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VOL. 1. HERTFORD, PERQUIMANS CO., N. C, JUNE 20, 1895.
NO. 21,
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THE NEWS EPITOMIZED!-
tv cfof npn.artment la co-oieratin2 with"?
the N;ivy Department In preventing fllibus-
orin pynelitiona from leaving the United
States to' aid the Cuban insurgents.' j
ripvpland will visit the Atlanta
i Exposition in October. This agreement wa3 ,
made at tbe v nlte Mouse wnen too ubiwki- ;
rr h "rtatfl filtv nf th South";
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waited uoon the President ana invitea mm to
atteid their exposition. .
resident Cleveland went for a day's fish
ing near Leesburg, London County, Va., ac
AAfflnnipH hv his old flshincr comnanio'n.
Jopb S. Miller, Commissioner of Internal
revenue, and secretary Morton.
opwtarv Herbert ordered that the United
Ftates battleship Iowa be fitted as a flag-
ship. .
Tha nnartmpnt of State received a cable-
Cnn Town. South Africa, an
nouncing the death there of Charles H. Bene
dict, 'United States Consul at tnat place.
Mr. Benedict was born in New York, and
appointed to the Cape Town consulate by
resident Cleveland in June, 1893. '
ThA rpnnft nf the Board of Visitors to the
Annapolis Naval Academy has been com
pleted. It recommend the renovation of all
the building connected wttn tne scnooi ana
a reconstruction of some of them on a fixed
gvstem.
Washinc'tnn officials considered the advisa-
hiHt-v nf sflriiUncr a warshin to Kev West.
Fla.. to prevent filibustering expeditions
starting ror uuDa.
The President armointed ex-Reoresenta-
tiv W. J. Coombs, of Brooklyn, to be a Gov
ernment Director of the Union Pacific Rail-ronJ.
Secrerarv Carlisle called for the resigna
tion of William H. Manopue, Collector of the
rort of Georgetown, D. C
The President removed from office C. B.
Ilorton. Democrat, of Maine, Auditor in
the Treasury for the Navy Department. He
wrote letters reflecting on Cleveland and
Carlisle.
TVf fl.irrmn.1 A-rrulri fnr ihft Slimmer months
departure of Mrs. Cleveland and her two chil
dren for Gray Gables Mrs. Cleveland .wa3
Accompanied by Mrs. Olney. During the ab-.nenee-of
Mrs. ' Cleveland the President will
make the White House his home.
Domestic.
EECOBD OF THE LEAXrCTE CLU1H.
Pp-
Clnb. 'Won. T.or.
Boston 22 13 .621
Pirtshnrr OR 1ft ftIP
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Baltimore .21 14
.Chicago... 25 IS
Cleveland .23 17
New York.21 18
Per
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:incinnati.21 21 .512
hiladel...l9 19 .501
Brooklyn.. 18 20 .474
Wash'ns'n.18 21 .462
.575 St. LonK.15 27 .357
,533!Louisville. 6 32 .153
Six of the A. R. U. directors were sent to
jail in Woodstock, 111., to serve out their
terms. President Deb3 did not keep his
- promise to appear at the station and deliver
himself up to the marshal. V
The persons who blew up a Hunsarian
boarding shanty near Wilkesbarre, Penn.,
several months aro, killing four men, have
been arrested. Five men and two women,
all colored, were concerned in the scheme,
" which was for robbery.
At Harrisbursr. Penn., S. Harrv Kishpaucrh.
son of C. M. Kishpaugh. of the Internal
Affairs Department, died from ihiuries re
vived in a footballgame at the Davis Mili
tary S hool. in Winston, N. C, in the fall of
193. -,
The United States shio Mononcahela, w'.th
the cad-ts on board, left the Naval Academy
'.at Annapolis, Md., on her summer cruise.
Fifty-two bnildings were destroyed by fire
at Catneron. WT. Va.
Fire at Milwaukee, Wis., destroyed the
. Foster Lumber Company's yards. "Uhrig's
"wl yard and the steam 'barge Raleigh, of
IMroit. The total loss is about $300,000.
Sixteen horses belonging to the Forster
Company were burned alive.
- A freight train ran into a trolley car in
btreator. 111., and killed two passengers.
Mrs. James Ish shot and killed R. Chapell,
a sewing-machine agent, in Omaha, Neb.
J. K. Emmet, a voung comedian, while
half crazed with drink tried to kill his wife,
ku.-vwn on the stage as Emily Lytton, in San
Francisco. Cal.
. Miss Sarah Jane Lester, Assistant Secre
tary of the Youncr Women's Christian Asso
ciation, of Erooklyn. was instantly killed by
l eu;- caught in an electric elevator.
Mrs. t Marian Whitelaw Reid, mother cf
huelaw Reid, editor of the New York
iru.une. died suddenly at Xenia, Ohio, in
ninety-second year. '
Mis Cora Wood. Assistant Postmistress at
-r.neaut Lake, Penn., has been arrested,
-f-" ' '.vita ibe embyzzlement of 347.
A lumber train was wrecked at Happy Hol
low, in Ouachita County, Ark., and three
men were killed and a dozen injured.
By a fire on East Monument street, Balti
more. Md.. 100 persons were made homeless
and $125,000 worth of propertv was burned.
The planing mill of A. Storck 4 Co., the lum
ber yard adjoining ' and nineteen dwellings
were destroyed.
Three miners were killed by the caving in
of a portion of the roof of the Doe Run Lead
Company's mine in Farmington. Mo.
Secretary Herbert presented the diplomas
to the graduating class of the Naval Acad
emy at Annapolis, Md.
JohnH. Cooper, an amateur musical com
poser, died at White Plains, N. Y., of hydro
phobia. Mayorj Strong, of New York City, an
nounced his new Justices of Special Sessions
and City Magistrates, giving seven to the
Republicans, six to the various independent
Democratic element and one to Tammany.
Governor Altgeld' and other free silver
Democrats, of Illinois, determined to organ
ize a National silver party .
"Jim" Powell,'a colored farm hand, paid
the death penalty for an attempted assault
on a white girl in Strasburg, Ala.
Secretary Lamont arrived at West Point
Military Academy and witnessed the cavalry
drill of the cadets.
The Democrats of Illinois held a free silver
convention at Springfield; a tumult was
caused by a resolution indorsing Altgeld.
The w Jersey Senate passed the bill to
repeal iuy act providing for the publication
of the laws in newspapers.
The American Line steamship St. Louis
started from New York amid much enthu
siasm, on her first transatlantic trip.
CONDITION OF THE CROPS
The Statistics as Com piled by the
Department of Agriculture.
OFFICIAL FIGURES ABOUT WHEAT.
Foreign Notes.
The British, French and Russian Ambassa
dors made a formal demand upon the Sultan
of Turkey that he disarm the Jeddah Be
douins and pay indemnity for the attack
upon the Consuls. " -
General Maximo Gomez invaded the prov
ince of Puerto Principe, Cuba, with a force
of insurgents. ', '
The cloudburst in Austria washed away
a great number of bridges and houses in the
communes of Schwarzenbach, Schlatten and
Hochwoltersdorf. Twelve persons were
drowned in the town of Schwarzenbach
alone.
Cholera has become alarmingly prevalent
in the Zaborze district of Prussian Silesia.
The Greek Ministry resigned; M. Theodore
Delyannis ! was summoned by the King to
form another Cabinet.
The new Italian Parliament was opened by
King Humbert.
Further hews from the Roberndorf Valley,
in Austria, which was swept by a storm, shows
that seventy persons were killed.
The French Chamber of Deputies, bv a
vote of 362 to 105, declared its confidence in
the policy of the Government. M. Hanotaux
declared that the visit of the French squad
ron to Kiel, Germany, was merely an act of
politeness ' ,
A statue of the late Sir John A . MacDon
ald was unveiled at Montreal, Canada.
The Japanese have taken Keelung, on the
Island ol Formosa, and are advancing on
Tai-Peh. , :
The Turkish Ministry resigned and a new
Cabinet was formed, with Kiamii Pacha as
Grand Vizier.
Ecuadorean rebels hold now eleven prov
inces, and the four principal seaports of that
republic, j
Cornell's; crew has arrived in England in
good shape.
The Ecuadorean rebels .took the port of
Guayaquil,! after three days', severe fighting.
A dispatch from Hong Kong announces
the collapse of the Formosa Republic.
The German Kaiser's yacht Hohenzollern
has steamed safely through the new Baltic
Canal 'at Kiel.
-J&eclded Falling Off in the Condition of
Cotton A Reduced Acreage in the
Southern Staple The Growth of Oats
and the Returns as to Barley, Rye and
Rice -Prospects Fncuorasing.
, The monthly returns of the correspon
dents oflhe Agricultural Department make
.the acreage of winter wheat at present grow
ing, after allowing for abandonments, 96.1
per cent, of the area harvested in 1894. The
percentages of winter wheat acreage, upon
the basis indicated, of the principal States,
are as follows r Ohio, 95; Michigan, 90; In
diana, 93; Illinois, 95; Kansas, 87, and
California, 115. The percentage of spring
wheat area for the entire country is 99.5 per
cent, being but a slight reduction from last
;year's area. The percentages of spring
wheat acreage of the principal, States are:
Wisconsin, 107; Minnesota 100: Nebraska,
101; Northland South Dakota. 100 each.
The condition of winter wheat has fallen
decidedly since last report, being 71.1 per
. cent, against 82.9 on May 1. The condition
reported June 14 1894, was 83.2 per cent.
The condition of soring wheat shows an,
average for the whole country of 97.8 per
cent. The average percentage of all wheat
acreage is 97.1 and the condition of same is
78.6 per cent. '
The result of, the special investigation
made by the Department in 720 cotton-crowing
counties shows that in eighty-eight there
iWill be' little qr no change in acreage
as compared with last year; five re
port an increase of 10 per cent,
and less; two an increase of from 11 to
;20 per cent.; three an increase of from
21 to 30 per cent., and three an in
crease of over 30 per cent.; 127 a decrease of
110 per cent, and less; 250 a decrease of from
11 to 20 per cent. ; 158 a decrease of from 21
to 30 per cent. : 44 a decrease of from 31 to 40
per cent.; 7 a decrease of from 41 to 50 per
cent, and 33 a decrease of over 50 per cent.
The consolidated returns of reports to the
statistical division for the month of June
show the average for the United States, 85.2,
a reduction of 14.8 per cent, upon the re
vised acreage given out in May. The gen
eral average of condition for the country is
81, against 88.3 last year and 85.6 in 1893.
The preliminary report places the acreage
of oats at 103.2 of last year's area. The re
turns make the condition 84.3, against 87 last
June.
The returns as to barley make the acreage
104 per cent, of last year's breadth. The
average condition of the crop on June 1 was
90.3 per cent., against 83.2 last year.
The acreage in rye is 96.7 of that of last
year. Average condition June 1, 85.7 per
cent.
, The acreage of rice is 100.2 per cent, of
that of last year, and the condition is 8J.2.
TURBULENCE IN FORMOSA.
Ninety Persons Killed in an Explosion in
the Town of Talpeh-Fu.
Advices which have reaened Hong Kong
China, from the Island of Formosa show that
chaos continues at Taipeh-Fu.
The natiVe.part of tne town has been de
stroyed by fire. During the conflagration
the powder magazine exploded, and ninety
Chinese wej-e killed. .
The German guhboat litis bombarded the
forts 'at Kobe because the officials there de
rained a steamer in whieh wereex-Governor
Tang, who for a time held the position of
President of the short-lived republic, and a
large number of other refugees. The forts
were silenced by the litis, the Chinese gun
ners fleeing from their guns. The detained
Iteamer then proceeded for her destinatioa
STUDENTS SHOT BY A COLORED MAN.
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Two Freshmen ReceWe. Desperate Woandi
at Princeton (N. J.) College.
The most dastardly crime in the history of
Princeton CN. J.") College was committed late
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a few night3 ago when Garrett Cochran and
Frederick Pearson Ohl, of the Class of '99,
were shot down, seeminsly without provoca
tion, by a colored man. John Collins. Coch
ran and Ohl were placed in the infirmary at
the point of death, and Collins was locked up
in the Trenton jail. There were few wit
nesses to the tragedy, and from these no
motive could be learned for 'the shooting.
John Thompson, who keeps the largest
boarding-house for students in Princeton, is
the only witness who gives an intelligent ac
vint of the affair.
The shootinsj grew but of a street quarrel.
! Dr. Bull, of New York City, hurried on a
special train to tne coi:3g ana extracxea tne
two bullets. ,
IVaziris Show Fight.
Waziristan tribesmen made an attack upon
Fort Sandeman. in the Watiri territory, In
tilling Lieutenant How of the British
I Armv and eleven of his atteadaU.
v CLEVELAND'S SUMMER HOME.
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'Mrs Cleveland's Arrival Thereto BeFol-
lowed Soon by the President.
r Mrs. Cleveland has taken up her residence
jfor the summer in the President's seaside
home, Gray Gables, Buzzard's Bay, Mass.
;The President will follow as soon as his of-
flcial duties permit.! A Buzzard's Bay dis
I patch says that the Government lighthouse
tender Verbena has just been overhauled and;
her cabin constructed and refitted In such ai
jway that it is supposed the steamer would b$
placed at the disposal of the President and
family during the coming season. Hitherto
"the President has used his catboat Ruth. ,
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MBS. CLEVELAND.
j The Consolidated road has also built a,
snug little station near the Cleveland cottage)
I And called it Gray Gabies. Henceforth the
President's visitors will stop there, for thej
main drive to the house leads from than
point. Mr. Cleveland has shut off his grounds
with a substantial fence. A new sign, orna
ments a board fastened upon a post at thej
terminus of the cross-country path. It reads?
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Trespassing or shooting on these prem : i
: ises is positively forbidden.
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The new barn is on the southern 8reep of
a little hill near a turn in the main driveJ
This is for the President's cows . and work
horses. I
THE ALLfANCA INCIDENT CLOSED.
Spain Makes Reparation in the Terms Ex
acted for the Fault.
The reply of Spain to the late Secretary,
Gresham's cabled demand of March 15 in the
Allianca affair reached the State Depart
ment several days agoj, having been delivered
to Minister Taylor at Madrid, May 16. I
- The Department of State declined to make,
public the contents olj the communication,
which is long and j exhaustive, but au
thorized the announcement that Spain.;
after full investigation, disavows the act o
the commander of the; Conde Venadltoin flxi
Ingonthe Allianca off Capj Mays!, Caba
March 8; expresses regret at the occurrence,
and assures this Government that measures!
have been taken to prevent a repetition of
the matter. j
As Spain has complied specifically with
the demands of Mr. Gresham the incident is
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GREAT CLOUDBURST iN GERMANY.
Many Persons Drowned and Much Damact
to Property Done in Wartemburjr.
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The Black Forest district of Wurtemburg,
f Germany, was deluged by a cloudburst in
undating a vast tract of territory. A large
number of persons were drowned and almost
incalculable damage was done to property.
The volume of falling'water causM the Biver i
Eyach to overflow. an!d a hundred or more j
houses in the villages jalong th river bank
were swept away. j
One house in Baliagen, with nine occu
pants, was carried awa and as yet no trace .!
of it' has been found. ( Four houses were de-.
stroyed in Frommern and fifteen of the' per-
sons who occupied them are missing.
drowned in Balingenl. seven in Frommern,
fifteen in Lauren and several in other Til
lages. Besides these many others were miss
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