A DEMOCRATIC J URNAL THE PEOPLE AND THEIR INTERESTS.
VOL. VII. NO. 39
MAXTON, N. C THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1893.
CI.CO A YEAR,
' The Chicago Herald, alleges that "our
language is phonetically so difficult to for
eigners that to lecture before aa Eug-lish-speaking
audience in. the English
tongue gives them aa acute pain in the
jaws."
It Is said that if the United States
were supplied with ministers in the same
proportion that the heathen world ia
with missionaries, there would be alto
gether about two hundred and seventy
five, about two-thirds as many as there
ye now in Boston alone.
A Chicago paper recently gathered the
itatistics for several years of murders,
legal hangings and lynchings. Iu 1887
the murders were 2335 ; in 1883, 3567;
in 1890, 4290; in 1891, 5906, and in
1892, 6792. There were 123 legal
hangings in 1891, or 1 legal hanging to
48 murders, and 107 legal hangings in
1892, or 1 to 63 murders.
It doe3 not often happen, because pa
tients are not often so generous no
practitioners so scrupulous, that a phy:
eician returns a cbeck for $500, volua
tarily tendered, on the grouud that thJ
medical services rendered had not been
worth so much money. This incident
pleasant to chronicle, happened tb.i
other week in Philadelphia, and is re
corded by tho Medical News, of tha
city.
Not a bad incident for a comic opera
thinks the Ciiicago Herald, was the ar
rest of the entire police force of a littli
Texas town on a charge of vagrancy
This charge was preferred by the wive
of the two men who constituted tb
force, doubtless with the consent of thi
culprits, as it enabled the men to testif,
that they had received only $ 12 pay J
five months, and could not support the)
families on that.
The purposes to which the products of
the cotton plant may be put seem al
most inexhaustible. It has now been dis
' covered that from cotton-seed meal may
be extracted a sugar fifteen times sweeter
than that made from sugar cane. There
are, however, difficulties in the way of
it3 being manufactured successfully for
commercial purposes, which make it
unlikely that the sugar trust will think
it advisable to purchase immediately all
the Southern cotton fields.
Paris advices report that the apprecia
tion of horseflesh ha3 so developed at
that center of culinary civilization that
she now maintains 150 butchers who
deal in that kind of meat alone, and
that 20,000 equine carcasses were de
voured last year. It appears that these
are not for the most part eaten by the
very poor. The use of horseflesh in
England ha3 grown but slowly during
the thirty years since its introduction.
In Belgium it has made more progress.
Science makes slow progress in aerial
navigation, exclaims the Brooklyn Citi
zen. The balloon of to-day i3 scarcely
an improvement in any sense on the
Montgolfier affair of a hundred years ago,
and the flying machines, though more
complicated, are no better guarded
against abrupt descent toward the center
of gravity than that of the Scotchman
who announced about a century since
that he was going to fly out of Edin
burgh on a pair of big wings, and broke
his leg at the first attempt. - -
. TLere are at present 1850 cities and
towns in the United States equipped with
electric lights. It is interesting to note
that Pennsylvania takes the lead with
150 towns, New Jersey and Illinois fol
lowing with k47 and 133 respectively,
and that n the fiist State there are no
less tlian thirty -two new lighting cor
porations which have rot yet commenced
' business. There are over 500 railways
operated by electricity in the country,
and 200 more incorporated holding
franchises allowing the use of electric
power.
' More wonderful than the enc'ianted
cities of Arabia is the "white city"
which now decorates Jackson Park,
. Chicago, exclaims the "Washington Star.
It has the equipment of a .modern and
. model municipality. An official descrip
i tion of it says it ha3 a combined water
capacity of 54,000,000 gallons a day,
and will soon have 100,000,000. It has
; twenty-five miles of water mains and
291 hydrants. A hundred more will bo
, provided. There are three steam fire
engines, four chemical engines, a ladder
j truck, water tower, forty hose carts,
1 26,750 feet of hose, 1050 hand fire ex
tinguishers, 2500 fire pails, a steaTi firo
boat, sixty-five firemen, 3 50 alarm boxes,
150 patrol telephones, 500 guards and
very floe electric light and sewerage
systems. No montion is made of grade
crossings or trolley cars, but as no mod
ern city "iems to be complete without
these murderous appliances it is buf fair
to presume that the exposition city will
fort ttaa tlsoi
A HUNDRED LIVES LOST.
And Five Times that Many Injured
umaaoma s story.
Guthrie, O. T. The list of fatalities
by the cyclone of Tuesday night crows
larger each hour. In the devastated dis
tricts near Norman thirty-four bodies
have been prepare i for burial. Several
more were found this morning, and half
a score of people are still missing. One
hundred and fifty people were injured,
sixty-eight of whom will die. Near Pur
cell eleven people, all members of one
Catholx congregation, are dead.
At the town of Ca?e the storm swept
away neirly every building, and eight
people were killed. At Lanstone two
are dead. At Ciraeron City four are
dead, two dyiDg and twelve injured,
East of there, two families, numbering
five and six, respectively, perished, and
in the extreme eastern part of Payne
county it is believed that nearly a score
were killed.
The list of the dead will surely aggre
gate one hundred, and that of the injur
ed five times that many.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
The Latest Happening's Condensed
and Printed Here.
Burette Murdock, one of the sawyers
at Gilbert Taylor & Co's saw mill near
Troutman, Iredell county, N. C, dis
covered something the matter with one
of the saws while it was in motion a few
days since, and put his hand on it to see
if it was hot. It was. He lost four
fingers an! his arm was broken.
The contract for the erection of the
TJuited States public building at Reids
ville, N. C, has been awarded at $12,
195. The business of colonizing Africa with
white people goes on apace. An ex
pedition left England some two weeks
ago for Mozambique as an advance party
of settlers who are to colonize some 300
square miles of territory between the
rivers Zumbesi and Sabi.
Southerners to Take Charge of the
"Rebellion Records.".
Washington, D. C. A Miss Allen,
of Atlanta, has been appointed to a $1,-
200 job in the "Rebellion Record" de
partment of the War Department. Thi3
appointment has a special significance
for the South: In handing Col. Living
ston Miss Allen's commission Secretary
Lamont said that, as far as it was possi
ble, he intended to fill this department
wih Southern people; the Southern peo
ple made the receiels and they should be
the ones to file them away. Congress ap
propriated $175,000 to be expended in
this work during the present fiscal year.
Inasmuch as there is only one half of one
per cent, of Southern p:ople iu the pen
sion service, Secretary Lamont intends to
equalize the distribution of the revenue
in this way as far as possible bet ween the
two sec ions. This depnrtment is hot
under the civil service, 1 ut will be after
July 1st.
The Daughter of the Confederacy.
Richmond, Va J. Taylor Eilyson,
president of the Davis Association, will
go to New York and escort Miss Winnie
Davis to New Orleans and back here on
the occasion of the removal of the re
mains of her father to this city for rein
terment next month. It is not thought
that Mrs . Davis will be able to come here
on account of ill healih.
Orangemen Drive Out Catholics.
Naples. OraDgemen employed in the
Queen's Island ship yards refused to al
low 1,000 of their fellow workingmen
who are Roman Catholics to resume work
at the yards and chased them away from
the place. In the attack which attended
the expulsion of the Roman Catholics, a
number of perrons were hurt.
Columbus Offers its Gold.
Columbus, Ga. An important action
was taken by the bankers of Columbus
in the t'.nder of their entire gold reserve
to Secretary Carlisle. The total amount
of gold held by the banks is $54,000 and
its tender is made upon terms heretofore
granted by the Secretary of the Treasury.
A telegram to this effect was sent to
Secretary Carlisle.
Another Big- Bank. Smash.
London. The suspension is announc
sd of the London chartered Bink of
iustrali, with a paid up capital of one
million pounds, and a reserve fund of
B20,000 pounds. The London office is at
No, 2 Old Broad street, E. C. It has
many branches ia Victoria, New Sou h
Wales and Queensland.
The President Bumps His Head.
A New York special says: The Presi.
dent met witha slight accident as he start
id enroute far Chicago. As he was
getting ia his carriage he struck his
forehead against the door and the skin
wa3 raised. A doctor in the hotel fixed
the wound and the party was delayed
ten minu'es.
A Double Execution.
Benram, Tex. Jim Burke and Sara
Meissey, both colored, were hanged here
at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon. Detweea
ten and fifteen thousand people wtnessd
tha fcuble execution,
A WONDERFUL FLOTILLA.
The Culminating Grandeur of the
Naval Review.
Witnessed by President Cleveland
Who is Saluted by Ships of
Many Nations.
New York. Although a rainy morn
ing followed the snow and cold north
east winds of Wedn'sday the rendezvous
and review in honor of Columbus culmi
nated Thursday in a demonstration more
spectacular, more noisy and more re
markable in many other respects than
anything of the kind recorded in modern
history.
There have been naval reviews of in
ternational character before, but none so
striking as this.
Owing to the inclemency of the weath
er the hour for review was deferred first
to 1 o'clock, and then to 2 o'clock.
UNITED STATES STEAMSHIP BALTIMORE.
Postponement was ordered by Secretary
Herbert, at the suggestion of President
Cleveland.
Aboard ship dress uniforms wereaban
doned for storm coats, and the Jack Tars
instead of being in holiday rig, were in
every day attire.
Crowds above on the river front could
BEAR-ADMIRAL GHERARDL
not, of course, be notified of the change
of programme, but all supposed that
some hitch had occurred, and all settled
themselves a3 comfortably as possible to
await developments. The blowing of a
hundred whistles, and the booming of
guns at 1 :15 announced that the Presi
dent had embarked, and almost instantly
the crews of the men of-war all along
the line went to portions facing the rail,
and at the mastheads and tops. Rain
Brazilian, and the cloud of smoke rose
over the lower end of the line of the war
ships. The Brazilians manned yards
iost before filing, and the loner lines of
THE VESUVIVS,
had ceased, and while the clouds hung J
low overhead there were indications that
led the anxious spectators to hope for the
appearance of the sun. At 1 :30 the first
boom of the ten-inch gun on tha Mian
tonomoh announced that the Dolphin
with the President on board was passing
up between the two columns of war ves
s.ls. The roar of the Miantonmoh's
t wenty-one guns was followed by a salute
fiom the Brazilian ships Republica and
Tiradentes. The Dolphin replied to the
blue jackets stood out against the white
background of smoke. The Dolphin
moved at a slow and stately gait, and a
salute of eaeh ship was distinct and sharp.
The Aquidabau, flagship of the Brazilian
fleet, finished saluting at 1:40, and the
Ncuvo Espana took its return. The Dol
phin was followed at a distance of about
500 feet by the Blake, and she in turn by
the Miantononioh. At 1 .44 the Seadler,
of the German fleet, fired her first gun,
she was followed a moment later by the
Reina Regnte, of the Starboard column,
and the two ships, one on each Bide of
the Dolphin, made the welkin ring. The
Kaiserin-Augusta joined the chorus, and
the re-echoes rolled up the palisades and
down again, until one seemed to hear a
long line of artillery reaching for miles
on the shore. The bands on the ships
played the national airs but it was only
at the intervals between tho gun a that
the kuiIc could b hetrd, Ti?3 Vm
Speyk and Infanta Ysabel salutes ran
into each other. Then there was a pause
for a minute, and the Argentine cruiser
belched forth a flish that was responded
to by a big gun on the Giovanni Bausan.
It was 1 :53 when the Concord spoke, and
she spoke so rapidly that her salute was
done in two minutes. The Etna paid
her respects next, then after a short
pause, a light blue puff rose above the
djnamite tubes on the Vesuvius, and a
few seconds later there was a din over
head, as though the sky was made of
sheet iron and a bomb had struck it.
People at the foot of Fifty-ninth street
had not recevered from their astonish
ment when a sharp tongue or fire shot
out from the side of the Jean Bart, and
there was a report that made women
scream and windows rattle along the river
front. At 2 o'clock the Yorktown and
the Arethuse saluted tocethpr mn for mm
Then there was au interval, during
which the bands couid be heard playing,
and the cheers of the sailors reached the
shore. The Chicago then opened fire. and
a moment later the Russian Rynda added
her "guns to the chorus. The Baltimore
and the General Admiral followed. At
2:08 the Tartar, the first of the British
ships, saluted. The guns of the Ban
croft and the San Francisco were going
at the same time. The British Masi
cienne and the Atlanta fired almost
simultaneously." Tbe Dolphin lessened
Her speed as she approached the head of
the line, and there w3 an interval be
tween the firing from the ships. Each
ressel began saluting as the Dolphin's
dow came aoreast. l en minutes later,
after she had passed, the Jack Tars came
down from their positions on the arms.
It was iust 2:12 as Enirlind's crack
j
cruiser, the Blake, fired her first gun
There was a big puff of t moke and a
deep bom, entirely different from the
sharo sounds of the eruns of the smaller
THE CUSHINO, TORPEDO BOAT.
vessels. The Philadelphia saluted as the
Dolphin reached the head of the line and
came to a stop just in the rear of the
caravels. At the same time all the steam
boats and p'easure crafts blew their
whistles, and made a din almost as deaf
ening 8s the sa'ut'ng. There was
cheeriDg and waving of hats, handker
chiefs acd umbrella', and the triumphal
processior. of the presidential party was
DYNAMITE CRUISER.
ended. The whistles sent up a cloud
of steam, which, added to the smoke of
the guns, obscured th-j view of a large
portion of the river. The admirals of
the different squ:drons then embarked
in steam launches, and r roceeded to the
Dolphin.
At 2:30 the merchant marine was sig
nalled to get away. The Seabird, with
the committee on board, rounded the
head of the double column of the men-of-war
and started down the river on
the New York side. The Al Foster fol
lowed, and the police patrol tugs fell into
line two by two. Aft'.r them came tugs,
s'eamboits and steam jachts, two and
three abicast, . and all wiih whistles
blowing, men shouting and women wav
ing pararols as they passed each man-of-war.
The commotion that fallowed
ha-1 never be:n cquilled on the Hudson
liver. Clouds of steam rose from the
tugs and blew across the men-of war.
The crews of the men-of-war faced the
rail and waved their hats and handker
chiefs at the noisy tugs and stearuboa's
as they passrd. Several steam yachts
salu'ed tho men of-war with one gun,
which sounded iike toy pistols after the
big guns of the men-of-war. The whit
tles of the tugs and steamers kept up a
contiuml tootirg and blowing from the
t me they were given perm'ssion to start
until the lower end of tho long line of
the squadron wns reached, The monot
ony of tbs ccisg of the wbiat'.es was
vared by 6irens of several tugs and the
firebcats.
Passengeis on the steamboats crowded
to the side towards the men-of-war, and
many of the 6teamers seemed in imminent
danger of caieening. They went down
the river with one paddle-wheel in the
air and the guards under water and the
stai board deck awash. In the procession
of local bo-ts were steamers from Albany
and Troy, from Long Island Sound, from
Strewsbury river and Newark, N. J.,
Staten Island ferry-boats and beats from
hund-eds of nearby points. One ocean
steamer, the Roanoke, of the Charleston
BTJCBL-PROTEOTKD CKCJ4ER PHILADELPHIA.
line, was even passed into service, and
light-house lenders, custom house boats
and b3rges, towed by puffing tugs were
numerous.
The reception of the Admirals by the
President lasted till 4 :40 p. m. Then his
flag was hauled down on the Dolphin
and he went ashoro at Ninety-sixth street
and at a signal from the Philadelphia,
the guns of the entire fleet belched foith
simultaneously. Each vessel fired twenty-one
shots, and the roar that ensued
was deafening. When it subsided, the
smoke huug in heavy clouds over the
river, and the Jersey shore was invisible
for some minutes. The Admirals returnd
to their ships. Steamboat?, which still
lingered with passengers desirous of see
ing all of the great naval pageant, went
to their piers, and the ceremonies were
over.
THE PARADE OF THE MARINES.
New York. Dense fog hung like
pall over the siver and city Friday morn
ing. At 8 o'clock the sun was visible,
breaking through the mist, but it was
half au hour later before the hulls of the
war vessels were visible from the shore.
Then the fog lift d and wi.h bright skies
overhead and a warmer atmosphere than
the day before, the blue j ickets from our
own shif s and foreign vessels landed and
marched to the place of the rendezvous.
Remarkable hs was the gathering of
the foreign men-of war in our harbor to
poi tic "pate in the naval review, still mo.e
remarkable was the spectacle presented
of the uniformed forces of the foreign
nations, armed and accoutred as for bat
tle, as they marched in our streets. Not
since the British evacuated New York
has such an occuiance been witnessed
here, and in no coun'ry but ours is 6uch
an occurancc possible. Wit'i mukets at
their shoulders and small arras by their
sides, the foreigners invaded our soil and
marched down America's greatest street,
Broadway. Grim, fie:ce-look ng Rus
sians, stu'.dy Bii'on?, iuddy faced Ger
mans, trim, q i.k moving Frenchmen
and dark vis tged It ilia !3 mirched with
their own officers commnndiie and' with
their own bands playing the airs they
love best.
But they were our captives. Our ma
rines and blue jackets precede! them
and our national guardsmen followed in
their rear. The arts of peace had super
ceded the strategy of war and the armed
forces of nine nations marched in our
streets as though our country and theirs
were one and they and we were brothers
The parade started from the corner of
Fifth avenue and Forty second street at
10:57 o'clock in the morning. Governor
Flower and General Hora?e Porter rode
at the head of the line. They were fol
lowed by details from the United States
Armv and engineer corps, luen came
the admirals in carriages. The foreign
ers were escorted by officers of our own
navy. Following tha carriages came
United States sailors and marines. These
were followed by the sailors of the visit
ing fleets and the marines of Great Brit
ain and Holland. After the foreigners
catre the National Guard of New York.
Colored Women Licensed to Practice
Medicine in Virginia.
Richmond, Va. The second woman
to be licensed to practice medicine in
this State during the history of the Com
monwealth is Sarah G. Jones, a mulatto
of this city. She is a graduate of the
medical school of Howard College,
Washington City. Doctress Jones was
o-e of a class of five, who were before
the State board of medical examiners for
examination. She stood well in Jall
branches, exc pt anatomy, and although
she did not make the minimum mark,
she was passed by the board. The first
lady doctor passed the bard three years
go, Doctress Jones expects to practice
exclusively among colored people.
Where the Gold is Coming: From.
Washington, D. C. Offers of gold in
exchinge for legal tender notes are still
being r.ceived by the Treasury. During
the week offers were received and ac
cep'el from San Francisco, Roanoke,
Va. ; Pittsburg, Pa ; Washington, D. C. ;
St. Louis; Boston; N-rfolk, Va ; Colum
bus, Ga. ; Albany and Cumberlaod, Mo. ;
Philadelphia and New Orleans.
CAPITAL NEWS AND GOSSIP.
The President's Clear Statement has
a Quieting Effect on the Finan
cial Agitation.
Washington, D.C The authoritative
statement of Mr. Cleveland in which he
announced the present and future policy
Qf the Administration relative to the use
of the gold reserve, has taken the edge
off the excitement that followed the act
of the Secretary of the Treasury in dip
ping into the reserve fund. If there has
been any danger of a financial flurry, that
danger appears now to have passed. Un
der the interpretation of Mr. Cleveland's
statement the reserve is to be treated
simply as so much cash in the treasury,
and wh ther the aggregate rises or falls
a few millions a day becomes a matter of
little concern.
Consequently very little interest was
manifested at the department in regard
to the financial situation. Some offers of
gold were received from the West and
accepted, and Treasurer Jordan, at New
York, it was reported, had alfo received
a considerable amount of gold certificates.
Mr. Leech, c director of the United
States mint, and recognized authority on
finances, said: "I look upon the state
ment by the President as a plain and for
cible announcement of the determination
of tbe Administration to maintain gold
payments at all hazards, and that if the
supply of gold at the disposal of the
treasury should at any time be insufficient
for the purpose, the credit of the Gov
ernment would be used to secure the nec
essary amount. As such it will go a long
way towards restoring confidence and
iveiting any financial difficulty."
THE GOLD OVEHFLUB $900,000.)
The net gold in the Treasury, over and
sbove the $100,000,000 gold reserve, is
$900,000. This accounts for the gold
taken from the New York sub treasury
for export and also for gold offered and
accepted from Boston bankers. It doe,
not, however, include the gold which
was offered to the government from San
Francisco and Roanoke, Va. These
amounts will appear in the Treasury fig
ares when the actual exchauge i3 made.
Secretary Carlisle i3 much encouraged
tt what ho terms the "patriotic position
taken by the Boston bankers. ' He took
sver with him to the cabinet meeting a
bundle of papers, presumably bearing on
the conference of New York bankers
with Assistant Treasurer Jordan. Iu the
Incomplete condition of that matter, the
Secretary did not deem it prudent to ex
press an opinion.
THE RICKS DECISION.
An Appeal to The Supreme Court and
Perhaps to Congress.
Washington, D.C. Ex Congressman
Frank Hurd, of Toledo.Ohio , his reach
ed the city, and with E. W. Harper, of
Terre Haute, Ind., will bring the recent
decision of Judge Ricks ia the famous
Ann Arbor Rai road case3 before the
Supreme Court for review. The pro
ceedings will be by habeas corpus to
secure the release of Eogineer Lcnnon,
who was convicted under Jude Ricks'
ruling and sentenced to prison. If Messrs.
Harper and Hurd ere not able to bhake
the decision of the lower court they will
th?n appeal to Congress on its reassembl
ing for such a revision of the laws as will
overcome the disastrous eff :cts of the
iuling upon all labor organizations.
Columbus Monument Unveiled.
CniCAGO. The bronze monument to
Chiistophcr Columbus, erected by the
Werld's Columbian Exposition on tin
lake front, at the fojtof Congres? sticet
hasbecn unveiled with appropriate cere
monies.
The height of the statue, which is of
heroic size, is twenty feet; i's pedc tal
of Maine granite is thirty feet. The fig
ure h ts 1 ad the approval of many ar
tists and critics, aid is said to be the
largest bronze statue in the United States.
The monument cost $40,000, and will re
vert to the city of Chicago at the close
of the World's Fair. It was unveiled by
the little daughter of Ferdinand W.
Peck, Mayor Harrison and others speak
inz.
Finding an Infernal Machine.
London. An infernal machine, de
signed apparently to be operated by
electricity, was found in the garden
of a house in Tottenham Court roai. A
foreign couple who formerly lived in the
house behaved so fuspiciously that they
were watched by the police. Recently
the couple disappeared. It is supposed
that they were the owners of the machinp.
An Able Dreamer.
A Georgia man dreamed that some one
stole his watch from his trunk. He saw
the robber in his dream. Oa awakening
he found his watch gone. He went to
town and soon saw and recognized tho
thief that he had seen in his dream, whose
orrest followed, and the watch wa3
found on his person. New York Ad
vertiser. , awmm
Patriotic Banks of Roanoke.
Roanoke, Va. All the banks in
Roacoke united in offering the treasury
all the gold in their vaults in exchange
for treasury notes at New York. Sec
retary Carl:sle accepted the offer, The
Roaaoke banks ar tho first In the country
id upite is ittob. 4 movement,
THEY WANTED MORE PAY.
And Hotel Waldorf Waiters Were
Granted Their Demand.
New York. It now transpires that
while the distinguished guests now stop
ping at the Hotel Waldorf were linger
ing o.rr their coffee in the evening, the
110 waiter who, under ordinary circum
stances, would have hern waitioi; on tho
Duke of Veritgua and his party, were
closeted with Monger Bo!l, diacussiog
the prolnbility of tti iking at o:ice. The
wait is were united in nsseiting th'-ir po
K'tion and declared that unless Immediate
increase of wnges was agreed upon, they
would all lesvc ia a body. The manager
finally acceded to their demand, thus
preventing a str ike which would, no
doubt, have caused c jnsternntion among
the guests ns well as the pr. piietors.
One hundred acd twenty waiters asked
an increase of $5 per month. Thir sal
ary was formerly 2" per month, while
the icm iinder, who arc classed as private
room waiters, wi!l receive $40 per month.
A committee of waiters is calling on ho
tel proprietors with an agreement to pay
more wngrs, which they demand shall be
signed.
A Columbia Bank This Time.
A Columbia, Tenn., special gnys: At
0 o'clock Friday morning the doors of
the Seond National Bank, of Golurabin,
were closed and the following notice
wns posted thereon: "Owing to contin
ued withdrawals of deposits from this
bank since the Nashville failures, it is
deemed b st to suspend payment tempo
nirily." Cashier Childress raid thst since
the run was made on the bank in Octo
ber, which it stood without ehaking, ho
h id f moolh and easy sailing until tho
recent failures in Nishville. No stato
in: ut of the bank's affairs has as yet been
m ide public.
On the Pension Roll.
We still have on the rolls twenty wid
ows and two daughters of the Involu
tion, the last two survivors of that war
having died in 18fi!, Mged respectively
105 and 109. There nrj 105 survivors
and 0,(5(55 widows of the war of 1812,
and 13,215 sin vivors and 7,22 widows
of the Mexican war. This lenves 087,602
survivors and 15,893 dependent relatives
of the war of the rebellion, with 420,
398 claimants for pensions for this and
Wlier. wars on thejist f. r .consideration
at the dac of the last report, Oc tober 12,
1892, besides 361,003 'cliiimaits for ia
c:ea.e of pensions
Deep Snow in tbe Bockies.
Westminster, Nak. The snowfaM in
the Rocky Mountains along the line rf
the Canadian Pacific Railroad during the
past winter has been thirty-nine feet,
which is only ten inches ehort of the un
precedented fall during the winter of
1885. Th'j depth at present is given at
thirteen feet on the level, and this is
packed so hard as to bear the weight of
a hor. e.
Liberty Bell to bo Sent to Chicago.
Philadelphia. The Liberty Bell was
lowered from its position in Independ
ence Hall and was placed on a truck
specially constructed for the purpose and
escorted by the Philadelphia contingent
of the Pennsylvania Natbnal. Gin d to
the Pennsylvania Railroad depot, where
a train bearing the b.dl and escort left
for Chicago.
James City Trouble.
NEwjiEii;. N. C. The negro s have
accepted Mr. Bryau's terms, unwillingly,
and only beciuso they knew they had to.
His terms are to leas j the lots at 50 cents,
75 and one dollar for a term of two years,
with the privilege of moving their houses
at any time within that period. After
that time the properly revcrti to him
entiiely.
Btate Armory Burned.
Cnif'Aoo, III The First regiment
armory, Sixteenth and Michigan avenue
was totally destroyed by fire. Two men
lost their lives. Tbe loss to the State in
arms and ammunition is not known. Tho
property was insured for $40,000. The
loss on the building, which cost $150,000,
is total.
Cotton Killed in Mississippi.
Jackson. Miss, From all portions of
the State c:mes the report that cotton is
either killed or greatly injured by the
recent cold spell and frost. There m
time to replant but the great trouble is
that in many ecctions there is no seed.
This complaint i3 almost general The
recent high prices paid for cotton seed
had the effect of causing nearly nil the
surplus to bz carried to mnrket.
Dr. Smith, of Wofford, Dead.
Columbia, 8. C. -Rev. Whittford
Smith, D. D., died at Spartanburg in
his eightieth yea-. He was the professor
of English at Wofford College and one
of the most eloquent preachers in South
Carolina.
The Strike Off.
An Omaho, Mcb , dispatch says all the
strikers on the line of the XJnion Pjcific
roads resumid work. The strike was dc
clarcd oil. The xm v ot lpW
Bade publ.c.