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TELEGKAPH SUmJiABY;
, : i i TIIE STATE. ,
e railroad commission Issues an or-
to take effect Februaryt-lst," reducing
rly i rate of rental -. jfbrj telephones;
OTumussion also . uera n tan invesiiga-.
iiiiu une -matter TiBtme ,aoutftern(
oad last year giving : Ottiq. Wilson or
mother reduced freight rates -id
nd ; Knob; the new ' oommisslofier
ult with their, attorneys as to the
etapt' proceedings .'before the federal
emecourt. -Joseph J.-Martln is the
promise candidate for. United States
Hct attorney; f0jf- this Idistrict.- In
railway ; JeasB; case r yeslerday the
titlffs introduced noi testimony and
case was adjourned; V)Ter until the
ine piamuna inajrTnx)! tnen Intro
any testimony; their time for so
7 expiresi on the 16th.
rrant was hanged 'yesterday; he met
h "withouf flinching and on the scaf-
aeciaTediiis. InROcence "of the crime
hich ho was aidut to lie hanged.
nannviile, La.-; ihrep. Aegfoes were
jedlfor murder;' -o-ne (jjf them confess-
hat since, 1884 ef had murdered nine
ble aneTTiad never bdenj arrested for
01: tnem. On the protest of a dele
on from Norfolk . .Secretary Lone
lends for further investigation: the
tr reaucing- rwages tat the Norfollc
y, yard, .bill is introduced in. the
ima senate to preatA la. board of. .fish-
-The ; situation i ati Columbus,
b, was, unchanged iastl night; each
is aoout: holding its ow; the Hanna
have adopted the tactlus of the od-
klon, which is to conce4l everything
p me otner side.- The jaemocrats or
unio legislature ' wilfl npid; a caucus
dayi in order- to see hoiv many will
to the combine;; it is. thought Kurtz
be proposed -fori both the short, and
hong term; both side will bring tre-
lous crowds to Colurabiis Monday
11-smelling box is vpfend In the ex
( office at Charlton,4 Iai, and a hu-
body cut iato bits fist -found. At
phis, Tenn., Mrs. Maryi Sanbrinkr ,a
w, shoots Dr. S. A, Rogers, a proml-
physiclan, I then kills i herself : Dr.
l?fs la in a . dying joh&it$on-.-- The
ng i republicans and th democrats
the speaker in the I lower house of
tSarj'land legislature. tAudjtor, Cas-
oi in postomce dprtrtmtnu, nas'
discovered ; irregularities in tfie
y ; order department iv hereby ,'the
riBtlMt fhas i hpfn sinrindPeriL ciuii oft
;y -the amount of ,whii:h it isfal-
l impossible to tell. Two negroes
Jlynched! in, Mississibpij by negroes
paying too much a-fcteition to the
ft of. some of the lynchers. -Dan
irt goesl to': St. 'Paul to tryf to ,get
immonSj, signature tso agreement to
Corbetti; The newtreoublican par-
New York adonts the name of the
Lbllcans of the county of New York"
man is arrested lq vyest Virginia
assing old city orders that had been
once; J140,000 ; or tOem have been
n. -M.is- May wait-e. orWasnin:-
kjltv, attempts - suicide isvith strych-
T-AyWarsaw, Ind.L aj young' man
Uught i robbing hisi i grandfather's
. 'hp Js 'bound over po pourt by. the
and is convicted and jseht to pris-
e: following day. . .. t- . . .
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,steamr Madura, (biirriiff for Wil
ton, ;.N. C, .puts in jat itit: Michaels
machinery disabledih-rThe steamer
thia, Wilmington fdrihent, towed
St. J Michaels, is badiyl disabled.
ag.in bteaJtaoul-in-thecotton cargo
e? fiteanaship Iambert:4 Point, now
. Johns, N. A! Japanese fleet
been placed at ; the jdisposal of the
h . naval commanqerf in Ghinet
fB. Ixtis reported- in tiavana-.that
General Blanco takefc - the field
lil General. Lee will jacdinpany him
t conference 'will .be! had withJiexi-
ilomez; jthls report ii nt believed at
riingtoiij.pr Cuban , neaslquarters in
xorK. i Lrenerai v,eyjers conduct
be investigated through .military
. i; ( - - fi t ; i r-.'
iels.
g, minute" on dose of Harra Es-
ol Ginger will relieve-any ordi-.
caee or uoiic, uramps orvNausea.
hexcellea remedy J for diarrhoea,
ra Morbus. 'Summer COmplainrs
la.ll internal pains.
Sold j by si. (J.
J. H. Hardin 4ndjH..L. Fti
Jllss Walte' Attempt alfSufcido
ihj-ngton, January W7.-f-Miss vMay
i years oia and
ter of lex-Governort Wite, o'f Col
a ttumntpii i to ronimifi suicide to-
r. ta Hnir: stfrvphninrt. She- was f or-
ftmnlovedi in the government print-
fTice. out lost iiier -
blade and grew
Indent over this an.q
't pel marriage or
r R -Walte. a bf otter Jemployed in
bvernment printing joff ire,; to whom
ras greatly attacneu. ,-tter congjiion
t'- regaMed ;as seribasi It, is. said
the rourtn-"time snp nas aiiempteu
Uperity oortfes quickestj.to the man
B -Lfttle Early 'RUsfrs re famious
ipiils for iconstiipa'tapn, Diiiousn-ess,
stion land all sio ngxfb. mm liver
es. . 11. R.' Bellamy.
b InTcaUgaC'TCylek' f onduct
ird--: JA'ttUry-?.--!T:ev cabinet
lil decweo. wKxjay s sporau . utai
KVteyie'r's i 'cotajkiot'jyv'i-tji ?ref erence
proiielsti taguaiist vrd'enit
iMc-
K-ia 'masoasre and: Ito other
onat-
in a tf reslh ; griaiiiry. KunSdeir t
unjdeir the 3tt-
In orriie rffemerai commarnarng vat
am-rnv rvurns. Iik'u tenant G'eneral
h. Tnre m a iipossiDjiuy tniai a
.ar'ial fcr&ais jnay tlf us jbe avterted.
U allow yourself tol be yiowly tor-
lat;the stake of-disease? ;. Chills
Pever will unarrfiine. andievent
hmair anwn thd etroneest const!
. v Febrl-CUra -tawee jjnia, xomc
f' innro effective ;hi.n nuin-
:nd Veins' combined w-jth.'irojv Is
kellent Tonic enaerve mecucine.
leasant to take, and Jsjsold ujider
e guarantee t
Fby J. C. ShepafC V. Haram
1. Jj. ..IBUCW
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pgroes tynlehed bjf Xejgfoi
d'iari, , lailslsU I January; -7. Jirru
end. Sam Cole, Qlored,;or u-ses-
counUy, wwe . 3-pc(hdu an Pea
Keanper .cntty, .... a tew igay
fl 3i.d" -QoTe .went f to ::iTa .o-g:e
t relatives : a;nd-pait wo ntc?t
riri nefr kinsmen's fwives: Hire
rs are aid ; to.be jne-giroes. ' ,. ;
: of JAntiauliv. .O.. WSlS
rty years needlessly tortured y
the cure bf czetna- He
kScklyj cured by ; using. DeWitfs
tToB Si Ve. xu:iiHiiuo uco-iiiif,
or piles tni skin -dlaeases.
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Blast MeefW f pnnite ,
on January : .7. The " "opera
packeld at ; .Ita repoibliean
.fL.de and a series? of, resplu
leSrt ,faith to.Jivarty a
tews"1 ..-.an-lTriinitslv arid -en-
ina ,,W amicl cheers. ,
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SENATOR HANNA
ADOPTS OfHE TACTICS OF THE
OPPOSITION FORCES.
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No New er Flcar G1tii Out From H
Headquarters Jfo Material Cbanse In
the Situation Hannaiter and the Com-
Moe leader in Oaod Spirit emu
cratlc Ilemberi to Hold a Caocci Tbe
Oppoaitlon UlsccBcetted by the Proposed
Hwnn-i Man Meeting. . : j"
Columbus, Ohio, January 7. The sena
torial' situation is practically unchanged..
Senator Hanna's managers - were- appar
ently more cheerful, today,, but the caUse
for it was. not apparent. They, have
adopted quite , a different ipollcy in their
canvass from jthat followed at the be
ginning of the contest Jierje arid are now
fallowing the tactics of Mr. Kurtz, lead
er of, the opposition, who's strong suit
has been to conceal everything possible
from the Hanna people, It Is not' so
easy now -to secure inside inforraatibn
from tfle Hanna headquarters and- this
policy, is generally approved " by the sen
atdr's supporters. The e!fforts of the
steering committee' to whip the demo
cratic mentbers of the legislature into
line to vote for. a- i republican for sena
tor," baa been as successful as was ex
pected. As a result, it is stated posltiyer
ly. tonight that thefe will be a caucus cf
the democratit; members (next Monday
night. The purpose; of the caucus, is to
locate the doubtful members and pledge
those who are willing to jcarry out the
proposed fusion so that enough men .can
be'kept in line to insure the mainte
nance of a deadlock should! one be forced'.
IThe most reliable information tonight
i? that Mr. Kurtz will be proposed as the
candidate of the vpppositioiy both, for the
iong and the. short term. 4It is ' believed
by the democratic: leaders (now that Mr.
ICurtz will be more acceptable to the
majority of the democratijc members of
the. legislature than: any other man J
'. There was a resumption. of activity
about the anti-Hanha headquarters early
In the evening when Alien O. Myers re-!
turned from a mysterious mission-., Myers
leit tne city on an early morning train
and returned in the afternoon, with' in
formation that was apparently satisfac
tory ' to Mr. KLurtz. The i opponents of
Senator Hannaf ara as coijfident.as ever
of winning. ! ; 1- -' i - U . .
Senator Hanna? spent . a comparatively
quiet day. at the 'Neil house. The ac
tivity of ''his supporters tvas unabated,
however. 'Speculation .on !the vote' for
senator was not unchanged.,
Mr. Hanna's j managers are following
the tactics of tpe -oppositn and are not
giving any figures. It Is . generally be
lieved now that the vote oh the first bal
lot will -show Mr. Hanna's strength to fee
about the same! as in the organization of
the legislature.! The opposition will be
divided. Two of the Hamilton county
members are counted to-'Viote for a free
Silver republican. . It is claimed . by the
leaders of- thej oppositionj. that all the
democrats will j stand together, rbut this
claim 'is not borne; cut by' information
from other sources.. It i!s claimed by
some that at least twenty democrats, will !
refuse to attend the caucus, but this Is
probably exaggerated. Miore conseva
tively, the number is placed at six. to ten.
Indications tonight iare thp.t the opposi
tion is preparing for a long deadlock. ; .
The calling of a mass convention of re
publicans in-this city next Monday toy
the republican state; executive committee
to, protest against the attempt to defeat
Senator Hanna'1 somewhat! . disconcerted
the opposition I Th-ey claim that it ; was
mer.eiy ajnuve on Lne part or me nanna
people to intimidate the republican mem
bers who refused to; vote for Mr. Hanna.
The calling of the Convention Jhas. been
generally endorsed; 'however, by tMe sup
porters; of Mr. Hanna in.ap.1 parts of the.
state, according to telegrams thdt have
been" received 'at ' the Harina, headquar
ters. - v . .; .. : f . -
It develops that the Kurtz people had
decided to takej advi-na,e of the efforts
of certain, republicans to throw cold,
water on, 'the fceremonies attending the
inauguration ofXGov-ernor JBushneil. The
Kurtz people thought the idisapproval of
Governor Bushneil's attitude would keep
the Hanna republicans away from ; the
city and they set about to bring a big
crowd of Governor1';" Bushnell's friends
here.' It is stated that for this purpose
.railroad' tickets! were sent! to certain lo
calities -where the governor's friends
were thought to be numerous, for free
distribution, for the purpose .of bringing,
as many people as possible to' the city;
The calling of the mass convention will
now bring a large crowd of Hanna sup-
.porters - to Columbus. Agents of- the
Kurtz people were today en(deavoring;to
frfaee -pictures of the governor- in trie
windows of business houses on all fhe
principai streets. They mej: 'with consid
erable opposition. -. i - : -I j
The I' inaugural; parade will be made, up
chie'rijr Jf military,; as nearly- all of the
political clubs that Had decided to par
ticipate iiave rescinded, thejir action, j .j-
Miss Allle HuWhe, Norfolk, V a., -was
friglitf ufiy.burWed on the face and neck.
Pain .was inftantly relieved by De
Witt's Witch Hazel Salve, which heal
ed the injury without leaving a scar.
It is-l tire faniou pile remedyrR. R.
,Bellanyr -1 5 . j ' . , - !
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Hearings oq taie Anti-Scalping Bill T
' Washington, ; January 7 The seriate
inter-state commerce compiittee. eontiq
ued its hearing today upon the anti-,
scalpihg bill. 'Georsre H. I'Danifels. sren-
erai passenger agent oi tne xsew x one
Central railroad, supported the measure.
He saidthe railroad companies would not
inake: ahy effort to ' repiy ! o the' ticket
brokers.lbut for the .fact that the reprt
sentatlons made iby; the ticket Drykers
were false. " ' - - ! I"
lMiilfordSpo'hti, ot Warhirigton, repre
senting the building trades council and
the central labor union, appeared in op
position to the bill. - s .
-aul E.". Morton, of Ch:c4gp, third Vice
president of the - Atchison Topeka and
Santa Fe road, said that if: the discrim
ination now allowable in passenger bus
iness continued, it would: naturally be
aligyable in .freight.. business. Now, how-8
ever, there are few, it anyi violations of
the . inter-state commerce Jaw so far as
it relates to freight business. ' -;
George W.' Boyd, assistant general
passenger agent of the f Pennsylvania.
rauroaa spoke in ravor or the measure.
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. Mrs. M. ,B Ford, Ruddeil's, III.; suf
fered for esht years from .dyspepsia
and chronid constipation and was -finally
cured by using: DeWittfs Little Ear
ly Risers, tne famous little pills for jail
stomach; and liver troubles. R. R. Bel
lamy. I' ' '- ' ""'. " ' ' "" : : ' '.
i ' Japanese Warships Added to British
U-- J: 1 "," Fleet, . j
. Lond-oin, ' Jari;uary
special j de-
spatch' f mm jShaingihal igaya treat ia
Japsiese fteet .of three 'battleship, ten
. ftrpt-ciass. ; oruisera and numerous
smaller vessels, hais -: redeiwd orders
pradtioa'Hy jrtacjng lit at the disposal of
Sir Alexander 'BuH'er. Rritrsh' com-
frjan'd'er-iri-chlef of the Ghina station!,
this seeiR ibding aketn "im cas'e RuiseLa
persiistn jnl jlgnorm.g the joint interests
of Eng'laaKi and Japan." ..V.J -i
The BerlSf cprirespondtefnt "of Tlhe
Dally News says ire nd?rstain)dl3 that
he ponuJiar form of 'th lease of Ka4o
iChou faas the outcome! bf ppalong'ed
negotiax'ion'a tetveiein ; Germa'ny axjd
Russia, ndtog in w.n i agreement and
tire meditafiioTi of- Russia 1 .between
L-
i Fltzimmons and Corbett
CMcigQ, Jnuary 7. iDaai' A "Stuart
arrived:Kn.'(f?hicaiara" today and tomiorrow
nightjiwdll Iqave for' Jaulwtore 'toe
will eadieawr to secure cignature
; of FTUsimmons to aJrtrclei' calim'
ano:h. fiE-Ht. wltih- iOorbett, tax tafc
place in Jrt- or August, j " "
..'WerytMrig depends," eaiid1 Stuart,
'.'upbn the. attitude IP-tilrnimioins amy
A'gsuime.' Tt J3 a settled fact, J ithanjc,
. thtu ttorbett will not Ggtit !Mabr. m
fore li. fights Fitzsimmons .again ai4
1 am ttOK jBnsider'ing any such don-
tfegencyl It 1j 'ji!tzsimmons end Oor-
?Jvf t or ri.otthing, a)Ujjgia ai i cannot
6ecus? hts flgbit I jrajgiu yger- a purae
Tor Oorv?t and. Aiaher'.;
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' : :' ?- aew postnaasters y
Washington. Jamiry 7.-krhe o11qw
Jng fourthclasfc postmastera have been
appointed In 'Worth C&roMna? : Liber
ty, James JV JPjckett; 'Staley C. G.'
azier, ..'..' ,'Jw'.V-
TELEPHONE RATES REDUCED.
Schedule of jCharsea Fixed by the Bail way
CommliIon-The. Qommlsslon InTestlgat-
log Oranttng Special Freight Rates to
Otho Wilson The DlntrUt Attorneyship.
. (Special to The Messenger.)
Raleigh, N. January 7. Though
the Tfew members of tie railway com
missioners isaid yesterday only manor
matters regarding overcharges would
be taken up and bo totd ihehr associate,
Abbotts yet -this -afternoon they
made a sweeping: reduction of yearly
rates of rental by ordering tbe follow
ing, to -effect on and after February 1st.
Business telephones special wire $30;"
two and three party wire, each $24; four
and five parity wire, each $18; residence
telephones Special wire $18; two and
three party Wire each, $16; four and
five party wire. each. $14." These rates
do not apply to service outside ttte cor
porate limiti of, any town.. V -;
mmissioner; Abbott says he believes
the question; of reduction of railway
passenger rates ! will be taken up at a
very early date, possibly tomorrow.
. The new railway commisisoners this
afternoon ccjnsulted with MacRae and
Tay, their' attorneys, about their sum
mons to appear in the contempt" ;rat
ter January 17th, before i the .1. ;.ited
States supreme court.
f ?SShQ new railway commissioners this
afternoon jumped right into the middle
of the old Round-Knob-Otho-Wilson
alleged special freight rate matter.
They iad before them John B. Munson
and Agent Pottsf-of the Southern rail
way and askedM them whether any
ispecial freigjit irates were given Otho
Wilson or his mother frorn Raleigh' to
RotJnd Knob ilast year. They said they,
could not answer Until they .examined
the. books, toey were 'then ordered to
produce the -books. A lot of questions
wee - askd them. They did not an
swe They were notified to appear at,
10 o'clock tomorrow and "produce the
books. ; j ' . !: ' - -.
Xr.
the!
j Abbott jsays tonight: ' "J presume,
hew ecinmissioners ' contemplate
imaki'pg a large reduction of passenger
rates -' j-
It djs learned lonigiht' that Joseph. J.
;Martm has fori some time baen the
compromise ttian for district attorney
as petween Bernard and Cook.
1
j Murder ht Salcil by a Lady ,
: Memphis, Totfn., January 7. A de
plorable' tragfe'dy occurred in the ' out-te!k'i-t.
of ,'Memp1h:i3 thiis afteTn'Con. Dr.
''h3y A. Rag-ersl professor c'f ana'tfomy
tat .trie IMemrabils m-edical; college, ex-
ivrctellden t Of tftief board of heal Uh and
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ovM of the most prominent pihysteians ;
Wf h(ia city, Kvais not; by 'Mrs. iMary I
tt L 1 L: i J :iJ, , j n i i. - i.i r
kaii uiimit, a 'ivwuw. auu. wmsni litis
in. a dyirjg; ?onditiion at. 'St. Joseph's
hospital. After' : shooting' . Jr. Refers
the! wbrnain 'tu'rned the arevol ver to heT
brqa'it and - sent yla bull et throu'gh her.
heart. The caue of the tragedy , ds"
veijed iin tlhe deepest mystery. .
jNotxydy i saw the : tragedy. A farmer
and his hired hands wVht to the assist
ance of the- wounded man when-, his
cries for help reached their ears, and 'he
was lifted into a buggy and carried to
Memphis for ; medical treatment. Dr.
Rogers was shot in tne back, the bul
let striking th spinal column. The
body of the unfortunate woman was
removed to the jnome of relatives.
e weapon . Used by Mrs: Sandbrink
bfelinged to a , woman, being- identified
by per relatives; ."vthen it' was shown to.
them. There Is! no doubt but' that the
worhan committed tne deed. Before.
lapsing into unconsciousness Dr. Rog
ers (blamed her for the deed.!- (What can
athercd im connection with the
tragedy Substantiates Rogers' state
meiit. There were no foot prints or:
other evidences
that any' struggle had
to the tragedy. The
occurred prior
rigfti hand of the dead woman was un
gloved showing, that she took ample
precaution that the shooting: contem
plated should.- not miscarry. Mrs.
Sandbrink was Stylishly dressed.
- Every effort; has .been made by the
police and reporters . to discover the
cause for the shooting', .but up to a late
houfe tonight the! mystery has not been
unraveled.l It is said that the woman
was infatuated With the physician and
on one occasion pad threatened herself.
in hp presence.;. ) . - . -
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The Combine Successful In
Maryland
Xrgl8latur4.n
Annapolis,1 Md., January 7, The re
publican members of the lower house
of the. Maryland legislature after
more than two: montns or. "Meals : and
prdmises" failed to agree upon a
SDeaker for the house of delegates, and
todaVl twelve of jtheir number, assisted
by if orty-one democrats, elected- Mr.
Louis -'Schaefer, ! repubiicart, of Balti-
more ;city to the position of presiding
officfer. - - ' j , '! '
The democratic! members 'of the house.
realizing that there was not a possibili
ty of electing their candidate for the
speakership, Mri Lloyd Wililams, of
Worcester county, listened to tne over
tures of the "bolters" and today "de
livered the goods" as agreed-upon at a
conference held late- yesterday. , : 1
. Preliminary to the balloting, Mr,!
Ashley M. GouQd,;of 'Montgcimery count
ty, the majority; nominee, HVithdrew
andj presented f the name of Oscar L.
Quinlan, who was on Wednesday elect
ed speaker pro tem. There was one de
serter from the ranks, of the "regulars"
andj-Mr. Schaefer received one more
vot e than 'was expected, the result be-ing-f-Schaefer,
53r Quinlan, 37. There
being one absentee, a democrat, every
vote! was thu3 accounted fori1 .
Tere was no further, contest, and
thelbausus nominees for the other of
fices of the house were elected, viva
vocd I : : r.l':: !?:-: Hi1- - .'!- :
B4ith branches adjourned after the
organisation of the house until Tuesday
evnirig, January j Uth at: 8 o'clock.
Balloting for- l"suceessor tp. United
States Senator . Arthur P, Ciorman will
begin in each house a week from that
date: . V' . ; .i -:v----i' ': - - -.
New York's Sew Kepnbljcan Party (
(n4w York, January 7. The party
wftiidh is opposed to what has dong
beenknown. as. 'the regular repuSblicains
has- jat "kast aidoptied constiitution arid
twith lit a name. They are to be known
hieTeaf bed as tShe I ''iepubldca'ris 'of .''' .tlhe
.courfty pf (New York." This was de
cided t'ohiight at a mee'ting of the com
mittee of fifty-jaisree. . -. ;
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A Corpse In an Express Package i
Des: Mains, la., January 7 The rep
preisentatrvie of the " Adams Express
Company opened' an ill-smelling' box
at OhaTlton today and found the j re
mains of a (human (body; cut into bits.
The; box stood several; days in the ex
jMVS?: office and the officers becoming
euspkfiow, pried off the lid. : Detectives
were at once ''put to vtork.
I.) i: ' '.1A.. i;
' "I don't know, there may be others"
he faid, but I have used "Parker's Tolu
Couffh, Syrup in my family and would
Hii top without N it"; He knew better
than, to bus" the : Inferior . preparation
that w pein' urged upon him. Park
er's Tolu Coiislx' SyriiP fcag no equaL It
will immediately relieve any; cough pr
nA WhooDinJT -Cough, Sore throat;
MioArreness, Croup Bronchitis and kfn
dre4 mwz&s- Contains no' injurious
ingredients,' ft peasant to take and a
safe remedy ' for children. Sold by J.
C. Shepard, J. JEL Hardin . and p. I
DDRMHT MPGED
i r
HE MEETS DEATH fWITH GREAT
"i COOLNESS AND KERVE
He Dies TFIth Declaration of Innocence
on BialJps His Fortitude and Self-Pos-MUioa
Wonderf al His Minister Befug-
' Ins to Declare Belief In His. Innocence,
He Tarns to s Catholic Priest for Iutt
f Keliglous Services -No Hitch in the Exr
cutton His Parents Present
, Sari Quentin,.. CaL, Jaaiuary 7.Wtoen
William 'Henry, Durran't dred on. the
gallows this mornliriig for the murder oif
telanch'e jiarntont lie g'ave such an ex
ihJbrtion' ht- cootaess and. n.er'e as bas
seldoni ibeen. seen und'er similar idlT-'
cu-mistanices. Hopeful atmos,t ; tor the
vety las't minute that somie'thing' ' or
"somie one would ttnterven,e"jt)o save hinv
(he walked to fhe scaffold and maid'e a
Lspeeich; ; protestaing' biis : inTOoceince - 'a
calmiy aindi with as distinct enunc'ia-;-.tLcn
as it h!e bad ibeen, addressing an
assemblage of friends upon some ordi
nary topic jot the day. His . face . iwajs
pale, Wis eyes were red;, bu't Itois vofioe
.to firm and 'he stood as solidly as a
axJCk whdle"he proclaamed his irmooenoe
.... i I'.',': . . h
; 'and professed; forgiveness to .those
who, h'e said, , (had hounded' him ; to
death. , '. - . - . v !'
There was not a .hiiifcch or an acci
dent to mar -tihfc plans of Warden .Hal'a .
in carrying oa t the sen'tenoe of the
law. The neck was broken by the fall
of five feet, and 'fifteen mlinutes later
the .mun-dereTs ftcdy was cut down and
placed in a coffin. . ' ' , .';: i v ;,
-Iii spite Kf the excitirig ven'ts of last
night wihii,CDuarant va! tesiesd' by
newspaper frfeporters and talked to his
parents untfl -11:30'-o'clock, ihe rested
easiily duriri'g the wigh't ari'd s!hortly aS
teT 6 o'clock awoke anp ' bade bis
! lguard'3 igodd!' mdrrii rig Warden" Hale,
had provided a new suit jof dark m-'a-terial
and these clothes Durran't quick
ly donned. - He noticed, the absence of
collar arid necktie? hoW'ever and
knowing 'full well -the reason for their
omission he aikeid for them,; explain
ing that a 'torrn down collar would not
(interfere with the noose. ..Then he sat
'down to an excellent breakfast and a'te
heartlliy. "During t!lie ea'riy morninisr
hour's Durramt did not have much to
say beyond expressfcig1 a desire that rq
newspaper m'en should: toe allowed ' .to
bi'm. This re'quas'i .wjals j complied
with. . .J- I -!-'..:";
; 3pn's!isten't ito the - lasti;. Durrant died
profesiElinig religion. tBut he died,- ac
cepting at the last moment, the com
forts of tihe 'Caitftiolic Church instead of.
those of .the Baptist f aa'th fn which he
was reared. .'Rev. Rader, a Protestant
min.'feter, had' arranged to ascend the
scaffold with lurrant, j but the minls
tT would not ay . th'a't foe though t Enr-
(rant innocent and the cond'enin'ed man
declined to accept his services' unless
rad-er OTo'fessed ibeltef-'iln Ms' tonfocence.
v --
'Then it wis that the orice ardent Bap
tist turned to the 3atholfcj church, . f or
consolation' and ,r called1 upon Father
Lagan, ! a priest who bad frequently
vislt'ed; h'im an prtson'l-to attend him,
Father Jjaga'n responded promptly and
performed the Jast solemn (rites -of the'
churohli iCbuTrant remained in close
consultation with t'he priest and seem
ed to toe deeply interested i!in the im-
presslve ce'reimOnl-es.
hour of the
the prisoner
execution alp
became some-
proached
what .re'stless. .' His father and mother
were admit ten to bid him a last fare
well. The elder Durran't grasped his
sort-, by the hand a!ii;d the young man
tiheri turnied to comf drt hils mother who
cr'ie'dhysterioally. Durrant emibraced
ber tenderly and saying: I "The hour
-f .'ha ri-vm rfYv-r n: 'frv ' im-n-rt TVart !b!prr
.giently awy. The grief-stricken motih
er was ledro' a private room where,
she remained, until after it'be execution.
-The father, however,, went to the ex
ecution rcorm -aipta, supjwiwi toy Tyo
friends, isaw;'hi;sxon meet has dea'tlu .
, 'Warden ; Hale . did Mot. (attempt to?h!UT
ry . matters but allowed . a1! - po's's'ible
Dime for the supreme court a't Waah
fegtonito take some xa'ction. - Finally
when word was flashed 'across the con
tin'ent that the supreme ourt haid de
crined;"to (interfere the ardjen Ordered
the - execution . c'f the sentence to -be
carried, out. : . I . r .
. j tAt 10: 34 o'clock; Durran't, accompan
ied 'by 'Fatbtr Lagan, appeared at the
door of the execution room, i He x 'was
followed by bis fatber, ja friend, -garden
Hale and the 'guards.' The fatiher '
and. friend walked around the gall'aw
to the i front while -Dujrrawt
:and his-J
keepers, climbed- to the gallows
plat-
form., ;.--'j; , '.--I- " I ;-w-;
Instantly on, arriving at. the gallows
his 'legs and - arms were, piriioned and
the rope was placed about
The hangman was about to
ni's neck.
adjust the
black cap, when Durrani
announced
his desire rto speak.- 'Permission - was
given and , t!he. doomed . imurderer spoke
as 'follows: '" . f- -
1 T desire to say that al'Shiough ' I aim'
an innbeent man, (innocent i of - every
crime r'that h'as been ..cih-airgd'- against
me, I bear no animosity , toward those
that have pros'eicutcd me,' not even Wie
press of iSan Francisco, Which hounded
meis the : grave., any man. thinks SI
am going to spring a sensation, I am
not, except that.! am an Innocent man
brought ;t)Q-the grave by my pers'ecu
tcirs 'Bu. I forgive "them all. They will
get their justice from the great iGod
who is master of us all and there I
also expect to get justice; that is, the;
justice of an innocent nsan. Whether,
or not t)he perpetrat'ors joif the crime oJf
wh.ik;h I aim charged with are discover
ed, it--WiTl make no difference to me
now, but 1 say this day wilt 'be a siframe
to the igrea't state of Ciaiifornla. I for
give everybody who has; persecuted me,
'ari innocen t - man whose" "hanids bave
never ': beenr sfcainied wHit'h blood, and - I
Tgo to rnieet my i God wf th . !f orgiyeneiss
for all men." v -' : ' . ":'- - ?'
The words were deliverecj slowly and
diitmictly tahd without empbaslis. '
I'Duirranit finished quietly and. ihad
scarcely ceased wben thje1 black cap
was placed' over Ms f ace.: MAt. the game
- instant I Hangman! , Dunit -1 raJIsed his
hand, the trap was sprung arid with a
rattle lurrant's body shot through the
opening.. In eleven minutes and tweh-ty-etfg'ht
seconds all signs of li-fe had
vanished i and the mioit I nojted criminal
cf the ninebeen'tlh century kwaa official
ly declared dead- :1, f
i The body was a'JW.ved (to barg for
fifteen miinutes, when it was cut down
and placEdi in a black coffin provided
by an nudertakor from Sin Francisco.
It .is not yet known what disposition
bf the body will be made, as Duirrant's
paren'ts have been so far "Unable to' se
cure accornimodations; In any of the
4oeal cemeteries for the body of their
son. It as. very probable that it will
'be cremated. ' " I
Durrant, Sr., went immediately to bis
Wife wbofc was awaiting! in one of the
guard rooms and together they ac
companied tbJe body of their con ;, to
ISan 'Francisco. r - .'.-..
At one time, several .days ago 'Dur
rant gave evidence-' of a collapse but
toe managed to pull biis nerves together
to nee more and proudly declined aH of
fers iclf stimulant to-enable birn; to
miake a bold showing on the 'caffold.
Hie was apparently proud of- toia race
and avowed 'that be woukt "die Ifke a,
c&urrant.!' :
?Durranit's most urgent
reques't of
Warden -Hate was that no autopsy be
9eid on hSibodyThe prisoner's med
ical 'Jxa'lniin.g; seeasd (h'V'e. ,imjbagd
Mm with ', horror of the' ' surgical treat
.ment of corpses and he vowed that "no
knife shkauld .ever touch, his flesh He
also requested that the rope with which
nested that the rope with which
hanged, be burned, JILa wishes
he was
in 'both: these resptetets 'wfere abserved?
by the warden. . ;s' - ' f
iNotfawfithgtandifng (UraCthe crime for
which, Durrant today pal-i the penality W ' '; ,
was camimitted in tAprU. 4S95, and Dut- ''KfTOY tlE CHARGED ONLY 2.500
rant was convicted and'i sentenced to 4i. rJ-, ' 7 i
be hanged February 21, 596, bis laiw-IN THE RADLWAY IiEASE CASE '
yens managed to find Jenough legal ' :& - ; ,ij
aoopholes to postpone the execultion . ' . . . JL J .
wm today. TKirrant w sentenced Make ThIr Eighth Haul in
three times.; (Friday, Jurtell, 1897, was State-SpeonlaUon m. to- Intention
the second day named orihlich (he was? lor th.Ba" 7 Commission KcKardlnK
to ie, but 'by taktag tha-oase to the l'Kte -other Cotton Mill for Raleigh,
(h'igh'est state court and 'fihally toi "the i Kw .DelPnnJ l the John Evans
supreme court jof the United StatieS, he f Case Eacpected-Knssell Will Defy the !Fed-
obtained a reorleve. Twl thia - case
was carried before the hrgftest court on
the land, and strong1 pressure was also
ibrought to bear on Oevernor Budd to.
conrmute the sentence. '
THE IiEASE CASE
V ' :-: "! " ' ' ; ""
No Testimony Introdnced bytbe Plaintiffs
Yesterday Ad jonrnment tntll the lStb.
ruture Course of the Case
'Charlotte, :N. C, anuary A special
ifrom Salisbury to The Observer to
nilgbt -saiys: '.-,':-.;" I:..' ' f :
tNb testimony waa hearbefore Spe
cial -Master drafige in tfhe fease, calae to
day.; The at'torneys for ;iBe plaintiffs
had expected to examine liplontel A; B.
Andrews, 'first I- v3ce-present of'"- the
Bouthern ralilway, this Tiiorndng; tout
af teV "consultaT6n? today'Qiey agreed
to an ad'jouimimient.of 'thev-court unltil
next. Wednesday, "'the' 12tihtinist.t wfhen
the'-plalintiffs the Southern railway,
tfte Oentral Trus't Company and 'tJhe
old Iboard 6f directors of thJNorfch Car
oliria ' railroaid -will' ; cantlnjufe' 'tlheir ev
Id'eTice, M any th.ey nave tsffer, in re
ply to the evidence of t!hi ?def endlartts
as to the isisu'e of fraud ifjhle making
of t&e 99-year Tease of they'North Caro
lina, railroad to1 tlhe iSou-t'hfsrn. . i- ;: .
1, am Inf ormied by courslel for thie
plaintiffs 'tihat' it is. 'unlilke'lyith'at . they
wfU 1 offer any; evfdience tWe 12th,
lu't -they appofinted .tlhe da-. in? ord'er
that if - they deislre, .fchey away do iso.
; . All the attorneys- and fitnesses at
yestJerdayrs hearing returjid to Ithefir
homes; ' Samuel 'Spencer, Tgresident of
the (Soutbtern, went north iftThis private
car ; last niight.' I .' . ! !- ;.
; The' future of 'Che' protracted littg-a-tlidn
over 'tSre lease is as tellbws: t
- The celxty days which t' plalintiffa
fcave ia which, to off er evidce expires
on thie I,6t'h of JianuaTy,' una ss extend
ed by Jiudig'e lS'imontori.whch. 23 unlike'ly,
as lit Is nndersitocd that hf plaiintiffs
do not deisire an exfensuon itime. ; Alf
ter January ICth the defeKQants 3ov
ernor Rijssel'1, Attorney -Ge'neral Wal
ter . and ' the' board of direcnxiirs of the
GSTortih (Carolina . railroad lgve twenty
days in whidhi to .offer evidence: lin
rebuttal of that 'introductsS by -: the
plaintiffs. ' K'.-j-M! -.'..,. '. .
"Upon this expiratioTV of ue defend
ants' '.tiime- on: February -J)h, Special
afasfcer Craige' win send intg-il the evi
dence adldu'ced ; in ' hii3 courj." to . Judge
Chartes II. 'Simo'n'ton, -'.of 'Khe UnEaed
IStaties Circuit' court, who -tcill- render
ihis decis'ion as to whether rv not there
walaraud in the lea'se, vhAi he 1 sees
lit. -;:: ' -, .
4-
; MARINE DISASTERS
" - -: - - -?f
Staamer T.Iadara, f r TVIlralnston and the
' Corli-tTita from That Port, atjSf. Michaels
Coth Disabled rire in' the &rgo of the
Imbcrt' rolut . ' ,
(Sk (Michaels, Azores, . Janiuity ., 7. The
Eritist , steamer! '.Madura, caain Fair,
from. Cardiff December 23rd fl"rj? Wilming
ton, N.C., has put in here wh machine
ery : dfsabled. ' ' j . . .
The .British steamer COrihia from
.WJiming'tdn,' N. C., for Ghenipreviously
reported towed in here disafjy d, by the
'North German , Lloyd steanjlr . Kaiser
Wilhelm II, isfstrained' consii4rably, the
bottom of. the! high pressure, cylinder is
cracked, the; piston tail rods' "iare bent,
boilers are shifted and the S&iain steam
pipe, turpihg ; gear and bilges-pipes; are
broken. The: Kaiser- Wilhe:l II towed
the Corinthia eighty miles rrm where
she picked her up at sea. s. - j
St. Johns, ,N., F... January 7.rire broke
out again in the" cotton carjjo' of the
British steamer! Lambert's Bg&it.- Cap-,
tain Humphreys, from Noygoik. ' De
cember 19th for Liverpool, .t&4t arrived
here December 26th with -fire im her hold.
OriDecember 31st, the fire waspra'ctically
extinguished and- she was getjing ready
to proceed to; sea. A porti'on-r ahe -cotton
storedlin the klley ways wiif b,e land-
eu as tnenames are inougnt .5,0 De con
iined there.x , - . t ' -r '
-; H ' ' -
. Sensational- Itumors From Ijivana
(Havana, Jaunary 7.--1 1 hastbeen ru
mored : since . yestieruiay tha fr" v' General
Fitzhugih 'Lee,' the United Sftes eon-sul-g'eneTal,
j uiil1! 'accompanyJ-Captai ri-
KG'eneral (Blanco when the latter takes
tae . field.,- jit is further repc-'fd that
Senor "Estiradla tPalma, the d''jEigate to
itbe -United .States of th'e Cubsto.inlsuir
gents will arriiye here shor'tlyalnd ac
connpahy tbes cap tain -general; .afcd Gen
eral Fitihus'h Lee to the field and Chat'
a conference wii'h,
Gomez will follow.
General- laximo
'L-The-repOrtls bave caiused a tefnisation
'I
iiNfew York, Jantiary . T.fT-- rumor
thai' G'eneral Fitzhugh 'Le, tfe 4 United
'States conisul-eneral, Jkvou ldi accom
pany 'Clapta!in-Gciniral iSlancj- when
the latter stakes the neld, ii't looked
upon by the members Of thai- Cuibari
junta as. hfigihly .improbable. .?.f
The further rumdr that ISicJi?r T3s
tradia -Pal ma woaiM aocom'panV the
captain -g'eneral- and General Lee 'to
the field and that a conf Erence wrtlh
hMax'iimo Gomez would fo'ilowf-.iiis con-
si'dieireJ aoEniird.' fcenor Fajm4 da . in
PhiJadellphia. 1 X s
j 'Washington, January -7. 'Nsci conifir
rnatlon of the preceding story vis fejb
tainable' in Wasihin'gton. 'Hoaviever, it
excited considierable imtereist .Jotih . to
administration and Spanish ciTCle. At
the .state diepartfment at was si'd that
General Lee had .given!' nu iAtimlaition
of contenrplariwg' eudh a move Jd that
rio arrangement lookih'g'to su&h. i'mte'r
venitlonl had' 'be'en: (suggefettt from
Waihinigtioiri.! Furthicr thant''" no
offtoial would discuss the matJtr.
i'At tbe i&pa'nish legation it v&&3 pefsi
tlvely; asserted1 that' no advices-ton- the
subject had1 (been Tecfived from any
quarter. i " t- J -.
S'sniatcr Dav'fs, chairman of tie" foy
egn ire'laiticTis committee, saidfil "The
story lcoks improbable. FurtkOT than
that I do not want to diiseuS3;4f: I do
not see how (they are 'going tos get Es
trada Pal'ma In Cu'ba unless 'i?hey de
clare, a special amnesty." - fj : r
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; ! Harts " Emulsion: of Cod LW,er Oil
With Creasote' and the HypopKoshites
If faithfully used, is a speciln the
treatment of weak lungs, Con&amption
Bronchitis, etc Leading physicians re
commend it. Sold by J. C. Shepard, R.
Hi Hardin and II. L. Fentress, ' 3
Glass faetbrira to Start
RaTtimore, tild., .January 7:-4A11 the
windciw plaes f aottoriets 'in the rtp-un'try
under the control of the Aaijerican
Window Glaiss Oompany will .bJput in
opera'tlion tomorrow. ; This amO'Sn'ta to
a production of 1,800 pots and'afeifl -give
employment ; to 10,000 men, -6500 of
whom wil 1 be skilled workmenj; "
! . - . '
When a man is suffering1 KFJth an
aching head, a sluggish bod3?,s when
his muscles are lax and lazy, h,fa' brain
dull, and b,is stomach disdaining tood,;
he will, if wise, heed these, "searninss
and resort to the right remedy before
it is too late "Parker's Sarsaparllla"
the "King, of Blood Purifiers V makes
the appetite keen and hearty-lnvigo-.
rates the Myerrurines. th,e bfsit3 ad
fill's it with the life-glying' elements of
the ' food. It 'is a wonderfui blood
maker and flesh buuder. soid 'by jl c.
' Shepard, J. H Hardin ud H, Si Ten
1 tris ' , v -." .J
P, AYIREIT'S! GENEROSITY
r' - rai Supreme Court t
Messenger Bureau,!
, . Raleigh,, '1. C, January 7. )
y There was much comment here today
:pn the retirement by E. W. Avirett from
rthe case Involving the lease of the North
Carolina railway. He was, Governor Rus
, SH's chief counsel in' the matter, -j He
last TWnrwIav nressntail in Mil f ni. to nnA
K -. - ml i-.ww..fc. u. will AVI 1U1
K'4fe aim some w tor expenses to tne
directors of the road,' which was 1 hot
paid, but was referred to the executive
t fcommittee. He Is reported to have isaid
that had the road been wealthy he would
f Jiave charged .510,000. 'J t - - I .
s i Governor Russell's supporters say re-
ijarding this lease suit:; "The governor is
l running it through or by means of Jthe
S jOard of directors of the North Carolina
viaiiway."- - : ( :. . " ; -
,l sfThe Mooresville postoffice has been
.ribbed by the', daring j gang of thieves
:.Shiph is operating in TjTorth Cardinal It'
th eighth office robbed I in three
p nonths. -..-.' " f -1 V- 'it -.
'"Interest Is general, as ! to i what the hew
'tilway commissioners propose to do re
. .rding reductions of Ifreight and pas
rvnger rates. They declare they have
ot made up their minds.! The ideas of
?;,-4le erovernor on the, knhioof aro hto.ii
V iidwn. j .'
v A company ia endeavoring to buy land
Raleigh's suburbs for la cotton mill
v te. : ; 1 .: . t . i . ... i .-
r: 5, The Seaboard : Air Line has bought
r-wenty acres of land half a mile north of
i, talelgh -and on its line. I for railwav
hops. Most of the .land l.was bought
T-Pm the 'North Carolina; Car Company.
f .5 -During the past yearj only sixty-two
jlles of new railway were constructed in
state. t i , - .
Vlt is exDected that with!
,5few days there will be some new devel
opments in the case of ohn Evans, Ithe
Buckingham negro in fjail here under
eptenee "of death for rapeL His counsel
.re keeping very quiet.' ; i! : I "
j;.tt Is learned that the agricultural deT
-VoJ-tment has quite extensive plans for
folding farmers' institutes this year, be
diming early 'in Te summer, i - '
f At the railway clmmission office today
pliard !Mott was still oni band. Commis
sioner Pearson was asked I if Mott was
jiaj guard last night, and replied "No."
was asked if the guard; had beenlre
4.1 fved, and replied: "There was never a
I n.ie from the time when the supreme
V:?iart spoke when I felt any fears of ithe
I glsons attempting to hold the officel I
r iiasidered the supreme court's writ self
v(fcuting." ;. 1 . i - -.
fh Pearson says the bill ! for S10rt wHlh
fls rendered the state by Caldwell and
K itself was for railway. fares from Sep-
;i-.4w" "u -u me ciiu 111 tne year.
;;ffa'ldwell said: "The Wilsons will Snot
fi?fV the supreme court any more than
-;ji will the supreme court of the United
ri tes.- If the Matter says Iwe are : not
Commissioners we. will retire at oncelilt
js fM by a person supposed to know
.lt.j governor's views that he would Inot
( """it to such an orderj by the United
fates, supreme 1 court; ih. Other words
(f-jat there would be trouble and thatl ihe
tould attempt to hold the! office. II -jZpy
special agreement betweeen the lag-.
n;ultural department and the experiment
ition, the publication of the analyses
? I the-official samples, of fertilizers will
l-l made exclusively by the agricultriral
Apartment! and in consequence the fer
l&zer analyses : bulletins previously 13
led -by the experiment station! have been
jgfscontmued. - - ; .,' . . ..
flit is expected that 400 Masons will be
W.l Oxford next week at, the session !of
fcsie grand lodge. - They will be the guests
.of the people of that delightful and hos
UJiabie town. ; ,1 M
,C,The new building for males at the in
MLne asylum here is nnHvt .innTM-ii I t
.-Mnearly ready.;, - . . t .- . . : . . j .'-... -T
. i&irs. Stark, Pleasant Ridge, O., says:
;t &fter two doctors gave up my boy jto
! I saved 'hirri from 'croup by using
he Minute ough : Cure." Itj: is . $e
(afekest and" most certain remedy for
q ughs, colds arid all throat arl lung
publes. It. R. Bellamv , . ' j
jj-'iYBlTSVILLB AND ABERDEEN,
T;j : " ' ' ; i-,
$ Vot on Railroad C tionA
, '- ' Charming Coter . ' 1 1
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ilorrespondeinice Of The. Messenger)
ml
.! . Fayetteville, sr'. C, Jan. 7
very important -m after wiin' come.
JJore'it'he ipeopl of Jros Creek irid
enty-firist .townships; n, itfliis 'county
J&t month -the. oi'es'tioai of voting1 fjwr'
Sja'galnst; a s : ; (scriptkm of $10,000
vm each township (fori
iSij of the Fayettevilliee:
the ctonstxjuc
and 'Abeirdeeai
lilroaJd. The -benefits .rto crue .ifrbjm
f-is conitempla'ted! 1 4riternal improyie
:rit 'should be yery clearly f.d iforci
.iy imipresised upon the jpr erty-hOld-'of
the itowhlships rtf .wed life . jto
km business of iFayetbevkile arid grealt-
i 0; enhanced value i to 14ie real estSaite
.iseventy-first. It is to be. feared
La1fc the imposition, of jthls tsubscrip-
ai on only a part of the county will,
the beirinnimg'. discredit the miovie-
'fjjent, and i tha the reoent actioni ' j of
S tanly and Rutherford1 ; counties will
.:'hie'ah additional unfavorable effect.
; ilflast evenrog 'Mr and iMrs. George' E.
:f ijmla received the "Womens" Rook
:ib'V che teenf Annual celeibratlbn.
-'tpp ,i arrJed m Nabert9 permitted thjeir
is'r - ads to s?ia,reto ; the enijoymieri'ts
4 Ma delightful occasion; and )th&a
Irrc-spondent, thoug;hMone, lorn, airid
fief t of thila world's wedded joys, was
ported wiiSt an invitation within the
'$'f&rm-et 3,ircle. JVfrk T, Mlr Hun'tjar,
3 president, was In the chaar; and
ler a beauftMul readling of the min
W.fp by. "MissO SMalinda 'Ray, I excellent
-mers, composed with raTe .rhetdrijsal
..hy1 were iglyeni by Mrs. H. IT. Gr&
?Hf jjjn, Mrs. John C. Haigjh an Mrs. , W.
3;Hawley, ! and a. eupposit5- j jus letter
Mark Twain by (Mrs. ''. Sfl Huske,
; iciuding jwlitfh admirab-e selectiohe
W&ta Mrs. ijams, Hunter vand Hulsce.
tabie dt .brkvaJbrac, eacli art3b9e
r; presenting a well-known picture, of
fj: fed knotty problems for solution, tare
fj :&t prize being won by iMr. J. H. My-'
m
j.yer, and the '."booty" prize by 'aijr.
1 L; HateW; At 10:30 o'clock the
''.Art-M' T... !
rvim, '.where, about; their manogtany,
t, - host and1 ihosteds aTwaya diepensej
princely nispixanty,- made doubly
peasant by the wairrtii(h of' welcome.
v;rKe Bank of Fayette viTle commence
tLVnew 'year with notice of a semi -af&ual
drvidend. and thej re-eleteitflonJot
if 4 staff of Officials andj better than
tJiy could .nowhere be founii. I - Jj
he . mid-winter fair of the Fayette
?tgte IrJiapanden't Iifht Infantry will
three days, and -will toe one of the
tb'gst attractive: entertaiinmen'ts e.ver
TBned' and carried out bv tbe
;gr tafent of this city. It commenoea'
"oythe 26t'h ftnst., and w expect Outn
A.Himrn'gon rnends to coma up an
n ip us maKe it Buccessf u. ; .
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;jf .. 'Qniclc Jostios : ' f--
if-iarsawk inq., January :,T.--Early this
nj rning a burglar was discovered in the
sjre of John P. Thoma, all Claypool, Ati.
ti' a desperate struggle, 'uraa vhieh
sS, feral sliots were exchanged, the fob
tf ( was capture and proved I to be
iirence T-Wnia, grandson of the pro
p etor. The latter is a Justice; of the
p5;$ce. At 6:30 o'clock a. m.' ho gave his
Bndson a y preliminary j hearing ad
W?,lnd him over to the circuit cvrt. At
8 fV clock he arrived rin tCs- eity, where
cenrt is now in. sessiou. At o'clock ae
case was. calkjd, Clarence pleaded guilty
aaA at &;34L o'clock a. m; Judge Biggs sen
iAjeed him to an indeterminate term f
tnm two to fourteen years in Jeffcfaoji
vtlte prison. At 10:03 o'clock a. si. shertff
MiUthews started with h prisoner for
ersonville; T-hli, is the most rapid
adtoinistraUoa 0J5-legal justice on, record;
E3EW
The prettiest line of snow 'white; Em
broideries ever displayed upon our ; coun
ters. Sucli a collection of patterns will
not be seeri outside of the i "Great Gity.V
Great crowds have "expressed their ad
miration of this varied stock and we cor
dially invitp our many friends to call and
examine them. ' '- " i ;""
0"u.r Hiace TDepartnaent
'AH- our efforts have been concentrated to - :
make thisj department the "pride? of bur
business, and . we believe we have'suc-
ceeded. Laces ot every description; Do
mestic an,d Foreign. We have searched.'
all the greart lace centers for the newest.
and best. They are herd and if you wish to
purchase Laces, you ;will do., yourself an
" injustice if you do not examine our stock .
before buying j' " - . .; .!' .
Mail orders, givenespecial attention. ! .
succjsso, lo Brow noMtt jo J9 sonil Front siresi' V '
BEST 1818 1J 'Mm
And allow me to thank my many
friends and customers for their liberal
patronage Tor the past -year. I am
fully satisfied and feel that I have
many things to be thankful for. My
business v foots up at.-the end of 1897
more than I erpected .(o do in the be
ginning and now I am f ready to meet
icompetition on any .move and sell
goods lower for- the -iiard dollar than
any man in town. Head my January
price but they are lower than 5 cent
coton and all I ask is comparison '
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Domestic Goods.
Plaids, splendid quality for cash 3c.
Peedee regata 4c LJj'l yard sheeting
4c' A splendid bleaching, 1 yard wide,
at 5c. Ijonsdale cambric at 10c.. A
splendid bed tick at -5, 3 and 8c. War
ranted feather proof Bed (-Ticks at 12c
worth 15c. CBed Spreads, . . white, at
48c; better union Quilts at 75c; better
and heavier Spreads atJ ?1. Fine color
ed Spreads at 60c. ! Spool Cotton, J. H.
Coates' thread at! 4c;, JChadwiok's best
6 cord Spool Thread all 3c; Enterprise,
no glace. -good Machine Thread at lc
per spool. ;Tragon. colored Thread at'
lc- per spool. Six balls -eewing Thread
at . 5c. Six; pairs coun4 wire tlhread
shoe laces for 5c. I '- ' - .'
' Irencb; woven full -dress Corsets for
39c. The Globe best fitting ' Oorset,
long, waist; at ; 39c. Vigilant Corset,
made by the G. Corset Co., for
50c. We'! handle all kinds of Ladies
Corsets. Pw & G., 75c and $1; Warren's
H. & P. atj $1; Caroline -at $1.25; black
'Corsets at!.$l. The new short waist
Corset a( 1. : ' - -v- ''' '
Shoes lli Shoes I
We want your Shoe" trade. We can
fit your feet and "please your pocket-'
boOk. Woman's oil grain Polkas, all,
solid, at 85c; pebble polish polkas at 9Cc
and $l: Liadiesl dongola ' patent . tip;
Shoes at $1 the best shoe.Jn the state!
for the price. Ladies' very fine ghoes,:
hand and McKay sewed Shoes, ' worth.
from.t2.'50 to $3.50 a pairj irf small sizes,!
A , B, C, and s'iafes! 2, 2, 3 and 4, I will;
sell for $1.39 a pair, worth twice the1
price. I bave a line of very fine Shoes
that I sell for $1.50, $2.00, $2.25 and 2.50:
a pair. ' JGent's 'Shoes, solid leather
buff, congress and' lace, fat $1.00 a pair.;
Our $1.25 Shoes are things of beauty,
nice, pretty, dean .stock and good
goods, made with as nvuch style as any
$2.00 Shoe, .f Our $2.00 lin is of fine calf;
ektoi made up toahdsornly, and is tat
every respect a first cljiss Shoe, and
good enou'gh: f or aAy gentleman, and
will wear as long as anjif $5.00 Sboes on;
the m'arket. Our Tan Ttiisset and !Don-
gola enameled - black Shoes, for the
young sporting men- aife $5.00 BbJoes
elsewhere, land my Kacket price Is only
$3.00. We. :have Children's-Shoes i of
every class, from baby ishoes at 19e,a
OF WILIJmGTON'S
Nine rich men ;ln .'North Carolina eul of every ten "comnjenced life poor. They
became rich by spending less than they made. No one gets rich who does not
spend less than he makes. Any one- will get rlph who. continually spends less
than he makes. Every young man of ordinary ability in Wilmington can and should
save something each month." The man who will not save a portion of aTsmall sal
ary will not save a portion .of a. large salary. Jbe boy who saves something every
month win be promoted before the boy;who spends all he makes True manhood
is required'to denyi one's :self and save. : It is weakness and folly to spend all, re
gardless of the '.'rainy day." ' I U'2...-.A-'U',i- 5Fj;'jfc .i--V-u-jr.'i '
Industry,, economy .and integrity cause prosperity pot "Luck" or "Good For
tune." . - W'F-'-j'gifr
For reasonable Interest and absolute security, deposit your savingsln I
THEiWILfflNGTOH 8AV1HGS AND TBDST, COEIPAHTJ
"Wro Take , S"u.TosoriptiorLS
TO ANT MAGAZINE PUBLISHED JN THE UNITED jSTATES OR ENG
LAND, AT PUBLISHER'S PRICES-HAND IN YOUri ; SUBSCRIPITONtS
FOR . THE NEW YEAR.N
IsT-w f"ea,r
TURNER'S N. C. ALMANACS, CALENDAR'S AND CALENDAR PADS,
IF YOU THINK OFi OPENING
WITH THE NEW; YEAR, LET US
BLANK BOOKS AND (OFFICE STATIONERY,
THE STATE AND OUR PRICES
the iechIiiiss HonEi&ociiSon.
SUBSCBIPTION
STOCKhn the iUETC .j SERES Open;
A-" - - : " .
That, investment in thistock is the best and safest form of Savings
Bank, lias been so fully demonstrated tbat you have only to inquire of
- any obo of its Stockholders. j Apply
ffATHifiEL J1C0BI, PHES. j W. II, CUinilHC, SECEETABY:
In answerto many applications The Association will issue FIFTY SHARES
only of its FIVE FEB CENT. PAID UP STOCK, the best investment in the
$W 1 ! I , do 14.
pah-ito ,school shoes for 35, 60, 65, "75
cents up to $1.00 and $1.25.'- We .are
now doing far more shoe business fhan
ever before, and we only task a look at
our -'lini before purchasing elsewhere, v.
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Carpets an Mattings.
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Have Ibeen - moving, of latei Our
etock! to I thkr line is very large and we
are very anxious to make sales. In
gralni Carpets from 20, 22, 25, 35, 39, 45,
50 and 60 cents. Brussels Carpets' from
45, 50; 55; and 60 cents. (Moquet ! Car-
pets 'at 165 cents, wortfh $1 elsewhere. '
Carpet Paper 3 and 4 cents per yard. '
Matting,; new pattenrs,.at 12, 15, ,18,
and 20 cents, very cheap i and good
valueL Coirtairt Poles, brass trim
mings oak, maple, walnut and Cherry
at i25 cents each. Complete Window -Shades,
3 by 6 feet, at 25 cen'ts,' made '
of best op-aque linen. - x ,
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' j Dress Goods. . ' .'
We; handle Dress Goods of 'all kinds.
A big reduction in Dress Fancies, and
fine novelty Dress Goods, double -wldtih
worthi 15c, now 12c; worth 12c; now
10c. Fine'.Worsteds In all colors ' at
Sc. :;Fine $lack Dressi Goods,; all
prices; Single 1 . F Cashmere - at 20c;
double F F best back , cashmere made
for thje. price of 25cper tpard, 36 ilnchea
wide, j 36 inches colored! Cashmere,
now 2)0c, worth. 25c. Fine figured Dress
Good made by the Gold. Medal Com
pany, i Black -Dress Goods lor 50, 65, 75c -and
$i per yard-Hare styles of beauty
and Quality of the very. best. Come
and' see our Dress Goodte, Capes ar
Cloths; and Hats.
3Iillinery Depa
We have done the best year workV
in ourj Millinery department and j. can-
fineu - .
not say enougn jn praise or the ladies. .
We still lead in low prices. We sell
good Felt Hats, at 25c; nice' French. v
Felt Hats Tor 50c. IBibbons, Laces .and
Veiling' at all prices. - 'Visit us for bar
gains bn the .beginning .' of the new; .
year. . 4
Clothing & Un(Jerwear.-
Our ! Clothing 'and Underwear are
.special sellers. We k3iavie - big ; stock; ;
of suits -for gents, at all prices and
can save you money on tooy'a . end
men's Clothing. ,' - -' ' . . - -
v Come to this old Racket Store fr
bargains and be convtocd that, we ere -not.
all gas. (We live up to iwhat we
ay. We buy eill' srbods for the cash,
and like to sell them -the sanne way,
as the'lmlghtyjiflollaTOakes' us bustle.
- You will find "us at 112 North Fron t . -Street,
(opposite the Orton Hotel, near
the Postoffice, .with .the largest stock
of goods of any house In the city.
Propr.,
BIG RACKET STORE
"Presents.
ANEW SET OF BOOKS BEGINNING
SUPPLY
YOU. OURf STOCK OF .
IS THE LARGEST IN
LOWEST.
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