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1 A '1 - X r rm ON nni? 3TD H H XIX. NEWTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1897. NO. 25. New 1 ;l.. J. i i i i I I t. 1 Furo. if. J i 1 i i ! J J J 3 1 v a" .1 . J .1 . ' Di 'J-.--tic . . .! . ' efc- cu' be: r its great leuvenin ill tiiulniw. Assure t .ihnn and nil forms .TTiiTiion to tlie cheap . MR CO., NEW YORK. I PENSiON APPLICATIONS. An Address to the Friends of Public Education. WILMINGTON'S TREAS. EMPTY. Tramps Are ISelng Arrested Poison ed Uy Ice Gream-Dispensary Law in Full Swing at Fayetteville. i l. DAYS :stonnial . Pa v. K.xposi- ! 'uy. rth League ila3-s. :;t Young People's Chattanooga, July -hvi'ilo ou their way Dav. ;mr; Tennessee ua! Union, tl Association of Insuniuce Conven- Prm Asso- :'t iU-hers' Association. . oys' League Pay. ' -State 1-iar Asso- -'i-kiug People La- V. M. GALTHEK, I AT7CRNEY-AT-LAW, NEWTON, - - - 11. C. J. II. THORNTON, a: et uy ins, on hand Also a v all ari- NIIWTON, N. c. T J. c R. CAMPBELL, M. D., i :; , and surgeon, M.VTON, N. C. : r. oiona! services to - Acuton and Catawba A GREAT CUBAN VICTORY. B. v NEW LITTLE, f;M:ENT DENTIST. fON, N. c. iht S;,rnii:V PuiMmg. ;A. P. LYNCH, ATI mk.i;y-at-law iNEWTON, N. C. nt : .!i -I.; "ii vvn to ;i!l kinds f in Youtit fc Sliriim sale: MAN WANTED v ir 'i ... i: prnili' NurMT.v Stock. ; i ilti'-s j iit'i-f (1 t hie y ar : us v.t li !is the ivtatidard f.uirs nu'l friifi ;iicnl tils. .i!y leariu-d. Wi ile for ii r-:i!;iry or cnmniissiou. t Thomas, Mt'fle Avenue -. Wrt 'heater. Pa. J. C. WHITESIDE, M. D., 1'HVsii'l N AND SURGEON, NEWTON, N. C. t .-i'ruvssionul services to the 1" I : N -wt'.n ami the public general- for a very liberal pat- r"!- ; ! " past, hopes to merit a con ' i i . ,-,'une. Special attection c ; lr.,.s ,,f vvomen and children. The North Carolina Teachers' Ar. sembly at Morehead City, appointed a central executive committee of the cam paign for local taxation consisting of the following gentlemen: Hon. C. H. Mebane, Superintendent 1 ublic Instruction, chairman; Prof. R. L. Flowers, of Trinity College; Presi dent E. A. Alderman, of the University? President C. D. Molver, of the State Normal and Industrial College: Presi dent C. K. Taylor, of Wake Forest Col lege: President L. L. Hobbs, of Guil ford College; Prof. J. O. Atkinson, of Klon College; Prof. H. L. Smith, of Pavidson College; President John C. Scarborough, of Chowan Baptist Fe male Institute; Superintendent Alex ander Graham, of Charlotte; Superin tendent L. D. Howell, of Kaleisrh: J. Bailey, of the Biblical Becorder; Jose phus Daniels, of the News and Obser ver; Prof. Hugh Morison, of Raleigh Male Academy; Prof. D. H. Hill, of the Agricultural and mechanical Col lege, and V. H. Ragsdale, county ex aminer of Pitt. A large committee has been selected and their names will be announced within a few days. Many of the leaders of public thought in North Carolina have consented to serve on this committee. The central executive committee, real izing the necessity for an active, vigor ous campaign between now and the 10th of August, when the election is to be held, and realizing that it is necessary to send literature and public speakers among the people, desires to raise a campaign fund large enough to enable it to do this work. The teachers them selves while at Morohead City began to raise a fund for this purpose, and the central committee appointed the under signed sub-committee to appeal to the friends of public education throughout the State for contributions. The teachers at their recent meeting at Morehead City were united in their support of the local taxation to be voted upon in August, and the editors at their meeting passed unanimous resolutions oflerinp support and svmpathy to the teaching profession and the people of the State in the movement for better public school facilities. Many men live in cities and commu nines which have already voted a spe cial local tax to supplement the State 6chool tax, and are enjoying the bless ings of good public schools. None of these communities will participate in the election in August, nor will their taxes be affected however the election goes. The general interest of the State, however, will be affected and we believe than many of these men, knowing the desirability of a special local tax for schools in every township in North Carolina will cheerfully make contributions to carry on the campaign to induce others to do what they have been doing for several years with ad vantage to themselves and to their com munities. ilie tax upon which we are to vote is small, being generally- only 10 cents on the 8100 worth of property, or 81 on the $1000, and 30 cents on each poll. If the tax should be yoted, a man assessed So, 000 would pay only 8-1. 30 special school tax. Probably three-fourths of the citizens of the State would pay less than si. Y'et it is estimated that this small tax would increase the public school facilities in North Carolina from 40 to 100 per cent, depending upon the con ditions peculiar to the various town ships. Let all who will, send their contribu tions immediately, or their subscrip tions payable July loth. Let all checks be made payable to Hon. H. C. Me bane, chairman of the State central ex ecutive committee. It may be more convenient for some to contribute through their local news Dapers and it is hoped that some of these will open a column for subscrip tions and receipt for the same by pub lishing the names of the contributors, In no way could the interest aDd earn estness in this great campaign be bet ter shown than by a large number oi contributors to the cause. Yery respectfully, Chas. D. McIveb, Chairman. Edwin A. Aldekman, R. L. Flowebs, Alexander Gbaham. Gen. Carillo Whips Out an Army oi 40,000 Spaniards. Information received by Justo Car illo, a Cuban patriot, of Jacksonville, Fla. , from his brother, Col. Vinncente Carillo, under date of Santa Clara province, June 24th, shows that an ac tive campaign is being carried on, and that the Cubans are holding their own, despite the presence of the Spaniards in much greater numbers. An exciting engagement is reported to have taken place between Gen. Weyler's troops, numbering 40,000 mea, and those under Gen. Carillo, commanding the Fourth Corps of Gen. Gomez's army. Pinero, which divides Sancti Spiritus from rRemedios was the battle firround, the Spaniards being on the Remedios side of the town and the Cubans on the othej side. Four sharply contested battles were fought, the Cubans coming out victorious, killing many Spaniards and having few dead on their side. The Cubans cunningly prepared ambuscades ana succeeded m entrapping many Spaniards, who were left dead and wounded. In recognition of the splendid ser vices of Gen. Carillo a corps he has been requested by Gen. Gomez to fur nish him with the names of the officers for promotion. NEWS ITEMS. Destitute In Cuba. United States Counsel General Lee has been rendering some accounts to the Government as to his expenditures from the fund appropriated by Con gress for the relief of destitute Ameri can citizens in Cuba. His figures has been presented to the Cabinet and the showing was remarkable, for it appear ed that of the the total of 850.000 at the disposal of the Counsel General he had expended only $0,000 and yet had given substantial relief to every dis tressed American whom he could find ready to receive aid, and, besides, had shipped some of them back to the United States. died of the ST. JOHN WILL NOT LEAVE. Says There Is No Truth In His Rumor ed Resignation. Mr. Everett St. John, under whose management the Seaboard Air-Line has sprung into prominence as one of the foremost of Soutuern railway systems, will not retire from the vice-presidency of the line, as has been reported. Mr. 3t. John's early work was done in the West, where he was for years general manager of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway. It has been re peatedly stated in dispatches that he would return to the West and take charge of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and his recent railway tour was con strued as a basis for the story. Now comes Mr. St. John's own denial in the form of the following card. "I desire to say that there is not a scintilla of truth in rumors of my resignation, and the inducements would have to be very great to make me give such an idea a thought. My relations with the presi dent, directors and other officials of the road, as well as the people along the line, are, most cordial." FORTY" DEAdT4 INJURED. A Terribly Fatal Railroad Accident at a Station in Denmark. Copenhagen July 12. (By Cable) A terrible railroad disaster took place about midnight at Gjentofter. The express from Belsingoer ran into a pas senger train standing at the station, wrecked eight carriages, killed 40 persons and injured 84 others. Most of the victims are of the artisan class. The dead and injured have been con veyed in ammuance trains to tne ciiy. Jt appears that the collision was due to an error made by the engineer in read ing the signal and the failure of a brake to act. Southern Pencil Pointers. Augusta, Ga., proposes to establish a textile school, the second in America. Steps are being taken in Columbia, S. C. , to build a Jewish synagogue. A section of Debs' Socialist party has been organized at Atlanta, Ga. It is rumored that Geo. W. Vander bilt will build a 8100,000 hospital at Asheville, N. C. Dr. A. 'N. Talley, a distinguished physician, scholar and citizen, in Columbia, S. C of cancer stomach. Tatients of the late Dr. A. N. Talley, of Columbia, S. C. , have on foot a movement to erect a monument to his memory. The Christian Endeavorers in session at San Francisco, Cal. , have selected Nashville, Tenn. , as the meeting place in '1)8. , The Socialists of Virginia have nomi nated J. J. Quantz for Governor and R. T. Maycanber for Lieutenant-Governor. Between three and four thousand stenographers will visit the Tennessee Centennial in August. The Georgia Bar Association at its annual meeting favored legislation cor recting faults in criminal law. At Charlotte, N. C, Abram Davis, colored, while drunk, got into an alter cation with an unknown white man. He threw a stone at the latter, who shot him in the head causing instantaneous death. Augusta, Ga., has for for the last few months been suftering from a brick famine and an ice famine, and now she is in the throes of a cotton famine. Not withstanding she has received 100,000 bales of cotton more than her last year's receipts, she has now a stock cf only 2,000 bales against 6,000 at the same pe riod last year. W. A. Allen, James Allen, Lmdsey Allen, Mock Tunstill, Asa Barr and Porter Averill were instantly killed by a boiler explosion on the farm of W. A. Allen, near Hartsville, Tenn. West Robinson and John Dreshler, two enthusiastic wheelmen, have reached Atlanta, Ga. , after having rid den from Orange, N. J on a tandem. They made the distance of about 1,000 miles in ten days, averaging about 100 miles a day. At a meeting of the Southern Lauu dry Association at Asheville, N. C, John A. Nicholas, of that city, was re elected president ; A . A. Brubaker, of Spartanburg, vice president; F. D. Lethco, of Charlotte, secretary and treasurer. The next meeting will be held in Spartanburg. A petition is being circulated in Char lottee, N. C. , for the pardon of J. R. Holland, who was sentenced in 1895 to ths Albany, N. Y., penitentiary for em bozzlemeut of the funds of the Mer chants' and Farmers' National Bank, of the above city. He was sentenced for seven years and has already served two. At Lexington, Ky., while a gang of workmen were excavating on the line of the street railway, one of them struck what appeared to be a piece oi pipe, but Avhich proved to be a sixty-four pound dynamite cartridge, explosion followed, and five negroes in the gang were atoms. DEATH SENATOR HARRIS STRIKE WILL NOT LAST LONG. His Career Began Earlier Than That of Any Member of Either House. WENT TO CONGRESS IN 1849. Was Elected Governor of Tennessee Three Times He Served on the Staffs of Noted Southern Generals. DISASTROUS Ignited by 'STRIKE" OF OIL. '. V MSKASES OP THE SKIN. itching and smarting inci. ' !..:!, ti tier, salt-rheum, and other ' ! '; skin is instantly allayed by ' '!;-iri.h;rlatns Eye and Skin M.;iiv very had eases have been '!icl by it. It is equally : ; hing juios and a favorite rem ' - r chapped hands, chil- ' l i:.-. nn.J chronic sore eyes. ln:U.-j at 5 cents per box. 1 '7 1'r. CaVfi fendiiion rovn'ers, they a iiorse needs hen in had condi- punlier and vermifuge. l U. AU-n.otliV. 'sest L. Moore, "r''c EuFtir and Heir fresser 'i'N, N. C. ; - a First 1hhs Tonsorial Parlor i i!l iil ways find clean towels rr razor, and a polite and at- ;"i rht-r, v (:.( coming to , Newton dwiriug - in th- Tonsorial Art will be ; ; !T they call on rae.for 1 always '" ,1;.v customers. A RT NTS WANTED For WarinCnba, :" iior Q'lHtoida, Cuban renrosen- h iishingt'n. Endorsed by riots. In tremendous demand. ' i for ngcntn. Only $1.50. Dig 'itf commissions. Everybody -'only endorsed, reliable book. :r"'. Credit given. Freight paid. 1 fruph, nnl make $300 n month '"" i'i Cuba. Address todav, TUB VL HOOK CONCERN, 352-356 "i t., ( hicao. Lightning and Twenty Acres Ablaze. Lightning struck a 4, 000 barrel oil tank two miles north of Olean, N. Y. , on the 11th. A cannon was procured and shots fired at the surrounding tanks to allow the oil to escape and prevent other tanks exploding. The escaping oil became ignited and twenty acres of oil was on fire at one time. Booms were built to prevent the spread of the burning oil and keep it out of the river. The loss will be large. A dispatch from Wilmington says the city treasury is empty and the current expenses of the city exceed 6,000 a month, while the income, less than Sl.fiOO a month, is all the revenue col lectable until October. Tramps are being freely arrested alone the railways in the Piedmont section and are being sent to the roads j to work. The Southern railway is par ticularly active in its efforts to capture all tramps on its line. Pension applications are fairly pour ing in upon the State Auditor, and the latter declares the number will be greater than ever before. Fourteen persons were poisoned at Raleigh by eating ice cream. All save two were made extremely sick. Pithy News Items. Dr. WTilliams, colored, of Charlotte, N. C, wants to be consul to Bermuda. While returning from church Sam and Oscar Mehanes, farmers of Albe marle county, Va., were killed by lightning. Senator Butler, of Ncrth Carolina, has modified his postal savings bank bill in the United States Senate and thinks it will now pass. At Greensboro, N. C. , Darden's shoe store and Star Warehouse has been burned. The fire was of an incendiary origin. The loss is not estimated. The National League of Republican Clubs held its tenth annual convention at Detroit. Few statesmen of national reputation were present. There were in the neighborhood of 1,000 delegates present. The Irom Works Cotton Mills, at Fall River, Mass., employing 3,000 hands, have shut down, and The Everett, Pemberton & Atlantic Cotton Mills, in Lawrence, employing 3, COO hands, have started up. Judge N. Green Curtis, a former North Carolinian, died at Sacramento, Cal. He was one of California's oldest and most distinguished lawyers, and had served three terms in the State eerate. Aged 71 years. A fearful of the six blown to All About the North. Chicago had forty suicides in June. A case of leprosy has been discovered at Jersey City, N. J. The International Gold Mining con vention, which met at Denver, Col., has adjourned and will meet next at Salt Lake City, Utah. The Merchants' Association of New York has drawn 2, COO new Western merchants to New York, who formerly traded in Chicago. At Cleveland, O., Judge Ong, of the Common Pleas Court, has handed down a decision declaring that the law under which members of the Cleve land baseball club were arrested for playing on Sunday is unconstitutional. An electric car went through an open draw at Bay City, Mich. A woman and three children were drowned. Several thousand excursionists were panic-stricken by a storm which swept over a grove near Huron, O. , and many injured. Fourteen people were killed in e cloudburst and cyclone near Dulnth, Minn. The damage to railroads and crops is over $1,000,000. The Ohio National Democrats will call a convention some tide in Septem ber for the purpose of placing an inne c-ie- State ticket in the fieU1 'Ehz county organizations will also be asked to do likewise. The dispensary law is in full swing at Fayetteville and sales of liquor are heavy. A new allumni building is soon to be erected at the University at a cost of $25,000. It is to be' paid for by the alumni of the University ai.d not by the State. The Labor Commissioner reports that he finds no less than eighteen new cotton mills are in course of construc tion in this State. That is a surprisingly large number. Wm. Austin, of Albemarle, is 21 years old, measures 6 feet 92 inches in height and weighs 232 pounds. There are 415 patients in the asylum at Raleigh. The six criminal insane are to be transferred to the peniten tiary. It is asserted on high legal au thority that towns embraced in town ships cannot vote in the August ' elec tion. The State grants a charter to the Meherrin Steamboat company, of Hert ford county. Stokes Wants to Ride Free. Representative Stokes, of South Car olina, has introduced in the United States House a bill to compel to issu ance by railroads of free transportation to members of Congress, Federal judges, the heads of the executive de partments of the government and chiefs of bureaus $15,000 for the Centennial. The State of Pennsylvania has at last come forward with a handsome appro propriation of $15,000 for the Centen nial. A Cemetery and Joss House. A Philadelphia special says that a company of wealthy Chinamen, with a large capital, has been organized to purchase a plot of ground in that city for a cemetery and joss house. The plan is to bury all Chinamen in the cemetery to be established. Want McKinley as Arbitrator. The New York Journal and Adver tiser has asked President MoKinle y to act as arbitrator in the mining, strike, and is now endeavoring to get miners and operators to agree to submit their differences to the Chief Executive. Miscellaneous. German exports to the United States largely increased during the past six months. The Seaboard Air Line's industrial training school is attracting people by the hundred at every stopping place, and is accomplishing practical good. A special from Managua, Nicarauga, via Galveston, Tex., says the recent heavy rains have excavated a deep canyon through the town of Muyagalpa, at the foot of the volcano, Ometepe, destroying a number of houses. Mrs. Delia Johnson, formerly of Charleston, S. C. , a widow, but now of Brooklyn, N. Y., took carbolic acid with suicidal intent because of a quar rel she and her lover, Martin Flynch, had. On a wager Frank Burton started from New York for a trip around the world, without a cent and returned with $3,000 which he earned on his journey. A dispatch to the London Daily Mail from Bombay, India, says that a plague of locusts in North India threatens to aggravate greatly the sufferings from famine. Fitzsimmons and Sullivan have ar ranged for a tour of the large Eastern cities, in which they will appear in friendly sparring matches. Wm. Slocum Groesbeck, who was the Presidential candidate of the Lib eral Republicans against Horace Gree ly in 1872, died at his home near Cincinnati. Senator iBham G. Harris, of Ten nessee, died at his residence in Wash ington, on the 8th, a few minutes be fore 5 o'clock. Senator Harris was last in the Senate chamber about ten days go, but he was unable to stay for any length of time, and had to be taken homo in a carriage. During the past six months the Senator has been able to attend to Vis duties only at intervals, Lawng been away from iLa city sev eral times endeavoring to recuperate. Probably no man in public life had been identified with more of the his tory of the country than had Senator Harris. He had almost completed his 79th year, having been born in Febru ary, 1818, and first became a member of Congress in 1849. His congressional career thus began earlier than that of any member of either House, antedat ing Senators Morrill and Sherman by several years, and Hon. Galusha A. Grow, now a member of the House from Pennsylvania, by one year. Mr. Har ris, when he was elected to the national House of Representatives, had already become a man of State reputation in Tennessee, having the year previously served as special elector on the Demo crats ticket. Senator Harris represented the ninth Tennessee district in Congress for the two terms ending in 1853, when he de clined a renomination. He then moved to Memphis, where he has since resid ed. He was engaged in the practice of law until 1857, with the interruption necessary to allow him to become a presidential elector in 1850. He was three times in success;on before the war elect ed (iovernor oi Ms btate, and was serving in that capacity when the war broke out. He took a pronounced stand for the Southern Confederacy, and was known as one of the Southern war Governors. The vicissitudes of conflict rendered a frequent change of residence necessary, and he was often with the army in the field. He attached himself at different times to the staffs of General Albert Sidney Johnston, Joseph E. Johnston, Beaur egard and Bragg. Albert S. Johnston fell from his horse into Senator Harris' arms, when he received his deatn wound. After Lee's surrender Mr. Harris was one of a small rarty of political refugees who escaped to Mexico, goiu across country ou horseback. Parson Brownlow, who had become the mili tary Governor of Tennessee, offered a large reward in a characteristicallj worded poster, for the capture of his predecessor, but the Jatter remained absent from the country until his re turn was safe. He remained in Mexico for several months, going thence to England, where he resided until 1807, when he returned to Memphis and re sumed his practice of law. Mr. Harris was allowed to follow the pursuits of the private citizen until 1877, when he was elected to the United States Sen ate, defeating Hon. L. L. Hawkins, Re publican. He remained a member of the Senate ever since, and would have completed his 20th consecutive year in that bodv on the 4th of next March, if he had lived to that date. He had been four times elected to the Senate, the last time in 1895, and his term would not have expired until 1901. He had re ceived almost all the honors the Senate could bestow. He was the President pro tern, during the 53d Congress, a leading member of the committees on finance and rules, and also of the Democratic advisor-, or steering com mittee. He has long been awarded by common consent the front place on both sides ot the chamber in parlia mentary question, and in recent years he had been more frequently heard in expounding these questions than in the elucidation of other subjects. He was possessed of a very positive manner, and never failed to throw into his statements concerning parliamentary practice the fullest force of which he was capable. Senator Harris wt s especially active in the Senate in the passage of the Wilson-Gorman tarifl act in 1894. He was one of the Democratic Senators intrust ed with the arduous duty of putting the bill in shape in committee, and to him was delegated the, control of the par liamentary work" of getting the bill through the Senate. Although then a man of advanced years, his energies never seemed to flag. He was at his post of duty day cd night. Senator Harris was a native ot en nessee. His father was a planter, who had emigrated to the State from North Carolina. He was admitted to the bar in 1841. His remains were taken to Memphis, Tenn. , for burial. - The Cotton Mills Have a Steadily and iuereasins Trade. Messrs. R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade, ending Saturday, 10th, Bays; The strike of the bitumin ous coal miners has taken 75,000 men or more from work and threatens to re strict supplies of fuel in some quarters, though the West Virginia and some other mines which declined to take part, claim to be able to meet the East ern demand for some months. At the West the strike is by no means united ly sustained, and the impression pre vails that it will not last long. The tin plate works have settled the wage question, and arc again busy, and show a production of 4.500,000 boxes yearly, with a capacity of 6,250,000 boxes. The bar mills have more trou ble, but a general settlement of iron and steel wages is expected without much delay. New orders are small since the annual vacation began, but yet are large enough, everything con sidered, to afford some encouragement. Ihe cotton mills have a tt;ady and increasing demand, and the quotations of middling uplands have been advanced a sixteenth, added by speculative strength on receipts of crop damage, es pecially in Texas and Arkansas. he woolen mills are getting decided ly more orders for fall wants and begin ning hopefully on spring goods, but are cautious in contracts for future deliv ery. Some have made large purchases of wool, by far the greater part of the sales, which amounted to 14,120,500 pounds at three chief markets for the week, have been of a speculative char acter. Western prices are held much above those of seaboard markets, Mon tana scoured being sold, according to 1 IMF Bill PASSED. FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Result Was 38 for the Bill and 28 Against. HAD A MAJORITY OF TEN. rhe Wilson Anti-Trust Section Is Re Enacted. and the Stamp Tax on Bonds Added to the Bill. reports, at the equivalent of 42 cents at the East, against 38 at Boston and 40 at Philadelphia. There is a better demand for domestic wool in expectation of higher prices. Vlrlle the most cautious estimates of wheat yield have been advanced, that of the Orange Judd Farmer to 573,000, 000, prices have lifted nearly cents, although Atlanta exports, flour includ ed, were for the week 1,503,952 bushels, against 1.418.336 last year. Western receipteare small, only '1,395,632 bush els, against 2,978,400 last year, and the disposition of the farmers to hold for higher figures is strengthened by many foreign reports. It seems to be the fact that crops in other countries are less promising than usual, and the demand for American wheat is supplemented, even at this season, by exports of 2, 005,584 bushels of corn, against 530,610 bushels for the same week last year. Each week raises the estimates of the estimates of the wheat yield, however, and if the weather continues favorable, the crop may prove a most important factor in the future national and inter national business. The prospect as to corn is growing more cheerful each week, and an immense crop is now anticipated. i ailures for the week nave been 206 in the United States, against 215 last year. RECORD OF THE HOT WAVE. Chicago Appears to Have Suffered More Severely Than Any Other Sec tion. The fierce heat under which the greater portion of the country has sweltered since the first of July has moderated in many localities. The record of prostrations and deaths re sulting from the long heated term ap proaches in magnitude that of a general epidemic. Reports from all sections of the country show prostrations number ing in the neighborhood of 5,000 with fatalities close to 350. In addition to this, there were scores of deaths result ing indirectly from the terrible heat. The death rate in many of the large cities shows a fearful increase over pre vious years. The Central States have suffered more than the other States. In the number of fatalities, Chicago heads the list with 87 death, Cincinnati and suburban points reporting 65, and St. Louis 42. Throughout the South the heat was intense, but the death rate was much lower than in the North. A DISPENSARY KNOCK-OUT. SALE OF TURNPIKE CHARTER. Famous Cumberland Turnpike Over Which Andrew Jackson Traveled. The charter of the once famouse Cumberland (Tenn.) turnpike has been sold to Cumberland county, at Cross- ville, for $75. This was one of the first roads bnilt in Tennessee and over it emigrants came from North Carolina and Virginia when it was but a trail. When stage coaches were in vogue the mail from Knoxville to Nashville was carried over this road, and over it pass ed "Old Hickory" on his pilgrimage from the "Hermitage" to Washington to take the oath of office as President of the United States. Washington Echoes. President Clove' and's order reduc ing the number of pension agencies has been revoked by President McKinley. The President has pardoned G. W. Tilley, sentenced to three years in Georgia for pension frauds, and Wm. Mims, sentenced in Alabama to It months a fine for illicit distilling. Farm for Raising Cats. A company has purchased a farm in Illinois, where cat farming will be car ried on for the skins, which sell for from 10 to 15 cents each. Maltese and black cats will be reared, and the "cat tish" collection is expected to number 10.000 in one year and 100,000 in two years. Against Sunday Funerals. The clergymen of Alexandria, Ya. have organized a movement against Sunday funerals. Over One Hundred Cubans Pardoned. The Queen Regent at Madrid, Spain, has pardoned 108 Cubans who had been deported to the Spanish penal settle ments at Cauta, Fernandio and the Chafferine Islands. Ihe men par doned will be permitted to return to Cuba. ' , Price of Beer to go Up. Twenty-six breweries at Detroit, Mich. , are to be absorbed by an Eng lish syndicate and beer is to rise from $4 and $5 to $6 a barrel. The Original Paekage Injunction Made Permanent. In the United States Circuit Court at Charleston, S. C, Judge Simonton handed down a decision which renders perpetual the injunction recently grant ed, prohibiting State dispensary con stables from interfering with the origi nal package store of W. G. Moore, of New xork. It is decided that all sales of liquor made in such establishments must be conducted under the restrictions of time, quantity and persons made in the dispensary law of South Carolina. This puts the original package men as near as may be on a footing with the State dispensaries. The Conditions of Cotton. The J uly returns for cotton to the Department of Agriculture, indicates average condition of 86. 0. as compared with 83.5 in June, an increase of 2.5 points. The average condition July 1, 1896, was 92.5. The averages of the States are as follows: Virginia, 87; North Carolina, 90; South Carolina, 86; Georgia, 85; Florida, 80; Alabama, 85; Louisiana, 89; Texas, 88; Arkansas, 88; Tennessee, 80; Missouri, 9o; Oklahoma, 82; Mississippi, 81; Indian lerntory. 93. A Mysterious 3Iurder. Parties hunting near Quitman, Ga., find a barrel in the swamps, in which are the remains of a woman cut into pieces; there is no clue to the identity of the victim. Washington, July 7. (Special.) By Ihe decisive vote of 33 to 28, the tariff bill was passed in the Senate shortly before 5 o'clock today. The culmina tion of the long and arduous struggle had excited the keenest interest, and the floor and galleries of the Senate chambers were crowded by those anx ious to witness the closing scenes. Speaker Reed, Chairman Dingley and many of the members of the House of Representatives were in the rear area. while every seat in the galleries save those reserved for foreign representa tives was ocoupied. The early part of the day was spent on amendments of comparatively minor importance, the debate branching into financial aDd anti-trust channels. By 4 o'clock Senators began manifesting their impatience by calls of "vote" and soon thereafter the last amendment was disposed of and the final vote began. There were many interruptions as pairs were arranged, and then at 4:55 the Vice President arose and announced the pas sage of the bill, yeas 88, nays 28. There was no demonstration, but a few scat tered hand clappings were given as the crowds dispersed. The rote in detail follows: Yeas Allison. Baker. Burrows, Car ler, Clark, Culloni, Davis. Deboe, El- kins, Fairbanks, Foraker, Gallinger, Hale, Hanna. Hawley. Jones of Ne vada. Lodge, McBride, McEnery, Mc Millan, Mantle, Mason, Morrill, Nelson, 1 enrose, Perkins, Piatt of Connecticut. Piatt of New York, Pritchard, Proctor, Ouav, Sewall, Shcup, Spooner. War renton, Wellington, W'etmore and Wil son 38. Nays Bacon. Bate, Berry, Caffery, Cannon, Chilton, Clav, Cockrell, Faulkner, Gray, Harris of Kansas, Jones of Arkansas, Kennedy, Lindsay, Mallory, Martin. Mills, Mitchell. Mor gan. Pasco. Pettus. Rawlings. Roach, Turner, Turpie. Vest, Walthall and White 23. The following pairs were announced, the first named would have voted for the bill and the last named against it Aldrich and Murnhv. Chandler and McLaurin, Fryeand Gorman, Gear and Smith, Hansbrough and Daniel. Hoar and Harris cf Tennessee, Thurston and lillman, olcott and George. An analysis of the final vote shows the affirmative was cast by 85 Republi cans, 2 silver Republicans, Jones of Ne vada, and Mantle, and one Democrat, McEnery; total. 88. The negative vote was cast by 25 Democrats, two Popu lists, Harris of jvansas, and lurner. and one Bilver Republican, Cannon; total, 28. Eight Republicans were paired for the bill and eight Democrats against it. The Senators present and not voting were: Populists. 5: Allen, Butler, Heitfeld, Kvle and Stewart; silver Re publieaus, 2, viz., Teller and Petti- grew. t oliowmg the passing ot the Dili a resolution was agreed to asking the House for a conference, and Senators Allison, Aldrich, Piatt, of Connecticut; Burrows, Jones, of Nevada; est, Jones, of Arkansas, and White were named as conferees on the part of the Senate. The tariff debate begun on May 25, on which day Mr. Aldrich, in behalf of the finance committee, made the open ing statement on the bill. The actual consideration of the bill began the next day, May 26, when schedule A, relating to chemicals, was taken up. The debate has been continuous 6ince then, covering six weeks, and one day. It has been notable in some respects, although it has lacked many of the dramatic and erratic features marking past debates. From the outset the ad vocates of the bill refrained from set speeches, and the discussion was nar rowed to a consideration of rates and schedules rather than general debates. Mr. Aldrich's illness took him from the chamber after the first day, and since then the bill has been in immediate charge of Mr. Allison. The opposition has been directed in the main by Mr. Jones of Arkansas, and Mr. Vest of Missouri, while Senators White, Caf fery. Gray and Allen have frequently figured in the debate. The bill, as it goes back to the House, re-enacts the anti-trust section of the Wilson act, while the reciprocity and retaliatory provisions are substitutes for those of the House. One of the most important provisions added by the Senate is that placing a stamp tax on bonds, debent ures and certificates of stock. Aside from these more important changes, the bill, as it goes back to the House, has 874 amendments of various degrees of importance which must be reconcil ed by the two branches of Congress, McKlnley's Summer Vacation. President McKinley will spend moBt of his summer vacation on the shores of Lake Champlain, Plattsburg, N. Y. His party will consist of the members of the presidential family, of Vice-Pres dent and Mrs. Hobart, Secretary Alger and family, Secretary and Mrs. Porter, and probably several other members of official families of Washington. The president will make quite a prolonged stay, lasting several weeks at least. Negro Cuban Emigrants. A cablegram from Havana, Cuba, of the 10th, says: The first instalmant of negro Cuban emigrants, bound for the Congo Free State, visited General Ahu mada yesterday, and left today for their new homes, where they will be engaged under the auspices of the King of Bel gium in the cultivation of tobacco. Report of the Proceedings from Day to Day. SENATE. Juxt 6th. In the Senate it was de cided to limit the speeches on the tarid to the five-minute rule, and that the final vote on the bill shall be taken be fore adjournment on the 7th. During the day the anti-trust question was de bated at length, and Pettus' amendment on the subject was defeated, 26 to 33. Allen, of Nebraska, again offered the amendment for a i cent bounty on beet sugar. Jt led to lively and somewhat personal speeches from the two Ne braska Senators, after which the Allen amendment was tabled, 57 to 9. Jrxx 7ih. By a decisive vote of 38 to 23, the tariff bill was passed in the Senate. One Democrat voted with the Republicans, while two Populists and one Silver Republicans voted with the Democrats. Nearly a thousand amend ments is carried back to the House and yet to be reconsidered by both branches of Congress. Julx 8th. The session of the Senate was uneventful. An invitation waa accepted for the United States to par ticipate in the Paris Exposition, and & special commission is to be appointed. The deficiency appropriation bill carry ing $:),811, 405 was considered.through out the day. A new c-ommittee amend ment was agreed to, appropriating $;, - 000 in full indemnity to tne heirs of the Italians lynched in New Orleans, m 1896. Butler, of North Carolina, of fered an amendment limiting the cost of armor plate for new battleships to $300 per ton, and providing for a gov ernment armor plant, if private bids were not within $300. The aAnendment went over. J ui.v 9th. The Senate met under the distressing influences of the death of Senator Harris, of Tennessee. Senator Bate paid a high tribute to the memory of the distinguished dead, and then resolutions weie adopted for a public funeral funeral in the Senate chamber. to be held on the 10th, to which the President, Cabinet, Supreme Court and diplomatic corps were invited, &tie.y which, as a further mark of respect to the memory of the deceased, the Senate adjourned. July 10th. The conferees on the tariff bill suspended their labors long enough to attend the funeral ceremon ies conducted over the remains of the late Senator Harris, but resolved before dispersing for this purpose to reassem ble immediately after the conclusion of the obsequies, and to continue their work not only tonight, but all day. The decision to sit on Sunday was not reached without some hesitation, but was decided upon as neeessary to ex pedite the reporting of the bill. Jcxt 12th. A discussion ot the Union Pacific aflairs occupied the at tention of the Senate. Senator Mor gan, of Alabama, introduced an amend ment designed to prevent the consum mation of an agreement made some time since for the settlement of the government's claim against the road, ind he thinks the United States is ia danger of losing $30,000,000 in the set tlement, and spoke for three hours npon the subject. Thurston brietly controverted the points of Morgan s argument, and Hale, in charge of the bill, claimed that his amendment was new legislation, and he withdrew his amendment, thus disposing of the en tire subject. A resolution by Butler, of North Carolina, was agreed to, directing the Secretary of State to se cure from diplomatic representatives abroad full information as to the oper ation of postal telegraphs, telephones and postal savings banks. The defi ciency appropriation bill was taken up, but was not completed. HOUSE. July 7th. Tha House met at noon, after a recess taken on the 5th, in antifi pation of the possibility that the Sen ate might pass the tariff bill. McMil lan (Dem.), of Tennessee, endeavored to suspend the rules and have the Sen ate Cuban beligerency resolution pass ed, but a motion to adjourn prevailed by a vote of 134 to 104. Jcly 8th. Ihe House sent tne tana bill to conference. Chairman Dingley, Payne, of New York; Dalzell. of Penn sylvania; Hopkins, of Illinois, and Grosvenor, of Ohio, Republicans, and Bailey, of Texas; McMillan, of Ten nessee, and Wheeler, of Alabama, Democrats, were appointed coi.ferees. The proceedings w ere in nowise sensa tional. Bailey's allusion to Cuba w as warmly applauded by the Democrats, who renewed their demonstration when he said that the President had found time to send a special ambassador 3,00) miles to attend the festivities in honor of a European monarch, but none to .send even a message oi sympathy to the people struggling for freedom at our very doors. Most of the afternoon was spent in eulogies on the life and pursuits of the memory of Wm. S. Hol man, of Indiana Jitlt 12th. The House, on account of the death of Senator Harris, as soon as the journal had been read, on motion of Moon (Dem.) of Tennessee, as a mark of respect to the memory of the deceased Senator, suspended business until the 13th. Tie WriyteTUo'It; "What I want Is te achieve fame at a single bound." "Then go to Cuba and lose yourself." Cleveland Plain Dealer. The tariff bill was then taken up and Mr. Allison proceeded to perfect its phraseology. Now came the final vote which has been so eagerly awaited. The keenest interest was manifested throughout the crowded chamber. It was 4:37 p. m. when the Vice-President announced that the bill was on its final passage, and the roll call began. At 4:55 p. m. the Vice-President announced: ' 'Senators, on this vote the yeas are 38, the nays 28, and the bill is passed. It was arranged that the bill as passed should be printed with the sections and paragraphs renumbered. Will Force Payment From Spain. The United States Senate committee on foreign relations have through Sen ator Lodge, reported a resolution au thorizing the President to "take such measures as he may deem necessary to obtain the indemnity from the Span ish government for the wrongs and in juries suffered by August Bolton and Gustave Bichlien, two naturlized American citizens, by reason of their wrongful arrest by Spanish author ities at Santiago de Cuba, in the year 1895." Date Set for the Hearing. A special to the Charlotte Observer from Salisbury says: Referee Kerr Craige will hear testimony from D. L. Russell, Z. V. Walser and the new board of directors of the North Carolina Railroad, if any they have to offer, on the issue of fraud in the making of th North Carolina Railroad lease, at his office in Salisbury on the 27th day ol July. He has issued notices to this ef - feet to all the parties interes ted. Th affirmative of this issue is npon the par ies named. Strike of the Coal Miners. A comparison of statements from both sides engaged in the contest, show favorable results for the diggers. Con servative estimates place, the number of miners now striking in the Fittsburg district at from 16,000 to 18,000 men, an increase of about 5,000 over Tues day's record. This leaves but from 3, -000 to 5,000 men still working. Epworth League International Coi - ventlon, Toronto, Ont., July 15-18, 1897. Arrount of the above tceasion the F our h- ern Kailway wm eeu ro-juu-inF "" Toronto. Out., and return ai raic yi " class limitS't fare for the rou d trip. 1 ickrt must read thronzh Washington. goi and returninu the same route. li'K'H sale July 12, 13 and 14th with final h'nlt Jul) 26th; but same may be extended until Aukupi 12th, provided tickets are den sited with agents of the terminal lines at 1 oronto prior to Jnlv 24th. Tickets will permit of stor over in" Canada within the authorized limit except that tickets extended for the return will be limited t continuous passage- 1 ick eta will have to be validate by the aent o the terminal lines at Toronto before they will be good for retu-n pssxage. Ihe foilowinn rates will govern from points named : AshevMe, X. C. ?-T--0, Stat-sville 2. C har lotte 25.55. Con-ord -'4.90. !?ahbury 4 1 ham 22.75. Raleigh 23-45. ;o'cusboro 23 JV .n-?ton-Salem and Greensboro 22.... Danvil.o 20.95, Hisfh Point 28.05, Spartanh'irff. . . t . GreenvilK Chester and Biacksburs For further information call on any of the J-outhern Kailway or wr.te va. a. Turk, G. P. A.. Washington. I. C, M Hard ick, A. G. P A., Atlanta, Ga.. or RL,. Vernon, T. P. A., Charlotte, C. So 2S. The Mol er Oran at the convention of thy'' Kati nat Music Teacher's Association. Grand. Central Palace, New York City, last weej was tested by the leading organists and Pro feasors such as Wm C. Carl th celebrated ;oncert organist, and p onounoed it the mot magnificent tuned organ they ever nearrt. In fact it was a surprise The Moller Organ should le in every house and the followm melody be sung: Merrv melodies flU the air. All the air, Making harmonv rich and rare. When you play the Holier Oi (ran. Merry melodies, banlnh care, banish car Charm all nature everywhere. By weet music from the Holler Orgaa. Chorus. Strike Hie K-vs, swell the song; Jovs untold to you belong. When you have a Moller Organ.
The Catawba County News (Newton, N.C.)
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