$1 A YEAR, CASH IN ADVANCE.
"LET ALL THE ESDS.THOD AIMS1 AT EE THY COUNTRY'S, THY GOD'S AMD TROTHS."
VOLUME XXVII.
WILSOX, N. C.,' JAX. 14, 1897.
BEST ADYERTISISG HED1DU.
NUMBER 2.
ai'KlNLKY'S CABINET.
HeHasNot Settled .Two ilost Important
According to the. best information
Mr. McKinley is having a great, deal
of trouble to fill the two most import
ant places in his cabinet the secre
taryships of State and Treasury.
There are three men from -among
whom he wants to fill there two
places. These are Sherman, Allison
and Dingley. All three are disinclin
ed to accept, and Mr. McKinley has
not been able to settle upon any one
else entirely satisfactory lor eithe r
place. v
Tenders have not been made and
declined by any ot these gentlemen,
but all three have been sounded di
rectly or indirectly, and it has been
found that all would prefer to retain
their present positions. Mr. Allison,
it is understood, will positively not
accept a Cabinet position. It re
mains to be seen whether the other
two can be induced to accept. Mr.
v
McKinley is represented as being
hopeful that both will agree to serve
the administration, but he is under
the necessity ot looking elsew.here, as
neither will agree to go into the cabi
net, except as a matter of party duty
Mr. McKinley has asked a num
berofmen to make suggestions for
. on
both the State and Treasury depart
ments and has indicated that he had
not been able to think of any one
so well suited as the three men he
has in contemplation.
,
I The idea of Mr. Hanna going into
!the Cabinet has been abandoned al
i
together, it is said. In addition to his
disinclination to take such a position
the consideration of his health enters
into the matter.
It is asserted oh the best of author
ity, though the fact is not generally
known, that Mr. Hanna has had two
or three attacks recently, which have
gi vea his friends great concern, He
has sutTered, it is said, on two or three
occasions recently, momentary col
lapse indicating an overstrain of his
constitution. His physicians hive
i . . .
iot been prepared to 'say that these
attacks were necessarily ot a serious
character as they might be the result
pf nothing worse than temporary ex
haustion, but at the same time the
matter has caused anxiety among his
friends Washington1 Star.
This made the vote four to five in fa
vor of the Democrats. After partici
pating in the vote for temporary
chairman, the Republicans refused to
vote except in case of the chaplain
when John M. C. Moore voted for
Rev. T. Revelle, who was elected.
Senator Hanby championed the
cause of the Republicans, but his col
leagues remained mute.
Before the ajournment, Senator
Alrichs filed a protest against the
right of Mr. Meredith to vote on tem
porary organization, but no action
was taken thereon.
After adjournment, the Republican
Senators held a conference in the
State House parlor, during which
Senators Hanby and Allee accused
Senator Fisher Pearce of treachery,
and of playing into the hands of the
Democrats. Pearce made ho de
fence. '
A HUMAN FIEND.
A GHASTLY SLIGHT.
WKYLKR AGAIN.
Five Persons Murdirerl -Without Canst
A Lynching Probable. '
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iudvoviuc, o, in 7 Dimon i
Cooper, the negro outlaw; it will be
remembered shot and killed another
negro by the name, of Davis and
wounded several others at Magnolia
a few days ago and for ;whom there
is a reward of $ioo offered by the
Governor, put in some more bloody
work this morning near Magnolia.
Cooper entered the house of Mr.
Ben Wilson this morning about sun
rise and demanded the j use of Mr.
Wilson's buggy which was refused.
This human monster then picked up
an axe and split Mr. Ben Wilson's
head wide open. He thtn made for
Mr. Wesley Wilson, the son, and
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murdered him in a like manner. Hw
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then murdered Mrs Wesley Wilson
with the same weapon, after which he
struck down a nero who had come
He left the
CURRITUCK .
TO CHEROKEE.
Results of .a Fight in a Dark ltoom of.
Drunken lluuxurians at ktChrtstenine- i
Scranton, Pa, January 8 Art
Hu ngarian Christening 'at Mayfield, J review op recent happenings
this county yesterday had the usual ' throughout the STATE. -
bloody ending Which attends these; . . V
festivals. As the result of a fight r
witn Knives, one man is dead, two
are dying and five others are badly
carved, Strong Ifquor flowed freely ;
at the Christening and soon many of
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tne men were mad with drink. , i
Seven of the participants in the j There, is a movement on foot
feastent to the h ouse of Lucetz Krut- j among the negroes to establish a cot
chas. 'Krutchas soon had to resent ton factory at Concord. About one
an insult to his wife and then, the halfot the capital stock has already
knives flashed out. Mrs. Krutchas been subscribed and it looks as if the
An ordinance has been adopted
requiring the Fayetteviile rum mills
to close at io o'clock t very night ex
cept Saturday when they may stay
open until 1 1.
"BUMP HOUSE. "
The Home Government Placing Renewed
Coiifidenre in Him Proposed Reforms
. for Cuba Great Morality Among the
Soldiers - '-
London, January 8 The Stand
ard's Madrid correspondent tele
graphs that bpite the criticisms of
the press. Captain General Weyler
has certainly regained tavor in offici
al circles, owing to the demonstra
tions made in his favor by the .'loyal
ists in Havana. Loyalist clubs have
cabled to the government that they
believe that General Weyler's ' policy
will pacify the island and urge that
he be retained in his command- The
government also seems to be satisfied
with General Weyler's dispatches
The correspondents say that the - gov-
ernrnent has already formulated de
crees granting reforms which will be
put into; effect as soon s Gen
eral Weyler announces the paci
fication of the provinces of Habaha
and Mardnzas and the security of
crops in half the island as assured. It
is understood that under the scheme
of reform 'all the services in the island
will be placed under the direction of
. . . . '1 ; ; ':
a council of administration, which is
about to be created, but everything
concerning the army and navy jus
tice, taxation and tariff will be re
tained by Spain: The Cuban and
Porto Rican deputies will continue to
sit in the cortes. The councils in
both Cuba and Porto Rico will be
consulted concerning the budgets and
taxation and their vjews will be sub-
mitted to the cortes.
The government expects that this
scheme will conciliate a majority of
the Cubans and improve the relations
with the United States. .
The Heraldo, as an instance of the
death rate anrj the sickness among
the soldiers in Cuba, says that a col
nmn of 4,000 men sent to the island
at the beginning of November num
bered only 700 men at theend of that
month. Many others columns show
similar losses from death and sickness.
if A Pretty Mm In Deleware,
Dover, Del., Jan. '5 The Dela
ware Legislature was organized to
day with much confusion and turmoil.
The seven Kent county Republicans
against whose seat the Court of Er
rors and Appeals yesterday decided,
jwere denied recognition, and after
ruitless protest the Republicans left
he hall and orcranized a "RuniD"
iT3 l
:ouse at. the. Hotel Kichardson.
here they elecie'd Dr. T.'.C. Moore
Speaker, and Charles Hastings Clerk
After notifying the Senate that they
were ready to receive any corhmuni-
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ation from that body and receiving
ho reply the body then adjourned to
meet next Friday afternoon.
The Kent countians were led by
Dr. George W. Marshall, chairman
f .the Republican county committee,
ho vainly appealed to the Speaker
nd clerk of the regular House to ac
ept their credentials. When they
ippealedto'the Republicans to retire
rom the hall and organize another.
ody, Senators Pearce aad John Mc-
loore refused to do so, although it is
tharged to-night thatthey had agreed
p do so in case Senator J. Frank
Allee.of Kent was not rcognized.
I The' Senate was organized by the
rm l5' 0imuei .v iviereaitn, Hargrave the hustler, .has Jntro-
noseseat was m dispute, being al-. Hnred a .new -cash system- which
lOWed lO VOte whilp Allf wac tint. ' ic nrnvintr nnltf nonular.
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up on hearing the noise.
axe sticking in the negro: s heaq.
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Soon afterward the telegraph wires
began to hum with a full account of
the bloody and shocking tragedy.
As soon as the news reached Sumter
the Sheriff prganizeo a tposse of men
chartered a special car-, and came
over to - Mayesville, where reinforce
ments from this town and surround
ing country awaiting hts command
Soon word reached thejsherift here
that Simon Cooper had been seen
within two miles of j Sumter in a bug
gy, wrapped in a quilt, with another
negro driving him. 1 The sherift then
"divided the volunteers J into several
posses and sent them oiit in different
directions, while he with ' severa
others, returned to Sumtenon a spec
ial train. Several persons who came
to Mayesville during the day report
ed that they had met a buggy on the
road, and that some one was in the
buggy wrapped up in a quilt, and"
one person, the driver of the venicle,
said that the perscut so wrapped up
was his wife, and that she was sick
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and that he was taking her to the
doctor. . 1
At a late hour "this evening the
driver ot the vehicle was captured and
brought to Mayesville. The fellow
proved to be a young negro by the
name of Boyle. The quilt was' in the
buggy and proved to be; the proper
ty ol Mr. Wesley Wilson, one- of the
murdered men. Boyle is locked up
herein the guardhouse and will be
taken to Sumter jail. .The coroner
went over to the scene of the terrible
tragedy to-day and held an inquest
over the. dead bodies. ; .
dashed out the light and fled from
the rooms. A fearful' fight followed
in the dark. The drinh-maddened
men cut and stabbed each other and
rolled together upon the floor . in
project would rt-ally succeed. This
enterprising spirit is commendable
and should be suppcrted.
. Near Roanoke isjand a short time
ago a reliable gentleman informs ns
deadly grapple. Finally a constable- that he Saw'a flock of beautiful white
and a posse broke into the house and j Swans nearly five miles lone. They
when a light was had a ghastly pic" flew well together and kept far out
ture; was presented. The furniture into tbe sound; It is verv rare lo
was battered and broken and blood see these birds in ,uch large numbers,
was everywhere and stretched on the ; ,nH tH(a (:pn;,pmpn tu,,.ut ;t mMtLf
(floor .were eight apparently dead and
dying men, groaning and cursing.
A physician was hastily' summon
ed. Krutchas was so terribly cut
that he died, in "a short while. The
injuries of the other men sfjow the
savage ' nature of 'the fight. Peter
Guzy was cut over the heart and left
hand severed at, the wrist, will die,
Wazyl Zubi, stabbed in the back lung
pierced and chunk of meat cut from
shoulder; will probably die, John
Tu'rpaknoe, ear cut oft and numerous
slashes on shoulder and back, Paul
Pawaik, face and arms slashed, John
Nester, face head, and breast badly
cut. Micheal Oleaniz, stabbed in
the face and back, Andrew Telep;
stabs and arm broken. Th:se men
are under guaid in the hospital and
an investigation of the aftair is being
made.
j The latest big windfall has struck
the Himelberger family of Reading,
Pa.,, and the remarkable thing about
it is that it came from North Carolina
from an old fellow who saved up be
tween $3,000,000 and $4,000,000,
died and left it all to the Himelber
gers. The only unlikely thing about
this is that men with that much mon
ey are rarely in the habit of living or
dying In North Carolina. Star.
The lynchings last year numbered
according to the Chicago Tribune,
131, of which 107 were in the South
and 24 in other parts of the country.
The number of negroes lynched was
80, and of white men 5 1. Star.
To Al)olisli Ilanginar.
Washington, Jan. 5 The Senate-
passed the House bill abolishing the
death penalty in number of cases.
7"he measure is in the line of recent
State la ws abolishing capital punish
Tnent and applies the same principles
to Federal offices-, although the
change is not extended to total aboli
tion of the death penalty . The pres
ent laws which have come down from
Colonial times, have a sanguinary as
pect and prescribe death for sixty of
fenses of various character. The bill
1 passed to-day reduces these offenses
The Wilsons were white people ofto five, j viz., treason rape, murder,
high standing in the community and , anfj two offenses applicable; to the ar
their untimely death is deplored by . my ancj navy. In all other offenses
all who . knew them, Mr. Ben Wil- hard labor for life is substituted as the
son was an old man, about eighty maximum punish merit, and even in
years ot age, his son yv esiey was cases Qf murder or rape hard labor
1
may be substituted if the jury states
in its verdict, "without capital punish
ment.'' As the bill has passed the
about forty. Mrs. I Wilson was about
thirty-five. Two poor little innocent
children have been left orphans on
account of the terrible deed, of the
monster Simon Cooper. 1
Up to this hour! Cooper has not
been captured but it is almost impos
sible for him to escape as; the country
js being scoured in ever f direction
for him and if captured ; we' predict
that his fate will be a terrible one.
Cooper got out ol the buggy near
Sumter,butf it is believed he did not
enter the town, and that he has gone
in the direction of Mechanicsville
where he has an uncle living. When
he got out of the buggy, so
Boyle says he told the driver that
he expected to go back to Magnolia
tonight and flood the town with
blood.
Tie f ae-
tiails
st :
House after a long crusade 'by Rep
resentative Curtis, of New York, and
is amended but slightly by the Sen
ate, it is likely to go to the President
when the minor disagreements are arranged.
San 'Francisco will soon, have the
most capacious wine tank in . the
world. There is ont in Toledo, O.,
which will hold. 54,000 gallons, and
one in Germany which holds 50,000,
but this one in San Francisco will
hold 80,000 gallons. Star.
"Old,, yet ever new, and simple and
cold weather ahead Ex.
Winston, N. C . January 5 The
Yadkin Falls Manufacturing Compa
ny, owners of a large cotton mill at
Yadkin Falls, Stanley county, N. C.
has gone into the hands of N. !B. Mc
Canless, receiver, The stock is
largely owned by Silisbury people.
The failure was due to theinability of
creditors to realize on their stock.
A company has been organized to
buy the narrow guage Chester and
Lenoir rail road in the. Western part
of the State. New stock w;ll be is
sued and the new company has ar
ranged to sell 450,000 worth of
bonds with which to .settle all claims
against the old corporation and build
and equip the missing lfnk in the
road between Newton and Hickory.
.
In Beaver Dam township, there is
a sensation. The cause is the rather
peculiar action of several wells. Since
the December snow three wells in
the same neighborhood have gone to
boiling. All over the bottom of the
welis the water boils and bubbles like'
a pot, and there is an accompanying
singing noise that can be heard some
distance away. Greenville Reflector.
In 1863 the, federal authorities de-;
stroyed fifty-five bales of cotton, the'
property of John D. Thome, of Lit
tleton. We are pleased to note that
Senator Mariorj Butler has introduced
a bill' in the United' States Senate
for Mr. Thome's relief, providing for
the pay ment of 12,800 for the burn
ing of said cotton, This is 9ne of
Senator Butlers acts thaCall the peo-
pie , of Halifax county will heartily ap
prove. Weldon News.'
In strange form indeed does death
come when life goes out in laughter,
but in such manner, we are informed,
death came last Saturday to Mr. Dan
Siftord. He was at thj& store of Mr. .
Wilt Thompson, in Stanle)' Creek.
Of a social disposition he was enjoy
ing conversation and companionship
with lriends and neighbors who
chanced to be there also. He threw
his head back in laughter at him,
when it was, noticed that he kept on
backward , and fell over dead. He
was a gobd citizen and was well known
over the county. He used to run a
ferry not far below Mountain Island
-Gsstonia Gazette.
At Richmond, .Va., Monday, while
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beautiful ever," sinus the poet, in Paul Davis, negro, was being conveyed
words which might well apply to from) Henrico county jail to the court
Ayerrs Sarsaparillathe most efficient house to be tried for criminal assault
and scientific blood-purifier ever offer- J on Cora Twitchell, a white girl, the
ed to suffering humanity. - Nothing'but ( father of the girl, C. A. Twitchell, shot '
superior merit keeps it so long to the the negro, inflicting a wound which -front.
" . : may prove fatal.