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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-07-31
The authority on watches.
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through stranger. Evans DRUG Co
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-03-25
Home Endorsement
WHAT AN Old AND ESTEEMED RES.
IDenT OF BARRE HAS TO SAY IN
REGARD TO RI. ]. " mERROW

G. B. Minard, blacksmith, whose
shop is 10 the rear Of Slayton's livery
stable and whose residence is No. IS
South Main street, when seen by the
writer said:
For the past three years had been
great sufferer from stomach and liv.
er lrouble. l had tried doctors and
different medicines, but gradually
grew worse until l got so bad l was
unable to work or even Look after my
shop as l should. My stomach was so
bad that l could scarcely eat anything
without its distressing and bloating
me SO that 1 could not rest at mig t,
and for over a year my daughter had
to get up about 2 o clock to an me, as
my breath would get so short could
hardly breathe, and my heart would
aim, st stop, as it seemed to me.
my bowels were very constipated
and my liver was SO bad that I was
bloated to such an extent that )uld
scarcely dag around l had eiven up
all hopes Of ever getting we'll and wa,
trting to sell out my blacksmith shop
as, in my condition, knew l could
not live long. But as dying man
glasps at q straw,on August 4th 1901
l went to DR.. Merrow's office, 3 South
Main street. more dead than alive.
After careful examination DR.. Mer.
row told me that e could cure me il
] you'd follow his directions, describ.
ing my case and symptoms to the
letter. So l placed myself under bis
treatment and everything has turned
out just as he said. l have done the
largest falls and winters work for
years, and know II it had not been for
DR.. Nero should not be alive to.
day-in fact, I owe my life to his skill
and medicines and would advise all
afflicted as l was to consult DR.. Mer.
row. If you can be cured he will
cure you.''
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-03-25
BOSTON BREWERS MAY STRIKE
Thousands of Employees Demand
COncessiOns-Eight Hour Day.

Thousands of Employees Demand
Concessions-Eight Hour Day.
Boston, March 24.-Unless one party
or the other recedes from it's present
position the indications are that every
brewery in Boston will be closed April
/. The trouble is also to affect the
bartenders of this and other cities.
The 1900 brewery workmen have re-
Questcd the master brewers to grant
them an eight hour workday April !
without reduction Of wages. The tire
men employed in the breweries have
asked for 40 cents an hour for over
time and that Sunday and holiday
work shall be paid as overtime.
The brewery workmen include the
team drivers and the Jumpers. These
men now work ten hours day and are
paid $1S and SIS per week respective
ly. The latter desire an advance Of 81
per week in addition to the eight hours.
The tiremen work eight hours day,
for which they are paid $40 week.
The master brewers strongly object to
the demands Of the. firemen for over
time pay at the rate Of 40 cents an
hour for Sundays and holidays. They
also refuse to accede to the demands
for eight hours.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-03-25

Providence, R. l., March Pain G
statement just issued the Union Rail
way company denies the demands of
Division 200, Amalgamated Associa-
ton of Street Railway Employees.
The effect of this refusal cannot at
once be determined, although it is
known that union conductors and mo-
tormen have stated that general
strike was probable in case the de
mands were refused. The men asked
for a recognition Of the union, an
agreement to arbitrate differences, a
working day Of ten hours in twelve
and a wage of 221a cents per hour. In
ternational Treasurer Orr Of the Anal
gamated association Is here from De
troit to discuss the situation with The
union officials.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-03-25

Washington. March 24.-Secretary
Wilson has stated that it was not GER
tain as yet to what extent this govern
ment will act in meeting the new meat
law of the German government, which
takes effect Oct. l. 1.-The demand
abroad" he said. rs for the light
cured meats. and the effect Of the new
German law will be to cut off most OF
our trade in pork. We have great re-
spect for the German chemists, and II
they have decided that borax 10 dele
terious then we must accept their con-
illusions and protect ourselves from
articles brought into this country that
may be supposed to be treated with
borax."
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-03-25
WILCOX IS CONVICTED
The Death of Nell Cropsey Fastened
Upon Him.
MURDER IN FIRST DEGREE"
Wis Fellow Townsmen On Jury De-
hberate For Many Hours-Pris-
oner Cool Until Verdict Was
Rendered-StOry Of Case.

Elizabeth City, N. c., March pa
Twelve good men and true, after many
hours Of elaboration, have found
James Wilcox guilty Of the murder of
his sweetheart, Ella Cropsey, with
whom she left the parlor Of her par
ents' home on the night Of November
II last and was never again seen until
her body was given up by the river
that flows close to her home several
weeks after.
The search had been long and fruit
less and participated in by posses of
neighbors and friends Of the beautiful
young woman, who were aided by
skilled detectives and packs Of trained
bloodhounds. Her mysterious disap-
pearance caused a stir throughout the
country, and almost at once suspicion
fastened upon young Wilcox, who
earnestly protested his innocence. He
Is the son Of the sheriff Of this county
and had previously borne such an ex.
cellent reputation that many were in
clined to believe that he was gultless
of the horrible crime with which he
was charged by the girls relatives.
When placed under arrest, he de-
clared that he had called at her home
on the night Of her disappearance for
the purpose of arranging for the re-
turn of the presents she had given
him, as she had sent back those he had
made her. They had a short time be-
fore engaged in lovers quarrel, and
it was said that her affection for him
had cooled. Wilcox claimed that be
left Ella OH the veranda Of the house
crying, but on the trial it was testified
to by one Of the witnesses that man
answering the description Of Wilcox
was seen carrying woman on his
shoulder on the fateful night toward
the river.
What the Autopsy Showed.
The autopsy developed that Miss
Cropsey had not been drowned, but
had died from fracture of the skull
believed to have been made by dull
instrument. One of the strangest
things about the trial of Wilcox was
that he put in no defense and left his
fate solely to the mercies Of the Jury,
believing that no evidence had been
adduced that could connect him with
the murder, the motive for which was
attributed to jealousy.
When the jury filed into the court
room, Wilcox did not display the slight
est emotion and firmly believed that
he would be acquitted, but when the
foreman announced the verdict the air
Of bravado that had haracterized the
prisoners delneanor throughout the
trial left him, and be showed the first
signs Of uneasiness.
Miss Cropsey was niece Of former
Justice Andrew G. Cropsey Of New
Utrecht N. T., and was we'll known in
New York city, where she frequently
visited.
She was a progressing young wo-
man and blessed with rare accomplish
ments. Her murder was Of the most
cold blooded, and now that Wilcox has
been found guilty after fair and i'm.
partial trial very little sympathy is
expressed for him even by his init
mate friends, some of whom are char
liable enough to say that he must have
been suffering from temporary aber-
ration when he committed the deed.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-03-25

New York, March PA serious fight
between union and nonuniOn irOil
workers has occurred in Bayonne, n
]. About eighty men took part in the
row, and stones. clubs and pistols were
used freely before the police arrived
and quelled the disturbance. Three
union men were arrested, two Of them
suffering from wounds. They are John
Ryan of Jersey City, badly cut about
the head, and John Ryan and John
Wilson of Manhattan. The latter was
shot in the left hand
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-03-25
shoots Famous Maine Outlaw.

Lewiston, Me-, March PA tele.
gram from Game Warden H. o. TEN
pleton at North East Garry, Moosehead
lake region, saying that while Wardens
Templeton. Houston and Forrest were
trying to arrest Peter La Fontaine,
one of the famous outlaws Of tho
northern forests, La Fontaine pulled n
gun, and Warden Templeton shot him.
The man was not killed, and he Yves
taken to a doctor in Canada.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-03-25
Ita,x.s Big strike Spreads.

London, March PA dispatch from
Rome to the Central News says the
strike Of agriculturists is spreading
throughout Italy and that 10000 farm
laborers are now out in the provinces
Of Ferrara, Bologna and Vicenza, while
in sixteen other provinces the laborers
are reported to be organizing.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-03-25
ANOTHER MURRAY HALL CASE
civilian Howard" of CanandaiGua.
, n. ". Was n Woman.

~ " IIiluHl 1ONNHTu OI uos
N. ". Was a Woman.
Canandaigua, y. y. March PA
person known here for five years as
William c. Howard died suddenly last
Wednesday night and an autopsy
showed that the supposed man was
woman.
Howard. who was about fifty years
old and who was employed as q farm
hand, came here five years ago with
a woman who was known az Mrs.
Howard. Two children were born to
the supposed wife. The dead woman
worked for farmers in the neighbor
hood. and those most intimately &C.
quainted with the family never had the
slightest suspicion that she was not
. mal. 1t has been shown that The
two women Were married riAhy years
ago. The cause Of the wom9n's death
is mystery. On Wednesday night
she took two tablets for throat affec-
ton and was dead in ten minutes.
The medicine was sent from Wellsville,
this state. where relatives reside.
tilted as to all matters touching upon
the womans life. They do not even
know her right name. Two men, claim
ing to be half brothers, attended the
funeral, but refused to dlvulge any in.
formation. An inquest is to be held.
and some light may then Be thrown
upon the strange case. S...-.-~
The woman known az Mrs.. Howard
says her companion was born In Wells
vile and began to wear boys clothing
at the age of ten years. Mrs. Howard
also says she was married to Howard
ten years ago. In spite of the result of
the autopsy she said that Howard was
the father Of the children.
The case is in many respects similar
to that of Murray Hail." New York
politician, who died few months ago
and was discovered to be a woman.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-02-06
Fur Fashions.

AS the season advances furs become
more and Dore attractive. The tend
ency seems to be toward fancy effects.
Fur animals are no longer considered
the mart thing by women who faith
fully observe the changes in fashions.
Flat stole and cape effects prevail, but
by capes are meant the short ones reach
ing only about the shoulders and ter
minating in the front in two long stole
shaped pieces. Capes reaching to the
waist line are considered suitable only
for middle aged N Three-quar-
ter capes, however, OF sable, mink and
ermine are used for carriage wear and
for theater wraps. Chinchilla, ermine,
sable and silver fox are the most costly
furs. The silver fox ranks highest
in the scale, a good muf selling for as
high as $3.50. Chinchilla is becoming
rarer and rarer. 1t is eked out with
sable and other furs in a variety Of
ways. AS it e hardly more than
n season, it is a most extravagant
purchase.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-02-06

the second floor, as I was directed.
Seeing III of the doors to the apart
ment open, 1 walked in and found my
self in a room furnished with a bed, on
which lay the form of an elderly man
apparently dead. Before proceeding
with my examination l thought it bet
ter to call some of the relatives, so I
said in a loud voice, Is any one about?'
Before | had time to think the suppos-
ed corpse jumped to its feet and, turn
ing OF me tiercely, shouted:
GLOW dare you invade a dacint
mans home without knocking, We spaI-
peen. Git out O. here!' l did not have
the power of speech to reply or make
any explanation, but simply skunk out
OF the room. Another shock like that
would have just about finished me-
New York Times.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-02-06
Poor Old PHILADELPHIA.

At a recent dinner of the Pennsylva-
MIA society n Of the guests who was
seated next to Augustus Thomas, the
playwright and the president Of the
Missouri society, asked Mr.. Thomas
why the menu cards designated the
dinner as "the annual festival"
"That's easy" said Mr.. Thomas.
1.-THE men cards were got up by a
Philadelphia man, and every Philader-
phia man who goes to an entertain
ment which lasts beyond 8 o'clock at
night regards it as a festival."-New
York Times.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-02-06
THE FLORIDA SPECIAL.
1T Passed Through Go1dbOrO
This MOrning--What Its Pas
SengerS Said.

The South bound Florida spe-
cial of the Atlantic Coast Line
passed throughGoldsboro Tuesday
morning for the first time in sew
eral years. Those who were not
up early did not 9 it, as it
passed through about 7:2O o'clock
and took the side track in front
of the Hotel Keunon until all the
early trains bad departed.
The cause for turning this train
oVer this line, the old route to the
South, vas occasioned by an &C
cident to a locomotive on the
"Short Cut" this morning near
z enley. The tire burst on a
driving wheel, demolishing the
engine and severely wounding the
engineer, but did no further dam
age.
As the vestibule rolled through
this city and came to q standstilI
in front of the Kennon, the alert
ARGUS man, being out early, as
usual, looking for news, observed
quite a number Of the vestibule's
passengers out on the platform of
the cars looking intently aud
with apparent lively interest and
approval at everything around,
aud drawing neal enough to hear
their conversation we gathered
that, on learning Of the accident
on the ssShort Cut" and, that
they would have to pass through
Goldsboro, they had gotten up
early in order to see for them
what they bad long heard
was the b st town in the State !;
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-02-06
and their complimentary .remarks

and their complimentary remarks
upon the city, her picturesque
locate n and healthful altitude and
fertile SUI rounding S, were indeed
gratifying to listen to, and it was
the expressed concensus ofopinion
that the Atiaut G Coast Line could
not do a better thing than resume
their old route through GoIdsboe
70 to Florida-that Goldsboro is
the best town between Richmond
and Savannah ard, that he section
of country between Fremont ana
Magnolia is the finest for climate
and fertility anywhere in the
whole country.
That is what they said-and it
is the truth.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-02-06

BIG PUNCHES OF LILIES OF THE ALLEY
orchids or eel a cluster of roses for
certain occasions may be substituted
for the violets.
The girl of the mode and the moment
wears flowers on her muf, flowers
tucked in between the frills Of her
boa, flowers in her hair, flowers on her
hat and flowers pinned at her corsage.
It Is 40 longer a question of whether
it is correct form to wear flowers. In
stead the question of Importance is, In
what new ways car flowers be worn?
And there are many attractive fash
ions in flowers.
Roses are arranged in one way and
lilies of the valley in another. and so
it is with the other fowers.-New York
Journal.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-02-06
Happened In St. Louis.

Stories concerning the rivalry be
tween Chicago and st. Louis evidently
will never grow old. The latest con
Germs a visit which Alderman Michael
Kenna c"Hinky Dink'O recently paid
to ST. Louis. He wished to talk to a
friend who lives in the suburbs of the
Missouri city and, as he had a dime in
his pocket for change, called up over
the telephone. He talked but a few
minutes and then asked the Central
operator how much be must deposit
for the call.
Fifty cents, please" was the an
swer in a most confident voice.
Fifty cents!" gasped the alderman.
"What do you take me for? A man
with coin to burn? Why, in Chicago
I a call up hades for so cents.'
perhaps So" was the answer, still
framed in the most unruf1ed tone,
"but that's within the city limits, you
know" Z.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-02-06
HUGH MILLER DEAD.
Passed Away at Columbia This
Afternoon.

Passed Away at Columbia This
Afternoon.
Daily Argus of Tuesday.
just as we go to press the dis
tressipg news is telegraphed to
the family here that MI. Hugh L.
Miller, third son of DR.. j, f. Mil
Ter, died this Afternoon in Colum-
bia, s. O., where he had recently
gone; in company with his devoted
young wife, for his health, he
having been declining for several
months under the ravages of that
fell destroyer consumption, which
he is supposed to have contracted
while serving with the Naval Re-
serves in the late American-Span-
ish War.
His father was eG route to his
b edside but did not leach there in
time to see his son alive, and to
him and the other members of the
family the telderest sympathy of
this community goes out in this
sad hour of their great beresve-
ment and fathomIess SORROW.
Hugh Miller was one Of the
brightes st young men this city OF
State has produced, and was a
univert a! tavorite with all who
knew him, and by these his un-
timely death will be deeply de-
pIored. He had been married
only since last Spring and the tu-
ture held everything of promise
for him.
At this writing we are unable
to g We definite particulars, but we
learn that the remains are expect
ed TO arrive here to morrow even
ing, and that the funeral will be
held from ST. Paul church Thurs
morning at 10 &C ock.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-02-06
NEW. SHORT STORIES
Champion Oyster Eater.

OF course every one in Washington
eats oysters, and there is no city in the
country where they can be had in SO
ity. The ordinary oyster lover is con-
tent to 60 to a restaurant and satisfy
himself with a dozen on the half shell
or a dozen fried or a half peck steam
ed. But the real oyster fiend, who is
gourmand as well as gourmet, goes
down to the wharfs, picks out a schoon-
er which has been dredging on his ia
vorite bed, buys half a bushel and hires
a shucker to open while he eats. A half
bushel will shuck about two quarts Of
solid oysters, and there are over a hum
dred Of the oyster fend class who can
get away with that quantity at a sit
ting. They always taxi salt water oys-
tiers and generally no seasoning what
ever. What they want is oysters and
nothing to spoil OF hide the flavor, ex-
cept perhaps a bottle or two of beer.
The champion eater of all is a well
known citizen Of Georgetown, who de-
YOURS them from September to April.
He abstains from May to August. In
b latter month he begins to get thin,
.feverish and fretful, and by the Goth
Of August two little white marks the
shape of oyster shells come on his
cheekbones n disappear only after
he has had his first feed, which begins
when the first oyster schooner reaches
the wharf and ends when he cannot
hold another Observation-Disclosures
Post.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-02-06
v
An Examination to BE Held In
Raleigh Or Wilmington On
the 18th of April.

Liz ADUl1 ia DA11
AS az item of interest to the
youth of this Congressional Dis
trict, we publish the following
information, copied from the
Army and Navy Register:
"There will be examinations
in Raleigh or Wilmington on
Tuesday, April IS, 1902, of all
candidates in this District for the
vacant Naval Cadetship at An
napolis, Maryland.
"The successful candidates
will be appointed to the Naval
Academy, and will be examined
there only physically.
''A. subsequent examination
will be held on August 18th, but
it is advisable that all candidates
be prepared for the earlier ex-
animation, as the %cadetship will
then very probably be awarded,
and the opportunity postponed
for the ensuing four or six
years."
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-02-06
Senatorial Repartee.

"No mar in Vermont is allowed to
vote unless he has made $1,000 trading
horses with Massachusetts, people,
said Senator Hoar in the course of his
speech in the senate the other day.
"And we all vote" Immediately re-
Senator Proctor in his deep bass
voice, ~whereupon the laugh was at the
expense of the senior senator from
Massachusetts,.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-02-06
An Angry Corpse.

Il have had some startling experien-
ces in my time" said Coroners' Physi-
clan O'Hanlon, "but I haven't fully re-
covered from the shock of a surprise I
had the other day. 1 was assigned to
investigate a sudden death on the east
side. The house l went to was a small
tenement. and I walked up stairs to
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-02-06

who was last season on the Ra-
leigh baseball team, will each
the national game to the team at
WaRasFfcrest. Prof. Kelley is in
thai line at Agricultural and Me
chanical College, Prof. Stocks
dale at Trinity, and Prof. Aschen-
back at Chapel Hill.
The sale of the late Everett
Joyner property on the corner
of East Centre and Boandar }
streets, where Mr.. George W.
Brown runs a grocery store, took
place Monday at the court house
door in this city. The sale was
made for a division, and was bid
off by Mr.. Everett Joyner, or 9
of the heirs, for 81. $50 IS. It s
a desirable piece of properly
Mr.. Joyner will continue to rert
it to Mr.. Brown, who will COL
tinue his store at the same place.
The incoming passenger train
on the Southern road broke all
previous records Tuesday and ar
rived ahead of the Atlantic Coast
Line train from the South. Peo-
pie around the depot, which is
situated in the MIDDLE of tt
street, could not believe their own
eyes at first, but after it was ex-
planned that the Southern was
still 25 minutes late and that the
Coast Line train was late just a
few minutes the crowd r dis
posed to believe what they had
seen.
At a meeting of the directors
of the Bank of Wayne held
Friday afternoon a semi annual
dividend of 4 per cent. was au-
thorized, pay able on and after
February 5th, besides adding ten
Thousand dollars to the already
handsome surplus Of this suoean-
tial Institution. We publish the
official statement elsewhere in this
issue, ard it will be read with
pride hy every public spirited
citizen of Goldsboro, for it car
ries to them as well as 10 the
world at large The gratifying as
surance hat we go forward.
F. iday was another one of those
DAYS that makes its own fOrcefui
argument in favor of a union pas
senger depot for Go'dsboro.
Strangers travelling Though our
city and having to change cars
or wait over between trains here
on such days as this is what
makes largely to the creating and
fostering and promuIgating of
public sentiment against railroads,
that so often makes it's existence
manifest in the verdicts of
%juriea. If railroads were more
cousiderate of The comfort of their
patrons perhaps they would not
be SO much prejudice against
them.
The death Of Sarah Fort, the
wife Of John G. n. Fort, the col
ored pressman Of the ARGUS, oc-
Cured at their home 10 Little
Washington Friday night, of con-
sumption. She was 81 years of
ago, and an intelligent woman,
she had been a school teacher, and
was held in high esteem not only
by her W race, but by white
people as well. The sympathy of
the entiro force of chs office and
all who know BIN goes cut to the !
devoted husband in his sad be-
reavement. The remains were
taken to the old Fort homestead,
near Pikeville, Sunday, for in
ment, where several of their chill
dren, none of whom survive her,
are inferred.
NAVAL, CADETSHTP.