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VOL. XVl-NO. 1202.
NEW BERNE, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 22, lU!i.
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tite and Satisfy it at the tamo time. Trv some of our FllRSH
BUCKWHEAT onil our UEUISE MAPLE SYRUP, and
yon will enjoy a delicious meal; We have also Prepared Buck
tvjieat, Prepared Griddle Cake Flour, and everything necessary
to properly prepare one for the duties of the day; and then
visit onr
Dry Goods Department
See Our 'Exquisite Display. Compare our Values. Inspect
Onr Stock. We can Show a Largo and Varied Assortment
with Varied Assortment with U-preseniative Lines of Every
Weave and Every Fabric.
y You will SURELY LOSE MONEY if you buy your
HOES
: Pflfore visiting us. We go Direct loathe Manufacturer, Call for
Every Discount and Often Rotail Shoes at a Less Prico Than
Many Houses Pay For Their Ooods.
There are always Attractive
Offerings, Courteous Attention,
Right Away Service and Money
Back, it not Suited at
1 Where Do You Buy 'Em!
Do you get your Groceries at any Store, or do you trade in a
certain place ? Whatever you do, we want yon to make note of
onr name. Von may not always be perfectly satisfied pliero you
nre. and then we'd like to lis a t ry. at satisfying ynt.. If the BEST
QUALITY OK GOODS, REASONABLE PRICES and COUR
TEOUS TREATMENT fail to satisfy you. yori mast indeed be
hard to please. Come mid see in and you wi'.l be pleased. Qual
ity the Highest and Price a Low as the Lowest.
JOHN DUNN, Cash Grocer,
55 POLLOCK MTIIEET.
Vrzcaya made a formal call on Admiral
Bunce of the United States Navy. The
officers of the Vizcaya will decline a re
ception tendered In their honor.
Havana, February, 21. (Special.) The
court of inquiry arrived this morning on
the light house steamer Mangrove from
Key West, and has begun the investiga
tion of Jthe disaster. Additional divers
aud wrecking apparatus was brought on
the steamer.
- A bomb was thrown into a masquerade
ball at the Trijor theatre at midnight and
several people were Injured.
DENIAL OF RUMORS.
FIGHT HEW OVER
Between Governor Russell and
Soniliern Railrcafl.
Supplied With Ammuni
tion
ORPEDO TALK AGAIN
Caps. Hicibee Hna M ot Bern lntrrvle w
Fleet Noi Under Balling Order
Special to Journal.
Washington,' Fcby. 21st. There were
numerous Inquiries made during the
morning iu regard to rumors from
Havana.
Positive --Report From Havana
That the Maine Was lilown
Up From Outside. Maga
zines Said to be
Flooded. Court of
Inquiry Be
gins Work
A. Si X. C Railroad Likely the
Peace Settler, (inventor Sued
for Old Claim. Soldier's
Home Investigation. Why
They Quarrelled.
JO'JHNAI. BnRHAU,
RalbIGii. N. C. Fib. 21. f
The Governor's council met in special
session to discuss the advisability of leas
ing to the Southern, the Atlantic an. I
North Carolina railroad. Governor lius-
One rumor was that Captain Sigsbec sell strongly favors this action. The prop
had wired that the Maine was certainly osltion regarding the lease goes f mm
torpedoed. This has been denied and the A. & N. C. It. It. to I lie Southern.
Captain's Sigsbee'g Statement wired yes- The investigations against the Southern
terdav that he has authorized no inter- K. R. regarding the lease of tlie North
view is taken as sufficient to cover the Carolina road will cease.
case. Governer Russell lias been sueil for
A positive deuial is also made of the $1,975 by Mr. Allen Rutherford of Wash-
rumor that the American fleet has been ingtou City. Mr. Rutherford was eui-
ordered to Havana. ployed by Judge Russell as one of the
council in the ca9c of Lockhard vs Martin
for a seat in the House of Representatives
from the 6th district of North Carolina.
There was quite a good deal of work
done by Mr. Rutherford, and be wnp
only paid t25.
Wednesday the 23rd is Ash Wednes-
READT FOR DEFENSE.
Bi Hams to Cut, Only 12c Lb.
SKIN AND FAT TRIMMED OFF !
Fancy Carolina Head Rioe.
Fresh Grits and Big Hominy.
Fresh Loose Oatltakes, ia per lb.
Colgate's Octagon Soap, 4 : a cake.
The I5est 3c Cake Sony in the city and a real gopd soap
for 2c cake,
Vermont Condensed llilk, the best for price on the mar
ket only 10c can. Gail & Borden's Eagle Milk 18c can.
A Nico Table Peach for only 10c can. Standard Pie
Peaches on tic can.
Heinz's Baked Beans with Tomato Sauce, are splendid,
try Vnem, 5c, 10c, 15c and ;20a can.
Give us a call when you need anything in our line. You
will find our goods to be of I ho best quality, and our prices
as low as the lowest.
I fi ft 1 Ml lVllikloKMlo
A ltetail
Grocers,
71 roal StJfEU BERNE, X. C.
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Specinl to Journal.
Nbw York, February 31. The inves
tigation of the Maine disaster to the bat
tleship Maine was begun at Havana this
morning.
The New York Evening Journal pub-
Rntlrrr at Noulliport Coiuplrle,
rera ud Hrn Expected.
Special to Journal. '
RoiiTin-niiT. N. C February 21 The
battery emplacements at Fort Caswell day- thc beginning oi 'Lent and so for
are completed, and the tracks leading to
the guns have been, taken down. Thc
bariacks will be begun upon at once and
arrival of a detail of officers and men are
looked for to man the guns. No one is
allowed to approach the batteries.
time at leas', there will be little gaietv to
chronicle.
Messrs, Caldwell and Pearson did not
go to Washington today to appear before
but his will no doubt will be carried out
at any cost byCaldwell and Pearson.
Governor Russell it is said cursed Han
cock for employing Simmons and Aycock
as attorneys. Hancock told hint that he
(Russell) had employed Democrats in
the railroad case. Russell said that was
his business, while Hancock's case was
HARBOR TORPEDO PLANTED.
The Work Was Rune rhree Yearn Ago.
I hcahiidii tor Using NpiinlMh Olvera
I Come to Llchl.
Havana. Cuba. Feb. 20, No matter subject was on "Cyprian." At the Bap.
I what may have been the cause of the ter- tist Church, Rev. Dr. C. C. Broughton
! riMo notuatrnnlia tnfltu lUaino t hi. lior I nrfnehpit a Him,nn 1 ll tt Mill lli'l't. ( if wll li'tl
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unites a BUVViai iiuiu uu.nun iiuiii , T, . ,, , - . i r, .,wl , r.,l.....l.
time, filled with submarine mines and Mr. P. A. Hrowu of Salisbury, one of
torpedoes, W bile this fact has been sus-l the inmates of the Soldier's Home here.
the U. 8. Supreme court in regard to politics and would put leading Demo
their usuroini: the R. R. commissioners crnts in possession of some secrets of his
office. They will be represented by I administration.
Judges Avery and MacRae. Mr. R. O. There are said to be good prospects for
Burton represents the two Wilsons. the building of a lirsl-elass theatre here.
Rev. Dr. Murdock of Salisbury. The N. C. Society of the order of the
preached the last of the series of sermons Cincinnati meets here tomorrow. Major
on the Aoostollc Fathers .at the Church Chas. L. Davis, U. 8. A., of Asheville
of the good Shepherd last night. Ills has already come to attend
heir correspondent as follows:
"I have made a careful examination of
the wreck of Maine, Naval experts
have been consulted and experts on
explosives have been examined nnd I am
prepared to make a statement to the I
American people in regard to the facts
involved in the destruction of the battle
ship.
'A hole was blown through the bottom
of the Maine forward on the port side.
'The water ruBhed through this huge
gap in thc bottom and flooded the lower
part of the ship. The crew wore
drowned where they slept.
The magazines were flooded by
wster. This proves that in neither case
could the magazines have exploded.
The concussion of the external ex
plosion loosened the doors and the mag
azine? became immediately flooded with
water. This conclusion is borne out by
incontestable proof. The blow was de
livered on the port side of the battleship
about one third of the way aft. The
Maine was canted from port to starboard
Judge T. C. Fuller, of the V. S. Com
of Land Claims has returned home hen
from Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Bucklcn's Arnica Salv
TliK Best Sai.ve in the world for
Office of City Tax Collector.
CITY TAXES. TIME UP.
I hereby notify all persons who
have not paid their City Taxes, that
after March 1st, I will at once pro
ceed to collect by distress. The
time is up, and longer indulgence
cannot bo given.
The city needs the money and I
am compelled to enforce law.
Will also garnishee and dis
train nil unpaid Polls.
Save yourselves costs and and
trouble by paving before above date.
HUGH J. LOVICK,
City Tax Collector.
Feby. 20th, 1897.
cuts,
Dected, few armv and navy officers have is the man who made complaint, as to bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
anv definite idea of the location or num- the rules governing the old veterans, sores, tetter, idiaimcd hands, chilblains.
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bcr of these mines. Before the present being too strict. III? has been discharged corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi
insurrection broke out, visitors to the and given his transportation home, but I tivelv cures piles or no nay required. It
fortifications, now closed to all except-1 he says he prefers first to have an inves- is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
ing the army, were informed that a most I ligation to show thw public that he has or money refunded. Price ". cents ht
effective system of mines had been not been unreasonable. It would seem box. For sale by F. S. Duffy.
planted, and that they could be exploded that with fH.fiOO the State appropriation
by means of electric connections from I for the support of the Home, that these
stations on thc shore. old soldiers could be much better cared
An important reason why the Spanish I for than it is said they are. No one de
authorities were anxious to send their serves care more than Hie private sol
own divers into the Maine is that, in diers. The commands of the officers, no
Captain Sigsbee's cabin arc several copies I matter how brilliant, could have been of
of the na"y department's signal code and no use, bad they not been intelligently
secret cipher, with the key to both. It I carried out by the privates
is obvious that at this time tliey would The Mutual Building aud Loan Assn-
be of ereat value to the Spanish authori- ciation of Charlotte Hied their statement against the Jews is so ovei wneimmg inai
ties. If thev fell into their hands it with the State Auditor Saturday. Their any other result is almost impossible,
would necessitate an entire chanee of Canital stock for the year was 170,9OO. At the session on Saturday there were
both by the navy department. 21. This beats all other A.ociatians by some sharp passages between (ieneral
A corresDondent of the New York ilM.000. reiucux ami - monei i icipmn nun ..e
Herald at Havana learns on the highest It is said that the railroad commission tween M. i.ahoric. counsel ror ai. oia.
authority that the harbor of Havana is at its present session will i educe passen- nd the presiding judge. At. uinorie said
flllml with suhmarine mines and toroe- irer rates on all the leadiim roads in the inreaicmng icuers nau neen huh
ZOLA TRIAL CONCLUDED.
I t'niivli'lion Now CunNlilereil I'rolinblr.
Korlii li.rl In I'rlNuu.
Pahis, February 21 The trial of M.
F.mile Zola and the publisher of the
I Aurore is regarded as practically ended,
and M. Zola's conviction is looked upon
as a foregone conclusion. Public feeling
lAnway's Croup
Syrup !
Is rapidly growing in favor a
sure proof of its nie-it.
XO CURE, NO PAY.
FOR 25 CENTS.
Bradham's
Reliable Drug Store.
because the tide near the torward boilers i , " ......,. , , I ,,. ,, , ,,, ollj : .,. threatening letters had been sent to his
it a mass of twisted steel. . . . state to 2!c for 1st class and 2lc for sec ife for the purpose of terrorizing him
Niw 1 OBK-Tlietugs which have been , ' nant rommander Harnett, of the ond class. This is a reduction of (c per Two thousand people assembled this
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survey boat Bache, says that there arc mile. The Governor wanted all this re- afternoon in trout oi me mum i eiag.e
nlnetv.flve chances out of a hundred duclion stopped ulong with the war prison, well known as a nrison for offend-
that the Investbzation will show that the against the lease, so as to induce the ing journalists, to greet Henri Rochefort,
forward marine of the Maine did not Southern to lease the A. & N. C. II. K. at editor of the Intransigeant, on entering
blow up first, if It exploded at all, and an annual rental of 2J er cent, on capi-
that It was not the cause of the terrific tal stock. Tho Southern has offered
consequences that followed. The oondi- that. This would cover all the expenses
tion of the wreck when first studied, of the war against the lease which is
and a later careful scrutiny.makes this an about 12,00(l or $l."i.Oon. The cmnmls-
in
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patrolling the Hpsnish warship Ylscaya
have been withdrawn.
Wasiiinotosi, February 21. (Special).
Consul General Lee has wired the
government to lead mare divers to
Havana.
In offioial circles those In authority are
loud in declaring that no war between
this country and Spain Is imminent.
At the same time ammunition is being
forwarded to the forts at Sandy Hook
and Willett's Point. More artillery men
are being added at each ot these forts.
The soldiers are being transferred secretly
at night
No visitors are allowed near any of the
Atlantic Coast Forts. Secret orders
have been sent out by Genorul Merritt,
commanding the Department of the
Kast. Orders have been Issued to man
the dynamite batteries at Bandy Hook.
These battel lea have never been manned
before.
Brooklyn, February St. Spccll.)-
The Brooklyn Navy Yard Is flooded by
a rush of recruit to join the navy. All
nationalities are represented among the
aoDlicants. Onlr - Americans however
re being accepted by tbi enrolling!
offlceis.
The captain of the Bpknlsh Warship
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FRANKFORD SAUSAGE,
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Fox lt'iver Butter, 1 lb. pilots, if.lfi lb.
The Very Rett Uk-mlod Coffee, Vo IN
Also a fresh lot of those Inrs Hams, cut to order 13q lb.
fihafors Small Pig ilnn lij h. Slufuri liroskfast Stripe
10jlb.
If ;ou want full value for jonr money give ni a trial and
we will plesss you and r joj money.
Very U"Clfllllj.
J. R. PACKER, JR., w R:tall Orotcr.
Tl-no CO. 77 Broad Direct.
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almost absolute certainty.
PASSENGER RATES
Mad hr Ik Bailwa .mml..l
TMtr4iir. mm ruiM.
Special to Journal.
Rai.sioii, February 21. Railway Com
mission makes rate flrsl-slass faro on
leading roads In the Bute 2o a mile,
second class So a mile. This rate does
not apply to Atlantic & North Carolina
Railroad. .
The Commission also (lied rrec pass
or free biHesee transportation to ll
editor's staff, correspondents and em
ployes of newspapers In the State.
sioners say they have sum me rates
I would bo reduced and they must do it.
Now what pressure the Governor will
I bring to bear upon them is not known,
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lomur nBuntiHi vi i., .... ...-...
ment for lilielliug Joseph Reinach,
conservative I)uputy for thc district of
Digue and editor of the Republican
FraiK'iiise, by charging him with
intending to prove the innocence of
Alfred Dreyfus by the use of forged
documents.
Ileal Emte Agency !
Houses For Rent.
Mouses For Sale.
Farms For Sale.
Collections of Rent
Any business in our line will be given
prompt attention by leaving word at the
store of N. Nunn & Co., opposite the
Post Otllee.
E. K. HARPER.
OABTOriXA.
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New Bedford, Mass., February 20.
The fifth week of the big cotton mill
strike has nded, and spparently there Is
no settlement in sight
The prevailing opinion Is that the oper
atives will be forced back to work within
two weeks.
FOtYDER
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