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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-15
FRANK a. PIERCE,
CIVIL ENGIN EE =

GREENSBORO, N. C.
Surveys for water works, sewerage sys.
tems, and municipal improvements, SAM
tary and landscape engineering. Designs
and estimates furnished. Work superin.
tended. once liz North Elm street.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-15
Gladness Comes

w transient nature of the many phys
ical ills, which vanish before proper eff
forts-gentle efforts-pleasant efforts
rightly directed There is comfort in
the knowledge, that SO many forms of
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to constipated condi-
ton of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs. prompt
ly removes. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions Of families, and is
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without facilitating the
organs on which it acts. 1t is therefore
all Important, in order to get its bene-
hcial effects, to note when you pur-
chase, that you have the genuine arti-
Gle, which is manufactured by the Cali
'ornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by
all reputable druggists
If lin the enjoyment of good health,
and the system is regular, laxatives or
othe. remedies are then not needed. If
afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commended to the most skillful
physicians, Int if in need of laxative,
one should have the best. and with the
ell-snformed everywhere, Syrup of
FIGS stands highest and IS most largely
t.sed &nd gives most general satisfaction.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-15

*DaiIy. +Daily except Sunday.
Trains Nos. 40 and As solid trains between
Primers Point and Wilmington. Train No.
40 connects at Rocky Mount with train %
for all points South and No. IS for all points
North.
q. M. SERPRLL, ]. R. KENLY
GEM Manager. Sup't Trans.
I. M, EMERSON, Gen'l Pass. Agent.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-15
Southern Railroad
(PTEDMONT AIR-LINE.)
Condensed Schedule
LIMITED,

TRAINS LEAVE RALEIGH DAILY.
NORFOLK AND CHATTANOO9I
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-15
Wilmington & Weldon R, R,

AND RRANsHse
AND FLORENCE RAILROAD.
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-11-26
WRECKED ON A BAR.
Steamer Goes Down on the Cali
fornia Coast-Six Men
Drowned.

Point Arena, Cal, Nov. 23.-The
steamer San Benito, bound from Taco
ma to San Francisco, went ashore seven
miles north of here yesterday. The
steamer struck on a sandbar and broke
in two.
The San Benito carried fortyfour men
and during the severe storm must have
lost her bearings. The wind blew terrifi-
caly and heavy sea was running. The
vessel struck about o'clock in the morn
ing and an hour later broke just aft of
the smokestack. Boats were lowered,
but one capsized Immediately with men
in it, four of whom We're drowned. An
other boat with four of the crew cap
sized nine times, losing two men. Three
men. by heroic efforts, reached shore.
Daylight found the rest of the crew
clinging to the rigging. Such heavy
sea is running that it is impossible to
render assistance.
The drowned are:
O. w. SCOTT, first assistant engineer,
married.
w. CONDOR. second engineer. married.
MICHAEL PENDERGAST, coal passer.
JOHN SHERMAN, messenger boy.
TWO OTHERS UNKNOWN.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-11-26
PAYNE A CERTAINTY.
He and Hanna Are the Two Men
So Far Chosen by Mckinley
for His Cabinet.

st. Louis, Mo-, Nov. 2O-The Wash
ington correspondent of the GlobeDem-
ocrat states that the two men who have
SO far been positively chosen for Nc
Kinley's cabinet are Mark Hanna of
Cleveland and Henry G. Payne of Mil
waukee. He says:
''To Mr. Hanna has been offered the
place of secretary of the treasury. Ac-
ceptance is delayed until he can look over
his private affairs and decide. To help
Mr.. Hanna to realize how much the
country needs him at the head of the
treasury, strong memorial on the sub
Ject is now being prepared in New York.
Cornelius n. Bliss, whose name has been
connected with this cabinet position. has
charge of the memorial, and is obtaining
the signatures to it, New York business
interests are to be formally united in
asking that Mr.. Hanna take the posi-
ton. There seems to be very little doubt
that he will accept.
"Henry G. Payne of Wisconsin, as al
ready mentioned, is practically certain
ty for postma ster-general. To these it
is now possible, to add the name of q
occasion some surprise when the events
preceding the st. Louis convention are
recalled. Senator Shelby Nj. Cullom is
'dignissimus," as they say of the pre-
ferred candidate for bishop in the Cath
Ole church. AT this writing Mr.. Nc
Kinley has Senator Cullom in mind for
n place in his cabinet. What that place
will be is to be determined later.
According to the information brought
to Washington, Mr.. Mckinley has ex-
cluded from the list of eligibles several
whose names have been much men
toned. 1t is settled that Gen. Alger
will not be in the cabinet that neither
Kansas nor Missouri will have place;
that Gov. Bradley of Kentucky will not
be asked. Mr.. Mckinley is said to be
giving a good deal of thought to selec-
tons from the Pacific slope and the
South, from each of which sections he
proposes to take a member"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-11-26
MRS. MAVERICK INSANE.
Mental Worry and Prison Walls
Have Shattered Her Mind
Wilde is Aged.

London, Nov. 23.-[Copyrighted, 1896,
by the Associated press. From a high
official connected with her majesty s
prison at Wormwood Scrubs the AS
ISOLATED press is furnished with the
Mrs. Maybrick and Oscar Wilde.
'For anyone who knew Mrs. Maybrick
as I did before her incarceration she
would not now be recognized; She IS
complete mental and physical wreck L
wish to say right here that this condition
is not due to prison treatment but is the
direct result of confinement and mental
worry. While she is not insane, her con-
dition borders closely upon it. She has
not been at Wormwood Scrubs for
many months. but is now in the smaller
prison at Aylesbury, in Buckingham
shire. 1t is found that prisoners in her
mental state require as much change as
is consistent with prison regulations, and
for this reason she has been an inmate
of so many penal institutions. While at
Wormwood Schrubbs she was in the hos
pital for nine months in the year and
her health has demanded like treatment
at Aylesbury. She has grown thin and
her cheekbones protrude unpleasantly.
Her complexion is CHASTITY and her eyes
have a haunted look. She has all the
cunning of an insane person.
''Wilde was also removed from the
Scrubs a short time ago. He is now.
at Reading. His health is also wretched
and he seems aged and broken. He has,
like Mrs. Maybrck. spent much time in
the hospital. While at Wormwood
Scrubs he was model prisoner so far
as complying with the regulations was
concerned. but his work was done i'll a
perfunctory manner. Personally do
not believe that any petitions for his re-
lease will be granted"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-11-26
OUTLOOK rs BRIGHT.
Travel Is Still Light but the Com
panies Are Preparing for
a BUSY Year,

Chicago. ILL.,, Nov. 21.-The Railway
Age, in its issue of this week, will pub
fish a summary of reports received from
some 200 railway companies and manu-
facturers in all parts of the country re-
garding the effect on business up to date
of McKinley's election. The conclusions
drawn from the reports are as follows:
Travel stin Light.
5First-Railway business has not
picked up as yet. In parts of the West
and Southwest it has even been distinct
ly worse since election than it was be-
fore. There has not even been an in
crease in the little local passenger travel
Here and there are isolated cases of in
creased activity, but looking at the conn-
try as whole, there has been no inn
proyement
'Second-Although there has as vet
been no increase in traffic, the railway
companies as whole have very material
ly increased their expenditures. There
have been many increases of shop forces
and very general tendency to purchase
more conclusively by the reports from
manufacturers than from the reports of
the companies themselves.
Would Have Discharged Men.
"Third-Still more important than the
above is the number of companies which
report that they had all plans made
for reduction in force in case the cleo
ton had gone the other way. These re-
ports emphasize very strongly the CRAWL
has been saved. The railway COM
panies generally have, during the hard
times. been keeping up their
forces and expenses at a point in excess
of what existing business would justify
in the hope of a return to prosperity and
how in 70
increase of demands that may be made
upon them without further expenditures.
Fourth-The expectation of a revival
in the near future is almost universal.
There is curious unanimity in the ex-
preston of a belief that this revival
first of January. There is also-most
cheering of allan evident belief in all
directions that this revival will be per-
manent, that is to say that it will last
for several years at least.
Confidence is Restored.
In conclusion we would say that the
evidences of an actual increase in bust
ness today are more marked than we
had expected to find. The improvement
SO far however. is largely one of senti-
ment. Railways are taking advantage
of existing low prices to place orders
for goods and make betterments which
they hope that an increased demand will
soon justify. Manufacturers are SINH
larly opening up and increasing
their output SO as to be forehanded
and ready to furnish stock when
it is needed. All this implies an
actual return of confidence. With the
extension of that confidence so that
money will be available for new enter
prises and for expansions of existing
business, the circle of improvement will
widen, and as it widens, as the number
of men who are earning wages and have
wages to spend goes on increasing, those
who have dared to move in advance of
the times will reap the reward of their
courage.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-11-26
DEATH OF MRS. scoTT-sIDDoNs.
She was for Many Years Famous as a
Dramatic Reader.

She was for Many Years Famous as
Dramatic Reader.
London. Nov. 2O.-French newspapers
state that Mrs. Scott-Siddons, famous a
number of years ago as a dramatic read
err, died there last week, and that her
body was shipped to New York Tuesday.
She had lived abroad in the latter years
of her life, in broken health.
1t is reported that Mrs Scott-Siddons
died of congestion of the lungs.
Mrs. Scott-Siddons was great-grand
daughter of the great Sarah Siddons.
She began her stage career in London in
1867. giving readings from Shakes
peare's plays, and later on made her
first appearance, upon e the regular stage
the United States in 1868, after which
she acted in the Fifth Avenue theater;
in "The Lady of Lyons" and several
Shakespearean characters as well as in a
number of romantic plays and melo-
dramas. She achieved considerable
popularity in Australia, but advancing
years robbed her of much of her beauty
and she gradually lost her power of pub
lie attraction.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-11-26
Died at a Social,

Chicago, ILL.,, Nov. 20.-Miss Minnie
Fender attended church social ut Cen
trail Park avenue and Twenty-fourth
street last night. At Il o'clock, in the
midst of the festivities, she felt sud-
den faintness and complained to friends
that she was i'll. They assisted her into
a side room of the church and put her
on a couch. DIR. Franklin of 1903 Og-
den avenue was called, but before he ar
rived Miss Fender expired. The physi-
clan said the cause of death was heart
disease.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-11-26
Dunning Bros. q Co. Fail.

Menominee, Mich, Nov. 13.-The ex-
tensive hardware establishment of Dun
ming Bros & Co., probably the largest
concern of the kind in Northern Mchi-
gan, was closed yesterday ON a writ of
execution issued at the instance of local
endorsers in the sum of $4,000. 1t is
thought the assets will more than bal
ance the amount of all liabilities.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-11-26
A DOUBLE SUICIDE.
Strange Couple Take Prussic Acid in n
Valley City Hotel.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Nov. 2O-A special
SAYS that man and woman ar
rived at the hotel yesterday and
registered as Thomas Owens and
wife, New Rockford. This morning
the room was entered and they were
found, clad in travelling clothes, cold in
death and clasped in each others arms.
Prussic acid had been taken. A note
contained money for burial and said:
Though separated in life, we are one
in death; make no inquiries as to u.s.
They were apparently about 40 years
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-11-26
Paws for Sinking the AIva,

Boston, Mass, Nov. 20.-The Metro
politan Steamship company has placed in
the hands of Clerk Mason Of the United
States district court it's check for $780,
477.69, to satisfy the decree of this court
returned in the suit of w. X. Vanderbilt
of New York, owners of the steam yacht
Alva, against the owners of the steam
err H. F. Dimmock, which ran down and
sank the Alva three years ago, near
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-11-26
MOSES THATCHER DROPPED.
He is No Longer One of the Apostles of the
Mormon Church.

mormon Shurchs
Salt Lake, Utah, Nov. 20. = Apostle
Moses Thatcher has been declared con
tuna ciyous'' and dropped from the rolls of
the Mormon church. This was the day
fixed by the church authorities for the
trial of Mr.. Thatcher for his failure to
take counsel before taking part in politi-
cal matters a year ago, when he was a
candidate for United States senator. He
declined to appear and was dropped. Mr..
Thatcher is being pushed by some of his
friends for the United States Senate.
The Deseret News, the recognized organ
of the Mormon church, opposes his elec-
tion and says his candidacy rests solely
upon his hostile attitude to the church, to
which it is thought a rebuke would come
from his success.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-11-26
COLLIDED AND SANK.
Accident to French Torpedo Boats Cost
Sixteen Lives.

Brest. Nov. 20.-The torpedo boats
known by the numbers S3 and 81 of the
French navy came into collision during
the maneuvers off Cape de Lachevre.
The former boat sank and. it's crew is
missing. Number 81 was also badly
damaged and was towed here. No. 50
was one of series of thirty-fve boats
whose complement of men was sixteen
her length was lis feet and she had
a speed of twenty knots. Number 81 is
slightly smaller, but also had compile
ment of sixteen men.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-11-26
King Oscar's Graceful Act.

Washington, D. c., Nov. 1S-King o.
car II. of Sweden and Norway has given
further evidence of his kindly feeling to
ment on the spot where Mr.. and Mrs.
Daniel W. Youmans of New York city
met their death on July last.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-11-26
REPORT is DENIED.
Capt. Samson Says the Navy will Not Or.
der 100, 900 Rifles.

Washington, D. c., Nov. 2O.-Capt
Samson, chief of ordnance of the navy,
says there is no truth as far as he knows
in the sensational report that the navy
will lorder 100000 Lee rifles. The navy
ordered 10000 rifles one year ago and
these are being delivered the first con-
signment of 500 having reached New
York recently. 1t is the only order
known of or contemplated and it was
given in the usual course of supplying
the navy with a modern arm.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-11-26
ODen Air Exercise.

Mr.. Sargent, Of England, has pub
lished some remarkable facts showing
the influence of outdoor occupations
mortality, and that Of all indoor occu-
pations, if long continued, in raising the
rate of mortality among the classes fol-
lowing them. The greatest longevity
Of persons living in the country APP
pears to be almost wholly due to the
f.,ct that the greater portion of time is
spent out Of doors. Though occasional
ly exposed to all sorts Of inclement
weather, these ruralists attain a much
greater average of longevity than any
class of professional men, tradesmen,
shopkeepers or mechanics who spend
the greater portion of their days work
ing or sitting in confined atmosphere.
1t is even shown by Mr.. Sargent's splen-
cid array of statistics that the city scav-
cngers and sewer men, who are daily
exposed to all kinds Of foul odors, are
;onger-lived than the tradesmen and
professional people, owing, No doubt,
to the vital influence of the open air in
which they spend most of their time.
Several hundred writer's on the sub
iect claim that the Italian, with such
changes as naturally come about in
the course of ages. has always been
the language of the common people
living in the boot-shaped peninsula.
These writers assert that Latin was
the language of literature. the law and
the educated classes. while Italian was
spoken by the people.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-09-12
Will RULE Or Ruin.

Wall street has learned to believe
thtre are greater potencIes than party
pl. TORN. There are situations and
events which can instantly coerce and
convert the most reckless legislators into
the vi ling servants OF conservative
ntiment. The near prospect OF the
authorization OF free coinase-a counting
OF heads showing a certainty OF two
third vote IN the house and senate for 10
70 would evoke in Wall street the
kind OF conditions that no congress has
ever vet dared To disregard, and the
cause OF free eoiusge would he over
thrown at the moment when its success
seemed most certain. 1t is this RESERVED
power on which Wall street is now re
posing. Henry Clews.
Mr.. Clews is the well known Wal
street banker whose statements are the
sentiments OF his associates His utter
ance3 are reasonable, unpatriotic and
anarchistic. His threat to defeat the
expressed will OF the people shows that
Wall street will stop at nothing short OF
revolution TO Hasten the gold standard on
100000 people. His first sentence is
a threat OF bribery; his second. one OF
c, e'cion and slavery; his last, revolution
and monarchy.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-09-12

the people are misrepresented. Down
with traitors Let us have u good square
fight and the people will have no kick
coming.
Nampa Leader; In our dispatches
this week will he found an account OF the
burning in cffigy" Of A. A. Crane, Of
Kootenai. This is to be deplored, but
the one thing Cleveland would have done
had lie been democrat, would have
been to appoint democrat to the posi-
ton which Mr., Crane has held during
the past two years. Crane did not join
in with the Mckinley people as Il matter
Of principle, bat to save his job. Now
let him be bounced bodily.
Moscow Mirror: The silverites in the
northern part OF the state can hang Hon.
A, \. Crane and Maj J. l, Barnes in etligy
as often rs they choose, but that will not
iniure them nor the principles 10 which
they adhere. This ettigy business is
only the work OF vandals, dynamiters
and men who have neither honor nor
common decency and who would stab
an unsuspecting victim in the back.
kootenai Herald; The treason OF GER
tain delegates from Kootenai county to
the state convention has been the one
topic OF conversation throughout the
county this week. And such damnable
treasonl We did not expect ANYTHING
better OF Bill Ryan, as, being an out and
ont anti-Dubois man, it was naturl that
# he secured proxy, he would dsobey
the mandate OF the county convention
and misrepresent the people. As to
Crane, it is well known that he was
bitter pill for the Heard to swallow
when nominated, but we did not believe
that in as much as Senator Dubois had
given him his bread and butter for the
past two wears, and that he helped or
ganize the convention as Dubois CON
vention, he would at least remain loyal
to the senator, which was the main point
we had in view. His reasonable course
is simply damnable.
Silver Blade: Cranes friends Justify
his actions by saying he could not sup
port the ticket that Senator Dubois
would have, because there were demo-
Gratis and popuIists in the list. From a
republican standpoint Mr.. Crane no
doubt was justified in deserving the free
silyerites, but this fimsy excuse does
not justify his action before the people
whom he betrayed, for while he was
chosen delegate to the republican,"
state convention it was generally under.
stood by those who nominated him fcr
state senator that he should stand by
silver even if it led him into demo
popniist camp. He was supposed to be
the leader OF silver and Dubois in Koot
tenai county, and mem bers OF the faction
which controlled the Ceur d Alene con
vention and nominated him were loud
in proclaiming him as such.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-09-12
CRANE CONTENT.

Genessee News: A. A. Crane, who was
recently nominated for senator in Ko0.-
enai county by The silver republicans,
and who was also elected delegate to
the state convention, was hung in efFigy
at CTur d'Alene, Saturday night. While
Crane was at Boise lie joined the gold
forces, notwithstanding he was a strong
supporter Of Dubois and an uncompro-
inIsing silver man. A dispatch says Mr..
Cranes action makes his defeat certain
ut the polls. It's better to flop now
than after being elected to office. Every
party should purge itself Of turncoats and
traitors, and then perhaps the wishes Of
the people will lie carried out. Traitors
OF the browne and Gamble stripe are re-
sponslble for the rupture in the repub!i.
can party Of Idaho today. Traitors pre-
vented the election Of Sweet to the U. 6.
senate, and in consequence four ffths Of
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-09-12
ARkENsAws ANSWER.

Arkansas has answered Vermont and
shown that the voters of the west will
lay aside their differences to vote for
Bryan and free silver in November.
There is gold bug party in Arkansas
but it was not as conspicuous in Mon
days election as were the free silver
men in the Vermont election-at least
the per centsge OF free silver votes in
Vermont is greater in proportion to the
the total vote cast than is the per
centage of the gold bug vote in Arkansas,
General Jones majority reached over
70,00O0, more by several thousand than
any candidate ever before received
in Arkansas. The people OF Arkansas
showed their appreciation OF Bryan
and devotion to the cause OF silver by
the magnificent majority given Jones.
The vote emphasizes the position of the
people of the west, and when the Novem
Der avalanch sweeps from the summit OF
the Rockies to the Pacific, and from the
peaks of the Alleghenies across the val
leys and plains OF the west, the people
will have won great victory ior human
ity and the money OF the masses. 1t is
not Difficult; to understand why Arkansas
gave such u vote for the Democrulic
ticket. The people know that falling
prices and hard times are the result OF
the characterization OF silver, and they
have made up their minds to remedy
the evil. They have suffered long and
patiently under the oppression of 200
cent dollar, and ropose TO bring that
dollar down to point where it can be
obtained by the masses.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-09-12

OS January |. 1879. John Sherman.
then secretary of the treasury, put into
operation his great financial plan for the
resumption Of specie payment. 4 run
was made on the treasury, and before
the day was over it became evident that
the supply Of gold would be exhausted.
Assistants rushed to Sherman with the
statements ofthe precarious condition Of
affairs. and asked him what they should
do to prevent the impending crisis. lie
ordered them to begin paying out silver.
Thus It occurred that silver saved the
credit 81 the government, and that too.
by order Of the man who now seeks 10
destroy 1t.