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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-12-07
LATER NEWS.

JOHN COMFORT and his son were at work
about ten miles from Carlisle Penn, telling
trees. A large tree snapped limb of anoth-
er near by, which fell on the head of his son,
killing him almost instantly.
JOHN DEWEY, the driver of load of nitro
glycerine was annihilated near Pleasantville,
Penn, by the explosion of the freight
BY boiler explosion at Ralstons Mills,
Penn, Lille Cross, George Kelly and Jesse
Hall were instantly killed. Lewis Ralston
was perhaps fatally scalded.
AARON c. TURNER, half witted boy, shot
and killed his sister, Bella, at Amelia, KY,
with gun given him to care for by George
Manning, hunter.
GEORGE GILBERT and Glenn Blodgett,
aged sixteen and fourteen respectively, broke
through the ice at Charles City, Iowa, while
skating and were drowned.
CHARLES and Henry Kohlman, of Auburn,
Wis, aged twelve and ten years respectively,
were drowned in Mud Lake.
THE oyster pirates the Little Choptank
River, Nd, have not only put to fight the
vessels of the State navy, but they have so
cowed their crews that many of the men have
resigned, and though every inducement has
been offered none others could be found who
would take their places.
Two men were killed and three injured
by a railroad collision at Hustled, Col
A TERRIBLE tragedy occurred at Viau,
Cherokee Nation, in which four men were
killed and one wounded. The killing was
the result of drunken row. which was first
commenced by one of the STAIRS stabbing
Landrum with a knife. They were all
Cherokees.
JACKSONVILLE and st. Augustine. Fla,
have been visited by frost. Thin ice formed
throughout the country. All danger of
yellow fever is now thought to be over, and
the incoming trains are crowded with passen-
gers returning home.
FORTY-TwO houses have been DESTROYED by
fire at Isabella de Salena, Cuba.
SERIOUS election riots occurred in Servia.
Several lives were lost and many public
were demolished.
THE strike of coal miners in Belgium is
spreading. Gendarmes and guards are pa
trolling the troubled districts.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-12-07
w ashIn0tOn.

THE Sioux Indian Commission has for
warded its report to Secretary Villas.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the Harrison, and
Morton Inauguration Fund now amount to
S27,2 10. Only $4,000 in cash is needed The
balance of the expenses will be paid from the
sale of tickets, etc. The expenses of the last
Inauguration were $4,000, of which only
One-half was subscribed
Hon. PERRY BELMONT, the newly appointed
Minister to SPAIN has called at the Depart
ment of State at Washington, taken the
oath of Office and received his credentials and
preliminary instructions.
THE United States Post Office Department
is considering a plan of establishing letter
boxes on lines of street cars which pass near
post offices in cities In such cases collectors
would meet the cars at points nearest to the
post Office and transfer the mails
ACCORDING to the report of the Washing
ton Bureau of Statistics the number of
vessels of all classes built in the United
States for the year ending June 80, 1885 was
]O14, with total tonnage of 21S, 0S6 tons.
THE summary statement of the imports
and exports of the United States, made I'D
at the Washington Bureau of Statistics
shows that the total value of exports for 1855
was S445, $50, 256, and of imports of mer-
chandise S544, 511 1884.
Z. j. VICKERY, Superintendent of the
Third Division of the railway mail service.
with headquarters in Washington, has re-
signed at the request of the postal authori-
ties, and will be succeeded by Eugene Car
rington, the Superintendent Of Mails at Bal
timOre.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-12-07
EMPEROR WILLIAM'SSPEECH
The German Monarch Opens the
Reichstag with Words of Peace


The German Reichstag has re-assembled,
Emperor William opening the session in
person. In his speech he said that the tours
he had recently made had convinced him
that the desire for imperial unity was deeply
rooted in the people. He referred to the in
clusion of Hamburg and Bremen in the
German customs union and to the conclu-
sion of a commercial convention with
Switzerland.
He gratifed to know that trade had
improved, and said that the prospects of
higher prices for farming produce Justified
the hope of an improvement in agriculture
He emphasized the pacific character of
Germany's foreign relations and policy, and
said that his visits abroad, which had been
undertaken with view to effecting an I'M
derstanding in the interest of peace had
caused universal confidence in the main
tenance of peace
The Emperor made no reference to anv
military bills of credit, and touched but
briefly upon East African affairs
The Emperor's speech meets with general
approval. The pacific tone, strengthened by
the expressed adherence of unnecessary war:
treasures everybody and comes in good time
to allay the alarm which has prevailed
throughout Europe during the last fortnight.
The complete ignoring of France in the
speech may leave a vague feeling of uneasi-
ness, which, however, the emphatic allusion
to the allies of Germany is calculated to dis.
Sipate.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-12-07
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Noteworthy Events Cleaned
From Washington Dispatches.
The Preliminary Work For Gen
eral Harrison's Inauguration.

a Washington special says that the vari-
Gus committees that are preparing for the
inauguration Of Harrison and Morton have
been at work for several days and have al
ready made good deal of PROCESS with
the preliminary arrangements. 1t is
proposed, says the dispatch, that the in.
auguratlon of March + next shall be
that will completely eclipse all previous dis
plays of the kind. Private subscriptions will
detray the expense. Much anxiety is felt
here that the entire division of the Penn
sylvania National Guard will attend the
coming Inauguration, they did that OF
Cleveland. IL is not believed that the ques-
ton of the cost of transportation will be al
lowed to stand in the way of their attend
ance.
A great deal of money will be spent on the
next Inauguration, and Captain George E.
Lemon the chairman of the Finance Com
mlttee, IS working hard to raise it. He esti-
mates that at least S75, 900 will be required,
but he believes that enough will be realized
from the sale of tickets and privileges to in
sure the return of this amount to the sub
scrIbers. Captain Lemon says:
"A public ceremony of this nature requires
money and a great deal of it, The necessary
and unavoidable expenses arising from the
mere presence in the city of so great crowd
are very large. The public comfort must be
cared for, accommodations for the press
provided, and buildings, street and other
decorations, Examinations, fireworks badges
clerk hlre stationery, telegraphing, etc,
demand great in the aggre-
gate At Garffeld's Inauguration the street
decoration account was over $4,000, fireworks
and llluminations 5000 and other expendi-
lures raised the total to $50 066. 60 At Cleve-
lands inauguration the disbursements were
sos, GO. Taking the last as a criterion,
and l thlnkit is a very fair one, for, while
everything done well, there was no
waste or extravaganza, l do not see how
can get along with cent less than SO, 900.
we should have more rather than less.
All that we want now is guarantee fund
which will protect those of US who take the
responsibility of.making necessary contracts
This Is the customary way of proceeding. We
do not expect that the subscribers to this will
IN the end have to pay dollar, as in all prob
ability their subscriptions will be returned to
them. This was the case four,years ago and
also eight years ago, and think has been the
rule: The committee placed in charge of the
affair are all solid business men, and we have
no doubt of Our ability to manage it with as
much financial success our prede-
cessors. The receipts from the sale
of tickets to the ball and to the stands
along the street and for ball privileges ETC.,
will without doubt fully cover all the outlay
They have done so in the past, and the un-
usual demand already being made for these
tickets and privileges justiffes US in going to
greater expense than our predecessors.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-12-07
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
Eastern and Middle States.

CLEvELAND's official plurality in Connect
cut IS $50. The Prohibition vote is 1924.
GERTRUDE LIMESON, aged thirty, of Great
Darlington, Mass was found dead in her
room at her boarding place under circum-
stances that indicate suicide.
Mrs JAMES H WHEATON, of North
Adams, Mass, was beaten to death by her
husband
Ten large iron mills at Pittsburg, Penn,
nave closed down on account of the bursting
OF one OF the principal gas supply mains.
leu thousand men are idle
GEORGE TUCBs, a Pittsburg PENN drug
clerk. gave Christian Lerezop, a child, a dose
or ammonia for lime water. The child died
Immediately in commissions.
JAMES E. BEDELL, who obtained 1924, 900
by forgery while acting as real estate clerk
o the New York law firm of Shipman, Bar
low, Larocque & Choate, has been sentenced
by Recorder Smythe, in the Court of Cen
eral Sessions. to twenty-five years and four
months imprisonment. He was Immediately
taken TO Sing Sing Penitentiary.
THREE men were killed and three more
fatally injured at Thompson'S Mills, N. Y,
by an explosion of dynamite through the
recklessnesS of one of the number.
THE United States steel cruiser Boston has
arrived at New York from Hayti with yell
low fever on board. Four seamen died from
its effects while on the voyage from Port-au-
Prince and were buried at sea- There were
three others i'll with the disease but such
precautions had been taken that its fur Their
spread was impossible.
MRS. ROBERT OWEN, of Poultney, Vt,
recently gave birth to four children, two
boys and two girls. They are all alive and
look healthy and robust
HEAVY storm of wind, hail and snow
swept over all the Eastern and Middle States,
travel by land and sea. At
New York telegraph wires were blown
down and shipping in the harbor greatly
damaged. The wind blew a gale, and the
coast from Delaware to Maine was strewn
with wrecks of ships schooners and canal
boats. There was much suffering among the
poor III the large cities of the East The
snow caused blockade in Boston. Naviga-
ton on the Hudson River and New York
State canals was suspended.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-12-07
HIS PRIVATE SECRETARY.
General Harrison Appoints an In
dianapoliS Editor to the Place.

General Harrison has selected Elijah W.
Halford, editor of the Journal of Indianapo-
lis, as his private secretary. Mr.. Halford is
a man of middle age. He began life as a
compOsitOr upon the Journal, working his
way up from the case to his present place.
which he held for many years He was also
for two years connected with the Chicago
Inter-Ocedn as managing editor, and for
some time was on the staff of the We,cs of
Indianapolis. He was a delegate to the
Chicago Convention this year. and one of
John Z. News chief aids in the work of adj
vocating Harrisons interests. He is Law
preacher among the Methodists, and up TO
this campaign had never missed the weekly
prayer meeting in his life He will assist
General Harrison as much as possible from
now on, but will not begin mis- regular duties
until the Inauguration
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-12-07
South and West

FOLLOWING are the official returns of the
vote of Virginia: Cleveland, ISL ,977; Harri-
| son, 100, 422; Cleveland's plurality, 1886.
HENRY JAMES, colored, and his wife,
of Livingston, Ala, went to a church supper,
| leaving their children locked up in the house
| Upon their return they found the house in
| ashes and the children burned to a crisp.
! B. T. VANDERGRIFT made an ascent in a
| balloon from the Exposition grounds at Co
| Iumbus Ga, in the presence of IL, 600 people.
| w hen the balloon reached height of about
| 3OUO feet 1t burst, and the performer fell to
| the ground and was killed
| LEVI MEEKER, his wife and eight-year-old
| daughter were crushed to death at a railroad
! crossing near Wellington, Kan.
THE State Bank of Valparaiso, Neb., has
closed its doors and deposltors are looking
for the managers-L. Scovile and G.. A
Crafts-wlth shotguns Liabilities, $500, OOO
OYSTER pirates, while unlawfully dredg-
ing in the Chesapeake. were attacked by
Maryland'S gunboat and one man was fatally
wounded. Later the pirates attacked and
captured the gunboat, sending her crew on
shore.
GENERAL MASTER WORKMAN POWDERLY
OF the knights OF Labor, has been reelected
and his friends chosen to fill thelother offices in
the order by the General Assembly at Indian
apolis. His salary was fixed at $4,000 per
annum.
The central plant Of the Jenney Electric
Light Company, at Fort Wayne, Ind, wa
totally destroyed by fire, causing a loss of
AT joint caucus of Democratic Senators
and Representatives of the Alabama Legis-
lature United States Senator John T. Nor
gan was nominated by reclamation to be his
own successor from the 18th of March next
This is his third nomination.
FIRE broke out in drug store at POGO
moke, Md, and extended right and left, in
the absence of a fire department. until the
greater portion Of the village had been de-
strOyed. The greater portion of the $500
inhabitants are homeless and have lost all
their possessions. The aggregate loss is
figured at $253, 600.
GEORGE MILLIKEN has been hanged at
Shawneetown, ILL.,, for the murder of his
wife last fall,
ADAM BERKEs. of SARDINIA, Ohio who was
whipped by the White Caps, has become a
raving maniac in consequence of the brutal
castigation.
A FIRE that started in a dentists Office at
Eureka Springs, Ark, destroyed the greater
part of the business portion of the town. The
loss is 100000.
HARRY GILBERT, a wealthy ranchman
living west of Wichita, Kan, has committed
suicide by drowning. He had just returned
from his bridal tour. He leaves an estate
worth half million.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-12-07
The Cruiser Maine.

The Navy Department has invited pro-
posals for the construction of the machinery
for the United States armored cruiser Maine
now building at the New York Navy Yard
which are to be opened February Is
1889. Proposals will be received from
every American ship builder and
other person who shall show that within
three months after contract he will be in DOS
session of the necessary plant for the perform
auce of the work. All of the machinery is
to be of the best and most modern design,
constructed in accordance with the
Departments designs. The engines must
forced draft, and all of the ma
chinery must be delivered complete within
two years and six months from the date of
contract, and must be erected and connected
on board within twelve months after the
vessel is ready for its reception. The contract
will contain provision relating to premiums
and penalties dependent upon the horse
power developed.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-12-07
Foreign.

THE Turkish budget shows deficit of 81
500 900.
THE Cabinet Ministers Of Mexico have
handed in their designations that President
Diaz may have full liberty to appoint a new
Cabinet for the new term
ADvICEs from Samoa say that Mataafa's
followers attacked stronghold held by adj
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-12-07
Congressman RandaIrs Health.

AT the first meeting of the House Commit
tee on appropriation a few day since the
continued absence of Mr.. Randall was
greatly regretted, and many inquiries
were made as to his condition.
1t was learned that he seems to be
steadily improving, and that his chauces for
returning to his duties in Washington after
the holidays are good. It is not thought,
however, that he will be able to attend the
sessions regularly or do much work.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-12-07

THERE are indications OF another small
pox epidemic in New York, and vaccination
and revaccnaton are urged upon the COM
munity by the State Board of Health.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-12-07
United States Treasurer,s Renort

Treasurer Hyatt has submit his annual
report for the fiscal year ended June 80 last.
The net revenues of the Governments were
1919 266, 0T4. rs; expenditures S267 1924. SOL IS:
leaving surplus available for the reduction
of the public debt of over Sill 200, OOO an in
crease of nearly $4,000 600 over the previous
year.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-12-07

A BERLIN paper openly charges that
Emperor William is the prosecutor of papers
which publishe Emperor Fredericks diary
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1888-05-09
An Old Settler Gone.

Mexico, Mo-, May 6.-Alfred
Barnes, the oldest citizen of this
county, died at the residence of his
daughter, Mrs. D. 81. Mildred, south
of this city, this morning, at the
age of SO years, having been born in
Maryland, June l, 1870. He was
quite vigorous up to the past winter.
He attended the ex-confederate re-
union here last fall and took part
in the proceedings. He was a
veteran of the war of 1912 and was
the oldest Mason in the world, hav-
ing been a member of the order IS
years. He came to Missouriin 1853,
settling in Galloway county, but for
the past fifteen years he had lived
in Audrain. He was the father of
seven children, all of whom are
wealthy and prosperous.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1888-05-09
BestmOnt Dead.
ur'er.

Bestmont, the splendid young
four year-old horse recently bought
from H. c. Tenney, New York, by
William Gentry & Son, died at the
Locust Grove farm at twenty min
utes after twelve Friday afternoon,
of strangulated inguinal hernia.
DR.. T. E. White, D. V. S., of Sedal-
ia, was telegraphed to take the case.
The telegram stated that the horse
had the collie. He went out and in
a few minutes found the trouble to
be not collie, but hernia of the in
guinal rings, and proceeded to treat
as such. After laboring assiduously
for nearly twenty hours, death re-
suited without a struggle. A post
mortem examination was held, DR.
White being assisted by DIR. Fergu
son, of Hughesville, which resulted
in yerifcation of DR.. Whites dag
nosis.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1888-05-09
Missouri Crops.
nOSlS.

Columbia, Mo-, May 4.-The Sec
retary of the state board of agricul-
ture reports very full returns from
every section of the state, and repre-
sents April as cold, dry month and
the season eleven days late. Pas
lures are very short. Frost from
the 10th to the Goth injured peaches
and early fruits. Chinch bugs are
almost everywhere reported, and are
now a greater menace than for
years.
Wheat plowed up 9 per cent.
Acreage standing 1,371,437. Pros.
pect eighty-seven and five or five
points up. Prospective yield fo,
state, 14,194,3s3 bushels. Area tc
date, 80. Clover very badly winter
killed.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1888-05-09
CREMATED IN COTTAGES.
Wreck. Explosion and Ho-
lOCauSt.

Mount Carmel, Pa, May 6.-Be-
tween 10 and IL o'clock last night a
terrible accident occurred on the
Philadelphia & Reading railroad be-
tween this place and Locust Gap.
A freight train, consisting of seventy
five cars, bound for Williamsport,
became disconnected by the break
ing of coupling, and the engine
and three cars ran for half mile be-
fore the crew discovered that the
train was divided. The first section
awaited the arrival of the second at
the foot of heavy grade and the
two brakemen losing control of the
second section. it dashed into the
first section, causing an explosion in
the third car, which was loaded with
Dupont powder.
At the scene of the accident the
railroad runs along the steep hill, at
the bottom of which stood two rows
of houses, occupied by the Philadel-
phia and Reading Coal and Iron
companys employees. On the hill
side stood a little cottage occupied
by John Quinn and family of foul
children, two boys and two girls
The force of the explosion wrecked
the buildings, seventeen in all, and
the stoves set fire to the ruins
Quinn and his little girls were burn
ed to death The two boys escaped
with burns.
In all, twelve cars were destoye6
and seventeen houses with their fur
niture. All the windows in the Lo
Gust Gap churches and schools wer
broken and the doors blown off. Il
Mount Carmel large store window
were broken.
Total loss is estimated at $1,000
Wrecking crews have the road ope
for travel.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1888-05-09
A Cloud Burst in Kansas.

Wichita, Kan, May 6.-This
morning at s O'Clock cloud burst is
reported to have occurred in the Vi
cinity of Maize, town about fifteen
miles west of this city. The territory
drenched was about two hundred
yards wide and mile long. For
twenty minutes the water poured
down, as expressed by an eye-wit-
ness las if the entire heavens were a
tank of water and hole had been
punched into it, the size of paral-
Telegram receiving it." The noise
was terrible, the down-pour sound
ing much louder than the falls of
Niagara. 1t did not look as though
one could see ten feet into the pour
ing water. In fact it came straight
down. The cloud did not seem to
move.
The clouds were as black as night
but to the east there was clear sky
just small strip of it above the ho
rizon giving a little light. Had il
not been for this it would have beer
perfectly dark. The sight was b.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1888-05-09
In the Interest of DeArmOnd.

DR.. D. D. Wood, a prominent cit
izen andphysician of Sweet Springs,
Mo-, was in Fayette from Saturday
night until Monday morning, his
first visit to Fayett since. the hang
ing of Chapman, some thirty years
ago. he was highly gratifed to find
such a magnificent little city, so diff
ferent from what he then found it..
Doc is not only one of Saline coun-
tvs best physicians, but is quite q
politician, and was here in the inter-
est of Hon. D. A. DeArmond, candi-
date for supreme Judge, and was de-
lighted to find that our people felt
so favorable toward the distinguish
ed gentleman. He says that he
hopes Francis will carry Saline, and
believes he will do so when the test
comes.-Howard County Advertiser
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1888-05-09
Morgan County for DeArmond.

Upton, Mo, May 1.-THE Nor
gan county democratic convention to
select county officers and to send
delegates to IL the state conventions
took place today. The delegates
to the Sedalia convention are A. l..
Ross, W. H. Kavanaugh, J. H. Web
ster aud C. W. Simms. The dele.
gates to the Springfield convention
are John Boiling and A. W. Antho-
ny; to the Jefferson City convention
Judge J. S. Thurston and L. S.
Snodgrass. The delegates to Spring
field are for Judge DeArmond for
supreme Judge; those to Jefferson
City are for Francis for governor,
Lesueur for secretary of state, and
Seibert for auditor, McCulloch for
register of lands, Noland for treas
urer.