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, r A.rf Ma) i r . ' VOL. XFttW SERIES NO. 164. NEW BERNE, N. C FRIDAY-MORNING, JANUARY 1, 1837 ESTABLISHED!';' . i 37 WASHINGTON ML Highest of all in 'Leavening Strength. Latest U. S. Gov't Report, STARTLING WAR RUMORS A lit NOT WARRANTED. pala Find No . Fault with , Tbl . Cntrjr. Light larantrjr le. . - kratioB. Wtublngt!.' Heath Rale. Inaugural Prepar- Is : T ailoni.. r, . ' t AVasMnotos, D. C, December 81 The recent reports that the Spanish govern ment was endeavoring to secure the co operation ot the great European poweit to prevent by force, if necessary, the in tervention of -the United States in tin . Cuban Insurrection, have no better au thority than many Other startling ru mors that have been industriously circu lated during the past few months. " There . is authority for the statement that the Spanish government is, generalh speaking, entirely satisfied with the at. I tltude of the United States with retir. ence to the Cuban revolt. - me governments at Washington biio Madrid understand each v other thor oughly, nn I the firm and dignified posi tion of Ereaident Cleveland, not only ii. preserving a strict neutrality between " the contending forces, but in publicly announcing his. purpose to do so, f in - pishes, the strongest proof to the Spanisl ministry that the Intention of this coin , try is to take no step that could be re garded as uufriendly or tending iu, an; ' way to embarass the Spanish crown. - If additional evidence were needed ti aajmre the world that Spain can find n. - fuu.lt with the attitude of the Washing ton government, ( will he found in tin notification wbioh the Madrid foreign ot: floe has made to the Spanish diplomatic representatives in Great Britain and 01 the continent. . Through advices which reached tin State Department it is learned that a Sflon, as that portion of the President'! recent message to Congress relating t the Ciiban situation had been translated copies, were sen,t to. the Spanish minister! Of me various . European capitals, will the added statement that the Spams, , government was entirely satisfied witi the President's utterances. ... In these circumstances the report! . which convey the impression that Spaii -is testing the trientUthip qf the Europeai : PAWeF. . With a View to securing then , assistance in preventing an anticipate! Intervention on the part of this Govern 'liw Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE STAMBOtJLOFF'S ASSASSINS. "v - . rro ( the PrlNoar Nenteuced to Three Team? Iniprleannient ThlrU Aeqnltett. ' ';. ' Soma, Bulgaria. Nauru Tuffekchiefl ind AtzofT, two-of the prisoners charged with assassinating ex-Premier Stambon- lo'f, were sentenced to tliree years im prisonment, the time which they have -teen under arrest to be counted in tin. lentenco. Boni Geogieff was acqmtcd. Tugektchieff was an employe in the ouituinjj department of the ministry ol public works and a brother of Dimitri l'uffuktcliielf, who died in prison, it i Inserted by the enemies of M. Staoibou a result of tortures infliuted by inler of the late Bulgarian premier. JJi .nutri was accused of complicity in tin iiiiirder uf M. Beltchetf, the minister o. .inauce, who was assassinated in tin itreets on March. 23, in the pres. dnce of M. StamboulolT, for whom hewa-mistaken. Atijlf was the coachniau who drove i. diuinboulolf from the Union Club U mo spot Wiiere he was murderously as lulled on July 1"), 1893, resulting in Ills death on July 18, of the sami ear. cJeorgleir was a former servant o. Jajor r'anitza, who was executed at tin iiisliuice of jii. Stauiuoulolf for cousp'n ,n g against the government. fue procurator-general, summing uj ,iiu morning in the prosecution of tin Jlegcd assassins, dwelt upon the impoi- .mice of the trial to the whole civilize world and insisted that political consul- jrutions should bo rigidly excluded ii, considering the verdict. Counsel for the defense again submit- xi that the condemnation of tlieaccuset vould serve no useful purpose, pointing M the fact that the friends af the late M. llainboulolT did not regard the prisoner) is the real culprits and adding that .nareforo, his frieuiU would continue ti leek means of vengeance against thi presumptive assassin V ment, are pronounced absurd. I bis l v especially the case when it is rememberci that the greater part ot Cuba is now in i peaceful condition, that in many pro v tlnces, the props me being planted am that abundant reasons exist for believin. that successful revolt in the islam .Mind th Rnanioh ffnvAmm.nl nan.i.l :: be much longer oontinucd. It is the unwritten law in the Wash . inttoa light Infantry to celebrate til Christmas holidays in a way that oontri butes to the pleasure of the little folks, ' the ohldreo, of tho members of the corp and their friends and relatives. This reg qlar annual function' took place at th armorv oi tne corns, ana mere was u - Attendance a large number of the mem . ben of the organization and a host o - Utile one, their guests for the evening, ,5 The death rate Qf the city during th last week was 18.8 per thousand inhabi teats. The averaare rale for- the las month and this np to. date was 17.6 This Is six per cent per thousand below the annual average of the city, which U ' 88.5, : ' fha sixth annual report of the Wash. . fngton Board of Trade has come fron . tlin nrintAra. It Rnnb4 n. mnni nt rtHrtl - V r nent Interest t the citizens of Washing ton than any departmental report ye - pnhj(il)0(, iqasniuoU as it shows what lias, been aocompllshed by tho businest ' ' men of tho city toward its advancement along all the lines of municipal achieve . ment. . ' , Resident and merchants along th . 1 ! - - . . 1. . 1 . .. I a , . will be given an opportunity to partici pate in an unique feature of the decora- tiye (Jlapllay, ahd one which . was effec tively operated In Chicago and New York on f)ag day. Chairman Wine, o the street decorations comraitteo, atl ' vary InpgaJytHttended meeting held lasi night in the Board of Trade rooms, an nojnoed that an appropriation had beei secured for the purchase of 50,000 siual paper flags, for use in the windows alont Pennsylvania avenue. 1 These small cop ies of "Old Glory" will be sent direct lri)m the manufacturers to certain prom inent business men whose stores art along the line of march. They will dis tribute them in due season. Inasmuch as It is Intended that the decorations ano the illuminations- committees shall act in unison whore there Is opportunity U, n-flure better effects, it will be stipulates with those who receive the flags that they illuminate the rooms in which tin flags appear at the windows. Thus, the emblems will serve in a double cap WW: ' STATE NEWS. RLOOD HOUNDS FOLLOW TRAIN ROBBERS. frail Lost In Woods. Slmy PopnllNik In I.ea-lslalnre. Nenatorlnl i'lRhl. - la Bromchloa-Yonnc Contest, . former Gains Vole. Special. Rai.riqii, N, C, December 31. Blood hounds followed the trail "of the train wreckers two miles, but lost it in the woods, owing to the rain. The wreckers were white men, one woro-number five (hoes. Hal Aver says that there will' be cer tainly sixty Populists in the Legislature. Oliver II. Dockery will be here next week to participate in the Senatorial ight. Marshall Mott is here in conference with Otho Wilson. N. B. Brouehton who contests Jim Young's sent in the Legislature has gain ed 25 votes in the recount of the vott- now in progress, which was ordered by by Justice Walter Clark. We Desire AGENCY Hazard : Gun Powder. MEUCHAXTSSiVE MONET BV LEAVING YOIT.: OB IE IIS WITH ME. F. ULRICH, Grocer. 45 lfiI3DI,E STREET. IRRIGATION SCHEME. to'return Thanks to the public tor their liberal patronage dur ing the year just past, and respectfully ask tor a continuance ol the same. Wishing'all a Happy and Prosper ous New Y ear, we re main, Yours Very Truly. -ITor Tli.e GENEROUS Tulegj(nh Items. James B. Hampton, county treasure! if Livingston county, N. C, isadefaultei n the sum of 18,108. Washington Smith, an informer wa beaten to death by Sam May and otherr near - nnoeburg, Ky. . May was ar rested. Fire in the jewelry store of Theody 3. Starr, in Fifth avenue, New York caused dainngo to building and stock l the amount of $30,000. C. E. Fuller, a business man of Em poria, ruins., has disappeared, leaving behind several thousand dollars in debts fuller was well known In the racing trorld. Gov. Bradley, of (Kentucky, has issued proclamation of $250 for the arrest am: lonviction of each, any, or all ot tin Jwensboro mob that lynched tho ncgn dolt. , John llippey, a farm hand living neai Salem, Inf., was shot and killed b. Louisville, Ky., "Detectives, who were ii March of an escaped prisoner. The offi rs are now in jail at Salem. The factory ot the Nelsonville Sewei Pipe Company, Nelsonville, Ohio, wai ourncd, throwing 150 men out of em jiloymcnt for the winter. Loss fullj 100,000; partly covered by insurance.' The Commercial Club, ot Omaha ,eb., met and determined to organize i company to build and operate a big bee tugar factory In or near Omaha. It 1 estimated that the plant will cost in th. neighborhood of $200,000. War between Colorado cattlemen an Otah sheep men in Colorado has beei sverted. The Utah sheepmen have de cided not to invade Colorado. : They were under a misapprehension as to when Gov. Mclntyre's quarantine procla mation became null. ' , Alonzo .W. Thornton, , accused of swindling by mean ot drafts on banki in which be had no deposits, ia under at rest in No' York., The prisoner, It is eiidrged, represented that he was inter ested with Vice President-elect Garret A.. Hobart In an advertising venture, Cody's Plan to Reclaim 300,000 Aeres of Arid I.nnd. Chicago Col. W. F. Cody is in Chi :ago on his way to New York in the in terest of what he says is the most extcn live irrigation scheme in tho world. Be- jides Col. Cody, others interested in the scheme are Nate Salsbury, his manager ind partner; George Blcistein, publisher f the Buffalo Courier; Ramsey Brothers if Buffalo, Proprietor Gcarans of the Iroquois Hotel of that city; E. V. Footc of New York, and Edward S, Stokes. Those men secured concession of (00,000 acres of arid land from the Gov jrnment, on condition that they would irrigate it within the next live years. To lo this 13,000,000 capital was guaranteed ind they are having a canal 150 miles in length dug from the Shoshone River jhout 100 miles back from the river in Wyoming, and on a lateral line with it. From the main canal a number of small trenches are dug, and water flowing into these subirrigatcs the soil. The plan of the company is to induce emigrants to settle upon the land and then sell it to them nt a nominal price. Col. Cody announces thit he now has 000 acres ready for cultivation. A town has been laid oil In the centre of the re serve, and when it is populated it will be known as Cody. iklliid & (las Wholesale and Retail GROCERS Jt Brunei St., New Borne, X. (', (1 & 8 o o PATRONAG EXTENDED PROMISING J. E. Latham, 3 Craven Street. Cotton hs Commission M::cht Call on me for Cemtut, Lime, Terra Colt l'ipe. Cotton Bailing and Ties. storsL'o 1 r 500 bales cot ion. II. W. SIMPSOBT, Funeral Director and lumbal mer. 1-28 Broad Street 'I'HONFJU Blfllurlal Robes a Specialty Money to Loan on City Property. Apply to S.M. Brinson. Yoir Can't be Santa Claus in an ill-QUing suit a clothes. You won't look the part. A Santa Clan? that bags nt thu knees dots not inspire respect. Don't let your family be ashamed ot its Santa Clans. Come today and let ns measure you tor ;i suit that will brace up your relf'-re8pect. I. IH. Cliadwick. 101 Middle Street. O Christina Stock. Ik m t sl2.i:Ifiuix--urjr2iwiWiU.i?tS.. Big Sale of even Mero I nrljr Alive,' ' IUvax, "Maoeo is AUve," Is the Cubans joyful cry, Information coming Into the city shows that the rumor of l.ia diath was spresd in order to Bv ' in, sh he was badly wounded. He is mnvii!. ing at the bigtiama Hospital, . ?!. ( .'i.nmd, a U i h-r of Flold- , !(., i s hy -t hn r iinj i iumittnl ui"ile, THE COTTON JtfARKTS.. . . y December SI. LtviaroOL market has been very dull, but the close was 1 to S-Sl higher (or fit turos. .., ' ; . NEW Yobk has, not done business, but the market there has been very steady all day and the final qnotation is 8 for January, ' ' r v , - The markets will all be closed 'till Janu ary 4th, and today's business was more in "evening lip" than putting out new lines. Present prices are not consider ed bigh and the market would do bet ter if we could hnveft sharp falling off in receipts, . Nhw Bkrni market lias been quiet, at a 5-18. ,, ' s - ; . 'Tours truly, . . ' ' J. E, Latham. Nklrnilehluit wltli t:ubniift. Havasa. Dispatches received from Jeneral Bosch, dated December 29, say that he arrived safely on that date at Sayamo, Province of Santiago de Cuba, .vith a convoy of provisions, &c., loaded nn one hundred ox carts and one bun ked mules. After leaving Veguita the convoy experienced stormy weather on the road and had several skirmishes with the nsurgents, who, however, would not accept any rent engagement with the Spanish troops. News has been received that the local column of troops in Hutanzas met the in surgent band of Sololcngo at the farm if Abreu, in the Jaguey Grande district. There was a fight and the insurgents were dispersed, leaving fifteen killed and one wounded, who died, afterward. The troops took fourteen arms an twenty1 Ave saddle horses." A corporal belonging to the column was wounded. I Lower I 7K FT i Fipres I Be I Departments. TOTS Fire "Works oooooococoo THIS LITTLK-CiHUi is lookine for the tnttl.: (f Bbadham's (Jol'oh Balsam. It ii harmless and can readily be givei to children with assurance of speedy rcleif for their t'Otous, sore throats, and pulmonary troubles in general. May TT Praspentj During the trial of a divorce foso in u St. Louis court, Jacob Fischcl, the de- am nnTTT rPflflV fendant. attemDted to kill his wife, who w - U the plaintiff. He opened Are with a 'DDICF Si 00 I pAvrlvpr nna hnllftt tjikitir ifrArfc in MrK. I " PiahnlU .nn .uuvmri trik.nfr I la ftlBzU mOUDtS, tWO DW mo hn uncle, and . third gra,, ,g he, attorney . HfJ. Xof iTl S Bush joints and larircr tubing, nuiiuroiis ininir changes have been made thr mah out which mike these models even belli 1 1 tbtD models 40 and 41, which have gain d such an enviable reputation throughout I thejworld. Two Takhkms with all ths above I improvemeuU have also een added. Hartford BlcycleH . include two grades of maViims. : Patterns! and U m '06 ISO) have been reduced to $51 uod a I nsw machine liatino at 175 (I'al- terns No, 7 and 8) bato bet n added. I Call and get Advance Catalogue. DICH RED BLOOD thefoun- l dation of good health. That Is why Hood's Sarsaparilla, the One True Blood Purifier, gives HEALTH. ; V A' FEW DON'TS. : ''Don't let your heels get "'slanty' if you wish to keep yonr trowaers in good ahape." "Don't etrap your Test in tight if you want it to be smooth in front." "Don't be eccontrio in the matter of drew." . " - , "Don't pia the ends of your scarf to yonr skirt bosom. Use a regular retainer, it' is cheap and conven ient." - ; "Don't wear loud buttons." And above all, Don't 'forget to, try How ard for Clothing, Ilats and Shoos. . J, M. HOWARD. 1 ILL Till ; a ' MARKETS. Jli' li, !'!! r Ul. V.-h-at... Notice in hereto given that spplionllon will i- p l ie to the nxt i'H.m o tl '-' .1 A 'iiib'y of .Vrlh I'lirnlirm i I n hi : ! .i 1 1 1' -r the Mutuxl Ai-I A .iiiina ol ' if I ' ". N. !. c: WILL Fheae 80. T. hill; 91 B. front Itreet. Ira, Emma H:. Powell, FIRE Insurcncp Agent BUOADdTKEEf. ITivtn? been appolnh-d ii(.rfl"t Tor (he rn li:M!Mintt5 cunt Ttiii. -i rciiHi-nird by n v :.i lni i l, r. A. H. J'i...l I i;. 1- f I I ' -1 h Ill IH . ! 1 An', is tne wish ot Another Car Loud of Fancy l'.ocker-, "'iincy Hull Slan-land liihv 'ani.e. mil lots ol other Fiirri'i im- Ino iinipeiou o mention, aii'l will oil r -pc-iMnl bargain' . l-'r the nexl l. ila. so as to niakn room for our ?lo( k. (.'nil and i samins 'lel'ore pinchasiii i-l.-ewlu-re. ULASS FI(AMKI) IMCTCIIKS. Ke-ipeclfiiUy, T. J. Tl'ltXER." ni:v I'.iiitxi:. x. c. 127 MIDDLE ST. ifjr.ijvs t n II A IE M AC Y ! f IJllYSKIANS ti KltKSI II I I' I KINS I ItKl'AltKII niih i-ure i l!l( KS. n uil the Ii I 1 1 me- 40 m cent. 40 Less Than Cost ! I'F.RFI'.MEItY FOR HOI.IIIAYS. Tiiple Kxtracts. tiolil of Iplnr li'usc, ,Ci!i AkkIi- Itlos.som, Uliic Lilies, Nvvtict Cliinies, Ktc (unoil I'niigents. I.iiveiiilar Salts, Inc. G0AL! G0AL! We sellonly t lie very be.t 1 1 1 U 1 1 1 V of WUUv Ash Coal. EGfi. ST( K A X I ClIlvSTXri' sr.Ks. Oi'ilera left nt the turd, reur of I Ilnckbiirn & YVilleti's store, or at. ollice, 6;l South Front street, will receive prompt attention. IKH.LlSTKi: & COX. 'Phono at. JOHN DUNN, 55 & 57 Pollock St. Bananas, 75c. & $1.00 a bunch. DaaId 8 V- UUU1V0 , 4 ' Stationery ! X. NtJNN CO. Xext to Pol Office. Holiday Goods ! LATEST Newspaper. ' Perloai- eslsaBa Mtraiiaes, Ma) always . foaad it T. W. WATERS. 105 lliddlo St. J '"SuhHcriut'ons tweived for all perl-1 (jilmiis. fy 1 il supplies for sale. Orders tnki'n for lu'ol Kiinplics. Ijitext Sinn il.uil Novel-i. 1'i'ui pens, inks, eta. If yon want nseful present, caFT land examine our line of ' . - I 1 n V.M.I. fln...,.. tm uitioo. ituvi . xmiian.iiiH l- .l - -1 fi...n..l. v.sntuau s,un nivinnu.v Ifc'XI.