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27 H TSE WEEKLY GAZETTE. TK VlttKLT GAZET1E. BATZS OF ADTZBTISIITQ. One square, one Insertl &......$ 00 One square, one month.. ....... 1 00 One square, two months 2 00 One square, three months...... 2 50 One square, six months......... 6 00 One square, one year.... ....... 9 00 C7 Liberal contracts made for larger art vnrttatmftntA- tosxbxxd xx JAMES H. TOUUO. Editor mni Prop. g HT. 5. MITCHELL uni k. J, ROGERS, w Genera Trmrvtitg Agents. VOL, VI1L RALEIGH. N. 0.. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1896. NO. 13. 1 JuLJoj ens THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Figures From the Next Report of Su perintendent Scarborough. The following figures in regard to the public schools of North Carolina, are published by the Biblical Be corder, from the advance sheet of the annnal report of Hon. J. C. Scarbor ougb, Superintendent of Publio In Stmction: There are 035,152 children of school age (between 6 and 21 years) In North Carolina, Ninety-five per cent, of these, which is 603,873, are dependent on the public schools to teach them to read and write. If she does not pro vide schools 603,673 of the children in her borders have no hope, no opportn nity but to grow up illiterate, ignorant utterly. If she provides poor schools, sorry teachers and keeps them only a few weeks in each year, the chances for these 603,673 children are but slightly improved. And it is no re flection on the teachers to say that this is the condition of the aver age public school; the reflec tion is upon the General Assem blies which have met without making better provision; it is a shame npon the people who are intelligent enough to recognize these conditions and to deplore them, but who have indiffer ently tolerated them. No patriot can stand by and see 603,673 children out of the total of 635,415 in the State, coming to manhood in ignorance be cause they have no schools, or because such as they have are 60 meagerly sup ported that they are not even kept open long enough to teach a pupil to read or write or figure. There are 7,171 public schools in North Carolina. The amount expended upon the teach ers ia $090,161.54, which is an average of $95 for each school a year. The total number of school districts in North Carolina is 7,807, that is to say (bearing in mind that the number of schools reported is 7,191) that in 616 districts there were no schools at all. The total amount of money expended oi$ the public schools for the year is $335,265. that is to say (bearing in mind the amount paid to teachers) that $145,104 was expended for school houses, sites, expenses of county boards, furniture, fuel, etc. A Remarkable Crop Year. The first report of the new arrange ment of the climate and crop service has just been issued. Instead of being called the North Carolina Service, it ia now called v iud TNortlre?trolina Section" of the climate and crop service. This number contains a re view of the crop season of 1896. It says: "The crop seasou of the past year in North Carolina was a remarkable one in several respects. There probably never was a year with a larger number of warm periods. Unusually favorable weather prevailed early in the year, resulting in a splendid condition of crops; but the severe drought at the end of the season disappointed all hopes. The winter was favorable fox farm work." Ought to Be Impeached. The Biblical Becorder speaks about Judge Norwood's intemperance and says: "This is not the first time such dis graceful conduct has been reported of 'Judge Norwood. He seems to be a hopeless subject of strong drink. He ought to resign for his own sake. II he does not, he ought to bo impeached. The bench should be kept above re proach, above all other parts of the government. Found to Worlr Admirably. The Charlotte Observer's Raleigh correspondcat says: "It is learned on high authority that a number of coun ties will ask the Legislature to allow them to adopt the dispensary law. It is asserted that in Haywood coun ty it is found to work admirably." . . Spencer, the new railroad town near Salisbury, will have electric lights by Christmas. Had No Power. The electoral college met in Raleigh last week, ten of its eleven members being present. A telegram from Tyre York, the absent one announced his sickness. An opinion of the Attorney General was read, that the college at the session under the State law had no power to declare or fill a vacancy. The college after an hour's session, adjourned to January 11th. ii Conditions of the Treasury. The balance in the State Treasury at the end of the year, November 30, ac cording to the books of the State Au ditor, was: General fund $107,55295 Educational fund 35,058.31 Total ..$142,611.26 -41 The Durham aldermen refuse to pay water rent, saying that the com pany has not kept the contracc. i ' It is said that Sheriff Ellington, of Johnston, has the honor of being the first sheriff to sottle his taxes for 1896. He made a complete settlement. (The balls of the two houses of the Legislature have not experienced the touch of the kalsominers and painters this year, so says the Raleigh corres pondent of the Charlotte Observer. Both are very dingy. The furniture has -been repoliehed. It is all very fine mahogany, put there in 1838, itis aid. ' Tho Supreme' Court has decided that Coats come under the head of cattle. The opinion in this case is written by fudge Clark. WEEKLY NEWS BUDGET. Southern Pencil Pointers. At Morganton K- C, A C. Avery, Jr., son ot Justice A. C. Avery, ot the North Carolina Supreme Court, was assaulted by negroes find stabbed la Ave places. The negroes ha e been captured and placed ia the Char lotte jail tor safe keeping. A Sweedlah sailor was picked up clinging to a small hatch floating in tho Gulf stream, Off tho coast of North Carolina, last Friday, lie waa'the last ot his crew. ' The Westham Quarry Company, owning large quarries and dressing sheds in Chester Qeld,Va., baa made an assignment forth) benefit of their creditors. Liabilities ari (89.000. It is believed that the assets wili pay the company out. The losses, amounting to $30,000, sustained by tho Germania bank and the National bank of Savannah. Ga., through forged South western railroad stock certificates, said to have been hypothecated by Maj. A. L. Hart fidge, have been settled in Jull. , , . At Dallas, Texas, County Treasurer. W. N. Coe has been arrested on a grand jury in dictment charging him with embezzling f 5, 695 of the county funds. Miss Emma Monroe, the 15-year-old edi tress of ihe Attalla, (Ala.) Beacon, met W. H. Cathee,. editor of the Herald, on the streets and cowhided him. At Benarnold. Milan county, Texas, con victs escaped while at work by the guard being shot, by a mounted desperado. Frying Tan Shoals, rear Charleston, S. C, broke away from her moorings during last week's storm. Tho State. Baptist Convention, of South Carolina, is in session at Charleston. .Dis tinguished Baptists from all over the United States are in attendance. The Louisville baseball club has disposed of Shortstop Eustace and Right Fielder Mc Furland to the Iudianapoli3 Club. The con sideration is said to have been $S00. Cbas. A. Collier, the president of Southern States Cotton Exposition, has been elected Mayor of Atlanta, Ga. He had no opposi tion. Governor Johnston has been sworn in by the Legislature of Alabama, as Governor of that State. The la&t census she ws that in North Caro lina there are 115,000 farms, land-11,352 mortgages, aggregating (9,uC0,33l, At Richmond, Va., Mrs. Mary Sincindlver, charged with shooting her husband with in tent ! k fraTacquitted 0 eviJ'ence of . . - . . . 1 her husband, who said the shooting was ac cidental. t Private advices from Hayana received at Jacksonville, Fla.,areto the effect thatWey ler will soon issue another tobacco order pro hibiting the exportation of Remedious tobac co from the Island of Cuba. This was not included in his other order, and a great deal has been exported. Havana manufacturers have petitioned Weyler to close tho Cuban ports on this tobacco as Northern and East ern manufacturers were buying it all for ex portation to this country, and he is expected to issue the order in a few days. A bill has been Introduced in the Georgia, Legislature prohibiting the playing ot foot ball in that State; also prohibiting the sale of cigarettes or cigarette paper. The First National Bonk of Tyler, Texas, has failed. At the date of its last report, the Capital Of the bank was $250,000. Geo. H. Holier, cashier of iLrirst National Bank of Lebanon, Ky., Is a self confess ed embezzler to the extent of $110,000 . Heii&3 been at It for six years. A special to the Louisville Times from Danville, Ky., says: An attempt to burn the town of Danville has been made and property to the extent of $15,000 was destroyed. An unknown negro who was drivoa from a liv ery stable is suspected. A special from Versailles, Ky., says all toll gates in Woodford county has been cut down and destroyed by a mob. Simitar depreda tions have been committed recently in Frank lin, Owen, Anderson and Washington coun ties. The mobs are composed or men who demandfree turnpikes in Kentucky. At St. Lous, Mo., the national convention of the W. C. T. U. adjourned sine die Wed nesday. TO the executive committee is left the duty of selecting the place for the twenty-fourth annual convention. A number ot cities have urged their claims. It is believed that the choice lies between Buffalo, N. Y., and Detroit, Mich., but the choice may not be made for some time. All About the North. At Milwaukee, Wis., 500 people hav e been Eolsoned byar-enio being put into flour at a akery. A large number of the cases are considered serious. Arrests haye been made. Dynamite Dick has been killed at Kildare, LT by a' posse of men which have been looking for him since last September when be, with ethers, escaped from the jail at Guthrie. There was a reward of $1,000 for his capture. Fire in Mason City, Ia., destroyed the pot30fflce and all the mail and several busi ners house. Loss, 1 100,000. Insurance am ple. George Y. Coffin, the famous cartoonist of Washington, is dead. Chippewa Falls, Wis., is threatened with death and destruction, owing to an ice gorge which formed in the rivor just below the City. Water 13 two feet deep in the city. An other gorge is forming above the place, whioa If it should break suddenly would sweep the whole town. The people are panic 6tricken tud are moving out. The thermometer is be'ow zero. At Park Place.Pa., the Packer Colliery No. 5. owned by the Lebigb Coal Company, has losed down for an indefinite period. Eight hundred men and boys are throw j out of employment. The steam tug Levidavis of Newark, N. J., from savannah to Norfolk, Va., crew of seven stranded four miles southeast of Southport, N. C. The) crew were saved by means of surfboats. A hundred bushels ot gtain have been burned at St. Paul, Minn. Loss, f 100,000; Insurance, fs30,000. In New York. Frank P. Slavin, of Australia, and Bob Armstrong, of Chicago, fought. In the fourth round Slavin after two minutes and fifty-six seconds of fighting, threw up bis hands and quit. Miscellaneous. For November the Southern Railway earn ed $1,677,502, a decrease of $209,843. At San Francisco, Cal.. Sharkey was awarded the fight between himself and Fitz- slmmons at the end of tho eighth round, "tough Fitz knocked bim out it is said. The attendance was 15,000. The executive committee having in charge the arrangements for the National confer ence ot commercial bodies at Indianapolis, Ind., have changed the date for the confer ence from January 5th January 12th. ' The principal offices of the Southern Rail way supply department, it is understood. Will be removed from Richmond. Va., to At lanta, Ga. The statement of the public debt issued the first of the month 6b"ws that on November 80, the debt. less cash In the Treasury, amounted to $995,769,159, an increase for the month of $8,270,203. This increase is ac counted for by a corresponding decrease In the amount of cash on band. mm t As Submitted by Secretaries Fran ks and Herbert, INTERIOR IN GOOD CONDITION, Herbert Deals With the Subject of the MUitia at Some Length Num ber of Vessels 0,339. David R. Francis, Secretary of the Interior, and Hilllard A Herbert, Secretary of the Navy, have submitted their reports to the President Below are extracts from the offi cial papers: "The appropriations under Francis' department for the - last fiscal year amounted to $157,179,656. Tne esti" mates for the present - fiscal year are about f 1,000,000 more than was appro priated last year. The actual public domain Is now 1,819,072,537 acres. The public lands still vacant amount to over 600,000,000 acres, not including Alaska. About 85,729,751 acres have been patented to railroads and there aro yet due railroads and wagon roads under their grants an aggregate ot 114,736,639 acres. The total acreage segregated from the public domain was 946,219,160 acres. The Secretary deems it desirable that our waste acreage should be taken up by actual settlers and they should be given every encourage ment and says it the rate of settlement con tinues in the' future as In the past but little vacant land will be left In 13 years' time. He urges legislation for the preservation of the forests and states that a report will be sub mitted to congress by the forestry commis sion which has lately returned from a tour of inspection. "3ecretary Francis is of the opinion tha the free use of timber on public lands for commercial purposes should be discontinued. "On the pension question, he says that about 970,673 persons are drawing about (140,000,000 per annum in pensions and the branch of the service should be conducted with great care and dis retion. . He gives a table which shows that the total amount paid by the government in pensions and the cost of disbui sing the same during the last 31 years was 82,034,817,769, which Tacks only (346,712,525 of being equal to the high water mark ot the interest-bearing publlo debt. He suggests a number of ammendments of the pension laws. One hundred and forty million rinllnra ia ThAiiffhf hfl on ftl Morvfc million dollars is thought to: be sufficient for the payment of pensions during the next nscai year unles3 pensions are Increased by further legislation. The secretary recom mends that an Increase from f 8 to $12 per month be granted to all survivors of the Mexican war who are wholly disabled and destitute. "The Indians, he says, now occupy about 85,000,000 acres ot land and they should be protected from the sinister machinations of unscrupulous men. He recommends that the Indian bureau should be conducted by a commission of three members, two to be civilans of different political parties and one an army officer. . "Concerning the bond-aided railroads, the secretary summarizes the recommendations ot his predecessors and the result of the litigation. He calls attention to the fact that the tables he presents clearly show that the Central Taciflo Railroad is la default to the govern ner on January 1st next, T" " i i III I if its indebtedness, to gether vtlttx thirty - yews interest . Jbere- od, wunaii aaeua dub do reaeemea oy tbe government. : . -" ' - "On January 1, 1897, $6,640,000 additional bonds of the Union Paeino will mature; inter ests on same. 111,952,000, will be then due, and 11 not paid, the. Uuion PaciQo will un questionably be In default. He has therefore declined to patent lands to the Uuion Paciflo railroad or the i entral Pacific railroad, ex cept in cases where it can be shown that the lands for which patents are asked have been sold to bonaSde purchasers. The Central Paciflo railroad was, on June 30, 1896, in de fault to the government to the extent of 4288,143 on its "bond and interest" and its 'sinking fun" account." The Naval Militia. Hon. H. A. Herbert in his report as Secre tary of the Navy deals with the subject of the naval militia at some length, and it is shown that at the' close ot the last adminis tration the number of naval militia lawfully certified was 1,794, divided among the States of Rhode Island. Maryland, South Carolina, North Carolina, Massachusetts, California and New York. From the last returns they now number 3,339, in the States of Califor nia, New York, Massachusetts, North Caro lina, Rhode Island, Marylaud, South Caro lina. Pennsylvania, Illinois, Connecticut, Michigan, New Jersey, Georgia and Louis iana, and the Department has been informed of the prospective formation ot an additional battalion in New York, at Brooklyn and an organization in Ohio. What's Next? At Ceredo, W. Va., a match for $500 a side has been made for a fight between Thomas Stevens, of Cattlettsburg, Ky., and a vicious 10-months-r.ld bear eub. Stevens is to be provided with a hunting knife with a four Inch blade. The battle is to take place at Catlettsburg, Christmas Eve, in the opera house. Washington Pointers. In accordance with a resolution of Con gress the Fish Commission during the past year made a thorough investigation into the fisheries of the Florida coast. Special atten tion was given to the ascertainment of the fact whether sponge could be sucessfully cul tivated in those waters. The report is nov? being prepared and will be sent to congress within the next two or three weeks. Prior to its transmission to that body the commis sion declines tc indicate what the report con tains or the recommendations he may have made. . The President has pardoned, for the pur pose of restoring to citizenship, Frank J. Byas, sentenced in North Carolina to two J rears and six months imprisonment for per ury. , The German government has lodged an energetio protest with the State Eepartment against the action of the President imposing tonnage dues on German ships entering American ports. The receipt of this protest will be duly acknowledged, but there the xnrtter Is likely to rest, unless the German .government takes steps to remove the 'charges on American shipping, which formed the basis for the President's proclamation recently Issued. , The Launching Were Successful. The new gunboats Vicksburg and Newport were launched from the yards of the Bath Iron Works Saturday before an immense orowd. The launchlngs were successful in every respect. Greater New York. According to some of the members of the Greater New York Commission, the commit tee on draft, although it has arrived at defi nite conclusions, will not be ready to report to the full commission before January 1st. No attempt will be made to present the re port and charter to the Legislature before February 1st. The borough plan has' been decided upon; there will be two houses in the municipal Legislature. The borough board will take the Initiative in local affairs and the power otthe mayor will be greater tbanthat of the present chief executive of New York city. ... . - WEEKLY COMMERCIAL REPORT. The Stormy Weather Has Had Its Im pression or Trade Conditions. Bradstreet says general trade continues In moderate volume, Jobbers. and wholesale dealers being agreed that there will be no business revival this year. Tbera Is activity In holiday goods.. Rain and stormy weather South and cold, severe weatheif 'West and Northwest, have checked traffic- on interior country roads and otherwise Interfered with the distribution of merchandise, except at S'.me Northwestern centres awbere mora seasonable weather has stimulated the de mand for heavy textiles, clotBlti&.baU and shoes. Throughout the central Mississippi valley there has bean no I care ia? n the de mand In wholesale lines, and.ct.the South trade Is characterized as dull. " '. Nails have again re-acted c : the dissolu tion of the pool; tin plate rr- 'sbavebeea cut and Bessemer pig Iron t5 f oJ3 down 15 cents a ton. The weakness !. lUeffepntic ues and prices are lower, tb ;h . thus, far without effect on quotations - leather. Pe troleum prices ha v& ra-acteg Ai quotations are lowcr 'of coffer"18 corn. No material change is reported In prices tor ork, print cloths and lumber, while those or turpentine, tobacco, cotton, sugar, wheat and flour are all higher. . November bank clearings reflect the spec ulative activity following the election. Com pared with months immediately preceding, the showing is a good one. Only once be fore in 13 years has the November total ex ceeded that for October, and with the excep tion of January theNovember total is the heav iest for any month this year. But in spite of this the total November clearings were smal ler than a year ago and, with New York ex cluded, quite a heavy falling off is reported. The total clearings at 66 cities for November aggregate $4,564,307,804. a decrease from a year age or 2.8 per cent. Outside of Nev York the total clearings of all the cities fell off nearly .11 per cent, from a year ago. Only two large cities in the country show increases New York with 3.6 per cent, and Baltimore with 4.3 per cent. There are 359 business fai.ures reported throughout the United States for this week, which ia an inerease of 63 compared with last week and 44 compared with the corres ponding week one year ago. CHIPPEWA FALLS IS SAFE. People Becoming Reconciled and Business Men Are Moving Back. The situation is more hopeful. The water has receded one foot and it U gradually go ingdown. The river has forced a channel for itself under the gorge. The weather i moderating and unless all signs fail, the water will continue to recede. It will prob ably be two weeks before the river returns to its normal state, and the people are less excited and all feel very hopeful. Col. Jones, a United States civil engineer, says: "I think the ice in the gorge will remain until spring and that the river will force a channel plenty larce enough under it. In the spring the ice will gradually melt and will cause no flood." alany of the merchants have commenced to move back to their places of business. Ey namite was not used to break the gorge. Contemplating Coming South. The Pepperell and Laconia Mills, ot Bid- deford, Me., have petitioned the Legislature of that State for the privilege of increasing their capital stock, the former to $1,500,000, and ther1afer-to $3.50,000. It is believed taac tn- c' ;vTry Cj.-itemr4a'e operating, branch plants in tii9 South. - The corpora tion officials are reticent bet the petition states that the object of the increased capl- tilization is to purchase and hold any real estate essential or convenient lor their busi ness and to carry on their business elsewhere than in Bidueford or Sico. Old-Time Kentucky Killing. A special from Lexington, Ky., says fight between old man Harrison and two sons, Tom and Caleb, occurred in one of the mountain counties. As a result the eldt1 Morgan is dead and both eons are dying' Both of the narriaon boys are also dead. The battle was fought with revolvers. The Mor gau family were strong supporters ot D. G. Lolson and the Harrison family supporter! of John D. White in the recent election for Congressman in Letcher county. Hanna Favors The Ball." Concerning the report going the rounds to the effect that the inaugural ball may possi bly bo omittod at the coming inauguration of President-elect McKinley in March, Chair man M. A. HaLna who has charge of the ar rangements pertaining to such matters, says "1 think the inaugural ball will be held at usual. It has become a time-honored cus tom in connection with tho Inaugural cere monies and there Is no reason why it should be omitted now." London's Total Debt. The total debt of London Is now X37.911, 704. This involves a charge on the rates ot X2.523.447, of which 1,217,437 Is Interest and 1,306,010 repayment, equal to a rate oi is. 51 a. in the pound, and equivalent to near ly ill per cent, ot ths ratable value. Will Not'Pav Sharkey. A ftnecial from Ran Vrftnclifln' mv thn An glo-Californla bank, on which tho prize figh check for $10,000 was drawn by the National Club, has refused payment. The check was presented by Lynch, Sharkey's backer. The bank officials told Lynch they must decline to pav the check until courts decided that Sharkey was. entitled to the money. The bank officials say they are acting on legal ad vice, The Sbuth's Population. Within the Jast twenty years the popula tion of the South has increased about 54 per cent, while the school enrollment his made again of 130 per cent. A very large part of this gain is in the education ot the negro race, While the latter paid only 5 per cent of the taxes, they recel cd one-fourth ot the expen ditures ror puouc scnooi purposes. Cyclone in Jamaica. A cyclone, accompanied by heavy floods, has swept the eastern West Indies, causing great loss of life. At S Vincent and Mont serrat estates have been completely wiped out. The Islands of Trinidad and Barbadoes have also been flooded, causing immense damage, but no loss oi :ue nas been report ed. - At Vlneland, N. J. fire destroyed the New Jersey training school for feeble minded children. The 200 children were taken out without accident. Loss 25,000. Washington Echoes. By far the most elaborate work on forestry topics yet issued by the Department of Agri culture has just made its appearance. Itis a monogrn ph on the timber pines of the Southern States by Dr. Charles Mohr, With a discussion of the structure of their wood by Filibert Rotb. the whole prepared under the direction ot Dr. B. E Fern .w, chief of the division of forestry. A. J. Jackson has been appointed post ma ter, vice W. H. Osmond, resigned, at Bath, Beaufort county, N. C. Those com missioned are Alfred Dockery, ct Docker's Store, N. C; Charles Bond, Quitsna, N. C; John B. Council, Rialto, N. C. A new office has been established at Adlai Union-county, N. C with William $?. fcee as postaw . Il l I Ml. Discusses In North American Re view the Result Reached. IT WAS TEMPORARY DEFEAT Hat Permanent Gain for the Cause of Bimetallism. Not Regarded as a Conclusive Settlement of the Ques tions at Issue. In the December number of the North American Review, just published, Mr. Bry an has an article, in which he discusses the result ot the election as affecting the status of the silver question. The issue on which the election turned, he describes as "the greasest Issue ever submitted to the Ameri can people in time of peacf." The declara tion ot the Chicago convention in favor of the free coinage of silver, forced upon the people of this country a study of the money question in general; and within the last four months more people have been simultaneous ly engaged in its consideration than ever be- lore in the history of the world, l ne result of this stuJv. Mr. Bryan declares, to be temporary defeat, but permanent gain for the cause of bimetallism." Mr. Brvan regards it as a insignificant fact that the silver sentimenLwas strongest where the question had been longest considered; that is to say in the W est and South. In Mr, Uryan s opinion, the cause oi Dimetaiiism made more rapid progress than ever tiny cause made In such a short time. Mr. Bryan expresses his assurace that the election can be by no means regarded as a conclusive settlement of the question at Issue. The ad vocates of free coinage are convinced, ne says, that they are laboring in behalf of a large majority of the people, not only here, but throughout the world; and ac cording to the writer, they propose to continue their conies'-, they are confident that four more years of experience will con vince many who have thus tar resisted argu ments. This confidence, Mr. Bryan eays, is confirmed by the history of recent elections. Mr. Greely was defeated In law ana yet jur. Tildea was elected in 1876. Mr. Blayue was defeated in 1884, but Mr. Harrison was elect ed ia 1883. The Republican victory ot 18S8 was followed by the Democratic victory of 1890 and the election of rrfe6ident cieveiana two years later. Mr. Bryan counsels the successtui party io remember that thousands of Republicans have been held to their party this year by the pledge that It will try to secure international bi-metalllsm. In reference to the gold standard Demo crats, Mr. Bryan la assured that they cannot do as much in l'JOO as they nave done mis year. They have declared tneir anection tor Democratic principles, while they spared no effort to secure tne success oi tne opposing, ticket. "They cannot," he says, disguise themselves again." STORM ECHOES. Snow and Ice Played Havoc With the Wires, Shade Trees, Etc. At Columbia, R. C, the wires of the West ern Union and Postal Telegraph companies have been almotiotally destroyed by the combination, sleet rain and snow-storm. Poles were crushed down beneath the ice. The city fire alarm and police patrol syr.ems were also neatly destroyed. Tne telegraph lines ruining towards Augu3ta and Charles ton are supposed to be totally destroyed. Columbia's handsome shade trees have also been torn to pieces and the streets are block tded with debris. The-, latest from Chippewa Falls, Wis., is that the water Is rising and creep- Lag slowly into the city and to make matters worse a heavy snow la railing, me reports from the farming country are distressing, Hundreds are homeless and their belongings ire being swept away by the flood. They will ask the government to send help to try and break the gorge with dynamite. The board ot health has asked that the people refrain as much as possible from using tbe sewers. There are a number of cases of ty phoid fever, and with the sewers In the busi ness part of the city stopped up, the health otthe community will be greatly impaired unless precaution is used, Inaugurated for the Fifth Time. Gen. Portiono Diaz, who was first elected to the presidency of Mexico in 1876, and under whose administration the country had continued prosperity never before known has been inaugurated for the fifth time. The oath ot office was administered with much ceremony and the event was made toe occas ion of general rejoicing. Iowa's Biff Deficit. TheState of Iowa has a deficit of $500,000 In sight. ' By the end of the present biennal period it is liable to reach $1,000,000, and it seems altogether probable that the State will Issue bonds for the first time since the war. Tom Watson Out of Politic. Recently L. C. Bateman, the editor of th Maine Populist, wrote to Tom Watson, ask ing for a contribution. Mr. Bateman has re aeived an answer from Watson, who says he Is out of politics, and Is not saying or writing anything for publication. Ho is giving all his attention to his law practice. Mr. Wat son intimates that ho is disgusted with such Populist leaders as Senator Butler and Allen, and believes that it the Populist party is to survive it must be organized along new lines, and there must be no further fusion or even semblance of fur!on with the Democratic party. - Rubber Oysters Discovered. A rubber oyster is the discovery announced In Paris. The invention is one that deserves to rank with the telephone, the submarine caple or any other of the many ingenious de vices of man to ameliorate the condition of bis fellowman. It consists of a gutta-percha oyster, to be placed in the restaurant oyster soup, so as to remove the accepted Idea that the decoction contains nothing of a solid nature. Defeated the Bill. The Georgia Senate, defeated a bill which prohibited the gold clause in contracts. The House passed a bill making women eligible to the office of State librarian. To Pay a 16 Per Cent. Dividend. A semi-annual dividend of 16 per cent, will be paid In January on the stock of the South ern Railway. The amount of preferred stock Is f 55.000,000. At the end of the fiscal year. June 30, the company carried over 1,452, 000. The Tennessee Treasury. The State Treasury contains an available balance of (54,175, not including special funds. (105,959 were collected during November and (82,846 disbursed. Receipts during December, it is estimated, will be suf ficient to meet payments due January 1, 1897. - . CURIOUS FACM. Envelopes were first mod in 1830. . The best bricks in the wrrld are made by the tribes of Central Asia. The European hornet is much larger than the common wasp, and has a temper in proportion to its size. The "Giants Club" in Berlin. Ger. many, admits to membership no ono who is less than six feet in height. Eecent insurance statistics show that if tbe wife die first, the husband, on an average, survives nine years. The largest room in the world is ia the imperial palace at St. Petersburg, Russia. Itis 16) feet loa3 by 153 wide. A toadstool .was found at Sparta, Mich., the other day, which measured ti feet in circumference, and weighed Bight pounds. When a dentist in China is pulling tooth for a patron, an assistant pounds on a goog to drown the cries af the victim. No human head was impressed on soins until after the death of Alexan der the Great. All images before that time were of dieties. Afire ata farmhouse near Axminster, England, was put out recently by pumping on it cider from hogsheads, is there was no water to be had. William Thompson, C. E., of Lon don, received the idea of pneumatio tires from the pneumatio springs which were proposed for carriages in 1815. An ostrich will never go straight to its nest, but always approaches it with many windings and detours, in order, if possible, to oonceai the locality from observation. Many frescoes, some going back to the fourteenth century, have been dis covered on the walls of the chruch of 3an Floriano, at Montetia3cone, dar ing recent repair. A subterranean grave, said to be 10,000 years old, has been recently discovered at Sin Tai, China. The grave contained a pair of vases and candlesticks, besides some ancient or naments. There are no sheen in Japan, and wool is not used as clothing, eilk and cotton being the staples. There aro do pigs pork is an unknown article of diet, and lard is not used in cook ing. Neither are there any goats, or mules, or donkeys. A circular saw fifty-four inches ia diameter at Back's mills at Jackson ville, Fla., flew into pieces while at full speed and cut things up in a way that shocked the hands. Some of the fragments slit their way through the roof, one piece cut a 6x12 timber in two, and another bit hurled against a block of steel was welded by the im pact. (Juail Flj at a l'as&in? Train. Attorney Georgo Levinsky ot the Stockton legil firm of Levinsky f& Young, was the victim recently of as strange an accident-as ever befell a member of the bar. x Mr. Levinsky is the attorney for the new Corral Hollow Railroad, which was built to convey coal from the im mense Treadwell depot itt, near Liver more, to Stockton, and during the recent visit of .the Native Sons to Stockton he concluded to take a party over the line to show them the beau ties of the scenery and the engineer ing difficulties that had to be overcome to construct it. He had a number of flat cart fitted up for seats for his guests, and one of the new engines of the road was hitched to the train and the party went bowling merrily through the hills and valleys toward the minei. As tne excursion train rounded a curve and signaled a crossing, a bevy of quails, aroused from its feeding ground by the noisy engine, rose in a body and, bewildered by the dust anl rattle made by the train, flew straight at it instead of away. Tuey reacbel it just as the car containing Mr. Lev insky and several others were passing, nd several of the passengers, moved by a sudden impulse arose and waved their aims at the birds. Une fright ened quail flew straight at Mr. Lev insky and struck him fairly in the eve. falling to the floor of the car as dead as though he had been reached by a charge of shot. Mr. Levinsky's eye was severely bruised by the blow, and by the time the party returned to Stockton was so painful that he was compellod to have it treated by a phy ician. Sau Francisco Call. Mother Goose Legenls. Some little-known facts compiled by the Philadelphia American : "Three Blind Mice is in a rausio book of 1609. "Little Jack Horner" is older than the seventeenth ceatury. 'A Froggie Would A-Wooing Uo" was written in 1650.. "Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat. Where Have You lleen?" dates from the reign of Queen Elizabeth. The author of "Cinderella," "Jack the Giant Killer." "Blue Beard" and "Tom Thumb" was Charles Perrault, a Frenchman, and written in 1697. "Boys and Girls Come Oat to Play" dates from Charles 11. "Old Mother Hubbard," "Goosey, Gooser. Gander" and "Old Mother Goose" were first published in the six teenth century. "flnmpty Dumpty" was a bold, bad baron, who lived in tbe days of King John, and was tumbled Irom power. This history was put into a riddle, the answer to which is an egg. "The Babes in the Wood" was founded on an actual crim'e committed in the fifteenth century. An old house in Norfolk is still pointed oat, upon a mantel shell on which tbe entire his tory is carved. A Heavily Taxed Rector. A 'Lincolnshire (England) rector. writing in the London Times, says he has an income of exactly 31000 a year and this year he has paid 0229 out of it in rates and taxes, - 118 Gen. Bradley T. Johnson Reviews the Cuban Situation. THE SPANISH ARE WHIPPED. Patriots Belong to Every Class Cu bans Cannot be Starved Their Arms and Equipments. In discussing the situation In Cuba, Gen eral Bradley T. Johnson, who recently re tarnod from there, says that it Is Impossible to get rellablo or accurate information as to the Cuban army. "I Investigated carefully," said ho, and was never eat If fled. Consider tbe state of mind in Baltimore and among Southern sympathizers during tho civil war, and recall the exaggerations of tbclr entbus lams and the dreams of their hopes. Then . Intensify that a thousand fold and you have a faint Idea of tbe condition of things in Ha vana to-day. All the 8par.lryis are for ,tb government all the Cubans are for the re bellion." What sort cA peopK are supporting the rebellion." the general was asked. - "The bankers, the planters, the writers, the lawyers, tbe doctor?, the professors and the people. Tho University of Havana is a hotbed of patriotism. The boys run off cyme score to join Gomez ana Maceo, ana some of the professors are ministers pleni potentiary to the eoutn American countries and to Franco. I think tbe property, the culture and the courage ol tho Island is on tbe side of the rebellion. 'The insurrection Is supported by wealth, directed by Intelligence and conducted with genius and courago. I think tho rebels out fight and out-maneuvcr tho Spaniards, and that they will wear them out. "There is no chanco of tb rebels being starved out of tbe Tinar del Mo district for the wooda are full ot cattle, hogs and sweet potatoes. They will always have plenty to eat. They are armed with lleinlogton?, Spencers, Mausers and every variety of car- Dine ana revolver. "Cuba's area is coual to to Pennsylvania! Us population is 1, 102,899 white, 435,187 ne groes ana 43,bu cnineee. Negroes inciuae an mixed blood ; white means pure blooded. You perceive the population is ubout equal to that ot Virginia and is similarly mixed about two whites to ono of all th other races. "With peace and order restored there, how long would it take for two million American mechanics to take poseshlou of tbe island "Such an immigration of skill, energy and industry as would flow Into Cuba tbe world has never seen. Tbtt would dispose of tbe Domingo-MexIcan-nlggcr-renubllc spook. "Maceo Is the genious of tbe war. He Is a quadroon. His mother was the daughter of a Spaniard of rank, as be is the eon of a Spaniard ot rank. Ho Is well educated, bright, alert, dashing and daring. He will wear the Spaniards out by guerilla war constant surprises, ambuscades, attacks ar.d retreats. Mosby, with 800 men, kept 10,000 men constantly employed for two years tn the mountains ot Fauquier and Loudon in Virginia, chasing him up and down hill and dale, but they never captured bim, and he cost them thousands of men and millions ot money. "It Is a condition and not o theory that Mr. Cleveland and tbe Congress are bound to meet, and a or-twiitrff toaaot be. dodffvd. It grr s nfnn ud nations and makes them act on tne suDjot t." ; THE 3IOXETABY CONFKnEXCE. Fifty Delegates PresentAddresses By Prominent Men. The monetary conference called by the Indianapolis - board of trale met at tai Denlson House, lnlndtannpoli, and was called to order by Justice O. Adame, president of the board ot trade. About fifty delegates were present at the opening ses sion, among tho more prominent being M. E. In galls, of Cincinnati, and J. C Vf, Cowles, of Cleveland. Each commercial organfea'Ion present was allowed three votes, and upon motion of E. B. Martlndale, of this city, ex-Governor Btannard, of Missouri, was made permanent chairman. Ex-Attorney Gfut-ral Miller and John R. Wilson, both of Indianapolis, ad dressed the convention at somo leDgtb. A resolution was adopted declaring it was the sense of the conference tbat a general conference of commercial bodies be called at Indianapolis about January 12, for tbe pur of suggesting such legislation as may be nec essary to place th curroncy system of the country upon a sound and permanent basis. It was found, nowever, mat tne nan couia not be oured on January 5. and the data was left to a local sub committee. It proba bly will bo fixed at January 12. Cleveland's Private Fortune. The New York World says President Cleve land's private fortune Is estimated at (1,000, 000. He paid 40.000 for his new bouso In Prlnoeton, N. J. There Is talk that be will be dean of Princeton College at tho expiration of his term. A Boy Of 20 Kills a Man of 35. A special to tho Atlanta Constitution from Thomas vUle says as tho climax of bis persis tent persecution, Jeff Carllnlo, a white man of about 85 years of age, who lived iu the upper part of Thomas county, attacked Tobe Bryant, his neighbor, a youth of 20, with a knife, and in a desperate tight that followed was shot and killed by Bryant. Thn latter immediately surrenderee to the sheriff, and la now In Jull awaltirg an investigation ot the affair. Both men were prominent in tb county. Cigarette Law In Iowa. The Iowa Prohibitory cigarette law se;ms to have been knocked out. The tobacoo trust has discovered that the State law can not be forced, because it Interferes witn uuer Btate commerce, and large shipments of cigarettes were received from New York sold In the original o-ccn; packages, ana no at tempt was ma to to prevent it. An Illinois Karthquake. A special from Cairo, 111., says tbat a se vere shock ot earthquake was felt in that city at 1:13 Tuesday afternoon, the vibrations lasting several seconds. Buildings swayed so perceptibly tbat the Inmates be,camo alarmed and rushed into tbe streets. No serious dam age was done. An Extra Session of Congress. The Washington Tost says: A Republican United States Benator, who has been In the city for tho paBt two week, and who ba made it a point to call upon and talk with every Benator ot hfs party, who was either here beforo Lim or bns come since, states that he Is positive tbat there will be uo tariff legislation at this coming 'sslon, and that nn-extra nesslon will bo called by the 15th of March. This, ho feels well fattened, will bo the line of action, or rather inaction, decided upon by the party caucus. Ho Is also confi dent tbat, at tbe extra session, the tariff bill which will be framed will be put through, provided thero is uo Demooratio filibuster, lu three months time, and that tbeextra session will be adjourned before the 1st of J uly.
The Gazette [1891-1898] (Raleigh, N.C.)
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