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PISTOL-GRAPHS.
A -(-'0,000 oil mill was burned at
i. ilveston. It refined 240 barrels a day.
Kentucky has had another tragedy
. xtrem'y common) and a father was
ilk'd by a fellow who was running
,,way with the daughter.
The cattlemen in Texas are in grief.
The Texas and Pacific road having
nilleJ 1120,000 worth of stock last year
ill now fence in its road and thus de--iroy
in part the cattle "home mar-
K'.l.
S;irn Jones nays : . j
When a colored man gets a little
jcation he does one of three things
mm,-s to preaching, teaching or to
in.Mjhain-gang."
Not always. He eometiraea gets Into
, ;;;. , and some negroes work success
it! v ut the trades. j -
in Daniel Webbter was very
r rou'l of American commerce and said;
' '' have a commerce that leaves no
.i unexplored' The Boston Tran
,(yis anxious to learn the where
umU of that eommerce now. And
' .) answers where.
We have looked into the price of
hn school books referred to in Mr.
M-jirlurough"s letter. Wo find his
point not well taken. The Holmes
pooka are much smaller than the books
um ( in the graded schools. The first
took U as large as Holmes's second
i uok, whether speller or reader, and
-o on through the series.
J Gov. Lowry, of Mississippi, has an
ai tifle in the Xortk American llcvlcw.
Ho thinks that the South needs less
halation and better labor and more
capital.' He likes the negro and says:
'M regard him as the best and
rheapest laborer that will ever be
'omul for the cultivation of our chief
i roduet, cotton.
At Crestlino,Ohio, the only daughter
cf tho hotel keeper -S. II. Campbell,
loped with a negro jwaiter and mar
ried him. Tho dispatch says her "pa-.
rents are well nigh crazed with grief."
It further says : "Miss Campbell was
the leader of society in Crestline, pos
es.'d an excellent: disposition, and
n.ts i particular favorite'
Youn Dixon, the North Carolina
!!nptist preacher in New York, seems
to have drifted into politics. In a lec
ture in lioston he said:
"The colored people of tho South
vole more in my opinion than they
eoght to vote, for 700,000 of tho 1,000,
W who votod in 18SS could not read
tbeir ballots' (
At Doylestown, Pai, lawyer Shellen
crgor has tied, leaving claims against
him for $7(1,000. His frauds and de-
options were numerous. Is this owing
to the "peculiar civilization" of those
farts? The Pittsburg paper that re
cently brought its charge against the
uriluatiou of the South becauso of the
four thieving State Treasurers might
''condescend to attend to home affairs
'id render a fitting answer.
It turns out sometimes that men dis
ii'viished at homo tor oratory do not
maintain their reputations in deliber
ative assemblies. Senator Daniel is
u ese in point, and so is Keprcsenta-
': vo Crimes, of Georgia. lie isfamous
a his District, but not so in the Con
gress. The Savannah -Xetrn mils imnn
him for a big effort and tells him that
"a great speech might knock" out all
opposition for re-election.
Mrs.
Mary Johnson writes in the
'iris! i t,
n.nmh joy and pu'n
through shade and
' a 1 cud ouls upward to the height
" ni i ce with love's delijrht.
- uur Helper Dei
utH? rh' Chinees a l are past,
ATrt lhy i eik d anels touch at la-t
! roni ail vnef ur eyelid fast
i i "on Lord, our helper be !"
Excellent for Sunday. It is the aspi
vayun ( jf every pious soul.
Wi'af-c gratified to learn that the
. Partjnent cf Agriculture has pub
'bed a new edition of tho late Maj.
r5ter M; Hale's most useful book
Woods and Timbers of North Caro-
i,nu- That, as well as his other book
"Pon the plants, &cM of the State
3; gonumo value.'. Maj Hale
aid mben for his native Carolina
"e giving, and while dead as to
ots body he is Still fl n 5 n rr rrrsnA Y
usefnl and well prepared publica-
A young man of , Wilson, aged 20
. 'J a brl&ht and consecrated"
t-nritian, has offered hi
Woi field in China, and will soon be
Sparing .for the Wnrk.lt ,a
The young man is one of the converts
i Pev. D. H. Tuttle's revival in Wil-
On. He has bo. fn rtPAvtnrr n rA
r - j - "t W uuu
rora tho beginning of the revival until
ow "that God would gWe'usa mis-
uury irom among the conrerts."
-ru uears ana answers prayer, i
RALEIGH RACKET.
AN ELEGANT . OIL PORTRAIT OF
GOVERNOR STOKES.
A reep Into Farmer Alliance Head
(oartr.8oathrn Kdacatlonai Ao
clatloa At th I., 1. and Ulnttlta
tlonA Saw Hill Iturned A lilff Adan
In ISrcaUtuflr.
Messcxger Bureau, )
Raleigh, N. C, April 12. 1
At the executive cflice vesterdayan
oil portrait of Gov. Stokes was receiv
ed. It represents him as cleaned
shaved, with a smiling face and a big
pair of spectacles pushed up on ois
forehead.
Tho merchants here are speaking of
the lively advance in bread stuffs
which has been marked during the
past week.
The result of the firemenV fair
which ended last evening will be about
$500 for the Capital hose company.
incre are now one hundred and fifty
white and fifty colored pupils in the
institution for the deaf and dumb and
the blind. Superintendent W. J.
Young tells me that there has been no
sickness save tho grippe this term.
The session ends June 11th. More
room is needed and tho next legisla
ture will be asked to furnish it. The
building for the whites is entirely too
small. The last legislature gave the
institution one hundred acres of land
at Camp Mangum, three miles west cf
here, but gave no money with which to
improve and utilize the land and thus it
has been impossible to do anything
with it. It is hoped that the next leg
islature will give something for a start.
The institution needs good buildings
and machinery.
The net proceeds of the concert for
the benefit of tho King's Daughters of
Christ Church last evening, it is said
will be $oo0. The audience was per
haps the finest ever seen here. It was
truly a gathering of the best people of
the place. The reception at the Yar
boro followed. At it were two hundred
and fifty people and a dainty co'iitiou
was served in the dining room, which
was effectively decorated. In twenty
minutes after this ended the tables
were cleared away and dancing began.
This was kept up until four o'clock this
morning.
Mai. b. G. Harrell tells me that the
Southern Educational Association
grows daily in strength. It will bo - in
session at Vlorehead Citv July 1-5.
Kvery Southern State Is now repre
sented. The time for holding" the con
vention has been carefully chosen, so
as not to conflict with the National As
sociation, which meets at St. Paul,
Minn.. July S. Maj. Harrell, Prof.
Winston and others will go from the
convention at Morehead to the Nation
al convention. I
Your correspondent spent some time
to-day with the clever peop'e at the
general headquarters of the State Far
mers Alliance, so as to bo able to lay
some interesting facts before tho Mes
senger's readers. The offices occupy
two floors of the old Smith mansion, a
block from Fayetteville street, ard a
large force is necessary to conduct so
largo a business. On the second floor
is the office of State Secretary E. C.
Beddingfield. Ho has a good staff of
assistants, who find all their time taken
by the heavy work of the office. There
are 2070 charters issued for sub alli
ances, and of these only thirty-two
have been returned, so that there are
to-day in actual existence 2,038 sub-
alliances. There are also ninety-three
county alliances. Mr. Beddingfield
Fald "you can sayj that all tlie counties
are organized save Alleghany, Davie
and New Hanover. In each of these
there are sub alliances, but there must
be five of these in order to secure a
county organi ration." Wake leads all
In the number of sub-alliances, having
fifty-seven, ftcxt comesChatham with
52, Robeson 43, Sampson 43, Union 39,
Buncombe So, Cleveland 35, Mecklen
burg 37, Union 39. New Hanover has
only two, but it is not classed as one of
the agricultural counties, v Tne mail
is very heavy in Mr. Beddingfield 7s
office, 2,510 letters and circulars being
sent out each week,on an average.There
are quite a number of complaints that
alliance mail is not promptly delivered
incrdase in .the membership shows a
great gain in the past few months and
never was this powerful order so flour
ishing as at present.
On the lower floor are the offices of
Mr. W. H: Worth, the State business
agent. io is a live man ana Das a
good corps of assistants. To fehow how
crreat is the business of this State
agency it maybe stated that in two
days this week tno orders lor guano
were for 83o tons. Tho VFarmers7 Al
liance" guano is the only brand han
dled. It is made at Durham specially
for the nlliance. Mr. Worth tells me
that this season 10,000 to 12,000 tons of
it have been sold to the alliances. As
yet not many orders for agricultural
machinery nave come in, out in tne
next thirty days a great many will be
received. The agency pays cah for
everything it buys, and it purchases at
wholesale, so that advantage Is taken
of every discount given. The sales
of general supplies, sucn as meats,
flour, etc., aggregate $40,000 a month.
This does not include guano. The big
rush tor this season is now over. To
show again how big the business is and
how the cash rolls in from the alliances.
it may be stated that in one day this
week ,W,500 was deposited in bank
by Mr. Wortn, and perhaps $2,500 to
$3,000 a day would be a fair average of
the receipts. There is no profit in this
great business, and this is one thing
which disturbs some of the merchants.
It was said to-day that this agency will
save the farmers this season $500,000
in fertilizers alone. The price of its
fertilizer was nxed and the other deal
ers had to make a reduction to meet it.
Over half the counties now have busi
ness agencies and are directly affected
by this system.
NATI05AL CAPITAL HEWS.
The Cufthlnc Finally Accepted A Medal
Presentation at the White IIoue Ar
rest Made In MUI!ppl
Washington, April 12. Secretary
Tracy to-day signed the final accept
ance of the torpedo boat Cushing, re
cently built by HerreschbfT for the
Government and authorized the pay
ment of the $40,000 still due the con
tractor. The postoffice department has been
notified of the arrest at McCaul, Miss.,
of Jim Johnson, A. S. Rowell and Bob
Bowie, charged with shooting at pos
tal clerk Blevins some weeks ago
while on duty in his car. Officers are
in pursuit of Frank Scarborough who
is said to have been one of the party.
Blevins is a colored man and the attack
upon him is believed to have been due
to this fact.
A small company assembled in the
bluo parlor of the White House at
noon to-day to witness the formal pre
sentation of a medal to Joseph Francis
n recognition of his services in the
construction and perfection of life
saving appliances. The medal is of
pure gold and weighs over three troy
pounds. It is four inches in diameter
and contains $750 worth of pure gold,
and the4otal cost of the medal exclu
sive of design was over $3,000. There
were present tho President, Mrs. Mc
Kee, Mrs. Nimmick, Senators Evarts,
Blair and Reagan, Representative
Buchanan and a number of ladies. Mr.
Francis was accompanied by his son
Isaac, and! Mr. Johnson, an intimate
riend. The ceremonies were simp'e
and consisted only of an address by
Senator Evarts representing Congress,
an address by the President and a
brief resporise of thanks bv Mr. Francis,
who was so overcome that he could
not complete his remarks.
Mr. Kandall Unconscious and Barely
Alive.
Washington, April 12. Mr. Ran
dall's condition this morning is pretty
much the same as that of yesterday.
He had a very bad night, and his phy
sician was with him all the time. His
condition grew so desperate between 2
and 3 o clock in the morning that his
death was expected at any moment.
However, as day-light approached he
ralleid a trifle, very much to his phy
sician s surprise, and is now resting
just a little easier. Inquiry at Dr.
Mallan's house at 1:30 o clock this af
ternoon elicited the reply that Mr.
Randalrs condition is unchanged from
that of this morning;
(10:30 p. !m.) Mr. Randall is still
alive but he has had two sinking spells
this evening from which he partially
rallied with the srreatest difficulty.
The family are gathered around his
bedside awaiting his death, which is
expected soon.
ai mianigm ivir. itanaau is uncon
scious and barely alive. This evening
at 7:30 he had a severe sinking: spell
and at one time was thought to be
dead. ' A consultation of physicians is
now being held at Mr. Randall's house.
The Quotations Were Bogus.
Columbus, April 12. Considerable
excitement was occasioned here to-day
among pairons oi tne Ducket shops by
the unexpected rise in pork. The
market opened at $11.65 per barrel and
several heavy sales were made, At
10:30 o'clock prices had jumped to $15
and the market was reported buoyant.
This sent several speculators from
seven thousand to ten thousand dol
lars ahead and the excitement
was intense. Shortly after 11 o'clock
a telegram was received from Chicago
stating that the deal was a put-up job
for a purpose and all trades made this
morning were cancelled. The market
closed at $13.25, which is believed to
be genuine, though a belief prevails
that bogus quotations were given
out by the ! Chicago board of trade to
harass the , bucket shops. Considera
ble feeling exists here over the matter,
especially among those who scooped
prohts.
The Strikers Still Firm.
St. Louis, April 12. The strike of
the conductors dnd brakemen on the
St. Louis division of the Mobile and
Ohio road continues. Only one freight
train has passed over the road since
last Monday, and that was operated by
the superintendent and train master
Brown. The strikers say that general
manager Clark conceded a part of their
demands Tuesday, but later went back
and yesterday notified the men to re
turn to-day. The men declined to do
this but hold themselves in readiness
to accept a compromise rate. The
strikers' committee has received at ele
gram from Cairo nnd Mobile asking it
to stand firm and fear nothing. The
strikers are quiet and peaceable.
The McKlnley Bill in Berlin.
Berltn, April 12. Agitation in
Paris circles growing out of the appre
hension that the McKinley tariff ad
ministrative bill if it should become a
law would have a serious effect upon
the business of exporting to the United
States has its counterpart in this city.
Many Berlin merchants interested in
the exportation of goods to .America
are seeking to bring influences to bear
for the purpose of having the bill either
greatly modified or altogether with
drawn. They assert that the measure
if it goes Into effect in its present
form will strike a fresh blow at the ex
portation of German goods and manu
factures to the United States.
Money Export and Import.
New York, April 12. Exports of
specie from j New York during the
weeK amouuvcu w a, iu,iK, oi which
$557,783 was gold and $546,675 silver.
Of the total exports $1,200 in gold and
$546,285 silver went to Europe, and
$55H,60S in gold and $4003 n silver went
fcr Smith America. Tmnnrta nf nuutt.
for the week amounted to $3S7,SS5. oi
wmtu ww?,om oa gum sum li,oll
silver.
ANOTHER BIG STEAL
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WAD DILL SWORN IN AS A MEMBER
OF THE HOUSE.
31r. Wise Had No Showlns la the Con.
test A Bill to Transfer the Weather
Bureau to the Acrlenltaral Depart-ment-Pablle
BaUdlng Appropriation
Bills raed.
Washington, April Is.--(Scnatc'i -The
calendar was taken up soon af
ter the Senate assembled and a great
number of bills were passed under the
five minute rule. Among them were
the following public building bills:
Fargo, Dakota, $75,000; San Jose, Cali
fornia, $200,000; Pueblo, Colorado,
$45,000; Baton1-Rouge, La., $100,00;
Bridge ton, N. J., $75,000. A majority
of the bills disposed of were of a private
or local character, and the only bill
passed of importance to the public ser
vice was the Senate bill to increase the
efficiency and reduce the expense of
the signal corps of the army. The
bill transfers to the department
of agriculture the weather bureau,
leaving tie signal corps of the
army to remain in the War Depart
ment. The weather bureau is to con
sist of one chief and such civilian em
ployes as Congress may annually pro
vide for. The chief is to have an an
nual compensation of $4,500, and is to
be appointed by the President by and
with the advice and consent of the
Senate;! but the chief signal officer of
the army may be detailed by the Presi
dent to take charge of the weather
bureau. The enlisted force of the sig
nal corps is to he discharged from the
army on June 30,1891,and such portions
of the force as may be necessary shall
be transfer el to the j Department of
Agriculture, skilled I observers now
serving in the signal service to be
preferred for appointment in the
weather bureau. The signal corp9 is
to consist of one major, four captains
(mounted), and .four first-lieutenants
(mounted), with pay and allowances of
like grades in tho army, and the en
listed force of the signal corps is to
consist of fifty sergeants. Adjourned.
house of representatives.
Immediately after the reading of
the journal, the House resumed con
sideration of the contested election
case of Waddill against Wise. V
Mr. Haugen, of Wisconsin, and Mr.
Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, spoke in
favor of the contestant. Then Mr.
Wise, of Virginia, took the floor in his
own behalf.
After further discussion a vote was
taken on the minority substitute reso
lution declaring the seat vacant, and it
vrfcN defeated, yeas 119; nays 133. The
majority resolution declaring Waddill
entitled to the seat was adopted, yeas
134; nays 120, and that gentleman ap
pearsd at the bar of the House and
took the oath of office, Public bus
iness was then suspended, and the
House proceeded to pay a fitting trib
ute to the memory of the late James
Laird, Representative from Nebraska,
and at 4:50 adjourned.
The Phelan-Flemins Controversy.
Congressman Jas. Phelan, of Ten
nessee, has furnishedfor publication a
long statement concerning his contro
versy with Col. John M. Fleming, ed
itor of the Knoxville (Tenn.) Sentinel,
errowinsr out of the Sentinel's criticism
of Mr. Phelan 's School History of Ten
nessee, which culminated in the send
ing of a hostile message by Mr. Phelan
to Colonel Fleming. Mr. Phelan says
his message was not a challenge, but
was intended to provoke a challenge
after Colonel Fleming had refused to
accept Mr. Phelan 's apology for refer
ring to Colonel Fleming as a half-witted
competitor for historical honors
and after "two months of hectoring
and bullying by Colonel Fleming under
jthe guise of literary criticism." Col
onel Fleming having 'repuuiated the
code," Mr. Phelan says the matter is
at an end.
j The Iowa Masonic Suit
i A dispatch from Des Moines, Iowa,
says: "Clark Varnum, representing
the Grand Lodge of Iowa, has issued a
statement, which declares that the re
cent decision of Judge Preston at Ce
der Rapids, in the celebrated suit of
the Cerneau Masons against the Grand
Lodge has been everywhere published
as a Cerneau victory. The card de
clares that the ruling of the court is a
sweeping victory for the Grand Lodge;
that the persons who sued the Grand
Lodge are now out of court, and that
the court decided that their own biased
and one-sided statement was not suffic
ient to entitle them to any relief in
the civil courts. The decision is not
only of importance to Masons, but it is
asoa judicial determination of the
right of all political, religious, civic,
moral and fraternal societies to control
their own affairs without the-interference
of the courts.
Flas of American Silk.
Washington, April 11. Each dele
gate to the Pan-American conference
was the recipient to-night of a beauti
ful silk American flag, the gift of the
Women's Silk Culture Association of
the United States. A short presenta
tion address was made by Mrs. John
Lucas, of Philadelphia, in which she
explained that the 6llk from which the
flags were made was grown and spun
by American women. The flags were
presented as a testimonial of f riend
ehip from the people of the United
States to those of her s ister republics.
Delegates Jose Caamano, of Honduras,
and Jeromano . Zelays, of Ecuador,
made appropriate responses.
He Smoked Cigarette.
Charlotte, N. C, April 12. Wake
field W. Price, aged 16, died of men
ingitis at Salisbury last midnight.
The doctor said the disease would not
necessarily have been fatal had Price
not been addicted to cigarette crooking.
A BIG SQUEEZE.
fork Future J taped to Il.tl In tie
Chirac Kschaac. and Great incite
ment Prevailed.
Chicago, April 12 When trade
opened in pork the wildest excitement
prevailed, the crowd waking up to the
fact that the market was cornered.
For some months past the Sawyer
Wallace clique, of New York, it is
generally supposed, have been buying
up pork, and when business started
in : this morning there was no mess
pork for sale under $12.75. A the
closing price yesterday was 11.4 .
this was a mighty big bulge, but there
was worse and more of it" later. It
kept advancing five cents or more at a
time and Dofore the close of the first
hour was selling at $15.25. As Is usual
ly the case when prices are at that
rate very little was sold, but
there was a tremendous ex
citement and tho pit was crowded
with traders and spectators. July pork
showed a similar advance and lard and
ribs were somewhat higher. McCor
mick & Co., representatives of the New
York clique were again prominent as
buyers of July pork, and Armour,
Hutchinson, Poole and Baldwin were
also buyers. Later in tho morning
Hutchinson s men bid $I5.7o for July
pork which was an advance of more
than $4 per barrel over lat night's
closing prices
It was apparent that the clique was
after some big shorts, uiost of the or
ders coming from New York to Hutch
inson. As no regular pork can be made until
October the clique has control of all
the months up to that time. Subse
quently July pork offered at $2.55 and
it looked as though some big short had
been run in for orders were numerous
and there were no bids. It was said
that one house called margins for $300,
000 on provisions. A good many of the
board however, attributed the squeeze
to Armour. They say that the Sawyer
Wallace clique transfers d the deal to
him when they found they were un
able to carry it through, and that he Is
now the master hand. Hatley and Swift
were large-buyers of lard and Armour
bought ribs, while T. J. Ryan & Co.,
bought four million pounds of May and
July ribs.
Flahe From the Wlrc.
The President yesterday nominated
Mrs. Fannie S. Williams to be post
master at Lexington, Va.
Rube Smith, implicated with tuHe
Burrows in the robbery of the Mobile
and Ohio train near Buckatuna, Miss.,
December 13, 1889, was yesterday con
victed at Waynesboro, Miss. He will
get more than a ten year' sentence for
the crime, and a mojtiorr Joy a new trial
has been entered. -
Steamship arrivals at New York yes
terday were the Gellert from Hamburg
and Queen from Liverpool. Arrived
out, the Egypt for Liverpool, and City
of Richmond for the same port.
Bond offerings yesterday aggregated
$511,800; all accepted at 1.22 for four
Eer cents., and 103 k for four and a
alfs. j '
Perfect weather and a largo attend
ance characterized! the opening day
at the Montgomery Park races, at
Memphis, Tenn., yesterday
Immediately upon his arrival from
Wiesbaden Emperor William will
hold a series of prolonged conferences
with the heads of tho various depart
ments of the government.
yep1 oeTe an '
Great Floods and Loss of Life,
San Francisco, April 12. The
steamer Mariposa which arrived to
day twenty-four days from Sydney and
seven days from Honolulu, brings the
following advices: Extensive flood
have done great damage in New South
Wales and at Queensland. A large
part of Brisbane was inundated,
wharves submerged and railroad traf
fic stopped. Hundreds of families are
homeless and many fatalities ar
reported. Grafton,- Singleton, Wett
Maitiand and other towns are al-o
ftooded. Many losses of life and great
destruction of property are reported
from interior points.! At last accounts
the floods were subsiding and commu
nication between the different dis
tricts are being restored.
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Weekly Bank Statement,
New York, April 5. The weekly
bank statement Is as follows : Reserve,
decrease, $990,075; loans, decrease,
$1,449,000; specie, decrease, $1,755,100;
legal tenders increase, $430,300; de
posits, decrease, $1,336,500; circulation,
decrease, $47,100; banks now hold,
$452,400; in excess of the 25 per cent.,
rule.
Hashing Canadian Barley Over the Line.
KrNGSTON, OnU April 12. Grain
dealers here are buying barley in large
quantities and arranging for its speedy
shipment to the United States In anti
cipation of the new American tariff,
which increases the duty. Five vessels
with barley have cleared from here
within a week. i
j Explorer Stanley In Home.
Rome. April 12. Henry M. Stanley
arrived here yesterday, lie was greet
ed with cheers and vivaa by a great
crowd of people. SIgnor Vitelleacbi,
president of the Italian Geographic
Society, welcomed him V the city and
presented him with a gold medal.
Half of the Stxiktrs Go Back.
New York, April 12. Nearly ,one
half of the men who struck work on
buildings in which Paulsen & Eager,
of Greenpoint, have been putting, iron
work, went back to work to-day. The
contractors agreed to employ none but
nnion men and a compromise was thus
effected. I
- Bat De Didn't Ie It-
Washington, April 12. Trcararer
Huston ha returned to Washington
from Indiana, where he went with the
avowed purpose of carrying' the local
elections.
! BERLIN BUDGET.
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TARIFF REFORM URGED BY THE
PROGRESSIST PRmSS-
The rjnsrrsf'i tt lm frees Wtesfced,
will be retlevvd r Cefetenc tt
lit MlaUuryTfce nM CWetv
ned atod Cemmeted Vpmm K. fw.
man Tree,
Berlin, April ImmrdiatrtY
upon bl return from icttoden,
pcror William ill hold a . rir of
prolonged conferences with the- head
of tho various depart nionts Chaccv!
lor Von Caprlvi, iUron Von CWrtear.h
and Baron Von lllebort?n surer-
siveiy. u i reported to be the dricr
mlnatlon of the Emperor trexcr:Uo
rigid personal scrutiny over every
measure. Besides over loading him
self with work he in U.o .mvnnllrao
threaten to pamlvio th mlnMcrl&l
work. None of tho bills IkucU on the
decisions of the labor conf-retJc nnd
prepared by Baron Von lUrlcch ha
yet received tho final Imperial sanc
tion. Tho o.v;nt of tho Uundcsrnth to
the measures Is doubtful. TherVdrml
Government does not share the Em
peror's eager hate for reforms, and
the prospect is therefore that warn tho
Emperor opens the Reichstag, in -'hi
speech from the throoo announcing
labor measures, ho will pak without
quality of the deflnitoncM which char
acterized the amendments of the III
marck regime.
Beyonn tho pregnant fact that tht
Reichstag will be &.kcd to grant n mil
itary credit of probably HW.tiOO marks,
nothing is known of the government'
rirogramme. The lrogreIt pre
ndulgcs in visions of change in tho
tarilT policy, a reduction of duties on
cereals and a progtvffive modification
of customs ho a to abolish taxation oa
articles that are nbolutcly necowiry
for tho use of the people, and -a simul
taneous adoption of tariffs so as to de
velop the industries of the country.
It is not believed to 'official circles
that tho Emperor will be rash enough
to entangle bIuisK?lf in ihe dlfMeulUe
entailed by a revision of the tariffs
which would involve a torn pic to re
form In tho whole financial and licat
system of the Empire, and equally dis
creditable are the rumors that the Em
peror Intends to propo.-o a revUion of
tho constitution in the direction of a
reduction of tho power of tho Uundea
rath, while the centralizing power ial
tho hands of a ministry controlled by
the Emperor. Neither tho lleichsiag
nor the Ilundcsrath wil) ever absent to
an extension of imjwrinl power
toward absolutism. Already the
leading leaeral princes oi tne empire,
Incredulcun of the Knvr9r' rapacity
and scared by his methods of govern
ing are trying to tone down his self
confidence. It is an open secret that
the governments of Havaria, Wurtccs
burg and Saxony, which hold fourteen;
votes In tho Ilundcsrath, will not co
opt rate in imperial measures unlet
the Emperor consults them more on"
the general lines of his poller.
The Ilcichfitag will meet with various
parties undetermined waiting on the
effect of tho Government programme
before grouping themselves.
One of the chief features of moment
is the discussion among the FreUingist
party. Since tho Frcislnge member -of
the Landtag censured the leader
ship of the Helens ta gas dictatorial ami
inelastic, the quarrel has widened. In
tho face of the expected coalition with
tho Conservative Imperialist and the
Hight wing the National Liberal
are forming a reactionary grour
against a Liberal policy by the Govern
ment. Old Xorth Mate Chip.
Tho typo in our telegraphic column
yesterday made us say that Tbos. IV
Dcvereux was appointed U. S. District
ttorn:y. It should read assistant to
the District Attorney, which .position
is filled by Mr. Charles Cook, of War
ren. Ilev. A. G. McManaway, of Char
lotte, has in pres-s a volume of unpub
lished sermons by Mr. Spurgeon, which,
will be issued about June 1st.
The Greensboro .: Workman learn
that the subscriptions for stock in tho
steel company have footed up to about
$300,000 and that when l-70w,0uT hare
been rubscribed the books of subscrip
tion will probably be cloud until a safe
of land Is made.
The State Convention of the W. C.
T. U., of North Carolina, will be held
at Concord, July ltitb, 17th, lSth and
19th. Mrs. Frances E. Wlllard. the
noted temperance advocate of IlllooLs,
will be in attendance.
The authorities of FortTtho county
have decided to establish a convict
camp and open extensive stone quar
ries. Capt. Ceo. N. Waltt, so long a con
ductor on tho H. & D. I toad, has left
that company and accepted a posiUom
on the Atlantic and Danville ICoad,
running from Danville to Portsmouth.
Mrs. Ida Itosentbal, aged yearv
died in Raleigh on Friday. Her re
mains were taken to Goldsbora for
interment. ,
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Personal.
P. T. Barnum hat presented to the
public library of Bridgeport a scrap
book containing all tho lHustraUoe
and comments of the London pa pert on
his show whilo it was In that dir.
Speaker Reed will bo tho principal
speaker at the banquet of the America
Club of Pittsburg on General Grant
birthday, April rfJth. Hegoea the
guesU of the Quay people.
The friend i of ex-Senator Thurman
propose to celebrate his 77th birthday.
November 13th. by a banquet to bo at-'
tended by the great party leaders-cf
all factlona.
Hon. James Russell Lowell Is Jowly
recovering, but Is as yet unable to re
turn bU iiterarr work.
Nellie Blr will make her next tour
of the world as a lecturer, with her
first trip as the tbezae.