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The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

THE World says: The rapid and enormous increase in the pension list, under the drag-net policy of the claim agents, encouraged by congress, is shown in these figures from Commissioner Raum's report :: Pensions granted in 1888, 3,173 i; in 1889, I45, 5,29S; in 1890, 161 ,650 !; in 1891. 25O,575. And for the cur rent year the commissioner expects to make it 35O,OOO. All this more than twenty-six years after the close of the war, and fifteen years after Grant and Garfield said the pension list had reached its just maximum.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

IN order to market the vast crops of the present year the railroads will find it necessary to increase their rolling stock without delay i; consequently the iron trade is i'm proving greatly, and present indi- cations point to large business both for the coming year and the balance of this.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

IT Is claimed that the steamer Majestic is the most economical coal burner of any of the Atlantic higa flyers. She burns 220 tons of coal a day, shows 19.500 horse pow CT, and makes an average of over 20 knots, or 23 miles, per hour throughout the Atlantic passage.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

Gov. HILL, of New York, will serve out his full term before qual- flying as United States Senator for fear Lieutenant Governor Jones will do mischief if Governor, while if he does so Jones will try to keep him from taking his seat as Sena- ator next January.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

A Mexican woman who is the mother of eight children, was ar rested for violating the Edmunds act. She has been living with the father of these children fourteen years, and will be married to him as soon as the law of the Catholic church will permit t.-Phenix Ga- Zette.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

Henry Carlyon, of Congress, came in Tuesday. He says there are still about twenty men working in the mine sinking main shaft and run hing drifts for the purpose of still further prospecting the mine, which shows large bodies of ore in every leyel.-Prescott Courier.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

A party of geologists numbering from twenty-five to thirty will visit Flagstaff, Several foreign geologists ofworldwide fame will be among the number. The work of Dame Ma ture in this section will probably put them to studying and wonder ing why things are thus.-Coconi- no Sun.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

MILLER. the boy murderer await ing execution at Cheyenne, and Parkinson, a soldier convicted ot murder, broke jail on the 29th ut. Miller was captured later by posse but Parkinson is still at liberty.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

ACCORDING to the recently pub iished reports of the railroads of the United Kingdom of Great Brit ain and Ireland the total mileage in operation at the close of 1890 was 2O,073, only .130 miles more than at the end of 1889. The gross income was $399,74O,OOO, leaving the net receipts s1S3, ,80O,OOO.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

ADvICEs from Venezuela state that American exports to that coun- try are now ahead of all others, their aggregate in the last fiscal year having been $10,000,000.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

A DESPERATE gang of robbers in jail under sentence for robbery and tram wrecking overpowered Deputy Sheriff Melton at Gadsden, Ala, put rope around hls neck and were hanging him when policeman Roper appeared and rescued him.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

JACOB BROWN, who confessed to a murder for which J. w. Gray is serving a life sentence at Chester, Ill.,, now says that he doesn't re- me mber makingthe confession, and denies that he is the murderer.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

IT has been reckored that if the whole ocean should be dried up, al water passing away in vapor, the amount of salt remaining would be enough to cover 5,000,000 square miles with layer one mile thick,
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

WE clip the following interesting statistics from the Phoenix Herald, which paper got them from the ad- vance sheets of the governors an- nual report to the Secretary of the Interior:
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

ACCoRDING to the Chicago News there is practically no corn of the old crop to be bought by legitimate dealers in this country on account of the manipulations of profession al gamblers.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

A St. Louis man is said to have become hopeless imbecile from excessive cigarette smoking. His trouble began with paralysis of the salivary glands, which extended to the tongue ard vocal cords. He can only partially articulate.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

A GERMAN biologist says that the two sides of the face are never alike. In two out of five the eyes are out of line; one eye is stronger than the other in seven persons out of ten, and the right ear is generally high CT than the left.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

Gov. PATTIsoN of Pennsylvania has issued a proclamation conven- ing the Senate in extraordinary ses- sion on October 18th to make in- quiries into the charges against the Auditor General and State Treas I1rar
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

PRIVATE advices state the Gen. tral Pacific railroad dividend is to be increased from ? per cent to 2 per cent annually.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

THE Southern Interstate Exposi- tion was opened at Raleigh, North Carolina, last Thursday by Cover nor Holt of that state.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

WATER covering the track for a long distance in Central New Mex ico stopped the mails and impeded railroad travel.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

THREE Celestials were recently smuggled in from Manitoba were captured in a laundry in Grand Forks, South Dakota.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

JOHN s. SINCLAIR, a small Dako- ta farmer, has become Earl of Caith- ness and heir to a great English estate.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

IT IS said that S3,OOO,000 of Eng. fish capital is invested in the liar ney Peak tin mines of Rapid City South Dakota.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

IT IS estimated that the treasure lying idle in India in the shape of hoards or ornaments amount to e350,00O.O00. A competent author ity calculates that in Amritsar City alone there are jewels to the value of s2,O00,000 sterling.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

SIX anarchists who were circu- lating prohibited literature i'll Ber- lin have been sentenced to terms of from six months to two years inn prlsonment.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

JUDGMENT has been taken in the case against Bardsley, late Treas urer of Philadelphia, for $394, ,000, being for the license tax.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

THE marriage is announced of Charles A. Pope of Valparaiso, Chile, and Marion Manville, the well-known Wisconsin poetess and writer.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

TIE Government is considering the advisability of purchasing the Island of St. Thomas, West India Islands, for a naval station.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

BLAINE, it is now stated, would not accept a nomination for the Presidency and is for the nomina- tion ot Harrison.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

IT is now calculated that six per sons were killed and twenty wound ed at the Italian celebration in New ark, N. J., Thursday night last.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

A PARTY of Burlington ard Mis- souri surveyors are supposed to have perished in the mountains in the Stinking Water country.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

STRIKERS in the American Axe and Tool Company of Beaver Falls, Pa., have been ordered to work by their governing body.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

THE,Georgia Legislature defeated Q motion to indorse the Ocala plat form, which is taken as a rebuff to the third party movement
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

BRITISH subjects desirous of stir ring up strife and aggressive mis- sionaries are blamed for being par
 tially responsible for riots In China.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

SUSPICION points to James Evans instead of Thomas Carr, as being the murderer of the Carr family al Vanceburg, Ky.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

SOME miscreant dosed the coffee with croton oil at dance and sup per given in the public hall at Plainfeld, Conn, and the result was that many persons were taken se- riously i'll.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

IT is reported that John NJ. But Ter of Indiana and Mr. Clements of Georgia are to be appointed Inter state Commerce Commissioners,
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

SPECIALS from ten different towns in Northern Wisconsin say that re- cent rains have checked the forest fires.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

ALL efforts to extlnguish the fire in the Delaware and Hudson col. fiery at Wilkesbarre, Pa, have proved fruitles.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

THE Tempe News protests against the low price of printing as fixed by the last legislature. It is true that Arizona papers get smaller price for advertising than those of any other territory in the west. The territorial printing law allows a daily paper no greater price for ad- vertising than a weekly, which is certainly an injustice. The next legislature will be called upon to remedy some of these evils.--Pros- hector.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

JOSEPH WILSON, a Deputy United States Marshal. was shot and killed in the Indian Territory by Samuel Downing, whom he had under ar rest.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

c. W. ERDMAN of Kentucky has been appointed United States Con- sul at Stockholm, Sweden.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

GARzA and his band of Mexican invaders are practically hemmed in by Mexican and American troops.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

YoUNG RAUM is said to be still procuring positions in the Pension Bureau for cash considerations.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

THE German Government has ex- plained that the Russian loan has not the sanction of the Government.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

ACCORDING to the annual report of the Commercial and Financial Chronicle the cotton crop for the year 1S90-'91 reached the enormous totel of eight million six hundred and fifty-five thousand bales, which is the greatest crop ever raised in the South, and nearly double the
 highest yield known before the war,
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08
NOTICE.

The undersigned will be prepared to accommodate any persons wishing to attend the coming term of tine St. Johns Academy, with board and lodging, by the 18th of October.
 Terms on application. se24 If R. ID. GREER.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

THE reception accorded in Syd- ney to General Booth of the Salva- tion Army amounted to an ovation.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

ROBERT SIGEL, son of Gen. Franz Sigel, serving six years sentence has been pardoned by the Presi- dent.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08

TwENTY-oNE deaths from malig- nant typhoid fever occurred in the ueighborhood of Columbus, Ind, in eighteen days.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08
A WEAK MAN

Can now cure himself of the deplorable results of early abuse, and perfectly re- store his vigor and vitality by the Great Australian Remedy. The remarkable cures of hopeless cases of Nervous De-
 billty and Private Complaints are every where stamping out quackery. The Med icine, a physician's gift to suffering hu- manity, will be sent free to those atfiict- ed. DR. M B. TAYLORR,
 iyI71 1y 809 Market st., San Francisco.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08
Mason Work.

The undersigned is prepared to do any and all kinds of mason work. Ranch men who contemplate making any i'm provements on their places would do we'll to call on him, as rocE work IS more durable than any other building mate rlBI. Satisfaction guaranteed or no pay. Communications to the care of Charles Thompson; St. Johns, Ariz., will reach me. -
 ie25 If JOHN FENNEGO.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-10-08
Total. .$2,175,604 "A

al .$182 ,997 90 $4,673, ,9S9 95
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1891-12-15
Strength and Health.

If you are not feeling strong and
healthy, try Electric Bitters. If
"La Grippe" has left you weak and
weary. use Electric Bitters. This
remedy acts directly on liver, stom-
ach and kidneys, gently aiding those
organs to perform their functions.
If you arc afflicted with sick head
ache, you will find speedy and per-
manent relief by taking Electric
Bitters. One trial will convince
you that this is the remedy you
need. Large bottles only soc. at
John 7. McRae's drug store.
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Thomas Has Control of the Stock.
By United Press.

S1r Dy Ou1UtU HroSS.
"a New YORK, Dec. IA. A report
a~as prevalent all day that the
'hhomas interests in the Richmond
Terminal Co., had been steadily alb
sorbiDg stock for some time and
that having acquired a controlling
interest they had notified the par
ties now in control that they desired
to call a meeting for special
election according to the bylaws of
the company. This report was to-
nightsconfrmed when it was learned
that secret meeting had been held
and that it adjourned without ac-
tion' to- meet again tomorrow. At
ter the. meeting of the directors
Thomas, Wormser, Moore and Nc
Ghee&held a conference, the result
of which could not be learned.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1891-12-15
Sensational Arrest in Winston.
Special to State Chroni. le.


WINSTON, n. c., December ID.
James Prather, a su- picious look
ing white man was arrested in q
barn loft here this morning. He
had ia his possession bundle con-
tanning a number Of valuables to.
getheS.with keys to fit locks of
everEadiscriPtion. He also had a
note book, which gave a rather full
histogKSof his travels. He has been
through a number of States, and
stole bis way several times in box
cars 4Eith cattle, the book states.
His DIARY stetes that he has been
in Raleigh, Greensboro, and num-
Der ofother towns in different parts
OF the State. 1t is believed here
that be is member of the burglar
gang sFhich has been doing up SO
many towns in North Carolina dur
ing the past few months.
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ON THE TURF.
By The United Press.

Dy AA0 united Press.
GUTTENBURG, Dec. IA. First
race, I mile: Fleurette first, Ali.
quippa second, Sir Rae third; time
1:15a.
Second race, s mile: Noon Dav
first, Zenobia second, Chartereuse
third; time l:014.
Third race, 6a furlongs: Auto
crat first, Toana second, Sir George
third; time 1:2l.
Fourth race, Il mile: Pelham
first, Gloster second, Cassella third.
time 1865.
Fifth race. 81 furlongs: Fauxpas
(colt) first, Knapsack second, Nc
Keever third; time 1909.
Sixth race, Z furlongs: Climax
first. Startling second, Estelle third;
time 1929.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1891-12-15
Kaelgh N C., Tuesday Morning December X 1901
upo" tne lntercession

upon the intercession d
Judge of Crimes Foster. released
the two Baltimore seamen.
NC Williams andsr Painter, from
Imprisonment aboard that vessel
These men disgraced the service
recently by appearing in an intoxi-
Gated condition at the investigation
IN progress before the Senior Foster
regarding the Valparaiso OUTRAGE
on their fellowmen Of war.
IN BRAZIL.
kIo JANERIo, Dec. IA. The
Governors of the States of Rio
Janerlo and San Paulo, who were
appointed by Fonseca, have re-
signed. The troops Of the insur-
gents In Rio Graade do Sui. have
laid down their arms and dis.
banded.
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feel it my duty to say a few
words in regard to Ely's Cream
Balm, and do SO entirely without
solicitation. / have used it more or
less half year, and have found it
to be most admirable. l have suf-
fered from catarrh of the worst kind
ever since l Was a little boy and
never hoped for cure, but Cream
Balm seems to do even that. Many
of my acquaintances have used it
with excellent results.-Oscar o.
trum, As Warren Ave, Chicago Ill,
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Price Five Cents.
FOUR MURDERED.

The Fearful Crime That Has Appalled,
the Land of Flowers"
By United Press.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Dec. IA.
The latest developments in the
horrible trngedy at New Smyrna.
IN which Mrs. L. d. Hatch, former
ly OF Maine, her young son. Miss
Adelaide II. Bruce, of New York.
city, and Frank Packwood, ir.
aged four. all lost their lives in a
most fiendish manner, only make
the case more mysterious than ever.
The scene of the murder is beau
tiful and romantic spot seven miles
below Smyrna or half way between
Smyrna and Oak Hill. A
gruesome fatality seems to have
clung to it, for it was here that the
Shives family, father, son, wife and
baby, were murdered by the Indians
IN the war Of 1856. The house
where this latter day murder was
perpetrated is on the site of these
ruins. 1t stands on q shell mound
thirty feet above Hillsboro river
and commands a magnificent view
of the two graceful sweeps of that
stream. On this mound are two
houses. Ole house of two rooms
vas used for a dining room and
kitchen. A house of the same size
twenty steps away is where the deed
was committed. These houses are sha-
ded and surrounded by ancient
cedars, fig trees, oaks, palmettos
and palms. Back or west of the
house is dense hammock with flat
pine land beyond. Saturday at 10
a. m, the murder was discovered
an! horrible picture it was. On
her back, by the window in a pool
OF blood Mrs. Hatch lay with a pis-
tol bal! wound on the Inside corner
of her left eye. Her face was
blackened with powder. The other
bodies lay near her. When the
crash came she had evidently been
near the window. When the mur-
derer entered her little son frenzied
with fright had probably fled
as a child would and had sought
refuge in the bed clothes of a bed
lounge at the other end of the room.
He was cut over the left eye and his
throat cut in three places. His
head was almost severed from his
body. On the bed lay the body of
Miss Bruce saot through the face
and her head terribly bruised by
blows from gun stock, the shat
tered remains of which showed the
force Of the murderous blows she
Lad been dealt. Dis6gured near by
lay pretty frankie Packwood with
his brow cut. Mr.. Packwood had
gone to Orlando in south Florida the
day before and the murderer prob
ably watched his departure. A
posse of hundred armed men have
been out since Saturday morning,
but no trace of the murderers has
yet been secured. 1t was first
thoug ht that the crime was the work
of tramps, but this delusion was SUBJ
sequently dispelled by finding a trail
leading around the yard to the
north and then through the ham,
mock, south of the road-a path
that none could travel unless he was
familiar with the country. Pack
wood has suspicious and will give
them to the coroner's jury when it
is expected that several arrests will
be made.
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counting of a quorum and the rules
empowering the Speaker to deter
mine whether or not a motion is
made for the purpose of filibuster-
ing will be made less offensive than
it has been to the Democrats. The
committee will doubtless be named
at the session of the House on We'd
nesday. When the Speaker is
ready to announce his full list of
committees the committee on rules
will probably have its code of rules
ready. Nothing definite could be
learned to-day from the Speaker re-
garding the selection Of chairman
of the committee on ways and means.
Mr.. Mills, according to all accounts,
has not indicated in any way his
desire in connection Herewith.
Whether or not he will be offered
the position is question, but the
impression prevails that Mr..
Springer will be named. Mr..
Crisp will remain in Washington
until Congress adjourns for the hol-
iday recess, when, accompanied by
his wife he will leave for his home
in Americus, Ga.
RITIS TNTDnnY,Crn
WASHINGTON, Dec. IA. Among
the bills introduced in the Senate
to-day were the following. BY Mr..
Daniel, of Virginia, to erect a
monument to Mary, the mother of
Washington, to repeal the section
of the revised statutes which pro-
hibii ex-Confederate officers from
serving in the army and navy,
also providing an appropriation of
$4,000 for a public building
at Charlottesville, Va, and for max
ing a public park of the Arlington
estate, the ancestral. home of the
Lee and Custis families, and a bill
appropriating $4,000 for the erec-
ton of a monument to Andrew
Lewis in Salem: Roanoke county,
Virginia.
By Mr.. PETER, of Kansas, appro-
priating 100000 for taking a spe-
cial census for the purpose of ask
ing the following questions !:
Are you the owner of
any property whatever, and
If so please state it's probable value.
Are you in debt and if so state the
amount. Are your debts bearing
interest and if 80 the amount per
year. Are you paying any thing
for the use Of rooms, buildings,
grounds or anything else and if SO
the amount paid during the past
year.
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The Largest Land Owner in the World.

The Buenos Ayres papers
report chat the recent purchase by
Baron Hirsh Of three thousand and
one square leagues of land in the
northern part Of the Argentine Re-
public for 100000 sovereigns.
makes him the possessor of terri
tory larger than is owned by any
other man, and it exceeds in area
the kingdom Of Montenegro.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1891-12-15
J. P. Hamilton Killed.

Special to STATE CHRoNICIE.
AsHEvILLE, N. c., Dec. IA. J.
+. Hamilton, a we'll known grocer
here, was instantly killed to-day
while hunting by the accidental dis
charge of a gun.
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THE NINE ON FIRE.
A Disaster at The Egypt Coal Mines
Special to State Chronicle.

Special to State Chronicle.
CAMERON, Dec. IA. A fire is
raging in the shaft of the Egypt
coal company's mine at Egypt. In
the levels number Of mules were
at work. All these have been suf.
located. The depth of the mine is
some 400 feet and there are several
levels or lateral cuttings in which
the coal is mined. The mules were
used in drawing the coal along these
levels to the shaft, so that it could
be hoisted to the surface.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1891-12-15

Pimples, blotches and sores an
their cause is removed by Sim
mon Liver Regulator.