u v I'j i II i-it ri r
DEVOTED TO THE mTEBESTO OF SOUTHPOBT AUD BBTJIJS7IC1I COTJ1TTY.
SOUTUPOUT, Y C TUCUSDAY. SEPTEMBEli 3. 1801.
lltICK FIVE CENTS
WASH1HGT0H HEWS.
0 ATHSEED Stf Tib LEADEB8
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.
Vaihsiton I). C., August 31.
S-cn-ury Foster, Uo has been credi:
p-d with having bwn taken into the
Cabinet 0r;pio RIMiai; purpoao of
Harrison's campaign for renorm-
lertakeua very uencae aci i ...
leaves here Wlhesday for'New
York where he will go aboard of a
Garland, of Arkansas: Gen. E. S.
Bragg, of Wisconsin, and Judge A 1L
Morrill, and Col. Shorter, of Alabama,
all democrats. There was some talk
here a few days , ago ot pushing an
Alliance man for tills place, but if any
thing is being o!bne, it is very quietly,
and no formal application has been
put in. Under the law the place must
be filled by a democrat but it would
be an easy matter for Mr. Harrison,
Mr
nation, has if current talk Is tnieim-l f inciinejt tu fina a democrat' who
WEEKLY HEWS SU1HIABY.
IIAPPE2nZIQ3 DI THIS COUOTRY
FOR TIIE PAST XTEEK.
Thursday, Auffast 27
The North German Lloyd steamer
Weimar arrived at Baltimore, Md.,
yesterday with 5CC steerage passengers
including 150 Jews banished from
Russia.
they are going for the purpose of
raiding stills and breaking up the
Sims gang.
New York banks; now hold $12,
7G8.175 In excess of Ute requirements
of the 25 percent rule.
-
Julian Bin ford, a wholesale and
retail .iquor dealer at Richmond, Va.,
has failed. His liabilities are esti
mated to be about $13,000.
Two hundred bales of cotton were
is also an
do it?
Alliance man
but'will he An agreement has been arrived at buried t Bellville, Txas, yesterday,
between the Lake Krie k Western fn lh Inform of the Santa Fe rail
I'
reality to proceed .directly to Bal .
Harlr, where, as Mr. Harrison a per-j? "
oal aud confidential rcpresWtative, j AV J
frimda Kteam vachLostensibly to take WORLD'S FAIROTES.
a two wek s cruise lor.t ana recre-; ;
atioii, but, according to'the story, in 'a Htt, ttt- ta w-ek t tu.
is reported that the Prince of
iles, Emperor William of Germany,
m m II 1
m . l . . , w a a a . fu a mm
, :.. ... ,nf,r rith- Mr. Blaine and "u l W1
. j , ..(,. ! contemplate visiting the World's Fair
endeavor to get a direct answer trom .. :
that gentleman as td whether lie will . ia I893- v, -
acc. pt the republican nomination next 1 The managers of the great naval ex-
v. ar if it is tendered him. Should . hi bition at Chelsea, Eng., have con;
tha answer Uj iu the affirmative Mr. sen ted to allow the model of Nelson's
Harrison will shortly announce his-ship, the ' Victory,' to be transferred
wiihdrawaUs a candidate for ; renonu I to me oiumuiaii nxposiiiuu
Hon and tiie administration influence More than $5,000,000 worth of the
u ill 1m? iiMd-to makB MrBlaiiKtV iio-4 Exposition work is now contracted for
and is in progress.
A movement has been inaugurated
by the Sons of the Revolution in New
York to liavo-bctobe'ril'ith celebrated
throughout tfie world each year as
Discovery Pay." 1
The $1 0,000 painting of Christopher
Columbus, executed by the famous
im
iiiination unanimous Should the an
hAt r in the" negative iSecretary
Foster will endeavor , to persuade Mr.
Blaine to make public his Jetermina
t not to be acandiJate under any
cirennistauces. and his preference for
Mr. Harrison. It is puticeablc that
many prominent republicans who have
previously opposed Mr. Blaine's Presi
dential jispirations are' now in favor of
jus oiijimuioii, and .that is what has
eatied Mr. Harrison lo.thiuk that the
time ha come w hen either he or Mr.
JUaine should tornislly announce the
pontic ; they occupy i this matter.
Ordinarily such stories as this are
Mailed' at "in Washington, but owing
to the source from which ah is one
emanated and other circumstances, it
if. iieralJv accented as bei u g nearly
... p. ... j t
or quity true. Should Mr. Blaine de
cide to accept the nomination his re
mainingin the Cabinet ispioblematical
and wouhl depend largely i(ou Mr.
Harrison.
The death of ex-Senator Pomeroy,
of Kansas, was a striking reminder to
the old-timers ot the ups and down?
of jjolitical life. For a considerable
jK-nod Senator Pomeroy was the ido.
of his party in Kansas, and in "t how
tlavs his nartv was practical I v tlie nl
.one ill that State, besides wielding a
foiceful influence iu the national party
councils, but there came -a dark cloud
bet
railroad striking employes and General
Manager .Bradbury. The men will
return to work a once.
Most' of the money stolen from the
express car of the Georgia Central
train last Thursday has been recovered
by the detectives who have also ar
rested two men on suspicion of being
implicated in the robbery..
A bill has been filed by the receiver
of the Annistou, Ala., Savings and
Safe Deposit Company against the
directors of the company, chargiug
them with neglect of their official
duties.
The Georgia House of Representa
tives has, by a vote of 9i to 02, re
fused to accept for the State the Con
federate Veterans' "Home, erected by
popular subscription at a cost of $50,
000. The subscription wasstaited by
the late Henry W. Grady.
THE STATE CAPITAL.
LEADING TOPICS OF THE TO
AT RALEIGH.
road. Sparks from a passing locomo
tive caused the fire.
Senator, Blackburn of , Kentucky,
was stricken with apoplexy at New
CastkV about sixty miles from Louis
vfllft. He is said to h rapidly recov
enng from the attack. .
Monday, August Sf:
A receiver has been appointed by
Judge Clarke, at Atlanta, Ga for the
entity, it appears, even amooy the
most t a'ous Baptists. Perhape tb-y
think it too ambitious an undertaking.
The State board of public charities,
which has done such excellent work
in onranixim? boards in GS count ira.
Rxixion, N. i Seiterober 1. . . - 1..
There has been a gtxl . M of quiet formato for Tmithful cnminalt.
.-It. 1 4? 1 1 . . 1 ! J
.Kneren, Buay, u, r . Ym eMnoodtnU in the COUrtC of
the secret, regarding the secret letters peoitfUmJyt
which are being sent out from Wash- M of priioaera.
inton City, by Cot Polk, it is said. u fa pJufu
Tin letters are directly to the point. ,1.
They show what course the promoters d . . .0 ,f .
of the Third party are now storing, Uxeui w th notions that in being enw
and they show what ahold they think m hvrtMA Tberc MV
they have upon the democrat. To ?5 convict who ought not to
every man known, as an aspirant -for . . . .K-niu-oiarr. but ia a Staia
ipolitical office prefenuent thes
. j letters are bring sent. Tliey say 4oi . . ......i., .x.k
t IH9UUVUUU Sin UUW M
these persons that if they wisli a nony- hniU
the Third party, l our correspondent
U the first to mention the fact that
these letters, containing what may
well be deemed a distinct challenge I ir!r MnitllaK mi ta IMbxi U ia
FOUKIGN NEWS,
Friday, Aosut 8
: The fine new steam yacht Conqueror,
lumber firm of Austin & IJoyleston at
i . . i ?.-v ir
that place. It is claimed by the firm -or threat, lor sucn it is; aro oemg
that thev are solvent.
Moro m 1840, and, purchase m lon- the IroiK.rty Gf Frederick W. Vander
oou by Charles F. Gunther. has urn ved bilt hat n seized by the U. S. Gov-
at the custom house m Clncago, and Lrnment for non-payment of :i0,o00
will be displayed at the r air. duty. -
The Sultan of Zanzibar has decided iVenty-eight men have deserted
to make an extensive exhibit, and a from thu s warship Pensacola, at
request for s;a;:e h:w .been cabled.' San pranefsco. The men say that the
Massachusetts '-.will' devote $10,000 hjj, S unseawbrthy and that they will
to its educational exhibit. The State's not go to China in her.
entire appropriation is 75,000. J Gen.; Dyreli forth ami his party are
Guatemala has appropriated $100, meeting vj! h great success in their
000 in gold' foFlfe exhibit at the Kx- exrwriments throughout Texas. In
sbury Tark, N. J., was visited
last night by a heavy northeast gale,
driving the surf twelve to fifteen feet
high along the coast. The beach has
leen badly cut in several places.
The" United. Brethren church at
Bourbon, Ind., was entirely wrecked
on Saturday night by an explosion of
dynamite ' No one knows w ho caused
the explosion The church will be
rebuilt.
Mrs. Julia Fillmore ITams, the last
survivor of a family of eight brothers
and sisters, one of whom was Millard
Fillmore, the thirteenth President of
he United States, died last night at
he resilience of her son. Chas Harris,
in an r rancisco. ,rne was oorn in
1812.
UU WrM.
sent. The luformaliou comes strictly ne irunmi iimuwr ui tvw
from a sterling democrat. It is a 'bold I incrcliaaideiklwi ''towod'atutttul T r
step and shows what a leverage CoL protest to the Government and Cortes
olk thiuks he has. It is said that 1 against the new treaty with the United
these letters are goiug to other Sutes I States on the ground that the triity
thau North Carolina also. One may inflicts grave injury on the trade of
e sure they will stir up the democrats Spain with Spautsh West indies.
and develop any aggressiveness in . terrible thtmder storm preraikl -
them, no matter how latent. There iu the Trieste Mitrict; UuirtHArUsi
are some democrats who arc very I w." n.A.v it... ,-l.iirr-). ttnuk
ukewann and fearful and who trem-1 1. i:.,ilt,,; i..mL. kilUl
..i . . rait i "
01
position, and $20,000 additional lor it.
building. -
()f the 10G counties in Kansas eighty
live have organized World's Fair asso
ciations for the purpose of raising
every case, after using their explosives,
rain has quickly followed.- Cattlemen
and farmers are jubilant.
The Bremaker, Moore Paper Com
pany, at Louisville, Ky., -made an as
their aoDbftionment of the 1 00,000 1 swrnnient vesterdav afternoou to A- S.
i o f
which' Kansas started out to provide I Williams. Their liabilities are esti
lor iUrenrentationattho ExiRJsition mated at 250.000 and assets about
- , . . I w
Twenty-twof counties have already h$75O,O0O. Stringency in the money
raised their full share j market is given as the cause of the
The Territorial convention of the tailure
Liberal' party "in Utah has voted to Post officii InsrxjctorMaynard has
reouest the Legislature to appropriate ,worn out warrants at New Orleans
not less than $100,000 for the Terri- for the arrest of John A. Morris,
lit the shaH of charges of bribery and lorys representation at the Kxposition presideiit Paul Courad, and other Di
corruption, which although never
pro vet I, either iu a court of law or
le fore the Seuate c mniittee that in.
vesligated them, yet resulted iu de
feating htm for re-election- to the
Senate aud in desiroyiug completely
his iKjlitical influence. After serving
out his second term iu the Senate he
settled down in Washington and be
came known.as a lobbyist, whether; he
actuallv was a lobbyist is ni-re thau
your correVjoiidehf caiTsayr
The delegates : to. the , International
It is reported that the democratic and 1 tors of the Louistana State Lottery
republican conventions are certain to Company as well as the chief clerks in
take similar action. ' ' ' " the New Orleans office. They are
The photographers of the country charged with violating the law in
want a separate butlding at the Expo- reganl to the placing of lottery matter
sition, adapted to a 'magnificent pho- in the U. S. mails.
tographic exhibit collected fro'a the
e at the thought of the Third P81"1 Jand injured.
Let it be hoped that the number of
such will steadily diminish.
Naturally the dreadful disaster nearj
Statesville has been the theme of most I
talk in the past five days. This very
talk has shown the extent of what may
. Boulogne, France, was visited yes.
terday by a terrific lmrricano which
unroofed thirty houses.
The only surviving officer of tho
battle of Watcrloo,General Whichcote,
whole world. , A committee has been
appointed to' confer with the Exposi
tion officials upon the subject.
Arkansas, at its recent World's Fair
Saturday. August 29
Some delay was caused yesterday
by serious washouts along the line of
the Now York Central railroad. The
Tuesday, September 1
An extra session of the Tennessee
legislature convened at noon yesterday
at Nashville.
The amount of Ah per cent, bonds
con tin net I at 2 percent.-up to date is
a
$23.22 l,fi:0. This leaves about $27,
000,000 still outstanding."
The business portion of the town of
Winnemucea, New, was burned on
Sunday- Several fine buildings were
destro'ved including the gas works,
newspaper office ami ! a humlcr of fine
resnrwicos.
Eight of thtf Sims ganir ofoutlawg
have leen captnretl by U. Marshal
Walker and his posse ami brought to
Mobile. Ala. Six deputies aro after
Robert Sims the lder of the gang,
whose wherealjouts are known.
The Woodstock Iron Company's
charcoal furnace No. 2. at Anniston.
Ala., was entirely d5tfrnvel by fire
yestordav. One hnndrel thousand
bushels of charcoal were consumed.
The loss will ho atiotit HO.OOn. wliich
amount is nearly covered by insurance.
A Indon cablegram of August
27th savs: Baiu continued in torrents
. n
convention, which was a very enthu- washouts were caused oy ciouaoursis.
siastic one, adopted a plan of the stock The Secretary ot the Treasury has
,.i ... l I
Congress ot ueoiygisis, umcu nnu whorcby it e-M toUurned over to the Governor of West
on Wednesday start on a sJx thousand
mile excursiou tendered- Uieui by gen
erous Uuclo Sam. Many, of the dele
gates are 4isUguished-foxeJgnexs.
Washington turned out Saturd
night to see tlie L'uiou Veterans w
"Wednesday. September 2
Union cabinet makers to the nnm
bcr of about one thousand are oh a
strike for eight hours, at Chicago.
Governor Brown pf , Kentucky was
be termed the feeling against the roads. die1 " !n t"""-
This has cropped out in all sorts of Capt Amlrews ol llieUory Mennaw,
ways Some persons went so far as who started on an ocean race against
to charge that the railway people hail the dory Sea Serpent, has reached
"doctored" the track after- the acci- Antwerp on the steamer Elbrug. II
dent, so as to shift the blame; ccrtajn. became exhausted in nild-ocean, and
ly a very harsh charge and 5no never, abandoned tho race. , ,
to be made without the best of proof. The Provincial debts of Italy amount
It is said that the verdict of the jury to $2,980,300,000 or $10Jfor each in
will lay the road liable for heavy habitant.
damages. The verdict is what may A nnival of piracy is reported iu
be termed a scattering one. It hits thQ Egtern Mediterranean.
all in range. Some persons say, the
disaster will cost tho road, fust and
lot: lialf a tnillinit ilnllura Tim ItftH.
""'I " " I , . ..... ,
. -I I lO-Uay 111 Hie Illiuiaiiu wiunrem
J I 4.. .uwl at ttirrlttfall Tlui
the accident from iu jofnt of view. - "
. ., . itm t .i i : : . tanners nave uow iusb n uvw w
Chairman WUson of the Commission "" 1
sava there is no question of the correct "arvt
ness of the jury's verdict, that the I he latest news iromuutie is 10 urn
train was maliciously wrecked. There effwt that the (grtaisional or inatir
arc good grounds for the belief that it gnt forces have defeated the Govern
was for purpose of roblKjry. There nent forces under Balmacwla and in
arw plenty of people in this State suffi- w possession of Valirai.
ciently mean to commit such a crime. n,e (lennan -Government is gather
Grand Sire Charles M. Busbee, of ,g statistics as to the condition of the
the Odd Fellows, who was Uken to -c and wheat crops and, it is said,
Baltimore last week, does hot improve w very shortly suspend all duties on
there as it was hoped he would. The grain.
physicians say he can bo treated just pijent Diaz of Mexico, hat ap-
as well here as there He has not yet ju irm Umantuor, Mini-
the full use of his limbs. gtcf pienijiotentiary, to arrange a eo.
The farmers are not in good spirits mcrcilJ reciprocity treaty with the
in sharp and unpleasant contrast to United States.
their state of mind last year. Wet
weather, cool weather, floods and tliej
raise $100,000 for its representation at Virginia $27,328, being the amount
the Fair. ' of direct tax collected from individuals
Nosido shows are to bo permitted in Jefferson . and Buckley counties.
within the Exposition grounds. The A cyclone eorering - a space-of a
rdav T ti recto rv has decided that the entrance niile and a quarter long and an eiuhth
. JJ fee shall entitle the visitor Wsed every- of ale widert lJVeY
- . i .,-,'tinn tim mhwnre There will nnrtiftn? of Newark. N. J. yesterday I . . . . ... - .. t i
had just leturued from 4he annual 6 - ' .T.IL.. ........ aII L' ''iAuAAxun senousiy injure.,, on . o,
morning in an accident which hap.
The Empreaa of Austria lias shown
. . sums of insanity.
army worm are enough to nialte them I
. , tT . i i . : i i im now ever. severiM iiiian uui uciuwui o
meeting of the Union, which decided UB'u.u;t,C1,' , . , j - - - -
uuthUc.tjasiuucxtu.oeting place, kept rpan mg wl.Kh t!,eQnt t.leut to bmHinps an.j . Uj -
tho ttme to be tho mc tho O. A. th'o worM. itls cxpoctod, wUUppear, sons, .
. ; via,, q and visitors who choose to attend the rgDuo ii Co". wekly0 review
r . ... rrnrmnAc vi have to twiv &n ad- ni M(ia Utw Tli DTnorts of wheat
Yoder, the new v clected.Urand lorn f . t ' ; Ut L 7T f i I M lf . jA.il
mander of thcs Union Was present .fWrf ZiBjV T r Ti ZZ
..m in Cairo,will Debase, but bating ot of yeAr though somewhat los of ,
a '!
blue. The army worm is abundant in nwiwcnanu ' -
this secUon and devours the cotton by a railroad disaster, this time in
! im. i. .i .. I '.ttnrh' lier on lat Monday, a MUM
inaugnrati.d .at noon yesterday, at l-1 greeuu- " 18 V " " ,
i . - ------ .iu mcatrnr train oominir into th detot at
Frankfort. Ky, with elaborate and J : - -.r : "H ... ' ..t- .k
port appears, these worms will be je- w '
ported as at work over a wide area, which was standing there. Four pas-
Already they are all the way from senger cars were wrecked and many
hereto Weldon Paris green is the persons injured.
only thing to fight them with. Quan- A typhoon,, said to be the moat rio
titles o that poisoo .has been sent to ent that has vifited th Orimtal wem
the Sute farms on the Iloanoke near J n years, u reported by a ateamer from
impressive ceremonies.
Four pajtsengers were
killed and
the huugry gather thejragranco
of the $7,500 per anuura wmcn goes
Uloug wrthtte vacahcy ri0 the Board
of Inter Sta&i Commerce Commission
ers l"a"ul"wrT7T
U Brag. of Alabamal soema to haVt
extended to nearly, every, State in the
Union, for there are candidates from
pearly all of them; fiim some of theia
a half a dozen. Among the most
prominent of Uiii cand idates are Conr
gressmeu Herbert," of Alabama, and
Culbe
oriental countries in a few cases, will
be allowed f to charge .small fee to
special perfdrtiiances of a fthcdfrical
Lieut. W. E. Saflord, U. S. Spe
cial Commissioner of the World's Fair
tr, ltfrn'Vntt "111 via. "has secured 'for
the jun-AmeficWdeirtin the
Exposition five samples of the ceremo
nial 'dresses of the Jiberoa -aad Z4par-
ros l nutans, uuvui iu v.vwj
tumes is
pened on a T-iouisville, Evansville &
St. Txuis railroad near Troy, Perry
county, Tnd.
I The large steam barge Morrelli
came into collision , with the little
. i t t i u TUi;
flour and much Jess of corn. The , , v.
, -. - 2 .ilt.i ,-' Tf,Ui mtjrirrT near urasny isianu, hiruu
trade In cotton is shghuy improved at- -
i ne jenica eanK unmeviuiini,
wih her the captain's wife, the engi
neer and the fireman. ;
The : east-bound Rio Grande train
No. 4 was held up on Monday night
New Orleans, and at Galveston nhe
prospects aru favorable. At Savannali
rain for three weeks has affected trie
crop. Failures jfui;: the; veek 22C
against 21C last week- , .
A: party of forty selected detectives
from AlaUma, Mississippi and Louis
reported to surpass any of 'ian, under the leadership of U. S.
. -I . Ai. I V ira .nnv tn IIIA WHY
Weldon, to be thus. used.
The next Baptist; ijtate Convention
is to be held at Goldiboro, instead! of
at IUleigh, in October.;
The colored agricultural and mecha
nical college is not yet located, but it
U probable that IUleigh will be adoc- j
ted as tlie location. For many reasons
it is but right that it ahouki be here.
I Wilmington U thought to be ieoond
5v ?ven rouked men near Cotopaxi. the contest.
Cot Tlie robber, .fur a determined i U look very much like
resistance foom the express meen.j ff rf
ger. gained access to the. aafe and e retnale Lwrety The
I.,. ., cftn f f li .trr-nrr hr ! peopJ do not put up the 30,000
L . need-ed aa a starWr. Theresa good 1
Japan. About 20 Uvea Were loaL
Tlie (nitinopleccmtpociir
of the liondon Standard aaytr The
Suhan has yielded to all of '
demands respecting the Ilardanelhi,
which henceforth will be open to Mt
i Stan ycsBeis wncn ciowcm w w
It is rtportad in I'aris that Henry ,
E- Abbey u negotia for the par
chase of the Mariposa, a fast steamer,
to convey Mine. Ikmhardt and the
company I40 las engageJ ather suo
port in their coming tour" around tho
world. ' ":lAr 'y ' ' I.
rror;Will"amJuu left Berlin U
meet Emperor Franca Jweph. r
. , deal of lukwarmness about the Lnu
ui- - : -";: -! ".- - j " . t. t .. . -
uf oi exas; ei-.viiuiue xn-v ,
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