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THE CAUCASIAN - XIX f Vol. RALEIGH, NORTH OABOLINA, MAY 16. 1901. No. 22 LETTERS F THE PEOPLE. NOMK PUNGENT OPINIONS AND COMMENTS FROM WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. WHAT A DEMOCRAT WANTS TO KNOW. It. marks Coiiceralng The faaee Against fraudulent Itrgl.trare Time For Uood 1'enple To It Aetlr-IHuatUractlon la l b Kut. HOMK INTKKKHTINCi ITEMS HU.M TIIK WKHT. Hlddeuite, N. C, May 11. In Tiik Caucasian of April '2'Ah I see an invitation for correspondence trom earh section of the state. inuorse your idea oi giving news items from every quarter. I am sure that this plan will do much to ward bringing the good lieople of the stale in closer proximity to each other, sud will be a medium of bringing out ideas for good, to the general public that have been ma terialized, but have been kept in the back ground fur want of the o port unity that t lie ht is ntt'erin?. I am sure that the rank and Hie ol the people are rire, and ready to do the right, and all that is needed is for them to have the light turned on. We in this section of the state have Just emerged from the reign of winter. The spring bird has Just struck his tlrst note as an omen. Our fanners are well on the way planting. Quite a large crop of cot ton will ho planted for this section. The apple crop up heie promises to be very large. The each crop will be limited. Prof. A. F. Sharp's High School at this place is in a flourishing con dition. The commencement exercises of tills scho -I will oecur the 16 and 17 of May. I'rof T. I'ool's High School at Vashti, in Alexander couuty, is a very nourishing school, and will close- wltli commencement exercises ths last of May. We are more than gratified with the article "Light is Breaking." What the more surprises us is that so many good men in the Demo cratic jiarty have gnqd their way in darkness so long. Is It a fact that the laboring man, "poor wretch that he is," must always be used as a tool to further the revolutionary gang of thriving conspirators who care nothing for the good of the people and the welfare of the state? Well; hasn't the last legislature broken the record. What more can they do, than they have done? Why, you can't hold a democrat up here long enough to ask him what he thinks about It. It you happen to name the acts of the last legislature in the hearing of a dem ocrat, he just simply vanishes, as vapor will before the purifying effects of a spring morning sunbeam, They (the democrats) say that the complexion ol democracy has so changed that they really do not know where they are at. Our merchants think that the revenue Jtc, machinery act is very unfair; under the new school law, the whole machinery of our free public school system has gone democratic. What do you think of a party that will degrade itself, (If it Is possible for such a party as the democratic party to be degraded) as to usurp authority over the Representa tive of the county, in the General Assembly, as the last legislature did and not even hear him in appoint ing the County Board of Education, but select the meanest partisan dem ocrats they could find in the county and appoint them as a non-partisan board of education. Such is surely the case in 4 Little Alex." Hurrah for Lieut. Gov. Reynolds' article in the Winston Republican, as relates to nol-prossing the cases against the' democratic registrars, who were indicted for violating that honest (?) election law. There may be policy In such action, but we feel safe in asserting that there is no principle underlying any such prop osition; we feel safe in further as serting that those who gave their assent to such, will regret it in less than two years to come. Stick a pin here. We thiuk it high time that every one who wishes to see good come to The Old North," should bestir himself, and look around him, and with an eye single to the . good of humanity ask himself this ques . tlon: "With what party shall I allgne myself that I may do the most good for myself and my chil dren; that I may the better propagate the great principles that underly a republican form of government, and so cast my vote (in case J. am not disfranchised) that such vote will be. counted one looking toward the everlasting destruction of red-shirt- ism and anarchy in the Old North State?" Fair Dealing. A DEMOCRAT WANTS TO KNOW. A prominent Democratic attor ney in the eastern part of the state in a letter to the editor of The Cau c asian begins it as follows: "x nave react witn interest your pungent criticism upon the appoint ment of F. D Winston as judgeThe inquiry, I think, might have been extended. and the Question asked. "Why did the Governor appoint as judge or the criminal court Mr. uryan, or Wllmlngtona man who had voted for ltumell over Cy Wat-0a v , law. ( TT Ujr Vff AO IUC I appolninent given to him over the beads of men who for 25 yean have nerved the democratic, party loyally in every campaign and voted the whole ticketr' There are no doubt many demo- crata in the state who would like to P1 ask this question and many others that have been suirirostfed bv devel- opments since the last election In North Carolina. HOME DISSATISFACTION. Warsaw, N. C, May 8, 1901.- I he laxt legislature, on account of IMHlng several objectionable bills lout a good many voters. I could tell you of as many as a dozen or two around here who fay that It is the last time they will ever vote the democratic ticket, and I think they will do as they fay. Ab. Pii i i lips. HE SAW THE PRESIDENT. Lai IIU House Hum to the Ground la Order to IJo It. San Luis Obispo, California, May 10. The route of the President's train northward from Los Angeles today lay through the Santa Clara Valley, nestling under fog-swathed mountains to the coast, where it ran lor hours along the edge of cliffs overhanging the Pacific Ocean. At every stopping place today there was a beautiful flower show. At Ventura and Santa Barbara the President was simply overwhelmed with flowers. An unusual incident occurred dur ing the President's stay at Santa Barbara. 1 he residence of the chief of the fire brigade caught fire. The fire chief, who was on the street awaiting the coming of the Presi dent was informed that his house was in flames. "Let it burn," he replied, "I will wait and see the President. I can build another house, but I may never have another opportunity to see the President of the United States," and he stoically remained while his house burned to the gr-uud. "I saw the President,' he said, when informed that his house was in ruins. "I saved the lot any way." The First Marriage Bond Ever Issued In Vak County Found, News & Observer. The first marriage bond ever Issu ed In Wake county has been found. It was discovered yesterday in the office of the Register of Deeds and is in an excellent state of preserva tion, the ink having faded but little and the only evidence of age about the paper being its yellow cast and a few breaks where it had been folded. It is a valuable souvenir of provincial days. The bond is written on ordinary note paper and Is dated November 6, 1771, making the instrument nearly one hundred and thirty years old. It tells of the agreement to the marriage of Giles Thomas and Molley Simms, and recites that Giles Thomas and one Williams Slmms give bond for fifty pounds provincial money, an amount equal to about $500 in the currency of to day. Crushed Between the Cars. Charlotte, N. C, May 10. Mr. B. Lee Roberts, son of Mr. John A. Roberts, of Cleveland county, was killed at the Southern passenger station in this city this morning by being caught between the platforms when in the act of coupling the air hose between two coaches of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta train. Mr. Roberts was thirty years old. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Roberts, live near Patterson Springs, Cleveland county, which was his home up to some years ago, when he came to Charlotte to buy cotton for J. II. Sloan. Lightning's Work at Chapel Hill. Chapel Bill News. During the electrical storm last Wednesday, lightning struck a tree at the northwest corner of Mr. Geo. Wood's residence, on Rosemary street. The tree was five or six feet from the corner of the house. The weather boarding was torn up some and the blinds knocked off and and every glass in the window shat tered to pieces. The lightning fol- owed a clothes line that was attach ed to the tree to the kitchen and riped off several planks. The resi dence was filled with smoke. North Carolina Millionaires. The New York Herald of Mon day has a column headed "Amer ica's Chrysocracy Our 3,828 Mil lionalref." In this list, for North Carolina are the following: Frank Coxe, Asheville; J. S. Carr, Washington Duke, James B. Duke, Benjamin N. Duke, B. L. Duke, Durham; Lawrence Holt, James Holt, William E. Holt, Burlington; P. H. Hanes, Winston; K. M. Murchisqn, Wilmington; Mrs. Westmoreland, Charlotte; Geo. W. Watts, Durham. No Place For the N egro. Knoxville. Tenn. H. L. Mc- Klnney (colored), who left Tennes see several weeks ago for Hawaii, writes from Honolulu advising his race to remain in the South. le gives as his reason that imported negroes must compete with Japanese and Chinese laborers; that' there is no chance for negro preachers or teachers; the cost of living is high and the feeling of enmity displayed acralnst the criminal classes of his race in the unitea Diates exisa hra. THE SEAL BAO HAM. Who Kr May "A stripling of effeminate rosines and nt attire sat in the comer of a frontier saloon, modest, silent, and " Iar oul ol lM way as ne couia Kt. u had stepped from the trint 1111(1 he waa waiting for the 11 waa starched linen that r18 wore; the city showed quite phunly In his hat; and it 1 still In Ul,i,ute whether any down was vial ble upon his lip. But he was old enough to be smoking a cigar with all the appearance of habit. This cigar, also, was not & native of the town. In fact, the young man had made no purchase upon entering the saloon; nevertheless, the proprietor could scarcely complain of him. The stranger had asked If he might wait here for the stage, and had thanked the proprietor tor his permission. "Then he had sought his quiet corner, and lighted his cigar. "A citizen walked out of the back room and up to the bar. He had lelt a faro game; and the proprietor was friendly with him, but respectr ful; that sort of respect which is flavored delicately with Just enough lamiliarity to bring it out. It is probable that the citizeu had had more drinks than the one he now took. It is also likely that faro had not gone . as well with him this morning as he considered bis due. His dissatisfied eye fell upon the rosy youth and his cigar; and he took the glass from his lips and held It, considering the stranger. "At length, without removing his eyes, he Inquired: 'What Christmas tree did that drop off?' "The proprietor hastened to take this view. 'Its express-tag has flut tered away, I guess,' he whispered jocosely. "The citizen remembered his whiskey, swallowed it, set the glass genlly down, gently drew his six shooter, and shot the cigar to smash out of the young man's mouth. "Now I do not at all know what l snouia nave aone in the young man's place. Something sensible. I hope. What the youth did I know I should not have done. You will see that his behavior was out of the common. He stooped down, picked up his cigar, found It ruined, put it in the spittoon, got a fresh one out of his pocket, found a match in his waistcoat, slid it along the seat of his nice breeches, lighted the new cigar, and settled himself once more in his chair, without a word of protest, or an attempt at resent ment. The proprietor saw him do it all, and told about it afterward. "The citizen took the second cigar, smash! like the first. Per- haps he went a trifle nearer the youth's lip. "What were the card players In the back room doing at all this noise? They ail lay flat on the floor like the well-trained, indi genous people that they were, mind ing their own business. For there was no rear exit. The youth felt in his waistcoat pocket, but brought no match from it. So he rose "with still another fresh cigar in his hand, and walked to the bar, "I'll have to ask you for a match,' he said to the proprietor, who at once accommodated him. "Once again he slid the match be neath his coat-tails, and bringing up his own six-shooter, shot the citizen as instantly dead as that can be done." Owen Wister in -Every body's Magazine. POCKET PICKED OF OYER $8,000. Wealthy Farmer Goes to a Clrcua and m Relieved of Ilia Pane. Fairmont, W. Va., P. N. Amos, a wealthy "farmer of Fairview, this county, had his pocket picked today of a purse containing $8,630 in cash and in checks and drafts on various banks. He came to attend a circus which exhibited here today, and' to deposit the amount in a Fairmont bank. He first discovered his loss while In the midst of an Immense crowd. The checks and drafts had all been indorsed by Mr. Amos, and were ready for. deposit. He estimates the cash at $3,000, all in big bills, none less than $100. -Mr. Amos to night wired in all directions to stop payment of the paper. WROTE SERMONS IN HIS SLEEP. The Remarkable Performance of a Young French Kccleaiaatlc. Narrating "Some Remarkable Ca ses of Double Personality ,v' Dr. B. Osgood Mason cites, in May Ladies' Home Journal, the case of a "young ecclesiastic in the seminary with the Archbishop , of Bordeaux, France, who was in the habit of get ting up at night in a condition of somnambulism, going to his study and composing and writing his ser mons in the dark. When he had finished one page he read it over and carefully and properly corrected it, A broad piece of card-board in ternosed between his eyes and his writing made no difference to him. He wrote, read and corrected just the same as if there had been no obstruction. Having comple ted his work to his satisfaction he returned to bed, and in the morn- incr he had not the slightest idea of what he had done in the night, and had no knowledge of it until he saw the manuscript in his own handwrit ing." To the Chicago Profeaaor. Philadelphia Record. It is better to have kissed a pretty gm uuu u uvo buiyo w tiest problem of old Euclid. HOW, THE REV ENUE ACT. REPORTED PLANS TO RESIST ITS ENFORCEMENT ON ACCOUNT OF IRREG ULAR PASSAGE. COUNSEL IS ALREADY EMPLOYED. Som Material Aatalaralt Adopted Wlthoe Aye and Smj Vote-A Qaee tioa ae to IU Coaetttattonalltjr-Special Seaeloa of General Aaaeembly Talked of The revenue act adopted by the last legislature is now being talked about In such a way as to Indicate that It may cause trouble. It has not yet been generally known or un derstood. Some people, however, nave gained a knowledge of some portions of it, and it has proven to be so drastic and promises to be so meddlesome and annoying, - that preliminary steps are being consider ed for testing iis constitutionality. Of course no one who looked on the proceedings of the last legislature ever seriously thought that body would or could frame a de ent act of any kind that did not carry "jobs" with it. That aggregation was far too much engrossed with providing places for themselves, and trying to oust others from places by impeach ment proceedings and presenting bills to prevent payment of lawful salaries to political opponents, to give the interests of the general public any of its time. All the brains In the whole collection would not have been equal to the task of framing a fair and Just revenue act, for the simple reason that fairness and justice never had any seat or lodgment among them. Therefore it was and is unreasonable to expect anything along this line .that can commend itself to the people. The first reported opposition to the revenue act as It stands comes from Wilmington. It is stated that able counsel has been employed there to resist the enforcement of the present law on the ground that Its manner of passage by the last General Assembly was in conflict with section 14, Article 1 of the Constitution. It is claimed that when the bill came up for second reading in the Senate it was weight ed down with thirty-six amend ments, and after it went back to the House many of the amendments were concurred in and others re jected; and thit when the bill came back to the Senate as amended it was only read one time and passed one reading ana was alterwards ratified. If these facts are so, leading law yers say the whole revenue act is in valid, as the Supreme Court of North Carolina has several times decided that unless a bill of this character shall pass three readings on separate days and the ayes and nays recorded in the second reading, the bill Is void. ir. gov. turner's opinion. Lt. Governor Turner, President of the Senate has been interviewred on the subject and says: "As I remember It, there were thirty-six amendments to the bill adopted for the first time on its third reading In the Senate. After the bill had passed its third and final reading in the Senate, it went to the House for concurrence. The House refused to to concur and conference committees were appointed. This committee reported that it had re ceded from seven of the amendments and agreed on adoption of the others. The report was adopted, and thus ended the legislative course of the Revenue Act. 'Now, as I understand It, the point is made that the amendments were a material part of the bill and should have been read on three separate days and adopted by an aye and no vote. This was done as the journal shows, but there are decisions ' of our Supreme count which seem to hold that if a material amend ment is adopted on the second or third reading, then the bill must be again put on its several ' readings as provided by the Constitution. This was not done in the case of the revenue act, ana l caiiea tne air tention of some of the Senators to the fact." If the revenue act should prove to be unconstitutional, the tax collectors and state government would have to fall back- on the revenue act of 1899. But that act would not begin to produce enough revenue to meet the tremendous increase in expenses and appropriations incurred by the last two legislatures. The state would fall behind anywhere from three hundred thousand to half a million dollars before another reg ular, biennial session of the General Assembly. The next remedy would be to call a special session of the legislature to remedy any defect that may exist in the manner of the passage of the bill, and this is being talked about now. It is understood that Governor Aycock is of the opinion that the grounds on which counsel are think ing of opposing the act will not prove good; and nothing more than this is now known of the matter. ' FredI had a fall last night which rendered me unconscious for several hours. Ed You don't mean it! Where . - - ---- , , I Fred I fell asleep. CSSPS CAOACED. Bala Hall Plrta Urn Live Mara Killed. Information from several portion of the State indicate serious damage to the growing crops. The damage in Wilson county from a cloud-burst and hall stoi m which occurred there on the 9th cannot be estimated. Farmers report their crops almost a total wreck. Young tobacco and cotton have been the principal sufferers. In most cases these crops will have to be replanted en tirely. The tobbacco plant beds have also suffered. This will short en the plant supply and in inanv oases will cut short a tobacco crop for the present season. In Wilson the water stood ponded In the streets a foot deep. The sewerage system was Inadequate to accommo date the torrents of water which fell. In the Swift Creek section of Wake county considerable damage was done by the heavy rains of Fri day. Hail fell also, but not with sufficient force to do much damage. Reports of a destructive hail storm comes from Wayne county. It car ried destruction to the crops. The County Treasurer, Parks, said some of the stones were larger than partridge eggs. And that in some places the hail was six inches deep, while in others it was from three to four Inches. The hail fell so rapidly and with'so much lorcethat quite a number of hogs, geese and other live stock were killed. The Wilmington Star says a de structive bail storm appears to have been pretty general over Eastern North Carolina and it Is believed very great damage has been wrought to strawberries and other crops. Mr. R. R. Stone, who came from Fayetteville the 11th, brings mot discouraging reports from that sec tion. He saya that the area covered by the fall of hail extends from a distance of about seven miles from Wilmingten as far towards Fayette ville as Atkinson, N.C., where there was a slight fall when the train passed through, which may have increased In .violence after he left. When the train reached Montague, the first station out from Wilming ton, it was found that the pelter of hail stones was ' phenomenal. Mr Stone said he never saw such a fall before and in places, he believed, where the stones had rebounded to gether, they were as deep as three inches and of good size. People at the station at Montague regarded the storm little leas than a calamity upon the truck growers, though no exct information as to the extent of the damage could be gathered at that time. A telegram from Forestville, Wake county, says: There was severe hail and rain storm in this section Wednesday night. Large pile3 of hail were on the ground this morning twelve hours after the storm. The land is very much washed and crops are damaged by the hail. Most of the crops right around Forestville will have to be replanted. PLAYED WHILE IT BURNED The Org-an of St. John'a Church, Jack aonvUle, Pealed Out Siren So or In the Mldtt of Smoke and Flames. Jacksonville Special to Atlanta News For absolute wierdness, no inci dent of the great Jacksonville fire can compare to that experienced by a great throng who stood around St. John's Episcopal church when that noble edifice was falling under the onslaught of the red flames. Suddenly, above the roar of the fire, above the hoarse shouts of the crowd, above the crash of falling walls, sounded a tone of music. Men looked at each other of a sudden, open-mouthed in astonish ment. As one man, the immense throng stood still. Every ear was strained. Then it came again a low, rich vibrant organ tone was floating out from the raging furnace, an awe some pedal-point to the mad music of the leaping flames. Then there came another tone, higher than the first. Then another, and another. The great diapasons mingled with the viol da gamba. For an instant the organ tones re solved themselves into a strange minor chord, and a great stillness fell upon the throng. Within the doomed church the flames had reached the hydraulic organ, and as the blaze licked over the blue and silver pipes, and fed it self about the working mechanism, the hat forced columns of air through the pipes and the great or gan sang its last song. Still the deep toned boudons boomed their somber tones. A wall fell crashing, and a golden voiced cornet rang through the din as in heroic triumph. Black smoke hung like a pall of darkest velvet over the twilight sky, and with one last sigh, in a moment of compara tive silence, the waiting, awe stricken throng heard a thin, sweet chord come floating out, as if the organ were breathing out in its last moment a oraver amidst all the horror of the fire and the approach- tno- r,ht t Mtm who doeth all thines well it ctvc iii aiifHra u.u r . , 5,ooo Bale Three Great Wareho' of Cotton Berated. Augusta, Ga A fire which oc curred here last week did $200,000 damage. 7 The- great cotton ware house of the Union Compress com pany was destroyed and the ware- r " . Vv, ' mnA r xc uuuora v- - . Whitney. Over 5,000 bales or cot ton were burned. . QUESTIONS ANSWERED. SOME COMPARATIVE FIG URES OF OFFICES AND EX PENSES IS Two SOUTH ERN STATES. A VIBCIMIA PAPEI ASKS VMYf A ad The Caucasian Offer aa A newer Teat Heesas To UUpoee of The liximlrr -One l'arty Hale tnwholeeoa A ad Expansive. In the state of Virginia there is a fight going on that is interesting. It seeuis to have started over a Hchetne lor disfranchising voter, and has gathered "issue" until the excuse of the commonwealth has come to be a question; and concerning this particular question The Pjtoivhh of Charlottesville, asks the following questions: "Why should the purely adminis trative cost of our htate government be $711,339 39, when the same ex penses in North Carolina are only $325,G11.G1? Why should the educational sys tem of Virgiuia coed $l,620,My, when North Carolina, with more children at her public schools, iys only $700,000. Whv should Virginia have 127 Judges, when North Carolina, with a greater population, has only 23? Why should Virginia have 116 prosecuting attorneys, w hen North Carolina has only IU? Why should Virginia have 119 treasurers, when North Carolina lias none? Why should Virginia have 205 commissioners of the revenue, when North Carolina has none? Why should Virginia have 1,429 terms of court in a year, when North Carolina has only 360? Why should Virgiuia have crimi nal expenses amounting to $41U, 195.32, when North Carolina's are only $G5,77(J.77? Why should the county expenses in Virgin! amount to $2,400,000, for 100 counties, when the county t . A.T A I! A 4 exiienses in XMonn iaroiiua, ior v counties are only $907,00o.0? Why should the state taxes, alone, of Virginia amount to $182,327.84 more than both state and county taxe of North Carolina put to gether? Why should the combined state and county taxes of Virginia ($5, 747,399,17) exceed the combined state and county taxes of North Carolina ($311,062.03) by the enor mous sum of $2,586,337.14." Without stopping to discuss the exactness of the figures given, but which are approximately correct in the main, the Caucasian will tell the Progress the Reason Why. Because under an election scheme known as the Walton law and sim ilar measures, the democratic party has been in control of Virginia for many years in succession, with knowledge that under suoh measures and their application, it could not be dislodged. That's why! If the same party, democratic, shall remain in power in North Carolina for ten years, it is probable that it will in that time, increase the expenses of North Carolina be yond those complained of by the Progress, in Virginia. Until the election law adopted by the democratic legislature of this state in 1899, there was always a fighting chance to defeat the demo cratic party, and that had a whole some effect on that organization. But when it came into power in 1899, expenses began to Increase, and nearly half a million dollars more was gotten away with in some way for 1899 and 1900 than for any two previous years. At its session of 1901, the demo cratic party arranged for four ad ditional judicial districts, which means four more judges, four more solicitors and four more of every thing else that they will, be able to land on the public treasury, and this, by no means, describes the ad ditional expenses that must be borne under their administration. If the Progress will possess Its soul in patience, and wait a few vears. the expenses of the "Old North State" will outrun those of the t4Oid Dominion" unless the former can effect a change of ad ministration. Wonder if the Progress has any hooe of reform in Vlrsdnla, unless the exhtlng regime can be turned down there? If it is straight demo cratic as in North Carolina, there is doubt about it. Stolen by Grpeiea. The Greensboro correspondent of i the Charlotte Observer says: A 12 year-old while boy who gave his name as Benjamin Hfcirison Jones, arrived In Greensboro on the local train from the 8outh this morning and told a thrilllnsr story of having been stolen from his home In Fay- etteville dv a Dana or gypsies aooui two months aeo. He told of the wanderings of the band from place I to place, and said that at Big Lick, in Stanly county, a native was kill ed in a row with one of the gypsies. The little fellow said he managed to escape at Concord yesterday, the anthoritb kindlv rmrchasine him him a ticket to Favetteville. He I if. tM affprnnnn frtr Favetteville. . 1 - 1 apparency nappy ai me prowpwi. I getting home again. CICCAEX8 IT TEE 110. kl Me i Wert as Ji JacUwavlilr, Fla-, May Tb rull uxwiilng of the kit prrel euf frrleg in Jacksonville trwllarU to-day, wben It iu announced tu uom of th meaning that a great number of men bo had orc bt-rti u.l to manual labor en clamor. 1m? for viurk. Atuoor theen cl-rk Collector, book-kerprr, and profrlonal nteo, three? youcg phye Iclana efaxially declaring tbrlr con dition destitute, as they he.1 bed wardrobe, Itbrarkvs otSw nxtuiras and everything In tbr firw. The dertmrnt of labur ha undertaken to give clerical etu ploy meat to ail ap4ioaut. The executive committer of Ue relief ajworiatiou arranged to-day to itabiih a etting tent, and twenty five sewing mtchliMS) er ordnd and other apturtenancrM w hkru Ul -nabl the tmtittrr who have lot everything to get to work, again, and they will relieve the txtudilloo of the tile hufferer who have lot all clot n lug but the clothe they ate wearing. A laundry will. iUi U envted and the colored laundre- will be started in buniuewt again. The hitumtiou to-night iu the city hows that all of the dejarttueiit have been arranged nyMematlcally and the people are la-iug rami for a well as condition will riult. Over half a milliou dullam' worth of insurance hat already Ueu id by the adjusters, and the ople are commencing the erection of t-iu-rmry places of buinem and dwel lings. A new Windsor Hotel U to be erected at a tot of Mum.uOU, and work WMcomun-nced tonlay clear- lug away the debris for ttie Uylug of the foundation. Today one other body win found in the ruins, that of Mm. Solon Robinson, whone late husband was a member of the staff of the - New York Tribune. Nothing remained to tell the Htory of her dth but a cupful of bones, which were fouud in the debris of her late hum on Church street. Relief Is coming In generously on every train, and the subKrlpiiou list to date amounts to about $.',,.( with promises of aid from many places which has not yet arrived. Almost a Match fur the WailiactoaC Vicksburg, liisa.. Herald. The Charlotte Olrver "won ders if this case I that of Mr. Wat- liugton cau be matched in Virgin ia." Probably not, but It can, in out, in Mississippi. Home years ago a man was btanding near the track ot the New Orleans & Northeastern waiting for a train to j;s. As It drew near, a piney woods bull, try ing to cross in front of the engine, was caught on the cow catcher and hurled sixty feet against the man. The ioint of one of the bull's horns struck him squarely In the forehead, producing inwtant death. The widow of the deceased sued the railroad and recovered damages, though not as much as she would, had not her lawyer been beguiled into a compromise for $1,-'0U, alter the case was given to the jury. A minute after the agreement had been settled on by the counsel for the two sides, the jury came in with a verdict for $5,000. REMOVAL OF CONFEDERATE 0EA0. Bids Opened For Their Itel atermeat ia a Separate 1'Iot In Arlington. Washington, May 10. Bids were opened in the office of Colonel True, depot quartermaster, this afternoon, for the removal of the remains of Confederate dead at the Soldiers' Home and Arlington cemetery and their reinterment in a separate plot of ground in the Arlington cemetery in accordance with the provisions of an act of Congress. Three bids were received. One was from George A. Hollister, of New York city, who offered to remove the re mains at the rate of $13.50 each, and to set headstones for $1.17 apiece. Another bid was from J. II. Sbel ton, of this city. His figures were $5.50 for removing remains from Soldier's Home, $25 for removing those in Arlington and 25 cents each for headstone. Another bid which was the lowest one received was that of R. W. Darby, of this city, who offered to remove the remains at the rate of $4.9- lor tbone in Soldiers' Home and $4 80 for those at Arlington. He also offered to set headstones for 10 cents each. BIC HAIL 8TCSE3. These Fall aa Large ae Partridge Kgg Im Ckrrelaad. Senator Webb, who is In the city, reports a terrific hail storm in Cleve huid county on ednesday after noon. He was In his buggy on the road between King's Mountain and Cherryville when the storm began. In two minutes the ground was white with the hail stones which had fallen, som size from a partridge to a guinea egg. Aiier wu. everything was enveloped In white smoke. Much damage was i uuuo wc -"-- i nail is aiso reporwju as uaviug ucu at Shelby. Xlly Whites in Florida. Jacksonville, Fla. The Lincoln League of Florida Is the name ol new chartered political party in tma State formed by white Republicans I to redeem the State, as xney say, II, . rM HtWlUln hlrtftnra ftarf mr In under- u i irom viv," v v . hucksters and negro influence. WILD TIMES IN NEW YORK. A PANIC IX WALL STttfcrTT IN WHICH PRICES TAJIK CRASHINU IHIW.V. rOlTUltS HAM AID LCST II A BAT. Th leruUtifl rlrtiimt ol .Nrer York haa got" i).r.iCh lld tlu durimc lb 4 e, k. If th r.Mt. try at lar were involved in ut U going on, t trn Mould I- of the aunt a nice ever ktHo. .-. lator and broker wr-m t ha. p,KM. lcuUtW rraiy. mt ,a , t ptirrw of all kind ofeto ka had Un Uauittd uS up, uS until ltry reerf hrl i,. hlch th-rr no mrt I rtmj-xi. Ttw-n aa Ujwttd to come a Urn- Ik-o ,.,, !.. w h, UmijcM would want to m-11. si. I utM of thoM thin ta-tM imt lal ThurMay. In Wall hint I oo that day, thf oenlhtf of Ui(H as rliaolb. Nmr elireud. liKU.tr!, harp and tU U exfl werv "puillna: irV and tritigs and th llttU IHIoUft tor whom th eharie-fe ete as . ving uere Uanrlnr iLaii ... u j,j ttHSUum t go n trn-w ar ith. Tb .bitr Not-tiMil to lm to m-11 mcII anything; to anybody who wa w illing to take stork and give money ft It. Whrn it awrml that the corner operator weredeU rudo! to have their iund offlrahfrom the a4 caught in their net, rryhody felt that h muit fr hlmef I'roui his load of Mturk and atand from under, leet wore eottfild hapja-n. Broker. culatorm, tl-f k, m--artigt-ra and ot Iters who go to make up the daily life of Wall atrwt, came early to their ofilrv that morn ing. A crucial day m el-tl. That nervoutneiei that hauuta a mtu when momentous event are I in land lug and drive him ahmd of lime to the place where thliig will happen" lui-lled all Wall mni't men to come down tew n to I he ncenc of tttle uMy. A tter the oja-nlng of t lie e change. luic reigned. The lop-heavy structure, riggM by week of sxm latiou, topped over like a houm of cards, wiping out the ir profit of thousands. Kcenos on the exchange were wild In the extreme, broken fight lug and tearing about like mad in an endeav. or to make the 151 bargains ad ble for their customer who placed with them order to mil. Sale of Ktor-kM during the flnt hour that were 7ll,:t(0 harew. During the wee-mi hour it wan imedble lor the exerts to keep tnu k of them. There wax a rhaoa of p di lation which baffles drMrI4ion. The state of excitement wan ail through the financial district during the i?riod of the panic. Now and then a white faced woman would peer from a cab outride a broker's office tnd would be driven off in a fainting condition after receiving a message from the side. But ttue real stress of the occaaion came upon men who were shut up in either their private offices or thone of brokers, or who were struggling and even fighting on the floor of the ex change. The outside country could obtain little idea of the actual or currences on the exchange, as the brokers are remote from the public galleries. In the brokers officer sat many men who were reduced to ab solute ruin as a result of fifteen minutes proceeding on the Stock Exchange. Some of these had been made rich within a few weeks pat as a result of the uciralleled rie of price. With the true gambling spirit they replaced all their winnings in new ventures on each suvoewful turn. The drop, therefore, wiped them all out. In many caes one could see the gambler's fortitude with which the chances of gain were ao'ep'ed. But the glittering attraction of tlx stock market has brought into it a con.stantly Increasing a-etortment of more staid and Inexperienced pecu lators men and women who have brought long standing boards from ! ree4te , d ltare eUa la r f fort Im Ittefc. secret places and from SAvingi bank deposits with the determination tb make one suocecful stroke and then retire with the proceed-. The dem onstrations fiom this chvet, which Included many women speculators, furnished the hys- -terical scenes ond ensatioos of the - 1 day. As an illustration of the t re mend ous and ruinous changes which oc curred in the price of stocks during the day, the stock in the Northern Pacific railroad was selling at $ 170.00 per share when the exchange opened. quickly to $200 per share and then to $300, to $500 ana eveu w uu per snare on nUr transaction, and $1,000 per share for cash. Then It began to go uvwu uu um iu& uc w iow as liw.uu, ana oeiore me panic was over the same stock was again selling for about $3254)0 a share. This was the wildest fluctuation that occurred, but nearly every other stock on the market fell with a a crash, ana oaring tne . wua mow many lonunes were maae ana asx. Several business houses failed, r ana a numoer oi amauer bow 1 r rr, ' take anything. I- 1 t i t I r i i: i r f I t -"v m e Y;: I, U i