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VOL. II. NO. 18.
MARION. N, C, F1UDAY, .MARCH 2.. 1808.
sj Tor Yoar in Advance.
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...ili.L llnliliil! fiiiA
; : Cr,-, the fi-?port of the Board ;
H.-i "cl Arrived.
SAL MESSAGE LIKELY.
r 1r f . !,t;itl'ri With Illi
. li.-i jj v .o inci-
' ' .'..-.: t J. ,.- f -t ;ieu .
..
'. inv'nr.'jwf from W&shing-
f i lont Mokndey, members
.:'. ( Migt eaUuen, all on-,
i:. ,.'': aa I the pubha gen
i 'y, Hn.!.j-ly awaiting
. .h i n, :ii bcurd of inquiry,
! ";t fvi t.i tho caue of tie
t ,r,t ;vkod the "Main,"'
: . tit tho guilt or innocence
t ' 'm.'!'!e.
: j o')-; 'Isoldes that the '
f i s yt been received.
' ! : :-h 1 !S thut theid- !
. i '..) hive it in the
;: 'i , i.u! tLar ia good
: tljii the Pi evident
. . at t. e Vcili t i e.oi.'uer
- '( i; tf 1', i'eVV dayti. "
- ' - ! tlj 1'ieeidetit
v' r. ' to 'nre-H until
; ' t tho meantime 1
, .; , ie-tv. Hepoits ihat
'' '.y'i :i 1-i i favor of f tu t her
l!i t 'ib-t i.VCitt in
,:,! tiji !'(:;i,bti of C'ou-
'-.ii. W'.itMM'l Firm.
.-. ' y of th Navy
tl.fly 1M le'l i will 1) u
' i'-v fiaiM tMka l.y this ,
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"a I 1 : 1 '.fi.ily ry
: il.-i "' V:;-i-liHtta" au
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t j-.U'oil by the "liiook- !
:-Ul;.n ' sud juneaj-oliB"'
t : :r. , better rotutiug
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!r?-t at . oy W.t hal nothing j
': riioi iu- of tha war yes-
.w ,i 1 11..---:! A ttitio. j
!
!.t: '-, i. !J -my S'ifi'.lwy. ;
. ;.-t M.fc'it-y l not attend
ii; , , i i his cuetoui, but j
I . ; i i nil !:uui a and more in
j M ti- .-t.-v-jial iikt tubern of the
' fit h.-r;Ury J ay ulieil !
i.: r.u h- iir, Secretary Long j
it:i. - !'ip3 vttid tho other j
'. ;-. oi'V-t. 'l'hav r9iauei lean '
1 'otht. in rooifany with
:- !:.( I vt-M HO'.illg i'or tho
t '(. '.U:!llHti0!!K for tliO
f -k't ': l:u olled bud
. 'i. J ' fident'i irivi?ij
.:..':ii.t.i t.'ie r-.tblllfct .n
i V: il 1 1 m e, aid tliut
!.) pj tv;jil uiyu'lifaiico
-'!!.. i i fjort of
1 v-1 i f iii'jiiiry iihd not ben
1 n.-t !l iio!'.'i itcly known
t.iii i -.''li Iut-v It ei--i
',rt. f'H,!y tu t ii o I'H'avnt
1 .-', "I !(: Vfd It WO'.iid
u I'lu'B to th 1'reMdtuit,
! h-i'i ! r,eu i e id aud conHid-
1 !s-iy;;t it would b made
I I., t!
. r".rv i .en in spe.iking cf the
! i "i nd tl.M' 'Aht!u iiil! v- realizing
c, t :.'.. tii co a u try, iuhisopiu
' . v, ;l!ini:!y uncord to the 1 res-
1 ' a i.tv or t.vo if ii.'cess.iry for its
'i.'.' ::ti-Mis. i inuii liciitiotis seem to
' l ' ti.-i;so:' -villi e made public
i : ' Midui: . th prtpent week.
' ;.' th iiieotmg ot aeveral
. ..r ii.,. .-.ii. .nr-t ut the White
-". tio'T v.'co u;: incidents of
' ' Ucv- i.ii,!.,; thn it ay. ,lulg Pay,
' .-'tct .-i "n.i y uud Chiet Ciork
: - n i M.d o.!nr o:!i'n!s vio nt tho
i 'ei r : : i-'iM't, but tl.'ia has
' '.c .'-!: during the recent
' :" ' A'-- 1 t tl;s War and Navy
''? i-tH h t; umber c-f chiefs of
v. hi ti t-ii desks fr several
iu:tiii' i Lt purpose of dis
'i.o l -i-.n'8 w li'.di recently
- -uniuU'tl ho rapidly.
f i .. at ! -lie; tii: topic of the day
I o;i tho dihpAtches from 11a-
' '" d i.'uii:;- a prospective confer-c-
,v (ieneral I'aado and lien-
-m..t. 1 ,k.i,'i4, i!on;t: and otliere of the
i ;i j.-nt arn-.y, fo; the purpose of aub
'ii :. t:it, infer a foruisil offer fo
!... II: ) i if autonomy as
1 ""'' i"- ii;"pftt.-liea appurntly
' .:!id .;. c! ic:u-. v.-1 1 h tha ofiicials of
f i-Kish !;; iou. They stated
t r di' i.l, th.tt a cnft;rence on the
t 1 - i ''-- Luc h-uk i n babie aud added
t! L i i-i mfotmatioa on the
' ,--. .tiaiten foloy lrnabe x
iv c ; : n ion that the repctt
r . 1 v.;.-ft unfounded, as he
f- ' -;' I - -? "Ji'Cu wb.ich it was pro
' .;c-t f.i..-!..ouiy vai absurd.
A " ... H iir r,i!r;
' "-i Ch.'J ia cash and
'" y ; - .:! of provieione aud
' ' -;"l'f atl in Missouri. Kansas
fcr the etaning Cubans
' v..m, bae been foraried
" ::;h from -van-a I'jty. These relit f
!:.--.r::s are being ca: rie 1 out under
ti.f :t'ai:;i:emrf'jt of the ! iotas Citv
':..a::d agents of the Star will aid in
t' s - r-l'iition at Matanras, under
i-.-j -':r-..'-.i-ii tf United States
v ..s;ii Thi'a relief is
: ' t-1 frc o a special train
-. xh-i Mf.ui ;'. cad io Memphis,
i ;l.e i lino s Central to New
: lh United s-tats govern-n;-i.i
hz ifc-ci.tad tbt transportation
Li-::. Nrv 'rlra'is to Met&iits. ihe
I r i :i ? t arti-.-Ua o'" food sent are wheat,
f- 'ir, c ueal, ri-a. potatoes, rolled
c T;vb-i'.e.'. milk and toup extracts.
i u. cou'.nbu' oua of clothing include a
i iitit u lr of calico dresses for wo
pjtf jilJ cLihirfn, mostly of the
thtr HuMkr l" pattern," made by
-i ;c; i. church Biug circlea.
The New Military Department.
in oidtr to correct a misunderstand
ing waich exirts, it is stated that the
re-:.il'tary department recently ore
headquarters are to "be at
Atlsuta, wii! bokuowu as tha Depart
n.ent of the lialf, ( cral Graham, at
i cmr.i;Hing the Department
i :iua, aeuji;ing cLarue. The imr-
roe was to inclar m th ccnfinei of
the new department that i a. t of the
country which votild La in in all likeli
hood nearest to the field of hostili
ties, in cats it should come to
that. The dpartrntat is to in
clude the Sta'oa cf Konth "aroIina
(.eorgia, Alabama, riorida, Mie-iiail
a, Louisiana and Texas, all of which.
exctt the Jaat are at ir6et attached
to the Derartmont of the Last. Atlanta
was choaen as the headquarter e of the
new department lcau'e of its flae
strategical situation, biu? ths cantie
ci so ni iiuy railroad connections. The
L'epartment of the Missouri and Teia?
are abolished, and the headquarters of
the latter, which Lay bn at San An
tonio for so many years, are aban
doned. NaTy Wants More Men.
The navy department is preparing to
$end out sereral thousand noticeu to be
posted in the principal towas through
cut the United States calling for en
listments for the nary. The advertise
ments call for rnm between eighteen
and thirty-fire years of age, except or
dinary seamen ho must be between
eightben and thirty. 'Ihe navy depart
ment is experiencing the most difficulty
in securing seamen.
CABINET F1K5I.
The Action on Cuba Is Certain by the
Uulted Stute.
Washington, (Special). The Cabinet
meeting on the 2'd lasted something
over an hour and was devoted exclus
ively to the Bpanifdi situation in general,
aud to the forthcoming it-port of the
Maine court of inquiry, in particular.
The tone of tho disouHsiou was rery
firm and determined thtit there nmut
come an end to the present ntnte of af
fairs in Cuba. Secretary Long author
ized the statement that the understand
ing before the Cabinet vaa that tho re
port would reach Washington Thurs
day or Friday , that it was voluminous
aud that its publication uud transmis
sion to Congress would not occur until
next Monday or Tuesday, fas the Provi
dent would require that much time to
give the document niatmo considera
tion its momentous character rtjquued.
All Against Arbitration.
There is a strong feeling in Congress
against international arbitration, which
it is now believed ?puin will request
upon receiviug the repoi t of the United
fetates court of inquiry.
Any proposition from Spain for tho
appointment of a neutral couit of naval
experts to review the landings of the
court will be considered an imputation j
of unfair dealing on the part of the
American naval officers.
llol'llng ltudc Its Report
The Spanish government has receiv- j
ed its report of the blowing up of the
"Maine," which it ia witholuing until
tho report of the Unit-sd States board
of iuquiry is made public. The Spun-
ish report maj" be issued in an amend- j
el form. j
Inspecting tor Fori".
General Graham, commander of tho i
department of the Gulf, has left At
lanta on a tour of inspection. He was
accompanied by Lieutenant Larney aud
Lieutenant Kaber. The officers go first
to Charleston aud then to Savannah,
St. Augustine, Key West. Mobile,
l'ensacola, New Orleans and ( ialvcton,
in the order named. The party will go
down the east ehore of 1 lorida to Key
West and return up the west const.
The military stations to be inspected
arc: Sullivan's Island and i'ort Sum -
ter; Tybee Island; St. Urancis liar- j
racks, St. Augustine, Ida. ; Key West, i
I-la. ; Key West Barracks, Key West;
Fort Mangum, Mobile, Ala.; Forts
Barrancas aud Pickens, Florida; Forts
St. Phillips and Jackson, Louisiana;
Fort Point, Galveston, Texas.
Fort Caswell Rea'ly for IiosIfiss,
Battery I, Second Artillery, which
reached Fort Caswell lai t Saturday, is
now fully prepa? ed for st-rious work.
The position command; nt short l.tiige
the water approaches to ilniiugtou, j
and is ou-3 of tho strongest on thocoust. ;
Though already well fortified, two ad- j
ditioual ten inch gnus will soon be m
position. ;
I'he Mnine's I -; J Viinil't r '.''i'i. !
Chaplain ChidwLk has com p'eted bis !
mortuary report, which liovs that .'"7 j
men aud v? otlicers i.erhed m t ho !
catastrophe. 5 succumi'cd to tlin- in .
juries iu the Saaambros Hospital in j
Havana, one died on the Spanish trans- I
port Colon; 171 bodies have been re j
covered from the wreck, of which t'd j
have been identified, have been
buried in Colon remetci v and 1 1 tit j
Key West. This is the .!1!i".h1 repo-it, j
made public, afler areful correction, I
for the tirst time. It is probable that i
many more identifications will be es i
tabhshed when the enlistment records j
are compared w itii the notes in Chap- i
luin I hidv.ick's possession of marks cu j
the corpses. i
( i
Hanged on tli Wav to .tall. !
j
In Pallas coifty, Alabama. Sara El- j
lis, a negro, confessed in u justice's
court of attempting to a-siisMUiite II. A '
Hardy, who was shot while ia his store
in October. The court onleied the ne
gro to jail, but a racb took tho pr it-oner '
to the wooes aud hunge I him to a limb. ,
His bodv was found aud cut down. 4
Probably Killed by Moonshiners.
W. O. Thompson, a whit farmer,
was found murdered in the woods,
three :ailes from his home, r.earSla
eauga, Ala. He had given teiiruoay
. against the illicit distillers i f Lis eo;ion
and it is irener&Iiy believed ti.s, they
murdeied him, as he had 1-eeu t-uia-moued
as a vitness ;n othtr cases
against them.
KUlin i of l,ostnt.it er t.eker.
After five weeks of consideration the
coroner's jury at Lake I'.tv, S. C. ,
found that Postmaster aker and child
came to their deaths by gunshot wounds
' in the hands of persons unknown to the
jurj The reward of SI.ooO for each
conviction, offered by the government,
ia said to be the largest of the kind on
record, and as the State also ollered
; 3")00, it is probable that the detectives
are holding their evidence until the
coroner's jury had disj osed of the case.
i The man in the honeymoon is not a
1 myth.
in
A Record Breaking Rainfall RaiL
read Traffic Demoralized.
THE GREAT RIVERS FLOODED.
Reports From All Over Indiana !iays
The Loss Will Keat-h One Million
Dollars.
- -
A ppecial from Cincinnati says the
water at I'ittsburg is phenomenal.
There has been a steady rain here since
last Saturday, the l'jth, during which
time . 4i inches have fallen at this
point, of which four-tenths of an inch
fell within the last thirty-six hours.
News from central points in Indiana,
and from Troy, Springfield, Urbana
and Zanesville, O. , indicates a fall of
from o$ to 4V inches at these
places. Nearly all the railroads in
central and Southern Ohio are eith
er crippled or totally disabled for the
present. All over Ohio and Indiana, ex
cept, perhaps, in the extreme northern
parts, railroad traffic is demoralized.
The Munkingum, tho Hocking, tho
Scioto and the two Miami rivers in
Ohio, seem likely to break the record
from f-ource to mouth for lnh stages
of water and for damage aud destruc
tion. Reports from Indiana indicate
that the same may be Biiid of rivers
aud streams in that state.
I luce lieat Itivers Flooded.
A I'ittsburg special suy: Three
great rivers, the Manogahela, A He
gheuy mid Ohio, are now in a llooded
condition, and there is every indica
tion that tho loss to coat operators,
manufacturers aud property-holders in
general will eclipse that of the freshet
of 1:.H. Already river coul interests
have suffered looses aggregating SlW,
(V0, while manufacturing interests are
so severely crippled that great loss
and inconvenience must necessarily
follow.
Train Plunged Into a River.
Baltimore and Ohio train No. 103.
which is compelled to nin over the
Pennsylvania road because of Hoods
between Zanesville, O. , and Newark
.iumped tho track into Wakotoiuiua
creek. The engineer and fireman and
several passengers were killed, and a
number of others injured.
Loss .May be $1,000,0'.M.
The reports coming in from Indian"
apolis from all over the State concern,
jng the damage done by the floods will
send the aggregate loss up into tho
hundreds of thousands. Feibaps the
figures may reach .l,iUi,0OO.
KVACT'ATION OF HAVANA.
Naval Ofllcers to be Withdrawn and
tin- Wreck of the Maine Destroyed.
The Navy Department has arranged
for the practical withdrawal of all its
naval olHeers from Havana, and the
abandonment of the wreck of the ill
fated battleship Maine. Captain Sigs
bee. Lieutenant Commander Bichard
Waiuwright, Surgeon lleneburger,
Chaplain John P. Chidwick, I ugineer
J nines P. Howell and Naval Cadets J.
A. Holden and W. T. Cluverius, who
have been in Havana with tho wreck,
will return very soon.
Although it is not finally settled, it
is more than probable that the Fern
w ill also return to the United States as
soon ns it ia determined that nothing
more is to be gained b3 her presence
there. In the event of tho abandon
ment of the wreck, it is more than
likely that the Navy Department will
arrange for its complete destruction by
the use of dynamite or torpedoes. In its
present condition it is a daugerons ob
struction to navigation, audit is not be
lieved auy opposition will be ottered to
its removal.
Contract lor Cannon Ralls Awarded.
Ihe Bureau of Orduauce at Wash
ington hns awarded contracts for sup
plying about 1,'00 cast iron projectiles
for seacoast fortifications. As rapidly
as completed they will be shipped to
tho various places at which they are
needed. The Virginia companies were
given the contracts, the Petersburg
I rou works and the Tredegar Compa
ny, of Bichmond, the awards being dis-.
tribute J. as follows: One hundred and
eighty-seven ten-inch solid shot and
74" twelve-inch mortar shells, the lat
ter of HJ) pounds, to the Petersburg
company, and 1m of the twelve-inch
mortar shells, of 00 pounds each, and
oO'j twelve-inch mortar shells, of l.o io
pounds each, to the Tredegar Com
pany. i iallingcr's Great !Speerli.
Senator Gallinger in a speech in the
United States Senate on the Cod said
the time had arrived to drive Spain
from the Western Hemisphere, lie
a-d.ed if the power that starved six hun
dred thousand persons to dcith wuuld
hesitate to blow up tho "Maine.'"
Speaking of indemnity he said : 'Human
life, purposely taken, cannot be paid
for in gold. "
Rank Ollb ials C.iptured
The sheriff of Abbeville, Ga , arrived
iu Tarboro, N. C. , on the Cdd with a
beach warrant for the arrest of James
G. Mehagan and T. J. Latham, the
cashier and president, rtsj ectiveiy. of
tno Bank of Abbeville. The waire.nt
charges these young men with the de
faulting of jTJ.oim', the money cf the
1 .ill k depositors at Abbeville.
To Pension Desrrters.
A Washington special says: Thecora
mittee on pensions reported favorably
uion Senator Pritchard's bill for an
amendment to section 4,71'". of the Be
vised Statutes, providing that sold.ers
may be placed on the tension rolls who
served in the Confederate army and
subsequently joined the Federal army.
Ibis amendment will affect a large
number of veterans residing ia the
Carolina?, and there seems to be a fair
prospect cf its becoming a law. A simi
lar bill has been introduced in the
House by Mr. Gibson.
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
t'roteedJujr of II th the Senate and
House Day By Day.
THE SENATE.
'YjU Day. Iu the Senate, Mnllory, cl
i lorida, delivered an extended speech
in t position to tho national quaran
tine bill. He held strongly that the
national government ought cot to
trench upon the limits of the constiru
tion by invading the rights of tho
Slates to establish their osvn quaran
tine leguhtfons. He advocated
strengthening the national maritime
quarantine. Bacon, of Georgia, main
tained that the matter ofquatautino
was not a sectional question, ail parts
of the United States being liable to epi
demics. "I favor," said he, "all the aid
the government can give in the preven
tion of epidemics and the stamping out
of disease, but I do not favor a regula
tion which " ill c'.i.y a State or com
munity the right to protect itself by
ouarantine regulations. Previous to
this, Mr. Butler, of North Carolina,
made a few remarks in denunciation of
the Torrey bankruptcy measure. At
4: j0, on motion of Frye, cf Maine, the
Senate went into executive session,
and at. j o'clock p. m. adjourned until
Monday.
;4th Day. -No business of general
importance was transacted by the Son
ate and quite unexpectedly an adjourn
ment was taken before -i o'clock. A
batch of bills from .the gene.; al calen
dar was passed, but aside from that onij
routine business was accompliihed. Ba
con, of Georgia, introduced an amend
ment which he announced he would of
fer to the resolution providing fo;- tho
annexation of the Hawaiian Islands to
the United States. Ihe amendment
provides that the resolution shall not bo
elective uutil tho question of annexa
tion shall have been submitted to the
qualified electors of Hawaii, and passed
upon affirmatively by them. The
amendment is the same which Bacon
offered to the Hawaiian tie.tly and
which is .still pending.
Win Day. In the Senate Catfrey. of
Louisiana, in a speech in support t f
the National quarantine bill, stated
that ho wanted the whole power placed
in the hands of the government.
J'oraker, of Ohio, presented the cre
dentials of his colleague, Hanna, foi
for tho term as United States Sentcr,
covering six 3'ears from March 1, isj:.
The credentials were read and ordered
filed.
i'ini Day. An amendment to the
sundry civil bill is pending before the
Senate committee on appropiiutions,
appropriating rf'jr.O.OuO to furnish sup
plies to destitute people of Cuba. Tho
! sub-committee has not yet considered
the amendment, but it is stated that
it will probably be adopted. The
suggestion is one of tho results
i of the conference between the
; President and Senators Allison and
Gorman, and it is the understanding
in the committee that the President
will follow the suggestion with a re
quest to Congress that the appro ria
tion 1)0 made. He thinks it ns v.cli
that the money with which to relieve
the distress of the Cubans should come
from the national Treasury, as that it
should be collected by private sub
scriptions. No doubt is expresses
that tho committee will report favor
ably on the recommendation, or thai
Congress will pass it. Spain cannot
object.
THE HOUSE.
0'.)th Day. No political questions
were discussed in the House. Tli
whole session was devoted strictly tc
the Dostoftice appropriation bill, whict
was taken up for amendment under tht
five minute rule. The question which
consumed the major portion of the thin
related to the allowance of clerk hire n
postollices and to rural free delivery.
The House increased the allowance foi
rural free delivery from jli,nti0 to
S:J00,00U and defeated the proposition
for increased clerk hire. The amend
ment to iucrease the appropriation for
rural delivery was offered by Stokes,
Democrat.
Torn Day. The House spent another
day on the postofiice appropriation bill,
but only disposed of two pages of it.
Most of the day w as devoted to a debate
on the merits of the pneumatic tube mail
service in New York. Boston and I hiia
del hia, and the advisability cf eon
tinning the existing contracts. An ef
fort to strike out the appropriation cl
iC"J,i.ii() was defeated, but the opponents
of the apropriatiou succeeded in secur
iug an amendment providing that 11.
additional contracts should I e ma le.
An amendment was adopted making it
a misdemeanor for any person to "pad'
the mails during the period when they
are being weighed to determine tht
compensation to be paid to the railroads
for their transportation, ihe amend
nient was recommended by the Depart
ment. The conference report on tht
agricultural appropriation bill v m
agreed to.
71sr Day. -The House passed tht
postofBce appropriation bill, which has
been under discussion fcr three days.
Tho main points of attack were the an
pi 01 riations of OU'J, Oo for railroad
transportation of mails, and S171.u.".
fcr special facilities between New York
and New Orleans, and sJ"'.oo: for spe
cial facilities from Kansas City to New
ton, Kansas. These items annually at
tract more or less of a contest. Thi
year the opposition seemed to be b-s.-intent.
All efi'orts to reduce the ap
propriation for railroad transj ortaion
signally failed aud tho vote cu ti.t
Southern mail subsidy wa 77 X-j
agaiust striking cut.
7-ni Day. - Ihe House unanimous':;.
passed a bill for the relief of the stir
vivors and victims tf the Ma 'no
disa.-ter. I'he bill reimbnr.-c-s t:;.
surviving othcers and meu for th';
losses they sustained to an amo.iat
not to exceed a year's sea pay. a'i
directs the payment of a sum t-qu A to
a year's pay to the :e.al heirs tf tho:
who perished. There was qui!. :
sjiiited debate ever au amendment
submitted by Mr. Cannon b give th
survivors each a v ear's pay out of ban?
instead cf attempting to reimburse
them for actual losses. Cannon and
Boutelie having a particulatly v arm
passage at arms. Some old a: lege 1
scandals in connection with the reim
bursement of the snrv:ors of tht
Sanioan disaster were raked in. but the
del ate in the end was saved from a
rather sordid tone by a beautiful tributc
paid to the gallant dead by Cousins, ci
Iowa, in a short but eloquent sjeech.
At . o'clock the House took a reces
until o'clock, the evening session be
ing devoted to the consideration of pri
vate pension bills.
73r Day. The naval appropriation
bill was reported to the House, but a;
it had not been printed, the contested
election case of Thorpe vs. Epes, from
the fourth Virginia district, was taken
tin T a nrvailiTo- imr.Tsin i tlin4
Epes, the sitting member, will be un-1
seated, asnpcu the decision inthisra.e
vi : I largely depend the decision in tht
two ot..er irginia taces, in which ;
practically tho nitre qucrtions are in-
volved. Epes ha I 'J.ti.M piurn'ity c;i '
the face cf the return. Extensive- ,
frauds were charged, and the majoiity
of the ccmiu ttee found that Ihorj e i
shou'.d have received :;07 plurality, and 1
upon their finding recommend that in. i
be seated. The naval appropriation.
Li!!, as reported to the Houe today, ;
carries a total of S35.0w!'.O", an iu j
cit ase over last v ear of .3,704, 4::;., and j
over the current estimate of S,', "ill. v.'b
".4th Day. In the House B. T.
Ihorpe was given the seat from the
Fourth Virginia district, Sidney P.
Epes, who obtained the certificate of
election, was unseated by a strict party
vote l".l to 130. The" Republicans",
without a break, voted for Thorpe, and
the Democrats and Populists, with the
exception of Howard, of Alabama, a
Populist, voted for Epes. Ehea, 1 Dem. 1
of Kentucky, and Hay, 'Dem. 1 spoke
for the sitting member, while Epes si ok
iu his own behalf. Thorpe contested
the seat of MeKenny in the last Ccu
tress and was seated. The Republic in
majority in the House, which vas fifty -two
when the House convened last
summer, is now fifty-four.
Everybody interested in seeing the
latest developments in high-grade 1
wheels should send a postal to tho John j
I . Lovell Coinpauj-, Boston, Mass., foi
their new catalogue. It contains val
uable information.
Till: MAKKKTS.
nf.w n-r.i: cotton Fr-rrr.E.
XcwYoik. - Cotton quiet. Middling
upland. 'if; Middling Gulf, if.
Futures closed steady.
Opening. Closing.
March -
April 5 91
May 5 '.r, a ;-J
June o t5 .V.';!
July o'.H oil.)
Augu.d 0 01 -v.is
September
October Ji M 5 iT
November 5 t'S f i7
December 0 00 0 o'.i
Jauuaiy t 0-3 0 t't)
February
OTHER COTTON MARKETS.
Charleston. Cotton steady ; middling
55.
Wilmington. Cotton quiet and
steady; middling 04.
Savannah. Cotton stead j; middling
oi.
Norfolk. Cotton steady; middling
Memphis. Cotton steady; middling
I.
Augusta. Cottou staady; middling
5.
Baltimoie
Hug Hi.
Cotton nominal; mi-1-
New ( )r!eaus Cottou
dliug 0-1i"
sv; ruid-
p. vr.TiM.inn i imin'i r. mahkit.
Baltimore. Flour quiet; Western 1
super. "- 70(-'43. lo; do extra -. I'.ofj'- l.O'f; I
do family ??4.:iii'f l.'.i; winter wheat pat- j
ent .;L7o(s."i.i(;; tiring do 4o; 1
spring wheat straight ?J)):t. .
Wheat - Unsettled ; s ot and March
W'U5.;; Apiil, WUUii; May. !fi,.'.
1.00; steamer No. l red, !-" p bid; South
ern wheat, by sample, Oil.Oo; do on
grade DiHi..'.j'.V. .
Com Steady; spid and month, f3i
(o-m; April, :it;i J (c;;:: i ; May MW'-'i,
steamer mixed, 5'i('34; Southern white
corn, y.ijc'jM j-; do yellow, yO-j'.-'GJo'h
Outs Quiet; No. 2 white, Western,
?A;!.VA No. i mixed do, 3HH .
NAVAL SfOl:F.?.
New Yoik Rosin steady
tine weak at 33v-o3L
Tnrpen-
Charleston Bosin
changed.
Savaunali. Rosin
I) l. '.; E 1. 1 ": F
l.t iq K 1. ;" ' 1. 75;
1. 7-"n;-i;l; window
v. hite '! 0'. i ui i-e
firm and un
firm; A, B, C and
1
(i 1. .V; H
; M l.'Co'
glass l.s
iitino lh in
han-.-d.
l.siv:
water
at
Rosin lirni and un
Wilmington. - lb
1. J u- ptntiiio
Crude t :ipi :it:ne
Tar stead v at : '".
sin steady
iiiiii at
til 111 at 1
a.i 1..'-
DO
HON KKI
-Cotton
"U-.
ted oil
1 rime
Now York
jiiuie crtidn
Miuet:
V.-M..W
J'ANVII.I.i:, V., T ;. 1 MAI.KI
Common dark S' 3 rn -
Me bum dark 4 "' "
MaTir.facturing lugs ". 00 "
( ii aaulators .r "i
Cutters common ''
Cutters rneciium. . i".' vyr
4 :.j
; o'i
15 J
Cutters fancy lo ': ' ,'"
1 1 vi .
CotnuoD .8 4 "0 ,i.: r, i
l Medium '. r 7 '
(i0V 1 t'illf' S 7 ". n i't
j Com men ? 10 h ) j 1 " ' C
Me-lium 1 )'' V "
Fine . o.... 00 .
STATION FOR FISH CT'LICRK.
An Appropriation of Jj52.",O0O Recom
mended for its I . tli, iiiFient.
A special tc the Charlotte (N. C. 1
Observer from Washington says: 'Ihe
Senate Commif.es on appropriations
will recommend au a: 1 1 opriatio of
ir', OvO for a fish culture station in
eastern North Carolina-, the station to
be stocked with shad. b!ck b--i tr.d
reck fish. Senator Butler Las -.o.-kt-d
to se ure this ap: ropriaiion. 1 be
recommendation f the Seuate com
mittee hus the endorsement cf the
United states fish commissioner, who
said that it is ote of the mo-t im
1 ortant points on the South Atlantic
shore.
Senator Butler is endeavoring to se
cure an appropriation of 3V.,o.o for
the enlargement and irajrovement cf
the public building at Greensboro.
The Senate committee on apjro
priationa has approved of the a pro
priation.
Eviryboty IntereiteJ In seeing the
latest developments in high grada
wheels should send a postal to the John
P. Lovell Company, Boston, Maes., foi
their new catalogue. It contains val
uable information.
H1PPE
j Engineer Kinney Gets a Verdict for
0 J
Twenty Thousand Dollars
AGAINST THE N. C. RAlLROAu.
The Verd'ct Is a Vindication of All
the Discharged Men--I'he AtCor
nej s on Both sides.
The suit cf Engineer Kinney against
the North Carolina railroad, which has
been on trial for three davs ended in
Lexington on the lfth. Kinney was
the engir eer on 1 y. 11 on the morning
of April 11, when No. 11 aud No.
3 collided and killed four persons and
injured several others. Kinney was
horribly scalded, maimed for lifo and
not expected to live. But he did sur
vive, and he and Conductor Lovell and
Engineer Tunstall and Conductor Gen
try, on No. Su, were all discharged by
the railroad. Kinney brought suit. The
lines on which the case wero brought
were that Kinney charged that the
disaster was due to negligence in Su
perintendent Rider's office, and the
railroad chargo 1 the negligence on the
plain tit!' and his associate employes.
Ihe jury found that Kinney was not to
blame and fixed the railroad with neg
ligence and gave Kinney a verdict for
SJo.'MJ. The verdict is a vindication of
all the discharged men. The plaintiff's
attornej-s were R. F. Long, C. B. Wut
son and F. C. Bobbins aud the do
fe.v.Unt's were G. F. Bason, Charles
Price and Walnor A Walter. Charlotte
Observer.
-
VALUATION OF
INCRFASU.D
Properly for Taxation Appeal Froni
Reduction of Passenger Rates.
Tho State auditor says that while re
turns of all real and personal property
in North Carolina showed ?'229,So4,433,
returns on which this year's taxes will
be collected show Jo, .100, 371, cr an
increase of $0, 747,(73, of which 31,3-VJ,-777
was made by tho Stato board of
equalization.
J ho SeaI)oard Air Line on the l'Jth
notified the railway commission of an
appeal to tho superior court from its
ci der reduciug passenger fares to '2 and
2J cents. Raleigh correspondent Wil
mington Messenger.
TIIKRI-: WILL Rtf NO LKASIC.
Soutln-rii Won't lake the A. t N. C
Governor Very Much Displeased.
Tha negotiations for the lea'.e of tho
Atlantic and North Carolina- Railway to
the Southern are now ended. The de
cision of the Railwa3 Comuiiss'on to
keep in effect tho order reducing 1 a v
svngor fares precluded tha oBsibility
of tiie Southern entering into a lea-ieof
the road. Ihe Governor, itisuiid, is
very much displeased with the act 1011 of
the commission, as it was his earnest
desire to leaso the Atlantic and North
Carolina. Raleigh PoBt.
Christian Lndeavor Ollh ers,
The follow ing officers for the eufiuing
year were appointed by the State Con
vention of Christian Endcavorers in
session at High Point: Piesident, Rev.
A. D. Thaeler, of Winston: first vico
president and editor of the North State
Endeavorer, Mrs. M. II. Headrick", of
Salem; other vice president, .V'rs. L. P.
Field, of Greensboro; ll. A. Pfolh, of
Salem; Rev. J. A. Dortitte, of
Charlotte; "V. J. Crumpler, of Wash
ington. S.ecretarj and treasurer, Miea
Ruth Woith, of Raleigh. Junior
su erintendout, Miss Jt6ephine Coit,
of Salisbury.
.
Ihe John Kvans Case.
The Council cf State was ailed on
the 2ist in an a Ivisory caj acity in the
.lohn I'.vaus case, t'j hear all tho evi
ler.ce and all af'idavits reaL I j a
I ers in the case are exceedingly volumi
nous. The reading was not completed,
and there will be another meeting. A
I member of the council says tho Gover
nor will respite Evans liom March 'J'.
to April 1. i his is the fifth time the
date for his execution La been set. -
Charlotte Obbtrver.
In Memory of Dr. Prltchird.
The tablet to I e erected by the yonng
people of Trycn rtreet Baj.tiat Church
iu memory of the late Dr. I. H. Pritrh
aid will probably be pnt in place by tht
first of April. It it to be placed at the
left of the pulpit ks one enters the
charch. Charlotte News.
CuI!d3 and Hpp'ng.
A vinegar factory is beicg set np in
Wi'.mingtoc.
Arrangernetits are being comf le'.el
fcr a teie; hone line from Raleigh to
Hfenderson.
Raleigh will bai'd a tram rail war to
a rock quairy, to have stone for ttrett ;
roven-ent.
Haues Sheiton, a cttizea l Darie
county. eveTitv veara o
' denly after t.-.tiag a hear
Eel
sud
mpr
I we:. iy livo children whose app
t;uj for a i;a:,-;o!i to the Oxford
phas Asylum have een a: trove I,
. a
1 )r.
tre
waiting for ro.m to receive tLem.
'i he lorernor ardonsi James Jim.--soc,
cor.victe l cf murder in the second
degree t -o vears ago, iu McDowe.l
county aentecced t s.x yeara in the
i j eniteutiary. I he rea-oLa for the par
don are remarkab.y atrong.
i Ex Governor Carr seats Col. A. I
'Smith his regret at n-d being able to
i accept his invitation to the lijth cf May
, celebration at Lhar'ott?. Hecloaeshia
I note of declination with this nentecce
and tentiment: "With best wishea for
i the coat-nued succesfful gathering of
j your and oar InJepeudence day."
! Wilmington has been added to the
Est of Scnthern ports from which pig
iron is being shijp-?-!. Two cargoes
containing the metal have been loaded
at that city. 'Ihe iron wh trough
from Alabama by way of the Atlantis
Coast Line.
tuk orn.ooK.
We
Are, at Ihii "lime, livid
tly
Upon II.P Vergo f War.
There can be no possible doubt of tho
fact that this country is just r o v upon
tho verge of war. It cm not n
that the a Iminitrr. f. ej '
is prepared fcr it. A't l'.u tc
-.:or. ;
is i:
I
id
i. -i.q oi.'
:ud,v.itt)
v'.-e a
;lcou, it
. th.lt th
ti.o
t! i.ti KC.
:ii.-tcnt!y
n. but :
' reports of the ta-t fev, d.i v
that much, .i: . ing ihr i'-.t
iety of the couat. v cur th !
U'etus reasonable to believ
administration voi.'. l luc
public some a.-surauce b. foic
if it could have .h ue s . co
with the facts in iu possosi
far it has given none, but ac.v.Muig
tho latest from Wushu.gtou c c.mr
assured that we will know the 011V0
t
of the repoit c' tho boa: t of i-i fi r
a few days.
SNAPSHOTS AT THE NEWS.
i:
1 he South.
Citizeu's of Florence, Ala., will Build
a 3l00,ooo cotton mill.
John and Samuel Turner were killed
iu a fight between rival factions m Lrj
county, Ya.
At Newberry, S. C, Mi s iV.r.io
Godfrey was thrown from a buggy and
hilled whilo driving vith Mr. J. 1-.
Ma ves.
Thomas U. Watna bus deuM. d bt l,
the Populist candidate f.-r ., r;:or f
Georgia and W. B. Hill it.!n . dt ni.i
for chief justice.
In a letter to th
tho University 1 I
Rouss inchied hi
bo.:rd f vi itors of
irgnda i f . C. B.
ch. . k f..r .?! '. "'' to
complete the phvM id l.ibo
try.
The lumber m n oi I, ,.r:ri.i 1!
nate the mati-rml to 1 e i,m' I m th.
stiuctioii of tho bud.lin ; f. i ti.e
d.-
Cltll -
exhibit at tho Oi
'Sllioli.
B. R.,vN.
s sist. r s .
II 1J V ( ill i'.d
At Meridian,' Mis.. .1
his wife aud tho 1 a t r '
1'Oisoned by a servant. 1
negro boy; Royals and tin
Voting bldv
re at the point of death.
Dr. William H. Tult. for jimm a
resident of New York, died at Augu-ta.
(Ia., aged 75. Dr. Tutt was tho oiigi
liator of the famoiiR Tntt's liver 1 id,
and made a vast fortune out of their
manufacture and sale.
Geeorgia's county conventions for
county and State olhoers aro to bo b. Id
June Oth, and tho Stato convention mi
June 24th; judicial convention. July
2Uth. All who ubide by the .irt y 11m
aries can vote.
Tho Prosi ority S. C. ) cotton l.iili has
Leeu given a verdict for i,i;,7k"H duma-e-
against tho Southern Water Supply
Co., of Atlanta, for faiiuio to t.uiy out.
a contract, resulting 111 serious daii.a
to the interest of the mill.
Representative Y.heo'ti. of 'ilabama.
introduced a joint 1 vinl utioti l- f tho
Hotisoof I!pi .-senbtt.vc fo: in !. ed'.ito
notice to bo served 11
Americans and Am i.
Cuba must bo pr tc u
atrocities ii.v being
1 Spam t.'iat
l llit-l csts iu
and that tl:o
ip"tialed 111
.1.
tnai lsiiiuu lausi cea-e.
A w iitt-r in the bat '-. n . S. C )
News and Courier, signing lum If 11.
F. O., and who says he waj. a a. tor at
Lake City in 1 '-''.-' ai d c a.ms Unit
the killiugof Postmast. r ilal. 1 was tho
work of negroes. Ho says that !';:ker'.s
own wdfe believed next 11101 mug that
they were negroes, and so stated iu thi
message she eent at that time to Baktr'.s
brother.
The North.
The lower House of the hio Legiiia
turo has lefeiited a two-cent per 1111I0
railway fare bill.
Ihrough a legislative error i'.-xas
will have to hold two elections m ND-
j vember.entailiiig cn extra ost of f!0 , -
00').
At Jersey City, N. J. , Tbmaas Shield-,
liis wife and two children wens probab
ly fatally poisoned by eating tinned sar
dines. Tho Pennsylvania Baiirr.ad h jas-'ii
fer station at Jer.y City, N. J., ha
ieen burned. Loss, .-.'.'' . .l:i. g.
amount tf 111:11! mntt.-i n :i ui de
stroyed. The Khftd'j
vetitioi! has I
lliha Dver;
Wilbar:! J. Gr
Stete, Ch irles
lid B-J.l!
M.ab-d
elitemit.t
iv, a :.d
B.M..tV
b! I H II Oil
1 r ov ernor.
Bv' an ! i i-io.i a
thj" United States m
Ccni any, San Bafio
Jenks, one of the b
arid a laborer named
.rkt of
Powder
. A
al
d
employe,
011 v. eiM
killed.
Governor Ticgree, of Michigan, hns
issued a roHamation ".arn:iig s.tato
ofTicials and legislatoir. against accept
ing railroad pass.es. He a, so in eight
against the aocepta&ce of reduced iat.;
by clergymen-
0. K. k C. K. .
Ml"l' I! I WITH IVY.
South Carolina 2nd Georgia R. R.
fvhe bi' 1:
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I.-v 7 lfi a r : irriv.-'j t j. u-
11 a ra i:r - - - " ' i- : .
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5 'Jf ', rr. s' --. v 7 a a.
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l2iu. I-' " - - 1 a ni
r, j. r.i .-.'.'.-1 '.: n ' ". a :
Arriv-7 'Jf m Mrlyi. . La-.- 7 W am
Nvrttto-JL 1. iafTo'y liv. .-: , i::.-',ur. I.
Leav- 6 W rn
Arrtv-7 l j. :a
TratLs uortii cf (Vie!
Buiisy.
I rmiis ttw-u Cliin-ston isl-I Kin?.ivi,l-
rut: 4 lailv.
I'cr Intorccation as to rnte. civ !i Lir
Faiiiii, et., a:i oa I -cai e.-Ltra tmg an 1
traveliag ageLts of toth r. a l.-. o.-
E V. ii:Y.
TrarTl-- Jlai;atrer.
S. Ii. LUMI'KIN.
Geu'l V. gt..
Lla.-kahiirg, ij. C.
L. A. EMERSON.
T. M.. tf. C. A (1.
ll. It., Chariea
toa, b. C.