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VOL. VII.
DUNN. N. C, SEPTEMBER 7, 1898,
NO. 11.
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A Deputation of Rich Philippine Natives Called
on Consul Williams and Urged That
EliT POSSIBLE EFFORT
Of the Whole of the Philippine Islands. The President Visits Camp
WikofT, Reported Capture of Khartoum-10,000 Lives
Sacrificed. Resignation of Cavaignac.
A Manila speoial says: A Hong
Kong deputation representing the
southern Philippines, and consisting
of the best and richest natives in Fan
;ay, Mindoro, Cebu and Mindanp, vis
ited United States Consul Williams re
cently and urged that every possible ef
fort be made for annexation of the
whole of the Philippine Islands. The
deputation declared that all classes, the
warlike mountaineers, as well as those
engaged in mercantile pursuits, would
welcome the Stars aud Stripes, and had
:resolved neyor to submit to Spanish or
'Tagal rule. 'They- also said there was
4,000 men, many of them armed with
lilies, near lloilo, ready to support the
Americans. They refuso to join in the
clamor for independence, which they
consider a mistake and impracticable.
'They only wish for annexation to the
XTnited States.
Aguinaldo remains at Bakoor. He
recently wr6te au impertinent letter to
General .Qfcis", which resulted in his re
ceiving u sharp snub. The insurgents'
leader, will probably render himself
amenable to the American authority.
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',f Resignation of Cavaignac.
: M. Cavaignac sent the following let
ter of resignation to M. Brisson, Premi
er and President of the Council: "I
have the honor to send you and beg
jou to transmit to the President of the
irepublie, my resignation as Minister of
"War. There exists a disagreement be
tween us, which,, being prolonged,
would paralyze the government at a
time when it most needs full unity of
decision. I remain convinced of the
guilt of Dreyfus and as determined as
heretofore to oombat a revision of the
case. I do not intend to shirk the re
sponsibilties of the present situation,
but I cannot assume them without be
ing in accord with the chief of the gov
ernment to whom I have the honor to
belong," :
' In Fine Condition.
The fourth annual report . of the
Southern Eailway Company for the
year ending June 30, 1898, has just
been issued. It is a complete and
comprehensive statement of the great
railway's business affairs, and shows a
most oncouraging increase in receipts
and profits over the preceding year in
all branches. The report shows the
gross earnings of the road from opera
tions to have been. $21,095,838.75; the
operating expenses and taxes $14,501,.
S;4.24, a gross increase of $2,016,839.91
over 1897, which makes the net earn
ings from operation $(5,593,974.31, a
net increase of $747,C30.49. The state
ment then shows the net income from
other sources, and other expenditures,
as interest, rentals, and others, which
leaves a balance carried to the profit
and loss of $1,007,014. 09, or an increase
of $561,093.44.
Reported Capture of Khartoum.
A report, which lacks confirmation,
was current in London Sept. 3 that the
Anglo-Egyptian forces had captured
Khartoum. It was reported that the
loss of tho Anglo Egyptiau army was
2,000 men. while that of the Dervishes
was placed at 8,000.
Alger and Sternberg Much Relieved.
The report of Gen. Boynton as to the
condition of Chickaniauga military hos
pitals has greatly reassured the offi
cials of the army and administration.
Secretary Alger, is delighted with the
refutation of the sensational charges.
Surgeon General Sternberg, who has
been decidly worried, is much relieved
by the report.
General Macias Clever Action.
A special from Guayamo, Forto Rioo,
says: Captain Palma, of the Spanish
civil guard, brought General Brooke
under a flag of truce, a dispatch, from
General Macias, extending to the
American general, the use of his pri
vate residence at Rio Piedras, near San
Juan, during General Brooke's stay
there. '
Gen. Pando in New York.
Gen. and Mrs. Pando arrived in New
York recently from Havana. It is
understood that General Pando has
come to New York to conclude arrange
ments that have been making for
f transports to convey the Spanish troops
from Havana to Spain.
Destroyed by a Torpedo.
The government steamship John R.
Meigs, was totally destroyed by an ex
plosion at Fort St. Philip, La., recent
ly. She had aboard Lieutenant Jer
vey and a party engaged in removing
the torpedos laid in the Mississippi
river during the beginning of the war.
Lieutenant Jervey had anarrow escape.
The killed were: Captain Starr, com
xnauder of the boat; Sergeant John
Newman, of the engineers; Pat Carlos
and Ralph II. Rogers. Those wound
ed were Frit Kock and D, R. Bedd.
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THE PRESIDENT AT CAMP WIKOFF.
He Reviewed the Calvary and Made a Speeih.
A Pathetic Incident.
President McKinley spent five hours
at Camp Wikoff recently, bareheaded
most of the time, visiting the sick in
the hospitals and inspecting the well
in their cantoument. He made a
speech to the
and reviewed tho cavalrymen.
General Wheeler, his staff', and
nearly every officer of prominence in
the camp, met the President at the
station, except General Shafter, who
was still in the detention hospital.
After greetings and introductions on
the railway platform, the President
took General Wheeler's arm and went
to a carriage. Colonel Theodore Roose
velt, of the Rough Riders, was among
a group of horsemen near by. Mr.
McKinley saw him and got out of the
carriage to speak to him. Colonel
Roosevelt hastily dismounted and
tussled with a gauntlet for fifteeD
seconds so that ungloved he misht
shake hands. The column of carriages
wound up a hill, escorted by the Third
Cavalry Regiment and the mounted
band of the Sixth Cavalry. The party
paused a moment on the hill aud the
President looked out on tho wide, un
dulating cape, water-bound on either
side, and whitened on the 'levels and
hilltops by the tent3 of 18,000 men,
laid out in geometric lines.
Mr. McKinley drove to General Shaf
fer's tent in the detention camp. The
general, who was flushed and weak
from a mild case of ma'arial fever, was
in full uniform, sitting in a chair at the
door of the tent. He tried to rise, but
Mr. McKinley said: "Stay where you
are, general. ' You are entitled to rest. ':
The .President congratulated General
Shafter on the Santiago campaign and
after a few minutes' rest proceeded tc
thegeneral hospital. When seemingly
all the wards of the general hospital had
been gone' through and the President
was about to get in a carriage, Attorney
General Griggs detained him. "Miss
Wheeler has told me," tail he, "of a
Lieut. Prado, who is in a tent back here
by himself, and he is in a dying condi
tion. He has asked about ycur coming
aud Miss Wheeler has promisd that you
shall see him." "Certainly, lotus go
to him," Mr. McKinley said. Tho oth
ers of the party discreetly remained
outside tho tent. Tho PrAsidpnt rono-
peared with the nurse a minute or two
iaier, nis eyes moist and downcast,
The Populace Inflamed by Posters.
A Paris special of Sept 3d says: The
Dreyfus agitation is not abating. The
populace was again inflamed today by
posters, printed by The Siecle, with
which the town has been plastered.
They reproduce two letters which
Dreyfus wrote to the Minister for War,
in 1894, and one which he wrote to his
counsel, M. Demange, in 1894, protest
ing his innocence and denying that he
had ever even been guilty of indiscre
tion. The posters also call attention
to tho fact that Col. Picquart wrote on
July 9, affirming the falsity of Lieut. -Col.
Henry's documents andthey de
nounce the arrest and imprisonment of
Col. Picquart.
On the recommendation of the
Swedish-Norwegian council. King
Oscar has notified the Czar of his ac
ceptance of the invitation to send dele
gates to a pjfoce conference
Great Fire in a Michigan Town.
Owosso, Mich., was visited by a
destructive fire recently. The follow
ing firms were burned out: Wood
ward's Furniture Factory, consisting
of a three story warehouse, kilns and
lumber yards, totally destroyed, loss
$100,000; the Owosso Brewing Com-'
pany, loss, $35,000; Crowe Sc Payne's
implement store, loss $10,000; Wm.
Jopliug's livery establishment and
several smaller buildings, aggregating
about $25,000. ,
All the Forts Destroyed.
The British War Office has received
a dispatch from Nasri, on the Nile,
saying that a gun-boat had returned
there and had reported that there were
no casualties among Anglo-Egyptian
forces in the battle of Omdurman, and
that tho right bank of the river had
been completely cleared of forts; that
the forts on Tuti Island, opposite Om
durman had been demolished and that
the guns had been captured. The
disDatch also said that the howitzers
praotive of Sirdar's force was excellent
The officials of the German Foreign
ocA-f 1-iq T,rnrlrn rennrts
UHJtU ooci i,uw iuu u.v.v- t -
of an offensive and defensive alliance
Ill V1 - A.
having been concluded oeiween ureai
Britain and uermauy are entirely witn
out foundation.
No More Black Powder.
Probably the navy has fought its last
war with black powder. Bids were
opened recently at the Navy Depart
ment for supplying t,he new warships
with 1,000,000 pounds of smokeless
powder, a quantity sufficient to supply
at least the secondary batteries of all
the ships in the, service and this sup
ply will be augmented from time to
time until within the course of a year
or two, all the black powder will have
been retired, except possibly some that
IDE FOR
ANNEXATION
COTTON RATE ADJUSTED
By the Railroad Commission at its recent
Meeting.
The commission made the rate on
cotton on the Raleigh & Gaston Rail1
road the same as dn the NortH Card
Una Railroad. "Joint rates" ate a lit
tie higher on the Seaboard Air Line
than on other lines, This Will be look
ed into.
Unginned cotton in lots of over 2,000
pounds and in less than car load is
reduced in freight rates from fifth to
sixth clasB, and car loadlotB to class A.
The reports on the number of passes
issued to attorneys and agents of the
various railroads in the State are filed
with the commission only 5 passes on
the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley, 22 on
the Seaboard Air Line, 47 on the At
lantic Coast Line, 65 on the Southern.
Senator Pritchard and ex-Congressman
Settle are pass-holders, both being
regular attorneys of the Southern.
The Farmers' Alliance applied to the
commission to reduce the minimum
"car load" of fertilizer from 15 to 10
tons. The commission refused, saying
that the roads had reduced the freight
rate 20 per cent on condition, that 15
tons was fixed as the minimum.
There was also a refusal to grant the
2,000 mile tickets at $40, interchange
able over several leading roads, be
cause the railroads quite recently
agreed to give a ticket for 1,000 miles
for $25, usable by the various members
of one familv or firm.
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A North Carolinian Strikes it Rich.
Moreau Barringer, a son of the late
Hon. Daniel M. Barringer, of Ra
leigh, has struck it rich in Nevada.
He was out there prospecting and
bought an abandoned mine. Reworked,
this developed a rich silver "lead" and
the mine yields an income of $22,000 a
year to Mr" Barringer. The latter was
already wealthy. He travels almost
incessantly. Last year he married and
made a trip around the world, going
westward, while his brother, Lewin,
started eastward. They met at Yoko
hama, Japan, and ate their Christmas
dinner together. They are nephews of
the late Generel Rufus Barringer, of
Charlotte.
Law Department Postponed.
The trustees of Trinity College have
not been able to arrange for the depart
ment of law, as they desired. It is the
purpose of the trustees to organize a
law school on a broad-basis, and to em
ploy only the best talent in the law fac
ulty. The executive committee has
done everything it could to carry out
the wishes of the trustees, but has not
been able to do so, and they therefore
think it best to postpone the organiza
tion of this department to another year,
and hence Mr. IL J. Parrish, chairman
of the executive committee, makes this
announcement to the public.
State Labor Commissioner's Report.
The State Labor Commissioner has
made up his list of the whiskey distil
leries in each county in the State.
Wilkes leads with 57, while Iredell has
50, Yadkin 32, McDowell 30. He has
also made up the list of lumber mills.
Returns from 18 of the principal east
ern counties show that 98 mills with
capacities of from 20,000 to 200,000 feet
of lumber per day are in operation
there, while there are some 200 smaller
mills. In the west there is a list of
300 mills. Of course most of the latter
are small.
Accident at Wilkes' Foundry.
Mr. Will Frazier, a machinist at the
Wilkes foundry, Charlotte, met with a
serious mishap, while at work recently.
The emery wheel flew to pieces and
one of the pieces hit Mr. Frazier on the
forehead and top of the head, inflicting
an ugly gash. The wound was dressed
soonafter the accident, several stitches
being taken in the scalp. The wound
is not necessarily fatal.
Noted Blockader Run Down.
Jim Taylor, a noted blockader of
Stokes county, was arrested at Snow
Creek Primitive Baptist Church, in
that county recently. He was carried
to Danbury and jailed. Taylor has
been fighting in the Federal courts for
several vears. It is said that he makes
no attempt to deny the business in
which he is engaged.
Charlotte's Cotton Receipts.
The total number of bales of cotton
received at the wharf at Charlotte for
the year ending Aug. 31, 1898, was 27, 095.
The total number received for the year
ending August 31, 1897,was 23,544,
making a gain over last year's receipts
of 3,551."
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Penitentiary Statistics.
A statement is published giving some
interesting facts regarding the peniten
tiary. During a period of ten years
there were 571 pardons, 564 escapes,
570 deaths from disease, 2 deaths from
injuries, 24 killed while attempting to
escape, 6 killed by acoident, 1 suicide,
7 became insane. This was in a con
Tict population averaging 1,350, and
the average depopulation from the
above causes was 144 annuallj', or more
than 10 per cent.
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Not Sustained.
The famous Clark-Kilgo trial is end
ed and results in a complete vindica
tion of Dr. Kilgo, president of Trinity
College. After a brief deliberation the
board of trustees of the college decided
that neither the charges nor a single one
of the specifications was sustained.
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Additions to Winston's Tobacco Warehouses.
Large additions are being built to
each one of Winston's four tobacco
warehouses. This is being done not
only to furnish ample facilities for the
exhibits during the coming State fair,.
but also to meet increasing business.
Tar Heel Notes.
The Second North Carolina Regi
ment has been ordered to be mustered
out of service.
A delegation of Alamance farmers
visited Charlotte recently to inspect
her fine system of roads.
A charter has been granted by the
State to the North Carolina Talc Min
ing Company, of Hewitt, Swain countv,
capital $5,000. !
Revenue collections at the Winton
office dnring August aggregated $105,
890. 70. More than three-fourths of this
amount was for tobacco stamps.
The second annual convention of the
North Carolina Daughters of the Con
federacy will be held in Washington,
N. C., on Wednesday, October 2, 1898.
I HI DHD HI.
France and Germany May goto War
Over the Dreyfus Case.
AN ANGLO-GERMAN ALLIANCE.
Serious Charges Against Surgeon Hubbard
Seized by Insurgents Some of the
German Warships to be Withdrawn from
Manila New Light on Cervera's Capture, j
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A special fromTarisa says the most
pessimistic feeig3 exist. It is
the common belief that Great Bf itian
and Russia are ou the eve of war, and
that the consequences of the Dreyfus
scandal will involve France in war with
Germany. The government is doing
its best to stem the rising tide of agita
tion by a studied quiescence which
scandalizes The Journal Debats
and other papers. It may succeed in
getting over the crisis. Almost all the
ministers, it is believed, are now in fa
vor of revision. M. Cavaignac is alone
obdurate,, insisting that he must first fin
ish hi.s departmental inquires, ajid that
even then he will only act under' pres
sure of a thre.it of " publication abroad
of such disclosures as would leave him
uo alternative to revision.
A Revision Decided Upon.
A special dispatch to The London
Evening Standard, from Paris, says
the French cabinet has decided on are
vision of the Dreyfus case.
An Anglo-German Alliance.
A special from. London of Sept. 2,
eays: A report was current here today
that a treaty of alliance between Great
Britain aud Germany, on the" lines of
the speech of Mi'j Chamberlain, the
Secretary of -State for the Colonies,
was actually completed yesterday. It
is said that as a qVd pro quo for Ger
many's support in Egypt, Great Britain
will recognize Germany's claim to util
ize Syria as au outlet for her popula
tion. The Daily Mail says: "We learn
that Mr. Balfour and the German am
bassador, Count Von Hatzfedt, have
signed a document preliminary to a
treaty which will give Germany a free
hand m Asia Minor and allow England
to lease Delagoa Bay from Portugal, at
a cost of between 2,000,000 and 5,
000,000. Germany will, as a further
condition, support Great Britain's
claim for the abolition of mixed tribun
als in Egypt. Mr. Schomberg Kerr
McDonald the Premier's private secre
tary, has left London for the continent
to submit to Lord Salisbury a copy of
the treat v. "
.Serious Charges Against Surgeon Hubbard.
Dr. G. A. Baxter, of Chattanooga, has
preferred charges of conduct unbecom
ing an officer aud a gentleman against
Major Surgeon Samuel D. Hubbard,
of the Ninth-New York Regiment. The
specifications are that Dr. Hubbard
"cursed and swore" at Dr. Baxter and
other Chattanooga physicians who had
been called to attend Sergeant Frank,
of the Ninth New York, who was re
cently injured under the wheels of a
moving railroad train; that Hubbard
had removed Frank, who was in a state
of profound shock from his injures,
against the protest of Baxter and other
physicians, and that as a consequence
Frank died on his way to the division,
hospital, losing the only chance he had;
of recovery by being improperly han
dled. . ;
To Be Withdrawn From Manila.
A semi-official note issued at Berlin,
says: A state of peace having been re
established between the United Spates
and Spain, orders have been given that
the German naval force at Manila be re
duced to one or two ships, which,
pending the complete restoration of
orders in the Philippine Islands, will
suffice for the protection of German
subjects and interests in that region.
New Light on Cevera's Capture, j
In a recent report, presumably to
Gen. Gomez, Gen. Calixto Garcia de
clares Admiral Cevera escaped by land,
and surrendered to Cubans, who de
livered him with 600 sailors to the
the American navy. i
Seized by Insurgents.
A Manila special says: Several ship
loads of insurgent troops have invaded
the Southern islands, with the view of
seizing everything possible prior to the
settlement of the peace conditions.
General Rios, the Spanish commander,
with a flotilla of gun-boats, is acting
energetically, but the insurgents have
captured the outlaying islands of Rom
blon and Palawan, where they found
treasures to the amount of $24,000.
Four Men Killed by Dynamite.
A special from Bloomington, Ind.,
says: "A horrible accident occurred
at Stinesville in which our men were
'instantly killed by a dynamite explo
sion and many others seriously injured.
The men were blasting rock for a new
pile when a terrific explosion of dyna
mite occurred."
The Fever at Orwood. !
The Marine Hospital Service was offi
cially advised of the ten new cases o
yellow fever which have beeji discov
ered at Orwood Miss. The officials are
at sea as to the origin of the fever there,
and have no definite theories to work
noon.
Deputy State Treasurer Short.
The shortage of $5,000 in the ac
counts of formev Deputy State Treas
urer Hiram F. Gerrish, of New Hamp
shire, has been announced by State
Treasurer Carter. The State loses
nothing by the shortage, as Major
Gerrish's bondsmen have made good
the amount.
Four Young Women Drowned,
By the accidental jibing of a sail of a
pleasure yacht on Presqud Isle Bay,
near Erie Pa., four young women were
wept off into the water and drowndd.
ARMY AND NAVY DOINGS.
The Movements of Our Army and Nav
Breifly T"ld
Gen. Wheeler in introducing Presi
dent McKinley during his recent trip
to Camp Wikoff said? 'The President
of our great oouutry has come her to
greet the soldiers that marched so gal
lantly up Sao Juan hill on July 1st. He
comes here to express the nation's
thanks. I wish to tell you that when
the President sent rffc here two weeks
ago to command this camp he enjoined
me in the most emphatic language that
I should, without regard to expense,
exercise any and every authority ne
cessary to make comfortable this bodv
of brave men who by their courage
nave raised this republic to the highest
position among the great nations of tho
earth. T Iirva tho honor and nleasuro
of fntrpducing to you the President of
the United States,"
The parado of the Seventh Army
Corps was the most magnificent mili
tary pageant ever seen in Jacksonville.
Nearly 30,000 men were in line, and
every regiment presented a fiue ap
pearance. Good weather favored the
soldiers, 'and not a drop of rain fell
during the day. The procession started
past the reviewing stand occupied by
General Lee and staff at 3:10, audit
was 5:30 before the last regiment
marched by. The streets along the line
of march were lined with thousands of
people, who cheered and applauded the
soldiers, each regiment seemingly get
ting its full share of applause. Col.
onel Wm. J. Bryan, in command of
the Third Nebraska Regiment, received
a continuous ovation all along the line
of march.
Formal charges have been ?pref erred
against Major Bonnett and Major
Long, of the Fourth Illinois Regiment,
ty Colonel Andel on charges of con
duct unbecoming officers and gentle
men, and they wiU be tried by oourt
martial. Major Elliott, who was also
under arrest, has been released and re
stored to his battalion. The charges
grew out of a joiut telegram sent to tho
Governor of Illinois, stating that the
regiment desired to go to Cuba, to
which statement Colonel Andel took
exceptions. ,
Mexico in the New World has tho
largest standing army, with a 'war
strength of 100,000, while Brazil is
second with 28,000 and 20,000 gens
darmes. While the standing army pi
the United States is but'25,000 in times
of peace, it is estimated the President
could call 10,000,000 men if necessary.
The Argentine Republic has a peace
force of 12,000. Cauada is garrisoned
with 2,000 British troops, with an ad
ditional 1,000 Canadian soldiers and a
militia of 35,000.
Now that hostilities are over, the
United States is at liberty to recoive
from the British builders the fine
cruiser Albany, sister bhip to the New
Orleans, which was one of the two
acquired from Brazil just prior to the
outbreak of the war. Acting Secretary
Allen ordered Passed - Assistant En gineer
Norton to proceed at once to
Newcastle-on-Tyue, Euglaud, to super
vise and inspect the completion of the
machinery of the Albany,
The transport City of Mexico, witb
General Shafter on board., has reached
Montauk Point from Santiago. Tht
City of Mexico had ou board, beside
Gejeral Shafter, the members of his
staff. As soon as General Wheeler was
notified of General Charter's arrival,
he ordered a salute of 15 guns to be
fired and troops M, E, C, H, and K, ol
the Second Regular Cavalry, were de
tailed to escort Geueral Shafter. into
camp when he should land.
An order has been issued by the
Navy Department detaching Commo
dore J. W. Philip from comruaad ol
the battleship TexaR, at New York, aud
placing htm in command of tho f econd
squadron of tho North Atlantic fleet,
with the cruiser New York as his flag
ship. He thus succeeds to the com
mand formerly held by Rear Admiral
W. T. Sampson, as commander-in-chief
of the North Atlantic fleet
A soldier dead for three days waa
about to be dissected at the Algiers
Military Hospital when he woke up,
and, before the doctors recovered from
their surprise, got off the dissecting
table and walked into the next room,
where ho wrote down some words on a
piece of paper to make sure that he was
alive and awake. The doctors now say
that he has completely recovered from
his lethargy.
The department of the Gulf wat
ordered to send all the recruits for the
regular army now in the department
to Montauk Point at once.
Floyd W. Gay, Company F. Sixty-
fifth New York Regiment, charged
with robbing the mails at Camp Alger,
has been dishonorably discharged from
the service of the United State?, for
feiting all pay aud allowances, and
sentenced to serve three years at hard
labor in the military prison at Fort
Leavenworth, Kan.
The second division of the Seventh
Corps was reviewed recently by Gen.
Lee at Jacksonville, Fla.
uounsel for Surgeon L. C. Duncan,
of the Twenty-second Kansas, have
made application to the judicial author
ities at Fairfax, Va., for the release of
their client on bail, but this will not
be finally passed upon until official
advice is received of the court martial
trial. Duncan's trial by the State
authorities is set for September 19th.
Private Alex LaDuke, Company I,
Second Wisconsin Volunteers, was
placed in the Federal prison at Leaven
worth, Kansas, recently, to remain for
life, for tho murder of Private Thomas
Stafford, of the Thirteenth United
States Infantry, in a saloon row at
Ponce, Porto Rico.
Medical officers at Camp Wikoff,
Montauk Point, deny that there have
been deaths at tho camp- hospital from
yellow fever.
ColoneL Kimball, deputy quarter
master general received from General
Milei a dispatch dated Ponce, Septem
ber 1, stating that 4,000 troops sailed
on that date from Puerto Rico on the
transports Manitoba, Mississippi, Con
cho, Alamo. Chester and Obdam. He
himself sailed on the Obdam. The
transports will alKcome to New Y'ork.
The following troops have been or
dered mustered out: Ninth Massachu
setts, Seventh Illinois, Fifth Illinois,
Sixty-fifth New York, Fifth Ohio In
fantry, First Wisconsin, Third United
States Volunteer. CYlrjr, Fourth
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SIX eOUNllES Uli III
Two Members of a Rescue Party
Drowned
BID$ FOR THE BATTLESHIPS.
Fraudulent Bidders fcr Bonds Cufofn Nw
trtdfr Lawton A Flood of Pensions
Mine Officials zUS at Pana. III.
A special from Atlanta, Ga., of Sep
tember l, says: The storm which has
wept over southeast Georgia for
the past.two days, has put six counties
under water and paralyzed railroad
and telegraph communication in that
part of the State. Armies of railroad
men are at work on all lines affected,
but are making poor progress as the
rain continues. Many trains from At
lanta and the North and West, are
at Tennile, Ga., unable to move. A
night train on the Central of Georgia,
plough through three feet of mud to
reach that point Eight inches of rain
tell at Teunilie in 13 hours and the
wind reached a velocity of 60 miles an
hour. Bridges were wrecked and
houses and trees blown down, but so
far as known no lives were lost. The
damage to bridges and roads in Wash
ington county alone is $15,000. Lieu
tenant H. S. Morgan, of the United
States engineer corps in charge of the
fortification work on Ty bee Island, and
Henry Smith, a rigger, were drowned
in Calabogue Souud, in an effort to
rescue tho crew of the ill-fated Nor
wegian bark Noe, which went ashore
and was lost on Duyaskie beach.
Bids for the Battleships.
The result of the bidding for the con
struction of three battleships authoriz
ed by Congress is eminently satisfac
tory to the Ncvy Department The
bids were opened in the following or
der: J.-H. Dialogue & Co., of Cam
den, N. J., one ship in 33 months, un
der class 1, for the sum of $2,840,000.
Newport News Shipbuilding Co., cne
ship under class 1, in 31 months, for
the sum of $2,580,000. One ship under
class 2, with a speed of 17 knots, in 32
months, $2,080,000. One ship of about
12,850 tons, with a speed of 18 knots,
in 32 months, for the sum of $2,850,000.
William Cramp's Shipbuilding Com
pany, of Philadelphia, one ship under
claBS 1, in 29 months, for $2,650,000.
Two ships of the same class for$2,025
000 each. One ship under class 2, with
a speed of 17 knots, in 82 months, with
a tonnage of 11,500, for $2,725,000, or
two of the same class for $2,700,000
each. One ship of 12,150 tons and a
speed of 18 knots, in 32 months, for $2,
885,000, or two of the same for $2,870,
000 each: Union Iron Works, of San
Francisco, one ship under class 1 for
$2,074,000, in 31 months. One ship un
der class 2, with a speed of 17 knots,
for $2,725,000, in 31 inontliB. One 12,-000-tou,
18-knot ship in 33 months, for
$2,8i)y,(j00.
Fraudulent Bidders For Bonds.
A wide investigation of suspicous
bids under thelastcall for subscriptions
to government bonds has been com
pleted by Solicitor O'Connell, of the
Treasury Department Several thous
and sucscribers were examined. ' The
facts developed show a systematic
scheme operated by single parties to se
cure a large amount of the bonds.
Many of the bidders, it is stated, were
hired to sign aud the system was car
ried so far, the report goes to show,
that virtual agents were employed who
were paid so much per subscriber.
Mine Officials Seized.
A special from Pana, 111., says that
600 striking miners seized David J.
Overholt and Levi S. Overholt, presi
dent and superintendent respectively,
of the Springfield mines. The two
officials were taken out of their buggy
br the mob and carried in the direction
of the mines. Nothing is known of
th eir f ate. Bev. Dr. Millard, a minis
ter of Pana, made a plea to tho miners
to releaso the Overholts and was
knocked on the head with a revolver,
for his pains.
Senator John B. Foraker has left for
a personal tour of Cuba and Porto Rico
to investigate real conditions there.
Cubans Now Uuder Lawton.
General Lawton. mm man in r. i,
Department of SAntio-n -.a
word that the Cuban leaders, Cebreco.
.uacret anu rearp i'erez, nave been or
dered bv General Maii ITn finmaT r
place themselves under Lawton'a com
mana. uenerai .Lawton is gratified to
have charge of the Cnhnna nnrior ti,.
officers, and believes that the arrange-
mem expetme tno aisoandinc of
the Cuban forces.
A Flood of Pensions.
The forthcoming Annnal
tne Commissioner of Pensions will
show that the number of nAminn. i
lowed during the past fiscal year, in
cluding the war of 1812, was 5,737, of
which 54,852 were for soldiers and
i. ior sailors. Tne number of pen
sioners on the rolls Jnna 30 lS'it w,
993,714; amount paid for pensions,
uunug vue nscai year ending June 30
1898, $144,651,879; average value of
eucu pension, 9141.TJ.
The Kwanc Si rebellion. wWh t,.s
been quiescent for some time shows
sisns 01 serious recrudescence. Th
rebels are in great force about fifty
miles northwest of Canton, and are
preparing to attack the city.
Wants to Sate the Colon.
Lieutenant Hobson has decided to
continue his efforts to save the Cristo
bal Colon, despite the decision of the
Navy Department to give the job up.
He ha seat urgent dispatches to the
V .
navy department, asking leave to con
tinue the work. He estimates the
Colon's worth at $3,000,000, and thinks
it is disgraceful to give up the attempt
If the government refuses to back him
he will appeal for a popular subscrip
tion. The Maria Teresa will sooa be
in first class shape.
Tetter. Salt-Itheum niu! I'oremc.
The intense itching find smarting. Incf-
dent to I hose diseases, isinstantly allayed
ov applying Chamberlain's Eye ami
okin Ointment. Many very iaii cases
have Wen permanently rnred by it. i
is equally ethYieiit for itching piles ana
a favorite remedy for cre nipples,
chapped hands, chilblain, frost bites
and chronic sore eyes. M ( ts. per box.
Dr. (ml'.- Coiwlitiiwi rvrl?is are
iu-t "what a borro neds when in bait
condition. Tonic, M.,.d pmihtr and
vermifuge. Th v are nt bod but
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hoi so i:i ;rim ci ii.luion. Piko
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For sile by N. D- H1. Dana
N. C.
ProcHiomil Cards.
Attorney at Ijuw.
DUNN, N. C.
Will practico in all the courts of the
State where services desired.
Z, . Jl'LEAN,
Counsellor and Attorney at Ijaw.
DUNN, N. C.
Practice in all courts. Collections
specialty.
W. 12. MURCIIISON, ,
JON KS HO RO, 11. c. -I
Practices law in Harnett, Moore and
other counties, but not for fun. 3 201j.
ISAAC A. JIUIICUISOK
Fayettevjllk, N. 0. j
Practices law in Cumberland Har
nett and anywhere services are wanted.
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women are
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vals with pain 3
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hips and limbs.
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can be corrected. The men
strual function should operate
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M E"iE, IT
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