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iBrief Glimpses of the General News. The third triennial convention of working women's societies will be ieM Philadelphia this week. Ex-President Cleveland in an ad t&ress at the Reform 'Club dinner Saturday night at the hotel Wal doif, New York, said the proper course for Democrats who oppose :free 8ibe: if attempt to restore "the party to IV hoc racy " More thai' 2,5o0 men are at work m the croivul.s of the Tennessee Cleutemiini Exposition at Nashville, jprej.-i.-in it for he opening, May 1. . Kar : dru rai Richard W. Meade, -retired, i Ye- ii' with appendicitis. Lient- ar r E 4 ward Farrow, U. S. retir; , -wiu; arrested on a war 3nt frcm Pittsburg charging him iih rotisj.irin to defraud the Sttutua1 K -rv Fund Life Asocia "ttou, oi aih he was superinten -dent in bat city. Preuint Spalding of the broken jM&lobe -fcavi'ig" Ifcitik, of Chicago, "could have avoided going to jil had consented to throw over "Ervia, the typewriter on whom lie squandered fortunes. He indig-naa- ly refused to do so. Trie law reducing street car fares in I idianap- Ms to three cents has been declared unconstitutional. airo, 111 , had a slight shock of vas fhquake. An. onio Maxwell Mora, who in -18U5 recced from the Spanish Gov ernment $999,509.76 in settlement af a claim for the confiscation of his .property in Cuba, died at the Hotel Crienobl, JWw York city. The cotton mills at Readville, Hass., owEed by B. B. & R. Knight, 3f this city, which have been run Hii'g on short time since the begin --ningof February, started on .full tianie this mo ning. At Philadelphia Lewis Bender, a driver, and Joe Mahwianey, a host ler, got into a quarrel over horses, uid the latu r scuck a pitchfork in fihe form r s head. At BiiiZu, Ind., Mrs. Cora Staple 'tov-, agf d 15, has been granted a di vorce from her husband, Samuel 'Staple ton, aged 65 years, on the charge of desertion. Immediately :after securing the divorce she was OEnsrriea to A B. VVaguer. A dispatch from Clearfield, Pa , vo the Philadelphia Ilecord says: ''An Xfd.1 acciden: occurred at the q lar--jry of Tiiouirs Joans tou, near Falls rOreek. The men at the upper edge of 'he pit drove a rabbit out of its lair, and the frightened animal lease "Vcr tueedce into the pit, fai 'nt ('-0 feet ard- striking John "ITa ;:.. a l'-'boicr,- on the neck. Huii-son " Kn'.ked down and so bailly hwri ha ue had to be carried ho iw. J'iit jJb:i va3 killed " Timothy Harrington, proprietor of : cigar store in Eist Baltimore, O.i i troui a blow similar to that W h knocked out Corbett. Har riugcon, w)" is a man 60 years of tig", was p'av'uliy sparring with a .jc itii j im. d Teorge Worth, when th la r j jb'd at him across the co(inur, c. rikn g him about' the lie urt Harrington fell back gasp in. ft r b: a; sh. He was taken to hid 3u..ne. : died in a few hour. The crui-r Brooklyn will rep e Be -t th.' United .States navv at the Q err." Jubilee ixt June. he receipts of foreign wool at 33c-'on, Ma., for the past week ag igrcated 61.000 bales, breaking all -Tecoids. Antoine Singer, a delegate from, "fihe Swiss Confederation to the Uni "rersa Fostal Congress a? Washing in, has arrived at New York. Senator Morgan, of Alabama, said 'Cleveland's speech at the Reform fO!ub dinner was a bid for the Pres old ntial riomi nation in 1890 on a o ind-n'.ey and tariff reform plat form, adun g that it will have no afreet. Cnairmaa Dingiey criticised Mr. Wilson's speech, told why the Hepublicams Lae pressed the new tarnf bill, and said he looked for in creased prosperity within the year. A special election will be held in ""Ifoe Four'h Congress district of In diana probably on May 15 to choose a successor to the late William S. .Holman, aud there is a strong feel ing in the district in favor of nomi nating his son as his successor, the Democrats believing that the family name would be a strong factor in the race. Philadelphia's grain export record was broken last week, jchen 1,410, 08 bushels of corn and 38,980 bushels of wheat were shipped on 13 steamships. A vulcanizer exploded in the den tal establishment of Dr. H. J. Fitz vgerald, West Chester, Pa , and wrecked the place, - The demands of the American "Wool-Growers' Association for an Increase of the rates on wool over fiose provided in the bill passed by "the House are imperilling the meas ure. The silver Republican Sena Etors, have joined the wool-growers &Ts& threaten to fight the bill in the Senate unless their demand for Jtrigher rates is complied with. The Greek forces suffered a defeat the hands of the Turks, Sunday and retreated from Tyrnova and Larissa. The powers are in com munication with a view to ending the war, ana it is believed an armis tice will be arranged this week. The Duchess of York, wife of the heif presumptive to the throne of Great BritaiD, was safely deli veied of a daughter at Tak Cottage, Sunday. Dr. Peters, the German African commissioned, has been sentenced to dismissal from the imperial service for ill-treating natives in Africa. Ten Spanish soldiers were blown to pieces in Cuba by dynamite bombs placed in the roads by insurgents. It is stated in London that Mine. Melba will not appear at the grand opera season at Covent Garden, the management having refused to accede to her demand of 200 ($1,000) f.er night. Prince de Chimay and M. Clemen ceau fought a duel in which both were slightly wounded. The United States Supreme Court confirmed the validity of the Louis iana statutes which recognizes dogs as personal property only when placed on the assessmt?nt rolls A London despatch repeats a ru mor attributed to Tyrnavos that Crown Prince Constantine has fled to Volo. A Greek Cabinet crisis is expected in consequence of the excitement. Trikala was evacuated by the Greeks. The Turks are fortifying Larissa. A panic was reported in Janina. Governor Griggs signed the Gled hill bill which forces railroads-in New Jersey to carry bicycles as baggage. The baseball season opened in New York with a game between the Giants and the Washingtons. The game was a tie. Frank Moss at the first meeting of the Police Board since his ap pointment as Commissioner proved as stubborn a fighter as was his predecessor. -No president was elected. Word was received that 600 Greeks were going from Chicago and Bos ton to join the 200 who will sail from New Yorkto join King George's army this week. The son of John Hare, the actor, is dangerously ill at Chicago, 111. Richard Long, of Charleston, S., S., was found dead in bed. The Ohio medical law has been upheld by the Courts. It requins registry and certification, based upon practice or examination. Arnold Haller shot himself in tbe temple at Chicago, 111., yesterday, but, not killing himself, jumped 25 feet to the pavement below. He will die. An ice company's dock gave away at Coney Island, carrying down six horses and wagons, all of which were rescued. The loss is $3,000 Rev. Dr. William Warner, pastor of the Sixth Avenue Methodist Church, Brooklyn, N. Y,, was shot in the leg by some unknown person Sunday evening. The name of the shi; T.'F. Oakes, on which so many seamen died of scurvy, has been changed to New York and Captain Reed has been succeeded by Captain Peabody. Walter W. Bostick, of Brooklyn, is organizing a j atent-Uather trust. Catherine Vauswerth, aged four years, fell from a scaffold thirty feet above the ground in New York and landed safely in a blanket which was held out to catch her. All trains have been abandoned at Ottumwa, Iowa, owing to washouts. J. R. Burns, a well known citizen of Clay City, 111., shotihimself be cause of ill health. Deboe's chances of being elected Senator from Kentucky are not by any means bright. The trucks of a freight engine collapsed in Iowa, ditching 25 cars and fatally injuring the engineer. Speaker Reed's probable course with regard to the bankruptcy bill is exciting much interest at Wash ington. Contract has been signed with the American Book Company to supply text hooks to Oklahoma. It is prob able a legislative investigation will follow. The man who applied to the Tran Mississippi Exposition management for space for an airship turns out to be Clinton A. Case, a brilliant inven tor. A St. Joseph (Mo ) telegraph op erator is said to be responsible for the airship excitement. He released a lot of gas bag3 with red lights at tached to them. Mrss Mary Helen Carroll, daugh ter of ex-Gov. John Lee Carroll, of Maryland, was married in Paris to Mr. Herbert D. Robbins, of New York. Isaac E. Wright, an old soldier, inmate of the Indiana home, has been left $65,000 by a deceased relative at Glasgow, Scotland. M. P. Parker, a Columbia (Mo.) undertaker, has bought the body of From Mississippi A Physician Cared. Mr. R. W. Walton. New Albany, Miss, writes: ' Out of several gross of Hughes, Tonio sold, not a failure has been reported' Ttie d ;mand is daily increasing. Tne people here will have no other remedy. A Physician nere has been cured by using Hughes' Tonic alter exhausing the materia medica trying to cure himself. He used only half a bottle of Hughes' Tonic. SUd by Druggist, g a deceased negro. He intends to embalm it ana piaceiuuu cimwwuu for advertising purposes. i Joint committees of the Illinois Legislature are at work upon Sena torial and Congressional reappor tionment. . At Brookside, Ala., Kobert Payne killed Mrs. Lula Tyres in the dining room of a boarding house at dinner time. Indian Territory cattlemen are worried over the decree of the gov ernment that present leases will not be renewed. A cloudburst at Eufaula, I. T. caued fearful damage. The North Canadian Eiver rose 20 feet in less than an hour. , Young orators representing N ten Spates will gather at Columbia, Mo., May 6, to compete for the intercol legiate prize. It is reported in Moe'.! that Merry del Val, the papal has decided against the gov- " m, i.r' settlement of the ManitoLu. ocLoo. question. A dispatch from Mexico says: "Edward Callahan of Cleveland, Ohio, and a metallurgist named Klein were attacked on Saturday by five bandits. They were on their way from Ameca to the Barranca mine, about six miles distant, of which Callahan was superintendent and part owner. Klein was dead when found soon afterward and Callahau was dying. The bandits got $400." Detectives had a desperate fight with negro robbers in a freight car near Detroit. Charles Mahoney, one of the detectives, will die. The government of Koumania has prohibited the entry of Jews into that country. President Diaz hasissned a decree establishing a naval school at Vera Cruz. Count Muravit ff has been con firmed as Minister for Foreign Af fairs of Russia. Czar Nicholas has conferred special decorations upon Minister Klobzdu.to i tie United States. W. B. Sonv rvilJr, superintendent of the Pres Bureau of the Western Union Telegraph Company, is dead. Excitement, caused by rapid fluc tuations in the wh at market, result ed in the death of Henry Rogers, prominent in the stock and grain markets of Chicago, Philadelphia and New York While the first wheat quotations were coming into Mr. Rogers' office he ruptured a blood vessel. Ona Melton, the American corres pondent confined in Cabanas prison, has been released from custody. The lamps of all the lighthouses about the Gulf of Salonica have been extinguished by order of the Turkish authorities, and vessels vis iting Salonica will be required to take on board pilots while going in and out of the bay on account of the submerged torpedoes. The most serious feature in the Greco-Turkish emergency is the revolutionary feeling at Athens, stirred up by ex Minister Ralli, leader of the principal opposition group in the legislative assembly. St. Ralli severely. criticised the con duct of Prince Constantine's staff and says their whole thought was not to attack or withstand the Turks, but to effect a safe retreat if m-cts sary. It is reported that arrange nients are being made to enable the royal family to leave Greece hastily in case of necessity. Gen Fitzhugh Lee, consul-general to Cuba, is expected to return to Virginia in June. 1 1 is positively announced that he will not be a can didate for Governor. Rev. J. Y. Fair, formerly of Char lotte, who has accepted a call to Savannah, Ga., preached hi? farewell sermon as pastor of Grace Presbyte rian Church, Richmond. There is great opposition at Au gusta, Ga , to the proposed appoint ment of a colored postmaster for that city William Haisted, a sailor on the American schooner Crosby, fell from the topgallant mast to the deck, while entering Norfolk harbor yes terday, and was killed. . The Landis tool works at Waynes boro, Va., were totally destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of $50,000. There was no insurance The factory will be rebuilt at once. Both branches of congress stand adjourned until Thursday. There were 112 fourth class post masters appointed Monday. The wife of Senator Piatt, of New York, is ill at the Arlington. Secretary Sherman denies that he has ever thought of resigning, as his health is much improved. The International Postal Co ngres will meet in Washington on May 3 The Pennsylvania Railroad company has tendered a special train to bring the delegates to Washington from New York The Democratic members of the Senate finance committee will insist that the tariff bill be considered by the full committee before it is pre sented to the Senate. It is thought that Ferd W. Peck, of Chicago, will be named as Com missioner General to the Paris Ex position. Albert Hanum, aged 65, threw himself in front of a train and was killed in Kansas. A. B. Cox, crazed by the preach ings of an itinerant band of Mor mons, destroyed himself,' in Mis souri. Isaac N. Housel, a Trenton, N. J., merchant, was found dead at his son's grave in an attitude of suppli cation. Governor Jones has convened the Arkansas Legislature m extraordi nary session. His message urges the prompt creation of a railroad commission. In St. Louis Elsworth Patterson, driven-insane by domestic troubles, armed himself with many weapons arid started in search of imaginary t'ut-s He is m an p.?ylum. I r snow td all day Tuesday in the ,Cat.ki,:S An extensive couuieneiuug piaub hud been unearthed at Benton Har bor, Mich. Over 100 Chinese immigrants, with forged certificates, are said to be on board a steamer at Tacoma, Wash. It is said that the New York po lice will arrest a society man as the alleged murderer of "Diamond Flossie" Murphy, the Tenderloin queen. A large body of searchers found two year-old Ann Jensen, missing for twenty-four hours, asleep in the woods near Greenwich, Conn., with her arms full of flowers. Lewis Turner, on trial at Wash ington, D. C , with Philip McEl hone for stealing valuable docu ments from the Congressional Li brary, has turned State's evidence. The French fishing vessel Vaillant crashed into an iceburg on the Grand Banks, on Newfoundland, and only four members of her company of seventy-four reached port. Of seven men who escaped from the sinking vessel in a little dory and spent twelve days in the open sea without food or clothing, two died and were thrown overboard, and a third died and was eaten by the four survivors, who were picked up maniacs, says a World special. In spite of the bitter north wind a million n-pe watched and cheered the 54,ouu men vho marched in the in the Grant parade. Many of those wlo built grand stands lost money, t L ii . - !. - - f seats, even at low prices, not beii.0 c :in;ed. The DemtcJutic members of the senate sub committee at work on the tariff bill expect to hold the measure for two weeks for examination after the Republican members have finish ed their labors on it. Republicans fear a prolonged struggle in commit tee and senate. A syndicate of rich yachtsmen is about to build a big cutter in Ireland to compete for the America s Cup. Justin McCarthy is believed to be dying. The national bank at Winthrop, Mass., closed its doors the other day, giving as a reason that the stock holders are growing old. The bank was in good condition, A despatch from San Louis Potosi, Mex., says that word has been received there of a terrific hail storm in Rio Verde valley in that State Some of the hailstones weighed as much as three pounds, and forty-two persons are said to have been killed. In one hacienda twelve farm hands were killed. A large number of horses and cattle were also killed. At New Castle, Pa., while Ste phen Dismoni was standing near a truck of red hot wire at the wire mill last evening, it upset, and a ton of the red hot wire fell on him. There was not a place on his entire body the size of a man's hand that was not burned. He died a few hours after the distressing accident. Twenty-five thousand Phillipite Islands insurgents are strongly in trenched in the mountains, holdiug Spain's" troops back. Lieutenant Eloff, President Kru ger's grandson, who was arrested for slandering the Queen of England, was released without trial. The floods have aligned leree and anti-levee parties in Congress. The question prooably will receive atten tion next winter. Train wreckers threw a Houston and Texas Central train off the track, killed one passenger and in jured another. Maj. A. C. Knapp, a prominent railroad man, died at his home near Macon, Ga. Miss Emma Jones, of Laurens, S. C, a pupil at the female college at Cuthbert, Ga., died after a brief ill ness. The five bicycle clubs of Savannah gave a parade Tuesday night and about 1,000 wheelmen and wheel women were in line. The Alabama law allowing the For Over Fifty Tears Mm. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used ' r , , kjj UU1UUU9 ui muLiiero ior their children while teething, with perfect wcc88. It soothes the child, softens the gums allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. It Wll relieve the Por little sufferer, immediately, field by prugrists in every part of the world. Twenty fJlff1 a,bot- ure and ajfc for "Mr.. Wffiws Soothing Syrup," and take ne other tate to farm out her convicts uao been declared unconstitutional. Frank Barnard, of Atlanta, was probably fatally injured in a bicycle collision on Pryor street. The Optimist says there are only six government distilleries in opera tion in Gaston county. A year or so ago the number was over forty. Representative Davis of the Kan sas Legislature refused to answer questions propounded by the legisla tive bribery investigation committee. He was arrested for contempt Ex-President Cleveland has been retained as counsel by the Bay State Gas Company. A general European war may grow out of the efforts to restore peace in Greece, according to the news received by the foreign diplo mats in Washsngton. Members of the Senate sub-committee believe that the tariff bill will be reported to the Senate on Wed nesday next. The Democratic mem bers of the full committee, it is said, will take only two days for the con sideration of the bill. The sub committee has made nearly a thou sand changes in the measure, ; mak ing it practically a new bill. In discussing the budget in the British House of commons, Sir Wil liam Vernon Harcourt denounced the Government's South African policy, and Joseph Chamberlain de clared Harcourt's language as "per nicious, dangerous and unpatriotic." John Kussell Young, of Pennsyl vania, is said to have been decided upon by President McKinley for Minister to Spain. John C. Vaughan, who witnessed the grand parade and mingled with the thousands along the line -jof march that day, is confined in a Brooklyn hospital suffering irom small-pox. The steamers Majestic, Servia and Anchoria landed 915 Irish girls at Ellis Island one day this week The Florida senatorial deadlock is unbroken Call still leads. Ex-President Cleveland is on a fishing trip with William L. Wilson, Carlisle and Benedict. Lieutenant Wise of the army has invented a device for signaling at night to forces 10 or 12 miles dis tant. Kev. Span bower of Laf.iyette, Ind., has been arrested at the in stance of Miss Deborah Scott, who charges criminal libel. Leave has been granted by the Michigan Supreme Court for pro ceedings against Governor Pingree for malicious prosecution. A flock of humming birds, half starved and exhausted, boarded the steamer Walla Walla in the Pacific, four hundred miles at sea. The Central Union Telegraph Company, of Dayton, O., has filed a mortgage to the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank for $3,000,000. Emil Sohlern, a saloon keeper, of Chicago, III., was shot and killed by robbers who attempted to rob him while the saloon was crowded. gD. D. Colcock, of New Orleans, La., nas been elected vice president fo.r Louisiana of the American Pro tective Tariff League. The Chilean steimer Palena, car rying American mails, is quarantin ed at Guayaquil, Ecuador, with yel low fejer On ooard The Citizens' Sunday Car Associa tion, of Toronto, Out, has been formed to secure the running of street car lines on Sundays. For every quarter in a man's pocket there are a dozen uses; and to use each one in such a way as to derive the greatest benefit is a ques tion everyone must -olve for him self. We believe, however, that no better use could be made of one of these quarters than to exchange it for a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, a medicine, that every family should be provided for For sale by S. L. Alexander & Co. LADIES jm FINE $H0S, are what we are 'offering every day. Ladies sometimes refuse offers, but ours seldom or nejver. We make so many of fers with our endless vanVtv nf fnntnroo. that buvere have the widest. mm choice and can suit themselves to n nice ly, uur stocit of Ladies' Fine Shoes includes a fine disnlav of m price from $1.50 to $5. You cannot realize how cheap these goods are unless you see them, and von ran't. qt.;.,- how fine they are until you have exam ined them carefully. This is the most excellent and complete assortment of Iiadieg' footwear we have ever shown A large stock Umbrellas, Trunks, Va lues and Handbags always on hand A. X. RANKIN & BRO. 10 South Tryon St. J. l1 1 t .5.-".' m Troublesome Tetter Suffered for Years and Could Find . No Cure Until Hood's Sarsapa. rilla was Tried Scrofula Cured. "I suffered with tetter on one of ffiy limbs just above the ankle. I fied a great many remedies, but nothing did me any good. The disease was very trouble some for 12 or 13 years. In the spring I began taking Hood's Sarsapariiia and after taking several bottle3 of this medicine.1 was completely cured. Hood'- Sarsapariiia also increased my weight," F. P. Register, Statesboro, Georgia. "When my boy was-three months old he broke out : with eruptions. He Wsn treated by a physician and the eruptions would heal but would break out aain. We resolved to give , him Hood's Sarsapa riiia, and when he had taken two bottles he was cured. He has had no trouble with scrofula since, but is perfectly well." John R. Smith, Shady Spring, v. Va. If you have decided to try Hood's Sarsa pariiia do not be induced to buy any other, Hood's Sarsapariiia is the best, in fact, the One True Blood Purifier. Sold by n druggists. ; Price fl, six for $5, Still in the Race. I am still in the race for the PAfjfT and GLASS business and am getting there with both feet. I have the best goods at the lowest prices, and these are winning features. If you want a picture framed cheap bring it to me. 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' harlotte, N. C. IE DRUM'S FOR I .jlTIIER sex This remedy being in jected directly to the seat of those diseases of the Geni to-Urinary Organs, requires no change diet. Curf gcarameed in 1 to 3 days. Small plain paeK- Guns ase. b$ mail, Sl.OO, Sold only by DR. 8. L, ALEXANDER & CO., Druggists and ole Agents. Charlotte N. G. t DO YOO KNOW DR. FELIX LE BRUM'S Steele Pennyroyal Pilis 2TonthrT0ri"inal and only r on tue market. Price, $l.(X); 6ent by mail. Genuine sold only by DR. R. L. ALEXANDRE & CO., Druggists and Sole Agents. Charlotte, N. C. FARMERS Bring us Your HUi es our Tannery is now ready for Them. :o: If you need anything in our line come and see us. Harness, Collars, Saddles, Whips, Bicycles, " In fact everything in our line will be found in our new home on Fourth Street smmoiij, hast3 Nervous Debility, S7 AFTEB
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