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KINSTON, N. C., MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1898.
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The Bridgeport Murderers and Ac
complices All Under Arrest
Except One.
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Failure of New England Loan and Trust
Company Announced With Capital Stock
Of $800,000. It Loaned Money on
Western Mortgages.
Bridgeport, Sept. 26. The Gill mystery
is now solved. All alleged to be impli
cated are under arrest except the person
whose hand brought the victim to ber
untimely death and who subsequently
dismembered the body, which the police
states, is Mrs. Nancy Guilford. Harry
Oxley haH coufessed to complicity.
The Daytona have also confessed their
knowledge of the crime. It is alleged
that a search will be made for Dr. Guil
ford. A Big Failure In New York.
New York, Sept. 20. The failure of the
New England Loan aad Trust Co. is an
nounced today. The capital stock is
800,000. Debenture obligations are
secured by mortgages amounting to
about 5,000,000. The company has
been in the business of loaning mouey on
western mortgages.
WAR INVESTIGATION.
The Commltte Holding Preliminary Meet
ing to Map Out the Work.
Washington, Sept. zb. All the mem
bers of the war investigation committee
assembled promptly at 10 o'clock this
morning in a room at state, war and
navy building. Gen. Dodge, chairman
arrived after a majority of members had
gathered.
Dr. Connor, of Cincinnati, arrived this
morning and had a conference with the
president previous to attending the
meeting.
At the opening of the meeting the de
liberations of the investigation commit
tee was taken up where they left on Sat
nrday, wheu the preMminary session was
held.
The real work of the commission , wil
not begin before tomorrow, the meeting
today being occupied in a discussion o
methods proceeding of the regular work
The commission will shortly change its
quarters to the Lemon building, within
a short distance of the war departmen t.
PETROLEUM DISCOVERED
On
the West
Coast of Newfoundland
Abundant and Good Quality.
Montreal, Sept. 26. Petroleum has
been discovered at Port Au Port, on the
west coast of New Foundland, on land
included in the grant to builder Reid, o
this city. The oil is said to be abundant
and of good qualify. .
CIRCUS TRAIN WRECKED.
Forepaugh's Circus Train Wrecked and
Two Men Killed.
Huntington, W. Va., Sept. 26. Fore
paugh's circus train is reported to have
been wrecked and two men killed at Wil
sondale this morning.
Colored Trooper Shot and Killed.
Camp Wikoff, Sept. 26. Private James
Twisby, colored, of troop F. tenth cav
airy, died this morning at the regimental
hospital, from gunshot wounds inflicted
by Lindsay P. Holt, a fellow trooperjof
the same company. The shooting was a
result of a quarrel over the possession of
a gold Spanish coin. -
Forest Fires In Wisconsin.
V Cheyenne, Sept. 26. Serious forest fires
are threatening the best Wisconsin tim
ber lands. Several hundred acres have
been destroyed according to the latest re
port. A large force of rangers are fight
ing the flames.
BIG FAILUR
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Interesting
North Carolina
Items la!
Condensed Form.
Rev. J. L. Burns, keeper of the capitol
at Raleigh, denies that he has poisoned
dogs.
A fatal dipuase has appeared amongthe
cattle m Northampton county, home of i
the farmers have lost from e'vJht to eleven
head of cattle each
A colored child in Northampton swal
lowed the heads of fifteen or twenty
matches a few days ago and died from
phosphorus poisoning.
The penitentiary directors exonerate
Lewis Summeiell, supervisor of the
"Northampton" farm of charges of
cruelty aud 3nd that Jim Sears, the
guard who has fled to Virginia, beat
Lowe, a white convict, to death.
It is now said that the second regiment
furloughs will be extended from 30 to 60
days so that the government may be sure
they will not be needed t before they are
musteredout Congress may give each
volunteer soldier three months pay.
There are now sixty-eight convicts
making shirts in the penitentiary, for . a
New York firm. The monthly product is
now 2.400 dozen, for which the State
gets $330. The convicts employed in the
taotory are nearly all federal prisoners.
The penitentiary direotors order a re-
formatory for convicts under the age of
16 years, at the "Anson" farm, near
Wadesboro. There will be two buildings,
one for white, the other for negro youths.
Of thesH there are about eighty. The last
arrival is a boy horse thief, only thirteen
years old, from Henderson county.
A cyclone visited Mt. Airy Thursday
night, unroofing the Cape Fear & Yadkin
Valley railroad depot, blowing down
several buildings and doing considerable
damage to telephone and telegraph com
munications. Three miles west of Pilot
mountain the railroad trestle and one
hundred feet of track were washed away.
Congressman Pearson puts out a "fake"
Htatement thai it is an indictable affair to
be an independent candidate unless one is
the. representative of some organized
party, and that it is indictable to dis
tribute tickets. Now this Is quite the
reverse of facti Anybody can be a candi
date, but it is indictable tor such to use
the "device" of any party's nominee.
In Chatham superior court Thursday a
verdict for $1,250 was awarded W. B.
Dowdj against theWestern Union Tele-
graph company. , It was a "mental an-
guiu case. air. lowaj receivea uns
telegram while away from home: "Baby
very sick, come." ' The telegram was de
layed in deliverance and in the meantime
the child died. Mr. Dowdy brought suit
and was awarded $l,2o0 damages
Raleigh Cor. Star; Chairman Holton
has gone to the western part of the State
to look after some political fences. A
Republican, who came from the western
part of the State recently, had a talk
with Holton and Duncan, and he gave a
very blue picture of things in the west,
ile tola them that Kutnerford and sev
eral other counties in that sectiou were
lost to the Republicans;- that Montgom
ery county would go Democratic because
of dissensions,' and that the Rads were
hopelessly split in Alamance and other
counties.
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a.uuy,M m wrolcI 1" Ui l"
State Friday caused serious damage. In
Caldwell county the rainfall was six
inches in twenty-four hours. The Caro
lina and Northwestern railroad tracks
are two feet under water in one place.
Trains have been delayed ou the Western
North Carolina by washouts. The river
bottom corn crops are covered with mud
and are rained. The hay crop is also
seriously damaged. Some families have
been driven from their houses to the hills
by thefreshet Lewis Moser was drowned
in the Yadkin near Donnaha, while at
tempting to rescue pumpkins that were i
floating down the stream.
Buried t Santiago.
"Few students of Napoleonic histo
ry," says tne ljonaon Uhronicie, "are
aware that Dr. Antomarchi. who at
tended upon Napoleon I during his last
illness at St. Helena, is buried in the
cemetery at Santiago de Cuba. He had
a brother living in that island, and
after the emperor's death proceeded
thither and lived at Santiago, exercis
ing his skill as an oculist gratuitously
among the poor. After his death in
1825 a publio monument was erected to
his memory in the local cemetery. "
It is an old saying that those who
were born in the last six months of the
year will have a great change of expe
rience every seventh year, and their
dreams will have significance durinar
the full of the xnoon.
Makes Public Its Report for a Re
vision of the Case.
Who Is Confined on a Lonely Pestilential
Island. The Whole City of Paris Quivers
With Excitement. Parisians Shout And
Cheer the Commission.
Paris, Sept. 26. -After a short and final
meeting this morning, while Paris waited
in such suspense as has not hung over
the city since the Franco-Prussian war,
the Dreyfus commission made public its
report for a revision of the Dreyfus case,
The whole city quivers with excitement,
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pesnienuai lsiana, wnere poor Ureyfus is
bo cruelly imprisoned. I
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ransians anoui ana uneer.tne Ministry.
.raris, fcept. Ub.Urowdil of people on
the ouside of the ministry! of interior,
where the cabinet council w - held, loudly
cheered the ministry with many shouts
of "Vive Brisson, Vive le Revision."
Mme. Dreyfus' Petition to Be Laid Before
The Court of Cessation.
Paris, Sept. 26. The cabinet has or
dered Sarrien to lay before the court of
cessation the petition of Mme. Dreyfus
for a revision of her husband's case
NEW YORK REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
Roosevelt Adherents Are Confident and
Black's Followers Cheerful.
Saratoga, Sept. 26. The early morn
ing trains brought maiy delegates to the
Republican state convention.
Roosevelt delegates here protest that
there is not a question of Roosevelt's
availability as a candidate for governor.
Legal opinions regarding the eligibility
of Roosevelt will be Dresented to the
state committee tonight at its meeting,
and afterward will be given out for publi
cation. The Roosevelt adherents are confident
and the Black followers cheerful. The
faction refuses to recognize Quigg. Gov
ernor Black arrived at eleven this morn
ing.
VAN WYCK FOR GOVERNO R
Of New York State. The Syracuse Dem
ocratic Convention Will be Largest
Eyer Held.
ri f T7 ia aa'D ton.
ing to the fact that it is the scene of the
biccest HtfttennvntW .vm MH ai.
nA r u,.-
mauj iuwji vruiutittu ore ossein uuuit
hem. Hnt! MwnmtnnilA Hnna ,ln,W
taken, and many more
persons are ex
pected than can be accommodated in the
city. All appearances indicate that Van
Wyck will get the nomination.
Negro Lynched In Tennessee. ;
Mountain City, Tenn., Sept. 26. One
hundred men overpowered the jailor and
lynched the negro Williams who seriously
stabbed Sherman Dunn, and assaulted
Mrs. Mollie Shelton.
French Capture 400 Prisoners.
i'aris, Kept. 2b. News has; Deen re
ceived that the French defeated Chief
Sameryonthe Ivory coast, capturing
four hundred prisoners. ,
Bayard Falling. Rapidly.
Dedham, Sept 26. Mr. Bayard isnow
failing rapidly .He can take no nourish
ment and death must occur within a
few hours. ' ;
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Republican Fusion Purposes Exposed.
Raleigh Post.
Th properly constituted authorities of
Mecklenbnrgcounty proceed don theday
net spurt by lav to appoint registrars of
election. TIih law requires thar a repre
sentative of each of the potitit-ttl parties
in present conditions Democratic, Re
publican and Populist shall be ap
pointed. The selection of those men devolves en
tirely upon the clerk of thecourt, register
of deeds and sheriff of the county. The
only restriction on these officers is that
they shall select represent tives of each
political organization, fulfilling the other
requirements as to intellectual qualifica
tion. It seems that Mecklenburg fossesses
Republicans, who, though Republican in
principle, believing in and sustaining the
principles of tha party, are not in sympa
thy with mgroizing the. State. They do
not find in their party platforms, or dec
laration of principles anything requiring
them to turn their State, their property
and their liberties over to the vicious
elements of society, that element which
destroys or scandalizes all it touches,
such a the Hoi ton-Thompson combina
tion is trying to fasten eternally on the
State.
Some of these Republicans, admitted
by honorable as well as intelligent gentle
men, have been chosen to represent their
party as registrars. Therefore, and alto
gether because they arrhonorable and in
telligent, Chairman Holton and Thomp
son, the "heavenly twins" in the present
political iniquities of the State, have in
stituted proceedings before Judge Furches
of the supreme court to have these men
set aside, and such creatures as they.
Holton and Thompson, or taeir hench
men in Mecklenburg, select, appointed.
One of the boatn made in theAyer-Thompson-Holtou
b mid book is that, in
the election of 1896 the "opposition to
the Democrats" made heavy gains in
such counties as Mecklenburg, Union,
Richmond, Robeson, New Hanover
counties bordering on the South Carolina
line. It is charged and earnestly believed
that thousands of illegal votes were cast
and counted in that election, and the
"heavy increase" boasted of occurring in
border counties sustains this belief. That
the same method, under the protection
ot the present infamous election - law -are
relied upon now r overcome the honest
white men of the Stare is evidenced by
this objection of the combination to hon
est Republican registrars in Mecklenburg
county men, who though Republicans,
are still honorable citizens who will not
connive at such frauds as were perpe
trated by illegal negro registration and
voting in 18'J6.
This in the whole situation as to the
con lent before Judge Furches. We do not
believe that he will sustain any such in
famous pche me.
But those white Republicans of the
State, who want good government of
state and local anairs and there are
thousands such can see from this the
desperate purposes of the combination
which now degrades the State.
This movement fully exposes the in
famous purposes of the Fusionists.
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Of the Philippine Republic Said To
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At Washington. Announcements Causing
Much Uneasiness. Nothing Can Be
Learned at the French Embassy.
London, Sept. 26. A Globe dispatch
from Hong Konsr nay that it is learned
from a trustworthy eouive that France
has promised to reconiz the Philippine
republic. It is repo-ted that negotiations
on this subject are now proceeding at
Manilla, where there are three French
warships.
Report Discredited at Washington.
Washington, Se;t. 26. The story of
the coming Fremh recognition of the,
Philippine repulilie is not believed here.
The London announcements arn cuusing
much uneasiness, however, but. nothing
can be learned .it the French embassy.
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