IS GUILTY.
Coroner Llpplricott Says There Is
Strong Kvldence Aaralnst Him.
Camden, N. J., Oct. 22. Coroner Lip
pincott denies the published statements
that he had expressed an opinion of
Eli Shaw's innocence of the murder of
his mother and grandmother.. He said
on the contrary:
"From what evidence is now at hand
I think Eli Shaw is guilty of murder.
The authorities have secured sufficient
damaging evidence to make out
strong case against the young man.
It looks dark for him, and I do not see
how he can epect to escape from the
awful punishment that awaits those
who take human life, after deliberation
and in a cold blooded, cowardly man
ner. I do not want to see the young
man convicted, if there is the slightest
reason to believe that he is not guilty,
which reason has not yet asserted it
self."
.'"We knew whereof we affirm when we
state that Ayer's Pills, taken' prompt
ly, at the first symptoms of colds and
fevers, arrest further progress of these
disorders, and speedily restore the
stomach, liver and bowels to their ro"
mal and regular action.
IMPORTED SPEAKERS
Opposition to Them in the New
York Municipal Campaign.
THE COHINGOr MAY0E HAKEIS0N
Opposed by Mr. Sheehan, Colonol
Brown and Other Leadinc: Demo
crats The O'Brien Democracy Joins
the Rnuks of the Georgettes.
New" York, Oct. 22. The announce
ment that Mayor Harrison, of Chicago,
is coming here to speak in behalf of
Judge Van Wyck, the Tammany nomi
nee for mayor, is not received with
favor even by the Tammany sachems.
From the outset the Republicans have
been criticised by the Democratic man
agers and the leaders and newspaper
supporters of the Citizens' Union move
ment for . lmportingj. campaign speak
ers, notable among Whom were Sena
tors Foraker and Thurston. The ac
ceptance of Mayor Harrison's tender
of services is regarded as a stultifica
tion cf the Democratic position on this
subject. Cclczel William L. Brown
gave voice to the dissentient sentiment
when he said:
"I wrote to Mr. Sheehan some little
time ago, prcj sting against any
scheme of this kind. I have received
a letter from Mr. Sheehan in which he
said that' he entirely agreed with me
in the stand I had taken. It is bad
politics, unnecessary and ill timed to
bring Mayor Harrison to New York'
"Who, then," Colonel Brown was
asked, "is responsible for Carter Har
rison's visit if Mr. Sheehan did not
favor it?" .
"That," he replied, "I leave you to
conjecture." -
During his coming visit to this city
Mayer Harrison will be the, guest cf
Richard Croker. . .
It is believed that Henry: George has
declined the services of the scores of
Populist and silver orators, among
them Jerry Simpson and former- Sena
tor Peffer, who volunteered to speak
for him in New York. George has 300
speakers, nearly all residents of great
er New York.
The final lining up for the election is
advancing to the stage of completion.
After some hesitancy and a shifting
from one foot to the other the United
Democracy, sometimes called the
O'Brien Democracy, has decided tfcat
its place is with the Jeffersonians,
whose mayoralty candidate is Henry
George More influential, because more
numerous-;; is the Manhattan, or Steck-
ler Democracy, which has . elected to
support Seth Low and the other mu
nicipal candidates of the Citizen?,'
Union. The potency of the 20,000 votes
which the Steckler brothers claim to
have organized and controlled was rec
ognized ; under the Gilroy-Tammany
regime by- the appointment of one of
Steckler's friends to a city judgeship,
while lesser lights in the organization
were given more places in the city's
service. ,
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SILVER HEEL AND DAUNTLESS
Will Land a Carjro' of Arms and Am
munition For Cuban Patriots.
Savannah, Ga., Oct. 23. Advices re
ceived from Florida by The News says
The mystery of the expedition which
left New York last 'week on the schoon
er Silver Heel has been cleared up by
a telegram received by the Cubans.
According to this report the schopner
arrived at the Florida Keys Wednes
day, and was there met by the tug
Dauntless, yhich' lefts, this port (Sa
vannah) several days ago.
Dr. Juan Castillo is said to be in
charge of the expedition, and went to
Cuba on the Dauntless, which started
from the Keys last Tuesd?.y night.
On board the schooner was sufficient
arms and ammunition for five trips of
the Dauntless, and Dr. Castillo will
stand by until the last expedition is
landed, when, according to the report,
he will land in Cuha and remain, there
until the war is over. '
A Murderous i:obler in Camdeu.
Camden, N. J., Oct. 25. James A.
Mather, aged 65 years, keeper of a cigar
store at 519 Market street, was held up
and probably fatally shot by a robber
yesterday. The murderer, who at dif
ferent times gave' his name as both
John Cowan and George Woodward,
and who says he belongs in New York,
was arrested. He admits having a
prison record. He, accompanied by an
other man" who subsequently escaped,
walked into the store, and Cowan
pointed a revolver at Mather and de
manded his money. .Mather seized the
weapon and tried to wrest it from
Cowan. The latter fired- and the ball
struck Mather in the mouth He fell to
the floor unconscious. Cowan and his
companion .then rifled the money
drawer and fled. Cowan was captured
on a ferryboat. . '
GENEEAL' SOUTHERN NEWS.
Rome, Ga.. Oct. 19. Reports from
Somerville, 30 miles north of this place,
state that two negroes named Penn
and Hazleton were lynched by a mob
Sunday night. The men were accused
of arson. . ,
Shreveport. La,, Oct. 19. Maloney's
hotel was destroyed by fire. All the
guests escaped with slight injuries ex
cept H. S. Newcomb, of Kansas Cit
who leaped from a second story window
and broke both legs, and Mr. and Mrs.,
Rose, of Saginaw, Mich. Mr. Rose was
so badly burned that he died. Mrs.
Rose was severely burned, but will re
cover. .
Charleston, W. i Va., Oct. 19. Serious
trouble is anticipated with the coal
miners in Kanawha valley in the next
three cr four days.. Papers were pre
pared here yesterday in nearly 400
suits for the eviction cf miners from
company houses, and as soon as these
cases can be tried and evictions be
gun, which will be about the last of
this week, trouble is looked for. -
Memphis, Oct. 23. President Thorn
ton, of" the board of health, last night
officially declared that a case of yel
low fever exists in Memphis. The case
is that of B. H. IcFerrin, previously
reported as suspicious. He is a yard
conductor, and was taken sick on Sun
day. There is no excitement among
the people of Memphis, and few if any
are leaving the citv. The leading
physicians of Memphis declare' - that
there is no danger of the plague spread
ing, Richmond, Va., Oct. 21.-J James b.
Bryant, one of the oldest and best
known citizens of West Point, commit
ted suicide there lkst night at the house
of. his daughter, Mrs. William II. Iee.
Some time during the night he fired a
bullet from a revolver through his
mouth into his brain. The repoi t of the
shot was not . heard by his young
'nephew, who was asleep in the same
bed. vhen the nephew awoke this
morning he found his uncle sitting bolt
upright in the chair, dead. The pistol
lay on the floor at his feet.
Raleigh, N! C, Oct. 21. The peniten
tiary directors today unanimously de
cided that Dr. Kirby Smith, son of the
superintendent, had been guiity of the
grossest immorality with two of the
female criminal insane; that the
charges against him were fully proved,
and that Dr. George L. Kirby and Su
perintendent Smith were commended
for promptly discharging him as super
visor. The board also decided to place
the penitentiary absolutely in charge of
the executive committee, composed of
Directors Chadbourn, Martin and Cot
ten, thus taking the control entirely out
of Superintendent Smith's hands.
Dalton, Ga., Oct. 20. The excitement
continues over the revelation in the
train robbery cases now being investi
gated here. Tuesday J. Kirk Farrer,
president of the Farrer Lumber com
pany, and a prominent citizen, was
found cui'ty, by the jury of receiving
stolen gocds and implicated in the big
scandal just revealed here. Several
other merchants of equal prominence
were also found guilty of the same
offense. Every merchant in the town
except one has been convicted of re
ceiving stolen goods and being In
league with the Bohannon gang of train
robbers. Captain T. J. Peeples, agent of
the Western and Atlanticrailway, was
found guilty and his resignation was
demanded by the railroad company and
his successor appointed.- The merchants
who, have been released on bond have
forfeited it and are leaving their homes
and business to escape the penalty of
the law.
Charlotteville, N. C, Oct. 20. The
Charlotte Observer, commenting on the
announcement that the Southern rail
way has awarded a contract for the
building of a' road from Mocksville to
Mooresville, N. ,C, says:; "This matter
is full of suggestion. It means that
whether or not the new lease of the
North Carolina railroad is upset by the
courts, he Southern railway is still in
an independent position. From Char
lotte to Greensboro, by way of Moores
ville, Mocksville and Winston, is fur
ther than by Salisbury and the North
Carolina railroad, but it is a line, of
railway, just the same. As to the local
effects of the new line, they amount to
something. Charlotte will be helped by
the construction of the proposed link.
It will" put this town in Immediate con
nection with Winston and Mocksville
and the intervening territory. It will
help Cleveland and Mooresville im
mensely and it will not hurt Salisbury
or Statesvilie."
Booi
nherited
Taint
Here is a case of inherited blood taint
which resulted in what threatened to be
a complete wreck of an innocent young
life. The most serious feature of being
afflicted with a blood disease is the fact
that innocent posterity must suffer. The
man or woman with the slightest taint
in the blood forces the undesirable leg
acy of impurity upon their children
ciua ujw wuu me impure inner
itance which handicaps them in the rac
of life.
No child who has a trace of had hlnnA
can b i-healthv or strong, and f lira Tir-
disposed to Scrofula are liable to a ereat
-c .. i . . . . .
"cai ji nn.un , misuse meir constitu
tions are weak and cannot withstand the
many dangers which beset the path of
childhood. Medical statistics show that
a majority of lung troubles resultdirectly
from Scrofula, so that a child nfflioted
with this disease is likely to fall a vic
tim to areaaed consumption.
Mr. W. A. Clayton, of Addie, N. C,
believes S.S.S. i9 the only blood remedy
wnicn can nave any ellect whatever
upon obstinate ca es. He says :
" My three-year-old boy had the worst
case of Scrofula t ever heard cf. He
MR.. W. A. CLAYTON. -
was given many blood remedies without
relief, and treated by the best doctors.
He seemed to get worse all the while,
however, and the disease finally resulted
in curvature of the spine, making him
utterly helpless.
"The bad sores on his neck increased
in size, and were a source of constant
pain. He was in this pitiful condition
for two years, when some one recom
mended S.S.S., stating that it had cured
some of the worst cases of blood diseases.
As soon as his system was under the ef
fect of the medicine, the sores began to
get better, and in eight days were com
pletely healed. Before long 'he could
walk on crutches, and was improving
every day. In three months he threw
aside his crutches, for he rid no further
use for them : the dreadful disease had
been eliminated entirely from his sys
tem, and he was restored to perfect
health. The cure was a permanent one,
as no sign of the disease, has returned
for ten years. .
b b.b, is a real blood remeoy, and
promptly reaches all deep-seated and
obstinate blood diseases, it matters not
what other treatment has failed. It is
the only remedy which acts on the cor
rect principle of forcing the disease from
the system and getting rid of it perma
nently.
S. S. S. is a sure cure for Scrofula,
Cancer, Catarrh, Eczema, Rheumatism.
Tetter, and all other blood diseases. It is
Purely
Vegetable
and is the only remedy guaranteed to
contain . no potash, mercury or other
harmful mineral.
Books on blood and skin diseases will
be mailed free to any address by the Swift
Specific Company, Atlanta, (jeorgja. i
Fatal Hotel Fire.
Oil City, Pa., Oct. 25. Three" persons
were burned to death and seven more
severely injured in a fire that destroy
ed the Hotel Brooklyn, at Kelletville,
25 milrs southeast of Oil City,, early
yesterday morning. The building was
a three s-tory one, roughly built .of
double boards, and burned like tinder.
The dead are: Professor Tucker, ; a
traveling stereopticon exhibitor, aged
,60; Andrew Salsgiver, mail carrier, 21;
Miss Kate Miller, 19. Miss Kiser, a
school teacher, was probably fatally
injured ....
Many of our people are suffering
from nervous troubles, Scrofula, Sores,
Rheumatism, Dyspepsia, Catarrh, and
other diseases who ca i promptly be
and permanently cured by that sterlin
remedy .
"Parker's Sarsaparilla the King
of Blood Fcrifier."
It has been used by thousands and
never known to fail. Only the finest
selected purifying tonic herbs and roots
are used in its manutacture. : It has all
the good qualities .of other remedies,
with none oi the bad.
Xnnstui on Pcary.'R Meteorite." !
New York; Oct. 25. Dr. Frldtjof Nan- '
sen, the distinguished Arctic explorer,
arrived in New York late Saturday af-
ternoon on the steamer Lucania. Among .
his first ..utterances when he touched j
his foot on American soil was a posi-
tive statement that the me'teorite which i
Lieutenant Robert E. Peary recently '
brought back from the frozen north
is not a meteorite at all, but a mass of j
telluric lion. He says that Instead of :
coming from the heavens it is a natural
product of the earth.
It i;
s a niist'M ken ide-4 !hat h romrh'ac-
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fluired ' dnrimpr I hf warm s;e:isnn need
not lie rfca rderl: sprinimK' Facts
prove the contrary. Do not neglect
yomsen. A simple and eiiective rem
edy is at your hand Parker's Tolu
LOUGH Svritp i; n nnirk nnd ppreenme
reined v fnr Pono-h ir CiAil 1 f m:i r;eness.
r - ' .
W Hooping Lough, or any ahection oi
the I hroat or, Lungs. Pleasant to take
Children like it.
MGR. SCKSOEDER'S VICTORY.
Catholic University Directors Kesrret
the Chareres Mode Aeratnst Him.
Washington, Oct. 22. The board of
directors of the Catholic university
reached a final decision' on the case of
Mgr. Schroeder at their session yester
day afternoon, and the following official
statement was given out by Mgr. Con
aty, rector of the university and sec
retary of the board.
"The board was notified that Mgr.
Schroeder intended to send in his resig
nation during his last stay, in Germany,
but he did no do so on account of an
advice received from the holy ' father.
The board therefore leaves the final
decision to the holy father himself, and
expresses its regret at the many
charges made against Mgr. Schroeder
in this connection."
Among other charges against Mgr.
Schrqeder was one that he was a fre
quenter of saloons.
M or-irn ii on Annexation.
San Francisco, Oct. 20.T-Senator Mor-
gan and his daughters and F. M.
Hatch, the new minister from Hawaii.
were among the passengers who ar-
rived from Honolulu on the steamship
Belgic yesterday. Senator Morgan was
more than ever enthusiastic on the
subject of annexation, and intimated
that HawaH may become a part of this
country before the close of the coming
year. lie says the annexation of the
islands is -absolutely indispensable.
Prospector Must Pay Duty.
Victoria, B. C, Oct. 22. Hereafter
every pound of goods not bought in
Canada will have to pay a duty be
fore 1-eing allowed in the Klondike
country. The Canadian government
has decided to revoke the regulations
allowing prospectors to take in PJj
pounds or gooas iree ui uuij, a-"Si
toms officers will be placed on the
Stickeen route, as welUaa at Tagish
lake, and on the Yukon.
Mlsslna IIeIrcB Fonnd.
San Francisco, Oct. 25. After a
search for heirs extending over a score
of years the vast estate of Imblay
Clark, now appraised at $25,000,000,
seems about to' come to its rightful
possessor, the daughter of Clarke, a
mine owner, , who died In Australia
over 20 years ago. She i3 Grace M.
Elliott, adopted daughter of William
II. Elliott, a. saloonkeeper, who took
her from the Home for the Friendless
in 1878, when the matron assured him
her parents were dead, her father.
Imblay Clarke, having left her in the
home, and that he afterward died in
1 Australia, -
Ilaymond Allen, of Springfield, Mo.,
12 years old, went to school with dyna
mite in his pocket. It exploded, and the
boy was terribly mangled.
Friday, Oct. 88.
WiHiam J Bryan is to speak In Ohio
during the last week of the state cam
paign. - .
Ten murders are now - believed to
have been committed by the shepherd,
Vacher, under arrest at Belley, France.
The jury In the ' Luetgert' wife mur
der trial, at Chicago, disagreed and
were discharged. Luetgert will have
another trial.
Dr. Newton Bateman, for 17 years
president of Knox college, and an edu
cator of national reputation, died at
Galesburg, Ills.
Leo D. Weil, well known for his im
provements in photography and for hid
work in Illustrating magazine articles,
is Insane in Chicago. Christian science
unhinged his mind. . "
KEEP your blood pnre, yourappc-j
tite good, your digestion perfect I
by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla, which!
has power to keep you WELL. 1