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VOL. IX.
RALEIGH, N. C. SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1897.
NO. 23.
THE WEEKLY GAZETTE.
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His Di
'spensary Bill Gets Throueh
U- S. Senate Without Opposition.
WILL HARDLY PASS THE HOUSE.
eral Effect of the Bill Is to Carry
nt the Provisions of the South
Carolina Dispensary Law.
- -w.ur Amman has succeeded in
PttMMino' ,i: . ... .. .
""peusary wu througu tne
V ?fTide8 that all fermented, distilled or
a liquors transported into any
tato or Territory fur ue, consump
10n! or fiale shall be subject to the op
cation and effect of the laws of such
totate, and shall not be exempt by
reason of being introduced in original
Packages for private us or otherwise;
?! 8u,ch, States shall have absolute
1,1 , such li(lnors within their
l oruers, by whomsoever produced and
ior whatever no imported,' provided
tuat nothing horein contained ehall be
construed as effecting the internal
revenue law of tho United States or of
liquors iu transit through such States
Ihe general effect of the bill is to
carry out tha provisions of the South
i-uro Una dispensary law, notwithstand
ing the numerous decisions obnoxious
to the enforcement of the said law. The
Dill passed the Senate without a word
or discussion, by unanimous consent,
it was reported from the commerce
committee more than a mouth ago.
j enator Tillman has been industrious
ly at work upon it ever since. The
trouble will come when the attempt is
made to pass it through the House,
senator Tillman admits that he. hardly
expects to get the House to pass on it
during the present session, but he
looks for favorable action next winter.
Iho position of the bill is improved by
1, passage through -tho Senate,
although many bills have failed to be
come laws after being passed by one
branch of Congress. . . .
TO IIAKVWAnnv it q
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Spain and Japan Leagued Together
to Protect Cuba and Hawaii
rar is, July. 15. -(By Cable) -A dis
patch to a news agency in this city says
enquiry at the American embassies
there ha elicited a confirmation of the
rumor that the governments of Spain
and Japan have arranged an
offensive alliance against the United
Htates. The terms of the understand
ing which is for-the mutual pro
t tectioa of Cu!- and Hawaii, provide
that in the event of an actively agres
sive movement on the part of the United
Mates, tending towaru interference in
Cuban affairs, or persistence in the an
nexation of the Hawaiian Islands, both
Spain and Japan shall declare war sim
ultaneously against the United States
and shall make demonstrations along
both the Atlantic and Pacific coast
ilUCO VI UUX7 WUUUJf.
NOT BELIEVED IN WASHINGTON.
"Washington, July 15. (Special).
Little credence is" placed in official
circles here, in the statement that the
Spanish and Japanese governments
have entered into an offensive alliance
against the United States for the ma
. trial protection of Cuba .and Hawaii.
WOMEN ON THE ROCK PILE.
Kansas Women Threaten Vengeance
If the New Order Is Carried Out.
The orders of the police commission
ers of Kansas City, Kan. , that women
prisoners must work on the stone pile
along with the men, has caused a great
commotion, and has not yet been put
into effect. Perhaps it may never be.
The Current Eyent Club, an organiza
tion of women, has expressed itself as
immeasurably shocked, and has called
an indignation meeting to protest
against the threatened disgrace and
degradation of women.
The members threaten that enforce
ment of the order means the retirement
of the iolice commission from office at
the first opportunity, and as women
vote in municipal elections, the threat
is not regarded as altogether an idle
one, and may have its desired effect.
Their principle objection is to that part
of their order compelling the women to
work without skirts and to wear over
alls instead. The police officials stand
by their order and saythat the first wo
man prisoners whose tinea are not paid
will go to the rock pile.
A STUBBORN FIGHT..
House Conferees May Concede Free
Cotton Bagging and Ties.
Senator Bacon, of Georgia, says the
House conferees are making a stubborn
fight against free cotton bagging and
free cotton ties, and the friends of the
B.to amendment will have, a hard
fiht to keep these articles off the
dutiable list. The Senate conferees in
sist that these articles shall be on the
free list, and the question may have to
be fought out in open session again.
Senator Bacon is of the opinion that the
House will finally yield to the Senate
on these two items. Heyayshe has ev
ery reason to believe the duty on raw
cotton imposed by the rienate will
stand. '
Ohio Valley Railroad Sold.
Ohio Valley Eailroad has been sold
at Henderson,. Ivy., to Judge Hum
phreys, representing the Central Irust
Company, of New York.
' Wan Burned to Ashes.
The Cincinnati Tribune says the mur
derer and ravisher of Miss Rene Wil
liams, near West Point, Tenn., has
been captured near Pmitton and ex
piated his crime m the streets pf West
Point, in the presence of 500 people.
The fiend was riddled.with bullets and
his body was burned to ashes) The
crowd fell back, and those who had
pistols fired volley after volley at him.
The crowd then gathered wood, and
building a fire over him, watched the
ghastly scene until tb murderer was
burned to-Moss. ... "
Augusta, Ga. , proposes to establish a
textile school, the second in America.
Richmond, Va. , wants the next con
vention of the Baptist Young People's
Union.
The struggle over the proposed Ten
nessee constitutional convention) has
opened up vigorously.
At Charlotte, N. C, John Aujstin,
aged 10, kills Kell Caton, aged12;
both white.
At Martinsville, Va., Wade Lester,
charged with the murder of young
Davis, by poisoning, was acquitted.
Patients of the late Dr. A. N. Talley,
of Columbia, S. C, have on foot a
movement to erectf a monument to his
memory. "?,' . ,
The Christian Endeiavorers in session
at San Francisco, Cal. , have selected
Nashville, Tenn., as the -meeting place
in '98. ..'
An ordinance to prohibit persons from
spitting in street cars has been passed
by the Charleston, (S. C. ) city council.
Miss Mattie R. Tyler, grand-daughter
of the former President of the (United
States, has been appointed postmaster
at Courtland, Va.
Wiley Barlow, who was arrested at
Mt. Airy suspected of being t'Ae party
who shot Mrs. Springs at Lefxington,
N. C. , proved to be the wrong man.
A lady on a train of the Georfcia rail
road was fatally injured by apiece of
piping falling through a window of the
coach and striking her on the bfiad.
An unknown Negro man was found
leaning against a tree on the -farm of
Hon. D. E. Finley, about Iwd miles
from Rock Hill, S. C, dead. He was
evidently killed by lightning.
George W. Fremont, a colored law
yer of Alexandria, Va., was convicted
in New York City for frautfulent ob
taining money for the Freion Poly
technic School in Alexandria, an insti
tution which has no existence. .
A. J. Carmichael, a Georgia) convict
has sued the Georgia Penitentiary
Company for $20,000. Under threat of
being whipped he was made to work in
danger, and was mangled by a rock,
is his claim in the petition for the
above amount.
All About the North..
A case of leprdsy has. been discovered
at Jersey City, N. J.
Three thousand troops were; jn inter
State camp at San Antonio, Texas.
Women are gertting $2 a day for driv
ing teams in the harvest fields of Cow
ley county, Kan.
John Addison, a) famous horse thief,
was shot by pursuers, after a hard
fight, west of Dallas, Tex.
Frank McLaughlin proprietor of the
Philadelphia Times, died. oiVheuma
tism and gout at his residence iu Phila
delphia ,
Clearly acquitted of iassaulting Min
nie Latta, a girl, John Sims, an aged
man. of Dutch Mills, Ark., was shot
and killed by the girl's brother.
The next conference of the Fpworth
League will be h-eld in Indianapolis,
Ind. , and the next cession of foe Bap
tist Young PeopleV Union at Buffalo,
N. Y.
R. C. Heydlauff, exf engrossing clerk
of the Wisconsin Senate, who has fig
ured in a sensationaf forgery case at
Ashland, committed sucide by shoot
ing. John P.. Lovell, founder of the John
P. Lovell Arms Company j of Boston,
Mass. , has been stricken -?ith paralysis
at Cottage. City and is in a critical con
dition. The Ohio National Democrats will
call a convention some) tima in Septem
ber for the purpose Of placing an inde
pendent State ticket in the field. The
county organizations will also be asked
to do likewise.
In a fire in Jearsey City, N. J,
children were suffocated ana a man be
came insane and tried to pirevent the
rescue of his family. Policemen and
firemen did heroic work in
people from the burning. building.
Miscellaneous.
Twenty thousand delegates
the Epworth League at
Canada.
attended
Toronto,
The delegates to the Pan-American
congress have concluded their tour of
this country. .
The London Spectator ( thinks Debs'
movement means a Western Populist
for President in 1900. (
German exports to the vUnited States
largely increased during the past six
months.
The Canadian Alien Labor law will,
be strictly enforced against workmen
from the United States.
Turkey has issued an ultimatum to
Persia demanding the withdrawal of
eartain Persian troops from Turkish
territory.
TheSeaboard Air ; Line's industrial
training school is attracting people by
the hundred at every stopping place,
and is accomplishing practical good.
A Havana, Cuba, newspaper makes
a vicious, but absurd attack on Consul
General Lee on account of his report
in the Ruiz case. -.
The official statement of the Bank of
Spain shows a note circulation of $27,
000.000 in excess of the authorized
issue, and has increased the adverse
comment on Spain's finances.
- Floods caused by the heavy rain of
the past few days have done great dam
age in the southern part of Quebec.
Many people are homeless and much
damage has been done to early crops.
It is said that Mrs. Lease gives warn
ing at this early day that she will not
support Mr. Bryan for President in
1900 unless he positively agrees to make
free silver the leading plank in his
platform.
Mrs. Delia Johnson, formerly of
Charleston, S. C. , a widow, but now of
Brooklyn, N. Y., took carbolic acid
with suicidal intent because of a quar
rel she and her lover, Martin Flynch,
had.
Chicago had forty suicides 'in June.
Tobacco Has Done Well in North
Carolina and Virginia.
CORN HAS RAPID GROWTH.
In the Central and Eastern Portion of
The Cotton Belt There Has Been
General Improvement.
The United States Weather Bureau
crop report for the week ending July
12: Texas, Oklahoma and portions of
Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas ace
much in need of rain.' On the north
Pacifio coast the week has been excep
tionally favorable.
In all the States of the Central val
leys and lake region corn has made rap
id growth, and cultivation has been fin
ished, except in the more northerly sec
tions. In southern Missouri and west
ern and Central Kansas the crop has
Buffered much from drouth, but re.
cent rains in the last named State will
prove beneficial. Corn is also suffering
from drought, especially through Texas
and Arkansas, and in portions of New
Jersey, and in the central and eastern
portion of the cotton belt there has
been a general improvement in the con
dition of cotton. The Missouri, Ar
kansas and Texas crop, however, is
suffering from drouth. In Texas,
where picking has begun, it is with
standing the drouth very well, but in
Arkansas it is reaching a critical stage,
and unless rain falls in that State very
soon the crop will be short.
Winter wheat harvest has continued
in the more northerly districts, east of
the Rocky Mountains and in Cali
fornia, and has begun in Oregon. The
rop is fast maturing in eastern Wash
ington, where harvest will begin in a
few days.
Spring wheat continues in a promis
ing condition over the northern portion
of the spring, wheat section, but is
somewhat less promising over the
southern section than previously re
ported. Hot winds have affected the
crop unfavorably in South. Dakota, and
some reports of rust are received from
Iowa. The outlook for the crop in Ore
gen and Washington continues excel
lent. Tobacco has done well in Ohio, Con
necticut, North Carolina and in por
tions of Virginia. In Kentucky and
portions of Tennessee and Maryland it
is suffering from drouth. Light frosts
occurred in Idaho and Nevada; dam
age slight
THE BIINERS' STRIKE.
There Is a Possibility of Arbitration
i by.the Conference. -" ' -A
Pittsburg, Pa., dispatch of the 13th
says there is a possibility that the joint
arbitration conference may yet lead to
tho termination of the miners' strike on
the basis of the true uniformity agree
ment proposed by President Dearmitt,
of the New York & Cleveland Gas Coal
Company, last year, but whioh failed
for the reason that the 97 per cent, of
the operators in this district required
by Dearmitt could not be secured.
Two sessions of the arbitration board
were held today, representatives from
the States of Pennsylvania, Ohio, West
Virginia, Indiana and Illinois being
present. , . .
At the afternoon session President
Dearmitt appeared before the board and
told of the conditions which exists from
his point of view. He recited the his
tory of the miners' struggles for better
conditions. He told of the great uni
formity movement jn 1895-'6, which
failed of its purpose. Mr. Dearmitt
said:
"If the 'operators of the Pittsburg
district will abolish their company
stores; use a uniform screen, give hon
est weight, 2,000 pounds of coal ior a
ton, pay cash for two weeks, I will leave
it to any committea to settle the price
of mining and pay it, no matter how
high, providing all my competitors pay
the same price. Unless these conditions
can be brought about I will not agree
to abolish the oontract with my men,
nor can I afford to do so. "
There is a lull in the miners' strike in
this district, attributable to' the fact
that nearly every mine in the district
is idle. To keep up the enthusiasm
and to prevent the strikers from becom
ing lukewarm in the matter, however,
the officials have arranged for a series
of meetings in different sections every
day.
Three meetings were held yesterday
at Banning, Fayette City and West
Newton, and at each place resolutions
were adopted not to return to work
until the officials give the order.
Governor Atkinson, of West Virginia,
and a number of State officials were
present in Pittsfiurg at the above meet
ing. Concerning the miners' strike,
he said: "The coal strike is not affect
ing West Virginia very much, and I do
not believe that any body of men will
go out. I do not anticipate any trou
ble whatever from the strike in our
State, and believe the trouble all over
the country will be speedily settled by
arbitration." .
At Danville, 111., strife between the
miners has commenced, 'and about 400
or fiOO Belgian strikers have attacked
colored miners, who have been at work.
Several shots were fired, and one white
man is reported killed. .
Col. Qolladay Dead.
Col. Edwin L Golladay, formerly
Congressman from Tennessee and a
well-known lawyer in Nashville for
years, died at Charleston, S. C.
" Short In Ills Accounts.
W. A. Noble, formerly auditor of the
city of Roanoke, Va., has been arrest
ed at Richmond, charged with being
short $2,200 in his accounts. He re
signed his office in March and has since
been living in Norfolk with his family.
Noble says he is anxious to go back
and stand trial.
Pithy Paragraphs.
Great Britain is to increase her Egyp
tian army.
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Report of the Proceedings from Day
to Day.
SENATE.
JuiiT 12th. A discussion ot the
Union Pacifio affairs occupied the at
tention of the Senate. Senator Mor
gan, of Alabama, introduced an amend
ment designed to prevent the consum
mation of an agreement made some
time since for the settlement of the
government's claim against the road,
and he thinks the United States is in
danger of losing $30,000,000 in the set
tlement, and spoke for three hours
upon the subject. Thurston briefly
controverted the points of Morgan's
argument, and Hale, in charge of the
bill, claimed that his amendment was
new legislation, and he withdrew his
amendment, thus disposing of the en
tire subject. A resolution by Butler,,
of North Carolina, was agreed tdt
directing- the Seoretary of State to se- T
cure from diplomatic representatives
abroad full information as to the oper
ation of postal telegraphs, telephones
and postal savings banks.' The defi
ciency appropriation bill was taken up,
but was not completed. . .
Jtrcr 13th, In the Senate an amend
ment to the deficiency appropriation
bill was agreed to, restricting the price
of armor plate to $300 per ton, or $125
less than the amendment reported by
the committee and recommended by
the Navy department, as the minimum
rate acceptable to the armor contract
ors. Another amendment inserted in
the bill directs the' Secretary of the
Nayy to irvestigate as to the establish
ment of a Government armor factory,
and to report to the next session of
Congress. This was Senator Butler's
amendment, of North Carolina.- Other
amendments to the bill were made as
follows: For improvement of Cum
berland Sound, Florida, $50,000; to
pay balance of $14,485 to claimants
under JSpanish-American claims com
mission. The deficiency appropriation
bill was then passed.
JuLT 14th. The Senate was in a
deadlock over the question of taking up
the resolution directing the President
to suspend the agreement to sell the
government's interest in the Union
Pacific railroad. The vote showed a
majority of two to one in favor of tak
ing up the resolution, but there was no
quorum iresent. The absent Senators
were out of the city. A parliamentary
device opened the subject to debate,
which continued throughout the day.
Morgan and Harris speaking for, and
Thurston and Geor against the resolu
tion. It finally went over.
July 15th. The Senate spent the
day in a discussion on the Union Pa
cific matter, and the Harris resolution
relating to the pending judicial pro
ceedings against the road went over.
The joint resolution was passed, ac
cepting the invitation of France to par
ticipate in the Paris Exposition of 1900.
The effort of the Senate to dispose of
some, of the nominations on the calen
dar, which it was agreed to on the 14th,
which should have been, made, proved
fruitless, and they went into executive
ssssion; -i "-----v. . s.'-.-,
Jcxy 16th. The opening jhssToT
the Senate was brief and uneven u'rtT.- i
The Harris resolution relating to the
Union Pacifio railroad was discussed.
At 1 :30 the Senate went into executive
session, remaining behind closed doors
until 6 o'clock, and then adjourned un
til the 17th.
' July 17th. Senator Morgan, of Ala
bama, occupied most of tha time in the
Senate in support of the Harris reso
lution relating to the Union Pacifio
Railroad. He severely arraigned the
executive officials connected with the
sale of the government' interest in the
road. Final action on the resolution
was not reached. The Senate soon af
ter meeting went into executive ses
sion. HOUSE.
July 12th. The Hofase, on account
of the death of Senator Harris, soon
as the journal had been read, ojn motion
of Moon (Dem. ) of Tenhejssee, as a
mark of respect to the memory of the
deceased Senator, suspended business
until the 13th.
July 13th. The House was in ses
sion only three minutes, as Ihe defi
ciency bill would not be ready to act
until the 14th.
July 14th. When the House re
sumed its session after therecess taken
on the 13th, Cannon moved non-concurrence
in the Senate amendments to
the general deficiency bill, which came
over from the Senate. Hepburn (Rep.)
of Iowa, asked if he would not fermit a
Beparate vote on the amendments relat
ing to armor plate. Cannon replied
that the House would be given -an op
portunity to express its opinion on the
subject, and with this assurance Hep
burn withdrew his request. The mo
tion prevailed, and Cannon and Bayers
were appointed conferees. Simpson
says the House seems to have but little
need of a set of rules.
July 15th. No business was trans
acted by the House. Immediately after
the journal was approved a recess was
taken on Mr. Cannon's motion until
the 16th. Mr. Cannon hd given assur
ance to Mr. Bailey that in bis opinion
a partial or complete conference report
on the deficiency bill would be ready
by that time. .
July 16th. The House agreed to the
partial conference report on the gen
eral deficiency appropriation bill, and
then concurred in the Senate amend
ment, fixing ' the limit to the oost of
armor plate for three battleships, now
building, at $300 per ton. Davis
(Dem.), of Florida, made a strong ap
peal to the House to concur in the $50,
000 appropriation for Cumberland
Sound, Fla. , but Mr. Cannon resisted
it. The House finally concurred in the
amendment, and at 6:35 adjourned until
the 19th.
Washington Gossip. '
A Washington dispatch says that
France and England contemplate the
completion of the Panama Canal. (
Senator Butler, of North Carolina,
has introduced a bill to make every cost
office a savings bank.'
The President has sent to the Senate
the nomination of Terence V. Pow
derly, of Pennsylvania, to be Commis
sioner General of Immmigration. .
' There i definite talk of accepting the
Pacifio Railway's Reorganization Com
mittee's offer of $28,500,000 in- settle
ment with the Government.
"What became "of that Samuels gfrl
that Pottersby was flirting with last
summer?" "You mean the girl that
Pottersby thought he was flirting with?
She married Mm." Tlt-BUa.
A SETTLEMENT IN SIGHT.
Both Sides Are Almost Ready te Count
; on a Resumption of Work.
-Pittsburg, July 14. (Special.) The
prospect of a settlement of the great
minors' strike is brighter tonight than
at any time since the struggle began,
and both sides are almost ready to count
on a resumption of work in the near
f ature. The cheering announcement is
made tonight that W. P. Dearmitt, pres
ident of the New York & Cleveland Gas
Coal Company, whose 2,200 men have
been constantly at work and without
whose assistance the snccess of the
movement would have .been jeopar
dized, had agreed to join with the
fether operators in a plan for
the settlement of the strike
oil r a true uniformity basis.
'J "is result has been .brought about
tliioagh the efforts of members of the
arbitration committee, who have work-,
ed assiduously for this end since meet
ing President Dearmitt yesterday.
This afternoon the commission called
upon Mr. Dearmitt and submitted their
plan, to which he agreed. Then the
commission met the miners' officials
and the proposition also received their
approval. In agreeing to the terms,
the miner's officials promise to use their
influence to obtain the signatures of
the operators' to the contract, and they
will begin tomorrow morning on this
work. They say, ho.wever, that the
proposed contracts have no immediate
effect in calling off the present general
suspension.
KENTUCKY GOLD DEMOCRATS.
Watterson Says'Coinage at 10 to 1 Is
"As Dead as the Institution of
African Slavery."
At Louisville, Ky., on the 14th, a
notable and unique to a marked degree
beyond any held for more than a score
of years in Kentucky, was the Gold
Democrats' convention. Over 800 dele
gates were present, representing 113
out of 119 counties. John G. Carlisle
was made permanent chairman, after
which he delivered a stirring speech.
Watterson, Breckenridge and others
delivered speeches. Free and unlimit
ed coinage was denounced, and apposi
tion was expressed to levying unjust
taxes, and a currency reform was, ad
vocated. " Watterson said coinage
at 16 to 1 is "as .dead as
the institution of African slavery."
The purpose of the convention, as they
put it, was to sustain true Democracy,
and to bring back to Buch, and those
who have strayed afEer ' a silver idol.
Complete satisfaction with the work of
the convention was to be read in the
face and bearing of all the delegates,
when the final adjournment came, and
confidence was freely expressed in the
ultimate winning of glory which will
lead to a national success in the next
presidential contest.
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' TH K .RKSERVOIK BURST.
A Remiuder of the Johnstown Flood
at Newburg, N. Y.
A fatal accident that is a reminder of
the Johnstown flood occurred near
Newburg, N. Y. The Melzingah reser
voir - at Fishkill Mountain, near
Matteawan, has been swollen to over
flowing by the recent heavy rains, and
the reservoir burst. The water ran
into a deep ravine two miles below the
reservoir, near Dutchess Junction,
washing away almost everything in its
path. A number of buildings, private
residences and brick yard with all its
buildings were washed away with a
boarding house occupied by laborers.
It is reported that nine of them are
missing. They are supposed to have
been drowned.
The flood washed away oyer two
hundred yards of tha Hudson river
railway track. There were two reser
voirs, one above the other. The top
one burst first letting the volume of
water into the lower reservoir and
bursting it without warning. The flood
carried everything before it.
Ten bodies have been recovered and
twenty are Btill migsing. Search for
the missing bodies is progressing rapid
ly. The district is completely stricken
by the disaster. Many families are
not only homeless but have lost all
their earthly possessions.
BIG BRIDGE OPENED.
West Superior and Duluth Are Now
Connected by a Draw.
The big steel bridge between West
Superior and Duluth, Wis. , has been
opened for traffic. The work of build
ing the bridge between the two cities
was begun six years ago.
The center draw is forty-nine feet
long and weighs 2,200 tons. The total
length of the bridge is 1,904 feet be
tween the approaches, A clear water
way of 00 feet is opened on either side
of the 'draw pier when the span is
swung. Tugs and small vessels pass
under without swinging the span,
which makes the turn in twenty sec
onds. The structure is fifty-eight feet
wide, arranged for two railway tracks.
besides street railway, wagons and foot
pasatenger ways, and cost about $1,000,-
000.
Hawaiian Annexation Endorsed.
The United States Senate committee
on foreign relations agrees to the reso
lution on the annexation of Hawaii,
ana aiso instructs tne 1'resident to se
cure the release of the Competitor pris
oners, beven members of the commit
tee were present, inesewere Messrs.
Davis, Cullom, Foraker, Clarke, Mor
gan, Turpie and Daniel, and of these
all but Messrs. Turpie and Daniel cast
their votes for the resolution of annex
ation. "
Is It Mrs. Springs' Slurderer?
A special to the Charlotte (N. C.) Ob
server from Winston, N. C.t says a
man giving his name as Wiley Barlow
has been arrested in Mt. Airy on sus
picion. It is thought he killed Mrs.
A. A. Springs, at Lexington. It is said
he fills the description of the murderer.
He claims Forsyth, county as his home.
A Medal' After 33 Years.
A medal honor has been awarded to
Joseph Taylor, of Lowell, Mass1., for
gallant serrvices at Weldon Railroad,
Va., August, 16, 1864, while in the
Seventh .$hofe Island, $olunUera.
IfVEtKLYGOMMERCIALREPORT
The Miners' Strike the Only Hin
drance to Better Business.
R. G. DUN k CO'S REPORT.
Crops Helped By Abundant Rains.
Still Large Stocks of Cotton Goods
Accumulated.
R. G. Dun & Co's. report of trade
for the week ending July 17th, says:
Excepting the great coal miners' strike,
which may terminate at any time,
there is scarcely a feature of the busi
ness outlook which is not encouraging.
The crop prospects' haye been improved
by needed .rains, and foreign advices
continue to promise a large demand.
In many home industries, particularly
in building, there is more activity than
in any year since '92, and the week
has brought a better demand in boots
and shoes and in wooelns, whille the
movement of freight, mostly iron ore,
through the Salt Ste Marie Canal,
is the largest in its history. With
the money market unclouded, there is
nothing in sight to hinder rapid im
provement when uncertainty about
legislation has been removed, for the
miners' strike could not last long if
business and industries should become
active. There is now' much less appre
hension of a failure of fuel supply than
there was during the first few days.
when prices rapidly advanced. Large
quantities of coal from West Virginia
have reached . Northern markets, but
some of the miners in that State have
struck. The advance in wheat to8Ij
cents was not due to Government esti
mates, which were followed by a de
cline, but to foreign advices, and con
siderable buving for acoount. Demand
is largely felt from Australia, South
Africa, Brazil and even Argentina,
while the promise for European crops
is not considered bright. The disposi
tion of farmers to keep back wheat for
higher prices may affect the outward
movement, but Atlantic exports during
July, flour included, have been 3,115,-
443 bushels, against 2,9.j3,817 last year,
although in the eame weeks 4,659,315
bushels of corn went out against l,o4,
072 last year. Wheat closed four cents
higher for the week and corn cent
higher. Cotton is a sixteenth higher,
the closing or partial stoppage of im
portant New England mills hardly neu
tralizing, in the market's estimation,
appreheusion of injury from drought.
The cotton goods market does not yet
reduce large accumulated stocks, as the
curtailment of production shows, but
is growing a little more healthy with
out change of prices. Woolens for the
coming season have not been generally
shown, though in some low-priced
goods an advance of 7 per cent was
asked and presumably will be asked on
better grades. There is rather more
business in re-orders and the tone is
more confident. Simulation in the
wool market continues with prices at
all points stronger, 'at Boston advanc
ing with signs of a boom among deal
ers, in which manufacturers are tak
ing little part, at current prices, and at
the West, where holdings are looking
for a great advance. Imports at Bos
ton were 28,862 bales in two weeks, and
dealers are said to have brought 100,
000 bales more in London. Sales were
10.420.000 pounds at the three markets
for the week, and 24,572,800 in .two
weeks, of which 12,607,200 were domes
tic. The output of iron furnaces July 1
was 164,004 tons weekly, against 168,
380 June 1, but several furnaces have
gone into blast since- June 1, and the
output is large for the season. Presum
ably an unprecedented share of it is to
supply the great steel companies wnicn
are even now putting more furnaces
into blast, and have heavy orders taken
when' prices were dropped, while the
demand for structural shapes and plates
is large, and for bars improving, though
steel bars are now at the lowest quota
tion ever known in Pittsbur&r. 871 to 90
cents, with Bessemer pig quoted slight
ly lower. .
Failures for the week have been 203
in the Unitod States against 269 last
year, and 27 in Canada against 89 last
year.
MADE A DYING STATEMENT.
A Woman Assaulted, Knocked In
the
Head and Thrown on a Bed.
Major Terrell, a negro, criminally
assaulted Mrs. Martin Thomas, a white
woman living in the country, five mites
from Elba, Ala. She was alone in her
house with her six-month's-old boy.
During tne assault tne woman was
struck on the head and thrown on the
bed beside her sleeping infant. Fagoti
of nine wood were then piled around
her by the brute and set fire. The flames
attracted the attention of some passers
by. and they reached the woman in
time to get her dying statement ' The
baby was roasted. Terrell was arrested
and was being given a preliminary trial
when a mob broke up the court, took
him out and hanged him.
STILL ANOTnEB CASE.
A special to the Advertiser, from El
ba, Ala., says: "Mrs. Thompson was
found bv her children burned to death.
She was lying on the floor with all her
clothes burned on ana ner Doay charred
except the head. Cotton was stuffed in
her mouth, and some bruises were found
on the head. A negro named Terry,
who worked on the place, , was arrested
on suspicion. He admitted staying at
the 'house until midnight. One report
says a mob took charge of the negro,
but another special from Troy says he
was not lynched. The location is many
miles from the railroad.
The Tar III Bill Agreed On.
The Republican conferees on the
tariff bill, representing. the two houses
of Congress, have agreed upon all the
items of the bill, and the result of the
partisan conference will be submitted
to the Democratic members of the con
ference at the full meeting. Cotton
bagging and ties are taxed, the stamp
tax dropped, and tho sugar schedule
has been changed quite materially. It
is thought now that an early adjourn
ment of Congress is in sijfht
FIELDS WIIITJ1 mm BLOOMS.
The Past Week Hat Been Generally
Favorable for the Growth of Crops
The weather during the week ending
July 12th, 1897, has generally been very
favorable for the growth of crops. Over
portions of seventeen out of the ninety
six counties of the Stale drought has
continued, seriously injuring crops, but
over the remainder of th State local
rains were frequent, with plenty pf
warm, but not excessively hot, weather.
Cotton has improved remarkably; some
fields are white with bloopasf it is bol.
ingwell. The chief complaints about
corn are its small size and bad dtttul in
the east and latene in the w est por
tion of the State. Curing bottom to
bacco leaves continues. Peanuts bloom
ing and spreading; cauteloupes and
watermelons are riie; graies are rot
ting to some extent
Eatebn District.' Drought ' La.t
continued to prevail in a few couuties,
especially Pitt, Pender, Hobeon. - ?or
tionsof Brunswick, Duplin aud C;a
ven, with injury to corn and gardens,
but over the larger iortiou of the dis
trict the weather during tho week wa
very fine; warm, with frequent showeru,
causing all crops to do well. Fanner
are up with work; crops clean aud grow
ing nicely. Cotton is fine; blooming
everywhere; bolliug well iuSouthjmucu
has been laid by. Corniiujiroved where
showers fell early enough, but early
corn cannot bo materially unproved,
and the crop will be abort; more laiu
needed. Tobacco not altogether prom
ising, but making larger growth; lower
leaves being cured. Peanuts blooming
and spreading fast. Rico looks well;
about layed by. Peas, sweot potatoes
and melons fine. Cantalouies at.d
watermelons in market. Fruit gener
ally scarce. Most farmers are done
seeding iea, which are green aud
growing.
Centkal DiHTnicT. Drought con
tinued only in a few couuties, OHpeo
ially Cumberland and iortions of Mont
gomery, Durham and Orange; over
the greater portion of the district the
weather has been very favorable for
crops; warm, though not excessively so,
with local showers on three or four
days; in fact, at sojio ioints the
ground is reported t j be too wet to
plow. Crops generally made ver
satibfactory growth. Cotton is line1,
some fields are white with blooms;
laying by has begun. Corn has good
color, but stalk is small; laying
by about finished; outlook for this crop
at present poor. Tobacco is tolerably
good, except wbc1 drought still pre
vails; rather backward everywhere, 'but
now spreading more rapidly; doing
best on new ground. More peas have
bgen sown in stubble land than usual
and are up and growing nicely. T hresh
ing wheat is still under way. Gardens
have suffered considerably from dry
weather. Blackberry crop heavy, but
season nearly over, (.rapes are re
ported to be rotting considerably.
Weutkkm District. l requeut Low
ers with plenty of sunshine and warm
weather, made the past week quite
favorable, except overJkJfewL"nJi'
where drought continues, namely,
Iredell, Yadkin, portions 6f Catawba,
Surry, Alleghany and Wilkes; here
crops continue to deteriorate, but else
where have made fine growth during
the week. Corn is growing nice
ly; early planted taewelling: most
of it has been layed by;
the only complaint now is of its late
ness. Cotton is doing remarkable well;
blooming nd fruiting nicely. Tobacco
fair. In a few western counties uncut
oats are reported damaged by rust, but
generally small grains were unusually
V . " il l ll'l L 1 1.
iree irom rusi mis year. urn iuiobu-
ing out well. Jn extreme Went most
of the wheat and rye is now safely in
stack. Many field jeas are being
Elanted. In the dry counties gardens
ave been nearly ruined.
TO WITHHOLD WHEAT.
State Organization Proposed in Ken
tucky to Bring About Higher Prices.
Kentucky wheat growers met at
Lexington to take steps toward with
holding their present crop of wheat
from the market until the higher prices
which they expect to become a ceitain
ty. Millers are paying 62 cents for
new wheat, and the farmers think
the price will be at least 75 in less than
a month. John B. Kennedy, of Bour
bon county, was made chairman, and
William Steele, of Woodford, secretary.
A paper on the production and
price of wheat sent by J. T. Flynn, of
Chicago, was read. He insists that
there is not a surplus of wheat, and the
price will certainly go up between now
and fall.
Col, Tobias Gibson, of Woodford.made
a long speech urging the farmers to get
together and form a State association
and protect themselves from the manip
ulators of the speculators. He offered
the following resolution which was
unanimously adopted: '
"That the farmers of the counties of
the State be recommended to form far
mers' associations at their county seats,
with a view to ultimately forming a
State organization to which the county
organizations are to be subordinate."-
Lexington, Ky., Dispatch, 12th.
ALL THREE IN PENITENTIARY.
Imprisonment ef Green Gives a Final
Chapter to the Tragedy.
The incarceration in the penitentiary
of Ed D. Green, of Spartanburg, is the
closing chapter, so far as the public is
concerned, of one of the most cold
blooded murders ever committed in
this State the Carson murder. .
Yet, probably because one jury did
not wish to hang a woman and that
another iury thought it unjust to hang
a man when a woman, equally guilty,
was spared and three participants in
the crime, with not the shadow of
doubt as to their guilt, are all alive aud
in the penitentiary
Scene Was Realistic.
At Atlanta, Ga, in a play presented
by colored amateurs in Pittsburg, a
suburb of that city, John Singleton
acted a part in which he was supposed
to be shot dead by his rival, imperso
nated by Gary Brown. The scene was
carried out faithfully and aroused loud
applause, which was turned into lamen
tation when it was discovered that
Singleton was really dead.. The pitttol
Brown used, which was supposed to be
loaded with blank cartridges, carried
real bullet instead.
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