North Carolina Newspapers

New 1 HE rm rm VOL. XIX. NEWTON, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1897. NO. 29. ON ERPKISB. V. 13. GAITHER, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, NEWTON, - - - IN3. C. J. E. THORNTON, jk constantly : wood coffins. on hand all Also a vari- burial robes. NEWTON, N. C. etv j. R. CAMPBELL, M. D., rilVSICIAN AND SURGEON, NEWTON, N. C. Offers his professional services to the people of Newton and Catawba County. J. B. LITTLE, DroTriTnin r.riirncm NEWTON, N. C. fljsrOiti'V iu Yo'int & SLrum's Building. A. P. LYNCH, ATTOUX CY-AT-LAW, NEWTON, - - - - N. C. Sp.vinl .ttention Given to nil kinds (.1 Collo-M ions. Oilire in l'ouut it Shrum building- up stairs. SALESMAN WANTED To sell our hili grade Nursery Stock. Many ih-w ppoiulties offered tliisyiar tort'lf first time ms well as the standard variti'5i of fruits and ornamentals. Ttir inir-iiK encily learned. Wiite for t.-riiis either on Hilary or commission. IIoofes. I? 1:0. & Thomas, Jlaple Aveuue Nurr-eries, Wist Uiester, Pa. J. C.WHITESIDE, M.D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, NEWTON, N. C. Offer his Professional services to the people oi Newton and the public general ly iV'-ling grateful for a very liberal pat roitiig" iu the past, hopes to merit a con tinuance of the same. Special attention given to diseases of women and children. Orfke at residence. DISEASES OP THE SKIN. The intense itching and smarting inci. ri'nt to eczema, tetter, salt -rheum, and other tL-ea.-iS of Iho skin is instantly allayed by applyin;; Chamberlain's Eye and Skin Ointment. Many very bad cases have been permanently cured by it. It is equally ( iTicknt for itching piles and a favorite rem-S-'T f"re nipples; chapped hands, chil- i i.iins, frost lutes, ana chronic sore eyes. lor 6ale by druggists at 2o cents per box. Try Dr. Cadj's ConditioT Povf dors, they are just what a horse needs when m bad condi tion. Tonic, Wood purifier and vermifuge. For Sil-bv T. H. Abrrnethv. Ernest L. Moore, FcSuiofiaWe Barter and Hair Dresser NEWTON, N. C. He keeps a First class TonBorial Parlor where you will always find clean towels and sharp razors, and a polite and afc- tentivebarber, Every one coming to Newton desiring any thing in the Tonsorial Art will be pleased after they call on me, for 1 always please all my customers. A 0 ENTS WANTED For War in Cuba, Miv Senor Qusada, Cuban represen tative at Washington. Endorsed by i ut'.'iti patriots. In tremendous demand. A bonanza for agents. Only $1.50. Big hook, big commissions. Everybody wants t lie only endorsed, reliable book. Outfits free. Credit given. Freight paid, l'roi. all trash, and make $ 300 a month v ir!i Wht in Cuba. Address todav, THE NATIONAL BOOK CONCERN, 352-356 H'Mrborn bt., Chicago. Business Men as Swindlers. Three prominent business men of Pittsburg, Pa., have been arrested and bound over to the October term of court, charged with conspiracy to defraud the National Loan & Investing Company, ii i etroit, one of tne largest concerns of its kind in the country. The case promises to be a sensational one, owing to the prominence of the accused, and the amount claimed to have been secured by them, which is said to be in the neighborhood of $200,000. Stenographers at Nashville. At Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 4 several hundred stenographers from various States attended the celebration of ete- Jjographers at the National Centennial 1.x position. The addresses of welcome "ere delivered by Major John M. Mc- aun, reniesentiug the Exposition, and by Huford Duke. The response was by ' i. Strachn, of Brazil, Ind. Jews Join Debs' Colony. Representatives of 25,000 Jewish trades unionists, in a convention in New York, have voted to join the Debs Movement, or Social Democracy of iiuerica. 1 1 avval lan-American commerce. Consul General Haywood, in a report t'J the State Department, at Washing ton, states that during 1890 American vessels numbering 247. of 243,983 tons, entered at Hawaiian ports, while the vessels of all other nationalities num bered 1H0, of 234,041 tons. These are the only foreign ports where a majority of the carrying trade is now under tht American flag. -cott Succeeds His Father. Carter Scott, son of the late Attorney 'eneral Scott, of Virginia, has been M pointed attorney general to fill his father's unexpired term. He has ac- ( ,'pted, and his name, it is understood, v i'l probably go before the Boanoke "mention for the nomination for the thee, though he will himself make no tiiurt in that direction. Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for cuts bruises. Sorses. Ulcers. Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, chapped Hands, chilblains, corns, and all Skin Erua- t' 'Ds, and positively cures Piles, o no l'K.v renuired. It ia euarnteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refund ed. Price 25 cents per. box. For Sale T. R. Abernetjii, WASHING m Secretary Sherman's Letter to Japan Will be Short. NEARING THE MILLION MARK. The Gold ProductionForeign Coun tries Advised on the New Tariff Bill Other Notes. The State Department has sent out instructions to the United States am bassadors and ministers abroad ac credited to countries with which we have trade relations that would be af fected by the enactment of the Ding ley tariff bill, directing them to com municate to the foreign officers at their respective posts the text of the act and to call attention to the sections of the new tariff which provide for retaliation, reciprocity and similar arrangements. This is done in order that there may be a proper basis for the institution of " ne gotiations looking to the consummation of some of the reciprocal agreements contemplated in the Dingley act. The grounds not covered by the State De partment in these negotiations will be difficult to traverse, owing to the com plexity of the subjects to be treated, and the dissimilar conditions existing in various countries with which we most have to do, yet there cannot be any de lay in undertaking the task inasmuch as Congress has in terms enjoined the beginning of the negotiations as soon as may be after the passage of this act. So far, it is said, no formal response to our advances have been made, but from certain news items that come from Europe, it is perceived that such overtures may be expected at any moment. It is understood that the reply of Secretary Sherman to the last Japanese protest against the annexation of Hawaii will be brief by comparison with the long letters that have gone be fore, but will be conciliatory in tone. This is accounted for by the fact that the State department has taken note of the public utterances of eminent Jap enese statesmen, which, while un official, are still of redoubted authen ticity, all going to show that Japan has herself no designs upon the islands, but seeks only to conserve her treaty right. However, the bassic tone of the note on the point will be the declar ation by Secretary Foster when he sub mitted to President Harrison the orig inal treaty of annexation in 1893, which failed, owing mainly to the immediate change of administration. A New York insurance company is getting a good deal of lucrative busi ness in China, according to Consul Bead, at Tien Tsin. Endowment pol icies are the craze, ihe higher class and officials take readily to the idea as a safe method of making: investments, "which cannot be touched and upon which 'squeezes' cannot be levied." Within a few days after his arrival at Tien Tsin the agent insured Chang Yen-Mow, a leading engineer, for $77, 000, and had written in other quarters about 3123,000. He is confident of placing policies to the extent of $1,155,- 000 in Tien Tsin before the winter sets in. A dispatch from Cleveland, O. , says: 'All the prominent leaders in both houses of Congress will make speeches in Ohio this fall in the interest of Sen ator Hanna. The list includes nineteen Senators and at least 28 members of the lower house. Senator Hanna himself will make short speeches of fifteen minutes in length in his journey through Ohio. It has even been claim ed that President McKinley will make a journey through the State. " The pension roll of the United States has almost reached the million mark. Commissioner Evans has finished a statement showing that at the beginning of this fiscal year, the pensioners num bered just 983,528. During last year 50,101 new pensions were granted, and 3,971 were restored to tne rolls. Uld age and disease, however, are working great inroads into the lists, for there were 31,960 deaths during the year. The treasury department has receiv ed an intimation from the Spanish min ister that a cargo of arms and amunit- ion has been shipped from New York to Bridgeport, Conn., whence, it is said, it is to be transierrea to a vessel, sup posed to be the Douglass, for shipment to the Cuban insurgents. The custom officers have been instructed to see to it that the laws of the United States are not violated. The German press is still discussing most, nnfftvorablv the terms ot tne Tlinorl ait hill: German exporters and mflTinfactnrers are already making com nlaints of iniurv to business, caused by this bill. A prominent German says a tariff war on the United States by the combined powers of Europe is imprac ticable. that Germany needs our pro ducts and her hands are tied. Mr Preston, the Director of the Mint oBtimatAR the gold production oi tne rlH for 1896 to have been $205, 000, 000, of which the United States contributed over $53, 000, 000. For 1897 it is believed the world's gold product will reach at least $240,000,000, an increase oi 000,000 over 1896. President Young, of the National Baseball League, who has been em ployed in the Treasury uepartmem ior thirty-one years, has tendered his res ignation, and, at his personal requost, it was accepted by Secretary Gage. The President has made the following appointments: Wm. L. Alston, of Ouincy, 111., to be Surveyor General of Alaska, vice Gilbert B. Pray, declined; Lewis Morris Iddings, of New York, to be Second Secretary of the Embassy of the United States at Home, Aiaiy. An earnest effort will be made to have some provision mu session of Congress for the repair and tension of the White House. Reports from various sections of the country indicate that the silver cause is gaining strength. The State Department has been ad vised that Ira C. Farley, traveling in rs,e.o for . New York cigarette corns pany was captured by the Spanish forcee, and has been turnod over to 'i-vTi on 1 nneral Lee to be sent out of the island. Farley is a citizen of Mas sachusetts. . TLom arfl sixteen contested cases on file in the present Congress. At Albany and Glenwood, Ga. negro brutes have been given two swift justice for the usual crime rape 'ihere was no rope used, but plenty o bullets. THE STRIKING MINERS. The Situation Liooks WorseBlood shed and Riot May Prevail. The situation at the Coffeen mine, in Illinois, has changed for the worse. Strikers haye arrived from different points and eight hundred are now there. A number of arrests of strikers have been made and the prisoners taken to Hillsboro tor trial. One striker from Mount Olive was bound over to keep the peace. In' de fault of bond he was sent to jail. This tended to incite the strikers and a num ber of small fights and difficulties oc curred. General Bradley is on the ground. He says every miner in the district has been ordered to Coffeen to prevent work. Sheriff Handle, in anticipation of trouble, sent for additional deputies. Nearly every man in Coffeen is on duty, with many from Hillsboro. Twenty-five armed deputies have been ordered from Nokomia and fifty from Hillboro. They are to proceed immediately to Coffeen. The sheriff has an armed force of two hundred. Every striker is armed with a short stick. Those .thus far arrested had re volvers. The request of Sheriff Handle to Gov. Tanner to send State troops was refus ed on the ground that the sheriff .had not exhausted his resource. From the general appearance here the sheriff should be able to control the strikers by using good judgment and coolness. But aggressive acts on the part of his deputies will cause an excited condi tion of affairs and may precipitate riot and bloodshed. ASSASSIN'S BULLET Lays Low the Prime Minister of Spain. A cablegram from Madrid, Spain, of the 18th, says: Senor Canovas del t 111 I nr. asimo, prime minister oi bpain, was assassinated today at Santa Agueda by an anarchist. The murderer fired three shots, one of which struck the premier in the forehead and another in the chest. The wounded man fell dying at the leet ot his wife, who was with him, lingering in agony for an hour and then paseing away with the cry of "Long live Spain," which were the last words upon his lips. banta Agueua is noted for its baths. The place is between San Sebastian, the summer residence of the Spanish court, and Yittoria, the capital of the provmco of Alava, about 30 miles south of Bilboa. The premier went there last Thursday to taKe a three weeks course of the baths. after which he expected to return to San Sebastian to meet United States Minis ter Woodford when that gentleman should be officially received by the queen regent. Ihe assassin was immediately arres ted. He i a Neapoliton and gives the name of Binaldi, but it is believed that this is an assumed name and that his real name is Michele Angino Golli. The murderer declares that he killed Senor Canovas "in accomplishment of a just vengeance," and that the deed is the outcome of a vast anarchist conspir acy. The Strike at Atlanta. The strike situation at the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills, Atlanta, Ga. assumed a more serious phase on the Oth, when the operatives demanded signed statement from Mr. Elsas that he would remove all negro laborers The president refused. He discharged the negro women who were the ini mediate cause of the trouble, but would not put out his old laborers. The strikers refused to return. The mills are now silent, but President Elsas says he will advertise for new oper atives. Lateb. The strike at Atlanta has been settled and the operatives has re turned to work; 1'resident .Lisas 6a-s no white women were discharged, but the negro women wrere employed be cause sufficient whites could not be secured. Arbitrated By Hoke Smith. The big strike of the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills operatives in Atlanta. Ga. , was the work of former Secretary of Interior Hoke Smith. The strike was the most serious labor difficulty that has developed in Atlanta in recent years, and as it involved the troubles of the negro question, an adjustment was difficult. Disinterested parties in duced the strikers' committee and President Evans, of the company, to meet in Mr. Smith's office, however, and with the former secretary acting as arbitrator an agreement was reached on terms suggested by him. The settle ment is regarded as a victory for the principle of arbitration in labor dis putes. Bank Dividends Declared. The Comptroller of the Currency has declared dividends in favor of the creditors of the following insolvent national banks: 15 per cent., First National Bank, of Tyler, Tex., 12 1-2 per cent., the Merchants' National Bank, of Ocala, Fla. ; 20 per cent., the Citizens' National Bank of San Angelo, Tex. ; 25 per cent. , the Florence Na tional Bank, of Florence, Ala. ; 5 per cent., the American National Bank, of New Orleans, La. ; 10 per cent., the Citv National Bank, of Fort Worth, Te Confessed to Both Crimes. Joe Fife the negro who is under sentence of death at Richmond, Va. , for attempt to criminal assault upon Mrs. Marks, and who was also indicted for attempting to criminally assault a voung lady near Chestnut Hill, in the suburbs of the above city, has confessed to both crimes. Judge McGowan Dead. Judge Samuel McGowan died at his home in Abbeville, S. C. , aged 78 years. He served in the Mexican war as captain and quartermaster; was elected a member of Congress in 1805, but denied his seat; was a member of the State Legislature, a brigadier gen eral in the Confederate army, and for a long time associate justice of the Su preme Court of South Carolina. A Business Revival. The Birmingham (Ala.) Rolling Mill Company is now,working, and will at once begin making its entire necessary steel product. The Alabama Rolling Mill, at Gate City, will begin operations in a few days in all departments. The entire plant has been thoroughly over hauled. There is a general building boom, and over $.500,000 is being put into business and residence houses. A report that the American flag is to be raised over Hawaii is denied in Washington. PEulluIuHEARY Gratifying Reports of Business Im provement by Dun dt Co. THE DAWN OF BETTER DAYS. Fewer Failures the Past Week Than in Any Week Since the Year 1892. The weekly trade review of Messrs. R. G. Dun & Co., for the week ending August 7th, says: Four years ago, August 5th, 1893, the first of Dun's re views was issued, with failures in that month amounting to over C0,COO,OCO, while in the month just closed failures have been only $7, 11 7, 727, the smallest in any month since 1892. The state ment of failures by classes of business for July and for forty-six months shows that in manufacturing failures have been smaller than in any other month in the entire period, in trading smaller than in any month except one, and in many branches of manufacture smaller than in most months of which records exist. The pessimists who pronounced re ports of gain fictitious and misrepre senting have grown weary of their dis mal predictions and begin to see the dawn of better days. Last month was the first for four years oi which the volume of business reported by clear ing houses was larger than in the sama month of 1892, and the telegraphic dis patches from all parts of the country given this week show gratifying im provement, lhis is probably due to 1 - m 1 1 3 3 a larger yield oi wneai ana gooa prices, though the crop is probably not as large nor are prices thus lar as high as in 1892; but of cotton the priee is higher and the yield probably larger than in that year. Other farm products are realizing good prices, and the pos sible decrease in yield of corn may help to market the enormous surplus brought over from last year. Liquidation of a powerful com bination in wheat broke and wheat advanced 3 cents on Tuesday, a gain of 1 1-2 cents for the week. It is the wrong season to expect much from industries, and yet there has been material increase in the number of hands employed in the iron manu facture because of the satisfactory ad justment of wages dispute with the Amalgamated Association and tne open ing of numerous establishments which have been waiting, while the coal min ers' strikes seem each day mora likely to end in a permanent settlement bene ficial to both parties. Meanwhile the demand for most finished products is steadily increasing, the feature this week being large pipe contracts for Russian oil fields, Sumatra and Ger many. The sales jbto.ool, as comparative returns by n, 8ajs show, bear little re lation to tbo actual consumption in manufacture, but heavy liquidation since the new tariff bili was enacted gives the impression that some dealers are no longer confident of a speedy ad vance. Nevertheless, prices have risen during the past few weeks nearly one cent per pound. Manufacturers are buy ing but little, though they are rapidly increasing the output and are able to report an advance of 10 per cent in pries of goods, with rapidly increasing orders. The temporary curtailment of output by cotton mill 3 continues, but does not yet bring improved prices for products, although the demand is generally gain ing. Failures of the week have been 237 in the United States, against 240 last year, and 29 in Canada, against 32 last year. WESTERN UNION APPEALS. Resists the Reduction In Telegram Rates Made by the N. C. R. R. Com mission. The Western Union Telegraph Com pany has appealed from the order of the railroad commission making 15 cents the rate for a ten-word day mes sage. The company contends that the rate is not just and reasonable and that it would force the company to operate at a loss; also that a commission has no power to make the rates for tele grams. Ihe company alleges that at 2o cents it has operated North Carolina busi ness at a loss. It files a prayer for re moval of the case to the United States Court for the eastern district of North Carolina. The prayer alleges that the commission's order, violates the fifth amendment to the United States con stitution in that the enforcement of said rate would be taking the company's property for public use without just compensation; that it violates section 1 of the fourteenth amendment to the constitution ; that it violates section 8 of article 1 of the constitution, and also violates the United States act of 1866 to aid in the construction of telegraph lines. The prayer further sets forth that the company is of New York and not a citizen or resident of North Caro lina. John VanHorhe, vice-president, signs this prayer. The Tennessee Election. A general election was held in this State on the loth to decide whether or not a constitutional convention shall be held. Returns show that the calling of a convention has been overwhelm inglv defeated. A light vote was pol led. but little interest being shown, and in some" voting districts the polls were not opened. In Nashville, with a voting population of 15,000, the total vote cast was less than 1,000. Freight Rates on Cotton. The Georgia State Railroad Commis sion has refused the petition of W. H. Brewer, of Griffin, and D. G. Purdue, of Savannah, representing the freight and transportation bureau of that city, and others, for a horizontal reduction of 25 per cont. in freight rates on cot ton. The Bimetallic Commission. The British government has informed the American bimetallic commission that they will probably reply to the 'i proposals of the commissioners on be half of the United States in October. Miners' Strike Progressing. The coal mine strikers are continually receiving accessions; little work is be ing done at any of the De Armit mines. At West Newton, Pa., a large store house has been opened as a commissary and contributions in large quantities have been made by merchants and farm ers; the strikers will organize a march on the Fayette county mines. , Lynching in Texas. Two negroes, Esseck White and Ar mand Phillips, assaulted two young ladies near Houston, Texas. White was taken from jail and lynched. Phil lips has not been caught. MORE TARIFF COMPARISONS. Only Two Articles Were Transferred From the Dutiable to the Free List. The completed comparison of the tariff bill prepared by Mr. Charles H. Evans, the tariff expert, has been made public. The following are some of the comparisons, in addition to those given last week: The average ad valorem duty of the flax, hemp and jute schedule is lower in the new law than in the Wilson. That of the Wilson law was 40.94 per cent. The present law is 45.18 per cent. The average ad valorem of the pulp, paper and book schedule under the present law is 30. 30 per cent. ; un- uer the Wilson law it was 23.18 per cent. The average ad valorem of the of the sundry schedule under .the Dingley law is 23.35 per cent,; and iu'ider the Wilson law it was 24.79 per cent. The total value of articles transferred from the free list to the dutiable list is placed at $101,968,941. Only two ar ticles were transferred from the dutia ble to the free list. These were cocoa- nuts in the shell and sheep dips. REMOVED TUB NEGRO HANDS. The Bag and Cotton Mills Strike In Atlanta at an End. The strike at the Fulton Bag & Cot ton Mills, at Atlanta, which thiew 1,400 employes out because white girls re fused to be placed by the side of colored women, came to an unexpected end last Thursday. The Textile Union met early in the day. It seemed as if a gen eral strike would ensue, as no on thought the authorities of the mill would erive in. A committee was ap pointed to consult with President Jacob Elsas, demanding the locoval of ail negro laborers. Unexpectedly to the strikers, this was agreed to, and a com promise was made by which the strik ers agreed to work extra houraif neces sary and so the negroes were marched out, and the 'strikers went to work again. The strike caused a big flurry among the working classes of the South. INJUNCTION AUAINST DEBS. A Federal Judge Prohibits Agitation Around the Mines. A special f ronvParkersburg, W. Ya. , says upon the application of James Sloan. Jr. . of Baltimore, a stockholder of the Monongah Coke and Coal Com pany, made by ex-Governor Fleming, his counsel, Judge Jackson, of the Uni ted States Court, has granted an in junction restraining Eugene Debs and his associates from interfering with or molesting the management of the property of the Monongah Com pany or its employes. The text of the w rit covers everything that can possi bly be construed into an infringement on the rights of a corporation and prac tically prevents all features of agitation in the vicinity of the Monongah mines Reports from all the coal fields in West Yirginia show no change in the strike situation. RUCKER TAKES CHARGE. Atlanta's Colorod Collector Inducted Into Office Deputy Collectors Quit. Henrv A. liucker, the new negro collector of internal revenue, was in ducted into office at Atlanta, Ga., on te 5th, with rather unusual ceremon- e.. When he met his predecessor to effect ihe transfer of the office he found 1 a irnfliavinnr rt Ann 4, AO nrk. ...... sented Mr. lrammerwith a very hand some silver service, speeches were made, closing with one by Rucker, whose fair words and temperate tones pleased his hearers. Realizing the em barrassment ahead of him, he asKed the support of all tha deputies and assured them they should have his as long as they were in service. His speech was a reassuring one. About ten cf the deputies sent in their resignations and went out with their white chief, The Country's Wheat Crop. mi TT t i l ne united suites government s es timate of this year's American wheat crop is 450,000,000 bushels. But some private expert estimates go almost as high as 600,000,000. Bradstreet's con siders 550,000,000 a reasonable forecast. Full allowance having been made for the home demand, it is estimated that we shall have about 160,000,000 bush els available ior export, a or the year ending June 30th we exported 140,000,- 000 bushels. The shortage in the Euro pean crop is estimated by such conti nental authorities as Beerbohm to be ) more than 100,000,000 bushels, as com pared with last year. Monument to Kirby Smith. On the 3d a monument to Edmund Kirby Smith, the last full general of the Confederate army, was unveiled at Sewanee, Tenn. General Smith was a professor at the University of the South from 1875 to 1893, the year of his death, and this monument was erected by the alumni professors, and his com rades in the army. Addresses were de livered by Right Rev. Thos. F. Gailor, coadjutor bishop of Tennessee; Rev. J. E. Martin, Jackson, Tenn., and Major G. R. Fairbanks, Fernandino, Fla., Gen. Smith's native State. No Silver Dollars Coined. The monthly statement issued by the director of the mint shows that during July, 1897, the coinage executed at the United States mints amounted to $670, 850, as follows: Gold, $377,000; silver, $260,000; minor coins, $33,850. No standard silver dollars were coined. Dentists Unite. The American Association of Den tists, and the Southern Dental Associa tion, which have been in convention at Old Point Comfort, Va. , have united, with Dr. Thomas Filler Brown, of Bos ton, as president. Dr. George H. Gushing, of Chicago, was elected sec retary. Jim Corbett Playing Base Ball. Jim Corbett, ex-champion pugilist, is I to play first base through the Western association ine latter oi August ior a 1 1 i a a . j a . percentage of the receipts of each club. He b tarts at Burlington Aug. 17. Fierce Heat In Texas. At Dallas, Tex., on the 5th of August, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the gov ernment thermometeKr recorded the ex traordinary -temperature of loo. sur passing all previous heat records. Business was paralyzed and men and horses gasped for breath. The heat was the most terrible ever felt in Texas, and it killed vegetation as if struck by lightning. It is reported that because of the neglect of the State of West Virginia to pay the militia when last in the field, they cannot be relied upon to act against strikers if ordered. I if m ASSOCIATION Comparison of Figures in This State and Virginia on R. R. Taxation, OLD NORTH STATE CULLINGS. Delegates to Farmers National Con gressThe Excellence of the Crops Simply Wonderful. The following delegates and racing teams were represented at the State Firemen's Association at Favetteville last week: Asheville, Charlotte, Con coid, Salisbury, Greensboro, Durham, Raleigh, Wilson, Newberne, Wilming ton, Goldsboro and Winston-Salem; Columbia, Orangeburg, Sumter, Flor ence, from South Carolina. The offi cers elected are: James D. McNeill, of Fayetteville, president; J. C. Nichols, of Durham, secretary; Dr. J. W. Grif fith, of Greensboro, and Parnell, vice presidents; T. A. Green, of Newbern. treasurer. The following is the result of the races: In the engine contest the .New Berne steam fire engine's time was 3:41 1-2, Winston 3:49 1-2; Atlantics, of New Berne, 4:031-4; Greensboro 5:12 3-4; Wilmington 6:261-2. Ihe hrst prize was $60, second $30, third $20. In tha hand reel loO yards dash r ay etteville s time was 31 seconds, .New Berne 32, Greensboro 33, Durnam No. 2,34, Salem 331-2, Salisbury "33 1-2, Charlotte 33, Durham No. 1, 33. Ihe grab reel 'race resulted, New- Berne. No." 1, 25 seconds, Durham, No 1,221-4; Atlantics 251-2, Fayetteville 231-4, South sides 23 1-4. In the long distance rapid steaming, Wilmington and Winston made fine show. In the long distance throwing water, Winston won, 239 feet, 5 inches. The Greensboro Juniors defeated the Fay etteville Juniors. The championship hand reel race was won by the Atlantics, of Newbern; the horse wagon contest was won by the Greensboro team; the horse hook and ladder race was won by Winston; the hand hook and ladder contest was won by Greensboro. Ihe next place of meeting is at Greensboro. Charlotte didn't get the tournament, but she got the promise of the Fayette ville boys, along with others, to go there the next 20th of May. Much has been said recently as to the taxation of railway property in Yir ginia and North Carolina. The follow ing are the facts as to such taxation. The total value of railways in Yirginia, including properly ouisiae oi rigni-oi-way, as well as street cars, assessed fcr taxation, is $53, 389, 540. That in North Carolina, not including street cars and property outside of right-of-way, is $29,000,000. The gross earnings m Virginia are $50,000,000; in North Car olina $9,846,000. The net earnings in Virginia arej$12il51,000;in North Caro lina $3,257,000. So the taxation in Vir ginia, instead of being one and a half times greater than in North Carolina, should have been in round numbers four times as much. Governor Russell says railway property should be listed for taxation at a sum upon which it ys 6 per cent, upon net earnings. By us Virginia would have a valuation of $200,000,000 and North Carolina .$50, 000,000. Virginia, besides, pays 1 per cent, on net income, deducting inter est on funded debt and taxes, and this amount to only $3,000. With a similar tax Nortk Carolina could collect nothing save a small sum from the At antic Coast Line. CharlotteT)bserver. The commissioner of agriculture says all the crop returns which oome in are remarkably favorable. In fact the ex cellence of the crops is simply wonder ful. The returns for August are rapid ly arriving from correspondents. None of these put cotton below 100 per cent, and some put it as high as 120, compar ed with average years. There is a large incref se in acreage. The report as to corn is the best ever received by the dnartment. It is a remark that 1897 m&7 well be termed "a year of plenty." Governor Russell appoints the fol lowing delegates from North Carolina to the Farmers' National Congress for the next two years: State at large, J S. Cunningham and Wm. Dunn; First district, John Bradv; Second district, M. L. Wood; Third district, J. A. Westbrook; Fourth district, Ransom Hinton; Fifth district, Benehan Cam eron; Sixth district, Nick Gibbons; Seventh district. S. A. Lawrence, Eighth district, J. L. Byers; Ninth district, W. G. Candler. Up to the 5th the Charlotte Observer j-va Hi a1 ft i says: ut an ine counties in me ctate from which returns have been sent to the Auditor and to the State board of equalization, Gaston leads so far as in crease in values is concerned. The in crease in the value of property in that county is $315,311 over 1896 and $415, 941 over 1895. For the first time in three years the Cabarrus lau is clear of prisoners. An other incident attending the term of court just concluded is the fact that not a whiskey case was tried during the term something that has greatly sur prised even the public, to say nothing of the lawyers. Charlotte Observer. Durham paid $80,000 internal rev enue tax for the month of July, the sales being: Tobacco, $25,203.90; cigarettes, $13,955.00; cigars, S957.45; snuff, $285.00. Total, $40,401.35. Ex ports were: Cigarettes, .1,302,500; to bacco. 1.650 riouuda. The Cumnock coal mine will be sold on September 6th. There is likely to be several bidders, who will run the property up to $300,000, which is the amount of the first and second mort gages. During the last five years $200,- 000 has been expended on the plant. Mecklenburg's new courthouse will be turned over to the county commis sioners c6mplete on the first Monday in September. Ihe building is a hand some one. Wake county has made a bad criminal record this" year one murder a month bo far. Governor Russell has been invited to attend the Prison Congress which meets in Austin, Tex., October 16th to 20th. Also one to attend the thirty-first an nual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, which will 'meet in Buffalo, N. Y. A Mooresville man tells the States ville Landmark that since that town has the prospect of another railroad real estate has advanced 25 to 50 per cent. A recent storm in Cherokee, county is estimated to have done damage to the amount of $200,000. NEWS ITEMS. Southern Pencil Pointers. The smallnox sitn&tion in Birmina-- hani, Ala., is very much improved. M. A- Cnnnpllr rif SSiv9Tinati Ga. has been chosen as secretary of the Nicauraguan Canal Commission. Alfred E. Hoi ton has rvn axmornted United States attorney for the Western district of North Carolina. A gentleman who has been dead twe months has been appointed postmaster at V ahoo, bullivan county, Tennessee. During a game of ball at Eufaula. Ala., Bose Faulkner struck Cal Taylor on the head with a stick and death re sulted. Faulkner escaped. The Charlotte Observer savs the prop osition to move the court house site from Dallas to Gastonia, N. C, has failed. A maicrity of those who voted were in favor cf removal, but a majority of the registered voters did not go to the polls. The Rome. Ga. . cotton factory has obtained a government order for 1,300, 000 yards of heavy duck for mail sacks. ihe amount of the contract is 2o0,000. The mill has been forced to purchase new machinery and employ a large number of hands at good wages. The erection of a twenty-ton cotton seed oil mill will be commenced at La vonia, Ga., at once. It is believed that the plan to utilize the water power of the James, at Rich mond. for a great electric Dlant. will succeed. The -did Talbot ine shons at Richmond, Va. , have parsed away after nity years of life. 1 ho dei t,fesion of the times did it. Worried by business troubles, wealthy Samuel Blair, of Chattanooga. Tenn. , cut his throat and died in his bath tub. J. H. Milam, of the Seaboard Air Line at Charlotte, has mysteriously dis appeared. His shortage foots up to $1,444.44. A sheriffs posse in Coffee county, Ala., killed Allven Lightfoot and badly injured his son Joe, in attempting to arrest them for general crimes. All About the North. A rain storm at Colorado City, flooded the streets six inches. CoL, An association composed of buyers for commercial houses in the various cities has been formed in New York. Cincinnati, O. , is the centre of a great new combine of manufacturers of wood working machinery. The World says that 2.500 babies have been abandoned by their mothers in New York within the past year. The National Democratic Association of Colored Men is called to meet in convention Columbus, O. , on Sept 23d. All the gas companies of Chicago, have consolidated. The capital stock is raised from $400,000 to S25.000.000. Stephen M. Cartv. who put up the first telephone used in Cuba, died at New Haven, Conn. , from heart failure caused byiexcessive smoking. At St Louis cotton is said to be cornered and it is likely to remain so until September 1st, when the official cotton yeai opens, and the new crop begins to move. The statements of the local warehouses show that the total number of bales in storage aggre gate 9,682 bales. A gang of gold brick swindlers have come to grief in New York. At Sigournev, la. , four girls were arownea m okhiik river. Aiiey were caught in the current while wading. Chas. A Dana, the nestor of Ameri can journalists, owner and edkor of the New lork bun, is seriously ill. It is reported that Senator Gorman. of Maryland, will not be a candidate for i a" . i n -11- reelection ai ineena oi nis present term. Senator Gorman will have served 24 years. Many of the principal life and acci dent insurance companies of Chicago are refusing to assume risks upon the lives of persons contemplating a visit to the Klondyke. The gold brick swindle was worked on a New Orleans saloon keeper for $7,000 by members of a gang who have operated extensively in South American cities and large towns of this country. Ihe men were arrested in New lork. At Hudson, Mass., an attempt w as made to blowr up a section of the tene ment house owned by the L, D. Appley BUODer company, in wnicn several of the workmen employed at the factory in the place of the striking help have been boarding. Miscellaneous. American whalers this season have realized $702,449. Within eighteen months famine and pestilence have killed 8,000,000 people in India. Most Kansas counties pav a bounty on wolves killed, and Michigan pays for dead sparrows. Mr. Moody announces that he has no idea of retiring from his evangelistic work. An explosion in the cartridge factory of Rustchuk, on the Danube, killed fifty-six people outright Arrangements are being made for the establishment of a mail route to the Klondyke region. The highbinders in San Francisco. Cal., have posted a list of Chinese who they will murder. New lork is still talking of a World's Fair in 1900 to commemorate the consol idation of the various cities which are comprised in Greater New York. From 12,000 to 15,000 natives are now under arms in revolt against the British in India, and the rebellion is still spreading. Missouri has raised the taxable vain atiou of her railroads and telegraphs by over $3,000,000 and will add $750,000 to her revenue next year. Representatives of Peter Maher and Tom Sharkey have posted a second deposit of $2,500 of the $10,000 for a fight between the pugilists. They will probably fight in Sau Francisco during October. Officials at Washington have been in formed that Great Britain will cousent to take part in an international mone tary conference, to be held at Wash ington next winter. The monetary commissioners believe that France will also participate. A special to the Raleigh (N. C. ) News and Observer tells of another case of rape in this State, This time it is a white man, Henry Jackson. His vic tim is a respectable young woman, Miss Blanche Hodges, niece of the present sheriff of Beaufort county. The Bureau of Statistics reports that the exports for last year were the greatest in the history of tlipcr.nn-try. mm I Absolutely Pure. Celtbarted for its great leavening fctrength and healthluiuess. Assures the fooi against alum and all forms of adulteration common to the cheap brands. Royal Baking Tcw-deb Co., New York TITLE TO THE KLONDIKE FIELDS No Valid Objection Can be Advanced to Great Britain's Claim. Incited by the newspaper publica tions recently, tending to throw doubt upon , the ownership of the Klondike go.4 fields, some of the high govern ment officials who would naturally be expected to deal with the question if it comes to a practical issue, have quietly looking into, the matter with a view to preparing themselves for any controversy that may arise. Their views are in substance that tnere can be no valid objection advanced to the title of Great Britain to this territory. A careful examination of all the reli able charts and maps made far enough back in date to be free from suspicion of influence of the recent heavy gold finds, has convinced the officials that so far as the Klondike fields, as defined by the latest reports, are concerned, there can be no question but that they lie east of the one Imn dred and forty-first meridian, which defines the boundary line, and so are within British territory by about thirty five miles at least. As for the meridian itself, it is said that it has been so closely located by the survey of the Ca nadians and our own coast survey, that there is not at any point a difference of more thaD 700 feet in the claimed boundary, which, of course, would not substantially effect any controversy that might grow out of the title. A VOLCANO IN ERUPTION. Five Hundred People Known to Have Perished and 15 Towns Destroyed. A special to the Chicago Chronicle from Tacoma, Wash., says: Five hun dred reported killed up to July 1 st is the record of the terrible outbreak of the great volcano Mayon, on the island of Luzon, one of the rhillipine group. On the night of June 24 this volcano began throwing up ashes and lava in immense quantities, and the flames were thrown upward considerably over 100 feet above the crater. The next day 55 bodies were recovered at a con siderable distance, and the most recent dispatches to Hong Kong up to July 8th 6tated that not less than 5C0 were known to have beeu killed. It is probable, 6aid the dispatches, that the loss of life will reach into the thousands, depending on the length of eruption. On that date lava streams and ashes had reached the cities of Bacacay, Malipot and Liberi, and tbeir destruction was certain. Fifteen small er towns between these and the volcano had beeu destroyed, and scores of the agricultural population had been overwhelmed while attempting to t6 cape. TILLMAN AT ABBEVILLE. He Defends the Dispensary and Tells Some Great Things About Hini stlf. Senator Tillman spoke to the farmers' institute at Abbeville, S. C, delivering the first speech he has made in the State since the opening of the present sena torial campaign. He defended the dis pensary law, and declared that the troubles it had been involved iu were due not to the law itself, but to its un wise administration. He endorsed the tariff views of Senator McLaurin, and said that while he himself w as not a pro tectionist, if there was any stealing go ing on, he wanted his State to have its share. He told his hearers that he was the only farmer in the Senate, and that he therefore represented 3O,no0,(M.ij farmers of the United btates. He de clared that his speeches were as popular in the Senate as at home, and told how, when he arose to speak, the cloak rooms always emptied and the galleries filled. GOVERNMENT JOBS. Civil Service Examinations to Be Held September 22. Civil service examinations will be held in Columbia, S. C, on September 22 for the following positions under the government service: Bookbinder, clerk of the departmental service, composi tor, electrotyper (of all kinds), elevator conductor, janitor, messenger, press man, railway mail clerk, skilled lalorer (male or female), stenographer, stereo fvper, stock examiner, tagger, type writer, watchman. One wishing to stand the examination san select any one of the above callings to be exam ined upon. All applications must be on file in the office of the Civil Service Commissioner, Washington, at least ten days before the examination is held. Examinations will be held in Charles ton on the 24th of September and the 25th of October. ATLANTA OPERATIVES STRIKE Negro Women Were Employed and All the Other Hands Quit. As a result of the employment of twenty-five negro women in the folding department of the Fulton Bag and Cot ton Mills, Atlanta, Ga., 1,4'R me:i, women and children have gone out on one of the largest strikes that has ever occurred in that city. The w ills w-ro forced to shut down their eniire plant, and it will effect fully 2,000 people oi the working classes. When the noti,-; was put up that the mills w ere closed much disorder broke out, and it wu the inclination of the strikers at fir.t t, cause trouble, but the police reserve force arrived in time to quell any dis turbance. Iowa Colony in Alabama. A number of low a families have se cured a concession of 0,000 acres of land in Shelby county, Ala., ",0 miles sontii of Birmi'"am. The tract is to be la d out op colony plan, but each colon ist will own his own property.