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'J.'JdLJbD t J. P. Pitijia.v, Editor and Pror. "PROVE ALL THINGS AND HOLD FAST TO TIIAT WHICH IS GOOD." 1.00 Per Year In Advance, VOL. VI. DUNN, N. C, "WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1896 NO. 7. ALK OF WAR WITH SPAIN R;(nark?b:e Scsns in the Senate at Washington, PATRIOTS CHAMPIONED. 'nresirained AujdaitKe i roia the Galleries When Senaf oj Mor;an Said War Was tu U HxpevteJ, aad "ot to lie Shrunk From, if Conrr-i KeconizeJ the Kf! li&ereucy of tii Culuns. Wasi.sgton. I. C.Feb. 22. Cuba and the t;ugg! of her .'.eopie for ia lependenee from ii was the subject discussed in the United a itv .Senate, aai the indications are that Jongrf.'s is a'out to iak i definite action ward iicognizing tho belligerency of the r-iigent army, and c-xpresug its sympathy vith'tho Cut au people iu their desire for iv. .,-"lfn- Senators Morgan, Loi;e and JVnerou. or th"- foreign Relations Commit--. sin I $c;n-r Call, - Florida, alway3 a hi in irieiid o Cnb.t .ud her cause, made ,iec':;v, .-.'! in I -;:i:U- ." the Cuban patriot?, i n-;t t'av-. .Iig tlvi- Mime Sort of legisia i -u t k- j v,.- h th-i end which all hope to Wug it "u ou'. ( here aro t:ir Cuban resolutions now be .re the S-jn-iv. aid the one under discus- n was that r"?..ortel y the Committee on "viga l .;!;Ui-j.t " ii February 5. It is a :ii':viii;tt"' iio-mi'iu aad reads as follows: 't .-oivoa. 12 y V-.- S -nat-! (the House of Repr..TCtttimv.-; o.-u'.-urringX that in toe i,in:.oi o (:::.: ;vn-i a -ou lition of public; var fx'sU is uvva th.1 Government of Spain md Vb CJov.Tutc.'rjt proclaimed and for i , i SENATOR H. c. tona. lie vigcijusiy champlouad the cause of tha Cuban patriots.) ome time maintained by force of arms by ho people r f Cuba; au 1 that the United states oi" America should maiutaiu a strict neutrality between the cjacenciing Powers, iceording- to each all the lights of belliger nts iuth j poris and territory of the United tatfs. Tha fesling that this country is approach ng a crisis in connection with Cuba and ?paiu b.'Canu genera', when Senator Mor gan, of Alf.b ir.vH, specifically and distinctly ioclawd th- probability of war wit'. Spain u his spec I have eiuered info this matter," said Senator Morgan, ,:v."ith great reluctance, be- ause I aai awarj that we must be prepared o draw our sword and lay it upon be table, and ?ay -to Spain, 'If you vant to take it up. take it up.' contemplate war at the end of any solution which we may rass, looking 'ithertotho recognition of the belligerency f tho Cuban insurgents or ot the inde pendence of Cuba. I have felt tbat t made no difference what step we took, hat it would ultimately end in war. I eliev that Spam will bo amder obllga ions to us for giving her an excuse for var. She cannot, on account of her National pride, bear iLij thought of surren lerio the freedom of Cuba to her rebellious ubjf.'.-ts, and yet she kuows thar she is beat n. and that C aha. is lost to her. She will w'.eonio the opportunity which war would UTe'li'T for surreaderiug to the superior oroa of the United States." Mr. Call then spoke of -tho bloody contest low iu progress and the actual condition of var existing. Tho coarse of Spain had aused revolt after revolt in Cuba. Reading rom a manifesto i.-suod by the Cuban au noriti'?3. Mr. Call arraigned Spain for im iosiug enormous taxes on Cuba. The mani esto as read bv Mr. Cull reflected severely n tho olhcial administration of Spain. Mr. .'amerou followed in favor of the substitute vhioh ho offered. Mr. Lodgj spoke aj to the need of action. ! gave a vivid picture tho present war, feniug to the "lieing bulletins" of battles oaiiug frorr. Spanish sources. Martinez 't'upos, th" abk'st Gfn?ral of Spain, had eon recalled beeausa he was unable to check lie uprising, and had been superseded by a nan whose oniv reputation before the world vas that of cold-bloodej brutality, i'ho timo h'id come, declared 'Ac. -odge. when it was the duty of United States to a :t tlrm'y and fully. "The island is to-day lost to Spain." said dr. Lodge. "They may continue to delude be island' witn blood, out the island is lost : them. "Tho United Slates has an Armenia at its ery door." continued the Senator.. "The Jnited States can stop the horrible state of hinss in Cuba. Lot it once oe known that he United States intends that the piilage iu 1 .-laughter shall top and it will stop." It Is seldon that the Senate has Ueard such . irar-'k. words as were emitted by these speak rs and tb?y were uttered with such a ring .O.'-genumeu -s and lire-that the enthusiasm ! if the spe.'iat rs found frequent expression n loud and long applause, which the pre idinic ofii ?er sou--t vaiuly to check. Throughout the debate, lasting three hours, ecor Pastor, of the Spanish Legation, sat n tho. diplomatic gaiter While Mr. Call :vas ppeakiug the Spanish Minister and two tienibers of hi suite exhibited the bad taste penly to saer anl laugh at Mr. Call's :ritieism of their Government. I Urothr Shot to DeatlJ by Knch Other. News was received of n double killing, in nrhich Milford and Felix1 Fee, brothers, were shot to death by eii?h other on Slater's Fork, iear Hanan Couh House. Ky.. and John "ee, a -ousiu of t)ie two men. was seriously njured white acting in the role of peace naker. Tug Tea brothers were under the in luence of whiskyiU,the time. Big Strike in Gfimany Succeed. Thirty-four theusaud strikers at Berlin, Germany, in the men's clothing trade, have effected a settlement on an advance of 12' rer cent, in wages. It is expected that the ..vorkers in the women's clothing trades, Vjamstresses. etc.. will make a similar settle ment. Popular sympathy has been with the :lrike're from the first. Miners Hasliel Down to Death. While a cage containing eight men was descending colliery pit ai Leigh, Lanca- EoglanJ.lhe catches failed to wori .'u i the cage crashed to the bottom of the (jit. All of the neu in the oage wer killed. i. ism?: 4 WEDDED TO A PRINCE. Anielie Elvei Chanler, the American Autti cress, "Married Again. Mrs. Amelie Rive3 Chanler and Princ Pierre Troubetzkoy v.rere married a few days ago at the Virginia home of Colonel Alfred Rives, the father of the well-known author ess. Rev. Paul N. MenzeJ," D. D., of Richmond, performed the ceremony, which was .wit- 'XHE flUKCESS TBOUBETZKOY. nessed only by members oi tut family and Miss Julia Magruder, the authoress, and Al len Potts, of Richmond. The couple will take a trir abroad, living in London, attho home of Prince Troubetz kov.' Mis. Amelie Rives Chaaler first attained re nutation about tea vears asco throush her first novel, called "The Quick or the Dead." In the summer of lSS1 she married John Armstrong Chanler, and after traveling some Urne, she studied art in Paris. In October, 1S35, she obtained a divorce. She is about thirty-two years old. , FORTY BODIES FOUND: Tenlble Kesult of ths UvnauiUe Explo- 5 fcian Near Jolianneaburjr. The explosion of dynamite which occurred at Viedendorp, a suburb of Johannesburg, South African Republic, was more disastrous than was at first believed. Eight railway cars loaded with dynamite were being switched from one track to another when the explosion took place. At the spot where the dynamite exploded a holo thirty fet deep was made in the ground, aad every house within a radius of half a mile was razed to the grounc. Forty bodies have been found, aud the search is only just beginning. Two hundred injured persons havo been taken to the hos pitals, where several of them-have died. , Comparatively few white persons' were i killed. s As yet nothing is positively known as to what actuallly caused the explosion. Twenty tons of tho dynamite had been exposed to the direct rays of the sun for three days. The latest estimate places the number of the killed at over one hundred. Many per sons are missing, and there is scarcely a doubt that they were blown to pieces. The principal victims were poor Boers, very few foreigners living at Viedendorp. EX-CONSUL WALLER PARDONED. The Pardon Signed by President Faure and Orders Issued for Waller's Release. Secretary Olney received the fo'lowing despatch from the United States Ambassabor to France, Mr. Eusti?: "Tho President of France signed Waller's pardon. Orders aro being issued for his re lease." There does not seem to be any intention on the part of Mr. Waller's counsel or of his friends to take ad vantage of tho offer made by the United States Ambassador, unaer instructions from the State Department, to enter suit for damages in the French courts, with the United States Ambassador providing the requisite security for costs. On the con trary, the Wal'.er family, finding that the United States, on the facts as discussed, de cline to make an international affair out of Waller's offenie, are contemplating his re turn to Kansas, from wnieh State he was originally appointed Consul to Tamatave. . Madagascar. : v " HANGMAN'S ROPZ BROKE. Shocking Accident at the Execution of Murderer in St. Louis. James Fitzgerald was hanged at St. Louis, Mo., for the murder of his sweetheart, Annie Naessens, on the night of November 24. 1803. Fitzgerald was taken to the gallows, the trap sprung and. tho culprit shot down six feet, but not to death. Tho rope broke, and tho victim lay struggling on the ground. The black cap was instant ly removed by tho doctors, who found Fitzgerald stiil conscious. Stimulants were- given, and he revived and was taken into tho morgue a few feet away and further cared for by the doctors. " A new rope was sent for at once, and at 11 o'clock tho sick and trembling man was again taken to the scanold, and this time went to death. PROTECT AMERICAN WOMEN. j Foreigners Can't Marry if Such Marriage. ! Are Not Valid at Home. ; The United States Senate adopted Mr. Hoar s amendment to the bill regulating mar riages in the District of Columbia. The amendment forbids marriages when one of the parties is an alien, unless a minister or consul representing the country of this alien certifies that the marriage is valid according to the laws of that country. Mr. Hoar said his purpose was to protect American women, attractive by beaui and accomplishments, from the ranacit1-- of foreign adventurers, wnether titled or un titled. Amendments making eighteen vears the marriageable age for wom.en. atd per mitting civil as well as religious ceremonies of marriage, were also agreed to. The Tvatahdin Keady for Action. The United States harbor defence ram Katahdin. designed by Admiral Ammen, was put in commission at the Navy Yard, Brook lyn, N- Y. Her commander is Richard P. Leary, and her crew numbers about fifty. Sao i arries only rapid fire-guns. She is 251 feet long, and has a breadth of forty-three feet live inches. Oat of the Common Kuu. Massachusetts has no coroners. About one-third of th9 Trans-Siberian Rail way is now completed. Switzerland is to hold a National exhibi tion at Geneva from May to October next. The anniversary of the Paris Commune will be celebrated by tha New York "ieds.- Chile will pay to German subjects 72,O0 as indemnity for damages during the rovo lution of 1891. The United OrJerof tho Go'denLion. after au existence of ten months at Bostoc. has been wouu t up an J some $45,009 have disap peared with it. . NORTH STATE CDLLIKGS. PINE CHIPS BRIEFLY PUT. Shipment of Cattle. Governor Carr has written a letter to Secretary Morton, of the United States Agricultural Department, on an important subject. The act of Con gress regarding the shipment of cattle from the South to the North debignates the northern boundary of Virginia as the quantine line, the safeguard against the dreaded splenetic fever. But where a State adopts good quarantine laws against this disease that State is exempted from the provisions of the general law. This is the case now as to Virginia, that ; State's Legislature having recently enacted a quarantine law. This makes the northern boun dary of North Carolina the quartine limit. Cattle cannot be shipped north of this limit between February 15th and Norember 15th in each year, un less they are to be immediately slaugh tered on arrival at their point of destination. As Richmond, Va., is the chief market for North Carolina cattle it will be seen that this industry is greatly injured unloss some relief can be had. Governor Carr therefore urges Secretary Morton to defer the enforce ment of the law until the Legislature convenes and enacts a quarantine law against States to the 0"th of this. Several hundred North Carolina cattle are now sent to Richmand daily. -- . To Visit us Again. Col. A. K. McClure writes the Gov ernor that he will soon make a South ern tour and will be in Raleigh March 13th. Governor Carr invites him to be his guest at tbe executive mansion. Col. McClure, who is one of the most charming of men, has proved in a great many ways hia regard for North Carolina. He writes Governor Carr: "I wish again to visit your State, tbe most favored of the States for agricul ture and immigration. No State in the West can equal it." While in tho State Col. McClure will visit the col ored normal school at Winston. Exposition Postponed. , Governor Carr is advised of the post ponement until May, 1897, of the openiug of the Tennessee Exposition. At first it was announced that it would be held the coming May, but the post ponement was found necessary. Gov ernor Carr will urge the Legislature to make an appropriation for a North Carolina building. North Caroling ought for many reasons to participate. To begin with, as has been stated, ajl Tennessee was originally one North Carolina county. - Rewards Offered. A reward of $100 is offered for Nathan Jones and Francis Jones, who assaulted, shot twice and fatally wounded Mark Biittain, in Henderson county, near tho South Carolina line. It is thought they are in hiding among their friends on the South Carolina border. A reward of $100 is also offered for the capture of W. R. Hampton, colored, who brutally murdered the watchman at the South ern Railway depot at Statesville in December la6f. i . Pcabody Fund Received. Mr. Scarborough, State Superintend ent of Public Instruction, has received $4,500 from the Peabody Fund, to be divided as follows: $2,000 to the State Normal and Industrial School; $2,100 for the colored State normal schools; $200 for Tom's manual train ing department at the Durham colored school; ftlOO for the Clinton graded Echool. - Requisition Papers. Governor O'Ferrall, of Virginia, makes requisition on Governor Carr for Charles Jones, alias Charles Cobbs, who is wanted in Halifax county, Va., for house-breaking and jail-breaking. He is nw in jail at Asheville, but his term of imprieonment ends on the 24th inst., and Governor Carr will then turn him over to the Virginia authorities. . A Humane Engineer. Engineer Harrison stopped the pas senger train five miles below Winston and picked up a farmer named Pol-1-trd, of Friendship, who was lying drunk on the ground nearly frozen. It is thought he would have died if he had remained there a few hours' longer. Delegates Appointed. Governor Carr appointed three of the State guard surgeons, Hubert Hay wood, Robert S. Young and Julian M. 15aker, delegates to represent North Carolina at the National convention of military fmrgeonsat Philadelphia, May 12. At the last of these conventions27 States were represented. A New Cotton 311 II. The Co-operative Cotton Mill Com pany at Fayetteville has purebacsed a site for its mill. It will manufacture toft yarns. The work of building will begin on March 1. Jude Brown's handsome residence near Weldon has been destroyed by tire. A valuable vein of gold has been discovered near Wilkesboro. What's th Matte with tlio Einpress7 The Dowager Emprees of China is said to be yery much subdued of late. She was formerly an arrogant aggres sive woman, who believed that she was the center upon which the universe turned. Recent events have bad a strong Influence upon her and she has aged very rapidly. Her domineering ways have disappeared, and she listens humbly to wools of advice from people who used to Xar to address her. CECIL JOHN RHODES, SOUTH Behind the troubles in the Transvaal and behind the Jameson expedition Is the master hand of Cecil John Rhodes. ex-Premier of Cape Colony, richest man jjj South Africa, and, In reality, lord of the dark continent. Managing Director of tho Imperial South Africa Company, his uncompromising ambition has ever been to extend the power and the pos sessions of the company northward to the Zambesi and to establish the grandest and rich est of British possessions abroad. Born of a poor English olergyman and immigrating to South Africa at sixtoen for the sake of his headh, Cocil Rhodes has grown to be the un crowned king of tho country, and has, by shrewdness, foresight and matchless executive ability, built up a fortune of $75,000. 09 or more. By consolidating all the diamond com panies in the mining districts he advanced the price of preoious stones in the world's marts, and throuehl hia indefatigable effort and comprehensive management Great Britain has slowly but surely marched northward in Africa, until now she is in a fair way of thrusting her great, conquering foot on the little Dutch Republic of tan TransvaaL But Rhodes's ambition has been larger than mere conquesr. His ultimate Idea is, perhaps, to found a grand republic of 3outh Africa and to be himself it3 President. To the east and west are the possessions of Germany and Portugal, whose agents have been for years trying to reaoh the Zambesi. But Rhodes has beaten them and has crept around the Orange Free State and the Transvaal, cutting them oft from communication with the north except through his land. When Jameson was defeated by the Boers, Premier Rhode3 resigned. VICTIMS OF BLACK DAMP Terribly Fatal Explosion in the Vulcan Mine, Colorado. NONE LEFT TO TELL THE STORY. Not a Sound of Warning Cislliors Ilard at "Work When Overtaken by tho Disaster That Caused Their Death Rescue Par tics Useless The Victim Were Near ly All Italians. I New Castle, Col., February 19. The Vul can coal mine, in the Hog-Back justy' below town, was completely wrecked and set on Are by a terrific gas explosion shortly after 11 o'clock yesterday. About; fifty men, in cluding firemen and coal operators, were In the several rooms along the tlope when tho explosion occurred. Not a man could bavo survived the shook, the gas, or the Are which Immediately ensued. j Withtha exception of a few bosses, the killed are Itadaus, but in the confusion and excitement it was impossible to make a com plete roster of names of the unfortunates. Tho town of New Castle was shaken as if by an earthquake, and a dense black clottd obscured tho site of the Vulcan mino and workings, indicating only too plainly what had occurred. The wntlre population rushed to the scene, to behold the surface workmen in the midst of a thick cloud of dust, trying invainto start the work of rescuing their unfortunate fellow laborers below. The earth had settled perceptibly near the hillside, and the dense volume of blak 3moke issuing from crevices in the upheaved mass gave evidence that the coal vein had surely been set aflre by the explosion. Women and children rushed shrieking and screaming tothetoen, adding to the con fusion. 1 The mine owned 'jy tho Colorado Fnol and Tron Company, two and a half miles away, was promptly closed down, and all hauJ. hastened to aselst Superintendent Herrick of the Vulcan in tho work of rescue, but it way quickly seen that little could be done. Her rick and several men had torn away the broken timbering at the landing and ha I rushed into tho slope soon alter the explosion had occurred, with wet sponges over their nostrils, only to be driven back again by the deadly fumes. i The force of the explosion may be im agined when it is said that the buildings and trestle at the muth ! of the slope were completoly wrecked, a j hole 100 feet 3quare 'carved out of tho hillsido at the mouth of the incline, while timbers two feet square were blown Into the Grand Biver, 400 feet away. One miner was on his way down the siope when the explo sion occurred, and his mangled body was subsequently found several hundred ice: away from the mouth of the slope. Thero were 140 men employed in an 1 about th mine at the time, and about j fifty were a. work underground at the timo of the acci dent. State Coal Mine Inspector: Griffith was here on February 8 and pronounced the m;:i? In better condition than it had ever ben be fore. An immense faa ia tbe slope, which was about 500 feet in depth, teemed to af ford complete ventilation, and every possible precaution was taken to prevent an explo sion of the gas known to exist in the mines of this district. It is believed that a high lighted fuse ignited the gas in one of tbe new rooms while the men were blasting down coa!. The old Vulcan mino baf. been abandoned for ssvoral years an i was in no way connected with the prescDt Froperty, a new slope having been driven nto the hil'side. The Vulcan Fuel Company .operates the property, which is owned by the Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe lUilrcad Company. The mine was being worked to its full capa city, the output being from seventeen to twenty cars per day. Deserted Husband's Crime. Franz Michael 8chwab, fifty-six years old. in Brooklyn. N. Y., shot his aged wife, his eldest son and a grandson, the woman dying immediately, and the others' wounds being considered fataL His wife was not living with him. .Toiin Dillon the Iribb. I.e'ler. The members of the Irish Pardarnantary narty held a sitting in the British House of Commons for the purposa of electing a new chairman in succession to Juatin McCarthy, Joan Diilcu was elected chairman by a votn of U7 to 21. AFRICA'S UNCROWNED KING. THE HALLS OF CONGRESS. Boston is trying to persuade Congress to deepeathe harbor to thirty feet. A bill makinir Jaokson's Birthday p. Iao-hI J holiday-was introduced by Senator Hill, and j referred to the Judiciary Committee. The . Department of the East has asked Congress for 10,000 headstones forthe graves of honorably discharged soldiers and sailors. Representative Walker, of Slassachusetts, addressed the Committee on Immigration in favor of the bill introduced by him to re strict immigration. Tbe Senate. Commit te3 on Judiciary au thorized a favorable report on Senator Hans, brough's bill to prevent the use of the Amer ican flag for advertising purposes. The House Committee on Pensions ordered u favorable report on the bill of Mr. MoCor mick, of New York, granting a pension ol 450 per month to the widow of General T. 1 W. Sweeny. On account of troubles in the Transvaal the salary of our Consul at Capo Town, whose jurisdiction includes the Transvaal and Oransre Freo State, will be raised from $2000 to $3000. A consulate, with a salary of $2500, will be established at Tamsui.in Formrsa, asthat island has been acquired by Japan, 'and its business with the United States amounts to i50.OCO.000 a year. Representatives Skinner, of North Carolina, has introduced a measure which is of senti mental and historical interest even beyond tha borders of the United States. It is a bill to provide for the commemoration of the landing of tha first British American colony on Roanoko Island, North Carolina, cn or about July 4, 1531. General Mik-3 has been tellinu; the Com mittee on Coast Defences that New York, San Francisco and Boston are the onlyplaees on the coast that there has been even a pre tenso of fortifying, and that wholly inade quate. He s iys that it will take $30,000,000 and years of time to put the country in any sort of a con lition of defense. Senator Hansbrough has introluced a bill to create a National Art Commission, con sisting of five persons eminently distin guished in literature and line arts, to ex amine all works of art offered for sale and donation to tho United States, and to ex amine anuually tho Government art collec tions in the Capitol and Congressional Li brary. EA-3ecretary.Tr.ie3, of New York, wa be fore the Senate Committee on Naval Affair making a statement on the investigation under way relative to price3 paid for armor plate, alleged overcharges, tho ownership of patents, etc. Mr. Carnegie and several of his employes are to appear before tho com mittee. The hearing is conducted behind ! closed doors. HZLD UPjTHE BANK EMPLOYES. Three 3Ien Forced the Cashier and liook koejer Into a Vault and Sto!- STOO. Three men, one of whom was rnas'ied, en tered the Market Street Bank, at Kan Fran cisco, Cal., at 19 o'clock a. m. Immediately on entering one of tho m ;a ciosel the outer door of the bank, a'iroitly listening it. The other two drw p;sto!s and commanded Cashier W. S. H-jpiius au 1 ft jokke '. : J. A. iiayburst to thro.wup their hands. Hopta? not immeiiately eomoly.ng. a shot wa-. tired, .rhicb. however, mise I him. The robb-rs forced the two ban': employes into one of the ste ! vaults of the- h :a':, clos ing the Uoor on them, but not locking It. They then took away a tray containing a iarge quantity of gold coin and onetravof silver. The bank officials refuse to disclose the exact amount taken, but Cashier Hop kins sa3S it will not exeedd f7uu. Chief of Police Crowley say .3 the bauk people were warned the week before that tiioy were iu danger. Moving For Arbitration. At the residence of William E. D lige rep resentative citizens of New York Citv and Brooklyn took step3 to co-operate with citi- ! ziis in other cities ia the agitation for a high court o arbitration to settle disputes be tween Great Britain an! thf United States. To Bur Out Illiterates. In lieu of the various bills before it on the subject of restricting immigration, the United States Senate Immigration Commit tee reported a bill adding to the classes of aliens excluded fromaImis.;:ontothe United States: . ''All persons over fourteen years of ago who cannot read and write the language of their native country, except that an aged parent not so able to read and writ, who Is tho parent or gran dparent of an admissible immicrrant. may accompanjorbe sent for by such immigrant." Munborr es are Ilipe. Strawberries .-vr-j ripe and being sniped in , Iliiisborougb, Fla. THE FIFTY-FOURTH COURKbS. A Synopsis of the Proceedings of Both Houses. ; THE SENATE. M05DAY. ' In the Senate Monday the senatorial elec tion case from the State of Delaware was re ported back from thecommittee on privileges and elections by Mr. Mitchell, Republican, of Oregon, its chairman, the report being in favor of the right of Mr. Dupont to the seat.; The views of the minority adverse to that' proposition are to be submitted Tuesday.and: the questloa is to be taken up for the action of the Senate as soon as possible. Another proposition for a national holiday was presented in the form of a memorial. It', is to be the 24th of June, and is to cowmem j orate the first sighting of the North Atlantic, coast by John aad Sebastian Cabot, in 1197.1 It was reported to the judiciary committee to; which has already been referred Mr. Hill's bill tor a "Jackson Day" the 15th of March. A resolution was offered and agreed to, calling on tb Secretary of the Treasury for, information as to the amount in the Treasury, on March 4. 1S89, and March 4, 1893; whether there has been any diminution of revenue;! and if so. from what causes. Mr. Morgan offered resolutions which! were agreed to calling on tho Secretary of the Treasury for reports of Treasury agentsi in the year 1894. as to the hunting and de-j struction of fur seals on the Prybiloff Islands' and in Behring Sea. A message was received from tho House of Representatives notifying the Senate that its amendment to the House bond bill (the free coinage substitute) had been disagreed to by the House. No suggestion as to a conference was made. TUESDAY. In the Senate on Tuesdaj the chairman of the finance committee stated that the com mittee was waiting for some action on the part of the House on the bond bill amend ment. The Military Academy appropriation bill was then taken up. considered for three hours and passed. The pension appropiiation bill for the coming fiscal year was taken up and passed as quickly as the clerk could read it, in less than eight minutes. Mr. Gorman, in refer ence to this bill, which carried an appropria tion of $ 142.000,000. said it was one of those appropriations which added to tbe great expenditures of the government aud hung like a pall over the codntry. Ho recalled the pre diction that he bad heretofore made that the receipts of the government would not meet its expenditures. , Mr. Call introduced a resolution 'which went ovet directing the Secretary of the Treasury to dispose of the lapsed bids in the recent bond sale to "the highest bidder, in cluoing in the bids such as have been receiv ed up to the time of the passing of this resolution, when such bid3 shall be opened by the Secretary of the Treasury." After a short executive session the Senate adjourned. WEDNESDAY. In the Senate Wednesday Mr. Wolcott, of Colorado, chairman of the postofflce com mittee, reported a bill to t revent the sending through tho mails by any departmen of tho government, of matter weighing more than four pounds, except written or printed matter. Mr. Carter, of Montana, offered a resold tion to recommit to tbe linance committee the House tariff bill and the committee amendmerrtrand-gave notice that he would address the Senate upon it next Monday. A resolution was offered by Mr. Lodge, in structing the finance committee to investi gate and report, generally, on all the impor tant facts and circumstances connected with the issue of United States bonds in 1894. 1895, and 1896, and as to how the proceeds of such bonds have been disposed of. The resolu tien went over. A joint resolution to revive the grade of lieutenant general of the United States array was introduced by Mr. Eikins. of West Vir ginia. The diplomatic and consular appropria tion bill was then taken up, and passed with out any material amendments. Tho conference report on the urgent de ficiency appropriation wa3 presented and explained by Mr. Hale and wa3 agreed to. THURSDAY. The Senate on Thursday took up the bill to regulate marriage in the District of Co lumbia. The bill passed with several amend ments. The Senate then took up Mr. M-organ'a Cuban concurrent resolution declaring that, in the opinion of Congress, a condition of public war exists between the government of Spain and the govern ment proclaimed and ; for some time maintained by force of arms by the people of Cuba: and that the United States of America should maintain a strict neutrality between the contending powers, according to each the rights of belligerents inthep rts and territories of the UniteJ States. Mr. Cameron offered a substitute for, the concurrent, resolution in these words: "That the President is hereby re quired to inter po3e hi.H friendly offices with the Spanish government for the recognition of the independence of Cuba." Several speeches were made on the resolution but no action was taken. Mr. Morgan was speaking when the Senate adjourned. He will continue hi3 argument Mondaj-. The Senate adjourned until Saturday, when President pro tern Frye will read Washing ton's farewell address. SATURDAY. On Saturday the ordinary legislative pro ceedings were dispensed with in the Senate, and President pro tern, Tr'e read Washing ton's Farewell Address. After the reading, which occupied three-quarters of an hour, the Senate adjourned till Monday. . THE HOUSE. MOKDAT. In the House on Monday the Appropria tions committee reported the urgent defici ency bill with the amendments made by the Senate, recommen in;; concurrence in a few cf the amendments and non-concurrence in the remainder. The report was agreed to, and a motion to ask a conference upon the disagreeing otes of the two houses passed The committee on ways and means, re ported a substitute for the resolution refer red to that committee, calling upon the Sec retary of the Treasury for information in detail as to the proceeds of the sales of bonds i inder the resumption act or iwo. oi the rc j demptionof greenbacks, national bank notes i and Treasury notes since July 1, 1879; th i movement of legal tenders in bank reserves. ! and in the Treasury: what became of the proceeds of the bond sales, aud from what source the Treasury derived the money to meet the excess of government expenditures 1 over receipts. The resolution as reported r. ! tbe committee was adopted. The House then wnt into the committer of the whole to consider the agricultural ap propriation bill under the five minute rule. TUESDAY. Ia the House on Tuesday under requests for unanimous consent several bills and res olutions were passed, among them the reso lution directing the committee on waj-s and means to inquire into tbe effect of the differ ence of the exchange between countries hav ing the gold and silver standard of value up on America ? Industries, and to report by bill or otherwise. Mr. Sherman, of New York, reported the Indian appropriation bill forthe year ending Jnne 80, 1897. - And Mr. Cannon was given leave to file the legislative and judiciary appropriation bill with the clerk. Mr. Bingham from the committee on ap propriations, reported to the House the lg islative.executive and judicial appropriation bill for th comii g fiscal year. The bill carried an appropriation of 921.444,105, which is 025.6.5 t-eiow the estimat-s sub mitted and $025,582 lsa than the appropria tion forthe current fls'-al j-ear. The House in committee of the whole again resumed consideration of the agricultural appropriation bill, the paragraph governing lh purchase and distribution of seeds being the pending topic of discussion. Several peeches on the bill were made and several amendments adopted. ! The House entered upon the consideration of the UUto extend the time within . wbioh the government may bring suit to recover title to lands illegally or erroneously patent ented, but adjourned without coming to vote. j . ji WEDNESDAY. ' The House was 'ifitrietly business," Wednes day, and in a flverhours session disposed ot two important measures. The first was the bill to extend for ten years the time within which the government may institute suits to annul land patents illegally or erroneously Issued. 11 The army appropriation bill was also pass ed without much discussion Dut most oi tne ; new legislation prooosed by the committee on military affairs went out on points ot or-j der. Among tho propositions thus rejected j wastheoue to compel the President toap-j point paymasters from thelino officers of the! armv alone, shutting out ctvihaus. i Mr. t annou reported tho agreement of the conferees upon the urgent deficiency bill, ! aad .it was agreed to. As finally adopted,; the bill carries a total of 6,305,436, and In creaso ot $1,5S4,033 over the total as It passed the House.) i j 'THURSDAY. OnThursdaythe House refused toconcurin the Senate amendments to thegeneral pension appropriation bill and it was sent to confer ence. ' The Senate joiutj resolution requiring the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase and diJ-j tribute seeds, us in former years, was report- ed favorably fromj the committee on agricul ture. ! I ! The Indian appropriation bill was taken up in committee of the whole. Pending the consideration of the bill, a message from the Senate was received announcing tho pas-sage of tho diplomatic flnd consular appropropri-i ation bill. Mr. Hitt, chairman of the com-j mittee on foreign j affairs, asked concurrence in tho Senate amendments. !Thcy were but three in numUer-f increasing the salary of the consul at Cap Town to 3.000; making a secretary of legation iu Liberia at tl.500 and appropriating 10,000 to cover expenses of officers already iu the service detailed to; make inspection of consulates. The motion of Mr. Hitt was ajgreed to. ;! I I FRIDAY. ! Tn the Hoiisn Fridav an unsuccessful at teniDt was an ad el to reduce the salaries of Indian Inspectors; from 63.000 to 2,500. j The Senate amendments to the Military Academy bill were agreed to and the Senate bill was passed tcj amend section 5,294, Re vised Statutes, so as to empower tho Secre tary of the Treasury to remit or mitigate forfeitures un ifr jhis jurisdiction, as we 1 as flm-s and penalties. At 5 o'clock a recess was taken until 8 o'clock, the evening session beiug for tlm consideration'of private pen sion bills only. The House adjourned until Monday. TELEGRAPHIC TICKS. Ex-Governor Robinson, of Massa chusetts is dead. . I Fitzsimmons says he will refuse to accept Corbett's challenge, and after filling seveial American engagements he will go to England, j j Edgar W. Nye, better known as "Bilr'jNye, died at his home at Buck Shoals, near Asheville, N. C, on Sat urday aiternoon, j j Fitzsimmons and Maher fought in Mexico on Friday, and! it only took Fitz ninety-five seconds and one round "to do Maher up." Secretary Olney has received a ca- blegram from Ambassador Eustis say ing that John Ij. Waller had been re leased from prison. He is preparing to sail for the United Statc-fC I Hon Geo Davis, Attorney Genera! of the j Confederate States, and since the war a prominent member of the bar of Wilmington, N. C.was stricken with paralysis.j Mr Davis has been an invalid for some time. His condition is considered precarious. Ex-United States District Clerk, Ed. R. Campbell, was 6hot and killed by his son.Robert: Campbell, at Nashville, Tenn. The young man approached his father from behind, while the latter wa walking the street, and shot him through tho head. Young Campbell is demented and this is the only grouod on which his act can be accounted for. He is about 21j years of age and had recently been oonfinedjin an asylum at Cincinnati, PROJECTED COTTOX MILLS. New Enterprises Continue to Attract Attention. Special reports jo the Baltimore Manufac turers' Record for the past week show that the cotton manufacturing enterprises tcon tlnue to attract increasing attention through out the South. A -f 000,000 company his been incorporated in Alabama by New England and local people j with the expectation of building a 30,000 spindle mill; . 10O,C00 cotton mill company has beenorganiz'! at Newport, Tenn., a f 150,000 j-company at McColl, S. C, a $50,000 company at Atbnj, Ga., while niiis have been projected at Valdosta, Ga.. Sand Mountain, Ala.. Branchville, 8. C, and High Point, N. C. i The contracts for the building of the 10, 000 horse-power j electric water plant at Columbia, 8. C, have all been let. This will !e the largest water-power developed wholly forthe translation of electricity anywhere n the country, except Niagara. A Pennsylvania! company has purchased 50,000 acres of timber land in western North aroima. The Best SEWING I MACHINE SAVE MONEY MADE XTE OR OTJIX DEALERS can eell you machines cheaper than yon can get elsewhere. The KEW HOME U u r beat, bat we make cheaper kinds, inch aa the CLIMAX, IDEAIj and other Iltsh Arm Full NJekel Plated Sewlns Machines for $15.00 and up. Call on our agent or write aa, e mat your trade- r. !??!;! t-n huujcare aeauug will win r we will hare it. We challenge t!c world to produce a KET TEH $50.00 Sewln Machine for $50.0r lettr Sewing Maehlu tor $20.00 than yon eaa buy from or oar j THE HEYf 110-13 ESYJIHG UfXIlIES CO. ma CA-LS E.Y GAINEY & JORDAN Dunn, N. C.i AND rTfrl ABSOLUTELY 'It
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