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VOL. VII. NO. 15.
HALEIGII, N. C, SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1890.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
THE NATIONAL CONQUKSS.
D Y ,cvV
V GEN. CROOK.
the hill against trusts
mill CONSIDERATION.
A Shot to he Made at Future ami Op.
tion--An Etlort to Revive the Rlair
Rill.
By United Press.
Washington, March 21. -Senate. The
Sentto devoted the greater part of the
day to discussion of Senator Sherman's
bill to declare unlawful trusts and com
binations in restraint, of trade and pro
duction. Mr. Sherman explained the provisions
of the bill. Mr. Infills gave notice of
an amendment aimed agaiust dealing in
fu tinea" or "options." . .Mr. Vest said
that while iu sympathy with Senator
Sherman, for Congress to pass a law
fh.if would Ij thrown out by the Su
preme (Jou it, would be to subject itself
to ridicule. Mr. Uiscock thought the
bill ineffectual to remedy the evil.
Mr. Blair renewed hi motion to re
consider the vote ot yesterday by which
the educational bill was rejected, aud
on this Mr. lngulls entered an amend
ment to lay that on the tablt.
The anti-trust bill was further dis
cussed aud it wtnt over until Monday
as unfinished business.
After a short secret session the Sen
ate, at 5 p. m. adjourned.
A vote on Mr. Installs, motion to table
cannot be taken up before Monday.
A MUNICIPAL SENSATION.
The Mayor of St. Louis to be Impeached
For Vetoing Cheap tins,
tliy United Tress.
Chicago, March 21. A Tribune spec
ial from St. Louis, Mo., says: It has
lcen discovered that there is a well or
ganized movement on foot to impeach
the present mayor of St. Louis, E. A.
Noouan, and it is now said that impeach
ment proceedings will bo begun within
a few days. The occasion for which is
the veto of the ninety cent gas bill.
N OT REpTlHAT E I) .
Hilly" 3Iahone Still in the Ring
And in to Have an Easy Nest.
Lily United Press.
New York, March 21. A Washington
q:ciat to tho Evening Post says that
tiie administration has decided to ap
point General William Mahone, of Vir
ginia, to be Cousul General at Paris, in
place of General Rathbono. No con
firmation or denial of the dispatch can
Ikj had in official quarters.
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ANTI-LOl TERY LEAGUE.
Citis.cn of New Orlean OrganizeTo
rvMit an Extension of the Lottery
4 barter.
By United Press.
New Orleans, March 21. An anti-
lottery league has been organized by a
number of prominent citizens for the
nurnDse of preventing, if possible, an
extension of the charter of the Louisiana
tottery company
Weekly l!uine Report.
Hy United Press.
New Youk, March 21. II. G. Duu's
Uoport of Trade reports the following
f lilures for tho last seven days: For the
United States. 215: for Canada, 40: to-
t il, 255; compared with 2G0 last week.
For the corresponding week of last year,
tho figueres were 221 in the United
States, aud 21) in Canada.
SUDDEN
If , Attacked With lllness--
Exeicising With Dumb Bells.
IBy United Press.
Chicago, March 21. -Gen. George
Crook died suddenly in his parlor at the
Grand Pacific hotel this morning. The
General occupied a box at the Columbia
theatre last night and witnessed Mr.
Mansfield's portrayal of the dual role of
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. He returned
to the hotel shortly after 11 o'clock and
retired apparently in , the best of
health. General Crook arose about
half-past six o'clock this morning
and after partially dressing himself en
tered the parlor where, as was his want,
commenced to exercise with dumb bells.
About fifteen minutes later his wife,
who was attiring herself in the adjoin
ing room, heard him call in a faint
vo:c3j"Mary ! Mary !" Upon respond
ing she found the General reclining
upon the sofa and evidently in pain.
Hi ? hands were pressed over his heart
and he was barely able to articulate,
"Mary I csn hardly breath." Greatly
alarmed Mrs. Crook rung for assistance
and messengers were dispatched for Dr.
II urlburt, whose office is about a block
away. The physician quickly re
sponded, but on his araival he
xprejd the opinion that the
pat ient was beyond reliet. Five minutes
later Gen . Crook passed away as quietly
as a sleeping bab?. The remains are
now resting on the bed which he left but
a few hours ago. Col. Corbin and other
members of the staff hurried to the ho
tel upon receipt cf the news, and the
war department was at once notified.
I he tuneral will take place either at
Washington or Oakland.
General Crook had not been in the
best of health for some time, although
he did not complain or consider it nee
essary to consult a physician. A few
weeks ago he went on a trip through th.
Indian Territory, accompanied by Gen
eral Stockton, and on his return he fre
quently complained to members of his
staff that his heart troubled him. The
news created a profonuJ sensation in
tho city, and the hotel is crowded with
friends and intimates of the deceased
general.
Washington, D. C, March 21. Gen.
George Crook was born near Dayton,
Ohio, Ssptenibor 8, 1829. He graduated
at the military academy iu 1852 aud
was assigned to the fourth Infantry. At
the beginning of the civil war he was
captain. Returning east he became
Colonel of the 30th Infantry and in 18G2
was wounded at Lewisburg, Y . va. Hi
took part iu Sheridan's Sheuandoal
Valley campaign, receiving the brevets
of brigadier-general and major-general
in 18G5. After being mustered out of the
volunteer service, he was commissioned
Lieut. Colonel of the 23d infantry and
sent west, where he was engaged in In
dian campaigus untill 1877, when all the
hostile tribes had yielded.
In the spring of 18GG, when Geronimo
went on the war-path, Crook pursued
him, and forced a surrender under oon
ditioLs. While communication was go
ing on with the war department, some
of Geronimo's band escaped, and Gen
eral Sherman having criticized the cam
paign severely,General Crook asked to be
relieved from the command of the de
partment of Arizona. He was relieved
and succeeded by Gen. Miles, to whom
Geronimo surrendered. For nearly four
years there has been a bitter controversy
over the surrender, Gen. Crook's friends
claiming the credit for him. Gen. Crook
went to Omaha as commander of the de
partment of the Platte, and in 1888, on
the retirement of General Terry, was
made a mapr-general and assigned to
the command of the division of the Mis-
TRINITY RELEASED.
RALEIGH SURRENDERS HER
CLAIM ON THE INSTITUTION.
That it May Accept a Favorable Prop
osition Made hy Enterprising Dur
ham. The board of trustees of Trinity Col
lege, in session at Durham on last
Thursday, decided to change the loca
tion of the institution from Raleigh to
Durham, provided Raleigh would re
lease the trustees and the M. E. Con
ference from the conditions of an agree
ment already in existence in reference
to the location of the college here.
This action was taken in consequence of
more favorable financial offer to the
institution by Durham than Raleigh
had made. The following are tho offi
cial resolutions adopted by the trustees:
Resolved, By the board of trustees
of Trinity College, now in session in
the city of Durham, N. C, that a com
mittee of three members of this board
be appointed by the chair to wait on
the citizens' committee of Raleigh on
Trinity College, and request of them a
release from our obligations to comply
with the terms of our agreement with
them, that we may be free to accept
the offer cf the citizens of Durham.
A mat on condition that the citi
zens of Raleigh release this board and
the N. C. Conference from the above
mentioned obligations, it is the sense
of this board that the offer of the citi
zens of Durham be accepted.
Resolved, That the thanks of the
board of trustees of Trinity College be
tendered to the citizens of Raleigh for
their liberality, and that we shall hold
them in continued and grateful re
membrance lor the earnest interest
they have manifested and for the gen
erous spirit shown in reference to this
whole matter.
Conference of the Committees.
The members of the committee from
the trustees, as provided for in the above
resolution, were Prof. J. F. Ciowell,
Rev. J. A. Canniuggim and Mr. W. F.
Kornegay of Goldsboro.
mi i
iney came nere yesterday morning
and met the Raleigh college committee,
tho members of which are Mr. R T.
Grav, chairman; Messrs. R. S. Pullen,
E. B. Barbee, Jos. ft. Browu, W. G.
Lpchurch, Julius Lewis, J. A. Jones,
Jus. Boylau and Rev. Dr. W. S. Black.
The moetiug was held in . tho office of
Mr. R. T. Gray, and tho following let
ter was submitted by the trustees' com
mittee. ;'The committee of three herewith beg
leave to submit to the ''citizens' commit
tee of Raleigh on Trinity College" some
particular reasons which have led the
whose faithful attention this
has been committed.
Signed) W. F. Kornegay,
John F. Crowell,
J. A. CUXMNGGIM,
Committee of Trustees.
After considering the communication.
the Raleigh committee came to the fol
lowing conclusion:
"Whereas, We are informed bv the
board of trustees of Trinity College-
through their committee, that they have
received a very liberal offer from the
city of Durham to locate said college at
mat place, which they think it to the
interest of the institution and church to
accept, in case the city of Raleigh will
movement NEGRO IN THE WOOD-PILE.
edication i relatiov
JIODERX LIFE.
TO
X. C. DARKIES DON'T LIKE TO
RAKE LAWNS AT WASHINGTON".
North Carolina Republicans Alter
Spoils Senator Clingman in the
Senate Revenue Collections Per
sonals:. Special Cor. to State Chronicle.
Washington, March 20. The swarm
of North Carolina negroes who were
here a few weeks since have dispersed,
and most of them gone home. Jim Har-
release them from the contract existing ri3 of Raleigh, has a very respectable
piace m me jostornce Department.
between the North Carolina Conference
aud the city of Raleigh, and send a re
quest for such release; and,
Whereas,, We are informed that if
the release be granted, so that the offer
of Durham can be accepted, the opposi
tion heretofore existing to the removal
of the college will be withdrawn, and
harmony thus secured; and,
W hekeas, We believe that the gener
ous offer from Durham is made, not in
a spirit of rivalry or antagonism to Ra-
1 1 1 "1 i . t m .
jeign, out in good laitn tor the lmine-
m the Fostomce
John "Williamson, of Louisburg, through
the influence of Congressman Cheat
ham, received an appointment at the
Naval Observatory, and held it for
two weeks and resigned. John says
they put him to breaking up boxes and
raking over the lawn, but that he did
not come here to do that kind of work:
that he would get plenty of that to do at
home. Last heard from, ho was sitting
on the sunny side of the court house in
Prof. Mclver Pleases the Washiugtou
County People By His Discussion.
Special Cor. of State Chronicle.
Plymouth, N. C, March 20. Last
week was held by Prof. Mclver the first
institute for our county, under the law
of 1SS9.
It is apparent to any one who reads
the school lawwith the earnest com
ments thereon prepared by Superinten
dent Finger, and who sees the men now
working in the cause, that some spirit of
progress has started on its course.
Hardly ever has the community been
so stirred and interested as last week,
and in a subject generally regarded with
contemptuous and not always good
natured indifference.
The ordinary subjects of an institute
were first taken up, especially the im
portant question how to teach. This
was thoroughly explained, and the ad
vantages of object teaching over the old
methods showed by teaching a class of
diate and future good of the college aud r.irinroional Sea aSnnd Uitte chi!drcn' "ho did not W the
Whereas, We, as friends of the
college, believe that if located in Dur
ham it will be in the midst of those who
are, and will continue to be, its strong
est friends and most able and willing
supporters, therefore be it
Resolved, That we, the committee,
representing the city of Raleigh, while
we would be delighted to have the col-
Congressman B rower, who
Pfih city this morning. He seems a little
building uttering an occasional blessing
on Shaffer and all the carpet-baggers. It
is said that John is utterly disgusted
with Washington and the politicians
thereabouts, but boasts that he has not
lost his character by his associations.
has been
m North Carolina for the past ten days
would not stand in the way of a better
ofler and thus hinder its usefulness or
retard its progress, aud therefore here
by grant the request of the board of
trustees and consent to release them and
the North Carolina Conference of the
M.. E. church South from any obligation
now existing to remove Trinity College
to Raleigh."
This resolution was adopted by the
Raleigh committee, subject to the ap
proval of a majority of the subscribers
to the Trinity College fund. A meeting
of the subscribers will be held next
Monday night, in the mayor's office, to
finally determine the matter.
ACCIDENT OR MURDER?
A Young Girl Killed hy Her Lover
He tlaims it Was Accidental Rut
Appearances Indicate Foul Play.
By United Press.
Lexington, Pa , March 21 A sad
case of shooting occurred here at 11
o'clock last night, which resulted in the
almost instant death of Mis Gertie
Diue ana anticipates a warm compaign
next tall. He believes that Judge Gil
mer will be his opponent.
r
The Commissioner of Internal Reve
nue has made a favorable report to the
finance committee in Eaves' case, and
the latter will no doubt be confirmed in
a very few days.
The commission of Edward S. Dun
can, recenly appointed collector at Beau
fort, was signed by the President on yes
terday and will be mailed to him to day.
The appointment of a bank examiner to
succeed Tate has not yet been
made. The contest between the
friends of roung, Mott and Zeb B.
Walker, is lively, and either would be
appointed if the other was out of the
way. Ztb ought to have it on account of
his name, if nothing else.
Loge Harris, the irrepressible "Loge,"
is here again. He keeps his own coun
sel and tells no one his business. Wheth-
tences in three days in half hour lessons
each day. This method was extended
through every necessary branch of
learning and held without break day af
ter day. People began to see that real
education was the learnintr of things
and facts, and their relation, as thev
lie undiscovered so close and thick
around us and that true educa
tion ought to be as broad
as life itself, for it touched it at every
poiut. Prof. Mclver, like the famous
character he quoted, seemed to see quite
tnrougn tne aeeas ot men, and not only
so but ot women and children also.
many proofs of which he gave to the
great interest and delight of his audience.
This is the great secret of rousing in
terest in people, for humanity after all
is the most intensely interesting thing
to itself. With amusing witty stories,
deep pathos, useful knowledge, all taking
their most striking places, Prof. Mclver
moved his audience with him towards
his final purpose. As an instance of the
hold he obtained, one man said if it was
announced that during morning session
a yard stick would be divided iuto irhcs
by Prof. Mclver he would be certain to
attend.
Friday was the great day to which all
else was preliminary. The subject of
the lecture was education, particularly
public education in relation to modern
life. He showed that in this age igno
rance was a slavery as abject and real as
any that had ever been, and dwelt in
glowing argument ana illustration in
Hiskey, a handsome girl 1G years of age. er he is here trying to have his salary the great truth, that the educator was
Webster Campbell, of Westport, Pa., re-installed (which was recently re- the real liberator of mankind. That
College
to
obli-
Ra-
A Hotel lor Colored People.
souri at Chicago.
By United Press.
Washington, March 21. The House
ommittco on military affairs to day or
dered t favorable report on Representa
tivo IKiWden's bill authorizing the con
s ruction of a hotel for colored people on
a government reservation at Fortress
Monroe, Va.
He Will Re Hanged.
(By United Press.
Nou folk, Va., March 21. Henry
Curtb', colored, was round guilty in
Portsmouth today of killing T. P.
hut November by knocking him in the
head with a club, and will be hung.
. ,
Typhu Raging in Uolivia.
(By United Press)
San Jose, Costa Hk a, Marh 10.
Typhoid fever is raging in La Paz, Bo
livia, over tf,000 cases being reported in
a hta'e week.
TO GOVERX AS WELL AS REIGX.
What Emperor William II Conceives
His Mission to Re.
(By United Press.)
London, March 21. In an interview
to day respecting the posit bu of the
German liberals under the new govern
ment, DeBarnberger, the lead r of that
rty in the Reichstag, said: "Emperor
William II conceives his mif sion to bo
not merely to reign, but to govern
Tnis was the holier of his grandfather
before him, and it is very far from
proven that his father had fundamen
tally different ideas of the functions of
the Prussian monarcy. The Prussian
constitution, and the constitution of the
German Empire,leave to preroga'iv s t n
incomparably wider field than it occu
pies in the Lnglish system.
board of trustees of Trinity
ask a voluntarv release from their
gatious to remove the college from
lejgh.
1. The college is greatly in need of a
larger endowment fund, which Durham
offers to the amount of $44,000, with ad
ditional subscriptions now promised.
2. The site of sixty acres will relieve
the college of the necessity of ever in
vesting in additional lands.
3. The building offered at Durham
will be more ample. Its cost will be
about $25,000 more than the one offered
to the college in tho gift of Raleigh.
4. The proposed removal to Durham
will unite the entire conference of North
Carolina in the interest of the college,
and thus forestall the erection of a rival
college in 'he western division of the
present conference. This harmony is an
assured result and is pledged by indi
vidual letters and statements from those
who have opposed the removal to Ra
leigh. A removal to Raleigh would
therefore disappoint the friends of the
college who favor removal to that city,
as well as the citizens of Raleigh, by the
withdrawal of the patronage of the west
ern half of the conference, since with
two rival colleges in the same State, both
might be doomed to weakness and con
tinual friction.
5. The removal to Raleigh would, in
view of the cash endowment offered by
Durham, raise an almost insurmounta-
was paying his attention to Miss tiiskey. duced), or wnether he is looking after
He says that after the other members of the fortunes of Tim Lee. who is reported
the family had retired he removed a re- shaky, he does not state. He says he is
volver from his pocket and laid it on here to appear before the Committee on
a bureau when the weapon fell to the Agriculture in the interest of the cotton
iloor and was accidentally discharged, seed oil men, but this is hardly the true
The ball entered Miss Hiskey's brain object of his visit.
and she fell to the floor and soon after
expired. To-day the coroner's jury reu- Dr. Mott was here for two or three
dered a verdict that Miss Hiskey came davs. but as usual, had no special busi-
to her death by a pistol shot wound at vFos Hi frmnp.nt. visits to the nfli nf
the hands of Webster Campbell.
Two chambers of tho revolver were
found cmptly, and it is alleged that, in
stead of accident, Miss Hiskey was shot
by her lover.
tne commissioner or internal rievenue
would indicate that his business lay in
that direction.
Dr. Sterling Ruffin, of North Carolina.
CHURCHMEN DEPOSED.
, , . , 0 j -
uampoeii was arrested ana loagea in graduated in medicine to-dav. Re has
jail at noon to-day. pursued his studies at night in addition
When the family retired last night rp. doinc his dnt.v as clerk in the. Trcasnrv
there was not hing in "Campbell's conduct Department in such a way as to win de
to indicate that he intended to shoot the served nromotion. He is a zifted vounz
Slvi- gentlemen of the highest character, and
has a host of friends here and in North
Carolina who wish him success in all he
undertakes. He is a grandson cf the
late Justice Ruffin, whom he resembles.
Kz
'The Blair bill was defeated to-day in
the Senate by a vote of 37 to 31. Yes
terday Mr. Evarts made one of the best
speeches, in favor of the bill, delivered
this session.
An amusing feature during the time
he was on the floor was the devotion
shown the orator by ex-Senator Cling-
bl
to securing at
cnal
en-
The Striking Miner Win.
Illy United Press.
liONhoN, March 21. The colliers are
.tl.. I ... .
Kreauy uiaiuu over tne successful issue
of tho stiike. Work is being resumed
at all tho mines.
To Die Ry Electricity.
By United Pres3.1
New iobk, March 21. Jas. A. Slo-
. ii .v. . .
cum. the oa?e oau piayer, convictea or
Wanamaker to Ruihl a Church.
Philadelphia, Pa., March 10. Post
master-General Wanamaker has under
consideration the idea of founding, in
this city, a gigantic mission church, and
it is said that the famous Bethany will,
before long, be transferred into a great
cathedral, which will have no equal in
this country.
Mr. Wanamaker is also on the lookout
for a large farm adjoining the city, on
which he intends to build a large house
to bo used as a resort for delicate and
tho murder of his wife, was to-day sen- sick persons connected with the church
teuced to death by electricity on some and Sunday school. The new building
lay during tho week begining May 5th. will be erected on a large scale, and will
ne controlled by the church organiza
tion. The Postmaster General has also
under consideration the idea of estab
lishing an institution for training dea
cons.
General F. II Smith Dead.
By United Press.
Lkxinuton. Va.. March 21. The
doath of General F. II. Smith,
ex-superintendent of tho Virginia Mili
tary Institute, is announced this even-
in 2. from a stroke of paralysis. He
was seventy eight years of age and
West Pointer, class of thirty three.
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The Modern Diogenes.
Lowell Citizen.
Chutchman (sarcastically, to agnos
tic)! suppose you call yourself a
Marcher after truth ?
Agnostic Yes, that is what I call
myself : but I don't find much !
miOWHD HER CHILD.
The Crime ot a Colored Woman at
liugton.
(Special to the Chronicle.)
Burlington, March 21, 1890. Coro-
nor reeman held an inquest over the
dead body of a colored infant, about ten
miles north of hero to-day. The verdict
was that the child came to its death by
drowning at the hands of its mother.
She was arrested and committed to jail
without bail.
dowmeut fund for the college, il located
at Raleigh.
6. The assurances of still greater gifts
for the college at Durham are so definite
that the trustees consider the financial
prosperity of the college as good as guar
anteed for the future.
The committee wish further to empha
size the fact that both the board of trus
tees and the citizens of Durham have
constantly made prominent the necessity
of keeping faith with the citizens of Ral
eigh in relation to the removal ot tne
college, and-that both the trustees and
donors alike have refused to entertain
any purpose of removal to Durham ex
cept upon condition of a free and volun
tarv release from the obligation to re
move to Raleigh.
Great as our love for the college
is, and positive as is our judgment of
the greater advantages to be derived by
the acceptance of the offer of Durham,
we place the future of the college, and
the unanimous judgment of the trus
tees, at your willingness to forego the
removal of the college to Raleigh. If
released, the college will be no less in
terested in the prosperity of your city;
if not released, it will seek to fulfill its
obligations to you with the high sense of
honor aud gratitude witn wnicn it auu
its representatives have always tried to
act.
With special thank3 to the Chamber
of Commerce, whose members have
tiven unstinted time and aitention to
this movement, to Messrs. Boylan
onrl flororp.nT- each of whOUl have
offered valuable sites for the use of th
college, to the subscribers of the city
who have assumed the financial respon
sibility of the removal, and likewise to
the newspapers of the city, which nave
contributed so constantly to the awaken
ing of a stronger educational sentiment
nmnnc the neoDle. we ask an early de
cision of the citizens' committee, to
A Bishop Suspended on Charges ot
Falsehood , Slander, &c. Two Other
Bishons "Thrown Out."
By United Press.
Reading, Pa., March 21. Bishop J.
J. Esher, of Chicago, has been found
guilty of all charges, falsehood, slander
and reviving old difficulties, for the pur
pose of creating dissension in the church,
by the commit lee of ministers who have
been investigating the charges for the
past three days. They recommend that
Bishop Esher be suspended as a bishop,
and as a minister of the Evangelican de
nomination, until the general conference
in 1891. Bishops Dcods, ot Cleveland,
and Bowman, of Allentown, Pa., have
already been deposed.
17 out of 18 white children were de
pendent on public schools, that more
money for more and better schools was
necessary and this meant more taxa
tion. The only argument against edu
cation which people were not ashamed
to use is the negro argument, and the
indisputable fact is, that the negro real
ly pays for all he gets. In this county
the whites pay property tax for schools
$2,273.20, and receive f 3,500 for their
education. People don't think of these
things, for tho absolute refutation of
the negro argument lay just at hand.
If Prof. Mclver is right, and he is far
enough in that direction to be unanswer
able, tho truth on his side with his able
fearless championship must prevail. He
talks and acts like a man with a message
to men. This community has heard
him gladly, and while not in the most
progressive or best known part of the
State, has a strong intelligent spirit of
improvement, and does not intend to be
left out when the State counts up the
sections that do her honor.
C. L. PElTKiUF.W.
AN OVATION FOR TIIE PRINCE.
Compliment From Germany to
England.
By United Press.
Berlin, March 21. Emperor William,
in company with the Empress Frederick
and other royalties, received the Prince
of Wales on his arrival at the railroad
man, or .worm uaronna. uia Mr. unng
man is one of the curiosities of the
Capital. He spends his afternoons in the
Senate Chamber as faithfully as though
he was a Senator now as he was in the
days just before the war. He struts
about and expectorates tobacco juice on
the earpet with all the freedom of a
Senator. Yesterday he occupied Sena
tor Frye's chair, coolly turned his back
on the presiding officer, gazed up into
Mr. Evarts's face, and nodded approv
ingly at what he regarded as the
good points of his speech. Mr. Cling
man amused the Senators only les3 than
Mr. Evarts did when he administered a
stinging rebuke to Senator Hawley. The
latter, in a rather uncalled tor manner,
suggested to Mr. Evarts that he wj
wandering from the subject. Without a
moment's hesitation the Senator from
LATEST NEWS ITEMS.
station to-day. As the Prince stepped New York turned upon the Senator from
vjonueuiicui. auu, iu aiiiunv ocutiuii
English
from the railway carriage, the
anthem was played by the band. The
Emperor wore the uniform of the En
glish dragoons, and the Prince of Wales
that of a German general. The Em
peror and the Prince, escorted by a com
pany of cavalry, proceeded in a carriage
to the royal castle, the route to which
was crowded with people who cheered
and cheered the royal personage i to the
echo.
HASN'T CHANGED.
the
Rather Have the Small Pox Than
Swell Head.
By United Pres.
New York, March 21. Thcs. A. Edi
son, in a reply to a letter from Mr.
Fred Catlin, manager of the coming
"fast-sending tournament," intermated
that he might have drifted too far away
from his early telegraphic associations
to be interested in such matters, writes
as follows: "I hope I haven't changed
a particle. I'd rather have the small
pox than a swell head. Put me down
language, told him to mind his own
business. Then Mr. Evarts proceeded to
finish his sentence, while Mr. Hawley
blushed and sat down amid the laughter
of his colleagues.
The total collections of internal reve
nue during the first eight months of the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1890, were
$89,822,011, being an increase of $6,-
458,800 as compared with the collections
during the corresponding period of the
previous fiscal year. -The collections
were as follows : From spirits, 51.537,
057, an increase of $4,045,293; from to
bacco, $21,441,234, an increase of $1,
171,789; from fermented liquors, $10,-
295 477, an increase of $1,313,032; from
oleomargarine, $487,590, a decrease of
$69,490 ;frora banks aud bankers,$70,000,
adec eise of $5,929; from miscellaneous,
$00,582, an increase of $4,110. The re
ceipts for February, 1890, were $1,206,
771 greater than those for February,
ISfti.
for twenty five.
Yours,
Thos. A. Edison.
. . . .The Salisbury Watchman says that
Messrs. J. M. Haraison, J. S. Houston
and J. A. Stewart have just bought and
carried to Rowan county a jack that
cost $1,000 in Kentucky.
A proposition is on foot to estab
lish a Grand Council in North Carolina
of the Royal Arcanum. There are said
to be enough members in the State to
form a State Council, and the supreme
authorities desire an expression from
the subordinate lodges of their desire in
the matter.
Far and wide it was heralded
that Edgecombe was in a deplorable
financial condition, owing to the crop
failure, but according to the report of
Census Agent Smith, its condition is not
so bad as was expected. On the other
hand, Edgecombe compares very fa
vorably with other counties. Tarboro
Southerner.
. . . .Mr. J. B. Lanier has just returned
from a trip to some of the principal
Western cities, and remarked in rather
a boasting Tar-heel way, that the best
equipped railroad he traveled over on his
route was the Western North Carolina.
The day trains o?er this road make the
quickest time of any in the South, aud
we might say, any in the West. Salis
bury Watchman.
Mr. J. A. Long inform.? us that
the farmers can rest easy about getting
their fertilizers this spring. The Lynch
burg & Durham railroad will be comple
ted to Roxhoro in time to haul out their
fertilizers, unless some unforeseen trou
ble prevents. The work of track laying
is now progressing very satisfactory.
Person County Courier.
bout twenty negroes, almost en
tirely from Seventy-first township, left
here via the Wilson Short Cut R. R. on
Friday morning last their destination
Arkansas. Strange to say, the party
was composed very largely of women
and children, there being only three or
four men in the crowd. Fayetteville
Observer.
A big real estate transfer that has
been brewing for several days has just
been consummated, and by it Mr. Rich
mond Pearson becomes owner of eleven
acres of land lying between the McLoud
property and Eagle street and from
South Main street to the branch. The
price paid was $33,500. The property is
near the geographical centre of the town
and new streets will be opened through
it. Asheville Citizen.
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