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A DEMOCRATIC JOURNAL THE PEOPLE AND THEIR INTERESTS.
VOL. VII. NO. 26.
MAXTON, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1893.
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4 'Electric railways will safely convey
passengers at the rate of 150 mile3 an hour
at an early day," said Professor William
D. Marks, Superintendent of the Edison
Electric Light Company, and it now
seems, to the Boston Transcript, that
his prediction 13 about to materialize,
both in this country and abroad.
"When John Jacob Astor died ia 1813
worth $25,000,000 be loft $10,000,000
more than the richest American before
him. But in the last ten years at teast two
men (W. H. Vanderbilt and the second
John Jacob Astor) have died with for
tunes twice this size, and J&hn D. Rscke
feller is ordinarily estimated to be alsa
worth $100,000,000. It is estimated
that there are only seven American for
tunes of over $30,000,000, Huntington,
Sage, William Rockefeller, Stanford,
Mrs. Green and William Astor; six over
$30,000,000, D. O. Mills, Armour,
Scarles, Charles Crocker's estate, Henry
Hilton and the L. S. Higgins estate.
Of fortunes of over 10,000,000 there
are seventeen.
Evidently the Lonion Statist appra
ciates us. "The American people," it
6ays, "are descended from economically
the most effective race in the world.
They settled in the States, taking with
them a highly developed civilization
and habits of law and order confirmed
through many generations. They have
half a continent at their command, then
is even yet a vast amount of unoccupied
soil, there is a diversified climate, there
are resources almost limitless, and there
is absolutely no enemy they have causa
to fear. Except to maintain internal
order they are free at this moment to
disband their army and their navy, cer.
tain that no foreign foe will attack them.
The world has nevei seen such a peopU
- happily circumstanced, with such
'. vellous opportunities for progress
improvement."
A Liverpool merchant lately ga.ve the
university in that city a clock fitted with
all the modern improvements, including
a chime that strikes the quarters. Tho
generosity of the gift is seen to be less
worthy of admiration when it is known
that the workhouse hospital, where there
are genera:ly a thousand patients, is im
mediately be laath the clock. An Alder
man has found it such a nuisance on his
own account (he .says nothing about
the poor wretches in the work
house) that he has made a formal com
plaint to the vestry of the persecution
which the gift has brought upon him.
He would go to bed at ten o'clock,
and he would hear the machine in
the tower toll out eleven, twelve, one,
two, three, four, and so on, and besides
that every quarter of an hour would
come the ding-dong of chimes. The
Alderman, to say nothing of the work
house victims, seems to have a case, and
the Boston Transcript hopes that he will
win.
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THE N. C LEGrlJSLATUKE.
What Thej are Doing in the General
AssemDiy.
Bill Upon Bills All Intended for th
Good of North Carolina.
Raleigh, N. C 18th dav. A Deti
tion was introduced in the Senate that
county commissioners shall not issue ox
recommend liquor license unless bv a
vote of the majority of the people . Bills
woco luuuuuueu io esiaoiisn a iteiorma
tory School ; to incorporate the Durham
& Charlotte Railroad Company. The
bill to amend the election law was tabled.
In the House bills were introduced to
change the dividing line between Lin
coln and Cleveland counties; to submit
to the people of Stokes county the ques
tion of the sals of liquor: to require that
in cases oi assignments, a sworn state
ment of the cash value of property be
filed with the clerk of the court, and also
a sworn statement, mat tne amounts as
stated ia the preferences are -justly al
lowed. There was a bill to incorporate
tne town of Kelford, m Bertie, which
caused a good deal of merriment. On
motion of the member from Bertie it was
tabled. Then a bill to incorporate Rox
abel in that county came up and the
member touna tnat it was the Kelford
bill he wanted to pass, ee it was taken
from the table and the Roxabel bill took
its place there. The town of Inander,
in Buncombe county, was granted a
charter, but the commissioners of the
county were forbidden to give it author
it to issue liquor lioenses. The charter
of th j town of Waxha w, in Union county,
granted in 188JV was repealed. The bill
to amend thechfter of the Raleigh &
Western liailway came up as a special
oidtr. Mr. Adams asked its recommit
tal to the committee on internal improve
ments, in order that certain gentlemen
interested m the bill could be heard.
Another special order was then taken up.
this being the bill to create two degrees
of murder. "This passed its second and
third readings The bill to require pub
lic officials of the counties to be in all
casts resnoasiMe for funds lost when de
posited in bank?, and repealing the act
wnicn relieved them from responsibility
in case of the failure of a bank m which
such funds arc deposited, passed its sec
ond and third readings . The bill to al
low manufacturers to sell liquor made on
prern'ses by the quart failed to pass. The
bill to restore the right to give and re
ceive railway passss was taken up with
an adverse report. An effort to table it
failed end it was recommitted. It is
said most of the Senators and members
of the House favor it.
Raleigh, N. U 19th day. In the
Senate several petitions were presented
against the sale of liquor in certain lo
calities. Avnoag the bills reported from
committees was the bill to abolish the
bureau of labor statistics, upon which
the committee reported favorably. The
following bills and resolutions were in
troduced : To cover the sale of contin
gent interest on real estate; to establish
a Criminal Court in the thirteenth judi
cial district; to prevent the desecration
of the Sabbath by the running of rail
road trains; to punish the sale of deadly
weapons to minors. The bill allowing
the county of Rutherford to levy a tax
for jail purposes passed its third reading.
The bill for the relief of money borrow
ers was taken up. Amendments to ex
clude the counties of New Hanover,
Buncombe and Brunswick were offered.
They were rejected. An amendment
that the bill shall not apply to subsist
ing contracts, was adopted. The substi
tute of the Senator from GuLford, with
the amendment regarding contracts at
tached, on a call of the ayes and nays,
passed secosd reading : ayes 25, nays 25,
the Lieutenant Governor casting the vote
in the affirmative. Adjourned.
In the House principal bills idtrodced
were as follows: To amend The Code
in regard'to dower under execution sales,
providing that the widow shall be en
titled to dower on lands sold under exe
cution ; to require the listing of dogs as
property; to provide for the education
of teachers, by providing in each of the
nine distiiots of the State a normal de
partment in connection with a high
school ; to allow Stokes county to vote on
the question of county government; to
amend the State guard act so that the
annual appropriation for encampments
shall be only $2,500, and providing that
only one-half the companies shall go into
camp annually; to encourage the raising
of improved horses and other stock: At
noon the House took up the special or
der, the contested election case of W.
W. Long, Democrat, against J. H.
Wright, colored, Republican, from War
ren county.
Raleigh, N. C 20th day. The only
matter of importance occuring in the
Senate was the discussion of the "dog
Jaw" for the promation of sheep hus
bandry. The bill failed to pass its sec
ond reading ayes 20, noes 27. At 1 :30
the Senate went into excutive session.
R W. Whartoc, of Beaufort county, was
c nfirmed as a trustee of the Agriculttira
and Mechanical College.
Few bills were introduced in ihe
House, those of public importance being
as follows: to,: forbid the employment
of operatives in cotton and woolen mills
between the house of 10 p m. and 6 a.
m., r for over 11 hourj . ay day, un
der penalty" of flfto-iSC fine and
5 to 30 "days' imprisonment; to in
crease the annual appropriut on for
the colored orphan -ftsylum at Oxford
from $1,000 to $2,000; to change the
name of Fannie Heath to Kate Williams
Shackelford; to provide for the improve
ment of the public loads of the State by
the use of convict labor; dividing the
State into nine districts, an equil num
ber of convicts (serving terms of under
10 vears) to be assigned to each district,
a superintendent of convicts for each
district to be appointed, by the peniten
tiary authorities; work to be done in
proportion to the State tax paid by each
ronntv: countv commissioners to have
power to desigaate the roads to be work-
ea; a tax upn property w uc biou
for the purpose of aiding in the said im
prevement8. To allow 25 cents to be paid
by the counties for havk scales; to
amend the charter of Salisbury by mak
ing the liauor license 'tax $500 a year.
A resolution was introduced ra sing a
joint special committee of two S.nators
and three Representatives to investigate
ths matter of North Carolina participat
ing in the monument at Richmond, Va..
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aiers ana sailors.
Raleigh, N. C 21st day. Senate
A bill to establish a State motto was in
troduced. The bill for the lelief of
money-borrowers (the interest bill) came
up on its third reading and passed by a
vote of 24 to 20. It gives 6 per cent.
conamonaiiy. Tne Senate passed a res
olution of lespect for Mr. Blaine.
House : The committee on iudiciarv.
to which was referred the bill to restore
to railroads the right to issue free
passes, made a unanimous report against
the bill. Bills introduced were: To
provide a syttem for working and keep
ing in repairs the public roads. This
was ordered printed. It provides that
lor eveiy $bO raised by a county by tax
ation for road purposes the State shall
furnish an able bodied convict and pay
one-nait tne expenses of workiDg said
convict. It provides that a county shall
not have less than 20 convicts, as it does
not pay to work a smaller squad. It
further provides that several counties
may, if they desire, join in raisiDg this
tax and in working ths roads, and also
in purchasing machinery; to provide for
a display of North Carolina's resources
at tne World 3 i air and to make an ap
propriation therefor; to amend The Code
regarding divorce, by making three
yearv absence constitute a cause; to in
corporate the Carolina Real Estate and
improvement Company and the Bank ot
North Carolina, both of Lumberton.
There are wild animals of a dangerous
character in the western counties; a bill
passed allowing a bounty of $5 for the
tcalps of panthers, wolves, etc., m four
counties. After passing resolutions of
repect lor Mr. Blaine the House ad
journed.
Raleigh, N. C 22nd day. The fol
lowing-bill were introduced in the Sen
ate : to incorporate the Virginia and
North Carolina Railroad Company . The
bill to prevent the spread of contagious
diseases (makes it a misdemeanor to ex
pose personsjafflicted with contagious dis
eases) came up. The bill w as referred
to the committee on health. The Senate
went into executive session at 12: 50.
House: A resolution' was introduced
raising a committee of five to consider
the matter of making an appropriation
for a monument at Raleigh to the memory
of the North Carolina Confederate sol
diers. Bills introduced : To protect real
estate owners against squatters. To pro
vide a uniform system of text books in
the public schools, these to be prepared
by the Superintendent of Publio Instruc
tion, president of the University and
presidents of colleges, and then to be
submitted to the State Board of . Educa
tion for approval, the'latter board to have
stereotype plates prepared and publish
the books, the State to pay for the print -
ner. To allow clerks to order examina
tion of a party before trial within less
than five days; to amend the law regard-
ne corporations so that an emdavit be
made that the capital stock is duly sub
scribed ; to give landlords a lien for rent
due by tenants ; to exempt libraries from
taxation; to provide for a chief inspector
of liquors for the State; to establish an
astrological observatory on the Oc
coneeche mountains at.Hillsboro. (Laugh
ter as the bill was referred to the com
mittee on fish and fisheries;) to incor
porate the North Carolina Monumental
Association, to erect a monument at
Raleigh to the memory of the Confed
erate dead ; to force judges of elections
and reaistrars to be sworn before
entering on the duties of their
office on election day; Mr.
Kitchen, oy consent, introduced a
bill in regard to taxing solvent credits.
It is to compel persons and corpoiations
to list their bonds, notes, choses in ac
tions and other evidences of indebted
ness, under penalty of forfeiture of the
same. A bill, introduced by Mr. Spruill,
passed its second and third readings,
which is of great importance. It amends
the act of 1891 creating the railroad
commission by inserting the following:
"The said commissioners shall determine
the value of railroad stock, as defined in
section 45, and the value of the rolling
stock, ascertaining such value from the
earnings as compared with the operat
ing expenses and taking into considera
tion the value or the iranehise as well as
all other conditions proper to be consid
ered in arriving at the true value of the
property as in the case of the private
property, and the aggregate value as
thus determined." The bill also adds
to the list of property authorized for as
sessment by the railroad commission the
following: "The property of all canal
and steamboat companies shall be assess
ed lor taxation as above provided for
railroads." Mr. Spruill, who is one of
tho ablest speakers in the House, ex
plained the bill in a lucid manner, and
showed the absurdity of the old method
of taxing railroads, by which the greater
the value of the road-bed the less the tax.
Raleigh, N. C. 28rd day. In the
Senate bills were introduced for the com
pletion of the colored Agricultural and
Mechanical College; to require managers
of all penal and charitable institutions
to report annually the names and salaries
of all officers connected therewith. A
resolution was introduced providing for
tke appointment of commissioners to
prepare a plan for a monument in JNash
Square, Raleigh, to the statesmen, sol
diers and sailors of the Confederacy from
North Carolina, the commissioners to re
port to the next Legislature. A resol
ution of respect to the memory of the
ate Associate Justice Lamar was adopt
ed by a rising vote. Bills passed final
reading to incorpotate the Atlantic and
Ohio Railroad ; to allow clerks of Criminal
Courts to probate deeds; to amend The
Code regarding labor liens, by requiring
an itemized statement relative to the
abor, the liens to be filed in six months;
to provide a stock law for New Hanover;
to provide for installation of State offi
cers on the third Monday after the first
Monday in January ; to allow the Wil
mington Light Infantry to issue bonds ;
to require clerks of court to turn over to
the school fund witness' and jurors'
fees not called for in 3 years ; to allow
chattel mortgages for any amount in
stead of, as at present, $300; to take
from justices of the peace jurisdiction in
case3 of carrying concealed weapons.
The latter bill caused prolonged debate.
The vote on it was ayes 33, noes 16.
Vtry few bills were introduced ia the
House: to allow the sheriffs of Rock-
inghanv Guilford, Caswell, Orange,
Durham, Person, Granville, Vance,
Forsjth, Stokes, Yadkin, Surry, Bun
combe, Madison, McDowell, Rowan and
Davie counties until May 1 to settle with
the State treasurer; to provide that in
all cases where a person owing taxes is
about to remove from the State or is dis
posing of his property with the intention
of avoiding the payment of taxes or
other liabilities, the sheriff may levy
upon the per&onal property of such per
son at any time to satisfy taxes in his
hands for collection ; and the first Mon
day in August is fixed as the time for
the sale of lands for tax arrears; to dis
courage lynching, by making it the duty
of county commissioners to notify the
Governor when a lynching occurs, so he
can order a court of Oyer and Terminer
for the said cc-inty in 30 days; and if a
prisoner is convicted he shall te executed
in 30 days; to extend for 12 months the
time for redeeming land sold for taxes;
to make an annual appropriation of $ 10,
000 for the Agricultural and Mechanical
College, and l,250 a year for '93 and
'94 and giving the colle0e 100 acres of
land, of the "Camp Mangum" tract; to
require tax listers to list solvent credits,
doubtful credits and insolvent credits,
and to give the county commissioners
power to inquire into the character aud
value of the last two named ; to make it
unlawful for any railway to employ in
this State any telegraph operator to re
ceive and transmit dispatches of trains
who is under 18 years of age, and who
ha3 net had at least ten yeais' experience
as a telegraph operator, and who has not
passed a thorough examination before
two expert telegraphers, designated by
the railway commissioners and received
a certificate therefrom. There was quite
a debate on a bill to prohibit the sale or
manufacture of liquor in three miles of
Cherokee county. The territory is a lit
tle over two miles from the line of Ten
nessee and Georgia. The situation was
a special one, and tinder the circumstan
ces the House passed the bill. The res
olution was adopted to purchase a $12.50
p'aster bust of Hon. Jefferson Davis for
the State library; one requesting Sena
tors and Representative in Congress to
use their influence for the establishment
of a national park in western North Caro
lina; to establish an "arbor daj" oa a
day in the autumn to be set apart by the
Governor to be observed by the people
of the State in the planting of trees,
shrub3 and vine3 in the promotion of
forest growth and culture in the adorn
ment of public and private grounds,
place and ways, etc., the public schools
to hold appropriate exercises.
THE SOUTHERN JURIST DEAD.
Chief Justice Fuller Announces the
Death of Justice Lamar.
Washington. D. C. When the United
States Supreme Court met as usual at
noon, the chair (between those of Justices
Grav and Brownt draned in. mournins'
again told the storv that between the
adjournment ol the court and its reas
sembling, there had passed away one of
its members.
JUSTICE L. Q. O IiAMAR.
The death cf Justice Lamar was not
startling to his Associates, for they had
realized when he lef; the city for the
South that ia all probability he would not
resume his seat on the bench; yet it was
unexpected, and a shock to them, for the
last news they hid from him was to the
effect that he wa3 improving and getting
aiong quite well.
The bar and audience quarters of the
court were filled when the justices filed
into th Ax places and the court opened.
Chief Justice Fuller announced Justice
Lamar's drath in a few words, sayiDg:
' It again becomes my melaucholy duty
to announce the death of a member of
this court Justice Lamar died at Macon,
Ga , Tuesday evening at 8:55 o'clock.
No businesi will be transacted. The
court will adjourn until Monday next."
The court crier at once declared the
court aijou ned The justices, with a
few exceptions, attended the funeral of
Justice Lamar.
Senator Kenna Died Poor.
Washington, D. C. It has just be
come evidentthat the late Senator Kenna.
of West Virginia, died a very pooj
man. He left hi3 widow in almost des
titute circumstance-, his long illness
and its attendant expenses having con
sumed what little money he had saved
from his salary. In order to provide for
the widow and her large family the West
Virginia deli gation in Congress met and
united in a strong plea to Piesident-elect
Cleveland, asking him to appoint Mts.
Kenna pos mistress at Charleston. W.
Va., as eoou as he enters the Whit
House The salary of the office is about
$2,500.
As Senator Kenna was one of the very
few Cleveland men in the United States
Senate it is thought probable that Mr.
Cleveland will make the apnointment.
The poultry show held in Charleston.
S. C, was very successful as regards thi
high class of exhibits, many fof which
came from as far North as Massachusetts.
The attendance was not so great as an
ticipated, however, and the society "has
dec ded to hold its next annual exhibit
it? ii in Atlanta, G a. At the election of
officers Dr. Thomas W. Tuttle, of Geor
gia, was made president.
VIRGINIA VS. TENNESSEE.
A Big Legal Battle Between the Two
Precipitated.
Suit for One Thousand Square Mils 8
Instituted bd Mr. Rufus A. Avers
A Humorous Side.
Bristol, Tenn. (Special.) Virginia
and Tennessee are preparing to fight a
great battle which has been brewing for
years.
A few months ago Hon. Rufus A.
Avers filed a bill in the Supreme Court
of the United States to extend the south
ern boundary of Virginia eight miles into
Tennessee. A subpoena was issued for
the Attorney-General and Governor of
Tennessee to appear and answer, which
they did. The case will come up in the
Supreme Court in February or March and
will attract national attention.
The territory in dispute amounts to
about 1,000 square miles, being about 8
miles deep and 150 miles in length. If
Virginia should win this suit she will get
one-half of six counties, including the
towns of Bristol and Cumberland Gap,
the big Louisville and Nashville railroad
tunnel at Cumberland Gap, several miies
of the Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and
Louisville railroad, and part of the great
East Tennesse, Virginia and Georgia
road. The country involved is rich in
mineral, timber and coal.
On the territory in dispute it is esti
mated that there are about 40,000 inhabi
tants. If taken from Tenne sje it would
not seriously affect that State politically,
but would give the Democrats a bigger
majority, as the voters in this territory
are largely Republican.
By giving up the disputed territory the
entire northern boundary, from White
Top Mountain to the Cumberland river,
would be a straight line.
The present litigation is something over
three years old, and staited in Bristol,
when lhe Bristol, Tenn., Water Works
Company started to lay pipe on the east
side of Main street. The Sristol, Va.,
Water Works Company enjoined them in
the chancery court, and thy suit has gone
the gamut of all the courts to the court
of last resort.
Years ago the people of Bris'ol agree 1
on the centra of Main street as the State
line for the sake of convenience In the
water work6 suit Virginia claimed that all
of Bristol was on her side of the line,
while Tenness;e claimed that the State
line was really the ea-trrn line of Main
street. This is the point they expect to
establish in the Uoited States Supreme
Court.
The records in the case would fill sev
eral bound volumes of ordinary size, and
include hundreds of depositions taken at
Bristol and along the line all the way to
Cumberland Gap, copies of surveys made
at different tinus, and reports of the sev
eral commissions appointed to establish
the dispu ed boundary at d iff t-rent times.
The records contain much valuable his
torical matter which has never appeared
m print.
Going back to the beginning, there
was a controversy between Virginia and
North Carolina regarding the line be
tween Virginia and the territory belong
ing to north Carolina now embraced in
the State of Tennessee. In 1783 a com
mission was appointed to establish the
boundary, starting on the Atlantic coast.
When they reached White Top Mountain
that bold sentinel of the Alleghanies
which can be seen a hundred miles in
any direction, upon whose summit the
three States of Virginia, North Carolina
and Tennessee corner, they disagreed as
to the line westward. , Two lines were
run from the White Top to Cumberland
Gap, only three miles apart. One survey,
conducted by the Virginia commissioners,
was called the Worth survey. The North
Carolina survey was known as Hender
son's, and was made by General Hender
son, who at one time had a t hartcr for
nearly all the territory now included in
the State of Kentucky, and in whose
honor the city of Henderson was named.
Neither survey was ever adoptid, and the
strip of disputed territory soon became
known as ''No Man's Lmd, ' and was
the rendezvous of thieves, murderer.-J md
criminals of every descriptioa. Ihese
outlaws came from both sides of the strip,
and when a man committed a crime
within reasonable distance he made a
break in that direction, where he was
positively secure from officers of either
State.
The co dition of affairs was the cause
of a bit!er controversy between William
B'.ount, first Governor of Tennessee, and
the Governor of Virginia. They "fit
and b'.ed," ai the saying goes, over the
matter Iromthe time Tennessee became a
State in 1796 until 1802, when they finally
agreed to appoint commissioners from
each State to settle the boundary. These
commissioners agreed on a compromise
equi-distant between the Worth and
Henderson lines, which has ever since
been recognized by both States The
people on either side work their road3
and pay taxes up to this line. It is sup
posed to be a straight line, but it is not.
The law required the engineers to run
absolutely due west from the White Top
to the Cumberland mountains, but owing
to the density of the forests and to other
natural obstacles there are several offsets,
the most valuable of which is in Denton's
valley in Hancock county.and in Powell's
valley, near Cumberland Gap.
There was no trouble about the line
any more until along in the '50's, when
the country had bee me mo e thickly set
tled. Confusion then arose as to the
proper location of the boundary, because
of the destruction by fire and otherwise
f marked trees.
In 1858 both States agreed on a joint
commission, with power to appoint engi
neers to run out and remark the com pi o
mise line of 1803. Th2 Virginia commis
sioners were Leonidas Baugh and James
Black, of Abingdon, and Tennessee was
represented by General MilUgan, of
Greenville, and Colonel George R. Mc
Clelland, of Sullivan county. A careful
6urvey was made and exhaustive reports
of the same submitted to the respective
Governors. The commissioners reported
that they had found no difficulty with
the old line, and that it was correct ac
cording to the compromise.
Governor Wise, of Virginia, recom
mended the rejection of the report, which
the Legislature proceeded to do. His
objection was based on the fact that the
engineers commenced their survey at the
base of White Top Mountain, instead of
going to the top. Tennessee never acted
on the report, and so matters existed un
til the fcuits were instituted at Bristol
three years go.
If the Commonwealth of Virginia Rains
this famous suit much that is novel and
makes romances for Bristol will be k'.ock
ed out. The magnificent new court house
and city hall will be useless, and the
beautiful new school building will have
to be converted into a church. The mu
nicipal officers will be forced back U
their former professions. Father Bur
roughs, who has married more than thret
hundred runaway couples from Virginia
in the past two years, will have to move
to some small village near the line and
mat is not the worst ot it. lhcse three
hundred couples he has married will be
uimarried, as the ceremony was per
formed in Virginia.
A very old lady who has resided on th
Tennessee side all her life was grieving
over the danger of Bristol going into
Virginia. "I wouldn't mind it is much,"
she said, "if it wasn't that the Virginis
climate is so much more severe than the
Tennessee climate. Then, I would hav
to give up my good limestone water."
Every one knows that when a ma.
commits a crime in Tennessee he can run
ver into Virgin'a and avoid arrest until
a requisition is obtained from the Gov
ernor. The officers of Bristol, Tenn..
pursued a colored man for a crime he had
committed. He escaped in'o Virginia,
where the officers of the Commonwealth
tried to arrest him for a robbery on their
side. He ran back towards Tennessee,
but about the time he reached Main strep
ths thought 6truck him that he wa.
wanted on that side. He stopped in the
middle of Main street, put one foot ir
Virginia and one ia Tennessee, while ov
each side stood two or three policemen
He defied arrest, and they left him staud
ing there.
A PALACE BURNED.
The $700,000, Casino at St. Augua
tin Destroyed.
Jacksonville, Fla. A special from
St Augustine says: A fire, which start
e i at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday morning, in
the Casino building, adjoining the Hotel
Alcazar, raged stubbornly for abeut five
h -urs, but was confined to that structure,
which was badly gut, ed. The loss will
probably reach $103,000.
The fire was caused by a servant pull
ing down a as fixture while attempting
to lig.it it. The flames spread rapidly
around the northwest and south part of
the top floor and soon communicated to
the ball room on the second floor. There
ihey were kept in check by the opening
in the wall which leads to the Turkish
b ths.
The principal damage by fire is to the
ball room, sleeping apartments and ball
room roof, but the whole structure is
deluged with water, and it will take two
months to repair damages.
Ths gueale in the Hotel Alcazar ad
joining were aroused but there was no
panic, for they saw that the fire cou'd
not penetrate the massive concrete walls,
so they returned again to the build ng,
and breakfast was served as usual to 2J0
gut sts.
While the fire was raging at its worst,
about 4 o'clock, assistance was asked
from Jacksonville, and Chief Haney come
over on a special train with a steam fire
engine, four men and 1,000 feet of hoss,
but the fire was under control when he
leached here
The Casino was built in 1837 by H. W.
Flagler, at a cost of 700.000.
THE SOUTHERN FAST MAIL.
The Item Restored and the It. & D.
to Carry the Mail.
Washington, D. C. The postoffice
committee r considered its decision at
the last me ting and added $188,684.22
for special fast mail facilities, but chang
ed the roufe so as to run from Springfield,
Massachusetts, via Washington and
Atlant to New Orlca 8, instead of by
the Coast Liuo to Tampa, Florida, as
heretofore. It is stated that the Coast
Line did not psk an extension of the fa
cilities. The transfer of the ff?st mail ad
vantages to Atlanta and Charlotte is
largely due to Col. A. B. Andrews, of the
Piedmont Air Line.
FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
In the Senate.
27th Dat. Mr, Woloott made a speech
attacking the new Colunabian postage
stamps The Anti-Option bill was after
ward taken up anl ftiscsnsai for an hou?-.
28th Day. The Senate took up the Anti
Option bill, and Mr. George continued bis
argument in favor of his substitute. He
was followed by Messrs. Washburn and
Chandler. At the close of -Mr. Chandler's
speech the bill went over without action
The Cherokee Outlet bill, which had come
over from the House, was tavern up for con
sideration. 29th Day. The Senate adjourned for tha
day as a mark of respect to the lat .A
i?r.niat3 Jastica Lamar.
30th D.y. Tb? h-jur or the session was
taken up in routine matters, none of them
entitled to be re?arlei as of much public
interest A bill was introduced to in
crease the nwy by twinty-oi3 vsssj!?.
31st Day. .Mr. Cullom introduc?d a bill
to give a pension of io0 a month to the widow
of Elisha Kent Kane, the Arctic explorer
Mr. Gorman introJucai a joint resolu
tion authorizing the Secretaries of War and
Navv to lend ensigns, flags, etc., (excapt bat
tle fla?b) for decoration of the World's Fair
buildings, and it was pas:ei The Anti
Option bill was debatei.
3D Day. Following roll call the death of
Jame3 G. Blaine was anucuaced by Mr.
Frye, who also moval the adoption of a
serie3 of resolutions. After this wos done
the Senate adjourned out of respect.
In the House.
30th Day. Mr. Cummingi withdrew ths
Fort Greene Monument bill The Senata
bill abolishing post tradersbipj was pissai
The Diplomatic and Consular Appro
priation bill was reported Tne floor was
then accorded to tae Coamittaa oa Corn
mere?, and the Quarantine bill was ciliel
up and discussed uat.il adjournment.
31st Day. The Quarantine bill was passed
after a stormy debate Th-s Sundry Civil
Appropriation bill was discussed.
32d Day. The House refused to a?raa to
a motion to tike up tae Suadry Civil bi!!,
the flsht against "it bainz made by th
friends of the Bankruptcy bill. Ths vota
Btood: Yeas, 107; nays, 137 A.8 a mark of
respect to the memory of the late J ustica
Lamar th9 House taen adjourne I.
33d Day. The day was consumed iu fili
bustering against the Torry Bankruptcy
bill.
34TH Day. The Sunlry Civil bill was dis
o,,SSed The Legislative, Executive and
35th Day. Immsiiately after tha a3sem- -blage
the death of Jamss G. Blaine was an
nounced. Aopropriata resolutions of re
Bpect were adopted and thsn the House ad
journed..
HE DIED PEACEFULLY.
Blaine's Long Sickness Is Ended at
Last.
And He Has Passed Over That Dark
River of Death.
Washington, D. C- Janus C Hiiin
ditd nt 11 o'cloc k Friil y inoinin. II
parsed a restle-s night and in th ' uuirn
ing was very weak. Slim i ly !( !it! N
o'clock a change for t'ue wouh x (.'tnnl,
and both physicians were LdMily u nn
moncd and um lined at his bed.-He uitil
he died.
IK. v
His death was quiet and peaceful and
he rebiinei his consciousness until a few
minutes before death.
His who)-! family, Miss Dorlge and the
trained nurses were at his bclsiilc.
Dr. Hyatt said that Mi. lilatne's death
was due to sheer exhaustion, lie was
unwil;ing to make acy fctateineut regard -ing
the exact disease of Mr. Dlaine until
he had received the conse it of the. f mi ly.
The news of Mr. Blaine's death fjM-ead
like wild fire. Crowds gathcrc 1 on the
corners and visitors flocked to the house.
Dr. Hamlin, who was passing the
house at the time the announcement of
death was made, at once entered aud re
inai ed with the firmly snie time.
Word wis S:tit to the I'lisidi-a i nm '
diately after Irs death At 1 ! .21 IV. si
dent liar, is in, acrompani 'd by 1'iivate
Secretary ilalford and Lieut. I'.nl.er,
walked over to the Blaine mansi n. lhe
President showed marked vgns of gii(,f
Postmaster General Waoamaker followed
the President.
To a reporter Dr. Johnston said: "I
wa called Friday insrniag to the Blame
residence about 9 :30 o'clock ai.t foiiud
Mr. Blaiae in a very exhausted condi
tion. He hid grown weaker duiiug the
early morning hours: and about 8:30
o'clock the nurse observed th it his breath
ing was more difficult and his pulse more
feeble than it had been. Di 1 lyat was
also fe"t for and arrived thei : aboui. 10
o'clock Alter my ariivai Mr. .i.onv?
continued to grow weaker vci y rapidly,
hi3 pulse becoming moie feibi; lie
died at 11 o'clock, lie was perfectly
conscious up to within a few moments
of his death, and recognized all those
arourjdjiim. He died with ut suflor-ng.
The President, had been warned of Mr.
Blaine's approaching end, through press
bulletins which informed him that Mr.
Blaine could not live through the day.
A few miuutes later he received the an
nouncement of his death. The cabinet
was immediately notified. Secretary
Foster, of the State Department, was at
home preparing to leave town when Le
was notified by telephone of the ex-Sfcc-ritary's
death. He postponed bis trip
and ordered the State Depaitment to hi
c oscd.
The President issued a proclamation
announcing the death of Mr. Blaine and
directing that on the day of tiie funeral
all tha exetutive departments at Wash
ington should be closed; that on all the
public buildings throughout the United
States the national flag be displayed at
half mast, and that for thirty days the
Depai tment of State be draped in mourn
ing. '1 he funeral took place Monday fore
noon at Washington, wheie the dead
statesman was interred, temporarily, it is
said, l he attendance upon the cervices
included all the officials of the Govern
ment and everybody ol note in the capi
tal. The crowds were overwhelming.
THE SPLIT IN THE ALLIANCE.
Tillman tof Tennessee Issues a Llani
festo AJtfew Organization to be
Formed on a Strictly Non
v. - iv Partisan Basis.
Memphis, Tenn, l he next issue oi
the National Economist will contain a
manifesto from a faction of the Farm
ers' Alliance appealing to members, in
the order to repudiite the acts of the late
Memphis convention, by forming a new
orgrnization on a strictly non-pai ti-an
basis. The manifesto is signed by J V.
Tillman, of Tennessee, who, along with
his office, was "abolished," as far as the
Alliance is concerned, at- the Memphis
convention. Mr. Tillman denounces the
men who now control the Alliance, and
reviews the origin and growth of the or
der, pointing out its original pui poses,
which he declares were in accord with
tha principles of the Demociatic parly,
and which he, as a life long Democrat,
undertook to carry out and impress upon
its members.
Referring to and defi iiug the ac.ion of
the late national campaign, in which hs
is charged with treason tj the Alliance
by sending out, under his official tigoa
ture, numerous documents appealing to
the Alliance t be truj to ths Democra-i3
teachings upon which it was founded, he
says: "I conceived it a duty devolving
upon me, both as gen r.il man ger and
director of the lecture bureau of the Al
liance, and as an humble memoir of the
Democratic paity to coatiibuta to the
Buccess of a causa common to t lie inter
ests of both. That the li:erattue sent
out under my s'gnature aided the I). mo
crfttic party and contributed alike to the
defeat of the Republican and Thiid pir
ties, I have no doubt, and freely admit
in fact, such were my desiies. because
the Third pirty in my State and other
Southern States was a lying with the Re
publicans in its efforts to defeat Demo
cratic principles."
A call will be issued in a few days for
a convention of the seceding faction,
which will meet in Memphis o; Atlanta
some time during April.
f. . ... - N.
JAMES O. .BLAINE.