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T,lne of Constancy.
r,t water
CSfw hardest stone;
Knawf Towser
titfie toughest borne;
Fs nntne lover
f.nt advertiser
feo"ie e trade."
fRBS' COLUMN
rTrrflofeers at wholesale. Char
rTco.H North Tryon Hreet.
W 19-tf
l' ..rock thrA mllK fmm
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19-4t
rcitbtul men or women to
figrv $Tso and expenses. En-
29-10t,
7 bargain Two good large
JiSie l VH ""U'V UV.DV UUVH
ft Island JMt.
L. Messer tor urai ciass norse
He bjs the nnest horse-ehcor
,d auarantees satisfaction. He
oe per day but can put on 300
'anacitv is not limited. If your
he can cure Him, as most lame
hvbad shoeing. Shop in rear
rble vard. 812 W. Trade street.
gsoilc;ted. l-2td-ltw.
ITTrom Charlotte, on the
road Tuesdaj evening, a sorrel
office and paying expenses of
isinjjr.
on 01 me treasury.
Jnce in the State Treasury
W the fiscal year, Wovem-
Jording to the books of
nditor, was:
U 107,5554.95
C fund, 35,058.31
$142,611.26
you see the Elephant
Wtiorget to call at the
nrant where you will
Meal in Charlotte for
supply of Fish and
vs on hand.
milton, Prop.
221 West Trade Street
SI
BUSINESS,
Dissolution
- SALE,
Selling Out
CRY ALL OVER TOWN".
WHY?
OTHER MERCHANTS
t
lGGLING to meet
E PRICES,
I LIKE THESE:
Cashmere, fine grade,
extra heavy cotton, 7c.
Wool Stockings, 25c.
p. a pair.
trill Flannel, only 24c
pnels at 5c, 6c and 7c
JACKETS CAPES,
lRUCH & CO.
eans 28c, Elkin Oashimere 37 c.
charged, SPOT CASH.
pest
and
TORE DOWN THE M0Cwr&
Train Scattered Its Contents for Eight
Miles Along the Track. The Dead
and Injured.
By, Telegraph to The News.
Helena, Montana, Dec 1. -A
freight train laden with lumber be
came unmanageable descending the
mountains near here and wrecked
the cars. The contents were scatter
ed along the track for eight 'miles.
Brakeman Jabreau was killed; Fire
man Young jumped and had his
collar bone broken and sustained in
ternal injuries; Engineer Flynn sus
tained internal injuries, and his leg
is broken; John McBena, conductor
had his thigh broken. It will be
forty eight hours before the track
can be cleared.
FIFTFEN L08T IN A STORM.
Women and Children Compelled to
Flee for Their Lives in the Night.
By Telegraph to The News.
St. Paul, Dec. 1 Reports from
the storm show it is greater than was
at first supposed. Railroads are
badly handicapped. Inundation due
to ice jams has caused women and
children to flee for their lives in
their night-robes in the bitter cold.
Fifteen lives are known to have
been lost throughout the storm sec
tion. STILL AFTER UNCLE SAM'S CA8H.
In Spite of the Deficit Demands for Ap
propriations Increase.
By Telegraph to The News.
Washington, Dec. 1. The work
on the appropriation bills of the
coming session has begun by the
sub-committees. The preliminary
dilcussions show that notwithstand
ing the enormous deficit the demand
for appropriations continue to grow
unceasingly.
Serious Floods in Wisconsin.
By Telegraph to The News.
Stevens Point, Wis., Dec 1.
The water in the Wisconsin River
at this point is higher at present
than it has ever been in the history
of the city. The streets for several
blocks were flooded last night
People in the flooded districts car
ried all their goods into upper sto
ries of the houses. A dyke built a
number of years ago for protection
of a large portion of the residence
district which is in a weak condi
tion now is expected to break and if
the flood comes a hundred families
will have to move to higher ground.
.
70,000 Destitute In Chicago
By Telegraph to Th News.
Chicago, Dec. 1. Information
collected by the Associated Chari
ties of the city indicates that there
are seventy thousand persons, repre
senting fifteen thousand families,
destitute in this city.
EXANDERS
Mution Prices Makes a Heavy Colored
viof, Work Shirt 35c, a Splendid
ennessee Jeans 20c, the Elkin
amless Socks for 5c. a Heavy (like homa knit) sox
-rs 5c up, Satteens 5c yard, Elkin Blankets $2.35
entire stock must be sold by January 1897.
1 heaviest Alamance 5c yard, 25 men't $3 to
C' t Si. 50 choice; $4 Mackintosh Coats with
TO BUY AND SAVE ON each PURCHASE.
re-s Buttons 3c a dozen worth 15c.
Alexander, Son& Co.,
OW MANY POPS?
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RETURNS SHOW ABOUT 30,000 IN
THE STATE.
Still They Hold the Balance of Power
Majorities of Congressmen Bry
an Received More Votes Than Cleve
land. The canvass of the vote in North
Carolina is complete.
The representation in Congress
Btands one Democrat, five Populists
and three Republicans.
The official majorities for Con
gress are: Skinner, 6,044.
White (col.) plurality 3,970; ma
jority, 1,232.
Fowler, 5,453.
Stroud, plurality 4,542; majority
4,285
Kitchin; plurality 443; lacked 64
of having a majority.
Martin, 4,816.
Shuford, 3,378.
Linney, 1,413.
Pearson, 596
The official vote for Congress is:
First district: Harry Skinner,
Populist, 20,875, W. H. Lucas, 14,-
831.
Second district: George H. White,
colored, Republican, 19,338; Wood
ard, 15,268; Moss, Populist, 2,738.
Third district: John E. Fowler,
Populist, 17,99; Frank Thompson,
12,536.
Fourth district: W. F. Stroud,
Populist, 20,947; Pou, 16,405;
Banks, Independent Republican,
257.
Fifth district: W. H. Kitchin,
Democrat, 19,082; Settle, 18,638;
Dalby, Populist, 507.
Sixth district: C. H. Martin, Pop
ulist, 22,051; Lockhart, 17,235.
Seventh district: A. C. Shuford,
Populist, 17,669; Pemberton, 14,291.
Eighth district: R. Z. Linney,
Republican, 19,419; Doughton, 18,
006. Ninth district; Richmond Pear
son, Republican, 20,495; Adams,
19,899; Miss Helen Lewis, 5. This is
the first votexast in North Carolina
for a woman. l
How many Populists are there in
the State? That is the question that
is agitating the politicians. Senator
Butler has with his 1 comparatively
small body of voters dictated terms
to Democrats and Republicans and
made himself political boss of the
State. Leading Populists have
claimed that the party had 60,000 to
70,000 voters in the State.
The returns show their candidate
for Governor received only 30,932
votes, while Col. Dockery raised the
vote to 32,940j That seems to be a
fair way of reckoning, though Col.
Dockery received a number of Re
publican votes.
But many Populists claim that the
vote for Guthrie does not show the
real strength of the party in the
State, because he was scratched on
account of his address.
But, very few Populists seem to
have scratched their candidate for
governor. j
Take Maj. Guthrie out of consid
eration. Watson came within 8,636
of Russell's vote; Bryan received a
majority of 19,266. It is fair to
suppose that the difference between
the votes of Watson and Bryan was
the real Populist vote. On that
basis it appears there are 27,902
Populists in the State.
Now subtract Russell's plurality,
8,636, from the lowest fusion ma
jority, 36,371, and it shows 27,735
Populists; from the highest fusion
majority it shows 31,646 Populists.
Any way you consider it, the
number of Populists in the State
seems to be about thirty thousand.
That is not one tenth of the total
vote of the State.
One of the most remarkable fea
tures of this unusual election is that
almost no scratching was done.
Guthrie was scratched only in Wake
county, under the personal direction
ot Otho Wilson. The Bryan elec
toral ticket was scratched to no ap
appreciable extent in the State.
The vote for Cleveland in 1892
was 132,951; the vote for Bryan was
174,488, Bryan's vote exceeding
Cleveland's 41,531.
The total number of votes cast for
Cleveland in 1892 was 5,556,918.
Mr. Bryan received 6,344,463, 787,
545 more than Cleveland.
In the Southern States the Demo
cratic vote in 1892 and 1896 is as
follows:
Bryan. Cleveland.
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
107,137
138,138
110,103
29,981
94,232
217,797
87,834
30,143
129,361
175,461
Louisiana
Maryland
Mississippi
Missouri
N. C.
S. C.
Tenn.
Texas
Va..
West, Wa.
76,383
102,754
55,933
363,652
174,488.
58,801
163,651
291,270
155,968
95,000
87,922
113,866
40,247
268,398
132,951
54,692
138,874
239,148
163,977
84,467
2,107,850 1,885,469
This includes only what has here
tofore been, known as the "solid
South," including Kentucky, West
Va., and Maryland, all of which
were carried by McKinley.
WROTE HIS DYING SENSATIONS.
Queer Freak of a Chicago Suicide, Who
j Drank Laudanum.
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Chicago,Nov. 29. After destroy
ing all marks on his clothing which
could in any way lead-to his identi
fication, a well dressed-man about 30
years of age committed suicide at the
Kimball hotel, 262 Clark street, last
night by taking laudanum. He de
scribed the effects of the drug in
writing until his hand could no
longer hold the pencil. The body
was not found until late this after
noon, death having resulted some
time previous. In his .efforts to
destroy all clues which might lead
to his identification, the suicide for
got two articles which indicate that
he was an easterner. A small mir
ror found in the hand of the dead
man bears the stamp of a firm in
Rochester, N. Y , and the memoran
dum book in which he described the
manner of his death contains the
trade mark of A. W. McCloy & Co ,
443 Wood street, Pittsburg, "Pa. The
trademarks on the clothing, even to
his hat and shoes, were effaced. He
engaged a room at the hotel last
evening and registered as E. L.
Bryan, although the police are of
the opinion that this is not his name.
When found, the body was lying
diagonally across 'the bed and the
memorandum book and pencil were
nearby, having fallen from his hands.
Before taking the drug, he wrote a
note to the hotel proprietors and an
other to the press, in which he gave
no cause for his act other than that
his life had terminated in failure. In
both these letters he made some
humorons remarks.
He continued his description of
the effects of the drug until all his
strength had failed him and some of
the last of it could not be deci
phered. As much of it as could be
made out is as follows:
To M. D Drank one ounce lauda
num. After five minutes little or no
pain. Hart action now pronounced.
A slight pain in stomach.
Note: My stomach is very weak,
having suffered for years from acute
dyspepsia.
Ten minutes: Conditions about the
same. Pulse rapid and pains in
wrist and slight pain in region of
heart. Hand trembles- A feeling
of dullness with more pain in parts
of the body.
Note: Will keep up this description
of effects as long as possible. Hope
it will be of use to medical science.
Eyes show change. A feeling of
drowsiness coming on. Sort of a
feeling of intoxication accompanied
by slight fever.
Twenty minutes: Pain inereasing.
A slight perspiration started. Am
getting sleepy. Have a sort of numb
feeling and no pain.
The last few sentences were scarce
ly legible, so unsteady had the
writer's hand become, although he
attempted to write a few more lines,
it could not be made out. The
clothing of the, suicide is of good
material and the police think that
he may be well connected. No
money was, found. He was about 30
years old, 5 feet 9 inches tall and
weighs about 150 pounds. He was
smooth shaven and had brown hair
and blue eyes.
Death of fir. Neil Jamison.
Mr. Neil Jamison, of this city,
died at the North Carolina hospital
at Morganton Sunda afternoon and
was buried there Monday.
The remains will soon be brought
here and interred in Elmwood cem
etery. Mr. Jamison was a brother of Mr.
R. J. Jamison and Mrs. Mary Cres
well, of this city, and had many
friends here.
Mrs. William Yates has issued
cards to the marriage of her daugh
ter, Miss Bettie Yates, to Mr. Henry
Neal Pharr, December 16th, in the
Second Presbyterian church, in this
city, at 9 p, m,
KILLING PACIFICOS.
WEYLER'S MUDER OF THREE HUN
DRED WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
nassacre In Pinar del Rio. --Cleveland
Will Recommend That the Cuban
Question be Submitted to Arbitra
tion. Execution of Colpma.
Key West, Nov. 30. Weyler,
unable to crush the insurgents, is
reported to have issued an order
against non-combatants in Pinar del
Rio and instructed his generals to
clear the country of them. As a
result three hundred women and
children hare been horribly mal
treated and killed.
Naw Yokk, Nov. 30. A dispatch
from Key West says: "Extermination
of pacificos continues by Weyler's
secret orders. All commanders are
ordered to clear the country of all
non-combatants. This is done si
lently. Communication with the
country is difficult and it is hard to
obtain details. The massacres only
become known through the confes
sions of officers and soldiers in some
cases. Col. Struch openly boasted
in Habana of killing 300 old men,
women and girls who surrendered in
Pinar del Rio province. Many have
been also killed in other provinces.
Col. Strnch, while in his cups, gave
revolting details of the Pinar del
Rio massacre. Weyler's edict prom
ising pardon is simply a trap to
entice fools."
to becommend arbitration.
Washington, Nov. 30. It is
stated on the best authority that
Cleveland will recommend that the
Cuban question be submitted to
arbitration and referred to a special
committee.
Accounts have been received here
of the execution of the Cuban
patriot Antonio Lopez Coloma in
Cabanas palace Thursday evening.
Many rabid Spanish, were there to
see him die. As he was led forth to
his death he shouted "Cuba Libre."
He was compelled to kneel and was
shot in the back.
HAD ORDERS TO KILL
Teil-Tale Letter Found on the Body of
a Dead Spanish Soldier.
The New York World recently
printed a translation of a letter
taken from the dead body ot a
Spanish officer. No one can read it
and longer doubt that the Spanish
Goxernment has deliberately deter
mined upon a policy of annihila
tion. The missive was from Rosendo
Iglesia Lopez to his cousin, Domin
go Agrado. In it Lopez writes:
"Now all the prisoners have their
heads cutoff.
"Now all the columns carry a de
tail of men dressed in the clothes of
the country, with concealed arms.
."They enter all the farms and
ask if any one wishes to go out with
them to the bush. And then they
take them out and kill them be
cause now the columns have secret
orders to kill all whom they take
prisoners."
This letter is indisputably au
thentic. It was sent by one Span
ish soldier to another. Both were
in active service. The bearer was
found dead after a skirmish at the
Diana plantation, near Corralfalso,
Havana Province, between the Span
ish columns of Cols. Vicuna and
Molina and the insurgent forces of
Maceo, supported by Lacret and
Aguirre. The envelope, stained
with the bearer's blood, has the
frank of the Spanish military postal
service. The original is in The
World's possession.
What a revolting state of affairs
is shown by this frank family cor- i
respondence! What wonder that,
with "secret orders" such as these
and such elaborate prearrangements
as "details m country clothes,
Cuba should
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become a vast charnel-
White for Secretary of State.
Washington, Dec. 1. -It is
announced on the best of authority
that Andrew D. White, of New
York, President of Cornell, has been
tendered and accepted the portfolio
of SUte in McKinley's cabinet.
Another Fellow "Mentioned."
'Canton, Nov. 30. Capt. John R.
Thomas, of Chicago is prominently
mentioned here f qr secretary of the
navy,
DEEPEST OF ALL.
SNOW IN CHARLOTTE OYER ELEVEN
INCHES DEEP.
Breaks the Record of the Weather
Bureau All Freight Trains Stopped,
and Passenger Trains are Far Be
hind Time Street Cars Resume. '
The snow fall in Charlotte wag
about ten inches.
This is the deepest continual snow
fall recorded here since the weather
department began taking accurate
observations. The next highest was
in February, 1885, when the snow
fall in twenty-four hours measured
seven and a half inches. The larg
est snow fall reported for any pre
vious December is only four inches,
and that was recorded in 1880.
Passenger trains were delayed for
hours by the snow, and are not yet
running on time. Trains last night
were from one to three hours late,
and they have not 0aught up with
the schedule today.
All freight traffic has been sus
pended since the storm began, and
not a pound of merchandise was
moved on the railroads yesterday.
Freight trains will resume their
runs toduy, and the clogged tide of
trade run free again. . " v
The street car system was over
come by the storm at 3 o'clock
yesterdat afternoon. Early this
morningj every man the company
could muster was at work cleaning
the tracks. There were shovels and
spades and scrapers in use; and the
"football" car, still wearing its gay
decorations, was made into an im- .
provised snow plow, and put to work!
pushing snow off the track. !
At ien o'clock this morning the!
street cars resumed their usual ser-1
vice on both the Tryon and Trade
street lines. 1
The city street force has been
kept busy today, cleaning out the
gutters and cleaning the crossings.
The road scrapers have materially
assisted in the work.
"This is the drvest snow I ever
saw," is the remark one hears con
stantly. It is almost like meal in
some places.
The warm sun this morning start
ed the melting process early and the?
streets were muddy and sloppy by;
noon.
The heavy snow has set the oldest,
inhabitants to recalling the snows,
before the war, and they all agree
that this snow has never been equal
ed but once, and that was just,
before the war, in 1857, the same
time the North i Carolina train was
snow-bound between Charlotte and
Greensboro.
MARRIAGE BELLS A-RINGING.
Two Marriages in the City and One at
Derita Last Night.
Mr. R. W. McConnell and Miss
Lucy Rumple were married at the
residence of the bride's father in
Derita last night. A reception was
tendered the bridal party after the
wedding.
At St. Mark's Lutheran church in
this city at 7:30 o'clock last nightt
Miss Daisy Bloom, daughter of Mrs.
Mary E. Bloom, was married to Mr.
Frank M. Beckham, of Abbeville,
S,C. Mr. Henry Bloom gave the
bride away. Mr. John B. Miller,
Snmter, S. C, was best man, while
Miss Lester Bloom, sister of the
bride, was maid of honor. The
ushers were: Will Bruns, H. J.
McLaurin, W. L. Jenkins and Clar-,
ence Wearn. Mr. and Mrs. Beck
ham left at once for a trip South.
Capt. and Mrs. N. L Shaw, of
Warrenton, have issued cards to the
marriage of their daughter, Miss
Addie McDade to Mr. Clarence Otto
Kuester. The marriage will take
place at the Tryon Street Baptist
churcn in Charlotte, Monday De
cember 1st.
Burglaries at Davidson.
Burglars are troubling the people
of Davidson. Within the past few
days two or three stores have been
broken into. Mr. P. H. Williams'
store was broken into and a quantity
of goods stolen. Mr. W. G. Sawyer's
grocery store was burglarized and
some ten dollars worth of goods
taken out.
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Register of Deeds Cobb says the
marriage license business is very
dull for December. Usually eighty
or more licenses are issued here dur
ing December but only a couple
have been issued so far this month,
The number issued for November
was unusually large,
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