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TJiE MESSENGER,
Uarlon, N. Ot
VOL. ILNO. 38.
MARION. N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY H. 1898.
1'er Year in Advance.
rrluing. ' " 'M4 of
Tha Hessesger
Prints . the. News
ami Is sought after by the peo
ple of XcJjowell, Yancey, Bun
o:i:L , IlutlierforJ, Burks
and other counties In Western
North Carolina, and U there
fore a
ifii )
ii of en news
As Gathered for Our Readers
Throughout North Carolina.
STRENGTH OF STATE GUARD.
J . r.uil'l Up I Iip Farmers' Alliance.
.Nil Town In tlx' State lias the
Proper Moat ami Milk Inspector.
.
A'i ,';t:i!it 'icneral Cowlos, iti his rein:-
; ' til-; iov. iiK.r. has the following,
-. other things, to say of !ie Stat
(: -i : Tin: Mate (iimrd llOiv COiU
; :. ' i-ii,ii iini- i of iiif;u.try, one
... v '; mtdlerv de'a-h-i.
I: ..rj.. , three
I am! -. ;:ri i !': I i v is:on Naval Eeserves,
hi.i.i'ni a total of l.T.il officers and
i . i. Not n single o:ni any has been
': i.!ti.."- I (turnip the year, but there
! i r 1 n many additions to the ranks,
. ,(. ; an increase of I io men over the
'-'.. 1 .':;i c have been fewer le
- .,:i- di.M-liat -ges tliali ever
largo number of applicants
i i t i icccivel for admission into
I iK-w cm, .1 nines, but none
. i i .. cnvt.-icd fnvoiab'y as the
! ...,t . i-. j:.ii. te as u1 lowed l.y law ami
. .. : !. tiie-t.tt, appropriation. Two
. i ..i-i'.lr. of Nir.al lie-serves Lave
;. :i...cd and accepted into the
being - i iiij i 1 l' special
: i::;!i..n from t tie United States
;i -. y I '! art u. eiit.
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Meal ami Milk Inspection.
'!!,' North ( an linn Yetrinary Mcdi
. .1 .-.-ocia! io:i met h i ( irceiisboro hist
v .!!;. I In- mi ct iiir was cnHuil to onU r
I the r. si. lent, I 'r. lh Kills, of
I l:a'lo!:e. ') he pli'shii-lifs U'lilress WHS
). ii.t: y ami tins en ocl tioll of
!:.. v ;- i ma: lam of t tie Mate to the ilil
I la:. iv i i laeat a:il liiilli. illsjiectiou
1 r mi-iiu ut thu State. 'I ho association
! i.iiiinfiiiti ! State or city ownership
( I :.:ail:;iitei ln.il -cs, so tiiat nil lneat
J . i . 1 an lie ilis ceteil l y cilio itlFl'tc
t'.r. It was foiiml Hint there is no town
.r cty i:i the State t lint lias the 1 roper
i:.i at ami milk I nspec! v .11. Oilieiais
electe.l are: I r. ( '. It. Kills, of har
h'fe, pre.snlent; I)r. T. I!. 'arroli, of
Wilmington, l'ut vii-e-pi esiileiit; Dr.
!l. S. Hf -seii!, of 1'iirliam, second viee
1 ie id.-!:'; Ir. .1. W. I'etty, of Win-
t m 11 i tary and tieasnrer. Jt was
' i !i d to meet in xt in Wilmington,
N. '., August. ls;iv
l't I'.uihl tlie I 'anticrs' Alliance
i l,n ceiMitivci eominitteo of North
( 'a: .'. 1 :i.l Kin inelV St at e A I lilt 11 CU ltd opt. -t'.e
follow 1114 re-oliiton: Kesolved,
I ':at 'in will make renewed efforts tc
I Hid up and ete!nl the llsefnhiess ol
ti n l!iatn'e its a reat hrolhei liood,
il.'i'i.iiij.ju,' as much as possible all
; ;o !i -aii prejudice utnl inviting all jier
:.i: who a:e entitled to memhershi p
to 1'iti us m our ell'.ii ts to liiiild Up tli
tu' 1..1IS 01 .a:ii.'atioii, Michasuiil Lea
I o'ui'i' I'm- ;:oi; to our common conn
tl V.
( mi'l Meet Willi Oiii-Tcnriirrs.
:-t.tte Siipenutcmlent Mehane hns n
le". li 1 iii in South Caiolimi which hay:.
th.it a! a meet 111;,' of the 1 eiu heis' Ah
ioc;.it;oii i f that Mate it was decided to
I -c niiadi.-ali e to liold a meet iti out
: : li- ul' Iii'- State I his i:; 111 answer tc
tl ! ii..:ioii to mi'i.t with the .NortL
':.: 1 1 ; 1 1 I cachet's' Afi-emhly this year,
i'r. Mchuiic fays that nrraliei;'. elite
;ii'v l e made fur the attendanc of a
ii'i.ulii r of Ihe So.itii Carolina tcj.chers
:iiie diiv dm li;r t he session of thu As
i.emhlv. -
lias Created a - eiisat ion.
A Itatlierfoi il county man has created
a ! ligation and attracted denunciation
I ci an i of his refusal to jay his rail
wtty ta iicc:iil-i the railway does not
run to I he depi.t a! I'.ut hel fordtoil. It
i;u:te laiiily intimated that somi
ViVki -lioiii iiit'ii will pursue the saint
ioni c. 1 iiitside the State there is
l;o. d ileal of denunciation of all thi
I'li'-r.its, which is plainly termed re-
ii;'a!i ;i. pure and simple. I.eadinj;
Stale 1 .1; cis t ike 1 1 it sumo view. Wll
I : i 3 : : 1 1 ; i .M e -sell er.
I) el.ireil a I i ideud.
I i. d 1 eetm s of tlio North Carolina
Kii.l' Ki 1 met a few davs si;ict and de
:.! .-d a . 1 ci" cent. diMileml for tht
h.i 1 year. I lie net one will 10 ol
per ce'it , making the per cent. 'ei
ai.iium d.M.lt i:d. IhilipW. AvirettV
i ill f..r !e;al si'i ices as I iovel nor ilus
: . 1 i - nitorcev in the uuiioad lcat
c-ewa-. presented. It is for S-.',Ooi
en I was iclerrcd to the executive com-
A 1- i 11 1- Piirki r,
!! 1 'r.! l::;;.i Sun says: ( '. I?, (.rimes.
' "l t i 'lll ilHlil. laiscd a liowhicl
:.: 1 a ::i 1 at oca! of at telit ion in ac
' 1' :: :l.e. lie s!aed tins porkei
l.i : week am! the m i weight was IP
I the miss weight l.-eui S;;0
Ir. 1 1 iiues, js ahead in weight so far a?
heard 'vm.
AV.uite.l--A I ! 11 11 1 1 red lliiinits' et
'."quire l. (i. Araxwe'l, of Charlotte,
wants a liuudied lare-e hornet's nests,
ant wants to tint her them l'eforetiit
t 1 1! May. lie mlends to have a cir
cle 1 t these emblems oi'the city to snr
lo'iii.l the monument to the signers 01
the I 'iarat 1011 w hen it is unveiled.
Alter the uuci!iii the nests will be
rre-eiite l to tlio xisitors. He has al
veadv beun making the collection.
N-1J ivs to . in. I a Thimble.
1'ref. Henry Louis Smith, of lhwid
sen, was in t .i:.vrd a few davs airo, on
h; way to th- home of Mr. VVill'llur
.lis. at I lar; i -!:ir: w here the X.-riiv was
i ti be ai plied to locate a thimble sul
1 low ed by his :' car-old child sometime
as the Conciiid correspondent of
.'the Charlotte Observer.
IVII !cal While riHlrrssinx.
Ma'ie l'rahe, n-ed 1(1, a pupil at
!ie iv. st it at 1011 for deaf mutes nnd blind,
at t'alel;h, fell dead v. inle tindressi-i
ill her loom, lit art disease was the
ftri-i'. Severn I other ptiiils were 111
tie 100:11. and were badly frightened at
the awful s ..,.u. I he grl was from
IV.' v Mouut.
1
lots and Dashes.
Alliance shoe factory at Hills-
Ihe
hoto has increiied its output to
flail s a day.
1 he progress o' Hie uevo!opineat of
Ions distiince telephone lines is now
H'.ute van- I. ( hie is beiuir built north
ward from 1'nleiti.
Ciccnsboro has passed nn ordinance
roiuiriiif; "t'lrry do to be kept up f. r
a ee!:aiu period time" under peuultv
of a tine of Sit1.
'1 he Western t'uion Teleyrnph Com
pany mn v or mav not take its rate ca-e
nut of tho Federal Court. .Iudre .
mo:. ton limits it utril April in the ma:
ii-n-f :ilh-;,i'iii; iii answer to what th.
l.tl! f - ' c '."'--s', ,. . t
What ft bapry vroria tli'.s vrouia le
U a aa couli oiUar li!ve all U syii
OLD NORTH STATE ITEMS.
The End of u Noted Outlaw.
In the Superior Court of Cumberland
county last week, Jud:e Sutton on the
bench, Alex, (liluiore was sentenced to
ten 3'ears in the penitentiary for the
crime of burglary, (iiluioro .was former
ly a boat-hand on the Cape Fear river,
famed for his physical strength and his
daring, and when he launched himself
upon a cuieer of crime he speedily made
these qualities a terror to the law-abiding
community. A fugitive from jus
tice, he was outlawed by the authorities,
and a price set on his head, notwith
standing which he more than once bold
ly walked the streets of Fayetteville,
exchanging words with negroes who
knew him. Ho was finally traced to
Sampson county, and "run to earth"
and captured in Onslow county.
Wright, a negro lad, accessory in the
crime, who was fearfully wounded in
an attempt at his .-up'. ire, was used
ugainst (iiluiuit) as a w '.-.c-- for the
f tuie, and was brought into the court
room, where, lying flat on his fuce on a
tuble, he gave in his evidence. He was
nenteneed to 0110 year's imprisonment
in the penitentiary.
Forger of Cheeks Captured.
Threo months ago II. II. Harding
was in Italeigh claiming to represent
the Colorado Construction Company,
and to have a concession from (leneral
Weyler for builditg a railway in Cuba.
He went to (ireenville. and there stole
a package of cashiers' blank checks of
the bank of 1'itt county on its New
York correspondent. Then he got the
signature of jK. li. Higgs, the cashier,
and disappeared. He also attempted to
victimize the bank of (ireenville. The
next heard of him was from Omaha, in
the fchape of a check with Higgs' name
forged for ,00i. Then one was given
at Seattle for the same sum. The
Seattle bank wires Higgs that it has
captured Harding at Kegnia, North
west territory.
Cherokees Want Information.
The eastern baud of Cherokee In
dians who live in this State has filed a
memorial to the United States Supreme
Court, their status, or rather their lack
of one, being given as the cause. TI16
federal court ten years ago held that
they were citizens of North Carolina,
and the following 3-ear they incorpor
ated the eustarn baud. Now the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals na3-s
thes- are a tribe of Indians, and not cit
izens either of the United States or
North Carolina. The Indians have
voted in all elections since the treat3 of
Kchota, iu ls;M. Ju their memorial, or
petition, to tho United States Supreme
Court they say: "In name of hitrh
heaven, what are we and where do we
stand?"
North Carolina Talc.
The Tope brothers have bought a talc
propert3' in North Carolina, a few miles
north of Murpli3 Tho Southern Kail
way passes through the propert3. Talc,
l3' the waw, advanced :: a tou week
beforo last. The North Carolina talc is
white and tho Messrs. I'ope have an
apparently largo deposit of it. The3
will put in (iillette mills and go to
work just as soou as the3' possibly can.
Talc is always in (Iciuuik! and there is
a good protU in the manufacture. At
lanta Constitution.
lAUe the New School Law.
State Superintendent ?Iebaue is well
I'leased with the result of the State con
vention of county supervisors of public
schools held recently in llaleigh.
Twenty-seven supervisors attended,
besides a large number of public and
private teachers. The supervisors ap
pear to like the new school law. Ol
course some modifications are neces
sar3F. Hut the law is au incentive to
teachers.
l'ate Taken to the Pen.
fiiley Fate, the 17-3-ear-old white boy,
who during a drunken frolic in Yancey
county murdered his 14-year-old friend,
and whose death sentence was com
muted to life imprisonment, has been
taken to tho peuiteutia-.
Vailktn Knilroad lloinls.
The Stanley county people are delv
ing that they repudiated the 100,000 of
Yadkin railway bonds, aud claim that
Hie compauv' has never given thecounty
the stock subscribed for and that there
fore Sii.tiiMl a year iuterest was being
paid on something intangible.
N. C. Teachers' Assembly.
It is quite probable that the rext ses
sion of the North Carolina Teachers'
Assembly will be held at Asheville. The
teachers of (ieorgia, South Carolina and
Tenuesseo aio invited to attend and
that will be the most convenient) point
for them all.
Coing to the Klondike.
Air. J. Varsh Heizev, who left Char
lotte during November to make his
Home iu Washington, intends going to
Kloudike in the spring. He will soou
begetting his outfit ready. Charlotte
Observer.
New Penitentiary Superintendent.
J. AI. Mewboorn has filed with'the
State Auditor his bond for S.'i.OOO in the
United States Fidelity and (itiaratit3'
Company, of Baltimore, as superin
tendent of tno penitout'ary, and he has
received his commission.
Here and There.
The State's expenses during the fiscal
year ending November Wth, exceeded
its income ill.S-Vi.
There were more murders in the
State during December than in an
other uioulb Z the year.
Hie State grants a charter to the
Paltou Farrow Company, of Winstou,
composed of . I., 1. F.. and V.
11. l'alton and T. 1. Farrow, capi
tal, S.10,000, to make plug tobacco and
cigars.
The railroad commission orders that
hereafter all quarterly reports of rail
roads as to earnings and expenses shall
contain separate, detailed reports of
each branch line or division.
North Carolina remains at the had
of all the States po far as the number of
new mills in and the additions to
old mills are concerned.
The Charlotte Observer 'arns thai
one of the retiring saloon men of Mon
roe is going to test the dispensary law
which went into effect at that place on
tho 1st.
Stung to Heath by Honey Hees.
The Independence Beige reports that
a Belgian aeut nt Boma. Congo Fret
State, has been sentenced to two -ears
imprisonment for the murder of his
black mistress in the Aruwimi district.
He tied his victim to a tree, smeared hei
with houej- and sugar, aud left her tc
the attacks of bees. She died after threi
days' horrible torture.
Two million dollars have been Le
queathed to the rcnnsyl vama Hospita
by Mrs. Henrietta It. 1 ales Baker, pro
Tided ib.9 ton and daughter of the tes
tatrix did without ctliHr.u.
E.
Mooresviile, N. C, Office Safe
Cracked and $154 Stolen.
NO CLUE TO THE ROBBERY.
The ICobbery Is Supposed to Have
lieen Committed by Professional
Safe-Crackers.
The postoflice at Mooresviile, N. C,
was robbed Wednesday night of last
week. The back door of the email
building in which tho office is located
was prized open w ith a crowbar, which,
ha 1 1 ecu obtained at the railroad sta
tion, a short dibtaace from the office,
and au entrance thus effected.
After the burglars entered they be
gan operations at once on the safe. A
hole twelve inches deep was bored
through the top of the safe, and d3-na-inito
put thereiu. The safe was moved
from the wall and the fuse lighted The
door was blown completely from the
hinces, several panes of class in the
front windows were knocked out, and
pictures thrown from the wall.
Although the robbery was committed
in the heart of the town, within a
stone's throw of the Johnson Hotel,
only a few heard tho explosion, aud
those that did did not think there was
any thins wrong. The burglars got away
with about $l."4 in money and stamps.
Daylight disclosed the robber, and
threw tho town into a state of excite
ment. Mr. ltobt, S. Templeton is
postmaster at Mooresviile. As soon as
he learned of the robbery about
o'clock-he wired Postmaster Mullen
at Charlotte asking for instructions as
to what course to pursue. Mr, Mulleu
w ired him to notify the department at
Washington at once.
'I he mayor of Mooresviile also tele
graphed to Chief Orr for bloodhounds
but none could be gotten. The hounds
at the convict camp are not sufficiently
trained to be put on the scent.
The robbery i3 supposed to have been
committed bv professional safe-crackers.-Charlotte
(N. C.) Observer.
XKW YOItK IjKOISLATURK.
Covernor Ilaek's Sugsestions as to
the Labor Problem.
Tho Legislature of the State of New
York mtt and organized on the Gtli.
The Senate, with a membership of 50,
has a Itepcblican majority of 20. The
assembly, with 150 names on the roll, is
Republican by x. Jn both houses the
Republican caucus nominees weie
elected without nu3' unusual incident.
The speaker of the assembly is J. M. 11
O'Orady, who presided during the ses
sion of ISO?.
In his message to the legislature
Governor Black made three sugges
tions in connection with tho labor
problem:
1. 1 hat immigration be checked.
2. That a fair rate of wages bo paid
laborers.
;. 1 nut in opposing strikes by armed
men some method should be adopted
which would not at first discharge oil
firearms produce these fatal, tragic re
Milts which have caused a recent event
to bo universally deplored.
MRMPHIS COKS INDKPKXO NT
Ihe Kntire Democratic Ticket De
feated Ity u Small Majority.
.Tas. J. Williams, independent Uem. of
Memphis, Tcuu., has been elected
mayor over Hon. Lucas Clapp, the
present incumbent, l3' n majority of
about .WO votes. The entire independ
ent ticket was also carried by reduced
majorities. The campaign has been au
excitiutrone and both sides claimed tho
victory up to the last hour. The elec
tion w as quiet and orderty, and a heavy
vote was polled.
lianua lias Caincd Two Votes.
A special from Columbus. ()., of the
Oth, says: Conservative estimates to
night place the legislative vote at 75 to
70 aganist Hanna. The workers of tho
Senator claim 71 votes, and assurances
of the two necessary additional votes,
and possibly four more. The opposi
tion insists that Hanna will never have
70 votes on joint ballot, and that they
have gained ti. o votes.
Disastrous N itro-Clyccrine F.xplosion
An explosion of 1,500 quaits of nitro
glycerine near Booth, an oil town a
few miles east of Toledo. (). , killed an
oil well shooter named Stephen Wilson,
and w iped out of existence a team of
horses and a wagon. A piece of Wil
son's rlesh and the head of one horse
was all that was found. Considerable
damage was done to property iu the vi
cinity, but no one else was injured.
A Cra.y Man's Awful Deed.
A Bristol, Teun., special to the Nash
ville (Teun. ) Banner, says: "In a fit
of insanity, Alexander Carter, a white
citizen of (ireenville. killed his wife
and Kbyear-old daughter, Montie,
w hile they slept, aud then shot and
killed hiiuself. Carter brained his wife
and daughter w ith an axe. He is said
to have been mentally unbalanced for
some time. "
Another Kxpress Kobbery.
The American Express Company, at
New ork, has been robbed of $'.0,5S-,
and Clark Bradeu. Jr., a trusted em
ploye, is missing. Central officers and
private detectives are hunting for him.
Gets 4,000 Damages.
The second trial of the suit brought
against the ttreet rialway com
pany, of Winston, X. C, byT. J. Wil--ou,
secretary aud treasurer of the cit-,
f ir the killing of his 7-year-old son by a
treet car two years ago, was concluded
by the jury last week returning a ver
dict for a4, 0(0 in favor of the plaintiff.
Tho defendants will apreal to the Su
preme Court again. The first jury gave
Mr. Wilson ?it,o00.
The Waso Cut Now General.
A special from Saco. Me., says: No
tices have been posted in the cotton
mills of the York corporation that on
and after Jau. 17 wages would be re
duced. It is thought the reduction will
be about 10 per cent. The Y'ork cor
poration employs 1,500 people. The
Lucona aud Fepperill Mills, at Bidde
ford. posted similar notices a few davs
auo and the reduction is now general in
the Maine cotton mills. The Fisher
vi li Cciupiav at FisCerville. Mass.,
have also cu: wages, w hich effect Goo
employes. New Bedford, (Massl weav
er.) will strike on the 17tb, the date on
hklitlie cr.t Tke& eSTtct.
TOl.O IN A PARAGRAPH.
The South.
Atlanta, C a., last year used S2.0C0,
000 iu building.
Fire at Washington, (ia., destroyed
SfiO.OOO worth of pn pert3-. Insurance,
40,000.
A mob lynched Ja mes Jones, colored,
near Macon, Miss., for setting fire to
the house of a w omivn.
Thirty-six buildit gs in Farmville,
Ya. , have been burn d, causing a loss
of $150,000; insurance S4"..000.
E. If. Miller, a prominent tobacco
manufacturer at Danville, Va., has
made au assignment; liabilities $50,
000. The President has uamt'd Owen L.
W. Smith, of North Carolina, to be
minister resident aud consul general of
the United States to Liberia.
The Virgin Cotton Mill, :t Hunters
ville, is running day and night. A
number of new factory houses are beinr
built. Charlotte (N. C.) Observer.
The Lynchites or sanctified band
who appear to have settled at South
port, X. C. , are sending their mission
aries into adjoining terntxwy. Trouble
is looked for.
Governor Tyler of Virginia, has an
nounced the appointment of Col. Win.
Naile, of Culpeper, to be Adjutant
(ieneral of the State, to succeed (J eneral
Charles Anderson.
Governor Charles A. Culberson, of
Texas, has announced himself a candi
date for the United States Senate to
succeed Roger ;). Mills, whose term
will expire this year.
At Russel ville, K3". , two b3's named
Robert Evans and George Duncan, be
camo involved in a quarrel, which re
sulted in Evans stabbing Duncan to
death with a pocket-knife.
Green Fennell and his wife, living
near Jasper, Fla., left their two chil
dren, aged 2 andO years, at home alone.
The clothes of the 3 oungsr taking fire,
the older went to the rescue and both
were burned to death.
At Asheville, N. C. , several boys
were in a room fooling with a pistol.
One of the boys, Wainscot, started to
show his revolver to Willie Hampton,
and while extracting a cartridge from it
one shell exploded, the bullet striking
Hampton in the eye and killing him
instantly.
The biggest fire iu the history of
Commerce, Texas, occurred on the Jd,
in which the entire east side of the
town was swept away. The fire broke
out in the Presley building at midnight
and spread rapidl. Tho postoflice,
Odd Fellows building and a number of
stores were consumed. Loss, 100,
000. The North.
A whipping post for the correction of
bad bovs has been set up in Evansville,
Iud. "
The Maryland Republican has split,
and there will be no fusion with Demo
crats. Governor Lowndes, of Maryland,
has withdrawn from tho Senatorial
contest.
On the 1st New Y'ork became the
second city of the world, with Robert
Van 3-ck as its mayor.
Chicago, 111., for the past year shows
the lowest denth rate of any city iu
the country above 200,000.
Business organizations throughout
the country will hold a national conven
tion at Buffalo, N Y. , on Jan 12,
The Rhode Island cotton mills havo
decided to reduce wages It per ceut.
The cut is said to be due to Southern
competition.
At Jamestown, N. Y. , 100 men havo
been thrown out of work by the burn
ing of the Straight Manufacturing
Company's plant.
Wm. C. Oakle3 of Chicago, has
been appointed by" Comptroller Dawes
national bank examiner to succeed Jos.
Talbert, resigned.
A dispatch from Springfield, Mass.,
says the creditors of the Overman
Wheel Company will put it back ou its
feet in a week or ten days.
Mrs. Nellie Peterkin, of New Y'ork,
has been convicted at Boston, Mass. , of
manslaughter for causing the death of
Mrs. Catherine F. Murphj".
At New Britain, Conn., the 200 em
ployes of the cutlery manufacturing
firm of Mason & Beckley have been no
tified of a 5 per cent, increase in their
wages.
Wm. T. Buckley, who. until Jau. Isr,
was a member of the dry goods firm of
Dunham, Buckley & Co., of New York,
committed suicide by shooting himself
in a boathouse adjoining his residence.
Adlai E. Stevenson, former Yice
rresident of the United States, has
accepted the position of Western coun
sel of the North American Trust Com
pany of New Y'ork, with a membership
in the board of directors.
Miscellaneous.
The number of deaths from yellow
fever in Cuba is diminishing.
There is a water famine in Kansas.
Dozens of towns are hauling water
thirty miles.
W. J. Bryan wili in a few days make
public his views in detail on his Mexi
can trip.
Robbers attempted to hold up a train
on the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf
railroad, but they made a "wind
haul. "
Spain will send 5,000 troops to Cuba
at the end of this month and further
troops, up to 14,000, will be sent to.the
island if needed.
James Kirkley, the Benton County
(Ind. ) Treasurer, who was found dead
in his office, committed suicide because
his accounts were short.
Ihe Senate committe on census has
appointed Senator Carter to report
favorabh- the bill introduced at the last
session of Congress to provide for the
twelve census.
A locomotive exploded on the Cin
cinnati Southern Railway, causing the
death or the engineer and firemen
and the train being wrecked.
A cablegram from London says Gen
eral Both, of the Salvation Army, has
sailed for America. His object in com
ing to the United States is to assist in
organizing great additions to the arm-.
Washirgton Jotting.
Rural free delivery pestoffices are
soon to have carriers who will receive
cash and obtain money orders for pa
trons aud receipt for and deliver regis
tered mail.
One effect of the new tariff has been
to almost stamp out imports of beet-root
sugar.
Zimmerman is now leader of the Ma
rine Band and will take charge Feb
ruary 1st.
Justice Brown, of the United States
Supreme Court, is having serious trou
ble with his eyes. j
The Washington Star has raised gwi I
for the suffering Cubans, nhich Las I
oeeu reunite.! xo Consul-Ueneral Lee.
The President has cotfinedthe nomi
nation of Hezekiah A. Guder of
North Carolina, at ccDS'al-gneral at
The Strange Will of an Aged New
Yorker a nd Officer of the Church. .
CHRISTIANITY, SO - CALLED,
Me Sayi, Is Not the Religion ot
Chris '.-it Puts an Unknown, Imag
inary Being in (be Place of Nature.
One of the most remarkable wills
ver filed in the office of the surrogate
of New Y'ork. is that of Henry More
house Tabisr, offered for probate on the
4th. In r4pite of the fact that Mr. Taber
was president and treasurer of the board
trustees of the First Presbyterian
church, in the opening clauses of h
wiil he denounces all religion as shaw
and as having its origin in superstition
He requested that no services be held
over his body and that he be cremated.
Mr. Taber died on Christmas eve, at
tue age of t,i years. Two children, bid
uey Richmond Taber and Mary Taber.
survive the testator, and to them the
entire estate, valued at over Si. 000.000,
is gjiven absolutely. The will is in the
nana-writing of the testator, and con
tains the following: "Believing that
all religions, including Christianity, are
superstitions; that the basic doctrines
of the Christian religion, the fall of
man, is utterly and absolutely false.
aud that its opposite, the rise of man
from the lower orders, is a scientific
fact; that beliefs in (so-called) miracles
are hallucinations of the brain, and
witnout existence; that the chief char
acteristic of what is termed 'the Word
of God are injustice, cruelty, untruth
fulness and obscenity: that the ef
feet of orthedox Christian teachings
is to encourage ignorance, selfishness
narrow mindedness, acrimoriousness,
intolerance VrnlKT anil inanlil Elin.ra
that Christianity, so-called, is not the
religion of Christ; that it supplants
ethical culture and true morality with
meaningless theology and unbelievable
tiogmos; tnat it puts an unknown (and
probably unknowable) imaginary be
ing in the place of nature; that it gives
a name of personality to evil an
'equally unknown an imaginary being;
that it 60 works upon the credulitv of
its adherents as to invite in them a fear
of that most horrible of doctrines,
eternal punishment, (I say, believing
an tnese) J, in nil kindness and in all
earnestness, request that over mv re
mains there be no religious services ol
any kind, nature, or description what
ver
"l also request that my body be
cremated at i resn i'ond or other cre
matory, and that my ashes be left
mere.
THK FKKKZK IN FLORIDA.
Orange Trees Only Temporarily Hurt
Strawberries and Tobacco Cooked.
The cold weather of January 1st and
2d did considerable temporary damage
to vegetables, but none of a permanent
character, in Florida. Orange trees
will in some cases lose their foilae
aud where they were in exposed places
in the northern linnlnr nf tk. nn-
belt will lose a part of their tender
prowtn. owing to the fact, however,
that the sat) was down, thn trooa than..
selves were able to resist unscathed
even lower temperature. Reports from
the pineapple belt of the coast indicate
that the damage to pineapples was
trifling.
The fall crop of tobacco in all parts
oi tue state was injured badly.
Blooms on fitrdn lmrria n'ura Ull.l
Early strawberries in the northern
section were frozen on th vinos .n.i
the vines themselves set back fully six
W OCKB.
The tenderest p-Anion rmni in nil
wvua Ua mi ooum as a am pa, wnere,
lacking protection by forests, streams
or lakes, were bmllv inlnmii vi.t op
posed gardens did not represent more
man nan tue area in truck, growers
naiug learneu uy experience the wis
uom oi selecting wen protected spots.
THK COLKT STUMPED.
A Salvation Army Thief Presents a
Schedule of Ills Crimes.
A. P. Revis, a member of the Ralva
tion Army in Redlands. who was ar
rested for wholesale thievery, appeared
before the Superior Court at San Ber
nardino, Cal., with a Bible in one hand
ana a tabulated statement of his thefts,
committed since Isss in tlm '
Ho pleaded guilty to the crime
ch arced, and ftlnn insiufa.l tl.oi
meut be administered for each theft
committed as per schedule, which ap
peared uy me score, in that way only
he said, he could atone to a just Hod
The defendant presented nn nnrd
case, without any attorney to advise
him, that the court refused to pass
sentence without further consideration
ana continued the time for sentence.
The Federal Finances.
The monthly statement of the public
debt, issued on the 3d, shows that at
the close of business on Dec. 31, 1H97
the debt, less cash in the Treasurv!
amounted to $!!)!, 11 1,507, a decrease
lor the month of 31 0,1 14. This de
crease in the debt is due principally to
an increase in tne case, whicu is ac
counted for by the sale of the Union
1 acihe railroad.
Sankey for the Holy Land. '
Ira D. Sankey is again about to sail
to Jerusalem, Egypt and the Holy
Land, and will beaccomnanied bv Mrs.
Sanke3 and their oldest son. This trip
is undertaken principally on account of
Mrs. hankey, who has not been well
lor some time.
Southern Coal Fields.
The English 63-ndicate, which has re
cently oeen Dreaumg into the Kentucky
and Tennessee cal regions with a view
to buying all of the mines, has made a
nronosition to tha miim nun.r. l.i.V.
may be accepted. The deal involves
tne expenauure of $3,000,000.
Embezzler Thought Dead is Yet Alive.
W. J. Pope, who it is charged embez
zled S;0,000 from the First Nation. -J
Bank of Louisville, Ky., and who was
thought ueau, is alive in Sacramento.
Cal.
The Appeal Case Docketed.
A Washington snecral iti.
of North Carolina against Jas. W. Wil
son has been docketed in the United
States Sutireme Court Tha r...
vol ves a controversy over the position of
railroad commisiioner in North Caro
lina, and also the constitutionality of
jiiuuuiuj lur m rauroau com
mission. Wilson took the case to the
Supreme Court upon the plea that he
was deprived of his office without due
process of law.
Fnsionista of Lincoln, Nb. , will of
fer William J. Bryao tit Bonicatloo
for Cctfre-M.
ABOUT COTIOX.
1.1. Said Tht, 7e7rs Crop v, l Ap
proximate 0,930,014 i;,i
Latham, Alexander Co ,s
ued a statementof the cott..." . ' vu-a
in which they state that the tu-JVi-i'
supply of cotton in the wo' i " :;22
bales more than last year, i-1 "baics
less than in lsio, and 5.;; 1 Ves
less than in lSW. The export, ! ;
ii W.1 VaIes " than Ct v. .
.,'-, Aea moie tL'J iul.".nJ
-1 l..b bales more than iu ,-, " ihe
stock in United States ports -Tl
bales less than last year, i.y Ves
more than in loti, and -'"i i,u'-' 1 '. ' vs
than in USDS. ' ' '
The total amount of cotton tut has
come into sight from September m to
January ist (tour months. fr .i,,, ,-ot
uiouiiodw oelow i,
low.: 1S9S, 7,2G0.0;; l,: ,'
190, 4,944,220; ls)5, ,;: "
amount, therefore, that has e,.':'aV
,i'.'2;
The
into
I. "41
.-,.M:i
H6ul J ear 10 January 1st j .
bales
.uvio mtiu last vein- 1 9
oaies more man ism,, and -v,:, 1,0 ba'es
more than in 1S'J5.
The receipts to January 1st arcs.' "41
bales greater than those of ,,-t vi-ar.
when the crop proved to be s ,; :n;4,
and with a corresponding gam untii the
end of the season on :.v " p des
which were the receij ta'from' "u-inary
1st to September 1st, the tutul crop
would approximate U.'JM.ou bales.
KLONDIKE KELIKF EXPKIH 1'ION
Proposals for Transport!..- s,, piles
Opened Pack Train Soon jsve.
Vancouver Barracks, Washington.--(Special.)
-Captain 1). L. i'.ruimrd,
in charge of the government Klondike
relief expedition has opened mm. sals
for furnishing supplies to be.kh .cred
at the head of Lyau canal, l'th 1 ;. A
large number of proposals re
ceived from Pacific ccast pnu.u and
elsewhere. The award has'i.t been
made.
The government pack train f r the
expedition assembled here, is m com
plete, with the exception of fur.r addi
tional packers. It consists o: 101
mules, 9 horses and 17 lacUrs in
charge of Lieut. C. II. Preston a id' J.
A. R3-an, of the Ninth Calvary As
soon as the supplies purchased by Maj.
Jacobs a few days ago, are received,
Captain Eidridge, and 00 selected meu
of Company H, Fourteenth infantry,
will be ready to proceed to Alasko.
Wanted to See the President.
The police officers at the White House
arrested a crank last week, lie was a
middle-aged German, named Jacob
Clements, who said he lived in New
Y'ork. He has haunted the White House
for the past few days, endeavoring to
obtain access to the President. He ad
dressed a letter tothe President, nnd he
called and announced tbat io I hud
sent him; that he bore the mark on his
brow and that he must seethe J 'resi
dent. When he was denied lie became
boisterous. He will le examined as to
his sanity.
$20,000 for Mrs. LuviKcrt.
Police Inspector Schaack, of Chicago,
Las made a verbal offer of $2 immhi in
approved real estate to any person pro
ducing Mrs. Luetgert, dead or alive.
Attorney Harmon, of the defense, has
complained that he is only presenting
from producing Mrs. Luetgeit by a
lack of funds, and Inspector Sclmack,
it is said, chose this method of rejoin
der. He also hopes to thus j fit a
quietus on the reports from various
parts of the country that Mrs. Luetgert
has been discovered.
Embargo on Tobacco Exports l.'aisc,.
The following telegram has been re"
ceived by the Secretary of State from
our minister to Spain, announcing the
revocation of the embargo on exj orts
of tobacco from Cuba: "Tobacco can
be exported on paying tax of 12 1 eso.s
per 100 kilos. All manufactured tobac
co except picaduro, is free of export
duty. Santiago de Cuba is excepted
from the new order. The importation
of tobacco from all ports into ( til a js
prohibited. "
Cigarettes Made Him Kot a II. ink.
Calhoun Calkins, son of rich )urents
and formerly a young society leader, is
on trial iu the Criminal Comt at St.
Joseph. Mo., on the charge of burglary
and larceny. He broke into the real
estate office of John L. Ziedler. on the
night of September :;d, aud rith-d the
safe. When the police arrested him he
admitted the crime. The defense i
that he was made insane by tke exces
sive use of cigarettes.
Perpetual Motion I)1scovit-I.
At Logansport, Iud., S. B. Nickum,
an inventor who has been experiment
ing for seven j-ears, says he has per
fected nernAtiittl mnti'n 11. atnt,,..
is sealed in a globe and will last al ong
as the globe remains intact, he sir s.
A r-onff Distance Telephone l ulk.
It in lioti'otTA.l 41. - 1 t- .
1U, 1UUj uistance te.e-
phone record has been broken at (ialla
tin, Tenn.. when John ir
representative of the Bell Comi-ai-v'.
talked with tha r,r.t. . x-
fl. I ho Itlrmiil 1 .
v i "..7 v" passed thro ir :.
Nashville, Evansville, Terre Hunt.-.
1 - V.. "iiumona to .Norfo.K.
making fully i.rK) miles.
Money Order Postoflleri.
About 1.100 rostoffl
the country w ere assigned to the rn v
order class on the Zd, This makes';,
proximately 25,000 postoffices at wh '.
money orJers may be obtained ' '
cashed.
A New Silk Manufactory.
A movement has been starts -"4 v ..
port News, Ya., towards tie esfabl
ment of a manufactorv for ' . ,
raw material of silk, as it arrive, in
country, into silk yarn. It is " .'i
to invest 87VJOO and to e"! 1 ; J
ilurdered Sister d Mother
William Foler.
Mo., for the murder of bin mother . '
sister, was found guilty and 7.V i
to be hanged, Friday, hi U'"aX 1
Increase in W heat Seeding.
Th iirecittl bnll&fin r.l l -
Journal says there has been a materia',
increase ia wheat seeding m tL. Z t
7 V7 ' , price of cot-
J "e!l"?: Nr Carolina.
vi- ' y. -roiina, ij- . v
bam. 17; Mississippi. 2- i;'
see, 20; Kentucky, 13. ' leDLe'
Thieve IIolTl'p a Trut.
A tiain on the Km. r-; ." .
and Gulf Railroad M U1J t,
Kanjas Citv. The Wi
of 8300. Iielthroueh lafe, v"kL wj
ft nut lock, wm noi di-tBruI
Inhabitants Around Buenos Ayres
in Danger of Starvation.
THEY HAVE EATEN AND RUINED
Every Blade of ireen Grass About
ThatPurt of the Country-It. It. Truf
lie Suspends ou Account of Them.
CapL d'Urso, commanding the Italian
bark Maria L., which arrived recently
at Philadelphia from La Plata, near
Buenos A3'res, told a representative of
the Philadelphia Prees that unless im
mediate aid was given tho inhabitants
of that section of Argentina their end
from starvation is not far off, a tlm
locusts havej-uined and eaten up every
blade of greeu grass about that part of
the country. Taey rise up us dark
clouds and sweep before tho wiuds
from one section to another, bringing
destruction and ruin to all sorts of
j vegetation. Railroad traffic just ont-
siue 01 Duenos Ayers was suspended
for a time, as the trains could not move
through the dense cloud of insects,
which for a time hovered about that
particular loealit3'. The tracks became
?0 thick with insects that tho wheels
Skipped as though runuing ou an oily
substance, and it was this, covple'l
with the fact that the engineers could
not detect danger siguals, that t:a!lie
was suspended.
In a locality set asido by the govern
ment for the purpose there .were de
posited by the natives, w ho are reward
ed handsomely, over 1,000 tons of lo
cust eggs, undergoing a process of de
struction. The natives are reduced to a condi
tion of poverty and are almost desper
ate. Rates of exchange are lower than
ever known, banks ure becoming em
barrassed dail3 and tho people declare
that they cannot exist much longer un
less some relief cau be had. The gov
ernment is using its every effort
to rid the country of tho plague,
Lut so far without ina'erial
success. A commission of scien
tists is engaged in the study of tho de
struction of the insect, but at the time
Capt. d'Urso left it had not agreed
upon any fixed line of action, i his
commission has encouraged the natives
very much by the circulation of a paper
giving it as their judgment the plague
will soon abate. They claim that the
life of the locust in 8113- fixed locality
has never exceeded i-eveii 'years, anil
that five have already been spent in
South America. Although this year's
plague has been their worst, this" body
of scientists claim that tho insect is be
coming debilitated and with the cold
weather wiil die out altogether.
WOOD EXPLODED.
A Loaded Stick of Wood lilows t'p a
Fireplace and Wounds Five.
The Charlotte (N C.) News Fays:
One of the most unusual accidents that
has ever taken place in Charlotte, oc
curred on South College stieet, in the
colored settlement. The family of Ed.
Roseborough (colored) weie seated
arouud the fire. A fresh stick of wood
was thrown on, aud there was an imme
diate explosion that shook the "hole
house like au earthquake, while a
broadside of bullets poured from
tho fireplace. Tho mother and
four children were seated around
the fire and when the list of the
wounded was made up it was found tiiut
five were wounded. Roseborough's
wife was shot in the neck and thigh; a
seven-year-old child was shot iu the
stomach; another child was shot in thu
eye; another was shot simultantou-iy
in both shoulders, aud the fourth 0110
had his hand torn almost oil and was
shot in the mouth. 'I hey are all oeri
ously wounded, aud the bullet', or
slugs have not 3'et been located. Rose
borough sa3s he purchased the wood
from a near-by wood yard, but the par
ty denies that he loaded any of his wood
to catch wood-stealers.
No Hettlng on Races in Virginia.
In the Virginia State Senate Mr.
Morris has introduced a bill to prevent
gambling or drawing of any money,
thing or consideration of value upon
the results of any trials of speed, or
power of endurance of the skiil of am
mals or beasts, taking place within the
limits of tho Commonwealth. This
measure is intended to meet the decis
ion of the Court of Appeals in the case
of i.acy vs. Palmer, in which the title
of the act passed at the last session
was found to be defective, 1 he net re
ferred to simply prevented pool Felling,
for the court held that the words "and
so forth," meant nothing. The Morris
bill gives a new title to tLe act. .Mr
Morris is in favor of horse racing, but
be is opposed to gambling on races.
Looks Itiue for Hanna.
A special from Columbus, O., says
the Legislature is organized on mi
anti-IIanna basis, and he cau name no
chairman of committees, or place no
menders in desirable positions, yet he
sa- s he will win oyer all other rou
te' tants for the SeDate. The air is hot
with reports of wholefale attempts ut
bribery and treachery.
Merchant Commltts Suicide.
At Lauriuburg, N. C, Mr. J. W.
?.IcSair, a prominent young merchant,
taken his own life without a cause. He
miide two attempts before l.eicg mic
ceM-fil, the first being withaiazor,
that fading he used a pistol, whu h.
brought death almost instantaneous-.
To Ilulld the Largest Sanitarium
Negotiations are in progress for the
purchase of a large tract of land near
Harni ton. Va. upon which to erect
one of the largest sanitariums in the
United States. A New York syndicate,
with a capital of $2,000, Ow, has u.ad
an oiler for a desirable sito.
W HriitnKton,'t I'ostinastcr.
The Wilmington, N. C, postoffica
c mteit has been decided in favor of
Col. W. IL ChaJboarne.
Violent Weather.
Violent weather prevails in the South
of Fiauce and Spam. A cloudburst,
:.ear Toulon, has done much damage.
Several 1 ersons were injured. A num
ber of vessels have gone ashore, and the
promena le of San Sebastian Las been
ua-Led away in teveral places.
Hen Ilutterworth III.
CoLumissioutr of Patents Benjamin
Butterwcrth. i very serioUflv ill at
t e Piney Woodi Hotel, in Thomas-
ville (a , aa grave iears are ie.i iui j
his recovery. He is suffering from 1
kid ner troubles, ith nrea:e coeval- j
j own. D(nvNn,KY ,l0
, ltt," Ell,-, t.
j all Hiver. Ma. . t.a the ;: 1 ,v
j -tlofthep, threo
i-m e:Vct m the ..nil, 0f tUt citv U
I ;". a the ,:.mu,f tho Na:imV.
juvtcd. ' "M ""I'l-ves re at
oU o:, a ,, ,,r ,,,it. teduVt,
,t;;Vie.lmt.oa,I,Iljt,01,loe;!ei.lna
I Notices of reduction ,f .
j sent to the co, -on tnd.H f ;,,,,,
I 11 uhts. 1.,,,,,,,., ,4Il,( .,,, M
i;Y ;,TI"?v,r rri"ti'ti i:i..i
1 MamUml have been ps,,.,l r w,n .,
jlia.l.iyor t,. 1 1. (,,.,.ril,ie, ,.
Vbi7stHtolMa,U' ,0 l!U ri'll u'tlou 111
I lb., agents, fall th,. cotton nulls ,
I ''"'-'"'i and An!...,,,. M t tre
, ceixe.l directions to nmU, n i: l eral re
I iluciion 111 w.i-cs u an I f,er tii i;tl,
Notices 11, a.voidauo ,th these 1:1
tructious hae been posted
j I h re ill i: some IC sKt .ncr
The weavers of New Bedford. M,
ineau to make a stand 110 less deci le.'l
! than the spinners. nd the opeiutiv,
j are a:inost unanimous xu fttv, ,, A tlrill
I resistance to t lie proposed reduction of
I wai:es, and at the mine tune a utrile
a-a:iist the tii,n,K hystem A deputa
turn has been appointed to go to Fall
jiver for a eenleieiiiv with the Fall
Flier otllcia's. I he coiumittee will en
deavor to secure the pledge of tho Fall
Fiver unions to strike an ho,.u s tli.
New Bedford strike begins. It
voted also to send out comuiunii atioiis
to all centres of tl.u textile trade in ihe
North soliciting financial support and
proposing the Minieuetmn as that w hicli
the coiiiinr.tcti wiil Mi-gest to the Fail
Fiver help.
No Cut In the South.
The cotton nulls in the South will not
c.ii wuires as has been stated. Col.
I'. A. Tompkins, of ( h-irlotte, N. (' ,
the best authority 011 tlie .Southern null
situation lut iveu out the f illow nig
signed statement:
"1 ho trouble iu New Fnglatid is due
to a depressed condition of the cotton
manufacturing interests of the UuiteJ
States more than to Southern couipeti
tio'i. "While (lie S.nith fias some advan
tages, n also has New England son,
v,-r- material advantages, as. for exam
ple, capital. Mined expel ieucc, exten
sive knowledge, much skiil, etc. There
is no occas:oi. for fretful controversy
between New England aud the South.
'J heie is grcit need at this tune for the
two sections toco operate for the better
ment of the condition of the cotton
iiiattufiict'.iring interests of both
sections.
"One of the chief advantages th
Southern nulls have is that the owner
Know how, and are coutent to, live on
less money. '1 he real competition now
is whether the United States on the
one hand or Fuglaud and (ierinany
rdiall furnish the world with cotton
goods, hi this competition New Hug
land and the South must wolk together
and it will require the best efforts of
I o'.h to extend our trade to where the
liitil'I ets will tnl e our goods
"All ilnpl ovcliieht 111 our domestic
b ade ran. in my opinion, be made by
proper reform in our currency aystt'iii
I lur foieigi n trude can be extended by
laws fostering American shipping.
Until tiado is impiovcd by theiie or
other means there is mi chance to laise
111 Southern cotton iiiiils. When these
improvements are accomplished there
will bo ample room for ages to the
o eratives and fair profits to the tiwnem
in Southern and Noi thorn cotton imiln
alike. "
.OI.I OF KOI ii MM EH
( harbitle Ollb e Assayed fjfilM.r.HiJ of
lite Metal During the Past Vrur.
It would ffi'iti from the figures given
by the assay office located iu Charlotte.
N. ('.. sins the News, tiiut gold
mining in the South for the past year
has been ft prolitable busineso.
From the States of North Carolina.
South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama
the buliio:i gold that ba passed
Ihioti -li this otli.-e reaches the enor
moiis sum of Ji;,-'.:7. Included m this
buMioti was silver to the amount of
si,:: I", making a total of "IV."':. 4
In add.tioii to this, old jewelry to
the amount of I J has been bought
and foreign coins to the amount of
SI 1 1. Making the grand total of ?ii.-
"of ,'ouie it will be understood that
).:s ,1,,.., not cover tho entire amount
. f ,. taken fiom the earth iu the
foirr States named above. Several of
the mines 111 the-o States do not shu
their KoI.l to thl Olliee. the.efoie it
would be a difficult matter to ascertain
the exact amount of the Soutu output
of gold.
.lej;e Preniderit Shot
E. Triplet?, president of the AWrn
(Miss, j Agricultural an 1 Medical ( ol
lege, hile on l.is nay to attend prayer
meeting was shot by an unknown a
m-iu and mortally wounded. J he
faculty has had some troubles and the
I itterness there engendered, it i f
sible that a clue may It 1
killing.
Coininltted Suicide I.,Ztl.'r.
At Fort Wayne. Iud.. Ms-a
Marquandt, aged -'-! year, daughter of
a wealthy farmer, and Mi.'hael Milr
aged . a r.loou keiqer, '!'u
lying in a room in the Mar o
fa!o,n .le.,1. It isUi.po-el tr.at .ey
committed suicide tetLer, mH'J
we-! e lovers.
Prominent Educator Dead.
Dr. Bobert L. Dabnty. one of n.
mft promiueht educator of t ie Sloirh.
.bed at his home i-i Ktonilie, Uuu.
Dr.CL. W. Pabney. , r es.dent of the
University of Tennes.ee avl .;"' 1
Secretary cf Agriculture ua-ler . r"
deit Clfve-:jd, 1'is svu
U ill I r ' Cotton.
The Oregon Vadwav will try t., T.
cotton and toha.-o f';"'-;,.
Oregva V.'a.Lm.-ton wi i'". "
courage itttleliit-l.ts.
W,V' y'ur u,,j l.'ellef
The National Beiitf Aoc.
sum of & to be befit to Consu.GeJ
"t i rt'. e relief of distress en
era! I.ee, f.r t .e i.l
tneis.aml. 1 e ti.ea.beM
leneued iftal to its UJ ,
kU. .otters r-haZllZ?l'"-.e
loube their erVrts to ' n.,
of uon.y. u.ed;c.l I; u
foodf.i t'ie fcuLVr:i.g 7" j,.,ft
iu ,u-w f the peni tUr011(,U
the government, tl.e a, s .
after dro,sfiotuitSnau. tU ---