TARBOROY N. C. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY ; 18, 1807
Vlil'
PRICE FIVE CENTS
I NO. 7.
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to caution all wffiwwiA.
Liver Rgnltor on a subject of tk,dsepsBt -1
inUmtj end importance to their health-
perhaps fheir live, The sole wopmtori
and makers of 8immon livar -Bagulatar
learn that customers are often; ideoeirad bf ,
buying and taking. aoat BMdkiaacf as
similar 'appearance or tsatej believing it to
be Siminona Liver Bafalaiae Wi Dia
- yon that tanleat the word -Befalatoc ft en
the package or bottle, that it is aotSuanV
i Liver Regulator.- No ne aim makaa; nr '
ever humade Simmons. Liver Segnlator, er
nything ealled Bunmons Liver Regulator,
: bat J.HJZeiliikCtoandBemactieiaaaade'
by anytoialai ia the same. We alone eea
futit W.landj w cannot ha mponaiWe, if
iaw medicines represented as the sei
ot held Ivbu as von are lad to RTrinet thaw
wilL! BeaJthji8tweUmmin!,ifyohav
been in thej hi bit of using a medicine which
yon supposed to be Simmon Liter Regula
tor, because the name was somewhat Ska
it, and the jpajckage did not hate tha word
Secrulater on it. von have twwn (rnmuil
upon and have not been taking SixamoDI '
wUi. xne jtes-oiator asa '
known for manv rears, and
know how aeoeaaary it u for
Lgue, umous- xever. jjoasapa
tie. Dyspepsia, andairdisordert
4 Diseased Liver. - .
to look for yourielvee, and
ions Liver lUcralator. which
It. distinsniah bv the TUA 7.
on -rmprahd by our .name, la the palyj
4uuiuib eaueu euamons aavst rtetraiAtor.
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Law
odtT Mount, N. tJ.
CiBomTj K8sh, Edgecombe and Wilson
Attoraay ind Counselor at Law;
Taeboiooincti everv Mondav.-and
tj baiaac of week.
eat ot claims a specialty.
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tha ouurts of Edge-
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Offic in Hotel Howard,
TAbbobo, N. C.
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A. WHITEHEAD,!
Surgeon. J)entisii
TARBOEO, N. C.
OxncE hours .to X and 2 to 6.
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l Tarbpro, N. C.
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fee not due till patent is secured.
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M , J fbebletf llls-especny
lfiyvrorms and sUwaach
JTTFrey's Vermifuge
)has ured children for SO years. Bend
lit Ulna book about the ills andithe
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SiDLmSEESCORBETT
Nevada's Governor. Meets
the
;-;- PttjKst at Reno. :
rHB 1 WO HATS A 1 SEOET TALK
ttsa U ta Calet IhmUw That Ia
.Wg tha But a raraut PriMflrku
ate Oaae eh rela Wtot Tkv ffuU4
ifiMMt Ito HaM Vha Bit Kx
WUt Be Vtmd. .
, Rbwq. Nev.. Feb. 13. There was m
tff crowd at the depot to meet Jim
Oorbett when he passed through on bit
way to Saa Francisco, j
I1 Governor Sadler of Nevada was among
those who came down from Oaraon to
taka peep at the world's champion,
fast aa soon as the train stopped tha
tevamor clambered aboard and was in.
treduoed to Oorbett by A. Livingstoae.
) "X am pleased to meet too, Mr. Coc
btti" said the governor, making a cor
Ual rarvey of Oorbett'i towering fig.
ore and broad ahoalders.
"And I am pleased to meet yon." re
plied Oorbett "You have proved, by
Signing that glove oontest measure and
giving the people what they wanted.,
that there was no hypocrisy about you.
is taxes governor with the courage or.
us oonvicaons to Break tne loe in mat
ters of this kind. It is to be honed voi
example will be followed and that there
will be leas hypocrisy about things of
this kind la the future.
Barry Oorbett and others aooompa
aUted tha- governor from Oaraon and the
ehampioa held a handshaking levee.
Outside tha oar a vast crowd valla for
bim to oome out and speak to them, and
W response so voouerous demands, Jim
put In aa appearanoe on the platform.
Of course he had to make a speech. He
"I am glad to aae you and I hope to
Ton au again em March 17. I am to
Mr. Fitxsimmeas i and I think I
will beat him, although; of course, yon
oaa't always tell about that thing. I
must say that I never felt better in all
sarnie. Heel that I have ttlentrof
goad friends In Nevada."
As the train rolled out there was great
lasrlagrorOosheft. I -
Oarsom will have the ftshL Dan
has aa announced.
REV, h
8. HOPKINS RESIGNS.
a ha VlnS BtathsSyt 4iah ta
J AUaata Qalta taa SUalatry. i
Atlajra. Feb. 11 Dr. L S.iHop-
klaa, pastor of the First Methodist
ehmroh, will leava Atlanta. He haa re
signed from the pastorate of the churoh.
At si meeting of the stewards the resig-
waa reoeived. Stene will be at
oom taken to secure a successor to the
minister. !
It is cnrrentlr rumored that Dr. Hon.
kftna quits the ministry to take up edu
cational work. It is also said by his
friends that ha may bo appointed to a
Vary high position under the MoKinley
admiaistratloa. I
- Be la being mentioned as the next
minister to Greece. Some of his friends
batter that he will be honored with
that place by President McKlnley..
Others say Dr. Hopkins may take up
an important office in connection with
tha great Smithsonian institution, the
government institution at Washington.
It is believed that one of the two sun-
positions is correct.
-- A Big Saaaatlaa Ia taafarUla. - -
Lours vtxjj, Feb. r 13.1-Another inn- -nicipal
sensation has been caused by the
discovery of a note for $9,000 in thesus-
ended German National bank given
y Alderman V, JL BriU and Indorsed
by Alderman J. W. Boeder. - The note
IS dated Feb. . 189. It is said that an
agreement was entered on the same day
by J. M. McKnlght, president of the
bank, and Aldermen i King, Jenne.
Breusr, Brltt, Boeder. Trick and Lrath
arman to control all municipal legisla
tion, to divide the spoils and to fight
Mayer ? Todd. who had defeated Mo
Knight in the race before the general
ermnclli ' i I
Xew taws ta Narth Caraltaa.-
r Baluqh, Feb. 13. A bill has passed
the i house appropriating $43,000 for
Goldsboro insane asylum; $63,500 for
that a -Raleigh; $100,000 for one at
Moieantntii Tlio erinste nsiswil bilta in.
vattaJt "the Winston-Salem South
bound railway; requiring railways to
furnish passes to railway commissioners
mad olerka, Bills passed the house mak
ing meeting of stockholders of the At-
Kntto and Morta UaroUna railway un
wful nalaas the state's proxy be pres
ent; repealing charter of Goldsboro and
Morehead railway.
it- . t 'i . i
Ta f-mta "arallaa
Qsuncau, :8L O. Feb. 13. In the
house, the bill increasing the limit of
alien ownership af land from 500 to
6,000 acres was killed on the third read-
tag, an abtlon . gsnerally condemned.
Tha bill arartdlac for cumnulsorv edn-
aatioa, passed byth house, was killed
ta tne senate, xna nouse Has passed a
bill imposing a tax of S5 oenta on every
paokage ef five cigarettes each sold in
this state, Una prohibiting their sale.
This will likely pass ths senate.
StruW HI Vaela Wttl) m Batakat. I
SxutA. Ala., Feb. 11 Joe, Phillips, a
16-yearoLd boy, atraok his aaole, -Simeon
Allen, between the eyas with a
hatohst, orushiagthe skull. It is thought
he will dier- AUea was ia the act of
whipping hia son when ha reoeived the
fatal blow, young Phillips objecting to
tha punishment of his oousin. He had
raised the boy who struck him as his
own child. After striking the blow the
boy, gashed the blood from the. hatchet
and fled, Irut was captured.
I rtre4c,ta:Tfcjra'rrteaa-. i
Jacksonville, Fla.; Feb. liTha
ThreeFriends warflred oa during the
Bight by the Dolphin with soUd shot
for not comioft to quickly enough when
so ordered bv whittle blasts.
-'' i f- Aatlga-atta got tfmm ' , !
- NAfiKyiLUs. Feb. ii Governor Tay
lor has signthaahtt-cirarette bill. It
prehihitt tha alrior manufacture ot
cigarettes in the state and goes into
operation May L - ' j
BackJeM's Arsilca Salre.
Ths Batr Saive ha the World for Cots,
Btntses, rHres, Uloers, Bait Bhsnm, Fes
ver 8ores. Tetter. Chapped Hands, Chill.
blains. Corns, and ail Bklu Eiuptioaa, and
poaitlvely cures Piles, or ao pay required.
It is guaranteed tq. give ; perfect satltfao
tlon or money refunded. Price 25 cents
per box. For sale by 8tatoh & Zoxxxxs,
if. mj21ly .
VOTE FORMALLY COUNTED.
br Tie rri4Ml Stmm. J '
Washixotok, Feb. 1L Thejlrst pub-'
lie exercises iu oounectlon with the in-'
! coming administration occur red at the
capitol when the two bousee of congress.
la joint session in the spuoious house of
repraeutativia, oouuted the electoral
vote of the various states and listened
to Vice President 8tevenson formally
promulgate the election of William Mo
Kinley as president and Garret A. Ho
bar as viae president. -
Vioe President Stevenson, who by
law presided over the Joint session,' took
his plaos beside Speaker Reed. The
tellers, Senator Lodre of Massachusetts
and Senator Blackburn of Kentucky, on
behalf of the senate, . and Mr. Uroa-
van or of Ohio and Mr. Kichardson of
I Tennessee, on behalf of the house, as
i cended to the clerk's desk and prepared
so eounrtn' rote. "It-was rather-
strange coincidence that both Mr. Black
burn and Mr. Lodge (then a member of
the house) acted as tellers on the- occa
sion of the ; counting of the vote four
! years ago.' -
Vice President Stevenson assumed tha
gavel and announced the purpose of the
joint session. He then unlocked the
cherry box. and broke the seal of the re
turns from each state as it was reached.
At 1:40 p. m.. the vioe president
Stated that the count had closed and dl
j rected the telleis to announce the result,
i Mr. Lodge announced:
"The state of the vote for president
of the United States, as found by the
tellers, is: Whole .number of electors.
447. of which a majority ia 224 Wil
liam i McKinley ot Ohio, has received
X7l votes lor president of the United
States, and William J. Bryan of Ne
braska haa reoeived 176 votes. The
state of the vote as to the vice president
is: Garret A. Hobart has received 271
electoral votes, Arthur Sewall 149 votes
and Thomas EL Watson 27 votes."
' This closed ! the proceedings, which
were devoid of incident or applause.
The senators marched back t their
chamber and the house adjourned.
HOUSE AND SENATE WORK.
Laaaaat af tha Praoeadlar
mi taa Matlaaat TingTia.
Wabhixqtox. Feb. 10. Senator Ba
con of Georgia Introduced iu the aouate
during executive sesmou .an: amend
ment to the arbitration treaty specifi
cally excepting the southern repudi
ated reconstruction Donas irom consid
oration. - - .
Ha contends that under the present
treaty wording It would be possible for
tne question or tne validity or these
bonds to be brought before the interna
tional tribunal.
On motion of Mr. Tillman, the bill in
troduced by him in reference to the
liquor traffic in tha states waa taken np.
He explained that Its purpose waa to
give every state and territory the right
to control the liquor traffio within its
borders in its own way, without inter
ference from federal judiciary or any
outside source.
Mr. Morgan has withdrawn the Nic
aragua canal bill, giving- notice that I e
would press it at aa early day of the
extra session. ' .
Washtjiotok, Feb. 1L The senate.
in executive session, resumed consider
ation of the arbitration treaty, "Ben tor
Turpie speaking in advocacy of the
compact.
Washtsotow, Feb. :2. Mr. Morgan
(Dem. Ala) presented iu the senile
the following joint resolution, -.
Bcsolred, etc.. That the treaty known
as toe tjaytoo-nuiwer ireaty oacweaa
Great Britain and the United States,
which was concluded on April 19. 18 jO, ia
hereby declared to be abrogated.
The resolution remained on the table.
Mr. Morgan saying he desired to have
it go over for a day. 1 !
In the debate on the arbitration treaty
the senator said this treaty should be
abrogated to protect our rights respect
ing the .Nicaragua o&nsi.
The house resumed consideration of
the postomce appropriation bill Imme-
j diateiy after the reading of the journal.
"pala ta Balaaaa Saacallly.
Washixotox. Feb. 10. Spain has
promised to release Julio Sanguilly, sen.
tencedin Ouba to life imprisonment for
alleged conspiracy against its govern
ment. Secretary Olney . has reoeived
from Madrid an answer , to the repre
sentations he made through Minister
Taylor several weeks ago to the effect
which is given above. . When Spain
will put ner promise into execution can-
. not be learned, but the authorities hope
that the date is not far distant. San.
guilly will be required to leave tha
island and not return until the present
war has terminated.
- Tetaad by Oaveraor Jabaetaa.
Moxtookkbt, Ala. Feb. 10. Gover
nor Johnston haa vetoed the bill which
sought to appropriate some $3,000 to
Judge A A. Coleman j of Birmingham
' for services rendered as circuit fudge
during the war. Tha claim had been
disallowed by the federal authorities.
who bad charge of the state affairs
after the war. but the house and. senate
reoently passed tha biU. The rovenor's
veto waa read In both houses just before
adjournment and created a commotion.
BaaS aad KUIed His Fatbe-
i .
isAKBOUKYiLiJS. a.7.,..jra il Aaron
Acelinger, aired lS, shot and killed his
father, .Richard Acelinger. at their
home, at Lavau. a few miles from this
Flace. The boy had a pistol and tha
ather demanded that he surrender it
The boy angrily exclaimed: "I'll gim
you this much of itl" and fired a bullet
through his lather's head, . ,
- InM ta Ba rstraa-ar faaaral.
OH1TTAHOOQA. Feb. ia Apromineait
Republican gives it out as a straight tip
that H, Clay Evans has the assurnaea
of a cabinet appointment, most likaiy
the postmaster generalship. It caa ha'
stated authoritatively that Evans confi
dently expects an appointment. taouglLi
to newspaper men he is mum oa tfc.e
snbjeck . ;
. v .. - A Fraaalaeae Caraltalaa
Cbabixstos. Feb. IS. Ex-Alderm.-u
Isaao- Yv fBardln, for many years a
prominent naval stores merchant, ia
dead. He was a North Oarolinlart and
served in the confederate army in the
Twenty-seventh North Carolina volnn
teers." He had lived in. South Carolina
ainoe 1868. Ha waa about 90 years old.
Tha Modern Blotber v "
Has found that btr little ones are Ira
proved morehy tbe pleasant Byropof
Figs when in need of the Isxative effect
of a gentle remedy than by any other,
aad that it ia mete acceptable to tbsnV
Children enjoy it and it bentflutbent,
I The true lemedy Syrup of Figs, it mann-
fscturod by tbe California Fig Syrup;
Company only.
Iiitnmnm Trv i: T itiihiVYti
lUlUllllll 1U II UU1U1UU
.
Tha Noted NavAt Comaiander
Shoots Himself.
HE AS .TXHPOSASILT
itsaI
BtMlrtl Dwriac tM itpM
CUrna War, la Wktah Ha DtsaLBxeJaaed
, Hlulf aa taa Cnlata feUa, CaM4
tha Baa AS Blaa Okars at a Sa.'aaA.
raa a the BatUa aC Tala.
1 Nxw Yoax' Feb. 1L Captain PhCo
IT. MeGiffin. who eommanded the Chi
nese ironclad Chen Tnen In the battle
of the Yarn river in September, 1894
during the Ohlno-Japanese war, oonv
nUttedsukideistkAPoatsiuate hoax
pital to Which he was reoently admitted
CAFTADI PBILO M'CIrrt,
Killed Himself While Uadergolag Trsat-
jnent In a Nsw York Hospital.
for, treatment. He shot himself over
the right ear. ;
The captain was taken to tha aoerttal
about the middle of last month hy bis
mend and physician. Lfr. T. H. Robin
son. ; Since being in the hospital he haa
been attended by Dr. Hammond. About
the middle of January the captain be
came insane, and it was found nsoessary
to nave mm oonnaed in the hospital.
was taken to a room oa toe second
floor bf the building, with a' window la
it opening onto Second arenas. He Kvl
some sort of mental trouble for months
before it developed into insanity, and
on his being removed to the hospital ha
wa-Jio Tlolent that It was found i
Bar to plaos him la a atraitlackst
At that time and since then Lr. uam-
moud attributed his condition to tha
wouutls he reoeived la the battle of tha
Yalu river. i '
PhiloN. McGlffla. who commanded
the Chinese ironclad Ohen Yuan at tha
battle of the Yala river, was barn ta
Washington. Pa. ia 1803; He waj
son of Captain Norton MoGlffln. who
served In the Mexican war with a
tinetion and Who waa colonel of
Eighth Pennsylvania volunteers d urine
the war of tha iwbaUiot-. -
Philo McGlffla graduated from tha
naval academy at Annapolis with high
honors in 1883.
He entered the services of China dar
ing the ' Franco-Chinese war .and waa
distinguished for gallantry, was sent to
England to superintend the construe tioa
of ironclads and at the outbreak of hos
tilities with Japan, waa nut in eora-
mand of the Ohinese aquadroa. Hw
part in the battle of the Yalu la west
known, and although it was a defeat tee
the Chinese fleet it accomplished its sis
aired end in preventing" the lan dins; ef
the Japanese xorce in the rear of tha
Chinese army.
FOUND HIS CRAZY' FATHER.
; U J.'CanpbaU Idtaa Farty Taat
i j Dan 4. W. Caae-batl. . . ,
Murpht, ' N. CL, Feb. 1L Three
1 months ago Mr: J. - W. -Campbell, ass old
citizen of Flats, N. CL, disappeared. Ha
was a veteran of the'eonfederata army
and had attained the. rank of captain.
The "mystery of his wheraahoaia haa
been cleared up by his dlsoo-rary In tha
Xsantahala mountains. c
For several weeks the ouniatry aeoiaa
tnereaoouts nave reoorted-rtBa appear
ance of a wild man. .with a long beard.
who always fled on the appearanoe of
human beings. A party was orgrmiaad
to hut him down, headed by Mr. Lealta
J. Campbell and W. M. DeWeas. Thar
at last got his trail aad caagfat him
While asleep under a large o-res hanging
cliff, when Air. Campbell found him to
be bis fathers -
He appeared aa a man who had iaevae
seen ciTiusawoa ana was peneotiy rrarj-
tio in t ma en art tor ireeaom. ; He 1
now in chains at home to keep him
from escaping again until some arraag-
ments can oe maaa I or ma saiety. ,
I A Railroad. ABeat m Traaala,
AKitsroy. Ala., Feb. 1 1L Walter
Kesbitt, wh'jt up to Saturday Bight,
was agent ,'jot the East and West rail
road, at Jacksonville, 13 miles north af
here, is aader arrest at IS aw Orleans
char.sra o embezzlement of $130 Ut
cash raui 14 railroad tickets. , c
-STha Crew" Car BUI
t OoLCKBLi. & Q. Feb. 1L The jtnt
crow car bill has been passed' try the
house over an unfavorable report. Ik
provides for separate care for the rases.
both nrst and aeoonaciasa, but
exceptions of through vestibaleeV traiaa
and nursea. . .
'Aatt-Clraratta Bill
NxsirviTjjt, Feb. : 11. The senate haa
passed a bill heretofore passed by tha
house, prohibiting the sale of dgarettea
or cigarette paper in this state, or the
giving away of a cigarette or dfarett
paper.; I
Aa AaUraeBaat la KaataaBy.
PABta, Ky., Feb. 11. Edward 8hlnv
riers has . assigned to' Harmon' StftC
A bout a year ago young 8hlnners
left over $50,000 by his grandfather.
Ha
la a well known baseball manager.
' : A Wataaa Fatally Baxaaa.
CBABiiOTTK, N. Q, Feb. 1L Ifrs.
BL-em Campbell of Steel Oreek, whUa
ait ting before the lira, caught her dress
in the flames and was fatally burned ba
f oi a aha could be rescued.
Eoclith Spavio Ltrdnment removas
all TTiid, Soft or Call jused Lump and
Ble mlthea from horses, Btood Spavins,
Curbs. bplinU, Sweeney,' Blag-Booe,
StL'le, Sprains, all Swollen, Throats,
Oa aghs, etc" Save $50 by use of one hot.
i
lie- Wan anted tha , moat - wonderful
Bltqnish O ire ever known; Bold by
Bta -
ton & Zoeljer, Drugflst.Tarboro, N. 0
ROAD EUPLOYES-UAY.su
- WtNtk Car-mas U -m r iWr
RAixtoKTsh. llThsprtaetpefiatw'!
buis IntrodaoM ware to allow tv raa4or
ity of tha commissioners "and magis
trataa La any ooaaty to arder the altar.
natira rystem of working pabUo roads.
Oommittees were appointed to ro to
MscklsnDtLrf oounty to laspeot tha mao
mdailed roads there and report. .
?.b aOYsrcmaaiinowy vassad a Mil
aQewtaaT mleves of 'rsUwara So sua
tor eUaaecee. and fertAddlar aar waiver
of tha sight.
During the remarks oa this bill it was
stated that 8 R. Lacy, state labor com.
miaaiever. had informed the committee
that for hie advocacy of it he had ' been
blacklists by tha railways and could
not, ware he to try, get employment on
a B in the south: that Laev said this
was Auetoome roedwbida he did not
The bCl to redaoa raOwav fare to IU
and S cents, to elect railway oommia
sioaera by popular vote and to prohibit
tree passes and franks waa made special
oraer xor next Wednesday.
ea-aaa-Maia-aaiaa-aa-a
NO AUTONOMY FOR GOMEZ.
Hathlaa- SharS a Iaaaaaaaaaae WlU Bat-
fcwy taa Caaaa Oaaaral. ' '
Nrw Yosx, Feb. IX A dispatch to
The Herald from tha district of Saactl
Spiritus, Santa Clara pro Tinea, girea
the following statement, signed by Gen
eral Maximo Gomes:
The enemies of Ouba have circulated
in the United States the rumor that I
am disposed to accept autonomy as a
basis ot settlement or solution of the
present war. The oonstltutioa of Ouba
absolutely establishes in iu artiole XI
that peace is to be nerotlated upon the
-as ot the absolute lndepeadeaoe of
Ouba. It is to obtain ladepeadeaoe that
we have been fighting for two yean aad
will eonttane to fight until victory be
-All tha statements which ha re been
heretofore or may ta fetve be pub
lished, to the effect that we are wllUag
to accept any other eolation abort of In
dependence, should tie regarded - as
fa-ee."
BIG BLAZE AT ABBEVILLE.
rentes af taa w. aatadbaa
as
Ais-tols, Ga, Feb. 1L Adas tract
ive fire broke out la Ue bmrlnsae dis-
triot of AbUvtUe- betweea aad t a.
m., destroy tag the office of the Cypress
Lumbar eompaay aad eteok ot goods,
the afaoa aad outfit at tha Abbeville
Chrealole, the office, furniture aad oosa
missary stock of the Mahr Weil Lum
ber company, the Osatral hotel. Q. W.
Prioalar tenant; the drag store of G. H.
Maooa. Bash's barber shop, tha post
office, the baUdlng of P. & Oliver, gea
eral meruhsnrtlse; tha store of O. &
Mel taa aad the atore ot Paul Hair.
' The estimated loss by the fire is be
tween $16,000 and $-0,000. ' Thaiasar.
anca eovers ahoat one third tha loss.
The origin of the fire Is supposed to
aava neea aoctaautai.
BtEXDiaBAM. Ala., Feb. IA A strike
is vary probable In the Bella Elian Coal
mines ia Bibb oounty, a f sw miles from
Bloctoo. 1 Two hundred miners and em
ployee about the mines may go oat. The
men are oonsuiung among tnemaarves
as to the best steps to be taken la the
matter. The eompaay recently started
asiag forks la the mines instead ot
shoveUM The price oz mining ooal was
advaaoad 10 cents per ton, but it is said
the men wanted SO cents and made a
demand for it, which was refused.
-Taa Balaaia Slips Taeaaca.
WASwrgoToa, Feb. IX The blockade
runners at Charlestoa have scored the
first block and in spite of all tha prepa
I rations made try Admiral Bunco to de
tect any attempt to pass the long una of
ships no nad strung out across tne en
trance to the harbor, tha Dolphin, not
by any means a fast boat, aor as envia
ble aa a regular blockade runner, slipped
QQietly around one end of the line on
sveh. 8, and whea the depart msnt next
heard of her she was at tha bar off bt.
j John'a river. Fla.
' T Ba BJakaa af Wn-alagtaa.
BAlTtKOBB, Feb. 11 Cardinal Gib
bons has reoeived from Rome official
advises ooa firming the report of the ap
! pointmeas of the Rev. J. J. Monaghan
oc b. ratnex a cmsnan. uaanea-on. o.
a. ta be bisheo of tha sea ot Wilming
ton.- DeL Father Meaaghaa was tha
unanimous eaaloe of tha bishop of the
prorlaee and waa first of tha list of
three namea sent to tae pop iu aocoro-
anoe with the customs of tha phurch.
i
t
J-aahaaai aad WaUlac ta 8aag
FxAKxroaT, Ky.. Feb. IS. In tha
aasa of Boott Jackson and Alonao Wall
in, sentoaoad to be hhng for the mur
der of Pearl Bryan, the court of appeals
crverruledthe petition for a rehearing.
The records ware lsamedlately trans
mitted to Govarnor.Bradler.-'Who has
SO daya ta which to consider the ease
and fix the date tor execution. It is be
lisved that Governor Bradley will give
the case immediate attention.
YMBtxxMxva, Ya., Fab. 1L Tha
rsath annual saarlna of tha state
cennoU of YLnrinia aad ths . District of
Columbia of the United Order Amart
a Mechanic was held here. Among
those preheat were National Secretary
Barrsr of Philadelphia aad State Ooua
oilmen IX L Bobiaaon of Washington.
IX CL Tha order la reported ia a prca
perous condition. (
WH1 Xaear OaS Drwa Agalaw
Monrm. N. Q. Fab. 11 Tha Im
peachment prooeedinga against Judge
Norwood, who was Intoxicated on taa
bench hare, have beea dropped on the
eonAitlon that ha plaoa In the hands of
a responsible person bis written resig
nation, to ba totwardad to taa governor
whenever tha .edge Is known to be In
toxicated again. ;
' Pe-ite fa af Bleak.
WARHrsOTOW, Feb. 1L Tha axmmlt
tea on electioas has unanimously aa
fhflrltd a report on tha Walson-Black
cvantestad eleotian case la favor of tha
HtUacB
GASTORIA
, Tor T-1 tui. ClxOdrea.
. s
-iiWlLSON SDCCEEDS LEE
Elected President f Waahiaf
ton Unhrersltj.
iCIOSES BT B01SD
or TSTTsnxi
f
It la
taa rtf af BeS tnlf. I
'' Ucraxnvr. Ta.. Feb. 1L Tha board
of trustees ef Wsaaingtoa aad Lea ani
varsity haa ananlmoaaty eleotod Hon.
1 wmiam la Wilson, pal raw to. geaaraZ.
pr-s-aans ex ana uairarsuyla plaoa of
Ueneral X W. a La. vks-notaCr
resigned. It is wall aaoWetaod
f w. u woaoa. -i
Unaahneusry Betted Preaidenksf Wash-
lsgtoa and Lae Unl-aiett s.
Me. Wilson win accept the poattioa aad
will pnter upon the duties "of "his pfSoa ,
on the first day of Jaly aexa.
TWD DIVORCE SUIT8 FILED.
, . .
t-raaslaaat lUwMeai -ftTe'riii 9
' TMr Ti-i s el i 1 1 tin
Atlata. Feb." 10- Two saasaaoaal
divorce suits have beea plased an record
la the. superior con rt barm- Que peti
tion Is filed hy Mc Arnold.' charging his
wifwith lnfidaUty. Taa acker Suit is
a ad by Mr. Arnold, charging her hus
band with eoosptracy. .
. jtr. Arno-a auegee ia jus 'peanon
that be reoently discovered - that his
wife. Mrs. Lida H. Arnold, waa gmUry
of vtoiatiag aar Btamage vowa. A&ra,
Arnold' before bar marriage waa alias
Lida H. Pope, the daughter of .
feasor op. formerly of Pika. ooaaty,
but aow the praaident of a Urga aotlega
in Ken tacky. Ha is a Method-H mla
ister and ia well known tbrqacaoat tha
suta.
Mrs. Arnold denies the allegations
filed by her basbaad. ooa. tea ding that
aha was made to admit the charges
the point of a plate, which herhasbaad
bald in ner laca. en say taa a the
charges were made by her haaaaad ia
order to secure a divoroa aad retain tha
possession ot his property.
A Lleaiy tlskt la AM -at. -
ATLAirv a, Feb. 11 A sertautlonal an
counter at the union depot 'between
Robert Pace, named aa co-sasyoodsn.
and Harry Hill, brother-in-law of OL H,
Arnold, added aaother eaapter to the
sensational divoroa case of CL H. Arnold
and wife From tha state meats of by
standers Pace gave( hie antagonist
thorough drubbing. Pace escaped un
injured. Hill sustained seferai tea teas
in tha face and a slight eat aader his era,
from which the blood flowed freely tor
some time after the scrim mar. Tha
cause ot the trouble grew out ot tha
Arnold divorce pTooeedtngs. in which
Mr.' Arnold, in his petltioa against his
wife, named Pace as creepoodaat.
t Aa Attentat Bar a Ma.'
Uaioit, S. a, Feb. 1L There is great
.excitement here over the information.
I which has just leaked out, that Monday
, night an attempt waa made to bum tha
handsome new nock or buomnn coca-
pled by tha Merchants and Planters'
National-bank, the Ualoa drugsawa.
the opera house and a aar bar of oOaea,
and that persons of tha highest etaaa-
lng and character are implicated.
lighted candle was placed in a pile of
keroseae saturated straw, bat before the
time-match burned to the straw it
diaoovered.
; LeM Meet tTaaS TVete atlaa. ,
t HBCTttwica. ut, ran. il rrominens
umber men, controlling two-thirds of
the lumber trade of the south, are txr
aonf srenoe at the Oglethorpe. The ga--aral
version ot the ob ject of this confer-
anca is that prellmtnary steos are bum
taken toward organising tha lumber In
terests for the purpose of securing
i proper representation before the waya
aad meaae com nuiw-e .oaasna .km
such DTOtactlTdlana laws aa wtu
ble man of act ore rs to eontinaa bualaeas
at a reasonable profit.
l A r.eeeas B.saa
Atlait, Feb. 11 Jstf Cain, tha
veteran anarlneer who figured as a
principal actor ia one of the most thrQ-
Una imleodas of the late war. ia dead.
It waa be who raided the famoaa -G
araJ. the engine that waa eaptursd by
Andrews' raid era oa atay is. is-u, as
Big Bhanty. and was reeaptarad by Mr.
Cain. Captain W. A. JT oiler, tha ea
doctor, and other.' after the ead of
moat exdtinsT Chae over the Wester
and Atlantic railroad, between Big
Shanty and Ringgold.
! 1 Oaaaral Saalay Orawla Weaaa.
, Amia. Ma. Feb 1L Oeaerta
Shelby is still alive. He rallied daring
tha nlrht and ia resting assy, although
It imio, aonastiaa of a short tinva whi
the end must coma - He is gradually
growing weaker and coutiaaee
sclooa. ,
' felre-t Baavy Varrar Daaa.
1 Auatt. Ga.. ' Fsh 10. Colonel
Henry A. Tarver died at hit residence
In this rlre. He was Tl yuan old and
was a victim of consumption. Ctalonai,
Tarver waa oaa of the bast known
In the state.
IE BRUU'Ss
ret if lees rn. tw, 1
a Wesa Ttrsoi.a WU ams! taa
r--taa aad Baee Caaa eaa Daatas a
HI OSBea A boa
i 1 i ... -
Itoyou want to keep up wbh the tlmest
t take tbe Soctaaasta. ' -
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Highest of ilia LeaTenh; rower. Laiest TJ. S. Gov't Report
MAKES 8TARTLfNQ REPORT.
ey a Datt-a 'aaat.
Esxha, Ala.. Feb. ia The grand
jury of Dallas county, after a two weeks
! sesslaa, has made a report which ia de
cidedly the moat eensatloual ever made
tathiaooaaty.
It charges that a craat many irrega-
, tarlties of various and poca.Ur aorta ex
1st la the offloe ef the county saperia
tsadaul of ed seal ion: that ne voashars
kept, aad that the payraUa are
mostly signed ta the same kaad writing:
the township trustees Xorce the
teachers at the publio schools to divide
their salaries with them In order to get
tha schools, aad daaouncee the practica-
as offlrlal Corruption; that $3,000 was
borrowed aad Interest paid thereon,
i whan the books showed that there was
14.000 on haad. aad further, that 1T.
000 was oa deposit ia the Commercial
bank whea it failed; that although the
bank acted as treasurer of the county,
aa employ of the bank was. wtiboa?
authority of law, paid salary to ke--y
the county's cash book.
This portion of the report closes with
tha following paragraph t
We learn that several dead bodies
have bean allowed to remain nnburied
ta the county, end lie ia the sua aad
rain, aad decay aad ro. s Every dWate
of humanity cries out again such in-
numaalry, and the law should provide
CROOKEDNESS IS ALLEGED.
Wasxrxoroa. Feb. 10. Senator Ma-
ton Batter is act aver tha .mad spell
which a wanked him a few days ago on
the occasion of the re-election ot Sena
tor Pritchard. Ha aow popo to
have tha aleetija of his colleague aad
rival iavastlgatad.
Busaer is aow at Kaleiffh. Word has
aa received by poll anal ssancistes bare
that ha expects Laamadiataly apoa his
return to Wsahington to put into mo
tion tha aieiesary machinery for a'
thorough tovesligatioa la to tha meth
ods employed ta Prltchard's tveaat aleo-
m. -HeheiievaebehA the ascsssary
evidanoa to sabeteaaat his ch arras that
lera WM wkoiseale pare has of vote
U Pritohaxd's baaalf, aad that there-
suit' waa la Una with the boasts of
ITawaa aad his amteatrtaa.
Hactatma -taa thass gentlemen, by
the employmaut at eerrupUag methods.
aaeured certain votes (or the repubu-
kaa, aad bis decision to push aa laves
tlgatioa shows that aa baUarvae ha has
tha evidence to suatala bis charg-a.
TRIO OF FLORIDA SUICIDES.
If. Oaa Veae I
Oaa Taaas Cateieleiea.
Jixoormxa, - Fla.. Feb. .10. At
FarnaaiTlna. Fla, the dead body of P.
H McLntoah was found on the beach.
Melnsoah quarreled with his wife and
. He waa a well known plum
ber, aad came from Brunswick. Ge
At Tarpon Springs, Fla., while in bed. .
by tha aids of his wife and baby. W. J.
i Phillips bUw out his brains. Ue was
suffering tram a chronic affliction, and
doctors said aa operation waa nsoeteery.
Rather than undergo the operation, aa
At Stark. Fla.. Mrs. Lacy Burn ham
was found dead in her room at the Com
mercial hotel, having committed suicide
by taking chloroform. Mrs. Burnham
left several letters for friaada la Chicago
and elsewhere, and a Bote to the pabito
stating that the burden of life had
grown too bssay tot ner. see waa
f ormarty Mrs. Lucy Van Erar, art rritio
of tha Chicago Inter-Ocean. Eight
months ago she was married to Dc
Burnham. the specialist, aad they came
to Florida.
MURDERED WHILE HUNTINO.
Baea Caret laa Fe
Ca
rtaaas WSh aa a.
STASTAXBUBa, a C. Fen, 10. Bob
Clayton, a prominent dtisea of Polk
ooaaty. S. OL. told his wife that he waa
going coon bunting, and with his dog
and ax, left noma.
noc nturnlna. the family t-acame
alarms! and a eearehlag party
country along. Green river.
where he lived They found Clayton's
body literally cut to pieces. His sack
aaa marts or tne ax ap-
perd sil over his body. Ha had beea
dead soma Urn whan found.
Whea Ca searchers returned with tha
body it was f eand that two other prosa
iaaat Xarirra. Btlfkbors ot CUytoa.
rstsrlously dlsaraearad.
CUvtoa aad thus tw man had adis
-feffat a rew days aerore aaa threats
nada. n -tbe two men are eap
t la twobahle that thay aria if
lyaebad. as taa eaattmaat aA-alnat them
mruaasnnTWfU.
. ' W'a-a BerO. Carallaa Siliea,
BALsana, Feb. ia la th lagialatar.
tha priacspal new bills ware to repeal the
act to ssaabnib a area meridian la au
thaeetmtfas? toamaadthalaw regard
Ugfsrtlhasrs eyjro-rtdlng tas u ma
tarUia aaawa a mtere are louoa in ir
ttlisers that fact shall ha published aad
tha f ertSisam seised aad condemned! to
allow Oisriv to Issue $33,000 la beads
forwatarwarks: tolaoorporata tha Win
ston aad Southbound railroad; to pre
vent the hiring ot convicts in, compett
tion with free labor. . - .
1 ta Be O-TTted ee.
oourt-aA. a a; Fh m a-lci ha
an pasaed'try tha saaata "requiring
rrJlroaas to earry blcyclas free and
forulng traiaa to stoo atosrtala Hetinna
. tali emDreetag tae aame isareras
sad ta tha!
Bat An ax. Tab, 10. The jury la tha
PUt murder ease hreaghs la a verdict
of volaatary manslaughter. Pitts was
san taorad to IS years la tha pealtea
tUry. ' ' .- '
Caw lee Aapetetii Adjetaa
BaLUQB. Feb. 10. Goreraor Ba-eell
apputated Andrew D. Oowle of
Statasvill tobe adjutaat gaaeral af th
S,nl-a Barrel IwvU.
WAaHUOTOJ. Tab,- lLSeaator Har
ris aontlaaas to lnrprova and his trtoala
are much eacoaiaged over his
tSOSeSS
IT
PURE
nth
Germany cannot fecpre our country
for attracting rrery ytr aLirp cumN-r
of young men who art f.t f r military
ail lice fche y. an.1 ilh r r.ic t-bow
Of juMic, "We bara girrn In. young
men their cdacatiou at the exprn- of
the stato, and now. akxn tLry are in
position lo pay Lark to tho til her land
the debt tbiy owe. ttT 15.il awsy to a
tW country and It r, uio Anx-ricana.
Tbe German is unwilliug to believe that
his fellow rountryinen rmii-rate to
Anwriea becaae- they jrr frr American
institutions to those of their own court-
try. ' On tho motrary, be Is firmly prr
auaded that , we, in armx uudtvhaiHl
manner, rntice gond Gitnuui awsy t r
means of heavy bountii framlulmt
repr-wBtations mada ly -jr-rrrmnent
agents. In fact. o dVejy froordird i
the German sufjiirion regarding t.'.i
American that they are ready tol li ve '
anything aloot our ecus try, 0 hs-g a
it is not coapUmentry.
For instance. I bar not otjy --u it
taken fr granted in print., but " en n -beard
it stated in con versa! ion Ly edu
cated Germsxj a bo certainiy rnennt no
cUsrespert to me. th&t our wur cf inde
petibVnre, aa well as the civil War, waa
won because we had in oar. ranks ao
large a number of Germans cr tvracae
our men were drilled and cxmimandVd
by Germana ' Theaa absurd prnptxitiaos
are mad in such gond faith that it is
impossible to dispute tbe matter with a
German for fear cf wounding Lis na
tional pride. To him there was but ooa
hero in the war cf 1778 nam Jr. Stea
Len aad aa for the war ru 1S60, of
course the hero waa Fraca EigeL "
North American Review, j
tdy riagere.
A general and Juxtiflable core pi tint Is
lodged against the ubiquitous small
cake known as "lady fingers" and ev
erywhere seen during the eraon upon
tha tray which bears . a teapot at a
o'clock. It ia aaked wby ''lady fingers'
should be ao generally dry and - stale,
and the loquisitiTu wcaxler if it is im
possible to procure them under a wOt
or two in age. The trouble lit in not
knowing how to treat tbe cake. If
they, or any othA srt of rprxige cakra.
are taken while still warm from tbe
baker's oren into the cxnaaiTely cold
outer air, it will be found on reaching
home that they are dry and leathery.
Should they be set in a eloax-ly covered
veaael. as a glaa Jar, in a cool plaoa
they will soften again, and thus cared
for last for sereral week and be perer-t-ly
palatable. Bread also suffers from
exposure to extreme cold, and a loaf .
ahould have several layers of paper
wrapped about it if rarrkd any ditt anca
in winter. Oiberw ie it will seem aa
bard aa if it had been baked for a wek.
Lady fingers. It tuay be added, rrrlng -as
goodie at cheerful feafflvare always
a surprise to country bred English folk
when they come over Lira. In rural
England they are commercially known
as "funeral Li emit" and sold only for
use aa mourners r-fmhme&t wtut a
glass of wine after tho ki drire to a-'
sist at some county fawraL New York
Post. . (
Taals at taa Lab nwvlWee.
Since flint is not j lentifrJ in Switarr
land we find tbe larger implements,
sorb as axes, geur rally mado of diorite.
serpentine aud the oth r hard stooea, and
even of jade. TW rri-wnce of tbe latter
stone is a matter of f-reat interest, in as
much as it rnlb!y was imported from
tbe far east. It t bereft. re a-nus to bear
witneas lo tbe f jet that tho lake dwellers
had oomujarrial nlatiaus with other
couutrUa. Jade is 1m 4 found in Europe,
butorcurs in China, India and EfypC
This subject, Lowerer, is still rather a
matter cf ccnitroverry, for. ihnogb in
spite of many inquiries, no site for na
tive jade ba been yet diaxrrcred ia Eu
rope, some autbontka believe tnax tne
people found it aomewber in their own
neighborhood. It is certain, from tha
presence of chip ia many placta, that
they worked it up tbtrnarjvea oa the
spot and that gives aome countc-uanc to
tha idea. There are as many as 4.000
specimens of jade from Lake Constance
alooa. Two ether mineral, known as
jadeite and chl orator lanite. closely re
semble jade, and these are also found in
tbe eettlements, as well as In dolmens
la Europe. Uatcl4non"s "iTihistorio
Man and Heart. '
'PeaHe-lag a BeflreaJ ta Wirtta,
Ia "Oampairnlrir With QjiaaH'- la
Tha Centary. General Horace Porter
tells how the Union army dttroyvd the
Virginia Central railroad. tqr th
North Anna. He aaya: I went with a
portion of Bwll'i division of Wright's
corps, which brfran the werk of dtroo
tlon at a point oa the railroad aboot bOO
yards from tha enemy's extreme left. A
brigade was extended along one aide of
the road ta single rank, aad at a giTen
signal the men totik bold of tbe rails,
lifted op the read and turned it upside
down. Then, breaking the rails luow.
they need them at levers in prying off
the ci oast ic. whieh they piled up. at
difrerent point, laid the rail across
them and set fire to the lie. Aa aoon as
the rails became sufarlently hut they
1 bent in the middle by their own weight.
Efforts were then mado to twist them
so as to rvnder them still more unserv-
loeabla. Several mil of railway were
thus dVatroyed.
Every good housewife knows how
Beoaasary and at tha same time how ex
pensive an item ia her CVam-uic ar
rangement l chamois leather. The.
taanuf actor of chamois leather is a
difacult process, tct-artying snme three
mcntha The wool U ing mnnfil fr-m
the ahecp and lamia' aina, I m.Uult il
is made, th skin is split by special ma
chinery, and the inn r porti is coo
verted into chamois leather It rri
proceaaea At the final sta-e the skin is
s-soothed by means of a very fine cirru
Lar knife worked by hand, which pro
dncas tha soft feeling so well known in
cod chamois leaAb. PWUde-rhi
Ledger.
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