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If VOL. XVI-NO. 219. NEW BEKNE, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 10, 1898. ESTABLISHED 1882 i 1 rv in li n iit i Keaux ana celles 01 W asmngton s TIM - When the stately minuet was the fashionable dance, mde a (treat desideratum , of Neat, Well-Fitting Footwear. Then only the wealthy could possess such Finely Made, Perfect Fitting Handrome Shoes for all Bexes and ages as we are offer ing today at such Low Prices, that no one ceed wear slouchy Shoe. Our Shoes ' Will Always Maintain their Reputation for Honesty ot Manufacture, Skill of Workmanship, Excellence oi Material and Satisfactory Wearing dualities. Don't Forget That Our Dry Goods Department Too full to overflowing with everything belong ' ing to that line and the Prices are in your favor. JUST RECEIVED... .. One Car Load Clairette Soap, and Gold Dust Washing Powder. SUCH MAMMOTH PUllOHASUS MUST WIN -LOW PRICES AND YOU WILL ALWAYS GET THE BENEFIT AT Grand Opening ! AT NO. 95 MIDDLE STREET. Clocks, - Bronzes, - Silverware, Table Cutlery, Brie a Brae, &c. . SATURDAY AT 2:30 P. M. Ever? Lady who attend our PRESENTATION AUCTION at2::iOP. M. will receive a souvenir ticket which gives her an opportunity to st-cure on of our LARGE PRESENTS which we give away Every Afternoon FilEE, suoh as CAKE BASKETS. BUTTER DISUES, LAMPS, ALBUMS,. ROGERS' SILVER KNIVES, FORKS, SPOON'S, Etc. Ilenieinber you do not hat a to buy anything In order to got present. They are absolutely VRKR. Tickets good for 10 (lays only. Beats provided for tlioo who come early. A GOLD SPOON as a Souvenir GIVEN FREE to the first 30O Ladies who attend our Grand Opening Sale on Saturday at :80 P. M. s , He sure and ask the Lvfy Cashier for your Souvenir Ticket. CLOUGH & THAYER, No. 95 MIDDLE STRUT, NEW BEUNE, N. C. Better to Live With Life Imuranct Than to Die Without It. If You Wish to Know TORPEDOED opinion. It is little leu than remarkable that not a single resolution was Intro- tion stating that North Carolina could get space for 25ct per square foot. As duced or a single speech was made Ini the State wanted 800 fret of space this to Pieces From an Outside Foe. WAS IT BY SPAIN ? either House of Congress bearing on the disaster, save one of condolence with the families ot those killed, offered by Mr. Boutellc and ' adopted by the House of Representatives. The government of Madrid has ex pressed to Minister Woodford the regret it feels at the catastrophe, more especi ally as it occured in waters within Span. Ish jurisdiction. The Maine went down in water deep enough to submsrge all but the afterpart of here superstructure deck. The whole forward part of the hull was turned com pletely inside out by the explosion. The officers say had the explosion taken place with the vessel in deeper water, that first wild lurch of hers would have sent her settling tideways to the bottom. As it was, the vessel sank within three min utes; partly righting, she touched bottom. The wreck took fire and sank and lighted the harbor by the lurid glare of would cost $200, so it will hardly make an exhibit. Superintendent Mebae lias requested Dr. K. P, Battle of the State University to prepare an article on the "Early schools an'd colleges of the State" for the next annual report of the Department of Pub. he Instruction. The State Board of Examiners will meet no Friday the 25th at which time the programme of school study will be completed. Wheeler Martin has notified the gov ernor that he will accept the position of solicitor made vacant by the. resignation of Bernard. There is scarcely anything talked of here today but the destruction of the Maine. Charles J. Parker resigns as secretary of the North Carolina Teachers Assem bly and W. T. Whitsctt will probably succeed him. Last year 8 building aud loan associa tions made report to the State Auditor. I flames, fed by the inflammable celluoise So far this year only 9 have sent in rc- Feelini is Raft Risini tie Spanial contained in the forward and after ends. The wreck burned the long night through, and when dawn broke wreaths of smoke were still curling upward from the shapeless mass. A large diamond shaped piece of ce ment, which went so high in the air as ports. The Prudential of Cabarras heads the list with loans aggregating $85,000. A suit is to be brought here to dissolve the marriage of Walter Lee aged 16 and alias Denning aged 14. Lee is from Harnett county. An effort is being made to get for the Only 90 Men of the Crew Are Saved, 858 Are Dead Many Diverse Opinions Expressed. Hay lllean War at Once. 1 to fall clean through the deck of the City State Library every book that pertains in I of .Washington In its' descent adds any way to North Carolina. As yet I another puzzling feature to disease. An the collection Is tar from complete. So internal explosion would not have hurled far no order has been made to keep Hie it so high in the air. library open at night. Nearly all who were near at the time Superintendent Mewborne of the pent- agree that the explosion was not in one tentiary says that the State will work the I single crash. These say that there was a I Castle Hayne Phosphate mines for its loud report and that the sound of this owners. The penitentiary will rent was cut in two by that mighty roar about 600 acres of the farm and put It in which shook the city and wrecked the peanuts and corn. Maine. Captain Sigsbee was thrown from his I bed, but was uninjured. He went on I Special to Journal. Kbt West, February, 17. A corres pondent from the scene of the wreck of deck and ordered men to flood 2,500 the battleship Maine in Havana harbor rounds 0( gun cotton, which was on says that divers have gone down along uoar(i. The order was carried out, but side the vessel and have discovered an 8 ,i.a mcn ,,.. returned. Havana, how. inch percussion hole, made by a torpedo eVeri wag saT0(j from a Btin morc terrible in the steel plate or tne uatticsmp. exolosiou Admiral Monteroa has summoned Captain Siesbee says: "There is very Captain Sigsbee of the Maine to appear ,,,,, . x ca t Was in the cabin before the military Judge to make e I Ht tbe tbo t-lrae; j bad just QnieUed a un necessary depositions regarding the loss to my f4mjy when that enormous of his ship. crag, came The ship lurched heavily to Another United States man of war is . 81)d j knew in Bn in8tant what it all expected at Havana tonight. meant, that it meant that my ship hao Havana, February, 17.-(Special). ul U1) A1j lue cabin lights were put So far only twenty bodies of the crew of outi Bn(1 M T groped my way out of the the battleship Maine nave oeen recoverea aDartment I met my orderly running from the wreck of the vessel. inward mo. Reachimr the deck. I gave It is reported that divers have found ordc to pogt gentries, keep silence and an eigut men noie in me piaie oi iue Maine, Indicating that the destruction of the vessel was caused by a torpedo. This has caused the wildest excitement in the city of Havana. It is believed here thut a Spanish fanatic or a secret emissary of the Spaa- HiHCOCK OUT. Removed as Director of Atlantic MN. C. to flood the magazines. The magazines were already Hooding themselves. I saw then the disaster was complete. Genernl Lee telegraphed the State De partment: Havana, Feb. IB rrotonnd sorrow expressed by government and muuicipal ish government floated a torpedo under authoriticg) con8Ui8 0f foreign nations, Liredorof the water line under the Maine and against the forward magazine of the battleship. That the torpedo was set with detonating device that allowed the perpetrator time to escape. It is stated that is the belief cf Captain Sigsbee ot the Maine, and that he has communicated this view of the matter to the Navy Department. Admiral Manteroa has notified Captain Slpsbee that a joint committee of Ameif can and Spanish officers are to be ap pointed to investigate the cause of tbe explosion. The city of Havana buries fifteen of the mutilated bodies of the sailors of the Maine which floated ashore during last night aud today The ceremonies were conducted according to the Bpanisb rites, under the Bishop of Havana. The Bishop gave the ground for the interment. The bodies were exposed in state in the Cily Hall. American citizens, who are now in Havana or residents ot the city are id censed and think that America should bury its own dead, organized bodies of all sorts and citizens generally. Flags at half-mast on governor-general s palace, on shipping in harbor and in city. Business suspended, theatres closed. Funeral tomorrow at 8 p. m. Officers Merritt and Jenkins still miss ing. Suppose you ask that naval court court of lnaulrv be held to ascertain cause of explosion. Hone our people will depress excite ment and calmly await discussion. LEE. TBI KTATB CAPITAL This Will Result in His Removal as President Feb'). 22 nd. Letters to the Directors and to Roht. Hancock by Uovcrnor Russell. Special to Journal. Raleigh, N. C. Feb. 17. The Govern or today wrote to the Directors of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railway as follows: Robert Hancock has this day been re moved by this board from his office of tlm Atlantic and North Caro Big Hams to Cut, Only 12c Lb. SKIN AND FAT TRIMMED OFF ! Fancy Carolina Head Rice. Fresh Grits and Big Hominy. Fresh Loose Oatflakes, 4c per lb. Colgate's Octagon Soap, 4o a cake. The Best 3c Cake Soap in the city and a real good soap for 2c cake, Vermont Condensed Milk, the best for price on the mar ket only 10c can. Gail & Borden's Eagle Milk 18c can. A Nice Table Teach for only 30c can. Standard Pie Peaches on 8c can. lleinz's Baked Beans with Tomato Sauce, arc splendid, try f.hem, 5c, 10c, 15c and 20c can. Give us a call when you need anything in our line. Yon will (ind our goods to be of thu best quality, and our prices as low as the lowest. 71 Broad St., Gaskill Wholesale fc Retail CJrocers, XEW RERNE, X. C. JUUJLUJUUJUUUIJ THE MARKETS. Yesterday's market quotations furnish-. ed by W. A. Porterfield & Co. Commission 1 Brokers. New York, February 17. I STOCKS. i Open. High. Low. Close ' Peoples Gas 05 U.V! 931 94 j C. B. & Q 102 102 100 lOlj ! COTTON. Open. High. Low. Close May 6.02 0.05 Oc 0.05 1 CHICAGO MARKETS. Whkat Open. High. Low. Close! May 100 100 103- 1041 Corn May 81 J 31; 30J 30 j Cotton Sales 109,000 hnlcs. fcougrh -CURED BY ISradham's DR. WrPJIS'S OPINION Of Hie New Discovery in Medicine A Remarkably Nureraatul Remedy lor Dyapapata, Inillaesitou jturt ftiom nfh Tronblea. Dr. Y urih, in commenting on recent discoveries in medicine, snid: There is none which is certain to he so valuable and far reaching iu benefit as Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablet", the new stomach remedy; I say far reaching, because peo- Cough Balaam ! FOR 35 CENTS. SEASON TICKETS lina Railroad on the part of the State. This removal to take effect on the 22od day ot February, 1808, this bciug the day on which your board of Directors is to meet. This action is taken by board of internal improvements under the author ity upon them coofcrrcd hy section 8 of the amendment to the charter of the At. lantic and North Carolina Railrond Com pany. It would seem that the removal of Hancock as director will operate ns re moval from his ollice as president of your company. But if you concur In action of the board of internal improvements it may be well for you to pass an order of your board dismissing him as preside nt by virtue of the powers granted to your board by Section 4 of the 2nd Article of the By-laws of your company.'' Governor Russell wrote (he following letter to Roliert Hancock: "You are hereby notified tha' at a meeting of the hoard of Internal Improvements consist ing of the Governor, C. A. Cook and J. 0. I.. Harris this day held,- you were removed a member of the board of directors on part of the Slate in and for the Atlantio and North Carolina railroad I there, and that will mean much. The heavy wind of Tuesday night did I quite a good deal of damage here to trees, fbls order to lake e (Tec' on and I" "" after the 83 id day of February, ISiW denot naa tne cinnmey mown oowd ana )etu,ri tn d by 0oTernor it falling on the house crushed through I funse M president, and bv J. E. Ale Into one of the rooms doing much d- Mdr as iwretary of the bi ard of Inter ika Ai A m iIipm Nnrik f'.mll nlana What an Accumulation Policy in the New Trut.ic tw or iuwfh, John u ot Oxford and John wamrn of Randolph' lltary Wlllltms Of Elliab.tr, City es caped. Tho appalling nature of tbe disaster and tha gravity ot tha eUuailoa that would arlM should Investigation give basis for tha vnrisrootrent of suspicion of IfesrbM-y and foul plsy that ra through all ailnds hsd a sotwrlng (Twt a fiubli mra of all sliadre of poliiVal fi-am Wla Suns. Dr. Ham Battla lavllMl. Hacraiarr. !. r Baalaraa Wwm Taawhera Asaaanbljr Will Wevrk Caaila flayate Journal Bureau, Rauioh. N. C. Feb. 17. Tbe Southern Express company will appear before the Railroad commission todav.and also the telephone Co.'. will be rue expense ot tne heanna-. Maior Wilson will be lunerai is noroe uj me cuj ui navana. Wabhimotoh, Feby. 17.-(SpcUl-it is evident that the Navy Department is mobilising the fleet. . Tbe concentrated squadron will be held within four hours sail of Havana. Tbe cruiser Montgomery has been ordered fiom Saa Domingo to Key Wert- Tha N. C. car shops suffered quite Li i .1 T1.. L-.u XJ-I h.ilLlIn n..ntln. lit. I ..... . v'.it, " ' J " " a a i a Eooa ncai oi aamsa-e, hole found by divers Id tbe ul.te of the Th(1 (w,u of Slate ve.terdsv Maine was shown to President McKlnley, ,iM0Md two lomrance oompaoies to do BaekUn'i AraUs Salve The President said that he Had not Heard builneM lh, Blkle. The Paclflo Fire Tin Bn 8auv. in the world for cuts, the report up to that lime and toal ne I, niMr,no, Co. .of New York, and the brulaea. sores, uloers. salt rheum, fever does not wish to make any sutement but Kanias Mutual Life Insuraooe company (ores, tetter, chapped hands, -chilblains, said that the administration had o Lf xoptka, Kansas. looms, and all skin eruptions, and post advices concerning we repon. i iju, gouln Carolina Insurance com- lively cures piles or no pay required. Plana to raiae the wrec or tbe Maine lha, nlMi io0. t ..our head" Is ruranUed to alva perfect satisfaction are belog already considered, w recking ,otioei, the State la now Very aniious or mooey refunded. Price 88 cents per crews are directed to proceed to Havana ,--.. license. Iu agent was caught box. For sale by F. 8. Duffy. at once to go W wor, writing Insurance and got into trouble, Admiral Blcard baa Informed the Navy u M. -t,, .-uwdav that the Ac rl Department that be has appointed a Uutura and Mechanical college Is WM4!WI'r ooara ot inquiry to laveMigai we cause preparing an exhibit for the Trana-Ula-of the disaster. 1 .id mnl International Cnnzress to be held Niw YosX, Feb. 17.8pcclal.)-The n.k. NUK a Uius has bean V livening Journal give! a special cable I (rnm onkjers of the eiposl- saying that tbe battleship Maine was blown ap by a torpedo. B)talla af Ik slaaaar. The list of those killed In the Maine Idlaaater numbers tVt, only oinety-eU of the erow of 154 men eaoaplng. Among le little realize how important a sound stomach and vigorous digestion is to every man, woman and child. Indigestion is the starting point of consumption, heart disease, linghts diseaes, diabetes, nervous prostration. liver troubles; why is this so?. Simply because every nerve, muscle nnd tissue in our bodies Is created and nourished from the food we ent. If tbut food is by reason of a weak stomach, compelled to He for hours, a sour, fermenting mass of half digested food, it poisons the blood and nervous system, creates gns which istends the stomach and bowels, csus ing presure on the heart, lungs ana other organs and seriously impeding their action He says further, the point to direct at tention is not the nerves, nor heart, nor lunes nor kidnevs, but the stomach, the first cause of all the mischief. The remedy to use for indigestion and weak stomachs is not some cathartic, but a remedy which will digest the food, increase the flow of gastric juice, ab sorb the gases, and Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets will accomplish exactly this re sult in any case of stomach trouble, be cause these tablets are composed of the digestive acids, aseptic pepsin, Golden Seal and Bismuth, pleasant to taste, and not being a patent medicine, can he used by anyone with perfect safely. I believe Stuart's Dyaitepnia Tablets will cure any form ot Indigestion and stomach trouble except cancer of stomach. Full size packages of Stuart s Dyspep sia Tablets aro sold by druggists at 50 cents. A book on stomach diseases lo- arthcr with thousands of testimonials Vaccine Points! York Lifo would cost at your age, and "What tho Company is paying to living pol icy lioldcrs who insured 16 or 20 years ago, at your present ago, t Address tSL II 9 X .OY4 Asuimy fur I . . For The Fair ! Arc now on sale and can be procured at Davis' Pharmacy, Henry's Pharmacy, A. E. Hibbard's Jewelry Emporium, or from George Green, Secretary of the Association. Don't put off getting your tickets. If purchased before the Fair opens they are (tl.50; during the Fuir 82.00. Children's Season Tickets, 75 cents, during the Fair $1.00. xjpssr'JsTNer'arr 1 Henry's Pharmacy, 127 Middle St., New Berne, N. C. Phytic! aiiM lroifrl nt Inns ,V Npeclalty. 2 A Fresh Supply of Landreth's L Garden Seed and Z sets. cx SaraflSatSsfsJLx Onion NEED IRISH POTATOES. For Sale 100 Ba'rcls First-Class Seed Irish Potatoes, white Bliss, fall grows. Will be delivered at Aurora, N. C. Flour barrels, double headed, it dc sired. CorresiondenU answered prompt ly. O. K. M ALLISON, Jan. 11, 1894. Id alia, N. C will be sent by addressing Stuart Oo. Marahrll, Mich. OABTOniA. Tuns- Tbj Kin4 Yosj Hm Mwivi Bottght SCO RECEIVED YESTERDAY. Every One Warranted ! . Brtdham's Rel labia Drug Stora Not How Good But . . . How Cheap Seems to be tbe public cry. an we have laid la lane alork of Iu . triced Paper,' Envelope, And are prepared now to Df. Compe tition. We will ant be undersold by any one, Got oar prices. W. T. HILL & CO COnriERCIAL JOB PRINTERS. I South Front Blrsvt, 'Pborte SO. 1 A ftitl line of Lrgal Bleak at Com pa- lion friers. Qeorg Washington's Tailor Found blm a very fastidious crllic and particular patron la tlie cot and style of bis nothing, ir ymi would oele brate the S2nd of February by wearing a new suit follow hU example and criti cally esamine our One stock nf fahrk-e and make a choice, anil we will have a perfect fitting, eiffantl? finished suit fin ished for you br (hat time. F. fl. CMADWICK'S, lertfcaat Teller, 101 Midmj rVraarr. Henry R. Rry an, JrM PIRG INSURANCE AOLNT, New Rerne, - jf. c. 0 South Frotit Street.
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