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STATE NEWS.

Rev. S. Ledbetter died Sunday
morning at his home in Rockingham.
The Scotland Neck Commonwealth,
hears of cypress tree which measures
3oH feet in diameter.
The first train over the new railway
between Aberdeen and Asheboro will
run this week, it is expected.
Damage by storm at Chapel Hill,
twenty-one massive oaks in the Univer-
sity campas were blown down.
In Halifax county, Tuesday, AL
Johnson, colored, shot and killed Isaac
Bachelor, colored, his rival in love,
and escaped.
Thomas Stradley, of Avery's Greek,
Buncombe county. was caught by
falling tree and his leg crushed so
badly that amputation was necessary.
7 Professor John E. Ray, the newly
elected superintendent of the institute
for the deaf, and blind, arrived in Ra-.
leigh yesterday from Danville, KY. Mr..
Ray was accompanied by Mrs. Ray
and their five children.
The Railway Commission will not
render decision in the matter of re-
duction of passenger rates for several
days. Commissioner Beddingfeld,
who was absent, is expected in a few
days, and he will have to review all
the testimony before the commission
undertakes a decision.
The Hope Qnd.) s-Journal prints
an extended notice of the death of an
aged North Carolinian. 1t says:
George W. Gllliand was born in
Rockingham county, North Carolina,
July 18th, 1874, and departed this life
near Rugby, Ind, September 10th, 1896,
aged 81 years 2 months and 2 days.
He came to Indiana with his parents in
1922 and settled near Whitewater, Ind.
Phillip Barton Key was native of
Louisiana and was 60 years old on the
18th of last March. He was descend
ant Of the noted Key family of Mary
land and was grandnephew of Francis
Scott Key, author ofthe "Star spangled
Banner Mr.. P, B. Key died quite
suddenly at his home in Statesville
about II o'clock Friday. He had
been in failing health for several years
and at times he had been confined to-
bed for quite while.
News came Saturday from Lumber
ton, that Brrnum Jones, a blockader,
had been killed. He gave up his life
while the revenue officers were at
tempting to take him at his place.
business in Bladen county, know
J. G. Davis, Retail Licensed
According to the story Ba
the first shot, and during lh'
the chief of police of FlorenS
was badly wounded in the lei
er. Deduty Marshal j. G. Pa
slightly wounded. Among th
gagged was Sheriff George B. N
of Robson county.
The Shelby Aurora says that irl(
II township. Cleveland county
Sunday week, Andy Buff, bri
latto, and a negro named Jol
engaged in quarrel at Ivy H
Hunt went home and Buff
and renewed the quarrel neai
house. Walter Hunt, and
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oAhSS oh"I NoJ WO hoNO oCOh oOOhAiiS w
undo what was done in the dark.
(Cheers.)
"My friends, that man who talks
about our not needing any more money
in this country is curiosity. l have
always noticed that the man who
thinks we do not need any more money
happens to be the man who has the
money. (Cheers.) Let me show you
that our financiers themselves acknowl-
edge our need of money. Our foes re-
joice at the money coming here from
abroad. If we have enough money in
this country now, why should we want
a single dollar to come from any other
country? Do we want too much mon
ey in this country? Nobody wants too
much; we all want just enough. My
friends, whenever we admit that we
ought to have any money come from
abroad, we admit that there is not en-
ough, and when we admit that there is
not enough money now, then | assert
that it is better to let this country get
it out of our own mountains than to go
abroad and borrow money to be paid
afterwards with interest. Cheers J
But they ask us how are we going to
get hold of this money even if there is
more. 1t is very easy question to an
swer. 1t is true that you cannot get
money until you have something to
sell, but it is just as true that every pro-
ducer Of wealth has something to SELL
and the price that he gets for what he
has to sell depends upon how much
money there is to buy what he has to
sell. (Cheers.)
"Wben a man asks you how you are
going to get any of this money unless
you have something, let me give you a
question to ask him.: Suppose | have
something to sell; how am going to
get anything for it until l find some
body with money to buy what I have
to sell? Great applause.)
"My friends, we have lost some Demo-
Gratis in this fight, but l am very glad
that most of those whom we lost were
generals. Wehave not lost many pri-
Yates in the army. (Applause.) We
might have keptall the Democrats who
are gone if we had been willing to pay
what they asked.
"My friends, we have not lost it. 1t
has been our gain. 1t is always true
that those who dare to do everything
right are rewarded in the long run, and
the Democratic party is receiving its
reward, not even waiting for the long
run, receiving its reward right now, for
daring to do right at Chicago. (Cheers)
We are drawing in our ranks those
who are in the Republican party for
bimetallism.
"They have come to us because they
see now that the only hope of interna-
tional bimetallism is a delusion, and
that it is used only as cover, while the
leading Republicans are attempting to
fasten the gold standard permanently
upon the American people. And not
an.y are we gathering from the ranks
of the Republicans, but the Populists in
their national convention were willing
to go outside of their own party lines to
nominate as their candidate for the
Presidency the man already nominated
by the Democrats and free silver Re-
publicvns.
"Here, where you still che11 y
memory of New Orleans-he2 E
you still believe in e 1nrigk -,
pie to govern i
conflict be
broadest se
other ever,
every mar
for the
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CHURCHES.

St. Timothy's Episcopal church,
Rev. J. c. Wingate, Rector; morning
services II O'Clock, evening 1890
O'Clock. Sunday School at 3 o'clock,
P. M. Prayer meeting Wednesday and
and Friday, S o'clock P. M.
Methodist Church, Rev. T. N. Ivey,
Pastor; services at II A. M. and 1890
P. M. Sunday School, S P. M, ]. F..
Bruton, Supt. Prayer meeting We'd
nesday night at 7:3o.
Disciples Church, Rev. D. W, Davis,
Pastor; services on Second, Third and
Fourth Sundays at HOO A. NJ. and
7:3O P. M. Prayer meeting every
Thursday night. Sunday Schoolat 8
O'Clock, P. M, Geo. Hackney, Supt.
Presbyterian Church, Rev. James
Thomas, Pastor; services on the First,
Second and Third Sunday in every
month and at Strickland's church
every Fourth Sunday. Sunday School
at 5o'clock, P. M.
Baptist Church. h.-Service as follows:
Preaching Sunday morning at II
o'clock and at $50 p. m. Rev. ]. A..
Rood Pastor, Prayer meeting We'd
nesday evening at 5 O'Clock. Sunday
School at S p. m. D. S. Boykin, Supt.
Primitive Baptist Church, preaching
on 2nd Sunday by Elder Jas. Bass; on
3rd Sunday by Elder Jas. S. Woedard;
on the 4th Sunday and Saturday before
by the pastor, Elder P. D. Gold. Ser
vices begin at II A. NJ.
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COUNTY OFFICERS.

COUNTY OFFICERS.
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS:
w. w. FARMER, Chairman.
PERRY RENFRow, J.J. BYNUM,
w. D. P. SHARP, WIN. WooDARD, Jr.
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PLEADS WITH WATSON.
A PopuIist National Committeeman Addresses
Him.

Tllm.
ROANOKE, VA, Oct. 6.-The Roanoke
Times will print the following open let
ter tomorrow morning:
Rocky MOUNT, VA,
Oct. 5th, 1896.
Hon. THOMAS E. WATSON:
my Dear Sir; From sense of pa
triotic duty, and in strict accordance
with consistent principles of Populist
sentiment expressed and asseverated,
write to urge you to cease your opposi.
ton to fusion where the same is gener-
ally believed to be of advantage to the
immediate success of the great cause of
financial reform, to which you have SO
far so greatly contributed. Fusion on
this great national question is the only
practical means by which success can
be obtained. Division at this time
means at least procrastination. We
cannot afford to delay the consumma-
ton of this great question. Success
now to our enemies means that here
after their entertainments will be made
stronger and difficulties in the line of
success to us will be greatly augment
ed.
''If properly understand the terms
of my opposition when four years ago
I aligned myself against the two old
parties, it was the enforcement of GER
tain ideas of public policy which you
and I then thought, as now, to be abso-
lutely essential to the future welfare of
the whole people of this great Repub-
lie. Alone as party, Notwithstanding
the fact that our own ideas have been
imbued and strongly endorsed, we can
not expect in the near future to accom-
plish our purposes; therefore, it is the
action of wise men to second the ef-
forts of our new friends as allies, and
even though it be under their guild
ance, aim to reach the goal of our de-
sires. Unity of action in this campaign
will insure us the triumph of our prin-
ciples. 1t is not triumph of party
which we professedly aim at. We have
time after time asserted prompt alli-
ance with those who would accord with
us in principles Principles, not par
ty nor men, has been our battle cry.
Shall we create dstrust by fighting in
a manner which assuredly endanger
success?
"Our new allies have adopted almost
in toto our platform Of principles.
They have gone still further, and placed
as their standard bearer man honestly
and fully imbued with the tenets of our
organization, man who is no recent
Convert to Populist ideas, but who has
'peen valiantly and indisputably fight
ing for number of years in behalf of
our cause.
! "Talk to me of autonomy of party
en such principles and such cause
IT stake!
there is no earthly chance of your
ION. If our cause wins in this race
and Sewall are elected. Whilst
Y prefer Southern man to vote
man who, like yourself,
he forefront of the
ght for reforn21l
support
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POLICE:

D. P. CHRISTIAN, Chief.
EPHRIAM HARRELL, FRANK FELTON,,
JAMES MARsHBoURNE.
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TOWN OFFICERS.
ALDERMEN:

TOWN OFFICERS.
ALDERMEN:
J. D. LEE, 1st Ward.
P. B. DEANS, 2nd "
U. H. CozART, 3rd "
GEO. HACKNEY, 4th
]. T. ELLIS, 5th
JNo. F. BRUToN, Mayor;
JNo. R. MOORE, Town Clerk;
w. E. DEANS, Collector,
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DIRECTORY.
DEPARTURE Of TRAINS.
LOCAL TRAINS:
N, Bound. S. Bound.

N. Bound. S. Bound.
Between Florence and Weldon,
No. 78. No. 20.
I:2o P. M. Leaves Wilson 2:o5 P. M.
Between Wilmington and Norfolk:
No. 4S. No. 49.
100 P. M. Leaves Wilson, 2:Io P. M.
'Shoo Fly" Wilmington to Rocky
Mount:
No. 40. No. Al.
1929 P. M. Leaves Wilson, 6:2o A. M.
THROUGH TRAINS:
Between Florence and Weldon:
No. 81. No. IS.
11:35 P. M. Leaves Wilson, I1:IS P. M.
LOCAL FREIGHT-NoRTH BOUND:
Leaves Wilson 7:o5 A. M.
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LOCAL FREIGHT-NORTH BOUND:
Leaves Wilson 7:o5 A. M.
The record-union., 1896-06-08
SHOT BY HIS MISTRESS.
A San Francisco Journalist Killed by
an Enragcd Woman.

SAN FRANCISCO, June S.-John
Hay, assistant editor of the San Fran
cisco journal OF Commerce." was shot
and fatally wounded by Mrs. R. H Nc
Dougall shortly before midnight last
night in a room at a lodging house at
No. $50 McAllister street The mur-
deress then shot herself twice through
the breast and expired by the side Of her
victim. Hay was removed to the Re
ceiving Hospital where he expired a
few minutes later.
The murdered man made an ante
mortem statement to the effect that he
had been intimate with Mrs. McDougalI
but desired to break their acquaintance
When he so Informed the woman she
became violently enraged, seized a pis-
tol and shot him through the breast as
he lay on the bed. Before he could dis
arm her she fired two bullets into her
own breast, dying almost instantly.
Mrs. McDougall came here from Port
land, Oregon. Two years ago she was a
member of the Mckee Rankin Theatri-
cal Company, and she was employed in
the United States Secret Service. Moth
ing is obtainable at this hour regarding
Hays antecedents or residence.
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B0lES is THE FAVORITE.
SILVER DEnOCRATS FAVOR AN
OLD SILVER ADVOCATE.
Bland Stands Next to Him and Re-
cent Converts Have But
Little Strength.

NEW YORK, June THE Times will
print tomorrow telegraphic answers
from it's correspondents in all States
where silver delegates have been elect
ed to the following questions:
IF the silver Democrats control the
Chicago Convention, what candidates
for the nomination for President and
Vice-President would be favored by the
silver delegates from your State?"
In commenting upon its replies, the
Times will say:
The replies from the correspondents
of the Times show but little of a
spirit of compromise among the men
Of the West and South. They appar-
entity care more for PopuliSt support
than for the support of Eastern gold
Democrats. The general sentiment
among them is favorable to some man
who has shown by his past record that
he is for free silver. Therefore, Camp
bell, Stevenson, Matthews and Morri-
son have very little following and
sentiment is centering upon the ex-
tremists.
Governor Boies of Iowa seems to be
the favorite silver candidate In the
States where opinions have been formed
to- Boies, Bland seems to have the
greatest strength.
Sentiment for a Vice Presidential
candidate has not been aroused Sem
ator Daniel of Virginia is the first can
didate in the field, but speculation takes
in all Presidential possibilities"
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NATIVE DAUGHTERS.
The Grand Parlor Will Convene at
Napa TO-rIorrOw.

NAPA, June THE delegates to the
Grand Parlor of the Native Daughters
of the Golden West, which convenes
here on Tuesday, and will remain i'll
session until Friday evening, will ar
rive tomorrow evening. The local par
lor has arranged to meet them at the
depot and escort them to their hotels
and give them a grand reception. The
business portion Of the town is rap
idly being decorated and will soon be
completed The main streets are
mass of red and yellow bunting, the
Grand Parlor colors. The store fronts
and windows, the Courthouse and the
square and private residences are be-
ing decorated On Tuesday evening a
public reception will be rendered at the
Opera-house at which Mayor Frank
Fuller and Hon. Frank L. Coombs
viii make the addresses of welcome,
ute to the programme. There will be
ball at the Napa Insane Asylum, given
by the asylum authorities on Wednes-
day evening, and on Thursday after
noon the delegates will be treated to a
carriage ride about the country ada
cent to the town. A grand ball on Fri
day evening by Napa Parlor, n. S. G..
W., will conclude the weeks pro-
gramme. A great number Of visitors
are expected on Friday evening from
the cities and towns Of this and ad-
Joining counties, as well as from San
Francisco.
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AGAINST MCKINLEY.
Harrison's Supporters Say the Other
Candidates Will Vote Against Him.

INDIANAPOLIS, June THE Co.
lumbia Club of this city is preparing to
move on to st. Louis in force this week
and 1T is said over $50 members will
leave here for the convention city to
work Tor the nomination of Harrison.
1t is common talk among the members
that there will be an effort to organize
the committee on Contested Seats
against Mckinley and if this is ac-
compl1shed, Harrison will be the bene-
hclary. The letters which they have
received from Republicans in the East,
they say, convince them that the oppo-
sltion candidates will unite upon any
other man and that Harrison is not only
the most available Republican in the
country, but that delegates who oppose
mckinley are looking to him as the man
VINO Is ultimately to be selected and
upon whom all the opposing forces can
unite.
A member Of the club said to-day that
he had received assurances from New
YORK that Morton's name would be
Withdrawn before ballot is taken and
that Reed would accept second place
with Harrison, while he would not do
SO with Mckinley owing to the cam
paign that the latter's managers have
made
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Grand Parlor of Native Daughters to
Convene at Napa.
Death of Miss Worrall to be Thor
oughly Investigated-Chicago As
sociated Press Sued for Libel by
Duncan Blanton-B. r. Harlan of
Woodland Dies From ParalySiS-A
San Francisco Journalist Shot.

PORTLAND Orr, June THE re-
suit of last Mondays State election yet
remains in doubt. All the returns are
not in and it may require an entire re-
count to determine the Congressional
result in the two districts of this State.
II the First district all the returns
have been made, excepting from two
precincts in Coos County. Tongue
Rep) has 1925 votes, Vanderburg
Pop.) 1924, Myers Oem) 1920, Girls
tensen Middle (Road PopulisD 1,156.
The Republichn and Populist candi-
dates are running so Closely that moth
ing short of al official canvass will de-
eide the racd. In the Second District,
Northrup Qn6. Sound Money! is so far
behind that he counts for nothing in the
contest The fight lies between Ellis
Gree Silver iRep.) and Quinn Pop).
In this district, with returns incom-
plete, Ellis cor1zes in with 10, 10 votes,
and Quinn clos9ly follows with 14,S24.
The Populists feel confident that the
official canvass will seat their man.
Should a different showing be made
they will demand recount of the en-
tire district on the alleged ground of
fraud. With respect to the Supreme
Judgeship, it is surprising that no re-
liable figures can be obtained, but the
election of Bean Rep.) is conceded by
a handsome pluSality. The real COM
plexion of the Legislature also remains
in doubt, but ffom returns SO far re-
ceived it stands 30 Republicans, 3
Mitchell Republicans, 16 Populists, 6
Democrats, Union Bimetallists. The
unofficial Mayorality vote stands: Pen
noyer Fusionp 6,S53, Beebe CMitchell
Rep.) 4,469, Cohen (Rep) 3,160. These
figures will not materially be changed
at the official count tomorrow.
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SWALLOWED POISON.
rlrs. Lille Swanson Takes Her OwI
Life in a Jealous Fit.

SAN FRANCISCO, June Mrs. Lii
lie Swanson, % years of age, commit
ted suicide in a tragic manner at her
home on Folsom street tonight by
drinking poison.
Mrs. Swanson's husband deserted her
about six months ago, leaving her desti-
tute. He is now in Cripple Greek, Colo
rado. Friends came to the assistance
of the unfortunate woman and fur
nished a lodging-house for her Joseph
Elliott, one of hac dodgers, captivated
her affections. A young lady friend
of Eiliott's called at the lodging house
this evening and Elliott stepped out of
doors to speak to her. While the
couple were conversing on the sidewalk
Mrs. Swanson, who was insanely jeal-
Gus of Elliott's visitor, threw open an
upper window, called Elliott by name,
and as he looked upwards she eXhib-
tied a small bottle of poison, which she
darnk, and then fell backwards into the
room Mrs. Swanson was Immediately
taken to the Receiving Hospital, where
she soon died in great agony. A letter
was found ON her table addressed to her
mother, who lives in this city 1t con-
tanned directions as to the disposition
of her effects and begged forgiveness
for her rash act.
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THE MAVERICK ASSOCIATION.
A Clever Woman Captures rluch
Coin Through Sympathy.

SAN FRANCISCO, June IA Cali
special from Portland, Or, says: About
a fortnight ago Mrs. Alma Sturveysant
Of New York came to Portland, bring
ing a letter of introduction to prom
inent society lady. This letter repre-
sented Mrs. Sturveysant as one of the
accredited collectors of the National
Maybrick Fund Association" with its
headquarters in New York City. Mrs.
Sturveysant was about % years of
age, decidedly prepossessing in ap-
pearance and talked like a book upon
all subjects. Her pet topic, however,
was the philanthropic mission upon
which she was bent. The object of the
association represented by her, she al
legged, was to raise a colossal sum of
money from American women to Sc
cure the release from prison of Mrs.
Maybrick, now serving life sentence
in an English prison for supposedly
having poisoned her husband.
Mrs. Sturveysant proved so charm
ing and pleasant that the lady to whom
she brought the letter, without consid-
ering the absurdity OF the proposition
contributed $50 to the National May
brick Fund" She introduced Mrs. Stur-
yeySant to a number of other ladies
belonging to her set, all of whom were
similarly captivated by Mrs. Survey
SAINTS fascinating manner, and they
also contributed to the fund without
seriously reasoning that no sum Of
money could accomplish the purpose of
the association. In three days time
the charming collector succeeded in
gathering in almost $400 from Port
lands swelldom and on the fourth day
she left for San Francisco armed with
two letters strongly recommending her
mission to moneyed set there. And
now there is mourning in Portland, for
those who contributed learn that they
were duped.
The letter Mrs. Sturveysant brought
was from Mrs. c. F. Milton, a Salt Lake
friend of the Portland lady. There also
the collector was quite successful in en-
listing metallic sympathy for innocent,
imprisoned Mrs. Maybrick. On Wednes-
cay last the Portland heroine of this
episode was startled by the receipt of
another letter from Mrs Milton, in
which Mrs. Sturveysant was denounced
as an unmitigated imposter. Mrs. Mil
ton declared that this fascinating fe-
male philanthropist came to her with
a letter from an Omaha friend. The
latters suspicious became aroused some
time after Mrs. Sturveysant left Omaha,
and upon communicating with promi-
nent New York friends she was ap-
priSed that the "Maybrlck Association"
was myth.
This accomplished and intrepid i'm
poster has for some time been work
ing westward from New York City
Mrs Milton has begun tracing the i'm
posters letters Of Introduction to their
fountainhead, and in such a way, if
possible, hopes to establish the woman's s
identity.
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KANSAS REPUBLICANS.
Inc State Convention Adopts No
Resolutions on Finance.

iOPEkA (Kan), June THE Re-
pupilcan State Convention to elect del
egates TO st. Louis adopted no resolu-
llons IN regard to the money question
10 snow now the Kansas delegation
STANDS on the silver question letters
were published here to-day from nine
teen delegates. Seventeen delegates de-
clare themselves emphatically against
the Tree coinage of silver and in favor
or the preservation of the present mon
etary standard, while one is in favor
or bimetallic standard, and one ex-
presses himself in favor Of the greatest
possible use of silver, but with every
dollar as good as every other dollar"
The delegates were instructed for
Mckinley by unanimous vote in the
State and District Conventions.
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British Victory at Firket.

LONDON, June THE MARQUIS OF
Lansdowne, Secretary of State for War
has received a telegram dated Akas-
heh, June 1th, evening, from Sir Her
bert Kitchener, Sirdir of the Egyptian
army, saying:
we surprised the enemy at dawn at
Flrket. Tney resisted gallantly. hold
ing the hills and villages, but were
completely defeated and their retreat
cut or We captured their camp and
al thelr camels, horses and provisions.
our casualties were slight. The troops
behaved excellently"
CAIRO, June IA dispatch from
Aksheh says that 1000 Dervishes were
killed in the fighting at and around
Firket, including their commander
Emir Hammuda. The Egyptian loss
was seventy killed and eightv-two
wounded.