ISHERMAN and FARMER.
One Dollar Per Year.
THE OFFICIAL PAPER OF PASQUOTANK AND CAMDEN COUNTIES
Established 1886.
ELIZABETH COT, Jt, C, THURSDAY. J UJ.Y It, 1901.
DAWES RESIGNATION
Comptroller of the Currency to Pun
For the Senate.
LETTER TO PRESIDENT M'KIMEY.
Declares Ite Could Not nske Mis Can
vass and Hold His Of Ice at the
Same Time.
Washington, I). (;.. Special. Com
ptroller ol the Currency Dawes ha'
tendered his resignation to the Presi
dent lo take effect October I. Mr. !
up.wes resigns his office in order t.f
ntor the Illinois senatorial contest
ibis i".-t:i
Mr. Dawes' term of office would
m have expired until January i,
l'.tu3. His letter to the President is
n.. f . :
Washington, 1 1 P., Ji:Jy jn0l.
"A i.i M -.vznky. I. .. . u. :vr Mansion,
usrtncton, J c. :
s,v vfcw f,' the iacl that I will
;:' :i"a:,r ts United states
Senate irom Illinois, i hereby tender
my resignation as Comptroller of the
Cwrr.-ncy to ,ake effe.t 0ctobe.
Respectfully,
''HAS. (I. DAWES."
In answer to an inquiry. Mr. Dawes
' " T I ''; Eaid 'I hae -rvg:.-
1 her arse of my i mention to b-? ,i
randidate before the people of Kli
nois for (he United States Senate.
would not be possible for me dur
ing the next yfar to mal e a canvas.1
for the Senate end at the same time
administer to my own satisfaction
the important and responsible office
;l now hold. I am influenced soiely in
this action ly what seems to me the
!Ui;i proprieties of the situation."
Mr. Dawes entered the office ot
Compstrolier of tho Currency January
1, isy;. succeeding James H. Kckles,
nnd was immediately confronted by
ti situation in the Chestnut Stree;
National Dank, of Philadelphia, which
was one of the most complicated ever
confronting a Comptroller. He found
ii ueeos..saij in the Interest -.;' tie
creditors of the bank to oppose the
general plan of a re-organization
committee formed of prominent citi
zona of Philadelphia and for a time
he was severely criticised therefor.
I Ho plan was followed, however, and
it !.-. now recognised as having save
to the creditors o the hank a lien
upon other property which was nor
contemplated by the reorganisation
committer from which they probably
will realize over $1,000,000.
One oi his first orders after entering
i flue Kopped the practice of the em
ployment of rational bank examiners
the private examination of banks.
Uarly in his term he made a ruling
levying ;: second assessment upon
stockholders of the defunct banks
where the assessment had been less
than the law antborized, and he cs
ta? dished the practice of rebating to
r -t'i. kholders such portions of the
prior assessment as was deteimined
'or further liquidation to have been
'.'s under the law. This ruling
lrn:rcd the long established practice
of the office and was upheld by the
courts, practically without exception.
Comptroller Dawes also organized a
system of consolidation of insolvent
banks In ihe last stages of liquidation,
in the interests of economy, so that at,
the present time :7 receiverships are
being administered by two receivers
with gr tally reduced expenses. He
ali o uniformly hastened the liquida
tion of insolvent banks. Upon entering
office the fag ends largely of the na
tional bank failures of the 13 panic
were still undisposed of. During the
last four years he has collected $25.
rtOO.OOO ta b from these assets which
nvered everv description of nronert y.
Owing to the passage of the law of
March 1. 1900, the national banking
system of the country has greatly in
c i-ersed. During his administration
ho has created T" hanks. The u -!!
"f aat.om! I'i-.'ks now under n;;
: iret vi'in is 4,0ti4, caving assets of
$5,630,794,367.
Alabama Convention.
Montgomery, Ala.. Special. Numer
ous petitions were again presented tn
the constitutional convention a-k;ng
that the railroad commissioners be
mad'' elective, instead of appointive.
n-,d requesting th.it the commission be
given plenary powers. The petitions
were referred. The discussion (if the
question limiting municipal taxalioft
was resumed and consumed ths re
mainder of the morning ses ion.
Cads on th? President.
Washington, D. C Special. H.
nay Evans. Commissioner of P le
sions, called on the President to bid
him good bye before his depar;u'e for
canton. He told Mr. McKlnley that
he had been taking an inventory of
all pension claims on hand, that h
could have his annual report ready
very soon, -and asked the President
r If he had any instructions or ord-?r3
to give. Th" President made few sug
gestions. Tho interview was an ex
tremeVy pleasant one and nothing ha
developed to change the situation as
ii has existed for some time past.
Jashier and Chief Clerk Suspended.
San Francisco, Special. No arrests
have been made in connection with
the recently discovered shoita-je or'
$30,000 in the mint. Government offi
cials working on the case refuse to
staro their theories as to what became
cf the gold. Cashier Cole and Chief
Clrk Dlmmick, of the mine, were : im
pended from duty, pending the oul
come cf the investigation.
Telegraphic Briefs.
The Virginia Constitutional Conven
tion took a recess until Tuesday n?xt.
Hon. William .7. Bryan delivered his
lecture on "A Conquering Nation ' at
Bristol.
Joseph Jenkins, of King G2orge
county, Va.. cUed of sunstroke.
Mr. John M. Sherwood, assistant
treasurer of the SeaboirJ Air Line
Hallway, died in Portsmouth.
The Homestead Hotel, the prmcrl
hotel at Hot Springs, Va., was destioy
'd by fire. The guests escaped unharm
ed. Two men were killed, and four
bounded in a riot of striking ra'ne:
&l Telluride, Colorado.
AYCUCTS ADDRESS
Delivered at kbe iJullford Battle
Ground July 4th.
O'eensboro, Special. 'The annual
celebration at the Guilford Batt.lr:
Ground, July 4th, was fully up to tha
standard of thoe ot former years. A
very large crowd was present and the
exercises were thoroughly enjoyed by
all. The principal vet was the ad
dress of Qovruor Aycock, who made
a abaft hut eloquent speech on our
PQlonial history. The Governor wa.s
most charmingly introduced by the
master of ceremonies, James W. For
bis, Esq., as "a ripe scholar, a wise
statesman, an uncommon orator, a
Christian gentleman, and North Caro
Una's greatest living commoner."
Governor Aycock spoke of the strui.
gles which went on from tho earliest
settlement of the colony until the peo
ple wrestled their freedom from Brit
ish tyranny and oppression. There
was a constant contest between tfhe
people and the Governors, the sheriffs
tax collectors and other officers of the
crown, for even in thene early days
North Carolinians were a strong and
sturdy people who knew their rights
and dared to assert them. While tnls
was true, the people received with
kindness the Governors and other offi
cials sent over by the Crown and
treated them well until they showed a
disposition to override the will of the
people. The speaker said, while his
tory shows that, in America, the
struggle for liberty was usually begun
by th" leaders, in North Carolina, it
was the masses who first took up the
fight for Individual rights, maintain
ing the struggle until their repres;n
tatives were instructed to declare for
independence cf Great Britain. The
first biood of the Revolution was spill
ed on North Carolina soil, at the bat
tle of Alamance, and the Regulators
who made a stand there against for
eign oppression were not law-breakers
fhough they were fierce. The evils by
which they were surrounded rendered
it necessary that they should bo
strong, and even fierce. But for Ala
mance North Carolina would not hava
been the first State, to pronounce the
Declaration of independence.
Continuing Governor Aycock said;
"If we would be worthy cf the ancestry
of those who d ed on this field (Guil
ford Court House) we must, be jeilous
of the. liberty obtained by the blood of
our fathers. If we are worthy deman
dants of them, we will hold as ten
aciously as they held to every foundv
tion of liberty. Let every citizen nn
derstaad that he is under obligation
t i maintain the liberty bequeathed to
him." The speaker assertei that there
was only one way of doing this: that
w:;s to install the principles of liberty
doep into the hearts of the people by
educating every child In NorthCaro
lina. He contended that this was the
view held by (hose patriots who first
asserted Cieir independence, an 1 that
when they declared themselves fr.-o
they appropriated the sum of $20,100
to the cause of education. While th
money with which to pay that appro
priatlon was not available, that W3f
the first step taken in North Carolina
for public education. The Governor
declared that the education of the
people was the highest duty or North
Carolinans to-day and that every cit
izen should be willing to make any
sacrifice necessary for the education cf
every boy and grl in North Carolina.
Governor Aycock spoke for 25 m'n
utes and was listened to with earnest
ness by the immense crowd before
him. At the conclusion of his address
the master of ceremonies introduced
Mr. R. F. Bcasley, editor cf The Mon
roe Journal, who spoke on the battle of
Elizabethtown.
Mr, Beasley's address was cf great
historical worth a,nd gave evidence of
much patient research ir.to a port:on
of history of which but little ha-; been
known. Mr. Beasley read a very
graphic account of that battle from a
manuscript written by Robert F. Troy,
of Lumbertoa, at the dictation of
James Cain, of E'.aden county, who
was one of the 70 brave and fearless
men who met and overwhelmed -iOO
trained British soldiers at Ellbabeth
town. Bravery supplied th? plac of
numbers and won for those 70 half
famished Whigs under the command
of Col. Thomas Roberson undying
fame.
Trinity Library Ba'ld'ng.
Durham, Special. Material is being
placed on the ground for the begin
ning of vovk on the new Trinity li
brary. This building will be one of
the finest college library buildings in
the South and will' be a model of
beauty and convenience. The build
ing will cost about $50,000 and the
necessary equipments will be about
$20,000 more, making in all about $70,
000. The work is to be done by Con
tractor N. Underwood, of this city.
This building is Ihe gift of Mr. J. B.
Duke, of New York, and it will hold
ahout one hundred thousand volumes.
Death in Denta! Chair.
Charlotte. N. C. Special. A special
from Gastonia says that Mary Miller,
a respectable colored woman of Gas
tonia, died in the dental chair of Dr.
E. F. Glenn while under the influen
ce of chloroform. A physician had
been called in to administer chloro
form and the operation was almost
completed when it was found that the
woman war, sinking. All efforts to
save her life were unavailing.
Telegraphic Briefs.
Rev. Dr. C. S. Gardner, of Greenville.
S. C. has been called to the pastorate
of Grace Street Baptist church. Rich
mend. Va.
It is reported in St Petersburg, says
a dispatch to The Loudon Daily Tele
graph from the Russian capital, "that
the Czarevitch is betrothed to Princess
Cecil, daughter of the late Grand Duke
of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
A serious affray occurred Saturday
at Ocisy Lesec, France, where a num
ber cf anarchists discharged revolvers
at a detachment of infantry.
A statement prepared at the Pension
Office shows that for the fiscal year
ending June 30, the increase in the
number of pensioners on the rolls com
pared with the previous year was about
$2,500.
P. B. Winston, a senior member of
the firm of Winston Brothers, railroad
construction contractors of Minne
apolis, died in Chicago of heart failure.
Mr. Winston was born in Virginia in
1844.
Two steamers are to be added to tUe
fleet between Cleveland. O., and Buffa
lo, N. Y., to take care of the Pan
American rush which is just starting.
FOURTH IN MANILA.!
j United Slates Establishes a Form of i
Civil Government;
GOV, TAFf DELIVERS A SPEECH.
The Advisory Board to Contain Some
Natives- The Personnel of the Pro
vincial Cabinet.
Man la, By Cable. Civil government
In the Philippines was auspiciously in
augurated Thursday. Commissioner
Taft was escorted by General Ma-Arthur
and Gennral Chaffee from the pal
ace to a grpat temporary tribune on
the opposite side of the Plaza Palacio.
Standing on a projecting centre of the
tribune, Mr. Taft took the oath of of
fice as civil governor of the Phillpp'no
Islands, the oath b.'ing administered
by Chief Justice Arellano. Gr.vernor
Taft was then introduced by G nera'
MacArthur, the guns of Fort Santh g
being fired by way of a salute. A fea
ture of tho inaugural address of Gov
ernor Taft was the announ-cment that
on September I. 1901, the commission
would be increased by the appoint
ment of thro native members, Dr.
Wardo Detavera, B-nito Legarda and
Jos. E. Luzuriaga. Before the 1st of
September, departments will be insti
tuted as follows, the heads being mem
bers of the United States Phllipp'n'
commission: Interior, Worcester; Com
merce and Police. Wiight; Jcsti'ce and
Finance. Ide: Public Instruction. M os
es. Of the twenty-seven provinces or
ganize:!, Governor Taft said the insur
rection still exists in five. This w 1
cause the continuance of the military
government in those sections. S xteen
additional provinces are reported with
out insurrections, but as yet they have
not been organized. Four provinces ar?
not ready for civil government.
Qu'et Fourth In Washington.
Washington. Specai 1. Wash in g ton
celebrated the quietest Fourth of Jul;,
for many years. This is due to the
fact that the regulations controling
the discharge of fireworks have been
more strictly enforced than hereto
fore. The orders prohibited the shoot
ing of firecrackers before 0 o'c lock and
the explosion of large crackers at all.
The President spent the greater part
of the day with Mrs. McKinley. The
day was an exceptionally quiet one at
the executive mansion.
Big Celebration in New Orleans.
New Oilcans. Special. New Orleans
started the century by celebrating the
Fourth of July in most approved style.
The display of bunting was lavish and
Ore-works were in evidence. All busi
ness was suspended for the first time
in years. There was a great free fes
tival at City Park with military fea
tures and patriotic speeches an i
c lerks, grocers, drummers, street rail
way men and others conducted large
festivals.
Torrid fleet Continued.
New York. Special. The hot wave is
writing another tale of death cn the
records. A brief electric storm accom
panied by a few drops o,' rain gava
some relief at 2 o'clock in the after
noon, but it was only temporary. Be
tween midnight and noon forty-5vft
deaths from the heat were reported to
the police, and there were prostration:;
innumerbale.
Up to midnight the total number of
deaths from the heat during the pss
six days was f76. By comparison the
number of people killed in the btttle of
Santiago was 205. wounded in the same
battle 450.
Pittsburg. Special. Eighty-s'x
deaths, due to the excessive heat, have
occurred here up to Friday morning
since last Wednesday.
Philadelphia, Special. Friday the to
tal number of death from heat in this
city since the beginning of the present
hot spell is ninety onp.
Boston. Special. During the six day-;
of excessive heat which have prevailed
in New England, reiore Thursday near
ly one hundred deaths have occurred
which have been attributed to the
weather conditions.
Hotel Burned.
Hot Springs, Va.. Special. About
10.45 o'clock Wednesday night as the
guests were retiring a fire broke out
in the Homestead Hotel between the
floors and totally destroyed the hotel.
All the cottages connected with the
hotel and bath house were saved. The
impreesion at first prevailed that the
fire broke out in the bakery, but from
further investigation it was a defec
tive electric wire which caused the
blaze. There were about 120 guests in
the house. Nobody was injured and
every one was taken ca-e of. The
guests had ample time to move their
baggage. The hotel was insured for
$292,000.
Big Fire In Baltimore.
Baltimore. Special. The six-story
brick and iron building on the corner
of North and Lexington streets, dir
ectly opposite the city hall, and known
as the Hoen building, was completely
desttoyei by fire shortly after 7 o'clock
Thursday morning. The fire originate t
on the third flror, but its cause is still
undetermined. It took fully an hour
to get the flames under control and
when this was done the building was
found to be completely gutted and its
contents destroyed.
War May Continue.
London. By Cable. The dispatch re
ceived Thursday night by Mr. Brodiick
in the House of Commons was the first
really definite announcement the gov
ernment has made that the peac2 nogc
tiatious have failed. It has revive!
keen interest in th? war. Dlspatche;
from the front say the Boers still ha
13,000 meli in the field and declare taai
unless the war can be finished durin?
the next two months, the prospsct is
that it will continue for another year
Electric Cotton mil.
Columbus, Ga.. Special. The Colum
bus Manufacturing Company's new
25,000 spindle cotont mill was formally
started July 4, with elaborate cere
monies. This mill is the first in Geor
gia to be operated exclusively by elee
trie power. Its power is obtained
from the falls of the Chattahoochee.
The mill is to manufacture brown
sheetings for the trade of the far
East.
m" CAMtWA CMPS-
The Improvement in the Condition Ii
Noted.
The reports of crop correspondents
indicate that the past week has gener
ally been probably the most favorab's
bo far this season. The week was
characterized by greater warmth
abundant sunshine, and only loesi
rain':, although in some sections heavy
amounts occurred on one or two days
with hail, resulting in damage to crop3
over a few coumiea. Over the eatl e
eastern half of the state much im
provement in grow-th was reported;
and farmres have nea.ly succeeded la
subduing the weeds and graa; but
over a large portion of the centra1
western districts the rains have been
too frequent to permit work, and crops
are still in very bad condition. Thn
13 true chiefly in Mecklenburg. Mc
Dowell, Rutherford, Cleveland, Surry.
Cabarrus and Anson counties. Tl:
local heavy rains cn June 25th greatly
damaged hillsides and washed away
some wheat in Guilford, Randolph,
Forsyth and Alamanre. The midday
temperatures during the week wen
generally above 90 degrees, but the
daily mean only averaged about 2 de
grees above the normal. Showe: i
would be beneficial in the northeast
portion of the state.
Cotton made considerable improve
ment. is .small but vigorous, and is be
ginning to put on squares more freely;
tho lateness of the crop is Indicated by
the fact that generally at this season
blooms are abundant but so far blooms
have been reported by only two corre
spondents; in Jones and Anson coun
ties. Many fields of cotton are still ey
tremeiy grassy, and some farmers a
plowing up and planting peas. Coin
on uplands is generally under goc 1
cultivation and growing nicely; la; -ing
by old corn is progressing rapidly;
corn is coming into silk and tassel ;
some of it rather small. Chinch bu 8
are doing much damage to corn in ;e.-ei-al
counties. Laying by tobacco i.s
also underway; where well cultivated
tobacco is growing well, but in gras y
fields :t ht.s made little progress. Ha:
vesting wheat is nearing completio .
some has been housed, and threshh g
has begun; complaints of damage 3
wheat inshtyk are very numerous from
central &rd western counties. Cut
ting oats continues with prospects lor
a very fine yield. June peaches a d
apples are In market, and appear infe
rior in quality; dewberries and black
berries are quite abundant; grapes in
some localities are rotting. Clowr
and meadow grass are very fine, and c
soon as harvesting is over farmrr
will probably be able to secure an ex
cellent crop of hay.
Government Report.
The gove rnment crop report says as
to cotton in this state that up to to
night it lias made considerable im
provement, it; small but vigorous, and
is beginning to put on squares mor
freely. Its lateness is indicated by the
fact that blooms so far have been r.
ported by oniy two correspondent
in Jones and Anson. Many fields are
still extremely grassy. Some farmers
are plowing up and planting peas. As
to other crops the report says corn on
uplands is generally under good culti
vation and growing nicely. Laying bj
old corn is progressing rapidly.
Chinch bugs are going much damage
in several counties. Laying by tobao
co is also under way. Where well
clutivated il is growing nicely but in
grassy fields it has made little pro
gress. Harvesting wheat is nearinn
completion. Some has been housed
and threshing has begun. Complaints
of damage to wheat in shock are very
numerous from the central and wes
tern counties. Cutting oats continues
with prospects for very fine yield.
Peaches and apples are inferior in
quality; grapes in some localities rot
ting. Melons are late. Clover and
meadow grass is very fine.
Burllngtoi Burglary.
Builington, Special. There was a
very bold burglary here Sunday night.
N. S. Caldwell found a negro in his
room rifling his pockets. The negro
ran out and Caldwell shot at him from
his window three times without effect.
C. C. Robertson, who boarded at the
same house, found that $5.75 had been
abstracted from his pockets, supposed
ly by the same negro. There is na
clue to the negro's whereabouts.
Too riany Priests.
Rome, By Caie. According to Vati-
I can circles, one of the principal sub
i jeets cf the recent conference between
: Cardinal Gibbons. Archbishop Chap-
elle and Cardinal Rampolla, was how
i to devise means for counteracting the
I Spanish sympathies of the priests in
Cuba and the Philippines. It is sa:u
that the United States, through Car
dinal Gibbons, requested that the
necessary measures be taken to scu e
the immigration of Bels.iao, French
and American clergy to Cuba and" th-;
Philippines in order to gradually di
lute the pro-Spanish character of the
prie.-t'aood. It is added that th3 sug
gsstion was favorably received at the
; Vatican.
Average Condition of Cotton.
New York. Special. The Journal
ef Commerce says: ' The condition of
rotton. according to replies received by
The Journal of Commerce and Cora
mercial Bulletin from a valuable Use
of correspondents .shows a decrease cf
j 1-2 points compared with the Jane
report of condition promulgated by
the Department of Agricalture. Re
turns from nearly 1.100 corr e;pon ten' s
have furnished the data on which a
general average condition cf 77 for the
entire cotton belt has been obtained-'
H. H. Hargrove Dead.
New Orleans. Special. Hardy II.
Hargrove, who resigned the presiden
cy of the Southern Industrial Asccii
tion on the last day of the Phiiidel
phia convention, and who was the
father of the cotton mill movement in
Louisiana and Mississippi, as well a - a
veteran of The Picayune staff, died,
suddenly, at his home in Shrieveport
late Monday at the age of 49 years.
Red Hot at Baltimore.
Baltimore. Special. According to the
Weather Bureau reports Baltimore wi
the hottest city in the United State
Monday. The Weather Bureau thsr
rr.ometer recorded 80 degreaes at 5 a.
m., and from that hour the mercury
steadily mounted upward until 12 was
reae". at noon. Up to 11 o'clock at
night. 14 deaths and about 28 prostr
tions had been Boosted-
STATESMAN IS DEAD
Prince Von flohenlohe Gathered lo
His Fathers.
SUSCUMBS TO WEAKNESS OF AGE
Was a Well Known Qsrmaa Dlplo
mat, Honored By the People and
Loved By the Emperor.
Berlin. By Cable. Prince Von H
aenlohe. formerly German Imperial
Chancellor, died at Ragntz. Switzer
land. Saturday evening. Prince Ha
henlohe's death was generally unex
pected here, as he left Berlin several
weeks ago apparently in good health,
although nis increasing weakness was
evident. The Prince arrived at Re.;
?tr extremely exhausted. His death
is attributed to the weakness of ol l
igc. The arrangements for the trans
portation of the body to Ge rmanv an 1
for the obsequies are not yet definite
ly determined upon, but it it expected
that the remains will oe conveyed to
the Hohenlohe ancestral home, at
Schillingsf uerst. Batavia. where the
family vault is situated and where the
body of Prince Von Hohenlohe's wife
is interred. It is also expected that
Chancellor Von Bulow will break Lis
seaside rest and attend the funeral.
Although Emperor Wiiliam has fixe)
his departure on his trip to Norway
for Monday next, it is deemed likely
that His Majesty will once more post
pone th time of his starting on his
trip in order to enable him to attend
the obsequies. Owing to Emperor
Williams' relationship to Prince Von
Hohenlohe.
Oen. (icinez Dined.
New York. Special. VV. E. R.
Stokes, gave a dinner at the Union
League Club Saturday evening to Gen
eral Maximo Gomez and General T.
Estrada Palma. Mr. Stokos was
formerly a member of the Cuban
League of America, and was closely
identified with work of the junta of
which General Palma was the head.
The dinner was arranged on the spur
(if the moment. The Cuban general
was the hero of the occasion and was
warmly received. He made a brief
speech, which was interpreted by Gen
eral Gonzales. General Gomez said
he was almost touched to tears by the
remarkable reception he had received
in the United States. He Knew Cuba
was indebted to the United States but
he never knew until ho came here how
deep that debt was -that it was not
merely the obligation f one people
to another, but of brother to brother.
Every Cuban boin and bred, he sai l,
lived and died with the idea of Cuba
fibre before him. with the hope of the
people being tree and relieve, 1 of the
yoke of oppression. Cuba and the
United States, said the general, belong
together. It is only a question of
gravitation when they will be one.
Law Unconstitutional.
Fort Scott. Kansas. Special. A
jury of prominent business nun took
four minutes to tin ! one of the State's
new liquor laws passed as a result
of Mrs. Nation's crusade unconstitu
tional. It was the "inquisition" law
which authorizes county attorneys to
summon and examine witnesses torn h
ing their knowledge of the violation
of the law. Dan V. Campbell, an at
torney, who was summoned, refused to
testify and was arrested. The jury
acquitted him. though he admitted I'm
charge.
Dr. Chapman Improving.
Warsaw Depot. Ind., Special. For
the first time since the illness of Rev.
.(. Wilbur Chapman commenced, Dr.
W. R. Schoonover, who has been c on
stantly at his side, expressed the bop
that his patient may recover, al
though the danger point is not yet
passed. His attack has been brought
ahout. from overwork and mental
strain. Besides having charge of the
congregation of the Fourth Presby
terian church. New York, his evang
listic work has increased each year.
Another Strike Settled.
St. Lou's. Special. In connection
with the action of their union taken
Saturday night. 500 transfer team
sters who struck in sympathy with the
freight handlers at the East Louis
freight yards, returned to work. This
it is believed will end the strike. As
a result of the conference between
sttikers committee and ihe railroad
companies, the amended demands o!
the freight handlers were granted
This amounts to an advance cf 1"
cents a day. The railroads promised
to take back as many of the sirikinc
freight handlers as they had places
for
Pierre Lcrillard Dcsd.
New York. Special. Pierre Loril
lard died at 2:10 o'clock Sunday af
ternoon. The death of Mr. Lorl'.lard
took place at the Fifth Avenue Hotel,
where he was taken from the Deuts
chland when that steamer arrive!
from Europe July 4. The memoes of
the family present at the I edside
when the end came were Mr. Loril
lard's daughters. Mrs. T. Suffern Tay
ler and Mrs. Wm. Kent, r.n.l their
busbands. and Pierre Loriilard, Jr..
and wife, and also Pierre Lo: iliaro,
third.
Preibyterian Synod of Mexico,
Mexico City, Special. The Presby
terian Synod, comorising churches of
all parts of the country .opened here
Saturday. The meeting will unite in
the organization of the Synod. The
Presbvterian Church here will be in
dependent of the Church in the I nited
States. This is considered a remark
able movement in the history of tb;
Protestant missionary work in Mex
CO.
Telegraphic briefs.
A cloudburst did immense damage
in Western Michigan yesterday.
panic took place among 3;0 pas
seneis cn the steamer Damascus
whicn went ashore at Irondequat Bay,
N. Y.
The New York Times says that the
Oreeon & Oriental Steamship Compa
ny, which onerates a fleet of steamships
between Portland. Oregon, and ports
in the Philippines, China and Japan, is
seriously considering the establishment
of a line from New York to the far
East, via the Suez Canal.
ATK OP II II V ?DFFf H
i I II UI JUL I JlLLvll
,
By Senator Melaurin. Delivered a.
FUTURE
Spartanburg.
AMERICA'S PAST AND
Reviewed In the Presence of a Larga
and Attentive Audience How InJc
psr.der.ee Day Was Obsered.
Spartanburg. S. C, Special. Spn
ar.)r McLaurin delivered the expeetel
address h. r July 4tb, at the Kenne l..
sT.-.-t grove before an auiience es t
mated at from 1,000 to 1.200. The meet
ting was orderly, quiet and tuidemeU
Strati ve. Th" Senator was given a
respectful and attentive harini? an i
addressed his audience in his chraa
leri.-tic and degniffed manner, an I i
.ii :i' ii' tilt i ti ii hi ' rrfi i m i ii i i . t
casion. In tho add uric was a goodiv i
nnmhor nt tho ,MilMirl nrt.1 reflnul
ifn : xt; of Spartanburg and of the in
teilieent i.-n ladv teachers of the
- i
Stste summer school in session here.
Col. John B. Cleveland introduce!
the speaker of the day in a neat an 1
becoming speech. He referred to the
recent condition of the Democratic
party and the need of Its be ns siive
to new issues and alluded to the "prj
grcs.-ivo D :n )cracy" as the presenl
necessity.
The Senatoi In his address tok u.
the various is uej of the day and di
cussed thm in a clear, concise an I
spi:Led way. though his effort wa .
not of the pits'inate. vinlctive, vio
lent type. It was on a high plane an 1
eon'ained no personal abuse of any
cne.
Af er recounting the pr'n iea' point
in history from tine to time of the ca
tab'ishment of the republic, red slsy
referring to the great progress made
by this country along various linos.
Senator McLaurlo cn-ered into a dis
cussi n cf the question of expansion
and among other things said:
"li s patriotically utilize our pres
enr opportunities and fe.lfiill all of our
national obilaraUr.s. no cne can specu
late too romantically about our t'utur :
as a rati n. r or one to have looke I
forward at the founding of Home, an 1
predicted all the glories of the Roman
empire when In the zenith of its splen
dors, he would have 1 een bailed as i
dreamer and hi ; prophecies as fairy
tales. Tor cne to have stood on th i
barren shores of Britain wnen i aosn
landed there with his legions and por-
frayed In story the glorious future of
the British empire, he would hava
been mocked as a prophet with a dis
tempered imagination. So If one stand
ing on the great eminence of time, the
i .inning of the 2(,th century, should
uredict the future Klorv of !:: Amor
ican repu
i i
c.
ii would be only a story
half written or a picture dimly paint
ed with all the splendors of coloring
! ft out. I do not believe that any
mind an have even the fainter! con
ception of what our nation will be an !
will aceonin'ish in the co-nin cen
turies, if we are true to ours;
cur heaven appointed destin
ves and
When
w
1 .ok backward to the 4th of July.
K an l se 13 colonies struggling
with the most powerful government on
the earth for Independence, and con
sider iho :iOit odd- sgainst us, and!
contrast our condition then and now.
we cin scarcely ere lit the evidence of
u: o n i x; t rlence.
"The promised laud, Sowing w.l .
milk and honey, was the encourtg -ment
held out to th Israelites la their
desolate wanderings In the wilder
neis. Without this they would havn
"altered ami fallen by the- wayside a id
never accomplished the divine purp
of their deliverance from Egyptian
bond ago.
"As a nation wo have reached a
crisis equally as important a-? that
which confronted the Israelites, and
the encouragement offered us is the
world as our promised land, whers
wo ai e to plant the seed i of fretdom
and Christianity and labor tr fructify
and enrich them until they shall grow
np and the nations siiall be cov.n in
peace under tho r shade. The same
power which brought the van ieiv. s at
la jit out of the wilderness is sustain
ing us. and if we are tiu to duty and
destiny it. will bring us into the prom
iK-'l land of our hopes and reward
The great events in the future of
our republic can be predicted v. itli
some deg:-re of certaainty. One cf h
pro-eminent events will be a union rf
the English-speaklngg raci in which
Anglo-Saxon ideas of liberty and
Christian civilization will become
predominant, and finally control th
politics, the policies and the comnv
of the world. There rjiy not be any
political alliance between the repu II
can I'nited States and monarchical
Great Britain, but there will be a unity
of purpose which wiil link th'-m to
gether in the bonds of a common inter
est and race affiliation. Wi'.h such a
combination of resources and power,
it will be possible to disseminate
throughout tho earth the spirit of lib
city now permeating the fntire Anp o
Saxon rare. n time tho prophecy cf
tho last century that Europe would b
come republican or Cossack will re
fulfilled. The Eastern question of to
day is the beginning of the final s -r
gle. With a union of trie En- i h
speaking people the despotism ot
Russia will be destroyed, and ail ihe
nations will be forced into the c nsa c
for liberating mankind from fhl
blighting tyranny under which it has
suffered for centuries. What an en
trancing picture the unity of a'.l the
nations in one common and patr o ic
purpose, to secure universal human
freedom and through it O unite th
race of man in one r.aMina! broth r
hcod. Let it be understood tha- in
anv future allisnce either implied (f
c-i;r.,-f tha, iv.ttrd Stars i-; th-- mas-
ier of the situation.
"Another event cf th? future will be
the complete commercial supremacy of i
:he I'nird States. The Pa-Tic will b
arce the great h'ghwsy upon w'.i h j
aiing prodnc
md. Vi:"n
will be 1k
i
Atlantic a
Nlcs a i :
Pa
joined
th-
in3i her .-nils will whiten every b ir
-jor. and s?a
ser comme.
end ocesn, and lake
will bo th : COD
of the world. With her natural a -vantages,
her undeveloped rcsou c c
ir.d her hundreds cf millions of inv n
iv and progressive population,
can de-'y efforts of the other sat ai
to rival her productions and t i ,
and to sna.cii from her the crown
commercial supiemaey.
Another event of transcendent lo
oortance will be the complete trlump
of the Gospel ot Chr.st throug'i th
aoievments of the Anglo-Saxon rac
With ihe Star-Si angled Banner ol th
I nited Sratc-s in consort with the !!a:
af the British Empire Seating in evsrj
aarbor and ocean of trie giGO al: ;
ale will be aroused from their hea'U
IPPp ot nturlegnd brought 1?
knowledge of the tn Gad inc.;
; flacs represent all the substantial h
progress in the iga pas? the
5,..
most perfect et r instituted, and the
Itm spirit of human freedorf. It waa
never deilfttd that Individual should
fight singly the battles f the r.o,
AU xhvy CM ;! mpllsj by Individual
efforts is to .invert individuals to the
true iatth. It is the Bistico of nitiiin
to achieve fruitful rlctoricj under ie
bannet-of he cross an I spread Chris
tianity. Paul labored and preiehel
all over the ku w-i world in his tins,
but ii was the conquering banner of
Coastantins supported by all the pswsr
rf the Hamas empire that crystallised
results and ma le off , rive th prMch
Ing of the gr:t sp istlc t o the Qeatfkm.
It seems that to our ast on is cm:u!t
ted the work i:i these Utr days of
planting the banner of the rroes la th
is'ts of thr e-i and amoni all heithsu
nations, and fulfilling the prophecy
that all peoples and ungues dia 1 b w
end worship the true Cod. This Wofk
or eYMtgeiixation ' rM was
no ready for accomplishm at after
. .
Paul'
prca h'ns and Luther's refor-
I mation, but was reserved f r one of
j th? era-making events of tho twentieth
I century. If as a nation u- a-e true to
j duty, oportunity and our sppontej
: destiny, we will be the fav ired nauon
i al instrumentality to fight the decisive
i tittle of Armageddon, and r. a 'iive
! the final and complt te victory for
j Christianity.
We cannot m a nation svol l th s.
; sacred Obligations imposed upon vs.
j We must go forward sn i mrct the
grave responsibilities of the future,
i They ran be discharged, and whoa
j thejr are. what a glorious future t':ir;e
i trill li" for our nation and for the An
gio-Saxon rare, with on-' langutge, on-
civilization, on" Christianity, sad our
! perfect poltieal Institutions, spread all
1 ev r the habitable earth. Then ihe pa
! ;..'- of history will p nothing but the
j entrancing story of tlx' glorious
achievements of our republic. The
I world will be wrapped in mantle of
I peace, the race of man will have
achieved all it was designed to s i m
i plish, and the nations will pursu" in
i i armony the arts of peace and the pith
Lof happiness and thus enjoy the full
f ? nit i - ii of tho efforts of man for s x
; thousand years.
Pellow-cittxens, one more word a i I
lam done. This is not the p! ir or
; time where politics and persons should
be discussed. The war with Span If
i it meant nothing more, ha been worth
t t n times the blood and treasure it cost
in reuniting this country. We ha I a
President in the White House who was
rot afraid to trust ex-Confederates. He
not only spoke lovingly of our J?ad,
but he trusted the command of tho
crmles of the United State- and h mor
nf this country to px-Confedera'ea, Le .
Wheeler, and our gallant Butler, wera
honored equally with Grant, Logan and
Harrison. On this annl versa: y day. we
ran rejoice not only at the liberty
rranted us under the Declaration made
on July 4th. 177'". but we i in thank
God that we arc now ;i united people,
and that our bouse is no longer divid
ed against itself."
How be Cot His Start.
;-c-sf'.i! pen and ink artist "1
a rather peculiar wa s
sue
Man in
us
a
in
vouth. he was cirp
a i . . (-..... i....
' io edit ' u ;al roi -in ot an
of aii illu .t rated
weekly. He had never shown t
light-
est artistic talent or taste even and ins
duties were the regulation sort. The
motto "f the boy- in this particular office
was "When the cat's away the mice will
flay.' With nobody of authrwity in sight
they enjoyed great deal of the strenu
ous life. One day. when the fun was al
i
fiercest, son
y gave .i warning
he h iy scattered -nc
to another ; any-
y. "The Ho
mo to rme thii
"I
thing that looked like work
or :it
least
1 he
tk .u n
sobriety instead of monkey shines,
future pn and ink artist swooped
on a drawing that happened to b lying
on a desk, and picking up a stray p n he
'.era:. -la d away for dear life The "boss"
entered and mad'- straight for the future
arti t. Picking up the drawing - ''Did
you do that?" askd the bos "Yes,"
Faid the office boy. 1ih eyes, let us hope,
upon the few straight scratclies b- had
bestowed upon one corner "You'll
dron office work and stndy tn lie an art
i-t." ni.l the boss: "that sketch show
talent : it's remarkable." He was as good
as his word. Th boy was put in charge
of a first-class ten her and eventually
succeeded in turning out salable work.
H
now pro perons and an honored
member of his professtr-:!. But that's
how lie got Iii- start b) pretending to
have drawn a sketch in order to get out
of a scrape
.v
York Sun.
LA.B3F? W03LD.
i Farm labor is reported scarce lu all
parts of Delaware.
Ten ;d.nss factories at Masftillon,
i Ohio, have -dint down.
Missouri and KanssH roal miners
have failed to agree with th:- operators
on a wage schedule.
The American Cattle Growers' Asso
elation has been formed at Denver,
Col., to secure fair shipping rates.
1 The street Laborers' strike at Rocll
ester, N V., has apparently failed.
Seme Of the strikers have returned
t j work.
Tho strike against the American
Sheet Steel Company Involves Sft.OOfJ
; men, and may extend to the em ire
' Sted Trust.
The Northern Pacific Railroad man
agement has voluntarily Increased the
pay of its first-class mechanics from
ten to fifteen per cent.
Nine hundred women operatives in
i ihe George C. BstcbeUer A Company
! fa. torv ;.t Bridgeport, Conn., left their
work owing to a new cheek system
The members of the local snlons of
bricklayers in New York City, about
s-xft la number, now receive sixty
eenta an hour, an advance sf live
c-n's-.
Iteports of a building boom In Chi
cago have .eansed hundreds of iue
. banies to flock to that city in search
of work, only to find that t!u re i not
even employment enongh for the local
workmen.
The executive council of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor has avthor
2i .I an assessment on affiliated organ 1
gs tions for the pnrpese of aiding the
Ftrikintr machinist; in their contest for
a uiue-hour day
A strike for the mnstr.cbe Is threat
ened in Paris. One automobile con
eern has ordered clean BhSVCa for its
chauffeurs, and the men, in union as
sembled. have resolved to quit the ma
chines sooner than the hirsute adorn
inents of th.ir upper lips.
r.ci n lightning calculator cannot
in ays predict a tburder storm.
A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE
Visits the Tonnf Huntington, West
Virginia
A LARGE HOTEL WAS BURNED.
The ircmen Were Rendered Helpless
lire a use There as No Water in
the Reservoir.
HnaUagton. v v. special- firo
rax ' i in the luart of thta city from It
'dock Tuesday morning until
'clock In the afternoon rSSSlttag In
a less of Hii.oao. The tiames started
In the Adolpbi Hotel from an dsctris
wire on the fifth flMr and had .:ne
KreRt headway before being dlscovsr
ad. The hotel was crowd ed with gusal i
nir.n;. of whom wort- woim n ( t' thsss
a somber tainted when the alarm of
fire rnn throtiKh the hull an I It eras
with great dlfdfacslty that tbmy were
removed from the building. Man) at
tempted to leap from windows, but
were prevented from doiai so. Theru
was not a gallon Of it'r In the on
reservoirs hi n the tire started and
all of the engines in the . 1 1 w.-i..
out of rt pair
The flumes spread rapidly and soon
bait' a dosen residences wsrs on Arc
The brick aanss to the adelphl h del,
on the other sid. of the square, also
eaimbt fire an 1 was destroyed This,
as well as the hotel proper, was hand
tontely furnished. All is a total loss,
together with a liverj stable and
number of private oflces, fruit stores,
barber shops and dosena of smallef
structures.
The fire engines that were sent Id
the scene from surrounding towns
soon broke down and the names'
presd rapidly and unhindered Pro
trations among the Irenen wsrs
numerous, but none will result fntally.
C. w Yost, ot Catlettshurg, wsa
rtriu k b) a falling "all and his skull
fractured, He is In a serious condV
tlon.
riachlntAt rtsvs nn n.
Wash. niton, n C. ! peclal. Pres
dent O'Connell, f ths Internstlonsl
Association of Machinists, said Fri
day mat he regarded the machinists'
strike as practically won. "Even If
an order should be Issued at tit's t:tni
directing all men oul to retnt n 1
work on the old basis," ha said "th
nine-hour day would be won " Con
tinning he said: 'The movement had
been attended with every suecess.and
iii many reapeets is the most i
markable struggle on record Ths a
are now only 1,400 men OUt and
agreements are being signed every
day reducing this number. It baa a t
been a siiike. It has simply bfl n a
re sa'lon of work A strlhe, to Ihe
mind of the public, means riot and
bloodshed. The machinists hsve hal
none of this, it la 1 1 hoi ha i
1 r n en" or two easea of is suits, bni
these mi" liable t- occur a any tin.
nnd cannot be chargeable to the ma
rhlnists." The rust i nan ial aid tu
Ik received )y the machlnlsti i nci
th:- stiike began wss ace ptd by
president O'Connell In ths form of a
check for :.' 0 from t'n" Amerlcaa
F deratl n f Labi r.
Defaaltcrer l scapes.
PhlladelphiS, Bp al. Wm. Ii
f.itiia-s. until recently nn asdstant
the receiving teller in ths Guaranten
Trust and S ife Deposit Compsny '
tii's city, is a defaulter tn the sum 'f
$13 000, whlek loss is eovsrsd bj n Bal
timore surety company. Douglais rc
ski. 1 his position a f w weeks s
The auditor tf the trust c impany
the last monthly audit found ibc di -erepancy
In Donglasa' accounts and i t
th- rcquet of the surety c mpany
which Is on bla bond, a warrant wsj
sworn out for hi arrest II raa
placed undsr aarvsllaace, but leap &
He is about 26 years of age and tn
married.
Cornell Wins lloat Urc-.
Pnughkeepsle, N. V.. Special -Th i
Inter-collegiate boat races ov r Hud
son rlvsr course were decided ' I
lows- Varsity sight, Cornell arsl tin a
is..",3 1 'i: Columbia second, I m .
l-.ft'i; Wisconsin, third, tint" I't 08 I b;
GeorKet;'.vn foartb, Una 19:21. Tha
best previous record of a 'rsrslty t ght
was 19:41 it-S. No time was tsken for
Byracuse snd Pennsylvania, who wero
many b-ngths behind. Il the ". at Itf
f nir Cornell war fltst, tim- ii ::t ' 5;
Pen nsyl vanis second, tine 11:45 2 '.;
Columbia third, tlsss 11:91 9-5. The
best previous record for this dlstaaci
sub 16:31- 5.
$1,000,000 For Artillery liarr-. I
Washington, Special. The qua
master's department of the army na 1
completed arrangements f r ih
pendlt.ir- of 91.000.000 f-j: quarters
p.nd barracks for m-n of the coast
tlllery. These buildings are to M
erected al fortifications that alread '
have l.en ronstrurted, or are now hi
course of construction. Port Hows
on the PotOSSSC river near Val in '
ton Kort IfoarOS, Va : Fort 1
H c BnlUvan'a island, cha d
8 C : Fort Morgan, Mobile, Ala . a:"
the points where balldingS ar to M
oonstrnctsd.
Althama Women Want to N ote.
Montgomery. Ala . Special. A pe l
tlon was presented to the constitution
al convention by the ladl-s of Madias a
county. askinK tha right to rots at
least in election:! for sehoois. ru I
where taxation is involvM. The con
vention adopted the tan mlnotc ru'e
for deba:-. It is eapscted that thi
EuffraK" article of the new on I
tion will be taken up for dlacnSSion
before the enil of the w-k.
Lightning Cause. Firs.
New York. Speclai -Idisbtnir.g W - 1
struck an nncompleted bri k and itoa
apartment on Nlnef fifth stieet. , 1
West end aver no, destroyed the BCUi
with an estimated loss of $160 000. The
high wind prevailing carried the
eparks to resident es in the vleinlt
causing damage to the extent of seve
ral thousand dollars more. The aps
ment house was owned bv Lorenz
Welher. Among other buildings l
stroyed was the old Rveraide Driva
Hotel, which forty y art u'o was 9
resort of the elite of the city.
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