North Carolina Newspapers

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" 3 months " " jl.50 TI1K PEOPLE AND THB BRITISH grSTKKI. . ; There is one fundamental errqf to be found in all of the Mngwnmp'and Civil Service Democratic , organs. They assume that the; only way to secure efficient, prompt, honest cliarge of duty and to have the, ron tino bii.-iDfss well attended to is j by making men stand j examinations. The President, bis Cabinet, and j Ae cliitf assistants in all the- Depart ments can bo capable and honest and efficient without any i test, without any examination by a Commission, but it in impossible to find men to nil .1 - I . J . ".!! me tower acu comparatively un portaat offices with satisfaction with- um un '.iiutuauon in nuzions. This is a stupendous humbug. i Government was more economically and efficiently administered before the war than now, and the British System of Life Tenure had not I been dreamt of as a possibility in I, the United States. j ' f Then it is assumed again that mocrals are not as capable as Re- publicans, and, therefore, they; must be examined before they are allowed to hold certain inferior' offices while the offices are in the possession of thousands of Republicans who jbave never stood an examination, i. :j; The mass of the American people desire and demand honest, just, equi table, economical government, j but they are not satisfied that the way to secure it is by a travelling Commis sion. The people are deceived by the clap trap of newspapers thai try to win a poor cause by cheap flings and political slang. If they jean write "spoilsmen" they think I hey have presented an argument that is irrefutable and that' will bear' any strain. The Democrats say j .hat their party has won the battle jijfter twentyfi.ve years fighting. They .say that the offices of the country during that long period have been exclusively in the hands of the R publican, who abased their privIege, piled up mountains of debt, wasted f.ha HOAnlfl'j m rvnaxr our? t1ana1 rtLmA burdens upon them. They say that there are as capable, as responsible, as honest, as faithful Democrats' to fill the offices as there are Republic cmm, ar.d that it is but fiir and just, thit they Hhonld come into poer. Tljey nay it is wise,, proper, and agreeable to all precedents that a Djmocratio victory should be follow edj by a Democratic Administration, and a Democratic Administratio 1 to bej cfilcient and satisfactory mast be through agents that are faithful and devoted to Democratic principles aid policy and traditions. .Tb t is what sound Democrats say. In a year the two partjes willj have to mar-ili al their hosts for battle. North Carolina will have toNlcj its part. If the National Convention Bjiali (Uclare that it is of no iin jor tance who holds the offices of the country, whether Republicans or Democrats, Knights ' of Laboi" or yreen backers, so the President the chief places in the' Cabinet and are filled by Democrats, then it witl fiave very material inflaenoe oponj the piecuon. .1 here will not be! Terv . ! j ;reat enthusiasm, we ; may suppose, pon such a platform as that. 1 here 're 111,000 office-holders. I Let it be jdeclarea that those after j deduct Pgtwenty or thirty important ones) Requiring an examination, shall 1 be jhlled by Democrats, and that all Ithe others shall be 'filled I by men taken from the various parties, and we can not see why the fight shall be o warm and bold as it has been. I - -We would be sorry to see the ex periment made, but thej prospect! is that it will be made. If made then Jot the Democrats be consistent. If t be tried, then let the, State Con vention follow the Curtis-Mugwump idea-that all under-officials! -shall stand an examination before a Coin m'msion, and that the contest ijhall be open to all partisans.- The Stab has JnaiHted that if civil service is so de Arable and necessary to seoqre effi ciency in routine business ' that the "ystem should embrace all -Federal and State from President and Gov ernor down. ' .j; v ; j . . VVhether the people or a majority of them embrace, or not finally the VOL. XVIII. British system of Life Tenure, it is me auty of all newspapers and men who are opposed to! the viotous. im- ported,1 unrepublican, undemocratic system to fight it at every step with determination and! zeal. If it j is a wrong system it will not be made a right system because It i's adopted. ; '''"'" kditous. ''.:'?r;i.t The distinguished ' editor of the Louisville ; Courier-Journal has right, if any one has, to discus's the functions and responsibility of an editor. In a recent article 'he j said : - "The editor who ia true to his calling rj Z . ' J,cur ol n18 IlIe recora which would be hurtful, if not fatal, to campaign .HU'ycuH. xne eauor wno is nt rornis callinir is likelv tA hm nnflt fm v. cause there is betweeii the two the princi ple of aa irreconcilable antagonism; the iuuuiuuii vi w one Deing mainly critical, " " wmci utura I or less conaiructive, rolitica, no less than Journalism, ia n. hnai. neas to be learned by regular service and to bo pursued i consistently.: Otherwise its .enlevements ana nonors must be but earn ty vanities.") : ,!. . In a newspaper experience extend ing through the decades we have al ways avoided office and all candl dacy for Office. In our view a com petent editor is the equal of any man: This is not the prevailing view! even among newspaper men. There are probably ' no persons in our country more prone to worship power and place than men of the press. An ed itor who is not a politician is a small man compared with a fellow in office although, he may have forgotten more than the politician ever knew or will ever know, and . has brains f - j enough to set up j a half dozen such men in business" for life. There are editors all Over th country who! would think Mr. Watterson one of the fore most men in ' all the land if he was not connected with a newspaper, but was in the Senate and displayed one- fourth of j the ability, the learning, the accomplishments, the devotion to sound policy and principle, and the dash and j vigor 'j and eloquence and thought that distinguish his con tributions to tho; Louisville Oourier Journal. J If editors regard their brethren as so inferior to office-holding and offioe seeking politicians how may it be expected that others shall regard them? ; So far as we are concerned we be lieve that in the past such men as James Watson Webb, Henry J, Raymond, Horace Greeley Joseph Gales, John M.j Daniel, John Hamp den Pleasants,1 Oliver P, Baldwin, Roger A. Pryor, John" orsyth, George D. Prentice, Thomas Ritchie, Patrick Henry Aylett, Hugh Pleas. ants,' and others that . might be named, were among the most potent intellectual batteries of their time, and were equal to the promi nent men in their several States who were so influential. We believe that there are scores of men to-day in the newspaper business of the country who are intellectually the peers of their most distinguished fel lows. They are doinir a work that would soon empty the vessels of moBt of the leaders in politics. ' The point we would make is: that newspaper men must learn to estimate their oraftsmen at their proper j worth if they would pass themselves for what they are worth. 1 We have noticed through the years that when papers began to enumerate illustrative able men that j they fell back on the politicians or the bar. And yet-we do not know of many men in North Carolina who have the information, the learning or the ability of Peter M. Hale,wbbse health, we so much regret to know, is so very infirm. How many public men in North Carolina can measure brains with the present Secretary of State ? What man in Western North Caro lina exhibits from year to year more ability and information than John D. Cameron, of j the Asheville Citizen f But why enumerate ? We can name a dozen men who are or were editors that are men of capacity and reading and scholarship and who are abler men than most of the politicians they so of ted puff ad nauseam. f Let the editors have more regard for their own profession and the peo ple will have more regard for them. No man ever gets credit j beyond his own figures! . If he writes as if he thought an editor was a sort of in ferior animal, useful it maybe, con venient somewhat, a friendly pack- horse, if yon please, but. after, all of not much consequence or force in the world, then the publio will accept the estimate and stamp all editors as common-place, . tenth-rate fellows. They will look upon you as a pre- tentious fellow without real parts or merit of any kind. We believe that an editor who is a man j of capacity, of information, of common-sense, of earnest conviction and jof high con scientiousness is the peer of any man that walks the earth, and is one of the most useful and necessary. . There is a rumor in New York that Dr. McGlynn has purchased a ticket for Liverpool, ,1s, he going to Rome? ' - I A large number of Americans were io.the Opera Comique,bnt fortunately all escaped injury. " vv e noted a week or; more agro an editorial in our esteemed neighbor, the iT." C. iVe85yman,relative to the starting of a new Quarterly Meview. The old one . expired some time ago at Columbia. v It has been deter-! mined to Issue the new one from At lanta. It will represent of course the theological views of the Southern Presbyterians and iwill-be scholarly and able. : The names of the editors are ample guarantee of fidelity to their - denominational - views ' and policy, to the - Southern: people and to God.': - Among them are Rev. B. M. Palmer, D. D.J of ;New Orleans; Rev. J. L. Girardeau, D. D., of Col umbia, S. C, Drs. "Strickler, Barnett and Craig, of- Atlanta, Smoot and Dabney, of Texas, Peck, of Virginia, Long, of Arkansas, and other emi nent divines and Bcholars. . We notice that 'the very able Rev. Dr. C. K. Vaughan,of Lexington,Va., spoke against the majority report in the Presbyterian General Assembly. He said, among other things: I "He thought the church could not change its relations as quickly as business men and politicans. There were three different re ligious differences between the ; Northern and Southern churches, doctrine and, vice versa, 'political and ecclesiastical ' policy. The speaker was opposed to allowing such a wide latitude to women as in the North ern churches. He laid particular stress upon the color line and after a time he Said : Our people, from Virginia to the Gulf. will not have their relations with the colored race decided by the Northern church. The church must teach that slavery was a moral relation, not necessarily a civil institution.' He would as much expect to revive slavery in the days of Ramesees as now.- If it was in his power to revive slavery now he would not. He advised th9 assembly to be careful and go slow." Dr. Deems spoke to three thousand people" at Hopkinsville, Ky., on the 23d instjv A dispatch to the Louis ville Courier Journal says: y I "Dr. Deems' classic address of the Taurs day previous proved a strong advertisement. Leading citizens aad numbers of the local ministry occcupied the platform. The Choirs of the different churches joined in soDg. Dr. Deems reproached the positive ism of modern skeptics as giving no expla nation of the apparent disorder, crime and Suffering of human life. , The more Huxley and Btuart Mill tried to solve the wherefore of human life withont the aid of the Bible, the blacker became the darkness. He who believes only what he knows can tell his Creed in the millionth of a second. The only solution of life and escape from its evils was found in the atonement of Christ. He was the greatest manifestation of love the world ever knew. Self-sacrificing love is greater than : omnipotence. To know Christ is our greatest wisdom." The minority committee in the Southern Presbyterian Assembly were, as we supposed, entirely against organic union. The difficulties in the way ate not sectional, as many suppose, but of a more serious -character. In their report they say: I "We are of opinion that difficulties in the way of an organic or co-operative union are so numerous and of so serious a nature that they cannot be removed. They arise mainly out of the fact that the two churches are not agreed in matter of either principle or policy. - The plea that the two nave tne same 'confession of faith' may be fully met by the simple statement that all evangelical denominations have the same Jfrotestant Bible, but the difference in one case as in the other, arises out of the inter pretation of the teaching of the two books." At the Episcopal Convention of Long Island Rev. Mr. Geer did some plain and no doubt needed talking as to the public schools. A report says 'that he j "vigorously denounced the publib schools as being worth less so far as- regarded their efficacy in teaching the truths of Christian ity," and said, the schools "are be coming worse as the days go on." The Crown Prince is liable to a relapse. ' The official statement con cludes as follows: " i Dr. Mackenzie operated with laryngeal forceps, and successfully removed a for--ein growth from the Prince's throat, but tne ranee remains liable to a relapse from a return of the tumor in a worse form." Mr. Cable was in Richmond, Va.,' on Wednesday, and the State savs "he was not noticed at all." It addsi He can look for no svmDatbv from Southern audiences, and coldly as he has been received in Richmond he will proba bly meet the same reception elsewhere. " j Ex Senator Piatt, President of the Board of Quarantine Commissioners, has written to Gov.: Hill that he is willing to voluntarily retire in favor of Col. Fred Grant. I . , .1- i !--..:. Editor O'Brien has sufficiently re covered to travel. He was in Albany, N. Y., on Thursday. He was intro duced to the ; Legislature and was greeted with enthusiastic applause. A Sensation Among (be Darkles. Colored circles in the southern part of the city are very much agitated over a sin gular occurrence that took place Friday afternoon last, on Castle street, jiear Ninth, regarded . by many persons ' as a di rect manifestation . of Divine displeasure and warning, t On the day mentioned, as the etcry goes, Anna Granger, a colored woman, was ridiculing and. mocking an other woman who was singing a hymn j Suddenly she felt a burning sensation in the palm of her left hand, and on examina tion found a .singular discoloration that gave .'her no little uneasiness and alarm. The words" "The Church of God," in blood-red capital lettecs, appeared plainly, in a half circle on the lower part of the palm. The woman screamed and carried on at such a rate that the whole neighborhood soon gathered, and from that time on the excitement increased rapidly. Friday night there were great crowds of people in the house ami vicinity until a late hour, .and all day yesterday persons throng ed the place, anxious to see the phenom enon. Everybody was permitted to loe I ai ine woman s nana, ana ine greater num ber of those who inspected . it were very much impressed, few persons being willing to admit that the whole thing is probably a numoug. ' i , ; Deatb i of Mr. B. V.- Bryan. 1 Mr.: B, F. Bryan, formerly a conductor Oh the w.;oJ & Av R.; and recently a member of the police force of this city, was iounu aeaa in nis Dea yesterday morning. about 8 o'clock, at his boarding house, the residence of Mr. Samuel Hall, on North Fourth' "street! near Walnut. i Mr. Bryan retired ri'riday. night about 11 w'clock, ap parently in good heilth.Hi8 death is sup. posed to have resulted from heart disease During the forenoon an inquest was held, the coroner's jury consisting of Thos. H. McKoy, i J. p. McEacbern, J; MY Mc- Gowan. J. H,' Harriss, 8. Hill and T. . Scott. jThe verdict was that the deceased sauw tu uis ueaiu iroiu natural causes. ; Mr., i Bryan was ; born in Brunswick county, but has made this city his home for many years. He was. nearly 58 years old and a wido wer, his wife, a daughter of the late Junius Gardner, having been dead about eighteen months. The deceased served; throughout the r late war "in ' the famous Washington Artillery, of New Or leans, La and was a eallaot soldier. His funeral will takeplaco this luormijg -'.aill o'clock from the residence of ; Mr. Samiel Hall, on Norh Fourth street. . " ' Carfjrinz nonblo. ,---Vi;: Yesterday afternoon two little Bears un dertook' to practice equestrianism on a Texas! pony, i Fourth street was the trains ing ground, and a brigade of small boys wit nessed ttre ; performance. Texas., moved along very nicely until ha reached a point near the Howard Relief engine house. There he mended his gait very perceptibly. when one of jthe little-Bears fell off. On he went, and when be got to Dock and Fourth the other little Bear fell .off. ' Texas evi- dently had no fancy for Bear-back riders; so when he found that be was relieved of his double-tax he pricked ud his ears: whisked his narrative and made quick time for hisst&blo. We are glad to say that the little pears were not hurt - i i ' Tb Mew Dally We take the following from the Golds boro Messenger.' It comes from Mr.' Bonitz himself, and is the; ef ore reliable: T IVll fifc ftt. tlpfif: AnmA Ilia mans rl)iAiiV lous rumors concerning tbe contemplated removal of this paper, we copy the follow ing very nearly accurate item from the Ra- 1 ..: tit... mi. iciKuj jMewf-KHjterver: i ue siocs company which will publish the new daily morning paper in : Wilmington has been organized with a capital stock of $35,000. Mr. J. A. Bon It Z mi tain Ihn flnllahnm "Mpwnntu at $18,000 (and retains all debts and accounts due him) and the syndicate puts in the re maining $17,000 in cash. Mr. Bonitz there fore holds a controlling interest in the con cern. The paper will be issued about the 22d of June, and will be an eight-page sheet, containing first reports and midnight telegrams. ( It is a new departure in North Carolina journalism, and its appearance is looked for with interest. . Interesting tetter.- - The Fayetteville Observer has a well writ ten and interesting letter from CapL W, M. Parkerj of this city, which abounds in high but merited praise of the Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry and its com mander, ftdptain Parker was for many years a citizen of Fayetteville, from which place he went into the lata war as a mem. berof the La Fayette Light Infantry. The Captain is warmly attached to tbe old town and its good people, and especially to its galiant soldiers. ' v To lb New Klaslf tralM . If any of. the magistrates appointed by the last Legislature have failed to qualify they had better, do so at once. If they do not qualify before June 5th the places wil- be declared vacant This is a matter of great importance in all counties which hayo Republican Clerks of the Superior Court, as these Clerks are authorized to fill all vacancies. We suggest that as much publicity as possible be given this informa tion, t , :. K, itandajr School Convention. : The Sunday School Conference which has been in session for several days at Bouthport adjourned last night, to meet next year at McGee's. The following offi cers were! elected for the coming year: A. Jj Johnson, President; S. P. Thorp. Vice President, and Dr. Culbreth. Secretarv. There was great interest manifested through out the meeting and good fruits will an- doubtedly result therefrom. lly result therefrom, for Enrope. . J r . t ' Roiln I Messrs. Paterson. Downinir & Co. cleared the Norwegian barque Lufra yesterday. with 4.470 harrth of rosin, valued at $4,658 I : , ' ' - Messrs.' IE Pt-schau & We'stermann cleared the Norwegian barque Chapman. for Sietiia. with 4,526 barrels of rosin. alued at-$4.80O. . L.; ABOUT NEWSPAPERS Raleigh News-Observer. An exchange states that the stockholders of tbe Messenger at Wilmington havo gunr anteed to editor Bonitz an advertising pa tronsge of $20,000. The advertisements of the Raleigh News from all sources used to be about $4,000, of wnich about $3,500 was from North Carolina; the advertising patronage of the 'Observer used to be about J $3,000, of which about $2,000 was from North Carolina. The Wil mington Stab, we understand, charees very high rates, and its advertising patron age in that commercial metropolis is, we suppose, about $6,000. We have ' heard that the Wilmington stockholders prom ised i $3,000 advertising patronage instead of $20,000,as onr exchange has it. We esti mate that the ; nnmber of North Carolina people who subscribe to daily papers tak ing dispatches, is about 4,500. The ex penses of such a paper as the Charleston Vouner are about $75,000 a year. The ex penses of such a paper as the Wilmington BtabJ we suppose, are above $30,000. We would like to see great big papers in every town in North Carolina, but it takes an ad vertising patronage of $30,000 or $40,000, such as only a lance commercial city can afford, and not less than 5,000 daily sub- scrioers to keep afloat such a paper as tne Charleston Courier. The Charleston Cou rier, I with its 6,000 daily subscribers, has never been able to furnish its naner for less than ten dollars a year, although it issues a suaaay ; edition separate from its daily. which is relatively very profitable. .newspapers are maintained by wage- earners, not by capitalists; by the many, not tne iew. unaneston, Havannan, At lanta. Augusta, Macon and other places where factories and workshops distribute wages among, the people whose weekly earnings enable them to support their fami lies ana men mauige in a newspaper are ame to maintain only one morning paper. Rich mond has the . Dispatch; and the Whigr on which a exeat deal of monev has been lost. last year was revived as a morning paper, nut we ao not know now successful it Has been under its new management. -' .untie Doaia cannot venture out into tne. big seas without danger of being swamped, and therefore ought to keep near the shore.' we suppose mat the papers taking the dis patches in North Carolina, all combined, ma not last year earn three oer cent, on the capital invested. - .-.'.. .' There are several inaccuracies in the foregoing article, but as a whole it is well worth reading,, so we .give it in - full. EorroB Stab. . - v' 1 : "" ' -WASHINGTON. J Tbe freldent Gone to tne : Adlron i. daeba-jrndlclar Anpointment-Trea- - sury Appointment. - -r """By TelenaDh to tha Mornlnv Hfar ' WashikotoK, May 26 The Presideni, owuuisuim oy airs - uieveiana ana Col. and - Xfra - Tymnet iaii) Ij,.. xhiafternoon for a teu days' visit to -Sara- .u auiviiuwAs,--. Alio pany will proceed over the Pennsylvania.' West Shore and Vermont Central Railroads, and Will make only the necessary stops on the - The PresidentAbas Appointed' Hi Henry Lacombe. of New York, to be an additional viruun duagein ine second Judicial Cir cuit. - - ' - - . i ' Wasudsoton, May 28. The President tp-day appointed L. W.f Reid of Virginia aaiuwuii iwgnier oi me ireasury. s This is a promotion. , Keld; was already em ployed in the Register's office. t ' The f President, accom nanied b v L M ra- Ckveland aod Col. and Mrs. Lamont, left here at 4 o'clock this afternoon for Saranac Lake in the.Adirondacks, in a special car WW reousyivania railroad. A small crowd of people, including several military men. assembled on the portico of the White uuuiw vj.eee ine pany tase tneir carriages, bat made no demonstration.- The trip to the Lake will he made as direct atsd with as few delays as, possible. All the members of the party seemed to he in the best of neaitnand. epirits, and the shot-guns and fishing tackle included in their baggage show that they mean to have a pleasant time. . - .. . -. j. Washington. May 28 The Richmond Greys broke camp this morning and left for home. -They came . here with the un derstandin? that thev wnnlil nnn,i. c J vw.u uw. lbUMtU after they had taken part in the competi tive infantry drill. Company A, Third N. C Regiment, also returned - home to-day. The reason is Ihit mn nf th mumk. J w. wuw UlblUUCIO are engaged. in business, and they were un able to obtaia - leave nf nhiDnm to-day. - ' f 1 He wealner was superb to-day The dav was industriously rievnteri in i-ntnnnti. tive drilling, and the authorities, profiting oy experieuce aud critictsm, are making the work very interesting. Seven or, eight thousand toectatora were in ihn stand. The competing infantry comD&niea were the Governor's Guard, of Raleigh. N. C. : the Louisiana Rifles? - T.ArafllH flmirHi of New Haven, Conn.; Company "C. First N. J ; Company B. Washington Light In fantry; Toledo, Ohio, Cadets, and Company Three of the comnaniea nr wnrthv nt special, mention; The Louisiana P Rifles. Washineton Liirht Infantry r Wash i n ryfnn 'a crack corns and tha ToMn OaAeta- tha Toledo meo probably cirrvinz off the palm. - . i . Competition for artillery prizes was nar rowed to two corananien anri Iho ! nntut consequently was for the first prize of fi.ouo. l be Petersburg (Va; company had withdrawn from the contest. Had there been a third contestant a second prize or $1,000 would have been awarded. One company from Indianapolis and one from Milwaukee driller! trwlav I anno horses and drivers and also judges of con- & A. m m - an. icsi were lurnunea oy tne intra regular ar tillery. Two guns and caissons were man ned by the visitin? militia nrl wa rir;ui by . their own captains. Both acquitted themselves well. ' . The rifle competition also came off; 93 entered, hnf nnlr 9X rnmrtul Th. hUht score of tbe day "was that of Lieut.! Pollard, Washington Liirht Tnfantrv Pr.il a von member of the International Rifle Team which went to Wimbeldon a few vpurn Bern- 83 was scored by Lieut. Bell and orivate Johnston, of the Continentals, of Wash ington, D. C. ; private Crossmann, Second Iowa, and private Steyer, Second Mary land. The ranges were 200 and 300 yards to-day. : . ,-. - .." . WaBHINQTOW. Mat 27 Tn-rtivi other fine day and a busy one for the sol- oiersintce National drill. Com Detitions were in rtroirresa in thnm&in rlnll irmnno CT " u . ... 1UUUUD the Athletic Park hsA hnil the U. 8. Arsenal grounds; the latter 'being individual competition in rifle shooting. - The shootinir vpctprrlnir waa t onn wiA 3 . j wuv auu SOU yards, and to-day at 600 and 600 yards. uaouv x. viioiu. ui luu IT MUIOWQ J jignt, Infantry, still heads the list with l a total of 172. Next COmeS Cant. nhinhnTm Rannnrl Maryland, 167; third, Private Grossman, Second Iowa, 166; fourth. Private Moring, Light Infantry Blues, Virginia, 165; fifth, Private Cash. Waahinrrtnn T.to-hr ' In. fantry, 164 ine inrantry corps which drilled to-day were the Inrlianannlic: T.iirht Tnf.Atra. A l... andria (Va.) Light Infantry ; Jackson Rifles, Jackson. Mich.; Molineaux Rifles, Co. D, 82d N.Y.; Belknap Rifles, of San Antonio, Texas; tbe San Antonio (Texas) Rifles; Lo max Rifles, Mobile, Ala. ; Sheridan Guards, Manchester. N. H. It is difficult to specify points of excellence or imperfections, but nomilar svmnafhv Anrl nnniwliitinn c.nmr.A about equally enlisted by the Lomax Rifles. oi juuuiic, anu me peianap nines, oi Texas, With the San Antonio RifltJH (Close after them. The-TWuwa8 immense knd gener- oustiroemonstrations of aDDlause. - Npyt rarn SI hAt.ta.lfnn rlritl h.lvoa. tK. - . .uu u . . . UV. V T U . l.U Fifth Rhode Island. Louisville Legion and Washington Light Infantry. The practice throughout waa nronounned onnA h mm. petent judges, and the "opinions of out siders are about evenly divided &s to their respective merits. The entertaining feature or tne aay s pageantry was thef individual competitive drill, conducted on the country spelling match principle, which came next after the battalion competition. . The sixty competitors weie selected men two from each -company and they were welcomed, with cheers as they drew up in line before the judges. At the very outset the line was broken by the judges, who retired eight men for failure to place! their pieces against their toes at 'order . arms " The drill was exceedingly severe. -! Four keen eyed army officers were on the lookout for errors; traps and pitfalls were set for the unwary,' and orders came thicker and more abruptly as the work went on; Now and then the commander worked his way with much elaboration up to some point where it was expected whole dozens would fail, only to be surprised by a ready, accurate response from every competitor. One quick witted boy was seen to make no less than three errors which went undetected by tbe judges; another, who was charged by a tnO reAfiv ilirlcrA . With an airir nf : onma j 4 O " ... ...W. U . UU.UU kind, appealed his case to the other judges, auu mum iue aympamizing snouts oi tne spectators was sustained, but only to be slaughtered .two or three minutes later. The excitement rose to fever heat when only four men were left standing, to three of whom prizes must fall. The Belknap Rifleman was the : first , of these to go down, and the final I struggle lay between a Sao Antonio Rifleman, a Washington Light Infantryman and a ser geant of the Louisville Legion. The eyes of the judges detected a petty mis take on the part of the two latter, and they directed the. handsome, erect, well-built Texan to step forward as the winner of the first prizs. The contest between the re- mftinincr twn roon 1 toH In erlvino tha oAn? prize to the Washingtonian and the third to the Louisville man. The victors in this contest are private H. G Storcke, San An tonio liines: Chas. T. Conrad. Com nan v B Washineton Licht Infantry, and Ser- ceant J. R. Watrnnfir Horn nan v A Trfinln. ville Legion. . .. . " i- , . - , ; Tbe day closed with a dress parade of the Virginia Brigade, commanded by Gen.. A .3 mi " a t j . . auuoiKMi. t uey are a uq uouy ox men, finely eouinruwl tnH driltni anil wnn lih. eral applause from a throng of about 12,- wu spectators.' . ... s ; ; .:: WASHrNOTON. May 28. -The weather to dav was cool, almost chill v. The in fantry companies competing to-day are: Company B, First Virginia; Neally Rifles; Maine National Rifles; Company D, First Minnesota; Company A,' Fifth Rhode Island; Company I, Second Michigan; Butler Guards, of Kansas City; Woosler City Guards. Ohio, and Fort Wavne Ri fles, Indiana. None of these made any better than the aveiage record; the Min nesota and Washington men doing the best. TPfWinetltllllftultira In thtt iftM-mum ifamVun ed the ardor of the spectators and thinned .1 1 . I'm . . a i ine crowus, Dut aianot stop tne anning. - ine caaei ami oegan at a ociock Dy tne ---- , - - ..; .. . : . - - h .--i 1 I caaets of 'Peekskill. N. Y. : St - John's Acaaemy. va. ; JSetnoI -Academy, Virginia; Maryland -Agricultural College; Cayuga c xora; ,-mjcntgan ! Military Academy, and, the; Washington High School boys. These youths are un -der military instruction of -detailed officers oi ine regular army, and their manoeuvres and manual practice though hardly np to the standard ut-hv m!!itvw m.. u,n..,nrt seal and a degree of intelligeus appreciation of soldierly duties which was a surprise to the spectators. During the drill of tbe St. uuu a Acaueioy ooys it- oegan to rain in torrents, but the harder It rained the harder they drilled,.-and "when the command to ore lying oown was given, tbey splashed iuw me wet graaa jiao a lot oi huge frogs FOREIGN. roe -Timers' Strike In KelclnuItaly ana ins Vatican Opera Comtqne- In Paris Destroyed by Fire and Rlaay "V- Br Cable to the Mornins Star.! . CBU8SKL8 May 28. A seneral strike nas occurred at tbe Cockerill works.- The Kiasa woras are obliged to use German uuai m consequence or the strike amonir iu iug cui aioincis or .Belgium and the railroads will soon be obliged todo VmHivA; May 2dMgrvGaHmTerti. Pa pal Nuncio here, says that a reconciliation between tbe Vatican and tha Italian gov ernment is but a matter offtime. Kiatr Hum bert, the Queen, Prime Minister Depretis.; uu many leading uaiiau statesmen are in favor of it. r : - u ; Paris, May 26 The bodies of the bal let dancers who lost th-ir u ing of tbe Opera Comique last nicht. are fing in heaps in tbe rum3 of the theatre. The firemen assr-rt ihit mn Knrt.o. , . - VUU-CB BIO lying in the upper galleries. Th8 number ot persona killed greatly exceed- the num ber previously estimated An ! rvitori Crowd Hlirrminr! I.h r.iina tulth . . nUll,llDIVKUaiU ed by a military crdon. Majy distressiog scenes are witnessed. Pasis May 2ft tin tn9. n m 1 f .. bodies, in a terribly mutilated condition, had been recovered from the ruins The remains are principally those of ' ballet trirls. choristers anil mhiniata 1 p;.. " . r .w.u.a i . J . U the bodies are those of elderly ladies, and uuc ui iucui ib luni or . a cnna l tie fire-' men lowered some of the bodies from the fourth 6tory of the theatre by means nt ropes. By 4 p. m. twecty more bodies had been recovered and later thia afternoon the bodies of eighteen lnrl IPft- all i in t r..11 o . t i .u ,u,i areas, were rounn ltin-7 . tnooihu. the bottom of the stair-case lending from tbe second story. These ladies all had escorts to the theatre, but no remains of men were found anywhere near where the women were burned to death. The walls of the they're twirnn fallir thl. -" ""J TVU- ine and search for tha hnHiu. haH k ' " . ,VJ 0 abandoned for the day. The remains of three men and two women nrr-m funr; stage box where the victims had taken re fuge from the flamed. It is ascertained that many bodies lie buried in the debris in the upper gaueries, wnence escape was exceed gly difficult. Tt he government rrnnrwH In plnw nnii of the Paris theatres because of their defl. ciency in-exite. The library attached to the theatre waa entirelv rfpstrnti -nth n its contents.including many valuable scores. oi luuuaanu costumes were ourned in the wardrobe. i IN TEtC-S TATE COMMERCE. Tbe Louisville 4c NasbvlUe Arsnlns for Relief from tbe Fonrtb Clause. By Telegraph to the Morning star. WAflHINOTOW. Mav 9f! a received bv the Intpr-StatA Pnm mittee from the East Tennessee Farmers' Association, stating that the- agricultural interests of East Ten discriminated against; by the Railroad Companies, and praying for a fair trial -of the Inter-State law for a period of time sufficient to determine whether nr nn it- continued enforcement will prove beneficial or aeirimentai to tne Dusiness interests at large - : " WAsnrnGTON, May 27. JS B. Stahl- man. third vine nreairlfne rf th. T...;a;iiA r v. u u uuuuiu-o & Nashville Railroad, appeared before tbe Inter-Slate Commerce nnmmiaainn ia an- swer certain statements made by Commis sioners Fink and Gault of the Queen and Crescent route. He said that if there was anv excection anvwhere nn thia -nnti-ont that called for relief under the fourth sec tion, tne whole Southern system of rail roads is that exception. Touching the ap plication made by his company, Mr. Stahl man. said that the imnreaainn hurl honn created that the Louisville & Nashville wanted relief from nneratinna nf thn laar aa it affected every point in the country. As a matter of fact, it sought relief at seven teen Doints, and at fifteen of them there is strong water competition. As far as trafr fic between Kentucky points and Cincin nati is concerned, Mr. Stahlman suggested that tbe effect of the application would be . t cause railroad companies to open depots at Covington . and New port, .opposite Cincinnati, - ana maintain the present competitive rates f rom those places to Frankfort and other Kentucky points. By an elaborate statement of rates Mr. Stfthlmnn snnirht tn nmnn vhat tin D - - " .vwv.v UL. uo stvlcd a mistaken imoression to the eftVct that Southern railroads had deliberately gone to work to build up the Alabama iron interest at the expense of other sections of the country. The rates we-e faicjinri nui. table and tbe people were satisfied with them. In answer to tbe chairman, he said that he was not aware of any necessity for relief in the matter of pig iron rates on his own line, but be did desire relief on through traffic to New York.- The i hnirmftn fin pit est ert that, aunh an nr. der would be futile unless other connecting roaas joined in tne application. Mr . Stahlman reolied that the Lake TSrie & Western Railroad was so situated that it could unite with his road on a $4 rate to new xorx witnout violating tbe law. "inen you don t want an order," re marked Commissioner Walker. . " Witnpjui renlipri that hta moA vantafl business and could not make sure that the comnanv he had mentinneil wnnlri pnnumt to unite in satisfactory rates. - i - jut. Btaniman saia that the business or Birmingham would be crippled if his road was nhliired to charce much tn Ttirmintr- ham as it charged to intermediate points. ine cnairman . mquirea n compliance with the request for suspension of the fourth section in the South would not smount to virtual nullification of the law in that section of the country t ; - j Witness replied in the affirmative and maintained the necessity for such suspen sion. The people of Alabama, he said. were not hankerinsr for the enforcement nf the law. ). 'The chftirniArt remarlrprl ihali ttiA annnla .of the South seemed to have felt a necessity ior me law, aa evioencea Dy me action or Congress. - - w '. -'. .. - Mr. Stahlman answered that the people of the South had very little feeling in the matter. Said he, It was just our friends in Conzresa who came here and said 'we will rfde ilnno- nn t.h-a thtno-' a.nA fa good many of - them were sorry for it,: Further on in his anrnment Mr Rts.hU man again animadverted upon the spirit that had animated Congress when it passed the lav fTVimfnlaalnAv Rmm Int armntaA him, to say that such- reflections upon the ; ..11! . . i . . lairBiuKcuce oi wongreas were not in piace, and the remarks were lacking in respect due to the supreme law-making power. Mr. Stahlman admitted that the point was well taken, and concluded his argument without farther incident. dnltnhinrn Ammta Mr. f! "R. Aycock will deliver the commencement ad- Messrs. -W. C. Monroe and C. B. Ay cock have bought an interest iu the Argus, snd as nnn u ifNmnlota arroTifTomonta an be perfected, will together with the present editor assume control of the paper. We cannot at present go into details, bnt will simply announce that the Argus proposes to supply the needs of our people for a live. progressive, enterprising, ana interesting paper. -- : vt','' . Ct - NO. MISSOURI Tbe SfaooUne orjohn Vindtrbnri Iu (be Court Room at Roekvllle Possi 4-bly Horrible mistake. V : L -. CBv Telegraph to tha Morn tne (Star ' -! BT. iiOUIS. Jlav 28 A snec.UI f mm Rockville, Mo., says the shooting to death ot iuua vanaerourg m the court . room yesterday during his preliminarv examin tion on the charge of outraging Jennie An derson is now believed to have been a hor riDie mistake, and notwithstanding she was uie vicum oi some man s lust and she idea tifled Vanderburg as the man, yet her idea uncation : was or that uncertainty that usually fixes the crime on the first nnra.-,n arrested, i Vanderburg was cooking for a cauipias party lour miles trom the scene of tne outrage at 3 o'clock that afternoon and at o o clock he was again in camp. Tbe coroner's jury censured the judge for not unarming ana watching the Anderson boys and Ed Evans, from whom something desperate was expected, and they brought m a veru.ci oi muraer against Lunt Ander son and Ed Evans. . The testimony shows that the I constables were watching these men, nut were thrown off their guard by their composed manner while the judge was reviewing . the testimony. Scarcely had he pronounced "Hold the defendant in 1,000 bond" than Lint Anderson hrl noht -two ishots through Vanderburg 's body aod- tiff's A a t Tanai . jau x-vauu nrea two more. .Friends of the murdered man have been found and they ucuiure luai mey wm prosecute to tbe end. 4. WEST VIRGINIA. Gas Explosion at New Cumberland Persons Terribly A Nnmber of Burned. Br Telegraph to the Morning star. . Chicago. - Mav 28. A 7Vu al irom WellsvtUe, Ohio, says: The Ohio Valley Gas Co. have been laying gas mains in me town or JNew t.nmher nnii W Va. Tuesday night the work was finished! ana preparations were made to test the large mains. Before testing it was neces sary to heat the pipe, in order to make it;flt ine curve leading to the river. While this was Deing done and the pipe at white heat. Home one accidentally . turned on tbe gas. w nen tne gas reached the spot a terrific ex plosion occurred, scattering the huee iron mams in all directions and tearing a large hole in the eround. . The as which wno let into the pipo at a pressure of J90 pouuus, lmmeaiateiy toot are and burned to tne neignt oi twenty feet. Eight work men and two children fitjinrlino- at tha point where the exDlosion took nlace. were terribly burned. Four Italians, names tin- xnown jwere tnrown twenty feet by the shock and terribly burned about the face, head aad hands. Two children, names unknown, were badly burned. Physicians n-cio ouuiuioueu irom tne neighboring vutub mj icuuer aasisiance, TEBRIBIjE ACCID BNT. vouision or Trains on tbe Pennsyl vania . Railroad Elsbt Persons Killed and many 'Iojnred Graphic Aeeonnts of tbe Scene by Passeneere, By TeleKraph to the Mornlnu Star.- j PrrraBtJBO. ,Pa.. Mav 28 The la'test reports from the scene of the accident at Horse Shoe bend, on the Pennsylvania Railroad, hast night, state that eight weie killed and six injured. Four were killed outright, and four others hftm Rinne rlipH . The ill fated train arrived at Union depot, in this city, at 4 80 o'clock this morning. wnu some ninety, passeneere aboard. jFor four long hours a group of anxious mor tals paced up and down the passageways, lingering impatiently and in awful suspense as to the fate of their friends who bad taken passage on-the fast line and were! ex pected to arrive in the city at 11 55 o'clock last night. Many ware the inquiries of the depot officials regarding the nature of the terrible accident, of wnich all bad heard, but either they could not or would bol five particulars. Every minute seemed an hour to thej waiting crowd, and when the shrill whistle at last signalled the arrival of the wrecked train, all eyes were turned toward It. Almost the first person to step from tbe 'train Was Miss McMahon, a school teacher Jn Florida, who was on her way to her home) in Bsaver Falls, this State, j Miss McMahon furnished an account of the aw ful catastrophe which overtook the fast line train. The story is best told in her own words, as follows: j "I was sitting about the middle of the second coach from tbe engine. The train was running at a high rale of epeed when the accident happened. The shock was terrific. I was thrown violently against tbe seat in front of me. The train stopped sud denly. In a minute all was confusion, and I was at a loss to know what had happened, I soon heard shrieks from tbe passengers in the coach in rear of the one I was in, and I at once knew that something awful had happened. I raised the window and looked out. I The sight, frightened me. The en tire sides of the two coaches immediately in rear bf the one I was in were - crushed in. I could see the passengers clitnbina out over tbe coal cars lying on the adjoining tracks. The passengers who were not injured as sisted in removing the killed and wounded. It was a sight that I will never forget. Sev eral Women in the car swooned away when they' taw what had happened." j J.! u. Peach, of bellevue, Mifflin county, this State, was a passenger on tbe third coach from the smoking car, and related a graphic account of the heartrending scenes which followed the death! deal ing crash. "I was sitting,", he said, "about four seats to the :." rear of Dale Graham, when the trains collided. The t utire side of our coach was crushed in, and young Graham was literally buried beneath the ruins Not a moan escaped his I:p9, and he must have died instantly, for; he was about tbe first victim! we set about to recover. When extricated from the; wreck his form was lifeless. The side of the car was crushed down on top of him, and this with the large quantity of coal from a freight car had crushed the young man's life out before any assirtance could bo rendered. I never want to witness such distressing scenes again. It makes my flesh quiver -When I think about it The piercing shrieks of the women mingled with the agonizing cries of the men, com pletely overpowers me now, although when the sad calamity occurred I managed to keep possession ot my senses, and aided in rescuing the - victims to the . best .of my ability. We- must have been running at the rate of about thirty miles an hour at the time the collision occurred, and the freight train I -should judge was going about twelve miles an hour. The freight train was heavily loaded, and the terrible crash caused a panic among the passengers. I am surprised that three times as many were not dashed into eternity." j. ; . PiTTBTJBG, May 23 -The official list of killed and injured furnished by the railroad company gives six killed and eight injured. The names of the killed are as follows: Dale B. Graham, son of ex-Speaker Gra ham of Alleghany; Wymer Stires, of Sha mokin, Pa.: John Doris, of East Liberty, a news boy; John H. Stauffer, of Louisville, Ohio; Charles Biedleman, of Brinsfleld, Noble county, Ind. : Charles E. Morrell, No. 75 east Fifty-third street. New York. Two of the eight injured are reported dead, bnt the report is not confirmed. Neither train was running at high speed or the dis aster would have been greater, j The acci dent was caused by the breaking of an axle on the freight train, causing a freight car to drop towards the adjoining track at the moment the passenger train was passing. MISSISSIPPI. Fatal Boiler Explosion at Natebex. By Telegraph to the Korning Star. Memphis. Tsnn.. May 28. The boiler of tbe Natchez Cotton Factory, at Natchez, Miss , exploded this morning,- at 6.45 o'clock. Many of the employes were killed andinjdred.1 ; : - - - : I " v. CARDINAL GIBBONS. ;. Balls for New York from Qneenstotvn. :rf By Cable to the Morning Star. ' Dublin. Mav 28. Cardinal Gibbons will sail for New York on the steamer Umbria. He will embark at Queenstown.i Raleigh Advocate: When Rev.? W0. Norman came to Raleigh, a HttlJ over three years ago, the church was dis heartened and discouraged- He went to work, rallied the church; and, to sum it alt up. in a word, has made a grand success every way. During his pastorate the sun of $28,887.80 has been raised for all chute . purposes.! an average -of $7,216 65 i each year, or $G0i.41 each month, or an average of $20.04 per day. : The church has not failed to pay a cent assessed it while the building has been in process of erection. " Norman is one of nature's noblemen, everybody loves him. and Raleigh will al ways hold him in grateful and affeclioul . remembrance. .., '" :" , i ? . - Charlotte Chronicle; r In con -versation with a Chronicle reporter last night a Richmond & Danvillo Railroad man said that it was estimated that his line carried 2,500 visitors to Washington! City last week. . A special meeting ot the Board of Aldermen was held yesterday v.; consider matters in connection with tlio eewerage system of the city, and to discuss -other subjects After a lengthy discussiou upon the methods of securing the best sewerage facilities possible for tbe city, and the best system, it was decided to send a committee to Memphis to inspect the sew erage system of that city. Dr. Jno. H- Mo Aden and Capt. V. Q. Johnson were ap pointed as this committee. They are in structed ta maker a careful examination into the sewerage of Memphis aod to ac - ' quaint themselves with, all the important' details of the work. If tbey deem ithe-1 cessary, they are to employ a competent engineer, to visit Charlotte and su pervisu the sewerage of this city. - ' , j 1 1 Raleigh Chronicle: This place, ' Dunn, is twentyfive miles from Fayette ville and twenty five miles from Smithfleld on the Wilson & Fayetteville- Railroad. I The first lots were sold last October, i Now there are twelve stores here, a hotel, car riage factory, residences, offices, and con tracts have been made for building Others. I saw the plan of a fine Baptist church which is to be erected at once. On the line of this new railroad the Wilson & Fay etteville the neatness and taste and stylo oi arcnitecture or tne railroad offices im press all travellers favorably. One eleventh of the land in the county is in cul tivation, oi wnicn.part one-nrih is devoted to the cultivation of cotton. On the 9.281 acres in cotton, 8,627 bales are produced. This Is enly about one-third of a bale to the acre. Thirty two acres of tobacco was triad in tbe county two years ago. jit did not pay, aod I think those who tried it are about ready to abandon its cultivation The great fact that tells the tale of Harnett county's solid success is the fact that it has over twice as many acres of land in corn as in cotton, and that it has one-third at much in wheat and one-ninth as much in oats, with a large acreage in ryej This means that Harnett county people "live at home and board at the same place." Asheville Citizen: We are elad to call attention to the proposition of Capt Natt Atkinson, publishen in this issue, to hold a Grass Fair in Asheville oh the 4th; day of August next. We learn of thej death of that eood and useful man. Rnv I John Parham, which occurred on Friday last In Liecester township. The deceased was long a minister of the BaDtlst Church. having at the time of his death the charge of several churches which he served with great acceptability. Not more than two months ago Mr. George Walker, tho i superintendent of the Asheville Furniture Factory, was the happiest of men. He had just returned from Indianapolis in all the joy and happiness of a newly wedded man. About a fortnight ago Mr. Walker's wife informed him that she had a telegram in- iormmg ner mat ner mower was ill and re quired her presence at once, and she de parted ostensibly for a brief visit, really for an time jnr. w aicer was startled yester day by information from his. wife that she not only did not intend to return to him, but had applied for a ' divorce, j Mr. John Everett, of Charleston, NJ C., is in the city, and paid us a visit Ivesterdav morning. He informs us that the storm of! inursaay, so noted nere, was very severe) mparts oi owain; ana a snort distance be low Charleston was vary destructive. Th rain fell in floods, intermingled with hai which fell so heavily as to accumulate td some depth on tbe ground. The hail stones were from the size of a pigeon's id mat oi a guinea egg, culling down m wheat and other Bmall- grain, and ruining corn ana tobacco in the track of the storm fortunately a limited one. Much damagi was clone elsewhere by .the washing of tb - Raleigh News-Observer ; If tha movement for the early closing of the stores succeeds tne clerks of the city will secure some relaxation from the duties ef - their calling during the heated term, f- At recent meeting of the Capital Club It wai unanimously agreea to invite the lady friends of the members to visit the club ou the last Friday evening of each month! The Elizabeth Citv races will occur June 3d at that place, Many noted horssb are enterea ana wui compete. JMeaf Glenburnie, -five miles west of Lenoir a shaft was dug last week twenty-four feet deep. A nugget of gold weighing three or - four pennyweights, a handsome nest or hiddenite and a quantity of lead ore. su posed to be mixed with silver, were take out. "The Citv of Raleigh" is t title of a neat book now being prepared bl m. a. Amis, iiiSq., or tne itaieign bar, who is favorably known throughout the State Dy his JN. u. Criminal Code and DizeS'. and other legal works. The book on Raj leigh will be descriptive, historical, com :.t i i-i i ' t uiciuiu, cuuuuiuuai, religious, etc., b,du ; will contain many biographical; sketches. It will be orofusely and appropriately illus trated. Wilson, May 24. Last night Caesar Wooten shot and killed Mittie Strick land on the track of the W. & W. R R.t -near its intersection with Vance street. Both parties are colored. Three pistol shots were fired, one of which entered the left side and penetrated the heart, causing death inflf teen minutes. The murderer escaped. I Oxford, May 24. John A. Forwood. who shot and killed Taylor Strum in Vanco county on ithe 15th inst., delivered himself up to the authorities here this morning. He acknowledged that he . killed j Strum, put -says he did so in self-defenCe, and that he would not have run away had it not been for the advice of his friends and threats of lynching: but knowing, as he said, that ho killed the man in self-defence, j he thought he had batter surrender. P Charlotte Chronicle: Sometime since the Home'. Democrat, of this city-. made inquiry as to whether there is a block ' of stone or marble in the Washington mon ument irom this state, and suggested that, there was! and that the stone was a leopard ite from I Mecklenburg county. . Judge David Schenck replied in a communication ' to that paper that his father, Dr. Di W. Schenck, lot Lincolntbn, was agent for the State, and that he procured! a white block -of marble for the monument! The block was 6x4! feet, and was taken from John. Stanford's white marble quarry on Mountain creek, in Catawba county. Tbe ' block was foiwarded to i Washington. - it was received with commendable ceremo' ny and a speech by Hon. A. W. Venable The Grand Chapter then proceeded to the election of Grand officers for the ensu. ing year, under the supervision of Com pa W. Alexander ana. a. j. uiair.rrne following were duly elected: George H. Bell, Grand High Priest; Morris M. Katz. Deputy Grand High Priest: Henry ' A. Klueppelberg, - Grand King; Michael Bowes. Grand Scribe: William Simpson, Grand Treasurer; Donald W. Bain, Grand Secretary: Albert H. StubbsJ Grand Chap ¬ lain; Francis M. Moye, Grand Captain of the Host. On motion of Oomp. D.. W. Bain, Goldeboro was selected as tbe place for holding the next annual convoca tion, and on motion of Comp. : Klueppel berg. the third Tuesday in may, vssa, was selected as the time for holding the said annual convocation. The! Grand j High Priest-elect made tbe following appoint- menu; Edward P. Powell,! Grand Princi pal Sojourner; Henry M. Strouse, Grand Koyal Area -Captain; ueorge u.. June. Grand Master, 8d Vail; Robt. H. Bradley. Grand Master. 2nd Vail: Henry E. Throw er, Grand Master lst Vail; I J. K. Wren. Grand Tiler. Tbe Grand Hign Priest an nounced the following committees: On Jurisprudence Comps. Eugene Grissom, George ,W. Blount, H. 11. Munson; un Foreign CorresDondenceComD J. South- gate; Oh Finance Comps. C. W. Alexan der, R. 8. Barnes. H. M. Strouse. '. .'-y !.(.:'' r:-"v--;' 'i!. i .: r- -t .. ? ' . ..- i " -" tt V. .-I : : , :.- ' .S Vj.'.ftir.j - r::''.":; -v- Xft .... , :l ''-.v;::-:rt' fS 1.1 vt;. . -. -n - :.v!,S-'