MERIWETHER TO TESTIFY Arensed Eidshipmac to Go en Stand i in His Own Defenja. BTORY OF THE FIGHT RETuLD Annapolis Md.. Nov. 28.?No great progress was made yciUrdaj in the trial by court martial of Midshipman Manor Meriwether on charges that em brace one of n?nslaughter in connec tion with the death of Midshipman James R. Branch, Jr.. after a fist fight between him and Midshipman Meri wether. Perhaps the most important developments of the day were the de cision of counsel to put Midshipman Meriwether on the stand in his own | defense, and the appearance of Dr. L. W. Glazebrook, of Washington, in the role of adviser to Meriwether's coun sel. Most of the testimony offered was 5 by midshipmen, and related to details of the fight aud the events that led thereto. Midshipmen A. W. Fitch and Leigh Noyes, respectively referee and time keeper of the fight, were recalled and again went over their testimony as to certain, incidents in the fight. They said that twice. It was thought, Branch bad hit his head against the floor. Lieutenant Commander Docker testi fied that the floors in Bancroft Hall, where the fight was held, have a con crete base, then a layer of rough boards and then the smooth surface boards. Midshipman Ralph Y eager, who was Meriwether's second, said the latter | had slipped in the 15th round, apraln :ng his ankle, and that he vu almost disabled thereby, but said he could con tinue the fight, though ho oralld do lit tle to defend himself. Midshipman Hugo W. Caller, a fourth clans man, testified that bo bad loaned the civilian clothes that wore found by Branch to Meriwether during the summer, and that on the day they j were found in the clooet Branch told | him he had better go get thran. He had then gone to the closet and serwered the clothing. The defense will close today, unless j the medical testimony relating to the autopsy consumes more ttme than la now expected. Witnesses for the de- | fense will include Medical Inspector | Howard Eames and Lieutenant Coin- | mander T. P. Magruder, aide to the superintendent, the latter to testify to j a matter of academy record. The court will meet on Thursday J (Thank riving Day) unless an unex- J per ted order to the contrary is received from the secretary of the navy. Wit nesses may be called In rebuttal, but the probability is that die court will finish Its work by Friday. SIXTEFN DEAD, THIRTY INJURED Fire Add* to Horror of Wreck On Boston & Maine Road. Lincoln, Mass., No\. 27.?The most disastrous railroad wreck in this stats for many years occurred at Bakers Bridge st ition, a mile and a half west of Lincoln, on the main line of the Fttchburg division of the Boston & Malnp railroad. The regular Sunday night express for Montreal via the Montreal system crashed into the rear of a local train which started from Bos ton for points on the main line and the Marlboro branch. Sixteen persons were killed out right, burned to death or suffocated, and 20 or more were seriously injured. Many passengers sustained minor ruts, bmisea and burns. The Impact was terrific, and Instantly there was in indescribable seems of death and ruin. The leading locomotive telescoped the rear car of the Marl boro train and the second engine forced this mass against the third car of the local and completely wrecked It. Fire added to the horrors, flames al most immediately communiratlng to the wreckage of the passenger coaches, and a number of passengers who had been pinned down by broken seats were incinerated. Some of them, however, bad evidently been killed Instantly. Stealings May Reach $200/300. Seattle. Wash . Now. 25.?Develop ments in the case of George Edward Adams, cashier in the United States assay office at Seattle, armeted for i embezzlement, Indicates that lnetead j of stealing $35,000 in gold duat, to | which he has confessed, his pecula tions may amount dose to $200,000, and that instead of covering a period of six mont is. they will run farther bach than 1903. Adams' bondsmen withdrew froru tha $30,000 bond and he was remanded to jail to await a hearing. Eighty-five Convicts Converted. Joliet, Ilia., Nov. 27. ? Bighty-flve convicts hi the Joliet penitentiary were taken Into the Roman Catholic [ rhurch. Among the converts were men convicted of murder and other crimes, 1 ?ndergoing lang sentences The rttes ?f confirmation were administered by ArrhM'hco Qulcley, of Chicago. $7,060 at Work On Canal. Washington, Nov. 28 \ report re- \ celved here says the number of em ploy* s on construction work for the Panama eanal now aggregates 17,000, ahmtt 4000 having been added to the forre since the last report from the Isthmus. Of the 17,000 about 1600 are white Americans. Turkey for , the President. Westerly, R. I? Nov. 28.?The pro ducer who has made it a practice for year* to send a Thanksgiving turkey to the president shipped a fowl weigh me $1 pounds ?" ?h" T"" 't- 'Ic -te , KiIlbd in football game Gridiron Battle In New York Results In Tragedy. New York. Nov. 27.?William Moor*, right halfback of the t'nion coll-ge football team, died from injuries re ceived In a same with New York ITnl verrlty. II" wan 1k years of age. and llveil at OgJeusburg. N. Y. 1" ore was I inm I rd i n ? . ^< i us b) 1 b'*.v on the head while ho was tacr ine the ball and Inn kins the line. He died about ?l< hours ifter Kce!r!nt the injury from cerebral hemorrhage. Moore was injured about the middle i f the same, when the contest Was '?losert and the play fiercest. In an attempt to get through the New York centre Moore went at the line h?ad first, like a catapult. This play was his last. No one saw what Moore's liea'l struck, but he dropped limply to one side of the scrimmage, and the ball fell from his hands. Rib Driven Through Heart. Roekvllle. Inii., Nov. 27.?Carl Os borne. 18 years of aga. was instantly killc ! in a football game between Mar shall and Bellmure high schools, at Hellmore. He staggered after a tackle and was picked up dead. One rib had been broken and driven through tha heart. Paralyzed and Speechltsa. Scdalia. Mo., Nov. 27. ? Robert Brown, aged 15 years, was probably fatally Injured in a football game His iKidy Is paralyzed, and he Is unable to r.poak. W. S. LEI B OUSTED Removed By President For Violating Civil Service Law. Washington, Nov. 28. ? President Roosevelt removed from office Wil liam 9. I-eib, assistant United States treasurer at Philadelphia, for "coar slant and persistent violation of thb civil service law while la office." The removal was announced in a formal statement issued at the Whits House by the president. After careful consideration of all tns facts developed by the inquiry, the president decided to remove Loth from office. It being shown, according to the statement, that there was "con stant and persistant effort on Mr. T,eib's part to evade the provisions of the civil service law, to hamper 1U workings as far an possible, and to ob struct in every way the action of the commission." The president declared that the evidence showed fraud in the civil service examinations, the fraud in one Instance Implicating I.eib's sis ter. After reviewing the rase pretty fully, the president conelndes: "Under these circumstances of per sistence in wrongdoing on your part it seems to me that there Is no alterna tive but to remove you from office. Yon are accordingly hereby removed from the position of assistant traamrer of the United States." PECCLER3 HELD UP AND ROBBED Two Shot by Highwaymen and Re lieved of $690. Lancaster. Pa.. Nov. 27.?Four ped dlers. Isaac J. Francis, of Coatesville; ?Toseph Maurice. Abbis Shibent and Moses Albert, of Philadelphia, made the rounds of the camps of laborers on the new railroad In the southern part of the county, disposing of a great quantity of merchandise. They were on their way from Creswell to Safe Harbor, when eight Italians held them up. and with drawn revolvers de manded their money. The peddlers resisted. In the fight that followed Francis and Maurice were shot and robbed of $t>00. Shibent and Albert escaped and gave the alarm. The wounded men, each with a bullet In Ids head, were taken to the hospital at Columbia. Their condition is ser ious. A posse is searching the vicin ity of the crime for the highwaymen. MRS. ROGERS MUST HANG U. S. Supreme Court Affirms Decision of Lower Courts. Washington, Nov. 28.?The supreme court of the United States affirmed the derision of the United States district court of Vermont in the case of Mrs. Mary Mahel Rogers, who is under sen tence of death in Vermont for the murder of her husband. The effect of the decision will be to again place the responsibility of dealing with the case in the hands of the state authorities, and I' in the meantime neither the governor nor the state courts take action in M-s Rogers' hchalf her ex ecution mtr' occur on the day set. which Is T>! ember 8 next. The court held, in effect, that It was without jurisdiction In all the points raised. No Fleevers In Congress. Washington, Not, 27.?There will b? no flowers in either house on the open ing day of congress. Two years ago. soon after Speaker Gannon waa ewom lu. and attempt was made to bring In large floral piece* and place them upon the desks of members, the speaker issued positive orders to stop the pro ceedln :. snd the banks of flowers re mained In the lobbies until they were sent to the homes of Vie members. A standing resolution of the senate was adopted during the last see?ton of con gress barring flowers froes the senate chamber. Kept Dead Body In Heue* far Yean*. I,os Angeles, Gal.. Nov. 28.?follow ing the death of Mrs. I.iors Thompson, an aged and eccentric woman, a search of her oottage on Boyle Heights waa made and In a store room was found a ho* containing the corp. of her daughter, who died 27 years ago The body of the young woman had been dismembered When the box was opened a disinterment certlflcato signed P R. Boutelle, undertaker. Am herst Mass., Novomber 7, 1881, was found. The body had bten shipped ' k east. FORAKERu .LL 9hlo Senator Wii.'i A- Inter-Stats Commerce Law. Washington. Nov. -5 nator For aker presented to the te aau committee on inter-state commerce the draft of his bill to amend 'he inter-slate com merce law. The senator stated that be had tried to meet the complaints against present railroad conditions and at the : jme time avoid conferring upon the inter-state commerce commission, or any similat body, the power over rail road rates. The K .raker bill, however, provides for enjoining the publishing and charg ing of excessive rales and for enjoining and discrimination forbidden by law, whether between shippers, places, com modities or otherwise, and wheher ef fected by means of rates, rebates, clas sifications, private cars, preferentials, or in any other manner whatever" While this does not confer upon the court the power to fix a rate it does authorize the court to say what is an unlawful rate and how much is unlaw ful and to enjoin he carrier from charging more than is found to be law ful. The bill also is designed to pro hibit the giving of passes; to allow free access to railroad documents and to meet complaints as to rail rates on export and import freight. Provision is made so that the laws to expedite cases in the courts will ap ply to the new law. No carrier is al lowed to grant a special rate or in any manner collect from any person a gTeater or less compensation than it receives from any other person. CUSTOM HOUSES SEIZED Allied Fleet Lands Sailors On Island Mytllene. London, Nov. 28.?The Dally Mall publishes the following dispatch from Mytilene, dated November 27: "Right warships of the combined fleet arrived herA at 8 o'clock this morning. Admiral Ritter Von Jedlna, accompanied by the Austrian consul, proceeded to the government house at 10.30 o'clock and handed an ultimatum to the governor. At 1 o'clock this after noon 500 sailors landed and seized the customs and telegraph offices. Every thing is quiet." Say Sultan Accedes to Demands. Vienna, Nov. 28.?The Neue Frele Presse published a dispatch from Con stantinople saying that the sultan, through Tewfik Pasha, the foreign minister, has announced to Baron Von Calioe, the ambassador of Austria Hungary, that Turkey accedes to the demands of the powers regarding the financial control of Macedonia. MARSHALL FIELD, JR., DEAD Only Son of Multi-Mililonaire Suc cumbs to His Injuries. Chicago. Now. 28.?Marshall Field, Jr., died at the Mercy hospital. Mr. Field, who was the only son of Marshall Field, the multi-milionaire of this city, was accidentally shot on the afternoon of Wednesday, Nov<*!>er 22. He was examining a new revolver which he had purchased, when it was discharged, the bullet striking him in the right side, perforating the liver and spleen and injuring the spinal cord. He was hurried to the Mercy hospital, where an operation was at once performed and the bullet re moved. The physicians from the first entertained but slight hopes of ulti mate recover* although the patient for two days seemed to hold his own. Yesterday morning a decided change for the worse took place and Mr. Field grew rapidly weaker until his death. MUTINEERS IN CONTROL Situation at Sevastopol Continues Very Critical. Odessa, Nov. 28.?Governor General Kaulbars has received the following dispatch from Vice Admiral Chouknin, ! commanding the Black Sea fleet: "The mutineers left the Kniaz Po | temkine and the vessel is now in my hands. The sailors, together with the soldiers of the Brest regiment who mu tinied, have shut themselves in the l.azareff barracks with some guns. When fresh troops arrive I shall at tack. though I fear the artillerymen I may join the mutineers. "A very serious state of affairs pre vails. Several officers have been killed." According to private dispatches from Sebastopol Vice Admiral Chouknin has frustraed the design of the mutineers to seize the Black Sea fleet and sail for Odessa by ordering all the gun locks to b? broken. OFFERS CUP FOR YACHT RACE King Edwerd Offers Trophy Far Trene-Atlantie Contest. New York, Nov. -Kin- Edward it was announced h s oHe?' a cup for a trans-Atlantic yacht ? to be sailed in 1907 The rac e is to b" from Sandy Hook to the Needles. The race is to '>e under the management of the New York Yacht club and open to yachts of the world. A special meeting of the clnb will be held to accept the offer, | which was presented by Prince lyouls of Battenberg at his recent reception | at the chib. Policeman Shot by Burglar. Philadelphia, Nov. 27. ? Alexander Montgomery, a policeman wsa proba bly fatally shot In the abdomen In the foreign quarter of the city by Harry Smith, a negro, who had been arrested by the policeman for attempted bur plsrv. M'-n'*omery had capturud 1 ... 1-?'l boen pur sued by a crowd of Italia. . , had i detected him entering a house. A* the npgro was being led to the police i station he turned on the pollcoman and ahot uim In th. abdomen . Tb? negro attempted to escape, but the I crowd held hltn urtii oth : policemen arrived on the scene In Memorlam. Death came amou? us ou Uc tober 20, 1905 and claimed little Paul, the tive year-old sou of Mr. and Mrs. Lake Barne-.. Only for a few days was he ill, and for hours his life hung upon a thread causing his parents and loved ones to vacillate, between hojte and dispair. At last the body worn and emaciated by the ravages of disease, could stand no more, and fell asleep in the arms of Hint who said, "Suf- \ fer little children to cotne unto uie, aud forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of Heaven. " Beautiful, bright, intelligent and affectionate, his parents I loved him most tenderly. Lan guage cannot convey to us the depth of their sorrow in the loss of this sweet little boy. But our Father has taken him and he is not dead, but gone to the home above. The stay of this little boy upon earth was but a short one. but it was long enough to make impressions upon the loved ones, of that home that will never be forgotten. His place is vacant in the home, his voice is forever still, yet he lives in the memory of those who loved him?who try to remember that "Bod has but claimed his own." But somewhere in God s king dom, in the bosom of some star, shining among pyramids afar, Oh! so far is a city of peace, a heaven of rest, a home, but a home for only the blest. No one can doubt that the spirit of this little boy has taken its appoint ed place among the blest May God comfort the sorrow ing ones and prepare them to meet little Paul, in the home where worldly sufferings are un known. J. R. E. Clear thinking, decisive ac tion, vim and vigor ofbody and mind, the sparkle of life, comes to all who use Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets. Selma Drug Co., A. H. Boyett, Druggist. Dead Talmage Vernal Penny, son of L. S. Penny and Liiffie Penny was born Aug. ' IB. 1897, died Nov. -0, 19U5, making his May on earth eight years, two months and twenty-four days. He never knew what it was to on joy good health. Although he never com plained much, vet he never was healthy. Although generally able to be up until about the 18, of October 1905, when he was taken with that dreaded disease typhoid fever. He was sick about three weeks and most of the time unconcious. All was done that could be bv relatives and friends and physicians but none could stav the icy hand of death. We felt that it was al most more than we could bear to give up our child, yet we feel consoled when we read where Christ said, "Suffer little chil dren to come unto me, and for bid them not, for of such is the kingdom of Heaven." The gol leu (rates were open wide. A gentle voice said come And angels from the other side Welcomed onr loved one home. Parents. The season of indigestion is upon us. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for Indigestion and Dyspepsia will do everything for the stomach that an over loaded or over-worked stomach can not do for itself. Kodol Digests what you eat? gives the stomach a rest ?relieves sour stomach, belching, heart-burn, indiges tion, etc. Hood Bios., .1 R. Led better, Benson Drug Co, One on The Conductor An Irishmnn boarded a street car and handed the conductor a rather dilapidated-looking coin in payment of his fare. The conductor looked at the coin critically and handed it back. "That's tin," he said. "Sure, I thought it was a foive," answered the Irishman complacently, as he put the piece back in his pocket and pro duced a nickel.?December Lip pineott's. The mission of "Knrly Risers" is to clear the way and give Nature full sway. These famous little pills rid the stomach and bowels oi all putrid matter, thus removing the causes of headache, consti pation. sallow complexion,etc. DeWitt's Little Early Itisers nevergripc or sicken. A safe, pleasant, perfect pill. Sold by Hood Bros , J. It Dedbetter, Benson Drug Co, Turner's Almanac for IDOG free at The Herald office?Only condition that you pay up your subscription to next fall, not next spring but next fall. Or will be *old 10 < nts per copy. I Anticipated Regret Her husband had died very suddenly, and h< r friends were called to comfort her. Shelisteued verv attentively aud seemed to l?e more cheerful, but suddenly she cried out, "All vou've told me in very true but I'm sure 1 shall never love my second hus band as 1 did the first."?Decem ber Lippincott's HAS STOOD THE TEST 2E YEARS. The old. original GROVE'S Tasteless Chill Tonic You know what you are taking. It is iron and quinine in a tasteless form. No cure, no pay. 50c. Bung shells are the best. Cot-: ter-Stevens Co. HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE. Mr. J. Way laud Allen's house and lo,. formerly owned by Mr. Robert O. Cotter is for sale. A good location near the business part of town. The house has five rooms. A desirable place. Speak quick if you want it. J. M. Beaty, Smithfield. N. C. You can find at W. G. Yelving ton's store a full slock of dry goods, cloaks, jackets, shawls, skirts, waists, furs. Shoes of al 1 sizes and prices. I ? ? I Itough skin and cracked handsale not only cured by DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve, but an occasional application will keeo the skin Soft and smooth. Best for Kczcma, Cuts, Burns, Boils, etc. The genuine DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve affords immediate relief In all forms of Blind. Bleeding, Itching and Protruding Piles. Sold by Hood Bros., J. It. Ledbetter, Benson Drug Co. Come to Ellington Buggy Co. for horses, buggies wagons, har ness and you will be treated right. Terms cash or on time. COW STRAYED. Strayed off last June, a lage white cow, horns cut off, mark; crop and swallow fork each ear. Suitable reward offered for in formation leading to her re covery. C. T. Hill. Smithiield. N. C.. R. P. D. No. 2. 1 ^ "J ^ 1; 1 rH ^.1 fg&l | CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS IS M B-st Cou??h Syrup. Tastes Good. kU Use in time. Sold by druggists. El NOTICE. By virtue of authority by Judgment of the superior Court. Johnston county, in a cer i tain special proceedings, entitled, A It. Hocutt. Adminis i tr tor. Plaintiff. vs. S Sale tor assets, John Pulley, and chll- J drcn of Josiah Pulley. > deceased. John Pulley, I Jr.. and Carr Pulley, minor by guardian ad lit urn, - defendants, Heirs-at law. The undersigtied. Commissioner appointed by the court, will sell, to the highest Didder, j for cash, at the court house door in the town of Smithtleld, at public auction, on Monday, January 1st. 1908. at 12o'clock the following tractor land, situate in Oneal's township, Johnston county, N. C. Adjoining the lands of Jesse liissett, on the North: K. B. Kieharu son on the Kasi; Everett Batmun on the West and Zack liissett on the South, con taining 120 acres more or less, conveyed to N. W. Munn bv deed, dated December 2nd 1903. registered iu the Registry of Johnston county, N. C? Book "A" No. 7 Page 510? also all the right, title and interest of the lateN. W Bunn in and to another tract adjoining the above tract, bounded by the lands of Jason Price. Bet Price and others, ami being one-third inlerest in the lands of the late Hilliard G. Price, conveyed to N. W. Bunn by Everett Price, and containing about 30 acres, more or less. This Nov. 28,1905. J NO. A. NAKKON. Commissioner. Weak Hearts Are due to Indigestion. Ninety-nine of every one hundred people who have heart trouble can remember when It was simple Indiges tion. It Is a scientific fact that all cases of heart disease, eot organic, are not only traceable to, but are the direct result of Indi gestion. All food taken Into the stomach which falls of perfect digestion ferments and swells the stomsch, puffing It up against the heart. This Interferes with the action of the heart end In the course of time that delicate but vital organ becomes diseased. Mr. D. KauMs. <1 Nerada. O,. errs: I had atom act) trouble end was la a bad state aa I had heart trouble with It I took Kodol Draper sla Cure for about four (Motha and It cured me, Kedoi Digests What Yon Eat and relieves the stomsch of ell nervous strain and the heart of all pressure. Bottler or.: j. $ 1,00 Site holdlnc 2H times the trial size, which eelts for 50e, Breasted by K. O. Dew ITT BOO., OHIOAOO. TOT "BOSS- COTTON PRESS! SIMPLEST. STRONGEST. BEST Tmb Murray Ginning Ststkm Bins. Fecdnrt. Condenser*. Ete. OIBBE5 MACHINERY CO. Columbia. S. C. m LADIES fwwwmz t. LA FRANCOS^ \| OMPOUND I ? ?> t ? OPQSfe^^ OK bH Mfcw > ] Safe, Quick, Reliable Regulator Superior to other remedies sol?l at high prices. Cure tfu.ir.iti'> eng of Column branch, thence down saiil brunch to a maple. Haywood Stephenson's corner, thence with said Stephenson's line S. t!7 E. to a maple, thence his said Stephenson's line S. 88 E to a sassafras in Amos Stephenson's line, thence X 3 E. to the beginning containing (87,) acres more or less 2nd tract, beginning at a stake Alvin Stephenson's corner thence W. 140 yds to Amos Stephenson's corner, thence N. 70 >ds to a stake thence K. 140 yds to a Stake in Alvin Stephenson's line at tlie side of a ditch, thence S. 70 yds to the beginning containing (2) acres more or less. This land is sold subject to the wido-vs dower. Tiles Nov. 17th PJO.Y ?IAS A WELLOX8. Com. NOTICE! North Carolina ? In the Superior Court. Johnston County 1 K L. H. Allred, Administrator, Viney Whitley, deceased, vs Joe Whit ev. Kcuben Whitley and Isaac Drake. The defendant Joe Whitley, al>ove named will take notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced before the Clerk Superior Court Johnston county to sell londs belonging to the late Viney Whitley, to make assets, said lands being situated in Melraa township, said county and state; and the said defendant will further take notice that he is required to appear at the office of the Clerk Superior Court of said Johnston, in his office in Smithflcld. on the Slrd day ot December 1905, and answer or demur to the complaint in this action, or the plaintiff will apply to the couitfortne relief demanded in said com plaint Nov. #If.h, I905. W. 8. STEVENS, Clerk Superior Court. NOTICE! The undersigned having qualified as Execu tor on the estate of Esther Vinson, deceased, ill persona having olalma ifiinit said estate ire hereby notified to present the same to roc duly verified on or before the 1st day of De cember 1WW or this notice will be pleaded 111 bar of their recov ery and all persons indedted to said estate will make Immediate payment. This 28th day of November 1905. A. II. VINSON, Kxr. The Herald and Home and Fi?"rn on(> year for*' ,,f?