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The Messenger -5EJTD 010121 JOB- prints . the . News an'! Is sought after by the poo r, of M. -Powell, YaDcey, Bun rnml", HutherforJ, Burke mil other eouutics In Western S.,rtli Carolina, an J Is there f( .ro a JOB PRINTING : TO THE MESSENGER, Marion. N. C. 7 Cood Advertising Medium. Promptnr., Accuracy, Keatneaa. nd Good 8tock Guaranteed. Letter Reads, Note Hoadi, Bill Heada EnYelopra, Circulars, Cards, Pos ters. Pamphlets, aod any kind of Printing. Bates furciibi on application. J THE MESSENGER, Marlon, N. O, VOL. II. NO. II MARION. X. C, FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1897. True $1 Ter Year, in Advance. i-rCK.'lit :t li-r hopes tho And Lyra's burning stars of peace and end- .1- Nation sing-. less unity. ,. - of .iu!iltit forts the. The morning beams across it stream In roses .. ; lift- h.r wiii'.s: r-,l and white, ..r -t i!,-Mag the myriad l;i- As though 'twere outward rolled from Iicavi-n by angels of the liuht. ,. t:.--iiv.-i-!...-,.-4 low t.ie ni;!- All hail to tl , celestial fin-, on this ito- I i, i" ;'- '. .Ji"ti.! morn, - li !', Kli'iim.Tiiif; Iiii'nl: ! That lalngl-st with th light of heaven ' I "I tru.-: l.i.M, flag of heaven Lorn! , ..,;,r Mr.- f.,r the Stat-s, 'mid The silver busies Mow and ,low across tho - vvile-l with .l.-w! silver sen, t',ri--:i " I r--l years, before a And spcak-st thou to every soul this day rrl;r n: of jut.il.-.- ' tV I' l-' ' v-.u t-.-d:iy, ' -Ml- ''" I'i-i,' ' '"tin fields, with p-ide' :2c ib n l.-ir-inl-.. tn. .n It.-ur Unit .Klu.!- thy folds I stand, Jl I""'' s,'a' While gyvel-ss l'r loin lifts to the her v inc-itm.:' In tii" air amid th ! choral trumpets grand. Thou standst for Monmouth's march of : ! II..- -.mi that clows for all. lip-, for Trenton's lines of flame , ,! th-i p-.-..- that 1,1. .v- f..r nil. I'or rippling Kiitaw's field of blood' for 1 frit llow-f f.,r all - Yorktown's endless fame; bl-.-.vatid blow a-r .a th.- For rape d iatt, and ll.-r.-! Algiers and l-.-rrv'.- I.loo.l-r.-d deck. . iN.t: in !i.-a:r? Obann.-r, l-'.r V.-r.i Cruz, and Monterey, and white. ! " Chllpllltepee; Thou stun. 1st for Sumter's broken wall, Mart thou, borne on t;,.. as liitli above Tvl.ee r V ' r.'. . ,t Tii.) shouting f.-rts uplift aain tho Stars of "i le-d (-...-is Iwngl.t, r f..if- t nity; 'l '' lll"r; , Tor Chiittanon-u's rain of fire, and that m -i.iii:ii.-s of t.i-sun burn ei grand e.-h.-Ion ' ' L'r''!'' ''. , ti . T!'" ''VV ,lnlms at Gdtysl.urg beneath k rr nor I In -t 1.- re I, i,.,r the smoky sun. i ,ut I ion proud; Tlio.i stand'st for l'rogress and tho years ! f f'H 1 l-l -H r-d taf- all gold.-,, orbed to be, '' lL':,!.- for earth's new Homo upon'tho land and "rrri I ! .-.!; :i!,ove tho oee- Jr. mi pon the sea. Thou standst that nil the rights of men may every people, bless, ''' l" ':'t "'' f"',ls ;M '" And io.r.s own klhKdom walk the world in ! ' ' -:'v:i'' .eaeij and riglit.-iu.sness' -i . : . r-; a ni" l their prows .... il . N-n-owav; o my Amri.a, whose flag wo throno amid r .-.!:-!.-.--.it ii the cross nr.- iu tlieskv, :i ;,".r";,:!-, , , , . ... i:'"'iith whose folds 'tis lib, to livo and I : i I il"t led toward tli ! noblest death to die v.- ! i; I bear Mm silv.r 1 i i' ... , i. .-ir -l.-t erowiie.l, su.-!i ai v.-r s.-a :'r'V'V c . ..v , And Id.-ss t,,y fj.,d my pallia stands a eot- ! m.-a u,..,!! t.i" a.r o i-r tuo tn-.; home In th-e' Ible. .;. Tg.-sCrox: Is th.-re that l.-.l So 5;...:ik the voi-es of the Tast, yo children -r i.f the land, V-.-lr-A s Cros of fallh-the J: -hind us thri.-e an hundred years, before I !.- I-. gone. thousriiid grand. . i:;, - b! .w and blow a.-rossthe Su-h are the leg.rii.ls ..f von fl.-... l,.,f dens land and s.-a." g, tJthoii flag, this day Sii.-h is tin: Hand that s.-rolls tho air this llav of jubilee. f ., c. . ,. 1 "f the sun that sliine.s for all, Ir :, ..f the s a'.-s, yoi, Hag moro . 1'lag of the hrec- that blows for all !'':; In-! r s.t-.-k I'l-ig of the sea that Hows for all. rr. rr.-.r - ..f ,.!. Navarre or ( r.-ssy H ail: II;:g of Liberty! all hall' ''"I- , , ,,, , , The I-'.-stal av hai -omi-! "I'l 'rT ' " . .' ' ",n"?ht fr""1 fcutt-rworth, in VoutirsCoiuiianiou. spread of liqni.l gold with streams of ' glittering radiancy lightiner tid -nrettv jiaiueuutes, wuiow tree rockets, uia inon.VcLain rockets rockets without end. Then the number and variety of wheels! Wheels with a brilliant outer ring encircling an inside ring of red or green, contra revolving wheels with pots of fire in variegated colors, colored doublo triangle wheels, etc. The motive power of these delightful displays is Btmply due to the rapid evolution of gas. One has but to light the fune in order to produce gas with sufficient rapidity to press against the air and thus impel the piece forward in its course. The wheel is used as a motive power in some very funny set pieces. I was shown the skeleton of a donkey out lined by the lances and quick match in the manner which I have described. Attached to it was a wheel which when set in motion by alighting, acted upon the legs of the donkey in a mobt lively and vivacious manner. WEKKtY TRADE REVIEW. Improvements Continues Gradual and I Prudently Cautious. Messrs. R. O. Duu & Co. 's Weekly 7,000 Delegates Were Present and Review of Trade for the week ending ! -jatur.lay, June 20th, says: There is no j step backward in business, although 1,000 Camps Represented. STILL COMMANDER GORDON. To Sleet Next Year In Atlanta A Resolution of Praiee for Queen Vic toria Voted Down. At Nashville, Tenn., the Confederate Re-union began on the 22d. Every train mnning into Nashville carried thousands to attend the annual re-union. The number of veterans, though, that were in attendance, it is said, was nothing like the delegates sent to Itich- I- ii Vi T sell. . ! pibil. A FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION. 'J! " ' ' tz 1 s&t is- THEIR FIRST PACKACE OF SHOOTING CRACKERS. CEl EPRATINC THE FOURTH. liirnorlis Are l:,. Ii, 1 1..-Vi 1,1s l'i:i;. t -Mm. .ifin lory. A- tin- l oui th ,f July is a day pnr-'i!:ii-!y set apiift fur our sclf-glori!i-ti.-ii. mivs a writer in the St. Louis '" Siivines, Mujijiose I mny be pnr tie.l tor -iiviie; that, lu-eustoliicil as " Ai i. rieii-i- m e to beinu; "the big--I i'i any -.hen lirei-ti.ui, ju -obably ' y-'U'li in the land x ill be surnrise.l tf b-ri-ii tli-it the lnieest i.i.mnt'.ietoi v d lir.-ioiKs j,, th,. world is in Aiii.-i-4' Hi. i,l liianufaeti.ry will doubt . ill ii). t,, v,lr mind.'iis it did to 9 il . m-miis ,,f a Lugo 1,,-iek building i! :i:.v r,, ,.mrt. i,.ss vibrant f ' '. tin- u..,.-,. and bustle of machinery i i:i .mi-. So ,ni -will easily imagine "nvp'-iM- ttli.-n l found myself es !' 1 in v.; 1 to a vast meadow of " i.!y lines, dotted over with ;' ' -s. noiseless huts, fifty or '" ' -In i interspersed here and I'll 'ini -r .Hies and two-story "! these snmll huts are ii,,. More dangerous combusti-,- " ' v ii' e thetet'.ne j.lnccd at a ;h- ;...i, e from , a,-li .Uier that ' M " in a!iv one of them would ""vt others. Here all the '"i; is ,!..;it, Tlie lloors urecov 1 v-"'i iiil.i,, ,-. mid proteetiotis ure Ta'king is strictly forbid- isaie tor a man s atten- 'i t.. 1 'iiMiaeted from his work. In "He niiiii is allowed in a hut 'I'ecMul ilistanee from the lie- larger buildings where '"'"is work is carried on, ' r..ai:y boys and not less iity ;ive girls a: employe.!. ! n ls etioi iiu.us iiuantities of ' 1 liite api r, hmidl-i-d ' i 'ii" for attaching the quick set .'..e;s, tdeel i'lid iron 1 todueing the bright starry ;''-' !ie!ni.-a!s to give to the !!' lions hues of red. ami blue, and other ii-derials. V less l'lt. 1 l-sting Was it to "ii il !e fingers a they filled "i eamlh-s. Into one of these s were put the layers, in the order: Composition, u pinch v,b'i n star: and so on until i quite tilled, the eomposi r nipow ,ler furnishing re '. i.e. necessary combustion "-" for the varioiiblv col ored stars. The llomnn candle not only shines by herself, "a thing of sweetness and of light," but tills an impoitant part in pieces like The levil Among Tailors, Chinese trees, etc. Altogether a dainty modest crea ture, quite unlike her move uoisy, frisky kindred. Letters, figures, in fact, all designs for set pieces are made by means of hundreds, yes, thousands of lances connected by a quick match, and the making of these requires many nimble lingers. A lance is a small tube about the size of a squib, filled with ordinary composition, which is gun powder debased by the addition of in gredients to reduce its rate of com bustion, containing probably not more than live per cent, of actual gun powder. The quick match, the indispensable fire conductor, is made by saturatinga piece of lamp wick with wet gunpow der and gum. It is then reeled oil' and dried, and afterwards cut into lengths encased iu paper tubing. (Jirls are chieily employed for making this fiery mnccaroni, and turn out millions of yards in a year. Let us suppose, for instance, that oue wants the head of George Washington to appear in the heavens outlined by a brilliant band of light. A scale (if tho proportions of his face is first made from a pic ture. A large frame is then laid on the lloor, and in the centre ofthi.s frame with a bit of crayon is drawn on the lloor, according to tho scale, a very much enlarged picture, usually measuring at least thirty inches from forehead to chin. A girl then takes a piece of rattan and bends it to the ex act form of the crayon outline. This is fastened to the frame, and upon this ratian outline lances are placed very close together, and are connected by the quick match. Naturally, for this sort of work, and for all finishing off pro cesses, girls are preferred on account of the superior tlexibility of their fin gers and their general deftness. Among the most fascinating fire works are always the rockets and the beautifully scintillating complicated wheels which give such charm to set pieces. There will be this year an iu linitely new and beautiful variety of both these devices. Ilockets, display ing a swarm of magic dragon-like ser pents with vermilion hued bodies, rockets burstinar forth into AN ASSISTED CELEBRATION. How Indian In Idaho "Hel.l I'p" a Fourth f July Cxpc.litloii. On June 30, 1RS7, three of us boys, John Murphy, John Porter and I met under a shed on tho banks of the Cana dian river to plan an expedition for tho Fourth of July. The place where John Murphy and I lived was at Darlington, Tdaho. John Porter's home was in Tort Ite.no, just across the river, where his father was first sergeant in K com pany, Twenty-fourth United States In fantry. At tho end of our meeting we deci ded to go to Silver City, about twenty miles southeast of Darlington. We started on Friday evening unlucky day hi a buckboard, so as to be there Saturday, the Fourth. In a cracker-box in the bottom of the buckboard was a goodly sivpply of firecrackers, rockets and other lire works. We traveled very slow, crossed the South Canadian river, and struck across the prairie. We had traveled about thirteen miles when we tvere startled by a succession of yells and viile shots. Looking back we were frightened still worse by seeing a band of Indians on horseback coming at us iu a swift gallop. "Whip up tho horses," yelled Johnny Murphy. I lashed the horses, and they fairly flew over the even prairie. All this time the Indians kept on yell ing and firing. I thought it strange none of us were hit, for we were in re volver ransre, let alone ritle ranare. We managed, however, to keep the I same space between us aud them, neither gaining nor losing. Suddenly -we dashed into a grovo of blackjack trees, and fifty yards to our left we saw a house, and we drove the now panting and sweating horses toward it. It proved to be an old corncrib. Out we all jumped and ran into the crib, leaving the team on the left wing of the crib. We had no more than got inside and closed the gap when the Indians dashed v.v. John Torter fired a thirty-two caliber revolver at the crowd and missed, but it had the effect of driving them back. They retired about twenty-five yards and soon began shooting fire-brand;-, at ih crib. We thought our time had come, for we could see no way of escape. But sud denly we were electrified at the ap pearance of a series of strange lights and then v. e heard a sharp rep ut, followed by another and another. Looking on our left we saw pinwheels, rockets, roman candles and firecrackers going in every direction. The horses were frightened and bolted toward the group of Indians, carrying tho fire works, for the brands had set fire to the box in the bottom of tho buck board. Imagine our nirpriso when the Indians commenced to laugh and yell. Looking closer we recognized a baud of Indians of Darlington headed by a Cheyenne chief named Short Tooth, who now came forward with Ir's hands up, called to us and told us to come out. Knowing him well, we came out, and he told us he just wanted to see what kind of warriors wc would make, ile then complimented us on being "squaw" warriors, meaning we were cowards, because we ran like buffaloes, so he said. We got our team and all of us went on to Silver City together, where the Indians were to engage iu a sham battle on the Fourth. Although we lost our fireworks, we hal a good time anyway. Edward l!ay, in Chicago Record. Tli- I.-ssrr of Two Kvits. The Turkey "What are you com plaining about? You haven't any Thanksgiving to look forward to." The Dog "What's biting yoi! You don't have to live through 'em the wav I do through Fourth of Julys." I'nmeritpil Fame. Tiev. Dr. Primrose "What are you cryiug about, little boy?" Freddie "Dad promised to bring me homo n package of firecrackers, and he was mean enough to let them all go off in his pocket." lioth Went Oft". Tliej Investigation. I Consternation. John n. oonnoN. tnond, but it is better than was expect ed. On the 2:td. a business meeting was held at which reports were present ed, and (Sen. John Ii. Gordon deliver ed an address. General Gordon pre faced his remarks with an announce ment of his intention to resign as gen eral commander. There were cries of "No," "no," from all over the hail, and when quiet had been restosed, General (iordou proceeded. When General Gordan had concluded his address, a motion that General Jo seph Wheeler be requested to nominate General (Jordan for re-election was made, aud carried. Gen. Stephen 1J. Lee, w ho had been called to the chair declared nominations closed and (Jen. Gordan was unanimously re-elected. The thousands of delegates present cheered and wayed their hats and handkerchiefs. The committee on cre dentials report 7,000 delegates present, and 1,000 camps represented. The report of the board of trustees for tho Confederate Memorial Associa tion was read and adopted. At the busi ness meeting, it was voted to meet in Atlanta next year. The afternoon ses sion was held for the puiqiose of wind ing up the business matters before the association. The unanimous refusal of the association to allow General Gordon to retire as commander-in-chief had put an end to possible difficulties and en tanglements, and paved the way for a speedy disposition of the remaining business. A resolution commendatory of the reign of Queen Victoria was voted down, and the resolution of praise for the Queen's jubilee was defeated. THE CLOSING EPISODE. The Queen is Sow Wltbln the Walls of Windsor. London, June 23. (By Cable.) This day has been one of the most fa tiguing of tho week for the Queen, the official programme demanding the re ception of several distinguished bodies and oilicial personages; tho inspection of the body guard and yeoman of the guard, a garden party and the reception addresses at Windsor. The chief event of the day, one of the most interesting of the entire week, was the presentation to the Queen of the congratulatory addresses by both houses of Parliament which occurred at Buckingham palace this morning. Nearly half a century has passed since the House of Commons visited the Sovereign in a body, the last occasion being tho presentation of the address acknowledging the reception of the Queen's addrsss announcing the declar ation of war against ltussia; and not since the early forties when addresses were made congratulating the Queen on the failure of the attempts of assassina tion, has she received the two houses together. There were very brief formalities at Westminister today. The two houses meeting, the formal announcement was made by Lord Salisbury in the House of Lords and Hon Arthur J. Balfour in the House of Commons, that the Queen would be pleased to re ceive both houses. The members at once started in a procession to the pal ace. They assembled in the chamber adjoining the throne room. After a brief delay the doors were thrown open and the announcement made that tho Queen was prepared to give them au dience. Thereupon the Lord Chancel lor and the Speaker of the House of Commons advanced side by side to the throne. Followed by members of the House Lord Salisbury knelt at the foot of the throne and read tho address, his knee bended, and handed it to the Queen. The final episode of her progress was at the castle gates where addresses from the Windsor bodies were received. As the Queen's carriage arrived at the en trance of her home, the national anthem was chanted in welcome by three hun dred Voices. The day's festivities were brought to an end by the illumination of tho pal ace. This afternoon the Queen returned to Windsor. Her progress was a trium phal procession. On the route the royal party tdopped at Stough, taton c illego and Windsor, where they werereceived by the local authorities with impressive formalities and most enthusiastically welcomed by the populace. Indication of IJetter Ilusincss. The Treasury Department at Wash ington within the last week has receiv ed a considerable number of requests for small notes in unusually large quan tities. This inquiry was entirely unex pected, and is confidently regarded by Treasury officials as an indication of im proving business condition. Uusiinell IJ.-iiooii.iat el. At Toledo, O., the Republican State convention re-nominated Governor Bushnell by acclamation, in accord ance with Senator Henna's plans. Asa Jones was rt-nominatod for Lieutenant Governor. J. L. Burkett was renomi nated for Justice of the Supremo court and Freeman S. Monett, for Attorney General. Leprosy in Hawaii. Trivate advices recently received at San Francisco report that leprosy is ppreftding with alarming rapidity in the Hawaiian Islands. Blacks Want to Fire the Town of ! Key West. SURROUNDED THE JAIL the season of midsummer is onite near. Improvement continues gradual and i THEY pru.ieiuiy cautious as before, although in many branches evident, where no ! signs of it appeared a few weeks ago. j And Courthouse and Fired Guns- One White Man Killed and Anoth er Deaten Into Insensibility. Business men of the highest standing ill all rarts of the country, having grad ually perceived that the tide has be gun to rise, are regulating their con- trnpto Qti.1 i l l . : . i . for the future with a confidence ciite 1 A "P"" om Key West, Fla., to unknown to them a short time ago. j the Charlotte Observer of the 2'dh, Great changes before the adjournment says: For five hours the city has been of congress are hardly to be expected j on tLe vere of a race war 'Mrs Mag. but removal of uncertainty is with I , .A ... reason expected to bring into operation S10 Atne11. te. '' ravished on buying forces which have been restrict- Wednesday afternoon, by Sylvester cd for months. The main factor at this Johnson, calored, who was promptly time is the steadily brightening pros- identified and jailed. Two unsnccess-pt-:! of crops. Harvesting of wheat in t . , J . some winter wheat States has already fuI a,te"t3 ero made by white men begun, with surprisingly good results I yesterday to get at him to lynch him, in the central region and California, eo and these efforts greatly enraged that 800,000 tons is now called the min imum from tho latter State, and statis ticians of repute calculate on 00,000,000 bushels winter wheat beyond the gov ernment estimates. Spring wheat is doing remarkably well witha practical ly unknown increase of acreage. The price has advanced H during the week, with a decraase of" l,2o,uK) bushels in western receipts and Atlantic exports of l,44r,947 bushels, Hour included, against 1,713, '.Mil last year, but it is just the season when figures have no value except as proving how erroneous were estimates of the crop of lf!Ki. Cotton was lifted an eighth without reason, and has fallen back as much, because every thing points to a larger crop than Las been commonly expected. Iron and steel products average a small fraction lower in published quotations, but only because private concessions which are now refused were 13- various authori ties complacently concealed two weeks ago. Pig iron is firmer with a better demand at tho east and at Chicago but the impatience of valley furnaces to re sume work keeps Bessemer and yrey forge at last week's quotation:- at Pitts burg. Tho resume of new business material increase in orders for.lates, in partfor ship buih'iag, i i baisfor agricultural implement works in structural shapes for buildings and bridges, and in galva nized sheets. One heavy contract for 300 miles ;-;') inch and 100 miles 10 inch pipe, sought by the Australian govern ment for gold regions, excites many hopes in the trade. The great ore pro ducing companies are cutting prices for mesabi Bessemer, fnyal, to i' 10, ap parently iu order to score the biggest possible business of the year as a basis for future -rombination. Tin has slowly advanced to !4s. in spite of heavy arrivals, 1,200 tons of lead have been sold, moderate quantities now bringing from 3.42 1-2 cents and pur chases advance lake copper to 11 1-Nc. There is encouraging increase in the demand for all textile goods, even for cotton, which have so long been slow, and though it is but moderate there is nothing of a speculative character in the transactions, and prices are firmly held. Reorders for woolens have been rr her better ihan were expected from clothiers and fairly good for "dress goods. Operations in spring goods are still deferred. While mills are somewhat better employed, aud are buying to some extent, most of the purchases of wool arc for speculation, nearly three-quarters being at Boston alone, and the agerej ate was st,732,w pounds at the three chief markets, fi, (110,300 of foreign wool. Domestic wool is still hel l at relatively high prices at the West. Failures for tho week have been 2H! in the United States against 21 T last year, and 24 in Canada against 24 last year. EXPRESS TRAIN WRECKED. Seven Persons Dead and the List 3Iay Reach Twenty-Five. The M. Louis express, on the Wabash Faili-oad, Saturday, plunged through a trestle at Missouri City, Mo. , at five minutes of 7 o'clock, carrying down the entire train, with the exception of tho rear car, a Pullman. Hie gorge, which a few hours previously was practically empty, hud become a raging torrent, because of a tremendous downpour of rain, and the structure weakened. Sev en persons arc known to be dead, and the list may reach twenty-five. There were twenty-five passengers in the chair car, and only a few of those are account ed for. A freight train was Magged just in time to prevent it from tumbling down on the wreck. ;corgi; Day nt the Exposition. The 2'.th wa3 Georgia Day at the Tendessee Centennial. Fully 2,000 Georgians attended, and there was a splendid parade, headed by the United States Regulars. The address of wel come was delivered by Dr. .1. B. Haw thorne, formerly of Atlanta, and was responded to by Charles A. Collier, mayor of Atlanta, and then Governor II. ii. Taylor, amid cheers, delivered an address. In tho afternoon at the Park Club House a charming lawn party was given by the Women's Board. The Georgia Press Association and tho Virginia editors united forces and were a noticeable body also. The Trouble at Key West. Gov. Bloxham, of Florida, has re ceived dispatches from Key West say ing that the riotous demonstrations there over the threatened ly nching of a negro for assaulting a white woman have subsided. As the local authorities finally succeeded in restoring order, the inability of the President to au thorize immediately the use of United States troops resulted in no harm. Hattle With Tramps. Three Smith brothers had a row with a number of tramps at Sandy Hook, a suburb of Lynchburg, Ya. George Wes lev Smith was shot through the heart by one of the tramps, whose name is unknown, and who escaped. Edward Taylor, one of the strangers, was dan- I gerousiy cut anoui xne iiec-K uuu iujuh,. It is said the Smith brothers were un armed, except that one of them had a small knife. They faced a regular fu-siiade. the blacks. As a measure of precaution against an outbreak on either side, the Island City Guards, the local militia company, slept at he armory last night. Late in the evening" the negroes, openly threatening to burn the city and kill the white inhabitants, surrounded the county jail and the ar mory, and begau to discharge fire arms promiscuously. Wm. Gardner, an in offensive ami highly respected white citizen, was killed by a bullet. James Sawj-er, another white man, was beat en senseless by the blacks. No further outbreaks have occurred to-day. The militia took their guns from the ar mory this morning, and to-night are at the city hall, while 200 citizens sworn in as deputy sheriffs, and the soldiers at the United States barracks are ready to assist the militia. Tallahassa, Fla.. June 25. Upon re ceipt of a telegram from Key West, Adjutant General Houston immediately wired to tho Key West militiacompany to report at once to Sheriff Knight for duty, and ( iovernor Bloxhaui telegraph ed to President McKinley as follows: "The sheriff at Key West wires mo as follows: ' 'A negro prisoner is in jail charged with rape on a white woman. An at tempt was made to 13-nch him. The negroes are greatly enraged and threaten tto burn the city and kill the whites. A large num ber of negroes last night sur rounded the jail and court house square, and about 11 o'clock the negroes began firing rifles and pistols, killing oue white man, and several others are reported wounded. Great excitement prevails and serious trouble is impend ing tonight. I request you to order tho Key West militia company to our assistance, but am afraid that one com pany will be powerless before a mob of infuriated blacks and ask that yon re quest tho President of the United States to ask the commanding ofiieer of the United States here to assist the au thorities if necessary to preserve life and property. No State troops can reach Key West sooner than Sunday night.' "Similar requests were wired by tho county judge, circuit clerk, immigra tion inspector and two justices of the peace. Owing to the distance of Kev West from the mainland, 1 can furnish only the one company in Ivej West, and make application for the assistance of the United States troops if necessary, at the urgent request of the oilicials aud citizens of Key West. Signed "V. D. Bloxham, "Governor of Florida." The mntter was discussed at the cab inet meeting Friday, but no action was taken on the Governor's request, up to this writing, but there are now two companies of artillery, ard one of in fantry stationed at that point. A TERRIFIC HAIL-STORM. The City of Topcka, Kan.. Suffers Un precedented Damage. At Topeka, Kan., on the 24th the worst hail storm known in the history of Kansas struck the above city. Hail stones weighing 12 to 10 ounces stripped the trees of their foliage, smashed win dow panes on every hand, including the finest plato glass store fronts, cut down telegraph and telephone wires, riddled awnings and inflicted unprece dented damage throughout the city. Dogs were struck in the streets and in stantly. killed; horses were knocked to their knees :runaways occurred through out the city. When the fury of the storm had passed dead birds were found everywhere. A heavy wind and terrific lightning accompanied tho storm. The following are among the most seriously hurt: Frank Grainard, hack man, skull fractured; J. D. Henderson, liver3-mau, skull fractured; Roy White, leg broken; Mrs. Alary Hughes, arm broken in a runaway; J). K. Leo, bad scalp wound; Miss Anna Fenton, head cut. Street car traffic was stoppod and the city was in darkness. Salina, Kan., Juno 24. A cyclone passed fifteen miles southwest of Salina. The house of a man named Gessy was destroyed and the following were kill ed: Airs. Anna Gees-, aged 34; Nona Oeesy, aged 13; Ida Getsy, aged Four members of this family are also badly hurt. Allowed To Ship Tobacco. The New Orleans Times-Democrat has information through Third As sistant Secretary of State Grider, at Washington, to the effect that United State3 Minister Taylor has telegraphed from Ala lr:d that an order has been sent by cable to Havana allowing ehip ments of all tobacco purchased iu Cuba by Americans. STAMP REQUIREMENTS. Number Needed Will Make One ytrlnx ."4,70.1 Miles Lonpf. Assistant Secretar3' Vanderlip has ad vise the director of the bureau of en graving and printing of the probabla requirements of the postoffice depart ment for stamps during the fiscal year j ending June 30, These estimates. based upon tnenumoer usci me pie viotis years, are as folvs: irdinary stamps, 3,444, 107, 0o0;news pnpr stamps, 0,402,001); i-ostage due stamps, 21, 10. 000. Of the ordinary stamps two and a half millions are of tiie 2-cent decomina ioa, and five mil lions are of the 10-cent special delivery Wins a Thousand-Dollar Race. At Philadelphia. Pa , Earl Kiser, of lv, .lofoatod fYl.li P.abl of Bnf- i-nj ..wv.i. . , series. falo, and Tom Cooper, of Detroit, in a ; compared with the requirements match race for 1,000 best two in three for the present year, these estimates heats at a mile. Only two heats were ; are an increase of about 2un,00,ooo in run. and the Davton" youth won both ! the number of ordinary stamps, aa ia handilv. " i crease of 770,000 in the special delivery, ' mLm ! an increase of ;02,Ooo in the newspaper Found Dead in Red. au 1 periodicals aud a decrease of 2,- -T. II. Bible, United States district ; 0W in the postage due series. attorney for East Tennessee, and one; of the most active politicians in the 1 Pome men. State, was found dead in bed at his ' iraiu er dog 1 home in Chattanooga. His death "im an "i dt ascribed to appordexv. ni el'ntest c Washlnstou Star- " said Um-le I.v do :,i.yt i:,- '- I's same tt'.ie 10 ' ,r'- iliuu la ne ne-.ni.ui uw-;- ELIZABETH COLLEGE FOR WOMEN CHARLOTTE, N. C. 2 : -p ElttABtTM COLLCCE - ; The alove cnt shows the main building of a new institution that has attracted much attention lately. This College is destined to be the pride of the South. In the formation of the large faculty only teachers who have iof t-pni.lrinto cul ture from institutions of the highest standing in Europe and America have been selected. The new college building is of brick, trimmed with Indiana lime stone, fire-proof, 172 feet frontage, 143 feet depth, four stories high, aud has a!1 the good points of modern classic architecture. At this school, which is strictly Christian and first-class in all respects, pareuts can feel that their daughters will enjoy all the comforts of a refined home and superior educational advan tages. See College announcements on another page. CAROLINA. Words by Miss S. Jessie Wilbur. Allegretto. is . s I :-- 1 Music by C. P.. Rim arts. Talk of I - ta - ly's sun -What was an - cicnt Rome If cv - 'ry oth - er land -f- tttts 1 M I :-t U U U v f ry skies. Of Nor - u-.iy'sniid or Grrece With Ciro - li - n.i on earth. Con fined their treas. tires -0 niK!it sun. com - i.ir-! ? r.ire, trrtz qST Of Switzerland's grand-est seen - er - y, England's fame by Shakespeare won, No mar - tyrs needs this land of peace. Here sorrow by all is sli.ir. il. And old N. C. with -held her own, There'd be no treas - tires there-' . -r trvtzl -n u l- 1 riirirrSi ' I 5 5J Hut grand - er far than these I know. Is Car - o - li - n i s strand. Our gal - lant men sur - pass the world. Our girls are jH-.-r - less. too. And all their boast - ed beau - ties With one fair land mere' slnie.t ;H;. n ;- ; Her dane - ing streams, her wave-washed shore. Ami snow-cappr! monntaii Our wo- men pure as the star- ry sky. And pood, se - rem- ami Naught would our Car - o- li - na loose. Were she with it cm i;rand. tine. pared. -I tr-i t tr-r mil immm Car - o - j N K x I . na Car - o - li - na r " k the !e.iu - ti - ful 3 r i. Land of the true. Car - o 11 - na the du - --'-l ti ful I .and '0 1 II for you. 1 j u I g-tf' v U 1 v 1 r r " The above song, "Carolina," was composed by Miss S. Jessio Wilbur, of Mamon, N. C, who can supply conies, with music, on application. CORN, COTTON AND WHEAT. The Weather Bureau's Report of the Crop Condition the Past Week. The Weather Bureau in its report of crop conditions of the week ended July 21st, says: Except over the central Rocky Mountain region and in Califor nia, where it is unseasonably cool, the week ending June 21st has been gener ally very favorable for the growth and cultivation of crops. Portions of Mis souri, Arkansas, southern Texas and Florida, however, need rain. Corn has had a good growth, all re ports from the central valley indicating a marked improvement. In the Dako tas, however, the crop continues back ward, with uneven stands, and ia tor tious of the Southern States, where the earl- planting is nearing maturity, rain is needed. Corn is being laid by as far North as the southern portions of Kan has and Missouri. Cotton has made good growth during the week gouerally throughout the cot ton belt, the interior of Florida and Southern Texas being the only sections in which the crop has not made satis factory progress. Hie reports indicate a marked improvement over the central portion of the cotton belt and in north ern Texts. Southward of the Northern boundary of Tennessee, the bulk of the winter wheat crop has been harvested, and some threshing has been done in North Carolina and Texas. Harvest ing in Kansas is nearly comtleted and will begin this week ia Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia and Maryland. In Ten nessee the finest crop for many years ii now in shok. The weather condition! of the past week have been very favor able to the crop. MAC CARTNEV GOES FREE. Sugar Chapman the Only Oullty Trust Witness. At Washington, on the 22d, Judge Bradley acquitted the last of the indict ed witnesses who refused to answer the questions of the Sugar Senatorial In vestigation Committee of 194, Broker ?Iac Cartney, of this city, so that the only i-erson who suffered because of the'fe indictments was Broker Chap man. Judge Bradley held that Chapman's case was the only on worthy of prose (tition, because the committee asked Lim, r.i a eemmittee, question which it bad a right to ask, and wnicb he refused to answer after he had been warn ..i of the consequences ox bis refusal. Chicago Trblune: Lieut. Peary U now waiting Tor koiiio person or pcr nons to give him $l.,0(iO, when lie will start out tn another trip to the frozen north. Peary made known his finan cial requirements some days ngo, but as yet no philanthropist has expressed a desire to contribute to the fund. Most of the money. Peary explains, will be needed to maintain a colony of Eski mos at a itoint farther north than any previous colony has ever located. As much as the world might enjoy n-i uz a colony of Eskimos live In this high latitude, would It not be better to de vote the $l.Vi,oU to enabling a eol.-oy of poor white people to live In somu more equable climate? Isn't It nlKiut time this north pole buslntn should be KtopiK-d? As long as there nre per rons who will provl le cranks with lump sums of ?iriO,(H cranks will con tinue to clamor for these contributions. It does not seem to make any differ ence how much loss of life and suffer ing are connected with the projects nor how little profit to any one Js de rived from the expenditure of tho money. There Is no need of any more of these foolhardy expeditions. Nan sen has settled all the essential fn'U nlKiut the north jk.Ic. He has shown that It Is nothing but an unbroken P-o-field. What Is the " of further In vestigation of the subject? Peary h:is Just been detached from the Brooklyn navy yard aud ordered to report for duty on the Pacific const. lie sl.ould go to work aiui stick to his profusion and leave the north pole to l'r, own cold relied ions. In this day and generation, to :.iy that u man Is busy Implies that he h.-is need of every particle of force hi i food will supply to carry on h'.-: work. When this man comes home from his work he mu.-;t have rest. Thl. is not a thing he may dispense wiili l.e must have It. Wh-n he takes his fool, he must be l"t alone, so that the blood " ill find Us way to the stomach, and there enable him to p;i;p"r!y dig t thnt food, so that he mr.y acquire a fr.-sh store of force for use on the morrow. "There are six necessities, you know, for a happy marriage." "What are they?" "First, a good husband." "And the others 7 "The other five are mon ey." La Caricature.