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- - i - i '.. . . ... if I? 4v DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF SOUTHPOBT AND BRUNSWICK COUNTY. VOL! TV.-NO. 71 SOUTHPOBT. N. C THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1893. PBICE FIVE CENTS. TUT? V O U T 1 VS FW ' 1 II Vj IT UIllJl O lA Ti 1! O. I :o: A CONDENSED SUMMARY OF A WEEK'S DOING3 ' OnmiI K Kir by SmltU Dm4. Bayard Om to Ureat Britain. French Ar Ml Bwm4. firawery ftelsad. Bl-;- marek'a Birthday... : 1VEBXKSDAY. MARCH . W. Irving Latimer, the Jackson. Mich., murderer was re-captured yesterday at Jerome, 18 miles from Jackson, Frank Marshall's grain elevator at Chi cago, containing: 100,000 bushels of oats, was burned to the ground yesterday. Loss, about $100,000. , , J . It is said that the catch of seals at New fouodkad thU season will be the worst in record. Last year the take .was over "350," 000. This year it will probably be one third of that. '. , , , . -; , -, A dispatch from Winnipeg. Mas., says that Messrs. Bourge and Chaff ey, the chief accountant and the postal clerk of the Northwest Government, have been sus pended. " It is understood that their defal cations and inifappropriations amount to thousands of dollars. r General i E. Kirby mltb, the last survi vor of the seven distinguished generals of the Confederate' army, died yesterday at Sewanee, Tenn., aged 69 years. General Smith, at the time of his death, was Pro fessor of Mathematics in the University of the South. He leaves a wife and eleven children. r FOREIGN. Premier Gladstone was visited yesterday by big delegations from Belfast who ad dressed him in opposition to Irish Home Rule. Mr, Gladstone successfully met all their arguments. The Paris correspondent ot a, Berlin newspaper was unceremoniously ordered to leave town on suspicion of having writ: ten an article to his paper charging Ernest. . Carnot with receiving Punama money. The correspondent and. his, family were . very roughly used by the people and re ceived no protection whatever from the police. THURSDAY. MARCH 30. St. Barnabas Protestant Episcopal church at Baltimore, Md , burned yesterday. Loss about $60,000. The Norristown Steel Company, at Nor ristown. Pa., has failed. The liabilities are heavy but are more than covered by the assets. The financial situation at Nashville.Tenn. is improving and it is probable that some of the closed banks will resume payment in a day or two. Cox's iron breaker, at Oneida, Pa. .which -cost $250,000, and was the only one of its kind in the country, was . almost entirely destroyed by fire yesterday. - Gen. J. B. Gordon, of the United Con federate Veterans has isFuod orders to Maj. Gen. W. H. Jackson, ' commanding the Tennessee division of the Confederate Vet erans, to take charge of t jie funeral obse quies of the late General E. Kirby Smith. The North German Lloyd at earner, Strass burg. which left Bremen on March 12th, with 500 passengers ami a cargo valued at over $1,000,000. was towed into New York harbor yesterday by the steamer Chester, from Southampton. The Strassburg broke her propcllor shaft on March 25, and was unable to repair it. FOREIOX. " The French Chamber of Deputies has voted an annual pension of 6,000 francs to the widow of Ernest Renan. The Rev. Thomas Spurgeon, son of the late Rev Charles Spurgeon. has been in vite! to occupy his father's old pulpit for one year, with the view of becoming the permanent pastor. j A Berlin dispatch gays that the mining town of Kaernten, near Bleiberg, is burn injr. Two churches and sixty-five houses have been destroyed and the fire still preads. Fifteen persons are known to have lost their lives. ritlDAY. MARCH 31. Thomas F. Bayard, of Delaware, has been nominated by the President to be Ambassador to Great Britain. The U. S. cruisers Philadelphia, Balti more, Yorktown:and Vesuvius, and the torpedo boat Cusbing sailed yesterday morning for Hampton Roads. Frank Port erfield, cashier of the Com mercial National Bank, of Nashville, Tenn. which recently failed, has been arrested for embezzling funds of the bans. One thousand carpenters in Wheeling. W.Va.,will quit work to-day on a demand for a 20 per cent, advance in 'waces. The employers refuse any advance whatever. "Abe" Buzzard, the notorious outlaw. and James S- Dungan, the wrecker of the gank of Ameiica, of Philadelphia, have been commanded for pardon by the Board of Pardons of Pennsylvania. A St. Paul, Minn., dispatch says that . the snow is disappearing with such rapidity as to cause floods. ' A number -of rivers are out of their banks and bridges have been washed away. FOREIGN. T t The President of San Domingo has been arrested by French officers for breaking into a French bank at San Womingo and taking $62,000 in cash. - . . . . , - . A Paris dispatch says that the greater part of the arsenal at Lille, France, was burned yesterday. The powder and meli nite magazines were saved. Loss, one million francs. The Russian Government is causing to be formed sanitary commissions, which wiU ,ook af the of the Pple at the point, to be reached through the rail- points ! way system .if Russia.! SATURDAY. APRIL 1. General Hiram Berdan, inventor of the famous long range Berdan torpedoes and rifle, died suddenly yesterday, at Washing ton. D.C. The large brewery of Philip Klein & Sou, at Philadelphia, Pa., was seized by United States revenue officers yesterday. On the premises was found an DHcit molas&cg rum distillery of 1,200 gallons capacity. The plant is valued at $75,000. " The American Press, an organization for the gathering and dissemination of news, filed articles of incorporation at Trenton, N. J., yesterday. The capital stock is $2, 500.000, and the incorporators are Orlando J. Smith, of the American Press Aasocia than, and others. - R. G. Dun & Co's weekly review of trade says- That the factor of largest influence in the past week has been the increased distribution of goods, which appears with better weather at nearly all points. Collec tions have already improved at many point? though still generally rather behind. Business failures for the past week in the United States and Canada 184; against 218 for the corresponding week last year. fokeign. ,.'. Mac Manus & Sons, bankers at Chihua hua, Mexico, have suspended, with liabili ties of $1,000,000. The cause of the sus pension was land and mining speculations. The Vatican has announced that the Pope will not grant audiences to any royal personages of the Roman Catholic faith who have come to i Rome to j attend ' the silver wedding of King Humbert und Queen Margaret- '.;'-' SUNDAY, APRIL. 8. The Associated Banks of New York now hold $10,663,075 in excess of the require ments of the 25 per cent, rule. ' William B. Gambrill, a prominent cotton dealer, and for a long time superintendent of the Druid Cotton Duck Mills, of Balti more, fell dead on the street yesterday. Cadahy fc Co.. the Chicago stock-yard firm will get $362,000, of which $300,000 is clear profit, from the Union Stock Yards ot Cincinnati, O. Cudahy & Co., agree not to organize yards in Cincinnati for 25 years. Joseph Jefferson's beautiful summer home, "Crow's Nest," near Buzzard's Bay, Mass., was destroyed by fire yesterday. Helen McGrath, . the. cook, lost her life. Mrs. Jefferson who was sick in bed when the fire broke out, bad a narrow escape. The home, including all all its valuable contents is a total loss. The value is esti mated at $250,000. Total visible supply of cotton for the whole world is 8,975,341 bales, ofwhich 3,468,141 bales are Ameriean, against 4,444.777 bales, and 8,873,077 bales respectively last year. Receipts of cotton this week at all interior towns 25.837 bales; Receipts from plantations "48,582 bales; stock in sight 6,012,889 bales. FOREIGN. President Carnot has iasked M. Meline, an ex-Minister, to form a new Cabinet. M. Meline has accepted the responsibility. Prince Bismarck's 78th birthday was celebrated yesterday with great demonstra tions at Friedrichruhe. An immense con- cc urse of people was piesent. A cable from Manilla, Phillipine Islands. says that a destructive fire has been raging in the suburbs of the town. Four thousand houses were swept away by the flames. ( MONDAY. APRLL. 3. By the breaking of a coupling, three en gines and twenty-nine freight cars were wrecked yesterday morning on the Penn sylvania railroad near Allegrippus, in the Allegheny Mountains. P- B. Hull, a brakemau, was instantly killed. Wm, Duke & Son's immense tobacco factory, corner of Thirty-eifihth street and Second Avenue, New York, was burned to the ground early yesterday morning. Five hundred girls and 100 men were employed in ihe factory, which was controlled by the Trust. The loss will amount to about $400,000, i; j ;j jilt,;.? J Mrs. Russell Harrisoa and daughter, had a narrow escape ' from tieath at New York yesterday. A reckless driver of an express wagon ran into them.the pole of the wagon striking Mrs. Harrison. Both are suffering severely from the shock. Detective Henry.of the American Surety Company, arrived at New York yesterday with two, embezzlers in charge whom he caught in Brazil. One is H, A. Batsford, who defrauded Gray,, Jenks & Co., of Cleveland, O , out of 30,000. the other is A A. Cadwallader,tbe former president of the National Bank of West Superior, Wis. who embezzled $100,000- FOREIGN, An unconfirmed dispatch from Berlin says that three railway officials and four officers have been arrested for having plot ted to kill Prince- Ferdinand of Bulgaria The Socialists of Belgium demand uni versal ' suffrage and it is probable that if Parliament should refuse to grant the de mand a general strike among workingmen will follow, TUESDAY, APRIL 4. fL'. MGodley & Co., millers at Scotts ille. N. Y., have failed. Their plant is valued at tl 10,000. Win- R- Shaw, cashier of the Lincoln National Bank, of Bath, Me., is a defaulter to the amount of $50,000 or more and is under arrest A bank examiner has charge ef the book. , TO BE VENTILATED. o. CORRUPTION, FAVORITISM AND INCOMPETENCY. In the Weather Bureau. Secretary Mor ion Finds Work to Do. Gross Dishon esty and Violation of the Civil Ser vice Rules. i Washington, April 3. Secretary Morton finds the Agricultural Depart ment in crying need of immediate re forms. He is investigating numerous charges which have been brought to his attention, which indicate great extravaganco iu the cumber, of "offi ciala and clerks and jne&sengers, fav oritism on the part of the appointing officers, under political ptessure, and iu a number of cases, incompetency, on the part of the appointees. f Secretary Morton said today: "1 should be very sorry to have it thought that 'l have come here in any narrow partisan spirit, raking up de fects in order to make political capi tal and discredit my predecessor. My investigations are not incited ly any such motive. The tacl is, that abuses have been brought to my attention. On looking into the matter I lind that certain accusations are well founded. ' ' 1 am going to thoroughly overhaul the Department, and. as I said before where wrongs exist they wiU be de cisively dealt with. lam determined1 that men who have neglected their duty shall go. It wiii make j nooitl? erence whether they are Republicans or Detnocmts. 1 will not shield or, tolerate any., unworthy member of niy own party. At the same time, 1 wish it understood that - ali things be ing equal, I shall, iu 'making appoint ments, give tin; prefi-rence to men of my own political faith. I prefer to be surrounded by my personal andt political friends when they are equally competent. The first thing to be ton. sidered is the good of the service." The most striking charges of dis honesty, favoritism, incompetency and gross violation of the Civil Service rules apply to the Weather -Bureau since it became part of the Agricultu ral Department under the last admin istration. These charges were Drought i by James B. McLaughlin, Chief" of the Executive Division of the Weather Bureau, who was suspended on the recommendation of the Chief! of the Bureau March 24 for refusing to take part in the promotion of the weather . observer at Norfolk, Va., because, as he now states, he was aware lhaj; the promotion was made to buy the sil ence of the weather observer at Nor folk as to the inefficiency of a subor dinate, who is a lelative of the: Assist ant Chief of the bureau. The fact that Secretary Morton re-instated Mc Laughlin yesterday vindicates the latter's action and indicates that the Secretary believes that there is truth in his charges. No reflection is made in them on the personal honesty of Professor Harrington, Chief of the bu reau, but they do asperse his adminis trative ability. Even with his brother-in-law as Chief of his bureau Pro: fessor Harrington seems to have either not known what was going on in it or to have been unable to remedy it. In his letter to Secretary Morton, Mr. McLaughlin says, speaking of his experience in the Weather Bureau since it went to the Agricultural De partment. "J. haye seen during the past 21 months more of what is gen erally called official corruption than during the rest of the 23 years I have spent in the Government service." The following are the specific charges of McLaughlin, as to which Professor Harrington and his assist ant-chief, Major Rockwood, who i3 acting chief (Professor Harrington be ing ill with the measles), make a gen eral denial, and which Secretary Mor ton says he has already learned are in part at least well founded, and which, he is now having investigated; That a Mr. Whitehead was ap pointed an inspector at $1G per day, although he is a man who cannot read the barometer. - An employe named J. K. Robinson, who had been discharged, was re in stated through political influence. The first week after his re-instatement he stole a bolt of cloth and pit-sen ted it to a woman of loose character. He was then again discharged. I The late Captain of the Watch was discharged for stealing a carpet, of fice furniture and other public prop erty. Thefts have been going on for some tune unchecked. Chief of Division Fry has no tech nical knowledge of his work. Professors Bigelow and Carl Bar ans, who have len , appointed since last July, have no meteorlogical ex perience. Two clerk's named Garnot and Kirkham. were detailed to do the work of these professors, v ho aieDaid $3000 per year. The clerks proved to be themselves more or less incom petent for such ' work, and Kirkham was sent to San. Francisco, but he could not do the work there, and was discharged. He is now in New Or leans doing work that he is competent to perform. Captain Stone was appointed As sistant Disbursing Officer at the time he was drawing $1600, and the law states distinctly that such appoint ments shall le from, 800 employus. M a jor , T. B. Ha rnsofi w as pracri cally reprimanded by his superiors for his; efforts to investigate and reveal thefts of supplies by lower grade em ployes. Many ot the professors are em ployed at $3000, although no appro priation has been made for their em ployment. They are paid from tne appropriations for outside work. Con gress has not authorized their employ, ment. The number of messengers is extra ordinary, and would suggest that a special messenger is assigued to every employe in the Weather Bureau above the rank of clerk. There is more than one iustance known of a female clerk receiving her full salary, although she had been ab sent half ot the time tor which she paid. There is an instance where a num Ser of physicians were employed, in the Bureau of Annual Industry, at a salary' of '$1200, to detect and act upon pleuro pneumonia iu cattle. On March 'Jo, 18'J2. Mr. Rusk said that tliere was no pieiiro-pueumoiiia in this country; yet in Maivh, 1803, these physicians were still on the pay roll- The hottest lilu yet made against a Presidential appointment ia now be ing wageil against J. J. McAlester.re cently nominated, but not yet con firmed, to be U. S. Marshal for In dian Territory, Charges have been, preferred against McAlester by W. F. Weeks, chairman of the Demo cratic committee of the Territory, and they have been filed with the Presi dent and with the Senate committee. McAlester, who is here, is fighting back, and says he is confident of be ing confirmed. There is much uneasiness among the higher officials in the Department of State on account of the rumor.gen erally believed, that Secretary Gres ham has a little list of employes all in the upper grades, that he intends to dismiss for inefficiency. Those hav. ing occasion to visit that Department often will do no grieving if there is a general shake-up among its bureau chiefs, some of whom have long been victims of the disease known as the big head." After many conflicting statements, pro and con, the question of an extra session of Congress has beendeSnitely settled by President Cleveland, the only man who had the authority to settle it. There is to be an extra session, and it will be called to meet early in September, the p incipal ob ject being to pass a tariff bill in time to go into effect in the spring of 1894. It is a big task, and judging from past experience in that line the administra tion w,U be lucky if the new tariff bill gets through Dy the first of July, of next year. No position under the Government is more sought after than that of Gov ernment printer. He , has more pat ronage, outside of the Civil Service restrictions,than the head of any other bureau, to say nothing of the control of Targe disbursements for printing material, etc. There are a legion of candidates, some from almost every section of the country. President Cleveland says he will not make the selection for several weeks yet, and when be does he intends to appoint a .man who will take the office out of politics and run it on a business basis. That will be an innovation indeed, as there has been more politics to the square inch in that office than in any other branch of the Government ser vice, and although Mr. Cleveland's in tentions may be good, it is very doubt ful whether he can succeed in banish ing politics therefrom. There is an impression here that the Senate will adjourn as soon as it has decided whether the Senators ap pointed! by the Governors of Montana. Washington and Wyoming have right to their seats, and it begins to look as tQugh tliAt decision would be ip the affirmative. TOO MUCH' PAY. -:o:- BEitlNG SEA COMMISSION ASSISTANTS GET IT. The Entire Appropriation Made by Con- Divided up. Major Ilalford, J. Statriey Brown and Otbeni (Set Mm nlflecnt Allowance. Washington, March 31. President Harrison is said, by a friend, to hare had his doubts as to the propriety iof i sending such a large staff of assistants and clerks more than 10 in number with the American representatives n and before the Bering Sea Commis sion at Parts. If he had known the size of the allowances for expenses o the members of this staff he wou d probably have held 'some additional doubt. He would certainly not be surprised to j learn that President Cleveland, to j whose attention this matter has been brought, thinks both the staff ana expense allowances un warrantably large, and is disposed to have both cut down. President Har rison apparently approved the unpre cedented order detailing Major Elijah W. HalforJ as disbursing officer to the American delegation to perform the duties always performed hitherto by a civilian clerk in connection with other work, so that he might not be surprised if Secretary Lamont shou d recall Major Hal ford to perform the regular duties of an army pay master in this country. But it does not ap. pear that President Harrison knew that, in addition to his army pay and allowances, amounting to about $4000 a year, Major Ilalford was to receive $15 a day for expenses while on this special service, and he would: hardly be surprised if this allowance won d be cut off. President Harrison knew that J. Stanley Brown, Private Secretary and son-iii law of President Garfield, hid been detailed from the Treasury De partment, wheie he was receiving $10 a day as an expert on the fur seal after one visit to Alaska, to no (o Pans. and. knowing his limitations as a seal expert, may have disapproved the selection, as he doubtless woujd have disapproved the al'owance made to him by the State Department of $15 a day fo his expenses. Under the circumstances the reduction of Mr. Stanley Brown's allowance or his recall to Washington by Secretary. Carlisle would probably not surprise Mr. Harrison. ; j The disclosures as to the allowances made to the gentlemen reoresenting the United States in more or less im portant capacities at Paris have come from the Treasury Department and not from the State Department. Sec retary Gresham. whatever he may have said to the President privately, would be the last man, in view of his life-long friendship with ex Secretary Foster and his appreciation of tie properties and of the fact that Majjr Halford was associated with ex Presi dent Harrison, to give the facts to the press. Secretary Carlisle, even, has been unwilling to do this, but having been sent to him officially by Secretary Gresham, in response to an official re quest for a statement of the condition of the appropriations entrusted for expenditure to the State Department, the tacts got out through subordi nates. J They show that the appropriation made for the representation of the United States in and before the Ber ing Sea Commission, amounting to $250,000, was apportioned with the sanction of, not by the personal act of ex Secretary Foster among the rep resentatives of the United States,large and small, with a liberality which amounted to extravagance. The allowances made to the Amen can members of the commission, Jus tice Harlan and Senator Morgan, and the agent of the United States, ex- Secretary Foster himself, and to the distinguished counsel, ex Minister Ed ward J. Phelps, ex -Judge H. W. Blodgett. and Mr. James C. Carter, are not out of rroDortion to the im- portance of the occasion; but in the first place an unusually large number of assistants of various grades : were appointed, and in the next place they were given unusually large allowances. Major Halford and Stanley Brown are the only attaches, apparently, wio receive as much as $15 a day allow ance, but all .the others, from ex-Sec - i retary Foster's son-in-law, Robert Lansinir. assistant couusel with an kl lowanceof $10a Uy, 4owu, receive a addition to their salaries large amounts for expenses. -v ivnicxl attumtr tins subordi nates is that i 34 r. Lewis, clerk to -j i t Justice Harlan, who, in addition to his salary of $100, is allowed $6 a day for expenses. The extravagance involved in these allowances u em phasized by the fact that a number of attaches were already employe! by the Government at fair salaries and without, of course, any allowance for expense? here in Washington, But when they were detailed to Paris, hearing what large expense allowances others were getting, they succeeded in getting similar allowances them selves. It is a delicate matter for this ad ministration to handle. Any official action which it might take would al most certainly involve our representa tives at Paris in a scandal which would prejudice the United States in the arbitration and put us to shame in Europe. But if President Cleveland feels free to follow his inclination in the in aiter he will bring regret to those responsible for it. The books of the State Department show that over $100,000 of the appro priation has already Iteen expended: but the payments made include a full payment of the allowance to the agent, counsel and arbitrators and a portion of their expenses; also to expenditures in connection with the preparation of the case and counter case, collecting evidence, printing, etc. The Govern ment of the United States is charge able with half the expenses of the Court of Arbitration. iNniANAPous, Ind., March 31. Ex-President Harrison was shown to day the charges made as to Secretary Halford and the Bering Sea Commis sion by the new administration. He read the dispatch atiout half way through and handed it back to the re porter, saying in an almost petulant way: "1 don't know anything at all about it." He said that he did not want to Imj quoted upon the subject at ali, but u"pon biMiijr prv-ssed said: 'General Foster was employed bv Mr. Blaine, at what pay 1 don't know. All I know about the whole matter is that General Foster has done a noble work. About the other charges 1 have nothing to say, a' I am ignorant of the facts." Mr. Harrison fuither stated that upon the matter being investigated he thought all would turn out all right. THE CUBAN FILIBUSTERS. Key West, Fla., April 3. The rev olutionary expedition against Cuba is about to leave here on its mission. The greatest excitement prevails among the people, while the Federal officials are anxious but vigilant. The revolutionary leaders cannot be found, the men in the ranks who have been most active in the movement are not to be seen in their usual haunts, and there is a general restlessness; and mysterioushess characterizing the en tire Cuban population. It is regarded as certain that the: night will witness the attempt of the revolutionists to get away. , The rev enue cutter McLane is here. Her! small boats have been equipped for immediate service, her men have been armed to the teeth, and everything is in readiness to intercept the revolu tionists if they make a start. The McLane has got steam up ready for pursuit. The commander is be ing kept constantly informed by men on shore as to the movements of the revolutionists, but their plans for de part ure, made during the past month. have been so carefully concealed that it is hard to discover what they are! doing or what move they intend to make. It is believed that the Federal offi cers have had either knowledge orj snsoicions of the intent of the revolu tionists to leave for several days past. and that a call was sent to the Navy Department asking for reinforce ments. The statement is made now and not denied, that two other revenue cutters have been ordered here, ancj are expected to arrive before anoiher U0W II. If the revolutionists have heard and believe that the McLane is to be thus re inforced, it will undoubtedly hasten their attempts to get away. They at least know that the Federal authori ties are fully alive to the exigency of the occasion, for thei- spies, keen men with channels for getting inside in for mation which tho authorities have been unable to discover, know of the preparations to prevent their leaving I which have been made on board the McLane. What the exact force of the revo j lutionists is cannot be stated, but they I certainlv numli I et ween 3,00 and i 400 inert. STATE NEWS. :o.- LAltUE SAW-MILL BURNED AT NEW IIEUNE; S. Otho MTIUen Under ftnspondod Sontonco Railroad 8arveya FlaUhc!. Railroad Vrrk and Firo at FayetUTlllo. Sever Storm la Chatham County. The Caucasian, Marion Butler's paper, has been mortgaged to Dr. W. i P. Kxum for $1,200, aays the Golds boro Headlight. r. A. Leazar, superintendent of the penitentiary, and Mr A B. Young, one of the directors, are now examining the State farms near here. Weldon Shot. w A severe storm swept ov.er the western part-of ttfta county ; on last , Friday afternoon." There was consid erable hail, a heavy fall of rain and the wind blew with great violence, up rooting many trees and blowing down fences, Chatham lltcord. , S. Otho Wilson, on trial last week at taleigh, having been indicted for being a member of the secret political organization known as Gideon's Band, entered a plea ot nolo contendere and was released under suspended sen tence and on payment of all costs. Governor Carr has pardoned Lacy Sears, of Yadkin county, who had sej-ved seven years of a fifteen years' sentence for manslaughter. It is' stjxtid that he killed the man in self defense; that he was a good citizen, while the man killed was of bad char acter. Tho solicitor, most of the jur ojs and many citizens asked that he hi pardoned. Raleigh JChronkle. On Thursday the preliminary stir veys of lines of railroad from Lenoir to Wilson's ('reek were finished up, estimated and compared. The Mor ganton line ; is just 400 feet shorter than tho Lenoir line, bi.t is more ox pensive and much rougher. All tho papers in the case were sent by ex press to Philadelphia Friday, Lenoir 'Jojnc, - . j Bartow Brittain is now in jail in Morganton for the murder of his (brother, Julius Brittain, last week. jBartow struck his brother with a stone and death resulted last Friday from fracture of the skull. The de ceased lingered three days before bis, sufferings were ended. -The men quarreled over the division of the es tate of their father, old Sheriff Brit tain. and this led to the murder. Winston Sentinel. About midnight Wednesday night the saw mill of the New Berne Lum ber Company the Basnight mill was discovered by the watchman to be on fire. It caught in the fire room either from the heat of the fire going through the brick wall to such an ex tent as to ignite the sill or from a spark in some way getting below. It had probably been burning an hour or so before bursting out.- The wood being hot burned rapidly, and the fire gained headway, and by the time the engines arrived it had a strong hold. Though the mill was on the river, the fire was a bad one to fight because of being hard to approach at the desired points, but in about an hour it was under control, whirfi was splendid work under the disadvantageous sur roundings. The loss by the burning of the mill is $4,000;Jy the dry-kiln an additional $2,000and the value of the lumber destroyed would fall but little below another $1,000. A total lo3s of $7,000. There was partial in surance. New Berne Vorna. Friday morning about 3 o'clock the fast passenger train going south from New York to Jacksonville, Fla, ran into two box-cars which were on the main line between Moore, and Rowan streets, completely demolishing them. The engine was badly wrecked and the engineer terribly. but not danger ously scalded. The passengers were considerably fchaken up and very much startled but none were injured. It wa very fortunate that the train was not going fast, it was slowing up for the crossing one hundred yards away or there Would have been a very serious wreck.- -About 8 o'clock Saturday morning Yard Conductor Roberta, of the C. F. & Y. V. Railroad.discoyered fire in the residence of Mr. J. W. Welsh, on Mumford street, and im. mediately gave the alarm, and then aroused the inmates just in time as the fire was burning fiercely and leap ing up the stair case; luckily no acci dent occurred. The house, with part of the furniture, was entirely con sumed. The fire originated from plastering falling on the lamp in the hall, causing an explosion. The house wan lnsunnl for $1500; the furniture for $100. Fayi-tteville C&ynver.
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