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V0L7 XX
NEW BERNE, GRAVEN COUNTY, N. C. APRIL 22, 1897.
NO. 3.
Settle
J..
THE STATE CAPITAL.
iV&rahWWfir Etsoit to te
rmmell f BaHIk Said to b Ahead.
- ' CU Weather ud Hl(fb. ITJads.
"' V laspeetlea ef Cadets. Par-
r.rVf' VV das Graated.
.. t-r.''-" JoroAi. BotXAf, t
"; - : . - v Ealuoo. N. C. Aprii 40. f
- ."f The Bupraie court yeaterdy limited
.' tbearswnent in the three Asylara ec
to f cwir boar. The decision Is at cour
kT.,-. act yet rendered.
There ta aaxtou wtc;iln for th
news frocn WaJintnn luc is pro n
, ; immd fdT on the Eastern J adgwhip.
- Tae)tet rvforle-pat PrteU or thU
. - Tte protnieed cold spell Vaa awaitiaf
a th!a morning.' Tbe win 1 blw almos
a Xmle all last ptbt and is still quit
high. -Wake Superior court is in ioo wit
' Joda Adaau predinx. It the cixl
ternu .
z, , Mr. W. PvWbitker who, for so lonj.
- haa been book keeper and ca!iiv-r for ih
" Baleik News & Observer, b.vi accepte
' that poaltioa oa the Press-Viaitor, ou
, ereninj' paper. ? r ,
.' Tecterday tt was bard to And a vehic:
or eva a biojcle foe Lire after tbe earl,
norntajc so great sad been tire cemao
for everything of the kind to carry th
. .nuBserooa pks nickers, and fehlot
- partiee to their dUTereat rtnlttvou..
Tbe U. F. Iasoector inspected th.
cadets of tbe"ArjctiUurl A Mechaaica
- collece this afternoon , oa their dnl
;: ' sroasdsw r
" .. The" city reUtratioo fa very h?ary f.
'. . the nWalcipal election to be fcel J in May
An assoeiaUon of Northern dab mm
- ' want, to establish a winter resort nej
.v. '- New Bern,' S. C- and thy propose i
r , leare 912,840 acres of swamp land for a
idm preeerre. " 8ach a pnnpositlon
. made : tbe State Hoard of EJuca lion
wboeecontrol is tue swamp bind. from
" FajeUa C. Giles, of "Turf Fit-Id and
Farm.
CoTeroor Roascll has pardonei Jaroe
- . Trook from Pitt, who w put in ti
penitentiary for abandoning his wife, an.
. todsv be pardons James Li. Johnson.
afscUenbors cotrnty who wa convxtci
1 Cforjery 2 years ao. He is ovo 7
i1- d aad bis peop!e are wi.lt. i t.
- cat for him. He forge 1 a check bat oL
tiined no money on it.
It is sall th N. a IL R. lea qoea
'. v twa ia leannf the. Democratic rcter. ii
t M Eastern rnrai distiicts alt to pieces.
- A dolphin was tsiay received at th.
State Uasenman;ht at Peanfort.
TBB STATE CAPITAL.
riaie Caasee Wsatstar. Dth i n-
aBtall Barstr. Mapreaae eart. R
' J" (as Ctiee(tewa. tt Vncriir'.
Mf iiU.
. " JoCiuial ExrasiU.
v lUuuoa. N. C. Apnl 19. s
No ene could bare wished for a mo
- glorious day than yesterday EaUr Siu.
' day. , The churches were we'I tilled,
the music was fine,
At the church of the Good She j her
tbe collection at the three services
' for tbe building of tbe new Memorh
charcb. The moruin collection wi.
$2,153. The Sonday school olenn an
the night collection increased this axnoui
eery Utrgely.
At Christ Church a prayer of Thank -gtrtag;
west np when the beloved paii
of that charch Rev. Dr. Marhall appea
ed In It la robes in the cliaocel and io.
ducted the service. His recovery fr :
bia recent serioti iUae la a source
gratitude BOt only to bis cengwgti .
hot to the people oere generally.
Last October Mr. Marshal Darber an
Miae Crawford of this city were marn
and yesterday the youn husband crow
ed over the river, there to aur.-ut tl.
coming of his loved ones. For five week
Mr. Barber had been IIP with appeai
ciUs, and on Saturday an operation w;.
performed from which he never rallied
Yesterday tbe street car were agaii
put on the tracks. The new cars hav.
not yet come so only tbe five that wer
- saved from tba fire lut iotcr are ia us
- Two members of the Legislature U
resigned their membership to un-ei
another position. Thy r-. :-eDat.
Batlate of Boocombe and Repr-nUtiv
WUUamson of Mecklenburg.
" The Supreme coort txUy devotel tb
entire session to the hearing of tu- thrc
aayta ok cases. Tomorrow the U'.li
trict appeals wilt he heard. The dockt;
Is not so heavy a one ad usu W The cour
win adjourn for theMerm early in May.
Miae Nannie Branch Jones, Snoi
for North Carolina at tlx? re-union of I'
C V. at NaJhvilie. has app.-intei tb.
following maids of honor to accompany
her: -Miascs Elisabeth HlnaJale, ana Jan
Andrews, Baleigb; Lucy London, Pit'.
boro; Mary Bridger. Tarboro: Louis.
May Lamb, WlllUmston; Julia Alex.t.
der, Charlotte; Nellie Virginia Harder.
Hkkory; Willis Ray. Asbeville.
The eoDectioos in 1?93 in thi revenu.
district from whiskey n 1 fruit brand
was f 104,729. That was a li fjit year.
Last year they were tl7?,S w .mi tin
was anostly from wliisky as tlu rv wa.
hut little brandy nia.le.
The Governor declines nn invitatii:i ii
deSrer an address on industrial matter
8othern Pines on the Ct i. On th.
night of the 39tb, be gives a reception at
the Mansion to the Capital Club of
Ibis
city.
Eogena Denson, son of Capt. C. F.
Denaon of this city ha. lecn appointed
assistant clinical pbyiciai at tbe hospi
tal of tbe University of Maryland.
.- Greenville will probably get t ie rail
road froa Eniw Hill. A ;3,0Xub-
Scrtptloa will secure it.
Pefore the Saprvme Court thta morn -
fjg It was expxte ina tn cases lavolv-
ih rc- lie --, . t:i l.s th'
argiu'd. Tli' court I
' llr.ir li e HTgUm III n;i ii
)(lic l
position tii.it both siiilr.-. were iwidy.
V. II. Day nf the c -Tutscii for th" ntv
:iards stated that tln-y wcie not r.-.t
a'ld askcil that the mattrr br il. f. rn
until next Monday. Thoi-uiit .. : i ri
Dr. Miller, snperintendont nf tin i
tal at GolLthon, ua here with hii n.:
cil C. B. Aycock and W. C. Monroe.
Slate Treasitrer Worth today rt ori.
ihe full text of the opinio.i of the V .
Supreme court iu tbe 'Jini express eas.
He will lay the whole mutter before tl
ailwiiy commission. It is t!ic plan,
oriJinr to the opinion to ,ax "H etitii
ropert3 as a giiit and each State pets u
iro rata. This is the statement win
Treasurer Worth makes of the ca.se.
The State Auditor today sent a w.
ant for foO to a new agricultural socte
ust established iu Forsyth county. T
requires this amount of aid to cou
socieiies.
Work begins neit wteii ou a cbapci
sVj! lim ry Xoi I tsi'4 rer-fc tb-
Ljfisent very "'s'uiall one, which will -ibe
c used as cotlaic
One uewspaper has fdrea ly 1oltui
ht against tbe proposed special tax f
ubllc schools, under tlie new acts, i
vltich the, people are to vote the coniiiis
imtfle The .voting will only be in suc;
wmhips as desire the tax, go far a- ri'.
f the ucts is concerne 1.
At the church of the ood Shrpheri'.
ere, tomorrow it is cxpecte 1 to r.n--003
more of the building fund. ".'
cing already on hanl.
Persons who are here from Charlott
iy the municipal contest there is tin.
varmest in a great many years. Then
re two candidates for mayor. ;d 1 the;
rc making matters lively.
It is no'.v reported that John C. Dancy
s entirely knocked out so far as tbe n
'irdership of the District of Columbia i
v)ncerned, and that ex-Cougref sjjhi
'heatham gets it. Duncy at one tun
,:ougat he had the place certain. Th
:ut is the positi a was promised a N'or;
'ifoHna negr. N'o names were met.
"ned. The ninj negro members nf tl.
"Mislature threatened a revolt agaiii?
"ritchard unless somethin; was dor-,
or the North Carolina ner jes. Pritc'i
i's friends authorizod the making
h-s pledge of the recordership to "Siiii
orth Carolina negro." As Dancy ha
ven telegraphed to come here and g-
ie threatening tolters in line, he qui:
turally thought the prize would fall t
im. He s.ii' 'ie was sure of it.
i North Carolina. No v tn. prospects,
e better.
Tiie new Sta e directors uf the Nort
arolina rsilway are ca'.le 1 to meet a
eensboro again May 7.
Avery .Morris, a wait-- man, h b
a the engineer at ilie tleaf mutecho
: Morganton has created a s?;isa;i :i I .
inntnj away with all year old girl,
undress iu the same institution. H
erted .1 wife an i three children. i
1 i thrt girl whom b - has ruined we
pturvd at C harlotte.
If the Supre.n-' court decides as jud
tams did iu regard tn the cases invol
:( ihe management of tbe hospitals t.
1 insane, Drs. Miller, Kirby and Mu
y ah. nerve cut their full terms. 1
iitii al cmip ;itiia of llie b 'ar Is iv
ine anyway, s : e terms of three
ie tnenitpvrs xin ejire, i::oso t :
'-uiocrats, and of course the Uo'.ern
ul dll these vacancies.
Applications are in hand for fi ur ne
Id Fellows lodges in the State. Gra
ecretary Wo xlell says that HOG w
ie most trying year the ord 1 ever hi
It Is asserted in a leirer just reee .m
it Mayor S. J. Meaken of l.cwivi.
Sortie county, a Democrat, lias receiv.
pub!ican endorsmenl for the place
-t o.'Tice inspector and liu gone
ashinetcn and secured :!ic intluence
aator Pritchard and ( ongressma
Vhite, a.id that the h eal Kepubiicu
e ri-i;i a b.g row Ik'C.iUS;' of ti.t 1
"Og.
It is con.-.? 1 1 that fire insurance ra'
i farm property tn this Stalje are f
igh and Ihey have prevented ma:,
irmem from insuring. It inut be a
uttedthat country riss bare not prove
: pofitable class to mot of tbe o inp.
The rates are n iw Mir to be 1
iced and this will pl.MS iht farmei
nonj the last passe 1 , bv- the reoei
eneral Assembly was o ie "to re -mi!. it
;re Insurance " 'tn p a'-uvs rates 111 Nortl
"arolina.
'The General Assembly of North Car
1 ina do enact:
That al! th. Fire c inpani. s in Nor'
"arohna on i doimr buMtiess :n this Sta
' all r.ot t hare 1 hi her rate on fan
' pert than v h . '. t..- State .
"irgtnia.
The rates in North Carolina b.ave b 1
is fallows on such coitnrtv propertv.
Frame,
shingle roof d we'd: tigs 1
p. t
inie. m .
Frame, ni
.11
Cell
er ann.iin.
Barns an I ta''l. -
W b le m Vi rg;n a
. ne rat., s 1: avo bee n
Frame, su'.ule 1
kt annum.
Frame, met il 1 .
vr annum.
all' n ;
lower.
th
r.te:
h .f J , r 1
;' d , 1 :.
il 7"
dweii in s.
cent- I
ii.irns :u.d s' .bi
r
a:n; un
; vln n w ritten w 1:11
j Tbe taritT oi'i.'i! Las
; nly sent v:t c':ret:,a: . a-k.n-
-1 or 1
I i'ion and mformat: : .
1 Huteg are ba.-ed on experience and n
i i.-iiitmril- ni ,
; In the nor: 1 1 - r :
1 he v vile v, rat.
e without ia
s-'. 1 10:1 f
s ar.' 1" a , ;-
d to facts,
ricmia. u;
r. 1 : 1 1 1 ,
00 . , . or. ter
Mr. W. 8. Pnmr
1 the North Cur oil
ti.e I' res:.!. -tit ot
Home Ini:ratiCi
I Company, lias t -'
siderate mi of the
iv after careful con
1, m which I." ;
pi : i n. t ti.e Se. -virbilly
!. t::e At-
s icport 'd by leg.
retarv o "-ta'e an
lornoy General, a iv.se. 1 the
ation to low. r the rates on
tan if as six-: -fit
tu 1 ro
e.-ty to corre.-pond with the 1 at. :
charged in Virgin: 1 along the souther!
line. It is thought that this wiil at one
be done. In h: event Mr. Primrose ha-
; answ, rel merles
I Homo Age its, to
ias nlorc ttite b
r; Jint.er
of
lower rates to couforii.
lilt BUSiNLSS V? 1 1 R L 0 .
J ices of M) are Quiet Biit
hpss (ioils and Clothing are Firm
in Price. Woolen Goods are High
er. Stocks. Firm and Fonip
arc !i iglier.
Huston, Mas.-., April 10 The pi. fit
o'i has beiii (,uiet in the bus:ne-f-v.irid.
'ihe : 1 i 1 : s and hit tories of Ni w
l:igland, bona ver, aro .tuit.
teai 1 i 1
rk tilling ' : : i - 1 1
all
atitry.
t ' ' nv. r aii. i.r.its.
The war bet .vecti the uar and cc ffei
.rusts . stiU continues and j! is a goo
mr to buy Rio collec.
Those w ho bougiit nails on our advic'
iay be flal to learn that tlie mill prici
:ive g )ne up auothei notch, and an
ill )i:t 10 p'r cent higher thau they weta
x wt t Us as 1.
There is no dcorcasf i:i tl e price- o
-is and sh U'S. and there- i-. some tall
;' liih'T prices 1:1 ttie orders of nex
-e iso:i.
Ttiis is a pood week i 1 whi.-h to b:i;
1! tiost imv kin 1 of prints If y(m have 110
ilieul la: 1 in a supply at the time o
I .r previous advice. Thij is the fag eii'
T tiie season for the mills, and a few
: 1 -s enn be had at cheap pi ices, althouyl
II st of the goods have already bto 1
Dress goods are still going up in price
; we ne lifted. Thoe who have waitei
1 .til Uo.v to buy their supplies will fill.
. it i.n ir.ost lines prices are from 5 pi
tit to pi per cent above those which w
v.-re ipioting eaily in March. Serges an
vert elot'us are in such active deruan
at agents have as much ns they can d.
ban lie tlie orders which are coniint
The favore i stocking for summer wea
ns . vi.lently going t. be in black seaiu
ess goods.
TLe wholesale clothing market is even
t as strong unlay ns we predicted i
'id 1 be. There are very few job lots b
- ha I. and purchasers must pay highi
: :c. s t h:.n were in force a month ago.
All kinds nf woollen goods for suiting
. : tovercoat':ngs are hi;her.
TO FAKMEfb?,
Si mo sul s of wool have bCvn mudi
.is week at pi ices about six cents.
0 'unJ higher than tlie rjui tations whici
vere in force hist February when we ail
se.I farmers lo hold wool. Indeed 90m
l.'ances of two cents are now cpuote.
M'li over hist week's prices. While w.
eve that w ool may go higher c
se who are not disposed to run a lit:
-s of lo.ver prices can realize this we.
a profit of :ihout 5 per cent in son
.i s ovt-r what they would have g"t
r advice lunl not been followed.
1'iie wheat situation is rather curiou
ie specula tive prices 0:1 wheat are a
-Cethor too low, an 1 ;n matters loo
"V th speculators ore going to 2
ught I efore many montl.s are ov.
"e still believe tu.it wheat prices u
ling lo advance.
Kegardiag future pric -s in bi les
:',' not so conti lent as ?o:ne thai,
.des are selling for ,.bout whatth-
rtli to lay. We wouldn't be -uipri-
see hi les weaker this m nt'i. T". o
10 took o;ir advice an. I sold buttei
e the present decline have made u..
. n v than the'.!' neighbors.
Before the month is over poultry pric-i-e
likely to impiove a little, but 1; 1
t a go .(1 time of th" year to sell p.111
y unless t..:, e 1 t" d - .
IN sK' 1 KtT:;.
The i-tock market lias hi en mostly
r 'fes.-ional affair luring the week. Th
o."f i -n's ,,( i m ortaiu e have be.
i" sf.'i. tit h shown by Northwest, Om 0
. 1. St. l'-cl. New Yurk Central, and th
Pjxr stocks While other Mcuriti.
re n-e're cr less weak under the bea
tacks, these held up well and are ev,
. ally hke'y to n 1 de. idediy higlier
cry upward movement in the stock
r. irket in the iraic liate future. Whet
ve first advis-.l stnall investments i
n.se sei-iin'ies, w. based our advic
i.ion faets. Tiie B. ck r.i ir'.iet is evl
:itly beginning to appreciate rllio-i
At j'tes.-:.-. ; r ee of c 'pp.'f if sucl
1 ices hoi 1 up during the year an invi.-;-a.-nt
in goo 1 copper stocks should enn
r in ;o i,-r cent, to 1 "i percent, and ma:
on p- r -nt. at ti.e p:e-ent prices v
- : 1 1 st oc ks.
SUPREME CODRT DEC;SIONS
pinion Klte.l Y. lcr.Iij hj Ihe Mnti
.Siiprrnic Court.
-n u
llAtnton, N. C.. Apil Co. The Su-
pretne C.'iir: tih - the following opinions
State -. X.al.froni Stanly, athin.ed.
Il.n-o.; v. 1 1 ; 1 1 -. n. fren Manly, re
versed. Mate vs. Mclla '. f : ' 11 1 1" n ion, error.
I 'handlers v.-.. W'.iiki-r. ti en Me.kh i -.rg.
at! r i:e 1.
Allen vs. Ila'lr' i i. f 1 ora Meckb.nburg,
re'nanded.
F.dw ai.'s vs. Pi. ifi-r, t : oni jMck b u'iui g
a'Unne.l.
II ,:tv v. i I . l i' t -. . fr ::i Mecklen'mrg.
t r ! .
Saute v.. Ail- in. Sr. 111 I nioii. error.
A.t It vs. Smith. f:o 11 Stan'y. alhinie.l.
J'l I 1 vs. M.: i ig C... from Stanly, er
ror. St tie vs. Si:.' lair, from rnion. new
tri 1).
Han; t :; vs. Railroad, fro. 11 1 rsythe,
affirmed.
lioirell vs. ANpa'.igh, froii Forsvthe,
affirmed.
Ran-y vs. Hi ties, fr: 111 Forsyth, New
t.a .
i.uilfurd vs. Coioniissioners, from
D.autul't, aihriiKd.
TURKEY DECLARES WAR.
I (iniiiiau.ler In Field Ordered to Art
Mini.' Offensive. Tlte Sinking t n
l.rci'k Sirnnier Proraptl) Koentell
I 'onst v NTINOPI.E. The council of min
is'ers. after a session at the palace, de
clare l that war bar had broken out on
the frontier, owing to the incursion by
the Grcel s on Turkish teritory, and Ed
h 011 Pasha, and the TurkNh imlitaiN
c. :n iiniu .er
was orocreu
assume (h
li'ensive.
Tiie P. rte h 1- '.andc 1 hi.
p.-s;,.rt
v. toi'elhe:
Miakii.g ot
tl o Grc-k m .,'6t -r to
. ': 1 h a not e at n einc'ng
ur
of 1 1 , .'oni r ie l elai ions
1 etwec.i ihe two
gover m.eiits.
ATM i; vs. T e ' irk o batteri-s
hevesa, . .,'-! n r to th- treaty
'., i lia, t a.- i ur- 11 : n ' rig a to t re
1 ortiti atio.i. ii:.- 1 on ;.n I Mink Gre
t".imer, toe Macedonia, whiie rhe w,i
itle.npting to leave the Gu.f of Auibr :
: 1. Tiio erew of .ho steauicr were savei 1
iv boats from the shore, but the capt 10
i the Macedonia was severely wound .i
L pon receipt of this news th ' tire
government sent orders to tin Giee
h ot in the Gulf of Ambracia to bombar.
lv-sa. Consciuently the bombar.liiien
f Prevesa commenced at (i o'clock ii
he morning. Preve9a. which is in Kpiru
1 id eighteen miles from Ana, is strongli
rtifie !.
The Greek min'ster at Constantinople
: is bee 1 recalled an 1 the Turkish m'n.U
r lias asked for his passports; they hav.
en ban led him, and he has left Athem
r Constantinople.
An invasion by Kt'hem Pasha, tin
. urkish commander, is expected, anc.
:ie Giejk army has taken up position!
or the purpose of being iu lea liness 1
.pel the advance.
MARKET EXCITED.
i. claralion of H'ar tiie .reni
riuotumloiii. When I ( "' -"
Kin Dunn.
April lib
" :.v Yor.K cotton opened at 7c. f. r tin
Mav option and declined to b.itd. Tl
.lose whs '".07. This is a net decline oi
'2 points since the c'oe of the market
011 Tinirslay last. This decline was un
doubtedly produced hv the war newg
fr m the East. A war of more or U st
magnitude is assured.
i no other powers th in Greece and Tur
key become involved it will iikely be
of short duration. Can it be confined
to those countries directly concerned
is no w t he question. Crave fears ar.
entertained thai it cannot.
D iUno the past few davs cotton has de
. lined about 20 points and wheat hae
advanced about Pic per bushel. This
shows that the Bituaticn is regarded i:
t:ie .speculative world as serious.
1 ours truly,
J. E. Latham.
TEOOPS TO LEAVE CUBA.
l.'if Withdraw! ol n Purl of lle Span
lull Army to Begin W llh the Rnlny
Season.
Washington. According to informa-
on received from trustworthy sources,
e withdrawal of at least a part of
eat army that Spain has maintain' ("
r several years in the Island of Cub:
v ill bey. in when the rainy season sets in
within a few day.
The initial movement will be thr- tU
: irture of lo.i.nni Spanish troops froii
. i ivana for Spain, ant within a shor
ie after that 30, 'JO troops, U is under
; 10. 1, wiil tollow. Whether this iii ''
to be construed in favor or against th
:.-urgelits, it is not pes:b!c no -v t
v .
"ne Spanish insist jositively that i
iioans only that little or nothing 11
. mis of the insurrection; that Go:nf.
1 .s only about fifty or a hundrtd fol
, overs, and that t watcli these umiei
ii con lid ns la w hich the canipaig:
e.s been niccssaiily conducted a few
thousand men are as quite as etTectivi
is the army of 10,000 men which havi
en maintained in Cuba.
The Cuban contingent, on the othei
,:id. insist thaf the Spanish financia
sources are exhausted, and that th
. troops ate to be withdrawn becaufi
! lack of m :icv to keep them ii
l, service.
WAR BEGUN IN EARNEST.
Lively fi(rhtti All Oay Yesterdiij.
ntnl tDmben Kllletl on Elthe
Side. The es ol SncofM
Wlldetl Rejolrlos hi Athiii.
I.aRIS-sa, The battle of Sunday, rc
--.kin? in giving the Turks possess -u. o
lilouna Pass, was wage 1 with the im s'
admirable courage and determination or
hot'i sides. The whole pass rang wit!
h roar of artillery and the rattle 0:
uusketry. It was, however, around tin
ao Greek blockhouses that the most
1 nous conflict occurred. They wen
.. fended wi'ii the ut in -t valor am
. niacity.
Col. Mams, w ith ia.oo.i men, having
tossed the Arakphos under the proteC
'."ii of the lreck artillery batteries. 1
:ow in Epirus, where, ii is believed, hi:
1
orce i-. constderably in excess of tht j
i iirkis'i. It is reported here that a large
o Iv of Albanians, estimated at upwarc, j
d i',000, w ho had crossed the Greek from j
::ir with tbe avowed intention of push :
:ng on to Larissn, has recrossed, and 1- ,
now ravaging Epiins. Aita is practi- f
call v deserted.
While the incidents of the day aloiu j
the e istem portion of the frontier '1,v' !
not been of notable importance, the sit-
uation at the Gulf of Aria and in the vi-
cinity of tlie Albanian frontier have be j
co ne 'more favorable for the Greeks
The bombardment of Prevesa was re- j
sumed at day break, with but feeble re- i
plies from the Turkish batteries at Ham-
idieh and Puntocratoros. The position !
of the Turks is untenable, an 1 it is be
lieved that the town will fall into the ;
hands of the large Greek force in the j
vicinity, whicli is waiting for the demol-
ition of tlie remaining batteries.
Bv un or kr ie;eived at Prevesa from ;
Constantinople the Gulf of Arta was
orRciaUy closed to all but Turkish ships, j
VJiSHINGTUN
Minority Program 1.
tlie Only Fiiiilie
ike Hoo
The Chances for th
(ion Bill. Tar
tiveeu Senators.
Paris L'xpas:
Fighting Be
Fate of Ar
bitration, The Senate
Committee. Roosevelt
at his t esk.
JOCR A L PifltEAt",
Washington, D. ., Aunl 10.
If the i 1 (1 use is
I'l'O graimiKvis .see
it may Le a little .
to respond to Pre.s
nt u
:;i- :i asonubly
i . ;Mcii 1 : ih
. 1 1 He 1,
cr : iu.
b nil
Idea. McKiulcv's s;ec-
' b message
skin-.
tha' 1 lie riecessarv
rUlatlou fo
r th? olllcial 1 arlicipatioi.
Stat es Government in tin
sit i-ni t ' be liele ia i'ai'i
lit th run ;' Col: g: ess. I
of the Unite
Voiid's Ex;j
1 kCU be
ouhi, of course, be done by "unanlir.oio
c .neeiit,'" but import as the matter is,
.:; ere might be objo "ions; in the iiouse,
1 it because thev might obe 10 the
gislation itself, but hi cause they mighi
j- ct to that niethol of passln r it. The
ctliod that wil. most prole.hly be
iopted, will be to top r; a s; eci.il rub-
'. 0:11 the Committ ' an I.ul.--, jl'H' a
is done when the Ii..u-e a-s i the
' ft over appropriate 1 bills. M.ny per
sons regard this matter us on; of the
n 1st imjiortant th it wili i oni before
his session of Congress, an i one that
-houl 1 be --pee lily oioo-ed of. its the
one will be none t. O much io which to
o range for a creditable si owing for
."ucle Sam at the Paris Exposition.
There should be no politics in this.
It is difficult to nndetstan jw hat the
uiuoiity of the Iiouse expect to giin by
he seemingly wranF." an ong them
"Iv.s which characterize 1 the two last
iiretinrs of the Pouse. It ee ns to an
in ore hid iced per-t m that they ought to
see that Sneaker lie I ga.'e tli.'ui rec
ognition on ttuir claim -i of "personal
n ivilege" jusl to a'l ;y t! cm to thump
each other for the edification of their
oooonents and for the amuie nent of the
crowded ' nl erics. An 1 it c-u lit to le
ipially clear that t ie editor of the local
;u per, who declared that Representative
hiilev. of Texas, wore a Reed collar, and
vho was denounce 1 oy Mr. Bailey, as a
.lahcious an 1 infamous Jliar, has taken
sides in the wrangle n:oiv tn : notor
iety for his paper ih 01 1.1. nnythiiig else.
Some of those enga I in this wrangle
nave claimed thi: dr Br . an was op-
.iose.l to Jlr. Bailey belli j; the leader of
the minority in the bouse. T.iis may be
true, but if so Mr. I nun Co'i special
jains when he wa; ii Was ii: gton last
week to leave a contra-y o.re es i "i, by
icing particular;.- attentive to Mr.
Bailey. The whole thin : 1- a tempo it in
a tea-pot anyway 'ihe m ijority of tht
House ?sometim
'e: i le 1
up r. ii
programme whicli tiny hav so j'.i.- car
ried out to the lette '. ; 11 1 whic 1 every
holy knows they cm continue to carry
aut just as long a i t 'esife, reg-.r i-
less of what the tt iuofi', es. The
vrungling in Cue tnino: ity is n-.-er tbe
-o.ne-what ridiculous question -f whether
lie the will of the in '. "orlt " sua'' :;ciet
.y bowed to or w he' i-r the 11. in r:ty
-litill kick their toes ;.ra':nsr ,he stones
.n 1 iiutt their heads agai is- -,a imniov
'hie brick wall ev.rytime th ie-iis.
necis, the Ilaileyiie- bi-lng for . -u ' e 1 1 y
f ibmitting. and th antih- f.u 'kicking,
jutting and howfin :
The Republican members f tin- Senate
inauce committee an. fi-idin.; the tarifi
1 iht (puitc warm. Western Sinators
1 ivo made demand 1 t hat a du'y be pn.
01 biles and that ralifd changes b.
uade in the woo! s he lule, a ei both de
nands are being bitterly fo.ight by east
ra Senators. Th m: lights may delay
he reporting of tin-blli to the Senate.
Lit if they are fouglr to a finish in the
dmmittee, it wiil great ly lessen the time
hat will be neede 1 to get the bill through
-u" Senate,
If the arbitration tiea'y is i.ot ratified
luring the present week, it will probably
no: lie ratified at all. Opini in uiffers a
to how the vote wili flail il Seiiatoi
Davis succeeds in getting c-i.e taken. il
s confident that th - treaty wilt tie rati
le 1, but the opponents of the treaty a p.
ar to be equally confi lent that it wil:
ot I.e. It would n t he very .- urprisi :i"
f the vote was never o,:k.'n.
Tne vacancies in the St nate comtiiii
.e'swillbe filled pt.babl,' this week
Vlthoagh they are to be tilled under i
greetnent betwce.i tii. Repiiblicans and
he Democrats, the Foj u"st an 1 tiie si!
ver Republicans are 11 it to lie d s- riuii
:itited against. l'h a. -a-, uu u' w . reach
d bj' both sides ret e ling a Ii do Iron
their original demands a 1 I is. as nios.
things of the sort ar . a compromise, but
'he general impression is that the com
nhied silver forces wili get slightlv the
oest end of the deal. Tne Iu ; ublicaii'-
i will retain the ehaiimu isl.ip; of all U14J
important com tnit tees, but thtiv are ::
number ot theui upo 1 whn h tin opposi
tion will continue the majority.
Hon, Theodore Roosevelt has a-sunied
his duties as Assistant Sicretiry of the
N'tivy, and now that Department is the
center upon whicli 111 o.iy argus-ei ed
newspaper writers a: e it: 7.ing for inter-estine-
matter.
TIIE GOVERNOR'S PAKDO?J.
Lieeillrd in Fa vor ol Rap :t. Trustees
Ir Colored Xonnnl college. Money
For Ktate Hospital aim Atrlcn!-
11 ral College.
Stiecial
RAi.Ei'iU. N. C, Aptil ?('. Ciovertioi
Russell pardons Henry Scotc, convicted
eleven years ago in New Hanover county
of rape.
The State Board of Education rest
Saturday apDoints the local beard of
trustees for the colored normal colleges.
Five thousand dollars was drawn from
the State Treasury today for the Stat
hospital and Agri cultural college.
Celel rated
-! i ength anil
fooel Mgaiuo
.(ration c- en
kOVAL I!
eave: iiur
-ores ti e
of a lul
rend,.
I CO.
2 FCAH Cr EiJOD
A iHvcriil I scilt'.in ul ii Sew rl'Mn.
Ureal ll.-iii'ii ..- 1 Illter. I.mft
Break Aiiain.
New Oi:i.i:a , I.ti. This city is in a
fever of vxcitenu-ut, un i at'.' ugh the
authorities iu-d-.l that tic- h-v i e lino is
Well protected and 110 dan er exists, the
p 'Ople have ln-.d f-everal inase-;ne-tings
an 1 urge 1 action, pledging all the money ;
needed. T.d- has induced the board to
1
build th" teuio "T-a:'. b-vi es t vo feet j
highi r : '( r ha- .a. already pno i.led f 1 1
a teni, .ora. , i l.s-.- of t v . tVta . A large i
f nee of men is at work niht and day i.e. '
the upper levees. j
Ihe ( arouton levee, about whloh most
of the agitati in is m progress, stands a1
t'ee hea 1 ui the tiP.eist residence avenue
in the city, at: I 1-, a speet itor s'ands at
the top Ik- a "ks upon the loot's i f man
sions c almost wetting his feel in the
mighty .i 1 r t iat i now taer to bn-nk
its Ion is. 0..e glance at the tcture h
su 'jeien' to acc'-u it f a' ti e anxiety
which has h. d to much hitter attack upon
t - tea'lv od w
of the levee board
the Cohc'i'lia parish
The first bt eak o
f.- it 1 a- occur. 1, rl.e 'tIusso .-k
h ia big i-iv ii way. Tu . levee
L -uis'uia, 1 w 1 tit v. ., -tn initc.s te'ov
!. . i e
Is n
Nat-
C h-7,
There was a hrge fome o! men at wot k ;
t 11 the h-vee Sund iv morning, raising acd i
HtreugCieiling 1.". Tjicy w 1 r- working
their way to tie lo vei end, when sudden
Iv v. atet begin to hid Lie u at that end,
and an ins'a.it I o . r die water tore a great
hole through ii.
After the 1 .a . i started it wi imjiussi
ble to sto,i it and work on the embank-,
ment was abandoned. All stock and other !
pe ishable iroperty had been priviouslv!
removed from the neighborhood, 1
Three negroes in a i-kifl' were caught j
stealing aloaa in ths shadow of the. levee j
and .a fu-ilade w;,s prompt. The b. al j
S.vifily d..rled iowMial tlie oppos ne u.ink
but in t oel'ori.' one o. il.oarSiitn was
Wv.tinde I. !
vt ii ?;jr- ils 1 nHrhni.
Ni-.'.v VrtitK- Tiie autiuuncem-nt that
war had been th r-lare 1 betwnei (iieeee1
and Tu.-k.-y S' t b. w l. at market wild
en Monday. On "h - heels t Seturiiy t
4 cent rise in pi ices came another jump
of i cent, May opening all tne 'iat lro;u
8t? cents to -o , ct nts. For an uour ih-
m iri"t w a- 01 ;
fluct.iatin : so -- ii
imp ijsibie ! 1 .0
r. ache I ' f e i.
mparts, w ' i .' : pi
wat.-r ma" - ir '
Suddenly forc-i :
outsiders all i ev .
a lurore, witu vaiu .-
: : at
v t .e:r
. t was n x t lo t
cm -e. May j
n ' its wild t
be- tbe hieh i
day.
h . 'US
e.il raders,
. b 1 - - a- d clam-
' at t i - ..; en 1 tir tinned
0 n . lepreneaiod
leal thrown t-v.-r. a ri
1 O idin: proeesj was in
p:he- go ag down hill
i ,-i t-u te 1. M iv tum
m i r- it c s. ll. .j g m jve
ecked. Fro.n this point
er 1 Im: I'.i 8' cellU, fol-
iiek to cents anu a
tne cloie being extreme-
tl.e be?t paint May was 1
ored to buy win--Hers.
Larg" ,
;ei most of i.e.- w
-y midday tli" u
tail swung, v. ith
i i fat as hey h
tiled to & e,.n: s
nient could ne c
;h--re was a ia
lo wed by a -e.
subsequent rally
I e nervous At
il cents above th bottom and Sj cents
.iglier than the closing , ursday.
I do not see,"s.ii 1 a hroUer, "why the
war shoid 1 depreciate American eecuri
aes. Ou th" ceUtra-y. i should think
that Unite 1 States b.rn !s and municipal i
securities waa.l 1 be in demand by inves-
tms abroad, inasmuch ::s they cornel
from a country not likely to be drawu
n to a war with the powers nf Europe, I
an 1 their vr.lues are nl liable Lo be af- I
fected by the war. j
T do not th.nk a great an ouut ot j
Vnierictin stocks are held in rlu-o. e now, !
Many of the secuulics In 1 i by 01 eigners
larc been d:s;.oscd of ii th.; hi.t two'
ear-). owinj; to hii apparent lac -, of con- '
ridence in this country. '
"Neither tin e f nor Turkey," he con- ,
limed, use Am -rlcan cotton. They i
on port large ifuan ities of Itms'aa linen, j
1'nie.ss Fngltnd or German-, which;
countries are largo cougutners of our i
raw material, engage m t ie fi.h' the in- '
duence upou this country will be inslg- :
uiticaut."
"It is a 1 crioii- hut rotorious fact,"
remarked a cotto.i broker, "that un the
declaration of war in a distant part ol ;
the globe cotton invariably declines iu j
value. As at I ieseiit it l as cone Uowi
:
to
cents, which is one-half a cent
than a ff:w days ag
"There lias iieea no nnu -11 tl ilomi
tor it, as tiie p.es nt 1 o tigure- woiilit
plainly indicate, an I such demand, t ver
in the instance of all Furore- in.tulging in
a general eng agem-nt, ia iivt liable to
occur fit once. "
Tel. Krniiiiir itciuv.
The Senate has t: greed to vote on the
arbitration treaty in tiie ."ith ef May at 4
o'clock.
The Assembly at A-ban -. N. T. his
paased the bill to prevent the ei:ing of
high hats in theatres.
It haslein suggested th it President
will probably be called upon to issue a
proclamation of neutrality, now that war
has begun between Turkey an 1 Greece.
The officials have looked into the preced
ents in cafes and have concluded that the
conditio is at pie&eni do not require the
issue of. stich a not r.
AN! t ill
Campaign is Open
l- OU Til H
Sale of Bicycles.
DO YOU HEAl 03 ?
i We ha vp !... j . . ' - - ' ' ' I'tet'
; '-(.b velar. ' I :'.'. i " F
j the '-C'lei -'', 1. 1 - . - ,.;(.. ::-u
I -2imI haral u b- !.
1 V " ( : ;i s. : 1 . u o! , . , ' 1 , v . .
J A .'.i.l 1 , r (. ; ; , . 1 '
: 00, 1("m-.
1 Sec o : " 1 h . 1 ' I : 1 1 , : - 1 - ia.. -I
I
, -v-ri,
: r.; ou- to
i Our l eel
; eilatat.te f ;
1 1
1-
- are
111 n :
:i m st l.
fa eked up
. t o el s u I .
b.
i 'll'te-C Ll.eilo- 1 C Cell's to tin
' I
I. C.Whtty &Ci
YIN;i';V si'd EKNS,
l Oit MUF.EXS.
i'. t LTKV NKTTIMi,
V A NX i) WIRE FENILN0.
Glaziers
Refrigerators-
l lie HEST and I EAPES
ever see.i in llie C t
f t -
r 9
UCi i cn ri J o
Stoves & Ranges
i'it tike 1 v LEV i) 'and
are equalled by none.
W. SMALLWOOD
UnJer Hotel hattawka, ' ou
F ont Street. New Bir e X.
C.
j hae jrsr kei; vi d i
ilo in p tented ';.,! n 1 ule"
FjlJitl Irou Beards , d do?.
p.iU o-ed ' (loliIeU .i, le" ' lotli-
es ivtck?, t.iic aio
Mii.i I wili sell for ;.o NI-'.XT
For !1.50 E:ie i.
Sell ou tr;al to intr ' uce them,
ati i if they are not as rep re
ellt
the
1 e
el vii!
eorfullv efutol
iiM'-e ,-.
.T'.V otalel'S
v in-
prompt Kt'eiition.
Youih Kfcspeotfull v,
T. I. TUStX K :s.
Y holesale and (
Retail
No. 70 Middle St,
c.
New Berne's
Busiest Store.
Our New Spting Stock is now
complete in every department.
Kvery corner of store Bargain 1
Bitght with new fresh t?ooilt. i
ATTRACTIVE PKICKS TI1H :
MOST ATT1IAC ITVK FEA'LT V.
OV AT I'll .C IT K GOODS.
'I he lovel lest la vn Dimities and
Organdies at, '.He ja-d: il.Wi
Laco Cuitains this week, a lim
ited number at 4wc; 4cc Silk !
utid Wool Dress (t.k., is this '
Week 2"0 )'itrd; Oxford Ties to
begin with we make the n ice j
43c pair. !
THE G K NT LE M K N S SI'HINC. I
SDI PS we are offering this week at
$7 8"i sre Jl 2.10 values. j
Tlie very latest in (ten s Eedora '
HatP, 8 colott", at 1 4S, j-fgular !
price, sf .-"0.
Economy is Wealth. ,
Tlie Bia:
Dry Gods
ftiiaiiiHoiisi:
1 ;
G. A.
I II Do. lit K
HAKFOIK. .Vr.
,OM P. ( .
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Periodicals,
Blank Boois,
Stationery,
Pencils,"Pens,
and Ink,
41 I. ASk!S,
tolC lJMIDDLESTREItlT.
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FC.C0S
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CORSET co;,
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n -
Don't
Forgret
the Premiums on
the Bread made
from Pillsbury's
Best Flour. Please
send in by 2 o'clock
p. m. Write your
name plainly on
c: rd and enclose
srme in envelope
and address same
to
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