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VOL VI.
DUNN, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1896.
NO. 11.
TAR HEEL NOTES.
The Horticultural K.vperiment Farm.
: The North Carolina State Experi
ment Station his. established near
Soutii.Tii Pities ii horticultural experi
aiei t farm, one of the few institutions
of tb- kind in the country. The farm
embraces some sixty acres. Two peo
ple connected with the experiment sta
tion li'ive been at work therefor sever
al weeks. Moht of the work, bo far,
has been preliminary, as this is the
first year of tbe new enterprise. The
North Carolina Station keeps up with
the procession, and is one of the sta
tions ot highest rank, in the United
States. Jt is probably in advance of
any other experiment station in the
South. . : . :
Koom For More".
I Judge Fulfil ore says that none of the
Cotton mill j Hl-.d by him in North
Carolina i s n in;j less than 20 percent
on the capital invested and he found
several that an; paying as ranch as 30
j er cent. The Wilmington Messenger
ei:!nks: ' "The business will surely
oiitmue t gr-w in North Carolina at
fi irr -at rale n piiits averaging from
L! to :iU per cent can be derived. Kv
try town will go into it except possi
ly Wilmington. Who would not in
Vest in a bnsine-s that fbows up not
Ji ss than :!) per cent ? Then if iniils
biakebut ", 's, 10, or 12 per cent, they
jiayasw;!! or better tl.au other ' in-yest:ne!.ts,-
and far better than lail
Jm.u1j pay, or than merchandising of
ten. There is n danger of overdoing
milling in the South. The mills are
n the midst of cotton fields and have
great advantages. The world needs
o much cotton goods and the South
can mukc as cheap or cheaper than
(New or Old England."
Useful liullctiii.
The State Experiment Station has
issued a special edition of its excellent
bulletin on "Hillside lerraces and
pitches, " by Trof. F. E. Emery. The
number is 1-1, and 26,000 copies of
the bulletin have been printed, ihis
bulletin in ono of the most practical
and useful ever issued by the Depart
ment, and tells in a practical way how
hinds may bo saved from washing.
Thousands of acres have gone to
waste in North Carolina through lack
of proper terracing and draining, and
if the instructions in this little pam
phlet are followed, many thousands of
dollars will be saved to the landowners,
and the State. It may be had for the
asking, mailed frco to any farmer or
landowner.
For the State Museum.
Tho State .Agricultural Department
has bought from tho widow of James
S. Cairns, of Weaverville, Buncombe
county, fifty specimens for the State
Museum from her largo collection of
North Carolina birds and beasts, num
bering over COO specimens, which Mr.
Cairns spent ten" .years in collecting.
She has the finest bird egg collection
ever made in the State, 1,500 speci
mens, representing 300 birds. From
other persons, tho department has pur
chased 120') specimens of beasts, so that
it has over 300 in all.
J
The First Keglment Will Uct the Con
demned i.uuiion.
The President has approved the act
granting two condemned cannon to the
First Kegiment, North Carolina State
(Juanl, and the act repealing section
.":; llevised Statutes, requiring the
district judge for the southern district
of Florida to reside at Key West.
Tennessee and Ohio Railroad.
The prcject for constructing the
Tennessee and Ohio liailcoad division
between Wilmington and Sonthport
las taken definite shape. Deep water
terminal property has been purchased
at Sonthport. The property contains
i!.0 acres, with a water front of 2,800.
The price paid was $10,000.
. :
Another Dividend. '
The Comptroller of tho Currency
has declared a iiual dividend of 7 J per
cent, in tavor of the creditors of the
People's National Bank of Fayetto-
hille, making iu all 72 per cent, on
claims proved, amounting to 811, 719.
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Mr. Thomas V. Avent, a pioneer of
tobacco raising in Nash county, cleared
$350 au acre on much of his tobacco
rop thin year.
INMAN ON COTTOX.
Ho Looks for a Still Further Advance.
Referring to the recent activity and strong
ndvanee in cotton Mr. John IL Inman, of
f ew York, expr-'-sd his views as follows:
"On October 10th, just Ave months ago,
March cotton sold in this market at 9 50.
From that time there has been practically a
Continuous decline until March 5th, when
k.'ontraTS sold at 7.20 a decline of 2)4 cents.
"My estimate of tho crop is the same today
us it v:is live months auo when cotton sold
.Ht 9 50; that is O.VOO.OOO bales. The above
decline brought our market much below
European parity and led to large purchases
of contracts in New York against sales to
lEurope. My experience is that after a s'.edy
decline of so lon a time an upward move
ment is inevitable, a movement which will
I most likely recover half of the 2.j cents
i decline, and therefore carry us back lo8 to
i in - . . ... . .
cents ueiore tne cotton sea-son is over.
,"ith the rapullv. declining. stocks ana tne
fa.'t that it is five and a half iri nths before
new eottoi., it occurs to me that the persist
ant ST'llers short of August may get into a
very uncomfortable position before the sea
son is over. Unless prices advance materially
I do not see how S w York can avoid having
a very small stock by August 1st, say not
over 50,000 bales.
"Trade in America is very bad, peihaps
Worse than at any time for thirty years, but
against this, trade in Europe is ood, and
Liverpool and tho continent will take a large
amount of cotton at the cheapest pico they
can get it, but will, in my judgment, pay
1- ' 'raw, ULCLTMillJ.
"Almost every cross road followed in the
South is short of the crop, and therefore, to
my mind, the extensive preparations and
increased acreage and prospects of the new
crop are great iv exaggerated. At any rate,
it is the season that makes the crop and not
European Letter.
From our Special Correspondent.
Rome, Italy, March 7, 189G.
Onr stay in Rome has been extreme
ly pleasant and profitable,
Now, I want to mention what we
have Keen during the last week. The
Capitol, the. Aventine, the Pantheon,
Paul's prison, the King'8 stables, the
Jesuit church of St.-Ignazio and Gesu,
one of the most gorgeous churches in
Rome.
On Sunday we went to the Yilla
Borghese, where they had fitted np the
bed of what was formerly a largo lake
us a race course and were having horse
end chariot races there witnessed by1
thousands of people. It seemed
strange to me to pay admission and
attend this performance of a wild west
order (excepting of course, the chariot
races) on a Sunday afternoon. But it
was for the benefit of the wounded in
Africa.
A thousand more soldiers left here
for Africa, to recruit the ranks of the
wounded. They departed amidst the
bursts of martial music and great en
thusiasm. But the sensitive ear de
tected many minor notes. They carde
from the broken hearts of mothers,
wives and sisters, who were embracing
the loved ones they might never again
pee. Oh, it was terribly sad. It
makes mo boil with indignation when
I think on what trivial pretexts nations J
that call themselves civilized, resort to
war. I admire England for the pacific
attitude she took in our recent little
wrangle.. She kept a "level head.
Until a man is ready to enlist in the
first volunteer regiment, it does not
become him to blow about war.
On the Aventine we saw a very
handsome new monastery, a vista open
ing upon St. Peters, and St. Sabina,
an old church dating from tho early
fifth century. Here we were fcllowed
around by an old Franciscan monk
who took us into the monastery gar
dens and gavo us flowers. This re
minds me ,that in Rome there are as
many uniformed and official as unoffi
cial beggars. The former class keep
little gates and doors locked on public
highways or in buildings, which the
visitor has a perfect right to enter free
of charge. . But not so, rule these beg
gars in brass buttons. They appoint
themselves Custodian of the Key, and
you must ring and wait on their offi
cious service. They bow around and
make a great pretence of assistance.
Once away from them you are con
fronted by the deformed and wretched
looking beggars at every chnrch door
who often project themselves in front
of you and all but catch hold of your
sleeve. If you refuse them, maledic
tions are hurled after you. This is
one of the very disagreeable features
of European travel. I shall never
forget a beggar, this time in the garb
of a priest, whom we encountered in
the great Cathedral of Seville. He
asked for ! money in every way but
in words. I tlid not mind this so much
as I did his face. It was tho most vo
luptuous, repugnant face I have ever
seen. Alas! that his lips havo ever
taken the vows of Holy Church. Ho
might grace the Bowery, but his phys
ical make up was suggestive of every
thing but sanctity.
On Thursday we went to the King's
stables, where Paul was greatly de
lighted with the 150 horses. They
"were pleasing to look at, fine, fat,
sleek, intelligent-looking fellows, with
nothing to do but contemplate their
fortunate 'or unfortunate) lot in life;
for they looked like they longed for
an outing aud would gladly exchange
places with s'ome cab-horses on the
highway if ocly they could get sun
shine and exercise. "Meanwhile,
doubtless, their weary cab brothers
long to step into their shoes. All of
which goes to prove that hapine&s is
relative and that horses, like men, are
slaves to imagination.
At the capital we saw tho Municipal
Council rooms, busts of tho King and
the Prince of Naples, ;i beautiful
statue of Cleopatra by a Roman sculp
tor, and a number of other pictures,
all historical.'
Near the Capitol wo went into an old
building and down narrow, winding
stairs into a dungeon which is believed
to be the identical one in which Paul
was confined.
"Walking along a street the other day
I saw a crowd collected in front of a
house and looking up, I thought, at It.
A nearer approach showed the house
to be a Catholic school or home for
young girls. They were leaning over
the high balconies in pure whito gar
ments which seemed to differ in no
respect from les rohes dunuit. Strange,
I thought, that a strict institution
should permit its inmates to appear in
their night dresses at tho windows as
to attract a crowd of xieople. But I
soon discovered that a funeral service
was taking place in a house on the
opposite side of the street and that the
girls were entirely proper in appearing
in their seminary uniform.
Subscribe for this paper.
Kxports and Imports tor February.
A statement issued by the bureau of sta
tistics shows the exports of domestic me?
chahdise during February last amounted t
f 67,366,185, against $ 5.999,944 during Febru
ary, 1895. For tho last eicht months tho ex
ports aggregated $590,269,590, or about S40.
000,000 in excess of the same period in 1S95.
The imports of merchandise during Febru
ary amounted to 62.4S7.20S, of which 23.
524.036 wa3 free of duty. For the last eight
months the imports, dutiable and free, were
$61,402,207 less than the exports. During
Februarv the exports of gold coin and bullion
amounted to $-2,183,700, and the imports tc
$11,559,089. For the eight months the ex
ports were $63,642,992 in excess of tho im
ports. The exports of silver coin and bullion
during February amounted to ?6. 372, 119, and
the imports to $1,411,967. For the eight
months tho exoorts of silver exceeded the im
ports by. $30,753,204.
Society Courtesies.
Mrs. Parveuue I am thinking of go
ing slumming to-morrow."
Mrs. May fair Ah! Going to call on
vour relatives, I presume." Pick-Me-
UNIFORM RALES.
REASONS WHY WR SHOULD HAVE
A STANDARD COTTON BALK.
Extract from a Paper Endorsed by the
American Cotton Growers Pro
tective Association.
The American cotton bale compares
very unfavorably to that from any
other country. Nearlv all bales of
East Indian Cotton, for example, when
they arrive in Europe are as neat as a
bale of dry goods, while onr bales look
as if they had been in a cyclone. The
Indian bale, being smaller and of uni
form 6ize,,viz: 18x18 inches is better
packed and contains from 45 to 55
pounds of cotton to the cubic foot; the
American bale averages about 22 J
pounds to the foot, and varies in size
from 28x54 inches to 40x70 inches.
Naturally this does not improve the
price "tof American cotton. No com
press could reduce these bales to the
same density as Indian cotton ; in fact,
if the bale bo over 28x58 inches no
compress can press it to 22$ pounds to
tho ,foot and hold it there; but if our
bales were uniform in size, say 28x58
inches, any compress can. press them
to 30 pounds to the cubic foot and
thus save the American cotton growers
in round figures fifty cents per bale in
freight alone ; this comes to four mil
lion dollars per year, to say nothing
oftjie saving in insurance, loss in
woight, dirt, etc.
More than half the American crop
is exported to foreign - countries in
steam vessels, and the charter rates on
the ships are figured, according to their
cubical capacity ; the more cotton can
be loaded into a cubic foot of spaoe
the cheaper the ship can carry it per
pound. For this reason vast sums
have been spent in the improvement
of compresses, but we do not get the
benefit we should from their work be
cause of the condition in which the
cotton comes to tbem.
Because of this the East Indian 4
planter gets his cotton carried half
around tho world for about what the
American pays for one-third of the
distance.
Tbe standard of density at southern
ports is 22 J pounds per cubic foot.
If this could be brought up to 25 or
30 pounds there would be an imme
diate cheapening of freight rates
which would go directly into the price
paid to the producer, since the dealer's
selling price is fixed by the trade con
ditions and he deducts all expenses
from it to get his buying price.
If cotton compressed to 22 pounds
to the cubic foot can be carried for 50c.
per 100 pounds from Galveston or New
Orleans to a European port, which on
an average Texas bale of 525 pounds
amounts to $2.62, the ship would car
ry cotton of 30 pounds density for
$1.98 per bale, Baving 64 cents, or
about one-eighth of a cent per pound.
The only thing that stands in the
way of increasing the density and thus
cheapening freights is the j irregular
sizes and ungainly shapes of the bales,
and the loose and irregular packing of
their contents caused by the varying
sizes of the gin-boxes and the improp
er methods of filling them. The jaws
of compresses are 32 inches wide. If
a bale of cotton already 32 inches wide
is put into a press, when the pressure
is applied it spreads out to tho sides
and there is nothing there to hold it,
so that when the pressure is taken off
it is soft and ungainly and occupies
twice the spneo it should. The result
is that when it reaches the port the
ship rejects it, and the shipper must
have it recompressod at an expense of
60 to 75 cents per bale or pay an equiv
alent in extra freight to the ship, which
of course the producer loses in tke
end.
Furthermore, these ungainly bales
are much more liable to waste and
damage than smaller ones. A pattern
of bagging doe3 not cover a 36-inch
bale as well as one 28 inches wide, and
therefore leaves the cotton exposed to
damage and to be tubbed off or
plncked off in handling. Also whona
bale is too long to go into its proper
place in the ship the stevedores are
very apt to cut the ends off to make it
fit.
All these things are taken into ac
count by the carrier, the insurance
man, tho dealer, the spinner, and duly
charged for, and the farmer pays the
bill. j
Also, there are gins in use in which
the cotton is fed into the baling box
from both side3 in such a manner that
the bale is really in two partp. which
do ribt knit together in the center, so
that when heavy pressu re is applied the
bale gives way in the middle and
spreads out to the sides so that no
compress can make a merchantable
bale of compressed cotton of it.
It is claimed that gin manufacturers
are increasing the sizes of the boxes
every year, and this is probably true,
as the compresses find their per cent-
8ge oi rejection lor density increases
yearly. The explanation given for this
increase in size s that a long wide
bale can be more loosely packed and
therefore the gin can run j with less
steam; and, of course, the-! gin using
least steam sells cheapest. But, as you
will see from the figures given above,
this is a saving at the spigot and a
waste at the bnnghole.
The cotton exchanges, the maritime
associations, the buyers and tho com
presses have all tried to reform the
baling ofw?otton and accomplished
nothing. The farmer pays the losses
resulting from the present condition of
things, and alone has the power to
apply the reme-ly.
How phall you do it? Adppt a stand
ard bale of uniform size, and with th"
contents evenly distributed through
out, aud demand it of the ginner. To
to conform to, make your standard
not exceeding 28 inches in width and
58 inches in length.
Let each and every ono of you at
onca make it his business to person
ally examine every gin in his vicinity
and see that the baling box ie altered
to tho standard size.
Texas Division American Cotton
Growers' Protective Association.
Waco, Texas, February 24!h, 1896.
To the Cotton Growers and Ginners
of Texas:
Gentlemen Your attertion is
called to the attached paper ,on
"Standard Cotton Bales" read to the
American Cotton Growers' Protective
Association at Memphis, Tennessee,
January 23rd, '96, and at the meeting
of tho Texas Division of said associa
tion held in Waco the 18th instant, at
which meetings a standard size of
twenty-eight inches in width by fifty
eight inches in length was adopted,
and the same has been approved by the
Maritime Associations and Cotton Ex
changes. Smaller bales are not ob
jected to, bqt they must not be larger.
The reform advocated in this paper
is one of vast importance to the cotton
growers and handlers of Texas, and we
have no doubt the ginners wifl be
moved by their public spirit to aid the
movement. The compress has long felt the in
justice of paying large claims for re
compression at the prts of bales
which it was impossible to properly
compress in the first place, and they
will soon give notico that they will no
longer pay such claims ; the railroads
will then protect themselves by charg
ing the claims up to the shipper, the
buyer in turn will refuse to buy the
large bales except at a discount ; and
this will leave the farmer to stand the
discount or else have his cotton ginned
at a gin which makes a standard sized
bale or less.
If your baling box turns out a bale
larger than twenty-eight by fifty-eight
inches will you not at once alter it to
conform to that standard?
Kindly give this matter your prompt
attention.
Yours very respectfully,
E. S. Peters, President.
P. S. All farmers into whoso hands
this may come are requested to urge
the ginners to conform to it.
UKUAff DIFFICULTY SETTLED.
It is Now Practically Eliminated From
the Venezuelan Dispute.
The so-called TJruan incident has been di
vorced from tho Venezuelan boundary dis
pute and practically terminated, it is under
stood, through the good office of the United
States without the representatives of Great
Britain and the South American republic
coming in direct contact regarding the affair.
This Uruan incident, so-called, had at one
time a threatening aspect but finally develop
ed into comparative insignificance capable
of exdeedingly tamo adjustment. It
is strenuously contended by those most
intimately concerned that the incident
never had an unlimited stage and that there
never was any foundation for the eporf
that a British fleet would be called upon to
imitate tho Corinto demonstrations. While
originally "the claim presented through the
German legation in November, 1894. was for
a violation of the frontier of Uritish Guiana
and therefore inseparable from the boundary
controversy.
At Secretary Olney's instance, Great
Britain, a few weeks ago, modified it into a
demand, similar in effect to that pressed by
Ita'.v against the United States on account ol
the New Orleans riots in 1890, which ciaim
was settled by President Harrison by the
payment of a certain sum of money out of
the State Department contingent fund. It is
understood that the Uruan demand nowsirii
ply becomes one for personal damages ih
fiiqted upon British property and persons by
Venezuelan officials, leaving out of controver
sy the question whether the occupancy was
upon territory as being irrevelaut.
When Douglass Barnes,, the British Guina
constablo was arrested in 1894, by Venezuelan
soldiers on the riht bank of the Cuyuni
river, which he had crossed to stop a Vene
zuelan planter from cutting trees on land
which he owned, the Venezuelan govern
ment paid Barnes $300 or 64C0 on account
of his imprisonment which he p?r.;o;ialIy
considered as satisfactory.
THE RESOLUTION FALLS FLAT
Unlikely That the President or Am
, bassador IJayard Will Take
Any Notice of the House's
Action.
Secretary Olney and State Department
officials decline to converse as to the prob
able outcome of the passage of the resolu
tions censuring Ambassador Bayard except
to say that Mr. Bayard will not be
officially informed by the Department
that the resolutions were adopted. In re
gard to Mr. Bayard's reported tender of hi
resignation conditioned on the adoption of
the resolutions of censure, it is stated that
Mr. Bayard Intended taking the action' indi
cated but that he never fully carried out the
idea by placing his resignation in the hands
of the President. The hih respect and
great personal friendship which Mr. Cleve
land entertains for his ambassador to tho
Court of St. James, will stand as a bar, it is
said, tp allowing Mr. Bayard to be placed in
the embarrassing situation of being practi
cally forced out of office. If the resolutions
had not been adopted by a vote so closely
allied to party lines, it is likely that Mr,
Bayard would have considered seriously the
expediency of tendering his resignation,
but the fact that five Republicans were
opposed to the censure, whilo only six
Democratic votes were cast in its favor, is
considered among friends of Mr. Bayard to
be an additional reason why both ho and the
President should ignore the entire incident.
A County Taken from Texas.
The claim of the United States to the ter
ritory known as Greer county, to which the
State of Texas also made claim, was affirmed
by the decision of the Supreme Court of the
United States, announced by Mr. Justice
Harlan. The decision settles a controversy
which has been waged by the State and Fed
eral Governments for many years. The ter
ritory in question is situated in the south
west corner of Indian Territory and com
prises about a million and a half acres.
The Total Visible Supply of Cotton.
The total visibl supply of cotton for the
world 3.4S4.TG7 bales of which 2,981,567
bales are American against 4,620,393 bales
and 4,302,103 bales r-giM?eiivt-ly last year.
Ii-ceipis -jttn thi week-at all interior
town 30,543-baw-s; re. -;p:.- jrom the p a- t.a
tious 41.001 bales. Crop in sight 6,253.536
bales. s - ',':
HASP BATTLE IN CUBA.
The Patriots After Two Honrs Desper
ate Fighting Defeat the Spaniards.
IMPORTANT EXPEDITION LANDS.
Ia tbe Darkness General Collazo's Fill
busters Slipped Ashore and Carried
With Them 750,000 Cartridges, 120O
Rifles, 210O Machetes and 400 Re
volvers. Havana, March 19. News has been re
ceived here of an important battle near Can
delaria, in Pinar del Bio, the extreme west
ern province. The Government troops were
unable to drive the insurgents back-, and re
tired from their position with considerable
loss. The Spanish forces were commanded
by General Linares and Colonels Inolan and
Hernandez, and the patriots by Maceo and
Banderas.
ARMS OT THE CUBAN REPUBLIC.
The fight was begun on . a line parallel
with the roadway. The Spanish forces de
ployed, the Tarifa battalion, a section of the
victoria Cavalry, and a detachment of ar
tillery forming the vanguard and opening
fire upon the enemy. "The insurgents re
turned this fire and made an attack upon the
rear guard of the Spaniards, Having entire
ly surrounded the Government troops, the
Insurgents advanced upon the artlller
mea with machetes. The latter used mus
kets and grenades with such effect as to
check for a time the enemy's advance, but,
With re-enforeements, a second charge was
made by the insurgents, and a hand-to-hand
engagement ensued. . The battle terminated
with a bayonet charge. After a hot fight,
lasting two hours, tha Spaniards were de
feated, losing many killed and wounded. It
was the intention of the enemy to prevent
Colonel Inclan from proceeding to Cando
laria. The official report of the fight says the in-
surgents suffered a tremendous loss. The
Spaniards lost two Captains and five privates
killed, and one Lieutenant, four Sergeants,
and fifty-four soldiers wounded. The insur
gents have burned all but fifteen houses in
Pan Antonio do las Vegas, in the province of
Havana.
PATRIOTS LAND IN CUBA.
General Collaio and Men Evade the Span
ish War Ships.
Jacksonville, Fla., March 19. A special
from Key West, Fla.. says that the steamer
Three Friends.of Jacksonville, arrived there,
having succeeded in landing in Cuba Gener
al Enrique Collazo, Major Charles Hernandez
and Duke Estrada, besides fifty-four men
taken off the schooner Ardell from Tampo,
and tbe entire eargo of arms and ammuni
tion of the sohooner Mallory from Cedar
Eey. It was by long odds the most import
ant expedition that has tet out from this
oountry.
The cargo of arms landed by the Three
Friends and Mallory consisted of 750,000
rounds of cartridges, 1200 rifles, 2103 ma
ehets, 400 revolvers, besides stores, reloading
tools, etc.
It took four and a half hours to complete
the Job. There were hundreds of men on
Shore to assist and they did it silently, ap
preciating the peril of the undertaking.
The Cubans on shore recognized General
Collazo immediately, and no words can de
scribe their joy upon seeing him. He is a
veteran of tho Cuban war, and is one whom
Spain fears. , -
When It was whispered that Collazo was
really among them, they seemed not to be
lieve their ears, but oama forward and
looked, and seeing that there was really no
mistake threw up their arms and many of
them wept.
CUBAN ARMY'S STRENGTH.
Insurgent Soldiers Now Number Nearly
Forty-three Thousand.
Havasa, March 19. The present strength
of the Cuban insurgent arm is close to 43,
000 men. Cubans themselves estimate the
number of men in the field as high as 60,000,
but even if unarmed camp followers, men in
charge of provision trains, hospitals and
Camps were counted it is doubtful If that
number could be found actually in service.
There ar thousands of Cubans who would
willingly cast their lot with the patriot army,
but laok of arms and ammunition prevents.
Tne insurgent forces operate, as a rule, in
zones or distriots, and are organized on mili
tary lines. The columns of Gomez, Maceo,
Lacret and Banderas are, however, limited
to no one provinoe, but pass from one to an
other, under direct orders of Gomez. The
Commander-in-Chief is now in Matanzas and
the others have reinvaded Havana province,
POWDER MILLS BLOWN UP.
Five Men Killed and Fifty Inj nred, Seven
teen Fatally, at Riftoi, X. Y.
The Laflin k Rand Powder Mills at Rifton,
N. Y., were blown up at 11 o'clock a. m.
51 ve men were killed an l fifty injured. The
shock was felt all over Ulster County. The
damage is roughly estimated at 425.000. 'r
Seventeen persons were probably fatally
injured. The deal are two brothers, named
Decker, and men named Peterson, Smalley
and Jones.
There were two expolosions. 15,000 pounds
of powder being consumed in each. The
first explosion was in the upper glazer. The
shock set off the powder stored in the dry
house, wrecking the corning mill, engine
house, and what was calle J tho tower glazer.
About 600 kef3 of powder were stored in
the glazer, and each keg weighed twenty
five pounds. In a magazine there was an
equal quantity. The glazer was wiped out as
completely as if it had never been, and only
a few timbers of the magazine were left in
place.
Fatal Boiler Explosion.
A boiler explosion at McLarkin's Mill near
Caledonia, Ala., resulted in tho death of
Simon Watts, a farmer. Alexander Grace, a
laborer at the mill, and Allan Hollinger, tho
fireman. E. J. Defee, another farmer, was
seriously injured. .
Bimetallism Determined.
At a large meeting of the Bimetallic League
In London it was determined to continue
active communications with the bimetallisms
of France, Germa y. Anuria, and Belgium,
in order to promote a great campaign in alt
the industrial centres.
WAY FOR SETTLEMENT OPEN.
Negotiations to End the Venexnelan Dis
pute In Progress.
In the British House of Commons Sir Al
bert Kaye Itollit, Independent Conservative
member for the South Division of Islington,
asked what truth there was in the reports
that the United States Government had ex
pressed willingness that the Venezuelan dis
pute should be referred to a joint commis
sion for consideration and settlement. The
Right Hon. George N. Curzon, Parliamen
tary Secretary to the Foreign Offb-e, replied
that tho Government had received official
proposals from the Unitod States Gov
ernment on the subject of the Vene
zuelan difficulty, and that these pro
posals were now in course of negotia
tion, and, therefore, he could not com
municate them to the House. Mr. Curzon
said, however, that the proposals made by
the United States were not accurately de
scribed by the language in the question.
While State Department officials of Wash
ington decline to divulge the nature of Secre
tary Olney's latest sutrarestton to Lord Salis
bury in regard to a method of settling the j
Venezuelan dispute, it is understood that the
way has been opened for negotiations which
are expected to result in some plan of adjust
ing the boundary claims satisfactory to all
concerned. The reply of Great Britain to
Mr Olney's proposal has not yet actually
reached the State Department but it is on
the way, and there are good reasons for be
lieving that Sir Julian Pauncefote, the Brit
ish Ambassador, has within the last twenty
four hours received full instructions to enter
into negotiations on the subject.
HIS MOTHER SAW HIM HANGED.
Cherokee Kill Dies Game on the Scaffold
at Fort Smith, Ark..
At 2.13 p. m. Crawford Golisby. alias
"Cherokoe Bill," was hanged at Fort Smith,
Ark. Tho desperado was the coolest man in
the crowd. On the gallows, in reply to the
question if he had anything to say, Bill
answered: "No, I came h-ra to die; not to
talk." Turning, he kissed his mother good
by, and, with a smile on his face, walked to
his place on the trap.
Bill got his wonderful nerve from his
mother. She stood by him on the gallows
without flinching or shedding a tear. She
took the body to Fort Gibson at 3 o'clook.
Crawford Go'ldsbv wus the name conferred
upon Cherokee Bill when he was born at Fort
Gibson, Indian Territory, February 8, 1876.
He was one of the robbers who infested the
Indian Territory during the reign of terror
of 1834 and belonged to the Cook gang. H i
worked with Bill Cook on the ranch in the
Creek Kation, near Tulsa. Cherokee Bill
became an outlaw at the age of fourteen.
He shot a man with whom he had quar
relled, ana from that time until his arrest he
was on the scout, suspicious of every one
except his mother aud sister, and counting
no friend so dear as his rifle.
OUR MINISTER WAS RIGHT.
Had Mr. Terrell Been Supported, Massa
cres Would Have Been Averted.'
A private letter from a gentleman in Con
stantinople, familiar with recent occurrences
in Armenia, says: !
"The request made by the Duke of West
minster that the United States should depart
from their policy and instruct Minister Ter
rell to strengthen the hands of Sir Philio
Currie in protecting all natives edu.
cated in missionary schools attract
ALEXANDEB w. tebbell, uxited states siik-
ISTEB TO TUKKET.
attention. It Is remembered that Mr.
Terrell openly expressed the opinion that
ii European pressure for reforms, repulsive
to the Turks, which were to admit to the
army a subject race, should be successfu', a
general massacre was sure to result, unless
concerted and armed co-operation among
tbe Powers prevented it.
"It is now known that there was no such
co-operation. It is also known that on the
very day these reforms were announced Mr.
Terrell demanded immeuiuto military pro
tectiou for all missionaries. It is now seen
that If the Duke of Westminster hai, at the
proper time, 'strengthened the hands' of the
American Minister nt Constantinople there
would nave Leon no massacre.
CUBA'S SUGAR CROP.
The Probable Shortage as Compared With
That of a Former Period.
It is now the middle of tho grinding sea
son in Cuba, and in the great sugar produc
ing provinces of Matanzas and Havana not
one estate is grinding. No others dare bein.
The S3me is true in Matanzas. The wet sea
son will soon be here. Estates have been or
dered by General Weyler to grind. It is im
possible for them to compiy. j
Estimating the amount of sugar at the
mills held back through interference with
transportation at 10,000 tons a liberal fig
ure the total amount of new crop to March 1
becomes 62.236 tons. If the second half of th
grinding season does as well p.s the first
the total yieM for Cuba for 1896 will be 126,
596 tons. Lat year the crop was estimated
at 1 00,000 tons. The probable shortage
this year will therefore be 873,000 tons, or
more'tban eighty-seven per coat, of a nor
mal crop.
These flgure3 contain only one element of
doubt; that is, as to whether the decree of
General Weyler that planters shall grind, cr
of Gomez, that they shall not grind, will ba
enforced. What is true of the sugar crop 13
practically true of lobaico.
"VFar Minister Defends Wejler.
The Minister of War, despite the hostility
of the Spanish press against Captain-General
Weyler, defends in energetic terms the
latter's tactics in Cnbi. A royal ordinance
was published denning the rules under
which privateering can be carried oh against
the enemies of the Crown.
Delegate for McKlnley.
The Republican Stato Convention of Wis
consin selected- delegates-at-Iarge to St.
Louis and instructed, them to vote for Mc
Kinley for President; thirty out of thirty
fonr counties of Alabama were carried by
McKinleymen,
KOURMI tOMilih-hS.
A Synopsis ofj
f Ij - ltH'f'tIlllgS of Uotli
j I!oIS5.
THE SENATE.
I MONDAY.
There wer hre ppiMviies made in the
Senate Monday. Tho Ur.-t wax madu by
Senator Lodge in favor of such a enaho in
the. immigration laws a- will keep out iiliN
erato and -ignorant immi"rni.U; the second
was by Mr. Pu;h in favoK.f the coinage t
silver at the mij;ts of the United Slate with
tho same rightfi as gold : tho third was by
Mr. Morgan in pnnport of the conference on
the Cuban libety'rolutins.
i TCESDAr.
In a four ho'irs' speech Tuesdny Senator
Morgan closed hi-? defense of the action of
the committee Im foreign relations in report
ing the Cuban resolutions. Senator 1'ugh
also closed his ,see.?h begun on Monday in
favor of tho free, coinage t of - silver. There
was nothing cfce of importance.
WEDNESDAY..'
On Wednesday in the Senate a "short do-'
bato was had poa a joint resolution "direct
ing the Seeretrry of the Interior to execute
th6 law for opening to settlement some two
million acres f land in the eastern part of
Utah which hrive been part of the Uueom
pahgre Indian! reservation.
A message was received from the I resi
dent. 1 f - .
The Duponl election case was then taken
up and Mr. Thurston addressed the body in
support of Mrj Dupont's claim.
After passing numerous bills to which
there was no abjection tho Senate adjourned.
TnCHSDAY.
The Cuban debate was continued in tho
Senate on Thursday. No action was taken.
No other business was transacted.
j FBIDAY.
In tho Senate on Friday the discussion of
the Cuban resolutions was continued, but
final action wate not taken.
The chairmah ot tho committee on privi
leges and elections mado a favorable reptrt
on the-joint resolution for the election of
United States Senators by the people.
The following Senate bills were takon from
the calendar ahd passed :
Senate bill for the relief of settlers upon
lands within the indemnity limits of the grant
to the New Orleans Tacillo Railway Com
pany. To approve and ratify the c- nstruction of
railroad briiig-s across Coddo. Lake, at Moor
ings Point, La!, and across tho Red river,
near Fulton, Ark.
Also Senate till for the exchange of land at
Choctaw Point, Ala., held) for 'light house
purposes, for another tract equally or better
adapted for the same purpose.
' Appropriating $25,000. for the monument
in Baltimore t the memory of General Wm.
Kmallwood, and the soldiers of tho Maryland
Line in tbe war for American independence.
Also Senate bill to pay Holmes A Leath
ers, contractors or mail routes in Mississippi
12,910, for transportation of the mails in
April ar d Mayj 1861. i;
Mr. Morgan in troduced a joint resolution
as to Cuba in these words : -
Resolved, That it is hereby declared that
a state of public war exists in the island of
Cuba, between the government of Spain and
the people of hat island who aro supporting
a seperate government under the name of
Republic of Cijtba; and a state of belligerency
between said governments is hereby recog
nized j
The legislative, executive and judicial ap-
propriation ti
111 was reported from the ap
propriations committee by Mr. Cullom. who
gave notice that he would ask the Senate to
take it up for Consideration next Monday.
ine oenate aujournea until Jttonuay.
THE HOUSE.
MONDAY.
The House Monday, it being suspension
day, passed among other bills, that provid
ing free homesteads on the public lands of
Ukianoma tor actual, bona ildo settlers: tho
bill relieving the Supreme Court of jurisdic
tion of criminal cases, not enpitn), failed of
passage. Tho House i agreed .Ho take up
Wednesday the resolutions favoring the cen
sure of Ambassador Bayard. '
I TUESDAY.
The House (observed St. Patrick's Day by
devoting its session entirely to the consider
ation of the bill reported last week from the
committee onl ways and means providing a
revision of the customs administratrntivo
act of June 10th, 1890, by making changes to
sections 1 to 5 inclusive and l'J of tho law.
No substanthiil amendment was made to the
bill, and aftei- live hours' consideration in
committee, of tho whole it was reported to
tho House and passed,-without a division.
j WEDNESDAY
In the House on Wednesday tho resolu
tions censuring Ambassador Bayard were
discussed at length, but no disposition was
made of them No other business wu3 traus
acttnl. j THURSDAY.
In the House Thursday t:o resolutions of
censure of AmbassadorlJ.ivard were discuss
ed, but a vote was not reached.
. Resolutions
seat occupied
vacant. '
were reported declaring the
by Mr. JJoa.tner, of Louisiana,
TKIDAT.
In tho House on Friday the resolutions
censuring Ambassador Bayard were adopted
by a vote of 101 to 59
I he report bf the elections committee del
claring vacant tho seat o.-eupied by Mr.
CliHS. J. Boatk.r, of Louisiana, was t J-jj ted
by n strict paj-ty vote. ' , -
Tl e House ad'iouruod' until-Mends j, -
Silver Money to he Kc-Coinel Under a
New Design.
All the old and worn subsidiary Silver coin
of the United jKt.at os will BO'.n bo replaced I y
the new design ndoptcd in 1892.' Tho pro-
press 1 eing njadc in
United States mints is
that direction by tho
is most encouraging to
the Treasury jo IHeials. For some years pn.t
efforts have been mado by the Treasury De
partment to keep the subsidiary silver coin
in good condition. With this view appro
priations havb been obtained from time to
time to reimburse the Treasury of the United
States for tbjb difference between the face
value of subsidiary sliver coin and what they
would produce when transferred to the mints
for re-coinage.
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