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THE LEADING ADVEETISKO MEDIUM OP THE, PEE DEE COUNTRY. : ESTABLISHED IN 1883.
VOL XV.
ROCKINGHAMi'RICHMOND COUNTY, N. 0., APRIL 22, 1897.
NO. 17.
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W-th 9mt-toek ot goodVhe bag bodglit for bis fall trade.
i well-known that I have been (jelling, on a tiredK. thrpugh, the
summer and now that monej i getting into circulation, I pro
pose to cater tC; the Cash Trade, and to thU end have marked
py goods down low that it will be folly in anyone to pass me
DX n search of a better place to trade. In the first place. I have
the goods that. i
faTlV'tTietxi lower than other ninnl
This is a record-breaking year and I am breaking the record In
prices and sales, I can't ondertakelo tell all I keep in stock in I ,
a newspaper ad; but if you want anything, ho matter wbat,. I
come ahead I have it or will get it for you. I have everything ;
in the line of ' '
Hats, Shoes, Clothing, . - f V
Hardware, Dry, Goods, ; ;
, Nptions,; Grroceries,
Farming Implementr& Household Supplies.
' Furniture of everr grade, from a plain bedstead to a fitst class "
bed-room set. Would like to quote prices generally, but can't ,
do it here, bargains are too numerous to . mention, but I will
. mention a few, as follows; t - . x ,
1 good Undershirt, 8c, 1 JJoye Suit, 50o. 1 nice Hat, 20o,
1 Bedstead to lie on, SI, 00. 1 good Axe to cut with, 50c, 1
. Cradle to rock the baby, 81.00. Gnbd'Calico, 5c, Ladias Shoes
nice, 75c. 1 ood Mattress, $1.30. Huadteds of other bargains
jusiasgooa. . : -
UNDERTAKING DEPARTMENT.
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This department is complete in every respect a.nd at a moment's call
day or night, week-day or Sunday, I can suit you. in anything from a
plain Pine CofBn to n handsome Metallic Casket.
-My fine hearse is always at your command and. we are always ready
and willing to serve you on the shortest call. '" - " '
CB-TMfle
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form. No-to-bao u (be mtst Brr-food lnlM
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hved. W expect yo tobeller what w aar. for
r. Send lor oar bol
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let "Don t Tooaeoo epit ana
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SEttYICE
iTo Atlanta, Charlotte, Athens, Wilmington,
Kew Orleans, (.'hnttanooga aat Now Yotk,
aiiiliKlelphla, Washington, Norfolk and
luenoiona.
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Ar. Abbeville.. .......... ll 05 am
Ar. Athens, .v. 1 15 pm
Ar. Atlanta (Ten. time) i 50 pm
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.Daily i Daily, except Sunday. . , :
. tfiotli drains make immediate con nectlos
a Atla. ta for Montromerr. Mobile, New Or
eao!, Texas. Califoruia, Mexioo, Chattanoo
ga, Nashville. Memphis, Macon and Florida.
v JFor Tickets, Sleepers, etc., apply to W: JL
lUmseur. City Ticket Agent 23 Tryon street,
Charlotte, N. C. .
B. A. Newland. Gen. Agt. P. Dept., 6 Kim
lall House, Atlanta, : Ga. Oeorjre Mo. P.
Baite, '-a. Tass. Agt., CUriotte, N. C.
E. Br. JOHN, H. W. B. QLOTEB,
,T. P. A Mg'r. i Traflle Manager,
V;E. Mcl:EK, T. J. ANDERSON,
.- Ger . H:ij,t. ; Gen'l. Pass. Agt.
t. ...4 rai Offlctti: Portsmouth. -Va,
Butter ls highly recommended se a
food for r.ul:uoi5ary.and other Invalids.
Therefonv if butter Is agreeable to the
Indl vidua', nnd occasion no gastric or In
testlnal d'j'orders, it would eeem'an Im
portant adjunct to the present dietetic
treatment Then, too, If It is an ad
vantage in this condition, why not In
"other were facts are Indicated?
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and ihia hrin m ihW Trade
TO OCSTTOT qOWir tor lObftCCO IB Mff
world. Many Rata 10 pounds in 10 dari and It neret
euro la absolutely guaranteed by drnKRists erery "
nuq MiBKpeiio. daBbtrya WK I uu will Do QO
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DAPE i FEAR & liDKIS TALLEI R'l.
, ' : " .Johk Gnx, Beeeiver.
- condensedschedule.
In EfTect April 4th, 1897.
v;o . -li V-! V!'.: . .. No. 2, Dally.
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Arrive FayettevlHe. . ,;. ..II iu
Leave Fayettoville .... .1 ........ .H 21
Leave Fayetteville JcTnctioh ....,11 27
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Leave Walaut Cove.... ...... ....10 32
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Leave Groonsboro. .12 15 p. m.
Lave Climax. .... . ............ 12 43 M
fLave Bauford:..., .... ...... 2 40
Arrive FayetteviUe Junction .... 8 5
Arrive FayetteviUe . J. 3 SS
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Leave Fayeitevitie 4 22
Arrive Wilmington 7 SO
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Lejive Ma-tton . .. .... .. 9 33 - "
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Leave Greensboro.
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Leave Stokesdale.. .. . . ..
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Leave Climax
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fMeala. . . " . . ,
I KORTH '0VJDC0KKCTI05S
at Fayetteville with AtlanUc Coast Line for
all points North and East, at Sanford with
the Seaboard Air Line, at Greensboro with
the Southern Railway Company, at Walnut
Cove with the Norfolk Western Railroad
for Winston-Salem. " :
SOITTHBOCSD C025ECTiC3S
at Walnut Cove with the Norfolk A West
era Rnilroad for Roanoke und pomts North
and West, at Greensboro with the Southern
Railway Company for Raleigh, Richmond
and all points north and east; at Fayetteville
with tho Atlantic Coast Line for all points
South; at Jiaiton with the Seaboard Air Lin
for Charlotte, Atlanta and all points south
and southwest, W. E. KYLE,
J. W. FRY, ! Gen'l Paaa. Agwi.
Oeu'l Manager.
There Is being tested at the navy
department an inexpensive and simple
device, the success of which is of great
value to shipping. The jnechantsm
kefeps the : submerged poHtlon of a
shlp .coyejed with a film ol oil. reduc
ing friction and overcoming to a great
degree the resistance of the water ,; It
Is said' the speed. df a vessel. may be
Increased 25 per cent by this. The
growth of barnacles is also prevented
and the hulls will not corrode when
covered wi.n the oil, which Is crude
petroleum. .
MI
News Items Gathered and Con-
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densed for Our Readers.
PAINTING FOR STATE UBRARY.
Young: Lady Arrested for; Robbing
'the JIaUs A Valuable Find Dri
librig Returns.
, .The State Library at Raleigh is soon
to have quite a desirable addilioa to.
the already, large and choice collection
of oil-paintings of prominent North
CarolinuinaTliis tikefit :U to be a
handsome group,' half-sized . oil-painting
of Zebnlon K Yance Col. ttsK.
Burgwyn and CoL John R. ! Laneall
three of whom .served in r the latear
as colonels in tjie famous Twenty-sizth
North Carolina regiment. The con
tract for painting this picture was
awarded to Raleigh's well known artist,
W. O. Randall, and the work is to
be done just as soon aa possible. The
work is done by order of ; Mrs. Yance,'
Col.-Lane arid Mr. H. W. Burgwyn, a
brother of the late Col. ! H. K- t Bur
gwyn, who is to be one of the group to
bef painted. The painting is to cost
about $300. 'Each of the three famous
colonels is to be painted in the uniform
of : that rank and from photographs
taken during "their Rerrice as such
officers. - r i -
Miss Viola Brown was arrested the
first of this week for robbing the mails.
' A trial was had before .1 . W. Kan.
United States Commissioner, and she
was bound to Federal Court, at Greens
boro, in the sum of $200. Jra S. E.
Brown is postmaster of Brown, a little
country office In Randolph county. His
daughter, Miss Viola, has been his as
sistant, and for a year "or more small
?Bumsof money have been missed -from
the mails. A postoffice, inspector be
gan his work and finally located where
the robbing was being done on the
star route. A deadly decoy letter waa
put - in tne mails, ana did its work.
When Miss Brown was - confronted by
the postoffice inspector she acknowl
edged her guilt, so it is said. And it
is further said that before the commis
sioner she aknowlodged previous
thieving. It is thought by; many that
Miss Brown is a kleptomaniac. She
is only about 19 years old and quite
pretty. Much sympathy is expressed
for her and the family. , -, r j :
The Richmond Dispatch of I the ! 14th
mst has the following:-"jDr. J.r W.
Long, one of the. most Donulftr liiiT-si-
tJians in theejty, nd-ija-, several years
a member of the faculty oi the Medical
College of Virginia, having determined
to return to his former home in North
Carolina, delivered, by invitation, in
the amphitheatre of the college last
night, a farewell address. ,A large as
semblage, consisting of members of
, the faculty of the Medical, College of
Virginia, and of the University "Col
lege of Medicine of Surgery, ; and the
students of the former institution, was
present to do honor to the physician,
who, during his brief residence in this
city, has won a place in their hearts
not easily to be filled." . . ;
'
The following comPS from Randolph
conn y: Mr. A, B. Fuller, of Tabernacle
townonip, found $1,000 . in gold ! last
Sunday morning.-- Saturday night Mr.
Fuller dreamed of findiner monev at a
certain spot on his plantation, and Sun
day morning, he" was so impressed with
tne aream, he took a mattock and vent
to the place he dreamed-of and com
menced to dig, and ; at once found
$1,000 in gold, consisting of $10, ?20,
and $30 coins. ; The money is supposed
to have been buried away more than
a hundred years ago by some old
miser. . .
Messrs. Hector and Hugh McLean,
the two celebrated Harnett county
tvina, drove into Fayetteville a few
days ago. The Observer says it has
t ot been but a few years since they
would walk the distance, nearly thirty
miles, and with ease, . . They will be
eighty-seven lyears ' old , next month.
Each has his coffin already ; procured
and are negotiating for a monument to
be erected over their graves, i v j -
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A deed of assignment : has been filed
with the register of deeds of Kandolph
county by Ckpeiand & - Marsh. The
firm has been doing business! at Bam
seur and Cedar Falls. They "were gen
eral merchants. There -were some pre
ferred creditors. The amount of t the
indebtedness is not given; assets, about
$3,sua -John js. Wilson, of ureens
boro, ia made assignee. -
The Bai'way Commission has granted
the request of citizens of Purvis to have
a railroad station erected. y. Citizens of
W interville'8 petition for a railroad iwill
De cauea on tne z.th. No application
was made to the commission to lower
passenger rates. Commissioner Otho
Wilson favors a reduction of freight
rates. ; , , - . j - i i
. mt. td.. Is ivers, constable of Meck
lenburg county, who was. so severely
wouuueu uy a pisioi snot through the
lungs, ou tne tth inst. : by Eli Mar
shall. & TlfffTn that Vl nra (rrinirtn ..
rest, is resting more comfortably and
his physician is more hopeful of his re
covery. -.J..-.., ;.J '- ".. . . ,....
.." iiiii' ill m i p .. V"'." . .i
1. 1. Hunter, a policeman of Char
lotte, died at his home, corner of l'ina
and Ninth etreets, Wednesday morning.
He had been sick only a few days. He
was affiicted .with erysipelas, ; the dis
ease being complicated with heart trou
ble, i
Several cities in the State having pe
titioned for s reduction of telephone
rates, the various telephone companies
have been summoned to appear before
the Commissioner on the 27th and show
cause who . a reduction should not i be
made.
-J. ....
F. E. Hege, director of the poultry
division at the Fperiment Station,
Kaleigh, narrowly escavd death Thurs
day morning by the burning of his
house. He was almost suffocated when
taken from the burning house. '
CUKIOUS PAW 1 ,
Tn 'Kansas whole sectiona of land
have suddenly disappeared, Jeaving j
only lataomiees iaiceits. to mark their
location. "-
There are 360 mountains iiL the
United States which have a height ex
cceding : 10,000 feet. The greatest
number 'is in Colorado and Utah.
The -bullet which killed General
"Stonewall' Jackson at Chancellors
ville, is aaid to be in the possession of
Mr. Iaaao B. Wheeler, of Highland
Falls, N. Y. ' " j
The Forth bridge, iu Scotland, is
on8tantly ' being repainted. So Task
is the structure that it. takes fifty- tons
of paint to give it one criat, .' and 4he
area dealt with 'is something like-120
.aeres.vi--'
Food is served in oe of 4he London
restaurants ; -on electrieity .' heated
plates, so that' the guests canat leis
urely and still have the viands, eon
tinue warm until the -'close " of the
meat - '
The frog -barometer,' used in Ger
many and Switzerland,, consists of a
jar of water, - a rog, and a little
wooden etepladderl If the frog comes
but and aits on the steps, rain: is ex
pected. . . .
A' mosaio map of Palestine, thirty
feet long by fifteen broad, has been
discovered at a viilagebetween Salt and
Kerak, east of the J ordan.' The pave
ment is believe n to' beloAg . to the fifth
century aftefe Christ, i i - '!
When lions and tigers are born in
captivity, the greatest ;care has to be
exercised to keen them for several-
days in the dark andnndisturbejl, ai
otherwise the. mothers will- almost in
variably destroy them.
' When a suspiciSus-looking person
approaches one -of 'the .tellers in the
Bank of France, a private signal is
given to a concealed photographer, and
in a few seconds the snspjected individ
ual is secretly photographed.
A French statistician has calculated
that the human eye travels over, two
thousand yards in reading an or di nary
sized novel. -The average human be
ing is supposed tV feet through 2500
milcs of reading in a lifetime.
The smallest" pifice ot-- real estatet
ever oflered for safe by auction in New
York xrd$ put up to-day in a partition
sale. It is, a triingutar lot with a
frontage of eight feet on St. Nicholas
avenue, a depth of three feet on one
side and a length of eight feet nsue
inches ou tho third lin.A y . -
The method -of tighting up the ii-
terior . of the hnriian body or some
"parts of it, was sholm recently at Bal-
tuaotecitI.a: uouege; of rnvsieians
und Surgeons. J Prtf. Friedenwald, by
means of a flexible abber ' tube,
passed a small eledtrio lamp into the
stomach: of a patient, and tne room
being darkened, ovetwp hundred per
sons were able to watch the working
of the patient's internal organs
through the "transparehoy" . created
by the light in the abdominal wall.
Did the Bird llansrllseif I
. -A strange. event happened at the Edi
son laboratory in Orange, N. . J., re
cently, which puzzled the great inven
tor and leit the question las much in
doubt as ever.. It is thought by some
Orahgeites that an English sparrow
committed suicide on the walls of tbe
laboratory; by others that, merely an
accident occurred. The Ifacts are &
follows: In the end of the loft in one
of the laboratory buildings is a dia
mond shaped arrangement of holes.
These holes weteieit there for ventihv-
!tion prirposes and were ; made by leav
ing out certain bricks in the end wall
of the honse. They! proved capital
nesting places for the sparrows, and
several of the birds were not slow to
make nse of them. One day the work
men around the building noticed a
sparrow which was making a great to
do over the reoairincr of a nest. The
little fellow flew in and but of the hole,
collecting all kinds of shreds and
patches and - interwekTinlr, them with
the old work of the' nest. Finally the
bird-secured a long piece of grocer s
cord, anoh as is used to tie np small
packages, and flow with it to the nest.
The workmen saw the bird enter ths
hole with the string trailing after it.
Then as the part of the cord still hang
ing out of the bole was submitted to
several continued jerks they concluded
thai the bird was interweaving the
cord with the fabrio of the nest. They
dismissed the matter for. the time be
ing andwent about their, work.
LAter in the day the bird was seen
to be hanging dead outside the hole.
A slipnoose on the end of the string
which it had been using to bnild the
nest was tightly drawn around its neck
and part of the wing. A photograpa
was taken on the soot and an examina
tion made. It was evident- that the
bird had drawn, the- string into the
hole until nothing but I the slipnoose
remained outside. Then for some pur
Dose had flown ouickly out ana in so
doing' had passed its head through
the noose. The force with which the
noose closed around its neck must
have strangled the bird ipstantly. , It
hune limo. the interweaving of the
other end of the string' in the nest
keeping it from falling to the ground.
- Serway Firrt Ironclai.
An ironclai for the Norwegian Gov
ernment was launched lately from the
shipbuilding yard ot Sit William Arm
strong k. Co,, England.-i This is the
first seagoing',, ironclad i owned - by the
Norsemen, who in the old days swept
the seas with their Viking ships. This
modern vessel was christened , the
"Harold Haarfager," after j the first
King ot Norway, by Mme. Stance, who
is herself a descendant in the thirty-
third generation from ! Kink: liar old.
The ironclad is heavily armed and has
a conning tower and t-o torpedo tubes,
and the armor belt is j from f cur to
seven inches thick; Tha bail ler hve
an order lor a second Louc'.al iut its
Norwegians.
WHAT CONGRESS IS DOING.
' Democrats tn the House eancul mi CH
best policy to pursue against the BspuhUosa
majority. . . -
In the HtHise Mr. Simpson (Top., Kin.)
erltleised the policy of Speaker HeedbLAOt
aprjointlng committees.
A late canvass of the Senate 'showed that
the paaee treaty lacked one vote of the two
thirds necessary for fatlfleatlon.
- Certain Democrats, Silver Republicans
and Popultaa in the Senate formed a eombl .
nation to dictate, committee assignments.
. Mr. McMillan presented In the Senate th
petition of the Washincton Board of Trade
praying for the Immediate completion of the
Washington aqueduct tunnel. -
The Senate adjourned for.a dayowia? to
tli death of ex-Senator Toorhees. of Ind
iana, who, until a. recent day, was a con
spicuous member ot that body. . .
Th Senate suH-commlltee encaged on the
Tariff Bill hav found It neessiry to pre
pare praetlonlly . a ; new WH. It Is not be
lieved that they can finish their work before
May 15. i '.
. Representative SaK. of Texas. Introduced
a bill appropriattr.g 9125,009. to aid and en
couraeethe holding of the Afro-American
and Interstate Exposition In Houston,
Texas, next year. . ;
llie paoer on Hawaii which was ' recently
read by Mr. John W. Foster before the Na
tional Geosrraphio Society was presented to
the Senate bv Senator Morgan and will be
printed as a doeument.
Senator McMillan introduced a Joint reso
lution directing . jthe , Secretary of War to
prepare and snbmtt to Coaxress by the 1st
of next December a project for the reclama
tion of the Anacoaiia flats. '
Mr. Bailey met with opposition la his
policy of givinir the Republicans a free
hand, and the Democrats held a caucus to
nsrree on a policy at the close of the session.
Financial legislation Is demanded.-
Mr. Simpson, ot Kansas, leader ot 'the
Popnltsti, declares that he will carry Into
effdet his threat to block any business which
the. House may attempt to do by unanimous
consent before the Speaker has appointed
committees. j -
. A number of Western republican Sena
tors, more particularly those from the
itocfcy Siouuatalns, have united in a move
ment to make ur of Hecurinjr certain on-
eessions in the tariff bill. The articles which
the Senators have especially in view are
wool, hides, coal and lead ore. The ten
dency is to ask a chmge.
Mr. Hoar introduced in the Senate a reso
lution directing the Secretary of State to
ascertain and report to the Senate from time
to tim the following particulars in regard
to each of the nations with ; which the
United States has diplomatic relations: The
amount of taxes or excises and the mode of
collecting' the same. Statistics of exports
nni imports and methods orxsotiectlng do-'
.ties. Tariff law. Several objects of publie
expenditure, r Judicial - system. List of
crimes,' offenses and punishments. . Mem
bers of the army and navy.-. Police or other
arrangements for preserving the peace and
ftnfo-cing the l law. Th8, administrative
. r 'afllsm. Public Indebtedness.-. Bletbod
" . 'lacting laws. The character of leiala
v uhambers; the publio ofBcprs who have
' (-Kstically the determination of -what laws
H 1 be put upon their passage. -MRS.
E. I R. TILTON DEAD.
Pacalne Away Of the Woman Whole Haa-
bnnd Frocec at el Henry Ward Beecher,
Mr?. Elizabeth B. Tllton wife of Theodore
Tilton, who prosecuted the great preacher,
Henry Ward Beecher, on the charge of hav
ing alienated her affections, died la her
home, No, 1403 Pacific street, Brooklyn, N.
. a lewdays oco.
Mrs. Tilton bad been very ill for the last
II VJ weets. She had been stricken with
iar:ilyis. Her daughter and a few. friends
were with her at tbe last. Theolore Tilton,
her busliand, went to France after the cele
brated trial. Ha took up residence in Paris.
U still lives there. - .-.
The Beecher-Tilton trial, which wasbeeun
in January, 1875, was one of the most
sensational in the history of this country.
fbe reputation and character of the foremost
preacher of the land were placed in the bal
ance, and while the proceeding lasted tbe
letails aroused the interest of the Christian
world, for Mrj Beecher was well known in
Karope at the time of tp scandal. I .
Theodore Tilton, t: is plaintiff, had been
friend ot Henry ward Beecher Tor years.
Tho crent clergyman 'had united him and
his wife in marriaee. They were worshippers
in his church. Later M. Tilton became
associated with Mr. Baecher in theedlting of
a rolicious iournai.
In his bill ot particulars Mr. Tilton de
clared that bis wife and Mr. Belcher had
made u confession of guilt to him. To all
the accusations of the plaintiff Mr. Beecher
nnswere 1 with a sharp denial. Mr. Tlltdh
sued to recover $100,000. The iury was na-
ab'.o to agree upon a verdict, and was dis
charged, in 1873 Mrs. Tilton was excom
municated from Plymouth Church. Her
husband wa forced out of the church fit the
time ot tno triat. - ine ooniession wnicn airs.
'Hiton was alleged to have made to her hus
band was denied by her.
Alter tbe trial Mrs. Tilton endeavored to
seolude herself from the public as much as
possible. About five years ago her eyesight
failed, and she was nearly blind, until a year
bkc. when an operation was performed. She
was overjoyed when she regained her sight.
Mrs. Tilton. subsequent to her expuUion
from Plymuuih Oburob. became amemoerof
a religious sect known as the Plymouth
Brethren . . Tbe sect held most of tbe meet
lass in Mrs. Til ton's home. Mrs. Tilton was
sixty-two years old. She bad seven chil
dren, of whom several are living. ;
v TWO BOYS KILLED THEMSELVES.
Tliey Were Brothers, sad Astgrj Bccsdm
Left at Home.
Two young sons of a Mr. Herson, living
near Fayetteville, Ark.,aged nine and fifteen
years ' respectively, committed . suicide by
poison. ''
The boys were angry because their par
enls. eomingto town, leit them at home.
Both youngsters bathed themselves, put on
their best clothes, wrote notes to their par
ents, swallowed strychnine and went to bed.
Both boys alea Deiore tnetr parents returned
home. ' i ! ' -XCeeeiTere
ferjllc BfUlle. ;
Keceivers were named for the Bennett and
Columbia mills In New Bedford, Maes., when
tt was discovered that 92,400,003 In notes
bad been Issued, of which no account has
appeared, and that more than tlOO.OOO had
been charged to 4 he account of the plant,
when It should bave appeared as profit and
lOSS. . : ' - r ; : ' "
Frmaeeewd Brazil to Arbitrate. .
IL Hanotaux, the French Minister for For
eign Affairs, Informed, the Cabinet that a
convention had been stzaed between France
and Brazil for the purpose ot arbitrating the
Guiana territory which ts la dispute between
tne two countries..
Tbe leading oBolof 1
An expedition from ths United States,
commanded by General BotcfCthe Cuban
Minister of War. has safely landed at Males
Point. Cube. A force ot three thousand In
surgents under General Calixso Garcia re-
eel red tb expedltlos and earrled the arms
into the Interior. Seven wasone and a num-
her of horses and mules were employed to
transport the large quantity of arms and
ammunition. three cannon and a consider
able quantity of dynamite.
Oar Genua 8 agar Import.
America Imported 450,000,000 pounds
sugar from Germany last yea.,
of
BA1IK LIOBDER AT HOOH.
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Cashier J. A,. Stickney, ofSomers-
worth, N. H.f Killed by a Robber.
THE CRIME CAREFU LLY PLAN N ED.
The Victim Was Alone la the Great Falls I
National Bank at the- Kooa Ilonr-
Whi Fonad He Was Dead, WlUi Ilia
Throit Cat Tia nd Been Beatom Wr
ni AMallant Kebbers Seeared 4500.
SovcBswoBTS. iT. H. (8pecIalV-While re
sisting the entry of two determined robbers,
and infing a heroio .si merle to protect
1 150.000 In money and. securities .which
were in the compartments ot the open vaalt
of the Great Falls KaUonal Bank, of Somers-
wortn, Friday atternoon, Joseph A. Stick"
ney, the cashier, was brutally- murdered beside-the
desk which he had occuoled for
many years, v After murdering Mr. Stickney
the robbers ransacked thevault 'at will, no
one being near, and fiei with all the cash It
contained, about $4500.
The murderers . earned off their booty In
plain vHw'of several; well-known residents
ot the place. . They left the bag containing
the money, the greater part of which was la
sold. In tbe orchard of Dr. John Hayes, cov
ered with a coat. Several personsMOoked
over t he-fence and saw. tbe coat which had
the wealth under it. but were afraid to touch
it. They suspected robbery, but sot mur
der. .. ' . ' .
The murderers returned to the orchard
fence one hoar afterward with a team and
took the money away unmolested. . Thev
carried it several hundred yards to tbe place
wnere a norse was nttcned m plain view of
Art hur Stackpo!e, a teamster, who was stand
ing tn his barn door only a few rods away.
It Is generally belived. here that whoever
committed the murder knew ths eashler, and
tnat tney Killed mm lor rear ot being identi
fied. Several persons who saw the men with
the bag say they were strangers, and one of
them looked like an Italian.
One of the mostr remarkable features of
the robbery is the fact, that tlOOjOOO in
United 8tates bonds which were kept ' In one
of tbe drawers of the big vault, and which
the robbers evidently examined hastily, were
nor raaen. rieirner wore any or tne nego
tiable paper and securities of tbe bank. No
one was aware of the crime until about 3
o clock p. im., nearly an hoar after the mur
derous work was done.
The bank was besiezed by hundreds when
the fact became generally known, and great
numbers rf persons came into the city from
iSerwick, Dover, Salmon . Falls, uoillnsrorJ,
itocnester and other towns in tuts section.
For the first few hours lnalgnation was In
tense, but public leellnir bus in a mea.au ro
subsided. In addition to being cashier and
a director of the Great Falls Bank Mr. Stick
ney was City Treasurer. :
It has been the custom for Mr. Stieknev
and the bank clerk, Mrs. Parker Bwazey. to
close the bank at twelve o'clock every day
ana go to i one neon, re-opemng again at two
o'eloek; On the day of ths robbery when
Mrs. Swazey left her desk the cashier was
looking over the bank's accounts. He usually
remained in the bank until the clerk re
turned, but It ts thought he was preoariag to
j?o out wnen tne ropoers entered, ine bank
is situated in the business portion ot tbe
citv, and dozens of persons pass at that time
oi nay. . . ..--" - -
Tbe first su ipiclon that the bank had been
roDDea was aroused at two o oiocit, wuon
Frank P. Beed, a merchant; started into the
bank and found that the thick plate glass in
the front outs We bad been shuttered. With
out waiting to investigate he notified City
Marshal Eaton, and together they broke in
the door. They found evidences ot a desper
ate straggle. On the floor was the body of
Stickney. His head had been nearly severed
from bis body and was marked wnn several
deep gashes made with a blackjack, and the
skull was fractured. 1,
Tbe first elew that the police found was ob
tained from persons who saw the two men
mve away wnn tne stolen money, and irom
West liocbester n report comes that a dark
sorrel horse, attached to a buggy, passed
there, beaded for Salmon Falls lliver, which
forms the Maine 8tate boundary. This out
fit has mysteriously disappeared.
p.iyslcians who nave examined Mr. Stick
ney's body say that it is apparent the victim
was pounded to death. Another fact
brought out, too, is that the weapon used to
cut his throat was a 'medium-size knife, the
blade of which was very dull and left a deep.
irregular wound.
. Mr. Stickney was wealthy, and was well
known in New England baakJnfr circles. He
had been cashier of the Great Falls Na! lonal
Bank 'or a long term of years, and had been
with the bank a much longer, period.
The affair recalls an attempt to rob tbe
same bank five years ago. Mr. Stickney was
then gagged an 1 bound. The vault was
locked, however, and the men got nothing
for their pains.
DUAL MURDER IN A CARRIAGE.
A Bfralerloa Crime Perpetrated at Sack-
-. U'i. Harbor, W. T. ;
The village of Sackett's Harbor. X. T., was
the scene early Friday morning of one of the
bloodiest tragedies known in the history of
northern New York. . :
Mrs. Wilbur Croacb. a woman who had
separated Xrom her husband, and Miss Mary
u.iuey were snot and almost instantly killed
while riding in a carriage with fames Allen.
a soldier of the Ninth United States Infantry.
Alien recelYed five ballets in bU body.
Wilbur, Crouch, divorced husband of Mrs.
Crouch, Is under arrest for the murder.
Mrs. Crouea and Alary Uauey were em
ployed as servants In the officers quarters
at Madison Barracks, where tbe Ninth In
fantry Is stationed. -
SPANISH TO LEAVE CUBA
XOJOOO Troop to bo Seat Home
' i 30,000 More Later.
Spain will begin to withdraw from Cuba
at least a 'part of ths great amy she has
maintained there, according to treat worth v
Information, when the rainy season sets In a
few davs from now.
Tbe tnuiai movement wui netne aepsmr
ot 10,004 8panlsh troops from Havana for
Spain, ana a snort nme aner max wm
troops, tt is uaaerstooa. win iouow.
Whether this movement ts to be construed
In favor of or against the Insurgents L in
dispute. .
: CriUa is Tranrraal Affair. '
A erists has been 'reached In Transvaal af-
! fairs. An American representative of the
RothacMldi. who claims to be In a position
to know, si js that war has been decided on
by England, seven srutsn warstups nays
arrived at uarzen, xaiai. - -
A Tarlflr Tate la the fteeate.
A tariff vote In the Senate at Washington
! ihowed the BepubUeaa strength to be 24
against 33 on a motion to refer Mr. Vert's
i resolution declaring illegal secretary Gage s
recent order to customs officers- ta accord
ance with the retroactive elanee ot the Ding-
ley biU. - Mr. Mantle votel wtta tbe Bepnbli-
cans, and Mr. Chandler with the Dcmocra'i.
; Tbe Part faaoattleav.
President MeTJnley sent a message tc
Congress urging It to take speedy action to
Erovide for adequate representation of the
ailed States at the Paris International Ex
position of 1900.
THE KCWS EPfTOMZDl
Western 8enatora reached an airreemenf
to demand Important ebanr ta the wool
schedule of the Dlngley Tariff but. . f
v la the Senate Mr. Davis made another In
effectual attempt to have a time for taking .
the final vote on ths Arbitration Treaty
i
fixed. i
Special advices received in TTa.htntoo
state that Bpala hopes to end the rebellion
fa Cuba bv m swneral aaovsty decras rimtlar
to one which has been stgnlly effective tn
ths Philippine Islands. . Notice dm been
riven' to 8pa'n ot the Cuban policy which the
Admlnlstrattoa will pursue.- j
Kenreaentattve Shannon, of New fork. In-
trodneed tn the Hons a bill to amend the
Aatt-Trust law so that tt will r prevent
railroad trams agreements. Mr. Shannon a
bill ta much less complex than Senator For
akerS. . ; V:V
In the Honse. Mr. Arroosd. f MtMourf,
appeared as leader ot ths Dereoerars and
Populixt who are opposed to the policy ot
Mr. Bailer.
The Spaniah Minister bareeeived a tele
gram from the commander of the Spanh
foreee at Manila aanoandng tbe end of the
rebellion- tn the Philippines. Under a
promise of amnesty 13,000 mea have laid
down thstr arms and have been pardoned.
fee
Judge W. XL Hart, of Chelsea: Mass.. shot
himself . In ths Lynn woods, and his bo ty
was found by 'some bicyclers two hoars
later. He committed the deed with delibera
tion, for he left letters of farewell In hi
borne In Chelsea. The cause was financial
trouble.. - . . - .
Dr. Charles M.' Shields died In Richmond '
Ta., of consumption,, contracted from a pa-
The 'Equitable Aid Union.- a fraternal
benefit organisation of Pennsylvania, has
tailed. : ,- - . .:- .
Two deputy marshals were killed 1b a
fight Bear Pawnee, Indian Territory, with
a gang ot outlaws. The marshals are sai l
to have bad the outlaw, Ed Neweomb, under
arrest when they were attacked by four
members ot his gang, who attempted to
liberate hlm.v ,
At Calhoun's tnroentln eamb. Geneva
County, Alabanta, John. Williams, accom-
an apology from W. Wll kins for an alleged In
sult to Williams sister. Wllkina reinsed,
and both fired, Williams was killed out
right. .Wllkins was. fatally shot tn lbs
abdomen. Tom Weaver, fifty feet awsyj
was struck by a bullet and died an boar
later. Albert Allen, standing near Williams.
received a bullet In the shoulder. ' i
A loaded revolver which Wells Finch, slx-i
S-two years old, was cleaning in his office in
e Produce Exchange, New York City, was
discharged, killing him Instantly. J
Carter Harrison took office as Mavor ot
rtllMMA ..if .MWll. mM.M. n.lM A J
eratstothe two most responsible places-in
tit'
4
nu cabinet. ,
At New Orleans. La., the Moresoue bloek
owned by oauob Sons, was destroyed b:
fire. The conflagration broke out shortly
after 1 o'clock r. m., and at 180 the build-t
ing naa eoiiapsed and upward oi ctuu.ww
had gone up In smoke. t i
Kansas City's recent fire. It has been 4!f
covered, waa the .work of lneendlaiieaJ
Gamblers . and hoodlums are suspected of
acting to revenge themselves upon the polleo
for recent prosecutions. Polloe Commissioner
Bcarrltt owned tbe burned building. 4
James U. Gofdy was eoavletp
town, DeU, of the murder of b
srly Mrs. Mary Estelle Lewis. orboflcrii
City. Her body was found In the Broad kill
after her marriage to Gordy. .' - j - j
An explosion of hot metal occurred In thai
Republican Iron Works. . South Bide. P.tta-i
burg, Penn., ktlllngfoar men and erioaaj -Injuring
another. The explosion waseanaedj
by tbe liquid metal running into a pool oi
water. - - . . ' j .
The United States 1 battleshf o ' Oregon
grounded In Puget Sound while trying to
enter her dock. It Is not believed that she is
ertously Injured. . ,
Joseph Adams, convicted of forgery sndv
sentenced to Sing Slag, N. X., eonfesam that1
be swindled the Columbia Bank, of New
lork City, of S580 by a wortbiesa check;
Alonso J. Whlteman was recently tried and
acquitted of this crime by proving aa allblf
James Even, of Brooklyn, sixteen years-
old, who was run over Monday by a blcyete
ridden by James Shoud, died Tuesday-1
Shoud Is under 18000 bail. - 1 1
On the morning of March 38 Portsmouth.!
Vs., was swept by four fires, destroying
1150,600 worth of property. inHadlng the
Catholic ehareh. On the trial of Frank Linn
and Edward Delman for burglary Linn's wife .
testified that It January Dolman, Lion and
Ellis Jobson met at her bouse, planned ev
sral robberies and eoncocted a eonaplracy to
turn a large part ot the city to cover their
deeds. - - ,
Deputy State Game Protector William, .
Harris was at Cavuga Lake. N. T.. engaged'
la taking a net outot tbe wster, when he
was shot at rrom the snore, seven shots la
all were fired at him by parties concealed in
the bushes near Pickerel Cove. Harris r
turned ths fire with his revolver and the
trade his escape without Injury. it .
The House of Befoge on Baadan'a Islands
New York City, has been condemned by the.
Board of Health as unfit for tbe reception or
Inmates. : .1, s i ,
Governor Bloxham Issued a call for a N-1
lonal Fisheries Cos great, to assemble la'
Famps, Fie., on January 19, 1898: The Na
tional Fishery Commission will take a prom
inent part In tne proceedings. The Govern
ors of the various States and the Fishery
Commissioners are requested to appoint dele-
rates..- ,.,---.. - J
C W. Spalding. President of tbe defunct
3 lobe Savings Dink la Chicago, confessed -
Illinois University. He was ruined bj his
?retty typewriter. . .. t ?
Health Board statistics submitted to-
Uayor Strong show that New York City is la
ta exeetiont oondUion, t be death rate being
wer than tt has been for years.
John 8teet and Jamas Charles, of Alle
rhaov City, Penn.. were asphyxiated In the
prfssure bouse of the AJIeghsay Heating
Sotnpauj. Zseapiaggas caused their death.',
ThavXong Mead Iron Company and the
Ckmshoboeken Tube Gompaay. of Conabo
fcoefcen, Penn., have rone into the hands of
receiver. The liabilities will amount to
ibout tXAflOQ. Ths assets will not be over
1150,000. ; v-v. ,
The somtaatkm by Bepresentatire Shat
:ue, of Ohio, of D. J. Eundy, eolorel toy
f Ctndansti, to a eadotthlp at Annapolu, -mas
aroused some proteats. Mr. Sbattue de
;ires be will stand by his nominee.
8eversl thousand razor-back hogs fm-'
xrted Into Iowa from Texas during the
mmc year, bave died from what was sup-1
xed to be hog cholera. A poet mortem ex-;
iminarion of some of them discloses that i
estead of cholera, a worm killed the hog. L
X is claimed that the dUease Is lnursbb ,
utlt Is not positively known that It Is eon-1
agious. - v - ; .
"The StateSenste at Albany, 82 to 10,
repassed the Great er New Tors charter over
Vayor Strong's veto.
Mr. Lalmbeers bill far establishing a re- 1
'ormatory or farm colony in New York for j
ragrants and dirmksrds was defeated In the !
assembly at Albany. ..y -j
' Five or atx weeks' agu a mad dog ran i
hroiurh tbe BIghborhood about Gordon.
3a. Tho -dog bit three children, and they
lava died vttbhr a few day of hydrophobia,
rhey are Joseph Btoodworth, the even-rear-old
son or a man who . lives at Iveyi a
tea-year-old boy named Jack Gooden, of
Stevens's Pottery, and a ten -rear-old daagb
er ot Widow Sarah Zvanson of the same
laee. All three were biuen on ths same
Uy. .. .
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