Ay V. VOL. XVIII-HO.' 14. NEW btEN, N. C, FRIDAY, MORNING, SEP TIMBER 14, lOOII.'V NINETEENTH V KA It Of. Mr . 4 TRV TRY OUR PERFECT BLEND TEA, AS IN. s IS I Only lOcfor 1-4 lb. Package.! I I Will refund your money it you are not l) satisfied alter using. : m A i is . 47 & 49 Pollock Street. $ is W V-.. "O jus ieceivea & A fresh lot Corned Portsmouth Mullets and Small lig Hums 5 to G lbs. Also small Breakfast Strips, 2 to ;! ilm. K Good flutter Jioo lb. Vary Butter at 30c. We are ulso agents for the Spanish Hoot Toilet and Limn- dry Soaps. They are guaranteed to cure Heat, Pimples, Salt Rheum, Tetter, Bhiek. Heads and other Skin Diseases. They V are Purely Vogctrble. (Jive lis a trial for anything in the Grocery Line and !. we will do our liest to please you or refund your money. Yours for ISusiness. C J. R. PARKER, Prompt Delivery If you want a good cup of dolieions coffeebuy a pound and yon will get it. This coffee ii equal to any coffee in the market, regard less of price., . , A flier lnuilc That 'J". , Pybar Flu Tools for mrpenters, fnanoim anil iiainler's nf, trlts bis fellow workmen that at no plsen In tliiit town fan you find such thorough sa'lkxfnction In an kinds meelianion tools S4 yon ' can rliflit here, where netlilng la kept tint a superior errule and fin bristle of the beat manufacture . And we also Iiava on hand a nrfn tUirlt of Mriwn Windows nd Poora, whi' h we are now filing to srll at rofl and iwlnw cwt In order to make room lor rail (Imi'lir. miR I I best Elgin and Fox lliver Friut JR., GROCER, From Dunn's j You can always expect when you order your food supplies from this reliable stnre. - We can sup ply every dematd of a first cluss family trade with the Ohoiceat St iplu and Pancy Oroceriim, Ket iilioa, Pioklea, Saucos, Olive, Fox Rivnr Print Itntter, and I'll Haras n. II Rittom Prlooa. . Wo miko a specialty of liigh An Teas an1 lOolTecs. Our Perfection filuod Coffee is Fine Price Only 2Qc. RUBBER TIRES. ' SP"' Carriages , fornielicd io order with Uubber Tirea or new whoola with rubber tirei ' for jour bnggyor other tehicle - at ehbrt Dotic6y;,-':;W-'':" Jlf yon want anything in our line call on ns." ; '. . ' v . .- . :f ..)- .. f Wo will please yon. ''l -f:J'.V G. IT. Wntcn A Non, " ' ,'..'. .- -Phone 188 ' ; i. 78 Broad Btrae'. REAL ESTATE! , City Uoal Estate bought and so.d on comml'i on. ' . 0 llcoilon of Rents for those In the c ty as tII ai thoie living ouUldp. ii i:. iiAiit-i:::. it. vi, r; 2 :-):;, 0 Of I CITY. Galveston Said to be Wrecked Be yond Hope of Recovery, Many -Small ; Towns Destroyed Thousand Bodies Fouid -, In One I'lsee. Ueatk Dealt to Maiy ' , 1 ThleTea. Special to Journal. Houston, Tex., Sept. 13. The Adju tant General reports to Governor Bayers after visiting Galveston as follows: . "I am convinced that Galveston Is practically ruined forever. , Fully three fourths of the business portion of the city Is irreparably demolished. AH the residences are damaged to at least some extent." General Manager Vick o'f the Southern Pacific railway has returned from Gal reaton and he says that the damage is fully eighty per cent. He expects to re build the bridge across to Galveston and run trains Into the city in forty days. Reports of death and destruction are coming In from along the coast Also the same reports are coming in from many inland towns. The coast for miles is covered with dead bodies. One man burled one hun dred bodies near Virginia Point. A reliei party which went to Bolivia reports over one thousand bodies on the . beach In West Day and the marshes bordering the bay. Texas City Is wiped out and flftj-aix bodies were burled there. Bodlts lio thickly for twenty miles around the place. The relief measures are operating more smoothly. The supplies are being Issued to tho destitute aud the siok are receiv ing best of care. All physicians are giv ing their services free. The situation among the ruins and where bodies He seems to be beyond the control of the authorities. Robbery and mutilation of the dead was so common last night that fourteen negroes and two whiles were caught - in the act. They were shot dead In their tracks by the soldiers and citizens on guard. This makes 90 of the creatures that have been shot for their horrible vandalism. One wretch was found with' pockets filled with Augers covered with rings which be hail cut off. WEATHER CONDITIONS. West India Storm Disappeared Into North Atlantic. Rain indicated Wabiiiboton, September 13 -For North aroliua. Rain, Friday proceeded by fair iu extieme east portion. Fresh to ui ink northeast winds. Weather Conditions. The West India storm has disappeared to the northeast having moved out into tho Atlantic, by way of the Kt. Lawrence valley. It has been followed by moderate temperatures over the interior and northern tier of Hates. High temperatures prevailed In the southern and eastern sections. A small barometric depression Is cen tral on tbe Middle Gnlf coast and Is causing cloudy weather with showers In that section. Mobile reports a rainfall of 3.48 Inches during the put H hours.' The conditions attending the low area on the Gulf coast will spread Into this section and rain is Indicated .with fresh to brisk northeast winds. Helen Gould'sWay. - New York, Bept. 13. Miss He'en Gould purchased 60,000 army rations for the Galveston sufferers and started. them from the Pennsylvania Railroad station In Jersey City at 8 p. m. i ' ' . . .V' v Miss Gould went directly to the eon- tractors who supply the army with, pro visions and ordered rations Identical with those furnished Uncle Barn's sol diers, consisting of bacon, canned meets beans, hard bread and coffee, - The moat dainty tod effective d Ills made are DeWIU's Little Early Risers. They are nneqnaled for all liver and bowel troubles. Never gripe. F 8 Daffy. I'ti-THE MARKETS. ; , : The following quotations wore recelv ed by I, E, Latham. New Bern, N. 0. . '' -f iV"ii'v Kw York, Sept. 13, . Cotton; y. Open. High, Low, Close t Sept,. .. .... -10.55 1055 10.A2 10 93 Oct i.,10.80 10.48 10.M 4 W.t : Nov...',,;.... .10.15 10.33 10.00 10.10 Jan ...i..'.,.. 10.08 10.15 6.07 . 0.97 Mch! .v....,:. 10.09 10.11 9 m $m May.v,;.' ,. 10 08 10.14 M ' 1.08 WnaAT: . Open. High. Low. Close Deo..- ...811. 82 - 811 82j Conn: ' ' . : Sep't...'...,V.. V . "V ' .- 80. n'y Pfd..... 641 . ' . 64J TO 1.;.. . ' 70 Fed. 8 Mf :.;' - 84 1 Con. T-. v'.. t ', ' 79 Leather ... 11 111 Cotton receipts were 13,000 bales at all porta. : N.w Hera CotUift Mark.!, Hairs of .cotton In the local market yesterday were SB hales. Prices ranged from 10 cents to' 10 50. CA Tor Ji.r .13 a: 1 ( T!.3 1' Y.J !' ;.' THE PEACE TERMS. ; Three Conditions Laid On China By The European Allies. , -' 8peclal to Journal. " - WiSHiNOTON, Hept. 13. A Shanghai dispatch says that the allies are treating with Prince Ching for an armistice on the following basis of demand, j t Manchuria shall be made a .''buffer State" between China and Russian Sibe ria. European garrisons to be establish d at all treaty ports. The chiefs of the Boxers to be exe cuted. ' . THE CRAIG LAW. Decision Was Expected. Confressional Elections. Should Study Agriculture. Montague Resigns. Special to Journal. Rakish, September IB Judge Pnr- nell, referring to his docisiou that the Craig "domestication" law Is null and void, remarktd that the decision was ex actly what everyone hail been expecting as soon as the mutter got before tba Fed eral courts. ' Representative Murphy of Salisbury, was here today on bis return from tbe "Sapphire country,'' up in the' 0th Con gressional district, and brings the news that Crawford, the Democratic nominee there. Is literally knocking Jim Moody, the Republican candidate, out of the box The Republican nominee for Congress lu this district declaim he will stick. So does J. J. Jenkins, tbe Populist nominee but the Democratic opinion is that they will fuse or make any kind of a deal or arrangement. The Populists have now but little strength iu the district save In Chatham county. Prof. Maasey of the chair of agricul ture of the Agricultural aud Mechanical college .here says he deplores tho fact that there are very few students In his department. Mont of I lie stndenta are farmers' sons, but their fathers send them to college to learn trades and not agriculture, io other words want them to be something el so than farmers. B. F. Montague resigns as chairman of tbe trustee of tbe Institution for the blind, and Thomas B. Womacb succeeds him. ' Governor Issues Respite. Special to Journa'. KaI.eioH. Sept. 13.-Govornor Russell ha? Issued a respite to Archie Klnsauls, who is under death sentence to be exi -cuted to-morrow, for two weeks. Vaal River Colony. Special to Journal. London, Sept. 13. General Roberts proclaims martial law over the entire Vaal Klver Colony formerly tbe South African Republic. Lokinio Masqcxs, Sept. 13. Presi dent Kruger has arrived on a special train. An engine ran through to this town from Komstlpoort and returned with two empty passenger coaches. This unusual proceeding aroused suspicions and the denoument fallowed when Pres ident Kruger, Secrelaro of State Rells and other officials arrived at 6:80 o'clock last night. It Is said that President Steyn was left behind sick. Tbe house of the Trans vaal Consul, Mr. Potts, where Mr. hun ger's party la residing now, is specially guarded by Portuguese police. Tbe local Governor paid a formal ylslt this morning to Mr. Kruger. Would Bet Or Die. - Tbihton, N. 3. September 18.' Robert Dougherty, known as the Richard Groker of Trenton's Fourth Waid, at tempted suicide by jumping Into tba river Wause his . wife refused to sign a mortgage on their home to furnish him with money to bet on Bryan's eleo tlOD.,' '"ir'V'v 'Vv' v'- v .- Dougherty' was rescued by Italians whosswblm plnage In. He was not harmed by his welting. ' ' r . T Low Priced Campaign Offer, '-The Times, of Richmond, 'Va Dally aau Sunday, four months only $1.00. . The nest few months will cover the Presidential ' and Congressional cam paigns, and a few additional months will Include the Inaugural of the President and the close of tbe second session of tbe Fifty-sixth Congress. 1 The DaUy Times Is peoularly fitted to cover the entire field with Us full Asso ciated Press' reports) its large staff of special correspondents throughout tbe Stats, and Its staff correspondents at all Important news points. ' Tbe Times has no ax to grind, II prints tbe aews at It occurs, and the man who reads the Times gets all the aews all tbe time, truthfully reported end unbiased In any particular, - , ' . No subscriptions accepted at this rale after November 1st. Tbe regular sub scription rale of the Dally and Sunday Times U $5.00 per year, $3.50 for six months and $1.25 for Ibree months, or 60 cents per month. Addreas Tun Timks, Richmond, Va. You can spoil It cough, colT, cinh. kanf, kalT, koivjli or kannh, but the only harmlMS remedy Hist qnli kly cures It Is One Milium Couvli Cure. K H DulTy. If.': M'MlIrl:? Ill )Mttr I: : 1 1's'll f-IIHfl I I.. ... I , ! v. - M m HEM L01D. Penitentiary is Called a "White Ele i 5 phanr to the State. The Appropriation Used np. Funds' v Fur Ualveaton. Insnrmiee Com panlns tA Come Back. New - l'eleubnae Hires Put nn. Special to Journal. Ralkisb, Septemlwr 13. -The legisla ture last year apiiroprlated Ml.tlOO to the p nileniiary for 1HU0 and a dae sum for ltKHV All for last year was drawn. Two weeks ago $15,000 on this y tar's appropriation w diawu and today the fiiS.OUO remaining was called for. Tbe auditor Issued tbe warrant but the treas urer declined to pay It, saying he did not have the funds; that October 1st, be would have to pa) $80,000 in interest on the debt, and December 1st, $110,000 for peusiont; that these were bulb special funds and conltttutt-d the money on baud. It seem tbat the penitentiary la a "white ele phanl." This is one prob lem tbe legislature at its session next year must wrestle with. It is the great est la the State. Next Monday 300 couvli ti will be ta ken from the peuiieiilinry aud from rail way work and hurried lu Slate farms on tbe Roanoke river io pick cotton. Vice-President A. B. Andrews of the Southern Railway baa xulncrilied $3,000 to the Asbevllle audiunhim. Tbe latter Is to coal $2.i,000. The money has all been raised This aflernouo al a citizens' mass meeting here, funds were raised for the Ualveaton sufferers. To-day the South A'lanlic Life Insur ance Company of Hichiiioud was II censed to do business In i hi j Stale, will) 0. L. Alston of llendemou as genera) agent. The Insurance Department is the gainer by the decision of Judge Hurnell that tbe Craig "domestication" law is null aud void, as the companies which left the State by reason of ibal law paid from $13,000 to $13 000 monthly In taxes, etr. The condition of Mrs. F. M. Simmons, wife of the Democratic Stale Chairman, who was operated on yesterday for ap pendicitis, Is to-day reported to lie satis factory. W. E. Jones, dry goods dealer here, who came f-om Washington, N. O, has Bled a voluntary peiiilon In bankruptcy. H i gives his liability as $32,073 aud as sals $I2,4'4. Tbe chief creditor an Charles Krosdway Rouse, $13 01)0, A Wright, I'eler.imrg, 1,100, It. T. llodef Washington, N. $2 000; Armstrong CtorACo,$l 700. The Slate charters the Hamilton Trousers Company of Martin county, capital $10,000. Tbe ltalelgb telephone company, (the third one here) la now puttiug up live miles of inch cable, containing 300 wires It weighs 24,000 pounds. , To prevent consumption quickly cuie throat and lung troubles with One Min ute Cough Cure. F 8 Duffy. HC.DJ0.D. Our notice announcing a change oi schedule ia sailing days of our steamers Is hereby REVOKED. Until further notice tbe steamer will sail from New Bern as here tore on Mon day, Wedesday and Friday at 8 p. m. ' GEO. HENDERSON, Agint. New Bern. N. 0., Sept. 1, 1800. TO THIS We are offering at Rock Bo'lom Fig ures " - ' ' 1 ' 100,000 Paper Bags. . ' 18,000 Butter Trays, ' ' ' X 100 Reams Gray Wrapping Paper. S oases Roll Toilet Paper. 100 Bags Shot. , , f 80,000 Loaded Shells. , ;;, 100,000 W. P. Oaps. ( ' , 80.0TO Musket Caps. . 80 Cases Lamp Chimneys. . r 10 Cases Rubber Boota. : Besides Nails. Spikes, PstnU. Cll Suits, and everything usually kept In a Wholesale and Retail Hardware 81 ere. Deerlng and ncCormlck Ilonerst and , , Hay Ilakex ' on I Jitnil. .,.' ':S",';l ' Yours for Business, . J. G. I-"i. illy aX ?! ! .3 i 4 t 1 Wi"g Fine Lot Portsmouth Corned Mullets Also nice lot Spanish Mackerel. Genuine Java Cofltee, fresh Roasted and ground to order, only 20c. Fresh Elgin and Fox RiV4r Print Butter. Small Hams and English Cured Shoulders. Fulton Market Corned Beef. Complete stock Staple and Fancy Groceries. Yours Truly, i J. L McJMIEL Phone 91. PLANTER'S The Planter's Warehouse is located in the Imaineas purl, of the city and the finest Warehouse in the State. We will have plenty of lniyeirf with plenty of orders for :tll the Touaeoo in this purl of the State. It is the aim of tho management to give his personal attention to all sales and to see that you are well loo uul after when on the market with touacco. unr motto is "lligli l noa aiid t'ersonal Attention to your in terest." Free Stables. Come down to the opening sale, anil we w ill try to please you. PLANTER'S WAREHOUSE CO., J. M. HOWARD, Manager. F. P. LANQLKY, Auctioneer. t3".Sitlo every wwk-day t 1 1 oYlock. gBfSJ Forward, ia the Nlogan Tnls Fall in Men's Suits and Over coats. Not a backward step here, but every move an ndvanci niaterals, pat erae, colors, detdgn, cut and finish, i ll -how I lift we kep pace with the tim s. A new line of Fall Goods that will t tract your eye, and you know how we make up goods. F. M. Chadwlck, Notice ! The only man there be. Not Left, Come See. A No. 1 Real Heart Hand-made und 'Sawed Shingles always on hand. Laths, Carts and Buggies. Kiln Tar and Fat Llghtwood Posts. All kinds of Stove Wood deliver d to your door. ; Two Stores to let and honses to lent all tbe time. : ;', Lime to retail or by tbe ban el. See . - . - BIG HILL, Tts loije lafl Bagging and Ties We are redy to supply tre tra le with Cotton flagging acd Ties, Bsc Cloth, Heavy Sacks, Ac Prirej aie Right. . : E. " Isatham dc Co. Elfelfecd, . . DEALER IN . '- . GENERAL HAEDWARi, ' - v And all Kinds of - . ' . EUHMG WML Wire Nottlnr, Bo'eon Toon ,' aud Windows, ' O LACIER REFRIGERATORS Which are Die bout. They have but few equals and No SuporioM. . . Ice Cream Freezers. Water Coolers. , MichlKnn Stoves and Ranges, - - 1'iilnla. 1 Just Received 3: I 5; ISC 2; S; isZ ft I&elail Grocer, 1 71 KnMMl Hi. WAREHOUSE In addition to the large and complete stock of Bicycles and Sundries, I jm carrying a full ana varied stock of Guns Reltofoers, Loadea Shells, Sc. I will guarantee to sale you money on any make of Gun, and will sell other goods in this line on tery close margin. Give me a call. Wn. T. HILL, 01 Middle Stnet, Opposite Journal OfTire Notice Water Consumer? Upon the authority of the fol lowing resolution, passed by the Board of Aldermen of the city of New Bern, August 31st, we hereby give notioe to all consumers, who have not paid their water rent for the quarter ending September 30tb, that their water will be bIiu t off on Wednesday, September 12th, unless same is paid : . , . ,' "Rksolvkix That the Collector of Ws ter Rents Is hereby Inslrnnted that wben ever -the Water and Sewer Company, of New Bern shall so request, be' will cut off the water from all consumers who bare failed to pay their rent for the quarter ending, September W, 1000.". .H WATER" 5EWER CO., v , ly i James Dedmond, Qen'l M'g'r. . i i at,- - i lthiBodk Store i 3. One hundred arid s'Ventj- 5,- ; 5 five piews of sheet , musio 5 ' i 5 offered in half dozen loU kt a. 1 25cntafi reHe.h lot. 5 G. !!. Hnnott. ::irl fl: '. ( I .-1 r

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