North Carolina Newspapers

THE JOURNAL. cr.: Local UporUr. : fygUrdt ike W 0i -Yaw StmB. G, emd aim erw. 2 Lite other who hate started out I to get even Mr. Sherman may find that it has OTerdone the business. ' ' 4 -. .TSTiat pity that Corbett aud Fitnunmont cannot each be sen : 5 tenced to aboat iUe year's silence. . , -ThailTer Senators seem disposed 'V - to hT a aay about that proposed - Senate reorganization. . - - ' Wonder how many foreign gov- S ' erniaenta get frightened at the 4 . : V itateaaeat, which follow every war . ' ship, we lannch, that is the beet . : aoat. '. v; Veneauela has been orderiu g g u us, ' : v' tat it isn't apon her own guns, bnt , : opoa those of Uncle Sam that the :''r!2e9forprotoetion against British Senator Sherman's book furnishes l- good proof that be has really aban : .doced hia long cherished Preeiden taal aspirations. .;rtUot orpriaing, in riew of the diapatciiea he has sen t on t , t hat i Campos, tbe Spanish 2eneral-in-;v v-hief, in Cuba, should hare been "..V TeporUd insane. ;"v jjj n. 1 - - - - Senator Brioe may be very care- f1 ful to keep politics cnt of bis Ohio Railroads, tot all the same the men ' wbd vant to keep their jobs on those roads are shotting for Campbell. :' Tammany would probably gladly a4d boons ten times the amount of '. nit salary if some church on the Pacific Coast could persuade Dr. ; Parkhant to lea re New York. --' . U MrT Veo Allen had beon al 'fy'i lowed to becosM TJ. S. Ambassador . - to Italy he might hare escaped being '. oamed as corespondent in Col. : V Colt's wit for diTorue. ? - - fymt"' Toller says ha baa no ob- - jeQtkm to a Freaidant having three tarmj, whioh shows that Mr. Teller r ." is hrara enough to oppose public opinion. ;.-, . r - . in. v j- f-lxports of oranges from Palermo, Italy, to the fjnited States, were in- creased 'gft tol Ust year because -f the fail are of tbe Florida crop. , The steel rail pool is made ap of the Carnegie Steel company, the II linois Steel company, the Pennsyl ' vania Steel company, the Cam br ia - "Iron & tel company and the - ; Ackawanna 8tsel company. $coegaI, French Soudan, French paiaoa and the Irory Coast are to be nnited for political and military purposes under the (roTemorner aJ of VTeat Africa. It is said that the wild lettuce is "oneoZ two well-mared compass plants, " and that it has the proper- ' ty of twisting its leares until they poin straight upward, with the edges direct north and south. It ia said that if two tuning forks p the same pitch are placed facing each other, one sounding the other silent, in a few seconds the silent one will be giring oat s distinctly aadijle note. Calais has dedicated monument, bj Bo4in to Enatache de St. Pierre and tbe tire other burghers who de fended ihp town against Edward JJ. fit England, and gare them peltes up to be hanged to . saye their townsmen when it snr reodered. 'fTfhat fools these morUls be." A grsat New ork daily notes that tlte Duke of sfarlborough attended ehnrch and adds: "No notice of his presence was taken." Was it expected that the -congregation Would bow down and worship him ? A young man, twenty-eight years old, weighing fonr hound red and ninety-six pounds, died at Fortune, '" Hnmboldt eoonty, Cal., recently. Es waa sir feet two inches high, and Ilia immense balk wn symmetrical ly distributed. Qeferrisg to the restaurant plan on dining ear ia place of the meth od of charging a fixed price for a meal, General Passenger Agent . P. G. Edwards, of the Cincinnati. II antYn and Dayton, is quoted as saying thst the change is sarin g Chat road and the Monon 1200 a month. Con KxBorta. Corn shipments from the United Statsa are larger now than hare ever been heretofore at this season of the ; year. - eery week's export since - the middle of August hare exceeded those of the corresponding week of not only 184 but of erery prerioas year. We hare shipped away U 000,000 bushels in nine weeks. Tha weekly average hss been over 1.500,000 bushels, as compared with lesa than 130,000 last year, abont v 900,00 ia 1893 and only 500,00 bushels in respectively i892 and 1&P1. Last week's shipments 1.680, G9 bushels were the largest of year, or since the spring of 1894. This reeotd was beaten but four times last year and only three times iu three times in 1893. The indica tions, too. are favorable for a con- t'mnance of heavy corn exports for e?aral month. Ordinarily they axe much heavier in tbe winter and prtng th&n ia the summer or fall. Ex. fl Mia to 0tMm. Another roW mine has been di-1 rarered in Davidson county. Mr. . M. Bmti, while prospecting, discov ered fold mine on Mr. John G. Sarrett' land, in Jackson Hill town hip. The Dinwtch laarns that it is t prorinf to be rerj rich. A shaft has '- pttri rank IS to 17 feet and over a A rf mM fonnd. Aj much u : T13 pennrwetght ha been found in J ' a Tk UrMt sum found vuw hot. a r : . - - TO MIET THE WAB ISSUE. A Statement of Our AtMtwle Toward Great Britain. BbLb A.M) PATRIOIH' STAND. The Aaiuiuiatratiou 1'repsred to tu feree its Position A ew aud SUi wart Pe ley Eaglsas Mut Either Abssdoa Aggroftion on the Amerle'a CootJseat or Uphold Her Claim by a Show of Force The Riaxing Letter f Seerelary Oloey Leaves Utr No Alternative ass the Administt atlon is Sublimely Indifferent to tbe Coarse Waieh (h Iat mla U Parnoe 1 he Ntxt Few Jloathst May l'rpwut a lit itiarkablelLrisis In Xatioaal AftMrs rh re Is Ho Ihrnbt of the Firmnx$ of Aateriea, It ia Siife to nuv lii;it llit- American lHDple tlo not at this moment fully realia the sijfuificiue of juesent diplomatic eoiulituinu imr the im portance of the results to which they may lead within the next few months. The Nation is a jiroach ing a crsis, compared with which, if it le not happily averted, the Chil liau incident was but a shadowy spectacle. 'cry chse to a war with England is this administration both ireiuirel and determined to go Whether we are U be plunged into the tcrriblo ttbjbs of afi actual btruy- gle is a iuetlioii which the future alone can decide. At present, however, there is am pin foundation for Micving that the programme for the future con templates a (iitnatjor; more acute aud critical than any which UiiSo;; f runted the Ameriuui people for many years. Tbio statement is not a mere assumption. It is i matter of (absolute knowledge. t si. I a no's a n tsi on s. For the preseut jnirjtoses of the administration the sitij;itjon in Venezuela is most oiortune. tt is hardlr niM.vssarv to repeat that in ., I' ll 1 that small and practically defense - less republic Croat ltritia.ii has con tinued to advance the boundary line of British (Jiiianau ntil less than one half of Venezuela now rejnainR as undisputed territory. These en croachments have not escaped the attention of the Cuitei States. Every .Secretary of State, for per haps half a century, has felt it lo he his duty to protest against Fug land's unwarranted action. These protests, mildand ineffective as they Lve bwti, have nccwnplished noth ing, ajid have gone unheeded beyond a xiPitt1 acknowledgment of their receipt, Ju the. mean time there has lcen no cessation of illegal oocuDation: forts have been erected to command the stolen ground aud threaten further territory, and British subjects have supplanted the tlaz of Venezuela with the cro68 of St. George. In short, high-handed aggression lias reigned supreme. Xot loug ago the Venezuelan gov ernment granted to American uapj- talists a niost valuable coucessiouto develop a vast tract of land rich iu minerals aud hard woods. Upon these commercial treasures F'ug- lanti had already cast lir envious eyffl she had, in fact, already set her foot upon the soil. Her counter chiiiu to tbe valuable territory as against the grant issued by Vene zuela brought affairs lo a crisis. It afforded this government tho op portunity of sounding a note of deli ance iu the ears of Fnglaud a note as startling in its suddenness and significance as was a certain rattle of musketry on the lxington road one tine morning iu 1T75. KKIILiSI' XftT DA.LK 01! flOHT. This is not overstating the case. Secretary Olney's note to pord Salisbury has not yet been made pnblic, but when its ringing sent ences become known, as they will in dim time, thev will arouse an ' echo , e patriotic heart. The Post was the tirst to make known their tenor, just as it is now the tirst to accurately foretell the programme decided nion by the President and his advisers. Respite the denials which have been diplomatically made, there is no doubt that lyord Salisbury has protested that the United SUtes is carrying the princi ple of the Monroe doctrine to an extcut hitherto undreamed of. There is ground for such a protest. Mr. Oluey, with the President's full knowledge and approbation, has placed England iu a position where she must either abandon her claim or sustain it with a show of force. There is no alternative. I . S. rKKPAKIXu l OK WAl;. It cau be iositivtlv asserted that the administration is sublinely in different to the course which (Jreat Britain intends to pursue. There would be glory euough for the Pres ident, of course, if, as the sequence to the firm position he has assumed, England should quietly yield and recongize the United .States as the dominant power upon tbe western hemisphere, This, in truth, is the consummation devontly to be wish ed, hat if it comes not if on the other hand, England proposes to leave the question to the arbitra ment of war then the administration will be ready to meet the issue. It is for this that the work upon the( ships is being hastened in all the navy yards, that armor is being form ed and gnus completed with umisal rapidity. More than this, there will be. in due course of time, an array of American war vessels under the shadow of the Venezuelan coast, ostensibly mameu vering, but itfreal itv euipfiasiziug by their presence the new, stalwart, and patriotic pol icy of the administration. --Washington Poet. SOT UNTIL CONURKS8 AS8EMBLL8. X DflaraUta f the Adinltratlou's Forrlpa Poliey at This Time. It can be jKjsitively stated, iu con firmation of what haj alre;uly ap peared in The Post, that no public statement of the Venezuelan situa t:on will be made until Congress i conveues Dou lickiubou is utiotcd . y that the President might anticipate his message to Congress by outlin ing, though the medium of a letter to a personal fricud. or an interview the Administration's foreign policy. a Cabinet ofliccr said to Tbe Poet yesterday that this course was not conteniiilatcd. When Congress as sembles, as The Post has already anuouncetl, all the correspondence between this country and (treat Britain will be submitted. Wash ington Post, A woman with along thumb will, according to Dosbarolles, the au- thority on palmistry, always do her best to have ber own way. So will ' almost any other woman. . ., - THE FIRST INSlBANCE litlAL. At Beaor.rt The An' 'Out of it Pub- lishevl iulliA B aufort Herald ! N'o gave accounts last week of j the tn:Us at Beaufort in tlio alleged fTnsti ranee fraud cases. We take the following fuller account of t lie first ! trinl from the Beaufort Herald: ('our' was railed to order Monday! jjndjie A. . (iraham, presiding: M. (.'. Richardson, soliciter. The ! law vers present were: V. W. Clark, i (). Ii. Allen, Col. J. W. Hinsdale, jO. II. Union. P. M. Pean-ale, 1". M. i Simmons, P. IP Moore, A. P. Mns jsey. II. P. Oihhs. P. II. IVHitier, C. H. Thomas and Chas. P. Aher j net hy . lie ehar'e of Jude (iraliani to i . ie riiiui jury impressed an mtu the duilge is a tine and able lawyer. It will be remembered thattludge draliam was appointed bv tiov. Carr to till the place made vacant by the resignation of . I ude Winston and like other appointments bv the llov. jerin i timi. it snows wisdom in the seiee ud're i i aham believes in be ing at work all the time. He is very prompt and is always found in his place to tie minute. lie realizes the fact that the people pay the expen ses while the court 1p iinnessanlly delayed. After the charge to the grand mrv I v the judge upon motion or Mr. O. IP Allen of Kinston, Mr. C P. Abernethy was admitted to the bar as a practicing attorney. Most of the cases on the civil j docket were continue A truo bu) was found aauiiii );. T. P. ftehitnar, i v i T. Koo and William Fisher for forgery. The cute went to trhd Wcilnesduv itl : n t 11 a. in. and continued until Mon day. The .State was represented by the solicitor. M. C. Richardson, and bv Hes.rs. J. V- Hinsdale, O. IP Allan and A. P. ilasiey. The defendants were represented by Messr. W, W, Clark, p. J. Moore, O. II. (.luionand C. P. Abernethy j The witnesses for the State were an insurance detective Abrams and a colored woman named Davis. The defendants had numerous wituesjes. The case tho itate tried l"l lUftf. 1 IIC LttW llffJ fcLLC IIIUI 1 makp ou thit the defendants forged the name of one IJetrie Ai;n Davis, to an application for an in surance jwlicy. The defendants inr trodncod many witnesses in their behalf. The speeches of the counsel were able long and impassioned. Mr. . W. Clark made the tirst speech for the ijijfeiiijants, Mr. Clark i known far aud wide Hi a mosce ientt law yer unci his speech came up in every way to tbe expectation of his friends and bairers. He was fluent, eloquent nnd logical. Mr. 0. IP Allen then followed for the State. Mr. Allen has been for years solicitor of this district and his repatation a a prosecuting attorney is too well known by our people to comment upon, Mr. Allen was at his best and made an excel lent speech. Mr. Guion followed Mr. Allen. Mr. Gu ion's argument was very con clusive and pointed. We under stand from some of his friends it wa3 the best speech he ever mado and that means much as Mr. Guion is one of the most able lawyers of the Newbern bar. Mr. (Hi ion was followed bv Col. J. W. Hinsdale. The Col's speech was an able argument against the defendants. The Col. is one of best lawyers in the State l)i,t speech djd not come up to the pectiou of many. lie is better in preparation of a cases than he is fore a jury. The Col. was followed bv Mr. the his CXr the be- P. J. Moore. Everybody knows "Pon" Moore aud they also know that he knows how to make a speech to a jury when he tries and he tried last night. The speech he made was spoken of as one of the finest efforts of his life. When Mr. Moore olosed his argu ment it was after 11 o'clock p. in., the trial having consumed the af ternoon and half of the night. The Judge here dismissed court for the niglki and the jury were placed in the custody of Deputy Sheriff, Mr. Benj- Robinson. Court convened again this morn ing at nine o'clock and the solicitor Mr. Kichard.son made the closeing argument. Mr. Kichardson made n strong appeal in bebslf of the State. One of the best speeches wc have heard him make. Judge Graham then charged the jury in a most able manner. The jury was out for about two hours and returned a verdict of "N?t Guiltv." LA H It A ' b E COKRESPOSDENCE. Condensed Items of Neighborhood News Along Several Lines Miss Whitaker of Orphans Friend was in town Saturday and Sun day. Mrs. T. A. House, Misses Almcta Kennedy, Pett Pate and Puttie Hod ges aud Mr. Rupert Kennedy left Mondav for the disciples Conven tion at Farmville; several others will go Tuesdav anil Wednesday. Mrs. M. A. Croom and Mary Sutton and Misses Ava Walters, Selm.i Dawson. Pidie Taylor and Nora Sutton, have just returned from the Baptist Association at Wilson. Mr. Prentice Wooten who has been at Wilson tor some time is at home now. Mrs. P. IP Pridgen, aged seventy years, liel t rniay niglit, at tne t. E. parsonage, after an illness of live days, of paralysis of the brain, she leaves two sons and two daughters, and a host of friends to mourn their loss, we realize that our loss is her gain. 'Pless'il are the dead who tlie in the Ford."' She was buried Saturday afternoon at the Institute by the side of two children and her husband who died in lSi!o. Mrs. Maggie Grittin of Henderson came down Saturday afternoon to see her sister, Mrs. Pridgen, but ar rived too late to see her: she re turned Monday. Rev. Mr. Ferrell preached at Baptist church Sunday. Rev. F. D. Thomas is conduc ting a a series of meetings at the ' I N-oshrtftriftn clinrch iijiaiatfttl hv bi brother, Rev. Jas 1 nomas. Mr. Wm. Hines of (iohlsboro died Wednesday night, at Col. Whitfield's, very suddenly, he was sitting in his buggy, and was taken with a pain in his nose, which went to his head, he remarked that "I am going to die," and fell over into the arms of a colored man, and died immediately. Mr. K. F. Sutton is having plat form scales pnt down in front of his store. The New Departure, Didactic Exhibition by David S. Koonce will Exhibit the M. P. church Fri day night, Nov. 8th, admission 10 and 15 cts. ' RUSSIA AND CHINA TROUBLE A 1 i cat y Concluded That tmhs Great Britain. 1p English Newspapers Assume That It Means Partition of China, and War With Russia Wonld be Less Disastrous. Ixindon. Oct. -2S. 1 he Pall Mall Cazette prints a long article com menting upon the dispatch pub lished in the Times from its Hong Kong correspondent, stating that a treaty was recently concluded between Uussia and China, by the terms of which Russia obtains the right of anchorage for her tieet at Port Arthur, the right to construct and operate railways and other ud - vantages of great commercial value. 1 he tiazette assumes that this prac - tieailv means that Kussia has an-: uexed China. Japan, the paper savs, v. iil certainly refuse to leave Port Arthur and England will op- ; pose it to the death. The treaty also means the presence of Russian ; warships off Vancouver and Ny'dpey, and t.'nglatid must not vigorously and immediately , both by means of diplomacy and by getting her (led ready for sea. The (ilobe in an article on the ; "Neither Eng- same subject savs: i land, the L nited Mates, Japan nor i j Germany, will sanction a partition of China which would virtually reu-1 jder the Pacific ocean ;t, -"ra:icp.-; ; Jiusniiin luko, and scul tho markets' of China against their coiumci'ue." The S'.. James Gazette say; "It, . cs o!iVimi thai if PilSsUa has squeczud i i China mtu sncn an agreement we must intervene. War vvitn luiesia, with all its risks and possibilities, would be less disastrous than ;o allow her, without striking a tJuw get such a grip on China. " 1,0V pox, Oct. The Daily Xewg wlU tomorrow publish a dis patch from St. Petersbug saying that the Novoo Vremnuss' statement as to the gravity of the situation in Corea and tlie movements oi tne Russian fleet is much exagger Php dispatch aijds that te rated. aug menting of the Jpissian pacific squadron w;vs arranged before- the recent cutbroak of disorder in Seoul, j BLUEST OF BLUE LAWS. i TIiat WaM hn Tha f'nnof iiut Rfn iltp Book"-TJie trDffe Heinous e a rie ions. Stoc-ks, Whipping Posts and Prohibition of tunday Kissing, Attorney Henry G. Newton, of New Haven, Conn., finds that the only basis for the so-called Connect icut Blue Laws is in a history of Colonial times, written bv Rev. Sam nal j'etors, who Was ptystoi' of a church in Hartford about the time of the Revolution. But Mr. Newton's critics have dis covered that Peters' version is not correct, and, as he attempted to show, that f.he laws realv existed as Historian Peters described. Here ;re some of the laws, till of which are identical, in it vital sence, with old Colonial enactments: No 10 "No one shall be a freeman or give a vote unless he is converted and a member in full communion of the churches allowed in this domin ion.'' No. P-2. " Each freeman shall swear oy tne Uesseu God to hear true allegiance to this dominion, and that Jesus is the only king." No. 13. "No Quaker or dissenter from the established worship of this dominion shall be allowed to give a vote for the election of magistrates or any other ollicer." No. 14. "No food or lodging shall be affcrded a Quaker, Adamite or other heretic." No. PV "If any person turns Quaker he shall be banished, and not suffered to return, under pain of death." No. Hh "No priest shall abide in this dominion; he shall be ban ished, and suffer death on his return Priests may be seized by anyone without a warrant. " No. lb. "No one shall ride on the Sabbath day or walk in his gar den or elsewhere, except reverently to and from meeting. " No. I'.. "No one shall travel. cook house: both t victuals, i, cut hair ay." make or shavi beds, sweep on t he Sab- No. 2o.- ''No woman shall kiss her child on the Sabbath day or fast dav " No. vll. --The Sabbath shall be gin at sunset on Saturday.'' Mr. Newton, commenting, said: "The twenty-first blue law. making the Sabbath begin at sunset was, of course, the liw of the Now Haven Colony, and the law of our forefath ers down to a comparatively recent period. Under the Mosaic law Sab bath begins at sunset, and such has been the law of the Sabbath since the evening and the morning of the first dav. '' No. 22. ,-To pick an car of corn growing in a neighbor's garden shall be deemed a theft. "' No. -24. "When it appears that an accused has confederates and he refuses to racked . " lis. over them In in ay- be No. T --Whosoever publishes a lie to the prejudice of his Neighbor shall sit in the stocks, or be whipped fifteen stripes." No. s "No Minister shall keep a school. " No. 30 "Men stsalers shall suf fer death. " No. ol. Whosoever wears cloth es trimmed with gold, silver or bone lace, above two shillings by the yard shall be presented by tlie grand jurors, and the selectman shall tax the offender at 3uO pounds ($1,500) estate."' No. 33. 'Whosoever sets a fire in the woods, and it burns a house shall suffer death; and persons sus pected of this crime shall be impri soned without benefit of bail." No. 34. "Whosoever brings cards or dice into this dominion shall pay a fine of five pounds," ('.... 00)." No. 3,t. "No one shall read com mon prayer, keep Christmas, or Saints' day make mince pies, dance, play play earths, or play on any in strument of music, except the drum trumpet or jewsharps. " No. 40. Adultery shall be pun ished with death.'1 No. 43. "No man shall court a maid in person or by letter without first obtaining the. consent of her parents, five pound penalty for the first offense; ten pound penalty for the second, and for the third impri sonment during the pleasure of the conrt." No. 44. Married persons must live together or je imprisoned." No. 4.j. KVery male shall have his hair cut round according to a cup. Washington Times. SWAXSBORO cOKRESP051)RN(.r:. News Items of Itoili Land and Water. It pretty weather hut awful try. I lie re lias been no rain to wet the ground iu near two months. Our merchants complain of dull times, but we notice they still con tinue to buy goods now and then. Our commissary seems to be doing more than al! the rest of the stores, they have just got in a large stock of goods oi all kinds. Messrs PreLivman ...i. . i . . Palmer arc wuau we icrni "tiust cis: mi j e something ti,.., now building a vrrv liir.c. called bv them a 'sail cow", i sails , . and jib) to ply on the Pogue Sound, W'hiteoak waters ol i and Neiise i : rivers, a general upplv boat for the It. Poster & Soils Her capacity is company, ('apt are the lm ildcrs, The ('apt. 1 sharpie Scvvcll, .-ciiuoner v lerwi Pri lieSiie, ;:v for N e w ,d l c. ii .More T nernii v,vu i io otiis rosin am :ni vv.th mull, t.s 1 10 bills rosin The same nu in u IN t.s. l lie same u.iv, i.V, Capt. ).iv,B. cleared foi head l.);;ieil W iill railroad tie : Watson ccks, r unsigned .v- N. C. Ii. P. Cu. fi cm to A. , 'I ho the hi; saw lipll i.- si'iiig thiongii log- at the rate of :;immm) ft. per day. Still the big niiillet.; , v.u.i Hill :'rii.l Van illis .-uughi Iu a diep net ia:t Saturday, roe iutilli-ts. 4.'apt.. Hcaiiy lis'iery at !'.:iro '-.ii:t caught 'olil. bills ail lug at li.'s TO Mils clou at a lew ca s ago. 1 Poguc point caii. i time ago. bu f. tip P.nlv 2c l.er 11, apt Pit L .' I trice is ibl-- some verv low. 1 .e.P ,.i .cited that. Tilt re aie lutsi-f fine speckle.! trout in Huguc sound, now selling for onlv tired. ile a piece, ..(hi per There is some fun now catching blue fish and trout with hook and line: we caught some nice one's last week. Kev. I). Keid loves to fish with hook ami line. l(e ;,',!,( Mv-, J. jllyi3 veu' o i 1 1 Friday' morning soon after breakfast and fish oil all day long 'fill sunset without any thing to cat or drink: we don't know honi many they caught. Mr, Olive said Bro. Reitl wanted sonic one to go with liitn fishing and stay until he saiii quit; he did so, but from his looks he wasn't very glad v,:liev -M''-Olivp jj-jt hnc'b , nut Bro. Keld didn't seem to mind it at all. Mrs. W. P. lluiriin of your city is in town visiting Mrs. J. P. Pretty man. Mr. A. Parches, drummer from Wilmington, is in town . Miss Flfie Frazelle is stil', witl, us. She wont out fishing but couldn't got a bite. She said she would give $5 just to catch one largo trout on a hook. Our bovs are still awav from us. David is in Florida ami Daniel is at Lookout Cape. Lots of our young people wont out to J. CrccL, church hist Wednes day night to sec Mr. Morton and Miss .Marshall united in matrimony The young men and lad it's of this place are organizing a Minstrel! Troupe, good for the boys. We went to sec the New Kiver Pin a few ilavs ago. it is about chevd for the season. Mr, ('. It. Fraclle is teaching snhool here now, but t he at tendance is verv small criii:iiicling tile num ber of children, only about I or 2 out of near '. subject to schuol--. Your scribe will commence to teach in Carteret again next Monday -?St ll ilil , at Welcome School oc.ian, P. O. lloll-e M IS:- ( "l'a I I'oVo w has beep. i;i !'. an time, has gone to awhile with her -istt Morton. . our niece, who hoio tor some Hubert to -tav r. Mi-. Mollic Cant. Dan IP Kussell, who has been in time lately Wilmington for some has ret iirned to h 's Pirm here. A Mr. Calhoun and wife from the country, are boarding at Mr. up D. G. Ward's our P. M. Commodore C Hay of Maysville is still with us, his genial face is all smiles at all times, especially when he wines in loaded with fine trout caught with hook ami line. Our friend G. W. Smith of the Hammocks, was on our Straits yesterday looking big and fat as usual. The verv dry weather has mate rially injured the sweet potato crop in our eouutv, and on Bogue banks, the cattle are dying for want of water, something never heard of be fore there. Cant. Joseph Moore, so long in charge of the Schooner, "Minnie Ward" home. arrived here, to-day. his intl reports the sale of the "Minnie Ward" bv their owners, Hall and Pearsall. 0., now Cant Joe Wilmington N. will stav home for a while. Mrs. Rhoda Moore of Wilmington N. C. if visiting Mr. Sol Gornto. sister at W an Is .Mills. Mr. J. 0. Pigott of ocean Car teret Co. has a grape vine trom which he picked 40 bushels of grapes "OlacK rteuppernong. last week, ami made wine from them, three gallons to the bush el. Cherry Point Correspondence. At the residence of the bride's father. Mr. B. P. Borden. Miss Hope Borden and Mr. S. W. Reams wen; united in the holy bonds of matrimony. ct. Ph "!i.". at S p. in. Mr. J. D. Pittinan. J. P., otlioiating. There were numerous friends of both bride and groom assembled to witness the ceremony, after which all partook of a splendid supper. Both have many friends who wish them a long happy and prosperous voyage through life. Mr. John Hill, a machinist of your city, came down Tuesday, the to do BOino machine work for Cherry Point Lumber Co.: he re turned Saturday. The company are making great progress m put ting down the mill and will syoii be ready for work. Mr. B. D. Borden has returned from Beaufort where he has been attending court. Mr. John Morton aud family and Miss Kate Morton of Harlowe, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Morton Sunday. Rain is badly needed iu tins sec tion. Sonic anticipated a light one Monday but it failed to come. English manufacturers have been buying Montana wool and are bid ding for more. I CLASSIC HALLS AFIRE. Virginia'- lanpju Learning in leiiijdc HISTORIC ROIT.NDA IS DESTROYED The Urent University at Charlottesville at the 1erej -of (he Devouring Ele mentThere Iteirii? No Water to Ojiench It, Dynamite Was Resorted t with Destructive K ft'.'ct The Damns Is I stimated at $'0O,OCO Insured r,.r About One Fourth Caught From Electric Wires. h iti.ori i:vn.i.i:, a., Oct The Pnivcrsitv of Virginia has fered a gn itig about i n the pu b of liUl'l'... ln;:i i tha jeopard v. u n known , it calamity. 'Phis mom - P o'clock fire broke mil c Hall of t his i nst if u t ion and its progress wa- so i verv huilditif was in i, origiun uf tlie (i ie is ! l. nf it is i-iippu-td caught rum i It !l l 1 1 1 . i l ie w I re. The I! con t rol lsece.ssarv and Stan panics uf Ill I lie ll.lt. Ill ft nts and to Pv n Th. hi II U iH bi.'n . ' O.i -.-port ;l ii I r: e.l to al.d In i ng c,f e.i'nllt All I I lie -I1 al train.-. til. cir Pt . t ii. ..- tine t lie sa -and ot her ad ii.' doiiiitorii miidiiigs. liiioc of -a ing the main building was scon despaired of, and but little time v. as allowed for rc ( moving t he astronomical ir.itiu n. i lit.-, chemical app.i ! -.vi ti... xVc. A . number of studi-ms. went on the .dome ol tiu. ixj-tHiida and threw ."u i poind-; of dynamite on the colonies ,..-.nnecting that building and the public hail, but the explosion did iilu good, as the llamc.: soon eiiVelo -! vd t he l'otu nda. Then des u rate efforts were made j to save the library, oil paintings, jand the statues of .1,-tTcrson ami Minor, and in this the students were j partially successful. The iv-ading- room am adjacent building were Uovyu up lo keep tho lire from spreading. The tire was not under control until after 3 o'clock this af ternoon. wiiii.f ( in ncii nr.i.i.- w riti: kino- INii. People were when the ahiv I ii mediately all the university (locking tti church i of tire was rung, iveuues leading to were thronged and the grounds overrun cy a va t mul- titutlc. Most persons to whom this article will come are familiar with the uni versity, and know that there was a covered gallery or portico interven ing bet the rotunda rooms and the public hall, a portico flanked by columns surmounted by handsomely-carved capitals, which were brought from Italy at great expense. HI.OWX IT WITH PYXAM1TF. These columns were blown from their places. Ly dynamite in the hope thr.t the superstructure would fall away, thus leaving between two chief parts of the picture.-oue and historic building a gap which the devouring flames might nov cross. Finding it impossible to throw the superstructure in this way, Prof. W. H. Fchols ;nd another approached this part of the build ing by way of the library rotunda ami exploded a large number of dynamite cartridges in the roof fiver the portico, but with little etleut. Nor was the elTect very great w hen Prof. J'.cliols tossed into the burn ing mass a bag containing probably half a bushel of dynamite cartridges. The explo- iou v;H tei'iilic, but it was uovy apparent that the library uiU.-t be it ; spacii bu r.-l i ip1 con -n un'.l . us hall fil from I he i u is lime la. Snioko tilled d thiines were if. ies and gentle . Welf engaged ni the Bhelves e wails of the All thi men and active box. iu carry ing honks fro ami port raits from th library. Fort unatc iart of the splend id re moved. N nt a 1 1 were saved, bu! at impossible to 5av y the largest collection was f the portraits thi tune it is were w h ich list. sa i.Mi th u I'tii; 1 1; v i t P AI.I.PKV TTopeless of saving the main building, the next efforts were di rected toward removing the connec tion between it and the buildings which inclosed the lawns. These were low, one-stojy rooms, the one known as the "old chapel" aud the other usod as a reading room for students. These were soon denu ded of their furniture and blown up. In the meantime the (ire had reached the rotunda portico and stopped the big clock at five min ntes of P.. The pavilions near the main building were soaked with water, passed thither by an active bucket brigade, and the hose had been kept playing on the debris of the demolished building and while these took fire at different times the destructive element was finally rou ted. The rotenda collapsed, and in four hours from the beginning there was nothing standing but dismanteled walls and col li 111118. AID KltOM Xi:ifiHIIORIN"t; TOWN'S. As soon as it was fonnd that the pressure was insufficient to throw water upon the burning building, Staunton and Lynchburg were re quested to send their fire engines. Both cities responded cs promptly as possible. Staunton bv sending firemen and hose, and Lynchburg with firemen, hose and .engine. The latter company attempted to attach to the fire plugs, but finding it. impossible, bad to go to the pond and force water about live hundred yards to the rotunda. The work of this machine was splendid, and so much force exercised that their hose burst just as they had accom plished the work of putting out the remaining portions of the burning building. They had arrived too late to render any assistance in saving the building. The ' School of Athens," a hand, some copy of Raphael's panning was lost, It gave a dignitv to the build ing that nothing else could tlo. Its cost was about j:",o0o. The specta cle of tbe cherished and loved insti tution in flames was agonizing to hundreds among the thousand-i who witnessed it. Men- even men who had not likely shed tears for years could not wholly restrain themselves And if there had been much work fo be done, the grief would have found more noficable expression. The work of the ladies ir: saving the hooks and paintings was admir able. The wind fortunately was not high at the beginning, and it was from the south. Debris was carried .a distance of six miles into the country, and por tions of it partly burnt brought back wnd shown. The explosions of dyna mite shattered the windows of the museum and many of the private houses, and was felt to the farthest extremity of the citv. ' AN XOT hk ri;im:oiii . in. The saddest thing about the tirst is that while the buildings may be replaced they can never be repro duced. The peculiar style of architecture was of a past age, and was done by workmen imported to this country from Europe for the pu rpose. The lire company, finding the pressure of water fiomthe univer sity pipes in.siiflicient, attached a hose tn thf citv pipes and cut oil' the water from the citv, a dangerous I experiment, considering the dryness I of tlio weather, but. under - ! cum.-taiici s, one of which !'- I plai nt con Id I ic made. the liu It com piei cir- ctjlll - WIH pa n v -sii re ha e o the ! thoiiL'ht by- an v the jthat hut i when tin I cunt rulh tor fi l;l ll .f i ' oiild I ; i t; : i ii i it i pi he hall. I"l 1 M ; i i ie , r cull tt l , t T were v: i n T i at ; Ii 1. 1 lot i. v. i I h onlv V'i id i n --ii rai.ee. '1 I. f: . 1 1 1 1 v were not co cn;'TosM-d with their u'.vn tii'Ub'es a- to be oi. i , iuii.- to the oiufurt of t in1 L'allatit fireman who -trip'-gh d Pu heroically for the salva tiuii ul t he. ii n i versit v. Kef rediimcnts wer. buiint if n 11 y served . The oiitrin r,f the tin- is 'I here had in on no lire in tlie btiibl- ing Mice I- rn lav niglit t lion ;hl it ( oiiltl have the furnaces. Li ' i i-p.r.s, Wi i i. P.i; The faculty held a and if. is not caught from Co s ri n i i:i. meeting late I liis a!.- re." -i and determined to co on won .. wires. They have Several luild nga which may be lemprarily u ed for this purpose. The faculty will also make an exhaustive research into the origin of the fire. The Charlottesville opera house has been tendered tbe school, which will goon as usual, but. will be crip pled to sonie extent by the loss of valuable apparatus. The Pniversity of Virginia was founded in ISP) by Thomas Jeffer son, near whose home it was located. Since that time the school has steadily grown until it was recogniz ed as one of the greatest universities in America. Mr. Jefferson was the first rector, holding that ofhee frcm 1819 to liMC. Between 500 and 000 students were admitted to the uni versity this vear. Washington Post. - h FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. State Department Investigation Re publican Papers Made the Mistake Democrats Not to Blame Plenty of Dfmocats to Take the Places Rut land to Retire -Persona's. Special Correspondence. Washington, Oct. 2", '9.. The Republican papers which started the report that the accounts at the State Department were wrong expected to place the Democratic party in an unfavorable light before the country. They did not know that the bureau of Accounts at the State Department had been presided over by a Republican for at least fifteen years, lie is a kind of a Re publican who know;! how to remain in office under all sorts of Admin istrations. He never liked Cleve land. He has cowardly abused him iu my presence. He was a strong Blaine man and if Harrison had nat beeti so bull-headed, he would have been giell a most desirable consul ate when Blaine w m Secretary of State. This matter was exposed by me in tin; Statesvilh; Landmark during Mr. Cleveland's tirst administration. Mr. Bayard and hie. fiieinlj paid no attention to it. If they had, there won hi hue hern several big vacan cies in tlie State Department which could have been tilled by honest Democrats, what is known as the "State Department Ring" would have been broken up ami a vast ileal of corruption exposed, or stopped. A strong bank here may hush this sensation up today, or the Repub lican correspondence who started it to injure the Democrats may find out that C'l.y are attacking one of the siirewdest members of their own party and desist. But if this in vestigation is pushed and the par ties interested in covering up then own tracks are put out of the De partment in time there will be mate rial enough in this matter alone to give the (J. O. P. much trouble. The only blame attached to the Democratic party in the matter is that such Republicans are allowed to remain in office to cast dis credit on it. Admira' Kirkland may retire of his own volition when he returns to this country. According to mv reading of the testimony he did not deserve the reprimand given him by Secretary Herbert. Mr. W. (i. Randall's portrait of the late Secretary Dobbin is in Vcrhoff's Gallery here. Mr. Hoover who hurt himself on a bicyle is improving. The President and Cabinet re turned last night delighted with their trip to Atlanta, and also with the cordiality of the people along the route. The rumor that there if any disa greement between the President and Secretary Olney is absolutely without foundation. Mr. Olney may have been investigating the matter referred to above when the Cabinet went to Atlanta anil pre ferred to stay here and do his duty. Mr. Bayard had reasons for dealing gently with the State Department Ring. Persons who are said to be very close to him were doubtless in terested in it. 'Plies may have caused Mr. Bayard to ignore certain things, which otherwise might have demanded scrutiny. There are many things iu Washington which lo not appear on the surf. -ice, and every closet lias its skeleton, tt is neither my business nor my desire to let any of them out. Either the Southern or the Balti more and t'hio i;. if. will purcliase the ('ape Pear and Yadkin Valley R. soon. TWKN'I V HOTEL WESTS POISONED Several of 1 hem May Die Tha Source of tlie PoUjn I'nkuown. ill NT! St. TON. W. Va., Oct. 2. About twenty guest of the Adelphi 1 lotel took sick between S and 12 o 'clock last night, ami this morning a number of them are in a critical condition. The physicians in the city were called and pronounced the sick ncss poison. Many arc sick, but not seriously. The .uise of the poisoning is un known. The hotel, which is one of the leading hostelries in the city, is looked over in an effort to discover the trouble. DESERTED THE CUBANS The Insurgent Surrenders Leader Garcia to Spain. He Reports that There Is no Enthus iasm in tbe Insurgent Hanks and that Ihe Leaders Are Jealous of Those Who Have Lucrative Appointments But 1,400 Men in Pnerto Prinoipe if d 4,000 In irantiagro de Cuba. Havana, Oct. ys The innr-g'-nt leader, EraiiM'iseo Garcia, has Mirrcndered to the government at jMananuio. The insurgent leader was inter viewed by a war correspondent al'ter his surrender, anil he said that he bad been with M.ivimo Gome- from ' Ie- time of 1 he battle of Boca de D. s Rios hist May until September '.' i . when he returned to the pro- in o of Santiago de Cuba. He re ports that there is no cnt husiusm in I he insurgent ranks, and all are aiming only at their own benefit. The leadei.;, he goes on to say, al low cattle to be exported for a charge of W per head. 'Phis had brought about jealousy among the leaders and a desire to secure ap pointments for service in pluees where more, cattle are Bold. The soldiers in the insurgent ranks, he allege.0, hated Gomez, bnt WniJd not desert t he ran k s on t of respect for tlie second in command, who tfie insurgent, chief Alejandro Rodriguez. The insurgents in the proVLiicc fif Puerto Principe, he says now iiiinil.er scai't lv 1 iO armed men. anil ammunition is very scarce with them. In Santiago de Cuba province there arc 4.000 insurgents, who itre better supplied with ammn nition. Tho insurgents have agreed not to burn plantations if they are paid MO cents per bag for all the sugar made. The only chiefs who are known to have committed no misdemeanors are Rabi nnd Masso. Kir.llTV INSI'KOKNTS SIKKKNOKR. A hand of eighty insugents has surrendered to the authorities at Santa Clara, capital of the province of that name. The insurgents fo the number of 200 attacketl a train which was con veying arms and ammunition near Esperanza. Twenty-six soldiers re pulsed the attack, and the insur gents left two killed when they re treated. WASIIINHTON CORRESPONDENCE. Condensed News of ihe Town and its Vicinity. Dry and dusty. The river is salt to this place. C. R. Miller, pastor of the Chris tian Church at this place, tendered his resignation on Sunday, the 20th inst., to take effect on the last of Oct. Mr. Miller is from Georgia, a young man and earnest, hut has been compelled on account of illness to take this step. Mr. N. Harding, of St. Peter's fhuroh has been in attendance of the P. E. Convention and has re turned to his home. The Presbyterian church is being remodelled. Will have new pews, and a large new organ. The Missionary Baptist church has been rebuilt, is nearly complete, is a neat looking odifiee. The convention of colored Dis- ciplc.i was held in this town tluri this week. Dr. S. T. Nicholson went to Bal timore to accompany Miss Maltie Pilles, who has gone to the hospit al. Miss Lena AVilkiutiou. who has been dangerously ill at Loechville, has improved sufficiently, to return home. Mr. D. D. Harrison, formerly conductor N. & S. R. R. was mar ried recently at Bath, N. C. The Southern Express Company are building a neat office on Main street, near the A. C. L. depot. Mr. T. Harvey Myers is buildiug a commodious residence on Main street. G. A. Phillips on Secoi.d ami ivirs. i. m. Miort. lias six houses near completion near her residence. Rev. N. Yonce has purchased the T. P. Bowen house ami will make this his home. Hotel Nicholson, under the ah management of .1. 11. Burgess, is kept nearly or quite full. Six rooms are being added, the dining room enlarged and the office increased in size. All very decided improve mcnts. Mr. I . H. B. Myers has just launched another large barge eight car capacity for the Danville & R. R. , and has on the stocks steamer for the O. D S. S. Co. to ply on the Tar river. The buoy yard keepers bouse been painted ami repaired and nas the wharf put in hue. condition. The John L. Roper Lumber Co. are cutting a large quantity of tim ber near here, towing it around to Belle Port, thence taking it by rail to Ropers. There is a strong probability of our having electric lights and a tel ephone exchange in the near fu ture. Dr. D. T. Tayloe has purchased and moved into tho E. S. Simmons' house, near the J. & W. depot. A large planing mill will lie built here soon, and perhaps be in opera tion by tbe first of next year. Mr. W. G. Bishop for several years with the Alleghany Co., of Seranton, has resigned his position with them and gone South. Capt. F. Spencer, of Fairfield, Hyde comity, now commands the Str. Aurora. Capt. Tarkinton has gone to Philadelphia in the employ of a Steamship ( 'o. there. Strong hope is entertained that the. I. S. Parreii oyster canning establi.dilis.hment will resume opera tion dm ing the winter. Scvt nil of our town's people have prone and contemplate going to At lanta. An effort is being made to have two trains daily on the Washington branch, W. & W. R. R. Glad to see Capt. David Roberts and wife in our town Sunday. Two boys stole into the Daily Progres office in a day or two, and made an advertisement to read ob scenely, the change was unnoticed until the paper was issued. The boys are learning wisdom in jail, for lt days, and were lined $'2S each. Oysters have been discovered on the bottom of the United States battle ship Texas. Sick Headache Permanently Cured ''' was troubled, a loug time, with : i 1- Ik-.iiI.icIic. It was usually ac- '.) .-i 1 1 1 -t 1 with severe jiains in the 1- ). i !.-, ,:iid sickness at the stotil- ' ii. ! ti n (I .. good many remMiefl f & Dm. recommended lor 1 1, is cniiijil.uiit ; hut it was not until 1 j;.ni takitiR AYER'S P.il . ! !:ai I received anvtliinfr like perma- i . i : o :...',(. A sm- . did the work V a well lUHH." 4 . uliuri . Sit'.' i f Cm.: Cafj??rt!G Pills s'.f: ?arsai.irilli A Paral e f Ihe t lowers. A priest, wishing to adorn the temple of which he had the over eight, wont into a garden to gather flowers. Instantly tbe rose began to wave its beautiful petals before his yes, exclaiming, '"I am tbe cbn.-.'ii llowci of Cod. Ho delights in me. All other Mowers are only imitators of my beauty ami fra grance. You can only please tlie Ix)rd of the temple by placing me upon its altars." Then all the Mowers began to clamor in oppoel tion to the claims of the rose. Tho pink saiii, "I am the favorite of all flowers, iu beauty and the excell ence of form and tho grace of blend ed colors, and I am the only flower (it to adorn the temple." The lilly shook with indignation and exclaim ed, "I am God's chosen emblem of all that is grand anil glorious, and all the other flowers are not to bo eon: pared with my glory." 'Hold on," said the pansy, "God loves humility, but detests pride; your boasting is the outoom of a proud Bpirit. As the emblem of humility I am the only acceptable offering and ornament in the temple." Then all the other flowers trembled with indignation as they disputed th claims of each other and urged their own superiority. The priest bade them all be quiet, saying, "I will take some of every variety, for by the combined ra grance of all, one grand volume of aroma will glorify tho temple.'' So he gathered some of all the different flowers in the garden and adorned the temple, and closed the doors with all thingB ready for the next day's service. On the morning of the next flay, when the temple was opened, it was found to be filled with the blended aroma of all the flowers. The priest lifted h is hand and exclaimed: Alas! why did the- flowers dispute with' each other about their divine claims when there is opportunity for all to honor the Lord of the. temple by their beauty anil ihe rich odor which they exhale.'' After a pause tbo priest said, "1 see now that all thu contention of different denomina tions, about the divine right of each one's claims, iu nimply the prompt ing of an arrogant spirit. God has gjveu to each flower its peculiar beauty and fragrance, and it is the simple duty of all to render service according to tho gifts and graces bestowed." Then the priest directed the whole audience to unite in sing ing: "Let bitterness and wrath Be banished far away: Those should in sti iciest friend hi) dwell, Who the same Lord obey." Dr. E. L. Perkins in Christian Ad vorcato. n ftlrouir TmtimoBlal F ft. I, V- Heart what the Honorable Mayor Wil liam Ellis has to say about 8. I. C: .Nkw Bkhne, N. C. Oct. 15, 5. Messrs. Merritt, Clsrk & Co., Gentlemen: This is to certify, fltai I have usf-tl "S. 1. ('." for Indigestion, and obiaim tl rcliei after other lemefliet had i.iilid. Ami 1 un Hesitatingly rcooinmend ii as. n V ul Liable Medicine to ul 1 who suffer from Indigestion Wm. Ellis, Major, City jf New Berne. tQj S I C. in a gu r cure for Iedlg- I ion and Pyx ysia. sep 20 dwly OUR LADIES' E. P. Reed's Fine Shoes -Have .1 ut Arrivcd- Also floe line D'M'ULASS and C08 SETS Men's Siioe, i.n.l a fill) line of all other grades. J-gTticse iroo'ls were all purchase llore the ereat advance in cho nnd will be .-obi ut old prices. We have a few pieces oi all wool, 44 ILK ll Henrietta and Serge In Black and Blues, will be closed out ul 50 cen Is per yard. T. T. Baxter 'Words of otlieis tell the story." A gentleman said to us a few days ago: 1 1 1 at the el iocs lie bad on were bought of us last October, and ie had only had then) half -soled once. 1 he HhOescust him . to be gin with, one half sole I.V , total ost $(i.X'.r; only about .V,! cents pet month for shoe leathe. What waa the secret of this moderate cost to ii in only this lie bought tbe old reliable Stacy Adams A Co. 'a, price :! to .1. M. HOW AND. J. J.TOLSON Choice Sugar Cured Hams and Shoulders. Besl Grades of Flour. Best of Butler and Cheese. Fresh Crackers and Cakes, Lard, Pork and Bacon, , LINE OF FANCY GROCERIES, FUL! J" Stables Friends. Free to my OountrJ fliller Build ins, Broad St, y- !.' I -ti : .i 1 I. eve . l-.i I. . . ' 1 ; in '.. t , l . . ' ! ' P : ic, : I, it I 1 1 . 1 - v r . ! . ic.-.a-v-t, . : it I -sei i n. .eh, I . . . r. ami Pnvn Is, take mm t V Of 1 r -i' . : yt welched 8 M pennjweignt.