$1 A YEAR, CASH IS ADVANCE.
" LET ALL THE EHDS THOU AIMS'T AT BE THY COUSTRY'3, THY GOD'S Ai-
BEST ADYERTISIHG MEDIUM.
VOLUME XXV.
WILSON, X. C OCT
NUMBER 40.
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Here is your opportunity. We put on sale this week
a lot of SILKS of various styles and qualities, suitable
for Ladies Dresses and Shirt Waists at prices so low
that all can dress in Silks.
We have Silks' in nearly all colors at 24c. a yard, worth
40c.
Colored Satins at 25c. a yard; sold elsewhere at 50c.
Brocades in Blue. and Brown at 27c, worth 65c., and
many other styles and qualities.
The above, we know, sounds like a fairy story, but
we only ask that you come and see for yourself.
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J. M.
LEATH. Manager
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ash and Goldsboro Streets.
Major Armes Again In Trouble.
"Washington, Sept. 30. Captain George
A. Amies, better known by his brevet
title of Major Armes, a retired United
States army officer now engaged in the
real estate business, is again in trouble.
He is the man who pulled Governor
Beaver's nose. He wrote an insulting
letter and sent it to Lieutenant General J.
M. Schofleld, his superior officer and act
ing secretary of war, who thereupon caused
his arrest last Friday night at his home,
at Chevy Chase, in the suburbs of this
city. Armes will be court martialed.
To Investigate a Negro Colony.
MAPIMI, Mexico, Sept. 30. Lieutenant
Charles G. Dwyer, military attache of the
United States legation in the City of Mex
ico, has been ordered by Minister Ransom
to visit the Tlahualilo colony, near Jiere,
and make a thorough, investigiitiqn in be
half of the United States government intof
the treatment of the negro colonists and
the causes of so many doaths among them
when they were preparing to abandon thi
plantation and return to their homes in
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STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS.
Closing Quotations of the New York and
Philadelphia Exchange.
New York, Sept. 27. There was a further
contraction of the volume of speculative
transactions today, but the professional
character of the market was as clearly marked
as heretofore. Closing bids:
Del. & Hudson-...133 N. Y. Central 102
D., L. & W 169J4 N. Y. & N. E
Erie 13 Pennsylvania 66
Lake Erie AW.... 24
Lehigh Nav........ 48
Lehigh Valley 41
New Jersey Cen..ll3
Reading 22
St. Paul 77J
W. N. Y. & Pa.... 4
West Shore 106J
General Markets. '
Philadelphia, Sept. 27. Flour firm; win
ter super., $2.252.40; do. extras, $2.502.75;
Pennsylvania roller, . clear, $2.85(3; do. "do
straight, $33.25; western winter, clear, $2.90
3.10; Wheat weak, lower, with 64c. bid and
64jc. asked for September. Corn quiet.lower
with 33c. bid .and. 39c. asked for September
Oats quiet, steady, with 27c. bid and 27c
asked for September. , Hay firm; choice tim
othy, $1515.50. Beef steady; beef hams, $15
16.. Pork higher; family, $1212.50; short
clear, $11.5013.50. Lard firmer; western
steam, G.30. Butter steady; western dairy,
913c.; do. creamery, l(i,22c. ; do.factory,8.
Ic; Elgins, 22c.; imitation creamery, 11
16c; New York dairy, i22Uc; do. creamery,
21(3.22c; "Pennsylvania and western cream
ery prints, fancy, 24c; do. choice, 23c. ; "do.
fair to good, ,1U&22c; prints jobbing at 25I
8c. Cheese quiet; large, GSc; small, 528c;
part skims, 356c; full skims, 22c. Eggs
steady; New York and Pennsylvania, 1718c;
western, fresh, 17e.
Live Stock Markets.
New York, Sept. 27. Beeves very dull; 10
15c. lower except for prime steers; native
steers, poor to prime, $3.505.10; stags and
oxen, $2.054.75; bulls, $1.853.25. Calves
steady for veals: little firmer for other calves;
poor to choice veals, $58; grassers and but
termilk calves, $2.37Jr8. Sheep and lambs
very dull and lower, exoept for choice lambs;
poor to prime sheep, $1.753.25; common to
choice Jambs. $3.50t&4.75. Hogs higher at $4.50
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Blighting Frosts In the West.
Chicago, Sept, 30. Blighting frosts
swept over Minnesota, "Wisconsin, north
ern Illinois and portions of western Mich
igan Saturday night. Fruit growers and
celery pickers in these regions were warned
twenty-four honrs in advance, but it is im
probable that they were able fully to pro
tect themselves. The maximum temner-
ature in Chicago yesterday was 51 and the
minm The drop this morning to
40 degs. is sufficient
to produce a killing
frost in this section.
Eighteen Tears for Robinson.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Sept. 30. Jack Rob
inson, who pleaded guilty on Thursday
last to participation in the murder of Bar
ney Reick, and one of whose confederates,
J am es Hendricks, is now serving, a twenty
year sentence, was brought before Judge
Woodward here for sentence. Judge
Woodward sentenced the defendant to
eighteen years aepumte and solitary oon
finmnt in the Eastern penitentiary.
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General Miles Will Command the
United States Army.
A BRILLIANT -MILITARY 0A2EEB.
The First Commander cf !k Army Since
General Winfleld Scolt Who Was Ntt
a Graduale of West Point Kis Services'
as an Indian Fighter.
New York, Sept. 30. There is now no
longer any doubt that M;.j or General Kel-
son A. Miles, will succeed Lieutenant Gen-4
eral Schofield in the oflice of general in .
command of the United State army. Gen-
eral Miles made a statement of the fact ,
last night to a reporter of the Associated
Press, saying that he w;is informed of ;
President Cleveland's d -rumination, to
appoint him on Friday 1;'.-1 Uy Secretary of. .
War Lamont, whom hoji;.. cm this city by
special appointment at tlie Metropolitan
club. !
General Schofleld retire 1 from active ;
service at noon yesterd:.-, and it i? prob
able that the appointment of General
Miles will be announced within a day or 1
two. The general will go to Washington .
in a few days to assume the duties of his
high position.
This announcement will set at rest the
rumors which have agitated army circles
the past year concerning General ; Scho-
GENERAL NELSON A. MILES.
field's probable, successor. Vvrhile General
Miles was the senior major general of the
army, and one of the most popular, per
sanally. with his subordinates, it wes re
ported that he was, for some reason, per
sona non grata to the president, and that
the fact that he had no diploma from West
Point might weigh against his chances.
General Ruger was the principal rival for
the appointment mentioned.
The rank of lieutenant general expired
with General Schofleld's retirement, as it
is a grade created only by special acts of
congress in recognition of distinguished
services. It has been bestowed upon six
generals Washington, Scott, Grant, Sher
man, Sheridan and Schofifjkl.
General Miles has received all his mili:
tary training on the' field of experience,
instead of in the schools. He will bo the
first general for many years who was not
a West Point graduate, and as. the West
Pointers are reputed to esteem themselves
the aristocracy of the arms it has been re
ported that his volunteer .-antecedents
would militate against hisjap;ointmeut,
so far as the influence of t i ; army circle
had to do with it. General v luIt.'ivL bcott
,was the last commanding general who
was not a West Point man.
In appearance General. SHles -if
the most stalwart and soldierly
the service. . He is over six . foe t
does not look his fifty odd years. .
5 one of
men in
toil and
Two Killed at the Gun Ir viig Grounds.
N"ew York, Sept. 30. During a test of
a Canct rapid fire gun at tlv3 Sandy Hook
proving grounds the breech block blew
out as it was being screwed in, instantly
killing two privates of the ordnance de
partment, who were serving the gun. and
injuring two more, one of whom will prob
ably die. Lieutenant Montgomery, -who
was conducting the test, escaped with a
concussion of the ear drum. The dead are:
Corporal Robert Doyle, 35 years old, of
Philadelphia, instantly killed;- Private
Frank Conway, of Green Island, instantly
killed. Private James Coyne was cut on
forehead and neok and face, and will prob
ably die. Private William McDonald had
his left arm above Hie elbow blown away.
ISzeta's Arms Detained.
City of Mexico, Sept. 30. A number
of cases of arms and ammunition which
were brought from Mazatlan in the Pacific
mail steamer City of Sydney by Antonio
Ezeta have been detained at Acapulco by
the custom house authorities. Ezeta was
on his way to Guatemala, but stopped off
at Acapulco because the captain of the
steamer refused to take him any further,
as he feared international complications.
Murdered for Her Diamonds.
Providence, Sept. 30. Mrs. Lucy Lind
sey, 55 years old, was found murdered in
her home at No. 166 Math emson street.
She had been killed for her diamonds and
what other property and money was in the
place. There is no clew, and the medical
examiner and police ean And no blood, to
chow where the woman was struck down.
The deed mm committed with an ax.
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A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED
. Toenday, sept. 24.
Diphtheria is practically epidemic in St.
Louis, 170 cases having been reported since
Sept. 1.
Ten-year-old Alfred Graham died at
Newville, Pa.; from burns received by
pouring coal oil on a fire.
The twenty-ono Cubans charged with
violating neutrality were acquitted by the
jury at Wilmington, Del. The verdict was
received with cheers.
William Mosher entered the bedroom of
19-year-old Mrs. Canedy at Wellsboro, Pa.,
with felonious intent, and the young wo
man shot and killed him. The coroner's
jury exonerated her. , !
The first yacht race between the half
raters Etheiwynn and Spruce IV, repre
senting America and England, resulted in
a victory for the American boat, Ethei
wynn. Wednesday, Sept. 25.
Sir Herbert Murray has been appointed
governor of New Foundland by Queen Vic
toria. It is reported ..in 'Berlin that Emperor
William and Czar Nicholas will, meet
shortly at Kominten.
An electric trolley from Chicago to the
lake region north is proposed, to be ready
for service next summer. , j
A Paris dispatch says it has been decided
to construct a ship canal to connect the
Rhine and the Elbe, at a cost of 200,000,000
marks.
The congress of th. South German Dem
ocratic party,in -session at Munich, adopted
resolutions condemning any tampering
with the gold currency. I
Mathias Bonanzi, Andrew Tristrupo and
Jacob Go vruns were k 5 lied by the caving
of a sewer trench in which they were at
work at Meriden, Conn.
Thursday, Sept. 26.
Mayor Schieren, of Brooklyn, announces
that he will not accept a renomination.
A gas rate war in Kansas City, Mo., has
reduced the price to consumers to fifty
cents per 1,000 feet. "
Senator A. O. Bacon, of Georgia, was
one of the passengers' on the steamer Teu
tonic, which arrived at -New York yesterday,;.-
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At Fort Smith, Ark., the five - members
of the Buck gang of outlaws, who recently
terrorized the Creek, nation,1 were sen
tenced to be hanged Oct. 31."
A Washington dispatch stating that the
Satana, a four masted schooner, is being
fitted out in Oakland creek for a piratical
cruise to lower California, is not credited
in San Francisco.
Friday, Sept. 5J7.
Four horses were killed by lightning on
the fair grounds at East Towanda, Pa.
Rev. T. De Witt Talmage has accepted
a call to the assistant pastorate of the
First Presbyterian church in Washington.
John F. Hickey, of Troy, was granted a
verdict by the supreme court for injuries
received while crossing the "tracks of the
New York Central read near Herkimer,
N. Y.
Father P. Lancartec is soon to be made
"bishop of the City of Mexico, and is now
busily engaged in preparing for the fes
tivities in honor of the coronation of the
Virgin of Guadaloupe.
Edwin Clarke,' a diamond brokers who
disappeared from Denver on J uly 25 with
several thousand dollars' worth of dia
monds intrusted to him for sale, has been
arrested at Situ Francisco.
Saturday, Sept. 28.
Ex-Postmaster General John Wana-
maker arrived at JNew York from Europe
yesterday. ; - . ,
It is believed that the British ships Star
of Austria and Lord . Spencer have been j
lost in recent Pacific gales: - ,
Premier Blair has dissolved the New
Brunswick legislature, and the general
elections take place Oct. 16.
Albert Babco'ck, an old resident of Jack
son township. Pa., was digging a well
when he fell into the pit and was killed.
E."'W. Bull, the propagator and origin
ator of the Concord ".grape, and a promin
ent agriculturist, died at Concord, Mass.,
aged SO.
, JI6ml;y, Sept. 30.
Senator Quay favor.5 holding the next
national Republican convention at Pitts
burg. The condition of the czarowitz of Russia
is steadily growing worse, and prayers are
being said for him daily in the churches.
In a trolley car collision at Ridley, Pa.,
five passengers were seriously injured, J.
F vBaker, of Q hester. haying a leg broken.
New Yerk's Democratic Nominees.
Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 26. The Demo
cratic 6tate convention finished its work
yesterday by nominating these officers:
For secretarv of state. Horatio C. Bang of
Brooklvn: comDtroller. John B. Judson
Gloversville; state treasurer, D. C. Dow of
Cobleskill; attorney general, . Norton
Chase of Albany; state engineer, Russell
R. Stuart of Syracuse; judge of the court
Of appeals, John D. Teller, Of Auburn. ' The Rothschild Bomb Thrower Sentenced.
The State Democracy withdrew from the : pARIS Sept. 27. Victor Boutcilhe, who
convention on a fight over the question of j a few weeks ago placed a bomb in the door
representation. The leaders announce that ( way of Rothschild's bank, was yesterday
they will make a fight against Tammany sentenced to three years' imprisonment
for New York citv offices. ' and fined 100 fr." -
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
ill BRITISH DEMANDS.
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They Will be Enforced by a Strong
Fleet of Warships. j
THE ENGLISH ADMIRAL WILL ACT
Unless Within Fourteen Days an Edict Ik
Issued Degrading the Viceroy of Sze
Chaen London Newspapers Urge Post
tire and Determined Action.
, Shanghai, Sept. 30. Failing the entire
compliance of the central government
with the British demands, it is understood
, that a fleet of fourteen warships will make
. a demonstration before Nankin tomorrow
! or Wednesday. The British demand is
! that within fourteen days an edict must
; be issued degrading the viceroy of Sze
j Chuen, or otherwise the British admiral
i comman..lin-T will act. Th3 wife and
family and the treasure of the viceroy of
. Nankin have been brought to Shanghai
; for safety. Rich Chinese merchants are
coming here from every side seeking
shelter.
! The British warships Rainbow, Plover,
Spartan, Swift and iEolu3 are at ports on
the Yang-Te-Kiang river. The Caroline,
Undauuted, i Edgar, Archer and Alacrity
are at Woo-Suug. The Daphne and Fire
brand are at Shanghai. The British ad
miral is on board the Edgar.
URGING- DETERMINED ACTION.
The 81 anchu Dynasty Imp Tiled by the.
Existing: Controversy.
London, Sept. 30. The Standard say9
regarding the Chinese situation: "The
position of the Chinese government is ex
tremely periloiis. It has enough on its
hands, without a quarrel with England. .
It is too soon to say that the fall of . the
Manchu dynasty is imminent, but the
news of the spread of the Mahommetan
insurrection is alarming. The British de- '
mands must be supported by the presence
of our fleet in the Yang-Tse-Kiang, if not
by the occupation of Nankin. We doubt
if the Manchu dynasty could survive such
a shock. If the Mafiommctans of the west
find a leader, and if, at the same time, the
imperial -government- iritrh enough" to
defy the western powers; a revolution is
inevitable." ,
The Times dwells upon China being a
huge and inert mass whose friendship is
not worth cultivating by feeble concessions
to her pretentions and pride. "What we
want done," The Times continues, "we
must insist on having done, not by futile
representation at Peking, but by going to
the spot in question and seeing it done our
selves." Will Contest nis Mother's Will.
San Francisco, Sept. 30. It is stated
that Jesse Potter, the son of Mrs. Charles
Lux, will attempt to secure the f 4,000,000
estate left by his mothsr. When the widow
of the cattle king died her estate consisted
almost entirely of a one-quarter interest in
the cattle firm of Miller & Lux. She left
$100,000 to her son and a number of smaller
bequests to relatives and charities. The
remainder, amounting to over $3,000,000,
was left in trust, the income to be paid
Jesse Potter during his life. When Potter
dies the estate is to be divided between hi i
son and two of Mrs. Lux's sisters. A clause
in the will provides that in case any lega
tee contests the will he shall forfeit his
legacy, .
To Extend Our Trade with Japan.
Seattle, Wash., Sept. 30. A Japanese
syndicate is soon to put on. a steamship
line between Japan and some point on the
North Pacific coast, and Seattle is making
a strong effort to have the American term
inus of the line located here. The Japanese
diet will in October next consider a sub
sidy bill which has for its object the execu
tion of navigation to foreign . countries.
In case of favorable action on this it is
thought to 'be pretty cortain the company
will immediately send v.n agent to this
country. The United State.-:,
ports from Japnn C-'X)..ii),'
goods while it .sells to that
annually im-'
0 worth of
country onl
0,000. '
Lieutenant IVary SUM at Halifax.
Halifax, X. S., Sept. SX In spite of
the published fact that Lieutenant Peary,
the famous Arctic" explorer, who arrived
here from St. JoIinV, N. F., on Saturday
left for Boston immediately afterwards,
he is still here. It Las developed that
Lieutenant Peary played a sharp trick on
the newspaper men by having it announced
on his arrival that he would leave for Bos
ton with his party at once. Several mem
bers of the party did leave for Yarmouth,
and all the evening papers announced
of ' that Lieutenant Peary and his wife had
gone. Lieutenant Peary appears anxious
to avoid publicity, and it is not known
' when he will leave Halifax.
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