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CHINESE. READY. TO"'.
REBEL AGAINST THE
PRESENTDYNASTY
InSucntial Natives Predict an
Outbreak Within Next
Thirty Days.
FOREIGNERS IN DANGER
Fueling Against Thorn I Beyond th
Bounds of Ofllclal ControlReform
ers Appeal to (ireat llrit.dn For As-f-istaiioe
Organizations Formed to
Overt lirow the Government.
HiiNo-Knso, Sept. 5. Influential na
i tives state that the flame of rebellion has
rtf. ii fanned in the south provinces and
pp ilict a tremendous conflagration with
in a month. Placards and pamphlet!
i-.i Icing circulated in Canton and the
provinces intimating that the allies ar
tl wr .u-hly routed. Tho feeling agains!
f..r. igners is bursting he bounds "o:
ofli 'ial control.
"i 'lie majority of the mission stations
in Kw.wig Tung havo been either do
htruyrd or looted. Native Christians arc
terribly abused. Natives in foreign em
pl .y in Canton have been threatened
ami a systematic looting of houses' ol
bullish shaking Chinamen has taken
Jjlaec.
Several reform parties with their
headquarters in Hout-Kong, who have
b en supported by funds from rich Chi
ne in the center and in America,
ii;lieiro refrained from. ag?restive ac
tion, believing that th'a powers would
( ti- ;-c tlnv regeneration of the govern
ment. One power 'of the organization
is distributing thousand of copies of a
reform appeal in the British colonies.
Tiif memoraudam. has been signed by
',') ) names for presentation to the Brit
ish minister imploring the assistance ol
u reform government. It recommends
establishing Nanking as the capital aad
the selection of enlightened Chinese official-
to administer the government with
fui'.-.i'ii advisors. , f
Thsc people are disheartened' at tho
reported intention of the powt rfl to
withdraw from China. Different socie
ties are combining to raise the standard
of revolt and overthrow the corrupt gov
ernment. ,
The practical cessation of trade with
the north has thrown thousands of Chi
nese in each port Out of employment,
luri they are ready to join the rebels.
French aggression at Swntow and Jap
anese aggres.-un at Amoy intensify the
hatred of foreigners.
FiEE FROM COMPLICATIONS.
Concession to the Iiitcrocejuilc Canal
( Company Is Annulled.
Manao'.'a, Nicaragua, Sept. 5. El
Cinnicivio, a daily semi-official news
pai'er published here, m its issue of
An;'. 1:2 contained an editorial announce
in. nt that the government of Nicaragua
had informed the Interoceanic Canal
company that its concession had ;been
annnlled Aug. 11 of the present year,
he.-.itH - of the failure, of the company to
de;. siOO.OO'I) in American gold in the
tr, asnry of Nicaragua within four
months after the organization of ' the
company, as required by article 18of the
canal concession granted to Eyre &
( ra rm Oct, 30, 1803.
Tms apparently' leaves the Nicara
gua n canal route free from any compli
cations other "than the demand for the
Mini which the Caribbean and Pacific
Transit company may ask for its con
cession obtained "in 1807 or early in 1S98,
granting to it, the. compauy declares, (he
sole ri-'nt for :0 years of steam naviga
tion i n tiie llio Saii Juan river and Lake
Nicaragua the canal route qualified,
heveer, by the reserved right of Nica
ragua to, in the meanwhile, grant a ca
nal construction concession to any one
it saw tit to do so. It was agreed that
the receivers of such a concession pay to
t lie Caribbean .and Pacific Transit com
daiiy for the Inke Sileseia and San Juan
river railroad (a few miles in length)
for such improvements as it made in
deepening the San Juan river and for
tie n- steaniboets, lighters etc., referred
to in the concession they received.
TALK OF WAR IS GROUNDLESS
Colombia and Venezuela Have Settled
the Boundary Dispute.
Nkw York, Sept, 5. Francis Loornis,
United States Venezuelan minister, who
has just arrived here from Caracas, said,
yesterday in au interview:
".lust before I sailed for New York I
learned that the joint commission of
C olombians and Venezuelans, appointed
l y the queen of Spam to decide the
b nndary line, .between Colombia and
Venezuela, has,, completed its task and
b el advanced' the boundary line to the
N -:ro river. This gives to Colombia a
s ic -(,f Venezuela, which reduces the
li of the latter nearly one-eighth.' The
-ami in question is barren country. The
decision of the commission was received
ne ptably by the Venezuelans."
Mr. IxHimis said the talk of war be
rs cen Colombia and. Venezuela is ut
terly groundless.
Deaths In Cuba.
Washington, Sept. 5. The war de
lartment has received the following
casualty list from General Wood at Ha
vana: Death report. Aug 21 to 31. Pi
is -r del Rio. Aug. 21, Harry F. Frey,
, ' i vidian, employe quartermaster depart
' m nt, yellow fever; Aug. 25, Ellis Wil-l't-r,
civilian, employe quartermaster de
bartment, yellow fever; Aug. 30, ViggO
Tun;, civilian, yellow fever. Gnauajay,
Aug. 21, Charles H. Barns, Seventh cav
alry, gunshot wound.
Suit Will Not Be Filed.
Toi'F.KA, Sept. 5. The suit of Kansas
against the state of Colorado to enjoin
the latter from devesting the waters of
th .' Arkansas river, may not bo filed in
the United States supreme court thi3
fall by Attorney General Goddard. Rain
intervened just as he had prepared his
Y titian and has fallen with such regu
larity since Along the river in western
Kansas and eastern Colorado aa to males
y wwoa unnecessary
oid series, vol. xvir. No. 21.
rew Series, Vol II, No. 16.
WORRIED BY OFFCE8EEKERS
Are From Two to F ive Candidates For
Each Place.
Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 8. Alabama
is full of candidates. The offices they
are aft3r are known as "patronage at
the disposal of the newly elected gov
ernor of the state," and these men are
giving Governor-elect Samford no lit
tle worry. There are nearly two dozen
offices to bo filled wherein headquarters
must be established in the capital city,
while the governor will be called upon
to make many more appointments in
beats, counties, districts and even cities
and towus The largest position that
che governor will give out is that filled
by- Captain James Crook of Calhoun
county. This position pays something
like $300 per month, and it is a job not
to be laughed at. There are said to be
several applicants for the position, but
knowing ones believe that Captain John
V. Smith of Lee county, who so favora
bly conducted the campaign committee
of the Democratic party in this stte last
month, is slated for the job. That is, it
i3 believed Captain Smith can get the
position if he desires it.
There are something Hire two to five
candidates for each position. In addi
tion to the one just named the following
positions will be at the disposal of the
governor when he goes into office three
months hence: president of the convict
board, paying $2,500 per annum, and
two members of the board, paying nearly
12,400 each.
These positions are now being held by
Captain S. B. Trapp of Auniston, Cap
tain E. W. Booker of Uniontown and
Dr. W. H. Blake of Olay county.
MORGAN ON PHILIPPINES.
lie Kxpresses Ills Views on the Gov
ernment of the Islands.
Birmingham, Ala,, Aug. 33. Rev. S.
P. West of this city has received a letter
from Senator Morgan, who is at Warm
Springs, Va.f in which the senator gives
his views as to the proper form of gov
ernment for the Philippines. After re
ferring to a conversation which Senator
Morgan had with the late Oolonel John
P. West, father of the Rev. Mr. West,
the letter says:
"In closing our conversation, he (Col
onel West) asked me upon what princi
ple or precedent I thought the govern
ment of the Philippines could be safely
conducted. I cited him to section 4 of
article 4 of the constitution of the United
States and said that no man who re
spects his oath can ever give to any peo
ple under pur jurisdiction any other
than a republican form of government,
and that form of government is the best
that was ever devised by the wit of
man."
EVANS ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
Practical Joke Nearly Has a Fatal
Kiiding In Birmingham.
Birmingham, Ala,, Sept. 3. It has
come to light that J. L. Evans, a yard
foreman of the Louisville and Nashville
railroad in this city, attempted suicide
a few nights ago as the result of a prac
tical joke, and came very near losing his
life. Evans had been looking forward
for some time to marrying a popular
young lady at Pickensville, Ala., and
this fact was known to a number of his
acquaintances. One 'of Evans' friends
decided to play a joke on him, and meet
ing him on the street told him that the
young lady in question had married an
other man on the previous day.
Evans, in his disappointment and de
jection, walked into a drugstore and
purchased ten grains of morphine. Go
ing to a saloon, he dissolved the drug in
a glass of water and swallowed it. As
soon as his condition was discovered two
physicians were summoned, and by hard
work tho young man's life was saved.
IIeav3- Shipment of Pig Iron.
Birmingham, Ala,, Sept. 3. Three
thousand tons of pig iron have been sent
from the Birmingham district via tho
Southern railway bond for Bremen, Ger
many. Solid trains of pig iron were
sent out, more than 60 cars being nec
essary. The statement is made that
some heavy shipments of iron for ex
port purposes will be made from this
district shortly, waybills having been
deposited with railroad officials. The
shipment just made is one of the largest,
that has started in some time.
Stockholders' Meeting.
Montgomery, Ala,, Sept. 4. The
stockholders of the WTestern Railway of
Alabama met at the general offices of
the company here today. The report of
the president and directors was received,
of which the following is a summary:
Gross earnings, $699,745.54; operating
expenses, $477,319.38; taxes, $30,203.78;
total operating'expenses and taxes, 507,
522. 16; net earnings, $282,223.36. Other
income, $42,569.8$. Total income, $244,-
793.21.
Mangled by a Train.
Fi.omaton, Ala,, Sept. 3. When
Louisville and Nashville Foreman Hub
bard etarttd out to work ba foucd the
mangled remains of a negro section,
hand, Henry Till, on the track jast south
of the city. The negro had been drinking
heavily, "and it is supposed that he
started home and was strack by a north
bound freight. His head and loth leg
were entirely severed from the body.
Will Attend the Christening.
Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 4. Gov
ernor Johnston states that he has prac
tically completed arrangements for his
trip to Portsmouth, N. H., Sept. 15 to
be present at tbe christening of the bat
tleships Kearsarge and Alabama. The
state of New Hampshire has sent a
formal invitation to the state of Ala
abma, and the governor has accepted it.
Held His Cotton Back.
Opelika, Ala., Sept. 4. John G.
Tucker, a planter living near here,
brought in 125 bales of last year's cotton
which he had been holding. It was
bought by Well Bros, for 9 cents.
National Bank Organized,
Greenville, .Ala., Sept 1. A na
tional bank, with Richard Tillis of Mont
gomery as president, has been organized
in this city with a capital of 50.000.
ONLY REQUIRES APPROVAL,
Naval Board Is Said to Have Decided
For Charleston.
Charleston, Sept. 3. It has been
learned here that nothing official in the
matter of the removal of the dry dock
and naval station to Charleston from
Pert Royal will be known positively un
til congress convenes in its next regular
session. The entire matter, it is under
stood, has been cut and dried and tho
naval board has finished its work, al
. though its action will need approval.
This board has been at work for a num
ber of months and all the claims have
been considered. Members of the board
have spent much time in Charleston and
all the available ;sites were inspected
thoroughly before the board made up its
report. This report, it is said, i3 highly
favorable to Charleston, and just now it
does not appear that there is anything
in the way of Charleston capturing the
prize.
Port Royal has been making a tre
mendous Light to have the station kept
atthabplac, although the moving to
Charleston is understood all alpng to
have been the idea of the navy 'depart
nient. It is an open secret that the
navy is desirous of making the change,
and money has been appropriated to this
end. Nothing positive about tho mat
ter, however, will be' known for some
time yet.
RACE RIOT IN COLUMBIA.
Negro Soldiers and Citizens Clash.
G overnor Supp resses Dlst u rb a ri ee.
Columbia, S. C, Sept. 4. The Capi
tal City guards, a negro military organ
ization, got into serious trouble while
entertaining the Savannah Light infan
try Governor McSweeney came upon
the scene, ordered the company to its
armory and ordered that the offending
members bo brought before him.
The company paraded Main street to
the statehouse grounds, where a fancy
drill was executed.
Sons of Chief of Police Daly, driving
a wild horse, dashed through the crowd,
knocking down women and children. A
short time before some intoxicated white
men had driven through the negro com
pany, but were arrested.
On the second occurrence two men
dashed out of ranks, pursuing the reck
less drivers. They encountered . several
youug men returujaig from bat shooting,
with empty guns, and let into them.
Several whites and negroes were badly
beaten.
,lt was here the . governor, whose wife
was waiting for him in her carriage in
front of the statehouse, and almost in
the midst of the riot, ran out and hauled
up the company.
BEFORE SWEETHEART'S EYES
Taber Karle Murdered by the Brothers
of Ills Fiance.
Seneca, S. C, Sept. 4. The body of
II. Taber Earle was fished out of the
river, 3 miles from town, by the sheriff,
under the directions of his sweetheart,
Miss Mattie Gaines.
Earle and the girl were sweethearts
against the wishes of the young wo
man's family. They forbade Earle en
tering the house, so the young couple
met by the river. Earle went to these
meetings on his bicycle, his sweetheart
living 3 miles from town. Saturday
two brothers and a brother-in-law, who
suspected the meetings, followed the
young woman and surprised the pair to
gether. The girl and Earle plead for
his life, but the young men were relent
less and shot him to death. Then they
tied the body to his bicycle and threw
both into the river.
The young woman was arrested when
Earle could not be fonud, and some one
reported having seen them together.
After trying to shield her relations for
a time she told the whole story.
Will Build This Winter.
"Charleston, Aug. 30. Vice Presi
dent and General Manager James U.
Jackson of the Chattanooga, Augusta
and Charleston railroad is in the city.
He said that the line will be built this
winter. A new survey is now being
made between Augusta and Athens,
which will shorten the route. The route
between Charleston and Augusta will
be the shortest possible. The road will
run 73 miles in a straight line and thero
is not a grade exceeding I per cent or a
curve exceeding 3 degrees.
A Powder Mill Explosion
Removes evervlhthg in sight; so
do drastic mineral pill?, but both
are mighty dangt-rous. No nnd to
Dynamite your body whtn Dr.
King' New Life Pills do the woik
hi easily and pcriecliy. Cute.
Headache. I 'oust ipat ion. Ouly 2-3
cents all Drns: Stores
Baking Powder
Made from pure
cream of tartar.
Safeguards the food
against alum
Alum ba
are the creates
menacers to health of the present day.
hcvai bakim potxn co..
Have von a sense of fullises in the
region f your ttomtli after eat
ina? lfo you will bftiefi'ed bv
umi CmimberlajnV Stnni: oi nri
Liver TaU'lrU. They s!m core
Met. tag ami our -Umncb. Thfy
regulnit 'lie bo we a .. Price, 2-5
cent. Sold by S. Biggs. ;
ROCKINGHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBR 6 1900.
AMERICAN WOMEN
SUBJECTED TO MOST
HORRIBLE TORTURE
Led Through Country Naked
and Repeatedly Outraged
by the Chinese.
DIE IN 'fEABFUL AGONY
Terrible Punishment Sleted Out to
Missionaries The Dowager Empress
Made War on the Foreigners Against
the Emperor's Protest Europeans
Demand Destruction of Peking.
Shanghai, Sept. 4. Dispatches an
nouncing that the American govern
ernment refuses to agree to the with
drawal of the troops from Peking before
satisfaction for the outrages and the
losses of its subjects is given have been
received here and are applauded by the
entire foreign colony in Shanghai. Any
other policy, according to business men
and missionaries, will be a fatal blow to
the prestige of the foreigners, and would
weaken their status in China.
The local English papers fiercely de
nounce the proposals to evacuate Peking,
and say that the Chinese interpret evac
uation as defeat. The masses of China
men now believe that the Chinese arms
are victorious.
The Chinese papers printed in Shan
ghai contain long, circumstantial ac
counts of alleged Chinese victories at
Tien Tsiu and Lung Chao Si and the
shops and native quarter display for
sale lurid photographs of the celestial
army driving the European soldiers into
the tsea at Taku and tearing them to
pieces at Tien Tsiu. They also show
pictures of the foreign admirals being
tortured in tho presence of the viceroys.
Vice Admiral Seymour is represented
with his arms pinioned kneeling before
the throne. The people accept these re
ports and pictures as correctly repre
senting the facts and anything con
trary as merely foreign lies.
Demanjl Destruction of Pelting.
The European community continues
to demand the destruction of Peking
and the exemplary punishment Oj!
the ofiicials, deeming indemnity and
paper premises of rew treaties inade
quate. Undoubtedly the information of
the massacre of foreigners recently re
ceived inflames this sentiment.
The dowager empress is living in tho
yamen at Tai Yuan Fu, in Shan Si prov
ince. Fifty missionaries have been
slaughtered in that yamen under orders,
practically in the presence of the vice
roy. Three were beheaded in the inner
court and others were killed barbarously
in the yards. The bodies wera thrown
to the dogs.
It is learned from official sources that
several American women missionaries
have been killed.
At the request of the mission board
the details were withheld out of regard
for the feelings of the relatives of the
murdered women.
American Women Outraged.
Two of. these women were captured
while attempting to leave the stations
where thev were located, were led abour
the country naked, repeatedly outraged
and finally killed by a method too re
volting to be described.
Two other American women were
coming to the coast with a party which
a number of Chinamen followed and
stoned. The women fell exhausted and
were taken by the Chinamen into the
presence of the local officials. They
were prostrated upon the execution
block and a feint was mado of their be
ing beheaded. One of them became hys
terical and laughed, and, thinking her
insane, the Chinese escorted her to the
coast because of their superstition re
garding the insane. On the journey,
however, the woman was repeatedly
criminally assaulted by her escort, the
other woman being exhibited naked for
some days, suffering assault by several
men and tortured to death by the same
shameful methods as were practiced in
other cases
Swedish Women Also Tortured.
Two Swedish missionary women ar
rived at Shanghai after similar experi
ences, except that their lives were spared.
The 14 English missionaries, includ
ing six women and four children, who
were murdered at Chu-Chau, in the
province of Che Kiang, according to the
story of the Spanish priest who escaped,
were killed with hayforks and ancient
spears by the magistrate's bodyguard,
and their naked bodies were hanged
from trees.
These incidents make a lenient policy
unpopular in Shanghai, where all the
victims had friends.
Placards were posted today in public
places exhorting foreigners to oppose a
compromise with the government and
attacking Li Hang Chang, quoting the
remark to Consul Goodnow credited to
Earl Li that "the foreigners in Peking,
except the ministers, were of no ac
count."
Will Be Married Oct. 1.
Brussels, Sept. 5. According to the
official announcement just ended, the
marriage of Pnnce Albert and the Duch
ess Elizabeth of Bavaria will take place
here in the ancient church of St. Gua
dele on Oct l. Great preparations are
being made for the event for the prince,
who spent sjme time in the United
States, is the most popular member of
the royal family.
Treasure From the Klondike.
Sax Francisco, Sept. 5 -The steamer
Umatilla has arrived from the north,
bringing about f 1, 500000 in treasure
from the Klondike and Douglass island
and a few nuggeta from Nome. -The
passengers from Nome all tell stories- f
hard lock.
Negro Excursionist SI urdered.
Opeuka, Ala., Sept- 5. A negro ex
cursion passed through Opelika from
Columbus to Birmingham. Between
Opelika and Birmingham some of the
excursionists became involved in a diffl
calty and one waa killed and thrown oS
tho train.
M'SWEENEY MAKES APPEAL.
Urges Ills Friends to Rally to Ills Sup
port Hoyt Confident.
Columbia, S. C, Sept. 1. Governor
McSweeney has usuod an address ia
which, after calling attention to the
fact that he and Colonel Hoyt will rnn
over for governor on Jept. 11, he ap
peals to tho dispensary advocated to
rally to his support.
Among other things the governor
states that the vote last Tuesday was an
indorsement of the dispansary and tlrat
the charge that the law has not been
enforced has been met and refuted. Ho
warns his friends not to become over
confident", and says if they turn out and
vote his election is assured.
Colonel Hoyt's friends have already
begun an active campaign for the sec
ond primary and are confident of laud
ing their man. Headquarters have been
opened in Columbia, with C. C. Feather
stone in charge, and the principal work
will be doue at this place. Mr. Feather
stone said:
"To havo got such a vote with such
odds against him is a great victory for
Colonel Hoyt and the cause which
he has so ably advocated. It shows
that the people believe in the right and
they recognize the ability and purity of
Colonel Hoyt.
"I am . satisfied .that his chances are
good. Governor McSweeney 's lead of
a few thousand votes amounts to little.
If Colonel Hoyt's friends kuow his
strength and will go to work he will be
our next governor.
"Part of the Gary and Patterson vote
came from their personal friends, not
because they believed in the dispensary,
but because they recognized the honesty
and ability of Gary and Patterson. A
part of this vote, I know, will go to Col
onel Hoyt, and I believe that by far the
greater part of it will do so. A system
atic and organized effort will now be
made by Colonel Hoyt's friends from
this on and there is every reason to be
lieve that he will be our next governor.'.
M'SWEENEY LEADS THE RACE,
Senator Tillman Falls Behind the
Ticket Lieutenant Governorship.
Columbia, S. 0., Aug. 81. The pri
mary returns have about settled most of
tho contests for state offices. The sec
ond aspirant for lieutenant governor,
who will have to run with Colonel Till
man, is yet uncertain, as the figures
show. The total vote as tabulated, with
many complete and other incomplete
counties, make the following summa
ries: Governor: M. B. McSweenev, 30,377;
James A. Hovt, 28,201; F. B. Gary. 10,
357; A. H. Patterson, 4,466; G. Walt
Whitman, 405. Total, 73.SG6.
Lieutenant governor; John T. Sloan,
11.037; C. L. Blease, 6,004; C. L. Wink
ler, 9,690; Knox Livingston, 1Q.242; J.
H. Tillman, 21,036.
The total vote for Senator Tillman, so
far as heard from, is 24,572.
Survey Has Begun.
Wixnsboko, S. C, Sept. 1. Captain
C. S. Dwight, chief engineer of the
Winnsboro and Camden railroad, with
his assistants, has begun the prelimi
nary survey of this line. Several routes
will be surveyed for a selection of the
most practicable. It is said the required
amount of stock has been taken, and
that the road will be built through to
Camden, connecting there with the Sea
board Air Line.
To Succeed Butter.
Raleigii, Aug. 81. There are now
three candidates in the field for Senator
Butler's seat in the United States sen
ate. Hon. Julian S. Carr of Durham
was the first to announce his candidacy,
and now comes F. M. Simmons, chair
man of the state Democratic executive
committee, and Hon. A. M. Waddill of
Wilmington. All are strong men and
the race promises to be an interesting
one.
North Carolina's Cotton 31111s.
Raleigh, Aug. 31. The agricultural
department issues its annual industrial
bulletin. Its principal feature is a list
of tho cotton mills in operation. There
are 244 of these. Each mill is counted,
not each corporation. Thore are mills
in 17 of the 97 counties. Twenty mills
are in course of construction, and addi
tions are being made to twice that num
ber. One Killed; Severnl Wounded.
Columbia, S. O., Sept. 1. When the
smoke and dust cleared away from a
riot at a negro Odd Fellows' picnic
near Bel ton, George Baleman was found
dead, Lawrence Williams desperately
wounded from a pistol hot, Henry
Washington knocked out with a rock
and a half
juries.
dozen others with lesser in-
Eloped With tbe Hired Man.
Charlotte, N. C, Sept. 1. The 14-year-old
daughter of W. H. Johnston
has eloped with Tilden Harrington,
Johnston's hired man. The elopement
was a shock and a su prise to Johnston
and his family. Miss Johnston is de
scribed as being a very pretty girL
Two New Enterprises.
Columbia. S. C. Aug. 31. The secre
tary of state has israed a commission to
the Equitable Building and Loan asso
ciation of Sumter, capitalized at -iX),-000.
A commission was also issued to
the Charleston Ironworks, the capital
stock of which is to be fo.000.
Sea Wall For Fort Caswell.
Wclmixotos, N. C, Sept. 1. Con
tracts have been awardad by the war
department for furnishing and trans
porting stone to build a 148,000 sea wall
around Fort Caswell, to protect it
against encroachment by the ocean.
Xegroes to Sleet at Italelgh.
Raleigh, Aug. 30 Rev. C. IL King,
a well known preacher, has issued a call
for a negro conference at Raleigh, Sept.
26. It is for the purpose o considering
education, industrial and political mat
ters. '
Twenty-Seven Charters I tuned.
k Ralligii, Sept. 1. During the eight
monthi of this year 27 charters hare
been granted to ootfrm
-atata.
mills ia this
f ptDicurn
IN THE
FLAMES.
A. C. I!ar
Burned to Death
at Ala.
baina City.
Gadsden, Ala., Sept. 1. Dwight Inn,
the leading hotel of Alabama City, a
factory suburb of this place, was burned
shortly before daylight this morning,
causing a loss of 3,000, partially oov- J
tred by insurance.
One of the guests, A. C. Beer, a Ger
men ramsic teacher from Harmony
Grove, Ga. . lost his life. Baer had been
aroused and was endeavoring to get out,
but missed tho stairway, going Into an
other room, whero he was overcome by
smoke aud burned to death. Hischarred
remains were found in the ruins.
The entire building was ablaze when
the fire was discovered. The postoffice
building, near by, was damaged and the
record- scattered. A defective flue is
supposed to have caused the fire.
SIMPSON ANdTlOYD FIGHT.
Doctor Used Ills Buggy Whip on the
Professor.
Phenix City, Ala., Sept. 1. Profes
sor H. S. Simpson, principal of the pub
lic schools, was attacked by Dr. Ashby
Floyd in a store. Simpson was ar
raigned before the school board charged
with drunkenness, and when Dr. Floyd
testified that he had seen him intoxi
cated, Simpson gave him the lie.
Simpson was in a store when
Floyd walked in ami began hitting him
about the face with his buggy whip.
Simpson defended himself with his um
brella, and when both whip and um
brella were cast aside both men had a
lively fisticuff. It ended with Professor
Simpson picking up a cheese knife aud
Dr. Floyd drawing his pistol. At this
stage ex-Mayor Baker interceded.
DREW HIS KNiFeToN I WITNESS
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Sensational Developments at the Meet
lug of the School Board.
Phenix City, Ala. , Aug. 31. A sen
sation developed at the meeting of the
school board, called to investigate the
charge of drunkenness against Professor
H. S. Simpson, principal of the schools
here. Dr. Floyd testified that he had
seen Simpson drunk. Tbe professor
called him a liar and the two men
started toward each other, Simpson
drawing a knife. They were quickly
separated.
Other witnesses swore that they had
seen Simpson intoxicated. Simpson
made a statement to the board declaring
that ho was persecuted and resigned.
Tbe board did not accept his resigna
tion, but will give him an opportunity
of presenting his side of the case.
Strikers Are Arrested.
MoNitOEYiLLLE, Ala., Sept. 3. The
Knights of Labor are giving tbe Bear
Creek Mill company more trouble. It
appears that tho settlement of differ
ences effected some weeks ago, was only
temporary, and another strike has been
declared. Tho trouble now grows out
of the employment of non-union men to
take the place of the strikers and the at
tempt by the latter to prevent the
"scabs" from performing the work for
which they had been employed. About
60 arrests have been effected on affi
davits made by the mill company alleg
ing unlawful interference.
Uuconsciou In a Well. .
Russell ville, Ala., Sept. 3. -A ne
gro welldigger had a close call here in a
86-foot deep well which he u digging.
Persons at the top noticed he was acting
strangely and called to him. Soon he
was overcome by tho effects of the
deadly "dam p. " After half an hour a
negro descended, tied the apparently
dead man to the bucket and he was
drawn up. Physicians finally succeeded
in resuscitating him.
Jail Delivery Foiled.
Florence, Ala, Aug. 31. Marshall
Boyle and several city prisoner at
tempted to break their way out of the
city jail with a pick, but were discov
ered by an officer, The men had pried
off two layers of planks and would soon
have removed tbe iron liars and made
their escape. Boyle is under f6'X) bonds
charged with breaking into the Louis
ville and Nashville railroad cars in East
Florence.
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Bottl Free ta Sufferers.
Tin p von nuicnoiis nntchfcJ
it n 1 1 r m ill
Eitinsj Som? Bone Pain? Itch
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Joints? Copper Colored Spola?
Cancer? Ulceration on ihe Body?
Hnir and e)ebrowrs full cut? U
(he Skin a mass of boils, jitnpl
ard ulcere? Tben tbia wonderfu
Botanic Blood IJalm specific will
completely change the whole body
into a elestn, perfect condition,
tree from eruption, a nd skin smooth
wi'b i lie ulow fif perh-ct health,
drains ibe poison out of th
"isfem Jbe yyinploins can-nc
return. At tbe name lime U. B- B
f uihlsup the broken conMitutioi
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uU-ri iiihv test B.B.B. a trin
bo'tif ttili be given away free of
chan:.
B.tnnic I'.IwmI B.ilm. for sale by
droa m - at gl 00 r lurge hotll
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?-r-.fN &!! ;l-ir dircttoiis wilh each
bos tie. K'T trial bottle Etldrew
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1m !1 1DNICE 10 EVERTBCDT;
Bullet Through III Body. ,
Scottsborcv Ala., Sept I. Will Fow
ler of Stevenson was found lying In the
bottoms between Bridgeport and South
Pittsburg with a bullet throns-n' his
body ana in an unconscious o-udition.
It is supposed that, as he aud his father
had had an altercation, and a the elder
has left the country, it is believed it was
he who did tbe shooting. Fowler is not
expected to live.
Fatally lajured In a Wreek. j
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 31. Fiv
oars ran down a steep grade at Bloes
burg, about daylight, crashing into an
engine on the Southern railwav. En
gineer Robert Terrell, Brake man W. A.
Johnson and several other men were ou
the engine at the time and all of them
escaped except John sou, who received
injuries which will cause hi, death.
Thompson May lie LyacheC
Decatur, Ala., Aug. 31. Luther
Thorn pnon, a negro, charged with tho
double crime of purse stealing and at
tempted criminal assault upon ;Mr.
Maggie Williams, a white woman, has
been arretted and is in imminent danger
of being lynched at the hands of tbe peo
ple at Cedar Grove, where tho last
named crime was commit tod.
Farmer's Tragic Death.
Annistoji, Ala., Spt. 3. Houston"
Reaves, a young farmer, accidently shot
and killed himself at his home a few
miles south of this city. Ho had been
out hunting, and on his return home
carried a watermelon with him. As ho
laid the melou ou the porch his nun was
discharged in some way, killing him iu
atantly. Knocked OA the Train.
Russellvili jr, Ala., Sept. 1. While
standing on the steps of a Northern
Alabama northbound passenger, train,
Tandy Barrett, the flagman, was struck
on the head by a cattle guard, knocked
from the train, which was running 25
miles an hour, and probably fatally in
jured. An Old Nero Suicide.
Charlotte, N. C, Aug. 30. David
Berry, an old negro living near here,
shot himself with a shotgun, which ho
had placed etweon his legs, with tho
muzzle about 8 inches from his faoe.
The load of -hot blew his face and head
to bits. It i.t said , that Berry was UH
years old. He had been suffering with
bad health for a long time and it is pre
sumed that sickness hud unbalanced his
mind.
To Kndow the Hospital.
Aeheviixr, N. O., Sept. 3. Georgo
W. Vanderbilt starts an endowment
fund to Clarence Barker Memorial hos
pital at Biltmore. The hospital will bo
formally opened Tuesday and Wednes
day. It was erected in memory of Clar
ence Barker, cousin of VanderbiU, by
his sister, Adele Klrua Barker Schmidt '
and Virginia Purdy Barker Bacon.
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WImberly Dies of Bis Wounds. I
Columbia. 8. C, Sept. 3 Thomas
Wimberly, 18, years old, who was mor
tally wounded at Branch ville, is dead.
There were no witnesses to tho shooting,
and Wimberly refused to tell hi pa
rents or officers the name of his mur
derer. There is a young girl connected
with tho case.
Mrs. Bentley Suicide.
Columbia, 8. C, Sept. 4. Mrs. Tom
Bentley committed suicide by shooting
herself in the abdomen with a shotgun.
It is supposed she leaned over and puslml f
the trigger with a stick. A year ago
Mrs. Bentley lost her daughter and tbn
woman had been despondent ever since.
Drouth Becomes Alarming.
Charlotte, N. G, Aug. 30. The
drouth is getting to be alarming in Ah
be mar la. Nearly every well in that
town is dry and if it was not for the
supply received from the artesian Well
at the Wlscassett mill a water famine
would be imminent.
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