North Carolina Newspapers

OMTY. gig . UMflWi ."" H. "j;,..vTBm A- Pittmaw, PrnpriMnn : J ' -- -PROVE ALL TH1SOS AND HOLDFAST TO THAT .WHICH 13 GOOD." I ; tl.00 Pet Ttr lg.A"dX. -YQL- V- I dunn, n. c, wednesdayJapril liZim. ' NO (i. t : - . . , ' ... . . ' ' - ' - 1 THE i;y coxxx doylk. U '.va, a long: day. Every' time that :i ki.k came to the" door, or a sharp t : passed in the street, I imagined t!.at it was either Holmes returning-or ;,n answer to his advertisement. I ri 'i read, but my thoughts would Van-U r off to our strange quest and to t!,.- ill-as-sorted and villainous pair v.h- m we were pursuing. Could tj.rT.' 1 I wondered, some radi cal :!aiv in my companion's rea-son-uiLr' Might he xt sifering frpm N,,r;- huge elf-deception? Was'it not p.iil'l.: that his nimble and specu-ki- mind had built up this wild .-!; upon faulty premises? I had ,.,-v.-r known him to be wrong; and yet t ii.- !; ne-t reasoner may occasionally i. .j.-.-.-ived. He was likely, I thought, t - into error through the over- rff;:, iiient of his logic his preference f.,r :i MiMle and bizarre explanation v.hm ;i plainer and more common-j.a.--one lay ready to his hand. Yet, i: the other hanll. I had myself seen th. idfiiee. and I had heard the rea-M,r.- for his deductions. When I looked hc: k on. the "long chain of curious e ir Vui i-tiini es, many of them trivial in th-vlvcs. but all tending in the same . ir. ctioii, I could not disguise from invelf lhat even if Holmes' explana tion were incorrect the true theory ',ii!i:;- At !l.T. Hllll. !.- e.psaiiy outre and startling, tti iv.-;. o'clock in the afternoon was 'a loud peal at the bell, an .ritative voice in the hull. nnrl tn iry--m-ri.M no less a person than Mr. th-lney Jones was shown up to me. V. r fiirt, -rent was he, however, from !i.-').ri..(iw und masterful professor of iilin n sense who had taken over the . a( so coulidently at Upper Norwood. Hi- expression was downcast, and his 'l.H'jiring meek and even apologetic. .lay, sir; g.xxl day," said he. -ir. M.erlock Holmes is out, I under KLaii'l." , -Ves.yinl I cannot be sure when he will l - back.- Hut perhaps you would .f.o to wait. Take that chair and try nc of th. se cigars.' Thaul; you; I don't mind if I do," V. he. mopping his face with a red Uin.:.unia haudkercliief. - Aii'ia whi:.l:y-and-sHla?"' H. II. half a glass. It is very hot f r the time of year: and I have had a v-"i deal to worry and try me." :You kii..v my theory about this Norwood I r.iii'nilMi- llmi you expressed "H'tlL I luve-boen obliged to recon- iier it. I had me jit .trri..-T. n.i.n.t Mr. Miolto. sir. when lion lie Went tlirou-li a hole in 1h. m'hn ,t 5 ti ....... v ... lit v.;in ;.lie to Drove an :i 1 il.L. ;,.), ....-,i,i 'lot l.e shaken. I rom the time that. b. . - - ' V 11 Vft his brother's l'( HUM lio tr-ic tt-. out f f sight of some one or other. So if eon 1.1 n.,t be he who climbed over rno--- an.l llinmrrh tr'm.rl.u,i.i tv. I ' r o:oI ri..l : , T li)f e. still;.. I .1,, ,,,1.1 1 .. ei U lif t U ,Kist:m-i. v "v- n i l iau "We;;!! need helj so-net imes,'' said I. "J our .,.,1,1, ir. SLorliK k Holmes, t-a v. nr-i man. sir," said he, in a llU'.v :.n.i !Tifwl-.ti4 II. ... - .., u.iiii iin-,v. Ill- d tmn who i-- rnot to 1m beat. I have kjni n t'i::t young man go into a good many cases, but I never saw the case ytt that he could not throw, a light upon, lie i-. irregular in his raethods "ltl a litl le .iniek. nrh:ins in tumninn st t!i. N.ri.-s. I.ut. on the whole, I think r-e would have made a most promising etlic'i. and 1 'uio .-Vw-v r i i.-t. j I have l.;:d a n ire from him this mom- '"P- by n hi h I understnnd that he has rt Scnit' elew to this; Nlwltr tiin.ini.wc T' Is ills llll.n-0 He t.MiU the telecram out of his P"vk. t. and-han.l.Ml it tn mo. Tt wns !ate.l fr.m Toplar at twelve o'cloek. "" to llaker street at one it i.n?d. If I have not returned, wait for me. I am elose n the track of the Sholto Farf Vo., can come with us to-nirrht Vtn u -i i,t i lx.. ., t l. -v a ii a L lllJ UUI.Ml. "This sounds well. Hp has ovi.lont.lv PMir.l mi the si-ont j.fr:.5n T "Ah. then he has Ken at fault too." PXelai!:..t ,I6,H.S vvit h evident satisfac tion. Kven the best of us are thrown n" "iiu-timev. of course this may pn.ve to ).. . f-.l.. i . i. : - " uiniui, uuu It ir iuj 'KtV ;k :i ii .iK. ,.t 1. -v nchanee to slip. Hilt there is some neat tht- d,,or. Pi.rlmiw thi i no " . r ' Heavy sten wns lipar.1 nvpnrli'nw , . j -- w stairs, with a great wheezing and lrv,mi a man who was sorely put t , it f,,,. nrt..,th Once or twice ho s 'n,' ,i a- though the climb was toe B' i' h f,-,r ,nu but at last he made his " G T. ....... .1 i . ..i mnu- ami entered.' I ;u:, . .-..riv-poiuled to the sounds ' iti:". i . , ad heard, lie was an aged in scafarinc o-arb. with an nian. d Iaunket- buttoned up to his ' lbs b-ack vi as bowed.;liis knees s.i'.ikv, ii 111 lii- lirr:-tliinir -n thr: Wer, I'niu'.'.Y ;isui:iiutie. As he- leaned si-k oaken cudgel his shoul 'u in the elf ort 'to draw air l'P- a th Cfrs h. ..... into . mgs.' He hail a colored sciirf I hin. and I could see little o' - 1 .. :v. -i , 1 dark eves i "rrlU!....- .-. V.. v b::.-hv white brows. nn i ? - 'lfBT i; ' - -sir HSSS ( ' l gray side-whiskor. Htto,A. be gave me the impression of a re spectable master marriner who had ianen into years and poverty. What is it; ra.v man?' I asL-od, He looked about him in the si" thodical fashion of oid age w me- is Mr. .Sherlock Holmes here? he. ' i Kaid -o; out i am acting for him. You can tell me any message you have for mm. i "It was to it," said he. him himself I was to tell "Jmt I tell you that I am acting for mm. Mas it anout Mordecai Smith boat?' ! m ies. i Knows well where it is. An I knows where the men he is after are l kdows wnere the treasure is. 1 knows all about it." lhen tell me, and I shall let him Know." it was to hira I was to tell it," he repeated, with! the peJtulant obstinacy vi. a. very oia man. "Well, you must wait for him." hit . w . -o, no; l ain t poln' to lose a whole day to please no one. If Mr. nolmes ain't here, then Mr. Holmes must find it an out for himself. T Ann' about the look of either of vou and I i v u V. tl 1 V won't tell a word lie shuffled towards the door, but Atneiney Jones got in front of him. "Walt a bit, mv friend." aM lio "You have important information, and you must not walk off. We shall keen i ou, wneiner you like or not, until our iriena returns.' lhe old man made a little run to wards the door, but, as Athelney Jones put his brtjad; back up ajrainst it. he recogni.ea the. uselessnessof resistance. "Pretty sort' o' treatment this!" he cried, stamping his stick. . "I come here to see a gentleman, and you two, whe l never saw In uy life, seize me and treat uie in this fashion!"' "You will be none the worse,"' I said w e shall recompense you for the loss oi your time. Sit over here on the sofa, and you will not have loh- to wait. . tt. 1 jie came across sullenly enough, and seated himself with his face resting on his hands. Jones and I resumed out cigars and our talk. Suddenlv. how. ever. Holmes' voice broke in upon us. "I think that 3-011 might offer me a cigar, too," he said. We both staited in our chairs. There vvas Holmes sitting close to us with an air of quiet amusement. "Holmes!" I exclaimed. "You here! But where is the old man?" "Herete the old man," said he, hold ing out a heap of white hair. "Here he is wig, whiskers, eyebrows, and all. I thought my disguise was pretty good, but I hardly expected that it would stand that test." "Ah, you rogue! ' cried Jones, highly delighted. "You would have made an actor, and a rare one. Yon had the proper workhouse cough, and those weak legs of yours are worth ten pound a week, jl thought I knew the lint of your eye, though. You didn't get away from us so easi-, you see." "I have been working in that get-up all day," said he, lighting his cigar. "You see, a good many of the criminal classes begin to know me especially since our friend here took to publish ing some of my eases; so I can only go on the warpath under some simple dis guise like this. I You got my wire?" "Yes; that was what brought me here." - j "How has your case prospered? "It has all come to nothing. I have had to release two of my prisoners, and there is no evidence against the other two." . "Xever mind. We shall give 3-ou two others in the place of them. Hut jTou must put 3'ourself under my orders. You are welcome to all( the official credit, but you must act on the lines that I point out. ! Is that agreed?" "Entirely, if 3-ou will help me to the men." " j "Well, then, in the first place I shall want a fast police-boat a steam launch to be at the Westminster Stairs at seven o'clock." "That is easily managed. There is always one about there; but I can step across the road and telephone to make snre." "Then I shall want two stanch men, In case of resistance." "There will be two or three in the boat. What else?" "When we secure the men we shall get the treasure.1 I think that it would be a pleasure to 1113' friend here to take the box round to the young lady to whom half of it rightfully belongs. Let her be the first to open it. Eh, Watson?" "It would be a creat pleasure to me."' . j Rather an irregular proceeding," said Jones, shaking his head. "How ever, the whole thing is irregular, and I suppose - we must wink at it. The treasure must afterwards be handed over to the authorities until after the official investigation." "Certainby. That is easily managed. One other point. I should like much to have a few details about this matter from the lips of Jonathan Small him ielf. You know I like to work the de tail of . my cases out. There is no ob jection to my having an unofficial in terview with him either here in my rooms or elsewhere, as long as he is ef fieientl guarded?" "Well, you are master of the situa tion. I have had no proofs jet of the existence of Jonathan Small. How ever, if you can catch him, I don't see how I can refuse you an interview with him." ! "That is understood, then?" "Perfectly. Is there anj-thing else?"' 'Only that I insist upon your dining with us. It will be ready in half an hour. I have oysters and a brace of grouse, with something a little choice in white w ine. Watson, you have never yet recognized my merits as a house keeper." (To be c ntiemd.) A twenty-two-pounJ wild cat.wa shot in Barry County, Missouri, lately. ' . f 1 A British cjaimander-in-chief wher on active service receives 375 a week PItD3IO.vr illSERAL fcdMPANYr Englishmen with $200,000 to Lioofe for Gold and Monazite. Wm. E. Hidden, -of Newark, N. J., who returned from -London on the "uiui receniiy, went aoroaa on March 6th to complete contracts in Vil n . xorin Carolina. ihese intereflta were capitalized wniie mt. Hidden waa in London for 5200,000 and accompany was formed. called the Piedmont Mineral Company. umiiea. ssiTi Hidden was made t director ofhe company and was ao pointed the.American manager to have iuu charge tf the company s property and interests in this country. Mr. Hidden said that the new com pany owns 2,500 acres of valaable min eral lands in the mountains of North Carolina and also owns all the mineral rights in another tract of 1.000 acres. The principal mineral to be mined is gold, rich deposits of which exist on one tract sixty miles east of Asheville. Another valuable mineral is monazite, wnich contains thorium, a material usedin producing the incandescent eras 1 .... , . ' . . J "gal now being introduced m Is ewark. This mineral exists in large quantities on tne company s property Beats Cotton or Tobacco. Another valuable plant, the canaisre. has been discovered and brought into cultivation for commercial purposes. which may possibly be added sooner or later to the regular crops in the Sonth. An interesting account of it is published by the Financier, City of Mexico, which states that it is becom ing an important crop in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, and adds that in one regidn of Texas, the Pecos Valley, the farmers are abandoning cotton and growing cannigre with de cided profit. Another authority says that the worJ belouga to the Mexican dinlect and means "a sour or acid stalk or cane," and that the plant belongs to the buckwheat family and is related to rhubarb, dock sorrel, etc., all of which grow in the Southern States. Cultivation, it is stated, increases the product to thirty tons of green roots per acre, which shrink to about eight tons when dried. The value of the plant is owing to its tanning proper ties, as the roots yield from 23 to 33 per cent, of tannic acid; white oak and hemlock bark yield only from 8 to 10 per cent. Prices of the dried root range from $25 to $30 per ton in the rough. In Europe from $50 to $80 per ton is paid and the demand far exceeds the supply. The crop per acre is said to be worth from $175 to $225, while the coet of planting and cultivating is about the same as that of the sweet potato crop. The tannic acid from canaigre is said to be excep tionally valuable for tanning uppers, fine saddlery and fancy leathers. It is used alio as a dyestnff. This is enough to commend the plant to the attention of farmers in the South who are disposed to seek sub stitutes for cotton; nnd if the plant will grow here, and respond 'to culti vation, it is certainly well worth cul tivating. A crop that can be planted and cultivated "the same as the sweet potato croo" and pays from $175- to $225 per acre, with the demand ex ceeding the supply, should not . re quire much urging bevond the state ment of its merits. Further informa tion regarding it, and useful sugges tions as to its cultivation, can be ob tained by applying to the Agricultural Department at Washington. POSTAL HOLIDAYS. The Postmaster General Amends the Regulations Regarding Them. The Tostmaster General amended the postal laws and regulations regard ing holidays. The amendment states thnt postmasters may observe as holi days January 1st, February 22nd, May 30th, July 4th, the first Monday in September, known as Labor Day, De cember 25th, and such other days as the President of the United States or the Governors in their respective States may designate as fast or thanksgiving dayB, or proclaim specially as holidays. On other occasions their offices can be closed only after permission is obtain ed therefor from the Department, to be applied for thrnngh the First As sistant Postmaster General. Upon holidays postofilces mutt be opened sufficiently to meet fairly the public convenience. Mails must be up and distributed as on other days. .When a legal holiday falls upon a Sunday the following Monday may be obseredv, unless otherwise specially provided for bv State authority. The Bushman's Homemade Knlle. Civilization is making rapid stride in South Africa, but the Bushman yet makes his own knife, and with con siderable ingenuity They dig a little iron, flnd-a broken hatohet or a hoop from a rum barrel, and out of these parta they form evn axe?, adzes, hammers and about everything they need in that line. These implements are, of course, very crude, but the native has much patience, and will not forego his bottle of rum for the cost of the imported tool. Chicago Times-Herald. Sugar Refineries Resumed Work. The Spreckles Sugar Refinery of Philadelphia, Pa. which has been closed for two week by order of the Sugar Trust, by which it is controlled, has started to run again. The re sumption of work is looked npon as a steady one. The plant is running on nearly fall time, but with a reduced force. .Another refinery in Williams burg, N. Y., which waa closed by the trust at the same time Spreckles waa chut down has also resumed work . . : , 1 f WEEKLY REVIEW OF TRADES. Cotton, Oil and - Wheat Climbing The Rise In tb Price of Beef. Ri O Dunn & Co.'a weekly review of trade for the past week, savs- In every speculative department business is growing, but this is really the least J icaimc.ui me Situation. Cotton, oil and wheat climbed abovf? the export price, so that the marketing of products abroad must be checked and money is absorbed which ought to be employed in productive induttry and in distribution of products to con sumers. There is no evideoce that cotton is in larger demand than it was when the price was a cent laT-er, but'prices have been so low for months that ah upward movement was easy without much rea son, though atocks here and abroad arej 300,000 bales larger than thev were at the same date after the great est crop ever produced heretofore and spinners here and tbroad have taken about 1,600,000 bale?? more than they have consumed. Ibe rise tends to prevent the decrease of acteagei which is its one reasonable excuse. Outside of the speculative markets the most important feature is the rise in the price of beef, but which is large ly due to the control of sources of sup ply by a few strong corporations. The actual decrease in receipts of cattle at the four chief Western markets haa been 200,000 head during the first quarter of 1895, and the quantity killed has been only 80,000 head less than last year about 10 per cent. ! General t rade conditions at the South are no "better, and in some respecta less satisfactory. Improvement! in. demand is not aunouncecl at anypoint. In Texas high winds and lack of rain have hurt crop prospects, and farmers in ebroe localities have not planted yet. Some large textile mills have ad vanced wages at Fall River about 10 per cent, restoring the rates paid after the' reduction in September, 1893. Labor troubles are comparatively less serious this week, and the tendency is toward larger returns for labor, which will increase the consuming power for other products. The cotton mills are encouraged by improving prices and are fairly busy. Failures during the past week have been 241 in the United States,1 against 219 last year, and 26 in Canada, against to last year. i - , ) PITHY NEWS ITEMS. Charles Knox, the founder of the hat manufacturing company which bears his name, died of pneumonia, aged 77 years. . J. A, White r of Columbus, Ga. announces his intention of becoming a candidate for President of the United States, as silver man, labor man, and southerner. He wants to unite the west and south. WItite is a shoemaker. ' i According to the report of; ,tho gov- ernieut geological survey the produc tion of marble from Georgia in 1894 was 481,529 cubic feet, valued at 8716,- "85, as compared with $2ol,666, the value in 1893, an increase of. 174 per cent. Georgia ranks second among tbe marble-producing States, Vermont being first. All the marble comes from Pickens couniv. j George Cowan, of Oberlin, O., aged 21, while piayiug baseball, was struck by a pitched ball behind the ear and instantly killed. j Rev. E. V. Evans has resigned the rectorship of Trinity ProteBtant Epis copal church at St. Augustine, Fla. to go to England where he has fallen heir to the property and title i of his uncle, the late Lord Garberry. j The Quinnebog Company of Daniels ville and Nicholsouville, Conn., to gether with the Fall River and New Bedford (Mass.) Manufacturers' Associations,- have all advanced the opera tives, wages ranging from 6j to 121 per cent., taking effect on-the 22d inst. John Quarlerand David Butler, the two Murray County (Ga) Whitecapjiers convicted of participating in the recent hanging of Henry Worley, were sen tenced by the Atlanta Federal Court to five years each in the penitentiary at Columbus, O., with a fine of $500 each additional. The case will be car ried to the U. S. Supreme Court. ThA maniit'nutnrai'a' aoareutiuQttO be held in Atlanta May 7th and 8th will be one of the most important meetings ever held in that city. The 6tate association of manufacturers that the convention is to organize will be the first association of its character ever organized in the south. This fact alone will attract great attention to Georgia's progress, and prosperity. More than 300 delegates are expected. Deputy Comptroller of the Treasury Mansur Dead. Charles H. Mansur, of Missouri, Deputy Comptroller of the U. S. Treas ury, died shortly before 7 o'elock Tuesday morning after an illness of several weeks, during which hia death has been daily expected. Early in the night the physicians abandoned the faint ray of hope that lingered, and discontinued administering medicine. The London Times Likes the Income Tax Decision. In a leader praising the United States Supreme Court for its income tax de cision the London Times says: "If we were under the United States consti tution, Sir William Harconrt'a budget would have been declared unconstitu tional. : Those Popntat leaders in America must envy us the freedom of dealing with other people's property, enjoyedin this motherland of liberty." . j North Carolina piue manufacturers are reaching out for an export trade. It is stated that a good export business is about to be iuaugurated. , ii. C. CROP ftfcpORt; la the Western District the Week Has Been Favorable for Farm Work. The following is the lasteron reoort: ElsTEKJi District; He very heavy rainfall on Monday ofJaet week, which inuseu Borne aamage to crops, especially in the North, and. flooded lowlands iJeverywhere, made land bo wet that ploughing and planting were delayed half the week. This week waa dry "ex cept light showers on the l3thandl4tb, but too cool and windy. The excess of sunshine was quite favorable. Warm, dry weather is needed to enable far mers to push ahead with work, which is much behind. Farmers are being forced to prepare soil too hastily. Corn planting is progressing as rap'idly as circumstances permit, and is about half finished on uplands. Some corn is up. Strawberries are looking- medium. Shipments will not begin for ten days or two weeks. Truck crops continue" promising, radishes, early cabbages, etc., being marketed. No damage is reported from frost. CENTBfcn District. The rain of last week was remarkably heavy, especially in a line from Vance county down to Anson; land was washed considerably, streams overflowed, bridges washed awayi plant beds ruined and plowed land packed so that it will have to be broken over again. Plowing re-commenced actively on Thursday. Light frosts occurred mornings of 12th and 15tb, which, as one correspondent re marks, had beneficial rather than inju riouB effects, by thinning -out fruit on overburdened peach trees. The cool weather continues to retard progress of vegetation, but forests are beginning to look green. Apples and cherries are now in bloom. Increased acreage to fruit is reported. Gardening made some progress during the week. Wheat and rye small but looking well, average stand; oats poor. Irish potatoes and corn coming up. Corn planting is pro gressing, and a few farmers have begun to plant cotton. Much more attention than usual will be paid to tobacco in this district. Western District. Notwithstand ing cool weather and some frosts the past week has been favorable for farm work, though vegetation makes slow progress. There was a large percent age of sunshine and very little rain. The heavy rains of the preceding week also delayed plowing and planting for two days in this district, but the ground is now in excellent condition. and two weeks of fair weather would enable farmers to catch up with their work. Farmers have been rapidly pre paring land,plantiugcorn and gardens, and getting ready for cotton. Tobacco plants are coming up nicely. Small grains have improved, especially wheat and rye, and spring oats are startingoff well. Trees are budding slowly in the west and peaches and cherries arc in bloom, and strawberries and apples in the South. Light frosts occurred with a little damage, but conditions still in-' dicate a large fruit crop. WASHINGTON NOTES. H. H. Sims, of Durham, has been transferred from the Peusiou Office to the Intel ior 'Department proper. All recently published estimates of the income tax returns are too low, They will very largely exceed ten mil lion dollars. " The returns for the Car-i olinas and the South are generally small. Some of our capital is listed North and taxes paid , here, although some of tbe industries .are located in the South. Reports from "an authoritative source have reached the Agricultural Depaatment that an unknown insect has attacked the watermelon plants of southern (jrcorgia and now threatens to destroy that product. The Depart-; ment at once deepatcheckAseistant En tomologist D. W. CoquillMttothe spot to make a thorough investigation Patterson and Sound Mot Representative Josiah Patterson, of Memphis, Tehn., is in Washington in the interest of a sound money convent tion to be held in Memphis May 23.1 Patterson between now and the date of the convention will make addresses in nearly all the large cities of the South on the subject of finance and the importance of the coming convn-! tion " j CAMPOS IN COMMAND. Be Take th Field in Cuba With of6000Men. Force - General Martinez Campos left Guantana mo, on the day after his arrival in Cuba from Spain, for the field or hostilities with 6000 troops. General 3asso, an insurgent leader, issued a manifesto declaring death to any peace commission. The insurgents have 9000 men and are gaming strength every day. ' They control the province of Santiago de Cuba. General Campos issued a proolarr arion ask ing the support of the various political par ties, and promising to implant reform at the conclusion of the rebellion, which he hopes will be speedily terminated. The town of Las Pal mas has beea burned by the Insurgent leader Cehreco, and the town of Bayamo was besieged by the rebel leader uromDot wttn ooo men. estimates of the Income Tax Ketarns. Commissioner Miller, of the- Internal. Revenue Bureau has synt a letter to Secre tary Carlisle in which he estimates the re! tarns from the income tax at about tli, 365,000. The total expenditures on account of the work, including necessary salaries and al lowances to the end of the present fiscal year, will not exceed 133,000. ! The best judgment of the Treasury officials is that but for the adverse decision of the Su preme Court the amount carried by the re turns would have bean about 630,000,000, the first estimates of the department. Carson Mint Dismantled. Mint Director Preston has ordered the re moval to the San Francisco Mint of $530,000 of gold bullion and 130.000 of silver bullion now at the Carson fNev.) Mint. About 4C00, 000 in unrefined silver now at the Carson Mint will subsequently be removed to San Francisco. This removal of the bullion from Carson practically completes the dismantling of that mint.: OFFICE fOR FITZHUCH LEE. The rreideat Appoint Virginia' F.x-Gov i ernoT an Internal Iterenne Collector. ; The appointment of General Fitzhugh Lee, the ex-Governor,- by the President, th' be Collector of Internal .Revenue .for j the .Sixth Virginia DWrict was a sur priae to Virginia, for it was i not known that the General wo a candi- 6EVESAL HTZBTOH LEE. date. Although it was understood that the salary, Si500, would be most acceptable to General Lee in his present circumstances, it was feared by his friends n Richmond i that xiia auuvpianceoi mis OIUC6 W0U1U SeriOUSlV AMERICAN FLEET FOR KIEL Finest Squadron Sent to Europe Since the Civil War. The United States is to be represented at the Kiel celebration. June 19, by the finest American fleet j that has visited Euro pean waters j since the Civil Var, headed by j the armored &-uiser ew York as flagship, and the triple-screw flier Columbia which will be detached for this purpose from Admiral Meade's fleet, with the addition of the San Francisco and Marblehead. now in the Levant. 6 I Admiral KirkJand, in charge of the Euro pean station, will command the squadron. The fleet will impress European Nations with lhe progress accomplished in rebuilding the American Navy. The New York has no superior for offensive and defensive pur poses, combined with speed, and the Colum bia excels all vessels except the Minneapolis in speed and staying power. j ( Considerable political significance is at tached to the order sending the New York and Columbia to the North Sea and through the new canal into the Baltic, where thj last American warship appeared on a mission of mercy, carrying corn for the starving peas ants of Russia. Extremely unusual are the the visits of American warships to German ports and the Sandinaviaa coast, and here tofore the Baltic ha? been practically a sealed sea to them. The detachment of these two effective ves sels, the New York and the Columbia, from the home squadron, is taken as an additional indication of the confidences of the Adminis tration that the United States is in no danger Of being involved in trouble over the affairs of American republics, and that the Cuban and NIcaraguan disturbances will be settled without our intervention, unless diplomatic oniy. CHICKASAWS WAGE WAR. Insurgenta Put the Governor of the tion to Flight. Couriers from Tishomingo, the capital of the Chickasaw Nation, report that a pitched battle raged between the forces 'of the Gov ernment, under Moseley, and two hundred insurrectionists. Six people were killed and eight wounded, according to the report. The greatest excitement prevailed. I The cause of the outbreak is bad blood over political matters. There has long been a bitter fading at the Chickasaw scat of government. Its origin dates baek to the re fusal of the Legislature at its last session to recognize Willis Brown, Charles Brown and Noah McGIll as Sheriffs of the Nation. The Legislature was seconded in its position by the Governor. , j Governor . Moseley issued orders to all Sheriffs, Constables and Deputies through out the Nation to report to him at once with arms. When the officers gathered around the Governor's house, 200 ! en raged men, headed by McGill and the Brown brothers, rushed from adjoining houses, and a deadly riot followed. The mob took pos session of the capitol. Governor Mbseley and his official retinue escaped, by hard running, to houses in the outskirts of the town. The Governor has called a special session of the Legislature, to take action upon the existing state of disorder. Tishomingo was men virtually under the control of a savage moo, anu wniie people were neeing. A DEMAND ON CUATEMALm. The State Department to Take Up Cases of Abuse of Americans. The State Department at Washington bail made a demand upon the Guatemala Govern ment for an explanation of the alleged abuse of American citizens in Guatemala. It is said that Henry J. Stibbs and other officers of American vessels have bern seized in Guatemalan ports and fqrH " !-or- -ri-, nuxi mat American workmen peacefully engaged in their labors have been FBESrDE5T BAEBIOS, OF OCATEMAI.A. imprisoned and maltreated, and that other still have been subject to the indignity of lashings upon the bare baek. The Depart ment of State, besides calling for an explana tion of President Barrios, has directed a rigid investigation through United States consular o Ulcers, and indemnity will be asked. The Visible Supply. Official reports from New York indi cate that the, total visible supply of cot ton for the world is 4,272,031 bales, of ; which 3,y45,431 bales are American, j against 3,935,21 bales and 3,303,064 bales respectively last year. The j re ceipts of cotton last week at all the; in terior towns were 41,055 bales: 're ceipts from the plantations 45,451 bales. Crop in sight 9,312,206 bales, j i ' i CHINA'S BARRIERS DOWN"; Other Countries Profit by thej Terms t of Peace-Exacted by Japan TREATY SIGNED BY ALL ENVOYS. Anybodj May Introduce Into Cluaa Tmc- tories or Machinery and May lew Warehouses in the Interior- Intima tion That European rowers Svill At tempt to Revise the Conclusions. The treaty of peace between Japan and China was feigned at Shimonoseki by tho Teace Commissioners of both countries. The provisions of this treaty of nl conse quence to outside countries are theie: , China agrees to no longer impose ujon foreigners the odious tax . known as likiu levied upon goods and sales. A uniform standard tael is to b adopted by China for her currency. Much oonfubion is caused in money calculations, because there are the Haikwan or customs tael (usually meant when Government komimta tious Tare made. worth about .seventy-llvo cents; the Tientsin tael, worth about seventy- three cents, and tho Shanghai tael, worth about sixty-nine cents. I All foreigners are to be permitted to intro duce Into China factories and machinery. anu to lease warenouses in me interior. Japan takes Formosa, the Pescadores Isl andsand Manchuria from llngkow. on th Leao River, to Anping, on the Ya.l; includ ing the JLeatong peninsula. . No other part of China is to be oceuiie by Japan, even as a temporary guarautev that China shall abide by the provisions of the peace treaty, except possibly Wei-hai-wei. I I The indemnity which China is to pay to? Japan is fixed at 200,000,000 taets in silvei (equivalent to about f 150,000,000 in! American gold). . i 1, The important commercial concessions made by China are to be shared by all Na4 tions. . J ' The autonomy of Korea is recognized. 4 No pressure from Western Pdwers was brought to bear upon Japan during th peace negotiations. . A dispatch from Shimonoseki says that Id Hung Chang, China's peaco envoy, has .started for home, having conceded all of Japan'sjemand.'N I A despatch from Tientsin, China, says ail imperial proclamation has boon ssued au thorizing Li Hung Chang to sign a treaty of peace with Japan guaranteeing the payment of 200,000,000 taels indemnity; By! the proc lamation Li Hung Chang is impowerod to cede to the Japanese the island of For mosa and the peninsula of Liao Tung to tho fortieth degree of latitude, to sanction tli opening of five new commercial ports, includ ing Pekin, and to give Japan the power b open cotton factories and other industries In' China. -I ' t Germany objects to the conditions of peace only so far as they encroach upon German commercial interests, and regards the whole question as one to "be settled between China and Japan as long as European interests aro not affected. J j i The French and Russian Governments aro about to convoke a meeting of tie Powers for the purpose of revising the terms of peaco agreed upon by the Chinese and Japanese representatives. i i The Pall Mall Gazette; a leading British? paper, commenting on the terms of Jieace be tween China and Japan, as defined by the im perial edict-just issued in PeklD, says the cession of Formosa will surely displease England, while the cession of Poft Arthur will be objected to by Russia. "Our Gov-' eminent, the Gazette savs," may safely be depended upon to do nothing, however, un less the other Powers take action." 1 The St. James's Gazette says: rlf Japan declines to be frightened Russia may 'come to the conclusion that she would better not try force. Meanwhile England is benevolent and has no feeling of anger toward Japan The opening of factories in China by Japan' does not mean that she will have a hionopoly of such industries, as England could also open a factory if she chose." -I I The Russian journals are more vigorous irii their utterances than the English papers, ant sound the warning that the signing of such' a treaty of peace will be only a prelude to a wider though unnecessary armed cojnfllct.l Japan will place in England at knce Or ders for several warships, to be built on tho lines suggested by her experience in the war.i A despatch from Tokio. Japan, says that peace ratifications will be exchanged within three weeks, and that the armistice has been extended to midnight on May 8. Patriot' Day in Massachusetts. 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