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VOL- IV.
DUNN, N., 0. WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1896-
NO. 21.
THE CZAR'S CORONATION.
Most Gorgeous Pageant of the
Nineteenth Century
NICHOLAS II. ENTERS MOSCOW.
Pz'.ius fceres of Splendor in Rufttia's
Anc.cnt Capit.i! How the Present
(7nr' Tathrr Was Crowned In 1883
I"!acini tho Crown Himself Upon His
HmJ A yjOO.OOO Coronation Robe.
Moscow, May 23. Amid the thundering of
ta'tenes, the ringing of a thousand bells
aci the lusty cheers of a 'vast multitude of
Russia's loyal subjects, and fair and noble
visitors from all parts of the world, the great
White Cz ir and his Czarina, on Thursday,
real" t heir official entry into Moscow.
S-v t in th history ol Nations has there
been a mere fr.jrgecus scene or a more rep
resentative assemblage of peoples.
The Imperial Procession.
The imperial procession was headed by a
equal of mounted gendarmes, led by a Mas
tr of i'oli-c. After the poiice came a por
tion of tfcf (.'zars bo ly guard and a squad
ron of Cos.-aeks of the Guard. The rest of
tby- f nrt of the procession consisted of dele
pat's from thu races subject to Russia, in
thsir str;:np; but fascinating costumes, dele
gates from the Cossack population almost as
i.icturesqti'i looking as those preceding
thfm,,n preventatives of the highest nobility
on h rs -'back, h ehamberlain on horseback,
folio.vfvi by sixty valets on foot and four
runners of th'5 Imperial Court.
Next followed, two by two sixty footmen
cf the court, their rear being brought up by
tbe musicians of the imperial orchestra.
The piqueur oi His Majesty next took the
eve, amazingly apparelled, and the two
praud masters of the coronation ceremonies,
tcatel in a gala phaeton drawn bysix
horses, and followed by the alrch-grand mas
ter in a still more splendid vehicle. Here
tho lout:, gleaming line was continued by a
hih officer of tne imperial stables, four for
eign diplomats in a gilded coach, and court
.officials, drawn, like them, by six horses.
Numerous other officials followed, with
squa irons of the Cavaliers of the Guard and
the Russian Horse Guards.
, Czar and Czarina Appear.
Then, mounted on a superbly caparisoned
End full bred charger, appeared the great
White Czar, ruler of all the Russias, and
looking every inch the imperal autocrat.
His Majesty was followed by the Minister of
his household, the Minister of War, the Aide-de-camp
General commanding the military
hoiisi hold of His Majesty, an Aide-de-Cainp
General and one of His Majesty's Aides-de-Camp
and other Generals.
Following cam the Grand Dukes Paul
Alexandrovitch, Constantino Constantino
vitch and George Mikhailovitch and Duke
Miebael Georgovitch of Mecklenberg-Strelitz.
The Aide-de-Camp General of the Czar, a
number of Genera's, the Aides-de-Camp of
the Czar, the Generals attached to their Im
perial Highnesses, as well as their Aides-de-Camp,
and the military suites of the foreign
I'rinces, all on horseback.
Her Imperial Majesty the Czarina Marie
Feodorovna and her daughter the Grand
Duchess Olga Alexandrovna were next in the
magnificent procession. They rode in the
imperial carr age surmounted by the Imper
ial Crown, the vehicle drawn by eight horses
and each horse lea by an equerry of the im
perial stables, and at each door of thecar
riage a grand equerry 'on horseback. The
imperal carriage was proceeded by an officer
of the imperial stables on horseback; two
papes walked on each side of the box, four
Cossacks of the Chamber, in state untform,
HOW THE CZAR
n.afohed on e:eh side of the vehicle, and it
was followed by six pages of the Chamber
and two equerries of the court stables, all
cn horseback.
, Kntering the City.
t'pon entering Moscow His Majesty was
r eive i by the Governor-General on horse-frj-k.
escorted by his staff and aid-de camps,
who then joined in the procession. At the
tld triumphal arch His Imperial Majesty
w;ls le -'eivt-d by the Mayor and the members
' the Municipal Council of Moscow and
delegations from the different branches of
commerce. At the Convent of Strasnoi, at
the ntiEu.ie of the White Town-Biely Gorod.
ffce tar was received by the President and
members of Zmstov administration of Moscow.-
On the Tver Square His Imperial Ma-JkV'-v
w"s reieived by the representatives of
'h'! Muscovite nobility, with their marshals
of nohtii y
t the iWurrection Gate the Czar riis
n:cunted from his horse and the Empresses
feseen :'ed from their carriages to worship
ft ?!e shriue of the Iberian Madonna, whose
i:eh vnluel at $2,500,000, is tbe most
t;v- e1 oC the many holy symbols in Moscow.
B!e-sei the Crar.
At the shrine Their Majesties were received
t .V His Highness the Grand Vicar of Moscow,
who irestntei them with the cross and
rmklei them with holy water. Their
.Iajesi-s knelt in prayer bsfore the image,
"fid the- paed through the Gate of the Sa
v,0r passfeia Vorota into the Kremlin,
whers they weri received with all eeolesias
"ai pomp by the clergy. Their Imperial
--astifs then successively visited and wor
sinped within the Churches of the Assump
tion, of the Archangel Michael and of the An
suQr'iatimi" After a-sing the entrance or the Kremlin
he cortege passed along the front of the
.Nicholas Palace, but only the most important
Members of the imperial party traversed the
vrnd Palace square In state.
a be Czar and Czarina, the Imperial Higb-ne-tes
and the important foreign princes
inn entered the Cathedral of the Assump
tion, preceded by the Grand Masters of the
remonies of the Coronation, the Arch
Jnaad Masters of the Ceremonies and the
Ptrsfc&l ana Gran Marshal of ih Qoort.
All witnessed the solemn selebration of a Te
Deum, which was accompanied by prayers
for the lives of Their Majesties and for the
happiness of Russia.
When the Czar entered tbe
Kremlin an artillery salute of
fired.
palace of the
101 guns was
THE CORONATION CEREMONY.
Amid Imposing Scenes Russia's Autocrat
Crown Himself.
The coronation of Nicholas n. as Czar of
Russia was set for May 26, and the Cathe
dral of the Assumption at Moscow wa3, in
obedience to a centuries-long custom, de
creed as the place in which this spectacular
event must occur. Upon this imposing cere
monial the wealth of a people famed among
the Nations of the earth for the vast extent
of their possessions and riches has been
poured out with barbaric lavisbness. More
than flO,000,000 was appropriate! by the
Stale to defray the expenses of the corona
tion fetes of Alexander III., and tils vast
sum represented only a small part of the
money actually spent. And yet. by general
consent, the ceremonial of May, 1883, was, in
point of elegance, immeasurably inferior to
preceding coronations; as much inferior, in
fact, 83 tne coronation fetes whicn accom
pany the coronation of the young Czar Nich
olas II. surpass all preceding ceremonies.
The coronation, with the accompanying
religious services, is only a fragment of the
long series of pageants, of banquet, recep
tions and balls which, according to the of
ficial programme, continue without interrup
tion from the 18th of May until the 7th of
June, when the imperial pair, accompanied
by their numerous suite, Mjill take leave of
Moscow, and the Czar will begin in his
Western Capital of St. Petersburg the colos
sal labors which await him as "the ortho
dox, most pious, most Christian, most auto
cratic and mighty sovereign, the autocrat of
all the Russias."
The most costly and impressive decora
tions have been reserves ior the Kremlin.
The walls of the venerable citadel have been
outlined with lamps of countless colors and
tints, whose fairy-like gleam fall on the
garden of the'old fortress. The grim walls
overlooking the Krasnoe Ploshad (the R9d
Square) have been outlined by an imposing
display of lamps. An idea of the sumptuous
scale on which the illumination has been
projected can be gained from the fact that
no iess than 400,000 lamps have been requisi
tioned for the fiurnose. Of this number 14,-
000 electric lamps alone compose the design
used in the illumination of the tower of Ivan
Beliki. Further prominence will also be
given to this tower during the night fetes,
which continue until June 7. Bengal Are of
every known hue will be bdrned in its arches,
while answering beacons will throw their
parti-colored glow from the myriad steeples
of the mighty Kremlin.
In no country is precedent so powerful as
in Russia,' and hence in preparing the pro
gramme for the present ceremony the details
of the coronation in 1883 of the new Czar's
father, Alexander HI., were followed in
every particular. Assembling at the head of
the "Red Stairway" in the old pa!a:e adjoin
ing the Cathedral, the imperial pair, followed
by their suite in costly court dress, proceed
slowly amid the ringing of myriads of bells
and the booming of cannon to the steps of
the Uspensky Sobor, passing on the way over
a carpet of exquisite texture duly sanctified
by holy water. Above their heads, support
ed by sixteen of the most important generals
of the Empire, is held a great canopy of
cloth of gold, embroidered with the im
perial arms and crowned with ostrich
plume3, representing the imperial colors
yellow, black and white. The route, which
is really little more than a step, Is lined on
each side with soldiers of the highest rank,
many of them of noble birth.
Within the Cathedral the scene is superb.
Looking aloft the great central dome is seen
to rise on four massive pillars, large as the
towers without and powerful as the columns
of the temple of Earnak. The effect of
height is further increased by the presence
of four smaller domes. The interior is dec
orated in the Byzantine style, the huge pil
lars being painted with figures. The effect
is not unlike that produced by St.'Mark's,!n
Venice. Looking toward the choir the Iko-
CROWNS HIMSELF.
nastaois a high wall of gilded silver daz
z!es the eye like the facade of a fairy palace.
Covered with tier after tier of the figures of
saints and martyrs the light which 6ifts
through the openings in the domes is thrown
back in countless rainbow tints from the
gem-bestudded halos which these holy pic
tures carry on their heads.
Slowlvthe imperial tortage flies into the
Cathedral. The priests, robed in the gor
geous, almost barbaric vestments of the
Eastern Church, are still at the main door
awaiting the arrival of the Czar and the
Czarina. The dignitaries arrive in couples,
and dispose of themselves in the places as
signed to them-by the master of ceremonies.
Then the members of the imperial family
enter. There is i moment's pause, and the
robes and regalia which during the night
have reposed on a table in the Throne Room
of the palace under the protection of
a -military guard and a few of the most
trusted gentlemen of the court, are borne
in. But still the Czar has not come. Then,
as the great bell in the dome above, tho Big
Ben of the Kremlin, the bell called Ivan
Beliki, booms for. h its mellow note of wel
come, the Czir enters with the Empress.
Making his way to the cornation stage, the
Autocrat stands facing the altar. A moment
later the Czar and the Czarina are confronted
by tbe Metropolitan of Moscow, who begs
him to make his confession of the Orthodox
faith. This having been done, the Metro
politan pronounces the Czar's titles, of which
there are some forty in all. After a fitting
pause the Czr demands the imperial man
tle, and wh m he has clasped the costly gar
men, composed of cloth of gold and ermine,
above his shoulders, he bows and receives
the benediction. Having resumed his posi
tion, the Czar next demands the crown.
The Metropolitan brings ine nign insignia
on a cushion from one of the two tables,
and, seizing it firmly in his bands, the Czar
places it upon bis wvn head. This done, he
calls for the scepter and the globe, which
being brought him, he takes the sceptre in
his right hand and the globe in his left and
sits for the first time upon the throne. And
at this very instant every bell In the city
peals forth exultantly, and a royal salute of
101 guns is fired from the fortress. Nor is
Moscow alone l tiro Wormed ot tills
impressive moment. Guns thunder and
bells ring in every corner of the empire. TLe
white flags in the towers of St Petersburg
are replaced by squares of fluttering red
bunting. The Czar is crowned.
The hoarse roar of tne artillery mingling
with the silver notes of the bells dies gradu
ally away, as eoho after echo is reverberated
THE niPEKIAJ. CBOWX OF BUSSIJu
in ever diminishing diminuendo from tbe
seven proud hills on which stands Moscow.
Then, when silence again reigns, the scep
tred Czar slowly rises from his throne, at the
same moment that two high dignitaries ap
proach him deferentially, bearing cushions
of gorgeous velvet. On one of the cushions
the Emperor (ays the imperial sceptre, on
the other the globe. There is another im
pressive silence which is only broken when
the Czar calls for the Empress, who has been
standing near him ever since they entered
the Cathedral. Approaching him, robed In
the richest gown ever worn by woman, fash
ioned of sliver cloth, luxuriously studded
with such gems as only the Imperial Treas
ury of Russia is able to lavish on its rulers, a
gown which cost over $200,000, she kneels
reverentially at her lord's feet. Then, while
she still kneels, he. in remembrance of Scrip
tural days, when Esther received the rqyal
crown from the hands of her king, removes
the priceless symbol from his brow and for
one brief instant lets It rest upon the fair
white brow of his beloved imperial mistress
his copartner In the. autocracy of a. mighty
realm. This incident is one of tne most im
pressive and touching in the whole service.
A silence as of death reigns - in the Cathe
dral. With the last words of the mass the pair
solemnly issue from the Cathedral, return
ing, as they came, across the soft carpet to
the Church of the Archangel Michael, where,
after adoring the sacred images, they pass
through lines of noble soldiers to the "Red
Stairway."
Ascending this famous stairway to the
Facel Palace, pausing for an instant at the
entrance to a great hall, the splendor of
which is sufficient to dazzle even imperial
eyes, the Czar and Czarina take their places
at the coronation banquet. Not at tables
with the princes and princesses who form
the goodly company, but upon thrones, be
fore whicn stands a table, and upon this the
food for the royal pair is placed
All this la but the beginning, for ceaseless
festivities make Moscow pleasure's home
until June 7. Then, afttr all is over, after
the celebration of the Czarina's birthday,
June 6. and the grand review of troops the
day following, their Majesties return to St.
Petersburg. The guests will separate.
Prince and peasant alike will return to their
homes.
CZARINA'S CORONATION DRESS.
A Magnificent Robe That Cost 8200,000
and Took Six Months to Complete.
The coronation robe of Empress Alexan
dra Feodorovna cost $200,01)0 and took six
months to make. The costume of a Russian
Empress at her coronation is worn only a
few hours. It then becomes practically
state property, and will spend the remainder
of its existence in a glass case labeled, "Cor
onation Robe of Her Imperial Majesty Alex
andra Feodorovna, Empress-Consort of Rus
sia." A world-famous artist designed the dress,
a world-famous milliner constructed it and a
world-famous jeweler directed Its adorn
ment. Its foundntion Is of white satin, the
richest and heaviest the mills of Lyons could
produce. The cut of the dress does not dif
fer from the prevailing styles, for it is an un
written law that coronation robes must pre
serve a severe simplicity of outline.
The skirt is covered with a decoration of
pearls and tiny diamonds, secured by a fret
work of golden wires so arranged as to form
a conventional design. This decoration is
an achievement of the ' most modern scien
tific work, and, while its completion has
consumed months of patient toil by the most
skilful jewelers in Paris, the effect of the
whole is that of elegant simplicity.
The bodice is low cut, with angel sleeves
falling from shoulder to hem. Both oodice
and sleeves are literally covered with the
jewelled trimming that adorns the skirt.
The decoration of the . sleeves and bodice,
however, differs in design.
The ermine-lined mantle of burnished
silver brocade is attached to the shoulders
and sweeps away the length of several yards
in long, graceful lines.
THE CZARINA Wt HER CORONATION DRESS.
(It cost $200,000, took six months to make,
and will be worn but once).
Two hundred thousand dollars will by no
means complete the cost of the Empress's
coronation. There is also the ermine-lined
mantle of burnish ed"Silver brocade. And the
state jewels, the coronet of whiob is esti
mated to have cosC $1,000,000.
.RUSSIAN CROWN AND SCEPTRE.
Former Contains Some Famous Gems
Latter the Finest In the World.
At his coronation the Czar Is completely
outdone by his wife in gorgeousne3s of at
tire. Custom demands that the "Holy Czar,"
as he is known in the ritual of the Orthodox
Church, shall be crowned in his army uni
form, which, of course, does not compare to
a diamond and pearl bestrewn garment. His
ciown, however, ought to go a long way to-,
wards balancing matters, for it contains
some world-famous gems. It was made for
Catherine IL in Geneva, and in shape resem
bles a mitre. At the summit Is a cross of five
perfect diamonds, and the pear-shape 1 ruby
reckoned the finest in the world. The other
jewels composing the trown are white dia
monds, of the purest water, and pearls. All
these jewels are set in silver.
The Russian scentre is the finest in the
world. It was made for tne coronation of
the Emperor Paul In 1797. It Is surmounted
by the famous Orloff diamond, named from
that Russian Count whose finishing twist
to the throat of Peter III. made Catherine
XL EmyrMg of BussU. . . '- .
THE FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
A Synopsis of the Proceedings of Both
Houses.
i THE SENATE.
MONDAY.
The fortifications bill was reported to the
Senate Monday, by Mr. Perkins. The esti
mates for 1897 amounted to $4,045,165. The
House bill carried $5,845,837, to wnicn tne
Senate added $4,918,051, making the total
reported to the Senate $10,763,888. The ap
propriation for the current fiscal year is only
$1,945,557. The 8enate rejected the nomina
tion of R.A. Freeman to be postmaster at
Burlington, N. C. The Senate confirmed the
nomination of Robert ' Ransom and Robert
Lee Jenkins to be respectively second secre
tary of legation to Mexico and consul at Pa
tras, Greece,
WEDNESDAY.
Wednesday the Senate passed Senator But
ler's bill for a public building at Durham".
The Senate gave its attention Wednesday to
the District of Columbia appropriation bill,
which, as reported from the appropriations
committee, appropriated about seven million
dollars, of which one-half comes from the
United States treasury and the other half
from taxes collected by the District commis-'
sioners. A good deal of debate occurred
over the question of charities and hospitals
the House bill appropriating a bulk sum to
be be distributed under contract witn tne
existing institutions and the Senate commit
tee's amendment striking out that provision
and substituting the usual specific items for.
the various hospitals, orpnan asylums and
other charitable houses. It was this propo
sition that was sustained by the Senate. !The
only two general appropriation bills remain
ing to be acted on by the Senate are the forti
fication bill and the deficiency bilL
THURSDAY.
Thursday In the Senate Senator Pritchard
introduced a bill to increase the pensions of
James H. Kiie, also John McG rath; also one
pensioning Cornelia Grant, of Wake. He pre
sented the petition of members of the sixth
district, life-saving service asking to be paid
monthly. Senator Butler proposed an
amendment to the deficiency bill, refunding
$187 salt duties to S. R. Fowle.
FRIDAY.
An important and spirited debate took
place in the Senate Friday on the bill Intro
duced several months ago by Mr. Butler,
Populist, of North Carolina, prohibiting the
issue of government bonds without the con
sent of Congress. Mr. Hill, Democrat, of
New York, spoke for three hours In condem
nation of the measure as an act of repudia
tion; and it was denounced in most emphatio
terms "by Senators Sherman, Republioan,
of Ohio; Hawley, Republican, of Con
necticut; Lodge, Republican, of Massa
chusetts; Baker, Republican, of Kansas.
It was defende'd and advocated by Senator
Mills, of Texas; George,of Mississippi; Clark,'
ot Wyoming; Teller, Republican, of Colora
do; Alien, Populist, of Nebraska, and Stew
art, Populist, of Nevada. - The test vote on
taking it up in the first Instance showed a
majority of 14 in its favor, but when it was
displaced by the calendar after two hours
discussion, and a new vote was required to
take it up again, the majority had dwindled
down to 2. An effort was made to have a
time fixed for taking the vote next Monday
at 5 p. m., but objection was made and the
bill went over till Saturday.
SATURDAY.
The House "filled cheese" bill was taken
up in the Senate Saturday and gave the
opportunity for the offering of three im
portant amendments, on which votes were
taken. The first was offered by Mr. Mills,
Democrat, of Texas, proposing an internal
revenue tax of 5 per cent, on all manu
factures of iron, steel, copper, zine,wool, cot
ton, and other materials. The second was
offered by Mr. Allen, Populist, of Nebraska,
proposing an additional tax a dollar a bar
rel on beer. The third was offered by Mr.
Gray, Democrat, of Delaware, proposing an
import duty of ten cents per pound on tea.
They were all, on motion of Mr. Sherman, Re-
Sublican, of Ohio, laid on the table until
onday.
The calendar was cleared of all private
pension bills. A bill to pay to the widowof a
German sailor, George Pauls, who was
drowned in Wilmington harbor, N. C, in
May, 1888, In consequence of a collision of
the United 8tates cutter Colfax, with the bark
on which he was serving $5,000 dollars was
taken up and passed. The Vioe-Presidimt
signed the River and Harbor bill and it was
sent to the President. The Butler bond res
olution will pass Monday or Tuesday
probably Monday. On that day Senator
Pritchard will speak in its favor. Senator
Butler will secure the change back to Toisnot
of Elm City postofflce to correspond with
the legislative change in the name of the place.
The mail route from Magnolia to Tomahawk
has been changed at Senator Butler's instance
so to go by Lizia, Sampson county. There
has also been a change in the route from
Fayetteville to Pike, Cumberland county.
THE HOUSE.
MONDAY.
While Monday was suspension day in the
House the greater part of the session was ex
pended in the passage of thirty-flve pension
bills reported from Friday night's session,
and to passage of bills under unanl
mous consent, including the following:.
Granting a site to the city of Biloxi, Miss. . for
a charity hospital; incorporating the Society
of Colonial Dames; authorizing the loan or
donation of condemned cannon to Grand
Army posts; to compel the attendance of
witnesses before local land officers.
WEDNESDAY.
The House Tuesday passed the resolution
reported by committee on elections, No. 1,
confirming the title of W. C. Owens, Demo
crat, to the seat he occupies as a Represen
tee from the 7th district of Kentucky, which
had been contested by George Denny, Jr.,
Republican. It also passed a resolution
from the same committee providing for a re
count of the ballots cast for Congressman in
the 16th Illinois district at the November
election, 1894, in the contest of Rinaker ver
sus Downing, for the seat from that district.
The remainder of the day was taken up by
argument" upon the several bills reported
from the committee on Immigration and
naturalization. - -
THURSDAY.
By a vote of 196 to 47 the House Thursday
passed over the President's veto the bill
crantlne a pension of $50 a month to
Francis E. Hoover, late of . the Twenty-third
Indiana Regiment of Volunteers. A debate
of two hours preceded the vote, Mrs. Klrk
patrick. Republican, of Kansas; Wood, Re
publican, of Illinois, and Hill. Republican,
of Delaware, advocating the bill, and Messrs.
Erdman, Democrat, of Pennsylvania; Loud,
Republican, of California, and Bartiett,
Democrat, of Georgia, in favor of sustaining
the veto. All the Populists and Rep ublicans
generally voted for the bill and the Demo
crats against it. The following Republicans,
however, voted to sustain the veto: Messrs.
Loud, of California; Raney, of Missouri;
Qulgg and Wadswortb, of New York, and
the following Democrats to pass the bill:
Messrs. Cockrell, of Texas; Cummings, of
New York; Layton and Sorg, of Ohio, and
Stokes, 8trait and Talbert, of South Caro
lina. FRIDAY.
The labor commission bill, discussion of
which was begun Thursday has apparently
failed this session. The rule providing for
the consideration of the bill excepted confer
ence reports on appropriation bills from its
operation and Friday's session was exhaust
ted by measures of this character. The first
was the report of the partial agreement on
the rlw and harbor appropriation bill. It
met the vigorous opposition of Dockery,
Democrat, of Missouri, and Hepburn, Repub
lican, of Iowa, but despite their eloquent de
nunciation of the Iniquity of the bill the re
port was agreed to by a vote of 189 to 56.
SATURDAY.
The House claims committee Saturday re
ported favorably Skinner's bill to pay Collec
tor Bond, of Edenton, $307 for rent and fuel
-which was not paid years ago for lack of in
sufficient funds. A greater part of the day
was given to the consideration and disposal
of conference reports on appropriation bills.
President Cleveland's message vetoing the
bill regulating fees of receivers and registers
of land offices was referred to the committee
on' public lands. Mr. Howard, Populist, of
Alatama, introduced a series of charges
against President Cleveland upon whioh he
impeached him of high crimes and misde
meanors and called upon the committee on
the judiciary to inquire into the truth of
them. But by an overwhelming vote the
House refused to consider them.
NORTH STATE NEWS.
COL. WILLIAM JOHNSTON DEAD.
One of Charlotte's Oldest and Most
Prominent Citizens.
Col. William Johnston, one of Char-
i -
lotto's oldest residents and most promi
nent citizens, died at his residence in
that city Wednesday. He was in his
seventj-ninth year. Col. Johnston
was born in Lincoln county seventy
nine years ago. He was a son of Rob
ert Johnston, Sr., and the grand-son
of Col. James Johnston, a Revolution
ary patriot. The family "was of Scot
tish descent. His grand-father on his
mother's side was Capt. John Reid, a
gallant Revolutionary -officer and
Senator from Lincoln County.
Colonel Johnston was graduated
at I Chapel Hill, studied law
under Chief Justice Pearson, and com
menced the practice of his profession
in'Charlottee in 1842. In 1846 he was
married to Miss Anne Eliza Graham;
she died in 1881. He was at that time
president of Charlotte and Statesville
Plank Road corporation, and built
twenty-five miles of the road. In 1856
he was made president of the Char
lotte and South Carolina Railroad.
He then abandonod the law and turned
hie attention to the wider field of rail
road operation. He was notably
successful from the very start, and the
road in his hands prospered. He kept
the line open and hauled supplies to
-the Confederate army until February
11865, when the Federals destroyed the
road. In the face of seemingly insur-
fmountable obstacles he constructed the
Columbia and Augusta railroad, and
iput it in operation, and did this with
out aid from the State. In 1866 he
rebuilt the Charlotte and South Caro
lina railroad. At that time he had
built and rebuilt, without State aid,
imore miles of railroad than any other
;man south of the Potomac and the
Ohio.
j ;jrovernor jliiis in j.ooi appointed
'him to the position of Commissary
General of the State, to accept which
he resigned his seat in the Secession
convention. At that time the Consti-
Jtution debarred Jews from holding of-
ifice in the State. He introduced the
ordinance, which passed the conven
tion, giving them all the rights of citi
zenship. By his financial acumen he
jrnade an arrangement with the Con
federate government by which his
administration as Commissary General
cost the State nothing. After nearly
a year as Commissioner General, he
resigned to resume- the management
of the railroad in which he was inter
ested.
At the time of his death his estate
'was estimated at $250,000.
ASSIGNMENT OF FIELDS.
tThe A. M. E. Conference Adjourned at
j Noon Friday.
(The following assignment of fields
iwere made to bishops Wednesday , by
'the A. M. E. Conference in session at
Wilmington, N. C :
'TTi-raf. r1iot.i-ir: nQQ lrr nor! t n "Rialirkn
iGrant, comprises conferences of Phila
delphia, New York, New Jersey, Nova
jScotia and Bermunda.
Second Bishop Handy, of ' Balti
more; Virginia, North Carolina, West
pNorth Carolina, Hayti and San Do
hningo. j Third Bishop Lee; Ohio, North
Ohio, Pittsburg, Demarara, Ontario,
1st. Thomas.
j Fourth Bishop Arnett; Indiana, Il
linois, Iowa, Michigan.
I Fifth Bishop Tanner; Missouri,
liNorth Missouri, Kansas, Colorado.
Sixth Bishop Turner; Georgia,
iNorth Georgia, Macon, Alabama, North
Alabama, Central Alabama.
I Seventh Bishop Embry, South
Carolina, Columbia, North, East
South Carolina, Florida, East Florida,
Bahama Islands.
. S Eight- -Bishop Derrick, Mississippi,
North Mississippi, Central Mississippi,
Arkansas, North Arkansas, South
Arkansas.
j Ninth Bishop Salter, Kentucky,
iWest Kentucky, Tennessee, West Ten
nessee. I iTenth Bishop Armstrong, Texas,
jWeet Texas, Northeast Texas, Central
Texas, Louisiana, North Louisiana.
I j Eleventh Bishop Gaines, Califor
nia, Oklahoma, Icdian Territory,
fPuget Sound..
i The conference adjourned at noon
Friday.
, , .
S State Farms in Fine Condition,
s ' Superintendent Leazar, of the State
Peritentiary was on a visit to the new
State farms in Anson county near
I Wadesboro. He 6ay s work is progress
ing finely on all the State's plantations.
Thirty or forty new convicts will be
'sent to re-in force the force at upper
farms on the Roanoke. "We have
done so far with our men and mulas
; about twice as much work this year as
in any previous season," Mr. Leazar
said, "and the crops are in better con-
dition than they ever were before.' The
?' dry weather instead of retarding cotton
and corn has proven a benefit. Wheat
and oats have been affected by drought.
but rain will do them no good now, as
? they are heading. If we have fair
conditions of weather, the State farms
will nroduce the largest crop in their
history.
F HeSo tEey -were married at home,
!eh? What did you think of the ser
frice? She not much; It was marked
"sterling," but I'm sure It was plate.-
i Pfciladelphia Record,
t I : ' .
LATEST NEWS
IN BRIEF.
GLEANINGS FROM MANY POINTS
Important Happenings, Both Horn
and Foreign, Biefly Told.
Southern News Notes.
The 36th General Assembly of the
Southern Presbyterian Cnurch met at
Memphis, Tenn., Thursday.
The steamer Horsa was burned on
her way from Jamaica to Southport,
N. C, Wednesday, and her captain
drowned.
Rev. Joseph A. Milburn, pastor of
the Second Presbyterian cnurch of In
dianapolis, Ind., says that he is -personally
in favor of Sunday baseball.
The validity and constitutionality of
the Sunday rest law of the State of
Georgia has been sustained by the Su
preme Court of the United States at
Washington.
Chief Postoflice. Inspector Wheeler
was Thursday advised of the arrest of
H. Van Kausen, last postmaster at
Smith Mills, S. C., charged with pay
ing his debts with postage stamps.
During .a thunder-storm Thursday,
two daughters of Mr. R. S. Sullivan,
a well-to-do farmer of Lancaster coun
ty, S. C. aged 19 and 17, were struck
and instantly killed by lightning. The
girls had been hoeing in the field and
were taking shelter from the rain
nnder a tree nearby when killed.
White capB of Sevier county, Tenn.,
went to whip Rufus Ingle, a peaceable
farmer, Wednesday night, when he
opened fire on them. Huston Burnet,
the leader, was filled with shot and
died. Three others were badly
wounded.
Fred Shade, of Herndon, Va., won
the quarter mile race at the Charlotte,
N. C, 20th May bicycjle meet, giving
him the championship of the South.
Time 32$ seconds. Rupert, of New
York, won the two mile handicap.
Time, 5.03. Two thousand people
witnessed the races.
Northern News Items.
The 108th General Assembly of the
Northern Presbyterian Church is in
session at Saratoga, N. Y.
John Lowlow, greatest of circus
clowns, is reported as dying at his sis
er's home in Cleveland, Ohio.
Two persons killed, one missing and
twelve seriously injured by a collaps
ing buildiDg in Buffalo, N. Y.,' Thurs
day. Owen D. Jones, 30 years old, well
known as Edmund Drurey, an actor of
tragic and melodramic parts, is dead.
He fell into the river in New York
Wednesday.
At the National Prohibition
vention next week, in Pittsburg,
O. S. Westover, delegate from
fornia, will offer the name of
Con
Pa., Cali
Miss Willard for Vice-President of. the
United States on the Prohibition ticket.
Seven ol the sixty-two candidates
for admission of the Naval Academy
at Annapolis, Md., have passed the
examination. They are Robert L.
Berry, Kentucky; John A. SpilmaD,
Virginia; Charles P. Snyder, West
Virginia; Edward O. Cresap, Florida;
William B. Ferguson, Jr., North
Carolina; Branch E. Russell, Wiscon
sin, and J. M. Sloan, Maryland.
At Lansing, Monday, E. Bement &
Sons, who operate one of the largest
implement and stove manufacturing
concerns in the world, filled two trust
deeds to secure their creditors. The
deeds cover real estate, book accounts
and property valued at 8600,000. The
concern employs 500 hands and will not
suspend operations.
The eighth Scotch-Irish Congress
will meet at Harrisburg on the 4th of
June and continue in session during
the 5th and 6th. The Scotch-Irish
Congress was organized at Columbia,
Tenn., in 1889, and its annual sessions
have since been held at Pittsburg in
1890, Louisville in 1891, Atlanta in
1892,'Springfiald, Ohio, in 1893, Des
Moines, Iowa, in 1894, and Lexington,1
Virginia, in 1895.
Washington.
The State Department at Washing
ton energetically protests against
Weyler b order forbidding "the expor
tation of tobacco from Cuba.
The Bartholdt-McCall Immigration
bill has passed the House of Repre
sentatives at Washington. It provides
that all foreigners coming ' to this
country must be able to read and
write some language.
The Secretary of the Interior has
forwarded to Chairman Sherman, of
the House Committee on Indian Af
.fairs, a favorable report on the Teller
bilL providing for the abolition of the
offices of Comiriissioner of Indian Af
fairs, and Assistant Commissioner, and
substituting therefor a board of three
Indian Commissioners.
,
Foreign.
The recent anti-missionary riots at
Kiang-Yin, China, were caused by tbe
admission of a native child to the hos
pital.
"Tom" Linton, a Welshman, beat
the bicycle record from the fifth mile
upwards at paris, covering thirty
miles in an hour.
A Twenty Years Record.
A New Orleans exchange, says the Norfolk
Virginian, notes that while the South has
gained 34 per cent In population during the
last 20 years the enrollment ot its school at
tendance has Increased 130 per cent. The
value of Southern school property Is also
shown to have increased at the same time
from $16,000,000 to $51,000,000, and tbe
amount expended for educational purposes
In the South for the same period foots up
$320,000,000. These figures speak volumes
for the educational interest of the South, and
future compilations will show a still greater
advance. Twenty years of progress and en
terprise makes a great difference, and the
South in all such matters Is forging ahead at
gratifying rate. , 1
SOUTHERN
PRESBYTERIANS.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OPENS
IN MEMPHIS.
Dr. Mallard Elected .Moderator. Re
ports of Missionary Collections.
The Southern Presbyterian general assem
bly was opened at 11.05 Tuursdayjmornlng at
Memphis, Tenn., in the First Presbyterian
Church by a sermon from the retiring modT
erator, Rev. Dr. Hemphill, of Louisville, Ky.
Mr. Chester, secretary of j foreign missions,!
and Dr. 8. A. Ramsey, pastor j of the First.
Church, occupied the pulpit with Dr. Hemp
hill. After singing the Doxology, the Invoca-'
tion was made by Rev. Dr. Rimsay, who an
nounced the hymn, "Come, Thou Almighty
King," after which Dr. Hemphill read pas
sages frbm the 14th, 15th and 16th chapters
ot fct. John, tne 8th chapter of Romans and
the 4th chapter of Ephesians. i
After the prayer of constitution, Rev. Dr.
Lavel, of Houston, Texas, moved that the
election of moderator be by ballot without
nomination . and that on i the second
ballot, all names be dropped except the
two receiving the highest number of votes. .
The clerk announced three names as having
the highest number, namely: Rev. R. O. Mal
lard, D. D., of New Orleans, 45; Dr. J.
Woodrow. of Columbia. S. C, 16; and Dr. J.
Rumple, of Salisbury. N. i .. 16. A motiou
was made to vote viva' voce lor these names.
but the moderator ruled it out of order and
on the second bullot Rev. Dr. Mallard was
declared elected by a vote of 115 out 165, over
two-thirds. Dr. Mallard was welcomed to
the moderator's chair in a few well chosen
words by Dr. Hem pill and said in reply:
"In your call to me as brethren filled with
the Holy Spirit, I recognize the voice of my
Lord and Master", and much as I may ques
tion my own fltcess for so high an office I
must submit." . i
Dr, Mallard is pastor of the Napoleon Ave- "
nue Church in New Orleans. He is also edi- ':
tor ot the Southwestern Presbyterian. He is
a native of Liberty County, Ga., and was ed
ucated at Franklin College (now University
of Georgia) and at Columbia Theological
Seminary. His first charge was at Walthour
ville, Ga. He filled the pulpit of the Central
Presbyterian Church of Atllanta (now Dr.
Strickler's) during the war and years imme
diately following. In 1869, he was called to
the Prytania Street Church of New Orleans,
which he served for several years until com
pelled by failing health to resign. On the
recovery of his health, Dr. Mallard took
charge ot the Napoleon : Avenue "Mission
Church, about 62 years of age and is a mauof
commanding presence and marked 1 ability
both as a preacher and parliamentarian.
Judge G. E. Cassell, of East Radforf. W.
Va., and Rev. J. S. McMurray, of Laredo,
Tex., were elected temporary clerks by ac
clamation. The hours for the sessions were
fixed at 9 a. m. for the morning session and
2:30 p. m. for the afternoon.
The assembly was called to order by Rev.
Dr. Rumple, of North Carolina, and the re
ports of the executive committee were read
by the different secretaries. The report of
foreign missions shows an increase in receipts
over last year of $9,76G. and a decrease in
expenditures of $6,020 from last year's fig
ures $15,409 less than last year's receipts.
The balance on hand is $21,936, exclusive
of Congo boat fund. Nineteen new mission
aries have been sent out during the year
six to China, three to Japan.twoto Northern
Brazil, four to Southern Brazil, two to Attica,
and one each to Korea and Mexico.
Tbe home mission report showed a total
of $41,488 received during the year, an in
crease over last year of $4,026. The dis
bursements were $39,235 and the balance in
the treasury March 31, was $12,223. The
work is increasing in some parts, but has
been curtailed in others.
The committee on education reported a
falling off in contribution from last year.
Exclusive of legacies, the receipts were $766
less. The work of this committee does not
seem to be in good condition.. ! The commit- '
tee on colored evangelization also showed In !
their report a marked falling off in Interest
in this work. The most successful feature of
it seems to be tbe school at Tuscaloosa, AJal,
which is under the efficient management of
Rev. A. L. Phillips, D. D., the secretary of
this committee. A most encouraging report
was read by Gov. Marye, of Fredrlcksburg,
Va., on the assembly's home and school at
that place. The marked prosperity of this
favored enterprise of the church is attributed
In the report to the energetic work of 1U
founder. Rev. Dr. Saunders, i
The First Rebel Flag.
J. C. Rietta has received from New York
what is perhaps the first Confederate flag
made in Mississippi. It was presented to the
First Mississippi Rifles on the eve of their
departure for Pensaoola. 85 years ago. Phil
lip Rhinelander, of New York, sends the flag
here for identification, saying he purchased
it from one James Scott of Dalton", Oa. As
Scott's name is on the old company roster,
survivors of the First Mississippi would like
to know how he come by it. The flag is full
of bullet holes, showing it saw warm service.
It was stolen from Jackson about the middle
of the war. !
For a Monetary Conference.
Mr. Tracey, of Missouri, has introduced
a resolution in the r House providing that if
no invitation be received by the United States
within six months to send representatives to
an International Congress to consider bi
metallism, then the President is to extend
an invitation on behalf of this country to
other nations to send delegates to a congreM
to be held in Vashington. D. C.
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