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HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1893.
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rth Carolina Legislature. '
Yesterday (Wednesday, 1th) the
Ineral assembly of North Caro-
lia met at Raleigh and proceeded
the organization of the two
uses, in conformity with the
(acuses of the democrats of the
late and house held the night
fore, as follows : Lieut.-Gov.
A. Doughton, of Alleghany,
ssident of the senate; Hon. John
King, of Guilford, president
p tern.; Hon. W. G. Burkhead,
Columbus, chief clerk; Geo. P..
11, of Surry, reading clerk;
xtwell S. Blair, of Caldwell,
grossing clerk; W. Y. Clifton,
Wake, doorkeeper; D.McMath-
ln, of Alexander, assistant dobr-
pcr.
Ion. Lee S. Overman, of Salis-
Jcy, who, it will be remembered,
3 nominated by the democratic
icus six years ago and was
n defeated, was this time
cted speaker.
Llie other officers of the house
as follows : Chief clerk, J. M.
)wn, of Stanley; reading clerk,
A Latham, of Beaufort; cu
ssing clerk, A. Hi Hayes, of
'ain; doorkeeper, David B. Ju-
ju of Salisbury; assistant door-
per, G. L. Kilpatrick, of Le-
countv. 2,
irchists at Work.
alias, Tex., Jan. 2. The News
that information has leafced out
) that an organization known as
Industrial League is being ex
iled throughout the south aud
. for the purpose of resisting, if
Issary by force of arms, undue
I-ictions on elections. It had its
in in the belief of people's ! party
ers that thv-v were counted out
eorgia and Alabama. In, Gecr
hey claim as many as 3,000
esses in , male attire voted the
pcratic ticket. The person who
lirted this information declared
the Order was for a fair ballot
cvolutipn. Fifty lodges have
organized in Texas, and one in
as.
lie Jollies Flower.
lbaxy, N. Y., January 2 Gover-
iFlower was at the executive
ber all the morning. About
an immense floral piece eight
ong, representing the ship of
I and named. 'Empire State' was
d upon the governors desk.
h the mastheads floated two
Jrnere, one bearing the words 4iI
car a d n for votes," the
words "do debt, no cholera."
s a gift from James Oliver, of
Xork city, sergeant at arms of
lemocratic national committee
pleased the governor very
r. James ' Changes If and The Fes
tivities Continue.
isbcry, N. C, Jan. 1. The
for the exchange of the
rty known as the St. James
, and" belonirinjr to John A.
tan, has been complelted. It was
bn a consideration of $G,500
McCanless will expend several
and dollars in improvements to
lilding. It will be repaired
ade a first clas? hotel. Plate
will be put in the front win
and a system of water works
bwerage will be placed in it.
kvo lower rooms on either side
eutrance to the hotel will be
Jinto nice store rooms. In brief,
aiding will be thoroughly over-
u and made a credit to Salisbury.
th Carolina may well be proud
(things. She has the finest
on of deciduous trees in the
and she has a larger variety of
1 wealth than any other state
Union. Winston Sentinel.
Georgia Fixing to Succeed Lamar and to
-Fill All the Other JPlacs.
The Macon Telegraph says that
Associate Justice Lamar will resign
his seat on the Supreme bench soon
after the inauguration of President
Cleveland. Acting on this belief
the Georgians are already laying
their wires for the place. Col. A. O.
Bacon, of Macon, who has been a
candidate for governor and pretty
much everything else in Geor
gia, is an aspirant for Justice La
mar's shoes. With Hoke Smith as
Attorney General, and Turner a3
Secretary of the Navy, and Crisp in
the Speaker's chair, and Bacon on
tne Supreme bench, and a half
dozen or more first and second class
places in the diplomatic service,
Georgia will be reasonably well pro
vided for under the new administra
tion. If there is no way by which
Mr. Cleveland can get out of ap
pointing Mr. Bacon to th9 supremo
court bench, we would say that
Associate Justice Lamar could not
do Mr. Cleveland and the countrry
a bptter service than bv resigning
his office without delay so that
President Harrison can appoint his
successor.
The Electoral College.
Philadelphia, Jan. 1. Chairman
William F. Harrity, of the demo
cratic national committee, has writ
ten to all chairmen of democratic
state central committees and to ail
members of the democratic national
committee of states which cast their
votes for Cleveland and Stevenson,
calling their attention to the act of
congress which requires that PresN
dential electors of the several states
shall meet, organize the electoral
collge, cast their vote, ect., on the
second Monday in January. Meet
ings of several electoral colleges will
be held Monday, January 9tb, 1893,
This notice is regarded a? necessary
for the reason that many of the
states have not yet changed their
laws sc as to conform to the pro
visions of the act of congress of
18S7.
Mr. "Weston Did not Strike a Snag "When
His Book Will Appear.
The editor of the Wilmington
Messenger wishes to know if in my
late visit to Europe I "struck an
immovable snag" in the investiga
Hon of the Ney question. I did not.
On the contrary, I struck a rich
mine of valuable facts. My belief
that P. S. Ney was Marshal Ney is
greatly strengthened by my re
searches in Europe. The evidence
in the case is pimply marvellous. My
book will be published in July 6r
August next. The delay in its pub
lication has been due to causes en
tirely beyond my control. But the
book will certainly appear before
the close of next summer.
. James A Weston.
Hickory, N. C, Dec. 19, 1892.
A Cholera Scar in Arkansas.
Little Rock, Ark , Jan. 2 Indies
tiocs of cholera being the disease
that has been killing the convicts for
the last two wef-ks grows stronger
every hour, and as a consfquence a
decides sensation has been created in
the city and surrounding towns.
Discovery of the terrible sanitarj
condition in the penitentiary has
startled the community.
Statement of the Public Iebt.
Washington, Jan. 1 Tha public
debt statement for December will
not be publiihed until Tuesday next.
It is estimated that it will show a lo?s
in cash during December of $1,000.
000, making the net ca9h about $29,
000,000. The pension payments
during December have been slightly
in excess of $15,000,000, or at the
rate of $180,000,000 a year.
states virxirs last blaze.
Caused by Hot Ashes In a Wooden Box
The Losses,
Two of the victims of the States
ville fire of Wednesday morning
were formerly citizene of Charlotte:
John TJ. Lamprecht, gunsmith, and
0. W. Grobe, jeweler. "Wry little
of the latter's 6tock was saved;
probably the niQat of Mr. Lam
precht's was gotten out. He occu
pied the old Carolina Hotel build
ing, which was used for all sorts of
purposes.
Grebe's store was a small one
storv brick structure, between the
old hotel. and the Patterson bu'ld
ing and also be longed to Wallace
Br op.
The Patterson building, owned by
Capt- J. M. Patterson, of Troutman,
was a fiir-3 three-story brick houe,
built about six. years ago. Strange
to say, ho had never had a dollar of
insurance on it. The hardware
stock of W. A. Thomas & Co., who
occupied if, was u total loss. Up
stairs was the armory of the Iredell
Blue?:, the rooms of the Old North
State Orchestra, a shoe shop, colored
barber shop, etc.
The naxt,' the corner building, was
owned by Messrs. J. F. Van Pelt, S
A. Sharpe and the J. S. Miller estate-.
There ware two Store rooms
ou th ground floor. The secend
floor was occupied as offices and the
third was a small but well fitted
opera house.
'In rear of ' this, going up , the
street toward the college, was an
old frama store, a mere shell occu
pied by negroes, and next to this a
two-story brick building owned by
Mr. T. C. Anderson, (the fater of
Mr. D. H. Anderson, of the Com
mercial National Bank of Cbfarlotte,)
and occupied by Messrs Stimson &
Anderson as a drug store. The fire
wan stopped at this point, having
practically destroyed this house. .
The Landmark puts the losses at
$53,700 and the insurance at $30,
900. It Now Looks Like Bate.
Nashville, Tenn., Januray 2 All
indications go to show that Senator
Bate is gaining ground.
His friends now claim that he will
be elected on the first ballot.
The Taylor fight, while energetic,
has been intermittent and not in the
nature of a solid front and occur
rences ol the last few days seem to
have brought on a set-back. A letter
written by Ex evernor Taylor and
his friends, and the promises made,
which were intended to further the
Taylor cause, are food for most of
the talk against Taylor.
Third Party Lease.
Topeka., Kan3 , Jan. 1. Go7eraor
elect Lwelling announces that he
has decided to offer Mrs, Lease a
position in the state board of chari
ties. It will be one of the first
appointments he will make. It is
reported here that Mrs. Lease has
manifested her willingness to accept
the position but it is to be tell
understood befcre hand that in ac
cepting this position she does not
in any way relinquish her claim to
the Sepatorsbin.
The rresitlent-Elect Advice Caution.
New York, D??. 30 Notwith
standing the strong pressure brought
to bear on Mr. Cleveland in the
hope of getting him to withdraw bis
oppositionto him is over today. Mr.
Cleveland, was seen at his house and
said: "While oppo?el to Mr. Mur
phy, I am not in favor of anyone. It
is too early yet. As democrats and
good citizens wo should be very
careful at tbi3 juncture whom we
select a? the Senator from New
York."
Abandoned at Sea. '
WilsiingtonvN. C, Jan. 1. The
schooner Eleanor, Captain McCoy,
which sailed from Georgeton, S. C
for New York, December 24, with a
cargo of rosin, spirits of turpentine
and cotton, was struck December 25
by a gale that lasted three days, caus
ing the ship to spring a leak. The
vessel, on December 29, becoming
water logged was abondohed, thirty
five miles off Topsail inlet. The crew
of seven men reached shore yester
day afternoon after being in a small
boat for forty-eight hours, suffering
intensely, Captain McCoy, realizing
the danger of the floating wreck to
passing vessels, set fire to his water
logged ship before leaving her.
The French Monarchy.
London, Jan., 1. The OrJeanists
have by no means abandoned hope
of regaining th throne of France
through a revulsion in republican
sentiment, caused by the revelations
in the Panama affairs. What the
present intentions of the Orleanists
are, it would be hard to say, but it is
evident that some project is contem
plated that is intended to lead to the
overthrow of the republic and the
establishment of a monarchy. The
Count of Pxris has telegraphed to his
eon, the Duke of Orl ?ans, who is now
travelling in Indo-Chma, tb hasten
his return in order that he may take
part in the deliberations of the
Orleans party.
In English circles it is believed
that there is no chance of the machina
tions of French Royalists and Im
perialists proving successful. It is
thought that the French government,
by pursuing those implicated in the
Panama scandal to punishment, will
cetablish the republic on sounder
foundations than before, and will
render such an evil "as the Panama
affair hereafter impossible.
Big Fire in Wheeling.
Wheeling, Wr. Va., January 2.
Fire broke out at 5 o'clock this morn
ing in the shed of Caldwell & Peter
son" corugating works, and the big
plant was entirely destroyed,, a num
ber of adjoining houses was destroyed
and at one time it looked as if the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad depct
would be burned. The Iops is esti
mated at $100,000, Caldwell & Peter
son lose $70,000; issurance $45,000.
The fire is supposed to have started
from a spiark from a Baltimore 'and
Ohio engine. .-
The Neuse Manufacturing Company' Mills
Destroyed. f
Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 2. News has
reached the State Chronicle that the
mills belonging to theNeuse Manu
facturing Company at Swepsonville,
Alamance county, N. C, has been
burned. The company bad head
quarters in this city, and was engaged
in manufacturing plaid cotton goods.
Loss estimated at $100,000; in
surance $80,009.
The year 1892 was remarkable for
fewer failures than have occurred in
any other years since 18SG, the Dum
ber reported by R. G. Dun & Co.,
the Mercantile Agency, being 10,
311, or 2.029 less than in 1891. The
indebtedcfesa of firms filling was but
114 millions in 1S92, cgaiust ISO
millions in 1S91, and about the same
in 1S9D The average liabilities of
firm f:iiing in 1892 ha1? been only
$11,000, the lowest average reported
fcincH 1S78. The largely increased
number of traders, and the enormous
incrc-Ese of transactions for the year,
render these figures most signifi
cant. Id 1892 only one in every 113
traders failed, against one in every
93 in 1891, and one in every 102 in
1890.
Cholera is still raging in Hamburg
ana ran a.
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CAPTURED 1JT BANDITS.
Tw U. S. Marshal Hac-ap rrom the Handi
' : of the Robbers.
Laedo, Tex . Jan; 2 A telegram
has been received at military head
quarters in this city, stating that
Guerraro and Benvides, the United
States deputy marshals captured last
Friday by bandits, had escaped, and
that Guerraro had arrived at Aquil
ares, on the Texas Mexican railroad.
The other one was making toward
Laredo. They got separated after
escaping ana each one put out for
himself. The companies of tte 7th
U. S. caTalry, with camp supplies,
forage, etc., have left Laredo for the
Lower country.
Now, Finally, Does This Settle It?
Chetzxke, Wyo , Jan. 2. Tta Su
preme Court todiy decided the
Carbon county casfs, holding' that .
while there were technical defects
in the certificates of nouination,
8t:ll they were not of such a vital
naiure as to invalidate the election.
A peremptory mandate was issued
io the state canvassing board, com
pelling it to count the Cirboa coun
ty returns, thus giving the certifi
cates of election to democrats in the
house. While the republicans still
have 1 majority on joiut ballot, the
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uouse win never seat this one, be
cause his certificate was secured
through a clerical error. It is now;
conceded that the democrats and
populists wiJl elect the next United
St-tes senator.
Mgr. Satolli'd Mission.
Rome, Jan., 1. Tne Holy See has
just received a fresh report from
Mgr. Satolli relating to the impres
sions prdduced in the United Statei
bv the conference of Archbishops- at
New York. The Vatican is much
surprised at the opposition which be
gins to be manifest against results
of the conference and the proposals
of Siltolll. Tfc is nftirmfirl thaf
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Pope and Cardinals Rompalli and
Ledochovski have repressed their
discontent in the matter, and thii
the Pope will fhortly take important
action concerning agitation in
America, wjth the view to ending
divisions which exist in the church.
The reconciliation of Archbishop
Gorrigan with McGtynn produced the
happiest impression hero. Ever
since 1889 high persons in Romo ?.arl .
America have trido to assist in this
reconciliation. Last year fritnds of
raiuer Jicunjnn openea ana coniin
ued pour paries with Rome aiming
at this repult. Father McGlynn
stated that ho was ready to come to
Rome to ask reconciliation with the
Pope if his excommunication was
raised and his dignity as priest re
stored. Last spring the Propaganda
deputized a man of confidence to
negotiate with Father McGlynn.
When Mgr. Satolli started for America
the Pope confided to bim the duty
of making a new effort with Father
McGljnn and gave Mgr. Satolli full
power to act. The exact conditions
of the reconciliation are not known
here.
It is said that Win. F. Harrity has
a ealary of 25,000 as PresHdent of a
Philadelphia business concern, and
says he il too poor to throw up bis,
job for the honors of a place in Mr.
CIevelands cabinet if it were ten
dered. Mr. Harrity seems to have a
business head on him.
Tne canvass of the official returns
shows that Johnston gets the boner
as the banner county of the ftat fcr
the biggest democratic majority.
Th6 Governor has appointed Hon.
Thomas H. Sutton trustee of the
Agricultural and Mechanical college
for the colored race at Greec6boro,
signed.
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