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The Messenger SEND 70S- J JOB PRINTING THE MESSENGER, Marion. N. C. i Prints . the. News an J Ih sought after by the peo ple of McDowell, Yancey, Bun eomlw, llutlierford, Burt and other counties la Western North Carolina, and U there fore a Cood Advertising Medium. Bates furnUbed on application. Address, THE MESSEJJOEB. Marlon, N. O. i i kil 1 I r I. ' "S-"? . 1 JI t Promptness, Accuracy. Neatness Letter Heads, Note Headi, Bill Head. J Envelopes, Circulars, Cards, Poie trs, ramphlets, and any kind of 2 rrtDting. Z VOL.IL no. C. MARION. X. C. FRIDAY, MAY 28. 1807. Pike $1 Per Year, in Advance. all, iV ountcrs. I J out by ,,,,, , ,t Cloth- U " m (1..V.J J " : : er Mer-.tn :! ''V1 Good:! ck groun e take poo .oinera ft: SLTON irnlshers I. c. Our From DECIDED AraiKf HEN A Column of North Carolina Squibs Picked Up Here and There. HE IS A VERY POOR PROPHET. Many Damage Suits Toe-Nails Dropping Oil -- May Crop Hellc- Yhe Cluirlotto Observer's Concord correspondent of the l?t)i, says: "In the Presbyterian cemetery at this place there is a lone grave with the following in: i-i iption on the pliiiri white slab: "George Veamaii, Equestrian, Born in I Mnibiirgh, Scotland, January l'Jth Is l, and departed this life November 7tli. 1.'?." 1 ic was a showman and in juied while pet formi ng a feat in Robin son's great country circus, which was it. al.in:; it-. first tour through the I-n'ith. Yesterday afternoon members i,f ( '. '.s circus assembled at the St. Cloud Hotel tin 1 marched to the grave, which v. as -rof usely decorated with 1. uuti; u: flowers. At tho grave Mr. I i n in- w , tho business manager of tl.i Miwu made an impressive talk, and :i ki -d the divine blessing ami guidance P.r the fidleii and for those yet alive in the pioi'e-,. ;cn. The Land rendered c. end ehoice selections on the march m I :it the cemetery, while the (lowers . ie being pla-ed on the tomb, it play ed ' Seiner, My iod, to Thee." The i.ii'tii'M lal service was an impressive one and v -.i, witnessed by nearly all the city s populace. " l.Ii Marshall, tho negro who shot ( ..ii-table Neyin, at riueville, and who van in turn shot when being captured, just over the line in South Carolina from Monroe, is furnishinga strange case for medical science. Ho was shot, it will be remembered, in the leg. The toe nails on the foot of the leg he was shot in we droppin-'oir This, lr. Wilder mi v-. is caused by injuries to tho scia tic nerve. It is the only case of the hind he has ever known. Marshall complains of his foot feelinglike he was on lire, lie keeps it in water constant ly. Charlotte 'bsorver. It is said that the attendance at the .-ting of the Stub-Teachers' Assmbly loo,eh. -ad City, -lune l.'.th will be ! largest in many yearn. Tho opening ; he -iiminer scli. al at Wake Forest ol!e-e w ill be postponed in order not conflict v.ithtlie assemble Aiiw.ih' e eminent educators who are to ad s tlie a-sembl v ar; Dr. Curry, Ir. Murray, president of the University Chica-o, and President leorgo J. im.-ey. of the Southern Kducatioiml -sociation. The State crop report for May, based on returns from 1,000 correspondents, has been completed. It is as follows: Average comiiiivu i iui work ;i-l jer rent ; amount of cotton planted com pared with average years 102, corn 101, condition of wheat compared with nver ii . 'c u iu s no, outs 104, prospects for I caches ilT, apples ?., small fruits NT, : !apfs--. N umber of hoys as compared v. ith average years 07 per cvnt. I in-appointment of ox -Judge Tourgce it oiistilate at Bordeaux, Frauce, I ii!'s t mind his career in this State. ll.-l. it North Carolina nineteen years '.. He held a lot of the "special tax" I' ..lids and one of his statements just before lie left was that the United States ii ieme Court would declare them valid mi. I require their payment He proved to be a very poor prophet. Wil mington Messenger. .... . At tin- convention of the Brother- b 1 of St. Andrew held in ltaleigh ia -! week the following otlicers were ro- Ic tc.l: S. S. N'ash. president: T. W. l'uM"!i and r.etijamin 11. Jluske, vica pi' i lent--: .lohn C. Drewrv, eeere t..' an 1 treasurer; executive coniinit . I.. Wall. H. A. Evans and E. i. M:i'--ha!l. the hitter of Charlestoii, s ' I he strength of the chapter is I'p'c-c. .pal IHocpsati Convention i. h i- week adopted resolutions -I- to purchaseSt. Mary's school ! ;i v for si.Vi, noil, in cash, ::iH.tiler in twenty years. The i p'-opcrty belongs to the Cameron and ;sin the western suburbs of ;h. l'er over half a century it has i church school, but under private Ley also decided that women on parochial matters. - fh last week the following led licenses as pharmacists " Hoard after examination: am. of Kalcitrh; Moody B. Sotithport; John B. Manly -enhotir. of Salisburv: Nor inter and W. H. Whitaker, ' H. Vick. of Wilson; T. of !unville, Va. : J. A. Scat- f Newberry, S. C. viriiorhas )iardoned l'.rnest . convicted of illegal registration a--t term of Alamance Superioi and sentenced to three years' ii'MM.nnient. with leave to the -loners to hire out the nrisoner. us Clingman King, con ";':t w ith intent to commit Vtober term. 1S (."i. nf tli 'liinitiul Court and sen- f damage suits atrainsl of employes' lives ie ver l.etore. lleavv r given. Wil niing- "v.Timr has olTered .J.10 reward te,-ti,,u of the persons who as i ' 1'. Maker at )ud!eyontlu March Oi.th. - r is made the State Board oi 1' t. purchase, at O") cents pel acre- in Carteret, Jones nr.c. ln.own as -tlo.1oL.w- ...;..v "6 lands covered with water and nc H V ,eit Johnson, who has just j 1. ' 1 ' -line Ufl'lUT oi ei Ml C'X T; ':',,l"'cs isail to be the oldest O0-2 f 11 ,:''', '"'l- uited to public office. I!f ''ci.ti-nnial anniversary of tl.t ,"l'"1:'"i Lutheran Synod occurs havimr hcen organieil a iv Mav :(. is,,.;. suitable ob ' "t till- notable event is in pre h,,-v I'rthl the- Westen ' aro.nia Conference. M. K. '"';'h. which meets at Ashe ml.er iTth. 'itn.ent f,. t).,. criminal in " I " niteiitiary will be finished ot June. N, i- a: ,3the t r - -, ' . i tioll ti I i :i:i'i"l v,-!, t ll.llei "'V lhe -t it ;( !'. i; Mint.-, of ; i i .i i. i ! I!,. ... u i H ji. ;. C.oods ml j;ct, d ,,f u ... v.mrJ-'-'- the . auic, vvii ase v ! lie !;:.:;.) , rices, wtlt i !av- f.-r ,, ue oi on- . : i nan nell Jxi.rrK- "- '' st." Mf"--' -'v. reasonaf: ' j'.'' ' I l:t of 1 he o! I ICHtl. ' i. ven i TIIK WKKK OKIKADK. blight Iinproveineiit A leneral In croasc in Loans is Noteil. Messrs. 11. (. Dun i C'n.'s Weekly IJeview of Trade for tho week ending on the 21st, says: I'nmi-takable evi dence of improvement comes in the general increase of commercial loans, mostly for eastern merchants or com panies, though some well-known houses in the middle west appear with considerable rediscounts from the South. Not for a long time have commercial Joans been fully half the whole. The distinct change gives proof that new business ha. been larger than many have supposed, l.'eeeipts of money from the interior exceed : I.ipmeiits 31, V 1. 1,0' , mostly from the mid die west. Ex ports of gold have no influence, and only signify th willingness of Kushia to pay a price for the gold needed. The excess of merchandise imports to answer de mands for half a year to come involves the greater excess of exports when the anticipatory movement ends ami crops begin to move, which fact renders large outgoes of gold less likely, and gives the country a stronger position in international market. Meanwhile there is a continuing increase, distinct the ugh gradual, in the volume of busi ness in demand for products of manu facti.re and considering the time of year, in movement of grain and pro duce. Western wheat receipts exceed last year's f.r the week 2. :U, 1! bushels against I.T:!,')'., ami Atlantic exports were 1, ;-,, s: bushels, ilotir included against I,::(2,4'.U last year, and for three weeks -!,;, 722 against :i,:is.i,!i(), for the same period last year. Western receipts of corn were Lt'."."i,iiT7 bushels, a gain of 1. l.'V.Tl, and Atlantic exports 2, lsx.H-j.-, against 1,i;i rs,s2" last year, notwithstanding the enormous increase hitherto. Wheat again cheated hope'ul buyers and fell nearly 4 cents, closing lower for the week. Corn was a shade weaker. Cotton oiuv more hopefully advanced to i :c, but fell back to 7 w ith poor support here or abroad. Moth the volume of stocks and the conditiou of domestic and foreign markets for goods hinder a Ivauce, aud later acreage reports are better. 'Ihe iron industry has had an increase in new business, tie.; rh not in all brandies. I'ait was due to tin? rupture nf the steel brum poo!. i;u l the fall in price from V to .:-. -', nominally quoted, and some good structural con tracts were at once secure 1. Part is due to a better demand for plates and for pipe, of which one large contract for Indiana fields was placed, and part to growing needs for cars and vessels. J'here is also some increase in rods though the season for wire and nails is Hearing an end, because ot an expected pool of rod mills. Lower Southern freight r::!es marketed a little more iron at the North and Eastern foundry is slightly lower with grey forge only 25 at l ittslmrg. The Carnegie works are now turning out 00 to.is of rails daily, nearly ail on old nrders, and exports of linished pro ducts increase. Sales of copper, said to be nearly tio.ooo pounds, beve stif fened the price to lb' lor lake, and tin 1:1! cents, in spite of large arrivals, though lead was weaker at r?.!.2" and tin plates at .?:'..';.. Coke is also a shade lower. Sales of wool decrease, though still greater than vhe:i all the mills were busy, but manu factures are doing scarcely anything', most of their possible demand for months ahead having been supplied. Western holders begin to oiler at 1 to 1 1-2 cent lower than of late. Woolen goods are dull, but prices are firm, i'he strike of clothing hands somewhat restricts the new- demand. Cotton goods are without change in prices, print cloths still at the lowest on record, and the demand is still indif ferent, with talk of temporary closing of mills at the South. Failures for the week have been 2 IS in the I'nited States against 227 last year, and ;i7 in Canada against 2S last year. IJKi STKIKK KNDS. After l-'our Years' Struggle the Fltoit (lass Workers iive I 'p. At Fittsburg, Fa., the strike of the American Flint (ilass Workers' I'nion, which was inaugurated four years ago, has been declared otl". The dispute was over working tho unlimited turn," and of Ihe 7, olio men connected with the American Flint (llass Workers Union, l.'.mo struck. The strike cost the (ilass Workers' I'nion over j?l, ooo, ooo, and during the tour years 4oo strikers died. Now that the strike is over it is thought the United States (ilass Com pany will reinstate a large number ot men. M'LAriJIN KOU SKXATOK. The Youngest South Carolina Con gressman Looming There is little doubt as to the suc cessor of Senator Earle, of South Caro lina, and as Governor F.Uerbe thinks the Democrats should have their full strength in the United States Senate at once, he will probably make the ap pointment before many days. Congressman John Li. McLamiu is looked upon as practically certain to receive the appointment. If appointed, he will be elected, whether there is a primary next fall or not, for it is left entirely to the Legislature. Mcl.aurin is the youngest man in the South Carolina delegation. He was attorney general for four years and was elected to Congress for his second term last fall, lie is a member oi the Ways and Means committee and recently spoke in favor of a duty on cotton. Proving a Success. The Exposition of the Carolina, w hich is now opened at Charlotte. N C, is proving a decided success it every particular, and the largest at tendance in one day was 2,"oo. aud i constantly increasing, owing to tht fact that those who attend titid somucl more than they expect and go away t -advise their friends to attend. Last -'at unlay was Children's Day and wit a great success. The administration at Washiugto have determined to go slow as to Cuba matters. Mure Trouble at Homestead. Italians at Homestead. Fa., Thau t wice been attacked by idle men, vh believe thev should have been give the work tho Italians received 'buil.i iug a street railway). Officers a;v pro tecting the Italians and further troul le s feared. The Kouss Monument IeMeateL The monument given by ( harh i'roadway llouss. the millionaire e Vork merchant. t the Confederate Vet raiis camp has been dedicated m Vt ,'ope cemetery, in Westche ter count,, New York. II, The Graeco-Turkish Controversy Reaches This Stage. NEGOTIATIONS EXPECTED TO Last for Some Time--TJic Sultan's Policy in Acceding to the Czar's Ke quest for an Armistice. London, May 22. (By Cable.) The Graeco-Turk trouble has now fairly en tered upon its diplomatic bargaining stage and the negotiations are expected to last for some time. Many important differences have to bo settled, and the Sultan of Turkey may- be counted upon to drag the all'air along as much as possible, with the view of bringing out the latent jealousies of the pow ers. His prompt compliance with the Czar's request to arrange for an armistice is not attributed entirely to the desire to please the Czar, but it is Jooked upon as: a stroke of diplomacy intended to excite the resentment of some other power and thus weaken the .-oneert. Thus far, everything tends to show that the powers remain in entire agreement on the question. An Euro pean conference is discussed but it is uot thought likely to take place until the preliminaries of peace are arranged. 1'heu the ambassadors at Constanti nople, with tho delegates of Turkey ind Greece, may meet to settle upon the treaty of peace. There is a strong feeling in favor of international control :f the Greek nuances, without w hich the payment of the indemnity to Tur key and tho interest on the Greek debt is declared to be impossible. The Greeks insist that if nn indem nity is imposed upon them there will be i general collapse and serious internal -roubles w ill occur. They estimate the lamnge done to Thessaly at 2",tMio,o')0 Iraclimsand theysay another lo.ooo.ino Irachms w ill be needed to supply the peasants w ith food and tools. Moreover, they add, the revenue w ill be greatly re duced, ow ing to the immediate damage lone to cultivation throughout the coun try, duo to the ubsence of thousands of workers. This year's budget will proba bly leave a deficit of CO, 000,000 drach mas. The Greek statements, however, ire now received with a certain sceptic ism. It is pointed out that by the ad missions of the Greeks themselves 70 per cent, of the interest of the debt, which they have not paid, has been set side in order that they n.ay have mon ey for the war aud that consequently Ijrcece is certainly in a position to con tinue paying :i0 per cent, interest and probably considerably more if her linauces are placed under international control. Advices from the scenes of the recent lighting mention the possibility of a serious epidemic of disesse when the heat increases, owing to the putrifying Jarcases and horses left rotting ine'v:y litch. The popular feeling at Athens against the royal family of Greece does not di minish. The stories of tho "excessive prudence"' of Crown Prince Constan tino at the front have done much to weaken thedvnastv. OKMOCKATS CAIXTS And Oecide to Kiglit Tariff liill Down on Dear IJecr. The Democratic Senators held a cau cus last Saturday and decided to in augurate their light upon the tariff bill as soon as the bill is taken up in the Senate by a motion to strike out the in ternal revenue features of the bill relat ing to beer and tobacco. This result was reached after a discussiuu in w hich practically all the Senators present par ticipated. The talk w as based largely upon the proposition to increase the tax upon beer, which was generally criticised as an effort to increase the price of "the poor man's beverage," w hich was pronounced wholly unjusti fiable in time of peace and with $120, WO.OOO of idle inoney in the treasury. Senator Karle's Funeral. At Greenville, S. C, Saturday, the grave closed over all that was mortal of Joseph Haynsworth Earle, South Car olina's late junior Senator. All the stores in the city were closed during the progress of the exercises. The whole of Greenville mourned and the people made no attempt to conceal their feelings, i'ich and poor alike at tended the obsequies, and prominent men from all over the State, as weil as the Congressional committee, paid their last tribute to South Carolina's honored and worthy son. Handsome floral tributes were sent from Washing ton, as well as from the townspeople. Governor EUerhe did uot atteud, owing to illness in his family. The services were conducted at the First Baptist churchh by Dr. C. S. Gardner, the pas tor. Cuban-Americans Needing Kclief. A telegram received at tho State De partment at Washington from Consul Geueral Lee indicates that the number of Americans in need of relief in Cuba is much larger than was supposed at first. The Consul-General says that the number may- reach 1,200. The consul at Matanzas reports 2."0 there and the consul at Sagua 4"0. A Bust of Raleigh. A memorial bust of Sir Walter Ral eigh has been unveiled at Westminstot Abliey, in London, England, by the Duke of Buocleuch, in the presence oi a distinguished assemblage. Among the eulogies delivered was one by Col. lohn Hav, embassador of the United States. rilK SOUTH KKN'S POSTAL BILLS. The Postniastcr-liencral Sends a Statement to the Semite. In compliance with a resolution of in quiry, the Postmaster Geneaal sent to the United States Senate last Monday the statement in regard to the compen sation paid to the Southern Railway Company for the transportation of mails since 1SH4. The reports show that since January last the compensation on the division between Washington and Lynchburg, per mile, has been as fol lows: Sti! for transportation: 32i" for postal cars and 12 for special facili ties. The Postmaster-General says that the weighing of all mails last year on this Hue was conducted with more than usual care, and that all officers and em ployes of the Railway Mail Service who had anything to do with it were in structed fully as to their duties, aud re quired to make reports of any unusual amount of mail matter received Lj them. Look np the best man that ever lived, and you will find aiethiuj "on" him. NEWS ITEMS. Southern Pencil Pointers. Christ Church, Savannah, Ga , h n been burned. A pitched battle between tjll g.ite rni.lera ot.,1 n 1 . ..v i W- nf Im mik. yille, Kv., resulted in the fatal v.oii!id- uig oi jsavni .lolmsou and tne serious injury of Charles Jones. Creek, W. Va., on a log, Abraham Don aldson, Mrs. Shrevers and Miss Martin w ere drow ned. The Barber negro memorial school at Montgomery, Ala,, has been burned, The loss is about .4.,oo. Mississippi is to have a new Stat." House to cost ?7.")0,ooo. It is rumored thct Governor 'ia.vior, of l'euueshce, is to resign his office in October to resume his lecture tours. Governor Bradley, of Kentucky, granted a pardon to a 12-year-old girl, guiity of forgery, and is urging a re form school for juvenile offenders. Jlenry Love, colored, under arrest ai Winston, N. C, has confessed that he is Lewis Mason, v. ho killed Peter Du ron w hile under arrest at Atlanta on C'hristmrs day, 1 !.",. Elijah Morton, colored, will be hanged at McRae, (ia., on May 21 for the murder of threo persons. The National Bank of Gnfl'ney, S. C, has been authorized to begin business, with a capital of S-VUXK). J. 11. Westbury w as shot at Isabella, fa. , by E. A. Nisbet, a real estate ngent. Cause, an unpaid store account. Nesbit is in jail audit is thought West berry's wounds may prove fatal. The Florida joint legislative com mittee have found Stato Treasurer Col lins' shortage to be ."(, '.is L Collins is missing. The committee charges that T. N, O. Stockton, a candidate for the United States Senate, owes the State ?l."j,000, for which no security is held. A wild nrtgro has been captured ten miles north of l.renion, Ala. He is about CO year old. and it is believed that he has lived in the Alabama swamps ever since the war. He w ill be held and tamed. Frank E Corhctt, a prominent busi ness man of Alexandria, Va., died in his ofiice, at the corner of Fairfax and King streets. Death was caused by an overdose of chloral and bromide of notash. All About the North. John F. Johnson, president of the State National Bank, of Logansport, fnd . is in the clutches of Ihe law for forging s-Joo, ooo worth of notes. Kansas- has abolished stripes for prison garb. The board of education of New York will spend ten millions in the next two years in enlarging and improving the school accomodations of tho city. Manufacturers of the Indiana gas belt at Anderson are organizing to preserve the "iturnl gas fields Otto Pilcguard, of New York city, died from lockiaw after having pierced his foe with if rusty nail. The annual meeting of the American Tract Society, win held in New York. Tho treasurer's report- showed receipts for the year of .V.U,:;ii2. A call has been issued for a conven tion of free silver Republicans of ( )hio in Cincinnati, Juno 1, to elect dele gates to the national free silver conven tion, Juue Mh. Governor Black, of New York, has signed the so-called anti-scalper's bill. It absolutely prohibits the selling of railroad and steamboat tickets in the State except by authorized agents. John Smith, the colored candidate for the Naval Academy, Annapolis, has failed in tho English branches of his examination. Under the rules of the academy he was allowed re-examination. It is possible that Miss Clara Barton may go to Greece in the service of the Red Cross Society. Mr. Demetrius Vasto, the Secretary of the American fund in aid of the Greek Red Cross, re cently summoned Miss Barton for a conference in New York in regard to her possible journey. Miscellaneous. Consul Hyatt reports an egg famine in Cuba. The new tunnel under the Thame river has been formally opened by the Prince of Wales. Elverton R. Chapman, the sugar trust broker, contemplates writing a book narrating his prison experiences. The postotliee department has just completed a thorough inspection of all the presidential postoflktsof the coun try. Hawaii is making pretense of desir ing annexation with England if the I'nited States abrogates the sugar treaty. Comptroller of the Currency has de clared a . per cent, dividend in favor of the creditors of the insolvent First Na tional Bank of Ocala, Fla. The supreme council of the A. P. A. at Washington has endorsed Senator Morgan's fight for Cuba and condemned Senator Vest's declaration that Catholic priests were superior to the broken down preachers w ho taught Indians. At Charlotte, X. ('., on the 20th the :7th annual session of the general assembly of the Southern Fresbyteria'i Church was called to order in the First Presbyterian Church. The assembly was organized by the election of Rev. G. T. Goetchis, D. D., of Rome, (ia , as moderator and Drs. Wiggins and A. R. Cooke, as clerks. The Job is Worth $7,00O. A Washington special to the Charlotte (X. C. ) Observer, says Ki Gndger is slated for the consul-generalship t Shanghai, now held by Mr. Jernigan. The salary is put down at So, 000, but including notarial fees and other per quisites, it is nearly $7, 000. He has three good appointments under him. The first and best is that now held by Mr. Isaac Erwin Avery, vice consul general and marshal of the consular court. I have heard that this pays nearly- 3,ooo. Senator Fritchard will name a young man from the State for this place, who will probably sail w ith Mr. Gndger. The other places are worth si, "00 and 81, ooo. Mr. Gudger will have the power, at Senator l'ritch ard's instance, to nominate all of them. The two last, mentioned will not, how ever, belong to Xoi th Carolina. A really go.l man had rather be de ceived than be suspicious, and rather forego his own right than run the ven ture of doing even a hard thing. This Is the temper of that charity of which the apostle says that it shall never fail. SENATOR EJHUE He Succumbs to Bright's Disease After Weeks of Suffering. A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE. He Was Conscious to th Last--As to His Successor Oov, Kllcrbe Will Act at the Proper Tin.e. A dispatch from Greenville, South ''arolina, last Thursday heralded the sac newc that Senator Joseph II. Ftu la had succumbed to Bright's disease after weeks of suffering, but was conscious to the last and bid farewell to a devoted family which had gathered around his bedside. When Senator Earle went to Wash ington in March he was in his usual good health. About two months ago he made his first public utterance in the Senate, supporting a resolution which he offered, looking to the organ ization of the Senate committees. The ftrenghth of his position in that mat ter "Drought him at once into national prominence. But h was almost imme diately attacked by what proved to be his last illness, and, faiiiug to rallj-, his physician advised his returning to (Sreeuville. Below is a short sketch of his life: JOSKI'II ir. EAW.E was born at Greenville, S. G, April 30, 1S47. He lost his parents early in life aud went to reside with an uncle at Sumter, S. G, where he attended the common schools until the breaking out of the war in 1501. He entered the Con federate army while a mere boy aud stayed the whole four years. At the close of it he was a member of Charles' Battery of Light Artillery, Johnson's army. Soon after the war he returned to ( ireenvillo and entered Furmati Uni versity and completed his education. He then taught school in (Sreeuville county foi three years, leading law at the same time. About this time he was happily married to Miss Annie Earie, daughter of Mr. Ba3'liss Earle, of An derson, she being a distant relative of his. He next moved to Sumter aud was admitted to the bar in lj70. Eight years after he was elected to the legis lature from Sumter county and in 132 was elected Stato Senator from this county; he wa a del egate to the national J K:i "ratic convention in 18S0 and 1sn4; in '.S.-.J he was elected attorney general of the Stato and re-elected !" th s ofiice in lss-j. In 1S;H) Senat... - i'Pod B. R. Tillman for Governor at the iimo when Tillnianism was at blood heat; he was defeated. Just four years liter he was elected e'reuit judge, which ollico he held at the time ho was elected over .lohn Gary Evans to succeed J. L. M. Irby in the United States Senate in November, Ism;. He took hi-' set b'uvnry 27, I-siT. He has held his posi- m as Senator about five months and s'.ayed at his post manfully until the yery last. a rrnr.tc calamitv. Governor EUerhe, of South Carolina, was much shocked to hear of Senator Earlo's death. As a matter of course he is having nothing to say at this time of the possibility of his successor, al though he fully realizes that it is a mat ter of great moment to the Democratic party to fill the place thus made vacant by the hand of death at the very earliest possible moment. The power of ap pointment is vested in him, and in him alone, aud he will act when tho proper time has elapsed in accordance w ith the power invested in him and for the best interests of tho State. f ONUKF.SSIOXATj ACTION. At Washington, on receipt of the news of the death of Senator Earle, Senator Tillman called on tho Vice I'resideut in regard to the appointment of a committee to represent the Senate at the funeral. Mr. Hobart named the following as a committee: Messrs. Tillman, Clay of Georgia, Chandler of New Hampshire, McEnery of Louisi ana, aud Harris of Kansas. Speaker P.eed appointed a committee to repre sent the House. KICK PLAXTKKS KKTUKX. Have Hopes of a Tariff Duty Matter Kests With Finance Committee. The Charleston, S. C, delegation consisting of Major Theodore G. Bar ker, S. G. Stouey and Christopher Fitz Simmons, who have been in Washing ton in tho interest of the tariff duty on rice, has returned to that city. Major Barker expressed himself as pleased with the audiences given the South Carolina delegation. He said that he could not speak definitely about the result of the delegation's visit, but he was hopeful. The Senatorial Commit tee, he said, seemed to be impressed with the fairness of the demands of the rice planters and seemed disposed to lend a kindly ear to their pleadings. Major Barker stated however, that in his opiuion, the matter rested with the finance committee entirely, as to whether they can fee their way clear to amend the J ingley tariff bill in the direction requested. Terms of Peace Arranged. Loudon, May 21. (By Cable.) A dispatch from Constantinople to the Daily Mail sa3-s: "The ambassadors will present a note to the Porte tomor row embodying the terms of peace to which they will agree. The note will refuse to permit the abolition of the ca pitulation in the case of Greek subjects or the annexation of Thessaly, but will eousent to a strategic rrarragement of the frontier, and indemnity not to ex ceed 115,000, 000 francs. Otlicers Fleeted. Thetwentv-sixth session of the Grand Division of the Order of Railway Con ductors, held in Los Angeles, Cal. , closed Tuesday evening after a nine days' session, the following officers for the ensuing year being chosen: Grand chief conductor, F. E. Clark, re-elect -ed: assistant grand conductor, C. H. Wilkins, re-elected; grand secretary and treasurer, Martin Claney, re-elected, grand senior conductor. A. I'. Garrettson, re-elected; grand junior conductor, W. B. Perkins, of Los An geles. Their First Womun Graduate. The first woman to be graduated by the faculty of Union Theological Sem inary, New York, received her diploma Tuesday at the Sixty-first annual anni versaryand commencement of that in stitution. The interest in the event was doubled by the graduate being Emily Grace Briggs, daughter of i'rof. C. A. Briygs, who was suspened by the general assembly after atrial for heresy in ISiU. Dr. Briggs is still a member of the faculty of the seminary, although he cannot take active part in itswoik- i nigs before the ban of suspicion Las j been removed. A SPANISH DUKL. It Will lie Fought as a liesult of a Discussion of the American llelig erency Kesolutiou ia the Spanish Ncnutc. Madrid, May 21. (By Cable) The exciting incident in the Spanish Senate, w Inch culminated in a free right today was provoked by the statement of the Duke of Tetuan that Senator Sagasta's speech the other day to the Liberals had contributed to bring about the vote in the American Senate. Geu. Litis Pando, said: "The thiug now happening is due to the cowardice and feebleness of the government. ' Senator Comas said: "You will dis ."ss that t.-rioi row. " "We wili discuss it," replied the Duke of Tetuan, "but I will accept dictation from nobody." "Nor . I, either," retorted Senor Comas,- at tho top of his voice. At this point the Dike of Tetuan, pale with excitement, boxed both ears of Senor Comas and felled him to the floor. The son of Comas threw him self upon the Duke and struck him a blow with his list. Several Senators intervened and a general 6cuffle ensued. The Senate adjourned in confusion. The Duke immediaiely tendered his resignation. It is believed that he mis understood the reply of Senor Comas, who is a professor iu the University of Madrid. Madrid, May 22, 1 a. iu. (By Cable) The Duke of Teutan and Senor Comas have selected seconds as a preliminary to a duel. Madrid, May 22, 2 a. m. (By Cable) The seconds of the Duke of 'I eutan aud Senor Gomas have decided that as the aggressions were reciprocal, a duel i.i not necessary. a XKono plows vir $ 10,000. The Money the Proceeds of the Sale of His Ancestors. J ust lefore the emancipation procla mation was issued John Howard, of Louden county, Tenn. , sold four slaves for $10,000. He buried the cash in his horse pasture. Howard died without telling anybody about the buried treas ure. 1'ob Banks, a relative of one of tho slaves, recently rented the farm on which Howard lived, and in plow ing up the horse pasture unearthed the treas ure. Internal Kcvcime Receipts. Tho monthly statement of the collec tion of internal revenue shows that the total receipts for the mouth of. April were jr 11, 'JS4. .".'!, a decrease of sir., Tfi) as compared with April, 1S;M. For the last ten mouths the receipts aggregated $ 122,.'J."iO,40;, an increase as compared with the same period of last year of $0!!0,us:!. The receipts for April last from the several sources of revenue art given as follows: Spirits, ii,0T't,ili, a decrease as compared with April, ls'.i'l, of 5?!4,-0.. Tobacco; .fi'.oTO, 1 Hi, in crease 81!fT.-l"il. Fermt.-i.ied liquors, 62,I20,!);;2, decrease, ?2:iO,741. Filled cheese, S3,0:.. Miscellaneous, $2-", 1V2. Hanks Should He Kiicouragcd. Comptroller of the Currency James 11. Eckels delivered an address before the Bankers Association, in session at Nashville, Tenn., and a large number of prominent citizens. He said in his opinion the South should be as rich and prosperous as any other section of the republic. The way to bring this about was to assure tho capitalists of the North that investments would be safe in the South and returns would be re ceived. Mr. Eckels dwelt especially upon the necessity of a soui.d system of hanking, and insisted that banks should be encouraged in every com munity, as they gave eflicieuey to idle money. Visited Montieello. A congressional party from Washing ton, numbering about sixty persons, made a pilgrimage on the 21st to Mon tieello, Va. , the homo of Thomas .Teller son, going via the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. The trip was planned by Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, at the invitation of Mr. Jefferson M. Levy. Speaker Reed was among the represent atives of tho House. Virginia Democrats. The Stato Demoeraticeommittee have decided to hold the State convention in Roanoke, Aug. 11. The basis of repre sentation was made one delegate to ev ery one hundred voters or fraction of fifty cast for the Democratic candidate in the last Presidential election. This will make a body of some l.tioo. McKinley Will Co to Nashville. The President has finally decided to go to the Nasheville Exposition next month. He has fixed upon the 12th as the date and will doubtless be accompa nied by some members of his cabinet. He w ill travel over the Southern road via. Asheville, Kuoxville aud Chatta nooga. Horses Are Numerous'. Horses are so numerous in the State of Washington that they can be bought for from SO cents to .1 a head. They run at large and nobody seems to care for them. Complaint is made that they eat the grass that cattle and sheep might feed on. To Give $1,000,000 to Charity. Andrew Carnegie, who usually pre faces his annual trip to Europe by a charitable or educational donution, has decided to give ?l,0o0,0o0to charity this spring; tne exact object of the donation is not known. It Is said on what is thought to be good authority that the Marlborough investment oi" W. K. Vanderbilt was . l.j.tx.iM.i.HM), two-thlrxLs settled for life upon the Duchess and the remainder upon the Duke during his lifetime. The Duchess' jxrtIon at her death goes xj her children, if nu: has any; if not, one half of it Is to revert to her mother, Mrs. o. II. P. Belnionr. But The Duke's ?.-,. NNt.(HM 1 is his, whatever haipens. All this money Is invented in Vanderbilt railway securities, and the Marlbor onghs only enjoy the income therefrom. Tin Duchess would proUibly get tho amount from her father, no matter whom she marriM, so that Vanderbilt ot a nil English duke a little below the market price. He is getting his ! money back In the fact tlm the Prince, j of Wales bar, been his daughter's guest. Just Like C hicago. In Paris the streets and public build ing are lighted with gas at cost, an ! in ten years the city has received p..i;o.. (Mm from the cotnpany furnishing gas. A public franchise In Paris means something handsome for the city treas ury as a matter of course. HE ASSISTS IX ("FLORA riSG A BIRTHDAY PARTY. HAS A GOOD TIME WITH CHILDREN. Philosopher Tlrenof the Sport anil Write Of Indication of Gen. Grant' Tomb And Also of General Ice. .'.miter 1 irthday ia the fauniy. There are ten children and nineteen grand-children and somehow everyone of them has a birthday about once a year. My wife remembers them all just like she knows her alphabet, but the alphabet keeps lengthening out as the years roll on and she says her memory is weakening. There is but one orphan in all the lot a little black-eyed girl who lives with us, and so it was agreed that she should have a birthday party, for she was just eight years old today. It was a mighty big thing for a little pirl and will last her as long as she lives, I reckon, and she will never have a hap pier one. She goes to school and all her little friends had to bo invited. Forty little notes had to be written and forty little envelopes had to be backed and put in the postoflico and this afternoon at 4 o'clock forty little boys and girls eamo up the winding way through the grove and in course of time were playing on the lawn as happy and as noisy as a Hock c.f black birds. They played everything except baseball and football and other college curriculums and wound up wiih "many, many stars are in the sky." I broke into the ring myself in that game and kissed a pretty little girl and got kissed by another. Age has its privilgcs and theceareof them. By and by the piano announced that the party was prepared, the feast was ready and so all ihese little folks were soon circled around the long table and the side tables, where the ice cream and the strawberries and the enkc and he flowers were nestled in luxuriant abundance. Eight little red wax can dles were burning in tho center and eight vases filled with flowers signifi cant of hope that the littlo girl might have a light to her path and her way be strewn w ith roses. My observation was that nil these children behaved well and have good training at home. Of course tho boys are always hungrier than the girls, and it takes more to do them. It is said that one time the queen of Sheba had 40 bovs and girls j" rd rd:l;c n.;d 1, -ouht in before Ainj Solomon to see if his great w isdom could pick out the boys from the girls. And so the king called for bow ls of water and towels and had them passed around for each one to wash their hands in. The girls carefully turned up their cuffs, but the boys just sloshed their hands in tho water regardless of spattering their sleeves. But I would have sent ieo cream around in saucers, for I know that the girls would be satisfied with two, while the boys, as a general rule, could be persuaded to take 01:0 more. I don't blame them. Good strawberry ice cream surely is a good thing and harmless and three moderate saucers have never hurt me y:-t. My wife will have another birthday in two weeks and I shall insist on moro ice cream. Well, we have had n; evolution at our house that has astonished the na tives. We have five acres of grove in front of our house, nnd it has long been inclosed with 700 feet of fence along the two streets that bound two sid s of our domicile. That fence was getting old, and bad been often repair ed, but recently tho city falhcrr. passed the cow ordinance for good, and forth with i'.i a day I had removed every vestige of that fence. It look:-; very odd; in fact, it looks like South Caro lina. My wife does not- know whether she likes it or not; says the place looks undressed, and she, feels like takinq cold, but it will sve me about "0, aud that is n big hing with us now. So let the evolution go on. It is a sign of progress. Since we have lived here hogs have la-en abolished; next the Fa loons, and last, the cows have been ruled off the streets, and the boys, af ter 9 o'clock at night. We are going to have a clean, nice, orderly town. If I was rich I would have a fountain down in the grove and a dipper chain ed to ii: and some iron seats in the shade jot far away, where the thirs ty and the weary might have rest. These little attentions don't cost much, and make both place and people at tractive. The little things make up the sum of our life's happiness. The grand pageant that celebrated the ded ication of General Grant's new tomb was ovtr in a day, but his generosity to Lee at Appomatox, and his kind ness to the south after the w ar, eclipsed all his victories. Grant had sense enough to know that his triumph was nothing to boast of, considering that he had three soldiers to our one, and lost near a million men, and now has another million on the pension rolls. Why not even old Jack FalstatT would have bragged over such a victory. But I liked General Grant. He was a southern man, end his w ife a southern woman. He owned slaves up to the very dayof freedom, and lived off their hire, so says his biographer, General James Grant Wilson, and Mrs. Grant said in St. Auyustine a few years ago that her sympathies had to be smothered all through the war for her husband's sake. I have said it before, and I say it again, that most all professional soldiers will offer their swords to the highest bid der. They have a preference, of course, but patriotism is not as big a thing as personal success. If a man could see behind the scenes he would find many notable instances of this. Then, what a lie is history; what a hypocrite is fame. Dr. Johnson fa id that "patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." He m;.-ant pretended patriotism, of course. Milton ex pressed it better when he said that "brave men and worthy patriots are dear to (iod and famous to all ages." But a soldier of fortune can fight any where for a cause that is respectable. General Loring told me that he could have fought against the khedive just as honorably as for him if the position and the pay had been satisfactory. Biit I didn't mean to ruminate on this line. I have great respect for General Grant's memory, but when I read all tho gush and parade over those ceremonies, and almost heard the shouts of the grand army, I yvas oblig ed to think of our side and the truth of history. I wanted to make that monument complete' y chiseling on its capstone some ligu s only n few fig ures that strangers who visit it might read and wonder, and inquire where do those people live who fought that light. Verily, "Saul has slain his thousands, but David his ten thousands." And now I will cool off on some ieo cream and g i- -k and rlay with the children. T . up in Atlanta Constitution. FIFI Y-F1F1 H CONC.KKSS. Iieport of tho Proceedings from Day to Day. SENATE. Monday. Cuba engrossed the at tention of the Senate. Two phases of Ihe subject were presented. First came the question of relief to destitute and starving Americans in Cuba. This was presented iu the President's mes sage as soon as the session oiened. Immediately following the reading of the message 1 avis, chairman of the committee on foreign relations, pre sented a favorable report on a joint resolution originally introduced by Gallinger, appropriating ."(), (MH for the relief of American citiens in Cuba. There was only one brief speech, from Gallieger, and then tho resolution went through by unanimous vote. Tho resolution as amended is as follows: "Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatives if the United States iu Congress assembled, that the sum of ."i0.ooo lie, and the t ame is hereby, ai propriated out of any money iu tho Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the relief of the destitute citizens of the United States in the Island of Cuba, the i-ai.l money to be expended at the discretion, and under the direc tion of. the President of the United States in the purchase and furnishing of food, clothing and medicines to such citizens, aud for transporting to the United States such of them as so desire, and w ho are without means to trans port themselves." The debate on tho Morgan Cuban resolution is growing very bitter. Wellington, (Rep.) of Maryland, in his maiden speech made a vigorous one against tho resolu tion, and a plea for its reference to the Committee on Foreign Relations, lie went on to say that the American peo ple were more interested in tho tariff and currency bills than Cuba, etc. Next, Daniel, of Virginia, made a vig orous Cuban speech and the Senate at 0 o'clock went into executive bessiou nnd at i0::ii) adjourned. Ti'ksdav. Cuba again occupied the foreground in tho Senate to-day. It drew large crowds to the galleries, and In ought two notable speeches by Mr. Mason, of Illinois, in favor of the Mor gan resolution, and Mr. hoar, of Mass achusetts, in oppositioti to it. The llli- ' S'p'i t ;r pict:. d 1 fervid terms the distress iu Cuba, dwelling particu larly on the starving condition of tsoo United States citizens, as reported by the President, nnd called upon tljo Sen ate to throw oil its lethargy aud pass the Morgati resolution. Dining tho day a number of bills were passed, among thein one appropriating ff-J.'i.fXHI to Richmond College, Richmond, Va , for war losses. The Cuban discussion continued till 4:4"i o'clock, when Bur rows yielded the lloor for executive session, saving ho would go on to morrow. Wf.iixkshav-A stirring debnto on Cuba occurred in tho Senate today. It was of the "give and take"' order, with sharp parliamentary fencing. The main speeches of the day were made by Sen ators Foraker of Ohio, Cannon of Utah, Lindsay of Kentucky, and Hoar ot Massachusetts. It was the first speech of 11113 length made by Mr. Foraker since ho entered the Senate and iu ad dition to this the Ohio Senator is one of the Cuban sub-committee 011 for eign relations. Ho spoke iu favor of a reference of the Cuban resoltion to the committee but on the general ques tion declared his purpose of supporting the resolution recognizing Cuban be ligercncy when it should be reported by the committee. Mr. Cannon was bitter in his denunciation of Spanish atroci ties, characterizing the captain gcnerul of Cuba as "thut mad dog, Weyler." The debate occupied the entire day, Thurston, of Nebraska, giving notice that he would speak tomorrow. At i o'clock the Senate adjourned. Tiii iisiav. The long and exciting debate on the joint resolution recogniz ing the existence of a state of war in Cuba, declaring that strict neutrality shall be maintained by the United States, p.tsse.l tho Senate by the decis ive vote of 41 to 14, at a late hour this aftereoon. I he announcement of tho vote was received with tumultuous ap plause, w hich drew from Senator Haw ley an emphatic piot.-ht against "mob demonstration." Tho resolution as passed is as follows: "Resolved, etc . That a condition of public war exists between the government of Spain and the government proclaimed and for some time maintained by force of arms bv Ihe people of Cuba, and that the i'nited States of America shall main tain a strict neutrality between the con tending parties, according tit each, all the rights of belligerents iu the ports and territory of the United States." HOUSE. Tju'Rsdav- Cuban affairs furnished the House with a day of bitter partisan debate. The S nate resolution appro priating .",(, O lit for the relief of Ameri can citizens was adopted w ithout a dis senting vote, but the Democrats en deavored to force consideration also of the Morgan M-uolutioii for recognition of the btlligt r.riiry of the insurgents. '1 hey accused th" Republicans of 1 11 deavoring to evade this issue, but the dominant party, through its spokes man, Mr. Hitt. made the important statement that the Republicans ile'ire.l hot to embarrass negotiations which were being projected by President Mc Kinley to seen ic im Icpendeijce for Cuba 'I he Ilou-e h . :,::!! p. m. adjourned un til Monday. An I'nj!!-!i publisher writes to the Iomlou Times, a.-k!ng: "Are we in th in!. 1st of an epidemic of bad spelling:" He says thr.t the number of people who write misepel'e.l letters and offer re publication m!.-s;.ci:cl worL.s of lieth.n seems to be steadily on ilie Im-rca -. A:i author of Scottish name an I fame, in an ep'.s-le to the pubiis-her, discusses a -fi-';ii:ispiece" for hl.s n.-xt Ixxik, aud hopes that the London man will "ex- , ,1 p, my request," while In the nam. mail from another literary light corner an offer of "a story of in-r-.igii'-s and a,' ventures." Curiously enough, tlii. c.':-itioiH person commits in his own let ter the very fin he criticises in others. ..j mnri'cfitiou ends In thes words: "For Die iuf.t twenty years I ! have had thousands of l-tters n year 1 from more or less educated people, and i 1 am struck with the prevalence isio j oi badly spelled letters of late.-
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