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VOL. VII.
DUNN, N. C., AUGUST 31, 1898,
NO. io.
COUNTY
UNION
I MS III
Any Failure hy China to Observe Great Britian's
Wishes Will be
ACCEPTED AS 1 CASUS BELLI
EnthusAic Lady Clerks of the
Navy Department
GREET SCHLEY WITH KISSES.
Stormy Scenes Between English Minister
and Russian Charge d' Affairs Gather
ing of English and Russian Warship in
' Chinese Waters.
The Pekin corjespo ndent of The
"Landon Daily Mail says: "The
situation haa suddenly become acute.
The relations between the Tsung L
Tauten and !5ir Claude MacDonald. the
British minister, . are strained to the
point of rupture. Sir Claude MacDon
.ald has intimated that any failure by
China to obaery'Great Britian's wish
es ivill be accepted as a casus belli.
In support of Sir Claude MaoDonald
the fleet tias been concentrated at Wei-Mai-Wfei
and Hankow, and all the war
ships vndor 5,000 tons' have been mob
ilized in the Yantr Tse river.
Begins to Look Like War.
A special dispatch from Shanghai,
says: "Violent scenes are reported ' to
have occurred between Sir Claude
MacDonald, the British minister, and
M. Pavloti', the; Russian charge d'
atlairs, owing to the latter'a com
manding the Tsuug Li Yamen to
'break its agreement with the Hong
."Kohg Bank, under pain of the Czar's
strong displeasure. The Chinese are
inclined to obey M. Pavloft, seeing
that the British confine themselves to
verbal protests. "The position is
now worse than over. All the Rus
sian ships have returned to Port
Arthur, while the British vessels
.ace assembling at 'Wei-Hai-Wei and
Cbefoo. Extr'jjuQ activity prevails
ashore at Port Arthur. The action of
the Russians, t New Chwang indicates
an intentior. on their part to remain
thero in btront; force, whether they
build the Tien Tsin Railroad or not,"
Schley Visits Washington.
Rear- Admiral Winfield S. Schley
visited Washington recently, He was
quickly recognized at most of the sta
tions along the line, and throughout
the trip was greeted by cheering
crowds. When the train pulled into the
depot; at Washington he found a com
pact mass of spectators, whioh filled
ihe depot and overflowed out into
the train shed. The admiral and Mrs
Schley, when they appeared, were
greeted with cheers and shouts of
"Hurrah for Schley!" Everybody join
ed in the shouting, and the depot at
taches crowded about the admiral and
insisted on a handshake. At the gates
the crowd increased and amid deafen
ing cheese the admiral and his wifo,
the former with; his hat off, passed
througrn two solid lines of people.
Niece of Spanish Queen Dies a Pauper. .
.Wanda von Speno Bodenback, an
18-year-old girl, said to be a niece of
the Queen Regent of Spain, the heir
ess to a fortune of 20,000,000 francs,
died in New Yoik" recently. She was
fouud starving on the streets by Baron
P. do Lange, of Austria, who identified
lief. She had been pledged in marriage
to an old man and lan away from the
royal home with her lover, a member
of ono o the royal families of Russia,
who deserted her.
South Africa's Foreign Trade.
' The import trade of South Africa
consists of: Gold. $i0,000,000 per- an
num, including that from the Trans
vaal; diamonds, 22,500,000; wool, $12
""00,000; mohair, the hair of the Angora
goat, S3, 000, 000; ostrich feathers, over
$2,500,000; hides and skins,- $2,200,
000; copper ore, $1,250,000. The export
of wine and fruit, for the production of
which the country is so well suited,
and also of grain is inconsiderable.
Should Retain AH.
Henry Watterson, while in Kansas
City recentl', took occasion to declare
himself an enthusiastic believer in the
policy of expansion. "Iam an expan
sionist," said Mr. Watterson. I be
lieve we should not only have Cuba
and Porto Rico, but that we should
keep every island in the Philippine
group. In short,-1 think that wherever
the Stars and Stripes have been raised
at a cost of blood or otherwise they
should tloat from henceforth forever. "
The President's Trip.
The President and Mrs. MoKinley
left Washington recently for Somerset,
Pa., where they spent some days with
Mr. Abner McKinley, the President's
brother.
Railroad up the Jungfrau.
The boldest enterprise yet actually
undertaken is the railway up the Jung
frau. This peak, in the range which
lies between the cantons of Valais and
Berne, is surrounded by preoipitous
cliffs and is covered with eternal snow.
It is particularly difficult of ascent.
,Herr Guyer Zeller, who is president of
the Northeastern railroad system of
Switzerland, is beind the project. The
Jungfrau is 11", 070 feet above the sea,,
and lacks only 2,100 feet of Mount
Blanc's elevation.
A Schley Demonstration.
Admiral Schley received a greatdem
onstration at the Navy Depurtriiet dur
ing his recent visit iu Washington.
His presence in the building had be
come kriown, and as soon as ho wps
een, cheers rent the air from the
clerks who had assembled to catch a
glimpse of the hero of Santiago. The
officers and clerks from the Navy, State
and War Departments, crowded the
corridors leading up to the Navy De-
partmont, until it was impossible to
pass through. They crowded around
the. admiral, eagerlyi reaching forward
to shake his hand. The lady clerks
were even more demonstrative, and
the admiral was kissed by old and
young, without discrimination. 'It
was finally necessary to form a line
and pass the crowd around through
the large rooms of the Secretary's
office, in order to give them a chance
to shake heads with the admiral. Mauy
prominent army officers took part in
the demonstration.
Wilhelm's Jerusalem Trip. r
Considerable alarm is manifested iu
political and court circles, not only fn
Germany but also abroad, with regard
to the influence which Emperor Wil
liam,'s approaching Visit to the Holy
Land is likely to have on his mind and
future conduct. Not only has head
dressed invitations to all the Protes
tant rulers of Germany to make the
pilgrimage to the Holy Laud in his
train, or else to send some Prince of
their house in their place, but he has
likewise invited representatives of the
Evangelical and Protestant churches of
the non-Prussian-German States, and
of Austria, as well ad of Huugary, to
accompany him. Indeed, it is esti
mated that there will be at least 250
members of the Protestant clergy pres
ent at Jerusalem as the guests of the
Emperor during his sojourn in the Holy
Land.
Convicts Make a Break.
A special from St. Andrews' Bay,
Ga., says: . Twelve convicts, employed
on the turpentine cau4p of J. A. Don
elson & Company, of East Bay, over
powered two guards, securing their
arms, and made a bold dash for lib
erty, hastening at once to the iuland.
A party of pursuers was immediately
organized and employing dogs, a spirit
ed chase was iinmediately instituted.
They were overtaken in a small cypress
swamp, near Bayou George, and a bat
tle immediately ensued. Many shots
were tired, the convicts fightiug des
perately for liberty. One was. killod
and three wounded, but no casualties
occurred on the side of the pur
suers. 1
Frivolity in Spain.
A Madrid cable to the New York Sun
says: "The rage for public amusements
throughout the country, culminating
here in a bullfight with young women
acting as toreros, brings lamentations
from the press and higher clergy. The
bishop of Taragona has issued a pas
toral in which he reproaches his flock
for their many noisy festivities, savor
ing of paganism, when the country is
in mourning for its brave sons. A
Republican paper compares thejresent
mood of the people with the passengers
of a foundering vessel, who, perceiving
that the captain and crew have been
beaten in their struggle against the
elements, break into the storeroom aud
indulge in the wildest intoxication. "
Spanish Censorship Still Exists.
The Commercial Cable Company has
issued the following notice: "We are
advised that,, with the exception of
Ponce, messages of all Porto Rican
points, mcludiug San Juan, are subject
to strict Spanish cerfsorship, and are
only accepted at the sender's risk. "
Treaty Between England and Japan.
A dispatch from London says that
Lord Charles Beresford to whom has
been intrusted a special mission to the
Ear East, is the bearer of a preliminary
treaty of alliance, offensive and defen
sive, between Great Britain and Japan.
Lord Beresford will submit the treaty
to the emperor of Japan, who is ex
pected to receive it favorably in which
event Beresford is empowered to con
clude the treaty.
i War on the Friars.
The Philippine Islands committee in
Europe has addressed a letter to Presi
dent McKinley regarding the appeals
made to him by high Roman Catholic
ecclesiastics in America, to protect the
religious orders in the islands. The
expulsion of the friars, the committee
contends, is "a necessary antecedent
to moral sanitation. " The committee
urges President McKinley to "aid the
Filipinos to suppress the immorality of
the diabolical institutions fostered by
these monks," and the letter concludes
as follows: "Your name can never bo
associated with that of the friars; and
the sense of right of the noble nation
at whose head 3-ouare placed will never
permit the ever victorious and humani
tarian Stars and Stripes to protect
them." . .
Miss Winnie Davis Seriously III.
A special from Narragansett Pier,
R. I., says: Miss Winnie Davis, daugh
ter of Jefferson Davis, is seriously "ill
at the Rockingham, where she has been
confined to her bed several weeks.
Mrs. Davis is at the bedside of her
daughter.
Furloughs Extended.
An order has been issued by the War
Department extending the furlough of
volunteers given leave of absence from
80 days to 60 days.
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
Tbe South.
'Tie Republicans of Missouri recent
ly held their convention in St. Louis.
Gaston A. Bobbins has been nomi
nated for Congress in the Fourth Ala
bama district,
M ay or Collier, of Atlanta, Ga., has
accepted the appointment as a memUer
cf the Lafayette Monument Commis
sion. ' -f
I Iio. Fietehet, Cgiegation-
j al 'minister Art oile of its Missionaries,
wns Shut while attempting to organize
a church at Kmilnv
The South End Hotel at Tybee Is
land, Ga., with fouradjoining cottages
belonging to the hotel, was burned to
the ground, . -
Contlftctfi Oason, of the Plant Sys
tem, was shot and killed at Dupont,
On, by a rowdy negro. The con
ductor was on his way to South Caro
lina to be married.
A Winchester, Va. , special says that
Mrs. A. E. TvssowBwki, a leader in
Washington society, committed suicide
at Jordan Springs by swallowing a
large dose of carbolic acid.
A special from Pinkard, Ky., says
Gen. Cassius Marcus Clay has bought
a farm near there for his child wife,
D01 a Richardson, who still refuses to
live with him. He declares he will pro
vide for her as long as she lives.
In a duel with pistol near the head
of Poplar Creeki Pihevilley Ky:, Isaac
LUsford-, Bratcher Williams and John
Head were killed and Marshall Malone
dangerously wounded. The trouble
occurred over two disreputable women.
The Nortb.
Spanish will be added to the list of
studies in the Chicago, 111., public
schools.
Two hundred negro miners have
been imported to tho coal mines at
Pana, 111.
A cheap-rate long-distance telephone
company has been orgauized at Cleve
land, O., with $1,000,000.
Tho Minneapolis mills now make 14,
000,000 barrels of flour a vear and con
sume 60,000,000 bushels of wheat.
The Knights of Pythias recently met
in Indianapolis, Ind. Tho encapment
was large and enthusiastic.
Lightning struck an eloctric car in
Pittsburg, fa., recently, killing one
passenger and injuring sdvcral others.
A dispatch from Ware, Mass., says
that a train ran into a pleasure party
at. a crossing, killing five and seriously
injuring three.
The most decisive feature of the Ohio
Democratic State convention was its
preference for Bryan in 1900 on tho
same platform as in 1896.
In a letter to his private secretary,
United States Senator John I. Mitchell,
of Wisconsin, announces that he will
not be a candidate for re-election.
The Rev. Dr. A. B. Simpson, of New
York, raised for foreign missions at the
Christian Alliance Camp Meeting re
cently held at Old Orchard, Me., $60,
000. George cjf Taylor, a messenger in
the Pension Office, committed suicide
by swallowing laudanum and inhaling
illuminating gas, at his boarding house
in Washington.
In the match race, best two in three,
one mile paced heats, between "Jimmy"
Michael and Major Taylor, colored, at
Manhattan Beach, Michael won the
first heat, and Taylor won the second
and third heats, the time in the third
heat being 1:41 2-5, beating all com
petition records.
The Republicans of California in
their recent State convention at Sacra
mento, endorsed the policy of the
President to accord to the people of
Cuba an opportunity to form a stable
government, thus redeeming the prom
ise made to the world, but the platform
demands the annexation of tho island
of Porto Rico and other West Indian
islands and of the Philippines. The ac
quisition of Hawaii is rejoioed in.
Miscellaneous.
In the public and private high
schools and academies of the United
States in 1895-96 there were studying
French 49,327, German 64,298, Spauish
0 '
The acme of precision has apparently
been reached by a Berlin clock-maker
namod Lobuer, who has just perfected
mechanism for measuring and record
ing the thousandth part of a second.
In 1880 the imporls of manufactures
of iron and steel in the United States
were valued at $71286,699 and the ex
ports at $14,716,524. In 1898 the im
ports had fallen to $12,615,913 and the
exports had rison to $70,307,527.
Negotiations have been opened with
Washington to obtain permission for
the Spaniards in the Ladrone Islands
to go to Manila, as the situation in the
Ladrones is extremely critical.
The total capital stock of the Great
Northern, as now legally established,
consists of $50,000,000 preferred and
authority to issue $20,000,000 common
in addition thereto, no part of which
has been issued.
There have been $55,199,700 of the
new bonds distributed to 117,775 sub
scribers. The National Association of Mexican
War Veterans will hold its fourth an
nual reunion in Louisville, Ky., on
September 21, next.
Foreign.
-Frau Danneberg, a talented Berlin
portrait painter, has committed suicide,
because it is alleged, she could get no
news of her son. who fought with the
American army in Cuba.
Ships are now arriving daily at the
port of Havana, and it is assuming its
old time aspect
The authorities at Havana recently
declined to allow the landing of a
number of correspondents who arrived
from Santiago.
A dispatch from Vienna to The Lon
don Daily News says that 300 miners
were drowned by the flooding of the
Kasimir coal mine, at Nienoe, near
Schnowise, Silesia.
" Perfect order has thus far been main-
J tained in Manila, under American con
trol. The city is qniet and seems
almost to have resumed its normal bus
iness and social activity.
In a riot over French concessions in
the suburbs of Shanghai, the French
men killed 15 and wounded 29. All
the Ning Po servants bave been order 4
d to leave foreign aplojtrs.
FIRST IP KB SPfllfl.
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Queen Regent Congratulated the
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RUSSIA C0L0NIZIN6 IN CHINA.
Literary Treasure Found in Bristol, Eng.
Hayti Was Suspicious The Havana Mines
to be Removed Fighting in the Viscayas.
The Spanish ete.n?er Alicantorwith
ths first of Spaiu's repatriated soldiers
from Santiago, Je Cuba, arrived at Co
runua, Spain, on the 24th. Enormous
crowds gathered on "tho quays, but
were not allowed to get near the ves
sel for fear of the yellow fever conta
gion. All the military and civil
authorities were present The QUeen
Regent sent a message to the troops
on board tho Alicante congratulating
them upon their conduct in the field,
and saying that she proposed to be the
first to welcome them home.
Literary Treasures Found.
0. Nprtis Matthews; the librarian of
Bristol, Eng. , has made a most inter
esting discoyery. Among a great num
ber of brown paper parcels in the
lumber room of the library ho has
found a grand folio of St. Augustin's
"De Civitate Del," prinjtod in Basle in
1479; Peter Martyr's "De Orbo Novo
Decades," containing the earliest
printed data of Cabot's voyages, and
another work with notes, supposedly
made by the hand of Chatterton. Be
sides these Mr. Matthews discovered
Some interesting manuscripts on' the
subject of mediaeval surgery and num
erous other valuable works.
Inciting Opposition.
The natives assert that the re
ligious orders in Manila are
instigating opposition to Amer
ican supremacy. May Spaniards as
sert that they are ifeager to invest
their fortunes in nn enterprises, but
that they fear ruin .At the Americans
withdraw. A few nfonopolists, fearing
competition, aro feejcretly intriguing
against the new regime. Newspapers
published in bolhthe English and
Spanish Language have already appear
ed., 1
Russia Colonizing in China.
The : Odessa correspondent of the
London Daily Mail says: "The go
eminent is providing thousands of
Moujiks, who have oompleted their
three years' military service, with in
ducements of free passage, an outfit,
such as horses, cows, oxen and im
plements, and a loan, repayable on
easy installments, to emigrate to China
and form, colonies, thus forming a
splendid available - fighting contingent
if necessary. "
! South Dakota Republicans.
The Republican State convention
which recently met in Mitchel nomi
nated the following ticket: Governor,
Kirk Phillips, of Deadwood; Lieutenant-Governor,
J. T. Keane, of Sanborn
county; Secretary of State, W. H. Rid
dle. Resolutions were adopted oppos
ing free silver and endorsing the gold
standard; approving President McKin
ley 's conduct of the war, and com
mending the administration's course
on the annexation question.
The Havana Mines.
Negotiations j have been opened
through diplomatic channels by which
it is expected that the Spanish govern
ment will co-cperate with the authori
ties at ; Washington in the removal of
the mines and torpedoes in Havana
harbor before the military commission
assembles there, the naval authorities
believing this to be a proper precau
tion before any of our naval ships enter
the harbor with the commissioners.
Hayti Was Suspicious.
It has just developed that the Hay
tien government, in its recent refusal
to permit the establishment of a United
States Weather Bureau there, based its
action on a suspicion that the United
States intended it as an initiative in
territorial acquisition on that island. ,
The Ohio Democrats.
The Democratic State convention
which recently mot in Dayton nomi
nated the following ticket: Secretary
of State, LTriton K. Giithory, of Maron;
judge ' of Supreme Court, Hugh G.
Nichols, of Clermont; Clerk of Supreme
Court, David S. Fisher, of Dela
mare county; Food and Dairy Com
missioner, John Baker, of Hancock;
member of -the Board of Public Works,
T. Dwight Paul, of Summitt county.
Fighting in the Vizcayas.
The Madrid government has received
a dispatch from General Bios, Gover
nor of the Vizcayas Islands, saying
that there had beon bloody fighting be
tween the Spaniards ard the insur
gents, with an estimated loss to the
latter of 500 men. The Spanish losses
were "unimportant"
Santiago's Public Schools.
The conference between General
Wood, military governor of Santiago,
and the local authorities with reference
to opening the public schools, has re
sulted satisfactorily, and places will be
ready for 4,000 children on September
15th.
Did Not Come From Madrid.
Government ; authorities at Madrid
deny knowledge of any orders given'to
Admiral Cervera to leave Santiago har
bor with his squadron. It is stated that
the order was given out by the -governor
geneial of Cuba and and not hy the
Madrid government
Gov. Merritt in Charge.
A special from Manila says: General
Merritt has assumed: the Governor's
duty and transferred the command cf
th? Eighth Corps to Major-General
Otis.
to purchase New Machinery.
Stockholders of the SiatesVille Cotton Mills
Voted to Increase the Capacity.
. A Iheeting of the stockholders of tho
Btatesvllle Cottod Mills was held re
cently to consider the quostion of Jhs)
purchase of additional machinery by
the directors. It was shown that by
putting in new machinery at a cost of
$14;580 the otttput of the mill could be
increased 33 per cent! without ad
ditional expense for management
After the matter was explained and the
present satisfactory condition, of the
mill noted, the directors were author
ized to purchase the additional ma
chinery.
Raleijh Is to Have a Brewery
Raleigh is to have a brewery. The
Pennsylranians Who will establish it
insisted on that plaoe as the location.
The Liquor Dealers' Association of the
State officially endorsed the brewery
plan and will purchase its product. It
is learned that the consumption of beer
annually in this State is slightly over
20; 000 barrels. This is of cottrse in
addition to beer in bottles. The biew
ery will increase the sales of beer and
make the price to dealers less than at
present.
Mill News.
N. I. Hodges will erect a new mill at
Pine Ridge.
The Guilford Roller mills of Greens
boro are adding some new machinery
to their plant.
W. I. Benbow, of Greensboro, is in
the market for an outfit for a 25-barrel
mill, second-hand, preferred.
The Crown Milling -company has
began operations. This new mill starts
off well. Tho plant is first-class. The
mill will be under the management of
Elijah Mofflt.
A Bold Burglar.
At Pleasailt Ridge six miles from
Gastonia, on the Carolina and & North
western Railroad, the house of Mr.
John Crawford was entered and ran
sacked by burglars one night recently.
Mr. Crawford's pants and $20 were
stolen from his sleeping room. A
gentleman guest of the house lost every
article of clothing that he had with
him except his hat There is no clue
to the guilty party.
Cranberry Iron Ore to be Got Out.
Two hundred men will shortly begin
the work of getting out ore from the
noted Cranberry iron mine, which has
been idle more than five years. Many
men are now at work making prepara
tions for the resumption of operations.
The ore will be smelted at Johnson
City, Tenn., by the Embrieville Iron
Company, the mine furnishing the ore
under contraot
. Received a $1,125 Check.
Maj. Robert Bingham, tho head of
the celebrated Bingham School, locat
ed in the suburbs of Ashe ville, recent
ly leceived a letter from a gentleman
in New York city, enclosing a check
on the Chase National Bank of that
city for $1,125. This money was to
cover the expenses of this gentleman's
five nephews at Bingham School for
the half term, beginning August 25th.
Two Pipe Factories.
There are now two pipe factories in
the State, making blocks or shapes for
what are known to the trade as brier
wood pipes. It is really the root of the
laurel or rhododendron. One of the
factories is at Montezuma, MitSholl
county, and has a considerable plaut
The other is at Boone, Watauga
county.
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Sam Lucas Found Guilty.
Sam Lucas, the negro who shot
Henry Woods at Greensboro recently,
was put on trial for his life and within
six hours of the time a jury was se
cured he had been convicted of mur
der in the first degree. The defense
offered no testimony in the trial, and
all Lucas' attorneys hoped for was a
verdict in the second degree.
A Three Legged Kitten.
Fleming Drummond, of Beaverdam,
is in possession of a curious freak of
nature. It is a three weeks' old gray
kitten, one of a family of five. The
three legged freak is as healthy as the
other kittens, and the absence of a leg
does not interfere with its movements
to any extent. It is always in some
sort of mischief aud in spite of its in
firmity is lively and playful.
North Carolina Notes.
Two fine Jersey heifers were killed
by lightning by recent storms at Con
cord. The State has chartered the White
Creek Gold Mining Company of Burke
county, capital $10,000.
The sixth annual session of the North
Carolina Baptist Sunday School Chau
tauqua met in the large auditorium at
Shelby recently.
The New York Plate Glass Insurance
Company has applied for license to do
business in North Carolina.
The new roller mill at Mt Pleasant
has started up. The mill belongs to
Mr. W. R. Kindley, of the Kindley
Cotton Mills.
The Seaboard Air Line and the
Southern Railway have paid their
State taxes for this year, aggregating
$42,000.
The chapter of orphans from the asy
lum at Oxford played in Durham re
cently to a packed house. The receipts
were $200.
The late firm of Barnes, Staiuback &
Co., of Henderson, files a petition in
bankruptcy, giving its liabilities as
$14,000, assets nothing. It failed and
assigned in 1892.
Amzi Davidson, colored, was arrested
at Charlotte on a warrant sworn out by
his 16-year-old daughter, Alice David
son, charging him-with criminal as
sault A tall, dark complexioned man of
good address, giving the name of Dr.
J. F. Killebrew, from South Carolina,
has been passing pff bogus checks in
Henderson and Jbranklinton.
Mr. John M. Miller, Jr., of Char
lotte, was elected a vice-president of
the National Bankers Association,
which met in Denver. Colorado, recently.
HI
DED
GARCIA
Assaulted Custom House Inspector,
tribute from Merchants.
THE ANGLO-RUSSIAN DISPUTE
Compromised International Arbitrators
Meet in Quebec, Canada Dewey Givea
Permission to Dock His Ships at Hong
Hong An Alliance Between France, Ger
many and Russia.
It is reported thnt General Calixto
Garcia after entering Gibara, assaulted
the customs house administrator, slap-,
ping his face aud afterwards ordered
negro to beat him with a machete. It
is also said that General Garcia de
manded money from the Gibara mer
chants. ' The merchants refused to
comply with his demand whereupon he
ordered that they should pay doable
the amount of his first exaction. Gen
eral Garcia also ordered the arreBt of
over 1,400 Spanish residents.
International Arbitrators.
Quel ec, Can. (Special.) The ice is
broken; the somewhat rigid British
formalities of preliminary organization
are past, the commissions have become
acquainted, and the body of Interna
tional arbitrators are now ready for the
bard work before them. The cere
monies of organization took place in the
Parliament buildings, aud while they
wore characterized by a considerable
degree of dignity, the utmost degree of
friondhuess was manifest in every word
and movement, and an amiocblo ad
justment of all questions is predicted
by both the American and British, com
missioners. Cotton Exports.
Tho official returns of the exports of
cotton goods from the United States
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1898,
ehow a falling off compared with the
previous year, the quantities being
270,507,818 yards against 313,533,044
yards, and values 313,290,823 againBt
$17,281,620. The decrease in value is
greater relatively than the decrease in
quality, the average price per yard of
the cotton exported last year being but
4.19 cent?, againBt 5.51 cents for the
vear 1896-7.
Order Issued by the Adams Express Co.
The following order has been issued
to the managers of the Adams Express
Company: "In compliance with an
opinion of the United States Attorney
General, ageuts are instructed that
hereafter receipts issued for money,
bonds, socurities and other commercial
papers must have a one-cent stamp
affixed and cancelled, the same as for
ehipmont of goods, and rates therefore
must be quoted plus the government
tax."
Spain, France and Russia.
The Madrid correspondent of The
London Times says: One paper hero
declares boldly, on the authority of an
anonymous French diplomatist, that
owing to M. Hanotaux's exertions, a
treaty of alliance has been signed be
tween Spain, France and Russia, with
the object of counteracting the Anglo
German influence in Morocco..
A Compromise Arrived At.
The London Daily Mail's Copen
hagen correspondent reports that a
compromise has been arrived at be
tween England and Russia, the latter
getting her way in the railroad ques
tion in China, and England securing
concession in other directions. "In
any case," says the correspondent,
"China must pay for it all. "
Lamar & Sons Burned Out.
The wholesale drug store and propri
etary medicine manufactory cf H. J.
Laoiar & Sons, at Macon, Ga., was
totally destroyed by fire. The estab-
unuaiBui id emu io ue cue largest Ol lis
kind in the South. The fire started in
the basement, caused by a negro em
plove holding a lantern too near a var
nish barrel.
Asks for a Higher Assessment.
Col. John Jacob Astor is credited
with having asked that his taxes, which
are now 8300,000, be raised by a higher
assessment on his immense property.
He also has philanthropic schemes, and
intends to rank with Cooper and Pea
body. He will build a college and en
dow it, and proposes to establish
cheap restaurants throughout the city
of New York on the plan of those of the
Princess of Wales in London.
Reconquest of the Soudan.
The Anglo-Egyptian re-conquest of
the Soudan is steadily approaching its
culmination.- Khartoum will be cap
tured and Mahdism smashed within a
month, but Englishmen have not yet
reached the stage of excitement over
what is one of the most remarkable and
uninterruptedly successful military en
terprises in British history.
Prospects Growing Better.
The Associated Press learns that the
Philippine junta in London received
a dispatch from Manila recently an
nouncing that matters there are rapid
ly quieting down, and that the friction
between General Aguinaldo and the
Americans is disappearing.
Dewey Can Dock His Ships at Hong Kong.
Ambassador Hay, in a cablegram to
the State Department, says the Brit -
ish government has directed the go1
ernor at Hong Kong to accept Admiral
Dewey's-application for permission to
deck and clean his ships at Hong
Kong.
Re Assembling of the Cortes
ill ViA Motrirl nonr nnnonnca the
re-assembling of the "Cortes between
the Gth and iota of septemoer.
NORTH CAROLINA CROP BULLETIN.
Shedding and Rustinj of fcoltoiKFaU Plow
ing Progressing Slowly.
Cotton is deteriorating. Sheddinjf
aud rut are increasing; in many place
even hulf frowii bulla uro dropping,
biie, owing to the i;ro weed, excesr
sire rauisluru uml hIscuco of sunshine,
lower bolls are rotting. The proppecta
aro jow not as good in they were tea
days ago. Cotton is open;:!?: rapidly
in the south aud a little ha been
picked There i htill tiiuo fcr impro
mcut iu the crop uudor proper condi
tions. Corn is still very tine, but tho
weather is too wet for this crop also. A
good deal of corn has boeu in water on
low laud?, aud is turning yellow. Tho
we. k was quite unfavorable for saying
fodder, much of wbich hs been spoiled.
Cutting ucl curing totmcco lias fairly
begun iu northern aud northwestern
counties. Poor cures are reported from
Person count'. Wet weather if pre
venting propor ripeuiug and in some
instances is causing second growth.
Though looking thrifty, it is thought
that Meld peuH, peanuts nud sweet po
tatoes are making too much vine.
Grass and weed 4 have increased in
crops very rapidly. Making hay haa
been stopped by the wet weather. Fall
plowing is progressing slowly and
some winter outs have been sown.
Fruit, especially graphs, continue to
decay aud fall. Moro than the usual
amount of fruit will bo canned.
Tetter. Snlt-lthoiiin and llcemc
Tho intoiw itching and nmarting. inci
dent in tb"MiiK'as-H, is instantly allayed
by applying; CUnmlwrlain's Eye and
Skin Ointment. Mnny very Kid case
hv Won pVrmaiiPiitly run d by it. It
is equally efficient for itching piles and
a favorite remedy fov wro nipples,
chapped hands, chilblains, fnt bites
and chronic wro eyes. 25 t ts. per box.
Ir. CjmIjN Condition rovsdent, arn
just 'what-a horse nerds when' in had
,lii.n Tonir. f lood tmrififr and
venmfutTO. They avo ii.t f''d but
medicine and Hie Wt in uso i- put
horse in prime coli'liti- PllC0,3
cents per pacl-i:;'".
For silo by N. 15.. llo?.l. Dunn
N. C.
Hie Uctpe
I you call
Mistress-
this sponge
cake?
New cook Yes, mum; that s tin! yvay
a sponge is before It s wet. Soak it
In your tea, inuin. Htou J raveier. v
Excited Lady iat feh phomM-l want
my husband, pleasi', at once. Voice
(from the exchange)- Numbor. pleate?
Excited Lady (snappishly only tho
fourth, you impudent tlilutf. --Hostoii
Globe.
Professional Cards.
J. a VLtFVORD,
Attorney at Ijaw. j
DUNN, N. C. .
Will -practico in all tho courts of the
State where services debired.
1,11. M9 LIS AN, .
Counsellor aud Attorney at Lavr.
DUNN, N. C.
Practice in all courts. Collections
specialty.
TP. E. MUIiCfllSON,
JONES BO IiO, N. C. '
Practices law in Hu:nott, Moore and
other counties, but not for fun. 3 201 y.
ISAAC A. MURCJIISON
Fayette ville, N. C.
Practices law in Cumberland Har
nett and anywbero services are wanted.
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