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VOL. 2.-NO. 42.
THE WORLD'S NEWS.
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A CONDENSED SljUpiAItY OP
A WEEK'S DOINGS
Suit fur Taxes Ag-ainut Senator Calvin H.
Ilrloe. Yellow Fever Ietalna 120
V-kiuU at Hanto. Attempted A
mumI nation of ItoMtell Sac. -THl'IUDAY,
DKCKMHKH 3.
In the U. 8. Treasurer's report for Pet-ember
1, the circulation per capita is stated
at $24.58. '
Tle steamship Eastern Oregon, was
burned at her dock at Olympia, Wash.,
yesterday. Bhe was value1 at $180,000.
At a fire on Orleans street, Detroit; Mich,
yesterday, a man, his wife and three child
ren were smothered and burned to death.
A d ynamite factory at Ilaverstraw, N. Y.
, was blown up yesterday afternoon, killing
live men. The s'uock was felt for a great
distance.
The treasurer of Allen county, Ohio, has
filed a suit against Senator Calvin S. Brice
for $17,850 alleged to be due for taxes.
The amount includes $2,000 in penalties
i in posed for non-payment.
The Adams Express Company's safe
which was rifled by train robbers on last
Monday, near Glendale, Mo., will lose, it
is stated? nearly $75,000. There is no
clue as yet to the robfyers.
The immense new armored U. 8- cruiser
New York, was successfully launched at
the Cramp 8hip Building Co's yard in
Philadelphia, yesterday. The launch was
witnessed by fifteen thousand people.
FOBEIQN.
The newly-constituted Bank of the Ar
gentine Nation at Buenos Ay res has com
menced business.
The condition of Ikm Pedro, ex-Emperor
of Brazil, is said to be serious. He is
afflicted with diabetes.
Owing to yellow fever at Santos, 120
vessels are detained there waiting to dis
cliarge cargo. Some vessels! are leaving
ami proceeding to otherports.
FUIDAY. DKCKMIIKU 4.
The five Mercantile Appraisers of Phila
delphia, who were indicted for fraud jn
oflice'were yesterday sentenced to dismissal
from office and to pay the costs of prose
cution. .
Benson C. Hazclton, treasurer, and L. C.
Powers, secretary, of the Royal Arcanum,
at Boston, yesterday acknowledged that
they had violated the insurance laws.
Powers was fined $400 and Hazelton $200.
Daniel II. Lannan, a member of the Suf
folk bar, who had been convicted of larceny
from a client, was sentenced at Boston
yesterday, to "eighteen months imprison
mnent in the House of Correction and his
disbarment ordered.
Plainfield, N. J., suffered from a $200,
000 fire last night. The fire started in a
barn and communicated to a coal and lum
lier yard and from that to another lumber
yard. A carpenter shop and twelve dwell
ings were also destroyed.
At Cincinnati yesterday officers of the
National Editorial Association called a
meeting there for January 20, to fix the
time and place for their next convention.
California, Seattle, New Orleans, Atlantic
City, Asheville, N. C, Winnipeg and Roa
noke. Wi., are after it. . -
FOREIGN.
Austria to-day removed the prohibition
on American pork.
Four English Quaker delegates have
arrived at St. Petersburg to .visit the
famine-striken districts of Russia.
An explosion of gas occurred in the new
underground railway in Glasgow yesterday
The street was blown up and six persons
were injured.
SATURDAY. DECEMBERS.
The magnificent new train shed and
depot of the Pennsylvania railroad at Jer
sey City, N. J., was badly damaged yes
terday by fire. The fire was caused by an
explosion of gas.
A terrible wreck occurred yesterday on
the New York and New England railroad
at East Thompson, Conn. A freight and
a passenger train collided with each other
and two other trains afterward ran into the
wreck. 'Several persons were killed, four
engines and a number of cars destroyed
The well-known New York banker.
Russell Sage, escaped death by a miracle
yesterday. A crazv man entered the office
and demanded $1,250,000, and because it
was not given him he exploded a dynamite
bomb. Two persons, including the crank,
were killed outright, and Russell Sage and
1 five others were badly injured. The build
ing where the explosion occurred is a total
wreck.
R. Q. Dun & Co's weekly review of
trade says: The only change observable in
tliecondition of business is a gradual im
provement. One sign of an unfavorable
character is that collections at small points
are slower and harder than usual, particu
larly where the low price of cotton leads
"eiders to defer selling as long as possible,
Money ig not particularly stringent any
where, though rather close at Nashville
and Montgomery- Failures for the past
k 330, against 295 for last week
rOREION.
I)n Pedro. ex-Emperor of Brazil,
dead. V
Cornwall, England, is being devastated
b J t le influenza enidemic. Hundreds of
inhabitants are prostrated by the disease
The Standard Bank of Australia,
at
Melbourne, Australia, announced its
pension yesterday. The capital of
bunk ia 1,000,000.
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SUNDAY, IJKCKMHER G.
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Thos B. Reed was nominated in caucus
ast night, together with all other officers
of the last House, for re election.
Secretary Proctor severed his connection
with the War Department yesterday after
noon and took official leave of all the offi
cers of that Department. He will take his
seat in the Senate to-morrow.
Report from the Northwest say that a
blizzard has been raging for two days
'oints in Minnesota and North Dakota re
port a snowfall a foot deep. Trains are all
blocked and cattle are suffering badly.
The north-bound passenger train on the
xmUville, New Orleans fc Texas railroad,
run rxfT ,Ar .. .1 ..1 . 1 I . l
. vii nit naiK aim iiiuiievti MlkU a LK1YOU I
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near Evansville. Miss. Five cars left t ho I
track. It is not known whether anvone
was killed, but nine persons were injured.
foreign.
The condition of Prince Georire of Wales
s not very good,, but no uneasiness is felt-
The people of Switzerland, by a plebis-
cite, have rejected a proposition that the
State buy the Central Railway.
eventy-tnree men lost their lives in an
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explosion of fire-damp which took place to-
day in a coal mine near St. Etienne, France
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MONDAY. DECEMHKIt 7.
The sugar house of the York plantation.
Plaquimine, La., belonging to Mrs. Louisa
Woods, was destroyed by fire yesterday,
together with 100 hogsheads of sugar.
Rev J. E. L. Holmes, one of the leading
iaptist ministers of the South, dropped
dead from apoplexy at his residence in
oavannan, ua.
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me waiter yoou Harvester torapany
of Hnnxtr-k Y, Vrt ni.,t.lS,l.
afacto'ryat St; Paul. Minn.i and a capital
$2,500,000 has been raised to build the
works. Twenty-five hundred men will be
employed
William Dean Howells, is soon to give
up his position on Harper's Magazine, and
will assume full editorial charge of the
Cosmopolitan Magazine on the 1st of Jan
uary. John Brisben "Walker, the proprie
tor, will continue the management of the
magazine. '
A large three-story building on Vine
strvet, Philadelphia.was entirely destroyed
by lire last night, involving a loss of about
$350,000. The building was occupied by
three different firms, doing business as
bookbinders, meat dealers and publishers.
FOKEION.
The Roumanian Cabi et has resigned.
New commercial treaties between Italy
and Germany and Austria have been signed
in Rome.
Of eighteen Archbishops and sixty -seven
Bishops in France all but six have sided
with the Archbishop of Aix in his opposi
tion to the Government."
TUESDAY. DECEMBER 8.
Circuit Judge F. D. Irvine, of Farmville,
Va., died yesterday. He was formerly law
partner of Gov. McKinney.
Seven hundred bales of cotton were
burned at New Orleans, in the Texas &
Pacific railroad company's cotton cohipress.
Loss $30,000. '
Secretary Foster's condition is becoming
serious and another physician, Dr. Magru
der, has been called to assist Dr. John B.
Hamilton. His friends are feeling anxious
about his prospects for recovery
Judee Crisn. of Georgia, was nominated
yesterday on the thirtieth ballot, by the
Democratic caucus, for Speaker of the
House of Representatives. Springer of
Illinois, cast the aecidmg.voie amm great
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Chief Justice Beatty, of San Francisco,
on oaiuruuy unuu iuv apjuiwuuu i
Curtis, the actor, for release on bail pen-1
ding , his trial for the murder of Police
Officer Grant. The application was refused
for the present until the Chief Justice had
examined all the testimony in the case.
Tlie new Pacific Mail steamer, Nicaragua
winch was launched at rniiaaeipnia lasi
OUm-, Ptiuv u
T -v ,r.l. nn Mu.f Vkkls-wEr . aotmi?hi rtn I
the coast of Salvador, Jast Friday, and be-
n-mo tntl loss She was on her maiden
trip. The Nicaragua, which was designed
for the South American trade, was magni-
ficently fitted up.
FOKEibN.
n.. cmrrtLK ,f tht mrruTh5al itlea.
in Hio Janeiro, will hold a meeting to-mor-
M t OU'J'V V4tJ v. -
row night to express their sorrow and grief
at the death Ot Dom 1 euro.
mated that la.uou persons nave uecn iu
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with influenza m Hamburg during the past
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week The fatalities, however, have been
few.'-
u iiiwiiuv dvtkmuek e.
The County Commissioners of Columbus,
Ga., have appropriate! $40,000 for the
Construction of a mobproof jail.
The John Dunlap silk mills at Patterson,
N. J., were burned yesterday morning
The loss will be about $12o,000.
Gunboat No. 5. christened Machias, was
launched at Bath. Sle.. vesterdav. She is
the first iron vessel launched on the Ken
nebec river.
The purchase is contemplated by the
financial committee of the City Council of
Wchinond, V a., oi a jpw.uuu resiuence ior
Mrs. Jefferson Dans, provided she will
make Richmond her home.
o.,. xi f n.
Utires Las passed the Child's bill, which
prohibits the manufacture and sale of in-
toxicating liquors in the State, except
under certain restrictions-
Potter & Co., eotton buyers of Augusta,
Ga-, have.madean assignment to Fleming.
Thomas os Co., Dangers, n ptwuauic
that the business will continue as usual-
DEVOTED TO THE BEST
WASHINGTON NEWS.
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OPKNINfJ OF THE FIFTY
. SECOND CONGKKSS.
Ilallotlng For Kpeakerhip. Interestiog-D--riptlon
of Smr of the w
31 embent of the Houne. Exciting
Kventa I'ro ml -!.
Washington. Dec 7, 1801. The
opening of the Fifty-second Congress
did not differ materially from the
openings of its predecessors, except in
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the fact that it introduced a larerer
number of new nien to the public-
that is the national public than any-
one tnem ever did, and that it was
Preceded by a struggle in the caucus
of t,ie dominant party of the House
of Representatives over the nornina
tion for the Speakership that has not
been equaled in intensity or the num
ber of ballots taken since the lone
contest, nearly forty years -ago, whicl
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resulted in the election ot Xathanie
P. Hanks, of Massachusetts, as Speak
er ot tiie House. I here were the
same crowds in galleries and corridors
the same rushing around among the
corps of newspaper men; the same ap
plause when the newly elected Speak-
er took his seat, relieving the retiring
Clerk who had presided while tl.fi
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I UiVlllUWO VYCtU UUillU 111 (IUU
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fUU ver the lottery drawiK for seats
111 Uie "ouse, winch your Oorrespon-
dent has been a witness of, once every
two years for nearly a score of years.
The most interestiug part of the
opening proceedings of the senate,
over which Vice President Morton
presided, was the swearing in of the
new iSenators. Senator Peffer, who
succeeds Senator Ingalls is a notable
looking man; he was born in Pennsyl-
vania and is sixty years old, Senator
Kyle, of South Dakota, is handsome
and does not look a bit clerical, al
though he is a Congregational minister
he was born in Ohio and is only thirty.
eight years old: Senator Irby of
South Carolina, who succeeds Senator
Hampton, is a fine looking man, and
slightly resembles both Senator Car
lisle and Gov. McKinley; he is a na
tive of South Carolina and is only
thirty seven years old the youngest
man who has entered the Senate for
more than a quarter of a century.
All three of these are members of the
Farmers' Alliance. Senator Gordon,
of Georgia, is well-known from his
long service in both the House and
Senate. He succeeds Senator Brown,
and is a native Georgian Senator
White of Louisiana, is entirely un
known in national politics. He suc
ceeds Senator Eustis, and is fifty-one
years old. Senator Gibson, of Mary
land, who is appointed to. serve out
" uiieipiruu wim -x
Wilson is favorably known, he having
served six years in the House and is
a very handsome man and is foriy-
m genator David B
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reputation, senator ua3 ui vv xwuu
sin who succeeds Senator Spooner,
j is also widely known, having been
both p0Stmaster-General and Secretary
I -T . 1 ,i, n0v0lar
administration. Senator Palmer, of
T .. . . M,PCfHidcd Senator Far-
11 ronnfdlmv o
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generation ago; he is seventy-five
years old, but his appearance belies
I t Senator Brice, of Ohio, who
succeeds Senator Pavne, has occupied
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I ronsiderable newsoaDer space ever
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sinro be became chairman or the
Xational Democratic Committee, bena
tQr cMiton, who succeeds Senator
n nfTOT.c hv annnintmpnt of
itvauj vt. jluauw, j 1 r
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unknown man, but the fact that he
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began me a "aevii in a nur
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oincc speass lor unii. ocuswi uamu-
ger. of New Hampshire, who succeeds
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I Senator lilair is also a nnnter. lie
made many friends amoug the work
jng men while a representative to tho
fcw eLninth and Fiftieth Congress.
H wag bjrn in ()ntari0 Canada, and
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is a practicing physician, having
studied medicine while working at the
case 'as a printer. Senator Proctor,
who resigns the Secretaryship of War
under the present administration to
succeed Senator Edmunds of Ver-
mQUt ls wjdely known a a typical New
mnn n.tnr Felton. of
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term of the late Senator iiearst, was
a member of the House of the tortT-
ninth Congress; he is New Yorker by
birth, and is a millionaire. Senator
HanRhoroutrh of North Dakota, who
Rlircecds Senator Pierce is an editor,
th(j member of Congress
1 elected from his State. Ho was born
INTERESTS OF SOUTHPORT AND BBUNSWICX COUNTY.
S0UTHP0ET, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10. 1891.
in Illinois. Senator Dubois, of Idaho,
was the Delegate in Congress from
that Territory before its admission as
a State. He also was born in1 Illinois.
His seat will be contested by Judge
William Claggett It will be interest
ing to note during the session what
effect this infusion of new blood will
have upon the Senate.
Turn which way you will in the
House of Representatives you are
confronted with new men, some well
known, but most unknown and am
bitious to be heard in the national
arena. Whatever the outcome of the
session in the way of legislation, it is
certain that the new men in Congress
will add interest to what will be
necessarily an interesting session of
Congress, being feeld upon the thresh
hold of the Presidential election. The
dead-lock in the democratic caucus on
the nomination of the Speaker was a
fair sample of what may be expected
in the way of exciting events.
THEN VOTE AYE.
How Kail road Ituild I'p G'oiuiuuultiea
and Financially Ait I tit Citizen.
(The Leadek takes the liberty of
publishing the following private letter
received from the Hon. Geo. W. Gard
ner, Ex-Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio.
While Mr. Gardner has not one dol
lar's interest in this county, he U well
acquainted with the situation here,
therefore his letter cannot fail to im
press every voter of Brunswick with
the importance of securing a railroad )
I have not seen all of the Leadens,
but when at home have read the paper
and noted with pleasure the constant
advance and progress to a better com
mercial condition that seems to bo
with Southport, and now I see by the
paper, you have actually an organiza
tion and prospect of a Railroad to
your fine City, and I hope the good
people of all the surrounding tribu
tary region understand fully what it
means to have first class railway facili
ties and so as to appreciate the proba
ble benefits that directly or indirectly
will be derived by every citizen.
There is no other one improvement
that can give such an impetus to in
crease in general prosperity as a rail
road, well constructed, well managed
and equipped and so laid out in line
as to bring the largest amount of coun
try area and its products right to the
door of its termini and that is what
is imperatively needed for the future
prosperity of Southport and every
inducement should be held out to
capitalists to invest and especially to
promote desirable improvements.
I note in connection with the pro
posed railroad for Southport, it is
proposed to vote on a proposition to
bond the County (I think it is), i. e. to
authorize the issuance of $100,000 of
bonds, the proceeds'of which are to be
used as a subscription for a like
amount of stock of the railroad. In
my opinion, and that is based on ac
tual experience in similar cases, right
here in our own beautiful and pros
perous City, which got its first real
impetus when the two first railroads
were placed in operation and to which
the City and not the County, by legis
lative authority voted to and did take
large amounts of stock in each Com
panythe people of Southport and of
the whole County, will miss a rare
chance if they fail to endorse the
proposition.
Authority to construct railroads in
the past has also included great privi
leges, not only in operation, but in
valuable grants, this being done to
secure construction; and while such
privileges and grants are really the
gift of the people, so should they be
provided with proper protection and
regulations that they are secured
against unfair treatment as patrons of
the railroad, and I nave no doubt that
the provisions made for the construe
tion and operating the proposed road
are ample in their tenor to coverall
this. Oftentimes, subscriptions are
made for stock because the subscribers
are holders of other large commercial
interests or the success of these other
interests may depend entirely on the
building and operating of a railway,
and so they subscribe even though
they are not sure they will receive
direct dividends from the stock itself,
but because they do feel safe and sure
of the benefits that will come indirect
ly or as a result of a completion of the
improvement; and so it ought to be
considered by the people of your
County, that they need a railroau, n
they are ever to get -out of the
woods" of an isolated country, and
CONTINUED OX FOUKTU PAOK.
W. W. W.
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TIIE BIGGEST THING KVEU
HELD IN" WILMINGTON.
Money Well lavested. 1'aa oa Krrry Side
L-eo ration on all Mdr. Mnlr
Galore. Prm! for the Committee
Abbey's Vasal Comment.
The '-floats" are dismantled, the
parades past, the music silent, decora
tions in tatters and draggled, but tho
glory of last week remains bright and
glorious. "We are the people", and
don't you forget it! Everything was
favorable for success in way of weath
er and local enthusiasm. Tho few
fearful ones who before the celebra
tion were undecided, arc the biggest
talkers now. I cannot begin to give
you full details of tho week, it would
take volumes.
The principal events I consider to
be the Marine parade on WednohU-,
fireworks on same night, Snrunt's in
dividual parade on Thursday, and the
Industrial parade same evening. The
river.exhibition was. verv interesting,
the boat march, races,' pilots hoarding
vessel and the diver at work in full
costume. The assistance your pilots
gave us in this marine exhibition was
considerable, and I heard much in
praise of Southport, because, of your
town's active aid in joining with us.
The display of fireworks was im
mense, mthe greatest ew; given in
North Carolina, and it cVftamly com
pared favorably with tho3e given at
Coney Island. For over two hours,
the great crowd looked on and enjoyed
the successive pieces as they were
fired.
Thursday, Alex. Sprunt & Sons,
gave a parade, in which the entire
force of the Cotton Compresses took j
part. Their 'float,' representing a j
steamship, was particularly fine, while S
the many signs carried by their em
ployes gave evidence of the business
done by this, the largest cotton ship
ping house in tho world. The evening
parade was the finest ever witnessed
in Wilmington, probably in the State, i
The 'floats, over sixty in number
were gorgeous with their colors and
lights, while leading different divisions
were the bands of music. On tho un
paved streets the traveling was diffi
cult, the large 'floats' bobbing from
side to side, with a decided sea effect,
also the trees in places interfered with
the banners and trappings,' but when
Front street was reached it was fairly
safe for everything, riders and those
on foot. Shortly after 6 P. M. crowds
began to gather in windows, on bal
conies and along the. streets where
the procession was to pass. Wilming
ton seemed to have a population of
fifty thousand. It was a dense . mass
on Front street, the entire . line of
march, while in the residence portion
every house was brilliantly lighted up,
and the yards and porches filled with
invited guests. The effect was per
haps more brilliant in tho business
portions, but the many fine residences
ablaze with lights made that part of
the lino of march very attractive to a
looker-on The city has been unusu
ally lively with the various visitors,
and the element which always is in at
celebrations, fakirs and pickpockets.
Two attractions especially notable,
were the handsome turnout of the
riymouth Rock Pants Co, of Mass.,
which occupied a prominent position
in the parade, carrying a jolly crowd
of newspaper men, and the Galatea
show, which drew thousands to fee
its illusion.. A feature of the parade
Thursday night wa3 the traveling men
in high hats, ulsters with capes and
each one carrying a sachel. . Your
Southport band did s:rao good play
ing in the parade. Naturally during
so much excitement and bustle, many
every day matters have been forgotten.
The bank failure has been -less; talked
of, still the Leadeb's account last
week made considerable talk. As for
myself it seems a matter of public in
terest, and when really nothing is
published--here, - the depositors will
imagine 'crookedness in the bank, u
matters are kept or .tried to be kept
quiet. From good authority I gather
that the depositors will be fully pa;d,
although the question of 'when', can
not be stated.
One of the public-spirited things of
the week was the playing of Prof.
Miller's band on MirkLtreet, which
was clone unsoiiciieu, wiujuu i
the enjoyment of those who heard
tjjem '
The Y. M. C. A. had an active
week Many visitors were constantly
intheirrooms,andthebazaAr was a
fineexibit. The room with loaned
articles was a source of great interest,
and tho exhibition was an excellent
one. One gentleman, especially, . de
serves the thanks of us here, fori his
hearty work in our interests. The
gentleman is Col. Fred Olds, of Ral
eigh, N. C. During the four davs of
his visit here he has been sending
daily letters to the press North and
West, which were worth thousands of
dollars as advertisements of our 4,Wel
come Week," and which must attract
attention to this section. As an adver
tisement and for trade interests for
Wilmington. I consider the week's
display worth $100,000, which; is a
good return for the $4,000, contribu
ted by our citizens. Our merchants
have been richly repaid for their
several contributions.
One thing in which we failed to
act altogether fair was in not giving
the colored people some part in tho
celebrations. A section in tho parade
could have been devoted -to their inter "
eus-with profit to all forties. 1 hope
to sie them given soino recognition
next year, for it seems now to le a
sure thing that Wilmington will have
another Gala Week iu 181)2. I Iiojhj
so, for this celebration has stirred us,
and that is what wo need tho most,
more 'get up'.
Although a great quantity of liquor
was consumed, -ver'v few drunks were
reported, and no aggravated criminal
cases of any kind have been, tho result
of so much drinking, Wilmington
has certainly passed a most enjoyable
anil profitable time
"W. W., W."
during her first
AliUEY."
WOKLirS FA I It NOTKS.
st-ily lrKPo.i of th Work in tho
VAriiMi-i Drpartuirntn.
The presentation of tho reports of
lhe president of tho National Commis.
sion-anJ president of the Board of
La,iy Managers were tho important
incidents of the week in the
progress
of tho exK)sition.
.Chief Ivusof tliM Fine Arts Depart
ment writes from Vienna, that he has
met with exceptional success in secur
ing exhibits from St. Petersburg and
Moscow, and that there will bo a
magnificent display of Russian art.
The Horticultural department has
asked for fifty additional acres, this
being absolutely required for nurse:
ries. One-fifth of the space will be
devoted "to floriculture, but the re
maining forty acres will be used in
viticulture and general department
work.
The special commissioner to Mexico
has opened World's Fair offices at
San Juan do Letrum.
Tho large colored' lithograph, the
bird's-eye view of the exposition now
being issued by the department of
publicity and promotion,1 has been
pronounced by competent judges the
finest work ever seen, of this descrip
tion. The Supreme Court of California
has affirmed the right of tho State to
appropriate $300,000 for its exhibit at
the World's Fair.
The ladies of North Wales arc writ
ing the Hoard of Lady Managers
concerning an exhibit of embroideries
The dome of tho Horticulture Build
ing is being placed, and the Fisheries
building has reached the second story.
German v will send 2000 different
varieties of wine. to the' exposition.
Prof. Putnam, Chief of Kth neology
of the Exposition, has suggested the
idea of making the World's Fair the
occasion of the beginning of a perma
nent and valuable museum for Chicago-
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The owner of the largest saw mill
in Mexico, is preparing a fine exhibit
of the cabinet - woods of that country.
The Director General ha. named
the special commission to Southern
Euro. The nominations consisted
of Hon. T. V. Hayard, of IfeUware,
James Hodges, of Maryland and Bar.
low X. Higinbviham, of IllinoU. The
nominations were confirmed by the
Exposition Directory. Hon. Thomas
X. Bryan, the member of the Commit
sion firt appointed, sailed for Europe
on Saturday last. -
Tt. construction department ha
about completed drawing? of the
columus'of the Woman's Building.
The preparations being preserved
thte may be of any contributed rna-
anal nd iti.iv racire m color from
, i j ?
j dark red to pal yellow or whita.
! The caps and bases of the columns
j should be of white marble and offer
I plenty of opportunity for the display
j of workmanship. These designs and
j dimensions arc now about ready to be
l given out.
TRICE FIVE CENTS.
;
RALEIGH'S BUDGET.
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A COHKKSPOXDENTS VIEWS
OX UALKIGII AFFAIRS.
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CHrt Im Dptl Oa.
TalufcU fUd DlNtrtrtd.
Ralkoh. X. C, Dec 8. Tho Board
of Agriculture is certainly earnest
in its endeavors to benefit tho Stato
and tho lending of its aid in tho" mat
ter of securing a display of North
Carolina's resources; at tho World"
Fair is additional proof of this. Tho
board will bo ablo to utilize quite a
sum of money for this purpose, but
will of coursof have to bo backed by
every man in North Carolina who has
the State's interest -at heart. This is
an old phrase but means much. Ily
unity of effort these North Carolinians
can do almost anything; they can push
their State far to tho front. To tell
the truth this Stato has never been
fully represented, because some of tho
sections hunir back. Now North
Carolina must no longer bavo sections,
but be solid. Tho board will hvo
entire charge of tho exhibits. It will
utilize many of tho articles in tho
museum, and will supplement theao
with a special collection of minerals
in masses.
The Stato Hoard of Education has
given an option on no less than 700,.
000 acres of land in Hyde and adjacent
counties to a syndicate' of North
0 ,
Carolina men. This is called swaran-
land, while in reality very littlo of it
is swamp land. I talked tho other
day with II. U Butters of Columbus
county, who bought 40.000 acres of ;
these lands and who la put tho great
sum of $250,000 into their develop
ment. r Un expresses himself as
plea&ed with his venture. Ho hat
splendid timber and his mills cut up
100,000 feet a day.
Little industries tell in this Stato
as elsewhere. In tho Magnolia sec
tion, Duplin county, tubercso culture
is a very important matter. It is tho'
center of that business in tho United
Slates. The bulbs are in three classes;
those ten inches iu diameter selling at
$9 per thousand. Tho yield per acre
is some 00,000 bulbs, and theso bring
a return of something like $350, on
an average. That is a profitablo crop.
Some of the growers have 50 acres in
cultivation. Chicago is tho chief mar
ket. The bulbs are gathered, dried,
in long houses and packed for ship
ment after having been graded. To
nine out of ten people in the Stato
the facts here stated will bo news in
deed.
The d iscovery of tho truo green-sand
one of tho most valuable 5 of natural
fertilizers, has been made in New
Hanover county, and no doubt tho
beds extend into Pender also. This
greensand has done a great deal for
Xew Jersey. Its value is not fleeting.
1 1 lasts several seasons. Tho deposits
so far found here are largo and tho
valuo high. The phosphate deposit,
are hardly touched as yet. Only at
Castle Hayne in Xew Hanover county,
is it mined. Convicts will in future
do the rough work and 200 tons a day
will be taken out. It goes to Raleigh,
Richmond and Baltimore.
The trustees of tho Agricultural and
Mechanical college have had a very
satisfactory meeting. The college
is quite well supplied with funds nd
is flourishing. Two dormitories are
nearly finished and tho trustees decide
to put up another, as there are notic-
that many new student are coming.
The number will in six months reach
150; being .now 108. The fttadenU
are doing well, and the bllego is
making a record.
L. Is. Tolk will in tho future, his
son in law tells me, Confine himself
much, more closely to the duties of his
office at Washington, and will not
travel so much. It is not yet known
who will be his new prirato,Secretary
and he may not have one at alL
The pension warrants are now all
in the hands of the county authorities
or of jeni6ners. The rapid distribu
tion of .some $45,000 just before the
hoiiday-StesAon will make itself felt.
The failure of tho First National
Bank at Wilmington and tho flight of
the cashier, IL M. Bowden; were sen-
sauons of the past two weeks, it is
said there was only $12,000 in cash in
the tank. The depositors will proba
bly get their money. Some people
tay lheywin not get over 5 Oct on tho
$1. That is probably an error. The
bank at Clinton, a shaky affair and
badly managed went by the board.
The itockholders are required by tho
State bank inspector to put up $30.
000 to meet the deficiency. TbJj
must be done within 30 days.