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TO525HKi525HS!IE5HKHSiian5!SES2SE5HSi!Si!HH5HnE It Pavs to Giv THE PEOrLE- tin invitation to trade with you. pj Commercial J'rinthtf Letter Heads, Bill Hearix, Note Huada, Statements, EnaineBB Cards. Envelonea. Th bast way to invito them is to ad- H etc, r- fg vertise m I TUB TIMES. Executed Neatly and Promptly. nj 5HMSH5H!25ZSZHSH5HSHlK!SESE5HSJ5?i2H!aS!S2SH52i1 hffiSHSZSHSE5H5H5SnSHS252S?5HSJSJSHSESHSHSHSiaJSIH523 VOL. IV. WALTER S. SELL, Editor. ELKIN, N. Cm THURSDAY. APRL 16, 1896. mm l ROTH, hblislw.- NO. 27. f s4 . h anas y THEHOSTILITIESINGDBi 'Insurgents Gained Mdre in Than Ever Before. THE HALLS Or CONCRES3, March WEYLER IS A GREAT FAILURE. 3 Rvpel of the Patrloli Are Uriah, the v 'Ratwa Are Near and the Spaniards Are 1ft VttrlahlDS Like Sheep Reports of the Kxcumi fnm in I ffrl tbv IK flnsnlah Soldiery. Havana, Cuba, April 4. Army oporatlons .'Have been pushed with great vigor for the "past month. General Weyler has given officers and meo no rest. His orders have beun peremptory, and many a Qoneral ba Incurred, hn displeasure by tardiness. The Vesult ot these active movements hns been to 'completely tiro out a large portion of the ray in the Held. itfce lnsurgenls have been kept moving, their camps have been destroyed, and a iozen of their hospitals have been burned 'during the montt that has Just passed, but thn Government has not forced a single battle upon them. r The only serious engagements have been those In which tliu insurgents, having the muvauiageoi position or numDers, as at uuy njabos and Cundelsria, assumed the offensive and defeated the regular troops of Spain. There have been many rear guard skirmishes -which appear in the Spanish official reports aa battles and viotories for the Crown, but upon investigation, a number of them ap peared to be massacres of unarmed citizens, ;and there bae been more tiles of horrors committed than battles fought in this island of Cuba during the month cf March. , If one hundredth part of the stories that reach here of the operations of the oolumns of General Melquizo and Bernal ard of Colonels Molina, Tort, Segur and others Representative Cannon estimates the total appropriations of this season at 1 500,000,000. Arguments in support of the practicability of the Nicaragua Canal were made before the House Committee. The Indian Appropriation bill reported to the Senate carries $7,413,806, bring a net r'duction from the amount as passed by the House of 1,006,C39. The Senate passed the Legislature Appro prlation bill, carrying $21,500,000, and sub stituting for United States district attorneys aud marshal la' salaries for fees. Senator Hill's bill to removo the re striction against the appointment, an officers of the army or navy, of persons who hold commissions in th regular army or navy before the Civil War, and who espoused the side of the Confederacy, passed the House with but the dissenting vote of Mr. Bout el le, of Maine. The Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds voted to recommend the pass age of the Mil appropriating $2,000,000 for a new n'ubllo bulldinir at Iudlannnolis. Ind.i the bills for Government buildings at Oak land, Cat., and Waterbury, Conn., and also the bill for the purchase o! a site for a build ing at Salem, Oregon. The House passed Senate Joint resolution directing the Secretary of War to prepare plans and estimates for deepening the chan nel into Portland (Me.) Harbor to thirty feet, to secure a twenty-five foot ship chan nel 400 feet wide in Providence Kiver and Narragansett Bay from Sassafras Point to the ocean, and to expend $20,000 for walls to the oanal locks at the Casides, Columbia River, Oregon. Congressman Watson, of Ohio, introduced a bill making an appropriation of 10,000 for the erection of a monument in Washington to the memory of private soldiers and sailors who fought in the Civil War. The Senate Committee on Commerce au thorized a favorable report on the bill con si ruing the law regarding the award of life saving medals so as to authorize the Secre tary of the Treasury to exercise his discre tion in all cases. Now he is not allowed to make awards to persons outside of the life saving service. The credentials of George L. Wellington as He Writes a Letter Concerning His Presidential Candidacy. DECLINES TO MAKE A CONTEST. rre Would Not Heollne a Call, However Principle, Not Men, He Saya, the Im portant Issues Ilefore the Democratic Convention at Chicago Ho Suggest a Platform. Washington, D. C, April 6. Secretary of the Treasury Carlisle gave nut for publlcv tljn a copy of a letter to Ch-ilrman Long of the Democratic State Central Committee ol Koulucky, In which he announces that he will not make any effort to secure the Demo cratic nomination for the Presidency. The letter is as follows: The Dervishes Preparing for a born Resistance! Stub- ABYSSINIANS DEFEAT ITALIANS, SECRETARY JOHN O. CARLISLE. Va" A MILITARY STOCKADE IN CUBA. Throughout the fighting territory in and around Bejuoal, in the lrovlnee of Havana, tho troops ;have erected temporary stockades, fortresses and redoubts, which serve as a sort of headquarters for the scouts and picket lines defending the approaches to Havana. are true, ' the reason why General Weyler cancelled all passes held by correspondents Is plain. Owners of esiates report excesses committed by detached bodies ot Spanish troops in all parts of the island, and there is no longer talk of attempting to grind sugar this year. The problem is how to preserve the lines of employes and prevent wanton destruction by the troops, i The Insurgents have gained more in the past month than in any two that have pre ceded lt. Weyler's decree, compelling peo ple to abandon their homes in the interior, has driven many peaoeable inhabitants into the Insurgent armies. The harsh measures adopted toward sus pects in cities and towns have also Increased the number of recruits from families of the better class in cities. The landing of four important expeditions has given inspiration . to tne insurgents. Their hopes were never brighter. Hot weather is already here and the ratns are not far off. The limited time remaining for military operations this spring makes it laln that Spain cannot oruah the rebellion afore the wet season sets In. and the serious problem of caring for the lives of her sol diers presents itself. A Spanish offLoer says that the losses of the army through fevers and other sicknesses have been 12,000 since September, and over 25,000 during the year ending March 1. Weyler's troubles with the politicians are just beginning. He has assured the home Government .that elections oan be held in Cuba, aud now he has two parties, the Ro- formlsts and the Autonomists, refusing to take part, leaving tho Union-Constitutional or Conservative Spanish partv alone In the field. Rumors that Weyler will be recalled . are persistent. CUBA IN THE HOUSE. A Lively Discussion of the Bellljgerency Besolntlons. Washington, April 4. The cause of Cuba was again advocated in the House. The resolutions were disc used for nearly three hours and only one Representative spoke In opposition. Chairman Hirt, of the Fofeign Affairs Commlttoe, called up the oonfnrenoe report andedvooated Its adoption In a very Interest ing speech, whloh was listened to with the Volosest attention by all the members, and applauded and endorsed on both sides of the chamber and in the crowded galleries. He was followed by Representative Boutelle. who spoke for more than an hour In opposi tion, and in support of his attaok upon the proposition for the recognition of Cuba made when the resolutions were first before the House. Mr. Skinner, of North CaroUna. la Populist, seoured five minutes just before the reoess was taken, in which he glorified tne etars ana stripes and expressed the hone that they would spread the mantle of their (protection over the Island now suffering ra ider Spanish oppression. Messrs. Turner, of Georgia; HoCreary, of Kentucky; Tuoker, of Virginia, and othera ex pressed a desire to speak in opposition to the (resolutions, ana it was, therefore, agreed (that the final vote be postponed for the day. Senator from the Stnte of Maryland, for the term of six years, commencing March 4, 1897, were presented to the Senate by Mr. Gorman and plaoed on file. A bill was passed in the House to reim burse A. P. Brown, ex-Postmaster at Lemars, Iowa, to the amount of $889 for loss by burg lary January 9, 1894. The Secretary of War sent to the House the report of the survey for a oanal connecting Lake Stmerlor with the Miwslaainnl Rivr The cost of suoh a canal ranges from 87.- uuu.wju io 3u,uuu,uuu, aocording to the dif. lerent routes and the size oroDosed. The route costing the least is decided to be the mostjeosiDie. -vGERISHED IN A CLOUDBURST. Fasenlt and Children Swept OAT by a Sud den Flood In Kentucky. The cloudburst in the mountains of East ern Kentucky caused far greater loss of life and property than was at first supposed. Ane nrst news was that , only the arifa and daughter ot Wade Mar tiers. Of ClaV Ocunt.v wnrn Arn,.-naA Word now oomes from Owsley County that nine more persons were drowned in Buffalo uroeK. A'neaeaa are Miss Mary Garrett, vreorae uensons. wi r nnri thH. .hiM. two children of Will Burns and two others whose names oould not be learned. The storm passed from Sexton Creek across the south fork of the Kentucky River to uuuaiu loth, xne vaney is very narrow, and the water rose so rapidly that the amines naa utile time to leave their homes jonn urane was getting out logs, when he looked up and saw a low wall of waicr ueanug aown upon him. H a hnnan was aDout a quarter of a mile above P0'nt whore be was working. Ho uu uaruiy recoverea rrorn his astonishment wnen ne saw his wife and ohild floatlnij -a A kin. - i , .. . O .uncuu mm uu suine annwooa. uraneisan expert logger, and he spiked a big pine Iok uui iuiu me m ream in time to rawua uis iamuy. The child was not hurt but Mrs. Crane was bruised badly. a ne devastation along Buffalo Creek Is complete. Every house on its banks was nonuau way, as wen as all the outbuildings uu an provisions tor man and beast. The if h k Kentucky River Is higher than FIRE OF HALF A MILLION' Killed HI Wife and Mothflr-lnIw. At Clinton, I1L, James Polen quarrelled 'with his wife. His mother-in-law, Mrs. William MoMtllen, defended her daughter. Polen seised a shotgun and killed both the women. He then attempted to commit sui cide by throwing himself under the wheels tot a passing train. He received fatal In juries. " . . ; Governor Hughes Gives Up the Fight. The contest over the oooapatlon of the Arizona Gubernatorial chair is - ended, Gov ernor Hughes having gracefully surrendered. Brunswick, Oa., la Swept by a DeatrncUve Conflagration. A Ureal Brunswick, Ga., destroyed fully a half million dollars' worth of property, cost one human life, crushed one man fatally and seriously injured four men. The property destroyed inoludes the wharf property, cotton sheds, freight warehouses, tracks and part of the freight in the warel houses, all belonging to the Plant system and comprising their local terminal freight facilities; a number of freight cars and be tween 10.000 and 20,000 cross ties; fully 25 -000 barrels of rosin, 1000 barrels ot spirits of of turpentine, all the wharf engines, whole sale grocery building, grocery stock and warehouse buildings of the Downing Com pany, and various small fish and oyster houses on the water edge of Bay street. On Day street, from Wronk street up, the flames swept everything in their path. Then the flames swept under the roof ot the cot ton sheds. The wind was blowing fiercely and the firemen endeavored to keep a wali of water between them and Ttnivnin'. store docks, but without avail. At 2 o'olock the rosin had caught and the fleroe heat and the dense black smoke drove the oeonla 1 Your favor of March 30, in whloh you say, in substance, that many of my friends ifl Kentucky and elsewhere desire me td be come a candidate before the approaohlng National Democratic Convention for nomi nation inr tne tifflce of President, and re Questing me to give "some authoritative or fleflnlte expression" upon the subjeot, was uaij reucivou auu nas Deen maturely consld- Many communications upon the same sub eot and of similar import have been received irom menus in different parts Of thd coun try, and, while very grateful for these num. erous expressions of oonndenoe and esteem upon the part of my Demooratio fellow-citi sens, I have not been able to reach the elusion that the existing conditions require me to comply with their requests by author ising them to announce me as a candidate lor tne Presidential nomination. While I feel a orofound interest In thn wnl faro of my party, I am much moreconoerned nDout its declaration of principles than in its seleotlon of candidate because, in my opinion, its failure or success at the election, as well as its capacity Tor useful service to the country in the future depend upon the position It takes or omits to take upon the public questions now engaging the atten- won oi tne people, ana especially the ques tions affecting the monetary svstem of thn country and the character and amount ol taxation to be lmnosed unon our cltiienn Its positiou upon these and other subjects having been'agreed upon, and clearly and dis tinctly announced, tho convention ought to have no difficulty In selecting an acceptable candidate who will fairly represent its views; and, in order that its deliberations may be embarrassed as little as possible by the con tentions of rival aspirants and their friends, t think my duty to the party will be best per formed by declining to participate in a con test for the nomination. The obligations assumed when I accepted ray present official position require me to de vote my entire time and attention to the pub lio interests committed to my charge, and I shall continue to discharge the duties im posed upon me to tho best of my ability and iu Buon a manner as win in my judg ment most oertalnly promote the true Interests of the country, and if in the opin ion of my fellow-Democrats in Kentucky my services entitle me to their eommemia lion and approval, I would regard their Indorsement of my publlo course as an ample reward for the little I have been able to ao aomplish in behalf of honest administration and a sound financial policy. The Advance Guard of the British and Egyptian Invading Force In Fre earloua Position The Work of For warding the Troops Being Poshed Recruiting the Natives. Cairo, Egypt) April 9. Advices received from the Soudan Sny that tils' hs of the d bartttre of the Anglo-Egyptiaii expedition up' the Nile Valley spread rapidly beyond Khar tum and along the road from Buaklm to Berber. The departure of pl'grlms for Mecca has been suspended and the payment of a war tax demanded by the Khalifa. The dervishes at Fashoda and Darfur have been recalled to Omdurman, where the Khalifa expects to assemble 50,000 mou by September. MAP bfTrlE NILE REGION w MALTA SPtU ' 4 V. . . c I fj T a . a' POrlTUG INTLUCWCC EGYPT AND THE SOUDAN. Showing the territory which the British expedition aims to conquer. The Khaiiftti wrltlriu to ttie Sheik of As- lUatti said that he was alwavs ready to sub- thlt bo the authority of the Khedive of Egypt, is the representative of the Sultan, but that he would "resist to the death any expedition coming irom .Egypt, so long as tne British nooupy the country." In concluding bis let ter he said: "I am aware that the British de. Sire to have me assassinated, but t have taken precautions tnat none or the European prla tners shall survive m v murder." . Borne idea of the aotivity with which troops uu supplies are Deing sent soutnwara can to gainerea irom tne statement that the of its arguments and evi- , nlles' between 4 o'clock on Saturday after- ' l ' " noon and 6 o'clock the next Monday mom- ! .,f, considered the most lm. 1 lr. Pe"dltui THE VENEZUELAN COMMISSION EJt Work Believed to Be About One-Half Completed. Justice Brewer presided over the first rormal meeting in Washington of the Vene euelan Commission that has been held for the past two weeks, having returned from Ban Antonio, Texas. All the members were in attendance, and, arter careful individual study of the British Blue Book, entered into a ngia aiseussion denoe. The session was considered the most im portant so far held by the commission, which Is now possessed of all the main featnrnn nl the contention and the principal points upon vumu i no uiBpuio utipenus. The question of sending one or more ren. reeentatives of the commission to Europe to verify the aoouraoy of the documents sub mitted bv Venezuela and fti-nat Kritnin n.n. discussed, and, while no definite action was taken, the indispensabllltv of the examlnn. tion of Spanish, as well as Dutch, archives was recognized, and no doubt is exprasa.l that a search will soon be ordered. The commission has now been at work thro months, and its labors are thought to be about half completed. In the House Mr. Hltt reported favorably from the Committee on Foreign Affairs the resolution asking the President totmnnmit to Congress all the correspondence in the Department ot State relating to mediation or intervention by the United States in the af fairs of Venezuela since Dennm her i ihuk . date, and the resolution was agreed to. ' KHALIFA ABDULLAH. Against whom Great Britain has declared war.) Messrs. Oook, who have oontraoled to do Ibis work, reoently oonveyed 2500 men, fully irmed and equipped, by steamers and barges, ii iw jiiuaua iu Assuan, a aistanoe ot sou The British troorrn which wltl Intra rta4 In the sdvanoe on Dongola will, It is expeoted, number about 5000 men, together with about 15,000 Egyptian trained trsops led 'jy British officers. The purely British force will prob- ably consist of the Second Connaughti Bangers, the First Gloucestershire, the First North Staffordshire, a detachment of the Royal Engineers, two or three batteries of the Royal Artillery, a camel oorps of British cavalrymen and the Second Dragoon Quards. A strong volunteer oamel corps Is being formed from among recruits picked up among the tribes of friendly sheikhs, and lt will prove a very valuable body forsoouting pnrposes. A. Synopsis of the Proceedings of Both Houses. tin: senat XONDAf. - In the Senate on Monday Gorman, Demo orat, of Maryland, attacks the Postmaster General in connection to small postoffloes near large towns, A message announcing the action ot the Hotise on the Cuban reso lutions was received by the ttenatfl; . TUESDAY In the Senate, on Tuesday Mr. Butler (Pop), of North Carolina, introduced a joint resolu tion proposing an amendment to the consti tution of the United States, limiting tho Pres ident's veto power. ; It proposes that a pres idential veto may be overcome by a majority voie (msieaa oi a two-thirds vote;, in Doiu house i also thst all orders, resolutions and totes to which a concurrence ot both HquseS may be necessary except on the question of adjournment,' shall be presetted to the Presi dent; rind Shall be approved by him before they take effect. It was referred. WEDNESDAY. In the Senate on Wednesday Senator Tnr pie, (Dem.) of Indiana, achieved quite a rep utation in the Senate tor his skill In clothing the most stinging sarcasms in pioturesqe language. The speech wag made in support of the Joint resolution Introduced on the ISt of April by Mr. Call, Democrat, of Florida, proposing intervention In the war now being prosecuted ed in Cuba. The object of Mr. Turple's in Vective was not so much General Weyler and And the Spanish government as the chairman ot the committee On foreign relations, Mi. Sherman; Republican) of Ohle, and the junior Senator from Massachusetts, Mr, Lodge, Republican; He ascribed to Mr, Sherman helpless Inertia delay; and Irrational obstruc tion, and spoke of his taking refuge in the orypt of the oouferenoe committee, very glad to Ut rid of his former action. THURSDAY. The Senate on Thursday did a rushing business ill the way of private pension bills, having cleared the calendar and passed ev ery bill on lt 75 in number. Nothing else ot importance was done and the Senate ad journed. " FBIDAT. A joint resolution was introduced in the Senate by Mr. Call, In reference to the lm- firisonment of Mrs. Maybrick, in England, t declares that "the people of the United States sympathize with Mrs. Maybrick in her Buffering under a sentence of life Imprison ment at hard labori" that "they almost uni versally believe in her innocence;" that she was "unfairly convicted before a presiding judge whose harsh rulihgs were caused by a demented mind, almost bordering oil insan ity." And It requests the President of the United States to communicate the resolution to the government of Great Britain. A bill giving the aid of the government to a trans Mississippi and international exposition at Omaha in 1898 was passed. And the Senate adjourned until Monday. SATttBDAYi . There was ho session tit the Senate Satur day. THE HOUSE. MONDAY. in the House on Monday the Cuban re solution were adopted by a vote of 245 to 27. waasworth, Republican, of New York, ar ranged to put up the garden seeds in pack ages of five Instead of . fl(teeh) as first r tabge.d; making 2;025, 000 packages Instead of e;w,uuu lor tne use oi members oi.congress.an additional expense of $5,000. The river and harbor bill was passed under the suspension oi tne rules by a vote or 216 to 40. TUESDAY. In the House on Tuesday the day was spent In the discussion ot establishing a free publlo library in Washington to share the expense with the District ef Columbia, and tile bill imported from" the Committee pn boiHage; Weights dnd MeasiireS to adopt the Metric eysteol in Government business Jan.' 1, 1898, and to make lt the legal standard of the country Jan. 1, 1901. WEDNESDAY. The House Committee on elections No, 3 Mr. McCall, of Massachusetts, chairman. deolded four contested eleotlon cases. The cose of Murray vs. Elliot, from the first South Carolina district, was decided in favor ef Murray, colored, Republican, the contestant In the cose of Johnson. vs. Stokes; from the Seventh South Carolina; it is tecommehded tbat Stokes retain his seat: The cose of Kearley, Populist, vs. Abbott; Democrat: from the sixth Texas district, was decided in favor of Mr. Abbott, the sitting member. In the cose of Ratcliffe. Populist, vs. Wil liams, Democrat, from the fifth Mississippi district, the contestant failed to appear and the committee unanimously recommended that Mr. Williams retain his seat. Nothing else of Importance was done, and the House adjourned, THURSDAY; The House committee on foreign affairs instructed Chairman Hitt to report; with A recommendation that it be Daxsud. a resolu tion asking the Secretary of State to report to the House what facts' are in possession of the Department relating to the case of Mrs. Florence E. Maybriok, formerly of Mobile, Ala., and what steps, if any, the government has taken to secure her release or mitigation of punishment. Mrs. Maybrick Is In prison in England serving a life sentence upon con viction of the obarge of poisoning her hus band, a Liverpool merchant. raiDAY In the House on Friday the. appropriation bill for fortifications and coast defences for the vear endlnir June RO. 1897. was reported by Mr. Halner, Republican, of Nebraska, and placed on the calendar. The measure, as agreea to, recommemi ptiecino appropria tions amounting to $5,842,337 and in addi tion gives authority to the Secretary of War contracts Involving the further ex diture of $6,542,278, uuder the engineer and ordnanoo dopartments, making a total expenditure authorized by the bill of $11,- 0O1,O1-J. SATURDAY. After two days' debate the House, by a vote of 160 to 68, papsed the "Filled Cheese" bin, taxing tne inanuraoturer oi the product 1 cent a pound and requiiing manufacturers and dealers to pay a license. The commit tee on ways and means suggested a reduc tion of the retail deulers' license from $40 to $12 a year, and that was agreed to. What is SOT jiji Castorla Is Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription for Infants fcnd Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor Other Narcotic substance. It i.4 a harmless substitute for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing1 Syrups, and Castor Oil. It is Pleasant. Its guarantee Is thirty years' uso by Millions of Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms and allay fevcrishness. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd, cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. Castoria relieves teething troubles, cures constipation and flatulency. Castoria assimilates the food, regulates the stomach and bowels, giving healthy and natural bep. Cas toria Is the Children's Panacea the Mother's Friend. Castoria. Castoria. " Castoria la an excellent medicine for chil dren. Mothers have repeatedly told mc of its good effeet upon their children." i Dr. G. C. Osgood, I ' lVowell, Mass. Castoria Is the best remedy for children of which I am acquainted. I hope the day is not far distant when mothers will consider the real interest of their children, and use Castoria instead of the various quack nostrums which are destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium, morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful agents down their throats, thereby sending them to premature graves." Dr. J. F. Kincheloe, Conway, Ark. " Castoria Is so well adapted to children that I recommend it as superior to any prescription known to me." H. A. Archer, M. D., Ill So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, K.Y. " Our physicians in the children's depart ment have spoken highly of their experi ence in their outside practice with Castoria and although we only have among out medical supplies what is known as regular products, yet we are free to confess that the merits of Castoria has won us to look with favor upon it," ' United Hospital and Disprnsarv, Boston, Mass. Allen C. Smith, Pres. Thej Centaur Company, 77 Murray Street, New York City. CAPE FEAR & YADKIN TtfLEI VI John Gill. Receiver CONDENSEDSCHSOULE.' ' In Effect DeCr. 8th, 189:3. NOBIS DOCNO. No. 2. Dally, iLeave Wilmington 7 25 u. ui. Arrive Fayettev'lle 10 35 " Leave Fayefvsvllis 10 55 " Leave 1? ay etteville Junction ..... 1 0 57 -' Leave Sauford .....12 19 p- nv Leave Climax. 2 25 " ArrlVe Greensboro 2 56 " Leave Greensboro 8 05 " Lrnve Stokesdale 3 59 " Arrive Walnut Cove., ....431 " Leave Walnut Cove 4 33 " Leave Rural Bali. 617 " Arrive Mt. Airy 46 " soura tteuNB. Ko. 1. Dallv. Leave Mt. Airy. v 35 a. m ILeave Rural Hall. ........ U 05 " 'Arrive Walnut Cova 1135 " Leave Walnut Cove 1145 " Leave Stokesdale 12 12 p. to. Arrive Greensboro ,,..12 53 " Leave Greensboro 103 " Southern Railway. PIEDMONT AIR LINE. Ceadensed Schedule of Pauenger Trains. 1 32 8 19 4 80 4 33 , 4 45 7 66 $3,000 IN PniZES. away. tic red Hla Wife to Death. John Ahrens, a fanner, living in KlLgman Ooanry, Kansas, concluded to celebrate All Fools' Day by playing joke on his wife. He dressed aj a tramp, pnt on a mask, and at his door tried to induos his wife to set him a lunch. She was so terrified that she fell to the floor and died soon after. The Chnreh Censored. A Coroner's Jury declared that the Trinity Church Corporation, New York City, should be censured for not providing fire escapes in the Hudson street tenement, whose burning destroyed fl Uvea. Arms for the Boerj. A. despatch from Cape Town says that 2500 rifles were sent from Johannesburg to Pre toria, and, together with ammunition, were is sued to Boers oi d railway officials. This dis tribution of am caused the wildest rumors, but the general opinion is that the arms were given out a a proviion against possi. ble developments in the Matabele rising. Railroads Blacked by Snow. Reports from Northern Wisconsin tell of a complete blockade on many railroads.. The drifts In many places are from ten to twenty feet deep. i Out of the Common Ban. Dry goods merohants declare that traita .. good. Argentina Is now eoinu larirelv Into h production of flaxseed. A steel plant which will cost tt n.-in nnn to be erected at Birmingham, Ala. ' William Miller, of Lancaster, Penn., mur dered his fatherfor $170 insurance which he had on his life. Kentucky tobaoco farmers are now agitat Ing in favor of a reduced acreage. Work on the Panama Canal. Work upon the Panama canal is being pushed. A contract has been given for 100, 000 metres of submarine mining on the Pa cific end of the canal. The Colon end of the work has been inspected by Prince Lulgl, a nephew of King Humbe t of Italy, who is making a tour of the world. The circulation of aU kinds of money in the United States decreased daring the month of March $112,594, leaving the total oirculatio $1,521,629,468, or $21.68 per oapiU. HEAVY ITALIAN LOSSES. Farther Keports of the Battles With the Dervishes. iassowah, Abyssinia, April 9. Later ad vioes from the front show that the lasses of the Italians in the fighting which followed the attack made upon the ItjUjjn native possession of Thuston Rifles of Omaha, who miuiivu iu muum mocran. near Kassala, uavo practically reiusea io enwr. Aney may The Galveston Seml-Centennlal Cup at Savannah. Ga. j Dispatchers received from Adjutant Gen eral W. HMaybray, of Texas, informing the military interstate association that an order had been issued by him ordering a competi tion in May for the Galveston semi-centennial championship cup. This cup ft now in were mucn more severe than at flEit .reported ltis now stated that the Italian.. i!w Ion rfH. cers and 800 men. The heaviest Es of the Italians was incurred in the reconjjoissance of Tucruf made by Colonel Btefani, during which he captured some of the forts, but was unable entirely to dislodge the dervishes. It is presumed that the numbers given In the despatch mean the number ot-men killed as nothing is said about the wounded, . - decide to come and deiend the cup now that it has been ordered here, and the Morton cadets ot Washington have challenged them to compete lor it. This interstate drill In which $3,000 in prizes is also offered, will take place May 14.' Ocean Towage. . The Standard Oil Company is arout to at tempt towing from Philadelphia to Europe one of the schooner-rigged tank barges, ca pacity 15,000 barrels, wnlch hav been foi some time in service between that port and Maine. The Veaeinela Dlaoute. The British Foreign Offloe authorities deny the truth ot the report that I the Venezuela dispute Is on the eWOI aattlefcent. . The po. sltion. tbey gav, is virtually unebr.nged, though the negotiations no-,4 In prtigresn gradually tend toward a settleent. . - New Orleans Cotton Kxchange State ment. The New Orleans cotton exchange state ment is as follows: Crop statement from September Is, 1895, to April 10th, 1896, in clusive: Port receipts 4,867.907 bales against 7.519.556 last year. 5,538,937 year before last and 4,615,802 for the same lime in '73; over land to mills and Canada 730,766, 755 396 and 774,813: interior stock in excess of Septem ber 1st, 238,191 against 139,406 a-id 212,902; Southern mill takings 684,447 and 631,288, 653 297 and 625,155; crop brought into sight from September 1st to date 6.61$,801 against 9,335,602, ,987,36 and 6.138,672; brought into sight for the week 66,388 against 109,563 for the seven days onded April 10th. last yew, 60,560 and 63,297; crop brought Into sight for the first ten davs of April W,694 against J40, 676, 70,085 and 68,567. Leave Climax Leave Banford.. Arrive Fayetteville Junction Arrive Fayetteviile Leave f ayetteville Arrive Wilmington NORTH BOUND. Ko. 4. Dally. Leave Bennetlsvllle.... ......... 8 25 a. ui. Arrive Maxton 93 " Leave Maxton 9 29 " Leave Red Springs 9 55 " Leave Lumber Bridge 10 12 " Leave Hope Mills 10 S3 " Arrive Fayottevtlle 10 52 " SOUTH BUOND, No. 3. Dally. Leave Fayetteville 4 33 p. in. Leave Hope Mills 4 08 ' Leave Lumber Bridge 5 20 " Leave Red Springs 6 42 " Arrive Maxton , Hi'.'. " Leave Muxton 6 13 " Arrive Rennettsvllle 7 20 " NORTH BOUND. (Daily Licopt, Sunday.) No. 18, Mijed. Leave Ramseur 6 45 a. m. Leave CUaax 8 35 " Arrive Greensboro 9 2fl ijeuvti Urwnsboro 9 3 j " Leave Htokosdale 10 60 " Arrive Madison 1160 " SOUTH BOUND. (Daily Except Sunday.) No. 15, Hlxe i Leave Madison 12 25 p.m. Leave Stokesdale 1 28 " Arrive Greensboro 2 3ft " Leave Greensboro 310 " Leave Climax 8 65 " Arrive Ramseur. 6 50 " NORTH BOUND CONNECTIONS at Fayetteville with Atlantic Const Line for all points North and East, at Saiifonl with the Seaboard Air Llue, at Grwnshoro with ,the Southern Railway Company, at Wtilmit Love with the Norfolk & Wwten 41road for Winston-Salem. SOUTH BOUND CONNIflTIONf. at Walnut Cove with tho NosSolk A f(ftntn I'.ailiTad lor Roanoke aud points north an west, 60 Greeu8birr with the Southern Rail way Company tot Raleigh, Ricliiuind und all (Vlnts north and eastt at TaJViteville with the Atlantic CVast I 'ne for A poiutl South; at MaxVon with the Seaboard Ui Lin for Charlotte, Atlanta -iiti all points houU and southwest. W. E. KLE, J. W. FRY, Oen'l Pats. Agent 4n'l Mfr'laoi Ve. Fit Mi N ,, Northbound. No. 38 No 36 RR,,i. Jan. S.ISQ6. Daily Daily fiSuI Lv. Atlanta, C. T. 12 00m 1115 p T60a 4 Sep " Atlanta, E.T. 10opl2 1fa 160a 6S;p .Norcroas 12 Ma id 6 2p " Buford 10 1G a 7 (18 n tiaiuosrllle.. 2 25 p 2 01a 10 41a 7 4j, Lula 223a 1104a Sliiu Cornelia U 20 a Mt. Airy 2Ma 1180a - Toccoa S 16 a 11 A3 a r " 'Westminster 3 GO a U21yi Seneca 4 07 a 12 42p , ' Ceutral 4 45 p ' 4 33 a 1 20 p " Greuavllle . . . 6J0p 6iua 2Wp. ....... M Spartanburg 18 p tt 18 a 8 22 p " Gaffueyi 63 a 4 10 p , Blackaburg.. 70p tot t30p King's Mt T32a 600 p " Uaaionia T 61 a 6 24 p Ar. Charlotte 20p 133a 620p ' Danville. I... 12 00a lt,p uaep ........ Ar. Richmond.... 6 00 a 640 p SOOa. (...... Ar. Washington . 6 42 a 40p " Balun'e.ritR 8 05 a 11 26 p rtiilarlelphia. 10115 a 3 00 a " Kw Vork.... 163 n C 20 a " Ve. i'atMl M 7 1 Seuthbeuad. Ne. 37 No.33 No-.f' fally Daily Dally K Sun Lv. 1. T., PIR R 4 30p 12 13n Philadaliihia. 66p 360a " Baltiiuoie.... i0p wa Waahiulou. 10 43p 1116 a Lv. Richmond.. . 2 00a 1265p 2 00a Lv. Danville 60 a 6 03 p 7 00 a T7!7TT!T " Charlotte..,. 3ia 10 nap 12 Wp - Gascouia 1130 p 1 ix p ........ - King's Mt 1 p " Blackaourg .. 10 49 a 12 10 a 2 00 p , " Gallneya 12 a a 2 18 p " Hpartanburg. 1137 a U69a 105p , - Greenville.... 122dp 1 4 10 p , ' Central 1 16 V 2 36 a 6 4) u Seneca 3 0ua 6 05 p " V e.tminttar 6 iiy - Toccoa 860 a 6 68p ' Mt. Airy 7 40 p Cornelia 7 4jp Lula 4 41a 8 12 p 6 67 a Galuaavllle . . 1 81 p 4 K a 8 3ti p 7 20 a ltufurd U 07 p 7 4i a Korcroas 0 42 p 8 27 a Ar. Atlanta, E.T. 4 86 p 6 20a lu.'iOp 930a J v Af'mi'a CT . SSSpl W 30 p 6 30 "A'a. iu. "1"' p. in. "M " noon. "N" night. Nos- 87 aad S8 Washington and Southwestern Vettibnle Limited. Through Pullman sleepers between New York and New Orleans, via M ai.il Ingtoa, Atlanta -.d Montgomery, and also be. tween new York and Mempula, via Washington, Atlanta and Birmingham. Dining cars. Noe. 86 and 38 United States Fast Mall . FuU saaa sleeping car between Atlanta, New Or. kans and Mew Yorl . Nos. 11 and 12. Pullman tleeplng ear betweea Klohnond, Danville aud Greeatboro. W. H. GREEN, Gen'l 8upt., Wahiugtoa, D. 0. J. M. CULP, Tramo M'g'r, Waabington, D. Ot tP ttUJ RIGHTS. Cl r rrtTTAIir A PATENT t pmime answer and an nonent opinio SiliNN l-I O,. who bare had naarlv emerlenoe In the natnt bosineM. Commnnlca- tioni et.rtctlv enoflrlentlal. 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