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4 111' IfF ' " ip' ' x MhjS.,. ; . BBMBMiM"""i"i;i,rti,',"l,,",l " " ! ' 11 CHARLOTTE. N. C.,i THURSDAY. FEB. 6 1896 NO S85 I VOL VI ! , h-:r -. 1 ' ;ti ' ht- Value of Co It in- constant drop of wan I v-prr nWaT tlio hardest stone; foe constant gnaw of Towser Masticates the tougnesi. wucj . i . . 1 , ,i iir (carries off the blushing maid; ad the constant advertiser lla the one who gets the trado." !31R. LOCKHART AT HOME. A NhGRO FOR SECRETARY. SILVER IN THE SENATE. SETTLE'S COON SECRETARY j FREE SILVER WHS. !AE:IERS, COLUMN PR SALE Mule. high, for cash or twell i-i w r a i voars oia, 10 minus improved note. D. G. lcvard t!ack, 2 mos old. iv turn to K- H. Allen, Hoods, : . - v- li i ii-l-i lioi- it all times, lue snaw-now- rash pi ice amc fAXTFliUHKi lis ot ary snucRS. j, v to E. M. Andrews. kID VI A VI lor catarrh. Sano for piles can't U excelled. .N". iu iortn j ryoii tt Oi'lice hours ironi - n o in meauer 4 wed sat 8t wit ltDS and WciMmjr Invitations in the teatost and latest style at ""his News & Printmyr il-ee. vou iroinir to -et married.' send TO tne. KWS A IIMKS 1 1 1.. llliir 'nii-ti auu t: in vour uetiuing: m it.uio:isiii me neaies-t ost attractive st :cs at very low prices l'r f Vol ibst r 25 PKIZK OFFFK. doubled its price one ?he Times has I . . . lout raisin0; the Inow it wants to double size cent its list subscribers. fe can do this easily if our friends help us. There are plenty of le in Mecklenburg and adjoin- jcounties who take no paper at to do this. We want these people ad the Times It will educate i and their children. It will do p good. 11 ow are we to get If our friends will help us 2an do it eauiy. pecial- c young man or wc-. iu each neighborhood, to help We will uav them liberallv fo services. 825 PRIZE. 1 e make this offer. We will ,$2o m gold or silver to trie per- riuging us the largest club of ribers between this date and h. 1st. Everything counts and ybody is invited to enter the race. urther information address. W. C. Down, Editor, Charlotte, (' SKINNER RETURNS to WASAJNGION IN GOOD HUMOR. Who are the Democrats? Gov. O'Ferrall and Party Gone intbe Wrong Directioa to Look Afier Good Roads Raleigh Boy Capt. Turk's Private Secretary A NV.wsy Washington Letter. Special to the News. Washington, Feb. 2. Mr. Lock- TOM SETTLE'S RIGHT HAND MAN IN WASHINGTON. The Negro Kicked and Kicked Until Settle Wade Him Private Secretary This, too From a White District in a Southern State. A VERT INTERESTING DEBATE NOW GOING ON. It 1 on the Construction of the Agreement Take a Vote, nd the fight on Further Amendments. A SCENE IN 9ETTL.'S ROOM COMMITTEE Special to The News. Washington, Jan. 31.- gro Corbett has introduced The ne-himself business, to ! to the post-office clerks as Settle's be absent several davs private : secretary. Corbett is from Hurrv Skinner came back in the ! Settle's district, and was put to best of humor with himself and hart has gone home on Special to the News ""Washington, D. C, Feb. 1. The Senate is in a state of consider able excitement at 2:25 o'clock over .the construction of the agreement to take the silver vote at 2 o'clock Lodge and Chandler maintain that One Colored Gentleman has His Feet Cock, ed on a Desk If Corbett ia Not Settle's Private Secretary, Then He la Very Intimate. Fe want all our friends, e engergeti DOES THIS MEAN YOU? reat many of our subscribers not renewed their subscriptions ear. We have waited patiently ag they would come in and pay We need the money and hope ho have not paid will send the V or come in id bring it with- rther delay. Lor at the la- youf paper, and come to see us e. We hope this notice will Bicient. W. C. Dowd, Editor. Agents Wanted. nted a wide-awake. active man or young woman in every porhood in Mecklenburg and . . ing counties to act as agents jrrespondeuts for the Times. a terms to suitable parties rther information address, I W. C. Dowd, Publisher, Hotte, X. C. -ts. I Sew Al vertisemei cpod enough for any use Alexander, Son & (Jo. 3 rubber boots Gilreath & Ivertisment of Dr. II. C. on, Dentist the Jacket for the best bar f the season Williams, Hood t'e clioice il mixed lawn grass !'-tn &. Co. - "S on seasonable '.ich. -c'ield, specialist, everybody else He says his friends gatjiered around him during his vis it home, and he will have not only their support on his return, but that of several Democrats also. It would be interesting reading to know the names of those "Democrats." I am told that Mr. Woodard will have his nephew, also, as another private secretary in addition to Mi Gregory, who has hitherto held that position alone .News comes here that Mr. Shaw s father, at whose bedside the Con gressman has lingered for some weeks, is not expected to live There are many expressions of sympathy. Young Mr. George Gales, sou of the late Senator Gales, aud who has hitherto been employed In th( law office of Mr. W. 11. Tucker, of lial eigh, is here to accept the position of private secretary to General Pas senger Agent Wm A. Turk, of the Southern Railway. George is as clever a lad as one meets in a long while, and this promotion is as de served as it is worthy of his compe tency. Congressman Henderson is still Here greeting his old friends, as well as atteuding to some private busi ness. A press gallery correspondent is responsible for this: he remarked when Tillman was speaking of him self as a farmer that he had the pro per name ''Till-man" !!! Gov. O'Ferrall, and staff and about 30 others including a committee from the Virginia legislature will pass through here tonight on their way to Camden, Xew Jersey for the purpose of studyhig in that state the question of good roads. The Virginia delegation in Congress has been in vited by lioy Stone, special request of the Agricultural Department here, to accompany the Richmond party. George Pell, formerly of Raleigh where he was on the staff of the State Chronicle, has at last received his promotion as Editor of the Monthly Catalogue of Public Documents. Mr. Stephen D. Weeks has started upon his task of indexing the Col onial Record of Xorth Carolina. It looks as if the seed question is going to be settled. Recently the secretary has refused to give the congressmen auy seed, on the ground that the existing law received a new interpretation by him. But the bill now introduced provides that the Secretary of Agriculture shall pur chase seeds, etc., and shall be ready for distribution at the earliest poss ible date. :jc jjc if. The indications seem to point to a short session of Congress, aud the appropriations are expected to be smaller than otherwise they wrould be The order to steer clear of a billion dollar congress in the height of Reed's aspirations. But knowing ones say that the country may look out for looting at the next short ses sion. WT. E. C. 4.1 i 1 , i notwitnstar ding such agreement it an educated gentleman, he kicked, and was then put in a menial posi tion in the House lobby. He kicked again and finally landed into work congenial with his literary tastes. His only regret is that he does not know stenography. And all this from a wrhite district in a Southern State. W. E. C. THE TRIAL OF GRIER. The Roeboro Express Robbery Case Now Being; Investigated The Mecklenburg Man TurnsState's Evidence Mecklenburg people will be inter ested in the trial of the men charged with the robbery of the Express Com pany ai ivoseooro, as agent urier is a Mecklenburg man. A sgecial yes terday from Clinton to the News & Observer says: Court is iu session here this week', his Honor Judge Starbuck presiding. The most im portant case to be tried is the Rose boro express robbery. Grier, the agent for the express company up to the time of the alleged robbery, is under arrest aud guarded in a room at the Murphy house, Cooper and Butler are out on bond. They are charged as being conspirators with Grier in the robbery The lawyers for the prosecutson are Cooper & Fowler, and John D. Keer to assist the Solicitor; for the defense J. L. Stewart. H. E. L. Faisou, Lee & But ler, of Clinton, and Thomas H. Sut ton, of Fayetteville. The case came up for trial here today. All the forenoon was con sumed in compietiug tne jury which is regarded as a good average jury. The afternoon was consumed iu hearing the direct testimony of Agent S. W. Grier, who was a party to the robbery, aud turned State s evidence, implicating Cooper and Butler. Grier tells substantially the same story which he told at the 'preliminary hearing of a moutn ago. The case will take all of this week and will be hard fought on both sides. The prevailing opinion here is that it is a vtry complicated case, and it is impossible to predict at just now, what will be the result. About two hundred witnesses have been summoned. WANTED TO EYNCH HIM. glass- D. II. 1 ; 1 . 11. . fete, X. ( . j the b.-st quality of Jzeil. I ;d I'.ack to tii. Committee. IM at the v. s school racket oyer Pay sour was heard before the Commissi outrs Tuesday. Mr. I Clarkson represanted the ws school committee, and Col. presented Paysour. All the alleged ills were brought up. rwas refused his money by jmittee and sued for it. "The fsioners finally decided to refer ,tter back to the Matthews tee for adjudication, so the battle is transferred to that Mississippi Floods. Jackson, Miss., Feb. 5. The damage done by the rains of Friday and Saturday night is just beginning to be understood here. Farmers in town today report fences and bridges washed away in every direc tion and that water covers places i 1 never oeiore ovemoweu. xitui iue bridges in this city wrere destroyed, and water from Pearl river is back ed up within one hundred yards of the capitol, a height it seldom reaches. A number of cattle and hogs are reported drowned. Mr. Shields Indentifios His A ssailant The Negro, Handcufied, Leaps from a Win dow. Chief of police Orr and officer Black left Wednesday for Mr. Cowan Shields' home in Long Creek, taking with them the negro John Johnston, who wras arrested on charge of breaking into Mr. Shields' house and shooting Mr. Shields and his daughter. The object of the trip is to see if Mr. Shields can identify Johnston. The moment the negro was brought before Mr. Shields, the latter said excitedly: "You are the very man!" At that Johnston, w7ho was standing bp a window, though handcuffed, leaped out and lied. Chief Orr put out after him and caught him. A crowd had gathered and threateued to lynch Johnston, but the chief held them back while officer Black secured the prisoner and put out for town, ar living here safely at 4 o'clock with his cnarge. lhe chief re mained there to help catch two of Johnston's accomplices. Johnston, after being caught by the chief, was again taken before Mr. Shields, and confessed to the was not agreed to withhold further amendment Harris was very acre monious, maintaining with some vio lence of manner that amendments now would amount to a violation of agreement. At 2 o'clock the cham ber and galleries were loaded to the gunwales, and the i citement is intense, during Tillman's recent volcanic outburst. At precisely 2 o'clock Gorman moved to table Butler's amendment to the Jones substitute. The vote was 43 to 34 against tab ling, Martin, of Virginia, voting aye. The debate is growing more heated, with Faulkner and Gorman now taking a part. Sherman protests against allowing the amendments. The fiual vote on the Jones silver substitute has just been taken at 2:45 and was adopted by a vote of 43 to 34 as follows: Ayes Allen, Bacon, Bate, Bearry, "Blanchard, Brown, Butler, Call, Cameron. Can non, Carter, Chillon, Clark, Cocker el, Daniel, George, Harris, Irby, Jones of Arkansas, Jones, of Nevada, Kyle, Montle, Mitch ell of Oregon, Mills Pasco Peffer, Perkins, Pettigrew, Pritchard, Pugh, Roach, Shoup, Squire, Stewart, Leller, Tillman, Turpie, Vest, Voo hees, Walthom, Warren, White, V 11 son. Noes: Allison, Baker, Bur rows, Caffery, Chandler, Davis, Elkir:, Faulkner, Frye, Gallinger, Gear, Gray, Gibson, Gorman, Hale Hawley, Hill, Hoar, Lind ?:w. y .Lodge, McBride, McMillan, Martiu, Mitchell, of Wis.; Mor rill, Murphy Nelson, Palmer, Piatt, Proctor, Sherman, Thurston Vilas, Wetmore. Pairs: Blackburn and Cullom, Bnce and Wolcott, Dubois and Smith, Aldrich and Hans brough, Morton and Quay. The final vote on the bill as amended was then taken and the bill was passed by a vote of 42 to 35. Mills changing his vote to no, to stand a ga l n b t the bill as amended. After the passage of the Jones ameudmend Baker, of Kansas, and Lodge, of Massachusetts, attempted to amend the bill and again drew the fire of Harris whose tem per was hot. The old Senators sided with Harris. Constraining the unanimous agreement against amendments, but Lodge was obstinate and sent up his amend ment in spite of the protestations of Allison and others, who gathered about him. It was voted dow'u, and the yeas and nays were called but unsupported. Hoar, Chandler and Lodge being the only ones who rose. Then Lodge sat down squelched, and the final vote was takeu. The Senate went into executive session at 3.15, and the multitude flooded the lobbies. Special to The News. Washington, D. C, Feb. 3. The negro Corbett was at his desk this morning in Settles Committee room, and said in reply to a gentleman who called that he was Mr. Settle's pri vate secretary. He was writing in the regular committee record book and not backing' documents as al leged to have been stated by Settle. There were two other negroes present, one with his hat on and feet cocked up on the table. He was one of tha Corrider laborers. Thus his corn- suppressed ex- i mitte room is turned into a coon more so than ' nest with Secretary Corbett as a ceu- tre. The postoffice officials this morn ing again confirmed my statement, saying moreover that Corbett had called for Settle's speeehes and had signed for them, which signature -I saw. Moreover he directed his mail put in Settle's box, which the clerk said was done. It is thoroughly un derstood, here that Corbett is Settle's private Secretary, and of every state ment here, I vouch for the entire accuracy. W. E. C. THE TARIFF SUBSTITUTE -AGREED TO 1ST A MAJORITY OF ONE. In the Exact Words ot .the Silver Substitute Hond Bill of Last Saturday. Washington, Feb. 4. The tariff silver substitute of the Senate was agreed to by a majority of one, Sen ator Jones, of Nevada, voting with the Democrats It is in the exact words of the silver substitute bond bill which passed the Senate, Satur day. The finance committee of the Senate has agreed to report for ths tariff bill the substitute providing for the free coinage of silver. OYER EVENTY MILLIONS. THE BILL PASSES. The Silver bill passed the Senate by nine majority, out of seventy seven votes. W. E. C. Bavard's Resignation Authorized. London, Feb. 3. It is reported that Bayard has authorized Cleve land to announce his resignation in the event that the vote was adverse to him in the House of Representatives. A Rise In Wheat. Chicago, Feb. 1. The shortage of foreigh stock caused a rise nearly two cents in wheat. of He also implicated two other negroes. Chief Orr says that he will get them. Will Meetin the Coliseum. Chicago, Feb. 4. The Coliseum building has been chosen as the hall for the next Democratic conven tion. It is being built at Sixty-third street and the Illinois Central rail way. There the convention will meet on July 17 next. It will be the largest permanent exhibition ; building in the world. The con- ; traetors are under a $50,000 bond to THE SCOURGE OF MEASLES. January's Mortality Record the Greatest Known in Charlotte. Just how severely the city has suffered from the measles epidemic, now happily passing awray, is to be seen from the mortuary report of Mr. Moses Thomas, keeper of the cemeteries. Mr. Thomas report shows that duriug January there were 62 deaths in Charlotte 41 among the whites and 21 among the colored. Of the 41 interments in Elm wood cemetery, 8 were male adults, 6 female adults and 27 child ren. Measles and pneumonia were the principal causes, the deaths from this cause being 23- Other causes of death were: Consumption 3, croup 2, convulsions 1, debility 2 meningitis 1, and 1 each from uremia, Bright's disease, bronchitis, entero colitis, pistol shot, erysiplas, premature birth, typhoid pneumonia and cholera infantum. J3f the 21 interments in Pinewood (colored) cemetery, 3 were male adults, 4 female adults and 14 chil dren. The causes of death were: Measles 4; pneumonia following measles 2; convulsions 2; stillborn 2: heart disease 3, and 1 each of meningitis, rubio1 dysentery, croup, consumption, o.d ag' and inflammation. Clear and Cold to Follow the Storm . The storm area which was central yesterday over the middle Gulf coast, has moved rapidly northeast ward during the past 24 hours, de veloping into a storm of unusual energy, and is central this morning along th3 Virginia and North Caro lina coast districts. The pressure at the centre of this storm is 29.00 inches which is about one inch below the normal. The pressure is relatively high over the New England coast and the western districts. , Generally clear weather prevails over the Southwest, but it all other sections the conditions are cloudy and threatening Rain has been general during the past 24 hours over all the eastern Vast Wealth Represented In a Western Lumber Trust. Fort Townsenh, Vash., Febru ary 4 The biggest trust ever form ed on the Pacific coast, aud repre senting a capital of over $70,000, 000, has been consummated, and went into effect last night. It is the Central Lumber Company of Cali fornia, and its membership includes every lumber mill, all shipowners, wholesale aud retail deaiers of coal on the western coast of the United States aud British Columbia. All the charters of vessels and sales of lumber must be effected through the Central Lumber Com pany, which regulates freights and puts the buying and selling price on all lumber, regulating, also, the product of each mill, and the pro portionate amount of lumber each vessel shall carry during the year.. Not only are the markets of the Pa cific coast thus controlled, but the lumber shipments to foreign coun tries are placed under the same res trictions. Every mill on the coast hasits product regulated. In Puget sound the daily output is 1,400,000 feet. In the same pro portion every other lumber mill on the coast is regulated, but the regu lations do not apply to shipments by rail to eastern points. The first order issued by the com pany was to advance the price of lumber $2 per thousand. Last year the estimated product of the coast was 600,000,000 feet, and this ad vance will enhence the profits of mill owners the coming year over $000, 000. The dealers are made to in clude manufacturers, dealers and freight carriers. The members of the trust claim they were manufac turing lumber for several years at actual cost, and that the dealers in foreign and coastwise trade were reaping all the profits. With these prices, they say, the employes will be paid better wages; and the timber men receive higher profits for their logs. Althougu capitalized at$10, 000, no other corporation of the Pa cific coast controls such vast inter ests. More than 150 ocean sailing vessels come under the contract. Johnston Recan ts. Constable J. C Bbick, of Long Creek township, arrived in the city this morning with a negro named Menry Kerns, who Johnston yester day told Chief of Police Orr, was one of the two parties who helped him to break into Mr. Shields house. Kerns was taken to the jail to be still identified by Johnston. As the two were brought together Johnston said that he did not know Kerns. He went on to say that he didn't and southern districts, and heavy i make any confessicn to the officers, 1 11 l y-M i 1 i 1 j 1 "Iil j ll - rains nave raiien at Augusta, Ghar-1 never saiu ina.t ne ana rne iwo otner I negroes were Mr. Shields assailants and if fact did at remember of sav- Meckleiibu-g Presbytery. There was an unusually large meeting of Mecklenburg Presbytery, Tuesday, the session lasting 3 hours. The three main items of business wrere: Rev. J. M. Grier was allowed to take Huntersville church and ar rangement was made for his instal lation. Rev. S. W. Newell resigned as pas tor of Newell and Amity churches, and goes to Sharon. Rev. J. W. Stagg was received in to the Presbytery and arrangements were made for his installation, on the night of the third Sunday of this month. have the building entirely completed and FridaJ- lotte, Knoxville, Raleigh, Montgom ery, .Norfolk and Washington. The weather is cooler over the Gulf States, and warmer along the middle and North Atlantic coast districts; elsewhere the temperature remains very nearly stationary. The indications for Charlotte and vicinity are: Clearing weather to night; fair Friday; colder tonight ing anything at all. He completely retracted his confession. Kerns proved an alibi, anyway, and discharged from custody. wag and ready lor occupancy than April 15. It will be opened in May. not later Acres of Strawberries. formally . West Point, Miss., Feb. 6. Mr. Harris Strong, of this place, has The Coliseum will be a fireproof 1 located a large coiony of Germans on l 111 1 ft Jl ! structure of brick, steel and glass. It is 676 feet long and 300 feet wide, with a clear central space of -225 feet in width and 632 feet in length. One of the special features of the interior of the Coliseum is an adjust ible amphitheatre or auditorium, which is made in sections so as to accommodate an audience of from five to fffteen thousand comfortably, or it can be taken out of the build ing entirely, leaving the floor and gallery space for a great exposition. The Coliseum is quickly and easily reached from every part of Chicago. several thousand acres of land four miles south of this place. The colonists expect to plant most of the land in strawberries and fruits. All of the land is rich and conveniently located for shipping. The colonists are well satified with their new home. : Foraker IU. Cincinnati, Feb. 4. Senator Foraker is seriously ill. His ailment ment is tonsilitis, and he has not been out since Saturday. He is like ly to be confined to his room for of several days. Morrison Says It Is False. Washington, Feb. 6. Wm. R. , Morrison, interstate commerce com- missioner, speaking or the report that he had sent the Illinois Demo cratic leaders notice . that the free silver idea must be abandoned or he would refuse to be a can lidate for the Democratic presideii rial uoiaiB tion, said: "I have sent no messig?s . to the Democracy of Illinois bv any one whomsoever. This nns.vjr3 all the asserrfbns aad, is as g jjd as a whole cohynn of ,detual." Fine Chickec&s. Old man B. 0. P. Burnett, of Clear Creek, was in town Tuesday wit'j a coop of as pretty white EnHifdi Brahma chickens as one ti.?u:t!ly sees. He is one of the champion hog and chicken raisers of the county.