$l A YEAR CASH IH ADYAHCE.
"LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AIMS' ' AT BE THY COUNTRY'S, THY GQD'S AS D TRUTHS."
BEST ADYERTISIH& MEDIUM.
VOLUME XXVII.
WILSON, N. C, DECEMBER 16, 1897.
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.NTJMBER 49.
DIRECTORY.
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WYc'nesday 22.
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Fiiay 24
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IIU'AKIUKKOFTRAINS.
LOCAL, trains:
v R.Mmd. . S. Eound.
Between Florence and Weldon.
o 7S. No. 23
2 ... p. M. Leaves Wilso'n 2:20 P. M
Between Wilmington and Norfolk:
No 48 No- 49-
i':55 V. M. Leaves Wilson, 2:37 P. M.
Between Goldsboro and Norfolk,
v., N' 103.
5:41 AM. Leaves Wilson 7:17 PM.
"Shoo Kly" Wilmington to Rocky Mt:
No 40. No. 41.
10:20 P- M. Leaves Wilson, 6:15 A.M.
THROUGH TRAINS.
Between Florence and Weldon:
No. 32. V No- 35-
12-22 A. M. Leaves Wilson, 11:06 P M
. ' COOSrY OFKICKK.
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS:
R. S 'Clark, Chairman.
Shade Kelton, . H. Newsom
J C. Hadley. Isaac Felton.
W.J. Cherry, Sheriff, I
J. i). Bakdin, Clerk of Superior Court.
J H Griffin, Register of I ee 's,
S. H.Tyson, Treasurer,
Wm. Harriss, Coroner,
J. T. Revel. Surveyor.
j. M.
town ofmckics.
aldermen:
J. A. Clark,
Or A Anderson,
Geo. Hacknhy,
J. T. Ellis.
1 st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Ward
P. R, Deans, Mayor;
Jno-. R. Moore, Town Clerk;
W. E. Deans, Collector.
police:
W. P. Snakenberg, Chief.
Ej hriam Harrell, Frank Felton
James Marshbourne.
D. P. Christman, St. Commissioner.
HUK HKS. -
St. Timothy's Episcopal church,
Services: Sundays at. 11 a. m., lay
reading. Sunday School at 3 p. m.
Methodist Church, Rev. J. B. Hurle
Pastor; services t 11 a. m. and 7:30
p.m. Sunday School, 5 p. ni-.J-r1
Bruton, SupL; Prayer meeting Wed
nesday night at 7:30.
Christian Church, Rev. B. H. Melton
1
Pastor; services every Sunday, nam.
7:00 p m.'. Prayer meeting Wednesday
niht. Sunday School at 9:30 o'clock.
a. 111., Geo. Hackney, Supt.
Presbyterian Church, Rev. James
Thomas, Pastor; services on the First,
Third and Fourth Sunday in every.
month and at Louisburg Second Sun
day. Services at n a. m. and 8:30 p.
in. Sunday School at 5 o'clock, p. nr.
Baptist Church, service as follows
Preaching Sunday morning at 11:00
o'clock and 8 p. m. Rev. W. H. Redisb
1'astor. t'rayer meeting weonesuuj
evening at 8 o'clock. Sunday School
at 5 p. nr., D. S. Boykin Supt
Primitive Baptist Church, preaching
on 2 d Sunday b Elder las. Bass; on
3rd Sunday by Elder Jas S. Woodard;
on the 4th Sunday and Saturday before
by the pastor, Elder P. IX Gold. Ser
vices begin at 11 a. m.
1.0 1 tt:.
Regular meetings of Mt. Lebanon
Lodge No. 117 A. F. & A. M. are held
in their hall, corner of Nash and Golds
boro streets on the 1st and 3rd Monday
nights at 7:3oo'clock p. m. each month
C. E. Moore, W. M
Regular meetings of Mt. Lebanon
Chapter No 27 are held in the Masonic
Hall every 2nd Monday night at 7:30
o'clock p. m. each month.
W. H.Applewhite, H. P.
Regular 1 meetings of Mt. .'Lebanon
Coni'niandftry No. 7 are held in the
Masonic hll every 4th Monday mghi
at 7:30 o'clbck each month.
R. S. Barnes. E. C
Regular meetings of Wilson Lodge
K. of H. No. 1694 are held in their hall
over the 1st National Bank every 1st
Thursday, evening at 3:3oo'cIot:k, p. m
B. F. Briggs, Director.
Regular meetings of Contentnea
1-odire. No. 87. K. of 'P.. are held in
Odd Fellows' Hall every Thursday
night. Visiting members always wel
come.
Regular meetings of Enterprise
odge, No. 44, are held every Frday-
night in Odd Fellows' Hall.
The Venerable Lady's End Was
. Painless and Peaceful.
THE FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS.
The Final Services Will Take Place
lu the C'liUBCh of Which the Presi
dent and JIls Mother Have Long
Been Members. -
, Canton; CC Dec. 13. Mrs. NanrJ Al
ison MeKinley. the agd mother of the
president, died shortlf after 2 o'dlock
yesterday mcrning. Almost two weeks
had elapsed since the stroke of paraly
sis, which was at once pronounced fa
tal, and the wonderful vitality which
had kept death at bay so long had
deluded the friends and relatives into
the belief that the aged woman might
peihaps recover, despite the verdict of
her physician. But unmistakable signs
of approaching dissolution were seen
early Saturday morning, and at night-
ran it was evident that death must
c6me before morning.
The demise of Mrs. MeKinley was
painless and peaceful. All night long
the members of the family were watch
ing and waiting for the time of disso
lution. From 11 o'clock until the time
of death the MeKinley house was quiet
and shrouded in a stillness that was
uBEfMivB 01 me mourntul scenes
that were within the walls.
Around the deathbed when the final
scene was enacted were President Me
Kinley and his wife, Mr. Abner Me
Kinley, airs. Dun-an and Miss Helen
MeKinley, children of the aged woman.
The aged sister was there, Mrs. Abigail
Osborne, the only one of the Allison
family now living. Mrs. Bowman, of
Loraine: Misses Grace and Mabel Mc
Klnley, James MeKinley, Miss Duncan
and Jack Duncan, grandchildren, were
in the party that witnessed the last
scene in the gentle life. The president
and his wife remained at the bedside
for. an hour after the end, but by 4
o'clock every member of the family
had retired.
Funeral services over the remains of
Mrs. 'MeKinley will be held in the First
M, E. church of this city at 1 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon. Interment will
follow in West Lawn cemetery, just
west of the city, and tomorrow even
ing President MeKinley and wife, and
officials from Washington who attend
the funeral, will leave for the capital,
reaching there about noon Wednesday,
Pallbearers have been selected from
among the older members of the
church, and those who for years have
been close neighbors of the deceased.
They .are: Judge. '."William R. Day,
Hon. William A. Lynch, Former Mayor
R, A. Cassidy, L. L. Miller, W. W,
Clark, Judge T. J. McCarty, Davis Zol-
lars and Former Mayor John F. Blake.
The First Methodist church, in which
the services are to be held, is the one in
which Mother MeKinley worshipped
during her residence in Canton, and in
which she was found almost every Sun
day morning, only serious indisposi
tlon or important circumstances keep
ing her away. Three weeks ago she
was In her pew as usual, and though
she was nearly 89 years of age, her at
tendance had been regular alt the while
This is also the congregation with
which the President has always been
associated. It was in this church that
he was superintendent of the Sunday
school, 30 years ago, and here, that
he always attended services when in
Canton, usually going with his mother.
They last attended together in Sep
terober, wh"n the president was here
during his summer vacation. The pres
ident Is a member of the board oi
trustees of the church.
At- daylight yesterday morning, at the
suggestion1 of some of the older mem
bers of the congregation that an old
time custom now almost obsolete be
observed to publicly announce the
death, the be 1 in the tower of the
church slowly tolled off the years of hei
ape.. ' "
THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY.
BUI For Its Kstab! Ishnient Introduced
la Both Hi-aiiclK's nf Cnncrpss.
Washington, Dec. 13. The bill to es
tablish the University of the United
States was ajrain 'introduced in both
houses' of -congress today. The bill in
general terms .provides for an institu
tion of the highest possible type, for the
graduates of accredited colleges and
universities only, wkh special reference
to the work of original research and
investigation in all important fields of
inquiry. The government is vested in
a board of regents and a university
council. The board of regents em
braces the president of the United
States, the I chief justice of the United
States, ' the I commissioner of education,
the secretary of the Smithsonian in
stitution, the president of the National
Academy of Sciences, the president of.
the National Educational association,
the president of the university and nine
other citizens to be appointed by the
president, by and w ith the advice and
-consent of the senate, no two of whom
shall be from the same state.
Neither sectarif nor political pref
erences in any form are to be allowed,
whether in the appointments or in any
of the operations of the institution.
Congress i3 now asked for but enough
me,ans to enable the beard of regents
t organize and practically inaugurate
the institution.
The present .bill is the outgrowth of
more than a hundred years of agita
tion. The thought of a national uni
versity first came to Washington while
commanding the revolutionary army.
Subsequently, as president, he repeat
edly urged its establishment, and in his
last will and testament left $25,000 in
stocks as a first endowment, the in
terest to be compounded.'" Had congress
fostered the plan this sum would now
be nearly $5,000,000.
r
Tuesday, Dec. 7.
A bill Introduced in .congress by Mr.
Adamron, of Georgia, proposes to make
every postoflice a money order office.
E'lward W. -Quinby and wife and
Mrs Annie Fitzsimmons are dead from
drinking wood alcohol at Exeter, N. H.
Four members of the Jennings gang
of outlaws, including the Jennings
brothers, were captured near Muskogee,
I. T. : -
SecretaFy Gage's estimates for the
next year call for $462,647,885, which is
about $32,000,000 in excess of that for
1898. The postal deficiencv is estimatri
at $0,048,112.
Wednesday, Dee. 8.
Miss Bradley, daughter of Kentucky's
governor, will- christen the battleship
Kentucky.
Czech soldiers at Prague refused to
obey orders, and received the rioting
mob wLh cheers.
China has yielded to the German de
mands, which do not include the oc
cupation of Kiao-Chau.
A mass meeting will be held in Chi
cago next Monday night to consider
the Salvation Army' poor farms plan.
A fanatical mob of 20,000 sacked the
Jewish quarters at Bucharest, Rou-
mania. Severe fighting took place be
tween the mob and the police.
Abram Uber, who killed Hans Ander
son at Gardnerville, Nev, last week,
was taken from the Genoa jail yester
day, stripped of his clothing and hang
ed by a mob.
Thursday, Tec O.
The cultivation of. grain being more
profitable, Bohemia next year will cur
tail her beet sugar area.
Frank M. Duly, of Chicago, is ac
cused of proposing an elopement while
standing beside his wife's coffin.
Secretary Gage is preparing a finan
cial bill which will be submitted to the
house banking eommittee in about a
week.
- Residents of the Kankakee valley,
Ind., ae considering the advisability of
erecting beet sugar refineries in that
locality.
Cattarina Monreala, who was married
by proxy in Sicily to Bartolo Carapezra,
of Brooklyn, was allowed to land at the
barge office.. .
" .Friday, Doc. IO.
Hereafter all new revenue cutters will
be named after tribes of Indians.
The Georgia legislature failed to pass
the anti-football bill over Qovernor At
kinson's veto.
It is officially announced that the
Cuban insurgents have captured the
seaport town of Caimanera.
The house foreign affairs committee
has decided ,to report at once the bill
to prevent pelagic sealing by Ameri
cans.
Rear Admiral Joseph F. Green, U. S.
N. (retired), died at his home at Brook-
line, Mass., last night from a compli
cation of diseases.
Otillia Kunder, 21 years old, is under
arrest at Rochester, N. x., charged
with murdering her mother and at-
mm in c
Adjournment For tha Holiday Eecess
on Saturday Next.
WAE AGAINST THE CIVIL SEEVI0E
It Is Believed the Contest Will Be
Formal ly'Inansuratcd This Week In
the Debate Over the Appropriation
For the Commission. ,
Washington, Dec. 13. If the present
program is carried out congress will
adjourn for the holiday : recess next
Saturday. The week Jn the house
promises to be made memorable by. the
formal inauguration of, the war against
the civil service law. The. executive,
legislative and judicial appropriation
bill, which will be taken up tomorrow,
contains the regular appropriations or
the civil service commission, and
whether or not all the members who
favor the repeal or modification of the
law unite to stick doWn the provision
for its maintenance as the' quickest
and most direct method of crippling its
operation, undoubtedly sOme will ad
vocate this course and the Whole civil
service question will -be dragged into
the arena of debate. How long this
debate will last it is impossible to pre
dict, but as this is the only item in " the
bill which attracts niuch of a contest
Chairman Gannon hopes and believes
the bill can be passed before Saturday.
Today Chairman Hitt, Of the foreign
affairs committee, will! again seek to
secure the passage of the bill to pro
hibit pelagic sealing by the citizens of
the United States. TherSf; is s6me very
strong opposition to thi passage of
this measure m its present form, and
the whole question of thte Bering sea
negotiations may be precipitated. Mr.
Hopkins, of Illinois, and othr mem
bers favor a limitation on the period
of operation of the act, if it is to be
passed, so that In case Great ' Britain
refuses to similarly restrict her citi
zens our citizens may not be placed
at a disadvantage. Others, like Mr.
Johnson, of North Dakota, think that
extinguishment of the seal herds .in the
near future is certain, and are not dis
posed to favor any legislation looking
to their preservation.
The work of the senate so far as it
has been mapped out for -the week in
cludes the consideration of the immi
gration bill, which Stands on the cal
endar as the unfinished business, the
probable debate of -the census bill and
the pronouncing of eulogies upon the
late Representative Holrhan, of Indi
ana. - " .
The general pinion among friends of
the measure is that there will be no
very strenuous opposition to the im
migration bill, and that it may be
passed j after a brief debate. When a
similar bill was before the senate last
session it had its principal opponent
in Senator iiibson, -of W'HTyla.ndt Unl
as he has retired from the senate the
tempting to kill her brother, by poison, 4 friends of the bill are hopeful that no
for his life insurance.
Saturday. Dec. 11.
Thousands of Cuban refugees are said
to be starving in New York . city.
A curfew order has been made by a
Mount Vernon (N. Y.) judge for the
benefit of a wayward girl.
"Secretary Long has ordered an in
quiry into the cause of the frequent
fires in the bunkers of naval vessels.
Friends of Dreyfus, the exiled French
army officer, are said to have received
from London documents of great im
portance.
Horses drawing a f-unerai carriage
ran away in Allegheny. The driver was
fatally injured, and the five persons
in the carriage badly hurt. .
-day, Dec. 13.
' Jtosidents ;liffside, N. J., complain
thfit outxagt :ave been committed by
rovhs unchi'c d by the authorities.
lur. Rebeeci. Carlton," an elderly
woman, was murdered in her home at
Denton's Valley, Pa., by an unknown
assassin. .
The drop in the price of wheat will
reduce the profits of Joseph Leiter and
his associates in Chicago to $1,000,000
instead of $3,000,000.
John Riegel, of Detroit, Mich., in
jured in a collision on the Oakland
Electric railway last Saturday, has
Tied. making four deaths resulting
from the accident.
have the bill be-
it over the presi
POST OFFICE HOURS.
, Office opens 8 a m. and closes at sunset
D.-iv m:iil i-liwci fnr North at I D. m.
' West " 1 p.m.
" South "1.30p.m.
M;;ht-.niails for all points close at 9 p.m.
GET YOUR
Tiudlili Gives It Up.
Rome, Dec. 13. An official note an
nounces that the Marquis di Rudini,
having so far failed to form a cabinet,
visited King Humbert at 11 o'clock last
right to acquaint his majesty with the
I site of affairs. -
A genuine ghost-story has yet to be Ariotl.'er official mentioned $1,000 as the
attestea , nut 1101 u gtuuniv
REGISTERED MAIL STOLEN.
A Sum Which May Reach $100,000
Disappears En Route,
New York, Dec. 11. It was learned
yesterday that one of the biggest rob
beries in the histprv.of the New York
postoflice occurred on Nov. 9. The
amount involved is said to be in the
neighborhood of $100,000, and was taken.
from registered letters in the railway
mail service on that section of the
Central Railway of New Jersey known
as the New York, Somerville and Eas
ton branch. On Nov. 9 it is stated that
two bags containing $30,000 were taken.
How long the defalcations had gone on
before that date has not yet been as
certained. Major Charles F. Lewis, of
the Philadelphia branch of the govern
ment secret service, is in this city in
vestigating the robbery, which has been
kept secret until now by the postal
authorities.
The first intimation of the robbery
which the authorities received was
about "a month ago, when inquiries were
made concerning registered mail sent
from Philadelphia. A number of secret
service men were at- once put on the
case and thev have been at work in
all the territory between Jersey City
and Philadelphia since then.
Just what they have discovered it
has been impossible to learn, and the
postoflice authorities are particularly
reticent about the robbery, and beyond
admitting that it has occurred refuse
to give any direct information. A num
ber of registered letters, have been
stolen, that- is certain, but the actual-
amount they contained is not known.
It is said thati the principal j losers are
banks in fhe cities of ; Newark, Eliza
beth and Plairifield.
Inspector Lewis, when seed in Jersey
City, said the total loss, iwhiie not
known, exactlyj would be less than $300!
one can be found whd Will feel called
upon to champion the Opposition. They
remember, however, that when it was
necessary in order to
come a law to pass
dent's veto the two-tnirds vote requisite
for that purpose could not be secured
Hence, while they are hopeful of the
speedy and .favorable consideration of
the bill, they realize the possibility
of delay -on account of opposing speech
es. There appears to be no reason to
doubt that when the vote shall be
reached the bill will pass". :- .
By special arrangement between Sen
ators Carter and Lodge, in charge, re
spectively, of the two bills, the immi
gration bill will be temporarily dis
placed toworrow In order to give Mr,
Carter an opportunity to call up the
bill providing for the next census
When this agreement was made Sena
tor Carter expressed the opinion' that
very brief debate would be necessary
to get the bill through, but there are
now some indications that the civil
service question will he raised in this
connection, and if it should a prolonged
debate may be Inaugurated.
The friends of ' annexation on the
committee on foreign relations are now
expected to ask the senate to take up
the treaty during the week,- though
quite well aware of . the impossibility
of securing final action before the holi
days. They are decided also upon
taking the treaty up as such, instead
of attempting to secure legislation on a
joint resolution. They may postpone
their request for .consideration until
January.
HIS PRlTIffi
AT THE AP VANCE OFFICE. Fair,
purifier. Over and over again it has
been proved that Ayer's ' Saraparilla
stands alone among medicine:; as the
most reliable tonic-alterative in phar-
"In a minute" one dose of Hart's
Essence of Ginger will relieve any
ordinary case ol Colic, Cramps or Nau
sea. An unexcelled remedy for Diar
rhoea, Cholera Morbus. Summer com-
ZAN0LI, ALLEGED POISONER.
t .
Prisoner Aids the Police In Clearing
Up Details. -
New York, Dec. 13. Charles Zanoli
w'ho is suspecte.d of having killed four
of -his wives and three other persons
(or the purpose of collecting insurance
money on their lives, is still a: prisoner
at police headquarters..' He- continues
his prqtestations. of innocence of foul
deeds. Zanoli expresses 'himself as be
ing more than . ready to help the de
tectives toward , the solution of all
doubtful questions, 'and Chief Detective
McClusky acknowledges that, the pris
oner has been of great assistance to
him in clearing up some pt the details
of the investigation--which might have
cost much time and trouble... "
The police have learned that - the
young, woman' who had been selected
by Zanoli as his fifth wife, just before
his arrest on - Thursday last, is" Bar
bara Hofner, 25 years old, a resident of
Brooklyn. She had' answered an ad
vertisement of Zanoli under the -riame
of C. Wagner. . t ,
Zanoli has at least a smattering
knowledge of things medical, which he
gained in his apprenticeship for-; the
trade of barber in Germany. It is possi
ble, Chief McClosky things, that he may
be possessed of the same , general
knowledge of deadly drugs.
Zanoli did not make awav with the
-
child Lena Werner, daughter of one
of the prisoner'-si dead wives. The girl
is now in Cermany with her father's
relatives.
The body of Jennie Schlessinger, the
fourth wife, will be exhumed today.
To Knisp Uallroaders' WHsre.
Hazleton, Pa., Dec. 13. Lehish Valley
railroad hands are happy over the re
port sent along the line that their
wages will be raised 15 cents per day.
The raise, it is said, will commence ori
the first of the new year.
Workers of the North and South
Pitted Against Each Other. -
S0UTHEENEES WORK CHEAPER.
GENEEAL . SOUTHERN NEWS.
Atlanta, Dec. 8. Governor Atkinson
yesterday afternoon vetoed the anti
football bill. He sent a message to
the house stating that he vetoed the
measureas he thought the question
of whetffer college boys should- play
football should be left with the facul
ties of the various -institutions. -. It Is
possible that an effort will J be made
to pass the bill over, the governor's
veto, but it is not at all likely such an
effort would succeed. ;
Charleston, W. Va., Dec. 13. The no
torious Redden brothers, who for a
number of years have been operating
an illicit distibery in Raleigh county.
were captured yesterday by United
States Marshal Dan Cunningham and
their distillery confiscated. The officers
have long been engaged In a search
for - the base of the Redden brothers'
operations. The Reddens have fre
quently been indicted, but up to date
had been successful In evading punish
ment.
Norfolk; Va., Dec: 9. Judge Prentis
has rendered a decision in the case of f only for the Fall River print mills, but
the Norfolk Virginian and other daily for all the cotton mills both there and
newspapers against the city of Nor- throughout the state, and to a certain
folk -in which the. plaintiffs sue , for
permanent injunction restraining the
city from collecting a special tax upon
newspapers. Judge Prentis makes the
temporary injunction perpetual, on the
ground .that this city cannot levy a
tax which the state does not impose.
The case will be taken up to the court
of appeals. .
Petersburg, . Va.", Dec. 7. Dr. D. . T.
Rowland, one of the most prominent
physicians of Prince George county, ac
cidentally shot himself today and. his
wound will in all likelihood prove fatal.
He was driving along the road in his
buggy with his gun by his side, when
by some means, the reins got entangled
in the trigger of the gun and caused its
dischargej. The load entered under the
armpit of the left arm, tearing - the
flesh away in a ghastly manner. Some
of the shot entered his lungs.
Danville,' Va., Dec. 10. Ritter Wright,
colored, was confined in Pittsylvania
county jail today, charged witn 'mur
dering Lizzie Anderson, colored, and
attempting to conceal his crime by
burning the body in the hpuse in which'
he had left it. The body was set on
fire and the house locked, but the, fire
was discovered by passers by and ex
tinguished, but the woman was already
dead, having been choked to death be
fore. The coroner's jury rendered a
verdict in accordance with these facts.
The murder occurred near Pullen's, a
baekwood postofnee, in the northern
part of the county.
Atlanta, Dec.: 7. Because the man
agement .of the Fult,on bag and cotton
mills refused to accede to the demands
of the grievance committee of their
employes a large number of them walk
ed out yesterday, and a strike was' de
clared. The committee demanded that
one of the men who had been dis
charged and replaced by. a man who
worked for Jess be reinstated at his
former salary of $1 a day. The man
agement offered to put the discharged
one back at reduced wages. The com
mittee refused to consider this, and the
strike was declared. The strikers claim
that 500 of them have quit work, while
the company claims that only 150 left
their work.
f
Alexander, Va., Dec. 10. The Alex
ander. interests involved in the. laying
down of the boundary -line between
Maryland and Virginia upon the Po
tomac river will be carefully guarded.
-The survey on the river -will adjust and
lay down with exactitude the line be
tween Virginia and the District of Co
lumbia, which is identical with the
boundaries of Alexandria and Fairfax
counties and the District. That the
river is the boundary has long been set
tled," but the running of lines across
indentations are "from headland to
headland" offers the probability of a
difference of opinion
The Treasurer of a. Fall' River Mill
Regards the Proposed Cnt la Wacres
In: Fall River as the IJetrlnnlng of a
Serious Time' For All Now England.
Boston, Dec 10. Although Boston is
the center o the cotton mill business
of New England, the men prominently
connected with the trade would have
little to say conreruiiiK uie ai-iiuu ul
the Fall River manufacturers, in voting
to reduce waees beginning Jan. 1. The
treasurer of urne of the Fall River
mills, who was willing to discuss the
matter, said he regarded .this cut as
the beginning of a serious time, not
extent throughout New England. The
key to the whole situation, he said, is
the relative cheapness of southern la
bor. Which could not be better shown
than bv the fact that It. costs a mill
in Gerogia or North Carolina 31 cents
to produce a pound of material and in
New England 6 cents. .
With this fact in mind it is evident
that a cut of 10 per cent is not going
to help matters." much, and the only
thing that will do any good at present
will be aVadical cut of 20 or 25 per cent.
This would Inevitably bring on a strike.
but with a cut of 10 or 11 per cent, he
said, there would be , little likelihood
of a strike, as the operatives are well
acquainted ' with the conditions, and
know that a reduction of some kind is
necessary. Even this would still leave
a difference of about 25 per cent 'in the
cost of labor in favor of the southern
mills, too great a difference to struggle
against successfully.
In the first place, says the treasurer,
the southern mills have every natural
advantage. They have cheaper cotton
and less burdensome taxation. Some
of the big mills in Fall River, for in
stance,, have a yearly payment of $10,-
00Q, $15,000 and even $20,000 in taxes to
make, whereas in Georgia and North
Carolina the mills are in many in
stances completely exempted from tax
ation for 10 or 12 years.
It is in labor, however, that the great
difference lies, according to the official
quoted, for the labor in the 'south is
as good as it Is here, and taken as a
whole. Is about 33 per cent cheaper
The laborers have had about ten years'
training in mills started by experienced
cotton" manufacturers and run under
their supervision, and the operatives
there tend as many machines and turn
out as good work as . would operatives
in the best New England mills
-Another great advantage of. the south-
Tern mills is not being hampered by
legislation. In Massachusetts the houFs
of labor are limited to 58 a week, while
in the south they are unlimited. This
difference of Itself is enough to work
heavily against the New England mills.
and this fact is plainly shown by. the
fact that from the mills of Maine, New
Hampshire and other New England
states where they have a 60 hour law
there has been no complaint, while the
Fall River mills have been suffering so
severely. The . only hope for the New
England mills, according to the speak
er, is -either In the improvement -in the
print cloth market or in a general even
ing up of conditions between the north
and the south.
Singers, public speakers, actor?, auc
tioneers, teachers, preachers, and-nll
who are liable to over-tax and. irfitate
t 'e' vocal organs, find, in Ayer's Cher
ry Pector;-l, a safe, certain and speedy
relief. A .timely dose of this prepara-
There has been tion has prevented many a throat trnu-
liaiaiiii w
1
macy.
It stood alone at the World's plaints and all internaltpains. Sold by
B. YV. Hargr.ave.
The fac
simile denature
Of
l3W
every
some claim that Alexander's Island, on
which Jackson City and the upper race
track there, is situated, is in the Dis
trict of Columbia, and questions arise
also as to whether fisheries within
roves, etc., on the Virginia side are not
exempt from the jurisdiction of the
District authorities. The supreme court
of the District, fn the canal bridge case,
asserted jurisdiction to hish water
mark, on the Virginia shore, and the
District also claims a joint control of
all boats in Alexander harbor not' moor
ed t,o the shore. All there yestions will
be settled by the commission and sur
vey." , " - ' ' '
Why allow yourself to be slowly tor
tured at the stake of disease? Chiljs
and Fever will undermine, and eventu
ally break down, the strongest consti
tution "FEBRl-CUR A" (Sweet Chill
Tonic of Iron) is more effective than
Quinine and being combined with Iron
is an excellent Tonic and Nervine. Med
icine. It is pleasant to take, is sold
under positive guarantee to cure or
money refunded; Accept no substi
tutes. The "just as good" kind don t
effect cures. Sold by B..W. Hargrave.
ANOTHER REPORT FROM ANDREE.
Scientists IJelJeve the Intrepid Arc-
tie Explorer Is Safe.
New York, Dec. -11. Prof essor An
dree and his famous balloon have been
lpcated by scientific men, who have
come forward and have pronounced the
daring. Swede and his two companions
safe and sound, and only waiting for
the winter to break up to show them
selves. . .
Ssientific Journals, which have just
arrived from Europe.'ahnounce the fact
that the astronomers and meteorologi
cal experts in the government observa
tories of Sweden, England, France and
Gem. any have at last received full me-
teorol; iical reports, and have calculated
the velocity and direction of the Polar
winds during the month of July, while
Andree was supposed to have been sail
ing or was, as they claim, actually sail
ing over the North Pole. .
ble.
Catarrh invariably leads to consump
tion. Growing worse and wcrss each v
winter, those ho rely upon the usual
trea ment of strays,washes and inhal
ing mixtures find that it is imprssible
to check the disease with these local
applications which only reach the snr
face. The ofiensive discharge increases,
all the while, and gfs detper until it is
only a question of a short time when
the Jungs are affected.
The importance of the proper treat
ment can therefore be readily appre
ciated. But no good whatever can . be
expected from local "applications, as -such
treattnsnt never did cure Catarrh,
atid never will. Bdng a blood disease
of the inoit obstinate nature, Swift's
Specific (S.S.S.) is the only remedy
which can have the slightest effect upon
Catarrh. It is the only blood rem-edy
that goes down to the be' ck of all stub
born diseases which icr remedies
:anaot re ich. .1
Mrs. Josephine Polhill. of Due West,
S. C, writts:
"I had such a severe care of
Catarrh that I lost my hearing hi one
ea., and part of the boae in my nose
sloughed off. 1 was constantly treated
with sp ays aud
was li.s, but each
wiuter the d'sease
-seemed to have a
firmer hoP. oat i.
I had finally bt ;n
declared incurable
lion T 1 ori1 r1 i s
tefC-'JUrsn try S. S..S.' It
at the seat of tae.
disease, and cured me. permanently,
for I have had no touch of Cat in h
for sevea years."
The experience of Mr. Chas. A. Par-,
of Athens, Ga., was like that o all
others who vainly seek a cure in kCi
treatment. II a savs:
I 'F or year: I suffered from -a sever?!
case of Catarrh, the many offensive
symptoms beiua . ac
companied by severe
pains in the head. I
took several kinds of
medicines recom
mended for Catarrh,
ind used various local
ipplications, but they .
aad no effect whatev-
;r. iwasmaucea to-p--?
:ake S.S.S. (Swift's '".
Specific) and after four months I was
perfectly well, and have never felt any
affects of the disease since. " V
Those who . have had the first
touchof Catarrh will save endless suf
fering by taking the right remedy at the
outset. Others wlio have- for years
sought relief. aud found only diiappoiut- ,
ment in local treatment will fiad it wise
to ' waste no further time oa sprays,
washes, inhaling mixtures, etc., which
are only temporary; and cannot save
them "from dreadtd Convjrnntion,
They should take a remedy which will
cure them because it cap ireach their
trouble. S..3; is the only blood rem
dy which ca i reach Catarrh; it promptly
get3 at the very bottom of the disease,
and cures it permanently.
S.S.S. (Shift's Specific) is a real blood
remedy, and cures the most obstiuate
ca.;es of Catarrh; Rheumatism, Conta
gious Blood Poison, Cancer, Scrofula
and Eczema, which other so-called blood
remedi'-S have no effect upon whatever,
S.S.S. is the only blood remedy guaranteed
Purely Vegetable
and coutains no mercury, potash ox
other dangerous mineral.
Books will be mailed free by SwiM
Specific Company, Atlanta, Georgia,
1 r "v i
PEXSIOX ItILL PASSED;
It Goes Thro uirh the Xatlonal House
-Without Amendment.
Washington,. Dec. 11. The house yes
terday passed the pension appropria
tion bill Without amendment arid ad
journed until Monday. The amend
ments offered by the Democrats to cor
rect alleged existing abuses were all
ruled out on the point of order that
they were new legislation. As passed
the bill carr.ied $141,203,880. .
The debater covered a wide range.
It touched not only the question of our
pension policy, but that of civil ser
vice reform and the receipts and ex
penditures ' of the treasury under the
DIngley law. On the latter question
Mr. Dingley made ah important state,
ment, in which he expressed the opin
ion that the receipts would equal the
expenditures before the, close of the
present fiscal year, and predicted a
surplus of $10,000,000 next year.
The civil service law was savagely
attacked by several members, notably
by Messrs. Brown (jO.) and Linney (N.
C), Republicans, and was warmly de
fended by Mr. Johnson (Ind.), Repub
lican. Just before the close of the ses
sion Mr. Hitt, chairman of the foreign
affairs committee! attempted to secure
unanimous consent for the passage of
the bill to prohibit pelagic sealing by
American citizens, but objection1 was
made. It will under agreement.
ever, be considered on Monday.
how-
the
north
that
Opriimiis Will Kvreunre
Eondon, Dec. 10. A dispatch to The
Times from Pekin says that yesterday
the Tsungli-Yamen telegraphed
viceroy of the province of Chi-I A,
Of the province of Shan Tuns
China . having complied with her de
mands Germany undertakes to evacu
ate Kiao-Chau at a date to be Tixed
hereafter, 'and will receive instead as
a coaling station the Sam-Sah inlet, in
the province of Fo-Kien7 oyer against
the Island of Formosa.
Weyler's Chilly Reception In 'Madrid.
Madrid, Dec. 13. Lieutenant General
Weyler arrived here yesterday after
noon. Ke was received at the railway
platform by General Azcarraga, former
premier; General Borrero, former com
mander of the" Sixth army corps, and
by a number of Republicans, Carlists,
Conservatives and Robledoists. They
cheered him and then carried him
shoulder-high to the entrance of the
railway station where, he took a car
riage and was rapidly driven off, There
was no further incident, the public ap
pearing Indifferent.-
Protest Airiilnsr. Kx-.Justlee Paxson
i Philadelphia. Dec. 13 The United La
bor League, at a meeting yesterday af
ternoon, passed a ' resolution author
izing the officers of the league to send
a protest to President MeKinley against
the appointment of ex-Chief Justiee
Paxson. as a member of the interstate
commerce! commission. The grounds
for the protest grew out of an opinion
rendered by Mr. Paxson when he was
chief -.Justice of the supreme' court of
this state in relation to the Homestead
strike- -
ou gel what you want
; ask -for 1 1 kkI's Sai gapa-
in M cnt, .Salps, Cures.
There 6 uo substitute for HOOD'S.
i.iia. i'
TRIAL BY A MOB COURT.
Throe Accused NeerroeH Acquitted,
Rut Ordered to Leav the County.
Wesson, Miss., Dec. 10. The wife and
four children of Brown Smith, at planter
living in Simpson county, 20 miles from
here, were murdered Wednesday night,
while a fifth child was terribly injured
Mr. Smith, who is a son of ex
sentative Edward Smith, "wen
Repre-
to a
nearby town in the afternoon, leaving
his family at honje. Yesterday morn
ing when he returned he found his wife
and five " children weltering . ir their
blood, and all apparently dead. An
alarm wasTaised immediately, and. the
entire neighborhood turnecj out to hunt
for the perpetrator of the foul and
bloody crime. Jim Lewis, a nagrb, was
caught and promptly lynched, the mob
being satisfied that he was the mur
derer. .
Hazelhiirst, Miss., Dec. 13. In an open
field, without a house in sight, on a
high hillside, with a crowd of eager
men waiting to avenge the terrible
murder that has taken place in Law
rence county, in ease a conviction was
reached by the impromptu court, the
three negroes, Giles Berry, Will Powell
and Tom W. Allen,, were placed on trial'
for their lives. The negroes were ar
rested with Lewis, who was lynched
Friday, at the time of the original
crime, but were released upon their
promising to appear next morning asr
witnesses. They did not put in an ap
pearance when the trfal was to begin
and search was made for them by lh
mob. The search was quickly success
ful, and the negroes were brought back.
There were about 200 men in the mob
constituting a committee of" the whole
for the trial. The mob was very moder
ate in its mien, and had cooled down
considerably from its former trenzy.
The negroes maintained their denial of
any complicity In the crime with un
swerving firmness. The three negroes
were finally declared not guilty, but
'given' until Monday to leave the
county. . ' -
""When a man is suffering from an
aching head a sluggish body when
his muscles are lax and lazy--his brain
dull and his stomach disdaining food
he will, if wise heed these warnings
and resort to the right v- medy, before
it is too late. ."Parker's Saksapa
ijli.a" the "king of blood PURIFI
ERS, -'makes the appetite keen and
hearty, invigorates the liver, purifies
the blood and fills it with life giving el
ements of the food. It is a wonderful
blood maker and flesh builder. Sold
by B. W. Hargrave,