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JSt.:-.,p.....,..,l. Aw"L 0 HARNETT AND JOHNSTON j CUMBERLAND AND SAMPSON to 'VPROVK ALL 1H1US; Hoi.D AaT lilAt' -WHICH 15 UUUD." VOL. Mil. DUNN. N. C, MARCH 30. 1898. NO. 11. UNION ! let jet. S.dt -llhfmm and Kczems. I'll'- i nt r-iirti itching and smarting, inci-J-nt. to'thetMliscas!.'i, i.s instantly allayed ;,jij)yin Chamberlain's Eye and .Skin Ointment. Many very bad eases h:ivr been permanently cnred by it. It i. equally f-fficient fo,r itching piles and a favorite remedy, for sore nipples, Lapp u bands, chilblains, frost bites and chronic .sore 'eyes. 25 cts. per box. Dr." Ciiily's Condition Powders, are .in-1, wli.it a horse needs when in bad iinlii ion . Tonic, blood purifier and vermifuge. They are not food but ' .-lif-i::e and Ihe best in use to put a h i -t hi pvimo condition. Price 23 :s- pvr paclrr.ge. i;wr Rale 1'V X. li. Hood, Dunn, Mrs. Ilashleijrh My husband used to f-.-'y 'hajt I made the best coffee in the v. i -M. 'The dyspeptic boarder Oh! I Avoiii,!n"t dream of questioning that, madam; .-but there's a vast difference lr-t veen niiiklug and creating coffee. 1'uck. . ? ' : ' '1 he li.eaufy of the winter girl may be t:iy- :-:) !-.!: in deep. lrofessionat Curds. James II. Pou. Edward W. Po a. W. II. Young. rou i rod cD YOUNG, Atiornoys at Law, TJTLIXGTON, N. C. Afisociated in the trial of civil cases) iu tho Superior courtsof Hurnett Co. , 6V VLTFFOIiV, Attorney at Law. DUNN, N. C. Will practice in all the courts of tho State w ii. re 'services desired. , .. M'LIJAX, ; Counsellor ami Attorney at Law. DUNN, N. C. Trtveaee ia all courts. Collections a epoeiuky. i . - ' ' - W 11. 31 Ul Wilis 'ON,.. lONF-SOHO, N. C. PracticoH law in Harnett, Mooro and . titl'er fuuntieH, but not for fun. 3 201y. r ; iC A. JIUnCIITSON - iUvETTKVILLE, N. O. 'i I'rticticcs law in Cumberland Har nett and anywhere services ure wanted. '"" ' 1 " 11 . . . J... '" ' W1LMIHGT0H &-:WELD0H AND BltANCHEs! AND FLORENCE RAILROAD. Co ad-used Schedule Dated Jan. 17th, 189a 1 T11A1XS GOING SOUTH. I.eavo AVeldon 11 52 am, 9 43 pin. 'Arrive P.o.-ky Mount 12 55 hiu, 10 36 pm. 3nv'e Tarboro 12 12 am, G 01 p m. !; ve Rocky 'Mount 1 00. am, 10 36 pm, 6 1j .ht, 5 4J am, 12 47 pin. l.i-avtv. ''Wilson. 2' 20 am, 11 16 pm, 7 17 pro, .. C'2:i urn. 2 37 pin. Lj-avti S.'lmaS 15 am. l,"av,( i ayottevillo 4 47 am, 1 14 pm. ArrivD-Tl'jn'aeo 7 35 am, 3 15 pm. Arriyo ,l-.lrfhoro 8 00 pm. ' . l.'v.y.-(1,,1.1-i.cro 7 01 a:n, 3 20 pm. .' J,.-;'.vi Macuolia 8 03 am, 4 24 pm. Arrive WhaiiuKton 9 SO am, 5 50 pm. , TKAIN3 GOIXCl NOHTH. Ijavo Flortvneo 9 8 am. 8 15 pm. L-avo f'.v jifn-ill!) 12 13 am, 10 15 pm. I.i'avo Si-l-na 147 am. Ai riv-H Wilson 2 35 am, 12 09 pm. Arny Wi-hnifiton 715 pro,' 9 35 -am.' .', l'avr Ma'-riU'Iia S 55 nm. 11 02 am. L'-avo (ioidsboru 5 00, am 10 10 pm, 12 05 nm. L avV Villon 2 35 pm, 5 33 am, 12 12 am, 11 -IV jiin. 12 55 jun. u-nve K ii'ky Mount 3 29 pm, 6 15 am, "12 4 9 im, '11 57 pm, 1 40 .pm. . - ' Arrive T -hero G 41 am. v ,! L'Tivc Tarboro 12 12 pm. .'1 .. Leave It. x'ky Mount 3 29' pm, 12 49 am. Arrive Weldou 4 33 pm, 1 42 am. - Train on. tho Heotlaud Neck Branch Road leaves rMo:r 3 55 pm, Halifax 4 80 pm, ar livcs Scotland Neck 5 20 pm, Greenvillo 6 57 I "n, Ki it(i.'i7 55 pm. Returning leaves Kins to'n 7 50 am.. 'Grvtmvillo 8 52 am, arriving II liifax 11 IS am, .Veldonll 33 am, daily ex- eept Suiulay; . . t Trams on "Washirip;ton Branch leave Wash-' kK:Uv:i S 20 am a:id-2 30 pm, arrive Parmele 9 10 am and 4 00 m, returning leave Parmele 1 35 am .ami (i 30 pm. arrive Washington 11 00 jitf iiid 7 20 pm, daily except Mmday. Train Pave- Tarboro, N. C, daily except 'Sunday 5 30 pm, Sunday 4 15 pm, arrives "Plymouth 7 40 pm, 6 10 pm. Returning leaves Plymouth daily except Sunday 7 50 am, Sun day .-9 U0 am, arrives Tarboro 10 05 am and 11 00 a.m. 1 Train on 'Slid. and N.. C. Branch leaves (i l.'if.'iorii daily except Sunday 7 10 am, ar riving; Smith tield 8 30 am. Returning leaves bmithli-id 9 CO am, arrives at Goldsboro 10 2S a nr. r ' Trains on Nashville Branch Jeave Rocky Jlount at 4 30 pm. arrive Nashville 5 05 pm, Spring Hope 5 30 pm. Returning leave Spring Hope 3 : 0 am. Nashville 8 35 am, ar rive at Kooky Mo'iut 9 05 am, daily e.-.cept Mii'Iay. . l-rain on ( lmtuu Branch leaves Warsaw for Clintpu daily, except Sunday. 11 20 a m tmd 4 15 pm. Returning leaves "Clintoo at 7 t;0 am and 3 00 p m. Train No. '78 mikes- close connection at Weldon for all points Nei tit daily, all rail via iiichmon 1, - II. M. EMERSON, (Heu'l Pass. Agent, J. R..KEXLY, Gen'l Manager. T. M. EMEUS N. 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The court of inquiry appointed to in Testigate the cause of the Maine disas ter, has reported that the loss of tha battleship was due to an outside explo sion. The State Department, by di rection of the President, has cabled Minister Woodford, at Madrid, to noti 13' the Spanish government of this con clusion. The President and his cabi net advisers held two extended sessions on the 25th, oue at 10:30 a. m. , and an other at 3:30 p. m., at which the report was considered in detail. Members of the cabinet stated after ihe meeting that the discussion was of a grave char acter, and that never since the wreck ing of the Maine has the situation seem ed so critical. The Spanish government has cabled officially to Washington that the Span ish naval commission holds the disaster ia the Maine to be of internal origin. The government of Spain, it can ba stated positively, is not disposed to turn back her torpedo flotilla now pro ceeding from the Canaries and would be disinclined to consider a suggestion from this governmout tending to inter fere with the disposition by Spain of her own naval forces. 1 War preparations of an unprecedented scale are being hurried to completion by the War and Navy Departments, and the , country is practically on a war footing. . Commander Marix, judge advocate of the court of inquiry, delivered the re port to Secretary Long early on the morning of the 2oth and shortly after it was carried to the White House and placed in the hands of the President. At 10:30 the Cabinet assembled, half an hour earlier than usual, and began the consideration bf the momentous document. Even the rigid rules of secrecy which prevail at Cabinet meet ings -wero made doubly strict in this case, and no intimation of the results reached by the court were known nutil 2 o'clock, when an As sociated Press bulletin gjave the in formation to the country las well as the eagerly waiting officials throughout Washington. Ihese results, briefly Btated, are that the loss of the Maine was dne to an explosion from the out side, tho court being unable to fix tha responsibility for the explosion. Th court does not express an opinion as to the character of the explosive, but the testimony goes to show that it was a powerful submarine mine, the exac character of which is not determined by the testimony, though the belief waa expressed that it was a floating subma rine mine. There were two explosions, the court rinds, the first from the out side, and that set ofl one of the smaller magazines. It was this result, expressed in de tail, and with the presion of & court deeply conscious of its responsibility, together with the evideece od which it was based, that occupied the attention of the cabinet throughout its extended -ssions of the morning and afternoon. Aii other auu lesser subjects gave wa to this foremost question. There was no I change in the plan of making the report public and submit ting it to Congress accompanied by a brief message from the President. While interest was thus centered at the White House, the Navy and War Departments were hurrying forward in tho work of preparations. ; The ad vance of the Spanish flotilla continued to receive the clcssS: ai ention cf naval officials, and while, so far as could be ascertained, no definite line of action was determined upon, the need of in tercepting the ifleet Avas urged by the highest naval authorities. From the standpoint of the Spanish government, this movement was not a menace, hav ing been decided upon many weeks ago. On the contrary, the Span ish government holds that the ex tensive armament of the Dry Tortugas is a more direct hostile act against Spain than any movement of the flotil la. Instead of stopping the flotilla, the present attitude of Spain tends toward re-enforcing it with other Spanish war ships, not as a menace, but from what the Spanish government feels is a re quirement called for by the existing condition of affairs. IS I POVIRFUL . ' SUBMARINE MINE. Hardly less suggestive than the ap-, proach of tho torpedo flotilla was the information received by the highest rhilitary authorities that the Spanish government had hurried to completion extensive fortifications on-the island Porto Rico, lying just off Cuba, and the only Spanish possession in this hemis phere other than Cuba. The exact character of those new defences ha3 been made know n here, and they are being given weight by the military au thorities as showing the disposition of Spain. i The orders issued by the Navy De partment during the day covered every branch of the navai armament. " f AIjIj off but leic. The Mangrove Hurried to Havana to Bring Away American Officials. I Key West, Fla. (Special). The Associated Press bulletin that the court of inquiry had found that the Maine was blown up by a submarine mine created great excitement here. The most significant development that fol--lowed the announcement of the court's report a development known to but fewwas the sudden sailing of the lighthouse tender Mangrove for Ha vana. The Mangrove was lying quietly at the dock, loading buoys, when or ders came on .the afternoon of the 2Sth for her to proceed with all haste to Havana and to iako on board ail the American officials in that city, with the exception of Consul General Lee. It is feared here that the knowledge of the court's report has excited the Ha vana population and brought the anti American sentiment to a climax. ; Offi cers of high rank are still reticent. Bear Admiral Sicard, however, said: "The court of inquiry brought its find ings according to what its members be lieved. Nothing could have made them do otherwise. If they had been able to tixthe responsibility, I feel sure they would not have shirked their duty. " The attention of Pear Admiral Sicard was drawn to the fact that Spain had official ly denied that Havana harbor was piined. He replied: i "If Havana harbor were mine I cer tainly should have mined it. The water there is especially suited to such methods of defence. Spain's denial had nothing to do with the court of in quiry. I should not believe a state ment that Havana harbor was not mined. The court has not yet been dissolved. It is barely possible that more work may be required of it; but this is not probable. "The court of inquiry is composed of splendid men. I am greatly satisfied with their work. I hardly suppose much excitement will be caused by the announcement of the verdict, as I am under the impression that 99 per cent, of our people were already convinced that the Maine was blown up externally, and I scarcely think their ideas would have been changed if th. court had re ported otherwise. " j An Kxplanation. Washington (Special). -At the White House it was said that official advices here did not bear out the sug gestion of a pending crisis in Havana, arid that there were no dispatches from General Lee of a disquieting nature. SPAIN'S REPORT "CONFUSED." Wants Our Report Held Back from : Congress Until The Are Ready.' Madrid, (By Cable). The Spanish government has received the Spanish re port on the loss of the Maine, which, however, is said to be "confused," and explanations are said to have been re quested. In any case, it is added, it will not be published until after the . report of the United States naval court af in quiry has been made public. The Spanish report says : ' 'It i3 scientifical ly and practically demonstrated that theSexplosion was internal. " The United States minister, General Woodford, has had a long conference with tho Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senor Gullon. Absolute reticence is observed as to what transpired. The Correspondencia says the Span ish government will dispatch a note to Washington requesting that the report on the loss, of the Maine be not sent to Congress until both reports are pre sented and considered by both govern ments. GEN.WOODFORD WILL. NOT TALK Brutally Forcing Spain Into a War, Says El .Impartial. United States Minister Woodford, interviewed tonight with reference to the report that he had received ad vices from Washington as to the find ings of the Maine court of inquir3r aud the proposed action of the American government, declined to divulge any thing. General Woodford said: "Presi dent McKinley desires peace, which I also earnestly desire. " El Imparcial says: "The United States are brutally forcing Spain into a conflict. To send the Maine report to Congress is equivalent to tlirowing a totch into a barrel of gunpowder. " The government, despite snch comments, is pursuing a conciliatory policy, and it ' is believed will propose that the Maine disaster be referred to interna tional arbitration. Condition of Spain's Troops. A private letter from Mauzanillo, re ceived at Kinston, Jamaica, by a schoon er, fcas the condition of the Span'ot troops there is terrible. It adds that starvation and disease prevail every where, and that the government forces have sustained heavy losses in recent skirmishes with the insurgents, the" wounded being brought to town in cart-loads. , The letter concludes that even without the interventjon of the United States the war cannot last two months longer. The Ohio Flood. The water is over fifty feet at Cincin nati and still rising at last reports. In terior towns in Ohio that have suffered inundation and damage are finding re lief by the recession of the water. Loss of life is reported at Hamilton, O., where the great Miami swept away two cottages and drowned six inmatee. Several other lives are reported lost from other sections. The water is falling at Pittsburg, Pa. Pilots Readj- to erve. rn Fsar. N. C. . pilots have offered 1 heir services to the government in case ! of war. Every woman TuioVs some nian who would be immensely rich instead of poor, if "be had his wife's energy." 1 ! IIDICTI. Major Wilson Loses His Case Before the U, S. Supreme Court. CALDWELL'S CASE DISMISSED. The Governor's Right to Remove Blembers of the R. R. Commission Sustained by the Declsion.x A special from "Washington, of the 21st, to the Charlotte - Observer says that in the United States Supreme Court today tho case of J. W. Wilson, fb. tha State of Nofth Carolina, in re lation to L. O. Caldwell was dismissed on the ground that the court was with out jurisdiction. The case,, involves the right of the Governor of North Carolina to remove members of the Railroad Commission from office un der the State iaw of 1891, and this right was sustained by today's decision. Mr. Wileon was formerly chair man of the railroad commission and was summarily removed on the ground that he was a railroad stockholder, contrary to law, and L. C. Caldwell appointed in his stead. Mr. Wilson refused to vacate and Mr. Cald well began a quo warranto proceeding against him to test the title to the of fice. The State courts decided against Wilson's contention, and this view was practically sustained by the decision rendered today, holding the United States court to be without jurisdiction. Justice Peckham, in deciding the case, said that as the office was exclusively a State office, the United States Court had to deal only with the question whether Mr. Wilson was deprived of any right guaranteed by him by the Federal constitution. He had not been so deprived, and accordingly the court was without jurisdiction. " The case also involved a proceeding on motion of Mr. Wilson to punish Mr. Caldwell for contempt in proceeding upon the judgmeni of the State court, while the case was pending in the United States Court. This; was also dismissed, be cause it apr eared that Caldwell was ig norant of the fact that the court had taken cognizance of the contempt pro ceeding. North Carolina's Woods. The lumber resources of North Caro lina are very great after two hundred years of cutting and slaying. , There is not only a vast amount of lumber left, for the virgin forests are spread all over the State in hundreds of thou sands of acres, but the value and va riety of woods are remarkably good. The other day we were looking at' some of the beautiful polished native woods in the North' Carolina Exposition Cur, when Mr. Moore, tho polite manager, told us that there were 108 of the speci mers of the finer woods, some of which are of unsurpassed fineness and ele gance. We recall what our friend, the late Professor W. C. Kerr, State geolo gist, told us, that specimens of North Carolina woods he took with him to the Vienna exposition, attracted moat marked attention and elicited a great many inquiries. This was, we think, more than twenty years ago, but we are not sure whether it was Vienna or Berlin. Wilmington Messenger, (, Eastern Carolina Industries At the University a few days ao State Geologist Holmes gave fthe flret of four lectures on the resources of the State. He spoke on the resources of Eastern North Carolina. He said one peculiar industry, the catoh and culti vation of terrapins and turtles for the market amounts to $19,000 annually. The clam catch tb $82,000; oysters $Ui, 000; while the fishing industry runs up to 1,800,000, employing 12,000 persons and 3, 800 boats. Trucking amounted to from three o six millions annually and the lumber industry to $5,000,000. The value of all farm productions of the State in '97 was fifty-one millions, while half of this or 000, 000 was in East ern North Carolina. The value of live stock for Eastern North Carolina is $8, 000,000. 4f , Tar Drippings. The Guilford Lumber Company will move its plant from Asheboro to Trdy. Several cars of dynamite, gun cotton and other war munitions, have arrived at Fort Caswell. In New Hope township, Chatham oounty, are two mules whose oombined aged 67 one being 34 and the other 33 years old. -: The Eastern Truckers' Association re ports on strawberries that shipments will begin April 10 and that the crop will be enormous. Berries are turning red. The Newbern Journal reports that two negro women were drowned at Pol lockeviJie reeently. This makes four negro women drowned off the same foot way in fifteen months. Lumberton has sent $223.75 to the Cuban suffer ere. Last week was the biggest week in the history of the Winston tobacco market. Over one million pounds of leaf were sold for nearly one hundred thousad dollars. . i A white oonvict, aged 55 years, ar rived at the penitent'ary a few days since from Wilkes county. It turns out that it is his second term and that he was one of the first conviots who en tered the penitentiary when it was open ed in 1870. Foreign Affairs. The Czar has authorized an ad-1 ditional expenditure of 3,000,000 j roubles annually fcr six years for the j Russian nary. , j Chinese officials are said to be in a j cjnepjyacy to overthrow the Manchu j ay natty and offset Euyopjan control. j Americans have been invited to join. ; in an English milienial celebration j of King Alfred, the Great, who died in 901. , It is believed in London that Lord i Salisbury will remain premier, but that a reconstruction of the British cabinet : is probable. j General Pando, the Spanish com mander in Eastern Cuba, is seeking t conference with insurgent leaders to in duce then to accept autonomy. NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST. The Happenings of the Past Fev Days Condensed for Our Readers. The South. Judson W. Lyons, of Georgia, ha been appointed register ' of the United States treasury to succeed Bruce, de ceased. Thomas E. Watson has declined to be the Populist candidate for Governor of Georgia and W. B. Hill refused to run' for chief justice. Frederick L. Smith, of Norfolk, Va., was arrested at Philadelphia, charged with larceny of $l,500from the Smith Little company, of that city. Smallpox is still spreading in East Tennessee. Five new cases have devel oped at Knoxville and there are many in the smaller towns.' I iFire in the postoffice block on the , Main street of Elkin, N. C, destroyed property to the amount of 820,000. j Believed to be incendiary. j In a letter to the board of visitors of ; the University of Virginia Mr. C. B. i fiouss inclosed his check for $10,000 to complete the physical laboratory. I The lumber men of Georgia will do nate the material to be used in the con struction of the building for the State i exhibit at the Omaha Exposition. At Chester, S. C, Jim Anderson, colored was found guilty of the murder of Capt. James K. Marshall on the 25th. He will be hanged in three weeks. The famous summer hotel at Berkley Springs, W. Va., in Morgan county, has been burned to the ground. Most of the contents of the building were gaved. The loss on the building is $50,000; insurance, $18,000. j Dr. C. A. Byder, of Gainesville. Ga. , brother of the man who murdered Miss Qwen, and was subsequently killed by a mob, has written a letter to Governor Atkinson, of Georgia, naming those Whom he says were implicated in the lynching. I A special from Roanoke, Va. , says that three postoffice inspectors have ar rived there and think that Howard and Moore, the two men arrested on sus picion of attempting to blow open the Salem postoffice safe, are the leaders of a gang of postoffice burglars that for two years have baffled tho secret service. j At Mooresyille, N. C, the Methodist school house, full of children, was lifted from it3 pillars to tho ground during a rain and wind storm a few clays since. A few of the children were slightly injured. The colored school house was blown down and badly damaged. Other property throughout this section were damaged considerably by the high wind. i The North. The New York Legislature will ap propriate $50,000 for good roads. Dr. Dowie, of Chicago, III., will es tablish a colony of faith curista in New ton county, Ind. The building law in Chicago, 111., has been amended, limiting the height of structures to ten stories. At Jersey City, N.J. , Thomas Shields, his wife and two children were probab ly fatally poisoned by eating tinned sar dines. The Iowa Republican State commit tee has decided to hold the next State convention at Dubuque on September 1st. ! The next annual meeting of the American Bankers' Association will be held at Denver, Col., about September 1st. 1 Eight hours a day for factory hands is the demand made bp united labor in Milwaukee, Wis., with threais of a strike is not conceded. 4 j The Pennsylvania Railroad's passen ger station at Jersey City, N. J. , has ibeen burned. Loss," $250,000. A large amount of mail matter was also de stroyed. j At San Francisco, CaL, Jim Jeffries knocked out Peter Jackson in a prize fight. Jeffries' smashing licks on Jackson caused him to become groergy and he fell helplessly against the ropes. By an explosion at the works oi the United States Smokeloss Powder Company, San Rafael. Cal., C. A. Jenks, one of the head employes, and a laborer named Jenson were killed. Several men were killed or injured and twenty others are rnissing as the result of an early morning fire m a lodging house -at Butte, Mont., occu pied by miners of the Anaconda copper mines. Miscellaneous. The Austrian cruiser Donau left Ha vana for New York. Mrs. John M. Thurston, who died in Cuba, was buried at her home, in Omaha. Thirty-five States have thus far voted to participate in the Trans-Mississippi Exposition at Omaha, Neb. Two robbers held up a train in Cali fornia, blew up the express car and" drove off with a registered mail poUch. By the explosion of a lamp in theii home at Fresno, Cal. , James Thorn p?on and his aged wife were burned to death. Fourteen-year-old -4Daisy Moore, ol Kansas City, Mo., poisoned herself be cause a school boy did not return hei love. A cold wave of zero weather sweeps ; tne est,1the,thermometor being below zero west of the Missouri river. Heavy snows fell in some places. , Dun & Co's commercial report for the past week shows great industrial activ ify and exports largely in excess ol those for the same time last year. Miss Christine Bradley, sponsor for the battleship Kentucky, launched at Newport News, was: congratulated bv telegraph by the National W. C. T. U". on her action in using Water to chris ten the man-of-war. In a shooting affray at Senatobia. Miss., Sheriff W. J. Bray was killed and deputy Sheriff Horner ; (Jilmorc dangerously wounded. Three business men of Willis Point, Texas, are under arrest for swindling by bogus bills of Jaden for cotton! A Berlin dispaj-gStates that Srain has surely made,ir rtures to Austria, Germany and Italy for support in case of war. Citizen's of Florence, Ala., will build a $100,000 cotton mill. i i E )nthe Part of Railway Commissioner. Caldwell in the VIATTER OF PASSENGER RATES. Jays That While He Voted to Over rule the Railway's Exceptions, II Knows He Did Wrong. A special from Raleigh to the Balti nore, (Md,) Sun, of a recent date, says: 'Chairman Caldwell, by whose lnflu jnceand vote the -railway commission nado the passenger rate, two and i half cents per Jmfle, has made a uost remarkable change. He now says ihat while he vied to overruLe the rail way's exceptions, he is clearly of the spinion that he did wrong, frankly jays he voted against his better judg ment and foolishly yielded to the clamor of politicians, which means the Popu list State conference here. He says the commission has no evidence to sustain its actions.and he feels the railroeds will ?ain their case under the recent Ne braskan decision when they go into the courts, as they will. Taking this view, he says he can see no sense in contend ing about a matter which will cost the tax-payers a large sum in the- courts, when he can see nothing but defeat in the end. He is aware he will subject himself to criticism by his plain state ment, but says the clamor against the railroads is "largely for political pur poses. Under the Nebraska decision, be Bays, the jurisdiction of the commis sion is so limited he is in favor of abol ishing the commission and saving the State the $12,000 per annum it costs. He says the council of State could easi ly attend to such duties as are incum bent on the commission, and thus effect a great saving. " NORTH STATE CUL.LINGS. Wilmington is to have, a Masonic temple. The telephone line between Raleigh and Goldsboro has been put in opera tion. The State grants a charter to the Shelby Tabernacle Company, capital ? 1,500. The State has chartered the Gay Lumber Company, of Kinston, capital $50,000. One of the latest arrivals at the peni ientiary is a 13-year-old negro boy who burned a store after he fcal plunder id it. Some young ladies in Winston are sollecting funds to provide headstones lor unmarked graves of Confederate soldiers. President McKinley will not be able ;o attend the unveiling ceremonies of ,he monument to the signers of the Declaration of Independence at Char lotte, May 20th. - It is said that twenty-two storekeep srs and gaugers and as many distillers will have to answer at the Federal Court in Greensboro month for violations of internal revenue laws. The statement of the State debt as made up is as follows: Six per cent, bonds, $2,720000, with only $25,000 of old bonds not sent in ; 4 per cent, bonds, 3, 108, 150, with $247,000 not sent in. j It is said Mount Airy is to be tapped by another line of railway. Tho pro ject is to build a road from the coal fields in Virginia via Mt. Airy to some point South of this place, eays the News. Uriah Parker, colored, of Winston, was trying to unload a muzzle loading gun and it is supposed that he put his mouth to the muzzle to blow into the barrel to see if the tube was open when the gun Iired, the whole load entering his head and killing him instantly. Elliott & Co. , who were the lowest bidders for the construction of the aud itorium and dormitory building at the Institution for the Blind at Raleigh, their bid being $21,500, discovered that they made an error and that their bid was far too low, so they forfeit $400. Not long ago a man in Yancy county was fined $100 for contempt. This went to the State school fund. Governor Russell later pardoned the man and he now makes the demand that the $100 be refunded. The Attorney General de cides that it cjau only be refunded by act of the Legislature. All the railroads have filed exceptions to the order of tho Railway Commission reducing rates on shipments of wood except the Southern. The roads that filed exceptions were the Coast Line, Seaboard, Nbrfolk and Western, Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley aud Aberdeen and Asheboro. The officers of these roads alleged that the reduction ordered was unreaaodable and that they could not afford to transport wood at the rate ordered in effect. Raleigh Post. Tho Supreme Court has decided that J. B. Barnes," a prominent citizen of Rocky Mount must serve a seven-year sentence for attempting to assault a young nvoman of twenty, who lives ia his family. He was convicted and was placed in jail at Raleigh months ago to save him from mob violence. He was returning from church with the girl when he attempted the assault, but two citizens drove up barely in time to save the girl. At the Cumnock Coal Mine new ma chinery is being very rapidly put in to replace that burnad Fob. 27. About $30,000 will be expended for this new machinery, and the raising of coal will be resumed May 1, with a larger out put than ever. The output in Febru ary was the greatest in the history of the mine. To Pension'Deserters. A Washington special says: The com mittee on pensions reported favorably upon Senator Pritchard's bill for an amendment to section 4,716 of the Re vised Statutes, providing that soldiers may be placed on the pension rolls who served in the Confederate army and subsequently joined the Federal army. This amendment will affect a large number of veterans residing in the Carolinas, and there seems to be a fair prospect of its becoming a law. A simi lar .'bill has been introduced in the House by Mr. Gibson. REMARKABLE FIFTEEN DAYS IN OPEN COAT. Terriable Experience of Crew of Kin ; kora in Making Acupulco. ' While the sailing vessel Khikara wan on her way from Vancouver to Iau- f don nlic sprang a leak. AH hand pumped till April 27, when the crow, went to Captain McMurtry and refused -to pump any longer, lie. deckled to make for Clipierton Island, '2H) miles off. Late on April the Island was sighted. There were three men on the island and. the stars and strli.1 were flying." The port lifeboat was pulled through the surf. She capsized, but the six men managed to swim ashore. When the crew were next able to vis'.t the ship two days afterward every thing was under water. Tho Island be longed to the Oceanic Phosphate Com pany of San Francisco, and the throe men had been on it since September of last year. There was not a tree of any kind and not the slightest vegeta tion. After being on the island eigh teen days, and no schooner turning up, the Americans said it might bo next September before the vessel would ar rive. So Captain McMurtry nud ids crew decided to put off In their two lMatk for Acapulco, in Mexico, distant about 700 miles. i When the shipwrecked people won on the island they caught quantities of fish, which, with gannot eggs, was their ohlef means of subsistence. One of the-boats got smashed in the water, it was agreed that the mate, Mr. Mc Murtry (who was a brother 'of the com mander), Mr. Snapo and six soatnoii should go. They calculated they would take twelve tniys to reach Acapulco; they took fifteen. For the first six days and nights they. had very .'heavy tropical rains, with nothing to shelter thorn; sleeping or waking they were drenched. When tho sun came out In the day It was scorch ing hot. ( The 'nion arrived at Acapulco on Juno 3. They never saw a sail during tlm fifteen days, but tho day before thoy. got in they saw smoke rising at a dis tance. It was from. 1 1. M. S. Amphlou. which left .Acapulco -the day before; 'they arrived. - Had the Aniphlon seen thorn it would have saved II. M. S. Comus going to CUpporton Islands. Thoy were about forty days on the Isl and when the Comus rescued them. CAPE FE&R & YADKIN VALLEY RT . Joks Giix, Receiver! CONDENSED BCnEDULK. j IN EFFECT JANUAR (. 23RP, North Bound. No. 2, !- 'Jy. Lv. Wilmington a 00 a m Ar. FayetteviUo. .. 12 10 pm Lv. Fuyettevllle 12 18 P ta Lv. Fayetlevilld Junction ......12 25 p ra Lv. Banford 1 j ra Lv. Climax.. 8 47 m Ar. Greensboro 4 2) p m Lv. Greenftboro 4 30 p tn Lv. Htokesdale 517pm Lv. Walnut Cove D 47 p m Lv. Rural Hall 6 15 p ra Ar. Mt Airy 7 45 ia Kouth Bound. Lv. Mt. Alrv Lv. Rural Hall Lv. Walnut Cove. Lv. StoIfCBdale Ar. Greensboro Lv. Greensboro Lv. Climax Lv. Han ford Ar. Fayettevlllo Junction ., Ar. Fayettvllle. Lv. Fayetteville Ar. Wilmington.. No. 1, Daily. H 4 ) a ra ......10 01 a m 10 3.1 n m U (C a m ......11 5 a m 12 17 p m 12 45 p id aasnm , 8 C5 p m 4 00 p ra .. 4 10 p m 7 2 J p to North B un't. Lv. Bennettsville.. Ar. Maxton Lv. Maxton Lv. lied Spring... Lv. llojie Milla..,. Ar. Fayetteville.. No. 4, D;dly ' 8 bO a m ,. 902 am 9 07 am i 'J 33 a nt , 10 2tK'i rn Im 4 ) a ra South Bound. No. 3, Pnily. Lv. Faytttt-vllie 4 to p Lv. Hope Mills 6 07 p Lv. lied HprintfB 5 JJ j- Ar. Maxton , HI p Lr. Maxton'. 6 1 5 p Ar. Bonnettsvllle -t"15p m ia m rn ru ra North Bound. n. 16,1 Lv. Ramseur t- C 40 it ra Lv. Climax...... 30 n-tn Ar. Greensboro S 17 a m Lv. Greensboro .1 9 35 am Lv. Stokewlale .... . . 1 1 17 r ra Ar Madison 11 65 P tn tuthBound. No. 15 Lv. Lv. Ar. Lv. Lv. Ar. Madison 12 35 n rn Btokeadale... Gref'nfeborp. . GreecsboM'. Climax.... . 2 45 p ra 3 15 p ra 4 25 p ra Ramseur. 0 10 p ra fMei.. pilted, daily exc pt tiuuCay CON5ICTrOS9. 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