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WILSON, N, C MARCH 31, 1898.
NUMBER 13.
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Between Florence and Weldon. ,
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No 48. ' No. 49.
t.:55 P. M. Weaves Wilson, i:37 B. M.
Between Goldsboro and Norfolk.
No loa. ' N 103.
5:41 AM Leaves
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'Shoo FlyV. Wilmington to -Rocky Mt:
No, 41
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Between. Florence and Weldon:
No. 32 . , ' No. 35.
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BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS:
' s- K. S Clark, Chairman.
Shade Felton, ). H. Nexvsom.
J C Haw ky. Isaac Felton
W. J. Cherry. Sheiiff,
J. D. Bardin, Clerk of Superior Court.
J H. Grikin-, 'Uejt.isle-r of 1 'ee s,
S. H. Tyson, reasurer, '
Wm. rlAKRtsS.Coroiier,
J. T. Revel, Surveyor. )r".
"'''. TOWN OI' Klv Kits. '
, ; y ALDERMEN:
J, D. "BVllock,
J. A. ,Cl ARK, , , . '
1)r A Anderson, '
Geo. Hack nhv, -
J. T. FLLIS. - .
iU Ward
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P. B. Deas, Mayor;
Jno. R-Mooke, Town Clerk;
W. E. Deans, Collector.
,,v; - POLICE! j
W. P. Snakenberg, Chief.
Ephriam Harrell, Frank Felton
'James Marsh bourne.
D. P. Christaian, St. Commissioner.
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St. Timothy's church. Rev. Thomas
Bell, rector. Services: Sundays, 11 a.
m., ,7 p. m. Sunday School at 3 p. m.
Wednesdays, evening prayer 4 P m.,
bibUi class 7:36 p. m. Fridays, even
ing prayer and address 7:30.
Methodist Church, Rev. J. B. Hurley
Pastor; services t 11 a. m. and 7:30
p. m. Sunday Scliool, 5 p. m., J. F
Brutont Supt. Prayet meeting Wed
nesday night at 7:30.
Christian Church, Rev. B. H. Melton
Pastor; services every Sunday, 11 a m,.
7:co?p m.'T Prayer meeting" Wednesday
night.. Sunday School at 9:30 o'cjock,
. m., Geo.' Llackney, Supt.
Presbyterian Church, Rev. James
thomas, Pastor; services on the First,
Third and Fourth Sunday in every
month and at Louisburg Second Sun
day. Services at 11 a. m. and 8:30 p.
wm. Sunday School at 5 o'clock, p. m.
Baptist Church, service as follows:
Preaching Sunday morning at 11:00
o'clock and 8 p. n4. Rev. W. H. Redisb
Pastor. Prayer meeting Wednesday
evening at 8 o'clock. Sunday School
at 5 p. m., 13. S. Boykin Supt
Primitive Baptist Church, prt-achim.
on 2nd Sunday b Elder Jas. Bass; oil
3rd Sunday by Elder Jas S. Woodard;
on the 4th Sunday and Saturday before
by the pastor, Elder P. D. Gold. Ser
vice' begin at 11 a. m.
Regular meetings of Mt. Lebanon
Lodge No. 117 A. F. & A.M. are held
in their h.ill, corner of Nash and Golds
boro streets 011 the 1st and 3rd Monday
nights at 7:30 o'clock p. rri. each month.
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Regular meetings of Mt. Lebanon
Chapter No. 27 are held in the Masonic
Hall every ! 2nd Monday night at 7:30
o'clock p. m." each month.
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Coiiimandery No. 7 are held in the
Masonic hall every 4th Monday night
at 7:30 o'clock each month.
..W. J. boykin, L. C.
r lr. O. U. A.M. Meeting every Mon
day night at 7 30 -o'clock. 1. O, O. F,
Hall.
,. . E., B. Ms yo. Counsellor.
Regular meetings of Wilson Lodge
K. of H. No. 1694 ,-ire held in their hall
over th,e 1st National Bank every isi
Thursday evening; at 3:30 o'clock, p. m.
B. F. Briggs, Director.
Regtrbr meetings of Contentnea
Lodge, TJo. 87, K. of P., are held in
Odd Fellows' Hall every Thursday
night. Visiting members always wel
come. ' ' -
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LodgeNo. 44. are held every Frday
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SUBMARfflE MfflE
Destroyed the Battleship Maine
and Her all a..t Crew,
INQUIRY BOARD SO REPORTS.
The Report .Fails to Place Respon
sibility For the Disaster. '
RUSHING WAfc PREPARATIONS.
Recruiting For the Navy Going on In
Different Sections of the, Country
and a Number of Vessels Bought to
Be I'pnnsformed Into Marine Fight
ers Admiral SIcard Retired, and
Captain Sampson Succeeds Him la
Command of the Fieet at Key West. '.
Commodore Schley Commands the
Flylnyr Squadron at Hampton Roads.
Washington. March 28. The follow
ing is a. complete abstract of the re
port of the t-Ourt of inquiry which in-
estimated the wrecking of the bat
tleship Maine. This abstract Is made
from the report itself, access to which
was obtained yesterday, despite official
secrecy unparalleled in the handling
of official papers. The report is made
up of eight parts, as follows:
First The court finds that at the
time of the explosion the battleship,
Maine was lying in five and one-half
to six fathomSjOf water.
Second The discipline aboard the
"ship was excellent ; everything stowed
according to orders ammunition, guns,
stores, etc;- The temperature of the'
magazines at 8 p.; m. was normal ex
cept in the after ten inch magazine,
and that did not explode.
Third The explosion occurred at 9:40
o'clock on the evening of Feb. 15. There
were two explosions, with a very short
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interval between them; the ship lifted
on the first explosion. ;
"Fourth The court can form no defi
nite opinion of the condition of the
wreck from the divers' evidence. , ''
F,ifth Tec hnical . details of wreck
age, from which the court deduces that
a mine was exploded under the ship
on the port side.
Sixth The explosion was due to no
fauJt of those on board. '
Seventh Opinion of the court stat
ing that the explosion of the mine
caused the explosion of the two maga
zines ::! ' - , -
Eighth The court declares that ' it
cannot find evidence to fix the respon
sibility. ;
The report is Unanimous and is sign
ed by all the members of the court.
It does not refer to the existence or
non-existence of mines in the harbor
of Havana except in the specific find
ing that a mine was exploded under the
ship, and the opinion that the ex
piosion or. tne two magazines .was
caused by the explosion of a mine.
The report as a whole is a formal.
dispassionate recital of facts, and
bears the stamp of that strict official
ism which marks naval procedure. It
is brief, not exceeding 1,800 words, and
among the eight parts goes to the
greatest lengih under the second head
ing, which deals with the discipline
and ordef of the ship. This the court
specifies with extreme minuteness,' tlie
least detail of the satisfactory con
dition of everything on board being
given.
The normal temperature of the large
forward magazine at 8 o'clock only
an hour and 40 minutes before the ex
plosion disposes of the question of ac
cidental combustion within these
magazines. V i e the court holds that
these magazines did -not explode from
internal causes, they nevertheless, are
of the opinion that the explosion of
the mine under the port side of the
ship caused the explosion pf the, two
mazagines. This will explain' the re
markable destruction wrought, the ex
plosion thus being shown to have com
bined the force' of a mine without and
two magazines wiimn xne two ex
plosions which the court finds to have
occurred, with a very short Interval
between them, Is an additional detail
showing that two forces operated in
causing the destruction. ' ,.
The finding that the ship lifted on
tne ursi explosion inaicaies an ex
ternal source,- and one of tremendous
powerto be able to lift a battleship of
thousands of tons. The character of
the wreckage, technically described in
the fifth part of the report, from which
the court deduces that a mine was ex
sploded under the ship on the port side.
sustains the view taken by some ex
perfs shortly after the disaster that
the force of the explosion was exerted
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"The feature of the report of deepest
interest to the navy is the complete
exoneration of Captain Sigsbee and all
on board contained in the second Find
ing, setting forth the perfect order and
discipline prevailing on the shirj and
more directly stated in the sixth,' find
ing, which declares the disaster to be
due to no fault of those on board.'
The inability of the court to find
evidence to tlx responsibility, as stated
in the eighth part, makes the report
bo guarded in expression of blame that
neither Spain nor the Spanish are men
tioned throughout. '
The president saw ajmmber of the
members of the cabinet at the White
House yesterday. They dropped In one
by one until those present included
Secretaries Bliss, Alger, Gage and At
torney General Griggs. With them, also
was Assistant Secretary Day, of the
state department, who presumably had
dispatches to -show the president.' The
gathering was not a special cabinet
meeting in the sense in - which that
term is generally used, but .was simply
a talk, between the president and his
adv'Bers, such as occurred the previous
Sunday, concerning matters on which
he desired to consult therm . . ;
At.ibi state, war and navy depart
ments during the earlier portions of
the day there was little .semblance ' of
the Sabbath. Chiefs of bureaus, clerks,
messengers and telegraph r operators
were all at work. ' Probably never since
the days of the late war have so many
officials .gathered at the war and navy
departments on a Sunday. ;.,
Secretary Long, however, did not ap-.
pear at the navy department during
the day, as most of the matters re
quiring attention were those that could
as well; be attended to bv bureau of
ficers and their assistants. Mrs. Lone
has been ill for some time and the
secretary in part shook off official cares
and spent the major portion of the day
with her. In the afte
rnoon, in com-
pany with Miss Long,
the secretary
drove down to the Washington navy
yard and inspected the dynamite
cruiser Vesuvius, which is having her
guns adjusted and repaired.
Assistant Secretary Day spent a por
tion of the Sabbath at the state de
partment, and there received a call
from the Soanish minister, a rather
unusual procedure, indicating Import
ant matters for consideration. The
conference lasted some time, but Its
nature could not be learned.
The developments in the Cuban sit
uation indicate steady progress in the
negotiations between the government
of this country and that of Spain
looking to the maintenance of peace,
for the present at least. . There is good
authority for saying, that Spain's pres
ent wish is to secure a cession of hos
tilities in Cuba rather than to engage
in a war with the United States, and
that it is more than probable that the
negotiations' between the government
of the United States and the Sagasta
ministry will take that turn In the Im
mediate future, it can be stated on
the highest authority that there has
been no abatement of the president's
intention tosee that the war is termi
nated on terms that will render the
Cubans "practically free. ,
The events of last week were a suc
cession of exciting incidents. At Bos
ton, New York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia,
Washington, Norfolk and San Fran
cisco recruiting for the navy has been
going on steadily ever since Monday of
last week. On Thursday last Admiral
Sicard was retired on sick leave -and
Captain Sampson appointed to succeed
him in command of the fleet at Key
West. Captain Robley Evans ("Fight
ing Bob") was appointed to the com
mand of the Iowa, succeeding Captain
Sampson. On Friday Commander W.
S. Schley was appointed to command
the flying squadron at Hampton Roads.
Orders were also Issued to have the
vessels of the white squadron painted
a. dark lead color, apd that work is now
proceeding. . On Friday it was an
nounced that agents of this govern
ment had purchased a "Schischau"
torpedo boat just built for the German
government. At New York agents of
the government purchased four . swift
yachts, nine, fast sea going tugs and
one coasting vessel, which lire being
transformed into war vessels. "Chap
lain Chidwiek's report, given out last
Tuesday, shows that 263 men and two
officers are dead as the result of the
Maine explosion. The .two new war
vessels purchased from Brazil " have
been named New Orleans and Albany.
The great event of last week was, of
course, the arrival ; in Washington on
Thursday night of the report of the
Maine court of inquiry, which was
brought to the capital from Key West
by Lieutenant Commander Marix,
Lieutenants Hood and Jungen, En
gineer Bowers and Ship Carpenter
Helmes, of .the Maine's ereW. Another
important event of the week was the
launching, on Thursday last at New
port News, Va., of the two new bat
tleships Kewtucky and Kearsarge.
Last Thursday the body of Lieutenant
Jenkins was recovered from the wreck
of the Maine, and has been forwarded
to his mother at Allegheny; Pa.
The Spanish government has cabled
officially to Washington that the Span
ish naval commission holds the disaster
to the Maine to be of internal origin.
The government of Spain, it can be
stated positively, is not disposed to turn
back the torpedo flotilla now proceed
ing from the Canaries, and would be
disinclined to consider a suggestion
from", this government tending to in
terfere with the disposition by Spain
of her own naval forces.
War preparations on an unprece-
dentetl seale are being hurried to com
pletion by the war and navy depart
ments, and the country practically Is
on a war footing.
Sndden Death of Commander Ileald.
Annapolis, Md., March 28. Com-.
mand Eugene D. F. Heald, II. S. N., In
command of ships at the Naval acad
emy, died' suddenly yesterday after
noon of Bright's disease. Mrs. Heald
and her son. Eugene were with him at
his death. He was out walking with a
party of friends two hours before his
HatVi TTo tntfrtl th'& eprvipp In IRK"? f:
v Congressman Slmpklns Dead. ,
Washington, March 28, Representa-.
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Nine Former City Officials Charged
With Crooked Practices.
FRAUDULENT OONTRAQT WORK.
The Official Are Charged .With Hav
ing Made Way With Eighty Thou
sand Dollars or the City's Funds by.
Unlawful Methods.
New York, March 26. In ;the King's
county criminal court in Brooklyn yes-j
terday nine indictmentswere handed.'
down by the grand jury against i formed
city officials ahd contractors of Brook
lyn. The Indicted men are: Former
City Works . Commissioner Theodore B.
Wlins, ex-Police Commissioner W. E.
Phillips. Robert W. Fielding, former
" deputy of city works commissioner;
Oscar Knapp, former water purveyor;
Fred Milne, inspector; former Aider
man "William J. Leaycraf t, former Al
derman Joseph R. Clarke. A. L. Jansen,
a cjerk in Controller Palmer's office:
W. H.' G01T, former superintendent of
sewers. .
The indictments charge the former
-officeholders with having, by means
of fraudulent contracts for public work,
made away with $80,000 of the funds
they found, in the treasury of the city
of Brooklyn when they took office. The
affidavits secured by the district .at
troney and by him laid before the
grand jury allege that the accused
made it a practice to meet at the resi
dence of- William E. - Phillips, where
plans were discussed and agreed upon
for securing contracts upon condition?
of peculiar advantage to those . inter
ested It is alleged that Contractor Daniel
Doody supplied the foundation for the,
whole investigation' by practically turn
ing; state's evidence after Comptroller
Coler and his assistants had discov
ered that $80,000 in cash" was missing
from the Brooklyn Wafer- fund, and
that , there were evidences of other
grave, frauds and defalcations.
The records charge the $80,000 in
question to "emergency work." ' The
law required that all work the cost
of which was to exceed $2,000 should be
awarded by contracts,, upon adver
tisement for "the regularSAJ"16- To
evade , this law. It is alleged, the .of
ficers of the Brooklyn city works de
partment ' had been in the habit of
ordering work and paying for it in
sums of $2,000 or less.
Further search In the records brought
out the fact that most of these small
Jobs and the money for them had
fallen into the hands of a firm that ap
peared upon the books as Thomas
Frazler & Co. - Mr. Coler was , at first
Inclined to believe that, the firm was
a myth, but a little detective work dis
closed the fact that Contractor Doody
was really Thomas Frazler & Co.
All the bills for this emergency
work" had to receive the "O KV of
Water Purveyor .Knapp, be certified
as correct by Deputy City Works Com
missioner Fielding, passed . by Auditor
Sutton, thence through .the hands of
Comptroller Palmer and were finally
paid by City Treasurer Taylor,
The indictment of Mr. Clarke was
fqr accepting a consideration fGr the
performance of an official act while
in the board of aldermen.. It is sur
mised from this that the grand jury
took up the action of the board of al
dermen in connection with the grant
ing of trolley franchises and exten
sions. - - ;y;' . '
TWO NEW WARVESSELS.
The Kentucky and Kearsaree Added
to Uixsle Sam's Navy.
Newport News, Va., March 25. The
twin battleships Kentucky and Kear
sarge were launched, here yesterday in
the presence of an immense, crowd.
There was not a hitch in the program,
and cheers from 30.000 throats greeted
the latest additions to the United
States navy as they slid from the ways',
the -prow of the Kearsarge sprinkled
with champagne, the Kentucky chris
tened with pure water from the noirie
THE KENTUCKY.
of Abraham Lincoln. Mrs. Winslow,
wife of Lieutenant Commander Wins-
low, son' of the commander of the fa
mous old frigate that first bore the
name, christened the Kearsarge and
Miss Bradley, the daughter of Ken
tucky's governor, acted as sponsor for
her state's namesake. As the Ken
tucky started on , her journey to the
water a number of pint bottles of Ken
tucky whisky were ' hurled . from the
crowd and smashed against the shin
ing side of the battleship.
A banquet to the invited guests at
Chamberlain's hotel, Old Point Comfort,
concluded the ceremonies.
MuntHtB Wins the Kleotlons.
Madrid. March 28. The elections for
the popular branch of the cortes have
passed off jn the whole quietly. The
indications are that the government of
Senor Sagasta Avill have an enormous
majority, estimated at 300 of the 432
jeats in the congress, y ;
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GENERAL SOUTHERN NEWS.
Atlanta, Ga., March - 23. Governor
Atkinson yesterday postponed for one
week the execution of Mrs. Elizabeth
Nobles, sentenced to be hanged tomor
row for tho murder of her husband
several years ago.
Tarboro, .N. C. March 21. James G.
Mehagen a.nd T. J. Latham, the former
cashier and the latter president of the
Bank of Abbeville, were arrested here
yesterday, charged with defaulting
with $12,000 of the money of the bank's
depositors at Abbeville,
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Atlanta, Ga., March 2". Dr. C. A.
Ryder,,, of Gainesville, Ga., brother of
the man who murdered Miss Owen and
was. subsequently killed by a mob last
July, has vvri:ten a letter to. Governor
Atkinson naming these whom he says
were implicated in the lynching.
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Atlanta, Ga., March 25. Hon. Thomas
E. Watsont who was ; nominated for
governor, one week ago . by the Popu
lists, is out in an open letter declinij
to accept the honor. Alter saying he
could not be elected, no matter how
the ballots went, he announces llui he
is out of politics for good.
Atlanta, Ga., March 22. John Cal
low, a negro, was lynche;l near Round
mountain, in northern A abama, Sun
day night. lie had been ( paying at
tention to a young white girl whore
name is Stout, for several months. The
ycung woman's father became cogni
zant of the affair only on Sunday, and
lynching followed.
Moultrie, -Ga., March 24. James Al
len, a negro, Tuesday made an unsuc
cessful attempt to assault the; wiile
of Professor R. C, Ingalls. . Dogs were
put on the negro's trail, and he was
captured. Yesterday Sheriff Fisher de
cided to take the prisoner to Macon to
prevent 'lynching, and while at the de
pot waiting for the train a crowd of
'men took the prisoner from the sheriff,
and it is said placed his body in the
bottom of a creek..'
Senatobia, Miss., , March 22. In a
shooting affary here yesterday Sheriff
J. W. Bray was ki led and - Deputy
Sheriff Homer Gilmor'e dangerously
wounded. The row "began between
Ashley Cocke and Homer Gilniore.
'Cocke emptied his pistol at Gilmore,
three shots, taking effect, while Gil-
more missed his assailant. Cocke then
walked across the street, meantime re
loading his pistol. Sheriff Bray, hear
ing the shooting, hastened to the
scene, ordered Cocke to surrender, and
was shot through the heart.
New Orleans, March 23. The consti
tutional convention .yc -terday practi
cally adopted tl:e suffrage article
which is to beccir.e a p;.rt of the: new
constitution, 1 he vctcr must be; able
to read and wiite in hi" r :.ther tongue
or English, and rr.tzrt tr-.c.k-i his appli cation
to register .'i.i . his owh ..hand- .
writing; or if he is urrhhie to read and
write he ' raust c-.-rn' rrc-c . y to . the
value of $300. All who -..ere voters in
1867 or prior thereto, a.?.? thriv sons and
grandsons, are given tie : ; - to ritht
to register and vote vi hcut any ether
qualification, provided, tl.ey have lived,
in the state five years prior to the elec
tion at which they may offer th?' v-t.
Pineville, .Ky., March 22. One of the
bloodiest battles ever fought In the
Kentucky mountains took place Sun
day afternoon at Puckett's tCrcek, in
Harlan county, about 16 miles from
this place, in which three men were
killed and two injured. The killed are
Iliad Shellings, Josiah Leroy and Wes
Taylor. They-were .at a neighbor's
drinking, when a quarrel .arose be
tween Shellings and Taylor, the former
firing the first shot, but missing. Tay
lor then opened fire, killing Shellings."
Leroy opened fire on Taylor, - both
shooting about the same time. When
the fracas was over both were found
to be . stretched on . the ground dead.
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Philadelphia, March . 28. The Peo
ple's bank is officially in the hands of,
the state banking commissioner, and
the question of the appointment of a
receiver will be settled today. A tem
porary receiver will no doubt be ap
pointed, and this appointment will be
made permanent if the situation de-.
mahds it. No statement of the exact
condition of the bank can be made, it
is authoritatively stated, however, that
the shortage occasioned by Cashier
Hopkins' operations probably approxi
mates SS'UO.OCO. Cashier Hopkins com
mitted suicide last week, and the ex
pose, followed. .
Terrible Disaster to Scalers.
St. John's, N. F., March 28. The seal
ing steamer Greenland, which put into
Bay de Verde Saturday night with a
story of terrible disaster to her crew
on Wednesday and Thursday, while
among the ice floes- in search of seals.-
arrived here yesterday afternoon. She
leported 25 men dead, 23 missing and 63
so fearfuliy: frostbitten-; that about 20
of .them will lose their limljs. The
colony is aghast at the magnitude of
the disaster, nothing like which has
ever been known here. .Already- a re
lief fund has been, started to assist the
relatives of the deceased.
Ex-S4-tintor Blecklurn! Iifpess.
Washington, March 25. Considerable
alarm xvas created yesterday among
the friends"; of ex-Senator J. C. S.
Blackburn, of Kentucky, by the report
that he had. suffered a stroke of par
alysis while returning from the launch
of the two new battleships; at Newport
News.! Senator Blackburn was over
come, while passing from the boat to
bis carriage, and was taken to .his
hotel Jn a semi-conscicus state. Later
in the day he recovered sufficiently to
talk, and today it was stated that he
xvas out of danger and would probably
le about in a few days.
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By the Risfog Waters of the Mis
'i sissippi Eiver.
NO PATALITIES YET EEP0ETED,
Though There Were Many Narrow Es
eIM! at Ilnmilhal, Mo., Owing to the
Rapid nine of the Riven Many Poor
Families Sufferlnc
Cincinnati, March 2S. Unless rain
should' come copiously and quickly, the
present freshet of the Ohio river will
very soon pour the great fL,od into the
Mississippi . river. From Portsmouth
up it is falling, .while at all points be
low to Cairo it is rising. Here at Cin
cinnati the current is unusually swift,
which indicates that the access of
'water from tributaries below had di
minished greatly and jgiven free course
to the piled up waters above. In the
lowlands of Cincinnati nearly a thou
sand houses are flooded from- one to
four feet. Some have been abandoned.
In 'two story houses families remain
in the.'upper stories. Of flooded houses
500 are in and about Cumminsvilie from
backwater in Mill, creek, where the
inudation is more annoying than seri
ous.. -In and about Columbia, the ex
treme up river limit of the city, 400
houses are flooded. At Riverside, the
extreme down stream limit of the city,
100 houses are affected abcut as at
Columbia. . Some people occupy tents
on the highlands.
On the Kentucky side the inhabitants
of lowlands near Dayton and Bellvue
have been- placed . in the same .un
pleasant situation as their Cincinnati
neighbors. No railroad in Cincinnati
has been disturbed by the flood except
that some have oeen deprived of the
use-of the Grand Central depot. Thus
.far no casualties have been reported,
and the damage is over so far as this
section is concerned. Reports from
Mississippi river points, however, are
alarming.
St. Louis, March 28. Specials from
river points say that at llliopolis, Ills.,
the Wabash railroad bridges on both
sides of the town are washed out and
the -families living in the Sangamon
bottom have been obliged to leave then-
homes. At Virginia, Ills., the adjacent
lowlands are flooded six to eight feet
deep, doing great damage. Petersburg,
Ills., -reports more than 50 families
"driven from their homes. Ov?r half
the city of Chandlersville, Ills., is under
water.
A special from Hannibal, Mo., says
that that part of the city along Bear
creek is under water, making travel
impossible except in skiffs or vehicles.
Both the city and the Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas railroad dykes gave way,
flooding a section two miles long and
arousing . the sleeping inmates, who
barely had. time to escape. There were
many narrow escapes, and had it not
been for the prompt assistance ten
dered by those who-owned boats many
would have perished. Many poor fam
ilies are made .homeless, . with -their
household goods destroyed. Fortunate
ly there were no fatalities. '
Valonbleto Women.
Especially valuable to women is Crowns'
TroivBitters. Backache vanishes, houdache
disappears, strength takes the pluce of
weukuess, and the glow of health reailily
comes to the pallid cheek 'When this won
derful remedy is tak n.f For sicklvrliilclrpn
or overworked men it hs no equal. No home"
should be without thSs famous remedy.
ijrowiia'lron timers isi sold by all dealers.
DEATH OF MRS. PARNHLL.
The Failious Irish-Leader's Mothers
Victim of Flames.
London, March 28. Mrs. Delia Tudor
Parnell, daughter '01 the celebrated.
American naval officer, Rear Admiral
Charles Stewart, and mother of the
late . Charles
Stewart Par
nell, j died last
night at Avon-.
da.e,; ' Rath-
drurn, County
Wicklow, Ire
land, as the re
sult of burns
' received on
Saturday from
.the igniting of
her clothing
wnue sne w3-3
sitting before
a, fire. The
late Mrs. Par-
. .7! . i
' n.ll as Miaa
MRS. PARNELL. Delia Stewart.
married Charle,s lienry t'arneii on
May 21, ,1835. Her itmous son, Charles
Stewart Parnell, long the Irish home
rule leader in the British parliament,
was born In I84t. Airs, r arnen in
herited Ironsides, the estate of her
father at Bordentown, N. J., and made
her tome there for many years. Dur
ing the land league agitation Airs. Par
nell often appeared at public meetings.
After the death of her great son Mrs.
Parnell's mind broke down. :In April,
1896 shA-was the victim of a savage
assault, fpresumably by a tramp, from
the effects of which she never entirely
recovered.' Last May a fund was se
cured to assist her, and other needy
members of the family, and her own
immediate necessities were relieved,
while the remnant of her days . was
passed in comparative comfprtjwith her
son John in Ireland., "
Arson to Hide Triple' Murder.
Atlanta, Ga., March 28. Firemen re
sponding to an alarm. at an early hour
yesterday morning found the. bodies
of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. lirlley, wnue.
and Robert AVilkinson, colored,' in a
store at to - liumpnries sireei, wnicn
xvas being rapidly, - consumed. Th'i,J
bodies were gotten out without being
marred by flames. All were horribly.
mutilated, having been murdered with
two heax-v hatchets and a meat knife
which were found on the floor. Mr,
Briley was the proprietor of the store.
and it'is believed that robbery was the'
..motive. The police have made a num
ber of arrests;
' , Kelirrin Six Honro.
Distressing Kidney and" Bladder dis
ease reliexed in six hours bv "New
Great Solth Americas Kidney
Cure' It is a ereat surprise on ac
count of its exceeding promptness in
reliexing pain in bladder, kidney and
back, in male or female. Relieves re
tention of water almost immediately.
If you want quick relief arid cure this
is the remedy. - -' -
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FRO
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A WEEK'S HEWS CONDENSED.
TieIay. March S.
Naugatuck. Conn., Is alarmed ovtr
the appearance of a wild man- who
looks like a beast, ,
The government has not relaxed H
efforts to capture the murderers of 00U
ored Postmaster Baker In South Caro..
Una, "
Frank E. Yuilie,- who. was known on
.the New York Bowery as the "Old
IMan Boi ntiful." was found dead in his
Black Jack's band of Mexican out
laws was almort exterminated by a
vigilance committee of the Mormon
colony, near Casas Grandes. -
The Pennsylvania railroad depot at '
Jersey City, was damaged to the ex
it nt '.or IlOO.iKiO by fire yesterday. Sev
eral firemen and others were slightly
Injured. -
Wednesday. March 23.
Thirty-three Japanese coolies were ,
not allowed to land at San Francisco.
Wheelock G. Veasey, ex-clvil 'service
commissioner, died in Washington last
night.
County Commissioner Meyers was
conyicted at Pottsville, Pa., on nine
counts charging misdemeanor.
Two steamers which reached New
York from foreign ports ' brought a-
total of 9S6 steerage passengers.
One man was killed and another fa
tally injured by a dynamite, explosion
at the Kaska-WvHIam colliery, near
Pottsville. -
Morton Hudson Is seeking gotern-
rnent aid to be rt?l:'ased from a Mexl-
ari jail.- jn"ere he l confined for killing ,
two hiKhwRymen.-!; ' j
Tlmr.lav, Nlarch 84. ;
Three Falmouth! fishermen were kill
ed by gas in a hotel room at New Bed
ford, Mass. ...
; James Thompson and his wife were
burned to death In their shanty . at
Fresno, CfU.
The Oregon Populists, threaten to bolt
the silver. Republican, Democratic-
Populist state' convention. . : '
A man was found deau In one of the
projecting parapets of the wall which
divides Morningside park and Morning;- -
side drive. New York.
Lieutenant Blandin, of the Maine,
has reached his home in Baltimore. He
is to be examined for 'the position of
lieutenant commander. -
Fi-Ulay. March 25. ;
The buiUiing trades of Milwaukee on
May 1 will make a united demand, for
an eight hour day. .
The Chicago city council has limited
the height of skyscraping buildings to ,
ten stories, or 130 feet. -
There has been no settlement be-
tween the labor element and the grain
contractors; at Buffalo.
William .Roberts, a night driver In
the Rast colliery, at Ashland, Pa., was
crushed -to deatfi by a car.
John Holiiday is in custody at Jer
sey . City, accused of inflicting prob
ably fatal injuries upon James Holden.
aged 87 years. .. '
Saturday. March 20.
Professor Perrine's new comet is said
to be traveling earthward at the rate
of 1.OC0.00O miles a day.
Sixty Japanese, who came from Vie-,
toria, B. C, are detained by the San
Francisco immigrant officials. , -
The Illinois free sliver .Democrats
have organized the Monticello club to .
shape the party's policy In that state.
Actress Claudia- Carlstadt was di
vorced at Chicago in a few minutes. It
is said she will marry a New York mil
lionaire. ' . -
Three citizens of Gibson Station, J.
T., have been .indicted, charged with
the murdr of E."i. Chalmers and wife .
I"AJ X?
It is true wisdom for every-
body to take a thorough course of
Swit's Specific jnst at this season
of the year. The blood i3 sluggish
and impoverished, and the system
is full of impurities which should
be eliminated. Iu addition : to
thoroughly cleansing the blood,
and toning up the system bom to
avoid loss of appetite aud a gen- .
eraT run-down feeling in the
spring, S. S. S. so strengthena and
builds up as to fortify against tha
many forms of dangerous illneM
that aVound during the hot sum
mer season. .It is a very email
matter to take this precaution but -
it insures health and strength all .
summer. Swift's Specific-
m QKy s 1 lLo
is far ahead of all other remedies
for this - purpose. It is a real
blood - remedy which promptly
purifies the blood and thoroughly
renovates the entire system, tonef
and strengthens the stomach, and ,'
renews the appetite. It is thf
only safe tonic, being purely vege
table, and the only blood remedy
guaranteed ,to contain no arsenic,
sulphur, mercury, potash or other
mineral substance, which is of so
much importance to all who know
the injurious effects of these drugs.
Nature should be assisted by n&-.
ture's remedy, S. S. S. Takt
SS." S. and be well all summer. :;
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