'PKOVE ALL THINGS; HOLD FAST THAT WHICH 13 GOOD."
vol. v;
DUNN, N C, DECEMBER 30, 1896.
NO. 52.
1
STATE TREASURER'S REPORT.
The KI-Ennlal Report Shows How
the Sta't- Stands Financially.
The l i ennial report of the State
Trea;nrer bas been prepared and be
low are the flgnres: As to the edu
cational fnnd it thows receipts of
312,171, for the two years ending No-vpmbt-r
30, 1S3G. These were as fol
!u5R- Entries to Tacaut lands, $4,231;
bales of fitrimp lands, $5,000; corpora
tion tax cn railroads, $1,250; interest
on I per cent, bonds held, $5,730; di
rrct tsx fand, $27,000. The disburee
nrn's of this fund were $15,200, di
v;!rd ns follows: Expenses survey of
firacip lands, $2,117; normal school
for Crofitan Indians; paid to public
school. $7,182; surrender of land
grants, $6,048.
v!he general fund receipts contain
the follouiog items: Tonnage tax on
crtilizers, S38.057; banks, $8,333; tax
I't bank share, $12,503;. building and
Joan license. $1,575; tax on stock,
$2,023; received from Secretary of
Stat $13,192; penitentiary earnings,
?IiVJ25; Atlantic & No rtbr' Carolina
Railroad taxes, $25,832; druggist's
liq:or tar, $322; express companies,
$1,23(3; railroad companies, $65,282;
lriMie and special taxes, $623,
12 ; sewing machine licenses, $2,
tO.l; salo of Supreme Coart reports,
-',(;o6.
Disbursements: Disabled soldiers,
$1,100; Board of Public Charitiea, $1,-
i"3; contingencies, $32,842; fngitivej
from jnstice,$4,500; judiciary, $61,735;
i uslroad commission, $11,583. The Leg
islature co&t $72,164; the public priut
ir.2 last year, $24,780; this year, $14,
ViJ. , -.. , i
Gold in North Carolina.
A dispatch from Raleigh saye : "The
. oplo of Granville and Vance coun
ties have the gold fever. Six months
no quartz richly imbedded with gold
discovered on a tract of hilly, rug
ged land ten miles in length and five
miles in width, situated between two
streams in the counties of Granville
turn Vance. Since then the xichaess
of the find has rapidly spread and min
ers are arriving from all parts of the
country every week. The strata of
artz is said to yield handsomely.
air a short time ago complete min
ing machinery was located in a mine
by an Englishman named Home,
llorne gave a $30,000 option, payable
nest March, on a small tract ot land.
Senator Stewart has a representative
ut the hills named Harris, who took an
option on eiity acres for $20,000, The
i.i in ra aro forty-four miles from
Raleigh.
The State Penitentiary.
The directors of the peitentiary will
u.eet again January 5 to receive the re
port of Superintendent Lenzar. The
iUcsl year of all the otmr institutions
mls November 31. Superintendent
Ltazar will make a bettter showing
this year than ever before. Notwith
standing a loss of $60,000 by reason of
freshet last spring on the State farms,
he will have on hand after paying all
the running expenses of the institution
S10.0G0 of created surplus, without
Laving touched a dollar of the $25,000
ppropriat:oa per year made by the
-t Gc-ceral Assembly, This appro
priation was to cover running expenses,
but it will revert back to the treasury.
The Statesville Landmark says: "The
Landmark recently made note of the
Tact that a Yadkin countyTnan boasted
that ho'was 60 years old and had never
Ken draok and never carried a watch
or pibtoh W. W. Whito", of this vi
cinity, can show a better record. He
is CG years cIJ, bas carried a watch
but never carried a pistol, although ho
1ms owced one; has not sworn an oath
since he can recollect and doesn't
think he ever swore one; never smoked
a 110. cigar or cigarette" .
There are ninety seveu Confederate
pensioners in Mecklenburg county.
A distinguished ex-Confederate of
ficer from this State makes application
to Governor Carr. saying: "Should
the prtscnt complications with Spain
DTiog on war with the United State,
p.nd should the President call for vol
unteers, I beg to tender my services to
raise a regiment of North Carolina ex
Con federates of this State's quota. I
should like once more to hear the old
Confederate yell on a charge, and
when it was over, where would the
Spaniards be?"
CoL , A B t-Galloway, of Elkin. raised
forty bushels of Irish potatoes on less
than one-eighth of an acre. He then
sowed the land in turnips, but owing
to the dry weather the first sowing
failed. He sowed the second time
about the middle of September, and
on the 9th of December dugeighty-five
bushels from the sowing, besides using
turnips from the patch all the fall. '
Governor Carr has offered $100 re
ward for the capture ol John Dixont
of Buncombe county, the murderer o
t nCl T8 killed case
ball bat while licking up a brick at a
brick yard.
aaa- ..
President O'Donnell, of the Liquor
Dealers' Association, says there is no
purpose on the part of the liquor deal
ers to ask any favors of the coming
Legislature, further than to be let
alone. He is not in favor of the pro
posed plan of having a State Excise
Commission. He thinks the county
hoards are best
HI.
Governor Carr'a metugt to the Leg
islature has been almost completed. It
will be quite a long one, containing
about 15,000 words.
COMMERCIAL REPORTS.
Bad Effect of the orth western Fi
nancial Flurry Business Condi
tions Very Unsatisfactory.
R. O. Dan & Co., In their weekly review of
trade, say:
The failure of two Important banks, the
second f n size of business at Chicago and the
Oldsst at 8t. Paul, with some others depend
ent on them, closes not favorably a month
which promised to end with only moderate
eommeroial disasters. It does not lessen the
effect of these failures that eue was caused
by enormous Ioan3 in aid of an electric rail
road and other concerns and that the other
appears to have resulted from heavy ven
tures In unsalable real estate. Since several
thousand business men and depositors aro
jut now embtt'isesed as much as the specula
tors that caused the trouble, the breakdown
Is the reverse of hopeful at preseut, althoaj;h
it comes when money markets are w-ll sup-
Elwd and where no serious effect In business
i to be' apprehended. Other important
events ol tbt week are the failure of the btl
lat and rail pools to find a basis for agree
ment, a.td the somewhat general discbarge
of hands or reduction ot wages in the shoe
manufacture
The holiday trade ha3 been fair but gen
erally ia articles of medium grade. The re
ports of earnings arc-tot cheering and the ag.
gretrate for December thus far has Oeen 4. 5 per
cent, loss than last year, the Grangers and
otbe We--trn roads showing most decrease.
The fall ia steel billeu from over 20 to
about $16 at Tittsburg, and in steel raiU
from 28 net for mills to t23, lea broker's
commissions, produces" so great a change in
prices and conditions of business that tbo
ineetlnjr held this week, for the purpose
of reviving pools and fixing prices, influ
enced operations throughout the country.
But no agreemont was reached and mean
while contract? have been made covering the
wants of most producers for three months
and some for the whole year of 1897. and it
Is said that such large contracts have been
made at 1 15 at Pittsburg and 917. L0 at the
East. Bessemer pi? bas declinod to $11.15,
and grey forge to ta.63 at Pittsburg, while
bar and other finished products remain .un
changed, though 100.000 bundles ot cotton
ties have been contracted for at 60 cents per
bundle. Th production of coke increases
rapidly, 9.6C0 ovens belnj? ia blast, with an
output of 27,155 tons for the week.
In the cotton manufacture there Is further
decline in some staple goods and takings by
Northern 6pinnersare disappointingly light.
Print clothes aocumulatbd and prices do not
advance. Raw cotton comes forward Just as
it did in other years when official awl orhnr
stories of Injury ended in great crops. 8alea
ot wool are restricted by me genet ai convic
tion that prices asked -by interior holders
cannot be reallzod. and there is considerable
disposition to Unload speculative purchases
at seaboard ma. kets. Most manufacturers
have more wool than they have orders, and
others meet as yet no satisfactory demand
for goodaTThe volume of I business, all
branobes considered, is not large. Pay
ments through clearing bouses have been tor
Ihe week 25 per cent, less than a year ago.
Failures for the week have been 237 in the
United States against S22 last year and U in
Canada against 40 last year.
BRAJSTREETS TRADE REVIEW.
Very Small Volume of Wholesale
Trade During the Holidays Confi
dence Less Pronounced. Than Ex
pected. Bradstreot's Weekly Beview say3; The ar
rival ot the holidays, the close ot the year and
the period ot annual stock-taking have far
ther checked the volume ot the wholesale
business. Only rUling-in orders are being
received and trade is slow. Retail demand
for holiday goods has been aotive but it Is for
Cheaper grades than In previous years. In
other Lines the distribution of merchandise
has been smaller at a number of distributing
centres. Failures of important banking in
etitntions at Northwestern cities tend to un
settle confidence in commercial and banking
circle. '
The moderate trade revival which followed
the last presidential election has been disap
pointing in that, aside fro a. tho i hriatinaj
demand, business has been more umatMac
tory for a month past than for a correspond
ing period in many years. The confldenct
with which merchants and manufacturer
have been looking forward to the arrival ol
the delayed trade revival early in February
next is less pronounced th in it was, whilt
the prospect for legislation next spring anp
summer looking to tariff revision and con
gressional anxiety to take charge of affair
abroad, ia more than likely to pet off a per
manent rsvlval in business until next fall
The shake-up in the Iron and steel prices if
nearly complete and quotations for Bessumei
- pig Iron and for steel billets have gottec
down to the level of those for othaj
staples. The break last week precipitated
speculation In Bessemer pig Iron and tllleti
and large purchases for an advance and fol
consumption have ben made for more than
SCO. COO tons of billets, some of it as low ai
815 a drop ot 5 a ton. The billet pool has
been patched up nominally. Bessemer plfi
went up to (10.20 on the break and on the
prospect ot a readjustment of costs, is flrmei
and has sold at flL Anxiety is felt In the
iron and ttcel trade as to the uncertainty ol
the price of lake ore under the new combina
tion to control that staple. A Pittsburg con
cern is shipping 2,000 tons of sheet bars to thf
United Eingdim, and Southern pig iron fur
naces report further sales In England. Sheet
and tin plate and bars have sold down tc
916.50. Rails ore arm at 525. tmt thot doi
not show the shrinkage suggested by billets.
There are S27 business failures reported
throughout the United Mates this week. Si
less than last week and 11 more than In the
corresponding week a year ago.
Internal Revenue Collections.
Internal revenue collections as shown by
the monthly statement Issued by tbo com
missioner of the internal revenue bureau foi
November have fallen off 8227,857 for that
month. The receipts for last November wert
tl2,701,809. Whiskey receipts show th
only notable Increase for that month. Foi
thelaUflve months the increase rromtnu
source amounted to 1,401,692, and for No
vember t2S5,211. For the five months of
the present fiscal year the decrease in the
general collection was ooi,w.
Bryan's Christmas Gift.
Governor W. J. Stone shipped a megnif
cent Kentucky thoroughbred saddle horse
to Lincoln, Neb., as a Christmas gift tc
William J, Bryan. The animal Is coal black
in color and bas been the Governor? iavonu
saddle-horse for some months. He bought
tt In Kentucky with several other horses
aoout a year ago.
In Troy, N. Y., Friday, the mereury ranged
irom s to o degrees below sero. An ucmivj
places it was 10 to 15 degrees oeiow zero.
A Cardiff clergyman nit upon a novel
Plan of recovering his lost umbrella.
He inserted the following note In the
parish magazine: "Over a million um
brellas are manufactured In this coun
try every year. Wo are not concerned
as to what becomes of this enormous
number, but we should like to know
where one of them Is." The lost ging
ham turned up next day.
Willie Are you the nearest rclatlre
I've got, mamma? Mother Yes, lore,
and your pa Is the closest relative
you're got Judge. . -
I HI IBS
Work of the Senate and House
Briefly Told.
CUBAN QUESTION DISCUSSED.
J Charles R. Crisp Sworn In as a Suc
cessor of tils Father About Imrtil
gratloh.Laws Takes a Holiday.
tHfc 8ENATE.
JtfoxDAT. The report from the committee
on foreign relations on the JoLut resolution
on the independence of v ubs, and offering
the friendly offices of this country to Spain
In order to bring to a close the war between
! Spain and the Bepablic ot Cuba, was present
J ed to the Eei ate. It is a document of great
length and deals thoroughly, though briefly,
i In Its opecing, with modern precedents of
buropean intervention wuere tne inaepenu
ence of a colony was tho issue involved, the
committee having, as its report mentioned,
examined with care all the instances which
have occui red during this century of people
claiming independence by right of revolt.
The opening lines of the report state that
congress, at its last session, after long and
patient consideration adopted with practical
unanimity the view expressed by its commit
tee that tne time bad come for resuming in
tervention With 8 ain for the recognition of
the independence ot Cuba. ' Spain having de
clined to listen to any representation founded
on an understanding between herself and
the insurgents, and Congress having pledged
itself to friendly intervention, the Only ques
tion (bat remains to be decided is the nature
of the next step to be taken with proper re
gard to the customs and usages of nations.
With little further preamble, the -report then
shows that the modern precedents of Euro-
fean intervention, where independence was
he Issue involved, began with Greece, in the
struggle which lasted from 1821 unti: 1827.
Incidents ot the struggle iu which the Greeks
fought for Independence are concisely
pointed out, and it is cited that Russia in
sisted that the Greek nation should be in
cluded among the nations ot the Medeterra
uean. Following in regular order, in its de
tails of circumstances of European nations
claiming independence on the ground of
right of revolt, tbo cases are mentioned of
Belgium against the Netherlands in 1830,
where the King of Holland was coerced into
accepting conditiens opposed by the powers
npon a show of armed hostility in November.
1832, by tho governments of France and Eng
land; the coincident rebellion in Poland in
which the Czar notified "the minister or the
French King Louis Phillipe. that be wOuld
tolerate no intervention in Poland," is given
attention . Then follows, in the series of Eu
ropean cations claiming independence, the
recital of the disposal from the throne ot
Hungary ot the Hapsburg dynasty, followed
by the election of Louis Kossuth provisional
Preeident, and the intervention of Russia on
the gr und that If she did so intervene
Hungary would establish her independence,
"this precedent." continues the report,
"tended to establish the right of every gov
ernment to Intervene in tho affairs of foreign
states whenever their situation would tend
to endanger its own safety or the political
equilibrium on Its frontier. As far as is
known every other government in tbo world
tacitly admits the establishment of this pre
cedent," "We recommend, therefore, the Joint reso
lution, with amendments to read as follows:
"Rssolvod, by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Amer
ica in Congress assembled. That tbo inde
pendence of the republic of Cuba be. and the
same is, hereby acknowled by the government
of the United States of America, and be it
furthsr : '
' Resolved, That the United States will use
its friendly offices with the government ot
Spain to bring to a close the war between
bpajn ana tne repuDiia or uuoa.-
I Tuesday. Spectators assembled la large
cumbers in the Senate galleries in expeota-
tion to witness interesting seens and of listen
Ing to an exciting debate in connection with
the Cuban question, but were disappointed.
The only work accoraplisred by the Senate
was the passing ot the urgency deficiency
MU, and was Immediately returned to the
House for concurrence in the amendments
agreed to in the Senate. Mr. Butler (Pop.)
of North Carolina offered a resolution for a
commute of three senators to inquire into
the principle of legislation through the In.
itiative and .referendum. Referred to the
committee on contingent expenses.
I At 2:40 p. m.the 8enate went into executive
1 session, and shortly thereafter adjourned
; until Tuesday, January 5th.
. TFE HOUSE.
SATranAT. Chaa. B. Crisp, of Georgia,
son and successor of the late ex-Speaker
. V- -
irisp, was sworn in as a mom nor m iuc
Rouse. Mr. McMillan (Dem.) of Tennessee
called up the Senate bill for government par
ticipation in the Tenneseee Centennia.' Expo
sition, to be hell nest year at Nashville,
. Tenn. The measure carries $100,000 for a
government exhibit and $30,000 for a Fed
eral building. ,Mr. Bailey (Dem.) of Texas
Interposed an emphatic protest against hills
of this character, and recltod bow they were
rushed through Congress. On the passage
of the bill the House dlvlded-127 to 25-and
Mr. Bailey made tho point of no quorum. The
8peaker counted a quorum and the bill pass
ed by the foregoing vote. . Saturday, January
16, was fixed for eulogies on the lato ex
tJ&eakSI CrhJp The apprqpjUtiQns commit
J toe reported an wrgenr deffclehey bill. The
! measure provides for mooting the urgent
' demands otthe government, and is divided
as folfowst ontingent expenses, iiu,wt;
S nolle building at Columbus. Ga.. t4,C00;
avy Departrnent5 $700,000; Department of
Justice $51,620; electoral messengers, tSOO;
Bonse of Representatives,- 23,533; total,
t881.86X
MoT)AT. The House spent another day in
duscusslng necessary expenditures, and
came to no resolution thereon. Nearly all
the time was given to discussing the future
control ot the library. Tho salary of the
librarian, after a few botly-contested
speeches, was reduced from t6,000 to f 5,000.
The immigration bill was taken from tbe
speaker's table and the Senate's request for
a conference on tne amenumenu mauo uj
that body agreed to.
TrxsuAT. Today's session was devoted to
a discussion of the appropriation for the
civil service commission, and under It the
law and the administration of it were most
vigorously attacked. The principal speakers
were Messrs. Baker (Rep.), of New Hamp
shire: Gibson (Rep.), of Tennessee, and Wil
liams, Dem., of Mississippi, Tbe law was
upheld by Mr. Brosius, Rep., ofPenosyl
rania, and Walker, Rep., of Massachnsetta.
Amotion to strike out the appropriation
failed 20 to 02. This was the only vote count
ed,other propositions being settled in the neg
ative viva voce. Tbe House agreed to the sen
ate amendment of tbe urgency deficiency bill.
The House adjourned for the holiday recess,
bavin then disposed of the legtslaUvr, exec
utive and Judicial appropriation bill after
four days' consideration. It was passed just
as reported from the committee on appropri
ations with the single exception that thesal
ary of the librarian ot congress was reduced
from t,000 to t5.000. and this after It bad
bees antagonized by the committee on the
library and the opponents of tbe civil service
law in a discussion running over three day.
Tbe bill carries a total appropriation of fxl,
668.870 and provides for 10,005 salaries.
Wzdsxsdai After triel session the
House adjourned until Jan. 5, 1897.-
Says the "Philadelphia Itera: "Chi-5
cago has a greatly Increased popula
tion: have they been counting In the
fishes In the laker. No; nothing but
Suckers. V -
WEEKLY HEWS BUDGET.
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Southern Pencil Pointer
Governor Atkinson, of Qeorgla, recently
pardoned two notorious forgers Henry Hill
and Sidney LascsUsr, better known as "Lord
Bersford.1
Miami. Fla, has bean nearly wiped out by
Ore. One man was killed by the explosion
of a eas fountain. Tha 1am will amount to
f shout tflO.COOi Insurance about f 13,000.
Fort Monroe, Ta., bas had a $20,000 fire.
It Is stated that Rev. Er. Talmage, the
Washington divine, is to make a lecture tour,
commencing his first lecture in North Oaro
Uaia Froraary, and thatW. F. Bogart, of
Greensboro, If. U, Is to be his manager.
Congressman, Dayton, of West Virginia
has closed negotiations with Philadelphia
parties whereby tw Urge plants are to be
established In the timber field of Randoph
tonnty, tbst State. It is said tnat the mills
! H!1 hatra n naMfv f fWl flOfl tak f Hm.
her per year, and will employ at least 200
men. '
Governor Charles T. O'Ferrsll.of Virginia, .
has been expelled from membership in the -Old
Dominion Demoo ratio Club at Richmond
because of his stand In the recent campaign.
Othsr Democratic- clubs la that dty talk of
dropping the Governor from their honorary
list.
Ex-Congrtssman J. Randolph Taeker Is
sriucally ul at Lexin&tPB, Va.
It Is said that the Georgia penitentiary
aontalns 14 boys under tbe age ot IS years,
who hare been sentenced tor longer or
ihorter terms.
The Illinois Central freight depot at jack
ion, Miss., bas been burned with lots ot
freight for Jackson and adjoining towns, j
Loss (75,000; little insurance. '
The comptroller ot tbe currency has de
clared a sixth dividend of 5 per cent, to the
creditors of the Commercial National Bank
of Nashville Tenn. '
Geo. H. Holier, cashier otthe first National
Dank ot Lebanon, Ky., is a self-confes-ed
embezzler to tbe extent of $110,000. He has
been at It for six years.
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All About the North.
Tbe Supreme Court of New York has de
rided that the beque-t for $600,000 for free
libraries in the will of Samuel J. Tildea are
Invalid and the money Is to be apportioned
among the heirs.
EThe county Ja)l at Hartville, Wright eounty,
o., was destroyed by fife Christmas night.
Two prisoners, Chaa, Harper, colored, and
Lena Lanklnster, white, -were cremated. -
Harry R. Durant, of Waterbury, Conn.,
manager ot the football eleven composed of
players from several colleges, with Captain
Ban ford, is making a tour ot the South. Tbe
team played Its first game Christmas day at
Nashville; on Deo 28 at Chattanooga; on Deo.
81 at Birmingham, and will playjn New Or
leans New Year's day. ; -
At Boston, Mass,. John L. Sullivan, the
pugilist, sat In the poor debtor's session of
the munioipal court to explain why he had
failed to settle a florist's bill. The case will
be further heard Jan. IL
The will or the late Henry L. Pierce, ex
Mayor ot Beston. has been filed lu probate.
Upwards of $2,000,000 In public bequests are
distributed by the document.
The oldest banlt of St. Paul, Minn., has
closed Its doors. . - - - -
Tbe oracle pigeon-shot of America was
killed in a bar-room brawl at Oskaloola,
Iowa.
A large number ot families living In Union
county, Arkansas, are In a destitute condi
tion, and many Of them are absolutely starv
ing. Their unfortunate condition is due to
tbe failure of crops in tnat vicinity last sea
bod, caused by a severe drought, A mass
meeting at Eldorado has been called to ask
tbe State Legislature, tbe Governor and
Congress for relief.
' As a result of a mail vote of the members
otthe American Bankers' Association, the
ten'.h annual convention of the association
will be held at Detroit. The convention will
j be held some time in August.
I Tbe Masonjo Hall, the largest building in
New Brunswiok. N. J., has been destroyed by
fire. The edifice- eost $800,000, and ihe loss is
about $400,000. -
1 Street Commissioner Waring, of New York
. city, bas expended 1 60,000 in freeing the
streets of tnat city irom snow. -
Jacob Hurer, postmaster at GarnavUle.
Iowa, committed suicide by swallowing car
bolic acid. He was short in his funds to the
amount of $250.
At 8an Francisco, Gah, the strike at the
Pacific Rolling Mills is at an end. Tbe men
have agreed to a 10 per cent, reduction of
their wages. .
Near Delaware, O., a daughter of Mrs, B.
Cloose, while building a fire In a kitchen
stove narrowly escaped death. It is suspect
ed that some one placed a stick of dynamite
and cap in some wood used to barn in the
stove. The building was shattered.
A hundred bushels of grain have been
burned at St Paul, Minn. Loss, $100,000;
insurance, 930,000. - ,
'
- MIsceUaneous.-
In New York. Frank P. 81a7in, of Australia,
and Bob Armstrong, of Cblc&go, fought. In
the fourth round Slavin after two minutes
and fifty-six seconds ot fighting, threw up
bis hands and quit. '
Officials in confidential relations to the
Secretary ot State and President appear to
attach no importance to the story published
bv the London Times, as originating in Paris,
to the effect that Germany had informed the
United States that it was prepared to aide
with Spain.
A dispatch from Constantinople to the Lon
don 1 entral News says that the sultan has
issued a decree granting amnesty to 2,000 Ar
menians who have been convicted either ot
crimes against the government or against
persons or property, or who were awaiting
trial O-I such charges.
The country, says one of the leading New
York papers, is being flooded with counter
feit" standard silver dollars, ot which it gives
a most interesting ana suggestive account.
Accerding to the recent eer ens the popu
lation of Greece is 2,418,000 souls, or an in
crease ot 2S0.0C0 over tho figures of 1889.
Confirmed gambling J, according "to the
recent decision of the Courts of Appenl at
Paris, regarded as sufficient grounds for di
vorce In France.
"
Washington Notes.
Consul General Lee, wife and daughter,
Lave arrived In Havanna. Cuba.
The annual report of the secretary of the
treasKTT has been transmitted to congress.
!r Carlisle summarizes ' the condition ot
tbe'treasury and reviews the former recom
mendations for early and effective legisla
tion to provide for tbe retirement ot treasury
notes. - '
Chicago has a family of father, moth
er, three slaters and eight brothers,
whose combined height is E3 feet 7
inches. An Illustration of the fact that
In union there Is length. .
At last accounts potatoes were sell-
irg in somtof the Alaska mining re
gions for $1 tp a sack. There Is a rush
to the mlneAbut they are certainly no
place for th vnpennious.
The Tide of Desirable Immigration
On the Increase.
MANY COLONIES MATURED.
Vice-President Flnlcy, of the South
, : era Railway, Says the Outlook for
. .'.Dixie Was Never More Apparent.
Vice-President W. W. Finley, of the South
ern Railway Company.bas given to tbe Man
ufacturers' Record a general,summary of
the business outlook for the territory tribu
tary to tbe Southern Railway, which prac
tically ex braces everything from Washing
ton to the Mississippi river. Mr Finley
says
"The business outlook in tbe regions tra
versed bv the Southern Railway were never
more promising than at tbe present time.
The tide of desirable immigration, coming
from all portions of the North and North
west, as well a from Europe, has been, and
continues to be, steadily on the increase.
This steady Inorease of population has been
tvstematlzed along conservative - business
lines. Many Industrious colonies have been
matured, and many more will be composed
of homeoganeous people who are reaping, ia
harmony, the rewards of their labor, judi
clously directed-
"New mines, have been opened and ' old
ones rejunlvated by better systems add in
creased capital, and tbe iron Industry has
entered upon a new and vigorous career of
prosperity, developing a trade with foreign
countries which has assumed large propor
tions. New developments are going on the
gold mining Industry and the primitive
methods ot the ancient miner with his crude
devices for gathering the precious metal,
have been superseded by the latest and
most approved scientific- modes known to
the mining world and promise best results.
.The wood working establishments of tbe
South ore making good progress and all de
velopments and branches ot this Industry
are growing stronger and are steadily widen
ing the area of their work at a minimum
cost .
"Cotton and woolen Industries aresll in a
flourishing condition and are dally growing
la importance, as they are constantly being
strengthened by aooessions of capital and
skill. New lines ot work are being intro
duced and old ones improved by better ma
chinery and enhanced skill.
."Lines of travel by rail and water are being
extended and those already established im
proved, so as to fully keep abreast of tbe de
mands made upon them by tbe increasing
volume of business. Tbe marked increase
in diversified farming, through which the
South is now raising many ot the supplies
which it formerly purchased from other
sections, is exerting a healthful influence
upon all classes, as well as largely adding to
the wealth and prosperity of all branches ot
agriculture.
"Upon the whole, the outlook for In
creased prosperity In tha South was never
better than at present"
CONFIDENTIALLY INFORMED.
Could Not Beinain Impassive in the
-'Event of the United States Aban
doning tbio Attitude of President
Cleveland and his Cabinet. -
The London Times Saturday published a
dispatch from Paris saying that the United
States has been confidentially Informed In
the most friendly terms that the European
powers could not remain impassive in the
event of the United States abandoning the
attitude of President l levelaad and his cat,
inet.
Should the United Stales presume . to ex
ercise pressure on Spain by recognizing the
Cuban insurgents or encouraging thorn in
their resistance, it has been- informed that
Europe generally might bocomo uneasy at
the Idea of such an extension of international
action by the . United States, inasmuch as it
might at a given moment threat on almost all
the i-owers whose possession are in prox
imity to the United tates and might tempt
the. spirit of enterprise and encroachment
that is Inspiring the senate (ommitteo cn
foreign relation. -
"If," continues the writer, "lam correctly
informed, the United States bas been concur
rently Informed that Germany is already
quite prepared to side with Spain in the
United States showing that she is disposed to
side with the rebels.
"Moreover, academic conversations are
passing In certain, foreign offices anent-the
measures the powers should take to form a
yndicate against the Invasion of socialism,
which Is cow menacing ail political organiza
tions. It was during these pourparlers that
the friendly warning to tbe United States
originated, Senator Cameron's resolution
for the recognition of tbe Cuban insurgents
being regarded in some quarters as revolu
tionary." .
The strike ot the Boston, Mass., street rail"
way employees is at an end, and tbe dls"
patches say the employees are tumbling over
one another to get back to work. .
bryansTectures.
WE. McBee Transfers Ills Contract
toa South Carolina Firm.
W. J. Bryan, ' on his return to Lincoln,
Neb., from Atlanta, Ga., last week, to a
Southern Associated Press reporter said of
his lecture engagements: ''Mr. V. E. McBee,
with my consent, transferred his contract to
H. Briggs A Co., of Greenevilie, S. C. Only
five more lectures have been arranged for up
to this time, and whether I shall deliver any
in addition to that number is as yet uncer
tain. I have some work on hand which may
Interfere with the delivery of any other lec
tures during this season.' Mr. Bryan will
remain in Lincoln for an Indefinite period.
Dre dful Famine in India.
Ex-Judge Goodiich has written to the
Englishman, a newspaper ol Calcutta, stat
ing that every day thousands of persons are
dying from starvation in the central prov
inces of India. He declares that tbe govern
ment arrangements to cope with the situa
tion are entirely Inadequate, and that tbe
famine is now beyond contoL
A freight and working train on the Air
Line division of the Southern came together
under fall speed Saturday, between Clifton
and Spartanburg, 8- C , derailing several
box - and flat cars nd demolishing the en
gines: One engineer and conductor were
hurt. The wreck was caused by one train
pulUrg by the meeting point, but the other
was twenty minutes ahead of time.
'OVEKCOMERS" IN JERUSALEM.
Believers From America Are Suffer
Ing for Necessaries of Life.
The Washington Post says: "There are a
queer lot of American colonists in ancient
Jerusalem according to United States tonsn1
Wallace . Ia a report to the State Depart
ment he says that of the 39 United States
citizens residing la Palestine 433 are Jews
who are only nominally Americans, having
stopped in the United States on their way
fic Washington only loa mnnpvh to
out American paperslandTpassporfs. "ot the
otner jtj neany an nave come to Jerusalem
because of some pecaliar reUxious belier.
"The one idea which seems to possess them
all ts that there will be a second advent of our
Lord and that this will take place In Jerusa
lem Some of them during their period of
waiting are suffering for the necessaries of
life, but are content to endure privation in
the hope of witnessing His. coming. The
Spnff ordite colony or. "overcomer? as they
call themselves, have been recently increased
by the addition of 117 Swedish-Americans,
mostly, from Chicago. The leader, Mrs. Spof
ford claims to be under the direct protection
of tbe Almighty and to possess prophetic
. powers. Tbey are a peaceble and law-abiding
community.
At Farmer's, Ky., Reed Padget, a drunken
prisoner set fire to the city prison and was
burned to death.
TALL SYCAMORE OF WABASH.
Senator Daniel W. Voorbee May Re
tire from Public Life, '
It Is expe-ted in Indiana that Sen
ator Daniel W. Voorbees, who for near
ly twenty years has represented the
Hooslers hi the upper house,of the Na
tional Legislature, will soon retire
from public life. lie is qfflicted with
heart trouble and his physicians advise
rest ' " - :, "
Mr. Voorbees Is one of the pictur
esque figures of the capital. Tall,
broad-shouldered, with a handsome
face, luxuriant auburn hair and a
voice possessing a peculiar charm, he
would attract attention anywhere. His
appellation, the Tall Sycamore of the
Wabash, Is famlliarjn all parts of the
country. He .Is nearing his 70th year.
From early life he has been a power
In Indiana politics. He was not yet
SO when be first ran for Congress as a
Democrat and was defeated. Four
years later, In 1SCQ, he was successful
and served two terms. Then he was
defeated twice for re-election and ap
plied himself diligently. to the practice
of law. Had he kept out of politics and
devoted himself tp his profession he
would have been the foremost lawyer
of the West But in 1S6S be returned
to the political field and was sent back
to Congress. In 1877 be succeeded
Oliver P. Morton as United States Sen
ator and stiir holds that seat s '
Senator Voorbees' ability as an. or
ator, no less than bis' political sagac
ity, has made blm a power,, in State
and national affairs of the Democrat
Ic party. He has a. strong voice. "Lfct
a mob come rushing down the street,
says a local historian, "Voorbees could
put them at bay with a single plea,
for, all would stop to listen. Voor-
JJAyiEI, W. YOOHHBBS.
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politics who have made that State fa
mous such men as Morton, Hendricks,
Harrison and Gresbam. -
Greek peasants who won a race of
twenty-six miles made the remarkably
good time over hills and valleys of
two hours and fortyeigbt mlnutee. If
this is what the Greeks call a single
dash; they must have magnificent Ideas
of distance.- --'
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. Arch of Burnt Crick Constructed
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