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SALISBURY. N. C. THURSDAY. MARCH 16, 1893.
NO. 23.
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-He!-:, of Her Progress aM Prosperity
4 Briefly Epitomized
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Aid Important Happenings from Day
to Day Tersely Told.
The Middlesborough, Ky., furniture
factory was burned at 4, o'clock Friday
"wrniD. Loss, $40,000; insurance, $10,
500. One hundred men are thrown out
of employment. i
The Alabama association holds its an
nual session in Montgomery on July 5th
to 7th, and hare accepted the hospitable
invitation of Montgomery's commercial
and industrial association aa their guests.
John G. Webb and Madison Bever,
who hare been flooding West Virginia
with counterfeit coins, hare been cap
tured by the federal authorities, Their
factory is at Bellville near Parkersburg
and the officers have made a big haul of
bogus coins.
A Nashville dispatch of Monday says:
It is authoritatively given out that the
state will make an effort to have all the
Goal Creek cases now pending in the
courts at Clinton transferred to the fed
eral court at Knoxville and to bring up
all cases that may occur hereafter in that
court.
A Knoxville special of Saturday says:
The Tennessee legislature is investigat
ing the committee reports of the fearful
. condition of affairs among the convicts
at Coal Creek. They are in a most dis
eased and fifthy condition and many of
them or so poorly fed that they are starv
ing to death.
The California state legislature Satur
day evening paesed through both houses
a resolution to submit to the people a
constitutional amendment removing the
capital to San Jose, providing the latter
city shall deed to the state ten acres of
land and a bonus of $1,000,000. The
action, though hasty, appears to have
been earnest, .
The heirs of Sam Houston, "Father of
Texas," entered suit Saturday against the
holders of a block of ground, fronting the
- market, one of the most valuable blocks
in Houston worth $000,000. The suit
also included accrued rentals of $300,
000 or more. The son, ex-Senator Tem
ple Houston, is managing the case for the
" heirs, some twenty in number.
A Nashville special says: Hon. Julius
A. Trousdale, was sworn in Thursday
morning by Chief Justice Lurton. A
message ' was received from Governor
Turney, recommending the separation of
the office of adjutant general from that
of private secretary to. the governor, on
the grounds that it is almost impossible
for one man to perform the duties of both
under any conditions.
.A Nashville. Tenn., dispatch of Thurs
day says: A special train will leave
here next Monday loaded with legisla
. tors, politicians and lawyers to wait on
President Cleveland. They will ask the
f appointment of Chief Justice H. H. Lur
ton as United States district iudcre for
the circuit made vacant by Judge IIow-
, ell Li. Jackson a promotion to the su
preme court of the United States.
A Ilellevicw, Texas, special of Monday
says : Otto Sanders has a wife and five
cbildicn three by a deceased and two
by his present wife. While returning
from work and missing his wife and her
two children, he instituted a search and
found them in a well on the premises.
The children were dead, and their moth
er, who had thVown them into the well,
f then iumncd in herself will die. 2so
cause is known.
The California general assembly refus
ed to reconsider the vote whereby the
'- constitutional Amendment removing the
state capilol from Sacramento to San
Jose was adopted. The amendment has
already been adopted by the senate and
now goes to the people to be voted upon.
The adoption of the amendment by the
legislature was a surprise to the whole
state, as the question has not been men
tioned this session.
A. dispatch of Friday from Winches
ter, Tenn., the home of Governor Tur
ney, says the governor is greatly improv
ed, and if the weather continues favor
able will be in Nashville in a few days.
In regard to the report circulated that
ho was dead. Governor Turney replied
that he had heard of the report and add
ed: ' I knew it was a lie aa soon as I
heard ir." The knowing ones Bay the
"governor has at no time been in a dan
gerous condition, but has been confined
with rhcurnatiiin and w ill bo all right in
a few days.
A bill entitled "an act to prevent gam
bling in grain, beef, pork, lard or pro
visions by corporations, brokers or
others," was introduced in the Illinois
general assembly, in February, by Rep
resentative William A. Kent, of the
eleventh district. So uuobtrusive was
the debut of the measure the intelligence
of its real import did-not reach the
board of trade until last Saturday, when
it created quite a stir. Should the bill
become a law the board will have to
close its doors and several thousand peo
ple wno now nna occupation and profit
in its walls will be compelled to find
other pursuits in life.
A-Washington special of Saturday
says: The United States examiners in
charge of the Gate City National bank of
Atlanta make icport to the comptroller
of currency assets of the bank as follows:
Individual deposits. $."i;;o,lC4; bank de
posits, $21,234; United States covern-
ment deposits secured by bonds, $ 13,000;
rediscounts, $"2 5, OOU; loans and discounts,
$580,012; due fr m banks, $37,370; cash,
. $25 099, and other cah resources, $17,
06 1! IQ addition ths bank has its bank
ing house, 5 per cent fund or excess of
tbVs value of United Stat bends over
government loans and outstanding circu
lation fend other assets.
Onj the Stmts farm, fourteen miles
northeast of Florence, Ala., the imt ex
perimental boring for oil and natural
as is now being maac wiui every pros
pect of striking it rich. Expert oil men
have gone over the ground carefully and
havu found promising indications of oil
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Oil
Gas and .Mineral company, an or-
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composea oi weauny visii-
C;n, narties and capitalized at 10.000,
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the
Cas and oil right to 20,00 J
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acres of land in that part of the county
and they have obligated themselves to
bore four wells in that section, 1,500 feet
deep, or until oil or gas is found in pay
ing quantities.
The plants of the United States Roll
ing Stock Company, located at Anniston
and Dec itur, Ala., were sold Thursday
at receiver's iaie. There was but one bid
that of George W. Ristine, agent of
the reorganized company, known as the
United Statea Car Company, and Mr.
RistineV bid, was $150,000 for the two
plants, and the property was knocked
off to him at that figure. The sale is
subject to a blanket mortgage of $1,300,
000. which covers the Alabama plants
and also the one at Uogewisch, Tenn.,
and the one at Williams, O. The two
tatter plants are not included in the sale,
and, until they are sold, the amount
of the mortgage to whicja the Alabama
plants are subject cannot be deter
mined. FITZSIMMONS WHIPS HALL.
The Fight Lasted Only Poor Rounds
' and was for a $60,000 Parse.
Bob Fitzsimmons whipped Jim Hall
In less than twelve minutes, at New Or
leans, Wednesday night, in four rounds,
and it was the worst licking Hall has
ever had or that Fitz has ever given any
one. Nearly 7,000 people saw the fight,
and every one was pleased with the
work. There were some, however, 'who
were greatly displeased because the fight
did not last longer. The $25 ticket
holder and the $150 box holders found
the fun very high priced indeed.
AT THE RING SIDE.
The fame of the contestants was such
as to give both an unquestioned right to
the championship form, but it was not
alone in the reputation of the men that
fight before the Crescent City Athletic
Club acquired its greatness. Never be
fore was such a sum at stake on the issue
of a single fight a purse of $40, 00d
and a stake of $10,000 a side made tha
enormous sum of $60,000 dependent on the
result. Six thousand pairs of eyes were
eagerly strained towards the arena as the
DnnciDal. with their seconds and fol
J r
owers, took their places in opposite cor
ners. It may be questioned if twp
such magnificent specimens of physical
manhood had ever faced each other,
so equally matched in the prixe ring.
HALL KNOCKED OUT.
The first, second and third rounds
were gone through with and resulted in
no advantage to either contestant. The
men were both in excellent .condi
tion ana run oi ngnc when the gong
sounded for the fourth round. They
responded to the call like gladiators, and
went at each other as though they intend
ed to find the winner in short order, but
they had scarcely Warmed up to their
work when Fitzsimmons landed that
dangerous right of his on the point of
the jaw, and Hall fell to the floor like a
dead man. It was a hard fall, and the
back of Hall's head came in contact
with the floor with such a sickening thud
that it could be heard all through the
building. It was a clean knock out.
More than half of the audience
thought Hall had been killed. Physi
cians were called in and it took ten min
utes to bring him around. The scene
was the wildest that has been witnessed
at the ringside for many years. Fitz
simmons caught up the American flag
and waved it over his head like an In
dian, while the crowd cheered and yelled
like Hottentots. Fitzsimmons was de
clared victor, and the winner wort happy
smiles.
The ovation Fitzsimmons received was
wonderful. One of his seconds jumped
the rope to hug Fitzsimmons before the
referee had counted Hall out. Fitzsim
mons was compelled to kick,him out of
the ring, which he did in great style. By
the fight, Fitzsimmons is entrenched in
the middle-weight championship.
TO IMPEACH THE JUDGE.
Another Sensation Sprung in the Ten
nessee Legislature.
A Nashville special savs: Shelby
county furnished another sensation in
the snap. of impeachment proceedings
against the judge of the criminal court,
Julius J. Dubnse. Hon. John R. Good
win presented a memorial to the house,
signed by 3,000 citizens of Memphis, ask
ing the court of that county to be abol
ished or that some means for ridding
the community of Judge Dubose. be
adopted. Mr. Babb, of Shelby, then of
fered a resolution of impeachment accom
panied by lengthy charges of the most
seriom nature.
There are twelve articles and thirty
five or more specific charges. The julge
is charged with unjundicial, tyrannical
and brutal treatment of lawyers and cit
iz?ns, with arbitrary and unconstitution
al abuse and prostitution of the powers
and functions of the judicial office; with
unfair and partial administration of jus
tice with prostituting the power of his
office to personal and political end3;
with defying and nullifying the
writ of habeas corpus; with appointing
unqualified and unfit persons to the office
of attorney general pro tern. ; with dis
regard of the Tights of citizens; with
lowering the "dignity of the bench and
imparing the popular respect for the ju
diciary. A special committee was ap
pointed by the speaker to consider the
matter.
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WAS THE MONEY STOLEN
For the Loss of Which Hemingway is
Sening Time in the Penitentiary?
A Jackson, Miss., special says: It is
now two and a half years since William
Hemingway was sentenced to the state
j penitentiary for the term oi hve years
: for the failure to mv over to his succes
sor as state treasurer, $315,612 which the
books of hi,s office showed was due the
state. Hemingway could give no expla
nation whv the moncT was missinjr. An
attempt to explain the mystery attending
the disappearance of this money was
made Friday by C. F. Hemingway, a
brother of the late treasurer, and for sev
eral years bookkeeper in the treasurer's
office. Hemingway declares that, the
money was stolen by a man who cleaned
the safe timer, March, 18SS, and who ac
quired and made a record of the treasu
rer's safe combination then in use and
never afterward changed during Colonel
Hemingway's incumbency of the office.
OSING DAYS OF CONGRESS
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Senate In Eitraoriinary Session
Confirmation oi tlie CatlneL
Xotes
tend
Gossip in and About
the
.National Capital.
. THE EE3ATK.
The senate reassembled Thursday
morning, and immediately after the
reading of Monday's journal, the cre
dentials of W. Lee Mantle, appointed by
the governor of Montana as senator from
that state, in place of Mr. , Saunders,
were presented, read and laid on the ta
ble to await action of committee on priv
ileges and elections. On motion of Mr.
Gray it was ordered that when the senate
adjourned it be to meet Monday. Mr.
Mitchell introduced a joint resolution
on the election of United States senators
by the votes of qualified electors of a
state. The resolution was laid on the
table without reference. Pending the
discussion of the question of receiving
bills or joint resolutions requiring the
action of both houses at a session like the
present one of the senate. Mr. Dolph
offered another which he wished to have
received if the others should be.
It was read. It 'was one calling
upon the president of the United
States to take such measures as he
may deem necessary to consum
mate an agreement between the govern
ments of Spain and the United States for
the relief of Antony Moro, a naturalizsd
cit zen of the United States. Then Mr.
Manderson offered a resolution declaring
it to be the sense iof the senate that at
this extraordinary session business trans
acted should be confined to executive
matters and matters requiring the action
of the senate only. Cockrell objected to
the immediate consideration of the reso
lution, and it was ordered printed and
to lie over. Hr. Hale offered a substi
tute for Mr. Manderson's resolution de
claring that "no'legislative business shall
be received or entertained at the pres
ent session of the senate." He subse
quently modified it by inserting the
words "except treaties." Finally, the
whole matter went over until the next
meeting of the senate. After some re
marks by Mr. Call on the subj.ct of his
resolution as to public lands in Florida,
the senate proceeded to executive- busi
ness and at 1 o'clock adjourned until
noon on Monday.
The senate reassembled Monday and
discussed for nearly an hour the resolu
tions offered last week by Mr. Mander
son intended to limit the action of the
senate in the present extraordinary ses
sion to executive matters or to matters
requiring co-operation on the part of the
house. Mr. Gorman favored that policy,
but preferred to have it take the form of
unanimous consent rather than of a reso
lution. Objection to unanimous consent
came Irom the democratic side oi the
chamber and the most strenuous oppo
sition to the resolution came also from
that side. The question finally went
over" without any decision and the senate
adjourned until Wednesday.
CAPITAL GOSSIP.
The news was given out at the white
house Monday that no more nominations
would be sent to the senate until that
body was organized. The work of or
ganizing is going on slowly, but the in
dications now are that the committee
will be announced in a few days.
Monday afternoon President and Mrs.
Cleveland accorded a special reception to
Princess Kaiulani, the meeting taking
place in the blue parlor. The princess
was accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Da
vies, their daughter and a lady friend.
The call was entirely of a social nature,
and lasted probably a quarter of an hour,
v The democratic caucus committee en
gaged in reorganizing the senate com
mittees have partly completed their task.
The two chief objects of the convention
were the chairmanship of the commit
tees on finance and appropriations, the
principal committees of the senate. The
ranking democrats of those committees
were Voorhees and Cockrell, and they
were given these positions of honor.
Secretary Smith has ordered the tem
porary suspension of all homestead en
tries in Clark county, Ala. This order
is issued by representations made by
Governor Jone?, to the effect that en
tries were being made of salt springs and
saline lands in violation of- section 6 of
the act admitting Alabama into the
union. A thorough, investigation will
be made and the lands will remain in
suspension until all the facts are ascer
tained. . Postmaster General Bissell is credited
with the announcement that no local
business men need apply for postoffices
under his administration. He objects to
commissioning local business men as
postmasters, for reason that the actual
duties are performed by irresponsible.and
otten incompetent clerks and substitutes.
A postmaster under Mr. Bissell must
promise to devote his entire time to
the work, and personally keep strict office
hours.
The President and Senator Hill. ,
Senator David B. Hid was the first
caller at the white house Thursday morn
ing. He had a twenty minutes private
interview with Mr. Cleveland. Mr. Hill
wanted to know just what recognition
he would receive in the distribution of
the New York offices. Mr. Cleveland told
him just as he would the senators
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all other states, that he would consult
with him in the New York appoint
ments, and he thought they would have
no difficulty in agreeing. No specific of
fices were discussed and the interview'
was not unusual. The two were polite
and courteous but not exactly chummy.
Aoti Grsjr Mri are Angry.
The appointment of Governor Isaac P.
Gray, of Irdiana, as minister to 3Iexico
has stirred up a little hornet's nest.
Governor Gray was given this appoint
ment in phce of the caliaet portfolio
which Mr. Whiter promised" Lini at
Chicago, but which 'Mr. Cleveland after
ward declined to give. Governor Gray
was satisfied, but the Indiana e'ement
which fought him and were for Mr.
Cleveland at" the Chicago c invention, are
mad. Just 'as the nomination left the
while 1kh;s 'n....n ?.r m..ri:nf & osrty
o IadLu.i;L3 called t-j ptotest
ajjaiDS
tne appo.titinenr. Tbey told Mr. Cleve
land that the appointment of Governor
Gray would cause great dissatisfaction
among the ggAnine democrats of Indiana.
3Ir. Bltant Well Tlxea.
Ex-CongTessman Blount is to be a spe
cial confidential agent of the treasury
department. It is a position of much
importance, requiring a roan of ability
and diplomacy to fill it- The position is
not down in the blue book. No
appropriation is made directly by
congress for such an office, but
it pays well, the salary coming
out of the contingent fund of the treas
ury. Mr. Blount will receive $10,000 an
nually and his duties will be entirely of
a confidential character with the secreta
ry of the treasury. Much of his time will
be spent in New York and much of it
probably in European monev centers,
though his headquarters will be in Wash'
ington. Mr. Blount's name will not be
sent ta the senate for confirmation. That
is not necessary. Indeed, no official an
nouncement will be made of it.
TRADE REVIEW.
Bradstreet and Dunn & Co.'s Report
for the Fast Week.
II. G. Dun B Co.'s weekly review of
trade says: Business during the past
week has been affected by severe weather
and even more by the stringency and un
certainty in the money markets. Rates
for money have mounted from 5 1-2 on
call to 51 per cent, and for two days
ruled above 10 per cent, but extreme
pressure was abated without any measure
of relief, and on the announcement that
the treasury department will not issue
bonds but would use the bullions reserv
ed in maintaining gold payments, with
drawals of money for west and south
nearly ceased. Gold to the amount of
$1,000,000 was offered to the treasury in
exchange for legal tender by the bank of
Denver and as much by one bank at Chi-
cago, ana raies nere ieii to six per
cent.
There was some liquidation in stocks
but none of importance in products, and it
is1 evident that the restraint of exports by
speculation in the chief staples is an im
portant cause of the monetary strin
gency and of the loss of gold by the
treasury.
A fair increase is seen in the wholesale
trade at St. Louis with a bright promise
for spring. Trade is satisfactory at Little
Rock, improving at Memphis and quiet
at 'other points in Tennessee, shrinking
with tight monev at Columbus, but
fairly good at Atlanta; better with in
creased shipments of lumber at Mobile
and fair at New Orleans, with sugar firm
but rice is lower.
Business failures during last week
number for the United States, 193; Can
ada, 31; total, 225.
WHAT BRADSTnEjKT SAVS.
Bradstreet's repoit for the week says:
Orders for cotton goods at eastern and
other centers of production are larger.
More cotton is being consumed and
Drices are steady. Jobbers are taking
larcrer Quantities of goods, and the
country dealers are placing heavy orders.
The increased capacity at Fall River re
sults in a surplus of 5.000 pieces. But
prints are active. At the south, Charles
ton reports trade dull, as interior dealers
are Dermittine stocks to run down. Bus
iness i not particularly active at Nash
ville. Memphis, Richmond, Atlanta, Bir
mingham or New Orleans and collectious.
while fair at a -few points, are generally
slow.
Farmers are actively engaged in field
work in western Tennessee, and in Geor
gia they have raised si much larger food
crops that grocers' sales have been affec
ted at Atlanta and elsewhere, although
at Birmingham trade in this line has im
proved. The slow movement of cotton
mikes trade dull iu Louisiana, where the
8Uar acreage is to be increased.
MAIL CARRIERS WIN.
The Supreme Court Renders a Decision
in Their Favor.
A Washington special says: The Uni
ted States supreme court Monday affirmed
the judgement of the court claims in
favor cf better carriers in Uhe cases of
Aaron S. Post and Frank Gales against
the United States. These cases arose un-
der an act preserving eignt hours as a
day's work for the letter carriers.
It was contended by the letter carriers
that the post office department in con
structing that act, had violated its intent
and purpose, and was requiring more la
bor from them than was contemplated.
The will of the late Charles E. Geh-
ring, president of the Gehring Brewing
company, was filed at Cleveland. Ohio.
Monday. It disposes of an estate valued
at $1,000,000. Four thousRnd dollars is
aiven to local charities, $2,000 to the
poor of his native town in Germany, and
tne remainucr gues io nig widow ana
children.
SOUTHERN GOVERNORS.
PreDarations Being Made to Receive
Them in Richmond.
A Richmond, Ya., special of Wednes-
dayly31 Gov. McKinnev has referred
all correspondence in reflerence to the
meeting of southern governors on the
12th of April to Mayor Ellison, the
chamber of commerce and Col. A. S
Buford, prtsident of the Virginia
World s r air commission. These repre
sentatives oi the city and state's inter
nets will see that visitors are nrorerlv
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! cared ior ana tney will be given ample
opportunity to learn of its trade, resour
ces, ana omer prosptcts.
Mayor tlhson has adlressed a letter
t Governor FLshback, of Arkansas', the
leading f pint in the movement, assuring
him ana nis catieague of a hearty wel
corns to the city and tendering: them
such courtesy in a general and social way
as tneir stay may permit of.
Redwine's Case Up.
At Atlanta, Ga,. Monday moraine ths
United States grand jury took up the case
cf Lew:s Kedwice, the defaulting assist
ant cashier of the Gate, City National
bank. The charge against him nd for
which Le will be indicted is embezzle
ment. The grand j iry i atss icvtstigi
ting at the umc time the entires against
Horace Owens and'II. II. B.icx for aid
ing and alerting Ueawiae to tscpe.
TELEGRAPHIC GLEANINGS.
Be News of tie World Coniensei Into
Pithy ami PointeS Parajjaplii
Interesting and Instructive to All
Classes of Readers.
The world's fair board of Kansas was
organized Monday by the election of M.
W. Coburn, populist, president, and T.
J. Anderson, republican, treasurer. The
populists, control the board.
A dispatch of Monday from the Uity
of Mexico says: Although President
Diaz decrees the free importation of
maze and beans for an indefinite period,
the high railroad rates, it is said, will
check importation.
A five-story brick block, at Lynr,
Mass., owned by the Central Investment
company, was practically gutted by fire
early Monday morning. The loss on the
building and contents is estimated at
$100,000, nearly covered by insurance.
The wool firm of SUtt & Co., of Phil
adelphia, assigned Saturday . The lia
bilities are not yet known, but it is
thought they will foot up about $1,250,-
000. Just what the assets will amount
to is a matter of surmise, but it is be
lieved they will be comparatively small.
The west end breaker, at Wilkesbarre,
Penn., operated by the West End Coal
company, was destroyed by fire Saturday
morning. Nearly three hundred men
and boys are thrown out of employment
for an indefinite time. The origin of
the fire is supposed to be incendiary.
The loss is estimated at $40,000; partial
ly insured. ,
Fifty blooded horses and several Hol-
stein-Fresiau cows were burned to death
Thursday night on the extensive stock
farm, "Riverbank," in Baltimore county,
Md. Loss on buildings and stock is es
timated at $45,000. The property mostly
belonged to G. O. Wilson. The most
valuable horse burned was Cabash. He
was valued at $10,000.
The Kansas legislature passed the
Australian ballot law Thursday. The
republicans voted for it on the ground
that it -would make it impossible for the
populists to herd their voters together at
country court houses on election day and
march them, to the polls id droves and
vote them like so many sheep. Gov
ernor Lewellen will sign the bill.
Mrs. Annie Potter, of Kansas Citv.
Kas., in a formal card to the public Sat
urday announced herself as an independ
ent candidate for mayor of that citv. She
is the wife of Eli Potter, a prominent in
surance agent. Her candidacy is the out
come of a meeting of thirty women, all
of whom have registered and are enti
tled to vote. A house to house canvass
is to be urged to register and vote.
A dispatch of Friday from Brazil.
Indiana, says: Nearly every coal
mine in the county is closed down as a
result of the switchmen's strike at
Chicago and the situation is growing criti
cal. Thousands of miners were thrown
out of employment with no visible pros
pects for work in the near future. . All
the switching engines busily engaged
about the mines for the last few months
have been called in, throwing the num
erous trainmen out of employment.
A Charleston news special of Monday
says: Ueneral I. A. lluguenin, the con
federate commander of Fort Sumter, has
issued orders to every company of the
Fourth brigade to send a detachment
fully uniformed and with draped calors,
to the crreat memorial meetiner on the
12th of April to be held in honor of Gen
eral Beauregard, to whose great genius
and courage is due the success of Charles
ton. The Lafayette artillery has been
ordered to fire a salute of seventeen guns
at sundown the same evening.
In the session at Haggerstown, 3Id
Wednesday, of the Baltimore conference
of the Methodist Episcopal church, a
resolution was offered calling attention
to the imprisonment in Brazil of Rev. J.
H.Nelson, for publishing in that land
an article on the worship of Mary. The
resolution asked that the conference with
the presiding bishop and missionary sec
retaries, call the attention of the presi
dent of the United States to the fact,
and request him to do what he could in
securing Mr. Nelson's liberation.
Advices of Mondav from Oklahoma
state that the Cherokee strip agitators
have just discovered that should the
Cherokees decide not to accept the terms
of the strip bill passed by congress that
the strip cannot be openea oy tne presi
dent. This caused great commotion
among them, and a delegation will at
once go to Tllaquah to conier with tne
Indian council. There is considerable
excitement over the matter and the boom
ers declare that should the bill be re
jected by the Indians they will move on
the strip in a body and stay there to
shoot every steer brought in. ,
The Balfast (Ireland) News Letter as
serts that a firm in Ulster recently order
ed one hundred thousands Martini rifles
from the English manufacturers of that
weapon. The manufacturers referred
the order to the British government for
evidence aa to whether it should be filled.
The English manufacturers replied to the
Ulster firm that they were not permitted
to execute the order. " This is considered
as showintr that the government means to
enforce the order recently issued that no
arms shall be admitted to Ireland without
permission from the Dublin executive.
Dispatches of Thursday from Laurel,
Montana, state that open war has broken
out between the settlers on the newly
opened portion of the Crow reservation
of Indians, and the wildest excitemect
exists at the new town of Wi!cy &nd
the country roundabout. Ranchmen
aroand Wiisey are moviD? thtir wives
rA v.;t.in tn nlares of safety, an pre-
paring to defend their claims
lives, if nccessrry. The Cro
13 aiiu mi"
ows are mk-
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ing medicine acu p..-r, ---
warfare. This U the fcrst time the Crow
htve shown hostility to the whites. It
; tn nr three companies of
Uuited Sta'.es r?gu.
iiia - -
Wiisey.
Thx wheat crop is subtly above an avsr.
AicuUnr'repcrterttii, mv teJ
buAfil; vaiue, 3Ul,iSl.
BIG BLAZE IN BOSTON.
Several Lives Lost and Searly Five
Millions ia Property Consumed.
A disastrous fire broke out about 4
o clock Friday evening in a building
owned by F. L. Ames, corner of Essex
and Lincoln streets, Boston, Mass., and
involved the entire block. The fire was
under control shortly after 8 o'clock.
The area burned over comprises practi
cally one whole square, bounded on the
north by Essex streetjl on the east by
Lincoln street, on the south by Tufts
street and on the west by Kingston
street. In addition to this square, one
building on the north of Essex street,
extending along Columbia street, was
burned. Also three buildings on the
east side of Lincoln street; also one on
the south side of Tufts street, Emergen
cy hospital, which was part of the Uni
ted States hotel, and the rear corner of
the hotel. Three unidentified bodies
have been taken from the ruins, and
there are supposed to be many others yet
undiscovered. The injured number about
thirty. ,
The burned buildings were full of
manufacturing enterprises of all kinds
boots and shoes, machines, rubber goods,
plush goods, leather goods, glass veaeer
ings. One of the principal firms was
Horace, Partridge & Co ., fancy goods,
and the fire seems to have originated on
the premises of this firm on the sixth
floor of the Ames building. They em
ployed about thirty clerks. Every floor
in the building had a number of people
employed and among these were the most
of the injured. Girls were overrun and
trampled upon in the panic. Three men
and one woman were seen to hang by
their hands from the parapet of the
building, but owing to the netword of
telegraph, telephone and eiectr.'c light
wires no help could be got to them and
they all fell six stories to the frozen
ground. One of the dead is Leonid us
H. Redpath, a merchant; another is a
fireman, Robert J. Restaux. Two bodies
are not identified. One is a girl too
badly burned to be recognizable. The
casualties were at the Ames building,
where the people were . hemmed with
out warning. Latest estimates of the
loss amount to four and a half millions.
The three largest buildings burned
Ames Lincoln and Brown-Durrell were
of modern construction and built in the
most noncombustible style possible for
the mercantile use. The Brown-Durrell
had front walls of sandstone and real
walls of brick. The Ames and Lincoln
were much like it.
VISIBLE COTTON SUPPLY.
Bradstreet Complies a Statement Oath
ered from Correspondents.
Bradstreet has issued a special cotton
review based upon the report of nearly
2,000 correspondents, of which the fol
lowing is an abstract: Reports from
1,975 correspondents in ten southern
states of stocks of cotton at 1,494 towns
on March 1st, enable Bradstreet to make
an unusually comprehensive statement
of the visible supply of cotton lying
back of the usual visible supply points,
waiting to come forward, and ba counted
in the crop of the season of 1892 3. Of
1,494 towns reported, 900, or 60 per cent,
only reported stocks of cotton on hand.
At 954 towns our correspondents say no
stocks were held over on March 1st, of
which towns, however, 239 reported
stocks held on March 1, 9312. The total
stock held March 1, 1893, was 341,753
bales, against 508,039 bales last year,
an apparent decrease, according to the
correspondents, of over 32 per cent.
Decreases by states show some curious
differences. Florida shows the heaviest
decrease of any, while Louisiana shows
the smallest. The 'adjoining state of
Mississippi also shows only n moderate
fallinff off. The small decrease.in Lou-H
isiana. however, ia, by reference to the
detailed reports of stocks, due to the
heavy increase in stocks held at Monroe.
The cause of this exceptional increase is
the holding for better prices. Texas,
with one quarter of the total stock re
ported, shows a decrease of 39 per cent.
The average for the entire cotton belt, it
will be seen, is considerably below this.
The result of an enumeration of stocks
at nearly 1,500 interior southern towns,
shows the total held of 342,000 bales,
about one-third less than that reported
held a year ago. This, under ordinary
circumstance?, might be taken to indi
cate that, as far as the leading towns oi
the south are concerned, the amount held
and likely to figure in the count of the
crop is only two-thirds of that held last
year.
THE OATH ADMINISTERED.
Cleveland's Cabinet Sworn Into Their
Respective Offices.
The induction into the office of the
members of President Cleveland's cabi
net (save Gresham who was sworn in
3Ionday) was the historic event at the
state department Tuesday morning. For
the first time in the history of the gov
ernment the head of departments assem
bled in the diplomatic parlors and to
gether took the oath of office.
About ntty persons were present to
witness tne ceremony. The new cabinet
officers grouped themselves about the ta
ble at the east room of the oarlor. Jus
lice Field and Secretary Gresham at the
head. The venerable jurist then calling
tne secretaries to his left, m turn admin
istered the statute oath to Messrs. Car
lisle, Larnont, Smith, Herbert, Olney,
Bissell and Morton, and tach signel. The
table used was a new one procured for
the occcasion. The ceremony being ended
a few minutes was spent in the exchang
ing' of salutations and making the intro
ductions of strangers to one another, and
then tne new secretaries departed for
tht ir several departments to enter upon
the discharge of thtir datks.
Public Debt Statement.
The debt statement issued Wednesday
shows a net cash balance of $24,123,037,
being a decrease during tbe monta l
11,136.280. Total cas? in the treasury,
$704,322,266; agg'egate debt, $1.5C5,
110 093 aggregate of certificates and
treasury' notes, cSset by special amount
of cash in the treasury, $601,828,346,
beinir a decrease of $5,670,236; national
bank circulstion has increased during
Ftbrusry, $1,532,235. There was an
actual increase of the public debt during
the month of $615,699.
THEY ME CHARGE.
Tie New Cabinet Meiite In Wei
Mo Office.
Acquainting Themselves With Their
Duties and Employes Under Them.
The first meeting of Cleveland's cabi
net was held Tuesday afternoon at the
unusual hour of 3 o'clock; and it iasted
something more than two hours. All
the members were present. There was
no formality or ceremony observed in the
opening of the meeting. Mr. Cleveland,
sittineatthe head of the table, started
the business in a simple, direct man
ner. The session was devoted to the.dis
cusskm of matters of current public im
portance including the Hawaiian annexa
tion and the financial situation, which
were touched upon. The greater part of .
the time was taken up, however, with
the consideration of the question of ap
pointments, particularly those of assist
ants to the various cabinet officers. The
necessity of filling these positions with
out delay was taken as a self evident fact,
but Mr. Cleveland impressed upon bis
official family the necessity of going
slowly in making selections" The cabi
net adjourned at 5:10 o'clock.
SECRETARY CARLISLE AT WORK.
Secretary Carlisle, accompanied by bis
son, Logan Car isle, arrived-at the treas
ury department at 11:45 o'clock a. m.,
and was immediately ushered into the
office of the secretary. Ex-Secretary
Foster and Private Secretary Wynne re
ceived the new secretary, and Messrs.
Carlisle and Foster entered into a pri
vate conversation, Mr. Foster escorting
Mr. Carlisle to a chair at the secretary's
desk and himself taking a chair at the
side Mr. Wynne performed u similar
service for Logan Carlisle, who immedi-.
ately began the open'.ng of a.
large pile of mail addressed to
Secretary Carlisle, some of which Lad
been there two or three weeks, most of
it being applications for office. At 12
o'clock the door of tho secretary's office
was thrown open and department offi
cials filed in to pay their respects to Sec
retary Carlise. They were presented by
ex-Secretary Foster. Assistant Secretary
Spauldingt who has been designated by
the president as acting assistant secretary
in case of the absence of Secretary Car
lisle, was first presented, and then came
in rapid succession Assistant Secretary
Lambertson, Appointment Clerk Macau
ley, Commissioner Mason, Treasurer Neb
eker, Comptroller Hepburn, Director
Leech, nd the comptroller and auditors,
and various chiefs of ivisi ns. After!
the department officials retired 'Secretary
Carlisle was occupied most of the after
noon in receiving callers. Secretary Car
lisle, when he assumed charge had -on
band $1,250,000 of free gold, and a
net balance of $25,500,000. of which
$11,500,000 was in nations back depos
itories, $11,000,000 in subsidiary coin
and $500,000 in coin.
SECRET ART LAMOXT.
After being sworn in Secretary Lamont
went oer to the v ar V rartnient, where
he had a private enference with Gener
al Schofleldr Tl. chiefs of various bu
reaus were then . resent J to the new
secretary. While .. s so ingaged
a large crowd, including several ladles,
assembled in the secretary's office and
were subsequently presented. Mr. El
kins wss not at the department during
the reception, having bid a formal good
by Monday afternoon. '
SECRETARY HEBBKRT OX HAND.
Secretary Tracy severed his official
connection with the navy department
and Secretary Herbert took charge.. He
had a final conference with Secretary
Tracy relative to various matters now
pending. After the conference Secre
tary Tracy presented the various bureau
chiefs to his successor. Secretary Her
bert spent a couple of hours at the de
partment Tuesday evening receiving vis
itors and signing his mail. He is no
stranger at the navy department and re
ceived congratulations from many of the
different officitls with whom be hvs be
come well acquainted during his years of
service on tne naval committee or tne
house. His personality with them
well established and of long standing.
It is said at the department that As
sistant Secretary Loley will probably
continue in his office for several months.
The administration, it U .understood,
does not intend to make any change ia
that office at present.
ATT0R5IT GEXEBAL OLSET.
The new attorney ceneral, Mr. Olney,
.was presented to. the United States su
preme court Dr retiring anoiucj vjcuc- -ral
Miller, who in a few appropriate re
marks announced his own retirement and
expreesing the hope that bis successor
would find his relations to the court
equally pleasant. Justice Field was -presiding
officer of the court in the ab
sence of Chief Justice Fuller. After
General Miller had introduced Mr. Ol
ney the commission of the latter wss
ordered spread upon the minutes, and
Justice Field made a response in its na
ture complimentary to the retiring at
torney general.
THE USTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
Mr. Smith, the secretary of the inte
rior, took Jibe oath of rffice with' the -,
other members of the cabinet and then
repaired to the department, where Le
met the heads of the departments and
bad a conference with Secretary Noble.
Some of bis Georgia frieads were
present.'..
TEE SECRET ART OF AOBICTLTTRE-" '.
The new secretary of agriculture, J.
Sterling Morton, arrived at bis utcart
ment about cooo, coming direct from
the department of st-te. Chiefs of divis
ions and their assistants were presente
to him by Assistant becretary WiSlets, Jf
the depigment. After the presentation
ex-Secretary ltu" took frewe!l of hi
late employe. S cretary Morton and
ex-SccreUry Husk after a&tU drove to'
the weathf r bureau, whtre the former
met the official of that branch c f the
deoartment.
There are 103 convicts in the XcrsJa
p State Prison, and the expense of fcVl;?3
rnem is auoui $1.15 ceats a dJ 1
capita. .;.. .
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