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G. K. GBANTHAM, Editor
Render Unto Caesar the Things that are Caesar's, Unto God, God's.
VOL. II.
SELECT SIFTIN'GS.
Almanacs for 1893 are out already.
It costs about $17 a day to keep an
elephant.
A case is reported of a somnambulist
who talked fifteen miles in his sleep.
Russia exports every year more than a
million pounds of caviar, which is pre
pared from the roe of the sturgeon.
' At San .Jacinto, in San Diego County,
California, they raise alfalfa six feet three
inchf-s high in six weeks, by irrigation.
Violinmakers prize ahove all other
"kinds of wood that which they extract
Ir om the seasoned timbers of old house.?.
A big raft on the Joggins pattern,
containing S,00,o6o feet of timber, was
successfully launched at Fort Bragg,
al.
Unless an Austrian gains the consent
iof his wife, he cannot get a passport to
journey beyond the frontier of .his own
country.
Several years ago there was a law in
Poland which compelled every slanderer
to walk on all fours through the streets
of the town.
The Italians invented the term influ
nza in the Seventeenth Century, and
Attributed the disease to the influence of
certain planets.
A tine has recently been imposed upon
tn English woman who permitted her
to i's to draw her baby carriage on
tk public highway.
Picardy, France, claims the honor of
being the place where the first plate glass
wh? made. The process was discovered
Sj accident in 1688.
The last execution for forgery in Eng
land took Dlace at the Old LUiley on
December 31, 1892. The name of the
convict was Thomas Maynar 1.
Oscar Wilde is said to be deep in the
development of a new flower, a golden -
veined tulin. which he declares to De "a
triumph of classic horticulture."
. The first monument ever erected to the
memory of the Union soldiers who fell in
the Civil War is that in the cemetery on
ISomerville avenue, in Somerville, Mass.
A very convenient mucilage can be
made of onion juice. On being boilel a
short time it will yield, on being pressed,
quite a large quantity of adhesive fluid.
The former record for fast typewriting
has been broken by Miss Catharine V.
Curry, of Syracuse, N.Y., who can write
182 nerfect words in one minute. Sh e
ha9 been operating nearly five years.
A mau living in New England, who is
five feet seven inches in height, has a
beard six feet two inche3 in length, or
eight inches longer than himself. The
beard began to grow twelve years ago.
A nugget of gold weighing forty-five
ounces, almost pure, and having, accord
ing to the assay, a money value of $345,
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was exhihited in Jjoaaviue a lew uay
apo. It was taken from the Gordon
-
mine.
w On hundred and flftv of the songs
and ballads of Burns are soon to be pub
llshed in Czech by the editor of a Prague
np -spaper. In every instance the Bo
hemian translator has preserved the
mptrir.al form of the original, a feat of
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apparently great skill.
"There is nothinsr so fatal to crawfish
a? a thunder storm," said a Washington
fishdealer. "When I make a shipment
of them to any place at a distance I al
ways make sure that the weather prom
ises well. On more than one occasion I
have had entire consignments killed on
a ioumev bv a small electrical disturb-
j
ance."
' An old restaurant bill of fare, printed
in Richmond, Va., in January, 18bi,
gives the following war-time prices in
Confederate money: "Soup, $1.50;
chicken $3.50; roast beef, $3.00; ham
and eggs, $3.00; raw oysters, $2.00;
coffee, $2.00 ; bread and butter, $1.50;
a bottle of ale, $12.00; and a cigar,
$2 00."
i The natives of Gibraltar, and also the
Moors across the striit, have a tradition
that somewhere on the rock there exists
a cavern whence a subterranean passage
leads under the strait to the mountains
on the other side. The existence of the
passage, they say, is known to the mon
keys, who regularly use it in passing
from one continent to the" 'other. -
Freak of a Thunderbolt.
The annals of a French, Academy of
Science tell of a tailor's" adventure with
a thunderbolt. He lived in a houe pro
vided with two chimueys, one for a fire
place and the other for a stove, the latter
not in use. H iring a . thu id M -torm a
tremendous report was heard, and every
body thought that the house Lai beei
Ptruck by lightning. Instantly a blue
flaming ball dropped into th fireplace
and rolled out into the room, seemingly
about six inches above the d-or. The
xcited tailor ran around the room, the
ball of fire playing about his fort. Sud
denly it rose above his head and move I
off toward the stovepipe hole in the ceil
Ing, which had a piece of paper pastel
over it. The ball moved straight thro igh
the paper and up the chimney. . Wnen
near the top it explolei an 1 tore thi
chimney into thousin U of fr.ig.nenU.
The sight of the debris left by the ex
plosion showed the fa-nily what would
have been the consequences hi it e
ploded while on its gyrating -pa-sge
through the room. St. Louis Republic.
Yellow Dtist Storm v
Prof. Milne, of Tokio, recdrds'a dense
storm of yellow dust which suddenly
covered the decks of a vessel ninety five
-miles from Nagasaki, Japan, which is
upwards of 400 miles from the const of
.China. Thii dust was so fine that, th i ijh
composed of felspar, quartz, and a lew
shreds of plants, it did not aff?ct the
eyes, and "had not the decks been cov
ered with it, it might have been mis
taken for a peculiarly yellow fog. Yet
it seems to have extended for nearly
200o mi!, and to have come from the
, ( ,
"loesa" plains of China. j
San Francisco boasts a man who can
lift eleven hundred pounds
THREE STATES' BRIEFS
Telegraphic Dispatches From Many
. Points of Interest.
die Fields of Virginia, North and
South Carolina Ca-efully
Gleane d For News.
VIRGINIA.
The magnificent yield of wheat in the
Valley is now pouring into the markets.
Harry .St. George Tucker was renomi
nated for Congress by acclamation by ths
10th Va. Democratic Convention
Mrs. Annie M.--Srnith, aged ninety one.
died on the 81st of July at Acc-miaf
Courthouse.
At the town of Berkley, over the rivei
from Norfolk, James Brock was shot
Thursday morning "by his wife, too cause
being known, except that Mrs. Brock is
of unsound mind.
One of the most interesting of the oi ig
i-ial articles now at M mnt Vernou is a
fine London-made harpsichord presented
vt ashmgton to his charming adopted
2 :uighter, Lleanor Park Curtis, on her
wedding day. In the accounts which
Washington so carefully kept of all his
tr tmaetions it is stated that the iustru
uieut cost $1,000.
NOBTH CAROLINA.
A Durham squish vine his alreadv
yielded 150 squashes and is still alive.
The Pullmin Car Compiuy repoits
rhat it Operates 59 tars in this State: 40
n the Richmond and D.mville, 10 on tbe
Atlantic Coast Lin-i and 8 un the Sea-
b ard Air Line.
It has been a particularly trying sum
n er on health, but the penitentiary au-
fjionties report that in the prison and at
the stockades and farms the health oi the
convicts has been quite good.
The first new tobacco to leach the
Creenboro market ws sold Thursday.
Z 10 to $10.25. This is earlv for the
new crop, wnicn gives promise r otini;
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erf fine
On Thursday a buttress stone at Trinitx
PJ. tl. church uuintm te i tnrouirn a
eak scafloldin i. Albe t Cole, co'ored,
r,f Goldsboro. was instantlv killed, and
SamMcLain, colored, probably fatally
injured.
Saudy Austin, colored, of Mecklenburg
,mntv last week received $ IbO back pay
tn i will in future irtt $10 per month
pension for injury while serving in the
Federal army. He ran away to lennessec
at the outbreak of the war where ha
joined a company.
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Hevcnue omcers recently captured tw
ill cit distillers in Cartaret county while
in the act of m-iking moonshine whisky.
They also captured seven hundred gal
Ions of whisky and th ee hundred gallons
of beer.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
South Carolina has organized her nav
al reserve force, and will receive a share
of the auDrooriation made for maintain
ing such companies
The company oiganized for building
f.n electric street car line in Greenville,
has been frauchised, and the road will be
bu It at once.
Hon. M. L. Donaldson, State Alliance
President, and Senator from Greenville,
is a candidate for re-election to the Legis
lature: His opponent is Representative
J no R. Harrison.
Farmers along the S. C. Railway have
shipped their last melons. It was a prof
itable season, the growers exceeding their
ruos" sauguine expectations.
A sta'e charter has been granted the
Sumter Cotten Seed Crusher Ce.
OTHER STATES.
Judge Swaync of the United State
Court has appoiuted fMason Young, ot
New York receiver of the Jackso ville,
Tampa aud Key West railroad system.
Lighting the Stars.
Mabel Greene is a Brooklyn five-year-old.
She is full of odd conceits. The
other evening she stoo 1 at a window of
her home with her pretty face flattened
against the pane intently watching a
slowly gathering storm. Darker grew
the low hanging clouds, but Mabel
showed no signs of fear." Instead her
features were animated aua sne appeareu
to be absorbed in the scene. Even
when a violent clap of thunder seemed
to rend the heavens and forked light
ning flashed the child was unmoved.
At Tast, tiring of the sight, Mabel turned
to her mother, "sitting near.
"Mamma,", she said, "I fink Dod is
dettin' weady to light His stars,
"Why, darling?"
4 'Cause he's scratchin' matches- on
the ekv.? New York Sun. .
Backbone of the Strike Broken.
Homeste ad Pa. Homestead's striking
steel workers are considerably agitated.
They have satisfied themselves of the
correctness of buprintencient rollers
statement, that a. number of former
employes returned to work. That
the backbone of the strike I as been brok
en is acknowledged by all save members
f the advisory committee and themo-e
radical unionists
Mr Potter said o a United Press re
pot ei ; "Alto.e he: sixty of our former
em nl ores have returned to work a mi we
h ivo been iuformed that many more will'
irake appli-'a.ion for their oM places,
'"went v seven of our old men came ia"
Twenty to n of them found their places
hut the rdhers I am sorry to
say re disappointed.
But wkile thev
cannot step into ine pwuwis iuc-j
np a month ago, tnese men win oe given
Very Plain Talk to Queen Victoria.
1.0SP05. rCablegraiu.lLand and Wa
tt-r f-ays that when the Duke of Devon
UUo visited the Queen last week. Her
M.iiesrv said that she relied upon his ad
vire to assist her in avoiding the necessi-
t, for se'ndi- c for Mr. Gladstone to form
i ow eoVerniu- nt. T e Duke, it is re
. or e l. said, in reply to Hfr Majesty,
that there was but ore alternative for her
t.i hpr to adoDt she must eitfcer ca
upon Mr. Gladstone to form a ministry
or must abdicate io inroaa.
DUNN, HARNETT CO..
LIVELY MEETING AT UNIOtf.
The Most Pugnacious Day of the
South Carolina Campaign.
Columbia, S. C The most exciting
meeting of the State campaign occurred
Thursday at Union. Thtre came dan
gerously near being a personal difficulty
n the stand, between Uovemor
riilman and Col. Orr, the ( oaserVatlvo
.nndidate for Lieutenant Governor, which
vvouia nave resulted in a not..
In his speech, Governor Tillman asked
'olonel Orr for h:s authority for saying
that a preacher had said that he (Tillman)
flaunted his profanity ic public. Col.
Orr replied that he did net divulge con
versations and added that T.llmiu knew
he statement was true as he could ascer
tain by appealing to the preachers in geh-
al
The Governor said that sometimes an
o ah slipped out, but that it had done so
only on one occasion during the cam
paign. He appealed to tne lames pres
ent to signify if in their opinion they
: nsidered mm a blacKguara, out
there was no response from them.
The Governor then said that Orr or any
)thcT nnu who said he flaunted his pro-
i uiity in public lied.
Col. Orr advanced to the uovernor ana
etching him by the arm wheelsd him
:u ouna ana ssKea Dim 11 ne was irving
to raise a personal difficulty. Tinman
.iid he was not and Orr shook his finger
in his fare and told him that he could
not iatinviti that he (Orr) lied without
bavins it thrown in his (Tillman's) teeth.
He told him further that Tillman had
boasted of being 4,Almighty God gentle
man.''
The Governor said so he had, and Orr
replied that He did not do himself cred-
it when He made you. tie again caugni
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hold of the Governor and asked him if
he meant to intimate that he was a liar
The Governor said that it Orr did not
originate the statement did not apply to
him.
Kv this lime the crowd had become
raging moo. ieopie cumoea up on me
stand. Men pulled off iheir coats, swore
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like troopers and gathered around the
two men. It looked for all the world as
if blood was to be shed. Col. Orr stood
to the rack aud told Tillman he had re-
rjeatedly used curse words on the stand
The Governor said he had not done it
but once, and he would leave it to ex
Governor Sheppard who, however, had
nothing to say. The excitement by this
time was intense. Col. Orr again caught
hold of Tillman, who had turned his
head toward the crowd in fiout, and told
him if he wanted a fight he could get it
The Governor said he did not and Col
Orr went back to his seat, remarking that
Tillman must let him aloe. The Gov
ernor turned to the crowd a d said no
living nun could bulldoze him. Af er a
good deal of difficulty the crowd was
quieted.
Dull Time' Figures.
Richard H. Edmonds, of Baltimore,
gives in the August number of the Forum
some account of the present resources and
recent progress of ths South. The rec
o d is one which every Southerner will
read with pride and every other Ameri
can should rejoice in. Ws can take only
a few of the most striking passages in
that record. The South produced 535,
942,000 bushels of corn in 1891, a gain
of nbout 7& per cent, over the production
in 18S1. The gain in cotton production
wa about the same, from 5,456,000 bales
in 1881 to nearly 9,000,000 bales last
year. The gain inraihoadsis even more
remarkable. Ten years ago the South
had 23,000 miles of" railroad; now it has
about 45,000, a gain of nearly 90 per
cent , and the increase in the number of
passengers and the amount of freight car
ried has been enormous. Between 23,
000,000 and 24,000,000 tons of coal were
mined in the South in 1891, only about
6,000,000 in 1881. The value of exports
from Southern ports has increased Jrom
$257,535,401 to $349,801,999, a gain of
36 ner cent., which is nearly five times
the srain made at the other ports of the
United States. The Southern output of
iron is nearly 325 per cent, greater than
in 1881. The gain in manufacturing and
banking and all branches of business has
been great. The assessed value of
property is nearly two billions greater
than in 1881.
Growing Cotton in Connecticut.
Putnam, Conn. David Johnson, a
spruce old colored man of Pomfrct street,
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no was ou a oig ?uuLiieiu uibuhiiuu
"befo' de wah," is teaching his neigh
bors that cotton mav be grown m Con
necticut as successfully as "way down
South in Dixie." David is gardener for
Benjamin Grosvenor and has a little farm
of his own at Pomfret Street. He had
been trying vainly for several years to
make people believe his cotton theory,
and tlrs year has verified it by growing
cottoa on his farm. His crop is a email
one, but it looks splendid. Johnson,
who tended thousands oi seres ol cotton
in the South, says that his Pomfret Street
plants are quite as luxuriant and promis
ing as any tnat are raisea in uixie. ne
adds that, while the Northern season is a
short one, the soil here is richei and the
plants thrive better than in the South.
He also grows hne sweet potatoes.
A TREAT FOR PEEPING-TOMS
Lady Godiva's Ride Revived at Cov
entry After a Lapse of Five Years.
London, ' Cablegram. After a lapse
of five years the procession in honor of
the Countess Godiva was revived Tues
day at Coventry, and a beautiful young
woman rode through the streets in garb
very similar to Godiva's on the occasion
f her celebrated ride about 835 years
..rrt findiva was represented by Miss
1ice Sinclair, from the Royal-' Aquarium,
London. On this occasion there was no
restraint to drive peeping Toms behind
t'ue shelter of doors or windows.
The route of the procession was throng
d with spectators, who had ample op
ortunity to pass upon the physical t-
; i actions of Miss Sinclair.
Renominated : by Acclamation
Warsaw. Va Th Democratic Con-
restioB&l Convention from this, the Firit
district met at Tappahanno:k and renom
inated the Hon. W. A. Jones by acclamation.
N. C THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1892.
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Alliance column.
Interesting Reading df And For
The Order.
United States Senator Peffer, of Kan-
on the Currency Question.
Renlvinfif to your request under date
of the 5th instant in relation to supply
ing the place of national band eucu-
ation, I hire to say tnai m my
judgment the best substitute is wnai
the people of Kansas favored fourteen
years ago, namely. United 8t .tes notes
commonly called greenbacks; for as you
know, natinn&l bant notes are reuec.n
able in United States notes. I think it
wniilrl ir nbrtlish the whole 8VS-
tm of bank note issues No OanKing
institution should be permitted t- issue j
anything which is to be used a legal
tender money unless the issue is support
ed by the power, and the material used,
whatever it may be, should not oe re
deemable ia anything. It ought to go
out to the people as money, f ullfledged,
ready foT duty, without any weight or
impediment or conditions oi any sort,
what ver. What we use as money should
be absolutely free from all conditions, so
that there could be no "runs" on banks
in time of stringency, and no panics be
cause debtors are unable to obtain legal
teadcr money. I believe that the time
has come to nalionalize our money. We
took one long step in that direction when
we adopted our national bankiug sys
tem. We taxed State bank notes out of
existence, substituted a national cuirency
for a purely lo?al currency; audit was
only a short time after embarking in this
new enterprise until we discovered that
the bankers of the country were masters
of the financial situation.- We find that
instead of serving the people they served
themselves. In 1882 there were fd58,
00O,000of bank notes circulation Since
that time about $210,0 0,000 of it has
been retired, uot bee tuse the people did
not need the money, but because the
banks realized a profit from the sale of
their bond at picpiium, the bonds that
they had deposited as security for chcu
lation. Our experience aud that of other
nations has beeu that banking corpora
tions are private schemes for profit to ind -vidual
persons, and our observation has
taught us that there isyonly one safe way
to avoid the dangers to which that sort
of financial management subject us; tint
is for the nation itself to prepare its own
money, every dollar of it, issu3 it to the
people ' directly though government
agencies, wholly without the use and in
tervention of banking corporations or
other private agencies.
You understand Irani tne loregoing
that I would not only substitute United
States notes, or treasury notes, if you
choose, for national bank notes as they
are being retired, but I would substitute
that sort of money forad bank issues;
and I would do even more than that; I
would not make money out of a promise
to pay; that is to say, T would not wiite
out a promise to pay money ana can rnai
promise money ; but I would use a piece
of paper just as we are now using a piece
of gold or a piece of silver, and make
that money, providing in the law what
its functions shall be. That puts the
influence, the credit, and the power of
all the people behind the money. Then
we will have gold and silver and paper
at par, one with the other; and that, if
we will reduce rates of interest down to
the level of profit on labor, so that men
can make as much monsy farming or
blacksmithing or carpentering as they
can by lending money, will give us a
safe currency, a sound financial system,
and no more money panics.
L. L. POLK ON THE DOLLAR. .
I believe .thit. both of the parties are
afraid of Wall street. They are not
afraid of the people. They say to me,
"Don't you know you can buy more with
a dollar than you ever could in the his
tory of our country?'' That may be
true; but suppose you owed f 1,000. Ten
years ago GOO bushels of wheat would
have paid the debt. Now it requires
1,400 bushels t pay it. Suppose you
have $5, how much more taxes will it
pay? How much more interest on your
debt, how many more physicians' bills,
how many more lawyers' fees will a dol
lar pay? Will it pay four times as much
as it did, and how will a dollar cost to
get it?
A tramp ran up to a gentleman oue day
and asked him if he could tell him where
he could et a good square meal. The
man pointed out a place where he could
get a meal for a quaiter. The tramp
thanked him and started off, but had not
gone far wh-n he came lunningback.
"You were so kind to tell me where I
could get a nice meal for a quarter. Will
vou now tell me where I can get the
quaiter?" And that is the way with the
politicians: thev keo tellinnr m what
cira tray ior a aonar, DUt tney no not tell
us where we can sret the dollar.
A bill has been introuueed in Congress
making it unlawful for any railroad,
steamboat, or othei transportation com
pany, doing an inters' ate transportation
or tarrying business, to transport or per
mit to be transporter over its h'es any
body of armed men. whether assuming
to act as a detective oi police force or not.
WISE SATrNGs" li V WISE MEN.
There is no. more insignificant tning,
intrinsically, in the economy of society,
than money. Jvhn Sfuart Mill.
Thomas Jefferson said: "To preserve
the independence of the people we must
not let our i -tlpi lrad u rvh perpetual
debt "
';When all our paper money is made
payable in specie on demand, it will
prove 'he most certain means that can be
ued to f-r.ilize the rich mau' field by
the swea: of the poor man's brow."
Dnnid WebtUr.
"Gold and silver are not intrinsically
of equsl value with iron No methods
have been h therto formed to stablish a
medium of trade equal in all its advant
ages to bills of credit made a legal ten
der " fi ijirain Franllin.
"Our le-: 'slit ores have been bousht
and so d tfii w; think no mre of it than
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the buying and selling of so nnny cattle
and sheep in the market. Monopoly is a
danger compared with which slavery w? s
a Email danger. Henry Ward J5rA.
"Whatever the government agrees to
receive in payment of the public dues is
money, no matter what its form my be;
tressury notes, drafts, etc. Such bills or
paper, issued under the authority of the
United States, are money. Henry Clay.
A few days ago the authorities of Kan
sas City destroyed two million dollars of
waterworks bonds, being unsalable be
rency. " me new bonds win near 4f per
cent, interest, . the interest payable It?
gold. Can Vod hot see the plot develop'
mow is tnis? The government charge
two cents for carrying a letter from N w
York to San Francisco. The telegraph
companies charge two dollars for an ordi
nary dispatch, and yet the cost to the
government in sending the letter is great-
er than to the telegraph company in send
ing the dispatch. Aigument seems un
necessary to convince anyone of the ad
vantages of government control of the
telegraph Ex.
"The feudalism of capital is not a whit
les formidable than the feudalism of
force. The millionaire of today is as
dangerous to society as were the haronial
lords of the middle ages. I may as well
be dependent on another for mi head as
for niy bread. The time is sure to come
when men will look back upon the pre
rogative of capital with as just and ?? r
condemnation as we now look back on
the predatory chieftains of the dai
ages " Horace Mann.
CROPS IN THE SOUTH.
Severe Droughts in Many Portion.
Corn and Tobacco Injured.
Washington, D. C. The bulletin of
the Weather Bureau for the week ending
Tuesday contains the following tele
graphic reports of the crop conditions of
the various Southern States : f
Virginia Weather continued exces
sively hot, with more than average sun
shine; rainfall scattering and in light to
hcavy showers, but insufficient in north
ern half of the State; where the dtought
is severe; except in localities, general
rains are needed.
North Carolina Weather unusually
dry and warm; ground becoming baked;
light showers of Sunday beneficial. Cot
ton improving and fruit is doing well;
corn and tobacco injured, turning yel
low in places; curing tobacco bgun.
South Carolina Excessive heat and
sunshine. Lack of rain is had injur
ious, effect on cotton, turning it yellow
and caus4ng,,it,to shed fruit, particularly
on light soiK Other crops injured to
some extent by heavy rains of Monday.
Georgia Very warm, sunshiny weath
er, with scatteiing showers; all crops
have been very much benefitted, especial
ly cotton, which suffered considerably
from wet weather of previous week; corn
is in excellent coudition. f
Florida Rainfall for the State below
the normal, with heavy local showers in
some sections; weather favorable for
gathering and cleaning crops, but injur
ious to orange groves; temperature above
formal; average suushine.
Alabama Temperature slightly above
normal; rainfall for State about normal
in northeast and middle portions; mod
erate showers were refreshing to vegeta
tion; too much rain in southern portion;
rain needed in northern portion.
Mississippi Conditions somewhat
more favorable than proceeding week :
temperature and sunshine normal, with
light scattering showers; all crops better
cultivated and outlook more favorable.
Weaver's Total Vote.
The following is the vote Weaver re
reived when he ran as the "Greenback"
candidate for Presideut:
Alabama. 4,643; Arkansas, 4,079; Cal
ifornia, 3,376; Colorado, 1,435; Connec
ticut, 868; Deleware, 120; Flouda, ;
Georgia, 969; Illinois, 26,358; Indiana,
12,086; Iowa, 32,701; Kansas, 19.851;
Kentucky, 11,499; Louisiana, 439: Maine,
4,408; Maryland, ; M issachusetts,
4,548; Michigan, 34,895; Minnesota, 3,
267; Mississippi, 5,790 ; Missouri, 35,135;
Nebraska, 3,950; Nevada, ; New
Hampshire, 528; New Jeisey, 5,617;
New York, 12,373; North Carolina, 4,
126; Ohio. 6.456; Oregon, 245; Pennsyl
v uia, 20,668; Khode island, 236; South
Carolina, 556; Tennesse3, 5,917: Texas,
27,405; Vermont, 1,255; Virginia, ;
YYtst Virginia, 9,079; Wisconsin, 7,986.
Total, 307,740.
The Murderers Adjudged Insane.
Memphis, Tenn. The Mitchell case
was brought to a close when the jury,
after being out five minutes, returned a
verdict finding Alice Mitchell to be insane
and recommending for the peace of the
State that she be confined in an insane
asylum The judge's charge was an able
document. He dwelt on expert tes
timony and mildly excoriated the phy
sic ans who, he said, could prove any. ne
to be inesne when they started in for
this purpose When the verdict was an
nounced. Judee Mitchell, father of Alice,
went. Alice loosed on
Him lnnki(l on and smiled. A
i .nnon uni fcpnrd in the rear of the
ourt room. It came from Jo. Ward.
Miss Mitchell will be taken to Bolivar
next ve?k. Lillie Johnson, her alleged
ac.-oroviice, will probably never be tri
fd Carnsgie's Officers Arrested.
Pittsbcbg, Pa. Chairman Henry C.
Frick, of the Carnegie Steel Company,
Vice-Chairman Leishman, Secretary Love
joy, and Treasurer H. M. Curry were ad
mitted to bail in the sum of $1',00 each
on accusations of muider. The warrants
were isued by Alderman Festus M. King
on informations made I y Hugh I'o.s.
Warrants wer also issued inst the
Pinkerton brother! and s-ven Pinker
ton detectives, all charged wirh murder
of the Homestead strikers who were shot
in the riot.
A Parlor Rifle Shot Proves Fatal.
Charleston, S. C. A few days ae
a negro boy named Joseph Dantzler ;i
shot with a parlor rifle by Mr. Nichola
Peterson, on whsee premises he was tres
pa-King, ine Daii passed unoer w-
th rib, and the boy died in th ni-!-.
Peterson was bound over to Apt -;
r. the inquest.
CONGRESS ADJOURNED.
World's Fair
Gets $2,500,000 Out
right Closing Scenes of the 52d Cdnf resa
Marked By Strong Bebates.
Washisotox, D. C- Route. There
.was a large attendance of membera upon
Hhis last day's session of Congress.
Mr. McMillin reported the sub treasury
bill adversely and the bi4 was ordered to
lie on the Speaker's table1.. ,
Mr. Simpson, Faimers' Alliance-Gi
Kansas, arose to a Question of personal
privilege aud after talking an hour, the
speak r rapped him down and th regular
order-the World's Fair bill was de
inanded.
Th iiri.iap thfln went into committee
of the whole on the World's fait bill,
appropriating $2,500,000 of money out
right, instead of f5,0C0,00O in souvenir
half dolhrs, Mr. Dockery, Democrat, of
Missouri, in the chair. Mr. Cummings,
Democrat, of New York, was the first
speaker to o. p se the bill.
Mr. Fellows, Democrat, of New York,
was equa ly emphatic in his support of
the fair.
Other representatives spoke for and
against the bill, and the Durborrow bill
was otdefed to ft third reading and Mr.
Holraan demanded the yeas add nays on
its final passage. The bill was passed,
ayes 131 ; nays 83
Mr. Boat ner, Democrat, of Louisiana,
submitted the majority Teport from ths
special committee to investigate charges
of drunkenness made by Mr. Watson,
Farmers' Alliance, of Georgia, and Mr.
Simpson, Farmers' Alliance, of Kansas,
presented the views of the minority.
Mr. Oates submitted the report of the
committee to investigate the troubles at
Homestead, and an attempt was
made to pass the pension bills sat upon
at the Fiiday evening session, but the
House was restless and anxious to go
awav and a rects was ffected until 7
p. ir. -
At the night session the Pinkeiton
clause of the sundry civil bill as.reported
by the committee, was substituted by the
inilder one adopted by the senate
Mr. Simpson, People's party, of,Kai
sis, denounced "the act of the repre en
t;itives of the House in surrendering to
the plutocracy of the country." He
cancu me riuncriuu eiupiujco auutv
thuffs. robbers aid murderers." "You'll
hear from this in the elections in the
fall," said Mr. Simpson, "and any one
that votes for this amendment should be
left at home. You should not mi render
to the representatives of wealth."
Mr. Simpson's time expired while he
was speaking and amid loud taps of the
Speaker's gavel and much disorder he
concluded with the remark that the
gre:t steel works at Homestead were
properly called "steal."
Cries'of "rats" and prolonged hissing
from the Republican side marked the
conclusion of Simpson's remarks.
The Speaker directed the official re
porter to strike out all Mr. Simpson had
said after the gavel fell. "The reportei
would do himself honor by leaving all ol
it out," shouted Mr. Johnson, of Indiana
At this point there was much excite
ment in the House. The aisles were
crowded and the babel of voices drowned
individual utterances.
At 11 p. m the House adjourned sine
die.
SENATE.
The Senate after discussing the Dur
borrow World's Fair hill, finally passed
it by a viva voce vote.
Shortly before 4 o'clock the Senate took
a recess until 8 p. m.
At the night session, after the confer
ence on the Sunday civil bill, ihe Senate
adjourned sine die at 11 o'clock.
New .Industries in the South.
The organization of new industrial en
terprises in the South continues actively.
Among some of the more impoitant for
the week ending August 5, are the fol
lowing from the Manufacturers' Record
of Baltimore: A 100,000 furniture fac
tory company at Houston, Texas; a $10r,
000 street railroad and ' electricity com
pany at Vicksburg, Miss : a $50,000 coal
and coke company .t Arlington, W. Va. ;
an $18,000 water works company at Ptr
rwille, Md. ; a 100,f 00 bedge fence
company at Savannah, Ga. ; a $100,000
e'ectric light and power company at
Ludlow, Ky ; a $50,000 oil and soap re
fining company at Luisille, Ky. ; a
a $100,000 mining aud smelting compmy
at Buckner, Ark. ; a $500,000 cotton
compress company at Little Kock, ArK. ;
afluO.OOO realty company and a $175,500
dhtiliing company at Baltimore, Md. ; a
$600,000 coal mining company at Phil
lippi. W. Va. ; a $25,000 ice manufactor
ing company at Richmond, Ky. ; a $10,-
000 lumler company at AsnaowD, am.
a $50,000 construction company and a
$100,000 implement manufacturing com
pany at Newport, Ky. ; ft $100,000 de
veloping company, at Manchester, Va.,
and a $1 0.000 fumljer company at El
kins, V. Va.
A Concession to Women.
The University of Virginia has tiken a
new departure, Hereafter w-men eigh
teen years of age or over will be permit
ted to register with the Chairman of the
Faculty for the pursuit of studies in the
academical department of the institution.
Twenty-five dollars will be the annual
fee. While the female students will have
this privilege they will not be permitted
to attend the regular lectures or other
exescises of any school. An additional
fee will entitle them to the privilege of
the University libr ry snd scientific col
lection. If, upon examination, they at
tain the same standard prescribed for the
regular class upon the work of any year
or any couise, they are to receive certifl-'
. au-s'to that effect from the Faculty.
An Ex-Jadge Drown Himself.
Taslet, VA.Ex-Judge Thomas C.
Parramore of Accomac, Va,, daliberatly
walked into Folly Creek in tbe night and
drowned himself. He has been in poor
health. On his table he left a note say
that he was wrecked in body and nvnd
and was tired of living. The Judge was
at one time a lead ng politician, and un
til 1888 presided over the court at Ac
comac He was 62 years old.
NO. 25
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POLITICAL PILLS.
Swallow
and Assimilate
Them
Quickly.
The race between Hogg and Clark for
the Democratic nomination for Governor
of Texas is very hot. Gov. Hogg
is a little ahead; but he is not hkelj - to
get the necessary two-thirds of the 345
delegates. Possibly there may be a dead -lock,
to be broken only by the nomina
tion of a third man.
This year's Presidential canvass is, ia
point of activity, much behind the record
of previous yeais, on the Democratic as
well as on tbe Republican side. T he
leaders of both parties are slow in begin
ning the real work of the campaign. 1 he
same condition of things is reported its
other States.
t t. .oinst the traditions of the Re
publican party to renominate vice-i res
idents. "The old ticket" is a cry which
has no atfactien for the Republicans.
Lincdi! and Hamlin was a winning ticket
in 1860, but when President Lincoln was
renominated in 184, Hamlin was left
off Grant and Colfax was the winning
ticket in 1868, but when President Grant
was renominated four years later, Col
fax was left off of the ticket. Harmon
and Morton was a winning ticket in
but after President Hsrrisou was renom
inated in Minneapolis, Morton was left
off The Republicans found Harrison to
be strong with the interest for which Mr.
Morton stood four years ago, and henc the
t enomination of the lntter was not thought
essential. The only Democrat in recent
years to be renominated for ice-Presi-fltfnt
was Thomas A. Hendricks, who ran
in 1876 and again in 1884.
Don. M. Dickinson has been chosen
jchairman of the National Democratic
' campaign committee and B. B. Smalley
of Vermont, secretary. . Senator Gorman
would not accept the chairmanship
The Democratic congressional cam
" -
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paign committee has ordered 2OO5.OOO but
tons representing an American shield,
on which are the words "No Force Bill."
for distribution in the South
Edward Bellamy will Mippoit the Peo
ples' partv because ' it is the only party
whose opposition to the aggressions of
private monopoly is not a sham. P.
a. 6nnr m
MR. GLADSTONE'S CABINET.
trish Membera, It i Said, Will Corao
In for Offices, if Not Portfolios.
London, Cablegram. Great political
c" vity is noticeable in London now.
Vround Pall Mall and Carlton Houso
c r:ce scoies of prominent Liberals
hover, coming and going, Mr. Glad
stone's headquar'ers being the centre f
utraction. Mr. Gladstone ' receies fre-'
lueut visits from John Morley, Sir Wil
inm Harcourt, Lord Rosebury, Earl
pencer, and others of his Immediate po
litical circle, with whom he earnestly dis
cusses the formation of a new Govern
ment and its initial steps in legislation.,
he Reform and National Liberal clubs
re meanwhile the rendezvous of the rank
nd file of the party, and here groups of
f well known workers can constantly be
en discussing the situation, chiefly in
peculation as to the make-up of the
'abintt. '
A prominent Liberal said that Mr.
Gladstone has made up his mind to an
nounce certain sppointments which will
ie sure to cause a sensation. He has
'ong felt it unfair that Englishmen should
ibmih all the offices, and he would pre
fer to have representatives of all parts of
the kindom m the Ministry. He has,
therefore, according to the informant,
decided to apportion a few offices to the
Irish leaders. '
Arthur O'Connor will be offered a post
s civil lord of the Admirality, and Mr.
3r xton will receive the appointment of
Irish Secretary. But these gentlemen
will not be made members of the Cabinet,
as Mr. Gladstone does not care to irri
tate the Queen to3 nruch, lest she exer
cise her privilege of refusing to receive,
members of the Cabinet whose appoint-
ment is not agreeable to her.
Mr. Gladstone remained indoors Wed-
esday, by advice of .his physician, who.
however, did not consider it necessary to
call again, as he says that the patient has
recovered. Mr. Gladstone arose at 11
o'clock and joined his secretary in bis
study.
' a Trust in the Peanut Business.
From Fsrm and Home.l
The last meeting of the American Pea
nut Union of Virginia and North Caro
lina wss held in Tarboro, N- C-,.on
Thursday, Aug. 4. The union is com
posed of one delegate from each of 68
sub-aldances in the State of Virginia and
eighteen in North Carolina. A Prefcident,
Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer,
Chaplain. Doorkeeper and Assistant
Doorkeeper constitute the official organi
zation. It meets at will, and ct differ
ent towns in the peanut belt. lis objects
are cooperat:oo and mutual protection .
against trusts, rings and speculators. It
purchased through a committee appoint
ed for the purpose 300,000 peanut sacks
last season, and saved 6everai mousaau
dollars to its patrons. It establishes tht,
pries of peaout sacks in the section it
operates. It has created, and has in fntU.
op ration, several factories for cleanina
tli product of the farms. Its goods afe
distributed in every section of th coun
try. It has accomplished much benefit
for the farmers, and is likely to grow
and be still more useful. The success c.t
this organization shows that farmers car -easily
cooperate to their own sdvu:.tagt.
snd Farm 1 Home hoies to sc- t h
movement extended in other sections
the country.
Got. Jones Its-elected.
Birmingham, Ala. The state election
mused off very auietly.. A large part
of the negro population voted, and their
votes were about equally divided be
tween Jones aodKolb. Got. Jones (Dem)
is elected by 80,000 to 50.000 majority
over Kolrj. "(Alliance).
First Uaw Tobaoc at Winston.
WissTOjr, N. C The first .new to
bacco of the feason was sold in WinstOD
Tuesday. It as raised in Davidson
county, and brought $2 50 per hundred.
It is more than a week earlier than nw
tobacco ever fli on this market.
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