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VOL. XXXIX. NO. 88.
HER ROMANTIC STORY
A NEGRO WOMAN CLAIMS TO
have iiad two white
11 USB AIM OS.
MEN OF LEARNING AND WEALTH
She Was a Slave in M ississippi and
Kcuiiickv but was Bought and Riven
Her Freedom-*Her Story of Her
Early Life and Love—Mow I'ishUug
for Dower in Her Second Husband’s
Estate-Amount Involved Is fIO,OOO
- Says She was only a .>eivant
CII ICAGO.Nov.I 3—A romantic story
of a slave has been bruoght
out by the tiling of a suit
called in Judge Brentano’s
reuce, a negress, the plaintiff,is light
ing for dower rights in the estate of
Dr. Henry Laurence, as his widow.
Her suit is opposed by Dr. William
Laurence, of Oakwoods Boulevard and
twenty other relatives of Dr. Henry
Laurence, who died in 1891. They set
up the contention that the
complainant was not the law
ful wife of their dead rela
tive. The amount involved in the
litigation reaches the sum of SIOO,OOO,
the property left by Dr. Laurence who
died intestate and childless. The
widow’s dower is two-thirds of the
whole estate.
Maria Evans Laurence, the com
plainant in the suit, still preserves the
comeliness which gained her freedom,
and as she claims, two white husbands,
both of whom were men of learning
and possessed of means. Her kinked
hair, long for one of her race, is
whitened, her face is seamed with the
furrows of time, but her carriage is
erect, her step is light and her eye lus
trous.
The first chapter of the romance of
her life began when she was 17 years
old, in the slave market of Yazoo,
Miss. A young clerk, John H. Evans,
who came of an old and prominent
Virginia family saw her there and fell
in love with her. He made a vow that
he would secure her freedom and then
marry her. He had no money with
which to buy her freedom, but set
abcrut to earn and save it. It took him
seven years to do it, but he was true
to his dark skinned sweetheart, who
In the meantime had l>een sold and
taken to Kentucky. Evans followed
her there, and in 1848, paid SI,OOO to
her master, brought her to Cincinnati,
where he gave her liberty, and it is al
leged, made her his wife. They re
turned to Yazoo, where he continued
in business.
Shortly after moving to the place
she made the acquaintance of Henry
Laurence, a young Englishman, who
became a frequent visitor at the
Evans’ home. He was an abolitionist
and later left Yazoo and came to live
in Chicago. Just before the war
broke out Evans and his wife went to
live in New Orleans. In 1881 they re
ceived a letter from Laurence, who
was not prospering in Chicago, and he
was advised by them to move to New
Orleans, which he did. The Evans
couple conducted a boarding house in
Canal street in that city. In 1863
Evans died, Dr. Laurence was living
with them and he fell in love w ith the
widow. Two years after the death of
Evans there came another epoch in the
life of the Mississippi slave. From
then she called herself the w ife of Dr.
Henry Laurence, Whether she was, is
the question which w ill be determined
by the court in the trial which is to be
begun to-day. She claims that it was
only a common law marriage, by
which both consented to live together
as man and wife until death parted
them and this contract, she says, was
faithfully carried out by them both.
For 22 years, she says she was a wife
to Henry Laurence and closed his eyes
when death finally separated them.
The couple came to Chicago in
1877, and lived in a house which Dr.
Laurence bought.
The defense to the suit is that the
former slave was not the wife of Dr.
Laurence, hut his servant, and that no
manage contract existed between
them.
DRUMMER’* DAY Ift ATLANTA
Commercial Travelers Have Their
liiuiug in ihe Imposition.
ATLA.wA, 6a., Nov. 13. Drum
mer’s hay at the Exposition brought
5,000 commercial travelers to the city.
The exercises consisted of a street pa
rade of the drummers, and gorgerous
ly decorated floats representing the
business interests of the city. At the
Exposition there was a commercial
men’s congress at which many matters
of interest to the commercial South
were discussed. Afterward there was
a barbecue for the drummers and their
friends, at which 5,000 j>eople were fed.
The International League of Press
Clubs, one hundred strong are in At
lanta and to-morrow hold a congress.
To-day they had a preliminary meet
ing to discuss their program for the
day. The majority of the members
came in sjiecial sleepers from the East
and their numbers are being added to
by the arrivals of every (rain.
No Hold '•hip nun is Yesterday.
NEW YORK, Nov. 13. —The rumor
that there were to Is* large shipments
of gold to-day was unfounded. Not a
pound of gold left by the outgoing
steamships to Europe. No order was
made on the sub-treasury for any gold
for shipment, and the officials had
heard no rumor of a demand for the
end of the week. Orders, however,
came at the last moment, the cashier
said, and there was no forecasting
what might be wanted for Saturday’s
steamer.
THE ELEC 1 ION IN UTAH.
Senator ll'll is lor William Jt. Morri
son lor President.
Special to the News and Observer.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 13.
“Had the women of Utah been al
lowed to tote this year,” remarked
Gov. Caleb \Y. West, chief executive of
that Territory, at the Riggs, to a Post
reporter, “there is every reason to be
lieve that the Democrats would have
been successful in the late elections.
The bulk of the Mormon vote favors
the Democracy, and the Mormon ladies
in a great majority of cases would
have been found supporting our ticket.
The new constitution provides for wo
man suffrage on an exactly even foot
ing with men, but the Republicans
took care to insert a clause that pro
hibited them from voting until 1896.
While on the subject, 1 don’t mind ad
mitting that I am a convert to the
cause of female suffrage, and am sure
that so far as the West is concerned
it is a good thing. We had it once in
Utah; it was taken away from us, and
ever since the people have agitated for
“its restoration. Had it not been
granted by our organic law the agita
tion would have gone on indefinitely;
ijo it was best to settle the matter for
all time
“To what do you attribute the de
feat of the party in Utah?”
“Well, besides the general causes op
erating over the rest of the country,
there were some special reasons for
our misfortune The campaign was
not conducted with marked wisdom
on our side in any respect. One big
blunder was the nomination of United
States Senators in the State conven
tion against the protest of Weber
county, of which Ogden is the county
seat Again, the pronunciamento put
out against the Mormon church was
not a politic or necessary move, see
ing that the church as a religious or
ganization has nothing to do with po
litical parties, and was in no wise to
blame for the attitude of any individ
ual member. This undoubtedly cost
the Democratic party a lot of votes.”
* *' *
While Senator Hill will not talk on
that point, it has general concession
that his candidate for the next Demo
cratic nomination for the Presidency
is Col. Wiliam R. Morrison. The Sen
ator believes that the convention
should find its candidate this time in
the West, and that Morrison, of all
men, is the one most likely to find pop
ular approval, as well as please the
party at large. Hill is for Morrison.
It is stator! not by Mr. TTill. nor yet
any one for him, that personally and
politically he has no more friendship
for the President than he had two
years ago, but the New York Senator
believes that the President is willing
to allow the past to go, and is some
what in the same moor] himself. The
President and Mr. Hill may not love
each other, but it. is not apprehended
that they will fight any more. The
party ought to derive considerable
benefit from this peace, says the
Washington Post.
SHERMAN IS FOR McKINLEY.
Bavs lie Mill he Heartily Supported
•n Ohio.
Los Angeles, C’al., Nov. 13 -—The fol
lowing It tier has been received by Col.
H. G Oti , editor of the LO3 Angeles
Times, from John Sherman, in response to
a iongratnlatory r ote in reference to the
latter’s determination to lend bis assist,
a nee in leading the Republican forces in
favor of McKinley:
‘Senate Chamber, Washington, D, 0,
Nov. 7. 1896
“Col H. G Oti*: Your note of 29th
ult., is received, for which please accept
ray hearty thank t. The recent elections
have cleared the political sky and I be
lieve fairly opens away for the noraina
tion of Ms j McKinley. He will be
heartily supported from uhio, and I
trust nominated and elected.
“Very truly vonrs,
John Sherman ”
GOVERNOR BROWN IN A BRAWL.
He Trie* to Draw His Gun on h Clerk
in the Auditor’s Office.
Frankfort, Ky., Nov. 13.—Governor
Brown and W. 11. Newhall, a clerk in
the Auditor’s office, quarreled in the
State House yesterday, passed the lie
and wouldj have come to blows had
by standers not interfered. Newhall
had accused the Governor of voting the
Republican ticket and acting the part of
a traitor. Theekecutive responded with
an emphatic denial, and one of the men
struck at the other when friends of the
two separated them, it was claimed
that Gov. Brown attempted to draw his
revolver, but be denies that he was
armed.
CORBETT WILL BA< K MAHER.
Nays He Will put 910,000 on him
Again*! Fitzsimmons.
Dallas, Tex , Nov. 13- William A.
Brady has telegraphed to Dan A. (Stuart
for J. J. Corbeit saying:
“Corbett surrenders championship
and belt to Maher, and will back Maher
for SIO,OOO against Fitzsimmons ”
The telegram was forwarded to Stuart
at. Elpaso, who last evening sent the fol
lowing reply to fcis Dallas representative:
“Tell Brady that Corbett had better
win that belt before he disposes of it.”
English Nculiar Challenged.
Toronto, Ont, Nov. 13 —J. G. Gau
daur, cnampion sculler of America, has
deposited SSOO with r ♦ Globe in support
ot a challenge for £BOO a side to Hard
ing, the E iglish champion Gaudaur
will take £SO expenses and row in Eng
land, or will allow £IOO expenses if
Harding comes to America.
RALEIGH. N. C. THURSDAY. N o\f. (4 3D5
IIOI.UKS TAKES AN AITKAI,.
The Petition Will Be Argued Hy llis
Counsel Next Monday.
Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 13 -11. H.
Holmes, the alleged multi-murderer,
who was recently convicted of the rour
der of B. F. Pietzel, today through his
counsel, filed reasons for a new trial
Thr grounds laid, which will be
argued next Monday, are mainly
that the verdict was against the
law and the evidence and new
matUr discovered since the trial.
For the reason that the District Attor
ney in his opening speech, made state
ments which related to other crimes
which could not be part oi the evidence,
and t hey were of such a terrible nature
that their effect on the jury was toad
verse to the defendant that it was im
possible for them to decide purely upon
the evidence in th>s case.
For the reason that the District At.
torney, in his closing speech, mentioned
the death of the children and the finding
of their dead bodies in the morgue.
The court erred in allowing Mrs. Piet
zel to testify or state what her
husband had told her; in not allow
ing Mrs. Pietzd to testify cf her
own knowledge to the doings anu trou
bles of her husband in Terre Haute, Ind.;
in allowing the testimony of iMrs. Piet
zel relating to the bottle of nitro glyce
rine; in ruling that the defendant’s wife
was a competent witness; allowing evi
dence of the whereabouts of the«hi’drea
and finding their bodies in Toronto; in
permitting jurors to enter the box upon
tieir staterreut that they had so? med rr
expressed an opinion regarding the guilt
cr nnocenceofthedefendanUuebargin ;
the jury by giving undue prominence to
the evidence favorable to the Common
wealth, end not sufficient prominence to
the evidence favorable to the prisoner.
CRISP FOR FREE SILVER.
He Addresses the General Assembly of
Georgia on Finances.
ATLANTA, Nov. 13. —The House of
Representatives to-day unanimously
adopted a resolution inviting Secreta
ry of the Interior Smith to address the
General Assembly on the issues of the
day at such a date as he may find con
venient. Ex-Speaker Crisp spoke in
the hall of the House to-night in res
ponse to a similar invitation extended
last week.
Mr. Crisp confined himself almost ex
el naively to the financial qur s*ion and n
the course of his remai ks declared himself
unequivocally in favor of v»r.l-.rn
ited and independent coinage of silver,
at a ratio of 16 to 1. IPs argument was
confined to a contradiction of the state
ments made by thi advocates of a gold
standard to the effect that free coinage
would result in silver monometallism,
and that valuta would be dicreased.
He advised an exposition from the
Democrats of Georgia on the que ion,
a’d said they should insist that their
representatives yn the next Ootgress
should insist upon the making of a plat
form by those who elected the Presid nt,
and not by thrs; who lived m States that
d-d not furnish the electoral vote. He
said that there were many good Demo
crats who favored a single gold standard,
but that, their views were as much at va
riance with party principles as were
those of high tariff Dt mocrats
In view of the fact that the speech to
night is considered the opecirg one
of the campaign for the United States
Senatorship which will be made vacant
upon the expiration of Senator Gordon’s
term, and that Mr. Crisp is regarded as
a probable candidate, his utterances are
taken as significant of the platform upon
which he will offer himsolf as a Senato
rial candidate.
THE “INDIANA” COMPLETED.
It H ill Be the First Battleship to Go
into Actual Service.
Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 13.—The
battle-hip Indiaua has been completed,
so far as the builders are concerned.
She lies at the dock at Cramps all ready
to be transferred to the Navy Depart
ment.
The Indiana is expected to go into
commietion at League Island Navy Yard
n» xt week Commander Robley Evans,
familiarly known as “Fighting Bob,”
who has beeu ordered to the command
of the vessel, has been in the city for
some weeks past hurrying along the final
stages of the work.
The lid’aua will be first of the battle
ships to go into actual service. The
late accident to the Texas, in the re
ported strainirg of her Iran es, again
delays her from g ing into commission.
The Indiana will, therefore, take fir.-t
rank in the priority of her commission
and Commander Evans views this with
p ide after his untiring efforts to get the
ship ready.
Gen. Gomez tins not Been Defeated.
Havana, Nov. 13 The statement
cabled to the Correspondence of Mad
rid, from this city, that Maximo Gomez
had been routed is not true. Gomez has
not yet teen attacked by the Spanish
forces. Gen. de (tempos is now at his
headquarters, the city of Santa Clara,
laying out a plan of compaign which
should result in a big engagement be
tween the (Spanish troops and the in
surgents under Gomez It is thought
probab e that tins will he the decisive
battle of the war in Cuba.
Hants to Succeed Senator Gibson.
Baltimore, Md., Nov. 12 -Congress
man George L. Wellington, chairman of
the Republican State Committee, to-day
announced his candidacy for the United
States Senate to succeed Senator Charles
H. Gibson.
A DOOMED MINISTRY
ANOriit It UItANGE likely to
Ot I’l R IN THE TURKISH
CABINET.
ANOTHESULTAN MAYBE DEPOSED
These ( amplications Hill Give the
Governin'n« a l uilher Excuse lor
Inaction in Regard to Atmenin—
Fresh Distal bauct s Reported and
ill an v t hiistian It ackers and JMis*
sionaries Killrd>W ursi;i|.s of Powers
to Rendezvous in Turnklsh H aters.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 13. The
Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Tewlik Pasha, replied to-day to the
notes of the diplomatic representa
tives of Great Britain, Russia and
France, assuring them, as he had pre
viously assured ambassadors of Ger
many, Austria and Italy, that the
Turkish government’s statement as to
what measures it intends to take for
the suppression of the disorders in
Asia Minor will be presented to the
ambassadors “without delay.”
Another complication seems likely
to arise, which may give the Sultan
further excuse for inaction. The Halil
Rifat Ministry is said to be tottering
and another cabinet change is likely
to occur at any time. The rumors con
cerning the possible deposition of Ab
dul Hamid are still current; but the
statement that the Imperial yacht is
lying off the palace, with steam up,
intimating that the Sultan is prepar
ing to seek safety in flight, is a weak
fabrication. The Imperial yacht is
sadly out of repair and is laid up for
the winter.
Meanwhile, fresh disturbances are
reported from Malatiah, where a num
ber of persons have ben killed, includ
ing four priests of the Society of Jesus,
who were under French protection.
The French Ambassador, M. Cam bon,
has been appealed to, and is preparing
a very strong presentation on the sub
ject for the Porte.
A squadron of five French warships
has sailed from the Piraeus for Turk
ish waters and it is stated that an Ital
ian fleet will rendezvous with the Brit
ish fleet within a few days. There has
been most serious trouble at Caesarea,
not far from Jerusalem; but no details
of the rioting have yet reached this
city.
A great panic prevails at Moosh, ow
ing to tne tvm'iii»i> All
those who can do so are fleeing from
the city and neighborhood. Many peo
ple are reported to have been robbed,
murdered while fleeing. The Kurds are
said to be iri arms throughout the dis
trict. Troops are, it is claimed by the
authorities, being hurried to the spot.
The most serious state of affairs
still prevails at Zeitoun, where the Ar
menians recently captured a battalion
of Turkish troops, with their arms,
ammunition and supplies, and after
wards occupied the barracks and all
the strategic position in and about
that city.
The government is trying very hard
to prevail upon the Armenians there
to lay down their arms, promising
that they shall not be in any way mo
lested if they return ty their homes
and surrender the Turkish soldiers
they hold ns prisoners,with theirarms,
etc. But the Armenians have so fre
quently been the victims of similar
promises that it is not considered
likely that they will give up their
prisoners or the position they hold.
In this case some desperate fighting
may shortly take place, as a large
force of Turkish regulars and reserves
is moving rapidly upon Zeitoun.
The captured soldiers, it is known,
have been well treated by the Arme
nians, much to the surprise of the au
thorities here, who expected that they
would be killed.
The Turkish (fficials cLim that aime
Armenians recently captured in a-ms
against the Sultan had R'issfhn rifles
and ammunition in their postessin.
This is not thought exfraord ; naiy here,
as it has teen known for a yrar past
that the Armenians have teen < braining
arms from the Russian provinces. But
the Turks are trying to make in note rs
this in their usual tactics of pLyiug ot.e
country against another.
The distribution of revolutionary 1;.» r
ature throughout Asia Minor te being
carried on extensive'y in spite of ail lhe
precautions taken by the Turkish gov
ernment,'and not a day pastes without
incendiary placards hemg torn down by
the poi ee here, and in &|1 the big cities
There stems to te no doubt that the
spirit cf revolution is spreading even
amougtheold Turks, arid the young
Tin k party is said to be ripe for a re
volt.
If is now believed that the powers will
not take d< finite action against the Porte
until all the naval syuaorons have as
sembled in Turkish waters, which will
he about the tune that the British Am
bassador to Turkey, Sir Philip Currie,
returns here, after consulting with his
government as to the future action of
Great Britain.
In the meanwhile, the slate of sus
pense is decidedly wearying, arid the
ambassadors themselves will te greatly
relieved when the hour for action upon
the tart of Europe arrives. Nobody
doubts that this Time is coming; it now
seems to be only a qu stion cf days
American Ship* in Turkish H aters,
WASHINGTON, D. €., Nov. 13.—1 n
the present state of affairs in Turkey
the Navy Department will not add to
the strength of thcUnitedStates squad
ron now in Turkish waters, which will
consist of the San Francisco and the
Marblehead. It is felt that these two
vessels are ample to protect Ameri
can residents in Turkey, even in the
event of actual hostilities, and to as
sembled a st.rongnaval force there now
might lie const rued as a joint partici
pation by the U. S. in the demands
which are being made on the Porte,
whereas our government has no in
tention of becoming embroiled in any
European complications, no matter
in which direct ion urn-sympathies may
incline.
To Confer on the Turkish Situation.
Boston, Nov. 13.— Secretary Smith,
of the American Boatd of Foreign Mis
nons, and Lawyer Henry Hyde, left
Boston for Washington, where, on Fri
day morning, they will have a confer
ence with Secretary Gluey in reference
to the Turkish situation.
Russia Stands liyTu ky.
Berlin, Nov. 13 — A dispatch from
Constantinople to the Frankfurter Zei
tung says that the Russian ambassador
to Turkey, V. De Nelidoff, declares that
Russ-a would n-1 accept the mandate of
the powers to pacify Armenia,
A rrnenians Teachers Killed.
Berlin, Nov. 13.—A dispatch to the
Cologne Gazette Iron! C< nstantinople
sajs that all the Armenian Christian
teachers in the T ebizor d and Eizertuin
districts have teen killed.
LEGISLATURE MAY BE A TIF.
The Death of a Democratic Senator-
Elect in Maryland.
WEST MINISTER, Md., Nov. 13
Senator-elect Pinckney J. Bennett, of
Carroll county, died suddenly to-night.
At the late election Mr. Bennett was
re-elected for a third term as a Demo
crat.
Gov. Brown will be called upon to
order a special election for Carroll
county and upon the result of that
election depends the politic complex
ion of the next Senate of Maryland.
With Mr. Bennett’s vote that body
stood 14 Democrats and 12 Republi
cans. Should the Republicans elect a
successor to Mr. Bennett the Senate
would be a tie with Senator Brice, of
Baltimore, acting in harmony with the
Republicans upon all reform measures
and uniting with them in confirming
the Republicans Governor’s nomina
tions. Should the Democrats win the
situation will remain the same as
prior to Mr. Bennett’s death.
The regular Democrats here expect
ed, because of their control of the Sen
ate, to prevent many changes propos
ed in the registration, election, and
other laws of the State as well as to
offset many of the Republican Gov
eir.»»i*& nominations. The special
election in Carroll, will therefore, be
a lively affair. The county gave
Lowndes, Republican, a majority for
Governor of 126; Mr. Bennett’s major
ity- was but. 47.
FOUR KILLED. FOUR INJURED.
Dlsastr u* Wreck on f h:; Soul hem
Railway ia Alabama.
Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 13.- Further
details * t the v otk on the Southern
Railway at An er ica, Ale., discloses the
faci that four m n were killed aud four
injured. The collision recurred between
a freight and work train, the latter back
ing on the former witheu, placing sig
uals out. The. casual?!- 1 ?. were as follows:
ToDy Cunningham, Moses Moege, Luke
R iley, Steve McDonald, of the work
train, kID cl; P. J. Matthews and Philip
Sewell, engineer and fireman on the
freight, and Puik Wilburn and Andrew
Townsend, of ihe woik traiD, more or
less injured. The dead men were in the
caboose of the work-train which collided
with ihe engine of the ft eight, and were
unable to j ucp as the rest did.
Anothi r Railroad Accident.
Akron, Ohio, Nov. 13—A wreck on
the Cleveland, Loraino and Wheeling
Railroad at Warwick, 15 miles South of
here, at 3 o'clock this morning, resulted
in the death of Conductor Charles Ernst
and brakemau John Adams.
Largest Vessel in the World.
New York. Nov. 13 -The Pennsylva
nia of the Hamburg American steam
thip line, which will go into commission
in June, is the largest vessel in the
world. She Las 20,060 tons displace
incut, whi.h teats the Lucam u hy fif
teen per tent, Her ltrgtb is 560 feet,
team 62 feet aLd depth 42 fiet. She
has four pole masts and but one funnel
aLd while carrying 30,060 tons derd
weight has accommodations for 200
cabin and 1,500 steerage passengers.
Indians May Grow Troublesome.
Washington, Nov. 13.—At the re
quest ot the Interior Department, Gen.
Wheaton, commanding the Department
of Colorado, has been instructed to hold
a troop of cavalry iu readiness to dis
patch, if necessary, to the scone of the
killing of two Indians in Southern Ute
agency, Colorado.
Five Seamen H ere Drowned.
Inwood, L. 1., Nov. 13 —The steam
boat James W. Boyle is believed to have
sunk off Coney Island to day between
the Bell buoy at Nortou’s Point and the
entrance to Rockaway inlet. She car
ried a crew of five and Walter B. Woods,
of this place and all are reported
drowned.
Death ot Dr. Samuel A. Keen.
Delaware, 0., Nov. IS. —Rev. Dr.
Samuel Ashton Keen, an evangelist aud
author, well known in religious circles
throughout the United States, is dead.
Back from the Whitney Wedding.
Washington, L). C , Nov. 13.—Presi
dent Cleveland and Secretary Herbert
returned here at 7:40 o’clock this morn
ing from New York.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
WEDDING AT GREENSBORO.
Marriage of Mr. Ernest B. McKenzie
and Miss Katherine Neal; s.
Special to the News and Observer.
Greensboro, N. c , Nov. 13.
In the history oi Greensboro’s marriages
and giving m marriage there has never
occurred one which for faultlessness of
detail, heau'y of the attendants and,
above all, the hands' me appearance of
the principals, has never been excelled.
The principals cn this occasion were M'\
Ernest Brandon McKerz-e and Mbs
Katherine Scales, both of this city.
At an early hour yeatetday evening the
crowd began to gaiter, aud by the hour
appointed for the ceremony, the large
butldiDg of the First Probyteriau
church was filled to its utmost ca
paoity and the ushers were finally forced
to close the doors. At 8 o’clock Miss
Kate Scales Wyllis, of Danville, cousin
of the bride, sang Schubeth Serenade,
and her matchless voice held the crowd
in rapt silence. She was :*.e ompanied
by Miss Laura Brockman on the organ,
and Prof. Oh as. Brockman on the violin.
At the ctese of the song, the wedding
party came in to the mi sic of the lovely
Mendollsohn’s March, "ihe ushers came
first on opposite aislss Mr. T. W Wade
on the right and Mr Z< b Tayior on the
left, then the bride’s maids followed
Misses Luo!a Vaughan, wuh Mr. Peter
Houston; Malel Hill and Mr. A H.
Galloway; Carrie Settle and Mr. Will
Jessup; Lillie Small ard Mr.
Ren wick Willed; Emmie Galloway
aid Mr. W. H. Merrimon; Be.-sie Hen
derson and Mr. Will. Hold* rates; Miss
Bethel and Mr. Will. Sumner; Miss Eila
Foust and Mr. Carr
Ihe attendants grouped themselves in
semi-circle around the altar, where the
groom and his test mau, Mr Will
Oliver took their places, facing the
altar. Then followed the maid cf honor
Mies Irony Scabs, sister of the bride,
and the two pretty pages, Master Alfred
Wyllis at d Miss Effie Cobb. Last came
the bride, a beautiful v-sion ia white
emtesstd satin, pearl aLd ch ffon trim
mings, with her brother, Mr. A. M.
Scales.
At the altar the goom,gracefully offered
his arm and they made a beautiful pic
ture standing neath the lovely bridal
hell. Dr. J. Henfy Smith conducted
the ceremony. During the closing
prayer the entire bridal paity knelt.
After the ceremony an elegant reception
was tendered Mr. and Mrs. McKinzie
and Mr. and Mr . A. M. Scales, also
recently married. At 11 o’clock Mr.
and Mrs. McKinzie left for Now- York.
THE FE TER ATI IN OF LABOR.
Fifteenth Annual Convention to be
Held December ilili,
Indiana poll, Ind , Nov.
dent Mcßride, of the American Federa
tion of L bor, has sent out the call for
’he fifteenth annual ern'entron of the
Federation, which will be he!; in Madi
son Fquare Garten, New York, begin
ning December 9tb. The ba is of repre
sentation iu the convention will be :
From National or Internationa] Unions
of less Tl/firi 4 000 or more, two dele
gates; 8.060 or rartrtSv three delegates;
16,000 or mere, four 32,C000r
or more, five delegates, and soon, and
from each lceal order or t rade organi
zation or fed» rated body not connected
with or having a National or Interna
tional head affiliated with the Fcdera
tion, one delegate.
President Mcßride and Secretary
McGraith say the contention will be
the largest the organization has ever
held. President Mcßride is writing his
annual address, and Secretary McGraith
is engaged on his report.
THE SOUTHERN SURGEONS.
Interesting Papers Road Before the
Associatii n I'ei-terilHy.
Washington, Nov. 13.—The Southern
Surgical Association resumed i*s ses
sions to-day with papers by Doctor’s
Davis, of Birmingham, Ahi.; Wilson of
Sherman, Texas; Johnson and Long, of
Richmond, Va.; Westmoreland, of At
lanta; Fenger, of Chicago; Souchon, of
New’ Orleans; Wyeth, of New York
City; McMurtry, of Louisville, GollocY,
of Cheraw, 8. 6*.; Henry, of Chester, S.
C.; and Jenks of Hot Springs, Ark.
President Tiffany read his annual re
port, showing the satisfactoiy progress
made by the association.
'J he Constitutional Convention.
COLUMBIA, S. C., Nov. 13.—The
Constitutional Convention,with a view
of getting through as early as possi
ble, adopted a resolution limiting alt
speeches to ten minutes. The article
on education was taken up, and a
proposition to make the office of comi
ty school commissioner a constitu
tional one, rather than one subject to
legislation, was lost. The question of
the amount of poll-tax and the con
stitutional school tax was being de
bated when recess was taken.
Organizing the Silver Party.
Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 13. —Three
hundred Populists, disaffected Demo
crats and Republicans, held a conference
here to day. Hon. J. C. Sibley, of Penn
sylvania, made a warm silver speech and
was loudly cheered. It is possible a new;
party to be known as the Free Silver
Hdheat Elections’ party, will be organ
ized.
Box Factory Burned in Richmond.
Richmond, Va., Nov. 13—The main
building of the Randolph Paper Box
Factory was burned to the ground to
night and totally destroyed. It is not
known how the fire started. The loss is
estimated at $150,000, and the insur
ance is thought to te about SIOO,OOO.