fclje Carolina Banner.
Aomnswo iUm.
Ic avcltna Canncr.
Sfaoe. i tim. 2 Urn. lmo. Sma 6mo. I2n
1 "5 1 23 2 TO 4(M CO) K 00
2in. 1S5 2 TO 3 ft) 7W10TO HQo
Sin- 175 825 4 00 7 SO 12 TO 2W
ln. 2 TO S TO 5 TO 10TO150O tr, TO
in. 3 TO 4 ft) 7 TO 12 50 20 TO SO TO
In. 3 5 4 50 7 50 15 TO 25 TO 40(0
U In. 5 50 $ TO 1 1 TO 25 TO 40 TO CO 00
In. 9 W 12 50 IS TO, 35 TO 55TOVj CO
"KVKJtY
v in II A Y.
...... I. V I'. 1L 1 "
i
HENRY T.KING Editor.
TFA Or OU'-""
M T, nc J ftr'
' fi months,
.1 three months, -
t the Postofficc at Tarboro,
.'IrVna-cl matter.'
$1 60
75
40
VOL. I NO
Til E OLD NOBTH ST ATE POBETEK,
22
TARBORO, N. C, FRIDAY, JUNE U, 1889.
5 Cents Per Copy.
jj,,- tit.i'
Vuf' 1"' 1
,.f. '
il . , oiiiinonly used to wrap
) .-. chewing ,iini, various
,nd ad kinds of chew-
-:til to be dangerous on
i,-t in it Its use for
f food has been 'for-
il.iV.
l.f.f
uti
t in
. M.-n iiiJil'V r : r- -?
'Tl projort-of oxtrmling the limits of
w rrk city ''' to include Brooklyn
and "th-f ii'-ighWing municipalities, ia
takii.tr ,,,-f5"5t! pnnrN an1 attract
h attention, not oniy iu
which would U affected by the
the country at large, of
NORTH AND WEST.
hxwsy rrqia by telegraph-
Being A Condensation of the Princiijal Han
peninga in Different States
limn it -
,.v,!iih"e. hut in
which they flrc tl,c rent coramercial
niter. The New York Legislature haa
Tainted a commission to consider and
Jort on the subject, as the first step to
action. '
It mny V- that Dr. fanner' wild ex-
rim7 ,it" of burying himself in the ground
-L-s is not so wild after all.
Thcr uro j.l. nty of reputable witnesses
Wh y 'at ,ht'-v have fioen faldrs iQ
India buried, and after their graves liad
been -fru.ird.-d' for months they were re
gion -d t-lift- without any difficulty, and
Int short tint.-were ready to undergo the.
anie experience agiin. r. Tanner may
bave b irii. .1 the fakir trick, whatever
it w.
HI3 BEIDE STOLEN FROM HIM.
She Went Off With Her Tomer Lover
Immediately After the Marriage.
SOUTHERN SPRAYS.
FROM VIRGINIA TO TEXAS,
Items of Interest Culled from Many Sources.
,t Min conclusively proved, oh
thr Sail.' Francisco Chronicle, aftel
exj. rinunts carried on for a number oi
'pars by lrivate individualn and by tin
OoM r.ii.M r.t, at it 'great expense, that the
manufactur.- of wigar from sorghum can
not U- mad.- a co.iinicn ial success. It ii
K.)i( v.i tbnt if Ihc '.ovcrnmcut had ex
' jH-ii.lr'1 only a small portion oi the BUM
wasted in sorghum evperiments in en-courn-ia-
tin- production of beet sugar,
the letter industry would havtJ been much
further advanced than it is at present.
'Tt is now paid," remarks the New
York -(., '-that the journey from
New York to San Francisco is made ic
l Minn ive days on schedule time. Let
us we. A "hi!e ago we started for Cali
fornia in a dipper hip and made the trip
round C'ue Horn in one hundred days.
Then vo- took a short cut across th
I0..,.a ,.,..1 re:iehed the (loldeil Gate ill
inviiinii' ...... - - - -
thirty .lays.'. Aflr that we went by rail
arros- the cmfineiit in seven days. Here
after it is fo b doi;i iu less than five
Well therr is nothing to look forward U
oow exe. j.t 'Darius (5 reen and his flying
machine.' "
Ostrn li farms now exist in at least thrAI
i.ftlie Aijtraliaii colonics, and the feath
m are juonounccd as good iu tpiantitj
and .ii!ilityas Ihow of the. African birds
Iu South Austrab-i the enterprise was en
counted by a grant of MlOO acres ol
land not far from Port Autrusta, OE
whi.h th.Tc are now 100 liirds. Fait
bush forms a t,rre: it part of their food,
tut 'in extra dry seasons wtittles, mulga,
tiearia, eotton und blue bush help to sup
x.rt them. The price of feathers is liabh
to Ku.h lluctiiatii.ii by the changes ol
fashion, that it is doubtful, observes th
Amri.-.ia AijrimU'trixt, if Australian
ostrich fai inino will ever prove profitable.
The chess championship of the world wa
left undecided, Weiss and Tchlgorin dividing
flrgt and second prizes in the in tenia tiorud
chfsa- tournament, which ha just closed in J
New York city. -' ' -l I
Thk Ballot Reform bill was passed! by the
.Connecticut Legislature.
The Young Men's Democratic Club' gave a
dinnw to ex-Irsident Cleveland at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, New York city. 8eecbes
were made by the guest ot the e' ening.
Governor H iu, ex-Governor Jlloadly, Pi-ed-eric
H. Coudert,- John Ii. V. Arno 4 and
others. '.
Princess' Kauam, first neice of (King
Kaiakaua of the Sandwich Islands, i irrived
in New York city on her way to I urope,
where she poes to complete I her edu -ation.
The I'rineess is fifteen years old. j
A pike at Ilono, Nev detroyd be old
tlu-atre building and six other houies and
oflies near, and the Pioneer Hotel, La 'ayette
House, Pollard House and Pyramid House.
Tbo loss is between f.T.0,000 and $300, C W.
A' terrible wind and rain storm passed
over-Quincy',-111. The storm was c relonie
in its nature and considerable daina ;e was
Jone. The full force of the storm st ruck a
cemetery in the southern part of the c ty.and
nearly every monument in the grouf ds was
3moliKhed, 1 - j
AtntcRT Martiw, th mulatto who 10 bra
tally assaulted Mrs. John GjiUs, . wi fe of a.
farmer living near Port Huron, Mu:l., was
taken from the county jail by a Aiasked
mob and, lynched. j" II
pREsroEtfT Harrison has rented bno of
Senator II. (t. Davis's cottages at L)ae rarh..
M.I . for the asQ.n and preparationfc were
Niin made for the recptioP of his fainUy.
Genkr.vi. KchofieLD was acting fceretary
of War in the absence oi wiew. 3 . .
in th West. This was a return to the old
practice of tha department before the Jimcui
ties arose between Secretary Lincoti and
General Pheridan. y J
PresipenT HARRisoif nominated Gfenerals
fw Wallace and Beverly Tucker spetial eu-
voys extraordinary to Haytf. Alm st iru
meliately after the names wera made public
they were withdrawn. j
Samuel. J. Ruby, of Iowa, has bien ap-
.;i TTnitl States Consul at Belfast,
F"'"" i
Ireland.
W. W. Thomas, Jr., 'Minister of tie Uni
ted States to Sweden and Norway, vtas re
ceived in official audience by King 0;4-ar
suii.T.pnx is making terrible ravhges in
Guatemala. j
Twenty-five policemen were injurtd dur-
InR evictions at Falearragh, lrelan.l.
The latest authentic news from H
to the bfTwt that. Hipiolyte has .il
Iitiinein sval tiattles and taken
sion of the Government. j
Thres: persons were killed and
wound! o an anti-Progressist riot
grade. 1
The village of DeutsehmaeUen, nar Sa
ran. in Prussian Silesia, has been com
destroyed by fire, not a house being left
tag. . !
HORTII CAROLINA.
There kill bean immense yield
of
Carth aor, 31rt.The primlpal topic
of conversation on ibe streets in this tity
is i ne wnsaiionni riurmcu.-.. . j,,.tn MVs tlip airri-
ineut it can 1 called-of a young lady, gra all over the Stat, hajs the agri
immediately after her mamage. With Her miiunu rep.
former lover- J. H. PriU bett, a young I Cherokee Mining Comjiany are
man from Idabo, ana nss jiatinc iuu-., Uevelopjotf their moert lans u it
a young lauy lesiaiug m my i ern ortli C'aroiiua
neariuwt-uj , - i (.r Rtone of the new epvrri)
County Kecorucr lor a m . ' ut Wnmjntft,m was laid
after wlueb thev.weiil lo me ouicc ui iuu i "
lrolate .Iwlire.rbr whom they were mar- I lueaday. -
ried A few minutes after they left the! F.d TTenrv. a 11 vear old son of John
llecordcr's office a young farmernamed J Heurv, living in South Iredell, five miles
Ulmer entered in a very exited manner j from "Davidson College accidentally shot
and asked for them, and after command- anj killed his little sister, Itortha, ftgfd
inr the Herorder not to record the mar- 7. AVJnesdav mornrnff The boy was
riaire license iust issued, rushed mt. I B.iuirrel-huutfrii?. " cummtr the gun on
The newly married couple had gone to bjs shoulder, the little girl folldwiug
a dry gmnls stored and there the wife ujm on her way to the pasture, -when the
was "left while her husband stepped out a waa discharged, the load taking ef-
f-w moments to attend to some business. fM.t ;n Hertha's neck and breast. Death
Tt.irowr nbnre ITllmcr made his mi- I ;tiut;ii)t;inim Dr. Iiarrinirer. of
lx arauce, and informing the young wife J Davidson College, viewed the body and
filar upr nftH4Pf was waning wuimiuc, pronouucea an inquest unucccsti
seized uer bv tUO fm ana nurrieu hit
out to the sDeet. The couple went
I 1.I,.1a3 f-fi -laltr crr.ikikinrr rwiw
and then to enter a protest, but she was
silenced by her companion and led hur
riedly along. They finally stopped at a
grocery, and auer some -earnest conversa
tion they entered Ullmer's buggy stand
ing near, and drove rapidly away;
In the mean time the husband returned
to the dry goods store, and, finding his
wife cone, started in search ef her. Sup-
iiosincr that she had returned to her
(lorhp jn company with Ullmer, he started
j'n pHr$H?t 'anfj reached there soon after
The 100th celebration of the organiza
tion of the Uraud Lodge of Ancient Free
Masons of Houth Carolina, wa commem
orated at Charleston Tuesday.
The laying of the coruer stoue of the
new Y. M. C. A. building ai cuai icsiou
was performed with impressive ceremo
nies Tuesday.
The State railroad commission com
pleted its work on .the railroad freight
rates bv finishing the tariff for the Char
leston and Savannah Hallway, and all
dark - He 'returned "t the city next the rates went into effect June 1
morning, being unsuceesBfuliu hu search j Mra. Florence Atkinson w arrested
for the runaway couple. V hat , course at ji ja(.ka for bigamv and bound over to
he will next pursue ne aoes noi Know.
He and his stolen bride are cousins.
They were engaged to be married before
he went to Idaho, uut aunng iiisaosem-c
she foepauie engaged to Ullmer and they
court in a foOO lxmd. She created a
great sensation fifteen months ago by
marrying two men in ten days.
The department of agriculture lias re-
werel to Jye feen married next Thurs- ccived -a ' report from McClellanville,
day. Receiving an invitation to the Charleston county, that the forests in
weddinir the Idaho lover suddenly put in that section have been striped U their
an appearance, ana a weaumg wuu ns .eavea mj lucaic..ijuv
sensational denouement was the result. thickets presenting a midwinter appear
ance.
j
ayti ia
feated
posses-
many
n liei-
bleteJy
stand-
Washiugton.
The Navy Department has begun it assign
1 h. officers or too vessels
f. nti,..r kioos ami stations.
m..'t ....intl B .' P. Gilkeson, of
Pennsylvania, to te Seeoud Contrpllel; ; of the
CunviM-y, and S. II. Holl.iay,oi rwm.
t, i oniiiiissioner of Customs.
Bv direction of Secretory Noble, Agent
i, ..lu.r.I nil the white teettlera
..r th ChflvHiue reservation.! 1 1
iTmKNT Harrison, Attorney-General
i:n ,.. !-,: t 'Hrwretarv Halford, General
n wiiiimuo ihiiiI i Reoresdntative
Aiulerson, of Kaunas. ie "P'' Z
T T. Mabrv a rnnnf lawver of Ab-
The Te?as Spring Palace. I beville.' and Johu J. Lyou, the stepfather
The Texas Sprinuf Palacp was opened of Mr8 Mubr v: had iku"c'mW Irieuds
at Fort Worth Wednesday. It is an ex- uui wjthin the last few weeks', during
hibition of the. products of the State. wijirh they have frequently .piarrelled.
The three story building U in the shaje yon accused Mabry of abusing his wife.
t)f a cross, and covers ou,uuu suuarc icei. 1 They had a serious quarrel last rriday
It is covered inside and out with pictures j nihV aml on Saturday Lyon armed him
repiesenting Texas scenery and " I sdf with a shotgun and got behind a
geometrical figures, all made of products J s(.uool house where he could command a
of Texas. The interior of the buildiug j iew f the path which Mabry always
is filled with every product of earth and took jn rnming from his law ofhee. Ma-
si a, all from Texas. The exposition idea hry was late, and Lyon waited for him
was suggested by the Sioux City Com two hours. When Mabry appeared Lyon
Palace, but the Texas palace as it stands wak(,u from behiud the house ami said :
!Do you want to light tins morning'
Mabry replied : "Not in that kind of
I am not armed, ana 11 you snooi
?a coward." Lyon fired,
and Mabry fell mortally wounded.
"Don't shoot again. ' he cried; "l am
a fVinrboter. James Swart z, a farm
er, lat and-Tticked Geo. Amhrow, a
farmer of Berkeley county, ,V
Wdly that Ambrose died of his injuries.
Koth were atjoul yean o.u.
tr Carter Marks, an ageil white wo
man, was run over by a shifting engine
of the Petersburg Itailroad Couiiiany,
while crossing Washiugtou siret i, 1 r,,
burg, Monday night. Her right leg was
cutoff alioutthe middle of the thigh,
and she diedfpom the felioc ulhui m,
hour after receiving thp injury.
Sandy Slaughter, a ginger cake co or-
cd man, committed rape on me m.-c
Mc White, of Sjottslvaua couuty lt
Sunday. The giil w:is in an outhouse
when the negro assaulted her. AfUT
apcnwpUohlng hjs purin-Ti UlP
drawiug a large knjl5 atfoher throat,
threatened to cut her throat ami u n
her body into the won.! if sUp Ulvulgod
what be had done. The gii 1 1- in a very
critical couditiou, Tm uegm nia4le good
his escape, but posses are searching the
country for him, aud if caught he will
be lynched. The whole community is
uj iu arms, and no mercy will le shown
him.
A P.ine slaml, Jtihn flunier, 22 years
of 'aVe. 'committed suicide on Thursday
by shooting himself in the head with a
revolver. He left a note to his mother
m'ww he had seen all the pleasure in
this life he wbdied to, and that he would
that day take his life. The real cause of
the tragedy was thought to be a love af
fair. Fayette Evans, a desperate character,
who has Wen a mortal terror to the
suburb of St. Elmo for years and who
recently made a desperate attempt to
kill Amos Field in Walker couuty, Ua.,
was tried on a warrant of lunacy, and ad
judged insaue. He will be sent to Lyons
view"! and the community breathes freely.
Evans has been three months in LaFay
ette, a-, jail ou a eharge of felonious
assault.
OTHER WTATK.
i Mrs. Fannie Demeese died near Louis
ville, Ky., at the age of 115, as shown
bv her family Bible. Her husband died
twelve years ago at 107. Up, to that time
Mrs. Demeese had bceii able to attend to
t -.
her own worK.
t The returns from the election in New
Orleans shows that the drainage ordi
nance has leeu defeated b.v lQt) to J.00O
votes. The hist Legislature authorized
the taxpayers of New Orleans to vote a
tax of three mills lwr annum for the pur-
ose of drainage and paving. The elec
tion was held and the sciieme was ue
feated.
12,000-DROWNED.
THE DELUGE IN PENNSYLVANIA.
The Oonemangh Valley Flooded and Thou
sands of People Lost,
Vl in the mountains, two or three hun
dred feet alove the level of .lo.hntw 11
Pa., with its 12,tHM inhabiunta. s.Hi
n nnUUia.1 JaKc, f.uir and a hlf niiU-s
lo.ug, a mile and a quarter wide, and loo
feet deep. It was held in check by
dam of mm id nuu-oury, 1,hh ft-t wide
ninety feet thick at the Uise and mi f,vt
jiigh. Ik-liiml this dam was the largest
IkhIv of water held in an V-reservoir iu
the United States.
W hen the cloud ItMi-st forcing this im
mense lake through s barriers and ;;;
it 300 feet downwartr, the tor;t.u"i gaine,!
a .frightful momentum as it rushed re
sist lessly onward to 40 feet hih.
struck Job uptown a,ud lUkvv wp and
crushed Loiisvs like ft iuujr p'r Ikixcs.
The l0lai VUV thixiwu Mgniust each
iitU'i-V aiid mahcd into splinters. The
there not U ing U cnoxvU for the men
nor utensils toc.k it with. Mr Klinn'
wnoiamttho head of the bU.rl..
de a -iK-tt h t. them. 11 nn.l fil ,1...
it was inqMble to Rvt the tl 'ti , ..
from the railnwd. Ut tlud theV would U
u-onon oown as
sn a- possible.
II.
wboex,tl to livc ai the f,t ,.f ,J,e
land and that thi, wapriu. ,,UV .-, work
of charity even thou-h the im n did t
lid for their w.rk. A few minute aft, r
Jhiv as Mr. Fliun was driukin-1-la.
k rt.fftv aud rating some u.rd cm. k
cr aud heese, two workmen ne Ul.
him and c.muncncl to cmphdu Ut mum,
they did not have soup and meat.
t uragiM air. nmn, and after tHliuff then
that be thought he w as us,l t KlHM
eating as they were, he ordered gumt It.
take the men out of t..mi and not nuil
them toe. mc Uk again. Tbi- seci.unl
to have cfiei't, and there was t.o iu.e
truuble. Twenty time k.. per, fn.in itt
burg arrival, audi he v are now. bard at
gi'iuux Uu'uaoieiiof UH iM iupl.oed
W ion e of U,tMHt men will not U 'HtJ..
ris in leo than - tnd
Vc;'. t arian diet is becoming populai
aiiion;a lminlici oT persousin this country.
It hash, en widely practised in Europe
for eari. One of its advocates in
America is Professor S. C. Osborn, 0
Post on, who recently said: "You would
nut W agitated in New York over th
dressed Im- f question if you followed
my example. 1 have tasted no butchers'
meat for ten years and have lost all
appetite for it. It is on my table at nearlj
every meal, but I never take any. How
ever, this ahst inen'ee may suit other people,
t has hid a most satisfactory iufiueuct
my health, and I have only a dim re
collection of what indigestion is like, 01
how :t headache feels. I am also a tota!
abstainer, but smoko moderately.
Tobacco "m reasonalde quantities is con
ductive to tie healtli of brain-workers, ai
it slightly hc ks the loss of brain tissue
aud liasalso.i soothin fi tfect. Vegetarian-
Lm is also cspccially-adapted for men who
trio dowu Ctaiako Bay i on Mr I W aua
v.ht. U,4tless. They siMjut Sunday
1 . 1
exceeds in execution anything the origi
nal designers ever dreamed of. The
palace complete has cost $500, 000. The
building was furnished by Fort Worth,
but the wliol.e State helped helped to
decorate and fill it with wonderful pro
ducts and' "pictures. f?.Qv- JJoi?9 ,nau'
the opening speech, concluding as fol
lows: "In thenarap pf the people of i Texas,
I now surrender Uiis grand Spring
Palace to the unfettered enjoyment of all
present, without so much as demanding
a countersign."
Tlwi T TlnliniuVa Oen li ' A.
1 IfUV. 1 uuytl . ' 1 n 1. in " - - -
J Cameron, of Denver, and the Hon. J. M,
j Ch lan, Mayor of Sioux City, were other
prominent speakers.
1 . . 1 . r - .1 Tt., 1, ...... -n-
1 resuieni. nan isou aim uiui uat -
cei'ved invitations tt visit the Palace.
i..'iin,n.;toii HoaiK t.tT Fortress Monri.
1 "MfiHinniel
- Gekerai. i.kw uAiu.oi. "'" , ;tv" :
m. 1. )iiuM)iiittMl lj)iiimis-
1 endeavor to secure coaling fns iat
1. Tvri. holn and tSamana uaflwriue
1'i.it sl States. I
The warringe' of cx-Secretary -Bairard to
Mw lMnrv VilUl2 ciymer, is biuiuuiu
to yZZ 3- W i St.. John'8 El
Church, Washiuglon. ! I
Pbksidkxt Harkisom has reuted one of
t. ... ti 1". Davis's cottases at Def r I ara.
M.l'. fortlw season and pi-eparatiods wer
Uang made for tho reception or ins iamuy.
Gkxerai. SoHeKiELD was acting SiirTetary
of War in the absence of Secretary Proctor
in th West. This was a return to khe old
pra cticeof the department before thejhtncul
ties aros. tietween Secretary Lincoln and
General Sheridan. I
President Harrison nominated Generals
Lev. Wallace and Beverly Tucker sp4caal en
..f...i-.ii.ifirv to Havti. Aluapst un-
iiwHluttely after the names were madt publa
they were withdrawn. i
Sami-kl J. Ruby, of Iowa, has been . ap
..tl IFnited States Consul at Belfast,
i-" r
Ireland.
The Debts of the Southern States.
The thirteen Southern States, includ
ing Kentucky and Missouri, have funded
debts aggregating $9.,,8.'.S,G4J, liesides
an unfunded debt amounting to $20,000,
000 -more. The funded debt of the
South is thus distributed:
A Cyclonic Hailstorm.
A terrific hailstorm passed through
How an countv. N. C. Tuesday afterno.n
and lid great and untold damage. It
was 4 , o'clock when it came upon Salis
bury. The wind roared like a cyclone,
but was not accoinpauied by muc h rain.
Hail stones from the size of a hickory
nut to that of a man's fist fell for fifteen
minutes fast and hard. The limbs of
rees wefo broken off and fell to the
ground. The window glass iu many
dwellings and business houses was shat
tered and houses uuroofed. llcavy dam
age was done to the new Lutheran
church, all the large stained window
glass King broken:" The damage to this
church aloue is one thousand dollars.
Five hundred window glasses were
broken at the cotton factory. The fruit
and the cotton crop throughout the
county is said to be completely destiny-
ed. No estimate 01 lite roiai miuki-
can yet U given, but it will reach up in
to many thousands. The hail storm is
said to fw the uust severe ever known in
the State. " ' 1
have nuntal work to perform and who
desire to keen their faculties unimuaired.''
Chronic misfortune attends fierman
enterprise in i;:it Africa. The Wissmann
expedition- has iiTcctcd nothing as yet.
The whole credit voted by the Heichstag
has beeu swallowed, up by the expense
for the transportation of freights and the
hire of Soudanese and Somalia. The ex-,
cesa it, expenditure will necessitate an
Immediate appeal to the Ueichstag for a
further credit, thus continuing the pro
gressist predictions that the government
calculation of the colonizing operations
would prove recklessly false. The ex
plorer Holders formerly Consul at Zanzi
lr, in an address at the Cedonial Cou
" erence at Munich, declared that Captain
V issroann woul.l fail to re-estiblish Ger-
aaa authority unless backed by an ample
orce of German troops. He predicted that
Captain Wissmann's mercenaries xvould
volt ht the first chance and join the
ra!9. la ti
Foreicn
Tue German Pweichstag passed the Aged
I U-.a-tiWs Insurance dui ana aojvjuiu.
Oi'eks Victoria has just eelebratea ner
eeveutieth lurthday by creating tnree muv
nets aud a Knight.
Lubeck harbor,
Geriuanj", were
killed now." But Lyon tired the other
barrel, kilhng-Sfabry outright;. Mabry
leaves a wile ami two ginipi cpiinren.
Lyou is in jail.
FLORIDA.
News from Chi pley, AVest Florida, that
great interest has develojied in West Flor
ida favoring annexation to Alabama, aud
has resulted in a call for a convention to
assemble at Montgomery, Ala., on the 4th
of July to take such action as may be
necessary to accomplish this object.
Governor Fleming, of Florida, in ac
cordance with the new charter of Jack
sonville, has appointed 18 men to act a
the city council. Eleven of these are
Democrats and seven Republicans. The
nblect of this charter was to place the
citv "-ovcrnment completely in the hands
of the Democrats. This council will at
once elect a mayor, a Uard of public
works and a Uard of jolice commission-
r-1 II . ....... I .......I....:. ...... u 1 . r . v.
(rs I ne IHHICC coilllllissuuivia ate eiiu
complete control of ihc jiolice depart
ment. ainciutiutr and removing lHilice-
mcnatxviil. ine council is iiiruu-r au
thorized to issue citv Unds to the extent
of $750,000, provided the issue is ap
proved by popular vote at a special elec
tion and the whole manipulation of the
Unds, including the levy of special taxes
to meet the interest, is placed 111 the hands
of this counc il.
OKORGIA.
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina,
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Mississippi
i ouisiaua
Texas
Arkansas .
Kentucky
Tennessee
Missouri
j Total,
Funded Debt.
t,550,U.ai
4,:oo,im)
t,OI2,7ll
8,TW.:J05
1,27.1 (HtD
Ltu.T!,iaU
11,982,021
12,029,100
74,O0O
2,500,000
9,525,000
Sate Tux
in Mills.
4.0
y.o
5 25
.15
5.5
40
&5
0
2.5
4.0
4 75
3.0
4.0
4.07
9rt.l5H,W:t
Average State tax in mills.
Of these Southern Stales Kentucky
alone has a sinking fund, and in her case
it nearly covers the small indebtmeiit.
Threes marters of the debt of Texas and
aUut the whole of Mississippi's are due
to the school funds of thoo States, so
that the net debt is "insignificant in each
case. In round figures, $110,000,000 is
the Southern asrtrregate, including the
unfunded debt.
seething, whirling deluge dashed onward
and downward, sweeping la-fore
Uaring on its billw"S U Hhnoily tlotxaui
tpul. jetsam of wrtfked villages and niau
ghal enrp-os. On the stormy ltosoni of
those augry watejs were ios.sei nere and
there the laulics bf drowning hiubands
and wives ami helpless bales, whose ag
onized cries for help were lost in the
thunderous roar of the merciless flood.
Thousands of human Uhiit 1,0, i -died
that never-to-lK.'-forgo.tt.i.u night, and
hundrtHls of luppy homes were swept
from the face of the earth, leaving not jV
pillar or jost to tell where th.ej aod.
Kejs.rts from the telle ofj disaster were
at liivt meairre. and the developments
have made it more and more apimrcnt
that the exact numlK-r of lives lost 111 the
Johnstown horror will never la; know n.
Over 1,000 Ixalies Were found Monday,
aud the most skeptical conce-du that the
remains of thousands moru jfst la-neath
the debris ilave Johnstown bridge.
From the lwnks many charred remains
of victims of the flames and thaal were
plainly visible to the naked, i.ye, as the
receding waters reluctftully gave up their
dead. Beneath almast eveiv hi or
black(.iud la am a glisteuiug skull or
blanched remnants of ribs or limbs mark
all that remains of life's hopes and dreams.
The latest estimates of the loss of life
place the numUr at 12,000, and the
work of identifying recovered lodies
still goes on.
On Tuesday a gray-haired man hailed
another across the street with these re
marks: "I lost five. All are gone but
Mary and I." "I am . worse olT that,"
said the first old gentleman. "I have
only my grandson left. Seven of us are
'one.
Gov. Beaver has issued a strong apieal
for aitl and contributions are pouring in
at m a -w t ? . . .
ironr an lxu-uons 01 ine union. acw
York contributed $200,000 in one hour.
and the city of Jacksonville, Fla., tele
graphed their sympathy aud orders to
draw cm them for 2,IKR). Charleston, rv
C, also responding nobly, thus recipro-
aiui ine ki in mess receiveci ciuriug men
alamities.
Clara Barton, president of the Bed
Cross Association, is at Johnstown with
ut forces doing noble work, ami Bishop
Phelan organized the Catholic forces in
this ncighltorhood and all are devoting
themselves to hard work assidioiisly.
What the hospital woul.l have .lone
without the sisters is a ditficult question.
There are nine charity, seven Franciscan
and seven Benedictine sisters.
remove the del
Weeks.
Ala.ut 5O0 of the laUrt-M ),,! U(, truf
t slet-p in, but word was neix.l fr..u
asbingtou that tents wi re on their way.
fall. I.Kit I.AUOHKIts WAMKli.
Notices are jRi-tcd asking for vaqx-n-ers,
tone -masons and bt it kl jrr-. but
they do n, it materialize.
Tive Men Crushed to Death.
An awful casualty occurred at Dan
ville. Va.. during the recent storm. A
force of men was engaged on a brick
factory which J. Q. Penn, tobacconist,
was building.. 1 he building was ai
immense affair. aUnt 200 feet long an.
. ; v dnriiKi hirrb The brick 1.-1VCI S had
. V - ' .. ,. - - j
just completed the walls, but there was
J a mi ? 1 .
no roof on the Dunning, i ne win was
blow in e a eale, and one of the walls got
out of oliimb. A force of hands went to
different parts of the building to brace
the walls and were so engage! wncn ine
EE00VERIN0 THE DEAD.
The Workmen Becoming More Accustomed
To Their Work.
rehouses in taineca. "-i
burned aud $400,000 Jrorth of
cotton and flax was destroyed.
(urch. the
rostomce aim irrre Muin no "r-
Bi Id irewater. Canada: kss tTO.OOO. I
Three meu were killed in a boiler explo
Kioii in a uuarrv at Mille Ilochea. Canada.
W AV. Thomas, Jr., Minister of 1 he Uni
te.! States to Sweden aud Norway, ivaa re
ceiveil in official audience by King 0 xr .
Suaixpox is making terrible ra ages ia
Guatemala. j .
Tw KSTY-nvn pol kviri en were inju "ed dor
big evictions at Falearragh, Ireland, t
Thk latest authentic news from '. layti 1
to the effect that Hippolyte has defeated
Legitune in several battles and taket possea
Eion of the Government. t
Three pai-sous were killed, ant ! many
womnled in an anti-Progressist riot in Bel-,
grade. . - v - :' i --'-) ' ' U
Tur -;rtaTA nf TVntfhmachen. tear Ba-
ran, in Prussian Silesia, has been cotnpleteJy 4
destroyeet by ore, not a house being lep stand
ing. - -
.. . , A Still Betaken.
Revenue Officer J. A. King seized the
still and two barrels of whiskey of W. J.
Hare, who ruus a distillery aUut a mile
aud a half from F.Uwood, N. ('.; ou the
rrroun d that Mr. Hare did not employ a
-storekeeper and, therefore, was violating
the law. The still and winsKey were
taken t Elmwiad to U shiped to the
revenue headquarters at Statesville.
Eiirlv Monday moruing Edward M.ore,
the dexH agent, was awakened by some
oue who said he desired to see him.
Moore pushed-, the-sliding doir of the
dea.t oin a little, whereupon the out
side caller threw it wide open. This
proved to he Mr. Hare, who called out
to a cjowd of fifteen men who aecompa
nied him to Tide up aud "get the still.
M.KU-fe'forbaile him three nines, nuiiwre
said he had -men enough, to. latek hinx,
and would take it ty force if cWiiptlled
to 3!oore had not given the, revenue
officers anv written recti for the wliw
key or still, as it seems he does -not do
ihic after 4 n. nu. and the geKds Iwere
in'4he deUt after tins hour?
Hare said iiMid nct want -the whiskey.
pni I r structure col lanscd. Bold. Pruitt
Mr. Beauchamp, living near Smithville, 1 1 -v. Collie. (1. B. Jones. Win. Young,
complained of a psiin in his feet, alnrnt 1 anj Buck Hooper were killed. Seven
ten days ago, ami now iney are I ,,tlicn wire more or leiis miumi
dead up to the middle of the call 01
eac h leg. He is aUut eighty years old, 1 The Husband Shot Dead.
aud his physicians say that in a few days I 8;mnn Anderson, a miner at Coaldale,
all the flesh will drop on, 11 ne uoes noi 1 WHfl shot antl kilt.,i ,y .ott par
die himself. I ker. a fellow-workman. Thirty-six buck
a tlip recent meeting of the Georgia I K,ftt did the work. Parker was Ulieved
Teachers' Association in Athens, the 1 to have lx-en tca intimate with Auder
Hon W. Y. Atkinson aunounced that at 1 son's wife. Last night when returning
the siinimer session of the Legislature he I home from work. Anderson met Parker
u-.-.ol.l Intnaluce a bill to provide an in- I a,,d asked him where he had la-en. Par-
d 1 ki rial school for girls. A tjood many j ker reulied : "It is none of your bu-i
. all . a 1 t-
of the Georgia newspers nave nau 1 ness. Anderson snattlieti a pisioi iroiu
onuthin'r to say concerning Mr. Atkin-I his tKH?ket and tried to cock it, when
son's orooosed bill, and thus far, w ith- I Parker leveled a double Urrelled shot
. ... 1 I . . . .. 1 . .
out exception, iney uae appntveti 11. 1 gun on him and puneu ine trigger. .-
nnnf those sinsniKir naKts, Know u i dfrann lll vun uuny-mx ou
r--5 " -"i ' , . . , I - j - -
in" bird in a North AIlny garden the I has not lren heanl of.
other daw It was disitched, and meas
ured nearly five feet in length. A little 1 Intolerance in Illinois.
Uy, hearing of the j-qMitar su,artition liwwiiar religious sect has stirred up
a commotion in 1 uscoia nmnii, to
st
are
ruioiiism
mana
the result. Atlanta Cimttitvtian.
Johnstown, Pa. The woik of recov
ering the dead g.as on with undiminish
ed vigor, and as the w ork nu n Ucomt
accustomed to their ghastly finds, and
the horrors of the scene la-come common
place, they apply themselves more dili
gently to their duty, and laUr with a
system tliat pr. a luces rapid results.
A IU SY IiKI.KOATIOX.
The Altoona delegation has la-en one
of the busiest ami most useful cm the
ground. They tta.k charge of two of the
leading hospitals, the Cambria and that
under Dr. Bohinson in Johnstow n, ami
ran them up to Thurslay morning, when
they were relieved by the Philadelphia
branch of tin- lb-d Croaa sa iety, under
Clara Barton. Tlu-y as have laen in
charge of the wreckagje alave the bridge.
B. M. Bunker, of 1 Altoona, has had
sixty nu n at work, aided by Dave Kirk,
who is doing the dynamiting. Albania
jKiys all the bills for this work. This
Kirty of workmen have done so well that
a big blast of twenty five dynamite cartridge-,
at IO oYl.ak loosened up the
lelris ami mane 11 isiiie to
the mouth of the old channel.
TO I.KAN OCT TUE RIVKK.
Dr. .1. Guv McCandles, Us here in
consultatiou with the State Board of
Health- nnd others, with reference to
. ieaning the river from Mineral Point t.
Pittsburg, wherever it is He
thinks the UalitTi ought to la- illtuicdi
atep, t remale.l ou the Unks or iu such
places as they have fallen, thus relieving
the river of it clement of pollution.'
The gcntUuien with whom be talked
h-artily coinci.h-d with his views, and
will o oa rate with him in the Work.
which will U commenced at once.
KKM I Kl AMY K.
A mother and daughter were rescued
alive, MitTering fr.au nervous .ha k and
hunger. The) were at once rcinovi-d by
the. n-s uers and placed iu barge of
friends. Both will recover, as neither
was badly injured in a UlUy sense.
I. 1st ok THK LOST AT Wim.HV AU.
I he list of the l.st at W.MHlvale niukr
a tdal of 242 out of a (M.pulatioii cd 10 UK
CI. All A IIVI.TOV
Miss Clara Bartoii. President f the
Bed Cross is now at Johnstown. The
following t able message addressed to her
was received from the Grand Duchess of.
Barden Carlsruhe, June
Miss Clara Bartou, Washington: God
bless your woik in the floods disater.
Guam Drcnis.'"
WII.M AMsl-OItT I'.UKATIIKs K Vll It.
Wll.l.lAMsCoiiT, Pa. Pis. pie breathe n
little easier, iiovvtli.it all apprehension
as to further suffering with hunger have
la-en di.ciatcd. S-ven cars of supplies,
brought up by the Secretary of the Coiu-mouwt-altli,
are unload. si.
All along the line of the Philadelphia
& Beading track through the city de
struction meets the eye, many cars hav in-;
la-en lifted from the track and torn to
piec-cs. The uuinla-r ofTboiist-s toppb-.t
into heaps of rubbish can't ytt la- Mated,
but it is quite large. Along the entire
river Iront, lumla-r amt other lrift are
1 tiled ii as high as the Loum. A c ar
oa.l of coal was carried a di-t.iuce of !i?
miles and left strikiiiL' on top of a piece
of the Uom. ClotliHig is badly needed,
as mauy have lost all but what tin v bt
on. -veral large 1111IN are still tilled
with homeless jaoplc, ami (4htit are
using freight c ars and unprovided -tarties.
The tents s-nt are wa-Uoine. A child
was Urn in a saw mill upi-d by
IltimUr of hoinclesH jas.ple, the mother
la ing entirely w ithout necessary a. cm
inoilatious, and another -r-iW vvom tu
was found on the M-coml lbr ut a build
ing that bad la-cu lb mm led. She v.ts
there without fire or other comforts.
BLIND TOM TIIOIOIIT To 11 WK I.M.S
open up
lilloW.M.Ii.
Among ths4? la liev. d to have !- u
swept away by the lb'aI U "Blind Tom,"
the well-know u necro pianist, 'lie. with
his manager, left Pittsburg on Fri l
morning for Johnstown, and as iby have
not la-eu heanl of si inc. it i thought
they are Utb drowned. lU-ing M ranger,
and oue of the oulv a colored man. i i-
more then likely that if Ih.-ir I-hIic h
rcovered thev were uni.b nliti. l.
IN THK C I Mill. UI A NO V All IV.
Cl'MllKRI.AM. Pa.Tlie fl-l thc
CumlaTland valley ha- ocd, and the
lova is estimated at $::mi,(hhj. Tbeie is
no loss of life.
T1m-m telegrams pawd la t ween. Gov.
le aver and Capt. B. II. Pratt, manager
of the Government Indian Training
School of thia ity :
Gov. Bkailu: If my services, with I
able InmIusI, well di-iplilml young Iudtaii
men, cajtalde of jarforming more tbati
ordinary lalrers,. and my trained nurses,
with ix trained asi-tant Indi.n giil
nur-es, will U of any iw any w hue in
the flood en distri. ts. u-- u. Cau tak;
. - -. 1
A WOMAN XIIsslONAICV KII.I.KIK " I rail0" " i"" "
The gang of workmen have baa ted a I
day exprvs, whi.h was i-.wept aw ay at jov. lieaver replied :
Conemaiigh. The rums the train lie Capt. Pkatt ; Adv m -s froni all t rl -
ne hundred fee t from the western end I of t t.e Sf sle w here li-tres i.rev ail lit
that if a dead snake ia hung up it w ill
The Jury to Try McDow.
The jury to try T. B. McDow
1 murder of F. W. Dawson, editor!
! Charleston AVw ami i 'wrier
en tltsivrn lint of
"auers rejajrting an absolute cessation ol 1 in the itanel, fourteen are negroes!
"sffic. . .... I portion unprecedented since 187(1
he meantime the commerce
"ie Coast is Hi.i.;i,;i.i...l Cl.a Tn.Iian . . . 1
""-., UJiS iM-en orawn.
for the
of the
iii March
bring rain, tnl it with thw M-n-nt, and u tbeuiftelvtt4 the -Pcntec o
the rc-sult was, that, although a drought J aQj u u.lievwl that they a,
had prevailed for three weeks, a cloud , k fOOVert, to Monuonisn
uanagesl to rise up oU m.ewuere I Xbey have broken up several famibea at
ow the horizon and a slight shower was c ad induc e.1 several wives and
a . ia a r.vi.r.i 1 jnririnAii 1 c
TIRtSIRU.
and -only rriI the still. Moore
telegraphed Inuaediately to Capt, McBee,
who. is iuvet-tigating the aflair. -
m.. ir,. ai. Ottawa. Can-
1 ne luaiuci uiuv.. . .
da. thia season will exceed the cut of last
vouni? women to travel with them. Two
- . 1 . t
of the preac hers were inoooeu mere cm
. ...i :..!. ar, .1 the Itev- Mr. Sila-rt
. . - . ... 1 uil'ui. auva . - - - -.
The last car load 01 uncle and other 1 An attack-waa also
t-lson, the k-ad
cscad and at
cnce left the city.
Nearly 1,000 names have been signed
The last car nmu ... unc-a ana ocner Aq Htt.
building material of the om-e famous maJe on the Bev. Mr. Nel
Libhy lnson wa, shipia,l to Chicago t r jf tbe !ttloa here. He -
fromBichmand Wednesday. .f . -
The Cotton Exchange Export.
The annual meeting of the New York
cotton exchange was held Tuesday. Re
ports showed the net profit of f 1441,
with a auridus, after ying all expenses.
thia season will exceea xne cu pntoflice building at Petersburg, is of $2,453. The past year w saia w nave
. . : Tha t Italia ftStl- I lne - .0 . fe I ' .L.tlrva n
s.v lArTY raw rruL. a aw r. n a- air inrr rrtai 11. aa 1 rA 1 tt nn 1 1 1 riirriur; uuuhasw " - i-
drty-six mtUA at 500,000,000 feet,of which nine- , cctfbtr of lhe United States Dis- I ulative markets, but the trade in spot
a fro-1 tenths has been aoia to iuiuu j tTict Court for nning the mails. f cotton nas anown au uuu.m
1 the OaSitad SUtes.
to the petition to the Judge of Ifustings
couuty court, to order,- a prohibition
electien in Danville. 472 are all the law
requires
Moses AUrnathy, colored, janitor of
of the stoue bridge, parts of the jiarlor
cars have la-en found, as well as traces of
the itassengc n. A Unit U o'cl.a k the
baggage of Miss Annie Chism, of Na-Ji-vilte,
Tcnn., w as found. She was a mis
sionary ou her way to Brazil, for the
Woman's Foreign Missionary Sca-iety of
the Methodist c hurc h. Among her effect
was a bible, and in it w as a message to U
tiled at Altoona. aud addressed to the
Meth-lf-t IV-.k Concvru, at No. 20, East
Tenth Mreel, New York, announc ing that
ahe was in the train. Her w atch, o me
money, anl a Greek testament were ali
f.iuntl.
It is. evident that many lives were lst
on this train, more than at fnt mppo-a-I.
The whole train- affair is till a mystery;
at eat the jKisscngcrs have not far
U-en fouml and ba-atcd. The laaly of a
nM-cly-dres,l'Taly was found, which
w as tat much dccumiMmcd aa to la.- un
recognizable.
The effe ts of Miss Chistu were sent to
Albtona.
A M4AI-KCIZKH KIUT.
There was a small-izcd riot at a labor
camp Thursday morning on account of
to indicate that they are well provided
with laUr and nurse. We are n.pbo '?
the uncmpl'y etl of lle the ri.''"''" '
much as assible for - dvi.u ir-'U.
Am grateful f.r y.ur offer. The Ul-ie
have turned in the Indian problem. Vour
generous offer I treat as a barUng r ol
the coming of a Utter da) for I be In
diana and latter relations lt-eti bi
abdth white man.
.TU
and
fai-
rief
Devastation in Virginia,
A great fb-I in Jam- Biver.
water wa reartcd twenty five feet
rising a foot an Iour. Many of the
sbol OO tb-
front were fi.a-le.1 aud ,-onsidrrabtr
damage Ia la-en done, the rivt-r Um:
higher than it h U-n iuce I!.
Theheary rains have caud dnrti!
on all the raiIrl- running io'" B b
. . a a f a .
inond, except the llu hmoou a; 1 r
burg road. No train left Bb hn.00 1
Friday niht on any nd rxcept thi one.
Peoplt- in the bwt-r .rtioii of the city
moved their goods and chattel to um,os
elevated place.
.a.