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T3C32 "PROVE ALL THINGS AND HOLD FAST TO THAT WHICH 13 GOOD." 1.00 Per. Year la Advance. VOL. VI. DUNN, N. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH IS, 189G. NO. 10. BILL AKl"S LETTER. now i'ati; di: fois gras and rKI?IN AUK OH TAIN ED. 1 he !!i:lcsopher 13 Horrified at the ISrr.tuIHy . cf Humanity. A cruel n!i:i is the meanest creature ti:nt the Jj'.r'.l vt-r jvade. , The story of too irqirsiticn with, its racks and v. !mc!.3 ixi.u lirt r-. and hooks is 1ho most iiv, : til fetory th.t was ever written. Wiie r I ?!:! al). y I ret I ToxV "Book i f Martyrs," nr;l I Imveiit recovered from if yet. The worst two -words in the KriL'Ii. It language nro torture and iufi.it nt, ftTid ti.ry both ccme from the f-amt; Janiiii v.oid, tht mc'acs to twist, t- turn, to screw elv,i), to put in agony. Toriiireis n temporary expe liieLt ami has an eK-casioiiol rent, but torment Kt-s on and on until death comes tu relievo the hi ft, rer. T wasent ruiuinatiiirr nlout tho ioriureof human kind, 1 ut Lav ju t read about bow they noiho "pnto :e fui.", frns" and pepsin, ami it inr;K s '.ut: s;el. It distressed my wife ami my uat.jrhterH, and though tluru things concern only geese mi ! p'j-;t- tiiey shall u-t come into our in:i-e. - 11cmv JJeiejh is dead, but iiieis the Society for the Preven tion of Cruelty to Animals? Where is tlx- .--pint of Uncle Toby, who wouldent kill a ily, but put 1 i.ri out of the win hv. ami mi.l : "N',w 150, you little j f .-t ; th- v i-rhl is li; enough for you nini nic rT, Wl . . in. 1 11 iur t- i)i 1 11 ui e. O'.v- . , ; 11 ::., fjivs: "I would cot enter i:piu my list of friends the man who ut edltHsIy k J s f-K.t upon a worm?"' 'J lu re is no inure beautiful trait in hu man character thnn mercy. Mercy to man ami biasi' and bird r.ud insect. SLul:e . jc.iri' f-nya that "Mercy is co bility's true bud-e." 1 used "to hunt Mpiirrt ! and rabbits and birds and Itltpr ul v. Inn I brought heme a ood lot of f.ame, bi:t I know now that it was ail wroiiir. VLs.t r'ght had I to kill the hnpi-y, innocent creature s that (i.:d iii:d made ? I'Ut j 1 1 1 to r !d what is goiDg on at JStrcVturg in lh production of pate i!e fuis pras is enough to horrify any bedy. A peasant there is wealthy, ac cording to his number of geese, and their livers nro 1 repareu for tho appe tites of the rich by torture and tor met: of the r.io:4 exquisite kind. Be fore i v. r a 3-oung pooFc has laid an egg ii.s iV'-t are nailed by the legs to-a plank anil the plank set before, a fire. Uh eyes-are t urned ent iind there the pnor bird stays and earns for eix months until its liver is distended and "the diffused fat enlarges fre-m 40 to oO j . r cent. The children of the peas ants ram d v. 11 foi d in its throat three times a day until it is full up t. the gu.y.'e, m.d they seem to enjoy the fun of listening to the croakings of pain that the poor bird makes. Not a dr,'p of water. "is a! lowed to elako its burning thirst arid this treatment goes on lor weeks and months until the liver i--. all ripht for the epicures antl gourmands, who fancy this food at 3 and ! a can. All that t want tokuow about a man now is whether he eats goose liver or not. These tortured, tor mented, Larmless, suffering birds arc raised by the tens of thousands at Strasburg. It is tho great industry and supports. tho major part of the population. Their pate tie fcis gras is exported to this country and other civilized countries that c'aira a Chris tian eiviliz itiei:. Now, although Henry I'ergh is dead, why cau we 110U limit this I'Usiness to some extent by jrdting an embargo upon its importation to this country ? Are we a nation of brutes and barbarians? 1 reckon we are, for it feorus that the production of pepsin is nearly as cruel, nnd now pepsin is the jnost popular remedy for indigt Btion. .Indigestion is the great national nial fdy ami pepsin' it; supposed to bo a remedy for it. Its production comes .from Ci.icigo. Young healthy jigs are placed iu separate stalls and fed liberally until they aro fat and round mi. I the g.'.stric juices in full vigor. Al! of a sudden the feeding is stopped ami starvation is the next step in or der. This goes ou for a week until the jug is not only ravenous, but eles perately rabid for tomething to eat. The atric juices from every part of the animal flow to the '6tomach in search of something to feed Upon. Then the last process come?, which is to place just e ntside the stall a pan of hot, steaming potatd mash, just near chough for the pig to smell and get the, aggravating odor, but net uenr enough to eat, and this stimulates the desire 'of the poor hun gry animal and causes every vein anel tissue to send its hungry juices to the stomach in anticipation of a feast. The pg gets tho odor and nothing more and just then the knife is thrust into its heart and the stomach quickly opened and the gas-trie juice taken out and put iu cans and bottled for the in valids who have bicu gorging them selves v.itu pato de fois gras. or for the sickly iui'auts whose milk eloes not agree with thorn. "What, is the world .coming to? Is tucli cruvlty the price of human life? It did nvt use to b?. Geese are not of much const urnce, but a gander tever ha but one mate and will stand ny her ne-st and guard it while she sits on hrr cpgs, nnd wheu she leaves them for food he will escort her to the grass and escort" her .back with.a dignity that is imprefcive. I Lave great respect for geese. But just now we aYe- talking about was as the ugh it were. a pcrt, a frolic and the Libing off ' of a few thousand people r.nd having mothers and Jwives bercav;d and helpless was of 'little eonpepi i;ce. We do not even express the; pity that- StcnewfiN Jacksojp felt when, just before the battle he prayed and said, VL'ord hep their souls non give them" well, that was Stone wall'i way. There are nearly a million pen sioners now, anel we don't want anj more. 1 hero are vacant chairs enough in our households. There are .three in ours, and noboely ever thinks of them save the kindred to whom they were dear. I thought wc were to have ar bitration about these national disturb ances. There are but three classes ol people who want war, and they are all a heartless set. These are the profes sional soleliers the "West Pointers and regulars whose profession is to fight and who seek glory anel promotion regard less of who cr what they are fighting for. Then there are the manufactur ers, who make army supplies and ex pect to get rich like they did in the last civil war. And last, but not least, are the thousands of restles?, heart It hs, unprosperous people who say they can't ba worsted but may be bettered by a war. People talk about the can ker of a calm world anel a leng peace, anel one noted writer, says that every country ought to have a war at least once in forty years so as to kill eff its worthless population. This is cold, hard and heartless philosophy. If we could pick out tho vagabonds and place them to the front it might do, but we cnu'r. In the last war wo lost tho flower of our youth, and it is always so. Tho vagabonds and skul kers and elodgers escape. It is gener ally a rich man's w ar and a poor man's fight. But now it is about time that the G. A. B.'s were rescinding their action elecliniugto play with the boys in gray next July iu New York. Whenthe war with old John Hull was imminent our northern brethren were very lov ing, anel invitee! us to come over, anel so we fixed up for a loving reunion of patriots in New York next summer, and the programme waa all made out by Editor Dana. . But the clouds of war elispersed nnd cur brethren con cluded they wouldent neetl us, and broke up the meeting. But now, there is another war imminent, and maybe they will call us again. It's mighty hard to keep friendly with such neigh bors. Not long ago I was rieling over land through the country and connteel three double fences in a trip of ten miles. The neighbors wouldent neigh bor. They were at outs anel etich built his own fence. One or the. other was a mean man. One line fence is enough between neighboiP, and when y two 11 s a La.i s'gu. inn x reerton we can stand it if they canY If war tloes come on our boys will have to do a right smart of the fighting and then the pension money will elrop down this way, anel maybe that's what is the matter. We are glad to see that some of that money is circulating down this way already. That Fitz geralel settlement is an episode that is as unaccountable as it is sudden. Over G,000 people families of pensioned soldiers have dropped down upon us without warning and are building' a cit' in our pine woods. Their pen sion money it-is said, amemnts to nearly a million dollars a year, and their" comrades keep coming. They" are said to be gooel, intlustrioua people, and sound in wind anel limb and no body, can see from tho outsielo where the pension nevertheless business comes in, but they aro drawing the money and our people are bound to it. Six thousand get some of more aro on the way anel before long they will own the county and be voting the elemocratic ticket. So let them come. I rep-teat it, sir, let them come, as Patrick Hen ry raid. They have settled in the best portion of Georgia. AVe didu't know it until recently. The ptino woods have for half a century been un der the ban. The few peepleAvho set tled there were considered half-fed, tallow-faced, long-legged crackers who raised a few poor cattle and razor back hog., and lived on 'taters anel hard-shell religion.- But all that wide belt from Liucoln through Putnam and Houston and Irwin anel Sumter and Randolph and on westward into Alabama is now known to be a most fruitful anel productive region, and the climate perfectly elelightful. It is like a fairy tale to . rcael what the last ten years have developeel in that belt of country that is unelerlaiel with a clay subsoil and overdressed with pino forests. In . recent years I have been watching the fruit industries of Mar6hallyille and Cyclonette and Tifton and Cuthbert with amazement, and elelight, anel my information is that the adjacent conn try is equally protluctive and delight ful. The Georgia Southern railroad splits this region right irr the middle, and along its line has been planted within ten yearp, by acinal count, 742,000 fruit trees, covering oreharels of 13,000 acres. Tho land devoted to melons is much more, anel besides this the growers raise corn and cotton anil vq pnB 'ajqujidsoq pus pnr?i oiu 8 iuqi pair oj pasrjcljna ejB e pi cod asaqj joj 'ajoni uaj Sujjq ihl amoq -jui.w stq 01 jiOBq sojum lain33 18 J"31!! -H3! xd3 pas 'qjnoj eqj .ivoyiaAO 0 nuSq jsut jtiq scq t5q opt; Saiip?.ws aqi st I sjnujStrarai snojadsojtl qitM." dn 2?ut UF -pidBi ejT?,tddissisBip pus stusq -tqV VW 'ajiuuoo uazo.tj ;q; J3o iju tnojjunSeqsBq tutSoq oqj q eiadBcf cqi Aq 933 8AY 'UIJOU Xot sqj lo-sppri paiOAVons pus ejajajM. iJaop aqp inojj saaSnjaj oqi q pnnoj uaq Et?q vx eqBjg a"UO aqi ou.si BiSjoaf) spuaijj uiaqiuoB jho o epooM. oaid eqi pejpopun Apuaoaj a"uo ssq aqs puB sajnsBa.il Sniooan j?a9 et aanjBs 9uibq aq pnoA si".4ipB paB 'ap3ios?p 6Bav ptBS ApcqAiaAa t?q uoiS?3i"b qSaoiqi ptnj siqj Satpjmq SBAv eq mqii Ava eq usq isiA papjmq eindg 'noi;B9 AaaAa B eXa aqj aani jtqi sjnamaAOjdcci pnjtUB3q oqj jo sapoa aBj paw pBOJ jo ani spq; jsao 9abjj o aA'a eq; o; HV,0J i?UIlBUI03BJ B 61 !I pUB 'laABJOJ ot n puB A"jnBaq jo Sapqt b sasuad -xa Xjioib; ip3 ujBsn3 o qSuoaa esad punoa3 paB 690jBiod putj etjBO i2ns the barbarians of the south have jnoved away. Eill Ar.r in Atlauta Constitution THE FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. A Synopsis or the Proceedings of Both Houses. TIIE SENATE. MONDAY. Jti th Sennto on Monday the ooafereu' report on th Cuban resolutions was report ed by the com in it tee, a uJ was discussed at length. Mr. Hoar olTered a resolution, whi-h went over and utider the rules, that tho consider ation of tho eo:if-ren.'o report relation to Cu! a be postponed until Monday. April Hn, and that the committee oji foreign relations bo directed to report tho f.K'ts, which in its opinion, justify the adoption .f such resolu tions, wiili the evidei:ee therefor. j Mr. Hoar also offered a resolution, which was are ;.l to. requiring .tho r?sident to eo;nmuni- ite to the H.-n.ite ('so far as net in eompatillo with the pub!;.; interest), all or fu -ts in his ttosse.siou rehititig to the existing eont'.ict in the i.shuid of Cuba and espe'-ially sui-h as affect the interest? and duty of the Unite'd States in the premises. A bill for the punishment of 'ffenee on tho high seas (revolt, mutiny, assault and riot), was report-.! from the judiciary committee and was, after some opi'osition ou the i-art of 3Ir fall, p;i.-sed. " . TITS PAY. Jn the oen:ite on 'Tuesday almost thee.'stire day was consumed in the discussion of the Cuban juesti.ii. Iu action was take i. WKItX KS1AY . The Cuban resolutions were the all absorb ing topic for discussion in the B mat. Wc-i. nesday The lebate was not concluded Mr. Tnrpie." or Indiana, concluded his threw days' sps-.-ch against the claim of Mr. Dupont to a neat in the Senate fro:u thu State of I'. -l.i-ware. " . Mr. l'ritchacd, of Kortli Carolina, was ap-pointed-or. tho e'ommitteo on jien.-ions in place of Mr. Ilawley, who was relieved at his own reoe.est. fIIUKsAY. Almost the whole time of tho Senate i!n Thursday was consumed in the discussion of the Cuban resolutions. No vote was taken. i-kidav. - The attention of tl?e Senate on Friday was" turned to the consi it ration of the linaucial question. 'Except a ieugthy discussion nothing was done. The Senate adjourned until Monday, TIIE HOUSE. SATURDAY. The House Saturday, in committee of t he whole, coutinue.i its consideration of the KpostolHe appropriation bill. L M-re .oin into committee of the Whole, the House passed a Senate t il! authorising the Secretary of the Treasury to distribute the diplomas and medals awarded exhibitors at the Columbian World's Exposition aiel the House bill incorporating the Grand Lodge of Masons of Inaiau Territory. The S.-nate amendments to the agricultural appropriation bill, with two exceptions, wt-r.! non-concurred ia and a conference or dered. The two amendments authorize the immediate publication of 75.000 copies of Disease" of tho Horse" and GO. 000 eapies of "Diseases of Cattle and Cattle-Feedin;.:." . lSy a vote of 117 to the House refused to concur in a Senate amendment authoriziti the publication of 25.00'J copies of "Cattle and Dairy Earming." MONDAY. Among the bills passed by the House Mon thly were the following: Limiting, to 10 cents per copy tho maximum price for copies of patent specifications: to print 20,000 copies of the book on agriculture by the Depart ment of Agriculture. Mr. Hendriel;, Democrat, of Kentucky, was assigned to the banking and currency com mittee in place of Mr. Co wen, Democrat, of Maryland. Chairman Daniel?, of election committee io. '2. gave notice that lie would, on Wedues i ay, call up fie contested election ca?e. of Aluri.'ii vs. liobbins from the fourth d'strict cf Alabama. Under the rules, District of Columbia bus iness was then taken up and the following disposed of: Fixing the price of gas at il per 1.000 feet ill Washington City and ?1.25 in Georgetown; abolishing days of grace on promisoiy notes, etc.: incorporating the Pro testant Episcopal Diocese of Washington f to establish a free pub'i ; iibrary, the expenses of which shall be borne by the district alone; to establish an asylum for the cure and care of inebriates. The rest of the session was devoted to the further consideration, in committee of the whole, of the postofliee appropriation bill. . TIESPAY. The annual tight in the House of Repre sentatives against the appropriation of jlOi'i. 000 for "special and necessary facilities over the trunk lines between Boston and New Orleans," carried in the bill for the past sev enteen years, engaged the attention of the House Tuesday iu the course of tho consid eration of the postofiloo appropriation bill. The item was retained in the bill. The IIoe.se passed a bill making one year's ctu tiuuous residence in a territory a prere quisite to obtaining a divorce there. p. E 'sides that bill, only two or three nis cellaueous matters were disposed of in the session bills for tho relief of individuals. wnoNKsney. Tho postofliee appropriation bill was final ly disposed of by the House on Wednesday and sent to th j Senate. No other business of importance was transacted by tne Houso on that day. THUBSflAY. The House 8 pert Tjhursday considering contest-id election eases. One of th.m that of H. Lu liey Coleman vs. ('has. F. Buck, from the . econd Louisiana district was dis posed of without debate by the adoption ef ' the resolutions unanimously reported by electioiis committer No. 2. that Coieman. Re publican, was not elected and that Back. Democrat, had be n and was entitled to his scat. Debate upc u the other--Win. F. Al tlrich vs. Ga?ton A. Eoblins, from the fourth Ala'.iama district--was begun and continued for several hou.-s. but a vote was not readied. rniDAY. In the Hou-e Friday two bills were passed. One was to require that engineers and assist ant engineers on steamers sailing under American registers shall be American citi izens. The 'other was the tonnage tax bill,, repealing ; the reciprocal provisions of the law of IS4, of which only Germany and the Netherlands take advantage, and reducing the tax on the coastwise trade between the Americans, between the United States and the Wcstilndies. and betwfn the United States iuid Hiwaii from :5 to J cents a ton. . The Al.i ricls-lb.bi.in.-. . ouU'z election case was taken up. Gaston A. TP....bia.. bemc orat. w.-.i deeiar.! rot t " be entitled to the seat ovupied by him . a Representative from the fourth di.-tnet of Alabama, and . V:n -F. A'.iiri' h. V. 'pu ;ii-an opponent, was pla-'cd tLt rci:. T.ie Koiise adjourned un'ii Mondav. I1AXGKD ALFONSO IN EFFIGY. The Youthful Kins of Spain Held up to Scorn In Chicago. 'Alfonso King of Spain, was hanged iu efligy in the vicinity of Madison street and Campbell awnue, Chicago. The crowd of enthusiastic young persons who performed the job escaped identification. The figure was found suspended from a rope which was thrown over a telephone wire. The eiSgy hung lateen ieet in the air. Upoa itw'ast inscription: 'VAvjJrso 13th, King of Spain. Si? Semper Tyranijis:'' The- figure was first discovered by a woman. The emgy seemed so like a person that she fainted and had to be carried to a ueijhboring store. Tho New York pantsmakors have struck. Noy ;vvho will patch up the breaches " 1 NORTH STATE CULLINGS. HISTORIC D.OUBTS RE3IOVEI. i Rev. .lames A. . "Weston, the Author, Has Found a Son of Marshal Ney in Kentucky. j Hew Jas. A. Weston has returned to Jliekojy from Kentucky, near Louis ville, where ho went to see and met and talked with a sou of Marshal Michael Ney, of France, who was Napoleon's "Bravest of the Brave." and who was Teter Stuart Ney, the school teacher of South and North Carolina, who is buried 'in Cowan county, N. C, says the Press and Carolinian. He found the eld gentle man who was 85 years old, in perfect good health, being now 8S years of age. He came to North Carolina in 1837 nnd met his father, 'who gave him 81,000 antl sent hint to Philadel phia, Pa., and there he entered Jeffer fou Medical College and graduated and practiced medicine. He however, went under an assumed name which is a long one. He has a written history, which he has consigned to Rev. Maj. Weston, who will not divulge any of the particulars about it. They are not to be divulged until after the death of tho old gentleman. This makes the connecting link cer tain and sure that Peter Stuart Nye was really Marshall Nye! The old gentleman says his father called for a few minutes, ut hid mother's house in Paris the night after he was supposed to have been shot that morning. The old gentlemau himself Eeemed to be involved in some sort of international complication between the United States and Mexico, and hence not even now will ho allow his identity . to be known. He was in the Mexican war. He had Mnj. "Weston's book on "His toric Doubts as to the Execution of Marshall Nye" in his library and had read it. He received Rev. Maj. Wcs-' ton very cordially when he learned who ho was, nnd then subsequently talkeel with him freely but not overly freely. He held back much and. told him he would learn it all from his manuscript after he died. Rev. Maj. "Weston says he is the perfect image of the published photographs of Marshal Nye and he never had such a piercing giauce from a man's eye ia all his lifd as he had from this man when he pre sented himself and his creelentials. Sentiment Favors the Army Post. . Congressman Settle writes to Gen. F. II. Cameron regarding the proposed urray post : "So far as my information goes, from talks I have, had with members etf the committee, and thoso who are not members of the committee, I find the sentiment favorable to the estab lishment of this post. I am afraid, however, that wo cannot get the bill through Congress until next session, inasmuch as there seems to be a dis position to postpono consideration on most measures that carry appropria tions?." Insurance Companies. There are now doing business in this State, as appears from tho annual re port of Secretary of State Charles M. Cooke, who is ex-oflicio insurance commissioner, 3(5 life and 86 fire, acci dent, guarantee and marine insurance companies. Cabbage Profits in "Watauga. Last summer S. L. Bollinger, of Blowing Rock, Watauga county, planted oue and one-fourth acres in cabbage and raised 26,7CG pounds of cabbage, which brought him $330.55. Mr. Bollinger is one of the beet farm ers of that countv. A mysterious Murder. Sinco February lHlr Wm. Lane, a well-known white resident of Newbern, had been missing. A fisherman has found his body in the Nense river. An inquest reveals the fact that he was not drowned. There aro evidences of murder. The estate of Mrs. Mary E. Reade, of Kaleigb, vilow' of the late Judge E. G. Pvemde, is worth $60,000. Among, other bequests she leaves $2,000 to the Barium Springs Orphanage, $2,000 to Albemarle Presbytery anel $500 to the Soldiers' Home. 7 -The rjoekingham Ilocket 6ays that near Laurel Hill, Richmond county, Tom McKay killed his brother, Jim McKay. He claims that the killing 'was accidental but some seem to doubt this and he is in jail. The appraisers have . allowed D. Ti. Gaskill, of Salisbury, .826,897,74 in surance on account of the recent loss of his tobacco factory and stock. This, the World savs, is the full amount less 802.02. The. Standard says it is reported that a number of the citizens of Con cord. will wait on the chief officers of the Seaboard Air Line and ask them to build a branch roaJ from Charlotte to Concord. Governor Carr offers $150 reward for tho capture of Robert Whitaker, of Halifax county, who murdered J. N. Harrill and who has fled th9 State. Too Much Powder For Pickle. A special from Enoxville, Tenn.. says that powder exploded in the store o! Edward Pickle, destroying fen thousand dollars worth cf gene al merchandise. The cause la unknown. Insurance- two thousand doliara. Credited to "Conscience." The secretary cf the treasury has received through the department of state, the consul general ol tho United States at London and the r.ev. Prebendary Barff of London, from an unknown person, a bill of exchange on New York fort 14.225. The proceeds will be deposited in the treasury on account of 'eca&sJence." LATEST NEWS ' I IN BRIEF. 1 GLEANINGS FROM MANY POINTS. Important Happenings, 13oth Home and Foreign, Briefly Told. ! Southern News Notes. Corbett has signed an agreement to fight Fitzsimmons in London. . The Mississippi Legislature hes par sed a bill authorizing the expenditure of $550,000 for a new capitol. j The American Bi-Metallic party of California has endorsed Senator Mor gan, of Alabama, for the Presidency, j Steps will be taken to have Kentucky represented at the Chicago-Southern cotton fair. ! J. E. Crandall, pre'sident of the First National bank, Johnson City, Tenn., has been sentenced to eight years in tho Federal prison at Brook lyn, for bank wrecking. The case against State Senator Flood for assaulting Senator Flannagan was called in the Police court at Richmond, Va., and continued until the 1st of April ou account of tho absence of an important -witness, Mr. Flood's bail being reelnced to $500. A vart of the "overflow" property of the Central Railroad was sold nt Atlan ta by Commissioner Leaken and brought $-40,000. It consisted of some right of way for a belt line. It wag bought for Messrs. Thomas & Ryan, purchasers of the Central. At Baltimore, Md., both branches of the city council passed thirty ordi nances taking away from the mayor, the right of appointment to oflicers in tho city government, and giving the appointing power to the council itself, over the vetoes of Mayor Hooper. ; Govan Moover and William Ryrd, two students at Southwest Alabama Agricultural Schocd nt Evergreen, Ala., had a fight, the former provoking the quarrel and using his knife, so that Byrd, to defend himself, crushed his opponent's skull with a piece of scant ling. Moover is dead and Byrd badlv cut. Northern News Items. All the machinists employed by the morning papers of Chicago to keep their type-setting machines in order are on a strike. Four men were killed and one in jured by the blowing up of an engine on the Delaware, Susquehanna and Schuylkill railroad at Gun Run, Pa. At Cincinnati, O., the wholesale liquor establishment of Mihalovitch, Fletcher fcCo., was entirely elestroyed by fire. Loss $75,000, fully covered by insurance. The Democratic State convention at Provieleuce, R. I., nominated George Littlefield, of Pa v tucket, for Governor. The platform, adopted only treated of State matters. The Rhode Island Republican State convention at Providence renominated last year's ticket in its en tirely, Chas. Warren Lippitt being the gubernatorial candidate. The platform declared for sound money. Captain Brabazon, the commander of tho alleged Cuban filibuster, Ber muda, who was arrested as a witness and who is under $15,000 bail as ft principal, was elischarged at New York Monday as a witness. His elis chare is regardetl as intlicativo of the fact that he gave no evidence of value against tho so-ealled filibusters. At Indianapolis, Ind., fire broke out in the paint room of the Atkins Saw Works. The night watchman discov eretl the blaze and while attempting to put it out, saw a strange man in the act of applying the torch tc another portion of the works. The miscreant escaped and there is no clue to his identity. The loss on the building and machinery is fully $100,000, covered by insurance. At Youngstown, O., a banquet was given by the ministerial association to a number of ministers of neighboring towns. As a side elish to one of tho courses Spanish onions were served. A resokitiou was at once offered that the onions should not be eaten, thu3 cen suring the course which Spain i3 pur suing with regard to the insurgents in Cuba. The resolutions were adopted and no onions were eaten. Washington. Tho President has approved the military academy appropriation bill, the invalid pension appropriation bill, and the bill authorizing a bridge across Lake St. Francis, Ark. Foreign. The House of Commons passed the bill, for increased naval appropriations by a vote of 261 to 45. Twenty-two countries have given notice of their attention to take part in the exhibition to be held in Paris in 1900. The New York Journal of Commerce Bays that the population of Cuba in 189i was officially estimated to be 1, 631,696, of whom 65 per Cent. were whites, anel the- remainder negroes, colored persons and Chinese. The end of tho Brooklyn strike is the same as the end of most strikes, and it ought to show organized labor lue abo: lut3 futility of this obsolete ad bz:- barous method cf settling a dispute be tween employer and employed. The skilled mechanics of this country have votes enough to force arbitration upon the statute-books, and until arbiUatioa . i w lcnl Tirwvi w will have ntrnin and aaiu just such tlishearteuiug and-j ruinous episodes as the strike on the trolley systems of Brooklyn. mm TORS ffl ii. Day of Great Excitement in Kentucky's State House. ARMED MEN GUARD THE DOOR. CZoodWas early She 1 In the Contest at Frankfort for Uuiteil ?tat Senntnr slilp Ttcpbllca:i KtresentAtiTos Un seat a Democrat ami Democratic Sena tors Oast Two Kepull:car.s. 1 Fhasefoht, Ky., Mareli 12. Tho attempt to elect a United States Senator cams near 'resulting in bloodshed. As it wn.s it led to extraordinary ineasurss in both tho repub lican Houso and the Democratic S?hate, and t'ae joint session was converted into a dis turbed assemblage, no attention bing paid to tlie forms of lnw or par'.ia'Xisutary prac tice. j The unseating of Kaufman, Democrat, In ;the IIous?, promptly followed by the unseat ing of Walton and J.imes, Republicans, in tho Senate, created tlio most intense excite ment oT the present turbulent so.?slon of the Legislature. Crowds of nn.gry and excited men surrounded tro h:iUs of bolli br:vnche?, .and blooished was several times thraatcne I. When the Kous'a eonver-el. in order to stavo off tho Thorns Tsti'iicr-i' bill, thoso opposed to it demanded the consideration of the DuQlap-Kaufman contest- case us privi leged matter. j The vote wa? taken en tha minority report in favor of uue:itiiicr Knufmau. It was adopted by a vcie of 49 to 4G. i The final vote was then ordered on tho majority report, R3 amended by this minority . ur.Fep.ting report. All the Democrats iefi the House. Tho la dies withdrew from the loV.b-e?. Mr. Poor, Populist, st add in and nfty-ono numbers wer3 present. Mr. Kaufman was unseated. The wildest excitement prevailed all oyer the State House within a minute. Senators huddled together in th3 miud'eof the Senate Chamber, whilo a mob crowded every en trance. The mob declared, that James and Walton should not go in. ev;?r.il men with pistols stood at tho door daring Republicans to attempt to brins them in. ' The scene in the Senate immoJist-dy after the unseating of Kaufman and while James and Walton were being unseated was riotou?. The Lieutenant-Governor ignore 1 the Clerk putting motions. Ha broko his gavel and left his chair. The Democratic Senators shouted their votes like commanding oScers giving orders in battle. Senator Hoiloway lefi: the cliambcr and threatened by his manner every Democrat who tried to make him go bae:. When tho Clerk, announced the result of the vote on tho motion to unssar, Senators rushed to the Houso door and tho crowd rocrel liko a mob. " : . Tho real danger w.T5 that an attampt would bo made to take Janes from the House, into wliieh ho .'had slipped while being unsaater!. He promise 1 that ho would not try to vote until a further settlement of the matter. I Any attempt of Walton to force his way in would undoubtedly have caused bloodsned. Dunlan refused to qualify. ! Senator Blackburn was In the crowd coun seling coolness. The erowd was furious when it learned that James had already slipped into the House, and j had done so while he was being unseated in the Senate. Dunlap approached the door, but was waved baek. Speaker B: an f or J, of the lions'1, refused to recognize the Senate, hoping thai Dauiap would come in, but at 12:11 Lieutenant-Governor Worthington took the gavel from Speaker Blauford almost by forco and called ;he joint session to order. The- Chair ruied that the D-raocratie Senate Clerk should eill the Senate roll and me Housa Citric the House roll. Tho roll 3all wa.3 the4' begun, the Republicans re- ' Training fromvotiag. There was a whisper :hat the Republicans might at the last mo- nent vote iorse;ariisie. Eight or ten Democrats voted for Carlisle. The vote stoofc: Blackburn, oi; Carlisle, 10; Duckner, 1. The Chair announced no quorum voting. The session adjourned. The doors were thrown open and the me mber Hied .out ind mingled pith the crowd, all seemingly in a trood humor. As Dunlap will not qualify as Kaufman's successor, thd joint session vote is again a :ie. RHODE ISLAND DEMOCRATS. tate Convention Nominate"; Csoro L. UttjefiaM lor Governor. The Rhode Island Democratic Stale Con rention was hftld in Ilasic Hall. Providence. Chairman Fr.jnklin P. -Oven, of the D3.T.0 ratie State Central Comrniitee. ca'lei . the loavention to .vas called b; P. Comstock , :onvention. or.ier. and there;!! of deiegates C!rk J. n. Conlev. Richard wa3 elected Chairman of the Thomas 71 Tance pla"ed in nomination .'or Governor the name ox George L. Litllt leld, of Pawtjucfcei. wliieu nomination . was jDanimously rati-ied. The remainjler of the tick-it was nomioa'cd is follows: Lieutenant Governor, Augu stus ?. Miller, Priovidfnce: Secretary of State, 3eorge L. Church, of Tiverton: Attoraey rJeneral, George T. Brown, of Providence; Gleneral Treasursr, John G. Perry, of South Kingstown. IOVv'A REPUBLICAN 3. Only One Plank In Their Platform, and That is Allison for President. Tho Iowa Republican Stato Convention met in Des Moinss to select, delegates to tho National Convention at St. Lcu!s and to inaugurate the candidacy ol Senator Allison for President. The convention was one of the largest ever hld in the State. J. N. Baldwin, o Council Bluffs, offered a resolution naming Senator John K.. Gear, Congressmen W. P. Hepburn and David B. Henderson, and J. S. Clarkson as delegate. at-largc, and the resolution was carried una; irnously. The resolutions are in the ttape 07 - ad dress to the country on the elatms ol Allisot for the Presidential nomination. Tilv plat form, briefly, is the public record of .'Ait. 3. with which aiono the platform dea;s. Found Ills TViie Standing i:.c-cl. Washington Johnson,' of South Sixth avenue. Mount Vernon, N. T. went out to his barn, leaving his wife in the hiuse pre paring breakfast. He was absent about fif teen mincer. Yhen he returned he found hi3 wife in the kitchen staaling with one hand clasping the closet door an 1 her head fallen forward. He sr eke to her and she did not reply. When h approached her he found she wa dea l. Her death was eauie-J from heart disease. The Moaadnock "th Fride of the Navy." The monitor Monaanoek ha3 returned to Saa Francisco from its sea triaL It made 11 knots and behaved admirably. The ecmmancjer said: ''The vessel Is a perfect typa ol Its class and dessrves to be called th pride of the navy.'" Tae4maihlner7 worked without a hitch, and the vessei proved to bd a good sea boat - Locomotive Explode; Foar Men Killed. A loconiotive on the Delaware, Susque hanna and Sehuyikill Railroad blew up at Gum Ran, PennI, killing John Chambers, Jona3 Stewart. Michael Boyle and ; Frank O'DonaeiJ, and injuring William Timony. nraioiL NEW 3IETIIODIST PAPER. The North Carolina Conference May Establish au Organ at Raleigh. . j The special committee on Confer ence Organ J appointed bv the last North Carolina Conference, Jield its first meeting at Goldsboro. I The committee is composed of Ex Governor T. J. Jarvis, Major Gatling, Mr. Q. K. Nimmocks, Rev. R. A. Wil lis, Rev. R. B. John and Rev. Dr. W. S. Black, with the last nameel as chair man. This committee was instructed to buy out the North Carolina Chris tian Atlvocate, (published at Greens boro), if it coulel be purchaseel on rea sonable terms, satisfactorv to both Conferences. In the event tho West ern North Carolina Conference is not willing to co-operate with the North Carolina Conference in publishing un organ, the committee is instructed to ascertain the cost of publishing a paper for the North Carolina Conference alone, and to make arrangements for the establishment of an organ, probably at Raleigh. The committee will bo called togeth er again as soon as something delinito is arranged. Dr. Black was appointee! to look nfter tho coft of establishing tho pro posed uewpj)nper. lie conferred with printers and publishers, and secured estimates, j Rev. R. B. John has been directed to correspond with all the ministers in tho Conference, anel ascertain "from each how many persons in their res pective charges usunlly subscribe to a religious newspaper. The Christian Advocate had been the organ of the North Carolina Meihodint Conference since its establishment be fore Iho war. The late Tfr. Rend moved it to Greensboro while ho was presi dent cf Greensboro Female college, anel it was then made the organ of the two Methodist Conferences in North Carolina, j It is now owneel by a stock company. Rev. W.L. Grissomanel Rev. 1 L. Groome being the editors mid principal stock holelers. At the Jhist session of the North Carolina Confer ence they declineel to adopt tho the Ad vocate as their organ, and appointed the committee referreel to. The Christian Advocate has had n long and useful career.' Among its editors have been Rev. Rufus T. Helliu, Dr. illiam E. Pell, Dr. J. B. Bobbitt, Dr. W. S. Black, Dr. Frank R. Leid, Dr. Daniel Atkins, Dr. II. T. Hudson and others. j If the' new organ is established, it svill be located in Raleigh, j HE WAS A FRAUD. Uev. R. J. Kellogg Denounces Schra- I derasaThief. At the Globe Hotel in Alton, IbVRev. J. Kellogg, pastor of the First M. E. Church nt Eatt St. Louis,denounced '.'Divine nealer ' Sehrader as a fraud and swindler. Rev. Kellogg saw Schrader's picture in u St. Louis I ajer and was positive that he was the amo man -who, about a year's ngo attempted to raise a donation at Flora, III., on tho repres entation that he was the pastor of th Methodist church in Phillips, Wis.. which had teen recently burte I. Rev. Kedlogg ac companied by Chiel of Police Kuhr, called on Sehrader and positively identified him. On being identified Sehrader dropped tho Christian-like calm he has affected and frantically denounced the East St. Louis minister as a "dirty devel," "a lair and a cur," and attempted to assault him with a cane. 1 Rev. Kellogg says he has a newspaper printed in Hinckley, Mi"?., containiug an urticle headed "Look Out for Sehrader,'-', which contains the charge that he had im posed on a kind-hearted preacher of that place, who assisted him to raise some money, in return for which the "healer" carried off an overcoat, the property of his benefactor. Sehrader did lots cf business and denounces his accusers as slanderers. i Tlie Southern Slates Exposition Com pany Incorporate, ; Tho articles of Incorporation of tho South ern States Exposition Company, which is to manage the local end of the xposition . of Southern resources and i manufactures in Chicago next fall, were flledFin the office of the.Secretary of State in j Sfringfleld, The authorized capital stock is 100,000 and the, subscriptions to thi3 amount have been prac tically guaranteed by the lpading business Ktock mny be increased as necessity requires. . m. T. I 117.. fi.- T' TT ' TUG incorporators aro uuvyju iinuci, i. i . Lawrence, A. F. Boebergerkind Malcolm F. KaiL New Manager For th B. and O. General Manager B. BJ cimpbeU, of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has resigned, and William. M. Greene, gerieral manager cf the Cincinnati, Hamilton aid Dayton Rail- road, oas txn anpoiDitw yj . jj.jr-.iLi.ju. Receiver Murray "has gone Cinclnnattl to confer wim me new nyyvuxixm. 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