VOL. VI.
SALISBURY. N. C. THURSDAY. JUNE 22, 1893.
NO. 37.
T7ASHIHGT0N GOSSIP.
EappEEims from Day to Day
national Capital
in fits
Appointment In the Yarloos Depart-mnti-Other
Sotes of Interest.
George W. Sanderlin, of North Car
olina, was apiointed auditor of the
treasury Friday.
Postmaster General Biaeell ha re
scinded his order that no republican
postmasters should be removed with
out charges being filed against the in
cumbent. William M, Meredith, chief of the
bfireau of engTaving and printing;
William W. Rollins, collector of inter
nal revenue for the fifth district of
North Carolina; John W. Fisher, col
lector of custom at Richmond, Ya.,
have resigned.
Thursday the name of sixty-seven
clerk were dropied from the rolls
ox me general aanu oiuce. vi iu
number, six were from class 4, $1,800
per annum ; nineteen from class 3,
$1,600 per annum ; sixteen from class
2, $1,400; ten from class 1, $1,200;
. eight from the one thousand claw, and
eight from the copying class, $990. ,
Frank Aldrich, until recently quart
ermaster general of the National
Guards, has left Washington mys
' teriously, leaving debts to the amount
of $20,000. He was also commissioner
of weights and measures for the Dis
trict of Columbia. His downfall is
due to the fact that he thought he saw
millions in a power company which he
established, borrowing money reck
lessly to keep afloat.
The president, Monday, appointed
Milton A. Smith to be postmaster at
Anniston, Ala., vice 8. B. Randolph,
remove'd ; Wm. S. Norwood at Titus
ville, Fla., vice R. C. Scrimagow, re
moved; R. H. Moses at Carrollton,
Ga., vice C. H. Murrell, removed;
Thoa. A. Baily at Darien, Ga., vice C.
Ii. Jackson, office become presidential ;
Joseph Doar at Georgetown, U. C,
J. N. Hpeery, removed.
The opinion of the court of appeals
in deciding that the world's Columbian
exposition at Chicago shall be opened
on Sunday was received at Washing
ton by a press bulletin early Saturday
afternoon. Attorney General Olney
at a late hour had received no official
announcement of the fact. He said
that his department had a clear record
in the case and had exhausted every
legal means to enforce the mandate of
congress in the matter.
It seems to be throughly understood
in Washington that Colonel Blount has
Ticn'd thfl Hawaiian mission. The
utate department has never yet ac
knowledged it nor yet positively de
nied it. His resignation is uuexplain
able, unless he returns with the inten
tion of entering local policies again.
r Proctor Knott is fixed upon by the
political prognostieators of the capital
us the man who will be intrusted to
finish the work begun by Blount.
One of the best places in the treas
ury department is that of chief of the
bureau of engvaving and printing.
xno wijj&rvvjH ;?)4,ouu a year wun a car
riage furnisfred and certain other per--.
f nuisites which add to the comfort of
the incumbent. President Harrison
nmointed to this intuition his old
friend and army comrade, Captain
William P. Meredith, originally of ;
Indiana. .. Captain Meredith will be,
succeeded in office by Claude M. '
Johnson, of Lexington, Kentucky. i
The following appointments wero
. made Monday: John J. Essary, of
Tennessee, to be collector of internal
revenue for the Second district of
Tennessee ; Hope Elias, of North
Carolina, for the Fifth district of
North Carolina; Charles M. Wallace,
of Virginia, to be collector of customs
for the district of Richmond, Va. ;
Robert B. Glenn, of North Carolina,
to be United States attorney for the
Western district of North Carolina;
William Perry Murphy, of South Car
olina, for the district of South Caro
lina. The president, on Friday made the
following appointments : Thomas D.
Robinson, to be surveyor general of
Colorado. To bo registers of land
offices, W. J. Kuntz, at Ashland, Wis. ;
Andrew J. Taylor, at Duluth, Minn.
To bo receivers of public moneys,
Clarence Dennis, at Ashland, Wis. ;
Jacob H. Robins, at LaGrande, Ore. ;
Frank P. Arbuckle at Denver, Col.
lina, to be deputy third auditor of the
treasury ; Thomas A. Robinson, to be
postmaster at Cameron, Tex. ; William
A. Bryant, at McGregor, Tex., and
George A. Warren, at Huntington,
v. a.
The following fourth-class pastmas-
ters were appointed for Georgia Sat
urday : Bluo Ridge, Fannin county,
J P. Wifsell, vice J. W; Gillam, re
signed; Cohutta, Whitfield county,
Mrs. L. A. Stockburger, vice W. H.
Parker, removed; Geneva, Talbot
county, Mrs. N. M. Renfroe, vice
Mary F. Turner, removed; Gills
Tille, Hall county, E. E. Allam,
vice Emma Myers, removed ; Gor
don, Wilkinson county, W. D. Dowell,
... rico F. A. Nelson, removed; Reed
Creek. Hart county, W. P. Eleod.viec
W. A. Moore, removed; Suwanee,
Gwinnett county, MissOro H. Harris,
Tice M. E. II. Brown, removed; Tem
ple, Carroll county, T. B. Griffin, vice
Van It. Davis, removed; Zebulon.Pike
county, E. H. Baker, vice G. J. Fin
cher, removed.
Mr. Cleveland has at last decided to
accept the ruling of Postmaster Gen
eral Biissell that a man's term of office
begins from the date of his commis
sion, and not from hia induction in
public service and from the time he
begins to draw his salary. A test case
came up before him Friday. Robert
Smalls, a negro, and present collector
of the port of Beaufort, 8. C; has
served four years in office, his term
from the date he entered the service
having expired last Tuesday. Secre
tary Carlisle wrote Representative.
Brawley to call and name his succes
sor. Brawley complied, when Mr. Car
lisle had to tell the congressman that
Smalls would hold over six months
longer to the experiration of his term
from the date of his commission, Mr.
Cleveland had so decided the case.
Derrraae la G14 ttalpaaeste.
There was a slight falling off in the
shipments of currency Friday. It was
estimated that the amount would fall a
a good deal short of $1,000,000. The
demand for currency has had the ef
fect of increasing the amount of free
gold in the treasury and the amount of
such gold at the day's close exceeded
$92,000,000, which is a gain of more
than $2,000,000 over last week. Of
this sum $1,500,000 came from the
National City bank, which has been
one of the largest shippers of cur
rency to the west. The National
City bank has kept aH its reserve
in gold and was thus enabled to com
ply readily with the demands of its
country correspondents, a fact upon
which it prides itself. But for the fact
that the treasury has had to pay out
large sums for pensions, it would have
shown a large gain in legal tenders, a
large amount of which was received
from the banks f off currency. Thus
far the subtreasury has been enabled
to meet pretty nearly all the demands
for currency, but there is a scarcity of
"ones," "twos" and "fives," and it is
understood on gold or legal tenders
for these. For notes of such denomi
nations it accepts treasury certificates
as well as legal tenders.
Chinese Registration.
Complete returns of the Chinese
registration under the -Geary act have
been received bv the international
revenue commissioner. They show
that out of 110,000 Chinese in the
United States, 13,179 registered.
The registration by districts is as
follows : Alabama, 43 ; Arkansas, 13 ;
first California, 3,223 ; fourth Califor
nia, 2,258; Colorado, 1,500; Connec
ticut, 160; Florida, 44; Georgia, 65;
first Illinois, 191 ; eighth Illinois, 5a;
thirteenth Illinois, 15 ; sixth Indiana,
44 ; seventh Indiana, 15 ; third Iowa,
131; fourth Iowa, 49; Kansas, 20;
second Kentucky, 7 ; fifth Ken
tucky, 8; sixth Kentucky 5:
seventh Kentucky, 6 ; eighth
Kentucky, 2; Louisiana, 215;
Maryland, 187 ; third Massachusetts,
20 ; first Michigan, 88 ; fourth Michi
gan, 14 ; Minnesota, 59 ; Montana, 400 ;
first Missouri, 30 ; sixth Missouri, 10;
Nebraska, 91 ; New Hampshire, 47 ;
New Jersey, 18 ;' fifth New Jersey, 23 ;
New Mexico, 446; first New York, 141 ;
second New York, 76 ; third New York,
138; fourth New York, 51; .twenty
eighth New York, 111 ; fourth North
Carolina, 1 ; fifth North Carolina, 1 ;
tenth Ohio, 37; eleventh Ohio, 17;
eighteenth Ohio, 25; Oregon, 11,092;
first Pennsylvania, 345 ; ninth Penn
sylvania, 50; twelfth Pennsylvania, 75 ;
third Pennsylvania, 242; South Car
olina 33 ; second Tennessee, 3 ; fifth
Tennessee, 6; third Texas, 22; fourth
Texas, 5 ; second Virginia, 5 ; sixth
Virginia, 22 ; West Virginia, 6 ; first
Wisconsin, 44 ; second Wisconsin, 63.
In all there are 363 internal revenue
districts. Originally there were as
many internal revenue districts as
there were congressional districts.
When the consolidation was made, the
old numerical designation of some of
the districts wete retained and the dis
tricts are known officially by such
numbers. "
EXPORTS DURING MAY. V
Some Statistics from the Treasury
Department Showing Their Value.
The .bureau of statistics, in a com-
l parative report to the treasury depart
ment the value of exports of mineral
oils were as follows : For the month
ending May 31st, last, $3,758,149, an
increase over the month of May, 1892,
of more than $500,000. For the eleven
TYinnthB ptkW Alftir 31st. ft37. fill. 594.
a decrease from the corresponding
period of 1892 of more thnn $3,000,-
000. The total values of the exports j
of cotton are reported as fellows : j
For the month ending May 31, last, j
$11,251,126, an increase of nearly i
$500,000 over May of last year, but j
for the nine months ended May 31st, '
last, $174,779,878, a decrease of nearly j
$68,000,000 from the corresponding !
period of 1892 is reported. The bu
reau reports the total values of beef,
hog and dairy products exports as fol
lows: For the month ended May last, $10,
400,410, a falling off of nearly $700,000
as compared with the exports of a
similar period of 1892 ; for five months
ended May 31st, last, $45,245,992, a
loss of a little more than ten millions
of dollars as compared with the same
months of 1892.
VICTORY FOR THE FAIR.
The Sunday Closing Injunction Over
ruled by the Supreme Court.
A Chicago special says : Chief Jus
tice Fuller, Saturday morning, over
ruled the decision of the federal cir
cuit court, which issued an injunction
restraining the directors from opening
the fair on Sunday. He decides for
the United States court of appeals and
remands the suit to the circuit court.
Just ices" Bunn and Allen concurred in
the opinion. 1
Other matters of a complicated char
acter, he said, would undoubtedly
grow out of this decision. For instance,
the donation by congress of $2,500,
000 to the fair had been coupled, with
the condition that the fair should not
be open on Sunday, and the well
known intent of the local directory to
open it on Sunday, would seem to im
ply on their part a disregard for the
condition upon which the money was
cranted.
TELEGRAPHIC GLEAMKGS.
lie Hews of tie foril Cental
Pitliy ail Pointed Parrot
Interesting and In true tire to
Classes of Readers.
Into
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The Genessee Oil. Works, limited,
at Buffalo, N. Y., made an assignment
Friday. The liabilities are $300,000.
Admissions to the world's fair Sun
day were: Adults, 54,582: children,
3,094 ; employes, exhibitors and other
free admissions, 16,836 ; total, 74,512.
Charles W. Mosher, president of the
wrecked Capital National bank of
Lincoln, Neb., appeared Saturday in
the federal court and plead guilty to
falsifying the books of the bank.
The Lake county bank at Paines
ville O., which was forced to suspend
a few days ago because of a run, was
solvent. A statement shows that the
assets were $550,000 and tne liabilities
$350,000.
The Exchange Banking Compay, of
Weston, O., closed its doors Thursday.
The bank had a run and was unable to
get help. The directors have notified
the depositors that they will probably
receive dollar for dollar.
The Southern Railway and Steam
ship association in session at New York
Thursday, concluded that no modifi
cation of the rates of schedules for
transportation could be made until.
July 1st, when the association will
meet again at Manhattan beach.
For the first time in the history of
the Hawaiian islands the Hawaiian
national flag was floated over the pal
ace on June 2d. The formal occupa
tion of the palace by the .provisional
government and the raising of the na
tional emblem over it is regarded by
the annexationists generally and by
many of the natives as a final blow to
monarchy.
The Capitol National bank at Indi
anapolis, which suspended business
May 11th, resumed business Monday
morning. The bank officials received
many congratulatory words from the
business men. "The comptroller re
quired that we should have $750,000,"
said President Byram. "We have
about eight hundred thousand dollars
- money enough for all."
A dispatch of . Sunday from New
York says: A modification of the
Richmond Terminal plan has been
made so as to bring in the East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia equip
ment and improvement bond, thus
crivinor the committee control of the
East Tennessee system. The Cincin
nati extension bonds are now all that
remain to be brought in.
A six-story building at Wabash
avenue and Congress street, Chicago,
was entirely destroyed by fire Sunday.
The structure was occupied by a num
ber of firms, whose combined loss aggre
gated $300,000. The building was
valued a$ $150,000 and was owned by
j John Quincy Adams, of Wharton, 111.
It was burned two years ago and had
only been recently rebuilt.
Dispatches 8f Monday from St.
Paul, Minn., state that there were
many mining camps employing a large
number of men, in Nunberhood, and
they were undoubtedly burned by
Sunday's forest fire. Among them
were the Mountain Iron, the New
England, the Eouhleau, the One Jack
and Poca mines.- All the camps had
had large storehouses. It is feared
that some of the men may have per
ished in the fierce flames.
Advices of Thursday fTom St. Pe
tersburg, Russia, are to the effect that
the Church of the Chudov Monastery,
which is within the walls of the
Kremlin, was recently robbed of avast
amount of plate, , money and gems.
The property and money taken
amounted to between 2,500,000 and
3,000,000 roubles. All the monks be
longing to the monastery have been
arrested. The search of cells occupied
bv the monks revealed that they had
perpetrated the robbery,
W w .
A special of; 4Snnday from Duluth,
says: The towns of Virginia and
Mountain Iron, on the Duluth, Mes
saba and Northern railroad, have been
destroyed by forest fires which have
been raging for a week. Messaba and
Biwabik, on the Duluth and Iron
Range, were also invaded by serious
fires and Tower had a like experience.
There are 2,000 people homeless in
Virginia and without foo d or shelter,
every provision depot and their con
tents in the place being destroyed.
Monday, the day of the arguments
in the Borden case at New Bedford,
Mass., brought out a terrific jam at
the courthouse, and for an hour before
the time of opening the doors it was
besieged by people, mostly ladies in
holiday attire. The jury took their
seats at 8 :55 o'clock, looking quite re
freshed after two days, rest, and in a
few minutes after they entered Miss
Borden came in, a bunch of pinks in
her hand and a contented smile on her
face. The arguments in the celebrated
case were then begun.
The assignees of Herman Scaffner &
Co., the insolvent bankers of Chicago
completed the examination of the
firm's affairs Monday and filed a re-
ort. The liabilities secured and un- l
secured are put down to be $2, 350, 011. !
The total estimated apparently good ;
assets $1,894,904 and the total assets !
of every kind $2,132,218, leaving an j
excess of liabilities of $37,192. The
Total liabilities secured and unsecur -
ed, $2,350,011; the total estimated
apparently good assets, $1,894,904.
Sxow stomas and severe frost throughout
Japan have damaged taa nuolberry trjea
The lMTrs ol the trees cava turn! black aa-i
are totally unSt for food !cr the Ut
worms. Sericulturista will sustain a loss es
timated at C3,CO0,0G9.
BUSINESS WAS QUIET.
Dun A Co.'s ReTlew of Trade for the
Past Week.
B. G. Dun k Co.'s weekly review of
trade says: Concerted action by the
banks in New York has changed the
situation. More failures and the tre
mendous drain of money to the west
had such an effect in the city that the
banks were unanimous in deciding
upon the issue of the clearinghouse
certificates. Much increased accommo
dations for the business community
are expected to arrive and doubtless
wilL unless speculation is stimulated
to absorb all the increase in available
resources through undue preference j
for marketable securities over other
assets. The weakness of banks of
many western points continues and the
widespread stringency is having a seri
ous effect upon , merchants and manu
facturers who are in no way concerned
with speculative operations. A very
sharp fall in foreign exchange removes
the change of the gold export at pres
ent, but is due to foreign purchases of
securities rather than to a change in
trade balances. Exports in two weeks
of June, it is true, are but $2,700,000,
or 15 per cent, below last year's, and
imports show a small decrease in place
of the enormous increase reported for
months, but balances are still adverse
and likely to be for some time. The
decline in prices has tended to some
increase in the foreign demands for
products, but has been followed during
the past week by an advance of more
than a cent in wheat, with
sales of only 27,000,000 bushels;
2 1-2 cents in corn, and 3-16 of a
cent in cotton, with sales of 950,000
bales. Pork has fallen 50 cents, oats
a quarter, coffee one-half, but there is
no material increase of exports at
this season of cotton, the amount car
ried over is small and the price tends
to prevent. Wheat receipts are still
large and accounts of growing crops
decidedly more favorable from the
northwest, but conflicting with cotton.
The output of pig iron declined
$7,572 tons each week in May and
is scarcely larger than a year ago.
Stock on hand declined 9,000
tons in May but a further reduction
of the output is in progress. The
market for iron and its products re
mains dull and unsatisfactory, bar be
ing especially weak and southern pig
much pressed for sale. Scarcity of
money is reported in a few southern !
cities like Charleston and Mobile, and
at New Orleans money is in good de
mand and in fair, supply, while at
Knoxville the demand is smaller.
The volume of business has been
much affected by the prevailing strin
gency and caution about credits. Iron
and its products are weaker at Pitts
burg and .a strike is expected, the
workers demanding last year's wages.
Trade at Cleveland is dull and at Cin
cinnati quiet. Chicago reports an
easier financial situation, but western
demands urgent, collections very slow,
speculation limited in volume, build
ing 50 per cent smaller than
last year. wholesale trade fairly
satisfactory and retail trade im
proved. Milwaukee reports con
fidence slowly returning. At St.
Paul excellent crop prospects make a
hopeful feeling, and at Omaha trade is
good; at Kansas City fair; at St.
Joseph fair. At St. Louis trade is be
yond anticipations. At all southern
points trade is slower. The market
for stocks has been stronger during
the week, although the advances have
ranged less than half a dollar per
share, and the demand for money ad
vanced rates on calls sharply.
Failures for the past week numbers
313 in the United States, against 153
last vear. -
THE SENTENCES QUASHED
And
tiie Panama Canal Swindlers are
fiiren their Freedom.
Advices from Paris state that con
siderable excitement has been caused
by the decision of the court of cessa
tion on the appeal of Charles de Les
seps and the other defendants convict
ed of fraud in connection with the
Panama Canal Company. The court
handed down its decision Thursday
quashing the sentences on the ground
that the statute of limitation covered
the offences charged and that the in
dictments on which the prisoners were
charged were irregular.
In consequence of this decision M.
Eiffel was at once liberated. M.
Charles de Lesseps, who is in the St.
Loui hospital suffering with acute at
tacks of dyspepsia, was informed that
he was at liberty. He was too ill to
leave the hospital. There were five
defendants convicted on the trial,
which ended on February 9th last.
There were Ferdinand de Lesseps, his
son Charles, Marius Fontaine, Henri
Cottu and Gustavus Eiffel. Ferdinand
de Lesseps was sentenced to five years
imprisonment and to pay a fine.
M. Fontain was also notified of the
reversal of his sentence and was at
once given his liberty. In addition to
the sentence of five years' imprison
ment imposed upon M, Charles de
Lesseps, he was sentenced at a later
trial to serve a year for bribing certain
members of the chamber to rote for
the Panama lottery bond bill.
And thus ends one of the greatest
criminal cases France has ever known,
in which the names of men prominent
in political and social life were badly
smirched and which caused Baron de
Beinach to commit suicide and two or
three others to flee the country.
Briggs to Continue Hit Work.
A New York special sars : At a
1 of the. directors of
tne union seminary, xnursuay, it was
decided that C. A. Brigg D. D., will
continue his work in the department
of Biblical theology as hitherto. The
directors also decided that special pro
visions should be made so that none of
the students of Union seminary will
suffer from the restrictions which have
been put upon the board of education, .
THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH.
Rotes of Her Prozress ail Prosperity
Epitomize
ind Import&nt Happenings from
to Day Tersely Told.
Day
The trustees of the North Carolina
State agricultural and Mechanical
college hare established a department
of military tactics, also a postgraduate
course and a preparatory department
of .which post graduates will be the
instructors.
A Knoxville, Tenn., special says:
Sam Walker, the constable arrested
for murdering a ten-year-old boy tin
der most sensational circumstances,
was given a preliminary, trial Satur
day. He was acquitted, as he had a
number of witnesses to prove an alibiSd
Juany persons, nowever, noia tne opin
ion that he is guilty.
James P. Streight, of Nashville, and
Charles F. Streight, of Albany, N. Y.,
partners trading under the name of
J. P. Streight & Co., at Nashville,
made a special assignment Saturday to
Chauncey P. Benedict of a large
amount of property, consisting of
town lots, : lumber, logs, mill machin
ery, etc., to secure certain creditors.
The North Carolina state board of
agriculture, in Bession Friday, ordered
the immediate erection of a building,
doubling the size of its museums, to
contain the exhibits now at the world's
fair, as well as other additions. The
board re-elected all the old officers,
with John Robinson, commissioner of
agriculture ; T. K. Burnes, secretary ;
H. B. Battle, state chemist.
The Bank of New Hanover, N. C,
was not opened Monday morning. A
notice posted on the door states that
depositors will receive dollar for dol
lar. The assets are estimated at $1,
250,000, the liabilities at $800,000,
All unpaid collections of the bank of
New Hanover have been turned over
to the "Wilmincrton savings and Trust
Company for remittance.
The First National bank of Bruns
wick will not resume business. Mr.
Burbage had his interview with Comp
troller Echols Saturday but was una
ble to convince him that the bank was
in a condition to throw open its doors
again, and Mr. Echols appointed Gor
don S. Thomas, receiver, who will be
gin at once the work of winding up the
affairs of the defunct institution.
At a joint meeting of the Savannah
board of trade and cotton exchange,
held Thursday, a resolution was pass
ed ursrincr Hon. Rufus E. Lester to
urge the repeal of the Sherman silver
law when congress meets in the fall.
The resolution urged the, importance
of the repeal of that law upon all of
Oeorgia s representatives in congress
and a copy of : it will be sent to each
of them, requesting that they work for
its repeal. '
A Richmond, Va., special of Sunday
says : Governor McKinney has declin
ed to issue a commission to Lieutenant
William M. Seay, Jr., of the Fitz Lee
troops, of Lynchburg, whose case has
attracted a great deal of attention in
military circles. Lieutenant Seay was
recently cashiered for disobedience to
orders. His troops afterwards re-elected
him to his old position but the
board of examiners of . Virginia de
clined to award the certificate of qual
ification required by law.
At New Orleans, Thursday after
noon, one produce shed, one fruit shed,
of the Louisville and Nashville Rail
road Company, one fruit shed of the
Illinois Central, fruit shed and the
wharves in front of them and upon
which these stood, and
7,000,000 feet
of lumber were destroyed by fire.
The Louisville and Nashville shed was
full of fruit. The loss upon the fruit
alone will be $20,000. The loss of
the railroad companies will approxi
mate $60,000, making the total losa
exceed $80,000.
THE ARMY BILL DOOMED.
Latest Returns of Germany's Elections
Indicate a Socialist Vic ory.
Cable dispatches from Berlin state
that returns from 348 of the districts
in which election for members of the
reichstag were hd on Thursday, re
ceived up to 5 o'clock Saturday even
ing, show the election of forty-nine
centrists, thirty-seven conservatives,
twenty-four social democrats, seventeen
national liberals, nine Centrists in fa
vor of the bill, three Bichtcrists, four
volkesparte, thirteen poles, six Alsa
tians, three anti-Semites and three
wild, with re-ballots necessary.
An analysis of the re-ballots shows
that the social democrats and national
liberals will figure chiefly in them,
while Bichterists and centrists are a
long way behind. The defeat of the
Bichterists appears to be irretrievable.
Their organ admits the crushing
character of the disaster, but The
Berlin Freissinice Zeitung finds com-
fort in predicting that the nltimate
poll of the party combined with the
volkesparte, centrists and socialists
will form an overwhelming plebiscite
against the army bill.
The Contractor Condemned.
Contractor Georcre W. Dent was
severely condemned by the evidence I
given Saturday at the coroner's In-
quest over the remains of the Fold's j
theater victims, although some of j
those who gave testimony against hi '
methods, spoke highly of his ability as J
a nractical mechanic and bricklaver. i
The United States government
also
came in for its share of condemnation 1
for its methods of doing the work of
vneTTiH-irtn Rtv'rl PTTiprt vinMUM
construction. Several expert wineasea
testified that the best contractors did the evidence Deing oirecxea exclusively . "ihool
not care to do work for the govern- certainment oi the cause oi boildineatli wtoo,Trx. Tralcaia (Chatta
men 1 the building's collapse. . ' ' nooga, Tens.)
A TI1IELY STEP
Taken by Sew York Banks to Guard
Against a Panic
A New York special of Thursday
says: lne imsmesa men oi tne city
are much elated over the action cf the
managers of the banks belonging to
the clearing house. The very serious
aspect that the financial and commer
cial situation has assumed, has led to
the necessity of some combined action
on the part of New York banks.
Similar action has been taken be
fore in times of panic It practi
cally takes the form of an issue of clear
ing house certificates to those banks
which, while perfectly solvent, have
their funds tied up in time loans and
are pressed for ready cash. No cer
tificates are issued, except to those
banks known to be in good condition,
and only then upon securities whose
value has been carefully passed
upon by the clearing house
committee. These certificates pass
as current funds between ' the
banks, and can thus be used iu the
settlement of balances, relieving the
banks that may have a largo debit bal
ance in the clearincr huose from set
tling in cash. As the bank's paper is
paid off and the general situation im
proves the banks are required to take
up their certificates as quickly as pos
sible. MLUOXS SHIPPED "WEST.
The present action of the New York
banks is only to prepare for a possible
emergency. The crisis prevailing in
the west, which has brought about so
many bank and 'business failures,
has also produced a generally
unsettled feeling in that section.
In consequence, there has been a
general and heavy withdrawal of de
posits by the western banks from their
New York correspondents. It is esti
mated that no less than $16,000,000
in currency has been shipped out,
chiefly to Chicago and other western
cities since June 5th. The strain has
fallen heavily upon the New York
banks, and following the heavy gold
exports, has made money very scarce
and contracted credit. By the issue
of clearing house certificates, which
practically make the associated banks
act as a unit, a great deal of relief is
given to the situation, and a further
extension of credit is made possible.
VERDICT OF THE JURY.
Aine worth, Covert, Sass and Dent Re
sponsible for the Disaster.
The taking of testimony in the Ford
theater case by the coroner's jury was
concluded Monday afternoon. After
being out two hours the jury returned
a verdict setting forth . that Frederick
K. Loftus came to his death by the
disaster at Ford's theater, building on
June 9, 1893. They recite the fact
that George W. Dent was the contrac
tor under the government for the
work in progress which caused the
disaster and all the circumstances con
nected with the accident, and find that
Frederick C. Ainesworth, in charge of
the building ; William G. Covert, the
superintendent ; Francis Sass, the en
gineer, and George W. Dent, the con
tractor, are responsible for the killing
of Loftus.
The jury further found that the
failure of the government of the
United States to provide for skilled
superintendence of the work of repair
and alterations of its buildings in
charge of the war department is most
unbusinesslike and reprehensible, and
are of the opinion that if such superin
tendence had been provided in the
case of the work on the Ford theater
building the awful tragedy might
have been averted.
Coroner Patterson decided not to
! issue warrants for the commitment of
Colonel Ainesworth, Dent, Covert and
Sass until Tuesday ' morning, in order
to give them an opportunity of ob
taining bail. Colonel Ainesworth has
already secured a bondsman.
SUSTAINS THE PRESIDENT.
Judge Brnce Decides the Qnestlon
of
Two Appointments In Alabama.
Monday, in the United States court,
at Birmingham, before Judge Bruce,
arguments were made in the cases of
Lewis E. Parsons vs. Emrnett O'Niel,
and A. N. Nininger vs. J. C. Mns
grove. Parsons and Nininger are tho
recently removed district attorney
and United States marshal, respective
ly, and O'Niel and Mtisgrove, the re
cent appointees of President Cleveland
for the northern district of Alabama.
The matter was argue! in the form of
a conference to ascertain whom the
court would recognize as the officials
of his court in opening this, an ad
journed term. In the course of his
decision Judge Bruce said : This
court will presume that the pres
ident and the attorney general
and their advisers have acted within
their rights. It is clear in my mind
that these papers are regular and must
be recognized. "I shall recognize
them and proceed to open court and
I try the cases set down for this term
A motion was made that an order is
sue for ex-District Attorney Parsons
and ex-United States Marshal Ninin
ger to turn over the books and papers
in their possession belonging to the
government. Judge Bruce signified
his willingness to issue such an order.
It is said that Parsons and Nininger
will institute proceedings in the court
of claims for the salary from date un
til next February.
A Sew Inquett Started.
A Washington special says: The
new inquest over the remains of the
l ord s theater disaster was vegxm
J Thursday moruing.
i Were deVOld OI a Sd
. . .
1 he proceedings
ere aevom . -.-u,
. ' t .1 A
CROP BULLETIN.
rhe Past Week a Favorable Ono la
Many of toe States. -
The weather crop bulletin, issued
Tuesday from the Agricultural depart
ment, says : ThjPjWarm weather of the
last week improvea the crops greatly
and they are growing rapidly. The
general weather has been good and
i i -i tm' WAi. -
lhiA of tne seAon. farmers are
more hopeful in thejtwest and in the
south Atlantic states. Following are
some special telegraphic Veporta : "
MississippiNig&tbicool for cotton,
general conditionsVefj favorable, crops
very grassy.but cleaned rapidly ;
corn yellow in boi&msssason lte and
crops a little short. S.
- Louisiana Week rather favorable
to crops, frequent showers interfered
with laying by of onv. but rice bene- i
fitted; cotton shos -improvement,
some blooms; corn silking and tassclK" !
ing, overflow,' . of water falling
slowly in the extreme northeast and
lands will be placed in condition aa
early as practicable";
Texas -Nightso ool for cotton,
plant irregular iV ie and prospects,
while good in ftuns sections, do not
average so foVvjhe state. Corn in s
good condition, about laid by.
Arkansas Most of the corn laid by, '
cotton much improved and cropabe- .
ing rapidly cleaned, wheat being har
vested, yield good, oats heading and
promise abundant crop, farmers more
hopeful and encouraged.
Tennessee W arm, - wora pusneo . t
vigorously during the week, corn be- '
ing worked -and looks well, cariy
wheat about reidy to cut, clover .and
grasses in splendid conditio nV'barley,
being cutt eptton small, buCimprot-
ing. . KtViJ.. : ''2:
KenttujEractr.favoraoie vireeK oi
the seyIteWtt'hwVest-Jkbont U
TOmmh.oio'pWntv'of rust,
oatsngraap&,,! lfine,v tobacco nearly
set i -TJookaw -
MjKriMofetHfcTorable week of
the sftsonpVK proffrg ''finely
and the cifip bUtlook improving daily.
Mc&l&EY RE-NOMINATED.
The
Republican State Convention
of
f Phlo In Session.
A Oplutabus,' O., special says: A
few minutes, after 10, o'clock Thursday
morning Qeneral Grosvener called the
republican ;sUtcpnvention to order, -and
the Rev. Dr. N. H.1 Holmes im
plored the divine blessing on the pro
ceedings.i' JIbn4 H.. M. Dougherty was
intrddncedias, permanent chairman
and'inadV three-miaute speech. The
report oi the 'febmmittee on resolutions
was reM.lry Cpngressman G. W. Hu
lich.liClfdh YEach plank was
loudly" ippndje4f " j
MoEnls'tiame was presented as
the nomiefKOTernor by Colonel
Bob Ndvjfcs, trpayton, And secorided
by SeriatoFchols, of Belmop
There wi$rnf other nominations au. .
the governptwas: declared the nomi
nee amid'tf fjx'ibr "wild enthusiasm.
A commiQ0o; ?va:ppointed to con
duct hiM to tho)hallf and i a few nKy
ments latef he?ijgde hi Appearance.
He was 'greets 4'y'ith cheers prolonged
for severulpm ants.' f V
ri y'V Vf.' .- -
unc ono mut uinnsirous acciaenis
that evef ha'ppftuc1 Ju the Baltimore
and Ohio railrpftdt'fnW'cst Virginia,
occured oil thfe 2Yf$ Board Tree tun
nel, east of , Caiiitroh" : Saturday morn
ing. Trai a' NoMOiast bound collid
ed with f reight trair Sp 92 westbound,
while both' weT'poin4 at a speed of
thirty miles an hour,: Imagines and cars
it -a i4,2';-.-L'tit-. - a ii...
were wrecucu,.. ivxii puvu jijwj iuo
creek. Engineers Daal and Kinley,
both of Wheeling ; Fireman Clencher
and two trainmen, -whose names are
not known, were killed.8 The preperty
loss will be heavy. V
GROWTH OF
TH&
SOUTH.
The
Industrial DeTtlopmeot Daring
the Pat Week.
Th reriew of tb iau;f l .tutkn ia lbs'
Bon tli tor the pact w.tk show iha organize! in.
at Uniontowo. Ala., of a cotton tnlil company,
with $100,000 capiut, by 'A. Wright an.1
ot!iera;of machiue shop tad. fonn Inr at M
rkli&n, Mi, by W. K. Ena ami afeodatt; of
a cotton mill to coat t73.C00at King MtnwUin,
X. C, by P. 8. Batu-r andotli fa, an l of a lam
ber manufacturing compsny, st Ttroae, Ark.,
wiih $W.003 capital, by the J.f. P trier Ln sa
ber Company; ;lie oritanizauon. at Warrao,
&my, cpiu-1 $V).0O0; of an oil j&ilt with tW.
X) capital, at Now UranDfckr itxaa, by tbo
Land Cotton Oil Cmpanr; of So o l mill at
Cro-kett, Text, by the H-uvoti Coouty Chi
Mill and llADnfiC taring Compaa,' with !3V
000 capital; of a mining atfl uaprovament
company, with "t23J0 C4p tal at Or aa to,
Fla.. by tbe Eat and Bonth Ftoiil Mock
Mininx and Improvement Company, a ad of a
a miliar com pa-1 j, al-o with $20,600 capital, at
Tampa, FU., by tlM Pniiano ar Hock Mining
attd IevfcIopm?at Company.
To rtyHbxe- new iadoatru were UUibd
or incorporated daring tb week to;etber with
nine enlargementa of manafartorka an4 eleven
important new building Am?ug tbe new in
doatrie not abov referred to an brick worts
at Galreetoo, Texaa; canning factoria at Brew
ton, Ala., Augusta, Ga., EtiU, 3.. C, aad New
Birmingham, Texas; a d.atil!ry at Lewtatoa,
Texa. aad electric pUn'a at Ilimbotdt, Tean.,
and Mancbe-ter, Va, Foor aad grUt mill ere
to be built at Jit Terd and fpnug Citr.Teno.,
an Edna. Tezae; an iroa foonlry at Waeelmg,
v v mm aaaaaaaaaaa a vim y W aaa w mvrm v aaan
trad at Knox ti lie, Tt-on,, and Motmdanlie, W.
V., a milliui company at O eenwood, Fla. a
a team cotton gin at Caldwell, Teaaa, a cotton
mill at Copet b. C, an I a kni titiz mill at
Warren ton, X. C. Tbe woodworking plants' of
tbe week include a box factory at Inverness,
F.a., a chair factory at Decator, Ala., and aw
and planinz milU at Pio;a, Ga Baton Boose,
La-, aad Milan, Teon.
Tbe eolargenvnu for tbe week include chem
ical worka at N'wOr.eana. Lv ; a hardware
company at Fort Smith, Ark ; an iroa working
plant at OaJvesUiQ. Texai; aa oil mi.l at Waia
bacbie, Texae; a pboophata p'atit at Lorarille.
Fla. ; cotton mibj at Ntw Orieaua. La., and
Fnreat City, N. C. and woodworking plants at
Edisto and B meaville, a C
Tbe aew boil time of the wek. aa reported, .
inclal a bauk btt d:ng at Ilempatead, feia;
W ill --'"-m w
hoaiueat boaafa at Hadiaon, Fit., Knoxnil-.
! -jeoo.. and TayL. Tex. ; a e .ortLotwe at Clark
! :ti 1 : I . t ;.,i. r..b A - .
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