North Carolina Newspapers

7 ft t to to 0 HARNETT AND JOHNSTON CUMBERLAND V7 OS AND SAMPSON TituVfc ALlj Milofci; ii i.L i? T ...Al' Wiiioll io UUU1. VOL. VII. DUNN, N. C., MARCH 2, 1898. X3. r. COUNTY. t 9. i. ts tit it r- 1X3 PS TO mo Ida. Uth 0 fcrea - aa- ig- ta- an., ates per be?. cnt re all rani- riPPa rneral EAS& Pens1 lplll3 Totter. Snlt-lllieum and Eczema. The inix-pse itching and smarting, incl dent to these ii:-,c;i s, is instantly allayed iy applying Chamberlain s Lye and rile in Ointment. Many very bad cases have bwn permanently cured by it. It j i s equally emcient lor licning pnes anu a iavonte remedy tor sore nipples, chapp"d .bands, chilblains, frost bites and chronic pore even. 21 cts. per box. Dr. Cniv Conditio!! Powders, are just 'what a horsy needs when in bad condition.. Tonic, blood purifier and vr-rinifnge. They are not food but medicine and the best in use to put a horse in primo condition. Price 23 cents p-r package. For sik1 by N. B. Hood, Dunn, N. C. Professional Cards. James U. Pop. Edwaed W. Pou. W. II. Young. rou it lOU & YOUNG, Attorneys at Law, LILLINGTON, N. C. (Associated in tLe trial of civil cases) in the Superior courts of Harnett Co. j. c. ui.moiiij, Attorney at Law, DUNN, N.O. -J Will' practice in nil the courts of tho Btitto wht-re services detired. L ,7. BEST, Attoimy at Law, j DUNN, N. C. Practico in County Courts of Har riett und surrounding counties, pud U. H. Courts. Special attention j given collodions. J, Jl M'LllAN, Counsellor and Attorney ut Law. DUNN, N. C. Fraciiec ia all courts.. Collections a specialty. W. 12. MTJ11CI1ISON, .lONESiHJRO, N. c. Practices law in Harnett, Moore and other counties, but not for fun. 3 201y. ISAAC A. MUHCJIISON Fa yi:tte villi-:, N. 0. Practices, law in Cumberland Har nett and anywhere services are wanted. r... j WILMIRGTOH&WELDOHR.R. AND BRANCHES. AND FLORENCE RAILROAD. Coudeii.sod Sc'iedule DaUvl Jan. I7th, 183a. iKAiN.s goixg sorra. Loave VVM( n 11 52 am. 0 43 pm. Arrive Uo.-ky Mount 12 55 am, 10 30 pm. "L'avn Turboro 12 12 a,m, C 01 p m. L nvo 11 cky "i MK.tjl OJ am, 10 36 pm, C -13 j.m, 5 4) am, 32 47 m. Leave Wilson 2 20 am, 11 16 pm, 7 17 pm, C22am, 2 7 pin. J.'-ava S .'Im.'i 3 15 am. L'Mvo r iyi tt.'ville 4 47 am, 1 14 pm. Arriv.5 Florciioo 7 35 am, 3 15 pm. Arrivo (5iMs:ioro SCO pm. Lo.ivc (i.)KIstn 7 01 am, 3 20 pm. Ji-avt A. iiidiia 8 05 am. 4 24 pm. Ariivc Vuhaiugtou 'J o0 am, 5 50 pm. TRAIN'S GOIN'G KOliTII. Ijfave I'io;ueo 4S aai. 8 15 pm. L'mvo Fayi'tti'ville 12 13 am, 10 15 pm. ; L'-avrt y-M'n;i 1 4' am. Arrive Wiiroii 2 35 am, 12 03 pm. L-avo Vv'ilmiaj;tn 7 15 pm, 0 35 am. Lt avn Mu'urjlia 8 55 pm, 11 02 am. Lt'iivo' UoItUburo 5 00 am 10 10 pm, 12 05 anu L-avo V ;on 2 3 p'm, 5 33 am, 12 12 am, tl:!.0 jnn, 12 55 mi. Arr.ve L:-kv Moanf 3 29 pm, C 15 am,' 12 4 J ;m, 11 57" pm, 1 40 pm. Arrivi r iniMtii' .lii!. Li nvi' Tar! oM 12 12 ptn. Lmv- K.jcky Mouiit 3 2'J pm. 12 49 am. Arrivo W I ton 4 33 pm, 1 42 am. Train tho Sf.tlaii(l N'vk Branch Roai -loaves HVMin 3 55 ( ;n, Halifax 4 30 pm. ar rives S'r.riaud Node 5 20 pia, Greenville 6 57 pm, Ki W::i 7 53 i:n. lli-turniuK leaves Kius tvui 7 50 atiL j(ireijii vdlo -8 52 am, arriving Ilaiifax 11 1-i aim, Veidou 11 33 am, daily es ce:t Sutitlav.- ' Trains o! Washington Branch leave Wash inirto j 8 20 'am a 1 2 30 pm, arrive Parmole !t 10 am and 4 00 ; m, re-turning leave Parmole 5 35 am apd 30 pm, arrivo Wasliingtoa IF 00 a.r ial 7 20 m, daily exeept .-unday. Tiaia have? Tartoro, N. i, daily exeept Sunday. 5 3) pm. Sunday 4 15 pm, arrives Pivmouth 7 40 pin, G ID im. Keturniuur leaves Plymouth d..;ly exc'j Sunday 7 50am, Sun da v y o0 am, arrive Turboro 10 05 am and 1100 am. Train n Mid. and N. C. P.ranch leaves Gvildsl'oro daily exeept Sunday 7 10 am, ar rivin Smitli-ield 8 30am. Keturuinp leavea Smith field 9 CO am; arrives at Goldsboro 10 2i am.' Trains on Nashville Branch leave Rocky Mount at 4 30 pm, arrive Nashville 5 05 pm. Spring Hope 5 3') pm. lteturniug leave Sj ria Hope 8 . 0 am, Nashville 8 35 am, ar rive at Kojky Mount D 05 am, daily e.eept Sundaj'. Train on hnton Branch leaves Warsaw for Clinton daily, except Sunday. 11 20 a m and 4 15 pm. Returning leaves " Clinton at 7 CO am and 300 pm. ' Train No. 78 makes close connection at j 'ii'iuon ior an poinus itoriuuaiiy, an ran vjb Ihchmond, H. M. EMERSON, Gen'l Pass. Agent. J. R. KENLY, Gen'l AMauaer. 1 M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager. Fourteen Persons Rurned to Death. State Forester Ashe, of North Caro- lina, after a tour through tho vast pino ! district, swept by fire last week, re- j ports the damage to be more than SI - ! Of. 0,000, and that fourteen lives were lost. Wlllard M einorlal Day. Sunday, March 20? has been set apart by the general officers of the Woman's Christian rie,nperanc6 Union as a special memorial day for Frances E. "Wiiiard. Elderly Coquette (sentimentally) "Yvs, my dear Mr. Assessor, love Is eternal." Assessor (frightened) "So I perceive." Fliegendo Blatter. fi STATE If SUSPENSE. f Nothing of a Disquieting Nature Has Been Received at Washington. THE PROGRESS OF THE WRECK. The Navy Department's Figures on the Strength of the Naval Militia Shows 4,445 Officers and Enlisted Men. A Washington special of the 24th Bays rumors of startling discoveries in the -wreck of the Maine were less fre quent today, but there were enough of them still afloat to warraut Secretary Long in making this statement to the newspaper men, asiieleft his office: ".Summing up the situation, I should say that the Navy Department knows today nothing more about the cause of the disaster than it did five minutes 'after the receipt of the first dispatch from Captain Sigsbee. " Capt. Sigsbee made this report: Havana, Feb. 24. Long, Secretary of the Navy: Wrecking tug Right Arm arrived yes terday. Regilis work today. Much encumbering metal must be blasted away in detail. Navy divers have been down aft seven days; forward four days. The bodies of Jeukms and Merritt have not been found. Two unidentified bodies of the crew were found yester day. The after compartment is filled with detached, broken and buoyant fur niture and fittings, mud and confusion. Tho Spanish authorities continue offers of assistance, and care for the wounded and dead. Everything that goes from the wreck to the United States should be disinfected. The surgeon of the Maine, after con sulting with other's recommended that all bedding and clothing should be abandoned. It might go to the ac climated poor. Useless fittings and eoiuipinents might be towed to sea and thrown overboard." I will take all immediato responsibility, but invite the Department's whishes. Shall old metal of superstruct ure and the like be paved? Friends Gf the dead should understand that wo are in the tropics. Chaplain Chidwick is charced with all matters relative to the ilead. His conduct is beyond all praise. I don't know what reports are being printed, but the in tensely active reporters of tho press here have been very considerate of me and my condition. (Signed) Sigsbei:. Secretary Long immediately answer ed Captain Sigsbee, approving all re commendations. ' Strength of the Naval Militia. The Navy Department gave out the figures showing the strength of the naval militia up to date. This' shows a total force of 4,445 ofiicers and enlisted men, which is a grntifv'iug increase from the;J, 703 shown by the last report. The number of clhcers and men by States is as follows: -California, KSG; Connecticut, 105; Florida, iyd;(ieorgia, 225; Illinois, 523; Louisiana, 2G2;Mnry- land, 240; Massachusetts, 441; Michi gan, 193; .New Jersey, i04; New York, 4,2; North Carolina, 23-J; Ohio, 21G; Pennsylvania, 21b'; Ilhodo Island, 130; South Carolina, 102; Virginia, 44. Total, 4,445. . Assistant Secretary JRoosevelt says in this connection, that Illinois leads the list with forty-three commissioned offi cers. Asido from the forces shown in the above list, new brigades are in process of formation, which promises to swell the total to much larger figures at an early day. The' appropriation, of ;'0,000 made by Congress fa aid the w ork of the naval militia will be apportioned among the States in a few davs. Will Have to Wait. Late reports from Havana have not changed in any degree the views of high officials 'of the government as to the probable cause of the disaster to the JJ aine. It can be stated on the highest authority that absolutely nothing of a disquieting nature has been received at the White House, nor isimportantnews of any character expected until the court of inquiry has completed its in vestigations end submitted its report. Much Interest Manifested. At the Spanish legation11 much inter est is manifested in the developments attending the Maine inquiry, and tho earnest hope is expressed that conser vative judgement will not be influenced by reports which at the legation are re garded as uutrust worthy . Mr. Du Rose and his staff of the legation are maintaining a calm attitude and are seeking to allay everything1 which in any way might inflame public senti ment Two Lynched in Kentucky. Richard Allen and Tom Holmes were lynched at Mn3'field, Ky. Allen robbed a house and Holmes killed his wife six months ago. STRIKERS APPEAL FOR AID. Four Hundred Families Slowly Starv ing to Death in New England. An important appeal has been issued by the council of cotiou mill strikers in New Bedford, Mass., and upon the na ture of the response, it is said, will de pend whether or aotthe mill bauds will return to work under the recent reduc tion of wages. The appeal is addressed "To tho Men and Women of Nvw Eng land," and asks for financial assistance to maintain the 6trike. 3t sets forth that about 400 families, comprising 2, 000 men, women and children, are slow ly starving to death, and unless aid is forthcoming within a short time the fctrike will have to be abandoned. Blew Her Father's Head Off. At Nebraska City, Neb., 3Mary Ku witzky, a 17-year-old girl, blew her father's head off with a shot-gun while he was asleep. The father came home drunk and chased the family out of the house with a butcher knife and threat ened to kill them. He was finally paci fied and induced to go to bed. It is supposed that terror from the occur rence of this kind drove the girl insane. She has been arrested. NORTH CAROLINA GOSSIP. To County Supervisors. The following circular has been is sued by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction to county supervisors.- "I would like for you, to make special effort among your people to have them supplsment the piblic schools by private subscriptions, there could be raised in many loca'.ties enough money to continue the schools from four to sis weeks. Especially could thi3 ba done where teachers have made themselves felt and created interest anlong the children for study. Some parents are indifferent on' the subject of education, and especially so when it must be paid for directly by them, but the majority of parents are earnest in stead of indifferent, I am inclined to think, on this subject. How do parents decide whether their children are mak ing progress in school or not? Do they examine in the work tho children are doing? Not so; they judge by the interest the children take in their books at home. Therefore if this interest has been created among the children, then there is hope of reaching the parents. You cannot even hope to supplement all of your schools, but se lectsome localities in your county where you know there has been. good work done and some interest created. Use your efforts with fcuch people, and if you cau get two or three schools .to supplement the public school this year, it may prove an object lesson for those schools near by to follow yext year. This is worthy of some effort on your part. Of course I 6ha!l not expect the same results from the . efforts of tho various supervisors. But where a su pervisor has been going out among the people, making speeches for education, and stirring the people in the iuterest of schools, I have aright to expect some results from an effort of this kind. I trust you will make this effort regard less of what the result may be. " Sugar-Beet Seed for Distribution. By the courtesy of the Secretary of Agriculture, who has done so much to stimulate interest in the sugar-beet in dustry, the Experiment Station will have, for gratuitous distribution to farmers in the different counties of the State, several pounds of selected sugar beet seed. In accordacce with the wishes of the secretary, tli3 beet seed will be distributed in North Carolina only to those who promise to follow di rections in regard to planting, culti vating, harvesting, and who will send samples for analj-sis, and give us full information as to cost. The farmer who undertakes the work should be able to realize a good yield, and as the ,beot is very excellent for table use and proves a valuable "feed for stock, tho farmer wil' be fully repaid for his time and trouble. , North Caroliua is not Iocj ted in the isothermal belt in which it is j known that the sugar-beet is grown most successfully for commer cial purposes;.' but should we able to grow a beet with a sufficiently high percentage of sugar, this will doubtless lead to the erection of a factory in tnis State, and' there will be many benefits to come to our people in consequece. The Experiment Station will be very glad to receive applications for sugar beet seed on the conditions above named, and to correspond with anyone interested in the subject. W. A. Withers, Acting'Director of North Carolina. I All Negotiations Are Oft. The negotiations are off for a lease of the Atlantic and North Corolina Rail road by Governor Russell, on behalf of the State, to the Southern Railway. Unless the order reducing passenger fares is rescinded, the Southern, so it is said, does not desire to acquire con trol of the property. The Southern had under consideration the proposition submitted by thejGrovernor for a lease of tho road and a compromise of the fight asainst the lease of the North Carolina railroad, but the action of .the Commission in reducing passenger fares has brought all negotiations to a close. The Governor is still very de sirous of leasing the road to the South ern. WTiether he will submit another proposition to the Southern is not known. Raleigh Post i Charters Granted. The Secretary of State has granted tho following charters: Irwinville Min ing Company, of Cherokee county, cap ital .330,000, stockholders, Al. Ramsev and other New York city men; the Nan tucket Cotton and Woolen Miils, at Spray, Rockingham county, capital $250,000; stockholders', J. S. Mc blis ter, Hal 31. Worth and1 C- C. MoAlister; the Asheville Hardware Company, cap ital $15,000, stockholders, E. R. Eller son, of Richmond, and Claybrook Jones and R. A. Long, of Asheville; rthe Smithfield Tobacco Warehouse Com pany, capital 2,000, stockholders, J. H. Pou and others. ' Increased From IOO to IJjO. "I do not know whether serious trouble is expected," said an officer of a North Carolina military company to a Charlotte News man, "but do know that unusual preparations are being made. Heretofore the limit to enlist ment allowed any single company has been one hundred men. The limit has been suddenly increased toone hundred and fifty men per compan3 and the companies have been ordered to enroll the Barnes of the persons formerly en listed in the company to full limit. Whether thi3 means anything I do not know.' Getting In Readiness for War. It is said that in a day or two sixty artillerymen will go to South port to garrison the new battery of three high power, disappearing guns. The garri son will be quartered in tents until the barracks are ready. No doubt quite soon there will bo a battery at Fort Macon as well as at Fort Caswell. Called His Coffin a Meat Box. Louis Bray, an eccentric character, died at his home in Marsh township, Surrv county, aged 90 years. He made his own coffin fifteen years ago, and jokingly called it hismeat box. By his own request he was buried in his night clothes and barefooted Elkin now has" telephone connection with Inde pendence, Elk Creek and Chestnut Yards, Va., Sparoa, Jeflerson and vari ous other points beyond -the Blue i Ridge. Charlotte Observer. BE II VERDICI? i i The Court of Inquiry is Drawing ! to a Close. REPORT WILL BE IK TWO PARTS. First, the Findings of tho Fact, and Second, the Opinion of tho Court. BIcKinley's Attitude. A special from Washington, concern ing the Maine disaster says: "With the proceedings of the court of inquiry drawing to a close, attention is now be ing directed to the form and nature of this report. 1 :IT : 1 111 1,4 fnr The court had the wildest inquiry, and yet certain general features will have to be observ ed under the navy regulations govern- lug lnquiries-vi tnis cnaracter, in form tne rei ort will be in two parts; first, the findings of the fact, and second, the opinion 01 the court. lLe findings taiie up each material question of fact in volved and give the conclusion of the court upon it. The opinion slates whal hhould be done under each 01 tne find ings of the tact, iliis opinion relates to the usual cases in which ofiicers ate outrial, but in the piesent case it woulu not, of course, extend to opin ions on the government's pobcy appli cable to tne nndiugs of facts, ihe c.r cumstauces ol tue present case are bo unusual, involving tno relations of twe governments, that tho report may be confined to tne findings of fact, witn out the usual opinion of tne court. Tiie inquiry concluded, the report ucconipa nied by all the evidence and exnibits, iuaot be authenticated by Capt. camp son andJudge Advocate Aiar x. it is tnen lor warned to Admiral oicard, the regulations requiring tnat it be "sub mitted lor the consideration of the offi cer convening the court," Avho in this case, w as tueadru.raluf the fleet. There is no specinc provision as to the revis ion of approval which he is to give it, and the endorsement which Axinnral fcicard will depend' upon the circum stances oiLthecasc, probably beiny formal, with a' view-to-their trausmis bion to the Navy .Department. T110 ad miral tnen forwards it to tne office ol the judge advocate general, wnere it becomes a permanent record, ihe becretary of the Navy, and ultimately the Teident, passes on the opinion ol the court, but as a rule the finding ot the facts should- stand without ad proval. "The officials of the War Department have completed ail tho preliminary ar raugemeulsior the immediate execution of tne bill which is expected to become a law within tne nexi lev days, pro viding for two additional regiments ol artillery. Ihere will bo , no difficulty whatever in securing the men, as appli cants for enlistment have been received far in excess of i tho number required, viz: l,Glu mea. V ' "Secretary Long sa37s he thinks thing, are looking better, and the puo lic ought not to be under any misappre hension with regard to naval move ments; that so-far they had mw-sily been the ordinary depositions whicu are made from time to time. The at tention of naval officers has been strongly attracted to the statement made by representatives of the opauisb government' to tho effect tint tnett were no mines or torpedoes of any kind in Havana harbor, it can be said that 'tnis statement exactly agrees with the inquiries that narve been under way for many mouths by agents of our 'government, for, solar, it is paid, they have been unable to find the - slightest evidence of tne existence of any plan of detence in the harbor by means of mines or tor pedoes. Officials of the Navy Depart ment 6ay that the effect of this btute inent, if it is to be accepted as con clusive on that point, is almost certain to negative the supposition that the disaster resulted from Other than acci dental causes as the almost unanimous testimony of experts here, based ou the histoiy of torpedo work, is to the effect that no single torpedo of any type could have caused the terrific wreck of the Maine. "It is believed at the Department that there are probably in the neigh borhood of fifty bodies remaining to be discovered and extricated from the wreck." Considered Almost Impossible. A dispatch from Havana says that, despite the rumors to the contiar3 that has become imbedded is considered al most an impossibility and that eighteen bodies still remain in the wreck. A report ia current in Havana that United States Consul General Lee has been threatened with assassination, ; I! a a"11-1 1 t r : dui lie is not at an aiarmea. Havana is quiet. President SIcKInley's Attitude. A member of the Cabinet, in speak ing 01 tae attitude ol tne rresiaent on ; the question of a war with fcpain, ; said: "President McKinley is giving thoughtful and earnest consideration ', to every phase of the Cuban situatiun,a it appears, but he will not be jingoed ; infd war, or act in anticipation of events ; which may never occur. He fully ; realizes what war means and will not go to this lat direful extremity without f the approval of his conscience, and a; firm conviction that such a course J wohld be right in the sight of God and of man. But, whenever the honor and '' integrity of the nation or. its people become involved, the Pre? iSldent may . depended on to do his whole duty, and do it promptly. 1 Roiiht bv the Southern. I mi--r j -t.i.i :i t - ere in circulation, nothino- lsvMknmvn ; " as to the conclusions reached thus far 'ly7- ?,Ir- Mahou, of Pennsylvania; Mr ,,.- r.f ,,.,s..r tu a iu .waiter. 01 Aias-acnuseus. anu oiuer nUn sofa tliot t, hr;tinT of ,,-.,!, ! Republicans, and it was finally passed r,f th Mnin frnm tlio mn.l in w!,il, U ! flST DAY. ashl UgtoU 8 bir extending southeast from Memphis , jJJ om;(fia Bos0 New York, Nor Tenn to Stevenson Ala., adistance of folk -port ioval, Nw Orleans and 21K) mile. sold at public outcry on the . vi t-i' i ( -ni 2Cth. The Southern Railway company I gSIn the Houso two joint fVnroHr' th6 UpF P,n? 1 resolutions were adopted providing for of .f 1,500,000, there being no otner bid-; h ar!lointment of Thos. Drayton Par- ders. "Worlu" Charters a Boat. The tow boat Confidence, of the Red Band Line, has been chartered as a dispatch boat by the New York Y.'orld, and she left Charleston, at , noon on the 2'Ah, for Key West. ' i FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Proceedings of B. th tho Senate and House Day-By Day. THE SENATE. 4jth Da. In the Senate a bill was discussed to place the census bureau under the Secretary of the Interior, but no action was taken on it. A resolu tion, offered by Allen, of Nebraska, di recting the committee on naval affairs to make an investigation of the di?aster to the battleship Maine, was adopted without debate. The joint resolution providing for the recovery of the bodies of ofiicers and men from the wrecked battleship Maine and for the recovery of valuable property on the ship which was passed by the House of Representa tives last week was presented to the Senate and passed immediately. It carries an appropriation of 200,000. Allen, of Nebraska, introduced the fol lowing resolution: "Resolved, That the committee on naval affiirs be and it in hereby directed to make a thorongh inquiry into the destruction of the bat tleship Maine in Havana harbor on the l.rth inst , and report to the Senate." The resolution was passed immediately. 4(iTii Day. Hawley's bill for the or ganization of two new regiments of artillery was passed by a vote of 52 to 4. Morgan, of Alabama, introduced a resolution to build a war ship the equal of any in the world, and wants it called George Washington. It was adopted. Washington's farewell address was read at the opening of the day's session. A letter was read from Gen. Miles on the condition of tho coast defences, which .showed that they were well fortified. 47th Day. While the Senate had under consideration the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill, a sharp de bato on the Cuban situation was pre cipitated by Allen, of Nebraska, who offered as an amendment the resolu tions passed by the Senate a year ago recognizing the belligerent rights of the Cuban insurgents. . The debate be came general and occupied four hours, but "vas finally snowed under. During the debate of Allen's resolutions Morr gan said that we have no right to make a declaration of -war against Spain un der cover, as Allen would have it. Sen ators Foraker, Morgan and Thurston all say they believe war with Spain is coming. The Military Academy appro priation bill was passed. It carries S4.4,240. 43 i n Day. In the Senate the resolu tion offered by Allen to appoint a com mittee of five Senators to investigate the Cuban situation was withdrawn5 by its author when it was laid before the b'enate. Allen said he was satisfied from the vote on his amendment that the fate of the resolution was quite well sealed, n effort was made to obtain consideration of the Alaskan liome-tead and railway ritrht of waybill, but on a parliamentary technicality it went over. 40th Day. Hon. Henry W. Cor bett's right to a seat in the Senate from Oregon Aas under consideration by the Senate for five hours. Spoonef, of Wisconsin, concluded the speech which he began yesterday, in favor of Corbett, and was followed by Teller, of Colorado; Allen, of Nebraska, and Turley, of Tennessee, with speeches in opposition to the "seating of Corbett, and Turner, of Washington in favor of seating him. ooth Da 1'. Eallinger, of New Hamp shire, introduced and had adopted a resolution requesting the President, if not j incompatible with the public in terests, to send to tho Senate copios of ajl reports and communications receiv ed by the State Department since the 24th of February, 18'.), from Tomas Estrada Palma, or any agent of the Cuban insurgents which relate to the state of war on the Island of Cuba, or such parts of said documents as may be deemed advisable and proper to communicate. 1 hurston, of Nebraska, called up and had passed a joint resolu tion for a commission to supervise the collection of a fund among all the schools and coileces of the United States, for the purpose 61 erecting a monument to General Lafayette, in Paris, France, the same to be presented to the French government, and un veiled and dedicated on July !, l'JOO. 1 THE HOUSE. , f0Tii Day. This was privat 'bill day in the House, and but little was accorn-. pushed. The feature of the day was the spirited contest over tne bill to pay Newberry College, a,, Lutheran institu tion iu South Carolina, 810, 000 for damages sustained by it while used as a barracks by Federal troops, shortly after hostilities ceased. It was strongly opposed by Mr. Dinjrley and Mr. Laf zell, who announced their antagonism to war claims of this character, but Mr. Cooper, of Texas, who champioued it the Democratic side, was supported thday was celebrated in tne xiouse, alter a motion by Bailey to adjourn had been voted down, with a vast deal of politi cal speech-mak;ng, and it .was also signalized by the firing of the first gun in opposition to Hawaiian annexation. Johnson, of Indiana, (Rep.) delivored a speech that relieved the House and the galleries, in flenuhclation of w"hat he termed an attempt to cut loose from the traditional policy of the United States and enter upon a scerne of col onization that has proved the runing of empires and cf nations. The speech, coming entirely unheralde l, produced a deep impression. The general de bate on the sundry civil bill was con cluded. ."2d Day. In the House Kitchiu and Linney, of North Carolina made a win ning fight against an appropriation of 75,000 to be used in paying informers on moonshiners. The appropriation for continuing the investigation of the seal question went out on a point of order. Forty six pages of tie bill were rvi: - ' fl fif Rp!(reofcniative Barrett, of -ITroV.n ,t0 inr,ln,l n vasn. Massachusetts, ha- introduced a reso lution allowing the naval affairs com mittee to inccrjorate in the naval ap- propriauon imi a provision iu. prooriation not to exceed S, 370o0 ker and James E. Palmer as passed as sistant engineers in the navy, in the nsrineer c.ass. An amendment to in ' create the appropriations went through. 'ILirty tdd tiotal i ages of the sundry civil appropriation bill wasdisi osed of Au unsuccessful attempt to increase the appropriation for the suppression of epidemic diseases $200,000 led ia con siderable debate on the advisability of establishing a national quarantine. 54tii Day. The Houso resumed consideration of the sundry ciTil api r jpriation bill, dispofiug of four pages. Quite a debate de veioped on a motion to strike out the appropriation of $133.0.0 for work in Oakland, Cal., its opponents alleging that no contract had ytt been ictde lor the work, and asserting that ariver and harbor bill was to he suppressed and a favored few given appropriations in the sundry civil bill. Tho appropriation remained in the b'll bv a vote of 118 to 16. 5oth Day. The Houso resumed con sideration of the sundry civil bill. Lewis (Dem.) of Washington created something of a sensation by offering the following resolution as an amend ment: Resolved, That Congress dis approves of Minister Woodford tender ing a banquet to the Spanish cab inet in beualf of the United states, and expresses the ' fenee that the relations between Spain and the United States should, until the inquiry as to the cause of the Maine disaster be determined, remain oulj' in the formal and official way demauded by the needs of the respective nations. Lewis was proceeding to remark upon the "ghoulish spectacle" of Minister Woodford banqueting the Spanish cabinet while the country was" mourn ing the loss of 230 brave soldiers who were the victims of Spanish hate, when Cannon interposed a point of order against the amendment, and was promptly sustained by the chair. This cut the matter off. BRYAN AT TOPEKA, He Says the Money Power Is to Be.; the Paramount Issue. Wm. J. Bryan addressed GOO Demo crats at a banquet held in Topeka, Kan. 'Mr. Bryan asserted that the money power was to be the paramount issue in the next campaign, and cited the fact that the national committees of the Democrats, Populists and free sil ver Republicans have issued addresses' in which they assert that the money question is tho issue, and call for the. co-operation of tho forces that it may triumph. In an interview Mr. Bryan declined to discuss the preseut crisis with Si ain. He said there was time enough to dis cuss that affair when the official inves tigation committee in the Maine affair had made its report. Reward for the Mob. A special from Kingstree, S. C, says the coroner will do all in his power to find out something that will place the horrible crime committed at Lake City upon some one. Soon after the deed was committed there was some talk among the negroes of burning the town but it has died out. The members of the late postmaster's family who were wounded are doing very well, and it is thought they will survivo. The sheriff will keep a sharp lookout and will ar rest auy one upon sufficient suspicion. Expressions of regret are heard on ev ery hand, but every one blames the ad ministration for' appointing Raker, who was not even a resident of the county, as postmaster . at Lake City. While the citizens all agree that the people of Lake City were being imposed upon still none of them condone the outrageous deed. The Governor has offered $..00 reward for evidence to con vict the parties engaged in the affair, and issued instructions to Solicitor Wilson to proceed to that point and to work up the e.vidence immediately if possible. The World of Trade. Bradstreet's commercial report for, the past week says; "While business of a speculative nature has been quick to reflect tho increasing strain in jiolit ical affairs, in reduced values and with drawals or curtailment of activity in some lines, there is little to indicate that the volume of distributive trade has been reduced; and reports this week, so far as the latter branch of business is concerned, are among the best received this year. Vithafev7 important exceptions the price situation is stroug. The cotton situation is one of firmness, reflecting alike curtail ment of production, growing out of labor troubles, and firmness of rt.w col ton induced by, good export de mand. " Attempt to Kill King George. An unsuccessful attempt was made on the 20th to assaHbinate King Georgo of Greece. The King was returning from l halerura, at 5 o'clock in the evening, in a landau, accompanied by the Prin cess Maria, when two men, who were hidden in a ditch alongside - the road, opened fire with guns upon the occu pants of the carriage. The first slot missed, but the second wounded a foot man in the arm. The coachman whipped up his horses and the royal party dashed away it a gallop. The miscreants fired seven more shots after them, none of which took effect, and the King and Princess returned to tho palace unhurt. - S. C. Dispensary Bill. The South Carolina dispensary bill was brought up in tho House committee on judicisary again on the 20th, ou a motion for reconsideration. An amend" ment had already been made prohibit ing any discrimination in favor of the products of the State as against out side products, and the committee struck out the portion that requires all liquors taken into the State to be subject to tho full control of the State. A motion to report the bill without recommendation was carried. Bailey Speaks on Free Silver. At Richmond, Ya.; on the 24th, Con gressman Bailey of Texas made an ad dress at the Academy of Music, under he auspices of the Genertl Assembly. Although the admission was by ticket, the building was crowded. Mr. Bailey's reception was enthusiastic. His speech was devoted mainly to discussing free silver and defending the Chicago plat form. 1 ' The Strikers In Distress. The cotton mill strikers in Massa chusetts realize that the fight can't be maintained without financial aid, and it has been decided to appeal to the American Federation of Labor. SNAP SHOTS AT THE NEWS. Thi South. Rev. Sam P. Jones has withdrawn from tho race for Govti nor of Georgia. The Virginia Senate defeated the bill, in nominato Senators by primary elec tion. Fire destroyed the Stamford Dyo Works at Lynchburg, Va. Loss $100, 000; partly insured. At Charleston, S. C, seven people were burned to death in a tenement honso ou Church street. Steeland iron workers at Benwood. W. Va." have resnmed operations, thoir demands having b'cen conceded. Outluw E. P. Lepford, ami escaped convict was fatally shot at ount City,' Tenu., by Deputy Mierift Donnelly. A conference of co ored farmers at Tuskegee, Al., adopted resolutions urging member cf their race to buy laud. Richard Allen, colored, in jail at May field, Ky., accused of burglary,, was dragged from his ce.l by a mob aud hanged. The fourth annual convention of the North Carolina Union of Christian En deavor w ill bo held at High Point, N. C, on tho lfcth, llth and 2uth. E. H. Marks, cf Louisville, Ky.,was elected president of the Department of Superintendence, National Educational Association, in session at Chattanooga. Smallpox has appeared at Columbia, S. C, says the State, but all precau tions aro being taken to stamp it out Compulsory vaccination has been ordered. News reaches Richmond, Va., that the Fry block, at Wayuesboro, Augusta county, including the opera houso. Masonic lodge rooms, and several stores, has been destroyed by firo. Loss not stated. Little insurance. In the case of Chas. P. Barrett vs. " the United States, from South Carolina, in the Supreme Court of the United States, tho opinion of the court below,, adverse to Barrett, was affirmed. Henry Howard, a farmer living near Orangeburg Courthouse, H. . C. , was shot dead, while standing in his own houso surrounded by his family. Somo one hailed, aud the door being oponod the assassin fired the fatal shot The Virginia State Senate, after cut ting down the appropriation f"om$150, 000 to $100,000 ordered to its engross ment the bill providing for enlarging the cell accommodations of the peni tentiary. The money is to come out of future earnings of the prison. Fire at Louisville, Ky., destroyed the branch plant of the American Tobacco Company. Loss $3o0,0oo; fully covered bv insurance. Fourteen hundred peo ple are thrown out of work. The plant will bo rebuilt, says President W. B. Duke. i The North. General John B. Gordon is critically ill at Toledo, O. The Missouri river has been utilized at Helena, Mon., to operate a giant electric plant. Over 20,000 men ar3 affected by the Illinois miners' strike, and tho coal market is badly crippled. Au elaborate program has been out lined for the festival to celebrate Great er New York's Charter Day, on May 3, 4 and 5, Representative Cumming, of New York, has introduced a renolution in tho United States House calling for a mon ument for tho Maine martyrs to cost $100,000. Governor Black, of New York, has approved the Legislative inquiry bill whereby it is hoped to find out what has become of tho millions appropriated for canal improvements. The Hawaiian ship, Helen Brewer, from Shanghai, has arrived at New York with over .18,000 packsge of tea, the largest cargo ever brought by a sailing vessel. William R. Foster, who is awaiting trial in New York, for embezzling $10:5, 000 of the New York Produce Ex change funds, has been released on $20, 000 bail. A 'bus filled with pleasure seekers was struck by aGrand Truuk passenger train, at the Western avenue crossing, south of Blue Inland, in the southwest ern part of Chicago. Five of the num ber were killed and none of the occu pants of the vehicle escaped without injury, two being badly hurt. - Wm. H. Heath, manager of the Cen tral Electric Express Company, of St Louis, Mo., was found dying in Forest Park, from a bullet wonnd in tho head. It was evidently acao of suicide. The young man was taken to the city hos pital, where he died. He is a relative of Perry S. Heath. Assistant Post master General. At Dayton, O., during the conven tion of the National Cah Register Com pany, the agents of different'eountrics were represented and' the flags were displayed, objections were raised by the National Cash Register workmen and the flags of Spanish representatives were pulled down and torn into shreds. They were replaced by order of the company. -I-Miscellaneous. Bands of desperadoes are stealing cheep by thousands in New Mexico. Los Angeles (Cal.) oil fields are overproducing about ZOO barrels a day. By a United State's Court decision Perry county. 111., must pay for $Zi, 000 of railroad bonds paid to E stern holders. E. N. Dingley, of Kalamazoo, Micb. , eon of Congressman Dingley, is being urged for president of the National Re publican League. Holders of Spanish bonds are alarm ed. The Bank of Spain will only take coupons due in April, with recourse, 'j his financial embarrassment may end the war in Cuba. Governor Bradley, ef Kentucky, had to call out the military to put a stop to toll-gate vandals work of destruction at Nicholasville. Last Tuesday was observed through-' out the United States as a National holi day in honor of George Washington, the father of onr country. The new wharf at Tarn pico, Mex., constructed by the Central Railroad, under government supervision, has leu destroyed by fire. Less about 200,000; fully insured. The Senate hah confirmed the nomi nation of John T. Williams, of North Carolina, to be consul at fcierre Leone ;