North Carolina Newspapers

THE CHARLOTTE MESSENGER. YOL. IV. NO. 37. THE Charlotte Messenger 18 PUBLISHED Every Saturday, AT CHARLOTTE, N. C. In the Interests of the Colored People of the Country. Able and well-known writers will contrib tite to its columns from different parts of the country, and it will contain thepatest Gen eral Nows of the day. Ths Messenger is a first-class newspaper and will not allow personal abuse in its col li rims. Itis not sectarian or partisan, but indeiiendent —dealing fairly by alt It re serves the right to criticise the shortcomings of all public officials—commending the worthy, and recommending for election such mou as in its opinion are best suited to serve the interests of the people. It is intended to supply the long felt need of a newspaper to advocate the rights and defend the interests of the Negro-American, especially in the Piedmont section of the Cm'oluias. SUBSCRIPTIONS: (Always in Advance.) 1 year - - - $1 50 5 months - - - 100 6 months - - 75 3 mouths - - - 50 3 months - - - 35 Hingle Copy - - 5 Address, W.C. SMITH Charlotte NC, There Lb a great store of gold in Corea, hut an entire lack of proper mechanical devices for mining. The production of gold last year was $5,000,000. The main object of the Corean Embassy to this [Government is understood to be to inter est the citizens of this country in the de velopment of Corean resources. The visit of the Sultan of Morocco to Algiers in order to communicate by cable with his representative at the Madrid Conference is an event of some historical importance, declares the Argonaut. For years the Sultan opposed the laying of this cable, as he did not wish to bring Europe any nearer to his domain. It is fifty years nearly since a Sultan of Morocco has deigned to set foot in Tan giers, a seaport town polluted by the presence of many Europeans. As the Bubbles Rose. Sir Walter Scott, when walking along the banks of the Yarrow, saw Mungo Park throwing stones into the water and anxiously watching the bubbles that succeeded. In reply to Scott’s inquiry as to the object of his occupation, the great traveler said he was thinking how ofteii he had thus tried to sound the rivers in Africa by calculating how long a time had elapsed before the bubbles rose to the surface. This was a slight circumstance, but the traveler’s safety frequently depended upon it.—Cham hern's The new Japanese Minister at Wash ington is a man with a history. Hig name is Mutsu Munemitsu and he is one of the greatest statesmen of Japan. A correspondent of the New York World had a long talk concerning him with Mr. Shiro Akabane, and from him got the following interesting facts: “The new minister has for years been connected with Japanese politics. He is noted as a financier and he was chief of the Bureau which revised the tariff some years ago, putting it on the basis of European money. He has been Governor of Yoko hama and Chairman of the Senate, which is a position much like that of the Presi dent pro tom. of tho United States Scna'e. He was accused of being con nected with Gen. Saigo’s rebellion of ten years ago, which was to overturn the thea Cabinet. Ido not think that it was proven that he was one of the rebels, but he was arrested as a political offender and imprisoned for five years. During his imprisonment he had a house for himself, but there were guard* before its doors, and he was under military aur veilance. nc studied English while so Imprisoned, and is now a good English } scholar. After he was released from j pri*ori he made a tour of the world, and I supplemented the knowledge of English acquired from books and the Japanese teachers by a residence of a year in Lon don, and he also spent some time in France and Germany. He then went back to Japan, studying the various gov ernments as he passed through them, and he is, all told, one of the brightest mindad statesmen we have.” TELEGRAPHIC TICKS NORTH CAROLINA. The executive committee of tho North Carolina Agricultural society met at Ral eigh and fixed October 16 tol9as date of next state fair. The grand jury in Wake Superior Court found true bills against Sperry W. Hearn, of Wadesboro, and J. P. Castou, of Anson county, for criminal libel. The case has so far attracted widespread at tention. Hearn is editor of the Wades boro Intelligencer. Suit is instituted by J. L, Stone, of Raleigh, who sells what are known as Zephyr cotton seed. At Sparta, Allegheny county, Joseph Lee was informed that George W. Sex ton had gone before the grand jury as a witness against him. He walked behind Lee and tired two balls from a pistol into him, both of which passed entirely through has body. Lee fled, but was captured by the sheriff and a posse and placed in jail. Sexton is dead. At first there was apprehension that Lee would be lynched. This has now passed away. News has reached Raleigh of the kill ing, in Union county, of Will Rorie, col ored, by a young white man, Alvin Mor gan. It is said that Alvin’s brother Will was accessory to the killing. The parties had a dispute about a debt, and a fight ensued. Alvin Morgan drew a pistol and fired upon Rorie, killing him. TheMor fan boys have made their escape into outh Carolina. Steps are being taken to secure their arrest. On the 13th inst., at Copps Hill gold mine, in Mecklenburg county, William E. McGinn instantly killed Leroy Elliott, with whom he was quarreling, by strik ing him in the forehead with a plow share. Both were white men, young and well known. McGinn fled at once, and it was thought had taken refuge in South Carolina. Governor Scales offered two hundred dollars reward for him. Pur suit was at once made, and he has been captured in Gaston county by J. C. Bowman. SOUTH CAROLINA. The postoffices at Yorkville and Ben nettsville have been raised to the rank of Presidential offices. A burglar forced open the front door of Mr. Chas. Sessit’s jewelry shop, in Barnwell, ami carried away a dozen gold watches, of which four were gold; loss, SSOO. Two of the gold watches were en graved with the owners' names, G. Dun can Bellinger and T. J. Simons. A third watch was marked D. The Governor has offered a reward of $l5O for the apprehension, with proof to convict, of the person or persons who murdered John Fenton, at the Broad River bridge, on March 11th. This makes $350 which is awaiting the cap ture of the murderer of Fenton and the assailants of the bridge-keeper and his wife. At Greenville several houses were blown down, and four children, who were in one of them, narrowiy escaped death, being completely covered up by the falling drbiis Chas. Williams was also badly crippled. The storm was going in a northeastern direction, its track being about one hundred Jarils wide. It did its work in a moment and was over. It is feared that great damage has been done which has not yet been reported. NORTH* EAMT AND WENT The world’s visible supply of cotton is 2,650.590 bales. The Hope Insurance Company, of New Grleans, has gone into liquidation. The International Sugar Conference will reassemble in London on April 5. The New York banks now hold in re serve $9,145,557 in excess of legal re quirements. The suspension of S. T. Russell has been announced on the New York Cot ton Exchange. Two white men and a negro were killed by the explosion of a boiler at the Lucas mill, in Cookeville, Tenn. Walter T. Miller & Co., the oldest cot ton brokerage house in New York, who recently failed, have announced that they will settle in full in a few days. Dr. J. Bessels, the arctic explorer, who acted as physician on the American ship Polaris in 1871, has died at Stuttgardt of apoplexy. A Pittsburg dispatch says that the Hon. David N. White, formerly editor the Pittsburg Gazette, and founder of the Republic,ill party, died at his home at Sewickly, Pa., aged 83. Notes of Progress ia the South. There are prospects of a knitting fac tory being started at Charlotte, N. C. A movement has been started in Iron dale, Ala., for the erection of a furniture factory. A stock company is to lie 1 1 once organized. Charlotte. N. C., is forming a company to start a candy sefi cracker factory. The capital stock will be about SIO,OOO. E. H. West, of Franklin, N. C., is in vestigating the corundum deposits on his lands, and will probably begin develop ing same in a short time. The Willett Tobacco Company will build a tobseco factory at Louisville, Ky. A fruit and vegetable canning factory is to lie started in Rome, Oa. The fh dustry will give employment to 100 hands. The Pionoer Pottery Works will pur chase land and build large works to man ufacture plain and decorated white iron atone china at Birmingham, Ala. Their j capital stock ia $70,000. CHARLOTTE, N. C„ SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1888. GOSSIP FROM UNCLE SAKS’ CAP ITOL What sir Bust Law Malm are Delnc. Ceaareealeaal 111 Other New,. The Senate has confirmed the nomina tion of S. M. Stockslager to be Commis sioner of the General Land Office. It is estimated that the decrease in the public debt for the month of March will amount to nearly $10,000,000. The Birmingham public building bill! reported to the Senate appropriates $300,000, and the Greenville, 8. C., bill ’ SIOO,OOO. The condition of Chairman Mills, of the Ways and Means Committee, is not so favorable. There is nothing alarming in his condition, but his physician says he needs absolute rest. The President has nominated to be' postmasters John L. Williamson. Colum bia, Teun.; M. D. L. Martin. Water Val ley, Miss., and John M. Brown, medical director, to be chief of the Naval Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, with the rela ive rank of Commodore. The President has sent to the Senate the following nomination; Ezeiliel E. Smith, of North Carolina, to be Minister resident and Consul General of the United States at Liberia The Senate passed, with amendmenta the House bill accepting the invitation of France to take part in the World's Exposition of 1889. The Senate also passed the act providing for a Constitu tional Centennial iu Washington in the i spring of 1889. A conspiracy by eighteen or twenty of the more desperate prisoners in the Dis trict jail, who are under sentence to Al bany penitentiary, to murder the guards, if necessary, release their fellow-prisoners and make their escape was discovered and frustrated. In a communication transmitted to the Senate, in answer to a resolution of that body. General Duane, chief of engineers, says that there has been no garrison sta tioned at Fort Moultrie, Charleston har bor, since the war. He estimates that $45,000 will be needed for the erection of quarters and barracks outside the fort for the accommodation of the garrison of United States troops. “To place Fort Moultrie in the highest state of strength for defensive purposes,” he says, “would require an expenditure of $300,000." It is estimated that a propersvstem of mod ern works to protect Charleston would cost $323,000. Treasurer Hyatt has adopted a new seal for the use of United States notes and certificates. It is similar in design to the large one used on the old S2O note, with the addition of a smaii lari border with many points in geometric lattice work. It is light pink in color, circular in form and nearly two inches in diameter. Heretofore a separate seal was used oa notes and gold and silver certifi cates, varying in size and design accord • ing to the character and denomination of the note. Hereafter the new sea! will be used exclusively on all paper issue. The change iu size and design is said to be in the nature of an additional safeguard against counterfeiting. She Weds an Indian. Mr, J. S. Lamar and his bride passed through Atlanta yesterday. Their marriage is full of romance. , The newspapers through the country have han a great deal to say about the marriage of Miss Fellows to a half-breed Indian, but here is a Georgia girl who has wedded a Cherokee Indian. The bride is Miss Emma D. Sims, daughter of Mr. Thomas Sims, one of Morgan county’s substantial farmers. The groom, as stated above, is a Cherokee Indian, his home being at Vimta, Indian Territory. The ceremony was performed yester day morning at the residence of the bride’s father, near Madison. Rev. W. E. Vaughn, of Mississippi, now of Kmory College, performed the eeremouy, and Mr. E. M. Landrum, of Yinita. also a student of Emory, acted as the “best man” for the groom. Miss Sims, a handsome young lady, has visited Oxford quite frequently. During one of these visits she met Mr. Lamar, who is a member of the senior class at Emory, and as their acquaintance rijiened into friendship, the young man. one of the most enlightened ol his race, fell deeply in love with her. sought her hand, and was accepted; and yesterday their vows were made sacred before hy men’s throne. Mr. and Mrs. Lamar left at onee for their far off home in Indian Territory, passing through Atlanta on their way.— Atlanta Conattfutwm, JfiireA 29. Crushed by a Cyclone. A special from Kansas City. Mo., says: Word has just been received of the al most utter destruction of the town of Niunescah. in Kiugman county, Kansas, on Saturday evening by a tornado. It had been raining all day, and as evening ap proached the storm was seen coming from the southwest. It struck the town ami destroyed everything in its path, leaving only three houses standing in the whole place. Two churches, five stores and fifteen dwellings were torn to pieces, and the flying timbers killed three | lemons and maimed seventeen others. The victims are Mrs. J. C. Williams, with her infant, killed ; George 8. Har ilerly, killed; Ja*. Williams, both legs broken and several bruises, will probably <lie; Charles Qordon, injured In the back, supposed to lie fatally. The others injured nave only minor hurt*. The heavy fall of vain, which has continued since the tornado, has added to the dis comfort of the sufferers. THEY BOTH SKIPPED. Tho President and Cashier Run Oft With the Funds. tlrewt Exritcmeat Is Iks Caellal of Ike Old Norik Ntoto— People Hit Hard For ood Noor—Tkr Defaulters Tkonskt to ko lo Caoodo. Raleigh is in a state of extreme excite ment over a great bank defalcation which has just been made public. President Charles E. Cross and Cashiei Samuel E. White have absconded with $43,000 of the bank's funds, and have fled to Canada. It is believed that they have rehypothecated large amounts of the bank's paper in New York, and that the total loss will reach $300,000, and possibly $250,000. When the news of tho trouble was known to the bank directors, a special l meeting was held at a late hour. The | last quarterly- statement of the bank, | made in February, showed that there | were $303,000 of deposits subject to check. It was shown to the directors that the sum due depositors was $22,000; due the Park Bank of New York $63,- 000; due two banks here, $15,000. It was shown further that the bank ought to have the following assets: $324,000 in notes and $75,000 in mortgages on real estate. How many of the notes were rehypothecated is not known. The defaulters left $15,000 in cash to deceive the teller. Both White and Cross had lately been in Canada ostensi bly on the business of the bank. Both had also been in New York. On Thurs day they asked a bank at Richmond and a bank at Baltimore to send them SIO,OOO each, saying they would give drafts on the Park Bank to cover this amount. On Friday night they got $20,000 from these banks by express. White got it and never put it in bank at all. On Saturday afternoon both men last. At Greensboro they were seen on Sunday morning, and a conductor who knew both well re marked: “You two look like you were bound for Canada.” That was the last seen of them. The hank was dosed with a notice that it was dosed by order of the directors. The State had $14,000 on deposit of its general fund, and $3,500 of a fund for the deaf and dumb and blind institu tion. Recently SB,OOO of money from the Hatch bill for the State Agricultural and Mechanical College had been de- Sosited there by W. S. Primrose, presi ent of the trustees of that college. People far and near have been bitten hard by the failure, Itstruck all classes here. People have great confidence in the other banks in the city, and there was no run on them. Both Cross and White were connected with the church, the latter very prominently. Cross was young, and was for years a clerk in the State Auditor’s office. He had been president of the bank two years. White had been cashier ever since" the bank was established, nearly twenty years ago. The bank's capital was $200,000. I.VTKH. A special from Toronto, Ont., says: Two men. one apparently in middle life and the other quite young, who have been stopping in magnificent style at the Albion hotel, with a colored lackey in attendance, were suspected of being the defaulting cashier and president of the State National Bank, of Raleigh, N. C., and on the strength of a telegram from the chief of police at Raleigh, charging them with forgery, were arrested in their rooms and taken "to the Central Station. When they were questioned they de clared they came from New Orleans and were not the men wanted. On being examined, $15,235 was found in the coat of Samuel C. White, the cashier, and $9,359 in that of Charles E. Cross, the president, secreted inside the lining, milking in all a sum of $24,714, S6OO of which was unsigned currency bills. Bills of indictment for forgery have 1 been found against them, and it is prob sble that, the gentlemen will be escorted back to their native city shortly. BURNED TO DEATH. liaashsl »l Knife Waaade Found la the Rodr of ike Dead Mao. I At Harrison, Oa., smoking and smol dering amid the ashes and coals, lay the charred remains of a dead man. The dead man was lying flat on his back. His feet and legs were entirely consumed and his arms were burnt to the shoulders. A drawing-knife lying beside the body i indicated foul play, and immediately it was whispered about that the deceased j had been foully murdered and then the • house had been set on fire to cover the crime. Meantime the coroner a-rived, and im mediately summoning a jury began the autopsy. A physician was called in to make an examination of the corpse to as certain if there were any traces of vio lence on the body He Siam came across a large buckshot just back of the neck. Then examining from the oppisitc side, he found an opening under the sight collar-bone, and following it up he soon found a heavy charge of “BB” and buckshot lying against the vertebral column. This told the awful tale of murder and arson subsequently to hide the crime. A number of witnesses were examined, and all testitii-d that Robert Jenkins, colored, lived in the house now burnt down; that he was alone in the house the night of the murder; that two gunshots were heard in quirk succession in the direr lion of his house between 10 and 11 o'clock, and that subsequently they saw a lire in the direction of the bouse of de ceased. Thus nothing was brought out by the inquest throwing anv light upon this terrible murder, and the jury returned a verdict that the deceased was killed by a gunshot wound from unknown hands, and then burnt in his own house, and the same was murder, etc. TOLEDO IN MOURNING. The Late Chief Justice Burled wllli Ap propriate Ceremonies at His Home la Ohio. All business was suspended and the city was crowded with strangers, and buildings, public and private, were cov ered with mourning emblems, when the special train bearing the remains of Chief Justice Waite arrived. The casket con taining the boiv was removed at once from the special car and placed in a hearse, and the funeral cortege moved up Summit street in the following order: Squad of police, Toledo Bar Association, board of trade, city council, mayor and other city officials, the hearse with a guard of honor, composed of the Toledo cadets, Justices of the Supreme Court in carriages. Senate and House committees, citizens on foot and in carriages. The procession marched to the resi dence of the Hon. Richard Waite, brother of the deceased, where the remains were deposited in order that Mrs. Waite and other members of the family might ob tain a private view. After the private view by the family the remains were car-1 ried to the Guild room of Trinity church, | where they were viewed by thousands, when the coffin was closed and removed to the chancel of the church adjoining. On either side of the main aisle were the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States and their marshal, the committees from the United States Sen ate and House of Representatives, Judges of the United States Courts, Governor Foraker and staff, the Supreme Court of Ohio, National and State officers from a distance, Lieutenant Governor Lyons and a committee from the State Senate, the Speaker of the House and the House committee, members of the Ohio Legis lature, the bar of Lucas county and visit ing judges and lawyers, officers of the city government and the board of trade. Representatives of the press from a dis tance, accompanied by the local press, occupied seats at the front and extreme left of the church. The services in the church consisted of the regular funeral services of the Pro testant Episcopal church. At the con olusion of the regular services the Rev. Dr. H. B. Walbridge, former rector of Trinity church, and now of New York city, delivered a fitting and tender ad dress that was very impressive. After the services at the church the remains were placed in the hearse, and the pro cession formed and wended its way to Forest Cemetery. DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTH. Thirty New Cotton aud Woolen Fnetorie* Since January lot, and Eighty Six Wood-Working Mill*. The Tradesman, of Chattanooga, Tenn., reports new industries actually organized and erected in the South since January 1, 1888, indicate no abatement in its industrial growth. The reports show areat activity in cotton aud woolen factories. Withiu the past month thirty new companies have been formed, and : in most cases all the necessary stock has ; been subscribed. There is also much activity in mining operations, the total number of mining and quarryiug com panies formed in the South since January l being fifty-six. In wood-working ! branches, however, the development has been greatest, the whole number of new ! plants in three months being eighty-six. , Reports also show that Southern timber lands are in demand, chiefly by lumber | men from the Northwest. Over 500,000 j acres have been sold since January 1. I Northwestern manufacturers are erecting mills in various Southern States. WHAT THK MANUFACTURERS’ RECORD SAYS. The Baltimore Manufacturers’ Record will publish this week its quarterly re port of the South’s industrial progress, giving name, location and character of business of every maaufacturiag enter prise organized in that section since January I. The report shows that while there were somewhat fewer large rnauu | factoring and mining companies organ j ized during the last three months than for the same time of 1887, there was a large increase in the number and diversity of small industries. The Record reports that all over the South small industries are springing up to supplement the great iron works which are now under construction. During the second half of the year about fifteen or twenty of the immense iron furnaces, which were commenced in the early part of 1887, will go into blast. The uuml>er of new enterprises reported during the first quarter of 1888, compared with the same time in 1887, was 1,075 for the former and 923 for the, latter. The amount of capital and capital stock rep resented by these new enterprises are: Alabama, $4,093,000; Arkansas, $1,950,- 000; Florida, $1.313,000; Georgia, $3, - 793,000; Kentucky. $5,460,000; Louisi ana, $1,233,000; Maryland, $2,009,000; miscellaneous, $491,000; North Carolina, $3,006,000; South Carolina, $1,844,000 ; Tennessee, $3,519,000; Texas, $0,424,- 000; Virginia, $2,990,000; West Virginia, $1,477,000. Total, $38,668,000. He Captured the Pin. A street merchant who believes in the old paving of ‘ See a pin an 1 pick it up aud all the day you’ll have good luck,” saw a pin in front of the postoffice the other •lay. and while stooping to capture it his hat fell off and rolled out into the street, two suspender buttons gave I way, his collar split open, and his store teeth, which cost sl3 when new, fell out and broke on tho walk. He picked up the pin, however. A phyaiclaa suggests that MB burned potatoes cause (faknag, .. , Term $1.50 per Annum Single Copy 5 cents. FUN. Did you ever notice that a man goe# to a lawyer and to a physician for pre cisely ths same purpose—to recover. — St. AUjann Messenger. We stop the press to announce the startling news that “tan-colored kid slippers go with gowns of any color.— fniianapolii News. Vo’apuk appears to be the last de spairing effort of Europeans to prevent English from becoming the universal language.— Omaha World. Old Mother Peter, she went to the meter to see how much gas she had burned; she danced a cotillion when she read seven million, and her mind waa forever o’erturned. Landlord—“ Mrs. O’Hoolihan, I’m thinking of raising your rent.” Mrs. O’Hoolihan—“Begorrah, I’m glad of that, for I can’t raise it myself, at all, at alL”— Nelrraska Journal. At a Musicale. He—“ Shall I bring you an icc while Miss Yellfort is singing? Pray take something.” She.(a rival of Miss Y.) —“Thanks, no. If I took any thing it would be ether. —Life. “Oh, pa! pa!” exclaimed Lucy, as her father returned to the parlor after throw ing the young man out, ‘ ‘how could you? That was my Bill.” “Well,” returned l the irate parent, “I’ve settled it,”— Nem\ York Sun. He was talking to an Arkansas audi ence on the subject of the tariff. Said he: “Take whisky, for instance,” when every man in the audience arose with the remark: “Thank you; don’t care if I do,” and the lecturer had to stand treat or die. , Bagley (after the ball) —“Did you find Miss Recherche of Boston as cold aa usual to-Right?” Bailey—“ Cold? Well,' if that young woman were to go West and accept the position ot thermometer iu a blizzard she’d be just in her element. — Judge. “Well,” said a well-known member of Congress, as he turned round and* reached out of the bedclothes for a gin cocktail. “They say two heads are better than one, but I wouldn’t have two like mine this morning for a pension.— 1 N-u> York Mercury. _.| Life's Brightest Hour. Not long since I met a gentleman who is assessed for more than a million. Silver was in his hair, care upon hi* brow, and he stooped beneath his burdea ot wealth. We were speaking of that period of life when we had realized tb* most perfect enjoyment, or, rather, whea we had found the happiness nearest tc being unalloyed. “I’ll tell you,” said the millionaire, “whpn was the happiest hour of my life. At the age of one-and twenty I had saved up SBOO. I wat j earning SSOO a year, and my father did not take it from me, only requiring that I should pay for my board. At the ag* I of twenty-two I had secured a prettj cottage just outside of the ci*y. I wai | able to pay two-thirds of the value dowi j and also to furnish it respectably. I wai ! married on Sunday—a Sunday in June— at my father’s house. My wife had com* to me poor in purse, but rich in thi wealth of her womanhood. The Sabbat! and tho Sabbath night we passed bencatk my father’s roof, and on Monday morn ing I went to my work, leaving rnj mother and sister to help in preparing my home. Qn Monday evening when the labors of the day were done, I went not to the paternal shelter,as in the past, but to my own house—my own home. The holy atmosphere of that hour scemf to surround me evea now iuthe memory. I opened the door of my cottage and entered, I laid my hat upon the littl* stand in the hall, and passed on to tho kitchen—our kitchen and dining-ioon were all one then. I pushed open tho I kitchen door and was—in heaven! Tin table waa set against the wall --the even ing meal was ready—prepared by thi hands of her who had come to be mj helpmeet in deed as well as in nainc .auc by the table, with a throbbing,expectant look upon her lovely and loving face; stood my wife. I tried to speak, and I could not. 1 could only clasp the wait j ing angel to my bosom, thus showing t« I her the ecstatic burden of my heart The years have passed —long, long yean —and worldly wealth has flowed in upoi me, and lam honored and envied; bu» —as true as heaven—l would give it all —every dollar—for the joy of the heui of that June evening in the long, lon| ago!” —Neto York Commercial Advertiser. Tho furnishing ot gold and silver bars for manufacturing purposes is a growing business at the Government assay oflh-e in New York. During tho past year these bars, to the value of $10,000,1)00, have been sold for use in arts and manu factures, an increase of $2,000, CO J over any previous year.