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vz LET ALL THE ENDS THOU Altil'ST AT, BE THY COUNTRY'S, THY GOD'S, AND TRUTH'S." -ES. rati YEAR, CASH IN ADVANCE. BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. j - WILSON, X. C, J AX U Alt Y 24, 1895. OLUME XXV. NUMBER 4. )es. try Vim f hi i : lash CATCHES THE Jargains! ANUARYBLIZZARD! 'ring this month the mer e business is usually sup l to hibernate go into a as it were and pull the En after it. ff SO WITH OS! ie not only propose to stay ourselves, but to offer such cements on our goods as -ing you" out also. J'T these do it? p pairs women s reDDie Jes, 94c, first quality, sold ry where at $1.25; 1 case fit's Alpine. Hats,, pure fur. hionable shape, at 92c, nice high for anyone; :vorth $2 ; liuggy Kobes at 25c, good warm just think 01 it a robe for only 25c. - E CASH r : J. M. LEATH, Manager, : : : : Nash Street. Ml NISTR ATO R'S NOT ICE. acket Stores, a yj I i;u ins qua'iiierl as administratrix ol f the estate of T. II. IJrklgers. deceased, ( hereby give notice to all persons in debted to said T. H. Rridgers to make bayment to nie at once, and to all per sons holding claims against said estate jto present them to me properly authen ticated! bv the -xh dav of December, fiSos. or this notice will be pleaded in liar of their recovery. Evelina L. Rridgkrs, Administratrix. J. R. Uzzei.i., Attorney. Uecember 13, 1S94. 6t 3i NOTICE! Having qualified as executrix ol the last will and testament of George M. . ,...1..., MVi ii given to a r :ig;iinst sail them lor pa' Smith, deceased. Notice is hereby iveii to alU persons having claims id G. M, Smith to present payment on or before the 20th day of December 1S95, .duly authenti cated, or this notice will Te pleaded in bar of their recovery. And all persons indebted to said estate will come for ward and make immediate settlement. Mrs. CELEST1A C. SMITH. Executrix. December 20, 1894. 6t. " V A DMINISTKATOR'S NOTICE. - Having qua.li .ea as administaator ol e eXtnte fit Annlpwhitp W'atsnn and his wife. C bedience Watson, deceased. persons in- atson and I payment to me at once, and to all per f sons holding claims against said estate to present tlietn 10 me, properly au ! ihenticated, by the 20th day of Decem i ber, 1S95, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their. recover. J 'K. HWAisbx, Adm'r. December 20, 1894.' - ' 1ST i h Carolina Wilson County, I - 'In the Superior Court. I NOTICE Or' KXKCrTlOX SALE. . 11 Lucas vs, Terry Retifrow and son. ' l-tyy vlrtueif.an execution directed to tne undersigned from the Superior Court ot Wilson county in the above geninieu actHn. 1 will on Monday, the Vjth day of KebruaTy.'i.Sgj, at 12 o clock M., at tne court- tnnm rifnr rvf. .,ia county, sell to the highest bidder for cash. to satisfy said execution, all the fiSnUVlT?! and uiier. st which the said Perry. ,Ren.irow. and .son. defendants ave4&atowtOE--described real iStaWttT- rffeJKt in I torfcTr&ffifrlot bought of the iidUitaVl4?i iid for which the urc.iiJijfev5j-.3S'iiever paid. !j mplPmOKXELU Sheriff. ntilfiiiiMATEUR. iiVt ical A r t Hasuinc. TtUto:.t5?erioiiS:aI awarded a Wpdal at e WTJiriiia riiu-.i invaluable toall who wish iuwu.uK-11 j.,mK iij iwi or ro maice tliuir i ftp homes. bea.tuiu-1. u . :" J Art ll 1UU. we will send to any one men- I I C. ninsr this publication a specimen 1 U py,withsuperbeilor platesi tor copy 'np.Sf.WinngKaii'l. suri)etnentarv pages - ftn tw' t price. :ic ) Or V.ftLHiwe Wilt MSrinl fint,.. r..- , 23 Umon Square, N. T. 7 I hereby ive notice to all I debted to-said Applewhite W ! The Old Friend And the best friend that never fails you is Simmons Liver Regu lator, (the Red Z) that's what you hear at the mention of this excellent Liver medicine, and people should not be persuaded that anything else will do. It is the King of Liver Medi . cines ; is better than pills, and takes the place of Quinine and Calomel It acts -directly on the Liver, Kidney and Bowels and gives new life to the whole sys tem. This is the medicine ' you ; want. Sold by all Druggists in Liquid, or in Powder to be taken dry or made into a tea. 3-EVKRY PACKAGE'S Ha the Z Stamp in red on wrapper J. H. ZE1L1X & CO., Philadelphia, Pa- RICHM D Beef and .Sausasre Co. Our Prices are: . ltest Kichmond Ueef, Best Kichmond Nausufre, . Best Native Ueef, Best, Home-made Sausatfr ? tj.,- 5 to"l0c! i !(le' I Pork. . . Chickens . Turkeys, . . fcST'Come and inspect out market fi t I' 5lic to $1. i RICHMOND BEEF AKD SAUSAGE CO., 12-B-4 .- tioi.usuoRO Street. PiVer's Stand. STATE NEWS. 'Smithfield Herald: There were ten Populists and Republicans from this county: who went to Raleigh and ap plied for offices in the legislature. Of this number nine weye white and one colored. The colored applicant, Jno. Beckwith, v;ts the only man who suc ceeded in getting a position. The po sition pays him about 5 per day, so we are informed. Tarboro .Southerner: Last Fridav night Hosea Fleming and Hulo Cobb, two colored youths of Tarboro, en gaged in an altercation, the result of which will be the depriving Tarboro of tworcitizens and their girl of two lovers. For Hosea is now in danger of his life and Bulo not willing to take any risks as to his life, left for parts unknown in a few. minutes after the tight occurred. Goldsboro Headlight: The "Uncle Tom's Cabin" Company reached the city Saturday on schedule time, but didn't show. Avcommitte composed of some of our prominent citizens, "wait ed on them, and informed them that the plav was avrainst the sentiment of this community, and if they attempted to show, they would have to suffer the consequences. They left for N'ewbern soon after. Greenville Weekly About 4 p. m. Wednesday the boiler of.the gin of Messrs. Bland Sc Cox, located at Mr. Theo Bland's, exploded killing Mr. Bland anl a negro, Theo Smith in stantly, and probably fatally wounding Wm. Robeson. The boiler split in two parts and the shed under which it was located was blown all into pieces. In the death of Mr. Bland. Mr. Jack Bland loses five childred in twelve months. Fayetteville Observer: The great est freshet in the memory of our people has been swelling the waters of the Cape Fear and inundating the low lands between here and the. lower end of Bladen. The flood reached its highest about noon Saturday when careful measurement showed it to be 67 feet; two feet higher than the mem orable Sherman freshet, which occur red just about this time 30 yea?s ago. -Statesville Landmark: A young son of Mr. E. E. Arey, ot Chambers- purg township, got hold of a.; dynamite cartridge a few days ago, and holding the cartridge in his left hand and an awl in his right proceeded to investi gate it. The cartridge exploded and the boy's hand was fearfully lacerated. Drs. H. F. Ixmg and W. F. Chenault, amputated two fingers and dressed the wound, and at last accounts the boy was getting all right. -Hickory. Tress: W.J. Carter, edi tor of the Rutlierfordton Herald, was caught on the night of the oth'inst. "rocking" the office of theRutherford- ton Democrat. . Y heir-he had quite thoroughly knocked the windows into "smithereens," he was recognised and, in default of 5306 bail, was committed to jail. . Carter's defense is that he was "rocking" the man who was "rocking" the house; he was seen but the really guilty man was invisible to the honest men who came upon the sce'ne. an there be a difference of opinion in this case? Iturklen's Arnica Salve. '-- The Best Salve in the orld for Cuts, J Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, rever Sores, Ttftter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin erup tions, and positively cures I'iles, or no pay required. It is s;iiaranteed to. give 10. IZIVC perfect satisfaction, or niotiev refunded. f nee 23c per box. For sale bv IJ. W . Hargrave. Ethel Papa is jjlad to have you come, but he says you must start for home at 10 o'clock. ' . George That's all right, but when must I go? N. Y. World. - T"H DST ld-whut the People . buy tho most 01. That 's Why Hoods Sarsap.a-KU i..e largest -ale OF ALL MEDICIMES. ' NORTH STATE NEWS Empty Honors Conferred by the Democratic Caucus. JHE FUNERAL OF MISS STEVENSON. The Antl-lriJ-hrl Meu !Had A State Sen ator Koasted by a New.tpapar Big . Fire at arrentoo Other Carolina New. . 'Raleigh, X. C, January 19. At the meeting1 of the democratic caucus here last night for the nomination of United States senator, a nomination for com pliment only, the following (gentlemen were offered, by their friends for the senatorship; Mason, Aycock,1 Pou and Governor Carr. Mason was pomlnated on the first ballot by a vote of 20 to 16 for the other theee candidates. There were five ballots taken for the western seila torship with the following gentle men in nomination : Overman, Osborne, Arrnfield, Crawford and R. T. Bennett. On the last ballot . Overman received ?8 votes, Armfield and Osborne" I. Both nominations were made unanimous. There were present thirty-eight mem bers of the legislature. At the outset it was agreed by all to eliminate Ran som and Jarvis from the contest, and so they were.not named. FUNERAL OF MISS STEVENSON. Preliminary Services iu Ashevilie Body Carried to liloomlneton, III. . Ashkvii.t-e, K. C, January 19. Miss Mary L. Stevenson, eldest daughter of Vice President Adlai E.' Stevenson, died yesterday afternoon at 1:15 o'clock. Miss Stevenson came to Ashevilie about the middle of October, accom panied bv her mother, suffering from what was at first considered to be a heavy cold, contracted xn -the coast of Maine. This, however, developed into chronic pheumonia with tuberculosis and complications of kidney trouble. All of the family except her brother, Lewis G., were present. Preliminary funeral services will be held in the par lors of the Battery Park hotel this af ternoon at '2 o'clock and the remains will leave Ashevilie in a special train for Blootnineton. Ills., at four. Inter ment wjll occur Monday. THE ANTI-PRITCHARD MEN MAD. The Political Situation in North Carolina, , Calm But Not Yet "erene. , RaleiOh. N. C, January 1". The po litical atmosphere is calmer but the op ponents of Pritchard are still suli&n. The main feature now is the contest over seats in the assembly. .There are seventeen cases. The bitterness of the 1 fusionists toward the democrats prows. Yesterday there was a bitter attack on the democrats because certain commis sioners would not allow a populist sher iff newly elected to take his seat be cause he could not give bond. This was from Pitt county' and many like contests from othw counties are prom ised. It is said that Holton has not congratulated Pritchard in hia election in caucus. RESPECTS PAID TO A SENATOR. One of the North Carolina State. Senators I Koasteil by a State Paper. Rai.eioh, X. C, January 21. The News and Observer oday editorially says of Mr. French, of New Hanover, that he illegally represents that eoubty and that as a member of the legisla ture of 1 SOS he was one of a number who squandered the money of people and put part of the poods in his own pocket, so says the "Fraud Commis sion." "What North Carolina FnalonlnU Would Do Rai.eioh, N. C, January 21. Three bills are before the legislature to abolish the state guard and the naval reserve. The fusionists have no love for the guard. One bill pro'poses to cut down the annual appropriation to S3. 400; that is S100 to each of the thirty companies; $300 for the adjutant general and $100 for stationery. - 1 North. Carolina Town Almost Consumed. Waksestos, N. C..s January 31. A great part of the business quarter of this town has been entirely consumed by fire. Among the stores burned are those of T. M. Casserty, W. J. Powell, T. J. Ellery and J. II. Mile. The Ions cannot yet be estimated. Crisp in the North Carolina Mountain!. Wasiiixotox, January 10. Speaker Crisp will leave for sheville. N. C. this evening- to seek a .brief season of rest, in the hope that a change of cli mate m;fy , prove beneficial to his health. He will remain ia the moun tains for a week or more. Hnuthern's Auditors Convnp in Ashevilie. Asheviij.k, K. C. January 1,8. fhe auditors of the Southern railway com pany are holding n conrention in Ashe ville. to discuss rwatters of business in their department. The Southern's Manager in Atlanta. Atlanta, January 17. Wamnel Spen cer, president of the Southern railway, and a party of friends arrived here iast night in a private car from south Geor gia, where they have been huntiag. South Carolinian Fined by Carlisle, Wasiiixo 'ox. January 17. Secretcry Carlisle yesterday fined John F. Roess ler, of South Carolina. $500 for remov ing spirits from a bonded warehouse in the absence of the storekeeper. The Yacht Auiadis Ketarns North. Savaxnaf, (la., January 18. Th yacht Amadis lias Ixjen released from custody by Collector of , Customs Ueck with and will coal and 1 eturo north at once. '.''. Joseph Jetlersoii Visits Faim Beach. St. AuersnxE. January 18. Joseph Jefferson, the well-known playwright and actor arrived here from Washing ton yesterday. II e wili accompany Mr. Flagler and party to Palm Beach. Fire on Board an Ajperan Meamer. Liverpool. January il. The cargo of the American hteanjsr Jessie, which arrived at this port from Mobile yester- . .. ' The monazite business is creating considerable stir In the state and s neeiallv in Burke county. Burke is the center of the monazite district, and most of the buyers make Worganton headauarters. Gentlemen from Dres den," Quebec, New York and many other cities have been here lately prospecting and buying. This bids fair to be- a source of revenue for those who own monazite. v . Big lot of shoes must be ' ?old at Young's. v WEEK'S WORK IN CONGRESS. A Synopsis of the Proceeding of Moth Hodm and Senate. ' f The following is a synopsis of the proceedings of both branches of con gress for thcpast week? WEDNESDAY'S SESSION. 12th DAT, January 14 The amendtnent to the urgency deficiency bill, offered by Senator Hill, was overwhelmingly rejected. The bill was then passed. In the house. (Mr. Dockery' m the chair) a bill was passed authorizing the sale of tbe-'-axylum lot"' of the Soldiers' home. The In-lian n impropriation bill was then taken up for (.uiih.ceration. . THURSDAY'S SESSION. 13th Day. January 17. Two financial bills were Introduced In the -senate by Senators Pugh. of Alabama, and Sherman, of Ohio, re spectively. Both bills were referred to finance committee. The Pension appropriation bill was passed. Upon the announcement to, the house by the senate of the 'passage of the urgency deficiency bill with amendments, on motion of Mr. Breckinridge, the amendments were disagreed to. The Indian appropriation bill was taken up. but was not disposed of. TODAY'S SESSION. ----- Mth Day. January 18 After considering for. two hours the question of ratifying the treaty with Japan, the senate postponed action on the matter for one week. The army appro priation bill was passed. A financial bill was introduced by Senator Petfer. and referred. The Nlcaraugua canal bill was then taken up. l'he Indian appropriation bill occupied the at tention of the house during the day session. A riotous discussion ensued between Jones, of Virginia, and Cooper, of . Indiana, and was based upon a sneering remark by Cooper as to "the lost ccuse." Talbert. of South Carolina, made a thundering speech, defending the Soma's position In that contest. SATURDAY'S SESSION. ", 15th Day. January 19-In the senate a reso lution was introduced by Senator Prye declar ing that slfips of war should be ordered to Ha waii at once. The afternoon session was de voted' to eulogies on the life of the late Senator Vance, and at 5 p. m. the senate adjourned until Monday as a further mark of respect. Con gressman Turner, of Georgia, was taken sul lenly ill at 1 o'clock and was assisted from the house,', but upon arriving home was feeling much better. NORTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE In Outline of the Week's Work in Both Senate and Honse. The following; is a condensed synop' rts of the proceeding's of both branches )f the general assembly, for , the past week : .-. 6th Dat. The result 0 the populistrrepub ican caucus ljeld Tuesday was that Marriott Sutler was nominated for the senate ind the lomination ot Pritchard confirmed. A bill was ntroduced to repeal the railroad commission aw. Also a bill to abolish capital punishment n the state. 7th Dat In t!) senate the principal new jllls were to prevent the Issue of free passes ay. railways, to incorporate the Southern Manufacturers' Fire Insurance Company and to ac:i nd the constitutiou In regard to enforc ing .!-.-.-nri-trust law. A bill to prevent lynch ing rs introduced in the house. J. VV. Brown was (. '. -I '-ed enrolling clerk. 8th lMr-. great m&ny new bills were intro duced in the senate, but no important bills were passed. In the bouse tlm bill to require the commlsHioners of . Pitt to . reduce the sheriff s bond was passed. The bill to allow public printing propound to be returned to bidders was passed, 9th DavA bill was Inrroduced to amend the constitution by forbidrtiiiK railroads to give free passes ar teleirraph companies. U give franks, also other bills of less importance, K., M. Crook, republican, was awarded the xeat from Pender eounly, Tne house voted to ad journ until Monday, in order to observe te morrow. Lee's birthday, but the populists In the senate refused to concur. SOUTH'S TRADE CONDITIONS- Gsucral Business Has Been Largely Usui' pared by Unseasonable Weather. New York. January 19. Bradstreet's commercial review for the week says: With few exceptions, commercial, financial and industrial features indicate only a reen tion of improvement heretofore noted, Among the-more favorable phases of trade is found a somewhat improved demand for wooleu and rubber goods, shoes, hard ware, and to an extent for leaf tobacco. Jobbers in South Carolina and Georgia complain of slowness in mercan tile collections and general trade throughout the south, as at the west and northwest, con. tinues hampered by unseasonable weather. Baltimore reports that southern merchants continue to -hold off, as prices of almpst all staple lines are lower than ever. The most favorable report from the south is that the usual semi-annual dividends have been de have fair cotton factories, and that the Unllor elat ed by orders. v i URGE REDUCTION IN ACREAGE. The Galveston lottpu Exchange Make Re. roniatendstlon to the Cotton Growers. ' New Okleanb. January 18.-The fol lowing telegram was revived faere yesr terday : Galvestok. Tex.. January 18. To Robert S. Pay. president New Orleans, cotton exchange factors association : The directors of the Gal veston exchange heartily and most urgently recommend to the planters of Texas and the cotton growing stages reduction of twenty-five per cent in acreage to be planted ftis -year" as the only way of restoring prices f.0 a compear sating basis, (Signed,) Pres. Qalypston Cotton E.xchatjga. APPOMATTOX POST OFFICE, The Old Nam. Bs(ord Instead f tb ' Name Surrendsrf Washington, January 10.' The lonjj cansideration of the propositions "and protests arising1 from the recent change of the name . of the old Appomattox post office in Virginia to Surrender re sulted in an order, promulgated by the post office department, restoring the name Appomattox to the old office, recently designated Surrender, and changing tlje present 4PPolna,;ox merly Nebraska, tp Wesj; Appomattox. Case gainst Ihp Pmfnish Sfeaiucr t'etled. Washxqtos. ' January 19.. Secretary Carlisle has compromised hp ease against the Spanish steanier Copde VVlfredo. lrbelled at Savannah. Ua- The vessel ran into a wharf while naaking landing and was libelled by the wharf owners to pay the damage done. Rep resentative Lester, of Oeorgia, recom mended that the ease bo uQufproraised with tne stated result. ' President Fa are CVngrlu ated at Havre. HAVRE, January 21. M. Brindeau. mayor of this city, and a delejration from the municipal council, presented President Faure yesterday, an address pf congratulation? M,. Faure set in fhe chamber of Havre- V ' - The Scale Mgned. Operations Begun, Newcastle, Pa.. January 21. The tin plate company signed the scale Sat urday and the mill ' beg-an operations today. C olored Men Are Eligible. Piiicaoo. January 17. -An officer, of the Sons of Veterans says it is untrue that colored men . are ineligible to membership in that organization. ' O.'W. O- tlardmatv. SheVUfot Tyier CoM W. Va.,-appFeciates a gobfl thing and does npt'hesitate -to csay so.; He was almost prostrate4Vvith w cold when he procured a bottle pf Ch,3jfber iain'a" Cough Remedy. V Hei paysi "It gave me prompt rejief. I find it to be an invaluable remedy tor coughs . and colds," For sale by E. M. Xadal, druggisL : ' ; ,. Ginghams 6c at Young's. - PERISH IN THE OHIO Many Lives Are Lost by the Sink ing1 of a River Steamer. FOUR OF THE RESCUED TELL THE TALE The Vessel Had on Board Over One Hun dred Passenger. Twenty-Five to ' Forty of Whom 1'erUhed In f the Stream. - . CiNcnrxATi, O., January 21. The pas senger.steamer State of Missouri, ply ing between here and Memphis, sank at Wolf Creek, two hundred miles be low here, yesterday. Twenty-five to forty persons were drowned. Four of the Rescued Talk. OvrssREORo, Ivy., January 21.-I-Four survivors from the wreck of the steam er State of Missouri were on the mail packet. City of Owensboro, when she passed here last night. They saved their lives by swimming and managed to . catch , to a tree some dis tance below. Oae had managed to reach shore, but the .other three re mained in the tree till' rescued. It is believed by thera that from twenty to forty lives were lost. A yawl containing.a woman and chil dren was upset by men trying to climb in and all were drowned, they think. There were over one hundred people on the boat, according to their estimate. The cabin and upper works of the boat floated away. The Texas and pilot and house were towed ashore at Rockport. The City of Owensboro got out part of the freight from the cabin deck. Most of the passengers ' saved went up the river on th Tell City. :A later dispatch from Evansville, I'nd., says: Captain Job Conlon, First Clerk Weiman and Second Clerk How ard with five lady passengers and1 Pilot Pell and son. managed to reach shore uninjured. It is regarded as the most disastrous accident that has occurred to a steamer in this vicinity since the Jas. D. Parker was wrecked on the falls in 1SS1. YIELD OF CORN IN THE WEST. statist U'S Showing the Kxtent of the Great .Destruction to the Crop. Baltimore, January ;9, Tlie Manu facturers' Record has compiled from the report of the agricultural depart ment, just issued, statistics showing the production pf corn by states for 1S04, which fully confirm' 'the state ments that have been made regarding the great destruction of the porn crop in Nebraska and several other western States. The yield of corn in .Nebraska fpp 1894 was only 18,000,000 bushels-l against 157,000,000 bushels for 1893; South Dakota, l.jtfo.OOO bushels against 30.500,000; Kansas 41,000,000 bushels, 4 falling off of nearly 100,000,000 busbels, H'hile in Iowa the decrease was from fi50.000.000 bushels to 81,000,01K) bush els. The total crop of these four states was only 130.OQQ.0OQ bushels against .569.000,000 bushels, showinjr a decline Of 430,000,000 bushels'. In the south the crop was unpsually large, the aggre gate yield being 483.-200.000 bushels. SCHOOL GIRLS' RUN FOR LIFE. Iln Ontted the Building of the Co' n rub ill. South Carolina, Female College. Cpi.umbia, S. C, January 19. About UiSO o'clock yesterday morning, the Co lumbia Femaje Cellege buildinjr. one of the oldest and most throufrhl3' equipped-ollege structures in Carolina was discovered to be on fipe- The build ing ivas damaged to the amount of 5, 000, The fire originated in the roof pver the fburfch floor dormitory of the western wing and was difficult for fire men to get at, It is supposed to have been caused by ft defeptiye flue and to have been burning through the night. It had great headway when dlscovereri. The young ladies, over one hundred of them, were at "morning study"' in the chapel. When the alarm was -sounded there was consternation, but -the girls were not panicky. Many of them lost all of their- wardrobe, ;jewel. watches and other ffeets. They were all got ten out of the structure and the citizens hastened to throw open their homes to them. " - . THE NAVAL APPROPRIATIONS. pill Approved by the Committee An In crease In SJoney Expended.. WAsiiinoton, January 9. The nayal appropriation pill prepared by Mr-. Tal bert, phftirnjan of th5 Sub-pommittee of th pomiuittee on nayaj affairs, has been approved by the committee and will be reported to the house. The bill, which accords substantially with the views presented in the annual re port of the secretary of the navy, pro vides for an appropriation of 831, 881,000, an increase of about $5,000,000 over that of the current year. x TREASURY CONDITION GOOD. No t'neaslness Felt in Washington at tha . Heavy fiqld Withdrawals. 'VASHlNQ'ro?f, January 19. Gold with drawals for expor dP BP' create any pnpasines among treasjury officials. an4 up to this tjme there is po talk in aur thoritatiye pirples indicating ap imme diate issue pf bonds.. The general treas ury condition is good, kept sp b.V the heayy receipts which are constantly in-t pressing. Further- inpr-ease is looked f pr Rpxt month and the month after. The Moire Btachli) Company - Resumes South Bentj, Ind-, January' 17. The finger Setying Machine vyorks, em ploying 800 operatives, have 'resumed operation. There was also a resump tion of work in aU of the departments, pf the StudebaHer Wagpn manuf aptory, eruploj ing 1,0QU men. The ftpariQa- Again Foanonee, Atlanta, January 21. The "hearing of the application for new trial for Will Myers, sentenced to hang Febru ary llth, has been again postponed. The Texas Cotton Palace Destroyed. Waco, Tex., January 21. The Texas eotton palace was 'destroyed by fire last niarht. Tne los about 960,000; insur ance 520.CMX . . Ulrnn Cannot Proceed Arainst the Ttnst. WA9HIS6TOX, January 19. attorney general Olney states that he b.as no jriyen JOtted States pistrtct Attorney 3!enu, of North Carolina, instructions Sp proceed, against the American paopo pompany, Pf Wicstpq, S- Ct as baV been published- i . The lctklel KolUn Mill Iiaawv Harrisbi rq, Pa., January 21. Tha nine and sixteen-inch mills at Lochiel rolling mills which have been idle since December 22, will resume today WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED. Happenings of Interest, Domestic and Kor- I elgn, I'aragraphed. I Joseph W. Haddock, government uiroi-tnr f the Union Pacific, is seriously ill at Om:tlKi. Nebraska y' f John D. Rockefeller conBrm-s the report of an opn ement among iron ore producers to uiaiu- I tain prices. , j The Arkansas legislature will ship u train load of corn to the suilerers in the western I part of the state. J Ten fruit canning factories of East Baltimore I ..unit uu.c wcu hum uown since octooer. will itiuri ujj inis weeK. The Buckeye Pipe Line company, of Fim'.lav. Ohio, posted an advance of 2'i cents a parrel on Ohio oil Saturday. I The first trial of the new cVbt-inch Howell torpedo was held yesterduy oft Newport and proved very successful. ' Colonel James P. Martin, assistant hdjutant geheral of the department of the Missouri, is seriously ill in Chicago. . . ' Superintendent Potter, of the Russell Mills (ChiltonVille. Mass..) has disappeared, leaving shortage of about $5,000. The claim is made that eic -Governor pimison is ineligible for mayor of Philadelphia, haviug a legal residence in Harrisburg. 'The Des Moines (Iowa) chief of police and three subordinates have been suspended, (.'barged with protecting gambling houses. An easton syndicate, represented by Emer son McMilUn 4 Co.. of New York, has boutrut tne uraud Kapius pas. works for 1.200.0,X). The Tuskeijee nero conf crenee meets at Tus keKee, Ala,, under the auspinesof the Tuskeaeo Normal and Industrial Institute. WcUuesdu y, February 30, . - ' ' Edward Koch, a former member of the Chi cago stock exrhantje. has been indicted for em bezzling it 000 in stocks and cash belonirins to a former client, ; The IJenver police board adopted a resolu tion yesterday afternoon directing the police topreventhe exhibition of "living pictures" which they deem indecent. Affidavits have been tiled .for the arrest of Ave directors of a Fort Wayne lnd..) electric, road for the discharge of an employe because he belonged to a labor organization. Ex-Commodore Smith of the New ' or Yacht Club, has accepted George Gould s offer to take cMfcrge of the Vigilant in the trial races for the America's Cup defender next full. President HU1, of the Great North ern, has sailed for Europe. It is reported that Governor Hogg will Start a daily paper at Dallas. Tex, M. Meron has been nominated French vlea consul at Galveston, Tex., replac ing I. Glandut. Work was resumed in six mines in the Sunday Creek Valley, near Glouces ter, O., yesterday. Civil Service Commissioner Lyman is investigating the custom houses along the Texas !order, The 150 striking miners of the lt:g Vein Coal company, at Alliance, ()., have resumed 'work. . J3x-Senatar philetds Sawyer has an nounced himself a candidate for the yisconsin senatorship in IS'JT. , . .The workingmen of Lynn, Mass., held a mass meeting and pledged a jrenerous sum to assist the Uaverhill strikers. ' F, Slater has received the aDpdint- ment of general foreman of the Chica go and Northwestern at West Chicago. , On account of slack trade the Ameri can Wire company Cleveland, ),, has closed down, thi-owlng 50U men out pf employment. The Pennsylvania's new St. Louis limited will be put du Sunday, and it is scheduled to make the run in about twent'-six hours. . The prediction is made by responsi ble officials that the anti-pass agree--iiient adopted by the western lines wili have been resciuded by May next. It is stated on good authority that the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton prl the (ueeu and Crescent will jointly build a union depot in Cincinnati. " The resignation is announced at Geo. T. Williams, secretary and treasurer of the Union stock yards and transit com pany of Chicago, on account of his.il health. . - The Pair-Mall Cassette says that grave fears for the safety of the Xansen arc tic expedition are general among arcti voyagers of Great Uritain and Scandi navia. A summons has been granted, upon tlje application of the anti-gambling leagup. against the stewards of the jockey club, for keeping betting rins pn Newmarket Heath. .--.. General Passenger Agent Crane, iof the Wabash, is, authority for the state ment that the passenger earnings of that st-stem for December were 000 in pxpess of the same period in lS'j:). Traffic Manager Culp, of thje South ern railway, and Jmerson, at" the At' Jantic coast line, and General Passen ger Agent Turk, of the former road, haye returned to Washington. - The farosera' alliance executive com mittee has adopted resolutions favor ing government control of railroads, the anti-option bill and female suffrage and against the pooling bill. The appointment is announced of Carrie Liebig as a division surgeon of the Northern Pacific at -Hope, Ijlaho. j- This is the first woman physician to. be appointed in the railway .service. Thomas. Kiley, ex-general superin tendent of the St. Lp,uis. Kansas- City and Co,loradq road, has been appointed. superintendent of the Monterey and Mexican Gulf Line at Monterey, Mex. The Pittsburg conference of the tin--plate manufacturers and workmen has adjourned without a , compromise on the wage question. The workmen agreed to meet the manufacturers half Way, t .Third Vice-President Kaldwln, of the Southern Railway, sets at rest all re-, ports to the contrary that the - head quarters of the Western system of the .Southern Uauway will remain m Knox ville. The pope Is suffering from a thill, and therefore is keeping his room. Audiences with his holiness have been postponed as a measure of precaution, but no anxiety, is expressed as to his condition. A special meeting of the stockholders of the Chesapeake and. 'Ohio has been called for February '25 for, the purpose of ratifying the joint agreement re cently made witli the Big Four, tjie Louisville and Jeirersonvilie Bridge comp.my and 'the' Fast Knd improve ment comoanv af I.ouisvilh;. . . The experience of Geo, A Apgir, of German Valley, N. J,, well worth remembering. He was troubled with chronic diarrhtea and dtK.toreJ for five morths ana was treated by four different doctors without benefit. He then began using Chamberlain's Celic, Cholera and Diarrho?a wtmedy, of which one small bottle effected a com plete cure. It is for sale by E.,M. NadaL ' '. ' mW' ' - " Tinware all kinds at Voiing's. Highest of -Ii in Leavening Tower. Latest U.S. Gov't Report ABSOLUTELY PURE FAME IS PRESIDENT 7'P Tha Millionaira ShijJ Owner Prosido Ovr Branca. to 1 EOT TO THE PROTECTIONIST PARTY. Sccnws at. the ICIeetion of tli Snecessor to t'aniinlr-IVrier Tnniult in th As-t senibly Hall The Vosltio.i ot , the trIcitniH:. v- ..'-. Paths. January IS. M. Francois Fe lix Faurj, member of tlte ehamlier of deputies for Seine-Inferienre. was last night" elected .resi lent of the French ropublii; to succeed M. Cas'niir-1 Vrier. whose resignatloii was read in the chambers Wcinesday. The national assembly convoked .a the Pal lace of Versailles fur the pur pose of electing a prt-ident to .succeed M. Cusimir-Perier wiw called to order by M. Challeiuel-Lacour at 1:10 p. in. M. Challen;cl-I.aeour in a brief speech announced the resignation of M. Casi-mtr-Perier and read the text of the ar ticles of the constitutien regulating the election of trie president. As soon as the presiding officer had censed speaking, M. MiclieUn, a Mx-ia;1st. sprang to his feet and nourished a copy of a motion for revision of the constitu tion, shouting,. i-we ought not to have a president,'!. . Balloting; for the President'. The ballot begun at 1:'20 p. m. and lasted until ?:.)Q. The counting, revis ing, etc.. of the vote reouired another hour, and the result was oil nounced at 4:;10 as f-jllows: cialyl-1111- Brisson, :is'; Fanre, 44; Wahleck Rosseau, IS t; scattering, '28.'' . Total number, of votes cast 7i4: necessary to elect :US. The scattering votes in clude. 1 for Meline, 4 for Dupuy, 2 for Cavaignac. '2 for Loulxt, and I for Henri Uochefort. Ti:e second lutllot was taken in 'semi darkness,and the galleries in ' eonse (juence were almost emptied. The hall w'as wretchedly lightetli and ihany of the sneetatprs as well us a number of senators and deputies,' sought the bet ter lighted lobbies. The announcement of the second bal lot. Faure 4:!',). Brisson Mill, was made aniul a terrible din. The scene was ab solutely devoid of solemnity or dignity. The Brissonite,. who had not only ceas ed how-Hug, were joined by' other 1 n:al eontentsaml the. windows were fatvly ili.tkeu by the. indiseribable tumult. Brisson was loudly cheered but . the uew president received but a few.-- -I 1 uiKois t eiix Faure. Francois Felix Fnure, -was until .elected, a mctniier H' the" Clumber of deputies for the ileyarnix'nl if Siine-Iuerici n' He tt;.s born in I;iris, January 3u. IS41-. He was uni'.cr secretary of Ktatc for the colonies in the Ministries of tlajabetta. Ferry. Brisson and Tlrard and w:. one'of the vice-presidents of the 'chamber of ilejiiuies jrej'edinjf the pres ent lime. He had been a deputy Tor about tour teen years and hus served on several of the mist important rouimftte'.'s of the chaafoer. Faure has ma le a legislative Siiecialty of bus iness quest ions, particularly those eomerr.ing the I-'rench nierchunt. marine and foreign i-om-nierce. He- served in thro Franco-l'mssian war us chief of the butilllcm of tl)B Carrie M o Vt!e au.i was made a chevalier -oi She leatiwa of honor on May SI. 1H71. , . The socialists have issued a manifesto denouncing the republicans as traitors to the country ami asserting that Faure was chosen merely as a sheield for the clerical and capitalist politicians. M. Fit ure will begin his duties by giving '20,000 frances to the poor of Paris. RECEIVER TO BE APPOIN-fED. The Chesapeak. Ohio and Southwestern Kailroad Forced to rite AVaiU ; Jf.vsii vii.i.K, Tenn., January 19. Judge Learton. of the United States circuit court, was called upon, today to consider a motion for the appointment of a receiver for the, Chesapeake. Ohio $t Southwestern .railroad.- The motion Js Sled by second bond mortgage bond holders and its purpose is to obtain re ceivers certiticiites to pay tha interest on the first mortgage bonds in order to prevents foreclosure under default on the interest due. The Illinois Central, it is claimed, has pitrch,is. I alxmt 55,000,000 of the first mortgage b:n Is with a view of fore'rg u loreeJosnro and the motion is inteuded 'to defeat Two ,tj ill ions in Ooid in ' Furope. -. Nfcw Yohk. January is." The total amount of gold uitlnlptvn troni the treasury f r export to Litropc- oa s't 'cruay Is fi.OOO.OOO. . It . ly ! An aineh for Yon. Mr. Fred Miller of Irving." 111., writes that lie had a severe kidney trouble for many years with severe pains in the back and also that his bladder was af-fc-rled. He tried many so called kid ney cures but without aity good results. About a year aj;o he began the use of Flectric Hitters and found relief at once. Electric Bitters is especially adapted to the cure' of all Kidney and Liver troubles and often ;ives almost instant relief. One trial uiil prove our statement. Price only 50c for largo bottle Margrave's lrug store. I Weak Mothers ami all wom.ru who are nursing babies, derive nluiost ii ami all wom.ru who are nursing babies, derive almost incon ceivable 'Jjeiielita from the nourishing; properties of Scott's Emulsion 0 This is the most nourisliing food known to science. It en riches the mother's milk and gives her strength. It also makes babies fat and givea more nourishment to growing children than all the rest of the food they eat.. ; Scott's Emulsion has been prescribed by physicians for ftventy years for Eickets, Marasmus, Wasting Diseases of Children, Coughs, Colds, Weak Lung3, Emaciation and Consumption. Send for pamphUt on Stott's Emulsion. Scott tu Bowne, N. Y. All THE ELECTION OF SENATORS. Results of tha Contests In a Knmber mt '.'.'.. 8tte KKtslatora. "Washixqtox, January 17. Senators elected yesterday and laat night by caucus are: , ' . MAsaAciirsETTS. The legislature in jont session declared George F. lloar to be his own successor. . Colorado. The legislature in joint session re-elected Edward O. Wolcott to the United States senate. New Haupmhibr The legislature in joint session ratified the separate vote electing William E. Chandler. Maine. The election of William P. Frye to succeed himself was formally announced by the " legislature in joint sesssion. Illinois. A joint resolution was adopted by the senate for the senato- , rial nominations in both branches of the legislature to be made January 22, " ballotting to begin the next day. Kansas. After a three hours' aev sion and eight ballots in the republican senatorial caucus at Topeka last night without a nomination, an adjournment was taken till tonight. Montana. Lee Mantle, of Butte, and T. 11. Carter, of Helena, were elect ed United States senators in joint as sembly. Both are republicans. Mantle gets the short term and Carter the long term. I)ela ware. Two ballots taken in joint session of the legislature yester day. Result of each : Higgins 10, Ad dicks 6, Massey 8, Wolcott 8, Tunnell 1. The last named ..two are domocrats. This shows no change from Tuesday's separate vote, excepting that one demo cratic senator wasabsent. NORTH CAROLINA IN BRIEF. Happenings of Interest inthe Old North State from Murphy tn Manteo. The North Carolina state convention of temperance workers meets in Raleigh January 23-25. ' It is the general rumor at Raleigh that Kditor iJoslin of the Winston Re publican is to get the public printing. An Ohio man was in Raleigh Tuesday on the lookout for lands. Nome more Nebraska people' will soon move tp the stale. ; - r ' , V The Pasquotank Rifles, the company which at the State exposition of 1884 won the S0O prize, has been mustered out of the State Guard at its own re quest. - : Judge C. E. j Simpnton, of the United Ki-itoK ivrv'titMer""--1 has appointed E. S. -Martin, Esq., of Wilmington, special master in the foreclosure proceedings of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley railroad. At Raleigh, on January 16th, Minnie Richardson aged seventy, was struck by an electric car here today and in stantly killed. She was deaf and was attempting tio cross the track. This is the first fatal accident of the kind that has tccurred here. MRS. CLEVELAND IMPROVED. Lady of the White Honse Well Enough to -I'erforni Duties as Hostess. Washington. January 19. Mrs. Cleveland, who has been indisposed for several days past, as a result of a severe cold contracted at the new year day re ception, and aggravated by exposure at the diplomatic reception last Thursday, is reported to be much better today., Cards were issued for a reception by Mrs. Cleveland this afternoon, and there is no doubt that the fair mistress of the white house will be well and strong enough to perform her duties as hostess. FROM IOWA TO ALABAMA. Jlanj Citizens of the Northwest Looking for Homes In the South. IbRMi.NoiiAM, Ala., January 21. Dr. E. L. P.rownell and family of Spirit Lake, la., arrived in the city yesterday afternoon, and will probably settle here or some other place in the state. Dr. ISrownell says there are hundreds of people in Iowa who want to come south, and will come if - they can find suitable homes. He states that he has been almost crazy to come '-south ever since the war, and that he has at last got here. failures for the Week and Tear. Nkw Yoiik, January 19. R. O. Dun SJ C'o's. report says : Failures this year lo January 10 were in amount of liabil ities S4.522,5:!l, of which 81,1:53.428 were of manufacturing, and $3,386.o03 of trading concerns. Failures for the iveek have been 373 in the United States against 407 last year, and 60 in Canada against 40 last year. Fifteen Hundred Iron Workers Idlet ISki.i.airk. O.. January 21. Fifteen hundred men. employes of the Etna Standard Iron Works, at Etnaville, will probably have to remain idle, as the Mtnpany will not accept the Amalga mated association scale on tin plates, tnd wili close down-the mill indefi nitely " If you want a nice dress with trim- jminjis to match go to M. T. Yoting's. t Druggists. its and $f. v. ..: v X - t