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THE DOLLARS GROW.
VOLUME XXXVII.
REPUBLICAN SILENCE
i.ahifMMMTiirr i
LITTLE ABOUT FIGHTING
L FOR SILVER.
WOULD MAKE IT A COMMODITY.
Senator CalTerv Denies That He Hill
Head a Movement forth • Purpo-e
of Denationalizing the I’roposod
Nicaragua Canal—He Believes That
It Should Be Either Built by the
United Slates, or it Should Keep
Hands Off—New Year’s Among
the North Carolinians at the Na
tional Capital.
Special to the News aud Observer.
Washington, D. C . Jan. 1.
The Republicans from the Wes’, who
erstwhile talked about bringing their
winter clothes iu which to tight for
silver, have lapsed into a silence that is
so profound it can almost be felt. They
are no doubt preparing a second stir
render to their Eastern allies if thereby
they can manage to sell some silver bul
lion. When H <rrison was President,
these Western silver men betrayed tfce
cause of free coinage by accepting the
Sherman purchase law, by which silver
was degraded from a money metal into
a commodity.
The Nicaragua Canal.
Concerning a report that Senator Caf
fery, of Louisiana, would head a move
ment for the purpose of dena ional zing
the proposed Nicaragua canal, Mr. Oaf
fery says:
“I know of no organized movement
for such a purpose, but I do know that
the bill is objectionable to me iu various
ways and I shall seek to amend it before
a vote is taken upon it. Furthermore I
believe that if the canal is built at all it
ought either to be built by the U nited
States outright or that this government,
should keep its hands otf. The neutra i
zation of the enterprise would do away j
with the subvention of the United States, ;
and I believe that as soon as this is ac
eomplished private capital would fl >w in
in sufficient volume to build the canal.
The demands of trade would regulate
tolls, and there is no hing in the plea I
that the government should control the
enterprise on this account. The canal
would not be used uutil the tolls were
reasonable. Os course, it would be ne
cessary that this neutrality should be
guaranteed by the powerful governments j
of the world, and in that event <
the United States would naturally;
receive more benefits from the building
of the canal than anybody else.
Don’l|Want|l’s to Play Second Fiddle.
It is my opinion that iu course
of time it will tie necessary that
the United States shall own the
canal, but not to own it so as to
exclude other nations from its use It
should be understood that under tin
present bill it is impossible for the gov
ernment to own the canal. The cor.cea- j
slou of the Nicaragua and Costa Rico !
governments is nothing but an ea>e-,
ment, aud by its terms the United States j
is prohibited from being transferred of
the canal company. Hence I say that if
the United States proposes to intervene
at a ! I it should intervene so as to count
and not play second fidd e to the Mari
time Canal Company, where there would i
be no ownership whatever or no possi
bility of ownership under the concersions
granted
“I want it unders’ood,” he said, “that
I am not opposed to the canalization of
the Isthmus, nor do I understand others
to be who criticize the pending b 11. We
favor the canal project as such, but. we ■
want the Government to either build
and own the canal, or to neutralize it j
and keep out of the entanglement which
might result from standing behind a
private company in the enterprise ”
* * *
Prof. E. A. Johnson, of Shaw Univer- j
sity, who has been here attending the
meeting of the National Educational As-;
sociation, of which he is Secretary, left
last night for Raleigh.
He says they have made arrangements j
to go to London in a party of fifty, i
Among these fifty are Prof D. J. San- j
ders, of Biddle University, Charlotte,
Mhß C. E Coleman, of the Charlotte j
Public Schools, A. W. Begues, of the
State Deaf, Dumb and Bliud Institution
for the adored in Raleigh, and Prof.
Johnson, of Shaw University.
* * *
The Postmaster Gtnere.l to-day ap
poiuted A T. Dunlap postmaster at
Norwood, Stanly county, vice M. L.
Blalock, resigned.
* * +
Contract was awa’ded to day to J. B i
Anglin, of Virginia, to carry the mail
from Longleaf to Bowers’ Mills for #57, j
three times a week, until June 30th,
1896.
Contract was awa r ded to B M Har
re Ison, Haddock. N. C., to carry the
mails from Iron Hill to Whiteville, three
times a week, 18 miks, until June 30th,
1896, for #146.
* * *
Miss Hannah Mace, of R sleigh, assis
ted to-day at the reception of Mrs. John
DeWitt Warner, 1700 19th street North
west.
* ¥ *
Mr. and Mrs. Josephus Daniels were
assisted at to day's reception by ihe fol
lowing North Carolinians: Mrs. W. H
Bagley, Mrs. J. S. Tomlinson, Miss
Dixie *L°aeh, Miss Easdale Shaw, Mbs
Belie Worth Bagley, Miss Ethel Bagley.
* * *
The Secretary of the Interior to-day
called on the President with prominent
interior officials. The Carolinians pres
ent were: George McUorkle, T. M.
Roberson, A. 0. Shaw, Josephus Daniels.
* * *
Mrs. 8. C. Stallings and son. of Ox
ford are visiting the family of Mr. G.
D. Elio worth, 213 6th street, Northeast.
* * »
Mrs. McVea and Miss Etta McVea
leave to-morrow for North Carolina.
* * *
Secretary Carlisle called upon the
President with promiueut officials among
whom were W. W. Scott, Geo. W. San
derliu, Judge J. C. L. Gudger.
* * ¥
Mr. Butler who was here yesterday
conferring with Populist leaders left for
North Carolina to-day.
Waterlogged near Ocracok**.
Norfolk, Va., Jan. I.—The schooner
Annie Ainslic, Captain McAndrews, of
Philadelphia, from Savannah to Phila
delphia, waterlogged, is anchored three
miles to the southward and westward of
Ocracoke inlet, two miles from the beach.
Assistance has been asked for.
H News M Observer
NEW YEAR’S IN LITTLETON.
rhe Old Year Closes With a Temper
ance Mass Meeting.
HBpSSJfTSrtKSTffews anU ObuerVßTr
Littleton, N. 0., January 1.
A largely attended temperance mass
meeting was held in the Methodist
; church Sunday night. Addresses were
| delivered by Rev. J. K. Farit, Rev. J. M.
j Rhodes and Prof. L. W. Bagley, princi
pal of the Male High School. Much in
terest was manifested, and it was deter
mint d to devote each fifth Sunday du
ring the year to discussions of the tem
perance work. There is Comparatively
little drinking done in this town, which
was until recent years one of the few
“dry” towns in the State.
It is reported on the streets to day
j that the contestants in the Halifax
j county election matter will abandon
| their present course of procedure, it be
| ing apparent that the examination of
j witnesses could not be completed for
! ninety days or more.
The social event of the season was the
I te 1 par’y given on Monday night by Mr.
i and Mrs. V. W. Land to their daughter,
Miss Lucy, who is home from Peace In
|st it ate. The following couples entered
the dinning hall at two o’clock to par
take of the elegant repast spread for
them: Miss Wittington and Mr. Jack
son, Miss Johnson and Mr. Grant, Miss
Bagley and Mr. Fleming, Miss Fant and
Mr. Allen, Miss E Newsom and Mr.
Bagley, Miss Picot and Mr. Brewer, Miss
Williams and Mr. Blankenship, Miss
McCraw and Mr Dixon, Miss Shearin
and Mr. Ford, Miss C. Johnston and
Mr. Newsom, MissS. Johnston and Mr.
M. Newsom. Mbs K. Leach and Mr. E.
Laud, Miss M. Leach and Mr. N. New
som, Miss Perry and Mr. Nelson, Miss
Weller and Mr* Moore, Miss Land and
Mr. Mosley.
As the guests were leaving they were
treated to a grand display of fire works
under the management .of Mr. E. Land.
Mr. H. O. Grant, of the Spring Park
is back at his desk after a short visit to
Eastern Carolina.
Mr. R. J. Shaw, of the S. A. Line is
here visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. L Shaw.
Mrs. L. W. Bagley the wife of the
principal of the male high school has
organized an “Anti Cigarette” Society
among the school boys. One of our to
bacconists reports a very perceptible de
crease iu his sales of cigarettes in con
sequence of it.
Kobr. Al'tou a worthy colored man
who left this county four years ago for
Texas has returned and says “I dun
came back here to stay, ole Halifax is
gooder nus for me.”
THOUGHT IT WAS QUININE.
A Colored Girl Takes a Spoonful of
Strychnine by Mistake.
Special to the News and Observer.
Wake Forest, N. C., Jan. 1.
Examinations begin to day with the j
classes in maihemaiics. Tuesday the
4th is the last day of the examination
period. The Spring term will open Jan
loth, at which time a number of new
students will enter.
So tar as your correspondent has
learned, the palm of the holiday hunt
ing belongs to Mr. J. C. Caddell, of
Wake Forest. He brought down a
couple of partridges on wing at one shot
from a running train. The conductor
duly recognized the phenomenal charac
ter of the feat by stopping the train for
the sake of the dead birds. They were,
of course, presented to so appreciative a j
spectator. The scene of this exploit was j
somewhere in the region of Moore j
county.
Rev. W. R. Gwaltrey was not well
enough to appear in his pulpit last Sun
day. The pastor of the Broad Street
B prist church of Wiuston, Rev. Jno. A.
Wray, who has spent the holidays here
with his wife and child, preached morn
ing and evening.
Thos. Dix n, Jr., is to lecture here the
evening of the Bth inst., under the aus
pices of the Athletic Association. His
subject will be “the Gates of Heaven aud
Hell in Modern Babylon.” It has been
thought that a number of persons from
Raleigh will avail themselves of this op
portunity to hear Mr. Dixon in this new
lecture.
Dr. Gorrell returned December 30th
from Philadelphia, where he read a pa
per before the Modern Language Asso
ciation on “Indirect Discourse in Anglo-
Saxon.”
A colored girl, Eveline Montague,
aged about fifteen, took a teaspoonfu!
of strjehnine last t ight, supposing it to
be quinine, for which she had an abnor
mal fondness, and was soon dead in
spite of earnest efforts for her relief
The poison was iu a properly labelled
bottle.
Chas. E. Tailor, Jr., of Washington,
D. C., who is spending the holidays here
with his fath*-r, came in to-day with a
fine wild turkey gobbler swung by the
neck across h ; s shoulder.
Mr John Mills, of Franklin, Va., Mr.
S. Mclutyre, of Louisburg, and Mr
Rufus H. Carter, of Fair Bluff, have vis
red Wake Forest recenriy.
MURDOCK WINS.
End of the Contest for State Checker
Championship.
Special to the News and Observer.
Asheville, N. 0., Jan. 1.
John A. Murdock, of A heville, won
the State Checker Championship from
Howard C. McNair, of Roberson county,
by a score of eight to four, and fifteen
draws. Thirty games were to be played
but as McNair couldn’t have won if he
had beaten all three, it was agreed not
to plav these.
J. W. Hollingsworth, formerly in the
grocery business here, has brought suit
against G L. McDonald, grocer, for ten
thousand dollars damages, alleging slan
der.
; Alice, the seven year old daughter of
Mamie May, colored, was burned to
death last evening while the mother was
gone up town.
Sixty seven man iage license were is
sued in Buncombe c uuty in the month
of December.
Three Sleigh Riders Killed.
Keene, N. H , Jan. I.—As a train on
; the Switchburg railroad was coming in
, town, a Bleigh containing Charles
Brooke aged 60; his daughter Ada, aged
ab iut 25 aud Tennis Bergeron, a boy
about 15, attemp ed to cross the tracks
at the Water Street Crossing, when 'lie
engine struck the sleigh squarely, throw
ing it and its occupants nearly one hun
dred feet, killing all three instantly.
ON NEW YEAR’S DAY
THE PRESIDENT AND HIS OFFI
CIAL F*iJ|ttrYrilrT-»«ME TO
ALL THE WORLD.
COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON.
The Annual Reception at the White
House— The Day was Bright and
Thon-ands Crowded the Executive
Man-ion to Shake Hands With the
President—Those Who Assisted Mrs.
Cleveland in Receiving—Justice of
the Supreme Court and Over JO©
Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Were Present but the two Houses of
Congress Were Poorly Represented.
Washington, D. C„ Jan. I.—The
President was at home to all the world,
who chose to visit the White-house to
day and with his official family, repeat; d
the annual object lesson in the simplic
ity and impressiveness of American
republican institutions in the United
States
The interior of the White-house was
decorated to-day with masses of palms,
ferns and other potted plants about the
parlors, bauks of flowers on the mantels
and curtains of smilax before the mir
rors. The oval blue room, where the re
ceiving party stood, w r as profusely
adorned and all the rooms were illumin
ated wholly by the electroliers.
A Brilliant Scene
The weather was clear and bright with
brilliant sunshine. The approaches to
the Executive Mansion were occupied by
double columns of army and navy offi
eers, stretching away from the portico
beyond the gates; the red tasseled hel
mets of the artillery, the yellow of the
cavalry, the white of the infantry, the
black-plumed chapeaus of the navy,
showed distinctly above the sea of dark
blue uniforms resplendent with gold
trimmings, while beneath the great
porte cochere carriages rapidly deposi
ted the brilliantly attired members of
the diplomatic corps, and along the
avenue, extending down the side streets,
stood long lines of organizations and
private citizens awaiting their turn to
shake bands with the President. Crowd
ing into the last inch of remaining space
within sight of the White House, were
thousand who had been attracted by the
gay scene.
Those W ho Assisted in Receiving.
Promptly at 11 o’clock the Marine
Band, s ationed in the main corridor,
burst forth with “Hail to the Chief,” as
the receiving party descended the broad
stairway from the private apartments
and took their places in the blue room,
the President being nearest the red room
door, through which the guests entered
At his right stood Mrs. Cleveland, and
beyond iu the line were Mrs. Gresham,
Mrs. Carlisle, Mrs. Lamont, Mrs. Olney,
Mrs. Bissell, Miss Herbert and Miss
Morton. Mrs Stevenson was in North
Carolina with the Vice President at the
bedside of their invalid daughter, and
Mrs. Hoke Smith was ill. Back of the
receiving line were the following invited
guests of Mrs. Cleveland :
Mrs. Perrine, Mrs. Cleveland's mother;
Mrs. Fuller, wife of the Chief Justice;
Mrs. Schofield, wife of the General Com
manding the army; Mrs. Casey, wife of
the chief of army engineers; Mrs. Thur
ber, wife of the President’s private sec
retary; Mrs. McAdoo, wife of Assistant j
Secretary of the Navy; Mrs. Walker and ,
Mrs. Ramsey, wives of the Admiral’s;
Mrs Chadwick, wife of the Chief of the
Naval Equipment; Mrs. Heywood, wife
of the Commandautof the Marine Corps;
Mrs. Sherman, Mrs. Palmer, Mrs. Mc-
Pherson, wives of the Senators: Mrs.
Crisp and Muss Berta Crisp, wife and
daughter of the Speaker of the House;
Miss Inez Felder; Mrs. Cockran, Mrs
Straus. Mrs. Bathings, Mrs. Daniels and
Mrs. Hendrix, wives of the Representa
tives, Miss Murphy and Miss Voorhees,
daughters of the Senators; Mrs. Maxwell,
wife of the Assistant Postmaster Gener
al, Mrs. Bowles, wife of the Comptroller
of the Treasury; Mrs. Eckels, wife of the
Comptroller of the Currency; Miss Curtis
aud the Misses Hamlin, sisters of the
Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury;
Mrs. Uhl, wife of the Assistant Secretary
of State; Miss Kennedy, Miss Mabel
Johnson, Mi.-is Nannie Leiter, Mrs. An
drews, Mrs. W. K. Car isle, Mrs. Brad
ber, Miss Queen, and Miss Helm.
Order of Presentations.
Col. John M Wilson, Corps of Engin
eers, Uuited States Army, assisted by
Lieut. J. C. Gilmore, 4th artillery, made
the presentations in the following order:
At 11 a m —The members of the Cab
inet and the Diplomatic Corps.
At 11:15 a. m.—The Chief Justice, the
Associate Justices of the Supreme Court
of the United States, the Judges of the
United States Court of Claims, the
Judges of the Court of Appeals, and the
Judges of the Supreme Court of the Dis
trict of Columbia.
At 11:25 a m.—Senators, Represent
atives, and delegates in Congress, the
Commissioners of the District of Colum
bia and the J udicial Officers of the Dis
trict, ex-Members of the Cabinet and ex-
Mmisters of the United States.
At 11:40 a. m.—The officers of the
army, the navy, and the marine corps.
At 12 m.—The regents and the secre
tary of the Smithsonian Institution, the
Civil Service Commissioners, the Inter-
State Commerce Commissioners, the as
sistant secretaries of the departments,
the Assistant Postmaster General, the
Solicitor General, the Assistant Attor
ney General, the Commissioner of Fish
eries, the Commissioner of Labor, the
heads ol the bureaus of the several de
partments, and the president of the Co
lumbian Institute for the Deaf and
Dumb
At 12:15 p. m.—The associate veterans
of the war of 1846, the Grand Army of
the Republic, the Loyal Legion, the
Union Veteran’s Legion, and the mem
bers of the Oldest Inhabitant's Associa
tion of the District of Columbia.
At 12:35 p. in.—The public.
Those who Were Present.
Secretaries Gresham, Carlisle, La
mont, Attorney General Olney, Post
master General Bissell, Secretaries Her
bert, Hoke Smith aud Morton led the
procession past the President, Secretary
Gresham remaining to assist in announc
ing the names of the diplomats, aided
by Assistant Secretaries Uhl, Roekhill
aud Adee.
There were over 100 members of the
diplomatic corps present, in the full
court dress of their respective countries.
They stayed only long enough to pay
proper respect to the chief executive and
then departed for the diplomatic break
fast with Secretary of State, Gresham.
The Justices of the Supreme Court,
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 2, 1895.
with the exception of Justice Jackson,
who is absent by reason o’ sickness, were
j in full attendance, and accompanied by
: ladies. Justice "hite, the latest addition
| to the bench, appearing with his brh’e.
Congress Poorlv Represented.
I The two houses of Congress were but
poorly represented, many of the tuem
bers being at their homes for the holi
days. The sombre garb of the bgbla
tors soon gave way to the brilliant trap
pings of the officers of the regular ser
vice. Major General Schofield and his
I staff leading, followed by Major General
j McCook, who came all the way from
I Colorado to pay his respects. General
: Huger, who succeeded General Miies in
I command at Chicago, and Gener 1 Otis.
! whose department includes the extreme
! northwestern cornerof the United States.
Including several retired officers, there
were twenty-five general officers
column. Admirals Russell, and Irwin,
retired, and Admiral Ramsay with Com
modore Sclenfridge headed a column of
over one hundred naval officers now on
duty in Washington, Colonel Heywood
appearing at the head of the marine
corps.
Next in order came the officers of the
Smithsonian Institute and their officials
of the bureaus of the government, and
after them marched the associated veter
aus of the Mexican war with their tat
tered battle flags, and behind them the
grand army [Mists and members of the
Loyal Legion, and the oldest inhabitant*
association of the District of Columbia.
The veteran contingent was small and it
passed the President quickly. It wa
after half past twelve when the general
public, which had been standing in line
for several hours, reached the door of the
Executive Mansion. By this time the
ladies of the receiving line weie compell
ed to leave for their own receptions, but
the President and Mrs. Cleveland con
tinued to shake the hand of every man,
woman and child presented until the last
of the list was reached.
The Last Hand-Shake.
It was exact’y six minutes before two
when the end of the line reached Mrs.
Cleveland. She shook the last hand as
heartily as she did the first, and then be
gan an animated conversation with those
behind the line. It was about 12:30
when the general public, following the
G. A. li. veterans, began to pass through
the blue room, with the end of this C'-l
umn resting on Pennsylvania avenue be
tween 17th and 18th streets By hurry
ing people along, all who had so pa
tiently waited for their turn, were able
to greet the President and bis wife be
fore the gates were closed. By the time
the populace began to pass through all
those assisting had dropped out aid j
Mrs Cleveland bravely stood up alone, |
shaking hands at the rate of sixtv a min- i
ute. Old and youDg, black and whit*-,!
were treated alike, and some, afflict* dj
with “stage fright,” afier passing M-.i
Cleveland became aware of the presence
of the first lady of the land only by her
reaching out and grasp*ng the hard
that had just been dropped by the PreV
dent
The Crank Was Not Present.
There were no incidents of a sensa- j
tional character. The usual crank failed
to put in an appearance. One other man
was present, however, who appeared to
have a missive of some sort. He carried
a voluminous document written in black
and red ink, but if it was an “Addrei-s”
he intended to present, he was prevented
from so doing by the celerity with which
he was moved through the room. One
patriotic youngster in his father's arms,
removed his cap and shouted, “Hurrah
for Grover,” while his father was shak
ing hands with Mrs. Cleveland. A man ;
on crutches, with both legs crippled, was
asked by Mrs. Cleveland to sit down and j
rest, which he did to the great delight i
of himself and wife, until the ceremony j
was over.
“Grandmother” Chapman, aged 85,
was invited behind the lines to rest.
An amusiDg incident occurred when a
doorkeeper attempted to prevent the
passage of Secretary Lamont, aud, ear
lier in the day, when the entrance to the
blue room of Colonel Wilson, Superin
tendent of Public Buildings, in the glory
of his full dress uniform, was barred by
one of his inferior officers who did not j
recognize him.
PRETENDED«TO BE DROWNED.
And Ilis Wife Succeeds in Getting the j
Insurance Money on His Life.
Siodx City, lowa, Jan. 1. —Mrs. Ii L.
Banker, wife of the man arrested here i
Friday on the charge of defrauding the 1
Ancient Order United Workmen out of
#2,000 at Portland, Oregon, by pretend
ing to have been drowned, was arrested
in this city yesterday and SBOO of the
insurance money recovered.
When she was arrested she made a
coufession of the affair and her husband,
upon hearing of it, also acknowledged
his guilt and said that his sister is now
at Susquehanna, Pa , trying to cash a
policy she has on his life in the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineers for j
$3,000.
He requested the officers to prevent
its payment so that lie would not get
deeper in trouble. He and his wife wiif
be taken to Portland to stand trial.
Hanged to a Railroad Trestle.
Mount Sterling, Ky , Jan. 1.-Twenty
five men went to the county jail at 2
o'clock this morning, overpowered jailer
Best, secured the keys and took from the
jail Tom Blair, of Morgan county, and
hanged him to a railroad trestle in the
city limits.
Blair fought desperately for h’s life
and was beaten almost into insensibility
before he was lynched He was one of
the murderers of Captain J. L. Bomar,
in this city last February.
He was cleared of the charge and was
in jail for shooting with intent kill a few
days ago. It is supposed friends of
Bomar were the lynchers.
Football at Charleston.
Charleston, S C., Jan 1. —One of
the prettiest games of football that was
ever played in Charleston took place this
afternoon between Charleston and Sa
vannah, In the first half neither side
scored, but in the second, Charleston
made four and Savannah nothing, and
the score remained so throughout the
game. _
Memphis Defeats Pensacola.
Pensacola, Fla., Jan. I.—To-day’s
game of football, between Memphis and
Pensacola, resulted in a victory for Mem
phis by a score of 24 to nothing. Oliver
and French, of the Pensacola league
were badly injured and retired from the
game. Several Memphis players were
slightly hurt but played thoughout the
game. Attendance 1,000; weather cold.
| ARMENIAN OUTRAGES
! IIORRIRLE DFT AILS OF THE
M VSSAORK KY THE KURDS
AND TURKS.
FIFTEEN THOUSAND KILLED.
| “ Whosoever Spares Man, Woman or
| Child is Disloyal,” Was the Order
Read lo the Army—No Quarter
Given, No Mercy Shown—Women
Outraged and Then Butchered—
Thirty-Five Villages Plundered and
Burned—An Effort Being Made to
Deceive ihe European Governments
in Reference to This Most Bloody
Tale of the Nineteenth Century.
Boston, Mass , Jan. I.—ln conse
; quence of a meeting of the Armenians
of Boston, held in Friendship Hall last
I Sunday evening, the following cable
| gram was sent this afternoon :
i To Hon. William E. Glcnlstone, London.
England:
“Armenians of Boston thank you for
your sympathy and aid.”
Armenians of this city feel that the
diplomats of Europe will never take in
terest in the affairs of their country un
less it is shown that every act in their
favor is keenly appreciated, and they
take this means of expressing their sin
cere gratitude of the stand taken by
Mr. Gladstone iu bis speech last week.
Information From a Reliable Source.
Letters have been received by well
known parties in this city from reliable
sources in Turkey giving still further
testimony regarding the outrages in
Eastern Turkey. The following letter
comes from a city not far distant from
the scene. The writer of the letter is a
man in whom confidence may be placed,
who has spent more than a third of a
cen’ury in that region and knows the
country and people perfectly. This tes
timony is from a source which is entire
ly independent of any which has been
given before. Later accounts increase,
if possible, the horrors of what has taken
place.
The letter just received is as follows:
“The Armenians, oppressed by Kurds
and Turks, said they could not pay taxes
to both Kurds and government. Plun
dered aud oppressed by the Kurds, they
resisted them and there were some killed.
Then false reports were sent to Constan
linople that theAimenians were in a-ms,
in rebellion, and orders were sent to the
Mushire at Erzingin to exterminate
them, root and branch.
Neither Age Nor Sex to be Respected.
“The order read before the army, j
called in haste from all the chief cities j
of Eastern Turkey was: ‘Whoever spares j
man, woman or child is disloyal ’
“The region was surrounded by soldiers !
of tne army, and 20,000 Kurds also are j
said to have been ma-sed there. Then j
they advanced upon the centre, driving i
in t lie people like a flock of sheep and :
continued thus to advance for days. No j
quarter was given, no mercy shown ;
Men, women and children were shot !
down and butchered like sheen. When |
they were set upon in this way some <
tried to save their lives and resisted in i
self defense, while thosa who could fled j
in all directions, but the majority were
slain.
Fifteen Thousand Killed.
“The most probable estimate
thousand killed, 35 villages plundered,
razed and burned. Women were out
raged and then butchered. A priest
was taken to the roof of his church and
hacked to pieces and set on fire. A i
large number of women and girls collect
ed in a church, were kept for days, vio j
lated by the brutal soldiers and then j
murdered. It is said the number was so
large that the blood flowed out of the j
church door. The soldiers contended i
over a beautiful girl, they wanted to j
preserve her, but she too was killed.
Trying to Hide Their Bloody Deeds.
“Every effort is being made and will
be made to falsify the facts, and pull
wool over the eyes of European govern
ments. But the bloody tale will finally
be known, the most horrible, it seems to
me, that the nineteenth century has
known.
“As a confirmation of the report, the
other day several hundred soldiers were
returning from the seat of war, and at a j
village near us one was heard to say that
he alone, with his owa hand, had killed
thirty pregnant women. Some who
seem to have some shame for their atro
citious deeds, say : ‘What could we do,
we were under orders !’ ”
A Nnmber of Arrests Made.
Vienna, Jan. I.—Despatches from
Constantinople tell of numbers arrrests
throughout Armenia. The whole pro
vince is disturbed. Many troops have
left Constantinople for various parts of
Asia minor in the last few days. The
pretext was that their time had expired
and that they were going home, but
there is good reason to believe that they j
were destined for the military centres,
notably Erzinghian
The recall of Abduleh Pasha, the most
fearbss member of the commission of
inquiry has b-en cancelled, on account
of Portes anxiety to dispel unfavorable
reports to which ir gave rise.
Odessa, Jan. 1.--Journals in the Cau
casus say that domiciliary visits and
searches are»still made daily in Armenia
and that numerous arrests are made.
The local prisons are crowded. The
Bitlis prison is filled with Armenians,
among them is a priest that is 70 years old,
who was arrested for refusing to betray
his plan. The Armenian Catholics have
appealed to the Poj>e.
THREE BURNED TO DEATH.
A Hotel at Lancaster, Kentucky, De
stroyed wiih three of Its guests.
Lancaster, Kv , Jan. I.—This morn
ing the Muller Hotel, a three story brick
building and 3 persons, E. A. Pascoe, his
mother in law, Mrs. Lester, and his lit
tle child, aged about three years, were
burned. Only a few other guests were
in the building and they escaped, being
on the first floor.
The fire startt d about 5 o’clock, but
had evidently been smouldering a long
time, as the entire building was filled
with smoke when it was discovered.
The Pascoe family were nearly all
suffocated when aroused by the noise
from the streets. Mr. Pascoe assisted
his wife to a window, and she went
down a ladder. He went back into the
building after his child and mother-in
law, but succumbed to the smoke and
flames, and all three were burned. He
| was about twenty-five years of age and
j a restaurant keeper. The loss on the
! building is about $15,000.
LYNCHED BY VIGILANTS.
A Defaulting County Treasurer Hung
and his Body Thrown Into a River.
j O'Neill, Neb., Jan. 1 —Barrel SeoGv
| defaultiug treasurer of Holt county to
I the extent of several thousand dollars,
is supposed to have been hanged by vig
ilants, who then weighted the body and
threw it into the Niobrara river yester
day afternoon.
Scott, pending examination, had been
released on bail and yesterday took a
drive accompanied by his wife, daughter
and niece, Miss McWhorter, several miles
east of here in the county. They had
started to return home and had g me a
short distance when a volley of shots was
fired into their carriage from ambush by
; masked men. One of the bullets pierced
j Scott's ear and scratched his temple.
| Another struek a steel inJMiss MoWhor
j ter’s corset then glanced off inflicting a
! flesh wound and lodging in her
clothing One horse whs instantly kill
j ed and the other mortally injured.
The vlgilants then attached a new pair
I of horses to the carriage, and drove the
party over the prairie, finally depositing
the women, and commanding them to
go to a farm house a short distance away.
Scott and his driver, Henry Smith, were
then blindfolded and taken towards the
Niobrara river, where Smith was re
leased and told to go home This is the
last seen of Scott, and it is supposed that
he was treated the same as James Hill
and his son a short time ago hanged
and thrown into the river.
Mrs. Scott, her daughter and Miss j
McWhorter returned to this city about 1
o’clock this morning and when the de
tails of the affair became generally
known friends organized a posse and
started in pursuit of the mob.
AMERICAN LABOR FEDERATION
The Executive Council Holds its Last
Session in New York.
New York, January I.— The new ex
ecutive council of the American Federa
tion of Labor met to day at the rooms
of the Federation, at No. 14 Clinton
street.
John Mcßride, the uowly-el-cted pres
ident of the American Federation of
Labor, who came here on Sunday from
his home in Columbus, Ohio, called the j
council to order this morning at 10:30 j
o’clock. The other members of the coun i
oil present were P J DcGuire, first vice-1
President; James Dalton, second Vice-1
President; Rhody Kcnahan, third Vice- |
President; Thomas Elderkin, Fourth
Vice-Pr*sident; A. McGrath, Secretary, ;
and John B. Lennon. Ex-President j
Samuel Gompers was on hand with
the books, accounts and other records of
the office, which will be turned over to
President Mcßride and the new council.
This session of the council is of more
than ordinary interest and importance
as it will be the last of the meetings of
the executive council held here as the
headquarters of the federation will be i
removed to Indianapolis, Indiana.
The proceedings to-day were held with *
in closed doors. The council will remain
in session several days.
STRIKERS PARADE STREETS.
Employes in all Factories Will Support
the Striking Shoe Workers.
Havrehill, Mass., Jan. I.—The strik
ing shoe workers had another big street
parade this afternoon with music and
banner accompaniments. They march
ed in procession from the headquarters,
on Washington street, to Spaulding
and Sweet's factory, and called out fifty
women stitchers It is understood that
the workmen in every factory in town
have voted to come out en masse of nec
essary, to support the strikers. Two or
three firms have called in the aid of the
board of conciliation to prevent a strike
in their factories and will probably be j
successful.
The strikers have received a donation
of money, and more is promised.
There were 1,400 people in the parade, i
and at its close the women stitchers, two j
hundred and fifty in number, had a I
mass meeting in Cutter’s Hall. About j
125 women came out of Chick Brothers’
factory and joined the parade. There
was a parade of women stichers this
afternoon.
Parkhurst Has Nothing to Say.
New York, Jan. 1. —The Rev. Dr,
Charles H. Parkhurst was seen this
morning at his home in regard to the
interview with ex-Senator Platt, ob
tained in Wilkesbarre, Pa., in which Mr.
Platt is quoted as saying that he is in
clined to think Dr. Parkhurst’s “head
has become swollen, and that the Doctor
should be turned down because he has
tried to dictate to the Lexow committee.
Dr. Parkhurst acknowledged he had
read the interview, but would only re
mark : “I can really say nothing in re
gard to Mr. Platt.”
‘ Not even when he attacks you and
calls your head-swollen and says you have
attempted to dictate to the committee
and should be turned down ?’’ persisted
i he reporter.
“No, I have nothing to say.”
It Will be Senator Thurston.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 1.--John M.
Thurston, of Omaha, present general so
licitor of the Union Pacific Railroad
Company will be next U. S. Senator
from Nebraska as the successor of Mr.
Manderson.
This decision was arrived at in a cau
cus of Republican majority of the legis
lature held this evening. The selection
was unanimous. The unamity of opin
ion was a surprise even to the steadfast
supporters of the Omaha lawyer.
The election of Senators by the Legis
lature does not take place until January
15. The Democrats and possibly the
Populists will on that oecassion cast their
votes for Congressman Bryan.
Mayor Strong Inducted Into Office.
New York, Jan. 1. —Win. L. Strong
was inducted into the office of Mayor of
New York to-day. The ceremonies at
tending the incoming of the new admin
istration were without incident.
The mayor’s office was filled with heads
of departments and citizens who came
to wish the newly installed Mayor a suc
cssful and prosperous administration.
Struck by a Shifting Fugine.
Baxter, 0., Jan. I.—Wm. Patton
and his son-in law, B F. Halladay, were
killed at Waco, on the Clevland, Canton
and Southern railroad to day. They
were in a wagon and were struck by a
shifting engine at the crossing.
THE SOUTH RISING UP
TIIERECORDOF I IIE PAST YE \R
ONf3 OF PROKREMtt AND DE
k VELOPMENT.
NEARLY 3.000 NEW ENTERPRISES.
The Industrial Situation in This Sec
tion Characterized by the Steady Re
establishment ot Confidence--A Pro
nonneed Feature of the Year has
Been the Upbuilding ot Manufactur
ing Interests—Capitalists Have
Found it a Favorable Field lor In
vestment-Comparison of the Year*
1880 and 1801.
Baltimore, M<l., Jan. l.— Iu i'san
| nual review of Southern conditions, the
Manufacture!s' Record s ys:
The industrial situation in the South
| duriDg the past year was characterized
j by a steady re establishment of conti
deuce and a slow but solid upbuilding of
manufacturing interests Prevailing
conditions during the year have not en
! eon raged unusual development and the
I general tendency has been to follow a
conservative policy. The year carried
over as a legacy many of the adverse
conditions which were features of the
previous year Legislative problems of
national moment Tiling in uncertainty
during the greater portion of the year.
| The panicky feeling of the two previous
| years occasionally made its influence
; felt, and the attitude of foreign investors
towards American securities continued
j as a depressing factor.
Favorable Field lor Investment.
Capitalists have been slow to faster
I new enterprises, and only those en
listed their support whose environment
i has offered the most encouraging and
| legitimate prospects.
The investor became an investigator
I during the year, and well-planned in
i dustries beuefirted thereby. Enduring
I good results to the South from this
| movement and its significance are already j
[ shown by a wider and more personal ae- j
j quaintance of the investing public with .
! its resources.
The record of progress made during
the year evidences a well defined prefer
ence for Southern investments, and re
flects a more gem ral existence of favor
able impressions that, with the full re
storation of con lid* nee in the bnsiness
world, will influence a considerable tide
of capital towards Southern channels;
and as the aspects of things for the new
year are more cheerful than those whii h
ushered iu 1894, it is a perfectly reason- j
able deduction to look for greater pros
perity and greater progress in 1895 The j
faith of Southern men in the future of!
this section gains new emphasis from a
study of the controlling part their capi- |
tal and enterprise played inthe advance- j
ment made during 1894.
Nearly 3,(KM) New Enterprise*.
Nearly six hundred more enterprises
were established in the South during 1894
than in the preceding year, the total be
ing 2,829, as against 2,293 for 1893.
A pronounced feature in the bui’ding
of new factories during t he year has been
the aim to • s r ablish a class of industries
that will retain at home trade heretofore
supplied from distant points. These new
industries have also been characterized
by the adoption of modern machinery
and the employment of skilled labor and
methods. The aim has been not only to
successfully provide for the home and
neighlioring trade but to invade distant
markets for theirpatronage. This is illus
trated in many lines of industry, partic
ularly in the building of machinery.;
Southern-made machinery is now found
in many Northern and Western facto :
ries and figures to some extent in inter
national trade. Southern flour is ex ;
ported to Europe in large consignments,
and is winning extended popularity at
home. The products of the South have ;
founded canning factories, carriage and j
wood-workers factories, etc., and all are j
making reputations at home and abroad, j
Broad guaged business methods are win- j
ning success for Southern manufactur- ;
ers and enhancing the prestige of South- |
ern industries.
Comparison of 1880 and 1891.
Comparing the year just closed with
1880, the statistics gathered show the
following increases:
Railroad mileage from 20,612 miles in
1880 to 46,900 in 1894; annual yield of
cotton, bales, 5,755,000 to 9,500.000; an
nual yield of grain, bushels, 431,000 000
to 600,000 000; coal mined annually,
tons, 6,049,000 to 30,000 000; annual
pig iron production, tons, 397,301 to
1,560,000; number of cotton mills
in operation, 161 to 427; number of
spindles 667,000 to 3.000,000; number
of looins 14,823 to 68 000; capital In
vested in cotton mills $21,038,712 to
$107,800,000; number of cotton oil mills
40 to $00; capital invested in same $3,-
504,000 to $30,000,000; lumber dressed,
value of products $46,938,100 to sll4,
746.6T4; capital invested $26,902,644 to
farm assets $2,814,000,000
to $3,182,000,000; value of farm pro
ducts $666,000,000 to $850,000,000;
capitsll invested $257,244,561 to SBOO,-
000 060; value of manufactured product
$457,454,777 to $1,000,000,000.
MUST GO TO PEKIN.
Japanese Troop* to Sail to China-. L
egal zed Prostitution Abolished.
Boston, Mass.. Jan. I.—A cablegram
from Shanghai, China, December 31st,
stated that a manifesto of the liberal
party in Japan had declared that the
Jap *nese army must go to Pekin, and
that Sendai Japanese garrison was about
to sail tor China. Sendai is a town in
Japan near a bay of the same name on
the east coast of Hongn As far back
as 1884 it had a population of 53,321.
A public moral movement has recently
been inaugurated in Sendai. After
public debate in the Prenact ual assembly,
in which Christian women a* well as
men are invited, it was resolved to abol
ish legalized prostitution. The credit
of this moral victory belongs to the zeal
and courage of the Christians of Japan.
There is a mission of the American j
Board of Foreign Missions in Sendai.
The missionaries there at the present j
time are the Rev. Wm. W. Curtis and j
wife, of Norwalk, Conn., and Miss
Annie H. Bradshaw'.
Chances Favor Higgins for Senator.
Dover, Del., Jan. I.—The result of
the Senatorial contest is still uncertain,
with chances favoring Senator Higgins.
The opinion is that the skirmish has re
sulted in his favor.
Lynchburg, Va., Jan. I.—T. W. Witt,
retail boot and shoe merchant, of this
city, made an assignment to day. Lia
bilities about $6,200; assets $5,000. j
WEATHER PREDICTION.
For North Carolina :
Fair, s ightly warmer variable wind*
For Raleigh and Its Vicinity:
Wednesday: fair, warmer.
NUMBER 138.
PROF. BOATWRIGHT ACCEPT*.
He Decide* to Become President ot
Richmond ( ollegr.
! Ri hmono, Va., Jan. 1 Prof. F. W.
, Boatwright, who was a few weeks ago
; elected president of Richmond College,
; has accepted the place. Mr. Boat
! wright's election, it will ls> remembered,
! met with opposition in some quarters,
| and resulted iu the demonstration of
I bitter feeling among some of the stu
dents. This factional struggle finally
resulted in the Professor’s lieing banged
in effigy by some of the college boys.
' The position of president, to which Mr.
j Boatwright has been elected, pays a
| salary of $2,500, and includes the pro
| fessorship of modern languages, which
he is still to fill
Mr Boatwright, iu accepting the
presidency of the college, requests that
1 the board of trustees shall be reassem
| bled and ao opportunity afforded hun to
meet those who have covertly assailed
his eharacter. This opportunity, Mr.
! Boatwright says, will allow any who
! have aught to utter against him as a
i man or a Christian to come forward and
{say it.
It is understood that the req'ies* will
'be granted and the Itnard. called to
g-ther.
A ♦ 10,000 Fire In New York Slnfe.
Utica. N. Y., Jan. 1. A lire was dis
covered at 10 o'clock last night in the
Jostlyn building, in which the post office
is located at W* st Windfield, Herkimer
county. The loss is estimated at S4O,
000 Eight buildings were either de
stroyed or gutted, including a bank.
The fire is supposed to have originated
in the feed store of Charles Garliok, in
the rear of the Jostlyn building. Du
ring the progress of tbo fire, a falling
beam-fractured the collar bone of James
Burns.
The entire village was at one time
; threatened with destruction and aid was
j summoned from this city. When the
j apparatus was ready to 1 ave on a spe
cial train, word was received that the
i fire was under control. West Winfield
has no fire department, it having de
feated measures to establish fire protec
tion last fall.
Killed by Hi* Wife.
Galesburg, 111,, January l.~Ex
Alderman Charles F. Johns >n, who was
shot in Attorney Malley’s office last
Wednesday by his wife, died yesterday.
To the last he protested that he did her
no violence, but that she shot him as he
was procuring a glass of water for her,
because of his allegation regarding her
relations with a wealthy Chicagoan.
A Fatal Three-Cornered Duel.
Little Rock, Ark., Jan. I.—A three
cornered duel was fought here between
Jack Stowe, a wealthy saw mill owner,
and two brothers named Patrick. The
two brothers used pistols, while Stow
did fatal work with a bowie knife. All
three received fatal wounds. The trouble
was over a settlement of wages due the
brothers.
New Year’s Reception to Mi*s Dortch.
Last night mellow lights gleamed ovrr
the snow, and the sounds of merry
voices and sweet music floated out op
the air of a uew year.
The residence of Dr. T. D. Hogg was
the social centre of Raleigh last night.
All the evening the beauty and gallantry
of the city passed in and out of the
handsome halls and exchanged happy
new jear greelings just within the
itm shold of 1895.
The occasion was a reception in houor
of Miss Dortch, of Goldsboro.
Misses H«'gg and Dortch received the
many invited guests They were assisted
by the following young ladies: Miss
Nella Grimes, Miss Mary Lily Kenan,
Miss Lizzie Hinsdale, Miss Lizzie Taylor
and Miss Kate Badger. In the dining
room, where an elegant collation was
served, Mrs. Thos. 8. Kenan, Mrs.
George Little and Mrs. Minnie Bagley
received.
A large number of young ladies and
gentlemen called during the evening.
Among the ladies present were: Misses
Mary Miller, Lily Hoke, Mabel Hale,
Lathrop and Hamilton, of Baltimore;
Miss Piescott; Misses Susie Clark, Nan
nie Jones, Sadie Jones, Mary Pescud,
Annie Belle Bledsoe, Fannie McPheeters,
Sallie Cotten, Carrie Holt, Berta Smith.
Janet Badger, Anna Stronach, Annie
Busbee, Miss Tyree, of Staunton, Va.;
Misses Martha Haywood, Blanche Blake,
Lizzie Lee, Addie Stith, Maggie Stith,
Katie Belvin, Anna Crow, Miss Tyson,
Miss McAden, Miss Mary Turner.
Took the Oath of Office.
In the Supreme Court rooms yester
day morning au interesting ceremony
was witnessed.
At 10 o'clock Justice Avery adminis
tered the oath of office to Chief Justice
Faircloth and to Associate Just ices, Clark,
Furches and Montgomery.
He then administered the oath to
Judge W. S. O'B. Robinson, of the Su
perior court.
Justice Montgomery swore in Judge
E. W. Timberlake, of the Superior court.
Judge L. L Green, of the Superior
court, also took the oath of office. He
received a duplicate commission from
Governor Carr yesterday; lie failed to re
ceive the orginal document.
The ceremony was rather informal,
and only twenty persons were present.
The New Lighting System.
The Raleigh Electric Company yester
day moved its offices into the Pullen
building 332 Fayetteville street. Mr E.
R. Dodge is in charge. All kinds of
electric apparatus will be displayed there
next week.
Work will begin in a few days on the
wires and lamps of the incandescent
lighting system this company is to put
in.
A fifty-foot addition to the power
house used for the street car boilers and
dynanu s has been built, and new boilers,
entirely separate from the *ire t ear en
gines are being put in.
U ill It Injure the College* I
Friends of th** endowed colleges in the
State are considering the probable loss
of income to these instil u ions through
the proposed reduction of the legal rate
of iu'erest, A prominent Baptist says
the change in the law will reduce the in
come of Wake Forest College about
$1,500. An addition of $25,000 to the
endowment fund will just offset this.
Few doubt that the rate of interest
will be reduced by this Legislature.
And people are discussing this as if it
were a certainty.