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TTDOE LAOBffiIESTf OMUDILAUTOK] (EF AOT IM'OTOfI ©AOB3DILONIA IMOOf.
WHERE HEROES FELL
TIIE FORMAL DEDICATION OF
CHICK AM AfJGA’S BLOODY
BATTLEFIELD.
SPEECHES BY THE OLD VETERANS
The Principal Addresses Were Made
l»y two Silver-Haired Generals, Gor
don and Palmer, who Fought on Op
posite Sides— Vice-President Steven
son’s Speech—An Era of Bro herlv
Feeling Inaugurated Between North
ern and Southern Soldiers.
Chattanooga, Trim., Sept. 19.— One
of the bloodiest battlefields the world
ever saw was formally dedicated here
to-day as a pleasure park for the edifi
cation and enjoyment of the American
} eople for all time. It was the dedica
tion of the battlefield of Chickamauga.
whose beautiful ravines and monutain
sides were strewn with nearly 30,000
dead and wounded men thirty two year
ago. The dedication was conducted by
men who, 32 years ago, fought in that
awful strife; men who at that time sought
each others lives; sough f tc increase she
bloodshed, if necessary, to win th. fight
Two generals, with silver g ay hr.T. who
headed thousand of m*.n in t v e affray
on opposite sides, made the principal
speeches at the dedication They were
Generals John M. Palmer and John B.
Gordon. The feud which stirred them
to strife then has been blotted out and
to day, they and their follower > re as
brothers of one nation and of one family.
It is doubtful if the world ever before
saw another such a scene as was that at
Ohicamauga to day. Certainly there
never was one more impressive and at
the same time joyfully affecting. It
was witnessed by no less than 50
000 people of the North and of the South,
and at 1 asl half of them took part in
that bloody civil war, of which Chick
mauga battle was a part.
The ceremonies took place at Snodgrass
Hill, wh<s*e top and side for a mile or
more were so thickly covered with dead
this day thirty-two years ago that, as
the survivors say, one could walk all
over it from crest to base, stepping from
one prostrate body to another.
Hours before the exercises began the
battlefield was alive with people who
had come to attend the dedication. The
first event of the day was a display of
arms by battery E, Fourth U. S. Artil
lery. Then there was a battalion regi
mental drill, showing the new tactics
and field movements under command of
Col. Polland.
These exercises at arms were of great
interest to the veterans, to the rebels
and yankees, though the old fellows ex
the belief that such tactics
would have fallen as timothy before a
mower if placed against those adopted
during the battle of Chickamauga.
Vice President Stevenson presided
over the dedicatory exercises. He was
introduced by Gen. John 8. Fullerton,"
-chairman of the Chickamauga and Chat
tanooga National Park. When the Vice-
President came forward he was gr; eted
with loud applause.
The meeting was called to order at 12
o’clock, and at that hour Snodgrass Hill
was covered with people. The great nat
ural area selected by the National Com
mission on Snodgrass Hil was
so arranged that nearly all
of the tens of thousands of aud
itors could hear the speeches and
addresses throughout. Byway of be
ginning there was a national salute of 44
funs by the artillery, followed by “The
tar Spangled Banner,” played by one
of the United States Infantry bands. It
was cheered to the echo by veterans of
the blue and of the gray. In their pa
triotic enthusiasm many of the'grizzled
cid veterans shed tears of joy.
When the applause had ceased, Vice-
President Stevenson made a brief address
appropriate to the occasion.
He said:
“I am pleased to be called to preside
over the ceremonies of this d«y. By
solemn decree of the representatives of
the American people a magniftcient park,
audits wondrous associations and memo
ries, is now to be dedicated for all time
to national and patriotic purposes.
“This is Uie fitting hour for the august
ceremonies we now inaugurate. To-day,
by act of Congress of the United States,
the Chickamauga and Chattanooga Na
tional Military Park is forever set apart
from all common uses; solemnly dedi
cated forall the ages- to all the Ameri
can people.
“The day is auspicious. It notes the
anniversary of one of the greatest bat
tles known to history. Here, in the
dread tribun <1 of last resort, valor con
tended against valor. Here brave men
struggled and died for the right —as
God mv'' them to see the right.”
“Thirty two years have passed, anu
the few curvivoisof that masterful day
-—victors and vanquished alike—again
meet upon this memorable field. Alas,
the splendid armies which rendevouzed
here are now little more than a proces
sion of shadows.
"On fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread;
While glory guard* with solemn round
The bivouac of the dead."
“Our eyes now behold the sublime
speeta le of the honored survivors of
the great battle tuiuiug together upon
these heights once more. They meet,
not in deadly conflict, but as brothers,
under one flag—fellow citizens of a
common country. All grateful to Ci >d
that, in the supreme struggle the gov
ernment of our fathers —our common
heritage—was triumphant, aud that to
all of the coming generations of our
c >uOi.rj m* - ■* >'jH Tvm dn ‘an indivisi-
I ole anion oi indestructible States’.
“Our dtiiiie.ukui to dav is but a cere
raouy. In the words of the immortal
Lincoln at Gettysburg:
“‘But in a larger sense we cannot
dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we can
not hallow this ground. The brave men,
living and dead, who struggled here
have consecrated it far above bur power
to-add or detract.’
“I will detain you no longer from lis
tening to the el quent words of those
who were participants in the bloody
struggle—the sharers alike in its danger
and its glory.”
When he had finished, prayer was of
fered by the P.ight Rev. Bishop Gailor,
of Tenne.-see.
• An on- t,” the beautiful national an
them, v•* then sung by the audience,
accompanied by the band, and everyone
of the forty aud odd thousand of people,
;emb!< d, blue and gray, sang it as if
inspired. The great volume of sound
roiled uu as a great tidal wave, and long
before the song was ended tears were
coursing down the checks of thousands
of the old veterans.
It made a thrill run up and down the
backs of even the most hardened of the
battle scared veterans, and those who
shed tears were proud of it. Not one of
them was ashamed, nor was there any
one who would shame them
Gen. John M Palmer, the venerable
Senator from Illinois, who thirty years
ago to day risked his life on the battle
field, made the first dedicatory address.
When he came forward his voice was
husky and had a tremuious sound. And
never in ali his life, unless, perhaps
when he was directing his men at Chicka
mauga, thirty two years ago, did he
speak more earnestly.
He became grandly eloquent ..as he
advanced in his aldress, and h's elo
quence was fully appreciated, and at
frequent intervals he was applauded with
a vigor that showed the audience were
in touch with him.
£> rater John M. Palm .r told the story
of the battle of Chickamauga, saying
that but few of the names of the fallen
were known, but the courage and gal
lantry of all could be remembered.
Another patriotic tune followed Gen,
Palmer and the battle scared veteran
of the Confederacy whom Lee called his
••right arm." John B. Gordon, of Georgia,
was introduced. He was greeted with
no less applause than was accorded Gen.
Palmer, and he spoke with fully as much
enthusiam, feeling and patriotism.
Refe ring to Charles Summer’s pro
position in the Federal Senate to strike
from the battle Hags of the Union all
mementoes of our civil war. in order to
lessen passion, restore harmony to the
embittered sections, and unity to hie
divided country. Mr. Gordon said:
“But Mr Sumner was not the only
statesman vv o then believed that the
preservation of war memories was the
perpetuation of war passions. He was
not the only one who failed to appre
date the mighty changes which were to
be wrougnt. oy lime; or the hallowing ef
fects of great trials and sorrows up >n
the tempers of a people; or the elevating,
ennobling and unifying power of our
Christian civilization and free institu
tions
“Few, if any, there were who then
saw, as we see now 7 , that the American
civil war, when fully and rightfully
understood, was to become the most
unique chapter in the world’s history;
that it was inevitable; that it came as
the inevitable always comes, with no
human agency competent to avert it;
teat it was inevitable because it was an
irrepressible conflict between irreconcil
able constitutional constructions, main
tained on both sides with American
tenacity, by brave and truth loving
people, involving momentous interests
and rights, w hose claim could neither
be settled nor silenced except by the
shedding of blood.
“Few, did I say there were ? May I
not rather say the were none! Where
are the men who then foresaw’, for ex
ample, the South’s speedy recupera
tion, or even her possible resurrection?
] do not recall one who, in that woeful
period which followed the disbanding of
armies, saw through the widespread
desolation of this section her present
triumphal march to enduring prosperity
and social order. I do not recall one
whose vision was clear enough or far
reaching enough to catch even a faint
glimpse of these inspiring scenes around
us to-day; not one in any station or sec
tion optimistic enough or audacious
enough to promise his countrymen the
light and life and fraternity of this
glorious hour?
“Aud why not?” he asked in conclusion.
“Why net mutual, absolute confidence,
trust aud unity? What is the basis of
this trust and brotherhoo ? Shall I an
swer? Ido answer, because the answer
is a great truth, which history will re
cord aud heaven reveal at last That
ba-is for brotherhood, vouched by the
dead heroes who fell, and the living
around me to-day, is ihe monumental
fact that every drop of blood which was
shed in that struggle was the priceless
tribute paid by liberty loving men to
inherited and profoundly cherished
convictions. Every uniform worn by
the brave, whether its color was
blue or gray; every sheet of flame
from the ranks and rifles of both; every
cannon that shook Chickamauga’s hills
or thundered around the heights of Get
tysburg; every whizzing shell that tore
through the wilderness at Chancellors
villa or Shiloh; every ballet rent flag
that floated in victory, or went down in
defeat on any field; every patriotic sigh
or prayer wafted heavenward trom the
North or the South; every loving and
tender ministrat ion at the dying soldier's
side; every agonizing throb in woman’s
[continued on fourth page ]
RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1895.
FORTY-FIVE DROWNED
A SPANISH CRUISER COLLIDES
W ITII A MERCIIANT STE VIWEK
AT HAVANA.
FOUR SPANISH OFFICERS PERISH
Marine General Delgado I* are jo Was
Among the Nmala r..Hi* Body, With
a Number of Others, in a Badly
.Mutilated Condition, Has Been Ite
covered—The Wrecked Vessel Was
Engaged in Government Business
About the Island of Cuba.
Havana, Sept. 19. — The cruiser Bar
castegui was wrecked at midnight by
coming in collision with the merchant
steamer Mortera in the canal at tho en
t auee of the port of Havana. Marine
General Delgado Part j o and three other
officers and many of the crew were
d”owned.
Geu. Phrejo’s body has been recovered,
(.’apt. Yhanez’s body was also recovered,
but in a badly mutilated condition, in
dicating that he had been crushed in the
« llisiou. The cruiser Barcaategui had
been employed on government business
between different ports of the island of
O iba
The Bvrcastegui was a third class
cruiser carrying five heavy and two
rapid fire guns. She was of 1,000 tons
displacement. She was built in 1876.
The cruiser left Port Barcastegui at
midnight, with Gen. Delgado Parejo on
board. On reaching tho mouth of the
harbor close to Moro Fort, the Barcaste
gui came in collision with the Mortera, a
steamer engaged in the coast wise trade.
Toe Mortera struck the cruiser on the
starboard and so badly injured her that
she sunk at once. The Mortera, though
badly damaged, stood off to give assis
tance to those on board the Barcastegui,
and, with other boa’s, saved the greater
part of the crew.
Gen. Parejo, Opt. Yhanrz. Firs’
Lieut. Aldazaj., Second Lieuten
aats 8. Juncto, Soto and Canajo, Dr.
Martin, Purser Pueyo, Machinist Z .rzu
ela, and thirty-six of the crew were
drowned.
Aid de Camp Gaston was saved.
Victor Aroj, another of the offiovis,
had his leg broken, but picked up
by a boat from the Mortera.
Gen. Delgado Parejo was commander
of the Spanish naval foces in Cuba. He
arrived on the island on .June 17th,
from Spain.
THE STEAMER EDAM SUNK. *
She Collided W ish Ihe SteamerTuil.in.
tan in a Dense Fog.
Plymouth, Eng., Sept. 19 —Tie
steamer Beresford has arrived hern hav
ing in tow the Trawler Vulture, orßrix
ham, and four ship’s boats, containing
the captain, crew and passengers of the
Netherlands American Steamship Com
pany’s steamship Edaro, of Rotterdam,
from New York, bound for Amsterdam.
At one o’clock this morning the E lam
collided with the Turkietan when fifty
miles southeast of Start Point. The col
lision occurred in a dense fog. The
Edam foundered and the Turkistan was
lost to view in the fog. The captain,
crew and passengers of the Edam who
had taken to the boats immediately after
the collision, were picked up by the
Trawler.
The Trawler Vulture was in fishing
grounds, fifteen miles from the Eddy
stone lighthouse last night. The night
had been clear, but just before 1 o'clock,
a thick fog came up. Those on board
the Vulture heard a great blowing cf
whistles and iben a terrific crash, the
Vulture crossed immediately to the spot
from which the sound issued and went
alongside the steamship Edam, which
was rapidly filling. Captain Bruusma,
of the Edam, requested that the Vulture
stand by. The ship’s boats were then
quickly lowered and the passengers
were helped into it without accident.
The passengers were greatly alarmed,
but there was no panic among them.
The majority went on deck without hav
ing taken time to dress. The women and
children were first embarked in the ship’s
boats. The sea at the time of the col
lision was perfectly smooth.
The steamer Turkistan, which did not
appear to have sustained serious injury
by the collision, stood by until danger
was passed and then proceeded in the
direction of Cardiff. The Edam found
ered at 3 o’clock, two hours after the col
lision.
The Edam and Turkist an came together
with great force, although they were
proceeding cautiously in the fog. The
Turkistan’s prow made a great hole in
the side of the Edam. Both vessels im
mediately lowered boats, and many pas
sengers were taken from the Edam hy
the Turkistan’s boats.
Another account says that the Edam
foundered within half an hour after the
collisio t.
Everything is being done at Plymouth
to make the shipwrecked people com
fortable and to supply them with cloth
ing, as all their baggage was lost. The
Edam had on board 93 steerage passen
gers but no cabin passengers.
The Turkistan’s bows were badly dam
aged by the collision.
The officers of the Edam refuse to give
any details of the disaster, beyond say
ing that there was no panic on board the
steamship, but that everybody kept per
fectly cool. From other sources it was
learned that the Edam settled down,
stem first, and sank about forty minutes
after the vessels struck, by which time
all the boats had gotten clear of the
doomed ship. Capt. Brun&ma tried to
board her again before she sank, but
the danger was too great. The passen
gers were ail emigrants of the poorest
class, and none of them could speak
English.
luei they reached Plymouth they
presented a pitiable spectacle, the most
fortunate of them being only half clad.
I’hcy were, however, soon provided with
clothes. English yachtsmen contributed
money for tin* alleviation of their dis
tress, and local tradesmen gave gener
ously for the same purpose.
Description o! the Sunken Vessel,
Nkw York, Sept. It).—The Edam,
( apt. Brunsma, sailed from this port on
September 5, bound for Amsterdam.
The steamer was built at Rotterdam in
1883. She was 39 feet beam and 28 feet
deep. She registered 3,130 tons gross
and 2,267 tons net. She sailed from
Rotterdam and wasowned by the Nether
lands-American Steamship Navigation
Company.
LUMBER SUIIOONEK WRECKED.
But no Trace ol the Crew Has Yet
Been Found.
Washington, I). C.,Sept. 19.—United
States Coasul Gorman at Matamoras,
Mexico, has reported to tho State De
partment the shipwreck and total loss
off the Mexican coast on August 29th, of
the lumber schooner Garnock, built in
Mobile, Ala., and trading between Mexi
can ports and Lake Charles, La. No
trace of the crew has been found.
United States Consul L. W. Sbouse, at
Ve’aCruz, reports ihe wreck of the
American schooner Meteor on August
22d, just after crossing the bar at Alva
rado. She was from Mobile, laden with
lumber.
BIG FIRE AT WASHINGTON.
Six Dry Kilns of the Short Lumber
Company Burned.
Special to the News and Observer.
Washington, N. C., Sept. 19.
This morning about 2 o’clock six large
dry kilns of the E M. Short Lumber
company were discovered to be in flames
Hardly had the alarm been gi\en before
the southern corner of the dry kilns
were ablaze. The fire spread rapidly
and the kilns were nearly consumed be
fore the fire department got upon the
seerie. This was due, however, to the
fact that the mill is located in the ex
treme westeru portion of the city.
.The fire seems to have originated in
the shed or southern comer of the kilns
but how is unknown. Several buildings
near by were in danger of destruction
and it was only through the excellent
work of the fire laddies that they were
saved. The kilns, six in number, 300,-
00c feet of lumber, the office and other
small buildings were consumed. The
loss is estimated at between $120,000
and $150,000, partly covered by insur
ance.
This is the third time the kilns have
been burned, the mill has met the same
fate once and blown up twice. The
whole community sympathises with the
Short Lumber Company in this loss.
It is understood the kilns will be re
built at once. The fire department,
although a little late arriving upon the
scene rendered, valuable service. They
never left the fire till 9 o'clock this
morning, having worked eight hours
fighting the conflagration. The wind was
a little high at the time of the alarm but
fortunately changed before any other
damage was done.
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS.
They Will be Held in A-hevillo and
Wilmington Next Month.
Special to the News and Observer.
Washington, D C., Sept. 19.
Mr. W. W. Ricketts, examiner, repre
senting the Civil Service Commission,
will hold examinations in Asheville, Oc
tober 4th, and in Wilmington, October
7th. Parties desiring to take an exami
nation for any position in the public ser
vice should write at once for copies of
former examinations and full particu
lars. Address, “Tne Civil Service Com
mission, Washington, D. C.” No influ
ence will avail anything.
Little credence is given here to the
s f o;.y that “Mr. Carlisle had accepted an
invitation to make two or three speeches
in Maryland during the campaign, but
when Mr. Cleveland heard of it, so the
story goes, he promptly notified Mr.
Carlisle that he should regard his enter
ing the Maryland campaign in the inter
ests of the Democratic ticket as the
height of pernicious activity. The inti
mation was conveyed to Mr. Carlisle
that be could not appear upon the stump
in Maryland and remain a member of
Mr. Cleveland's cabinet. The Secretary,
in this instance, as he has done upon
several occasions in the past, yielded
meekly to Mr. Cleveland’s superior wis
dom. His Maryland engagements were
canceled at once.”
AN OLD BUILDING COLLAPSES.
And Six Workmen are Now Burled
Under the Debris.
Nashville, Teuu., Sept. J 9. —A por
tion of the walls of the old Collounade
building, corner of Cherry and Beaderick
streets, which is being torn down, fell
to-day. Six workmen were buried un
der the debris and all were more or lees
injured, but none are thought to be
fatally hurt. The injured men, arc:
John Wesley, Andrew [Jeunings, Ed.
Blair, A. Hopkins, George Vaughan and
Austin Wilson.
Mr. Chamberlain Married in Asheville.
Special to the News and Observer.
Asheville, N. 0., Sept. 19.
Alfred L Chamberlain, of Raleigh,
aud Miss Nellie Omara, of Saud Beach,
Mich , were married here last night by
Rev. Dr. Campbell.
NOW FOR A NEW PARTY
AND THE PLATFORM WILL CON
SIST SOLELY OF A FREE
SILVER PLANK.
A SILVER CONFERENCE CALLED
It Is To Meet in Chicago on the Third
Tuesday in December to Take Action
in Formulating a Plan For Holding
a National Convention and Nomina
ting Candidates for President and
Vice-President—All Silver Men Are
Invited to Join In It.
Chicago, 111 , Sept. 19. —The resolu
tions formulated by the Executive Com
mittee of the National Silver Committee
are as follows:
“Resolved by the Executive Committee
of the National Silver Committee, that
the American Bi-metallic League and the
National Bi metallic Union be requested
to join with this organization in calling
a conference for the third Tuesday of De
cember, 1895, at Chicago, to take action
in formulating a plan for holding a na
tional convention to nominate candidates
for President and Vice President of the
United States upon a platform with the
sole plank providing for the restoration
of silver to its constitutional place in the
currency of the country - without await
ing the action of any other nation on
earth.
“Resolved, That all persons who at
tend said conference shall have previous
ly declared their intention in writing of
placing the cause of free coinage of sil
ver independently by the United States,
above all party allegiance.
‘ Resolved, further, that the object of
such conference shall be to inaugurate a
distinctive silver movement for the cam
paign of 1895 before it is too late for ef
fective artioD, to the end that all be
lievers in free silver coinage may unite
for that campaign for the solution of this
great question, and be left free to re-ad
just their political relations after this
question is settled.
“Resolved, further, That if said Amer
ican Bi metallic League and National Bi
metallic Union shall fail to join in said
call by November 1, 1895, then the Pres
ident of this organization shall issue
said call on behalf of this organization.
“Resolved further, That the question
of representation at said conference and
the method of selecting delegates shall
be settled by a conference of the Presi
dents of the throe organizations herein
mentioned, and each organization shall
be entitled to equal representation.”
TALMAGE MAY ACCEPT.
The Noted Brooklyn Divine Has Been
Invited to Washington#
Washington, D. 0., Sept. 19.—Mr.
James L. Norris, who has charge of
the negotiations between the First
Presbyterian Church of Washington,
which the President and Mrs. Cleve
land attend, and the Rev. T. DeWitt
Talmage returned to Washington to
day. The Rev. Dr. Sunderland, mstor
of the church, also returned to Washing
ton and he and Mr. Norris were in con
ference, after which Mr. Norris made
the following statement:
“We have strong hopes of having the
eminent and learned divine, the Rev. T.
De Witt Talmage, come to this city at an
early day to preside over the First Pres
byterian church as cc pastor with the
Rev. Dr. B. Sunderland, and the matter
will now be speedily settled, Dr. Sun
derland coming here for the purpose.”
BASEBALL YESTBKIHY.
At Brooklyn: r. h. k.
Brooklyn, 0010 2 002 *— ft 10 2
Baltimore, 1390 10 0 0 *—l4 17 2
Batteries: HofTer aud Clarke; Daub, Ken
nedy and Dailey. Attendance, 5,000.
At Philadelphia: r. h. p.
Philadelphia, 60000 00 3 910 1
Washington, 00002510 8 71
Batteries: White and Buckley; Boyd,
Molesworth and McGuire. Attendance,
3,937.
At Boston: r. h. k.
Boston, 3 0 0 1 4 2 3 0 *—l3 19 0
New York, 010100102—5 8 1
Batteries: Stivetts and tianzel; Donehy
and Wilson. Attendance, 2,000.
At Cleveland: r. h. k.
Cleveland, 02200 022 * — 8 6 3
Pittsburg, 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 00— 3 7 3
Batteries: Cupny and Zimmer; Moran and
Merritt. Attendance, 5,000.
How the Clubs Stand.
clubs. Won. Lost. PrCt.
Baltimore, 80 41 .661
Cleveland, 81 45 .643
Philadelphia, 75 48 .610
Chicago, 67 56 .545
Boston, 66 56 .541
Brooklyn, 67 57 .540
Pittsburg, 66 59 .528
New York, 64 58 .524
Cincinnati, 60 58 .509
Washington, 39 80 .328
St. Louis, 37 84 .306
Louisville. 32 91 .260
Where they Play To-Day.
Nhw York at Boston.
Baltimore at Brooklyn.
Washington at Philadelphia.
Cleveland at Pittsbuhg.
Chicago at St. Louis.
Desperate Kentucky Moonshiners.
Lexington, Ky., Sept. 10.—John and
James Howard, twodesperate moonshin
ers of K nott county, had a pitched battle
with revenue officers yesterday. The
Howard brothers were mortally wounded
while Deputy Marshal Ingraham was
abot. The Howards have defied the rev
enue rneu for years and a few weeks ago
they tried to kill revenue agent Collyer
and his posse.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
the teller is missing.
And so is *3:1,000 Belonging to the
Bank he Worked For.
Chicago, 111., Sept. 19.—Ross C. Van
Bokklen, receiving teller of the Mer
chants’ Loan and Trust Co., is missing.
So is $33,000 of the money belonging to
the institution, which is the second large
banking concern in the west. It is
thought that Yon Bokklen has goue to
Mexico.
The discovery of the shortage came
about when a representative of the Mc-
Cormick Harvester company called at the
bank in regard to a deposit of $33,000
made last Friday. An examination of
the books showed that it had not been
entered, and further that Van Bokklen
had suddenly left on Saturday on his
vacation. The bank officials becoming
suspicious, made a hasty examination of
the missing teller’s books audit showed
that in the last year and a half the
amount appropriated was almost $50,000.
.Another Teller Gone Wrong.
Chicago, Sept. 19.—Joseph H. Wil
son, receiving teller of the National Bank
of Illinois, has confessed to taking $7,-
000 of the bank's money. Benjamin B.
Jones, paying teller of the same institu
tion, is charged with stealing $12,800.
Their plan of working the thing was
simple. Money passed from one to tho
other and their accounts always were
expected to balance. Whenever one was
short, the other simply made a“dummy”
entry, and the thing was fixed. Both
men are in the city and are under sur
veillance. No arrests have been made
yet.
NEW JERSEY REPUBLICANS.
They Yesterday Nominated John W.
Griggs for Governor.
Trenton, X. J., Sept. 19.—The Re
publican State Convention, met here to
day and nominated John W. Griggs, of
Union county, ex-Stato Senator and a
prominent lawyer, for governor.
Because of the fact that the Republi
cans are very hopeful of success this fall,
the convention attracted to the city more
of the rank and file of the party than
has been seen at a similer gathering for
over twenty years, and there was a gen
uine effort on the part of half a dozen
gentlemen to secure the coveted nomina
tion which finally fell to Mr. Griggs on
the third ballot. His chief competitor
was ex Congressman John Kean, Jr.,
who was the candidate against Governor
Werts three years ago.
Upon questions of national import,
the platform says:
“We re-affirm onr devotion to the na
tional policy, of our party; our opposi
tion to any attempt to impose upon this
country a debased or depreciated cur
rency, and our firm belief in the wisdom
and beneficence of a tax upon imports
which will afford protection to American
industry and adequate revenue.”
TIIE ATLANTA EXPOSITION.
The Georgia Editors Take the Day to
See the Big Show.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 19.—T0 day was
the calm after the storm at the Cotton
States and International Exposition.
The machinery which President Cleve
land's touch set in motion yesterday, was
moving with busy whirr and there was a
general air of bustle and preparation
among the exhibitors who wort* anxious
to put the fininiiing touch on their dis
plays.
This was Georgia Editors day, and the
members of the State Press Association
were on the ground one hundred strong.
They viewed the exhibits, took in the
midway, shot down the chutes and had
a good time generally. There is general
gratification over the success of the
opening exorcises, and the people of At
lanta are inclined to shake hands with
themselves in their delight. The big
show is now fairly under way with a
fair field and no favor.
SUICIDE IN BURKE COUNTY.
lu a Fit ol Insanity Mr. John Watkiitt
Shoots Iliinselt H ith a Gun.
Special to the News ami Observer.
Lenoir, N. C., Sept. 19.
John Watkins, of Burke county, near
Hartland, killed himself last night near
his house. His mind has not been right
for sometime, and last night he was very
restless and went out of the house sever
al times. Finally his wife hoard the re
port of a gun, and went out to hunt for
her husband, not finding him she aroused
some of the neighbors and after search
ing for sometime they found his body
with a gun shot wound penetratiug the
eye. He leaves a wife and three chil
dren.
Court convened Wednesday of last
week aud is still in session on fho State
docket, Judge Bryan presiding. Twenty
two prisoners are in jail, nothing of the
kind has ever been known before.
Want a Race in English Waters.
Lnndon, Sept. 20.—The Sportsman an
nounces that Laycock, Goodfellow and
Bell, bankers, of Lombard street, have
cabled to the New York Yacht Club, an
offer of £I,OOO for a race in English
waters between Defender and Valkyrie
111. A cheek to that amount has been
deposited with the Secretary of tho
lie a I Yacht Squadron.
A Train-Hand Killed.
Special to the News and Observer.
Fayetteville, N. C., Sept. 19.
James Morgan, colored, fell out of the
door of a caboose of the Atlantic Coast
Line last night and was instantly killed
in the Fayetteville yard limit, lie was
well and favorably known here.