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i-t i" i' i ' i " .f A t: f JvO-'J HAENETT AND JOHNSTON & CUMBERLAND X AND $ SAMPSON VOL. VII. DUNN, N. C, SEPTEMBER 28, 1898, NO. 14. I .WU W T Y flfefe. NIK N . I r "PROViS ALL THINGS; HOLD FAaT THAT WHICH IS GOOD." ' COMMISSION urrTo n The Initial Meeting Held in the White House. BRIDGEPORT MYSTERY SOLVED. SaiUvJ Under Sealed Orders Light That Burns Under Water Supreme Grand 'lodge I. 0. 0. F. The commission to investigate the conduct of the War Department during , ttie recent conflict with Sp&in held its initial meeting in the White. House Saturday. There were eight raombers present and it wa3 announced that the services of the ninth man weve counted upon, though his name had not be3n made public. The eight who were present were: Major Goneral Granville M. Dodge,, of Iowa; Col. J. A. Sexton, of Illinois; Captain E. P. Howell, of Georgia; Major Goneral J. M. Wilson, chief of engineers of the army; Hon. Chas. Denby, of Indiana, late minister to China; ex-Governor Woodbury, of Vermont, ex-Governor James A. Beav er, of Pennsylvania, and Major Gen eral McCook, of tho army, retired. The commission srent an hour and a half with the president and then pro ceeded to the room assigned it at the War Department for the purpose of organizing and beginning work. The Work Will Continue. The divisions of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad west of the Ohio River are to receive the same sort of improve ments that have been made on the lines east of the Ohio. Not only are the grades r to be reduced wherever it is practicable, but very much heavier mo tive power is to be introduced. In or der to carry the additional weight the bridges oa all the divisions are being replaced with heavier structures and the track relaid with heavier steel rail. It haa been demonstrated by actual ex periment that these changes will result in' an increase in train loading in some places of more than 50 per cent., the average being about 42 per cent. It is , the hopo of the Receivers that within the next two jrears the Baltimore A- Ohio Railroad will be an 18-foot grade road from Chicago to Baltimore, with the exception of that portion of it which passes over tho mountains whore helping engines will have to be used. A great many of tho estimates for the different portions of .the work have been made Jind those who have seen the plans state that the work can be done at surprisingly low cost considering the re-turn. It is understood that tho policy cf rehabilitation adopted by the Receivers two years ago will be con tinued by the new company after the reorganization. Supreme Grand Lodge I. 0. 0. F. At the closing session of the Suprem6 Grand Lodge I. O. O. F. at Boston it was voted not to publish the decisions of tho grand sire hereafter between the eossions of tho grand lodges. The flor al work of Rebecca lodges was not adopted. It was voted that tho patri arch militants bo denied the "right to parade unless they are in good stand ing. It was voted not to grant licenses in tho future to any accident or insur ance companies to do business in the name of the order. An order was pasa ed whereby in the futuro visiting cer tificates will carry with them on their face an order for the term pass word. Short addresses were made by Past Grand Siro Busboe, of North Carolina, and others, and tho session was declar ed ended. Liht That Burns in Water. A new and highly important inven tion was tested at the German naval manoeuvres, ending recently t was in' the" ishape of a Greek Phoenician liro, invented by a Berlin engineer; It ignites on contact with the air or water, and cannot bo quenched by cither. water or earth. It burns with a brilliant flame exceeding big search lights, and it can bo sunk under water or under ground, and when brought to tho surface instantly bur3t into names at any desired point. It was tested dur ing the night evolutions oft' the island of Heligoland and off Kiel, and proved most efficient in detecting the presence of the enemy. Gov. Wood's Jurisdiction Extended. President McKinley has extended the jurisdiction of Military Governor Wood so that it now embraces the whole province of Santiago de Cuba, and has appointed Lieu tenant Colonel A. A. Wiley, of tho Fifth Iramunes, Lieuten ant Governor, with the duties of reor ganizing the civil courts and the ad ministration of ail civil affairs in eastern Cuba. .. The Yellow Fever. A special from New Orleans of Sept. 24th says the following is Dr. 8on chon's official report for today : In the city of New Orleans, two new cases, one death in the city to date. Report edirom Harvey's Canal, five new cases, no deaths. Reported from Baton Rougue, one case. The parish of East Baton Rogue has been quarantined. Reports from Franklin, 100 case3 and 5 deaths to date; all the sick doing well. . hi il mi Special Commission to Adec. Assistant Secretary of State Aileo is now acting Secretarv of State, tho Pres ident having issued a special commis sion to him as Secretary of State, ad in terim, the first time since the incum bency of Mr. Hunter. General Wheeler to Command. Word has been received at Pittsburg, Pa., from General J. P. S. Gobin, grand marshal of the Knights Templar parade on October 11th, that Major General Joseph Wheeler has accepted the apr ointment of commander of the mounted division. The hour of start ing tho great parade of Knights Temp lars has been set for ten o'clock, a. m. Eevery inch cf ground along tho fonr mile route has been secured for the erection of grand stands. It is esti mated that there will be 200,000 pr so&ft tp tho mil YiewjtajrjkhjyjMad. mo MR. COWEN'S VIEWS, Meaning of the Big Purchase of Baltimore & Ohio Stock. Mr. John K. Cowen talked to a Bal timore News reporter at some length about the recent deal, by which a.large portion of the stock of the road goes to the welbknown Western capitalists, mn Armour, Ream, Field and other?. ion must understand in the first Place, said Mr. Cowan, "that I am not at libertv to HtntA tha he bulk of tlflh stock, what interests were soiu, nor the actual purchasers further than those already given out by 3Lr Bacon. These facts, if they come out at all. will have to como from tho Speyers. " Mr. Cowen was asked whether the control of the road had passed into the hands of these new capitalists, but ho declined to answer the question defi Pite.ly, Instead of doing so he illus trated. "The Vanderbilt3 do not own the New York Central, for instance," he said, 'but there is no question but that they completely dominate it. It will be much the same in this case. Whether or not tho new investors own a control ling interest, no ono who knowB them will doubt for a minute that they will pretty well do minate it. Every small stockholder should be glad, and probably is glad, if he is posted, that such men as "Hill and Field an the others have come into tho Baltimore & Ohio. "Theso holders of tho common stock of the B. ! & O. will be the strongest who have over held it. They are all railroad giants and will infuse new life into the property. Nor are the four whoso names are mentioned, Hill, Field, Armour and Ream, the only ones who have bought into the road. The stock, I can say, has been judiciously distributed all along the road where it would do the most good, , Other influ ential men are interested in the deal. They havo bought stock and have the advancement of the road's interest at heart. No, I cannot say where or to whom this stock has been sold, but it will appear in good time. When asked as to when the reorgani zation should now be completed, Mr. Cowan said: "Well, I should say in a few mouths, possibly three or four. There are a great many details to ar range about tho foreclosure of course. The suits are not worrying us much. I don't- think anyone is particularly afraid of their outcome. I think that in a few months the entire re- organiza tion will be entirely effected. "There is absolutely nothing in tho statement that there will bo a consoli dation of roads by which a transconti nental system will be arranged. Mr. HilTs statement is very clear on this point. There will bo no consolidation of roads, with the Great Northern or any other. Xho Baltimore and Ohio will hold itself open at Chicago to ac cept business from any of the great Northwestern roads which empty at Chicago. There would be absolutely nothing in tying ourselves up with any of these roads, and tho statement that we would do so. was only a hap-hazard fuess, mado on tho spur of the moment y some one when it was first learned that Mr. Hill, tho builder of tho Great Northern, was to becorao interested in the Baltimore and Ohio. " Sailed Under Sealed Orders. Wei-Hai-Wei, China, (By Cable). The British battleship Centurion, the flagship of Vico Admiral Sir Edward H. Seymour, the commander of tho British fleet in Chinese waters, sailod suddenly Saturday under sealed orders, accompanied from Che Foo by the battleship Victorious, first-cla3S cruiser Narcissus, the second-class cruiser Hermione, tho torpedo boat destroyer Fame, the torpedo boat destroyer Hart and the dispatch boat Alacrity. It is supposed that the destination is Ta Ku, at the entrance of tho river leading to Tien Tsin, the port of Pekin, for the purpose of making a naval demonstra tion there. The'Bridgeport Murder Mystery Solved. Superintondent of Police Birming ham, of Bridgeport, Conn., has issued a statement in which ho aunounces the complete unraveling of the Yellow Mill murder mystery. The superintendent says Dr. Nancy Guilford caused the death of Emma Gill by a criminal oper ation; asserts that the body was dis membered in a bath tub at the Guilford House, and names Harry Oxley as an accomplice to the extent of being re sponsible for the condition of the girl and consenting to a criminal operation. Killed in a Freight Wreck. A special from Portsmouth, O., says says that a Norfolk & Wesjtern freight broke in two at Franklin Furnace, two sections coming again together and ditching the train. Richard Galloway, of Lynchburg, Va., and Robert Mur ray, of Bellevue, Va., were killed, and Perry Mack fatally hurt. The three men were going to Columbus to work in a steel plant Allwere colored. Embeziled Church Funds. The Nebraska Conference of the Methodist church found Rev. C. M. Ellinwood, late chancellor of the Ne braska Wesleyan University, guilty of misappropriating $20,000 of University funds. The Conference declared him desposed from the. ministry and ex pelled. No criminal action has been instituted, but a number of civil suits are pending against the ex-chancellor. Governor Taylor's Condition Alarming. Advices from Johnston City Tenn., are to the effect that the condition of Governor Taylor, who has been ill for some time, is alarming. It has been decided to put a guard around the house and allow no one to approach. Has Deserted the Silver Cause. The desertion of the silver cause by Senator Kyle, of South Dakota, una his return to the Republican party, as announced from Cleveland, is a hard blow to the silver men. The purpose of the Senator's visit to Cleveland is said to be a conference with Senator Hanna. ' Eruption of Vesuvius Becoming Alarming. . A special from Naples says the erup tion of Vesuvins is increasing in vio lence, and it is feared that it will as ame tie projpioas of that of 1872. ! Reported in Shanghai That his Ma jesty is Dead. AUTONOMISTS; TAKING A HAND. May Retard the Evacuation of Cuba a Few Months Col. Picquart Confined in Mili tary Prison Pekin, China (By Cable). An im perial edict just issued definitely an nounces that the Emperor of China has resigned his power to -the Empress (Dowager Empress). It is difficult to obtain reliable information at the palace in regard to tho proceeding, but the re cent reformatory ediots probably caused the change. While the Emperor was subservient and a mere figurehead, the Empress permitted him to remain in peace, but as soon as he nttempted to act on his own initiative his practical deposition was the result. His princi pal adviser, Hang Yumoi, the Canton ese reformer, fled; in spite of the vigor ous attempts made to arrest him and it is said is now on his way to Shang hai. The effect of the change must be great.! In all probability Li Hcng Chang will be reinstated in power and Russian influence; will increase. The hopes of the reform so ardently cher ished by the intelligent factions of the Chinese are now impossible of fulfil ment. A local rumor is current in Shanghai fo the effect that the Emperor of China, is dead. No details are obtainable, but it ii said the gates of Pekin are closed. Autonomists Taking a Hand. According to official dispatches from Havana, received by one of tho embas sies at Washington, the colonial gov ernment of the island is taking a hand in shaping the. terms on which the evacuation shall be executed. This, it is believed, may develop some new phases in the situation. This creates a condition in wliich the United States must deal not only with Spain, but with those who claim to represent the isl and itself, free from Spanish control. The colonial or autonomist administra tion is very thoroughly organized, and ean exert much influence. It estab lished a regular legation in Washington prior to the war with several prominent public men of Havana on tho staff. It numbers in its ranks much of the wealth of Cuba and claims to stand for ihe educated classes as against the in surgents and illiterate. This makes two distinct Cuban classes the auton omists, who are co-operating with Spain, and the insurgents, who are op posed to Spain. It now seems clear, from the official as well as the press reports from Havaua and Madrid, that the autonomist element is taking up the claim first advanced by Spain, and many incidental questions as to Cuba must be settled before the evacuation begins. Never Once Mentioned.' The Paris Matin affirms that it has authentic information that the name of Dreyfus was never once mentioned in the mass of documents brought against him. It adds that the only serious document is the so-called bordereau. The documents in the case, it appears, consist entirely of fragments of letters referring to everything except Dreyfus, and the wholeimatter, the Matin adds, "constitutes such a fairy tale that no Bober-miDdedr-person would dream of accepting it. " Col. Picquart Confined in Cherche Midi. A Paris special says that owing to Wednesday's events, the cabinet, at an informal conference, discussed Gener al Zurlinden's action, and The Fronde sven asserts that the Premier, M. Bris son, disavows the j measure taken against Colonel Picquart, which, he pays, were instituted without the knowledge of the cabinet. Picquart has been transferred to the military nrison of Chfrche Midi. For Peace Commissioners. The French Minister of foreign af fairs, Del Casse, has offered the peace commissioners the use of the apart ments of the French Foreign Office for their meeting. A Fleet of Vessels for the Coal Trade. Cleveland, Ohio, vesselmen are ne gotiating with the Atlantic Transpor tation Company, cf New York, for the charter of a fleet of about 25 wooden schooners to be taken to the Atlantic coast by way of the Canadian canals. These vessels are to engage in the coal trade between Newport News and New York, Boston and other places north of the West Virginia coal supply. Killed by Fireworks. Captain George J. Adams, aged 33, and Captain Charles Miller, ' aged 22, his assistant, were instantly killed while conducting a fireworks display and reproduction of the Manila battle on the Alleghany river, in front of the exposition building, at Pittsburg, Pa. Gen. Jackson! Declines. Gen. Jackson, of Nashville, Tenn., sent a telegram to President McKin ley, thanking him for the tender of a position on the commission to investi gate the conduct of the war, a-nd ex pressed regret that! pressing- private business compels him to decline the honor. ! Cervera in Madrid. Admiral Cervera arrived in Madrid Thursday. There were no incidents worth noticing in connection with his arrival at the capital.; In an interview the admiral said he had a clear con science regarding Santiago. Nations, he said, grew great by their victories and not by their ; defeats, however glorious they might be. Spain had lived in a dream and she had now to face reality. The admiral added that hi9 warships were cot destroyed in i- in - i i i. j? . . i uaiue, PQV yy uje, HEAVY RAIN ST0RM- The heaviest rainfall recorded for ner eral years fell in Lenoir recently the total measuring six inches. Great dam age was done to streets and roads And many bridges were washed away. There was also a great loss of farm prop erty along the small streams. The wa ter was reported within 8 feet of the floors of the Catawba river railroad bridge, which means about 25 feet of water at that place. The C. & N. W. tracks between the river bridge and cliffs, two miles, were reported about 4 feet under water An iron bridge over the Fish river, between Dobson and Mt. Airy," was washed away. The corn crop in the Yadkin valley is ruined by the high waters of the Yadkin river, which is said by the oldest inhabitants to be the highest they over saw it. f w The heaviest rain that Marion has experienced in 25 years fell there Thurs day. The Catawba river has been on a boom and her waters have carried many stacks of fodder and hay. Some farmers say their crops are washed away. In some places the corn crops are covered up in mud. v Stockholders Meet. The stockholders of tho Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad met in New born. They elected Claude Foy a di rector on the part of the private stock holders, vice Thomas Daniels; . H. Weil in place of John L. Morehead, and Carl Duncan vice Rev. N. M. Jurney. The board of directors re elected Patrick president and Stanton secretary of the road. The Governor appointed George Green, of Newbern, State proxy, vice L. J. Moore, and W. P. Exum a director, vice W, H. Chad bourne, Jr. 4 Tarheel Notes. Raleigh has raised $8,000 for an army post in that city. The Worth Bagley monument fund now amounts to 2,800. The night school of the Y. M. C. A. at Charlotte will open shortly. A postoffice has been established at Sugar Creek; Mecklenburg county. The Pythians of Statesvi'lo recently put in what is probably the finest rega lia in the State. It is stated that the enrollment of Trinity College is 75 per cent greater than it was last year. The Inter-State Telephone Company is doing a great deal of work at Raleigh. It is putting up the largest poles in the State. It has 400 subscribers. JoelC. Pritchard, brother of Prof. Fritchard, of the A. and M. College at Raleigh, accidently shot and killed himself in Atlanta, Ga. A Mrs.Conatzer feU at her home near Advance, Forsytho county, and struck her head against the door sill, causing her death in a few hours. State Senator E. F. Wakefield, of Caldwell county, has boen appointed a member of the civil service board to examine applicants for appointment in the internal revenue seryice. A special term of court has been called for Mecklenburg county by the Governor to try the negro, Joe Jack eon, charged with attempted assault upon a white girl. Jerusalem Primitive Baptist church, near Olive Branch, Union county, was burned recently. It had just been com pleted. The church at the same place was burned last spring. There was brought recently to the Charlotte News office an egg plant which measured 21 J inches in diame ter. The frmt was raised by a farmer in the Morning Star Township, Meck lenburg couniy. Mr. B. M. Heath is to rebuild the Manetta Mills right away. The lum ber has been ordered and the brick will soon be on the ground. Mr. Heath will fill the mill with hosiery machin ery. He will make a high grade hosiery yarn. In the Park Hotel at Raleigh there is now a car demurrago office, operated jointly by the railroads. The days are now past wnen a mercnant couia cooly use a railroad car as a warehouse on wheels, delivering meat and flour and grain from it at leisure. That practice the railroads found they must break up. There are now 68 convicts employed in the shirt factory at Raleigh, and they make 2 400 dozen shirts in 80 days. The receipts for their labor were some thing like $330. When the factory was established it was thought more con victs would be employed and that the output would be larger than it is. United States prisoners are now mainly employed. Cleaning Machinery with Blotting Paper. The practice of cleaning machinery by means of blotting paper has been established in German workshops. Tow, wool, refuse, sponge cloths, jute waste, etc., are the materials usually employed for the cleansing of ma chines and parts of engines which are soiled by lubricating substances and dust. The better varieties of cotton waste are excellent for scouring, but the cheaper grades are charged with dust, making necessary the use of a sponge cloth specially manufactured for that purpose. Ia employing blot ting paper for scouring purposes, not only can the use of cotton waste be de creased, but the sponge cloths can be entirely dispensed with. The German workman formerly received on an av erage 2.0 grammes of cotton waste. one- new sponge cloth and one or two renovated ones per week; now he is supplied with 150 grammes of cotton waste and eight to ten sheets of blot ting paper, at a cost of 2 1-2 cents, in stead of, as formerly, G 1-4 cents. The paper is not only cheaper, but it can not soil the machine with fibre and dust like sponge cloth and woolen re fuse, and it is far preferable to cotton waste. Beyond this, it Is not so com bustible as other cleaning materials, and if it should get caught while parts of engines in motion are being cleaned it tears easily and runs no risk of drawing the hand of the workman into the machinery. Chicago Record. Me Isn't it a disagreeable feature of golf, losing the ball so often? She Oh, no; that's the only way George and I could get out of hearing of tho cad die for an in?tantf Yonkers statesman. THR0UGH0UTTHE COUNTRY. The South. The British steamer Dnnattar went aground two miles from shore at False Cape, N. C. Congressman Bailey, of Texas, spoke to a large audience in Danville, Va., recently. "Joe" Wheeler was unanimously re nominated for Congress by the Demo crats of the Eighth Alabama district. Bert Repine, of Memphis, Tenn., won the first prize of $250 in the 18 hour bicyle race at the colliseum in Baltimore. A movement has been inaugurated by the Richmond chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy, to erect a monu ment to Miss Winnie Davis. The Democrats of Maryland who favor free coinage of silver, recently met in Baltimore and nominated Willis Talbot in opposition to John W. Smith, the regular nominee, for congress. Fire at the headquarters of the Florida Chatauqua, 80 miles east of Jacksonville, destroyed 15 stores and hotels, besides a nucber of smaller buildings. The loss is estimated at fully 100,000. If the mining property located in Fulton county, Georgia, by D. O. Stewart, of Atlanta, turns out one-half as much gold as the average assays already made, citizens of the capital city will have a Klondike in their back yards, and Cripple Creek will have found a worthy rival. M. J. Bobley,- a constable, in an at tempt to arrest Oscar Lovitt, a 20-year-old negro, in Princess Anne county, Va., on a warrant charging Lovitt with burglary, was shot in the head and almost instantly killed by Lovitt, who used the revolver for the stealing of which the warrant was issued. The North. Tho infant daughter of Commandei Booth Tucker, of the salvation army, died in New York recently. The Democrats of Connecticut adopted a platform which totally eliminated re affirmation of the Chicago platform of 1896. A check for $1,475,000, in favor of the International Navigation Company, of Philadelphia, was cashed by United States Assistant Treasurer1 liigiey re cently. John M. Toucey, formerly general manager of the New York Central Railroad, and ono of the country's loading railroad men, died at Fiahkili Landing, N. Y. Thomas J. Mackey, who is said to be an ex-judge of the" Circuit Court of South Carolina, was arrested in Phila delphia recently on the charge of bigamy. . - It was decided at a meeting of the committee in chal-ge of the arrange ments for Rev. Dr. Hall's funeral in New York, that the date shall be Octo ber 4th. . Barring, Star Pointer, Joe Patchen and John R. Gentry had a match race at Readville, Mass. , track and Patchen won in two straight heats. The first heat was in 2.05 and tho second in 2. 04 J. It is reported in tobacco circles' gt Detroit, Mich., that the immense to bacco plant of Daniel Scotten & Co., has been consolidated in the Conti nental Tobacco Company and tho American Tobacco Company." The Chicago postoffice is to have a new permanent employe in tho person of a physician at a salary of $1,700 per year. He will be stationed at the main office for the purpose of examining em ployes who report themselves as being" sick. Throe hundred and seventy-five horses that bolonged to Roosevelt's Rough Riders, went under the hammer at New York recently, at prices rang ing from five dollars to seventy-seven dollars, but averaging about sixteen dollars. 'Miscellaneous. The British sailing ship Hollingb worth was burned at sea recently. The population of Palestine has more than doubled during the last decade, now being 2,711,000. The steamer Alameda has arrived at San Francisco from Australia with three million dollars in gold consigned to several banks there. The report of the finanoial commit tee of tho Scottish Rite Masons showed its balances were all on the surplus side, including an item of $181,000 in the investment fund. The largest room in the world, under ono roof and unbroken by pillars, is at St. Petersburg. It is 620 feet long and 150 wide. Its roof is a single arch of iron. This room is used for military displays, and a whole battalion can maneuver in it. Foreign. Tho Japanose government has decid ed to negotiate a foreign loan of $50, -000,000. Twelve hundred Spanish soldiers re cently sailed from San Juan, Porto Rico, for Spain, of whom 200 were sick. The largest existing library is tho national library at Paris. It contains forty miles of shelving, holding 1,400,000 books. A monument was unveiled at Quebec, Canada, recently, to the memory of the French explorer Champlain, who 290 years ago founded the city. ' The Spanish mail steamer Alfonso XIII, sailed from Havana for Spain recently, carrying, beside the 1,200 passenger, mostly women and chil dren, 1,000 sick soldiers. The London Daily Mail says the Rothschilds will loan Spain four or five million pounds on the security of silver mines when the treaty of peace shall have been signed. The provincial council election in Spain has resulted in the return of the ministerial nominees, except at Bilboa. Advices from Seoul say that nine Americans, nine British, -five German, fiv-o Frenchmen and Lwo Russians who ! were engaged at Shanghai as imperial guards, have arrived mere. Count Stolberg-Wernigerode, a cav alrv captain, has been arrested at Ber lin on account of the death of Sergeant Scheinhardt, from the effect? of a sword cnt behind the ear. iufheted by the Count for impertinence daring the recent xaaooejiverj AJsaca, slorel ill FAYETTEYILLE, -M C. 188. M We Call Your Special Attention to IE DRESS GOODS AND SILKS! LADIES CAPES AND JACKETS! CARPETS AND FLOOR COVERINGS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. You are Requested to WE 0 0 Complete S iFi F i IF F PRICES GUARANTEED THE LOWEST! Pi Fs fs 3 R P5 v-r-s r-e Ladies' Dress Making Department on Second Floor Ladies' Toilet an l Reception on First Floor. . . . V4 FAYETTEVILLIS, N. & tvvv V 1 wvv f- n mnrm in t wi.; Sj(u 1. 18 . : to&z iRpi Bfe GIVE US A CALL. HAVE. fl n WAV tock II