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The News and Observer. — —_____ I i WL. XL. NO. 91. ”7"tme ' mmi cmcuumow of m lira mmm j t last edition. 4 O’CLOCK. A- M. THE NEWS THIS MORNING THE WEATHER. Forecast for Tuesday.—The United States Weather Bureau issues the fol lowing 1 forecast for the next twenty four hours: , ‘ For North Carolina: Generally fair; probably local showers in extreme eastern portion; easterly to southerly winds. 1 Yesterday: Maximum temperature, 77; minimum temperature, 62; rain fall, 0.00. FOREIGN AFFAIRS. The Lojos ranch in Mexico attacked by Indians and 18 persons—men, wo men and children —killed. John S. Johnson, the American bicy clist beaten in races at Paris yester day by Jacquelin, Rebone and Durand. Serious fighting at Canea, Island of Crete, between Mohammedans and Christians. NATIONAL AFFAIRS. The United States Supreme court adjourned yesterday after disposing of 457 cases and leaving a smaller num ber on the docket than for any term since 1576. . , , The managers of the projected Southern States Cotton Exposition have decided to postpone the exhibitin indefinitely because of the failure of the Southern management to enlist anv considerable number of States m heartv co-operation in the enterprise. \ lively fight on the money ques tion anticipated at the National Pro hibition convention which meets in Pittsburg this week. A Methodist preacher in Salt Lake City believed to have murdered and burned the bodies of two young girls. Work to begin at once on the erec tion of five new buildings at the I ni versit.v of Virginia.* Two young ladies drowned while out boating at Fort Scott, Kansas. A citizen of Gaithersburg, Md., and his wife and two daughters, while in bed asleep, assaulted by unknown par ties with an axe and almost killed. CONGRESSIONAL. The General Deficiency bill, the last of the supply bills, was yesterday discussed and passed by the Senate. 'Senator Butler could not secure a vote yesterday on his bond bill though Senator Pritchard made a speech on it. Bill to repeal the clause in the tar iff law providing for free alcohol for use in arts and manufactures under consideration in the House. FINANCIAL. The cotton market opened steady at an advance of 1 to 2 points, but broke under favorable crop reports and closed at a decline of 5 to 7 points. After a rather encouraging opening wheat became demoralized and closed at a loss of % from Saturday’s close. Business on the stock market on a moderate scale and the tone of the market depressed. NORTH CAROLINA. Wake Forest College commencement began last night with Class Day exer cises. Twenty-three young girls yesterday graduated from Salem Female college. Closing exercises held last week at Union Home School, in Moore oounty, Littleton High School and Kerners ville High School. Twenty-two students graduated last night from Winston city schools. Frank Fry, a business man of Win ston dropped dead yesterday. The funeral of Dr. Pritchard in Char lotte Sunday was the second largest in the city’s history. TO AMEND THE TARIFF LAW. Bill to Amend Free Aicohol Clause Dis cussed in the House. Washington, May 25. —The House to day took up the consideration of the bill to repeal the clause in the exist ing tariff law providing for free alco hol for use in the arts and manu factures. The compromise proposi tion,devised by Mr.Russell,of Connecti cut, and insisted upon by the friends of free alcohol, (for the appointment of a joint commission to examine all questions relating to free alcohol and report at the short session next De cember) was offered as an amend ment to the bill. Mr. Hill, of Connecticut, who voiced their sentiments to-day presented a bill which would perfect the provision instead of one for its repeal. Ife char acterized the bill presented by the Ways and Means committee as a sur render to a Democratic administra tion. Mr. Evans, of Kentucky, who had charge of the measure, argued that any sort of a free alcohol provision would open the way ior fraud on the government but that pending a com plete report, as authorized by the commission, the existing crude provi sion which was piling up claims a gainst the government at the rate of $30,000 a day, should be repealed. Mr. Russell, (Rep., Conn.), gave a reluctant assent to the bill as it was proposed to amend it. The bill will probably be voted on to-morrow. The test of strength to day showed a large majority in its favor. The report of the Elections commit tee in the Martin-Lockhart case was ](resented. It favors the contestant, a Populist. The early part of the day was devot ed to the consideration of District of Columbia business. WORK OF IDE WIND Three Villages in lowa Almost Wiped Out. MANY PERSONS KILLED The List Will Probably Reach Haifa Hundred. SEVERAL COUNTIES LAID WASTE In One Demolished House An Entire Family of Seven Members Was Found Dead in One Room. Marshalltown, lowa, May 25.—The villages of Valeria, Mingo and Santia go, Jasper county, on the Chicago and Great Western railroad, between here and Dcs Moines, were nearly wiped from the face of the earth by a cyclone last night, and adjacent counties were laid waslte with considerable loss of life and great destruction of railway a,nd other property. Reports received here as to the num ber of victims say fourteen were killed at Valeria, five at Mingo, four in the country a few miles west of Bon Dorarrt and three at Santiago. Ihe names of some of it he killed are: Airs. Kobt. Mai ley and three children, and two members of the same family were injured but may recover. At Santiago the following are known to hate been killed: Mr. and Mrs Bal lenbaugh and grandchild. A terrible spectacle was presented in one demolished house in \ aleria. Seven members of a family named Fallons, father, mother and five child ren, were found dead among the wreckage in one room. Two children named Aikens, two ladies named Dickey arid a Mrs. Osborn, were also killed* outright, and a number of peo ple in the village and (the adjacent county severely injured. The follow ing buildings were wreck ed in Valeria: Chicago and Great Western depot, one drug store, three general stores, post-office, Catholic church, one creamery, two blacksmith shops, and twenty-five dwellings. A witness of the storm says the ap proaching cloud looked like an inverted beer bottle and dipped down at Val eria. with appalling suddenness and frightful effect,wrenching off oak trees two feet in diameter or pulling them out by the roots as if they were weeds. The property loss is estimated at over sK>o.ooO. Later rejx»rts say a man named ('has. Cad]in and his four children were killed. His wife and two sons are also badly injured, i In former probably fatally. The storm occurred between 9 and 10 o’clock, accompanied by a deafen ing roar, a deluge of rain and hail. Its track was several miles in length and from a quarter to half mile in width. A great amount of live stock was killed and the crops in the path of the storm utterly destroyed. It is not likely the railroad will be repaired so that traffic can be resumed for several days. The death list will probably aggregate twenty-five, as a number of persons are still missing in addition to those reported killed and injured. The property loss is heavy, but ac curate estimates are thus far an im possibility. The list of killed stands to-night as-follows: Jasper county, Ta., 10; Polk county, Ta., 9; Rockford, 111., 4; Elgin, 111., i; North McGregor, la., 12; Durango, la., 5; Fort Scott, Kan., 2. The storm wrought its greatest havoc in lowa, where the counties of Polk and Jasper were devastated by two tornadoes. The loss of life was heaviest, there. Manchester, la., May 25. —A cyclone struck Manchester at about ten o’clock last night, leaving a track of six or eight miles in length in ruins Mrs. Ira Howl and Wm. Murray were seri ously injured. Elma, la., May 25.—A terrific storm, cyclonic in force, passed over here last night. Buildings were unroofed, trees uprooted and out-houses smashed. Telegraph and telephone poles and w ires were demolished and numerous business fronts were smashed in. The town is almost a lake. Hundreds of dollars worth of damage was done but no one was hurt. At Alta Vista, a man was killed and two children badly hurt. Indianapolis, Ind., May 25.—Indiana polis suffered from a severe wind and rain storm during the early hours of this morning. Two inches of rain fell and the streets were Hooded. Chicago, 111., May 25.—A storm of unusual severity struck Chicago at 2:15 o’clock this morning. Basements in the down-town districts were flood ed and considerable damage was done. During the short space of ten min utes, from 2:20 to 2:30 o’clock nearly an inch of w ater fell. Elgin, 111., May 25.—A tornado visi ted ibis section this morning. John Keogh, engineer of the State Insane Asylum, was killed by a falling chim ney. The Elgin Sewing Machine and Bicycle factory was blown down and many farm buildings were leveled. Rockford, 111., May 25. —Four killed and many injured, a number of them fatally, as the result of the syclone w hich swept through this section last night at midnight, besides great loss to property and the complete destruc tion of crops. Mrs. Godfrey Hill, liv in near Monroe, was beheaded while going down into the cellar to eseajie the storm. Her daughter, Elsie, was also instantly killed and her husband, who is a prominent Grand Army man, was dead from injuries received. A party in the house were blown across RALEIGH, N. C., jj' WILL THEY HELP HIM TO GET TO RALEIGH? the street and injured. The house was completely demolished. Near Egan City, Mrs. Jzanora Bird was instantly killed and her five chil tlren badly injured, two probably fatally. Near Leaf river, Mrs. and Mr. Geo. Garner were both seriously injured. Milwaukee, Wis., May 25.—A cloud burst at North McGregor, lowa, re sulted in greaa destruction of property and the probable loss of several lives. One body has been recovered from the debris. A mile of tracks on the St. Paul road are under water and trains between Milwaukee and McGregor only are running, the connection west being broken. A small telegraph office tit, McGregor was completely washed away. f he reports received from agents of the St. Paul company are »;o the effect that, large quantities of drift wood descended from the town down the creek. This quickly tilled the low lands, carrying away telegraph poles, all the company’s tracks be tween the main town and North McGregor, where the round house is located, the area being about a mile in extent. GENERAL DEFICIENCY BILL. The Last of the Supply Bills Passed by the Senate. Washington, May 25.—The General Deficiency appropriation bill, the last ot the supply bills, was before the Senate throughout the day and pass ed just before adjournment. It tem porarily displaced the bill to prohibit the issue of bonds. Amendments covered French spoliation claims ag gregating $1,028,000, and claims under the Bowman act aggregating $548,000, were added to the bill. This opened the door to a number of claims which were added. As passed the bill carried about $10,500,000, an increase of $Tj,- 000.000 over the House bill. Ihe bill to prohibit the issue of bonds was the unfinished business to day, which gave it the right of way after 2 o’clock, but its author, Mr. But ler, (Pop.), N. C.), sought to expedite a vote by taking it up during the morning hour. He was met, however, by Mr. Hale, (Rep., Maine), with the Deficiency Appropriation bill. Mr. Butler urged that he hoped to get a vote on the bond bill to-day but Mr. Chandler, (Rep., N. 11.), interjected the remark that there could be no vote to-day . The Deficiency bill was then taken up. At 2 o’clock the bond bill was formal ly laid before the Senate and Mr. Pritchard, (Rep., N. C.), was recogni zed, but after some discussion the bond bill was informally laid aside and the consideration of the Deficiency bill continued. Much amusement was caused by an amendment offered by Mr. Hill, for his colleague, Mr. Murphy, appropriating $50,000 for the purchase of 50,000 copies of the United States Red Book, published at Albany. Mr. Bate, Ten nessee urged that it would be bad taste for the Senate to buy books con taining the portraits of Senators. The amendment finally went out on a point of order. The Deficiency bill, as amended, was then passed. The conference report on the Sundry Civil bill, was presented. At 0:20 the Senate adjourned. Baltimore, Md., May 25. —Gen. Brad ley T. Johnson will shortly go to Cuba as a war correspondent for a syndicate of papers. TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 26, 1896. TWENTY-THREE GIRLS GRADUATE The Seniors’ First Evening at Salem Female College. Win-ton, N. (’., May 25.—(Special.) —To-night was senior’s first evening in the commencement exercises of Salem Female Academy. Twenty-three of the forty-two grad uates read essays. Their names and are as follows: “Growth of the South,” by Miss Bitting, of Texas; Elizer, of Ala bama, and Young, of Henderson. “Partition of Africa,” by Misses Leake and Crawford, of Winston; Cov ington, of Germanton, Crumpt, of Richmond, Ya., and Lybrook, of Stu art. Ya. “Cathode,” by Misses Adams, of South Carolina; Alexander, of Coneord, Barnes, of Clayton. “Cuba,” by Misses Cheatham. of Ox ford; Townsend, of South Carolina, White and Gray, of Winston. “Photographs,” by Misses Miller, of Winston; Moore, of Tennessee, Me- Menu, of Brevard, and Robbins, of Statesville. “Art,” by Misses MeCochern, of South Carolina, McCreary, of Winston. “Class Memorials,” by Miss A. Tal bott, of Bon air, Ya. Commencement exercises of Winston city schools were also held to-night. The annual address was delivered by President Kilgo, of Trinity college. It was an ornate effort. Diplomas to 22 graduates were presented by Hon. Clement Manly, of Winston. The If. Montague scholarship medal was pre sented by liev. A. D. Thaeler, Schol arships were awarded to State Univer sity, Salem Acadenfy and Guilford col lege. Frank Fry, shipping clerk for Brown Bros., Co., dropped dead near his home late this evening. He was about GO years old. Jacob Yokely, one of Davidson coun ty’s best known citizens, died Satur day evening, aged 85 years. THE WAKE FOREST SENIORS. Commencement Opened Last Night With Class Exercises. Wake Forest, N. C., May 25.—(Spe cial.) —The commencement was opened to-night with exercises by Ithe senior I class of ’96. Mr. R. G. Rozier, the j orator, spoke eloquently on “The Mis sion of the College Man;” Mr. M. B. Dry, the poet, sang beautifully of the triumphs of his thirty companions; J. H. Gore, Jr., the historian, made happy hits of the past; while Mr. J. A!. Meekins, the phophet, lifted the veil of the future and made each of the thirty young graduates tremble as his destiny was to he made known. Three of the biggest speakers in the South, beautiful weather, sweet, music, large attendance of trustees, a general reunion of old students, pretty girls all the way from Virginia to Geofgia, assures a profitable and pleasant com mencement. Fort Scott, Ivan., May 25. —Misses Georgie Riekett and Birdie Cassady, well-known young ladies of Lascagne, Ivas., while boat riding on the streets of that place last evening, were drown ed by the overturning of their boat. The town was flooded by the recent rains and water stood from four to six feet deep in the streets. The Watauga Democrat wants Cy Watson to run against Linney for Con gress. NATIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE. Summaries of Yesterday’s Games in Various League Cities. Baltimore, Md., May 25.-—The Giants signalized their debut at Union Park this season by falling down in one of the best-played games that have been setui here for some time. Esper was in the box for the Champions and was opjHised by young Doheny, who, after showing up very wild in the first in ning, pitched a highly creditable game. When he came to the bat Captain Gleason received, besides an ovation, a pair of diamond studed cuff-buttons, the gift of the members of the Balti more team for which he did yeoman service last year. Attendance, 5,331. Score: Baltimore 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 x—s 71 New York 0 1000002 o—3 6 1 Batteries: Esper and Robinson; Doheny and Wilson. Umpire, Lynch. PHILADELPHIA, 6; BOSTON, 3. Philadelphia, Pa.. May 25.—Boston gave the today's game to the Phillies by bunching errors in the seventh in ning. Long, Harrington and Bergen each contributed a wild throw, and three men scored, giving the home team a lead which the visitors could not overcome. Attendance, 6,529. Score: Boston 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 o—3 7 4 Philadelphia. 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 x—6 8 2 Batteries: Nichols and Bergen: Tay lor and Clements. Umpires, Henderson and Weidman. HOW THE CLUBS STAND. Clubs. Won. Lost, P. C. Cleveland ]g 9 .607 Cincinnati 20 11 .645 Boston is 12 .600 Pittsburg 16 11 .593 Baltimore 17 13 .567 Chicago 17 14 .548 Philadelphia 16 14 .533 Washington 14 15 .433 Brooklyn 12 17 .414 New York 11 19 j? 67 St. Louis 11 19 .367 Louisville 7 23 .233 WHERE THEY PLAY TO-DAY. Cleveland at New York. St. Louis at Baltimore. Chicago at Philadelphia. Pittsburg at Boston. Louisville at Brooklyn. Cincinnati at Washington. VIRGINIA LEAGUE. At Richmond: Petersb’g, 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 Ox—4 10 1 Richornnd, 000 0 0102 o—3 11 2 Batteries: Brunner and Schabel; Malarky and Boland. At Norfolk: Norfolk, 0 2010000 0— 3 4 4 Petersburg 10010 000 0— 2 6 3 Batteries: Gilroy and Bowerman; Armstrong and Stanhope. Umpire, Connor. At Roanoke: Roanoke, 12000101 0— 5 9 2 Ports., 02231000 x— 811 i Batteries: Cheesbro, Coons and Wil liams; Brandt and Rollins. Umpire, Cline. UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. Charlottesville, Va., May 25. —The contract for the erection of five new 7 buildings at the University of Virginia to take the place of the ones destroy ed by the recent fire, was let to Chas. H. Langley & Co., of Richmond, whose bid is a little less than three hundred thousand dollars. Work will begin at once. piucjl: yj v e THE SU m 81MY The Validity of the Appropr . t tions Sustained. SUPREME COURT DECISION Action of Comptroller of the Treasury Reversed- A FILIBUSTERING CASE DECIDED Supreme Court Has Adjourned Leaving On Docket Smaller Number of Cases Than at Any Time Since 1876. Washington, May 25.—The United States Supreme court adjourned to day for the term after delivering 27 opinions. During the term the court has dis posed of 457 cases, leaving 535 on the docket, a smaller number than have remained at the close of any preced ing term since the close of the term in 1870. in addition to those finally disposed of argument lias been heard in 28 cases in which opinions were not rendered. The most- important of the cases which go over is that involving the constitutionality of the California Ir rigation law. Among the opinions rendered to-day was one sustaining the validity of the appropriations to carry out the sugar bounty features of the McKinley and Wilson tariff acts by a unanimous opinion affirming the decision of the Circuit court for the Eastern district of Louisiana and reversing the action of Comptroller of the Treasury Bow ler, who refused to permit the pay ment of the bounties on the ground that the act was unconstitutional. The cases involved were those of the United States, plaintiff in error, vs. the Realty Company and Andrew H. Gay respectively. The opinion of the court was delivered by Justice Peck ham. Both were test cases. The real ty company was one of a class coming under the terms of the appropriation to those who had manufactured a cer tain class of sugar previous to the 28tli day of August, 1894, and upon w r hich no bounty had previously been paid. The repeal of the bounty clause in the act *>( *9O by the aet which took effect on the 28th of August, 1894, and which prohibited the payment of the bounties thereafter, prevented the company from obtaining the money 0H the warrant w hich bad been issued, to it prior to that date . There wer6 comparatively few people coming un der the class in which the company stood, and the appropriation made for the payment of that class was a little less than $250,000. The plaint;iff in the other suit, Mr. Gay, is one of a class coming the Second portion of !;!** r.C t ut xo»o. he l>eing among those who complied with the provisions of the Bounty aet as contained in schedule E, of the act of October 1, 1890, by filing notice of application for license and liond as therein required, and who would have been entitled to rewive a license as provided for in said act and a bounty of eight-tenths of a cent per pound on Ihe sugar actually manufactured by him during the period commencing August 28, 1894, and ending June 30, 1895. The amount of bounty claimed by Gay is between SB,OOO and $9,000. The persons forming this class are numerous, and the appropriations for ahem amounted to $5,000,000. Comp troller Bowler had based his action largely upon a decision by the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, that the sugar bounty clause of the McKinley act was unconstitutional. The Supreme court, in its opinion to day, said that for the purposes of the cases it. was unnecessary to decide whether such legislation is beyond the power of Congress, hut that in either case the appropriations of money in the act 1 of 1895 to manufac turers and producers of sugar, w r ho had complied with the act of 1890, were w ithin the power of Congress to make and were constitutional and valid. Another important opinion was de livered by Chief Justice Fuller, in the case of the U. S. vs. J. H. V. S. Wiborg. Captain of the Horsa and others. The case is the one which was recently ad vanced by the court at the instance of the Attorney General for the pur pose of securing a decision of the court as to the construction of our neutral ity laws, and their effect in prevent ing filibustering expeditions against friendly powers. Wiborg was the captain of the Horsa and, with his associates, is accused of attempting to land arms surreptitiously in Cuba. They w ere found guilty under the neu trality laws in the United States court at Philadelphia. To-day’s opinion held that the decision of the Pennsyl vania court was correct on the point that the expedition was a violation of the neutrality laws. The judgment of this court was affirmed as to Wiborg but reversed as to the mates Johan sen and Peterson, on the ground that they were ignorant of the purpose of the expedition. Justice Harlan con curred in the reversal of the judgment affirming the sentence against tViborg, the captain of the Horsa. MASSACRED BY INDIANS. San Bernadindo, Mexico, May 25. Word has been brought here of an at tack made by a band of renegade In dians upon the Lojos ranch, near here. The Indians killed eighteen persons, several of them being women and chil dren.
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