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n V ARION CORD. "A. DEMOCRATIC PA MILT NEWSPAPER. M VOL. f. ATLANTA FAIR OPENS. C LRVKLANI) PRESSED THE BUT. m. A GREAT PARADE. The International and Cotton States Fxjrr jitlon Is Now in Full Blast. ffi'.htb i!plc!oa accompanlnent ol mll ( irr r rrf and clrlc dignity, leading aa lQ. r,, ,i. - i 0f peopl. and honored by the 1 1 !; dignitaries ol the Church and :'!. foieign countries, the Cot- 'iM'1 International Exposition was i -!'. 1 to the world cn Wednesday r'P' lr i i -i was n brilliant one, lacking ,k, i f fK-irarance of a great mlscella- . ! 'vir c;; It was composed entirely cf n-iiMiv t o li;au'l banda of music, headed y'!:': riutl States Fifth Infantry and the ty-ir-t' n Artillery, cf New Orleans, and f'ilcr.el 1 y several r-giments of Georgia 6.afst re '.!. lh) ii ili moved promptly from the e!3(.:;:-1 oiiit t tho center of the city, at tt; i:,; r.--('ion of Broad and Marietta !r v.-a., about nu hour in traversing iL 1: i:i " -f tbroe miles to the exposition nr v, I . n-.'i. lung there about 3:30 o'clock I .. V P1 , a it th auditorium were lrc r -I.'.-- nv.'l i'iipr"ive. It was a gratifying Mir; r- 'hit Ml; nuditorium, though crowd hI, n.,-..(. -intfiv.-ly oool ndtho acoustio , , .... !,' - w r- H,no.t piirffct, so that the '.'i.'T-. -M distinctly heard In all ! . f tly -.nding. President Collier re . - ---- 1 i. i"r. ;it ovation whou ho arose to i, ti I Mr.-. Joseph Thompson, presl- ' t i-s Wi linen's Board. ' h-n were all good, and the ora ii n i.y Ju'l; Emory Kpeer, of the United f!,?. ,urt, waj a profound utterance. 'J u- hit -.f th day was by Booker T. Wash-i!i-!"n. t!: representative of the negro race, nl: , in ;i 20 minute speech, evoked greater ;vi-" than all the others put together. 11- ,.:' 1 to have the ear of the audience, ;;! l-;''"l Loth whites and blacks. - '. .i!tra ''ensenativo people who have ,! ..-,! -. i .h- propriety of inviting a negro to i p-rrlaont part in tho programme ; -i.!i'i;ia.-tic in their praise of his speech, it r, v-ncraily conceded that its effect ii 'i f a bappy on. 1 K- xpo.-irion i. much nearer completion h iii th-pul.lic had supposed. The actual 'films' rw-ild n series of displays nearer i i!i l"t'Tie5 than any ever shown by an ex !,iva at its (.-lining. 1HE I fiESSUfCl OF IHE BUTTON. A t-rfnt i-rowd of people gathered in the M i -lnu-ry Hall before the close of the ei-H-f - in th; auditorium, waiting to eee the i!.nj--ti" intliK'ii -e f the touch that would ni" i-vi-r the wirs for a thousand miles to ( Mi" ma -hinery in motion. The big Frick fiiiii- wus in readiness, and a row of bat t 'ii p st.-d near Mm engine. Just at 5:54:20 h- i'ridfiit touchfd tho button, the v.Ll-U-Miindfd. the engine moved off at a liv-ly aii and all the nuu-hinery followed f lit. Hid reiit -rowd .ent up a shout that fh'n X Hi- roof. Almost simultHneouslyhun-,ri:- ..f in.- lkdits fla.Hhedout on the 'plaza, air! Mivi iadsof incandescent lights gleamed mil .- intillaicd I nun the cornices and domes ftli- Woman's Building and tho Oovera-nn-i.t J'.iiilding. It was just dusk, and In the truth-ring darkness the 'shouts of the crowds. Mi- lla- liid the- lights and the noise of the V nils of the Presidential salute emphasized tL- f rmal opcuiutf of the exposition. Tli-transportation facilities proved equal ti Mi- or. a.-ion and there was no confusion. With .IomI Id tracks on the Southern Railway t Atlanta ad lines of street railways, the i-r.iwils nilTTod no inconvenience. The ter- niil facilities wero fully adequate, and Mvr uas very facility for ingress and vn - at the ground!. At I'.uHrd'sP.ay the President received ,! f' li .niK telegram before 5 o'clock from ; v-mor Bullock, chairman on the com !!:!!! of iirrancements: 4'lh cniniittee nu ceremonies are in fM'i d by the President and director for ni. I l v th board of directors to express to '!; I'o --id-Mil Mn-ir hi-h Appreciation and Mi mk. (.,r the great interest tho President li ; !i oun. both in thi and on othr occh ri"!i . and in behalf of thw success of th ex I" ' i'i.-ii. I ndcr thepuidance of the hand I l'ri 1-nt Cleveland, one of tho most im portant commercial and industrial events n--r a't.'mpted in our section has now start "I n it career for the upbuilding of our rnl interests by closer commercial re it'n with all portions of our country and with i-t-r republics gouth of the United s'a!"5. Th' mingling of people from nil ti !!. made possible by the President's H n i! and aid to our effort?, will render iil-will between the sections impossi- i lupst of the committee, the J t a. asked to sand kis message be "r" t!: button was pressed la order that, it t' !.! i.a r,..,d to the vast asaamblag. M. 'v,ln:l kindlv consented aad wired the 1 1 vmk. m about 5:30 o'clock: " I th. rieident and Board of Directors f M- c..ttr.n States and International Expo Atlanta, Ga.: Fully appreciating the oi- in,. importance of the exposition in R'vurnted to-day, lam especially gratified ' 'i related to It inception and progress J a i t o participate in its opening ceremonies. J Fla"preiy congratulate those whose enter in 'Hnd energy have accomplished auch ' ' i l results, and heartily wish that the '! stion they have set on foot will b oom I '-' iv successful in consummating all the ' i trtiiilt contemplated by its promoters. "Osotbb Clstixakd." tbk oratob of tbi dat. ,t'p Kiuoiy Speer, the orator of the day, '"-redan elaborate era ion, which was Ri ii 1-1 all the way through. Following "r"" nio.-t interesting portions of Judge c; i -peech: i indeed ahappv day for our coun ); 11 and dull must bo the nature of " ' :t in who U insonsii.de to these convinc 1 r s cathcredthat the world may see J i i i,-. nient of our people on all paths toward a more perfect civilisation, i... ipm-tael-is indeed auspicious. The as ; n anife htavions of the energy of " in nations exalt while they amaze the ' r-'.a:i'.liii;. They elevate and enrich the ' '-'!:. v.ion and yet it is impossible for that ' t nit y to conceive the complete reali- ' wondrous and imperial display. ;,'! ' ' the ennobling panorama this exhibi f: ,; ! th possibilities of the young and po- ; ' r-.t'.n wiM i x: .bfor the sentient and rJ r ,! rr:m j. inconceivable significant of " M i;.ri..nnl life nnd weighty beyond "'i iti its !??sons of patriotic duty to " t0 whom. according to theirsev . '' I'oy S4 ja tne p;.-atd; of the talents. -- i-.'eiitialities lor the advancement of t:;''!''vf been entrusted by the Master. r I substantial magnincence and benefl t u irnanesj 0f this vast undertaking was 1- Iv only to the resolution and activities 5',' " fr people. An autocrat might rear f 'r.a'i..' structures ami might gatherthls V"' " , lv. An A.n ti'! island on the bor ' t Finland, in summer a heap cf mud, ' " '-r r'irozen marsh, accessible only by :- -s .'wrests aad deop morasses, within a ':' "'a.-fill-J with a population of 800,000 ' horn the Czar Peter had forcibly as i :'-' !;,d tv establish a new capital. These i " 1 ' r.-ht from the ast plains of Central ; ia, the andy deserts of Astrakhan, the rrica lows along the Don, and the : rroiuoiitories which project into the' ' -in. Vhares, harbors, streets, palaces y-'i ioiireseS were created at the will of the '.us if he possessed the uecromantio ';' Arabian story. Said Voltaire: i- , ... ... m force upon nature. Naitbr )VDOZ EHOST SPEEB, (Orator or the day at opening exercises on! ; the Exposition erotindO ! er the intindatlon which razed nia works. nor the sterility cf the soil, nor the ignorance of the workmen, nor even the mortality which carried oft about 200,000 men in the beginning of the undertaking, could divert him from his firm resolution. Thus the ma terial victories of autocracy have been won, without legard to tho agony inflicted Upon its subjects. Thus St. Petersburg wus com pleted. But that ftately abode of bureau cracy and despotism is not more bfneflcent to the people whos simple ancestors died un der the knout for its construction than one of those fantastical palaces of ice which an nually glitter on the wintry banks of the Neva. "Not so with creations as this of a free people. They are enlivened by the benevo lence of great and generous men. They are encouraged by the fostering hand of eympa Ihio popular government. They are symp toms of vigorous national life. They are at tended with warm demonstrations of concern by a people unt ratlced in tho arts of dis simulation. 1Ybethr the sagacious people of the British Isles provide and perpetuate the lucent glories of the Crystal Palace, or the brillisnt Frenchmen, while the soil of the Republic is yet scarred with hoof-marks of the Prussian Uhlans, by gigantic expositions demonstrate their unimpaired power, or gi at tful America lavishes her own bounty, and becomes trustee for a willing tribute from mankind in reverence for that sailor philosopher, whose genius and constancy discovered half the habitable globe, or these typical Georgians consecrate their disinter ested lives to demonstrate to all men the btrength of Southern character, and the plentitude of Southe n resources and the adaptability of rtir country as a home fox unin.agined millions of prosperous and hap py people, in any event, it is a creation of t'. e people's prophetic intelligence, f their resplendent public virtue, nourished into i ui rotis activity by the kindly hand of popular, con: titutional government. "Here the liberal and inspiring purpose la the advancement of our country. It kindles the imagination of the projector when the bright conception dawns upon his teeming faucy. It reminds! the capitalist that econo my in its broaderf'srnse frfa distributive vir tue. With free ;band then he makes his wealth a willing servant of public honor. It animates the genius of the architect and the airy fancies become a thing of beauty and joy forever. It gives precision to the trained -ye and power to the nervous arms of the i ti fleers. It musically rings in the trowels of the masons. It crackles like rifle Are in the hammers of the carpenters. Every deto nation of the blatd which swiftly sinks the ,'cundation of the great buildings to the bed rock sweeepindown from the mountains is a salvo of triumph to the civilization of a great people. Over the fair and mighty structures streams the ensign of a nation's 'honor. Beautiful flag of the RepuMio ! All the fairest conceptions of government, of so cial order, of human accomplishment all that promotes the perfectibility of man are typified by thee. Law and progress aro tby color guard. Their reviving and assuring presence is borne on every zephyr that woos tho mountain and tempers tho vale, and brings life and strength to the increasing millions to whom thou art an inspiration and a joy. But not to them alone. ''Humanitr with all Its fears. With its hopes for future years. Are all with thee, are all with thee." "Here o'er the mountain waves of the ocean have been brought the treasures of other lands. From the Gulf of Mexico to the Straits of Magellan our sister republics proudly come.bringing with willing hands of the bounty the God of nature has bestowed upon them. Comes the Argentine Republic, her territory greater than all Central and Western Europe, stretching from the Atlantic to the summits of the Andes, which guide the mariner who sails the distant Pacific, in latitude exceeding our own, whose beautiful city is the Taris of fcou'.h America and whose callant peoplehave twice captured invading British armies larger than those surrendered by Burgoyne at Saratogo and Cornwallis at Yorktown." Judge Speer then referred in glowing terms to the wonderful physicial resources of Venezuela, Costa Rica, Salvador and Mexico. Of the educational effect of great expo 1 tions he eaid: "Besides who can doubt the educative effect of such proofs of human advancement as this Exposition? A lad can walk through these halls and acquire knowledge of which Sir Isaac Newton or Sir Francis Bacon were ignorant, ne may behold dainty products of all lands for which Lucullus might have sighed in vain. He may watch the noiseless operations of engines a Watt or Stephenson could not even conceive; models or ships which would have been deemed Impossible by Nelson, or Rodney, by Bainbridgs or De catur; arms and munitions of war the 'men tion of which Marlborough or "Frederick, Wellington or Napoleon would hava pro BQuned the dreams ol avnadm&su 'Home Keeping youths,' said Shakespeare. !hav ever homelv wits.' The powers of tka brain are like the fire iu the flir.t. A collision with bright steel of other minds is essential t evoke the sacred spark. This Exposition carefully studied will be a liberal edacatio lor thousands who attend it. To be attained. knowWg" must be fousht, and what joy it impaits! What matters to the ignorantraam the clear and lucent clones of the dawn, the rephvrs wbi h attend it and scatter Jncn to delichted rature! What the mystartaai dome cf heaven Intard with pa tines ol pure gold, what the rolling billows of -the deep and dark bine ocean, what the mighty grandeur of the storm, the life-giving breeze, the green fields, the placid intelligence cf domestic animali " " A rrimrosa by a river'a brim A yellow primrose ia to him. And it is nothing mora.' 1 "But to him whose mind is stored with knowledge every suggestion or nature D rings its joy and flllshis heart and ineffable charm. "But the utility of this Exposition to our State and our section is especially algaiflcant and especially opportune. The prophecy of the geneicns Bishop Berkeleo, the friend and associate cf Oglethorpe, hns been com pleted: '"Westward the course of empire talcs its way. The four first acts already past: The fifth shall close the drama with the day Tima'a noblest offspring la the last.' "I hear declare that the so-called 'race question' does not exist. There are millions of colored people who live and who will live among many more millions of wfeite people. W Jjy eball as Jon forge race iaaue? Ron- MA1UON. N. eat and decrit men will accord to tb4 negro that just measure of favor as a member of so ciety the laws afford him, and which his cpmdnrt deserves, and thji Jong processes tt tiffii will determine whether his presence is a benefit or an Injury to himself and to the land to which he is now as warmly attached as his white neighbors. No process of rea soning', no fertility of conjecture will afford any other solution of the boo aj led question, jyhy agitate It then? Its unnecessary discus sion bis withheld from the resonrefci ottfcaSt States the fructifying, hind of the Industrious white r5i. whether farmer or artisan, lrh -irniri a bare support elsewhere, could. In 'his fcenial clime, win an abundance of which he never dreamed. It is, moreover mors rrutl to the negro than it is detrimental to the white mn for the prejudice It awkans causes the idle, ignorant and lawless to ba con.? the suspicious enemies of the negTO. It is, indeed, a source of alarm to those In dustrious and tcfpectable negroes wh' 88 In telligent labor and 6elf-denying habits ha3 supported their families, educated their children and added millions annually to the taxable velue cf tber- States: There Is one thing since his emancipation the South ha3 ever guaranteed to the negro, that 13 ho matter what his trad or occupation, the privilege of earning his living, it is a common spectacle ujeji structures of every character to behold num bers of white and negro mechanics working side by side. I have regretted to learn that this U not true in the Northern States. 1 was informed by the president of atechnolo gical school from Philadelphia, a man of jrreut intelligence and great benevolence, that they yearly turned out numbers of col ored youth trained, skilful in the trades they had mastered, but that if one of these men should be employed as a skilled laborer on any workt every member of the trade unions would quietly gather hp bis tools and quit the job. No such feeling has existed here. The opportunity for technical education I3 the greatest benefaction his friends can be stow on the negro. The skill of the graduate of an industrial school is his capi tal. He has been taught to appreciate the dignity of labor. He is not striving for the unattaian ble. Ho L a useful citizen from the start. He begins his lifework on a solid basis. How incomparably superior is his condition to that of one of his race who is trained for a profession where he must depend upon th patronage and slender means of bis own peo ple, or of one who has merely acquired a fa tal facility of speech. If it be said that the argumcut would restrict the genius cf the Afro-American orator (though why 'Afro' I do not know.) let him bear in mind that it took three hundred years for the white peo ple of America to bring forth such orators su James Otis, Samuel Adams and Patrick Hen ry. A poor man should make sure the means of a livelihood before he attempts the excursions into the domain of art. Let him remember the epfgramraatic language of our sagacious President, 'It is a condition and not a theorv that confronts us. and the cer tain comforts of a good home and an ample support are worth more to him than all the rations since Demosthenes thundered in Athens, or Cicero charmed the crowds of the Roman forum. Judge Speer then discussed at length the wonderful productiveness of Georgia lands and their fruit nnd timber products. ' Of the culture and manufacture of cotton he said: "Texas Is the first and Georgia the second as cotton States. In 1893-94 Georgia pro duced 1,125,000 bales, Texas and the Indian Territory 2,059.000 bales. The total crop of that year was 7,550,000 bales, and it will be remembered that in 1818 the entire crop of this country was but 200,000 bales. But while the production of cotton has wonder fully increased, its consumption increased proportionately. In 1893-94 the total con sumption for the United States was 2,319.388 bales, of which consumption 718,515 bales were taken by the spinners of the South, and in the consumption by Southern factories Georgia is only surpassed by North and South Carolina. The consumption of cotton throughout the world has doubled since the year 1ST0. The average annual increase in consumption is 245,060 bales of 400 pounds each. Of all the cotton grown ia the world the United Stats produces 70 2-10 per cent. It should ever be borne in mind that cotton is a quick money crop. It is incomparably the chief ar icle of export from this country It was the foundation of our national credit and enabled us to redeem our national debt after civil war. American cotton is held in higher esteem than any grown elsewhere.and it may be marketed at less cost. I have not spoken of that beautiful grade of cotton known as sea island, which is grown in South Carolina aud on the eoasti of and more latterly with great results iu many of the inland counties of Georgia. Indeed, the chief sea island cotton market of the world is the beautiful and thriviug city of Valdosta in Southern Georgia. 150 miles from the sea. But a shipload of cotton goods is infinitely more valuable than a shipload of raw cotton and the cotton manufacturers of the South are increasing rapidly. Some of the largest cotton mills in the Eastern States are moving their plants to the Southern States. Suc cessful mill companies in Georgia and Ala bama and theCaroiinas are now spending t2S.C00.000 iu increasing their equipment and building new mill. Tn the South had 180 mills, with 1160 spindles and 14.300 looms. A care'.ul compilation made iu the spring of 1894 shows 405 mills. 2.700.000 spindles and 62.000 looms, with 97,000.000 of capital in vested. These figures were raadeinMaich of this year bv Mr. John C. Latham, of the New York Cotton Exchange, who, I believe, is an acknowledged authority. And what shall we say ot thwgloriou.5 city, the finest type of Southern progrBSfc? Sueh an one the Master must have hl in mind when He exclaimed: Te are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid.' I misht enlarge on the insr i ration its smrdy people gather from Its Eracln clime their Indefatigable industry, their I road and liberal talents, the cordial welcome they give the stranger that is within their gates, the exemplar of municipal activity and munici pal virtu it affords. It in American to the core. Its every expiration is a hurrah. Within the structure of the majestic Churoh of St. Paul's iu London there is a simple in scription iu hi nor of an architect, Christo pher Wntnn, who is there sleeping 'Si mo numeutum rqniris, circumspice. If yon would behold his raouument, look around you. This was an inscription to the mighty AamA it ia e.iiiHilv RPiirorriate to the mighty living. If you would behold the monuments of this proud Georgia city, the pride of the State, look around you. While our winters are bracing and invigoratlng.our streams are never froz-n. The death rat throughout the entire State is fifteen and a fraction to a thousand, and among the white people even less." The orator next sought to prove that "ta people of the South are distinctively a reli gious people." He told of the early labors of John and Charles Wesley and George Whitfield, and said : "Who can doubt that the pn-s-nce in Georgia of 151. 500 Methodists and 1S3,0-J Bautists is due to the impetus to religious thought imparted by these inspired missionaries of Christ ?" Following is Judge Speer's peroration: He has restored our souls and is even now kaiing us through green pastures and by the waters of comfort. Ana - hera and now, not before our enemies, for thank God we have none, but before the people of the habitable globe. He apreads the taole that all may come and see and know the bounties and benefactions He has showered on this favored people. And shall we not be worthy of His 1 viug kindness. His care for our past and His provision tor our future : Tea, we shall say with the psalmist of old, -Surely goodness and mercy shall follow us all the days of our lives, and we shall dwell la tna ftoue of the Lcrd forever.' " During the first three months of this rear Great Britain imported 4353 horses, against 3551 in the same peri od last year. The camber of horses imported was 3755 against 2551. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1895. NORTH STATE- CULLINGS, INTERESTING ITEMS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE. feom Facta About North arHna. North Carolina contains 48,666 square miles land surface, 3,620 square miles water smrface, 52,286 square miles total area. Extreme length 503 1-4 miles; extreme breadth 187 1-2 miles; length of coast line 314 miles. Position of Baleigh, State capital is, latitude 35 degrees, 4? minutes, longi tude 78 degrees, 47 minutes, longitude 78 degrees 38 minctes 5 eeeonde. Al titude of Baleigh above sea level 363 feet. Mean elevation of the State 640 feet. Highest point (Mitchell's High Peak) 6,688 feet. Highest towns, Boone 3,250 feet; Highlands 3,000 feet. Number of counties 96. Number of towns with population OTer 2,000, 23. Area of largest county (Brunawick Bobeson) 950 square miles; area of smallest county (New Hanover) 80 square miles. Mean annual tempera turd 59 degrees. Eainfall 53.29 iaches. Mean annual temperature for Baleigh" is 60 degrees. Summer 72.2, winter 48.3. Bainfall 45.67 inches. Total water power 3,500,000 horse power. Number miles of railroad 3,577 1-3. Present valuation (assessed) railroad property $24,555,754.55. Population of North Carolina (U. S. census,) 1890, 1,617,947; in 18S0 it was 1,399, 750, an increase of 15.59. NORTH CAROLINA LEADS. Her Forestry aad Blintral Exhibits Unsurpassed by Aay Other State. The North Carolima forestry and mineral exhibits were ready at the opening of the Atlanta Exposition, and were unsurpassed ly these from any other State. - A New Tux Law. Qne of the new laws passed by the last Legislator that is just now mak ing a stir over the State, is to be found iu Section 20 of the machinery act. The dealers are required to make two returns per year to the register of deed, the first from January 1 to June 30. So far, only a few have done bo. The -law in qnettion eays: On every commission merchant, broker or dealer buying or selling, one per centum on his corn mist ions. On every dealer in cijars, cheroots, manufac tured smoking or chewing tobacco and cigarette,- au annual tax, five cents per thousand for cigars and cheroots, one-half oent per pound on manufac tured emokiig and chewing tobacco, and five cents per thousand for cigar ettes, provided, however, tlif.t nothing in this paction shall be construed to apply to manufacturers of tobacco, cigars, charoots or cigarettes; and no county, city or town shall be allowed to impose any tax, license or fee on buch dealer. On the 25th inst., the clay of the sil ver convention, prize tobacco breake took place at Baleigh, and attracted a great number of farmers. The tobacco business ia this es&ton .arouaing more interest than in a decade. It is yield ing big return. Farmers are talking more about tobacco than about poJitict or free silver. Tobacco ia giving the town of Louisbnrg a regular boom. It is developing other towns iu this sec tion and east of here. The Goldsboro Argus says that the amount of tobacco on the market on the opening of the warehouse in that place was 350,000 pounds, and that "no such break was ever before known in the State for any one day." The drought, which it becoming ex treme, is making streams in many cases very low. The Neuse is eo low, for instance, that the mills have Borne trouble in getting power and 6ome cannot run on full time. The temperature at Baleigh on Thursday was 97 7-10 degrees. Cotton is being damaged daiiy. Some half grown bolls are shedding. The crop has gone backward in the past twelve days. President Winston, of the State Un iversity, reports 500 stndents enrolled with 150 in the freshman class. This is the largeat claas in the university's history. It is said that $350,000 has been in vested in the Cranberry iron mines in the clearing away of the covering of the vast mass of ore and in the plant. James Morgan, colored, fell from the cab of an engine of the Atlantic Coast Line Thursday night in the Fay etteville yard and was instantly killed. The number of operatives at the Caraleigh Cotton Mill, Baleigh, has been increased to 250 since the addi tional machinery was pat in place. . Cotton picking has at last actively begun. The cotton men insist that the yield will be 85 per cent, of an average. Work was begun Monday on the big Troximity Cotton Mill at Greensboro beirgbuilt for Messrs. Carson and Moses Cone. The cotton crop in Wade county will not be so good as at frit thought. The first to go cm the market was last Sat urday. Sun Sets a House 00 Fire. At St. Louis, Mo. , the sun set fire to the residence ol E. H. Warner, causing 119,000 damage. On the off r ws a lr9 as-sesablv-room. The wladows contained a euaber of circular glasses about six inches ta disaster, with convex surfaces. These acted as so many ' hull's eye" s ua gUi.es, and the rays of ths sua were brought to a loco en the floor, setting it on fire. Cleveland, Ohio, is said to hare a river that outsmeils that famous fctream at Chicago. WASHINGTON LETTER. Oossip from the Natloaal CapltoL Pol iticians Shirklag aad Dodadpg the FlaaaeUI Question. IB j Out Reg tUr CofraleCt J . The silver toed were greatly relieved when Senator Tet, of Missouri, repudiated tb 'ntervitw, published while he was on hi? way home from Europe, which male hiu (at that be had become convinced that the free coinage of fcilver ct the ratio of IS to 1 by the United States alone was impractica ble. Senator Test does not spa language in denouncing the manufacturer of that in terview, nor in announcing that he his not changed his views in favor of free coluage by even a hair's breadth. If it were not such a serious matter it would really be amusing to see how the pol iticians do-lge and shirk the financial ques tion. A striking instance has just beta giv en to those who are posted on the inside workings of the democratic and republican parties. The republican criticism of the democratic management because of the gen eral belief that another bo4 issue is Impend ing. These criticisms were very galling to Fresident Cleveland, and, in order to see if he couldn't to an extent stopthm. be caused it to be intimated to certain leading republi cans that if there was not a "let up'.' he would call an extra session of Congress and turn the whole matter over to that body, and let the people see what the republicans had to offer for the relief of the treasury. Ol course I wouldn't undertake to say that the threat frightened the Republican leadors,but it is certain that after it was male there was a perceptible modification of the editorial comments in certairf papers known to be In fluenced by the views of those leaders. It is also certain that the republicans do not look forward with any pleasure to the time when Congress will have to take up the financial question. They have no plan to offer other than to Increase the revenues of the government W changes In the tariff. Aside from the tariff the financial policy of tho Cleveland administration is precisely that which was followed by tbr Harrison ad ministration, which came so near to ar fesue otboudstLat the plates from which they were to be printed were made at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. There is no question about the art of gun mixing keep:i-g f u'ly abreast of that of armor plating for ihe protection of ships. Undis putable evidence of that assertion has just been g'vec ct the government trial grounds, near Washington. A Harveyized nickel-steel plate 14 inches thick, one of the best ever made, was fa'.leaedto a structure representing the side of the battleship Iowa, and used for a target for 'a thirteen -inch rifle, carrying aa aimor-plercing shell weighing 1,100 pounds. Only one fc'iot was fired. The shell went through the armor just as though it had been so much pasteboard, and burled itself deep in the sand which was packed deep behind tho plale. It is the opinion of naval officials that there is no armored ship 'afloat that could staud before this gun at close range. It costs a small fortune to fire this gun. The shell is a very expensive affair and 480 pounds of powder were used to make th!? trial shot MOMENTS AT CHICKAMAUGA. THE GOVERNORS OF MfCniriAN, OHIO, ILLINOIS, INDIANA AND WISCONSIN Formally Turn Over their State Mon uments to the Custody of the United States. Chattanoogo extended a burnln? welcort to her thousands of visitors la,st week. Tb beat was unusual, even for the sunny Soutr. land. Natives and strangers alike suffered The decorations wre not only profuse, bo' tasteful and elegaat, covering the entire city. Owing to the absence of 8cretary Lam ov the monuments wero preseuted in each In stance to 0n. Fullerton, president of tL National Park Commission. JIhliissn led off this pleasing patrl tieser vice, the comnission occupying for tbe purpr.se a plat form on Snflras nilL Hcinimiitij and m-jrk'Ti enroled upon th' haUl-lb'M.f of Ciib-kamiuza, Chattauoogo, Missionary Ridge uid Orclurd Knob wer presented l G.v.rnor Ki. h by Captain and Ex-Cwr-gfrfSman D-;! nap, president of th State Tark eoiBiP'sMun. Capt. Belknap de scribed the location of the be veral monu ments and markers. A'tr Governor Rich bad averted monu. mfi.t. on bclutlf of tlie State 0it. flnry M DuEI-ld, of Detroit, who commanded the Srth regiment in the war. drlirr.l an eloquent oration. TIm monurnpnU were then to mod over to Gii. Full ;ityn. an t with prayer by the r.-v. WA-l.iiij-tou Gardner, Secretary ol Stat", the exerei3-s ended, s r v TteOblo d-dl-ntion followed, nnder th Jlre- ti n of (l-n. J-;fcn Batty, prrtid-in the l onrd of eo t.mK-iioii'rs. " This wa tlr ruoet elaborate ! not !! evwit of the day. Addio; were n. by Uneral Charley H. Grojv.-nor, ex-Qjv. Jaro-a E. Camplwll, (Wi Aiuil'm Vil-v. who turned th monument OTer toGovrn -r M Kinley, ani he in tarn to G -iiTfO Fii!-rtjD. Governor C1 nVll'i address was largely a eul?y upon Ferd VanJireer, a fei)nt townsman of his, who too a au active part tit battle. Lilnols dMi?afI bar raonu-nent at Wldw Gloijti'a bou, which wa Th .m-is'a bJ (piarters. The aldress was delivered by Governor Altgld. A db-tlng'mhed gathering marked the dedi'-ation of the Io-liaoa monument, near. Cave Springs. Iid'-a Governor Claude Matthews, the o-VAiion presented as apeak era tb soMir-aulhor, Gen. Lew WaJU- CoL J. S. WVfcer. the newly elected grind com zander. G. A. B-; Gn. J. R. Carnahan and JndgeD. B. II -?nn!J, of the 9th la dirt ii f ant rv. K-itys fl!d wm oeet-'led by the Whvon sin p'-oirl', cr whi-b etaaJs the moanm'al er-l-! to the Lst rvi met. t of that State. The Rev. Jackson E. Webtr, ehaplais of the 10th V.'i:cin--in. opnd with prayer. Ad lrs3 wrr? ma le tv Governor W. fL Cphnu. ex-GTv-rrr HjnrJ, W. W. Wt-kirw-. chairina o? lh State board and ctbre. At the e- :npiKa of the svrl State dd icati'n et-r"t-s ti tr.op in Cai&p L motit, on th- i at'.l'-a-lJ. under tbeeocomanJ of Col. I'U t J, gav a dru parade, which was w:t.-. -.-l Ly thousand of tpa-tatora. This cl iiiJ the p loraairae. OUett American Llneaj. Mrs. SIsry Bar-tow. agI aeventy-fotir, wife of Vr. Noyes Birtow, died at Spring field, Mass.. of bUod pjlsordcg. She was a direct lo;nliUit it the seventh generation of Ptnrgnu's White, tba Crt white child torn lathis country. LATEST MEWS IH BRIEF. J GLEANINGS FROM MAJfY POINTS. ' I Important Happenings, Both noma and orel. RHflv Told. 1 .Newsy Southern Ifotee. The 80ns of Teteraas elected W. H. Bos sU, of Rush Cntre, Iu., commander-la chief at Knoxville. 8ix negroes have died at Camilla, Ga., from poison in their food at a basket nlcnlo. It is supposed pis cooked In tin plates were ' the poisonous viands. 1 Mr. Jamea C. Hills, the oldest printer ta Baltimore, and who had bn employed on the Sun since 1843. died on Monday. He was born in Blair In 1819. At Dallas. Tex., the Corbett-FltzaimmonS match will come off. In the test glove eon test case before Judge Hurt, of the Court of Criminal Appeals, held that there Is Be law In Texas against prize rights. A soda-water fountain which had been set out In the sun, exploded at the corner of Feacli tree and Decatur streets in Atlanta, The result was that J. A. Almand was deaf ened in his left ear and W. 0L Douglass stunned Into Insensibility. Political Dolags. The New Jersey Republican eonvratioa nominated John W. Griggs tor Governor. Its platform: "Opposition to any attempt t impose upon this country a debased or de preciated currency. The New Tork 8tate Republican Conven tion In session at Saratoga on Tuesday re nominated the entire old ticket on a straight ballot, and the incumbents will again go be fore the people. The resolutions adopted omit the excue plank, reaffirm adherenoe to the policy of protection and demand such legislation as will afford an adequate Income tax for the maintenance of the government while giving encouragement to American capital and remunerative wagee to American laborers; denounced the Income tax as pass ed by Congress; declared belief that "the nation's honor as well as the material Inter ests of our citizens dema- d the maintenance of a national currency, every dollar of which,, whether in gold, silver or paper notes shall be ot equal value and equal debt-paying or purchasing power, and we declare onr un alterable opposition to the free unlimited coinage of silver;" the administration ot Governor Morton was heart! lyendorsed and he Is presented as the candidate of the Re publicans of the Enpire State for the presi dency of the United States. Foreign. In the Province Tolkynia, Russia, between A ok. IS and Aug. 24 inclusive, 5,049 oases of cholera were reported and 2,134 deaths from that disease. In the Province of Pod alia, from the 21st to the 31st of August, 101 cases of cholera and 45 deaths were reported. Washington. The Treasury stated gold reserve Saturday at the close of business stands at t95.862.398. The Treasury was informed that 1150,000 waa withdrawn at New York for export and 175,000 deposited in exchange for ourrenoy. Miscellaneous. . Peter Elernan, editor of the New Orleans Evening Telegram, was fined 1100 Thursday or abusing the privileges ot the press la Ibeling the district attorney. . , BossC. Van Bokelen, receiving teller of the Merchants' Loan and Trust Company at Chicago. Is mls-ing with about 150,000 of the money belonging to the institution. Ha is supposed to be In Mexico. ' The Pennsylvania Railroad la testing a new engine from the company's shops made a remarkably quick run between Jersey City and Philadelphia. The distance betwean the two cities is 89.76 miles and the rua Via made la 80 ml&ute &0UTHKRN RAILWAY CO. IKAVTKKN 8VS1EM.) nattern Tim at olamMa and ft ffortfc Wort hb-iand, July SHiri. 1895 No 3S No IO No 3 Kailj Lll7 iDatiy Lv. Jacksonville. 7so a 11 .VI t Ar. Col'jn:t;a J Lv Ch&r!e'.on Ar t.'ylun.iIa Lv. A'-X'nta .... " Orariiic vil!e Tr"nto:i Johtitna... Ar ( tluci! ii. - Lv f.l'imt U. .. " Wmnsl oro . " i'- efr " 1 ce' Hill. . A 1 C b irlor.e. . " I'cavi;:- Vai'.itiion . ...! H:iti;nfre 1 l'JUla- e pliU ...j Ne York i I No 35 No 9 V. 27 jlaily j Daily Lfch '12 ret 'nr.n'' .: 9 :m a 7 - ' '.' i ! 9 : a 9 ; a e-o 9 II. V- a 11.13 a ie.4J ti 12M r !-' " p a Fcuthhoand. Lv.N'w Ynric ' I'i.i 3 te.piiU. ' lu:i'M r I.r.Va-!.,.n4too . Lv.nicliiso:.! br lMif -'c ... 1 Lv : rr o ?f ! " l:re- Kill . . " O r T ... IV intbl-.xo I A r. tif -;iT3 ri ....... U.oiur l l J'j'i nn'.-rn - ....I " 1 1 ri!-n . . . j " ir.tv. At. Aiii.-U... ... I I S.I7 p 6 p . IU5 . Ili r 9 '5 a ... ll--l i.li.M 1. 10 rr ..-If iSf-t UZ-t-t II S .. . Ilia 1.14 all 4 a .. ?.'.o aw a 1 ..1 4 jft a I 7 p ! I rz a 1 10 0 6 44 a- tn 7. in at 4. v tW a 4 1 v I.t Col 1 '.a ... ArC":iarv.'n .J , LvC'nnMa Arapnii1 7 eo a 1. H a 4(0 p MJ p 2 1 C I h . a . . 'n;e J . ELEEP1XO CAR tEBTIC . JCoa. 17 and M, TVathingtoa and Srita ererWL Una! ted, compoted of Pullman Care, minimum Pullman rate 1 2.00, no extra fara, Through Sleeping Cars between New Tfori aud New Orleans. New Tork aad lletnphie. New Tcrk and Tarn pa and Washington, Ahe Tille and Hot Springs. Also carrl Crst-cl&at coach between Washington aad Jak.onv)ll. Dirtng Car between Greneboro anl M'iUt romery. Noe. 35 end 38, ratted Slat Tut Me a Pullman Bleeping Cars between New Tork, Atlanta r1 Jlontrr.ery, and Sw York 'A Ja:ksoL v-.lie. Also haj b'epiiig Car betw"a Charlotte and Augusta. No. 12. Sleep leg Car Greensboro to Bal eigh. " No. 35, Bleeping Car Raleigh to Greens boro. Through tickets on sale at r rincivJ statins to all points. For rates or Information ap ply to any agent of the Company. N. J. O'BRIEN. Baperittead-ct Pint Di vision, Danville, Ta. W. B. RIDER, Brpertntendent Sont Di vision, Charlotte, N. C vT. EL GREEN, General Superintendent. Washington, D. C. W. A. JCBK. General Passenger Agert j Vtlhlfigtoa, D. P. ! .s Pi I ....... 2..'-5 aj nil v ....... !M pj I10.1S p1 J j ...j ....liar1) p! 20 g ....I il 11 v ?J y . ..' 'i' 4t p a7 e ...J Iiz '.3 a; s i y ...J ;.; a 44 m ...J (14 i; ro ! 4 . ...j 4 4 n : t- 5 41 a' 5.42 . 8-'JI p .. ..1 6 11 f 13 W 7.3ft t . ...1 7.'0 7 "3 ti 8 V 1 ...J 11.4) a 11.40 HOW Ki-hmocJ ! j 441 pj 4 ;0 1 j OT a I ) p' txi 1 a 11 25 pltAAa 36) l 3'0 i ' r. I C0 i! 6 I) a 1 .V4 f NO. 38. 8 EPTK31 11 R R HKAT. A Special Bulletin. 1 he Thermometer 104 ! oue IMaree. The Weather Bareau has !tut a special l uil-Un regarding the pvut hot spll. sa wing that it exceeds any previous record forthesoconl ten days ta .ptsabex. An accompanying table shows temptratcr of 101 for nine days at Concordia, La.; ot 101 for eight days at OmahaNeb., of 101 for sis days at Sioux City. a 1 at J other point a temperatures racctnr from 3 to 100 for the last ten days. W.htf.-;ton'e bight; point was P6, which prevailed for tour days; New Yoik tl. New Orleans 90 Visible Supply of Cot torn. The total visible supply ot cotton tor the world Is 276,835 bales, ot which 2.01,eM are Amertoaa, against l.Sll.SSl bales aad 1,54837 bales respectively last year. Be oalpta ot cotton this weak at all Interior towns, 81.430 bales. Receipts from the plan tations 114,544 bales. Crop in sight 244,33 bales. THE Marion Record Is the only Democratic Newspaper ta McDowell county, and has a Urge cir culation ta adjoining counties! It pub lishes all the news without fear or. favor, and Is the organ of ao ring or clique. It is the bold champion of the peo ple's rights, an earnest edvecate of tha best Interests of the county of UcDow. ell and the towa of ifarioo. It sdvsr tulog rates are reasonable, and the tub. ecrlptlon price Is fl.OO ptr aear 4 s4 wanes. If you want the best newipsper la the country brimming full of choloe reading matte for business tnes, fanaaTt, mo chanlcs, and the home dreltl of all classes lubicribe and , pty fey te Rscoao. If you don't, why fast deal, aad the psper will be prlfltsd crtfj Thursday evening as usual. If you havca't enough interest la your county's wellfare to sustsia the best ad Tocate of its diversified interests, aad its truest friead the newspaper yoa mead not expect a 2-columa obituary aetlct when your old etlngy bones art hid from the eyes of progress la tho ground. All who owe subscriptions to flacoaa will be dropped from oar list unless they psy up at oaeo. Tsurs Respectfully, Tho Marlon Record, SEAB3ABD AIR LINE R. R. NEW LINE. 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