"PROVE ALL THINGS AND HOLD FAST TO - THAT WniCH IS GOOD."
l.OO Per Year in advance.
VOL. VI.
DUlsTN. N. C. WEDNESDAY, APRIL X5, 1896-
NO. 14.
nv riATmrtnnrk
HOLT DEAD.
KET C03IKS AT LAST TO THE
WKAUY.
Werner C'arr, State OQlccrs and Gov
ernor's diard Attended the
Funeral. The Story of
m-i Life.
K-x-Oovti-Kor TLoh. M. Holt died at
L;h Lorce.at I-aw IUv or, N. C. ,Sat unlay
Tli no v.-us .". lie served two years
as (loveriioi-. Ife was tbo largest cot
ton manufacturer in North Carolina
end el on - t.i Ler wealthiest citizens.
(Sovei nor Citrr. 'ti-.te cfiicers and Gov
eriior's (!;: " i ttjiiilol tLo funeral,
flis uurTiil na.i held in. the Preeby
terian CL::rt.-h :.t Graham, and the iu-tc-riner.t
wi.:, at Crro.ham eemctery. Ilia
.'rath ws die to Bright's disease.
His i'ii.'i' ss .v. ,
duration.
Tho fo!!.ni;;
only
a week' e
z biographical sketch
.id eii sod frcra the "Cyclopedia
; J.'i.n'neiit an I representative Men
lilornphltal.
Thomas TI. Holt, smi of Edwin M.
U. It nu 1 Faiiiiio Usuks Fairish Holt,
tin- latter surviving. Ho was born
Tuiv l"tt, lb5l, in that part of old
niTi;5- couiitv, which has since been
;- t. I'll" it! to Alamance county. He was
! rrpnd for college at Caldwell Insti
lutv, Ilillsboro, and -when eighteen
3 ears of age entered tho University of
i'ith Carolina. "When twenty years
i ago his father took him for an assist
ant, and soon began to. lean on his
yt.iguient and coulide in his skill and
Management. When only twenty-ono
ytars of age he was honored by an Rp
I ' iiitiKent by the .Legislature as a mag
istrate, u;;d nerved as chairman of the
board of finance of Alamance county.
i n 1 S72 ho wax elected chairman of
tho board of county commissioners
. arid sef ed for four years. His kindly
.disposition, his unsweviing integrity,
Lis courteous demeanor and neighbor
ly interefct in the people of his
county, nearly every one of whom
he has long known personally,
made him very popular, and he
ws never brought forward for office
without receiving not only the strength
of bin party, but many votes from
itheif. In 187G he was elected State
Senator, receiving G50 more votes than
any candidate for that office had ever
obtained. In tho Henate bis service
were highly useful to the State. He
had btf n a director in the North Car
olina IJailroad, in which the State had
an ictorett of 3,000,000, eince 1869,
and was elected president of the com
pany in bSTo. He was also largely in
t.rtbtedin agriculture and -was presi
dent of the Isovth Carolina Agricultu
re Society for twelve yeafs. His
varied experience and ripe judgment
and bt-rling character made him one
f the most influential Senators. He
lil-ored successfully for the establish
ment of tho agricultural department,
iiicl was, by virtue of his position as
president of the agricultural society,
in le i member of the board controll
ing it.
In 1SS.? he was returned to the
knse of Representatives; and again
in ls85, when the House, in recogni
tion of his endnent fitness and patriotic
Eorvic
se mm lor
jpeaKer .
Ho
un a
ism,
- eiii'.H r ut the House again in
:; i at Hi o succeeding election
' H'y the people to the office
'.. a a ut Governor, and as such.
i f L:;-
I..: 1 i ''
,; i o'er the deliberations of
the ; ;. .:e. As a member on the lloor
of the A-'eri.l.tv. he had been able.
c-ftieiei.t (Tj I ::;;eti::al; and as a pre
Hvi::i: el'ier ; he was fnir and impartial,
couruous to v. a lis r 11 and a wise admin-
itiat r of tL iuks. During the ye-
noj o; initiative service he won
tin confidence of the whole State, and
when on the 8th day of April, 1891, he
whs called to tho executive chair, on
the sudden deaatk of Gov. Fowle, the
'i.-'-'le were entirely butislied that tho
aii ;irs of State were in good hands,
and that tho duties of that high office
would be discharged with ability,
intelligence 'and lofty patriotism. For
sixteen years he had administered the
affairs of the North Carolina llailroad,
ns its president, with zeal and good
judgment, and he laid down that office
on becoming Governor, with the con-
fciousnepg that all of his acts had met
public approval.
but notwithstanding all of the varied
duties that have claimed bis attention,
his chief interest ever centered in his
cotton factories at Haw River.
On the opposite Bide of the river,
spreading themselves over a gradually
ascending eminence, lie his princely
premises one of the finest country
residences in tho State, where naturo
and art are combined' to illustrate the
- taste and elegance of a cultured family.
But it was Linwood, his splendid
plantation on the North Carolina road,
that Gov. Holt found his greatest
pleasure. Thre his fine stock, and
his beautiful fields yield their increase
acd delight the eye of t lie practiced
farm St.
: in October, 1855, Gov. Holt wai
happily married to Louisa, the accorn
dished daughter of Samuel aod Mary
A. Bethel Moore. To them have been
born children: Charles T. Holt, Cora
t who married Dr. E. Chambere
Laird, of Virginia; Dazie M., who mar
ried Alfred AV. Haywood, of Raleigh;
i-jla X., who married .Charles Bruce
"right, of Wilmington, but o v a res
'3ett of Ealeigh, and Thomas 31.
Holt, Jr.
He Was also a It oyal Arc'i 3Iasor(tnd
Las faithfully discharged his lelig
lous duties. ,.'
TAR HEEL NOTES.
4 .
I The Big Fisheries at Edenton.
The Ssheries at Edenton, in the
pastern part of the State, are a reve
lation t.) us who live inland. Tho
?team seins are Jiuge affairs, the one at
this fishery' being three miles long, the j
rope included. Tha sein is carried
out into the sound, a mile and a half
from the shore, by two steamers. The
great net is then drawn to shore by
steam power and the fleh are lauded
in smaller nets. Sometimes as many
as ninety thousand herring have been
caught in a single haul at this fishery.
Shad and herring are the principal
catch. Mr. II. G. Woods is tho owner
of this large fishery, and about lifty
men are employed in the enterprise.
The people who live in tho interior
have no idea of the immense fishing
interests of the State.
A Kailroad Decision.
In the suit for forclosure in the
Cape Fear aud Yadkin Valley Railroad
case in tna United States Court, the
Court decides that the road should be
preserved as an entirety and should be
sold as euch unless it appears im
practicable to make such sale after
certain preliminary questions are con
sidered and passed on by the Court;
the main questions being the value of
tho divisions and branches and the dis
tribution of the proceeds of sale among
the respective holders of the different
classes of bonds. The Court, there
fore, orders a reference to Special
Master E. S. Martin, to take testimony
as to the values of the dilferent divis
ions and branches and certain other
statistics, and to report tho facts to the
Court for its conclusions thereon.
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: The 31111s to the Cotton Fields.
North Carolina built more cotton
mills last year than were built in all
New England. Mills are shutting down
in New England because it is not pro
fitable to run them, while they are
running on full time in all the South
ern States. This is as it should be.
The movement of "the mills to the
cotton fields," which began in earnest
less than twenty years ago, should see
its natural conclusion in less than
twenty years more. when it is probable
that the whole cotton crop of tho South
will be manufactured in the South.
Presbyterians Cau't Agree.
Concord Presbytery is much dissat
isfied with the decision of the Meck
lenburg and Concord Presbyteries in
giving Charlotte the proposed lemale
college, so much so that it has re
fused to ratify the decision. A
movement is now on foot now to es
tablish the college any way by a joint
stock company. If Charlotte under
takes to enforce the above decision of
the Presbyteries it will disrupt their
union, so strong is the feeling in the
matter.
Morton Will Get Some Delegates.
Thomas B. Keogh, who is making
a tour of North Carolina in the inter
est of Morton's candidacy for the pres
idency, says that Morton has consider
able strength in the State and will get
some delegates to the convention. It
is stated by some leading Republicans
that it is now te field against McKin
lev in North Carolina and that McKin
ley can carry only two districts. Mc
Kinley men insist that they have six
teen votes. .
Vance Monument Fund.
Mr. Polk Miller has ended his lec
ture tour, and it has netted the Vance
Monument Fund about $1,000. This
makes the fund on hand nearly 32,000.
It is said that at least $7,500 is needed.
If a biography of Zeb Vance should
not be written In this generation of
North Carolina some one will be to
blame, and we will not be the one. If
Judge George Brown and his father,
Mr. Sylvester Brown, of Washington,
N.i C, would undertake the work it
would be well done. They are both
men of literary taste and culture, both
knew Vance personally, and are both
skilled, conscientious, patient and
painstaking writers. If properly can
vassed the sale of the book would
"build the monument. Elizabeth City
Economist.
Governor Carr has paid fifty dollars
reward to J. A. Bishop for the capture
of Nathan Jones, wanted in Hender
son county for assault with intent to
kill. Bishop certainly earned his re
ward; he i followed Jones down into
South Carolina, then back into this
State, and at last caught him in Polk'
county. Jones has been placed in the
Henderson county jail.
! ; . . .. .
The strike of the carpenters at the
Asheville Wood-Working Company's
(Vanderhilt's) shops ha? been followed
by; a aympathetic strike on the part of
the carpenters on the Vanderbilt es
tate. Some of the strikers on the es
tate reported for work, but Mr. Mc
Nanie declined to allow them to re
turn to work.
! . j - .-..,. '
.InlMitchell county, two men were
buried alive in a mica mine by a
quantity of earth and stone caving in
on them. jWhen their bodies were re
covered they were cold and stiff in
death.
i j ,.
The Greenville town council has dc
cidedtojiutln water-works.
Dry Goods Markets.
The reports coming to hand from various
parts of tho country indicate that the jobbing
trade in dry goods during ilarch hardly
kept ud the favorable comparisons with last
year made by January and February. Busi
ness continues quiot throughout and prices
irregular-
J Extending the Civil Service.
( The President has further amended the
civil service rules by placing ' under the
classified servioe the assistant attorneys and
law clerks of the department of the interior,
'fiie order includes about thirty persons
'whose salaries ranged from $2,000 to 2,700
per aauum.
XilE FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
A. Synopsis off the Proceedings of Both
House.
the Senate.
HOW IT.
In th Stnate on Monday Gorman, Demo
crat, of Maryland, attacks the Poahnaster
General in connection to small poatofflces
near large towns, A message announcing
the action of tire House on the Gaban reso
lutions wag received by the Senate,
TtnesnAT
In the Senate on Tuesday Mr. Butler (Pop),
of North Carolina, introduced a joint resolu
tion proposing an amendment 6 the consti
tution of the United States, limiting the Pres
ident's veto power. It proposes that a pres
idential veto may be overcome by a majority
vote (instead of a two-thirds vote), in both
house6; also that all orders, resolutions and
votes to which a concurrence of both houses
maybe neoeasary, except on the question of
adjournment, shall bepreserted to the Presi
dent, and shall be approved by him before
they take effect. It was referred.
WEDNESDAY.
In the Senate on Wednesday Senatpr Tur
pie, (Dem.) of Indiana, achieved aulte a rep
utation in the Senate Tor his skill in clothing
the most etlngicg sarcasms in plcturesqe
language. The speech was made in support
of the joint resolution introduced on the
1st of April by Mr. Call, Demoorat, of
Florida, proposing intervention in
tho war now being prosecuted
ed in Cuba. The object of Mr. Turpie'e in
vective was not so much General Weyler and
and the Spanish government as the chairman
of tho commtttee on foreign relations, Mr.
Sherman, republican, of Ohio, and the Junior
Senator from Massachusetts, Mr. Lodge,
Republican. He ascribed to Mr. Sherman
helpless inertia delay, and irrational obstruc
tion, and spoke of his takjtofir refuge in the
crypt Of the conference committee, very glad
to a rid of his former action.
THCRSDAI.
The Senate on Thursday did a rushing
business in the way of private pension bills,
having cleared the calendar and passed ev
ery bill on it 75 in number. Nothing else of
importance was done and the Senate ad
journed. FKIDAT.
A joint resolution was introduced in the
Senate by Mr. Call, in reference to the im
prisonment of Mrs. Maybrick, in England.
It declares that "tho people of the United
States sympathize with Mrs. Maybrick in her
suffering under a sentence of life imprison
ment at hard labor;" that "they almost uui
versaljy believe in her innocence;" that she
was "unfairly convicted before a presiding
judge whose harsh rulings were caused by
a demented mind, almost bordering en insan
ity." And it requests the President of the
United States to communicate the resolution
to the government of Great Britain. A bill
(jiving the aid of the government to a tf aris-Mlssi-sippi
ajid international exposition at
Omaha in 1898 was passed. And the Senate
adjourned until Monday.
SATURPAT.
There was no session of the Senate Satur
day. THE HOUSE.
Monday.
In the House on Monday the .Cuban re
solution were adopted by a vote if 245 to 27.
Wadsworth, Republican, of New ;York, ar
ranged to put up the garden seeds In pack
ages of Ave instead of fifteen, as first ar
ranged, making 2,025,000 packages inBtead of
652,000 for the use of members of.cohgress.an
additional expense of $5,000. The river and
harbor bill was passed under the suspension
of the rules by a vote of 216 to 40.
TUESDAY.
In the House on Tuesday the day was
spent in the discussion of establishing a free
public library in Washington to share the
expense with the District of Columbia, and
the bill reported from the Committee on
Coinage, "Weights and Measures to adopt the
Metric system in Government business Jan.
1, 1898. and to make it the legal standard of
the country Jan. 1, 1901.
WEDNESDAY.
The House Committee on elections No, 3
Mr. McCall. of Massachusetts, chairman,
decided four contested election case., Th9
case of Murray vs. Elliot, from the first
South Carolina district, was decided in
favor of Murray, colored. Republican,
the contestant. Iu the case of
Johnson vs. Stokes, from the
seventh 8outh Carolina, it is recommended
'lat Siokes retain his seat. The case of
Kearley, Populist, vs. Abbott, Democrat,
irom the sixth Texas district, was decided
in favor of Mr. Abbott, the sitting member.
In the case of Ratcllffe, Populist, vs. Wil
liams, Democrat, from the tilth Mississippi
r istrict, the contestant faile'd to appear and
the committee unanimously recommended
that Mr. Williams retain his seat. Nothing
else of importance was done, and the House
adjourned.
THTTH8DAT.
The House committee on foreign affairs
instructed Chairman Hitt to report, with a
recommendation that it be passed, a resolu
tion asking the Secretary of State to report
to t!ieHouse what facts" are In possession of
the Department relating to the case of Mrs.
Florence E. Maybriok, formerly of Mobile.
Ala., and what steps, if any, the government
has taken to secure her release or mitigation
of punishment. Mrs. MaybriQk is in prison
in England serving a life sentence upon con
viction of the charge of poisoning her hus
band, a Liverpool merchant.
fbipay
In the House on Friday the appropriation
bill for fortifications and coast defences for
the year ending June 30, 1897, was reported
by Mr. Halner, Republican, of Nebraska, and
placed on the calendar. The measure, as
agreed to, recommends specific appropria
tions amounting to $3,842,337 and in addi
tion gives authority to the Secretary of War
to make contracts involving the further ex
penditure of $5,542,278, under the engineer
and ordnanoe departments, making a total
expenditure authorised by the bill of $11,--884,613.
6ATCBDAY .
After two days debate the House, by a
vote of 160 to 58, passed the "Filled Cheese"
bill, taxing the manufacturer of the product
1 cent a pound and -requiring manufacturers
and dealers to pay a license. The commit
teemen way$ and raeans suggested a reduc
tion of the retail dealers' license from $40 to
$12 a year, and that was agreed to.
$3,000 IN PRIZES.
The Galveston Seml-Oentennlal Cup at
Savannah, Oa. j
Dispatchers received from Adjutant Gen
eral W. H. Maybray, of Texas, informing the
military interstate association that an order1
had been issued by him ordering a competi
tion in May for the Galveston semi-centennial
championship cup. This cup is now in
Eosseseion of Thuston Rifles of Omaha, who
ave practically refused to enter. They may
decide to come and defend the cup how that
it has been ordered here, and tne Morton
cadets of Washington have challenged them
to compete for it. 'This interstate drill in
which 43,000 in prizes Is also offered, will
take place May 14.
New Orleans Cotton Exchange State
ment. The New Orleans cotton exchange state
ment is as follows: Crop statement from
September Is, 1895, to April JQth, 1896, in
clusive: Port receipts 4,867,907 bales against
7.519,556 last year, 5,533,937 year before lust
and 4,615,802 for tbfe same time in '73; over
land to mills and Canada 730,756, 755.896 and
774.S13; interior stocks in excess of Septem
ber 1st, 236,191 against 159,406 and 212,902;
Southern n:ill takings 684,447 and 631,233,
653,297 and 525,155; crop brought Into sight
from September 1st to date 6,519.301 against
9,835,502, 6,987,36 and 6,133,672; brought into
sight for the week 66,383 against 109,563 for
the seven days rnded April 10th, last year,
60,560 and 63,297; crop brought into sight for
the first ten days of April 91,694 against 140,
575, 70,085 and 63,567.
BILL ARTS LETTER
A RUN DOWN TO FLORIDA ON
BUSINESS.
Breathing Balmy Air and Viewing
Beautiful Sunsets
With but little warning I had to
leave home and wife and two daugh,-
'Cera and numerous grandchildren and
run down to Florida on business.
Here I am again at Clearwater, breath
ing its balmy air and feasting my vis
ion upon the same beautiful sunsets
and dancing waters and tropical scen
ery that always charm me when I come.
I am happy with three other daugh- ,
tera and two dear little grandchildren
and with congenial friends who greet
ed my coming and gave me a glad wel
come. Life is still worth living, if for
nothing else but the pleasure of meet
ing those who are dear to you and re
ceiving the cordial salutation of friends.
They tell me that if I did not discover
Clearwater, I uncovered it to the south
ern t people, who had never
heard of such a place, and now
I find scores of . visitors who
are looking in upon the beauties of
this place and buying property, and
preparing to plant here their winter
homes. I was surprised to see so many
of Atlanta's good people visiting here
the Hillyers, Hemphills, Howells,
Inmans, Swanns, EnglisL, Colonel
George W. Soott, Dr. Palmer and
others and even Mr. Plant and Col
onel Wrenn and their wives did for
a time leave the Tampa Bay hotel and
found a happy hiding place in Clear
water. Just think of Captain Evan
Howell staying here a week or two
without saying a word about Cleveland
or finance or conventions or any other
politics during his stay. The calm
Berenity of this heaven favored spot
puts politics to the blush and smothers
all selfish ambition and ungodly
thoughts. The tired mind comes here
in search of rest, and finds it.
Evan Howell used to smile at my
gushing letters, and declared there
was no such place this side of heaven ;
but now that he has seen it with his
eyes, he can't find adjectives enough
to express his admiration, and, like a
loyal husband, has gone after his wife
to come down and make a choice of a
bay-front lot. He says he is prepared
to believe anything I say yes, even
my fish stories. I told him about an
old lady who had lived near here for
fifty years, and when she wanted fich
for breakfast, walked down the bluff
and waded out a few yards into the
crystal water and held out her apron
and let the fish jump in it. Evan
smiled, but said nothing. Next morn
ing I met my old friend Turner, who
publishes, a paper at Statesboro, Ga.
I introduced him to Captain Howell
as a man who was born and raised
here, and captain, thinking to put
off a good joke on me, told Mr. Tur
ner what I said about an old woman
catching fish here in her apron before
the war. Mr. Turner looked at him
solemnly and seriously and said: "He
told you the truth sir; that woman
was my mother."
When a man first comes here and
sees extraordinary things, he is almost
afraid to tell of them when he goes
back home, and he begins to look
around for a creditable witness. Col.
Scott, the - quiet old gentleman who
founded the Agne3 Scott institute has
bought a beautiful bay front, with an
orange grove attaohed, and asked me
to walk down and see him measure a
grape fruit tree. . He did it very care
fully.and found it was fifty-two inches
around, four feet from the ground. He
said he had measured it before, but
wanted a witness. So, fof fear ho may
be suspected of exaggeration, I had
just as well give the certificate. That
tree is seventeen inches in diameter
four feet up from its base. The groves
around here have pretty much recov
ered from the freeze and are now cov
ered with blooms. Some groves suffer
ed but little, and never lost a crop
Mr. Bailey's grove, neat Clearwater,
gave him an average crop, and eo did
Mr. Markley's. Our home market har,
not been without a supply of fine
first-class fruit, as far tuperior to the
California oranges a3 an apple is to a
persimmon. If I had money, I would
invest in a grove or two on specula
tion, for here is the safety line, and
Florida oranges and grape fruit will
command high prices for some years
to come.
Yesterday morning our young peo
ple made up a grouper party and
sailed out to the coral reefs in the
green blue gulf. I was respectfully
invited to 6tay at home and look after
the little girl, and they promised to
be baok by 4 o'clock. I read and
wrote and ruminated and prayed with
the child and helped her make sand
pies, until the eun was neuring the
horizon, but still there was no sail in
sight. Every few minutes I scanned
the distant waters and the two passes
between the islands. The twilights
are brief down here, and when tho
dark had spread its lonely curtain I
began to be troubled, and walked the
verandah with anxiety and impatience.
Then I walked down to the dock, and
was comforted with the information
that our boat could not possibly get in
until the tide rose and brought them,
for there was not a breath of air to
move a sail. Slowly and sadly I came
home, ' and our little household
had supper and cheered the
lingering hours with prose and
poetry and conversation. Ever and
anon I came out and listened for a
song to float its melody over the wa
ters, for they always come back sing
ing; but there was no sound eave the
ominous notes of a screech owl and the
plaintive song of the wnip-poor?J'in-the
grove near by. .' f 'r? v a
put the little g5g too,
- ' ' f . "
had become excited, and couldn't
sleep. I sat by her and stroked her
hair and her hands for an hour, when
at last, with a sigh, she dropped
asleep. Eleven o'clock, came and 12
and 12 :30 o'clock, and I reasoned that
the boat was on a sandbar and could
not get off till morning. A boat party
from Duneden was stranded on a bar
last week and had to stay there all
night, and their families and frienda
were greatly alarmed and sent out
searching parties for them. All is not
gold that glitters, even at Clearwater.
At half-past 1 o'clock, while I was nod
ding in my chair, I was suddenly
awakened by the sound of voices, and
my heart bounded with gratitude and
joy. The long suspense was over, for
I had imagined many distres sing things.
Twice the little girl had talked in her
sleep, and sighed and said, "Oh, mer
cy 1"
My daughter threw herself into a
chair and exolaimed, "Ob, I am so
tired and so thankful ;" and another
daughter said: "Now, don't scold us
one bit, but 'listen to our tale of woe:'
We started back at 3 o'clock, but soon
found our boat becalmed away out in
the gulf, and we could not move half a
mile an hour. When night came we
were five miles from home, and after
we got into the north pass we lodged
on a sand bar and had to wait for the
tide to rise and float us off, and the
four gentlemen then got into the little
boat and pulled at the oars with all
their might for three hours and towed
the big boat after them. Oh, it was
awful, and some of the girls got aw
fully sea sick and fed the fishes and
lost their dinner, and we had a new
pilot and lost our way; and it was just
awful, awful ! If I live a thousand
years, I will never go out so far in the
gulf again."
Well, of course, I did not scold
them ; but I will bet $2 they go again
next week if they are invited. Al
ready this morning they are boasting
of what a good time they had at the
grouper banks, and how they eaught
thirty-seven, and one that Miss Eng
lish caught was three feet long, and
Would weigh thirty pounds. There
is such a charm about these waters,
that they cannot keep away from them.
But I am going home to my better
and bigger half tomorrow and work in
my garden, and in hers, too, of course,
for "the winter is over and gone.
The time for tho singing of birds has
come, and the voice of the turtle dove
is heard m the land." Biil Aep in
Atlanta Constitution.
The Sultan will consult Russia be
fore issuing is proclamation expelling
missionaries from Turkey.
The Southern Railway has acquired
control of the Knoxville, Cumberland
Gap fc Louisville Railroad.
Henry Fitch, a brother of one of the
proprietors of the San Francisco Call,
commits suicide in Washington.
A plot to dynamite the Kentucky
penitentiary was discovered in bare
time to prevent its being carried out.
Berclair won the derby at Memphis,
Ter.n.i by two lengths. Lady Inez
second; Ben Eder third. Time 1.55$.'
A father in Texas kills his daughter
and her lover to prevent their mar
riage, then blows himself up with dy
namite. Incendiaries after destroying $200,
000 worth of property in Savannah at
tempt to burn the postofSce and other
buildings.
Samuel P. Langdon, the wealthy
coal operator of Philadelphia, charged
with the murder of Anne Me'Grath set
free for lack of evidence.
Potatoes in New York State are so
cheap that farmers are throwing them
away. One man is burning them in
his stove and says they make a very
Hot and steady fire. At some auctions
of farm property held lately tubers
sold at two and one-half cents a bushel
and in many instances no bids could be
seoured.
Governor MoCraw, of Washington
State, has ordered ovd the militia to
suppress rioting between Washington
and Oregon fisherman on Columbia
river.
It is believed that negotiations are
being made to effect an Alliance be-j
twecn the Abyssimians and the Moham
median Devoishes to repeal the Italins
and English.
Judge William H. DeWitt, one of
Tennessee's most distinguished jurists,
died at Chattanooga at 69 years of age.
Judge DeWitt was a member of the
Confederte Congress.
Bishop Ryan dies at his home in
Buffalo of Bright's disease.
Arthur Schneider, a young German,
hanged in Louisiana for murdering his
sweetheart and his rival.
Col. John A. CockerilJ, the well
known correspondent, dies in Egypt.
Ex-Governor Holt died at his home,
at Haw River, Saturday of Bright's
disease.
S. B. Minshall, an attorney and an
insurance agent of Pentwater, Mich.,
assinated William B. O. Sands, Presi
4ent of the Sands & Maxwell Lumber
Company, Village President and the
leading man of the place. After leav
ing Sands Min6hall went to his home
and shot his wife and three children
dead, and then committed suicide by
shooting himself through the head.
Elected a Female Ticket.
The enfranchised women of Ellis, Kas.,
scored a sweeping victory at the recent mu
nicipal election. A complete ticket of wo-
ira nnmin&ted and all were
elected with the exception .of Mrs. Clara
Sheldon, candidate ior poiicBjuu, u
j - 1 Kit a tnninritv of live. 5IrS. M. A.
UCicmiw -v i j .
Wade, proprietor of a large millinery and
drv eoods store, wascictiwuuajvi, "ki - .
SVi'i? -.- i -tu T.illlan Husaev. Mr.?.
cv.-oMa m-.ri Vila. Nevrcomb were
-1 1 nnmKN -r the council by average
I VJ,C5VC-a liivw" - - .
majorities ot urcmj.
fuv..i' 4va kiv nrl order " and they pro-
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LATEST NEWS
IN BRIEF.
GLEANINGS FROM MANY POINTS.
Important Happenings, Both Home
and Foreign, Blefly Told.
: Southern News Notes. - !
A number of mass meetings held in
Tennessee endorsed McKinley.
A wreck on the Southern Railway
near Danville, caused about ?100,000
damages. j
McKinley received a majority of the
Delegates to the National Convention
choaen in Kentucky.
Col. W. C. P. Breckenridge, of
Kentucky, is coming to the front again
for re-election to Congress.
For the month of March the South
ern Railway earned 1, 524,690, an
increase of $13,994. - -
Tobacco growers of Kentucky form
an association for purpose of erecting
one or more warehouses at Lexington.
A fire at Savannah, Ga., destroyed
the six story building occupied by the
Savannah Grocery Company, causing
a loss of $175,000.
Editor of the "Leader," Dayton,
Tenh., waylaid and shot by five men,
and the type in his office scattered
about by unknown persons.
Collat Bros. , Savannah, Ga. , has
been gutted by fire. Iusuranco, $71,-
200 on stock and $13,100 on building.
The estimated value of stock was
$80,000.
Northern News Items.
Mrs. Mary Lease is to take a trip
around the world.
Mayor Strong vetoed the "Greater"
New York" bill. .
A farmer in Illinois kills his wife
and two-year-old child in a most brutal
manner.
The W. C. T. U. will hold its next
National convention at St. Louis, Nov.
13 to 16.
Fourteen buildings in the business
section of Tonkers, N. Y., burned
with loss of $100,000.
A hundred horse power engine ex
plodes in Ohio injuring three men and
doing $75,000 damage.
The marriage of Ex-President Har
rison and Mrs. Dimmick solemnized at
St. Thomas' Church, New York.
A bill taxing electric light and gas
companies one-half of 1 per cent, of
gross receipts has passed both: houses
of the Ohio legislature.
Washington.
Mr. Terrell, United States Minister
at Constantinople, has arrived in
Washington.
Secretary Carlisle will not contest
for the nomination of candidacy for
Presidential nomination at the Chicago
Convention.
Senator , Butler has introduced a
bill at. Washington providing for the
establishment of a postal telegraph
system by the government.
The Fifteenth International Chris
tian Endeavor Convention will be held
in Washington July 3-13. It is ex
pected that fully 60,000 people will
attend.
A bill declaring bicycles to be bag
gage and that they shall be transported
by railroads subject to the same lif
bilities, passed by the New York leg
islature.
Foreign.
Everything is again quiet in Hayti.
Canada offers England a militia re
giment for service in London.
The Sultan has signed a decree ex
pelling missionaries from Asiatic Tur
key. Students in Spain aro preparing to
make further demonstrations against
the United States.
The friends of Cuba in all parts of
the world are enthusiastic over the
action of Cangrces in : recognizing its
belligerency. ..
French and English newspapers
make sharp criticisms in regard to the
action of the United States in recog
nizing Cuba.
TROUGIwK FKARED.
Populists and Democrats May Collide
iu Louisiana.
A special to the New Orleans Daily States
from Onelousa. St. Landry parish, repre
sents affairs as unchanged, but the ten
sion between the white supremacy Demo
crats on the one side and tho ropulite-lte-publicans
on the other is strained almost to
4i Krcfi-ip" The mavor of Ooel-
ousa is a PopulM and th shenfT of St.
Lanarv 13 a Uctnocrat. aiio imvuii
quefeted Governor Foster to send a company
of militia to St. Landry to preserve tho
peace on election dny, April 21. It Is beiieyed
that serious disturbances will occur at that
time. Attempts have been made and failed
to bring about a sttment of all the trouble
by leaving the question of the parocbiai's
officers, which ar? thbono of contention, to
o j,it'Tri!r,nrv. i ui t; i'opaifsts and Be-
The Only ;ne of ill. Kin J.
Prof. J. W. Hoffman, of Taskege-i Instl
tut?, the oiily distinguished nijro sclent Lie
agriculturist of America, bus been elect-i l a
member of the jlassachusctts Horticultural
Society in recognitiou of the work he is do
ing for the race alon scientific lla? s and for
originating a new variety of strawberry a
few year ago, cow cultivated from Kew
Jersey to Florida and along the Pacific coast.
Pro ?.Ho Oman's worth has been recognized
by members in leading societies in this coun
try and Eurox-e. j
Work on the Panama Canal.
"Work upon the Panama canal ia Le!:;3
pushed. A contract has been given tor 100,
000 metres of submarine reining on.the Pa
cific end of the canal. The Clon end of tha
work has been inspected by Prince Lnigi, a
nephew of King Huinba t ol Italy, who is
making a tour of the world. .
HIK CONFEDERATE - UK-UNION
General Peyton Wise.' Admirable Let
ter of Welcome to the Old Veterans "
Who Wore the Gray. j
Preparations are being made as rap-;
idly as possible for the reception! of
the immense throng of Confederate
veterans who will visit Richmond on
the occasion of their annual re-union,
on the 30th of June, next. The work
of preparing for such a large gathering
is of necessity of great magnitude, and
for a long time past the various com
mittees who have the matter in hand
have bepn busily engaged. A large
proportion of the-work has fallen upon
Gen. Peyjon Wise, chairman of the
executive committee, and Capt. Thomas
Ellett, secretary. . "
The programme has not as yetbeen
arranged, as there are many details to
be settled before this can be done.
Capt. Ellett is now; Ijusily engaged in
sending ireulars, 'giving all the need
ful information to the veteran organi
zations In the State, and to all mem
bers of the United Confederate organi-
ition in! the South.
In order that all interested in this
great occasion may be familliar with
its aims and objects, Gen. Peyton!
Wise has prepared the following ad-j
mirable letter: j
lo the United Confederate Veterans
Everywhere: ' j
Your sixth annual r-unlon will be'held at
Richmond. Va., on the 30th day of June, 1st
and' 2nd days of July next.
Widely scattered since the war by the ties
of family and old-time firesides, by tho de
mands of business, by your natural energies
and by th4 necessities of life, you are coming
home home to the city which is yours by tho
supreme tsts of the rain of fire through
which you went and of the eea of blood
through which you passed, on the mission of
her aud the common dofence. You have
been no prodigal sons, for you Inherited on
ly the remnants of a l spacious ravage that
was rampant everywhere in your land; be
cause you had nothing left but the manhood
from which you were inseparable. But tho
fattod calf shall be killed for you and we shall
be merry together, not because of pity for
your sins.ibut because pride in your fame
demand it.
You shall traverse again the streets which
thrilled to! the tread of your legions while
they were) passing to the ranks of the best
army that the world ever knew.
You shall be confronted by the Virginiaus
who were the comrades of your immortal
glory and 'who are your brothers forever.
You shall see again the women who nursed
you backj to vigor from the feebleness of
wounds and want, from the wretched woe
of your losses, andwho pointed the dying
gaze of your fellows1 to the heavens which
stooped to enfold them.
Your eyes shall behold for themselves tho
city which proudly wrapped herself in your
patriotic flames, from which she has emerged
a thing of beauty and a joy for always. '
You shall revisit the battle-fields which
have been consecrated by your blood, ai.d
where, if you lost your country, you found a
tame that fills the worid.
Heartily helped by our city and her citi
sens, we are building for you a place of r y
union in which ten thousand of you maa
make the welkin ring to the musio of Dixi
md to the chorus of the rebel yell. .
On some appropriate day of the reunion
you shall be part and parcel of the rearing of
that monument which shall be to-Jefferson
Davis, not merely because he was your
President and dwelt as such in the capital of
your Confederacy, but because ho was the
unspeakable type of that Ineffable manhood
which made the armies of the South.
During your stay here there will be many
bivouac,! where, not in bravado or disloyal
ly, but for sweet memory's sake, will be sung
over again the old songs, told over again th
old tales, fought over the old fights, ye'lled
again the bid yell, unfurled again the old
flag. I
Come, then. Come to our hearts and
homes and these bivouacs. Before we we
pass to the great beyond we ought to have
one more bout and toast together. The
toast shall be to our own memories and to
our Confederate comrades wherever they may
bes but It shall carry along with it a brave
blessing for our fellow-citizens everywhere,
a determined devotion to the safety, honpr
and welfare of the entire country.
Petto Wise, Chairman.
CONDITIONS OF WINT1CR GRAIN,
There Was Less Killing by Cold
Weather than Usual.
The United States Department of Agricul
ture repcjrt on condition of winter grain,
April 1, 1896, composed of consolidated re
ports from townships, county and State cor
respondents show acondlrlon of winter wheat
ia nine leading States a3 follows:
Pennsylvania, 64; Ohio, 56, Michigan, 82:
Indiana, 0; Illinois, 81; Missouri, 75; Kansas,
M; California 91: average for tho entiro
country, 77.1: la.t year, 81.11. Tho condition
i rye waft In' Nuw York, 91; Pennsylvania,
78; Winscjonsin, 77; average for tho eutiru
country, 82.9.- Dry weather at s:edlag time,
from which scarcely a county was exempt,
largely retarded or prevented germination.
Throughout the winter grain producing
region, the winter covering of snow was ex
ceptionally scanty. Bye suffered in most
Htates leps than wheat. Drouth In ealj
winter and alternate freezing and thawin;?
afterwards greatly injured the crop eust oi
thi Mississippi. In Nebraska, Kansas and
westward, there was less- wint.-r killing than
usual, owing to the mild season, and present
conditions are reported favorable. - Hessian,
fly reported in a very few counties along the
Atlantic slope.
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