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2 TO SUPPLANT TOE BLACK DIAMOND The Ohio, Tennessee and Carolina Road, BORN AT KNOXVILLE,TENN OPTION OX P.l, AOK DIAMOND franchises* h him;. ENGLISH CAPITAL BACKS NEW SCHEME General Kirkby, the English Representative, Claims That He Has Sufficient Capital Behind Him to Build the Road. Opposed by B'one. Knoxville. Trim., Doc. 15. —The Ohio, Tennessee and Carolina railroad was or ganized here today to supplant the scheme of Colonel Albert -V. Boone to build rthe “Blank d>iun<ond“ railroad from Columbus. Ohio, to Port Iloyal, S. C. .V failure to make a satisfactory deal for the franchises of the Black Diamond rai \ >ad in Tennessee led Cen tral William W. Kirkby. acting sis the agent for English capital, to organize the pew company. Kirkby has secured au option on the franchise of the Black Diamond road in the Carolines and Kentucky. The mute of the proposed road was inspected by Sir Thomas Tan cml. of England, about a year ago and highly recommended for English invest ment. General Kirkby claims to have t« his back enouglt money to build the road. Colonel Boone, the pioneer of the movement, is bitterly opposed to General | Kirk by's ignoring the franchises of the Black Diamond road in Tennessee. DEED OF A JEALOUS MADMAN. Adam Crist Murders His Wife, His Child and Himself. Tacoma. Washington, Dec. 15.—Adam Crist, tonight shot his wife fatally, killed Iks 8 year old son, seriously wounded a second, aged 5 years, and then shot and killed himself. Jealousy js the only mo tive assigned for the crime. Crist was the proprietor of the Chicago J.edging House. He was in the kitchen of the hotel on the second floor when his was called to the head of the stairs to talk to a ped dler. He sent, the younger child to ask her to come to the kitchen, InmMHliate -3y after four shots were fired, all of which were found to have taken effect an her body. He then turned the revolver on the lit tle boy and Avounded him in the leg. hut the child managed to crawl down the stairs and escape. The woman staggered to the sidewalk end Orist went into the hall where he caught the 8 year old boy. From the position of the bodies lie must have held the lad close to him while he put a bul let through his heart. A 41 calibre bul let through his own head followed and both bodies fell to the floor where they tery of the remains of the victims of the Maine disaster. v> Civil Service league’s Resolution. Triadiaaipolis, Inti., 15.—At the busi ness session of the National Civil Ser vile League today all the old officers were re-elected and resolutions which read in part as follows, were adopted: “The league regards the order issued by the President on the 29th of May last. withdrawing several thousand places from the classified service and relaxing the rules intended to prevent evasions of the law as tile first un mistakable backward step taken by the Federal Administration since the civil service law was passed. The in jurious effects of this order have al ready been seen in the demoralization in many parts of the Federal service; the encouragement of the enemies of re form in their efforts to cripple the merit system and secure a further relax ation of the rules and in the widespread distrust of tin 1 premises of the President and the party in power to enforce and extend the civil service law. ”We also regret that the President has not yet fulfilled the assurance given by him to a committee of the league of his intention to include in the classi fied service a much larger number of places than those withdrawn, but on the contrary has included none whatever. "VVe venture to hope that such extensions may yet be made at no distant day.” Author of “Shell Manifesto” Dead. Charleston. 8. C., Dec. 15. —Captain George W. Shell died at his farm near Laurens, this State, today, in his 68th year. He served gallantly in Kor.-haw’s brigade during the war of secession and was Congressman for two terms after 1890, hut is chiefly remembered as the reputed author of the “Shell Manifesto,” with the writing of which Senator Till man lias claimed he “had something to slo,” and which was The leading public .document ommedted with Till man ism •vnd the reform movement in this State. Engaging Gold For Export. New York. Dec. 15.—August Bel mont and Company today engaged $500,* 000 in gold for shipment to Europe. A like sum was engaged at the Sub- Treasury by Baring, Magorin and Com pany. Kuhn, Loeb and Company will ship $750,000 in eagles to Europe to morrow, making the total engaged to day $1,750,000. Root Would Save Ravishers’ Lives. Washington. Dec. 15.—Secretary Root ha* recommended the commutation to twenty years imprisonment of the death sentence imposed by court martial upon Corporal Damhofer and two other sol diers of Uie Washington volunteers, who were convicted of ravishing Filipino wo- TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS. Admiral Schley on his flagship Chicago arrived at Bahia. Brazil, yesterday At Albany. On., W. J. Glnzer was hanged for the* murder of his wife in August last. The distress in the famine-stricken districts of India is becoming acute. About 2.250.<XH> persons have rereived relief. Emperor William lias withdrawn Ma jor Baron von Suesskind, military at tache at Paris. The Dreyfus affair was the cause of withdrawal. General Leonard Wood, the new Gov ernor General of Cuba accompanied by his wife arrived in New 5 <u*k front Washington yesterday. Ho will sail for Cuba today. The officers of the National W oman s Christian Temperance Union have* deci ded Oil Washington. X. (\. as the loca tion for tin* which will open November 30th. 1900. Mr. Henry C. Landis. Secretary of the Baltimore Board of Trade and one of the most prominent insurance men of that city, committed suicide yes terday in a lit of insanity. Assistant Secretary Allen, of the Navy Department has gone South to inspect the Port Royal naval station in company with Admiral Rodgers, the president 0 the lns|jertion Board. I'. W. Leary, of Chattanooga. Teiin., has been appointed General Manager of tile Southern Express Company to sue cred M. .1. O’Brien, who was promoted to the Presidency upon the death of Mr. 11. B. Plant. At Boston. Mass., yesterday John P. Squire and Company, engaged in the meat and provision arid meat packing business, assigned to Lawyer Herman W. Chaplin. The liabilities are esti mated at $”.<>00,000; and assets at $5,- 000,000. Charles E. Mac-man. late United States Consul at Pretoria will 1 :ve for New York Saturday, December 10th. Mr. W Stanley Hollis, the United States Consul at Lourenzo Marques will assume the duties of Mr. Mai rum's office until the arrival of the latter’s successor. The steamer Ragusa and Roman Prince which have been detained at New York city quarantine because of the presence of bubonic plague at San tos. their port of departure, have been ordered to Robins" Reef anchorage In the upper bay, where they will discharge the coffee cargoes into lighters At Rome. Gn., .T. I’. Eaton, a seventh Day Adventist, was convicted of culti vating a truck garden on Sunday. On trial he stated that the Scriptures make it sinful to labor on what is “usually known as Saturday.” Baton challenged any one to prove that the legal Sabbath is Sunday. Sentence was suspended un til January, and Eaton was permitted to give bond. At Detroit. Mich., yesterday a resolu tion recommending members of labor hollies to use their election ballots inde pendently of tin- predomina'tinig political parties was adopted by the American Federation of Lalxir. Among the other resolutions adopted was one asking the introduction of hills in Southern Legis latures by enactment of which convict labor would no longer he subject to lease. United States Consul General Gum mere at Tangier, has cabled the State Department here that the Moorish au thorities have just arrested Thomas J. Hunter, who is wanted in Atlanta, Ga„ on the charge of defaulting in his ac counts as auditor of -iii railroad. There is no extradition treaty between the United States anil Morocco, but the Government of Morocco h-;i« consented to surrender the man nevertheless. Speaker Little, of the Georgia House of Representatives, presented a resolu tion which was unanimously adopted (requesting the Georgia Senators and Congressmen to urge upon Congress the importance of improving the Chattahoo chee. Flint and Apalachicola rivers and Apalachicola Bay. Georgia’s Repre sentatives will he aided in securing an appropriation by the Congressmen anil Senators from Alabama and Florida. At Key West an effort will bo made by the committee in charge of the under taking to have the monument in- memory of the Maim* sailors which is in course of erection there, unveiled at a time when the battleship Texas with Captain Sigshee commanding can bo. present. It is proposed to have the battleship touch at that port on her return from Havana to Fortress Monroe with the bodies of the Maine victims*, aboard, and. the Navy Department will be asked to grant this request. Senator Lambert’s House Burned. Marion, X. C., Dec. 15. —(Special.)—'A fire occurred in Bakersvnlle today which burned the dwelling house of Senator W L. Lambert and the store house and goods of J. H. Gouge. The latter was insureds for one thousand dollars; loss three thousand dollars. -Mr. Lambert had no insurance and mis tains a heavy loss. At this writing 5 p. m. it. : s thought that the fire is under control. Total Bank Clearings. New York, Dec. 15. —The total hank clearings In, the United States for tlx week were $1,913,130,547; an increase of 13.2 per cent. Exclusive of Now York $000,(571,504: an increase of 14.4 per cent. “One Minute Cough Cure is the best remedy I ever used for coughs arid colds. It is unequalled for whooping cough. Children all like it.” writes II N. Williams, Gentryville, Ind. Never fails. It is the only harmless remedy that gives immediate results. Cures coughs, colds, hoarseness, croup, Dneu monia, bronchitis and all throat at i lung troubles. Its early use prevents con sumption. Bobbitt & Wynne Drag Company, W. 11. King, Adams & M. ye. William Simpson CASTORIA tor Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, SATURDAY MORNING. DECEMBER lfi. 1899. In the East childlessness is considered a curse from the gods. • It is a pathetic sight to see some childless Hindoo mother prostrate before au idol, implor ing that the curse of childlessness may be the delicate feminine organs. It may be debilitating drains or female weakness, and perhaps an ulcerated and inflamed condition of the parts. In any case the diseased condition must tie removed and a healthy condition established before the maternal function can he fulfilled. Many a mother acknowledges her debt to Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription, and to its inventor Dr. R.V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y., who invites the sick to write and consult him without charge. “Favorite Prescription ” promptly allays irritation, heals ulceration, checks the debilitating drains, cures female weakness and the accompanying bearing down pains. It gives vitality and elasticity to the organs peculiary feminine, and establishes the natural conditions which make for the easv birth of healthy children. There is nothing just as good for you as “Favorite Prescription.” Don’t lie put off with a substitute. “ I have never written ynit how grateful I am to you for your help in securing goml health and one of tlie sweetest, dearest thirteen pound girls that ever came into a home,” writes Mrs. M. Vnstine, of 647 South l.ihcrty St., Galesburg, 111 "When I wrote you about my ailments 1 was living in Richland, lowa. I took six bottles of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription, four of the ‘ Golden Medical Discovery’ and four vials of Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. Kefore I had taken four bottles of the ‘ Favorite Prescription ’ I was a new woman. 1 cannot make pen describe my heartfelt gratitude.” Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets regulate the stomach, liver anil bowels. THE NEGRO EXHIBIT AT PARIS. Bill Appropriating $25,000 For This Purpose. Washington. Dee. 15. —('Special.)—A hill will be rushed through both Houses of Congress appropriating $25,000 for the negro exhibit at the Paris Exposition. Congressman White and ox-Ckmgress rnan Cheatham, now Recorder of Deeds of the District, arc the main movers in securing this appropriation. The exhib it will he in charge of a very intelligent colored man from Tennessee, T. J. Calloway. This exhibit will he one of great interest to the visitors, anil Assist ant Commissioner Woodward cables his strong approval of the scheme. I am confident the North Carolina delegation will support the measure regardless of party lines. The object of the exhibit is to show the progress the negro race has made since the abolition of slavery. Both Cheatham and Calloway belong to that class of negroes who recognize in the better and more substantial whito people of the South their best friends. The former slave owners and their de scendants have seldom had any serious trouble with negroes of this type. This exhibit will show evidences of progress that will astonish those who do not know the negro as we do. When demagogues seek to array race against race at the South, I cannot help recalling the soft lullaby of my old black mammy whose voice lulled me to sleep, nor the protection extended to my own mother by stalwart house servants when Sher man’s tramps followed in the wake of the Federal army through North Caro lina. When prejudice and factional fights are in abeyance the negro looks to his old Southern friends—the children of planters of the past generation—for sub stantial aid and genuine, cordial, warm hearted encouragement in tin* pursuit of whatever will materially add the ne gro. Senator Pritchard has accepted the chfairmanship of the Committee on Patents, there is much patron age attached to the Committee on Patents, and the horde of office seekers who now frequent the Maltby House will turn their steps towards the ele gantly (appointed committee room in the Capitol Building. Mr. Rescue Mitchell, of North Caro lina, a young employe of the Library of Congress, -and Mr, Warren V. Ilall, of Charlotte, have taken a leading part in rile deliberations of the National Re publican League here this week. They were among a few who were received by the President yesterday at the White House. Messrs. Ilall and Hildebrand, who is here as Washington correspond ent. of the Asheville Gazette, will receive die first appointments allotted to North Carolina under the re-orgnnizartdon of the Senate. The Financial Bill now before Con gress will pass before the holiday ad journment. National League Business. New York. Dec. 15.—The meeting of the national league of professional base ball clubs was continued at the Fifth Avenue Hotel today and the Wrigley matter, in which Brooklyn, New York and Syracuse are involved was finally settled by imposing a fine of SSOO on the Brooklyn club for violating the na tional agreement. The championship was formally awarded to Brooklyn. It was agreed to increase the powers of the supervisor of umpires and in the future that official will have supervis ion of the players ns well as tin* um pires. At the conclusion of today’s meeting the members denied that the proposed reduction of the circuit had been dis cussed at all. Sale of Georgia Pine. Beaufort, X. C., Dec. 15. —(Special.)— On Bogue Inlet a fine lot of Georgia pine lumber will lx* sold at auction at 12 o'clock Wednesday, December 20tli. There are one hundred and fifty thous and feet in the lot; sale positive; term* cash. For LaGrippe and Influen za uce CHENEY’S EXPEC TORANT. Bears the eisn :r {ZsvtfMz&v TOBACCO GROWERS. The Official Call For the Convention in Raleigh on Jan. 17th. T<* the Tobacco Growers of North (birbllna: By a resolution of the North Caro lina Tobacco Growers’ Association, which met in Raleigh. December 6th, jgjlt), all 'tobacco farmers in North Caro lina are asked to assemble at their vari ous county scats on the first Monday in January and organize county associa tions and send one or more delegates, not exceeding five from each county, to a convention to be held in Raleigh, January 17th. 1000, at 7 o’clock p. in. Planters in Virginia, South Carolina and Tennessee are invited to join 11s, form county associations and send dele gates to this convention. At these county meetings it is earnest ly desired that the tobacco business in* all its phases be fully 'and freely dis cussed, especially in relation, to pro duction. consumption, local co-operative factories, markets, etc.., also ascertaining as. accurately as jtossible the 'acreage for tin* county, yield per acre, propor tion of crop marketed, class of tobacco raised, prices, etc. If for any reason counties fail to or ganize, individual growers from those counties may attend as delegates. Thorough organization is necessary to improve present conditions. J. BRYAN GRIMES, Pres. X, (’. Tobacco Growers’ Asso tion. December 9, 1899. State papers please copy. The Wheat Crop Report. Washington, Dec. 15.—The statistician of the Department of Agriculture re ports the wheat crop of the United 'States for 18!It) at 547,300.000 bushels of 12.3 bushels per am*. The crop pro duction of winter wheat is placed at 291,- 700.000 bushels and that of spring wheat at 255.600,000 bushels. Every impor tant wheat growing State has been visit ed by special agents of the department and the changes in acreage are the re sult of their 'in vestigations. The newly seeded area of winter wheat is estimated at 30,130,000 acres, which is about 200,000 acres greater then that sowiit in the fall of 1898. The sowing of wheat is still going on in California and some of the Southern States and the foregoing estimate is subject to correc tion. The average of condition is 97.1. The acreage sown with winter rye is estimated at 7 per cent, leas than that of last year. The average of condition is 98.2 per cent. The compilation of the annual returns from individual farmers is approaching completion. Any slight changes tuat may be called for in the average yield per aero of com, oats, barley, and other crop®, as published October 10th, will be made at an early date, and the final figures trill then lie available. Found a Diamond Field. Sault Saints Marie, Mich., Dec. 15. It is reported that a diamond field has been found in the wilds bet wren Michipieoten and Port Arthur. The precise location is kept ;v profound secret. The discovery was made last summer by an exp.rt from Kimberley who made am exploring toujf. A formation was found precisely similar to that of the Kimberley field. The discovery is ri |w>rtcil to he of considerable area ami in the opinion of file diamond expert the previous stones undoubtedly exist in large quantities. Lieutenant Brumby’s condition, last night was slightly better. 44 The Laborer is Worthy of His Hire. ’’ But a wage-earner can get more for his personal ser vices if in strong and vigorous health* The blood is the life-giving and strength-mak ing part of the system , If it is pure, all is well; if not, it should be purified with Hood's Sarsaparilla, which makes the weak strong. Can Eat ” Was tired out, had no appetite until I took Hood's Sarsaparilla. It built me right up and J can eat heart ily.” Etta cM. 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MILL & BORDER Goldsboro N. C. *^COPYRiOHf ( Lumsden Brothers, SUCCESSORS TO J. C. S. LUMSDEN. Tin, Stove, Sheet Iron and Copper Workers specialties. Tin rooting, guttering and piping. Hall heating and furnace work. We have a large stock of Cooking and Heating Stoves. Hardware, Tinware, Granite, Iron, Crockery and Wooden ware, Guns, Pistol* Loadisl Shells and Sporting Goods. Warranted Pocket Knives, Scissors and Razors. We import most of our cutlery. Yours to please, Lumsden Brothers Bell ’Phone 165. Open at Night. Raleigh, N. C- TURKEYS ARE RIPE And Will Soon Be Picked. We are Thankful that we have ngood assortment of HARDWARE and STOVES, BUCK’S STEEL RANGES and STOVES arc* best for the Roast. Tlios. 11. Briggs k Son, Raleigh, N. C. PREPARATIONS For Cliristmas. Always include new and fashionable attire. 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