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THE WEEKLY GAZETTE Rates of Advertising. One Square, one insertion t KO One square, one month 1 00 One square, two mouths 3 00 One square, three months 2 60 One squnre, six months....... 0 00 Onesquure, one year ......... 9 00 CSTLlberal contracts made for larger r A WEEKLY NEWSPAPEB PUBLISHED BT JAMES H. YOUNG, Editor and Prop. 4. J, ROGERS and J. D. PAIR General Traveling Agents. advertisements. VOL IX, RALEIGH, N. 0., SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1897- NO. 19. THE WEEKLY GAZETTE. H . . ' . - r I S. M MB HAWAII. The Treaty of Annexation Has Been Signed By the Commissioners. JAPAN ENTERS HER PROTEST, Provisions of the TreatyCongratu lations Exchanged Treaty Cannot Do Ratified, At Washington on the 16th the Ha waiian annexation treaty was signed in the State Department by Secretary of State Shermnn for the United States and Messrs. Hatch, Thcrston and Kinney on the part of the Hawaiian Re- The document was at once submitted to the Senate, and considered by that body in executive session. It Is not known what fate it will meet there, but the friends of Hawaii claim that the treaty of annexation will be promptly ratified. The three Hawaiian commissioners, Secretary of State Sherman and Assis tant Secretaries of State Day and Crin ler, assembled in conference in the dip lomatic room of the State Department and made a careful comparison of the text of the treaty. The treaty as agreed to by the respec tive republics of the United States and Hawaii provides for the annexation of the islands as the territory of the United States. The Dole government is continued in force until the territorial government can be perfected. No provision is made for granting a gratuity or regular pension to ex-Queen Lilioukalani or to the Princess Kaiula ni, both of whom were liberally provid ed for by the treaty of annexation ne gotiated under the Harrison adminis tration. ' All revenue from the islands is to be used for the benefit of the inhabitants for educational and other purposes. The present orders and laws governing uumuiei uiui leiauuiis aim lor- aign relations shall remain in force un til Congress shall take action. Further immigration of Chinese laborers is pro hibited. Pending Congressional action, the entry of Chinese fi ni Hawaii into the " United States is also prohibited. The United States assumes the public debt of Hawaii, but stipulates that this liability shall not exceed $4, 000, 000. The government of Hawaii cedes to the United States absolutely and forever all right of sovereignty in and over the Hawaiian Island and its dependencies, and provides that the Islands shall be come an integral part of the United States. Hawaii cedes all public lands, public buildings and public property of every description. Cuiiesa shall enact special laws to govern the dispo sition of lands in the Hawaiian Islands. The treaty before becoming effective shall be ratified by the proper author ities of the United States and Hawaii. After the treaty was signed, congrat ulations were exchanged and a photo graph of the scene taken. Secretary Dav's connection with the treaty is rather more intimate than the others; he and Mr. Hatch have concluded the details. The original draft of the treaty was made by John W. Foster. The Japanese government has filed a protest against the Hawaiian treaty on the ground that its promises lead to a breach of treaty stipulations between Japan and Hawaii. Later. Hawaii will not be annexed to the United States during the present session cf Congress. This positive statement is made upon the authority of leading Democratic Senators, includ ing Oorman, of Maryland, Gray of Delaware; Turpie, of Indiana, and Bacon, of Georgia. All of them agi e ; that the opposition to annexation is strong enough to prevent the ratifica tion of the treaty the President sent to the Senate. There is no popular demand for the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands and Democratic Senators declare that the present revival of the Hawaiian question is simply in the interest of the sugar barons, who own and control the Ha waiian sugar trade. Although the Republican leaders pre dict an early ratification of the new treaty, the rules of the Senate are such as to enable the opposition to smother it in executive session, after it"is report ed favorably from the committee on for eign relations. . The Georgia and the tsoutn Carolina senators are not inTavoT of hasty action oh the new treaty. Sen ator Bacon says it is too important a subject to be disposed of without giving it full and free consideration. Undei the circumstances it cannot be ratified during the present session. A June Snow In North Carolina. A special to the Charlotte, N. C. , Ob. server from Weldon, of the 15th, says: "A well-known citizen who was at Erf field Saturday informs me that during a brisk thunder storm which came up sud denly, there was a little flurry of snow. The flakes came down as soft and gent ly as they ever did in midwinter, but melted as soon as they touched the 5 round. This unusual occurrence for une in Halifax county was witnessed by several prominent citizens of En field, who will vouch for the truthful ness of this statement. " Factories Burned. A special to the News and Courier from Cheraw, S. C, says: Cheraw's manufacturing district has been burn ed, which is a total loss to the Cheraw Eachine Works, Cheraw Knitting Mills, and Finlayson Hosiery Mills. The insurance is partial. The South Carolina Braiding Works escaped. Loss $30,000. A Fine of $57660. At a meeting of the Georgia Banker's Association at Warm Springs on the 15th, the Legislative committee sug- ' gested a resolution that a fine of $5,000, or not less than one year in the peni tentiary, be the penalty for receiving deposits in an insolvent bank. It pro poses to improve on the present order of the bank examiner, giving the State officers more authority. The resolution . has been tabled until the next meeting, which will be fttTjfcS Island. NEWS ITEMS, Southern Pencil Pointer. The "Western Union riffle of Mnnf. gomery, Ala., has been burned. On tVlO nfl-Anta T i it. T7 James MaAItm' .1 i. i .- xi.. killed by William Boon. Several North Carolinians win scholarships at Johns Hopkins' Uni yersity. At Old Point Comfort, Va., the citi zens of Richmond presented a loving cup to the battleship Texas. . At Bogart, Ga. , Walter Norris is killed by lightning; he had a baby in his arms which was not injured. A South Carolina man has forty acres of tea plants. The shrubs are about three feet high and planted in rows six feet apart: The 17th was Virginia Day at the Nashville Centennial Exposition. The Fourth Regiment escorted Gov. OTer rall to the grounds. Lightning killed four negroes in a tenement house on the plantation of John M. Strickland, six miles south of Senoia, Ga. A machine shop at Lincolnton, N. 0., has begun the manufacture of printing presses. - Five women and children have been killed by a negro in Kemper county, Kentucky. William Peagnes, a negro Baptist preacher of Chesterfield, S. C. , is the proud father of forty-three children. In Virginia a negro shoots aeon stable and then defies the authorities; his cab in is set on fire and he is captured as he runs out. June 23d has been fixed as North Carolina Day at the Nashville Centen nial, instead of the 24th as previously announced. The Raleigh (N. C.) Press-Visitor learns that the Tribune is to resume publication about July 1st. It is to be published as a four-page morning daily with an eight-page Sunday edition. Col. W. W. Hayward will continue as editor. Near St. Louis. Martin Ensley beat into insensibility C. D. Collins, of Tennessee and robbed him of $0,000; the men had been acquaintances all their lives and intimate friends for six years. Ensley has been captured and identified by Collins. "A Maysville, Ky., dispatch says: Tollgate raiders, thirty-eight in num ber, tore down the gate beyond Blue Lick. They captured the guards, James Dawson, Harrison Green and Charles Dawson. .The raiders placed a rope around Dawson's neck, but re leased him on condition that he would collect no more toll. Rear Admiral Samuel Phillips Lee, U. S. N. , retired, the last of the com manders of the great squadron during the civil war, died at his home at Silver Springs, near Washington, D. C, after a short illness, of a stroke of paralysis. He was a Virginian by birth, and a di rect descendant pf Light Horse Harry Lee, of Revolutionary fame. Admiral Lee's war record was one of the bright est in American naval annals. All About the North. Maine Populists declare against any more fusion. The allied printing trades of New York State have entered a formal pro test against the State printing being done by convicts. An anti-lynch law society has been formed in Columbus, Ohio. It will establish branches all over the coun try. A northbound suburban train on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul road ran into the Chicago river at Kinzie street; six men being hurt. Georgetown, a mining town in Cali fornia, has been visited by a fierce fire, which resulted in the burning of fifteen business houses, and the loss entailed will amount to $175,000. One person was killed and several others seriously injured. The United States government immi gration station on Ellis Island in New York, has been burned. No loss of lives. The 200 immigrants were safely transferred from the island to the barge office at the battery. Governor Tanner, of Illinois, signed the bill preventing the coloring of but terine or imitations of butter. The Ohio Republicans will hold their State election in Toledo the last of this month. Albert Benson and Thomas Olsen got into a friendly wrestling match in Brooklyn, N. Y, Olsen got aa ad vantageous hold on his opponent, lifted him off his feet and threw him backward breaking his neck, which resulted in his death. The President has appointed John G. Brady to be governor of Alaska. Miscellaneous. The annual session of " the World's Lodge of Knights Templar has select ed Toronto, for the meetingjof 1898. On the 16th severe earthquakes were felt in Mexico. At Alguiza, a Cuban town of 8,000 in habitants, 178 died of hunger and des titution last month. Thfl dflPTftO of TjTi. TV htta Won nn ferred upon ex-President Cleveland by At T ' A. l-VT X TT 1 1 me jrniicewjn o.) university. Several towns in India have been en tirely destroyed by earthquakes. An attempt was made at Paris, France, to assassinate Felix Faure, president of the French Repub lic, while he was en route to Long Champs to witness the grand prix. Washington Echoes. The President has appointed Stewart L. Woodford, of New York minister to Spain, and he has accepted. President McKinley will be unable to attend the International Gold Mining convention at Denver, Col. The Universal Postal Congress, the fifth convention of the kind in the world, closed at Washington on the 15th after a closed session lasting sev eral hours. The next of the congresses, the sixth sextennial one, will be held at Rome, Italy, in February, 1903. IMPROVEMENT CONTINUES. More Establishments Have Been Set at Work and More Hands Em ployed. It. G. Dun& Co's weekly review of trade says in part: "The retarding influence of cold and unseasonable weather has passed. The gain in business in spite of it, which was seen a week ago, has become clearer to all, as no genuine improvement ever begins with an uplifting of prices before the producing force has become fairly employed. And the buying of 7,000 bales Australian wool by one Boston house and 100,000 tons pig iron by a Wall strget operator and advancing prices for stocks is only proof that the actual conditions are understood by some capable men. J. hero is evidence of erraduallv en larging business in every important de partment. More establishments- have been set at work-and more hands em ployed, and while .'prudence still hin ders speculative excesses, the progress toward better things is. unchecked. "Reports from the various cities this week show a very general progress and a continued large distribution through retail trade. The proof is clearer, as it should be, in the industrial than in the trading field. Contracts providing for the consumption of several.million tons of iron ore have already been made, two . : n : :n - 1 1 t . i i xuiuiuu wniim me past iormgnt, 11 is believed, though last year's contracts only terminated about two months ago. "In the produce markets the year draws toward a olose, with slightly stronger prices for corn, owing to heavy foreign buying, and in ootton owing to a better foreign demand, not withstanding the encouraging crop re ports. Nobody can count bales in June, but the outlook is so far favora ble that few make large ventures against the yield exceeding 9,000,000 bales. "Wheat was hoisted nearly 2c. but fell about as much, closing at io. higher for the week, in spite of reduced western receipts and Atlantic exports. For the two weeks of June, Atlantic exports cf wheat and flour have been equal to 4,977,653 bushels, against 6, -210,823 last year. "Failures for the week have been 198 in the United States, against 276 last year, and 36 in Canada, year. " against 26 last OUR COMMERCE WITH CUBA. How It Has Been Effected by the War In That Island. A significant report on our trade with Cuba from 1887 to 1897, prepared by Chief Hitchcock, of the foreign mar kets section of the agricultural depart" ment, has been promulgated by Secre tary of Agriculture Wilson. The statis tics show very clearly the effect of pres ent hostilities in Cuba upon the com mercial intercourse of the United States with that island. During the last fiscal year, 1896, the to tal value of ourCuban trade amounted to only $47,548,610, as compared with $102,864,204 in 1893, the year preceding the breaking out of the war. This was a falling off of more than 50 per cent, in three years. Returns already avail able for the current fiscal year, indicate a still further decline, the records for the nine months, ending March 31, 1897, placing the total value of the trade for that period as low as $14,926, 817. At this rate the figures for the fiscal year 1897 will hardly reach $20, 000,000, or less than one-fifth the value recorded for 1833. During the early years of the pres ent decade our Cuban trade had receiv ed a material impetus, the years 1887 1893 inclusive showing uninterrupted gains and but for the opening of the war a still gTeatex expansion, it is pre dicted, probably would have followed. As it is, however, commercial inter change between the United States and Cuba has been very largely abridged. ITS CHARTER NOT IN DANGER. Judge Christian. Makes a Statement About the Jefferson Davis Monu ment Association. Concerning the question raised as to whether the Jefferson Davis Monument Association has "lived up tc" the terms of its charter, and has now any legal existence, ex-Judge George L. Christian a leading lawyer of Richmond, Va. , and for a long time president jof the Richmond chamber of commerce, writes to one of the evening papers as follows: "I am one of the corporators and di rectors named in the charter and feel the deepest interest in the accomplish ment of the purpose for which the as sociation was organized. There is no such provision in it about an annual meeting, and the election of officers, as stated in your paper. The association has" held frequent meetings every year, since it was organized, and I believe that all of its proceedings have been as legal and as regularly conducted as those of any corporation of a similar character ever chartered under the laws of this, or any other State. "Respectfully, "Geo. L. Chkistian." Secret Meeting of Cotton Seed Oil Men. At Chattanooga, Tenn., a secret meet ing of cotton seed oil men has just been held at Lookout Inn, the pro ceedings of which the attending, mem bers have declined to give out. Enough has been learned, however, to state that the question of prices and production was considered and that a quasi trust was discussed. Whether it was formed or not is not definitely known. To Sell as a Whole. Judge Simonton of the United States Circuit Court, has re-affirmed his de cree in the case of - the Farmers' Loan and Trust Company, of New York, against the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad Company, et al. This " decis ion is that the railroad shall be sold as a whole, not in divisions, as contended by the plaintiffs. To Run Shorter Time. Several cotton mills of Lowell, Mass., will close down for a week and then run on short time. . I niAnif OF I Cm Heavy Damage" Throughout Illinois and Other PlacesY BAPTIST CHURCH BLOWN DOWN Searching for the Dead and Wounded --Cottages Blown Down and Great Havoc Reigned Generally. , Returns received from both the North and Western portions of Indiana indi cate that last Thursday's storm, which did not cease until Friday morning, did much damage. A telegram from Green Castle says that reports from the coun try show that large, qtlalitiEis of .valu" able timber has been destroyed, huge trees being twisted off at their roots. Farm fencing and stock suffered se verely and two large barns, valued at $1,000 each, were destroyed by light ning. One at Hambrick's station, Con taining some valuable live stock, was destroyed. At Rochester, Brownsburg and Wabash the damage was heavy to farm property. A special from Durham, N. C. , of the 18th to the Charlotte Observer, says: About 6 o'clock this afternoon Durham was visited by a terriffic rain, hail and thunder storm and at the same time a cyclone passed over west Dur ham, doing great damage. The Bap tist Church was blown down and every thing in the building demolished, except the organ. It is a total loss, there being no insurance. The storage warehouse of the Erwin Cotton Mill was also blown down andj the loss will reach up into the thous ands of dollars. When asked what the loss would be tonight, the president of the mills said it was impossible to tell yet, but he said he was fully cov ered by tornado insurance and would loose nothing. The warehouse was a two-story . structure, about 100 feet long, and was packed with fine cloths, and the rain which fell in torrents as the cyclone passed, wet all the goods. It is said there was between $75,000 and $100,000 worth of goods in the building at the time it was blowd down. At Trinity College both the smoke stacks at the lighthouse were blown down. Windows were blown cut and numbers of glasses broken by the hail. Several trees in the lawn were broken and torn down. The damage to proper ty is considerable. One dwelling house was unroofed and two chimneys blown down, near Trinity College, while the family was inside. No one was hurt. lhe chimneys of small houses were blown down in different parts of the city, but so far no one has been re ported killed. Telephone, telegraph and electric light wires are down alL.over the west ern part of the city and-between here and West Durham, two miles distant. A large plate glass window in the Morehead Bank was broken. The loss is about $.-00. The cyclone came from the north west and went southeast. Nothing has been heard from the country. On Thursday, the 17th, Charlotte Salisbury, High Point, Marshall and other points, in North Carolina, were visited by a fierce tornado. At Salisbury a negro woman was killed by lightning and many trees and buildings were damaged. At Mar shall a furniture factory was blown down. Paris, June 18. (By Cable). A cy clone swept over the villages of Be- zones and Colombes, near this city, this afternoon. Houses collapsed, trees were torn up, telegraph wires broken, several people injured and much gen aral damage done. At the time the cyclone struok As- nierese, a fair was in progress. In the distance the cyclone presented the ap pearance of a cloud of smoke. Roofs were soon flying in the air like kites, A May pole, 150 yards long, was car ried over the houses contiguous to the fair grounds, Ambulances and forty carriages are now searching for the dead and wounded. Madrid June 18. (By Cable. 1 Vio lent hail and rain storms have swept the Province of Savogia in the old Castile district. Crops have been ruined, houses have been flooded and cattle and goods have been carried away by floods. The people are panio stricken. THE TARIFF ON TOBACCO. A Compromise Rate of $1.75 Agreed Upon. by the Republican Members of the Finance Committee. The controversy over the rate of duty on wrapper tobacco, which has been in progress ever since the tariff bill was taken up in the Senate, has been settled so far as the Republican members of the finance committee could settle it, they agreeing upon the rate of $1.75 per pound.. This is a compromise rate. The growers of wrapper leaf wanted a rate of $2, while the manufacturers asked that the rate should not exceed $1.50. The committee has held many meetings to consider the question, as both sides were very persistent in their claims. A Preacher Confesses. A special from Paintsville, Ky. , says Washington Craft, the Primitive Bap tist minister, on trial in the Floyd Cir cuit Court for the murder of Londell Higgins, fifteen years ago, was placed on the witness stand. He denied kill ing Higgins,. claiming he was forty miles away when the deed was commit ted. On cross examination Craft broke down and admitted killing: his uncle, Wiley Craft and Wm. Cook, fifteen years ago. Craft has long been sus pected of killing these men. Killed "Her" Brother. At Paris, Texas, Miss Fannie Jack son shot at Ed Kilgore, missing him and killing her brother instantly. Two other brothers, aided by Miss Jackson, then fired nine shots into Kilgore. He had slandered Miss Jackson. Georgia Defeats Virginia. The University of Georgia defeated the University of Virginia in a series of three games, winning the best two out of three, thereby giving them the inter collegiate championship, of the South. 1 iilM FIFT-FIFTH CdN&liESS Report of the Proceedings froirf tidj to Day. SENATE. Jcxe 14th. The debate on the sugar Bcbedule of the tariff bill proceeded, with only ode" diverting incident to the monotony into Which the" discission" has lapsed. This was the" shaTrl ex change between Hoar, of Massachu setts, and Tillman, of South Carolina, representing the two extremes of the senatorial procedure. Tillman again referred to published charges of irreg ularity in connection with the" sugar schedule, and asserted that the Senate would stand convicted be fore the American people if it failed to invest'eate the charges. Hoar calmly and impressively repelled this statement, his tone and language being calculated as a rebuke. He declared that the vague charges of irregularity were not only preposterous, but infam ous. Tillman reiterated that Senators would stand convicted by the people if they sousht to hide the. resolution introduced by him. Only one roll call occurred during the day, on Lindsay's motion to place all sugars on the same basis. This was rejected. 26 to 29, McEnery, Democrat, of Louisiana, voting with the Republicans in the negative, and Senator Mantle with the Democrats in the affirmative. June 15th. The Senate made a great stride forward by completing the con sideration of the sugar schedule of the tariff bill, except the provision relating to Hawaii, which went over. This schedule had been the storm center of the entire bill, and with it disposed of, there is a better prospect for speedy action on the bill as a whole. The first paragraph of the sugar schedule has served to bring out all the speeches and the test votes and when this was passed early today, the other paragraphs of the schedule were agreed to without further opposition, As agreed to the schedule places on Bugar not above No. 16 Dutch stand ard, one cent per pound and . 03 of a cent for every degree above 73; but on sugar testing 87 degrees below by the polariscope, 1 cent per pound shall be declared. The hope provision of the schedule related to maple sugar, maple syrup, candy, etc. Only one yea and nay vote was taken during the day on the amendment of Lindsay, of Ken tucay, to make the rate 1.08 cents per pound on sugar above 16 Dutch stand ard. The amendment was defeated 32 to 2o. lhe Pettigrew amendment re lating to trusts was discussed at length and then tabled, but he gave notice of another. June ICth. The Senate did rapid work on the tariff bill. There were no long speeches, and the debate was of a snappy character. Thirteen pages were disposed of, carrying the Senate through the agricultural schedule and up to schedule H, relating to spirits, wines, etc. The paragraphs on dairy products, farm products, fish, fruit and nuts, meat products and miscellaneous agricultural products, were acted on. lhe finance com mittee proposed many changes in the main advancing rates somewhat over those heretofore reported. The committee was sustained on every vote. although a contest was made on almost every paragraph. Vest's motion to re store salt to the free list was rejected; yeas z, nays z 1. ine important para graph proposing a tax on tea went over at the suggestion of Allison. The first contest was over condensed milk. Jones moved to make the rate 20 per cent, ad valorem, which was lost. Vest moved to put cabbage on the free list. Lost JtrxE 17th. The Senate made greater progress on the tariff bill than in any day since the debate opened. Two en tire schedules, covering twenty pages, VV1UJ'1VVU UHLUU1J 1 UVUVU U1V 111 on spirits, wines and beverages and schedule I, on manufactured cotton goods. This brings the senate to the flax schedule, with the important wool schedule standing next. McLaurin of South Carolina renewed attention to the division among Democratio Sen ators on certain duties, including cot- ton, ana aeienaea nis course as m line with Democratio princi ples and the Chicago platform. Tillman, of South Carolina, said he was one of the Democrats voting for a duty on raw cotton. He avowed that he wanted the bill loaded as heavily as possible, so as to disgust the people and make them "turn you out." If his uemoratic associates could get any consolation by twitting him for voting for his section in this "general game of grab," well and Rood. As to the Re publican senators he warned them that no tariff bill would bring prosperity which gave compensatory duties to the manufacturers out of the pockets of the cepple. June 18th. The taritt bill came to a nait in tne senate, less than one page 01 the nax schedule being disposed of. The debate drifted into political chan nels, Senators Bacon, Vest, Jones, ol Arkansas, and Tillman taking part in an exposition of Democratic doctrine on tno tarin. it lea to several lively ex changes during which the washing ol political "dirty linen" was frequently referred to. " June 19th. In the Senate the flax schedule of the tariff bill was taken up. the pending question being on Senator Allison's motion to increase the rate on thread, twine, etc., made of flax, hemp or ramie, benator Vest, of Missouri, ana senator Jones, of Arkansas, con testea tne proposea cnange, arguing that the rates were excessive. Senator Allison's amendment was agreed to 29 to 19, Senator McEnery voting with the Republicans. Senator Allison moved to increase the rates on yarns, making the rate 7 cents instead of 6 cents a pound on single yarns in the gray, not finer than eight lea. After argumentn by Senators Gray. Sewall and others, the amendments were agreed to without division. The committee amendments to tax gill net ting were agreed to. Floor matting was placed on the free list. The two paragraphs in regard to burlaps and cloth for cotton bagging was carried 31 to 28. The effect of the vote is to leave these articles on the free list. HOUSE. June 14th. The session of 'the House was merely perfunctory, ad journment being made over until the 17th. juse 17TH. ine mouse was in ses sion an hour and a half, the time being taken up with roll calls. Mr. Sulzer, Democrat, of ri ew lorn, succeeded in injecting into the proceedings a brief speech in favor of Cuba, in which he denounced Weyler as a thief and mur defer. The bill for the relief of resi- dent of" Gfeer county, Oklahoma, was passed after the approval of the journal, which was not accomplished without a contest. President McKinley's Message to Congress Regarding the Treaty, IT WILL NOT BE A CHANGE, Fie Says. But A ConsummationUs Accomplishment Has Been Merely Question of Time, The President sent his message to Congress on the 17th, regarding the treaty.. It is as follows: "For tire better understanding of the subject, I - transmit, in addition, a re port of the Secretary of State, briefly reviewing the negotiation which has led to this important result "The incorporation of the Hawaiian islands into the body politic of the Uni ted States, is the necessary and fitting sequel to the change of events which from a very early period of our history has controlled the intercourse and pre scribed the association of the United States and the Hawaiian Islands. The predominance of American in terests in that neighboring territory was first asserted in 1820, by sending to the islands a representative agent of the United States. It found further expression by the signature of a treaty of friendship, commerce and navigation with the King in 1826, the j first international compact negotiated by Hawaii. It was signally announced in 1843, when the intervention ol the United States caused the ISriush gov ernment to disavow the seizure of the Sandwich Islands by a British naval commander, and to recognize them by treaty, as an independent btate, re nouncing forever any purpose of annex ing the islands, or asserting a protec torate for them. In 1851 the cession of the Hawaiian kingdom to the United States was formally offered, and, al though not then accepted, this govern ment proclaimed its duty to preserve alike the honor and dignity of the Unit ed States, and the safety of the govern ment of the Hawaiian Islands. From this time until the outbreak of the war in 1861, the policy of the United States towards Hawaii, and of the Hawaiian sovereignty towards the United States, was exemplafied by continued negotia tions for annexation, or for a reserved commercial union. The latter alterna tive was at length accomplished by the reciprocity treaty of 1875, the provis ions of which were renewed and ex panded by the convention of 1894, embracing the perpetuation to the United States of the harbor of Pearl river, in tne lsiana of uanu. xn a proposal for the joint guaranty of the neutrality of the Hawaiian Islands by the United States, Germany and Great Britain, was declined on the announced ground that the relation of the United States to the islands was sufficient for the end in view. In brief, from 1820 to 1893. the course of the United States towards the Hawaiian Islands has con sistently favored their autonomous welf are with the exclusion of all foreign influences save our own, to the extent of upholding eventual annexation as the necessary outcome of that policy. "Not only is the union of the 11a- wanan territory to tne unitjea tates no new scheme, but it is the inevitable consequence of tne relations justly maintained with that mid-racino do main for three-quarters of a century. Its accomplishment, despite successive denials and postponements, has been merely a question of time. While its failure in 1893 may not be a cause of congratulation, it is certaiuly a proof of the disinterestedness of the united States. The delay of four years has abundantly sufficed to establish the right and ability of the republic of Ha wan to enter, as a sovereign contract- ant, on a conventional union, with the United State j, thus realizing a purpose held by the Hawaiian people, and pro claimed by successive Hawaiian gov ernments through some twenty sue cessive years of this virtual dependence upon the benevolent protection of the United States, under these circum stances, annexation is not a change; it is a consummation. "The report of the Secretary of State exhibits the character and course of the recent negotiations, and the fea tures of the treaty itself, lhe orgamo and administrative details of incorpor ation. are necessarily left to the wisdom of Congress, and I cannot doubt, when the function of the constitution treaty- making power shall have been a ceo in plished. the duty of the national Legis latnre in the case will be performed. with the largest regard for the interests of the rich insular domain, and for the inhabitants thereof. fSitmed.1 Mm. McKinley, Executive Mansion, Washington D. C, June 16, 1897." TIRED OF TWITTING. Senator McLaurin Strikes on Both Sides of the Party. Smarting under the constant twitting and prodding of Senators Jones and Mill, Senator McLaurin' vigorously resented on the 17th in the United States Senate the imputation that he is a protectionist and that in advocating a duty on raw material he has aban doned the Democratio party. With effective vehemence, he defiantly chal lenered the statement of Senators Vest and Mills that free raw material is tenet of the Democratio party. It is Clevelandism, he said, but not ortho dox Democracy. It originated with Abram 8. Hewitt, of New York, and was resposible for the disastrous policy afterwards of Cleveland's administra tion. The advocacy of that doctrine today is in defiance of the Chicago platform of 1896, he said, and its ad vocates are unsafe leaders. . The South demanded equality in the burdens and benefits of tariff taxation and' the solid South, based on thi vital and just principle of self-preser gation, he said, would soon) become the vreat industrial empire of the world The pending bill he denounced as vie iously sectional in its flagrant discrim inations against tbe South. ANNEXATION Of 11. AFRO-AMERICAN PEHCIK A Protective League Formed Among Colored Men of the U S. TRACES OF NEGRO BLOOD. The Negro's Thirst for Education Not Termed Cowards Uy long Odds A Valuable Acquisition. There has been a national protective league formed among the colored men of the United States. There will be an extra effort . made to unite tho 10,000, 000 colored citizens of the United States in such ft way that they will bo. more beneficial to themselves and their country. The following is a brief1 outline of the organization with a few names of the organizers: 'Washington, June 18. An organi zation to be known as the Negro Na tional Protective Association has been put on foot recently by ex-Congressman Murray, of South Caro lina. "The plan is to have a working aux iliary committee in every election dis trict in the United States with a gen eral headquarters in Washington City. "The chairman of these several aux- iliarv committees, together with th president, secretary and treasurer of tne organization win visorv board, which comprise the ad- will control tho policy of the organization. Vi ArmniTiilinn VI The organization was pcrjectod some weeks ago in Vt ashmgton, and Mnrrav. who was chosen president of the body, is now traveling through th country organizing the auxiliiary com mittees. "Vice presiaent for the following States have already been elected: "Alabama, W. F. Crockett; Arkan sas. J. C. Duke; Colorado. J. II. btew- art; Delaware, stanbury iunrray; dis trict of Columbia, Perry Carson: Flor ida, I. L. Purcell, Georgia, T. L Johnson; Illinois, F. L. Barnett; owa. T. Li. Smith; lvansas, if. w. Townsend; Kentucky, W. A. Gaines; Maryland, W. Ashby Hawkins, Massa chusetts, T. G, Walker; Michigan, I). A. Starker; Minnesota, Morris; Missis sippi, C, J. Jones; Nebraska, O. M. Kickett; New Jersey, C. J Robinson; New York, T. Thomas Fortune; North Carolina, J. C. Dancy; Ohio.Copeland; Oklahoma, E. F. McCabe; Pennsyl vania. J. L. Goodall: South Carolina, 3. E. Smith; Tennessee, W. H. Young; Texas, W. Li. smiiu, Virginia, .jouu Mitchell, Jr. ; Washington, 0. A. Hide out; West Virginia, Rev. C. H. Payne. "Frofessor John vv. uromweu, oi Washington, D. C has been appoint ed the national secretary of the body. ' A child born to a young white coupio n Oeorma snowea iraceii blood which prompted the husband to begin divorce proceedings. Tho wife, however, showed mat it came irum vur husband's side for she proved that he was a descendant of the ScuHetonians, & race composed of French, Dutch, In dians and Negroes. Georga R. Smith College, Sedalia. Mo., graduated its first class recently. Ihis is a school of higher education or colored people, which may be sani to owe its existence to the generosity of the family of George 11. Smith, tho founder, a Southerner and a slavehold er, ine graauaung ci t". and the exercises interest incr. mo school takes rank among colored insti tutions with the Lincoln Institute al Jefferson City, which is supported by the State of Missouri. The eaucationai. acilities of this great Btate are uteaany increased on the demand and through the effort of all the people for an tne people. George R. Smith College is a valuable acquisition. xne .L.iovawr. All colored men in Texas are not by long odds to be termed cowards. Rob ert Boyd, son of a prominent white man, living near Marlin, Texas, insult ed the wife of Columbus nenuncM colored man, whereupon Hendricks armed himself with a Winchester, went to Boyd's house, called him out and shot him dead. Howard college has six colored stu dents, all of whom ranked among tna first in their recent class examinations. The Negro's thirst for education appar ent knows no bounds. Wherever ho comes in contact with the nrouu Cau casian student he invariably leads in competitive examinations. - To declare that one is physically dis abled when they are really as sound as a dollar, is the latest meinoi oi appos ing of Ncfcro applicants who outstrip their young white opponents in com petitive examinations. Anything for an excuse to protect Caucasian degen eracy as well as literary effeminacy. It is a fact worth noting that thoso having the management of the dedica tion of the Grant monument ignored the Afro-American population in their arrangments. No consideration, no courtesy whatever was shown this ele ment. If the Afro-American press does it duty, it will refuse to longer pubhsH contributions from the unreliable and untruthful pen of Dr. Majors, of Deca tur, 111. His lying statements and ab ject apology published in the Freeman show him up as a knave. The Mission Monitor for May, the organ of the Church of St. Philip the Deacon, Episcopal, Omaha, Neb., is re plete with good things. The New Orleans Medical College lately graduated eight colored stu dents. The Grand Vizier of Turkey and a number of the most prominent Turkish civil, military, and naval officers are Negroes. Philadelphia has about 10,000 colored voters, but in the distribution of lolitical plums they do not count for much. Judson A. bility be the gusta, Ga. Lyons will in all proba next postmaster of Au '7 r ,iJ"