North Carolina Newspapers

jJ 11 tTrr f TI13 Ifasscsgzr I Prints . the . news , -6ZJTD OKDXM FOX - J JOB PRINTING 5 i ; and Is nought after bytbc po pl of Mel). .well, Yancey, pu eond, Kutherford, fc'jfM and other counties in WcBtera :,'"i;h Carolina, and Is thar f'.re a Coed Advertising Mdlum. Kites furnished oa application. IdJrerr, TIJE ilESSENOEB. Marlon, N. 0, J THE mESSENCERi Uarion. H. C. Promptness, Acmraey, Kaataaaa and Good Stock Guaranteed. Letter Beads, Hot Heads, Bill Head. Envelop, Circular. Card, Poa- J tors, ramphlefa, aad any kind of Printing. - i I VOL. II. NO. 42. MARION. N C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11. 1893. j Fer Year in Advance. 7k outage-Maker Laughed When te Verd'ct Was Pronounced. C HP GETS LIFE IMPRISONMENT. 'lotion lot Xev Trial Kntcied Ills !.:iivcrs Do Not think the State Vi C-;in b ( Him the Second I line l tt'iai . Adolph L. Luet lilght of the fdh cou-i.iUjI-.r of his wife, and t to :oiimeUt lu the tel Of the :it 'itiary fur the term of hi. natural l.':c-t'fcit received tLe verdict '( .':i':gh. -i ' i ' '' when tho word was sent -j:irt room by tno jury that they upon a verdict and were to bring it into court. Ouickly -!'- nfn-t tho j-iry had seut won I ;irt i iiit::, Judge Gary hastened : ' !iit room, i'he news of the t . 1 i I l;ko lightning to tho t und in ii leu minutes the court 'wis j coined with newspaper men, men, u messes, who had given I;; t!io tllfti, and OUI ioil-S Spte- . At i!.;.'. .In io (iary enured ";iii and ut the- sumo mutant Luct mid iiis guards cuiao iu through : i. ,i -ling trom t;:o jail to tho )i i !; c..;;i t . hou-a. i dm prisoner t ) ud api-cu an k, and did m a.i' iiejree. Not li'Orn is a iced toward tho . U no tik-l vaiuly to catch au luo of the lneu who had de 1 hiA fate. ' :ty Avheelod ehai-i.lv in bin ' ii -i; .'i Mi' j'.irv (;:tti.-l''.'d, aud Watchdl t .' ; .!.-!ii,y ui tl.t y liltd mto their : aL . i he .-poKo in hid usual calh), '-.' ' -:..: ' 'Gout lemon, have you ':: . : 1 n ft verdjctV' ''.: i:av-, " as tlio I f y. r ( : k. tea 1 tuo voidict," said ' u ); i;ry 111 thi! ; a'.iio tone. '.eii; fi:opf sto, ;A forward, took Ih-- v. i.:;t and tiit ii real with a tremor f.f i . iu !u-:it 111 his vou-e: "Wo, tho j!'.'v, find tho defendant guilty, as Hru -d m tin' indu.-tiueut, and lis his i nm hiJic.it at ijupi lxnmieut for life." I , wn a imsh and ali eyes turned i i.ut tt.! t. lie hiu'lied, and laughed m ;t 1. miii. or th.it, showed plainly ' that h- 'ii. I not think tin) verdict a serious ' 1 t -1 '. ct inparativelv sj o.ikiti. Tho ; h : d o! ( ' I i'i k Kiinpf's voice had not 1.' i .way when Atloniey Harmon was '!: !:i-l'.-ft with 11 lcpiest tlintthojury ' 1 ';.! I. '.ihijwns iono, each juror 1 ! ' ; 1 : . 1 1 ! tlio venlu-t. 'l'beu Mr. llar ? . ..ii "1.1 ic a lnoiifti for anew trial, '1 . ii was entered, und will bo argued t.-fit was led luick to jail in ap :i ' n;: ood pj.ints, glad for ouo t!;"!p', tli!'.' his long supjuso was ended jr. i : t. ami comforted by tho assurances l'!i!. ja vt :s thut he will get ft new trial, and that the htato willnot bo able ivnvi.-t a ftcoiid time. After tho luiiioiiucement of tho Verdict and the -i'v.:r i th" jury. I.uetgert was im luf'. lately sin rounded by acrowd of re 1 !:: a i;iid friends eager to hear Ins 1.1 tv.(.!;is. At I'm t ho 1 efuod to fav M ' 1 1 ' 1 's d'inu'. Al length he yielded enov.gb, iy tii.'t the vvi'iK-t v is a surj rise to 1 don't f-t-e how t!io evidence justi '- M'. !i acid:e," ho Contnied, "but .. t'ning is sure: tho Supreme Court "ii: give ice- a new trial, and I shall be v.'-iUlllcd." i '' i.i the tinu-when the I'lisoner was ' d 1:1 to receive tho verdict till tho 1 ii'ii: s c titliHted him back tolas ceil, ti'.'-e fhov. ed not one tremor of any vo"..;. He smiled repeatedly, even " m ' tnovt rd let v us read by the clerk, mi'! other who gatheted around him. !Ui arriving at the jail he retired as ua', ai -pnrentiv undisturbed bv tho a i' .1 se verdict. ' he jury reached ft verdict iu the first I'.t'l-'t. 1 licv retired at ami took t' ii tirst hailot at "1 : 1 . It wan unatn 1 :! ': convibtioa. home little time . .issiur.ed in arriving ut tho pun 1 .;!. : . to i.e iiiioeteti, r"it tins wan t d bv s and tlien the jury fat ri' '.ud m their mom until 10 o'clock, liu-y announced their verdict, l'i-t 1 Duel hi Xi' lern, N i sj'ecial from UaleiKh to tho Cl.nr ' ''to . ( '. f ihservtr says: "Newi eru had .ri unpleasant social sensation on t' : mht of tlie vth. dames Duffy, sou t Dr. :-ir,uuel I'Utly, shot 1 homas Hill, .'I., soti ot Dr. 1 homas Hid, of tudds 1 !o. Hie shooting oecurrt-d in the uiu'cf Dr. DulVv's premises, 'ihere "10 a vriiiim 1:1 the case. There was r: nitori hai'ge . f shots betw een Dully u:. 1 lli'u. each iiring three. Hill was ''s:t in the ankle each time. Wounded a i. .' m. he took oh' his coat and ov :t i the w'oiua'i's head and concealed K r i.ioutity, and then took her to a a: it hnut-e. A si ecial train was sent '. nd.bboro lifter his father and took . 1 to .ewbern. Hul was taken to 1 ..'1 i-'-oro." ; ( it ti 1 ell l orner-Stone lJobbetl. xVin-ton ,N".C. "i special to the ( liar t lot 1 0 vierver suvs: "Cherry Hill Lu f he. an church has stood near Jerr.sa j ifi;:, 111 Punt' cuntv, tor many years i.ml 0:1 Monday niht last it wa visited ; oy one or moie parties v. 110 were evi- 'ient'.y looking atter eld telies. They i !u .lown under tho corner of the , ! 1 h'.v.i k I'U'.hiirg until the corner-stone !e 1 er.t, wheu they rided it ef its con- J J.! ' Al Fire In I'ittsluirs, Pa. t Tittsburg, Pa., fire destroyed the I My-ptei v cold storage plant of the )IV 1. 1 Chant, unua Lrko ice Company, with IM ? ' about ::-i,i.'i.,iu' worth of all kinds of 1 : 1 iiitr ohamnse. Walls were blown cut 1 f 1 v ti r i-vtilnsicii of -wliiskev. anil kit i Ve-ii le n:e reroited killed. Deote l to ood Koads. At. St. Louis, the entire session of the th-st day of the Natioual Assembly of the League of American Wheelmen iva- devoted to the discussion of good cads. A number of papers on the rarious branches of highway improve ments were read by delegates promi nently engaged m the work. Chair man Otto Dorner, of Milwaukee, pre sided over tho meeting, arid m his 0; ening address f-tated that reports, veio coming in from all over the coun try, and that farmers had entered into the good roadd movement with a zeal. F-fTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Ire II th tho Pcnite ?rld Day Cy Day. HIE EXATE. 3-'l Day. In t'-e. Ssnate Senator it-ry, A bf.-uiiiftna, challenged the rigLt ci the admission of Cot bttt to a c-eat as Senator frcci Oregon, claiming that the Gov ernor had no riht ta Bend him. Martin, of Virginia, presented the cre dentials of Daniel as Senator from Virginia, elected for a term of six yeaif, beginning on March 4. lyj'j. The ag iicalturial bili, carrying Si,j27.oJ '' -1 w; uendmeuts. I'latt, of Connecticut, read a lettler from a member of the Connecticut Grange, in which the statement was made that the feeds sent out w. t .- ba l. bacon, of (.euri, ti.r-.-ht ti..-e ou''httol'Ca tform iu the distribution of seeds. vlru Da v. --'IJie Senate rassed a bill providing for the erection of a public building nt l.'eaumont, Texas, at a cost 11'jt to exctcl fMW.000. In the execu tive session Senator White concluded his three days' speech in opposition to the annexation of Hawaii. He review- 1 at length the general policies and theories of our government, declared that the question was above all poli t:cs and that it was a strn which, if aken. could not add to our glory or in crease cur wealth, or be regarded as in accordance with our honestv. Sen ator Inndsa- spoke to question of per- onni privilege on the resolution recent- y passed by tho Kentucky Legislature, emautung ins resignation, lie denied that he had betrayed the trust of his onstituency, and ttaled that he fully epresented the whole people of Ken- lucky and that he wss not the agent of the Legislature. The Senate acljourn- antil Monday. inn Day. In the Senate Frve. of Maine, chairman of the committee on :ommeree, reported a House bill. authorizing the Secretary of the lreasury either to purchase or have onstrncted a suitable revenue cutter. for lite on the Yukon river, Alaska, at a cost not to exceed $40,000. It was passed, in the executive session Sena tor Teller, of Colorado, occupied about four hours in discussing the Hawaiian annexati' n treaty. Kecd denied that he had changed his mind. ini Day. In the Senate strong Cuban resolutions wero introduced. Cannon wanted the United States to servo notice on Spain to withdraw her forces from Cuba and give that llepub- lic liberty, .jason s resolution calls upon tho President to notify Spain that the war must at once cease, aud that tho United States declare and maintain peace on tho Island. Allen wanted tho belligerency of the insur gents recognized. tit Day. - For more than three hours tho Senate chamber rang with e.oquent appeals in behalf of the Cuban insurgents. Cannon, of Utah, and Mason, of Illino s, beiug the principal pcd&ers. Mason ;a ..is remarks, urged tho 1 'resident to take immediate action, aim 1 aunon ppoice in support or Ins resolution introduced the day before to give Spain until March 4th to stop the war. Hale made a cool-headed speech ami had the resolution referred. butler, of North Carolina, presented an amendment to tho constitution, en aiding Congress to levy and collect au income tax. THE TIOUSL. .'!? ru D v. - The House rpent the day ostensibly considering the fortifications appropi lations bills. McC.'lelian, (Dem. ) of New York, offered an amend ment to increaso the appropriation fur gnus and mortar batteries from 81, imo.OtiO to 8.Vij;),rtO!). It was voted down. An amendment offered by I'oote (Rep.) of New York, to appro priate a $'., oort for Port Montgomery, Lake Champlaiu, N. Y., was voted down. In reality, the major portion of the time was consumed iu tho dis enspion of political topics. oru Day. In tho House a bill was passed to amend tho act of Jan. :il, l''.)- granting rights of way through the pub lic domain for tramways, canals and reservoirs so as to grant those rights for cities and privute corporations. At present the rights of way are gives only for mining and irrigation purposes, lho evening session w as devoted to the consideration of pi'vate pension bills. o'trii Day. I he House had un der consideration the bill mak ing appropriations for fortifications I and coast defences. Little interest eemed to be manifested in the pro ceedings, le-s than one-hall of the members being present during the ses sion. The bill was passed carrying 81, 144.:'dC against $ii,.i7, 141 last year. 4TfiDvv. In the House there was more debate on the question oT prosper ity. The military academy appropria tion bill was j ftssed. The bill cairi- .Y:,.-;4o, being 8-0.0:j'J less than the amount can it d by the current law. list Day. Tho House tutored upon the consideration cf the Aldrnh -Plowman conUstCi election case, from the fourth Alabama district. The majority of the committee reported in favor of seating tlie Pop'.ibhean contestant, on the ground of c. nspiraey, au adegation vigorously denied by the minority. Mr. Plowman's plurality, on the face i f the returns, was "-."".7, The majority revised the tig". res so as to give Ahirich a 1 lura'.ity of ; i g. During the early part of the ees-doa the Senate amend ments to the agricultural bill w ere dis agreed to, and the bill was seut to con- n re nee. -l.'n Day. -The House by a vote oi 14 " to IV2 uneeatel Plowman ilem. , of Alabama, and gave the seut to Aldncu ., tiep. 1 A speci.-tl deficiency appropria tion bill was 1 assed carrying 8-D,oy ' for the payment of jurors' ftes iu the Cnited States Courts, and 8l7o.ovC for w itutss fees. During the del ate on the contested election case of Plowman vs. Aldrich. Liuiiey :-aid the negroes iu tho South were stea 'fast in their loyalty to the I. ej ublicau ticket. "As w eil expect tc be abie to shoot off the horns of the moon witn a pop-gun, sai.i lie. as 10 make a Southern negro voluntarily vote the Democratic ticket." Insult to the President. United States Minister Woodford will be instructed to demand of Spain an explanation tf Minister DeLome's in sult io Presideut McKiuIey. The Presi dent belioves the matter is of fufficient gravity to take olfieial notice of it. I'ac-simile copies of the letter have been taken to the President by Secre tary Day, and alwr a conference it wei decided to demand uu explanation. It is nicro than certain that he will be re moved. Cuban Junta gave out copies oi a letter signed "Zr.rhi.ue rur.ny tie Lome," who is mmifter of Sj ain in i Y'ashington, and ablre-ssed to Jost j Canalejahs, who went to Cuba la-t rummer as Premier a-ra-ta s personal representative. In this letter tht Spanish minister refer to President ?lcAirdey as "weak and catering tc ti e ia')b!e,:' aad as a "iow politician. ..ho desires to star.d well with the ji.i'oes of his 1 arty. " INDUSTRIAL NOTES. 1 Artificial Silk to lie Made From Cot ton Waste In Knglaod. Coventry, England, is to have a mill tc make 1, VjO pounds of artificial filk daily from cotton waste. The waste is heaiel to 100 degrees and placed in earthen pots, saturated with a mixture A nitric acid and eulphurio acid; ?;-'i ieeze i by Hydraulic machinery, and buojected a" continuous stream of pure water, lartia'.ly dried and rotated in holiow cylinders with either aud alco hol until reduced to a pulpy substance known as "collodion. " The pulp is then forced by hydraulic compressors through a series of filters until it be comes a perfectly pure liquid, which is etored in reservoirs, from wh'.cu, whe? needed fur spinning, it is forced by hydraul ic pres sure into th ee-inch tubes, turuihhed w itiitaps, at tue end of which are glass tubes with exceedingly min ute orifices. Through these orifices the liquid is forced in a spray, which loses its liquility on coming into contact with the air, aud after rising n inch above the tube becomes a solid viscid fiiament, finer than the thread of the silkworm. These filaments are wound ou bobbins, twisted, washed, dried and washed and dried again, after which it is dyed and woven like ordinary silk, taking the dye better and having a very line gloss. According to a dispatch from Louis ville, Ky., the vehicle and implement trade in that city during the past year ha3 been remarhably large. As au illus tration of this, it is stated thattheKen tncky Wagon Compauy is now making vehicles at the rate of :.';, 000 annually. It is also Btated that the same compauj earned 8:?..'-V:0 more than its usual div idends in the last eight months of 18 )7. As a large area of its trade territory is in the feouth, its prosperity Bhows the opportunities the South presents for this branch of the manufacturing in dustry. Manufacturers' Kecord. Au Atlanta dispatch states that a com pany is being formed to encourage the establishment of manufacturing enter prises. This is is to be done through a corporation which will take stock in Btich now enterprises as commend them selves to the judgment of the promotion compauy's management. It is proposed to start" with a capital stock of SlOO, 1)00. The charter is to provide for an increase of the capital stock up to $2, 10 J, 000. It is proposed to form a company composed of the stockholders of the Woolen mills located at llossville, Ga., Sweetwater, Knoxville, Charleston, Cleveland and McMinnville, Tenn., for the purpose of erecting a large cotton mill. The plant will be located at llossville, Ga., cost about 200,000, at which sum the company will be capital ized, and will employ several hundred ha. ds. Plans have been prepared for the main building, to be a structure .'tOijXllU feet in dimeus on, two storiep high, and cost about $2",0(i0. It is the purpose to install 10,000 spindles at the etart. to be foon increased to lo.OO epind'.es. Messrs. W. A. Campbell and John A. Campbell, of Chattanooga, Teuu. , are the prime movers in the en terprise. Manufacturers' Itecord. The export coal business from Mo biio aud Pensacola has reached such proportions that tho Louisville & Nash villo liailroad Compauy has been obliged to iucrea3e its train 6arvico con- siderab.y. Of morethau ninety vessels thatcamt to Baltimore in Jauuary fifty-five load ed grain alone. Three steamers carriec' cargoes of rye to Norway. Manufac turers' Uecord. The Norfolk (Yi.) Street Piailway Co., has giveu contracts for twenty rew cars for tei vice on its line. The Georgia Mutual Colony Aesocia tiou. of Angusia. Ga , will arrange at once for the establishment of a knit t;ng mill at Pelair Station, near Au gusta. Mr. W. L. McDaniel, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, is endeavoring to or ganize a tfjO.t.'OO Htock company to build a cotton and woolen m;li. v i'he shipments of phosphate roca from the port of Charleston, S. C, last week weio rather more active than usual. The shipments of wood product from the port of Savannah last week to domestic ports amounted to MiO.O'Ki feet of lumber and 11,4:0 cross ties. It is stated that Mr. W. I. Crowell cf the Norfolk Hardwood Lumber Co. of Norfolk. Ya.. has closed a contract for the sale of 40.,i)'i) feet of oak lam ber for St. John. N. P., to be used a box-car material. The exports of Tennessee phosphate rock for the month of December, 107 fram the Mt. Pleasant district, amount ed to 10 32'i tons, of which 1,4c 8 tons were foreign and ,S tons domestic The6tockou hand January let, lSv. amounted to 1'.,ot0 tons. Trying to Organize a Peanut Trust A Norfolk, a. , special says: W. II Small, ha? been endeavoring to form trust of all peanut factories, eighteen ;n Virginia, and seven m the West. H also contemplates, if successful, ti closing up of those factories not payin or unnecessary. No fters have been taken by th9 Norfolk operators, and Mr. Small has gone to New York fot the purpose, it is stated, cf securin seme firm there to undertake tho work cf attempting to effect au organization "Henry, do you believe In the unl rerul brotherhood of m.-in?" "Believe In It? I should say so; down at the seashore this summer I had thirty-five Haters." Detroit Free Press. SNAPSHOTS AT THE NEWS. Hip South. Near Wadesboro, N". C., a colored girl, six vears old. was burned to death. Savannah. Ga., has rc-centiv es- perienced a disastrous fire amounting to 82), 0O0. Kinstcn, X. C. , raises go0, 000 neces sary to secure the building of a cotton mifl. West Virginia is now producing more high grade j etrcleuai than any other State in the Union. Geoigia negroes are petitioning Con gress to grantj pensions to former slaves. Postmaster J. H. Polk was murdered and his store at Goodwin, (is., robbed by unknown assaai3P. An expert from '""shington is to visit Charlotte, X. C. , to decide w hether or not smallpox is in that city. The Charlotte (N. C. ) News sas it is estimated by competent authorities that the recent smallpox scare has cost the city at least ."0,oh. In the Virginia Legislature a bill has been passed incorporating the Fred ericksburg Battlefield Park Associa tion. At LexiugtoD, Ky. , a crowded stair way gave way, resulting in the injury of ten colored persons, one or two of whom are expected to die. Two well-diggers at Lexington, N. . , were entombed by the bricks of the de giving way, and' died before res cuers could reach them. A special from Chattanooga, Tenn., says that there are 1,000 cases of small pox iu Northern Georgia, Tennessee, Aorth Carolina, South Kentucky and irginia. Firebugs are getting in their work at j Wilmington. JV C. A tew days since three dwellings and one storehouse weut up in ftomes. Joseph P. Smith, director of the Bu reau or American iiepubiics, meu ai liami, Fla. North Carolina has chartered the Wascassett Mills Company, of Stanly county, capital SSuo.COO. The mills will spin and weave cotton and wool. E. L. Patton. Jr., of Columbia, S. C, committed suicide in Savannah, Ga. , by taking laudanum. He named his all-bearers and wrote a note to his mother before committing the rash act denying that it was a coward's last re sort. Bev. Dr. James M. Bawlings, for merly editor of the North Carolina Pres byterian, died suddenly at Charlottes ville, Ya. , recently. At Crescent, Fayette county, W. Ya., Geo. 1. Tucker, a coal miner, weut home aad found VVm. McAllister with his wife. He fired four shots, killing both his wife and McAllister instantly. He gave himself up to the officers. There may be located near Savannah, Ga., a Western coionv. The Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill requiring railroad com panies to fence their roadbeds or pay for all live stock killed. D. J. Sanders, of Biddle University, Charlotte, N. C, in a card to the Ob server, eays Mormons are proselyting among the colored people in a sneaking 'vay. Tho Virginia State Senate, after cut ting down the appropriation from 8150,- 10O to 8100,000 ordered to its engross ment tho bill providing for enlarging the cell accommodations of the peni- entiary. The money is to come out of uture earnings of the prison. While workmen were drilling nud tamping in a quarry, near Marion, myth county, Ya., an explosion oc curred, resulting in the killing of Pobert Mc'Jlanahan, and the probable fatal injuring of two other men, named Scott and Hutton respectively.' The North. The Vulcan Iron Works at Chicago. 111., has been burned. Two children were burned to death in a tenement house in New York. Forty San Francisco druggists will be arrested for selling pills under ounterfeit labels. At a fire iu Boston, Mass., six fire men, including a district cnict, a cap tain and a lieutenant were killed. Members of the Ohio Legislature are investigating Toledo as a site for the State Centennial iu 130'j. George Jeffrey, a veteran soldier of Ch icago, 111., who inherited 8-0,000, ha-j strangely disappeared. Senator Boger Q. Mills, of Texas, announces Limselt a candidate for re election to the United States Senate. Secretary Gage, of the V S. Treaurv, in a speech before tho Merchants' and Manufacturers Association, at Bu:ti more, declared that our legal tender uotes arc now out of accord with Ut:e economic law s, and that business re ceives injury through its enforced rela tion with paper money. Miscellaneous. The steamer "Tee-e" siiled from ic toria. P. Con the'.th with loo min ers for Klondike. The United States now rauks fifth among the naval powers of the earth. Thirty-five cf the fifty-two reindeer imported from Norway for the Klon dike, died during the voj-age across the Atlantic. The seventh anniversary of the Chris tian Endeavor Society was observed throughout the country on the 2d. Warrants have been issued at Guth rie, O. T., for seventy-three members of the mob who lynched the two Sem inole Indians recently. The extensive milling industry of the Northwest is organizing to secure fa- i vcrable action on the "pure flour" bill ' introduced by Pearce, of Missouri j At Hot Srring?, Ark., Jack Ever- I fcasdt knocked out Eddie Donnelly m the sixth round. I In an address tothe students of Wash- I ingou an 1 Lee University, Hon. Wm. L. Wilson passed a very high eulogium j on the Jews. j It has been decided to send ten com- ' panie3 of troops to Dyea and Skaguay. Alaska, immediately for the rurpoe of preserving order ana protecting life and , property. Washington Jotting. The United States House committee on labor has reported favorably the bill providing for a commission to inquire into labor, apiculture, etc. j !,., - , n n n l ' War Department Has Been ret! t'oned for Trcops in Klondik? THREE HUNDRED ASKED FOR. Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand People Started for the Geld Flrl Js Daring the Prescp Year. Skagnay, Alaka, via Seattle, Wash., (Special). A petition has ben circula ted here and at Dyea, asking tho W?r Department to send 203 trocps here that law and order may be preserved. The petition is being signed by Oirly all the best element. It reads as fol lows: "To the Honorable Secretary of War, Washington, D. C. : "We the undersigned citizens and business men ef Alaska, respectfully petition and set forth : That there is au extraordinary condition of affairs ex isting at and near Dyea and Skaguay, Alaska, which call for prompt at tention from the proper authorities. As a result of the recent discovery of gold in and near Dawson City, N. . T., Canada, dur ng the j ast two years, there is au enormous rush of reoplo to that country from all parts of the world, and it is estimated that there will be SiO.OOO people started for the gold fields of Alaska and the Northwest Ter ritors, Canada, during tho present year, and not less than 73 per cent will attempt to get in by way of Chilkoot Pass and White Pass. Even at this early day the full capacity of ev ery steam aud sailing vessel is taxed to its utmost capacity to carry passengers and freight that is being offered, and they are being dumped off at those two points at the number of 3u0 a day, 'which will soon be largely increased. "In view of the fact that there is no local civil government in the Territory of Alaska, and that no one with suf ficient authority to endorse the laws of the land, and much loss to prevent crime and disorder, and in view of the large number of the undesirable and criminal class who are flocking to our community to prey upon the unweary and innocent pilgrim, and in order to have some one with sufficient authority, aud in sufficient numbers to prevent disorder and blockades on the trails eading to the lakes Linderman nud Bennett, and to protect the property of citizens of the United States; and be lieving this to be an extraordinary emergency, we believe that martial law should be declared in all this part of Alaska, comprising the community of Dyea and Skaguay and the trails lead ing therefrom to the international boundary, and that sufficient troops, not le s than 800, be immediately dis patched to these points to enforce the laws and preserve order." TIIK SITUATION IN POLITICS. Populists and Silver Republicans to Slalntaln Separate Orgnla'. lius. A special from Washington, L C, under date of the 5th, to the Charlotte, (X. C.) Observer, says the Populists and silver Republicans heid a confer ence last evening, weich was generally attended by members cf these parties in both Houses of Congress. After a discussion of the present situation in politics, it was determined that the two parties, while maintaining separate or ganizations, would work together in th coming campaign, and endeavor to avoid nominations which wouid con flict. Both organizations will endeavor alpo to work with tho Democrats in or der that a solid combination of all or ganizations may be made against the llenublicans. The Populist Organization. The Topulists in Congress have com pleted an organization, with Bepresen tative Bell, of Colorado, as chairman of the joint caucus; Bepresentative Shu ford, of North Carolina, as secretary, and Senator Harris, of Kansas, as chairman of the Congressional commit to. Want to Get Hack. A special from Birmingham, Ala., to the Chattanooga (Tenn. ) Timei, says a general conference of Populists is to be held there on the lOth'to consider plans for getting back into the Democratic party. There are objections to their returning. An American Monte Carlo. The Chicago Journal pays: Michael C. McDonald is at the had of a party of Chicago people who have purchased Fighting Tslaati, eight miles from De troit, and on Canadian noil, for the purpose of establishing there a regular American Mcnte Carlo, which will Le used for racing, gambling and prize fights. There n a capitalization of $2, OuO.OuO behind it Fellow Sen ant liill In Kentucky. Tho Kentucky Senate has pased the fellow pervaut bill, introduced by Sen ator Geobel, cf Coivgton, by 10 to 10, after a prolonged fight. The bill is far reaching in its ejects as to the liability of corporations for damages. Under its terms action may be recovered for neg ligence for any or ail employes of any railroad. Salaries State Oflicera Cut. The Virginia House of Delegates have taken the firet practical step in the matter of retrenchment and reform. The Featherstone bill wa ordered to it engrossment. The bill abolishes the office of register of the land oSice, and cuts down the salaries of f everal of the State officers. Its i assage will cave the State some 314, 00n annually. Clara Uarton liolng to Cub. Tha Cuban relief committee of New York has given out the information that Clara Earton will go at once to Cuba ta minister to the starving, and to the victims of the diseases that now ravish that unfortunate island. Locomotive Worki Closed. The Rhode Island Locomotive Work have filed a petition in insolvency placing iti aeiets at 8-319,000, and itt j liabilities at 8C!6,700- Chas. H 1 ioa hat beta appointf i caitodiao H. Wil THE SABIUTIt SCHOOL (MTSRMAT10N L LESSOM fOH FEzR'JARY 13. Leion Text: er:e Call ot STjttUrTr, ttnttltew Ijc., O-K Cobl. u Tct: MU their ii., 0 Commentary n tli I-ei I TTrlllea by th l.e. I. M. Mr.r;-s. i P. "An 1 tit J.-?u3 f "-""'- f:-nh fr-va thEC? lie ?mr r rz xn yur.rd Mruvw sil ting at th rj'cfrt c ; ci-t.Tb'. "vt !: s.iit.t i-t hlui. Fo:hvff M- fiat he hi f.nl folbiwci Hir.'' iio; If j er, tli paiaMi .. the f-'ve-r stri?kr tb pcss-sSt 1 witin'.e !:osf. tho te.nx t t ViSiM, Tho Llia J. t '.i hoi-e'eis au 1 ovt- deal tire rr.a ! to liL.r; am 1 ex.jDv Hi-? porter. 1 m wiai tm'l the s.'a ot-;:y Ii im. c bnt (he jroph' rnig'tt v.v'd rW.-' Whtt cann-r f man L this?"' Tiio demons kmw tii.it !! i.th'J rt:i of ; yd, but the people? only n.irvil at Him. If i:,st tint f.'l t!ie liiTerei:t pliri.-s of ti.e dvll V vforlc p:i t'.i b.tJie ct peopl are very sc. costive of tUeeondUi-ia of lit.iel spiritually at t!:af ti n?, tn.i nl- of t'..o con tittoa vf all t.'ic arc f it 1 L'. rist t.-i- l iy. bat thfi Ho c:ist fwt thu spirits will; lis vrvr-l 'an I hf.ih' 1 all that wore sl's) 11 ."a" n nv d"!ivor from ull th' power of tl.e tno.i.r, f.r II is slid "thH same Jesus. " 15is-.i.l a r ,: por la spirit who are humble euoui;li to rro Him, and follow Him, r.uJ hci'ome disMplos. rn.ii-turb 1 l,v tho l r -akint; up Of the r.)if , lie h.iJ Ju-t I:ocorrl ti fait a oi'.ho four wli? rxre to,! j-n tol eil their frioRd, an 1 now IKhiich f. vi 'f vi'cc v., j 27 or Matthcv, to bo e:r: i l Jli' f.iMlifid I few. Matthew is to follow Hitr.. !itt rotor, ! nor John, nor t!:t; otlir- avIvt wcr- c.iH t j before Hi rn. An 1 so it is s'.ii! vu nr.' I . brkoM tho I.amb of (.5M an 1 -1: mm ! save Je-J3 only, r.nl r ia wii!i j r.i i i looking unto Jes-J3 (.loliu i., 2j, llai;:. xvii., fi: H. l. xli., 2). t glO. '-An-l it came to rnss as Jonis sat at I meat ia the house, behold, many j uMi "ans andiianers came ninl sat clown with Him ! and His disciples." This tils ia pi?:ur 1 of things as they still exist. Tcre ar.'tnso disciples, but there are many who sit with thorn ia the house of Go l win might be disciples also if they would; for whosoovi r rray, but they pretVr to continuo uubcdlev ers. Matthew modestly refrains from t-!l-Ing ua that tho feast was prepare 1 In 104 own house, but we Ilnd it in Luko v.. In tho samo way John does not toll who th other was who followed Jesus that Pr-tdnv (John I 4T), nor .Iocs Luke tell t';o nam fLuko xxiv.. nor doei Mark tell th- name of the. young man who Hod away naked (Mark si v., 52, but as ia Matihowf o doubtless in tho others the atthor comva: himself, liavo we learned tho "Not 1"' se cret of Ga!. ii., LO: I O I. xv., 10, and rro w like her ia sontr of sol. iv., 10, over in viting our 13 dove 1 into His garden that Ho mav llnd us "set nr art for Himself ' (l's. iv.3). 11. "And whon tho Thnrisoos saw it thoy eaid unto Ilia disciple?, Why e.uheth joir Master with publioann mvl iinn-rs?" It H not tho way cf the wisdom of this world to have much to do with thoso no1 iu their set or circle l.i society. I am writing tl.ii lesson I orosi tho so from J.-ipm to China, and there sits in the social I'.iH with me at nioth?r table a young man of Japan, a graduate of th1 Imperial univer.-ity, a etrong Uuddldst, wlio li.sl ts tiiat th I teachings of tho InUoniay be r.eossary L r some, but the leajldngi' of llnddbisiu suit him better, for they ar! a cduch mere i ro found in his estimation. 12. "But when Jesus hoard that II.? sr.i 1 unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that r.ro Siok. It i-t t difficult for a learned man to think him- !t;u luini-auanym.k.uc I'jrn '""' to tiuns himself morally sic, lut until one is convinced that he is fiok lie will not be apt to want a physician. The majority i of people are whole in their ownestima tiou and goiotf about to establish their own righteousness (Horn, x., 3), an I it Is only the Spirit of God who can convircoof fclnand shr.vtho need of a Saviour (John v1.. ii). 13. "But go ye .iL'l 'learn what that I menr.eth. I will have mercy and not si-rt-f.eo; for I am not conn to call tho right eous, but fdnners to repentance." "lids Is a quotation fr j.m Ho, vl., C, tin context I ot which tcaciioj tliat I.-r.-iel. puif-d up With pride, oont inuod to o"er a-ri '.c as a religious aot, but continued in th-ir sin ful ways. The U r-1 sifri b-c or v 'd''i w read in Scripture, and v.hl -h w is off red by God Himself on behalf of sinful m.-.n (Goii. 1:1., 21), shows man's ntb r belplers ues.s to offer God anything, but tint God in mc-roy provides garm'-nts '-t ..ilat!'a by tho sbed.llug of 1 lood for sinf ii man. 14. "Then came to Him the dis-.-iideg of John, saying. Why - wo and tue F inn fire s fust oft, 'tut Thy tTs'-iples fatt not?" 'i'h'-y certainly jeit themsr-lv. s iu po-'-r -o:r.pany Vhon they said, ' V,'o the I'li ui .':'. " but per'iaps in t ho niit t'T of f.n'.ln:: t'ne were still very like tho I'hariso:- a-i J fa-si'- l as a religious duty. Perhaps they ha 1 ri' t heard His teaching n.H recorded M -u. Vi., 1C-1?. Thoir mi?tak seoms al.-j to that of giving to God iiistoal of lir-t r--ceivliig froai Him duty iiitea 1 of giat f al service. 15. ' '1 he days will cmc wh' n the P-rid"-groom shall be taken trm them, and tio-u fiiiall thvfast." lie is Ftill ouotnsg fr Hoea. for there IP; ii bot.i Phvs; in and Bridegroom (Hos. vi.. 1: ii., 10. . John lh Baptist spaV? of Him a bri b-grooni (John lib, 'JJ). N'-ither John's divlpies nor Jejas' discif-b's knew of tho days cf reparation that were to intervene b' for t the marriage. Thy were happy lot with Him. und thTe wai no oicaion to fast. I J 17. Th" pn'.che I gsrnens an 1 th" old bottles of t !:..;! v-r.-fS set forth diffTent puR'es cf th truth. Ts-f is n- patchwork or tr.ixinz up of old and new in the Lord's work. If anv nin in f'hrlt, h" is a now cr.-atlo.i. To " irp'i! :.:in 1. or nataral :..an. Is not -j i -j ' '-1 t-; lie- I t v of Ciod at. 1 i..-v r r !"-. In ir ti-sh r,r nat'iral man ilr-.l--t :s no g d t!.i;g 'ii Cor. v., 17; : n. vi i i , 7; vii.. 1"'. J l- f.n ; a Curi-ti in is to r-t -iv- f-.-m .'i'.'jv Him who is in no one as :hy .tr .- bora Sot', this Tori !. cvt! .I"s :- Christ tv S--a '." Go 1 Mohn i.. 1.;: I J .'.n v.. 11 . Th-a t . live a Ciri-.':.i;i ii.'e is t" r.i. i - o! I. and Pt ih- n--v vi-""', tbo 'hvir."1 . r.n.r in in w.-.'-m w r-"-iv.- 'nr;-f. ' fi;i- i . the Sj irit of (io 1. i(irm-:nt a.-i 1 v .i...-nr.. j both iii'irri .!-i::t . ! il- : -i j b t i; g tr.r. ' 1 1 ;:. yixii " j ' i . n' j d'.n"': for p.'.l who wi;i c'.....' to li.' V.b " ifi sug,'--tlve cf the J'.y ri'j w lb wo jliiiavi Li t'M-ii, f-.-cn II;- on ; - . and tbe garrr.ett? paggest th" 11'" r: n : Taani:t ny thjoy wit'iin. Th i'i-jri rr.u?t te right bfvr th cutwird :, rtgh. htler says that t!i! bolt!- ljol"i:.;r thi wir.3 aro tho men wei -ring tbc g i.--cects. Mbn 11 has ccxpitt" po-s ??r.:t cf us, tlif.'i it w II be reaclffit In a" 1 through U3 that "the klr-gdom of Gol : not jt aai Sr;aif, lat rigutti-iaae.-.-." . J.t-? ia llfclT. l j A Hig hoe factory. The large an 1 thoroughly equipped sho factory at Xashville. Tenn. .which J. W. Carter ic Co., have had ia couse of erection i now complete, and the latest improved machinery in place. It has a car acity of ',, pairs of men's, voutbV and children' rhoes i-er day. ! and will give occupation t j ')') opera tive?. Wage Cut. At Taunton, Mafs. , the employe? of Whittertoa mills have been notified of a 7 t-er cent, reduction. Keen com pe tition and the condition of the market n given as the caute. Fortune no longer knocks at a man's floor. You must have an electric but if jou Tvuit to be in the x-rih- . 0. H & C. I?. R. Souft Carolina 2nd Ges" H. E. f tu.!i:':? ia effect 0t. I. "Nor.L'.curj.l. 0. A 0. South'uv.mL Leav-7 1 3 n m . c:..nii-t Ariiv e 3 0 p m 5 ' p r.t 4 llpa 3 0) p in 2 CO p ni 1 i 0 p in 1? M p in 11 55 n 1 1 1 if m 10 to a ..t : n ia n ;t i .n m 5 a n (ij a n 7 (M it m H ST a m. 12 -C .1 m l.r u,.-- :;: . i:. e. t'.i'ii't. a K-fsh .i ... L:icu-t..r '' ('atn- '-a Jet K II.it Y.)r:,r.Ie . " i i.-;-V-'-ur. r.hfi'y Ii -ht '. u i. 1.. ma ' tv. liui'ii.Tfv.rilt.in " M irlun 1 . 12 fSp m 1 ft p IT? 1 1 ". ij m . 2 !Wp in 3 S'l p m 4 50 p ni . 5 i) p in ft 5 j y m 12 p m f 21 p in 7 SO v m Arrlvi Nottbbouud. CtjkSuj I'i. oi:th!..uu ?. !. dvi' C :" p m. ArrtTi-7 I'ti p in rg.. Arrive 7 '- a in i.ntT; I Traiu t rrta of t 'ruJen runs tta'.l y t j Sunday. Traiii ll .- harIot n und Kiuifsvillt ! rnri" daily. I For li.tcrrrnti . n ns t. nit?, Cly.l U' 1 Sailing, -t. .'a.l on ! ' ! cut.-utiuK nu t 1 traveling Aifcitof both r 1-. . r ! j. r. ;i;w, i'r.if.l M i-.i:t. S. ix I.VMI'KIN. i 'l' P.tH. . .-t.. H! 'tckobutg, S. -' A. ni'ElKON. T M.. tv ( A . 1;. i: . h irit-.s n u. s. t TIIK ni SlM'.SS SITl'ATION. Stornn and fold Interrupt' d !o tbo Northern and K.ixtcrn State. Eradstreet's commercial report for the past week, says in part: "Severo cold weather, aecompauied by high winds aud heavy f.uow. bai been a feature exercising considerable influ ence upon the movement and distribu tion of Btaple goods. lh Northern and Fa-tern Mates appear to have felt th p,reCts of tUe ptorm m st severely, lu j fpi'e oi inn interruption of buaineas a ; satisfactory trade for the unison is to ' ported in most lines, with special ac tivity reported in iri u and steel trades ; and kindred lines. Iu the Past the dis tribution t.f dry goods rnd wool ban i been checked, and the movement of ' produce greatly interfered with, but the ; tone of tho cotton gomls situation i. if ; anything, improved. In the Middle j States ami tho central West the movo- merit of iron into consumption ia Mill very large, but nervousness ai to ponfi I bio over-production affects that market. ! Steel ia Mightlv lower at thi F.od, but ! firmly held at rhiengo, which also ro ! ports 'advances in iron bars wire audi I ni is. Western m lis will not agice ta deliver steel rail, billets or rods on new oidera before July 1. Solium buyers are coming i:.o .-".. I. n; m ue numer ously than usual ot this date, and tb distribution ot dry goods, boots ami ihoe and drugs iHuctie In tho North west better trade is reported, and cold weather has belied the distribution oi At the South trade ,ii,ib L'ooda . ,i nvr.i urt aut centres and the total oi .January Faid to be abovo the aerag "AbiHkan business on the Pacinc; coast is still very u tive, but export trade in cereals is small. Bain n ucedd in ( aliforrini, or crop will b conhid orablv shortene.l. Steadinesa in pnce Las been a feature, tho only decrease noted being iu corn, wheat and Hour, on a pj eculative reaction, and in lead, while the prices of oats, polk, beef and Coffee are higher. The expoit movement of cereal shows a heavv falling off for the week, but is still aheal of tho fame week for preceding vears. The business failure, though slightly larger than last week, number ing 2X,, r.gaiast '2 the week' before, are little above the norma!." DISAsritOI'S I.AIMTMJCAKK. Many People Killed and Much Prop erly Destroyed in A.hi .Minor. Violent earthquake f hocks have been felt at L'ahker r and around Brua, in Apia Minor. Numerous fatalities bav reviltel, and great datna-.vl.ai ben done. The Sultan hi- subscribe! l'VI'l I for the relief of the -uffei r. He has I dispatched a relnf committee to the j hcenes of the d-xii-.ter, and bus or-lerb i I lie .iilllSiei OI l IUIIUIO IO innv k-- succor the injured. 'I lie Itellef P. edition Milli. The expedition which the Uuite-I States is rending into the interior of Alaska with ni plier i'--r the relief of miners who are rc-jKirtcd to be in want, hailed for Dyea from Portland. Ore., on the ."Ah on the uteamship, Oeogn V. LSder. 1 he Llder curried pare'i ger", hfry one of whom are officer and enlisted men of the army, ho ao to acta escort to the pack train, which it is expected will carry the tuppr.e over i the u w-re fo .es. About 2;n n. ct provision orwartle'i lV II.O KmcwiUirui from tins point, and an additional hup ply will g from Seattle ia a lew day. Women In Mo for i pltol. ()r.e of the f at .ies capitol la i vay tht.' ti::gu.sh- I j -r(!o:.age-caps of ti'. cil'im:.'", rie.-e" are th'.-" of litinguihed reno ent Ablri !ge bad t!. their plfc'-e will i ut and bii't of Cap';.. a Harriet Pete": tr Mv.v and Su-aa l. Ai.thc-.uy f t 1.0 ew i ork ;:.g of di . ! in the --.:.ne like liti'-Hl tha-i ni enr.tend .:? and ia I iovernor iy Pitcher, ura Barton 1-f A SIOO.OOII.IKH) llefi.-lt. A spcolal to the Charlotte 'S. C. j On rerver from Wah:i.gtou : Beed isue 1 bis retren-hn.o:.t ukae on tL Jrid No river and harbor bill, no pub lie building bills, adjournment of Coc-.re- bv May 1 Oth. A :- hundred million dollar deficit at t'ne end of the current fiscal year, uu ler the operation t cf the Di tig ley bill, l the alarming j rendition that confront the Bepubii can rartJ- A CotIy 1 neatr. There ere in Kansas twenty i ..itt iiwri! without a single ell-inhabl- tant. and Szratcga. in thy otate. w fctio'iutely rdnhab'.:, has an' otcT b'-'.Hings a iWA th?atrr '