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-1 UP W A 11 D A XI) 0 X WARD. VOL.1. HERTFORD, PERQUIMANS CO., N. C J AUGUST 28, 1895. NO 31. THE NEWS EPITOMIZED Washington Items. Thf Tort Royal dry dock is a success. A tr-i-vram conveying this information was re f. iv'l :it the Navy Department from Cap tain Olas?, President of the Board appointed t fst the dock. The silver conference at "Washington came to an end. after outlining a free-coinage plan of campaign. Chief Moore, of the Weather Bureau, has called for reports on the conditions and fjualification of all subordinate employes, stating that rigid inspections as to morals as well as official character of employes are im perative. ' . Mr. W. D. Dabney, Solicitor of Claims for the State Department, has been elected Pro fessor of Common and Statute Law at the University of Virginia. Secretary Morton paid all the Agricultural Department employes who favor free silver coinage in silver dollars. ' The picture of ex-President Harrison, painted by Eastman Johnson, was hung in the White House. It is considered to bean excellent likeness of the subject, and as a work of art satisfactory to the best judges. It is a notable addition to the gallery in the Executive Mansion. The heirs of General Albert Pike, famous in his day as a Mason, author and poet, filed a claim in the United States Court of Claims for 1200,000 against the Choctaw Nation of Indians. General Pike was counsel for the Choctaw Nation, and Congress, through his efforts, it is alleged, allowed the Indians 2,858,793. ' . A contract has been made with the West inghouse Electric Company to furnish a new electric lighting plant for the House and Sen ate wings of the Capitol at a cost not t: ex ceed $35,000. Final approval has been given by the Small Arms Board to the new magazine rifle for the Navy and the Marine Corps, and bids were asked for the manufacture of 10,00 J ims. The new gun is the Lee type. The State Department decided to bring the family of ex-Consul Waller, who is in prisbn in France, back to America. Domestic. HECOItD OF THE LEAGUE CLUBS. Club. Won. Cleveland. 63 Baltimore. 56 Pittsburg.. 58 Chicago. . .55 Cincinnati 52 Boston.. 51 Per Per 42 .548 45 .526 48 .495 57 .345 66 .327 42 .548 Louisville. 22 69 .242 38 .624 35 .615 39 . .598 44 .556 42 .553 Club. Won. Phtladel...51 Brooklyn.. 50 New York. 47 Washing'n SO St. Louis.. 32 One thousand giri clothing-makers, 3500 men and 400 cloakmakers struck in New York City for a ten-hour day. A cave-in caused alarm among the people of the mining region in Liuzerne Township, Penn. Potato bugs, marching from Gravesend to ward Brooklyn, o!structed railway trains on the Soa Beach route. The Kentucky political campaign was opened by a joint debate in'Louisville be tween the Republican and Democratic candi dates for Governor. Five children of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Wil son, of Elizabeth, N. J., have died since July Srt, of a strange malady that baffles the physicians. The Bank of Tacoma, Wash., made a vol untary assignment. The statement shows the cash on hand to be $444. the total lia bilities 8379,000, of which $229,000 is city money. , Dr. William Val Stark, of Atlanta. Ga., was charged with causing the death of Professor George Boehm by either starvation or by ex posure while under hypnotic influence. State Senator Coggeshall left the .Oneida County Republican Convention Hall, at Home, N. Y., when he saw a renomlnation "vas out of the question, after bitterly de nouncing his opponents. His friends nom inated him as an independent candidate. Twelve thousand vestmakers joined the Nothing makers' strike in New York City. Dr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Hearne were in dicted at Hannibal, Mo., for the murder of Amos Stillwell, the woman's first husband. The tax rate of New Y'ork City this year will be $1.92 on every $100 of assessment. Last year it was $1.79. North Dakota is being overrun by an armj cf tramps, armed and threatening. Theodore Miller, former Judge of the Court r ' Appeals of New York State, died at Hud- -n. N. Y. . Ex-Senator Samuel Bell Maxey, of Texas dead. "He was born in Monroe County, Kentucky, March 30. 1825. llecnr-'er Goff n New York Cit v. sentenced Dennis Mullins, a saloon keeper, to thirty days' imprisonmant in the Tombs and to pav a fine of $250 for violating the Excise law. " Near Arlington. Tenn., the log house of Mrs. Callie Harrell was destroyed by fire, and she and her two daughters were burned to death and their bodies entirely consumed. Alport Andrews confessed that he killed State Senator Morrissey, at St. Louis, last May. A special train containing colored excur sionists was run into by a fast mail train at Camden, N. J., and Marshall Johnson, six years old, was killed and many persons were Injured. A mob at Fulton. Mo., lynched Emmitt Divers, colored, who was accused of killing a white woman named Mrs. Cain. The Democratic State Committee of New York met in New York City and decided to hold the State Convention at Syracuse on September 24. The two hundred members of the Coat Contractors' Association who have been fighting the 16,000 striking tailors in New York City, Brooklyn, Brownsville and Newark, found themselves so badly beaten that they dissolved their association. The law offices at Pittsburg, Penn., of John D. and William McKenna have been robbed of $10,000 in stocks and bonds. At North Brookfleld. Mass., the postoffice was robbed of $1000 worth of stamps. The thieves escaped. An engine on the Baltimore and Ohio road struck a trolley car Hear Chester, Penn., in juring nineteen people. The Whisky .Trust was sold by public auc tion at Chicago to the reorganization com mittee for $9,800,000. Thomas Hovenden, the well known artist, was killed while attempting to save the life of a little girl at a grade crossing near Nor ristown, Penn. At Pierre, W. W. Taylor, ex-Treasurer of South Dakota, pleaded guilty to embezzle ment of the State's funds. ThaBank ot Shelby, Tenn., a small con cern, has suspended. The Catholic Total Abstinence Convention in New York City adjourned after the 1200 delegates had renewed their pledges on their knees. It adopted resolutions calling on Catholics to keep out of the liquor business. A collision occurred on the White Mount ain division of the Boston and Maine Rail road one mile south of Plymouth, N. H. Three men met with instant death, several received injuries, and the ten or fifteen passengers received a shaking up. A defective air brake on a Third avenue "L" train. New York City, caused a crash at the City Hall station and injured numerous passengers. Four people have been burned to death by a Are, which destroyed the Transfer Hotel and several adjoining buildings in Pendleton, Oregon, DROWNED AT OCEAN HIT Seven of a Party of Pleasure Seekers i Lost From a Sail Boat. FIVE MEMBERS OF ONE FAMILY. Foreign Jot. Emperor William , returned to Potsdam, Germany. To judge from appearances His Majesty's health I is excellent. His trip to England has evidently greatly benefited him. Spain asked the Spanish Bank of the Island of Cuba for a loan of $1,500,000. The bank replied that it could not furnish the money. An attempt was made by Anarchists to blow up the French Consulate in Ancona, Italy. The town of Przytyk, in Poland, has been destroyed by fire; 4000 persons are home- RIFLE DUEL JN KENTUCKY. "When One Man Was Slain the Victor Was Ambushed. r Adesoerate battle tdok place in Owsley County, Kentucky, on the main road run ning from Boonyille to Beattyville, when Elijah Bagley and James Stampare fought a duel with rifles. They were neighboring farmers and quarrelled last winter about saw logs. They renewed their old trouble on leaving church and parted with the under standing that they would shoot it out when next they met. Bagley, learning that Stam pare was going to Boonville secreted several armed friends on the side of the pike, while he waited ou the roadway for his enemy. As soon as Stampare came around the bead, about one hundred yards distant. Bagley began firing. His aim was bad and he failed to hit Stampare, who also began shooting. The first bullet hit Bagley in the left thigh and the second pierced his heart. Bagley s friends now opened fire on Stampare, who continued to shoot until the magazine of his rifle was empty and then he fell with two - bullets in his head and one in hisbody. The Craft Was Overloaded and Capsized The "Water Was Only Six Feet Deep and the Party "Was Practically Safe "When Fright Seized Them, and One by One They Slipped Away. Sven persons were drowned in Isle of Wight Bay, Ocean City. Md., as the result of overcrowding a little boat, managed by a youth. Five of the bodies were recovered. The victims were: William H. Storrs, sign painter, aged forty-five, of Philadelphia; Laura Storrs, wife of William H.. aged thirty-eight; Ida May Storrs. a daughter, aged fourteen; Eva Storrs, another daughter, aged sixteen; Miss Lula Hall, aged' sixteen, of Bishopsville, DeL; Miss LinaHall, aged eighteen, sister of the above: Myrtle Stevens, aged fourteen, of Shelbyville, Del. j Mr. Storrs every year has taken his family to Ocean City for a two weeks' outing. They were fond of the water and spent most of their time in cruising and fishing. Mr. Storrs had j arranged a bay party for his daughter and their young friends. He employed William Hudson, a young man who knew little about boats, to take them out. Hudson's boat is small, capable of carry ing only about four persons. He protest! when the nine crowded in the boat. Storrs said : "Ob, there is noj danger. The water is shal low. We are close to shore. The wind is light." j With this the boat was pushed off. and with a laugh and a good-by to friends on the shore they started for Hammock's Point. The point was reached and the boat turned toward an inlet. In turning the boat let in a little water. The women with a scream rushed to the upper side of the boat, capsizing it in six feet of water. The boat went to the bottom. Hudson dove under water and wrenched the mast out. This done the boat rose to the surface. Mr. Storr's was keeping the women and girls from sinking. Meanwhile Hudson hastened to his assistance. Between them they suc ceeded in gettine all to the boat, and placed t heir hands on the railing, telling them to hold on. As soon a3 Storrs had placed the hands of his wife, the last ne of the six, on the boat, he grasped for itj himself, but his strength had been exhausted, and with a cry he sank. This had a terrible effect on the wife, who let go the boat as if to spring for her husband, but she, too, sank. The daughters were thrown into hysterics. Boats had put out from the shore, but before they came up one after the other let go, and with a cry sank. They were quickly followed by the Hall girls. Miss Stevens struggled for a few minutes, and just as hands were about to grasp her she also sank. Hudson, the master of the boat, and William Hall were clinging to the boat when rescued. Miss Ida Hudson was clinging to the centre-board and about to give up the struggle when saved. All the bodies except those of the Misses Hall were recovered. - NEWSY CLEANINGS. f The apple crop s large. J Missouri raises 29,032 bushels 6f beatiS. Kansas has 930,05 horses on her farms. j - Bimetallism is gaining favor in Europe. Burglary is epidemic in New York Cty. The City of Melbourne Bank, one of the1 largest banks in Australia, has failed. I A mountain lion measuring ten feet from tip of nose to end of tail waft killed lately near Colfax, Cal. The Kentucky distillers of whisky have) agreed to shut down for a time as there are 85.000,000 gallons on hand. ' . Seven special trains, containing more than 10,000 pilgrims frdm the province of Luccaj arrived at Leghorh recently. ' An organized effort is to be made to secure the attendance of j about 250,000 school chil dren at the Atlanta Exposition. A Chicago man San t rancisco on! and his bride arrived in bicycles, having riden the whole distance between the two eities. LIBERATED CAS FROM THE MINE. A Railroad Blast Result in the Death ot Five or" the Workmen. A fafal explosion occurred in a deep cut near McGee's Mills, Clearfield County, Penn. Workmen had set off a heavy blast contain ing 150 kegs of powder. After the explosion the men went back to work, and on ap proaching the vicinity of the blast fell mys teriously to the ground. When the men were reached five were dead and five almost un conscious. Part of the cut on which the work is being done is directly over an old coal mine. There has been an accumulation of gas, which was liberated by the blast, and this caused the death and unconsciousness of the men. The jury acquitted the contractor. Advices from Barranquilla, Colombia, states that the Caro Government resorts to torture in order to make prisoners confess. The Pope has written to Emperor William, of Germany, requiesting him to take under his protection the Catholic missionaries in China. Lexington (Ky.j) women held a mass-meeting and nominate a woman candidate for School Trustee in' each of the four wards ot the city. A game protective law just passed in Mis souri provides sivere punishment for any . one convicted of killing a doe deer in the next five years. - Jacob Gigax, a wealthy citizen of Zanes ville, Ohio, commjitted suicide by placing his neck across the rail in front of a rapidly ap proaching train. Swiss newspapers report that the number of American tourists visiting that country this summer is one-thirl larger than it was at the same time last year. A despatch from Majunga, Madagascar, says the Hova soldiers are deserting in. large . bodies after bein routed from day to day by the advancing Frpnch army. The wheat crop1 of France for this year promises to be shjrt, and she will have to supply the shortage ot 10,000,000 or mora bushels from othr countries. Two hundred, Cjhinese hare refuse to regis ter in San Francisco, Cal., but no move has been made towards their deportation owing to a disagreement among the officials. A vast army of elm beetles is devastating Southern New Ertgland, destroying some his toric elms. Money has been appropriated for their extermination by several cities. A Newspaper 3ermon Association has been organized at Bo$ton. The projectors, des pairing of abolishing the Sunday newspaper, propose to refornj it according to their ideas. Caleb Levensaler, of Thomaston, Me., is 6 near his ninety-second birthday, but he has been busy every day in his hay-fields and has done an able-bodied man's share of all the work. A demand has been made bv United States Minister Willis upon the Hawaiian Govern ment to pay indemnity in the cases of James Dureell, an alleged American citizen, who was imprisoned. It is proposed" to name one of the new bat tleships of the American Navy Kearsarge, af ter the famous ship that stink the Alabama and was lost twcf years ago on lioncador Reef, Central America. Three thousand persons from all parts of Missouri attended the closing ceremonies of the Missouri Grand Lodge of Colored Broth ers of Friendship! and Sisters of the Mysteri ous Ten in Columbia, Mo. VALKYRIE HI. SAFE IN PORT. The EnjrlUh Cutter Crosses In 22 Pays. 9 Hours, 57 3Iinate. j The gallant Talkyrie III., Xord Dunra ven's challenge for the America's cup, ar rived at the Porjt of New Yoik after a long and stormy voyage, but with all well on board. Although bufTeted about by strong heal winds and heavr seas, the ship is in ex cellent conditio. All those who feared that the bufferings df the sea might injure her. may set their fears aside. So well was she handled that she has lost little more than a hand's breadth Of paint from her Deauiuu white sides, f t She left Goufock at twenty minutes to three o'clock on( the afternoon of Julr 27, ana passed the Sandy Hook Lightship at twenty five minutes tjo eight o'clock August .18. . The time of her voyage was twenty-two days, tea minutes and seven seconds. m
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