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,1 H 1AM0N H J J JLH, JU 'A DEMOCRATIC FAMILY NEWSPAPER. VOL. 1 MARION, X. C. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 17,1895. NO. 15 ti;i raises 39", 000,001 i-i- tixes an 1 .lO.OOU.COl tobacco. f AMKS MORRIS, M.ori' n, N. C. R. R McCALL Ashevhle, N. C. MORRIS & M'CALL, Attorneys tt Law. rrii;'i'-" in DcDowell, Rutherford. :ir, Vanfcy nr.d Mitchell ceur.ties. 1 i:i th: Uiiitrrl States' Circuit Court A !i'-vi!!e find Stat sville, and in th nit i ourt oi me rii.ie. nu.: cs 1!V attended to. T. MORPHKW, Attorney at Law, ;: !ifc in the Court9 of Mitchell Y.it c Hiir. y, li l n. rii ''-, ii.nugi, Atuc; ii. e a:i I Federal Courts. rrr L. C. EIRD Atio.net and Counsellor at Law. Marion, - N. O. Practices in all courts, State and Fed eral. Special attention given to invea, tipatins laud titles and collecting claims. -Oflice r;n Main Street. JUSTICE & JUSTICE, Attorneys at Law, Mrrion, - N. 0. E. J. Justice is located here. 0 flics la. ujpfcr room f Fiemining Hotel. 35 All AiiO AIR IM I! ?s KV LINK. N. a r i;?e t CI ul dfe, R leigh, W.l ini' gni. Kiehr.oml, Norfolk, Wa hing "ii, llilrimore and the E-st. A's t N'i v Oile i ns a i-i all )oi: ts in T .is ;ui'l the Southwest. Memphis, KhiiS'i ( i v, Denver and a'l point' in he (J.-Mt Wot. 1 Mm PS F. 11 is, 'lime Tables a.i 1 ! ijt r tes wii'e to II A. NEW LAN I), fieri. Ti iV. I'a--s. Agent, Ci arl ttc, N. C. I.i-..e M .ri-m ( h.-.i'otl A: live Hah igli Wilmin C. A- A L ) 1" :i ni 1 1 HO a m ii 0) pni 2" p m : () p in (i r a ton Atbiiita . !'... Ni.wi.ami, t ! ; a T. J. S01THKIJN RAILWAY CO. (KASTKRX rl E.U.) r.f-n Tim at ( nluinMa and Ft Korth. Nurllib. M'rli. 1" uit't. . IK',3. N 34, No 3;'o 10;N. 58 Dally Dally Daily rally .11 CO ' fl.SO J. .1 3.0T p'VilA p .j 7.C5 pj 3 47 ai. ; T. o a' .v:w pi. ..u.i: u lf.io f. Coluiiibi. I. t'h.i I.T A-BJt " Or.i .: Tr.-iit. J1 (0 Pj 200 p rvir.e Il2 :l pi 2.67 p V136 a. 3.09 p ! " M a: 4 42 p 52 b K a 4S6 p O i 7 al 6.07 aj 6.11 p VM ai 6 N5 a! 010 p 7 'is a 11 Ab ai 7 2? p " Jo::!.!t:ins . 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A 'si carries slej in car between Salisbury in I Danvi operated between Salis1 ury mikI Hichm. d i. Dining cars be twen Sali-lniry an 1 St. Anvils ine. X"S oaud.6, Unite I States fat mail. Pullman le?p crs beten New York, At ant an l Montgomery, n t njw Y rk and Jack-ouviP.e Also tai sltepin? ear between Charlntre n 1 Augusta xo 1J l-ppinj: er tirernshoro to Haleigb, no. :;5 M.es:rs car Ka'eifjb t . tirenbro. 'lLioiig-i ticnt5 - ns 1 at;iirci;al sta t!'..:s to all pr-wits. i" r rots or information "1 j ly to ttny axent ff th? c .nip.my. or to I K H '1HO1!'SO Min.riinnt. Fin-t Pi n. 1 huviile, V;v I . D KYDKIt. lleliIlten;ent Second D.visio-, ChHi-!( r:-, . W . ii. (JHKh.N, (Jii .Tut Marap;er Eastern 1 W A Tbr.'.v. (iei.l t'a.Ag-, Ws.i.iiifci D. U. URAD.STREET'S REPORT. Husiness Outlook Improving Contin ued Strength in C:otton. Bradfctreet's report for the past ween says : The feature in tif le circles is found in the j.riccs' movement, more parti cularly those for cattle, dr'-ssed beef and petroleum. Drouth, low prices and "hard times" -within two years have resulted in a --hotter supply of cattle, prospectively 30 per cent, less than lafct year. Live cattle are SI. GO higher per 100 pounds than last year, and SI higher than tho lowest point this year. Dressed beef is 2 cents higher than th; average last year, the highest since 1883. Petroleum sold to SI. 57V on Thursday, 02 cents higher than on January 1st, and 75 cents higher than uyear ago, which id rnoro than three, times th; lowest price in 1K2, and the highest quotation since 1S7. Among the more important South ern citie-H reporting actual gains in the movement of merchandise are Atlanta, Augusta, Savannah and Galveston, but improvement there is flight. The outlook is regarded more cheerfully ut New OileaiiH, where sugar bounty disbursements are expected soon, but at Jacksonville and Birmingham gen eral trade is piiet and in some lines slow. Nashville and Memphis re tain improvement previously recorded. Improved weather helps trade at Char-let-ton. At Chattanooga dry goods and hardware arc relatively more active. In cottons continued strength ap pears, with further occnsi. n d advan ces of a quarter and an eighth i l print cloths, and the aggregate is fair. Mauy agents are sold well ahead. Failures for the week were 207 in the Uuited States, against 21. S last year, aud 27 in Canada against 3i last year. She Cuts Cord WotrJ. Mrs. Catharine Conklin, thirty 8dreu years old, who lives in thu mountains near Huguenot, N. Y., since the death of her husband, three years ago, has supported herself "and child by catting cord wood. New York Wrld. An eccentric peddler recently died at Louisa, Ky. He had represented himself as a foreigner speaking Eng lish imperfectly, but was identifiel after his death ns an American and a graduate, with honors, of Harvard. He was disappointed iu love thirty years ago, whereupon he fled from home and became a peddler iu Louisa. urgin, Dentist. OiTeifi his professional services to hb friei d3 and fo nier pvroni of Marion and vicioity. All work j.U'iranreed to be rirst class, and as ressonable a such woik can bu aff r.lt d. Office opposite the Fh mining II ue. Tonsorial, VM. SWEENEY, Pr -ctictl and Scientific Earber. Over Streitin n's itrug store. Call and see me, as I promise sitifactioc in all ia- THE Marion Record Is the ocly Democratic Newspaper in McDowell county, and has a large cir- j favor, and Is tlie organ of no ring or j cl"que. j It ia the bold champion of the pec- pie's rights, an earnest advocate cf the ! best interests of the county of McDow : ell ard the town of Marion. Its adver- t,.lrjT rates are rcasonr.b'.e, and toe sub scription price is $1.00 per year in ad vance. If jou vf ant the best newspaper in th countrj brinimiDg full of choice readicg matter for business men, farmers, me chanics, and the home circles of all classes subscribe and pay for the Record. If you doa't, why just don't, and the paper will be printed ercry Thursday evening as usual. If jou haven't enough interest In youi county's wellfaro to sustain the best rochrc 0f its diverailled interests, and its est friend th newspaper yon need not expect a 2-colutna obituary Botice when jour ol i tingy bones are hid from the riuuad. eej of progrei in thi All wte ow: lal'tc ip'iocs to tte RsCCKO iil bj Hmppea ftom our list lb. Y a'ly, 7no Marion Record, NORTH STATE NEWS, A MOUNTAIN TKAGEDY. IwoMfn Killed and One FatuIIy jnrprl at a Dance In Cherokee County. In. A special from Murphy eayn that in a fight in the lower end of Cherokee county, two brothers named Cross were killed and Xeal Newman wa2 dangerously wounded. A dance was in progress at the Cross home. Xeal and Mac Newman were among the guests. .Tak Cross, the heal of the family, ordered the Newmans out of the hoiiFo. They went out and were followed by Jim and "Will Croes.broth ers. Jake Cross also went out and at tacked Neal Newman, who tabbed Jim Cross fatally. Mac Newman shot and killed "Will Cross. Neal Newman was phot in the back, but was able to'- escape with his brother across the Ten nessee line. Frightened to Death. The N ewbern Journal tells of a death which centred at that place under! unusual circumstances. Miss Julia Taylor, aged 58, who lived alone and did tailor work, screamed for help ; about midnight, and C. Green.. .vho! lived next door, answered and went over. -Miss lay lor said a man liaJ come on her porch and she had taised iho window and asked who it was. He grnsnod at her and hhe dropped the window and he left. Mr. Greeu told her to come to his bouse and spend ho. remainder of the night, and khe was supposed to be preparing to do so, but hearing nothing more of her for i":iie time Mr. Green looked in the win. low and saw ner Jyingon tue noor. ; Help was summoned, but she soon died. The coroner's jury decided that she had died of fright. It is Now Six Fcr Cent. The fi per cent, interest law went in to effect Saturday. The act was rati lied March 13, but by a queer over sight had no euacting clause, so that thirty days had to elapse before the act could go into effect. Now what will the national banks do? Coal Mine Resumption. The bituminous coal mines at Egypt have started upon full time and with line equipment throughout of new machinery. Fifty men are now em ployed and the daily output is 150 tons. In sixty days the force will be j doubled. The machinery is working well. George W. Lacy, of Illinois, I has just been made general manager. The New Women's College. The trustees of the Baptist Women's College at Raleigh have decided that the work must begin within thirty days. They have let the contract for the main building, the contractors be- tug tlie JNortn Carolina uar uompany, of Ibileiadi. Tho building will cost, about .-?o0,000. It will be of brick, three stories high, and the design, which is by Mr. Baucr.is quite elabor ate. It is the intention to complete i he buil ling by October 1st. The , location is between the capitol and the executive mansion, aud is a tine one. This season's cotton receipts are 33, 2i3 bales against 2o,8S0 to this date last season. Yadkin county is entirely out of debt and has money enough ahead to pay expenses for a year. Half the dam at the Falls of Neuse was torn away by the big floods in the liver. Tho damage will be repaired ns rapidly as possible. In view of the tax levied by the Leg islature upon them, the physicians of Iredell county held a meeting and ap pointed a committee to draw np a new fee bill. The (Tastonia Gazette says that young Ward, who was tried in Lincola Superior Court for murder and ac quitted, left Lineoluton the next d:iv. He feared his life was jeopardized by remaining there. Threats had been reported to him that if the law cleared him Logan's crowd would see further about avenging their companion's death. Many new revenue seizures were re ported to Collector Simmons at Raleigh. Deputies Moffitt and Foard got a 40 galloH .'-till near Broadway. Moore county, and an 80-gallon one near Hadlev's Mills, Chatham county, owned by Lewin Marley; Deputy Troj a 60-gallou one near Jonesboro, owned by James Sloan: Depnty Gibson a 45 gallen one on Little river.Montomery county. Revenue officers also seized the registered distillery of L. J. Wil liams, at Williams' Mill, Chath-im county, and it was taken to Raleigh together -with a quantity of whiskey THE LEADING NOMINEES. Mclvinley aud Stevenson the Favorites for President. New Yoke. In a canvass of the Re publican and Democratic national com mitteemen, printed by the Evening Telegram, William MeKinley and Adlai Stevenson lead in the race for the re spective pre sidential nominations. The figures are: Republican William Mc Kinlev. Jr., 13; Btnjaruin Harrison, 4; Thomas B. Reed, 4; William B. Alli son, 2; Levi P. Morton, 1; JuhuSher man, 1; Henry M. Teller, 1. Demo cratic Adlai Stevenson, 0; Governor Boise, of Iowa, 2; Matthews, 1; and Postmaster General Wilson, 1. Chi cago is highest in favor as the conven tion city, and the tariff and financial questions are believed to be the issues upon which the campaign is to be conducted. INCOME TAX DIRECTIONS. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Miller Sends Instructions to Col- lectors. At Washington, D. C, Commiseion er Miller.after several days' considera tion of the changed condition of the income tax law, but ttill in the ab sence of the full text of the Supreme Court decision, issued supplemental instructions to the sixty-three internal revenue collectors. These instructions may be followed by others to meet special cases as they i ame. Ine instructions were handed I to the Southern Associated Press for distribution, and will not be tele graphed to collectors of internal re venue except in the far West. They are as follows: 1. Interest received from State, couiity and municipal bonds, or sec curities, and rents from real estate, are not taxable as income, but pernons " 'r""." UIU MWl or reuis uau incnuie in xneir rerurnB as receipts the full amount thereof re ceived or accrued within the year fcr u":u lue inane, ana snail deduct the same as not subieet to lav- ation. 2. Xhe ftraount actually paid for t,Tpa inenrunno oni rmir- i Cfitnte may jQ deducted from i a8 heretofore provided by the 1 regulations. income, law and 3. All TersOns and cornoratinns that have heretofore rendered income tax rein, fnv ioa 4rv n. or deputy collector, including therein interest received from btate, county or municipal bonds or from rents from real estate, may have the amounts of said interest and rents deducted from their income by duly making an affida vit to that effect, and delivering the same to the collector or deputy col lector to whom the original return was. rorwWod 4. Th co lector upon receipt of th prescribed affidavit shall attach sai. affidavit to the return of the affiant heretofore made, and shall make tin correction in said return in conformity with the facts stated in said affidavit, and forward said amended return, witl the affidavit attached, to the Commis sioner of Internal Revenue. JOS. S. MlLLEK, Commissioner of Internal Kvrnue. Approved. J. O. Carlisle, Secretary of the Treasury. This telegram was sent to collectors: Washington, D. C. Have tlu affidavit and instructions printed and distributed immediately to all persons who have rendered returns. All returns received here will oe forwarded to you by mail. Correct aame by attaching aiiidavit and making 1prliietion ns shown thprpin. "Rpnnir all persons in making returns in future to show clearly that rents included and deducted were received only from real estate, and iuclude nothing whatever paid for rent or use of personal prop- erty or franchise. If necessary for accommodation of persons filing income tax returns, you win Keep your omce open ior ousiness from 8 a. m. to C p. m. Jos. S. Miller, Commissioner. "There is no power vested in this department, telegraphed Commission- er Miller, "to extend the time for mak- ing returns under the income tax law. BM WHAT IT COST CHINA. Comes Out of the War a I5ad Loser Japan Makes a Big Haul. An authoritative statement of the terms of peace being negotiated be tween Japan and China has been secured from ofneit.1 sources at Wash ington, D. C. The statement is made in order to clear up much misrepres entation arising from speculation as to the terms of peace. They are five in number, as follows: The In dependence of Corea. Permanent cession of the island of Formosa to Japan. Indemnity of 300,000,000 taels (Chinese coin, worth $1.33.) Per manent occupation of Port Arthur and immediate contiguous territory. A new Japanese-Chinese treaty opening the interior of China to commerce The money indemuity is expressed in Chinese taels instead of Japanese yen. The tael is in reality a weight instead of a coin. It is considered silver raonev. While the face value at $1.33 would be equivalent to $399, 000,000 in fcilver, it is said the actual value would be between $210,000,01 0 and $220,000,000 iu gold. The fifth term as to thrf new treaty includes various trade features such as free access to Chinese rivers. There is no demand for territory on the mainland outside of Port Arthur and its contiguous sur roundings. Don't be Fooled by a Rise in Price. Alfred B. Shepperson, the cotton statistician of New York, writes to the Cotton Exchange of Charleston, S. C: "1 think an aivanee in cottoa be fore the planting is completed would be unfortunate, as it would probably cause a larger a;rcag3 in cotton than had been contemplated, and the result of a full acreage- would undoubtedly be to cause a serious decline in prices. I think the Southern planters have it in thtir own ban la now, by the ac tion which they may take in respect to acreage, to control the price of cotton for many months. A considerable re duction in acreage, in view of the im proved trade conditions throughout the woild, would certainly lead to a very considerable and permanent ad vance in cotton, whereas without such reduction I fear that prices would continue for many months, subject, of course, to occasional fluctuations, upon a very low range, and upon so low a range that there would be no profit to the American cotton growers. Lonaoi is twelve miles bro:il ani seventeen rai'.es lon-r. Every year see. about tweaty miles of. street, fedded to it. HIS SALARY TAXED. HERE'S AN INCOME TAX QUES TION FOR CI ROVER: Will Hehaxe to Iay$20on Ills $.-0,. OOO Salary Washington, D. C President Cleveland filled out his income tax blnk. In his return he included his salary of $50,000 as chief exeeutive.ou which the t-.x will be 920, deciding to leave it to the proper officers to de termine whether the pavment of the 2 per cent, assessment will be in viola tion of the provision of the federal consiixuuon wnicn says tnat tne com pensation of the president shall not be increased nor diminished for the term for which he shall have been elected. As to the payment of the tax, Mr. Cleveland has until the 1st of July t make it, and as the constitutional question affecting his salary will un doubtedly hve been pnssed upon be fore that time, the president will wrU for the disposition of the matter. The tariff law directs that the income tax 6hall be paid by individuals "to tho collector or deputy collector of tho district in which they reside." It is said that Mr. Cleveland is uncertain as to whether he should claim Buzzard's Bay or New York city as his place oi residence and that for this reason it is not unlikely that he will r-end his re turn to the deputy collector in Wash ington. IVTIIY NEWS ITEMS. The Czar has decided that bis cor- nntion shall be celebrated iu Moscow next August. The Savannah, Ga., 6team rice mill, capitalized at $72,000, was burned. Two hundred barrels of rice were saved. The insurance is S60.000. A dispatch to the London Central News from the Pescadores, under the date of April 6th, says that cholera is abating at Makung, where tuere ar .547 old cases. 28 new ones and 24 deaths. "John Ouincy Adems, 1 says the Boston Journo!, "put the -whole tariff question in a nutshell when he said: The interest of the South is identified with that of the foreign rival and com petitor of the Northern manufacturer.' " It is not the whole question but a large nart c,f it. The rest of it is: If the interest of the agricultural South ia necessarily identified with that of the foreign competitor of the highly pro tected Northern manufacturer, with whose interest is that of the agricultural West identifier? O HICK AM AUG A BATTLEFIELD. Federal and Confederate Veterans Will Meet in September. Washington, D. C. Secretary La- mont has decided upon the main fea tures of the official erexcises authorized by congress in the dedication of the Cbickamauga and Chattanooga Nation al military park. The ceremonies will begin on the battlefield of Chickamau- ga September lytn, and win comprise the formal announcement of the open ing of the park by the war department, representing the government; two ora tions by speakers of natioual promi nence, and the proper military dis play. On the following day exercises in continuation of the dedication, re lating to the battles of Lookout moun tain and Missionary ridge, will be held at Chattanooga with a somewhat simi lar program. The secretary will arrange to have all the armies represented in the bat tles participate in the dedication by setting apart the night of September lytn to tne union ana coniederate ar mies of the Tennessee, and the night of the 20th to tho armies of the Potom ac and Northern Virginia. The regu lar army will be represented by the lieutenant general and a detachment of troops. The Society of the Army of the Cumberland will hold its regu lar annual reunion at Chattanooga oa the evening of September 18th, pre ceding the dedication, and to this all official visitors ami representatives of the other array societies will be invit ed. WASHINGTON NOTES. Miss G. Clifford, of South Carolina, has been promoted from a 000 to the $1,000 class in the offict- of the Comp troller of the Currency. Secretary Herbert awarded the con tract of bnilidiDg three tea-going tor pedo boats tc the Columbia Iron Works, of Baltimore. They will b 138 tons displacement, and have a speed of 24 knots. Exclusive of armor, the cost will be $7,500 each The Secretary also directed that the boats authorized by the lat naal appropri ation bill shall be larger and fa.-ter than those contracted for. With this end in view he directed Chief Con structor Hickborn to prepare plans for vessels of 180 tons displacement, to have a speed of 27 knots. The London Times Likes the Income Tax Decision. In a leader praisingthe Unitol States Supreme Court for its income tax de cision the London limes says: II we were under the United States consti tution, Sir William II si court's budget would have been declared unconstitu tional. Those Populist leaders ia America mnet enw us the freedom of dealing with othti -.. t de'e property, enjoyed in this m-K'innd of liberty." n a .T!itrIct scuool near Monnt vet, Ky., fifty-five pupil are cnrolie.l. Each pupil is re. ate I e.tuer by c saniruimt v or marriiza to evtrv c..i;t child ia the 6chojl. One or the other oi the parents of eaca of the rlfty-fir ? children was either a papa or schoo.- mate with the present teacLex. PRICE OF BEEF ADVANCED The llig Ilrr In Chlrago !y the Sup ply U Short. rn.-es of .lre-vl beef have ln Roitig up for two weL. Live ?t to the wholesale deaW is flfterm r coat, higher in Chicago than it was thn. Ai retail, ohoW cuts hav risen four t flv oeut a ikuuJ. and it is pre dicted it will require a d-liar to buy a pnxl steak In a f-w wekf. The- tuMi cxtlanation of lb rLx ofT.n?d Vv th re preventatives of th Irc.c-d IWf Trust is that j nme bef cattle! re scarce. The ehanir iu conditions, thev car. dale I act to ISiO. when counties herds were de stroyed on th ranee, by rtoni?. The de tru";tion of COO.OOO.UOO bit-hem of v.rn last V'-ar by the drought coaitdetM what Weteira etrnisbcran. It d'"esnot ar :Har by tiiereor'. however, thnt tho re.crij t of oattl in Chi !-" havs lalln off s pre.-itlv. At the stock-varl dur ing March an I th"flt week of April. lS'JI. they were 225.000. Durintj the name period this year thr y were 205,000 not quite ten ier cent, deiorefli. In Nw York Citr, r.t Washington Milef , was observed the unusual sjtaclo of retail butchers closing up their stalls temporarily, or permanently coinj; out of busini's, on i connt of the hih j.ri'-eof meat. Two of the) Ml "St tmtouT3 in Wie market clonal up and more decided to fol low their example. The butchers fav they are now pavlupr more for meat than thev have for twenty year. Assistant Dis trict Attirn'v Mclntyrc, of New York City, pai 1 his office would prov'eel a?aiust the Chfaaro meat eomoino if evl-lcn. were put in his hands showing that it is forcing up the prie-jof meat. A VESSEL. IN DISTRESS. IlrttUh Steamer Puts In at Nor fork Leaking. Noefolk, Va. The British steam ship Alvina, Captain Dow, bound lrom Kinston to New lork, with passengers and general cargo, arrived here in tht night, leaking. It was learned that on the 8th, when in about latitude 31.01, longitude 74. lf, and with a heavy sea running a large plate fell from th bottom of tho steamer, and that th' whole of the after compartments wert soon full of water up to the secona deck. Three steam pumps and one hand pump were at once put to work, but they could not free the vessel, due passengers became excited, and it it- ad considerable praying was done. About 240 tons of the steamer's cargo, consisting of coffee, sugar and honey, was thrown overboard, but even Un did not seem to help the matter. The itttsam on the entire cargo is esti mated to be worth $24,000. The boats were cleared away and provisioned, ready for launching, but fortunately were not called into use. Ine Alvina arrived here at midnight and is now anchored off Atlantic City . A NEW COTTON PEST. A Weaxil Appears In the Cotton Relt of Texas Threatening Great Harm. The Department of Agriculture at Washington has iiut issued a cinular to cotton planters relative to a new and very destructive insect that has been brought across the I.io Grande from Mexico iuto the cotton belt of Texn aad which, during 1804, ser- imislv- iniurcd the cotton crop, over a territory of about .5,000 squares milea, It is a weevil which attack: the cotton bulb. It punctures the boll with its beak and lays eggs in the hole thus made, 'lhe grubs hatch and ruin both the seed and fiber, thus d stroking Kiir.nUineously both products of the cotton plant. The Tevas Legislature, at ine rec ommendation of the Agricultural De partment, is seriously considering the nuestion of quarantining cotton from th insect infected district, and of protective legislation, as well as the enforcement of remedial work by act of law. Inasmuch us the insect is new American cotton idanters. there is much vet to be learned about its hab its before practical remedies can be unvested. This insect is new in Texas and threatens to spread to other cotton States, aud the entire South is there- f,-e interested in the problem now ccnfron!in the Texas Legislature. A Sign of Southern Growth. An interef-ting indication of the rap id increase- iu Southern centres ofpop- iilation is found in the number of new postofTices established in this Kection. According to government statistics, as given in the crmed mates uinciai Pos-t-jl Guide, the number of postof- fices in 1W0 was 02,037, and in 1894 C:,007, an increase of .970. Of this incrfn-e the South is credited with 4irn, and all the other States with 2474. Of the increase the South has fj. per rent, and the North 33 per cent. These figures only repeat the proof that the South is not olIv keeping abreast of the rest of the States, but is lea-ling them in gain of population and in the development of communi ties. It is the same story that is told by oank clearings of increased bus- ines"?. by railroad earnings, oi traffic improvement a tteady and prosperous growth in people, commerce and in dustries. THE TREASURY WAGON HOIHJED The Guard of the WelU-Farg' Treas ure Held L'p and Shot. A special to th St Louis Chronicle from Cripple Creek, Col., says that oa Thursday morning the Overland ells- Fargo treasure wagon from Grassy Station, the terminus of the Midland road, -was held up by two maked men and robbed. The robbers took all the Taluables, together with the treasure box, bills of lading and way bills. They then shot and beat the guard, Robert Smith, to the extent that he will die. The treasure box is said to have contained $15,00d. The robber made off on two of the treasure wagon horses. City and county anth ri'ies. together with employees of the W,-lls Fargn Express Company, are scouring the country. KILLED AT A BANK'S DOOfc ',Canler aoford fbot t Covington, Ki by Slsto Senator fioUI. tt Senator W. T. Ooobel slit and killed Cashier John Raaford of the Farmers aad Traders' Bank In fr-nt of tb First National Ilank. Covlagton. Ky. Senator Qoebel. aoorainle.t by Attornrr- fleneral Ilendrict. of Keatu"ky, and Franlc Helm. rreldent of the Fiit National Ilnsl. was froing Into the lank. When thev ren-he.! the diKr Sanford rtocnl there, lie nho.-vk hands with Hendricks, usinc his left hand. Then he uAked Goelwl if he wrote a news paper article attacking hlav. (ioeKl on- werd: I ilbL- Imme.liatelv San ford pulled o-.t a pistol and flre-1, the ball passim; throush O.M-bel" trousers. Quick as a flash Ooebel pulle.1 Ui revolter and al- flreiL To do ho 1 ha 1 to thrust the pletol teneath Mr. Helm' ehla. The ball crashed through banford forch'.I and he fell in the doorway cf the bank fatallv wounded. Mr. Heln s chin was ladly burned W.th powder. ureal eonfuion Iollowe.1. Senator (.oct-el walk e-i to the station house And aldn-sninc the Lieutenant in charge. Haid: '"I rth t aar render myself. 1 have chot and LillMJoht anford." The homicide prows out of a bii!in? an I political feud of several years tardinr. an I was not a urprie, lioth men were fronv amoDfc Kentucky's foremont citizens, beln; leaders In politics, btisiness ant society. Not since the famous tloodbe-Swipe aCTaifl at Lexington, la which both of thoo dihlin guished men died, ha so det lorable a traR sdv ocourred. Goebel I unmarrietl and Hanfoni leaves a widow, a idster of the famous Tom Marshal!. of Kentucky, and several children, one n grown son, from whom more troublo wuj luarod. THE ST. PAUL AFLOAT. A NaUTC-BulIt ht earner for the Ainerlratff Line I.aunrhe.1. The American liuer St. Taul made a nple apology at Cramps' shipyard, Philadelphia, Fenn., for refusing to ho launched tw weeks before. Bhe was launched apparently with the crea test ease. Khe broke away in the planks that held her fut in the laun'hin radle were bein hawed oil. hue shook her bow nereei.tlblv a she started dowu the incline, and tnen with a steady, even mo tion, fur more deliberate than that of hT sin ter ship. St. Louis, she slid Into the Dela ware. The ( ramps never. Lad a more sue C'ssful launching. Miss Frances C. Orieom. the pixt-eu-year- old daughter of President lriHc,o(n, of the In ternational Navigation Company, owners t the St. Paul, christened tho ship. "The luncheon ia the mould lrt follower Immediately, and soon the rafters of that plaeo were rinsing with laughter ana ei tjuence. Governor Hastinpt, flavor War wick, President (triseom and llenry Cramp made speeches, as did Mr. J. J. Tar- ker and several others of the Kt. Paul delega tion. The St. Taul Is a sister ship to the Hi. Louis, wlileh is soon to go into commission and take her plaeo In the transatlantic ne-f.' Her lines have speed in every curve, that wbpn she was on the ways one could. not look up at her without the feel ing that she was rrinsruiff forward.' Still, she is not built especially for Sjieed.i Like her sister ship, she has seventeen water tight compartments. The bulkhead be tween these compartments are carried well up. and there are no doors through them. She might lo out entirely in two and her t wo halves would float. She will M comml sioned this summer on the American Line lie- tween Kew York and Southampton. A CURE FOR CONSUMPTION. Announcement from icrwaiiy of a IM covery by New York l'hyl la.i. From Germany comes the first official newi of an American dls"overy said to cure the roost dreaded of diseases, consumption an I cancer. Consul-General I)e Kay, at lVrlin. in it report to the State Department at Washington,' says ine discovery, wuicu was annouuci late in Mareu In a trust wort uy meuicai weekly in Germany. Is likely to receive con siderable attention at the comlnz medical congress in Hunieh. The discovery was made by Dr. Louis Wablsteln, of New York, brother of the famous nrclncologist. Dr. Charles Waldstein. Iho new treat ment, the rcTort tayc. "consists of inject ing minute doses of pilocarpine until the lymphatic system U ctltnulatej and the white corpuscles of the blood overcome the poisonous particle which pro dueo disease.-' Dr. Waldsteln's researf-he have gone to the fountain whence ths-J healthful white corpus-iesspring, and by eu-j livening their action and proi'iuveu-M ne restor-is the condition of tho Mood sad le btroys poisonous germs. Dr. Louis waldstein. who u reierra io m the above despatch, is a well-known New York physician. Dr. vtai'istein was oornju New York City, the hon oi an optician, on he took his medical decree at Heidelberg la 1979. 10,000 SPURIOUS STAMPS. Secret-Service Men In Clilco Ineartls a HIS I'Mtal KwlnUU. ' United States Secret Service operatives iri Chicago and Washington Lave unearthd probably the most nnbjue and at the Bim time important nwindle ever Ir"-'tat', P-? cn any Government. ' It is believed thouxan-la or dollars Lvm teen secured by a gaug of fkille 1 counter feiters, who have reproduced witn wonoer fol tsktll and accuracy the pink two-cent tamp of commerce. Whether the counterfeiter have aocom plices In dlhouest postmasters i not known.' It Is thougfit tne country is flooded from New York to San FsanciMo with these spurious ttamps, ani ths United States has been car rying millions or letters irom waica not on cent of revenue was received. Chicago apparently ba been the head A quarters of the gang, an-l lt product na teenrilppel to uatr.bituig agents tarouga the express companies. Captain Stuart, oi tae I'ostai jnipecioni . Department, and Captain Torter, of the Lal- tel States Secret Service Uareau, called at the Wells. Fargo office, Chicago. They wer taken tv the store room, and there tound an oblong package looking like a tig roll of music. It contained 10,000 of the counterfeit etam'. PEEL'S SUCCESSOR. YTilliAiu Court GoUy TLlected h pea ker of the Krltlib Houte of Common. TLs British Houe of Commons iatt at tioou aal iTOceeJed at on;e to the election, cf a Speaker to aucceed the Eight Hon Arthur Wellenley Peel, r-ei?nel. Mr. A. J. Balfour, the 1--lerof tie Oppo ition. aaldttat th Government's sapport of Mr. Gully was without j recedeut, and, h believed, dangerous to the future eflciency of the House. Mr. Gully, be sail, was un known as regards the wort of the House,; having neither taken part la its debates nor served oa any of Its eomailrteej. Mr. Oallv was elected, by a vote of 2M to 274. The ParaelUte members voted for thu Conservative candidate. Sir MatUjew W. Iiid ley. Mr. Gaily expressed his thanks to the House for his election, and Lis aprnvdatLu, of the honor aad great rwpoasibliity whkb, they had conferred upon him. Sir Willis'a Hareeurt and JXr. Balfour eongratulated Mrrf GaJly on behalf of their respective parties. . There are several counties In ft great Westera States considerably larger than, Maeeacbusetti.