' - ! PEACE ON EAKTH AND GOOD WILL TO MEN.
PL-III i WADESBORO, N. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1897. NO. 40.
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Treasury Department's Statement of
I Dam age to Agricultural Interests'
HE APPROXIMATE VALUE OR
"The Agricultural Property of the
Jpubmerged Keglon Is Over Ninety
Million Dollars. A
aT. Department at SVashinKtonTtnferi
$ate of April 21 at, Las made thiripIlowM
iftg report on the damage cause
plural interests r)y the Mfi&wppj.
ver.flood: . . .- r'n i-i
1
Since the publication on April l;ofA
Htatement relative to the aicnUuwl:
jae Mississippi Valley souti, R
11.. the nvpa undnr water has-J ACOBJ
'1
i
jiderjibly e.vtemled. This extf " jGjvi
fcolow jcksburg, Miss., buv, -.pj
WJ WUOl hiuel 1113 ilVCI, JVi.lJ
tUilv due to a break 2,000 feei3h-
jpMth, in the levee at Biggs. The otiK"
low,.of water at t.liis poin; has totally
. : Itibiuergud our parishes (counties) -ot,
JLtmisHijia and partially overflowed flVe.
prhe.ru, Hlule a break at La Iourc3ie
f:rbhiu in the southern part o(- tile
. Jrume State.i has! resulted in the 8Ubmei
fcencd oi anadditional area of nearly f
g.oo hfiuare. miles in. La 1 purche and.
'fJVaro I'onne parishes. In this newly
submerged reaio'n there was in 1Q30 a
.jotal population of 82,350, in. tha'pro-
!ortiou i. of four colored persons i to
n,e. -white.: The region contained at th
oelifuS, 7,747 farms, vwith" a total
fireaof over l-,00Of000 acres, ofc to)iich;.
' BiO.OMo were improved. Of tliis. last
pnentioned area, 213,000 ocresor .orer '.
". B TV .- " ?
T - J," V iillbbV UlllSbll IIIIIMIII.
i
. , 'pne iiau, were last year devoted., to cot
Jon, over 91,000. acres to corn,. 6,000
icrea to bugarcane, 2,000 acres to hay
ind nix inconsiderable acreage to other
tsrops. The total value of these farms,
including fences and the buildings, but
Exclusive of their movable equipment
yn in 1800 close upon $11,000,000 "and
"the value of the implements and ma
hinery. and implements upon them
vas over 5600,000. On January 1, of
tho prevent year, they contained live
ptoek to the value of $1,500,000
and so lately, as the first of
Ajfufch they, were estimated to have
AixW on hand about $800,000 worth of
&o crop of last season. The total value
f-tho farms submerged by the breaks
the levees that have occurred since
ijjjie" 10th inst., with their farm imple
v ijients, live stock and crops on hand, is
iGi ef ore etfose upon $14,000,000. This
- :tjfrion produced last year nearly 100,000
liles of cotton, over 9,000,000 pounds
'jf. sugar, over 1,300, 000 .bushels of corn,
-.besides -hay, potatoes, oats and other
ijiainor products, the entire production
aggregating a value, even at the , low
- iprices. that have prevailed, of more
I3iali iU. 250. 000.
ff-nia tctamrea "Bubrnvrg-tdjfc-tWer
4te U over 20,000 square miles. ' It con
tained tit the last census $46,950 farms,
niith a total area of 4,904,466 acres,
v -i Searly one-half of which was improved,
i lid a total population; agricultural
4hd, otherwise, of 462,041. If to the
vjaluo of its farms, farm buildings and
fjirm machinery, according to the cen-
fUs of lSuO, there be added the value of
jijh Jive stock on January 1, last, ($9, -1lw4.i3i5WindL0f
its products of last sea-
H still on hand March 1. last ($4,554.'-
:?) the total of $90,176,177 will repre-
'ui iut; ui)preximaie vaiue oi ine agri
flid property of the submerged
Among the products of this
ration last year were 406,056 bales of
t jtton, wolth 16, 312,000; 12,525,645
.bhflie.lfrof,corn, worth $3,995,278, and
4.j.;,JS pounds of sugar, worth $27,-t!(-
1I ho total production, including
imncyc , crops, representing a value of
AX APPEAL FROM ATHENS.
fte union or AVhlcli Queen Olra is
f h'resldcnt, Issues a Plea to Christian
jjTho folloAving appeal has been issued
hy! the Union of Greek ."Women under
tbi presidency of Her Majesty, Queen
Of!: ra ana Crown Princess SoDhia:
'The women of the old and new
wjprui,- Lnrrstian mothers, sisters and
wives, w'orkers for civilization and
pfiocss, ghaidians of love aud justice,
gating: ...
. r 'Chriabi&u mothers, sisters and wives,
-civilized like you, earnestly appeal for
vsmr help. Our son our brothers and
htisrandp, fighting for the cross, are
.ling killed and wounded in a . sacred
cliuse. - Their blood stains the last page
oi history pf the nineteenth; century,
Hjjie history bf civilization and progress
qr which you are the promoters. i
I' "Christian women, do not share the
responsibility of your diplomas. Arouse
i ii the hearts of your husbands and
mns more Christian and more equitable
' tntiments. Unite and your just pro
test will re-echo in the hearts of the na
tions and .the people. . Prove by "your
-dpergy and Christian work that the
women,' the true missionaries of right
if i tit the Gospel of love and justice in
tjieir hearts,, range themselves on the
tde oi the wronged.
; (Signed) , Helen Geiva," '
L ' 'President of the Union. "
Bailey W ill Address Them.
Hon. J. F. Bailey, leader of the
Bemo.crats in the U. S. House of Rep
risentativesr3ias accepted an invitation
t& deliver the commencement address
fft Roanoke Va. college on June 18
-1$ is expected that Mr. Bailey and Sen
ior Wellington, of Maryland, who
aHU address the literary societies on
1 will be among the speakers at the
alumni dinner on the afternoon of
mmencement day, June 16.
A Cuban Dollar Coined.
rlne iScw lork Journal says: The
Cuban dollar will be on the streets with-
, in a few days. It will be a silver coin
oj the exac size of the Spanish coin
Kaiown as nve pesetas. Une million
tioiiars- worm ot Dullion is to be con
; vgriea mio ine coin, wnicn, even if it
is! no more than a souvenir of the Cuban
BtxugKi wiii sun De wonn its weight.
The Cuban J unta endorses the ftirnn 1 a.
tfon of a silver coin bearing the stamD
.ti mo x: jtu visional Dtovernment. '
- NEWS ITEMS CONDENSED.
Southern Pencil Pointers.
Greenville, 8. O
ha secured
the
has
Southern Railway
terminal that
formerly been at CejntraJ
Damage is reported from the frost of
the 20th from Maryland, Virg:nja and
North Carolina. J
At Norfolk, Va., a plant has been es
tablished with a capacity for 'five tons
of peanuts daily, fpr the maUficture
of peanut oil, peanjat flonx jUad etoct
feed, the estinaate4 - oombmed Lyield
representing poorer thka'C V&M &y
W. W. lud(Licnhajiicoanir.
wards CharleAiO. , werMttrdered
at Salter's, 6XtjtnO "ftO?4 ha
AVmi J. Br vahiroida la address'' b-
foie- rowd "of "Kott J.OOI iieople in.
Anios Di "Eeyn61d! wa killed by
danghiteiin-Uw dnring"" '"family row;
Jlethead-waVi sevefeoni''herl6dy
during theipaaf;;jeIriWillislia3
oeen aps$n$
3vith pay
Harrfs
onshie;COTlM;t)6en cap
tured and Jailed aVAtianiaw
aThe Keatuoiy.flJnudJiig and Loan
Aasociation la pas !b'eeji declared con
stitutional by 'Judge ttcott !at AVin
chester.' c Ajta tU
Ninetv-eigiht cjes "bf liquor bougni
in San f'ranclsco lor personal! us by"
citizens who . clubbed together, was
seized immediately ikpon its arrival inj
unarieston, y, -
Saturday in. -the
Criminal Court at
Charlotte; O.iL.
J. Kirk was found
guilty of shooting take and sentenced
to two years on Ihej chain gang. An
appeal was entfcrJtpost; the ground of
excessive punishtani for a new trial, j
Judge llarlaaJjab: flowed a writ of
error in the casev Of Elizabeth Nobles,
of fteoreria. wn6 is lunder sentence bf
death on the charge of murder,
and
who was to have been hanged
It was represented j by Mrs. Nobles'
counsel that she is insane.
In the Criminal Court at Charlotte,
N. C, Friday, Chas.
Blackburn, charg-
ed with originating
he fire which par-
tially destroyed the Charlotte Observer
building on January 2d last, was ac
quitted, j
The dead body of pharles Hoffman, a
well-known and respected citizen, was
found in a chapel, ! about four miles
from Brunswick, Ga. He had .shot
himself through the head. He; had
evidently gone into the building for the
purpose of committing suicide.
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All About the North.
Tty C.- Bunflr (colord, of CinointtMi,
0. , has been appointed a cadet at the
Naval Academy by Representative 3hat
tua . -
Joseph E. Kelly has confessed to the
murder of Cashier Btickney, Somers
worth, N. H., admitting that he com
mitted both the -murder and the rob
bery, j
Jas. R Gentry, who was to have been
hanered on the 22d of this month for the
murder of Actress Madge York, at Har
risburg, Pa., has been sentenced to life
imprisonment.
Chicago speculators make $4,000,000
on the w heat rise of last Saturday.
The body of Gen. Grant was moved
last Saturday to its permanent resting
place.
The business portion of .the town of
Boca, O. , has been iDurneq., The total
loss will reach 80,000. The cause of
the fire was attributed to tramps.
Elizabeth B. Triton, the wife bf
Henry Ward Beecher's accuser, i died
on Tuesday last at her home in Brook
lyn. '
A party of 91 chinamen have arrived
in Montreal by the Canadian Pacific
Railroad, from China via Vancouver.
They are to work on, the sugar planta
tions of Cuba, so sadly neglected I dur
ing the past two years.
A cyclone destroyed the town of Chand
ler, Okla., east of Guthrie; A
dozen or more people were killed and
probably 150 were injured. j
Miscelhineous.
The King of Siam will
country next September.
visit this
The Southern Presbyterian Board of
Foreign Missions have closed their fis
cal year free of debt, and with more
than $500 in the treasury. A good
showing
The trial of the only remaining issue
in the air w ill case has begun at ban
Francisco. Instead of a contest for the
whole estates, and a struggle over $30,
000,000, it is a fight fpr $1,000,000 the
case having narrowed down to a legal
battle over two pieces of real estate
which Miss Nellie Craven says Senator
Fair conveyed to her by pencil deed a
few days prior to his death.
One hundred women of the Warren
Avenue
Lonsrresra"
tional Church, of
Chicago, have just
earned $1 each for
the church. At a
evening each one
meeting the other
old what she did
One shaved her, husband; another got
five cents whenever! she got up before
her husband; another offered to wash
for her son, and got $1 for letting tlie
shirts alone; another assessed her hus
band $1 for a shinej Still another gfyt
the money by not singing a song One
woman starved her husband till he paid
up.
Several thousand
razor-back hogs im-
ported into Iowa
from Texas during
the past year have
died from kidney
worm.
Washington.
The President has sent the follcnririz
nomination to me senate: John W;
C. Lonjr, to be postmaster at States
ville, N. C. j I '
Secretary Sherman says that the de
claration bV Turkey! that war is on with
Greece will not affect or involve the
united states.
ess of i flood:
River Continues to Rise in Louisiana
Levee District.
PEOPLE SUFFERING FOR FOOD.
At Kansas pity tbe River Is Above the
Danger Llne-Vlcksburg Asks for
Tito Thousand Tents
While the condition of affairs in the
overflowed toiwippi delta is reported
brighter, the"ituation between Yickii
buig and Netr:Otieans is causing the
greatest appxenension. . The river con
tinues to rle in th Louisiana levee dis
trict'and eat jspbis in the levee are
being slrengthiened.
; tThwatejrit.T?OBedale, Miss., has not
eie-frnBtst train that has entered
Clorkada?e rWaay daj-s has arrived
.there; " TralntfSire also being ruu from
'ClarksdateicJIinter City and Phillips,
from .Lullrij-toP Jonestown. At Helena
the situatioiCtis unchanged. , At a meet
ing of the property owners of that city
it was decided to begin the erection of
a new lavefr'around the city. At Mem
phis the river oee one-tenth of 'a foot in
24 houTS. H Al;additional slight rise is
looked-f4-- !
The ;new that came to the War De
partment :"ft'A- Washington, from
the lower Mississippi valley is co'nflict-
ing. -Ueiow Victsburg tlie conaitions
apDeat. to differ from those above. The
most alafniiag statement is as to the
i number of i people suffering for food,
while the prospecting officers in Louis
iana counsel' against too liberal assist
ance as ikeljio lead to bad labor con
ditions. Just before the close of office
hours, Secretary Alger received another
telegram frpta Vicksburg, representing
that the people in the Sun Flower disr
trict were cut off from dry land and in
great needs of food and forage. He imj
mediately Called his bureau officers in
Conference and then ordered another
steamboat to take on supplies and start
for the seene of distress. ! j
Tlie Situation at Kansas.City.
A special from Kansas City of the 15th
inst., says: "The river has risen eight
inches since yesterday, marking three
inches above the danger line, and is
still coming up slowly. Two miles up
the river the Burlington tracks are enf
dajngered. j The last of the families oh
Lewis -Island, a small place at the
mouth of the Kansas river, has movfed
out. The place is entirely submerged
and the water at the lowest point;
touches the eaves of the houses. "
Two Thousand Want Tents.
A mass meeting was held at Vicks-f
burg, Miss. , and a request sent to
Washington, through Governor Mc
Lauria, for tents - to shelter 2,000
reUtfe3 irom the flood. llie city
C0nrrcii- vrft''al8o requested to appropn,
ate $o00 and private' subscriptions wilj
be solicited. There are reports of ad
ditional loss of life on parts of Davis
island, not visited by relief boats
At RosedaleJ Miss., Mary Robinson;
colored, 14 years old, was drowned by
the sinking of a canoe. This ' make3
the sixth victim claimed by the .flood in
two weeks in this vicinity. j
At Omaha, Neb. , the flood situation
is grave. ; The torrents poured irom
the Missouri across the North Omaha
Gardens, Tnto Florence and cut off
lakek. The former has lost its identity
in the general flood and the latter may
be seen.
NEWORLEAN'S BIG FIRE.
Nearly Half a Million Dollars Loss-
Fire at Kansas City.
One of the most picturesque business
structures in New Orleans, known 'as
the Moresque building, owned by
Gauch &! Sons was totally destroyed
by fire Thursday afternoon. . The con
flagration broke out shortly before 1
o'clock, and in an incredibly short
space of tine the whole building was a
mass of flames that burnt with a veloc
ity absolutely astonishing. At 2:80
the edifice had collapsed and upwards
of $400,000 had gone up in smoke. The
Moresque building occupied one, block
bounded by Camp,Periodas and Church
streets and LaFayette Square, and its
walls were built entirely of iron, in a
design known as the Moorish. The
Montgomery Furniture j Company and
Gauch & Sons, crockery merchants,1
were the occupants, and both firms car
ried full stocks. The fire is supposed
to have Originated on the top floor cf
the Montgomery section. j
The following is the estimate of losses
and insurance: Gauch & Sons $100,000
on building, $60,000 on stock, insurance
$125,000;; Montgomery Furniture Cb.
loss $100,000, insurance $80,000; Ger
man Gazette loss f $25, 000. insurance
$12,00p; Evening Telegram loss $20,000,
no insurance; Warren hotel and saloon
loss $10,000, insurance $5,000; James
Aiken plumber, loss $10,000, insurance
$5,000; Heath, Schwartz Sons' Wall
Paper! Company loss S15.000. i
'$10,000. ! 7
Theinsurance is about equally divid
ed between local and foreign companies.
Outside the specified
damage to adjacent property is estimat
ed to be adjacent property is estimated
to be $60,000, all fully insured. Total
loss $400,000, with an insurance of
$393,000. . j
Mother of Senator. Hanna Dead. I
A scial fromAshevilleN,C., sajra
that Mrs.S. M. Hanna, the mother of
Senator Hanna, died at that city, from
pneumonia. Mrs. Hanna had only
been sick about a week, and was 84
years old. Her remains will be taken
to Cleveland for interment
People blessed with the Judgment and
eense dey eloped by the modern civ
ilization, smile at the childish revenge
of the king of ancient times who haid
the sea scourged for wrecking his ves
sels. But the family likeness to this
act of ancient folly on the part of the
modern system of burning flags and
hanging obnoxious persons in effigy
rather a caustic comment on the afore
said smile df superiority. ';
EXPOSITION' OF THE CAROLINAS.
Industries Will be Shown That are Not
Generally Known.
A special correspondent writing from
Charlotte, N. C , concerning the Wo
men's Exposition of the Carolinas,
among other things, says: "One of the
most interesting features of the exposi
tion, which takes place during, the
month of May, reaching into June, will
be the showing of the industries of
these States that are not very generally
known. For instance, as fine kaolin as
is produced in the United States is here
found, and is made into earthenware,
china and an excellent grade of porce
lain ware. An exhibit of this product
will show the process of manufacture
from 4ts crude state into articles of
dainty shape and attractiveness. Moore
county yields sand of most excelled
quality for the manufacture of fine
glassware, and samples of this -finished
ware will also be fchown. Splendid col
lections of minerals will demonstrate
the varied resources of the Carolinas.
The industrial, department is attain
ing large proportions, and manufac
turers from all sections are taking
space. It is especially desired that
each and every cotton mill in North
and South Carolina will place on ex
hibit a bolt or more of each class of
goods they manufacture, so that a com
plete showing of our enormous and
fast growing milling industry maybe
made. It is necessary to arrange for
space at once. -
A collection of colonial, revolutionary,
Mexican and Confederate relics is be
ing gathered together, probably larger
in extent and general comprehensive
ness, and greater historical value than
any similar collection ever made in the
two States.
Very low passage rates to the Exposi
tion have been granted by all the rail
roads; and the admission fee is placed
at only half the usual charge for such
exhibitions, but the desire of the man
agement is that every one may avail
themselves of the opportunity which
offers so much of interest along art and
educational lines.
Arrangements are being made to ac
commodate the large crowds that will be
here during the month of May. To give
some ' idea of the , events outage
of the Exposition, which is of
course the main attraction, that are to
occur in May. it may ba well to recall a
few: State Lodge of Odd Fellows meet;
General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church in session; State Dental So
ciety and Board of Dental Examiners
convene; inter-State bicycle races will
be held; inter-State firemen's meet
with firemen's Taces; baseball games
between leading Southern teams; a
series of theatrical attractions; and any
number of entertainments both at the
Exposition and elsewhere; lectures and
addresses by prominent men, while one
of
me leading southern women will
aeuver me opening.
Women's Exposition.
address of the
THE BUSINESS WORLD.
Effect of War Scare Fldbds Don't
Afteet Cotton.
Meoftrf'hrjr?stra SrCo.'fr review of
trade for last we&k, says: 'An unde
clared war between Greece and Turkey
has been responsible more than? any
other single cause ifor the changes in
business. Actual fighting, with facts
which seem to make a formal declara
tion of war by Turkey inevitable, have
affected grain markets much and stocks
slightly. The progress of the Missis
Bippi floods does not change the price
of cotton, and settlement of the more
important labor difficulties has revived
works suspended week before last. The
temporary decrease in exports' and
large increase in imports, at
New York, 20.8 per cent. for
the month caused questions about the
financial future which have not much
influence as yet. The increase in im
ports, $9,900,000, or over 15 per cent,
from last year, and $17,100,000, or
28. 9 per cent. from. February, if long
continued, may embarrass some
branches of business, but can harly ex
haust balances remaining from the un
precedented excess of merchandise ox
ports, 328,381,519 in njne months end
ing with March
"Failures for the week were 207 in
the United States, against 222 last year
and 30 in Canada against 36 last year.
"The total bank clearings in the Uni
ted States for the week were $956,264,-
170; percent, decrease, 3; exclusive of
New Vork, $432,934,788; per cent, de
er eas.
The Naval 31 ilitla'TPay.
The Secretary of the Navy has made
the annual allotment of the fund of
$50,000 appropriated by Congress for
the naval militia of the States. De
ducting $2,000 reserved for the pur
chase of text books, the remainder of
the appropriation is alloted among the
states naving navai mnma organiza
tions in proportion to the number of
uniformed petty officers and men they
had on their rolls on the 1st of January
last. The result in the Southern States
is as follows: South Carolina, 185 .offi
cers and men, allotment, 1,814; North
Carolina, 140 officers and men, allot
ment, 31,138; Georgia, 188 officers and
men, allotment, 2,436. Louisiana, 209
omcers and men, 436.
Beginning of the End.
According to information received
from trustworthy j sources at Washing
ton, the withdrawal of at least a part of
the great army " that Spain has main-
tamed for several years past in the
island of Cuba Will begin when the
rainy season sets m. The initial move
ment will be the departure of 10,000
Spanish troops from Habana for Spam,
and within a short time after that
30,000 troops, it is understood, will fol
low.
Oysters in Knglnnd.
Probably! few Americans even have
any conception of the immense number
of oysters shipped to England, which is
the sole market for American bivalves,
as France rears her own, and the Ger
man duty of 816 per barrel is rather too
steep to allow any margin for profit.
Hundreds of thousands of barrels are
received yearly in England, aiany' of
which are transplanted for a few
months, when they are taken up for the
summer trade. Norfolk, Baltimore and
other points ship large- quantities, and
the Connecticut trade is also large.
AN IMPORTANT plRCULAR
Letter in Aid of the United Confeder
arte Veterans' Re-Union.
Below can be found an important cir
cular letter from the headquarters of
the United Confederate Veterans', is
sued April l-'th, in connection to the
re-union which is to take place at Nash
ville, Tenn., on Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursdav, May 22nd, 2?rd and
24th, 18)7: i
It will be the largest and most im
portant U. C. V. re-union ever held.
The Personnel of the Nashville reunion
committee under the leadership of its
chairman Col. J. B. O'Brvan, is- a
guarantee that everything will be done
for the. comfort and convenience of the
old veterans and all fisitois which is
in the power of man; it is a splendid
body of very able and distinguished
comrades, who are fully alive to the
magnitude of the work entrusted to
them in entertaining and caring for
their old comrades, and it will be their
pride to make it tfer most memorable
reunion upon recoftfT and the citizens
of Nashville are ajrlowwith enthusiasm,
and patriotism, at the prospect of dis
pensing their far famed hospitality to
the surviving heroes of the lost cause
Also to urge ex-Confederate soldiers
and sailors everywhere to form local as
sociations, and send applications to
these headquarters for papers to organ
ize Camps immediately so as to be in
time to participate in the great
reunion at Nashville, and thus unite
with their comrades in carrying put the
laudable and philanthropic objects of
the organization; as only Veterans who
belong to organized U. C. V. Camps
can participate in the business meeting
at Nagh ville.
Business of the greatest importance
to the survivors of the Southern army
will demand careful consideration dur
ing the session of the Seventh Annurl
Convention, at Nashville, Tenn. , such
as the best methods of securing im
partial history, and to enlist each
State in the compilation and preserva
tion of the history of her citizen sol
diery; the benevolent care through
State aid or otherwise of disabled,
destitute, or aged veterans and the
widows and orphans of our ! fallen
brothers in arms; to consult as to the
feasibility of the formation of a U. C.
V . Benevolent Aid Association; the care
of the graves of our known and un-
inown dead buried at Gettysburg. Fort
Warren, Camps Morton, Cnase, Doug-
as, Oak wood Cemetery at Chicago,
Johnson's Island, Cairo and all other
points, to see that they are annually
decorated, the headstones preserved and
protected and complete lists of the names
of our dead heroes with the location of
their last resting places furnished to
heir friends and relatives through the
medium of our camps, thus rescuing
their names from oblivion and handing
them down in history; the considera
tion of the different movements, plans
and means to erect a monument to the
memory of Jefferson Davis, President
of the Confederate Ktates of America,
also to aid in building monuments to
other great leaders, soldiers and sailors
of the South; -ilao to assist in the pro
motion and completion of the proposed
"Battle Abbey; to vote upon the pro-
rpRf chance pfth J2QfA?
elation from. U. C. tcKU. SjA. ; nd
to change the present badg&nor button
which is not patentable for the new one
proposed which is; and to make such
changes in theconstitution,and by-laws
as experience may suggest, and other
matters of general interest.
I otal number of camps now admitted
900, with application in for about one
hundred and fifty more. Following is
number of camps by States:
J ortheatt Texas Division oi; west
Texas Division 55; Southwest lexas
Division 33; Southoast Texas Division
31 ; Northwest Texas Division 1 ; total
Texas 217. Alabama 89; South Caroli
na 81; Missouri 71; Mississippi 63; Ar
kansas 59; Georgians; Louisiana 51;
Kentucky 89; Tennessee oi; Virginia
34; Florida 30; North Carolina 29; In
dian Territory 12; Aest lrginia 11;
Oklahoma 6; Maryland 6; New Mexico
8; Illinois 2; Montana 2; Indiana!;
District of Columbia 1 ; California 1.
Very respectfully,
Geo Moorman,
Adjutant General aud Cnief of Staff.
,). ii. tfOBDON,
General Commanding, 824 Common
street (up stairs), New Orleans, La.
No Troops Withdrawn from Cuba.
The Spanish minister at Washington
has received a telegram from the Presi
dent of the Council of Ministers, Senor
Canovas, saying that the report of the
recall of 30,000 men from Cuba has no
more foundation than the fact of its
publication in an opposition paper at
Madrid. Minister de Lome says no
soldiers will be withdrawn from Cuba.
Captain General Weyler has tele
graphed that he does not need more re
inforcements to terminate the war and
that he will soon end it. -
He Smells a Mouse.
At Washington Senator PetUgrew in
troduced a resolution directing the
Postmaster-General to inform the Sen
ate !of the amount he paid out to rail
roads for carrying the mail from Wash
ington to Atlanta and to New Orleans
each veav since 1895; also, whether at
the last weighing on that road an un
usual amount of advertisements were
carried, and what steps were taken at
that time to prevent fraudulent prac
tices on the part of the railroad offi
cials. Skinner and White Clash.
A Washington special says: "Repre
sentative Skinner and Representative
White, colored, of North Carolina, are
clashing over the consulship to Vic
toria, B. C. The former is supporting
J. R RARness and the latter John P.
Leach. Leach has Senator Pritchard's
endorsement
A College Oets $100,000.
The will of Judge Brheldon, formei
member of the State Supreme Court oi
Illinois, was probated at Rockford.
He leaves an estate of over $300,000,
and among the bequests is$100,00 to
his alma mater, Williams College, and
$100,000 to Hampton, Va., Institute.
Women Eligible for Militia.
The Colorado Legislature has jutf
passed a bill making women eliglbl
for the State militia, and it is authori
tatively announced that the Governor
of the Centennial State will fix his Big
nature.
CROP BULLETIN.
"The Most Favorable
Season."
Week of the
The week ending 8 a. m. Monday"
April 19, 1897, has been decidedly the
most favorable of the season so far.
The weather was fair the entire week,
excepting light showers the night of the
14th and earlysinorhing of the 15th, and
farm work was carried on uninterrupt
edly and vigorously. The temperature
was above normal, especially on the
14th to 16th. aud slightly below the lat
ter part of the week. Light frosts oc
curred, without material damage. The
Amount of sunshine was considerably
above normal. Much progress in rent
ing corn and cotton, and in gardening
has been made. Wheat and oats con
tinue to look remarkably well.
It is feared that the freeze expected
in the central and western portion of
North Carolina Tuesday night, 20th,
will cause great damage.
Eastern' District. --The past week
was very favorable for farm work, which
is going on iapidly. The latter part
was cool with northerly winds and
slightly checked growth of crops. Light
showers occurred on one day. Much
cotton land has been prepared and a
good deal of cotton has been planted;
some early cotton is up in the South.
Planting will commence next week in
the North. Planting corn, except on
cotton lands, is apinoaching comple
tion; corn is coming up nicely and looks
well. Wheat, oats and rve continue to
look promising. Transplanting tobac
co will begin next week. Truck farms
and gardens have improved a great
deal. Peas are getting ripe. Irish po
tatoes are attacked by bugs in some
places. Melons have been planted.
The important work of marketing straw
berries is under way.
Centbal -Distek t. A favorable week
and farm work is progressing finely.
Beneficial showers occurred on the
loth, followed by cooler weather with
some frost but no damage. Vegetation
is growing rapidly, notwithstanding
the cool weather. Much corn has beeu
put in this week, and some is coming
up with good stand. At many points
corn is nearly all planted on uplands.
Cotton planting is becoming general;
in north portions of district most of
the land has yet to be prepared. To
bacco plants forward and plentiful.
Grainsvare promising, especially wheat;
a few correspondents report rust, Irish
potatoes are coming up fairly well, and
sweet potatoes are sprouting. Many
melons- have already been planted.
Clover grass is looking well. - Farmers
are still behind with' their work in this
district. "
Western, District. While in most
places the entire week was favorable,
being.bright and warm, in many it was
good until Wednesday only, when
showers retarded planting somewhat.
This was followed by cool nights and
frost, in some cases heavy, though the
damage was generally inappreciable.
Some land is too wet to work yet, and
work is a week or ten days behind.
Grass is better than usual, being 8 to
10 inches high in some places. Still
planting Irish potatoes. Sweet potato
slips coming up. But little cotton has
been planted yet, though the land is
bop WcAy Reports rhi effect that
there wilt, be a largw crop tfifcppiesrTj
almost universal, and some peaches &?
expected. Preparations are being made
for a large tobacco area. Gardens are
doing well. .
Faihered by KIpHrig,
Rudyard Kipling gives out this ex
planation of the statement in an Aus
tralian newspaper that "Rudyard Kip
ling landed on this island at 12 o'clock,
and at 12:16 o'clock he had formulated
an Australian policy: A young reporter
cornered me Just after I landed. I
treated him kindly, but said firmly that
I was not to be interviewed. 'I have
not thought of Interviewing you,' re
plied the reporter, writh a sadness' in
his voice; T ask a much greater favor
than that.' " It turned out that the re
porter had an Australian policy which
he knew would be of the greatest ben
efit to the country. No paper would
print it. His modest request was that
Kipling would let him put forth his
theory as the scheme of tlje novelist.
"They will print it," he said, "If I give
It as coming from you." "All right,"
agreed Kipling, "fire ahead." So the
young reporter got in four mortal col
umns telling the people of Australia
how to run their country. "I never
read tho article." said Kipling; "but
there must have been some amazing
.theories in it from the storm.lt raised."
WTirCeTebrate.
The Governor of Florida has notified
the Secretary of the Navy that the citi
zens of Tampa are preparing for an ex
tensive celebration of Queen Victoria's
birthday on the 24th of next month.
The British government, as a mark of
appreciation of the spirit of the occa
sion, will have a warship present tt the
celebration.
Decrease in the Plague.
Dispatches irom iSomDav. India, in
dicate there has been a great decrease
in the virulence of the plague both in
number of cases and death rate in the
last few weeks.
Spools are turned and bored by a
simple machine, vhlch is said to be
able to complete from 5,000 to 6,000 per
hour.
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With regard to the plau for ilu
Jtton of a cairn on Pnj ne's hill. In
re'
an is.
by, -in honor of Mr. Abigail Ac
which tne Adams chapter of mi
n'cv
bf the Society of the Daughters off'tlm
Revolution are to build on the 17h of
June, It seems that the iden of erecting
this memorial was discussed bv th
members of this" society at th tiiho of
khe building of the cairn An lioivt
r or
Sp
bo!i Miles Standlsh. at Squantuni. last
tember. The matter having also
'presented to the Quinoy Historical So
ciety, it became a matter of comtesy
to try to arrange a Joint celehraiin iy
tbe two societies, and Mrs. Titus. th
regent of the Adams chapter of (iiln. y
of the Society of the Daughters of tin
Revolution, states that she wrote to th"
secretary of the Qulncy Hlstoril s
elety, ana aiso to me curators. son. si
weeks ago, requesting that n nnf-'in,'
hould be called to consider tlie mat mm-.
o action having been taken lr tie'
ulncy Historical Society, it was yt' I
to proceed independently with the! eel"-
ration which has the approval of
eir president, as there should be n
rivalry between societies wuiyh h.-iv
i- V
for their object the advaneetneut :'
patriotic work.
The Invitation sent out by the D.m-h
ters of the Revolution is as follows
The Adams Chapter of Qujney. M.is- .
Society of the Daughters of the llevoln
Lion, invites you to be present upon th
op of Payne's hill, Quincy, at u oVIi-k
noon, June n, imw, to assist in ine
Erection of a cairn in honor of Mrs.
Abagail Adame, and to mark the spot
upon which, with her son, John Qulu y
Adams, then a boj of Syeushe wntvh
ed the smoke and listened to the guns
bf the battle of Bunker HU1. Each pri
son present is requested to add n stone
to the pile." Boston 'Cmnserlpt.
There is being tested at the n.ivy
department an Inexpensive and Pimp!
device, the success of which is of gx.er
value to shipping. Tho rne linn ism
keeps the submerged portion of n.
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Is sa Id the speed of a vessel ru;y
Increased 25 per cent by tJiH. Tho
growth of barnacles is also prevented
and the hulls will not corrode when
rrodo when
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, What's Inla name? In Liberty, Mo.
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