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THE - WORLD'S NEWS.
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A condi:nski summary op
A WHKK'S DOIXCiS
Necruea Threatened With Ktartloo.
I.arge Coal Iatereata Conolldatel
Printer' Hume Opened. Klooda
ia Misuari. fir, Kte.
Till UN I AY. MAY 11
. (i rent numbers of hegro colonists in Black
Jack county, Oklahoma Territory, ore
threatened with starvation.
The United States fruitier Castine was
launched yesterday at Bath, Me-, in the
presence of about 5,000 people. :
William A. Ness, a capitalist of Cincin
nati. )., made an assignment yesterday.
Liabilities $130,000- nominal aasets $200.
0110. '
A severe w ind and hail storm passed a
few miles west of Washington, I). C , yes
terday, destroying hot houses and mining
early vegetation.
Orders have Ixt-n issued by the Secretary
of the Navy and the Yorktown, Mohican.
Adams and Bush will sail from Port
Townsend for 'Bering Sea
The Tennessee Coal, , Iron and Railroad
Company and the I)e Bardcleben CojiI and
Iron Company, two of the largest com
panies in the Southhave consolidated.
Joseph M. Nchoolcy, a well-known Phila
delphia jwdlce captain, committed suicide
yesterday by shooting himself in the head
while temporarily insane. iUh record is
Itcyond reproach.
VOHKION.
Cholera is epidemic at Cabul, the capital
f Afghanistan. The Ameer lias with
drawn from his palace and encamped just
outside the walls.
Fire has destroyed the Orchard Sugar
Refinery and stores at Greenock, England,
causing u loss of $150,000. This has
caused an advance in the price of crushed
sugar in London. -j- "
While 100 workmet--"and their wives
were crossing the river near Brody, a town
in Austrian Ualiciav on a raft, the raft cap
sized, throwing nill into the .water. Sixty
persons were drowned-
Fill DAY. MAY 1
The Capitol Uuildineait Santa Fe, N. M.,
valued at $230,000, was burned yesterday.
lion. William Henry Smith and Charles
U. Williams, general manager and assistant
manager respectively of the Associated
Press, liave purchased the Indianapolis
News.
The large jMittery works of Thomas G.
Maiidock- & Son at Trenton, N. J., was
totally destroyed by lire yesterday. Loss
$175,000; partially insured. The building
occupied an entire square.
The Childs-Drexel national home for
Union Printers, the only institution of its
kind in the world, was dedicated at Colo
rado Springs, Col., yesterday. Over six
1 mud red members of the National Editorial
Association were present.
The great steel bridge across the Missis
sippi river at Memphis, was formally de
clared oiH'ii for trallic. The occasion was
marked by impressive ceremonies. Thou
sands of people were on hand to witness
I lie oiicning.
rouEiQN.
Ten thousand foreign Jews in Odessa
have lieen ordered to leave Russia forth-
with. " 1
1 ley mann, Alexander & Co., yarn nier
chants at Bradford, Eng., have failed
Liabilities, $400,000.
Discounts at the Bank of France have
-decreased 800,000,000 francs during the
past four months, owing to the operation
of the uew French tariff.
SATURDAY. MAY 13
The will of Augustus Kountz of New
York, U'queaths $.70,000 and fifty business
lots in Omaha, Neb., to the Synod of the
Lutheran Church of America, to erect a
theological seminary.
Paymaster Fox of a Syracuse, N. Y.,
quarry company, was held up 3-esterday.ii!
tin town of Geddes by two highwaymen
who rohticd him of $25,000 which was to
have becu useil to pay the hands at the
quarry.
Two thousand persons assembled yester
day at the opening exercises of the Con
federate Soldiers' Home nt the Hermitage,
near. Nashville, Tenn. The building, which
is u hucMmc, is surrounded by nearly 500
acres of land, once owned by Andrew
Jackson. U G Dun Jc Co'8 weekly review of trade
says: The continuance of very unfavorable
weather throughout a large part of the
West liegins to cause apprehension regard
ing the crops of the year, but a short period
of gtHul weather would speedily change the
temper of business- Reports of collec
tions favorable considering the weather.
Failures for the past week, in the United
states ami Canada, 175 against 287 the
corresponding week of last year,
FOBEION.
Minister Porter has arrived at Rome,
Five American tourists hvp obtained
d images against the Canton pf Berne,
Switzerland, for illegal arrest on August
8, 1889.
The relief ship Coneniaugh, loaded with
grain and provisions from Philadelphia,
has arrived at Riga, Russia. The work of
unloading will be commenced at once.
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SUNDAY. MAY 14
The Associated Banks of New York now
b"M $15,772,125 in excess of the require
ments of the 25 per cent, rule.
Post master General Wanamaker has sent
statistics to Congress which emphasize ihe
demand for postal savings banks
The largest log jam ever known in the
Northwest, containing over ."; 1.70.000,000
feet of logs, is threatening to turn the St.
Croix River. Wis., into a new channel.
The Lehigh V obey freight house with
its contents, and several other large .build-'
ings, including an hotel, were destroyed by
fire yesterday at Hazleton, jPa. Los
$100,000.
.Ex-pMtnwKter W. II. Waring, of Madi
son, Fla , lias been arrested by a U. S.
Jlarshai, charged with embezzling post
office funds to the amount of between $600
and $700- Waring has been placed under
$1,000 bonds.
Cope J. Snapp, who with others a few
years ago, swindled the City of Louisville
out of $800,000, baa been convicted at St.
Paul, Minn., of raising checks to the
amount of $6,000 and sentenced to serve
ten and a half years in the penitenttary.
YOHtlOS. i
Gold bullion to the amount of 10,000
has been withdrawal from the Bank of Eng
land for shipment back to New York.
Her Majesty's Theater, in Imdon,which
has lx-en used as a play house' for nearly
200 years is soon to lie torn down. An
immense hotel will take its place.
The Brazilian Congress was opened on
Friday at Rio Janeiro by the1 reading of
the President's message. It deals mainly
with the recent u prisma: in the State of
Matto Grosso.
MONDAY. MAY 15
The U. S. cruisers Baltimore and Charles
ton have arrived at Portland, Oregon.
t The New York Tabernacle Baptist
church has leen given $50,000 in bonds by
the Standard Oil Co., magnate, John P.
Rockafeller.
Senator John S. Barbour, of Virginia,
died suddenly on Saturday, of, heart dis
ease, at his residence in Washington, I). C.
lie was 71 years of age.
Eleven residences and two store buildings
in 11 suburb of Jacksonville, Flu., were de
stroyed hy fire early yesterday morning.
IjOsh $12,000; insurance small, j
It is thought that Russian spies set tire
to the building in Boston, where Frost, the
artist who accompanied George - Kenuan
through Siberia, had his studio. His
sketches of the trip were destoyed.
A' serious wreck occurred Saturday night
on the Norfolk & Western railroad near
Hagerstown, Md. The accident was caused
by an open switch- The conductor of the
passenger train was killed and several pas
sengers seriously injured, j
FOREIGN.
Germany" is said to have accepted the
invitationlo an interoatio al silver confer
ence. : ; "
A lugger was sunk yesterday, of Castle-
townsend light, County Cork Ireland, by
an ocean steamer. All of the crew were
drowned. ;
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It is reported that the Russian police
have discovered a number of mines under
the Gjatchina Palace, the mines extending
for a distance of several kilometers around
the palace.
TIIKSDAY MAY 1
Baron Fuva. the Italian Minister to the
United States, arrived at New York on
Sunday.
Diptheria is epidemic at Erie, Pa., a large
proportion of the cases proving fatal. , The
public schools will-all be closed.
Floods In Missouri have assumed a very
serious aspect. Two hundred houses or
more have been wrecked, many business
nouses are flooded and there jhas been con
siderable loss of life-
The United States Supreme Court has
decided that it is not unjust discrimination
or against the Inter-State Commerce act
for railroads to sell tickets cheaper at
wholesale than at retail. (
A committee of nine, one jfrom each of
of the Southern States, has been appointed
by Gen, J. B. Gordon, President of the
United Confederate Veterans, to present a
memorial petition before the Legislature of
each of the States, asking ttetu to vote a
life pension to the widow
of Jefferson
Davis.
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FOREIGN.
Gislorne & Co., of Calcutta, have failed
through losses in indigo ajid exchange.
Their liabilities will amount to 250.000.
A terrific, hurricane has passed over cen
tral New Zealand and the damage isenor
mous. Hundreds of acres of valuable
crops have been ruined and many coasting
vessels bae been lost. j
WEDNKSDAY. MAY' 1
Dennis IiCahv & Co., wholesalo dealers
in woolen cloths, Chieago,j have failed-
Liabilities $100,000.
A tornado passed over ! a portion of
Nebraska on Monday night. ! Houses were
blown tlown and it is feared tjiat there may
have been some loss of life, i
Three negroes in jail at Clarksville, Ga
charged with the murder of policeman
Carter at Toccoa last week, were taken
from jail yesterday morning by a mob and
hanged- All protested innocence
The Mayoreof Toledo, Ohio; has declared
himself in favor of Sunday base ball, as he
says it will keep men and boys out o
saloons. He lias been denounced from the
pulpit and big religious demonstrations
have been held.
FOBL1GX. .
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Workmen belonging; to thevarious labor
societies in the City of Mexico paraded
Sunday in honor of the re election of Presi
sent Diaz. Students held rival demonstra
tions and the two parties came in conflict
The lire brigade turned out amd disperse:
the rioters with water-
WASHINGTON NEWS.
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AN INTEKIISTING LETTKK
FliOM THE CAPITOL;
Mr. Springer Haiti at Work un the Tariff.
The New PmUffice HUI at ;mmI One.
Iturial of the Late Senator Har
bour, of Virginia.
WAgmxoTON, D. C, May 1G -The
Ways and Mean3 Committee is pro-
paring to attack the metal schedule.
Mr. Springer was spurted up to this by
the appearance in print of the recent
repoit of Commissioner of Labor
Wright. Although not able to apply
limself diligently to the task on ac
count of his health, still Mr. Springer
tas made considerable headway - and
lopes to have a number of bills bear
ing upon this schedule acted upon bo-
fore the Fifty-second Congress passes
into history. Mr. Springer was yes
terdav carefully studying Mr. Wright's
repoit. which had just ieen bound
and sent to' him. and the information
ie found was not only valuable to the
student of the tariff but exceedingly
feasant to Mr. Springer personally.
'Let me give you an instance of
low simple it is to; reach the proper
conclusion when you hae the figures
properly classified," said Mr.Springer.
'find here that the total cost of mann
acturing a ton of steel rails, inclini
ng salaries, taxation, repairs, and
transj;ortation to. .the market, is in
England 18.01, and in America $24.-
G0 .Now, what does this show?" con.
tinned Mr. Springer, in a voico that
indicated he anticipated proiounllinr
an unanswerable proposition. -'-It
shows this: The difference in cost 1k;-
tvveen the two countries in favor of
Cngland is SG.O.V That is what the
duty ought to be and not a penny
more, but instead of this, the , McKin-
ey bill provides a duty ofl.'5.44 a
ton. Tn the figures given for this total
cost, every conceivable item of ex
pense and cost nas been included, so
that the McKiuley duty, in addition to
protecting the manufacturer to the ex
tent of the $(.05 a ton, which he. per-
iaps,ought tohave.gives him an actual
bounty of $8.39 a ton, hot a dollar of
which goes into the pockets of the
men whose laboi makes the finished
product.
"1 would cut the McKinlev tariff
square in two. My idea is that that
the only protection needed is that
which would simply make the total
cost equal. In other words, I would
put the two manufactured products
on identically the same level and make
the 'freight the protection. It costs $2
a ton to ship steel rails to this country,
and inasmuch as English manufactur
ers have to deliver their goods in our
ports, the freight would have to oper
ate to that extent as a duty.
'This is a sample case, and with
these tables as a basis, we can go
through the whole metal schedule in
the same way, and by a mathematical
calculation show how much the duty
ought to be in all cases. Heretofore
we have groped somewhat in the dark
and guessed at the cost of production.
I hope to see iron and copper on the
free list and the manufactured articles
in this schedule properly listed before
this Concrress adjourns.-
A bill to exclude political in
fluence from the 61,000 fourth-class
postofSces in the country was agreed
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upon, at the meeting of the House
Committee on Civil Service Reform
on Friday. The bill provides for the
division of the country into postal dis
tricts, and that where vacancies occur
open competition shall be announced
by the postoffice inspectors, who shall
recommend the best man to the Post
master General after receiving their
applications and examining the facts.
An amendment requires personal
visits of postoffice inspectors where the
annual salary paid is in excess of $100,
except in cases where there is only
one applicant, when the inspector may,
if he thinks best, recommend the ap
plicant for appointment without visit
mg the locality.
Congressmen and other Federal
SfScials are forbidden to make recom
mendations or to interfere in any way
with appointments under the bill, and
appointments or removals upon politi
cal grounds are prohibited.
All day yesterday the gray, home
like mansion east of the Capitol where
Senator Harbour was used to gather
his friends atout him in life opened
its doors to these same friends, who
came with tributes of respect and af
fection to the dead Virginian. Over
on the Capitol the flags hung at half
mast all day. At a - meeting of the
Virginia rVemocratic Association.held
at the Metropolitan Hotel in the
morning, speech s in eulogy. of the
dead Seuato were made, and resolu
tions of respect were adopted. Mes
sages of regret and condolence to the
memlters of the ljereaved family
poured in from every section of the
State, coming trom the most eminent
men in political, professional, and
business circles. ;
At 11 o'clock this morning Senator
Harbour's remains will be conveyed
from his late residence, 144 Ii street
northeast, to the Marble Room in the
Senate wing of the Capitol. The Sen
ate will meet at 12, and at 1 o'clock
the body will le taken in the Senate
chamber.followed by., the high officials
of the bodies mentioned in the usual
order. After the services the com
mittees of the Senate -and House will
escort the body f roni the chain ber.and
when the guests have retired it will
be accompanied to the family resi
dence bv the Senate.
WORLD'S FAIR NOTES.
Mrs. M. 15. Thatcher,alternate Lady
Manager for Colorado is now in Chi
cago. Mrs 1 natciier is the Dearer or
the proposition of a pleasant little
ilan, from the ladies of her home,
ieblo. to the Board of Lady Mana
gers. I he, 1 ueolo ladies wish, to give
a casket to contain the historic ham-
ner which is to drive the last nail in
the Woman's Ruilding. This casket
is designed to be composed of the most
precious metals of Colorado, including
robably a good deal of filligree sib
ver. lne decoration ot the casket
will consist of the flora of Colorado,
and its form will be am mature repro
duction of the unique mineral palace
of Pueblo.
The Kentucky State Board visited
Chicago last week to confer with
World's Fair officials concerning the
State exhibit. A club house will be
erected, and conspicuous showing will
be made particularly in the depart
ments of Forestry, Agriculture and
Live Stock.
Stock to the amount of $30,000 has
already been taken in the Woman's
Dormitory Association. Letters com
ing from self-protecting women all
over the count',- speak of the- unex
pected prospect of seeing the Exposi
tion, afforded them by the Dormitory
lan, and are filled with eager demands
or stock. Miss Cunningham, Lady
Manager for South Carolina, recently
appointed in place of Mrs. Thompson,
who resigned, has already sold the
fifty shares of Dormitory stock alloted
to her State.
An interesting feature of the Live
Stock exhibit will be the liberation on
the grounds of a large number of
homing pigeons,exhibited by breeders
from every section of the country.and
records will be made of their flights.
Among many suggestions concering
the show, some fanciers propose the
establishment of messenger lofts on
the Exposition grounds, and at out
lying points. From this birds will be
sent out with messages at regular hours
and those messages may be kept as
souvenirs of the great Fair.
Mrs. Viola Fuller Mitchell, South
Dakota, has applied for space in the
Woman's Building for a unique and
beautiful opera cloak unlike anything
ever seen before. The garment which
is fifty seven inches in length, and
circular in design, is composed of cer
tain small and particularly delicate
feathers of prairie chickens. Only five
or six feathers of this particular kind
are found on a single bird, conse
quently the cloak represents not only
ten years patient labor but the plum
age xf hundreds of birds. The feath
ers were sewed to the foundation one
at a time, and deeply overlapping now
form a light even surface smooth as
the bird's breast. The cloak is trimmed
in otter fur which is also the product
of South Dakota. j''
The President of the Indian School
of Arizona has offered the loan of a
rare date palm, 200 feet high, for the
ornamentation of the Exposition
grounds. This palm last year bore
200pounds of f ruit,someof the bunches
weighing IS pounds, with 110 dates
in a bunch.
The Civil Engineers of the United
States are contemplating holding a
Congress during the World's Fair.
The first car-load of ornamental
plants for the decoration of the Hor
ticulture Hall and the surrounding
grounds has been shipped by Richard
Dale of the Ponce de Leon Hotel. St.
Augustine, Fla. It consists" of nine
hundred plants, large well grown
specimens of fine varieties, and are a
highly valued donation to the Expo
sition. Many paintings fiom the Vatican
will be sent to the Fair.
ASTOirS FORTUNE.
HOW IT IS TO BK lISIOSKI
OF II Y HIS WILL
ProvUion to I'reveat the Diuipatlun or
the Property. ' Lrrarjr for Mn.
Drayton. Heary AUr lUiu
herlUMl hy the Will.
Philip Kissam, one of the excutors
and trustees named in the will of WiL
liam Astor, took, that document Fri
day to the Probate Clerk in the Sur
rogate's office and formally offered it
for probate. " Mr. Kissam did nothing j
beyond complying with this formality.
He did not even request that citations ;
be issued This application will pro
bably be made bjr Monday. Itia be
lieved at the office of Mr. Astor's attor
neys that all the proceedings to follow
will be purely a matter of torm so far
as the Surrogate is concerned, and
that no one will oppose the probate of
the will.
The will covers sixty-six pages of
closely written manuscript. It was
evidently the intention of Henry Day,
who drew the will for Mr. Astor, to
leave no loophole by which any of the
Astor property might be dissipated,
and to make every possible provision
for a distribution of the earning of the
estate and for continuing the milk of
the estate in a single male sucessor.
John Jacob Astor becomes pos
sessed of the fortune that came to his
father from William B. Astor and of
a very considerable fortune besides,
representing the greater, part of the
accumulations of the original fortune
by income and earnings.; The dispo
sition of William Astor to keep as
large a portion of the property as pos
sible in bulk, appears in frequent pro
visions that in case of failure to carry
out the bequests the money set apart
shall revert to the residuary estate of
which John Jacob Astor is to be the
owner.
There are one or two suggestions of
public bequests in the will apart from
the specific sums given to various ins
titutions, a list of which was published
yesterday. The will provides that in
case John Jacob Astor may die, no
issue surviving him.all of the pictures
remaining in the Bfth Avenue house
after Mr. Astor's death, except the
portraits of Mr. Astor's grandfathers,
Astor and Armstrong,shall go to to the
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Trustees of the Astor Library
are to contest whatever amount of
money from the estate may be claimed
by Henry Astor or any one represent
ing him.
The original will was drawniJan.12,
1882. It provided for each of "the
daughters a trust fund of $600,000
Irom the testator's individual estate.
Mrs. Van Alen had then died, leaving
three children who were to receive
her share. The other trusts of $600,
000 were to be created for Helen,now
the wife of Mr.Roosevelt,and for Char
lotte Augusta, the wife ot J. Coleman
Drayton. A special trust of $1,000,
000 was to be created for Caroline,
now Mrs. Wilson.
The trust that was to be created for
Mrs. Drayton was disposed of in the
sixth and last codicil to the.will.which
bears date Nov. 12, 1891. This codicil
revokes the article of the original will
making provision for Mrs. Drayton
and proceeds as follows:
"I hereby devise and bequeath to
the said executors acting as trustees a
share of my property, real and per
sonal, valued by them at$850,000.the
same to be set apart from my indivi
dual estate not specifically disposed of
in this will, and to be appraised by
the executors, whose appraisal shall
be final. I direct my said executors
to divide the same into four different
shares, and to hold each share in trust
for the purposes and in -the manner
following :
"I direct them to hold one such
share as a separate trust estate for the
use of each of the four children of my
daughter, Charlotte Augusta Drayton,
now living, named as follows : Caro
line Astor Drayton, Henry Coleman
Drayton, William Astor Drayton and
Alida Livingston Drayton, and to pay
over the net income thereof to the use
of the child for whose use such share
is held during hi3 or her natural life.
'I direct said trustees to pay for the
maintenance of each of said children
during his or her minority such pro
portion of said income from the share
held for his or her use as they may
think proper, and to accumulate the
remainder and to pay over the said
accumulation to said child when he or
she shall arrive at the age of twenty
one years."
The will provides that upon the
death of any of the beneficiaries of this
codicil the money shall be applied to
the issue of the person thnsdving.and,
in case of no issue, it may be divided
among "the surviving children. In
case of no surviving child ren.it shall go
the other daughters or their children,
or be returned to the iesidu.iry estate.
Then the codicil proceeds : I
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-me loregoing provision lor lne
children of my daughter Charlotte
Augusta Drayton I direct shall take
the place of the sixth article of my
said will. : I have maae other and
ample provision for my daughter be
sides those in said sixth article named.
The sum or $850,000 mentioned in
this codicil of last November includes
$250,000 which had been added to
the original $C00,000 in trust for Mrs.
Drayton, the addition ! having been
authorized by a codicil dated Juno G,
1888 ; I .,.
The will and its codicils reflect
somewhat the unpleasant relations of
Mr. Astor's life. When the original
will was drawn the brother Henry
had .ceased to be recognized by the
family, and this clause regarding him
was included in the will.
"It is my will and intention that neither
my brother, Henry Astor, nor hi is
sue shall, as heirs at law or next of
kin, receive any portion of my estate;
and any such portion to which he or
they would in any contingency be en
titled I give to the Trustees of the
Astor Library for the corporate pur
Iose of said institution."
The witnessess of the will are Dan.
Lord, (Jeorge Waddingham, and
Frederick W. Adee.
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NORTH CAK0LIXA.
Concord ha3 voted a subscription
of 75,000 to the building of the Con
cord Southern railroad -380 votes for
to only 1.'5 against, out of a registered
vote of 501, and the people are de
lighted. The New Berne Ju says that
the destructive fire which took plilce
111 that city on Thursday night of last
week destroyed the city market and
wharf and several other buildings.
The total loss. will be about $25,000;
insurance small. I
Judge Boykin, at Raleigh on Wed
nesday last week, sentenced E. F.
Moore, ex-President of tne broken
Peoples' National Bank of Fayetteville
and who had been .convicted of false
pretense, to serve five years in the
penitentiary. The judgment will bo
appealed from to tho Superior Court.
The Greenville lteflfclnr contains a
stirring account of a lively conflagra
tion which took place in that city on
Sunday evening last week. Four
houses were destroyed and many other
large buildings endangered- Only a
providential change in the direction
of the wind saved a number of build
ings from the flames.
While Mr. Furman Tutor was ex
amining a loaded gun belonging to
Mr. J. B. Crawford at the latters's
store Tuesday night, thd hammer sud
denly exploded, sending the entire
load of heavy shot through a tub, a
portion of which struck Mr.John Derr
in the left cheek and neck, causing a
painful but luckily not fatal wound.
Mr. Derr was standing on the counter
immediately behind the tub which no
doubt saved his life. Both are young
men, about 20 years of age. Golds-
boro Headlight.
On Sunday night, about 12 o'clock
Mr. II. W. Dupree, who lives in Edge
combe county, about five miles from
town, after having a quarrel with his
wife, got up, and went out and set fire
to his barn, containing all their corn
and fodder, which was entirely con
surned. He then returned to the house
and told his wife what he had done,
and advised her to save her old barn.
He was arrested and taken before jus
tice Killebrew, who committed him
toEdgecombe jail as a lunatic. Rocky
Mount Artonnut.
Mr. Herbert Brimley, a few days
ago, killed m a marsh near here a ruff.
This is a species of sand piper, of
which only two or three specimens
have ever been known in 1 the United
States. It is a European ! bird, small
in size, and with a singular ruff or col
lar of feathers around the neck. This
ruff is large in proportion to the size
of the bird and gives the latter its
name. Tne bird was at once sent to
Washington City. In the spring the
ruffs fight just like roosters. --State
Chronicle.
During the early part of last week
there was a considerable cave in of the
Cowee tunnel, on the Muiphy branch
of the Western North Carolina rail
road. The tunnel is located one mile
west of Dillsboro, and is the longest
on the line, being 800 feet. As oon
as the cave-in occurred a strong force
of hands was put to work, and the
earth was nearly cleared oat when an
other drop occurred, which reached to
the top of the mountain, 150 feet
above, necessitating the removal of
gome 700 vards of -arth. Aaheville
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Raucigii, N". C, May 17. -The long
political agony i nearly over for as
things go Wednesday so will they go
in November. The St. Ixmis platform
people are well whipped. They may
form a Third party- LLPolk ia hero
and probably for that very business.
If he fails as absolutely as Marion
Butler did in the latter's attempt to
manipulate and coutrol the Wako
county convention, it will indeed bo a
downfall forhim. Some of tho Third
party men aro desperate and arrogant
to the last degree. They have so long
been accustomed to lording it over
their secret assemblages that they
think they can carry on the business
in open conventions They "capture!"
only two counties, Franklin and Samp
son. Many people have asked why
the law has not been enforced against
secret political meetings. "It ought to
have been enforced. No secret poli
tical work should bo peimtttcd in
North Carolina.
The crisis in the State has so com.
pletly overshadowed the Presidential
matter that the names of Cleveland
and Hill are hardly ever heard. But
the Democrats will support tho nomi
nee of the Chicago Convention, no
matter who ho may lie. There is of
course a sentiment against Cleveland
and against Hill ami in favor of a
Western man.
The Third party people will Tn all
probability split off hero 011 tho
National ticket-ami elect delegates to
Oma..a. That is the outlook to day.
It is the opinion of many that they
will try to force the St.Louis platform
on the Convention. Tho latter will
reject it by a big majority and then
a split will occur. Tho sooner tho
secret enemies of tho Democrats be
come open ones tho better for tho
party. The Democrats must I mi abso
lutely firm
The Governor has appointed 22
delegates to tho National Silver Con
vention at Washington. Your cor
respondent is told by tho Governor
mat nan 01 inese win attend.
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The crop report of tho Department
01 .Agriculture nas oeen issued.
Though dated in May, it-is really for
April. It shows that tho percentage
of land in cotton as compared with tho
average is 7 1 per cent, while that of
corn is 103. This means a great corn
crop. The weather is now favorable,
4lrfiv! Iiaa t a ..-.t An4t4rvlt a 9 w
fcuiruil. iuciu ig uvsfc visuii lain oil
the stands of corn and cotton are not
up to tho average.
The-Commissioner of Agriculture
tells mo the sales of commercial ferti
lizer this Spring are only about two
thirds as great as those a year ago.
Ttila ia fnttmr rwrru-if nf in liif rrwlne.
tion of the cotton area, fertilizers be
ing chiefly uf ed for that crop. Tobacco
is doing well. The area of this crop
will be lessened, its culture also hav-
- r
ing been overdone. -
Tho extension of tho system xf
working convicts on county roads is
a certainty. Richmond county lias
now fallen in lino and adopted this
system. "
The corner stone bf the institution
for white deaf mute children at Mor
ganton was laid yesterday. Two deaf
mute children laid tho first brick.
Though there aro COO of theso unfor
tunates whoso names are known, only
100 are at tho institution here. Next
Spring they will bo transferred to tho
new institution, which will then 1
completed.
To morrow the delegates to the
National Convention at Chicago! will
bo chosen by tho delegaU-s from tho
various districts, and will then be re
ported to the State Convention. Th
first Convention by the Democrats
to nominate a Congressman waa held
today, at Durham. A. II. A. Wil
liams waa renominated without oppo
sition. .
Chairman Eaves told your corres
pondent that he and his executive
committee had the power to put in the
field a Republican State' ticket and
would do so after 1 July 4. nia right
to take this step is now questioned,
and it is said a convention must bo
held to do the thing. There is an im
mense amount of fast about the alleged
quarrels in tho Itepubhcan3 party. No
Democrat should heed this talk. It
amounts to nothing.
The Grand Lodge of Masons ia call
ed to meet June 24 at tho Oxford
Orphan Asylum, where there are now
203 orphans.