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TO THE RQOKISGHSM KFt- S?8? GHINAIISIANXIOUS FOR AtSETTLEMENT ' " ' ... .. -;i - .- Li Eung Clial'ipj . Situatibii.l;5f MEETING- OP MIHISTEES Final Adjustment Has Been Delayed by the lUna of Sir Erneat aiason Satow Earl 11 Slowly 'Recovering From His Recent Sickness, - f 'S Pekixq, Jan. l.AViaeetin .of the f oreicu ministers will ber held as soon aa Sir Ernest Mason?,: Satow; the British mmisteri who is suffering , from, chills and fever.' shall hare -recovered suffl ciently to be present : and when a date and place for meeting the Chinese com missioners shall have been agreed npon. In an interview with Id Hung Chang, who shows plainly physical evidence of his recent illness, but whose mind has not been affected by his sickness and is as vigorous as ever, 'Earl Lrsaid he had preferred to meet the ministers and com missioners at his house, if such &n ar rangement were possible, on account of his health, bnt would not, underthe circumstances, : make suggestions.? He said that the emperor is desirous of com plying in all particulars -with the de mands of the powers. " On the other hand he thinks the powers: should order a cessation of the frequent irritating ex- peditions which he looks upon asuo. - necessary and as a lot of harm. r "' It will be quite possible now-, he says, to maintain complete order in the pro vince, with the assistance -of a -small number of Chine?e troops and he hopes the powers will agree to keep as at pres ent the troops nofr stationed, at Pekin and Tien-Tain and along the railroad. ; The emperor, Ii Hung Chang says, is , willing to punish all those named by. the powers by banishment, to the fur therest part of tlie Chinese dominions on the northwestern frontier, and their return, he declares, will ' be prohibited under penalty of death by decapitation. His majesty is anxious - also to have the number of legation guards limited and that other boundaries be specified, and he hopes the foreign armies will be recalled as early as possible in the spring. China will endeavor, says Earl Lihx ,every r means in her power to provetht she intends compliance with the demands contained in the note and to show her desire to make the country safe and habitable for foreigners. He believes the powers will not insist upon the total destruction of the forts. Von Ketteler'u Slayer Executed. Q Beblin, Jan. 1. A dispatch dated Monday, Dec. 31, says that Su Hai, tne murderer of Baron Von Ketteler, . the German ambassador, was decapitated on ' the scene of his crime at 3 - o'clock this afternoon. RELIGION CAUSES A FIGHT Bloody Battle, Among Lumber 31en. Several Injured.. - Baxgor, Me., Jan. I. A messenger has arrived at the forks of the Kenne bec river with news of a terrible fight in a lumber camp on Chase stream. Ca nadians and Maine men were involved in! the row. . ' '-. . I ; Phillip Ouilette quarreled with Wil liam Hennessey over religion, Hennes sey being a Protestant. The two men" went at each other with their fists and ina few minutes French and Irish Catholics were mixed up with the Protestants. Fists gave way: to clubs, ami they to handspikes and axes. A teamster named Taylor seized a s.iiire and attacked the combatants. It is said Taylor is responsible for the fractured skull of Thomas Xandry,' a French Canadian, who will die;: the broken arm of Narcisse Ouillette and the fracture of" two ribs of Emil lang lois. Peter Gagnon, a'gigantic Frenchman,' arrived in qime to prevent outright mur der and put a stop to the batey3;" . In addition to the injured named above Pierre Dubois, Eddie St. Clair,. Horace Wyman William Whipple, Jo-r seph Datelee and several others are badly hurt. - -J . The conversation that "led to the fight Btarted on what Hennessey called "Frenchman's Christmas," which is known, among lumbermen as New Year's. " RESOLUTION IS BLOCKED. Root Advises Ajralnst Publieatton or Liawshe Ileport. Washington, Jan. 1. There is likely,. to be some delay on the part of the exe cutive in complying" with tho term of a resolution introduced by-Senator Bacon and adopted Dec. 1 9, directing the sec retary of war to transmit to the senate the report of Abraham Ii. La wshe, audi tor of Cuba, giving in detail the result of his investigations, made under direc tion of the war department, into the re ceipts and expenditures of the Cubi.n funds. . - ' ;. . , 'y-J - - ' Secretary lioot has transmitted the report to President McKinleyj with a statementof his opinion that 4ts publi- cation at this time would be" "incom patible with public interests. " . -1 Several criminal prosecutions-aje' un der way as a result 'of the discoveries made by Auditor Lawshe in connection with the administration ol uupaa at fairs, and the secretary, of war regards It as inadvisable to publish to the world the data noon whiohr these proceedings arebased, pending "their 'judicial' term-., Ination. The - situation raises an ex tremely interesting .question; which is ieit ior tne settiemenEW;6npi,c",fci; ; - Rivers and: Ilarbors Bill.' ,r. ' : Washington, Jan. 1. The subcom mittee of the house xjommittee on rivers and harbors met today for . the purpose of Duttine the river and harbor .bill la shape for presentation to the. fall com mittee, which will meet tomorrow to ta.V t rVa .nhairrnan: Burton hopes that "one meeting of the committee will ha snffirtiprifc. - Ha expects to hare a hilppepared for. "presentation :: to th house on Thursday. - He will then seeK - it considered tin Friday and Safc vrdaj. - '- ' ' - Chlnamans Skull Crushed In a Fight With His Assailants, .MAETBTTA,G,rJe0.29.OnftnRin Ohinese laundryman, was probably fa-" wmj.aasauicea and robbed in hiskn, . ry late last - aiight and' the authorities' MAJODJMiounty havefour negroes, two men and two women, in jail, charged .with complicity in the cnme." .The exact time of : the commission of tne crime is unknown. ; The first that was known of the ;affair.was when the Chinaman crawled into the poolroom.' two doors from his- laundry, with his sicuu crushed, in several ; places and al most dead. Ha manafro fj i-nfsi- 1 in the poolroom that his assailant, had uuxeu so, ana ne then became uncbn 8C10US. ' : vr-u i ., : . r ... v - ,; The laundry is located t near he At tonta, Knoxville and Northern railroad depotn Mill ! street,' and the scene of the crime showed - that the laundryman and his assailants had engaged in a ter rifio stmggle.i : ; ' u. . v ; The laundry was closed, and Quang had retir.whenthe-as8ault occurred. Aitentraace was fofoed into the place, and it is presumed tuat the laundryman was awakened by the noise. In attempt ing to defend himself and his money he was dealt several blows on the head with some heavy instrument. SAVANNAH'S BANK CLEARING All Previous Records liruken Ez r T ports For 190O. -. , Savannah, Jan. l.Savannah's bank clearings for the year 1900 are $246,318, 844.04. This eclipses . previous records and jta an increase over : the previous year of $107,000,000. : The sum named represents the actual business handled by the Savannah banks for 1000. The heavy increase is attributed by the bankers here to the greatiy increased prices paid for cotton, lumber aud naval stores. - The heaviest business Was done in Angust and - September, for which months the clearings were over $30,003.- 000 each. . : Savannah's foreign exports for the year were fc $50,000,000, an increase of $38,000,000. , The domestic exports were as much .again. . The imports through the customhouse were $512,456, an in crease of $109, 126 over the previous year. DAVIS "FEARFUL MISTAKE Thought Bis Wife was a Burglar and "'". . . . Shot Her Dead. Brunswick, Gx. , Jan. I J. R. Davis killed his wife by mistake. Davis had been troubled with burglars and kept his gun loaded the last few days, wait ing to catch one of them. Sunday night his wife walked out in the yard and without giving - him warning started back into the house. , Davis saw her through the window and poking the double barreled shotgun through discharged a load of nine buck shot in her back. She screamed and he then discovered that it was his wife. ; She died Monday morning, fully ex onerating her husband. . '. ' " Claude Hartley Accidentally Killed. - Suwanee, Ga., Deo. 3L Claude Bart ley happened to a fatal accident about 3 miles from this place. The young man had been out hunting with a number of other boys, and passing Mr. Kennedy's went into the house, leaving his gun oa the woodpile. . When he returned to re sume his hunt he carelessly picked up the gun with the muzzle toward him, "striking the hammer against something which caused it to discharge, the entire load entering his : stomach. He died a few hours afterward. - ' Boy Died of Lockjaw. Columbus, Ga., Jan. 1. Thomas Ma rion, 9 nine years old, is dead, as the re sult of an accident on Christmas day. With a number of playmates, the little fellow was firing a toy cannon. The cannon " was prematurely discharged, and Master Perry was struck 'on the' cheek by the paper wad. The wad was embeded in his cheek and made a pain ful wound," but one that was not neces sarily regarded as serious. Blood poison set in, however," and the boy died of lockjaw; " "'.- . Boy Shoots a Negro JBToman. Cakroixton, Ga., Dec. 2& The 12-year-old son ot-Henry Strickland, who lives in : the country, accidently shot Oaline Walker, a negro cook, at the residence of Will Herrin, in this city. The child is . idiotic and finding a pistol on the mantel in the. cook room, took it downr thinking it a toy pistol, and discharged it The ball took effect in the upper thigh of the negro woman, went through : the limb and. came out, making a fearful flesh wound. Morris Shot at Mrs. Tompkins. Dublin, Ga., Dec. 31. Robert Morris attempted , to Jrill Mrs. Tompkins, a young married woman, near , Harrison, and then put a bullet into his Own head, inflicting a dangerous woundJ j Neither of the two shots he fired at Mrs. TompV kins struck her. Morris had been pay ing attention to Mrs. Morris and her marriage to another man was the mo tive for the attempted murder and sui cide. liLii :r; Accidentally Shot His Brother..'--Williamsow, Ga.i Jan. 1. Tred iitts accidently shot his brother through the left side. A strange fatality seems to cUhg to this family. Several years 'ago the young man's mother committed suit cide by shooting herself with a shotgun. A year jor so later an older brother mis-, took his father ; for ai burglacland shot him through the right, breast -with the same pistol that shot the boy, i W'MMi Absorbed Pjftbe 'Central. M Savannab Jan, J. :The Central rail- road, has : purthashed , the Dover and" Statesboro from the Augusta owners of that road, i The Dover . and Statesboro extends between those two places, Do ver being upon the main line of 3 the Central. The road is 10 miles long.- The "Central assumed operation today. , r . v Shot at by a Burglar. A-TLANTAi Jan, 1. As Clarence Moore Centered his home on Fair streefrabout 2 o'clock this .morning he rah upon ; a bnnrlar "wh6 shot 'point-blank -'at the young mair at oiuso . lamp Moore had Un Oils auoui was uninjured and the burglar made his escape. - -j - 7-, . MAGARTHUR'S FIRST : lOFFIGIAiiOEPTlI cans and Pilippinos. j AN EVENTFUL; OCCASION Philippines Commission Wavy Offiolals and Native Fratern-- allze at the Mansion Filipino Liadles - Wore Elaborate Costumes. - Manila; Jan. 1. If President MoKin ley's New Year's reception proves greater than that of General Mac Arthur it will not.be the fault of the people of Manila. jlhis reception "was thefirsj officlaT. social undtibn "at wMdh the Americans and Jnlipinos have mingled in a social' way. . For three hours a stream of vehicles wound through the, grounds of the governor general's resi dence and discharged thc4r callers--oI-dal and civilian luost af them' natives, though there was a sprinkling o5 for eigners. The American flag, branches of nipa flowers and vines predominatd in the decoratinns throughout the man ion. ".. . , ' . Admiral Remey received'- the callers by the side of General Mo Arthur and the wives of several generals assisted - Introductions were made by General MacArthur's staff,' assisted by members of the staff of Admiral Remey. The callers, after having been introduced passed out own ar broad balcony over-, hauging the Pasig river and a majority of them lingered about ihe mansion un til the coremonies were finished. Arch bishop Chapelle, apostolic delegate to the Philippines and other church dig nataries were received. Members of the Philippines commis sion aud judges appeared in black frock coats, and their attire formed a decided contrast to the white and gold uniforms of the officers of the army and navy. The Filipino women wore elaborate native costumes and conversed affably in Spanish. - Too use of carriage numbers was not understood by the coachmen and much confusion occurred outside. CONSUL GOODNOW TALKS lie Believes the Chinese Troubles Will Be Satisfactorily Settled. SAJi Fkaxcisco, Jan. 55. John Good now, United States consul general to China, with residence at Shanghai, ar rived in this city on the City of Peking. After a brief visit to Washington, he will spend his CO days leave of absence at his old home in Minnesota. ; In speaking of the probable outcome of the Chinese troubles, the consul gen eral said: 'I believe a satisfactory settlement will be reached along the lines laid down by the president. Those Chinese who are working for tho- integrity ci their cor. rttry arc friend:ytowar! th.a Uniie;l trace-iand ar reudv toi';i--t m a prunipt n;id r.u; leabie !:.! ;io!iu-i;t. 1"hi uprising was by no moaits a popular move with the great mass of the peacea ble Chinese population. From the very first they deplored the acts of their fel low countrymen. " In regard to the missionaries and their position in China, Mr. Goodnow think! there j still a . great field for successful work and their presence in the Orient should be encouraged. He, however, is of opinion that it would not be best to send .missionaries outside the treaty ports until peace has been proclaimed. HE LOST HEAVILY AT POKER. Downfall of Joel 31yers Is Due to Card . -Playing. '." ... Columbia. S. 0., Dec. 81. Joel J. Myers. i3 the name of the young man who got drunk here and was found with several big checks payable to the South ern railway. Myers has sufficiently re covered from his spree to realize his pd sition. He has made a confession to the express officials., , Myers was money clerk in the office at Charlotte, N. C. He learned to play poker, and experienced the luck of green horns. He conceived the idea outbreak ing every poker house in the surround ing states. All he needed was a little capital, and he levied on the Southern -Express company. No sooner did- ha start in with the stolen money than he began to lose. He dropped $ 200 in Charlotte and then came to Columbia's bigger game's. In three days Ms losses footed up $2,000. He had over $4,00 in indorsed checks, but feared to cash them, v" '"" ' r;- - hb , - .Pattern Plant Destroyed. - ' Pittsborg, ; Jan. 2. The extensive pattern plant of S. Jarvis Adams & Co., corner of Thirteenth and Aetna streets, in ihis cityj was almost completely de stroyed by fire, today, together with a large number of . patteriis and, moulds. The loss is estimated at f 500, 000 and is covered Jay . insurance. The fire was caused by a defective electric light wire connection. : . - . j . . '' . ' 1 x ) ' v Contract Has Been Ratified. ' " i WASHiifaxox, Jan. 1. Consul Gen eral McNally, at Guatemala, reports to the state department that thV.natidnal assembly, of the Guatemalan ; govern? ment has ratified the contract between that government and" the Central Amer icanjmprovement company to build the. Northern railway from Puerto Barrios to Guatemala City; . . - V . r ? Girl Ran a J31lnd Tiger. il- l BKNNETrsviLLB, .; S. C, Jan. 3. --Miss Mary Odom, a girl about 20 years of age whose father is proprietor of a boardinghouse, - has; been, convicted of running a'blind tiger"- and : sentenced tf5 four months in prison. The governor has refused" a " pardon. - The girl ; sold Lliquor in defiance of the dispensary law. Governor Je nnln g? Ina agluatiohy are beings fcMSIk - . . 'tt Uc 1 overnor-elejcS -W;S. Jenning3 Jan..&- "Nearly every-miiitary ctmpany r in the state will be in the parade, as will 1 fJso the naval militia. BLOODY FIGHT IN ABBEVILLE Sherln?. Kennedy, . Denisby.' and iCyle ; rj Are Allrltin-ed,?. U: . Abbeville, S. C. , . Doc. 3 1. A shoot- ins affray cocxinred hero' late; Saturday nigoic m r,i'.ca taretf , jtieir. Jailed. Jm de&d ttb Shsi-iifKeiinefivWUliam fe-4a'-jo4Esbyftirf ' The. trouble was precipitated by Dens--hy, a gambler, who was; only recently acquitted for the killing of anegro.1 v '.I'.Kvle. with savArn.1 nt-.tiAra am t1.v!. Pfflga gamebf Jcards in te hotel office.1 when -Densby entered and began ing him. When Kyle remonstrated he drew his revolver and shot him dead. Densby left the hotel, going "to the home of his father-in-law., 'Two police men followed, but were held off , by Densby. ':' They sent in a call for assist : ance and ' Sheriff 1 Kennedy responded with a posse. The house was surrounded and the sheriff called noon Densbv to surrender. .X-'S2Phouti.and with the remark: "WelL-we will all go toTxell together," opened fire on the sheriff. - " Both emptied their pistols. The sheriff, was shot near the heart and died in a few minutes. Densby was shot through the chest, aud after reloading his re volver; was arrested by the police, but. never spoke after being shot, dying Sunday afternoon. . . ' Kyle was from Ludlow, Mass., and had just completed the erection of a new mill . here aud was to return home Sunday. . V 'MURDERED BY HIGHWAYMEN Crime Was Committed In the Heart of New Orleans. Nkw Orleans, Janr 2. James Gilk bons, nephew of Cardinal Gibbons, Was shot and almost instantly killed by two highwaymen. 1 Thetragedy occurred in the very heart of the city, with two other men walking only, a fe.w yards in advance of Gibbons. Gibbons' was a medical student' and was going home from the Charity hospital. On Claiborne street, near Canal, he was met by two young men who ordered him to throw up his hands. Owing to the locality and the people in front of him, Gibbons thought it was a'joke and failed to comply. The men drew pistols, one of them firing, the bullet striking Gibbons in the groin and penetrating the intestines? The two men aheady hearing the shot, ran. to his assistance and the robbers were driven off. Gibbons vraS taken, to the Charity hospital, where he died a few hours later. DRIVEN BEFORE THE STORM. Feared the British Ship Andrada Has Been Lost. Astoria, Ore-, Jan. 2. Twenty-two days ago the British ship Andrada ap peared off the Columbia and Pilot Cord iner was taken on board. A great storm arose at that time and the Andrada was driven to the north. She has not been seen since and it is feared she has met a fate similar to that of the British ship Cadzow Forest, which disappeared with -Pilot Grassman five years ago and was never heard from a;raiu. - Tht re v c 1 u c 1 1 r r Us rrj h gcue in search of t.h.: A-:-' v.:A:. - . j iio D. i-ii si) in ilathdown, new 21 d.ys out iiuiu Yoiiohauia for this port, is long overdue, and it is feared that she has ben -nnk by a typhoon off the Jap anese coast. MORE Walker TROUBLE IS FEARED. to Contest' the Election of Congressman Rhea. s Bristol, Va., Jan. 2. General James A. Walker, the Republican candidate for congress who was defeated on the face of the returns by Congressman W. F. Rhea, in the Ninth congressional dis trict, has filed notice of a contest. Tak ing of evidence will begin at Abingdon, Va., tomorrow.. It is feared some trouble will result at Bristol similar to that of two years ago, when evidence is heard there. At that time a general shooting melee occurred in which three men were shot. " Applies For Charter. . Tampa, Fla., Dec. &-rArticles of in corporation have been filed here for the Florida Peninsular Transportation com pany, $1,000,000 capitat The company witl build and operate an electric rail road from St. Petersburg, on the" west coast, to this city, besides numerous other lines, both city and urban, and inaintafn several water lines 61 trans portation. The work of construction will commence as soon as a preliminary survey can be made. . u No one can reasonably hope for sood health unless is bowels mi ve nnin MP.h rl v . " Whfiri thlR IS h t ;ittnl d lo, disottlt-rs of jhe stomach atsie, bihonMiess, headache dy5pT) ia and j'iles soon fo low.. If j-pu wish to avoid tbcs uiluienls k-fj vot bowels regular by takjn Cnatn br ! aiu 'a Stomach and Li r Tablets when wq u i red; Th ey are fo easy to take and mild-and gentle ineffeci. For sale bv:S. Bijgs cream bfltartarv I xnenacezs to Ixeaiiii of-thef present day BMtMl fntfPt 4flL P? D AN J ELV KILLS CHISHOLM, An I dlot Blows 111 13rother-ln-XiawS delma, . Ala.4 ' Jan. ; 2. At Marion j JiinotioniUlaiDariiel, about 19 years - , .oiarother, of Olrs. -; W: B. . Chi holm, j shot-her husband. ; The boy -3 an. idiot and hadbeen talking of shoo ling some body for several days. " :.; '''' ' la aoine way- he secured a pistol ' and Jais sister; fearing he would shoot some .one, went to the negro bouse whero the pistol-was concealed and secured it. She was going back " horn 6 ' wt eh " her brother overtook her and a terrible ensued for possession of the we i,prn the struggle nearly all" Mrs. Caishoji 4'e clothes wejre torn off, but she ni -i niad8.heriseape with the pistdl. W1.r she reached home she. sent for her 3 band. ; Mrs., Ch!holm -hung ; blah LtH over the windows so Daniel could Bee in the house, she having heard he had secured a shotgun.' About 9 o'clock in the evening came-to the house and called ChisH out. As7sda -as Chisholm - stucki' head oat jit the door. Daniel pulled df1 on him' with: the shotgun. Thirty!?. buckshot were taken out of Chisholas'; MISSING SINCE: LAST SUN Warren Clay Has Mysteriously DJ peared In Jasper County. , Dallas; Ga., Jaa. 2. Warren Clay, son of Jasper Clay, a well known citi zen of this county, has disappeared and his friends fear he has been fouUy dealt with. .Young Clay .visited a neighbor last Sunday night and started home about 9 o'clock. That was the last seen of him. : r -' Young Clay was in the habit of carry ing large sums of money about him aud this fact, was ; generally known. This induces the belief that Clay may have been waylaid "and " either carried away or killed and his body secreted. Not' long ago Clay's room was entered , by burglars and his trunk in which it was thought he- kept his money was-oarried away, and broken open- Since then, and only a. few nights ago, he was stopped in the big road by three men who demanded his money, but managed to escape. A aozen posses are now scouring the woods in every direction for . the body, while asTnany more are following clews which may possibly lead to the place of Clay's detention. " . S M ITH DIED OF HiS WOUNDS Was Struck on the Head' With a - Pitcher by Gable. Savannah, Jan. .2. Jacob Gable, a white mantis under surveillance at Ty bee awaiting the verdict of the coroner's jury. He is the man who struck Wil liam Smith on the head with a pitcher Sunday night. Smith was found dead in bed. Dr. Elton 3. Osborne, po lice surgeon, made a post mortem exam ination of the body and found . that Smith came to his death from blood olots pu the brain caused by the blow from the pitcher. . The blow w.j::i. the. pitcher appears to hnvo been -cmiek during a quarrel J-broncht on tiu-otti'h drip kin sr. - ' GROUND HAS BEEN 3ROXEN Work Begun on the Brunswick and Birmingham Road. BEUxswiex, Ga. , Jan. 1. The first shovelful of dirt on the right of way of the Brunswick, and Birmingham rail road was thrown last afternoon by Mayor D. D. Atkinson and 'ilayor-Elect N. Emanuel, in the presence of a la,?c number of the representative . buslaess men of Brunswick and several pronii- nent New Yorkers. The railroad was only chartered two weeks "ago. Later nearly 100 men went to r work pushing ;i tho roadbed over the right of way for : all is is worth . and Chief Engineer- Li W. Robert states that he will have 'Several miles oft bad bed fully graded before the end M January.- - .'" Married on Sight. . . . ' TLaportk, Ind.", Jan. 3. Albert S. Burgess, engaged in educational Work at Demorest, Ga., and Mrs. Jennie Martz, of Lafayette, this state, met by appointment at the railway station in Indiana City and at once got married, though nci her had previously seen the other. The acquaintance began through correspondences lney were married in the First, Christian, church and left at i once for their future home in Demorest. T.. Rich Deposit of Cement. ; Ohattakoooa. Jan. - 3. Hon. Homer S. Cummin g3, Uriah ; Cummin gs . and Judge Blydenburg, of Stamford, Conn., have closed a deal for a large body of land four miles from" this city, lying in fd. tfeorgia, in wnicn tney nave louna a eposifc of cement took, xaey hjive or ganized a .company with a capital of $150,000 to develop the property. -. ;. Assaulted and Robbed. NoRrOLK, - Jan. .2. -Highwaymen are operating in Portsmouth. Carey Wilson was assaulted and . robbed . on . Queen" street, in the heart of " the city, by two negroes, h ;Wilsonmetrtwo negroes, and one, armed with a club, struck him a terrible bloW on the head, knocking him senselesa : Two hours later Wilson re covered consciousness and found .that' helhad been-robbed of all his money. , Searlght Gives Bood. ChattJlNOOoa, Jan; 2. F;D. Searight, the bucket shop broker who absbonded a few nights; since, has .given -himself up to the authorities and was released on bondi "It is stated that in addition to the &arges4f Operating a bucket shop there wiHSppear; a, woman; in) the i Case.' :...r:?-,.. :,-:M-:.: '1 -- . ; ;Mr. Knijer The H.AQVX, Jan.;.?.!. Ivrnsjcr is suffering from ajshghfc&i ;i33 Wcaxr chitis. . While there is no anxiety to- his i condrfciohjhe ;is obliged toVkcetQ 4 ton. In this county,1- Tom Turk shrt and r ' killed Kimball Aiken, Both are prozai- " gent men and have familipa. : . - - -. . 1 ' ..-.' INCREASE OF VVAGES NOTED. Report off; North Carolina's tiommisw -i -" ? sip ner 0fEa6or. .-O-r j ; RiLEioa, Jan. ;lr-T-The report of State Labor Commissioner Lacy ;a8 "fdtrades says 34 per cent of replies received from representatives-of 0p00jmechahics.iii 'Noxtb' CfeKnS-repori Increasejof wages over, last year "of 44 , per cent' Work overtime 76 per cent ' : . The report says the cost of living Hai increased.: : Eighty-five., peri bent of aduirs Jahd; 83 .per cent of apprentices read and f write. Average number, , of hour- work daily-10) nearly all favor rvr' . , ft; Is a Wealthy Mine Owne .r - Raleigh, Deo. 28. Hy Oxendine 80 years ago one of the most desperajt . of 1 the Berry. Lowery gang of robbers in Robeson county i which defied state' and federal authorities, is now a rich , miner in New Mexiool He went to see Jtjde Thomas C. Fuller of the United; States court of claims and" so told him. Oxen-, dine is outlawed by this state. sensational bhooting a ear Asheville. aSHEVILLE, JN. U., Dec. 31 -The ser& sanonai snooting or -m. 11. xisrsev.: iiuena Vista, near Asheville. is sCif lT!t mystery. ..The Injury to Eerger iaTot1 serious, although it is a pintoi ball wound in the forehead.- Mrs. Berger declines to make a'statement The only clue is what the 10-year-old daughter said, that 1 j t j. i .... . - .uuuuiiui uau fciiot papa. 4," Books to Be !Examinedi-r . Wilmington', N. 0., Jan.- l.QQhsel for the state in tax assessment cases will have the books and papers of the Atlantic Coast Line introduced before the standing master and, will contend that the value of the system in North; Carolina is now f 25,000,000, though it is now listed at only $11,000,000 for-taxation. ' - ; . .. North Carolina State Guard. Raleigh, Dec. 29.The report of Ad jutant General Royster, jnst made pub lie, shows the strength of the State guard, including the naval reserve brigade, to be 1,90a, which is 69 lessi tnan one year ago, but during tho yeafj two infantry companies and two divisions were disbanded. naval Accidentally Killed. Ills Cousin Opzlika, Ala., Jan. S. Joe Tillery, n prominent citizen of MUcbaniesTiUe :inlje down and he has; fie(L; this county, shot hud killed his cousin Albert Tillery. The shooting was pure ly accidental, they being. in a blacksmith shop examining a pistol,. when- it wenr off, the ballet, instantly killing Albert Tillery. ' .,,..-., , ::, Beats the World's Record. Witesboro, ' N. 01, Dec SI. Mrs. Newt-.m McCann has given birth to four childr n two girls and two boys. Eighteen months ago she gave birth to three. All seven are Well and hearty. It i claimed that th.is beats the world's record seven chilareh ih less than two years. . . - , -. ' Shot.HJs Couila While Hunting. - Durham, N.' C. Dec. 28. -While Mose Cole, 12 years old, and the son of J. Ed Cole were out hunting a covey of .birds were flushed and the son of Ed Cole fired and in his hurry, and excitement he emptied the entire load of "Shot in the head of his oousin, killing him instantly." V ; Mutilated by Rats, v, ,:, Durham, N. O., Dec. 81. The body of David Bailey wanderer an4 outcast, was found in a room here. ' His face and hands had .been eaten away 'by rata. Two girls, who had frequently given him food, found thetxdy. Bauey was an ex-confederate pensioner. Hiv to Quie C oup. Mr. R. Gay, who -lives treat Amen la, Duches county, N.' ,Y.i aay;"Cbamber)airs Cough Rf uoedj i? the hest medicine I 'have" evei uted. Ij is a fine cbitdrpn's remetiV f?r croop arid, never fail to enre Vi)en givta as soon-as the. chiUl becoibes hoarse, or even after ihe croupy cough ; has de veSopecl, i. will preventihe-auaeife should be bom in mind and. a bot- iileof.Coufth Remedy -kept at hand ready lor instane use as toon as the 6 mptoma i;applar.uFoTB4)e:by 4 i-r Among the. .lens of-T llioUsaiids w Ii '- . ha v e 1 d Cham.tetlain V Yugh Remedy t . our kuowkdge, .not aing!e css r as Tsulted in - pneumonia", -Tbos. i hUfieW; & Co,3 24o ' WarbaK en ue, Chicflpn, on eof tnei'e id Ing jnd inoit prpmhierit I ists in iBat city. Tin r speaking ' ol. ?hia saypVtecpromen ives , prcrnv'ta6d com rvlaie et0.yt f$ 'i$Qt-'&i1PMi&. f iK-lftiifweB l&bft fa"fe t: Esara ti ' s2taie ' f - Death of IjucIu BvWombw?n. 1 ; TALLAtL-De culttdied las t night at;phr hoocheer aged 51:years f Ho. iis c tive of Florida and was reared in J. son county He entered Ihe Jstateho in.1877; whera'he filled many iciport. positions, being a lawyer and a valna man in the state servico3' Tor ;tho r 12 years he" was commissioner of ; ,rictutnre.f h-. -" - v. ' - ' Pensacola Dry "Dock Company. ' Dec. 31.The I" saoola Dry Dock and Shipbuilding e .pflfflgwtiA pj-tockofj$S00, ' a farmer in Surry county, and-his ' daughters became. jriolently insar the same time, the resTjlt .V!!' . exeltement." He - "ar tess tri to kill any person fcOnedaug lit fell dead lh Pii ! Wadesboro, N. ., Dec, ."28. John I: ta'y- aszle lef tJ bought : carrridgesV r'eiur ti; V Shot Down .by H PoHcemaiiu ' 1 , Raleigh Dec. JPoiiceman-opH Parker at Falkland ; shotand.:? instahj killed. exandeLittle. ; at-thai fpfp, Parker- approached Little in" -a' 'Balod. and whileEh'e two:were taking -aarii: : shot Little d.cad.- --: :V... ;:vr....- . - y.r Will Bo Inaugurated June,lo. ; Rieigh,' Dec i'jj9;b.;f9uhtL the date of inauguration of 'the govern is fixed by the law of 1897 on- -the fir .Tuesday after -thelegiature'h Which will make it .JaoS: General BlUes In North Carolina. ; RaiGBV Deo. 29. General" Nelsc A. Miles and Dr.' Daley are. hunting s Rock Spring, on 'frent riyer guests C P. Jerome," arid wUl shoot" deeV, dac and partridges several days.-". -. X . tv ; j f (JreenShotlIslfe- j RALr.lCH, Dec".H2S. Near Creedmo ' .fames Qreen founil a maii, in. his wif . ; room.- Green ' whippetl bia wife find st' Tf yoM wuid.!iavenii raptlit like a utar and a":ieiish . tor,, yov meals take Cbamberiain'e Storn a c anTliiver Tablets. Tbey corret disorders of the stomach and 'regu tale the liver and bowelV Prtoc 2 cents. " Samp'ei free, at ; S. ; Bigg drug 8twe;;-E , A pi ce ,ot flannel -dampenet with Ch imbealain's Pain Bairn aiu bound t the affected parts is eupei; ior to any plaster. . W ht-n : tioubJe with lame back or paiualin the eid or clieeiy give it a trial and jou ar sure to be more: than pierced will t he propa pt relife which i t h fford Pain Balm also , cures -Thtumaiist, One application gives relief. ,:Fo iale by S.Biggs. 7 ; livery woxnan rtrt- ina 5 cgy ought to know about" . idieiiifiii who do - know. about :it ' h wonder:., how : thytver fcht alortg '. ' -without it; :l It J4'tl0bj4' :-chilrl-- birth of'Jts rterrors for' many a. -yon ng wCfei tit Has preserv-td "her. ' ;gqrhshgufe-'ahd,5avsdi it m&t k rfhentarid carries' with it therefore; ' absSlutetv no dansrer "of juosettins? "i the system; as drugs taken intern- A u. s ... . - - ..... tipt TO UO.-11 IS IO TPO . ! rubbed into the abdomen tp soften and strengthea the muscles. which are to bear the strain.. . This means, much less - pain. Jt also txrevents ' morninsr sickness and all of the i lold a lanra. Quantity Mother's' Friend and have never. 'known ; a ai i nstance ; where it has Dromi berton Arji.r ymtesTLh-my C-stt- six "hiidren ...12f?ja : jaobr i t .Mothx:' s:'3?rTeti3 '&f-fir tfit & wep i-.-r wt Al itue-v i--ner.a urns 7: TCE BRtDHELD ZZmAT2 CO.. - j3 tSiiX" 4-- I'll ' "-"-vi s " . - "1 thec discomforts of pregnancy, i A druggist of Macon, Ga.; says: "I have .sold a lanre ouantitv of 1 f ailedto tJrociaco the good 'results claimed :;$ : prbnnneni'4adv;of Lam- 1 i .! ; M V
Rockingham Post-Dispatch (Rockingham, N.C.)
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