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Whui Consul'General Lee Siys is
Needed.
$5,000 HAS BEEN RECEIVED
Already by Secretary DayAmeri
cans 'nllel mi to ''lake I. literal Do
n. H Ions Wit hunt Delay.
nshington. (Special. ) The most
profound distress prevails amoug the
many thousands of ioiple iu Cuba.
Stnrvatiu not only impends, but is in
actual .'act. The President has been
iufurmed of the facts from sources
whose credibility cannot be doubted.
He hiiH (jiiuo to the length of bin con
stitutional power iu calling tlie state of
nti'airs to t lie attention of the American
people. The State Department Lai
urged all of its authority to mitigate
the conditions, and the letter to the
public sent out by Secretary Shermau,
the day before ( hristtnas. pointed out
the wav to further alleviate the mis- I
l iable condition of the recoucentro-
Iocs. I
Jt&rVr
tain charitably disposed persons whose
uames are not disclosed, und this sum
vviii be remitted toConsul ( ieueral Lee
to be disbursed among the more press
iuc cases. It is Iniped by the Depart
ment of State that the American people
wi'l come to the relief, aud that
promptly, by subscriptions of money,
clothing and supplies of various kinds.
The newspapers are expected to lend a
generous aid iu carrying forward this
movement. The machinery for distri
Yjhution has been provided by the State
j Department, and Consul General Lee
3 has undertaken, with the aid of the
American consular officers in Cuba, to
II give personal atteutiou to the allovia
"jftinnof distress by the distribution of
1 1 the gifts of the American people. One
1 1 of the lines of steamers j!y inj between
t i New York aud Havana, the Ward Line.
it it ia ttui.l liua im.lortaL-ai. f . .v,.. a -.1
any contributions of goods to (ieueral
Lee, at Havana, aud it is believed that
the American ruilroads will do their
part by carrying the goods to the sen
board. 'J he Spanish authorities have
consented to remit all duties on relief
supplies so forwarded. The State .De
partment desires that they bo sent di
rect to Ujnsnl General Lee, either in
mono, check or draft.
'.Consul (ieueral Lee has cabled the
White Department just what is wanting
at this juncture, and his list is as fol
lows: Summer clothiug, second-hand
or otherwise, principally for women
and children: medicine for fevers, in
cluding a large proportion of quinine:
hard bread, corn meal, bacon, rice, po
tatoes, beans, peas, salt fish, principal
ly cod-fish; auy canned goods, espec
ially condensed milk for the starving
children. Money will also be useful
to secure nurses, medicines and
many other put poses.
for
.
i
Well Known Man lead and telegraph companies in the Stat
Pr. H. P. C. Wilsou, who was known about S:w,OiM,(M0 higher than the as-
ali ever the world for his works on ement of the previous year. The
, ,. , . , . . railroad companies thereupon enjoined
gy.a-o!ogy, died at his home in Haiti- the boanl of 0(,a!:Zation from ctrtify-iu.-e,
after an illness of two weeks, ing to the comptroller the approved as
lr. Vilson, w as 70 years of age, was segments. The court grants a tempo
born iu Somerset county, Maryland, rary injunction, but w ith the provision
an.iw s graduated at the University of that the railroads pav the taxes on tht
irgu.ia in ;
A $;(( HH Itlaze.
Charleston, W. Ya., tire whole-
sale rcery house of Noyes, Hubbard
A- I ompany has been totally destroyed
oy nre. i ne loss is r..i,vniii, wiiu an
insurance of 370,000. The buildincr
was valued at $15,(KK), and was owned
by C. C Lewis, iusurance $5,000.
lllcyelo Compuny Kails.
The Overman Wheel Co. , of Chieo
pee Falls, Mass. , with agencies in all
principal cities of the country, has as
sinned. Liabilities. SoHii.OOO: assets.
Sl.31S.00rt. Several hundred employes
I are out of work. ;
I Murdered Ills llrother.
Will and John Livingston, brothers, 1
of Hlue Creek m lies, Ala , quarreled,
while drinking, over a trivial matter,
and a fight was prevented bv the inter-
fereuce of friends. Will, who was badly
intoxicated, borrowed a shotgun, and I
goiug home, poked the muzzle through '
a window, aud shot John to death. The
murderer is H years of age, and is now
iu iail at Birmingham.
m J
Snow Miovelloir ost 850,000.
., i .4. i I
x- . v, o-4i, ,.1. ;.. tll-i
snow from the streets. It will cost tif-1
Xj thousand dollars to remove the .now ,
fill. TUtyflre hundred crte r ud.
THE HCSINESS WOKLI).
Holiday Trule Has liecn Heavy, Says
Hrndstrcct.
Bradstreet's commercial review for
the past week Fays: "Quietness in
wholesale lines, but pronounced aud
notable activity in retail trade have
been the salient feature in this week's
trade situation. Price changes are
largely in an unsettled condition and
the year draws to a close with results
as a whole wholly equal, and iu many
instances surpassing early expectations.
The holiday trade has been heavy. At
the South New ( Irleans reports retailers
reaping a harvest and 1 eeember trade
larger than usual. Similarly good re
ports come from Nashville, Savannah
aud Memphis, but collections and
business would be larger were it not
for the low price of cotton. At the
Fast seasounahle conditions prevail,
wholesale trade being quiet aud holi
day business active No improvement
is noted' m the cottou goods (situation
and large reductions seem imminent
( iood business lias been done in boots
and shoes and shipments are fur ahead
of last year. Pacific coast retail trade
is active anil Klondike boomers are
gathering in the cities of Washington
und ( begon. "
ijio Ton cco CHOP
About P.I,0O,O(m Keall.'d
Lust
Year In Kentucky.
The Louisville, Ky. , farmers have
niadeagreatdealtnoremoneytbisyeur
thtta Iust' Ulaiuy through the great ad-
vauce in leaf tobacco. This State grows
over lifty per cent, of the entire crop of
the world aud the most of it is sold at
Louisville. The trade year ended last
week, the total sales tieing lt!0, 173 hogs
heads, w hose valuation at an average of
k, amounted to about jd 2, ooo, ooo.
Last .! unuary the aven.ge valuation, as
shown by the warehouse sales, wasouly
.$."(, but by June the price had risen so
fast that they brought an average of
SlOO each. '1 his was partly caused by
a shortage in the crop, and partly by
an improvement in the trade rf manu
facturers. New tobacco is now being
sold, and though thero is but half a
crop, prices are so high that the farm
ers will pet more than for several years.
Bernard is the Winner.
Washington special says:
A
The
eastern district attorneyship cf North
Cnroliua has been settled. Senator
Pritchard and Representative White
made a linal aud fruitless appeal
last week. l'he President refused to
make the appointment, saying, with
some show of irritation, that he had de
cided to appoint .Mr. C. M. .Bernard.
Thero is no appeal, said Senator Pritch
ard, from this decision. 'Evidently the
President was very much iu earnest
about the matter.
KA1LKOADS WIN THEIIt CASK.
Tennessee Authorities Enjoined From
liaising the Assessment.
Judge Clark, of the United States
circuit court, decided the case of the
railroads versus the State board ol
equalizers, in favor of the former. The
new railroad commission, iu making
out its tin list, assessed the railroad
basis of the taxation for IS ii !(7.
! lectrie Cars Hurned.
The
Ferry street car house of the
West End Street Car Company, oi
Kverett, Mass., has been destroyed by
tire, together witli ninety electric
cars. Th
loss on
building
and on
is esti
cars at
mated at
$;!0,000
81 -'0,000.
l'romliient -Ma Deixl.
Co!. 11. M. Oates, long one of the
most prominent and wealthiest businest
men of Charlotte, N. C. is dead. Aged
about t9 j-ears. The cause of his death
was catarrh of tne stomach, coniplicat-
ea wuu oiuer uiseases.
Some Klondike Prices.
A special from Skaguay, Alaska, via.
Seattle, Wash., says there will surely
be starvation before the winter is over,
Coal oil is selling at a gallon,
caudles S 1C0 a box of 10.. Dr. Yau
Lindsay, formerly of Spokane, Wash. ,
offered a gold watch for a sack of flour,
lut he could not get it. 'I he weather
bitter cold. 70 degrees below zero,
aud the ukon river between Pwsea
and Fort Felly is froze completely
over and ice is piled as hi;u as a house.
and the owtlook lor taking food to
Dawson in the immediate future is not
f. , Jret, cttort8 J
tbourfb. by doi and hor.e teams to
"ch tb t0,rn Vlth V-
i There Will Be No Starvation
at
Dawson City This Winter.
hO SICKNESS IS REPORTED
And Kveryoue There 1 Worrying
I-ess Over the Food Situation Than
Their Friends ou Oie Outside.
Seattle, Wash. (Special.) The
steamer Alkali arrived here on Dec.
28th, bringing advices from Dawson
City up to November 2-th. The Al
kali's passengers included thirty per
sons who left awson between Novem
ber 22nd and 25th. All, without ex
ception, say tliore will be no starvation
at Dawsf.-i this winter, or next spring.
When informed of tho action being
taken by the United States government
to send it a relief expedition, they said
it was unnecessary and uncalled for.
Several thousand men have gone from
Dawson to Fort Yukon, where there is
unlimited supply of provisions. Those
remaining in Dawson have three regu
lar meals every day, Knd have enough
supplies in sight to last well along into
spring. No sickness is reported nt
Dawson and everyone there is iu much
better circumstances and worrying less
over the food situation than their
friends on the outside imagine.
The Alkali's passengers brought out,
it is estimated, about Sl.-jO.oCO gold iu
dust and nuggets.
All agree that the most serious short
age at Dawson City is in candles aud
oil. This will reduce the output of the
mines as an absence of artificial light
will prevent their being worked to full
capacity.
Ldward Conrad, when asked it there
is danger of starvation at Dawson City
replied emphatically: ""o, sir; there
is not a surplus of food, but there will
bo no starvation." When asked for an
opinion on the governmental expedi
tion he said, "it is a humbug, and I
doubt if it can get to Dawson before
the ice breaks up. Tho men who came
out and . say that starvation lurks
there are men who were there only a
few weeks, get discouraged, homesick
and cry starvation as nn excuse for
coming out. " Conrad's statements so
far as they related to the improbability
of starvation, were endorsed by all the
other arrivals seen.
All of the creeks in the Klondike
district are reported ns turning out
well. About ;ioo men are camped at
the mouth of Stewart river, which
stream they will prospect this winter.
No new gold tUbcoveries are reported.
A MII.Ij co.mino south.
Hosiery Company, ol" Khode Island,
Proposes to Try Colored l.a!or.
A dispatch from Providence, 1!. I.,
to the New York livening Post, says:
The British Hosier' Company, at
Thornton, R. I., is innkiug prepara
tions to remove part of its business to
the South. A plant is to bo established
at Nashville, Tenn., and a number of
the operatives from '1 hornton will soon
leave for that State, where they will be
used as instructors to tho new and in
experienced Southern colored em
ployes. The management assert that the
Southern plant will bo used for cotton
poods, and that tho change is necessi
tated by tho preueut condition of cottou
manufacturing. The concern recently
had much trouble with its employes,
and decided upon alock-out, w hich was
enforced for a day, wheu an agreement
was reached.
TIIK UKIU OTION AC'tEI'TEl).
The Fall Kiver Mill Operatives W ill
Not (lo Out on Strike .lust Now
At Fall River, Mass., the operatives'
conference committeo unanimously
adopted the following resolution:
Resolved, That we accept the re
duction, as it would not be good busi
ness policy on our part to enter into a
strike at the present time. Rut we in
form our employers that as soon as we
think there is a margin of profit suffi
cient for the restoration of the piesent
wage schedule, we shall demand it.
even if we have to po to the extremity
of leaving our employment by goiug ou
Btrike. "
The Southern Will Huy If.
A New York special says: Announce
ment has been made by tho Memphis &
Charlestou re-orgaui:'ation committee,
of which A. Iselin, Jr., is chairman,
that arrangements have been perfected
looking to the purchase of the road by
tho Southern Railway Company, and
the exchange of tho new securities after
re-organization is completed, for the
issues of the purchasing company.
HIS SC1IKMK A FAILUUK.
Itidiculoiis Attempt of a North Caro
lina Negro to Kxtort Money,
J. AY. Harris, a North Carolina ne
gro, was arraigned in the city of New
Y ork, on the charge of sending threat
ening letters to Win. K. Yanderbilt,
Charles Broadway Rouss, John Wana-
maker and other prominent men. The
atters demanded money under threat
of personal violence aud alleged that
the writer was a member of a society
formed to extort relief from million
aires at any rriee. As no one appeared
to prosecute, Harris was committed to
the workhouse as a vagrant.
Hon. Haunts Taylor, Orator.
Hon. Hannis Taylor, LL. !., of
Mobile, Ala., has accepted the invita
tion from the trustees aud faculty of
the University of North Carolina to
deliver th literary address at the next
coimnencemeu on June 1, 1'.). Dr.
Taylor is an aluninnsof the University,
a distinguished ntithor, reeocnized on
two continents as an authority ou
"Constitutional History of England,"
and minister t. Spain w hich, during
the past four years, has been one of the
most trying diplomatic posts in the
American service.
False From Hesinning to Knd.
A special from Asheville. N. C. , says
the story in the New Y'ork Journal,
covering an entire page and in a most
sensational manner announcing that
(ieorge Yanderbilt has determined to
abandon his palatial residence at llilt
inore is false from beginning to end.
The article is denounced by Charles
McName", Yanderbilt's manager and
attorney, us a tissue of lies.
Prominent Lawyer Dead.
Col. W. L. T. Moore, of Winchester,
Ya. , one of the mot prominent lawyers
in that section of the State, uropped
dea 1. lie . S3 yean of aja,
M'KINLEY AI'I'KM FOR CL'UA.
Asks the American People to Help
the Fumishe 1.
The follow ing appeal to the Amcricaa
people has been issued by the Govern
ment for the aid of the suffering peoplo
in Cuba:
"Lepartment of State, Washington,
J). C, Dec. 24, mi. By direction cf
the President, the public is informed
that in deference to the earnest desire
of the Governmeut to contribute by ef
fective action toward the relief of the
suffering people of the Island of Cuba,
arrangements have been perfected by
which charitable contributions, iu
inonev or in kind, can be sent to the
island by the benevolently-disposed
people of the United States.
"Monev, provisions, clothing, med
icines am) the like articles of prime ne
cessity can be forwarded to General
Fitzhugh Lee, the Consul General of
the United States at Havana, aud n'.l
articles now dutiable by Ih-.v. i?oa
signj.l, r i!l be aduiti! into Cnba v -v
of dutv. Th Consul (ie-ieidl hsa lien
instructed to receive the same aud to
co-operate with the local authorities
and the charitable boards for the dis
tribution of such relief among the des
titute and needy people of Cuba.
"The Presi .ent is confident that th
people of tho United States, who have
ou many occasions in tie past respond
ed most generously to the cry for bread
from people stricken by famine or sore
calamity, and who have beheld no less
generous action on the part of foreign
communities w hen their own country
men have suffered from fire and Hood,
will heed the appeal for ail which
comes from the destitute at their own
threshold, and especially at this season
of pood will and rejoicing, give of their
abundance to this humane end."
A CANNON EXPLODES.
Twenty Hoys, on a Christmas Frolic,
Jiudly Injured.
At Asheville, N. C, balf a hundred
or more boys cf the West End went tc
a hill just west of town, intending tc
celebrate Christmas by firing a cannon.
When the cannon had been lirod once,
Joseph Finch picked up a cau of pow
der, intending to reload the cannon
without its having been swabbed. As
soon ns the powder struck the hot gun,
the cannon exploded, hurling the boys
thirty or forty feet.
A terrible scene followed. The boys'
clothes caught tire, and tho suffering
victims, with faces blackened aud eyes
blinded; ran aimless about the hill,
falling aud rising, only totalling again,
because unable to see iu which direc
tion they w ere running. The boys who
were not hurt ran to their aid aiid ex
tinguished tiie burning clothes, but for
which several must have been burned
fatally. In several instances tho boys
clothes were either burned or torn .en
tirely off by the explosion. Tieces cf
clothing were afterwards found hang
ing in trees fifty feet away. A house
near by was improvised into a hospital,
aud the patients were soon attended by
physicians. All told, twenty men aud
boys were hurt "more or less seriously.
It is feared the injuries of soma may
result fatally, but, if they should live,
several will probably lose their evo
sight. '
THE COLISEUM
At Chicago in Which Ilryan Was
Nominated In Kuins.
The Chicago Coliseum, in which ouj
of the most extraordinary scenes ever
witnessed in American politics the
nomination of William J. Bryan ns the
Democratic candidate for tho Presi
dencyhas been totally destroyed by
lire aud probably four people were vic
tims of tho flames.
The Coliseum cost Si'iO, 009, and was
twice as large ns the Madison Square
Garden, in Now York. It had a floor
space of seven acres, including the
grand gallery floors, was 770 feet long
by ;!00 wide, aud contained 2..r)0(),iMtO
pounds of steel, 1,200 feet of lumber
und 3,000,000 bricks. The structure
was erected in the wiuter of ly.i-l.
North Carolina on Wheels.
The abovo is an exact representation
of the car "North Carolina on Wheels,"
which is now out on a Shears' journey
to advertise the resources of North Car
olina from Cherokee to Currituck.
There is nothing in it that didn't come
from North Carolina. The car i3 built
on the most npproved plan. It is the
finest car ever turned out by Jackson A
Sharpe, of Wilmington, Del., the bnih'
ers, costing Sl.OOO. The painting on
the exterior cost 81,800.
I- INAL INSTKI.'CTIONS.
The MlssPm of lUshop Warren
in
South America.
Bishop Warren cf the Methodist
Episcopal church, who is to make a
missionary tour of several South Amer
ican countries, has just received linal
instructions from New York City, con
orniug the work which he is to do
Resides holding conferences, ho will
take formal possession of 200,000 worth
of property w hich has jnst been dona
ted to his Church. Bishop Warren will
leave Denver, Col., on the 14th, suiling
from New York.
Condemns Oleomargarine.
The Nel raska Dairymen's Associa
tion has condemned the use of oleomar
garine in State institutions.
Kay Contest Ir. Evans Will.
The will of IV. Thos. W. Evans, the
American dentist, w hich cives the bulk
of his large estate to the "Thomas W.
W. Evans Museum and ' Institute, of
Philadelphia," will probablv be con
tested by relatives who are dissatisfied
with its provisions, at Pnris, Frauce.
Pr. I'vaus made thirty bequests to
members of his familj-, but they ag
gregated only ;5 i.ooo, the remain icr
of his property, estimated to I e worth
millions of dollars. Laving been bo
queathed to the new museum and insti
tute. The White H-ouse Christmas.
Christmas day, A. D., lxC, was the
irost qniet and peat e'ulon record ut the
White House. Owing to the recent
bereavement of the President, all official
fuuetious were suspended. and
throughout the dav the front Uoors cf
the executive mansion rarely swung ou
their hinge&. President " aud Mrs.
McKinley, early iu the day, went for a
short drive about the city. The weather
was erfect, clear, cloudless and crisi..
Injured by Frost.
The orange and lemon crop of South
j Carolina have been injured by frost
' dm in j g taccesaion cf co!J eights
ii I'll n i j 1 1 ,,m i i
TOLD IN A PARAGRAPH.
The f-ontli.
Walker county, Ala. , coal operators
announce an advance in rates.
James E. Hobbs, at Wheeling, W.
"S a,, aged 104 years ia dead.
The bank, postotlice and other build
ings were burned iu Franklin, Teuu.
T. B. Yauce has been appointed post
master at Pluuitree, N. C, a fourth
class ofliee.
At Salisbury, N. C, J. V. L. Klutz
eliot and killed ",Y. H. Huff at the con
vict camp.
Five members of the family of Rev.
Dr. Adams, of Sylvauia, (ia., were
mysteriously poisoned by arsnie.
John Anderson has been convicted at
Norfolk of the murder of the mate of
tie schooner Olive Pecker.
(Joetter Well & Co., dry goods deal
ers, of Montgomery, Ala., have as
Mgned. Liabilities j?2oO,000; assets,
tfJOO.OOO.
Peter Coleman, who murdered his
vife at Old Chureh, Ya. , some months
ago, was hauged at Hanover Court
House.
Copt. W. A. Carrigau, a prominent
merchant, bnnker and capitalist, of
Society Hill, S. C, is dead. Aged 72
years.
Federal treasury oflicials in Florida
are warned from the Department to
look out for aud prevent the proposed
filibustering expedition.
The story of David Lee, colored, of
Yicksburg, Miss., claiming that mem
bers of his family were killed by White
Caps has proven to be false.
Newt Whitteu, a white maried man
living at Tuunell Hill, Ga., shot and
killed a young woman named Annie
Yau Zaudt, as the result of a quarrel
over a photograph.
Rev. W. G. Yardell, a useful minis
ter of the Presbyterian church in South
Cnroliua, died at Davidson College, N.
C. His remains was taken to Suru
merville, S. C, for interment.
The schooner Samuel Hall, Wilming
ton, N. C. , for New Y'ork, goes ashore
near the Virginia capes; the crew
are rescued; the vessel will be a total
loss.
While smoking Zack Cameron, of
White county, Tenn., stumbled and
fell on his face. The pipe-stem was
driven through his neck and he died in
a few Lours.
T. D. Oliver, a member of the Geor
gia Legislature, attempted suicide at
Atluuta by taking morphine. He re
covered from the effects of the drug,
but later contracted pneumonia aud
died.
At Atlanta, (ia., Miss Ada Flam, one
of the best known young women iu that
State, attempted to end her life by tak
ing morphine, because she was not the
successful applicant for tho position of
assistant State librarian.
The North.
Gifts to tho Y'ale Law School during
tho current year will aggrregato $40,
000. At Cincinnati, a mau commits suicide,
driven thereto by his children's ingrat
itude. The New Y'ork savings banks are
planning to reduce the rate of interest
to 'M per cent.
Father Corby, hea l of tho Order of
the Holy Cross, aud chaplain of the
Irish Brigade, died at South Beud,
Ind.
There is a good outlook for about lial'
of tho miners in the Pittsburg, Pa.,
coal district going out on a strike abont
the r,th.
A stage in which were thirty-six men
and women was struck by a train near
Passaic, N. J., and twenty were seri
ously hurt.
A special from Fostoria, (., says the
Ilarter, the largest w inter w heat mill in
the country, has been destroyed by fire.
The loss is estimated at Slid, 000.
The New York Daily Dry Goods
Record prints a revised estimate of the
cotton crop of 1S07-1IM, placing the esti
mate of the crop at 10, 27,o:50 bales.
The suits by the New Y'ork State au
thorities against the Armours for Sl,
700,000 for shipping unmarked oleo
margarine into the State, are about to
collapse.
Adlai E. Stevenson, former Yice
President of the United States, has
accepted the position of Western coun
sel of the North American Trust Com
pany of New York, with a membership
in the board of directors.
At Jersey City, N. J., the tanks in
the works of the Acetylene company
exploded, killing a number of work
men and injuring many more. Many
buildings were wrecked.
Joe Gedney, wanted at Baton Rouge,
La. , for murder, has been discovered
in the penitentiary at Canyon City, Col.,
where he is known as Jones. His term
w ill expire Jan. 4 next.
At Newark, N. J., Julius A. Brose,
discount clerk of the State Banking
Company, has been arrested on t lie
charge of having embezzled 7,200. He
admitted his guilt, but would not tell
how he spent the inoney.
Miscellaneous.
Montana has subscribed $-00 for the
relief of the suffering Cuba.s.
Bishop Galloway deplores lj-nchinge
and the Methodist Conference in Mis
sissippi will declare against them.
Louisville, (Ky.) will have the larg
est tobacco factory in the worid when
tho National Tobacco works makes its
addition.
England declines the proiosalsof our
government to enter into an agreement
as to sealing "vith the United States,
Russia and Japan.
Five hundred Italians employed by
I'eckwith and (Jnackenbush on the ca
nal improvements between Little Falls,
and Mohawk. N. Y., struck for an ad
vance in wages from 12 to 't cents an
hour.
Hon. William Ewart Gladstone's Stb
birthday was celebrated throughout
England by tho Liberal organizations.
He is enjoying good health.
The Senate committo on census has
apiointed Senator Carter to report
favorably the bill introduced at the last
session of Congress to provide for the
twelve census.
A Mrs. .Tarvis and her nine children,
the youngest a baby were burned to
death in a four-room cottage occupied
by the Jarvis and two other families
in Dixie street, Bothnal Green, Lon
don. The secret service detectives are
warning the business men of North
Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia
to bo on the lookout for a gang of pro
fessional postotlice burglars and safe
crackers, who have oierated very suc
cessfully in the above States.
Washington.
There is nothing iu the rnacr that
Secretary Gage had resigned and the
President w ould not accept his resigna
tion, says a Washingtou special.
Commissioner Evans, of the Pension
Office, has issned an order that here
after claims for increase of pension will
not be considered withiu twelve months
from tho las-t action, allowance or re
ie. tic v..
II
The Supreme Courts Decision in a
Case for
THE NON-PAYMENT OF TAXES-
The Law Kequlres the Payment o.'
Tuxes, Hut Didn't lutend to Adopt
Any Harsh Uule.
In the case of the State against Bry
ant, from Johnston, the Supreme Court
has filed an opinion. This is the case
which really involves the legality ol
the revenue act which orders imprison
ment for non-payment of taxes. Bryant
was indicted for failing to pay taxes
November lfi. Bryant was liable fo:
j-oll and property tax. The judge held
Bryant not guilty and the solicitor an
pealed. It was made a test case by
consent. The court says a tax pave?
may pay any time before the last of No
veinber, at least w ithout incurring auy
penalty or punishment, and that sher
iffs, under the provisions of section
of the revenue act, may levy and col
lect wherever justified reasonably by
the facts in the case. The law requires
payment of taxes, but the court does
uot see that the Legislature intended
to adopt any harsh rule. In passing
revenue laws the Legislature takes no
tice of the habits cf the people and of
the season iu which they can pay with
out sacrifice. In the case iu question,
it does not appear that the defendant
had refused to pay or that the collector
has demanded payment, or that the tax
is in danger of being lost. The court
therefore sustains the decision of the
judge below.
Flag Must lie Identilie I.
The Salisbury correspondent of the
Charlotte Observer says: "Inasmuch
as there is so much doubt among the
veterans aa to the identity of a Fourth
Regiment flag, said to be iu the pos
session of Mrs. Persis F. Chase, of
Now Hampshire, the movement to have
Mrs. Chase bring the flag to Charlotte
and present it to the survivors of the
regiment on May 2 Jth, lsw, ai the first
annual reunion of the veterans, Las
been dropped by its originators until
the identity of the flag is clearly estab
lished. If the flag can be unmistakably
identified, it is believed that the move
ment referred to will be successful. At
all events, if it is theirs, the survivors
of the Fourth will have the Hag return
ed to them."
Loud aud I'urnest Complaints.
The regular insurance agents are
making loud aud earnest complaint
against the w riting of "overhead insur
ance" by the New England mill com
panies in this State. Thousands upon
thousands of dollars go out to these
companies from North Carolina, yet the
Mate does uot receive a penny of taxes.
At the next lire in which thsre is in
surance iu one of these companies there
will prooably be some squabbling.
ApenU of regnlar compauies give as a
reason for not informing on these out
side companies and agents that if they
do so thero will be an outcry ou tho
part of the iusured.
All Accidental Killing.
At Lower Steel Creek, in, Mecklen
burg county, Georgo Neelv. the 14-year-old
sou of Mr. W. A. Neelv, was
accidentally shot and killed by a young
son of Mr. Theodore Pogram. The i'e
grain boy is i: years of ago. Young
Neely was visiting him. The boys had
taken a nfle and gone out to kill ducks.
1 he rifle went off while Pegram was
handling it. the ball striking Neely in
the breast, killing him almost instant
,J Both boys belong to prominout
fa.f.i ies. in this section, and the affair
is deplored indeed. Charlitte Ob
server. The "Assignment Act."
The Supreme Court reverses the de
cision of the lower courts in the case of
the State agaiust S. P. Satterneld, f
Person coucty, principal clerk of the
lower house of the Legislature, in ly.,
w ho was convicted of fraud in connec
tion with the passage of tho "assigu
nient act," which the Supreme Court
soon after declared invalid, the till
having been really tabled.
Still Holding Cotton.
The Raleigh correspondent of tht
Charlotte Observer says- The major
ity of the farmers are holding their cot
ton. They have really marketed but
little. Some are almost ashamed to let
it be known how big a crop they really
did raise, after their oft-repeated asser
tions that the crop was grea'Ij- reduced.
Out of the Pcultentiary.
John R. Smith, penitentiary super
intendent, has moved his family out of
the penitentiary, and now lives iu
Goldsboro.
Hlg Seizure of Whiskey.
At Salisbury, Revenue Officer Van -derford
a few days ago seized 2kl gal
lons of blockade whiskey. He also
captured the wagons, with their living
outfits and four horses. The owners
of the whiskey made their escape.
Must Have a License.
The Supreme Court has decided that
the law requiring all practicing phys
icians to stand examinations and obtain
license is constitutional and just. Some
empiries made a right against the act,
but the question is now settled.
Memorial Day Address.
Col. W. II. S. Burgwyn will deliver
the memorial Day address in Raleigh,
May loth, on Gen. Thomas I.. Cling -man.
Throughout the State.
State Treasurer worth has recently
sold North Carolina 4 per cent, bonds
at 10oJ. -
Governor Russell assigns Jndge Rob
inson to hold a special term of Guilford
conrt, beginning Jan. l.' t'u.
There are in the North Carolina
Methodist Conference - ; Epworth
Leagues, with 1,470 member.
Moses Cone will go into fruit raising
on a lar-re scale in Watauga coas'.y.
He is planting 21.'0 trees.
ClasIcal Boston speaks of her under
ground railway system as the subway.
May we uot expect to Lear the elevated
road line called the superway? "L
road," anl "Elevated" are terms
which lnsy serve for the ordinary, but
superway seems to belong to the realm
of high classics.
Some men have a queer Idea or mint.
A Chicago mau offers $.V) cah rewa.d
fur the return of a parrot which ha
bei-n in the habit of calling out after
scorching bicyclists: ''Get on to th
hump!' and to every conple oa a vau
fiem: ' Kiss rue quick!" and hich la
consequence was stolen lately.
STOLE TOUKTEKX .THOUSAND.
Southern Express Agent at Bruns
wick, Oa., Skips Out With It
A special to the Atlanta. ,ia.) Jour
nal from Brunswick says "O II
Mayber. agent for the Southern' Fx'
rress Company, at that je bit
kipped with $14,000in currency of that
company. The money was shipped bv
Savannah bankers to the Unks in
Brunsw ick. The money is , posed to
have been takeu about s oYU on the
night of the 2sth. and ,t , thought
Mayber eft the city in a tag. H stands
very high m the social lifa f Bruns
wick and is considered one ( the most
Io!ished gentlemen in the c:tv.
A I Li :ik Failure at Itruu ,wl,k.
A special to the Journal from Bruns
wick say?: The Merchants .v Tradera
Bunk, if this city, failed to open
''" tloP,r' " he morning of the
m Le cai',UI Mook of bank is
Mou.uoo. Some months n-o there was
a plan tf pur the bank in the Land of
a ieceiver an 1 ever since the JetHjsiUM
have been withdrawing and the bank
has len losing outside business to
such an extent that ihev linally deter
mined to close and let the liquidation
proceed in the oourt.
A majority of the stoekln.ldera are
solvent, aud tho depositors will be paid
in full, if the court ext.enses do not
consume all the cash realized
A HAD NKGKO LYNCHED.
The Killing or Two Men at (Mendora,
Christ mas Day, and the Krsult.
Joseph Hopkins, the negro who
murdered two white men ou Christ
mas day at Gleudora, a small
iulaud town near Minter City,
Miss , w as captured by a posse
on the James plantation, near Swan
Lake. Hopkins concealed himself in a
pin house, but was discovered bv two
negroes, who gave the alarm. "Hop
kins fought like a demon be
fore being takeu into custody, and
when arrested it was found the
negro had been 6hot iu three places
din ing the melee. He was not fatally
injured, however, and was at once tak
en to the scene of his terrible crime.
Hopkins confessed his crime, but did
not plead for mercy, an. I Pegged his
captors to make quick work of him.
But little time was list iu carrying out
his request A rope was placed aliont
the negro's neck and he was hanged
to a limb of a tree. The body was then
riddled with bullets and left hauging.
Hopkins' record is a very bad one.
many recent crimes being attributed to
him.
TENNKS -EE LEOISL I I'ltK.
Oovcrnor Taylor Calls an Extra Ses
sionA Senator to lie Nominated.
Governor Taylor has issued a call for
the assembling of the Legislature in
extra session, on the 17th. The most
important matters enumerated relate to
tho assessment aud taxatiou of rail
ways, telegraph and telephone lines,
aud results from the recent decision of
United States Judge Clark in granting
those corporations an injunction re
straining the State board of equalizers
from putting in force the assessments
for taxation made by the railroad com
mission. United States Senator will also be
elected. Senator Turney and Congress
man McMillan are candidates. Indica
tions now point to extreme legislation
against railroad, telegraph otud tele
phone companies, with a possible dash
w ith the Federal Courts.
One Mining Strike Declared On.
The miners' strike in the coal fields
along the line of the Cincinnati South
ern Railway, in Kentucky and Ten
nessee, which began last May over a
reduction of wages of 10 per cent, in
augurated by the operatives of the var
ious mines in the territory, has been
declared olf by the men. The strikers
have been suffering greatly aud several
times committees from the strikers
have solicited aid for their starving
families. The men take a rednction iu
wages of !i per cent, instead of 10, as
originally proposed. Twenty-five hut
dred to IJ.Ooo are involved. This settle
ment does uot include the Dayton Coal
aud Iron Company, where three hun
dred miners are out.
1'aHroad llullding In 1S'J7.
The figures compiled by the Railroad
Gazette, of New Y'ork, show that the
new railroads built in the United States
in the year 1:)7, amounted to about
1,!:s miles. These figures are partly
estimated aud are subject to small cor
rection. The new ruilroads built in
the year lwi were l,yu7 miles, and in
the year lO, 1,12.1. California built
moro miles of railroad than any other
State in the Union in the year just
closed, namely, I'.il miles, and the
largest amount built by auy one rail
road was 2iil. it, by the Kansas Citv,
Pittsburg .V Gulf.
A Tremendous Morlgmcc.
At Council Bluffs, Ia. , the Chicago k
Northwestern Railroad filed in the
register of deeds office a mortgage for
jfl;i,W0,fn0 in favor of the United
States Trust Company, of New York.
It rovers all the property cf the com
pany and is given for the j urpose of ex
tinguishing outstanding bonds of the
coin! any, amounting to ? 1 1 4. 302, 000.
1 he recording fees will amount to ?25.
Hope to He Hansed.
Ed. Mason, of Norfolk, Ya., deserted
his wife and married a woman of the
tow n. The latter barred him out of her
hou?e, when he broke in and sbotLerto
death. He is in jail ami says he Lopes
to be hanged.
Oreat Fire and an Earthquake.
Port hu Prince, Hayti, (By Cable)
On the 2Mb of December a fire, which
assumed considerable proortiona n
account of lack of water to supply the
pumps, destroyed ei-'l.t hundred
houses, including a uuiuber of ware
houses, a hotel, thechnrch oit. Joseph
aud its parsonage. Alout if,t? J -were
rendered homeless. There was
an earthquake also, the disturbances
running from north to south, lasting
half a minute and causing alight cracks
in the earth. There were no fatalities.
Hotton's New Union Station.
The new union station being con
structed at Boston will Le unique in
that no steam locomotives will come
within a mile of it. Many roads will
be accommodated at the new station,
but al the locomotives will aurrender
their cars at a point abont a mile out
and the remainder of thejournev i!l
be made by electricity.
rb.Tt C balanced F e.
Jas. .1. Corbett has chall-nge I ani
posted a deposit of 82,000 Ito bin 1
match Letween himself and iitzimo3
for a CgLtforSlO.Vw. Stnart think? Le
wu! pet them together hj Jnlv
THE MAKKKTS.
V-.SV W iTWKV OTT"N r"TKrs.
New York. - Cotton qniet. M.dl'in.
nplaud. 51V1C; M,,ri ' . . . l' J'1 n
Futures cWd stea i;; 3 Ui'
December
January
February
March
April
May
June
July '.
August
SeptemWr
October
November
Livr.iifooi
Opening. Closi
"ON- MUiKI
Liveriool. - Midd
:t7-:t2.
closed barely steady.
December. .". '
December and.l.muarv
January and February . .
February and March
March and April
April and May
May and June . .
Jnue aud July
July aud August
August aud September
;; i; a
j ov
:t w
ii'AaPi
8 10 1.
:i 11 -b
. KV.U
.1 liM.U
:t 1 1
!; .
otiif.u corroN vwiKrr-.
Charleston.-Cotton .pet. t
Wilmington. Cotton tin:
dling 5;'.
It'.
in :d
Savannah. Cotton
5 3-10.
Norfolk. - Cotton
51.
quiet, luiddlin,
l'liet; iniddhn.-
Memphis. Cotton steady
middling
Augusta - Cottou
5 i-i ;.
Baltimore. - Cotton
ling 51.
firm i middling
nominal; mid
Columbia -Market quiet
dling M.
Charlotte - Market euv
dliug4.4o.
ooo l mid
mi
KAI.TIMOUF. PKuM . r Muiwrr.
Baltimore. - Flour quiet; unchanged
Wheat-(Juiet; ot, mouth and .Ian
nary, HSfN.MiNj; May :, ,ul; nieauier
No. 2 Red, i;ii,.f(!: ;t-l; Southern wheat
by sample i:W.t; ; Southern wheat on
grade ,J4c''..
Corn Strong; spot and month :iMv
IM; December, neu or old, :t:t; :u; .
steamer mid :iu; Southern whiteau d
yellow corn, 2 --.;: .
Oats Firmer; No. 2 white 'ii;
No. 2 mixed 27271.
nn f.
Charleston The
market i
firm. The quotations are
Prime
Good
Fair
NAVAL KTUKP.S
New York.- Rosin steady.
Tu.
tine lirm at :UUt.i .
Charleston -Turpentine firm at "'..
Rosin firm.
Savannah. Spirits turpentine linn
at 31; Rosin firm. A, It, C ami 1
1.20; E ami F t.2"; O !.:('; II 1. .'(, I
1.70; K I. HO; M 1. !."; N 2.20; window
glass 2.'i5; water white '.iJ.
Wilniiugton. - Spintn turpentine linn
ataoai. Rosin linn at 1. 1. "(, 1.20.
("rude turpentine linn ut 1.4".l.i0.
Tar firm at l.O.j.
rrnv KV.r.tt on
New York - Cotton seed oil firmer
and more active; prime crude 1,7, lit;
f. o. b. mills I4 .1; prime summer
j-ellow 22; off summer yellow 21);
prime wiuter yellow g7('',2?v
Peculiarities in the Ten. Ion Law.
Speaking of the peculiarities of tho
pension laws. Comiiiih.nouer Fvans tel!
the story of a distinguished oflicer hV
served through the war and was ha li
wounded, but died in 171 w ithout hav
ing applied for a pension. His widow
married again aud lived w ith her second
husband until lH"i. lie died during
that year. She remained a w idow until
1112, whed she married fr the third
time, and at the suggestion of her latet
aud present husband filed an applica
tion and has since received a regular
monthly pension, which, no to this
t ine, has amounted to i,xoi. 'I Ins
pension is granted her because of the
services of her fr.st Lusbaud during tlm
war, and No. :t is enjoying the benefits
A Court House DaiiiHgrd.
The Greensboro, (N. C. i Keroid
says: On the night before CLrintmu
the court house at Wi!kesloio, so
gentleman tell us. n damaged
by dynamite or some powerful ei
plosive. It wan placed under it.
the explosion injuring the walls and
foundations and breaking every g!a
in the building. It is thought that it
was the work of Christinas eelebrator.
but the guilty parties have not yet been
apprelended.
All for 7..V).
Eton Johnston, of Richmond. h"
was fired for a board bill of 7.-V. bv
1'rt.n.t T.llrm at Camden. V J.. h t
Fellows dangerously,
Mrs. Fellows and her
and killed himself.
mil wounded
sou. tbeli d:"t
Prisoner Cremated In .lull
A special to the Dallas Tex . Ne
from El Paso says that Hart y l.njrli"!'.
a prisoner iu the jad t Yaleta, a
l.nrnad to death He attempt"! i
burn his way out of jail and th. wuo.lM
4 l.nri.r.l lll IM-nio
ii i i ll- iu ill acr
ed in
COUl'l iw res.-iiu. - ,
jail bv the rangers on irur
bringing stolen projrty i"
State. He ai lately r"1"1" r"'
Paso.
A Holler KI'I"",M
A lOO-borse x,ter boiler ut !;"
In
the Grisvoldville Manufacturing ' ' 11
panv's mill, he" Gret-.-.M M'
demolishing the building, a-i 1
jjjved, killed two men.
To Examine lr..ir.i. oi...-n"
The deaif making an eiaminati'-i
bv tl.e Mate au!)..r
surauce ccoif a'iei
.!. ir.e
.ties is Bg' , forl:i .
newest plan of procedure "
combine of all the rK
aiouers of Western a-.d n-'- lt to
and co. Pel . ;(,M. i L.
1 ..n their finance aud.te'l, an
resi t mad pubtie
KlilMt!""-
Mavor Hsrrison La, i...w-J ?a "tJlja,
prohii-.n.-gpul'l." boung eih-"
ia Chicago.
A t '
.nfi'ience Ummr.
J.. lies-N i: true
that I'eai-on "'
fell fio:n C'l"'-'
Hrou-'' I under..sn4
j0I1)-Wbat was the can. of .t.
Brow n-
A banana mm. -
Joncs-OL
i:;,p.-,l o:i Lie iu;
o.cs ofaira.nU.yforaouarur.
-iie e8-
:,.r Wilcox
i" subject'
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t'.v are. bu: