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r -J ?t frs i .- '" V Vv. A DEMOCRATIC JOURNAL THE PEOPLE AND THEIR WtERSSTS. . : ; . v .. VOL. VII. NO. 40 MAXTON, N. Cm THURSDAY, WAY 11, 1893. 01. CD A YEAR. rfiffiTF Iftf iffZ Sit' 'Sir. iiix isx 4 tjy T wfrtr S i -v . Sfc vV V ' . ,. li- ". T PALMETTO CHIPS. News and Notes From Here, There fe Everywhere in South Carolina. The highwayman who tried to hold up a newspaper reporter at Charleston last TAesday was arrested, and he promised to quit the robbing business. Camden held a Horticultural fair last week. Claflin University has appealed for $'30,3000 aid from the board of trustees of the South Carolina University. The corn' r stone of the Columbia hospital was laid last week with Masonic ceremonies. In view ol . the , enlargement of the Newberry coft&n-mill the stockholders decided to. increase the capital stock from $250,000 tov400,000 and .put in 15,000 spinllles', making it a 25",-900 -spindle" : milll-- A company -has been chartered fco build . a 200,000 cotton factory at Sumter. TNT. (t. Gonzales, editor of the Columbia State and C. A. Calvo, Jr., proprietor of '' the CoLuinbia Register had a fisticuff on the streets of Columbia last week. ' Wade Haynes was hanged in the Rich land county., iiil Saturdav. THE COLOR LINE IN THEFT. Bishop: Gains Defines the Difference : Between White and Black Rogues. Baltimore, Md. In the Baltimore African M E. Conference a shortage of foO'was discovered in the accounts of jtjiriS'jbf the committees. The Rev. James II. -A.: Johnson, the Chairman, insisted ilwtt his accounts weie correct, but Bishop -GitTiis wanted to hear all about the mat ter'.' "Dr., Johnson said bis honor had been impeiehel and that he was indig nant. 'V. v "Oh, brother, eit, down, sit down,'' said Bishop Gains. "Nobody doubts your lfonyi?;WJiyj I myself would as soon think of -"stealing -as to tbink you w o il d s tea I. and if I. -wis going to s t eal , I wouldu'jt take less.'thm a million dol lars. 1'jA steal like, achile man, anrt t .ke a bank, or a factory or a railroad. Th -n I'd divvy u w'itf..a .smart ' lawyer to get me out sf t&jap.3.! " Colored folks &iu't up to that yet. When they steal ihey take a pig,' or a chicken, or . some -egg j. . I know you . wouldn't steal. but I wan t that money. Jdokelu ft, tha f.l!.'! In a short time the miilsjke was discov ert and ma'ters Quieted down. THE SWAMP; FOX'S MONUMENT. Two New Bronze tablets "to Mark General.Marioss Resting: Place. Charleston,-. S. "C.--The. steamship Clyde his , arrived here bearing in i s hold two "bronze, tablets which will ornament the new granite tomb of Gen cralFrancis Marlop, "the swamp fox." Tlie Revolutionary, hero .is buried at h's Eelle' Isle plantatton"-;on the Santee river, in South Carolina? about fifty miles north of Charleston and .simple brick tomb, covered with a slaolof marble, m liked the spot.r (Some years ago a tree fell Across thc-tdmb"' and disfigured it. The State Legislature at its last session appropriated money to buy a new tomb stone and requested Governor Tillman to have the work completed. It has been done ina substantial. and elegant manner. The memorial is in the form of a sarcoph agus. The base block is three feet wide by over six feet long. On it are several other blocks of stone, making a total height of six feet. A NEW YORK PANIC. Stocks Go Dowj .With a Ru3h and 8 Brokers With It. New York. In addition to the fail ures of B. F. Beardsley, P. M. S. Walden, G. II. Wilson, Allen & Co. end B. L. Smith & Co. all bankers & b:okers Thursday, the following went down in the crash of falling stocks on Friday: Ferris & Kimball. W. L. Patton & Co., Franc's Ilenshaw & Co, and Deacon S. V. White. To Test the Validity of South Carolina Bonds. Columbia, S C E. W. Robertson,of this city; who purcha-ed $250,000 worth of State bonds, Lrough an action in the Supreme Court to test the validity of the issue. The point is ra'sed that the new issue creates a new debt, - which could not be conti acted without a vote oi the people. Tne decision will involve 1600,000 worth of bonds. The State officers are confide it that their validity will be su-tiine 1. The Three C's Road Sold. Charleston, S. C The Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railtoad was sold at private auction, under a decree of the United States Court, to Charle L. Ilollier, of B ston. Mass , repiesent Ing the bon dholders, for $550,000. A certified check for $2 1,000 w s put up to bind the purchase. Pointers for Cotton PlantQtsl. Odessa, (Cablegram.) Russian-cotton j. epinners b)ast that they will soon be in a position to dispense with American cot ton altogether. The Russian company's packing houses both here and in Batoum are overstocked with cotton from ths Trans-Caspian region, awaiting tra neper. taticn, to Moscow ud Leetff. WORLD'S FAIR OPENS. President Cleveland Starts the Machinery. Over 150,000 People Were Present, and the Wonderful Columbus Cel ebration Begins. Chicago, III Q rover C cveand, President of the United States, sui round ed by the members of his . cabi ct, by high ofneia's of various State1, by num erous and dis inguished representatives from lands across the sejs and by a mighty throng of American citizens pressed the electric button which s.t in motion miles of shafting, innumerable engines and mechanism and a lubyri-jth of belting, and gearing, which miike up the machinery of the World's Columbian Exposition. At the same moment the national salut-3 came forth from the gun9 of the revenue cutler, Andrew Johnson, laying off ih'5 exposition grounds in Lake MicLigan. Seven hundred fltgs, released from their "stops," at' a concerted signal swung loose and streamed out under the sky in scarlet, yellow and blue; over in Machide'ry .hall a great roar arose and the turrets of the bui ding nodded as the wheels began to turn and a great vol ume of found arose from the throats of the concourse of people, who thus pro claimed the opening of the grandest achievement of American pluck, enter piise and generosity. THK PRESIDENT'S SPEECH. "I am here," he said, "to join, my ft How citizens, in congratulations which befit (his occasion. Surrounded by the stupendous resul s of Ameiican enter prise and activity, and in view of the magnificent evidences of American skill and intelligence, we need not fear that these congratulatiQns will be exaggerated. We stand to day in the presence of the oldest nations of the world and point to the great achievements wo exhibit, ask ing no allowance cn the.score of youth. "Th? enthusiasm with wbich we con template our work, intensifies the warmb of the greeting we extend to 'those who have come from foreign lands to-illustrate with us, the growth and progress of hu man endeavor in the direction'of higher civilization. We, who believe that pop ular education and i he stimulation of the best impuVes ot pur citizens, lead the way to the realization of the proud ra "tiohaT'destiny which ourjaast promises, gladly welcome the opportunity here af forded lisjto see reaults accomplished by efforts which have been exerted longer than ours in the field of man's improve ments, while, in appreciative return, we exhibit the unparalleled advancement and the wonderful accomplishment of our young nation and .present the tri umphs of a vigorpufseX-reliant nnd in dependent people. We have pniW these splendid edifices, but we have, also built a magnificent fabric of popular govern ment, whose grand proportions are seen throughout the world. We have made, and here gathered together, objects of use and beauty, products of American skill and invention, but we have also made men who rule themselves. It is an exalted mission in which we and our guests from other lands are engaged as we co-operate in the inauguration of an enterprise devoted to human enlighten ment, and in the undertaking we her6 enter upon, we exemplify, in the noblest sense, the brotherhood of nations. "Let us hold fast to the meaning that underlies this ceremony and let us not lose the impressivene3s of this moment. As by a touch, the machinery that gives life to the vast exposition is now set in motion, so, at the same instant, let our hopes and aspirations awaken the forces, which, in all time to come, shall influence the welfare, dignity and freedom of man kind." At the President was concluding his final sentence, his eyes wandered to the table that was close at his left hand. Upon thiswas the button, the pressure which was to start the machinery and make the opsning of the exposition an accomplished fact. It was au ordinary form of Victor telegraph key, such as is in most telegraph offices, except that it was of gold instead of steel and the but ton of ivory instead of rubber. It rested upon a psdestal upho'stered in navy blue and golden jellow plush, and on the sides of the lower tier, in ilver let te s, were the significant dates, "1492" and "1893." PRES-ING THE BUTTON. As the last words fell from the Piesi dent's lips, he pressed his finger upon the button. This was the signal for h demonstration in fact difficult of imag ination and infinitely more so of desciip tion. At one and the same instant the audience burst in'o a thundering shout, the orchestra pealed Jpith the strains of the Halklui ih Chorus, the wheels of th great Allis engine in Machinery Hall, commenced to revolve, the electric foun tains in the lagoon threw their torreDts toward the sky, a flood of water gushed forth from the McMannies fountain and rolled buck again into its basin, the thun der of.jutiilery came from the vessels on the lak'efthe chimes in Manufacturers' H dl and on the German bui'.ding rang out their merry peal and overhead, flags at the tops of poles in front of the p'at forrxs, fell apart and revealed two gilded models of the ships in which Columbus first sailed to Asnericaa jhorw, h .the same moment also, hundreds of flags of nil nations and all colors were unfurled within sight of the platform. The largest was the gie t ' Old Glory," which fell into graceful folds from the top of the center staff in front of the stand. The roof ( f ihe Manufactures building was dress:d in ensigns of orange and white. It was a wonderful scene of transfor mation and amid it all the cannon con tinued to thunder and the crowd to cheer. It was fully ten minutes before the dem onstration subsided. Then the band played "America" and the exercises were at end. The Columbian Exposition was open to the nations of the world. It was precisely the hour of neon when Grover Cleveland touched the but ton and thus declared the opening an accomplished fact. The crowd in attend ance was enormous and was variously estimated at from 150,000 to 175,000. Before the ceremonies were half over, twenty women and half as many men had been removed unconscious to the hospital, where a corps of physicians was in waiting. Most of these helpless ones had simply, fainted but a number are suffering from more serious injuries received in the jam. . . . There came near being a panic ..when the women near the granji. stand began fainting. A catastrophe was only averted by the managers' effective intervention. The President was shown all over the grounds in the afternoon. taejof the. most interesting features of the.day-' w.as the dedication . of the Won2,s:bu.ilding, Mrs.. Potter Palmer presidipg. Several foreign - ladies' made addresses. NORTH CAROLINA SQUIBS. Newsy Gleanings from Cherokee to Currituck. About 76,000 acres of land ih Chatham county are advertised to be sold for taxes ; also a large amount .both in. Orange and Caswell counties. -4 - . A youog.man named Pat-Williams had his leg' broken during a game bf'basebalT at DavidlOa Colleger. "' The mail caefrotn Troy 'to Ashe boro walks aitd , carries, the mail everv day, a distanc&;fjraujr-three miles . He is generally ori tinrev r ; v. Two train-load..of Hofih 'Carolina ex cursionists' of . the W&JSi-'Fair'ttechera' excursion'have' been-?made tip,- and a third train arranged for. William Blalock, a yoiflh.pf twenty years, formerly of BakersviHe,. but bow of Montezuma, shot and probably fatally wounded Andy Greer. It is reported that -Iflaloek outraged the wife of Philo Prrfrehard snd was fleeing from justice. Priskchard'! followed : him to Elk Park, and went in pursuit. "VV-heh the. officers pame'up Blalock shot and hit Greer in the' right side of the stomach. Blalock denies the shooting. He was lodged in jail. A jo.ung man who live;s:in-Ashe county courted a girl and after a ifra&she agreed to marry him. He went lb" magistrate and procured the license and went back and to his sorrow his intended had died. He then made love to her younger sister and she consented to take him for good or bad ; so he went back to the mag istrate and claimed to him that he was mistaken in the name, and had the license changed and no if they ere man and wife. 'MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS.' Is the Message of the Governor of Oregon to the President. Portland, Ore. The following tele graphic correspondence passed between Secretary of State Gresham and Governor Pennoyer : Washington, D. C. Governor Syl vester Pennoyer, the Capitol, Salem, Oregon : Apparently reliable reports in dicate danger of violence to the Chinese when the exclusion act takes effect, and the President earnestly hopes you will employ all lawful means for their protec tion in Oregon. W. Q. Gresham, Governor Pennoyer immediately sent the following reply: Salem, Ore. W. Q Gresham, Wash ington, iD . C. : I will attend to my busi ness": ' Let the President attend to his. Sylvester Pennoyer, Governor. Governor Pennoyer, in speaking to a reporter, said: "Gresham's telegram is an insult to Oregon. I will enforce the jaws of the State, and the President should enforce the laws of Congress. It comes with poor grace for the Presidenl to ask me to enforce the law, while he without warrant, suspends the exclusion law." A SECOND JOHNSTOWN TRAGEDY, A Reservoir Near-Xiima, O., Breaks X.OOS3 With Dire Results. Lima, O. The Lewiston Teservoir broke at i o'clock Wednesday morning. It is reported that from 15 to 20 per sons are drowned. Seventeen thousand acres of water were released into the Miami Valley and great loss of life is feared in the valley below. Later advices are that the break has reached 30 feet ani is spreading rapidly. Thi towns of Lewiston and New Port, several miles down the river, are report ad submerged and sayeral Ur?i loaf. - .?: -V" -:r.t. vr..-' f '.III VIRGINIA AT CHICAGO. A Beautiful Description of the State Building There. Contributed For This Paper By the Efficient Secretary of the Vir ginia Board. T. C. MORTON. ''It was a happy thought of the Vir ginia World's Fair Board to reproduce the Mount Vernon mansion at Chicago," said Director General Davis of the Co lumbian Exposition, when he was told of the-Virgiuia plan for a State building. This building ; will doubtjs attract more attention than amy o; her .at tb Exposi tion, although there are 'afirjaificent palatial struqlures going, up tly?re iNvhich cost the Spates they represent frotiv $50, 000 to $100,000. : Virgin'iA!mpdest new Mount Vtj;non,costiugless thansfCOO, will be the most interesting orf-fthem. all.- In view of the small .$2jr5r0 -JapproA. priation, to which the . debt"vbHtdededj war worn old State" was'limitidfe the; d if ficult problem the geutlerenJof-the. Vir ginia Board had to solve "wajyhat rnan ner tf building they COuld crct that would, do credit to the historic .'tpother of States and statevmen"' Ettfd still - be within the limit of the. nlc-ansr at their command. And it was not uutil the s patriotic womeu" of. .Virginia had .been called'ih council th'afc the oueitioh was relieved. : TbeMp.uut Vetflon mansioD,; being a plain, but ample coipuial strict ure, marked for the simp'tiiy- bf.itsvkf chitecture, with bo cojtl o-rs ,an4' turrets, or extensive oruam'cntulioiL .of columns or cqrnice, reccmmeirlled .itsfelf. on account of the comparRtiyj? cheapn-essf- Ul iia icuiuuu-uuu, nuuu i) iuc nit time home of the greatest American and the patriarch of Libefty, it-would be a Mecca for Americans, and an object of interest to all foreigners. And so it was that when the proposition was submitted to the patriotic women of the Old Do minion that they should assist in raising the funds necessary for the erection and furn;shiug of 'such a building, they promptly accepted it an I undertook it a3 a labor of love, aod Mount Vernon at Chicago was no longer a matter of doubt. : The building, as seen in our cut, is now completed by Holtzclaw Brothers, the contractors, under the supervision of dpt. Edgertoa S. Rodgers,the architect, who, with his assistants, spent several days at Miuit Vernia on the Potomac, sketching and photographing J.he build ing, its rooms and furniture. Ths Chi cago Mount Vernon is not, as many suppose, a small copy of the old Wash ington home, but an exact representation in all its dimensions, and in every par ticular. A description of the original Mount Vernon will be interesting. It is a wooden structure, the sidings of which are cut and painted to resemble stone. The main part. 96x30 feet, was built by Lawrenc j Washington in 1743, and called by him after a qallant British officer, Admiral Vernon, who was hi3 friend. The foundations of the building are so strong now, and the timbers so sound and well cared for, that nothing but fire should prevent its standing for centuries yet, and as an extra precaution no fire is allowed in it, while the most approved appliances are at hand for ex tinguishing one should any occur. The piazza, a striking feature of tha colonial country residences, extends the entire east front of ihe house, overlook ing the Potomac, two miie3 wide at this point. This piazza is 15 feet wide and 25 feet high. Eight large square pillars support the roof, which is orna mented by a balustrade. It is paved with flags brought from the Isle of Wight by Washington and furn:shed with 52 win isor chairs. There are two colonades running back from each end of the main building about 20 feet. These constitute convenient and pretty covered ways, 9 feet wide and 11 feet high, to two one and a half story structures 49x 20 feet each forming the wing of the mansion, and were additions mid 3 by General Washington him3.jlf. Thee were called dependencies. Altogether there are twenty-five rooms ia the stru:t- ure. On the first and second floors of the main building there are eleven rojmj, in the attic six, and in each of the de pendencies four rooms. The largest rooms in the hjuse arj the banqujt hall, 31 by 28 feet, and the library, t lQ.bj -19 feet, the main entrance hall, Washington's chamber, in which he died, upon the second floor, and Mrs. Washington's chamber in the attic, to which feho re moved after her hmbaad's death, i nd which the oasupied during the remain. l"..Wa JJilPL ) "1 j dei of her life on accouut of its being the only room in the house which looked out upon his tomb. The apartments avers ge upou the firs i floor 17 by 17 feet, upon the 6econi 17 by 13 feet. The height of the first story is 10 feet 9 inches; of the second, 7 feet 11 inches; of the attic, 6 feet 9 inches, me aistance from the ground to tne top of the cupola is 50 feet. In the main hall is u large stairway four feet wide, ascending by platforms to the floors above. - On the first platform of the stairway there is a high old Washington family "clock, a very historical relic. ;. Thi3halli3 furnished with antique '.sofas and,-pictures of the la3t century. -The. rooms upouf the first floor are orna mented by heavy, carved and moulded wood trimmings and handsome mantles, very, antique.. 1 The Virginia building is not onTy an exact representation in every- particular of the old Mount Vernon structure, but everything in it is of, the. same character. Nothing modern is seen in the- .building except the people and the library of books by the Virginia authors. As far as can be done the building has been fur nished with articles which have been col lected from all over the State, the heir looms of old Virginia families, and with portraits of the same character. What-, ever. .may be lacking in . -furnisHing the ;buiding- wjth articles of thlfa c!as3 has been su-rSfllied with furniture', made after tlfe. same-old fashion..'- '-. - . - Tiie.buildlnijs. "presided foyer , by the lacVyssisfaneofhei'nli Board, Mrs: Lucy Pr. s'c-n Balfe,-'ii daughter. of' Hon. :-B'dilar j ieston"Sndf.a.rand-augneE to James Preston, a former" Go'vernorof Virginia. Sha has for domestic service in the care of the buildi-ig old Virginia negroea and will undertake to represent in eyery particular an old Virginia home of the Colonial period. There is a very rare collection of relic3 of colonial times, and of the Revolutionary war, and everything which is antique, amongst which is a copy of the origin U will of Gejrge Wash ington, the original being still in good preservation and to be seen ia the clerk's office at Fairfax C. II., Va. The library i3 furnished entirely with books written by Virginians, or relating to Virginia, quite a larga collection of which has already been r. ccivjd and or namented with old Virginia portraits, views and other rc'ics of the Colonial p-.riod aud tha la?t century. Altogeth r the building with its furnishing3 is uaiqus and unequalled in its character and ap pointments, and nothing like it can be found elsewhere except at Mount Vernon itself. A Vvry interesting appurtenance to the Banquet Hall, i3 the elaborately carved m intel-piece of Carrara marble with Sienni marble co'umr.s. This exquisite oi.ee of workmanship i3 attributed to Canova. It was made in Italy, and pre sented toWashiogton by Samuel Vaughan, an English gentleman. On its passage t America, the vessel bearing it was captured by French pirate3 who, upon discovering its destination, forwarded it to George Washington uninjured. An exact sketch of this historic mantel has been made by arqhit.ct Rodgers' draughts man, and has been reproduced ia the Chicago Mount Vernon. The ornamental mrntels and elib irate mouldings and cornices in the main HaU and other principaj rooms, have a'i been carefully sketched, faithfully reproduced in wood in the Chicag representation- Among the mo3t noticable articles of furniture andjiaiutingrs which have found place in the modern Wasaington mansion may be mentioned a rich old mahogany side board of Thomas Jefferson, the au thor of the Declaration of Independence, which a century ago adorned the dining room at Monticello. It is now the prop grty of Rev. Alexander Spruat, of Rock f X 111, S- C, and wa3 discovered by him years ago in the back porch of the house t the old Stone church amon j the moun tains of West Augu3taia Virginia, where it had been used by his ministerial pre Jece6sors as a receptacle for rubbish. It was rescued fron its degradation, re paired and dressed, and has taken a cor responding place in the new Mount Ver non, wlr.ch is now occupied ia ths old by a similar piece of furniture that was used by General Washington in his life time, and which had pissed into the hands of General Rob art E. Lee, but was years ago restored by Mra. Lee to its orig inal place in-Washington's family dinirg room. i In the banquet hall; where aovp b$3gi the large equestiian oil painting of Wash ington, ia placed the fine life eiz- d paint ing by Pealc, wh?ch his been loaned by the Carters, of Shirley, aa old family re dding at their antes' r.il olonial home on the lower James It was secured by Mrs. Bcale and Mrs. Drcwry, of West aver, on a recent visit to Shirley. In the entrance hall, over h doo: i-nide, there ested in Wa3h ington's lime two bronze ons. These were discovered by Miss Elizabeth Borst, of Luray, in the posses ion of an antiquary, and were secured by her. They occupy a corresponding place in the Mount Vernon State building. An oil paintinsr of General Lewis of the for lorn hope at the battle of Btony Point was loaned by Mrs. Robert Douthat, for merly of Wyanoke on the James, to adorn the walls of the banquet hall. Two valuable antique chairs have been loaned by the Harrisops, of Lower Brandon, to aid in furnishing - Mrs. Washington's bedroom. The most fortunate discovery has been made by Mrs. Beale in the gar ret of her father's old home in Montgom ery county. This is a high pst curtain bed-stead, which is the exact counterpart of the bed stead now standing in George Washington's bedroom, and upon which the patriot died. It hid belonged to Governor J mes Preston, the grandfather of Mrs. Beale, and of course occupies the proprr position in the room which repre sents Washington's bod chimber. The samj lady was also fortunats enough to find in the possession of one of her fami ly, an ancient linen counterpane of ex actly the same pattern as the ona which covered the bed on which Washington died. This helps to mike the reproduc tion of the bed complete. A Mount Vernoa mirroi and an old time high clo.ckf urnished bMi3s Rixey, of Warrenton, ie used jn - furnishing the Lafayette roonv'-and a number of old ar ticles of furniture, rare paintings and pic lures, which Ijave, been secured go to make up the . furnishing of 'the house, while the ladies of the Auxiliiry Board, representing every citv and county ia the State, are s ill engaged in gathering up additional articles oklfce kind which will be. suitable. One of the features of this unique building is a collection oi-'photographs, by Cook, of ,Richmojnd, of Rotable old colonial homes on the lower Jamg3. This work is a . contribu'ion of Mrs Drewry, Of .Weslover, and the photog rapher has been very -happy in-Jiis selec tion of places and in the exeeution of his work . The library has a collection of books unlike any to be found anywhere else. It consists entirely of books written in Vir ginia, by Virginiaa,concerning Virginia. The Secretary of the Board has been en gaged since last summer in making this collection, and has secured several hun dred books, covering a wide range of subjects, including history, biography, theology, law, memoirs, fiction, mathe matics, geography, etc. These books are displayed in handsome cases of na tive woods, made at the Miller Manual Labor School, in Albemarle county, by the pupils of the school. Space is provided for all the books of the character desig nated, which can possibly bo collected, most of wbich are donated, though some rsre ones are only loaned by their au thors or owners; and all such are solicited to send them in to the Secretary at Rich mond, who is still collecting and for warding them to Chicago. w After the close of the Exposition, the books which have been donated are to be presented to the S'ate Library in Richmond, where they will be preserved as a memento of the greatest Exposition of the World. Ano'ber unusual collection is that of all the newspapers, magazines and peri odicals of every description, published in Virginia in January, 1893. These have been, in manjr cases, illustrated with cuts of local and prominent buildings and objects of interest in the several locali ties were the publication is issued. The papers are bound together, and the magazines filed, and placed in the read ing room of the State building for ref erence by visitors, and after the Exposi tion, will be preserved in the State Li brary as an illustration of the status of Virginia journals in Columbus jear. The dependencies, or rear buildings, of the two wings are used for the display of all non-compe.titive State exhib its from forest, field and mine, including a large collection of the mineral waters of the State. It is also proposed to bava in the Vir gioia building for distribution among visitors, such descriptive pamphlets as the several counties and cities may fur nish, setting forth their respective advan tages as to soil, climate, location, natural and other resources, and thus visitors who are attracted to the place, if only from curiosity, may carry home vrith them information which may bring de sirable settlers and i nportant invest ments to the State, The new Mount Vernon is located upon a beautiful lot 187x165 feet, on one of the principal avenues in Jackson Park. Shade trees of natural growth add to the beauty of the grassy lawn in front of the mansion, and a pretty view of lake Michigan is had from the house end grounds; and when it is generally k&owg, hfeb ths &K9g?B?e&t 1U s&9 1 to, that on this eligible spot can lu stu a perfect representation of the Washing ton mansion, with all thi appointment of an old Virginia colonial home, th crowds cf foreigner whom the fame or Washington Iris reached, end the minj Americans who ho'ior his memory, that will visit the place can well bo imagined. Some idea of the public inteiet that this place will aiouep, maybe hail wher it is known that during Couteunial ye? 1 87ft the daily visitois to Mount Vcrnoi numbered from 200 to 900 per day, leaching a total of 45,000, and later, in the fall of 1892, while the Grind Army was haviug its reunion in Washington, in one wetk 40,000'persons visitol the place. The same kind of interest must attach to the Mount Vernon of Chicago, and it is simply impossible to undertake, in ad vance, an estimate of the crowds of visi tors the Virginians will have. This account of Virginia's State building would be incomplete without tho names of the Board of Managers, and tha of ficers who have tins patriotic and diffi cult undertaking in hand. They are Col. A. 8. Buford, of Richmond, President, Hon. John L. Hurt, of Pittsylvania, Vke President; Capt T. C. Morton, of Staunton, Secretary; Mann- S. Quarks, Esq., of Richmond, Treasurer; Dr. John S. Apperson, of Marion, Busiuess Execu tive Commissioner ; Mrs. Lucy P. Beale, of Botetourt, Lady Assistant ; Dr. A. Brockenbrough, of Northampton, Man ager First District; M. Glennan, Esq., Norfolk, Manager Second District; George B. Finch, Esq., of Mecklenburg, Manager Fourth District; Hon. William I. Jordan, Halifax, Manager Sixth Dis trict; J. N. Brenaman,Esq.,Nev Market, Manager Seventh District; Col. Grenvillo Gaines, Fauquier' County, Manager Eighth District ; Judge' Martin Williams Blind County, . Mangcjjinth Dietrich, and Capt J. H. Il7 Figgatt, Botetourt, Manager Tenth District. Tho Board is assisted in its operations by an. Auxiliary Board, authorized by act of Legislature, consisting of one m$le ' and one female member in each county arid- city nT tho State. Col.'C. M. Braxton, of Ncwpoit News,', is. the President of this valuable Board of"' helpers,- and Mns. Anue 'S. Green, of Culpepex, the Vice President. . -With their assistance some ten thousand dollars has been raised in addition to the appropriation, and it is contemplated to secure about five thousand dollars 'more, ' which will be needed to carry out fu'Iy the plsrbs of the management. THE NEWS IN BRIEF. The Latest Happenings Condensed and Printed Here. A Washington correspondent mentions among the wealthiest" colored men of the capital John F. Cook, estimated to be wortlufroui f 150,000 to $300,000;. Fred Douglass, f 150,000 the two sons of the late James Wormley, $100000; John R. Lynch, $75,000 ; P.. B S. Pinchback, $80,000: Dis. C. B. 'Purvis and John A, Franci?, $75,000 each, and the child icn of the rich feed store man, Lee, $600, 000. Dr. Elnar Lonnberg, an eminent Swcd den zoologist, has discovered two new species of mice in Florida. This infor mation should be of great interest to scientist?, women and elenhnnt.' VIRGINIA HAPPENINGS. The Latest Newi Items in ths Old Dominion. James Jones White, prof-.ssor of Grtek -at the Washington and Lee University for forty-one years, died on Saturday in LexingtoD, Va. He was a personal friend of Stonewall Jackson and one of the b'st known cit:zecs of his section At the Collins gold min?, seven miles from Columbia, Goochland county, a nugget weighing forty-two pennyweights was found. About to Change Its Chaunel. Memphis, Tenn. An immense body of water is sweeping down the Mississippi and a tciribl j flood is feared. The cur rent is cutting into the west lank, 5 miles above the city, and it is feared tlia. the channel will be changed into Hope-field lake, lciving Memphis an inland town and ihe big $3,000,000 biidge high acd dry. The Government fleet is at work trying to prevent the river from changing its cours . Ten Convicts Attempt to Escape. Atlanta, Ga. At the Cole City con vict camp, near the Tennessee State line, ten convicts attempted to escape by firing on the guards with guns improvised from gas piping. Reports to the penitentiary officials say that four convicts and one guard were injured. Evrything is now reported quiet at the camp. A Centenarian Death. Bentosvillr, Mo. Richard Bennett died here Wednesday evening. lie was born near Richmond, Va , June 22, 1783, making him nf aily 1 10 years old. He was highly respected. He leaves 7 children. Crops Overflowed in Alabama. Birmingham, Ala. Dispatches fioni Tuscaloosa report n rise of 53 feet in thi; Warrior river. Many thousand acres cf corn and cotton, already up, are ovti' flowel. I
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