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WilBon. $1 A YKAK CASH iN ADVANCE. "LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AIMS! ' AT BE TH COUNTRY'S, THY GOD'S AND TRUTHS." BEST ADVERTISIKG 1EDIU1.1 VOLUME XXVIII. WILSON, N. C MARCH :-J, 1898. X irMBER 9. i. n 3 " " " ."" ' "' ::m' ,:, ,j. ,,. ', ' ' . , , -'"' ' " V - . : --L i , iM . " ' - - ; ; -- ' - - - - ' ' ' , . . ' ' . ' i ; i -7'-, ' ., - . .. . ,. ;.' . ; ; - I ' '..--.- - . : . I . . -I" - - . ' . . - :DT RECTORY. l t-:r it 1 i; i: k. f'. h I s. LOCAL '."KAiSi ."N. Bound. S. Bound. Between. Florence f.nd Weldon. No 78. ;. : N'o. 23 2:35 B. .M. Leaves Wilson '2:30 P. M. Between Wilmington and Norfolk: No as. ' ' "''," - No, 49. 1,. 155 P. M. " Leaves Wilson, 2:37 V. M . Between Goldsboro and .Norfolk. ' No 102. N'V ic3- 5:41AM Leaves Wilson 7? 7 I'.Vi . Shoo Fly" Wilmington to Rociky Mt: No 40." ' ' No. 41. 10:20 B. M. I. Leaves Wilson, 6:15 A M. THRIiniH TRAINS. , I.etu'eeh Florence and .'-Weldon": No. 32 ' f .' ."' - .- : 1 No. 35- 12:22 A. Mi Leaves Wilson, ijo6 B M r in' v i vv '. H'.K1 OF COfklMlSSION.HKS:- , R. S ( i.Ak.ic, Chairman. Shadl Kfi.ton, . . . H:NiwsoM J. t . 11adi.kvv Isaac Ki'L'ion W.J. 'C'hk'rry, She. iff, J. 1). Makpin, Clerk of" Superior, Court J H CiKlKi lN, U-emster' ot I ee S. HTvson. reasufer, jWsl Hakkiss, Coriiner, j. T. Rkvki.. Surveyor. s. OWN OKI l Kli ; AI.OKKMKN: . IX Bl l.l.OCK, . . I St' 2I11 4lh 5lli an Jf .A. Cl AKK; l)R A ' A.NI ) K k SO N , (iKo. 1 Lackn v, J. T. Ku.is. . , B. Ht Df.a-s. .Mayor; J.N(). R. Mourk, 1 own Cler; W- L. Dkans, '"Collector. i'oi.i(.i:: - W. ' B'. SNAKKNliKRG, Chief. ' ' ; Ephriam Harrkll, Frank Kklton Jami:s M ARSHisor ft.Nk , I). B- Cukisiman, St--L'tiinniissioner.. '"..' v ' III K ItKs. ' St. Timothy's church Rev. "1 horn. is BeU, rector Services: '.Sundays, 1 1 ; a. m , 7 p. m ; Sunday, School at 3 p. m Wednesdays, even hii prayer 4 p 111., bible class 7:30 p. n. Fridays, even intr oraver and addi; ess ,7:30. ; , Rev. J. B. HurU- 11 a . m. and 7:3c ' Methodist Chufcl Pastor;- services -;t 'p. m. Sunday School,. 5 p. ni., J. Brutoil. Snot. Bravtr ineetinir We nesdav niirht at 7:30. y Christian Church, Rev. B." H. Melton' lasior; ser ices every Sunday, i a 111, 7:00 p mi BrayL-r."tiieetin? WelnesOay nihC , Sunday School at 9:30 o'clock, a. m., (ieo. Hackney, Supt. f " Bresb) terian Churclv, Rev. James Thomas, Bastot; services on the First, Third and Foil ft h Sunday in vvery nionih and at Louisbur Secoi.d Sun day. Services a,t- ti a m. and 8:30 p. in. Suiiday -School., at 5 o'clock, p. m. Baptist Church, service as follows: Breaching Sunday morning at 1 1 :i,c o'clock and 8 p!,m Rev W. H.-Redish 1'as.tur. J'rayer meeting Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. Sunday School at 5 p. m., 1). S."Nykin-Supt . Brimitive Baptist Charch, i.rt'achiny on 2 d Sunday by Elder Jas l'as; 01 3rd .Sunday, by Eider Jas S.' Woodard; on the 4th Sunday, and Saturilay befort by the pastor, Elder B. D. Gold, ser vices betrin at 1 1 a. 111. . .1 - 1.0 ; . Regular injetHis of Mt. ' Lebanon Lod-; N.o. 117 A. F & A. M: are Ik'-1. i.i their hal . corner f Nash and Go ds . Ijoro streets on'tiie 1st ami 3rd Monday nights at. 7:30 o'clock. p,' m. eacfmiomhr " ; t. K, . Moore, W. M'v Regular picetings of Mt Lebanon Chapter No 27 are held in.i he Masonic Hall every 2nd Monday night at 7.3c o'clock p. 111. each' month, W. H, Applewhite. IL B. - Regular meetings of . Mt. Febanoi Commrfndery No. 7 are held in the Masonic: hall every 4th Monday nigh! at 7:30 o'clock each month.. '. W. j. Boykin. E. C. Jr. O U. A. M.' Meeting every Mon day night at 730 o'clock, f. G, (). F. Hall.. : ; K. B. M yo, Councellor. Regular meetings of; Wilson Lodge K. Ot"H. No. 1694'are held iii their' hall over the 1st National Bank every i.l Thursday evening at 3:3'oo'cIork , p. m. B. F. liri-gs, Director. Regular meetings of Ccmtentnea Lodge,- No. 87, K. of B , are held ii; Odd Fell'ows"r Hall very j hursday night. Visiting members alvvays w-pb come. , Ree-ular' meetings of Enterprise ;.odge, No. 44, are held every T'rday- , night; in Odd l-el lows Hail. ' POST CIFFIC'K" HOURS. . Office opens 8 a m. and closes iV sunset Day mails close for No- th a.t 1, p. nr. " "' - " West " 1 p. m. " " " South " 1.30p.m. Night mails for all points close at 9. p.m. GET YOUR ) Rl STING AT T H E A I X V A NCE ( ) 1 " F I C E . &STABLISHC0 Caveats. B66 kAujw UAHt.wa. TRAOE "1 OESICNS- r Marks. wW"copyrichts. Thirtv-one veifs active practice. Opinion as to validity and' patentability. Yrite for book of instructions and references. EDSON BROS., 925 F Street. Washington, D. C t .i . THE M INpiY. Investigators Have Sent No News 1 to the Capital. 3PATTUSDS TALKING WAELIKE. An K-Captaln (Jcneral of Cuba, Ire-Miinia-iily ;a'rnMs, iets 'Mint War Het v-Vii '1 his Country Jind Spain Is Now liicvililI. Waphingtori, Feb. 28. The usual Sun day qiiit-t was not broken yesterday by. any important developments in con nection with the Maine disaster. Cap tain GrowniriiihieUl, 'chief of the navi- -Katicn'Vjurt-au, came to his office i,n the navy flepartrnerit. to open the depart ment mail aifd j a few important -telegrams., The sta!te: department received -nothing from Consul General Lee dur ing tlu- day, arul the only disnateh of consequence- rt aching that deplrtmept was !mm Minister Rockhill, at Athens, brietiy I stai ing that an attempt had been made on the. life of King George, but without serious results. -.' , Up to 6 o'c.cck the dispatches of the navy department"' were taken to the cfn ials of . the department and were not regarded as of sufficient conse quence to send to the secretary. Mr. Long saill the court of inquiry would now proceed with its work at .Key West,- t?ka-iiiin.ing the witnesses there in aeccrdarjce with its original plans. No definite information had been re- "cei.ved as to how much time would be taken- with - the inquiry there or what the uvst step would be. Mr.- Long stated that the department ,as today in -possess ion of no more information on the cause of the disaster than it was immediately after the occurrence, arid that no evidence had been received up- to the -present -time showing that the 'dastfer was caused by design. During -the afternoon the secretary re ceived a' call frcm Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, who assured- him that an examination of the map said to' show mines in Havana harbor disclosed, that no such mineswere on the map, Senor. Iu Bose, the Spanish charge d'affaires, yesterday received a. cable gram, iron the minister of slate at Madrid saying that the new minister to the United States, Senor Polo y Bar nabe, would sail tt"day from Gibraltar. This w'ill bring him to Washington in about ten days. Ac Gibraltar he will take one of the German line of trans-" 'atlant . steamers touching at that point. : The credentials of the new minister will be pivsented soon after 'his 'arrival, -and it is expected that his first- attention will be given to the new . commercial treaty between the United. States and Spain, with pa'rticu'ar reference- to .-.Cuba. Minister Woodford 'has been -carrying on the negotiations with the-auth(,! itios at Madrid, and they are well, along toward completion. A NOT 1 1 K II S K N S AT KIXAIj S'l'O UV. It Kvplaiiis .lust "How the, Maine Wax lilown Up." 1 Key West, Fla., Feb. 28. The light house tender - Mangrove, bearing the tnvnibt-rs Of theMaine court of inquiry, arrived from Havana yesterday morn ing. The court resumed its sessions in the United States district court room, in tb'e federal .building, at -10 o'clock this morning, a-ud will probably return to Havana on Wednesday. The most important ' itness to be examined here 'is Lieutenant-. Blandi.i, tne officer of the dec k: , w hen the Ma ne -explosion occurred.- The testimony of the other survivors w'il take on y a short time. The !ate-t stc ry as to the way the Maine as S-Iown up is contained in a letter .forwarded by a secret Cuban club in Ilu va na to J. M. Govin, a Cuban insurance agent here. It- was writ ten in Kngtish, but was signed "Ma quinista'.'. (Machinist),' After a long preamble, saying - that the- writer k'new the Majne's fate was due to a Spanish plot, the letter goes on to say that in an old warehouse at Santa Cacaijna. lOO yards' from where the Main s moored, some diving apparatus had been hidden, and that from this 'base two divers, had worked at night and filled the torpedo holes of the Maim with dynamite cartridges, connecting then! with wire to the bat tery on the land, front" which the cart ridges .'wi re : exploded. According to the letter the. divers. were to have been paid a large sum. which has not been forthcoming. The Culmns in Key West say that the investigation, in Havana has tended to "confirm the statements of the lettfi'..' which will go before the court ' of inciuiry. An officer pf the Maine whose attention was called to the story, today, .asserted p.ositively to this correspondent , that the. torpedo holes of the Maine- had not beeu open during her stay in the harbor. WAI! TALK IN SPAIN. Former ( p.'la'in (ieiieral of.Ciiba l're-oic-ts War tn April. Madrid, Feb IK The cardinal arch 'bishop of Valladolio . has publjshd a pastoral letter j aming America for the prolongation of the Cuban war. His eminence says: ."The hypocritical friendship cf th? United States fosters rebellion and wastes Spain's resources in' order 'the- .-better to attack her when Weakened." He exhorts all' true Span iards to "unite in defendingvthe rights and honor af the nation." The letter has caused w -de spread comment. The CoiTespGndeheia Militar, organ of the army, "says: ; "The prevailing impression is that war between Spain and the. United States will break out in Api il" ' - ; A. former captain general of Cuba (pi esuriiabty Mafshal : Martinez Cam pos), interviewed- by .a representative of Corrospondencia. Mijitar, is reported l.s saying: "I never entertained a cloubt that if f he rebellion w ere not ' suppressed be-' fore'" 1898 war - with the ttnited States would become- an accomplished fact". Unhappily rny prophecy will be ful filled. .But I have the consolation of havinsi' done all in my power to avert When a .man -is. suffering, from an' aching head a sluggish body vhen bis -muscles. are lux and-lazv his brain lull and his .stoma- h .disdaining fooi! he .vili, if wise h"ed these warnings ind rcsori to the right r medy, before it is too. late. " Pakkkk's aksapa- tllO "KINC; f)F IH.OOl) Pt'KIFI- liRSi'' makes the. appetite-keen ,rand heartv, invigorates the liver, purifies the blood and fills it with life giving el enients of the food. It is a wonderful Visload maker and flesh builder. Sold by B. W. Hargrave. it, and, tnererore, 1 oo not regret me blame li!ch "has been heaped on me. All that is now; possible isthat we should unite to meet the danger that threatens the country." GENERAL SOUTHERN NEWS Danville, A'a., Feb. 25, Mr. , J. . R. Pleasants J a well known architect of this city, died at his home, today. He was a native of Amelia county, but spent most of his life in Richmond. He had been -v citiezn of Danville 18 years. He suffered from cancer for four years; and died today under an operation. Norfolk, Va., Feb. 23. Judge Robert W. Hughes, of the federal court of .the Eastern district, appointed by President Grant in IS74, has forwarded his re signation to President McKinley. His probable successor is Judge Edmund Waddill. of Richmond. Judge Hughes is 77 years of age, and is one of the most distinguished jurists in Virginia. Savannah,-.Ga..'. Feb. 26. The Plant system and Atlantic Coast line Florida special yestibulecV"' train between St. Augustine and New York was brought to a sudden standstill on a burning trestle near Waycross, 100 miles south of Savannah, by a warped rail yester day afternoon. The sudden shock caused the death of Mrs. . Frank D. Holders, of Tonkers, N. Y., 65 years of age, and threw the remaining passen gers into a panic, but all escaped with only slight bruises. The cars were con sumed. - "" Salem, Va.-, Feb. 25 The Salem in dustries are all cn a boom. The Sa lem Machine works has many orders booked, and new men are being 'erri-: ployed in order, tg .fill the orders on time. The woolen mill and pants fac tory are now employing nearly 200 peo ple, and have . orders ahead to keep things humming for the, next 'seven or eight months. The -steam tannery is working abbut 100 men, and another large building will shortly be construct ed at this Jalready large plant. The Camden iron works is in a very pros perous condition, and has many orders to - fill. ;" - OLake City, S. C., Feb. 23. About 1 . o'clock in the morning Postmaster Baker, a negro, and his child were shot to death and their , bodies cremated It is said that a mob numbering sev eral hundred surrounded Baker's house. where the postoffiee is kept, set fire to the building and opened fire with guns upon it. Baker was killed, his two daughters and one son were seriously wounded. The woman had a baby in her arms, and she says that the ball that went through her- hand passed through the baby and killed it. All the wounded are maimed for life. Baker was appointed postmaster about three months , ago. Lake City is' a town of 300 inhabitants, and the negro, pop ulation in the vicinity is large. There was a protest at Baker's appointment, but 'it was not a very vigorous one. The postoffiee has been discontinued by the government. Frederick, Feb. 25. Harry Walling, aged 19 years, met with a serious ac cident this afternoon at the Union Knitting mills. He was engaged in cleaning, the shafting of the machinery, which is about one foot from the ceil ing, when his coat sleeve accidentally caught in a belt.. The young man was jerked ; from the ladder -. and hurled around the shafting until every shred of clothing was torri from his body, when he fell to the floor in an uncon scious condition. At every revolution of the, machinery his head and feet could be heard hitting againet the ceil ing. When he was picked' up he had on nothing but his shoes and..stock ings. His head was cut and bruised5 and his arm cut open to the bone, a large. piece of flesh being torn out of one. Several young worajn, who were engaged at tjheir machines, were, sick ened at the horrible sight and fainted. Lexington,! Va. Feb. 25. Two Mor man elders who have been preaching and baptizing at Buena Vista, were put on a northbound train from that city last night and shipped away. They had given power to several of their con verts to preach and were warned away, but did not .heed the warning. When closely pressed by the crowd last night one of them fired a pistol at their pur suers, but, fortunately, did not hit any one. They had made .quite an impres sion on the lower class in that vicinity. Raleigh, N C, Feb. "25. State Treas urer Worth has been interviewed re garding the lease of the Atlantic and North Carolina railway- to the South ern. He says he regards it as an ex cellent plan to lease at the rate of 2 per cent, but that' he considers the re duction of passenger, fares by the rail- way commission has driven the South ern railway from its plan to lase, and that there is now no prospect of lease. Are Too Wcali? "Weakness manifests itself in f - , crabitioii and aching bones. Ti. : 1 ' watery; the tissues n re wasting is if being opened for disease. A ljofiJ-M i towns' . Iron Uittors tnken in time wiil r'-U-ro. yoiu circngili. soothe" your nrrves, t !:!:. yoni bjood rich a:rl red. Do V"'i im'-e g'-o( than m exoonf-; ve sneeir.i - "l:'il(" - w:is'lron Litterj 1; Ten Head rrnin rire alio r.xpiosuuis. Kalamazoo,, Mich.. Feb. .23. Fir.e broke but in Hail Brothers laboratory at 10' o'clock' Saturday night. While the firemen Were trying to put the fire out in the second, story a terrific ex plosion took place, blowing up the en tire side of th building. The first ex plosion . was . followed by two others. Firemen 011 the ladder were blown in every, direction by the fearful concus sion. The dead are: George Halliday, engine driver ;; Pat McHugh, pipeman; John Hastings,. Jr., hoseman; Charles Whiting, spectator: James Quigley, spectator; Wi liam Wager, fireman; L. L. Holloway, druggist; Frank Auwers, fireman; Eugene Dole, fireman; Joseph Clifford, tcJphone lineman. , Jurv Deeiiied Aiiiii" 1 t'ie State. , Omaha, Feb. 28.- -The jury in the case of the, slate against the bondsmen of ex-State Treasurer Bartley returned a verdict for the defense last evening. The" amount' sued for was $5D5,000. The case was on trial 19 days and was given, to th" jury on Friday evening. The court's instructions were in effect that a Verdict for the full amount should be returned in favor of the state. Tht state will move to have the verdict set aside 'In a' minute" one dose of Hart's Esspnce ok, Ginger will relieve any ordinary case of Colic, Cramps or Nau sea. An unexcelled remedy for Diar rhoea, Cholera Morbus, Summer com plaints and all internal pains. Sold by li, Haryrave. , TOLSpiLY IM). The Philadelphia Journalist Expires Suddenly at His Home. SMOKING MADE HIS HEART WEAK While Enjoylner a (ilaar ITe Was Seized . With a Violent Fit ff Coughing, and Immediately After Dropped Dead, i , Hls t'tS'eer in Polities mid Business. I Philadelphia, Feb. 2S. William M. ! Sing3rly died suddenly at his residence, ' 1 701 Locust street, yesterday afternoon. -Heart disease was the immediate cause : of. death.lf Mr. Singerly . ha,d been suf fering for about ten days from a cold, and had ij-emained at home Since last , Wednesday, although" his indisposition : was in no way serious While sitting' In his bedroom smoking a cigar he was seized with a violent fit of coughing, and immediately afterwards fell over dead. In the room at the time were Mr. Singerly's granddaughter, Miss Mabel Singerly Meredith and two ser vants. His son-in-law", James S. , Mc Cartney, had left a few moments be fore the sudden end came, leaving Mr. Singerly apparently, in. good health, aparCjfrom his s'ight cold. - The physicians say they had fre quently, cautioned Mr. Singerly that his heart was weak as a result cf ex cessive smoking, and of late his cus tom was to take a "dry smoke." Yes terday, however, his cigar was lighted, and it is thought ' that the smoke brought 011 the coughing' spell; f he se verity of which ruptured a vessel of the heart. " '. Mr.; Singerly leaves a daughter, Mrs. E. Singerly Balch; 'who is at present touring Europe. William M. Singerly was president of The Record Publishing company, presi dent -of the Chestnut Street National THE LATE WM; M. SINGERLY. : bank and the4'Chestnut Street Savings Fund and Trust corrpany, which re cently, collapsed, and president of the Singerly pulp and. paper mii.. He was a member of the-Faiimount Park com mission, and until lately its treasurer, and a trustee of the" Philadelphia Com- mercial Museum. t ' j Mr. Singerly was born in this city on Dec. 27, 1832, and, with the exception of a brief , period in his early manhood, when he canducted a commission busi ness in Chicago, has lived here ever since. His father, Joseph Singerly. w as one of the originators of the street railway system of Philadelphia, and William returned here to assume the management of the' Germantown Pas senger Railway company.. In :T877 he bought The Record, trfen a compara tively feeble journal, and brought it to : its present standard. " j In 1877, upon the retirement of Gov- ernor Pattison from office. Mr: Singerlj' ' took an active part in establishing the Chestnut "Street' National bank, of j which the ex-governor became the first ! president. TJpon - Mr. Pattison being . called for a second time to the gover- I noship of Pennsylvania Mr.- Singerly I succeeded him as president of the bank, i and also became president of the ; Chestnut Street. Trust and Savings .Fund company. j Mr. Singerly was always an active j Democrat. In 1894 he w'as unanimous ly made the Democratic candidate for governor of -Pennsylvania, and . entered with great energy into the , canvass, sneaking in nearly every county in the state. - ' ' During the-' last national' campaign ' Mr. Singerly supported the Paimer and Buckner ticket, making a number of speeches in its behalf in Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland, and organiz ing a local association in aid .of the iJnovement. He also took an active part in forming the Pennsylvania Bankei s' .Association. Charleston, S. C, Feb.' 26. Nine lives were lost in a fearful fire which raged for a short while in the tenement hous at No 160 Church street, early this morning. The quick work of the fire department checked the fire, and it was soon under control, put' not until nine lives on the third story had been lost. The dead are Mrs. Rebecca Knick meyer, Albert O'Neal. Caswell O'Neal, Josephine Knickmeye.r. 17 years; Katie Knickmeyer, 16; Leonora Knickmeyer. 9; Francis Knickmeyer, 6: Lillie Knik meyer, 3: a baby of Mrs. Knickmeyer, 1 month, Mv. Knickmeyer is the wife. of Theodore K. Knickmeyer,-carpenter. The other Khickmeyers are all h s children, n.nd the O'Neals' are his brothers-in- aw. Mr. Knickmayer, who is a callman in the fire department, was on watch. When the alarm came in h,s was among the first to arrive on the scene, and as he turned into Church street he saw, to his horror, that it v. as .his owu house. ; He rushed into the building, only to see the police carrying out his children burned and dead. Dint r-tii n j StotriHch Iisasf - Perinanently cured by the masterly powers of South American Nervi e Toniq. Invali Is need suffer no longer, because this great remedy can cure them a'l. It is a. cure for the whole worPd of stomach ' weakness and indi gestion. The cure begins with the first dose. The relief it-brings..' is marvel oui an surprising. It makes no fail ure ; never disappoints. ' No matter how long you have suffered, your cure is certain under the use of this great Health giving force. Pleasant and al ways safe, ' r ' '"-.- ...Sold by E. F. Nadal, Druggist, Wilson, N. C. - THE WILKESBARRE TRIAL. Many Witiiesses Testify to the StrtK ers' Lawlessness. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Feb. 28. The de fense in the case against Sheriff Mar tin "and his deputies, on trial for the shooting, of strikers at Lattimer ' last Sep't ember, is producing strong evi dence to show, that the rioters had beerijriotous and threatening for some time previous to the fatal encounter." Many witnesses testified that they had been forced by threats to join the strikers' ranks, while others who re fused, were brutally beaten. A score or rriore witnesses Have testified that some of. the stri-kers were armed w'i-th revolvers, and several swore that the. first; shots at Lattimer were fired frtim the strikers' ranks. On Wednesday last. Jacob Wiltiims, timekeeper of the Cranberry braker, described an attack by strikers on that breaker -on Sept. 3. when they arfsn stopped a coal train and stoned the crew. On Friday Sheriff Sel izer, ' of Carbon county, told of his defense of Coxe's breaker at Beaver Meadow just inside of the Carbon county line. Sher iff Martin and his deputies were near' by, and Sellizer called upon them. Martin instructed his deputies not. to shoot except in def eVise of their own liyes. . On Saturday . one of thevxhief wit nesses was Mrs. Elizabeth Harvey, wife of a Lattimer physician. She told hpw the . armed strikers terrorized the entire town tn Sejt. T. and were chased away by the deputies. Every lody in Lattimer, Mrs. Harvey said, was afraid of the strikers. The witness was so frightened that she collapsed and was .unable to sleep for several nights. She sank down on her knees through fright when she' beheld the Strikers comwig i on Sept. 10. Mrs. Annie Goodwin, Mrs. Madge Kilmer and Mrs, Genevieve , Wackley gave similar testimony. LA CHAMPAGNE SAFE. Overdue French LineA Towed The Into Ilnlifnx Harbor. New York, Feb. 28. Saturday night the Holland-American line steamer Rotterdam, fronf 'Rotterdam, arrived at Quarantine" writh Third Officer George Unswerth and nine seamen of La Champagne on board. They were pick ed up from a lifeboat on Feb. 24. The men' when taken, aboard the Rotter dam were in a helpless, condition, hav ing been in the ship's lifeboat for. six days and, nights. They suffered ter ribly from the effects of the weather, and were all more or less frost bitten. Third OfTieer Unswerth stated that La Champagne broke: her tail shaft , on Feb. 17, at 5 p. m., end the vessel was totally disabled. " i " On .the m : iJrg of ihe 18th. the life boat being fully provi -lon-.d, Unswerth and his crew cf nine t.".o:i.eft the ship's side in the ho'p.e f inte ceiting some passing stea.mer a nd -f., ttm.T-assistance for the disabled limr. The men work ed steadily at tl.e oars until, cn the 21th, at 1 p. m., the Rot'crdim bore down1 and stood by, end with no little difficulty rescued al hands. Captain "Bonjer and his .officers made the men as comfortable as possible., and. 'he Rotterdam's surgeon attended careful ly t the suffering seamen. Officer Unswerth reported that i.a Champagne waft' in- no danger v li- n he left, but as the vessel was tota'.y dis abled' there was ' considerable anxiety regarding her until last night, when a telegrani from "HaMfax announced that the vessel had been towed' into that Harbor by the i steamer Roman, with all on board safe and well. Tried to Kill a Ktiiir. Athens. Feb. 2o Vvrhile King Georgt was returning frorL Phalerum Satur day evening in a landau, accompanied by the Princess Malia. two men who were hidden in a'ditc'h alongside - the road opened, fire with guns upon the gecupants of the carriage. The first shot missed, but the', second wounded a footman in the arm. The coachman Whipped up his horses, and the royal party dashed away at, a gallop. The miscreants- - fired We'ven shots after them, none of which' look effect, and the king and print-ess returned to the palace unhurt. 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A slight down grade pre .vented the driver from, stopping the vehicle, as it slipped on the Ice and snow, and just as the frightened horses leaped across the railway tracks the heavy locomotive struck the . vehicle fairly in the middle, hurling human-bodies- and fragments of 1 debris far from the tracks and continuing on its northward journey several hundred feet before it could be stopped, passing over several bodies in its progress. The victims of the disaster were. on their nay from . West Harvey to. Blue Island, where a surprise party was to be held. P.hysicians were called, and with the aid of the passengers the in jured were removed tp the hotel vat Blue Island, w here the festivities which had 'been planned were to be held. There - were but few couples in the pleasure party, 14 others who were to have gone having remained to take another bust The dead are: . Jennie Willette, IS years old; Sophia VanBuren, 15 years old; Lou!s Sauerb.er, 15 years old, son of th diiver; Frc-d Pelky, 20 years old Thomas Hayes, aged 20; unidentified woman. c, ' Tie fas- iEil8 ' dgMtore . 8f ' Is es ery 7 WWW m 1 1 m Terrible Erpenence on Board the British Steamer Legislator. SIX JAILORS LOST THEIR LIVES. Two of These Sacrificed Themselves WhlleSavIiisr the Lives of Their Fel lows Three Days of Fearful Fire Fltrhtlnir Itesoue Came. lust In Time. Boston, Feb. 28. The British steamer Legislator, Captain - Tennant, bound from' LiverpooLfor Colon, was burned at sea Feb. 16. The fire broke out on Feb. 13, and. burned fiercely for three days, during which time Fireman Thomas Roberts was burned to death. Second Officer James Bateman and Seaman William Angell were drowned by the capsizing of a boat, .Third Of ficer Martin and Chief Steward John Gaffney. went adrift in another boat, and Chief Cook Fred E. Lee. crazed with fearful burns, jumped overboard. The rest of the trew of 30 men. with two passengers, Dr. William E. -Mortimer and wife, of London,' were res cued by the fruit steamer Flowergate and brought to this port. 'arriving here yesterday. Four of the crew. Chief Engineer John Troughcar, Second En gineer John Holden, Fourth Engineer Robert Milne and Seaman Charles Ib bitson were so severely injured that they were taken to the Marine hospital' upon arriving at this, port. (Jolden is not expected to live. . - The suffering of those who survived the fearful three days in which they were tossed about by the waves, while explosion after explosion threatened to send the fire 'eaten steamer to the bot tom, makes a tale seldom equaled in the annals of the merchant marine. The Legislator left Liverpool on Feb. 3 with a miscellaneous cargo, includ ing phosphate, cotton goods and per cussion caps, for Colon and Central American ports. Nothing out of ..the.! ordinary occurred until 4 o'clock in the morning of the 17:h, when without warning an explosion took place" from a hatchway forward of midships, fol lowed by a tremendous outburst of smoke "and flame. All fn firemen and engineers but one came tumbling on deck, some of them more or less burn ed. The missing man was Thomas Roberts, and it was not until two days later that his charred body' was re covered, during a lull in the fire. The crew were badly handicapped in fight ing the fire, as the hose and pumping engine were disabled or consumed. Soon after the fire started it spread so raDidlv that the forward part of the boat, on which were seven men. was cut off, and Captain Tennant ask ed er volunteers to " rescue the re mainder of the crew. Second Officer Bateman and Seaman William Angell at once offered to row .along the side of the ship and bring the men aft. One of the boats was launched with difficulty, as tbere was a heavy sea running, and by careful work managed to reach the almost .doomed , men. All :were .finally taken on board and the' boat dropped astern, but before the nine men could be pulled on the afterdeck a tremendous sea capsized the small boat, and every man was thrown into the water. After their heroic .work Batemai and Angell were the only ones who I were not rescued. In the mean time, through some confusion, another boat fas launched, and in it was Third Office'r Martin and Chief Steward John Gaffney. Another big sea swept them away, and they have not been seen since. The fighting of the flames still continued,! and as the fire reached the boxes of percussion caps ' there were alm'ost constant explosions. I unt- of these Fred E, 'Lee, the chief Vook. was so severely burned that he jumped overboard ,and could not be saved. At 3 o'clock on the morning of th" 6th the steamer Flowergate. bound for this- port, hove in sight. Two boats were immediately lowered from the Flowergate. and after three hours all ofj those on board " the burning vesel were safely transferred. Captain Ten nant was the last to leave. S.une of the crew saved a part of their cloth ing, but a majority of those ori board lost everything. The rescue was none too soon, for as the Flowerga.Vp started her engines the fire Was bursting from the after decks, of the Legislator. oj- the Th Legislator was burned t waters edge. The dead are vniel Steward John Gaffney, Second Officer James Bateman. Third Officer Wil!iani Martin. Chief Cook Alexander Jenkins, Seaman William Angill and Fireman Thomas Roberts. ' Chief Engineer John Traughear, Sec ond Itnglneer John Holden, Fourth Kn gineei Robert Miln and Seaman C. Ib otson were severely burned. The blue-bird is hailed as a harbin ger of Spring, j It is also a reminder that a bloo-purifier is needed to pre pare, the system for- the debilitating weather to come. Listen and you will hear the hxAs singing": 'Take Aj er's Saasaparilla in March, April, ;May. M. Zola's' Conv'cfloti. Paris, Feb. 21. The Zola trial i. end ed. The jury agreed days ahead sn the verdict, and its unanimity was due to threats. It stayed in the jury room for a few nunuteV, and the sentence if one year for M. Zola and one year and four months for M. Perreux. Zola's counsel has made an appeal against the sentence, and pending decision he is at liberty. M. Zola was charged with accusing cabinet-officials of perjury in connection with the sentence of Cap tain Dreyfus to life imprisonment, for treason. - British Finer On Our oll. Seattle, Wash., Feb. 26. Trie steamer Noyo, which arrived here from Alaska yesterday, brings a report . that the British flag has been planted at Sum mit lake, fourteen miles from Skaguay. It is also reported that eight men have been frozen to deah on the trail since Feb. 15. ' Itrlirfiii Six Himm. 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C, and seriously injured. '; Wednesday, Feb. 2H. Senator White. f California, will de cline re-election beeaute 'of business engagemetitsi. . . . A. numlHr of Ohio coal companies hae combined to sell .its enlire product to the combination and the profits to be pooled. Ignatius Donnelly, the veteran north western journalist and politician, was married at Minneapolis to Miss Marion Hansen, aged 22. Th' Congregational ministers of Kan sas City. Mo., criticized General Booth and his Salvation. Army, one of them characterizing it as "the most absolute despot'rn on earth." ' The housv of Postmaster Baker, col ored, at Lake City. S. C. was fired by a mob. -,'who killed the vostmaster and -his infant .child, and dangerously - In jured his. v. ife and two daughters. Thiirsflay, Fell. Eltitrt-P. Lepford. a noted outlaw of Johnson county, Tenn., tas probably fatally wounded by a deputy sheriff. . Ukhard Allen, a robber,, and Tom Holmes, murderer, both negroes Were lynched by a mob at Mayfleld. Ky. British ship Asia was wrecked on Ground Shoal, near Nantucket. Mass. Eighteen were lost and three rescued.. ''Henry Williams, a negro, shot' and "killed Ethel Gray, a white girl, at Oak larfd. Cab. and then committed suicide. ;.Ex-Mayor W. J. Piero. of Massilon, 0.,'ls under arrest for alleged complic ity in the robbery u thj Massilon post- Olfice. .'';': ' 'An avalanche at" South Quebec, Can ada, engulfed two houses under a cliff. 'Lewis Angers and two children ani Mrs, King w ere killed. '; . ; - Friday. Fel.''j5. The Spanish cruiser ' Vlzcaya left New York harbor for Havana direct. A Chicago motorman was killed and tvo jiassengers injured by a train striking a trolley car. . Experiments will be made In rural free mail d.'hyery in Burlington county, N. J., and Bucks county. Pa. Mrs. Daniel Manning was 'elected president of the Daughters of the American Revolution by the Washing ton convention. Dr. Gatiing, 'who is. superintending the construction of a big gun at Cleve land, thinks the coast defenses are'', not what they should be. "' The interior department , has decided that it .must 1e shown that a pensioner was addicted to drink at the time' the injuries weiV sustained before his' pen son can 'be annulled. Saturday. Feb. 'id. e Ktucky. house Khis passed the ping-anti-c igarette bill. Saturday. Feb. 2(1. The sweep Floods and avalanches have partly destroyed the mining town of Monte Oisto, Wash. In the fight bet wen Tommy Ryan and George Green at San Francisco last night, Ryan .won in IS rounds. Acting President Ooper, of Hawaii, advises caution at hoine, lest annexation ntgotiat ions meet with failure. The government's receipts from sale of public lands during the past ten years were upwards of $."..'1,000,000, and the. ex penses nearly $7,0'O,O00. : ; Chairman Walker, of the house com mitte on banking and curneney, appears to be antagonistic to-the bill prepared b.y t he I ndianapol is monetary convention , . MivihIhv, F-l. 4H, Mis Marj: Page, an elderly. Invalid, was burned to death in her home at HardWick. Me. " G. H. bawrence, of Leominster, .Mass., is dead, the third victim of a' boiler explosion on an ice harvesting plant. The 50th anniversary of California's" statehood, in i;"l. 'w ill le celebrated by anoth'-r midwinter fair at San Franc isco. , - - - . Six sailors and the daughter of. Cap tain Wilhelmensen. of the Norwegian bark Herman, died of yellow fever at Pa --a. 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