Professional Cards.
jyR. W. S. ANDERSON.
DISEASES OF
The Eye, Bar, Nose and Throat.
Office: Wilson Drug Co., Tartioro Street.
Omce Hours 0 to 12 a. m 2 to 4 p. m.
D
R. E. K. WRIGHT. Dentist,
Has removed his office to corner
of Tarboro and Nash Streets.
Up Stairs
C.
A. THOMPSON,
Dentist.
IBfOfflce up stairs, Nash Street.
Over Blount & Winstead's shoe store.
Ian 14-lv
JR. UZZELL,
Attornky-at-Law.
Practices wherever servtcps nro romiirori
83T'A11 business will receive iirompt atteil-
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Office in rear Couit House,
mr 21 ly
II A mi PLACE
The Americans Troops Are
Ambuscaded.
THE AMERICANS LOSE SIXTY MEN.
Filipinos Driven Across Zapote.
Lying for Hours With the
Musketry One Pro
longed Roar.
DR. C. E. MOORE
DR. ALBERT ANDERSON
Drs. MOORE & ANDERSON
Nash St. Wilson.
Dr. Moore's Office hours 9 to 10 a. m.
5 to 6 p. m., 7i to8 p. m.
Dr. Anderson's office hours 8 to 9 a.
m., 4 to 5 p. m., 71 to 8j 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.
Wilmington
Mount :
'Shoo Fly
No. 40.
10:20 P. M. Leaves Wilson,
to Rocky
No. 41.
6:22 A.M.
THROUGH TRAINS:
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 r"astor in charge
Services: Sundays at 11 a. m. and 7 30
p. m.,SundaySchoolat3p.m., Week
daysWednesdays and Fridays at 4 p,
m. noiy oays at 10 a. m. Celebra
tion of Holy Communion on 1st
Sunday in each month at 11 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., I. F.
Bruton, Supt. Prayer meeting Wed
nesday night at 7:10.
Christian Church, Rev.B, FI. Melton,
fastor; services every bundav 11:00 a
m. and 7:30 p.m. Prayer meeting every
Wednesday night. Sunday School at 3
0 clock, r. in., ueo. Hackney, bupt
Presbyterian hurch, Rev. James
1 nomas, fastor; services on the iirst,
Second and Third Sunday in every
month and at Strickland's church
every Fourth Sunday. Sunday School
at 50 ciock, r. 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. Hj
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. Woodard;
on the 4th Sunday and Saturday before
by 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 7:3o 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.
w. H. Applewhite, H. P.
Regular meetings of Mt. Lebanon
Conimandery No. 7 are held in the Ma
sonic hall every 4th Monday night at
7:30 o'clock each month.
W. J. Boykin, E. C.
Regular meetings of Wilson Lodge
K. of H. No. 1694 are held in their hall
over the First National Bank every 1st
Thursday evening it 3:30 o'clock. P.M
W. J. Harriss, Director.
Jr. O.U. A. M Meets every Monday
evening. All Juniors invited. '
E. T. Peoples Councilor. I
Manila, June 13 6.05 p. m, General
Lawton unexpectedly stirred up one
of the liveliest engagements of the
war, south of Las Pinas this morning,
upon which occasion American field
guns were engaged in the first artillery
duel as-ainst a Filipino battery, con
cealed In the jungle.
Companies F and I, of the Twenty
first infantry were nearly surrounded
by a large body of insurgents, but the
Americans cut their way out with
heavy loss.
The United States turret ship Mon-
adnock and the gunboats Helena and
Zafiro trained their batteries on Bakoor
and the rebel trenches near Las Pinas
all morning. Bakoor was once on fire,
and the natives stopped the spread of 1
the names.
During the night an insurgent can
non was fired three times at the
Americans on the outskirts of Las
Pinas.
General Lawton this morning took a
battalion of the Fourteenth regiment
and twoconii'.inies of the Twentv-first
regiment to locate the rebel battery,
and then two guns of the Sixth artillery
and four mounted guns were planted
against it at 600 yards distance. The
rebels had a large gun from which they
were firing homemade canister loaded
with nails, and two smaller guns. Their
shooting was most accurate. 1 The first
lot of canisters burst directly in front
of Scott's guns, and another shattered
the legs of a private of the Fourteenth
infantry. Several shots struck the edge
of town. The country traversed was
as bad as it is possible to be, mainly
lagoons, mud and water fringed with
bamboos.
As soon as the fighting opened the
Americans were attacked by hidden
riflemen on all sides, even the amigos,
or "friendly" natives in the houses of
the town shooting into their rear.
The companies of the Twenty-first
regiment, skirmishing along the beach
with amigo guides found, apparently, a
handful of rebels, who retreated.
The men of the Twenty first followed
and suddenly the rebels opened a ter
nfic fire on the troops from the sides
and rear. The soldiers withdrew to
the water's edge, finding what shelter
they could, and were picked off rapid
ly. After their ammunition was near
ly exhausted the companies of the
Twenty-first retreated, but General
Lawton dashed down and rallied the
men.
A little group made a desperate
stand, General Lawton, Major Starr
and Lieutenants Donovan and Don
nelly taking rifles from the wounded
men aud firing at the enemy, bringing
down some of the rebel sharpshooters
from a tree. Finally their cartridges
were all gone and they were forced to
break through the enemy's flank, car
rying the wounded to the main body of
the troops.
Lieut. Donovan, whose leg was bro
ken, floundered for a mile through a
bog, after landing his men in the face
of a greatly superior force.
General Lawton ceased fighting until
reinforcements could be .brought up.
Two battalions of the Fourth regiment
aud one battalion of the Ninth regi
ment were then hurried to the front,
and in the afternoon the battle was re
sumed.
The M'onadnock anchored close to
the shore, and her heavy guns pounded
the rebels continuously, while the
sma'ler warships, steamii g along the
shore, poured bullets from the rapid
fire guns at the enemy.
The Filipino force engaged appears
to have been the largest and best or
ganized body of men which has met
our troops.
The Americans are compelled to ad
vance along narrow roads and over
small bridges commanded by earth
works ten feet thick.
The only means of crossing the Za
pote was by a small bridge which the
Filipinos commanded with trenches
spreading V-shaped, whence they
could concentrate' their fire on the
bridge. They also had the advantage
of the trees and jungle, so that the
American troops could hardly see a
head.
When the battle was resumed at 1
o ciock wun tne reintorcements, our
battery having silenced the guns of
the enemy, the Americans wading
waist deep in the mud of the Salt Flats,
slowJy and pouring steady volleys of
musketry at the rebels, drove their op
ponents beyond the river.
When the two armies lay facing each
other across the deep stream, the ene
my practically out of sight, while the
men in blue and khaki lay in the mud
and bushes, many of them without any
shelter, for three hours, without a mo
ments' cessation in the firing, pouring
bullets at the enemy as fast as they
could load, the thousand rifles blended
into a continuous roar were vastly dif
ferent from the intermittent skirmish-like
rattle of most of the engage
ments. One battalion after another, General
Lawton summoned the reserves from
Las Pinas until only enough troops
were left in the town to prevent the
Filipinos from attacking the Ameri
cans in the rear, which was feared, as
they were creeping around our left
through the woods, delivering a flank
ing fire which put a great strain upon
the endurance of the Americans, who
were floundering in the mud across
the river, while on the fight the Filipi
no sharpshooters, hidden in the trees,
were peppering our men. But, thanks
to the poor marksmanship of the rebels,
the loss was not as great as if they had
shot straight.
A TERRIBLE CYCLONE.
One Hundred People Killed and 300 Buildings
Wrecked in Nebraska.
Omaha, Neb., June 13. A tornado
strucd the town of Herman in Wash
ington county, this evening, and
wiped the place out of existence.
Herman is a place of about 300 inhsb
itants, in the extreme northern part
of Washington county. It is on the
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and
Omaha railroad.
Omaha, Neb., June 13. The tornado
that struck the village of Herman
this evening wrought fearful destruc
tion. A conductor on the evening
train from Sioux City passed through
the place not long after the storm,
and he says not a building is left
standing in town. He counted twelve
dead bodies lying in the streets.
The fatalities will undoubtedly run
up to a hundred if not higher. A
special train has left Blair, the county
seat, ten miles distant, for the scene
ol the disaster. carrying surgeons and
all needed supplies,
Wires are all down north of Her
man, and it is not known how much
further north the storm went, but re
ports are coming in to the effect that
a large portion of country north of
Herman is laid waste. The entire
Eastern portion of Nebraska is being
swept by a terrific wind and electric
Btorin tonight.
The streets of Omaha are flooded,
and the play of the lightning is fearful.
.irrF KNOCKS OUT FITZ-
In the IHeventh Mound Fitz
Goes to the Grass.
Domestic Wrong liigJited.
Saved by an Oilskin.
Norfolk, Va., June 13. A yellow oil
skin coat attached to an oar and
waved frantically by a desperate man
prevented another of those tragedies
of the sea which, although now famil
iar, are never heard without a shud
der. This man was a seaman on the
schooner George A. Howes, and lives
in Beaufort, N. C. , and he, with his
fellow sufferers were rescued by the
schooner Jesse W. Starr. All were
brought to this city today. The
schooner Howes, Capt. Beveridge and
crew of six men left Patchogue, L. I.,
last Thursday for Bogue Inlet, N. C,
light and to load lumber. When off
Barnegat she was struck by a squall
and took in all her sails. When
shortly afterwards, or about 5:30
o'clock in the evening, another heavy
wind caught her by surprise and cap
sized her almost immediately.
The men climbed over the side of
the vessel and hung ou until rescued.
The last seen of the Howes she was
drifting out to sea.
Captain Beveridge and all his men
were taken on board of the Starr ex
hausted; the cook fainted when he
was hauled over the rescuing schoon
er's rail. The survivors saved only
the clothes they stood in, and several
had removed their shoes that they
might with more ease hold on to the
slippery hull of the wreck.
The entire crew of the ill fated
schooner live in Beaufort, N. 0., where
they will be sent tomorrow.
Chattanooga, Tenn., June 12. Sam
Springs shot and killed Mary Springs,
the wife of his brother, and seriously
wounded Russell Wright Saturday
night at Dayton, Tenn. The Springs
brothers are negroes and are employ ed
by the Dayton Coal and Iron Com
pany. They both work at night. Last
night Sam returned home from work
early on account of sickness, and
found Wright there with his brother's
wife. He opened fire with a revolver,
killing the woman instantly and
fatally wounding Wright. No arrest
has been made, and none will be
About 400 negroes held a mass meet
ing in a church last night, and they
decided that if Wright does not die to
lynch him.
GEN. LUNA ASSASSINATED.
He and His Aide Killed at the Headquarters ot
Aguinaldo by Guards.
Manila, June 13. Information, be
lieved to be reliable, has reached here
of the assassination of General Luna,
and his aide-de-camp, Lieutenant
Pasco Ramon, June 8th, by Aguinal-
do's guard at the headquarters of
Aguinaldo.
Luna and Ramon, it appears, went
to the Filippino headquarters to con
fer with Aguinaldo, got into an alter
cation with the Captain of the Guard,
and one of them drew a revolver.
The guards killed Luna and Ramon
with their bayonets.
New York, June 9. Jas. J. Jeffries,
another sturdy young giant, has come
out of the West to whip champion
pugilists. At the arena of the Coney
Island Athletic Club tonight he de
feated Robert Fitzsimmons, world's
champion in two classes middle and
heavy-weight in eleven rounds of
whirlwind fighting. He came to the
ring a rank outsider, and left it the
acknowledged master of the man he
defeated. He was never at any time
in serious danger, and after the size
up in the earlier rounds of the contest
took the lead. He had the Australian
whipped from the 9th round. It was
never acknowledged that Jeffries
would have an immense advantage in
weight, height and age, but the thou
sands who tipped and backed his
opponent to win were sure that he.
was slow, and that he would, in that
respect, be absolutely at the mercy of
the past master at the science of
fighting that he was to meet.
The following is an account of the.
last round, and how the champion,
took his defeat :
Round 11, Fitz came up slowly,,
but seemtd the aggressor, Jeff stand
ing off, evidently waiting for a knock
out blow. They clinched three times,
coming to close quarters, Jeff put two
hard rights over Fitz's heart, sending
him back, and then sent a straight
left to the neck, followed with a left
on the chest. Fitz crowded in, trying
his right for the jaw, but fell short,
but succeeded in blocking the Cali
fornian's right return. Jeff then as
sumed the aggressive and jabbed his
left to head. A left on the jaw from
Jeff dazed Fitz, who stood helpless in
the middle of the ring. Jeff looked at
him for a second, and when he had
him at his mercy, swung his right and
left to the point of the jaw and Fitz
went down and out, relinquishing the
championship to the Californian.
Time of 11th round, 1 minute and 32
2-5 seconds.
As soon as Fitz was carried to his
corner the spectators crowded over
the benches and through the ropes,
and the police had great difficulty in
keeping the ring clear. The partisans
of the Californian almost went crazy
in the excitement. Pandemonium
reigned for several seconds.
Fitz came to very quickly, and Jeff
walked across to the defeated cham
pion's corner, and both shook hands
warmly.
Judging from the expression on
Fitz's face, he did not feel much dis- ,
gruntled at his defeat. v
F.Im City IteniK.
Dewey at Singapore
Singapore, June 12 Admiral Dewey
anded today and was received with
military honors in the presence of
General Vaughan and other officials.
The Admiral visited the Governor
and (General Vaughan and subse
quently received return visits on
board the Olympia.
LUCAMA l-ETTi:R.
June 14th, 1899.
Editor Times:
Mr. J. H. Davis has a hog that breaks
the record. He says he measured this
hog last Fall, and his length from his
nose to the root of his tail was eight
feet two inches. Bis height was three
feet 4 inches, and his weight is guessed
at 600 pounds. People say if he can
be fattened he will weigh 1,000 pounds.
Has there ever been a hog in Wilson
county that weighed 1,000 pounds? If
so, let us kDow.
There is something else fine down
here, and that is the crops. I tell you
the farmers are getting a "hump" on
themselves about now. The bugs have
got them going early and late.
The fruit crop will be short in this
section this year.
Mr. Irving Terrell's little boy, who
has been sick so long, is not expected
to live. The doctor stayed there nearly
all night Monday night, and he enter
tains no hope.
Good-bye,
X. X.
Tune 14, i8qq.
Mr. J. T. B. Hoover, of Hillsboro, is
in town.
Miss Lenoir Cook left Friday for her
home in Warrenton.
Miss Aliee Fountain left Sunday for
Enfield.
Master Aubrey Leggettleft Saturday
for his home in Leggetts.
Rev. C. L. Reid returned Saturday
from a visit to his old home in Vir
ginia. Dr. L L. Staton, of Tarboro, was in
town Wednesday on a protessional
visit.
Messrs. J. L. Bailey ahd T. B, Win
stead went over to Wilson Monday.
Messrs. Fred Carter and Will Sharpe
were in Fremont Friday and Saturday.
MisB Lula Bras well left Friday to
visit relatives in Dunn and Smithfield.
Messrs. Oscar Harrison, T. H. Hedge
peth and Bud Batts went over to Wil
son Thursday night to attend the clos
ing exercises of the Kinsey Smiinary.
Mr. Elliolt Amerson, of Fremont,
was in town Sunday and Mon.i.iy visit
ing friends.
Rey. R. A. Willis, formerly of Elm
City tut now of Edenton, stopped over
here Thursday on his return from
Trinity conuaencement. His friends
were delighted to see him, and hope
he may come again "ere the leaves
begin to turn."
Phantom.