North Carolina Newspapers

f Tha wsssenger prints . the . Uews J -8IKD0U1EIT0- : JOB PRINTING s T Q THE MESSENGER, Marion. W. C. ldit nfter by the peo- I' veil 1'idwt, Bun- j::iUnTf)rrl, Burke itititiii !a Western ;i r i K,a. ami U there- -,:!vcrti9lng Medium. I;,:.. f.,n.W 1 on application. ' ' "i h'k mkssenoeb. Uarlon, N. O. rromptnr., Accuraoy, NnaliiM tni Oooil Stock Guaranteed. Letter Ileads, Note Dead, Bill Head, Euvelojw-t, Circular, Carda, Poa- J VOL. IL NO. 2(. MARION, X C, FRIDAY, OCTOHKil 22. 181)7. Price l Per Year, in Advance. M. Printing. 2 7 1 Ml mfib i t.f Agriculture ln.au ; Work for Pure Food. THE r : GLEY BILL COURT. I ; i l -r tin- New I urlll'--.ov-Id v Dinks McKlnly to !.t of Agriculture is in ri. w !ii h must lie of ,i- euple of tlie comi ng an examination into i of foods and drugs, i un alarming extent m i v. hi.-li by the very - ;:. i 1 1 o detrimental ',;" ! 111 H i king i.t i!i nuitaii says; It '' I th;;t adultcri tiou, .ii::tti-n mid mi.sbrand ii 1 1 i liquors exist et'-nt. Many of til) t - - i la.vs to prevent vi r. is very desirable f lav. have lieeu e:i v, hat results. As tlio largely mti re-ted in ado-d., I:e,litll, morals, tin i.-, it is thought li.e c;i-opellltiou of - ii :- 114- accurate ..- M:h,cet. The pllbli-.- i . 1 1 ui- t fi r inloriiiu--t. I" I furnished the I mii! direct to the i nj t In; department of :i a '. I rohabi ! i ty secure ! , .i' liable data which - s i : n i er!y cai ry- . :..i matter e:i,i in: ice to tin; .,., of tilt! all thii! of th,; t ient ! t it-.- a inil. i .it loll of soi.i 1 in 111. i lake the . our en (,: rmi :oti in 'ti beiioa-ed. Pleas . t mi :i t Mm ily desires if liei and i . f ;:'i'ist ics luis issue.! : ! !e c oi ts :t:nl imports t ii: si I'uU month under ii ; n'V 11m 'i H It' s :- hoW . ; i t ho largest exports of hati-ll -c oi ;.i:y 11 U t ill ..t I::.- u'n-.i'i!i'in Hi ThecX , '.1 .:: '. ;.:.niM Siili.ijs..,. - 1 -.' i. i ortlit- tirst eight ' . i .if ! he t i ort -i were e ess of the lost collt . s.) that th-- Imre.iii olli- Shut 1 he e ort s this yea.:' .I t l.o-c i f la i car. w Inch l r. o.i l-bieai.l r- year ill the v ; ni ts. The mue of all lu ll :c and free L.r August was '. i I which .-o '. ii'.".', ("i lu.,v -e figures show a decrease of 1 i .-.;.', imimi'i.i below those of IV"'. i l it as.; was ilu.. tu a heavy reduo :i the unpin tation of raw wool ilecreaseil finiu I, ii"; I , oou poiunls list he-t year, to s; r.i 7 "iin.s ..iist, mail nla.-t n i (si t.i.'i fio... ,- ' to Sii::;i,(Mii; uun.l ;m, matin-- thereof fro:.! ::.;::,. m to in tiiufactnres of c.ittoit from . t. -i. ii i;iiinn;il.i.'tiues of hemp, etc , f rum S'.', 1 Jiii.'l to '. ii.. n am! si.-el from l,?i;i'.,ot;r ..-il, iiii.l sugars fioiu ."),:! i'l.oiii 'tary I iolifr lniB lnii'le puhlie tlie of tht Hpeciul naval hoaril ! with the duty of reportiu ! !,. i xt. nt of the repairs needed 1 n-s' iit wooden dry docks, live 1 i'cr. viz: tun ut New York, one i Inland, one at Norfolk and 1 Pert Ihnai. S. ('. . he fitted with tc lilranct's, in j liice of thoso of :. anl that other a! It1" atioii. eon : t tij mi this ehali'0 ho made as I in the report, mainly in the di :i of -tiluri; iiiir til"- capacity of the ami of makiiiir repairs ot .smdi a h . to look to the gradual tratis : i n of tic docks into solid coii- K - of f ui i eapa.-ip . J he esti i c.i-t of thest! reoilirs is ill. out 1 ' eacii. . Secretary Spunldiiiir says that '.i ury I e art meiit v l 1 n peal to its from the decision of tlio ai In. anl of appraisern in New :.o.::ii:; that the !iiij,'ley taritl" : ! i.oi u-o into elle. t Ulitl! th.o . '.ii iit it was sinned. I'lio I e i '.' -I.ii maintains that the law r.i'ive from the prior midnight i it u as signed. .::! aliout Tom Moore's name . . ::!.. 1 from the roll of puds in . . ;i tiie v. nils (if the new Con i.:ti I.ihrary Inis developed the d. u e u rote a numlicr of lut- :; iiainst A n, erica w hiie m this ;. -it McKinley hus decided the !us trip t( ( 'hio. l!o wiil a--: a it airs so as to he in (uatoti i"ii day, and tlio next day wiil itt-ditu-f; to he present at the 'f tlio t arnoie I'uhlio l.i- oatalor Praperhns seemed from . a:i Kl'aiidoiinient of the order re Mliat a 'sanitary certificate, of ; Vinerit'Hti meat importations : ii vised ly the Italian ooustll ut ' ' 'iiipment. " 'i.i v WiNon. of tlio A-rrieulturnl ' t. is making arrangements ' e the work of purchasing for i ! i dtstrilmtum Ivy the de- -i ii'.ler new p.istal cards will oar- :.. a i of .Imin Adams. - - :ytiU. I!. Katnsey lias been np ' ' iiief tf the spet-ilication divis ;. t loveruineiit Printing Ottice, ' 'yster, uhoousted Pianisev ii ecte.l that lotion money or i'ii'ts will l.e created during :.t !ica! year. 1 1 'i.her term .f the I'uited ! reme Court heeun last Mon- of American bicycles have i largely in Switzerland. i i handise in bond at the end -t. ii'T. was hut $!S,.V:.tMi, 'JTH.itiMt at the corresiHvnding ' l' i' Thurston. who has beeu cam r 1 in ( hio. says he noaroely ever ""' si'ver mentioned. i' s:dnt has appointed (eo. 11. "ii. of New Jersey, to be iuin- Polivia. 1'iiy, at Am 03-. China, reports ie plague x abating. TOLD IN A PARAGRAPH. The South. A. K. W.-.r.P neenueil nf ninLoilir ',m ui, is on trial at .Memphis, Tenn" The miners' strike in Hell County, ivy., is over and the men has returned to work. S. V. Venable, of the Venable To hiteeo Co., died in Petersburg, Va., aued ?:; j-ears. 'I he State f Virginia will receive .-'ItH.'iMi as collateral inheritance tax on tin- ( ; inter estate. in North Carolina two railroads are contemplated from La Irane, one to I .Snow Hill ami ,,ne to Seven Springs. At l)i:rham, N. C, the store of '. S. aiiuni was entered by burglars and the safe blown open and r?lw stolen. Mi-s Atkinson, of West Virginia. nays :f -he is convicted she will not accept a I anion from the (iovernor, her hus band. A portion of the business arc of ' tisvlhe, S. C., has been bn- ,.-d I sttmated loss, tfi.l.UoU; lnsuiauce, Hoke Smith has betn eleete.l presi dent of the board of education of At lanta to succeed .Judge Howard Van I. pps, lesi-ned. I'asf Hanover Presbytery, at its meet ing at Purkville. Va., declines to rec ojiiize the Women's Christian Temper ance I !lio!l. "i'ad'' Meiner has confessed the de ta'is of an assault 011 .Mrs. (ileasonat Nowpfirt, J v. , imnlicating ten other 1 t r-ous. Irs. .lames Thomas, of liiehmond, a. , mi elderly w oman of lai L'o wealth, fell down a stairway at Asheville, N. C. , and w as killed. T. 1'. Matthews was assassinated at his home in Copiah county, .Miss., by John Pom-, the tragedy being the out come of a political feuil. President .John A. Cunningham, P. 1 1. I.. i resident of the State 1- emale Norma! '.-chool, at I'armville, Va., is dea l ; a-: red V.' years. Th.-; will of the late Lewis Cinteehas been priil at. d at Piehmoiid, Va. 1 he estate is valued at betwwen ??T,0tH),uo;i an I S.uo.i, 1 in' 1. Aliss Jeaiiftte Pradlev. a .society bel'.. of Kichmond. 'a , fell oil" of Wal ter l. Tyler's yacht, and was drowned in the Papphhaunock river. A landslide canie very near wreekiuir the Southern vestibule of the Southern Pailwav Hour Charlottesville, 'a. The pilot of the engine was smashed. Hon. ( h is. ". Jones, former United States Senator from Plotidu, died at I 'etroit. .Mich., aftei a sickness of sev eral weeks, Jiis rt.mu'.i.s were taken to Peu-aeohl for interment. At Kaleiuh, N. C. , a young railroad mini, Al V.alsnn, in ii lit of drunken ness !hot his wife nfter quarreling wiih her, and then killed himself, lli-i w;f.- has a slight chance for life. The North. Sister ( lonzaga. the oldest Sister of Charitv-, died at Philadelphia, l'a. County Treasurer lloldeti.of (foshen, I nd. , is said to bo short Sio,o:io in his accounts. Trouble is beiug experienced at Al ton, II! , in enforcing the color line in the public .-.chools. John Jacob A.stor, Jr.. wiil havebuilt a summer residenc: in ( ireeuw ich. Conn., to cost .-..! 1 0,0(10. A roll of bank lulls, worth Sill, left in a bam by J'ariuer llandall, of I slip, N. Y. , was devoured by a hungrv- horse. Paltimore w ins the Temple Cud again in the National Paseball Lea2fU(, makiiii; them winners twice in succes sion. (leorge Hallux k, clerk at John Wan amaker's store in New York, is under arrest for sttainiu' .-sl.-.''i 10 worth of troods. M.rs. Mary 1 evine and others, of Al ton, lib, have sued the State, claiming .'.'.", i'! for the life of .Vrs. I )evine's son, w ho w a" hanged for nun 'er twL'lve3-ears ago. A four-foot w ater main burst on Mad ison avenue. New York, and consider able damage was wrought. Ten million gallons of water swept dowu t lie street. David l.eftus. of P.verett, fass., while on his way to Ireland stopped in New York with ..!,o,i i( and after a night's wanderings w oke up w ith only S''i' loft. Th.e Menonnites m e to found a colon v near IKiuston, I'ex., purt-haing an im mense farm, to bo colonized by ail the Me'ioti'iiii's now scattered throughout the West. The I 'exter park pavillioti in Chicago, in hieh were .".eo horses, and a huge number i f other buildings has been bullied; one man and many of the horses were burned to death. At Cleveland, Ohio. J. J. Shipherd lias been arrested on a charge of em be ling nearly S-.'oo.d ui from 1'. D. Pohiiisou and a receiver has been asked for his firm, which is alleged to be in solvent and ow ing s-.P0i!.tii!;i. Fire, supposed to have been started by trumps, destroyed the stock barn of Purgess I'rothers, at inoua, 111. '1 li i i t v horses, many of which ha I taken premiums at State fairs, at Sprinef.el l. were de-troyed. The loss is .-.o. 1 011. w ith insurance on the barn alone. Miscellaneous. The Spanish cabinet decides to recall Weyler froniCr,bi; a decree will be signed appointing Captain General P.laneo Y. Arenas governor genera!. Weyler denies that he will resist re moval from his command. The dead heroes of the Uuena Vista battlefield, where is.o.hi American vol unteers under General Zachary Taylor defeated .M.inh) Mexicans under Santa Anna nfter a desperate and bloodv battle. lie iu a neglected and unmarked spot near Snlf.llo, Mexico. Fruit is going to waste in California orchards because the growers cannot get men to pick it. Yet the State is overrun with tramps. Pishop MoKin. Fpiseopal prelate of Tokio, said a' San Francisco, that ."(.. (loo of the P"io,eoo Japanese converts are Roman Catholics. Commander Hooth-Tucker is arrang ing to locate, l.i'i'" families at the Sal vation Armv colony in the Arkansas Valley. A Philadelphia merchant is in Ruu oombe county. North Carolina buving chestnuts. They sill at "0 per bushel. Washington. It is predieied that the Treasury fig ures for October will show a deficit of ;?10,lMM,ll" '. William C. Dechor. of South Caro lina, has been appointed cor.sul-f agent at Markueukircln : f lllfi i North Carolina Leads in the Decline With 17 Points. THE AVERAGE 70 PER CENT. j In the ;raln Report Corn Shows a j Falling Oil', lleing 77-Oats and j Uye Increase. I J ne cotton returns to the Department i or Agriculture indicate an average con j diuon on Ootob'jr I of To. o aa compared with r.: on September 1, a decrease cf i :i points. The average condition Oc j tober 1, 1 :!).;, was )iu. T and the average ; condition on October 1, for the last ten j vears is 74. ',. 'lhere has been a further j decline more or less marked, in every coUon-prodiicing State, the decline in North Carolina beiug IT points; in Ten r.essee i points; in South Carolina, Georgia, 1'lorida and Arkansas lo, in the Indiaa Territory M, in Alabama, Mississippi and .Missouri 7; in Louisi ana and l'exiitf , and in Oklahoma o points. i lorida is the only State in which tho decline is not attributed wholly or in a large part to the long continued drought. The complaints of "no top crop,' or of an exeoptioualh- small ne, are almost universal, and the report of small bolls and short staple are verv niiUi. rous. The only favorable reports are those w hich relate to the conditions for picking which are in the main ev erything that could be desired. The averages b y States aro as fol lows: Virginia, To", North Carolina, 7; South Carolina. 7J; Georgia, 7(; Flor ida, 7C; Alabuiia, 7": Mississippi, 74; Louisiana, 7'.'; Texas, Ii4; Arkansas, C.7; J ennessee, ti"i; Missouri, 74;Oklahoma. aO; Indian Territory, 8. The irah( Ueport. The October report of the statist iean i'f the Department of Agriculture shows that the condition of com en October 1 was 77, as compared w ith 7:'. on Sep tember 1, with !i. I..", on October 1, 1.ni, and s-j.-., the average for the last ten years. There has been an improve ment during the month of t; points in Maryland and ! in Iow a. On the other hand, there has beeu n decline of .' points in Kansas, (i in Nebraska, in Ohio, : iu Illinois, 1 in Missouri and a general decline in tho Southern States. The preliminary estimate of tho yield per acre of oats is 1 bushels, an in crease of :;. s bushels per acre over the October estimate of last .year. The principal increase is west of the Mis Hissippi river, Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas showing an increase of ti. VZ and PI bushels per acre over last 3-ear. The average for quality is s7. i; The preliminary estimate of the 3-iehl per acre of rye is lii. I bushels or :.H bushels per acre greater than tho Octo ber estimate of tho crop if Is ic. The principal r.ve-produeing States all show increases as follows: New York, 4; Penusylv auia, .; ; Michigan, C; Wiscon sin, 1; Kansas, 7 bushels j er acre over last year. Tha average for quality is '.'J. 7 as compared with S.t.'.i in 'ctober last year. In New York and Pennsyl vania it is and .'1 ) oints, respectively, and in Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska it is I. Vl ami i points 1 e-pective! i;x I KM 017 ill; KAIN. The llackl'one ot" t lie Kong, Trying lry Spell Broken A special from Memphis, Tenn. , sav-s reports from the Central and Southern States say the backbone of the long, trying dry spell has been throrugh'.y broken. The rain which fell in Mem phis tin Monday, was the tirst which had fallen in six weeks, and dire eon sequences had already resulted from the draught, with worse to follow if relief did not come. Tho iains were very general, being spread over a large proportion of the territory most iu need of it. i hroiirhout the entire Missis sippi Valley rains have fallen. Texas, Oklahoma and the entire region south of the Ohio have been treated to grate ful showers. Tho heaviest rain fell iu ( ieorgia. Senator George's Successor. J acksou, Miss. (Special. ) Governor M-l.auren, of Mississippi, has appoint ed Senator-elect Hernando de Soto Moiu v-, as I'uited States Senator to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late Senator J. 'A. George, whose term expires in 1 ::. Senator George, bo fore his death, having declined lo again become a candidate for the high ollice, 1111 election for tho regular term was necessary, and tho last Legislature after a long debate, elected Mr. Money lor the leguhir term beginning in 1.is. ;i cat Labor St riiie in I. .union. London.- lVy Cable) The secretary of the Federal States, comprising thirty importaut industries, announces that tho executive committee has defi nitely deeided to call out all its mem bers, in sympathy with tho struggle of the engineers against their employers. It is estimated that a total of 4oO,OuO men will be out of work on account of the great labor dispute. I.ee 011 II is Way to Cuba. General Fitzhugh Lee, Consul Gen ral to Havana, is in W ashington. It has beeu generally understood that General Lee was to return to Havana about the middle of October, and his return to the capital at this tune pre sumably is for the purpose of receiving his tiual instructions from the l'resi cent before sailing for his post. True Hills Against Hank OITloials. At Lynchburg, Va. . the grand jury finds three indictments against James Hancock, president: P.. L. Hughes, vice president: W. 1. Roberts, direc tor, and T. K. Council, acting casnier, for receiving deposits, knowing the Traders' Fauk to 1 0 insolvent at the time. Ii-eilel by One Vote. At a local election in Atlanta, Ga. , a sitigle vote decided the contest in one of the wards, thus controlling the City Council. Kolling Mill Uesunies Work. The Horseshoe Rolling Mill, cf tne Old Dominion Iron and Nail Works at Richmond. Va. , has resumed work. This portion of the Old Dominion plant has been idle since last Ma3'. The llorsehoe mill and factory give emplo3" inent to about luo hands. To He Docked at Port Koyal. The Secretary of the Navy Las or dered the first class battleship Maine to be docked at the Government dr y dock at Port Royal, S. C. This is tiie :':rt time the Fort Ro-al dock has been used since the Indiana was docked theye about two years ajo, mtOrGHT CALLS A HALT 9 stribution of Merchandise In tha West Is Delayed. Rradstreet's commercial report on .he past week, says: Distribution of jeneral merchandise in the West and S'orthwest 13 further checked, owing x the prolonged drouth in Kentucky, llinois, portions of Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and the Dakotas. Telegraphic advices to Rradstreet re port serious damage in Kansas and arts of Nebraska and Iowa, where iai l y planted wheat is up and budding .nit, that planted later is not likely to sprout. Fall plowing is now impossible, six weeks without rain havingdried up pastures and compelled farmers to feed stock. Manufacturing industries .hroughout the Central West, particu larly iron and steel, continue active, ind there is au increasing tendency on iho part of the interior merchants to re mit promptly. While the volume of uade has decreased at Chicago, it is ihead of the like record in recent j'ears. I'here is a moderate improvement in b'' ines in 4ho South, Alabama hivii'g raised the quarantine against Georgia ?ities, j.ud Central and Northern Texas j.oints having resumed commercial re lations with Galveston. i ia iteis continue to hold ootton, which delays collections. Higher prices :his week are reported lor cotton, which aas been decliuing for some time. Coal ind clothing, in sympath.y with wool 'or naval stores, under heavy purchases iy larger traders; wheat, wheat flour n.l eggs, print cloths, lard, beef aud sugar have declined. Hides are weaker, lead is lower aud Kessemer pig has sold jtl'.")(,'e. a ton under heavy speculative jtl'eriugs, notwithstanding the iron and ste.-i markets as a whole remain active ind firm. i.xpoi ts of wheat (fiour included as wheat) from both coasts of the United Mates and Canada show a heavy falling oft', aggregating only 4,-W,(541 bushels, against a,-S:i4,0(0 bushels last week, but compared with 4,r),0)0 bushels in the week a 3-ear ago,L,,',M4,0iH) bushels in Iti'.i.'i, ll.odT.UOU bushels in I s;i;j. Corn exports also show a heavy drop, aggregating only 2.1WD00 bushels, against 2, lUIHJO bushels last week, 2, 7i J,0')u bushels in the week a j-ear ago, l,:i'i7, Odd bushels in lS'.Ci, ltU.L'OO bush els in is-.il, and 1,01,00'J bushels in ::!. There are 2;57 business failures re ported throughout the United States, compared with 1!) last week, 280 in the week a year ago, and as compared with 1M in the first week of October, 1K5. KOU SKVKN WEKKS. No Kain Has Fallen and Man and Heast Saner. A special from Tuscumbia, Ala., mys: Not a drop of raiu has fallen in this section within the past seven weeks, and but for the big spring here, from which the farmers and others for miles around Tuscumbia procure water, the suffering would be great. Tho spriug flows over seventeen thousand cubic feet per minute, is inexhaustible and is proving a blessing to man aud beast. Fully aO per cent, of tho cisterns and wells in this vicinhy aio ui v aud have been for several weeks, anil all vegeta tion has long since been parched and burnt up. Great Dismal Swamp Ablae. Forest fires have again broken out in the great Dismal Swamp, and millions of feet of valuable timber have been de stroyed. The big game which abounds in the swamp has been driven into tho open b.y the flames, and many deer and bears have been t-hot. The farmers w ho allowed their cattle to roam have sintered heavily, as many valuable animals have perished. It is almost impossible to subdue the flames, as the forest is dry as tinder, the result of tho long-continued drought. Yellow Fever Situation. Official report of the board of health at New ( i leans up to the Hth: Cases of yellow fever ;!": deaths 0; cases to date I hi; deaths to date f0; recovered 222; under treatment, 202. At "Mobile, Ala.: Total cases to date 114; deaths is; re coveries r.2, remaining under treatment ;I4. At I'd wards. Miss.: Total cases to date 40C; total death 20. At Biloxi, Miss. : Casei to date 2iH; deaths to date 12. Dr. Guiteras reports S cases at Galveston, Tex., but it is of a mild tyi'o. Cuba Will Not Accept Autonomy. Thomas Fstrada Talma, head of the Cuban junta in New York, in a signed statement telegraphed to the Atlanta Journal, declares that Cuba will not accept autonomy from Spain. He states that he reilects the unanimous opinion of the Cuban goueals and gov ernment when ho says that the only solution is their independence. Took a Smoke on the Scaflold. At Monroe, La., Fat Faine, the wife murderer, was hanged privately in the jail yard. He asserted his innocence to the last, was perfectly cool and col lected, and drank a glass of eggnog and smoked a cigar on the scaflold. Hia neck was instantlv- broken. Kentucky Tobacco Crop. Commissioner of Agriculture Moore, of Kentucky, in his monthly report, says that the tobacco crop has been cut short I', per cent, as a result of the drouth in Kentucky. The corn crop is also badly damaged. Hogs are re ported d3'ing in many counties for want of water. Hay and Farm Ruildings Destroyed. A disastrous fire is raging in the Kan hakee Marsh, twelve miles south of Crown Point, Ind. The flames have spread over twentj- sections of land and 'honsands of tons of ha3 and many farm buildings Lave been destroyed. Charlotte's New Postmaster. The President has appointed W. H. Sinythe postmaster at Atlanta, Ga., aud.T. W. Mullen at Charlotte, X, C. Not Gulteau's Pistol. The pistol the Washington police have and claim it is the one with which Guiteau shot Garfield does not answer the description of the pistol vsed. 1', K. Studebaker Dead. P. E. Studebaker, of South Bend, Ind., the famous wagon maker, died at the Sanitarium at Alma, Mich., of heart disease. An effort is being made to enforce the Illinois "AcF : rust" law passed in laid. j i People With Shot Guns Prevent. Trains From Stopping OUTSIDE OF THE BIG CITIES. People Leaving Houston, Tex., and Schools Are Closed The Situation at Other Points. A special from Austin, Texas says: The most serious situation now con fronting the people of Texas is the al most complete blockade of travel, owing to the yellow fever scare. Many trains on all the principal lines have been abandoned, aud local lines have stopped running entirely. Roth divi-t-'o of the Houston and ToTns Cen tral and the Southern Paeiuc are tied up most effectually, not awheel moving save in the extreme northern portion of the State. Kvery small town in the State is rapidly organizing shot-gun quarantines, so that the trains cannot stop except at the big cities. Tho sit uation in the entire State is highly rauickj-, and the feeling is one of growing alarm and apprehension. Un less the situation is soon relieved, the entire southern and central portions of the State will be practically without any railroad facilities, as all traius will be stopped. t'p to the 12th eleven cases of fever has been reported from Galveston, Tex as, but the disease is mild ami no deaths are reported. The situation is hop.-ful. The total cases to date, the I'-th, at Mobile, Ala., are 12!; deaths '."i; dis charged 72; under treatment :i7. The Houston, Texas, schools have been closed and trains are going out tilled with people. At New Orleans, I.a , rich people uro falling victims of the fever ami the red and yellow flags are flying on Lc-hi .lia ble avenues. I he situation is still bad, but the death rate is light. The board of health report at fuloxi, Miss., is: Yellow fever under treatment 71); new cases 12; deaths, none. KOIJI5KHS tih.T $'JOO. The Cannon Hall Train Held Up Near Austin, Texas. "Within twelve miles of the corporate limits of Austin, Texas, thesouthbound cannon ball train on the International and Great Northern, consisting of mail, baggage and express oars and three coaches loaded with passengers, vns held up l3- four men and robbed, 'i ho conductor of the train, Tom Heal v. v. us shot by the robbers while resisting them, but not seriously wounded. ( d.e of the passengers had his shirt coil. ' carried away by a pistol bullet v. hi.-ii was aimed at his neck, ami another re ceived a bullet wound iutho hand. 'I ho passengers were robbed of about .c-.'ii ' in money. The bandits attempted to rille the sale in the express car, but were unsuccessful. OKLAHOMA KAliMKKS j Oiler Half of the Crop to ;t t Hie J Picking Done. A Ferry, Okla., dispatch says: Okla homa farmers are making great eiVurts to get cotton pickers. In ouo county alone the farmers are asking for a, ), pickers. Cotton will make abalet ...o acr in many places. Although nearly all is open, but little has been picked. Kight.y Sac and Fox Italians have been induced to go into the cotton fields, and one chief lias become an expert, and picks :;00 pounds a da;-, thus making from &2 to .J. but it takes all five i f the squaws to pick that much. Mauyofthe farmers are offering half of the product of the field to get the picking done. ASIIEVILLK HANK (iOKs I'NDKIC The Western Carolina I5:ink Has t losed Its Doors. The Western Carolina bank, of Ashe ville, X. C, has closed its doors. Failure to collect is said to be tho trouble. This bank was oiganizel about live j-ears ago with a 1 aid up capital of $";(), 000. Mr. Louis Maddux is president and Mr. M. J. Rcardeu vice-president and cashier. The last statement made L3- th Wes tern Carolina bank was as follows; Capital stock paid in .-?.:(,(!00; surplus, f2.),ooo; no undivided profits; deposits, ir 1 7.), 000 ; loan s, 20, 00. . Told to Hold Their Cotto-i A Columbia, S. C. , dispatch says: The officers of the Farmers' Alliance in this State and North Carolina are send ing out circular letters advising cotton growers to hold their cotton, as the price is bound to rise before the end cf tho month. The same position is being taken by the cotton manufacturers of the South. Lately a considerable per centage of the mills began running on extra time, and some on double time on account of the heavy orders being received. Virginia Coup m Hond Case. The Supreme Court at Washington, D. C, re-assigned the case of McCul lough vs. State of Virginia, fixing the date for hearing on the first Monday in January, after other cases set for that day as disposed of. The case dta's with the validity of the coupon con tracts of the State in the bond issues of 171 and !7!. Killed Himself in Atlanta. Dr. J. T. Monroe, of Union. S. C., committed suicide in Atlanta. Ga. . by cutting his jugular vein with a small pocket knife. Dr. ?.Ionroe was one of the most prominent jdivsicians in his section, but for several years had been the victim of both morphine and whis kev habits. McKinley Touches tin- H.ittoii. President McKinley toij' he-1 a tele graph key at the Whit-. iiou-e an 1 I opened the semi-centenu'a! celebration of the incorporation of New Feuford. Mass. Cuba Will Not Accept Autonomy. Thomas Fstrada Raima, heal of the Cuban junta in New York. 111 a sigmd -"U-muut telegraphed to tho Atlanta Journal, declares that Cuba will not accept autonomy from Spain, states that he reflects the unauiiiiun-t opinion of the Cuban gene-als and gov ernment when he says that the only solutiia is their iudepender.ee. 1 dmcons. aa' i. "ii.u imui-iu:.. .- 1 studs vou wear." "Well, you know I . , ... 1. r.,. ....a,.. ,., to.'i IHII toil.Jt.ies .-o 1. x- up with them if it tak' elate." Chicago Record. bin er Mav Wrcl in t-'irliU. I May weed is not a kind of weed that seriously t.ou'ilos the careful fanner, i It mainly comes iu 0:1 hard, trodden ! places by road sides, w here if anything else starts to grow it is crushed out. , Tiie may weed, not being so easily killed, survives. May weed cannot thrive where there is an undisturbed and thrifty growth of clover, but let the (lover bo trampled in the mire by stock, and the 111113- weed wiil bo ready to Trow and take the vacant place. It i - . ten s--:i, ;-.si,h froi-i re-.-1-sidos, at the entrance to pasture lot-, where 'l.-ver mil the grasses are -trampled to death by stock. "Milk I'orr. Milk fever is a disease to be dread ed by tho man who has lirst-e!as dairy co. vs, an 1 who feeds and cares for them in such a manner as tu make them largo producers. Th- man with scrub cows, that have to rustle for themselves during the winter round the straw stack, never s tillers from loss by milk fever when his cows come i:i in the sining. It is true he gets no profit out of his cows, and ho rarely gets product enough from them to pay for the little feed and caro Ihe-y do have. Rut he can, and does, console himself by saying he never has milk fever with his cows like those men do who "stull'and pamper and balcy their cows." We have lost, within the ptist fifteen years, several valuable cows with this disease. We think we now know how to prevent. A heifer with her first calf never has it and very rarely wilh the second calf. A cow that is milked continuously right up to calving is not liable to have milk fever, at lea -t wo have never known one to. We hesi tated to write that last sentence for fear some one would accuse us of ad vocating continuous milking. That we do not, but still feel bound to state that fact. A cow that is starved, or fed just enough to live on, will never have milk fever. no way is to drj- tho cow up six or oi;;iit weeks before she is due to calve (unless she is such a persistent milker a-i to make that iiiipra'-i i.-able) ; ut the same time reduce her feed by taking nearly, if not quite ai!, the grain from her. Her bowels should be kept loose. If the ('" is i;i flush pasture, and she is on,- you have reason to believe like ly to have milk fever, the only safe w ay to do is lo keep her upon drj- feed. Wo know it is hard for the man who lias been in the habit of "babying" and petting his cows and feeding them t ) their full capacitv- to refuse tuem all tiit'3- want to eat, but it is the only sale wa3 to do with some of them. Atieraeow has h I milk fever once she is more liable than otlo r cows to have it again, and if she does havo it a second time she will bo always most sure to die. Hoard's Dai Ionian. The Pit; ami I lie r !iar.l. The two go together well. The pig stirs up the soil about the trees, let ting in the sunshine and moh uiro to ths roots and fertilizing them, while devouring many grubs that would otherwise prey upon the fruit. Rut many orchards cannot bo fenced and lnan v owners of fenced orchards, even, would like to have tho pig confine his efforts around the trunk "f each t "oo. To secure this have four fence panels made and yard a pig for a short time in sue.' 0! ion ah ut each tree, as suggested in the diagram. Poultry in On-linnl'. Mr. Tocretmcier, the famous Fmlish nuthoritv' on poiiltrv-, in commenting on a report of the Rhode Island Ex periment Station regarding the value of fowls to orchard", says: "For luaiiv Tears I have alvoiTte 1 the introduc tion of poult rj into apple orchards, maintaining that the3- do good service, in two ,ery distinct modes first, 1.3 manuring tiie gro.ind, and, secondly, by the destruction of insects and grubs that hibernate in the soil." The apple maggot appears t-j be ex tending iu America, attacking the fa vorite Raid in, which is so well known as being imported largely into this count. -v, and rendering it entirely un lit for 11-0, but the spraying the trees with Rordeaux mixture and Paris green has appeared to prevent all seri ous attacks of this insect. In tho mature state this insect is a fly, which deposits its eggs iu the pulp of the apple beneath the skin. The young maggots grow within the fruit, which they render worthless, and when mature emerge from the apple and go into the ground, lying in the pupa state beneath tho surface soil among the grass roots. Samples t.f the eaith. six inches s.pmre. were taken, and the number of maggot un der the trees varied, according "to the size, from D'.oO t" more than 12. !0'l under each tree; the pupa somewhat resembles kernels of wheat. Now comes the point w hich w as particular' interesting to me. The experiment was tried as to whether poultrj'. if c n fined to a small ra:.ge aud encour aged to scratch, would il.-ti-ny tln-i-pupa. A large movable wire fence was placed a1, .tit a tree, who-e fruit Lad been de-troyed by ii.se t-. One si ie of the fence was rai-ed and fifty liens were called into the em-b.-'ii e. The f.-nce was let down and they were confined to the spat e around the tree. As soon as they Lad eaten the cor:, they naturally began to set arch fo. pui a. and iu the course of three .; four days it was found that the l.i'.t -r had disappeared. Astio-s.- insects re main iu the pupa Mate from th fall 1 f the ipj-le to tiie following sjii ig. when they appear, it may be expected that next vear the number of flies j NovKr. i-i'i n:w ... ! breeding from tlio apple maggot will be gieath- diminished in the localities win re this plan is followed. From personal experience, extend ing over many years, I eir.i speak posi tively of tho advantages of allowing .'owls and chickens a free range iu npple orchards. They not only ma nure the soil and destroy all insects harboring in it, but they'lind, for some weeks, a considerable portion of their own food the windfalls, which they devour greedily, with any grubs they m;;y cout ;. The rahing of poultry for sale may be much more advantageously carried on where the land is ma le to produce two crops namely, apple and ejgs than w here only one is gathered. j lliini'it,. Kiwi,! an. I lriiii:;-!tiarit. j When tlio m-sts are nude.- the drop i pings-board there is a greater liability of li .'! multiplying, as the heat aeeu- undated in the nests from tho bodies ! of the hens is conducive to their pro pagation. They go up to the roost and annoy the hens. The nests can rot bo easily ma lo movable when cov- MovAiii.n l'.oosr. trod by tho droppings-board if the j roost is also over tho bond. The il lustration is a design of a movable I roost placed over a droppings-hoard, i tho board having legs of any height I desired to keep it oil' the floor. This j arrangement permits of placing the roost and board at any desired l.u .1 1 tiou in the house, and it and the nests j (which should also be movable) can j bo taken outside and cleaned at any ; time. I I arm ami (oinl.-n .(.-. Save early pullets for the winter lay. ' Road dust is a good material to seat ! ter under the roots as an ulmnrbent. j Fruit and poultry make a good com j bination as tho fow ls hunt for and coti i sumo many insect pests and aro the i better for the exercise it gives them, j Don't forget that skim milk mid the 1 scraps from the table fed to tho fowls I will yield greater returns than you can possibly get from them iu 11113- ollu-r ; way. j You cannot he too partieuhir-nbout ! keeping the poultry houses clean, and j if you vwll paint the roots once a week with kerosene it will be a great aid in ! keeping down lice and mites, j Corn-fed hogs can hardly bo any- thing less than lard hogs, u lesson j which thoso who are aspiring to pro I .lite" the bacon hog, with its streak of ! fat and streak of h-an, will do well to lay to heart. Tiie old saving that there's mor iu tht! feed than in tho breed, may be true in some cases, while in others the re verse is true. Tho fact is, that for profit good feeding and good breeding are both leading essentials. Among the two-legged frauds that should be given "walking papers" is tho traveling hog cholera doctor with a "sure cure." The chances are he has more cholera germs on his boots j than his remedy ever destroyed. j Ry utilizing rough, bushy or foul ; lands as sh"ep pasture?, we not only may secure a revenue from otherwise ! ( '"-ir ivo property, but Lie value of I such binds is enhanced thereby. In considering sheep as land retiovatom ; mid improvers, the term "golden hoof i is v; misnomer. Tin? power corn-husker is no long- r : an experiment ; its practical utility ha a i been demonstrate 1; and yet it will be J a long time ere th" old husking-peg i t ' laid on the shelf alongside tho flail, for j in very many caces the corn grower j can stiap on his little peg and crib his I crop cheaper than in any other way. j There is a question as to whether it ' is best to sow timothy sed in front of or behind the drill hoes when seeding ; to wheat i.i the fall. Location has i somewhat to do with the answer. On , heavy rhiy soils we would sow behind; j on light, porous soi's deeper covering is required and we would sow in front. : Reeause sheep will f . e 1 upon weeds ' ami bushes, pi -king up laii.-h that ! would be passed over bv- other stock, is !io reason that they should be eoln-'pelb-.l to subsist upon a starvation die. They will not thrive upon Part! pas ! tures. Lilx i. J feeding and good care j are absolute!;.- essential to success with j s.hecp. I The sled corn-harvester is a praeti . cal and useful tool. Of eoure, tin: j binder is better iu some respects, but I more complicated and expensive, and ' drops the soggy bundles on theground. I w hence they must be raised by mu--I enlur power, while with the sled cut j ter the stalks are kept in an upright 1 position. ' Til" calves should be kept growing and thriving right a'oiig by f.- ding ; them libera. ly during the fafl. Th. y 1 w ill eat shelled coin greedily, b it I mo, e reliance should be placed upon 1 - ;.'h grain foods as oats and bian. v i.i- h l.rnld up the constitution, while to 1 muoh coin tend to injury a'.i-l , may can-.- the di-i-ase k 110 a n as black - j leg. Wiu-re fow ls do not Lave a free ring; it i 1 abso lately m ce-saiy to provid-i V.'-Ui with green f.x, 1 of some kind s lcii a- green clover r vegetable.-, an I if these supplies are sa-pendci jil -t i eyond their rea di so that they will have to jump up to rea -h them th-v wiil be the better f or the exej-.-i-M a a h-n in confinement with nothing ". do i- :ipt to be a poor iav'.-r and may a-quire bad habits such as feathtt-eating. HALF A MILLION KIKK At Durham 7 Wooden Prir House and S ottages Domed. A special from Durham to the Char- lotte IN. C.) Observer, of the 14th, ' lavs: I 'urhaui had nearly a half million 1 dollar fire today. It destroyed seven I prize rooms aud eight dwellings, in cluding about .'S.oii'.on or 4,000,000 pounds of leaf tobacco At 1 1 :'i tho shifting engine pave the alarm of fire, and the alarm was re-cch-'ed by whi-d:es, bolls and citizens. Ihe fire was found to be raging at II. J. Pass ,v t'o.'s prize room, 011 Morgan street. The fire companies responded promptly and I ogati oi-erations, but with little etlect. i . erytli tig was sodry it burned like o . From Pass A- Co. the flames went to the storage of W. 1. Cariington, aud then to the houses occupied by the American Tobacco Company, then t tho house occupied by tlie Plaekwel! Durham fobac.-o Company, aud these dwellings Ifgau to burn, ' no afer au-oiiiei- 1, .,; fo.'.r i'.yj ro-.Me dwellings wore burned. The loss is estimated at alout S400. 00', while tho insurance covers 011I3 aliout ;' .'if ,0(i '. Several firemen became overheated and ha 1 to be carried away. About 2"it) or ..11 ho-sht a Is of tobacco and nearly all of tho hoasohold lurhiuire were saved. Ihe lo.-s falls v er.V heav ily on most of the families who were burned out. us they had no insurance. An engine ami hose wagon from Ral eigh, arrived here by special tram aliout 1 o'clock, but their services were not needed, as tho lire was then under coni rol. Ihe 1 riucipul losers wore: The Amer ican 1 ob.i'vo Cim;a;iv, 11. J. Pass A Co., W. Dnl.e, P. L. Duke. Geo. W. Watts, W. T. Can ington, P.laok w.ll i'tibacc 1 Company. Manning A Morgan; the New tun estate, and L. W. Wise. I ho Durham Daily Sun says: At this time, dining the excitement, wo can give only 11 partial list of tho in surance. I he following wore insured with V. II. . lo atie .r tho ui.iouiitn slated: Ameiic.tii I obaoeo Company, -'V-oi.; P. I.. Duke, '.'S; I .eorgo W. Watts, S't.oio; W. Daiie, cttago, -l.o... .; . J. I'ios A 1 0., loo. 1 he total insurance on some of tho losses with the lirm of J. Southgate A' t- 011 a '.oiitit s to S .. ,0110. All to. d, ! he los-es oil build Digs Slid tobacco will not miss .r l"0, old, and uiar possibly leach half a million. KOYAL Altcil M.MS. I lie Olllcers Lire!,-! -Will Moot lu i ni'I it ii .tt i in 1!H. Tho grand chapter of Royal Arch Masons iu session at Paltimore elected tho following officer.-.: General grand high priest, Reuben C. I.ommon, of 'loledo; deputy grand hmh ptiost, Jas. . 'i aylor. of L11I hersv ilie, Gu; gen eral grand king, Arthur G. Pollard, of Lowell, Ma s ; general grand scribe, Jos. I ' cs, of Pal is, I II. ; general grand treasurer, Daniel Striker, of Hast ings. Mich.; general grand cap tain of the ho t. William C. S. I'ain. of Milwaukee: general giand pr ncipal sojourner, Nathan j.ii:.-sley, of -n-din "'linn ; general gi mi I 1 ova! arch captain, Pel Hard i. vitt, of Henderson, hy. ; general grand niiiOtriif the third veil. Goo. 11. Cor son, of Wa.diiiigb.il. I . C. ; general giand master of the sicond veil, Fred orick V. C. Saig, of Dos Moines, la. 'Ihe next triennial meeting of the genei a! grand chapter will be held at Cincinnati, iu l optcmhor, P.10O, .lustier Field'- Retirement. A Washington special says it has been announced at t he Supremo Court that .1 ustice Stephen J. Field, of Cali fornia, had notified President McKin tey of h:s intention to retiie aa a iiiem ! 1 of the court, and had informed his colleagues ot the fact. It is expected that his successor w ill be nominated by ihe lie-iideiit immediatel v after the enlivening of Congress, and that At torney General .'do Ken nit, also .f Cali fornia, wiil be named for tiio ollico. .fi-n .v iinpili Set s a Panic Ahead. A Ne.vton, Kan. , dispatch says: Cou gresMiiau Jerry Simpson declares that inside of a 3 ear this county- wiil be in (ho throes of a panic, tho like of which was never dreamed of. According to Mr. Siiii :.on, I 1. gland is paying for American exports in American securi ties), and the banks are bolstering up the securities by borrowing. 0 pre dicts that the banks wid bo obliged to unload in the near future, imd that this wid can e tie; ( lush. K. eeixers l.,r the hailed Hank. Judge Norwood, at Chambers in Clay county, N'oi ', h Carolina, ooalirmed the appointment by. fudge FuartofGeo. H. Smatheis, of Way nesville, mid I.. Mel. oiid am! John A. Nichol -, of Ashe ville. as receivers of the Wcstei n Caro lina Paul.. Mr. Nichols, however, de clined. A Differ! iitl.il I ni 111. j he Seaboard Air Lino La published a differential passenger tariff, which nil er scdes lhir present tariff ami makes a decided reduction from the old rates. 'Phis line is the first rond in the c.untry to a topt 11 method of ditlereu 1 ai fi r the purpose of equalizing lutes. Tiie rates go in ell- ct on the J.,th. Spain's Army in ( 11I1.1. Reinforcements 0f S anish troops far Cuba are beiug hurried forward by the military authorities. About.., 'mh) addi tional soldiers wi.I leave Spain for that Ihlitnd beiore the t-lid of tho present mouth. 1'P hy Point. R. II. Dudley, Democrat, Las been ele t d mayor of Na-hville, Term. , by I. .'' " majority. Mr. Hiii A. Johnson Las been ap tointed traveling 1 avenger agent of the Southern Railway Company. Lugene V. Debs' followers in Kan sa -. ere lianning to : ecuro control of cno'.i- and colleges id the Stato. George Jackson and harles William-, train robbers, were sentenced to -.0 y. ars in the "iiteiit:ary at Port hud. 1 . 1'Pli v Ii. inters. R. I'. Dudley, Democrat, has been elected mayor of Nashv ihe, Venn , by , .'! majority. Vr. Wm. A. Johnson Las be-ei ap pointed traveling passenger agent of the ."southern Railway Companv. Lugene V. Debs' followers iu Kan saa are planning to secure control of schools and colleges of the State. George .1 acksou and Charles Wil liams, train robbers, were sentenced to :,n unrs in the penitentiary at Port land, Oic.