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NORTH STATE
1 CULLINGS.
ccc;;ri:knces worth noting
VllOM 'AIAj oyer the state.
Xava'l lit
serves Put the Nautucket la
Good Shape.
I -Francis AVinslow, commander of the
ortU Carolina Naval Reserves, re
port .that the monitor Nantncket at
,Vi Islington has in ten days been put,
In goo.l fighting shape, as far as her
inacLiM ry is concerned: that the en
gines are serviceable and that - the tur
ret revolves properly. All this work
:vms done Ijv the Naval Reserves alone,
ihv.t it mp.s paid for by the government.
Thc work was miperintended by Chief
Engineer Iilligan, of the United
States Navy. '
A 3IATTEU OF GENERAL REGRET
1 lie Seaboard's General Manager
Walks the Plank.
General Manager "Winder has been
retired from the position of General
Manager .of tbe Seaboard Air Line,
and Mr. St. John becomes General
I Munu-cr in connection with hia duties
I as Vi'e-Prehident.
I Thin action is in accordance with an
I ordYr -f. the president and a commit
i tee of the directors of the lines com
I ri:-ing the Soaboard Air L,ine system,
r 3Ir. K. St. .Tuhn assumes the duties of
gen ml manager of the entire system,
m n-.Mitiou to his position of vice-pres-idofit.
it is underwood that the directors
nim f r ated the position of general
siii. ri:ii n-.U nt, which will undoubted-
v,n'uu lie filled.
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T)eficrnto Whirecaps.
y.liitt cnj s in Carroll County, Vir
ginia, mar, the North Carolina line,
have become desperate in that section.
Tin y have visited the houses of three
different "parties. One was Lacy Wor
rell, a man surpected of being a reve
iuie informer". They cowhided him
'unmercifully and ordered him to leave
the connty at once. He is now in
West Virginia; la ml has sent for Lis
wife and family. Another victim 'was
Will Dalton. lie was hung to a limb
tim e times .until almost dead and then,
after a severe 'flogging, : was turned
.loose, lie recognized several persons
i:i the ir.ub and the chances are they
"wiirsoon.be arretted. It is believed
that tiie Whitecaps aro an organized
crowd of toughs committing their
criruL.s .thinking that the distillers in
the co;mty will be accused of the same.
Upwards Offered.
A reward of $50 is offered by Gov
Cnrr for Henry York, a negro about 2o
year:; .i" ue, who stands charged with
the murder of John Steele, in Cabar
rus county, December 25th.
An executive reward of $100 is offer
ed for the unknown person or persons
who f-hot James Harris while the latter
. was s-eatcd, in company .with his fam
ily, iii : ri'om in his home, last month.
v A City of Cotton Factories.
Charlotte, which now leads all cities
in North Carolina as to the number of
roiton factories, having nine, adds
.-mother. It is named the Cliailotte
Hosiery Yarn Mill and has $75,000
c.-.pital and 11. S. Cbtfdwick is presi
dent. It will have 5,000 spindles.
Work on it will begin March 1st.
.
Reward Paid
An executive reward of $100 has
been paid to John W. Willis, tho cap
tor of the negro who attempted to as
Miult and nearly killed Miss Bolton in
Uockinghaui county. Willis went to
Danville after the negro and has de
Jivered him at the jail at Wentworth.
Postmasters Nominated.
'Tlio President has nominated Ignaico
Srpulvida. 'or California, secretary of
'legation to Mexico, and the following
postmaster's: Virginia O. T. Wicker,
Farmville.- North Carolina W. N.
Fritchard, Chapel Hill; W. P. Gaster,
Fayetteville.
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A social club ia Winston prohibits
dancing.
Concord and Mecklenburg Presby
terians are arranging to build and
maintain a female college.
It is said that the Ohio River and
Charleston-Railroad is" to survey a line
i:om Shelby to Spartanburg.
S. F. 'Patterson,' of Ilchester, Md.,
-a ill build a 12,000 spindle cotton mill
nt Roanoke Rapids, near Weldon.
The coming term of the federal
et.urt at Newborn will be almost en
tirely occupied by the trials of the ne
croes who are charged with swindling
the government out of pensions. One
'white man of local prominence and
wealth is also to be tried-
lter Cobb and wife, Margaret,
stockholders in the North Carolina
.Jiailroaxl Company, who recently be-
pr.i an action in the Superior Court of
Guilford Co-uuty, to annul the lease of
that road to the Southern Railroad
Company, have withdrawn the suit.
Atlanta- capitalists have formed a
company, of which J. L. i,Logan is
president, and have leased property at
Wilmington and Will' put in a'plant for.
reuiovitjg liut from cotton seed. The
company calculates on getting $12
worth of lint from each ton of 6eed,
lifter the latter has passed through
jrdiuarv gins. .
Killed Ills Baby.
Albert Teliis. of Brook. Ind., has been
lodged in' jail at Fowler to prevent him from
t UK' lynched by his neighbors. A few nights
aso be became, annoyed at the crying of his
youu babv and squeezed its neaa violently
'-ising its death the next dayv' A charge of
carder has been preferred against Tollla.
The Deadlock Still On.
The latest from Kentucky is that there 1
no prospect at the present time tor bre&kln
th deadlock in the Legislature over th
Election of a United Statee Sen&tor.
A FATAL EXPLOSION.
Two Men Instantly Killed Near San.
ford by a Bursting Boiler.
A cotton gin boiler exploded neai
Mr. Gilmer's,' about two miles from
Cumnock, killing his son, Mr. Jamee
Gilmer, and Mr. Walter Gunter. Mr.
Gilmer himself was badly bruised, and
Mr. Gunter had the top of his head
blown off, exposing his brains. No
other persons were near tho boiler at
the time of the explosion. Three othci
men narrowly escaped being killed, as
they left the engine room about live
minutes before the' fatal accident.
The explosion was due to the igno
rance and carelessness of the fireman,
who failed to examine a rusty valve
through which the water could not be
conducted into the boiler until nftei
the latter had become hot. The boilet
was about forty years - i and wr. us-ec
to hoist coal at Farmville before the
war, One end of tLe building was
completely wrecked and pieces of tht
boiler were thrown from liftv to seven-ty-five
yards.
Mr. Gilmer was a native of Scotland,
but came to this country several yean
ago. Ho was happily united in mar
riage to Miss Rosa daughter of Capt.
Alex. Wicker, an esteemed citizen oi
that county. She, with an infantchild,
survives him. Ho was about thirty
seven years of age. Mr. Gunter was
about forty years of age, and is sur
vived by a wifo and five or ix chil
dren. A GRAM) WORK.
North Carolina In Need of More Just
Like Him.
"Hollywood Ino,"' at Tinehurst,
near Southern Pines, has been opened.
Mr. James W. Tufts, of Boston, is
spending $450,000 at Tinehurst. The
hotel is a beauty, and takes ranL
among the most attractive in the State
or indeed in the South. Mr. Tufts has
ordered 30,000 trees from France, to
be planted on his 10,000 acres of land
Ho has built 35 residences. Some of
these have as many as 20 rooms. Ho
will rent, two rooms, and a kitclieu and
dining room, to a man and wife at 30
a year or for three months. Now
these rooms are completetly equipped
with the exception of bedding and
napery. There are 7 or 8 room houses,
likewise completely equipped (with the
above exceptions) which rent for only
$75 to $225 for a j-ear or for three
months. All this is a God-tend for tha
poor New England consumptive.
TKL,K;U API J1C TICKS.
Gen. Weyler, the new captairi-cri-ernl,
hs et .--ail for Cuba from Sp'nn.
'At MuldVlown; N. Y. , the Decker
town silk rniil has been burned; loss,;
5iH),o66. '.
At St. Mary's, O., a wagon load of
nitro-glyceiine exploded, killing Sam
Angel, the driver, and two horses.
The wagon contained 7G0 quarts of tho
explosive.
At Columbus, ()., . H. Rodine,
bank examiner, has uncovered 120,000
over drafts in the Farmers' National
Bank of Portsmouth, Ohio.
The Stevens Cotton Mill, belonging
to the assigned estate of II. S. Shirk v;
Sons, of Lancaster, Ph., has been com
pletely destroyed by tire. Loss $'o0,
000; insurance 37,000.
The English government has agreed
upon the plan of a commission to set
tle the claims of the Canadian sealers
seized prior to tho sitting of the Paris
tribunal of arbitration. Theru will be
an English and American arbitrator
who will act witli the President of the
Swiss republic as third man.
At Richmond, Va., the ladies of the
Confederate Memorial Society have
determined to open formally tho Davis
mansion as a museum on Jt ebruary
22nd, the anniversary of tho inaugu
ration of Mr. Davis as President of
the Confederate States.
Joseph Shakespeare, twice mayor of
New Orleans, died Thursday, aged .08
vears.
The Clarksdale, Miss., Rank and
Trust Company has assigned. Depos
itors will be paid.
The Orange Judd Farmer places the
value of farm animals " in the United
States at. 1, 801,420,000, or $02,130,
000 less than iu 1801. The heavy de
cline has principally been in hordes
and mules.
She (Jot Rack the Ring.
All the romances that sprang from
our civil War will never be told, and
yet many of them aro well worth the
telling. A charming little story -comes
from the South. Mrs. Lewis, wife of
the general of that name, chief of the
Installation department of the Atlanta
Exposition, is the heroine. She was
married just at the outbreak of the war,
and when her husband left for the fight
she gave him a gold ring, which had an
opening that contained a lock of her
hair. In 0110 of the battles of the Wil
derness tieQ. Lewis received a bullet
in his arm, which was amputated In
the lield hospital. A friend remember
ed that the general had always worn
the riug upon the "baud or tbe ampu
tated arm and went back to the hospital
to search for the missing member.
When he discovered it at length he
drew the ring from the finger and sent
It to Mrs. Lewis, who wears it as proud
Iv and reverently as her wedding .ring.
A Kentuckian's Deed.
Capt Anderson Hayes, of Hindeman, Ky.
several days ago shot and wounded James
Black and it is believed the latter will aie
Wa,.oa i an ex-Confederate and a strong
friend of Congressman J. M. Kendall. He
became enraged at the report that Contestant
Hopkins had been seated in Kendall s place,
He got together and drilled 42 men, declaring
that he would go to Washington and whin
the Republicans for seating Hopkins. W hen
told that the report was false, he drew his
pepper-box pistol and shot Black In the
shoulder.
LATEST NEWS
IN BRIEF.
GLEANINGS FROM MANY POINTS.
Important Happenings, Both Home
and Foreign, Briefly Told.
Newsy Soutnern Notes.
Money has been elected United
States Senator from the State of Mis
sissippi. Atlanta has abolished its detective
department and assigned the members
on tho police force.
The Mississippi dead-lock has been
broken by the nomination of Money 1
for United States Senator by tho
Democratic Caucus.
Tho Mississippi Legislature has pass
ed a law making pistol-carrying a seri
ous offense, punishable by a fine of 650
and 30 days iu jail.
The National Editorial Association,
at St. Augustine, Fla., was addressed
by Senator Squire of ' Washington,
on the preskl:ij v.cr 1 of better coafet
defenses.
A verdict for $li750 has been ren
dered in tho United States Circuit
Court against tho Florida East Coast
railroad for blacklisting W. E. Willcts,
a conductor.
Hon. John K. Cowen, Representa
tive in Congress from the fourth Mary
land district, has been elected presi
dent of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad,
to succeed Chas. F. Mayer.
At Nashville, Teun., tho board of
directors of. the Tennessee Centennial
aud Industrial Exposition voted to
postpone the opening of the fair from
September 1st, 1896, to May let 1897.
Ex-Concressman Oscar Turner died
at his homo in Louisville, Ky.j Thurs
day afternoon) at the age of 80. He
represented the first Kentucky district
in the House of Representatives as a an
Independent.
The Democratic executive commit
tee of Alabama met at Montgomery,
elected four free silver men .to fill
vacancies on-4,he committee, and ee
ected April 21st as the date for hold
ing the State convention.
The Republican convention neld in
the sixth Texas district elected two
Reed delegates to the St. Louis con
vention. This is the third congres
sional district convention thus far held
in TexaB at which the delegates elected
were Reed men.
One of the buildings at the Tennes-
see Centennial exposition win ue
erected entirely with money : provided
by children of the fcate. ; Lyery thing
in it and around it v.ill be arranged for
he pleasure and profit of the'yhildrrn.
In the tower will swing a fir.f Bet o;
ilver chimes.
The Baltimore Manufacturers' Re
cord's weekly summary of industrial
interests in the South shows that eev-
ral of the oldest and largest New Eng
land cotton mill companies are now in
vestigating in the South for locations
for building mills to cost over SoOO.OOO
each.
Northern News Notes.
A Salt vein, 300 feet thick, said to
be the richest in the world, has been
found nnder the town of Little River,
Kan.
The will of Mrs. Anna R. Aspiuwall,
of Pittsburg, Pa., bequeaths her fortune
of about $3,000,000 to tho hospital of
the Protestant Episcoprfl Church in
Philadelphia.
The National Association of Manu
facturers in session at Chicago, Ills.,
elected Tbeo. S. Swearcy, of Philadel
phia, president for tho ensuing year,
Thomas Daler having declined a re
election to that position.
An explosion of chemicals in the lab
oratory of the Swanson Rheumatic
Cure Company, at Chicago, wrecked
the contents of the offices on one floor,
frightened into panic the occupants of
the building, injured three persons
and caused a property loss of $10,000.
A week's steady rain in the lower
Missouri valley converted creeks aud
rivers into inland seas. Farms were
inundated, fences destroyed, bridges
swept away. The property damage is
extensive. The railroads aro great
saiTejers and traffic is seriously de
layed. An electric car at St. Louis collided
with a barouche conveying five Siitei
of Mercy on Jefferson avenue bridg
aud four of tho nuns and tho driver- o
carriage were seriously injured. The
injuries aro not recarded as fatal
motorman of the electric car is
responsible for the accident.
Tl,
held
"Washington.
House committee on elections, No.
2, Mr. Johnson, of Indiana, chairman,
has decided to contest election cases of
Campbell vs Miner, from the ninth
New York district, in favor of Mr.
Miner, the sitting member. The re
port was unanimous."
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Foreign..
Advices from the City of Mexico say
bull-fighting has been interdicted in
the republic after the fulfillment of
preeent contracts. The cause is sup
posed to be frequent daugerous disor
der and turbulence at the fights by
spectators.
The Red Cross I'arty Set Sail.
Miss Clara Barton, president of the Ameri
can Red Cross Society, and party, sailed
Thursday morning on the steamship New
York f or Southampton en route to Constan
tinople, where she will seek permission to
enter Armenia to administer assistance to
the needy and afflicted o that country.
Kaiser Wilhelm, being nearly through
with his 1S70 celebration, is getting ready
to celebrate the wa-- against Napoleon. He
has just sent 2500 .roai hid . privy purse to
the fund for a monument iu eomiueaiora
tion of the Battle of Leipzig, in 18J
THE FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
A Synopsis of the Proceedings of Both
tiouseS.
THE 8ESATri
The Monroe doctrine! was the subject of
resolutions and dsseassion in the Senate on
Monday. The committee on commerce re
ported a bill on the subject of naptha
launches. Under it, launches less than 15:
ton3 burden sliali not require inspection, or
an engineer, or a licensed pilot; but launches;
exceeding 15 tons, earning passengers for
hire; shftfi bo Subjeet to inspection and all the
laws of the road. No progress was liade on
the House bond bill with the fre coinage
substitute reported frora tho committee 01
finance. The Peffer funeral bill Rave rise to
somo discussion and was disused of by be
ini? referred to the coia'niiltee on rules.
In the routine business of the Senate on
Tuesday a "service pension bill" was report-!
ed from tho committer on pensions, without?
aav recommendation, and was placed on the-
piIii:1.ji. A rAtr!iiti.in S. lit fiKetiiO. find TO .
ferredto tho committee on toreigu relations,
requesting tho Tresident cf the . United
States to Fnoitire into the arr-it and forcible
removal of Mark ,C. ltodrisutz. a citizen ol
he United State? on board of tho Unued
S'.ttt is mail steamer Olivette in tNe harbor of
Havana on tho 15th iu-taut, and also in the
arrest of Louis y. Someitlau and his son in .
Havana; and if no just cause- for neh arrests
exists; that the President demand thir Im
mediate release; I he eona rill came upas
the unfinished business, but it also went over
for the dav and busiae.s'? on tho calendar was
proceeded with and about Co bins, to winch
r.o objection was made, jwerc passed. About
45 were private pension; 01 113 anu nau a aoz-
en were briue b'.iIV. . .
On Wednesday after t' c tcutins business
tho presentation of petitions and the intro
duction and refereueo it bills the resolu
tion directing the Secretary of Slate to send
to the Senate tho dispatches of United Stati 3
consuls relating to the war now carried -on
in Cuba was reported back adversely "from
the committee on loreign relations, ana was
placed on the calendar.! The committee on
foreitrn relations reported a preamble and
concurrent resolution in regard to the Arme-.
nian outrages la Turkey. Benator Walcott
addressed the Senato at. .length on the yeue-
uelan c.tiestion concerning the proposeft ex
tension of. the Jlonroe doctrine, and in criti
cism of the action of tho executive and legis
lative departments of the frpverument;
-three set speecues were delivered ia me
Senate on Thursday Warren talked taluT,
DuBois-, the bond bill and free coinage; Dan
i.d defended the ad mi uistratidn's course iu
the Venezuelan matter. A bill was introduced
to repeal the refunding act of 1870 and the,
resumption act of 1875. A resolution was of
fered for the appointment of a select com
mittee to inquire into the imprisonment of
Eugene V. Debs (in connection with the great
railroad strike). A resolution was offered
and referred to the committee on commeiee.
directing'the chief of engineers of the aury
to make a survey across the Tcninsula ol
Florida for a route for a ship canal and to
prepare estimates therefor. Tho Senate tbe'i;
proceeded to executive business.
In the Senate on Friday the committee or:
priveleges and elections was given permission
to sit during the sessions of tho Souato tc
consider the Dupont election ca'jo from Del
aware. The concurrent resolution reported
Wednesday from the committee on foreign
relations on the subject' of outrages on the
Armenians was laid before the Senate, aud
discussed at length, and the resolution was
adopted. The bill appropriating .5.000 foi
the purchase of lauds adjoining the - United
States naval station at Ji'ort Koyal, S. (J., wa
passe'd. After a short executive, sessiou tne
Senate adjourned until Monday.
- the House.'
The House Monday in. a brief session dis
posed of the second of the general annual
appropriation bills the Military Academy
bill. Resolutions and bills were agreed to
extending the time for the completion of
Aransas Pass Harbor; donating condemned
cannon to various Grand Army posts; in
corporating thesupremie council thirty-third
degree of Scottish Rite Masonry for the
Southern jurisdiction; to print 5,000 copies
each of the postal laws aud the geological
survey report on the Cripple Creek, Colo.,
district. The President's message in response
to the House resolution of inquiry relative
to Ambassador Bayard's Edinburgh and
Boston (England) speeches, with Secretary
Olney's report thereon was laid before the
House and referred to tho committee on
foreign affairs. The urgent deficiency bill
was reported to the llvus The Military
Academy appropriation bill for the year end
ing June 3d. 1SJ7, was taken up in committee
of the whole and passeu. It appropriates
8449,117. A joint resolution reported from
the committee on ways and means was
ngreed to, directing the Commissiouer of
Internal Revenue t 'j d4?t'-oy all income tax
returns and copies thereof made under tho
provisions of tho tariil law of 1804, since de
clared to be unconstitutional.
On Tuesday a resolution of inquiry report
ed from the committee on iuter-Stato and
foreign commerce was voted, directing the
SeeretaVv of the Treasurv to inform the
House whether r not J iu his opinion, the
regulations for the safety of the public in
ocean trave l are adequate, and lftso. whether
or not these revrulationsi'aro being carried
out. The lloiifo weat into committee of tho
whole to c-nsider the urgent deficiency bill.
A brief general de!.Kile!'eti.3tied upon tho sub
ject of the foe svstem in paying officials of
United States courts find tbe necessity for
its reformation, if not abolition. Several un
important amendments aud one appropriat
ing $5,000 for the survey of Chippewa Indian;
ands, being add-d, thie committee roso and
the bill as amended was passed.
Two-thirds ol tics three-hour session of;
the House Wednesday! was occupied in the
consideration f a Sfnr.te joint resolution;
authorizing the expenditure of 855,000, all
told, for th employment of outside assist
ance to the supervising architect of the
Treasurv in the plans 'and spoeifieatioiis and
supervision of the Chicago public -budding.!
Tbe joint resolution was passed. The unan-;
imous report of elections committee Xo. 2,'
that H. C. 'Miiner was Entitled totheseatnowj
occupied bv him as Representative from thej
ninth New York district, and that Timothj
J. Campbell, contestant, was not entitled:
thereto, '.was agreed to without discussion, j
The "nervous irritation produced ty the;
indulgence of an afternoon of constitutional
debate," as Mr. Doliiier. of Iowa, expiesied;
it, was responsible for the only enlivening,
feature of an otherwise dry stretch in the;
House proceedings Thursday. Immediate
ly after the reading of the journal Mr. Hen
derson, of Iowa, reported the quorum-counting
rule from the committee on rules as
"amended to meet objections made to its
original from, and it was agreed to. After
the transaetion of some routine business-. Ihe
House, took- a recess until Friday nicht. fc-r
the consideration of pri ate pension bllls.ai.d
at the conclusion of unit mssiou to stana ad
journed until Monday.
There was a fair attendance of members
Friday night, when the House, met forth,
first pension session f the Fifty-fourth Con
gress. Among the IS bills which received
favorable consideration were the Senate bill
granting a pent-ion of f"5 per month to the
widow of the late Brigadier General W. 1
Cogswell, of Massachusetts, and the tlowse
bill increasing to 72 per month th? pension
of the widow of the hue Col. Wra. Dulauey.
The House adjourned; till Monday.
CUBA LOST TO SPAIN.
Is the Opinion of the German
That
Kmpcror.
Jt is stated upon good authority that the
Emperor of Germany, in conversation with
a guest at dinner in the Castle, expressed his
opinion that the Island of Cuba wP lest to
Spain. The best course for Spain to take,
the Kaiser is alleged to Lave said, would be'
to come to some sort j of arrangement" with
the United States, whereby she could obtain
ome substantial retpuneration for the ees
sioa of the Island but ihe was of the notion
that it was probably too lat; for even sieh a
transaction as that uow; - . "
RED CROSS TO AID ARMENIANS.
Miss Clara Barton Sails on Her Errand ol
Mercy.
The American Line steamer New Yor'i left
herpier, New York City, flying tjie Rod Cross
flag from -her mainmast, and bearing Miss
Clara Barton and her company bf helpers on
the first stage of their journey to Constanti
nople, for the purpose of aiding tho dis
tressed Armenians. The party sailing con
listed of Miss Biifrton, President of the Na
tional Red Cross Society; Dr, 3. B. Hubbell,
general field agent George fl. PdllmattyMiss
Bartons secretary; Miss Lucy Grave?; Sten
ographer; and Ernest Mason: Interpreter.
iII33 CLARA EARTOS.
Tbo. proposed routa of Mis3 Carton and
ber party is to London, theu Paris, Geneva,
'Baden-Baden, Vienna and then to Constanti
nople ' This trip will probably o -cupy about
threa weeks; bha will confer With the Brit
ish, Fieneh and German lied CroE3 Societies
an t with the International Society in Gene
va, with regard to co-operation with the
American society;
On reaching Constantinople otiss wnon
will make an appeal to the Saltan1 through
the American Minister for help in her work
of mercy. Port sta.ion for tho worii win e
established at Alexandretta, on the Mediter
ranean, and Trebizoude and Sassouoi on the
Black Sea. - ,
Should tho possibilities tor reuet wor co
found to warrant it M ss Barton will cable
for several active members of the RedCross
Society, as well as six trained nurses.
PRINCE HENRY DIES Or FEVER.
nnnn Victoria' .sun-in-Law lr
"While on the Asnanteo Jbxpeuinon.
m .
Pfinco lienry of Battenbcrg husband Of
Queen Victoria's ninth child and youngest
daughter. Princess Beatrico, who was taken
ill while accompanying the British expedi
tion against the Ashantees, died or coast
fpvpr nn his return vovase from Cape Coast
Castle to Sierra Leone. His death occurred
on the British cruiser Blonde. The Blonde
put into Siena -Leone, and the news of his
death Was immediately cabled to tne
Onp.n and Princess Beatrloe' at Osborne,
brA nisi t.i th Admiraltv and the
wr time The Oueen was lintensely agi
tato nnnn fb receint of the news, and
princeoa p.eHirice is almost Crazed with
grief. The Queea's review Of the flying
squadron off the Isle of Wight, has now been
abandoned in consequence of Prince
TToni-t-'s Hcnth. All the warships
la the Solent, the royal yachts and
tho ciub houso of the Royal la.'at
Squadron put their flags at half-mast as a
mark of respect to the memory of Prmoe
lienry, and flags were half-masted upon,
public and private buildings In London and
all of the great towns, in which the church
bells were tolled when the news of Prince
Henry's death was received. At the desire
Of the Queen Mr. George J. Goschen, First
Lord of the Admiralty; has cabled instruc
tions to Commander Henry M. C. Festing,
commanding the British cruiser Blonde, to
bring the body of Prince Henry to England
with the legist possible delay. - "
Prince Henry Maurice of Battenberg was
a son of Prince Alexander ct Battenberg
(Hesse) and the Countess von Lauck,
daughter of a former Polish Minister of
War, wfio was raised to the rank of Princess
on her morganatic marriage with the ruler
of Hesse. He was born October 5, 1358.
and married July 23, 1880, mncess jw
"Roval Highness" by letters patent from the
Queen. Ho was later appointed Governor ol
the Isle of Wbjht and of Carlsbrooke Castle,
and, although not really an officer of tho
reulararmyof Great Britain, he was indi
cated as a Colonel in tho army list. Ia
November last Prince Henry joinel
the British Ashantee expedition in a special
eapaeity and sailed on December 7. Colonel
Sir Francis Scott, commanding the expedi
tion, appointed him his military secretary.
In the 'earlv part of January he was attacked
with swamp fever at Nyisa and returned
to Cape Coast Castle in charge of
a surgeon, thouch it was announced that
his Illness was not serious. nn''e
Wenrv win a vounger brother of tne
int Alexander of Battenberg, some
T;r,o f rtnUmria. The Princo s posi
tion at tho English court was an uncomfort
able, in pome respects perhaps .a painlul
one. Like tbe late Prince Consort, whose
popularity in England was wnolly posthu
La h, rwpr,lp(lmtli little favor on
account of his Nationality, his relatively in
ferior rank and his lack ol weaitu.
CORRUPTION IN OHIO.
Grand Jury Presents Legislators for
Asking and Receiving Bribes.
The errand iurv at Columbus. O.. created a
-
sensation by its partial report Wednosday
afternoon. It-had been known for some
time that the jury had been investigating
charges of bribery agaiust members of the
Stat 1 legislature. In the partial report given
out are three such indictments. The accused
are all ex-memtters of the senate. They are
J. C. Old, of Youiigstown. AV. C. Gear, of
Upper Sanduskv. find John L. Geyer of Co
luinb:is. Tbe bitter represented th" Paulding
distriet in the senate, b it he recently remov
ed to Columbus. Gear is charged with ask
ing Senator George Idea of Newark, for t250
to vote for a bill to pay him 700 to defray
bis expt ! s-s in a contest for his seat. t Ohl
is charged with asking a iike amount to vote
for a similar bill to recompense Senator R.
H. Gumur. of Z-tnesviMe. He is said to have
been paid this sum. He i also chared with
proposing to give Senator E, M. Avery 'S160
to hold up a State university bill in commit
tee. Gever is charged with asking 100 to
vote for a bill empowering tru.'-t companies
to adn.initer esta'es. He asked it of W. F.
p.urteii of Columbus, who is president of
such a company and prominently interer-td
in the passage of such a measure. It is un
derstood that tt)re are more to follow. Sa
ator Geyer and I ien were arretted, and a
deputy sherifT went to Younestown lor Sena
tor Onl. Ohl, Iden and Avery are Ii-publi-cars
and Gear and Geyer are Demo-rrars
Commude Klngiley Falli Dsad.
Commander Kingsley, United States Nary,
of the Unitea Staies training ship Essex,
.ving off Yorktown, Va., feU dead trom fceart
failure on board bis ship.
trice Mary Victoria Fedora, tne mniu anu
youngest child of Queen Victoria. On the
,iv f Vii mnrriacru ha received the rank 01
AMERICAN 3IANUFACTURER9.
The
Convention" Adopted
Important
Resolutions.
The session of the American JIanufacturefIS
vras held In Chicago The next session will
be held in Philadelphia.,-' the time to Ife fixed
by the president. A number of resolutions
were reported from tho committee, ap4 ad
opted without e'onwfict, and others after"
brief discussion. They wer a follows :
Whereas, the merchan s and manufacli:?
era of the country are practically unanimous
fn the plan of freight rates which would be
tinif orrii throughout the United S:atwJ would
tend to simplify freight rates aud msiia them
Uniform,-just and stable-an'1
Whereas, while this is acknowledge to bo
true by most of the carriers themseHes, the
experience of the past Cvo - years shbw thai
no relief in this dtrt'etion can be loojked for
from them since the ado tioa f swell a plan
arranged by a largo committee of theiif ubteat
freight men, representing all tho aiacreat
interests, was defeated on accountj of the
jealousies of soma of the leading carriers;
therefore',-
Re3olved,- That the national association of
manufacturers of America respectfully and
earnestly petition' the congress of th$ United
States to authorize and direct the Interstate
commerce commission to prepare tr cause
to be" prepared at the earliest possible tlnlc
a plan of rctes which shall be uniform
throughout the United States and tjo order
the same to be put In effect January! 1, 1397,
on all the railroads ih tho United States en
gaged in interstate commerce
Resolved, That it is the sense of tpis' con
vention that a department of manufactures
be established under a secretary f equal
rank with the secretary of agriculture and
that the executive committee bo instructed
to tako such steps as may speedily accomplish
said object. - i
Resolved, Ihst tho executive committee
be requested to consider what action should
be taken to prevent the obstruction or trafflo
business between the States of thi? Union
owing to 6evere and inequitable laws.
Resolved, That tho senate of tbeJ United
States Is earnestly requested to pass prompt
ly and send to the 'President the cmjorgeney
revenue bill which was adopted by the house
of representatives. ,
V e insist tuat congress treat uomeaue su
gar as it does wool end o'.her agricultural
products and we demand lor tho ofcet and
cane sutrar industries fair legislation and lib
eral encouragement.
The committee on resolutions declined to
report on the resolutions of sympathy with
Cuba,- on tbe ground that the manuscript ae
Glared th6 war bad endeu, extohwl the in
sunrents and aenounced tho Spaniards la
harsh terms.
Richard H. Edmunds, editor of The Manu
facturers Record 01 Bait'more, suoimttea .J
strong argument in favor -of a now cabinet
position to b designated as the department
of manufacture and commerce, and there
was an address upon iutfsrnatiGnal bkaks by
Ulysses D. Eddy of New iorii
SOUTHERN INDUSTRY."
I
Tho
Manufacturers' Record
Gives
Cheerful Suimnarj-.
Tho Baltimore Manufacturers'
Record!
ta-eekly summary of industrial interests in
th-eRnrith show that increased attention is
again being given to textile mat
efg, and
jest KeW
now in
ioh foi
that several of the oldest and. Jar;
England cotton mill companies arei
vestigating in the South ft r loca
building mills to cost over 500,0;
DO each.
Among important matters reported
week were the prmleires secured 1
for the
at New
Orleans by tho Illinois Central railroad for
the construction of wharves, warehouses and
grain elevaton at a cost of about fcpo.uuu
the intention being to provide increased
facilities not only for tho export tr.ife, but to
give special attention to the development of
foreign Imports; Cotton mill enterprises
show a 5,000 spindle rhiii at Charlotte, N. C,
a 5,000 spindle .'hill at Monroe, N. p. ; is to
double capital; a la.WJ spmuie mm
at Hilla-
boro. a knittm
mill at Winston.
a 2,500
spinole mill proposed at Rparta, Gai
;a150,-
000 mill proposed at
tjnaricstoni
S. C; a
100,000 mill at Beaufort, H. C.
eul
Hrgement
of mills at Lyncriburg, Va. and Bahberg, B.
C. ; contracts let for a I00,0u0 car w
at Birmingham, to be established b;
people and for a 10,000 bolt and 1
l works
western"
ut works
at the same places a 1 300,000
company, to
build flectrio plant at Nsw Orleai:
; a $40,-
000 company at Alexandria, La.
t Diuia a
5 ton refricreratinar and 25-ton b-?
making
plant; a $25,000 ice plant at IJ l'i
a $40,000 tanning company at Tylej
extensive enlargement ct a gold o
ISO, 161,1
, Tex.; an
e reduc-
tion plant at Blacksburj.', S. C, including the
pstahllahrr.ent of chlonsation woris ana a
stamp mill. The sale is reported of 17.000
acres of land near Southern Tines N. C, to
New Ycrk colonization agents, who expect to
settle about 1.600 families on the property
within the next 12 months.
WEEKLY RIflVlKW OF TRADE.
The Week Marked by Apparent Rather
Than' Real Improvement.
R. G. Dun & Co., of Now York, in their
Motlv review of tra e. say: Paillures lor
If Vw - - . ,
itteen days of January have showij
liabilities
amounting to Srl2,533,617 againf t
7,501,209
in 17 days of last year and 13,658
990 in 18
days of 1894. The failures for tho veek have
been 373 in the United States against S63 last
year and 61 in Canada against 590 last
year. :
' This wceK nas oeeu Hiam.-u uj
.tonr,t.rii,t rnther thau real. Prices of
some products have risen, but only because
supplies are believed to be smaller! than was .
expected. . I
Prices of pig iron and tillets hjvve risen,
hut hpcansa coke and ore have been made
dearer.and not because of any better demand
for finished products. juoney
has
been
pnater but onlv beause more has
Men
bor-
rowed from Europe at a time wbvA the actual
balance
of trade takes money
henco to
Europe
The Senate still injures all bus-
nothing and the! Treasury
mnnotftxnecttbeHin iacoldas yelbut losses
irtto than was -expei.tfd. It U trenerally
ovnmpd that the licw loan will be placed
without difficult.:. Business at the mills
does not revive, payments throu 5I1 clearing
imiims for the week are 65 percent, larger
than last vear. but 28 3 per eenfl less than
in 1893,teing loss satisfactory thid for a long
time. .
Tpvtile, industries do not gain.
terials practically unchanged thfy halt be
cause the demand for future delivery is so nar
row. Cotton manufacturers have
been storing up staple goods but
,r.iHunllv declined ever sine O
for months
iriceri have
ttober 17th.
Woolen coods also tend lower.
with f-mall
d, mand. and are practkally at t
he prices &f
a year ago, though wool U higher.
Condition of National II;
- The abstract' of the condition "
national banks on Dec. 13 !.
iil;. "
t!ie-3,706
coTii f ii' d
;.ae piiblie.
00 in loans
ii individ-
by Comptroller Eckels has !eei, ;r.
It shows that they had 2,0j.),!.0.
and.discouuts nnl il,720,5y;.'O'J i
ual deposits The specie hoium
4 are. statefl
at c206,712,410. of which -l-;.211j
4G0 wa." in
id in the
eoi-i. On hept. z-i la-l in-- -.
national banks was l2.S2.!,x-.iJ.
The Malls Denied to a Thins jjflnnum-
'erable Silases.
Th.e Postmaster General was flenied the
HiriWeji of the mails to Frank te. Thomas
alias the Southern Supply Comt-any, alias
thA rhattanooea Manufacturing Company,
CAwrtPriwrvi'!3fComMnv!. alias Mrs.
Bai hel V. Thomas, of Cowarts. Ajla.
There re a great many pesopie who
are lazy ta every particular jexcept In
' the mutter of periosal atlorn'mect. ,
SOUTHERN FARMERS' CONDITION
They Are iLess Burdened IVlth Debt
and Have More ald Vp Than
at any Time Since tne war.
Ttw Baltimore Southern Sftates Magazine
publishes reports from over 600 correspon
dents In all parU ol tao boutu as
to tha financial condition of far
Theiw reports show that South
ern farmers ! as a class are
ltss burdened
with debt than they have beea at any pre
1
vious time since the war that they aro now
mr.r Arifl more every year producing at
home their Iowa provisions ahd becoming
us' deneiidpat upon the West for
corn, flourj pork, hay and like supplies;
thnt irrowlnff thesi things thetnselves they
are 6avlng the normots prolix on them for
merly paid! to euppljt merchaats, nnd that
linV" thus Ot their own resources they can
count largely ta pronti wnaiovpr mypmj
receive for such ectionaa iney grow. uu.
3frur are livine better than everbe-
i enttfi nl ha.rd times, ana oeeauao 01
xv i.ilr and I wiser Utilization df natural e-
cAnrz-pq and caoabilitiea.
It is shown, however, mar. in some sociwm
the proceeds from the pale of cotton and the
mrnitio of other croos has bom more than
... x- - rv Kn(. Holta inrt thflf flirm-
ws beside bavtug euh noedekl Bupplleg ad
cannot be raised, are ipproviuk their farms,
tf iTmiture. vehlclepL farm imple
ments" etc. and ia sOtne caslf are lending
., invMtinij monev, Tho reports as a
.imnnstrate that th Jiuthem farmer
13 much bejtter prepared to inake a living
thnn hia Mcirthern brother. Afe emphasizing
tbe forciroihg the Southern States publishes
ntttiit shnwliii tho crbo of corn prouncea m
atVi in isn."i foJnnared I with tha two
ni-Avinns vtars. - figures Ming from the
reports of the Departme t of Agriculture, as
follows:
State
Maryland.
Virginia. . .
N. C......
ft. C
Georgia..,
1S03.
1894
1995.
16.531,205
32.007,158
86.378.41j5
1 9,860, 1-0H
42,172,481
C,186,C1j
44,376.487
85,977, 16J
.15,073.221
14.268,1234
82,ia5.boS
32.W.U184
.31,234.040
.29,954.813
.12,501,135
18,728.19
35,133, "35
6,214,1)44
84.7C0.llll
.83.078,277
Florida
Alabama . .
Miss
Louisiana.
Texas
Arkansas.
Tennessee.
W. Va
Kentucky.
Totals..
. 4.'J0il,36i
.28,3,514
.25,817.170
,.15.21,2GG
35,931. J213
17.H80.I183
22,574,2m
.61,t70.t'65
.S2.110,S14
.3,649,G61
.14,089.051
G9,3:W.B76 107.900,565
38,437,824 50,359,65
C8,06'J,16 83,133,"
12,611, 1'bS ie,w'J,iot
L. 68,00.8,060
67,892,297 y3,'J3y,B3I
435,745,706
4S3,421,p62 607,665,017
Licltidin
g wheat, cd
rn and oats the South-
cm States estimates a
total grain crop for the
States namied of 740,000,000 bubhe's iu 1890.
MiSS'SSlPPl'3 N
W CQVERNOK.
Ex-Senator
McXaurin
Inaugurate! at
Jackson.
Ten thousand people witnesied the inaug-
urrtHonof Governor McLauiii, at Jackson,
Miss. Twenty-two couipanlesjot the Mlssls
ctnni w-tinnni Onard were ia attendance.
The address of welcome whs delivered by
Mayor Clifton, and the new JGavernor spoloj
l. .l.m,(iHtn fafrnk ft i.lattorni in front ol
IU ILL'S Uiuuv w r , . 1 ,
tho Capitol. Chief Justice fcooper adminls-
the 01th of office In thd House 01 liep.
xesentatiyes.
- 1 1
Too Knsrine Blew Up When tne 1 ram
Was Going at CO 3111ei8 an Hour.
1
pasacnarer train No. 21, on the Panhandle,
was wrecked a mile just of Siuth Charleston,
O. The train was running at the rate of 60
miles an hour when the englkie blew up with
ihRt was heard for threo miles, in-
cfotw t-illiri!? the insineerl Clark Trimble,
Viremnn Walters. Tho train carried
ninecoactep, with two mail coaches being
the through train from New York to St.
T ouis. The wreck wis the worst ever had
en that section of the road, The cars were
riled up and one man car 1 was inrowu juw
,n adiolhintr Hold. A numbter of passengers
were badly bruisea oui noma ,uju'w-
... V . . i a. J A.nll ininpM
Highwaymen
Kill a Dairy mart.
adairyrian, was killed
New Orleans. He was
Michael Porrage,
by highwaymen in
delivering milk when he waij held up. ler-
rage struck one of the loot-loads with a pail
aud the highway main pnlled his pistol' and
fired, striking Perra-go in thj stomach. er
rase died in two bokirs. Ttje hold-up occur
red on the comer of Kalve$z and , Kerlereo
streets one of tho Principal resiueueo
tions of the French portion Of the city.
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