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"LET ALL THE ESDS THOU AIMS'! ' Af EE T f COOHTRY'3, THY GOD'S ADD TRUTHS."
VOLUME XXVII.
BEST ADVESTISIilO MEDIUM.
WILSON , N. C, DECEMBER 30, 1 897.
DIRECTORY.
A BIG BANK FAILDRE.
It Interbred Largely With An
ticipated Christmas Cheer.
There will be no to
bacco sales until Janu
ary 3rd, '93,
IH I'AIMUliK OF I RAINS.
LOCAL VRAINS:
N. Bound. S. Bound.
Between Florence and Weldon.
No. 78. No. 23
2:35 P. M. Leaves Wilson 2:20 P. M.
Between Wilmington and Norfolk:
N 4S. N- 49-
1 .-;cs P. M. Leaves Wilson, 2:37 P. M.
Between Goldsboro and Norfolk.
No 102. N 103.
r;4I AM Leaves Wilson 7:17 PAl.
"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:
Noj 32. No..-35.
12:22 A. M. Leaves Wilson, 11:06 P. M
I COUM V (IFFICKK.
I BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS:
K.'S Clark, Chairman.
Shade Felton, J. H. Newsom
J C. Hadley. Isaac Felton.
W.J. Cherry, Sheiiff,
J. I). Hardin, Clerk of Superior Court
J. H. Griffin, Register of Dee Js,.
S. H.Tyson, Treasurer,
Wm. Harriss, Coroner, ,
J. T. Revel, Surveyor.
TOWN (IFKK EKS. il
. aldermen:
J.D.Lee,
J. A. Clark,
I)r A Anderson,
Geo. HACKNhY,
J. T. Ellis,
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Ward.
VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION PLAN.
Chestnut Street National, of Phila
delphia, Goes to the Wall, Carrying
With It the Savins: Fund-Depositors
May Be Paid in Full.
Philadelphia, Dec. 24. A sensation
was created in this city estejday by
the announcement of the suspension of
the Chestnut Street National bank, re
garded as cne of the strongest finan
cial institutions in the city. The sus
pension carried with it the closing of
the Chestnut Street-Trust and Saving
Fund company, doing businesfe under
the state banking laws. WilEam M.
Singerly, publisher of the Philadelphia
Record is president of both, compa
nies, and the same men, with one ex
ception, act as officers and directors.
No statement of assets and . liabilities
is available, but it is stated that the
deposits of the Chestnut Street bank
amounted o $1,700,000 and of the trust
company $1,300,CCO.
President Singerly gave out a brief
statement last night, in which -he said:
"We are working to secure the in
debtedness of the two banks, so that
they can go into voluntary liquidation,
and thus avoid a receivership." In this
connection Deputy Controller of the
Treasury George. M. Coffin," who was
sent here from Washington by Comp
troller Eckels, said: "The matter of
putting the Chestnut Street National
bank into voluntary liquidation his
been taken up by Philadelphia men of
great financial ability. The first step
will be to ascertain the value of the
assets of the bank. They must first be
satisfied that they have a value suffi
cient to warrant them in assuming the
indebtedness." Mr. Cofim has had great
expe-ience in resuscitating troubled
banks, and he will remain here sev
eral days aiding the men who have
taken upon themselves the task of ex
tricating Mr. Singerly from his unan
Clal difficulties. The belief is strong
that they will provide the funds neces
sary for a voluntary liquidation ol the
two banks.
It was known for some timein bank
ing circles that Mr. Singerly's banks
were in trouble, and the national h-i-v
P. B. Deas, Mayor;
Jxo. R. Moore, Town Clerk;
W. E. Deans, Collector.
- police:
W. P. Snakenberg, Chief.
Ephriam Harrell, FranKj Felton
James Marshbourne. ;
D. P. Christman, St. Commissioner.
HUK HEX.
St. Timothy's Episcopal church.
Services: Sundays at 11 a, nr., lay
reading. Sunday School at 3 p. m.
Methodist Church, Rev. J. B. Hurlej
Pastor; service's t 11 a. m. and 7:30
p.m. Sunday School, 5 p. m., J. F
Bruton, Supt. Prayer meeting Wed
nesday night at 7:30.
Christian Church, Rev. B. H. Melton
Ptor: services everv Sunday, nam.
7:00 pfn. Prayer meeting Wedriesda
night.. Sunday School at 9:30 o'clock,
a. m.. Geo. Hackney, Supt. (
Presbyterian Church, Rev. James
Thomas, Pastor; services on the First,
Third and Fourth Sunday in ever
month and at Louisburg Second Sun
day. Services at u a. m. and 8:30 p.
A am - W
WILLIAM M. SINGERLY.
examiner, it is said, was aware of the
cpndition of affairs. Wednesday night
& number of bank officia s of the eitv
had a conference, lasting until nearly -j
o'clock yesterday morning, consiuering
the. matter of raising sufficient money
to relieve Mr. fingerly's banks of their
distress. It is understood that a prop
osition to float ?2,G00,0oo preferred stock
of the Philadelphia Record hat. been
practically agreed to when the discov
ery was made tnat,. oecause 01 .e in
volved condition of the trust company's
finances, this sum wou'd not be within
several hundred thousand dollars of
the amount required. Negu; iations
were, therefore, declared orr, and the
m. Sunday SchooLat 5 o clock, p. m banks were forced to the wal
Baptist Church, service asollows?
Preaching Sunday, morning at 11:00
o'clock and 8 p. m Rev. W. H. Redish
Pastor. Prayer meeting Wednesda
evening at 8 o'clock. Sunday School
at 5 p. m., D. S. hoykin Supt.
Primitive Baptist Church, preaching
on 2 d Sunday by Elder Jas. Bass; 011
3rd Sunday by Elder Jas S. Woodard;
on the 4th Sunday and Saturday before
"by the pastor. Elder P. D. Gold. Ser
vices begin at 11 a. m. ,
I.OOtiKS.
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 3
o'clock p. m. each month.
. VV.-'H. Applewhite. H. P
Regular meetings of Mt. Lebanoi
Coiii.nandery No. 7 are held in tht
Masonic hall every 4th Monday high
at 7:30 o'clock each month.
R. S. Barnes. E. C.
Regular meetings of Wilson Lodge
K. of H. No. 1694 are held in their hall
over tiie 1st National Bank every 1st
Thursday evening at 3:30 o'clock, p. m.
B. F. Briggs, Director.
Regubir meetings of Contemner
Lodi?e. No. 87, K. of P . are held in
0ld Fellows' Hall ."very Phursdax
ni-'ht. Visiting members always el-
Jow it is hoped that the epmmittee
which began last nig' t where ihe for
mer committee ier-. ort win succeed m
satisfactorily adjusting, the finances.
ana tnus permit t.ie uanKs to. pay de
positors do-!ar ror dollar. The net
earnings of The liecfvrd last yea-r arc
said to have been $2;.9.000, m thnn
sufficient' to pay 'all of Mr. Singeriy's
indebtedness to the banks.
The statements of the cause of the
failure current here agree with that
maae oy comptro ier i-jCKeis at wasn
ington, that it was primarily due to trf.
loss of much money by Mr. Singerly
in his unproductive paper mill at E!k
ton, Md., one of the largest in the ct.un
try., une statement piaceu ... ine pum
thus involved at nearly $1,000,000. Mr
Singerly also had much money invest
ed in other enterprises in this and other
cities. Humors were current to the
effect that' the ownership cf The Rec
ord would pass from Mr. Sing rlv but
this he denied, stating positively that
he is in absolute control of the paper
and wiil continue at its h 'art. "
A great number cf small . accounts
were carried by the trust company, and
apprehension was expre?ped that some
distress might follow the failure. If
the hopes of a quick settlement are
realized, however, all depositors will
be paid in full within a short time
That the failure has interfered largely
with Christmas cheer, however, , is very
evident, a many manufacturing estab
lishments deposited in the ba.ik and
Were unable today to secure the money
for their payroLs.
A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED.
Tuesday, Dec. St.
A rest&ui int at Chrismah, Ills., a
prohibition town, was blown up by
dynamite.
Lewis Lelund, one of the family of
the famous hotel men,'xdied in New
York, aged t!5 years.
A bill is to be Introduced in the Mary
land legislature for the protection of
the song birds in that state.
Governor lieedy, of Kansas, proposes
a scheme to utilize arid lands by the
construction of a $360,000,000 canal.
Polish seceders from the Roman
Catholic church in Chicago are said" to
be gaining many recruits all over the
world for the Independent Catholic
Church of America.
Wednesday, Dec. 22.
A whipping post bill was introduced
in the Virginia senate.
Josiah Quincy was re-elected mayor
of Boston by 4,000 plurality.
In spite cf the new tariff the trade
of Nuremberg, Germany, with this
country has increased greatly.
Two men were" buried in a snowslide
on Pike's Peak. One of them was killed
and the other is in a dying condition.
Stacey P.etzler, a medical student at
the University of Virginia, is charged
with chloroforming and robbing a col
lege caterer.
In a street fight between Ida Lemon
and Queenie Skinner, at Anderson,
Ind., the Skinner wemrn was fatally
carved with a butcher knife.
The manager of Major's tar distil
lery at Hull, England, and four of the
employes were killed by an explosion
in the woiks last evening.
Thursday, Dec. S3.
Italy has decided to send a squadron
to Chinese waters.
Remarkable dellections of the mag
netic needle are reported from central
Russia.
It is proposed to submit the liquor
question in South Carolina to a vote
of the people. .
The president awaits the recom
mendations of cabinet officials before
exempting any officers from the civil
service rules.
Six negro prisoners escaped from the
jail at Newport News while the people
were voting on the quesUon of building
a new prison.,
Friday, Dec. 24.
Four hnnters were frozen to death by
the roadside in Newton county, Ark.
Senor Antcnio Valdes Cuevas has
succeeded in forming a new ministry
for Chile. .
Ex-Congrer-sman John Pptton, of
CurwensviU-, Pa., died in Philadelphia
last night, aged 71. -
Frequent earthquakes- are reported
from the .west coast of Mexico. So far
tKore has been no loss of life.
Secretary Gage will so arrange the
payments of the Union Pacific bonds
as to prevent any disturbance of th-
money market. .
Old time shinplasters and SnaniPh
MM
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mi ronT
Another "Report of Threatened Star
vation This Winter.
OONriSCATION PLAN PEEVENTED.
. MAY SUCCEED GORMAN.
Charles J. Bonaparte Talked of For
Seuator From Maryland.
Baltimore, Dec. 27. Maryland already
has a Wellington in the United States
senate, and there is every prospect that
his colleague, after Arthur P. Gorman's
present terra exjires, will be Charles
were unearthed m an old building at
Farmers' Mills, N. T.
Saturday. Iec. 25.
Among 35 men indicted in Chicago for
running gambling houses are three al
dermen. '-'
Weavers at the Bridget on (N. J.)
woolen mills are on strike asrainst a
system of heavy fines.
Mary E. Reynolds was fined $1,000 in
New York for having illegally drawn, a
pension for six years. She was u.iable
to pay and goes to jail.
During a fire on Christian street,
Philadelphia, four children of' Leo
Maedbalski, 1 to 7 years old, were
smothered to death.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley McBride were
killed and their 6-year-old daughter fa
tally injured by being run down at a
cross!;; near Wilmington, Del. Their
horse as killed. .
Moodsiy, Dpc, 27.
Mrs. C: hanne Mil er. a wealthy w-4
man, cf Cleveland, was sandbagged ait-
the entrance to her home Christmas
eve and fatally injured.
While suffering from hydrophobia
John Kernan caused a panic amcng
street pr.menaders in Albany, N. Y.,
by snnrling and snapping at hem.
F. H. Hopkins, of Portlard, Ore., who
was arrested in New 'York, is a grain
broker, and was indicted at PorUand
for obtaining $150 by false pretenses.
A jury at Chicago has awarded $1,000
damages to Jeiemiah Ryan, an al
leged survivor cf Balaklava. for in
juries sustained on a broken sidewalk.
Tlie Miners at Dawson Proposed to
Apportion Out All the Food In the
Place, But the Captain of the North
west Police Prohibited the Scheme.
Skaguay, Alaska, via Seattle, Warh.,
Dec. 27. John Lindsay, of Olympia,
Wash., who has just arrived from
Dawson City, says there will surely
be starvation '. there this winter. He
examined into, the food situation thor
oughly, he says, and after-satisfying
himself that there would be starvation
he sold his outiit, and in 'company with
three others started on foot, each man
drawing a sled carrying about 140
pounds cf provisions. Lindsay says
the Dawson Bepie believe! that there
is no great amount of food at Fort
Yukon, as has been alleged. The river
rose sufficiently) and remained open
long "nouh to' enable a food supply
to have been brought from Fort Yukon
had there been any there.
The people of Dawson, believing that
there was not ample food supplies at
Fort Yukon, refused to go there, pre
ferring to remain; in Dawson. Not more
than 300, or 400 people took advantage
of transportation companies' offers to
take the people to Fort Yukon free of '
charge. r , ' .
When the .miners at Dawson found
that no more provisions would reach
the town bv the river route they an
nounced that a meetnig would be held
to take steps for apportioning the pro
visions in the town. Those who had
plenty, they said, must share with those
who had none. Captain Constantine,
of the northwest mounted police, in
terfered and told the miners that no
such thing would be permitted. The
meeting was not held.
Lindsay says the output of the mines
will be greatly curtailed this winder
because of the scarcity of food and
light. Coal oil sold for $-15 a gallon
and-candles are as high as $150 a box
of 100. Even if men were able, to work
their claims they cannot get light to
do so. . .
These statements are borne out by
-a.il the returning Klondikers, quite a
number of whom have reached here
the past week. Few of them, however,
take as gloomy a view of the situation
as does Mr. Lindsay. Dr. B. L. Brad
ley, of Roseburg, Ore., says that food
is scarce; but he does not think that
there will be actual starvation. Neither
do W. B. King of Merced, Cal.. P. J.
Holland of Butte, Thomas Story of
Victoria or Robert Glynn of Seattle,
all' of. whom reached here this week
from Dawscn, the most of them hav
ing left there on Nov. 2.
CHARLES J. BONAPARTE.
Joseph Bonaparte, of this city. He Is
the grandson of Napoleon's brother,
Jerome, who became king of West
phalia, and since the' death of his
brother, Jerome Napoleon, in 1S34. he
has been the head of the Bonaparte
family in AmeVica. He is now 55 years
old and a bachelor. , -
TROLLEY CAR HELD UP.
Conductor Shot Dead For ltefiisinar to
Submit to the Robbers..
Norristown, Pa., Dee.. 27. A trolley
car cri the Schuylkill Valley Traction
road was held up by four highwaymen
at Swedeland, near here, about 10
o'clock last night: Conductor Charles
Galloway, of Norristown, refused to
give up his money, and Was shot dead.
Three' shots were fired at Motorman
Matthias, but none took effect. After
rifling the body of the conductor of
the money and a gold watch and chain
the robbers escaped. There were four
women passengers in the car. The
-highwaymen - covered them with their
weapons, but made .no attempt to rob
them.' The men looked like tramps,
and escaped in the direction of Philadelphia.
AN OMINOUS OUTLOOK.
s' . .
Seventeen British Warships Off
Chemulpo, Corea,
U SUPPORT OF BRITISH DEMA1TD
ijster-
','! -aty exhibit;"
Wilmington, Del.,
in Dawson Lfndsay relates the case of
Dr. Vanzandts, formerly of Spokane,
Wash. Vanzandts is. an elderly man,
and being without provisions or money
he offered a gold w.atch for a sack of
flour. Ho could not get It, and re
marked to Lindsay: 'God only knows
how I am going to keep body and sou!
together.-"
The weather about Stewart and Big
Salmon rivers has been bitterly cold,
70 degrees below being recorded at
Maior Walsh's eamr, 12 miles below
the Big Salmon, on Nov. 30.
The Yukon river between Dawson
and Fort Pelly froze completely over
on Nov. IS. The river is piled full of
ice in great ridges as high as an or
dinary house, and a roadway will have
to be cut through it before dog or
horse teams can operate upon ft. The
outlook, therefore, for taking supplies
down to Dawson in the immediate
fujure is not good.
'( 'hloMtro'.-i Coliseum Fire.
Chicago, Dec. 27. Nine persons were
lost in the fire which destroyed the
Coliseum building Friday night. Those
who are now known to have perished
are: Joseph .Byr. i rf Hoboken, N. J.,
employed in L::
Howard G yr r c ?
decorator, f :rrp ---yc d i -, th: beauty ex
hibit; Sholan i.ul.-n, A.mcnian, em
ployed in ti e i3t:ct z. of ialio 'exhibi
tion; N., H: Johnsca, a f . pntor; J. A.
Malosoum, a Tivt. c m od in ' the
Streets cf Cairo t.:hioi.:e Gcrti-j Wil
son, of the. 'Streets ' 1 1 Cairo exhibit;
two women, dameit; ii tl.3 2.1.d.ay;
unknown woman. Theie vvc.e i la ee
number-injured, but i: is ir 5t the vght
that their wounds and burns wi 1 vcvp
fatal. The total loss is S70J,?:.). The-"e
is little prospect that any iittenvpt at
rebuilding will be made. -
. Vigorous Protest Atralnst. tho Dis
missal of a British Adviser, and a
IJeport That Hellas Been Reinstated.
Jitpancse Warships Ready,
London, Dec. 27. A special dispatch
from Shanghai says: It is reported
that 17 British warships are off Che
mulpo, Corea, southwest of Seoul, sup
porting the British consul's protest,
. .eally amounting to an ultimatum,
igainst the king's practically yielding
the government of Corea into the
iiands of the Russian minister.
The protest is specially directed
against the dismissal cf McLeavy
Brown, British adviser to the Corean
customs, in favor of the Russian ino
inee. The news has produced co
nation at Seoul, which is heightened
bL the knowledge that Jaian has a
fleet of SO warships awaiting the result
of the British representation that
Japan fully supports. Japan is irri
tated by the arrival of Russian troops
in Corea, and it is believed that she will
oppose them. j
According to advices from Tokio,
Japan has offered to assist the officers
at Pekin in . drilling the Chinese army
and to consent to a postponement of
the payment of the war indemnity.
Many of the viceroys and Pekin of
ficials favor the proposal. , '
According to a dispatch to The Drily
Mail from Shanghai it is reported there,
from reliable sources, that a Briiish
force landed at Chemulpo on Saturday
and caused the reinstatement of Mc
Leavy Brown. The same dispatch re
fers to "a native rumor that the Union
Jack has been hoisted on an island in
the mouth of the" River Yang-tse-Kiang."
The Pekin correspondent of Ihe
Times says: The government refuses
to place the Likin under foreign con
trol as security for the loan proposed
by the Hong Kong and Shanghai bank,
and asserts-that unless the loan is pro
curable without this condition arrangements-will
forthwith be made for a
Russian guaranteed 4 per cent loan of
100,000,000 taels, to be issued at 93 net.
The security would be the land tax,
which would remain under Chinese ad
ministration. China, in return, would
.give Russia a monopoly of the rail
roads and mines north of the great
wall, open a port as a terminus for a
railway (trans-Siberian), and would
agree that a Russian should succeed
Sir Robert Ha e as director ofChinese
imperial customs. If these conditions
should be permitted British trade inter
ests would suffer severely.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Times says: The sloop P.hoenix
sailed yesterday - under orders to
join the. -British squadron. The ut
most secrecy is preserved with re
gard to the latters', movements, but
jrossip here suggests that its der.ti ia
tion is Ta-Lien-Wan.
Michael Led ) v.n sj,jrr t Finlsn.
New York, Dec. 27. Jimmy Michael,
th'e little Weifh wonder, Sacuidjy
night, defeated Arthur A. Chase, the
English middle distance champion, In" a
30 mi'.e race, held at Madison Square
Garden. -great, crowd was present
and cheered the plucky little Welsh
man to the echo. Chase rode a plucky
race, but was hopelessly beaien from
the start. The Englishman fell in tivi
29th mile and refred from the track.
Michael was then 18 lars in the lead.
The official time was 64.05 1-5, and
Michael led all the way,
of Enterprise
c line.
Regular meetings
:.od-e, No. 44- ar- he,d every Frday
niht in Oddfellows Hall.
POST OFFICE HOURS. ,
Office opens 8 a in. and closes at sunset
Dav mails cb.Sf for Noith at I p. m.
.. . ' ' West " I p m.
; . " South " i.3PP "i-
NMit ifiails for all points close at 9 p m
GET YOUR
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AT THE ADVANCE OFFICE.
PRINTING
A Bride V th Visions. '
Richmond. Ind., Dec. 27. The en
gagement is announed of Miss Mar
garet Van Cortland Onden, of Nov
Y"ork, and Frank McNutt, of, this city.
Miss Ogden is said to be wor.h $21.
10,000.' Mr. ' Mc-Nutt was a member of
e Arnerican legation of Rome under
nister Albert G.. Porter. .
f
lil dren . Devoured by Tl ors.
Tift City. Mo., Dec. 2k Tv.o little;
'children.'- of George Coakiey, a farmer
living near here, climbed into a pig sty
yesterday and were set upon by a num
ber of hogs, which killed and devoured
both children. The children had been
left alone at horee while their mother
went on an errand to a neighbor's
house. . . ' !
Never let a coutii run on from ci ty to
day. It indiciies cither i--f!aninli n or
irritatiQ, which, if al lowed; j.o contin it
mvy reMilt in serious injury to the
luiiirs. A few doses i f Avar's Cherry
lJector.al cures any pulmonary com
plaint not entirely beyond the -reach of
n.edicine.
Fire Fighter's II eio it; Don'h,
New York, Dec. 27. James F. Cai
man, an engine driver in the tire de
partment, sacrificed his life Saturday
rather than run down a woman and lit
tle girl, who, transfixed with fright,
were unable to get out of his way.
Caiman, to avoid hitting them, gave
the engine too sharp a turn, and it top
pled over, with the driver beneath it,,
killing him almost instantly. The child
was carrying a Christmas doll, and
Caiman had just reported for duty,
after having been ' present at the
-Christmas celebration of his own chil
dren. Anorner . vvnii i i)rron uroide.
Washington, Dec. 27. The recent
tragic death of Miss Leila Herbert, the
daughter cf the ex-secretary of the
nvy, is eiven as the reason for the
suicide .which occurred yesterday, of
Miss Annie Virginia Weils, an accom
plished young society woman and
daughter of Mr. Lewis S. Wells, a Well
known attorney. The young woman
shot herself through the heart with her
blether's revolver at the residence cf
her father, 1311 N street, northwest.
Miss Wells had met Miss Herbert, a
number, of times, and was very much
attached to her.
"In a minute" -one dose of Hart's
Essence ok Ginger will relieve any
ordinary case of. Colic', -Cramps or Kau
sea. An unexcelled remedy for Diar
rhoea, Cholera Morbus, Summer com
plaints and all internal-pains. Sold by
B. V. Harj;rave.
VENERABLE COUPLE MURDERED.
Son's Awful Discovery at a Farm
house Near .Jacksonville, Ia.
Indiana. Pa., Dec. 27. Milt-n Neal
and his aged wife were shot to death
by an unknown assassin at their home
near Jacksonviile, nine miles south
west of here, some time during Christ
mas. Their bodies were found at 9
o'clock that night by their, son Harry,
who was passing the house and stop
ped to pay a Christmas call on his
parents. Neal was one of the most
prominent and prosperous -farmers of
the vicinity in which he lived,
Whenyoung Neal tried to enter his
parents' Koine he found the doors lock
ed. He forced his way in through the
cellar, and on entering the sitting room
a horrible sight met him. On a chair
near the window lay the form of his
mother, her "face entirely blown away.
At her feet was all that remained of
Her husband, "and a ghastly hoie in the
middle of his head told the tale of his
murder. At his side lay a double bar
reled shotgun, the implement of dea;h.
ceilings and articles
the room were spatter-
nd on the ceiiir.g was a
in which was emoed-
ded a piece of the murdered woman s
skull. 1 -
For a time there was a suspicion of
suicide, but as the facts in tne case
developed the murdsr theory gained
strength.1 The woman was killed with
Birdshot. the husband with buckshot.
There was no marks of powder on his
face, something which, it is said, 'would
have been impossible to avoid had sui
cide beem committed with a shotgun.
There is nothing to indicate that the
crime was commit ed for plunder, as
in Mr. Neal's poclret was a $10 bill, and
a $20 bill lay on the top of a dresser.
Mother and Nine Chi'dreii Crr--;;ued.
London, Dec. 27. Mrs. Jai . is and
her nine children, the youngest a baby,
were burned to death at 5 o'clock yes
terday morning in a four room cottage
occupied by the Jarvis and two other
families in Dixie street, Bothnal Green,
London. The unfortunate family oc
cupied the upper floor. The occupants
of1 the lower floor escaped. By a trange
coincidence. Mr. Jarvis, the woman's
: husband, who had been suffering from
consumption, died in the workhouse in
firmary yesterday afternoon without
having hc-rd of the disaster. Mrs.
' Jarvis earned a scant livelihood, by
making match' hoxes, ' and her rooms
were filled with inflammable material.
All of the wall
of furniture in
ed with bleed, aj
good sised dent
Phxsoii For Coin m isioner.
Washington, Dec. 21. It 13 believed
that the piesident has decided to ap
point Judge Paxson, of Pennsylvania
as a member of the interstate com
merce ccmrrieslcn to succeed Coicne"
William R. Monism, whose term v.-ii
expire in expire in January. The pres
ident, yesterday informed Senator De
hoe, cf Kentucky, v ho ca led upon h re
in the inteies; c f M-iycr Todd of Louis
ville, that the p!ice was premised, an-$
it is thought that Judge Paxson is tb
man slated for the place.
London, Dec. 21. Lady Millais, widow
bf fir John Mill is, the late president of
the Royal academy, is "dead. Lady
Millais had been suffering for some time
past wbh cancer of the throat, the dis
ease which caused tho death of her
husband, on Aug. 13, ISL'6.
Tie fae-
every -
per.
Why allcnv yourself to be slowly tcr
tured at the stake if disease? Chilis
and Fever will undernv ne, and eventu
ally break down, the strongest consti
tution "PFJ3R1-CUR-V' (Sweet Chill
Tonic of Iron) is more elTeclive than
Quinine and beinjr' combined -w :ith Iron
is an excellent Tonic and Nervine Med,-;
icine. It is pleasant to take, is sold
mider positive guarantee to cure or
money refunded. Accept ifo subsii
Ui es. i he "just as good" kind don't
effect cures, bold by. Is. VV. Hnirrave.
Warrenton, Va., Dec. 23. An inter
esting case involving the legitimacy
of a child and an estate valued at from
$15,000 to $20,000 was recently argued
at the December term of the circuit
fourt. Judge Nicol, of Prince William,
presiding. The evidence showed E. B.
Kldred and Mrs. Zellah Keiner, former
ly of Pennsylvania, who recently moved
to this section, had lived together as
man jand wife, the woman having been
intro duced -as such bv Eidred and so
recogniztd in his home by visitors and
servants in his neighborhood. No mar
riage record or evidence of marriage
was produced, but it was maintained
that 'en these facts the law presumed
a marriage. After abie and exhaustive
arguments by Eppa Hutton, Jr., of the
local bar, and A. W. Armstrong, of
Alexandria, representing the woman
and her infant, and by James V.
Brooke, assisted by John Kei.h. coun
sel for Eidred, the judre reserved his
opinion, and a decree was taken re
ferring the case to the court for de
cision in .chambers.
GpniiBiis IVIH Lwc K'i n-Clmn.
Berlin, Dec. 27. An inspired Chinese
organ published here say; that the
Chinese emperor in order tp avoid the
reproach of having lost territory, will
lease KiaorChcu to Germany in 1 er
petuiy at a low rate, vith 11 the rights
of sovereignty that England exercises
at Hong Kong.
Miss Herbert's suicide.
Washington. Dec. 22. Miss L'jila
Herbert, daughter of former Secretary
of the Navy Herbert, of Alabama, died
at her home in this city yesterday.
She ijumped from -.the -third story of
her home, which is situated on New
Hampshire avenue, in the most fash
ionable part of the city, just off Du
pont Circle. Miss Herbert at the time
of the occurrence was suffering from
acute melancholia. It deve;Pel sev
eral weeks ago as the fina.K result of
injuries received by being thrown from
her horse in September. Just previous
to her fatal leap she had attempted
suicide by tutting the artery of her
wrist with a pair of scissors.
T
Andersen Sentenced to Death,
Norfolk, Va., Dec. 24.-rJohn Ander
sen was yesterday com icted of the
murder "of William Wallace Saunders,
mate of the schooner Olive Teeker, on
the high seas on Aug. 6 last, and under
the sentence of the court must be
hanged on March 18 next, unless the
supreme court of the United Spates in
the meantime interposes. Andersen re
ceived the verdict unmoved. A motion
for a new t
The court q
ial was made and argued.
verruled the motion.
MIV A t ' v-- Stf-flco.
Fall River. I lass.. Dee. 27. The stril
feeling aro rtf the operatives ' is n
as-stronr it was "last week. It
:e
ot
i
K
believed j ;h -t . a.reful con-ideraticn
exis.ir.g c ndiaons has done much
change Ye- renUment. A new propo
sition w: ba made to the manufac
tureis, which will probably offer an
acceptance of the cutdbwn provided
the present schedule is restored vin
a margin of, profit, to be mutually
agreed unon, shail warrant such ac
tion. To Contest Dr. Fvans' Will.
Paris, Dec. 27. The will of Dr. Thomas
W. Evans, ihe American dentist, which
gives the buik of his large estate to
the "Thomas W. Evans Museum and
Institute, of Philadelphia," will prob
ably be contested by relatives. Dr.
Evans made 20 beauests to ' members,
of his family, but they aggregate only
$250,000, the remainder of his property,
estimated to be worth millions of dol-
lars, . having been bequeathed to the
museum and institute.
Aotor.Ratc IfT'e' Convicted
New York Dee. 23. Actor E. J.' Rat
cliffe, accused of beating his wife, was
convicted of assault in the ihird degree.
The jury came in-at 1 o'clock this morn
ing. The maximum Denaity is one
year's imprisonment and a fine of $500.
The minimum penalty is one day's im
prisonment and the sma lest possibi"
fine. -
Fifteen Years For Kldnaplntr,
Albany, Dec. 2. Albert S. Warner,
the kidnaper, was sentenced yesterday
to Clinton prison for' a term of 15
years at hard labor. Blake and Hardy,
his fellow conspirators, are serving
terms of 14 years and six months at th-3
eaine place for the same crime.
T
UBER 52.
0EI-1E3AL SC JIHERN NEWS.
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Chattanooga. Tenn.. Dec.J 27. Will"
rni John Livingston, brothers, of Blue.
Creek Mine, Ala., quarreled over a
tiivia,'. natter while drinkfng, and the'
former shot the latter to death. The
murderer is IS years of age, and is now
In jail s.t Birmingham.
Birniirsghiin. . Ala., Dc. 2J. The
C'-ronrm Coal company and theVJr
ginia and -V ;C a:.:a deal company, em
ploying about i.Z.Q coal miners in
N.'rdier county, yesterday announced ;
that Jan. 1 tley; will advance wages
from 60 to 70 cents per ton. Other
operators are expected to follow suit.
Flemingsburg, Ky., Dec. 27.-r-Five
negro guards sent to protect a tollgate
near here on the .Maysville pike, Fri
day night, were attacked by raiders
and put to flighty The tollhouse, was
set on fire, but the green boards would
not burn. ; One guard received two
buckshots in. the ifeck. As fas as is
known none of the raiders were hurt. 7
Turnpike officials may ask the gov-
ernor for troops to pratect .their prop
erty. ''.-'..." " 1 .
LjiiKltle. .Dec. 21. An official of the
Nfuifinal Tobacco k works said today
that this city is soon to have the great-
est plug tobacco factory In . the whole
world. The National will soon - begin
work on an addition to Jtheir already
large plant that will nearly double its
already great capacity. Besides- the
factory a great warehouse will be .
erected. The new addition will give
employment to ai.jut 1.000 hands. The
present plant, employs nearly ' 2.000
hands. The plant will have a capacity
of 175.0C0 pounds of plug tobacco per
day.
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Huntington, W. Va., Dec. 23. Attor-
neys are tonight arguing In the dLvorce
case -of T, J. Graves against his wife,
the former alleging adultery. The rec
ord submitted this evening embraces
960 pages andcontains depositions of
some of Huntington's most" prominent
men and women. Mr. Graves is one of.
the most orominent citizens here,- is
quite active in poiltics and has served
several terms as alderman.. He owns
considerable property, and great, in
terest is being manifested in the case.
Standing room was at a premium In
the courthouse tonight. . .
Charleston, W. . Va., Dec. 22. Gov- '
ernor Atkinson is in receipt, of a tele
gram from General' SpillmanVfOfPark
ersburg, informing him that a mob. is"
forming in Pomeroy, O., to cross the
river to West Virginia tqQrive th.j
men out cf the mines of - the Con
sumers' Coal company at New Haven.
The governor wired the sheriff of Mason
county to look into the matter. and the
sheriff wired back that he would ben
New Haven with a force of deputies
and would prevent trouble. In tie
meantime the state militia is ready to
move when called upon., ,
Richmond, Va., Dec. 22. A whipping
post Will was introduced in the state.
yesterday. The measure pro-
'triat'" all persona Convioted of
petit larceny shall, instead of being
punished as now provided by law, be
punished with not less than ten nor
more , than 30 stripes, but In cases of
conviction of feniales or male infants
under the age of 15 years it shall be
optional with said female and the par-
'ent or guardian of said infant "whether
they shall be punished with stripes or
according to statutes in force at this
time." The act does not apply to per
sons over 65 years of age.
Norfolk, Va., Dec. 23. Judge Martin,
of the court of law and chancerv, to
day granted. Mrs. Lillian-Bain Cannon,
the young wive in the recent conspir
acy case, a divorce from her husband,
Josenh Cannon. The decree sets out
that the bonds of inatrimony existing
between the plainl
are absolutely dissc
and that the plaint
1
senate
vides
Eatins i a necessitf. l olhe heal
thy, it is a pleasure , t!o theJ dyspeptic
a torture. Rv the use of A ver's Srsa-
paiilia, the weakest and piost disor
dered !otnacli is restored to its natur
al condition, and food is once mere
partaken of with youthful relish and
satisfa tion.
!. -
i Declares Ilauna Will Be Beaten.
Columbus, O ... Dec. 27. Charles L.
Kurtz, who is leading the anti-Hanna
movement of the Republicans, says
"We have Hanna beaten. It is as good
as settled. I tell ycu it is all settled.'
He refuses to rive the names of the
Hepublicans who will refuse to vote
for Hanna, but it is understood that he
will make his list public next "week
He expects that the fusion Republicans
of Hamilton county who are elected on
the Democratic ticket will support
Banna, but declares that will not save
him.
yCM NErO Hood's ISareaparilla
; yoiirblc .ii ;s impure, your appe-
Sii -i j,one, your health inipajred. Aoth
nig builtU up &vmW like HOOD'S'
voreed from the defendant. She is re
stored to the rigrht
iff and defendant
lved and annulled.
ff is absolutely di-
s of an unmarried
woman and permitted to resume her.
maiden nahie, Lilliajm Bain. The mat- .
ter of alimony has been agreed between
the parties out of court. ,
Stormont, Va., Dec. 23. The petition
f 17 oyster buyers and others came -
before Judge Garnett's court . yester-,
day at Saluda, asking a better observ
ance of the cull law. The petition ets
forth that the present numberj of in
spectors cannot by any possibility en
force the law, which fact seems to be
generally conceded, but the present in
spector show;ed that a greater number
of inspectors would so diminish the
pay that no one couldj afford to work,
for the j compensation that longer di
vision of the funds would require, and'
this wojild practica'ly do away with
the inspectors altogether. The Judge
dismissed the case until the next in--
pector's j report shall be heard at the
March term. - y
Lynchburg, Va, Dec, 23. Postoffice
Inspector F. E. Little had. $.;0 stolen
from him at the Hotel Carroll early this ,
morning. On arriving In the city he
went immediately to bed and It was
while he was asleeD that the money
was taken. It Is thought that Ihe thief
entered from an adjoining rofim. the
latch to the door having-evidently been
left unfastened. There were eight new
$i0j bills, and the stranger who is sus
pected gave one similar bill in ex
change for a railroad ticket and got
the ticket agent to give money of other
denominations in .exchanjre for the '
others. He then left on the early north
bound train over the Southern railroad.
Telegrams have been sent' in all di
rections notifying authorities to look
out for him.' -
Poisoned Four Children and Sell.' "
Park River, N. D., Dec 27. The wife
of Jacob Peyer, living near this placeV
oisoned her four little children . with
strychnine and then took poison her
self. Mrs. Peyer had quarreled with
her husband. The children died with
sear, -ely a tremor, but the woman suf
fered horribly. '
When a man is suffering from ,an
aching head a sluggish body when
his muscles are lax aud lazy- his brain
dull, and his stomkrh disdaining food
he will, if wise heed these warnings
and resort to the right rmiedy, before
it is too late. "Parker's Sarsapa
rilla" the "king of blood purifi- .
ers," makes tlie 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 11. W. Hargraye