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NOELL BROS Pro irietorc.: HOr.lE FIRST: ABROAD NEXT. 01.00 Per Year in Advance. Vul.. XIII. R0XB0R0, NORTH CAROLINA, Wednesday Evening, August ,18, 1897. ,No. 11. Polished ; Solid Oak 5-Draw-er Chiffonier, 63 inches high, 30X inches long, 18 inches deep. It is -well constracted and has good locks . on ' each : drawer.' Special price, (Orders -promptly filled). Our success is not accidental. It is the reward of 48 years of honorable business. Our experience in the Fur niture and : Carpet , business is yours for the asking. Our immense illustrar :i ted catalogue of Furniture, Oil Cloths. Baby Carriages, Refrigerators, Bedding Springs, Steel Beds, eta, is free to all who write for it, and we pay all post age. If you ask your local dealers . advice yOu will not send for our cata logue, as he will lose a customer. If you consult your - pock- t-book and want double, value for your dollars, you will deal with the manufacturers. Send your name on a postal uow. Julius llinss ft BALTIMORE, MD. v Mother and Child Killed on a Rail- roc-d Trestle. Red Springs, Aug. lltb, A mos c distressing accident occured here this afternoon about 6 o'clock, as the afternoon train from Fayette ville to M aston was n earing the town Mrs. Tolar, of Rennert, her three daughters and son were crossing a trestle. The train slowed up,but com ing down grade it was impossible t o stop before it reached them. The young ladies, the boy and . one little girl, with her mother, got off ' the trestle but the smallest girl, about 12, got -her:f eet hun,;.&S s&e .jvas about to step off.., IThKmother stop ped to get he child and continued her efforts until the train struck her, knocked her off the trestle about 15 yards and killed her almost instant ly. The little girl . was ground to powder ori the trestle, her " feet and hands and parts of her. body being strewn some distance along the track, and perhaps half the "body dropped through the cross-ties into tllC Oil UC1U Ohio Populist . Repudiates Fusion And Nominate Coxey for Gov- ernor. .. ' , ": ;' ' ( 'OLUiiuus, 0., - August 11 til. Fusion was repudiated to day by the Populists of Ohio. , THe Populist State convention, by an, overwhelm ing majority; severed the alliance made a year, ago with the Democracy on -the free silver issue, and nomina ted a full State ticket, headed by JacOb Coxev, of Commonweal fame, ... - .......... . ...... as the ; nominee for Governor. The convention got -into a free fight which was only quelled by a platoon of Columbus police. . The light was the resiilt of charges made by -Peter Witt that ' the convention had been bought by Hanna money. The Graeco Turkish Peace"- Con v ' ference . . COJTSTANTINOPLEj August -Vl3: r Some of the embassadors have -not TT-t- rt s- s tt t-t r ernment: in regard to the evacuation compromise proposed by . the .? Turk : ish . minister? for -'foreign- affairs, Tewfik Pasna, but it ;is believed. the compromise- will be accepted and that the 'nAsrp.ft nrftlimiTin.riPS mav Kp. Rio"n- ed on Saturday. , ' -.-.-1. v.m ' : ... .: : ' . Tyler's Campaign to be Opened in . . : . , .v ' T- ... .... i , f . t - - . - ; . Richmond.' ;. " ivuAJNUJUi,' w a., auguBii c. maj or. Tyler wil I open his - campaign in Richmond some time in ; September.' This was arranged in a conference this evening between Chairman? lyson and President Jefferson ' Wal lace, of v the Powhatan Club. - The meeting, th e date for "which cannot be fixed as yet, will be held under the auspices of the Powhatan:. Club It. is, expected that all three of the nominees ? wil jbe present,! andf the campaign will be. inaugurated with greateclaf. s -- '' ' -:.-- , , "; England talks more itr i a minute than she couYtbruak. .i;1 V la 'S-. Son DARING B AID BY CUBANS Captured a City While Spanish , Officers Were at a Dance. , j , Havana, via. Key .West, -Ela , August, lS.While the Spanish of ficers at the town of Santa Rosalia, in Santiago de Cuba province, the eastern end of the Island, - were at tending a big ball in: the town hall General Oalix to Garcia and a picked body of men set upon Jthe town. ' , In the height of the festivities the ball room was fiercely attacked on all sides by the insurgents. The officers rushed to the doors to escape but it was too latel The Cubans appeared with .their -machetts in hand Some of the women fainted. A desperate fight began, in which the Cubans killed one captain ' and two lieutenants and thirty Spanish soldiers. ' In the struggle a . bullet struck a woman, killed her instants lv- . . " V - ' r Fourteen Spanish . guenilleron, wiih the intention of assisting their comrades, entered the house i behind the Cubans, but 'another force of in surgents overpowered and the, four teen Spanish guerrilleros, were all killed. The Spanish officers surren dered and were taken 'prisoners to General Calixto .Garcia. Many Spanish soldiers were found drunk on the streets and were easily arrest ed. The whole town was burned by the ' insurgents excepting three houses. Then-they retired. : - . .. WEYLER HIRES AN .ASSASSIN. A Spanish spy, Miguel Besta has been hanged : without trial by Baldo mero Acosta, . u. prominent Cuban leader. Besta bad been employed by Weyler to visit -AcostaV camp, and assassmaie nmixieacumg, tuc uauip, his excution was ordered, his missioh having been made known before his arrival. " ' Tampa, Fla August 12. A fili bustering expedition, 'numbering over a hundred men have arrived here on their way join to the in surgent army. . They are accompanied by several carloads -of ammunition, which has Been sidetracked near this - citv, to await a vessel to take it to Cuba. '. It is the largest partv.: that has ever been sent to Cuba1" from the United States. " The gunboat Wil mington has left under orders to capture the party. . r . : . Teller's OPinion of the Administra tion Aim. , Dethoit, Mich, August 13. Senator Teller arrived here to-day. In an interview he expressed him self as strongly opposed to a combi nation ' of the : Silver Republicans with McKinley Republicahs in this State this fall. On the' money ques tion, he said: ' ....... "It is the purpose, undoubtely, of this administration to retire the greenbacks ' and treasury notes and perfect a system by; which the - na tional banks will . be authorized" to issue all paper money. ' This move will be to ' retire silver, and then bank notes will not be legal tender. What will be the -result? The administration will have succeeded in making gold the,6nly money v by which debts can- be paid, v All debts will have to be paid in v the yellow metal." . r ..' , r : r 1 Cotton Mills Resume Work.' , l : Fall"' River, Mass.,; Aug. 16. Most of the cotton mills which have been ' stopped; temporarily s tarted. " on full time . to-day.. The improved condition of the cloth market ' and reported advancement . of the cot ton crop served to restore a measure of condence among manufacturers. The curtailment ; has amounted to a quarter of a million pieces. THe Eddy ! Woolen Mill will open its d66rs!thiSi morning after a four- mohths'A curtailment. It is planned to start only the dye house at . -present; with? otber . departments, open as the work progresses. 'The facto rv employes a"bout 300 bands. -Pairfield township, ;.IIvde '-.county, 'gave ini. of:ty orttha school tax. ; AGAINST AMERICAN TOBACCO. That Prom Algiers Admitted- Free " . in French West Indiesj . r, - . ' T? s . ' " " - j . ' ; Washington, D. C., August . 13. ' l'he State Department has ' been notified that the Council of the State. of s the French West Indies has pass ed a law, which-went into effect May 11, ast, admitting manufactured tobaqco from Algiers free of duty in to Martinique, Guadalope, "Cayenne and Reunion. This has 'had, and will continue'tQ have; a tendency to curtail' to a considerable extent .the importation of tobacco manuf actur tured in the United States. ' -1 - r : ... - . --v f Death of Ex-Senator GeorRe. ' : ;. '.; . , "i x '' Jackson, Miss., . August .14. A special to the Associate Press .. from Mississippi City says that; the Uni ted States Senator' J.TZ. George, died there at '2:40 o'clock p. m. , , Senator George was not; a ; native of Mississippi, but hadp resided I- in that State since his eighth year. 'He was born in'Montico county,' Geor gia, on 26th oflOct6ber,1826. Af ter.' the death of hisi father which' occurred in the Senators early: infan cy, h i removed with t His t mother ' in 1834, to Noxubee county Miss. re maining there for, only two .years and then going L to 'Carroll county, where he maintained hisflegal f resi dence until: his death. r Senator George obtained his education in the common schools, and did? not begin his professional career 'ointi I after the close of the Mexican war, in which he served as a private in the regiment commanded y-- Jefferson Davis.. , 't''.V - ' . - Boyd. May be " Promoted . ' ' - WASHINGTON,.I3UO., r igr 16, It' is currently talked here to day; in prominent and reliable Republican circlest hat upon the - retirement . of j ustice Field from t he Sup reme Court; next month that Attorney General McRenna will be appointed his successor, and Assistant Att orney General - James 1 E.' '3oyd, of North Carolina, will be- appointed Attorney General to succieU. McKen na' - - - . k ' ' Race Riot Cincinnati, Aug. ; 16.--A 'special to The Commercial Tribune - from Little Rock, Ark.', says: .'he blood iest race riot that-' has .occured" in Arkansas took place : at Palarm 30 miles. from Little Rock; Saturday evening. - Three men are dead,; an other . fatal ly wounded, "an d. two o th- ers badly injured. Thedead are: Harrison Kerr,; ".colored ,i Charles Peters1 colored; ChayJes Andry white. Owens had a-warrant for 'Harri son Kerr charging hiin witji mur der. When he attempted to make the arrest Kerr opened, fire! on the offiicer." The first shot struck owens in the groin" (the bullet striding sil ver in the troufers pocket) glanced and inflicted. a serious wound. The money in" Owens pocket 1 probably saved1 his! life, r ; -Andry- and' Clark went' to'Owens' assistance ani five or six negroes joined in with'-"Kerr. A pitch battle ensued, in whicji," over, fifty, s ots were fired. -' - j j . ' : High Wages Restorer . Chester Pa,, Augi fl6-r--Xhe em ployes ?of .Geo. C.'-Haltsel& Co.y manufactures of worsted-goods, have 6 next. ' The notice vwas a surprise, as the restoration ;? was .'granted' by the firni without solicitation oh t the part of the hands. - Haltsel y& Co. employ several hundred people. Since-1892 two reductions of wages' have been made, - aggregating . about 20 per cent, and until three' vweeks ago the mill has been running on half , time. -V The firm has of late re ceived many new. orders,and tbe em ployes, are now working full time. 'I Better freedom in- bonds than bonds in freedom. . ".' - , The true bone of-contention ia generally found- on he ires-lunch ,u:ter, . . ' ... been notified that the wages paid in 1892 will be restored on -September HITGHCOOK GOES TO RUSSIA A Missouri Manufacturer Personal- ly Very .Close ; To .the President Appointed Minister. : , .. . k l . - ..-v :.: ? 1 ' . '; . - t a - ' - : , " - t ' - ; New, York; Aug? 14. J. A.- Por: ter, Secretary to President McKinley has, sent the following dispatch from Hotel CHamplain, N. Y., to the Associate-Press: , - ' . ' r "', C v Nathan A. Hitchcock', of . St. Lou is has been offered and; has accepted th minis ter ship to Russia and will be appointed:; ' . ; v 'v ' . Outlook: More Favorable. - Fairmont W; Va.; Aug. s 17. The outlook in this region , is more favorable today for the success of the strikers than ever before. The in dications are . that r they will - gain large accessions to their ranks. A thousand strikers under the lead of Woodland O'Connell are camped -in the vicinity of the Montanamines. A Pleasant Evening. -. 1 r One of the pleasantest'eyentsof the summer was a' moonlight sail: given last Friday night by the guestt'.of.the Wins tead j Ho tel to a party of abo ii t 25 friends.. Loch.Lilly is never more beautiful than when the moon beams are reflected from its placid surface. No glaring blinding sun; 'no uticom forting heat marred the delight "of the ' pleasure v; seekers 4 ; instead . the breezes cooled and freshened bytouch of the water brought joy and calm to those who had chafed under the heat of the day time. . , - , . 'Piloted by that expert boatmaD, Mr. Wiley Winstead, our little steam craft twice made' the circuit 'of the lakel The- hurrounding hills, the heayy forests, the jnystic" camp,, fires alongthe hill -tops aii dimly seen by light cf the magic moonbeams added ah indiscribable charm to : the scene Merry song and merrier laughter be-, spoke thehappiness of the party i ; . v. Our hosts.feasted us on mefons and other fruits of the season.; ' At the early hour of 10:30 o'clock home ward we turned counting "this one 'of the best evenings of the year. ' -. , - ; A Participant. . .here's no ' question, about 'it. Hood's Sai su pa r i 1 la i s t h e bes t bl ood p u r i fi e r. x T h i s is , proy e n by i t s . w on derf'jl cured of blood diseases r v' There is nothing so1 good: There is nothing just as .gool as Dr. King's JN ew Discovery tor con sumption, co n h a and oolds so " de- mm&X ahd do not permit the dalr er to sell vou some "substitute.' He will not claim there it.: anything;.-, bet ter, but in order to make more profit he may claim -"something else r'to be just as good. You want Dr. , King's New Di.scove.v because vou know it to.be sate and reliable,4 aod :guarn teed to do good or money refunded. For coughs, Colds, Consumption and for'all affections "of Throat, Chest and Lungs,there is nothing 8o good -as Dr.; King's"""- New Dseovery Trial bottle Free at ""J . De 'Morris' Drugstore. J - - Regular size 50 cents and $1,000 - Still they cpme to J.l ,D. 'Brinkley atr Boxbbro; to have fine photographs made.' T.he" PP ie" . -won't' let; me leave." ' - - ? The only : way to - break company with Santan is for : you to - do r the breaking. He never will. ; For Sale ,J . 1 ; r '",.',. One hundred thousand good bricki Apply to me at ray office. . : ' H. J. WHITT, ; . - 8-18 tf. - Koxboro N. C; OONE & BRYANT. - Attbrneyo at Law. " Durham, IT- C ' - I. : " ' -Always attend the Superior Court of Person county, and will go there at such.other time3 aa the, business oi electa lemand. . ; B r Royal makes the food pare, 'wholesome and dtlldottj '4 . i .1. . V BOYAU BAKING POWDER CO;, NEW YORK. Man should be a little lower than' the angeb,; and not; good deal low'-., er than the, beasts. - 1 : - , IS very body Sayq So. . ; v Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most won derful medical discovery of the age, pleas ant and refreshing to the taste, act gently : and positively on kiditeys.. liver and bowels, cleansiug the entire "ftvatcinV dispel colds, .cure heailache, lever,-haVutual constipation ailfl hi lirilKsnncc . Tlonefi iitt h-iJ .vr n Vnv of C. C: C. tn-ilay ? 1 0, JT. 50 cents. Bold and - guaranieea to cure by all drugrgists. : . - Help for the Helpless. ; : - ur. r$. m. wooiej, of AtianjtavG.' : whose opium and whiskey cure, m prese nted i n notljer ? col u in n ? is he, n e factor t( v t ur a e n tf ratfo n..l Tei i years tj' he'i enuaed onia,ot our ci r izenftwhe live heartily and' well bless an.l to praise him , , : r .: B I Cx "IS! E - c Prices, ! , I have applied the axe so .faith : fully in, the grocery business, . i that there is 'no money ,-in . 1 L,boro.V ; ;!; . V . :, Hunter .done itrrbut that's all , . right; when-. vbu; want any thing in the way of eatables don't' forget I. will always , . make the lowest price for the " C. H. HUNTER. ipNext door to HambrickT . , There's Money la Your Pocket Wheo You Buy a Pair cf IlDGli Dros V 7 D pa They are all yoa'd. expect for Cs When coupled with Low Price Finish, ruterlal, Tit tz3 tylj are Rljht, whxt ccrs cculi yea expect?. . i FCX 5ALS CY t3 LaOrjcB.cOii- ci gOd -V v' hr. 4 i ; '
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