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i Cs(j; reikis $k4yiej(Jrs' 6 irjt frit orr , kkt . .. . o iy .-r-( y J M F Pel L I , U r;rJJQr r - HHHH - 7 , 2 T -7" ' - ,..-.. - . .. . , , - ioI oiocfelliH WU-; MW .TO THE. LINE, LET THE "0WP8 FALL? WHBRE' tHCY MAY, ! ., V""' 10...J HILLSBORO, Cr.'-TjiURSD A,Y( i EEBRtflliC 2,":i888. ' . "' 1 1 ii ii i i r i. i i in. i NO. 2G. WASHINGTON, D, CM FACTS AND VAXC1E8 ABOUT MEN ASP TM&aS.u V. What OarNatlaaal Law Makers art Dalaa .'" President tut Mri t'levcUud ' CON0KKSH1ONAU In the Senate Mlllliwiul from th" committee op appropriations, repotted V back the House, bill to curry Into effect ' the provision of the act of the 2nd of March. 18871 ii h&M V Wrlmeufil itatipas.! jiiiictilmfeiJ Mlh&a. rincctli on the calendar. On notion of Mr. Quay, the Senate took from the calendar , and passed the bill jn3rcJrig the pen sion for total deafr w thirty dollars a month (from dollais), and allow ing a rrofi:iionHt rating for partial v,, The Senate then took up the . U filing a pmtioo j of f$,O0Q ycarjy to he widow of Gtu. John A. IpiH, pass- cd it almost unaniraouiily, ;ad alao grant ed by the aarae vote a pnt-inn Vthe widow of Gen. Frank.!. iBlnhXhe Senate then took up the lilair fliicHtion y afbUlbutsoon proceeded to the consid- ' cration of executive bilsineisa .' . In the Hviwe, tteinomiDg hour wai cousiuiied in flebatlng the bill alTictJrig tlio title to small trai t of land in Kaniwa, reserved for aome New York Indians, who never occupied the land. The bill was finally paeaed. The ompiittoepn foreign-aUairw wat discharged, and at its own rvqueA, from further consideration of the bill, in- corporating the Maritime Canal company, of iiicaraugtia, and the same was referred to the committed $n commcree The peaker pro tem stated the regular order to be the consideration of the resolution setting apart Feruarr 21st, after the morning hour and eari day thereafter, until further order, for the consideration ( bills reported from the committee on ' lMic Wtfmgs and graunda, not t In. lerftre with revenue or general appropria tion bills. Filibustering motions were then entered upon, but were repeatedly voted down amid much nowe and con fusion. tf,v Among the ' fetitionr and memorials presented in the Senate and referred, were the following:, Ry )Ir, Brown, of the Medical society of "Georpia, to hare aurpeiyis" typplies ant) instruments placed n tM fraajirf.vTL0 resolution oCered by QianJIer Sr-m das aavcal liT tnth 'navy dertnu at for informationastothe purehateof plans and uperihYations in foreign countries; as to cliangcs from the wlyitwl plans hi theowMrwtios) of ships "of wwr; and to "contracts made for shins id onlinam-e since the fourth of MartK, ISM, were taken up. Tlic first of them was aU'pU-d, nnd the sccotkI rvferwd to the committee on naval nlTalnt As to the third, Mr. Butler moved to amend it so as to substitute l&NOfor 1& A long . disctmioo euueiU manv senators arguing nptiont the propriety of putting into the ' bill amctidiBfta that would haw the , select of dcloing its MMgei Mr. Hale defended his action in o(l ting amend ment on the iround that the ts nute had , just ovrmiled the position which the an propmtioas committee hml taken on the subject (not to wld any items to bill as as rime from the Jlou) and alo on the .ground that hc fc-cretary of the navy stated Uiat tlw snixtirirUtioh woa al Infely needed. (The MintecMifirmedthe ivMttination of V. II. Way, of ticorgta, rotisitl general at Pt, Tctmhiirg: C. C. , . I Jti liflcUl, iMMtmaater, AUuflon, Va., i - and It M. r.ardner, Chr.tLinburg, Va. .V.' Is th Hmww, Mf." Ilenderaon, cf ' I r orth Carolina, frm tlwt committee on ' tti'lkiiiry, reported bill t amend the internal trvenue laws.- I'lwil on the , House cak-ndnr, A rewlutfctn, with the V nvomjianvinir pminilile, was adfpted, as ; " lollows; Wherea, It is alleged that rertaia TtKlivlilunls aiid ntqwirnHons in the United States engaged in manufactur ing, pr.tK inir, miuiug or dealing in the neremiim of life and other pludiKlhma " tarv combined fr thV Jwjoof con . t trolling tt curtailing , tlw piodurtion Or f-j '"l'l''. aanie, and thereby increas ltijj thi-ir Jifiee to the ik-ople of the coun s"1' try, "which combination art known as Mociatiohv ,r,,M. fools.' and like numes; aitd, Vln-ieaa, Much combinalinns ."He only HfiwrloiuJr affect commerre be ' twwthu -it, but imptiir tlie revenues ) f the I'liilml ("lutes, as ih-rivcl from its duties on imNrt; thercfote, Kewilved, That the t'lownittee pn mnnnfiietttics, be l 1 U' 4 e liVr4. directed td inquire t Info th fume; nundicr and cxtent of .. , fT'KU'h sllrid rntnbinntions, under what- ever ptiine Knn, their metlioi of com- rtu.ltt'rtfi bilg a-inea, their" effect ftffJt npotJU'miieso(ntiyt,f the nccrsaariet vl lift- and ii all pnxiiK lions to the peo l is" i4 t rouktr tina ft internal or , . f"n.ipn irtiiini iif, and its revenues from 1 '"" lmpt dtrth together with any and all B(. other mutters relating to tli same which "mr call tor W ucffr legislation , by VKtvMi, mid H iHirt the same to the J lUnk J I ilV tstV V rcnouimendationi u mi l ijijijiee maj agree tion, and for t)'u(iit'urf the coinmlttie oo'mnnu fiwTttr. (?i iiuihorUtd to ait during ie k'Bof thellrnine, toihnployastenograph !t lMlmiiii-llrroUu,eamine witnesses, . ronija l (lit a1 tendance of ptrsons, and the "--;i!IMu-l,W" 0 r. ' il, ", , -' f. t " b hf rWnat, Mr. Voorheea'inlroduced jt U Is bit iht formation nod admission of the Stuto of Montana, flcfcrrcd. ,Mr. Ibwr ealkd np the motion' made by Mr. - l t,Gminiifl some lime, since, to reconsider M t.Uvok,by nhkh tho Bcimto ttad onler ed a sH-rkl cmnmittee of five on TVIflc .HnlU'jHtl msttors. He eitilalned his mo- ie in proposing 1 , siWUl rommittee. The motion to refer the matter ffl tht .ft ,ilsns4. fommlttcti .wsj rj'-cied; The ' ' wlnnarretobnlon was modiflud bf In crossing the meinbcnhlp- of the select committee-' to seven, and It was then (lopted,A bill was InUoduce br Mr. Jl f 1.. Call to prohibit subjects of foreign gov erhmeita from catching flsh within three marine leagues of tho const, or within any of tho-fays or heaxllaads of i he Uuited Sltlti. . Mr. Palme add in lluf ibj;t of the bili jntroduccdj by nun on tne lZth inst., to regulate immi griitjun.....IntheH(URO, Mr. Gates, of flubabta, fronj the committee onHKli4- arJ-,reorlfcd it l.llf making bHlsof MhiV cmicluaive evident in a-rtain cases. Wared On the Calendar. Mr. Whitthorne, fit tvntwmo, frm commitbifton naval affairs, f reptrtcdv ' bill 'appropriiding $115,000 foritheirepuir ot thn U'it3 IStates steamship Uartford Mr. lticliard stfuf of Tefluifiw, th.Jrruan of the com mittee onjpat jjigj f-Birte4 a resolution unlink mi i ue i'iiimiu primer mr information as to whether he lve icccntlv discharged or furloughed any of his force, and. if so, for wlut reason, at a time when nrinting ordered by the House is greatly in arrears. Also whether in making such discharges, re gard has been had to statute, civinjr prcf- cn-ure In esnplmmi! to honorably 'iis- i iiaifjrai miiunm. Aiiopieu lu -uiiu- cration of the mQruing liour, the House praader h tliej conxiderntiou of the resotudon tohctrning Fort Brown Mili tary Reservation, Texas. The resolution was adopted. s On motion of Mr. I'heliin, of, Xcpnessee, the bill was passed author fV.lilg 'the construction of & bridge across the MiHsisgippi river at Memphis. Mr. Breckenridge, of Arkansas, Intro duced a bill to authorize the consolida totvof customs collection dUtricta in cer tHtncane. Mrf VI heeler, of Alabama, olTeied a resolution for the printing of '.1,000 extra copies of the report of tho uoara oi visitors to tne Military Acaae- " ooesip. The President sent the following nom inations to the Senate;, Postraaetcr, Bucna Vista Wood, Bock Hill, 8. C: Jacob F. kittle, West Point, Ga. The iote'iBtHtc'Conimishlon is after th express comMinies (espeeia'ly those ol the South), and the companies are uoing all the influence they tan to cause delay in the investigation which is to take A delegation of the House of Repre sentatives from Kentucky, Tenneswe, Texas, North .Carolina, Tennessee and other tolwceo-growiug states held meet ing, and decided to unite in a ropiest for the removal of J. R. Dodge, statisti can of the demrtnicnt of agriculture, on account of debris in his estimate of the tobacco crop of lxt summer. ' . A r" cption was given by the President and Mrs. Cleveland," at the Executive Mansion to the nicmliers of Congress and justices of the dielrirt and I'nited Matct cwiiria. T1k- mansion was decorated with flowers and potted plants as uual and muxic was birnWied by the llaiine Isind. Mrs. Creveland was iitcd in rm-iving by Mn Fairchild, Mrs. Whitney ami Mrs. Don M.t)iekinwiti,and prewntntiont were made by Colonel Wilson. Tlie House judiciary committee unani-moiL-lr aprovcd and mill report to th Houso favorably a aubalituto lor the bill to amend the internal revenue laws', in t reduced 1y Mr. Hendetwm, of North Caro'ina. I its f resent shape the bill aUdMies ell minimum penalties for the b frJtrtbwi of n-venue laws, and confiT on' the onirt ill-wtion In the iinwmiti.n f jmnl hmert mithin the limit fixed by the statute and greatly changes the pres ent exciw laws. The tViddrnt acte1 niton appials foi executive cb-niency as fo'lows; !nrl.md H. Carrier, i-otivietijd in rVmth Candina of violating the internal revenue laws, and sentenced to twelve months' jmpris onnii nt, and lo pay f V0; m-ntence rm tnuleil t one month's imjrisonment on Condition that the fine Is paid within that time. E. P. Hipp, convicted In Houth Carolina of pacing an alterel lnk note, and sentenced to three years imprison ment, and to pay fine of iOO; scutem c commuted to fifteen month actual iui hmiiiiih1I.. Tlie eeinlive inmmltlce of tho Na tional Cnfei ikwra' Asstatistion of tlut I nitvl 2Mat, is in minn at tho Khhitt llonxe. This Aaa'ltion of Confection era Wiis orgnniml at Cblesgo nearly foul years ago. Its nienila rfhip is limltot U wholesale snd jobbing nisnufaeturers and Its object is to improve the standard, of con fei t lonery. To this end it hss pro cured the passage of. laws agalnxt the adulteration of randy In many states, and now pul sillies a standing offer of ! re ward fof in forms tioa wba h will pna lire Hie conviction of anyone violating aueh laws -. -, . .,, ' In the esse of Hugh M. Brooks, aliat W. II. Marwrll. against the state of Mis- mill, was up In the United Nates to preme Court. This is the . fsmous Mx well lVller .murder, .case.. Brooks, or Maxwell, tilainlilT in error, Is t now in prison In tlw city of St. Imi under sent fence of ileath bir the munler of C. Ar-f thur Prcller, in April, 1M. The caso brought to tills court upon a writ of cimr to the Supreme Court of Mtasmiri snd the decision here is ujion i molion msdo by the attorney general of that stat to die miaa for want of jurisdiction, and was denied ; Its effect is to affirm thescnttni of death pronounced l'y the tute court. j f- ADTOCIMU rmcM. -.. The sugar trust gave another evidence of (Ita. power when It ordered Molh r, Pkrck Co., of Sew York, to clcss their refinery. One of the of the firm said that the shut-down would not occur until the raw sugar on hand had lro used up. In the meantime the Arm notified It employes to look but fot new Jol. . The whiky trust having bt en Completed, it directors, tt Peoria, 111., raised the price three cents per gsllon on high proof spirits, SOUTHLAND D0111NGS, imxntaTixa XEirs' items ion BUST PEOPLE, 'i "'tH . . 'isi . : ,.4- rm)m The BaeUU Kell(la aad ' Taaiparaaee I . v)"srl-rrre.ted liiilerarlaca-aiar- 1 ! irlaaea, rirra, lleatha. Hie. ' ichancellor P. If. Mell, of the Univt' sity at Athens, Ga., is dead, .; (The grand jury at New Orleans, La., has decided that keno is not gambling w)thin the meaning of the statute. ! ' -' Hon. John T. Allen, cx-tate Treasurer of Texas, died at Houston, aged 80. 1I bequeathed $300,000 to the city for an industrial school for boys! T - f k 1 ; , t. A bottle of corn whiskey taken from a drunken man in Atliinta, Ga., while on the mantlcplece of the police sfation;'X ploded with the noise of a small cannon. 'Stenographer Barues asked for $000 for reporting the Woolfolk murder case at Macon, Ga.,' and Judge Gustin allowed the bill, j.Tkere were 300,000 words put itl the record. I J Deputy Sheriff J. M Autry was shot and instantly killed near Tuscaloosa, Ala., while arresting Jim Semmes, a ne gro. . The negro fired from his house just aa he reached it, ; ; , ' The jail of Edgecombe county, North Carolina, at Tarboro, and tho old Steele Creek Presbytexian church in Metkien bmg county, North Carolina, were des troyed by fire. I Rev. J. S. Dill, who was called to the pastorate of the Central Baptist Church at Atlanta,, Ga., and also to that of the Baptist Church of Goldsboro, N. C, has accepted the latter call. The court house of Mobile county, Ala., was destroyed by fire. A defective flue set fire to the roof and the flames spread slowly and gave time to save the records. The building was valued at $50,000. While the fast train on the Georgia road was approaching Augusta, soma miscreants, when the cars were about two miles from the city, threw rocks which smashed several windows. No one was hurt. . Rev. Sara Jones, the revivalist, sjoke "To Men Only" at Kansas City, Mo. The attendance was 0,000, and the collection for Jones' personal Itcncfit amounted to $3,500. lie spoke that night to an audi ence of 7,000. The celebrated trotting stallion, Happy Medium, valued at $10,000, di-.d at Lex-. Ingtnn, Ky. .He was foaled in 1863. Thirty-nine of his get have record of 2:30, or lower. He was of Ned by Gen eral W. T. Withers. j "Hands up; I am a detective!" were the words used by AHn rt Knott, a young colored man who had summoned Fred. Patrick, of Atlanta, Ga., to the front door. With his hands out, Patiick cap tured the bogus detective. J. M. Fraxier, who was for years treas urer of the Mobile & Georgia Railroad company, left Cokimbfla, Ga , for Mexico to accept the position of auditor of ac counts of the construction company of the Mexican National railway. It having been announced that the printers who recently struck on the Couri-er-Jouriml, of Louisville, Ky., prosed starting an opposition pa r, W. N. Hul demsn. nroorictorof the Vimrifr-JiirnnL tkndered the strilsrrs full associated prtws dispatches at x months tree or charge. Central railroad engine, No. S, En gineer Greagor, run over J. If. Brinson, a young white man, at Tcnnillc, tin., and cutoff both his legs just below the knee. Brinson is a train hand on (he W. & T., and was in the discharge .of his dutiet' when he waa struck by the engine, which he did not see, as he had his bn k to it. He died. Cold weather has at lust closed Pnl.ips co River with Ice, ami navigation it stopped to Baltimore; Md., except to larger class loeii sleumeis and a few mailer craft which ct up in tow. Both tate and city ice boats arc at work, and thus far have siH-ccedi'd in bnnKing the ice from thnt city to open water in Chesa peake Bay. Charles (S. Minnirmlr-, prominent citir.cn of Alexandria. a..in the railroad supply but-incMS, committed suicide nt his reMdcncc ly shHoiig lumw if 111 ttieif.i'i with a pistol. He na a su l lit-v. I'r Minnig. rode, of bi lunoisd. Vs., atone time a t'onfnb r t- soldier served on Ucn. Fitzhuh I es's Miiir. leavea a ifc an I rgbl ( hildren. Goldthwaito Graham, a well known citizen, for many years deputy sheriff f Montgomery, Ala., commitf u siiieuie, The deceased had len drinking and re market to his son: "I'm going to kill myself. Old man Woiknmn went by the laudanum mute, and I'll do the Ki'ine." He was noted for courage and Integrity, and when not drinking w slavery est ima ble man, - - Muirhv Philllrw.indi ted for rse : Jack Chapman, charged with the murder of Monroe liynmn, ana a nefjro nsme i ,ione under jail sentence the only three pris onera in the Murfreesboro, Tenn., jail es caped. The jail Is constructed after the usual manner, witn an lustde rage stir rounded bv a corridor. At the time of the escape the prisoners were out In this corridor, and, ry tne use 01 a common stove itoker, they dug a hole through the brick wall of the jail. Tha man who was secured Ly the Montgomery, Ala., police, cohfecl to the captain of police that he was Hcul'cn Bsnrows and the fugitive his brother Jim. Reulien waa taken to the gallery and tihotoirranhed. The picture, with a dc cription, was sent to the express office at Texarkana, which was lately rot-bed, and it is believed by the same gang. Reuben aava that one of ihe ranir ar rested In Texas turned state's evidence and revealed the hiding place of $20,000 was snd He .1 . i 1 1 of stolen money, which was' recovered; also the names. t That's how th lotec-, tiycf gut on, to, them and traced them into Lomarcouuty, " 'i-,'..w u QOINtf 'taTHEE S0ITfH.t u-.a z ' 4 d MtiDhi a.'tj tv" TkHckaio Wkickaa laitlan niaa la Al. " Inline Anaaa Cararea People." CoL A: A'J6nr8'of the; IndianA auditor's : oflicc, who is.conneete:.with Jhc. latest roposed exodus of negroes from the Soutliern StateiC'to' (tlAhJotiea;! talks:.. freely aboift tl .Kbewai.lM if an(jf;tV,ij friend of movements for the Hmnrove-' incnWf 'the couditioffof his race'atid1 was- engage in the first exqduB of. J79,,, la accompanied Gov. Chamberlain, together Wiln several other young colored men, to Souih Carolina from Massachusetts, and, , entered , heartily,, into that movement. "mis exodus," no saia, "win oe cneew ally pushed and by May 1st. wo expect to have our first party on the road. There are no headquarters as yet. " The1 move' meat is very young j less than, a month old, so far as .active work is concerned.1 Headquarters will be established ' prOba- bly in New York. .We shall have thtee agents in Cincinnati; one at St. Louis,1 and one at Chicago, I am agent ut tins iwiiit. We have some of the best people in the country interested men who are willing to go down in their pockets for the relief of their oppressed brethren. Wc have some colored people in this country pretty well fixed and they aro committed to the work, mere isnonxeu amount of capital. We wish to accom plish by the exodus, first and foremost, protection. This is not a ques tion of politics at the bottom, although it will, of course, have some po litical bearing. The colored man has de veloped and made the South what it is, and the white laborers could not and cannot do the work that our people do. Southerners will find a difference when they have to use white labor. We have selected South America for a location because of its climate and adaptability of soil to produce such articles as the colored people arc accustomed to rais ing. We have investigated the country and received favorable reports. Our peo ple do not want to come North and West, because of climatic conditions, and be cause the prejudice against the black race follows them even there. In South America, as well as in Other parts of the world, the color of the skin does not bar one out of the race for the best. We shall start our emigrants from eastern points. I cant speak more definitely now than to say that a boat will run to Brazil, and will carry passengers at $14 a head. Certain ly that is cheap enough. We have agenti at work in the South now, and we shall get as many emigrants as possible out of Mississippi and Louisiana, while not neg lecting Missouri and Kentucky, and li there is not a big emigration, therefore, next summer, then I miss thefuess." ESCAPED IHE HALTER. Ml H ! THE BUSY ' AirJi Lb: -! tit t'aarlcaF. J Narla Cnratlao. Wfc Mararrrrf Ilia Wlft Imprliaara fur lf.-. The sheriff of Craucn county, North Carolina, took recently to the penitentiarj one of the worst criminals ever known in Carolina. His name is Chaib-s Fr ink Jones, and he is a young white man. Last May he murdered his wife, neai New Berne, , by strangling and then drowning her. lie had been ' married three years, but had become tired of hit wife and enamored of a young wo nan ol that section named , Haddock. He told hia wife he Intended to Secure a divorce. His wife told him never, withhcrconsenl or knowledge. Thcrcuon he said that there were several ways of prw vir'ng di vorees, and intimated (hut he Intended, at all huzanls, to marry Miss Haddock. Jones' wife bad left him and taken refuge with her mother. He went to hei mother's house after her, and by fail promises induced her to leave and go tc what he told her waa a new home he haa prepared for her. Taking their littli child in his arms, Jones led the way tc the river." They crowd it in a boat. Jones then laid the child on tho ground and strangled his wife, A fter strangling her he threw her body In the stream. It was found a few days after. Jones wai tried, convicted and sentenced to death, lie appealed to the supreme court for a new trial. It continued the sentence ol death. Jonce was to be hanged lat De cemlcr. Governor Scale respited him nntil the latter part of January. Thl death warrant was issued by the Gover nor, under the provisions of the new law, for his execution at a latter date. The county commissioners of Crimen asked for a coramut'ition on the ground thai Jones was an imlxf He. The case was the talk of the whole state. .The Governor called in a council vf state, and the day before the date fixed for the execution 1 commutation to Imprisonment for life wsi granted Jones. He made a full confes sion of bia crime, ' f A ii 1 111 t , auBttTr opp, y, P. C. Martin, a prominent man of Caldwell county, X. I"., gives particulars f some remarkable manifestations at his house. He sajs that about two months ago his little granddaughter informed him that stones were falling in the house. From that time this phenomenon has con tinued. The stones have been seen to full In the house by various borwins, and they are from ten pounds weight down. to a quarter ol a pouna. t ncy ran np nsrentlv from the room, and do not in dent the floor as they would do if dropped from that heiirbt. ' in some rases tncy an near to nroiect themselves from the tide of the room. The first observation of this strange phenomenon wax at the old Martin house. The family moved about a quarter of a mile to a new house of Martin's, and the stones fell there. Then they moved into another house, and yet the fajl continued. ' ' PHOToanAPnrv bt 1 fuK ever' PRESENT NEWSPAPER MAX. Jt:. VIT The Earasaaa Pawcra Preaarlac far a tira (ttraaala-liiiih Aaaira-Siiarant f Hallraaa AeelaU Salelae e There is a fuel lamina , in, he city oi Ban Francisco,. puf t An explosion of melinite occlirred in a factory at' Zurmlorf," Hungary, killing three persons; andja-ounding iwelve",. News irom(Winncpeg declare that this deficit in the accounts of the late govern ment is now found to re oh over half a million dollars,. . , Local option waa carried in Allegan county,, llich.; by over 1,500, majority. This makes fourteen eounttes that have voted for local option in Michigan. A startling plot for the wholesale lib eration of thte prisoners conttned in the state penitentiary, at J.effersoavill, Ind., was discovered recently by Warden jPatton. ' :; "";" '.!-,.! The Toledo, Olu'o, Anarchists have is sued a call for a meeting to be held soon. The call is in circular form, and bears the ensanguined motto: "Blood, Bombs or Bread!" The jury in the case of Holmes vs. New York iimss brought in a verdict for plaintiff of $5,000. Holmes is the Sara toga undertaker who embalmed Gen. Grant's body and sued the 1'imet tot li bel. The people of Beardsly, Minn., are so desperate that a number of farmers drove into that place after fuel, and there being none, tore down the railroad company's snow fencei and hauled away several loads. . . Two passenger cars on the Safm branch of the Delaware & Hudson, N. Y., Rail road, jumped the track, went over an em bankment and turned over three times. Sixteen passengers were injured, foul of them fatally. The rear car of the Boston and Montreal traiu was thrown' from the track by a broken switch rod near South Royalton, Vt., fell down a fifteen foot embankment and landed bottom upwards. Seven pas sengers were huct. Havana, Cu,i, is iu a turmoil, and on the fergc of mob violence, owing to unscrn pulous acts of the government. Iu one day there were twelve murders, one suicide, eight highway robberies and foui tabbing affrays. - The body of a woman found at Seattle, W. T., recently has beeu identified as that of Mr. Flunk Man nor. She was formerly a noted beau ty of New York and San Francisco. Drink caused bcr downfall. A row occurred at the railway station at Galway, Ireland, between a crowd which was awaiting the arrival of Fath ers Burke and Francis, and the police. The latter charged the people, using theii batons freely, while' the ciowd retaliated by throwing stones and bottles. An explosion occurred at adynamia factory near Jenkiutown, Pa. While foui men were making cartridges, a large can of dynamite exploded. The men were all sent sailing through the air. One wu killed.being nearly blown to pieces. The other three were badly crippled, but may live. ' - - An attempt was made to sere-bade Wil fred Bluut, who is confined iu pih-'tn nt Galway, Ireland. The police interfered and ordered the musicians aw a-. The musirians thereupon embarked in boats and had a torchlight procession on the river beucallt the w alls of the prison. Seamen from the warship Bantcrer gave chase, but failed to capture the a. mind ers. - - - - - Owing to a mistake by the signal sta tion, a fearful collision occurred on the Oestc railroad, that runs from Havana to Vuclto Abajo district. Cuba. A passen ger train collided with a freight train 17 miles east of La Herradura station. The engineers and firemen of both trains were instantly killed, and their bodies terribly mangled. Forty passenger, more or les, were badly hurt. . An explosion occurred in No. S pit, Wilmington colleriw, B. C, by whiih upwards of fifty lives were tost. A msn who was standing one hundred yards from the pit at the time, st.ited that when the explosion occurred, a dense ma.s of dust and smoke shot into the air, and the fan house and the wornl work in the shuff were destroyed. By prompt action )i men out of iflO in the mine were saved, It ia feared the others are d.rad. ' ' MISSISSIPPIANS EXCITED.- Tbo Uevcrasr ol the Mtatt. V.'ion Ihe IlillTur , , u COiivliluilMUiil t'uavrnlloa, Tne sensation at Jackson, Miss.y is the,,, veto by tna governor oi tue rtenuio um , nroviilinc for an election in August to -1 " elect delegates to a cAistitut tonal eonvono t jf t tion to assemble in Beptenier,.,proviuen .. ... ... i. . i . Ulftl a majority OI lUO votes casv .iu bum election should be in f ivor of the calling v.l. vij of the convention. The present Consti- Ml j, 4..finr. mqo mnrln In 1)Jll!l nml eonfefsex-' VUV.UU 11 IW. ... . - - , - , traordinary powers on the governor. Ho t ii. 1 Has tho appointing oi jno enure juuKjiary j i(( of the state and. there, is no limit to hw terms of ofiiee. being perpetually eligible 1 ' " for re-election. I! He is vested absolutely, nis With the powar; to pardon every couvlc. , , ... ( in the state at his will, lie has the power " -' -and uses it to retain bills passed by the . . t o , t ; Legislature and sent him iusido of five ,',,, . days before the ad journment of tho Leg- " islature, reserving to himself tho privi- .:. lege of signing them at any time during j ( . ,, :.. the 23 montlu that tho Legislature is at sent. To divorce the judiciary and the executive, to limit the tenure oi tne gov- , , , , ernor, to establkh a board of purdousor. otherwise relieve the executive of the- 1 great responsibility, to restrict tho 'pow- era of other officers, to establish the chancery judges and cheapen the judici ary system, to have a constitutional pro vision regarding convict labor, and to in some wise dispose of the prohibition ques tion, are only some of the reasons urged ' by the friends of a constitutional conven tion, as well as to consider the suffrage question, in which no radical measure J would be couriered for a moment. The governor says he regret that his solemn convictions of duty, etc., prevents his agreeing with a co-ordinate branch of ,, the government, nis couvictions are so positively against the measure that he would be unfaithful to the trust confided ! in him if h failed to ansume the respon-. ability of withholding his approval. The , question of qualifying sullrage.hc asserts, , hn Innnlierl n-ill nrodiieo SUcll B tOmv 1 ' with the labor of tho state sa was never i 'u i a before witnessed in Mississippi. He rc- , fers to the power which the convention would have, should it assemble, being onlv restrained by its own discrclion.and t t the' Constitution of tho l uiicd States,and ' ' fears that those who would have been in- . .. i strumental in the holding of the conven- ., tion would be powerless to control the ' whirlw ind which they had called into ac tion. NOETH CABOLpfA KOFI They Taaroaaht? InHorae Ihe Ulalr Kdaea llsaal Bill ai Iba Pennsylvania Mtrlke. - The North Carolina assembly ol I Knishfs of Labor met in annual scaMon nt Greensboro, Congressmim JohnNich- . oh, state master workman, presiding. . ( One hundred and fourteen delegates and officers were pp. sent. Report were i made of the strength of the order that , , dttrinir the rat v'r it hud doubled itn membership. It is estimated that it now !mi over 80,000 members. The assembly unanimously adopted the following reso lutions: "'Whejeju1. There wc now in the state of Pennsylvania tuourands of ur l.rothara w ho Lave beet: for.-ed to etiiko against the oppression of theRead- uigraiiroaa company. itcoii.-u, iuiu whilo we do not bulievo Ib sirlkcs, ex cept as the last I esort to which we be Hove lu.!-hls of Lalior employed on rail- iwuls and ia the mines of Ihe Reading railroad ccmpany have been driven. Rt solvcd, Tliat we n-ganl this a directly Against, that terror of lilicrty monojmly and that while the batth Held of tlu's s gnat struggle ia in the stale of Pennsyl vania, we believe tlie principle involved is rightfood, clolhing niMl shelter for men who toil to create the wealth of thin country and their right lo organize for ( their own improvement and protection,' Resolved, That Knights of Labor of North Carolina are looking with deep solicitude and heartfelt sympathy oti the manful struggle of our WotlieM In Penn sylvania, that wc will enwmrage then ami help them financially to the fcnt of our ability, btlkviug a we do that their cause is our cause. R.-solvcd, Tlmf wc call upon all local assemblies in thi state to aid their brethren in flu ir strug gle as far as they lie ableiiiimedinkly. All the old officers with one or two excq.ticnt, were re-elcctcd. John Nichols was re-, laincd as master work man. The varion t oflieers are equally divided let w a while and Mlored. Amomr the residution. adopted, were the following: In dorsing the Ulair educational inn; iayor- ing a Change of metlto.t to cut i.niie K(,.fM annalnra ilintt br the people f stroncly favoring a government telegraphi fonuading ine oikuh vi wuu' the statoawM-'inblv. a Mil ;i ti t t'-li .lf 1 ft AMBftlCA'fl flEW taKIl?(r, It Is agreed upon in Catholic ecclesias tical circles that Archbishop Willlmis. of Boston, Mass., will lie made a cardinal at the consistory in March. Other changes ; Rev. Dr. Cappelc, of Washington, 1). C, will probably be promoted to the vacant archbishopric of New .Oileans; a new archbishopric will be created out of the archdiocese of Milwaukee and Bishoplre land will become the nf archbishop, and Dr. O'Connell, rector of th Ameri can college, In Rome, will succeed Bishop Keane, of Richmond, when the bitter a lume duties in the new university at Washington. i 1. t i I povTS.tuirr WEtTtir.ft. , The following are below rexo towns re ported : From New Hampshire, Keenc -10. Bwansey 8S, Marlow 83, Hindale 29. Aihuelot 29, Nashua 34. Dover 80, Great Falls S3. Farmington 83, New Durham 14, Derry Depot 98 1 Haverhill. Mass chusetta, 14; and the tbenuomeur in towns on the South Shore are 10 to U below, Hartford, Cong., report 11 H ,li -H 1 .11 til . . BOOMED ISITO JAIL, n rJ tha loading hoomera of wild-cnt ..w " Q . , land schemes in Lo Angeles, CaL, Dr. G. tr...:n.,f. nn'ffin has been arrested for emlwwllng $1,000 from three of his clients. Giimn is president oi me ooum ern California Land Bureau, which formed one of the 400 real estate office in that city, where the Eastern tourist may oe ac commodated with town lot at fancy orice and land at $1,000 aa acre. Hois said to be well known in Toronto and Montresl, Canada, a Dr. uusiavu uio. .A ia bave si a it several months in IheMontreal jail for swindling". fOK rKOIIIBITION. - In the Masachustts House of Repre sentatives the contitutlonnl pnhibition resolution was pase4, to be engrossed in if concurrence with the S nnte, by a vote of 100 to TO. An amendment proposing r to substitute the word "alcoholic"' for "Intoxicating'1 waa rejected by a tot of 88 to 187. The constitutional amend ment will have to be pBed by a two third vote in b th brain his next year be. for it submission t the people at th - POllS. ' - -- ! V i , , ' 1 -..
Hillsboro Recorder (Hillsborough, N.C.)
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Feb. 2, 1888, edition 1
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