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3i!ls Enacted During the Closing
Days of the Session.
RAILWAY LEASE BILL KILLED.
I'o Lease Cti ids lift ecu July 101 li
ami Miii !i ' -1 - -! i -a nc A - I u in Ap
proprhn i,.i:s M .. i Vol cs ofliianks
SENATE. .
M iM'vr. I iio following bills ami
i-Mii:tiins wi re deposed of: Resolu
tion for liii.il adjournment Tuesday,
Mm di '. th. ut l i in., passed; to assist
in the id it 1 1, t ii : 1 1 1 of I'igford S'ani
ta'iam for treat : lit-f of consumptives,
I .a- '-I; l!;o hill t . r.-at- a State hoard
pialtii'ion, which tabled .-'atur-
lav tii'lit. was, on motion of .Air. Ray,
In!., ii from th- tali!.- ami picsed; to
i.roliiliit i'o lialiitutioii between the
i,'es J ai-t nvi r on account of li
in hum n-.t oitng; to protuoit Jive
a...-,, i uniting n I II j'- ill Cross Creek
...hi Lip. ':;mhi rl.iml county, passed;
.. in ii I.- tin- I'oviioi' the i ail road
mmi ;i .ni l m ): id'l to inter state
t ii,.- nigl.t ... -.ion I. von introduced
I bill re-tii! itig all siirelv com panics to
Jej.o it uietv w I'll l!ie MateTivuMirer.
Mil- i;i.-! v to ;:ie -UM-ty against loss,
md to i,. i -p an a.:. -Ill in the State on
. h'.in i M'c - of la v may In-served.
I !,. ! i'i tii i. jjilate tire insurance
mp.r.y rate- l.v not allow ing com
aioi t'p cliat.e any more tliali i-t
hinged i'i Virginia. pa-sol. as did the
ii! t. I'l'l '"!1' 'ate S".'"i't to the colored
..'M.-!.iti,,a: and Mechatii. a! College.
I i I - 'W. Senate met at HI o'clock,
l! Kane. ..II'. !! a K-.ollitioli that
!:e i l.-M't a! .--cmblv a Ijotirn vine die
vV.-.ti..' d.i v. .Vatcii 1 tli. is-.,;. Mr.
Ma ,.''! ""1 : Mib-Ct'lte that the
-.-I. no- .io ii'. t i 'oii-id:-!' any more bills
r i oi'iti- n- a'ld t! '.' it adjourn ilU
ii.'. i ut. '. an r tin- i at i Ileal ion of t he
in; f.iit I..-.- i -a s.-d Mr. MeCaskoy
.tat.-i (ha! i,c ua- oppo-eil to tlie resj-ution-.
a - ti,- '.-.'iiate had already con
urii 1 1 in t . .' troii, the 1 1 oust' to al
...ui ii at ! ; i t-..lav. Mr. 1 5 rant took
lh.- -an..' -i. ..ii..!, and 1 ...Hi of the al.ove
u--olutioli , v. eie v. it 1 it 1 1 au 11, iind the
i c-ol ut i. .11 to a ! i'lin ii today was made
.ll.'.'tiv.-.
I In' ..i!ov. in . Iii'ii-- and resolutions
I a ..-.I I'o amend the . hal ter of the
l.v. i. , i ,.'t!. die. in Randolph iunn-
t' . t.. f. i 'o'..- the .iil,ie roads of
Wi,!..- i'. : lor work ii,g the nulilic
'",.1, .. i. of ( ireene". U'il-
.-..n and l it': lo aiithcrie t he comiuis-..i'-t".
o! Ahichell eolllity to levy a
i ; '' ta . to ii.i iove tiie public roads
..I Wn'.e coll!:' V 1 ,y . 1 1 II . 1 1 II L,' tile jlll-
l .nets tin. e mil,-; to work the
I .l ii r...id ..t' v... t!.a ,.;.ton county l.y
t a i. !: ; to a!!oV. l'v , r, 11 coiudy to' se
to i t and ;-y a -.ccinl tax; lo levy
a p.-. -in 1 t i in stock law territory in
Null ' .ii i, i . ic-olutioii lo 1'iiv James
M. 't ' -'.' " or election coi'itest; lo
I. ruhitc th.. li i'li'iucs of stockholders
f 1:1 'c..-t...',' I l-v this State and to
I'." 'kiiii. of im.rc than lo per
i ' t ..t r, - capita! Mock to one person,
i . 1 1 . ut -r i .a- ipany.
Mi Ka, i iVcfed a resolution that a
tc ..I iKioi!.- of the Semite Jin tend-.-.
I ' I ;. I'.-iiai.t i .ov.-rtior Ciia-',. A.
-. i ia- i ' -i i i:i' ollieer, for t ha
i 'ii:. i: ;ici utility and impartial
"il 'lit, on- I. carina: w hifh lie has
I.- l.'i t'-war.ls all tite Senators
I'it.n : th.-u d.-i i i.ci at tons in the ses-
I ia I .i. u-, uni t ( loverilor spoke feel
" ''! " I I.' . and th.' Si'liatO lld-
ii u si:
Moi.dav l!on--c met ut 10 o'clock.
nn eel i.!, ml.!,. (Ici.ate ami timet. il
M.cii' !,.. Il..ti-e voted to taMe the
t .rat.: --.ii. tiile for the Senate lease
111!. !'..- o t.. I -1 : i 111 to I. I he ( lolds
h. i'o i . .. " co iiii.i-' ion l.ill was killed.
I ii" l i:' i. . in ii. Lames of all partner
-!: '..!. ic'i i, red under penalty of
a i: '. ''. ....':. i -'!.'! timo, w as taoied.
I ii. ...u li!! Miiiiltshv'i-i caiue over
1 1 ... , ' . ii.it,- a com) r nnise on the
I ''.! i.i: i .i .ut I. ill- . It was read.
It'. .a'. n c !ii.; ilia n ircs i n t he la w
! ' third reading MeKetizie
i' i a' I i : ' , a-and mi;, s. The vote
''a -.I. ii.n . la. "eiMocrats voting
M- ! i a. I'opu'i.-t. voted no.
' ;'. M.-. t , , !. . .,ni the vote was
v' the i'i. "it -.- -ion the machinery
'"'! an. It!;,. I ioiwe concurred
".' ' "' v 1' '..'..lim.-tit-. m of
' 1 ' ' ' t: . w. 'id (otii'lusii.n"
' '- ' tax titles. The hill
'" I i' i ti maiii.tcmtiice of the
I'' in'.".: i:i:' ,-atiie Up. making eolldi
i ai i, : i : i;i!i.iii - ,.f .-,. 1 1, ii i f,,r H'.i;
:i : '' i "''':! for 1 s.ts. After eon
"i a '..: I.- .ii , i-.-i, ii t'a hill passed.
.'.,.; ...;.i i.itc . ..i'ii.i to North
' -.. .a W i.,Ti" v.a-n't ratitied;
1 . l iii x:t t.,!,;.,i.
II. -:i met at M o'clock.
.!'"!: i-ite lH-.1 to tile
s :
a-..! lecliatiieal Colle.-o
i ami lieu 1-oilers came up
1 il;,'l leaditi-r. Mol'rar v
' ' ':' lease to mtrodu.'e a hil
! t" ! e se!;t to the ptlh-
' i'i 'cad "I tothe penitentiary;
-"-i:.:: t :..! u t. puy eharjies.
' ''"' 1 to suspend the
1 '.'M ' !: n-ii, ,.n the same
1' '-to :,.(,, :iir. superintendent
el '.t. -I'I ;.,. y I,, l, M-e out tilOeon-
hat t
1 V.,.. k Letuc 'll July lath
-t. After del.ate it passed
V i'.
v ' V "ol'lt!,.;; v. ii . lopted that
;'';' '' ';- '"' ! " .i Nothing re
:'. 1 '" ! I "it tli. nitii'u'ut ion
1 " i:i:."!idu.-i.t- to the in-
- a- a:., 1 ,.! we,e c. -liciirred in.
!: t "'"o' l tiie iippvoprimioii
I tie hid to require ins nance com
i nines to ehai-.e no Li i 1 1 . -1- rates on
tarm property timn is chureed in Vir--niux
pa--e,l, after heni- siippurte.l ly
' 1 ' " ta-ed: To uotk Koekinvliam's
. i i- i otiailv hy taxation; to provide
'"r u"v'-:'- lNoii'- roads hv taxation.
;i l'.vkrryV motion, the prm
'! a. c.e' ,. wa direct e.l to murk on the
"t'14 ".' '''a.-te.l on. "Not aet-
i on tor lack of tune."
. 'J'; '" olet'cd a ie.-o!ution of thanks
;" ,j '.'"x, " oe:::a:i. which was illliUli-
.1 he i.a;,. resolution toa-ijoiirn sine
1 11 1 I' .... was concurred in.
'oi.i.i Hi-.,,, iu-,1.
" : " ' :- :'.'.!!. d.-uht cotiK s
" " ''' I 1 that veil
' '"' : " : "" ' ' ' v ! .11 yonr tirst
em that w e
v. . re a waist
'.I h r. because
t." I"aten it
"''.I ai;aiii.
-- t"u I'lultd to
ia: i-ooU.-l
s. .1 .!:,'
''"! ilef."
II I he 'A';.. . ,, ,
lev I.i:.. i .
A hook .'Ifc-etit li- ,. e..
'peJlk to oil.
II ILLS IIKI'OM K IAVS.
Kist of the ?Ioas;ires Passed From
February 2ml lo '2(th.
J'roni I'el.i nary 2i to Fehrnary 20,
li .th inclusive, the following aetsliave
hf-en ratitied and are now laws:
lirectimr the State Iil.rary trufitees
to distribute the Colonial and State
lU eords; to provide for working Macon
coiUity'H public road.i by taxation; to
incorporate the town of l.oauoke Itai)
ids; to stimulate loeal taxation for com
mon schools in the rural districts (by
use 01 i-io.ooo of board of education
fund : to restore to the control of the
State of North Carolina the Atlantic Si
North Carolina Kailroad; to define du
ties of local boards of State colored
normal schools; to amend the charter
of the town of Sprinhope; to reduce
rates of pilotage for Cape Fear river
and bar; to allow Rutherford county
to levy a special tax; to rive deputy
clerks of the Superior Court power to
probate deeds and conveyances; to
provide cotton-weifrhers for Wades
boro, Morven and Lilesville; to pro
vide for convict labor on Rutherford's
n ads; to protect all l'ltdi in Ranner Elk
rivt r, Watauga county; to allow ex
press matter to be carried on Sunday
trains; to extend the time for settle
ment of State and county taxes in Run
combe for M:ii;-'!7; for the relief of late
Treasurer . A. I'm ant, of J'.runswick
couu.y; to provide for and promote the
oyster industry in the state; to pre
scribe the liabilities of railroads in
certain eases; to amend the charter of
Clyde, Haywood county; to allow
Jlrutiswick county to levy a K)ieeial tax;
to allow Yancey to levy a special tax; to
allow Nash to levy a special tax to pay
debt; t.) levy a special road tax in
(iiulfoid; to incorporate the James
I laker Lumber Company; to incorpor
ate the town of Oak Ride, titiilford
county; to allow Alleghany to levy a
special tax; to allow .Mitchell to levy
a special tax; to provide for the print
ing of the laws of lsi)7; to allow Cas
well to levy a special tax; to allow
Cumberland to fund its debt: to
amend the chapter of the Atlantic fc
North Carolina Kailroad and the North
Carolina A- Western Kailroad; to in
corporate the Hank of Rrevard; to in
corporate I'.li.aheth l'emale College, at
Charlotte; to establish graded schools
at Mcnroe; to incorporate Alt. Moriah
Male and Female Academy; to pro
tect birds in Lamlolp and J)avidson:
10 incorporate the jrnind lodtre of
Knights of Rythias (colored); to in
corporate the Stone Mountain Railroad;
to "rive the judjre of the Western Cir
eut. Criminal Court civil power; to
prohibit the use of I Mitch or pound nets
and fish traps ia Neuse river; to allow
Anson to levy a special tax; to establish
11 stock law in part of White Oak town
ship, liladeii county; to amend the
cTiarter of Selma; to extend the time to
compromise, commute and settle the
State debt; to amend the charter of the
Southern Trust and (iuarantee com
pany; to allow the people of Chatham
to vote on the road tax question; to
amend tlm act relative to Littleton's
public schools; to appoint trustees of
the I'resbj terhui Church at Louisburg;
to place McDowell county in the
Western Criminal Circuit; to prohibit
hunting on nny lands in Yadkin save
by consent of owner; to allow the
erniidchildren of certain ex-Flavtis to
inherit and become distributers of their
estates; to j'ive the white deaf-mute in
stitution at Raleigh .!!, .atlO additional
appropriation; to allow the county com
missioners to elect fi'iir cotton-w eiyher3
for Raleiirh.
Fl FT V-Fl FT II CON G K KSS.
Ilolli 1 louses of I lie N.ilional Assembly
Have Adjourned.
SENATE.
MoNi'Av. Most of the new Senators
were on the floor when Vice-President
Hobart ailed the Senate to order at
noon. Senator I hivis, chairman of the
Foreign Relations Committee offered a
resolution referring back to that com
mittee the treaty of arbitration. The
resolution was adopted. While in Ex
ecutive session the Senate confirmed
the nomination of Mr. James. All
parties in the Senate devoted consider
able time to the solution of the prob
lem of tilling the Senate committees.
Ti'i:siav. - For a little more than two
hours this afternoon the l'emocrats of
the Senate endeavored to reach some
conclusion upon the question of or
ganizing the Senate. Like the Repub
lican caucus of Saturday, it was fruit
less in results. The effort to take the
organization from the Republicans was
antagonized by some leading democrats
for various reasons. The result of lhe
two-hours' session, therefore, was con
centrated in the appointment of a com
mittee of conference. The belief on the
part of the h'nding Republican Senators
is that the silver lemocrats cannot
count on the vote of gold l'emoerats in
any plan that contemplates the organi
zation of the committees by the silver
vote ot tli' Senate.
Wr.OM.soAV There was an unusually
large attendance of Senators at the
opening session. Ex-Senator Hansom,
of North Carolina, now minister to
Mexico, was on the lloor and was cor
dially greeted by his old associates.
The ' Vice -President laid before the
Senate a communication from Governor
Kiadlev. of Kentucky, setting forth
that he had appointed Andrew T.
Wood, of Montgomery county, Ky., as
Senr-tor from that State. The com
munication w as referred to the commit
tee on privileges and elections.
Mr. Hoar gave notice of two amend
ments to the rules, w hich were read.
Thev were both radical innovations
upon the practice of the Senate for a
centurv past. l he first was "to enable
the Senate to act on legislation when it
desires, after reasonable debate." It
provides that when any bill or resolu
tion has been under consideration more
than one lav any Senator could demand
the debate closed. If a majority of the
Senators so decided, thre should be a
vote without further delay. The other
was in relation to calls of the Senate, so
that if a suggestion be made of the ab
sence of a quorum, the presiding offi
cer, instead of instantly ordering a call
to he made, shall determine the matter
and report whether there is or not.
' iter some executive business and
h-ciissioti the Senate adjourned sine
die.
Try It Yonrself.
A very curious fact Is the impossi
bility of moving your eye w hile exam
ining the reflection of that organ in a
mirror. It Is really the most movable
part of the face; yet. if you hold your
head tixtnl and try to move your eye
while watching it. you cannot do it
even the one-thousandth of an inch.
Of course, if you look at the reflection
f the muse, or any other part of the
face, your eye must move to see it.
Rut the strange thing is that the mo
ment you endeavor to jiercelve the mo
tion the eye Is fixed. This Is one of the
reasons why a person's expression as
seen by himself in a glass is quite dif
ferent from xv hat It Is when seen by
others.
WKKK'S ItKVIKW OK TRADE.
Continued Activity and Fairly Steady
Prices.
Bradstreet's weekly reriew of trade
says: "Continued activity in various
industrial lines, based on au expanding
consumptive demand, fairly steady
prices for staples, further improvement
in railroad earnings and widespread
confidence that the volume of business
will expand materially in the near fu
ture, constitute the trade features of the
week. Jobbers at Chicago and St.
Louis do not find the activity
expected at this time, but re
port a fairly- steady- request by
mail order and visiting buyers.
"Rank clearings, as a tra haroma
ter, point to a temporary check to the
tendency to increase noted earlier in
the year, the week's total. i'.rJ'.i.OOO.Ooo,
being H per cent, less than last week
and 2 per cent, less than the second
week of March, ls.Mi. February gross
railroad earnings tend to improve, al
though comparisons with that mouth
in loitij still favor last year. Total
earnings of 1 lt railroads for February,
this year, aggregated $:4,1-j,.I01, a de
crease of 7-1 of 1 per cent. from, the
total of February, 1 :!. This is a bet
ter showing than that in January or in
any month since September. The
coalers, trunk lines and the South
western roads all show gains in Febru
ary over a year ago. "
R. G. Dun and Co. in their week's
leview say: "lhe money markets con
tinue especially favorable to industrial
recovery, and there is no such specula
tive epedemie as to lock up an exces
sive share of available capital. Cotton
is not active, though a sixteenth higher,
for the curtailment of consumption by
many mills does not yet help prices in
the least; nor the suspension of print
cloth reports, and dealers so generally
hold back orders for other goods that
the tone is weak.
"Jrou furnaces, March 1, were pro
ducing Hi;,!lMt ton: weekly, 7,027 tons,
or 4 per cent, more than Feb. 1, and
although visible stocks have increased
:0,trJ4. the increase in four weeks, still
more furnaces have started this month.
The demand for finished products still
lags behind the supply of pig iron, ex
cept in the great steel works whose
fctocks are not reported, but their orders
without doubt cover the full production
for several months. Eessemer pig i.i a
shade low er, but no other change in quo
tations appear, ami there is a gradual in
crease in the demand for plates, sheets
ami all the wire family tit products.
With the advent of spring without, and
outdoor work, much more business is
expected. The starting of the Mary
land Rail Works under contract with
the Carnegie Company, in order to
make shipments by water more cheaply
is significant. The volume of business
shown by clearings is but l.s per cent,
smaller than last year.
"The failures for the past week have
been 2" in the United States, against
;JD0 last year, and 01 in Canada, against
00 last year.
NKW SOUTH KlfX 1 M ) I ST K 1 FS .
Remarkable Kecord of a Week
Money Uolng Invested.
The Manufacturers' Record's weekly
report of Southern business interests
shows that industrial and financial mat
ters are receiving increased attention,
and that the indications throughout the
South generally point to a marked im
provement in business affairs. During
the week the Georgia Kailroad and
Ranking Company has sold . 1,000. on.)
5 per cent. lion. Is to retire ( per cent,
bonds; the Seaboard Air line has sold
$1,000,000 " per ceut. bonds to retire s
percent, bonds; the details have been
completed for the building hy leading
cotton manufacturers of New England
of a Soon. i ii m cotton mill in Alabama;
contracts have been let for the con
struction of the buildings for the steel
plant in liirniingham. thus definitely
assuring the establishment of large
steel works in that city; a company has
been organized to develop a :,0!i0-horse
power near Gainesville, (in., tr elec
trical transmission, to include in its
operations a 10,000 si indie cotton
mill and street railway; an Au
gusta cotton mill will build a -?',-(JIM)
spindle mill in addition to the
resent plant; a SloO.tnni cotton mill
company has been organized at Dotig
lasville, Ga , a Milwaukee manufactur
ing company will move to iadsen and
spend S0K.no in buildings and machin
ery; a Sl'O.OiiO railroad machine shop
will be built at Rlue Ridge. Ga. ; aSJO.
(HMI variety works at Cordele, and elec
trical and w liter works at Fitzgerald;
in Louisiana a SUist.ouo company has
been organized to build a sugar mill,
and contracts have bet n let for another
sugar mill; one furnace at Anuistou,
Ala., has gone into blast during the
week; a company to lnanufacturecro.-s
arms and insulator pins for electr c
w ires has purchased l.ooo acres of t m
ber land in North Carolina, and w ill is
tablish a large plant.
There are but a few indications to il
lustrate the diversity and extent of the
industrial enterprise reported during
the past week. In all parts of the
South, and in all lines of industry, as
well as in railroad construction, the in
dications for increased business seem to
be more promising than for many
months. There is no great rush, but
a steady, gradual improvement that in
dicates a solid and substantial growth
with, increasing activity in the near fu
ture. Seventy-two titles au Hour.
The riant System has broken the
100-mile fast record in the South xvith
a special train, which made the run be
tween Savannah and Charleston,
miles, in 00 minutes. The average
speed was TO miles an hour. The
special was run for Rittenhouse Moore,
a la-ge contractor, in order to reach
Charleston to put in a bid for govern
ment work.
liivrii Five Years.
Roney Fulton, a young white man,
was tried in the Hustings Court at
Danville. Va. , on au indictment charg
ing him w itli attempting a criminal as
sault on Tassie Lee, the eleven-year-old
daughter of a woman of unsavory repu
tation. He w as found guilty and sen
tenced to a term of five years in the
penitentiary.
Indicted in Ninety-One Counts.
T. M. MeKnight, president of the
suspended German National Rank,
Louisville, Ky.. has been indicted by
the grand jury on the charge of vio
lating the national hanking act. The
indictment will embrace ninety-one
counts, and includes nearly every- of
fense embraced in the law.
It. and L. Association Assigns.
The National Building and Loan As
sociation, of Milwaukee, has gone Into
the hands of a receiver. Judge Aus
tin appointed Martin V. Sherman sec
retary of the association, t,, take charge
and ind up its affairs.
118 1TBEIMME M
List of Measures Enrolled and Ratified.
A NUMBER OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Counties Permitted to Levy Special
Taxes Towns and Companies In
corporated Ot her Laws.
From February 27th to March Oth,
both inclusive, the following bills were
enrolled and ratified and are now
laws:
To amend chapter 1:54, acts of loM.
as to Ashe and Watauga; to pro
hibit working of women on reads and
streets of Vance; to establish two new
townships in Surry; to incorporate
Hodges School, in Davie; to incorpor
ate the tow n of ltedmon;to appropriate
3a,0(M) additional to the University; to
appropriate S12,5(M) additional to the
State Normal ami Industrial College;
to allow Charlotte to issue J'iO.Ooti in
bonds for water-works: to repeal chap
ter :i7, public law s of inon, chapter rite.),
private law s of 171-'::, and chapter 10:!,
private laws of l:i:; to allow Jackson
county to levy special tax; to incorpor
ate the Grand Lodge, Knights of
Pythias; to allow Washington county
to levy a special tax to build bridge; to
amend chapter ;4 of the Code; to estab
lish dispensary for Rladen; to establish
graded schools at Hickory; to create
public roads in Caswell; to allow Madi
son to build a bridge across Ivy creek;
to amend chapter 04, private laws of
1 s.x.t ; to amend chapter 310, private
law s of ix'.H ; to amend charter of Mor
ven; to regulate the procuring aud dis
tribution of dead bodies for dissection;
to allow Transylvania county to levy a
special tax; to incorporate the town of
Dudley: to establish a public road sys
tem in Vance: to allow Craven county
to build bridges across Neuse and
Trent rivers: to create a short form of
agricultural lien:to incorporate thetown
of Whittier; to amend The Code in re
gard to restoration to citizenship; to al
low Onslow to usesq e -ial taxes for gen
eral purposes; to locate line between
North Carolina aid Tennessee; to
amend the charter of Kittie'l Colored
Normal School; to repeal the charter of
thetown of Rullin; to establish a dis
pensary at Waxhaw; to incorporate the
North Coiolina Land and Timber Com
pany ; to incorporate the American Trust
and Savings J!ank:toal!ow Monroe to :s
sue water wan ks bonds; to allow gradu
ates of the Asheville Normal and Col
legiate Institute for Young Women to
teach in the public schools w ithout ex
am nation; to allow Perquimans county
to levy a special tax: to incorporate the
United Brothers' and Sisters' Associa
tion; for the relief of ex-Sheriff
McArtan, of Harnett; to regu
late the bond of register of
deeds of Edgecombe; to fix term of
holding Superior Courts in the fifth dis
trict; to iiiereuae uml resolute levennet
to amend laws relative to Craven Su
perior Courts; to amend and re-enact
chapter 31 0, private laws of ls'.r.i, and
chapter 3 is, private laws of 18'.t."; to in
corporate trustees of St. Mary's School,
Raleigh; to increase the powers of the
railroad commission; to exempt certain
fraternal benevolent orders from tax;
to amend sections 077 and 701 of chap
ter hi of 'J he Code: to incorporate the
auxiliary board of health of Edgecombe;
to amend the charter of Winston; to al
low the people of Concord to vote on
bond issue; to allow Secretary of State
to furnish Superior Courts to Johnston
county: to proide for new buildings at
Deaf-Mute School at Morgautou; to
amend the charter of Concord; to incor
porate the Dennis Simmons Company
and enlarge its 'charter; lo incorporate
the Bank of Entiehl and enlarge its
charter; to amend the charter of Dur
ham and allow it to issue bonds; to
amend the charter of Mt. Airy;
to regulate the oourts of the tenth
district; to allow Cumberland county
to refund its outstanding debt:
to provide for new buildings for the
Deat-.uute ami Blind Institution; to
extend the stock law limits in Wayne;
to amend chapter 4t20, public laws of
l'.t.'i; to amend the law of 1S:I5 regard
ing a turnpike in Henderson county; to
legalize sio.uoo in bonds, issued by
Elizabeth City and levy tax to pay
them ; to allow Haywood and Jackson
to levy a special road tax; to incorpo
rate Sovereign Camp of Woodmen of
the World; to incotq orate the Toxaway
Company; allow the clerk of Bladen
to be absent Monday s; to incorporate
the Supreme Ruling of the Fraternal
Mystic Circle; to amend the charter of
Elizabeth City; to allow Beaufort to
levy a special tax; to incorporate the
Carolina, Chimney Rock A- Tennesseee
Railroad: to repeal chapter 1S1; private
laws ot is;).-.; to provide for working
public roads in Nash; to incorporate
Wiir.erville, Pitt county: for the relief
of Clerk Z. F. Long, of Richmond; to
amend the law as to cotton-we ghers in
Edgecombe: to give the fusionists con
trol of the penitentiary; to allow Madi
son to issue bonds and levy a special
tax: to pave streets around
Capitol Square: to regulate the
collection of taxes in Durham county,
to work roads in-Cherokee; to incorpo
rate the Harnett Central Railroad; to
incorporate the Mulberry Turnpike
Company; to change time of holding
courts in the seventh district: to appro
priate s,"i,(Mo for colored teachers' train
ing school; to incorporate the Carolina
Southern Railway and Lumber Corn
Company; to amend charter of Wil
mington Chamber of Commerce; to in
corporate the Mutual Aid Ranking
Company of Newborn ; to require S tate
convicts to work certain roads in An
son: to drain Mill Creek, Davie county;
to take Vance out of the Eastern crimi
nal circuit: to incorjorate the Williams
I'ltzfutgh Lumber Company; to drain
certain low lands in Lincoln; to work
Haywood's public roads; to allow An
son to finish jail repairs: for the relief
of R. O. Pitman; to allow Beaufort
county to levy a special tax and issue
bonds: to allow Jackson county to build
a bridge across Tnckaseege river; for
the relief of E. G. Smith and oth
ers, of Buncombe; to work public
roads in Washington county; to
amend chapter io, acts of lss;p, to
allow Alexander to levy a special tax
to build a new court house and jail: to
improve public roads from Roaring
t iap to Virginia line, in Alleghany; to
incorporate the Asheville Electric Com
pany; to improve roads in Union by
taxation: to allow Wilkes to levy a
special tax; to incorporate the Yadkin
River Power Company; to iueonorate
the Rank of Randolph: to amend the
charter of Wilm ngton so that Govern
or appoints aide-man from each ward:
to amend the charter of Xewbern in
same way as Wilmington; to amend
the charter of Rocky Mount: to estab
lish dispensary in v'umberland count-;
o require all bankers or officers of 1i
ectors Mf raiin ads, State banks and
ill other corporations created or char-
1 by the Legislature to take an f f
ti.-:, oath: to incorporate the Ho .
Fire Company, of Greenville; to 1 li.d
public road from ( lamhili's school house
to Virginia line; to establish a graded
school at Washington : to amend chap
ter 19.1, public law s of is d; to make Su
perior Court clerk of Robeson ex-ortieio
clerk of Criminal Court: to amend Dur
ham's charter; to incorjxirate the Winston-Salem
South Bound Railroad, re
quiring State to furnish surveyors and
-.'iO convicts; to provide a police justice
for Asheville: f.,r the relief of Clerk
Pace, of the Henderson Superior Court;
to levy special school tax in Wake For
est township, Wake county; to incor
lrate Durham's public library; to drain
low lands of Carter's creek, Davie coun
ty ; to amend chapter .'07, private laws
of l-t.U; to allow Halifax county to
levy- special tax; to amend chapter l-),'.
acts of is i;; to amend section vy of
The Code; to prohibit taking of clams
for market in Brunswick between April
hth and November 1.1th; to allow the
State to refund $2(J to the Eastern
Rand of Cherokee Indians; to regulate
the manufacture and sale of liquor
in Haywood; to incorporate Whit-
set; Institute; to allo.v Sampson to
borrow money, issue bonds and levy
a special tax; to create a separate board
of trustees for the white Agricultural
and Mechanical College: to incorporate
the Raleigh Library; to incorporate
Hyatt Academy, atBoonville; to amend
the charter of Lexington ; to allow Cra
ven to levy a special tax; to complete
public road from Creton to Mills
River; to let Ashe county vote on issue
of road improvement bonds; to incor
porate trustees of the First Pres
bytery of the A. R. Presbyterian
Church; to provide for working public
roads of Halifax; to charter the Nation
al Protective Association; to prevent
the introduction of the San Jose fruit
scale and other dangerous fruit and
crop pests; to protect partridges in
Chatham; to establish graded schools in
Chapel Hill; to iucororate the Lumber
River Railroad; to amend the charter
of the town of Hub; asking Congress to
rebuild arsenal at Fayetteville; to allow
Randolph to sell county bonds; for the
relief of J'. (). Vestol, of Chatham; to
except Polk county from chapter 427,
public laws of lxj-: to allow Raleigh's
school committee to issue $"io,ooo in
bonds; to incorporate Bethel Hill
Institute, Person county; to pay
James I. Moore i?.'(M); to allow Forest
City to issue bonds; to repeal chapter
:.'!. public laws of is:ir, so far as relates
to Transylvania; to except Mislow and
Pender from the new oyster law; to
give the colored orphan asylum at Ox
lord $1, 000 additional; to amend the
charter of Forest City; to amend sec
tions ,'SI-', 'JS13 and -14 of The Code; to
revise and improve the public school
system of the State; to regulate road
working in Tyrrell; to allow Forsyth to
issue bonds upon petition; to incorpor
ate Hominy Valley institute; to allow
Sampsou to work convicts on public
roads; to extend time for organization
of the Bank of Eumberton; to provide
for representation of this State at the
Tennessee Rxposition this year; for
the relief of the sheriffs and tax collec
tors (allowing collection of urn a"s of
taxes ; to reduce fees fur impounding
stock in Buncombe, Madison, Wilkes,
1'yrrell, Surry, Haywood, Vance, I avie,
Cumberland and "Halifax; to establish
graded school at Haysville; to incor
porate the Atlantic I levelopment Com
pany; to repeal chapter 4IS, acts of
. o.i t : to repeal section 17:'s and "amend
section 173:1 of the Code; to repeal sec
tion o, chapter 13"i, acts of IS'Ti; to reg
ulate the keeping of stock in Tyrrell
county; to allow the Slate Treasurer to
pay out appropriations quarterly or
semi-annually; to incorporate the High
lands Turnpike Company; to amend
the charter of Newbern, in regard
to spelling of name; to amend
chapter 171, acts of 'S7i-'3;to prevent
damming Beaver creek, Jones county;
to repeal chapter 1,', public acts of lS;i.;
to clear the channel of Haw river, in
Rockingham; to provide a dispensary
for Loiiisburg township; to amend ihe
charter of Southern Pines: to incorpor
ate the Chatham, Moore and Harnett
'auk. at Sanford; to place the insane
asylums at Goldsboro, 'laleigh ftnd
Morgautou in tho hands (u tii'fusioj
ists. 4'lilcago Crain and Produce.
Chick;
aturdav. The lcadim
futures w ere as follows:
Wheat: Open. Close.
March
Mav I-'1, .:,
JulV 70; 71 ;
September ds; W
Corn:
March 10'.
May 17.'. 17i
July is; 1;
Oats:
March
May 24 j 21.
JulV 2ai 2a'
cptember 20 20j
Mess Pork :
March s .10
May s .11 s 00
July s 70 s 70
Lard :
March 4 hi
Mav 4 2 4 21
July 4 32 4 31
Ribs:
March 4 00
Mav 4 00 4 00
July 4 07 4 01
New York Cotton Futures.
N'f.w Yohk. Saturday. Cotton closed
quiet and steady.
Lowest. Closing.
March 0 !t0 0 t.1
April 7 01 0 !IS
May 7 04 7 02
June 7 OS 7 07
July 7 00 7 11
August 7 14 7 12
September li s: 0 S7
October 0 77 ( 71
November 0 so 0 77
Peecmber ...
January ...
Liverpool Cotton .Market.
LiveriKioI. Saturday Middling
31 -32.
Futures- Closed firm.
March
March and April
April ami May
May and June
June and July
July aud August
Ar.gii.-t ami September
September and I ictober. . .
ctoher and November. . .
November ami December.
December and January. . .
January and February
3 r.s B
3. IS s
3 .is v
3 .ls,a.1!l
3 "iSitt.Ki
3 rSi,f,.i!i
3 .If. 1
3 -lOajl
3 4'xa47
3 41 s
3 4.1 s
Critical Moment.
WhlUIer. the poet, and Lucy La room
were once driving in a buggy drawn by
a restless animal. The horse become
more and more vicious, and the buggy
swayed like a ship in a storm. Rut
never a word would Lucy qare on the
high-erected theme which then engaged
her mind. At last Whittier could tand
it no longer, and as he redoubled his
efforts with the reins, he exclaimed:
"Lucy. If thee do not stop talking till
I get ihis'riorse in hand, thee will be in
heaven before thre wants to!''
"And what do you regard as t'ae
greatest triumph of modern surgery V
Collecting the bills." promptly re
sponded the great praetitioiier. Cii.
caco Record.
DOWN" A SIXTY FOOT HU FF.
Heavy Kaiiis Cause a Disastrous
Wreck on the Southern,
A passenger train on the Southern
railroad plunged down a bluff CO feet
deep at the approach to the Etowah
river bridge, near Rome, Ga. , Satur
day morning, w ith the engineer stick
ing to his post. The wreck caught lire
aud seven cars were burned.
The fatally injured are: Engineer
James T. Pitt man: Fireman Alfred
Kennedy; Express Messenger Polk
Culberson; Baggage Master Win
ston. All of. the above live in
Atlanta John Simpson, colored, who
was in the smoker was badly
bruised and tv o other passengers whose
names are not known, slightly injured.
The train was composed of one Pull
man sleeper, day coach, smoker, bag
gage, express car and live cars of
.freight. Heavy rains caused the tres
tle near the bridge to give way.
A stove in the express car set fire to
the wreck aud all the cars which had
gone through the trestle were burned.
A freight train came along and pulled
the sleeper and a car away from the
lire.
James Pitman, the engineer, went
down into the river, but swam out.
Kennedy, the fireman, Polk, the ex
press messenger, and Winston, bag
gage master, were injured, but none
fatally. Pittman and Kennedy are in a
hospital at Rome; the others went on
to Atlanta,
Destructive Fire in Savannah
Savannah was visited by a large fire
Friday. The following is a statement
of the losses and insurance: Jos. Mab
bets, $2,000; insurance. $000 on stock.
J. Tyler, agent, $2,000; no insurance.
K. 11. Williams, $1,500; insurance $1,
000. Walker Rros. & Co. , on building,
$4,000, insurance on stock, $.1,000. G.
W. Averett.on stock, $.100; on building.
52,000; insurance, 3.000 on pro
perty. Wade Sr Powers, $1,500; no
insurance. G. Ii. Lilly, $1,000, in
surance on stock, $1,500. Sweat Sc
llson, ?3iMt; no insurance. Harrell
Sc Co., $2,000; insurance, $S()0. Miss
waters, $1,200: no insurance. J. ().
Moitou, $2,000; insurance, $S00.
Creech .fc Tharin, on building, $2,000;
insurance on stock, $-'i,ooo. Misses
Monger, 91,000; no insurance, win.
Hunter, on building. $2,000; insurance
on stock, $3,000. J. W. Hopson, on
building, $1"0; insurance on stock,
$3,000. G rover Si Co., $2,000; no in
surance. L. S. Price, $1,500; insur
ance, $1,000. Several other losses of
smaller amounts partially insured.
Important Kxtension.
It is announced that'negotiations look
ing to the extension of the Mobile and
Ohio railroad to Montgomery, Ala ,
have been successfully completed by
the sale of 4,(m)0,ooo' five per cent
bonds of the Mobile Railroad Company,
having fifty years to run. Terminal
grounds and facilities granted by the
city of Montgomery have been secured
at that point and at Tuscaloosa.
Mississippi's Great Height.
The latest news received from Mem
phis says the Mississippi river there
now registers a higher stage of water
than ever known. 1 isasters attending
this condition have begun, two Arkan
sas towns across from the city being
submerged, and the inhabitants driven
to safer places. These are Marion and
West Memphis. The former is under
from three to four feet of water due to
a break of its protection levee.
Failure in Cincinnati.
Hermann Rrackman has been ap
pointed receiver of the Consolidated
Building and Saving Company, of Cin
cinnati, O. The liabilities a! e $230, ooo
and assets jdi.i.OOO. It allects almost
all the employes of the Consolidated
Street Railway as well as others. It
was incorporated in lsS-1 with a capital
stock ot $000,000.
Rise in t lie liat I ahooche.
The Chattahooche River is on a big
boom at Columbus, Ga. , and the Eagle
and Pho'iiix ?.Iills, employing 4,000
ha' ds, have shut down on account of
high water. The rise measures 27 feet
a few inches below high water mark
and still rising. If the rains do not
cease all bridges will be in danger.
A New Georgia Colony.
Deals have been closed for the pur
chase of about 4,000 acres of the best
farm la . ds in middle Georgia, located
about t n miles from Augusta, for the
organization of a colony. A town site
will be surveyed and the property
livided up into small farms, principally
tor tlie culture of unit.
Mr. Carlisle's Trip South.
Hon. John G. Carlisle, Mr. Cleve
land's Secretary of the Treasury, ar
rived in Lynchburg, Va , Tuesday
night on the Florida special, from
Washington, and after remaining there
for two or three hours, left on the
Washington limited for Greensboro,
X. C.
An Fmbe..ler Sentenced.
At Boston, Mass., Allison Z. Mason.
convicted of embezzling the funds ol
the Globe Investment Company, ol
which company he was president, waf
sentenced to State pris-'" for a period
of not less than five or more than eight
years.
his. D. Cowan Dead.
James D. Cowan, of the firm ol
Cowan, McClung Sc Co. , of Knoxville,
Tenn., died Saturday. Mr. Cowan had
been a merchant there for more than -If.
years.
Miners Strike.
The miners employed in the Eichol
beger. Hicks, Sweet aud Reed bitu
miuoiis coal mines at Dudley, Bedford
county, I'a., have gone out on a strikt
because of a reduction in the price ol
vardage. The strike affects about 4K
men.
Kentcky's Senator.
W. Godfrey Hunter was selected by
the Republican caucus for United
States Senator on the tirst ballot. It
is said Mark Raima's influence brought
about the early result.
Husband to wife) I cannot couceiv
what is the matter with my watch; I
think it must want cleaning. Spoiled
Child (breaking in Oh. father, I don't
think It needs cleaning. Baby and I
had It washing In the basin for ever
co long this morning.
Impossible.
U, They say there is a skeleton in
the Ilamiltous' cliet.
S;1(.p,.sh: Th'-y live in a flat.
Brooklyn Life.
A .voman is about as sure to lose her
spectacles as ehe is to lwf her pocket-book.
of Interest Gathered From
Different Points.
THE DREADED SAN JOSE SCALE
Makes Its Appearance Murder In
Mitchell County Suit for Dam
agesVance's Picture.
The following bulletin has been sent
out by the North Carolina Agricultural
Lxjieriniental Station: "The Experi
ment Station regrets to announce that
the dreaded San Jose scale has reached
North Ca oliua. Bulletin No. 130 de
scribes ine character of this destructive
pest, the damage w hich it has done to
the fruit industry in other States and
w hat it is likely to do in North Caro-
l.na, unless it is stopied at once. It is
stated ia the bulletin that from a single
pair three billion insects may result in
a single season. Although these scale
insects do not move from one place to
another of their own accord, vet they
are blown by the wind or else carried
on the feet of birds to other orchards
not infested. Such is the rapidity of
increase that these orchards will scon
be covered and thetrees w ill be destroy
ed in a very- short while, besides being
a standing menace to other localities.
The Horticultural Society, aided by the
Experiment Station, has prepared a bill
which is now being considered by the
Legislature, the puriose of which is
to rppoint an unsalaried commission to
prevent the introduction and spread of
such pests. There are other insects and
fungous pests as bad as the San Jose
scale. The commission, if established,
will prevent large losses in horticul
tural and agricultural crops from other
pests. Some of these pests are: The
cotton boll weevil, now proceeding
northward from Mexico and lexas; the
gypsy moth (to destroy which the Stale
of Massachusetts has already spent
$0.10,000); the tobacco leaf miner, a re
cently discovered insect of most de
structive tendency, and the peach yel
lows, which has practically ruined the
peach orchards of many States. The
above bulletin contains a copy of the
bill now before the General Assembly.
It is believed to be one of the most im
portant that the Legislature has before
it for consideration.
The Exiieriment station, at Raleigh,
for a number of years past has been de
veloping a sugar corn that would have
the prierities of held corn adapted to
this latitude, combined with tho table
qualities of ordinary sugar corn. It is
believed that characteristics o: such a
cross are now permanently fixed. The
station desires to place a small package
of the corn in the hands of careful par
ties who will give it atrial ami who w ill
promise to reirt results next fall. This
should not bo plan tec near field corn.
Io applicants who will agree to the
above conditions and will Feudfotir
cents for xetiun jiostago and expense of
mailing, the station will be glad to
send packages as long as the supply-
lasts. Apply to tho North I arolimi
Agricultural Experiment Station, Rai
eigh, N. C.
Bv special appointment. President
McKinlev received the entire meml er-
ship of Governor Russet's staff. Tho
staff was in full dress uniform, headed
by Adjutant-General A. I. Cowles.
lhe reception by the President was
most cordial and pleasant, lasting
about twenty minutes. Special enquiry
was made bv the President of Governor
Russell and he spoke of his pleasant re
membrance and regretted his absence.
On taking leave of the President Gen
Cowles expressed the hope that his en
tire administration might be as bright
ami successful as theoay ot his inaugu
ration.
News has been received here con
firming a rumor of a murder near Mon
tezuma, in Mitchell county. It seems
that Milt Daniel and Sam 1'ortner, w ho
were warm friends and lived togetiier,
a few days ago visited a "blind tiger"
aud became intoxicated, after which
they fell out. Milt Daniel had a pistol
with only one cartridge. He shot and
instantly killed rortner. He was cap
tured and placed in jail to await trial
at the spring term of Mitchell com t.
Fortuer was a quiet, peaceable citizen,
while Daniel is said to be, a desperate
character.
The trial of Bradley, administrator,
vs. the Ohio River Sc Charleston Pail -road,
at Marion, has begun. This is a
damage suit for the killing of Mrs.
Kenipe, of Old Fort, at Henrietta hot
year, while she and her daughters were
being driven across the track in a car
riage. He sues the railroad com; !"i.v
ami the liveryman for $11.H)0. There
is a similar case ending on account f
the killing of one of the daughters :.t
the same time.
- - -4.fr
The handsome oil painting of the la
meioel Vance, now on exhibition i:i
theiotundaof the cai itol at Raleigh,
continues to attract much attention.
This is an exquisite w ork of art, by Mr.
A. Guerry, and is greatly admired by
all. It would be a graceful and fitting
act on the part of the Legislature to
purchase this jxirtrait. Senator Vance
was for many y ears the idol of the ieo
ple of North Carolina, and his memory
is held in loving remembrance by all.
The Raleijrh Chapter f the
Daughters of the Confederacy ha- e de
cidfid to make the Jefferson Dr.". is
Memorial the object of their efforts to
raise funds. "The Private Soldier of
North Carolina"' will he the subject i f
the Memorial Day address this veer.
Captain Thomas M. Mason has been
requested to bo the orator.
-
United States Deputy Marshal Had.
den and Jack Rates, Alex Robinson,
and T. J. Ablott, made a considerable
raid on moonshiners of Glassy Moun
tain and the famous "Dark Coi ner. ''
They came u;on a 100 gallon live still
and 2,100 gallons of beer. The ow ners
of the still got w ind of the presence of
officers and made good their escape.
.- - -
Governor Russell has tendered to
Dr. Monroe, head of the medical de
partment of Davidson College, the
iMjsition of Miieriiiteniletit of the
western hospital at Mrogantou.
The faculty of Davidson College hs
chosen the representatives from the j i
nior class who are to speak for the o: li
ter's medal at commencement. They
areas follows: P'rorn the J'i SYcVtv,
S. H. Hines. R. A. Lore, H. W. Wil
son. North Carolina: Eu Society, I". C.
Barth. Georgia; W. L. Dick. South
Carolina; W. J. Garrison, North Caro
lina. - -4.fr-
Wilniiiigtou is at present one of the
principal irits along the coast for the
sh-pment of lettuce. Ine day last w eek
three ear -loads of ery- fine fctock were
shi i"ed.
Items
T II K WOK.Vf OV KF.COKD.
Later Kejvjrts from lhe Storm-Swept
Slates.
The storm which raged throughout
the Middle West Thursday night is un
raralleled, not only for the extent of
territory over w hich it raged, but for
the amount of w ater precipitated.
At Cincinnati the rainfall reported by
weather bureau officials amounted to
5.38 inches, and lloods are reported
from almost every telegraph station
from Pittsburg on the cast to Kansas
City on the west, and from the lakes i
the northern boundary of Tennessee.
In some instances lhe wind reached
the velocioy of a hurricane, and much
damage to dwelling, barns, fences,
orchards and forests has been reported
from various points throughout the dis
trict. 'lhrongliout southern Illinois, In
diaua aud hto tho damage to railroad
pn.p 'ftv i i th f. ni. w!tbouts, mak
ing traffic impossible, and in wrecks
caused by softening of roadbeds is im-'
men sc.
A not inconsiderable loss to the peo
ple, as a whole, will ho cuilscd by the
washing aw ay of bridges and roadw ays,
w hich have been built in the rural dis
tricts at a cost of millions of dollars,
and which in too many cases have bece
totally destroyed.
Owing to tho demoralization of rail
way traffic the mails local to the del
uged district have been greatly de
layed, w hile the through service over
the trunk lines, Fast and West and
North and South, has been badly crip
pled, greatly to the annoyance of the
vast business inttfests involved.
The estimates are that considerably
over $l,ooo,nou worth of proix-rty has
been lost in the vicinities of Cincin
nati, Dayton, Indianapolis ami St.
Louis.
MKS. BKKCIIKK DF.AD.
Passed Away ou Tenth Anniversary
of Her Husband's Death.
Mrs. Henry Ward Reocher died Mon
day, the tenth anniversary of the death
of her famous husband, at her home a.
Stamford. Conn. She was 8,1 years of
age. Mrs. Reedier had been sinking
steadily since Saturday noon, and dur
ing tho twenty-four hours precediug
her death had been unconscious. Sev
eral members of the family were at the
deathbed.
Eunice White Rullard Beeehor was
born in West Sutton, Worcester county,
Mass., in 1S12. Her father was Dr. 15ul
lard, a physician ami farmer. Slot was
educated at a seminary at Hadley, Mass.,
and becameacqiiainted with Henry Ward
Beeehor while he was a student at
Amherst College,. Their engagement
lasted seven years. She became the
mother of ten children, but four of
whom are still living. During the last
dozen years M rs. Reedier had contrib
uted a number of articles on domestic
topics to various publications. She
published a work entitled "Letters
From Florida," atnl also a limited edi
tion of a book named by tho publishers
"From Dawn to Daylight." Her life
during her huslnui, Is ministry at Ply
nsonth Chui'-h in l'-',k!; i was, for the
most part, o.ie of q .let domestic happi
ness, and in the days of his troubles
she stood by him with unwavering af
fection aud loyalty.
Acreage Ki'diictiou Advised.
At a meeting of tho Texas branch of
the American Cotton Growers Associa
tion, at Waco Texas, Hon. Hector D.
lame made a speech urging the neces
sity of decreased acreage. lie gave
figures to show the danger of overpro
duction. E. S. J VI era, president of
the State Association, made an addres.i
on farmers raising their own supplies.
He urged the necessity of more corn.
An address was isstn d appealing to
all the cotton growers to reduce their
acreage, to raise more food crops and
to patronize home industries.
Cabinet Sworn In.
All the members of tho new Cabinet,
met in the Cabinet-room, adjoining the
President's office, Monday morning
when, according to arrangements, the
Chief Justice was exjectel to adminis
ter the oath office.
The oath was administered to tho
Secretary of State and to the others in
rapid succession in the follo.v ing order.
General Alger, Judge M Kemia, ex
Governor Long, Mr. Bliss, Mr. Gary
and Mr. Wilson.
New Hullie Shipr.
The Navy Rc artmcnt will in all
probability issue advertisements for
bids on armor for the battle -hip s Ala
bama, Illinois ami iscn-in, upon
which Congress placed e limit of SolM
per ton. It is understood that no time
for the delivery of the art. 'or wiil he
specified, which w ill permit concerns
without th" lic-esvo v plant to compete
for the work, and install the necessary
luachiuery as tho delivery progresses.
A Clejinpiek Up.
President McKiriJey will have tie
disjiosal of 100 Presidential postoffices
which Mr. Cleveland had figured on
for the outgoing a lmini -tration and for
which his selection of postmasters hud
been announced 'i lies.- represent the
full list of postollice nominations made
by Mr. Cleveland during the session of
Congress just expii ed and which tlif
Senate failed to confirm.
Shoemakers Slrlke.
Two hundred employes of Williams
v Clark, t-lo.e inarmfaettirers. Lynn,
Mass , have struck by order of the ex
ecutive board of the Root and Shoe
Union. Conferei c.-s were iinsiim-s-fill
in an endeavor to .erMi'ide the loai
to return to the scale of wages paid he
fore the cut of 20 per cent, hc-t fall.
To He-orgatil.e.
The S.uthem States Freight Associ
ation, which largely controls the rail
roads passing through the territory
south of the Potomn- arid ea-t of tie
Mississippi, is probably on the te of
re-o-ganization.
.Mr. Cryiiii h( l.lltle ICock.
At Little Rock, Aik., a crowd of lo
OKIor 12, 000 greeted Hon. W.J. Rrynu
Governor Jones and General Ja-.c-r '
Tappail, Speaker of the ilo't e,
peared on the stand with the distm
uished seaker.
A Lou Mrlke Declared Oil.
The great strike of the mine work'-;
of Leadville. Col., which has been :
progress since June l'.'th, la"1'- ti;
Wen called off unconditionally hy t!.?
miners. For several months there ha
been much .lis atcfa.-tion among '
union men with th- way the strike 1...
been conducted.
; ntry will be Hanged.
la" R Gentry, the murderer of tl;
v-tress. Ma lg" Vorkc m l hila h-lphia
las been sentenced to be hm.g . i .
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