Vol IV.
WILSON, N. C, FEIDAY, MARCH 31, 1899.
No. 8
Professional Cards.
R. W. S. ANDERSON',
DISEASES a-t
The Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat.
Office: Wilson Drus Co., Tarboro Street,
Office Hours 0 to 12 a. m., 2 to 4 p. m.
D
D
R. E. K. WRIGHT, Dentist,
HAs removed his office to corner
of Tarboro and Nflsh$treet&.
Up Stairs ,
C.
A. THOMPSON,
Dentist.
UTOffice up stairs, Nash Street,
Over Blount & Winstead's shoe store.
Jan 14-lv
T R.UZZELL,
O ATT.:01NJiY-AT-LAV.
Practices wherever' services are required.
J3TAU business will receive prompt atten
tion Office in rear Court House,
mr 21 ly
DK. C. E. MOOKK DR. ALBERT ANDERSON
Drs. MOORE & ANDERSON
Nash St. Wilson.
Dr. Moore's Office hours 9 to 10 a. m.
5 to 6 p. rn., 7i to8 p. m.
Dr. Anderson's office hours 8 to 9 a.
m., 4 to 5 p. hi., 7i to ty P- m.
DIRECTORY.
DEPARTURE OF TRAINS.
local trains:
N. Bound. S. Bound.
Between Florence and Weldon,
No. 78. No. 23
2:35 P. M. Leaves Wilson 1:58 P. M.
Between Wilmington and Norfolk :
No. 48. No. 49.
1 :16 P. M. Leaves Wilson, 2:35P. M,
'Shoo Fly" Wilmington to Rocky
Mount :
No. 40. No. 41.
10:20 P. M. Leaves Wilson, 6:22 A. M.
1. F.
Wed-
TH ROUGH TRAINS I
Between Florence and Weldon:
No. 32. No. 35
11:85 P.M. Leaves Wilson, n:15P.M.
CHURCHES.
St. Timothy's Episcopal church,
Rev. Thomas Bell Pastor in charge
Services: Sundays at 11 a. m. and 7 30
p m.,SundaySchoolat3p.m., Week
daysWednesdays and Fridays at 4 p,
m. Holy days at 10 a. m. Celebra
tion of Holy Communion on 1st
Sunday in each month at n a m,
other .Sundays at 7:45 a. m.
Methodist Church, Rev. J. B. Hurley
Pastor: services at 11 A. M. and 7:30
P. M. Sunday School, 5 P. M.,
Bruton, Supt. Prayer meeting
nesday night at 7:10.
Christian' hurch, Rev B, II. Melton,
Pastor; services every Sunday 11:00 a.
m.and 7:80 p.m. Prayer meeting every
Wednesday night. Sunday School at 3
o'clock. P M.. Geo. Hackney, Supt.
Presbyterian 1 hurch, Rev. James
Thomas, Pastor; services on the First,
Second and Third Sunday in every
month and at Strickland's church
every Fourth Sunday. Sunday School
at s o'clock, P. M.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday
evening at 7 o'clock.
Baptist Church. Service as follows:
Preaching Sunday- morning at 11
o'clock and at 8 p. m. Rev W. H.
Reddish Pastor, Prayer meeting Wed
nesday evening at 8 o'clock. Sunday
School at s p. m. D. S. Bovkin, Supt.
Primitive Baptist Church, preaching
on 2nd Sunday by Elder Jas Bass ; on
3rd Sunday by Elder Jas. S. W'oodard;
on the 4th Sunday and Saturday before
ty the pastor, Elder P. D. Gold. Ser
vices begin at 11 A. M.
LODGES.
Regular meetings of Mt. Lebanon
Lodge No. 117 A. F. & A. M. are held
in their hall, corner of Nash and Golds
boro streets on the 1st and 3rd Monday
nights at 7:80 o'clock P. M. each month.
J. C. Hales, W. M.
Regular meetings of Mt. Lebanon
Chapter No. 27 are held in the Masonic
Hall every 2nd Monday night at 7:30
o.'clock P. M. each month.
. 11. Applewhite, H. P.
Regular meetings of Mt. Lebanon
Oommandery No. 7 "re held in the Ma
sonic hall every 4th Monday night at
7:v o'clock each month.
W. .1. Boykin, E. C.
. Regular meetings of v ilson Lodge
K. of H. No. 1694 are held in their hall
over the First 'National Bank every rst
Hiursday evening it 3:30 o'clock. P.M
w. J. Herriss, Director.
Jr. O.U. A. M Meets every Monday
vvrning. All Juniors invited.
E. T. Peoples Councilor.
OurOuns Roar in Samoa.
Apia,' Sanioan Islands, Matfch 3, via
Auckland, N, Z., Marchj29. The
troubles growing out of the election of
a king of Samoa have taken a more
serious turn and resulted in a bombard-
mentbf native villages along the Bhore
by the United States cruiser Philadel
phia. 'Admiral Kauntz commanding,
and thg 'British cruiseis Porpoise and
Royalist. The bombardment has
continued intermittently for 8 days.
Several villages have been burned, and
there have been a number of casualties
anions the American and British
sailors and marines. As yet it is im
possible to estimate the number of
natives killed or injured.
As Mataafa and his chiefs, constitu
ting the provisional government, con
tinued to defy the treaty after the ar
rival of the Philadelphia, Admiral
Kauntz summoned the various consuls
and senior naval officers to a conference
on board the Philadelphia, when the
whole situation was carefully ' canvass
ed. The upshot was a resolution to
dismiss the provisional government
and Admiral Kauntz issued a procla
mation calling unon Mataafa and his
chiefs to return to their home3.
Mataafa evacuated Mulinnu, the
town he had made his headquarters
and went into the Ulterior.
Herr Rose, the German Consul at
Apia, issued a proclamation supple
menting the one he had issued several
weeks before, upholding the provisional
government. Asa result of this the
Mataafans assembled in large force and
hemmed in the town.
The British cruiser Roya'ist brought
the Malietoa prisoners from the islands
to which they had been transferred by
the provisional government.
The Amencins then fortified
Mulinnu, wheiv 22,009 Malietoans took
refuse. The rebels the adherents of
Mitaafa barricaded the roads with
in the municipality and seized the
British houses.
An ultimatum was then sent to them,
ordering them to evaeua'e, aud threat
ening them in the event of refusal,
with a bombardment to commence at
1 o'clock on the afternoon of March
15th. This was ignored, and the rebels
commenced an attack in the direction
of the United States and British con
snlates about half an hour before the
time fixed for the bombardment. The
Philadelphia, Porpoise and Royalist
opened fire upon the distant villages.
Thero was great difficulty in locating
the enemy, owing to the dense forest;
but several shore villages were soon in
flames.
A defective shell from the Pbiladt 1
phia exploded near the American con
sulate, and the mariues outside nar
rowly escaped. A fragment struck the
leg of Private Rudge, shattering it so
badly as to necessitate amputation.
Another fragment traversed the Ger
man consulate, smashing: the crockery.
The Germans then went on board the
German cruiser Falke.
During the night the rebels made a
hot attack on the town, killing three
British sailors. A British marine was
shot in the leg by a sentry of his own
party, another was shot in the foot,
and an American sentry was killed at
his post.
The bombardment continuing, the
inhabitants of the town took refuge on
bowl the Royalist, greatly crowding
the vest-el.
Many people are leaving Samoa, the
captain of the Royalist urging them 10
go, so as not to interfere with the' mili
tary operations.
The Porpoise has shelled the villages
east aud west of Apia and cuprured
many boats.
The Americans and British are fight
ing splendidly together, but there is a
bitter felling against the Germans.,
two men. a British aud German sub
ject, have been arrested as sph-s. I he
bombardment of the jungle was for a
time very hot.
London, Marcli 29. The Foreign
Offices authorize the statement that the
disciHloiis uoing on between Ureal
Britain, the United States and Or
many with regard to Hamoa are pro
ceed ing in a friendly and satisfactory
manner
Unearthed at Last:
Kansas City, Mo., March 28.-The
Star '. today prints a three-column
story regarding the arrest of a remark
able gang of Kansas criminals who
have for years lived by means of rob
bery and inarder. One of the gang
believed to be the murderer of Jos.
New, who was killed in Greenwood
county, Kansas, two years ago, for
which New's wife and George H.
Dobbs are now serving life sentences.
So firmly does Warden Landis, of the
Kansas penitentiary believe in the
innocence of Irs, New and Dobbs
that he will i'ftinediately urge Gov
ernor Stanley to pardon them. Frank
Altgood alleged to be the real mur
derer, is in jail at Iola, Kansas, under
a charge of forgery. Alvin Bullard,
serving an eight-year sentence in the
Kansas penitentiary for horse steal
ing, has confessed that he, Altgood
and Turner were the murderers of
New and that Mrs. New and Dobbs
were absolutely innocent. Turner
has not been found. It seems that
the very men who murdered New aud
robbed his dead body conspired af
terward to cpnvict the widow and
Dobbs. The supposed murderer (Alt-
good), according to Bullard, even
went so far as to try to get on the
jury which couvicted them. Bullard
goes on to say that he, Altgood and
Turner were members of an organized
gang of thieves and murderers that
operated in Southeastern Kansas. A3
a result of his confessiop. eighteen
stolen horses, a bag of counterfeit
silver dollars and a counterfeiting
outfit have been recovered. Beside
Altgood, B. L. Mathes, Mary Mathes
and Herbert Simpson are under ar
rest. Fifty other horses stolen by the
gang have been located. The offi
cers are on the trail of other members
of the gang. Bullard also alleges
that Altgood murdered Win. Coul
tener, near Eureka, in 1889. Officers
v ho have been working on the case
have corroborated most of Bullard's
statements.
inspecting Copper Alines
Salisbury, N. C, March 28.-Quite
a severe rain storm passed over the
city this morning accompanied by
thunder and lightning. The mill of
the Sa'iwbury Hosiery Company was
fired by lightning and nearly
entirely destroyed. The loss was
fully covered by insurance. Eighty
five employes, mostly ladies, are
thrown ont of employment.
Lightning also struck the chimney of
a house on Chestnut Hill aud running
down it and through the stove pipe,
bursted the stove and struck Miss
Susie Overman just above t ie left
foot. She was .'knocked ten feet, her
shoe was torn off and one toe cut.
She was not seriously injured.
Hon. W. M. Butler and Mr. James
Phillips, Jr., of Boston, Mass., and
Prof. Carmichael, are in the city
They came to this county to inspect
the Union Copper Mines, near Gold
Hill, in which they are interested
with the Newmans, of this city. Mr.
Butler is ex-president of the Massa
chusetts rtate Sena e, is attorney for
the Standard Oil Company, and he
aud Mr. Phillips are among the incor
porators of the Union mines. Mr
Phillips is a member of the Billion
Dollar Copper Trust. Prof. Car
michael is a world renowned aud
confidential expert to the Calumet
aud Heccla mines in Montana.
Charles Trexler formerly of Salis
bury, is now in jail at Natchitoches,
La., charged with attempting to mur
der Oliver Atwell, also formerly of
this city, and is also charged with
stealing a horse He stabbed At wed
and theri tried to escape on another
man's mule.
Saw her Boy's Death.
Bridgeville, Del., March 29. A
variety troupe, with a blogranh as a
side attraction, performed here last
night, and during the entertainment a
scene occurred which was not down on
the program.
One of the pictures shown by the
blograj h was a square of Twelfth Cav
alry boys loading stores aboard a
transport at Port Tampa. The machine
faithfully portrayed their motions, and
their features were very distinct. Sud
denly a pile of chests and boxes, which
the soldiers had piled up on the dock,
overturned, and one poor fellow was
crushed beneath them. At this junc
ture a Mrs. Weidmer, who had arisen
from' her seat and was staring with
ashen face at the screen, eai k in her
seat, sobbing piteously, "My Will! My
poor boy!" and swooned away. Several
of the audience jau to her assistance
and she was carried out in the fresh
air where she soon revived, A t first it
was thought that she had suddenly be
come insane, but it was subsequently
learned that her son William, who was
a member of the Tweifth United States
Cavalry, was accidently killed while
loading stores at Pott Tampa by being
crushed by a pile of overturning boxes,
and the heart-broken mother saw a
picture of the death of her boy by the
revolving films of the blograph.
Races Join Battle fn Alabama.
Birmingham, Ala., March 28. Dolo
mite, a mining camp twelve miles dis
tant, is much excited over trouble be
tween whites and blacks which has
been brewing for some time. Sheritt
O'Brien, with a posse, went down yes
terday and addressed both negroes and
whites arid quieted things for a time.
Denudes wore left there and a close
watch was kept.
About midnight last night negroes
got behind coke ovens and opened a
fusilade into the houses of whites.
The latter retuind the fire and the
deputies started on a chase after the
negroes. The negroes were led by ex
colored soldiers, but they made but lit
tle resistance ami lied to the woods.
Five hundred shots were exchanged.
It is believed that several negroes are
seriously wounded. Two white men,
Mack Chambers and George Davis, are
badly wounded. Sheriff O'Brien and
another p sse went out on a special
train today, and up to night arrested
thirty negroes supposed to frave been
in the battle. Further trouble is likely
us the negroes ure known to have
Death and Desolation
Manila, March 29. Filipinos fired
volleys last evening with the evident
purpose" of disclosing our position
Several Americans were wounded, but
our forces remained silent.
The country between Manila and
Marilao is a scene of desolation. Re
mains of trees and fences torn by
shrapnel are everywhere. The roads
are strewn with furniture and clothing
dropped in flight by Filipinos. The
only people remaining in the villages
are old and infirm. These unfortunates
are living on the generosity of soldiers.
Bodies of dead Filipinos are scattered
over successive battlefields and give
forth a horrible odor, but there is no ,
time present to bury them.
many guns and mii"li ammunilion
All wrl at the Dolomite mines is
suspended until toe trouble subsides.
Washington, iareh. .General
Otis has sent ho following dispatch,
dined, iiahilai March 29:
McArthur's advance yesterday ws
only to the outskirts of Marilao. It
took until late in the afternoon to re
pair the road and railway bridges and
send cars through with supplies.
Commenced the march at six o'clock
this morning; marched rapidly on
Bocave and will continue to Bigas,
seven miles from Maloloa. The enemy
had destroyed railway and telegraph
lines. Construction train following
our forces. The enemy's resistance not
so vigorous today. Our loss thus far
slight. Towns in front of our advance
being destroyed by fire. Troops in ex
cellent spirits,
' ! (Signed) OTIS.
Another dispatch from Otis says:
"Supplies of all kinds sufficient for im
mediate wants."
Bryan on Harvey
Little Rock, Ark. ,M arch 27. Hon.
William Jennings Bryan when shown
the Associated Press telegram relat
ing to the resignation of W. U. Harvey
said:
"Mr, Harvey has been very effi
cient, and has through his speeches
and writings contributed largely to
the growth of the bimetallism senti
ment. Mr. Cook is one of the ori
ginal Bilver men of Missouri, aud the
work of the committee will not suffer
iu his hands. I believe Mr. Harvey's
plan of collecting money for educa
tional purposes is a feasible one, and
that the people who believe in the
restoration of bimetallism ought to
contribute to carry on the fight. The
financiers have contributed largely to
circulate the gold standard literature.
I know nothing of Mr. Harvey's rea
sons for resigning further than your
telegram states.''
R ickiusham, N. C , March 28 A
violent Jud storm swet through
this section this evening, doimf a
considerable amount of d -tillage.
A house iu which there were several
children was blown to pieces, the
' children :" miraculously escaping in
' jury.-.'
The "W-thod.st church at J'eedee
j village was blown from ir&fonndatipu,
I and several chimneys were toppled
over tiv the violence of the wind'.'
To Stamp out small-l'ox.
Ki.iston, N. C, March 23.-There
are eleven cases oi small pox in Kin
ston and one case at Georgetown, a
nearby negro settlement. All are
quarantined and closely guarded.
A hospital has been hastily erected
just out of town, and most of the
cases will be removed there today.
Sunday was a busy day here with
the doctors, at least 1,200 people be
ing vaccinated. Schools were visited
today and the pupils vaccinated. .
Our town and county authorities
have taken prompt measures to
stamp out the disease and the danger
of its spread is small.
Deputy Sheriff Harry VVooteu came
back from Rocky Mount this morning
with Charley Haynes, who he cap
tured at that place. Haynes ran
away some months ago to escape
punishment from embezzling about
$80 from the Kinston Lodge Order of
Columbus. He was b Mind over to
court this morning, iu default of !230
bond was sent to jail. Haynes was a
great leader of the Fusionists here
during the last campaign, even jrofyg
to the extent of making speeches at
secret negro meetings. ,
Brandon, Texas, March,. 29, Hob
Lynch rind B b I' inch, cowboys, long
recognized as terrors of North Texas,
rode. inlU)tvn yesterday and started
in' on a spree, during which they used
their revolvers freely. Constable
Hooks Interfered and killed both.
Convicted of Robbery,
Norfolk, March 28.-Robert Bun-
duck and wife, Catherine Bundick,
who were under lndictinentfu North-,,
ampton county for robbing Mr. aud
Mrs. John W. Tankard, of the Eastr
ern Shore, of $600 and $3,000 in bonds,
several mouths ago, were tried in
Fast ville and given fifteen aud ten
years iu the penitentiary respectively,
None of the bonds and very little of
the money has ever been recovered.
Warrenton, N. C, March 28. There
are two cases of smallpox here now,
the nurse in atteudauce upon the first
case, having taken the disease. The
cases are quarantined.,
Amerious, Ga., March 28. A severe
windstorm passed over this' section
late this afterno m. Ten miles east
of this place great damage was caused
in the timber. Fifteen houses are
reported to have ., been ;' wrecked,
among them a church! ' The roads
are obstructed by fallen treAs No
loss ol life has been reported ;.t, pre
sent, communication with tl. - storm
district isi cut off. . ' ,
Washington, March 29 -C.ijtalri
Coghlaii, of the cruiser Rdeigh, has ,,
transmitted to the Navy Department
news of tier arrival at Fayal, Azores.
Thb oruUer will at .ni'e sail direct for
New York, an 1, accordii.g to the speed .
she bus been making, ulirtuUUrnye at '
TAnipkiusvillelneighUr nine days.
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