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VOL. VII. .NO. 385. CHARLOTTE, N. C. FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1892. PRICE FIVE CI PEOPLE'S COLUMN. TKH CENTS PER LINE EACH INSERTION I TRY to Impress upon all my band! the truth of the old maxim that cleanliness 1 next to godliness. MoD. WATKINB. BUY A RIM HOCK EH, the meiit for vounar folks. I'll irreat amuse- I'rlcosa.isocaiih.' 17-31 ,.. Carolina Spoke & Handle Workl SITUATIONB-S.OOO belli filled for World'! Fair. Full olrculars. Wo. (no stamps). Ad dress, Acme Employment Bureau, box B54, Chicago. Ill - gi-eod-15t f BLON H EA DQTJA RTERS. Country mer- i.f a onania sena la your oruers tor Melons. 8 cars nne Georgia and quality and pr melons lust arrived, Size Drloea al wavi iruaranteed IfrSt, A Nexp erienoed cotton buyeralso single and 11 dotib ble entry book-keepeer, wanta pbaition with Mill. Add rest "Cotton," care Observer. .ThJ0u.Tu.-8t . ... . ;-,: . 75.00 to 9250.00 can be made monthl work- i liur (or H.('.JUiiNUM at tw S-t-M ain Bt, Richmond, Va. lHm, - - SPECIAL NOTICES. v f. 1 s BH ANNONHOUSE has received fresh ' Cream Wafers, Lunch Biscuits and Eng lish GingornapsRoastedCoffee8,Dried Beer ana Luncheon rongue. BENT'S GINGER WAFERS I : -Very finergivethera a trial.- Steam Bread Fresh every afternoon. ,.j;..,.BETHCNS WHITE. Salmon Steak Star and Crescent brand,! something extra nice at the Pro gressive Grocery. Just what you want for tea some of Fas naobt'a French Rolls, Biscuits, Lap-Over Rolls and Cinnamon Rolls. Fresh this evening. Build on South Tryon, if you want to locate In the most desirable residence portion of the city. I can show you properties that will inter est you, both as to location and ugures. W. 8. Alexander. BLACKBERRY CORDIAL ' FOB - Diarrhoea and Dysentery. For sale by" 1 MURPHY & ATKINSON. Columbia Pneumatics ! Experience of the past six months; test by the best wheelmen; many thousands in use have demonstrated that Columbia Pneumatic tires are practical, in point of fact, the most practical in use. They get over the ground. They make the records. They skim the cream. D. R. HARRY, Agt. Charlotte, N. C. SCARR'S FRUIT RU1T I30WDER. OWDER. Fruit preserved with this powder al ways gives satisfaction. NO SEALED JARS REQUIRED. BURWELL & DUNN'S, m Wholesale and Retail Drug Store. K N I V E S. We are selling for $2.50 per set the best Sterling Silver Plated Knife you ever saw. As a guar antee of their quality you will find our name stamped on each blado. These knives are the best to be found on the market aud formerly sold at $4.00. per sot. We have cheaper knives at $1.00 and $1.50 per set, but they will not lost as long as the $2.50 goods. Koyne & Badger. Leading Jewelers, The Thermometer Yesterday registered away up towards 100 degrees. It was hot. Everybody felt it- How to get cool was the burning question. Our ELECTRIC FAN and ICED DRINKS were in demand and our Soda Fountain was the most popular place in town. R. H. JORDAN & CO., Druggists. The FAMOUS CONNELLY SPRINGS Directly on line of W. N. C. Division of R. & I). R. R..and only 150 yards from Station. Four daily passenger trains. This favorite resort is now open. Cuis ine simply unexcelled. . This water has been highly Indorsed ' by hundreds of the medical profession and has boon pronounced by a competent London authority to be fully equal to any of the most celebrated mineral wa ter of Europe or America. Water "strongly diuretic sdid tonlcr . Write for prospectus and rates to CONNELLY SPRINGS CO.. Connelly Springs, N. 0. 6-29-8 m. . GREEN PARK. Special low rate at the Green Park from June 20th to July 20th, $0.00 per week.--' The house has been greatly Im proved and enlarged to double Its former capacity.' Please remember to address letters to Green Park, N. C. There is a -poBtoffloe in the building. If Blowing , Rock appears on the envelope it causes a day's delay. . ,; GREEN PARK HOTEL CO., 0 Ct ' , Green Park, N, C, REDUCED RATES TO TEACHERS' ASSEMBLY. The Seaboard Air Line will sell reduced -rate round trip tickets to Morehcad City, N. C, on account of Teachers' Assemby at following rates plus two ($2.00) dol- lars lor memoerawp-t i : Wadesborp, $805 Monroe, i? V Charlotte, 8 5a 11 75 vtutueriuruiuu,. ...... .t .0 ... . 13 80 Tickets on sale June 18th to July 3d rtrem limit, July 18th. v F.C, BRYAN, 15-lw. . ' 1 A, G. P. A. HE FATfiER OF THE SENATE. SENATOR MORRILL ON FREE SILVER, He Condemns the Views of Senators Mor- gan and Stewart-a-Mr. Dolph Ventilates Mr. Mohr to the Sacrinoe of the Senate's Time and Our SpaeepTho Conference Committee Continued. Washington. J una "16. f Senate! A resolution was passed providing that when the Senate adiourn to-day it should not meet again nntil next Monday. np Morrill, Republican, or Vermont, the venerable chairman of the finance committee, after obtaining indefinite leave of. absence from Tuesday next, called up the free coinage bill and ad' dressed the Senate.- Mr. Morrill said the free coinage resolution which opened the debate was evidently pushed by the dis tinguished Senator from Alabama, (Mr, Morgan) with some hopefulness that the senatorial Democratic - candidates ; for the presidency would remain in the Sen ate to have" their votes counted and not seek, by flight outside into the boom- Eroof smoking room, to escape from all arm. "But the skilled marksman from Alabama," said Mr. Morrill, "must have been sadly disappointed as I was. that he did not wing a single presidential I Dira, ana ne was apparently sot unwill ing that the brave Senator from Nevada should jump on board of -the rudderless free coinage craft as tne pilot to steer it on its perilous voyaged" Mr. Morrill scored toe silver advocates for not wanting a monetary conference after they had seemingly desired it. He contended that there never was a time more auspicious for the solution of the silver problem than the present. "When the nartisans of free coinage of silver talk about bi metallism'saidMr. Morrill, they mean goodbye to all but silver. All else must get out of the way. No provision is ever suggested in behalf of an increase or retention of gold; but we are asked to believe that when the gov ernment purchases silver at the coining price the owners ask ior u ana aeciare that the public shall take it at that price, then . its value will miraculously mount up to a 'parity with gold. Mr. President, that declaration would not go unchallenged by the freshman class of a woman's village school in Wayback. The contention that we can add fifty per cent, to the value of silver through out the world by the.free coinage of sil ver dollars containing 371 i grains o pure silver, to the full extent of what ever silver bullion may be attracted to the United States mints or be presented from all Quarters of the world, to be coined and held forever imprisoned in the tomb of the United States Treasury, and there to sustain a legal tender paper circulation with the full value of any other dollar, is a feat of hardly less ex travagance than would be a patent Droiect to warm the moon by setting nre to a wood pile on Pike's Peak." Mr. Morrill contended that tne silver law of 1890 was constantly increasing our paper currency at the rate of seventy- nve million dollars yearly, wnn more money in circulation than ever before, the silver orators stretched their con sciences, by persuading them that there was an alarming deficiency. After reference to senator rener's idea that Congress could coin money out of anything so that Congress regulates the value, and the comment on it, mat " we might as well go ages Dacx ward and pin our faith to witchcraft, or to the touch of the king for the cure of disease as to rely on such examples to show that any modern enlightened na tion can wisely and safely coin money out ' of anything though desti tute of all intrinsic value , Mr. Morrill said: "Some silver' parti sans insist that the free coinage of sliver, when mtfde a legal tender by the fiat of the government, would bring it to a par ity with gold on the old ratio and declare there is no proof to tne contrary, i uey well know that not for twenty years, not since the sudden and growing deprecia tion of silver, has any nation, enlight ened or unenlightened, been so fool hardy as to attempt the rash experiment; and yet they appear to insist that the United States shall alone accept it with out trial, take the leap in the dark, and cut off all chance of retreat. If, how ever, the flat of the government should exhibit magic power to give a 67 cent silver dollar, by coining it and making It legal tender, as mucn current value year after year as a 100 cent dollar, how ong wouiu it ue oeiure sumo urecuuuun party, or before the honorable senator from Kansas (Mr. Peffer). in behalf of the Farmers' Alliance, woull be pushing some measure to drive all silver out of the field by declaring with irresistible logic that if the fiat of the government saves one-third of the cost of money by the use of silver, whynot save it all bv the use of paper? The silver men will find in the belly of their argument a half grown, lusty Greenback party, that it win not De possiDie to unaerDia. The attempt made here to nit ana build up the values of silver by free coin age, and that by tne united mates aione, excited the amazement it not the deris ion of all Europe. It was claimed that no silver from abroad could be or would be brought here. What could hinder the hundreds of millions of stale silver no longer in actual circulation from coming here f Obviously by no possibility would any gain accrue from a -silver -standard ,o the price of cotton, wnemer soia ior gold or silver, add it might involve a serious loss. Cotton was now paid for on a gold standard, and a change to jreatly depreciated silver could hardly ail to give some substantial advantages to buyers of cotton in tne American market. It would have to compete with the cotton of India, Egypt and other countries. The very excess of the American product must make it an un crowned king in European markets.'- Mr. Stewart, uepubiican, of Nevada, argued against the contentions of the Senator irom Vermont, ue pointed out . f M. WW ' that free!ooinage had built up India, Whv should it not oenem tne unitea States? There was less progress, leu rosoerity with a single gold standard ecause there was not enough gold to go around. , . Mr. Frve. Republican, of Maine, chair man of the conference committee on the river and harbor bill, reported to the Hen' ate the failure of the conference on tne bill to come to an agreement.He explained that the committee on conference had been exceedingly diligent during the last four or nve days ana naa practically agreed on all but two projects: These were, me uaues ixwt itauway project and the Washington Canal to .connect Lake Washington with Puget Sound. In hi fnnWnnt. as a member of the con ference committee, the house conferees would never agree to sanction the two itnma referred tn.'"";'""1;''' ' -rr-;.u Mr. Frve gave wav temporarily to Mr. .WaaWmra. iBcp.fcrof . Minnesotawhq made reference to the fact that the antl option bill (passed by the House) was on the table, lie had first believed that the bill should go to the agricultural com mittee, but he now believed it should go to the committee on the judiciary, whicn bad taken a large amount of the testi mony concerning its provisions. , lie thersf ore moved that the bill be taken from the table and referred to the committee on the judiciary. ' He had as surances that the bill would be reported promptly from this committee and the Senate given a chance to vote on it this session. : It was a bill 'which all the country was Interested In passing, with the exception of a few gambling institu tions In Chicago and New York. : It was so referred. i Mr, Dolph (Rep.), of Oregon, moved that the Senate Insist on its amendments to the bill, and asked a further confer ence of the H6use. He said that in this session a persistence had been shown to kill the projects disagreed! to. Certain people were laboring In opposition to the opening of the Columbia river.Only this morning documents had been dis tributed aboufthe Senate in opposition to the opening of the Columbia river. Although the author was. too cowardly tof attach -Wsiname: toiltf he r(Mr. Dolph) had ascertained who was the author; He had ascertained that Paul Mohr, a citizen of Washington State, was tl)e writer of it. lie mentioned this be cAuse he proposed tQ aiflcns .ilrtMolir before he got through. ' Hewished to state that this document was full of false hood and mlsrejjiesentaUons. i After a long explanation of the neces sity for the Dalles project Mr. Dolph the House conferees against the State of Oregon. The- Senate of the United States bad as much right to say what ap propriations should be made for any work as the House of Representatives had." It this were not so then the Senate was a useless body. . Recurring to Paul Mohr, Mr. Dolph said Mohr had been Informed by some one that he (Dolph) was about to de nounce him in the Senate. Mohr had written him a letter. He did not quite understand it. He was not sure that it meant coffee and pistols for two and he would let the Senate judge by having the letter read. . , In the letter (which was read) Mr. Mohr says: "I understand that you have threatened to denounce me and the company 1 represent; first upon the ground of attempting to black mail the United States government; second, upon the ground that I am work ing for the Union Pacific Railroad Com pany to keep out competition, and third, that neither I nor my company are in good faith in the matter of the construc tion of our railroad, I do not deem it necessary at this juncture to advance proofs of all these statements, nor to demonstrate the actual relation of all of the factors of this equation which of course includes your true relation to all parties concerned and the true motives that underlie this whole proposition. I should be at a disadvantage were you to carry out your threats, for the reason that you would be, by so doing, within a species of star chamber, where I would have no opportunity to defend myself and where the stamp of your senatorial word would give currency tp your state ments. I am essentially a man of peace and desire no quarrels. Your treatment of me thus far has been calculated to ex cite my greatest Indignation towards you. 1 haye, .however, conciuuea to swallow my resentment upon one condi tion only and that is that you treat me fairly and honorably. 1 am prepareu to prove to you conclusively, clearly and concisely that all of your statements re garding my motives or tne mo tives of the Columbia liailway and Navigation - Company are- utterly false, and without any founda tion whatever. I shall expect you to satisfy yourself of all the proofs of the above, which are at your command for the asking. My address is 2024 G street, ft. W., and I will place myself at your disposal at any time or place." Mr. Ransom. Democrat, of North Carolina, took exception to the seeming criticism of the House conferees and de fended each in turn and Mr. Dolph stated that he meant to cast no reflection on these gentlemen. Mr. Squire, Republican, Washington, made explanation of the Lake Washing ton project and contended thait afford ed a grand opportunity for the govern ment to improve the commerce of the country. Mr. Berry, Democrat, of Arkansas, spoke against The Dalles project contend ing that it was merely an experiment while Mr. Allen, Republican, Washing ton, spoke in its favor. Mr. Dolplrs motion that the Senate insist on its amendment and ask for a further confer- Dolph and Ransom, were reappointed conferees on the part of the Senate. The Senate then at 0:iu p. m. adjourn ed until Monday next. THE ItETTIK THOMAS LEWIS CASE An Important Salt Decided by Which a Vlrglna Mulatto Woman Receives a For tune. Richmond. Va., June 16. A special from Wytheville, Va., says : , The famous Bettle Thomas-Lewis case was decided to-day In the Court of An peals. Judge Leake's decision in favor of the defendant being sustained. Judge Lacy dissented. The opinion was delfv ered by Judge Fanntleroy and was fully concurred in by three of the other Judges. . The estate la valued at $.uuu, ana a is said that Bettie Lewis will receive about $90,000 as her share after the ex penses of the ttial have been paid. Each of the lawyers will receive $10,000 with the exception of Mr. Edgar Allan, whose portion, it is said, will be $50,000. ixeariy $18,000 goes to the heirs-at-law. Bettie Lewis is a mulatto and is the illegiti mate daughter of the late Mr. W. A. Thomas, who was a well known resident of Richmond. The case has been Hi the courts since the spring of 1890 and has attracted great Interest throughout tne entire country. A Receiver for the Richmond ft Danville. Railroad. RiCBM05D, Va., June 16. A special to the Tunes from Atlanta, Ga., says : "Upon the petition of W. P. Clyde, T. O. Maden and W. A. Goadly, filed yester day In the Circuit Court of the United States for the eastern district of Virgin ia, Judge Bond has appointed F. W. Huldekoper and Reuben Foster, of Bal timore, receivers of the Richmond & Danville Railroad Company, and all its leased and operated lines of rail and steamboats. Mr. Huldekoper is now in Atlanta and has received possession from President Oakman. 7 Orders" will lie Im mediately issued appointing the same operating officers now in control. This movement has been taken in anticipation oflICvi5ri!6nf7adi Speer.upon the Georgia Central potltlon now before' him, for the protection of the property in the interest of all secur Uy holders." . . . THE HOCSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Fifty Hembera Listen to the Tin Debate. Twenty-Are Hear Mr. Hemphill on - Finance.. . ' . I Washington, June 16.---rnon8E.--A bill was passed granting right of way of the Dennison and northern Railroad through Indian Territory. 1 h -.The Houso went Into committee of the whole (Mr. Blount, of Georgia, in the chair,) on the tin plate bill, Mr. E, B, Taylor, Republican, of Ohio, being the first speaker against the measure, lie believed It best that we should produce, in this country What we heeded. J Im-' portation from foreign markets was hurtful to American Industries. I He favored protection, to the , American la borer. Tin plate could be made la this country most i successfully. One of the Urgest tin plate manufactories was in Cleveland, Ohio, This was ue to the tariU law of J890. a Mr. Atkinson, Republican, opposed the measure and said that under free trade the country was nearly bankrupted. The Democrats had always been decep tive and they were still continuing that policy. - - jJIJJujitJri,J)erflCratoLNew Yorfc spoke ifl favor of the bill, and referred to the canning industry as one of uiunen8e..proportiQiaUicbcoul!l.b. fostered by reducing the duty on tin plate. There was no interest manifested In the debate, and the proceedings wwe entirely listless, not over fifty, members being present. - i . Mr. Dalzell, Republican, of Pennsyl vania, who submitted the minority re port, was the next Bpeaker in opposition to the bill. He said that prior to the passage of the tariff law of 1890 there was no tin plate industry in the United States, although we are the largest con sumers in the world of tin plate. Under the McKinley law, at least three millions of dollars have already found investment in this industry, and it was not in the Sower of the Democratic party to strike own our great American industries. . . Mr. Hemphill, Democrat, of South Carolina, interjected a financial speech in the debate to about twenty-five mem bers, the rest of the House having left for Chicago or being driven homeward by the intense heat. Mr. Huff, Republican, of Pennsylvania, read several letters received from various tin plate manufacturers in Pennsylvania, showing the flourishing condition of the industry. At 5:35 the House adjourned until tomorrow. THE ILL-FATED LICKING BRIDGE. Thousands of People Survey the Wreck Another Crash of Iron and Timber. PivptuuiTt .Tuno 1 ( W i t ) i Mi. nn- V'.'V 1 1, ,1 J. . 1 I V UUV AMI I , .VIA .V "I' proach of daylight people gathered on the banks otoLicking river, where the ill-fated bridge went down with its scores of human lives Wednesday and in a few hours thousands of men, women and children were watching the work of res cuing the bodies yet in the wreck. A half hundred brave men had volunteered their services, and under the direction of the Bridge Company, commenced an earnest search for the dead. Owing to the vast amount of iron on the structure when it fell, the work was difficult and necessarily slow. Au hour after it was begun, two bodies were found pinned down by heavy timbers, mey were taken out, but could not at the time be identified. About 9 o'clock, while the work ws being prosecuted, a terrible crash was heard. Another section of the bridge, loosened and tottering on the Newport side, fell, carrying with it 2,000 pounds of ropes and pulleys, i tve men were at work just under it at the time it gave way, but a warning cry saved their lives. Fred Pierce, the son of Jack Pierce the newspaper man who was reported yesterday as one of the killed, returned to his home last night. At the St.- Eliz abeth Hospital the injured are doing well with the exception of W. E. Wilson, whose chances for recovery are hopeless. Up to noon four more bodies have been found, but they are still in the wreckage, pinned down by heavy tim bers and iron. Revised lists of the killed and Injured aro being made up on both sides" of the Licking river. Until the-.4 are completed it will bo impossible to give a fair estimate of the number of fives lost by the disaster. There were exactly forty men on the structure when it collapsed. The death roll had reached 21, with 4 Still in the wreck but located, making a total of 25 deaths and 14 injured. Mrs. Mary Sponsor, mother of the Sponsor boys who were killed at the wreck, plunged into the river and tried to drown herself at the scene of the acci dent. A dozen men went to her rescue, and prevented her from carrying out her purpose. Concord's Elite are Entertained Dr. Hall on the Resurrection. Bpcolal to the Observer, Concord. N. C, June 10. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Allison will give a reception this evening to about fifty ladles and gentlemen, complimentary to Miss Fan nie Young. This promises to be one of the most pleasant social events of the season among Concord's elite society. The following ladies are invited : Misses Ollle Odell, Lizzie Young, Esther Erwin, FarihiA-BodgcrB, Nannie . and. , Addie Cannon, Isabella Montgomery, Isabelle and Janie Richmond, Grace Gibson, Maggie and Willie Bays, Lizzie Bost, Mary Reed, Juniata Coltrane, Helen Johnston, Mary Montgomery, Irwin Scales, Carrie Little, from Greensboro, and Laura liammond, from Charlotte. Dr. Hall delivered a sermon upon the Resurrection at the academy last even in 8. The audience was rather small and the speaker seemed rather disappointed as he U . not. he . stated, accustomed, to addressing small crowds. He presented a fine display of word-painting and his sentimental pictures were very good, but hardly appropriate on such an occasion The TypographLial Union Still on Im- , portent Business. Philadelphia, Pa., June 16. The visiting members of the International Typographical Union were tendered a complimentary excursion bv the ex-dele gates association of Philadelphia to At lantic Ulty io-day. To-morrow morning the sessions of the convention win be resumed at 10 o clock. The Union will then go Into executive session to consider all matters relating to the report of the Childs' Drexel Home. The election of officers will be called for 11 o'clock. Much other lm portant business will be transacted. TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS. ; The British Houso "of Commons' In committee has authorized the govern- ment-to- pur cluae the. talephone-trunk lines throughout the country at a cost of 1.000.000. . A shell exploded at Magdoburg Tester day while some monitions were being unloaded and two. sergeants were killed and five soldiers terribly injured.. THE PEOPLE'S PARTT IN THE HINTH. They Pane Besolntlons,' Elect Delegates and Will Confer With the FreUlbl UonUte. Special to The Observer. ' , , Abbeville, N. C, June 16. The People's party convention,, of, the' ninth congressional district Assembled here to day In Lyceum HftlU It was called to order by J. O Brown, of McDowell county, chairman of the executive com mittee, who was afterward made perma nent chairman, and T. R. Gaines secre tary,,;.,';;;; -: ui-'':,:.-; About 'twenty delegates were present, representing six" v counties. Resolutions were adopted, recognizing with much "regret and alarm tendencies and results of the financial legislation of Congress for the past thirty years," and ' declaring that the People's party Is the best mode of asserting thelrN rights, also resolution "that the Internal revenue lawi and State laws authorizing license to sell liquor should be aboltehecL--r -r -- Speeches were made by T. B? Long,; of Buncombe; J. G. Yancey, of McDowell, life -long- Repubiieans,and Wi-H. Maloner The delegates to the Omaha convention are: J. Gr Yancey; fMcDoweHrA? Mr Parker, of Jackson;W. H. Malone, of Buncombe; Rev.' W. AT Tldbertson.of Yancey. Alternates: J. C. Brown, of. McDowell; W. L. Henry, of Buncombe. W. D. Miller, of Henderson; A. J. Dula, of McDowell. The nomination of con gressional candidate and elector was de ferred till after the Omaha convention. A committee was appointed to confer with the prohibitionists. The county con. vention takes place Saturday,and a ticket for county offices will probably be put out by the party at that time, v At the session of W. N. C. Teachers' Association of Waynesvllle the following officers were elected for next year: John W. Starnes, president; R. L. Madison, secretary; Mrs. R. L. Madison, treasurer. "THIS A PEOPLE'S PARTY MEETING." Mr. Forney Launches the Ship on the 8ea . of Time. Special to the Observer. Salisbury, N. C, June 10, 1892. The convention met here at 1:30 this afternoon. H. A. Forney, of Catawba, called the house to order and stated that the object was to elect four delegates and four alternates to the Omaha convention, nominate a candidate for Congress and a district elector; "and," he continued, "this is a People's party meeting. We propose making it a permanent organi zation, launching the People's party ship on the sea of time." Mr. Forney was made permanent chair man. The roll of countes was called; the six following counties wore represented; Catawba, Rowan, Iredell, Cabarrus, Da vidson, and Lincoln. Stanly, Davie and Montgomery were not represented. Delegates were then elected to Omaha as follows: II. A. Forney, "of Catawba; J. M. Parks, of Iredoll; Pt'd Thomas, of Davidson; A. M. Leazcr, of Rowan Al ternates: Jno. Robertson, of Catawba; W. II. Addorholt, of Iredell; F. J. Leon ard, of Davidson; Chas. McDonald, of Cabarrus. Republican "Ped" Thomas made a speech bidding for the congres sional nomination. On motion the nomi nations for Congress and electors were postponed until August 10th. Resolu tions of respect were offered In honor of Col. Polk, deceased. The l!'X3b'nlTV, for instructions, but none wei".- r. ... All told, thcr wuro alwut 85 prcsout; some enthusiasm was shown and they seem confident of success. The Third Party Convention of the Sixth an Attenuated Affair. Special to the Observer. Rockinqiiam, June 16. Tho Third party convention of tho sixth congres sional district was held here to-day, with about 15 delegates, two of whom were negroes and about half have heretofore been Republicans. No nomination was made for Congress, but W. II. Odom, of Anson, was elected delegate to Omalia, with J. M. Hines, of this county, alter nate. The chairman was Y. C. Morton, formerly a Republican. It was a slim affair. The Third Party Convention Small lo the Eighth District. Special to the Observer. Lknoir, N. C, June 16. A small Third- party convention for the eighth congressional district met here to-day, five out of twelve counties being represented. R. L. Patton, ot Burke, independent, was endorsed for Congress. W. W. Teague, of Alexander, was chosen presidential elec tor. L. N. Durham, of Cleveland; A. G. Thompson, of Gaston; W. W. Teague, of Alexander, and R. A. Cobb, of Burke, were elected delegates to Omaha. Third Party Congressional Nomination In the Fifth District. Special to the Observer. Durham, K.u., June io. w.K.L.ind say of Rockingham county, was nomi nated by the Third party for Congress in the fifth district. The vote was Lindsay i, Baldy Williams 24. The People's Party of Montana Makes a Ticket. Bvttk, Mont., June 10. The State convention of the People s party com Dieted its labors here yesterday, adopt bug a platform and putting an electoral and state ticxet in tne neid. Thirty-eight delegates atte nded, repre sentlng nearly all the sections of the State. The platform favors free coinage of Buyer and an eight hour law, tne eiec tionof President and United States Senators by popular vote. Delegates were chosen to the national convention at Omaha, and Col. Edwards, of Boze man. was nominated for member - or Congress. William Kennedy, of Boulder, for Governor and Harvey Cullum, of Butte, for Lieutenant Governor, Js-Nw.o4t 9l Moralfc Wadesboro Measeoger-lntuUigenoer, Men taking part In a Democratic con vention in Mav. and running a Third party convention In June, is a phase of political morals never teen In this coon- a r ...... , ty until tuts year, THE BOOMS BOOMING AT CHICAGO. Mr. Shaver's IdeaJ.'Caadldate The Smiles ad Type Writer Girls at Cleveland ' Headquarters Gobbling Cp the Tickets. Chicago, I1L, June 16. A tour of the hotels this morning showed that the va rious booms, incipient and 1 full-blown, were doing as well as could be expected. The Gorman boom came Into town last ' night concealed in a large, old-fashioned carpet sack, carried by Eugene H,Iggins,1 of Maryland. - Mr. Hlgting was the fa mous appointment clerk of the Treasury i under Secretary Mannlns, who gave the civil service reformers so much trouble. ; Henry C. Shaver, of Des Moines; sat in the Boies headquarters at the Palmer House this morning, talking tor his can didate. "Governor Boies," said he,' "is the strongest candidate that can be nom inated by the national convention. .. He is opposed by no faction in , any other State; he, can .carry Iowa again this year as he has carried it three year's in succession; he can do the best In all the surrounding Northwestern States and can probably carry several of them; be is stronger in the pivotal States than any candidate opposed by any faction. He will keep the Alliance States in the Soutb in line fof the presidential ticket; his public and private life need no apol ogy or defense; he has the. prestige of unbrokeffYtttOTy tehtndr bhnrhr tsTir statesman in the broadest senser-in short, he is the Weal candidate, the one man whose availability towers above all ' oth er aspirants for the nomination,".,.. ! In the Cleveland headquarters there was visible nothing but a large, serene, confident smile, four . young women pounding at type-writers and a box of campaign cigars on. the mantel . piece. When Gen. Tracey was seen, he stated that there was nothing new. "It's all over but the shouting, my son," he de clared. "We're doing a little work just to put in the time, but there's no neces sity for it not the least necessity. Mr. Cleveland will be nominated on the first ballot." ' .. . . It is said that there will be trouble at the conference tomorrow afternoon over the qqestion of admission to the wig wam. The charge was made last night at the headquarters of the Cleveland men in the Grand Pacific that 75 per cent of the tiekets had been gobbled up by the friends of Mr. Gorman, and that to Colonel Michael McDonald would be delegated the duty of seeing that each one of these tickets would be used to ad mit a man to the wigwam equipped with a calliope voice and leather lung to be used lu.sounding the praises of Senator Gorman, whenever the lightest soppor- tunlty presented itself. THE FUNNEL-SHAPED TORNADO. aeaeaMMSaMN. Clouds In Air Assume Fearful Forms A Havoc of Loss In Life and Property Minneapolis, June ?6. -A special to the Journal from Mankato says: One of the worst disasters that ever visited Southern Minnesota occurred between S and 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The terrible funnel-shaped tornado again stalked abroad over the land and laid waste scores of happy homes and sent furt v or fiftv aouls to eternity. Every re port that comes in is worse than the pre ceding ones, i ne extent oi tne coon try swept by the terrible visitation was greater than ever known in the history of tne state. Starting near Jackson, on the South em Minnesota Division of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul R. R., funneU shaped clouds swept eastward and passed four miles south of Minnesota Lake and then took a broad circle to the south and nassed awav south of Wells. Considera ble rain had fallen during the afternoon and about 5 o'clock the atmosphere be came almost suffocating. Curious shap ed clouds began to form over in the southwest and many people gazed in wonder at the sight. About 5:30 d. m. a wind sprang up and off to the west a circling black cloud was seen rapidly advancing and demol Uhinir everything In its course. It pass ed two miles northwest of Sherborne and H is reported that it then struck a dls ?:.Ti'6"Vol house In which were the teacuei ux, u, stuumi a. m uuuu . '"-'"1 . .l.l IPI. .VMVMW. . . .... Ing wasdcmoluu"'j4)the teacher and cauuer auu fifteen scholar, killed.'" At Son three iiuildings were destroyed and' eral destroyed and ' ilieral people inlured. Lindon wi I.imlnn was visited andT manv houses were torn from their foun dations. One family, consisting pt fa ther, wife and child, were killed and oth ers inlured. A large grove ox trees was completely uprootod. The storm passed on eastward, destroying farm houses, barns and, in fact, everything in Its path. At Wells sidewalks were overturned, store fronts blown in and other damage done. Several men were blown down by the force of the wind. Four miles south of the Minnesota Hbe five farm houses and other buildings were cauuht in the storm and utterly de molished. Four people were killed here. Much damage was done south of Wells, and It is reported that forty or fifty were killed south and west of that village. As most of the damage was done in the country reports are slow In coming In, but what nas oocn aireaay uearu is enough to Insure the belief that it was the worst storm ever reported in south ern Minnesota. It is expected that later reports will Increase rather than diminish . ... i l, the extent oi tne damage uone as wen as the loss of life and the personal Injuries. BASEBALL YESTERDAY. At Pittsburg : Pittsburg 0 40 0 0000 14 Chicago 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1-8 Base hits: r ttsDurg i umcago v Rrrnra Pitt nhiirir 2. Chicago 2. flat tones: Gumbert and MacK; iiutcninson and Shriver. Umpire, Macullar. At Cleveland : 1st game : Cleveland 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 610 LbUiBvlllO. . . . . : : ..9 9 9 0 0 0 0 Base hits : Cleveland 11, Louisville o, Errors : Cleveland 4, Louisville 4. flat' terles: Young and O'Connor; Stratton and Grim, umplie, uurst. 2nd game : Cleveland..........! 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 00 Louisville ..2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 l- Base hits: Cleveland 14, Louisville 6. Errors: Cleveland 2. Louisville 1. Bat terles: Rettger and Zlmmer; Jones and Kuehne. umpire, num. At New York: New York 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 .5 Brooklyn 2 000000204 liasehits: new xorao, moony n v. Errors: New York S. Brooklyn, iiat terles: Crane and Boyle; Haddock and Dalley.- -Umpire, Lynch. At Washington : , 1st game : i Washington 0 240100007 Baltimore 0 0020000 02 Base hits: Washington 6, Baltimore 6. Errors:. Washington 8. Baltimore v. Batteries: Gastright and Milligan; Terry and Gumson. - Umpire, Sheridan. .:..and iriuns! .... ; .vLrS: Washington. ,,.,6T1 0 2 0 0 0, 6 Baltimore... . . .Y...0 000001001 Base hits: Washington $, Baltimore 8 Errors: ; . Washington 3. Baltimore T. Batteries: Knell and McGulre; McMahon ,na.i t T 1 HI ..! I. .. ana tioDinson. u mpuv, rjueriuan. THIRD PARTY IKH at 1: THE FOCKTU DISTRICT CO. Delegates to the Conference of ( and Corrections Jumped Fi'ui.i c dow In a Fit of Fever lrn m bf the Board of Charities -A J y Burned. Special to the Observer. Raleigh. N. C Juno in. Gov. 1. tcf-day appointed the follow in-r dele" to represent this State at tho Nation i Conference ot Charities and Correctior Which meets, at Denver, . June 2-TJ: Charles Duftey. Jr., Newborn; J. T. KeeJ, Marion; Lawrence -J. Haughton, Pitts bororWi A. Blair, Wlnstonr C. B. Den son, Raleigh; Ji H. Mills ThomasvUIe; Ji FMiller Goldsboro; Wvi 8- Bl.vk, Oxford," Thomis W Patton, Asheville; Jr. L. Murphy, Morganton; YV. f , .Unas-- ley, Oxford: Ek A. Osborrre, Charlotte; B. F. Dixon, Greensboro W. N. Jours Raleigh; J. P. Sawyer, Asheville W. O. Wilson, Thomasville. 1MrAlbert Rosenthal, of Goldsboro, who recently-graduated with distinction at Columbia College, N. Y., has received an appointment as assistant engineer on the great bridge which is to be construct ed from Jersey City W New York.- Last night Mr. Ed. A. Jones,, wno ior manv vears has been" a 'clerbTat the Riil- elgh & GastOttdeT)0t"iiererjTmrped from a window on the second story of the Hotel Florence and striking the sidewal k broke his leg lust above the ankle. He has an attack ot bilious fever. He Is one of the most popular young men here, and has relatives at Wilmington and other points in the State. . north uaroiina is winning manynon- , ors at schools this year. ' Miss Carrie C. Coghill, of Henderson, Vance county, is the valedictorian at Westminster (Md ) college. ' The quartermaster general will clothe -about 800 additional enlisted men in the State Guard this year. ' Under the new . regulation the - clothing r will . be issued without any cost whatever to tne men. , Bets have been made here that Cleve land will be nominated on the first ballot . at Chicago. Very few people, are to be found who do not think he will be the nominee. " , ' The nomination by' acclamation Of-' Congressman WT.' Crawford, In the . ninth district, is a compliment fully de- " served. He Is a typical mountaineer, and , has always acquitted himself with credit, In the Legislature or In Congress;"" ' ' The State board of public charities have done a wise thing in raising a com mittee to memorialize the Legislature to , enact a law - creating a reformatory for young criminals. In the penitentiary there are many prisoners under 16some -tinder 18, and W the jails or 1? the county convict gangs there axe . many v more. These little fellows were noticed the other day tramping along with the ., Wake road gang The Legislature ha S never had the good judgment, to handle, this important matter and provide tops- -, rate places for .these young criminals.' The idea of the board of public charities ' , Is to have an industrial school and farm. The committe which will prepare a plan -for submission to the Legislature, is com- rsed of WN. Jones, W. A Blair, L -Haughton and C. P. Denson. ' i " 'Further steps are being taken "by the board to improve the condition of Jails and county homes for the aged and in firm. A great deal in this direction has , been done by the board. ' The latter will ' issue a circular whloh will show what is ' desired in this direction and what la re- -quired by law. - ' ;ff. 4, A gentleman , who ha$ Just, returned from a trip through Lenoir county says that the Third party people there have claimed 800 votes, but that . they cannot possibly show over 200.- They, have pitched their vote quite high all over the . State. .1- i The annual races which ar beld by -the horse-breeders' assoclaton will be at : the State fair grounds August 17th and , 18th. There will be three races each'. day, each for a purse of $100, A breed-; : ors' association for the State will be or ganized. There is great Interest in horses here sad at a few other places la : the State. ' - , The railway commission torday con- ... ... - . . .v,t.. - t n "gt rJFrZ" '-"""V' '" r"f?-" "y y, r what are known as trackage charges, which Young alleges are exorbitant,- - - I -The First Presbyterian church here will, next Sunday extend a call to Hey. Mr. Anderson, of ltock u ill, o. U.. j i T At 1 o'clock this afternoon a negro , bov 10 vears old. named Walter Hall. was terribly burned here while lighting a fire with korosene oil. ine enter of the , fire department brought a barrel of flour and rolled him In It. This no doubt' ' saved his life, i v, ,.,-r ; , .The Third party convention for this . congressional district was held horeto- day. . s. uuio wiison presided, ana J. is.' -S pence, of Chatham county. was secre-. " tary. There was a long and excited dls, cusslon of a resolution declaring in favor ot full county and State tickets. A., C. -Green, State Senator from Wake, op posed this, while all the other speakers were vehemently in favor of it. When the vote was taken it was OS In" tavor of and only 0 In opposition ' to the resolu- -tlon. Green and five other Wake dele gates were those voting against it. They were attacked by some of the speakers -as promoters of dissension. One of tho men who llgrrred promtnently ls "II. D. Mason, of Uhalham county, ue was a delegate to the late Republican convention and Is a revenue storekeepex and ganger. Spence. the secretary, is the editor of a Third party organ. A resolution express ive oi regret at tne aeain oi UoM'olk , was offered and a number of speeches upon it were made. One ,". speaker as serted of his own knowledge that Pollc had always been ot tne opinion that the People's party should cut loose from the other parties. -By rising rote the reso lutions were adopted. It was decided that the nomination of a candidate for Congress should be deferred until July 12. Delegates to Omaha were then elected, as follows: u- w. Smilli, - of Nash county; J. FrBell, of Franklin; Eli -Godwin, of Johnston; )V A White, of, Randolph.. Alternates: G. R. , Marsh- -btlrn, of Nash; Jf W; Atwater. of Chat ham; W. H. : Reavls, . of Vance; J. W. Denmark; oti Wake. : Your cor respondent was Informed that in the con- . vention were two negro delegates " and two alternates. Mason, who was one of the speakers said In a speech that all other accent men would join , the party as he had done, i Senator Green, In a speech In opposing the .nomination 6f- countyticKet8,8aiahewonlddo so as long as his home was placed in jeopardy. The convention was characterized us "a weak . and sorry affair." . , . r Third : party men here tell tne t!"-y "have it straight'; that the JlcpuW! . win nave no state ticket this v will Join their forces with the 1 ty . Whfia. pressed tor th n" Kepublicans who had so. sU, , r'L-oge Harris had sMa so.". ino trustees r: tne Afi,!,:: Mechanical CoUge met tLi t The work of the college la ex the prospect good.