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VOL. VII.,
LEXINGTON AND TIIOMASVILLE, N: C., THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1897.
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ONION
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State Cannot Supply-1 Liquors as a
Beverage to Increase Revenue.
A FLAT FOOT ED DECISION.
I-V! ral Court Judge Holds That the
-oul.'i Carolina Pleasure In Conflict
With Inler-Sttte Commerce. Laws.
In the United States Circuit Court,
it ( h iik-Htcm, South Carolina, Judge
Siiju iituu h'uuded down his decision in
wha't is widely known as the Vander-
iii.i:. case, :i case fdiich involyed the
-Viiii 'vAy of many provisions of (the
South Carolina dispensary Jaw. The
.hri-ioH created a sensrtion when it
u;iir h araed that the court had declared
: certain provisions of the law in conflict
' ; t IT t he inter-State commerce regula -tio'i
of Congress, 'and that conse
quently it might result in; the total
..v.iita!l of the South Carolina monop--(,h
'i the whiskey business within her
lM.i.UlK. '
I h u syllabus prefixed to the full text
of th! jiecisioii, Judge Simontou says:
Ui.y Stato mky in the exercise of the
1 uli power, declare that the manufac
Pue, .-ale, barter and exchange, or the
uc ns a beverage of alcoholic liquors,
a: -r public evils, and having thus de
riiiifl, can forbid such manufacture,
bai ter and exchange, or use, with
in her territory, Butwhdn a State rec-'"-(
nit-s and approves the manufacture,
stlc, barter and exchang , and the use
u :t beverage of alcoholic liquors,1 and
ill.- St;te itself encourages the manu
facture, engages inthe sale of and pro
vides for the consumption of alcoholic
liquors as a beverage, and so precludes
the idea that' such manufacture, sale,
barter.' exchange or use are injurious to
the public welfare, it is not a lawful ex
t rc ire of the police power to forbid the
importation of such liquors, or their
sale in original packages, for personal
ue and consumption.
'Such prohibition under such cir-cuiti-tauees
is in conflict with . the laws
i "The dispensary act of 1896 as
mnemled by the act of 1897, inasmuch
its they-upprove the purchase and man
vifacture of alcoholic liquors for the
State and Provide for the sale of such
ai. oholic liuuors as a beverage, in aid
ef the tiiiances of the State, in so far as
they forbid the importation of alcoholic
liquors in,original pacKages ior sucn
use in this State, are- in conflict with
Inn s of interstate and foreign com-
lneree, and are, therefore, to mat ex-
te.it void. " ' .
The (UHirt then coes into a lengthy
discussion. of the 'facts and the law of
the caue. Judge Simonton's summary
ef the facts before hiwi is as follows:
"This is a bill in equity. The bill al
leges t iiat tne complainant is xne owuer
i viiieyards in the State of California
nii'lthat it manufactures from grapes
vi such vineyards, well known pure
wines, brandies and other liquors, par
ticr.hiriv clarets. Hhine wine, Burgun-
tlie ahd chamrarue. That by its
trailing agent the complainant
t.nk orders from -certain citi
zens and residents of the
Sta'e of South Carolina, to deliver to
(iiii of them certain original packages,
liio lucts of its vineyards, filled said
di'li i s and shipped from San Francisco
in California to Charleston, S. C, by
rail, a carload of its products contain-
iui; 7:s separate oriiriual packages for
I'iu'ii (! its sa d customers, all marked
villi its name and addiess in Califor-
nia. a.iooti'iir this mode of shipping by
e n loa I in order to obtain a large reduc
tii.ii in freight. That the goods so
.sinpi.o.i arrived in Charleston, passing
tin on-li the bands of several common
carriers in continuous route; and there-
ui(.ii were seized without warrant by
I'efcn.hiuts 15aher and Scott and sixty
fully used and consumed as a beverage
by citizens and residents of the State
pi South Carolina. And that the prod
ucts of the vineyards are lawful sub
jects of inter-State and foreign trade
and commerce. I The bill then charges
that the said dispensary law, in so far
as it authorizes the acts of the defend
ants, or in any way attempts to abridge
the right of importation of the products
of complainants' vineyards, into this
State and there to seal in original
packages, or in any wise hinders and
prevents its intercourse, commerce "and
trade with citizens and residents of
South Carolina in the products of its
vineyards in such original packages, is
in conflict with the constitution of the
United States and is null and void. The
bill then alleges for the acts sustaining
the jurisdiction of the United States
Supreme Court, and prays for a tem
porary, to be followe,d by a permanent
injunction. " !
He then reviews at great length the
laws of the case j and concludes his de-I
cision as follows: : "It is manifest,
therefore, that I the same conclusion
must be reached with regard to the dis
pensary of 1897, ' which was reached by
the Supreme Court of the United States,
as to the act of 1895, that it is not with
in the scope and operation of the Wil
son act. This being the caee, the law
laid down in Leisy vs. Hardin, controls
this case and the attempt to, forbid the
importation and sale ot 1 spirituous
liquors in original packages must fail.
"The decision of th9 supreme ouri
of the United States must control all
Circuit Courts. iBy this decision it is
clear that so Ions as the State herself
engages in the business of importing
and selling alcoholic liquors, for the
purpose of profit, j So long as she rec
ognizes that the use of alcoholic liquors
as a beverage, is lawful and can be en
couraged. So long as she seeks a
monopoly in supplying these liquors
for that use, and in this way looks to
an increase of revenue, ; sue cannot,
under her constitutional obligations
to the Other States of the Union, for
bid, control, hinder and burden com-
merce in sucn articles uetween ineir
citizens. " 1
THE MARKETS.
NEW TOEK COTTON FUTURES.
New York May 25. Cotton steady.
Middling upland, 7 11-16; Middling
Gulf . Futures closed steady.
High- .Liow- Clos
est.
May ! 7 13
June.... .. 714
6 76
6 83
est.
7 11
712
7 13
7 08
6 80
6 06
6 65
6 68
6 71
6 75
6 78
ing.
7 1617
7 1617
7 1718
7 1314
6 8384
6 7071
6 6869
6 7172
6 7476
6 7879
6 8283
July .......J, 718
August ......... 7 14
September 6 84
October 6 71
November 4 6 69
December J 6 71
January J 6 75
February.......
March ..........
Aprir
XrVEBPOOIj COTTON MABKET. -
Liverpool, May ! 25. Middling 4 3-32.
Futures Closed easy at decline.
Mav ' 3 30t
May and June. . . J. . . . . . '.. .... 3.6263
June and July. i 3 6162
July and August, i 3 6061
AUgUali UUU OCjnciuuw ....... win
September and uctooer. ...... ......
October and November
November and December 3 43 b
December and January o 44 d
.Tannarv and February 3 42 b
February and Marchr. ........ 3 4243
March and April
BALTIMORE PBODUOE MABKET.
Baltimore. May 25. Flour Dull.
Fftmilv 4 25a4 65: winter -wheat pat
ents 3 75&4 00; spring wheat patents
4 004 20; spring wUeat 4 uu4 au.
Wheat Firm. pot ana Jiay ou
80i; July 74?75. Southern by sam
ple, 85 86. ' - ' . -,r...
Corn .tasy. juixea spot anu My
2929i; June 27j29i; July 2929t.
Steamer mixed 26f26j; Southern white
. ; yellow . .. I
THE CONDITION OF CROPS.
I t t I ', : -X
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Cotton Has Experienced General Im
provement in Texas.
C00. NIGHTS PROVE INJURIOUS
Western Corn Planting Retarded-
Southern Wheat Good, But Being
Plowed Up In Illinois.
the packages were shipped by
said
cimMal.les to Columbia to Jonn x . las
to'.i. then the State Commissioner and
trot-iu to his hands and then the busi
ness hands., and then into the hands of
his successor. S. W. Vance, with full
nut ice of the unlawful seizure, and that
v aitrt . notwithstanding, refused to de
iiver them to complainant or its agent,
after repeated demands, and threatens
to couvt rt and sell the same to citizens
f outh Carolina.L, That these same
I'fiistahles and others, claiming like
authuritVi threaten to seize in like man
kei, ail m ines shipped by complainant
iitii this State wherever found, and for
vnateer purpose shipped, arriving in
sai-l citv of Charleston, and in like
manner to ship and deliver the same to
said s. -A anee. who likewise threat-
ens to convert the same to the great
(iamaze of complainant, and the ob
struction ami destruction of the lawful
hushes iiud inter-State commerce and
trade in its wines, etc., with citizens
and residents of South Carolina. The
hill further alleges arrival of the same'
m South Carolina, and the wrongful
seizure of the same by State constables.
That other, orders have been obtained
from other residents of "South Carolina
fur separate original packages, and that
llPuu such orders complainant purposes
to 'ship such packages to South Carolina
Jn tluc course of inter-State commerce.
Ami that in the future it intends to
seek similar orders and to, ship
thereupon similar original packages
?nto the State of South Carolina,
ihe bui further alleges that it intends
in the course of its business, further
&nd in, addition to such shipments or
to shit
ar:ent in the State of South Carolina
aud to the store and warehouse in
noutii Carolina, and to sell in the State
of South Carolina in the original pack
ases as imported as aforesaid, to.resi
ents m South Carolina, its wines and
liquors. . products of its vineyards, in
lne inn ,,.i iii rf its
' ukiw inn i ill n . wr M. i vj v
BICE.
Charleston, May 25. The ' rice . mar
ket was quiet, with no sales. The quo
tations are: .1
Prime..........;..-. 5 5i
Oood................... 4.4
Fair 4 4j
Common J .3i3J
NAVAIi STOBES.
Savannah, May 25P. M. Tur
pentine firm at 24c; sales 400; receipts
1 171. Kosin firm; sales 947; receipts 3,
024. Quote: ABC and D 1.30 E 1.35; F
1.45; O1.50; H 1.60; 1 1.70; K 1.80;
M 1.85; N 2; W G 2.10; W W2 40.
Wilmington, May 55 P. M. Tur
pentine quiet at i 2425c; receipts
69 casks. Rosin dull atl.251.30; re
ceipts 565 barrels; crude turpentine
firm at 1.301.80j and SI. 90; receipts
38 barrels. Tar firm ,at $1.05; re
ceipts 207 barrels. 1 '
Charleston, May 25. TurpenUne
market was firm at 24 bid; sales none.
Rosin firm; sales none.
The United vStates 'weather bureau,
in its report of crop conditions for the
past week, says: j :,
The week has been generally favor
able for farm work, but cool nigh'tsjen
erally throughout the States of the cen
tral valleys, lake region and middle At
lantic coast have proved unfavorable
for some crops while the I need of rain
is beginning to be felt in the central
Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys
and in the South Atlantic States.
Cotton has experienced ; treneral im
provement in Texas and has made rapid
advancement over the southern part of
the State, where squares and bolls are
forming. A decided improvement is also
reported from Alabama, with favorable
reports from Arkansas and Georgia.
Cool nights nave proved injurious in
Tennessee, and but slight improve
ment is reported in Louisiana, where
the plant is -sickly and is being in
irjred by lice. While cool nights
have unfavorably affected i the crop in
Mississippi, lit shows improvement.
In the Carolinas the plant is small,
but healthy.' In Indiana and Ohio,
-where corn planting has been much re
tarded,, rapid progress in planting hvs
been mad during the week. Planting
is well advanced in Michigan and con
tinues in Wisconsin, Minnesota and
North Dakota. Cultivation has begun
in southern Illinois, j Iowa and Ne
braska, where planting is practically
completed. Considerable replanting is
necessary in Nebraska,' Missouri, Illi
nois, Kentucky and portions of Kansas,
owing to poor stands. Cool nights
have proved unfavorable in the Ohio
yalley, Tennessee and east gulf States.
The promising conditions of winter
wheat previously reported in the mid
dle Atlantic States continue, but in
Kentucky the outlook is less favorable
than in the preceding week: In Kansas
the crop is much improved. Complaints
of chinch bugs are reported in Missouri,
and in Illinois the crop is unimproved
and some fields are still being plowed
up for corn, i Harvest; has begun in
Georgia and Texas and will soon begin
in Arkansas, j I I
SPAIN A UNITED NATION.
ii t
Strongest Liberals Opposite the Sale
of CubaNew Loan Approved.
Madrid, May 27. (By Cable) It is
understood that Sagasta, the Liberal
leader, will soon publish an important
political statement which j announces
his unalterable opposition ,to the sale
of Cuba, and his unyielding support
and mamtainance of the integrity of
Spanish territory. . I . ' f ' .
Premier Canovas del Castillo denies
the existence of the Cabinet crisis and
says he is resolved to remain m office,
in spite of the abstention of the opposi
tion from taking part in the sessions of
the Cortes. The budget committee has
' reported favorably on I the projected
loan, with the Almaden quicKsnver
mines as security. The committee also
reported favorably on the financial
measures proposed to meet the ex
penses of the colonial wars, j
England Will Withdraw.
Athens, May 27. (Bv I Cable.) It is
announced here that England has is
sued an official declaration that 6he will
abandon the -V Concert of the Powers"
if the Turks are allowed to remain in
Thessaly until Greece has paid the in
demnity demanded of her. j 1
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Bread for the Hungry In India.
The Secretary of the Navy has ac
cepted the offer of the owners of the
American steamship. City of Everett,
now at San Francisco, to charter that
vessel for grain from California to Bom
bay for the future sufferers in India, at
$4U,U0U. i
NEWS ITEMS.
Southern Pencil Pointers.
Mrs. Dora Copehaver, of Edinburg,
Shenandoah county. Virginia, attempt
ed to light a fire by pouring coal oil on
the kindling. The-oil in the can ig
nited, and was thrown all oyer her,
burning the woman so horribly that Bhe
died within a few hours. i
The Midvale rolling mill and spike
mannfactorv. of Iioanoke. Va., has
been purchased bv the Hollidaysburg
Iron and Nail Company. The plant will
be removed from Koanoke, either to
Hollidaysburg, Pa., or to Birming
ham, Ala. . i
An international motor car race is to
take place from London to Birmingham
and back.
KKVIEW OF TRADE.
People Are Actually Doing More
Business Than They Realize.
Messrs. It. G. Dun & Co's. Weekly
Review of Trade for the week ending
May 29tb, says in iart:
'People are actually doing more
business than the realize. They reckon
by values but these are much lower
than in any previous year of prosperity
and leave little margin for profits. In
quality there is almost as much busi
ness being done as during the years of
greatest prosperity and though the in
crease in iopulation would call for
more material expansion the compari
son is not discouraging. ' Thp recovery
is slow, hesitating and err ad a al. but
Th Tredtwrar Company, of
mond. Va. . are the
. . ...
1,904 seacoast defense sneus.
The boundary line en water between
Maryland and Virginia will be survey
ed the buoys marking it will be re
stored. ;
The Populists of Virginia hold a con
vention in July to nominate a State
ticket. .
The Tennessee1 courts have declared
constitutional an- act of the last Legis
lature which will Bave to the people
$6,000,000 a year in office fees.
The rote in Virginia on the question
of calling a constitutional convention
has been defeated. ' . , - s
The ninth annual session of the
American Railway Accounting officers
met in Richmond, Va. t on the 27th.
One hundred and forty members were
present. H. M. Kochensperger, comp
troller of the N. Y., New Haven and
Hartford Railways was elevated- to
the presidency of the organization.
They meet next year at Atlantic City,
N. J., in May.
. Fire at Savannah, Ga., destroyed the
wholesale grocery store of Smith Bros.
Loss, $60,000; fully insured.
The iron shipments from Tennessee
and Alabama during April aggregated
106,791 tons.
Cantain John H. Welsh, of Florida,
formerly of Erie, Pa., is a candidate for
Consul Ueneral to Cuba.
Chariotte, N. C. ,"is to have a new city
directory of the latest improved plan.
Stephen R. Mallory, the new Sena
tor from Florida, has been sworn in at
Washington and has taken his seat.
Few people are aware of the variety
of goods shipped from the South to
all parts of the world. The steamer
Georgia or the Old Bay Line plying on
the Cheaspeake Bay between Baltimore
and Norfolk, recently brought into
Baltimore for shipment consignments
of Southern goods to 'Cape Town,
Africa; Kingstown, Jamaica; Shang
hai, China, and London, England. A
part of the Chinese consignment was
cigarettes made in North Carolina.
Postmaster Generv.1 Gary has estab
lished a free delivery postal service at
Manchester, Va.
The Georgia Mutual Insurance Com
panv, a co-operative concern, ' with
headquarters at Atlanta, has been plac
ed in the hands of the court. Howell
Erwin was named as receiver.
Thomas M. Dick, of South Carolina,
leads the class of the engineer division
of the six-year naval cadets at Anap
olis, Md.
. .
All About the North. !
Snow fell at manv points in
t- v j more has been done on the whole
JA1C11- 1 , r. . . . ; ' 1 t a
in
any, ui , . . , - . . -i v.i1 nrna n
lOwefcX Didders OI , . r-, , A .x t KncinAsa
in i mi oiiUMOd , luiiuus v -
only 1 per cent, smaller than that of
the best year heretofore. Yet hesita
tion is doing its work every week, and
multitudes are waiting, because of pos
sibilities at Washington, who ought to
be filling the demand for labor and the
products of labor.
"Events haye proved that the crop of
wheat going out is much larger than
any of the markets . expected, and
Western receipts for the week were 30
ier cent, larcer than last year, while
Atladtio exports have been for four
weeks 6.815.329 bushels, flour included.
against 4,777,457 last year. At this
-season actual receipts count rather than
predictions, and the truth is that the
country has exported an extraordinary
quantity of wheat and flour, and yet
has so much to spare that the May op
tion has declined nearly a cent for the
week. With liberal interior supplies
the price has declined a fraction for
corn.
"Manufacturers have especial causes
of delav owinc to the possible coaipeti
tion with foreign goods largely import
ed, bnt there has been no set-back in
prices. !
?'The iron manufacture gains in spite
of the closinsr of some furaaces.
"Failures for the week have been 214
in the United States, the smallest in
many weeks, against 239 last year, and
22 m Canada against 20 last year.
RIOT IN COL.U3IBIA.
CANNOT FIX RATES.
The United States Supreme Court Ad-
.Journa Until Nejtt October. I
The United States Supreme Court
last Monday, afrer rendering thirty-six
eases and giring attention to other
business incident to the last sitting of
the term, adjourned until next October.
Below are two of the cases decided
upon, among the above: That the
United States Inter-State Commerce
Commission has no iower to act upon
railroad rates prior . to their being put
into effect. The cases were those of the
Commission against the Cincinnati and
Now Orleans - Railroad Company and
the Florida and Western Compauy.
When the court announced the final
adjournment for the term there were
apparently 380 cases on the docket un
disposed of, but there actually 359
cases, 21 having already been argued
and submitted. This is a smaller num
ber than the records of the court have
shown in thirty years. At the conclu
sion of the term ending a 3ear ?
there were 533 cases undisposed of, and
since then 284 have been added, making
a total of 817 contained in the docket
for the year. Of this number 437 have
been finally dispose, of and the princi
pal labor done in twenty-one others.
Included in the twenty-one casen which
have been argued, but in which no
opinions have been rendered are several
of considerable importance.
ISouthorn Uoiiuayi
FIRST AND SECOND DIVISIONS, j
In effect May 2. 1897.
This Condaused Schools l put.libd as
Information only and U ubjt to cfcang
without BOtio to lie puouo. -
RICHMOND TO CHABXXJTTE-
No.17
No. 9 No. 11 Ex
ALU. N- i-L F.1L T.iL
fiastrn Time.
LvBiobmond. . . ..... 12 00
" Amelia C1L 113
Burkerilie ..No.37 X 61
MKrTlile Dally J 80
'Houth lkston..... 8 40
THE FLOOD AT EL I'ASO.
flu
Militia and Hall-lMayers Mix Up-One
Student May Die.
A Bpecial from Columbia, S. C, dated
the 28th, says: While two companies
of local militia were standing their an
nual inspection on the athletic grounds
of the South Carolina College, a foul
ball struck by a student engaged in a
ball game at the other end of the
grounds struck thehorseof Major B. B.
Evans, an officer on Adjutant General
Watts' staff. The militia had only been
given permission to use half of the
grounds, but Gen. Watts immediately
requested the ball players to withdraw
until the troops could march past in
nnittincr th field. This the students re
fused to do, and the police refusing to
interfere, Gen. Watts ortierea tub
troops to advance. The students resist
ed aiul Rome hroka throueh the line. A
ceneral riot followed, in the course of
which a policeman was knocked sense
tssi mi (I a student named McColl had
his head crushed, from the effects of
wbiVh h mav die. Professor of Histo
ry R. Means'Davis interfered and was
Vnookftd down bv a student. The sol
diers advanced at right shoulder arms,
j and were hardly to blame. They sim-
Rio Grande Breaks Through a
Levee and Swamps Homes.
A special to the Dallas (Texas) News
from El Paso, of Mav 25th. says: At 1
o'clock this morning the fire alarm
sounded to arouse the people in the
lower part of the city and notify them
that the levee had broken and that the
flood waters of the Rio Grande were
rushing through the city. The levee
which was broke was of the bank canal
on Canton street The river had
reached its highest ixint since 1S91.
In a few minutes a large force of men
were at work trying to check the
anerrv waters with sacks filled with
sand, but a second break above backed
up the "water on the workmen and they
had to retire. The Texas and Pacitio
railroad, realizing that hundreds of
families were' being flooded from their
homes, backed tip a largo number of
freight cars for the accommodation ot
the homeless. Not less than 120 homes
were swept away and tonight several
hundred men are at work on the new
levee. " "
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Greensboro. 7 05
High rolnU.
tSailaburr. . 8 U
Ooneord.... 18 4
Ar.Cbarlott... 2i
' Spartanburg 11 37
OreonTUI. . 12 3
'Atlanta 8 65
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6 45
7 11
8 15
V 01
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660
7 81
9 20
9 37
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7 77
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,t. Atlanta;....- 7 60 1180 12 00
I Central Time.
.Y.GreeuvlU.. 2 81 5 45 5 80
par tan bur 8 47 6 37 6 1"
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The Tobacco Workers' convention,
which was held at Louisville, Ky., ad
journed on May 29th to meet next year
in Detroit. The election of officers re
sulted as follows: President, Henry
Fischer, St. Louis J first vice president,
J. W. Carr, Quincy, Ills.
Pisa, Italy, May 31. (By Cable)
During a special service at the Cathed
ral Saturday upon the occasion of the
unveiling of an image of the virgin, a
candle fell, causing a great panic
among the people in the bunding.
During the rush for the doors, several
persons were killed and twenty-five
were more or less seriously injured.
At Rome, Italy, May 29th, Peitro Ac
criti, the anarchist who on April 22 last
attempted to stab King Humbert while
the latter was on his way to the races,
waa BAntAuced. to the galleys for life.
Hs-lns umier the constitution and laws ; On hearing his sentence he shouted:
An d that the de
RftizA. take and
r1."; I'uited States.
lc't:iUts threaten tr
e?rW ;itt:iv nnrt arA Co! 1 n.1 1 SUCh
jlui-uieuts. The bill then charges that
.Mti-dispensary act of 1897, under
Miich the ; defendants seek to justify
Ml,a''tu,n' a11 wines, beers, ales-, al
mohr ;illd other intoxicating liquors
fa the subjects of lawful manu
'actuiv,. barter, sale, export' and
il wt. ia the State of South
Vur"ma. bave been and . are be
a?.l and will continue to be law-
'Todav it is my turn, tomorrow it will
be the" turn of the bourgeois govern
ment; long live revolution; long live an
archy." ' l ; . - -
"I have a nickel which the McKiiv
ley train ran over," said ono boy to
another. "That's nothing." replied th-
latter. "I have a i headache which I
got because the whistles woke me up
when the train went through, and I
couldn't go n sleep again." Pittsburg
To Raise a Patriot War Fund.
The New York Press says officers of
the Cuban league have decided to at
tempt the raising of a fund of $1,000,000
in the TJnitedi Statea, believing that
this will enable the Cubans to establish
their independence. The fund is to be
raised in two ways by donations and
by the sale of gold bonds of 5 per cent ,
paying ten years after the evacuation of
Cuba by the Spanish troops. Already
about 810,000 has been raised towards
this fund. . I J j ;
To Carry Supplies to Cuba.
The State department, I at i Washing
ton, has accepted the offer of J ohn J.
McCook and R. C. Smith, of New
York, to furnish free steamers to carry
supplies to the destitute Americans m
Cuba. - Smith is a directos of the Ward
steamship line between New York and
Cuba r He has told the State- depart
ment his line I would "carry supplies
withouttrouble. i I
A Protest from Tobacco Men.
Representatives of practically all the
tobacco manufacturers in the United
States, with the exception of the cigar
manufacturers, met in Washington on
.the 26th to protest against the advance
of 2 cents a poind in the tax of tobacco
contemplated in the Senste amendment
to the tariff bill.! There iwere present
150 manufacturers, lhe meeting ad
journed to present the resolution at the
capitol. " 1 . -
One of the Best Plums.
Wednesday the following were among
the nominations sent to the Senate by
President McKinley : Justice J ames
Edmund Boyd, of North Carolina to be
Assistant Attorney General. Treasury
Kenneth R. Pendleton, collector of
customs for the j District of Albemale,
N. C. . 1 m - 1 1
Striking TaUors Win.
The striking tailors in New York have
won their strike. More than a thous
and tailors have gone back to wort,
Michi
gan and Wisconsin on Decoration Day.
A call has been issued for the tenth
annual convention of the National Re
publican League, at Detroit, Mich.,
July 13th. ; . i
At Denver, Col. , a spring wagon driv
en by Henry Marsau, a carpenter, and
containing eight children, ranging
from 3 to 1) years old, was struck by a
special tram on the Denver ana ltio
Grande railroad and as a result four
of the children are dead and the others
trriblv iniured. two so bsdly that
they will die. j
A statue of Peter Cooper has been
unveiled in New York. .
Mills at Somersworth, N. II., have
decided to shorten hours of labor.
In its legal controversy with the Su
preme Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of
Detroit, Mich., the Improved Order
Knights won a victory.
John F. Johnson gets ten years in
the penitentiary for wrecking the Lo
gansport (Ind-).bank while he was
president.
A woman at the John Hopkins hos
pital, Baltimore, Md., has leprosy. It
is thought she contracted the terrible
malady a number of years ago while in
the West Indies.
A company has been formed at Rich
mond, Ind., to build an electric traction
line in Nicaragua. j
Indians at the Pima Reservation, in
Arizona, are constructing an airship in
which they hope to fly from a mountain
top.
The Chicago Times-Herald says steps
looking to the formation of a iowerful
alliance in opiosition to the Bell Tele
phone Company are to be taken i tor
mutual protection and development.
A head-end collision ; between a
freight and a passenger train occurred
at American Falls, twenty-five miles
west of Pocatello, Idaho, causing the
death of nine men and the 6erious ; in
jury of eight others.
At St. Paul, Minn., Congressman F.
G. Stevens has been indicted on the
charge of an overdraft of $2,200 in his
account with the Minnesota Savings
Bank at the time when he was a trus
tee and acting president of the bank.
Manufacturers of the Indiana gas belt
at Anderson are organizing to preserve
the natural gas fields.
A monument to the heroic men who
met death in a fire on the World's Fair
(Grounds. Chicago. was dedicated
Tuesday.
beincr ttowerless. the fac
ulty finally quieted the students and the
soldiers were marched uacK to ineir ar
mories.
MAY MEAN INDEPENDENCE.
Decision of the Supreme Court
Tenure of Office.
IA the United States Supreme Court
at Washington Justice Peckham hamd
ed down the opinion of the Court in the
case of L. E. Parsons, late District At
torney for the Northern District of
Alabama, appealed from the Court of
Claims. The decision was averse to
Parsons' claim that he ws entitled,
under Section 769 of the Revised
Statutes, to hold his office for four
years, notwithstanding ex-Pres'derit
Cleveland's order for removal. Justice
Peckham said that while the appoint
ment was for four years, it might be
terminated earlier, at the discretion of
the President. The Judgment ot the
Court of Claims was affirmed. The de
termination of this case has been looked
forward to with interest, because of its
possible effect upon the removal of
officeholders incident to the change of
administration.
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Important Conference Concern,
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MAY L.OSB THOUSANDS ON TEA.
Miscellaneous.
The Southern Wholesale Grocery
Association held its sixth annual con-
vpntion at Nashville. Tenn.. on the
2?th. .i
Vorth Carolina rostoffice appoint
ments: Bovett. Wilson county, W. F.
Rowe; Hardesville, Greene county, J.
1L Savage; Hermitage, Aeho county,
Lydia Farmer.
It is definitely settled that the most
important conference yet held in Amer
ica in connection with the Cuban cause
will assemble in Philadelphia shortly.
General Palma will preside. With him
will be Quesada, the young charge j
d'affaires. . They are going there, it is
stated, to Drenare nlaus that may meet
with the entire approbation of tne ad
ministration at ashincrt-orL.
It is said that as soon as nenator John
Sherman became Secretary of State he
sent for Ouesaua to have a long and
careful- talk with him. That interview
has had more to do with the coming
conference than any one thing that has
occurred in Cuban affairs since the in
auguration of the war two years ago.
To some it seems to mean that the
autonomy of Cuba will be demanded.
To the extremists it appears that inde
pendence and then alliance with the
United States will be the result. The
Cubans sav that they have reason to
believe that the McKinley administra
tion is going to carry out the policy
nnon which 3lch.iuley Decame iTesi-
dent.
Havemeyer Cioes Free.
At Washington, D. C, Henry O.
H...m.r iYia Snir Trnsl nroaulflnt
umoiucjvi .uwuw. - - 1
was acquitted in Judge Bradley s court,
of contempt before the Gray investiga
tion committee of the United Statas
Senate. It was not unexpected. The
judge directed the jury to return a ver
dict of not cruiltv. Lawvers expect a
similar decision in the ease of -obn E.
Searles. secretary of the Sugar Trust.
The decision is a distinct victory for
John G. Johnson, the Philadelphia
lawyer, '
Tennessee's Treasury Empty.
The Tennessee blate Ireasnrv le
empty and every day warrants are be
ing turned down lor want or money
with which to ray them. There are
now over 330,000 of warrants outstand
ing and bv July 1st. when the semi-an
nual of $220,0u is due the State will be
something over $300,000 behind.
Slay Order Investigation.
Senator Jones, of Nevada, chairman
of the committee on contingent expen
ses of the Senate, has not yet called a
meeting of his committee for the con
sideration of the Tillman resolution
making sensational charges in relation
to the sugar schedule of the tariff but
It ia believed to be probable that the
resolution will be reported to the Sen
ate, and that the, Senate will order an
investigation.
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Western Dealers Caught Short by the
New TariT.
The wholesale grocers of Iowa who
have been caught on the short side of
tea have sent a delegation to Washing
ton. Before the tariff of 10 cents a
pound on tea was publicly stated these
grocers sold for future delivery in such
quantities that one Chicago house
stands to lose gioo,(iuo u compeiieu to
furnish taxed tea, and Iowa houses will
lose heavily also. The importers have
discounted the future, and have sold
their stock at a liberal discount at for-
mer prices, une unicago and jewi oris
house is reported to have cleaned up
$2.r0,000. The grocers tried to cover,
with the result that tne aemanu ior im
mediate shipment raised prices in Japan
7J cents.
. M'LAURlN IS SENATOR.
Gov. Ellerbe Has Issued film a com
mission.
Gov. Ellerbe, of South Carolina, has
issued a commii"."n to Congressman
John L. McLaur.n jh United Statea
Senator from South Carolina, to suc
ceed the late Senator Earle, until the
assembling of the State Legislature, in
January next
Mr. McLaurin, as the Representative
of the sixth South Carolina district, has
already .made his record in Congress,
where he has ueen ior two ierin. in
national politics he occupies practically
i. ..m nlnifnrm uK Senator Tillman.
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while in State affairs he is moderate
and conciliatory.
To Slake a Soldiers Home.
The city council of Charleston, 8. C,
has adopted a memorial address to Con
gress asking that Castle Pinckney, the
famous old fortification in tbat harbor.
be converted by the national govern
into a home for disabled officers and
men of the army and navy.
Amendments tothe Tariff Dill, t
Senator Aldrich. on behalf of the Re
publican members of the Senate rora
mitto on finance, last Tuesday gave
notice of thirty-two additional amend
ments to the tariff bill, wnicn win ie
i.flereJ as the bill progresses. Most of
the amendments' are verbal.
Durham's Public Building.
The United States Senate committee
on public buildings have agreed to re
port favorably the Din proviaing ior a
public building - at Durham, N. C, to
cost $125,000,
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Ericsson' Drawing Bjard.
An engineer in the department of
docks. New York City, thinks that b
ha discovered the old drawing board
on which Ericsson drew the plans for
bis famous Monitor. The wood 1 stain
ed by age, and It Is filled with bob-
from the thumb tacks that have been
driven Into it. Ericaaon waa employ ed
by the Delamater Iron Works when
he designed the Monitor. The company
built a derrick for the city a few year
later, .and at that time the old draw
ing board was taken from their office
and placed In the derrick. It was kick
ed around carelessly for several years,
and finally landed In the oflce-of the
dock department, where It has seen
much service. .. ' .: ,