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For it was two years since they had fallen out with their son, Edward, who, in spite of their oppo sition, bad married a woman picked up somewhero in the Latin quarter just when he was about to take his degree as a lawyer, too. How they had loved him and petted him, this Edward this long wished for child, who had come after ten long years of married life, when they had almost given up hoping for a son. The happy Bour gueil, then only a simple builder, had rubbed his hands, saying to his wife : "You know, Clemence, that smart fel low Haussmann is improving and changing the whole of Paris, from one end to another. Here is a good chanoe for me. If things go on this way, I can make a fortune in twelve or fifteen -years. And I know one thing, the lit tie rascal of ours won't need to climb up into scaffoldings, like his father, nor come home every night with spots of plaster all over his gray vest, and fit to drop with fatigue. We will make . a real gentleman of him, won't we, Clemence?" - All Bourgueil's ambitions had been realized. At college Edward was a brilliant pupil, and the old peasant who had come to Paris many years ago, carrying his shoes on his back and a little silver tied up in a corner of his handkerchief, had the satisfac tion of seeing his son congratulated and loaded with prizes by the Minister of Instruction himself. What a future the boy had before him ! He wonld pass the most difficult examinations without any trouble they would be a mere joke for him and then choose any career he had a fancy for. "We will leave the boy a good 25,000 francs income," father Bourgneil wonld say, cheerfully, slapping his wife's shoulder with his strong, broad hand. "And, saperlotte I we will make him many IOU NEED NOT EXPECT A SOTT FBOM EITHER OP US." right soon. It will be easy to find some pretty girl, with a good educa tion like his, who will make him happy, and of whom we can feel proud 1'f Ab, those lovely plans! where had they gone? The kind old parents had been foolish enongh to furnish a room in town for their boy, that he might be more independent. Then he met that woman, and immediately his studies were dropped. At twenty-five he had not even taken his licentiate's degree. They were dreadfully disap pointed, after having built such fine castles ; still they did not give up all hope. They consoled themselves, saving: "ELe is so young! It will pass. Let him alone awhile." But one day the imbecile had the audacity to inform them that he had adored this girl, and was determined to make her his wife. This was too much. If Bourgueil did not fall with a stroke of apoplexy it was a miracle indeed ; the veins in his neck were swollen like cords. He ordered his son out of thfr house and cut off his income. "If you dare to give your name to that woman," the old man roared, crimson with wrath, "you need not expect a sou from either of us as long as we live." But the stubborn, ungrateful boy had -outraged them to the end, and now he was married to this doll of his, and living on a wretched clerk's sal ary, in the suburb of the city like tome vagabond! Poor old couple! How their son's conduct had made them nuffer for these two horrible years ! Life was a pleasure no longer, and lately the situation was getting worse every day. It was the mother's fault she was too wretched and she had relented at last. Her sorrow had got the better of her resentment, and now she was actually inclined to for give. One day she mustered up suf ficient courage to mention the sub ject to her husband. But he fell into n ireuzy of passion, crying, "Never!" w'.lb n force that shook the doors and viuuows, forbidding the poor woman : s'j another word about it. She L-i not the heart to obey him, and Yjicauou. tne cause oi the guilty eon again and again. Ana at every new attempt Bourgueil was furious and made a terrible scene. Their home became a purgatory. These two old people, who had nothing to reproach themselves with, who had loved each other faithfully, who had lived and toiled side by side for more than thirty years, became almost hostile. Every night at the dinner table the quarrel broke out anew, and it always ended with some of those stinging thrusts that wound the heart. "Do you want me to tell you what I think, Bourgueil?" the old woman would say. "You are without pity 1" "And you are a coward to want to give in," the mason replied, leaving the room with a stamp of his heavy toot. Left alone in the soft light of the lamp in the comfortable parlor, the poor mother, who was still true to her white linen caps, would quietly drop burning tears on her knitting and pray for her boy. Bourgueil had lost all love for his home, now that he had continually a sad face to look upon. He had got into the habit of joining some friends in a cafe close by where they waited for him for a game of manijla. In dealing out the cards the irritated mason made long and violent speeches against the present state of morals, where paternal authority was defied by children. But he snore that he, at least, would set a good ex ample ; he would be stern to the end. He could speak of nothing else, and his partners proclaimed him "a tire some old fellow," as soon as his back was turned. In his presence, however, they deplored his ill luck in having such a scamp of a son, and highly praised his firmness. One man in the .group, especially, invariably hailed the mason's imprecations with an ap proving word or two: "Bravo! Father Bourgueil, you are a Roman J" Bourgueil was from the province of Marche, and possessed very indistinct notions on antiquity. Still, he had some inkling of the story of old Brutus, and felt highly flattered to be com pared to such a personage. Yet when he left the cafe and found himself in the cold dark night, he would say to himself oh! very softly that Brutus mast have had a cruel, hard heart, and that it was a horrible thing to con demn a son to death. Easter Sunday has bright, happy day, come a joyous, merry with the the promise of The city itself chimes of bells and warm spring days. looks gay and coquettish. Women are coming home from church, and all are carrying a bunch of box .plant that fills the air with sweet, fresh odor. Even the old cab horses have a bit of it stuck behind their ears I Bourgueil, who sat up last evening at the cafe till midnight, wakes up very late. He is in a horrible mood ; and what man would not be, 1 ehould like to know? Last night, at the usual hour, he had again to listen to his wife's absurdities. She again men tioned Edward, and tried to soften him, Bourgueil! She had made in quiries, she said, and learned that their daughter-in-law, for she was that in spite of all his anger, was not the bad woman they had first thought. A poorgiri xes; buo had worfced in a store. But what of that? What were they themselves but simple working people, even if they had become well off? Could they expect their son to marry some rich marquis' daughter? And ever since Angelina an ugly name, but it wasn 6- tne girl s fault after all ever since Angelina had been his wife, no one could breathe a word against her. She was a model little wife. "Can it be that you will not have pity on these poor children ?" the old mother had asked him tearful ly. "They are poor, very poor. What do you think Edward earns in that in surance company where he has found a place? It breaks my heart to think of it ; only 200 francs a month ! As much as you spend on your cafe and your cigars, i don't ass you to see them ; but won't you help them, just a little? We are living iu plenty, while thev " and receiving no answer from Bourgueil, who was pensively turning the glass he had just emptied between his fingers, the old woman had risdu from her seat and come up to him putting a trembling hand on his shoulder, silently pleading. Vain effort I Bourgueil, suddenly remem bering that he was a Roman, had again poured forth maledictions and his formidable "never, And on this lovely Easter morning he is more than usually ead and ill- tempered this strong minded old mason. He ieels very nervous ; he has cut his chin twice while shaving. Oh, no : he will not be weak enough to pay an income to his undutiful son. Would old Brutus have relented? Of course not. And last night he was on the point of yielding ! That is what comes of listening to women. They haven't energy for two sous, the women haven't. Bourgueil is firmer than ever in his resolutions as he puts on a white shirt and his gray holiday suit. He goes into the parlor, that cozy, pretty parlor he was so proud of when things had still some interest for him, and looks at the clock. It is only 11 o'clock, and Bourgneil, who has a fine appetite this morning, feels cross at the thought of eating only at 1 12. Soon Mother Bourgueil returns from church with a large bunch of box plant. She plaoes it on a little side table, and suddenly the whole room is filled with the strong, fresh odor. Bourgueil is no poet ; he has not a very refined nature.. Yet he is im pressionable for all that like you or me and the sight of the green branches recalls far off memories. While the old woman is busy taking apart the twigs to decorate the rooms with them, the penetrating pesfume affects his old heart. He remembers a certain Easter morning ah, so long, long ago when he was still n work man, and his young wife a dress maker's apprentice. It was their honeymoon, for they had married n, few days before Lent. Ther., too, bhc had returned from church with a fra grant burden and made their only room bright and festive. How pretty she looked, and how he loved her! And by a rapid effort of imagination he recalls in an instant their long years of married life; sue naa ever been so industrious, so thrifty, so de voted. And now he tortures her his good, brave woman he makes her sutler on account oi his wic&ea son. But is Edward really so wicked as all that? Of course a fellow ought to honor his father and mother, and obey them; but then, are not youth and love sufficient excuses for many a ault? He watches Mother Bourgueil with moist eyes, as she goes to place spray of box above Edward s pic ture on the wall a picture of their boy in his college suit, when they felt so proud of him and of his studies. "What is tho matter? The old mason hardly knows what he is about. His head swims ; it is that strong odor of the plant, doubtles. But his heart fills with something that seems very much like meroy and pardon. He goes up to his wife, takes her hands, and, looking at the picture, mutters, his rough voice grown strangely 6oft : "Say, Clemence, snail we forgive him?" Ah ; the cry of joy that bursts rom the mother's lips ! And he has called her "Clemence," just as in their young days. He has not given her that name for more than fifteen years. And she understands that he loves her still her husband, her old com panion. She throws herself in his arms and Kisses mm frantically, all over his face, takes his head in bpth of her hands, and whispers in his ear. The other day she couldn't help it, really she went to see their boy. He is so unhappy to have offended them. And if he has not come a hundred times to beg their forgiveness, it is simply because he did not dare. "You know," she adds and her voice be comes soft and - caressing "you know I have seen his wife, and you really cannot blame him for loving her, she is eo sweet, and as fresh as a rose. She just worships our Edward one can see that at onco ; and she keeps their little homo in such apple pie order." Bourgueil feels oppressed he is choking. Putting a trembling finger on his wife's lips : "That will do !" he says. "Send for a cab. Let us tako some of these sprays to them iu sign of peace, and bring them homo with us!" And while the old mother, stunned with joy, falls sobbing on her hus band's shoulder, Bourgueil the Ro- man, the old JBrutus Degms to cry softly, like a child. Easier Thought. It seems clear that a pure spirit will arise from the seed of a pure body, and a loving spirit from the seed of a loving body. If the body we sorrow fully put aside has been one full of charity, helpful, kindly, and eager to speak tender, pitying words one that has thought no evil, and ha3 believed all things, and hoped all things, and endured all things can any one doubt what should come of such a seed plant ing? The natural comes first, and after that tne spiritual. jt$ut "as is the natural, so is the spiritual." It is far more glorious, but after all the same ! So we may bring Easter, with its wonderful deep meaning, into the life of every day. How ? By teaching ourselves to comprehend the truth that while we live this human life, and develop this natural body, it is not lone the natural body we are creat ing, but tne seed ot tne spiritual body which is to come after. This is not a mystical doctrine. All those who in this life have attained some knowledge of their spiritual na tures will testify to its truth. The change from a natural to a spiritual living i3 like the growing of a plant whose seed we have sown. The right plant surely grows in a man who ha sown the right seed. As the spiritual nature of such man begins to develop, tne purer, higher elements in him grow stronger, and one by one the baser sort die. Hate dies, and revenge, and anger. Cruelty dies, and all unkindness. Nar rowness of mind dies, and contempt for the frailties of others. The par t that lives and grows stronger is love. Purity and truth and courage are but parts of love, and, as it grows greater, by and by comes the sureness of knowledge, and faith itself is swal lowed up in fruition. This is the daily burial of tho old man, who was "earthy," and the daily rising of the new, who is the "Lord from Heaven." To such a heart Easter comes every day. Harper's Bazar. Easter Pleasantries. Liko all other holy days. Easter soon became a holiday. In some countries the people dance about heap ot flowers at Easter; in others they distribute colored egg9 and have great "egg-nghts, in which tho own er of the hardest egg wins and the other egg is eaten by the victor, so man or boy with a very hard egg is able to accumulate the basis of an Easter JSionday headache. II'M'S RELIEF pa He Reviews the Situation in the Flooded Districts. THE GREATEST ON RECORD. Confessing Their Inability to Further Cope With the Situation Congress Appropriates $200,000. The following message in relief of the flooded districts of Mississippi, Louisiana the States of and Arkansas was sent to Congress- Wednesday by President McKinley. The House and Senate agreed to $200,000; To the Senate and House of Bepresen tatives. Information which has recently come to me from the Governors of Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana, and from prominent citizens of these States and Tennessee warrants the conclusion that widespread distress, involving the dd struction of a large amount of proper ty and the loss ot human life, has re sulted from the floods which have sub merged that section of the country. These are. stated, on reliable authority, to be the most destructive floods that bare ever devasted tne .Mississippi Valley, the water being much higher than the highest stage it has reached before. From Marion, Ark., north of Memphis, to Greenville, Miss., more than 250 miles of river, it is reported that there are now at least 50 towns and villasres under water, and a territory extending from 100 miles north of Mem phis to 200 miles south, and from nve to forty miles wide, is submerged. Hun dreds of thousands of acres of culti vated soil with growing crops are in cluded in the submerged territory. In this section alone there are from 50,000 to 60,000 people, whose property has been destroyed and whose business has been suspended. Growing crops have been ruined, thousands of cattle have been drowned and the inhabitants of certain arears threatened with starva tion, as a great majority of the suf ferers are small farmers wEo have been left entirely destitute and who will be unprepared for work even after the floods have subsided. The entire Mississippi. Valley in Ar kansas is flooded and communication with many points cutoff. In Mississippi a like condition exists. The levees in Louisiana, with a single exception, have held, but the water is rising, and the situation there is reported as being ex tremely critical. Under such circum stances the citizens of these States look for the co-operation and support of the national government in relieving the pressing cases of destitution for food, clothing and shelter, which are beyond reach of local efforts. The authorities who have communicatad with the execu tive recognize that their first and most energetic duty is to provide, as far as possible, the means of caring for their own citizens, but nearly all of thtm agree in the opinion that after their re sources have been exhausted, a sum ag negating at least $150,000, and possibly 3200, 000, will be required for immediate use. 1'recedents are not wanting tnat in such emergencies as this Congress may take prompt, generous and intelligent action, involving the expenditure of considerable sums of money, with satis factory results. In 1874 55.300,000 was appropriated, and in 1882 $350,000 was also appropriated for relief in the same direction besides large Bums in other years. The citizens' relief committee, of Memphis, which has taken prompt ac tion has already cared for 6,000 or 7,000 refugees from the flooded districts and they are still arriving in that city in large numoers daily. Supplies and pro visions have, been seat to. the various points in Arkansas and Mississippi by this committee; but the utmost that can be done by these efforts is to partly relieve the most acute cases of suffer ing. No action has yet been taken for tlie great majority of the inhabitants living in the interior, whose condition has already been desribed. Under these conditions, and having exerted themselves to the fullest extent. the local authorities have reluctantly confessed their inability to further cope with this distressing situation, unaided by relief from the government. It has. therefore, seemed to me that the rep resentatives of the people should be promptly informed of the nature and extent of the suffering and needs of these stricken people, and I hare com tuunicated these facts in the hope and belief that the legislative branch of the government will promptly reinforce the work of the local authorities in .the States named. William MoKetlkt. Executive Mansion, April 7, 1897. REMOVING GEN. GRANT'S BODY. Workmen Engaged in Cutting the Rivets from the Steel Case. A New York special of April 7 says The preliminary work of removing Gen eral Grant's body from its temporary resting place was begun this morning, when carpenters began to build a fence in front of the small tomb, to close from view, while the men engaged in cutting open the steel case enclosing the .casket are at wort. A force of four men will be kept busy several days, cutting the rivets holding the case. Af ter the case is opened the casket will be taken out and transferred to the sarco phagus. Just at what time this will be done will not be mace public. Must Have Their Consent. The New York Senate has passed the anti-cartoon bill, which, prohibits news- papers publishing the portraits of any person without tneir consent. LOOKING AHEAD TO 1900. Bryan and Sewall Clubs in New York City Organizing. Kepresentatives of one hundred clubs that supported Bryan and Sewal last fall recently met in New York and or ganized the Progressive Democratic league of New York City. Aside from the single tax clubs and labor organiza tions which, took part in the last cam Saign, there were about 200 Bryan ewal clubs organized. NEWS ITEMS CONDENSED. Southern Pencil Pointers. - At "Manrm fin Whorl as "RAld killed Li. W. Halstead for insulting his wife. The American Bailway Association met at Richmond, Va., in annual ses- sion, with eighty roads representea by 125 delegates. The executive com mittee reported that the association em braced 244 companies operating 157,800 miles of railway. The enxtrts at Newport News. Va. , during March aggregated $3, 848, 962. Tho second convention of the indus trial agents of the Seaboard Air Line railroad met in Charlotte. The attend ance was very large. Clark Howell has succeeded his father, E. P. Howell, as editor of the Atlanta (Ga. ) Constitution. . Efforts are being made at Norfolk. Va. , to have Congress erect a monu ment at Hampton lloads to the memory of Commodore Maury. ; - - Mrs. Nobles, who murdered her hus band at Jeffersonville. Ga.. has for the fourth time been sentenced to death, and will be hanged April 23d. At a Charleston (S. C. meeting of the city Itailway Company, the new electric line now being built, it was de termined to issue $850,000 of coupon bonds and 8850.000' in stock. ' -The charter of the company is to be amend ed accordingly. The latest reports from the flooded districts along the Mississippi are more encourging and a more hopeful feeling prevails. Milt Hager,. Blackburn's silver Dem ocrat, has been elected from the 34th senatorial district of Kentucky. He succeeds Senator Salters, gold Demo crat. J. he question is raised that many convicts in the Virginia penitentiary under life sentence are improperly im prisoned; the point is to be decided by the courts. The Bichardson building, the largest in Chattanooga, is burned; two men lost their lives in the flames. Twenty miles south of Vicksburg. Miss. , extra train No. 96 ran over a mule, tearing up the track, ditching the en gine and killing fireman Russell, of rsew Orleans, toother persons were injured. All About the North. A Montreal Court has dismissed the action against the American Tobacco Company, of Canada, stating that it has a right to insist that its customers shall not.sell goods of any manufactur er. lhe proposition to admit women as delegates failed in the Methodist Con ference at Lowell, Mass. , and Manches ter, N. II. , for lack of a three-f ouths vote. The Poughkeepsie (N. Y.) glass works has been burned. The loss is fully $100,000; insurance, $90,000. At Albany, N. Y., the Northern As sociated Press, a corporation, has been formed for the purchase, sale, collec tion and distribution of news, and the conduct of the business ot a press association in all its branches. The next convention of the Republi can National League is to be held at Detroit, Mich., July 13, and 3.000 dele gates are expected to attend. Four thousand men have been forced out of embloyment by the closing of work by the Illinois Steel Company at South Chicago. This action was taken bv officials to head off a strike. In Pittsburg, Pa. , a bridge collapsed and a freight train fell fifty feet. Two of the crew were killed. His-hbinders in the Chinese onartAr rsf San "FVanriiRrtrv Pal Tiftve 1avia1 an assessment of $15,000 on the merchants and a renewal of personal violence is expected. A gold miners' convention will be held at Denver, Col., June 15 and 16, together wiin a mining aispiay. The largest manufactories of harness in the country those at Columbus, O. ; Syracuse and Buffalo, N. Y. have com bined in the United Home Company of .Buffalo, JN. x. There will be more Federal troops assembled in New York on Grant memorial day than at any. point in the JLast since the war. The Greater New York bill will prob ably be passed over Mayor Strong's vetor A Cheyenne, Wyo., dispatch says that the losses sustained by cattlemen during the recent storm will range from 5 to 20 per cent Anxiety is felt for many persons reported missing. A cyclone destroyed the town of Chand ler, Okla., east of Guthrie. A dozen or more people were killed and probably 150 were injured. - Mrs. .Margaret J. Preston, "the Mi mosa of Southern literature, died at her home in Baltimore, Md., on the 29th of March. Miscellaneous. Mai. Sandoval, of the staff "of the captain, general, left Havana Friday for Washington, on a special mission. Secretary Gage has issued a circular instructing officers of customs to delay further orders and final liquidating of entries of any merchandise arriving at ports after after April 1st. This action is because of the retro-active clause of the pending tariff bill. The Southern Railway company, it is siaiea, is considering ine plan oi estab lishing railroad hospitals at various points on its system, says the Manu facturers' Record. Small green bugs in abundance are appearing on the apple trees of central Missouri. Wm.. J. Bryan called on President McKinley Tuesday. It is the first time the two gentlemen have met since they were in congress together. A Boston special says: "Under fav orable conditions and to the satisfaction of all concerned, the United States bat tleship Ic wa has been given her official trial over the Cape Anne course, and under the inspection of the naval board appointed for that purpose. On the trial she made an average speed of 17 knots over the 66 mile course, exceed ing her contract speed by one knot, winning $200,00 bonus for her builders. m Din i Property Consumed in Knoxviile to Value of $1,200,000. AN EXPLOSION OF DYNAMITE. The Longest and Handiomet Block of Houses in the City Destroyed Several Persons Badly Injured. At Knoxviile, Tenn., Thursday the most disastrous fire ever experienced in that city occurred. The entire block between Union and Reservoir streets, on Gay street, with the exception of the McGhee building, on the one end, the largest and handsomest block in the city, is a mass of ruins, and the loss is estimated at nearly, a million dollars. Several people were slightly injured, the most serious being Joe McMiliin, who had a leg broken. The fire was discovered about 4 o'clock in the wholesale grocery store of the McNulty Grocery Company by a a porter of the Knox Hotel, which ad joins the grocery. A general alarm was turned in and all the local fire companies were soon on the scene. The efforts proved futile, however, and the flames spread rapidly. Among the heaviest losers are: Daniel Briscoe & Co.. wholesale dry goods; Sterchi Brothers, wholesale and retail furniture; Marble City Hat Com pany, wholesale hats; A. P. Laher Dry Goods Company; Haines & Co., whole sale shoes: 8. U. Newman & company, printers; Cullen, Newman k Company, printers; W. W. Woodruff & Company, wholesale hardware; Hennoger, uoyle & Company, wholesale hats and shoes; Sanford, Chamberlain & Albers, whole sale drugs; Knox Hotel and the mc Nultv Grocery Company. Many smaller estabhshmets, among them three livery stables in rear of the burned block, were destroyed. An explosion of dynamite in Wood rufrs hardware store shattered every window in Gay street. A portion of the Chattanooga nre department was sent for, and on arrival rendered valuable assistance. Among those injured in the fire were W. H. Keppart, formerly city editor of Journal. After assisting five men to escape he jumped from the third story of the Knox hotel to the roof of the ad joining building. He is badly but not fatally hurt. Joe McMillen, traveling man; jump ed from second story, leg broken. James Hogan. barkeeper Knox hot-ji. lumped from third story to roof adior. mtr VTiilUiir. VtrttVi lotra Kajl 1 v Rnl'ftinprl John Bogle. Morgan county, rescued from third story of Knox hotel, prol.a- bly fatally burned. J. M. Loop, Salisbury, N. C, jump ed, seriously injured. C Li. Hudson, clerk in Knox llotel, jumped, ankle broken. John AlcDaniel, lumped, badly in jured. - ... ...... .... ... It is believed that the total ions vim amount to about $1,200,000. The in surance will be about one-half. The latest from Knoxviile say.. "Of the 52 guests who were asleep in the Hotel Knox, when the fire broke out. only 35 have been accounted for. The register was destroyed and it will perhaps never be known how many lives perished. Charred remains have been found in different localities of the ruins. An almost correct estimate of the losses and insurance has been secured. T ia oa fn1ln. Tnt.l lnoa 01 All H!V- total insurance, $314,209.70. Many of the firms burned out have secured temporary quarters and the wholesale houses especially have never stopped filling orders. PRECAUTION AGAINST ACCIDENT President and Vice President Go to New York in Separate Trains. Arrangements are being completed at Washington for conveying the officials of tho legislative, executive and judicial departments of the government to New York April 27th, to witness the Grant monument dedication ceremonies President McKinley and his party will travel on the Pennsylvania road, while Vice-President Hobart and his friends will go by the Baltimore & Ohio. This division has been arranged to provide against possible accident and t" make sure that the President ana Vice President shall not be -oth incapaci- atod and the machinery of the govern ment thus even temporarily upset. BAD FOR THE UNIVERSITY. Over Haifa Million of Its Funds Tied Up or Lost. Developments have strengthened the belief that the affairs of the Globe Sav ings bank, which closed its doors re- oAntlv in Chicaero. 111., are in much worse shape than the directors are will ing todmit. In addition to $140,000 to the University of Illinois, which is tied up in the sus pended institution, enaowmenv uuuua f 4v.A v.inA nf iuoo.ooo. also the prop- 4 Vi TTnivAritv of Illinois, are This much is admitted by the president, Mr. McKay, to the board of trustees 01 me umverBiijr. No Material Change. The latest reports from the flooded districts show no material change in the situation. There has been a steady, fall in the rivei at Helena, Ark, Cornered the Crop. James McKinney, of Kansas City. Mo., has succeeded in making a cornet on onions. He has bought up U7.00; barrels, fancy kiln-dried stock, and it. selling them at $3.60 a barrel, the for mer trices being SI. 75 and $2. 23. Or ders from Philadelphia, New York and other places cannot be filled except through McKinney, as he has cornered the crop.' Good Citizenship Convention. A call for a good citizenship conven tion, to be held at Nashville, Tenn., May 18, 19 and 20, has been Issued. BAD RAILROAD ACCIDENT. Engines Telescope Each Other, Re suiting in Killing Three and Injur ing six. The most frightful railroad accident that has occurred in North Carolina since the great disaster at Bostain Bridge, near Statesville, Aug., 1891, oc. curred Sunday morning at Harrisburg, a small town about thirteen miles north of Charlotte. Train No. 8G, the north-bound fast mail, on the Southern, and train No. 11, the south-bound local passenger, collided, killing three persons and wounding six. The killed are: T. Clingman Benton, of Charlotte, aged 80, postal clerk on No. 11. Titus Eudv, or xorest Hill, concord. Will Donaldson, of Lynchburg, fire man on 80. Wounded: W. B. Tunstall. of Dan ville, engineer of No. 80, badly Baclded about head, arms and face. J. C. Kinnev. of Thomasville. en- fineer of No. 11; scalded about chett, ack, arms and neck. Will die. James Lovell, of Richmond, conduc tor of No. 11, cut iu the face. Fitzhngh Lee, colored, porter on No. 11; legs hurt. William Clemens, of Last Durham, N. C. ; slightly hurt. It. Ii Gallagher, express messenger; hurt about head and arms; also bruised. The accident occurred at 11:15 o'clock. Train No. 80 was manned by I U- gineer Tunstall, Fireman DonaMaon and Conductor Gentry. It left Char lotte late,- but had orders to wait at Harrisburg till 11:15 for No. 11. The train s make-up con eietod of en gine, mallear, two express cars mil 0 vegetables, baggage car, second and first-class coaches, and two sleepers. The track for a mile or so approach ing Harrisburg is perfectly ntraight, except at one point where there is a small curve and considerable cut. The side-track at liarrinburg can bo plainly seen for more than a milo, Ap proaching from Charlotte. C apt am Tunstallj who was of course on the look out for lo 11, kept his eye on tho dis tant siding, expecting every minute to see No. 11 run into it, but seeing that the track was clear and no train ap- Eroaching, and having the right of way, e steamed ahead at the rate of 45 miles an hour, losing sight, by rcafson of the topography of tho country, of tho siding, as he nearcd it. No. 11. the local passenger, left Con cord late. It was manned by Engineer J. C. Kinney, Fireman Ed. Lee, and Conductor J ames Lovell. It had slowed up, preparatory to running into the sid ing, and was only 40 feet from thouorth end of the switch when No. 80 dashed into the cut. The two engineers faced each other. with faces bleached with the fear of a horrible death. Engineer Tunstall ap plied his brakes and jumped. It is not known whether Engineer Kinney jump ed or not. Almost at the same instant that tho engines faced each oiucr, me ucaaiy crash came, and was heard for miles around. The dead and injured were taken to Charlottee. THE TRADE OUTLOOK. Floods Have Effected Business ScrU ouIy Cotton Advances. Messrs. R. G. Dun & Co. 's weekly review of trade for tho past week is as follows: "Out of 4,006 failures with liabilities of $G0, 752,501 in "the first quarter, 24 bank failures covered moro than a fifth of the amount, or $12,744, G50, and 8, 845 failures with liabilities' of $35,947,892 or nearly three-fifths, aro classifiad this week according to branches of business, leaving only fi?7 failures and less than a fifth of the lia bilities, $12,0G0,019, in branches of man ufacture or trade not specified. Only two of the 13 manufacturing classc and only four of the 13 trading classes show liabilities for the quarter larger than last year, and only five manufacturing and three trading show larger average liabilities. For the month of March, only three manufacturing and four trading classes show larger amounts than last year and only two manufactur ing and five trading show alargcr aver age of liabilities; in almost every case a' so it is shown that the increase is duo to one or two exceptionally largo fail ures in that class. In spite of floods, which must hare materially affected the prospect, cotton has only advanced 1-8 during the week. The fate of those who were absolutely certain that the crop of lbM was very short has left but little confidence for further speculation. Speculation iu wool has been checked by the possibili ties that duties may take effect April 1, and some large shipments from abroad have been countermanded, whilo traders are less disposed to if-.ll. But trading between dealers makes up more than half the isles of 12,7:!'),40j pounds for the week, and since tales iu six weeks at these markets of 7G.4U4.COJ )ounds, it is not improbable tnrtt many mills have, as is claimed, a full year's supply. The de mand for men's goods has diminished, the first round of purchases havin.-x been completed by many buyers witU results fairly encouraging and the de mand for dress goods, especially of th lower grade has caused an advance cf 5 per cent, in some lines. The iron in dustry is hampered by the contest be tween Mesaba ore interests, which prf vents as yet any settlement of oru prices and leads many to expect further decline in finished products. The Illi nois steel works and the works of Olive & Co. and Byers & Co. at Pittsburg ai stopped by labor difficulties and sonui furnaces have stopped because the pro duction of pig had outrun the demati'l for finished products, and heavy stocks remained unsold. Help doTnPlromptly. The first warrant on the treasury un der the appropriation of $200,000 for tl benefit of the Mississippi and Red riv t flood sufferers, has passed the accour.: ing officers. It was for $30,000, ai I will be followed by others as rapidly a t use can be made of the money. Cyclone Visits Alabania. A cyclone devasted portions of Da' county, Ala., Friday. A Mrs. Powers was caught in tv, falling timbers of he house and killed.