North Carolina Newspapers

. m - ' I . . - . - I '" " - I . - -,-!!!'-"""""-""-- 1.00 Per Year In Ad a -ice. "PROVE ALL i TfUNGS AND HOLD FAST TO THAT WHICTt 13 GOOD." NO. 8. DUNN, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1896. VOL. VI . J. 1 . I IT r.u V, Junur uu i -'' ; : . - : : - ' ! " T ! ' I "" . , . : " I . SALVATION ABMI'S LOSS. 'Commander Ba'linglon Booih and His Wife Ret:re From the Organization. iTHEIR SUCCESSORS ARE NAMED. Mr and Mrs. l-o:th Leave ilie Army Ilea;! 'ti'inrtrrs in w York Why General ..tn Uemindeil tlia Kemoval of the-I'rviu-r Com.nvider Mr. Ufpew' I.p;:cr I'roni tha Commander-in-Chief. y;f , Yoof, F?Vu.. y '-'7. Tha trouble ia tii Solvation A-;r.y respecting a Commander tor tiia ".rorse i i, the U-itl States kas culminated ia the retirement o' Commander Ii liiiir -r- B)oth an! his wile, who have withdrawn entirely from ths organization. Mis.-"Eva Csotii, th-i youngest daughter of (i ti Til Villian Both, .wlo cane to this o-.u:itry t try to prsua le her brother to re turn t England, wa-s authorize I by cable from Bramwell Bjoih, the General's chief of CHAIRMAN CARTER'S ViEWS. Risptec la h United Stfes Senate oa tlie Currency Qasstlon. Senator Thomas Henry Carter, or Mon tana, who is the Chairman of the Republican National Committee, spoki against the House tariil bill, and characterized the Re publicans who sus tained the Presi dent's ''sound mon ey" policy as "mas pies." Senators Sher man and Teller fol lowed in a arm discussion of the money question. It wa.i rumored that Senator Carter wou'd i',:Sr- be aske 1 to resitrn his ro"itioa a?Chatr- man of the Republi can National Com mittee in conse- t. H. CAETia. quence of his free silver views and his action, in conjunction with Ssnator All"?, iu defeating the R?pub Lcna plains for tariff legislation. Mr. Carter was oiec-ted Chairman for the full term of four years at a meeting of the National Committee held in the city of Louis ville, Ky., iD 1893. Ha nvtnagei the Provi dential eainpai','11 of 189-t which resulted ia the defeat of Benjamin Harriton for a second term. - r- NORTH STATE CULLINGS. SALISBURY IN PROUD. Work on the Shops to Begin at an Early Day. The official news that the Southern Railroad would put its new shops at Salisbury, was indeed gratifying to the neoule of that citv. Mr. Baldwin's letter set at rest alldonbt in the matter. Salisbury is indeed lucky. The land on which the shops will bo built lies about one mile to a mile and a half north of the c.ty limits on the line of the rpad and consists of about 172 acres, lying up and down the line a distance of 4,000 feet. It is an admir able location and well suited for the purpose. Surveyors are at work on tho property and the work of building will begin soon. The shops will be up, it is understood, by September, certain ly not later than October, and in full operation. TO PKRFKCT THAT LONG LK ASK. A QUEER MONUMENT. Will Be tho Tallest Monument In m. Family Plot In America. One of the most unique monuments In any cemetery la this country is now being placed in position in Greenwood Cemetery, Brook lyn. This remarkable gravemark la sixty five feet high, "and i3 said to be the hij;hC3t monument in a family plot in America. It is a fao simile of a famous Egyptian obelisk, and two Interesting features which will mark tho momorial will bo its golden top, visible for miles around, and tho inscription. Two sides of the pedestal, says the New York Times, are to bear the name of the owner, Millionaire John Stemme, of this city, in English, and the remaining sides will have Mr. Stemme's name in hieroglyphics, which will no doubt cause much wonderment among the thousands who visit tho ceme tery. It takes fourteen different characters to represent Mr. Stemmo's name, and it is said that the millionaire spent many weary weeks hunting for a brainy man who was boll A Directors of North Carolina Railroad 3Ieet in Charlotte. Tbo board of Directors of the North Carolina Eailroad company met in Charlotte with nil present except Gov ernor Holt. The main business trans acted waF the appointment of a com mittee, consisting of Messrs Alexander, Allison and Maxwell, to receive the securities, to be given as collateral for the payment of the semi-annual inter est of $140,000. The security to be given censists cf 8200,000 Southern Railway first mortgago bonds and will be deposited in the first Nation Bank in Charlotte, GEXE5AL BOOTH. FOUNDER OF THE SALVAliON ATUIY. Wlo miroi hi? s ,o, KaWngtoa Booth, as Commanlsr-iii-Chief o! the Salvation Army in the Unitei States.) staff, to tak .tnii!orary"Vo!niuanl as Com-mL-sio:M p 'ii iinuc th: .-.rriva! of Comman der an 1 Mrs 1'. l) L i Tour Booth-Tucker, who havo i-' n aiinte..l to succeed Mr. and Mr-". Ra'.iiu-io.'i HotiJ. Ex-C'ixn:n:nJar;ml ."fc. Booth leTt the Solvation Ariiiy..Il'?:ulquarters in West Four-U-enth strv.-t for the last tim?, as they said, r.t C, o'c o.Mc Monday eveuiuj;. We. i-.rtve l.-ft only our children and our hous.'h m 1 offdvJis." said Mr.. Booth to a re porter, as fhi v,v.i leaving th3 National Headquarters. HARD FiCHTiNG IN NICARAGUA; REPLY SENT TO THE PROTEST. lie AVliv r:.tier.l i:.TiH llemanded the 'mitial of t3i3 Couitiinnder. New Yot.k, February 27. Cuauncey M. Depcw' has rct-ived from London a lougjhy hlt-r fru.n W. BrarnweTl Booth, .:ommiiidT-iu-Chiei of the Salvation Army, retlyiag to ths pr iiest ag.iiast the removal .f" Comn-.an.ler and M rs. Booth, adopted at th. lvcnt Carnegie Hall meeting in this city. Mr. Biotli says in the letter the contem plated change vr.ts iu harmony with the sys lom and practice i' the army since its organ ization; had theor.stom not boon observed iu the past CoTiinaudcr Bailinstoa Booth and Mr.-". Booth would never have been sent to the I'nited Stales, and that it was not con--id'U-e 1 desirable for any soldier in the army to enjoy .the too great c n!laenc3 of the peo ple. 'i'he 1-tter clones with regrets that the pe tition of protest could not rj regarded seri-iu.-ly e:r.;;gu to alter General Booth's sys tem. The New fomm indfr. OmmauVr Tucker, appointed to succeaJ Baliin- on Booth as C im nander-iu-Chief of the S iiv.ition Armv in tho United States, is It .'eporled Ihat ths, Ksvolutlouists Have Taken Corlnto. A formidable revolution has broken out iu Nicaragua against the Government of Prasi- den'v Zelaya. The present leaders are General Ruben Alonzo, ex-Minister of War; Jose M. Chaivarria. Military Gove -nor of Leon; Francisco Baca. ex-Ministwr of the Interior; Geaeral Godo . and others. Salisbury Will Get the Shops. In a letter to the Charlotte Obsrrrer Mr. W. II. Baldwin, Jr., Second Vice- President of tho Southern Railroad, says cn ine buojcci. oi iuc mmuiw bhops : "This question has had the coustant attention of the officers of tbis road, but it has been decided that in view of the changed conditions which exist to day, it will be impracticable to locate the shops as planned near your city. "Salisbury is the most southerly point at which the largest amount of our traffic centers, as it is the terminus of the Western North Carolina Rail road, over which our traffic is constaut lv inereasincr. and Salisbury, further- "j cj ' t more, will necessarily be the terminal point for the traffic ' which will be handled to the Norfolk line, recently established, Salisbury, betide being the natural terminus for the very im; portaut traffic from the West nnd from tho Norfolk line, is tho central point in mileage between Washington ami Atlanta, being 333 miles from Wash iugtou and 314 miles from Atlanta; and 238 miles from Manchester, where we have large shops, and 270 miles from Knoxville, where our central shops for the Western lines are located. "Knnwinff that vour Deotde feel a very grt at interest and have looked forward for some time to the location of the shops, which was our intention, I deem it my duty to write this letter to you, with the sincere regret that the economical operation of this property will not permit the construction of shops at any point except near Salisbury." LATEST NEWS IN BRIER GLEANINGS FROM MANY POINTS. Important Happenings, Both IK.iie and Foreign, Briefly ToJV. THE FIFTY-FOURTH CONUHfclSS. it j Vrri- wi rz. HIGHEST GEAVEMAKK IS AMERICA. enough to undertake the tatk of translating tho n:ime John Stemme into Egyptian. Mr. Stommo id reported as saying that there are only two men in the country who could suc cessfully perform the work, and one of tho two. a Columbia Collosre professor, did it ia a thoroughly satisfactory manner. The hieroglyphics, liko the naaio in English, are cut out of the granite pedestal. Mr Stemmo's monument ia claimed to bo tho largest single piece of granite ever quarried in this country. It weinea m me rough 150.CCO pounds, and in thecuttinc, as ia i.inviUv iha case, it lost about ono-third. so that tho finished spire now weighs 100,OJU nnnn.ii Thia. cocs on a cranite padesial atpvKii'feet si- inches sauare. also cut out of o Q.nri v.infv. Tho sr.iro of tho obelisk is hftv-four feet hirh. an 1 measures four feet squaro at the has", gradually tapering to the colden crown at the top. A...a-diny to (hiarles E. Tavntor. who un denook tho ilclicato task of cutting the obe lisk at his quarr.es, at Barre, t., one naa Southern News Noto. The strike on Northern Alabams railroad is ended, the company having acceded to the demands of the strikers. -Two architects huve said that the Mississippi capitol building at Jackson is rotten from roof to cellar and likely to fall at any time. Major C. W. McClaramy of Scott Hill, N. d, and a colored man were instantly killed by the bursting of the boiler of an engine. Cashier Dorsey, of the Wichita Fall?, To-.. National Bank, was shot dead by bank robbers. The robbers were pur sued, and one killed. The Southern Railway reports gross earnings for January of $1,630,956, an increase of $128,880, and for seven months gross earnings of $11,956,-152, increase $813,770. W. J. Lowrev, agent of the Liberian government, is making a tour of Texas, organizing colonies. There will be a large exodus. The colonists have been promised thirty acres ot lana a picce,a yoke of oxen, provisiuns for three months and innumerable other inmgs by the Liberian government. There was a disastrous fire at Flor- nee. ii.. on unursuuv uiiu. approximate losses on buildings and and merchandise are feiuu.uuu. -ino insurance is about one-half. The cause of the fire is unknown. George Wil liams, ft printer of Darlington, who was sleeping in the 1.1ns IjIuck, up stairs, was cremate.l. The searchers found the horribly charred body. A special to the Charlotte Observer from Mt. Airy, N. C, says : "Rumor brings the news that a shooting affair occurred in Alleghany county a few days: ago, iu which tliree men were killed and about fifteen wounded. It was at the close of a writing school, at an exhibition, and I understand that the teacher of the school, a man by the name of Mosely, is now in jail at Sparta, charged with firing the shots . , -,1 -I A C 1L A . ' that Kineu two oi iuu meu. The Southern' States Freight Asso ciation brought its sessions in Tsew York City to a satisfactory close lhurs- doy, leaving the situation in a very satisfactory shape. All of the railroad and steamship hues m the association promised to stand by the existing agieement and accept mo ruling oi Chairman Haines, until such rulings should be reversed by the executive committee. The Seaboard Air Line is not a member of this associati du. A Synopsis of the Proceeding of B jtli Houses. I THE SENATE. MOXDAT. - In the Senate Monday tho bill granting a pension of 5200 a month to the widow of the late Secretary of State, Brigadier General Walter y. Gresham, was amended to make the amount 100 per month and passed. Ilouse bill to provide for the extension by five years of the time within whicti suits may be brought to vacate and annul land patents to railroad companies, was reported from tho committee' oa public lands, discussed briefly and passed. ? The Vico President announced his signa ture to the urgent deficiency biil. After a short executive session the Senate adjourned, j TUESDAr. The Senate on Tuesday, by a vote of 33 to 22. declined to consider the House tariff bill. The last three hours of the day's session were given up to the consideration of the Cu- j ban belligerency resolution. Mr. Morgan concluded his threo days speech in support cf tho resolution as reported from the com mittee on foreign ' relatious. Mr. Gray, an other member of the same committee, while denouncins Spanish rule in Cuba, and de claring the warmest sympathy with the revo lutionists, argued that the declaration of bel ligerency was solely an executive function and outside of the constitutional powers of Cousrress Without action on the resolution. the Senate adjourned. , WEDNESDAY. In the Senate on Wednesday Mr. Cameron presented the petition of the Glass Bottle Blowers' Association of tho United States and Canada, urging the re-enaetment of tho lrec coinage laws at the ratio of 1C to 1. The army appropriation-bill was reported ar.d placed on the calendar. It calls for a total appropriation of 23,i'7'J,40'2. . Tho Senate committee increased tho amount of tho House bill by 3,500 only. Mr. Allen, of Nebraska, offered a substitute for the pending Cuban resolution. Itauthor izes and requires the President to issue, a proclamation recognizing the independence of the Republic of Cuba. lie a,skedthat the resolution lie on the ta'oh TUESDAY. In tho Senate-on Thursday tuns appro ft A iff "UALUXGTOX BOOTH. (Retired as Commander of the Army in tne United States.) IHS. BilXIXCTOS BOOTH. It Is reported that the revolution has spread all over the Western provinces, in cluding Chinaadega and Chichigalpa. The port of Corinto has been closed and Mr. Sev erich. the general agent of tho Pacific Mail Company, has been notified to that effect. Steamers will not be allowed to touch at that port. A private- cable despatch from Nicaragua reports that hard fighting ha3 taken piace between the rebels and tho Government forces near Momotombo, on Lake Managua. It is reported that the rebels captured two lake steamers. It is believed that Corinto is al ready ia tho possession of the revolution-, isls. 1 ab:-uf fortv vears oil, and married the sec ond ttaiig'iter cf General Booth. For several years he wa i command of the army in India, itht is now oa his way from that count rvuo England in company with Gen eral B:b:h. Mr. Cleveland's Intentions. General J. S. Fulierton, o Washington, President of the National Chickamauga Mil-' itary Tark Association, say3 the personal friends of President Cleveland understand well that he will not be a candidate for a third term. He saysthat Mr. Cleveland has communicated this fac: to several of his per-, sonal friends in Washington, and will In a short time announce his determination in a letter. Russell, Long and Eliot for Arbitration. Ex-Governors W. E. Russell and John D. Long. President Eliot, of Harvard College, and others, issued a call for a meeting, to be held in Boston. Mass., st the home of FiO'oert Treat Paine, to consider what action can be taken judiciously to secure a perma nent system of arbitration between the United States and Great Britain Quick Justice. At Halifax, Henry Dowden, a negro on trial there for killing Engineer M. M. Dodd, of Portsmouth, a., at W el don, was convicted of murder in the first degree, and was sentenced to be hanged on the 17th of March next. Dowden was on Dodd's engine and was ordered off by the fireman. While get ting off the locomotive the negro drop ped -his hat and asked Dodd to hold his torch so he could find it. This Dodd did, when the negro shot him through the head with a pistol. Major McCIammy Killed. Major C. W. McCIammy, of Scott's Hill, render'. county, was instantly killed by the bursting of a boiler of an engine on his plantation. The Negro fireman, Alfred Spellman, was also kil led. Major McCIammy was an officer in the Confederate Army. He was elected Representative in Congress by tho Democrats in 1886 and served two terms. . , . Postmasters Confirmed. The Senate has confirmed the follow ing nominations of postmasters: North Carolina W. . F. Marshall, Gastonia; J. A. Little, Wadesboro; W. N. Pritchard, Chapel Hill; W. D. Gastcr, Fayette ville. Governor Matthews Aslcel to Assemble the Indiana Legislature. A sub-committee of the Republican State committee of Indiana, called oa Governor Matthews and urged him to call a special ses sion of the Legislature for the purpose of massing a new apportionment act, as the a?ts Df 1891 and 1393 have just been overthrown oythe Supreme Court, having the act of in force. The Governor hea d the pro mise of the committee that nothing but an '-s lutely fair apportionment would b made lad then replied that he would make formal reply to the request as soon as possible. It almost certain that the Governoi will deny the request. J L73 STB. STE2IE'S SAKE IS HIEEOSLYPniCS. Irod persons stood on one side of the obollsk is it lay in tho quarry boforo shipment to his citv. Mr. Tavntor has the only derrick in America largo enough to handle a single r.?orv of crrauita wo:chln over 15O.C00 ia It tno'r six months to cut the niro of the ohelisk, and three cars had to bo tm'.lt specially to transport It to Now York ttty. '3:ll' tr.'Z 13 DEAD. The In Famous Hnmorlst -"asses Away ills 2foriU Carolina Home. Edgar Wilson Nye, tho humorous writer, died at his home, "Buck Shca'.s," eic;ht miles from Asheville, N. C. He was stricken 'by paralysis ten day3 before. H i lay sln- e then in a nelpiess condition, neither speak ing to nor-reeonlzing anyone. H's wife and children were at his besido when the end peaceably cam Northern News Items. At Slater, Mo., lire totally destroyed tho Hotel Hughes and the postomce building. The loss is about o0,000, half insure .1. Gen. Lewis Merrill died at the Tresbyterian Hospital, at Philadelphia, Pa., of an affection of the kidneys. Tie wns military commander in Souti Carolina during reconstruction times. H. M. Green, a wealthy broker, who has been operating on the Chicago board of trade for several years, was expelled by the board of directors ot that institution for violation of the icode against "bucket shop" dealings.. The special committee ou sound financial legislation of the New York chamber of commerce adopted a reso lution to the effect that "it is tho sense of this committee that the agitation in favor of the maintenance of the pres ent standard of value and against the free coinage of silver should be prose cuted with vigor." All commercial bod- ,ies are to be urged iu an address to try to induce both political parties to de clare for sound money in their plat forms. priatingsoCO.000 for two first class revenue steamers for the Pacific const nnd $100,000 for a public building at Nowport News, Va , were passed. Also the army appropriation bill, wiih no greater delay that caused by its beintr read L full. It appropriates over $23 000,003 and is the fifth of the annual ap propriation bills that has passed the Senate. The Cuban belligerency resolution was taken up. and it was agreed that a vote be taken on it at 1 o'clock Friday. ; T .11DAY. In the Senate on Friday after a few minutes devoted to matters of no general interest, ou motion of Mr. Sherman, the business of the morning huur was dispensed with and tho resolution for tho recognition of Cuban belligerency was taken up and after con oi.iBrai.lP discussion was adopted by a vote of 64 to G. The resolution as aaopu u j as f r. Irnri; 'Risolved, By the Senate (the House, of Representatives .concurring) that, in the opinion ot CoDgrcss, a condition of public war exists between the government of Spain and government proclaimed and for some time maintained by force or arms by the peo ple of Cuba: and that the United Slates of America should maintain a strict neutrality between tho contending powers, according to each all the lights of belligerency m the ports and territory of the United States. "T'BnnivH.1 Fuither. that the fnenuly of fices of .the United States should be offered i by the President to the Spanish government for the recognition of the independence of Cuba." " House bill relating to the anchorage and movements oi vessels m m. .uj anv. Lake Huron were taken from the calendar and passed. Mr. Mitchell, of Oregon, chairman of the eommittee on-privileges and elections, gave notice of his Intention to biiucr before the Senate the elect ion case or Mr. Dupont, for the Slate ot Delaware, immediately after the conclusion of the morsdng business on Wed nesday next. FBIDAT. In the House on i Friday as soon as the journal was read the House went into consid eration of the legislative, executive and judi cial appropriation bill for the year ending June 30. nnd twtntj"-one pages of it were disposed of before ad lournment. A message from Fresidet Cleveland, veto ing the bill authorizing the leasing of the school lands ot Arizona, was laid before the Ilouse and made the special order for Satur day. The conference n port on the general pen sion appropriation bT!l, and the report of the election committee No. 2, confirming Mr. Jones' title to his seat as representing the first district ol Virginia," were agreed to. SATURDAY. After an hour's debate Saturday the House passed over the President's veto the bill au thorizing the leasi a of school laid3 iu Arizona, by a vote ot 200 to 38. The Senate amendments to the army ap propriation bill was disagreed to and the bill sent to cc nference. Mr. Henderson reported from the com mittee on rules an order making iu order and not subject to a point of order under the rules, as an amendment to the legislative, executive and judicial bill, the bill reported by the committee on the judiciary, providing for the compensation of the United States marshals and district attorneys by salaries instead of fees. He explainod the object ot therorder to be to set the proposed legisla tion into the appropriation bill forthe reason that it rovided the money to pay these offi cers, and, further, to effect, by getting the provisions of the new bill in the appropria-ti-n measure, a reduction of .216,000 In the expenses attached to these offices. He read a statement showing that in the past seven years there had been an increase in the ap propriations for United States marshals ot $75t'.0()0. The order was adopted without division. i. Mr. Daniels, chairman of elections com mittee. No. 1. -presents a reports oi ine ma jority of tbeAldrieh-Robbins contested elec tion, ease, from the fourth Aa:ama uisinci and asked leave to have them printed. Per mission was given the minority to lllo tnei views not later than Friday next, the under standing being that the caso will bo called up early in the following week. The House, in committee of the whole, then, under the live-minute rule, resumed consideration of the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill for tho year ending June 30th, 1'J7. Consideration of the bill was completed, save the paragraphs covering compensation for United States district attorneys and marshals. A few un important amendments were made to the bill. . j 1 3 I EEOA3 W. :"YE. Killed by Acetvleae Gas. Nicholas ai Ari?ne Consigcy, brothers, talh experlencai machinists in electrical ap paratus," ware exoerimsaiing at Quebec. 'Canada, oa t'ua mnut2tar of acetylene gis in order to redu::3 its cost as a luminary, when f.n explosion cejurrcd. Arsene was killed and Nicholas' was seriously injure!. Two Ilnndred Persons Killed. The Anhui troops at Kiaug-Yin, ninety five miles from Shanghai, China, niutined recently. The magazine was blown up. Two hundred persons were killed and many wounded. The troops killed a captain and imprisoned a general, vho is now awaiting death liar.k liobbers Lynched. The men who murdered Cashier Dorsey, o the City National Bank, of Wichita, Texas, and then looted tho bank, were cap- Staies ilaaria! condition, sav easti pay-! turea next mormui. iucj !v-" meats wi 1 continue on amount of the ray- ; the jail soon ader Ly a moo and lynct-'d to ai?n6 of taxes at ths increased rat i a telegraph pole. . exas oa C.sli liasis. The Texas State Tr ?a vary b-gan business en a ea?h basis for the first time tines last M.iv. Tiio.- wh-i are be.4 Dosied cu the A Religious Dog. There is a dog in New London, Conn., which-is an unusually intelligent ani mal, in spiritual things, anyway; Some nitrhts since the mistress of the bouse attempted to send him from the rqoic, but he who never before failed :to orjey refused to move. The family then had their usual evening prayers, after which Master Nero arose and left the room with no urging. After that he was urged to leave lefore prayers a number of times, and he always refus ed. After prayers he is ready to go. EdearW. "Bid" Nya whs born on August 23, 1S50, in Shirley. Picaiaquls County, Me. He va3 brought iv, ho.vivcr, on a farm oa the banks of the St. Croix River, Wis., his parents go ing West when he was two years old. He receive 1 an acalemlcit elation at River Falls. Wis., and in 1376 was a icaiite 1 to the bar in Wyoming 'XV-rrito-y. He eavs h3 himself finally needed the warn-'ng of the authorities not to practice la after his law practice wa3 naring zero. His first effort at writing wa3in thsChsyenne San at f 1 a CDl-ma. H3W3rk?dfor h time 1 on the Denver Tribune aal then became the i editor of tha L-:rimi's Bioaierang. i He christened the paper after an obstinate mule he owned, waica he caile i Boomer ang, bscausa, he sai j. "yyi could never tell where it wou.d strike." Ta? male WA3 in a livery stable, over which was Bill Nye's edi torial sanctum. Callers were instru t ?! "to twist the tail of the gray rcu e and take the elevator." Bill Ny- ma ie his reputation oa the Boomeraug, whi:h L'3gan to u3 quote 1 all over, and spread sile3 Lroitt oae cad ol the couatry to the other, "Washington. The House naval committee ha3 de cided that six new battleships arc needed. Petitions have been presented tc Congress asking that a conference ol European powers be called to protect the Armenians. Attorney General Harmon has sub mitied to Postmaster General Wilson a decision to the effect that the numer ous bond and investment schemes con ducted throughout the countries are lotteries and not entitled to the privi leges of the mails. Forclgn. A Havana dispatch soys that Chas. Michelson, tlie special correspondent of the New York Journal, and his in terpreter, Lorenzo Botancourt, who were arrested at their hotel at an early hour Tuesday morning and confined in Morro Cabtle, were released provis ionally. At the annual meeting of the Arbi tration Eeague in London a resolution was adopted expressing joy at the rapid, almost marvellous, progress for the movement for the establishment of a permanent court of arbitration for settlement of the differences between Great Britain and the United States. ' THE HOUSE. MONDAY. The Indian appropriation bill was consid ered in tho Houso Monday, and. several amendments adopted one of which prohib its the Secretary of tne interior iroin spenu ing congressional appropriations for socta- Speaker Reed announced teat no nan sign- . ed tho urgent deficiency and diplomatic and i consular appropriation bills. TUESDAY. In the House oh Tuesday the Indian ap propriation bill was passed. Mr. Dingley called up the bill introduced by him and unanimously reported by the committee on wavs and means, relating to the fur seal industry. It directs tho Presi dents to enter into negotiations with the governments of Great Britain, Russia or Japan, or either of them, for the appoint ment of a joint committee to investigate the fur seal industry iu ail it- bearings, and to report what, if any' additional, regulations are necessary for tho preservation of the fur seal herd. It also provides for the establish-1 manr nf n modus vivendi between the several governments under the findings of tho Pans tribunal of 1803, respecting the protection of the seals, with a proviso that if this modus vivendi be not concluded in time to govern the season of 1SCG, the Secretary of the Treasury is directed to kill every seal that can be reached on the Priblov Islands, and sell the skins for the benefit of the Treasury. The report of the committee setting forth the necessity of the proposed exchange was read and the bill was passed unanimously, as it did in the House last Congress. Throj bills, local to the District of Colum-' bin, were passed and the House then took up the report of elections committee No. 2, on the contest oi Robert T. Van Horn vs. John C. Tarsuey. from the fifth Missouri district, favoring the contestant's right to the seat iod t.v Mr. Tarsnev. Tho resolution declaring this to be the judgment cf tho House was read. This case wa discussed at length, but a vote was not taken. WEDNESDAY. All tmt the first hour of a Ions' day's session in the house on Wednesday was devoted to the discussion of the au licrn-iarsney contested election contest. No action was; 1 3 k CD Senate amendments to the bill extending the time in which the government may ent-r suit to annul land patents issued under rail road, wagon road and canal grants, were concurred in by a yea and nay vote 15j to 93. The resignati' n of Representative Cowen, Democrat, of Maryland, as a member of the; committee on banking and currency, was an-; nouneed bv Speaker Reed. ur i..-,ril-r,f California, chairman of the committee on postoffices and post-roads rs-j ! ported the postal appropriation I ill r the; j jAC L-cnr M.dini.' June 30tb. 1S'J7. J ne committee aas ma le several imperiat SMASHED THE BUSINESS. , Citizens Make a Bonfire of a Couth Dakota Newspaper Outfit. At Mitchell, South Dakota, the entire Mailj outfit, paper, pres3es; type, and other prop-, srty belonging to a long-established news-, paper, was taken into the street and burned by business men. The typo was melted, the woodwork went ud ia smoke, and the Iron presses wero smashed into hundred of pieces. This act is another chapter in the trageiy of 'his Daper's editor, R. H. McBride. A story of blasted hopes, ruined lives, and, it is said, malignant efforts tc ruin a business ia mixed up in tho case. The editor had assailed prominent people and the management of public institutions. ! . John D, Lawler, President of the First Na tional Bank, was the husband of McBride's Jivoreed wife's sister. McBride attributed his family troubles to the banker and began a syste natie attempt to discredit the institu tion Every week's issue contained allusions to the bank and its President based on false hood but appearing in sucn a manuer m no action at law could bo taken against the edit0r' 1 .... l . 4. The career of McBride did not excite great resentment among the people until the pews camothat John D. Lawler had suddenly died of apoplexy in Sioux City, whither he had gone on business. The full force of McBride's Ions-continued abuse then canio home to the citizens and they resolved to rid ; tha town of the editor. A meeting of tho foremost citizens . was held, and as a result a committee called uoon McBride and informed him that they had come to buy his outfit, with the further proviso that he would have to leave the town. i ! !..,' . McBride assented to tho proposition, and said that he would tell the plant to the citi zens At the appointed time the citizens called on McBride. but in tho meantime he had been bolstered up by some of his friends, and he purposely got out of reach of the committee. The latter appointed one of their number to become McBride s agent, Xave him suffl.-ient money to pay for the Diant, and then proceeded to destroy 4h ivuolo outiu. I t Two South Carolina Members Retain Their Seats. The. House committee on elections No. 3, Mr. McCall. of Massach tsett?, chairman, de cided two South Care-Una cot teste! election ease?, both in favor of the sitting members. In th5 case of Wilson azainst McLaurin, frv.m the sixth district. Mr. MoLaurio, D?id- o.'rat, gets the decision, and in the caso of Moorman, against Latimer, Democrat. Lat imer is awarded the seat. ; Never try to oblige your enemies: obiige your friends;, and let your ene mies go to the deviL The Firm Survived. ' I hoard a clerk own iu a large drap er's nhop, who vas .una it and quicl and u splendid manager, but he got I swelled head, and put on consequentia airs.. Once he took occasion to say t his associates that the concern couldn't get along successfully without him. So the old gentleman who was tb senior partner called him into the of. lice one day and said: "Mr. Jenks, you have been very effi cient, and we appreciate your services, but I hear that you have repeatedly asserted that if you were to die the business couldn't possibly survive It, and this has. worried me considerably, for you, like all men, are liable to die very unexpectedly, and so Ave have concluded to experiment while we are all in health and see if the concern will survive. So you will please consider yourself dead for one year, 'and draw no salary for that time, and we will try it." Tid-Bita. 1 'difioi.s t'J th bill, providing for increased fast mail faci-i lities tKtween Spriagaeld, Ma--., and New j Orleans. Li., whieh provision had been j stricken from the bill, but which is now re- j inserted, the appropriation for the service being 196,000. An item appropriating SlOO, MONEY IT 19 ABSOLUTELY The Best SEWING MACHINE MADE WE OR OUU DEALERS can ell you machine cheeper than Totui let elsewhere. The ZiEW HOME to ... . iw..t . t. t -ike cheaper Klntu, 000. was. added for special maii service b- , 8Tlcl a cII7IAX, lOEAl M oilier Hl!3 Arm 5- uii n:t Seivins ?ir.!iircs for ?! 5.00 and np. tween Chicaero. ill., and ouneii j.uiii". Iowa, via Buriington. Si e'lal facilities were also provided for between Eac?n City, Mo..' and Newton, Kana?. the approprijtioa- ior this route being el.700. j TEUESDA7. I In the House oa Thursday the arzumeat In the co .tested election case of Vaa Horn vs Tarsney was reamed. The resolutions of the majority, declaring Tan Horn entitled to the seat, and tha? larcey was nt elected were agreed to and the contestant sworn in ! Mr. Hitt, of rilinoL. reported from the committee on foreign affit.rs a resolution relative to Cuba, as n substitute for the va rious proposition- referred to the committee. Tha remaindei of the day was consumed ia the consideration of this resolution, but no action was taken. Call ca cur a-em cr L J'rc aeim - v.111 rtin, wo will rva'iilne far 8SO.CO. or u.-cellar : , -Tc'-rtlae far SC.COtiaa ftU can I TTII -.iy frcra cs. or oar Agents. ..-r,:5rf r tor-, no- FO.T CALC CV OAINLY & Jt)itlAN H.cn 0. r -