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ESTABLISHED 1807.'; WILMINGTON. N. C, SUNDAY, 31 AUC1I 1C. I8U0. - y ' PKICE PIVEOrSTH
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"A land flowing with milk and
looey." Exodus iii'Jf.
The Republican Returning Board la
the right name for the majority In the j Th
Ilouse.
Gov. Campbell, Democrat, and'Gov
rruor of Ohio, refuses all railroad
,ji:is.se. Marvellous to tell.
The wheat crop In Illinois anl Kan
nfl 16 excellent, and the area in Kansas
In much larger than last year.
The Bishop of London, Dr. Tomple,
will rarely aeo visitors, and when he
doe allows them but two minutee.
Mrn. Cleveland has been taking lc
nossontho violin and Mr. C. did .not
run away from home onco. Bravo man.
Tho V W. railroad and its con
actions aro doing an Immcnsabusi-
far in excess
year, wo
sear.
ThcoldMabsachusetta Iloar fclan--icred
tho South and Senator Eustia
brought him up and forcedhim to
admit his misrepresentatiorfT Good!
...
Th SmitheldcraW has changed
faaUrtrNlessrs. A. K. Smith, J. M.
Mortf;m and Jno. T. Turlington will
a?e chargo. Success gentlemen.
At tho Naval Academy at Annapolis
a JiipaneHotudent nearly killed a man
jfhirSuTTied about him. It was a Jap
j went fir. Has hcj,his soon learned
luo S uthern3vay6f dealing with ah
- . 1
enemy
Lost turn to tho "hat"
litera-
tW Wabhington Mar:
he fiim- iMo the theatre
And down .ueNm-uuUly wat!
Tht ii toou-il iortuVh orCuChtr:
in1 v uhl ini gevthat Q'dtT
turns out
able
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,V"' " Jill U Hill IV IU IUU imuuv
ilrd will i-(nlinuo this probably for
it
At l'Ut.buTgv Pit,
Mr. W. JMin-
n'.ck wiistuearcera
ed
in a mad-house
for.t iL'ht diivs. lie was perfectly sano
v
atui vht-f rourt libL'rateuhim.Ho8ays
b .vVUic! keepersknock madTmen
'jn uiittl thoy were com)letely sub
D.inicl l'ritchard, ofl'ittsburg, Pa.,
1H.
a NidiK r and wiyer in:tnnow.Ho
1 :id ... iliMiaraeiOL- tninL-s ot Mrs.
.lull
ti Sl -'er.Tho riult was she L-avo
in a c()whiuingwhilo her husband
hhI by with a revolver in hand to seo
it
R 11 done.
The Tory organs are particularly
Tire vn Lord Churchill, and declare
th
it hv his attilt'k on thrir rvirfv Via
' ii' 11 his political career. It tnav
r it may be otherwise. Wo take
lb
lie
' iuiig Lord to be a lively poli
i ur, and ".hard to down."
t the Mate Guard honor Itself and
N
"Ul l 4 I'c ll 1 n A hv nHnnrll nrr fViri T aa
. j . v ww liu i 11 IUU JL VJ
'r. nioui.-s U lliolunond, Va., in May.
tM'TUi ( arolina's tens of thous-
l-I" (1 lllt hllVJ ill r...r..
':ltV- gr... it s )Uiter. und it is lit-
..-.jo 411 K " J iui
thai 1
l-t.l )!' t.) his
memory now.
I'll r 4 1 . t . 1 v , . . 1 . s
nunio oi lOiasooro are
- n.t.m- pluou anu progressive
.".Nunng, una wo are not surprised,
nptum to the general fund of th(
v. a. lends the SUite, being
11
1 lie content
seems to have been
uirlotte
and Coldsboro, and
Nvon.
!it a
Mii it H i .. . a m
wj.i u w i iifs in lia t rmn- I ma
: uie author sipXf fifteen
e did not have Bartlett
't.v k'ive four, which came
read tho list. Who can
to
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to
Juicer? We give one to-
av;
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At a i . ' vtreece
Seed
us th
o afiswer on a postal.
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land
and
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He is to
be in
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l! their iriu.l t.i
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peculiarities.
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but lack
are not worthy of great re-
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'vl th c,l"uiioni8t
Pofe8lonal orator.'
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i TUB STATE CAPITAL
RALEIGH SUFFERING FROM A REG
ULAR BLIZZARD-
tf r.Teiiioc isiior iungrs iudcu int
HlrkpMtrlck'Mc3Ianiirr Ce Jrrt In
tereat In the I'aptUt Fftnale Colle The
Soldiers IIome-The Di School It
Will Probably Ileuaaln at I-aGraaffe.
MESSENGER BUREAU,
RALEion. N. C March
15. ( .
Yesterday the temperature was
far
up in the 70'a. This mornine
in the 70'a. This morning at 8
o clock, after a lively fall of hail, there
was a snow and for a while the big
flakes co mo down rapidly. Hy noon
tho sky was clear but tho weather was
yet cool, and the cold wave flag showed
what was coming.
Notice is given this afternoon that
tho firm of llrownc Utley, publishers
and proprietors of tho Daily Evening
Visitor Undissolved by mutual consent
Bnjwrf'will continue the publication of
the paper.
Another snow storm began to-night
at 8 o'clock and is npwlike a regular
blizzard. There-was a slight snow fall
early thlsjnOrning, then delicious
wcatherflhen a slight rain, and last
this show, which comes down in a very
wintry fashion. The barometer here
has fallen rapidly.
Judge Dick has bound over the par
ties concerned in the killing of Mc
Manncn in Orange county, for their
appearance before him next Friday at
Greensboro, in bonds of $1,000 each.
It Is said that there is to be a
change in the "ownership of the Even
ing Visitor and. that Mr. A. L. Ferrell
has purchased tho paper.
Much Interest was shown here to day
in the news regarding the meetings of
the trustees of the Baptist Female Col
lege and of Trinity College, both of
which occur on the sam day the 20th
inst. You w'ero yesterday "advised of
th so metings, which are very impor
tant. Col. J. M. Heck is out again. His
sickness has nged him considerably
and ho is not yet strong. .
There certainly does not appear to
bo any prospect for a speedy occupancy
of the building which ColHeck so pa
triotically gave for a Soldiers' Home.
Ten thousand dollars in money is
needed. It does seem that some other
man in tho State might come forward
"and contribute that sum or even half
ofit.
MajF4nger is at his homo at New
ton. Honas not quite recovered from
his attack ofdaundice . and is there to
recuperate.
Col. A. C. Davis, oHhc Davis School,
is jet here. It does notappear to be
at all probable that his school will be
moved from LaG range. Hedoes not
appear to havo any such IdeaNvIIe
will have more cadets next autumn
when the school will reopen, than ever
before . Half a dozen towns aro very
anxious to havo him make a change of
location. Hut ho likes Laurange, nas
spacious ar.d well arranged buildings
and is settled there.
Col. Polk will after eoing to Atlanta
go to Little itocit, on Alliance dusi- i
- , . in . . i t I
ness. Ho tells me his wortt is unremit- lempung u cross ine irCK were sirucK
tlngNHe had made engagemonts to go by an engine and alj . three killed al
to theso points before the request to most Instantly. Purdy was a pioneer
call tho trustees of the Baptist Female
College reached him, so he cannot
preside at their meeting.
The receipts of cotton in this market
are 9.000 bales less than they were at
this date last season.
The paving of tho streets has been
resumed andxwill continue all the
snrini?. summerxand autumn.xit is
probable. V
The Supreme Court will next Mon-
day call tho appeals lrom ine uu dis
. m a mm A.m 3 .
trict., x . . . X
The Acme Fertilizer Company, of
Wilmington. 10-day sent its check for
$500 to tho department of agriculture,
wan an appiiuaiiuu lur a musu n-u iio
. i i ; i ; ;a
fertilizer.
The Odd Fellows had a grand time,
x
la evenincr. The speeches at the
public exercises at Metropolitan" Hall
were models of good taste. The recep
tion to Grand Sire ' Underwood, ot
tho Sovereign Grand "Lodere. be
gan at 10:0. .and was handsome.
He was assisted in .receiving by Gov- j
ernor Fowlo, Miss Fowteand Miss Mar
gie Busbee. The Grand Sire wore on
bis breast some magnificent medals,
not only for that position, but for his
other position as chief of the military
order of the Odd Fellows, the "f atri-
a- chs Mitilant." The scene in tho din
ing room, where a collation was served
to at least 400 ladles and gentlemen,
was very handsome. Nearly .all the
Slate officials were present, and a
largeDumber of ladles. The affair did
not end until midnight. Wilmington
had three Odd Fellows present, while
Oxforn. Durham, oungsvillo and
tTrankllnton bad large .delegations. io-
day Grand Sire Underwood left for At
lanta, Ga., where he will spend Sun
day.
Your correspondent yesterday" re
ceived an inquiry from a western paper
as to whether there had been a deiai
cation In the State treasury since the
war. The answer was made that there
had not been. The affairs of the treas-
ury have been admirably managed and
not a dollar has been lost. The news-
naner in auestion sent the same auery
to its correspondents at all the State
capitals. Not all of them can show so
fair a record aa your correspondent was
able to give lor.the Old North State.
. Specie Movement.
Netvt York; March IK. Exporto ol
specie from the Port of New York last
week amounted to 9387,460; of which
1125,300 wai in gold, and S262,1W) in
sliver. Of the total exports 1 1,300 in
gold and $258,200 in silver went to Eu
rope, and $124,000 in gold and I960 in
silver went to South America. Im-
Dorts of specie for the week amounted
to $232,012; of which $207,610 was gold
ana sz,diz silver.
a cHAPrEB opaccideht3.
Killed by a Landslide-A Holier Ri plosion
Killed br a Falling It Idee General
FranrU Smith Farallxed-Lllled by a
Train.
TROY, N. Y., March 15 A lanI elide
at three o'clock this morning carried
away two dwellings In tho southern
fart of the city, and three Uvea were
ost. There were sixteen persons In
the Canefield house, the first building
destroyed. InMhe Lawrenon house
seven persons were sleeping. That jk
single one of the inmates of the houses
escaped Is most remarkable. J3ut for
the solid foundations of a new brick
house on the west side of the avenue,
the sliding mass- would have continued
to Hill street and,pcrhaps, farther.
The survivorsand thelr neighbors
agree that the crash came somewhere
between 250 and 3 o'clock There was
no warning and the JnmatesOf the
dwellings in the path of the destroying
mass wero quietly sleeping. There,
sensations upon .awakening, as the
buildings gave wayand they werecar
ried down beneath the ruihsvrere ter
rible in the extreme. . -"
Justhow they escaped death is a
mystery to themThe crash came,'
they went downunder falling bricks
and lumber and after being imprisoned'
in the suffocating mas,for what seemed
to them, an age, they succeeded in
getting out into the alr Their cries
for help alarmed the neighbors. It
was dark and tney looked in vain for
the house that had stood on. the north
side of the avenue when they retired
for the night. The house was gone;
where it had stood was a great moun
tain of clay, beneath which and from
an opening near the front of the hous3
on the opposite side of the street came
pitiful cries for help.
Those who had escaped from the ruin
shouted to the others to keep up cour
age and relief would come. Little
Annie Burns, 11 years old, grand
daughter of Patrick Can field, Sr., was
taken out dead.
John Ahem extricated himself and
succeeded in frettincr out his wife
and baby. The body of Mrs. Noonan
was taken out about 4 o clock, and the
body of her daughter, Mrs. Hagan, was
found an hour later.
The wildest rumors were current as
to the number of persons killed, but at
8 o clock this morning, after interview
ing the survivors and neighbors, it was
ascertained that all who had been in
the confined house at the time of the
slide had been accounted for. Three
were dead, and the survivors included
several persons more or less injured.
Mra. Lawrenson's house was occupied
by John Lawrenson and wife, his three
brothers and two children. This house
was completely wrecked, and nearly
- .
buried by the mass of clay, and the
wreck of the Canfield house. None of
the inmates of this house -were killed,
and only one, Thomas Lawrenson, was
badly injured. He sustained a severe
cut on the head from a -brick that fell
uport him, and awoke him from his
siumear.
Jackson, Mich., March 15. At the
Michlcran Central Air line crossing1 in
this city, thikmoraing, Henry Purdy,
SV l S 1 1 J J 1- l t 11 a.
wuu uis wu uni uauguier, wane at-
of Jackson county.
Pittsburg. March la. A special
from Scranton, Pa., says thatwo boil
ers at tho Northwest colliery, three
miles north of Carbondale, exploded
with terrific force, during the xnoon
hour to-day, while a large numbeof
men were in tho room eating their
lunch. The building were hurled to
the ground and flying pieces of boilers
went hundreds of feet in the air. Two
men were torn into pieces; seyeral
others were painfully injured by scald
ing steam and the debris under which
they were buried and three or four
will die. . , W- '
Troy. N. Y., March 15, About 10:30
o'clock this morning theQueensberry
span 01 theoid Queensberryand Moran
bridge, at Glenns Falls,
fell, into tho
Hudson river with the workmen upon
it. The workmen were taking away a
side beam on the upper side when the
supports gave way and the whole span
rolled over, up stream and fell into the
falls below. Two men were killed, two
badly injured and two-.ro miss'ng
probably drowned; severalx others had
narrow escapes.
Lexington, March 15. Gen Francis
H. Smith, founder of the Virginia
Military Institute and for fiftySrears its
superintendent, was paralyzed ihis
morning and is now in a critical v con
dition, ne is 77 years of age.
An Inharmonious Legislature
St.- Paul, March, 14.The two
.
Houses of the North Dakota Legisla
ture are not in harmony, with each
other. In fact it is Quite otherwise.
and the whole matter seems to be an
outgrowth of the lottery fight. The
Senate now seems to be working main
ly for revenge, its spite being directed
largely towards the House. The Senate
wants the House to consider some of the
many Senate bills now on the table
and the House refuses to do it on the
ground that it can consider
nothing else but the bills offered during
I the last two days. The Senate, mean-
I wniie," wm consiaer no nouse Dills or
I wU1 taKe tnem up only to kill them
The bill redisricting the State for
Legislative purposes was passed; yes
terday, by the Senate with one rather
noticeable change, in fact with but one
change. This is in Graad Forks county
which is changed so as to put Senator
Winship's residence in a Democratic
district, now represented by Mr. Mc
Cormack. Mr. Wipship was the leader
in the successful fight against the lot
tery and is said to have refused a $10,
000 bribe offered for his vote. ' It Is
supposed the change Is for punishment.
The pigeon tthoouug match at St.
Augnstine, Fla.. between W. A.
Thompson and J. N. Winslow, for
$1,100 a side, was won by the former.
f ASHING PON CITY I
THE PRESIDENT ISSUES
PROC-
LAM AT JON-
If Warn lioorar Not to Stl l th
CberokeStr1pit h not W T1irw
Opa to Rtti.mentPjiyTOMtr Gm0nl
raltn EeIri-iiu Codac N ftU-
factorjr to ScrtUrr Tr.
VASniNGTON, March 15. Bond6ff
enngw uay aggregated 1184,100; all
accepted at 1.23 for four per cents and
1031 for four and half,
The President to-dav l&utA th tnU
lowing proclamatlonTo whom It may
concern "The lands known a th
Cherokee st ripafe cot open to settle
ment: the bill nendlnir
and intended to provide a civil gov
ernment for the countrv known jl
Oklahoma does not nrnvidn fnr thm
opening of the Cherokee strip or out-
iei w Bcmemenvana nas not as vet
received the vote of the tjro houses of I
Congrsssv or the annmral nf th Prti.
dent. The entrance of settlers unon I
thee lands is unlawful and all nersm I
are nereoy warned against entering I
thereon. When thes landfi hRll k. I
come open to settlement nmmnt niKi(A
notice will bo given of that fact, hut in
the meantime it is my duty to exclude I
all persons therefrom, and those who 1
enter unlawfully will onlv Involve
themselves in unnmfitnVtiA tmnK a ao I
they will be immediately removed.
m-r w w w m V jm-LM
Executive Mansion,March 15th,18890.
loigneu; 15ENJ. LURRISON.
Adjutant General Kelton has tele
graphed General Merrltt at Fort
Leavenworth, Kas., to use troops, if
necessary, and with prudence as here
tofore, to enforce the forecrolncr pro
clamation. This order is sent by di
rection of the Secretary of War.
Washington, March 5.- The Presi
dent, to-day, appointed Commodore
George Dewey to bo acting Chief of
the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing
until a nfirmanpnt. nnnn ntmAnt fy that I
office can be made. This action was
necessitated by the resignation of Pay
master General Fulton, as Chief of that
Bureau, which was presented yester
day and accepted this morning. Com
modore Dewey is at present Chief of
the Bureau of Equipment and' Repair.
He" will perform the duties of both
offices until the existing vacancy Is
filled. -. . ,
Secretary Tracy, accompanied by
Mrs. Wilmcrding and Miss Wilmer
ding and Lieutenant and Mrs. Mason,
left Washington this morning on the
Dispatch for a visit to tho Norfolk
Navy Yard. The party will return to
Washington Tuesday evening. The
Secretary, will investigate the causes
of the delay in the completion of the
cruiser Baltimore and the gun boat
Petrel, now receiving their finishing
touches at the Norfolk yard.
An afternoon paper says that the
resignation of Paymaster General Ful
ton was duo,
satisfaction
the affairs of the Bureau of Provisions
and Clothing, especially in regard to
requisitions for material required for
the Baltimore, and that he has gone to
Norfolk for the express purpose of de
termlninff the responsibility for the
delay in the completion of that vessel.
Cherokee Strip Boomers.
Arkansas City, Ks.. March 16.
The boomers were stampeded In the
Cherokee trip much the same as the
cattle were stampeded out of it. They
went without any preconceived plan or
method and pluncred into the outlet
without order or!reason. They mis
construed the passage of the Oklahoma
bill by tho House of Representatives
into an act providing for the Immedl
ate opening of the country to settle
ment. and eacn colony oi boomer?,
alarmed lest It would not be the first on
the erround to select Cherokee town
sites and. claims, rushed pell
mell overthe border, regardless
of consequences. The cattle men are
completely routed, their fences cut,
grass burned, cattle stampeded, , and
their range destroyed for the near
future at least, Theyswill be compelled
to tret their cattle together as well as
pot-slble and hunt other pastures.
children's school telegiaphed lasteven-
lng lor troops to expel the boomers
iiuui fciiv j.uv.u.u ouwio lauus .
fires could be seen all over tne 6trip
lastight.
No casualties have occurred soxfar
as known. Within the past forty-eight
Viniips nf thft ! ri rn cinn nt lnrnt. IS (MlO
persons nave invaded tne L-neroKee
strip from different ooints alone the
. V .. - . 1
border. Nearly every Quarter eection
of land for eighteen miles south of this
cvty is at present staked off and many
of them are occupied bv souatters.
At 4 o'clock, news that the President
bad issued bis proclamation ordering
all settlers off the strip was received.
Some counselled prompt compliance
with the President's order but others
insisted that it was the wiso plan to
hold their claim? until expelled by
troops and then as soon as the blue coats
were out oi sigbt to return and begin
h farming operations Should soldiers
attempt to remove the settlers there
will be no organized resistance but it
will take an army of 3,000 men to keep
them from settling back on the strip
One Honored Tbeosand Tellars Bejeeted
New Orleans, March 15. The
Louisiana Lottery Company forwarded
to the Governor $100,000 to be used to
protect ,tne people oi lyul4iana ajnst
. . - e a.
inunaauon in consequence oi me
Mississippi river. Thli money was de
clined by the Governor because it is on
the even of lhe session of the Legisla
ture, during-which the rVnewal or ex
tension of their character will be acted
upon. " - -
- Cuttla tlie Levee.
Memphis, Tenn.V March 15. A
special to the Appeal from Helena, Ark.
says: Negroes from Arkansas side
w re discovered cutting the levee near
Rosedale, Miss., last night, and were
hot and killed by the guard.
A
C050RLSSI0
AL.
C4itl mt ASklr
Mr. U reck In r Wire ot Arkanwi. o.TerrJ
a resolution calling on the Secretary
ofWar for information aj to whether
tbero are sufficient monerand fcllitlM
at the command of the War Dcmrt-
ment to guard the lereet and other
works and the plan of the Gover
ment froui dettructlon and iniunrhv
the present flood, and if not, to report
what more may bo neouaarr: also, tn
inform the Ilouse If there is reason to
apprehend unusual danger to hunn
life, and what steamers can be rood by
tho department, or the MUwUslpnl river
commission to retcue thoo In ncriL
Adopted.
Mr. Ladge. of MasachusetU. from
the committee on naval affair, called
up the bill to transfer the revenue cut-
tcr eric from the Treasury Depart
ment to the Navy Department.
Pending decision of the point of or-
aert w olll must be considered in
luo commuvee oi me wnoie, ine nour
of 2 o clock arrived, and, public busl
ness being suspended, tho House pro
ceeded to pay fts last tribute of respect
to the memory of Wm. D. Kelley, of
1 ennsyivania. reeling and eloquent
lrlbules 10 nl8 memory were paid bf
em
of Pennsylvania, Holman.
Banks. Mills, Mckinley, Bingham.
Wilson of Pennsylvania. Me Kin yah.
California, lie Illy of Pennsylvania, At
kinson of Pennsylvania Breckinridiro
of Kentucky, Kerr of Iowa, and nay-
burn of Pennsylvania. The Ilouse then
adjourned.
Old Worth BtAt Chip.
The names of Messrs. E. C. Smith, of
Raleigh, Major Wm. Kobbins. of
Statesville, and Col. James S. Amis, of
Granville, are mentioned In connection
!!Uh lhe Plac of Chairman of the State
wemuwouu iacvuimo Aujumw.T3.
Last year J. S. Grant, a postal clerk.
on the Raleigh and Gaston railroad,
was Injured by an accident caused by a
misplaced switch. Mr. Grant brought
suit for 110,000 In the Superior Court of
Halifax county at the present term and
the jury have found a verdict in favor
of the road. An appeal has been taken
to the Supreme Court.
Mrs. Maria Wrigbt.thc accomplished
and talented traveling correspondent
of the New York IFoWd, is writing up
W Inston for tnat great paper.
The Piedmont Iand and Improve
ment Company has been organized at
Greensboro. Tho capital stock is $50,
000, with privilege to increase to tSOO,-
000. The incorporators are Meters.
R. T. Gray and R. P. Ralney, of Kal
eigh; Messrs. T. C. Worth and E. 1.
W barton and others.
Rev. J. II. Mills, Superintendent of
the Baptist Orpnanage, requests ail
Baptist churches to take up a collec
tion at least once a vear for the or
the children contribute once a month.
J. C. Lindley &. Brother, fruit tree
dealers of Greensboro, havo made an
assignment with J. Van Lindley, Esq.,
assignee. Liabilities $5.K)
The Raleigh Aetca and (Jfiserctr Is au
thorized to state that Senator Hansom
never at any time in his life owned
such a thing as a lottery ticket and of
course never drew a prize.
The Superior Court of Wayne coun
ty, closed its term Thursday, and re
markable to state, mere was not, a
single case for the penitentiary. This
has not been so for many years past.
A reward of $200 was offered by tne-
Governor Friday, for Lafayette Kam
seur, a negro who murdered Galloway
Smith, in Hocklngham county, ine
man slain was Inoffensive and the mur
der unprovoked, llamseur Is an ex-
convlct. ..
Rev. A. R. Shaw, of Carthago, has
been called as pastor of the new Pres
bvterian church in Charlotte at a salary
of $1, '200 a year.
To Contest the Fertiliser Tax.
RaleiH, March 15 ISPECIAL.
Recently some manufacturers of fertil
izers formed a pool to content ino
State's right t impo3 an annual
license tax of $500 on each brand of fer
tilizer told in North Carolina. The
Farmers Alliance proposed to boycott
all firms which refused to pay the tax
save under protest. This It was thought
bad settled the matter, but to-day
there was a new development- me
AmericacLFertilizer Company, ol Nor
folk, Va.y which had refueed to pay
the tax and wboe goods bad been
seized by the Department of Agricul
ture, to-day, entered action lor a maa-
damiuto compel the State treasurer
and Commissioner of Agriculture to
licenses to any company, tnougn
said comp iny should offer to pay the
tax under protest- i ne poeiuon laaeu
by the company is that the tax Is un
constitutional for the same reason as
the drummers xtax was, and that it is
also unjust and Unequal In It operation
by compelling staai; raanuiiciurer. w
pay as much on a single branch as large
dealers. The company ali-o claims tnai
the tonnage tax is tne only lust one,
and that man ufactures N would not ob
ject to it. The company proposes to
carry the matter to the United States
Supreme Court, The State now de
rives about wiWfM revenue irww ui
tax. ;
Cblcmc PUyors Celes; SMtJu
CHICAGO, Msrcn H.-TM flayers
11 TK
I I .Mil iAUUm W M M
w ball team left thl
i nrtna
city for rew urieaos to-nigo.
men who will form the party are Capt.
Charles Comiskey, Tip CTlieliL Artie
Latham. Charles Rastian, Prd Pfrffr,
Jimmy Ryan. Mark Baldwin. Boyle.
Daffy, Farreil, Barstow, Darling and
Boyle- The first exhibition , game srili
be played next Sunday at New Orleana
witn tee Clei eland nine. :
The dividend of ine KoglUh street
MMmnsnlAi raried last Tear from It
per cent, to !, but only five companies
were above 6 per cent.
BY CABLEGRAM.
aT!C STRIKE ORGASiZiO IN
io.
i
tertMM.TVe rtw Cfcte nt
laborers here, who are now oa a strike,
nave assumed such a
atutude that orders ken i..
for trpops to be held Jn rradlne!
suppress any derooctraUoo ihsi bl
S.k"? ulriH have slHm-.
dcrtsitho closing of all tnat. f
London, March 15.Th 1,'
emplojed on the Ware have iolned Mm
strike of the corrintsers an ik. t
and Tjno for a reduction of tho haar
oi labor. The coal ml
shire, Iancahiro and lwrU.Kir
struck work to-day, for an adao ot
wage. A number of masters la tho
counties have already acocded to th
ucmanu oi tne men Twelve IhouctnJ
Nottinghamshire miners h l.i.
In tho strike for an adranrA nf
They held a mass mcetlog to-day
uociaea to aonere u thtm
mands.
ST. PkTEIWUUHO. Mr.'h . lu.t.
ligencohas jut been recelrrd here
from Cabul, tho captui of Afghanis
tan that a revolution against Abdurrak
man Khan, tho Ameer broka out !
that cou Ury. Among those concerned
in it were a number of courtlcra of the
Ameer, several of them were cipturo
by tho troops who remained loyal anf "
wuro ucucauca oy orurr OI tno Ameer.
Other courtiers. ImDlUntMl u ik.
revolution fled to Uasla for safety. At
last account they, with a numW of
other rcvoltcm who aln fled to lluU
wero gathering on the fnmtWi
Afghanistan.
Berlin. March 15. Th nr,- f
this city express great tatisfacUon at
the mectlag to day of the International
labor conference railed br the Km
peror. The Aciyuai ZUuna savs: It is s
gratifying spec table to armed Hurona
w eve ueictraies awcmDio lor the pur- ?
pose ol deliberating upon measure for
the amelioration of the social conditio
of tho people.
'ine JUrjcblatt express the hon?
that the conference will prove lobe
tho first fete p in the direction of an
agreement between civilized nations In
tho most dlClcult field of social lire.
The VessUcI Ztitung ayi: What
ever may bo the result of tho confer
ence it will not b a total failure, but
that enterprise ltell will bo a bright
point In ' history; und will, oor.cr or
later, bear fruit of social peace. " '
Berlin, March 15. Copykioht.J
Tho International Labor Conference
assembled at 2 o'clock thU afternoon.
in the famous Congress Hall of tne
Chancellor palace. Tho proceeding
were of the simplest character ami
were not attended by any ceremony.
Most of the delegate went to tho
Palace on foot.
An Immense crowd outside of tho
Palace greeted tho arrivals in silence.
Thero was no demonstration of at y
kind except a sHght cheering when lis
British members passed tn rough the
lines kept by tho police. It wa no
ticed that the blinds of the hall were
kept lowered, as significant of the
Chancellor's desire to keep tbs retulU
of tho sittings private for tho present.
Shortly before tho tlmo fixed for ths
conference to open, tho Kmpcror visi
ted Prince Bismarck and had a long
interview with him. Baron Von Bcr
lepseh, Prutslan MInUtcrof Commerce,
was summoned to tho conference and
received instructions before ."going to
the Congress Hall. His opening ad
dress to tho delegates had no distinc
tive character.
The delegates proceeded to fleet
officers; Baron on Bcrlcpch was
chorKjn president by acclamation, and
Ilerr Madgeburg, Prussian Under-Secretary
of State for commerce was mads
vice pretldent. An administrative,
bureau was appointed. Tho slttlogs
will begin daily atlla.ro. Prince
Blsmarvk declines to permit an oRSclal
report to be issued until the prooL-ed-ing
shall havo bon protocoled. The
pudo secrecy of the sittings will not
prevent the giving of reliable acoojnts
of tho proceedings.
The Kroperor will gWe a grand re
ception to the delegates and the whoU
diplomatic body. It it cipfcVed that
five plenary ilttlngs will suffice to rrg.
Irter the sectional dlcisiom, tho most
of which will have an academic char
acter. The conference will terminate,
at laWt on March 30th,
Negotiations over the formation f
a Cartel clerical majority Is In prt
greM The Km peror offered an
audience to Wlodthrost, the clerical
leader, Wednesday and Prince Bis
marck had a prolonged interview
Thursday. The terms of enitnU urged
by Windthont Included an Interven
tion lo favor of the Pope agalnt Qulr
Inal. The Empercr is credited with
advising Wlndlhrost to use discretion
in his deoaads tajing that be nnit
not fonrct that he was a steadfast ally
of Italy.
The Krm Ztituna published a pre
tended interview with a Socialist chief
In which it was announced; that. Aha
Socialists would support the Kmpcror
and the monarchy If they obtained the
reforms foreshadowed la Imperial
! rescripts. The press generally drew
CaUering conclusions from the an
nouncement of cessation. of Boclalift
agitation. - . .
TTeeklr l&aak
NcWxYOKK, March 15. The weekl
Bank statement Is as follows: Reserve
Increase, tSZO.VJK loana decrease !,
MS.OOO; specie increase, 11,101,400;
If gal Woders decrease, Cli3,00Oi depos
lts decrease, t&ZSDQ; elrculaUon ln-
! crease M7.0UO. Tbe hanks tow noio
f i.rvj0CX) In excess of the
I rule.
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