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I THE Happenings Gathered From All Parts of the State. i/itf >GER: GAFFNEY, 8. C., APRIL 8, 1896. Happenings Gathered From All Parts of North Carolina. a ’ublicly Executed Jlty of Havana. Mexico Said to Be Anxious to Southern Furnaces Are Making Annex the Island. Heavy Shipments. MANY NOTES OF IMPORTANCE SOME IMPORTANT EVENTS NOTED WERE CONDEMNED AS MURDERERS A LATIN - AMERICAN REPUBLIC NO PROSPECTS 0? A DECREASE The liig Ilattlcshlp Indiana Sncce*i*fully Launched at Tort Iloyal—Over Thirty Thointand Dollar*' Worth of Cotton Des troyed by Fire at Greenville—A Negro { Hanged at Abbeville, Ktc. Port Royal, S. C., March 28.—The Indiana was safely docked at 7 a. m., just after the tide had begun to ebb. There was abundance of water in tho dock, tho depth measuring nearly 20 feet, while tho Indiana drew hot 24 feet. Everything connected with tho docking worked beautifully and (hero was not the slightest mishap. Chief Naval Constructor J. T. Hanscom, who superintended the docking, handled the monster vessel easily and well and his arrangements were perfect. The Indiana has been oft Port Royal for some days awaiting an opportunity (to be docked. Large crowds of excur sionists from South Carolina and Geor gia visited Port Royal to witness tho event on the day it was scheduled to oome off, but wore disappointed, tho wind and tide not being favorable, and (he naval officers, who were determined not to take tho slightest chance of an accident, postponing tho docking until all conditions wore propitious. Tho Navy Department Notified. ■Washington, March 28.—Tho navy fispartment received a brief message from Port Royal, announcing that tho Indiana had passed successfully into the new drydock. The news was grati fying, as tho department was anxious to have tho task over, though confident that it would bo accomplished satis factorily. BIG COTTON FIRE. One ThotiAaml Halo* Helonglng to a South Curoliua Mill Hunted. Greenville, S. G., March JHX—Tho Reedy River Manufacturing company, located seven miles from Greenville, had a fire which will run into $33,000. The company hud 1,000 bales of cotton stored in a warehouse about 100 yards from the mill, which was bought early hi the season at!) cents a pound. About noon it was decided to open tho warehouse and begin working up (he staple. Tho men hauled tho btiles from the warehouse until 1 o'clock and thou locked tho doors and went to din ner. At 1:30 they returned to the ware house, and on opening the doors wore driven back by a flood of flames, tho whole contents of tho houso being in a blaze. The mill was saved, but tho ware house and contents were destroyed. Es timating the cotton at tho price paid, (ho loss will bo about $33,006, wltn in- Curauco of $30,000. (trick Work* of tho New Southern H:»il- vrfty Shops at SallNbury Soon to He Oom- plcteT—North Cnrollna Confederate Vet eran* Freparlng to Uniform Thein*elve* to Go to Richmond. Raleigh, March 30.—The confeder ate veterans hero are preparing to uni form themselves to go to Richmond in May. There is not now a uniformed eompany in North Carolina. Tho brick works of the Southern rail way’s big new shops at Salisbury are to be completed iu (50 days. At Elkin, Surry county, Dr. Ring was poisoned l»y his son, who clerks in a drug store. Tho boy said his father was too strict for him. Rather than have him arrested, tho father gave him money to go west. Judge Cobb issued an injunction in Greensboro restricting tho city from i macadamizing one of tho streets. The 1 majority of the people wanted it done and ail election was nold togot the vote. The opposers Hocretlr got tho injunc tion, and it has ruined u stir. Tho counting of the census returns has been completed, and within thocor- pornte limits, which extended only a mile each way from tho capitol, rho population numbers 13,081. With a small radius all around, tho number would bo almost doubled Tho school census for the eitv is 4,117. Professor Withers of tho Agricul tural and Mechanical college here com pleted an analysis of the stomach of Fog Green, who died last December in Onidwoll county under suspicions cir cumstances, and finds large quantities of arsenic. Albert Franklin and wife are charged with poisoning Green and there are some extremely sensational features in the case. Withers will testify. BURNED TO DEATH. Story of a Hearties* Desertion. Columbia, 3. O., March 30. — Tho story of u heartless desertion of a wife iu Kershaw county and then of seven children hero, was told by tho chief of police. It appears that a man named Warren Wilson came here about a month ago with seven small children of bis own and another man’s wife, leav ing his own wife at his home near Kcr- eh aw. Ho rented a house and set up housekeeping with his illassorted fam ily, but ho was not as happy as ho had expected to bo. Visions of detection end punishment haunted his imagina tion, until at last ho made up his mind (hat he would bolt again, ami this rlmo be took only the woman with him, leaving tho children—four boys and three girls—alone in tho empty house, Inhere tho wife of a brother of his wifb, who lives In thin city, found them. Tho matter reached tho oars of the chief. Wilson’s whereabouts are unknown, hot he is believed to baVft headed for Atlanta _____ Negro Hanged at Abbeville* Abbeville, 3. O., March 30.—Richard Washington, a negro, was hanged hero between tho hours of 10 and 11 iu m. for tho murder of Narcissa Bagwell la.H November near Cokesbury. Ho throw her body in a barn, which ho flred, hoping to hido his awful crima Ho died apparently without fear, confessing his guilt, saying ho was roadv to dio. Sheriff Nance did his work wcu, all bO- ing conducted quietly and ordert*. A doctor pronounced life extinct in if mim utes, his neck being broken. A Coroner Fatally Woanded. Columbia, 3. C., March SO.—fc a general fight at a country store iu York county, Samuel ftirsley, tho county coroner, was fatally wounded by 9 man named Capps. Whisky is supposed to have flowed freely. NebroMka I* For McKinley. Omaha, March 81.—Though tho Ne braska state Republican convention will not be hold for two weeks, a majority of the counties have selected delegates and tho complexion of tho body is al ready established. The delegates aro largely for McKinley, though some have instructed for Senator Manderson. There are not enough of those delegates, how ever. to cause any light in tho conven tion, oven though the members were not disposed to stand by tho alleged Mc Kinley-Manderson compromise. Most qf the conventions declared in favor of the election of United States senator by direct vote, for sound money, sympathy for Cuba, liberal pensions ami rigid economy iu tho administration of public affairs. The MasKactiunaM* Ready. Washington, March 81.—Tho Cramps have reported tho battleship Massachu setts ready for tlxt acceptance speed trial, aud April 18 has been set for the event. Tho course probably Will be tho same as thu< over which the Indiana was run, from Capo Ann to Capo Porpoise, off the Massuchasetts coast —* — • » Remember iho “Rod Tag Halo" at J. R. Tolleson’s beginning Saturday, April 4, for one week. Remember the “Red Tag Kale” at J. R. Tolleson’s beginning Saturday April 4th, for one week. Two Chndren Looo Their Live* al I’olnt Cit.*woll—Other New*. Raleigh, March 27.—Two little chil dren were burned to death at Point Cas well Their parents left them in the honso alone and went away to work. Work on the railway between Wil mington and South Port began at Mearc’s Bluff, near Wilmington. Tho r md is mimed tho Carolina, Tennessee ond Ohkv A large vurijiah and paint factory is to bo built a Greensboro. Governor Carr decides in tho matter of the solicitorship of Mecklenburg crim inal court that there is no vacancy, and therefore tho solicitor of the superior court will be solicitor of tho criminal court also. A syndicate has been formed and lias put np tho money needed to equip a tel ephone lino between Greensboro and all places in a radius of 30 miles. Spain Atkins, a white boy, aged 11, was almost instantly killed at Albe marle. Ho was in his father’s yard firing at a target with a shotgun when the broechpin flow out ami entered las bruin. LARGELY ATTENDED. Fwnerul of .Mnjur Wlmtor at Raleigh. Other Now*. Raleigh, March 24. — There was a largo attendance at tho funeral of Ma jor John C. Winder. He left a note asking that four of tho pallbearers be A. M. MePhotcrs, Thomas W. Wisnant, FL W. B. Glover ami Thomas J. Ad- doreoa, and all those, save Mr. Ander son, acted in that capacity. Ho was forced to be in Philadelphia*, but called here aud lef- a boantitul floral tribute. Scores of b lograms were received by the family expressing condolence. Among those who came hero to attend tlio funeral way General William R. Cox, secretary of tho United States sen- nttv John Carr wap arrested in Durham county and taken to Orange county, charged with murder, ho having taken Nancy Ivey, a white taoman, from her homo on 'his land and driven her through tho ruin several miles and then left her in tho woods without food or shelter, from which she died. Revenue Officer Victor Davis, who was shot in tho abdomen by a fleeing moonshiner near Lexington, is in a dan gerous condition. The town of Concord offers tho Sea board Air Lino $100,000 to build a branch there from Charlotte. Gm> of !he ConfosHod Ills Guilt and Ailirmod t!io Innoccnoa of tlie G!li<-r Four, Who A l<o Drclrrrd That They Were Guilt!*;*-*, but to No Avail, and tho Sentence Wa* Carried Out. Havana, March 31.—Never in mod ern times has there been a more sicken ing spectacle than that which attended the public execution of five Cubans, j The men had been condemned to death by the garrot as “murderers, violators I and incendiaries.” The troops were drawn up in a hol low square and iu the middle were placed the chair aud post. Ruiz, tho public executioner, had deputized an as sn taut to conduct tho affair. Tho condemned men, having received the offices of the ehnr -h, were brought int > the squ ire to meet their fate. One of them had confess'd Id? guilt and affirmed the inuoceneo of all tiio others, who also protested that they were guilt less. Tho lir.-,t man to dio took his seat iu the chair calmly; the iron collar was lived about ids neck and tho cap drawn over ids face. Then the executioner undertook to apply tho screw, but was so excited that his hand slipped repeat edly with the result that the victim died by slow strangulation, emitting tin- while tho m >st distressing cries. 1 The s.'coud execution was accom- plished with even more distressing awk wardness and delay, the executioner be ing almost <m the verge of collapse as he performed Ida horrible function. Tho protests of the officers and priests forced Ruiz t > undertake the third exe cution, but he did little better than his : assistant had doin'. Thi! fourth victim of bungling gar- r tors was likewise tortured, and then Ruiz literally fled from Ids post, leaving his as isfants to put to death tho fifth 01 the unfortunate Cubans, who escaped none of tho agonizing experiences that had attended the execution of his fellows. The whole affair has left upon those who witin s-d it and upon those to whom U has been described a feeling of the utmost horror. A North Carolinian A*pii]r«i u to(l. Baltimore, March 28.—John J. Hill, a young merchant of Abonkio, Hertford county, N. G.. died at tho Carrollton hotel horn from tho effects of inhaling illuminating gas. Mr. Hill evidently failed to properly shutoff tho flow wheii he retired at night. His room was filled with tho vapor and tho man was found unconscious iu tho morning. Physi cians made every effort to save his‘life without avail. Mr. Hill was iu tho city trirchaslng goods for his firm. C. J: Parker, Ids partner, arrived aud '00k charge of the remains. A North Carolinian Kill,.4. Chattanooga, March 23.—Word has reached here from Mountain City, John son county, Tenn., that Thomas Black burn, while on his way home to Zion- vdle N. C.. 18 miles from Mountain Cdy, in this state, from Baltimore, whore he had just graduated, was shot from ambush near Blowing Roek and killed. No cause was assigned and great excitement prevails in that section of tho state over the matter. KuteMed In III* \V|f„-* Prencncp. Monroe, N. O.. March 27.—O. L. Dos ter, a young married man, shot and killed himself in tho room of hi?, invalid wife. The wife has been sick nearly a year, and it is supposed Dostor became deanondont. Ho stood before a mirror on his wife's dressing table and fired the shot. Southern Railway Want* It. Rai.righ, March 20.—Tiio Southern railway’s upset offer for the Cape Fear (Mid Yadkin Valley railway is $1,033,- 000, this covering the flue. TO DISTRIBUTE SEEDS. A I’lilLnh-Ipblu l irni Awarded On-j Coa- i :• !<■! iintl M. Paul Get* tho Other. Washington, March 31.—Secretary Mi ito.i ha let tho contract for tho 10,- ! i) pickets of vegetable seeds to bo distributed t > tho public, under the re cent act of congress to D. Laudrcth tz Sous of Philadelphia. The price fixed is $70,0 )'), tlii! seeds to be delivered sub- j . -t i > germinal ive tost, under a very car fully drawn contract, free of cost, at the department in Washington, ready for mailing. Tin; contract for 1,030,031) mckets of flower seeds was let to L. L. clay ilc Co. of St. Paul, Minn., at half a cent per packet. Umier tliis new method of buying see*; and compelling the sellers to put their own linn namci upon the packets, it is believed by the secretary that a better quality of seeds will have been iecured. /Senator Proctor, chairman of tho com mittee on agriculture in tho senate, and Representative Wadsworth, chairman of tho agricultural committee in tho house, together with Dr. Dabney and tre rotary Morton, constituted the board of award. They agreed unanimously that the purehas -s above indicated were the bert under all the circumstances which could possibly he made, time of delivery, re- spodidiity of firms and quality of seeds all being duly considered. MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT. Wlmt Itio Ti-i-'-ism-y Ntiltemont Will Sh„w. Little Improvement Auticlp ttcil. W. RH’NGTON, March 81.—The forth coming monthly treasury statement will i how receipts during the month of March of $20,041,1*0 as follows: Customs $13,344,210, internal revenue $ll.fiSfl,2()4. miscellaneous 51,100,(508. For the nine months of tho fiscal year the receipts are substantially as follows: Customs. $120,1)0(5,2t»l); internal rove- ; nue, $110,401,113; miscellaneous, $13,- 281),39(5, making a total of $250,3(59,840. The deficit for the present month will be at' nit $1,399,000, and for the nine 1 months. $18,819,70$. During tho last few months neither tho customs receipts nor those from internal revenue sources have come up to expectation and little improvement is anticipated in tho near future. On Nov. 30 last, when the latest de part mntal estimates were prepared for eongro-s, the increase in the receipts from customs during tho live months of the fiscal year over those for tho same p rioil in 1894 Was about $12,003,003, and a further increase was confidently expected. Since that time, however, (lie increase amounts to about only $600,0 1 >. STRIKERS ARE QUIET. T.h 040 \\ ho tjnlt Work at Columbu* I>o- tc 1*111 ine«l but Orderly. Columbus, Cll, March 31. — The closing down ef tty* Ivvo great Eagle and Phoenix mills for au inityflnito pe riod of time, and the consequent thyou’- iug of over 1,500 people out of employ ment, has produced a serious situation here. Tho strikers aro orderly and quiet. Following the direction of their meet ing Monday night, they met at 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon and effected fho or ganization of a labor union. They can return to work at reduced wages, but say that they will not do so, and appear very determined. Efforts are being made by business men looking to an immediate settlement of the strike. William A. Litlle Nonilnutvd. Washington, March 81.—Tho presi dent has nominated William A. Little of Georgia, to be assistant attorney gen eral for the ^terior department, vic« John I. Hull, ^nguod. s»aae Favor t5>8 Annexation of Not Only 3el>a but All Central America—The Talk of an Alliance Between Mexico and Spain Regarded a* Absurd—Mexican Govern ment Huil'.llug Up a Navy. City of Mexico, March 31.—The re port of a possible alliance between this country aud Spain against the United States is regarded as preposterous in official circles. Tho policy o* Jlexico is to maintain cordial relations with tho United States, and even if the govern ment wore disposed to consider any such negotiations popular sentiment is over whelmingly anti-Spanish. The Mexicans endeavor to preserve everything that marks their separation from Spain, not even allowing Castilian pronunciation to be taught in the schools. The lower classes aro violent in their expressions of dislike for Span iards. The press has for some months been discussing the contingency of Cuba’s gaining its independence and then dis playing an inclination to merge its for tunes with tho Mexican union. The idea has been advocated by La Patria and El Nacional, Liberal party papers, and Inis warm supporters iu tho Diaz administration. Tho Mexican Herald has advocated tho annexation of not only Cuba but all Central America, so as to form a great Latin-American re public. The question has thus become a publio one. A great many Mexicans look with favor on the acquisition of Cuba, which is in line with the new aspiration of the country to acquire maritime importance. liulldlns Up tho Navy. The government, in recognition of this national feeling, has taken steps to wards building np a navy. Admiral Carey Bren ton is at the head of tho navy. He was formerly captain iu the British navy. He is charged with cre ating a body of trained naval officers. New school ships have boon ordered. Many military and naval officers here favor inviting Cuba, on attaining its in dependence, to j in the Mexican repub lic. Popular sentiment is friendly to Cuba and refugee Cubans are warmly welcomed on reaching this country. The government gave permission to the Cubans in tho city to hold public meet ings and guaranteed them ample pro tection against tho Spanish colony, which strenuously objected to any lh>- erty being accorded to Cubans. The El Nacional newspaper says that its cam paign for the annexation of Cuba was at first received with ridicule, but now a reaction has begun and its importance is now conceded. The Nacional con gratulates itself that in tho American senate the voice of Senator Sherman was raised in support of merging the fortunes of Cuba with those of M 'xioo. United State* Slay TaUo i’<>»se* inn. The Nacional foam u war of on to.i in Cuba as a result of the pie. ent conflict. It says in concluding tliis article, which is attracting much attention: "Wo do not hide from ourselves tho fact that there is a Cuban group which advocates annexation to thy United States, and if tile wishes of this group aro realize 1, the theory of manifest destiny w ill be gin to be carried out by tho Americans taking possession of tho key of tho Gulf of Mexico.” The editor of El Nacional said that it would require groat prudence and skill pud all the tact of both Spanish and American govorumontg to avoid drift ing into u war. '‘Whether or not Woy- ler is the sanguinary man popular imag ination pictures him,” said he, “it gives no one, not oven au American senator, tho right to abuse au officer of high a grade in a public session of the Senate. It looks as though tho United States had been preparing for war with Spain, and were as ready for conflict as was Germany when she fought with Franco.” Cubans hero aro mostly averse to an nexation to Mexico, preferring tho United States. Kwuit mid Mat 111* Indict il, Milledgeville, Ga., March 81.—Tho commitment trial of Joe Ewalt, who shot Walter Hemphill on Tuesday last, from the effects of which Hemphill died Saturday, was held here and resulted in both Ewult and Mathis lieing indicted, tho first for murder and tho latter as be ing an accessory. The shooting op- curred In Whoelan’s saloon and seems to have been tho result of a drunken fluel agreement which was thought to have been arranged in fun. Mathis counted three times when Ewalt fired at Hemphill, the ball taking fatal effect. It is said that Hemphill made a state ment before his death that will throw mnch light on the affair when tho men pjro brought to trial. Hemphill loaves a wife anil child, and it is said that ho and Ewalt wore the host of friends. Tin-1 tmil Payment Minify Macon, March 31.—Parsons & Ed wards of Boston, who purchased the Macon and Birmingham railroad at public sale several moths ago, for which they paid $20o,000, and assumed $i(10,- 000 of car trust certificates, through their attorney, Colonel L. F. Garrard of Columbus, made tho filial payment in Bibb snperior court of $100,000, and Judge Felton directed that a deed to the property bo made to Parsorffc & Ed wards. Pool Playor* Matched. 4 Pittsburg, March 31.—W. II. Clear water, the world’s champion i»ool player, and Alfred do Ore have been matched to play for the continuous pool cham pionship of tho world and $500 a side. The contest wlU take place in this city within the next 30 days. Eby, tho fa mous player, ha<) posted a forfeit to play tie winner. '' A *Hk Manufacturing Company' AmO(tuf. Allkmtown, Pu., March 81. —The Cutter Silk Manufacturing company of West Bethlehem, made an assignment to ex-Postmaster John Field of Philn. dolphin. (The failure is a heavy one, as the oomwiny is capitalized at $500,000 and has if .. Idltlon a bonded indebted ness of $lk0,000. Prices .Aro Somewhat Irregular, However. Lumber Mill* Fully Employed—South ern Cotton Mill* Continue to Run on Full Tim® With No Important Choice' In Price*—Many New Industrie*. Chattanooga, March 31. — Tho Tradesman’s reports of industrial and business affairs in all parts of tho south ern states for the week ending March 81 arc from more than 2,530 correspond ents aud arc authentic and reliable. The Iron and coal situation is very ac tive. The southern furnaces aro selling considerably in advance of present ca pacity, and some of' them report that they can till no new orders fur several. ; months. Southern iron is in large de- \ mand and has been widely shipped dnr- | ing tho week. Prices aro irregular, and lists are frequently shaded. There is ; no prospects of any decrease in prodne- j tiou. Coal miners who are supplying I coke to tho furnaces are full of work at ' unchanged prices. 3nch as ship coal for other uses report that tho demand is falling off considerably. The lumber market ij strong aud with increasing inquiries for both domestic | and foreign shipments. The mills an ! generally fully employed. Inland trans portation 1* somewhat hindered for ■ want of railway oars as fast as nec k d Southern cotton mills are running on full time with no change of any import ance in prices, which aro claimed to be lower than they should be, and not to give a reasonable profit to the mill. New textile mills are being organ!:: ■ t | In large numbers. New cotton mills are reported at Branchville, Orangeburg and Spartan- ! burg, 3. C., and at Sweetwater, Tenn.; a reported silk mill at Birmingham, | Ala.; woollen mills at Morristown and Shelbyvillo, Teurt., and knitting mill at Athene and Lexington, Ga.; Rocky Mount, N. C., and Chattanooga, Tenn. There is also reported the organizing nt Calvert, Tex., of tho Calvert Coal unit Clay company, capital $500,090; of a i $150,000 brewery company at Tampa, Fla.; a $50,000 cannery at Martlnsburg, W. Vo., and of the Eagle Box factory, capital $50,030, at Fort Smith, Ark. A 1 $80,000 foundry and machine shop is to bo built at MiddlOsbofOUgh, Ivy.; a $25.- 000 box factory at Memphis, Tenn.: the 1 Charleston, S. C., Mattress and Wood- enwaro company, capital $20,000, arid the Olivo Oil company, of Fairmonnt, W. Va.. also with $30,000 capital. Among other important new indus tries incorporated or organized during the week, is a largo canning factory at New Decatur, Ala.; an electric lighting company at Grconsburg, Ky.; and flour and grist mills at Bowling Green. Ky.; Tumersburg, If. C., and Mount Pleas ant, Tenn. An ice factory will bo built nt Milton, Fla.; a mattress factory at Lynchburg, Va.; an oil company lure j been chartered at Sparta, Tenn., and a wagon factory is io bo built at Savan nah. Ga. Waterworks are to be built at Clin ton, Ky., and Blacksburg, Va. Among tho new buildings of the week are buri- uess houses nt Mobile, Ain,, Augusta, Ga., and Richmond, Va.; college build ings to cost $250,000 at Charlottesville, Va., and at Lynchbnr*. Va., costing $15,003; a $20,000 courthouse at Rich mond. Va.; a $30,000 institute building at Mobile, Ala., and a $20,000 jail at Bellvillo, Tex. THE COMING CAMPAIGN. Suffered I'uisiK Dcpai WrA. ; ’roij Who- ■ l.usl. im| })J light JO.m; . ; 1 t ] £Ufieri i Jii r .■ ilj in !>• . t)J •Tori- , ; J and | tj ornrnoniifj liy t: Con!'' ’ i . i . f whit Clans, Dr*. Barret, Ml 1 dlW7 c, * £ * ('cTintv'- * *rgf of ‘^ c t hu** 1 ?** r ’ ar.d tpt*- 1 -! cV * (cltaUlovw i froanm'****. I AS •V ^ '■ Mug. Julia A. ] Informed me that i ti:ui and that there v.s hula then decided to try Dr. Miles* Restoratl I was then unable to well on toward day tight,] 1 his thno I laid r deep, he leftside, i wns mofit rni.tr after 1 I'.ilng o.v -half Ik I Iij I could sleep all night Just did. Tiie A- ref mu is the oni gave r o any relief whs well uud strong, and 1 PnmJ. (-; Jay UfC fur Dr. Milas' Au aj MRS. JULL Ur, Miles’ Nervir.o in snldl nti «■ that the lirs* botll i ! 11!riar/istH sell it at f 1,6 i oj i; \-'dl he sent, prepaid, on rj by the Dr. Miies Medical Co., 1 Miles’ Nervini j dwpfed (or*. I inte, Iren m" Turin* d sriufetj udffiia |c 2<ercfc I as lew edyis* aatn kMNI PLAN 13 FEASil iVhnt M:i,j ,• V. . ii iia Uudlotvl tV- N'i irajfUa London, M;.H» 31.—Maj-n^^llm Ludlow, military attache- of ill can r ndr.-uv at L .mi' u. r ' tl i:. pect Old World canals with to reporting for tin* 1 -nefit <-i tj m.l p sed Nicaragua * •anal, s:i “The Saezea:: al is a ’ e--s. Hiinlly an. y other tiio world is yich ling so The profits mnst he on tt knows exactly v> hat tii v are. V| England does not own a ; ijorit ■ f shares, her income fr m ' Would suffice to mail. n: ki:J doms. The canal was not a t-e first, but new it pr v •• one i i mi v.s-•fnl and sueco.-.-iul : n*oi d| century. “I went to Gn e ■> and a - it ed tlJ Working of the C riatls emu Wl’-M ( ieiroiy different both in rr‘in i con-1 strnction, it is a ; n•• .. I* a m >sti interesting work. Theoviebl elf me' for a e:* a '. 1 hero was <• w ed in the time of Nero. One may *t •eu tho original t. st pits •made In •- .mans. “I also lie r iV’.hiv iu.-. i .i; new Gem.an cam Democratic Congressional Committee Re open* Headquarter* at Washington. Washington, March 31.—Tho Demo cratic congressional committee has re opened its old headquarters at 73(5 Fif teenth street for the coming campaign. Bonator Faulkner, chairman of tho com mittee, and Secretary Lawrence Gard ner are in charge. A largo amount of campaign literature has been ordered and will be disseminated where it will do the Democracy most good. Tho national association of clubs a'so has headquarters in the same building Bud fhingj are lively there just now, in cident to arrangements for tho excur sion to Monticello on Jefferson’s birth day. Great preparations are being made fur the gathering of the Democrats at the old homo of their historic chieftain, Vice President 61 oven son has ace pled an invitation to bo present, Flkc Rculdt-d In (Vushlngtou. Brattle, March 81. — Oliver Pike, whoso remains are said to bo in tho box sold at an express auction iu Chicago, j came to Washington about six years ago. Ho worked as an attendant at tho Btcilaeom Insane asylum for a time. Ho was discharged in the fall of 1890. Ho then worked for several months ut Port Blakely in the big lumber mill. Subse- ? uently ho was in Aberdeen, Wash. hen bo went back to Blakely, but in the spring of 1893 went to Everett and Mailed a laundry. Jt was not a success. Ho came (o Beattie the last of Juno or the first of July, 1893, and stayed with Mr. and Mrs O. M. Jones, old friends. Ho left their house at i p. m. Julv 8 to see some friends from Port Biakolv, who were coming to Seattle for tho “Fourth.” That is the last that has i ever been heard of him, Jones was in the asylum as au attendant when Pike was thorn Mr*. StdcUlou Expelled Prom the Church. San Francisco, March 81. — Mrs. Stockton, who was one of tho promi nent figures iu tho recent scandal in volving Rev. C. O. Brown of the First Congregational church, has been ex pelled from the church. Mrs. .Stockton wrote a caustic letter to one of tho dea cons of the church after the verdict in the Brown trial, hut tho committee expelled her without heeding her letter. It may save you time and money to be informed that, vyhen you need a blood purifier, Ayer’s Sarsaparilla is the kind most in favor with the medical profession. It is the stan dard and, as such, tho only blood- purifier admitted ut the Chicago World’s Fair. a worn-'*. many oa:; •: v.- u> • h.-- s v ; . i i;:*(! an ; • P' . : in IV .iin and t >’dI m in canal win the oi ly «y constructed witib • '.he -I'iyi : tl 1 k t. • “bhom c< vinaMy I w 11 U .ia:id aud inspected the sy.-tonof waterways there. “I have yet to visit ' Manchester B’iip canal, and p i -iMvho Caledonian on:.al in Beotlnnd. The 1 shall submit my report to Washiugti.” A k:*d ns t< his opini* of the feasi bility uf the NicuraiU canal, after viewing th<' working.-of tho others, j Maj- r Ludlow said: "J am more than ov’ convinced that ; it b f usible. But mil my report is submitted I cannot like any detailed . ta THREE DU EL? IN BERLIN. In One Dr. E-.-nUcr Va* Killed by uu <’l!leer of Mu- Riser'* Yacht. 1 k.KJ.i v, March 31-Three duels have been fought in Berk within a few days. A barrister name Dr. Zenker dial* 1 n;;c:i Lieutenant von Kottelhodt, of i 7 tho imperial ynchf idienzollcrn, whom ho v ( Uh 'd of intirucy with Mrs. Zeu- : Iter. A' the fouri exchange of shots Dr. Z*'nker was sl>t in the lungs and was killed. , Another case v.s that of an officer of the guards, who wordy wounded a ci vilian. * Although duolng is illegal, the code of honor, rocogn’/'d as binding even, it i: said, In* the oiperor himself, compels military men tolght. Warlike Frpiiratiou* at Tuuloa. Tot eon, Ma*h 81.—There aro signs nt the dock ynds and arsenals of pro- parations for grave events. Orders have i ('(*n roctved to prepare a number of warships t>r active service. Stores and ammunit >n are being overhauled ami sent on bard the vessels to bo pre pared for camflssion, and all naval officers on nrlough have been tele graphed to rjoin their ships immedi ately. Hies, measures, however, are believed to) more of a precautionary nature ,tlianas indicating tho proba bility of an atbroak of hostilities. ,Tho French Me; terrancau s<iiuidroii, how ever. is to b( strengthened and the sec- oudclass ertser Ceccilla, 5,7(53 tons, eight 5-tou guns and 10 3-tou guns, haVing a sped of 19 knots, has sailed I on a specia mission to tho African coast. An Uiknown Mau Killed. Michie, "enn., March 31.*—An un known mau was murdered in an out house near this place. He was struck across the forhond with a stick of wood and his skul crushed. The verdict of the jury wa. that ho was murdered by his partner. This man rented tho house for the Digit and said that ho had a partner; als. said that they were nif»- chine and dock repairers. The mur- j dercr oncapd. When last heard from he had erased tho Tennessee river ut Fittsburg laiding and was making hl^ way down tie river. Uomembei the “Red Tag Sale” at J. R. Tollcsm's beginning Saturday April 1th, fo* one week. Remember the “Red Tug Sale” at .). K Tolh‘s«ii’s beginning Saturday April 1th, fo: one week.