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VOL. IX.
RALEIGH; N. C SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1897
NO. 31.
THE
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I FIELD.
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ip rasi wee was not a verv ra-
r tit I 11 II . if w
vorable One
f-OR CORN AND COTTON.
'.laoi'o Crop Short In Kentucky and
Tennessee---Cotton Picking Pro
gressing Rapidly.
Tho United States "Weather Bureau,
in its report of crop conditions for the
week ended at 8 a. in. on Sept. 6th,
nays:
In the central valleys and Southern
Mates the week has not been favorable,
owiug to the general absence of rain
and prevalence of high temperature.
Hot, dry winds have proved injurious
in the States of the lower Missouri and
central Mississippi valleys and rains
unusually heavy for the season in Ore
gon and Washington interfered with
harvesting and threshing in those
States, but caused no serious injury to
f,raiu.
Corn has been unfavorably affected by
the weather conditions prevailing for
the past week in the corn producing
States. High temperature and the ab-n-uco
of much -needed rain have check
ed tho growth and caused premature
tipening, while the prevalence of hot
viuds ha3 caused injury particularly
iu the States of the lower Missouri val
ley. In Iowa and Missouri much corn
is past help and will be cut for fod
der. Tho conditions, however, have
been more fovorable in the lake
region, upper Ohio valley, and in New
England, and tho Middle Atlantic
States the crop is generally doing
well.
me general condition of cotton is
less favorable than in the previous
week, and over portions of the middle
and eastern sections of the cotton belt.
there has been marked deterioration.
Ausence oi rain lias caused it to open
rapidly and to some extent prematurely.
Jn portions of south and southwest
Texat, showers improved late cotton
and the top crop, but over the northern
portion of the State, and over the cen
tral and eastern portion of the cotton
belt the conditions have been unfavor
able, except for picking, which has
progressed rapidly.
The bulk of the tobacco crophas been
cut and housed in generally good con-
uiuon, except in iveuiucKV ana lennes
sec, where tho crop promises to be very
short, particularly in the first named
State.
THE FEVER IN MISSISSIPPI.
isew Orleans lias None But Three
New Cases at Biloxi.
AJsew Orleans dispatch 6ays ther.
b no yellow fever there, and the house
where Gilpi died and those who were in
it have been quarantined. Four or fire
doubtful cases were reported, but none
showed a symptom of yellow fever.
One additional death is reported at
Ocean Springs, Miss., and three new
rases at Biloxi. This place has been
nbsohtely cut off from the outside world,
nml the only means of reaching the
town is by wire or mail. Ice, which is
v?ry necessary when fever rages, is
try scarce.
I'hysicians at the Springs get but
little rest, and it is not so certain that
the medical supplies will not soon be
i I ..- -i .
vxuausieu, inn in a aay or two means
will be found whereby relief can be
Lad.
I'r. Haralson, tf tho Mississippi
boaru cf health says: "The Gulf
ijiiarantiuo at Ship Island is a menace
to the health of the people of Missis
p.ippi andtbepeople of the entire South.
Mnp Island harbor should either be
levoted to quarantine or to shipping,
mm snouid not be used for both pur
poses."
At Mobile, Ala., every precaution has
heen taken to guard against the intro-
luction of fever. Atlanta, Ga., will not
quarantine against the fever-stricken
listrict.
At New Orleans the board of health
lies withdrawn quarantine restrictions
Hainst all points on tae gulf coast,
upon certificate from its own health
officers, of the nor-existence of suspi-
lous fever, except in Ocean Springe
fll)l UlIoXl.
Ir. Porter, Florida's State health
oflicer, has taken official action in re
ward to the yellow fever reported in
Mississippi and Louisiana, and has
placed an effective quarantine on per
vons and baggage from infected ports,
ARMOR PLATE MAKING.
A Delegation to Wait on the Naval
Committee.
a iNasuvuie, Tenn., special cays:
General Manager A. M. Shook, of the
TeLncssee Coal, Iron and Bailroad
Company, Congressman James and
Congressman Enderwood, of Alabama,
ud Congressman Livingston, of
Georgia, will go before the naval
nrmory plate committee in a few days
to urge the examination of the armor
plate makinc facilities of the South.
Col. Shook says his company stands
ready to deliver steel plate at any
Atlantic seaboard port, at a less cost
than can be done bv anv company in
the United States. He also said the
iron made bv his company was 'well
adapted to making armor plate, for
Cameyie upes it as a mixture in mak-
iug plates. Col. Cook claimed that the
capacity of the blast furnaces at Bir
mingham is more than sufficient to
supply an the demands for plate.
No Improvement In Cuba.
Consul General Lee reached New
'ork last week from Havana. Cuba. He
t-ayn there is no sign of improvement in
'iba; he declined totaik about the war.
-'. l ishback returned on the same
Manner, and he says the condition of
People is worse than when he was
th island with Mr. Calhoun.
Kltch Gets Twelve Years.
: Chas. Ritch, of Charlotte, N. C, has
been found guilty of murder at Knox-
vi lie, lean., and sentenced to twelve
years in the penitentiary. Eil At-
ciuiyi will xntfc an spptiU
MS
TO MARK THEIR GRAVES.
Monument to be Erected Over the
Confederates Who Died in Varlou
Northern Prisons.
At Richmond, Va., the preliminary
arrangements toward marking the
graves of Confederate soldiers who
were buried from Northern prisons,
have been made bv a ioint committee
- i
from Lee Camp, the Daughters of the
Confederacy and the Sons of Veterans.
At a meeting of this society on the 9th,
a committee was appointed to select
places at which monuments shall be
erected at the following: Alton, Ills. ;
Camp Butler, lliverton, Ills.; Camp
Morton, Indianapolis, Ind. ; Elmira,
N. X.; Finns' Point Cemetery, Tort
Delaware; Johnson's Island, Ohio;
Hart's Island, New York; Old Capitol
Prison. Washington: Sanduskv. Ohio:
Philadelphia, Pa.,' and Pea Tatch
island, Delaware. The report was
Unanimously adopted.
IS CHATTANOOGA IN GEORGIA?
They Are Putting Up the Claim
in
Atlanta That It Is.
A question has been sprung in At
lanta, Ga. , which may result in Chat
tanooga, which has long, been known
as one of the leading cities of Tennes
see, becoming a Georgia town. Doubt
has been thrown upon the accurracy of
tha survey of the boundary line be
tween this State and Tennessee, and if
the theory of eminent legal authorities
is confirmed it may be found that Chat
tanooga is on Georgia soil. This view
is shared by Col. W. A. Wim
bish, special commissioner of the State
for the Western and Atlantio railroad,
who has looked into the question in his
official capacity, and who expressed his
strong belief that a correct survey
would bring the city of Chattannooga
within the confines of this State. The
publication of this fact has aroused
much interest, and it is not unlikely
that it may result in the next Legisla
ture providing for a re-survey of the
boundary.
SUNK IN THE MISSISSIPPI.
The Belle of Memphis Went Down
With 100 Passengers xll Rescued.
The Memphis (Tenn.) Commercial-
Appeal of tho 9th has the following
special from St. Louis, Mo. : News of
the sinking of the Anchor Line steamer
Belle of Memphis, last evening, near
Grain's Island, in the Mississippi river
just below Chester, 111., was received
here last night bv General Manager G.
C. Missionier, thrcugh the following
telegram: "The Belle of Memphis
sank at Grain's Island at 3:30 to-night,
in nine feet of water at head, and seven
and one-half feet ut stern. There is a
40-feet long rent through the keel.
Will 6end the passengers forward on
the Bluff City."
in speaking of the wreck. Captain
Missionier said: ''There wero about
10U passengers on board, many of them
St. Louis people, all of whom got otl
without accident. The Belle of Meni
phswas built about two years ago, was
worth 860,000 and was insured for half
her value. It is thought she will be a
total wreck. "
THE CUBAN TARIFF.
American Goods Subjected to Lower
Duties,
Madrid, Sept. 9. (By Cable.) The
official gazetto today publishes the new
customs tariff of Cuba. Nearly all
American goods are subjected to lower
duties. The tariff prohibits the entry
into Cuba of arms, projectiles, muni
tions of war, dynamite, gunpowder,
sugar (except Spanish sugar,) honey,
molasses, silver or bronze coins, secret
pharmaceutical preparations, tobacco,
(except snuu, ) chewing tobacco and ar
tificial wines.
Good Outlook for Cotton.
Secretary Hester, of the New Orleans
Cotton Exchange, recognized as the
best authority or the cotton business in
the South, tells us that the number of
mills and the number of spindles in this
section have increased, that the visible
supply of the staple is less this year
than last and that the home consump
tion is likely to be greater. This, coup
led with the drought in India cutting
off the crop there, and the prosperity of
the Western wheat producers enlarging
the demand here, ought to give our pro
ducers a good price for their crop even
if it proves a phenomenally large one,
as now seems probable. Atlanta Jour
nal. Robbed the Mall Sacks.
The latest from the wreck on the
Santa Fe Railroad at Emporia, Kan. ,
says that twelve known are dead, one
missing and fourteen injured. Nothing
remains of one express messenger but
a handful of bones. Thieves taken the
advantage of the situation and robbed
the mail sacks which were strewn on
the ground. One tried to snatch a dia
mond from the breast of an Emporia
doctor, who, weak aud nervous, was
creeping slowly out of the wreck. Ho
had strength enough left to hit the
brute a blow in the face, which made
him turn away.
Pronounced Yellow Fever.
Several suspicious cases of fever have
been reported in New Orleans, which
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were xnyestigatea lmmeaiaieiy uuu
nroved untrue. The disease is prevail
ing at Ocean Springs and Biloxi, Miss.,
according to Dr Guiteras, a govern
ment expert. .Disinfectants are oeing
scattered in Biloxi, and New Orleans is
undergoing a thorough cleaning to pre
vent the lever from entering inai city.
(Voi Id's Swimming Record Broken
In a 500-yard swimming race for the
championship of the world, at Don
Caster, England, Nutal, the champion
of Englaud, defeated Cavill, the Aus
tralian champion, in the record-Dreak-ing
time of 0 minutes, 3i seconds.
Southern League Formed.
Last week at a meeting in Atlanta,
9a., an eight club base ball league was
formed, consisting of Atlanta, Savan
nah, Charleston, Mobile, Birmingham
indNew Orleans. A number of other
elubi wanUcomjiijto thj lfMne. -
! ML HIS I U.
The Colored Clerks in the Pension
Bureau at Washington.
WE HANG OUR HEADSIN SHAME.
Wo Must Open Up Avenues of Em
ployment for Ourselves Other Race
Pointers.
The white people labor under the
impression that all Negroes are alike.
This is not true. The trouble is the
white people won't try to find out the
true status of the race, as it relates to
decency and honesty. They won't sul"
scribe to our race journals. If one
ehould do so, they say, "I will do so to
help you along, send it to Uncle Bill or
Aunt Sal lie, I won't have time to read
it. " Two-thirds of them that subscribe
seem to think it a great wrong to read
a Negro newspaper. They will search
the papers edited by men of their own
race, to find out what Negro has been
arrested for petty larceny, gambling,
or huug up betweou the heavens and
the earth by a mob, for having been
charged of committing an assault upon
a white girl. They are constantly
looking for the dark deeds that are
committed by the low degraded element
of our race. The Enterprise takes
pleasure in extending an invitation to
our white fellow citizens to visit our
church.Sunday schools and day schools
and learn of us the things that will aid
you in rendering a decision commend
ing us to the kind consideration of the
world. Read our race journals, that
are having such a hard road to travel
aud rough battle to fight. If they would
do this, they Avould soon drop the say
ing, "That all coons look alike to
them. "Colored Enterprise.
A dispatch from Washington, has the
following to say of the colored clerks in
the pension bureau: "The colored cit
izen gets a better show in the pension
department than in any other depart
ment of the government. There are at
present 1,827 persons employed in the
pension office. Of this number 67 are
colored men and women doing clerical
work, and in addition, there are 21 col
ored men acting as laborers and mes
sengers. The G7 colored clerks are
scattered throughout every division of
the office. They do every variety of
work, from the adjudication of claims,
which is considered one of the highest
grades of labor, down to the simplest
clerical duties. The colored man that
occupies the highest grade of any man
of his race in the pension office is J. W.
Cole, who is filling a responsible posi
tion in the financial division and who
draws a salary of 81,800 per annum. A
large number of the colored employes
in the department, have entered the
service by passing competitive examina
tions through the civil service commis
sion. Six or eight are ex-union sol
diers. " Reflector.
The fact is more evident each day
that the Negro must open up avenues of
emploj-ment for himself and children.
Doors are being closed against him and
it is more difficult for him to get a po
sition of employment now than ever be
fore. It is the" duty of the leaders of
the race to give due attention to the es
tablishment of industrial enterprises to
give employment to the race, and give
them an opportunity to earn a respecta
ble living. There are many men and
women that could and would do if they
had some one to lead the way. They
are rich in labor which produces capi
tal, as it has done for other races must
be trained, concentrated and proper uti
lized. Christian Banner.
It makes us hang our head in sfiame
and emiie our breast in dispair, as we
see the jail fill up as fast as it is emp
tied Avith Negroes, as we see the offices
of the justices crowded day by day with
Negroes, as we hear of the' continual
violences done to Negroes by fiends in
carnate. Verily in these days when
base prejudice and bold injustice hold
sway, the Negro ought to repress what
meanness is in him. Strive to practice
virtue, honesty and sobriety, keep out
of the reach of the law, away from the
vicinity of the court, shunning the very
appearance of evil, for with the law,
the facts, the jury and the court against
him, he must go down and under.
Wilmirgton, (N. C.) Record.
In one of its recent issues the Inter
Ocean made editorial mention of Bi6hop
Turner's attitude in the discussion of
the race problem. The editorial said:
"Bishop Turner (colored) is a croaker
of the first-class. He declares that his
people has no more chance in this coun
try than a hog in a snake's den. The
flourishing colleges in the South, the
display at the Atlanta and Nashville
Expositions, and the Booker T. Wash
ington all tell a better story. The good
old bishop should be court-martialed.
The colored people in the United
States have discouragements, but they
have hosts of friends, and are gaining
every day and every year. The colored
people only have to be true to them
selves to win out. The Progress.
A man has no right to believe what
he pleases. He ehould believe in ac
cordance with the weight of evidence.
Not to do so is to enthrone prejudices
above reason and yet you will find that
some of those who make tho largest
claims for the authority of reason assert
their right to have their wishes dictate
their conclusions. v
The Asbury Park, . N. J., News says
that J. C. Dancy made an address "at
Ocean Grove before 4,000 people on
September 2d. The occasion was the
jubilee of the A. M. E. Zion church.
A Negro resident of Washington esti
mates that his people in the District
spend over $12000. 030 there ey ry year,
of which $(5,120,000 goes for food and
other living incidentals, 3,450,000 for
clothing, 1,9995,000 for liquors, and
$531,000 for tobacco.
A WsnsiiinrurtAn ront.pmtwrarv avs
there are more wheels In that city iu
proportion to its size than any other
city In the world can claim. True. And
there are also a great many bicycles in
Wiuhinfiton.
GENERAL JAMES LONGSTREET.
A Short Sketch of Ills Life Along
With Uls Bride's.
The following is a ehort sketch of the
life of Gen. James Longstreet, who was
married in Atlanta, Ga. , to Miss Ellen
Dortch, assistant librarian of the State
of Georgia, along with that of his
bride's:
Gen. James Longstreet
General Longstreet was born in Edge
field district, South Carolina, in 1822.
He is now seventy-five years old. When
a Bmall boy his father moved to Ala
bama, where young Longstreet grew to
manhood. In 1844 Longstreet went to
West Point as a military cadet. His
career at West Point shaped his future
life. Ho went there just one year ahead
of General Ulysses S. Grant, and grad
uated just one year before the dead
general. Longstreet went from West
Point to Jefferson barracke, St.
Louis, which was at that .ime
the great Bocial center of the mil
itary world. On a farm adjoining the
barracks lived Frederick Dent, tho
uncle of Longstreet. The young lieu
tenant spent the greater part of his
spare time at his uncle's house. A year
after going to Fort Jefferson, Grant
arrived at the same post. Longstreet
carried his friend out to his uncle's, and
there Grant first met Miss Julia Dent,
who afterwards became his wife, and
made him the cousin of Longstreet by
marriage. At that time both Grant and
Longstreet were lieutenants in the
Fourth infentry. The Mexican war
broko out and in the struggle both men
won promotions to the rank of cat tain.
After this war the two became sepa
rated, Grant going to the Pacific coast
and Longstreet being sent to the fron
tier to battle with the Indians. When
the civil war began in 1861 Longstreet
was stationed at Albuquerpue, New
Mexico. He was commissioned by the
governor of Alabama, which was his
State, but Le no sooner received his
commission than he resigned it and
went to Richmond, where he offered
his service to President Davis, of the
Confederacy. He was given command
of a brigade and soon after led his
men in the famous battle of Bull Run.
He was soon promoted to lieutenant
general, and commanded the army of
northern Virginia. At the close of the
war Longstreet and his cousin, General
Grant, were fighting each other.
After tho war Grant befriended his
wife's cousin, ond Longstreet was ap
pointed surveyor of the port at New
Orleans. Ha held this remunerative
position for some time, and was after
wards appointed at the head of the
Louisiana militia, a position equiva
lent to that of adjutant-general. His
position became very unpleasant and
he resigned to go to Gainesville, Ga.,
where he still lives. He was appoint
ed postmaster at Gainesville, and held
the place until he was appointed
United States marshal. He waa mar
shal for four years, and was then ap
pointed United States minister to Tur
key. He was at Constantinople for
four years, and then came home when
the Democrats came into power. When
McKinley was e'ected Longstreet was
promised the place of minister to
Mexico. Colonel Buck, who ha al
ways pretended to be a friend of Long
street's, worked on McKinley and got
the Georgia job himself, though instead
of going to Mexico he went to Japan.
The president then offered the old w ar
horse the place of director on the Union
Pacific railroad. By some meaus Long
street was prevented from getting this
job, and another was promised him.
He is seventy-five years old, but is still
waiting for his job.
The general lives in retirement at his
country home at Gainesville. He
spends his time in writing and reading.
He has written a book on the civil war
that has won him a considerable repu
tation as a literary mau.
Tae Bride.
Mrs. Longstreet is one of the fore-
most young women of the SoullT. ""STIe
has pressed her way to the front by
force of shear merit. She was poor and
her father was dependent upon his own
efforts for a livelihood. She edited a
small paper in Franklin county, but did
it with such originality and vigor as to
at once attract the State's attention.
She was a forceful and gifted writer,
and her pen was quick to become an in
fluence in the State. She did news
paper work in Milledgeville aud later
at Elberton. It was while she was
doing newspaper work at Elbertoa that
she was appointed assistant librarian
It was her conception, the bill passed
at the last Legislature by which women
were made eligible to the office of State
librarian. Her wonderful fight for this
measure, her brilliant reasoning, the
wonderful conquering of force and the
final triumph of the movement are well
known. It was a brilliant fight and a
notable victory won by the will and
brain of a woman. It was a personal
victory for a little plucky woman, and
it stands out in State history as one of
the finest battles ever made 'before the
State Legislature. The woman who can
make and win such a battle is worthy to
be the wife of the greatest hero.
Since long before the passage of hei
bill, Miss Dortch has been an applicant
for the post of State Librarian and her
chances have been regarded as good.
In fact, it has been set down as a cer
tainty that if the place were given to a
woman she would get it ller great
fight for her bill and her triumph in
sured that.
Postal Sav n?s Bank.
Fostmaster General Gary has just re
ceived from the Postmaster General of
Canada a full explanation of the postal
service bank system in vogue there. He
also has received letters in regard to
the system from prominent men all
over the country and farmers, especial
ly as banking facilities for the latter
are extremely limited. The Postmas
ter General is gathering all the informa
ion possible regarding postal savings
banks and it is believed in his annual
report will call attention to the best
features of the systems of the various
countries having such banks, and will
recommend that Congress authorize
the establishment of postal savingr
banks in the United States.
It Is claimed that owing to the laxity
of our copyright laws Canada ha3 sto
len a large number of our popular top
ical songs. But, unfortucatoly, Cani
da hasn't stolen those who try to ting
thui. v.vm-t - --- i
HREE L0G0MQT1VES EXPLODE
Met in a Collision on the Santa Fe
at the Rate of 40 Miles an Hour.
12 KILLED; MANY INJURED.
W. J. Bryan One of the Passengers,
But Was Not Injured A Miscarriage
of Orders.
. A special from Emporia, Kansas, oi
the 8th says twelve men were killed
and as many more badly hurt in a col
lision on the Santa Fe road, near here.
Iho Santa Fe fast mail train coming
east, and the Mexican and California
train going west, collided head on. All
three of the locomotives exploded. W.
J. Bryan was on the west-bound train,
but is not hurt.
A special to the Times from Emporia,
Kaus., says: Twelve or fifteen persons
were killed and as many more badly
hurt. The fast mail train going east
and the Mexico and California express,
bound west, collided head on. The
Mexico and California express was
millfld bv two locomotives, and when
they struck the engine drawing the
fast mail all three engines exploded.
Thei nassenrrers in the smoking car es-
eaned through the windows. The front
end of this car was enveloped in a vol
ume of smoke and pteam, belching up
from tho wrecked engines, and the rear
rloor was iammed tight in the wreck of
the car behind. The wrock caught fire
fron the engines. In climbing out of
thrt Rmokincr car Beveral men fell
ihrr.norh the rifts into the wreck below,
tinrl it i imnossible to tell whether
thev escaned or were burned to death.
The westbound train carried seven or
f'.rrt. nnnclipa. and its passengers in
rlnctflil manv excursionists, who had
been to hear Hon. W. J. Bryan speak
at thfl rmintv fair at Burlmgame. Mr,
Bryan himsolf was on the train, but
was riding in the rear Pullman. He
states that nothing but a heavy jolt
was experienced by the passengers in
his coach. Mr. Bryan was one of the
foremost in crowd oi rescuers. He help
ed to carry out the dead and wounded,
and gave the greatest attention to their
care. One poor fellow who was badlv
maimed, called to Mr. Bryan and said:
"I went to hear you speak to-aay; j. am
now dying, cud waui u uaa.w yuui
hand and say, 'God bless you. ' If you
possibly caa, Mr. liryan, get .me a
drink of water.
Mr. Bryan went into the mail car, one
end of which was burning, and came
out with the water, which he gave to
the suffering passenger. He brought
out cushions for others of the injured,
and was everywhere present to admin
ister to the wants cf the suffering. It
is feared that nearly all of the seven
mail clerks perished in the disaster, but
so far only eight bodies have been
taken from the wreck.
It is stated that the wreck was caused
b r a miscarriage of orders Ifrom the
trainmaster. At imporia tne easiDounu
fast mail received orders .to pass the
California express at Lang, seven miles
east. Another order was sent to Liang
for the California express to take the
siding there, but this order was not de
livered, and the west-bound train pass
ed ou, the train men expecting to past
the fast mail at Emporia.
NEW ORLEANS FEELING SAFE.
The Number of Cases of Fever and
Deaths Up to Date.
The latest from tho fever-stricken dis
trict of Mississippi says a thorough
canvass of the wards cf Ocean Springs,
completed shows that there has been
743 cases of the prevailing fever since
July 8th. There are now thirty-seven
still sick. The total deaths have been
nine, and in several instances physi
cians' certificates show that the fever
was complicated with other diseases.
Mail arrangements have been fixed for
Biloxi and Ocean Springs. Dr. Guit
eras is at Ocean Springs, and his re
port to the U. S. government is
awaited with much interest. New Or
leans, La., is feeling safe. The cases
at Biloxi are doing well.
Strikers Still Holding Out.
A special from Columbus, O., of the
the 8th says the Inter-State Miners'
Convention adjourned until the 9th
without having taken a vote on the
question of accepting or rejecting the
proposed settlement of the strike. The
prospects for accepting the propositions
are doubiful. unless some change should
be brought about. Tho greater part of
the session of the convention was quiet.
the delegates listening to speeches
from National President Ratchford and
State Presidents Farms, of Ohio;
Knicht. of Indiana; Carson, of Illinois,
and Dolan. of Pittsburg. All of these
officials, with the exception of Mr.
Carson, argued in favor of the accept
ance of the Pittsburg operators' propos
ition. One hundred and eighty dele
gates were present.
KILLED BY A FALL.
Col.
Isaac W. Avery Meets With a
Fatal Accident.
Col Isaao W. Avery, at one time cd.
itor of the-Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution,
former minister to Mexico and commis
sioner cf the S duth American republics
for the Cotton States and Internationa
Exposition, of 1895, fell from the porch
of hi residence in Kirkwood, a suburb
of Atlanta, and died from the effects o
the fall.
General Longstreet Married.
General James Longstreet, major
rreneral in the Confederate army.
fm-mar United States minister to
Tnrkev. and prospective commissonei
ef railroads, to succeed General Wade
Hampton, pf aoutli Carolina, was
married at Atlanta, Ga., on tho 8th to
Miss Ellen Dortch. assistant librarian
of the State of Georgia.
Negro Woman Lawyer.
A negro woman has been admitted to
the bar of Tennessee, the only colored
woman lawyer in the United States.
WEEKLY C03IMERCIAL REVIEW.
Large Exports of Wheat and Corn-
Business Failures.
Bradstreet's weekly report of busi
ness issued for the week ending Satur
day, the 11th, says: The business
week has been marked by a continu
ation cf comparatively free buying
from jobbers and commission mer.
chants in anticipation of wants, at al
most all important distributing points.
At a number of centers, special-rate ex
cursions of merchants have increased
tho week's volume of business, not
withstanding the intervention of a
holiday. Cotton fabrics have im
proved their position in view of in
creased demand for cheaper material.
There has been a falling off in general
trade in portions of Texas, due
in part to the unwillingness of
planters to sell cotton at its present
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price, but at cent.ai w esiern pomio,
notably Chicago and St. Louis, busi
ness has been quite, active, western
iron and steel mills are practically inde
pendent of buyers for the remaicder of
the calendar year. The August advance
in prices for more than 100 staple raw
and manufactured articles, products,
livestock, etc., amounted to 3.4 per
cent., following a 3.1 per cent, advance
in July. During the firet 6ix months
of the calendar year prices referred to
fell away about 2.6 per cent.
Exports of wheat (flour included as
wheatl from both coasts of the United
States and Montreal show a falling off
from last week, but are still very large,
aggregating 5,461,500 bushels. With
the exception of last week, when the to
tal exports aggregated 6,268,247 bush
els, they are the largest for any
-wp.k this vear and compare with ex
ports in the like week a year ago of
3.790.141. n 1895. of 1. 810.000 in
of 2.789.000 and in 18'J3 of 5,357,000
bushels. Corn exports are the largest
for any week since last spring, aggre
tratiii?? 4.1)43.348 bushels. against.
656,01)0 bushels last vear, 84!), 000 bUBh-
els in 18J5, and 69,000 bushels in 18'J4,
and 859,000 bushels in 18!)3.
Thflrfl ar 173 business failures: fail
ures reported throughout the United
States this week, against 187 last week;
308 in the week one year ago; 213 two
vars ao! 223 three vears ago. and as
rnmnarftd with 300 in the like week of
September, 1893. There are 32 busi
npsa failures reported from the Domin
ion of Canada this week, compared
with 30 last week; 41 in the week a
vear arm: 72 two vears ago. and as
coutrastsd with 36 iu the like week of
1893.
A Remarkable Fast Run.
Tho remarkable speed of the steamer
Alabama of the Bay Line has been the
subject of an article in The Miller, of
London, one of the most important
publications in Great Britain. The
Miller quotes: "The steamer Alabama,
of the Old Bay Line, has recently made
a trip between Baltimore and Old Point
Comfort, on the Chesapeake uav,
which is one of the fastest ever made
rrt miir inland uolor in tills r.flllTltrV,
The distance is 172 miles, and. includ
ing allowances for a reduction of speed
in the lialtimore harbor, it was cov
ered in eisht hours and fifty-one min
utes, an average of nearly twenty miles
an hour. The Alabama, which is one
nf thA Baltimore Sttam Packet Com
ranv's fleet, was the first large vessel
built by the Maryland Steel Co. She
is of 2,000 tons, and is operated by a
triple expansion engine. She has a
capacity for 500 passengers, and is built
of steel throughout. On several pre
vinns occasions she has made runs on
the Chesapeake Bay which averaged
eighteen and nineteen miles an hour,
Corn Lower and Wheat Higher.
The September report of the etatis
cian of the Department of Agriculture,
issued on the 10th. savs that corn is
11.7 points lower than last September,
and that wheat is 4.5 points higher.
The condition of tobacco has declined
3.2 points during the month, aud is
now 6 points below the conilitiou on
September 1, 1896, and 4 points below
the average condition for tne last ten
vears. as regarus me appie crop, an
tho New fcnglanu mates wiiu new
York. Michigan. Indiana, Kansas and
Missouri show a further marked do
cline West Virginia. Pennsylvania,
Kentucky aud Ohio, show a slight de
cline, Virginia a marked improvement
and North Carolina a slight improve
ment. There is no marked improve
ments in the reports concerning the
fruit crop except from Georgia and
Mississippi, and in tho great majoiity
of Slates there is no material changes.
Gold Seekers Having Hard Times.
The Sau Francisco (Cal.) Examiner
printed an extra edition on the 10th
saying that winter had set iu at Daw
son City, and that two big stores, hav
ing nothing to sell, had closed up, aud
that that tho search for gold has
changed to a search for food. The
rivers will soon be closed by ice gorges
and then no supplies can bo gotten.
Among other things the article says
that drunkenness, "gambling and dis
order are all the go.
Milam Given Three Years.
In the Criminal Court at Charlotte,
N. C, J. L. Milam, former clerk and
ticket agent of tho city ticket office of
the S. A. L., charged with the embez
lenient of f unds amounting to Sl, 444. 44,
Tras convicted and sentenced to three
years in the Slate penitentiary. Milam
admitted he took the money to make
good some small shoitages, and that ho
kept getting deeper in tne uoie.
Bank Wrecker Pardoned.
Francis A. Coffin, convicted a year
ago and sentenced to eight years in
prison for wrecking the Indianapolis
National Bank, has received an un
conditional pardon from President
McKinley.
To Keep Up With Anarchists.
London, Sept. 9. (By Cable.) In
response to a request of the government
of the United States authorities at Scot
land Yard have been directed by tho
British government to furnish informa
tion to the United States authorities
when anarchists are known to be em
barking for the United States.
When" a "man becomes eld, uobody
ivanU to lo.tf with blm.
n.
in ton
A Fast Passenger Train Collides
With a Stock Train.
30 DEAD; 185 WOUNDED.
The Wreck Set on Fire by a Gas
Lamp aud Many Passengers Wrro
Burned to Death.
The worst wreck in tho history of
Colorado occurred on tho 10th on the
Denver and Rio Grande, and the Colo
rado Midland Railway, one and a half
miles west of New Castle. After twelve
hours' incessant work by wrecking
crews in clearing away tlio debris and
recovering the bodies of those who per
ished, it is Impossible to tnoro thau es
timate the loss of life, aud not even
those known to be dead Lave been
identified. Many of tho unfortunates
will never be known, and it is possible
the number killed will always bom
doubt. It is now thought that fullv
thirty persons perished, whilo ouo
hundred and eighty-five wero taken
out of the wreck, bulleriug from eci ious
injuries.
Ihe wreck was caused by a collision
between a Denver and Rio Grand pas
senger train, ruuningattho rateoffoity
miles an hour, and a special Colorado
Midland aud truck train, running at
thirty miles au hour. So terrific was tho
concussion that the eugine, baggage aud
express cars, smoker aud day coachuH
and two stock cars were totally demol
ished, aud the track torn up lor rods in
both directions. To add to the Lorror
of the scene, tho wreck coughtliro from
the explosion of a Fiutch gas lamp ou
tne passenger tram, and burned no rap
idly that many passengers pinned bo
neath tho debris were roasted to death
before help could reach them.
The most generally accepted theory
as to the cause of tho wreck t-eemsto bo
that Conductor Burbank, of tho block
train, was running u the turn of tho
passenger traiu. Burbank escaped un
injured, and upon orders iroiu Coroner
Clark has been placed under arrest by
the sheriff. Midland Engineer Ohti un
der is missing, and a thorough ceurch
about his eugine fails to reveul uuy
vestige of his remains. It in thought
that when he saw the threatened danger
he jumped from his engiuo aud, realiz
ing the result of his negligouce, took to
the hills.
Charred fragments of limbs aud
bodies of a number of persons havo
been taken out of tho ruins, but it is
not likely that auy more bodies will bo
positively identihed, aud it fcoiuh cer
taK that the numbor of killed will re
main iu doubt.
Ten bodies were found in the ruins
of one ear aud four in auother. Thu
charred remains of two women, appar
ently clasped in each other's arms,
were found. Their hands and lower
limbs were burned off.
Three More Bodies Found in tho
Santa Fe Wreck.
It is nw believed that sixteen persons
were killed in the fiarxta Vo wreck, an 1
the charred remains of threo moro
bodies have been found. Two cf tho
bodies, a man and a woman, wero
burned beyond recognition. Engineer
Frisbee, who was injured, died.
COTTON CROP SHORT.
The Government Report Shows a De
cline of 8.0 Points.
The returns for cotton to the Depart
ment of Agriculture at Washington in
dicate au average condition of 78.3 on
September 1, an compared with 83. 9 on
August 1, a decline of 8.6 poiuts. The
average condition September 1, 1H9(
was 64.2, and the avcrago condition
September I, for the last ten yearn ii
79.2.
Thero has been a marked decline in
almost all the States of priucipal pro
duction, the decline in Georgia bcins
15 points, in Arkausasl3, in Louisiana,
12 in Texas, Alabama and South Caro
lina 8; in Tennesso 7; in Mississippi and
North Caroliua 2 points.
The only exception to the rule it
Oklahoma, where the condition shows
an improvement cf . 9 points. Tin
drought that so long prevailed through
out the greater portion of tho cottou
belt has been followed in many sections
by excessive rains, which havo done
graat damage to tho crop. Rust anJ
shedding are reported from hundred!
of counties and the btateiuent, "No top
crop" is very frequent.
The average of the States are as fob
lows: Virginia, 00; North Carolina 95;
South Carolina, 84; Georgia, 80; Hor
Ida, 86; Alabama, HO; Mississippi, 81 1
Louisiana, 78; Texas, 70; Arkansas, 67;
Tennessee, 70; Missouri, 81; Indian
Territory, 93; Oklahoma, 93.
MINERS SHOT DOWN.
Deputies Fire a Volley Into a Mob
1 he Sheriff Condemned.
Ilazelton, Pa., Sept. 10. (Special.)
The strike situation reached a terrible
crisis on the outskirts of Latimer this
afternoon, when a band of deputy sher
iffs fired into an infuriated mob of
miners. They fell like so many sheep,
and the excitement since has been to
intense that no accurate figures of tho
dead and wounded can bo. obtained.
Reports run from liteen to forty killed,
and forty or more wounded. Manv of
these will die. One mn who readied
the scene tonight counted thirteen
corpses. Four others lie in tho moun
tains dead, and those who wero not in
jured carried their dead and wounded
friends into the woods. They were
Hungarians and Poles principally, and
they were going to a mine to get the
workers ontwhen they were intercepted
by the deputies. Sborift Martin has
been condemned for his actions by a
public meeting. Gov. Hastings had to
send the third brigade to the scene.
That Chicago man who was fined $10
for stealing a vnt tuc other day Is un
decided now whether to study for tho
City Council or the Suite Legislature.