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VOL. VI.
DUNN, N. C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 189(5
, no. 5. ;
HE ADMIRES THE HEROISM OF
A RRAVE JIRL.
A Visit to the Orange Groves The
Return Home.
It wrs rainibg hard and the wind
wus driving it at au angle of 45 cle
flretH, when I was aroiueil from my
reverie by tho steamer isignal that we
were going to btop fur sornethiog.
looking out from the open door, I
saw the same "female mail boy of Pal
maroea that I wrote about last time.
"She was some distance up the coast,
aud . had just pushed her little boat
from hhure and was rowing with all
her strength ngaintt the wind and
waves and the drifting rain, bo as to
meet tho boat that was slowing up in
the middle of the channel. Up and
down over tho heavy billows she plied
her oars. Her back was to up, her
head wa6 bare, her hair hung loosely to
her shoulders. She was clad in a ioose
shirtwaist, with sleeves that fitted
closely to her shapely arma. Ever and
anon she glanced behind to see that
lier course whs right, ami shook the
water from her tressxH. Grace Dar
ling could not have rowed more
swiftly, and in a few min
utes -he had iKitrtd alongside, where
tbe mate stood at the gangway
with his long, hooked pole in hand to
catch the prow and hold it fast until
she had exchanged Eucle Sam's
pouch's. I looked at her with anxious !
interest us she stepped up lightly on I
the plank seat, nud with a pleasant
smile, tofsd 1 Le mail into the open
way. The mate threw another pouch
down to her, and said. "Why dideut
you wear a hat and put on some
clothes, Miss (iraee! Von will catch
your death with cold." "Oh, no," he
said, "1 like if; it is splendid fun,"
ud she shook the raindrops from her
hair again. I had a good look at her
nut-brown face ns she receded from us,
and would nave thrown her a kiss if I
could - have called back forty or
fifty years. "She is a good, brave
girl," said the captain, "and is not
afraid to earn her j25 a mouth and
'ic-lp the family, Rain or shine, she
never fails to meet the daily boat , just
at the right time and in tho right
place."
I had been down to Manatee and
Eraidentown to see what the great
freeze of last winter had done to the
oranges. I found that most cf the
crop had been gathered and marketed,
happy famiiy from the links; linnets
to tne paroquets. In other cages he
had rabbits and guinea pigs, and there
were doves and quails and pigeons and !
pheasants from South America and i
Honolulu and the isles of the sea. He
has been a great traveler and has
brought treasures from every country.
I never saw at any fair such beautiful
fowls, nor so many of them as those that
grace his grounds. There was only one
thing lacking to make his home com
plete, and that was children little
girls and boys to brighten up the pict
ure. Not far away from Manatee is the
old castle, the tumbling walls of a once
stately mansion that was built of con
crete away back in the 40. Spacious
halls and spacious rooms up stairs and
down, broad Terandas without floors
and windows without bash, wild orange
trees and palmettoes crowding the walls
and a wilderness almost impenetrable
around. Surely this must be the place
where Hood wrote "The Haunted
House" "O'er all there hung a
fchadow and a" fear. " Mr. Braden, for
whom the town and a river is named,
lived in it like a prince until the Iu
dians drovo him from it. For a long
time he and his family and his slaves
successfully defended it by firing from
every wimlow, but they carried off every
thing he had outside, and he was
forced to abandon his beautiful and
costly homestead. How littlo do wo
know of the brave deeds, the sufferings
and perils of tho pioneers of Florida!
If tradition is to be, believed, there is
not a country, or a township in all this
region, from Pensacola to Charlotte
harbor, that is not consecrated by tho
blood of the early settlers. It took
thirty millions of money and twenty,
thousand eoldiers firgt and last to sub
due i,000 Indians, under the lead of
Osceola and other chiefs.
But I must leave fair Florida for a
time and go home to comfort the bet
ter half of the family. It is hard oa
us old people to have to run after the
children,bnt it won't last much longer
our time is almost out, our journeys
will soon be ended, and we will have
to trust them to the keeping of a par
ent who doeth all things well. 15ir.ii
Akv in Atlanta Constitution.
THE NEXT HKi FAIR.
The ireat Benefit to te Ierivel by the
South From the Chicago and
Southern States Exposition.
Vhe greatest interest is taken in Augutta.
Gii . iu the proposed Chicago and .Southern
States Exposition. The provisional commit
tee there is actively at Work promoting the
exposition. Ex Senator Patrick Walsh has
addressed the following letter to tin:: Covent
ors f It Southern Stales; and the mayors of
but the boats still take on a few more 57 Southern .-itios :
- 1 . .-i-i . : i , F 1
boxes everv dav. ; The crop was not a
full one, but. brought about five times
as much per box as it did the year be
fore. The fruit was never finer in
size or more luxurious in flavor. " One
orange was giveir mo that measured 18
inches in circumference, and it was not
puffy or uverly thick in tho rind. The
growers realized about $2.75 per bos,
and those that have been held back are
now bringing So. As a rule the best
groves belong to residents. Non-residents
got discouraged last year at 50
cents a box and quit' fertilizing and
quit paying a man to look after their
property. Consequently, you will seo
many groves that have been practi
cally abandoned, but right alongside
you will see a grove in perfect and
vigorous condition- "An orauge
grove," said Sheriff Watson, "requires
as much nursiug ns a baby, but it will
reward you if you care for it." The
clever sheriff took me out to see the
Kuyal Talni nurseries that are conduct
ed by Mr. Keasoner and son. The
voting man was kind and courteous
and I wondered' at his enthusiasm as
he explained everything and discoursed
of the beautiful tropical plants, and
talked botany and floriculture, much
of which was all Greek to me. He
gave me clippings of coffee and tea and
rubber and camphor and cinnamon
and other exotics and showed me orders
from the north and west and from
across tho water. If I was a young man
1 would pursue this business for one
reason if for no other. 1 have observed
that all florists are enthusiasts about
their calling. They love it and arehapy.
Eook at Mr. Berckmans of Augusta
what a noble, earnest man he is.
Just think how much pleasure his
fruits and flowers have given the peo
ple, especially the wives and daughters
all over this southland of ours. How
intensely he studies nature and how
extensively he diffuses knowledge over
his adopted country I He has neither
time nor inclination for polities. He
hankers after no office, he has no quar
rels with mankind, but is happy in
communing with nature and nature's
(iod. I would rather know what he
knows than to be learned in any other
profession. Besides all this, horticul
ture is a profitable busine-s and brings
its sure rewards. These lleaaoners be
gan on a small scale and from year to
year have enlarged their plant and nov. j
are financially independent. I looked j
The i.l.i of the uro posed Chicago and
and Southern States Exposition originated
in Augusta. Tho suggestion has been taken
up v the leading husines? men of Chicago
and "cordially endorsed. Invitatious have
Ih-i-u sent by the mayor and leading business
men of that city to the Governors of the
Southern States' and to the mayors of 07
S mihern oiiics to appoint del. g ites for a con
ference at Chicago on Wednesday, the l'.tth
or February.
The Hrst proposition was to hold an ex
position to he eoHlm'd to cotton and the
prodm-t thereof, to show the wonderful pro
gress the South has made in the last 15 years
in the development of this great industry,
but the exposition has been broadened to
embrace the products of Southern manufac
turers, and the products of Southern agricul
ture jud horticulture. :fnd all the natural ad
vantages of the South, embracirg its wealth
of minenl and forest resources.
"The proposed exposition heiug exc-lusive-h
for the Southern States, it is claimed by its
projectors that the opportunity should be
enthusiastieallv embraced to show the people
of th- West and Northwest the pro ducts of
tl:e South and its wonderful wealth of raw
materia!.
-The South missed a great opportunity in
not being properly represented at the World's
Fair hi Chicago. The Cotton States a d In
ternational Exposition just closed at Atlanta
displayed as never lefore the wonderful pro
gress and natural bounties of the South. To
make iu Chicago this fall an exclusively
Southern exposition would be to concentrate
upon it tho public attention of the West and
Noithwest and to promote, by the most
thorough and practical object lesson, tho
ttpcclv development of the South's unrivaled
Wealth "f natural advantages.
rii success of the exposition depends up
on t he Southern people themselves. It will
cost verv little for each State to be. represent
ed a mere trifle for good exhibits will be
the main capital ier(uired for the enterprise.
Its sue. -eis means closer trade relations be
tween the South and West and Northwest,
aud the migration ol people from those sec
tions to the South, and the investment of
capital and the certain, development of the,
South.
Now is the accepted time to present in
the most attractive and convincing manner
the varied .and wonderful products and re
coil rces of the South gto the people of the
West and Northwest, who are anxiously
looking in this direction lor homes and in
vestments, Your co-operation by the appointment of
delegates to the convention at Chicago on
the filth instant is urgently requested.
Yours respectfully,
Pmiuck Walsh,
Chairman committee on publicity and
promotiou.
For further information telegraph or
'write and advise uio o. your action in this
matter. Kowako II. Stai fork.
secretary provisional committee."
ALTOtiKTHKIt PROMISING.
Good News About the Southern State
Kxposltion.
At a meeting of the provisional organiza-
, j o" i.a.,...n - i . r r- " v..u,vu.v8UWUiUSfa scares ex-
mio rnc uepui m mu mu, . pon in Augusta, Ga. the following tele-
boxes of their trees and plants waiting frQm n te
for the b,oat and some of them were D?Berard who hR3 bem ,a cjf
marked to .Nebraska and Michigan. Ural days in eon9ultation with t?e tineL
Their palms and ferns aud acacias go interests of that citv, was readi
to Boston and New York, where theyj ''Strengeornmittee on organization formed.
and chairman v. A. CHIes, secretary Malcolm Mc-
NORTH STATE
GULLIN6S.
BUILDINGS FOR THI CONVENTIONS.
OCCURRENCES WORTH NOTING
FROM AIAj OVER THIS STATE.
are wanted for funerals ami fetes
1V T),,. af c-a fr bo - rronuneni citizens w join in iavl-
weddinge.r -The can get &n f or the , tiQU tQ 4el,gates from tbe 'i
leaves of a single plant. ; to have all details complete Saturday. Im-
In company with Judge Cornwcll I I portant Chicago 'interests enlisted in support.
r i k i- i I Convention probably Ieb. 19. Chicago will
visited Manatee, which is only three Warml y welcome delegation from the loutb "
miles from Brodentowu, and is the J The livllest interest ia this matter is taken
oldest town on the river. .-The country j in Augusta, ami reports recoived by the
between the two thickly settled and j feL?
Fertili.er Analyses at the Experiment
Station.
Bulletin No. 124 containing analyses
of all fertilizers analyzed during 1S9."
haa been issued by the Kxperiment
fStatiou. It is issued as a guido for
purchasers during the present season
before it i possible to analyze the
pamples of new goods soon to' lie ofler
jed on pale in the .State. New analyses
will be issued every two weeks. The
nbove bulletin contains the, seaboard
valuation of the unmixed ingredients
of each fertilizer, also list of freight
rates from the Seaboard to eighty -two
interior points in North Carolina. This
list is accurate. Any one can see the
actual commercial valuation of tho un
mixed ingredients at any of the inte
rior points. The above bu'Jetin will
be sent upon nppbe'vtiou to Dr. II. B.
Battle, Director, lmleigh, N. C
-G
reeusboro's I'roxlmlty SHU.
The new Proximity Mill which is be
ing built at Greensboro by the Cones,
oj New York, and Dr. Murdoch, of
Salisbury, will be completed in nbout
three months. The same people have
already purchased and put in operatiou
a small mill that had already
been commenced when they
took hold here. The finishing
works will be enlarged and the devel
opment of the land companfi proper
ty will be prosecuted without delay.
The county will probably open: and
macadamize an avenue from the cHy
to and through the village that will be
made by the operatives of tho Finish
ing and the Proxuuitv mills.
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The University Summer School.
The third session of the University
summer school at Chapel Hill will be
gin Tuesday, June 2., and closes Julv
17, 189V
Twenty courses are offered in peda
gogics, psychology, history, Euglish
literature, civics, modern languages,
Latin, algebra, .nature work, music,
drawing, vertica.1 writing, and all the
common school branches.
Fifteen ;nstrnctors from the faculties
of the University, the State Normal
School, University of Louisiana, Clark
University, 3Eass., aud the city schools
of Wilmiugtou, Charlotte, Winston
and Kileigh wtll nonstitnte the faculty.
A tuition fee of .O admits to all
courses.
HopGrowlng'iii North Carolina.
A meeting will bo held at the mayor's
office iu the city of llaleigh on Satm
day, Feb 8th, at "2 p. iu., for the pur
pose of ccnsidering the subject of Hop
Culture with a view to the early intro
duction of Hop Funning into that sec
tion of the State. Hop Grower's As
sociations at the AVest and the desira
bility of like associations there will
also be considered. JZxperieneed hop
growers will be present and farmers
and land owners should attend and
avail themselves of this opportunity to
secusc information relative to this im
portant branch of farming.
Falling Wall in Wiuston.
The south side of the wail of II. B.
Ireland it Co's tobacco factory at Win
ston, which was gutted by fire, fell'in,
entombing Mr. Ireland and Jeff Al
body, one of his workmeu. Mr. Ire
land was gotten out three-quarters of
an hour later. It is believed that his
injuries will prove fatal. Ilia head
and back are both crushed and he re
ceived severe internal injuries. Al
body was rescued with only a few
bruisee. Mr. Ireland was in the base
ment directing a force of hands in the
removal of some manufactured tobac
co.
Was It a Murder?
A special from Marshall, eays: W.
W. It. Shelton, one of the wealthiest
and best known citizens of Madison
county, left Marshall on horseback fo
his home in Laurel, a distance of
abont 22 miles. Next morning the.
dead body was found iu the bushes ou
tbe side of the road. He had received
a blow on the back of the head that
crushed his skull, but whether he was
murdered or accidentally fell from his
horse, is not yet known.
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A Suit for Infringement of Patent.
Win. R. Wood, of Scotland Neck,
ex-6uperintendent of the insane asylum
at Raleigh, has brought Buit to recover
half a million dollars damages against
the United States government for in
fringement upon his patent for elec
trically lighting buoys. He. obtained
a pateot inl87C, and in 18S8 the gov
ernment suddenly adopted his system.
The case comes up in tho Court of
Claims this spring.
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A'Fiml of Hidden Treasure.
J. H. Parker, of High Point, learned
! some time ago that a large amount "of
gold coin was buried near Lineberry
station on the Cape F-"ar ami Vadkin
Valley Railway. Iu some way' he lo
cated the treasure and unearthed.it.
There is 18,000. Tbe man who buried
it is not known. The tiud has caused
great excitement in all that section.
is ornamented with orauce groves and
date palms and; other tropical trees.
At the beautiful home of Mr. Adams,
"f Boston, I saw more beautiful birds
than I have ever seeu in all my life.
The veranda was full of cages large
cages, six feet square and six feet high,
and in them he bad pairs of most
every fancy kind to be fcuud in the
woild. Strange to tay, they wri A
nanimous an.
1 1 -I . I .... A
provui vy lua aouiu 01 me expoBltlOll.
Hope They Won't Find Her.
Ths old tub. the Hawkins, loaded with
Cubin filibusters, which sprang a leak
fora Sh.9 got out of sight of Snn-ly Hook, ia
being hunted for by tbe two United Slatea
oruisert , lUleigh and Monigomry, and the
entire squadron of tbe Sratiieu cavy in Cu
ban waters.
Chapman Sentenced.
Elverton B. Chapman, tie New York bro
' ker. recently convicted in the Criminal court
of tbe District of Columbia f-. r refusing to
i answer ouetions brofcounded t hi;u rv a
S-'aate committee of iuvestigutk-ii as to al
leged speculations of United Suites St-tMiors
iu sugar trut 6tock, has been snu-ii'j" The
court overruled a motion iVr arr-.t of ju-J
ment and sentenced Chapman tt thirty days
imprisonment lathe district jail and a finf
of 100. Notice of appeal to the (vurt d
Appeals was at once given an ' Chapman was
released on bail pending- th" rt- .fait of th- appeal.
democrats select Chicago Coliseuv, lie
publicans the Ktposttioa Kuildiojr.
It tvas decided to hold the National Domo
eraticConvention ."t the Colisseuni, in Chi
cago. 111. The Republican Convention will
be held in the Exoosition Building, la St.
Louis, Mo.
A despatch from Chicago says. The su'j
committea of the National Democratic Com
mittee decided that the Colisseum would be
he best place in Chicago for the
holding of the National Democratic Con
Vention, and nrrai gements for its comple
tion will, therefore, be hurried up, the con
tractors being under bonds of ?5D,000 to
complete it by May 1 next. Some months
ago, during a Eton, the structure, which
had reached the first story and waj almost
ready for the roof, was blown down, and
since then little or nothing has been don to
rebuild it.
A St. Louis telegram state?: It hns been
finally decided to bold tho Republican Na
tional Convention in the Exposition Bui ld
ic.'. The northeru portion of the building
will bo remodeled at an expense of about
$3-3,000 and will in?rea satisfactory hall for
convention purposes. The hall tvill lt&
bounded on three :-i les by St. Charles, Thl
teenth and Fourteenth streets, thus
securing proper Hght and ventilation.
Some of the local committee were iu favor
of erecting a wigwam, but at a meeting of
the Business Men s League this was decided
impracticable, as the time Is too shoit In
which to buiid a satisfactory structure.
FOR THE GERMAN EMBASSY.
First AesistAnt Seeretary of Stale lrhl Se
lected by tbe Vresldent.
( President Cleveland selected First Assist
ant Secretary of State Edwin F. Uhl. of
.Michigan, to bo Ambassador of the United
States to Ge'rmany, to succeed the late Am-
,'bassador, Mr. Bunyon. Mr; Uhl called at
the White House and talked with tho Presi
dent in regard to the Berlin Embassy. This
whs followed by a formal tender of the office
and its acceptance. In anticipation of his
departure for Germany Mr. Uhl is closing up
his work la the department, and will lose no
time in sailing after his nomination i.s con
firmed. . Edwin F. Uhl was horn of German parents
in New York State ll fly years a so, went to
Michigan with his parents in 1846 and was
brought up on u, farm near Ypsilanti.
'He was educated in the Ypsilanti sohocls
jand the State University, and iu
'lStW entered upon the practice of law.
Two years later he went to Grand
Rapid and by his talent and ability
early took a front place at the eotmty bar.
dli practice soon be-rame large, and his in
come wa estimated at 20,000 to ?30,000 a
'year. Four years ago Mr. Uhl was elected
Mayor of Grand liapids. Michi, by tho larg
est pluralit' ever given any candidate for
that office, ud a yesir later was re-elected.
Ho was eioeted delejrate-at-large to tno last
Democratic National Convention, and in tho
onvention, in behalf of Michigan.- presented
the came of Judgo Allen 1). Morse for j tho
'Vice-Presidency. He was very active in the
.last campaign and contributed liberally, not
nly with speeches, but with money to the
'Democratic cause. His appointment as As
'dsta&t Secretary of State was very popular
iu Michigan. !
LATEST. NEWS
IN BRIEF.
GLEANINGS FROM 31 ANY POINTS.
Important Happenings,. Both Home
and Foreign, Briefly Told.
Southern News Items.
The rivers are overflowing in Mis-8isf-iji,
Texas ami Arkansas.
Work has been begun on the new
Tennessee penitentiaiy near Nashville.
Mr. Geo. Nicholson, one of the pro
prietors of the New Orleans Picayune,
died of pneumonia.
An effort is being made to remove
the capital of Mississippi from Jackson
to the city ottering the greatest in
ducements. The lower house in the South Caro
lina General Assembly has passed the
bill allowing the State treasurer to
lend the State sinking fund as he saw
fit.
Senator L. H. Morgan, at Nashville,
Tenn., was tshot by a man named
Laport, but his life was saved by an
Atlanta Constitution which was folded
up in his pocket.
In Montgomery, Ala., tho Mont
gomery, Tuscaloosa & Memphis Kail
road was sold and was bid in at $300,
000 by Col. II. C. Tompkins for the
bondholders. There are outstanding
8869,000 in bonds.
The South Carolina Legislature has
elected W. (. Tatum, of Orangeburg,
S. P. II. G arris, of Colleton, and J.
H. Braekwell as members of
the penitentiary board. "VYilloughby's
successor was elected, but Willoncrhbv's
name was not mentioned for the place.
Northern News Notes.
At Tiincolu, Neb., President Mills.of
tho State Uank of Republican City,
was arrested for embezzlement.
At Whiting,- Ind., Hungarians and
Poles, embitterred bv troubles of livo
years' binding, engaged in a riot,
which was quelled after three had been
killed and two injured.
Tho Cashier of the Standard Oil
Company at Kansas City was held up
by a highwayman on the street in day
light and robbed of $54". The high-
j wayman was captured and the money
recovered.
THE API' UOrni ATI ON BIL.L.
The Pension and 'Military Academy
Item Slightly Larger Than
for the Current Year.
The Senate committee on appropriations
has reported the pension and Military acade
my bills. The .estimates for the pension bill
amounted to 141,381,570. and tho House
passed it wit li nn.ap-propriation of -1 41. 325,
S20. The Senate committee 'increased it ly
$52,760, two items of increase being .5,0CQ
for fe's and expenses of examining surgeons"
nud 2,7('0 for rent of pension agencies. As
reported to the Senate, the bill carried "'1 11.
378.5S0. For the current year Hl.rjVN.STO
was paid. j
As this bill passed the- House it was pro
vided that during the fiscal year lSy? when
ever any claim for pensions under lite a.t of
June 20th. 18'.'0, has been or should be re
jected, suspended or dismissed and a new
application shall have been filed and a pen
sion has been or shall hereafter be allowed
iiiMieh claim, such pensions shall date from
the time for the filing of the first application,
provided the evidence in the ieasu shall show
a iensioi)a)ie disability to have existed at
the time of filing such Hrst application,
anything in any law or ruling oi the Depart
ment to the contrary notwithstanding. Tho
Senate committee struc.k out the limitation
routining su-'h action to the fiscal year 1897
and nuue th provision general in its appli
cation until the law may,', in; tho wisdom of
Congress, be repealed. j
Win. II. ENGLISH DEAD.
The Kuiiulujr Mate of Haui-oek for tbe
Presidency in 1880 is Dead.
i
lli.n. Wm. H. English, capitalist, r-oiit;-cian
and literatur. died in his rooms at Kn
gibh's Hotel, in Indianapolis. Ind., after an
Uness of six weeks. He was unconscious
:or an hour before his death.j
Mr. KugUsh had been ill for about sir
sreek-. H ' was at llrnt attacked by grip.
Phis was followed by inflammation of the air
.assaes aud th" membranes of the throat,
lb' this he almost recovered, but two weeks
il'. he was seized with infiainatory rheuma
tism, wiii-di. with an organic affection otthe
heart of several years standing, completely
exhausted 3i:m. He leaves an estate various
ly stimated at from gOOO.OOO to ,000.000.
Minor Mention.
The Homeopathic Society of Chicago has
passed resolutions denouncing the anti
toxine treatment of diphtheria, claimingthat
its use i.s dangerons to the- patients, and hx
increased the mortality. i
Sturgeon fishing is unusually good in the
Columbia Paver this se:isou, and some pretty
big fishes have been caught in the last weeic
or two. One sturgeon weighing 42o pounds
was caught near tho towu of the- Dalles. j
Although there is it.l re water than usunlj
this year, the Volga is growing so shallevy asj
to be uunavigable. Siiipping has entirely
stopped between Iver and Rybinsk' and
nearly stopped between the latter place and
NijniNovgorod. i .
There is a scheme under way in Clevr-landj
.Ohio, to run motocycles for passenger trafn
through various street.-, with regular lime;
schedules. The lirst instalment 'if e:irriag
has been ordered, and it is expected titul tli-1
system will be in regular oj.H?rutiou by nest
June.
Tbe spread of enthusiasm ; over the game
of golf may b-' estimated fro'ai the fact "that
there are over 2U0 golf eiubs ;n the United
States. Tber. is a icst of theai : i the iiu
niediate nigrib--rhood of New York City, at'
least iweuty-fivi.- being counted witinn a
short radius. j
The lanJr passing out ol theh.-.u Js f the
general Gowfnuieut iu California ia-t yeur
amc-unte 1 to lie".: snro mis. In Aru-aa
tho laa.ls of th-r eiovtra ii sit v-fr- oil .--!ir--n-jle.
The figures for Utah ;... 'iat
ruiies. wliiinf iv. Nevada u!y;13I j'm iVdSus
were taken up, j
Fred Hauls. wh v-a?. accidentally
shot :lt Iroutiti. Ohio, has just died.
An autopsy sliv.l that tin bullT went
through his brain. stru-k the pposiie
side r" ttif wrtll and it-bounded, being
imbedded in the center lirain.
Washington.
Secretary Carlisle rejected all the
oids for tho marble work, etc., of the
Birmingham, Ala., public building as
being excessive.
The Internal Revenue Commission
er has declined to make a mling pro
hibiting the enclosing of pictures, etc.,
in cigar atte packages.
Korean.
Tho Liberals in the next session of
the British Parliament will, it is said,
favor arbitration of tho ADglo-United
States Venezuelan trouble.
Ecuador through her minister at
Washington urges a congress of rep
resentatives of all tho American repub
lics to bo held in Mexico on August
i)th to perpetuate tho Monroo doctrine
on this continent.
The London Chronicle learas from
good authority that a partial settle
ment between Great Britain and Ven
ezuela has been effected or is on the
verge of being effected. Jt adds that
the settlement refers to tho Ynruan
affair.
The Swiss Federal Council has de
cided that the President of the Con
federation may nominato an arbitrator
iu the Bering Sea dispute between
Great Britain acd America, in accord
nuce with the agreements between tho
governments of those countries.
Tho iuestion of admitting an Ameri
can dispatch boat into tho Bosphorus
is still pending. The orte does not
contest the right of the United States
to have a vessel there biit regards tho
present moment as not fitting for its
admission. It is remarked that since
Minister Terrell's vigorous action in
behalf of the American missionaries
the court circulars have mentioned him
as the sole guest at court dinners.
MtaceUaneous.
Orange growing in Arizona is de
clared to have passed the experimental
stage, and will beconte an important
industry in the Territory. This year's
crop in the Salt River Valley, where
most of tho experimental groves are
situated, is large and of excellent qual
ity. The Arizona oranges ripr n some
what earlier than those in southern
California.
CONliliKSS ACTS ON CUHA.
IJather Weak, but Still an Indication
of the Feeling of the Fnited
btates.
The Senate committee on foreign relations
agreed to report the Cuban resolution. Th8
resolution doesn't go quite so far as to re
commend recognition, but is more emphatlo
than the cxtentica of sympH.hy, as follows:
Resolved by th4 House of Representatives,
the Senate concurring, that the present de
plorable war in the island cf Cub., has
reached a magnitude concerning all civilized
nations to the extent that it thouid b-conducted,
if unhappily it is longer to continue,
on those principles, and iaws of warfare
acknowledged to bo obligatory upon civilized
nations engaged in open hstliiti-s, induC
icg the treatment of captives eiit-d in
either arniyr due respect t the carte..-, f jr
the exchange of prisoners aud for other pur
poses, truce, fiat's of truce, provLsk a of pro
per host-itais. ho3pi:al supplies arid services
to the sick aud wounded of ut:;er army.
Evolved further, that this tc4.rceattio;; of
views of the opinion of Cong :? ' sent to
the President aud If Le coers therc-Jn that
he will in a friendly spirit iii-e tho- good
offices oT the gover;:m.;kt to the cu t that
Spain be requested t a.-eord th- arud with
which ahe is engaged in war, the rights of
belligerent the siuie as are r -oiA f-i juder
tho law of natf-iii?.
BOND
ISSDE A
SUCCESS
An Avalanche of Bids Overwhelms
the United States Treasury.
SUBSCRIBED FIVE TIMES OVER.
The Kesponae. to the w Government
Loan Exceeds AU Exportation I'Ttry
State in iha Vnlon Represent.! in the
Dlddfns-A Veritable Scramble to
Purchase the Securities.
i
WAsaryerox, D. C. February 7. -Bkls for
?100,000,000 thirty-year four per cent. United
States bonds were opened at tho Treasury
Department at noou under the -conditions
prescribed it the circular issued January C
last by Secretary Carlisle. Tho principal
condition is that bonds must be paid for in
gold. For the convenience of the purchasers
the bonds may be paid for in instalments as
follows: Twenty percent, at the time of the
notice of acceptance aud ten pei- ccut. at the
end of each fifteen days Iher after.
The bids were opened iu the- rooms "of
Secretary Carlisle, an apartment about forty
by twenty-five feer. A large tab!e was
placed at the south end of tho room, over-"
looking the Potomao IJiver and the Wash
ington Monument, at which fable s.it Secre
tary Carlisle, Assistant Secretary Curtis and
several clerks. In front cf the desk were
placed a number of chairs, aud every seat
was taken by persons who had come on in
person to .present bids, aad many were
compelled to staud "
Hundreds of million? of dollars wore rep
resented. Nearly all those present- as bid
ders came from New York, but there was e
sprinkling of financiers and bankers from
Chicago, Cincinnati and other Western
cities, and some from Boston.
A large tin box was placed on tbe table
shortly before 12 o'clock. It contained the
bids. They were done up by days, and irpon
each package was marked the date on which
tho bid was received. Under the immediate
charge of Assistant Secretary Curtis, the fol
lowing committee opened hebids: James
II. Eckels, Comptroller of the Currency
Daniel N. Morgan, United States Treasurer,
and A. T. Huntington, Chief of the Division
of Loans and Currency, Secretary's office. 1
Comptroller Eckels "appeared in the door
way leading to the anteroom with a paper iu
his hand at 12.3J p. in. Instantly there was
silence.
"I beg to announce." he said J "chat there
have already been scheduled 87J17 bids, rep
resenting subscriptions to the amount of
$380,232,500, at prices ranging from. iar to
11U and a fraction, there are a nutnbsr of
other bids, which the committee us yet has
not had time to schedule, which will swell
the aggregate bids to about 4503 aud increase
the amount of subscriptions bv at least 75,
000.000." Thsro was an outburst of applause before
Mr. Eckels 'concluded his statement, and
several men forced their way to Mr. Carlisle,
and congratulated him upon the. wonderful
success of the call for bids.
The reading was continued by Mr. E-kles
with great rapidity ana when he iinished
reading, the taDulated statement, as far a it
had been prepared, showed the following
summary of the bids:
SCMMABV OF THE ElOS.
Total amount of bonds subscribed
for :..553,260,850
Total number of separate bids. . 0.677
Over 800 bids at 110 or tetter, ag
gregating over
New York City bid for over
Country (outside New York City)
bid for over. .
Europe bid for over
Highest bid
Lowest bid
Largest bid, Morgan syndicate .
Smallest bid
Total proceeds from sale (esti
mated) L
Interest basis of loan, near 1 v.
The great feature of the bidding was the
offer of J. P. Morgan's syndicate, which, as
now composed, includes only his owu bank
ing house, the Deutsche linnk. of Berlin,
Germany, and Harvey Tisk Souk, of New
York. They oroposed to take the entir-j is
sue at 110.6377. Only one other bid .of any
thing like au equal amount was received,
which was that of the United States Trust
Company, of New York, for -577,000,000 at
110.075. Mr. 31 organ, after Uguring ou the
bi ls received, said at night that ho estimat
ed that he would secure on his bid about
sixty per cent, of the 100.000,000.
Coming as they did from every .State aud
Territory in the Union tin' bids gave aa ex
hibition of patriotism on the purT of the
Am 'rican people that will remain nn -u-during
memory in tho hlstorj of the Re
public. Never in the history of the United
trttvs Treasury has any event connected
with its financial transactions elicited such
genuine and h-arty popular response. Tho
neoplo of the United HI uts have manifested
their ability and their willingness fo main
tain the credit of their Government without
any help from the outside.
The bids came from all over the couuiry,
evidently from persons who had hoarded up
their small savings in gold and were a listens
to turn it into tho United States Treasury in
exchange for bonds. A large number o
theue bids were for - 50.
Immediately upon the annouuceaiojd f
the remarkable results oi the bidding, stocks
begon to go up on the exchanges ail over
the country, an l there were other indica
tions that the astonishing success of tho Gov
ernment's appeal to the people would in
augurate an era of commercial and indus
trial prosperity.
The number of bids and the amonut sub
scribed for aro believed to be greater thau
r before known irj the case of any similar
bodd issue iu this country or in the world.
It astounded the Treasury officials aud the
distinguished assemblage- of financiers from
all part? of the. country who were present to
Witness the opening. On th New York hto.clc
Lxciiange the new l oud ro-e from 111 to
11C '. : -
. Cablegrams from nil over Europe show
that there wa-a boom in Ani"ricau st (.' oa
the uti-spected S'l-v; o." th" Coven. m- ut
bond issue, particuhtriy ou account the'
high price to be received b.r the bon-L. i The
fear oil money triifgcey has di-ic.p 1.
an I opinions ar.i expresse I ttitt. tif fj ivill
be heavy buying or oursesurities byf.-rigu-trs.
i .'.:'! M
The ondon pre suy ;'i,t
which:the United ntM in-n
5 riled will r .tablL-h . .v
THE HALLS OF CONGRESS
400.000,000
200,!J00,000
300.000,000
50.000.000
120
L'zt
100,000,000
50
111.000,000
".' per cn
W.li
i
TO SETTLE WITH ITALY.
Meswge From the President on the Colors-
do r.ynchiog. ::i
The President has sent to Congress a mes
sage and accompanying correspondence re
lating to the killing of the three Italian
laborers at WaUenburg, Col., in March last.
Ta his message tUe President suggests that
'Congress make provision for the dependent
families of the victims.
, A letter trom Secretary Oiney to ths Presl
dens is enclosed, La which the Secretary
says: "The fasts are without di?pute, and
no comment or argument can add to the
force of their appeal to the generous con
sideratloa of Congre. Threi persons were
killed outright, while two others sustained
injuries of a character the most disabliug as
well as painful. The only question would
seem to be as to the amount of gratuity in
each case, which must rest, of course,
wholly la the discretion of Congre-s, to
whm it can hardly be necessary to cite the
statutes of many States of th? Union fixing
the maximum to be exacted in the case of
death caused by negligence at toe sura ol
tSOOO'
The House passed tho Diplomatic anjf Con
sular Appropriation bill without discission, i
The House chaplain. Rev. Henry JT Cou
den, makes prayers that are so pointed as(
often to make a sensation. '.
The Hotise passed tbe resolution falling;
on the President tb transmit to Congress at;
once the report of the Nicaragua Canal Com-'
mission. j . ,
General Flagler has recommended the for
tification of twenty-eight seaports 6f the
United States at a cost ot $50,000,000 and
the bill Is now pending before tho Ct ngres
tional coromittftes.j !
Tho House Committee on Patents has un
der consideration a bill authorizing tho Gov
ernment to purchase at its option for k prioo
not to exceod 5100.900 any inventlojn. that
may be offered for! patent and offer the same
to tho free use ottne people. i
The Keed rule! of counting a quorum,
somewhat modified, has been adopted by tbe
House. It provides for the arrest an4 bring
ingin of absent members by the Sergaant-at-Arms,
to secure the requisite number.
Congressman Skinner has proposed a gen
eral reduction of the salaries of all person
in the public sprvlce of S3w per cent.
the passage of a free coinage or silveij
Should the Senate decide to admit ' Mr.'
Dupont to a seat as a representative of Del-i
aware in the upper house it will bo possible
for that body to comply with the eGustitu
tional injunction to divide evenly into threej
elasses for the first time in over ftvo years. i
Secretary Morton informed tho Senate
Committee on Agriculture that I ie dtdj
not send . out seekls as usual last year be
cause the bids for seeds were too ligfct, an
that he did not re-advertise for seedp, as-liL
was not required to, although he had au-;
thority to do so. j . .
Mr. Voorhees has introduoed in the Senate'
a bill appropriating 4 15.000 to purchase, a!
life-size oil painting of tho. lat Abraham;
Lincoln (painted by G. Y. F. Travisl, to be;
hung in the United States Capitol. i
The Tfousa Committeeon PacifloRr ilroads!
decidod to begin hearings preparatory to j
framing a plan for the adjustment of-tho
debts of the Central aud Union Pacill ; to the :
Government. . !
The Cherokee (ielegation presented :o Con-;
gress a memorial protesting agaii stthe
changes recommended by the Dawei Com
mission; and making a plea for indefinite,
continuance of their present form of jjovern
ment. Mr. Low has introduced in the i:ouse a
bill to maintain and admit veterans of tho
Union Army and! Navy to positions in the
public service, and exempting tno
examinations under the civil service
tions therefor, and repealing certain
nicting laws. j j
President Cleveland sent to tha Hotisa all
the correspondence- in possession of l.e State
Department regarding the Alabama
people who were! colonized in Coa
Mexico, aud repeated his former recommen
dation that an appropriation bo made for
their return to the United States.
Mr. McCall, from llouse Election!
mittee No. 3. reported its unanimous j
that David B. Culberson (Democrat);
titled to his seat! as a representatiti
the Fourth Texis District. J. II. Davis hav
ing abandoned the contest, of which pio gavo
noHpn lo the Clerk, and a resolution to that
effect was agreedi to.
The Secret arv of the Treasury, in ft letter
to the House, asks tho passage of a resolu
tion authorizing him to anooint. temporar
ily a fnre nf evh.?rt monev oounterfe in tho
Redemption Division, to bring the- work,
which is $7,500,000 behind, up to date.
. Secretarv Iambnt Bent to tho House the
rpnnrt of 1 he Engineer Corps on the survey
of the Allezbenv River. Pennsylvania, for
th construction of certain locks anil dams.'
Slack-water navigation, the reports say
can be secured by the construction! of two
d dams one nt Six-3Iilf Island
n tlm oi hvk at Sorinirdale at a. cost of
500,000.
until
law.
ii irom
regula-
con-
Scolorod1
hualllo.
Com-tfuiling
was on
13 from
SUICIDE OF CASHIER BARN
A Bank CflHial aud ex-Mayor
N. Y.i Hangs Himself
George Barnaird, cashier of the F
wis National Bank, Rome, N. Y., w
dead on the third floor of tho bank
lie had tied a cord to a door knob,
a. slin iioo; aroiind his neck had b
foot against the door, and. throwing;
back, had strangled himseir.
Bank Examiner Van Vrauken
bank, pending ah Investigation of it
The bank is one oi the oldest anu
in the State. Mr. Barnard had
nectedwith the; bank since 1800,
entered its emnlbv as a clerk. -Ho
cashier in 187G. Ho was looked
nmn of tho strictest integrity.
has a capital stoiek of 15,000 and
off 80.000. Its stock has. been qu
sold as high as 200. Tho generally
theory is that 3Ir. Barnard became
unbalanced by Overwork.
New Orleans
ARD.
f Koine,
i
rt St an
as found
uiiding.
hnd witli-
aced hi"
bis head
ijosed tho,
. ) A- I 1
an a. irs.
trongent
een con-
ivhenj he
made
pon as a'
DanK.
surplus
ted aud
icecpted
jyj.utally
was i
Hue
Nevtr Orleans Cotton Exetiaiige State
ment.
19
iottou cropstateni'
months to January 31: l'ort recei
440 against C,30i,487 la3t year, 4,87(
before last and (1,003.393 for samd
1893; overland jto mills and CanaJ
against 832.682; C50,9H7. and 633,48:
ior stocks iu excess of September 1
against 417,6?3;j 224,821; 323,623.
mill takings, inidusive ofl -oriKiin
Southern outpdrts. 44-l.'2G5 aainJ
403.31 and 303,708. Crop in sigljt
of January 5,5;,).5'J! against 8,014,4
172 and 5.3"fi.207: brouirbt into sic
month of January 618.J29 against
78,08S, and 557;2. Weekly movei
uary 'th to 3j;;t, inf lusive, bro
sight for seven jlnvs. 132.ytX) again
l(iO,S05 and ll;i7a.
sight
Christian Endeavor Convlc-te
The penitentiary at Santa Fe. New Mex
ico, contains a Christian Endeavor Society.
fct
for live
4,021,-
,016 year
time in
a 5'J 1,311
. Inter
t. 117..'3
Southern
ption at
45'J.r.or.;
at closo
0: 6.2A-L-
ior.the
1.090.170;
lent J au
ght into
t 212,570;
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our best, but we make cheaper
mu.cIi as the CIiIJIAX, IDE
other HIkIi Arm Full Nickel
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crall on our arrent or rrrtte
want your trziie . --I H
kuu-uare acajing III i in,
bTe It. We cIiu!IfcU6 tlie m
rroduco a BEXXJCU $5D.OO
Machiue forj$SO.OO, or a ti
Sewing Itfathino far f 2ff.tl ?
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