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THE BALEIGH DAILY TBIBUNE, SATUBUAY MOKXIKG, MABOH 30, 1897. The Daily Tribune BY , The Tribune Publishing Co. ' omCE OF PCBXJCATIOJ! Tribes Bolldloff. 12 Fjtlill Street. TELEPHONE No. 265. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: On Yer t6-00 fix Months 3U Three Month! I-50 One Month TTEEKLT EDITION, $1.00 A TEAR. Invariably PayabU In Advance. ComzDDDlcatloni and ltema of news In tended for publication In The Tribuj should not b addressed tolndlTldual mem- Mr ui me ku uuiiiiu V'J w in tAisti'si and most b accompanied by the writer's time. AdTertUlnr rate, made known on appll- cation at the baalneas ofice. entered at the poat-office at Raleigh as second-class mall matter. Washington headquarter, Tribune Korean, corner Hlzth and K streets. TheTkib rcE la on aale at Metropoli tan Hotel newa aiand. The Tribune Takes the Foil Wire Service of the Sonthern Associated Presa. SATURDAY, MARCH 20. 1697. GOVERNOR RUSSELL'S PETTY SPITE. Our readers, no doubt, have discov ered In reading The Tribune that there has been a little difference a little coolness existing between Governor Russell and The Tribune on account of the position we have taken on (he lease question a non-partisan matter. As time passed the breach seemed to wid en: between his advising attorney, a thoroughbred Democrat, the News and Observer, an alleged Democratic Jour nal, and the Governor himself, this breach continues to widen, but The Tribune has confined itself to factsand put them before the public In the least offensive style It knew how, and- yet great offence has been taken. This we expectd. but we expected it In a manly way. In a way that every man has a right to assume In maintain ing his position; but It was left for the Governor to Instruct his private secre tary to ostracise The Tribune; that is to flatly refuse to give to its represen tatives any news of the official busi ness of his high office. In Journalism this Is one of the most despicable acts'as a high official can be guilty of towards the public, outside of a criminal act. To withhold news from any newspaper Is regarded by news paper men as to act so small, so mean and contemptible as to rank the men who are guilty of it as among petty tyrants men who are incapaple of ris- ing to any degree of dignity. It" is the custom the wide world over, except in despotic countries, ruled by despots, to give the news to representativs of the dally newspapers, no mattr of what politics, religion oreven where there are personal differences. Of course this refusal to give the news of the Governor's office Is petty spite, prompted by a small mind. The bulk of a body Is no Indication of a great mind. There Is not a newspaper in North Carolina or In the South that has upon its staff brighter, more Intelligent, more cultured, courteous or energetic men than Messrs. Briggs and Martin, and to be turned down by the sophmoric young man who should wear an iron or steel band around his head, is a piece of official spite and venom that has rarely come under our observation. This thing has been going on for some time and the young men have complainea of their treatment and fall- ure to obtain news from the executive oSice, but we have refrained from speaking of it. for certainly we believed that the Governor would come to his senses, but patience has ceased to be I . a virtue and we have no more patience with such miserable small minded pro ceedings. In our defence for lack of such news it is necessary to tell this -story. How ever, we expect hereafter to get much by grape-vine telegraph. The Tribune cannot be injured by this course of the Governor, for Its columns always teem wdth live,spark llng news news from all over the world and our readers will miss but lit tle by this contemptible efforten the part of the Governor. It Is well understood that the Gover nor has carried his petty spite so far as to publlely declare that the Tribune would be short-lived, and he has taken this course to help along Its death. But, my dear Governor, permit us to remark that you are not the State of North Carolina, nor do you represent the people of the State. You are not a loyal Republican and have no claims uron the Republican party. You have never done anything for it "which amounted to a row of pins and we take great pleasure In giving you the bene fit of this little free advertising. Crack your whip, do your worst and yet the Tribune will be living when you are either officially buried or put upon the retired list without pay. THE FIRST FARMERS' TARIFF. The New York Press has so graphic ally given the true meaning of the Dingley tariff bill editorially that we reproduce it In fulL It says: The Dingley bill Is the first farmers tariff. The country with its introduc "on enters upon a new economic stage. unareamea 01 in me Beginnings oirro- tection. unrealized ten years ago, re J cognized In the McKlnley bill and now necessarily evolved out of the condi tions of perfected agricultural process es, low ocean freights, cheap lands and labor the world over. "This evolution will not be found In a general increase of rates over those fixed in the McKlnley bill on agricul. tural products. It will be found in the fact that agriculture alone among the great Interests has In all. things the same high Protection of the McKlnley tariff, and that wherever great inter ests have clashed the agricultural in terests have prevailed What old time IJree Trader or Protec tionist say John C. Calhoun and Henry Clay, or, later even. It. J. Walk- ... er ana w. u. Keney wouia nave dreamed of the coming of the day when iron and cotton manufactures should go practically unprotected, and horses, cattle, hogs, sheep, oats, bar ley, -hay, straw, corn, hops, potatoes, garden vegetables and even wheat for all our surplus this duty may be need ed when Asian Russia is open receive a high specific duty? The day is here. Its coming is registered in this bill. It Is here, because in these lines of man- favtures American mechanical skill and commercial ability can cope with England and Germany, can discard $10 of the Z1 duty which the McKinley law placed on each ton of billets and blooms and 2 cents of the 4 cents a yard which the McKinley. law placed on dyed urints. It is here, because American agricultural standards of liv ing and prices of land and labor can not compete with similar conditions in Canada, Bermuda and Mexico. In the great field of the clothing and carpeting of the country's people and its homes the manufacturing and agri cultural interests have met. The agri cultural interest has prevailed. The rates adopted on both wool and wool ens are those of the McKlnley bill. But the McKlnley bill was not the woolen manufacturer's tariff. The McKinley bill was the wool grower's tariff. It was, In these schedules, designed to re pair the injury done to the wool grow Ing Interest by the tariff of 1883. The Wilson bill with its vandalism of free wool gave the American farmers' market to the herders of the Argentine pampas and the Australian bush. The Dingley bill not only restores it to him, but restores it on his own, .not the manufacturer's, terms. "Reciprocity was designed in the Mc Kinley bill to benefit the farmer to find, in the words of Its author, Mr. Blaine, ways to sell 'another barrel of pork, another bushel of grain.' Reci procity's scope is enlarged in the Ding ley bill to benefit the farmer. A large group of luxuries--consistlng of cham pagnes, still wines, brandies, mineral waters, silk, laces and the like have been added to the fieid of reciprocal ne- gotiatlon. .Their production is entirely European. Whatever Europe admits by way of mutual concession will be of our agricultural, not or our . manufac turing surplus "We might pile up details to the fill ing of this page to show that a special ly distinctive care of the interest of the farmer has controlled throughout the drafting of this bill. We find such evi dence In the tobacco schedule. We find it In the placing of that once much dis cussed article, binding twine, in the free list, while hemp has a protective duty of $25 a ton. Here, again, the cordage manufacturer, like the 'woolen manufacturer, only In a greater de- gree. takes the market at the farmer's terms. "It Is not the time now to say what the Republican party has 'done for the farmer in this bill. It has no need to vaunt itself for deeds sown on paper before they fructify in fact. In placing I the factory beside the field -and creat- lis ing for his benefit the richest market than the farmer of any age or country has "known, it has done more for the fanner than has been done by any party elsewhere even in the lands where agrarian aristocrats control leg islatures. It has now sought to secure to him the possession of that market. This Is not because he is a farmer, but because his interest has before all oth ers during the preparation of this bill demanded Protection emphatically and exhibited the bases of Its demands. Economic conditions, rather than polU tlcal considerations, have made this tariff what it is. There are no votes in Protection as a specific bribe, but a steady majority of vote In Protection as a broadly administered general pol icy. The veteran members of this com mittee are well aware of this -truth. The simple fact is that agriculture as the ruling protected interest has ar- rived. The . traces of its arrival are found indelibly Impressed upon the outlines of this bill." THE VISITING NEWSPAPER At EN. A large party of newspaper editors will arrive In the State of North Caro lina on April 3 on a tour of inspection of the many and varied Interests of this erand old state. They come as guests of the Seaboard Air Line and will be met at Portsmouth by Mr. H S. Leard, traveling passenger agent who will take charge of them and ex tend the courtesies while they are in North Carolina. They will reach Ra leigh at 5 o'clock p. m. on April 3, and will be met by a committee of business men from the Chamber of Commerce and will be escorted to the Yarboro Hotel, where they will meet the people of Raleigh in a public reception. The nxt morning they will be entertained by carriage rides around the. city and visits to the state Institutions, after which they will be furnished with lit erature and reading matter regarding our city and will leave at 11 o'clock for Southern Pines and Charlotte. The newsDaoer men and citizens of Raleigh are cordially invited to meet and assist In the entertaining of the visiting editors. The Seaboard Air Line deserves cred It for their enterprise in bringing tnis largp body of newspaper men to North Carolina by special train and showing them the many advantages to be found here and convincing them that we are abreast of the times and offer every advantage to the prospector and in vestor. The people of Raleigh should respond by giving them a big reception and banquet and make their visit ( to our city a memorable one. No visitors can give' a state so much prominence and advertise her resources like a body of newspaper men. They are up to date and know how to ap preciate courtesies and how to return s them. SCENE IN A WESTERN CONVENTION. Out West where women are on equal footing with men in regard to political matters, they have happy and glorious times in their party conventions once in a, while. The following story is said to be a life-like picture of a scene in a Dem ocratic convention recently held in Den ver, and is vouched for by the Denver correspondent of the Chicago Times- Herald: It was the -warmest scene that has ever been experienced in a Denver conven tion, in spite of the fact that the other day. when the Democrats met, there was a straight knock-out on the floor, shared J7 at-least a do.zen brawn voters cf lhe "Biff, bang, smash, ' "Urder," "Give it to him," "Put him out," "Who's a liar?" All these cries could be heard issuing from the centre of the mass of human beings, male and female, who were rolling over and over and mingling with a freedom that would not have been tolerated in polite circles. The women delegates were in the uhqk of the melee; and when their tongues gave out their fists and finger-nails were still doing painful execution. "Will you see me insulted. ' one of the women cried, and then; as no one seemed inclined to side with her, she made a rush for the flowing whiskers of Akers, which are of the true Populist type. Miss Holmes halted a moment to see if anyone else was volunteering, and then she and her backer sailed in, each taking a handful of the hirsutes, and forcing their foe to flee from further vengeance. The Tribune has known ever since it re ceived its grape vine telegram announcing the appointment of directors by the Gov ernor to represent the State's interest in the North Carolina Railroad, that several of the appointees were ineligible to the office of director because they were not stock holders. But while the official announce ment of their appointment was withheld, it did not feel disposed to spring the point. It seems, however, that His Excellency has caught on to the fact that he made a slip: so it may be expected that when the announcement of the new board is made, not more than two or three of the names in The Tribune's list will appear in it. For some reason that is kept a deep and profound secret in the bosom of the Execu tive, the names of the new directors of the North Carolica Railroad have not been offi cially announced, although the removal of their predecessors has been officially pro claimed. In the meantime the old directors have retained counsel to represent them in the suit to be heard in the United States Circuit Court at Greensboro next month. . Some of the Democratic papers are rais- ig n ul howl because the Legislature made a contingent appropriation for the V a ai penitentiary. It is no more than the Legis- lature did two years ago; and if the money called for and spent, that will be no more than was done by the Democratic manage meat that has just stepped down and out. That cock and bull story about the peni tentiary chaplain that was invented by some wag in this city is still exciting the virtuous indignation of the country Democratic news papers. By next week they will all find out that they have been played for suckers Fitz. has fit his last fight; so he says, and will now retire on his laurels and live on his winnings. Though not a native Ameri can, he has decided to honor Greater New York by becoming a citizen of that prom ising village. The central office of the Southern Em- ployment and Intelligence Bureau has been moved to Raleigh. Mr. Winburn the General Manager, can be found at Dowell's Dlnincr Hall. Thev hTA coir- era! vacancies that must be filled at once. Business Still Below the Normal Volume for the Season. M Of IMPR0VE.1ENT I TARIFF LEGISLATION UNSETTLES BUSINESS. Unfavorable Weather Delays Spring Trade-Floods In the Mississippi Valley and Rains Elsewhere Have Restricted Country Trade. New York, March 19. R. G. Dun & Co. will say tomorrow in their weekly review of trade: Though steadily increasing, business Is still much below its volume in former years of prosperity, and many express disappointment. Yet there is some gain every week, with more hands at work, and more mills in operation, and the sure result, larger purchases for con sumption, cannot be long delayed. In some branches it Is felt already. There is larger distribution of finished prod ucts, and the demand for commercial loans has sharply increased, especially in drygoods and the iron and steel branches. The progress of the iron and steel industry is hindered by uncertainty re garding the cost of lake ore for the coming year, though the repeated ad journment of producers' meetings is interpreted as evidence that agreement will be ultimately reached. It is re ported that Norrie ore at $2.75 will be taken as the basis, which would imply about $2.35 for Mesabi ores, but until the question has been settled, many important transactions are deferred. While there is no great activity in finished products,! the demand steadily increases. Contracts for several great buildings at' Chicago are pending, and for a good, many, bridges and other railroad works, and the demand for wire nails and for wire does not abate, nor the demand for black sheets re quired in the tin plate manufacture. Although shipments of boots and shoes arefalmost as large as many pre vious years, it is announced that one or two of the largest works have closed for want of orders. At the same time many otherj concerns are taking very large" orders, it is claimed, at prices below those generally quoted. No change whatever appears in quotations of leather' this week, and the Chicago market for hides fluctuates without definite tendency, although the slight changes reported are downward. While manufacturers of cotton goods are ooking forward with much confidence, the present demand is not equal to ex pectations, nor has the curtailment in production of print cloths accomplish ed the desired change in condition. The buying of wool, mainly of speculative character, in expectation of new duties, continues remarkably large. Sales at the three chief markets for the past week were 10,891,900 pounds. No great increase has yet appeared In the demand for goods, although a few more mills have found enough or ders to start, perhaps in part anticipat ing a future demand. The expectation of new duties does not yet influence the goods markets as might be expected. The volume of business - indicated by clearing house exchanges is smaller than last year. The average of daily exchanges for the month is 3.3 per cent: less than last year. Failures for the week have been 216 in the United States against 261 last year, and 50 in Canada against 49 last year. . ! NeAV York, March 19. Bradstreet's tomorrow will say: Another week of irregular trade brings an element of disturbance in the outlook for a fight over the new tariff bill and the disappointment among manufacturers of woolen goods, silks, cutlery and other lines at various tar iff schedules. Spring trade in jobbing lines is over, collections are slow and at many points there is no change in demand or supply except a request for cheaper grades of goods. Threatened overflows in the Central and Southern Mississippi valley have restricted the country- order trade and rain and high water have exercised a similar influ ence in the Ohio valley and in South Atlantic and Gulf States. The move ment of general merchandise is also checked at the Northwest by unfavor able weather. The demand for cotton goods is disapponiting and manufact urers have moved some lines only at concessions in price. Iron and steel in dustries appear less likely to expand in the near future.. Practically lower prices for Bessemer pig and for billets seem to have been the result of specu lative overpurchasing at the late re vival in expectation of an arivnn wnicn nas not shown itself. Delay in f"1" " aiso naa an influence. There is less demand fnr - w . - W . i unvin.au nuu aim sim ior export. !,.T -I.- v -i , . I particularly for Northern products. At most or tne iarerer . ppntrw th a mrnop m irrri onto - l I continued improvement in trade, vet vit -jLJickJLJL . at. liic in i im I Trir i tne increase m volume of business in . . . . ' I ?rLL2dl' eri-' s and clothing XVFtZ? "lit PrceaAng weks .and ZtualZucte i t Jr r which prices are higher. Eastern 'wool P manufacturers report more Inquiry for escaPea in snort time had their attempt 8e" iei1 me nouse. x "v v- " p n,.ca goods though the condition of this in- at the door failed. afterwards. He had said, on one u austry still leaves much to be desired. The. tendency of business failures continues" to decrease in number. thf total for the week being 231. comDared with 227 last week. aun voxtoa weport. r- - . I -fc t t i i jew lurK, -uarcn i. me sun s cot- -- .rvAif c r tm 0-.A- ..al. I iuu oao. opui touon nere aa- vancea c wun saies or 415 bales for I !. . export and 257 for spinning. Dullness was the principal feature of the specu- lation in cotton today. What little tradine- there was. was nf i,voi fessional character. The news from the South was bullish, but owing toX in! j.,n-.-o t .. , C1" tcu-c uu.m.M unccs aavancea only s ightly. The weather bureau reported I r n k Miecicemm etui j . uillg, tmu Several I itiariiiiiig uiapincues were receivea irom I ine.Duuiu. me oniy enect tnis news had on the market, however, was re- fleeted in a slight advance pariv in fh Aaxr on ov-pn nit ,.. i -. ' j a .Jt ... v.... -v --i. nas iusi ue- I fore the close, owing to the absence of I support. TARIFF BILL. The Republicans are Deliberating Over the Measure. . -WnshlnErton. D. C March 19. With out waiting for the House to take final action on the tariff Dili, tne epuDuca.n members of the Senate Committee on Finance have begun the Informal ex amination of the measure. They will eive the subject careful attention, and it is understooa mai meir mwuugs a to be held somewhere down town away from the crowds that always hover about the committee room when this subject is under investigation. The Republican members have decided that no hearings will be granted. They will, however, give full attention to printed or type-written briefs which should be filed with the Committee on Finance. These briefs should refer to specific naraerraDhs relative to proposed chang- a in the House bill. or any other change that may be suggested In exist ing customs laws. A Hint From thcTSeryUn Minister Constantinople. March 19 The seri tinn of the Porte has been called by the Servian Minister here to the state of things existing in me nrovince of Kossivo, where .the Minis ter asserted, in consequence of mobili- Mtion of the Turkish reserves, the Christians have become panic-stricken. The Minister also called attention to the recent attack of a Moslem upon the Austrian and Servian consuls in a cafe at Usukub. in the province of the name." Servia, he said, had maintained a perfectly correct attitude during the present crisis, and hoped that the Porte would put a stop to the existing situation; otherwise the consequences might oe serious. To Withdraw Home Seeker Excursions. Chicago, March 19. The Cerftral Pas senger Association lines have issued an appeal to the roads in the South western, Western and Southern Asso ciations, urging them to agree to the withdrawal of homeseekers' excursions entirely, on the. ground that the vol ume of business from Central Passeng er Association territory is not sufficient to warrant the periodical reductions of rates made for these excursions, which are taken advantage of by ticket brok ers and others. Bridge in Dangei. Louisville, Ky., March 19. A dispatch from Wickliffe, Ky., says that part of the approach to the bridge over the Ohio River at East Cairo, Ky., as been washed away, delaying traffic on the Illinois Central. More damage is expected. The river is rising here with eighteen feet on the falls. One and thirty-eight hundredths inches of rain has fallen in the past twenty-four hours. Turkish Consuls to Vacate Their Posts.Z London, March 19. According to ,a disoatch from Larissa, the' Turkish consuls in' Thessaly have been au thorized by' the porte to vacate their posts and return to Constantinople should they deem such action advisa ble. This, the report says, is m con sequence of the consuls having called the attention of the porte to the threat ening attitude of the Greeks on the frontier. Wind and Hall In Germany. Berlin, March 19. High winds and severe hail storms prevailed through out the greater part of Germany last night, doing a great deal of damage in many places. Several lives were lost and many .persons were injured. SPENCER BLACKBURN. Klkin Times. . The late lamented Legislature put Yadkin and Davie in the Eighth, and Cleveland and Gaston in the Seventh ConaressionaJ districts, thus making the Eighth hopelessly Republican and the Seventh certainly Democratic, This was the work of E. Spencer Blackburn, the gentleman from Ashe, who parts his name, as well as his hair, in the middle.; He hopes to go to congress some aay, duc tne Jtionoraoie Romulus z., our present highly es- -milieu v-uusi-B-maii, win give iiim oout oetore ne lands. And Avhen Mr. Linriey gets through with Washington otner urn- mZ1 SI m S gry patriots around who iui men. juu, ctl-UL wiiu will give o , 4.:-. i .. , Vi y I 4-vVi n v. A . V t-w 5 1 1 oi)cu.ci a, iwisi uciuie ui.y win iei him secure the m-izP. W think WP " : x. Congressional bee a buzzing in their bonnets the vague but distinct forms of rr Wiinnv nf Aoho- rvii Ma r-cVi xTf General Bryan, and 'his son Tecumsefi RhdrmnTi nf Willroa- T.itflf. TU11 T-omia of Alexander. Judere Green, nf raid- well; ex-Congressman, and wants to be again; Brower, of Surry; A. E. and J. V. Holton, and the rest of the Holton family, of Yadkin, and whole armies of patriots from . Forsyth, including the Reynoldses, the Snipses, the Whee lers, and many others. No, sir; not right yet E. Spencer. And yet E. Spencer Blackburn will get there all the same. Jail Delivery. Kinston Free Press. Edward Moore and J. S. elton. white, and Eli House, colored, broke -sil cnm.ffmnin.t i-.:,i i.,. mu J -uul61a.fc iim.j uigut. mey - - - "('" wvauc nuui iuc caiic uv saw i r.t 1 I I a. j "6 a cei uai m two anu Denamg tne sheet iron far enousrh to permit them to J . - i if if ir ina ion ia tact n-n rri t o-i s v.. : 1nr. and t.ni ti,OGniK;nv.-L " --. wr w I71V VU.. l II U JL LVAJUL K ll Oil IJr.l 1 nn ?nei ri,n w the staSl forced ouT and TC.aZ; opened through which thev madef tn.7r eicaPe-. The Prisoners had nearly made la hole in the iail wall, bv takintr nnt brick' jongh. which they could have which w nnii .,. . the instrument to the nrisnn pr . W - . v w ... All of the prisoners were ota v !- jm . a - ,s I nuu Jatuy anu were waiunfir for Alav toim rt TT . . r !. - . wuh. nuuse was ciiftro-pfi with i sieaiine a Dicvcle from ivir. J R TTo. 1 . m 1 . I vey, of Grifton; Moore of tak'ine:" pants from Marks store. TVltnn . ZLa the habit nf oi ..-. iJ -v: GJ?""'6 fc" ,waiu,uS nouses, monev P S g u aPProPriating SSe rknlfc sh?ei.and everything else transportable of hi rnnm rat.r ,Am- " T --va, hTo ' "y..? ine morning, uvvuacu ui nriU!Lirin-' Tniocohm I rr- X O "'vusu; Z. - ... uw lu jau flere a cuugmzt;u jj euoa as t be m?u w?0 slept in the rooms with him in a boardine honsp in K-nr nm i . I ( hrictmoc , . ' 1 mere is no doubt but the prisoners 810n that ne naa a ,UU.I1CV jr Tom got a saw from outside, as they were Messrs. John W. Jlaultsby, v 1 ; . tr of the iail had been' hrntron nn thrnnn.v mv snn Dan and mvsell. i na - -. r Aiun - !. jl jl . rv nsiii.iiviMiw- i w n i i u i i tin iijiv : """, ouu UU WSK D? TIPTT mnm. ing, found Felton minn 9aw7ro .1" I v -w m a jijljla 11 n wiuir a i 1 1 ni I s. v - i " v,j bu wwwes. Hi A 'Bp IB THE COMMISSION TO EXTERMINATE , I0US INSECTS ORGANIZED, ox. Special Purpose to Destroy the ,Sln Jose Scale Which inoeases 3.000.obo ooo T One During a Season. ! The Commissioner of Airr cnitn. Director of the Agricultural ?xrLur-tk Station and the President ol : h? ?ftl Horticultrj rl Society recently orIX underthe law as prescribed in th, , e'1 prevent the introduction and diH-,nrll tion of dangerous insects, funr weed pests of crops. The hw 1 passed by the recent Legislature H the organization will be known, a c"'1 mission for the extermination of rT' ious Insects, fungus diseases and uH" which are affecting or may affect cr,' Dr. Battle of the newlcreated re mission, said yesterday that thev weC inaugurating an especially ag campaign against the dreaded i;VJt known as the San Jose Scale. They have power to examine all n-r series within the State and all turseA" stock coming from without, with p., ve to quarantine,-treat or destroy alUto. infested by San Jose Scale, than whirl, there is said to be no more destrut4. insect extant. . They are so small that they tan oVv be seen by the use of microscopic app.. -..'v '.j t'lunut iti t me jut (V creatures that, starting with a sint female in the spring, if all th- ;n. crease live, there will be. not than 3,000,000,000 insects . ,,r. duced during the summer. They Hrf carried from tree to tree upon the feet uf birds and the bodies of other inserts un ' so certain and rapid is the disseniinatio j that starting with a single scale on am..' gle tree in the spring, a hundred or more trees may be badly infested by fall. This insect was wholly unknown of the Rocky Mountains 'previous t 1887. - It is now so perman ntlv est ah. lished in most of the eastern States tln it will very probably remain as one ot the pests to be restrained but never ex tirpated by the fruit growers. t It is to, as far as possible, exterminate this pest, or at leas: check its spread. that the commission is now bending iw energies. Judging from their reputed enormous rate of natural increase, they have, indeed, a herculean task before taem. TWO STORIES OF A SUICIDE. Art Injured Wife Gives Her Version of the Affair. Yesterday T'iie Triiiuxe prynted a special from Fayetteville, giving & brief account of the suicide of Geo. if. Ben nett, from which it appeared tfiat thtr man was driven to self-destrucfion by the conduct of his wife. The Fayette ville Observer has this account of the affair: Yesterday afternoon, Geo. E: Bennett staggered into the house of Dr. McDon ald, near the Fayetteville Cotton Fac tory, ana asKea permission to lay down and rest. He said he had been drinking and laying out in the woods for four days, and wanted to re9t comfortably once more He was asked, by the kind women" of the house, if he did not want something to eat. lie shook his head and lay down. In a few moments" the man commenced to breathe heavily, and when Dr. McDonald ran over to the bed, Bennett held-up an empty bottle and a sealed letter. Mr. McDonald snatched them from him. and reading "Laudanum" on the label of the bottle,, knew that the man was dyinc:. He ran to the factory's telephone and notified Drs. Htehsmith and McGougan. These gentlemen hurried to the bed of the sui- cide, but it was too late, the man wa bevond helc and he soon passed away. The letter was broken open, and was as follows : Fayetteville, N. C, March 17, 1897. , tq -yyhom tuis may concern : Thifl. that I do, is brought on me by an untrue wife; I do it for the sake 01 my children, for she is not fit to bring them up rignt and they are :not getting the care h would get if she would let me take my place, instead bf taking other 6nes in my place! So. if I have any i. I . - . ..Jones in mv place: , . , , -f nt ,..m inenus nere, i ass ouc ioui ti -v..-. that is to burv me in the ibtate crave- var(Mwo miles north of ravettevilev I 1 i.1 .! J- . - nh(iti W hflrl Villi ' lue slue 01 " " see this 1 will be ffone; may me have mercy on my soul, I have no hope h(rA frnod hvfi. This mv hand and seal, this the iao day of March, lb)J. Geo. E. Bennett. Papers please copy. r nhcprvpr renorter saw Mrs. I3en- ne.t this morning, and she made the fol lowing statement: ' ' "We. came to Favetteville in IS irora Mooresburg, Pennsylvania. Mr. BenDett and myself were married 29 years ago, and since the birth of my first child we have lived unhappily together.. .Jy father took me from him once, lie drank a great deal, antl was jealtms, ani of a passionate disposition. He prorw? ed a good living for us, nowe, F three years ago, wlren he completely gave himself away. We have been . rated since a week ueiore yuu? ,. ;ijr(,n a I rV. Via Tina viaitPfl the CDll'llCU """5" . . . 0Q number of times. I saw him J Tuesday nieht. He came to m i mVka4V1aWav.H hrn V P In Lilc i nuiini. ii fi i iih.k auu ui vv - dowR. T fled into the street ind calie-i I 1 t (Iffc might do fnr bln PpaHnc that he migai u some bodily ham to the baby, I rusbea (I back, and he jumped out ofaw-- leaving his coat tails in my then commenced to thiowbricKsio' the window, and the children a wn tmonrifo and rood band and children. , , f 1 a. A.i7Pn'S V A number of the oesi ,y : , -c ayeueviue kiw ( "T1 t l i v n i ni. 71 r . l m ' IT. .a -' wiaracier. f p . rrt . - ..C T lit'U JV" An omcer went iu. - ,lor.f;nir terday evening on' a him with forciblv ent warrant ls- , . ' .i - (...nil' J n,' wifp nt fonnd the man dead. ..v,r-..r- , - " . , orib The eagerness displayed by ti.e ri: Ran..ki;n A eeation in . m ..a. ,. ,n a(evi to indace Governor iiae. - - e0S .i.t iiirinacnin uuss - lauuil U13U1VI juutvou.,- -- ripf? I" picious. as ir mere ww , n 'ortu shelve i the Governor. xia co rwiin, Tnnhlipan9 eot I ..naiii .l i j 5 no, rnor: If 50, '.' , UTm OD l 1 1 a KAnl nn tflDJTei'"" . T.-X ?. " C i no thoagh cepiiD? me juagcbuiLi . i - . .ri:i iukw r - to- WJ J"13
The Raleigh Daily Tribune (Raleigh, N.C.)
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March 20, 1897, edition 1
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