North Carolina Newspapers

. ' ' ' 1 "" j - '. " fj 00 TcrYear In Advarco. "TNTirAM&riTTMAN, Proprietors. 'PROVE ALL TI1INGS AND HOLD FAST TO THAT WHICH IS GOOD. ; . i " ' ' ' - " - i " - - 1 1,1 ' ' t . . . j - QL.V. I - ' : j : ; DUNN, N. C, "WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1895. NO. 25. -n - . - HARDIN WINS. g0l-M MOXKY IN KENTUCKY. ,llrrt Cleveland and. Secretary ar lisle Kndorsed. r.A-vhNTios Ham., Louisville,' u Notwithstanding the 1 . I Ll w that !'n morr.ii busied morn in con'-!''' r.-r"l's' 1 u Ky., fact .. . .,n:.ir.til 1.n tViia r trying to transact some of the s of' the convention with prac ,, , success at all,- they were up it ajrain -bright and early this r. The convention was in run- r by' WO o clock. The sixth. r I v. n n ilia Vv r r f rt .n 01 ij'JUlaVliiB was his uuus vi j,,n. The majority and minority !.f the committee on credentials' i that the one unseated the 7-'t .1 legation and the other recom -ended that it be seated. The fight ,vertrs upparently small matter was !',, ? as if there had been millions at It plainly showed the temper of lilC BUUcrniiiuriai uumiiiamnis j : ryiUrt.' up lor cunsiueranuu. auu claim that last night's ad- iking a ballot certain that the i mi'ti neiu out uuswuatuiy ! ixliournment. Every roll-cajl Miirnment"' last night showed' iv f4hc Hardin men against it. I',,:, w;is a sinci jatUUIiai vuir, auu r' ' ' 1 1, i the convention was cimcu ia ni was ended by the chairman remptorily adjourned lU-without . i ir .Ll u - . ,1 rtl will l(i me juuuicuuui; ucre- .the when f:!;1v nidi jourim'-nt without T...i,.i idem, and it .Mil llrl: ...n :ri. -mai'-r wh' IS II u.. d' was still squaooitng. (invention adopted the majority r,., ,i ..f the committee on credential?, as':iT.-iKliil by the minorily report, by ,tc ..f 1 IS to r. This was a vic- r i lie Clay men and turned the f !h.- convention. A scene of the til'' v try tiii'- Ull'l' tii-f (it r;t!i Y.re nun ni.iii tn; ! t confusion followed, hats were in the air and Waved on the end .'s and it was several minutes be- -tk'r. could be restored. The com- on resolutions, through its chair Senator Wm.Lindsey.reported the itv report as follows: lilK M AJORITY ItKSOLUTIONS. 7 .' fiDHot-nttic C'onrcntion in Scisfon Tn- nnilersig-ned, a majority of your c.imtiiiitee, beg leave to submit as their rej, .,r:, the accompanying resolutions: IV-t: The Democracy of Kentucky, in "c invention assembled, congratulate tii.; cunt ry upon the repeal, of , the McKmlev tantr law and upon the evi s we have on every hand of re-' iiirmn prosperity under the operations .f reduced and equalized tariff-taxa-ti ..us; and we denoun ;C as fraught with '.i-Mi.'.T and disaster the threat of our H. -juiUiican adversaries to re-establish 4 r .it i tivc tariff and to re-inaugurate ;i p olicy of unequal taxation, which, in c.-iin. 'ft ion with general misgovernment I. y 'he liepublican party, culminated in i iie loisiness panic of 11S1K. -Second-.' The Democratic party, which hs w;ys stoo f o?' the separa tion or Church "a ml State, for tlie sake alike of cm! and religiovrl-freedom, 1 .i s not hesitate to condemn all efforts icrMtea distinction among citizens been use f differences in faith,' as rj unnt to an enlighteued age and t.. ill.- instincts of- American freemen. Third: We re-atrirrri- without qual i tic-it ion the principles and policies de (Liied bv r;ho national" Democratic l l it form of f'S02 and declare that our sent national wemocrauc -aunuuia- enlitred to the lhapks of the its honest, courageous ana like management of public 1 lie l.'WS O in.1 c -mmi yh iclr is tin' present I'll ii ,nn u" v pressed by the majority it tec in resolution No. pre t ration pnrty fr st;ttes;n in- i;l.ir: and we express our undimin ished confidence in the Democracy andi pitri otism of Tresident Grover Clcve I;uid and his distinguished co-adviser an 1' secretary, Johu - G. Carlisle, of Kenuickv." The fourth and firth sections relate to State politics. .. ' . Another scpne of unbounded enthusi asm f .Mowed' the reading of the minor i v report The names of Cleveland ; nd Carlisle were received with loud dioiiisof approbation.' John S. Iihea read the minority report which was as 1 ' ! . w s : TI1K MiNOniTY's REPORT. "The undersigned members of the I .lir-r-il.. f PARI r nntnittee on resoiunons uno.u ol 3 i.roi'oscd as an endorsement ot t . . w a -1 tationai uemocHin; no- miiiistratiim, because the saiu resoiu-, tion is ambiguous, obscure and uncer tain in its meaning and is. in our opin-. in. an' attempt to straddle the most vital question now attracting the atten tion of the American people. And while the undersigned do not concur in the views expressed in said resolution, nor in the views expressed in the amend-, ment which they here submit; they nevertheless, believe that it is the duty of the Democratic party to express it-, self in clear and unambiguous terms on this subject. The . financial policy of the present Democratic administration deserves an unqualified endorsement at the hands of the Democratic party or, Kentucky, or it does not deserve such nn,i.,-cr,,ont mil with a view oi ia- (.IIUUlitUIVlll ing the opinion of the representatives; of the Democrats of Kentucky in con vpniinn cpmhlr(l. we submit the fol- lowinc as an amendment to said resolu tion:- - Ttesolved, By the Democrats or Ken tucky, in convention assembled, that t he i. resent Democratic administration is entitled to the thanks cd" the whole conn 1 r v for i t.S statesmanlike manage- m,.n of nnhlie. affairs, and we further. hotb President Cleveland. and Secretary Carlisle are entitled to thej unqualified endorsement of the Ameri-j can peonle for maintaining the credit of ih. (TovAmment and their issuance o H0,000,000 of interest-bearing bonds is. ur.lw rnrpsslv endorsed. xne uu dorsisrned members 5f the committee on rosolnt iona Vipli evinsr that the ! great, t Kentucky should i lsiniv ria0ro in fvnr of true bi-met cratic platform of 1892. After a num ber of heated speeches had been made, the report of the minority of the com mittee on resolutions, re-amrming the platform of 1892, but refusing to en dorse Cleveland and Carlisle, was de feated by a vote of 584 to 331. Several ccunties changed their vote to "no" afterwards, so- that the final vote was 598 aeainst the adoption of the minority report to 270 for it. Senator Lindsay, ex-Governor Buckner and James McCreary, who sat on the platform at the time the vote was- announcedwere warmly congratulated on the result. "It does not make any difference who wins for Governor now' said Senator .Lind say. "Honest money has been euqorstd and that is what we were after in ll.e main." j , V- The next question was on the adop tion of the second") minority report which is signed by the free silver men. Only 24J votes were cast for the sec ond minority resolution. The question was then on the majority report. It was adopted by a vote of 014 to 233 and sound money and the administration thereby stand unequivocally endorsed by the convention. .( After the adoption! of the majority platform, the convention took a recess until 7:30- When the night session of the con venl ion was called to order at 8 o'clock, by Chairman Berry, every delegate was in his seat. Music Hall was packed to the doors, ail the rematningspace being occupied by interested visitors. It was expected the nominations for Governor would be made as the firstorderof busi ness, aud those who came with this in view, were not disappointed. The chairman announced, immediately after rapping Tor order, that the committee on credentials having reported, nomina tions fjr Governor were now in order. The clerk at once began the call of counties. I , The seventh district, in which Cas sins M. Clav. Jr.. lives, was called but there was no response. The call of counties wa9 completed without any one arising to make a! nomination. A recapitulation of thej vote was called for when the seventh district was called. C. G. Lockhart arose to place in nomination Cassius M. Clay, Jr., for Governor. 1 I Judre. I. M. Oniclev. of Louisville, in fcnn dinsr the nomination of Mr. Clay said: "It seems to me ! that instead, of Hoi n rr n.mrrrts- vou are here to kill th harmony of the party. Mr Ouisrlev then nourished a circular that was freely distributed over the convention and asked if the signers had oi.thorifxl the use ofltheir names at th. onil of it. Loud criesof "no," "n The circular which caused all the ir6uble and the j authenticity of which was denied by the men whose names are signed at the end of it was ihon nad hv Mr. Ouiclev. It was as -j . - w follows: ' I A CIRCULAR TV nidi .CAUSED TROUBLE. Tfi the .nmnrrats of Kentucky, in fnnvention Assembled: "Gentlemen Do not make a mistake- but nominate a standard-bearer who has always been found in the front rank Tor honesty,- free speech, free thought and personal liberty. "Nomi nate a man who i3 not bound o any i-tinno or faction, who is never found wanting when the cause of Dem stake, i Nominate a man who is not tainted by association with former malodorous administrations, who can and will stand squarely upon any Democratic platform. Assure per fect harmony and an old-time victory by selecting for the head of your ticket either J. ! Black, of Knox; J. VY. Stone, of Lyon, or A. - S. Asbury, of Campbell' i j , . . ' ".Now, then." continued Judge Quig ley, "aint you ashamed to have such a thine circulated among you? I say to any man wno may nave been connected with this circular that he is no Democrat. If you want a man wtio will represent this paity, nominate Mr, Clay and vou will have a man who can stand upon the Democratic plat form. That is your duty. Now that you have got a man before you whom you can put perlect trust in, name The call of districts proceeded, and Robert J. Br-ckinridge, or Danville, a brother of W. C. P- Breckinridge, arose to name P. Watt Hardin. A scene or tremendous enthusiasm ensuea aim . was some time before order could be satisfactorily restored for him to speak. When he could make himseu nearu .c named his caudidale in a highly eulo- u:u uod Airman nV eristic speecn, wuim " llobert .1. larvin in cluui.i6 ination. i , . I-natiusA Spalding, or union cuuu- i T . -v -m inntinn tv, seconaca viay a unuii'.- TANDEMONIUM KOR AWHILE. rpK nominatins and seconding ncches being concluded, ihe i.:...;o fnr Oovernor. Iluudreds ofpersonsinthcl.aH jotted down -he vote as it was caneu uu u ballot was finished such a scene iinosspd outside of a i ' nvoniinn in the South ensued. tht Hardin had received, . . , ,n n.oarv to a choice and ine uu v uiw uv-v" j his adherents created a scene or pande mi.,m for awhile. The air was ful r u.- hurrahs, and the countiesi ui imn , , u;k hpon for CUv. in many stances, began to change their votes for . u e,,.ocerui canaiaaie- V fi' TXT J Bon3, ex-Governor uuckuc , $toneC3. ' ! iv nrncs THK BOUARKTM. The nomination ot ll.rdm J""' cries for Hardin arose. 7. t Uas sent for him. . wn - ithe conveniiou , . y . , "c X joH randldite. W:JredTcTaredl he had al ways been opposed to dragging the cur iSKr ouestion into this campaign He L.j i',.0 hptn a sound money and an admirer of Grover v.r .v,n(Tpq were made, was: ffardin 46&. 011333,.. Henry. Walter- anri tho ud m i n ist ration . Ii l naa- nothint but fail. For my part I shall do all in mv power to prevent the su premacy of the Republican party and the possible establishment of negro rule and to that end I pledge myself to the support of P. Watt Hardin, your nomi nee for Governor. IIARDrX RECEIVES AN OVATION AS IIK RISES TO f PEAK. The appearance of Mr. Hardin upoD i.he platform was the occasion for an ovation.- Mr. Hardin said: 'With an inexpressible sense of crali- tude to the friends who have so loyally, yes, so loingiy stood by me in this race. with no ill-will toward any oic and with a profound admiration for the friends of my opponent who have stood by him so nobly in this race. I accept the noroi- nation, unrerences mere aiways win be; differences there always must be; yet. a-party founded as the Democratic party is founded, will never die; it win never rtisimecraie. l.asK vou now iu Sieln mc savaold Kentucky Kentucky, ine oniv oiaie in im uuiuu nuau uaa inever been anything but. Democratic. yjnee more, l say she win remain uemo- cratic. The speaker -did not mention the crr- rpnev ouestion. nor intimate wnai n:s . j . . . . i course would be in regaru 10 inc piai- form. S ine of the delegates wanted to ad journ but the chair ordered a roll-call And candidates for Lieutcuant-Uovernor ivvere placed in nomination, 'lney were .! r. Tr pr. or ' u on couniv; w.scar 't'urer,.of Louisville, and M. D. Drown, ur Christian county. Tvler was nominated. by a viva voice vote before the ballot was nnisneu, anu the convention adjourned until to-mor row morning. THE FULL TICKET. On Thursday the ticket was com pleted aud is as follows: 11T i TT t m lor tiovernor, l. wait nartun; 101 Lieutenant Governor, It. T. Tyler; for Treasurer. R. C. Ford: for Aud-tor.L. C. Norman; for Register of the Land Office, G. B. Swango; for Attorney General. W. J. Hendricks; for becre- tary of State, Henry S. Hale, for bup- erintendent of Public instruction, n,u- 'ward Porter Thompson; -for Commis sioner of Asrriculture, Jon 15. JSall. ITHIH OUR STATE. HORRIBLE ACTS OF A 3IAD3IAN. He Kill Ills AVire, aiortaiiy nounus One Boy and Tries to Kill Others. A horrible affair occurred near Hun- tersvillc, N. C, Friday afternooD, tht facts iu the case as nearly as conia bt ascef tained Inst right being these: A wkito man named bims, who is a farmer, was at worK in ins coivon patch- Three or four boys of the - - , 1 1. 1 1 neighborhood passeu aiong anu uouer ed at Sims, not meaning any harm.but he look it as an insult, and turned on the boys, furiously. One of the brav est in the crowd picked up a tock ana threw it at Lim. Sims put his hand to his Lip pocket, drew forth a pistol aad fired at theboya. Th ball struck one of them (name not known) under the eyc,it is thought, mortally wonnd iDg him. Sims theu ran across the field toward his house. His wife saw him comiug, and divining intuitively that ho meant harm to her, ran out of thM house and across the field. l The FrankUn i'ress learns ui interesting suit in Swain court last week was brought to invalidate the marriage of Prof. T. W. Potter and wife. Mr. Potter is the supenntend-j entof the Cherokee Indian SchooL and married the daughter of the latej Irwf Smith. While she has Indian blood in her veins, it was shown In. the conrt that she is a white woman in the eyes of the law and the marriage was legal and valid. COBA TO BE A REPUBLIC Spain's Rich Possession to Make L Declaration of Independence; PALMA PROSPECTIVE PRESIDENT BLAND AT II031K- iaintn He Says the White Metal Friends. f "SilTerDick" Bland ba? returned to Le nin from a two moaths' leoturius tour through Colorado nU Montana He was in Colorado mc-st ol the time, and lec tured In every Important town in the Stat was enthusiastically received by la.-j;e crowds everywhere, and bad a very 'pleasant and sueeessrul trip. The distinguished silver -champion is not sick as reported in the nr"3s dispatches a few days ago, but he is worn out from con-Jfant travel and lecturing i.iht on his Western trip He needs rest, and will remain at home a few weeks Before the summer is. over he will visit other States. In October he will ro to Ohio and Transylvania for a joint debate to a series of meetings with Ilarter. the "gold He ,m wued and caught his wife, who, i f " a' 8Ut. frightened nearly out of her wits,- had utee Gf Missouri hss consented to Bonds to Be Issued for a Fun.1 With AVhicti to Prosecute th Straegt or freedom Obligations to Be Bedeemsd Wi; Cuba Shall Be Free rrojjre of, n" tilitles on the Island. The utmost activity prevails among the JsaJora of the Cuban revolutionary partyjin New York City, and some momentous ques tions are on the eve of settlement . It is announced that on July 10. in New ,York Cty, an election, by delegates from the Cuban revolutionary clubs throughout the United States, will be held to choose a Presi dent for the provisional government of the republic of Cuba. , - I Tmmftdiatelv unon the settlement Of that important question and upon the induction " of the successor of ; the lateVose Marti into offlae; the officials of the revolutionary gov SCIENTIFIC ASD INDUSTnUL. Zino can now bo refined by eleo-; trolysis. ; ' --- - I . j t The summit of Mount Vesuvius can now be reached by a cable railway. i M..Cristiani, of Geneva, has male chemical tests waich show that at height of sixhundrod matres iho air in free from bacteria, I 1 Topcora pops besauss ta?; esntUti oil in the corn w converiea iuio by heat, and thus an explosion which tears the kernel open.i , Tha albatross tus been known follow a shin for two months without to aliarht in the water o o . Vn a moment a rest. 16 13 uv occurs to or BAD WRECK NEAR EDGEFIELD. and .An Enelne Jumps the Track Several 5Ien Were Killed. The following account of the accident on ithe Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago, jrailroad has been received from Edgefield, js.c. Engine No. 6, which pulls the rock train A rom the E lgefleld quarry to Aik'jn, was , running without cars to the turn table at Edgefield depot, when it left the tracik on a twenty-foot embankment and rolled to the bottom. Hugh Weatherford and Frank Tompkins, both train hands, were riding on ;the pilot when the accident occurred; ! Tmpkius was thrown more than li.'ty fct thronsh the air and fell unhurt in a cluster of .'bushes. . AVeatherford who was killed instantly, was .buricl beneath the engine wnn only ni rwt showing through the clay. His body, whni (dug out, was half cooked and literally jcrushed to a pulp. : Albert Branson was buried beneath one of jthe tender trucks in a pool of water. His lody was badly mangled. Plrker and lhe fireman. Hare,. ttood bravely at their posts and will pay the death penalty lortheir courage-. j.ni t-umc was reveraed, both clung 10 mwr srais waited the inevitable and both were buried in the debris, while boiling water rusneu ver them from the broken pipes.. Wallace Holioway, a negro, was ouriau Jnder the wreck and had to be dug out oy a action gang. He was badly Druiseu ana ons leg is broken. It was thought he would re-over, Out ne tue-i iaic in iue evi-jims. It is claimed by the railroad authorities that some one laid a spike on th.3 track for the purpose of wrecking the passenger train which was due in a few minutes, hut this is not believed bv people who visueu mo wreck. Where the engine jumped the track the rails spread under the heavy weight and the wheels dropped to the ties. The engine ran flftv yards before leaving the roadbed, and if the engine had been supplied with air breaks thetragedv could have. been avoided. hidden in the licld. lhe demented husband, put the pistol to his wife's temple and fired, kitting her instantly . Sims left his wife in the field wel tering iu her own blood and -went tc Hnntersville f.ud gave himself up. He eaid the reason ho killed his wife was that he knew he would either be hung or sent to the penitentiary for life for ehooting the boy.and h& could not bear to lie separated from her. . The boy who was shot was taken by the other boys in the crowd to a neigh boring house and a physician summon ed. His chances for life are slim. 4 1 V " Naval Reserves Suspended. , Adjutant General Cameron has issued general order No. 9. Owing to failure to comply with the laws and regulations of the Stato Guard, and upon recommendation of the In-, epector General,! the Charlotte divis ion of the Naval Battalion of the N. C. S. G. is disbanded. 2, In view of the condition of affairs in the New bern division of the Naval Eattalion, reported by the Inspector General, this battalion is disbanded. I, Com pany F. Third Regiment, having failed to comply with regulations, is also dib'oanded, commissions are revok ed and property to be turned over to headquarters." .nni.r lis action and call an early con ventioa on the silver question, a3 the peo- E le demand it and the convention should b eld He says the silver sentiment is spread ing in every part or the country and gather ' log strength every day. Georgia as "reacli Ureiiarci." Oa a sin-le railro ii syst-vn in Georgia, it is reported, there ar? 2,0,010 p?aeh trees already bearing, and the whole State is gradu ally dcvploping into a magnificent peach orchard. Some single orchards number over 100 000 trees, white almost all the" farmers ar'sfttin" out orchard in the hope, of d vdnnin? the industry still further. "The value of the crop," it is a id-nl, '-is not con fined to tire producers aloue. Th3 rad roads come in for a wry handsome j.reeentage of the profits and the individual canners not nnlv make a cool deal of money which i3 iaveste.1 io other industries in the State, but : give employment to a largs nurnbor of p?o : pie thus iu-rung th. indumonts for settlomnnt in the various Oistn.-ts ana ln cr jaiing the value of land, as well as giving the other Stat- in luslrles a big hft." A LOW RATE. One Cent Per Mile to the Exposition. Rates to the Coiod S' ates aud Iniernation- i . . , a! .Exposition at Atlanta, ua., nave iwn promulgated by Commissionsr imcuay, oi the Southern Pa.3nger AssosiaMon. The basi? a approximately one cent per mi!e on distance3 of two hundred miles and over, and is the lowest rate ever given an "Posi tion. !nsr a little over half those made to u wnr ,i a r at ineouisei. i.". profited by their experience nt Chi.ago, secre- for a AVill Colonize It. John M. Thrash, of the' Transyb Tania Company, has sold his Valley rivev-fnrm of 1,030 acres, in Cherokee county, to a company of capitalists, amoug Unra .-W--CL. - D.imoll. of California; J. E. Witt Allen, of Chat tanooga; John Cruts, of rehuHylvflma. TvfnOBra Al ptcftlf ffliid OrUnffer, of HUH J.IAVJO -1 South Dakota. The price paid wag $21,000. It is understood that these cap'italsts'will colonize this tract with a' number of families from South Dakbta.who wish to leave that country. There are valuable marble quarries' on the tract, which may be developed iu the near future. . A Native J'ar Heel's Work. The fouuder of the first fraternal benefit societv in the United States was Johu Jordan Upchurch, who originat ed the Ancient Order of United work men 1868 at Meadville, Pa., where he was living at the time. Mr. Upchurch was born in Franklin county, North Ctrolina, March 26, 1820. From this -tie seed, planted by him in 1868, jave grown' hundred of orders, and hundreds of thousands of members, and hundreds of millons of dollars paid to widws and orphans. Convicted Twice. , At Atlanta) Gi., WilHam Myers was con victed for the second time of the murder of forest Crowley. The murder was commu ted last August, when Mayers neu anu was captured at Cincinnati. He denied naving committed the crime and declared that a f Hnd of his named Brown Alien was the real murderer. Mayers stated that he ae iA nrnwlev and Allen to the subur ban park where Crowley was killed but he .imM that Crowley and Allea ieft him sit ting in a buggy and they went -off together. Sf n came nick and said that he had killed Crowley The verdict is without recommen dation to mercy which means hanging unless a new trial can be ob-alned or the Governor commu-.es. Asked to Resign. Governor Morrill of Kansas, has demanded tlie resignation of W. J. Ilurd and J. J. Barnes, the two Topulist members of the Stato board of directcrs of tho penitentiary. Hurd and Barnes were hold-over appointee. of Gover nor Llewelling and constit ate a majority of the boani. Ia his letter demanding their resignations, the Governor charges them with being incompetent and derelict in the performance of their duties, calls upon them, in case they decline to resign, to appear bc f him and show causs'why they should not be removed. Both say they will not give up their offices and defy the Governor to remove them. TOMAS ESTRADA PALMA. ' (To bo-proclaimed President of the Cuban man Cleveland leir experience a vu.. whorft rates made too nign ai xne mun hack the people, and t he fare was rertacen. Here it was deciae.i io reau one ana ariase tub ueuuu t . Exposition management is much gratified at .u:.' n..4-:n whinh azures the maximum at tendance from all territory. Sales from points beyond the territory oi m . Passenger Association have not been fixed, but will probably be on the same basis. Suburban rates have been granted on a very low basis, so that when the city is over crowded, visitors may run out to outlying town? as far as twenty-five miles and return next morning ior a irmo. accommodation tor many thousands of vu- itors. Another Car Coupler. The testing ot an invention, the success of 'which means much to the railroad companies Iwas made in Spartanburg, S. C, Thursday. iThe invention is known a the Ha urris air. brade " coupler, and I in the wu k worked most siisit"-ii"j . imen who watched it. What the coupler is Mended to do is to enable the engineer to Btfi bis cb and couple and uncouple his Us ra at will l he Coupler n uuut te,. . brakes, which are joined au- 'tom.tlcaUy by the coupling iriK-rttiluable features of the coupler ia the .facV that just as soon as the cars ar SuVcoupled the dr brakes are applied to them and thus jamming is voided. In the test . tsterdaythe rear car was cut . 1-trW was going at a rate of. twenty-five n 1 aTbouTfand it was stopped almost xr.- I'itly. Vote for Silver or Resign. The democrats of Wood county, Tex., hava organized a strong bimetallic club. In tho resolutions recently . adopted declariig for the free, unlimited and independent coinage of silver at 16 to 1, this resolution wa? also adopted : ' "We call on. our representatives in both houses of congres3 to labor for the repeal of all laws, if there be any, granting the secre. tarv of the treasury the power to issue bonds in time oi peace, ana ii auy uiciumi vi ....... bouse of congress refuse to so labor, we di. mand his immediate resignation." ernment will cause an issue of interest bear ing bonds of the Cuban republic, wnicn wm be redeemed by tho republic when the dom ination of Spain over the '-Queen of the Aa tilles" is successfully overthrown. "The revolutionists in the United States, said Senor Enrique Trujillo. a prominent Cuban leader in New York, "are in favor of the selection of Senor Tomas Estrada Pa' ma to occupy the place mado vacant by the death of Jose Marti, and he will doubtless be elected. Senor Palmais quietly domiciled at Pleasant Valley, N. Y., and many promi nent Cubans have visited him there.; I m- So-cna finnzalo dfi Ouesada will con tinue as Secretory of tT.rt - revolutionary party, and Senor Benjamin J. Guerra- as Treasurer." , ' i ' Senor Trujillo said that Cubans were niaiap ot thft rtnm of United States Con sul General Williams to Havana, as Mr. Williams has always been zealous in his pro tection of the interests of American citizens tn Cubai ' - enor Patina's Career. Tomas Estrada Palma, to be proclaimed President of the Cuban republic by the in surgents, lives in Pleasant Valley, N. Y. There he directs a large seminary for the education of wealthy Cuban ,4 Senor Talma was born in Bayamo, Cuba, in 1835. Dunng the last revolution he was constantly in the field- His valor and natural ability to handle soldiers att racted the attention of his country men and he has been named for one office after another until finally announcement is made that he will be proclaimed President. lieved to sleep on the wing. A prominent surgeon of the Britisa army in India has been conducting au exhaustive series of experiment to v determine whether strychnine, is an antidote to snake poison. Ho saysr that it is not. Professor Gurlt, of Berlin, ho has been carefully compiling statistics, finds that the use of chloroform as au anaesthetic is fatal in one case out of 1500, and the similar use of etheor ia fatal only in one case out of 30j)D. Professor C. V. Riley, the eminent etomologist, who studies the habits of bugs for Uucle Sam, has advanced a theory tf telepathy among insctsn sixth sense whereby they are enabled to communicate with one another at f- ' " - . "Distinct tides iu tho atmosphere, corresponding to those of the sea, and produced twice dailyjfcy lunar attrac tion, have been traoJby MJ Buque de la Grye in the barometric records of stations removed from powerful local disturbances. At the last eitting of the French Academy of Sciences the announce ment was made of the discovery of a serum capable of curing cancer and cancerous tumore. Tho system of cultivating the vaccine i tho same as that adopted for diphtheria serdm. ,The bottom of the Atlautio fc.rmi a soTt of terracj along tha continent, sloping gradually for several bales, then suddenly descending to. a far greater depth. In general, about one hundred miles from the shore there i a depth of one hundred fathom', but in ten miles the depth excee Is oaa thousand fathoms. j "- c. The result of meteorologieajl tests with balloous at immense ixeigjnw.w announced from Bremen. Onp bal loon, carrying self-registering ihstra m.nio roaliol n. height of twelve I IA ' A l. . - - . 5 miles. The thermometer coul register the terapsrature, sixtyH lesrces below zero bein mirkej Iniirjr biorb (airtnapahirA flillkft T Tadll . Am ll Ll it.. fall is much more rapid. , 1 not saven I at a that up to BieaMjr Stger, i - a small sped It Ot Of; thi when pel of Clay, norni- ahism, or the gold standard, offer th' j beeQ nominated by this convention on a toiiowing as a' separate resolution ana i ask its adoption: ' , Resolved, That we believe in the coinage of both gold and silver as the primary money of the country into legal tender dollars, receivable in paymentof all its debts, public and private upon terms of exact equality." "nONEST MOXBT K2JDOKSKD." The minority report was signed by three of the committee. Mr. Rhea also ottered a resolution that all that part of the majority report after the words "ISOr be stricken out, so as to make the platform simply endorse the Demo- free .silver platform, . said Mr. I ould have refused the nation." i . This was taken by the friends of Hardin to be a slur on their candidate, who is a free silver man and who stands to-night on an uncompromising goid platform, and they began to hiss. Mr Clay quickly changed hissubject. "The stream, can rise no higher than its source," he continued, "and I do not believe it to be possible for the Repub lican party to give us betler govern ment than the Democratic. They might do it for a week, they might do it for a month, but iu the end -they could do Old Ltbeily at Atlanta. The general council ot Philadelphia, a ession last Thursday, decided by a ui at i'S inan- session ia iuui5u;,u-.i..- -- -- -imou. vote to send the Liberty bell to Atlanta. , Some months ago U.e manamei t ot the Exposition aske,i for the beU but tLe ,.L.,t a refused. The matter has bet n ni..i. I.I.Af. n.lin.il in A Tl W nrti.K legislature oi reuusji"i put light decided to make a State exhibit at the Cottc n States and Internauonaii.xpuei"uu, unanimous action of the council in favor tl taking the LJberty bell to AUanta was tLe lesult. Mobbed. John yrey a young white man, and mem ber of a gang of fire bugs, wa caught firing a houw in Gretna; a suburb of New Orleaus, Jjn., and was handed by a mob.- Efforts will be made in Cumberland county to submit the liquor question to a popular vote . A correspondent of the Herald ad vocates holdiug a sound money con vention in Morganton. The Blackwell-Durham Tobacco Company loaded 20,000 pounds "of tobacco for Chicago Thursday morn- t ia CM that half the force on tne- Tr.i0..ertT.villp, ;& Brevard Railroad - has quit work because wages.have not been paid fo-' five weeks. The Waldeases iu BiuLe county are now said to be making good. progress. Their crops f .re fov the tirst tine ex cellent. In Meckleuburg county a public school teacher, George L,ong, was, fined 100 for whipping a lj,tle boy i, pupil. - j For tho past twelve months the i deaths in Raleigh were 2Ga,;!or 17.26 i per 1,000. Of these 127,; were of j whites and 11 of colored: There were G13 biiths during '.he fame period. There has been quite, a Contest as j to whether the legislature had a ri-ht J to remove Dr. Cnrtis as quarantine ; idivrician of the port nt . Wilinintt.n j while lie has. two years to terye un lrr Governor Cnrr's ConiinisMon. It now appears that Dr. Mayuar.l, who wa? elected bv the police bjRid as qnar nutioe j hybicia j, 'will win as the state a. ..r.1 .indiior recognize him IICHUII. - . . and will pay the. warraut for His mouth's r:Hty. It is presumed Curtis viiU make a te&t case ol it. Sunday's storm at New Berne waa one of the severest ever known there. A bolt of lightning struck a tree un der which was a Hock of sheep, and killed every one of the latter. In Person county, Thursday, light-, ning struck a carriage containing a rl river and a vounz lady and gentle- pian. The horses attached to the ve- j Wla and the driver were instantly j killed, but the young couple, although severely burned, will recover. Rev. Sauford, the Seventh Day Ad-!; ventist preacher at Concord, has been again warned by a mob to leave for preaching miscegenation. He says he will depart. i far ari- England's New Ministry. The members of the new ministry, so is they have been selected, art. officially Bounced as follows: Prime Minister and Secretary Slato for Foreign Affairs the Marquis of Salisbury, i Lord President of the Council the Duke of Devonshire. . " . ' First Lord of the Treasury Right Hon orable Arthur James Bal four. ! Secretary of State for the Colonies Right Honorable Joseph Chambedlain. Chancellor of the Exchequer Ri;ht Hon orable Sir Blichael Hicks-Beach. First Lord ot the Admiralty Right Hon orable George Joaobiao Goscheo. Xerr Version ot Tnrpiu. In these days,' when so many means of earning a livelihood are ciuseu, save to the working classes, it is inl eitiug to hear, says tho Pall Mall Ga zette? of the revival of so old a pro fession as that of tho road. This be in the age of machinery, one need nol. be surprised to learn that the bi cyclo has been substituted for tho Bonny Black Besses of a century ago. The original formula, "Your money or vonr life," is. however, maintained 'int'ict, and the Old York road is once aain the ecene of tho highwayman prations. The pistol, too, is -1 - . . 4r.a tirmipr weaoon. and in How Marti TV Killed. TJews has been received of the manner in which Marti met his death. It is said that Marti and a few friends were betrayed, by a guide. This guide informed a troop of in fantry where Marti was stopping. hfnthe detachmeD.of infantry came up, Marti and his retainexS were found asleep in hammocks. While asleep they were riddled with bullets. Mrs. Marti, now in New York City, admits that she has no hope of ever seeing her hus band alive. : i ii; Gonaez Burning Towns. General Maximo Gomez, of the Cuban in surgents, has captured and burned the towns of El 'Mulato and San Geronimo. !' These places are in the very centre of Puerto Prin cipe Province and to the west of its capi tal. Antonio Maceo succeeded in mak ing his way from Santiago Province into Puerto Principe Province, at the head of a large body of men. ! It was his intention to loin his forces with those of Maximo Gomez and make tombined attack upon ; Puerto Principe. I . Insurgent Defeated. npnpral Navarro reports that his command has had several engagements with insurgent?, killing twelve, wounding many, and captur ing arms and other war material- Several of the Government troops were wounded, j , A JFIsh That Kits Kcxs. A fish that eat rom n a diet is owned by Johu Ha upsVi a butche? on Grand street; Japanese fantail, and lives iu ni umiftritim with miscellaneouH mens of the linuy tribe. Tup way this usb happened to begin his t roses was finite Accidental. IlamDsbdrger.'who 13 fond finny nets ha ha1?, was-one d vy cj ing the water iu the aquariuui, ifmall tea rose fell from the 1 1 his coat into the bowl, luo fautait was floating near the .' surfacj, audi darted for the rose aud began oatingj : itiu .iwt.ipt did not iutorfcr?. anil the 'fidi: cousuaisl nearly all d,f tli Tii. thoucrht the matter old, au I imk .i rn-it. into the Oowl. That! was last summer. Oue of the iputch- that ttmo htl been to sccurb a rose for thej Last winter, when rosa-i worji plenty, he neglected this ditty1, tlw fish would! not co ue ir th'jj put iulo the balwl for several d tlanta Constitutiou. f one'l 'fares lor Hay. Ouilo a number of farmers Orel, have sown! fiih. no 5! audi fool I .yjfc near tares for still other re- fir.t Dr. spects the traditions of the craft are carefully preserved. "The Doncaster police were communicated with, but have not made any arresT," is a. sen tence that reminds one of the day when watchmen were overturned iu their boxes. Throughout me accouuw 1S picturesque. The cyclist-cutthroat bicvcles were "on the roadside, while their riders disputed the pa3-a.- a or A 4 f 'Sir. Loveioy. The latter shook up his gallant Safety- (hence forth ft misleading title), and attempt., ed to run the gauntlet, but a bullet took him jn the right of the tugb. He. however, escaped to his native city" of York, preserving his purse virgin. ' . r Orisla ol Shoe BlacSin?. KLoes were blackened as -early as Lhe tenth century with lampblack mixed with rancid oil. In t-n o.d ro mance a man is ejected frc-m a com pany because he had just blacked his Jboei, and they could not stand the smell, Notes and Queries, flavors Annexation. The President's message to the first Honelu 1 1 Legislature under the republic, announces ih lx the oolicy of the government favors the annexation to the United States which isear; besousht. It also favors laying aj A Hotel Hoodoo. 1 Don't shut that book. If you do you'll hoodoo this house," said a clerk in one of tho largest hotels last niTh? to a visitor, who. in leaving, naa care lessly closed the hotel register. Tho clerk insisted and the visitor returned to open the book and ask an explana- tlU,MVby'. don't you know;" the clerk said, "Chat if you shut a hotel regis ter and don't reopen it yourself yoa hoodoo the book? Ths next person registering on that book is sure to bo n dead beat. At least that is the uui - versal superstition among hotel men, anl my observation has been that there is something in it. I wouldn t open that book to-uight. I have often cone half way across the office to pu.. mv finger between the leaves and pre vent some careless person use ; your self from shutting the register. Al most every one has a superstition and that is one of the most important in a hotel clerk's creed." -Kansas City . Star. ; ' ' mim ' ' r:;mrn6 Joreai-iar J. of tue Broollyn Navy Yard issued an or-r that oflleers must not wear tan shoes or iouu ne .-h-u, ; Uornelirif, jar. Tares are! bec jming very popu lar wilh the farmers where they have .ecu tried, making an excellent pas urn fnr iiicrB and producinc four I or t.iriK of fine hav uer acrc-i-New" i'ork Post. The Society for the Prevention ot Cruelty to Children has teen urged, by Recorder Goff to invesUgate the evidence already m4 cured that women in Pelt and Mott (streets New York City,ell their children to China men and tbSU a traffic in girls of froln lour teen to sixteen years has been in progress fof some time, 'AND fyk aBSOtUTUY MONEY ngggA SEW1KS ! 1 1 MACHlIfc MADE j tn mi ami DEAI.EItS cn Hi e"eb.r.. The HEW 1IOMBU S& Utah Arm FaU KleW JJ Call on our ageni vr y T" Twmnt roar trade- f rrlee 2Sware aeaunC will win, TZXrit. Wo enallense the world U Jlnee a CETTEIt Machine for $50.00, or a betur $20. SwtnJSlaehlnefor $20.00 you -Mm nm. or our Aeent. nm tow mwffl SSWKG HJLCHIBE CO, 1 1 J A W MM - $ til :'; - - ton SALE EY i; G AJNEY k JORDAN, Dono, S C.