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??rr mm DEVOTED TO THE mmnE323 OF COTOHPOIIT AUD BHUIJ5T7ICII C0TJUT7. VOL.1 S.-ITO. 14. CO. UTlIPOnT, X. C4 TUUanDAV. It AX '23. 1 8 1. ritlCi: FIVK CKNT8. IT 4f nMtfrrfrlrfc i j wAsmnoTon nEWB. GATHERED CT THE "J21&DZZVS" CPECIAL C02EE3P02IB2OT. Washington. D. C May 25. The trouble which resulted in the resigna tion of the eon of Pension Commis sioner Raum haa assumed a new and interesting aspect, having gotten into the hands of the District Attorney through the effort of the Civil Service Commission, which feels very sore on account of the trick that was played upon if" in connection with the sale of , m promotion in -tho -Pension - Office. Com in iasioner Roosevelt, who, what ever his faults may be. is never afraid to publicly spend his "opinion, isay on the subject: I am delighted rto learn that the Attorney General has turned the case over to the District Attorney. Wo felt very sure that! the testimony mado out a prima facie case against the four men Haum, Straun, Johnson and .Smith and that it was our clear duty to promptly report the case not only to the heads of the departments in which the men were serving, but also to the Attorney General for such action hs he might see fit to take. The miwouduct of which thene men are alleged to Ikj guilty is of so serious a character that we could do no less. Offences of the kind indicated are sure at times to occur, ami the only effica cious way of dealing with them is by punishing the offenders. The prompt and vigorous action of Secretary Noble in this" matter reflects the greatest credit upon himself and the adminis tration." What the District Attorney will do with these castes is a question upon which' lie ami the Attorney (leneral have held several conferences. It it liclicved that he will be compelled to do something by the Civil Service Commission, which recognizes the dtilt-rat ttfn all it - pfttcecdings- by the fact that one man could take an examination upou which another could lte promoted, and is 'determined to tr and rehabilitate itself in public estima -tion by its energy iti pushing the pro secution of the detected offenders and by making promises that such things hall not again occur. Commissioner Raum has not' yet tendered hi resignation, but tin p'tieral impression lsj that he wil; veutually do so. Many believe thai he will do so as soon as Secretary Noble returns to the city, which will bo inside of ten days. He is regarded as a verv unfortunate man, but manv of hi personal and political friends d uot hesitate to say that the liest thinir h can do ia to resign, iu order to re lieve the administration of emljarrass lIK'tlt. Mr. Harrison lias not up to thi time attempted to take up the hanging threads of any of Mr.! Haines partially completed reciprocity agreements, but I am luforincd that an arrangement has been made satisfactory to all con corned, whereby, iu case Mr. Blaine decides to go to Maine instead of re turning to Washington, Mr. John W. Foster, the gentleman who recently went toSpain for the State department and negotiated a trade reciprocity agreement, which is now in Mr. Harri sob's loads will become Mr. Harrison's adviser in all matters pertaining to reciprocity, in short, a sort of deputy Secretary of State,- The presence of a considerable num ber of more or less prominent repub-4 beans In thhvcity has caused it to be believed that the appointments of the new V; S. Circuit Court judges are at out to be roadey although there are still some people who think they will not be mado until after Congress meets. The rumor is also revived that Mr. Harrison proposes appointing at least three democrats among the judges. Perhaps he will, but if so, he wil greatly sunariso a good many people, myself amasg the number. It would, of course, be a highly honorable thing for him to do, but his political asoei ates would call it mighty poor politics. At the Farmers' Alliance headquar tert here tbere is little disposition to discuss, for publication, the new born Feople's r.artv. Nothing but the, kindest feeling exists on the part of the Alliance men? for the new party, but It is easy to see that they fear that there lias been too much precipitancy in its formation; and- it is presumable that they wish to see how it is received before committing their organization, which will have to furnish very large majority of the voters in the party, if it is to become a factor in the national campaign neat year. " FOUEXQZX UET73 C0UBZ32ZD. The IT. S. war ship Pensacola ar rived atlqutyue, Chili on Wednesday of last .week. r" i Y' '' I " . A du patch received last Thurlay in Indon from Lisbon says the finan cial situation there is- growing worle. Owing to the disappearance of small notes from circulation and the appear ance of large notes iu their place it is difficult to change- money. Monev changers arc advertising for g ld and silver. ' The Italian Government has ordered that the tomb of the late Prince Napo-: eon, in" the church of La Superga, be closed. This is in consequence of the French Government's refusal to allow the bjdy to be ' buried in Corsica, which was the request of the executors of ti e late Prince's will. Paris was visited, Thursdav eve- uing last, by a terrific storm which did considerable damage, uprooting tree, and destroying flowerbeds' and lawns. There was no loss o: life. The German Government is build- mg a large dynamite factory at Cos wig, on the Elbe, near Uessau. .... . j) . Four outlying forts are being con structs! in connection with tiic Neu- ltreisach fortress, ; wiiich commands the lk-lfast district of France. . - A (ierman-American tetroleuiu comiiauy Uit Bremen is building a huge . - .. - s'... - - reservoi r at luesa, baxoiiy. 1 he recc?p uicle will have a caiocity of 2U0,0O() casks. Mine. Paul Blouet,, wife of the well known writer and lecturer, Max O'Kcll. will accomany her husband on i uex; leciurmi lour, wnicn win oe titrougli Australia, and which will commence in Septem ber uet. Iast Mondav nicht was the occasion uf the one hundredth uight of the ier- lormancu of "lvanhoe' iu Iondon aim as signalized by the conducting ol the opera by Sir Arthur Sullivan, in person.- .The Cologne Gazette says that pre vious to the Czar's visit to the exhibi tion at Moscow, a French sq tadron is exiectod at Croustadt with 2000 rifles for the. Russian army, aud that the French officers will accompany the Czar to Moscow. Tlie Westphalia miners have opened coH(ierative stores at Dortmund, Wit ter, Gelseukirtrhen, Oberhauseu aud other places. ; The Krupps introduced a similar system at their works in Essen sometime ago.; Sir Robert Nicholas Fowler, Bart, member of Parliament for London died last Friday of heart disease. - Dismtches "received at Paris from Grand Bassaw, a French town of Upper Guinea, on the Gold Coast of Africa, says that the French expedi tion sent into the exterior to avenge the death of French travelers, has fought a battle, with a force of 800 natives killing many and subduing the surrounding country. Drivers of tlie public stages of Paris have struck for twelve hours work and the . reinstatement of drivers be longing to the union, who had been dismissed. Several riots have occurred and many arrests made. A cable from Shanghai, China, states that the Christian missions at Nankin have been attacked and pillaged by natives. All the European women and chddren have left tho city. The Methodist girl's school has been set on fire and looted. The British tor pedo .cruiser. Porpoise, has been ordered to protect British interests. Chinese troops have also been sent to the scene of trouble. SOUTHPOUra EAEEOB. gapt.il n. &jiczJ BY Of course, you know I hare made an impromrjta.ristt to . the little town of Southjiort, N. CM situated at the entrance of the Cape Fear Hirer, and as my experience may be of beneSMo some of your readers, I will give it them through your columns. The El Monte crossed the Southport bar drawing 20 feet 1 1 inches of water, and Capt. Tom Morse, the pilot who hal iu in charge, took her ; over with- ,T,t - - i , - ?j -l A we ancttoreo in uve tauioms of .water, within one-eighth bf a mile of the wharves. Tlie harbor is a' good one, the best on the coast between' the Chesapeake Bay and Key Westand in my opinion has a promising future. irpu " ; 4 , ,. , . i il for coaling steamers, and the rates arc reasonable. Shijt of 20 feet draught .can lie at the coal dock. The same company also contract to do lighterage and other work connected with ship ping. I found every one with whom we had business most accommodating and reasonable iu charge, and not trying to put on the screws because we were in distress. The town is healthy, strictly temperate (no intoxi cants being sold within its limits), and is noted for the beauty of its women R. B. Quick, ster slmmsiip Kl Monte. - Tlie above letter is characteristic of the mau who wrote it. A great, ble; hearted American, that knows when the interests I he represents are well treated, and does not hesitate to say so. Capt. Quick's indorsement of ; South Iort is invaluable, because it emanates from a mau who knows what he is talking about, and is void of prejudice. He owns no town lots there and has no ax togrtndr He discovered a good port to put into iu' distress, aud gives his brother mariners the benefit of his experience ? through ;' these columns. We would le under many obligation to any of our marine friends, who are all co-workers with us for the benefit of the American ship, to cominuuicate 'iich or like, information at aiiy time, Marine Journal. THE DAVIS HOUUUEUT FUITD. To the people of the South: It has been the custom of all times and of all people to - honor the memory of their illustrious dead by , tlie building of monuments which shall be a perpetual remiuder of their virtues and achieve ments. Southern soil is nch with the blood aild ashes of Southern heroes and patriots, whose memory will lie a priceless heritage and inspiring exam pie forever. A mong the noble dead there is none whose name appeals with greater power to the affectionate re membrance of the ixntfheru , people than . that of Jefferson Davis. His splend id valor upon t he field of battle, his brilliaut abilities iu the arena of statesmanship, his heroic fortitude under persecution unparalleled in its atrocity and ; bitterness, - his patient, proud endurance Of calutnry and de traction, make him a figure which will stand for all time in the group of the great men of our history. a Tlie cause for which he fought ami suffered has gone down, and we have buried it forever. But. there is ho sentiment of honor or of patriotism which requires us to bury the memory of those whose lives were entwined with and whose blood was shed for it The Southern people will have become lost to every sense of honorable man hood and womanhood when they for get htm who for their sake wore the shackles upon his wasted limb. We, therefore, appeal to the people of the South, confident of the nature of their response. We have appointed the 18th day of June, 1891, as a day upon which the people, ol every town and county in the feouthern States should meet and take the proper steps to for. ward the enterprise of voluntary con tri notions, or other method which may seem best. Let those who feel a patriotic interest in this movement everywhere begin at one to organize a movement in their respective com munities, and secure a large and en thusiastic meeting on the dav appointed and send the results of their efforts to Capt. John L. Weber, Charleston, S. C, who will act as treasurer of the fund. . JoDX W. CuiLDKCa, Patrick Waiah, . John U Wrox T7EEKLY ITET7S SU1I1IABY. ixappci!ii;g3 in Tins couutut roa THE PAST WL1X Tlmrsdxy. Hay. 21. Tlie Davis Shoe Co., having head quarters iu Lynn, Mass., and a branch at Richmond, Va. tias failed. The liabilities of the Uichmond branch are $123,000. The com jiany lias been in operation in Rtcbniond for eight years and employed COO convicts. Tlie latest rcoort. from the Tarr-f town, N. Y. casualty is that there were &trWme KIledTiod tweaitr- jto uoumieu. A Key Xest- special to- the Times Union says: orty sionge vessels have arrived since Saturday ' with large catches of the Guest quality of sponges valued at $80,000 . - A convict impried at Pratt Mines Ala., was shot by the guard and instautly killed while attempting to set fire to tlie prison in which are confined over four hundred prisoners : . A tlispatch from (Gainesville, Texas says that the damage to ' crops in ttie section recently visiter by hail storms a tll amount to $50,000. The National Linseed Oil company's mills at Sioux City, Iowa were burned yesterday involving a loss of 100,000 fullv covered bv insurance, . . . Friday. XXay 2. Fire destroyed the entire lumber yard and stock belongiug to J. W. Day & Co.. M inueapolis, Minn.' . The fire started early yesterday morning. V number of freight cars belonging to the Northern Pacific R. R. were also burned. The loss : will amoiiut to aliout $5228,000. . Thts corner , stone of the Masonic Home for tudieutMasons, Widows and Orpha r s was laid at. Ctica, N. Y., yestenlay with impj-essiye ceremonus. There were about 30,000 visitors in the city, including 15,000 Masons from all parts of the country. Alphonso Taft, Secretary of War and Attorney General during Gram's administration and at one time Minis- ter to Russia, died at his home in San Diego, Cal., yestertlay. The. Executive oiitmittee of the new ieoples Party of the United States of America, met yesterday at Cincinnati. O.. and elected Robert Schilling of Milwaukee, ecretary, and C. Raukin, of Terrc Haute, treasurer. SaUrday. Hay 23. The Hill -Shoe Company, of Mem phis, Tenn., assigned yesterday and the president, Win. Vilas Hill, com mittcd suicide almost immediately thereafter." President Hill was a nephew of ex Postmaster General Vilas and only 32 years old. The failure of the company is due to the failure of the Davis Shoe company of Lynn," Mass. which owed tho Hill comiany between $300,000 and $400,000. t Secretary Blaine is now able to be up ana ms pnysician, ur. vcunis says hUcomplete recovery is only a matter of a few days. R. G. Dun ii Co's weekly review of trade says that the continued outgo of gold, $7,600,000 having been exported this week, is having a very depressing influence on markets. At the South crop reports are highly satisfactory. and trade, although sluggish now, ia expected to be excellent hereafter. Failures for the week 214 against 190 for the correspond ing week last year. The U. SL cruiser Galena will proba bly be sold at auction as the examin ing hoard recommends She cannot, so the board say in their recommenda tion, be repaired for 20 per cent, of her value. saaj. 2ft. A terrific hail storm passed through Madison, Delaware, Randolph and Vermillion counties in Indiana, doing great damage to fruit and crops. All cf the deputy therifTs arrested charjsd with tnnrdcr daring the More- wood riots in the Pennsylvania coke regions, have been acquitted : I?.KCADI1I0 TOPICS OP THE X7U3Z jury alter a five hour Uriilieration. New York banks now hold $5,2 1 1,- 600 in excess of the 2a per. cent. rule. ' The Navy Dqiartment is still with out newa from the Charleston. : This is her sixth day out from Acajsjloo, Francis W. Kennedy, president, J and Henry Kennedy, cashier of tlie 1 suspended Spring Uarden bank. Phila- j delphia had a ltearing yesterday before j ,gilrmte Witl,ers were held in lwwvu "Ul lo answer at cxwru f'' faoiuncxi, uy testimony uken, mat the bank had declared a 12 pcr cenL dividend two days previou to its sus- pension. Uesdaj, Zlajr SS. A rMjlice officer was fa tall v sliot at Houston, Texas, last, night, just after t he fcam Jones meeting by a man named F. F. Hunter while protecting a woman who claimed to lie Hunter s Wife. Gov. McKinnev sars that th mnm. bers of tlie State Debt Commission will convene at Uichmond, Va., next week. During their, session several memers - of the Scott committee of New York have been requested to be nriit &ml imnt a.TIan f.,r th settlement of the Sutc debt. '."' . tue steamer iiuuson, trom ewi - 1 I vineans to .ew iorK witn ninety-six tassengcrs and a miscellaneous cargo of merchandise, went ashore at six o'clock yesterday morning a short d is- tanee south of Nag's Head, N. C. Tlie assengers were safely landed by he crew of tlie Life Saving Station but, owing to a lireak in tlie tclegrapli ine, it is iunwssible to got - further articulars. Tr.ay, Kay S3. Judire L. C. Houck. reoronentative inConirress from the Second Tennessee .i;.,. a'. . vnnT. - ville. Tenn.. at 7 o'clock vesterdav mnrn.n.r Hi. Wtl tir Rw(nl bv a dose of arsenic taken in mistake D , for anotlier Dreoaration. Uity treasurer JiarUsiey oi rniia . 1 i Vi . i- A.f.w.n flirrrA I lit rf omliavliiiir Kill. Illin rf the State s money. His iiond in each case has iteezt fixed at $25,000. Ashe is still sick he is to be kept under sur veillance in his own room. His first case will come up for a hearing next Friday. It lias hen decided by tbo Southern Presbyterian Assembly, now in session at iiirmingnam, Aia, to estaonsn an institute at" Birmingham, for the edu- cation of colored Presbyterian minis- Urs.' A site has already been donated. Patton, White k Bai ley, shoe raanu- facturers at Ikiston, Mass., have failed. Their liabilities -are tliorigbt to be in the neighborhood of $1,000,000. Tlie firm lost $178,000 by the failure of Memphis, Tenn. shoe bouse. T7eds,T. liay ST. The train which left Bangor, Me., for St. Jolms at 7:40 o'clock, Monday night, was held up near fcnfield by xour men armea wun nncsaniire. m 1 .t a . 1 voivera. several anota were ureu out jaa.i no one hurt. The robbers secured no nooty. A fearful collision occurred y ester - day at Iowa City, Ia., between students and policenien owing to an nnprovoked assault made on a student by a police- man who, in torn, was roughly handled by the students. The fight raged for nearly an hour and several of the par ticipanta were badly hurt. Secretary Blaine ia still in" New York, but is reported as improving in liAtith Kenny :Sataky, clothiers in Atlant Ga, were closed by the sheriff yeter- j. . about $18,0W. They expect to be aote to resume ouuness soon. a a . i President Brown, in the joint session of the Florida Lcgui&lure held yesterday, declared Call elected U. S. Senator. HereceiTed 51 votes. THE STATE CAPITAL. AT UALCIGtL ItALtmit, N. I., May 2tk TliecwiK, save small grain, are uot good. Tbuir contrast with the luxuriant rrojci of feel .blue. Kveryliitng app-r to go wiong and o( grumbling there U nj end.' CtHtou . U very t jwr ami tlto same may be said of corn tu the east Urn rounttes. About two-thirds of the toaww cro? nav wxn oat, auu irfr enV ' - :f WrighUvitlu will be a gay plani ihw summer. Tlie North Carolina . lrwpg bto camp there (30 COlUpA niesiand at tho same Ume tlie First Virginia regiment. After these de- part the Confederate oenslouers will co into cam is and a South Carolina I regiment will succeed thtote Tlie Alliance pimple are doing a deal 0f ulking tliese days. They do not dnt il& People'a Party movement I M.1 Cin-iitnmtS Tlnv tiikt I all fnr I C'oL Polk's letter which was read tliete nJ should not have written on wortl- Tl,ey do not like the iurn liar style in which Gov. Tillman, of -V business and ippearto l,li"k U w M ad ranee1 alliance hlans or IdeaH. Tliey do not endorse him. The truth is tho Alliance is at ronce more coiwervative and' demo- .. . . . A. g. , prut if linro than in Sniilh l!anilinii The people over the bonier nearly always go to the extremes. The views as to Polk ard Tillman are expressed plainly by some of the leading AlUauce men liko S. B. Alexander and 1W. A. Graham. ' - ; Tlie strange case ot D. A. McDougald lik6 lo's ghost, wUl not down. Did he kill his old uncle, Simeon Con nolly? The people of laurinburg, lu iromc, ray no.n Tlio grand jury of Bolieson v county says ye. Th raad un overwhelming evi- I -1 fl-J & iueuc, nno a irue oui, aim aas ior n ltlCTWit of rewards by the Gover- nr J y. Meanwhile th 1 ..t .1 t. t t on "iniuai oi me year is at large. " 18 nij cunoua now ine man s it----.-, ' . i i inenus can, in lace oi ine evnieiico I 1 M of ,jU -fl . L . th in him. I Tlie Supreme Court lias ail journcd I I r , , . . . Judges of tlie Superior Court in an - unusually. large number of casea. The business, of the : court the ; past six terms has not been as large as for the, six terms preceding. The cause of this is not known, but rnay bu the di- Hja of old cases by , the increase in tlie number of justices of tlie court, i.J ctltlimiMitfU.r, i,. v t:; m . tho prions roa-U tini Ux Agmfmvtlt blanks. The dntv of I'.i s .1.5 1 swKWEiHK - siv ww v w as ' uiau its id board, and very properly so, 1 The cases against tlie New Hanover county canvassing board will hardly tc called befcrc the middle of next aiweek It may be that the parties defendant will riot have to coma here, with their witnesses, of whom there are gotno 15. It Is not reasonable to snp- uoms that tlie case will go against UHn, though tlie Government would like to I make some jrty capital out of it. 1 ' -. - f thni year 25 illicit distiller. j . ifJ tIli. dijtrict. v That is theUrgest in tlie same taod I hi recent rears.' 1 The Governor has issued the death 1 m arrant for Henry W. Brad liam, the negro murderer, who will be extcuteii at Charlotte July 2nd for the -murder j of John B- Mecca. I The University comincncement oc- enrs next week. Governor Holt goes I there Tuesday. Tits U eompelkd to inrWaSm toaHairs of 1He ,a I ruuu wranu, turn wawinii ginug mra I a meat deal of annovaaee. Man r irson are at work at the plioa tol, r-itting up the lpTtm, Lmikiiiiif. nicn will nave a (waUsfi ut , h wia U Co. I i.u.a ri- i -.. I The trustees of the colored State j Agricultural and Mechanical Collcga . I meet here June 23rd, to locate it and 1 elect oftceis. f 4 i If f 1 t . t i ! S 4