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DAILY GHARIiOTTB OBSERVER, APHUi 1897. . i. CALDWKIX. I A. IOHTXUU, f 8tret number, M South Tryes itiMt Telenbone number. TIL Tsto paper give to corre poodents wiae itnnm as k uusa pubue policy permits, but Is to so mm responsible for their Thru. It 1 mica preferred that cones pendents sign their ssmns t uetr tmriwL especially to cum where they attack persona or institu tions, though this la not iwmfti The editor, reserves the right to slve the mm of correspondent when they ere eemanaea to purposes or personal sat isfaction. " Te receive consideration a communication smist be accompanied y the trae name of the correspondent. Lengthy obituaries and tributes of respect most pay advertising rate; ao also notices of entertainments, etc, which hare the Wnsnrtal feature. Look at the data on your label. If It in not correct please notify the ofltee. A subscriber In ordering the address ef hia paper changed, will please indi cate the address to which It la rotas: st the time he asks for the c hangs to be Advertising rates are furnished on application. Advertisers may feel as sured that through the columns of this paper they can reach all Charlotte and a large proportion of the beat people of this State and upper South Carolina. The' subscription price of the Dally Observer is $8.00 per year, $4.00 for six months, $2.00 for three months. The Weekly Observer, a handsome six -page Caper, one year $1.00, six months 60 cents, three months 25 cents. FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1897. FAXS COURAGE. The mental worry under which the New England' manufacturers have been and are still laboring over the matter of Southern competition, is made evi dent by the tenor of a dispatch which has been sest from Boston. This dis patch says: The sharp competition of Southern cotton mills, equipped with modern machinery, with the great plants of New England, has become a problem of deep thought among investors in this part of the country, but according to an authority on the subject the North has nothing to fear from it. The treas urer of one of the large mills in this State, who has made a study of the tiuation. says that the "boom" time for Southern cotton mills has passed, and that hereafter they will grow on their merits The impetus was given by manufacturers of cotton machinery and now that has lost its strength. Then, the price of labor is not so much an advantage as tt promised to be at the outset. ' If help can be secured at B0 cents a day, instead of $1, which has to be paid at the North, it is found that two persons of that grade have to be hired to do the work which is done by one person in the North. Another point of advantage for the North is its moist climate, which favors the pro duction of finer goods, with which the South cannot compete. There are not many New England millers who! will take kindly to all of the above views. While it would be but natural for them to hope that it is all truer-vet they will doubt it. There never was a boom time in the milling industry of the South. What the Mas sachusetts man mistakes for a boom is simply the practical development of the natural Industry of this section But call it a boom If you will; it has not passed. It has scarcely begun. The mills already erected and In operation in the South are but pioneers. No one at all familiar with the situation will dispute that fact. Again, the writer of the dispatch quoted, in his effort to inspire a courage which must prove false,has a wrong conception of the labor question. Southern labor is not highly skilled. It is not trained to the point required frrr the finer grades of goods manufactured by the New England mills; but for the grades han dled in the South the labor is perfectly competent. Working on this grade of goods, one operative in the South Is fully equal to one operative In the North. Probably, In a competi tion, the Southern laborer might come out winner. Even should defect in la bor exist, as it is claimed, it would be but for a short time. The cotton mill ing industry In New England Is as old as the hills; in the South It is new. As it Rrovrs win come the profit of ex perience. Textile schools will follow; experts will appear in the field: labor will be educated to keep pace with the progress, and the South will be an im portant factor in the continental mar kets, not only for the coarse grades of wd no made, but for the finer num bers. If the New England millers ex pect anything less than this there is disappointment In store for them. It will not do to decry the future indus trial possibilities of this section. They are greater than New England dreams of. For all that, however, there is nothing in the situation which should worry the millers of that section. The world is big, markets are growing, and for generations to come there will be consumers for all the out -put of the New England and Southern mills now In operation, and the thousands of spindles and looms yet to be added to them. 81BMITTKB WITH APOLOGIES. Our able and versatile fellow-citizen. Hon, Walter Clark, whose ideas are al ways progressive, going forward by leaps and bounds, has a letter in the North Carolina Christian Advocate of this week urging that women should be permitted to vote in this State for school committeemen, on all local school questions, and in local option elections He says he is not advocat ing woman suffrage; that being a ques tion which the future must solve, hut that it Is clearly competent to permit women to vote on questions of educa tion and prohibition. The principal thing the matter with Justice Clark's reforms Is that they tread on each other's heels. If it were permitted, we would suggest that it might be well for us to get the sub-Treasury, the Initia tive and referendum, $50 per capita, government ownership of the telegraph, free silver, one cent railroad tare and half a cent postage, free mail delivery at every man's door, and a few other reforms which are needed but which we can't think of just at this moment, be fore we admit the women to the pells That is if Justice Clark and the ladies think they can wait. If they can't, then these various ideas ought to be Incor porates in an omnibus bill and all put through together. - The decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that fine type provis ions is ocean steamship too tracts are invalid, is in the direction of substan tial justice. Doubtlefis If called upon the court would render the same decis ion as to the fine type provision of ail other contracts that is to asy, that they must be brought directly to the notice of those entering Into them. In taking insurance, in baying railroad tickets. In sending telegraphic mes sages snd In other matters people often enter into contracts without . having any fdea of their terms, sad often with out saving the opportunity to acquaint themselves with them. In suck eases the chances are ail against the custom er , snd the only surprise is that, as. der the oircmastatnces, there are. not mere misunderstandings and more law suits than thr are. Since the Jonah sad the whale tion has died from sheer exhaustion, some of the New York papers have started new discussion; "Are the People of the United 8tstes a Chris tian Nsilonr A priest makes the state ment that "the majority of the people of this country are Infidels." snd a whole lot of other preachers of the sen sational school endorse him, among others Rev. A- C. Dixon. A more Im portant question would be. Is Chris tianity Increasing, and there is no evi dence of its decadence that we have heard of. The Washington Post has a pertinent paragraph regarding the as sertion that ours Is not a Christian nation. It says: We believe that an overwhelming majority of the people outside of the churches 1 and sects people who are rated as Infidels by strict sectarians are in slmpathy with the dictates of Christianity. A large proportion of the millions annually contributed to carry on the work of the Churches comes from men who belong to no communion. The spirit of Christianity is far more general than belief in creeds. Philan thropy is a marked characteristic of this nation. The people of the United States manifest their love for mankind by making greater sacrifices for the benefit of the poor and friendless than any other nation on earth. And lave for man is the very essence of the Chiistiaa religion, as taught by its founuer: "A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another. A correspondent to-day gives the ori gin of the literary outlaw "Varsity." showing that its antecedents have been bad. As far as the Observer is con cerned it shall henceforth put a price on the bandit's head, and if it ever shows up in any copy in this shop we shall throttle it with the blue pencil garrote. The present lull in municipal politics can hardly be called the calm after the storm. It is rather a calm between storms. THE QVEEN CITY. Pleasant Impressions of It Made I'pon a Visiting Brother. North Carolina Christian Advocate. For years we have been passing through such business depression throughout this country as has been rarely known in her history. Yet it is a fact North Carolina has been going forward all this time. On every hand there are evidences of progress, of growth, of enlargement. Country places and railroad stations are becoming thriving villages, former villages are growing into prosperous towns, and the larger towns themselves ' are fast as suming the magnitude, enterprise and appearance of cities. Charlotte well deserves the title of "Tjie Queen City" of North Carolina. Her growth has been steady for 30 years. Less noisy and less boastful that some other more pretentious places, she goes forward with rapid strides in multiplying her resources and Increas ing her population. Her wide, regular and well-paved strets, her large whole sale and retail business houses, her splendid churches, her beautiful private residences, her electric street cars, her magnificent city ball, her numerous factories, her ably edited and wide awake newspapers and her busy, bust ling people all Impress the visitor with her enterprise, her progress and her vast resources. From boyhood to 25 years of age a resident of the place, we are better prepared than many others rightly to Judge of her improvement and growth. It Is very gratifying to us to know that Methodism Is keeping pace with the material advancement of the city. When we joined the Church there in 1866, under the pastorate of Rev. E. J. Meynardle. our membership was small and weak. Now we have six congrega tions, served by six pastors, and all steadily growing and ever wielding a wider and stronger Influence. We spent Sunday, the 22d. with the good people there. At 11 a. m. we preached at Trinity. This is Rev. S. R. Turrentine's second year on this charge. He is one of our best men well equip !ed. systematic, wisely aggressive, a fine preacher and a faithful pastor his work, as a matter of course, is pros pering, his congregation and member ship are rapidly Increasing, and he himself is in high favor with all class es. It was a great pleasure to preach to his people. At night we were with Rev. H. L. Atkins at Church street. This is his third year in charge of this work, and he has greatly enlarged it. Brother At kins is a close student, a hard worker, a growing preacher and a diligent pas tor. His people are very devoted to him and show their appreciation in a very substantial way providing w-ll for him. Monday was devoted to the interest of the Advocate. In company with Brother Turrentine and Brother Atkins in the afternoon, we visited from housi to house and store to store. We were indeed glad to find that the Conference organ is in favor with the people and with a little persuasion we added IT new subscribers to the 92 we already had. We feel very grateful to these good friends for their kind words and generous support. We were not able to visit our other pastors, but beard good reports to them all, and hope to spend a Sunday with Dr. Bays and Brother Campbell in May. We took a hasty look at the mam moth stock of furniture carried by E. M. Andrews, the large wholesale and retail hardware store of D. E. Allen & Co.. the Commercial College, presided over by Prof. D. M. Mclver; the Com mercial Bank, under the presidency of Mr. J. S. pencer, and the offices of Walter Brem ft Co., insurance agents. These brethren are all leading mem bers of our Church, and while diligent in business are fervent in spirit, serv ing the Lord. While in the city we were the guest of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Mayer. Brother Mayer is at the head of a large whole sale and retail grocery house, has a beautiful home on South Tryon street, and is widely known as a business man and a Church worker. We have known Sister Mayer from her girlhood and greatly enjoyed the privilege of spend -Inng a short while in the charmed cir cle of her refined and cultured family. A VIOtaUT MAX JAILED. Result of a Quarrel at a Distillery Frank Rhysa Shoots a Negro and Resists Ar rest, Bat U la Jail. Special to the Observer. Gastonia, April 1. On last Tuesday, near a still house in the Bessemer City neighbohood. Grant Rhyne shot and probably fatally wounded a negro man. It seems that they had some words at the distillery, and the parties separated. Rhyne concealed himself near by, and when the negro came along he attacked him and shot him twice, one ball tak ing effect in the side and the other in the hip. Rhyne is said to have violent spells, which border on insanity, and while under this last fit of rage, after shooting the negro, who fled, and hid in a barn near by. Rhyne pursued him. and would have finished his work, prob ably. If he could have found the negro. He resisted the officer who attempted to arrest him, snd it was with difficulty that he was captured. He was tried and committed to jaiL ITEMS or STATE MEWS A seven-year-old child of John Davis, of Shelby, died Thursday ef burns re ceived the day before while playing around the fire under the wash-pot. The Concord Standard says that Frank Neister, a Bachelor of- Cabarrus county, who lived alone and did ail of his own work, was found dead in his house Tuesday morning. A neighbor, noticing that hia chimney was smoke less, sent s boy to see what was the matter, when this discovery was made. Old people who require medicine to regulate the bowels snd kidneys will nad the trae remedy in Electric Bit ters This medicine does not stimulate sad coats las ao whiskey nor other in toxicant, bat acts as a tonic and alter ative. It acta mildly on the stomach and bowels, adding strength and giv ing tone taw the organs thereby aid in nature in the performance ef the functions. Electric Bitters is an sx ceUeot aoDetlaer sad aids divesties. 014 people find it Just exactly what theyJ neeev. rtce so cents ana i per nettle at BurweU. Boma's. A LIVELY CUBAN PISCUSSIOK. HOAX USn " TieOBODB -LAHeTJAOB Bays the Istesspersts Vi . H se and Senate Have pass MlseMef the- Cases sfristdsa Is Cass Mr. Ansa's Wesolntlei tm Iateison tm Be- '. haireCJUvei Disws Mr. Bess's JWis- TrasspertsHsn ef Prevail so Fasslse stricken - ladle. Stewart's Irrelevant Speech A Joist BeseJatton Declsriag That the Hatted States Will Maistais a State ef NemtnUity Between naaii ass Csts-As AllMMhw Uirir itmj tm Ute Washington. April 1. Immediately after the journal of the Senate was read the tariff bill was received from the House and referred to the committee on finance Mr. Hale, Republican, of Maine, from the committee on naval affairs, report ed a joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to transport contributions for the relief of the suf fering poor in India, and asked its im mediate consideration. The joint reso lution was read. The preamble recites the existence of a famine in India, causing thousands of deaths, and the fact that generous people in various States of the Union have contributed wheat, flour and corn for the relief of the poor in India. The Joint resolution authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to place at this disposal of the collector of the port of New York any ship or ves- j el belonging to the navy, that may be best suited for the purpose of trans porting to the famished people in India such contributions; and also to charter and employ a suitable merchant vessel with a cargo capacity of from 2,000 to 4,000 tons for such purpose. It also ap propriates the amount of money neces sary. Mr. Stewart, Populist, of Nevada, while favoring the Joint resolution, de clared that the evils caused by the famine in India were trifling compared with those caused by legislation In de stroying the value of sliver. The sav ings of the people oi India were in sil ver and therefore they could not meet the present emergency. Mr. Hale gave a brief explanation of the matter, reminding the Senators that at the last session a similar measure was passed for the transportation of contributions from San Francisco to India. There were now contributions at the port of New York awaiting transportation. What was well done, he remarked, "Was twice done, if it were done quickly. Mr. Morgan said that he was very much impressed with the thought em bodied in the resolution, and he hoped that the Senator from Maine would not object If, in the course of a few days, he, Mr. Morgan, should find occasion to offer a similar resolution for the purpose of taking supplies to the island of Cuba, to feed "those poor miserable Americans, penned up in the villages and towns there by the command of General Weyler. and exposed to star vation in order to subdue their spirit and make them loyal to Spain." He hoped that if a resolution were offered to relieve Crete in the same way, by disregarding the blockade which Great Britain and other nowers were now enforcing to starye the Cretans to death unless they submitted to tyran nical outrage, the Senator from Maine would support it. Mr. Hale. "I will be very glad to meet those gentlemen when they come naturally before us. This gift of the American people is not complicated with any politics or any political condi tions of the people to whom the gift is sent. They are suffering untold woes; and every little thing or great thing that we can do to alleviate those suf ferings, every Senator will. I am sure, be drilling to do." The joint resolution was passed. Mr. Allen, Populist, of Nebraska, of fered a resolution reciting the report that he tCuban general, Rivera, is to be tried by court martial shrdlu shrffou and shot, and declaring that " in the judgment of the Senate it is the duty of the United States government to pro test to the Spanish government against such a violation of the rules of civilized warfare." Mr. Hoar. Republican, of Massachu setts, suggested that the resolution should go to the committee on foreign relations. Mr. Allen "I think it should be con sidered this morning. The matter is verv important. If the lives of these men are to be saved, they should be saved without delay. Of course we un derstand that the reference of the reso lution to the committee on foreign re lations means Its defeat and its de struction." "I do not understand." said Mr. Hoar. that the power of life and death over rxrsons on either side of the contest in Cuba is committed to the Senate of the I'nited States. And I do not conceive that the dignity or the authority of this body, is preserved by hasty acsslon on reports and rumors. I think that this whole matter requires the most calm and orderly proceeding, and I object to Its consideration at the present time. If the Senator from Nebraska will el low his resolution to go to the commit, tee on foreign relations, I will not ob ject. I have never heard that that nmmittee was accused of stifling such n atters in relation to Cuba." "The dispatches from Cuba." said Mr. Allen, " are to the effect that this general, who was wounded and captur-t-d In battle, is to be summarily tried by a drumhead court martial and shot. If that be true, it Is in violation of every known rule In modern warfare. It would be an act of barbarity which no civilized nation should submit to. And while I understand quite as well as the Senator from Massachusetts dees that we have no official cognizance of the matter, I understand also that we have a right to express it as the sense of the United States Senate that an act. such as is contemplated, would be in violation of tre rules of civilized war fare, and would be absolutely barbar ous." Mr. Hoar repeated his opinion that the resolution should go to the com mittee on foreign relations, as should all resolutions affecting the delicate foreign relations of the government. It was an affront to the na tion with which the United States was at peace to declare that "Whereas, It is rumored that the nation Is about to commit an atrocity, we desire to pro test against that atrocity." "Such a resolution adopted by any European country about the conduct of the Unit ed States would." Mr. Hoar said, "set our whole people aflame, and rightfully. I do not think that the cause of liberty In Cuba, or of the humane conduct of the conflict there is promoted by that kind of proceedink. If, Instead of as serting our power and influence as a great liberty-loving country, we had acted according to the usage of coun tries in relation to each other, and not goaded Spain by absolutely futile and Ineffective resolutions the only effect of which was to get commendation for somebody from the newspapers at home, it would have been much better for the cause of Cuba The Intemperate utterances of this and the other house of Congress have been Infinitely mis chievous to the cause of freedom in Cuba. I object to the present consid eration of the resolution." As a result of the objection, the res otation went over until to-morrow. The resolution offered by Mr. Mor gan last Tuesday in relation to the let ters from the Cuban general, Maximo Gomez, to President Cleveland and President MoKinley, was taken up and agreed to. So likewise was the resolu tion offered yesterday by Mr. Mills, Democrat, of Texas, instructing the committee on foreign relations to in quire what, if any, obligations the United States has assumed toward the people of Cuba, by asserting and main taining the right to prevent the acqui sition of that Island by any European power, and compelling Its people to re main subject to the dominion of Spain. The Cuban question was again brought up by Mr, Morgan, who introduced a joint resolution declaring that a condi tion of publfc war exists between the government of Spain and the govern ment established and maintained by force of arms by the people of Cuba; that the United States will maintain a state of neutrality between the con tending powers, according to escb snd all the rights of belligerents in the ports sad territory of the United States. Mr. Morgan said that he did not wish the joint resolution to be referred to the committee on foreign relations, snd that he would ask the Senate to take action on tt to-morrow. It differed from the resolution adopted, by the Senate a year ago. inasmuch, as that waa a con current resolation. while this was a joint resolution. In which Congress weald exercise its legislative functions The Senate, then, st 1 P- m went tnte executive ; session on the arbitration treaty, sad then, st 6:15. adjourned an. til Monday. A WOKD OT lOW OEJGXs. ' . . . - ,i v t The It Ouiisspondwnre of tse Observer. 1 Your editorial yesterday on the ase of the vulgarism "Varsity" brings to my mind a paragraph) in a book, by an Knglishman. "Harvard '.Colleger by An Oxonian." giving- so Interesting his tory of the use of the misnomer. The following la the paragraph: "1 eoold wish that at Harvard they Bad been eontent t follow us la orr athletic frenzy, and had stopped short of par slang. Even the humblest of the ten leading universities' of some : Western State ouzht to feet dearaded should It be spoken of sad written of ss the 'Var sity. Thirty-five years age, in Jxroru. this vile pronunciation, was eonnneo. to the men. who hung about the cricket grounda and the college barges, ready to pick up a chance six-pence by ren dering some trifling service, 'or to drink a gentleman's health without render ing any service at all. Even a Junior scout would have disdained to use it. From these idlers It passed; to the cricketers and booting men. and , so gradually onward to the whole body of undergraduates. Now it is familiar as a household word in the mouths of feU lows of colleges and tutors. Grave proctors have not been kept by the vel vet sleeves of their gowns and their dignity from employing it, and from the lips of professors in their lighter moods it occasionally drops when they wish to show that they are not unac. quainted with the modes of the whole Yours truly, G. H. C. Clarkton, March 31. CARNEGIE'S JAPANESE CONTRACT. American Steel Mills Enter a Hew Field Contract Signed With a Japaaese Archi tect. Pittsburg, Pa., Arirll 1. The Carnegie Steel Company has captured the con tract for the first fire-proof steel build ing ever erected in the empire of Japan. While the amount of the contract 'is comparatively a small matter, the Im portance lies in the fact that a new field has been opened for the output of American steel mills. Tamasukl Yoko kawai, a Japanese engineer and archi tect, arrived in Pittsburg to-day, to consult with the Carnegie Company's engineers, concerning details. The building is to cover an Immense area, but owing to the prevalence of earth quakes In Japan, will be but four stories high. It will be 150x235 feet, and is be ing built by Matsui & Co., of Toklo, for office and mercantile purposes. About 1.500 tons of steel will enter Into the structure It will be shipped by way of ew York, the first shipment to be loaded at New York, tn September 1. The material will all be prepared here ready for erection, no workmen being sent to Japan. The structure is to be ornamented in a lavish manner and will form one of the striking features of Tt kio. from a Japanese standpoint. CONCORD'S NEW MAYOR. Mr. Patterson Takes the Oath and at Ones Proceeds to Jug m Man The Farmers' Insurance Association of Cabarrus. Special to the Observer. Concord, April 1. Mr. John K. Pat terson to-day took the oath of office and is the mayor selected to fill out the unexpired term of ex-Mayor Morrison, resigned. Mr. Patterson made a very good start by landing a bad character in jail. The Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Association, of Cabarrus, met in the court house to-day and elected officers for the ensuing year. Mr. Zeb Morris was made president and ex-Sheiiff Wm. Propst, secretary and treasurer. Town ship supervisors were also elected. Airs. Effle Stone, of Edinborough, Pa., who has been spending the winter with Mrs. Sam Caldwell, at Query's, will leave Monday for her home. Foxes are seen In small droves on the plantation of Mr. D. C. Faggart, about five miles east of this city. As many as five have been seen at one time. Hunters are preparing for a chase. Postmaster Sherrill. last night, mov ed Uncle Sam's headquarters Into the elegant new room in the Phlfer build ing. BEN BITTKH WORTH LANDED. He l Nominated Commissioner of PatentH Other Nominations M ie Yesterday One Withdrawn. Washington, April 1. The President to-day sent to the Senate the follow ing nominations: Andrew D. White, of New York, am bassador to Germany; Wm. F. Draper, of Massachusetts, ambassador to Italy;. Chandler Haile, of Maine, secretary of the embassy at Rome; Samuel L. Gra cey. of Massachusetts, consul at Fuchu, China: Anson Burlingame Johnson, of Colorado, consul at Amoy, China; Ben jamin Butterworth, of Ohio, Commis sioner of Patents; Oliver L. Spalding, of Michigan, and Wm. B. Howell, of New Jersey, to be Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury; Captain Robert Craig, signal corps, to be major. Withdrawn, Anson Burlingame Johnson, consul at Fuchu. The Snow Bound Trains. Omaha, Neb., April 1. The Union Pacific has opened its snow-bound track In Wyoming, from the West as far as Cheyenne, and from the East to Hillsdale, but Is blockaded to-day be tween Cheyenne and Hillsdale, a dis tance of 60 miles. This will be cleared to-night. The Burlington's main line is open to Denver, but Its Billings line is blockaded between Gillette and Sher idan, in Wyoming, a instance of 100 miles. Two big steam plows are at work on this stretch of snow-bound track. The Rock Island was opened this morn ing at Umon, Col., and trains are run Ding through again. The Elkhorn is still , blockaded west of Chadron, but will be opened to-night. The narrow guage lines in the Black Hills are still snow-bound, but the other lines are open. The Record In the Appeal Case Filed. Washington, April 1. The record in the case of the United States against the Joint Traffic Association in the coming appeal by the government from the decision of the Court of Appeals, for the second circuit of New York, has been , filed in the Supreme Court of the United States. When the court met to day Solicitor General Conrad moved that the case be advanced to the dock et, in which Mr. James C Carter, of counsel for the railroads joined, urging that it be set down at an early day in the present term. The Appropriation Bills te Be Reported west Tuesday . Washington, April 1. The ' Senate committee on appropriations has decid ed to report the sundry civil. Indian and Agricultural appropriation bills, which were passed by the House, week before last, .to the Senate next Tuesday. This action is taken as an indication that the measures win not be materi ally changed from the form in which they passed the House. The general deficiency bill will be held until later in the session, so as to provide for all possible contingencies that may arise in the service, before the dose of the fiscal year. June 86. Blows to Pieces by Dynamite. Butler. Pa-, April 1. C. N. Brown, aged 40 years, of this place, engaged as an oil well shooter, was blown to pieces this morning by the explosion of a 20 quart can of nitro-gtycerine, which be was putting into an oil well, belonging to Griesbach. Marshall A Co. The rig was demolished and a house near by badly shattered. Brown leaves a widow and four children. Mr. R- I. Cheatham has been appoint ed general freight agent .of the Sea board Air Line. Soseethisg -te Popsnd On. Mr. James Jones, of the drug arm of Jones Son. Oowden, I1L, in speaking of Dr. King's New Discovery, says that last winter his wife was attacked with la grippe, and her ease grew ae serious -that physicians St Cowden and Paaa could do nsthiac for ber. It stein, ed to develop Into nasty consumption. Having Dr. King's New Discovery in store, snd scUing lots of U. lie took a bottle home, and to the snrDrise of all she began to get better from first dose, and half dollar bottles eared her sound and wtll. Dr. King's New. Discovery for Consumption. Coughs and Oolda is rusrasteed te do this good work. Try it. Free trial.: bottles at , Burwell Puna's, , .... j... ; ; I. .f Igsrlsss Taxstty" " sad ; Mew CsssslsSmPss..'. MR. REED'S MAN IS APPOINTED. : r TO HOKWAT AXP gWEDstM. Mr. Theas. Wbs Ma i led a the Isaaaage ef the Craatry sStd by Bess, Gets the Plans Sere ef Jebs Jsrtge Dmys russrstlssi lor estag So Coboj Bis Dmttes to Bo Strictly Ixal. f Washington, April 1. The President has decided to nominate Dr. W. W. Thomas, of Portland, Me., for the posi tion of minister to Norway and Sweden, and so Informed a delegation that ceil ed on him to-day in the Interest of Starte Senator Ericson. of Iowa. Or. Tnomas was endorsed by Speaker Reed, and all the New England Republicans In Con gress. He was twice the diplomatic representative of the United States sat Stockholm. He married s Swedish wo man snd sneaks the language of ttie country. A large number of Swedeatrin the United states endorsed nis canai dacy. The delegation that called in Mr. Ericson's behalf consisted of Repre sentative DoHiver, of Iowa, and sir. Son berg, of Pennsylvania, the secretary of the Tri-Stste Swedish Ieague of the United States. Mr. Ericson was en dorsed by several thousand Swedes. ; It is said that Speaker Reed has endorsed but three men for places within the sift of the President, and that he will ask for no more. His signature to an appli cation is considered to be practically a request for the appointment, and it; is believed that President McKinlev Will so regard it. Dr. Thomas is one of the men endorsed. Ex-Representative Aid- rich, who wants to go as minister to Belgium, is another, and the third per son is W. A. Pledger, the colored Re publican of Georgia, a candidate for consul to Kingston, Jamaica Pledger has long been a friend and admiren of Speaker "Reed. Representative Aid- rich conducted the Bpeaaer's ngnt lor the presidential nomination last year. and Dr. Thomas was a schoolmate of the Maine leader. Judge W. R. Day. of Canton, O., will leave for Cuba within two or three weeks. He is now engaged in the mu nicipal campaign In Canton. He will come here about the middle or last! of next week, and will remain here about ten days, investigating the papers in the State Department relating to the death of Dr. Ruiz. He will thoroughly look into this, and after consulting with the President, will leave for Havana His duties there will be strictly legal. and will not partake of the nature of diplomatic work. He will probably take a secretary with him. Judge Day, it is understood, goes to Cuba at the urgent request of the Pres ident, who wants clear and comprehen sive statement of the situation in Cuba. The question is one of n.niculty with him, and calls, as he thinks, for an In vestigation, aside from that possible through the general official channels. His faith in General Lee is very high, but he recognizes the fact that General Lee. by virtue of his office, has his limi tations for usefulness in his special field of inquiry. But General Lee can and will assist Judge Day, as in the Ruiz matter, the Judge, with legal, ad viser, will assist him. and from this concert of action the President expects to receive a report of much value. THE AGITATORS ALL HAVE OFFICES. Their Dupes, However, Are Holding Noth ing Bnt an Empty Bag. Statesvllle Landmark. It were well if the good plain people of North Carolina would take a day off and devote It to reflection upon the po litical events of the past ten years or such a matter. If they would do this they would remember that as fax as ten years back the State was prosper ous, that there was peace between; the people, and that there was a fair1 de gree of Individual prosperity through out our borders. Then there sprang up a race of agitators, who carried the gos pel of discontent to every court house and cross-roads arid preached it into the homes of the plain people. Every thing was represented as wrong. The sub-Treasury, or something better, was needed; there ought to be $50 per cap ita. Issued direct to the people: the government ought to own the railroads. And all that sort of thing. The party in power had done nothing wrong; it had governed the State In wisdom, and honestly, for twenty years; but it waa overthrown, and what is the result? The agitators all have offices! That is the first result. Col. Polk: saw the promised land, but died without having entered it. But see Butler- 3am sey, Thompson, and all the brood. Run the list over in your mind; enumerate those who were foremost In fomenting this strife, in State, district and coun ty. Kach of them has an office. The loudest-mouthed and the wildest-eyed have the best; those who have been the most violent and vindictive have Jhe snuggest places, but If there is a single one of the agitators who has gotten an office, or place. It is because there were not places enough. And what have the plain people got ten? O, they have gotten higher taxes for their share. They have gotten a worse code of laws than they have had since reconstruction; they have gotten a Judiciary weaker in ability than they have known since the war, and from which they may or may not get justice; they have gotten a government less ef ficient in every one of its departments than they had before; they have gotten a Legislature which has disgraced the State in the eyes of the Union, and they have gotten a Governor who has set the people by the ears and will; keep them so for four years. But the agitators have gotten "re lief." Twenty-two years ago. when North Carolina had a government In all re spects better than the present one, the plain people, with Vance as their lead er, marched on position benhind which the Republican party was entrenched, stormed it and captured it. Bv and by it will dawn upon them that they have been hoodwinked; that a gaag of scheming self-seekers have walked over their necks Into fat offices, and that they never meant anything better at the outset than to make of the people stepping-stones for themselves te place and power. Then a day of reckoning will come. North Carolinians are slow to move, but they move with ferriflc power when they start. And they will start when they realize fully that they have made cats'-paws, and that agita tors who put them up to the undoing of the work they did under Vance in 1876 have the chestnuts while they themselves have nothing but burnt fin gers. A DONATIO?! TO GUILFORD COLLEGE. Messrs. Duke Give 910,000 for a science Hall and Auditorium. Special to the Observer. Guilford College, April 1. The .gener ous contributions to the cause of educa tion which have been made by Mr. Washington Duke and sons, oil Dur ham, have endeared them for aiU time to come, to the friends of education in our beloved State. I rejoice to report another proof of their liberality and devotion to the education of the people. In the recent donation by the brothers. B. N. and J. B. Duke, of 110,000, to erect a science hall and auditorium at Guil ford College. These gentlemen, with their sister, the late Mrs Mary D. Ly on, received their education principally at the New Garden School, being stu dents there in 1871 snd 1872. They have always entertained a high regard for the institution , and have rejoiced to see its growth and progress and the change which was made In 1888, from New Garden Boarding School to Guilford College. To their good will for the prosperity snd better equipment of the college this splendid gift of science hail is a lasting testimony. The college has for a number of years felt the Seed of more adequate scientific equipment, and the gift is therefore felt to be most timely. It will render the catlese work more efficient in every way. besides providing an ample auditorium fer com mencement and other public exercises. The alumni and friends of the college feel and desire to express moetj cordial gratitude for the great benefaction, snd will be aroused to greater seal in their efforts to strengthen the educational force of the Institution in every- re spect. On Saturday night a t public meeting will be held in King Hall, hi which students, alumni, faculty sad ethers, will take part in celebrating the good fortune of the college. ,i 1 The Kington free Press says that the eld management . of the Atlantic ft North Carolina Railroad turned over to the new management bet ween fS.SM and l.80S. besides paying ton divi dends one of S sad the other sf 1 per cent the past year. if . a" aj .at S H0ECQS.r Own Make FOR SALE BY A. H. PORTER & SON, The leading stock of Shoes, Hats and Gents' Furnishings. There is No Word about which such tender recollections cluster as that of "Mother, "yet there are months when her life is filled with suffering and dread, and she looks forward to the final hour with fear. "Mother's Friend" C pares the sys for the change aktog place. birth and leaves her in a condition favorable to rapid recovery. It dim inishes the danger to Life of both. s la tee lisstts with -Mr wife a Mw ef her ras area teas she aid wit ber last, series; srmisl) ssed fear bottles Metsars tHeaaV tt is a Meseiag te say sxae sat SMtssr, ssys a nstasir." ef HEKfiCKSON BALE. Csrsd. ML Sent br Msfl, oa racsipt Him, fio PER BOTTLE. Bsak "T Expectant ltotbsn" sailed Fne. rm ftADrtCLD R EOULATOR CO. .ATLANTA, GA. SOUl ST ALL ORUMISTS. Boils arid rss PtTT1pC contains impurities X lliiyiLd which nature is en deavoring to throw off. This change takes place every Spring, and the sluggish, im pure condition of the blood causes an unsightly complex ion, besides an enervating, depressing effect upon the en tire system. Just now a few bottles of S. S. S. Swift's Specific will thoroughly cleanse the blood and renovate and strengthen the system, im prove the appetite, and im part new life and vigor to the entire body. It is the best Spring tonic, because it is the best blood remedy the only one, in fact, guaranteed purely vegetable, containing no ar senic, no mercury, no potash, no chemical of any kind. S. S. S.is the best system build er. Insist on s. s, s. There is Nothing Half as Good! -A SPASI4H COMMANDER KILLED. Uententant Colonel Blanco's Last Hattle BarrotM' Insurgents Surrender. Havana. April 1. Lieutenant Colonel Perez Blanco, with half a battalion of Spanish troops and a detachment of local fcTjerillas. left Artemlso yester day, and at Brnjo, encountered a party of rebels, occupying strong positions. The fighting was stubborn on both sides and the insurgents were dislodged with difficulty. Hearing the firing from a distance. Colonel Boyt with three companies of Spanish troops, came to the assistance of Lieutenant-Colonel Blanco's command, and the Insurgents were finally driven from the field, car rying with them a number of their dead aud wounded. Lieutenant-Colonel Blanco, a lieutenant and four privates were killed and four privates wounded. At Hato Nueva. in the Matanzas province. Major Vallina, two captains and fourteen privates, comprising the remainder of the defeated insurgent party, under the leader Barrots, have surrendered to the authorities. The Fleet at Hampton Koads Shafter for Brigadier General. Washington, April 1. tThtier orders from Admiral Bunce, the Maine and Texas, at Port Royal, and the Amphi trite and Terror, at Charleston, left for Hampton Roads this morning, it being the intention after the rendezvous there to go to New York and participate in the Orant monument celebration. The Marblehead is ordered to leae Pensa cola for Key West. April 4th, where she will be Joined by the Montgomery, dally expected at Tampa. Col. Wm. R. Shafter, of the first in fantry, has been selected for appoint ment as Brigadier-General by the President, but his nomination will not be sent to the Senate until Brigadier. General Wheaton is confirmed as Ma jor General to All the vacancy caused by General Rugers retirement to-morrow. General Wheaton's appointment is already prepared. Colonel Shafter, who now gets his promotion, has been at the head of the list of colonels for a long time, but was passed over three or four times In the selections made by Mr. Cleveland. A sain Thanks I Salisbury Bun. The Charlotte Observer, the best daily in the State. The Legislature of New Hampshire has passed a law providing for the In spection of all ice sold within the State, to guard against disease. IrUIEl Absolutely Pure Celebrated for Its crest leavenlnc strength aa4 healthfnlness. Assures the tooa age mat slum mna an farms ef adulters tion common to the chess brands ROT AX. B.'JKTHQ POWDER CO, Mew Tots. H0E sflered ssor TXXTXLB C?13ARIXT1E, N. C Manpfeetflif rsf Engiirceisaand Contractors! i . :. I ! . ; ; f ' COTTON imJatBPAIIQBlJLOTJTTINQ.BOLL COVERING, In charlotte Fire' Brick, Fire Clay, j Iron Pipe, Iron Fittinj fitl Brass Fittin, Saw Mill Saw Mills, Cotton Presses, Cloth Presses, Engines and Yarn ' pulleys and Shafting;, i Couplings and Hangers, I Castings of all kinds Modern Gin Systems complete with fans. Write foriprices. Oremisb(0ro9 Mo C A Railroad, Educational Population 1890, D. S. census, it Population 1896, estimated fromirecent vote. If you have not been there! recently you ought to gd. You would be astonished to see, how a North Carolina town has ; progressed in the last two yeirs in spite of dull, times jn other places. It is claimed that more new buildings, new factories, and new enterprises have been st h ted there within that time . than in any otner town in tlM 'tate. . i Write for a descriptive paniphletjpublished by the Industrial and Immigration Association ! I W. E. STONE, Secretary. THE CHARLOTTE SUPPLY CO., MANUFACTURERS OF f . j - Pure Oak Tanned Leather Belting and j Dealers in Cotton Mill and Machine S hop $uppies. WATER ! 5 J HBNKY E. KNOX, JR., consulting AXP D YDRAOL1C Engineer Artesian aud tube we La specialty. General water works construction, surveys plans and estimates. Borings made for archi tects, , bridge and railroad engineers. i Pipe and pumping ma chinery. ! CHARLOTTE, N. C- FIRST CLASS Merchant - Tailoring I keep the molt reliable good and make them to" neat are In the very tyett manner by thoroughly skilled work men here in Charlotte. Prioe gu&isn teed to be sa low m the same clu of goods end work osn be hsd elsewhere. J. S. PHILLIPS, MERCHANT TAILOR, II SoDTH i TETON 8TRBET IT WAS DR. PAUL BARRINGER, NOW OF UNIVERSITY OF VrRtJI NIA WHO RECOMMENDED Mrs. Briers Real Hair Restorer In the case of unsightly bald ness cured In' the family of Mr. St R. Neel, of Davidson College. R. H, tt. is not a patent ' medicine, and Dr. Jj R. Campbell, of Newton, N. C, has also repeatedly recommended tt and testi fied to Its harmlessness. Sold by drug gists generally and by wholesale houses of Charlotte; Owens A Minor, Richmond; Gilpin ft Langdon. Balti more; Robert, R. Bellamy, Wilmington. Send for Interesting history of R. Hi R.. with statements of North Carolinians as to cures of baldness, dandruff, fail ing hair, and eruptions of scalp. i MRS. MART GILMER GKiERi ! Harrisburg, ti.C J. E. DUVAL, Electrical Engineer and Contractor! Of fice in Hunt Building, N. Tryon St., CHARLOTTE, N. C. I Are sad UKjaadeseent lighting. Equip ping cotton . mills with electric faght plants a specialty. Estimates f urnlehod on all kinds of . electrical work, fall bells, hotel eaundaton. burglar alarms, etc. Correspondence solicited. . j. LEAVE your ardcrs for printing Wltb tae Observer Printing House land goed results will follow. WaOHiniST TOMPKINS CO.; s I - Si i - it- vtN. C. ! . l. L.lktLavi Supplies, InspiratfJTS and In ectors, j i Saws and Saw Mandrels' Pimps & Pumpinj? Machinery, I s-n. as m-aeTiS f w r KuDDer belting ana racKing. Boilers, and War Presses, and Commercial Centre, 8,817 11,000 The stimulus of April sunshine will, ere long, contribute to develop flowers of Easter and fruits of May. The stimulus of fine wines contributes not only to swell the number of voters In election times, but develops Inter esting' news regarding rival candidates. The stimulus of appreciation dally contributes to develop THE BEE into an overwhelming success Kind, encouraging remarks from our custom ers the stimulus of appreciation 'urg es us on. to still greater exartions to evince by matchless prices that Wholesale or retail is THE st Store i I in the The Bee Hive has no creditors to sat isfy; no fears to pacify, but we do have an ambition that .admits of no rest as ambition to purchase fat under value that we may in turn! give to our customers greater values j than any mercantile house in North Carolina. Ventilated summer Corsets; Glovs Pitting Corset, 45c I Armorside never break down at side. 68c. i Common Corstt, 15c. i I FOR ONE CENT. ( Key rings with chains; Z papers Buist's garden seeds, pocket handker-j chief, 24 hooks and eyes, 24 sheets wrlt-l ing paper, 24 envelopes, one bottle Ink. 2 boxes tacks, and hundreds of other articles for one cent. j : Finished Gingham. 2He. jVoice of thai people. : t . THE BEE HIVE Cheapest Store in olina. forth Car J. D. COLLINS. THE ST MB OS HIVE, Bee Hive Cheape State. I : -i 4 -
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