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ELKIN, N. 0., THURSDAY. MAY 14, 1896,
HUBBARD I mi Publishers- NO. 31.
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Patriots Repulse the Force of Inclan,
Who Beats a Retreat.
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THE RAINY SEASON 'SETS IN.
Details o: the Cao.araptara right Show
That the ImnrrcnU Won and Were Ifot
Defeated, a the Spanish Official Report
Stated XoJpereace at Panta Brava
Spanish Guerillas Turned Away.
Havas. Cuba. May 7. Details ot the
Caoaraplara t:r'.t have been received and
Ihowtbat the Cubans won 'a groat victory
ind were not dbfeated,. as the Spanish official
report stated, i Maoeo was not present.
' The Insurgents numbered 2090 under Del
Bftdo and Soearras, and oooupiert a strong
fortified position. Their position was at
tacked by Spaniards uuder General Inolan,
Who wore repulsed ropeatedlv. ' r . . '
I Finally the insurgents charged and drove
the 8paainrd3. the latter retreating to Eahia
Honda aad b?ing continually harrassed. The
Spanish los wis abnut 203 killed and nearly
BOO wounded. Tba insurgent loss was
eligbt. owin? ti fbo protection ottho hills.
General liimaii h.is Leon walled aud it is
aid will be court mart! .tied for failing to
arrive in timn to aid General Inolan.
The fire at Pnnta Braya was vary destrao
live. The entire town was burned. The
glare was seen iu Havana and caused great
Mcitement. Tsvo forts surrendered to the
Insurgent;. The Spanish commander has
bean arretted by Weyler's orders, aad It is
laid will be court marttaled and shot,
i Only smouldering ashes now mars the site
ot POnta tjruva. Several persons perished
In the flames, and out ol 200 houses, 166. all
In the centre ot the plnoe, were burned. One
feature of the destruction ot the town made
it impossible for the Havana papers to print
wy details. "
THE WAB IN CUBA
The forts mannod by Spanish troops had
lurrendered to the enemy and bad been
stripped ot their arms and ammunition,
the soldiers were compelled to give even
their clothes to the insurgents, and were
turned out on the road practically without
fevering to seek assistance in adjoning vil
lage. Besides, the commander of the looal
f;urillas failed to respond to an appeal made
or aid, turning with his men in the opposite
direction, and finally going to Punta Brava at
noon on the following day, when the town
was in ashes. The rebels were then far away.
About half the whole body of rebels en
tered the town. Tiioy we: e a motley srowd,
badly dressed and poorly armed. Some were
on horseback, but more were afoot. Some
were infirm nnd aged; othi rs were mere boys.
There were no women. . They left the scene
at three o'clock in the morning, taking all
the available provisions and many other
things thrown into the streets to save them
from fire. The captain of the guerillas was,
It is said, ner enough to hear the firing, but
arned directly around with his men aud
went rapidly into the cane, where he re
mained till the following morning.
RAINY SEASON IN CUBA.
It Hi Bet In AH Over the Iiland Spanish
Report of Fighting.
Havana, Cuba, May 7. The rainy season
has set in and heavy showers are report ei
from all pans of the island.
An atta:k has been made by insurgents
npon the town of Esperanza, near Cienfue
gos, and fourteen houses have been burned.
Tho Spanish garrison made a brave de
fenoe, driving off the insurgents and pre
venting the entire destruction of the town.
Colonel Pareia, with a detachment of troops,
pursued the patriots to the cone of Cienfue.
gos. The insurgents lost nineteen men
killed, and one of their number was taken
prisoner. The Spaniards lost only one man
killed. k
CUBA IN THE SENATE.
KMOlnllon oa Belligerency Referred to
foreign. AOfoira Committee.
Washi Kotos , May 7. The resolution here
tofore offeral in the Senate by Mr. Morgan,
relating to the recognition of belligerent
rights in Cuba was at his request laid
before th:4 body yesterday. He moved
Its reft-rence to the Committee on
Foreign Relet ions and expressed the hope
that that committee would, before Congress
adjourned, report some action that would be
deliberate, Ann, oonsistent.and energetio for
the solution ot the question. He did not be
lieve that Congress could adjourn finally
caving mat question as it now was.
The resolution was, with a similar'
which had been offered by Mr. Call, referred
to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
The resolution offered by Mr. Call as to the
United States citizens captured on board of
the schooner Competitor was also laid before
the 8entte. Mr. Sherman moved to refer it
to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
That motion was opposed by Mr. Call, but it
was so referred.
New Tort Correspondents Expelled .
Bavaka, Cuba, May 7. Captain-General
Weyler has expelled from the island James
Oreelman and F. WL Lawrence, New l'ort
newspaper correspondents. General Weyler
charges that they have attempted to hold him
and the army of Spain responsible for atroci
ties alleged to have been committed by the
Insurgents. It Is said that the correspondents
hive been ordered to leave Cuba by the first
steamer.
Will Build 7SOO Hon tee f.lght Off.
What is no doubt the largest building
operation ever undertaken In America by
one man will be begun In the Twenty-eighth
Ward of Philadelphia by James E. Dingee.
, Ee is the millionaire brick manufacturer.
Mr. Dingee will build 7500tbree-story houses
on the site of his mammoth brickmaking
plant, putting the entire number under way
at one time. The houses will be of the same
general style, and will be for one family
Transylvania Prohibition Deleratoe.
The .Pennsylvania Prohibitionists' State
Convention to elect delegates to the National
Convention at Pittsburg was called to order
by State Chairman Patton. of Lancaster, in
. Young Men's Christian Hall, Philadelphia,
About 00 delegates were present, of wnon
about one-sixth were women. James
Mansel, the Mayor ot Williamsportand the
"first Prohibition Mayor in Pennsylvania,"
was Chairman. ' The following delegate-
large to the National Convention vers
elected i D. G. Hendricks, Delaware; H. L.
Castle. Allegheny: E. H. Molley, Lebanon;
Miss H. Francis Jones, Philadelphia; the
ft-v. William N. Yates, Philadelphia.
TWO NOBLE MONUMENTS.
Incidents of the New London (Conn.) Ann!
versary Celebration.
New London, Conn., had a fine day of It
observing its 250th anniversary. It has re
ceived the handsomest soldiers' and sailors'
monument, a granite shaft fifty feet high, to
be found in New England, throngo the gon.
erosity of Sebastian D. Lawrence. Now Lon
don also honored the memory of Conneoti-
came from Groton, tengiaud, with i'jittls J
nana oi rurtians nnd touncica tnetown. xne
Winthrop monument is near (he spot where
Winthrop lived. - "".-- .- "
Nearly 400 sci-.oolboys. drilled for tho oc
casion snd sane "Our" Flajr is There," and
Graud Master Walsh, placed the eornerntone
In position. The singing of "America" fol
lowed. The day was an ideal one, and the city,
was at Stalest. Buildings, public and-pr.
vate, were adorned wlththo. Stars and
Stripes. In the harbor a couple of warships,
the Cincinnati and tl'.e Montgomery, were
lying. The streets were filled with people.
The Soldiers' and -Bailors' Monument was
accepted by Mayor Johnson. Addresses by
United States 8nator Hawloy and President
Smith, of Trinity College, followed. The
slnglngof "America" by nil present and a sa
lute from the warships ended the ceremony.
At 2 o'clock a narado, in whioh wore de-
taohments from the Armv and Navy, tlf
.1 ftira Ki'iriment.ot state Uilitta, comp.mtaa
of tae Governor's Foot GnarJ, Putnam
Phalanx, the Fire Department and civlo or
ganisations, took place.
An elaborate display o! fireworks was made
in the evening.-
SWEEPINO CIVIL SERVICE ORDER, i-
30,000 Government Employes Transferred
to the Clatsiaed Li.tB.
The President, by his signature, extended
the provisions' of to Civil Service law to 30,.
030 Government employes, increasing the
number of positions on the classified lists
from 55,736 to 83,135. With a few minor ex
ceptions between the extremes of officials
whose confirmation by the Sonata is consti
tutionally requisite, nl mere laborers aud
workmen, Government appointments are
withdrawn as far as possible from politloal
IN8URGENT SCOUTS.1
influence and protected In 'their tenure of of
fice by the merit system.
The new order oanoelled all former orders
previously issued and went Into effeot at
once. From the moment of its signature the
new order made all Government -officials
direotly responsible to the Civil Service Com
mission for appointments aud changes.
The new rules divide the executive civil
tervioe into live branches, as follows! The
departmental service, the Custom House ser
vice, the Postoffino service, the Government
printing service and the Internal revenue
service.
In the departmental service nre olassi
flpl all officers and employes (except
l b rere . and persons who have
)e a nominated for confirmation)
u the several executive departments, the
commissions, the District of Columbia, the
railway mall servioe, Iudinnservioe, pension
agencies, steamboat inspection service,
marine hospital service, lighthouse service,
mints and assay offices, revenue cutter ser
vice, snb-treasuries and engineer depart
ments, and the forces employed by custo
dians of public buildings. The only excep
tion made in the Treasury Department Is fa
rnvor oi inose in tne life-saving service. ,
In the Custom House servioo are classified
all offloers and employes in any oustoms dig
triot whose employes number as many as
five.
In the Postoffloe service are classified all
officers and employes in any free delivery
poHtoffice. '
In the Internal Bevenue service are classi
fied all offloers and employes in every inter
nal revenue dlstriot, exoept, of course, as in
the other enses, mere laborers.
The number of classical places exempted
from examination ha; been reduced from
2099 to 775, which are' mainly positions of
cashiers In the customs, postal, and internal
revenue services. Indians employed in
minor capacities in the Indian service art
necessarily put in the exoeptedJUt.
.CALIFORNIA FOR M'KINLEY.
He
Instruct! for Him and Declares far
Free Silver. .
The California State Bopublican Oonvea
Hon at Sacramento declared flatly for Gov
ernor McKinley and has instructed its dele
gates to vote for him at St. Louis. This
decisive action, which leaves no delegate
any loophole to escape, was due to the elo
quence of George A. Kaight, a San Frannisoo
lawyer. The platform asoriEinallvsnhmlMud
endorsed Governor McKinley and instructed
the delegates to vote for him, but its language
was cold. Mr. Enieht aubmitfAi . .,,hcH.
one-pate which expressly instructed delegates to
vote for him as long as there was any ehanoe
Ot his SUCCesS. This SUbStilntA in naezA
with a whoop, and thus places California
squarely in the McKinley column. -:
The convention platform declares flatly in
favor of free coinage at tbe ratio of 16 to 1,
and favors making silver as well as gold legal
tender in payment of ail debts. There was
no opposition to this, as the free tilver senti
ment in California is practically unanimous.
The platform also contains a plank favoring
woman suffrage .. . ,
U. 8. Gram, of San Dieo, son of the late
President Grant; John D. Spreckels, George
A. Knieht, of San Franoisoo, and Lionel A.
Sheldon, of JLiSB. Angeles, wer j elected dele-gates-at-lar$;e.
John C- Lynch, "o? 8aa -Bernardino, was
nominated for Lieutenant-Governor by ao
clatnation.' . Most Cnttirats "Bnruaidee.' ,
The members ot Burnslds Camp, Sons of
Veterans. Tekousha, Mich., passed resolu
tions of a hirsute order at a recent meeting.
The resolutions state that since the camp is
named after the famous General Burnside,
the originator of the notable Burnside cut in
whiskers, the members are commanded to
put forth their beet efforts in urowinir P.nm.
side whiskers. The resolutions remain in
force until after the next annual encampment
nt Holland June 23. The penalty of failure
is any treat the successful members may de
mand. ,
New Jersey Protubftlonltti.
The New Jersey Prohibitionists held their
State Convention at Trenton and elected
twenty-eight delegates to their National
Convention, to be held at Pittsburg on
Hay K8. About 250 dele?atej were ra
attendance, includin half a dozen women.
Mrs. Emma Bourne, of Newark, was elected
one of the delerates- st-laree. Each of the
eight Oengrt Districts elected two dele
tates. In the delgation-at-largo aie four
men who have been candidates for Governor
on the Prohibition ticket, Messrs. Nicholson
Lamont. golnmon Parsons, of Patereon. and
Henry W. Wilbur, of Vineland. The Rev.
Charles H. Mead was the Chairman,
iS OETH STATE 'TU
iCULLINGS;
L
i JUDGE DIT.I.A.RD DEAD.
Passed Away After m fehort Illness at
Jr His Home In Greensboro.
Judge Jno."1 H. ' Dillard, ! a "disting
uished juriBtof Greensboro, died at his
home on West Gaston etreet Wednes
day He had been ill only since Satur
day, although he has been in very feeble
health for years. The judge was born
November '29th, 1819, in Rockingham
County, nnd was therefore nearly 77
years old. Hi studied law at William
and Wary College and, begin the prac
tice of law in Patrick county, Va., in
1646; was fleoted to the Supreme court
bench In 1878, but -resigned one year
later on account of ill health. The
judge moved to Greensboro in 1838,
where he has since resided. lie was
married in 1816 td Mis Ann Martin,
daughter of Col. Jos. Martin.of Henry
oountyj Va.t seven children were born
to tbenL five of whom survive. ' The
judge alfeo leaves a brother and sister,
Mr. J. P. Pillard and Mrs. Aikeu,
now residing at Loakeville, N. C.
' Settlers' Convention.
The Southern States Settlers' Con
tention has adjourned after a two days'
Eession. Most of it " was devoted to
speechraakiDg, Among the speakers
were Gemral J. B. Lewie, of Atlanta,
Qa.f permanent president of the con
vention and of the settlers associa
tion, " ' . .-.
Marked interest was manifested in
the plan-of Tinakicg an exhibit at Chi
cago, nnd the contention unanimously
adopted the following:
Resolved, That the liberty and enter
prise of the citizens in Chicago, in
proposing to orguuieo aud maintain
Chicago and. Southern States exposi
tion for the - display of Southern re
sources and 'industries, is character
istic of the great western metropolis of
our country. ....
Resolved, That this convention of
Southern citizens from many cities es
tend most hearty thanks to Chicago
and the enterprising gentlemen who
conceived and will carry to successful
termination this proposed exposition.
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Cotton Mill Accident.
Quite a serious accident occurred
Thursday at the Cabarrus Cotton Mill
it Concord. In the new weave room
it the new mill a nut. worked off a
iiolt, whioh caused the main shafting
which drives, the several hundred
looms in the room to jump out cf its
hangers, throwing pieces of machinery
in all directions, and breaking up
fourteen looms. Oil from the hangers
was scattered over the cloth, ruining
several thousand yards of woven goods
and a large quantity of warp's. About
65 feet of 3-inch steel ' shafting was
twisted in various shapes. Operatives
were working on either side of where
the shafting fell, but fortunately es
caped any fatalities, one or two boys
being bruised on their hands or feet
by falling pieces of iron. The dam
ages will probably amount to $1,000.
Mecklenburg's Court House.
Tha county commissioners of Meck
lenburg have decided to oommence at
once on, the new oounty court house.
They have authorized the building
committee to dispose of all stocks and
bonds held by the county in the
Southern Railway. The site for the
proposed building was purchased some
time ago at a cost of twenty thousand
dollars. Fifty thousand dollars is the
amount to be expended on the build
ing.
J. B. Duke Indicted. -
The grand jury of New York has in
dicted James B. Duke, president, and
the directors of the American Tobacco
Company. They are charged with
conspiracy and violation of the law in
that they formed a trust or monopoly
of paper cigarettes. The evidence was
presented by the National Cigarette
and Tobacco Company.
Gen. Peyton Wise, of Virginia,
sends to Adjutant-General Cameron an
invitation to all military organizations
in North Carolina to attend the cere
monies at Richmond, June SOtb, to
July 2d, at the laying of the corner
stone of the Davis monument Ra
tions and quarters will be furnished
free. The Adjutant-General desires to
be informed by May 20th, of all organi
zations which will attend.
Governor Carr has issued commis
sions to the following officers of the
State Guard: W. E. Warren, of Wil-
sod, Major First , Battallion, Second
Regiment; Thomas R. P.oberson, of
Charlotte, Major Second Battallion,
Second Regiment; W. S. Harris, of
Wilson, Adjutant Second Regiment.
A colored brick mason, Dave Parker,
at work on tbe smoke stack of the Er
win Cotton Mill at Durham, fell from
the top of the scaffolding, 80 feet, to
the ground and was not seriously hurt.
The scaffolding all the way down con
tinually broke hi3 fall.
Newbern baa the largest colored
population of any town in tbe South,
in proportion to toM population
4,000 BRsintt 3.0CO whites. . .
Bucket Shops Legitimate.
Saturday at Chicago, 111., Judge Horton
decided that bucket shops are as legitimate
as the boards of trade, and quashed eleven
indictments against persons charged with be
ing proprietors of or employed - in bucket
shops. "The board of trade does a whole
sale business in wheat dealing," said Judtre
Horton, "and what is - called . bucket
shops do a retail business. There is abso
lutely no difference in their methods of oper
ation, and the statute wbich makes the board
of trade business legitimate does the same for
the leaser dealers, who conduct tbe same kind
Of trade. While I believe psesonally that it is
ill nothing but gambling, tbe law allows it,
tnd the courts are powerless."
LATEST-HEWS
t IN BRIEF.
GLEANINGS FROM jkANT POINTS
Imnortant ITnppcnlnps, Doth Home
and Foreign, lUefy Told. ,
' Southern News Notes.
', Editor Glass, of the Lynohburg, Va.,
News, died Thursday, aged 73.
Solomon Marable has been oonvicted
of the murder of Mrs. Pollard, in
Virginia, and will hang July frd.
The Settlers' Association at Southern
Pines, N. 0., was represented Tuesday
by 1,000 people, representing every
State in the South, also Northern,
newspapers and railroads. Gov. Carr
made the welcome address.
Baker county, one of the most fer
tile counties in Georgia, has no rail
road, telegraph or telephone line in its
borders, and it has no newspaper.
The'Amerioan Academy of Medioino
met in annual session in the ball room
of the Aragon Hotel, at Atlanta, Go,,
Tuesday. It was a distinguished
gathering of medical men from all
sections of the country.
Tbe General Conference of the Afri
can Methocliiit Episcopal Chnrch open
ed Wednesday morning at St Steph
ens A. M. E. Church, Wilmington,
with 374 delegates present, and
continue in session for three or font
weeks. Ten bishops and general 6f
Ccers were present and assisted in the
opening exercises. Bishop Turner, of
.Georgia, presided. -
Northern News Items.
H. H. Holmes was hanged at Phila
delphia, Pa., Thursday, for the mor
der of B. F. Pietzel.
" A terrific gasoline explosijn in Cin
cinnati, O., Monday wrecked a five
story building and killed a number of
persons.
Mrs. Kato Stokes Stetson, widow of
John Sctetson,late theatrical manager
and ni i llionaire, died at Boston, Mass.,
Monday.
Round hocses and twelve locomo
tives belonging to the Queen and Cres
cent Railroad, at Somerset, -Kan.,
burned Thursday. Loasj $800,000;
fully insured.
At Clayton, Mass., Monday Edwiri
H. Plant, aged 26, shot aud instantly
killed, his wife and two-woolrs-old
daughter, t When i found that there
was no possibility 3f escape Plant shot
himself. ' " rw- " '
The Denver, Col., chamber of com
merce authorizes the statement that n
contributions for tbe Cripple Creek
nre suners irom otner mates are
needed. The contributions in sight in
Colorado amount to nearly $50,000
A strike of street railway employes
lor an advance in wages and recogni
tion of the union began Monday morn
ing at Milwaukee, Wis., tying ui
every line in the oity. Over 1,20c
men are out, inolnding conductors,
motormen. electrical workers and
barn men. '
Washington, ,
I . J. Keichofer, until reoently the
disburing officer of the State depart
ment at Washington, found to be
$127,000 short in his account'.
The State Department at Washing
ton has been authentically informed
that, while of the prisoners captured
on board the Competitor, some were
kiiieit, during the fight that ensued be
tween the Spanish steam Ian nch and
tho schooner, and while many more
are supposed to have escaped, only one
oi tne persons captured is an Ameri
can citizen, who thus far has refused
to give his name.
General Superintendent Kimball, of
the .treasury Life Saving Service, has
issued a circular forbidding members
of a life saving crew, during the active
season, ferrying, boating, oystcring,
crabbing, fishing, shooting game.gath
ering mosss, or engaging in similar
employment, for pay or market, in
competition with other persons en
gaged in such business.
- Foreign. ' - v 1 .-
Col. North, known as the nitrate
kin?, and one of the wealthiest men
in the world, died suddenly in his
office in London Tuesday. 'Cause,
heart disease.
The Sultan of Turkey is terribly
frightened by the news of the murder
of the Shah of Persia. Telegrams
concerning it have been forbidden to
enter his dominions, and newspapers
to menfion the affair.
The F-ench excavators at Delhi have
unearthed a life-size bronze statue of a
bearded man, the largest yet discov
ered. The date of the work is 500 B.
C. The statue is holding the bridle of
a horse, and portions of the hotse's
figure have also been found.
Mrs. Langtry's action against the
Union Bank of London, England, to
recover $200,000, the value of jewelry
deposited with the bank for safe keep
ing and wnicn was delivered to an un
known person upon a forced order.
has been settled by agreement, tho de
fendants paying Mrs. Langjry 10,000. ,
The jewels, if recovered, remain her'
property but if recovered be
yond the value of 25,000 the excess
goes to the bank to the extent of
ei o.ooo.
Death of a Great Hanker.
George S. Coe, for nearly thlrty-fle years
president of tho American Exchange BRnk,
of New York,' died at Euglewood Cliffs, N. J.,
Monday. The immediate cause of his death
was paralysis. Mr. Coe dev'jed the system
of Issuing clearing house certificates, and
this system has been the means of arreting
panin. The evstem was used on a giRantio
scale in 1S61. when the banks of New York.
Boston aad Phiiidelphia formed themselve
into an o' -anization to purchase and sell at
par f-5.P00.000 of treasury notes to surmlv
tha necessities oi the Goernmeri';
THE FIFTY-70CKTH CONGRESS.
A Synopsis of tho I'rocecdlogs of Doth
IIoukcs. ,
THE SENATE.
MONDAY.
Mr. Butlor offered a joint resolution Mon
day in theSonate to carry into effect two res
olutions of the Continental Congress direct
ing monuments to be erected to the mem
ory of Generals Francis Nash and Wm.
Davidson, of North Carolina. It appropri
ates Jive thousand dollars for each monu
ment and directs tho money to be paid to
the Governor of Ni'ilh Carolina.
TCES0AY.
Tuesday the rivur und harbor bill was
taken up. Alter disoutsicn the committee
amendmouts were rejected, and the bill re
mains as agreed to iy the House; In the
item as to Savannah, Ga., the aggregate
cost was reduced-from 51,003,950 to $987,950.
After disposing of thirty pages of the bilt
Mr. Frye said that be would not push the
eonsldera'ion of the biil further. 'J be Peffer
bond resolution was taken up, and Mr. Hill
continued his argument in opposition to it.
Twenty-seven private pension bills were
passed.
WEDNESDA-Y
In tbe Sonato ou Wednesday the chief
point of discussion was the compensation of
of United States district attorneys und mar
shals. The resolution heretofore offered by
Mr. Morgan, Democrat, of Alabama, relating
to the recognition of bulli-erent rights in
Cuba, was, at his request, laid beiore the
Senate. He moved its reference to tho com
mittee on lorolgu relftion? and expressed the
hope that that comailttee would before Con
gress adjourned, report some action
that would be deliberate, firm, con
sistent and energetic for the solution of
tbe question. He di-'. not believe that
Congress could adjourn finally leaving
that question as It now was. The resolution
was, with a similar cm which had been of
fered by Mr. Call, refer ed to the committee
on foreign relations. Tjo river and harbor
bill was then taken up aud proceeded with.
vhcbsday.
In the Senate Thursday a resolution di
recting the Commissioner of Agriculture to
report to the Senate Immediately the reason
for the delay in distributing seeds, was offer
ed by Mr. Galllnger, aud agreed to. The
resolution for an inquiry as to bond sales in
1894. '6 and '6, was taken up, and Mr. Palm
er, Democrat,, ot Illinois, addressed the Sen
ate. He felt that the animus of the resolu
tion was to affect the public mind with refer
ence to the silver question.- After the bond
resolution was disposed of the river and har
bor bill was taken up and its consideration
continued. - '
raiDAY.
Among tho dozen or more bills which were
passed by the Sonato Friday, because they
were unobjected to, was one permitlng the
erection in Washington of a monument in
honor of Samuel Hancmiin, the founder of
the med'eal school of homeopathy, and ap
propriation 4.000 to defray the cost of the
foundation. The only restriction imposed in
the bill is that the monument is not to .be
placed in the capital grounds. A bill to pro
hibit the issue of United States bonds with
out authority of Congress was introduced by
Mr. Bacon, Democrat, of Georgia, and laid
on the table for the present. The considera
tion of the rivor and harbof bill was con
cluded, with the exception of one amend
ment. ... SOTOnOA.
In the Senate Saturday after the river ar
naroor mil was laid aside the unon ei,
billt on the calendar were taken ud and tome
-thirty were passed. Among them wore the
loilowing: enate bill appropriating it:2o,uuu
lor a monnmeut to oenerai jNatnaniei
Greene, on the battcfleld of Guilford Court
House, N. C, fought March 15th, 1781,
Senate joint resolution for a commission to
determine the cost of securing for the United
States tbe channel In Atchaialaya Bay. -La,
House bill concerning the distilling of brandy
from Iru:ti having been reached, Mr. Harris.
Democrat, of Tennessee, suggested that this
ce passed over witnout prejudice. Borne dis
cussion ensued and the bill went over with
out action.
THE HOUSE.
MONDAY.
Mr. Butler offered a joint resolution Mon
day in the SeDate to carry into effect two
resolutions of the Continental Congress
directing monuments to be erected to the
memory of Generals Francis Nash and Wm.
Davidson, oi ortn Carolina. It appro
priates $5,000 for each monument and directs
the money to be paid to the Governor of
North Carolina.
TUESDAY.
Tuesday the question of concurring in the
benate amendments to tne naval appropria
tion bill reducing the number of new battle
ships to be authorized from four to two, was
called up by Mr. Boutelle, and Mr. Gayers
addressed tbe House in favor of his motion
to concur. He expressed the opinion that
this was a business question and that no pol
itics were invoivea. He aia noi propose to
criticise tne appropriations tnat baa been
m'de at this session. The appropriation
bids independently of the contracts author
ized Dy tbem, ne regarded as loir and reason
able, and not extravagant. He directed the
attention of the House to the estimated reve
nues for tno nest llscal year, which were
placed by the Beerctary of the Treasury at
f 464.793.000. including the postal revenues.
The appropriations tliut bad passed the
House amounted to fr3HG.OGO.060. If to these
be added the permanent appropriations,
amounting in round numbers to $119,000,000,
there wss a total appropriation of $505,000,
000, as ngaini-t ehtiinated revenues ot four
hundred and sixty-four million. Of the per
manent appropriations fifty million dollars
was estimated for tbe unking fund, -
WEDNESDAY.
In the House cn Wednesday, Mr. Miller, of
West Virginia reported the deeiuion of the
second elections committee In the contested
flection case. The resolutions declared
Thompson not entitled, and Shaw entitled to
the seat. They were adopted without oppo
sition. They lose both s. nts in the long run,
for a Bopublican, nnd not Martin, will be Mr.
Lockhart's competitor uoxt time.
TnUE3DAT. ,
In the House Thursday there was a re
minder of tbe scenes aud experiences in the
Fifty-first Congress when Mr. Pickler, Re
publican, of South Dakota, who was unable
to secure as long a session of the House as
he desired for the considerati n of private
pension bills, made the point of no quorum
before the journal proceeding was read.
Fifteen minutes passed before 159 members
appeared, and then Mr. i iekler insisted
upon having the journal read in full, includ
ing the names of the absentees at roll call.
He also objected to the suggestion that the
journal be considered as provided, requir
ing a vote upon the question. -
FRIDAY.
After several years' discussion and manv
unsue-essful attempts, members oi the House
Friday voted ISO to J08 to place themselves
on an equality wit i lie Senate in respect to
the matter ot profiling themselves with
clerks the year round Instead of for tbe ses
sion of Congress only. It was not until 1893
that tbe House went even so far as that.
SATURDAY,
There was no session of the House Satur
day.
Pitktor Dlaz'f startling Story. '
The Bsv. Alberta Diaz, Southern Baptist
missionary, expelled from Cuba by Weyler
In a lona interview at Jacksonville, Fla.,
I ,lla arra)UntT dnrtejl nf AtrOCitlM bcinff
committed by Spaniards. In tbe iart two
weeks in the rnral districts ot San Miguel,
Pel Pardron and Minas. Mr. Dias says CoL
Fondeville bas had more than one hundred
persons butchered and then reported tbem to
the world as having been killed in tattle.
Among those killed were children 12 and 14
years of age. The victims were compelled
to dig their own grave before neing shot As
the steamer was leaving Havana Mr. Dias
says news was brought on board that oh
F.-.iideville's troops near Havana. Col.
Fondeville is one of Weyler's favorites and If
acting under the Captain General's orders.
pttipwj!jt!ejwjHW
What is
Castorla Is Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription for Infants
and Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor
other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless substitute
for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing Syrups, and Castor Oil.
It Is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years' use by
Millions of. Mothers. Castorla destroys "iVorms and allays
fererishness. Castorla prevents vomiting Sour Curd,
cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. Castorla relieves
teething troubles, cures constipation and flatulency.
Castorla assimilates the food, regulates the stomach
and bowels, giving healthy and natural fc.eep. Cas
torla is the Children's Panacea the Mother's Friend.
Castoria.
" Castoria is an excellent medicine for chil
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of its
good effect upon their children.'"
Dr. G. C. Osgood,
' Lowell, Mass.
" Castoria is the best remedy for children of
which I am acquainted. I hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the
real interest of their children, and use Castoria
instead of the various quack nostrums which
are destroying their loved ones, by forcing
opium, morphine, soothing syrup and other
hurtful agents down their throats, thereby
sending them to premature graves."
Da. J. F. Kinchelob,
Conway, Ark.
Th Centaur Company, 77
Southern Railway.
PIEDMONT AIR LINO.
Cesauised Schedule ! Passenger TrslM.
Ves.
No. 39
Daily
HerthSoone.
Jan. S.'I390.
No 361
No. 12
tin. 1$
JC gun
Dally
Daly
t.T Atiauta. C. T
18 00m
lOOp
'22o' p
11 15 p
7 60 a
I so a
9 an a
10 la
10 44 a
1104 a
1126 a
1180 a
II 63 a
12 a7 p
12 42 p
1 20 p
210p
8 22 p
4lop
430p
6O0p
28p
6 20p
U2op
4 3sp
6 asp
28p
7C8 0
7 43j
ll'p
Atlanta, .T.
u 1.
" Norcroes.....
Buford .....
" Gainesville .,
Lula,
Cornelia.....
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" Green Tille ...
u Spartanburg
12 66a
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223a
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8 16 a
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(20p
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40p
(00a
Ar. WashlnetoS
6 42 a
loiiia
1:4 Mn
40p
11 25 p
BaHm'sTPRIU
- Philadelphia,
Hew Xork. . . .
8 00 a
6 20 a
Ves.
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Southbound.
Ne. 47
No. 3i
Ne. 1 1
Dally
No. 17
KSuu
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Dally
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6 65 p
S20p
10 43p
I2i;n
3 60 a
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11 15 a
rnuaueiiinia
Baltimore....
Washington.
Lv. Richmond . .
200 S
12 60P
2 CO a
Lt. Danville
" Charlotte....
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King's Mt...
H Blacksburg..
" Gatfneys
Spartanburg
GreeuviUs....
- Central
Beneoa.
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" Toccoa
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" Lula
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C 50 a
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03p
10 60 p
U30p
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12 &ta
12 62 a
1 60a
286a
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7 eo a
12 20p
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18p
2t0 p
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6 40p
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7 4 ". p
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At'iin'n .'. T .
-A ' a. m. p. m. "Al" noon, "it" night.
N'of . 87 and Washington and Southwestern
Teetibule Limited, through I'ullman sleepers
between New York and hew Orleans, via Wah
totton, Atlanta ud Montgomery, end also be
tween isew York and Memphis, via Wtutnlngton,
Atlanta and Birmingham. Dining ears.
Kos.86 and S6United States Fast Mail. Polk
sun sleeping cars between Atlanta, New Oa
leans and New York.
ltoa. 11 and 12. Pullman steering ear ketweea
Elchmond. Danville aud Greensboro.
W. H. GREEr,
Gen'l 8upt.,
WMhlnRtoa, D. C.
J. M. CTJLP,
Traffic M'g'r,
Washington, D. Ok
W. B. BIDEB, Superintendent, Charlotte,
North caroima.
W. A. TUBE, S.H. HAKDWiuii, ,
Gen. Pass. Ag't, Ass tUOa i rasa. Agi.,
Wanhlngton, fa. O. - Atlanta, Ga
CJ r totTAIW A PATKNT rof
prompt anpwer and an boneet opinion, write to
Hl'!t V ., wbo have tad Dear); 8ft r Tears'
expenenoe in the patent btumeu. ComTnunica
tlonc atrtetly confidential. A Hanribeflhet In-fonr-ation
ooDoeniiDa 1'atrnla and bow to ob
tain tbem cent freJ. Aleo s catalogue of mechan
ical and aciemlflo booka eent iree.
Patent taken throneh Mnng A Co. receive
special nottoeinthe FviriMllie Ainerirnn. and ,
Iboa are bronabt widely before tbe pnnlicwiib
em coat to tne Inventor. Thie .Dlendtd paper,
taeoed weekly, eieaant lv 11 luvtmt ed. bK bv far b
Unreal nrcuiatmu of any acientine work m toe s
wond. S3 year. Sawir-ie conies pent free.
Building E-liTJOn. tnombtv. ti Htm ear. i.invl
enptea. '25 eema. Every number oonra-ne beati-
tlful piatea, in colore, and phororraphs of new
hoosea. wnb Diana, enahltn hui i.-lAr. tr mhnm th.
laieM deelaue and secure eontrBrrs Adtre-s
Mu... a lona. tti unoAXiH AT.
An Indiana Bank Cleaned Out,
The Citizen's Bank, of Union City, Ind.
as closed its doors on account of an instill
y to collect. There had been quiot wttb
Irawals from the bank by depositors and whe.
ti city and fhool treasurer's withdrew
'eir accounts tbe bunk bad not a dollar left
h- liabilities ere t75,000 and the asset.
rl35,CW0.
tP RIGHTS. r
3"
J Castoria.
" Castoria is so weU adapted to children that
1 recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me."
H. A. Archer, M. D.,
hi 8o. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
"Our physicians in the children's depaK
ment have spoken highly of their experi
ence in their outside practice with Castoria
and although we only have among oui
medical supplies what is known as regular
products, yet we are free to confess that the
merits of Castoria has won us to look with
favor upon it."
United Hospital and Dispensary,
Boston, Mass.
Au-ew C Smith, Pres.
Murray Street,
New York City.
i CAPE FEAR & YADKIN VALLEY fi'T.
j Jobn Girj,, Beceiver.
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
I In Effect April I2th,1896,
j NOBTH BOUND.
! No. 2. Daily.
; Leave Wilmington.- 7 3o a. m,
' Arrive Fayettevillo 10 85 "
- Leave Fayetteville ...'; 10 65 "
Leave Fayotteville Junotion "
Leave Sanord. .. . -, ... ... . .. . WUITp. lrr."
Leave Climax 2 25 "
Arrive Groensboro., ..2 56 "
Leave Greensboro 8 05 "
Leave Stokosdaie . . . .... , 8 69 "
Arrive Walnut Cove 4 81 "
Leave Walnut Cove iS9 "
Leavo Itural Hall. . , 5 17 "
Arrive Mt. Airy 6 15 "
sooth bound.
No. 1. Dally.
Leave Mt. Airy 985 a.m.
Leave Hural Hall 1105 "
Arrive Walnut Cove 11 85 "
Leave Walnut Cove 1145 " ,
Leave btokesdale 12 13 p. m.
Arrivo Greensboro 12 68 "
Leuve Greensboro, ............. . 103 "
Leave Climax ''. 1 32 '
Leave Sanford 8 1!) "
Arrivo Fayetteville Junction 4 30 "
Arrivo Fayettevillo 4 83
Leave Fayetteville 4 45 " . ...
Arrivo Wilmington . ; f . . 7 55 "
NOBTH BOUND.
No."4. Dally.
Leave Bennettsville. 8 45 a. m. "
Arrive Maxton 9 45 "
Leave Mnxton 9 60 " -'
Leave lied Bprings ..1012 . ,
Leave Hope Mills 10 45 "
Arrive Fayetteville ..10 68 ''
BOOTH BUOND.
No. 8. Dally.
Leave Fayetteville 4 43 p. m. .
Leave Hope Mills 4 63 "
Leavo Bed Bprings . . A . . . . . .';.. 5 42 "
Arrive Maxton 6 12 "
Leavo Maxton 613 "
Arrive Bennettsville 7 20 "-
NORTH BOUND.
(Daily Exoept Bunday.) 1
No. 16, Mixed. '
Leave Ramneur 6 45 a. m, '
Arrivo Climax. 835 " :- (
Leave Greensboro 9 20 " '
Leave Greensboro 9 85 "
Leavo Rtokesdale 10 50 "
Arrive Madison .-. 11 60 "'
SOOTH BOUND. a
(Daily Except Sunday.)
,. , No. 15, Mixed "
Leave Madison 12 25 p, ro- -
Leave Stokesdale . . . . . . ; 1 28 "
Arrive Greensboro 2 35 "
Leavo Greensboro 810 "
Leave Climax. . .'.-ttrr. r.-; 8 55 "
Arrive Ramseur 1. ........ . . 5 60 "
NOBTH BOtND CONNECTIONS
at Fayetteville with Atlantic Coast Line for
all poiuts North and East,, at Sanford with-
the Seaboard Air Line, at Greensboro- with
the Southern Railway Company, at Walnut
Cove with the Norfolk Western Bailroad
for WlDston-Balem. - 5 -
- SOOTH BOtntD CONNECTIOITS r -
at Walnut Cove with the Norfolk Western -Railroad
for Eoanoke and points north and
west, a - Greensboro with the Southern Bail
way Company for Raleigh, Richmond and
all points north and east; at Fayetteville
with the Atlantio Coast Line for all points
South; at Maxton with the Seaboard Air Line
for Charlotte, Atlanta and all points south
and southwest, W. E. EYLE,
J. W. FRY, Gen'l Pass. Agent -
Gen'l Manager.
ELKIN Mfe CO, :
.HIGH SHADE COTTON YAMS, WARPS, :
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