'3
1
u u U
JLILO
VOL. XVII.
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1899.
NO. -24.
4t - T
CAUCASIAN.
rrTis
I.
Immense Throngs Gather in Secession's Birth
place in Annual Re-union.
HMD Bf B. HON 10 II.
them that sacred privilege. I and tide br aids, both North and f oath
At sight there was a superb display bare stood together la battle againt a
of firework, excursions to biiot ra- 10Tlu l0-
sorts aud a large number of social
functions in honor of the iponsors aud
visiting ladies.
Id'
a! Weather Condition! Prevaiiing-Imrnense Crowds, and Wildest
Enthusiasm-Five Thousand Persons Participate in the Parade
-The Veterans Invited to Meet in Buffalo, N. Y.,
Next Year.
TnCHSDAl'S SESSION'.
Charleston, S. C, Special. The
Confederate veterans held but one
session Thursday which shortly after
noon gave way to the Winnie Davis
memorial exercises, at the conclusion
of which an adjournment until 10
o'clock Friday was taken. The an
nouncement that General Joseph
Wheeler was to speak filled the audi
torium ana tho hero of two wars was
giving a rousing reception by the im
mense audieoca. The delegates and
visitors devoted the afternoon to ex
cursions to nearby resorts, trips down
the bay and social function, and at
night a concert was given at the audi
torium, where a superb choir and
orchestra rendered a programme of
.Southern war songs.
V l.lNK.-.IAY H NESHION.
Cimm.imov, S. C, Special. Tie
I'nitt'il Coufcdornto Veterans' Associa
tion in;t in thin rity Wednesday, May
Mill. Iniiiiciifio throngs cf peoplo
Miinc'l in from nil Bcctionaof tho coun
try until this city, tho Lirthplaco of
feccHion, was filled to ovei ll jwitijj with j
Jurors f tho Lest Caifo and those
wlio cuiiio to witress tho imposing cero
tuouti'i of their annual teuuiou.
l l.al weather conditions favored tho
Yi'toititm of tho gray and thoir thou
sand i f friends who are crowding this
hostp tuWIo litllo Southern city. A bril
lmnt Miu wiii tempered by ncool breeze
from tho ocean and fair skies hold no
presage of ruin to mar the interesting
programme of amusomonts. A oonser
vutivo estimate placed tho number cf
visitors at betweou 2,000 and 30,000.
The attendnncR from the South nt large
in not so goneral as in the recent yoars,
hut the South Carolinians and veterans
from oiljaceut Statos makes up the de
ficiency, while Southern enthusiasm is
at top tlood. Everywhoro tho Waro cf
hands and the strains of "llounie Blue
mixed with "Dixie" aud other
sir so deur to tho Southland, while
iliecri-jg crowds greeted every repoti-
tio.icfthe tnnes. The best of order
prevailed, aud over all wai the air of
genittl sociability which marks the au-
uual gutherings of the association,
Tue Imsinens session of tho reunion
wan called to order by General C. I,
Walker, commanding the South Caro
lina division, in the handsome audi
torium erected for tho occasion by the
city of Charleston. Its onormous floor
space was crowded aud thousands were
nuubloto goin admittance to the build
ing. When General John B. Gordon,
tho commander in-chief, appeared upon
the stage, ho was greeted with thunders i
of applause. The band struck up
"Dixie," aud the veteraus cheered and
cheered again. Iu calling the assem
blage to order, Geuoral Walker spoke
of Charleston's invitation to the veter
ans to meet at the birthplaco of
secession, and said that the gavel ho
was using was that wiTu which, in
lfiiO, the secession convention was
tailed to order. The chairs used by the
officers and the table of the providing
ollicer were tho same nt used on
that memorable occasion. Dr. J.
William Jones, chaplain general, then
invoked the Divine blessing upon tho
convention.
Major Smyth, of Charleston, extend
ed to the visitors a welcome. General
Gordon was then escorted to the front
of the stage aud his appearance was the
igual for a storm of applause. Cheers
and shrill yells for the commander-in-chief
mingled with the crash of tho
band, aud hats, handkerchiefs and flags
were waved frantically. When order
was finally restored the old Confeder
ate chieltain was presented by General
Walker, and he delivered an eloquent
address, lie spoke with all the vigor,
eloquence and grace which have won
for him a national reputation us an or
ator. General Gordan said:
"Governor, Gentlemeu of t is Ccm-
mittee, My 1 uow Countrymen ol
outh Carolina: The flood of emotions
which stirs the sensibilities of these
veterans to-day ia their loviug answer
to your gracious greeting. These emo
tions will speak to you in language far
century have given to the cause of lib
erty and the repnblic such a splendid
galaxy as South Carolina presents in
her Kutledge, her Sumter, , her Moul
trio, hor Middleton, und her Marion;
iu hor Butler, her Pinckney, and her
Pickens; in her McDiiflie and her Cal
houn; iu her JIamiltoj, her Hay no and
her buloved Hampton.
"If we turn from this incomplete ar
ray cf her noblo sons to the contempla-
ion 01 tue scars upon ner bosom, ro
om veil in her battles for American
cedom at Cownens, at Camden aud
Charleston; at Eutaw Springs. Fort
Moultrie and King s Mountain, while
her Swamp Fox, with his ragged
brigade, roasted their rations of sweet
potntoes in her forests at night, and by
their sudden sallies, now from the
mountains and now from the marshes,
amazed and bewildered the British in
voders; if wo add to this survey of her
past tho record ox her princely liberal
lty in the douation of bortBoil to tho
general govornmonr, we shall gain a
still better conception of the lofty
characteristics aud unchallenged patri
otism of her people.
"Io mo, personally, whose associa
tions with South Carolinians through
the civil war and the still more galling
period of reconstruction and rehabili
tation, gave a clearer insight into thoir
motives and future aims, it a proud
privilege vouchsafed to me to-dav to
stand in yonr presence as the represen
tatives of these battle-bruised veterans
and tell this peoplo how fully we recog
nize their wortn and how gratefully we
acknowlege our indebtedness to
them.
"1 feel empowered by yonr confi
donee to send every patron in every
section and State the fraternal greet
ings of this convontion, and of tho
whole people to pledge in tho name of
every Confederate, son and daughter
of a Confederate, tho South's eternal
loyalty to every cause for the uplifting
of American manhood, the perpetuity
of American freedom, the unity of the
American people, that, by all the agen
cies, we may accelerate the onward
march of tho republic in its beginning
mission to humanity.'
General Leo introduced the follow
ing. resolutions, which were read, find
after some discussion referred to the
committee on resolutions:
"Whereas, In Atlanta, Ga., on De
cember tho 14tb, 18051, the President of
America gae utterance to the senti
ment: That the time has come when
the United States should share in car
ing for the graves of the Confederate
dead, and,
"Whereas, This ntteranceof the chief
executive of the nation demands from
us, the survivors of our dead comrades
in arms, frank and generous response
to so lofty and magnanimous sentiment,
therefore, bo it
"Besolved, By the United Confeder
ate Veterans, in annual convocation as
sembled, that in this act of President
McKinley, and in its reception Dy our
brethren of the North, we recognize au
thoritative evidence that we are again
a united neonle. and one in determine
tion to exhibit to the world the gentler
as well as the sterner traits of American
character: and that we accept the
statement of our chief executive in the
spirit in wliich it was made, believing
that such legislation by the general
government as he suggested would
show clearly the advance that the
American people have Achieved in those
hisher virtues that adorn a great na
tion."
The parade of the veterans occurred
. . T Al 1 ,1
in tne atiernoon ana mey marcneu
through a dense crowd of cheering peo
pie. Led by Gens. Gordon and Wade
Hampton, a long line of the grizzled
men who had followed these leaders
and the other captains of the Confeder
ate armies through four years o! hard
ship and battle marched sturdilyunder
Last
more impressive and eloquent than any
words 1 could utter. ibe ringing
fchotits from these thousands of Confed
erate throats are veritable echoes of the
iQipiriug resolutions of welcome unan
imously adopted bv your General Aa-
leiubly. While those resolutions have
cheered and thrilled every Southern
soldier's heart, they were not needed
to tell us of the reception that awaited
us in South Carolina. Her whole his
tory aud that of her commercial capi-
tal were the promise aud guarantee oi
tins magnificent reality. ror more
than two hundred vears. made memo
rhle bv heroio struggles in war and
brill, ant achievements in peace, the
names of South Carolina and of Charles-'
tou have been the synonyms of fiospi
tal ity, of chivalry and of valor.
"What else could we expect of a peo
pie in whose velus are commingled the
blood of the proud English Cavaliers?
the blood of those devoted aud reso
lute men. who protested against the
immoralities and grinding exactions of
the Smarts: the biood of the stalwart
Dissenters and of tho heroio Highland
ers of Scotland and of the sturdy dem
ocratic Presbyterians of Ireland; the
blood of those defenders of freedom
who came to Tour shores from the
mountain battlements of Switzerland,
and lastly, but no less pure and sacred,
the blood of the high-scnled Huguenot
of Franco, whose martyrs, by a glori
ous fidelity, even uuto death, have
made sweeter and richer the record of
human devotion to conscience and lib
art v.
"No resolution, I repeat, by which
this ere at Commonwealth extends its
"lovioc welcome" were needed to as
sura these remnants of the South's im
mortal armies that the "freedom of the
State" was theirs, and that every heart
within her borders was a soldier s
hrine. We had but to remember that
South Carolina was the nursery of ho
roes, well as of statesmen ana of pa
triotsthat no one State, exoept that
the be endowed with &a almost bound'
ltti Cqj(! p( griitaon, nrld io oao
the blazing Southern sun to the inspir
in" strains of "Dixie," of tho "Bonnie
of
Blue Flag" end the irrelevant but irre
nressible "Thero Will Bo a Hot Time
in the Old Town To-Night." At inter
vals along the line the fluttering flag
called forth cheers, while many head
were bared us the frayed emblems
the dead cause gleamed over some or
rrnnization whose name is a household
word in the South. Here and there -a
camp appearee in gray jeans uniform,
black slouch hatu, and crrrying mus
kets of the old pattern, and all the war
paraphernaliaof the "sixty-one." Here,
again, Hampton and Gordon were
cheered vociferously at every step and
rode almost the entire route with bared
heads. The absence of Gen. Wheeler
in the line was a source of consider
able disappointment. Ho reached the
city early fn tho day, -but dd not
participate in . the parade. Including
tho kindred organizations and distin
guished guests and -committees, there
were probably 5,000 persons in the line,
probably 3,000 of them Veterans.
The parade was dismissed at the au
ditorium. where the memorial exercises
were held. This being South Carolina
Memorial Day, tho occasion was one of
flnnhle significance. The ceremonies
were very impressive and the audito
rium was again filled to -its capaoity,
The memorial address was delivered by
Adjutant General moormau.who spoke
eloquently of the hero dead of the
South and paid high tribute to its wo
men. Chaplain Jones in his opening
. 1: t ll : a
nraver. niaae an muirect aiiusion io
to the Lee resolusions, by expressing
the hope that tho women of the South
would keep up the noble work of car
ing for taa gravel of the Southern
at4 d tbftt U9 eat would Uke fc o
THE LEE BESOLCTIOS.
The committee on resolutions to
which was referred General Lee s res
olution accenting President McKin-
ley's proposal that the Federal govern
ment should make provision for the
care of the graves of Confederate dead
spent several hours discussing the
matter and a compromise resolution
was finally framed aud will be offered
as a substitute. The resolution is to
the effect that if the national govern
ment desires to care for the graves the
Confederate veterans do not object to
its undertaking charge of those in the
North and in the neighborhood of the
old war prisons. The resolution will
state that the women of the South have
voluntarily undertaken to decorate and
properly preserve the craves, and that
the election as commander-in-chief,
and his association will not take this
privilege from them. In general, the
resolution is along the lines of the
speech made by Mr. Busbee. and who
proposed the substitute to the commit
tee. The modified resolution has been
submitted to General Lee. and he is
understood to have accepted it.
The convention was slow in coming
to order, it being 11:05 when the gravel
fell. It was opened with the Doxol-
ogy, followed by a prayer by the Bev,
Dr. Smith, of Stonewall Jackson s
staff. The prayer was a most appropri
ate one. He invoked the divine bless
ing on the convention and its rapidly
aging members. He aBked God's bless
ing on the widows of the cause. The
recommendations of the members for
the committeee on credentials and reso
lutions were cr,lled for.
After some further general business
the feature of the day's session took
place. It was General Wheeler's ad
dress, and the scene that attended his
iutroduction wan one of-frantio enthu
siasm. Advanoing to the front of t the
platform, General Gordon held up his
hand, and absolute silence fell upon the
vast audience, as he said: "Comrades,
I have here a real treat for you. If I
should tell this convention there is here
the hero of Santiago "General Gordon
could get no further. A wild burst of
applause thundered forth, rebel yells
split the air and hats, canes and hand
kerchiefs were waved as the great au
dience rose to its feet. Finally secur
ing quiet, General Gordon spoke of
General Wheeler as the man who at
Santiago held to the front place the
army flag of America." Again the
applause thundered out, and, rising,
the assemblage continued cheering un
til tho scene was one of the wildest that
ever marked a reunion. Proceedin
General Gordon described Wheeler as
ono of thV'wiliest wizzardsof the Con
federacy." and then repeated the apoc
ryphal story of the famous little caval
ryman when at Santiago he exclaimed
as the Spanish lines broke, "forward,
boys, the Yankees are running!" and
again the applause broke out. Ihe au
dience rose as General wheeler step
ped forward, apparently much affected,
He spoke deliberately, calmly and
clearly, the audience giving him close
attention. His reference to the general
sorrow caused by the death of Winnie
Davis affected many, to tears. Gen
eral Wheeler said in part:
The history of our country, when
compared with that of all the eras that
have preceded ns, shows that our civil
ization has produced the highest class
of men and the noblest type of soldiers.
The very idea of liberty nerves the soul
and fires the heart Defeat but exasper
ates, adding desperation td vigor and
energy to determined resolve. It was
the teaching of fathers and mothers
who fled from the oppression of caste
and class, braved the unfathomed ocean'
and landed upon these shores, con
fronted by wild beasts and savage In
dians that the highest honor and great
est privilege was to fight for country,
its safety and its honor. "
"If the people of the North excel in
some qualities, it is also true that
those of the South excel in others. It
has been said that tenacity of purpose,
thrift and perseverance predominate in
the Northern character. Ibis may
probably be so, but it is also true
that other characteristics are more no
ticeable among the people of the
South."
The battle-scarred veterans, who
during four years of Moody warfare
dazzled the world with the splendor of
their heroism are fast passing away.
The few who remain gather annually
to renew the friendship which, formed
among such 6cenes. is the warmest
and most enduring. No greater heroes
were in the legions led by Alexander,
Hannibal, Charlemagne or JNapoiaon,
for your acoievemenis excelled all
theirs.
"It was a war fought to settle ques
tions that for more than half a century
had been matters of the most earnest,
and I might say bitter contentions, in
creasing in intensity, until an appeal
to the God of Battles was' "rendered
inevitable so that no arbitrament save
that of the sword was possible. When
the South yielded, it was to numbers,
battalions, artillery, to unlimited re
sources of the Federal government.
"The armies of the South laid down
their arms, but not one iota of their be
lief in the truth and justice of their
cause did tbey surrender. With energy
and determination they met tne new
problems confronting them.
"As between the. soldiers on either
side, there was no real enmity. Mutu
al admiration for each other's prowess
is the sent m at of all braive oen, and
with admiration, respect nadmrally ia
creases.3' . r '
"The lifetime of ft ffineraUes bat let
tiosfi tat memories oMbftt eeofiiot.
VV meet here to cherish and inten
sify tho memory of the great struggle in
which you were actors, lonrs devotion
to dutr, yonr courage in battle and
your unmurmuring endurance, was
yonr heritage from your ancestors '
"it is a matter of which the Southern
people may well take pride, that dur-
icg all the great progress and advance
ment of our country, including the
armed contest of last vear, and which
I am clad to cay now appears to be
happily ended, no section of oar land
hsa been more devoted to tbe cause of
our country and to upholding its
honor and prestige than the people of
the Southern States.
"Those upon whom rests the cares.
duties and burdens of government have
encountered no embarrassment or
complaints or criticism from Sonthern
States. one of their brave volunteer
regiments have asked to be returned
from fields of active duty aud when the
request has come from Governors of
other Commonwealths, volunteers from
the Southern States have promptly
begged for the honor of filling their
places in the front of battle."
AH INV1TATIOX TO MEET IK BUFFALO, N. T.
IIS
sm AT IT.
Filipinos Fighting and Negotiating
For Peace.
WISH TO DISCUSS SITUATION.
A'eiaaldo "Afraid the Warfare Necesiary
(o Cocquer tbe I'aited States Will Draia
Mt Country's tesoorcei." All Forewa
rn Most Lean.
Buffalo, N. Y., Special. Secretary
Keep, of the Merchants' Exchange,
has telegraphed tho Confederate Veter
ans' Association, now in session at
Charleston, S. C, au invitation to
hold its reunion in 1001, the Pan-American
Exposition year in Buffalo.
CHARLESTON REUNION ENDED.
TBE CL H TEE MlSil'V.
The Tree ij fn a ti : !: leaaea
ta; MeseaaL
The committee having ia charjr the
IB
11.
WMT (KM ML
at ftav
One To
Day's Session a Spirited
Meet in Louisville.
Charleston, S. C, Special. With
a spirited, and at times a stormy ses
sion, the ninth annual reunion of the
Confederate veterans was on Friday
brought to a close. General John B.
Gordon, commander-in-chief, and all
the old officers, were re-elected. Louis
ville. Ky., was chosen as the next
place of meeting and the question of
Federal care cf Confederate graves was
disposed of by the adoption of a sub
resolution which declines tha Presi
dent's sugcestion except as to those
graves located in the North, and re
serving to the women of the South the
duty of caring for those in the seceding
States, and Maryland. The adoption
of this resolution and the report that
accompanied it precipitated a debate
which verged upon the sensational,
and at times much confusion and dis
order prevailed.
At night at the auditorium, a grand
reception to the veterans was held and
an address delivered by Col. Henry L.
Turner, of Chicago, commanding the
First IHinois Regiment, who has been
the guest cf the city during the re
union. A brilliant ball was given at
the Isle of Palms to the sponsors, maids
of honor and Daughters of the Con
federacy. The veterans and visitor
rapidly departed and the ninth reunion
of the men who wore the gray was
practically at an end.
The convention was opened at 10:30
o'clock, with the singing of the Doxo-
ocy, which was followed by prayer by
the Bev. Dr. S. P. H. Elwell, of South
Carolina.
General Gordon introduced General
M. L. Bon ham. of South Carolina
Sons of Veterans, who delivered an ad
dress. He was followed by Mr. Kirk.
commander of the trans-Mississippi
department. His remarks were of the
nature of a enlcgy of the Confederau
soldiers. General Gordon then prest nt
ed Robert ET Lee, Jr., who was cheered
to the echo by the assembly.
General S.' D. Lee presented the re
port of the committee on history, which
was unanimously adopted. This was
one of the most important matters be
fore the convention, and the reading of
the report was listened to with close at
tention. The report alluded to the war
with Spain as a factor in obliterating
the shadows of the war between the
States, and refers to the prompt re
sponse of the Southern States to the
call for troops as showing the whole
country the depth and fervor of the
Southern patriotism.
Alluding to the question of Confed
erate graves, tho report Bays: "The
recent generous words of President
McKinley, commending the Confeder
ate dead to tbe nation's care, are the
expression oi a sentiment growing
everywhere, that the deeds of the Con
federate soldier . are the glory of the
whole country, and that his memory is
worthy to bo cherished wherever self1
sacrifice commands sympathy or brave
actions strike a responsive cord in noble
hearts." ..
The committee recommends that an
effort be made to banish from the
schools any books which teach false
lessons, either in fact or sentiment,
and to this end suggests the appoint
ment of a committee of three members
in each State, whose duty it ahull be to
examine school histories there in, use.
In discussing tbe report, Dr. J, L. M.
Curry, of Virginia, discussed the right
of secession, and defended the course
of the South as constitutional, and then
denounced mob rule and lynchings in
unmeasured terms. ,
Among the resolutions adopted, was
one characterizing as mere fiction the
statements mad by a distinguished
Southern lecturer that the Confederate
authorities were remiss in not improv
ing - the opportunity at the famous
Hampton Roads conference, when Mr.
Lincoln met the Southern commission
in an effort to arrange - terms of peace.
Tho convention then proceeded to
the selection of a city for the reunion
of 1900. Louisville, Ky. and Norfolk,
Va., seemed to be the only active can
didates. It was soon evident that the
Kentncky city was in tbe lead, and the
selection was made unanimous. A reso
lution of thanks to the city of Charles
ton was passed, and at 2:15 the conven
tion adjourned, sine die.
' The Bicycle Trust.
Tbeston, N. J., Special. Articles ef
incorporation have been filed with the
Secretary of State of the American Bi
cyclo Company, with an authorized
capital of 80, 000,000. The company is
authorized to manufacture and to sell
bicycles, automobile vehicles and. eje
Hp (w4 otfc ootcri, ,
Manila, By Cable. The Filipinos
have resumed the atUmpt to induce
the Americans to discuss the situation,
Reyes, a young lieutenant of the staff
cf Gen. Gregorio del Pilar, came to
Gen. Lawton Saturday, under a flag
oi truce, tie was accompanied by a
barefooted bugler. The two were es
corted ii Manila by Capt He well, of
Gen. J.iwton'a staft Reyes told Maj,
Gen. Otis that Agninaldo desired passes
for a military commission to come to
Manila to confer with American Phili
pine commissioners. Gen. Otis replied
that passes would not be necessary, as
unarmed commissioners could enter
the American lines. He would leave
the matter, he said, in General
Lawton's hands. Lieutenant Reyes
returned Friday evening to Bacolor.
Aguinaldo has issued orders that all
foreigners must leave the insurgent ter
tory within 48 hours. There are only
a few commecial men there, mostly
English and German. Agninaldo be
lieves that by refusing them the rights
of non-combattants he can force their
governments to recognize the belliger
ency of his so called government, in or
der that they may treat for the safety
of their subjects. A Filipino priest
who talked with the Tagal general,
Treas, has brought to Father McKin
non, chaplain of the First California
Regiment, a copy of a letter written by
Agninaldo to General Treas, asking his
opinion as to the advisability of surren
dering, saying: "I fear that the long
warfare that will be uecessary to con
quer the United States will drain the
country's resources too much."
Tho American's policy of humane
warfare has its disadvantages. Among
the thousands of pretended friendly
natives who have been returning to
their homes behind the American
armies, there are some who have taken
advantage of tho generosity of the
conqnerers to make tbe zone unsafe
unless Americans go well armed
and in parties". Soldiers going about
alone are frequently fired upon from
houses, or from behind bushes. Dur
ing the past week, it has been found
necessary to send cuards with wagons
and ambulances and several attempts
have been made to wreck trains by
pi a cine obstructions upon the railroad
tracks.
Drivinf Out the Jews.
IjOxd.os, By Cable. The Russ;an
government baa decided upon excep
tional measures against the Jews,
doubtless owing to the intense feeling
against them prevailing in many parts
of Russia at the present time. The
first anti-Jewish measure was promul
go ted Saturday, under which the stay
of all, even foreign Jews, is prohibited
in St. Petersburg. No excemption wfl
be made, even in the case of French
Jews.
Touched by Packpockets.
'Gastonia, N. C, Special. The dele
gation ot veterans from Gaston county
to tho reunion returned from Char
leston Saturday. Of the number.
Messrs. J. C. Anthony, Edwai'd
Whitesides, Rnfua Ratchford and
Taylor Glenn were touched by pick
pockets, losing their money and tickets.
St. Louis has been selected as the
permanent headquarters of the Catho
lic Knights of America.
gtvrn to the mnscam, bat u oly
loaned and may be removed whenever
the city of Raleigh desire to do x
The Museum aa chosen for the rea
son that the trophy ran be better cared
for there than anywhere else at pres
ent. It seems to be necessary for the
gan to be clowly anardel. At New
York, even on board the lUleigb, sev
eral screws and bolts were taken fron
it by fcouvenir hunter; and at Wil
mington, on board the Compton, the
sight was stolen from tbe gun. It is
to guard against snch as this io foture
that ittloenced the cumtuittee in
choosing the SUte Mureum as the
proper place to keep the gun.
Ewart Wilt ou uts Money.
The Comptroller of the Currency
baa decided that Jadgo Ewart, of the
Western district of North Carolina, is
entitled to receive the salary attached
to the office from the date uf bis quali
fication under the recess appointment
issued to him by the President on
April 13, 181K). Dnring the last session
of Congress, Mr. Ewart served as dis
trict judge under a recess appointment
issued July 13. 1833. On December
13, 1898, the President again sent his
nomination to the Senate, bnt no ac
tion was taken thereon. On April 13,
1819, a second appointment was issued
to Mr. Ewart, under which he quali
fied, and the question was raited by
the disbursing clerk of tho Depart
ment of Justice whether he was en
titled to a salary from April 13 last.
'Ihe Comptroller reviewed tbe decision
of a former Attorney General aitj the
authority of the President in making
recess appointments aud decides the
question in the affirmative.
A Remarkable kelic.
A remarkable rtdic has recently been
uncovered on an islaud at the month
of the New river, near Mariue. A
strong current set in from the sea s
few days ago. cutting away the ocean
bed to a depth of several feet and lay
ing bare the remains of a vat forest at
tho bottom. Great ftumpsaud remaiui
of mammoth trees were seen aud among
them the skeleton of whit is supposed
to be a mastodon. One single bone
weighed not less than six hundred
pounds, and judging from measure
ments of parts au estimate has been
made that the animal in life must have
measured nut less than fifteen feet
act oss the breast and stood nearly oi
quite twenty feet high.
Three Horses killed.
The Atlanta special, northbound.
ran into a drove of horses ou ihe Ral
eigh and Gaton railroad near Weblou
and killed three of the animals. One
of them was badly cut to pieces and
dragged for a conniderable distance.
Tbe horses belonged to Maj. T. L Eat
ery and were ou tbe track at Chockoy-
otte creek. The engineer blew his
whistle, but the animals were badly
frightened and only jumped back and
forth on the track. Ihe engineer
states that he.mdo every effort to atop
the train, but, it being a faot train aud
on a down' grade, it ran into tb
horsea before, the engine could be
atopped.
Tit Crtaf Urn rat ta trt
K &ai Mtn
) Cwa al
VTaaamtivo.!. C. hi.l M!ea4
! X li l
raar. laio. llaa'
I laL was the tce a at ts
I Navy !iaeat I tUf. 1 m taw
Vw.,www.., ' laW.wn tUttaeUa.ae
gun presented by the eiatf Raleigh Capll:n Clas Great f ight For Lift ,u cWIvLVj
held a meeting aud decide to plae it r J ' '
ia the Bute Mascara. It is not to U in the Junglft. j , .V's? W
ail rixatiajt ia ti feJira!. Uy
ia tie Jssrle Ur S x Heart ftcfart ftciaf
D tcsiercd. Aaetatr lif Trast Tenses'
A Caftae TDtte Tratt.
Mamla. By Cable. Iastaacee ef
rersoeat bt every Lav Ui qeile as
numerous ia tbe American at my ia the
Philippines aa danog tbe Cabe eeoa-
I aisa. Lot the eorreepoadaata bava net j
had orportaaity to chronic! tbe
deeds of dance in the Oriat, tocaa
cf thethirkaeas of tbeeoaatry penetra
ted. Many heroi arts wer ' na
heard of for days after their acenrreace.
Oo soldier who has well illustrated the
quality of tbe American is Cap
tain Charles Clay, of th Seven
teenth Infantry. CapUia Clay
i a native of Lexicgtoa. Ky., aed a
grandson of Henry Clay, lie broach!
new honor to tbe family nam ia t uw,
where dnrieg the hottest actina of th
Santiago field, when h;s men were ly
irg beLiud cover fcr a abltei from a
shower of bullets, be marched back and
forth in front vl his company a erect
aud cool as though on a drea arade,
nor would he yield to tbe appeals of
tbe men that be find shelter. "TCie
captain never forgot for a second that
he was a Clay," one of them explained.
Aa Official Ditpatca Ire Otis.
Washixutox, I. CL, h'recial. The
War Department bas received from
General Otis a dipatch giving Ihe eq
uation in th Philippine, aom perts
of which have been omitted by th War
Department in tusking it public Th
dispatch is as follows:
Manila, MayK.
'Adjutant General, Vabinoa;
"The situation is a follows: Lawton
is at Msann and Balinag; ecoa'ins
parties to north and eat. MacArtnnr
at San Fernando; A ortioa cf
the country between Manila and
northern pcints is held by trooie
re uruing home; appear cbeerfal and
contented. Army gunboats o -crating
in rivers. Have cleared the oonatry
west of JJacArlhnr of insurgents.
Signa of iasurgeuta weakness more
apparent daily,
(signed) "Ona"
Iron Furnace a Success.
The iron furnace at Greensboro it
an unqualified success both as br
quality and quantity. Monday the
manager commenced making at tht
foundry number one iron which it
considered the best that can be made,
and Wednesday they commenced
making four blasts instead of three, at
before. Another one thousand horse
power engine bas arrived. It ia wise
stated that another furnace will hi
erected as soon as possible.
Nefro Woman Murdered. .
Chaklotte, N. C, Special. Early
Sunday morning, Carrie Harvey, a col
ored woman living here, was shot and
instancy killed by Press Gilmore, a
negro aboui 19 years of age. Jealousy
was the cause of the shooting. The
murderer made his eseape and is still
at large, though the police are making
diligent search in all directions.
They Violated No Law.
TVashingtox, D. C, Special. Maj.
Strong, general agent for the Deport
ment of Justice, has returned from
Raleigh, N. C, where he investigated
complaints of ill treatment in the Fed
eral jsiL While Attorney General
Griggs declines to discuss the nature
of the report on the case, it is under
stood that five prisoners were found to !
have been whipped, but that the prison
officials cannot be prosecuted, as they
have not violated any law.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Frank A. Vanderlip has consented to
act aa chairman of a national committee
to provide a residence in Washington
for Admiral uewey.
Aaron M. Powell, of New York, the
noted anti-slavery agitator, temperance
worker and writer, died suddenly Fri
day in Philadelphia, from - heart dis
ease, while in attendance upon the
opening session "of Friends Yearly
Meeting.
An official dispatch received at Mad
rid from Tdasila says the insurgents
attacked the Spaniards at Zamboanga,
on the island of Mindanao, bnt were
repulsed. Two Spanish officers and
three men were wounded and one man
was killed.
The North Carolina Supreme Courl
adjourned Wednesday to meet next
September. For tbe first time in fifty
years not a single caso was carried
over to the succeeding term.
Senator Pritchard has recommended
Prof. O. F. Pool as census supervisoi
of the eighth census district.
Copies of Ibe school law are being
distributed tbronghoot the SUte. The
demand for the law bas been large and
tbey are being mailed ont rapidly.
Tbe entire State guard will bo re
organized so as to admit tbe entire
First Regiment of volunteers, very
probably as it stood at muster-out.
Aa SS00.000.O0O Trast
Chicago, I1L, Spe"''. Rpranta
tivea of two of th big corioraticns,
which rnmor baa associated with the
proposed f 800,000.0X0 combination of
iron and steel Industrie, declared ma
terial trocrefB lad been made. Tbe
plan, alrtsdy exploited to a consider
able degree, ia to aLaoib mmee, tntll
railroada and factcr es. H two rep
resentatives in question said tbe follow-
ibe concretion, giving lL capital
atcck of cacb, wire to L included: Th
Carnegie C mi any, 2:0,0tO,"0O; Fed
eral Steel Ccmpsny, tli,WX,0(W ;
American Steel and Wire Company,
00,000,000; National Steel Company.
&9,000,000; American Tib Plate Com
pany, $00,000,000; Republic Steel Com
psny, $00,000,000; American Steel IIoop
Company, f 33, 000,000.
The Ralcffji Arreaod.
CnABLKsTox, 8. C.t Special The
cruiser Raleigh, which waa boood to
be present at tbe Confederate renaioa,
went aground oatly Tuesday moraij
about SOO feet outside of th aoatb
jetty. - Late in tbe afternoon wbea tbe
tide filled tbe crniaer was pulled oD
and towed up th harbor to her anchor
ace. It was stated by her effioare that
a superficial examination showed bo
injury to her hulL
Car Sops L'ereefed by a Steraa ia Georgia,
West Poist, Ga.. 8pciaL A report
has reached here of the death cf sever
al negroes in a storm which swept over
Chambers county, lata Sunday Bight
The rnmor cannot b verified, as all
wires in that direction are down. Tbe
storm her unroofed th ear abop ol
tbe Atlanta k West Point Railroad. I
. .
ana ereaiea a amaii pani s m mwjim
church across the river.
l'ja Uoairy t u aacettaAaed taet
heertaiy La i.4 liarada veaiag
cabled Adaaual Dewey I
letara t th I'aited Mat at er.
II Las Wea relieved f th eUigalle
f reasaiaiag at Maaila aatd la "
asiaatoa eocapl ite week. 11 ke a4
vea teqaired I await the tta
boetihtwe, 1st aaay start aesseward at
ae. Th eel eteJ at th N'avj
IrUt taJete tkat th Oljaw
pi wul t vaia Uag gh
to reewtt ta aett eatward s4. a
It is t4Bat4 at th Navy !pf 1aat
that I way will reach tL Cat4 Mete
ia tm for a aattoaaldeaaeaattataea a
th Fvurth 4 Jaly aett T llr
will aet Of at aaJer fall steaai, tat.
be ertheleea, ah should saak th ta
to New Yvta ia aUat ildaye ftoaa
ai'.a. That is t roa t New Yl
ia a! moat reflate. Adcval WaUea
will sail frees ha Freaeiao aeitTaee-
day aa a toger a oae of th reg
tar aaeagr lead eteataabtp, tt ca
aot poaaibly leach Maeiia bwfwi thw
middle cf Jeer,
V.cc.frtiiecet acwai.
71 Haitian t H.an Packet Cv
aaacnoora ibe elect cf Mr. Jwha IL
Sherwood t tb Co cfvu iee4al
f th roaiay. Mr. Sterwood is ale
general maaager of lb co asy, aal
La Leeo cuaaedeJ with it aiac 1A
Th cotnay la fa of th Ideal jr
atiog eteatnera a th inland waters
this roantry.aad Laabeca oteof Ibe lead
marks of tL C'hraapeak lUy. if it may
L termed each. Mr. hkerwued ea
ergy aad ability has pUeed bint ia Lis
lceat eitioa, aa L La erveeia
a aabordiaat rapecHr. iJeaa ia
meria architecture Lav Leea a how a
ia th conatiurt.oa of lie f.t etrataers
which romixia lb fleet ol tbeO d Ley
Lib, for many f tbeiu. ice'ed ae tl
well koowa Alabama, wet dea.gaed
almoet srlaiv:y after Li pleus. lie
was alo matibmebtal ia deaigabc the
txtea-'.v dock which tL Old Hay
Lie will on Light lret. I'altt
mte, ib a few months ia addition to Its
I-retcat wbaiva at L'aioa locL
Waal Dcwiy te titers Via Saa fraac att
Washiuvto. 1. C., hi!. A a
effort Laa begna ia th West to Lev
Admiral Dewey to retara by way of
haa Fraarieco is Lriag eaptlema4
her. 1 b representative of ml lb
larg traae-cott mental tat reeds called
at th Navy Deparmeat aad taed
tlat if Adm.ial Dewey retained by
way oi raa riatcieeo una lauroaa
piofed to idee at Lie eel v re aa -tiretrais,
tb net that rrwd
th CoBtu.tt aad taaka it bbj-ct ta
bis wiaLes as t tb Urea and tw cf
stoptioaroa tbe way Laet It waa
nrired aleo that this woa d give a
ticady tb whole ex-entry aa pirtia
ity to juia ia th rteeptiva f tb Ler
of Alan la. inateadof reatrictiag it t
i he etrefrh Let tea New York aid
Washington.
Gaard House Packed With Iowa. Soldiers.
. Savannah, Ga., SpeciaL The Forty
ninth Iowa Regiment waa mustered
out Saturday, and after being paid off
the men raided aoda water stands, bread
and sausage wagons in camp and took
all the atnff and turned over the wag
ons. - The police were called out in
large numbers and many arrests were
made. The men were hauled into
police barracks in patrol wagona and
trolley oars. The police station waa
picked with tbeo, and tht rtoordex
will bold ipioJal cowl to try tbi
The Selma Oil and Fertilizer works,
with a capital stock of $25,000, ha
been organized and will soon com
mence operation.
Governor Rusiell has commissioned
F. W. Hancock a member of the state
board of pharmacy for a period of five
years from April 28, 1899.
The new Winston-Salem postofBce
will have tho diatioction of being tbe
only hyphenated office in the United
States.
Graded schools are soon to be es
tablished in Newbern, tbe town having
voted the necessary tax levy.
An eagle measjring G feet from tip
to tip, and haviig monster talons, was
killed near Wilmington Monday.
Mr. Richard Tillery. who is Capt
Day's general manager of the pent
tentiary farms, was in Raleigh a few
days ago. Relative to the farm he
Bays he will finish planting rot on tb is
week and that there are 4,030 aces in
cotton, 4,000 acres in corn, 800 in pea
nuts. 300 in wheat, 300 in oats and
250 in rice. There is at each farm a
card en of 15 to 20 acres. All tbe
farms are in good shape, he say a,
thongh abont 100 more convicts are
t-eeded on them.
Tbe Wilmington Messenger aaya that
in addition to the $250,000 cotton mill
to be erected by Mr. E. C. Holt and
his associates, another $100,000 cot
ton mill ia to be erected in Wilming
ton. .
Rev. George D. Armstrong, for forty
years active pastor of the First Presby
terian church, of Norfolk; Va., and
now emeritus pastor, is critical ilL He
is in his 87th year. ' , -
Mr. .James H. Catber. cf Bryaon
City, bas written a book claiming thai
Abraham Lincoln was.. Lcra in Ban
comb.cptj ia wbit j now gwin
A Cabas Tehacc Trast
Nrw Yoanv SpeciaL Th Havana
Commercial Company ia bow f ally or
ganized, with a capital izttioa cf $20,
100.000, of which $7,500,000 ia preferred
and 12.500.000 is common stock. The
dficers of the company are: IL R
dollis preaident, Fraactaco Garcia, vie
reaidant. aad resident dart dor ia
Havana; Ferdinand Hiracb, managing
director, and Ford Huntington, eeero
ary and treasarer. .Th basiacas of
th company at i resent ia confined to
the manufacture aad export of Havaaa
cigars and cigarette aad Cuba leaf to
bacco. Fir ia Eueaeli k, Co.s exUasiv
thresher and engine plant at MaasilUon.
O., deatroyed property vlod at fully
?500,000. Tb fir started ta tb war
ious at 8 o'clock aad ia spit of Tb
ffjrts of th various boa coaipaai,
.rained steadily. Is this a tract are
joo finished machine wera eon
turned. Th second section of tb great coo
ner trust will probably b forad within
fortnight. 1 h capitalization will b I
abont $73,00a,00X
Trcaiarcrs Appelated fr Cabs aal Pert
Wash ixoTov, D. C, 8cie!. Or
ders issned by tbe War Itopertateat
Friday eaataeea tL arpitaBt of
Major Eageae F. Ladd, quartermaster,
Unitd Htat Volaateer. (capteta
Ninth United Htatee Cavalry), aa treas
urer cf tb Island of Cuba,' aad the aj
poibtmeat of Captaia Jamee A. linrb
aaaa.Elevefith United htatee lafaetry,
aa treasurer of Port luco. Captain
Buchanan will act as treasurer ia addi
tioa to bis 'c.nti aa collector of cms
tome at San Jean d Port Rica.
Charles N. Ilaakell. wheat Atiray
General Manett aornsd of twiag
party to offering hint a brib io drt
tbe proeecntJ of tb Ktaedard Hl
caaee, said t Ib Associated Iree re
porter that b abeolaUlr bad Botbiag
to do with offeriBg a brtb to aay oaa.
U atatd that b waa ia a way row
Betd with th Standard Oil Conai a y
aad doe not know Mr. Meaett r
Cbarl B. Sqnir . bia alUgwd briber.
Death ef teswcl! P. Hewer.
Boswell P. Flower, Ei-OeTorar of
New York, died Friday aicht at 10 JC .
at tb EaetportConatry Clan, at Et
port. Long Island. Mr. Flower 'waa
takes ill early ia tb day, with a aevrre
attack of eeut iadieetia. I a tb ef -teraooa
ysi tcms of heart fedora sa
prvad, aad b grew eUdily wore,
atil tb tin of bia death. U bad
ba a nCrrer frem gaatrttie for a loag
Usaa. with every new aad tha an acata
Tb total reaoorce rf aatioaal baaka
of tb Uatled fetate at tb elef bjai
ne ea Ami Sta werw f4LCS,taa.ie0(
aad tbe iadivinal deioeita aggrsgabad
$2.ir.gg3.43a
five Pcsftc Kavwcd t Death.
- Daltox. Ga., Spenat Tb real
deac of Dr. L. C Bagwell, tea tail
eaat of br. was bnrad wly Wdae
day. Dr. Bagwell, hi tar child ra
aad their negro boakpr wr
burned to death., ft Is "apposed a lamp
which Dr. raawell bad aa
near bia bed xplodVd.
S7IJaa aaataa. Va.
ickkovp, Va. Sciat Aa i
Rjckkoyp, A a. Bieciat Aa acet-
destal fir at South Boatoa, Halifax
ceaaty. Wednesday afleraooa, de
atroyed tbre tobacco Ttzris aad
aeveral dwellmcr Tb loae ia U
tnatedat$7a. .
The fresefleai laki g a test
Hot Speixos, Vs., Special. Preai
dent McKinley bas had a (day ef thor
ough rest and comfort at tb HoUl
Homestead here. Official basin did
not iotrud to disturb bias, nor dvd im-
nortnnat caller crowd to aek hial r--s.
favor. He spent most of bis day ia tbe I countries cf the vorl 1
lUd r-mn to te a xaronte color for
Of the tw-ctity-Bvf pnwir
tUeteB Ol
nj artmenta set aside for bia party or oa I tbcm have rr-1 in tbilr nauoaai . -
the wide porches upon which bia wia-l or, ia mis list are """"TZJ;
dow.orwnad. After nap aad la.ch- rd attatca. I gld. 1 J:
eon. hawnjyed a nocbi I chat with 8- Atrbx J,- '
aSiuUf jw
m.tf TwaxwwawNaf Vab BT Tl ftQd CUU-U
torrwbanks. X'".
Anothar (old itrikf bas ty la 1 8tattJ u xsxrtxtsl aualt5 O
Alaii 1 1 t cast Itflilfj Hiv&A
5