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OUR NEW NAVAL FIGHTERS.
The Warship Amazonas ,Now Car-
Ties, the Stars and Stripes.' "
A SUNDAY CABINET CONFERENCE
iresldjent 'MeKlnley Remained From
Church. In.4rder to Discuss War
Measures Witty Ills Advisers New
Jersey Militiamen Ready to Defend
Their Coast In tlie Kvent of a Decla
ration qf War An Offlcei of the
M err I tt Wrecking Company Ex
presses the Belief That the Maine
Explosion Was Internal Spain
Would; Indtieritaiilly Deny Responsi
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Washington, March- 21. President
McKinley did not attend church yes
terday, as is his custom, but instead
spent two hours and more in confer
ence with several members of the cab
inet. Assistant Secretary Day called
about 10:30 o'clock and remained until
nearly 1.; Secretary Long and Secretary
Bliss were the other! members present.
They remained ' less than an hour,
Con?manler Clover,; in company with
Mr. Charles R. Flint, who has been
acting for the government' in the nego
tiations for the purchase of ships, a.so
called, and were shewn into the presi
dent's private office.
The 'presence of Mr. Flint at the con-,
ference naturally gives the inference
that the president and his advisers
were discussing the Question ,of ac
quiring additional ships. Mr. Flint,
whose commercial iterests are largely
with South American countries, is be
lieved, in. a measure at least, to repre
sent Chile and the Argentine Republic
in- any negotiations which are under
way for the disposition of their war
vessels. A reporter asked Mr. Flint if
he would say whether or not the Uni
ted States had secured possession of
the . ChUeah ." ship O'Higgins and the
Argentine ghiD San Martino. He re
plied: "Both Chile and the Argentine Re
public have the warmest friendship
and admiration for the United States
and her institutions. Neither country
is anxious to . sell their ships to this
government, basing this indisposition
on the belief that we have an excellent
navy of our .own. They wMit these'1
vessels themselves. If the time should
come, however, when it was apparent
that the United States needed -these
vessels they would gladly part with
them, to us." , ' '
The attention of Mr. Flint was called
to the published report that the United
States would purchase the Brazilian
torpedo gunboat Tuby, but this, . he
said would not be done, so far as he
was aware, as there were no negotia
tions under way to that effect;
The members of the cabinet' on leav
ing -the White House said that there'
was no special significance in the meet
ing. The report of the Maine court of
inquiry, they said, had not been re
ceived,, nor was It definitely known
when it world reach here. It was ex
pected,, however, early this week, and
as soon as received it would be handed
at once to the. president, and when it
had been read and considered by the
president it would be, made public
Secretary Long, In speaking of the- re
port, said that while fully realizing its
importance the country, in his opin-
lonr would willingly accord tohe presi
dent a day or two, if necessary, for its
consideration. The . indications seem
to be that the report w ill be made pub
lic by the middle of the present week.
The new cruiser Amazonias, the first
of the two new war vessels purchased
last Monday from the Brazilian gov
ernment, according to preslnt plans,
will be manned entirely from the San
Francisco. The latter vessel sailed last
Tuesday for the River Tyne, where the
new warships were built. , It Is expected
she will divide her officers and crew.
with the Amazonas, placing Lieutenant'
Commander Arthur P. Nazro. execu
tive officer of the San , Francisco, In
charge of the latter vessel. - '
The construction of five modern dry
docks was on Tuesday agreed to by the
house committee on naval affairs. They
are to be located at Portsmouth, N. H..
Boston, League Island, near Philadel
phia, Algiers, near New Orleans, and
Mare Island, near San Francisco. These
docks," all of whichjare to be-entirely,
new structures, are to be of wood ex
cept those at Algiers and Portsmouth.
The indications now are that the
dock' at Portsmouth . will be built of
stone and that at Algiers of steel.
There is a strong disposition In the
committee to increase the navy, in ad
dition to the three batteries recently
authorized, by the' construction of
,20 small vessels of war. .
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lhe special board on auxiliary cruis
ers is kept busy. The list of vessels
available', including steamships, yachts.
tugs and other craft, which is now in
the hands of the navy department, in
cludes nearly 1,000. The great ma
jority of the. vessels are at New York,
Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore,
where they Will be inspected and the
list sifted down to those worth con
sidering. As fast as the facts in re
gard to the vessels are filed consider
ation will be given to the work of arm-.
ing them in the best, and most speedy
manner for effective use. The mem
bers of the board remaining in the
city are giving especial attention to
steam yachts and sea going tugs. On
ly those with hulls of iron or steel will
. be considered, as wooden hulls are not
deemed desirable.
The main developments In the Span
ish situation on Wednesday was in coii-
When a mati is siifferine 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 rtjsort to the right r niedy, before
it is (too late, "Parker's Sarsapa
rili.a" the "KINO OF blood purifi
ers makes the appetite keen and
hearty, invigorates the liver, purines
the blood and fills it with life giving el-
ements of the food. It is a wonderful rhoea. Cholera Morbus, Summer com
blood - maker and flesh builder. Sold plaints and all internallpains.. Sold by
by B. VV. Hargrave, . . 6. VV.. Margrave,
riection wlti the detinue representation
Isubmitted. by the Spanish government
to the state department concerning the
assembling of a large fleet of American
warshios at Key West, the war Drepa-
ratlons and the influence which these
1 rrV. ho,ra rr tha annrhaphlno' alar.t Inn I
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in uuoa. xi was poirueu uui mai uie
i.ssembling of such a large fleet at Key
West could ot be regarded as friend
y measure, and proved an indirect en
couragement to the insurgents. V
On Wednesday '.the court of inquiry
iito the Maine disaster arrived at Key
".est from Havana. . Many of the na-
al officers at Key West believe that
the court will report that the explosion
vas caused from the outside. On Wed
nesday seven officers of the Maine were
given leave of absence, and left for
their homes that night. They are Lieu
tenant G. F. W. Holman f New York.
Lieutenant John J. Blandin of Balti
more, First Lieutenant of Marines AI
bertiie W. Catlin of Newburgh; .Lieu
tenant George Blow of Chicago, Cadet
Washington of Goldsboro, N. C, Cadet
Grenshaw of Greenville, " Ala., and
Boatswain. Larkln, of Philadelphia.
On Saturday Messrs. Holman, 'Blow.
Catlin and Larkin visited .Washington
and Interviewed th president.
On Thursday last an order was is-'
sued from the navy department for the
formation of a new naval squadron,
which will be stationed at Hampton
Roads, and' several vessels at Key
West and ' Tortugas are. withdrawn
from Key West and TortUgas to Join
this " squadron. This new move was
unanimously indorsed at the cabinet
meeting on Friday. . A cable dispatch
on Friday announced the formal trans
fer of the Brazilian warship Amazonas,
at Gravesend, England, tf Lieutenant
Commander Col well, of the United
States navy, and the hoisting of the
Stars and "Stripes to, the masthead. It
was also announced that the San Fran
cisco arrived at GraVesend, and the
work of placing a crew on the new
acquisition to the navy " is proceeding
rapidly. She will be convoyed to the;
United States by the San Francisco
Beyond the Amazonas, her sister
ship, Abreuall, and the yacht May
flower... no purchase of ships have
been made by.8 the navy department.
A number of fleet" steam yachts owned
in the United States are being offered;
to the department, and it is probable
that some of these will, be purchased.
Secretary Long takes the view that
failing, to secure the torpedo boat de-.
stroyers he wants the best plan is for
him to equip some of these speedy,
boats with torpedo tubes and light bat
teries and improvise torpedo boats. V 5
The semi-official statement given out
at Madrid advancing the government
view that a demand for; indemnity
based on Spanish "responsibility for thef
Maine explosion would be Indignantly
repelled by Spain attracted much in-j
terest in official circles. There . has been
little doubt for some time that Spain
was preparing for the contingency of
an adverse report by the American
court of inquiry, and to that end was
preparing to anticipate and offset it;
by making clear the government pol
icy of standing by the report of the
Spanish commission.
Along wfith the semi-official state
ment from Madrid that" a demand for
indemnity will be indignantly repelled,
is the further statement from reliable
sources that Spain has made it clear to
the authorities here that intervention
may lead to war.
, Aside from the' vlsif of Maine sur
vivors to the president on Saturday
there was nothing new in the situation
beyond a report from Havana that
General Pando, of the Spanish army
in Cuba, was endeavoring to secure a
conference with the insurgent leaders
looking to a cessation" hostilties by
allowing to the island the same method
of self government aljowed to Canada
by Great Britain, retaining only Span
ish suzerainty. This liberal offer la
proposed by the autonomists, but the
report that it was authorized by the
Spanish government is not verified.
Should the conference take place, which
is unlikely, the insurgents would
doubtless reject the offer.-
The British Fleet In China,
Tacoma,. Wash., March 21. Offlqjers
of the Northern Pacific steamship Vic
toria, just arrived from' China and
Japan, report that the British govern
ment is massing a very powerful fleet
of warships In Chinese waters, and that
the British are buying all the coal
coming to those waters for their men-of-war,
and so anxious are they to get
it that they send vessels to sea and
there hail the coalers and bargain for
their cargoes, paying gilt edge prices
if necessary. There aire now 30 or 40
.British warships on, the China station.
and the fleet has, been considerably
augmented during the last; few weeks.
Among the latest arrivals, was the big.
marine fighter Powerful, one of the
"lost destructive vessels afloat.. "
. Diseases of th Blood and Nerves..".
' No one need suffer with neuralgia. T hi
disease is quickly and permanently cured
- by Drowns' Iron Bitters. Every disease of
. the blood nerves and jtomach, chronic
or otherwise, succumbs to Browns' Iron
Bitters. Known and used for nearly a
quarter of a century, it stands to-day fore.'
most among our most valued reii'iedi
Browns' Iron Bitters is sold Ly uU li.-ah-rt..
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TO GUAltT NEW JERSEY'S COAST.
Officers of tho State M ill tla Advlfted
to Be In Read I
Newark, N. J., March 21. The com
manding officers of the regiments of
the New Jersey National ' Guard held
a meeting at division headquarters of
General J. W. Plume yesterday. There
were present Colonel Campbell of New
ark, Colonel Hlnes of Paterson, Colo
nel Lee of Elizabeth, Colonel ' Smith of
Jersey City, Colonel Cooper of Camden,
and Colonel Bamford of Trenton. Ad
jutant General T. S.- Chambers of
Trenton and General 'P. D.' ' Wanser,
commanding the First brigade were
also present. - . , '",'
The general condition of; the troops
was considered .and all reported satis
factory. It was the sense of the
meeting that, as New Jersey has no
coast defense between Sandy Hook and
Cape May, except a four gun battery
at Sea Girt, New Jersey, in case of war,
would have to take care of her coasts
with her troops the minute hostilities
were begun between the United States
and Spain. While no official order was
given, every man was quietly .'Informed
to be in readiness in case an emergency
thould arise. ,
'Tn a minute" one dose of Hart's
Essence ok Ginger will relieve; any
ordinary case of Colic, Cramps or Nau-
sea. An unexcelled remedy for Diar-
VI1NTS SENATOR
Tells of the HorTOr8 of Snanish
Misrule in Cuba.
STARVATION STOEIES OONPIEMED
Red field Proctor Declares That It Will
Be Necessary For This Country to
Feed Cnba's Stricken Ones Until the ,
' Cruel Warfare Is Knded.
' Washington, March 18. Senator Red-
A.I J T A. M T T A. 1 4. J
weiu rru).w, o v eriiioui. wno reiumeu
sunaay rrom an extenaea trip to ana
through the Island of Cuba, yesterday
afternoon made , a statement to the
senate of his observations on the isl
ahd. From many view points the
statement -. was . remarkable. . Every
element of sensationalism, .had been
studiously eliminated f rornS it, and,
except .so far as the facts recited were
sensational, it bore not the slightest
evidence of an effort to arouse the
.public mind.
" Every ' statement made by ' Senator
Proctor was with that clearness and
precision. which characterize the acbu
rate demonstration of a problem in
.mathematics. Calm and dispassionate
to a notable degree, the utterances of
the-senator aroused a breathless in
terest. "Every person within the sound
of his voice was. convinced 4 hat he was
putting his observations - into careful
terms, lest he might subject himsff
to the criticism of being emotional.
One of the best characterizations of the
statement . was made by Senator Frye,
of Maine, a few minutes after, its de
livery. "It "is." said he, "just as if
Proctor had held up his right hand and
sworn to it:' " ,;
Senator Proctor began by saying that
more importance had been attached to
his Visit than necessary, but he thought
SENATOR REDFIELD PROCTOR,
a public statement would be beneficial.
The only , thing, he said, that he had
said about the matter to the president
was that' he was going and asked if
there was any objection to it, and was
told that there was none. He said that
General Lee and other ' United States
representatives in Cuba afforded him
opportunity to secure information. .
He denied that he made the statement
that the Maine was blown up from the
outside, but might haye said that was
the ODinion in Havana. The senator
thought there was no definite informa
tion to be obtained upon this feature.
Odtside Of Havana there is desolation
and misery. People are surrounded by
trochas and controlled by forts or block
houses. His observations, he said,
were in the four western provinces.
Outside of the trochas and forts there
were no habitations or people living.
The Spaniards, he said, held in the
four provinces only what their army
sits on.
The senator described at some length
the condition of the reconcentrados,
saying one-half of them had died ow
ing' to the manner in which they had
beep kept in the small houses and bad
sanitation. It was no wonder they had
died, he added.
He went;'to Cuba, he said, thinking
the condition of the people had been
overdrawn, but found their situation
terrible. What he saw he could not
tell so others could see. In one place
in Havana, the senator said, he saw
40Q emaciated people laying on stone
floors, with little clothing. - The chil
dren had no clothing.
American people may be assured, he
continued, that their bounty will reach
the destitute, and he added the .condi
tion of the reconcentrados will not be
changed until peace comes. ' In the
meantime 'they must, be fed by the
chaity of this country.
General Blanco's order of Nov. 13
k in ui nine iiiauiicai use. nu ueiienciLU
results had followed. For this he, did
not blame - General Blanco, as Blanco
looked at the matter; from , a military
point of -view.
As to the military situation', he said,
there were about 60,000 "Spanish
troops. He -thought they would fight
well if properly led, but declared that
they were- no match for our men,
nearly all being very young and of
slight physique. There is no artillery.
The troops live' in barracks. The cav
alry is mounted mostly on ponies. He
said the Cubans, had about 30 000 men
in the field, and were very aetive.
Montreal "Kndanarereid by. Flood.
Montreal, March 21. Today Montreal
stand? in imminent danger of . a repeti
tion of the disastrous flood of 1886.
when hundreds of thousands of dollars
damage was done. For some days past
the water In the St. Lawrence river has
been steadily rising, until today It has
touched the record point. Along Com
missioners street a hu:re stone wall
shuts out the water. '. On top of this is
a wooden dyke, and the water is now
half way up the dyke.
' IUtrfKlng Momnett Tlie
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powers of South American NeTvine
Tonic. Invalids need suffer no longer,
because this great remedy can cu
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world of stomach weakness and in ii
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dose. The relief it brings is marvel
lous an' surprising. It makes no fail-
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how long you have suffered, ' yourdire
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health giving force, i Pleasant and al
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Wilson, N. C
GENEEAL SOUTHERN NEWS
Atlanta,- Ga., March .17. The Popu
list stata convention adjourned .shortly
before 1 o'clock this morninsr after
a long r.ml i t.ormy 'session. ., Hon. Tom
E. War'rt n was nominated for gov
ernor, and although he has repeated I y
declined to accept, it is belu-vod' that
he will yet consent to make the race.
Birmingham, Ala., March 21. An ex
plosion occurred in slope -.2 of the Ten
nessee Coal, Iron and Railway cr,m-
I pany at P'ra"lt City. Six colored o--ti-
yicts were t illed. The n-en were 1 COO
feet from the surface repairing the ai.1
machinery.'.-' The explosion was cat: F. d
either by firedamp or powder. It is not
possible at-. present t.o reaqh the dead
P&dutah, Ky., March 19 News of a
sensational suicide, enmps from 'Mas
sac count v. Ills. a fev miles -frmrt j
here. r AcctrsL'ng to repcrts- Miss J'ln.ry i
Wade and Jofrn Lamroert were swovt-j
hearts, but their parents opposed thf ir j
marriage. In a fit of dopfindr-ncy the .
young lady took poison and 'died. Wlv-n
the young man learned of it he - bo
came a raving' maniac
'. Memphis, Tenn.,-' March 17. Xev.-p
comes .ir'cra Aftcn, Ark., a village' 50
miles west cf here; -of a double tragely.
. Jefferson-Taylor, a well to do-farmer,
who has for some time been rm-n tally'
unbalanced,' , fcund -'-an old pistol. 11
threatened to kill, his wife and grov-n
daughter, and they called h ud!y for
assisi.mce." "lie shot the, 'daughter,, kill
ing her insta.ntly. Then he killed. hi;n-
.- self. -
Abbeville, Ga.,' March 15. The" Bank
. of Abbeville his failed. : Cashier - Lat
ham, in the absence of Prt sldvnt Me
hegan. made an '.''assignment"-'-to lax
Land for the benefit of 1 lie bank';-.
creditors. .Mr. Latha-f. gave the as-
1 signee'the wfemg; combVnatfrTri I'o the
I safe and left town. President Mehegan
has been absent two weeks. The mer
. chants of Abbeville are the principal
losers. ,1 ne amount ot the loss can
not be ascertained until tlie safe is
opened. '
Richmond, Va., March 21. In Appo
mattox countv Emmett j Marshall, son
of the late Douglass Marshall,. shot and
instantly killed his brother's wife, Mrs.
W. B. Marshall. He then fired at his
brother t)o,uglass, wounding him in the
arm, and attempted to fhoot his other
brother, the husband of the woman he
had shot. Emmet used a -double bar
reled gun. He is demented. . He Was
taken to jail at Appomattox C H., and
tEjed to commit suicide '"by running his
head against a 'projection in a, steel
cell. '
New Orleans,'- Iach 19. The most
interesting feature :n Secretary Hes
ter's weekly -New-Cr. 1: a-ih crttrn state
ment is that' it s-ho vs :;;. e cc tien mar
keted during the, si" :.ff.nths and 18
days that have- eInn;-L 1 k f this season
than has ever bee ' : In any year
known to the hi: (y 'i ' Wvt trade. In
round figures '9.975; ' - 0 ia s have been
brought into tlghi." this 'z'cz$', while
the largest -co'mthe.rcia! "'crnp hereto
fore .recorded (that of, 1 - : : '.'5) was
9,901.000 bales; the next bv;-'rt crop
was 9,035,000 tn the year iVjlhi and the
third largest was 8.75S.000 in 1S9'-0T.
Austin, Tex., March 16: The attor
ney general has ru ed that th;:r . ;
have to be two state elections i.i Tl'xas
this year. The regular ' elec irn to
elect state officers and congressmen,
as well as legislators and eounty of
ficers, will be held as usual the sec
chd Tuesday in Novfmtor but a spe
cial election Vwil! have to be held the
first Tuesday to pass dn .some consti
tutional amendments. It was the in
tention Jo make this election fall on the
same day asthe, state election, "ut
this year November cornes in on Tues
day. Thus this carelessness . on the
part of the governor and lawmakers
will cost thQ state nearly SI 00. 000.
Birmingham, Ala., .March 21. Two
farmers rvsidingr near Dolomite found
a blaze in' a bursh hear in a narrow
ravine. On close investigation the
charred body of a man was found in
the ashes. From articles strewn about
the place. "the body was recognized as
that of Matthew '. Hall, well known
farmer. ' Hall had been the principal
actor hi a feud of lonir standing rida-
tive to a property line. Andtew and
Gustavus Lee, ".Dave" " O'Neal ' and
"Handy"; Singleton are in the county
jp.il on the charge of murder. There is
evidence to show that the Lees, who
are white men, employed the other two.
who are negroes, to murder Hall ard
burn his body.
Why allow yoAirself to be slowly tor
tured at the stake of disease? Chills
and Fever will undermine, and eventu-
tlly break down, the strongest consti
tution "FEBRI-CUtfA" (Sweet Chill
fonic 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
tinder positive guarantee' lo cure nr
money refunded. Accept no. stibsti
tu es. , The "just as good" kind lm't
effect cures. Sold by B. -VV. Hargrave.
Mrs.! Rnrnofr 'rcl;s liivorre. :
"Washinsrton, March lf Mj-r. Frances
Hodgson Burnettr the well knrvwn au
thor of "Little L.ord Fauntierov" and
'other books Which have gained Wide
circulation, has instituted, divorce pro
ceedings against her hus?and, Dr.
Swan M-! Burnett. The grounds upon
which th. decree is asked are desertion
and failure to support. The charge, to
a large ektent, is purely a technicality.
For about three-years Mrs. Burnett
and-her husband1 have lived apart. ;
Severe Snow storm In jlontsna.
Kali (-pel, Mont,, March 21. The most
severe, snow storm of the; season is pre
vailing in -this section, j; At 1 o'clock
yesterday morning it began snowing,
and at 6 o'clock in the evening 18 inches
of snow Ihr-.d fallen. At ' that hour 1 he
wind 'changed to the north, and the
snow is drifting .badly. All trains are
delayed, and pome will have to be aban
doned entirely. The storm is even more
severe in the mountains. v
Sto! Ten Cents, fior Kiftppo Vrnrs,
. Omaha, Neb., March 1. Judce Sia
baugh, of the district court, sentenced
Charles .Hendricks to 15 vears im
prisonment at hard labor for highway
robbery.. The prisoner held up thre
men, shot two and got ten cents. He
was captured by' his third vic.iia.
The Kind You Hare l!wavs Bausht
a.
Beara tho i
10 mm.
Michigan's Governor Vigcrously'
" ' Scores the Senior. Senator.
TEE TAXATION Or G0SP0HATI0N3
Tho Senator I)ofHne to Acrrc-tr the
(Jovcwinr's I'ropoM'i) Tsrntloit M n
liro, Whit'h a special I.esriA'at i vo
S'iion Is Ursred to Knaet IsUo Law.
i -
Detroit. ?-Iioh., March' 21. C5vermr
I'in.';ree yesterday . replied- to Senat-v-
i vnn
mm
McMi'.Ian's letter in reference to the 1 .eontrarts for
inci eased taxation of railroads and iit-e j
corpora-lions.- which is to bo-the subject
io bo acted upon 1 y the lepishttuie in
i -pf-cial session, which begins this week.- j
The yov rnor den'i s that he is. waging
a klestruCe ive warfare m certain tor-ins j
'of . investment, and :'charactei:zf s; h ;
statement -by tne senator, presurap- j the impoi is. decreased $6,000,000
tieh and an insult to jthe' people of the j paWd "with February. 1SS7.
state, -in response tp Senator. .Mer.i;
lan s su.tsestion for tr.o.. ft -jd in
of a. wn.mi tee to investigate
ch?rsT;-s ih" r-' verrior savs:
'.lilef.t
there
"The whole
lan's ?ett(
to sain time.f
'Iileyrd fe.r the past ten
years is to be
r;:ain. if- ;-)s.-ib;o.
and. .have this Vi'al uuts!i:n of fair
raiiroTd taxation - postponed, again umiJ f
L the poop'e'i-. a.tfentien is diverted. : ?cn- ;
a tor Mc;ui'!an, in h's 'ruliiish.Ml - letter,
has not r'r Tiiesui'afd to st his mi-.;
thorit3T' above -'l:.it of t he gtivr-rnor, and-L
even the i eerie f the state, but above
the courts cf Mi-chirr -n. Pdiy- of Uiis I
Fort mfn -he" :ptilling of mi;i'i . of
i-lr.llnrc:'--, lit cf tV-.n t..i n d.'c iV( u-V .it: : Vi -j r i
m.VKi , i -..'.,..iu.,t (. -.-.-... .mission
bv-.thrich railroad corr.v rnies. Tf this i l",,nmi('nl
leg-slatiue drts rir pass the hi 1. that ! Firt' destroyed a big manufact
will be introduce, we'll c.-rtninfv l.-.ve I ?nl of.lce bulidlrg on Wabash aV
a brand-new Irnislaturo that t ho legi
ble will elect -ihenie'.ves.
"Last ' winter McMillan's lohhv boat
us out' in the logi.-tature. The members
ere afraid they'll- lose their' job if they
don't. go as McMillan directs, nnd the
latter is backed up by "I'Vy" Olds, tbn
agent ."of tht-fe- corporations, who 'will
hardly -.wait until the chaplain f i - -senate,
gets through saying his prayers
before he hards up to the senators g;-n-e'ral
railroad passes, Pullman and Wag
ner can annual passes, besides
Union and Hell Telephone Lv
tance 'franks.'
vesiern
pit i1!--
"It was to be presumed that (Senator') five CI: i nam en under the Geary
Mer.Tillnn's nv'y to n'-y frank letter j- - -Two. negroes -who have been r
would be on the tfide of 'these passes. W,ilv arrested at tJIasgow, Ky.. fo
-"Regarding Senator Unrrov
wish to sav that 1 am 'glad
l ei.tv. 1
and- th"
V- le.j
whole state or' Michhrnn '.sh
glad, to see that. we'have ono
.United
States senator. who-is-,frank eter.oh.nnd
honest enooh to copiode that- per
sons and corporations -. in ilichigah
should' -be taxed ' alike. That helps
some." -
" Success-i' the merit : i-ward" not
of assumption. rpula"r a'rcciati n 'j
is what tells in the.lotur rt.n. For iifl'v :
years, peopk- have been usinsr Ayes
Sars'a p,". rill a', and to day it 'is the I'of- d
puritier most in favor v.nh tin: public
Aycr's Sars-'iparilhi curi'-s:
AN ATLANTA klTTSATIQW.' . ,
lively Tiiriit in l lie. 1I olna l'.nom ol
a F:o-li ion:'. hie Iio.K'1. . ;
Atlanta VMareh I.".. The -dining room I
Of the Kimhad "otel was the scene 'last J
nit;ht of .a" sensational encounter be-.-:
tv.'een- Judge John I;orry, of the city ;
Cf)urt of .Atlanta, and ' Orth Stein, a ,
a;c11 known ncvFosiper mah and at.
present editor of Th Lookihg Class, a
w'tokly publication. The dining roon
was well filiod. ar.d the affair created
the-' greatest excitement. Many ladies !
?nd gentlemen, .on seeing the blood
liesmeared tare of one of the cum- !
'hatants and a pistol Hashing in th-
hands of the other, '--became panic!
stricken: Both 'Judge Bc-rry. a'n.d- Mr. i
Btein board at the Kimball, and we,-,; j
at dinner at tlie same hour. According
to tein. Judge Berry . walked u;" t
him.. anl without a word struck hiio
across the fori head, with a bottle-, of -JjauU-d tlifTu 13. ft goneral 1
catsup, cutting'' an ;ugly g.-o-h. and' , . . w;liit
Uno Uin, Stein' on, of hi, chair to the : cirtinni Oil Within.
iioor. Berry then. fct:in says, -.'kicked i imi tirlt ios ihf.t lutVO been ftCq
him pever al times in the face, making 'j UuUfr, for a your must b&
bad wounds. fUc-in drew his revivir, , '
but in getting it out of his pocket ho i ton rid of, and the syfitem
looFened the brooch. . Berry-then seized . vatol aml prcparod. for the
the revolver and .'ru'mmeiod Stein, with J . , T',,1,' 'nnM
it until he-was nearly pneon.sci.-us and J pf summer. ..LulesS atUfe
his tate cover-'d with blood
The
waiters and some of the gue
V o .1 v,.r v, ; o tir-.-,. mud r-;i 11 rv f-riii 1 ere
enough to ai proach the two m n. j ' bra'KftOV.'ii IS
stisarated them and removed them.J r)ooiie'l)ffh'Ct to supply th!
from the dining room.
Judaic Ilerry's side of the aff.-1
fers somewhat from the statement overcome bv ail cnervatine
made by Stein. The judge says' . he-.- .,.,.,1 r,!i:
walked up to Stein and spoke to him, ; 1 . ,. , PI
saying: "How do you do?" Stein did i lax, appetite fails, and. tUC
not reply, and Berry then- struck him. I fot v disabled for ft B(J
The revolver. Judge Berry pays, to j,. , . . ,
drawn intact from Stein pocket, and j Lverybody 311st now ; needs ft
in order to prevt-nt him from Aiding it and Swift's Specific :
he (Berry) , unbreeched it. uerry was j - PX. Tfcl
arretted. ; t 11 Uf in
The direct cause of the attack was
cn'ortirln ir. ih. 1 st isillH (if Sffin's ! S C S&T 9
T,pner. hut the real trouble dates back i ia lofficallv the -best toniC d
I' x ' - . . ; . - j
some months, and has a bearing on the -tl trAritl Kfalth
support -given 'Mr; Stein's paper,
r.rutai Munlc-r fu Ino'-itj 'IVrrllory,
MuKkcgt-e,. I. T. March 21. A das
tardly utranH was c-cmirditfed .Satur
day night in th" .town " f Wybark, five
miles "north tf here, ' rtsultlng in ihe
deathTCf tw.o- men and a woman. The
house of -Bd Chi?lmeis, a negro, w,ho 'rew
ccntly ma tried ;i white wemart. was
attacl:od duiing the night by six whire
men, who had evid?.nt!y dU-rminc-d to
murder both" the v.- gro- .and Ids wife,
both of wl.c.:n had been threatened by
while men 'a ho disiiked tt-? union. A
door of their cabin was bfcl-ien in and
both were k:l!t dj-v Chalmers-, how
ever, Uvea 1-nr; en'-'ueh to describe his
assailants, and previous to - receiving
his own 'd'.-ath v.-c.'ur.d made a brave
fight, killing a man named Matthews
and diiving the others off.
H-li-f in .Six .ifonr.'
f)istressinir Kidney and Bladder 'i-,
east-
relieved in six hours bv "; kw
CiKKAT Sol'TH AMtKlCAN KlUNKV
Ct'RK." It Ui a' reat 'surprise on ;-
count ot its exrtehng promptness ijv
relieving pain in i!a blor. ki'.iji-y and
back, iii male or fcnmJe, Kc'iotcs fe
te nti.on of water almost immediately-.
I ' want .irk relief and cure this
i- ',';( remedy ' . .
S.,ld by E. I'. Nadal, - Druggist,-Wilson,
N.C.. .
4 WEEK'S NEWS C0NDENSI
Tu'(lnv. March 15.
l ne proposal to create a del
fand was voted down by the U
Mine Workers. .
S-nor IV.minrro Gana, Chilean
ifter at Washington, has been appf
t u minister to l-.ngland.
Xlrs. Thurston, wife of the Nebri
i senator, died suddenly on board
yacht Anita at S.igua La Grande, c
i Judge Archibald, of Scranton.
j declares the Mt hol board of that
i whi h has ben 4n existence f.
j jcars. to he illegal. .. i
.--Pe.rinsylvaniu. supreme court re
i to grant an injunction restraining
!- building commission "from awa
the new capitol at
risburg
(flnei(lny, March 10.
?ir iVenry licssemer. the invent
Bessemer steel, died in London
r.irht. ' -
During February the exports o.
.T'nited States 'increased $15.500.00t
The ashes of William Apple
Hempstead. 1- I.. farmer, were
I Kueu to uie winos uy- nis wiie, l.
ordaneo with Appleby's wishes.!
holo tenor of Fenator r.I. Mil- I - Fjre in aVheap lodging house c
er indicates that the ..M KRme. , r.,nvtry York." resulted U
death of 11 sleening Inmates.
.several es. aped in a: nude conditio
A ronside: able portion of "lhe
e.fllre -sippro nation next year w
d-vttd t. niral free delivery, m
i; available io n-arly 10,000.000 pe
I'll '!pclitv," March IT.
The senate confirmed Hon. 1
r v derly as commissioner of imn;
tin.
Mine. Drt yftis has been refused
to
share her 'husband'
on Devil's Island.
Chieago, aiyl 20 liyes were lost.
The pi-ire iaid T.razll for the
rhips , Amazonas and Almlrante
. rouall is said to be something'ov
r"'l.(.:MI. - - .
Unless the government modiflf
ouarantine law, it is said, 100,000
of cattle will starve to death in
furnia this yt ar.
Fr!(iH.v. March 18.
The yacht Maytlower was tak"
the Urooklyn navy yard last nl?
be converted into a war vessel.
.The United States court at G
ton, Tex., ordered the deport at il
rancv will ne sold into Donaa
Monday.' '
I'.urglars broke into the summer
of 'Mitchell Wentworth, at Tru
Conn., and stole a wagon load of
bric-a-brac.
lion. IJlanohe K, Kruce, register
itieasury. died in Washington
day. He was b;
&7 years a;o. , '
om a slave In Vfi
snturday, Mnrpli 19.
In the Missouri lunatjc asvlurj
man whose skin absorbed gold a
the Klondike.'
The Pennsylvania Democratic
convention is likely to be heJd al
risburg'on June 20. '
Two Indian sealers have rd
Cr scent City, Cal., after great
ships in an open "boat.
Tho winter's output of the Kl
is estimated at $9.U00,000 In dust,
'will he sent down by the first st
The house committee on coinas
rei ort favrrably n the propositi
change tlio designs and materia
the minor. coins. . -
Now is the
"i that everj
lpAV jlj should id
yiMwj Hystpm and.
- pare for the!
mands cf Nature. Every k
tho system is. 'thoroughly
fi-tod in tins task, ine Bira
f;&. epnug ion
M I -Vfitv' y Q strengthen
t?. Who,' r cV.irtfra
the result
- . . . i
air dif- ! eistauce, and a result th4
Th:
j U i a i iv t. . - a -'- f-y - -
4 building up, hence atonic is ri
that is entirely harmless. S
is purely vegetable, and is th
bl.wxl remody that is guarc
to contain no potash, rnercu
other harmful mineral ingrq
It is Nature's remedy, bein
from roots and . herbs ga
from Nat nre's great storeho
throup:li4v cleanses the bid
all impurities, tones- up. th
era!'."' health', "renews the an
and imparts new life and vi
the entire gystem. Dan
j.3phoid fever and other pre
summer diseases seldom at
person whoe svstemis thorc
cleansed and.
tuned lip with
S. S. S. in tho
spring. Get. S.
S. S. and"Ve pre
pared. Sold by all
druggists.
f"
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