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RALEIGH, N. 0.. SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1897-
NO. 21.
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Hot Windsaii'Drought Has Given
Crops a Set Back.
FURTHER IMPROVNIENT IN CORN
Local Storms Have Caused Injury to
Crops la Kentucky and Mlsssuri,
Hut Damage Comparatively Light.
i The Department of Agriculture, in
ts weekly crop bulletin issued last
-Tuesday, sayir in part; While some
what too cool for the best results over
the more northerly ' districts, with
excessive heat in the Southern States,
the week has, upon" the whole, ' been
;Z'?Aot crop;rin; hajvebtingui"'' grain.
. ytocaX. storms have caused injury to
ropa in portions of New Jersey, Ala
bama, Kentucky and Missouri, but the
fciamage has been comparatively light.
Portions of the Ohio valley, Galf States,
W estern Kansas and Colorado are need
ing rain.
t Cotton, has made rapid growth in Ok
lahoma and Teas and a generel im
provement is reported elsewhere. In
the central Sad eastern portions of the
ootton belt however, the reports gen-
and backward. A general rain is much
needed over the central and western
Prions of the cotton bolt.
'' ttorn has made further improvement
during the -week in the principal corn
States, having made rapid growth in
Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas
an.d Oklahoma, In the more northerly
; Bections the crop has generally im-
proved, but r ontinues backward.
the Southern States the general
-"Tpmiook is less favorable than previous
fly reported, having been damaged by
ihot winds in Texas, and by drought in
Arkansas, and in the East Gulf States.
Rains have retailed cultivation in por-
-tions of Iowa, where the crop has made
fair growth but its condition and the
stand are vat iablo.
.The wiuter wheat harvest has con
tinued under generally favorable condi
tions. East of the Mississippi harvest
ing is now in progress as far north as
the southern portions of Illinois, Indi
ana and Ohio, and the crop is matnr-
tug rapidly in. tne more northerly sec
tions. Some damage has been done by
excessive rains to wheat in shock in
Missouri Harvesting in-California has
been somewhat retarded by cool weath
er and showers over the northern part
ot tne btate. Rains in Oregon and
Washington have been beneficial.
Spring wheat has generally made favor
able progress. The early sown is head
ing and the reports generally indicate
that ihe straw is short.
Tobacco is more promising than pre
viously reported in Virginia, Tennessee
" -and Kentucky, and the crop i growing
nicely in Indiana, and Maryland.
borne nas been cut in Florida and it is
ripening in South Carolina. In Georgia
and New lork it is suffering from
drought.
BUSINESS BLOCK BLOWN UP.
Terrific Explosion of Dynamite
South Scranton, Pa.
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An explosion of dynamite Tuesday in
South Scranton, Pa., seriously damaged
the business block of Leon Olchefeski, a
double dwelling block and single
houses. The bussiness block was blown
to pieces. In twenty-one houses all the
windows were blown out and the plaster
shaken from the walls. The shock was
felt all over the city.
Cuba's Yellow Fever Scourss.
The reports received from Cuba by
Surgeon General Wyman, of the Ma
rine Hospital Service at Washington
show that yellow fev6r is spreadin
Tho United States sanitary inspector at
Havana reports that during the week
there were in that city 40 deaths from
yellow fever with approximately 2.11
new cases, and 30 new cases of small
pox, with three deaths. The United
states Consul it sagua La Urande re-
lort8 that during tne ween there were
in that city 24 new cases reported from
yellow fever and 80 cases from small
pox.
A Munificent Contribution.
James C. Carter, the New York law
yer, has contributed $5,000 to the Ean
dolph Tucker Memorial Hall to be
erected at Washington and Lee Univer
sitv. Lexington, Va. , at a cost of $50,
01)0, for the accommodation of the law
school.
Turning of the Tide.
After being idle for some weeks, the
tube department and the sheet mill of
the Reading (Fa.) Iron Works has re
um,ed operation. The former gives
employment to over 900 hands, while
the latter will give work to 250.
Debs' Scheme Abandoned.
Eugene V. Debs' socialist colony
scheme has been abandoned and there
will be a migration of unemployed men
to the State of Washington in its; stead.
The expense of their transportation wil
be paid through a per capita tax of 15
cents a month on members of the So
cial Democracy, Debs new party.
Two of a Kind.
Representative King, of Utah, has
introduced in the House a bill identical
with that introduced by Senator Mor
gan in the Senate, providing for the an
nexation of Hawaii under the condi
tions of the treaty negotiated by the
President.
" Rascality cares less for political prin
ciples than for the opportunities which
politics affords. The rascal Is usually
a wide-awake man, and Is overflowing
with energy, which he turns to his own
account. If politics appears to him j
to offer a better field for his plans than
burglary he enters the race and seems
to be competing for honors, while In
fact he Is chiefly after loaves, fishes and
shekels. j
One of the best things In the world to
take for "spring fever" Is a hoe handle.
THE WORLD OF BUSINESS.
Messrs. it. G. Dun & Co.s Weekly
Report of Transactions.
Messrs. B. G. Dun & Co. 's Weekly
Review of Trade for the week ending
Saturday, July 8d, says: Midsummer
vacations have commenced in many
works, with a decrease of orders Usual
at this season. This customary vaca
tion is called a strike where agree
ments regarding wages for the coming
year have not been reached, and the
extensive 6trike of the Amalgamated
IronWorkers announced July lis of
this nature, but the strike of coal
miners in Illinois and other Central
Western States is not, and may prove
costly. In some iron and cotton works
wages have been reduced, owing to low
prices, one cotton mill in Virginia
closing beoause the reduction was
not accepted. WCh a better demand
the employers will seek agreement. Ihe
situation is distinctly of a midsummer
character. Large hopes are built on the
prospective demand -after the-tarfff bill
pas passed, but the pressure in tins mar
ket of large importing stocks may defer
it. " The general belief is that a removal
of uncertainty will in any case increase
pusmess.
Since much of the future depends on
crops the brightening prospects are of
the highest importance. Estimates by
persons usually most pessimistic now far
exceed any made a month ago, on the
promise of 559, 000, 000 bushels of wheat,
of lower condition, but a largely in
creased acreage of corn. Cotton pros
pects are brighter as the crop appears
to be rather early, rather than later
in the regions which were not
flooded. The movement of wheat is
small. Western receipts for the week
being only 1,630.779 bushels against
2,041,719 last year, and Atlantic exports
2,064,173, flour included, against 2,-
162,172 last year, but a strong effort to
in prices tailed, and the close is 1
cents lower for the week, with corn half
a cent lower. Cotton rose with small
sales. The iron and steel industry
halts at midsummer, although the de
mand for finished products still in
creases and disappointment is due only
to the fact that the increase is not yet
enough to keep all mills at work and
thus to bring better prices, which now
average slightly lower than ever before,
though not 1 per cent, below thnsa of
March, 1895. The export trade is in
creasing, and a large order for India
has just been taken at a price said to
be $5 below British bids. Coke pro
duction is increasing again, as more
iron fnrnaces are going into blast, and
au auumon oi 2. cents Has been order
ed in anthracite coal. Tin is higher,
with larger consumption, and copper at
iui lor Lase. with heavv exports, while
lead has ad yanced to 3.6 cents. Amer-
can makers are telling tin plate larselv
at $3. 20 for full weight against $3.80
for foreign.
lextile manufacturers are waiting
and cotton mill3 curtailing production,
with large stocks on hand, and prices
scarcely changed, while woolen mills
are gradually increasing work with
better orders, and prices incline to ad
vance " a shade. Enormous buvmg of
wool, 256.000.000 pounds this - vear.
against 102,000,000 last year, reflects
speculation mainlv. and some larsrer
lots have been sold three to five times
since arrival. Prices are somewhat
stronger at seaboard markets, and so
high in the interior that dealings in
domestics are restricted, amounting for
two months to less than 21,000,000
pounds, against 55,000,000- pounds
foreign.
Failures for the week have been 241
in the United States, against 257 last
year, and 80 in Canada, against 22 last
year.
Change In Freight Transportation.
An important change in the freight
transportation service between New
York, Philadelphia and the South has
been made by traffic agreement ar
ranged between the Baltimore and
Philadelphia Steamboat Company and
the Baltimore Steam Packet Company
by which a through freight line has
been formed for handling goods to all
points reached by the Seaboard Air
Line and its connections. The Balti
more & Philadelphia Steamboat Com
pany maintains a daily, service from
New York and Philadelphia to Balti
more by way of the Deleware and Ches
apeake canal and Chesapeake Bay.
The freight will be carried from Balti
more to Portsmouth, Va., the tide
water terminus of the Seaboard Air
Line, by the steamers of the Old Bay
Line, and thence transferred by rail to
its destination. The new Line will
give added facilities to Philadelphia
merchants for doing business in the
South, and it will receive a large pat
ronage on account of the shortness of
of the route, and the quick dispatch of
ireignt wmcn it enables.
The Vessels We Built Last Year.
During the fiscal year ended June
30th, there were built in the United
States and officially numbered 729 ves
sels, of 177,643 gross tons, compared
with 709 vessels of 203,977 tons for the
previous year. The decrease is almost
wholly in wooden tonnage, which for
1897 amounts to 64,940 tons, compared
with 94,750 tons for 1896. Of the total
construction 347 vessels of 118,065 tons
were steam vessels, compared with 822
of 134,047 tons for the previous year.
Steel steamers built on the great lakes
number 15, with 55,866 tons, compared
with 24 cf 56,020 tons for the previous
year.
Bequeathed $75,000.
It has beon found by the board of
trustees of the Mary Baldwin Semi
nary, at Staunton, Va. , that the will of
the late principal, Miss Mary Julia
Baldwin, had endowed the seminary
with a bequest of $75,000.
A Giant Sewing Machine.
A giant sewing machine has been fin
ished at Leeds, England. The machine,
which is to be used for attaching cotton
belting-, weighs five and a quarter tons.
Indians Die From Drinking.
Five Indians are dead and several
others are expected to die at( Malone's
Point, Minn. , as the result of excessive
drinking of pain-killer, hair oil end
other preparations containing alcohol.
Bank Wrecker Sentenced. '
Louis Gauot, the convicted Union
Bank wrecker, of New Orleans, has
been sentenced by Judge Parlange to
eight years in the penitentiary at hard
labor. The case will be appealed.
To Him Is Referred the Third Issue,
As to Whether
THERE WAS FRAUD IN THE
The Execution of the Lease of the N.
C. R. R. to the Southern R. R. The
Road Could Lease.
A special from. Greensboro, N. O. , to
the Charlotte Observer, of June 80th,
says: "The deoree in the case of the
Southern Railway vs. the North Caro
lina Railrocd et als., was handed down
today by Judge Simonton and . filed
rirfl bv trie clerk -f the court. Jl'he
decree goer ' over thi evidenco, 'anL &
contained in eighteen typewritten
pages.
To the three questions: "1st, as to
Trhether the North Carolina Railroad
could lease; 2nd, was the lease execut
ed in conformity with the requirements
of the charter? 8rd, was the lease exe
cuted bona fide, without fraud and
malpractice?" Judge Simonton an
swers:
iirst, the North Carolina Railroad
iad the right to lease.
Second, the lease was executed in con
formity with the requirements of the
charter.
Third, as to whether there was fraud,
the question is referred to Hon. Kerr
Craige, as special master, to take testi
mony and report.
State Attorney General Z. V. Walser,
Governor D. L. RuSsell and the new
board of directors are given 60 days to
file testimony. The complainant and
the old board of directors are given an
additional 60 days to file testimony, af
ter which Attorney General Walser and
Governor Russell are given twenty days
to reply. The special master shall then
report to the court as soon as possible.
In the meantime the restraining order
remains in force.
TWO BAD COLLISIONS.
Three Killed and Twenty or Thirty
Injured.
Three persons were killed outright
and twenty or thirty injured in a rear
end collision on the Chicago & North
western early on the morning of J une
80th, at West Chicago, thirty miles out
from Chicago, on the Galena division.
The killed are: Mrs. John Godding,
of Appleton, Wis. ; Miss K. hhmman,
of Appleton. W is. : an unidentinedman,
supposed to be a tramp. The injured
passengers number twenty or thirty.
All were Christian Endeavor dele
gates who left Chicago en route for San
Francisco. The trains were sections
four and five of the Christian Endeavor
special sent out in nine sections. Sec
tion five ran into section four, which
left Chicago fifteen minutes ahead. JJo.
4 carried the Wisconsin delegates
twenty-five hundred 6trong. No. 4 had
to stop where theFreeport line diverges
from the main line. No. 5 came up be
hind at a great speed and the shock of
the collision was terrific.
THE VANDALIA WBECK.
A dispatch from J. J. Turner, gen
eral manager of the Vandalia Railroad
line, dated Terre Haute, Ind. , says one
of the Christian Endeavor excursion
trains was wrecked at West Terre
Haute. The dispatch says nobody was
injured except three postal clerks, and
their miuries are not serious. It is
learned that R. T. Sherman, of In
dianapolis. a mail clerk on the St.
Louis train, was killed and that W. P.
Conn, of Indianapolis, baggage-master
on the west-bound train, was fatally
injured. Sam rprkinson, mail clerk,
and Frank Owens, hreman, were
fatally injured.
OHIO DEMOCRATS NOMINATE.
Silver Republicans, Populists and
Prohibitionists Will Also Put Out a
Ticket.
At Columbus, O., on June 30th, the
following Democratic State ticket was
nominated: For Governor Horace L.
Chapman; Lieutenant Governor Mel
ville D. Shaw; Supreme Court Judge
J. P. Spriggs; Attorney General W.
H. Dore; State Treasurer James A
Wilson: Board of Public Works Peter
H. Degan; School Commissioner By
ron H. Hurd.
The convention was one of the most
memorable political associations in the
history of Ohio. Everything was for
free silver, and every speaker drew
cheers by some mention of Bryan.
A motion was made to endorse W. J.
Bryan for the presidential nomination
m 1900. Three cheers for uryan were
then given. .
The silver .Republicans held a con
ference and expressed great indigna
tion They said it was true that they
hid announced that they did not want
a place on the State ticket, but the an
nouncement was not made until they
were told that they could not have it.
They appointed a State committee to
call a State convention to nominate a
separate ticket. The Populists also
agreed that they would hold a State
convention and have a separate ticket.
The Prohibitionists will have at least
two separate tickets, so there will be
six State tickets in the field.
Bicycles Come Down.
The Pope Manufacturing Company,
the oldest bicycle builders in this
country, and who make high grade
wheels, of which the price has been
heretofore held at $100, announce thai
after July 1st their 1897 standard will
be sold at $75.
For a number of years the average an
nual cost to Chicago for removing dead
animals from the city has been about
$37,500, but now a contract has been
made by which the contractor agrees to
remove the carcasses to a point three
miles beyond the city limits and pays
$5 a year for the privilege. It la esti
mated that during- the five years for
which the contract Is to run the city will
save $187,500, and that is certainly a
very good showing for dead horse econ
omy. , " ' . - ... .
- NEWS ITEMS. ' !
Southern Pencil Pointers. I
TW in tnllr of tri VirrriUla Prohibi- "
fcionists holding a State convention at
Lynchburg August 20th.
The total paid attendance at the
Nashville Exposition for the first two
months is very near 500,000.
Government engineers say an imme
diate appropriation of $500,000 is need
ed for Cumberland Sound, Fla.
A cloudburst in the vicinity of Hen
derson, Ky., washed away about a mile
and a half of railroad track. ;
The Federal and State officials will
unite to protect the Florida coast from
importation of infectious diseases.- v'
At Villa Ridge, Mo. , Erastus Brown
a young negro, was lynched by a mob
of 800 persons for an assault upon Mrs.'
Annie Foerving, a fanner's wue.
hotels at Tallulah Falls, Ga.. has be'
mother,' of Atlanta, bearly escaped with
their lives from the burning structure.
Loss, $25,000. -
Much damage was done by a wind
and rain storm throughout Central
Georgia. A great deal of timber was
blown down, And the telephone wires
are all down. There was some hail, but
it did very little damage:
A dispatch from Kansas City, Mo.,
says farm labor is scarce, and at many
of the railroad stations farmers await
incoming trains, hoping to find men.
Tramps are refusing offers of $1.50 a
day and even $2 to work in the fields.
At Tampa. Fla! , James Davis, col
ored, entered the house of Mrs. Ripard
Knowles, white, and assaulted her. He
was frightened away by her screams
and fled without hat, coat or shoes.' He
was captured and jailed without any de
monstration of violence.
The Tennessee Exposition which is
attracting so much attention through
out the country, and -which is being at
tended by thousands from both tne
Northern and Southern States, is
beautifully illustrated in the July
number of the Oriole, which is pub
lished monthly by the Baltimore Steam
Packet Company. The illustrations
were sent the Oriole specially by the
board of managers of the exposition.
The same number also contains maps
of the famous James river route of the
Baltimore Steam Packet Company be
tween Baltimore and Richmond, and a
large amount of other information of
value to the general public as well as
travelers.
All About the North.
On the 5th five people were killed in
Chicago by fireworks.
Arthur Gai diner, of Chicago, broke
the world's one mile bicycle handicap
record, his time being 2:05$.
At Chicago, Pittsburg and other
Northern cities many deaths and pros
trations are reported from the intense
heat. .
Wm. F. Hoey. known to the genera
tion of play-goeia as "Old IIou3,"!rcd
at his home in Now York witu affuto
paralysis.
At Lcadviiie, col. , tne f ourth was
appropriately inaugurated by a severe
snow storm. J he ground was covered
to a depth of ne inch.
Congressman Edward Dean Coke.
of Chicago, was found dead in his room
at the Cochran Hotel, Washington,
from a clot on the heart. .
The jury in the conspiracy case of the
American Tobacco Company, on trial
in New York, ' has failed to agree.
Ten were for conviction and two for ac
quittal.
The publishers of the city directory
of Chicago, now in press and to be is
sued soon, have made what they claim
is a conservative estimate of the popu
lation of the citv. Thev nut th fig
ures at one million, eight hundred and
twenty-eight thousand.
Miscellaneous.
Seven hundred and sixty soldiers
were returned from Havana, Cuba, to
Spain J une 80th, who were on the in
valid list.
Many of the passengers and crew ef
the steamer City of Paris, Panama for
San Francisco, died of yellow fever on
the voyage.
Yellow fever is reported bv the Ma
rine Hossital at Washington to be at
Vera Cruiz, Mexico, and to be epidemic
at .Panama, Columbia.
A severance of fraternal relations
among Royal Arch Masons of Virginia
and Pennsylnania has been ordered by
the autnorities oi tne iormer.
Extensive floods is reported from
France. Considerable damage to prop
erty, and it is believed that many lives
nave Deen lost, xne town or Auch is
practically inundated. '
A' cablegram from London savs the
f ate cf the Pacific steamer "Aden,"
which left Yokohoma June 1st for Lon
don, is at last a certainty, and it is
thought that 100 have been drowned.
Short Stop Jennings of Baltimore.
who was hit on the - head by a ball
thrown by Pitcher Rusie in a baseball
game, is said to be suffering from con-
cuBslon oi tne Drain.
The suspension of work in the steel
mills, with the addition of the coming
big coal strike, will be the biggest sus
pension of business at one time for years
past.
Washington Echoes.
CoL W. J. Calhoun has decided to
decline the position of comptroller of
the treasury.
The Secretary of the Interior will dis
tribute $1,104,000 among the State agri
cultural colleges.
The Senate committee on finance has
fixed the duty on coal at 67 cents per
ton. The rate applies only to coal
shipped from countries which do not
impose a higher rate on American coal.
It therefore affects only Canada.
A bill has been introduced in Con
gress to give the Fish Commission pro
tection over game birds.
The Postmaster-General says he will
not appoint negroes as postmasters at
large Southern cities where they have
not had Buch before.
DY MIAMI
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items of Interest Throughoutlhe Old
North State.
FUNERAL OF COL S. McD. TATE.
Agree to Curtail Production -J. B.
Fortune Appointed Clerk Reward
of $400 Oftered.
C. H. Mebaue, superinUndent of
"public instruction, has mailed to 100
selected .'men the following letter:
"We, the undersigned were appointed
a central executive committee by th
condjn4 the'eampaign for local taxation;
orpublio schools, to be voted upon
Aug. 10 in every township in North Car
olina. Upon this election the educa-
ional future of North Carolina de
pends. We must carry it for 'schools. '
Without local taxation no general
school system has ever been built up.
This committee has been charged with
the duty of seleoting a larger commit
tee to co-operate with the Teachers'
Assembly iu this great movement. You
have been chosen a member of this
arger committee. We desire and crave
your sympathy and influence. If you
nave not studied the matter, piease
give it your attention, and see what
great things the election, if favorable,
will carry for North Carolina. Signed
C, H, Mebane, chairman; J. O. Atkin
son, secretary; L. L. Hobbs, H. E.
Smith, Josephus Daniel, E. A. Alder
man, C. E. Taylor, W. H. Ragsdale,
Hugh Morson, Charles D. Mclver, J.
C. Scarborough, J. W. Bailey, R. L.
Flowers, Alexander Graham, L. D.
Howell, D. ii. Hill:
The largest concourse of people that
sver assembled at a funeral in JjU-Ke
county was present when the oouy oi
CoT. S. McD. Tate was laid to rest in
Horganton cemetery. The services
were held in the f irst n-esDyterian
church, and as the body was carried
from the church to the cemetery tnei e
was a procession nearly a mile in
length. The surviving members of the
Sixth North Carolina Regiment walked
on either side of the hearse, acting as
the guard of honor. This was the regi
ment Col. Tate commanded when he
made the famous and gallant charge at
Gettysburg, when he passed through a
gap in tne famous stone wan and wun
his revolver killed six men. He told
this himself and his statement was con
firmed. He had flanked a line of men
lying down, and emptied every cham
ber of his revolver as quickly as the
weapon could be fired. The Masons at
tended in a body. The services were
conducted by Dr. J. M. Rose, of the
Presbyterian church, assisted by lr.
W. H. Leith of the Methodise church.
At a roetig held.iPiGrenbojo of the
fotton mill men of Randolph .county,
all the mills being represented, it was
unanimously agreed to curtail product
ion one-third time until the new cotton
crop is on the market. These mills
formed themselves into a permanent or
ganization, with Mr. O. P. Cox, of the
Cedar Falls Manufacturing company,
as president, and Mr. Hal M. Worth, of
the Worth Manufacturing company, as
secretary. The next meeting of the as
sociation will be held subject to the
call of the president.
Judge Purnell has appointed J. B.
Fortune clerk of the Federal Court for
the Eastern district, vice N. J. Riddick,
acting clerk, who is removed. The ap
pointment dates from July 1st. Riddick
was appointed May 21, 1866, by Judge
Brooks and was later re-appointed by
Judge Seymour. Fortune is not yet
appointed circuit court clerk, but no
doubt will hold both offices, as Riddick
has done for some years. The pay oi
both offices last year was $3,700, For
tune is from Shelby.
The Black Mountain correspondent
of the Asheville Citizen says: The
smouldering fire kindled a year ago
among the partisians of "hog ' or "no
hog" has broken out in a new spot by
hanging Mayor A. G. Robinson in
efficrv. Soon after daylight one dav
last week a figure with two placards
fastenod on it was discovered suspend
ed from a tree near the postoffice. The
dummy was removed and is being held
as evidence in legal proceedings which
are to follow.
At Cannonville. in Cabarrus county,
a 4-year-old twin daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Earnhardt was playing
with a match and an oil can. Ihe
match was struck and at the name in
stant an explosion occurred, which re
sulted in the child's eye being burned
out and its body roasteo, resulting in
its death in a few minutes. The mother
was badly burned in trying to . rescue
her child. ,
The contract of the State with Guy
V Rftr-nj aw pnblift printer, has been
made. His bond is $5,000. He is given
charge of the State paper and station
ery which he is to issue to contractors
for any special work under direction of
the council of State. He is required to
keep a list of all job work and file with
each bill the cost of composition and oi
every part of work done.
Governor Russell offers a reward oi
$400, ryhich is the limit, for the arrost
of the unknown person or persons who
on the night of June 23 murdered Mrs.
A. A. Springs at Lexington, ihe re
ward is payable upon eonviction. The
offer of so large a reward is unusual , but
it is recognized that this is an extreme
case.
The Governor has appointed as dele
gates from this State to the National
Conference of Charities and Correc
tions, at St Paul, Charles Duffy, R. B.
Drane, W. F. Beasley, D. W. C. Ben
bow, Benjamin P. Grigsby, Thomas
W. Patton, V. 8. Lusk, A. B. Noble,
A. McCaulay and C. Denson.
Twenty-three persons will , constitute
the faculty of the new Presbyterian
college at Charlotte.
J. F. Southerland, of Goldsboro, re
signs as director of the Eastern lf-!-tal
for the insane.
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
: Report of
the Proceedings from Daj
to Da
Senate.
JtJNB 29tH After tedious considera
tion of the tariff bjll throughout the
day, the Senate wound up with a half
hour of lively and amusing colloquy be
tween Senators Tillman and Chandler.
The former had proposed an afiiefia
ment to the Uriff bill, providing $100
head tax on Immigrants, and a restric
tion against all those not coming to the
United States to become citizens. Dur
ing the day the Senate disposed of the
lead paragraph, the committee rate of
1J cent per pound on lead ore being
agreed to- The other paragraphs con
sidered were comparatively of minor
importance. - ,
Junk 80th. The benate did rapid
work on the tariff bilL The close of
tbe long debate in the Senate and the
final vote on the bill is felt to be very
near at hand. Two of the most im
portant provisions those relating to
the Hawaiian treaty of reciprocity ivn.l
the dntyon coafc were perfecied,- while.
another souroe or much conflict, the
reciprocity section, was matured by
the finance committee and presented
to the Senate. Aside from these
large items a great many minor
ones which have caused more or
less conflict were disposed of. The Ha
waiian provision of the bill was restored
after brief debate, and without the lor
mality of a vote. This has the effect of
lftftTlntr the Hawaiian treaty of reciproc
ity In full force and effect. Turpie, of
Indiana, spoke in support of the amend
ment for a two per cent tax on inheri
tances. It was agreed upon in the can
cus that cotton bagging and burlaps
were to go on the dutiable list.
JuijY 1st. Cotton bagging and cotton
ties were placed on the free list in the
Senate bv a vote of 29 to 23. The duty
on white" pine lumber was reduced from
$2 to $1 per 1.000 by a vote of 32 to 31.
The bill is now completed with the ex
ception'of the reciprocity section and
some comparatively minor paragraphs.
Much progress was made in clearing
up detached paragraphs heretofore
passed over. Only three of these, ooal
tar, potash and tea, remain, so that
these items, the reciprocity section and
the brief internal revenue and adminis
trative provisions, are all that is left of
the bill to be disposed of before the
final vote is taken.
JuiiT 2d. Reciprosity and retalia
tion were the two phases of the tariff
bill to occupy the attention of the
Senate, to the exclusion of all other
subjects. Both provisions were agreed
to. although the debate on the recip
rocity clause was protraoted to 6 o'clock,
The reciprocity clause empowers the
president, with the advice and consent
of the Senate, to make reciprocity
treaties giving 20 per cent, reduction in
duties on designated articles, or plac
ing articles on the free list The re-
tauatory clause provides tuai wnenever
any country bestows an export bounty
on an v article, then upon the importa
tion of such article into the united
States, there shall be levied, in addition
to the duties provided by tbe act, an
additional duty equal to the amount of
the bounty.
Jinx 3d. iu the senate an enort to
fix the time for a final vote on the tariff
bill proved futile, but during tne day
the bill was brought to a state of prac
tical completion. Mills, of Texas,
brought forward a new amendment for
a tax of 20 cents a pack on playing cards
which was agreed to by a unanimous
vote, amid much amusement and sur
prise, as Mills had not expected that
result All of the administrative sec
tions of the bill, and that repealing the
Wilson act were disposed of during the
day. and the paragraph proposing a
tax on beer was withdrwn by the com
mittee. The Senate adjourned till the
5th." no effort being made to observe the
national holiday.
JciiT 5th. In some respects the
Senate made good progress, disposing
of two important amendments that
placing a stamp tax being agreed to.
with little or no opposition, and with
out the formality of a vote, while the
Spooner amendment proposing a tariff
investigation, was withdrawn after a
protracted struggle. Late in the day
several new amendments from individ
ual members were voted on. An amend
ment to admit books free was defeated.
nousE.
July 1st. The message of the Presi
dent recommending an appropiiation of
of $600,000 for rebuilding the immigra
tion station on at Ellis Island, was laid
before the House. A bill of local im
portance was passed, and at 1:80 the
House adjourned until the 5th.
Jcxt 5th. In the House tbe bund
chaplain in his invocation referred to
the spirit of Independence Day, which
he said, gave to us the immortal Declar
ation of Independence that led to the
formation of a republic which has been
the inspiration of the whole world, for
a larger liberty and higher civilization,
after which followed, immediately a pa
triotic motion to adjourn, which pre
vailed, after a slight hitch, until the
7 th.
THE MINERS' STRIKE.
The War Department at Washington
Holds Troops in Readiness.
The great miners' strike actually be
gan Monday, and the success depends
upon the success of the Pittsburg dis
trict Two hundred thousand men
have joined the coal strikers of Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Western Pennsyl
vania and Kentucky. The only hitch
so far is in Jackson county, where the
men have refused to join the strikers.
Information indicates that the strike
order has been generally obeyed ex
cept in West Virginia, eastern Ohio
and northwestern Kentucky.
At Danville, 111., the Kelley mines
have granted the demands cf the
striking miners, who have returned to
work.
In case of trouble the War Depart
ment at Washington, is ready ' to re
snond with the militia promptly in the
ooal districts.
Senators Hanna. Fairbanks. Tnrie.
Lindsay, Elkins and Secretaries Sher
man, Long and Mcivenna have an ap
peared in interviews expressing ine
nope that the miners' strike may be
settled by arbitration.
Colorado has voted to allow women
to become members of the State militia
This probably Is a concession to the
"new woman" because of her abilities
In the line of drees paradrs. '.
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Negroes Are Allowed Full Privileges
at the Nashville Exposition. .
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AFRO-AMERICAN CHIT-CHAT.
Gotten Rid of Its Afro-American
Membership Give Up lxcurIons
and Buy Homes With That Money.
The statement which Is going thj
rounds (aud which is doubtless in-
fpired,) to the eflect that Negroes are
discriminated against in the buildings
on the exposition grounds at XaHhviMe
and forced to coufine their eiht seeing
to the Negro building is false from
f tart to finish. I was in Xauh ville jtiht
three weeks and" I visited every" buM - '-
Jng on the grounds especially thoso to
which the local kickers said Negroes
would not be admitted, viz, tho
Woman's Building and the Audito
rium, at both these places I won treated
courteously as I was in all the other
buildings I visited. It was snid also
that Negroes could not buy re
freshing drinks in the Agricultural
Building where .there is a oda water
fountain, I went over there, bought
soda water and drank it on tho spot.
The roof didn't fall in aud nobody called
me "Nigra" either. I had similar re
freshment in the Machinery building,
where I also partook of some del'ghiful
x .Ja i t . ,
sweet cioer wnicn was served to me uy
a white woman of tender years aud pre
poseesing face who politely requested
me to call again. I will make affidavit
to these statements and can produro
witnesses to corroborate every word 1
have said. I make this statement purely
In the interest of truth and fairnexs and
to show the despicable and cowardly
methods of the industrious liars who
are engaged in an effort to belittle tho
Negro Department and to create the
impression abroad that Negro visitors
are not allowed the privileges of the Ex
position grounds. The people who cir
culate these. rumors know they are ly
ing; they know that the visitors to the
Negro Department know that these
statements are lies made out of the
whole cloth with malicious intent to in
jure tho most successful Negro exhibit
ever made in the South. Wo ought to
be fair and just in our criticisms. Thin
nagging of the Negro Department at
Nashville by people who have no inten
tion or desire to visit it, who seize hold
of every lying rumor and spread it for
the purpose of discourageing other
from visiting it may be honorable but I
doubt it It looks to me like a case of
sour grapes. I have done. Bruce Grit,
in Colored American.
Three hundred ex-employes (white)
of Charleston (S. C.) cotton mill, dis
placed by Afro-American labor, have is
sued a pnblio address. Its publication
has been refused by the Charleston
press because it attacks President
Witte, of . the mills, one of the wealth
iest' men of the city. The police are
guarding the mills, as an attack is ex-
Eected. The police say Supi. J laden
as entered into a contract with tho mill
company to furnish them 800 efficient
Afro-American operators within one
year or forfeit all claims against the
company. If he succeeds he is to have
$8 a day and a bonus of $5,00'.). The
address concludes: "If the colored
man's status precludes hira from com
peting with the office-holder it should
preclude him from competing
with our mothers, wives, nons
and daughters in the light
pursuits of the country. If, however,
his services are of such intrinsic value
to the city's industries that he must
be put in dangerous proximity with our
maidens or they be deprived of oppor
tunities for his benefit, what consistent
reason can be assigned for excluding
him from office positions? If we loved
our race less and, like money-glutted
foreigners and Southern npoKtatca, in
clined to degrade Caucasian blood, we
would cheerfully support them for
office. We affirm by all our physical
powers and brave hearts not to sit
supinely by and witness this Negro
horde turned loose upon the pursuits of
our mothers, our wives, our widows,
our daughters, our sisters and rob the in
of their living. "
In strange contrast the flurry and op
position displayed in the United Slates
over the mere probability of colored of
ficers in the Navy, stands the Englinh
government which during the Jubilee
is glad to respect, honor and entertain
the black officers of her navy. Although
claiming to possess a more liberal gov
ernment it is certain that America ban
many lessons in liberality, justice nnd
humanity to learn from the English
people. Washington Bee.
The Presbyterian Church South has
at last gotten rid of its Afro-American
membership. The latter, forced to,
will organize another "Presbvterian
Church South" presumably for Afro
Americans only. Christianity South,
as far as the great majority of white
people are concerned, is a "queer
article to be sure. We would not have
to wonder what color line course they
would rursue in Heaven, if we thought
they would get there, and we predict
this statement on our belief in salva
tion as enunciated in the Bible. The
People's Gazette.
Mrs. Emma Clark, colored, died re
cently at Winchester, Ky., aged 117
years. She was the oldest colored rer
son in that State, and wan, perhaps,
the eldest member of the Baptist
church in the United States, having
joined that organization when but 16
years of age, iust 101 years ago. Tho
Race Standard.
It is being noticed with pleasure by
the public press of our section that the
colored excursions of this season have
been especially orderly. Such compli
ments are very gratifying, but we
would prefer that our people give up
the excursions and put the funds thus
used into . buying homes and building
up their material interests. In thin
way alone can we avoid being crowded
to the wall in this respect Ex.
Mr. W. G. Atwood. colored, is one o'
the largest lumber dealers in the Uni
ted State. He is in business at East
Saginaw, Mich,
AGAIN
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