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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-03-25

Jacksonville Times: The ship
ment Of CLANS from New River
is al industry that is assuming
important proportions. Like
New River oysters, the clans
from these waters are regarded
by good judges to be par excel
elce.
ARN1CA SALVE
The Best Salve in the World for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rneum, Fever, Sores, letter, Cha o
ped Hands, Chllblalns, Corns, and all
Skin Eruptions, and positively cures
Piles, or no pay required. 1t is guar
anteed to.give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per
hottie. for sale by j. II. Hill & Son
Raleigh News and Observer:
This weeks Charity and Chill
dren, published in the interest
of the Baptist Orphanage at
Thomasviile, contains the follow
ing item about a bright and SEN
sible little Raleigh boy: "Lit>
tie McCauley Costner, ofRaleigh,
is eight years Of age. On his last
birthday he sent the Orphanage
work S. as a birthday gift. Usu~
ally children receive gifts on a
birthday, rather than give them;
but McCauley has got the true
idea, and gives rather than
ceives. He is happier for it, too"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-07-17
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

FIRE broke out on the 18th in the
bakery of Edward Manner at Jersey
City, N j., and spread so quickly to
tenement that w. A. Zeigler, his wife
and three children were overcome be-
fore they knew their danger. The fire.
men rescued them, but two of the
younger children were dead when re-
moved from their cots.
A TRAIN killed Oscar and Florence
Starkey, two small children, while
playing on the track near Alvan, Ill.
Three other playmates narrowly es-
capped.
The stage coach, en- route from Colo
RADIO Springs to Cripple Creek, Col,
and containing IL passengers was over
turned on Cheyenne mountain. Sew
eral persons were injured, including ].
c. Walsh, of Warrensburg, Mo-, whose
back was seriously hurt.
As the result of runaway accident
near Oskaloosa, Ia, Miss Nevins, a girl
of Is, was instantly killed and Miss
Youhe so badly injured that she can
not recover. The horse got frightened
and the girls escort jumped out to
quiet it, but it got away.
W. ID. JOHNSON and Sam Paxton had
a few words at Teneha, Tex, when
johnson fired the contents of shot
GU into Paxton's face, completely
tearing the top of his head off and
scattering his brains over the wall and
floor.
A DISPATCH from New York on the
18th said that the poor in many sec
tons of the city were complaining Bit
terly against an advance of two cents
pound in the price of meat
A MEAT train on the Chicago & North
western railway ran into eight cars
which had run off the track near Boone,
Ia, and the whole train was wrecked.
Eight tramps were supposed to have
been killed.
THE deficiency appropriation bill was
passed in the senate on the 18th after
an exciting debate over the item for
armor plate. The house took recess
until the next day, being in session
only three minutes
THE Minnesota board of pardons has
decided to withhold clemency from Cole
and James Younger, the Missourians
under sentence for the Mortified raid,
and they have still a life sentence be-
fore them
THE National Republican league
convention opened at Detroit, Mich,
on the 18th Not many of the noted
party leaders were present President
Woodmansee delivered address and
Webster Davis, of the interior depart
ment, made a speech.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-07-17
THE PANAMA CANAL.

Scheme on Foot to Ally Four Great Nations
to Complete 1t.
WASHINGTON, July 14.-An under
standing has been reached between
France and Great Britain looking to
the completion and control of the Pan
anna canal. Germany was invited to
participate, but owing to the Greco-
Turkish complication her assent has
been delayed, though it will undoubt-
eddy come in time. Now an effort will
be made to learn if the United
States will come in and form
quadruple alliance for the
completion and naturalization of
the canal. Should such an alliance be
effected it would be the most powerful
for peace the world has ever known.
Fourteen hundred and seventy-seven
naval vessels, mounting IS, 2S3 guns,
and manned by IT'S, 6s5 seamen, would
stand for the protection of the canal
under the flags of the four great powers
named. They would represent gross
merchant tonnage of Is, 3SS, $50, nearly
three-quarters of the worlds shipping,
against 6,71S, 676 for all the rest of the
world
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-07-17
GENERAL NEWS.

BLACKWELL, Ok, will have a railroad,
known the Kansas, Oklahoma &
Gulf, connecting with the Frisco at
Gale, Cowley county, Kan. The road
will be 35 miles in length and will pass
through the most productive portion
of Kay county.
LIGHTNING struck the state militia
camp at Peekskill, n. V, on the 18th
taking the Y. NJ. c. A. tent as its OBJ
ject- One man was killed and many
others were badly hurt.
AT New Straitsvil1e, O., eight cars of
coal standing upon siding were let
loose by unknown persons and ran
half a mile down grade through
switch, making complete wreck.
The officers have offered $500 for the
arrest of the guilty persons
COMPTROLLER WALLER, of Chicago, is
trying to drive the shylocl1s out of
business. They are money-lenders who
secure most of their clients from the
employees of the city hall who are in
need of money. These money-lenders
have a set rate of ten per cent month
for accommodation" loans.
ARRANGEMENTS have been practically
completed in Kansas City, Mo-, by
which the Midland national bank will
be consolidated with the National
Bank of Commerce.
WILLIAM DUFFY, a linotype operator
employed in the composing room of the
Philadelphia Inquirer, set in six days
the enormous amount of 469, 800 ems of
nonpareil type. His average per hour
was 9, 1872 ems
SIX suicides in New York city on the
10th were due directly to the heat
A MINER named Samuel Brown and
his wife were both burned to death in
bed at Pittsburgh, Pa, through fire
caused by lamp explosion.
A SPECIAL from Jellico, Tenn, said
that there was great restitution among
the miners in that region, many of
them having large families and not
knowing where the next meal was
coming from. Some of the men have
had little work for nearly two years,
and, as consequence, they have moth
ing laid up for a rainy day.
AT freedmen's picnic near Hayden,
1. T., Will Nave, Lillian Stewart and
a Kansas negro, whose name is be-
lieved to be Condor, were killed by
Paul Elliott. negro ruffian, who es-
capped.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-07-17
How 1t Is Done.

Cup against it again!" gloomily remarked
the man who pronounces athletic" in four
syllables.
Flows that?' asked the woman who.
wears white gloves with black stitching.
day, and was thrown as usual Was in a.
bicycle store when a young fellow came in
to buy cyclometer. Said his had given out
for a seasons record, and hated to Begin
over again. Salesman said he could fix it..
Took new cyclometer, fixed it on wheel, up
turn. Reeled off $50 miles in no time
Thought saw my graft. Went to guy I
know and bet him l could ride more niles
nided bv our eVcIometera Bomeb 10 ne Se
clometer, went up in the attic and began to-
turn. Struck hot box at the two hundred
and eighty-seventh mile and stuck fast
Never happened to a cyclometer before
just my luck. Buffalo Express.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-07-17

EDWIN j. BETS and his wife took re-
fuge under a tree near Delhi, n. Y,
from shower and were struck dead
by lightning.
By reason of the breaking of the con-
Meeting rod attached to the governor,
the Acton fly wheel of a pair of Corliss
compound engines went to pieces and
wrecked the plant and building of the
street railway company at Tacoma.
Wash 1t meant a stoppage of the
lines operated for perhaps a week and
no electric light.
THERE was a wreck on the Frisco
railroad at Underwood near St. Louis,
which smashed in the front end of a
locomotive, completely demolished a
caboose, broke two cars into kindling
wood and scattered the wreckage for
distance of 800 feet along the track.
Only brakeman was slightly injured.
The wreck was caused by the train
breaking in two.
THE usual celebrations in commence
ration of the battle of the Boyne took
place in Ireland on the 18th At Bel
fast 20, 600 orangemen marched in pro-
cession. Everything passed off in an
orderly fashion.
LOUIS ARRATA, who claimed to live
in New York. was arrested at Hinck-
ley, Mimi, recently for begging on the
street When searched $4,000 was
found on his person.
FRANK WALLER, the Flying Dutch
man. won the 1OO-mile bicycle race at
Manhattan Beach, n. Y, ON the 10th,
but was disqualified by the referee on
account of being illegally paced in the
concluding lap and the race and the
purse of $50 went to the second man,
Thomas A. Barnaby. of Boston. The
century was run in hours, "a minutes
and seconds.
THE Christian Endeavorers at San
Francisco have chosen Nashville,
Tenn, as the place of meeting in 1898.
London is to be the rallying place for
1900. The selection of the convention
city for 1899 was not made.
A TENEMENT house in Providence, r.
l., was blown to pieces and burned by
an explosion of gasoline the other
evening and two children were fatally
injured.
Two men near Lacinta, N NJ. took
an old woman; whom they thought had
bewitched a belle of the neighborhood,
and fastened a lasso to her and then
started their horses and she was
dragged to death and horribly man
gled.
FIRE destroyed part of the Viles &
| Robbins packing esta blishment at Chi
cago the other night Loss, 100000.
| ALBERT NJ. WINEBRENNER was ar
rested at Beatrice, Neb., on the 10th on
the charge of having brutally beaten
his f7-year-old stepdaughter with a
buggy whip and otherwise ill-treated
the girl. At midnight a mob of 100
masked men entered the Jail. took
Winebrenner out and, after stripping
him and giving him a severe horse
| whipping, coated him with tar and
| feathers and sent him back to Jail.
| THOMAS HI. MERRITT was shot and
killed by Jacob F. Harris at Lexing-
ton, KY, the other day. Harris found
Mrs. Harris sitting on Merritt's lap in
GRATIS park and the pair kissing one
another.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-07-17
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

SENATOR IsHAM G.. HARRIS, of Ten
nessee, died at Washington on the Sth,
in his s0th year.
THE war department has made the
annual allotments of money to provide
arms and equipments for the militia in
the various states. Kansas receives
IS, 626. II; Missouri, S14, 644.41; Okla
homa, 81, S72.O3. The total appropria-
ton made for the whole country was
$500, 900.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY has pardoned
Robert. NJ. Allen, sentenced to five
years in the Missouri penitentiary for
mail robbery.
Mr.. DINGLEY has announced that the
conference committee would give no
hearing to anyone on the tariff bill
Those interested in articles affected by
the bill may, however, submit any in
formation they may wish to have con-
sidered in writing.
THE commissioner of pensions has
before him the cases of about 100 veter-
ans dismissed from the pension office
during the last administration and who
seek reinstatement They are being
carefully considered, and where posi-
BILE and circumstances warrant it rein
statement will be made.
The official announcement has been
made at Washington that w. G. Edens,
of Illinois, will be appointed commits
sionergeneral of immigration to sue
coed Herman Stump, of Maryland.
THE order of President Cleveland re-
ducing the number of pension agencies
from IS to nine will, it is said, be soon
revoked by President Mckinley.
THE governments July report gives
the percentages of condition of lead
lng crops as follows: Winter wheat,
s1.2; spring wheat, 91.2; corn, s2-9;
oats, SIS; tobacco, 7S.5. The average
condition of corn in Missouri is 90; in
Kansas, 90; in Nebraska, 50; in Texas,
1O1.
LOUIS FLOWER, an Indian territory
cattle thief, has been pardoned by the
president.
THE government statistician reports
the potato acreage this year S.4 per
cent. less than last year, and the con-
dition of the crop SIS, against 90 a
wear ago.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-07-17
Mathenlatfcs,

There are people who tell the distance
old Mother Earth is from the stars, count
ing miles upon miles into millions, the
distance from Neptune to Mars. The way
they throw figures is awful, on the size Of
the little sun spot, and how long it would
take to walk round it if it wasn't SO deuced
ly hot. They measure the depth of the
ocean, and the distance across it well >,
get the weight in the air of meteor, and
locate the right spot where they fell. But
astronomers and mathematicians all con-
fess that they can't get just right the miles
gone over by papa, when he totes the cross
kid in the nght.-N. Y. World.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-07-17
was weber an accessory?

KANSAS CITY, Mo-. July Lotto
Weber. who is halloween in the saloon
at No. 9 east Twelfth street known as
Mozart hall, is under arrest on the
charge of being an accessory to the
murder of DR.. L. A Berger, who was
shot down at Twelfth and Walnut
streets by John Schlegel last Thursday
afternoon The warrant for his ar
rest was issued upon an information
fled by Lawyer A. L. Berger, a brother
of the dead physician
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-07-17
ENGLISH LABOR STRUGGLE.
Strike of the Engineers Promises to Be a
Fight to a Finish.

Fight to Finish.
LONDON, July 1.-the strike of en-
gineers is apparently to be a long and
fierce struggle, to be settled only on
the basis of the survival of the fttest-
Both the masters and the men have re-
fused all offers of arbitration, includ-
ing that of c. L. Richie, president
of the board of the senate. The
lockout began yesterday morning. As a
retaliatory measure, the engineers are
calling out the remainder of the men,
and now no fewer than 700, 900 en-
gineers are idle. Already the yards of
several large firms have been picketed.
The London firms that have Joined in
the lockout now number 40
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-07-17
SHE SPANKED FOR THE FAMILY
The Strangers Kind Oner Was In~
dignantly Refused.


People never get encouragement for doing
the public, the man decided who offered
to assist distracted woman and ameliorater
the sufferings of a lot of people on a SUI
burban car.
The boy who bowls was in evidence, the
curled darling of his only own mother and
the terror of everybody else, and he had
kept the in state of wild excitement
and exhausted the patience of everybody, in
Guiding his doting parent
',,Oh, if your, father were only here'" she
had said for the fiftieth time, she tried
vainly to restrain the bowling terror.
At that he stopped howhng long enough
to beat the air with his small shins, and the
woman on the other side of him remarked
audibly that cage was the proper place for
savages like him.
Johnny, dear" asked his mother, won't
you be a good boy?''
Roars and kicks from Master Johnny.
"Oh, wish your father were here to give
you good trouncing this very minutei" she
Then it was that the philanthropist of the
company asserted himself. He had been
trying in vain to read his morning paper ever
since he started from home.
ALLOW me, madam" he said, blandly. 'I
am father myself, and will be happy to-
chastise your cherub in behalf of his absent
parent
ooh, no, you won't, not if I know iti'''
said Johnnys mother, rising in her wrath.
like tigress. There amt that man living:
dare lay finger on that boy-his own ia
Their or any other ugly catamount who
thinks he knows it ALL and she shut off
ing the sweet infant with her.-Chicago,
Times Herald
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-07-17
PARDON REFUSED.
The Younger Brothers Have Still a
Life Sentence Before Them
A CONNECTICUT LEGAL HANGING.
A Man Shot Dead on the Stage Through
Some Unfortunate Mistake-Sham Bat
tie TraEedy-EIght Tramps Sup
posed to Be Killed.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, July 14.-Cole and
James Younger, who have served in
Saltwater prison 81 years for the part
they took in the Mortified raid, have
still a 1ife's sentence before them. The
Minnesota board of pardons concluded
its hearing of the plea for pardon yes
terday, and two members concluded to
withhold clemency. The unfavorable
verdict was not long delayed The re-
fusal to grant a pardon was made pub
lie at three o'clock, and before sun
down the two anxious prisoners at
Saltwater knew that they must wait
indefinitely longer for freedom
A CONNECTICUT LEGAL HANGING
HARTFORD, Conn.,, July 14.-Thomas
F. Ripple was hanged at 1886 o'clock
this morning. Within eight minutes
from the time the drop was sprung his
heart had ceased beating and in 10
minutes he was cut down. His neck
was broken. The condemned man
when asked if he had anything to say
before sentence was executed. replied:
do a good job and don't make any
foolish mistakes" When the rope was
being adjusted about his neck, he said:
you're getting it pretty tight, amt
you?' Ripple was a Scotchman, Al
years of age. He killed his wife at
their home in New Haven on January
81, 1896, in drunken fight.
TOO REALISTIC.
ATLANTA, Ga, July 14.-In a play
presented by colored amateurs in
Pittsburg, a suburb of this city, last
night, John Singleton acted part in
which he was supposed to be shot dead
by his rival, unprecedented by Gary
Brown. The scene was carried out
faithfully and aroused loud applause
which turned into lamen tations when
it was discovered that Singleton was
really dead. The pistol Brown used,
which was supposed to be loaded with
blank cartridges, carried a real bullet
instead.
A SHAM BATTLE TRAGEDY.
RALEIGH, n. c., July 14.-At a sham
battle of the Governors guard at Pull
len park last night. George N. Banks
a member of the guard, who was talk
ing part in the battle was shot and
killed almost instantly. The bullet
struck him almost in the middle of the
forehead and lodged in the brain. 1t
cannot be ascertained who is respon-
sible for the loaded cartridge.
TRAAIPS KILLED.
Dies MONIES. Ia, July IA meat
train on the Chicago &c Northwestern
railway ran into eight cars which had
run off the track near Boone about six
o'clock yesterday morning. Eight
tramps are supposed to have been
killed. Several trainmen were in
jured. The whole train was wrecked.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-04

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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-04

In the western part of Florida is a
portion of land lying just east of tbs
ochioohnee river which judging from
appearance. has been plantations SC
long that 1t looks tired of the name
and here and there forests are grow.
ing new.
The soil varies from the rather
monotonous sands so common in these
parts. to the more resisting clay which
nature has carved into dells the which
she mas wooded with magnificent trees
and decorated with moss awnings.
The undulations of the surface are
called hills here and upon one of these
hills, one of the most imposing. stands
the capital, city of about 5000 in
habitants, its capitol and churches
and other buildings requisite in the
makeup of modest city.
Such is the city of Tallahassee oer-
tainly nothing striking or noted in a g
appearance, save 1t be some few old
Spanish residences. Still there he
something of note. It is this: About
two years ago two Of our Elders took
up their labors In that city and In n
quiet, peacabie way proceeded TO a
mouse 10 house canvass, when. with
out warning, they were seized ana
dragged before the city magistrate
After an unjust and abusive nroreed.
ing they were driven from the civ
with the alternative of a fine of S950
which virtually meant imprisonment
Now the Gospel has been proclaimed
upon her streets, the warning voice
has been lifted up in fearless tones ia
reprove the unrlghteous and to gather
out the poor In spirit They that ni,r.
INJURED have had chance to learn am,
doctrine. Every house has been can-
Nhssed ana the same message of truth
proitered to all who would receive.
a victory--though mndest-Lyot n Vic
tory, and we feel that "A work ba, ~,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-04

% SGniiRihns W.T. ,d for holding No.,
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were added NJ '.gtlngs and snt a and
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