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THE WORLD'S -NKWS. a roxiiESsrcn summaIiyop A . WEEK'S lOING4 ColomM ftliapnarri's Will. rarfl Kturiu In Vive Mtute. iriiHi IUoU. In . llel- Kitttu. Know ,1a Obl nod York. Fat 8teauthl. New ; 4 wedxksdAy,,aj,bil ft. i - All tU strikers at' the World's -Fair grounds, Chicago, have returned to work The will of Col Elliott F, Shepard be-y cjueaths read estate valued" al $850,000 to Mrt. Shepard, $250,000 to churches, and $250,000 to his children and relatives. The schooner has. E. Balch wnt ashore yesterday mornintc near False rCape, Va.. life aaviug station. The vessel In good condition, all of her crew remaining on board. . The, Lehigh Valley railroad ; track at Barry's Junction, Fb.. for a, distance of 200 feet, caved in yesterday to a depth of 125 feet. All traffic by that route is cut off , It is said, that a general strike is iu pre,,. L. paration to take place' at the Tennessee mines on May 1st. The legislature has passed a bill authorizing the Governor to use the full force of the State to prevent disorders. . J Rv a fire oriziua tin ir from an cxnlosion of Detroleum. the extensive buildings of the Dubuque" Ehamelinjr Works, at Du- buquc.'Iowa.'wfre completely destroyed. The concern was the only one of the kind in, the country. . Loss. $50,000; insurance, $11,000. '" : FOREIGN. Japan has seized the Pelew Islands," a group in the North Pacific, claimed to be- I grave difficulties between tlie powers. yliam Waldorff Astor has purchased the splendid estate of ; Cliveden, ; on the banks of the Thames, from the Duke of Westminster. The sum paid is stated to' be fl,-i.H),U00. THURSDAY. APUIL 13. Two distinct shocks of earthquake were felt yesterday at Cincinnati, O. A dispatch from Topeka, Ivan., says that the strike on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway is practically over, some of the men having returned tc work. : . . ! - i A fearful storm, which attained cyclonic proportions swept over parts of Missouri. Kansas. Nebraska. Michigan. Mississippi and Iowa yesterday, doiuff immense de- struction to life and property, in some places leveling entire towns. - Protection has been asked for by Ameri- tan residents in Coiea, as an uprising. of natives is feared. Admiral Harmony commanding the Asiatic station,at Hong I ITnn ir lino tuinn nt"lmvfl tf vpqcpI tn ' ' .i ..t ti. -..vi i uic scent; ji mc uuuwic. i Superintendent Kimball of the Idle- oavtng Service has received irom tne Spanish Government one silver medal for the keeper and eight bronze medals for thecrew of the Hog Island (Va.) Life-Sav ing Station. for bravery in saving the wrecked crew-of the Sptmisli steamer San Albano, on February 21, 1892. FOREIGN. In the Bering Sva court of arbitration yesterday the committee reported that they had decided not to admit the British sup plementary report tor the present, The English Scottish" and Australian Chartered Bank, having offices at-London, Melbourpe and other places, has failed. with liabilities amounting to $40,000,000. FKIDAY. APRIL 13 President Cleveland sent to the Senate yesterday the name of Alexander W. Ter rell, of Austin, Texas, to be Minister to Turkey Twenty-five brood mares the property of Charles Reed a prominent horseman of Ten nessee were struck by lightning and killed at Gallatin, yesterday They were valued at $100,000. : The City of Toledo, Ohio., has brought a damage suit fer $1,000,000 against about forty prominent men. some of them citi zens of Toledo, and others who are outside capitalists, charging them with conspiracy to prevent the city from constructing a gas plant etc. Drexel, Morgan & Co., the well-known bankers, have announced that they will undertake the reorganization of the Rich mond Terminal. The firm will bein on Monday receivina: stocks and bonds of the Terminal Company for - deposit "at-tbeir Qfflce, The A. S. Holmes .Oil Refinery, at Buffalo, N. Y., covering -twelve acres of ground, was destroyed by' fire yesterday afternoon, together with twenty freight cars ana a irain oi ou cars siue-iracK.eu ' ' 1 ! 1 1 near tne worts, imrcy inousana oarreis of oil stored in the works were also burned . ' T rmm . ' IV 1 I . I lie loss wm oeneavy. , t ,t, - Charles DeLesseps' appeal for mercy lias bpen rejected by the Court of Cassation (januel Willjams & Co., potton brokers of Liverpool, have suspended, with liabili- ties amounting to 20,000. SATURDAY. APRIL 15 Two railroad policemen at Dubuque, Iowa, were shot and killed by tramps early yesterday morning. .'. Striking engineers have been refused re instatement by the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad, at Cleveland, O. The West Michigan Lomber Company's yarflsat Diamond Lakp. Mich., went qpin smoke yesterday. Loss, $100,000, .News was receivetl at Washington yes - that the American flag hail been down from the Hawaiian govern ment building, on April 1st.. by order of Commissioner Blount. R. G. Dun & Co's weekly review of trade say: Railroads have felt the effects of the long and severe winter and now have a be lated and irfesru.ar spring to retard move ments of" merchandise. Labor controver sies cause less : disturbance, but still some apprehensions.? la the great industries there is evidence that the volume of busi ness 1 quite well maintained or the season but not sq unch evidence of its continu ance, failures lor the past week in the United States and -Canada 209;" against 2 Jft for the corresponding week last year. FOREIGN. The dock laborers of Hartlepool and Liverpool have, threatened to "strike in sympathy with the Hull strikers- The rioting workingmen of Brussels are carrying things with a high hand. Several conflicts have taken place betwen them and the police a number of persons being hurt Several newspapers lmtef been obliged to suspend, their compositors having joined the rioter. ' ,'. ..The Jewish synagogue.atJthej;own of Kolin, Bohemia, has been wrecked by a mob, ull oo account of a foolish snoerstition fibopa and residences- of f Jews were also attacked and wrecked. After a stubborn fight,rln which niany of tlie rioters were injured, the military succeeded in dispers- mginemou- SUNDAY, AP11IL 16. The extra session of the U. S. Senate ad journed sine die yesterday afternoon. Sixteen hundred guns will salute Presi dent Cleveland at New York's naval review The: Associated Banks of New York now bold $11,073,550 in excess of the require Secretary Carlisle yesterday directed the Sub-Treasuries throughout? the 'United States to issue no more g ld certificates at present., -.The., free gold An the Treasury yesterday'amouhted to $1,860,000. The sufferins: inhabitants of Robinson- ville. Miss,, .jwhich was swept away by a cyclone, are being cared for by a relief cpm- mittee. Memphis citizens have contributed money and other necessaries liberally. A heavy snowstorm prevailed yesterday throughout Northwestern Ohio. At Cleve- land, O., six inches of snow fell, impeding street car traffic. Five inches of snow fell yesterday in some parts of New York State Total visible supply of cotton for the whole world is 3896,847 bales of which 3,369,147 bales are Anieriean, against 4,265.181 bales, and 3,692,891 bales respectively last year. Receipts of cotton this w eek at all interior towns 21.868 bales; Receipts from plantations 31.373 bales; stock in sight 6,113,834 bale?. foreign. A Havsinn disnt,fh sjivs! The CVliimhii9 , j- i curaveis oauia iuaria, j. ina auu r iui-h Biiiieu - . - T .. , UenCe for thcUnited States to-day A cable from London says that the new Cunard liner Campania made 27 miles an hour on her trial trip, the greatest, speed ever attained by an ocean steamship. MONDAY. APRIL. 17. Louisville, Ivy., has ottered $ 1,000,000 in bonds, and a building site, if the State will move its Capitol there from Frankfort A Pittsburg dispatch says that unless the scale of the Pittsburg district is signed within the next two weeks. 7,000 coal miners will strike on May 1st. W. D. Ardagh, of Winnipeg, Judge of the Eastern Judicial District of Manitoba, dropped deadqt heart.disease at Hoboken, j N J,, yesterday. Judge Ardagh had just arrived by the steamship Werra from Italy He was 71 years of age. . . New York burglars who robbed James M. Townseml Jr's. house on last Wednes day night of $2,000 worth of property, will be captured, it is said, all on account of a diary which was kept by one of the burglars and dropped in Mr. Townseud's house It is stated that a New York syndicate will purchase the famous bi-chlorlde of gold cure from the Leslie E. Keeley Com pauy, of Chicago, for $10,000,000. The purchase will include not only the formula and the plant at. D wight, 111., but all the Keeley institutions in the United States. FOREIGN. A complete new text of the four Gospels has been ? discovered at Mount Sinai by Professor Hairiss, of Cambridge. England University. Dispatches from Belgium stte that tle ;fruaton there is growing worse hourly and that Unless the government makes some concessions at once to the lower classes, a revolution will ensue. . titesday, apkil 18. Seven presidential nominations remained unMCted UDOU wi,en the Senate adjourned sAturdav. E. O. Notting. ex-president of the National Bank of Virginia, of the Chamber 0f Commerce and tlie Tobapco Exchange, died on Sunday at Richmond, Va, 1 A dispatch from the City of Mexico snys that- ex-President Gonzales continues to improve and his physicians state that he is now on the road to recovery. The Mechanics' Savings Bank and Trust Company, of Nashville, Term., made an assignment yesterday, .The liabilities are givrn at $i50,000 and assets arc placed at $250,000. I r i FOHEIGN. A cable from London says that Ms. Florence," Maybrtek, the prispuer, has 10 tempted suicide in prison, by stabbing I herself- THE FLAG CAME DO WN :o: THIS COUNTRY'S POLICY RE GARDING HAWAII. Commissioner Blomt Only Carryinc Oat the Instructions Oiren Him Before He Started for Honolulu. No Further News Hns Been Received. Washington, April 14. The news from Hawaii that the flag of the United States had been lowered and the nro- tectorate established by Minister Ste vens withdrawn was received here at first with sign: of popular regret, and there are still a great many unthinking persons who are disposed to insist that once the American nag has been. raised, it "should not le lowered until vye are constrained to lower-is ;ly su perior force. ! To maintain that idea hright.be the policy of an Administration that was seeking for theatrical, effect, but 'to a President who is averse ! to jingoism n all things, whether it be in politics or diplomacy, there seems to be as lit tle patriotism as sense in maintaining the flag wrien it is raised in a wrong place and Upon a false' pretense, as there would be in neglecting the flag when it is m danger from assault. Mr.-Blount is eyidently pursuing the plan adopted for him liefore he eft for Honolulu. He tcinnd the is ands under the United States flag, to be sure, and he met a number of peo pie who had urged the ratification of the treaty by which the islands were o be annexed to he United Slates. The remarkable condition presented was that the United States was asked to negotiate with a Government for the release of its territory and power, being at the time in possession of that territory and supporting a revolution ary Government by force of rms. It will lie found in course of time that the Administration could not jus tify itself, in history, for pressing a ny proposition of annexation when urged by an admitting minority of persons resident, but not natives of the coun try proposing annexation,! while the majority of the people, who are op posed to annexation, vrprei under the restraint of the armed forces of the United States. That would look like conquest and the compulsion of an nexation. Upon the greedy tionists in Hawaii and the annexa Qnited States the meanness of such a seizure might not weigh very heavily, but it must become a matter of histbry when the whole transaction is completed. The provisional Govern inept which i i Mr. Blount found in Honolulu, would not have been possible but for the help of the forces of the United States. This is shown by the dispatches of Minister Stevens and Queen Liliuo- kalani bringing the first news of the revolution. The Queen's! letter to - - . s " President Harrison seems :to have been read very carelessly and to have received no consideration in the cor respondence. She makes; plain the reason that impelled her to yield to the provisional Government. She says, in her letter written Januuary 18, the dav after the revolution: ; "Some of my subjects, aided by aliens, have renounced their loyalty and revolted against the constitution al Government of my j Kingdom. Upon receiving incontestable proof that his Excellency the Minister Plen ipotentiary of the United States aided and abetted their unlawful movements and caused United States troops to be landed for that put pose, I submitted to force, believing that he would not have acted in tbat manner j unless by the authority of the Government which he represents." To a Government that desires not only, to appear to be fair, but to be fair in fact, there was only one course to be pursued. That wastQ withdraw all menace of force and 1 leave the Hawaiians to adjust their own affairs, keeping a sufficient force of United States officers and men hear by to protect American interests. This is about what Mr. Blount seems to be doing. If the provisional Gov ernment is established in the will of the people it is not in need of the as sistance of the in.djtajy csf th,e United. tfttps. Certainly the military forces qf the United States cannot be dis played at the seat of a Government with which the Senate is asked to ne gotiate a treaty of annexation on the ground mutual interest. The report that Japan is- about to take steps to annex Hawaii is without foundation in fact. The United States has received sufficient assurance of that fact. Japan has invests in, tije, jsjapds, bH they ; do not ; impel the Japanese Government to seek the pos session of the islands or to harbor any intention .f annexation or of a. 'pro tectorate.' There is reason to believe that this story is one of many that find circulation with the help of the faction in Hawaii that is urging an nexation, perhaps with commercial in terest in the islands 'only. Mr. Blount has not enjoyed any satisfaction in hauling down the American flag. There is no doubt that the Republicans will make some cheap and useless capital out of the incident, and that they will attribute lack of patriotism to the man who lowered the flag on behalf of the Ad ministration. But that act cannot be misunderstood for long. The Presi dent will be letter satisfied with the retirement from our position in Ha waii if it is wrong than he could feel in the assertion of-an entirely wrong and unjust position maintained merely to add miscalled glory to the Stars and Stripes and the acquisition of new territory. It is the merest rubbish to suggest that Mr. Blount was instructed to as sist in the restoration of the Queen. That is no more a part of his mission to Honolulu than it is to compel any unwilling natives to declare for annex ation and against the Queen, who has been deposed. Whatever ti'p is taken hereafter in the direction of annexa tion will probably have to le supported by the people on whose behalf the pro. position is made. Up to the hour of closing the De partment of State, no information had been received there regarding the ac tion of Commissioner Blount. This, at least, was understood to '-he the cise, but it was noted t lint the officers of the Navy Department who usuiily handle the State Depart merit's cipher messages wen; very busily unpaged.'- Mr. Charles L. Carter, one of the .Hawaiian Annexation Commissioners, .said to day: I do not think it. means a .-reversal of the policy of the Government as expiessed by tin-late Administration. Secretary Foster's attitude was saiis factory to the. - annexationists and he prompt! disavowed the protectorate. The force of marines was posted in response to the request of the provi sional Government to protect persons and property against assaults and dan ger from the natives. The necessity for this lias passed, the annexation movement has gained strength and numbers, and President Dole -has an nounced that it was able to maintain itself if not assailed from without. Therefore, the forces of the United States were no longer essential, and, with their removal, of course the flag came down.' Subscribe at once for the Leader amine cure the full Cape Fear HiHtvry. $40,560 OF FREE GOLD. Washington, April 17. Secretary Carlisle, of the Treasury, declined to make any statement of the financial policy which the Government will pursue. It is understood that he is opposed to the issue of bonds, save in the gravest emergency. He would prefer, it is said, a temporary use of the gold reserve until matters wear a better aspect. The Secretary i had a conference yesterday morning with Hon. John Shennan, and later in the day was in consultation with the President on the financial situation. ! The Treasury Department was ad vised during tba afternoon that $1, 750,000 in gold had been withdrawn from the New York sub-treasury for shipment to Europe oy steamer sail ing to day. Yesterday opened with $1,790,560 in free gold. Deducting the amount taken out, there is now left $40,560 of free gold in the Trea sury.! Treasury officials are encouraged to hope that by Saturday, the next shipping day, the free gold may be increased to a sufficient sum to meet the export demand. Mr. Jordan is expected to assume charge of the sob treasury to-monow, and his well known resources are expected to show in the increase of gold holdings. i There was a, rumor yesterday tha.t between the Executive and the Sec retary upon the financial question a difference of opinion existed, Mr. Cleveland being supposed rather to favor a bond issue, but it could oe traced to no authoritative source, and is probably without foundation. The order to issue no more gold certificates was, of course, a precau tionary measiue. The gold exports are ascribed to the balance of trade against tha Unitt-nl States. Pi'tntfrce eneh week' Leader and fie atray fr ftiturr refer " Cape Feir JIit'ry. GUNStii'lOM IN PKACFi -:o: GItIM FIGHTERS AT FOItT- UKSS MONUOK. i The WnM t tb WarM lit ( FUtl Stlriax Scna m UawplM Bm4i, WUer the Floatlac lotteries r All Xatloa Arc Unthrrinff. FoRTbKss Monroe. April 16 Side by side with the Stars and Stripes over the white capped waters of Hamp ton Roads float to day two new flags -the broad green, white and red bars with a snowy cross on a scat let shield of flag of Italy, and the tri color of France. Two new foreign vessels have joined this naval' fair of the na tion, the Giovanni , Bausan and the Jean Bart, making seventeen men of. war now in the harbor. . The Giovanni - Bausan was sighted early thra. morning, but not too early' for the usual burning of powder. She is not a stranger to American waters, having participated in the last review! in New York, but her arrival was nevertheless the occasion for much ceremony. She is a partially pro-' tected cruiser.! with two 'ten-inch guns that send half a ton of steel as straight as an arrow to the ..orizon. t She is not fair to look upon, with her black and jyollow paint, but she! can fight. She came to anchor in the vicinity of the! American fleet about; 600 yards from the wharf, and after she had flung the United States flag at the main-mast and saluted it with! 21 guns, which' was answered fiom the- Fort, an officer of the Baltimore went on board other with all ceremuny. Ere the formality of the Bausan's reception had leen concluded, the quarter-master on the bridge of the Philadelphia had sighted another man of war inward ij'ound. Like a silhou ette, her olack hull was outlined agmust the while, fleecy clouds that hung on the horizon. I Unlike the Russian ships, she had no tapering' masts jot' graceful yanls or delicate tracery of rigging Her two masts were thick and dwarfed, land but for the. -c rows' nest" which sur mounted them, and which hetraved !a military purpose, the craft might have been mistaken for some gigantic coal barge. j i ; As she steamed nearer, the French i ' . ; I - ensign at her stern told her nationality, and tlie vicious looking ram, which ex tended from her prow, proclaimed her name, the Jean Bart, a formidable, ar. mored cruiser recently addea toj the French navy, j . I As the cruiser moved slowly down to her anchorage with, scarcely a ripple breaking from either side of her long and slender nose, the Jean Bart pre sented a striking, but sombre picture Her tall sides were dark as night save where the peeling paint disclosed the undercoating of red lead. The furnish ings of her decks, the smokestacks and the steel masts were a dirty yellowish drab, and even her guns, instead of re fleeting the brilliant sunlight. were dull brown. Through her open ports showed her broadside of huge guns, each weapon surrounded by its crew. The huge cylinders of steel which surmounted the hollow masts were penetrated j by the long muzzles; of her rapid-Gring guns. ' . j :. s The tars were standing silently at their quarter, while a group of officers in full uniform on the bridge were sur veying through their glasses the fleet already assembled. With equal interest the men on the United States vessels gazed upon the war like stranger and the marine who paraded in solitary glory on the stern deck of the Italian presented arms. Splash ana rattle went the anchor ot the Frenchman to the bott m. The same instant the glorious Stars and Stripei were run up to the summit ol the mainmast. Then the big guns be gan to boom out an international sa lute of 21 guns. The echo of the Br ing had not died away when a rever- berating boom from the distant forts thundered back a recognition and a 5 welcome. j Right here a significant incident oc curied. Even while the Frenchman's guns were paying their loud tribute to the American flag, the captain of the General Admiral, the Russian vessel. stepped into his gig. and started as rapidly as four oars could. carry him towajd the new arrival, reaching the latter's side, while the lioarding officer from the Baltimore was still some dis tance away, and being received with due honors. This ostentatious haste of tlie Rus sian to welcome the latest arrival was Interpreted by most as intended to em phasize the friendly relations which Russia desires to cultivate with France. Admiral Walker.however. was not dis posed to regard it in this light, and said that any vessd could thus for mally welcome; another, there leing no established rule of precedence. At the same time there is a feeling that under the circumstances, when the foreign ships are here by invita tion of the United States Government to participate In a celebration, it would have been more courteous to have al lowed the American officers to have boarded the Frenchman first. This the Italian didj e.- gig standing off until the little steamer launch from the Baltimore .was alongside the landing stage of the Jean Bart. ; Although the Philadelphia is the flag-ship, the Baltimore is the guard boat to-day and so it was one of her officers, Lieutenant A. K. Culver, who in all the glory of a Sir Joseph Por. ter, 'came over the bright sea to ten der to the French Captain the com pliments of Admiral Gherardi. As he was welcomed at the gangway by a group of officers, the United States flag was again raised, this time at the foremast, and an Admiral's salute of 13 nuns was fired, to which the Phil adelphia at once responded, flying the French flag at the fore. The only other incidents of the day were the reporting for duty of the young Danish lieutenant, who is to serve on slafl duty under Admiral Walker, and the Sunday services. These were in progress as the Jean Bart arrived, and were sadly, dis tjrbed by tlie booming of the cannon. Indeed, the chaplain of the Philadel phia was just about to pray when the sudden firing of a saluting cartridge just over his head caused him to start and clasp his hands to his ears. All this afternoon an ! until the setting sun caused the shadows of the protruding camion to fall like dark fingers aslant the dazzling' sides of the ship, a brilliant, picture was pre sented. The launches and cutters of the vessels, each displayed the showy colors of its nationality. sjk;.1 to and fro across the waters, carrying lively parties to the men-of-war' and back again. The sunlight was unbroken by a cloud. The air was so transparent that the gl.nt of the brass work on the distant Atlanta shone like a star. The sky was blue and the water bluer still, with each wave crested with a fleecy rim of foam. The excursion boats, thronged with spectators, were moving monuments of flags, while a score of yachts, with signals and pennants as varied as a kaleidoscope, added the beauty of their graceful forms and wide-spread sails. ' Upon the shore the bustling throngs in the hotel lobby, with the officers conspicuous in their uniforms, the groups of stylishly dressed women on the broad and sunny piazzas, radiant in'spring costumes, made a gorgeous scene for a quiet Sunday. The three Admirals who command the great naval fleet a-e men of long experience in all branches of the ser vice. RearAdmiral Gherardi, who,by virtue of senior appointment, is chief In command, has seen 47 years' service under our flag, and during the civil war was a conspicuous officer under Farragut, Admiral Benham, who ranks next x Gherardi in the fleet, has seen only one year's less service. He likewise served under Admiral Farragut, and since the war has been stationed abroad much of the time, escorting the Columbus caravels from Spain to Elavana. I Admiral Walker is chiefly known as the commander of the Squadron of Evolution. He has been in the Navy 43 yoars, and like his fellow Adini rals was an active officer under the hero of Mobile and New Orleans. He was for eight years at the head of the Bureau of Navigation. A Colonial Plintation oh the third page i full if interest toetery one. TERMS OF POSTMASTERS. i - Washington, D. C, April 17. The fourth-class postmaster agitation en tered on a new phase today, when the regular daily bulletin dropped the classification of the removals into those where there had been an occu- pancy of four years and those where there had not. W hen Postmaster General Bissell's attention was called i ... to this change he said that, as his rule alout a four year term emed to have been considered unsatisfactory, anl bad been treated as mere theore ileal distinction, he had concluded to omit it for the future. STATE XRWS. :o: FIIIST V KG ETA 11 LE TltAIN FOll THE NOItTII. Large CMfht Kear AarvlUa Kprluc. Barg-lar at Ckarlott. Formt Flrr. DBprat PrboMr at Waak infftoa. Aecldtnt at Coaronl. Gov. Carr has issued a requisition on tlie Governor of Texas for Chas. Williamson, who is wanted in this State jfor murder. Xews- Observer. Contractor A. M , Smith, of Ashe ville, has received a contract from Washington City to furnish 300.000 Bel man blocks, such as were used on Depot street. :AphevilW Citifen. . j . - - ..... The first fast vegetable train of the season passed through from Charles ton for Nw York Wednesday morn ing. There were nine cars in ' the train 'all filled with the different varie ties of early vegetables. Charlotte Xetat ' Rev. Frank L. Raid, D. DM editor of the Raleigh Christian Advocate, has been appointed by the Board of Trus : tees tp be President of Greensboro Female College, Dr. B F. Dixon having resigned. Dr. Dixon's resig nation will take effect after the com mencement exercises in June. The Democrats last night met in the Town Hal! and nominated Mr. W. S. Cook for Mayor. There were only two candidates put in nomination, Mr. N A Sinclair ami Mr. W. S, Cook. The former received HO votes and the . latter 185, a very iight vote indeed. .The following gentlemen were nomi i . ' natodi for the Board of Audit and Finance: S. V. Rankin, D. II. Ray and J. I) McNeill.V-Fayetteville Ob. - sg server, i " Within the past few weeks thou, sands of acres of woods have been burned over in this county, in many instances inflicting great damage upon, the citizens living in the sec tions in which the fires occurred.. Most of these fires orignated in crim inal carelessness, and, in the opinion of a great many sufferers, the time has arrived when the law should be invoked to put a stop to them.- Wades- boro Messenger-Intelliijenee William Hawkins caught a large brown eagle in a steel trap near Aure han Springs, in this county, last Sat- ui day. The eagle was the largest ever seen in this section and measured six and a half feet from tip to tip. Haw kins pad missed several geese from his flock, and expected to catch a mink! or a fox. The trap held the eagle by one toe only and the hugo bird was fighting furiously to free it self from the steel clamp when first seen bv Mr. Hawkins. The eagle was most ferocious and the trapper was forced to shoot it before he could ap proach. Roanoke AW. On last Saturday about 12 o'clock. Mr. W. J. McLaughlin, of No. 2, and his twelve year-old son were coming to town on a load of wood. While coming down a hill near Dr. Tally's place, the breast chain on one of his, mules broke and the wagon forced it self upon tne mules, and they became unmanageable. Mr, McLaughlin jumped off. ' His son, in attempting to do so, fell under the wheels and the wagon ran over him. His breast was fearfully mangled, and it is thought some ot his ribs punctured his lungs. Dr. Lilly was hastily summoned, but the young man was beyond human succor, and died in about five min utes after the doctor arrived. Conl cord Times. On Tuesday morning, a thief or' thieves, broke open the safe in the store of E. F. Creswell, on corner of Church and Stonewall street. En trance to the store was effected from the Tear window, the glass in the up per sash being broken. A hole had been drilled into the door of the- safe near the combination lock and the lock blown off. The robber got about $30. After securing the money from Mr. Cieswell's safe, the same party went to the Standard - Oil Company and gained an entrance to the build ing through a window. The --same kind of hole was drilled in the safe as at Mr. Creswell, and a fuse found the counterpart of that used at Mr. Creswell. The thief took $62 from the drawer, tlie empty box was found yesterday with contents gone. Chief Mason and his men are on the hunt for the safe crackers. Charlotte Democrat. The Lea DER i rites em meut on its Cape Futr 1 list-try nor bring published, from any one trio vi gire additiitl farts on the irt rtrm printrd.
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