Prove- all things; hold past that which is good."
VOL. V.
DUNN. N. C., WEDNESDAY; QCTOBER 14, J896. .
NO. 42.
CKEA3I OF THE NEWS, CULLED
FROM THE DAILY PAPERS.
M'hich Will be of 31 ore or Less Inter
est to the General Header.
A Richmond special says:- The detail ol
tin; transferor the Seaboard and Roanoke
rjti:r a.r have been completed and the prop
erty 1 1 no w virtu lily in new bands, nod will
r.r.w be operated for the Kenerai railroad de
v. i. .;.ment and welfare of tho South. It is
kno.vnthat threo parties holding the con
troliiu;; .shares under a pooling contract
wr- anxious to g.-t the highest figures
. .-s,bl. They were offered par, but they
-.: it known that $159 wa3 the least they
iv i;UItake. Mr. Ilyau and the pool oom
n:ittoi had a short conference, the resalt of
whi'.-h wa. the acceptance of $110 per share
i y tho compauy. A cp-itract for the neces
niry transfer waj drat- by Hery Crawford
f t tho Uyan syndicate and Judue Watts for
th; pool. There wero conditions of the trans
i. r which included the re-election of Presl
i'nt IIofTrnan or the retention of the present
Tii.i;iament for another year. As the
nvuter stands today the Seaboard Air Line
i.- .-..ntroiiwl by Thos, F. Ryan, and its future
; .ik y will be one of conservatism and peace.
-
C iairman Babcock of the Republican Con
cr. -ional committee has authorized the fol
lowing statement to be made over his signa
t !.-: The coma lttee has now received de
tailed re oris from nearly all the tfongress
i'jiuil districts, and while there- are quite a
number of districtsthat cannot be determined
upon at present, oa ing to various causes,
m with two candidates, others where the
rpi'-stion of fusion has not been settled, and
others where nominations have not been com
pleted, we have sufficient data to warrant us
iu saying that the Republicans will elect mem
bers who are pledged to sound money from
19 i districts without any question. These
ihr-triets I consider absolutely certain, and in
aMition to this there are about 0 more that
can le classed as doubtful, with the proba
laiities that the majority of them will elect Re
publicans. This insures at this time a work
ing majority of 32. J.-W. Babcock.
"
Vice Consul General Washington, writing
to the Department of State from Cairo, on
the prospect of the cotton crop of Egypt,
pays that the present season's crop promises
to surpass all previous years in quality. Ac
cording to statistics compiled by the finance
department, there are under cultivation this
year about 1,050,000 acres,, as compared with
a little under one million acres last year.
Last year's crop amounted to about 520,000,
000 pounds, so that on the basis of area alone,
a crop of five hundred and fifty million
pounds is probable this year. So far the
weather has been favorable and the plants
Lave borne au , abundant crop. Up t the
present time there has been no appearance
of tho worm which ctused such alarm last
year and whose ravages led to thenppoint
rnent of a commission to study the question
of destroying it. Some of tho cotton has
been picked and shipped to Alexandria, but
buyers refused to pay the price asked.
.
The Secretary of the Treasury has ordered
the discontinuance of Chester Shoal, Bethel
Creek and Orange Grove houses of refuge on
tho eastern coast of Florida. These houses
were built many years ago, when there were
o:ly three or four human habitations acces
Hide for over 250 miles of beach. Within the
same territory, there are, however, now
about ten thousand people, and hence tnese
houses of refuge are regarded hs no longer
necessary to commerce or for the interests
of humanity. These houses were never in
tended as regular life having stations, but
only to afford relief to people cast ashore
and liable to perish of hunger and thirst.
m m m
A statement Issued by the Agricultural De
partment shows that the fiscal year ended
June 30 the American farmers sold to foreign
nations 8570,000,000 worth of their products,
again of $17,000,000 over the proceeding
year. A very rapid and continuous decline
i shown in our exports to Cuba, which
drooped from S24.000.000 in 1893 to 20,-
000.000 ia 1894, declined to f 13,000 000 in
J 805 and amounted to only $7,500,000 in
18'JG. Our total imports during the year
were $780,000,000 worth of goods. This was
a year's gain of $48,000. Oar importsrfrom
uha, which were valued at f 79,000,000 in
1803, shrank to $40,000,000 In 1895.
George M. Howard, auditor for the post
office department, has in preparation his an
nual report for the fiscal year ended June
30, 1896, from which the following condensed
statement of the finances of the postoffloe
department for the fiscal year is taken: The
total revenue for the past fiscal year is $82,
499.208, an Increase of $5,516,080 over the
previous year. The total expenditures for
the year are $90,626,296, an Increase of $3,
838,124 over the expenditures of the previous
year. The excess of expenditures aver re
ceipts is $8,127,088. This Is a decrease in
tho annual deficit of $1,679,956, as compared
with the previous year.
At the request of the Interior Department,
iLe Secretary of War has sent troops to Tus
cahoma in the Choctaw country to guard
against trouble which is apprehended by
Aent Wisdom when the new chief of the
tribo is installed. The order was sent to
Gen. Merritt at Chicago and the troops sent
forward were two troops of cavelry who
were at the practice camp, Swann Lake,
near Pond Creek, just west of the Oklahoma
line. The troops have been placed entirely
under the orders of Indian Agent Wisdom.
Senators Faulkner and Butler, of the Dem
ocratic an2iropulist committees respectlvelyr
have received telegrams Jrom Parkersburg,
W. Va., Informing them that fusion between
the Democrets and Populists on the electoral
ticket in that State had been perfected on
the basis originally suggested by the Popu
lists of four Democrats and two Populists.
The committees have continued their exer
tions with the hop e of extending the agree
ment to the 8tate ticket.
The President has appointed Wm. H. Whlta
United States district attorney for the eastern
. district of Virginia in place of Mr. Lasslter,
whose resignation was recently requested be
cause of his political activity in behalf of Mr.
Bryan.
The First National bank of Mount Pleas
ant, Mich., has closed its doors to business.
The capital of the bank is $50,000 and it owes
depositors 467,000. Comptroller Eckles says
the bank's affairs were handled incompe
tently. Secretary Francis has disbarred from prac
tice before tho Interior department William
VV. Osborne, of Lansing. Mich., for receiving
illegal pension fees.
Comptroller Eckels has Issued a call for
he report oi the conditions of National banks
it the close of business on Tuesday, Oct.
3th. -
To Stir Southern Spinners.
The delegates attending the fourteenth
annual convention of the national mule spin
ners association, which met in Boston, Mass.,
last week, completed their work on Thurs
day and adjourned to meet in Boston next
year. Previous to adjournment, it was de
cided to make an Immediate effort to organ
ize the spinners in the 8outh. that Robert
Thoward, of Fall River, should confer with
President Gompers of the American Federa
tiothof Labor concerning this proposed move
ment and that the American Federation of
Labor should select two organizers from the
national Mule Spinners association. .
THE COJIMERCIAL WORLD. I nflTnnrn HHfll llfnlfT I PROGRESS IN DIXIE. I llniirrt Trhm HfnftWnnfAn I
Increased Railroad Earnings and a
Generally Improved Tone.
Below Is the weekly reviews of trade for
the past week, as reported by R. G. Pun &
Co. and Bradstreet: Distinctly better con
ditions have appeared of late, and are re
flected in the somewhat larger employment
of labor, In large transactions, and in the
continued buying of materials for manufac
ture. A. great part of the change is dae to
those restless laws of supply and domand,"
which take wheat where it is wanted, and
gold where It is wanted. Tnri
cargoes of wheat on the way from the Paciflo
jus a Ausina ana soutb Africajrere
not long ago. The surplus usually available
from India disappears, and the surplus from
Russia and European countries" is reduced,
according to late estimates, 75,000.000 bush
f. .HaPPilT thIs country has a supply
which official accounts have not correctly
rneasured,lt actual movements do not greatly
mislead.
A feature of large Importance, too, Is the
unusually .heavy foreign demand for porn,
which is a rarely failing sign of deficient
crops abroad, where other grains are used
instead, when wheat becomes scarce and
dear. It is another good sign that the rail
road earnings, amounting to $38,745,818 in
the United States for September, show a
smaller decrease than In August 1.3 per
cent., against 5.7 compared with last year.
The outward movement of money to tea
interior has been $4,000,000 for the week,
and little is doing in commercial loans, with
rates about J-f per cent, higher than a week
ago. The failures for the week were 296 in
the United States, against 286 last year, and
46 in Canada, against 52 last year.
bbadstbeet's bzfobt. -
Cold weather and continuing heavy re
ceipts of cotton and wheat and other influ
ences have stimulated the demand for 6taple
goods at various points, but the volume of
trade, remains moderate without material
change from a week ago. The tendency in
some quarters is'for a smaller volume of
trade, but the general outlook is for an im
mediately Improved demand. Except in the
cotton and wheat regions mercantile collec
tioBS continue unsatisfactory. Trade im
provement is reported from Atlanta, Augus
ta, Charleston, Birmingham, Ala.; New Or
leans and Te as cities. Silver has declined'
in price and value.
DAGOES FOR M'KINLEY.
The Republican Candidate Receive!
and Speaks to Pittsburg Italians. '
Last Thursday a delegation of 800 swarthy,
dark-haired Italian-Americans with banners
and band from Pittsburg, Fa,, representing
the United Italian Republican clubs of that
city visited McKinley at his home at Canton.
O. These Italian born citizens have learned
to cheer and they gave the Major a stirring
welcome when he appeared on the porch to
address them. The spokesman for the clubs
was Lewis Boggino and he made n speech
which was a model of brevity. Mr. McKin
ley in turn then addressed them, reviewing
the issues of the campaign, and saying that
he was specially gratified to be assured that
our fellow-citizens, the Italian, were enrolled
this year in the ranks of the Republican
party. (Great applause and cries of "good.".)
And that they are enlisted in a patriotic ef
fort to achieve a victory for themselves for
their labor, for their occupations and for
their country. (Cries of three cheers fcr tho
next President.
The next 'delegation to visit McKinley were
one hundred Republicans from Logausport,
Indiana. - W. T. Wilson acted as spokesman.
In addressing this delegation, Major McKin
ley dwelt upon the inability of the govern
ment to create value or money. Ho said, if
by mere flat the government could raise 50
cents to 100 eents In value, then the work of
Washington, Hamilton and Jefferson in con
structing a financial system was folly and the
people have been robbed of all that has been
taken from them In taxes. ''But." declared
Major McKinley, "the government cannot
create something out of nothing and the man
or partv" which teaches that it can, teaches a
false doctrine."
Tho Jefferson county (Fa.) delecatior,
1,000 strong, which was the next to arrive
was a representative one, composed of min
ers, lumberman, farmeis and working men.
More than 2,000 voters of Cleveland, in uni
form and accompanied by excellent bands,
marched up while Major McKinley was ad
dressing his Pennsylvania visitors. When
he had finished the Cleveland men passed in.
review beforo him, audwere loudly cheered
by the other visitors in Canton, who remained
to see them. The Cleveland delegation filed
into Major MeKinley's yard and packed it
densely. The Major's appearance on the
porch drew forth a tornado, of applause
which in volume, intensity and duration, has
not been equalled here.
BRYAN IN IOWA.
Joined in the Celebration of the State's
Celebration of Its Half Century of
Statehood,
v In the concluding ceremonies Thursday of
Burlington's celebration of the semi-centennial
of Iowa's admission to the Union, Wm.
J. Bryan was the principal attraction. The
city was profusely decorated ' and great
crowds of visitors filled ' the streets. Mr.
Bryan arrived from Chicago at 6 a. m. on the
special car which he will have at his disposal
for the rest of the campaign and took break
fast at the house of John J. Seeley. At 9
o'clock, Mr. Bryan was escorted to the court
house, where he held a short reception. A pa-'
rade in which the bands and mounted and un-,
mounted organizations, including a num
ber of ladies on horseback, took part, escort
ing' the candidate through the principal
etreets to the Colliseum in Crapo Tark. Here
he delivered his- principal address to an im
mense cruwd of people. John J. Soerley.
who presided, introduced him. Beveral other
etands had been' erected in tho park and
from these Mr. Rryan and others made short
speeches.
After leaving Burlington his first stop was
at Cedar Rapids. Here he spoke to an ap
preciative audience at the Athletic Park.
At Marshalltown two meetings were ad
drea ed by Mr. Bryan, the flrstf in a big tent
erected in front of the court house and the
second In the opera house. Both places were
crowded.
McKINLKY'S RECEPTIOJf..
Four Speeches to 3,600 Callers A
Cold Day.
AtCnnton, Ohio, last Wednesday Major
McKinley had 3,600 visitors and made fonr
speeches. The weather was disagreeable.
A sharp wind from the" north chilled the air
and made peopleshlver. The inclemency of
the weather had no effect upon the size or
enthusiasm of the delegation, however. The
visitors from Geauga county, Ohio, number
ed 2.500, froji Ashland county 400. from
Parkersburg and other points in West Yir
ginia 600, and from Indiana 100. The big
delegation from Geauga county and the one
Xrom Ashland were composed of farmers.
They brought their wives and children with
them, and there were more tLan 200 women
id line when the delegations paraded in the
streets.' Whole families bave gone into poli
tics this year and whole families go to Canton
to see and hear Mr. McKinley. Major Mc
Kinley spoke In the tabernacle In the after
noon. His utterances were fu'l of patriotism
and strong pleas forthe cultivation of a broad
national spirit . ,
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STRIKES BRUNSWICK, GA.t AND
FLORIDA TOWNS.
The Most Remarkable Scenes Since
1854Pr6vidence Prevented Ex
tremely Stormy Weather.
A special to the Savannah (Ga.) Morntng
News from Brunswick, Ga,, received at 11
o'clock last Friday night, says a big tidal
wave came In on an October Northeaster.
"No lives were lost but great damage to prop
erty was sustained In Brunswick. Citizens
owning rice plantations ara fearful that
their entire unshipped crops are gone and
this seems probable. Tho loss of the ' rice
planters will thus be heavy -and not easily
sustained by them In view of the past mte
haps.' '
, The tidal wave furnished tho most In
teresting ight since the one oi 1854. The
water completely hid nil the marshes between
Brunswick. Fancy Bluff, Jekyl, St. Simons,
Southern railway docks and other places.
Long stretobes of the boulevard were under,
water and thousands of marsh and water
animals were driven onshore forrefuge. The
Monk street docks were completely covered.
St, Simons ticket office and warehouse were
cufr off. Passengers from St. Simons were
ferried across the docks to shore, the water
being eighteen inches over the docks.
Prom St. Simons the steamer Edgemont
came across the water from Havered marsh,
a thing enheard of before. Everything was
one vast sea of water and Captain Dart had
to use his compass and chart to get to town.
Water birds of various kinds flow to the
Edgemont to rest, their search for land hav
ing exhausted them. Many were brought to
town. Heavy drifts of marsh grass and sea
rack, covered with thousands of minks and
seabirds, came against the Edgemont re
tarding her progress.
On Newcastle, Brunwick's principal busi
ness street, water came from the drain pipes
and in one placo formed a solid sheet across
street. On every hand were evidences of the
vast amount of water surging into the bay
below. All along the water edge-, children
with sticks were killing boat loads of game
and tabic-delicacies, and over 100 hunters
were out in boats sho ting marsh hens by
the thousands. There is great ft-asting in
many homes. Providence prevented extreme
ly stormy weathtr. or much disaster .would
nave accompanied the wave.
At Fernandina, tla., heavy winds from the
northeast blew all day and the. tide rose so
high that a big lot gl damage along tho river
front was done. The dock which is used by
tho Florida Tie and Lumber company wero
under water and numbers of ties have been
washed away. Tho water rose for a block
up Centre street, and the lumber drifted
right up into the street. The storm signals
were beat into threads.
The entire row of Florida Central & Penin
sular Railroad tracks along the river front
were under water, and the foundation of the
dock was washed away. At the elevator the
ergices and boiler rooms were three feet
under waler and the trains which arrived
could not come up to the depot, but had to
stop at the Beech street crossing. The steam
er Jity of Brunswick, which runs between
Fernandino, Fla., and Brunswick, Ga., was
unable -to face the rough weather ia the
sound.
At St. Ancustlno a heavy northeaster came
in at midnight and brought a heavy tide. It
flooded Bay street, and the streets south of
Bridge street were also flooded.
. SLAIN BY A LUNATIC.
A Man Goes Crazy, Makes His Es
cape and Shoots Down an Unsus
pectlng Man. .
At Atlanta,Ga., lost Friday, P. H. Osborne,
a lunatic, escaped from his home and shot
and killed Theodore Shrader on the corner
of Llod and Alabama streets. Shrader was
foreman of a lithograph company. Fe had
left his work and was on his way home. - Os
borne met him, and without a warning drew
a pistol and shot him five times, killing him'
almost instantly. The men did not know
each other. Osborne was in the asylum once
and was violently Insane. A year ago he was
released, the doctors thinking that he had
recovered.
On Monday he was married and a day or
two later bis family noted that he was grow
ing violent again. His father had arranged
for a judicial investigation, in order that the
young man could be returned to the State
asylum. While the father was absent Os
borne escaped from his home, having secured
a pistol. He had declared that he intended V
to kill some one, ana omcers were sent out
to look for him. Osborne went to the union
psssenger station and spent an hour or more
there. About 4 o'cloek he walked off rapid
ly and aftsr passing a hundred people, shot
Shrader on the inBane impulse. Osborne
stood still and waited until a policeman ar
rested Lim. There is no doubt about his in
sanity. Shrader haves a family.
URGING -CLEVELAND. "
American Board of 'Foreign Missions
As Protection In Turkey.
The American board of foreign misions, in
session at Toledo, O., adopted lengthy reso
lutions touching the Armenian question.
The resolutions urged the President of the
United States to inBist upon the Issue by the
Turkish government of the proper exequa
tur, that, our consuls may securely occupy
the posts which this government assigns to
them, and "urge the President of the United
States to demand of the Turkish authorities
at once and pre-emptorily indemnity lor the
wrongs inflicted on America-js. reimburse
ment for the destruction of their property
and the punishment of those persons, who
have been guilty of these crimes We believe
that the adoption of such an American policy
will receive the loyal support of the Ameri
can people."
The Board apointed a committee, consist
In IT of President J. B. Angell, of Michigan
Universty, Rev. W. 8. Dodd and Hon. H. G.
Halle,. to present the resolutions to Presi
dent Cleveland.
- Mr. Sewall's Acceptance.
Hots Arthur Sewall. Democratic nominee
for toe vice Presidency has made public hl8
letter to Hon. Stephen H. White, chairman,
accepting the nomination. It Is quite lengthy.
Among other things he says:
"I am glad to express my satisfaction that
the platform of our party, which has com
manded my life-long allegiance, is fully de
jlaratory of all privileges, and especially of
:he absorbing -financial issue, upon which, as
took my stand 'When the hour of triumph
teemed remote, and when arrogant money
h angers throughout the world boasted that
ibe conquest of tho American masses was
Jomplete.7'
Death List Grows Lighter.
Many of the missing persons from Cedar
leys, Fla., have returned and the latest def
nlte information is -that the total number of
teeovered dead is fifteen and the missing
lead nine. In addition to these four colored
Eongers from the schooner Rosa Lee were
owned. It is now thought that the sponge
leet was beyond the range of wind, as a
leatman arrived from the direction taken
y them and did not report much destruc
ion. The city h- still cut off from railroad
tad telegraphlo communication and : will b
or about a month v
Many New Industries Reported Dur
ing the Past Week.
The Chattanooga, (Tenn.) Tradesman is in
elose touch with -all legitimate industrial In
terests of the South and r pedal reports Indi
cate a much better fetling among manufac
turers. The movement in cotton and wheat
continues active.
Confidence in the Iron and sleel market
continues strong. The demand for pig iron
Increases at some points, where investments
In Southern pig have been so ' ex
tensive, .a speculative feeling ia visi
ble. Advances in Southern pig are
being firmly maintained. The final test of
the Hawkins process of steelmaklng from Al
abama iron has been made at the plant of the
Jefferson Steel Manufacturing company, at
North Birmingham, and was entirely satis
factory. The result will be the changing of
the Jefferson company's plant into a steel
mill at no distant .date. Thirteen furnaces
are in blast in the Birmingham district and
large sales of iron ar reported, the demand
fully equalling the output. Iron men believe
the upward movement in the market has
come to stay, j
The lumber market shows very little
change. At some points business is increas
ing, while at others it is reported only fair
for the season. The export trade Is all that
could be desired, the mills having all the
work they can do. - .
The textile industries are characterized by
increasl jg activity, and but few idle spindles
are reported in the 8onth. Work is progress
ing favorably on mills in course of construc
tion, and several large plants will be ready
to begin business before the first of the year.
Among the most important new industries
forthe week are the following: A" $50,000
distillery at Louisville, Ky.: a $15,000 rice
factory at Fayetleville, Ark.; the City Ice
company, capital $50,000, organized at Hot
Springs, Ark.; a $200,000 cotton mill at
Pouglasville, Ga,; The Monroe Cigar compa
ny, capital $25,000, chartered at .Tampa.
Fla.; the Snydor Pump and -Well company,
capital $15,000, at Richmond, Va.; the Bryan
Water, Ice, Lteht and Power company, capi
at S20.000. at Bryan. Tex. -
BRYAN IN TENNESSEE. '
Memphis and KashviUe Gave Him a
' Royal Reception.
Last Monday, Bryan, the Democratio can
didate for President, spoke .at Memphis,
Tenn. The visit of Mr.' Bryan to this eity
was made the occasion of a general holiday.
Business houses elosed their doors and even
the banks suspended for the day. ; Mr.
Bryan, under escort of the Neeley Zouaves,
accompanied by the local reception commit
tee, reached the Overton tract, a big open
field, where the speaking took place. He
found there a dense crowd, estimated at 15,
000 people. The audience was not composed
wholly of Memphiaus. Large contingents,
not only from Arkansas and Mississippi, but
from Alabama and Kentucky, with, of course,
large numbers from nearby .places in Tenn
essee were there. He spoke for half an houi
upon the issues confronting this political
campaign. On the conclusion of his speech
he was aceompanied to the railroad statioi
by a great crowd.
Arlington was the first stop after leavinc
Memphis. Great crowd met him and hand
shaking took up the time. Brownsville came
next and the crowd was full of enthusiasm.
At Humboldt fully 7,000 met him, and he de
. livered a short but pointed: speech." Camden
had the pleasure of hearing a minute talk.
He made three speeches in Nashville, th
principal one in jlay Market, where th
crowd was estimated at from 25,000 to 40,
000. v . '
POWERFUL COMBINATION.
The Seaboard Air Line Sold to Ryan
and Thomas.
A special from New York says: The
statement is authoratively made that a ma
jority of the stock ol the Seaboard and Roa
vc.Vf railroads, which controls the various
roads constituting the Seaboard Air Line,
has! been purchased by Thos. IT. Ky-ia, j!
New York, acting for himself and Gen. Sam
uel Thomas. The transaction also includes
control of the Baltimore Steam Packet Com
pany, which operatestbe Bay Line of steam
boats from Norfolk to Baltimore, in connec
tion with the Seaboard Air Line. The deal
will r suit in a termination of the rate war
started by the Seaboard Air Line. s
The .understanding is that the Seaboard
Air Line will be joined with the Georgia Cei -taal.
Port Royal and Augusta and Port Roy
al Western Carolina railroads, which are con
trolled by Messrs. Thomas and Ryan. The
last named two roads are operated by a new
company, called the Charleston and Western
Carolina." .
BRYAN IN DAKOTA.
They Starul in the Mud to Hear the
Free Silver Advocate.
Friday. Bryan, the Democratic candidate
for President, awas at Sioux Falls, and there
ho received a great ovation. Elaborate
preparations had been made, and a proces
sion of no mean proportion was drawn up
at the depot when the special train carrying
the Bryan party pulled in. It was raining
and the day was not calculated to insphe
enthusiasm or large crowds, but there were
large crowds from adjoining States. After
luncheon Mr. Bryan was taken to the bicycle
track near tho city. By this time the rain
was pouring in torrents, but when he reached
the stand he found an enthusiastic crowd
standing In the mud waiting to hear . him.
Mr. Bryan's.speech was devothed mainly to
exonerating Senator - Pettigrew from the
charge of disloyalty to the Republican
party.
At Canton Mr. Bryar. spoke briefly to a
crowd of farmers, who beard him with
attcution and applauded him with vigor.
HYPNOTIST HELD
Responsible for 'the Acts of Ills Sub
" , Jects.
If the ruling of Judge Foute, of Atlanta,
Ga., holds, hypnotists, will have to be very
careful what they order their subjects to do.
.The Judge holds that the hypnotist Is direct
ly responsible for the acts of his subjects.
During a performance at a -theatre In Atlan
ta the subject of a hypnotist imagined hs
was a monkey. He grabbed a hat from a
man in the audience and bit a piece out of it.
The professor and his business manager de
clined to make good the cost of the hat and
'the hypnotist was prosecuted before Judge
Foute upon a charfce of malicious mischief.
The Judge sustained the charge and bound
the hypnotist over to a higher court.
. The Georgia Election.
Reports to the Atlanta Constitution say
that the indications from Wednesday's State
election are that Atkinson's majority will ex .
ceed 85,000, with the probability that it will
go over 40,000. The majority for the re
mainder of the State ticket will largely ex
ceed that of Atkinson, the probability being
that it will go beyond 50,000, whi Atkinson's
majority will be from 12,000 to 15,000 larger
than was received by him two years ago.
Reports from every section of the 8tate show
largely-increased Democratic majorities over
the vote of two years ago. ' The Populist
chairman is slow to concede the State, and
says be looks for surprises. A light vote was
polled in Atlanta. Tom Watson's district
went Democratic. ,
The Populist campaign text book, the last
of the list of these books, has been to press.
The following from the' preface to the book '
is a key to the entire volume: "The focus of '
ibis campaign is the money question, and the
voters who act together In the 'settlement of
this question on the side of the people will
also be forced to act together for the proper
solution of all the other great issues eon- j
tained in the People's party platform. Be- f
hind the gold standard the monopolists and
iiwtv uiwjuuvt vaww
real Issue now whether the monopolies and
trusts will capture the government or
-whether the people will be able to redeem
the government from the control of those
who have debauched and plundered a great
and once prosperous republic.
- v
Dillard F. Ragland, a messenger in the
Treasury Department, appointed from Go
nad, Texas, committed suicide by inhaling
gas. He was to have been married in At
lanta to a young woman from Dallas. Texas,
but for some reason changed his mind, and
rather than tell his intended vhat he was not
yet la a position to marry he killed himself.
The circumstances of the suicide indicatos
thattheact was not premeditated.
Senator Butler, chairman of the Populist
committee, has made an estimate, in which
he claims as "reasonably safe for Bryan" the
States of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Geor
gia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Mlssotfri, S uth
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Col
orado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Da
kota, .South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wy
oming, Kentucky, Kansas, Nebraska, Indiana,
North Carolina, Oregon, California, Mary
land and West Virginia, giving 232 votes,
while he says Bryan's chances are at least
even in Illinois, Delaware, Michigan . and
Iowa. . Ohio, he says, is trembling in the
balance. .
In the discussion of campaign contribu
tions it should not be forgotten that Uncle
Sam himself draws by far the largest check
for expenses for a presidential contest. This
will appear when it is stated that the single
item of franked envelopes, supplied
free of charge to the members of the House
and Senate thus far in this campaign cost
the government, through its public printing
office, the sum of one hundred andXo'rty thou
sad dollars. Tho enormous demand, for these
envelopes has compelled tho government to
buy two additional envelope presses. -'-
It is announced that a shortage, cf between
$15,000 and $16,000 has been found in the ac
counts of Dr. A. C. Pattersou, the assistant
physician in charge of the criminal and homi
cidal wards of the government hospital for
the insane on the outskirts of this city,
known as St. Elizabeth's Asylum. The de
ficit does not come out of the government
funds, but but of sums paid by private pa
tients. Dr. Godding states that the amount
of tho shortage has already been made good,
and that the matter, which was one with
which the government bad nothing to do,
was closed. .
The Navy Department has received reports
of the target practice made by the" cruiser
Raleigh while she was stationed on the Flor
ida coast, early in September. They show
exceptionally good work at the guns, and in
addition indicate the entire success of the
percussion shell- adopted by the navy The
tdpfrpt flrtf'.l nt txrna thn htiH nf fVm urrflr1
bark Carmelita, at a distance of about a mile-
&Lu a nan. jxeariy every euot strucit ine
mark and the ehells burst within the two
sides of tho hull, just as they were culculated
to do.
The President has appointed William H.
Cooper to be collector for the district ef Del
aware. BLOOD SHED AT THE POLLS.
Williams Fires at His Assailant, But
Misses and Shoots a Looker-On;
and in Turn is Lynche d.
News from Elberton, Ga., says that during
last Wednesday's State election a quarrel
jarose at the polls between Will May ft el aid
Bud Sanders, resulting in the former tout
ing the latter. Tom Waller shot L G.;Swift
in the arm' aud shoulder. Mayfield an 1 Wal
ler were arrested. The young men are well
iknown and are active county politicians.
!The dispute arose over contesting votes.
'One of the parties to the difficulty was a
,Democrat, the other a Populist.
At Mount Junction, in Screven county,
Gus Williams, a Populist Negro, snatched a
ticket out of a Democratic Negro voter'!
hand. The Democratic Negro struck Wll
fliams for his insolence, and Williams fired at
! his assailant, but missed his aim and shot
Jand instantly killed Engineer Middleton oi
.the Central Railroad, who was an innocent
llooker-on. Bystanders took Williams and
lynched him and -riddled his body with
ibullets. '
The Life-Saving Service.
The United States Llfe'-Saving Service, in
; its annual renort for 1895. states that there
'are 261 life-saving stations on tho Atlantic,
) Gulf and Pacific coasts and the Oreat Lakes:
184 of these being on the Atlantic coast line.
There Is but one river station, at tho falls oi
the Ohio, at Louisville, Ky. During the
.year 675 disasters to vessels on these coasti
were reported, involving proDerty valued at
,tl0,725,175. Of this property ; nine-tenth
twas saved bj the life-saving stations and sal.
vage and wrecking companies working to
gether. These disasters involved the lives oi
8,523 persons, with only 26 lives actually lost
Of the 675 vessels in jeopardy 73 were lost.
On the New Jersey, coast, with 49 statiorr,
about 1,000 persons were on board ships iu
Idanger. and only or. e life was lost, and onlj
$83,535 worth of property was lost out of the
if 2,000,000 worth in peril. Tho total net ex
penditure for the service in 1895 was f 1,285,
517. - Elections lu Connecticut.
Tew2i elections hsve been held in all toe
1S3 towns in CoTicectlcut, with the exception
ol Hartford, Kew Haven,- Bridgeport, An
sonla, Demy and Naugautuck. Returns
show that the Republicans have made large
g&ins over a year ago, the Republicans hav
ing nearly doubled their number of to w as
from 1893. In Hartford, in 1893, the towns
stood Republican 17; Democratic, 4; divided,
7. Returns show that the Republicans have
gained 3 towns and the Democrats have lost
one, five being divided. Middlesex county,
completed, shows 12 Republican towns
yKainst 8 last year la the towns National
Democratic tickets were votod for. It is
probable that the complete returns will show
that the Republicans have gained at least 15
towns
Bryan Welcomed In Indiana.
The reception accorded William Jennings
Bryan on his arrival In Indianapolis, Ind.,
last Tuesday was r early as rge as any ha
has received during his entire trip. He made
five speeches here, two in the afternoon and
three at night, and at each meeting be ad
dressed immense audiences, one of which
was nearly as large as that addressed by him
on Boston Common, the largest of the cam
paign. Before reaching Indianapolis front
Louisville, Ky.," he made several stops;
and at each placr be addressed vast thrcigr
ol veonla. . t ,.
ooTTOjf riiTuass.
Xsw York Futures closed steady.
Opening. Closingi
January.,.;........... .... 818'
February..... .......... 8 21
March.. ..i...'. .... 825
April. ...........i 829"
May..-. i... .... 833
June.....;.... . .... 8 8
October................'.... 795
November . M .... x 7 88
December.....;. n.. 8 08
Spot cotton closed quiet; middling up
lands, 8; middling gulf, 6..
UVBSPOOX. COTTOS 1UJUCBT. ;
' Liverpool. Cotton Closing 6 pot, moder
ate demand, prices favorable ' to buyers
American middling 4 11-lCd.
Futures elosed quiet at the decline.
American middling. . :
October. . . . .' .4 SO
October and November ..4 264 27
November and December.. ...... ..4 8
December and Janmary . ... . . .... ;.4 23
January and February. ....... ....4 22(34 23
February and March . . . . ; 4 22(34 23
March aud April.. . ..........423
April .ud May . . ........ i .4 231 24
Maynud June.. ...; ...424
June and July. ....... .4 24
KXW OELEANS COT TO KA&KBT.
New Oileaus, La. Cotton futures quiet
and steady. i
October. .'. . . .7 55-
Noyember ........ i......... ...... 7 687 70
December. 7 78g7 79
January. 7 857 88
February. 7 907 92
March ; 7 96(S7 98
April 7 998 01
May.. 802808
OTHK& UABKBTS.' -
New Yock, quiet, 8.
Augusta, steady, 7j.
Charleston, steady, 7 7-16.
Norfolk, steady, 7 13-16.
Baltimore, nominal. 8. '
- Boston, quiet, h. "
Wilmnlngton, sUaly. 1. v.
Philadelphia, quiet, 8. "
8 ivannah, easy, 7.
Now Orleans, quiet, 1.
CHARLOTTE eoTTOJC XABEBT.
Middling fair...:...;..........:...: ?:
Strict good middling.. 7J
Good middling. 7 40 '
Middling... .. 1
Tinges 6i7K
.tains .; .
Market quiet.
' CHAEL8TOS COTT05 MABKKT.
Middling............ .......... ....7 7-18
Sea Islands. The S- a Island ' market Is:
Mediumflue 20a. fine -.2, fully fine 24. -
COLUMBIA COTTON MA.BXET.
Strict low middling. .7
-Middling.......... .....7
Strict middling.. 7W
Good middling................. . H
Market steady.
BALEIOH COTTOS M ASSET. " '
Cotton selling at 17.
CHICAGO OBAIM AND PRODUCE. '
. Opening. Closing.
Wheat. - .
Deeember.............. . 68 67V
Mayrr. : 71 71
Corn. ;
October................ 22 22
December 23 . 25$?
Mtyr.;.. ........... 1 26 - 25
Oats. 1
October........... ! 17 17
December..............; 18 17
Bf &y i 20 . 1
Mess Pork, per bbl. ; -
October (6 85 - 6 80
January $7 15 : - 7 10
Lard, per 100 lbs. -
October $.. . . 3 60
January...... $4 25 415
Short Ribs, per 100 lbs -'
October $3 23 3 25
January.... f 3 65 - 3 50
Cash quotations are as follows:.- -. ,
Flour firm. Wheat, No. 2 spriiur, 66;No.
3 sprinsr. 63e3; No. 2 red C9' Corn,
No. 2.22X. Oats, 2, 17; No. 2 white, 20S22
No. 3 white, 1620. Rce. No. 2, 83.82. Bar
ley, nominal. No. 3, 2535; No. 4, 2427.
Flax seed, No. 1,"7374. Prime timothy seed,
$2.502.52. Mess pork, per bbl., fG.30
6.35. Lard, per 100 lbs.. 3.92a3.95. Short
rib sides (loose), t3.253.50; dry salted
3houlder (boxed)',- S4: short clear sides
(boxed), 8. Whiskey, : distiller's finished
goods, per gallon, $1.18.
: NAVAL RTOBES.
Charleston. Rosin firm at 1.801.40,
Turpentine firm at 24. -
Wilmington. Rosin firm; strained 1.40
1.45. Spirits steady at 2425. Tar firm at
1.05. Turpentine steady; hard 1.30; soft L70;
virgin L70.
Savannah. Spirits firm at 24; sales 1,165.
Rosin firm.
' corrxa. "
Coffee Spot Rio firm; No. 2, jobbing, 11;
Invoice, 10). Mild, quiet. Cordova, 1517.
- i . - BICE. "
The rice market was firm t. Charleston.
The quotations are: Prim1, 55; good,
4J44; fair, 44X.; Common, 3g33.
THE "REBEL YELL.
Virginia. Confederate Veterans Visit
. Major McKinley. - " .
Of - all the enthusiastic demonstrations
since the St. Louis convention. Canton has
never seen the like of last Friday. The
"rebel yell" was heard for the first time on
her streets. , The visit of the old Confederate
warriors from the Shenandoah Valley
brought thousands ef people to town. The
eighteen hundred Virginians were ex
pected early in the morning. Train de
lays kept them on the road until 4:30
o'clock. Then .they were met by the
Union veterans of Canton, several hun
dred strong. They came with badges in
scribed "No North, No South, No East, No
West; the Union forever;." Arm in arm with
the eld boys in blue, the veterans in grey
were escorted to the Tabernacle, where the
O. A. R. and the Woman's Relief Corps
served them dinner. They had a new ver
sion of an ola song.and sang "We are coming.
Father McKinley, two hundred thousand
strong." From the Tabernacle to the Mc
Kinley home the streets ; were lined with ex
pectant people. Three : hundred Cleveland
veterans joined in the escort. The bands
played "Dixie," "America" and "Marching
Through Georgia." The throngs of people
on the way joined in the yells of the marchers
as best they could. .
Major McKinley spoke from a small tempo
rary reviewing stand covered ; with the na
tional colors. General John E. Roller spoke
on behalf of the soldiers. After Major Mc
Kinley bad responded to the addresses, .ex
Mayor R. A. Cassady of Canton presented
the visitors a banner by which to remember
their visit there. Upon one side Is represent
ed clasped bands. Indicating the union of all
The soldiers. Above these are the words
"United," with "McKinley Club" In large
gold letters. On the reverse side is a large
American eagle in gold resting upon a large
shield. This side bears the inscription: "Pre
sented to the ex-Confederate Veterans of the
Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, by the ex-Union
Veterans of Canton, Ohio, October 9.
1896.. J:r. - ' j-
After the presentation. Capt. W. SL Lurty
added the assurance of support in a few in
formal remarks. : f
Major McKinley then personally greeted
all his visitors, standing on his porch while
they filed past him. '
Other delegations visiting Major McKinley
today were the Woman's Republican Club at
Warren, Pa.; three ear loads from East Ten
nessee who came to dedicate the stump pre
sented Major McKinley. from that State; a
delegation from Monon&ahela City, Pa.; and
another from Clinton, Ohio. To all of these
Major McKinley spoke briefly la response to
the greetirgs of their spokesman. - -
- v 1 Father of3fed!cfae.
: Hippocrates ' has been styled "The
FAther of Medicine. Some" of the
names bestowed by him on diseases are
retained to the present day.
Baltimore has won the Tenpla C:,
aain ia the" National baseball lzzz
thia making them the champioa tl
second time.
George DuMaurier, the artist-novelist
anther of TrUbj'died in Louder,
England, last week. -
John Falls, a farmer returning her :
from Birmingham, Ala., after tzUlzz
him cotton, was waylaid and killed fcr
his money. . ; 'J ' - . ' : : : '
. Fire destroyed three big factories t
"VVilaingtoD, Del f f ' -
Wm. J, Bryan will speak in Ulinc".:
eight days, beginning October 23d arl
concluding Oct. SOtb. : He will devct
the last three days to Chicago, darir 7,
which time he will deliver fiftc::.
speeches in various parts of the -ciij.
Corning, Iowa, has ! been visited fcj
a terrible fire," involving-the loss of o
third of its business houses, with a to
tal value of $150,000; insurance em&IL
The remains of Da Manrill, anther
of "Trilby," were cremated inWoki
last week, so says -a London, Eng.,
cablegram. i " ,
The New York Sun says an effort U
being made again by the representative
of English capitalists to acquire t:
properties of all the manufacturers cl
plug tobacco in this country in order
to f ormfa plug tobacco trust, i
J ack King, president of the. Her
chants National Bank, of Borne, Ga.,
is charged with embezzling 22,003
from his bank. ! "1
Martha J. Adams, aged 75, who
spent much of her life in missionary
work among colored people of tL;
South, is dead.
WILL never! resign.
Watson Will Remain on the Tlcfccl
UntiT the Last Ballot is Cast. j
Below Is an extract from an interview be
tween ' James Creelman, of . the New Tori
World, and Thomas E. Watgon, In connec
tion with his candidacy for Vice-Pretldectj J
'Twill remain on the 'ticket till the 1:
ballot Ms cast," exclaimed Mr. Watscr.
"When election is over I will go back to zzy
party and they wilt know then that the trc.i
committed ijto my hands' has not been l
t rayed., I have been shamefully treated tit
I am not afraid to do my duty. I represc- -.
a great political party, and was regular! , -Dominated
for .the office of Vice Pre -dent'
in my party's national conventicr.
Think! of bow I have been used If Thl:
of the humiliation of having to! beg 1
public for a formal notification of my nom
ination. .Think of the Indignity of htvir -;
been asked to abandon the cause of my pr.
for a fellow like Sewall. No, I , will not r -tire.
I intend to vote for Mr. Bryan and da
ill in my power to elect him, but I want 1 3
warn the free silver Democrats of the coun
try that they cannot hope to secure enor a
rotes from tho Populists to elect Bryan 1 7
lerldlngand reviling their candidate. Irj, -'
resent men who pray before they fight, c .
irho have sacrificed everything for princf; 1 j
tnd have withstood ridicule, mlarepreser -Hon
and ostracism for conscience sake. Yc a
annot. laugh down a cause for which
XX) men bave cait their votes."
j Lowell's Stoloisnu !
Some men are full of surprises, evcz.
to their intimate friends. No one ever
suspected the poet Lowell of stoicism'
until he suffered from gout; then tl J
pain brought out that "he " had . tL
pride of a North American Indian ir."
the unflinching endurance of physic I
agony." Mr. G.,W. Smalley, In an 0
say on "Mr. Lowell In England pub
lished; In Harper's, refers to this til:
of the poet's character. V V.
"Vhslt bin in these days, and If ycu
did not know him well you might never
gues that he was j suffering.; TL .
worst paroxysms were bornejn silence:
with a set face whlclij was capable of c
smile." ; '. i'f-'T;. '
Mr. Smailey narrates that one sue
mer Mr. Lowell had an unusually vio
lent attack. Perhaps the trouble mll:
be something besides gout. l;IIe toe Ii
Mr. Smalley's advice regarding a phy
sician, "no gout specialist, but a flri
rate all-around-man." " - ;
v" Doctor Broadbent now SIrWIlllax2
Broadbent was called, and went ci
once to see him. It was gout and noth
ing else, though a very acute attacJj,
and the pain violent.! . "i a
-The physician wrote a prescription.
"What is ! that for?" j Inquired the p:
'tient. . -.--.;'. ! ': i: : - :,.": r -;
; "To relieve the pain.'- . ,
"Thank you, doctor but I only .watt
ed to know It was really gout," and r.j
persuasion could Induce him to take ti
.medicine.! He seemed to wish, say.
Mr. Smalley, to convince himself ttz'.
he was not to be conquered by pair.
Later he had too many opportunities;
but to see others suffer was a thing :
could not hear. K .. , "
mad:;
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