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WITHIN, OUR STATE.
nMLUOADS IN'N'ORTH CAROLINA.
Very little Building: Has Been Don
In the Last Year.
The railroad commission has begun
the nsessznent of the railway property
in N. rtb Carolina. The returns are in
ami 'how that there are seventy roads
nn. 1. ranches. There is but a j slight
jncivite in mileage over last year as
the' reports end June 1st, and most of
thr new lines have been constructed,
fu.c that date. Only three roads are
B,, v ImiMing, these being the Caldwell
8:i l Northern, from Lenoir to Colletts
vjji, , the Aberdeen and West End and
th- Henderson and Brevard. I Only
four miles of the extension of the
U-rl'--en and West End road arecom-
rt( a. Ihe commission is notified
thiit tho twentv-two mileH of tTiol TTn
dcrson and Brevard road will be com
j it ttd August 1st. 1 . .
OX HISTORIC GROUND.
A Celebration at the Guilford Battle
ficHA Statue Unveiled, j
The annual celebration of the Guil
fvr'l battle ground was observed at
ln t-nsboro on Thursday. The ora
tor of the day, Dr. George T. Winston,
(.i..k' n tlie life and times of Major
..;- ) h Wijiston, who played an im-
.,'t.mt part in this particular battle..
i'A-Cf.vernor Thomas M. Holt, who
wii-tohave delivered the address of
irt-ntation of the Winston statue,
ii'. t 1" iug present. Hon. Kemp P.
bi',!!.- read his speech. The unveiling
? monies were performed by four
ui North Caiolina's "handsomest girls.
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ien. Boggs' Testimony.
W. A. Maury, special assistant to
Attorney General Harmon, was in
V:'i-ii.u" Tuesday taking tho deposi
tions of Gen. W. It. Boggs, before
I'tiitfit .States Commissioner Bessentj
in the case of Mrs. Alice Well, widow,
nu others, in which the plaintiffs
chum that Mr. Well had 100 bales of
eoitVn destroyed 1 at Mattamoras,
Mt-vi'eo, by Confederate troops in Sep
ti inl't-r, IG4. The case is now pending
I r f rre the Court of CJaim3in Washing
ton: (ion. Boggs was chief of staffin
tin; trans-Mississippi department Gen.
Kirky Smith commanding. His evi
hnce is favorable to the government,
lie fiftvs he was uresout at tlie tim
t:itL-il, and no cotton was destroyed by
;rtnis.
DrugRlst's IjIcchsc:
Slioriff Hewlet. of New llannvpr
ski d State Treasurer Worth if section
12 of the revenue act ipJied to alcohol
.y .Uupoists fpr lamps and me
chanieat jmrposes, or whether it must
he "vt il . onl v on the prescription of a
praeljcinr" physician. The Treasurer
referred the irfatterto Attorney Gener
al ( ),sl)ojrne, v, ho replies that neither
ihe prescription of a '.physician nor.
license is required before druggists
mii li girlly sellalcohoLjfor lamps and
ther iheehanioal purposes. Dealers
n li.pior, mentioned in section 33 of
he act, arc those who sell or handle
t for drj liking purposes, and alcohol
s not ysed either as -a beverage or
iicilicine. V j
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The Donovan Mill, at Morgauton,
.sold under foreclosure of 'mort-.
jape', Tuesday and bought by Cot. Tate
'i" --"i,t), amount of mortgage.
; Lientv Wilkes, of Charlotte.hnsbeen
elieved from arrest by the commander
ii chief, who Bays that he was ''guilty
f fjreat carelessness, but not of iu
iiihordination." . '
None of the building and loan; asso
Ditions from other States arenow lend
inon'.'v if property in this jHtate.
riff shnt down is complete. Some of
l-enl iissoeiations are makiug
Cotton is remarkably small thisyear.
ii some places it is jiitifully so. At
he vt '-v tbest not over three-quarters
t a !.o,i average crop can be jmade,
tiv ili( lest judges. In some sections
here will wt be over two-thirds! of a
!!( .. . j
Ihe civil service commission has or
lored that an examination be lield in
leijh. August 3d for the grades of
loiks, itorekeepers,gauger, and' store
itejur ganger. Age for clerk appli
auts not under 18, other grades not
Jn.ler 21. -
The Davidson correspondent of tha
Charlotte Observer says: ' "The crop
Respect in this community and iv
?onth Iredell is the poorest that has
'fct u for many years on the l6t of Jttly,
''it farmers have their cotton and corn
n the best of condition for graring,
rnin has been falling every few
lays. Considerable stubble land ha
iH'en sown in peas since whett was
:ut."' i j
Wheal
this rear is 88 peri cent.
RSftirM o)iy 05 nt this time last! year.
Oafs, now M, were last year onlv CS.
r.vo is f7 against 7S. Rice, now 82,
"fts il Inst ear. Cotton is G9 against
1 last:Vtnr. The July report will
rrakt perhaps, a better showing as to
tliiKeroi.. Com is SI against 86 last
ytr at this date. The plant isj very
small, but there is time econgh.'undec
favorable conditions, for a full j crop,
the apple crop is rot much over half
a eve, but the peach crop is certainly
International Prison Congress.
Tho International Prison Congress . coa
ceaia parj3 on Sunday with delegates
r,ji p.ll civilized countries. Some fifty pro-
Qr T.'on an' Queries are enunciated for
j of whk-h some are very broad. One
t i iht questions which attracted a great deal
I, ion ani which has already been
' jy mih h thought of is "Are- prisoners en
t.j a salary." The recommendation ot
I -t v.ui;res9 have beu adoptetl in many of
j.'.'" i soiis of the world and have worked
M :;;;i"'rerre it is conceded that the results
l ;i! "!i;r.V5 will accomplish much good
rnauajemect of orisons, j
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CONDITIO OP CROPS.
Plenty of Fruit Kverywhere, and a
Promising Outlookj
The Weekly Weather Crop Bulletin
for the past week indicates a generally
favorable week. Cotton is blooming
in the eouthern portion of the State.
Corn is doing very well, and is being
laid by generally. Threshing wheat
has just begun. Fruit is coming in very
abundantly.
Eastern District. The past week
is generally reported as having been
very favorable in this district. Only
one place in Columbus county re
ported an excessive rain-fall, but
in the northern part of the district
rain is beginning to be needed. The
temperature has been high, with plenty
of sunshine. Crops are in a healthy
condition and continue to i improve.'
Corn is tasseling; laying by is
general. Tobacco is looking well and
some beginning to top. Blooms are
reported to have appeared on cotton
at Elm City, 2Cth, Laurel Hill, 27th.
Sweet potato plants are still scarce;
many are still to be set. Large crop
of field-peas being planted. . Berry
crop ripe and very large. Melons are
late.
Centraii District. The rain-fall
last week was very ii regularly dis
tributed, with enough rain, however,
at most places to keep crops in a
thrifty condition. ' A few stations re
port rain needed badly. Corn is silk
ing and tasseling in the 6outh ; old
corn is being laid by. Cotton blooms
are also reported. Wheat nearly all
harvested in good condition and being
housed. Threshing has begun and
will be general. next week; many far
mers report good results; others in
ferior. Oats about ready also. Spring
oats are getting ripe. There are a
number of complaints of chinch-bugs,
especially in north-western portion of
district. Peas are being planted in
fctubble land. Blackberry crop is very
large and fine. Peaches ripe. Fruit
coming in abundance.
Western District This has been
another week of fine growing weather,
farmers from all eections i reporting
crops making good progress-. Wheat,
except in extreme w est, whJere it is uow
ripe, has been about all cut; and is be
ing hauled in Threshing has begun
with what is thought to be a very good
yield. Spring oats arc looking -well.
Old corn is beingl.iid bv. Pea-staving
has begnu. and there will be a l uge
crop planted this year. Teach trees
ore full. Fruit is plentiful in markets.
Melon vines are poor. Gardens and
nuatoes are tine. j
TIIK WILKKS RESOLUTIONS.
The Reserves Reserved No Longer
A Suggestion of a Change In the Law.
At n meeting tho other night of the
late Charlotte Division Naval Reserves,
the following resolutions weeo unani
'mously adopted,- viz:
"Resolved, first, That, having a hih re
gard for the courts of our country, civil,
?rimina' and military, we have refrained
from expressing to tlus public our unbounded
confidence and respect in our commanding
officer, Lieut. J. Frank AVilkes, before a de
cision was rendered in the court martial
.brought against him. j
"Resolved, second, That we heartily con
curiu the finding of our Commander-in-Chief
IPs- Excellency, Governor Eiias Carr, in
which he says:
"In tin? opinion oT the Commander-in-chief
the charges and specifications aro not sus
tained by tho evidence.'
Resolved, third, That no member of this
division had tho slightest belief that the
charges and specifications were true, and
tako occasion ndw to express to the public
our high regard for Lieut. Wilkes as a gen
tleman and a man of honor and integrity.
Resolved, fourth. That, at the bowing to
the decision of our Commander-in-Chief
and tho lr-arued Judge-Advocate of the State,
Oen. Thos. F. Strange, we would respectfully
suggest that if it be the military law of North
Carolina that a witness against the accused
can bo a judge on the court that tries the ac
cused, that, in the interest of justice, the
next Legislature should amend the law.
Resolved, fifth. That we thank thecitizens
of Wilmington for the courtesies shown the
accused. Lieut. Wilkes, and his counsel and
witnesses during his long trial, and especial
ly the Wilmington papers for their fair, im- '
partial and accurate report of tho proceed
ing's. "Resolved, sixth, That we request the pa
pers of the Stato to publish theo proceed-
TIIK SIIEMWKLL TRIAL.
The Jury Has IJeen Drawn. Juflft
lJoyii'M t'liurges the Jury.
At Lexington, on Thursday after
noon Ihe jury was completed to tvy
Baxter Slu m well for his life . It is as
'follows : John T. Nooe, T. M. Primm,
31. F. Guvcr, T. C. Cross, R. S. Swice
good. T. A. Col.lv J L. Shoaf, Solo
man Long, W. T. Lawrence,! Geo. T.
Hurratf, Will Fry, E. S. Vnruer, T. II.
Swing. -Judge Boykin 'told; the jury
iu a few select sentences liteii duty
and responsibility, afirr which rhe
ronit. a "Mourned.
TIIK CRIDOK COLLAPSED.
Si Hundred People Precipitated iiw
St. Joseph's River.
A terrib'e accident occurred at Bristol, Ind.,
.oq the afternoon of tho Fourth, j During the
progress of a boat race on the St. Joseph
river six hundred people were jammed on a
'IhreerSpan iron bridge. During the finish oi
an excijting race, and while thej-crowd was
cheering tremendously, the bridge gave way.
The mass of humanity was precipitated into
tho water forty feet below. Thirty-eight
persons received serious injuries and it is
feared that many of them will die. Luckily
tho water was only five feet deep or many
would have undoubtedly been drowned.
Those believed to be fatally injured are: Tr.
Chas. Dethrow. concussion of the spine.
Mack Little, leg broken and injured internal
ly." Mrs. Mack Little, injured about the head
and shoulders. Six-year-old son of Mack
Little, arms and one leg broken Daughtei
of Mack Little, leg broken. Jonas Reprogle.
arms and legs broken. Melville Carmien,
legs brokon. j
Lightning Kills Three in One Family.
At Littlesvillfv Winston county, Alabama,
lghtning played havoo and destroyed the
Whole family of Postmaster Edward Bryan,
sxcept a son. A special from that place says
that lightning struck the house of Mr. Bryan
fcad goiDg into the inUrior killed him, his
(rife and the baby. A young son was also
ieriously eboeked e.nd jrjsyjiLe.
DR. BUCHANAN DIES
IX THE ELECTRICAL CHAIR.
n Was Sentenced to Death Fou
Times But on Four Occasions His
Counsel Stayed Execution.
Dr. Bncharjan was electrocuted on
Monday morning at Sing Sing, N. Y.
The current was' turned on at 11:21 at
the rate of 1,740 volts for four seconds,
reduced to 400 volts, left on for 30 sec
onds, wnen it was turned on 1,740 volts
again and gradually reduced until it
was turned off 58 seconds after it was
first applied. Buchanan entered the
room with bis eyes closed and did not
open them at all. He walked along be
side the attendant without assistance
to the chair. His leg was slightly
scorched, and smoked during the last
few seconds of the execution. The
body was perfectly motionless after the
current was turned on. Thirty-two
seconds after the current was turned
off Buchanan was examined by the
physicians, who discovered a (light
pulsation of the heart. The victim
also gasped and the doctors declared
that life was not extinct. The current
was again turned on in full force (1,740
volts), where it was held for 23 seconds,
when it was again turned off. Buchan
an was dead at 11:23' a. m.
Mrs. Buchanan returned from Rhine
Cliff at 10:30 o'clock. She was met at
the depot by an officer from the prison.
She wished to be driven to the prison,
but it was thought best not to allow
this, so she was driven away, and is
supposed to have been taken to Mrs.
Sage's private apartments. It is under
stood that inher interview with the
Governor she pleaded with him on her
knees. The Governor, who was very
much affected, told her thit as far as
any assistance he could render was con
cerned, he would gladly do it, but that
he could not possibly prevent the law
taking its course.
" As scon as Buchanan was pronounced
dead the body was turned over to the
physicians and the post mortem exami
nation begun at 11:30 o'clock. All of
the physicians in attendance took part
in the utopsy.
The persistence with which Buchan
an clung to life, marked his case to the
end. Since the death of tb.3 wife, whom
he had murdered on Apr-1 23, 1892, in
order to re-marry the wife whom he
had previously divorced, his case has
been marked by uncertainties which
have made it famous. He at first
seemed likely to escape suspicion, and
was not arrested until June 6th, follow
ing the woman's death. His trial was
delayed until March 20, 1S03, and dur
ing its early stages his acquittal ap
peared probable. When he was con
victed, April 2G, 1S93, a motion for
a new trial was made, and the ques
tions put to the court were .such
that "a decision was not rendered
until August 14th, following, when he
was sentenced to die October 2, 1893.
On August 15, 1S93, he was brought
here, and has been here uninterrupt
edly since, with the exception of two
days, when he was taken away to be
re-sentenced once to New York and
once to Albany. His case has been
twice before the Court cf Appeals of
the State, once before the Supreme
Court of the United Stutes, and any
number of delays and unusual legal
proceedings have marked its course
through the lower State and Federal
Courts. Invitations to his execution
were sent, out four times by Warden
Sage, but in the first thi-ee instances,
on one ground or another, a respite was
secured and the infliction of the death
penalty was postponed, and finally, after
every means of staying the execution
was exhausted, it required two applica
tions of the deadly electric current to
overcome the tenacity Arith which the
man clung to life.
THE SOUTHERN STILL SCOOPIXO.
Will It Gobble lp the .Seaboard Air
Line?
The New York Morning Journal says.
"Reports from Baltimore yesterday had it
that the Southern Railway has laid its plaDS
for the absorption of the Seaboard Air Line.
The repot ts inthisr'tv were met with a state
ment from Charles II. Caster, chairman ot
the Richmond Term ;nal re-organization com
mittee, to the effect "that ho knew nothing ot
them. Generally, the report is not believed.
Such a move "on the part of the Southern
Railway just now would cive it practically a
monopoly of the Southeastern trade, espe
cially the- Carolina. Georgia aad Florida,
where the Seaboard Air Lino is at present its
only dangerous competitor. The laws of
Georgia would be, ierhaps. the greatest
stumbling-block in the way of such a move,
as once before when, the Southern, then
known as the Richmond Terminal, scooped
every road in the State, it was compelled to
release one, the Western A Atlantic, to allow
the competition provided for by statute."
Want Cheaper Rates on Fruit.
The ritlroads . decline to make any re -duction
Jn the rate3 on peaches shipped in
refrigerator cars and the Fruit Growers'
Association of Georgia announces that it will
appeal to the inter-State commerce commis
sion. The fruit growers made a case before
Jae Georgia railroad commission, and the
. ase was argued before that body. It, bow
ever, had no authority to enforce a ruling on
inter-State business, and all it could do was
to make a recommendation that the rates be
reduced. The railroad men said that they
could not afford to give the fast and careful
service to fruit demanded by the shippers for
oy less rates than they were charging.
ii i i . in
nn. BUCHANAK.
FREE SILVER AT 16 TO 1,
Delated by ftryan ad Clarke at Mo-
. bile, Ala .
At the invitation of the. Central
frade'a Counsel of Mobile, Ala., Hon.
W, J. Bryan of Nebraska, and' Hon. B,
H. Clarke, of Mobile, Monday
night debated the free coinage
of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, in the
Mobile Theatre, which was filled with
one of the largest audiences that has
ever gathered within its walls. Before
the speakers were introduced, M. T.
Judge, president of the central trades
council, said there was nothing parti
tan In the meeting at all, and that the
presence of any gentleman on the stage
was not to be taken as evidence that he
was either for or against the free and"
unlimited coinage of silver. v Mayor C.
L. Lavretta, introduced the first speak
er, Mr. Bryan. After making a few
introductory remarks, the speak
er went right to the heart of
his subject and cited to his hearers that
the debtor should liave the choice of
the metala in whili to pay. as the.
greater part are debtors, and they de
manded silver; the very fact that they
are in quest of the silver to pay their
debts, will appreciate that metal, but If
the creditor is to have the choice of the
metals, he will take gold and then that'
metal will be appreciated,-. He said that
there was not enough gold in the world
to do the business of the world, and
that there was bound to be some silver
used. He quoted from Carlisle, -Sherman
and Blaine as to the interest of the
"idle holders of idle capital," in de
stroying half- of the money of the
world, so that kby this action they
might enhance the value of the
other half. He also quoted from a speech,
made by .Secretary Carlisle in 1878,
in which he spoke of the evils that
would befall the country if silver was
destroyed as money. He said thai he
did not agree in the proposition to coin
silver at the ratio of 32 to 1, as. it would
make the dollar twice as large as it now
was, and that by this operation the
amount of silver in circulation in this
country would be curtailed just one
half, and the metallic money of the
world reduced one-quarter, and this
would enhance the value of the remain
ing three-fourths. He said that 'the
bi-mctallists propose to create a demand
for silver by law, and then, he said, by
way of i illustration of this assertion;
that if a . man in a town would
give 2i cents a dozen for eggs, that
all the eggs in that town would be worth
23 cent?. He might not get all the
eggs, bnt his action would set the price
on eggs, and make them all worth 25
cents, jlf the government can take all
(he silver at 51.29 cents per ounce, it
would ibe ! worth that price. France
maintained the free coinage of silver at
the ratio of lo to 1 and there were not
half as many people in France at that
time at there are in the United States.
Mexico cannot- maintain the free coin
i.ge of silver because Mexico is a small
country, and she is not as large as the
United" States.
Mr. Clarke was introduced to the au
dience by Mayor Lavretta, and spoke
in substance as follows: As far as I was
concerned, it was understood that this
discussion . should deal with the ques
tion as to whether the free and unlim
ited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16
to 1 is for the benefit of the laboring
man of the United States, and after the
workingman has listened to the nicely
worded sentences of my opponent does
he know any more about the matter
than he did at the start. There are"
many of you who can make a tirade at
Carlisle and there are about half-a-dozen
who can throw mud at him not
more than half-a-dozen, since Kentucky
spoke the other day. Laughter. It
is true that Kentucky -elected a free
coinage man, but she did it on a plat
form endorsing Cleveland and in favor
of sound money. If any man under
takes to . buy eggs at 50 cents
per dozen that arc only worth 25
cents, all the world over he will have a
pretty trade and finally he will have to
rjuit buying eggs because his money
will giveout. Sly opponentin sayingthat
Mtxico cannot carry on the free coin
age of silver successfully, admits that
ii is a burden for any country to carry,
i d that because the country is a little
Ifirger it will be better able to bear the
burden. Congressman Bankhead said
the other night when he spoke here
that all the men who opposed the re
peal of the 10 per cent, bank tax were
in favor of free coinage of silver, and
and then turning to Bryan he asked:
"Did you vote for the repeal of the
10 per cent, tax on State banks?"
"I did not," replied Bryan.
"Then," said Clark, "I leave you to
settle that little difference with Bank
head when you get to Birmingham."
He announced himself in favor of
both gold and silver as money if they
can be kept as money metals in the
business of the country. The differ
ence is this: He favors silver mono
metallism, while I favor the limited use
of silver along with the unlimited use
of gold. In reference to the criticism
of Carlisle by Bryan, he said that Car
lisle was right, but that he was speak
ing of the time of the limited and
not the free and unlimited use of silver
as money, and said that there had
been no contraction of the curren
. cy of the country, but that on the
other hand there was more money in
circulation in the country to-day than
there had ever been in the history of
the United States. He cited the financial
policy of the country from 1792 to 1893,
and said that we never, in the history
of one or the metals, had been over
valued. It had had the effect to drive
the other metal out of circulation.
He cited the conditions of Mexico,
China, Japan and India and the c mdi .
tion of the laboring man in these coun
tries as tho evidences of the first free
and unlimited coinage of silver upon
tie laborer.
CYCLONE IN KANSAS.
Five Persons Killed and 31 any Build
Ings Wrecked.
A cyclone which Baxter Springs, Kan.,
on Friday night, killed five people outright
nd injured two others so badly that thej
ire not expected to live. A dry goods stor.
ind the Methodist, Christian and colorec
Methodist churches were blown down and
lozens of residences and barns totallv wreck-
sd. I ,r--'..
The dead are: SI'ie Webster, IJorenc
Webster; Ralph Webster. H. Ilibb?, cn-1 the
fnfast child of Thomas Shields.
Vf; L. Archer was found dead on the Noo
lan farm in Sheridan township.
The rain was the most yio!eDt ever known,
resembling a cloud burst Mid tb 'entire
country was flooded. Reports cf further
fatalities seem almost certain wheathe roal-j
ire opened up.
THE LATEST NEWS.
GLEANINGS FROM MANY POINTS.
Important Happenings, Both Home
and Foreign, Briefly Told.
The First Cotton Bloom.
W. J. Daggan, Fairburn, Ga., comes fo the
.front with the first cotton bloom. He brought
lone stalk of cotton to town last Thursday
that had two blooms on it that openeoHhe
day before.
Newsy Southern Notes.
The citizens of Talbotton, Ga., have organ
ized a stock company for the erection of an
oil mill there.
At Maryville. Miss., on Wednesday, Bob
Purvis, Griff Hubbard and Grant Wilson
were hanged on the same gallows. These
three negroes last March murdered and
robbed- D. Ii. King, a flatboatman, who sold
goods from bis boat to river people.
Tressley Groes, a farmer of Troup county,
G a., whipped a negro boy Tuesday,and short
ly afterwards the mother of the boy attacked
Gross' son and pattern pted to shoot him,
whereupon young Gross shot her, killing her
instantly. ,
: A fire at Centre, Ala., Tuesday night, de
stroyed the court house and all books of re
cord, including those of the sheriff and tar
collector. -.The loss is about $20,000.
: '
Mortuary.
Speaker John Myers, of the Illinois House
of liepreaentatives, died Wednesday at Free-
port, ill., from nervous prostration. It is
i thought that Speaker Myers' death will have
. an importrnt bearing on tho extra session
of the Legislature, which convenes on the
!9thinst.
The Turf.
Bright Phoebus won the Realization Stakes
.at Sheepshead Cay on Thursday. He was
I second favorite, Keenan, the odds-on favor
ite, was the omy horse that gave him any
trouble. jThis pair fought out the issue for
j nearly the full length of the home stretch.
The course was a veritable quagmire. It
could not possibly have been worse con
dition. -
The Silver Movement.
A call was published in The Standard of
.vcutti iuYVD,ua.,ior a iree coinage mass mee
ting In Cedartown July 13th to select delegates
to the Griffin convention. It is signed by
prominent citizens of every calling without,
regard to profession or politics. A full dele
gation from Polk county will go to Griffin to
swell the tide of free silver .sentiment in
Georgia.
.
Crime.
Ben Cagle, thirty-eight years of age, whitex
who cultivates a small farm on aa island in
jthe Tennessee river opposite Chattanooga,
jTenn.7 was shot and killed Thursday by his
'wife in a domestic; quarrel. 1
August Fields, formerly editor of the Tolo
Post, in Caidwell county, Mo., murdered his
wife and child Thursday morning and com
mitted suicide at 'Wheeling, Mo'., where he
was visiting his mother-in.-law, Mrs. Thomp
son. He-cut the throats of his wife and child
and then cut his own throat. No reason can
be assigned for tho act.
At ClintoD, la., Tuesday, a highwayman -held
up and robbed Mrs. Augusta Ware,
daughter of Chauhcy Lamb, the millionaire
lumberman. It oeeurrured on one of tho
fashionable residence streets of the town,
ami was witnessed by eov.rul -peophv Hi
took her purse and escaped.
Washington.
Professor Mark W. Harrington, chief of tha
weather bureau, has been removed by Pres
ident Cleveland. There has been friction
between Professor Harrington, who is a hold
over of the department, and Secretary Mor
ton, his official chief, for sometime.
Tho appointment of Willis L. Moore, of
Illinois, to be chief of the Weather Bureau,
was anuounced from.the White House Fri
day. ,
The internal revenue service is now under
the civil service and applicants who desire,
positions in the revenue department must
stand their examinations under the new law
recently passed. Heretofore the internal
revenue servico has been separate and dis
tinct from the operation oi the civil service,
but a change was made some months ago.
By a general order issued by Gen. Albert
Ordway, commander of the National Guard
of the District of Columbia, the National
Fenciblcs, a crack military organization, and
the winner of several valuable prizes in Inter
State militia drills, has been disbanded. The
reason assigned for this action is that the"
company ha3 fallpn below the mark upoa
inspection, and during the recent encamp
ment the numerical strength of the company
was below the standard.
Disasters, Accidents, Fatalities.
At Minnpanolis. Minn.. F.orbfirt Maver.
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aged 18 years, while celebrating the Fourth,
:WS Ittlttlljr jujuicu UJ lug Muisuu(j.ui lujr
'cannon.
Five were killed and thirty-three injured
is the record of incidents on tho Fourth of
July, at Chicago. Tho fire department was
kept busy. Eight were hit by stray bullets.
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Labor.
TVta American Wirn f!nmn!inv's Sflfl wirn
drawers went on strike at Cleveland. Ohio,
iior a iu ier ceui. luttciw-j m wagrs.
! It XTilrllaclwM-n TCV tifi Watt Stool BUtl
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.Iron syndicate voluntarily increased its
: wages ten per cent.
' The Boise Steel Car Wheel Works. Scran'.on.
Pa. employing 200' men have advanced
wages 10 per cent. The works are crowded
with orders.
The furnace men of the South Chicago
plant of the Illinois Steel Company have been
granted an increase of 15 per ceut. over the
10 per cent, increase in wages which was
given them voluntarily by the company July
1st. The increase affects the wages of over
500 men. The men claimed that "the volun
tary increase invalidated their contract with
the company and being insufficient they
asked for more.
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Miscellaneous.
Atchison, Kansas, is now a dry town, all
.saloons having been ordered closed perma
Dently by Governor MonilL
5 The entire business portion of Wellington,
O., and many residences were destroyed by
fire on Thursday. Loss about $200,000.
The supreme court of Minnesota hju
adjourned for the summer without touching
the appeal of Hayward, the convicted mur
derer. This gives Hay ward another lease oi
life.
' Bob. Fitzsimmons.lhe well known pugilist,
who has been on tiial at Syracuse. N. Y., for
a week past on the charge of being respon
sible for the death of his late sparring partj
ner, "Con" Riordan, was found not guiltj
and is now free.
TRAGEDY IN A CHURCH.
The
Congregation Jumps from the
Windows.
A special to the Columbia, (S. C.) Statej
says that a colored church festival at Bam
burg Saturday night, Alexander Brabham,
in the crowded entrance, tread on Adam
HannabaTs toes. The latter drew a revolver
and shot Brabham dead. A stampede en-
sued and as the murderer held the exit with
drawn revolver the assemblage poured out
of the windows regardless of shutters or
eaeb, Hannabal escaped .
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.
The Howard Sinking Company, of Car
ters ville, G a., closed its doors. Liabilities
127,000.
' The South Carolina Supreme Court has dis
missed the registration law test case brought
by ex-Senator Butler.
C. W. Tuttle & Co., ot Auburn. N. Y., have
voluntarily raised tho wages of the employes
in their rolling mill 10 per cent.
The Pullman Palace Car Company has ad
vanced the wages ot their 4,000 employes 10
per cent. The advance is du-s to the bright
business outlook.
The - Monroe, Qi.. cotton mill wei-e or
ganized Saturday. The, capital V.ock sub
scribed to date isf 7L500 w'th fine prospects
of increasing it to 1 100,000,
At ApwJaohicola, FU., George Long, Marlon
Long. Clm E'dridgw aud Misses Carrie
Johnson sod Emma Eutou were struck by
lightning Satutday and killed.
The Rev. T. PyWitt Taltnage was in
Jackson, Miss., Saturday en route to Rustoo,
La., where he is billed for a lecture before
the Louisi&na Chautau-ius Assembly.
The English House of Lords and House ot
Commons reassembled at 2 o'clock S-iturday
afternoon. I Parliament was then formally
prorotnmi until July 24. The flevree- of dis
solution was ma le ou Monday. July . tm -f
mediately after which writs for a new elec
tion were issued.
The ext-snt of the voluntary advances in
wages reported to the commercial ag"ueies
within a month or two has outgrown the re
Jourcesof voluntary statistical bureaus which
have endeavored to keep tra?k ot thrtm.
latest advices being that more than 1.000,000
industrial workers have received an advance
averaging about 10 per cent. ,
A charter was applied for in the superior
sourt at Savunnah. G.i., for the Southern
Pine Company of Georgia. Tho company
will have an actual paid in capital of f 1.000,
)00, with tbt privilege of in-riasing it up to
r?.000,000. The lumter concerns whi-b vrill
?nter this big combine, are Messr?. Still well.
Miller A Co.. J. J. M-D nouirh A Co.. II. P.
Talmadge & Co.. ot New York ; the Clarke
Cumber Company, of D-vricn. and C,
3outbard, of New York. Thi will likely bo
he largest concern of its kiad in the south,
THE C03IMERCIAL REPORTS.
Busiuess Outlook Generally Improving
: A Heavy Fall Trade Anticipated.
R.G. Dun Co., in theirweekly reviewjof
trade, says: There were 6,657 commercial
failures in the first half of 1895, against 7,039
in the first half of 1894, and 6,401 in the first
half of 1893. i These commercial failures in
volved liabilities of $88,839,944 this year,
against $101,739,306 last year, and 168,864,
144 in 1893 . The details show a d3crease in
every class of failures in the second, com
pared with the first quarter of 1895. both in
the number and magnitude, the defaulting
liabilities averaging. $34, against $40 for
every firm in business and $3.40 for every
$1,000 solvent payments.
The midsummer reports from all commer
cial centres are of especial interest, covering
the questions on which the future business
depends. They indicate distinctly better crop
prospects than other official or commercial
accounts, a marked increase in retail distri
bution of products, au active demand for
goods, and a general enlargement of the
working force, with some advance In the
wages of more than half a million hands.
: At the same time they show that the rapid
advance in prices has somewhat checked the
buying of a few classes of products. Iu
every part of the country the outlook for fall
trade is considered bright.
Nothing disturbs the money market. The
government begins the new fiscal year with
more tnan tne requireu goia reserve, ana tne
disbursement of nearly $80,000,000 by cor
porations in interest and dividends will
stimulate business in many branches. ,
' Bradstreet's repdrtsays: There were 197
huslness failures reported throughout the
United States this week, as compared with
215 last week, 164 in the first week of July
1894319 in 1893 and 152 iu the like week of
1892, Total business failures in the Domin
ion of Canada, number 25 this week against
28 last week; 39 in the week one year ago
26 two years ago.
No material improvement is reported from
the South, rains ; continuing to be dam
aging to agricultural interests and to check
business in Texas, while in the South Atlan
tic and Gulf State cities, the quiet movfjaent
of staple goods and fair or unsatisfactory
collections of the past month or two continue.
But advices from nearly all cities reported,
appear to agree that wholesale dealer in
all lines are greatly encouraged as to the out
look for busiuess during the autumn, believ
ing that the demand will bo greatly stimula
ted by the very general and, as it is now be
lieved, permanent improvement In prices.
A CRAZY MAN'S CRIME.
Dies With Ills Wife and Four Chil
dren. Insanity the Only Explanation
At Chicago on Friday night, Frederick.
Hellman, a mason contractor, 36 years old,'
murdered his wife and four children by as-
phyxiation, and died with them. The vie-,
tims were: Ida Hellman, 34 years old; Frit
Hellman, 12 years o'.d; Ida Hellman, 11 years
old; Willie Hellman, 8 years old; Hedwig
Hellman, 4 years.
That the murder was deUberately planned
by the father of the family during the past
few weeks, seems beyond doubt. Several
weeks ago Hellman had his pipes connected
snd fixtures put in the family bedroom only,
the entire family sleeping In one small room.
It seems now oertain that Hellman had the
pa ta for tvv express purpose ol using it
In the murder of his family.
There is only one explanation and that U
that Hellman was crazy. He is said to hav .
been fairly provided with worldly goods and
to have had no family dissensions. He left
a note for his brother, in which he gives In
structions regarding the disposition of his
property. ! He says that he will not be living
when the note is received, but says in ij
HQthingof the premeditated death of the raj
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Alabama Mines Opening Up.
' During the last ten day 162 negroes have
le.'t Jackson vil'e to work iu the mitts around
Birmingham, ke.
; The offers that Induced tbem logo were
for from tl to tl.25 per day wages, or piece-work
that wouid pay more.
A Birmingham man sal 1 to a reporter that
there was no strike, and that the negroes
were not wanted to flit strikers" place?, out
were needed to operate new mine.', and old
mines in which work some tim5 a?o ceased.
When the oil mines closed downi" hundreds
of the workmen sought new fields of la'wr.
Now that the bom is on again, laborers
are needed to fill the pla-es. of those who
went away. Tne st.d-s inducements uffered.
Jacksonville are offered in other Southern
cities, from which the sime quiet movement'
towards Birmingham bejn male.
A Boll Fight at the Exposition.
While for several days it has been under,
itood there was to be a bull fight ia the
Mexican village at the Cotton States and
International Exposition, Atlanta, positive
Information has been wanting until now. A
etter from the Concessionaire just received
rives the following description which indi-
sates, that this feature will rival the Wild
West show as a drawing card. The arena
irill be arranged In the regular way and some
f the best bull fighters in Mexico with a
jupply of trained horses and of the finest
ciulU will be brought to Atlanta. It will be
in exact reproduction of the famous bull
Sghts In Spain, with one exception the
Bull's horns will be padded so that he can do
oo damage. The horses will likewise be pro
tected by embossed leather shields, so that
the whole fight may be carried out without'
the slightest eruelty or more tloodehed than
S ieen at WUdJWesLekflW.
SCIENTIFIC A!CD INDUSTRIAL.
Electrical mechanism has been in
troduced for opening and closing thi
new Van Bnren bridge in Chicago.
An . incandescent lamp gires 08
about one-tenth the teat of equivalent
gaslight, and an aro light about one
fiftieth. j v
In Copenhagen, Denmark, last year
16.28 per cent, of tho animals which
entered the slaughter houses were
found to be tuberculous. j?
Bj means of compressed air, water
can be lifted from a well of any rea
sonable depth without working parts
of any kind being placed in the well.
1a prize of $200 has been offered by
the Bologna Academy of Sciences foi
the beet system or apparatus for pre
Tenting or extinguishing fires by
chemical, physical . or mechanical
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Some recently erranted patents for
weavincr machinery have been put into
Buch practical shape as to Justify tfaw
prediction of an impending revola
tion in the economics o! the art 0!
wearing. j
A novel suggestion is a house ot
steel skeleton frame construction, with
walls and partitions of fire-proof til
ing. Such a house, it is said, will be
cool in Bummer and warm in winter,
besides being fire-proof. I
Opaline laminee is a new vitrified
material which can be made into plates
of any Bize and used for decoratiro
tiles. It is made from fifty-four j per
cent, of eilica, thirty-nine per .cent,
of baryta and seven per cent, of soda.
' Standard motors for street railway
work are now designed to give a
twentv-foot car. I loaded, a speed of
from twenty to I twenty-two miles an
hour on a level, and to develop their
full rated capacity at a speed of ten;
miles an hour. j
Much of the success of the new gasj
engine boats is due to the atomizer by
which the gasoline is-divided nn
mixed with the air previous to igni-j
tion. For lighting, an electric spark;
produced in the interior of the engine;
is used. The' absence of a constantly
exposed flame is also a decided ad
vantage. j
I A new use has been found for the
eleotrio search-light. In Connecticut
a woman and child recently disap
peared, and it was believed a murder
had been committed. Two electrio
eeaich-lights of 3000 candle-power are
being used in the examination of the
swamp where the i bodies are thought
to be hidden. i
A Frog In the Elephants Trunk.
Je3s, the big elephant' belonging to
Sells & Rentfrow's circus, was slumber
ing 'quietly on tho ground in th&
miwgi Mnt- aU halt - 1 .lira i llfcy
Utah, when a frog, mistaking the
nozzle of her trnnk for a hole in the
ground, jumped into it. Nothing sj
terrorizes an elephant as the presence
Of a live insect or animal in its trunk,'
and the big brute broke loose and
went on a rampage. .(-
j The keepers were eating their lunch
at the time, and tho menagerie tent
was entirely deserted. A great crash
was heard, and the men rushed back
just in time to see Jess go through the
Side of the tent and arable off toward
the business centre of tho city. A
scene of wreckago was presented
Within the teo. The big brute had
broken her chain, apparently, I and
amused herself) by tossing the cages
about before leaving. Four cages
were thrown over ou their, sides as
though they were so many toys, and
then the elephant walked sight through,
the side of the tent. The cages were
those containing the badgers, hedge
hogs, monkeys j and kangaroos, but
jfortunately none of the animals were
injured and very little damage was
done to the wagons.
I Fifteen mounted men were sent in
pursuit of tho elephant. Jes came
straight down town and astonished the
few pedestrians on the street by prd
menading up and dawn Main street
occasionally striking the curb with
her trunk and nt ten ner cries 01 dis
tress.
I Mr. Sells was with the men
who
overtook her, arid soon discovered tho
pit rr 1- - 1. Au.ahi ftt r t ... TAjr ,jjVkm.,
pressing the trnnk the frog was force 1
down, and finally blown oat by the
elephant. She then became docile arid
was taken back j to tho teat. Denver
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