yOlXM XXVI.
WILSOX, N.C, JUNE 18, 1896.
NUMBER 25.
The Secret : of -
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N these days of keen and constant
competition the path to prosperity
must be 'cut out by the blade of. common
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. sense, as appiiea to tne act oi buying.
To underbuy is our constant effort,
And to undersell is our settled
determination. ... . -
0 ALL who appreciate the winning combination of LOW
PRICES for. BETTER GOODS, we offer our
,;..:Drives in
HERE ARk SOME OF THEM. ' ' -
Ladies UibrclleiB.
We know that we underbought on these and are underselling
all others. Don't buy till you see them. Prices start at 47c,
but that quality would be cheap at 70c fully as good values
the better grades.
N
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THAT MUST CLAIM YOUR ATTENTION, I ' "
Always remember that a piece of Ribbon at the
same price as we ask is not the same Ribbon.
J E claim to give you better values 'than others at same
price. Test us and be convinced. '
Gash b 3lora delivery one pricer to all tells the tale.
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J. M. LEATIi, w
Cor. Nash and Goldsboro. Streets.
oh Bar m
Stores.
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Fatal Fire in Allegheny.
Allegheny, Pa., June 13. An early
mornirir fire in a tenement house at No.
83 Spring Garden avenue resulted in the
tilling of two persons and serious injuries
to two others. The - names are: Mrs.
Zonesaondia, Garbeis, aged 74, killed by
jumping from a window ; Frank Garbeis,
aged 5 years, suffocated; Lottie Garbeis,
aged 12 years, internally hurt, may die ; ,
"Mrs. Frank Garbeis,', badly burned. The
fire was caused by the explosion .of a ; bar
rel of :oil in the cellar. :
Li Hans Chang' Visits William. ;
Berlix, June 15. Emperor William
ranted an imposing: audience yesterday
toLiH'.ng Chan- in, tha knights' hall of
the old castle. Li Hung Chang was con
veyed thirh" in the royal carriage, es
wrted by Uhiaas. Emixsrdr .-William and
tnipress Augusta were seated upon thrones
grounded by the royal princes Chan
cellor Von Hf)henlohe and Freiherr Mar
shal Von Bleberstein, the minister of
.foreign affairs, were also present. ;
A J uvenile Horse Thief.
Match ChunX Pa., June 15. Arthur
ti-JUstr, of Fullerton,'a youth not yet 19,
Jas sentenced by Judge Craig on Satur
day to the IT
stealing. He is a
QUAY IN A QUANDARY.
The Pennsylvania Senator Not
Permitted to Withdraw. '
THE SILVEE LEADEES WILL BOLT.
genuine
horse
the state.
lew nights ago he entered his employer's
Will Prevent a Straddle on the. Money
Question and Then Withdraw from the
Convention Only "the Delaware and
Texas Contests to be Brought Before the
Convention New Yorkers Will Not Bolt.
The Arrival of Speaker- Reed's Boom.
St. Louis, June 15. When the Repub
lican national convention is called to or
der tomorrow it will be found that the
preliminaries have been looked after with
exceptional thoroughness. ' There will be
no obstacles in the way of immediately be
ginning the work for which the conven
tion has been called, and present indica
tions are that the meeting will not be of
long duration. I I
Selection has been made of the tempo
rary chairman and other officers of the
temporary organization, 1 and a program
practically agreed upon for the permanent
organization, with Senator Thurston, of
besi
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aptured forty mile '" distant: with the
Jra uad eurdaore in his nossession.
Herald Acquitted
To'x, Pa.
of Murder.
June 13. Anton Herald, of H
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tvJ f :!'m t death in a street brawl, at
r;ll.e on April 20 last,
was acquitted
The jury was out thirteen
. Don't
tiiii
liver needs
It dont. It-s
nk. that your
con ar hilionc
-?u. i iiat is, vour stomacn
real!,, l.i . ' ....
hae:"y rnat causes biliousness. It
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C v " llver out ot order.
stmach
vnat's the matter with your
stohiarh
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Cordi lOULie. Shaker Digestive
well l,c0res the stomach, then all's
Sh'i J- s the case in nutshell
cret t '"Kestive ioraiai is no se-
k ti: Vrmula's on every bottle. But
tKo u c slmPle honest wav it's made.
trrj- nest Shaker herh; anrl rthr in-
makeT5 0fKhich. it's composed, .that
Anv i acacious- ,
iousnll1 case of indigestion and bil
tW .r'un be cufp.d with a fpw'hnt-
"i digestive uoraiai. lry
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Sold bv
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TUP-
Per bottlS:
price io cents to
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The'contest in the committee on resolu
tions is expected to be sharp, but not pro
tracted. As it now appears there will be
little or no difficulty in agreeing uponany
of the planks of the platform excepp that
relating to the financial policy of tho party.
Two problems I present themselves. The
first of these i how much to do for silver,
the second how little to ; do for ' gold.
Around thse questions range the specu
lation and the interest of all. i '
: One important question reruaming un
settled is that of the selection of, a vice
presidential candidate. Next to the finan
cial plank the filling of this place on the
ticket has engaged the greatest share of
speculative attention the past vjeek, but
apparently opinion has not been so well
crystalizcd on this subject as upon others.
The names of many candidate have been
suggested, including those of Mt. Hobart
of New Jersey, Governor Morton and
General Tracy of New York, Governor
Bulkeley and Senator Hawley of Connecti
cut, Governor Hastings of Pennsylvania,
Representative Dingley of Elaine, Hon. H
Clayv Evans of , Tennessee; Hon. M. H.
De Young of California, ex-Go verhor Lip-r
pett anxl ex'Governor I). Russell Brown
of Rhode Island, arid .General McAlpin of
JSew TTork. The official announcement
from Governor Morton on Saturday night
that he would not be a candidate under
any circumstances lenves General Tracy
as the New York candidate.
Senator Quay's attitude in the conven
tion continues to be the subject of no
small degree of speculation. When asked
whether his name would be presented as
a presidential candidate the senator re-:
plied that the matter had not been defi
nitely determined, but that it would prob
ably depend upon the wishes of the
friends of other candidates than McKinley.f
Mr. Qiay is in a somewhat ' embarrass-,
ing position; He has for some time real
ized the certainty in his opinion of Mc
Kinley's nomination, and h;is advised that,
the other candidates acquiesce in the in-,
evitable and retire from the contest. Pre-:
vious to arriving at A this conclusion he
had entered into an arrangement Avith the
friends of other candidates to remain in
the race. They are now tliposed to " hold
him to his agreement. Hence, he finds
him?elf "hesitating between his own indig
nation to get out of the way of the McKiu
ley movemeat and a desire to coinplywith
the wishes of his coworkers. ; ' "
". A proiniiient member of the national
committee asserted this inaming that MV
Quay was still urging up in other candi-dates-the
advisability of allowing the ilc-
Kinleyijiomination to be made by accht
. mation, awl 'thiit failing to secure thui'i
ac.quie?ence, he would p.rolxibly, - wh
IVnu'-vlvaniA was reached in the roll, c11:
withdraw from the contest riml thny his
Pennsylvania vote to the Ohio candclata
The friends of 'other r candidates uCre still
quite determined to continue thyir candi
dates in the race to the finish! . Sir. Piatt,
as the representative of Gove'riior Morton,
is especially persistent ip ydrging ' this
course. His reason for thisis his desire to
secure a roll call for the purpose of put
ting the New York delegation on record.
He is, however, decided to abide by the
decision of the national committee in dis
posing of the New York contests, and not
to make any factious opposition.
Senator Dubois of Idaho and Represent
ative Hartman of Montana joined Senator .
Teller of Colorado herel;ist night. There
is no longer any doubt of the purpose of
the silver men to bolt the action of the
convention unless they can have their way
about the financial plankjThe program
they have arranged will probably furnish
the most sensational incident of Jhe con
vention. They intenjd, as a preliminary,
to marshal all the strength they can in the
committee on resolutions for silver. : They
know they Avill fail, but instead of their
attempting to secure a compromise it wi
be their plan to so throw their strength in
the committee as to force, if possible, the
adoption of a straightout gold plank. As
one of them said today: "If the Republi
can convention cannot be right we will
force it to be honest. Better a gold declar
ation for all concerned than an equivocal
"plank tbat wears gold." The'fight will be
carried to the floor of the convention under
the leadership of Senator Teller, who, big
by tne committee on contested seats. It
had been.' the general opinion tip to late
yesterday afternoon that the wearisome
task just finished by the national commit
tee will be repeated by the committee on
credentials of the- convention, and that a
delay o at least a couple days would en
sue when the defeated contestants or ebn
testees japplied for a reopening of their
cases..--.-' : ' a;:?A':: : ';';"!,;. J. .
Either the McKinley managers are fear
ful of delay or else they believe it is a
waste of time and energy to reopen those
cases, for the edict went forth that the
convention would by resolution either
formally accept as final the report of the
nationaj 1 committee on all contests decided
by thein, or Avoitld instruct the committee
on credientfals to so report. This means
that onjly such contests as the Texas and
Delaware ones shall be referred to thecon
rentioii, because 'such action would make
the temporary roll call a permanent one
with the exception of the two states named.
That the New York delegation and Mr.
Piatt coincide with this course is one of
the pec lliatities of . anti-convention hajj
.penings. ;
The action of the national committed
on the NeAy Yorklcontesta was disastrous
to Mr. Piatt'? friends. The districts in
which (he was intensely interested were
thncfvin tlift pitv ttf ."NTfw "WvrTr . TTf nomr
feltr alarmed about the contests in Brook
lyn, and it appeareel that the men who in-
It Causes Consternation in the
Cuban Metropolis.
men abandoned them, and the Piatt !
gates were , sojited unanimously,
greatest fight made was that
A
egateg,
Weed
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THOMAS n. CARTES,
(Chairman National Bepublicau Committee.)
Nebraska, for presiding officer of the con
vention. The selection of vv. Jjair
banks, of Indianapolis, for temporary
creneral satisfaction. When
we add to these, accomplishments the fact
that the presidential nominee has prac
tically been named it must be conceded
that the convention has iapparently a com
paratively easy and brief task before it.
Obstacles may be encountered, but as yet
comparatively few of them are discern-
ele-
The
n tne
.Twelfth New, York district, where Corne
lius Nj Bliss and S. V, R: Crtfger, anti-
Platt, were contesting with the Piatt del-
Howard Carroll anfl Thurlow
Barnes. This was the strongest
case the Piatt men presented, and yet his
delegates secured , but ahalf vote each,
sharedlwith -the anti-PIatt j men. In the
other districts the anti-Platt .jnen were
seated with" fall delegate powers.
An analysis of thoworkof the national
committee in. regard to tne 168 contests
which were originally filed with it shows
that 135 cases were acted on,, some 'of the
original number,3.ving been abandoned,
while several; notably those of Delaware
and a: portion of the ? Texas delegation,
were referred to the convention. '
; Of the436' claimants rejected by thecom
mitteeo3 were avowed McKinley liien.
The mipvestiion which previiiled that the
conyhittea was deciding a large majority
of ztiQ pases in favor of McKinley doubt
less grew out of the fact that In nearly alf
he states where there were a large num
ber of contests both contestants and con
testers weie, according to the,ir own state
mpntsi McKinley man. V
y.r. Piatt, asked for his personal opinion
-in the knatten ol the Twelfth district, said
''Messrs. Bliss and Cmger did not have a
leg to fetand upon, and the national com
nntteq Knows it., it is surprising tnat a
man of Mr. Bliss' fine sense of honor
would accept a place in the convention
under such circumstances. liowever, we
gat more than we were told to expect."
Mr.Platt stated explicitly that the New
York delegation had no intention of bblt-
, ing the convention. "We shall," he said,
"leave the hall only when the convention
had adjourned." The other Piatt leaders
expressed similar views. I
There was a' conference last night at the
Southern hotel, at which f the. following
states were represented:! Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Mas
sachusetts, Rhode Island, ' New York,
Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Illinois, Minne
sota apd Wisconsin. The following was
agreed: upon as satisfactory, and will be
pre-enteclto tne committee on resolutions:
"We favor th j maintenance of the ex
isting: goldstandartl, and are opposed to
the free coinage of silver ecept by inter
national agreement for bimetallism with
the leading commercial nations of' the
worldi" : The men in the conference were
friends, say, will make a speech that wiU
be the effort of his life. It will be his val
edictory to the Republican party. The
silveT inen expect to carry at least five
stater, out of the convention with them
Colorado, Idaho, Utah, Nevada and Mon
tana and they are very hopeful that the
Democratic convention at Chicago will
nominate the man who leads the bolt here.
Yesterday the Reed boom was given the
first impetus that it has had during the
ante-convention days. The arrival of the
Maine and Massachusetts delegations,
with glittering badges and waving ban
ners, gave the first real appearance of
Reed's candidacy that has been seen. Sen
ator Lodge, of Massachusetts, who is to
place Rded in nomination, has become the
recognized leader of the Reed forces, and
since his arrival has been trying to gather
the scattered Reed forces and retrieve the
losses tha have occurred in the, past few
days. Chairnian LittTpfield, of the Maine
delegation, who will probably second
Reed' s nomination, haf had the Reed head-
quarters tormaiiy openeu, ana last mgun
those who will probably represent their
states on the committee on resolutions.
Delegate Yerkes, of Kentucky, received
a telegram from Governor Bradley . last
evening announcinghat his name would
not ht presented to the . convention. This
has bjen in the governor's mind for some
time. Governor Bradley arr ived here this
morni ng to engage activelyin the contest
in behalf of a platform declaration for a
gold standard. v
Joseph Manley was severely criticized at
a meeting of the Maine delegation yester
day." Sonie Of the delegates even went so
far as to intimate that it would be for the
good of the cause of Republicanism in
Maine to select a new committeman. This
was brought about by the action of Mr.
Manlty in announcing, upon his arrival'
in St. Louis, that Mr. McKinley could not
be defeated for the nomination.
Cornelius N. Bliss said this morning :
"I am not and have at no time been a can
didate for the presidentiaV nomination. I
am aware th.ji kind friejnds have men
tioned my nanie in that connection during,
the hist few - ays. There Kas been more
or les ? newspaper talk of nie, but I really
am not a candidate." I .
W. R. Reilly, of Kentucky, who has
been selected as the first secretary in' the
temporary organization, said today that a
nomination could not be j reached before
Thursday, and that the convention would
last 'through Friday ,o wing tx the fact that
V.oTiiwill hp. no nirrht, sessions on Tues-
the delegation had a meeting in which (jayj Wednesday or Thursday, the ball be
ing given up lor other purposes on tnose
TWO STONE BHIDGE3 DAMAGED.
Ktpns wfirps talcen towaras Dressing mei
candidacy of Reed with all possible spirit.
The Reed men are jubilant over the re
sults of a colored mass meeting at which
representatives from Florida,- Alabama
and South Carolina declared for Mr. Reed,
and practically 'withdrew -their names
from the McKinley column.' I
. It will interest the states that have con
tests before the national committee, as it
will ftlah interest those who hope for a
nights.-
Evidently an Attempt on the Part of In
surgent Sympathizers to Cut Off the
City's Water Supply Preparing? for an
Agrressivie Campaign, i --
Havana, June 15. This city "was startled
and alarmed Saturday night at 9 o'clock
by the noise of two successive explosions,
which shook the ground for a longdis
tance and was heard ; for several miles.
Consternation prevailed for a time,, as it
w.'is feared that this was a prelude ' to an
attack or to a series of similar explosions.
Excited throngs rushed to the. streets,
whlfe an arm?:! party proceeded in the di
rection from which the detonations had -b6en
heard. ;
It was soon found, that the stone bridges
of Cristina and Concha and the aqueduct
of Fernando Septo were the points that
had suffered from the dynamite. 1 The
bridges were partially destroyed, and the
pipes oh the aqueduct, upon which the
city is dependent for its water supply,
vere much damaged. It cannot yet be
stated.hOw extensive is the damage done,
or how long it will require to remedy it.
The windows in many houses in the
city were shattered by the reverberation
of the explosion, and sonie market struc
tures were also badly damaged. 1 i
! There is no doubt felt that the dynamite
which caused this wreck was placed by
agents of the insurgents. It has been their
determination, announced some time. ago,
to cut off the water supply of Havana, and
so serve to make it- as nearly uninhabita
ble as possible. ;-
The greatest apprehension is felt on ac
count of the secrecy and effectiveness with
which the insurgents have been able to
carry out the outrages. The night was
spent in fear and dread of immediate dan
ger. . These fears were largely dispersed
by the return of daylight- But much
anxiety Is felt as to the future. It is be
lieved that the insurgents are bent upon
investing Havana by cutting off as much
as possible the supply of necessities, if not
by actually besieging it. ,
n All fruits and vegetables and fresh
meats are unprecedentedly hgh priced
iin1 uilticult to. obtain, and milk is of the
! poorest, such as is brQti!t.Jia' beiri ppw-h
j adulterated before it is doled put. Much
; fever and smallpox has- broken o4t here,
and in" the unwholesome condition of af
fairs threaten.-; to become epidemic. Many
j are ' suffering from measles, and there is
much intestinal trouble among the inhab
itants, owing to poor and insufficient food.
The failure of the water supply under .
these conditions is a dire calamity.
It is the announced intention of the au
thorities to cobtinue the campaign against
the insurgents in spite of the unhealthy
rainy season having set in, and additional
troops are in the field in Pinar del Rio,
twith the . purpose of running down and
surrounding Antonio Maceo. .
It is evident, however, that the insur
gents themselves are preparing to enter1
upon a more aggressive plan of action,
and the gathering of insurgent forces in
Puerto Principe and Santa Clara is be
lieved to be a prelude to another raid west
ward in force by Maximo Gomez.' The
presence of this combined insurgent force
"in the neighborhood, and even in the out-'
skirts of Havana in the; next month, is a
condition that must probably be counted.
on. -. - ' :
sing,
able
Byron used a greatdeal of hair-df es-
but was very particular to have
only the best to be found in the market.
If Ayer's Hair Vijrar had been obtain-
then, doubtless he would have
disting-
teste;d it's merits, as so many
mshd and fashionable j people are do
ing now-a-days. . .
short convention, to know that thoM in
control of the con ventign have formulated
a plan whereby the numerous contests win . . . , M T Young
'tint, he onened aeain bv the convention or I Mew line aiesb gouu. iu. i . v 5
Sudden Ieath of Ex-Judge Maynard.
Albany, June 13. Ex-Judge Isaac H.
Maynard, former judge of the court of ap
peals and. ex-attorney general, died sud
denly in his room at thk Kenmore yester
day afternoon from heart trouble. He was
alone in his room and was sitting in a
chair at the time of his death. He had just
finished his luricheon and was apparently
in the best of health. Judge Maynard was
appointed to the court of appeals Jan. 19,
1893. As the Democratic nominee for
judge of the court of appeals two years
ago he ifras the objet of bitter opposition
on account of his ruling in a contested
election cae in the early part of his
have been unfair. He was defeated at the
polls. " : : , . :' ' '!'- '
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Eighty-five Jlmers Entombed, Three Dead
Taylop.Villp:, Ills., June 13. The Tay
lorville Coal Mining wors were destroyed
by fire yesterday and eighty-five men en
tombed alive. The fire,! which was caused
by an explosion of gasoline, spread rap
idly through the mine, cutting off the men
at work in the lower levels. Those res
cued were taken out through a shaft that
the -fire did not reach. The flames are
still raging below, and jhe bodies of the
three dead miners cannot be gotten put.
Twenty mules also perished.
Terrible Cyclone iin Mexico.
City op Mexico, June) 11. Details of a
cyclone which devastated the toYii of
Topac, state of Jalisco, iave just arrived.
It was accompanied by a water spout that
detacjied from the sides bf the mountains
enormous masses of rocjks, and earth and
mud was ! piled up in the - streets of
the town to a depth of eight fo3fc, and
in a number of cases to the level f thj
lower branches of trees,, in which the in
habittints had climbed to escape the inun
dation of water and mud. Three-fourths
of the town was utterly' destroyed. Thir
teen bodies have been taken out from un
der the mass of earth and more than
thirty persons are missing.