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-A tt r- , VOL. VII. NO. RALEIGH. -S. G., THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1890. '" ' -1-1 Mr..;,,. "V HOW II WAS 1)0SB. i ,, s WINSTON AM PARKER MAKE A VICTORIOUS TICKET.... Tin I'ull Proceedings of the Judicial Convention of the Fifth Dhtricf. (Special Cor.r State Chronicle.) ;nrr.s5 :no, N. C, July 8 The con vention was i.d'ed to order ftt 12 o'clock by .l.imos Manning, chairman of Execu tive Commit too. Upon roll call of coun ti...i, each eouuty.wai;lfouud tpbo repc, minted. The following committees u vn uvnhU d: On Credential. AUrnmc" -J. l- Kemodlo; C.iwell--.l:ttne 11. Wilson; , Chatham - H. A. London; iMrlrmi John C. Angicr; (;r..uvjl..'-A. A. Hicks; O ;ill d U A Katnpe; )imgo II- P Jones; r.-rnon AV. W. Kitchen. On lVnnanont Organization. Alatnau'w' Dr. H A. Freeman; Caswell Dr. J. C. Walton; Chatham 0. It. Scott; Durham-J. S. Lockhart; Granvillo -W. A. Bobbitt; (iailford - J. A. Barringcr; Or.uigo James Norwood; IV: son J. A. Long. Tin.-re was no contest, ana every count v was represented. Person county was allowed thirty votes. The couven lion's permanent officers were: Chairman E. J. PaRrisii, of Dnr ham. , n Secretary E. W. Faucett, of Cas Will. As-'mfantsJ. JC; Tipton, J. S. Mi ch. rx, and all Democratic editors. Cant. Parrish made a short and ring ing opening speech, and nominations wer 5 declared iu order. .1. A Long, Esq , of Alamance, placed in nomination A. E. Henderson, Esq., of Caswell, for Judge. . ; ., Gcr.rgo Williamsou, of uasweii, will the ear- has He and WILLIAMS AND VICTORY. 1 Tne nomination of Mu A. II.1 A. Wil liams, of Granville, by the Democrats of the Fifth DirtUict means that the Demo crats intend to redeem the district. Mil. Williams i3 well known throughout the S tit e as a patriotic, progressive, and public spirited citizen. Whatever advance the material interests of State finds in him a staunch and nest advocate. He has ability, he Tim, he has the genius, of success. has undertaken many enterprises carrried them all to a successful completion. He will. beat Brower. Mil Williams is a life-long Democrat and comes of a family of staunch Dem ocrats. ' He has always been an active party worker, and his services have been ever at the disposal of the party. He served in the House in 1885, and then Granville i?ave a good Democratic ma- and will go into every school district and present his claims and the issues of his party. There is walking ahead for Mr. Brower. YILLLIAMS flOMIMTEI). HE WILL DEFEAT "BRER" BROWER FOR CONGRESS. the nomination of Mr. Hen- Col. wondrd der.son. T. II. W hi taker, Esq., of Alamance, pl.itvd Judgo Womack in nomination in u very strong speech. The Governor Attacked. Upon call of Durham, R. B. Boone, Esq , arose to nominate Ii. W. Winston, K q., of Oxford, for Judge. In doing o, he said that he would i oacudo to tho Governor the right to dis eu the coiiHthutiou, and to attend ban-q-iet and that ho respected his appoint ments, but that he was a man and would iisk the Governor to stand aside when it cum? to vote "This Convention is not here," ho said, "to act as children, but as men with a grave responsibility." It. w; s a bright speech, and veiy spicy, s may be imagined. The Governor Defended Mr. U. A. London, of Chatham, stc o.wloii the nomination of Judge Wo mack "in behalf of all the people, of Ch'Lthim countv." In dointr so he said that ho h m1 no reflection to make upon any gentleman, but that he protested aciinsttho tirade matte by the gentle im ii utou the Governor. He had no de fense to mako for the Governor. The Governor ought not to need any defense iu a Democratic Convention I Loud unnlauso followed this utterance j 1 1 was a custom in North Carolina to nominate tho man appointed to fill a va cancy if ho was worthy and competent.. Ho declared that it would bo a great wrong to fail to nominate JudgeWomack. Nothing can be brought against him. Ho gavj a skotch of Judge W's life -said Titi'PTeTirii'WAV TnTAT.lf. r ... ., : t. . (Ilural Home, Alliance paper publishd at Winston.) Read Senator Vance's letter in this issue (in which he shows that he will do what he can for the farmers, but cannot support the Sub-Treasury bill.) . Read it carefully. It is a noble letter from the greatest of American statesmen. God bless our "Zeb" and give him life and strength to carry out for his people his truthful utterances. In war and m peace he has stood by his people and by and for them t we believe he will be found battling for their rights as long as ife lasts. GREENSBORO IS OXFORTJ'SMECi CA. On Monday, at' Greensboro? Dr. B F. Dixon, of Oxford, was elected Princi pal of Greensboro Female' College. OaiTutsday, at -Greensboro, R. W. Winston, h-io , oi Oxtord was ; nomina ted for Judge. :t-; - Od WedriesdaV,' at 'Greensboro, Mb. A.ir.A'. William, sof Oxford, was nom inated for C6ngres3. BURKK ENDORSES THE JllDG ES. The Convention was Harmonious and the Nomination was Made on First Ballot. Special to State Chronicle. Greensboro, N. C, July 9. There is a large delegation here from all the counties of the Fifth Congressional dis trict. It is a bodv of strong and earnest Democrats who are determined to re deem the district from Republicanism and 'Browerism. iThe Person county delegation missed the train and it Was feared could not get here,' but Col. John S. CuningIiam telegraphed for a special train and they came in on time at 6 o'clock this morn ing'.' ' '' : " ' The tram from Mt. Airy was literally loaaea witn delegates. JbiVerv countv was ' represented by a full delegation. The following are the counties in the district, and the vote of each: Surry ..34 Stokes..,. 27 Forsyth 47 Guilford ....49 Rockingham 48 ..Caswell...,.; ;; 27 . Granville. . 48 Person. ... 30 ' Total. ......... ..........310 . Necessary to a choice, 156. Tho candidates, Mr. A. H. A. Williams. of Granville; Mr. J. C. Buxton, of For syth; R. R. King, of Guilford; and Da vid Settle, ot Rockingham, are all here I cannot learn what Guilford will do. It seems to be & foregone conclusion that Williams will be nominated on the first ballot. The very best of feeling pre vails. ,i , WILLIAMS NOMINATED. Greensboro, N. O, July 9, 2:55 p. m. A. H. A. Williams, of Granville, was nominated for Congress on the first bai lor: The vote stood : '"' A. H. AJ Williams;. .1 ..!: '.213. ' David Settle! . . . ... J ..... . 98. J. 0. Buxton, Esq ,' withdrew before the voting began and Mr. King was not in the race, as was expected. Good feeling prevails and strong speeches were made by Mr. Williams, the nominee of the convention. He will , make a vigorous campaign in every township of the district. Able and earnest and patriotic speech es were made by C. B. Watson and J. C. Buxton, of Winston; Col. David Set tle, of Rockingham; and Jas. T. More- head; of Guilford. The old Fifth will be redeemed. " ; . H. B. H, HIRED A NEGRO TO WIFE. KILL HIS The Scoundrel in Jail Lightning Work.Primary ElectionPopula tion Other News Notes. Special Cor. of State Chosticle. Shelby, N. C, July 8. R. G. Col lins, formerly of this county, was ar rested by Deputy Sheriff B. E. Ham- rick on Sunday, charged with being accessory to the murder of his wife. About two weeks ago Collins moved from near Grover in this countv to Plainyille, Gordon county, Ga. He and his wife did not live together peaceably and it is said he recently told her they would not live together much longer. On Thursday a negro who had been em ployed by Collins, drew a pistol, while in the room, with Mrs. Collins, and after flourishing it around, shot Mrs. Collins, wounding her so badly that she died in ' about two hours. Collins was about , fifty yards from the house when the shot was fired and rushed in, exclaiming that he knew the negro had shot his wife acci dently. 1 The negro was allowed to es cape by Collins, who sent after a coffin before his wife died. Collins brought SOME "BRASH" TALK. utttf IT & Anf:nPiTnniT4iv MAY ONCE MORE TEST THEIR, STRENGTH." '-'--') And About the Sealing Business Eng land Will Protect Canada Against The U. S What WillMr. Blaine do? (By United Press.) ! Ottawa, Ont. , July 9. A' ' special meeting of the cabinet was held here yesterday afternoon. It was called for the purpose of considering the critical turn affairs had taken with regard to ne gotiations in connection with' the Bdh ring sea difficulty. ' 1 A member of the cabinet said to-night that the report that negotiations bad broken down, . was untrue as they were stul going pn As to their nature he: could say nothing oeyond tne lact tnat tne government stul had hopes that some understanding would yet be reached. ' The govern ment have great apprehensions that serious complications may yet arise be fore a settlement is reached. The British government have informed the Governer-General that they will stand the remains to his old home near Grover, by Canada, and protect her sealing , ves- . .. ... 'l i ti : e i tt wnere tney were buried on Saturday, on stls m. curing ,sea irom seizure Dy u. They Declare for the Renemination ot Merrimou, Clark and Bynuin. (Special to State Chronicle.) Morqanton, N! O, July 9. The fol lowing resolution was parsed 'by' tire Burke county Democratic convention: ' ."Resolved, That Chief Jus ice A. S. Merrimon, Associate Justice 1 Walter Clark, and judge J: O. Bynum, enjriy and deserve' the confidence :6f the peo ple, and have, by 'their-ability, learnin rr Democratic Nominees in Edgecombe. (Condensed from Tarboro Southerner.) Mr. Elias Carr was chairman. A res olution expressing confidence in Judge Phillips and instructing the delegates to vote for his re-nomination was adopted the roliowincr countv ticKet wTas nomi nated: Senate, Dr. R. II. Speight; House, Jesse Brake; Coroner, Dr. W. J. Law rence; Clerk Superior Court, Ed. Pen- devotion tc dnty and ! high; moralr har- nington; Sheriff, W. T. Knight; Register ho was a snlf made man, incr his term as Judge not and that dur- one man could bd found who had heard a sinqlr oiuection to Judge Womack as a man or a a Judgo. It was a strong and power f ul speech. Mtssrs. A. S. Peace, of Granville, and Jam. s Norwood, of Orange, second ed the nomination of Mr. Winston. Mr. J. A. Barrintror nominated Mr. ljvi M. Scott, of Guilford. How the Vote Stood. Tho ballotiug was begun and resulted as follows. a o a H .a o s o H Alamance. 9 J 21 4 CuHwell. .. 27 Chatham.. 51 Durham . . 30 Granvillo . 43 Guilford.. 49 Orange. 32 Person... 30 155J 72 31f J 49 aotersr snown,-tner titness.;ior ..the rposi- tio? thahe pp hold,, and .therefore tho Democratic party of jtSufkedeem it unjust, as well as impolitic, to fcclcct un tried and .unknown, men jn their places. -mW , JUDGE BOY KIN RENOMINATED - t .rT r . , fl r i i - And O. II.' Allen Renominated for, Solicitor By the Sixth Judicial Dis trict . i ,.-t'V, Special to State Chronicle. . : . Kinston, N. C, July 9. The Sixth Judicial district convention met here to day. P. M. Pearsall was elected per manent chairman. Marion Butler, W. S. Herbert and. R. Walton were elec ted secretaries. u r: Judge E. T. Boykin was unanimously eloquent renoDMnatea tor ne, juaiciary pysaccittj mation, and 'a like 'honor' was accorded to O. H.Allen, Esq., who will succeed himself as solicitor. The following is, the new executive committee. P. M. Pearsall, chairman; of Deed, J. J. Pittman; Treasurer, S. Nash. THE PHARMACISTS. The Annual Meeting at Morehead. Cor. of State Chronicle. The North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association met in the Assembly Hall to-day at 10 o'clock, President J. D. Croom in tne cnair. . ine session was opened, with prayer by the Rev. Dim-' can McLeod, of Morehead City Baptist Church. Dr. M. F. Renolds, of More- T f 1 11 1 " IX TT - t . -m wnicn aay Dnena namricK received a telegram from the Sheriff of Gordon county, Ga., to arrest Collins for the murder, which was done as stated above. The negro was arrested on Sunday and has made a confession in which he says that Collins was to pay him $50 as soon as the deed was done. Collins is in jail nere awauing ine requisition papers from the Governor of Georgia. He re fuses to say anything up to the time he left this county. Collins was engaged in running a distillery and has been be fore the United States court many times tor violations of tne revenue laws. COLLINS TALKS. The Atlau t i Journal says: Shelby, N. C., July 8. Rufus G. Col lins is still in jail here. Representing The Atlanta Journal as per telegraphic instructions,! called upon him this morn ing. He is awaiting a requisition that is, the officials of the law are. In a talk with me he claims his innocence. He says the killing was purely accidental, at least that he so understood it. The Prisoner's Statement. 11 1 t 1 tjoiuns makes tnis statement: l am not uneasy about my trial. After the excitement, which I learn from the news papers is intense, I will return to Geor gia. Tho statements that I have made were made under the excitement which followed upon the shooting of my wife I was near the house and heard Mrs Moore's screams. I, then, talked a lit tle too mucn. 1 will not now say any thing further. Has the Negro Lied? In addition Collins said: The negro's statemeuts, as published in the Atlanta Journal are not true. Ho will tell the truth at the trial. I never scared him. The pistol belonged to Phil Moore, my distiller. I never had a pistol. Saturday night just after 10 o'clock lightning struck the frame store house of B. R. Willeford, at Kings Mountain, setting it on fire. The fire communica ted to the adjacent buildings and de stroyed the millinery store of Mrs. Beatty, and the grocery stores ot Li. K. Howser and R. T. Cansler. Mrs. Baatty and Messrs. Howser and Cansler saved some of their goods, but Mr. Wiileford lost everything. The loss is about $7,- 500. No insurance. The board of aldermen have purchased a fire engine from Spartanburg. The en gine will arrive this week, and a fire company will be organized at Once. As soon as practicable the board or aldermen wi 1 build cisterns in different parts ot town. Caused by . pAJN SMASHUP. slBy tjnlti., . ; ' . ' ?' Orders Fire ' Birmingham, Ala., July of orders caused a collision freight and a passenger train -.014' ; Louisville & Nashville railroad, forty -, miles south of (his'city, at 6 o'clock Vik ,; morning., , , Five, people, wej;e . instantly, killed, six fatally -injured., .ThV.'Uletl . are Engineer John Greenland , John . Webb, of this city; colored" fire men Jim Armstead and Bob' Wilson, and a, white pumpman named Parr. Ben Swope', colored) 'an extra fireman," was fatally injured. " None of the passengers were killed, . and so far as canWleiamediJoria: jwcsru i eciVjnaJy Injured. The passenger train had or ders to take the.si4irAg.at, Clear Creek station, for the extra freight. Tho or der was not obeyed and a mile beyond the station the trains came together' in ' a deep cut. Both .engines werq broken to pieces and it will take all day to clear l.the track. ...',.'" b. cruisers, as the fleet now congregat ing at Victoria has td be dispatched for that purpose. ; . Sir John Thompson, Minister of Jus tice, arrived in London yesterday and will at once confer with ths British government on the subject. 1 ' ir An officer of the government said yesterday that the United States author-, lties beleived that they could do as they liked, as England would hot .interfere. Now that England has taken a Stand and concentrated the largest fleet at Victoria that has ever been on the Pacific, it re mains to bo seen whether : Secretarv Blaine will hold to his intention as td the United States' jurisdiction in Beh ring sea, and seize Canalian sealers in face of the stand Great Britain has takis en. Less provocation, he said, has often precipitated two friendly nations into war, and if tho United States do not re cede from the -arbitrary 5 position they have assumed, fhistory may. again repeat itseif. and the United States and G, reat Britain may, once, more have occasion to test the strength of their naval and mil itary forces. The first seizure, it is be lieved, will be the signal for a fcrmidaT ble protest from Great Britain.. ,it . , THE NATIONAL CONGRESS.' VioQft nitrr in' a f ow nnnrnnriat.A wnrda introduced the Hon. Chas. R. Thomas, The members of the bar of Shelby met Jr.. of New Berne, who in words well on Saturday and passed resolutions on chosen, delivered an exceedingly the death ot Judge Shipp and cordial address of wel notify tele- The secretary was ordered to Mr. Winston of his nomination by graph. The Solicitorship. J. W. Fo r hi v Esq., of Gail ford, placed Capt. E. S. Parker, of Alamance, in nomination. There was no opposition and Captain Parker got every vote in tho convention. Captain Parker was sent for, and he thanked tho convention in a patriotic BPoech. - promising 'to make a :vigorous and earnest campaign. Executive Committee. The following is the executive commit tee appointed: Alamance Jacob A. Long. Caswell Dr. J. A. Hurdle. Chatham Chas. E. McLean. Durham R. B. Boone. Granvillo B. S. Royster. ; Guilford-B. O.Sharp. OrangoT. J. Oldham. Person J. S. Merrett. The convention then adjourned. H. B. H. Switchmen and Brakemeu Striking. (By United Press.) Louisville, Ky.,- July 9. All the Louuville and Nashville switchmen and tho frcght brakemen on the Short line went on a strike last night. The pas uenger trainmen took noi part in the trouble and the trains went out as usual. eome. inis was responaea to by Local Secretary F. W. ; Hancock in his usual modest, though happy and graceful style. Prof. F. P. Venable, of Chapel Hill, in the interest of Pharmacy Department J. J. Royall, J. D. Jackson, Rudolph I of the University, and Col. John B. Pur Duffy, Dr. Matt Moore, U. h. aison, cell, representing the Virginia Pharma Iredell Meares, and W. W. "Alderman. There was a full convention and tho ut most harmony prevailed. DEATH IN THE WIND. Seven Hundred People Killed 'in Ara bia by a Cyclone. ' ' (By United Press.) Muscat, July 9. A most destructive cyclone, resulting in an appalling loss of life has swept over this portion of Arabia. Immense damage was done to houses and plantations and seven hun dred persons were killed. ceutical association, are attending this meeting of the association. The good work done by this associa tion and the Board of Pharmacy is tell ing, and the interest and attendance among the members is greater than ever before. , Pharmacist. WELDoT NOTES. m -1 r 11 m TT T 1,1 1- 1 Town marsnau 1. xi. rrucuueuK uas completed his census of the town, or dered by the board of aldermen. He finds the population to be 1,605, 1,1G0 white and 445 colored. , Lawson Dobbins, a young man about 20 years old, was drowned on Saturday niffht last wnile toiiowing a seme in Main Broad river. , J. J. Bridges tt Co. have sold their Mr. Daniel Speaks to the Senate on the. Silver Bill A Reliet Bill and the Belli ing Sea Matter in the House. By United Press . , Washington, July 9. (Senate) In the Senate to-day the Silver Biil was discussed. Mr. Daniel, Mr. Cockrell and others spoke. Mr. Daniels said that he did not agree. with some of the criticisms of the lan guage or tne 0111. tie regarded it as a liver victory, but still he was not pre pared to vote for it. The bill discrimi-. nated against silver because it would pile up seventy thousand dollars worth of the xnetalevery year in the treasury, not a dollar of which could be cv'ned to pay the government bonded indebted ness. It was inevitable tnat Congress and the Executive should come into col lision on silver, and why not have the quarrel now? HOU3C Washington, D. C., July .9. In the House the conference report .on the bill appropriating $75,000 for the relief of Albert Li. hmery after several roll agreed to. 1 . Mr. Hill, pf; Illinois, reported back a, resolution from the committee on for eign affairs, requesting the President' to furnish the House with correspondence between ; the United States: and Great Britain touching the Behring sea (quesT tiou since March 4th, 1889. The resolu tion was agreed to. SOME COLORED KICKERS. OLD BOODLERS. ' ' '" They are Seeking to Qnah thV-f nd fit ments Asainst Theui And ,are Giv ing $10,000 Bonds. ..' f (Bv United rrcsa.! j 1 New York, July 9. Ex-Alderman DeLacey, of the boodle board !of , lSSi, and Billy; Maloney, the clerk of that board, returned to this city this morn ing from Montreal and are1 at ' the' dis trict attorney's office in consultation with the " provocating officer rith a 1 view, it Is said, of .having the. indict ments against- them . dismissed. . Judgo Martine, of the court of general sessions, was applied to by counsel ior De X.acey ami Maloney to fix . bail on the. indict ments. He decided to release the bood lers on bondspt i $40,000,. . each. These bonds were being prepared at noon. , , . LONDON LETTER CARRIERS They Go on Strike Pending ji Consid ... eration oIThpir Grievances. .2. ii , .!; LBy United, Press. . r .' , London, July 9. The anticipatedand ' dreaded strike of "lfie"16ner carrietfs was :tnj )ii . y-- t i -.f ..... .. inaugurated this morning when fce men attached to ;thft central. postoMco .went tDeeatesshad .been instructed by rners to present tirr,: wr-;ftvn Ba ll. iue carriers 10 present y7fr rrifvn ie.pa to PdsthiasWr-Geucralaikea. Pending ! the receipt of '? replyT fFom that official, .; the camera of the cpntt,.ai office struck--Mail deliveries in.the 4ist.net. heretofore served by the strike'ra nave ceased. (. , THE SUNDRY . APPRO lKJIATION , BILL. ., .. It Carries $70,000 in Favor 01 North Carolina. I By United Press. 1 WAif iMGtOn,' D. O;, July 9,'TheSuB dry civil approprytidn bilKwas reported to the Senate to day by the committeo on appropriations.1 ' The bill carries an increased appropriation of over $8,000, 000; An appropriation is added of $70,. 000 for a light vessel at Frying Pau ttaoals, JN. C. was called up, and calls the repOTt was Wind Storm and Tornado. ' By United Press.l ' jVergpnnes, yt. July M. X. .terrible- wind, rain and thunder storm passed over Vergennes last- night,, doing , great damage, m Hundreds of trees were blo wn down. , v . ... ., ., , . t , Belfo'rd, Me.", July 9. A tor'n ado swept over Waldo' cdunty last evening. It was most violent at Thorndike,-where :he railroad station was moved t from iU foundation, , and other buildings dam-aged. POLITICAL GOSSIP. . Special Cor. State Chronicle. v Weldon, N. C, July 9. Mr. C. L. Felt class of '90, Wake Forest College, has gone to Empor um, Pa- He will study medicine. ' Rev. J. H. Nothington, of Littleton, is spending some time in Weldon. "Mr; Frank "Johnson returned to Scot- grocery store to W. P. Wray. D, M. ker has bouerht the interest of C. Shull in the firm of Shull & Wray. : : ' ' ' Rev. G. P. Hamnck preached his first sermon as pastor of the Baptist church at this place on Sunday. The countv Democratic executive committee held a meeting yesterday and ordered a primary election to be held on August 2. The county canvass win commence July 21st. In this election everv candidate will be voted for, in- Dr. Cyrus W -Thompson, 0f Oaslow, has announced himself candidate for CongN38sin the Third District. land Neck Monday, at which place he eluding Judge, Congressman, Senator, Pender county instructed its delegates to vote for Hon. O." W. McClammy for Congress and Hon. E. T. Boykin for Judge.' - There are three candidates for the Senatorial nomination in McDowell county Messrs. A. J. Dula, Joshua MoCurry and Dr. Reid. It is announced that D. H. McLean, Esq., of Harnett county, who it is thought was out of the race for Con gress, "is in the hands of his friends " Fayetteville Cbrr Robesonian. - We 'are requested To' state that 4b e paragraph in the papers to the effect that Chatham county is for Stroud is not strictly correct.;: In the convention the vote stood: StroudsUty.-pne eighty sixths; Bunn, twenty-five eighty-sixths. Mr. Bunn gets nearly . "onfi-third of the county as th. above shows.' . will resume his duties in the postoffice. Rev. J. J. Hall lectured, in Franklin, Va., Monday night. His wife and little daughter accompanied him to Franklin. Politics rather quiet. The leaders of Democracy in Halifax county are push ing the claims of Walter A. Montgomery Esq., of Warrenton, ior Judge. Rev. J. W. Carter. D. D.. arrived in Weldon Monday. He will hunt and rec reate cenerallv this week. He is a guest of Rev. W. B. Morton. Dr. Car ter preached in the Baptist church Mon dany night. Russia and England. They Declare Against the G. O. P.--And are Working to Get a Great Col ored Convention. (By United Tresa.) 1 ' Charlotte, N. C, July 9. John H. Williamson , a leading negro politician at Raleigh, has sent out letters to leading negroes all over this State, agitating a call of a race State convention at Ral eigh in August. The letter was sent to a prominent negro here who endorses the scheme and says that many negroes here agree with him. The letter says the ap pointing power of the national adminis tration has discriminated against our race;the same power has attempted to de grade our prominent men by putting them in menial positions, and the attitude of white Republican leaders towards our race is such as to indicate that they no longer desire our support, except as ser vile tools. - A Fearful aYrdJ Fatal Dash of Light- .' ning. , . .,.1: , -tii ' By United 'Press.l ' " SPRfNGFiELD, Ohio, July 9. Arthur' Boosinger, aged ' 20,: while ' getting J hay in out of the rarn last night, was Btruck and instantly killed by lightning. A hole large enough to bury a do.en. men in was knocked ini the ground at his feet. Gen. Clinton B. Fisk Dead. ' : . ... By United Press. ; NEWT,YoBK.vluly M. General Clinton B. Fisk died -at his residence . in thi3 city this morning, aged 62n from, a sec ond attack of the grip. He was the presidential candidate of the prohibition party at the last election. Hot Weather Casualties. OXFORD IN A JUBILEE (By UnPed Press.) San Francisco, July 9. The steam ship Gaelic, from Hong Kong, arrived to day . The Japan mail contains a re port that Russia had seized an island off - . . . -r-v 1 if",. tue coast of Corea and tnat tfriusu-.aieu-of-War London and Severn were under member of House of Representatives and all the county officers. Only those who voted tho Democratic ticket at the last election and those Democrats who have become entitled to vote since that time will be allowed to vote in the pri mary. The ' county ' convention ' will be held on August 9th. Mr. John E. Ray, superintendent of of the Deaf, Dumb and Blind Institute at Colorado Springs, Col., conducted services at the Baptist church on Sunday night. The Board of County Commissioners were in session yesterday. A stock law election was ordered for a portion of No. 10 township. To-day,. the commis sioners wiil act on applications for pen sions and assess the Three Cs Railroad. W. II. & R. S. TUCKER & CO. In our trunk department can be found orders to keep.up steam and be ready to any style, suited to the wants of the proceed to sea at a moment's notice if travelling public. ' required. . 3s;., I ' w. u. it. .a. xuuisu a Over the Nomination of Hon. A. II.' A. Williams for Congress. Special to State Chronicle.) u; Oxford, N. O, July 9. Great re joicing I ine people uere are rejuuaug with a joy unspeakable "at the nomina tion of Hon. A. n;A. Wfllia-ms for C6n gres3.: ' ! . -v.-. His popularity i3 unbounded.- , His name is a tower, of strength., . Proclaim the glad tidings to the de mocracy everywhere, that gallant Wil liams will redeem the'fifth district glo riously, and place it where it belongs, in the Democratic column.. J. G. Hall. Bv United Press.l New York, Jnly 9. Four cases of sun stroke were reported here up to two o'clock this afternoon. ' - The Progress of the Lottery Bill. By. United Press. . Baton Rouge, La., July 9. The Sen ate by a vote of 23 to 12 postponed ac tion on the Lottery bill and veto until 12 o'clock to-morrow as a special order, one of the pro-senators being absent. TELEGRAPHIC, FLASHES. (By United Press:) ' ' QrjEBEC, July 9. The two hundred passetigers of the steamer Bueno Ayre, most of whom -are Icelanders,, were de .tained;at Grcsse Ile this morning to be yaccinated. .u. ... . . ., . , f , Xewrurtporj, , Mass. July p.Mrs. Elizabeth White' died yesterday', aged 101 years.' f:; ' ' : 1 -J :"' " - - LoKbos, July 9.-The withdraw.l of the Giad8tonian from. . the: procedure committee as. a protest . a gainst, the. pb stinancy. and . arrogance of the Tory Unionist coalition ha3 filled the latter with"dkmay at the dismal outlook-for the success of their schemes. . ; ...i Loxdon,- July in iueen Victoria, though not fekk. is .represented as. suffer ing from decidedly low. spirits since ihe recent death of the.Dpwagei Mejchiohesa of Ely. . The.farchioness was about the Queen's own age, and was one of her oldest arid most intimate friends, having been lady of the bed chamber for nearly forty years, i.i .. i - Pry i Y