North Carolina Newspapers

DEVOTED TO THE IUTET1E3T0 OF CdUTxXrOIlT AI7D BHUUST7ICII COTOTY. VOL. &-Xo.20. SOUTliPORT, X. C.. THURSDAY. AUGUST 20. 1891. IKICE FIVECKXT8 WASHWQTOH HEWS. OATHEEED BY THE "LEADER'S' SPECIAL COHXtESPOOTENT. Wasihxotox. D. C. August 17. K very body who is at all interested tn the political situation is talking about the atrong and confident language used by 1' resident Polk of the National Farmers' Alliance in an interview here. He said: "Our campaign at present is not to elect a President or to secure the governorship of States. We are striking at the monopolists of the ' Uuited States Senate. So far we have landed three 5 Hampton, Ingallsaudi. , .lf . . - .... . . . . , , i bonds will prefer to get them redeemed John Sherman will be the . . . , ... , , , .. , at maturity, and that onlv those held Uusom of North Carolina , .i . , , Moody, and next; Matt Ilausoi will also be retired. We made two mistakes that will not be repeated. We allowed Vance to be returned to the Senate on his promises, and we elected Gordon to the Senate and lie has already ahowu himself to be far more interested in hi own peruoual nicer than in that of the Alliance. Hereafter we shall accept uo promises from members of tlie old parties. We already have Sherman defeated. The voting strength of the Alliance in Ohio it 40.000 but our members are doing missionary work among the fanners generally,: and thousands of ; voters not connected with the Alliance j will lie rallied against Sherman. We are making no fight on McKiuley; ' Governorships are not valuable to us j at the present tin, but it it probable that many Alliance votes will be cast for the Peoples ticket. U hat we are after is the balance of power in the hicUtures which enact the laws and ehct United States Senators. It is a : .: mistaken idea to suptosc that we arc making a great light in Iowa. ' - a. I . ' "! f Si W . are not figuring much on results from j that State, as 'our.-' organization there j i. weak, and the -most" we exject to geL out .of. the coutest iu ..lowau to determine what strength-, the move Ujeiit is developing there. No scalps arc expected. Ai uuttrtri no" stand in Pimiuyl vaina I do itot think the Alliance will attempt to dictate the successor of .-Senator Quay. The State i nrt suffi ciently organized, but the work .is progressing rapidly. You do not see much about it in the .newspapers, -but an average of about two local alliances a day are being organised in that State, ily the time Senator Cameron's term expires we will prolmbly 1m ready to supply his successor, lu Now York the situation is much the same. Never thcless Senator Hiscock will be retired in 1SJ)3, though other causes will 'operate to that end liesides the spread of the Allhiuce movement. The, report that Senator Gorman had capture I the Marylaud Alliance was --an- invention. I was present thioughout the recent convention, lf the Maryland Alliance is true to its principles two Alliance Senators will le elected. in that State next winter, and Arthur 1. Gorman will not be one them. He is too much of a straddler on the silver question to suit our prin cjpjes, and is unacceptable in other ways The two Alabama Senators must also be relieved from further service in the United States Senate; Mr. Morgan will come first, then Mr. Tujtu Ckmgressman Gates, who has openly declared against the Alliance will head the procession of these who go out of public life from that State. This fall we expect to secure complete control of Virginia, and next fall there will be an Alliance National ticket in the field. It is stated here and very generally believed that Mr. Harrison ha made up his mind that he will not stand in the way of. Mr. Blaine's being nomi liated for the Presidency next year if that gpntbmum's health be sufficiently restored and he is inclined to accept the nomination. This is in accordance with what a few of Mr. Blaine's friends here have all along intimated, that is, that a perfect understanding existed between Mr, Harrison and his Secre tary of State, and that either of them was prepared to cordially support the one to whom circumstances should point a the most available candidate, In other words that they had decided that one or the other of them should be the nominee. But it does not agree with the talk of some of Mr Harrison's friends, including his son Russell, who have very foolishly been attempting to belittle Mr. Blaine, thus thinking to help Mr. Harmon. More than a little surprise was cre ated here by the announcement that but little more than a third of the A per cent bonds outstanding had been sent to the Treasury for extension at 2 percent There is but to weeks ; left in which applications for exten titon may be made, and it is now appa rent tliat the private holders of thuse by National Banks will be extended. Secretary Foster is said to be. worried about it, but it is probable that Mr: Harrison will not fret anv over it as he was never in favor of the extension and only gave his consent because Secretary Foster was so persistent in his advocacy of the idea. FOREIGN NEWS. uHmt Muuiaf of u iit u th Old World. The International Geographical Congress will hold its next meeting in London. The British Bank of Australia has failed with liabilities estimated at $800,000. Tll'0 Argentil)a 4Scn4te has votwJ , cn?atiujf tjie ,Unk of lhe A : tme ation The wrought'iron and tail men in Worcester aud Staffordshire. England, have struck against a reduction. Kiug Alexander of Servia and his lamur, ea.mug . .uuan, aie guests ui ...i ir. w :i t President Carnot at Fuiitaiuebleu. Bad crop prospects are reported in Buruiah, owing to drought. Cotton a complete failure in many districts. Trouble is again looked for at Four mies, France, on account of labor dis putes and troops have been sent then;. The Government of the Congo Stat inteuds to atolsh the license tax oi. the sale of alcohol after December next. Thirty people were drowned oi; Monday by the overflowing of the ItiverSt Marchas, near Tort au Prince, Ilavti. William O'Brien has paid the cost! ill the Salisbury libel suit, and th decree declaring him bankrupt has- been annulled. v There is much suffering among the workmen in the. iron works of Cum berland, Eug., 6,000 of whom are now out of employment. The Government of Portugal prohi bits the importation of foreign wheat from September 1, until the native Ciop has been consumed. Baron Hirsch is negotiating with the Turkish Government to rent land along the railway in Asia Minor for a Jewish colon v. He offers 400,00(1 yearly for the land. Thirteen people were killed, eighteen seriously and thirty others slightly in jured in a railroad accident on the JuraSemplon railroad near Berne, Switzerland, last Sunday. Miners in the district of South Wales, where are situated extensive collieries and iron aud tin works have gone on a strike. It is estimated that 10,000 men have quit work. Rain has fallen in the famine threat ened districts of the Madras Piesi dency, in India, and the situation has improved very much. ; An enormous difference will result in the size of the crops. Brazil is . making special efforts to obtain farmers. Kach fanner on sett ling there is supplied with a piece of land on seven years' time, given a house to live in and the free use of farming implements. Two of the leaders of the massacre of British officials at Manipor, India, in March last, were executed by hang ing on Thursday last. The principal victim was Senaputty, the commander m-chief of the Manipuri army and a brother of the Kajab. 19TH ANNUAL SESSION :o: OF THE NORTH CAROLINA PEEC3 ASSOCIATION. The Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Press Association, held at Winston -Salem last week, was more largely attended than usual, and the membership showed a gratifying in crease, with considerable interest dis played in the convention proceedings. The Convention was held at Brown's Opera House, and the first regular session opened Wednesday morning, shortly after ten o'clock, with Presi dent J. iCCaldwel Via the chair.; The meeting was called to order, and after a few words of greeting, by. the Presi dent, the Hon. J. C. Buxton, of Winston, was introduced, ami deliv ered an address of welcome to the Association, also briefly reviewing the city's progress since the last Press Meeting held at Winston, ten years ago. Mr. 11. A. ljomlon. in behalf or the Association, made the response to Col. Buxton's welcome, which was lappily delivered and frequently ap plauded. Thtf-tegular business of the convention followed. At the after- noon session President ('aid well's annual address was delivered, with routine business afterwards. At the close of the afternoor. session, the city entertainment committee, took the members of the Press, on a long, but delightful dnve in carriages through oht the city '' when the various-indus tries, the improvements made, and in course of com pi ttion, were exhibited. The drive endixl at Salem Female Academy, whore Dr. J. H Clewell, the Principal, made all wolcoine, and extended the courtesies of lhe Aca demy. After being shown through ut the buildings of the school, a omplimcntary banquet, and musica mtentainmcnc oi a high orCLer was tojidered the Asaociationjfat which te memlters of the Press and invite gucats greatly enjoyod themscdve? l'h! arrangement of the banqueting hall, in decoration and artistic display! was exceptionally fino. After the repast and music, a" letter of regret was read Jrom Mr. K. W. 5ye (Bill ye.) who regrettetl Ufing unable to ittend the Convention. Dr. Clewell, in a most graceful and complimentary speech, thanked the Press of North Carolina for its p stent influence in idvancing the educational interests of ;he State, and for the helping hand always extended, and its assistance in the material prosperity of Old Salem Female Academy. After his speech, the exercises of the evening were turned over to "the Association. Presi dent Caldwell, brief! v thanked Dr. Clewell, in behalf tho Association; for the grand entertainment given to its members, and introduced Mr. E. K. Hilliard, the orator of the evening, who was followed by Mr. H. C. Wall, poet of the evening. Iioth oration and poem, were well received, and liberally applauded by all present. The second a a day's regular proceedings began Thurs day morning at the Opera House, with some routine business. The officers fbr the ensuing year were elected, without any forma! balloting, except the executive committee, the noiiinccs being elected by a vi ve voce vote, when their names were presented. The officers elected were. President, J. A. Thomas, Louisburg Times; First Vice President, E. E. Hilliard, Scot land Neck Democrat; Second Vice President, Jerome Dowd, Charlotte Times; Third Vice President, IL A. Deal, Wilkesboro Chronicle; Secretary and Treasurer, J. B. Sherrill, Concord Times. Executive Committee, S. A. Ashe, T. It. Manning, Josephus Dan iels, II. A. Latham, H. A. London. W. W. Scott, of Lenoir Topic. Orator W. F. Marsliall, of GaMonia Gazette, Poet, of the next annual convention. Delegates appointed to attend the next National Press Convention, J. P. Caldwell Joseplius Daniels, T. li Manning, D.J. Whichard. Alternates, R E. Hilliard, James Cook, Jaroe Robinson, C. L Stevens. The con test for the place of holding next convention was a spirited one, and Continued ox nraTH yahe. WEEKLY NEWS SUMMABY. :o:- iiAFPcm?Gs m this cotnmtY FOR THE PAST WEEK. Thsrtiay. Anoxt 13 George Jone, editor of the New York Times, died yesterday at Polaud Spring. Maine. Hon. James Ilussell Lowell, late Minister to Great Britain, died yester day at his home in Cambridge, Mass. Tobacco crops throughout the sec tion m Pennsylvania visited by hail on Tuesday are greatly damaged. Other crops are also injured ' - ".. I boot and shoe dealers in" Pittsbuij Pa., has made an assignment. ' His liabilities arc estimated to be about $500,000. , The large wool and tallow ware houses of George Oberne and II. M. Hosick, iu Chicago," 111 , were almost r v c ' . . .i i l iiuuceu iu years, many, warehouses auu W. h. SehtnerU, one of the oldesl .? ... . . - totally destroyed by fire on Wednesday"" "4 !'fJ' morning. Tlie loss will amount to about $85 000. j A terrible accident haiu.mwMl vnatcr- day afternoon at Cold Spring harbor, near3Nw V,rk. A lam Mr.iiniion party were returning on a barge when a heavy equall struck tho boat. The upper di-ck gave way crusliing many J people underneath it weight. Four teen neonle were Ukeu out deul aud ibout thirty others were injureil. Friday. Anu t 14 Alexander Mayltaum's big slaughter house at East Orange, N. J.. was de st roved br fire veeterday. Tho value of cattle aud other property was about $62,000. . Hie satine works of E. W Chapin at North borouglu. Mass., have been closed, throwing 200 men out of cm uloymeut. An assignment was made yesterday to Samuel Wox!. The liabi lilies -will-amount to $125,000.- A rich 6trike was nwlc vesterdav at the Bohn shaft, Leadville, Col. The diamond drills were sent down 312 feet and struck a vein of extremely hij:h grade t-ilver ore, '-winch assays from 200 to o00 ounces of silver to the ton. Thousands of acres of fim wheat have -been destroyed mar Melnse, Mini., by a terrific hailstorm, which .passtnl over that place on Wwlnesday lat. (Torn ami tMitutiMvs were alrw budlvdaiuagnl. some of the fanners losingJaH their crop..' i' uTi r -.it " . ' Koolaik. Iowa, wa.t visits 1 by a ter Vible wind and rain storm yesterday afternoon. Half the hlia-le trees of the town were bluwn down and small buddings "moved from their founda- turns. There was a general panic throughout the citv. Saturday, August 15 Mr. James K. Polk, widow of the tenth President of the Umtjl SlaUsf died at her lionie in Nashville. Toiin., at 7 '.Ut o chick yesterday iiioruing. Mn. Polk was 8M years old. The works of the II. C. Hart Manu facturing Comjany at Detroit, Mich., were entirely destroyed by fire on Thursda'y'nighL Tlie loss is estimated at $ f 2d;0Ofr and the insurance, $75,000, ti t- V. r-i- -i ii . Dr. W . C. McCov, presiding elder of the Decatur dUtrict, Ala., and one of themotdLstinguUhed ministers of the Methodist Church m Alabama, die! at his home in Decatur, Ala., yesterday. He was editor of the Ala- baina Christian Advocate for many rears. RG. Dun k Cos weekly review of trade says: Crop pruepects grow brighter everv Iav. and with the as- su ranee that the country will not onlv hare enormous supplies of grain bat a market for it at good prices, business is improving. Trade ia improving all over the country except in the South, The prospects of another large cotton crop threaten very low prices. Failures for tlie week 227, against 231 the pre- vious week. Ssaday. Asses IS. A. G rJliott A: Co s five story Tper warehouse in Philadelphia was burned to the frroqnd at an earlv hour ve&ter day morning. No estimate of the loss can be given at this writing. New York tanks now hold $17, 617,175 in excess of the reuiremcMs of the 25 per cent rule. The U. S. steamer Charleston tailed to-day from San Francisco for China, where she will be tho flagship of tlie Asiatic sqnadron. t Tlie excitement in the Chicago grain market on Friday and Saturday was intense, wh?at, rye, oats .. and other cereals reach iug very high figures. It is reported that .Norfolk, Va., was visited last night by one of the most destructive firps sho has ex peri- 1 S ' . a 4- - 1 r-. i other liiaces of iusiuetis Unng Con ors m Pittsbuiir v . sumcd. The loss will tie, it l.- said, m the neighborhood of $250,01)1! Monday. Asnst 17. Arthur A ckerman has been arrested at Orange. N. J , for trying to buy a ,VM- " ,,u,w") .v.-vihiuwi u Chief of all tb Cn federate tramps iu lLo Unitod a5ut. h endorsed the mot ot rvivor of W a"nCTn "V"" rmiea a Uie WorM Kir in CUicd in Ulcr w l' l Ji-nwaaiu, iu Mrs. Harkinsof l!)0 North Second riuiaaetpnia, has receivea a cablegram purporting to bo from the Governor of Portland Prison, Eng.. stating that her husband, who' was sentenced in .18M7, to 1 5 years penal servitude, for complicity in a dynamite conspiracy, has been released and is now on his way home. Between :;,000 and 4,000 Catliolics, principally- from Troy and Albany, made a pilgrtmsge to the shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs, at Auriesville, N. Y., yesterday Forty cars were used for their transportation. It is estimated that more than 25,000 jor sooa have already visited the shrincl since its crtjciion, lour years ago. Tuesday, August 18. W. O. Thomas, of Tennessee, a news taper man, was yesterday appointed by President Harrison to be consul to Bahia, Ilrazil. Pecemltcr wheat went up to $1.15 at Chicago yesterday amid tremen i dous excitement. It afterwards sold down as low as $1.03 Yellow fever has made its appeal anco at Wa Cruz, Mexico and is pre- vaieni to an alarming exieni. ino people are dying by scores. ll 1 . J r AltreU tiohltnwaite, -a prominent lawyer oi -ew rieana, ana wen- known as counsel in the celebrated ! Gaines case, has been stricken with hij i uUk viei. o Mobile Hay. His condition is serious Three of the Philadelphia bank wreckers, Charles Iawrencc, cashier of the Keystone National Ilank. and Francis W. Kennedy and Henry H. Kennedy, of the Spring Garden National llank have pleaded guilty of misapplication of the fund of their lanks Wednesdar. August 19 Putnam & Co's mattress factory at Iloston, Mass., was burned yesterday. loss $200,000. . n Jwncs has been engaged by the Prohibition Party at Staunton, Va., to fight for local ojUon. Tlie Damon Iron and Safe Works at Cambndge, Maa were destroyed by fire yesterday, loss to the Company and others about $300,000. Fifty-five buildings valued at about $500,000 were destroyed by fire last ntirht at Jscksonrille. FU. The amount of insuiance is unknown at this writing but is very light Cashier Lawrence of tho Keystone Hank, Philadelphia, has been am- fenced to serve seven, years in the penitentiary and to pay a fine of one hundred dollars and costs. In the cae tf the two Kennedy brothers the judge suspended sentence till Sept. 8th as it was ahown that in the meantime they could be of great asitauce the receiver. The Sorraromr Leasee $1 a year. THE STATE CAPITAL. LEAD 1270 T0PIU3 OP TIXE WEZZZ AT EAIXXGIL IUltiou, N. C, Augwt 17. Major James W. Wilson, tin head of th railway coinmissiou, talks very forci Uy of aome of the things which the commission has done. It has effected a saving to the people of tlx) State, of $500,000. That is quite a good record for a now commission. The new valu at ion of the railway property of the State is raised by the commission to $18,414, 04S.2S. The additional tax U.' $13,000 yearly.. - Tlie saving in railway " rates U estimated at $25,000 per annum. Maj. Wilson Is now applying himself to tfte task of regulating the express 'charges. It appears to U? very difScult to accuru needed information regarding tho rates &c, but it may be deemed a cer tainty that Maj. Wilaon will get Um liottom facts. It is rather remarkable tliat there should be far fewer fires aome years than .then, the State over, but it ia a fact This is oue of tho lucky year, so far. and the insurance companies profit accordingly. Usually, tlie losaca here have been heavy, thought not as heavy as in South Carolina. Few of what am known as the big public men visit North .Carolina. No president has been here, for instance. since I8G7, when Andrew Johnson was hero at the dedication of the monument to his father, Jacob John son. llarnnon is asked to be Iioru. at the Southern Exposition, and now th pQiplo want David II. Hill to come. It is really quite remarkable to know how. tho number of Hill men increases in this State, tteally Cleveland haa lost a great deal of .his popularity. His loss in this respect began last Marcli, when he antagonized tho jj1Ancr The tobacco crjp is late, much later than usual. In quantity it is a good crop in this particular section, in quality below tho average. The leaves aru thin, light ami chaffy The tobacco area is all the whils extending east ward. At tho Agricultural and Mechanical College, the two new dormitories are now going up quite. rapidly. The machinery for tho mechanical build ing is arriving It cost $3,500.. Tho buildings wilt all bo steam heated, and electric lights arc in the mar future. Tho equipment will really be complete and worthy of th State. Heretofore tho college has been handicapped by reason of the deficiency of appliance. Now the applications for admiaatoa thus far received, show that in Sep tember the college will open with 100 students. The State Ileal K&ute Convention is called to meet here on Thursday. It will carry out some of the projects p'amied at the fir&t meeting last May. Tne State needs the cooperative work of sucli an association. A negro orator who spoke here a few nights past, opened up a now line of thought He demands that tho ex' slaves be imsioncd and that the soldiers should not get the money. What will the niublican brethren think of this? Day by day mora and more interval is taken in the Southern Exposition. The buildings are now completed, and show a total length of 1,210 isvt. or very nearly a fourth of a mile. A million feet of lumber have been used ia the extrusion, oi the great structure. hvery Statu m too Souta will be rep resented. Some have small space, bat will hare compact exhibits. North Carolina will hare a rery complete exhibit and a very large one. It will be of two kinds; the one by the agri cultural department, and thai by the counties. Florida u eaaily second in extent and variety. Kentucky does well, as does also far-away Texas. j Georgia and South Carolina have coo siderable space. Thirty counties in (North Carolina will have special tothibiu. Ierha some others wit yet come tn. The machinery extnu will far excel anything yet seen in lb State filling a space 300 x 500 feet