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VOL. mill. -Ho 34 HIW BIBB, CRAVM COUBTY, R. C., TUB HO JULY 26. Iii6 ?i K r SECTION. 28th TEAR TBI "BOSS" COTTON PRESS! SIMPLEST. STIiONGEST, BEST Th Murray Ginning System Slue, Fanfare, Cond.nieri, Etc. OIBBC MACHINERY CO. Columbia, $. C. . THE BENNINGTON HORROR, Promises to Exceed the Maine Disaster , In Proportion of Crew Killed and Injured. San Diego, Cal.i July 21. Thirty nine members of the : crew of the United States gunboat Bennington were killed and four score sailors were injured, twenty-four seriously, at 10 o'clock this afternoon by a boiler explosion that dis abled the vessel in San Diego har bor. Fifteen Bailors are missing.- There were more than 250 men uhonrd the , warship when the accident occurred, and many men were hurled of forced to jump into the sea by the terrific . ex plosion, which lifted part of the deck and compelled the beaching of the ship. San Diego," July 22. The search for the bodies of the sailors .scalded i i the tangled debris of the United States gunboat. Bennington began today. Seven bodies are in sight pinned down in the wreckage of the boiler. 1 The other bodies are thought to be buried in the dismantled engine room. In ad dition to the thirty nine known to be dead and eighty injured, fifteen of the crew" are unaccounted for. Six' of these are oilers - and six coal passers who were on watch at the time of the explosion. The disaster is greater in ' proportion than ' that on the Maine."' - Leas than a third of the fleers escaped. mon and of- GREAT PREPARATIONS. The Opera Tomorrow Night To Be a Groat . ' Success. An Event In Amuse ment Annals. Most elaborate scenic effects and ar tistic staging is being arranged for the big opera tomorrow night and every thing is assumingtfine shape. No pains will be spared to make this , event one that will long be remembered .in" New Bern. : Everybody is talking about it. Never before has such interest been manifested in any local affair, in New Bern. Everything is worked up to a high state of excellence.- - , ' " : The press all over the country "is sounding the praises of this affair. All over the south great crowds have flock ed to see it because it is new and novel and being under the leadership of a pro fessional director makes it . perfect in every detail. Every man, woman and child in New Bern should see it. The performance will be given only one night The sale of seats is now in progress at Waters and there has been a goodly number sold. Let the whole town go out tomorrow night. , , Japs Land Near Vladivostok. St.' Petersburg, July 24 The corres pondent of The Novoe Vremya with the . Russian Eleventh Army Corps, says - that Japanese torpedo boats during a ' thick mist and rain approached several . bays near Vladivostock and that they sent a landing party ashore in the Gulf of Gashkevitch, near Possiet Bay, OAOTOTIIA, ' Siui the j9 The Kind Yon Haw Always Bonght Britt Gets Decision Over Sullixan ban Francisco, July 22. Britt got the decition m the twentieth round There were eight round of give and, r take, Honors were 'even, and , both badly punched. Britt then took a de cided lead. -It was Britt's fight by a clear margin from the eighth on, al though the Baltimore man foH;;ht fiercely from start to finish. Britt showed marked superiority as a boxer and scored the only knockout of the " struggle. Up to the eighth round Sul alun made a good showing. Ho kept on the aggrcsaive although - bleeding fiercely irom Britt's tearing jabs1 . Sullivan broke his hand W the tenth nond. .- HEiftlTTHBEE 1HCHES Was the Rainfall Record at' . Raleigh. , State Charters Granted. Money tor Statue . Comet Slowly. One Deals From Hot Weather, Saloon Men Quietly at ; v . Work Congressman Thomas to Make Address. Raleigh July 22. There was a severe loctl storm last night, the rainfall being 2.72 inches. The heaviest fall was be tween 7.18 and 7.55 p. m., amounting 1 t 2 inches, the wind being 30 miles an 1 hour in the southwest. Had the rain kept up that rats for an hour it would have been a record breaker, and would hive been 3 inches. The heaviest fall recorded, in an hour is 2.28 inches, which fell in 47 minutes in 1894. On the night of May 15, 1S98 an inch fell in ten minutes which' holds the re cord. ' :'; 'v::-:: '''... A charter is granted the Pomona Cot- ton Manufacturing Company, Greens- boro, capital stock $250,000, to make yarns, cotton goods, etc., among the stockholders being J. E. Serice, J. E. Southerland and W. P. Southerland of Greenville, S. C, A. T. Wing, Palmer, M- s ., Lee L, Battle, Greensboro and several others from that town. . The Tar Heel Steamboat Company of Bladen 1 county is authorized to increase its capital stock to $30,000, .-" H : At the Soldiers Home work, is active ly in progress in the enlargement of the dormitory. "A gas plant will be put in and all the cottages will be put in I first class condition. A gas engine of I thrice the power of the present one will 1 be installed and the heating plant will be enlarged. , ' , -. I- Tk liolif ninir loaf T irrlf afmnlr a " l.JjJ.vlll.lf, au..y U..IV DM MWn t. number of trees and one or two build ings in this vicinity but did no damage. One of the operatives at the Caroleigh Cotton mills was quite severely shocked but was all right today. . There is some comment on the fact ; that so little money has been raised for the (titue of Sir Walter Raleigh which it is proposed to be put in Nash Square which is the attractive park in front of the Union passenger station. .Now that all the arrangements ' are com pleted for the -; statue of Ei s'gn Worth Bagley, it would seem tnat this Raleigh statue matter could be taken up and quickly preased to conclu s:on. Next Monday work begins on the grand stand at the State Fair Grounds. It will be a very different structure from the unsightly one which was in use from 1874 to the last fair. Work is actively in progress on the $15,000 hospital at St. Augustine color ed normal school here. ' Heretofore the hospital and nurses training school have been conducted in a small wooden building, A good deal of the funds for the new hospital are a gift. ' As Raymond Bynum was being taken to the penitentiary from the Raleigh jail he spoke to one of the deputy sheriffs and said that his high temper got him into trouble. He is given re ular work at the prison. Most of the convicts who are able-bodied are employed in the rick yards. . The total number including those in the hospital does not reach 100. , . Only one death has resulted from the hot weather here,' and work of every kind has gone along, though the tem perature has reached 120 degrees in the sunshine. No horses have been pros trated by the heat. -; - " The saloon men are very quiet about their work in endeavoring to secure an election here in September on the ques tion of open bar rooms, and the list of names is not permitted to be .seen, the j statement being that it is all in charge of a liveryman, who is referred to a the chairman of a committee, from which it would appear that there had been some kind of a meeting, though no report of one has ever been given OUt. - . - Talbot Rogers, a white boy Jof only 14 years of age was convicted here last week of obtaining goods under , false pretence and sentenced to two years imprisonment, has been hired out to a farmer, his parents consentintr to this. though at first they declined to consent and it seems that he would have to re main the whole time in jail; though in such a case there would doubtless nave been a pardon. Secretary of State Grimes and C gressman Charles R. Thomas will de liver addresses at the reunion of Con federate Veterans at Kenans vi lie, August 3rd. J When Corporation Commissioner Bed 1 dingfield who is a farmer was asked ' what the farmers were talking about in this county he replied: "About .lay ing by the crops and about the barbe cues which they will then give and en joy. " i''rom which it appears that the farmers aie in extremely good spirits. Bonn the A I'm KM Vu HavMlwj fought l!i8KindYu Signature of TOTIIE SECRET ASSAULT CHARGED Pollceman Itaao Rogers For Shooting John - - C. Dockery. The Case Continued - to August 18. ' " Special to Journal -URaleigh, July 24. There was a hear ing here today of the notable case of the State against policeman Isaac Rogers who a month ago shot and wound ed Deputy U. S. ? Marshal, John C Dockery. Attorneys for Rogers moved that he be admitted to bail. Only one witness was introduced. f Dr. Hubert A. Roy star, who said Dockery was sitting up two thirds of the day, temperature and pulse normal and his condition good,.' and bj far as the two bullet wounds , was concerned he was out of danger,' The state asked that the warrant against Rogers be so amended as to charge him with secret assault. The defense announced that Rogers plea would be self defence and hi) would be proved, and insisted the first assault was rr ; de upon Rogers by Dockery, as ?t gert came from the office of his thysis in, whom he had consulted reg rdin a member of his family, The m.;istrat!e allowed the warrant to be amended, so as to charge secret assault and fixed the bail at five thousand dollars though the State wanted it made $10,000. - The State announced jt was not ready to now go into a hearing because of the absence of James H. Pou its most material witness. The prelimi- nary hearing was set for August 15th and Rogers gave bond until ;that date, . : I - BIG OIL FIRE Raging In Texai Oil Company's Property In ; Texas. Humble, Tex., July 24. -A fire that has caused a quarter of million dollars worth of damage and is still raging started yesterday in a tank helor to the Texas Oil Company caused by lightning striking the oiL The fire was held under control all the afternoon but began to spread later and twelve tanks are doomed. Fifty men were surround ed by the flames and their fate is un known. The loss up to midnight la?t night was full a million barrels of oil, and at least forty mules were cremaUd drivers abandoning them when they began working, digging hew tanks. TtlEY COME AND GO. Mrs. William Lorch and Miss Lucy Brinn are spending a few days at Seven Springs. Miss Mabel Hughes of New York is the guest of Mrs. T. G. Hyman. . Mr. S. D. Parker and family have re turned from a visit with relatives on Bogue Sound. Miss Alice Davis of Rockingham the guest of Mrs. A. E. Hibbard. ; Rev. George Butler, D. . D., who preached in the Presbyterian Church Sunday, was entertained by Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Hyman. - He returned to his home in Goldsboro yesterday. Mrs. C. M. Dockham left last eve ning going north to spend the summer, Miss Mamie Hunter Richardson left yestesdav evening on the Neuse for Virginia Beach to spend several days, Miss Mary Rice of Columbia, S. C. , is visiting Miss Mabel Green. Mrs. E. Wise o( Pamlico day in the city yesterday. spent the Messrs. Chaa. and Vernon Blades re turned from Morehead City yesterday. Mr. Harris Lane spent the day In the city yesterday. - y ; : l s Mrs. W. C. Willett and children left last night for Maryland on a visit. Miss Lizzie Hill who has been the guest of Miss Mary Emma Street re turned yesterday to her home at Wash ington. i : Masters David and Everett Morris have gone to Edenton to visit Capt. B. A. Newland is in the city. Mr. J. G. Delemar went to Morehead yesterday. " ' Mr. C. E. Wethenngton went to Eureka last night. - Mr. J. S. Miller went to Baltimore last night. ' ; y Mr. H. A, Jarman of Jacksonville, N. C. was in the city lust night. , Misses Katherine Mercer And Pearl Hawkins of Wilson are visiting relatives In the city. , MERCHANT: If you haven't r 1 IO0 L'iQXULIEHTS To be Erected at , Chickamauja fcr 39th Regiment. ::;remt Court Report Printed. Only Fair Tobacco Crop In Wake. Wants Jt hi Paul iones Marie Full Admiral. ' Claud Bernard to Return Next Month. Raleigh, July 24. Tha State author izes, the. Greensboro Electric -Company to increase its capital stock from $250, 000 to $500,000, the additional issue being of preferred stock. Johrf'Kerr' is the president of the company. .'. A charter is granted the Rayhan Ginning Company of Robeson county. .Judge Marvin Kit.rell of Texas spent yesterday here and today went to Asheville accompanied by his cousin, Solicitor Armistead Jones of Raleigh, There are GR such judges in Texas-. In one case, at Fort WorthJ there are two of them in one county. t? The funeral of , Miss Mary Mackey was held here yesterday afternoon and the body was taken to Edisto Island, S, S., for burial. . V . - . The seventy-first North Carolina Su preme court report has been re-printed and is bound in cloth instead of leather it being said that cloth stands ; better the heat of the library.; About twenty reports are now to print. It is said a book dealer has bought up all tne copies of the 120th to be had and a reprint of this will be made later, i The tobacco warehousemen here when naked fthnufc the erons said that it was oniy fajr m thit section, and that there had been too mjch rain. - A man who has many bee hives near here says that the frequent rains have had the effect greatly that it years. reducing the honey crop and will be poorer than in many A Raleigh man wrote a letter a few d iys ago to President Roosevelt asking h m to appoint the late John Paul Jones, i whose body has just come home to America a full Admiral. In reply the Pretident says that Congress alone can - he believes the Presidei.t will ask Con grees to take this step. The unpaved walks in the Capitol S mare to be laW with brick, the latter to be furnished by the penitentiary. The work is very greatly needed. Friends of Claud Bernard say he is at Old Point, his wife and children being with him and that they will all return here quite early in August. He said the reason Bernard did not come back hero directly after the trouble J)egan was that he would be shot but that now there was no danger of this. They claim that there will be no criminal suit brought against Bernard but only the civil already instituted. v;':-,v-- Judge Clark, ex-Judge Avery and Judge Hill recently made a visit to the battle field of Chickamauga where in September, the State will erect two monuments, botfi to the Thirty Ninth Regiment, one at the point where it captured a Federal battery and the other at a point where it went further to the front thatfany other Confederate troops. "Fortunately the flag of the 39th is here, being among the collection returned by the War Department and your correspondent expects to return it to the celebration as he took the flag of the Bethel Regiment at Bethel and at Appomattox. ' ; There was a very great audience at the church of the Good Snepherd yes terday to witness the ordination of Rev Samuel M. Hanff. The sermon was preached by Dean Baldwin of Greens boro. The rector of the church, Rev Dr. Pittenger presented the candidate. Rev. Dr. DeBose, rector of St. Mary's Female assisted in the service; as did also Rev. James B. Simmons of Bur lington. Mr. Hanff will act as rector of the church " of the Good Shepherd during the absence of Rev. Dr. Pitten- ger.V'.f-';;'-;:,-.v';:.-:-.v--:"'-j , Col. Dan Lamont, Dead. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., July 23. Col. Daniel Lamont, Secretary of War un der President Cleveland, died at 9:15 this eveninz at his country residence, at Milbrook, Duchess county, N. Y, after a brief illness. ' Heart failure was the cause of his death. Bomb Throwers Again Active. Tiflis, July 24. An official report sent to St. Petersburg today announces that five bomb throwing outrages oc curred at Tiflis last week, where eight officials were killed and fourteen in jured. " In only two instances ' have bomb throwers been arrested. New Lot of fine Smoked Hams, of several brands . Just Received at the Oaks Meat Market Red Meat Tobacco in stock, TO THE CONSUT.IER! We give you our absolute guarantee that each 10c plug of Red Meat ia made of better tobacco and contains more good solid juicy chewingqual ity tbnn any cthrr 10c plnTif any wr; ht ocred or sol! bv any f:irtory DISFIGURED WIIHJCZEMA Under Physicians Five Months. Went from Bad to Worse. CURED DYCUTICURA Wonderful Change in One Night. In a Month Face Was Clean as Ever. " I was troubled with eczema on the face for five months, during which time I was in the care of physicians. My face was in such a condition that I could not go out. It was going from bad to worse and I gave up all. hope, when a friend of mine highly recommended Cuticura remedies. The first night after I washed my face with (tuticura Soap and used Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Resolvent it changed wonderfully, and continuing the treatment it removed all scales and scabs. From that day 1 was able to go out, and in a mocth my face was as clean as ever.". THOMAS J. SOTH, 317 Stagg St., Brooklyn, N. Y. THE AGONIZING Itching and Burning of the Skin As in eczema; the frightful scaling, as in psoriasis; the loss of hair and crust ing of scalp, as ia scalled head ; the facial disfigurement, as in pimples and ringworm ; the awful suffering of Infants, and anxiety of woruout par ents, as in milk crust, tetter and salt rheum all demand a remedy of al most superhuman virtues to success fully cope with them. That Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Pills are such stands proven beyond all doubt. The purity and sweetness, the power to afford immediate relief, the certainty of speedy and permanent cure, the absolute safety and great economy have made them the standard skin cures of the civilized world. Abso lutely pure. 8ld throuRlioat the world. Cuticura Ilrolvrnt, 50c, (In form of Chocolite Cottvd Pill, g'xt. per vial ,if M), Ointment, 60c., Soap, Hflc. Depot. : Lotnlon, 27 Charter houw N. ; I'arta, & Rue de la Paix i Boston, l.'t" Coluiabul Ave. Potter Druf Ji Chun. Corp., Sole Proprietor. PARKER'S GRANDSON NEARLY DROWNED, Was Swimming With Presidential Candidate ; .In Hudson River at Esopus, Poughkeepsie, N. Y July 22. Alton Parker Hall, grandson of Judge Alton ParKer, had a narrow escape from drowning while swimming in the Hud son River with his grandfather at Esopus today. He was rescued by Ed ward Fritz, of Poughkeepsie, Judge Parker was swimming with the little fellow on his back when the boy be came frightened and suddenly . began choking his grandfather. By the time that his grandson released his hold and fell into deep water Judge Parker was thoroughly exhausted for want of breath and could do little' to assist the lad. : VoC V:; Fritz, who was on the wharf with his family waiting for a boat, threw off his coat and jumped into the river. The boy was out of signt, but Fritz dived and caught hold of him, bringing him to the surface and to the shore. Judge Parker reached the shore with out assistance. - Fritz was taken to Judge Parker's home, Rosemont, sup plied with dry clothing, and thanked heartily for his timely assistance. Perfect womanhood depends on, per fect health. Nature's rarest gift of physical beauty comes to all who use Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. Bright eyes and red cheeks follow its use. 35 cents, For sale by F. S. Duffy. ' Value of New YorV'a Ptuan The chief engineer of the board of estimate and apportionment of New York city places the value of the parks In Manhattan at $222,000,000. They cover 1,432 acrea. In prooklyn there are 1,001 acres, valued at J12,S0O,00O. The Brous has 3,870 acres, worth $24,- fOO.000, wlillo Queens and KIclimond have H28 seres, vuhiod lit $:i,2S0.000 Tht3 gives a per eitplla Investment t, the rex lilents of $77.55L ; . ftTake Hollister's Rocky Mountain tea See it exterminate the poison, foel it revitalize the blood and bring back that happy joyous feeling of bygone days' 35 cents, Tea or Tablets. For sale by F. S. Duffy. CASTOR I A lor Infants and Children. The KIr.il You Hava Always E:-;ht! Boiler Tubes and everything in the Kill Bears the Signature of write the factory we wi'J supply you direct z wss.- S. We sell the J Baum Safe snd A X 4 1 J ' r I I ! I I I SI .'iV.' p. safes on the market.They succeeded in winning the Gold Medal at World's Fair, St. I-rfiuis, 1904. --- - We have them in stock, weighing from 475 lbs to 2,000 lbs. . t Write for Catalogue and Prices. , , , ' :.. - 'T J ; TU It SIR FUR8ITURE COMPANY, New Bern, N C Furoiture and House Furnishings Everything to make a home comfortable and attractive, such as book cases. China Closets, Rockers and others. Any one that is thinking of buying will do well to see me . before they buy, as we sell goods where competition cuts no figure. vJ. S. Miller. Our.Perfection Tray Trunk." J L. HARTSFIELD,? ' Contractor and Builder. OF note 93 1-2 MIDDLE ST. Would be glad to have any one inspect my ork as it aoes J 1 Portsmouth Corned Mullets I j A Few Nice onesfjust Received. l Also a NeW Barrel Fulton I Market Corned Beef, fi . 300 dozen Mason's Fruit Jars, all 3 sizes at prices lower than you ever J. L. McDaniel YTholetiale Tarker Store. Gaskill Hdw. & Manufacturers Agenti for Erie City Ensinc3 .and Boilers. Celebrated Van Winklo Gins d Presses Wagener Steam Duplex Pumps . Saw Milla. WnAfrl-wnrVmir mni4.Iir.ArTr T.ocfViir Haifa Ti-n GtaJ Ti 'A M cd e St, T. J. Tuner Fumitare Ccmpany, Xi::u:Iv. Wic'.csals Sealers and Joibsn in.' , .-.' Feiti'e d Mras, Cook & Heating Stoves hi 2priip, futks, Clocks, h, Fire and Burglar Proof Safes, Cook . and Heating Stoves a Specialty. Write for Catalogues and Price Lists. Lock Company's Safes, one of the best Paction Tray Ms. " Superior to any pat ent tray trunk on the market Strong and durable. Beiore buying call and inspect it merit?. CORDEMON CAKfErS. Splendid wear and cheap. John B. Ives, Successor to Disosway & Taylor. 98 Middle St. . ,-. ; PB0SI 238. w, Laths For Sale. f ... J 3t lietall Grocer. Comer Broad and Hancock Sis. , Llill Supply Co , supply line at manufacturers prices. 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