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KALEIGH, IS. C, TUESDAY, MAECH 25, 1800.
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THE NATION L CONflREl
Till: HILLTOPH EVENT IWONOPO
MIS AND TRUSTS IN
THE SEN ATE.
A Jlithty Wrestle Anion; the Scion
on the Great Trust Question The
World's Fair Bill to Have a Hearing
and a Vote To.dny.
Washington, March 2-1. Senate.
la the Seiuto to-day Mr. Hoar gave no
tice that ho would ask the Senate to
consider the report in the Montana Sen
atorial contested election cases on Thurs
day next.
The bill todecire unlawfultrustsaud
combinations in restraint of trade and
production was taken up and Mr. Turpie
and Mr. Pugh spoke brWly in support
of it. The amendment ottered by Mr.
Kjas?an anti-trust bill was the first
question to be voted on.
Mr. George regarded the amendment
us he did the bill, as utterly without
warrant in constitution.
Mr. Teller favored the bill, although
he was not certain that it would be suc
cessful if earned out.
The diseussiou drifted from Mr. Ilea-
gan h anieneinient to tne ameuament
offered by Ingalls, to pi event dealings
in futures and options.
This was opposed by Mr. Sherman,
who also opposed Mr. Reagau's amend
ment and pleaded for the passage of the
bill as reported.
Mr. Stewart opposed the bill and Mr.
Blair opposed Mr Ingalls amendment.
Mr. Hoar criticised the bill from a legal
point of view. Mr. Sherman, replying
to Mr. Hoar, said that if the duty on
cotton cloths or woolen cloths was a
little too low to protect the manufac
turers of Massachusetts, not a month
or a day would pass before he (Mr.
Hoar) would demand a remedy in the
way of raising the duty. He was
a i'iied for a greater wrong than
auy that could result from a low
taiiff. Heallu led to the sugar trust.
v mp3sed of seventeeu corporations, and
asked what remedy had the people of
N..tf York against that combination
Noae at all, he said. A remedy would
never come from the class of men en
gaged in such monopolies
Mr. Hearst aud Mr. llisock opposed
the bill and Mr. Teller favored recom
mitting it to the judiciary committee.
The bill went over until to morrow
without action, ana the Senate, after a
abort executive session, at 5:15, ad
journel. Till: A 1131 Y AM) NAVY.
Probabilities That Of lire Are Traii
srendin? Their Prerogative An
usual Number ol Courts-martial in
Progress--Eroni the Overbearing of
.Men "Dressed in a IiMe Drief Au
thority." By United Press. J
mrriM.-mE. March 21. Armv and
Kavy affairs are receiving serious con
sideration here, attention being direct
ed to them by the fact that there are
now three courts-martial in progress
-the Steele-Wild case in Chicago, the
McUalla case iu Brooklyn and the
Uealy case in San Francisco. In each
case the commanding ollicer is being
tried on charges of unwarranted severity
and cruelty to those under him.
It is probable that the troubles in
Hear-Admiral Walker's squadron of evo
lution will result in a court of inquiry
when the squadron returns to tho
United States, aud a court of inquiry
may bo ordered in the case of Lieutenant
Commander Lougnecker at Newport,
il. I.
Tho fact that such a state of affairs
exists is attracting Congressional atten
tion, and resolutions of inquiry into the
number of convictions of soldiers and
sailors by court martial will probably
bo offered in Congress this week.
in: will 11 ax;
- aTE AUDITOR'S REPORT.
A Comparative Statement of the State's
Finances For the Past Two Years
Interesting Railroad StatisticsPen
sions, Are.
The report of the State Auditor for
the year ending November 30th, 1889,
is nearly ready for distribution. It is
quite full and comprehensive and will
in all probability attract more general
attention than is usually given to docu
ments of this nature.
$050 SHORT.
ANOTHER OXE OF JOHNNY'S
SHEEP ALL CONE WRONG.
A Black Sheep That Broke Into the
Pastn'e In Spite of Great Efforts to
Keep Him Out And How he Went
For the Clover.
(Special to the Chuoxicle.)
Rocky Mount, N. C, March 24. W.
S. Armstrong (col ), postmaster at this
place, has been found six hundred and
The report is prefaced by a letter to fifty dollars short in his accounts. In-
the Governor, in winch the Auditor spector T. M. ;Arrington discovered the
says : shortage, and has placed, tne omce in
'There is a noticeable ui iterance in charge of Inspector L D. jNavlor. The
the balance in tho hands of the State inspectors furnish no further narticu-
Treasurer at the close of this fiscal year lars.
as compared with the previous year. The aonointmant of Armstrong was
For the year ending November 30th, one of the many that have been made
less, the balances were in round num- by Harrison and Wanaraaker, not be
cause they wanted to mollify or curry
favor with the negro, but from a
pure design to mortify and har-
bers $42,000 of the Public Fund, and
of the Education Fund $30,000; while
for the year 1889 the balances were, in
rounvi numbers, mono iuna fru.uuu, rass the white people. This appoint-
aiul Education fund fcl 1,000. litis ment was made against the earnest
difference is thus explained : As to the protest of all the good white citizens of
i Alii
rubiic ruud, mere was already a tali- the town. They even plead against it
iu : uu ui utanv cyu.uuu ou account oi and ( )rrcrro;:sTr nn nnn flirt p.vptv
v. J J ' I M. J. v pmy M. v - -' a-u iv i -a-v w - ' J
tne drummers licenses; men tncuegis- thing in his power to prevent it; but
latum reduced the tax assessment trom nothing could check the jackal malice
twenty-live to twenty cents on the 100, 0f the powers that be, and the negro
which, with the various increases of ap- was foisted upon the eood people of
MEXICO AND THE MEXICANS.
propnations, would, instead ot leav
ing a balance in the treasury, have
shown a deficit of over 160,000
had all the appropriations been paid
during the fiscal vear, But by the
timely wisdom of your worthy treas
urer, and the selling ot $100,000 worth
of 4 per cent bonds, the balance stands
something over $6,000 on hand. As to
the Education Fund, that has reduced
by tho appropriation of that fund to
various counties by the Board of Edu
cation.
Receipts and Disbursements,
The receipts and disbursements for
the year jast closed are larger than tor
the year previous; tne nrst is owing
principally to the increase in the value
of railroad property, and the effect of
the tax assessment of 28 cents on the
$100. on that increase, and on bank
stock, together with the sale of S100,
000 worth of bonds mentioned above.
The increase in the disbursements is
explained by the increase of appropria
tions to the htate Guard and the In
stitutions, the meeting of the General
Assembly, and the public printing, con
sequent thereupon."
The report contains a complete state
ment of the resoutees and taxes of each
county, separately as reported to this
department.
Increase in Value.
"There is a considerable increase in
the value of land, personal property and
railroad property. This increase in the
former is due, to some extent, to the
fact that tho deductions for overchar
ges, errors and insolvents, were not as
large as usual. Still the increase in the
value of property generally, is natural
and substantial."
Railroads.
'There are now in the State fifty rail
roads operating and paying taxes, and
four that do not pav taxes. These
fifty-four railroads have an aggregate
mileage of over 2,700 miles, with an ag
gregate value oi real aud personal prop
erty, amounting to $11,715,327, making
Rocky Mount as their postmaster.
They would not have offered a protest
against a respectable white republican,
and the President and Postmaster
General might have given the office to
one. But no: thev must pursue a
coime which they knew would harrass
and humiliate the people, and the result
ot their unreasonable stubborness is a
crookedness in the public business;
and thu", it has gor.e and continues
to go on.
CAROLINA'S 31 AKIN E METROPO
LIS.
Some Condensed Statistical, Social and
Commercial Facts About "Wilming
ton As Caught on a Flying Trip by a
Chronicle Reporter.
The city has fiftv industrial entei-
prises.
Fifteen thousand dollars has been ap
propriated by the city, to encourage
industrial enterprises.
A new court house is badly needed.
The couuty is in a good financial condi
tion. The present building is not only
inadequate, bat a reproach to the county.
The business Louses generally do not
strike a stranger or impress him with
the amount ot business done in them.
Larger and better houses are needed.
The busiuess of the place demands an
improvement iu this respect.
It is claimed that this port has more
foreign ships, that come in and go out,
than Norfolk. On this question, we will- have never had
not put in at "either port, but leave it
to them to settle.
The citv is very quiet. This is not a busv
s'ason however, but there is no reason,
with the advantages she possesses of its
being in tUis fix at any time.
Some idea of the daily movements of
rosin can be had, when vou consider
that 3,58S barrels were sent away Fri
day. 1,368 barrels were also brought
in the same day.
ment.'
For Criminal Assault And Will Re
the First to Suffer Death for That
Crime in West Virginia.
Hy 1'nited Press.
Wheeling, W. Va., March 24. Street
Fraso, a negro, was ou Saturday night
convicted of an assault upon Mrs. Wil
liam Lewis, a white woman, at Moore
tiold, Hardy county, and under the West
Virginia law he was sentenced to death.
Frays will be the first man hanged for
this crime in this State.
A DARK MURDER.
A Woman Found Dead in Her Room
Twenty-Nine Hundred Dollars in
.Roudt Mssing.
By United Press.
Cincinnati, March 24. The dead body
ot Mrs. Mary Dcware was found in her
apartment at No. 31 Strater avenue this
morning. Indications point to a mur
der. Twenty tdne hundred dollars in
government bonds, which the woman
was known to have possessed, cannot be
fouud.
The Weather Rureauto be Transferred.
(By United Press.)
Washington, D. C, March 24 A
favorable report on the bill providing
for the transfer of the weather bureau to
the department of agriculture was au
thorized by the house committee on
agriculture to day.
The nlaee has spvontnn wliito arwl
a grand total valuation of all the real fiifivpn colored chnrohps Tho nrhi.
and personal property of '$223,073,502, tecture of the buddings is much better
an increase of about 13,000,000 over the tban any other town in the State. The
assessment, of 1887, the last assess- valne of church Drouertv is ronablv p.
t.i mated at S 100. 000.
i'CI,,,Ioll' The drinking water is bad. It is
The Legislature at its last session, re- taken from the river aud is muddy. It
pealed the pension law of ISSo, as should be filtered. The supply is abun
amouded by Act of 1887, and substituted dant and is as good us any river water
for it a new law, the main designs of of the eastern section.
which are to classify tho pensioners, The public building postoflice and
and to raise a larger revenue to be paid Federal court house is nearing com-
out in pensions to the State s disabled pletion. It is a very imposing brown
soldiers, and to the needy widows of stone structure, but not so large as Bal-
those who died in the discharge ot their eigh s iederal building.
duty iu the late war between the States. There are more than fifteen colored
This new pension law made it incuin- people, tormer citizens of Kaleigh, now
beut on the auditor to get up new living here. Mr. Jacob S. Allen, con-
blanks, both for the old pensioners who tractor and builder, a former resident
are required to make re-applications, of the ' Cit of Oaks," works the most
and also for new applicants for pensions, of them.
To this matter I have for the past sev- All necessary arrangements for the
eral months been giving my earnest at- grand merchants excursion of the C. F.
tention, and 1 have succeeded, with the & Y. V . railroad, whicn is to take place
efficient help rendered by the Attorney- on the 15th and IGth of next month,
General of the State (to whom I would have been made. Ihe wholesale and
make my acknowledgements) in forrau- other merchants expect to reap a Lar
iating four different kinds of bfanks, vest the coming fall by this, the best of
which fully meet tho requirements of all ways ot advertising a city.
the law. The State board of pensions The greatest need of the city is better
has also adopted certain ru'es and regit- docks. With the inexhaustible quanti
lations for the guidance of applicants for tits of granite on the lines of railway
pensions and county board of pensions leading into town, they should be con-
under the new law. I have had printed structea of stone. With deep water on
several thousand copies each of the both sides of the river, wharfage or slips
could be built tor thousands of vessels.
Unquestionably the busiest scene in
the State, is the view from the bridge at
the Wilmington & Weldon depot. Hun
dreds cf freight cars loading, unloading
and shifting, passenger trains going and
coming, vessels of all sizes from all
countries with the activity usually about
them, cotton compresses in full blast,
street cars, busses, carriages, drays of
all kinds, pedestrians by the scores, all
this seen in one view presents the liveli
est business picture to be seen anywhere
Prettier Than the PictnresThat We Are
Accustomed to See.
Special Cor. State Chuoxicle.
City of Mexico, March 16. I left
Houston, Texas, early in the morning
and travelled 400 miles that day over the
cotton belt, sugar belt and mesquite
trees and grass. Heard a good deal of
talk about the Germans cultivating cot
ton. They arc from Eastern Austria
Women work as hard as the men do,
carrying their babies to the field on their
backs, and plough bare footed ail day.
They say the difference between them
and their neighbors the Americans is
that they eat what thfy cannot sell,
while the American sells w hat he cannot
eat. They spend but little, and accumu
late money.
We passed into Mexico at l'iedro
Eiegro, which you can translate, and
next morning at breakfast the altitude
wa3 4000 feet-. The growth was cactus,
j aloes, an ugly palm nnd the me?'uue.
Ihe houses and populace constantly re
mind you of the Ivtst. A man dressing
himself expends one-half of h'm money
in a tall hat, three-eights in a bright
blanket for his shoulders, and the other
eighth in pantaloons and sandals. It is
said there is an ordinance in some of
these towns requiring that the men shall
cover their lower limbs with some sort of
a garment.
Beasts of burden are, first, men, sec
ond, bourros, and last mules. There aie
excellent country roads aud the caits
are very large, carrying at least two
tons two mules in the double shafts,
two in front and outside of these, sepa
rated wide apart, and in front of these
four more, hitchel by a fifth chain.
lviting houses are rough, but good.
We get for a $20 gold piece 20 Mexican
dollars. The Mexican dollar has more
silver than the United States dollar and
intrinsically is worth more. The railroads
are excellent, good service and good
speed. The sceies at the stations are
very interesting. The costumes bright,
the fruit-venders are numerous with,
baskets of fruit and plenty of strawber
ries, and they cry their wares with all
the explosivene-s of the Italian. As you
come this way the land improves
They cultivate it with two oxen yoked
by the horns, a wooden plough with one
handle, a sort of iron bull tongue to it,
and they cultivate possibly three iLch-;.s
deep, and that three inches is well pul
verized. This land has been in cultiva
tion for 1,000 years, with little or no ma
nure. The stalks seem to be small.
They get three crops a year and they
look very well. Any one looking out
the car windows would say that was rich
land.
We have now reached our objecLive
point 2,800 miles from home, aul about
six days actual traval, and think we
more enjoyable trip.
The guide books have not overrate!
the case, and it certainly is as foieigu iu
appearance as Egypt.
Our altitude has been from 4,000 to
9,000 feet, and now we are resting at 7,500
Here is quite cold, but they never have
frost. They have streot cats in all these
towns. One mule, first-class car, ssix
cents; secomi-oluss. which goes a quarter
of a mile behind, three cents. This !asi
looks John Oooner style. The up
per classes of the mexican people are
very handsome, black haired race aud
weH dressed. There is a policeman on
the corner of ev;ny street. He is the
pic. u re of neatness; wears a dark green
uniform, a jauuty fatigue c?p, a hand
some pistol on his hip and neat small
club iu his hand. Tho horseman aud
his horse areas handsome as the picture
books have portrayed them. The streets
are clean ht narro.v and the aide walks
only three or four feet wide.
T. 1). II.
YESTERDAY IN DUBHAM.
COMINGS AM) KOIM'KOF PEOPLE
--A.ND IIU310RS AD IIEPOIITS.
Durham's Street Cars to Co by Elec
tricityIncrease in the liuiness of a
Bi Concern--Personals, Arc.
Special Cor. State Chronicle.
Durham, X. C, March 24. Madame
Rumor has it that one of Durham's fair
est daughters will soon be led to the
Hymenial altar by a well-known gentle
man here.
It is reported that the street cars
will commence running again about tho
first of July. The lines will be ex
tended and electricity will be the mo
tive power.
The Presbyterians are building a very
handsome church here. In fact, it is
nearly finished. It is built on the
Gothic style cf architecture, and will be
an ornament to Main street.
Mr. J. S. Carr is transforming a lot
opposite his handsome home into a
beautiful park, lie is now building a
rustic fence around it, and it is to have
all the attention neccssaiy to mike it a
place of delight and beauty.
There is some talk of building another
HON.TIiOS. SKI. WE It
Introduces a Hill That Excites Consid
erable Interest.
(Special Ccr. of State Chuoxicle.)
Washington, D. C, March 2i. Hon.
Thos. G. Skinner has introduced a bill
which is exciting considerable interest
iu this city. It proposes to amend the
act regulating steam engiaeerins in the
District. The bill makes it unlawful
for any person to handle a steam plant
without being regularly licensed by the
Commission rs. United States licensed
engineers are not exempt from this and
the penalty for a violation is 23 fine or
thirty days ia the work house.
All persons who shall be in charge of
steam engines, boilers and steam plants,
except iu cases of boilers used for steam
heating or cooking, where the water re
turns to the boiler without the use of a
pump and injector, -and which are used
automatically iu private dwellings onlv,
shall be licensed as engineers.
Their qualifications are to bo de
termined by i board of exam
iners, to consist of the insneotor nf
& -
cotton factory here. The site chosen ! JoilelVi and two practical engineers, to
ior it is near tne one id read v located in appuinieu oy tne commissioners.
inese examiners shall receive .00 per
annum, and are to grade all persons to
whom they grant licenses according to
capacity aud horse power to be used.
The licenses are to be issued for one
year and the fee is fixed at S'JO. Anv
person applying for a license must be
twenty-one years of age and of good and
temperate habits.
Auy owner or lessee of steam boiler
or engine or any president of a conipauv
who shall employ a person as steam en
gineer who has not been regularly licens
ed shall be liable to a tine of $50.
ihe Ualtimore and Ohio authorities
East Durham
Mrch term of criminal court met this
morning at 10 o'clock. Judge 11. F.
Armlield presiding. The morning was
taken up in a full and exhaustive charge
to the grand jury. There are fifty-one
cases on the docket.
Messrs. W. Duke, Sons A; Co. sav
that their business for the past three
months greatly exceeds that of last year
for the same months. They will com
mence soon, the erection of a large stor
age warehouse. It will be used to store
their leaf tobacco in. Thev say that
tnero is no truth in that letter of Mr.
Oldham's with reirard to the moving .f I are preparing for the hearincr which
their factory. will be given thehi ou Friday next by-
Mr. J. TlStrayhorn, Solicitor for this tlie "'e committee on the'District of
district, is here attending court. Columbia. T-day Vice-President King
Maj. John W. Graham, of Hillsboro, and -'hicf Engineer Douglass went over
is here in attendance upon court. tne Pre-scnt route and the ones proposed
Miss Emily Lawson and Miss Bertie ! ,jills DOW hefore the committee.
Aeal, ot Danville, who have been visit
ing the family of Mr. B. Sikes, left for
their home yesterday evening.
Mr. Jno. C. Encelhard formerlv of
at Jacksonville, Fla.
T!.,. C11 -V" ' - .
me loiiowmg .son:i Carolinians re
ceived the degree of Doctor of Medicine
at the College of Physicians and Surge
ons in Baltimore last week: Messrs. N.
M. Blalock, J. B. Watts, v;a. McAllis
ter and J. F. Sanderford.
A Slave Dealer Hanged.
By United Pres.
Zanzibar, March 24. A slave dealer
named Swahili has been hanged by the
(Jerman authorities for trying to em
bark slaves at Bagamayo.
new pension law, aud of the rules anel
regulations adopted by the State board
of pensions, and also of the necessary
blanks for applicants, and these have
been mailed to the Register of Deeds
of each county in the State, from
whom they may bo had by those de
sirous of availing themselves of the
benefits of the law. The blauks for
re-application have been mailed direct
to the pensioners, soldiers and widows,
whose names appear on the old pension
roll. I have a number of suggestions
to make in regarel to this matter of in North Carolina.
pension legislation, but prefer to in
corporate the same in my next report
when they may be taken into consider
ation by the Legislature, which meets
uext January. Until then I content
myself with simply giving the infor
mation as to tho progress made in
getting the new law into operation."
MOKE PENSIONS.
Thirty and Sixty Day Participants in
Indian and 3Iexican Wars to Come
in For a Good Slice ol the Pension
Pie.
By United Press. 1
Washington, March 24. Bills grant
ing pensions to persons who served six
ty elays in the Mexican war, anel to
those who served thirty days in the In
dian wars, were favorably endorsed by
the House committee on pensions
to-elay. The provisions of the bills are
extended to widows of participants in
these wars
.
A SOUTH CAROLINA CYCLONE.
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL.
Col. A. M. Waddell is one of tho
Raleigh, but now of Winston, is visitiucr i fepeakera at tho Sub-Tromc-d Evimsithm
i, ' i ... t.. t
Mr. Wni. Allen, of this place, leaves
for Winston to-day, where he will open
a gents' furnishing house. B.
THE SI PUEME COURT.
Cates Argued Yesterday Opinions
Filed.
The court met yesterday morning and
the following cases from the Eight Dis
trict were argued:
State vs. Wilson; argued bv Attornev-
Geueral and Armfield and Coble for the
State, and W. D. Turner and L. C. Cald
well for defendant.
State vs. Dowell, from Rowan; argued
by the Attorney -General for the State.
Wiihehn vs. Burleysou; avgued by
W. (i. Means and Pu-vear bv brief fjr
His many friends in this section will
be glad to hear that Mr. Jas. II. Taylor.
formerly of Elk Park, but now of Uon
I duras, Central America, has a contract
to build 90 miles of road in that country
for which he gets $100,000. Our boys
show strangers what they are made of
very quicdy. Elk Park Post.
plain c 0", and
fen da ut.
Fi
by I
anel
jj-.Vriton s ease
Dobbin
Carter, si
Ps.nl
Col. W. II. n. Cowlcs, representative
in Congress from the 8th X. C. district,-
passed through this morning on the way
B. Means for de to his home in the
Test. Col. Cowles
presents the appearance of a clenr-head-
suer vs Mining Company; argued j ed, active, gentlemanly man, and could
;,H!l!r L1'.lc; f,f idaiiilit-, ! not fail to make a good impression for
C. i N ais-n lor oefaudant. i bis State in the National Congress.
vs. Rvx,
ibiiiitted
motion for certiorari. Greensboro Workman
and Bonn pa; te vs
en orit
-f by L S.
Overman and Strong, Gr.iy fc Stamps
White vs Ooune-.'iy; ;;r. pied by Me-
Corkle, Ar.nfirld .ii:d Cat. i well rpi iui-
tiff, and A. Jj. col ic IV-r tV-h-miani.
The Ninth Dis!r:ct eases will be called
next Monday.
file.! it; tho following:
Jacobs, from Robeson; af
Fool, cf Moore county;
TtlE OLD DOMINION A SPORTING
STATE.
A SCHOONER SUNK
A Hasty Bill Which Legalizes Prize
Fighting and All Other Sports.
iBy United Pres.
Richmond, March 24. The Virginian
will publish to-morrow a bill which
was" rushed through the Legisla
ture in its . closing nours anct
Oil" Cape Hatteras-The Crew Saved signed by the Governor, which, it is ta-
The Emigration Fever.
fSpecial Cor. State Chronicle.
Fayetteville, N. C, March 24. The
emigration agents are again at work in
this section. This time for the turpen
tine forests of Georgia.
Hy the Life-Saving Station.
Special to State Chronicle
Beaufort, N. C, March 23. The
three-masted schooner, Joseph Rudd,
Capt. Edwards, lumber-laden, from Wil
mington, N. C, struck on Lookout
shoals yesterday. The crew were saved
tpn lprrnlizea maze hgnting anel
oil r.thpr snorts in the State. The m
1 .T .U J
corporators are now in ice nuuu auu
it is understood will commence opera
tions under their charter by building a
race track at once.
People Killed and Injured- Ileuses
and Fences Demolished.
By United Press.
Columbia, S. O., March 24. The fury
of Saturday's cyclone was principally
felt m Sumter. Every house was shaken
to its foundation, roofs vTere carried
away, rences aemoiishea ana trees up
rooted. Ida xiiehardson was killed by
a falling house. Two men, names un
known, were fatally injured and many
persons were badly bruised and cut.
Opinions were
State vs
firmed.
State vs.
error.
Gay vs. Grant; petition of plaintiff
to rehear "dismissed, anel upon that of
elefeudant, the original opinion is re
formeel in certain particulars.
McLean vs. Smith; error.
Allreei w. Burns; no error.
Duke vs. Markharn; no error in plaint
tiil's appeal, error in elefendant's appeal.
Freeman vs. Person; affirmeel.
Rose vs. Shaw; motion to docket and
elismiss allowed.
Koonce vs. Commissioner: new trial
gi anteel.
Creech vs. Grainger; error.
Proctor vs. Proctor; error.
Tioneer M'f'g. Co. vs. Phoenix In
surance Company; new trial.
Mr. W. C. Webb, the Supervisor of
Census of the Fifth District is a citizen
of this town. He is Chairman cf the
Boarel of County Commissioners, and
enjoys the high esteem and confidence
of his fellow men, irrespective of party f"
They say he received so many applica
tions for the placa of lecal enumerator
one day last week, that he had to roll
his mail home iu a wheel-barrow. I
can't vouch for the truth of this, but the
size of his mail is enormous. lloxboro
Ccr. Charlotte Chronicle.
At the Baltimore Dental College, at
j which Senator Vance was invited to de
i liver the address, the following North
Carolinians wcr-2 given the degree of
Doctor of Dental Surgery: R. W. Reese,
of Yadkin county; W. II. Ilargrave, of
Mecklenburg county; M. II. Hunter, ef
Yadkin county; J. H. Landon, of Chat
ham county: J. E. Dugger. of Warren
couuty; I. T. Smithwick, of Vance
county: J. II. Benton, M. i., of Sampson
county; J. E. Freeland, Mecklenburg
county.
W ILL NIAGARA HE HARNESSED?
A SUBTLE SWINDLE.
A Move to Utilize That Creat Water
Power.
By United Press.
Buffalo, N. Y., March 21. English
capitalists are at the point of taking out
a mortgage ou the water power of the
Canadian Niagara Falls. An eminent
Euglish electrician anel well-known cap
italists in London are behind the
scheme. The object, it is said, is to get
electricity for transmission to cities and
(iOINCi TO ARKANSAS.
Emigrant f'oirig South 1'iom Iooi
Comity.
Special Cor. to Statu Ciii:si li:
Manlv, N. C, Maich 2 b t'orty-tlvo
emigrants left Manly this morning for
Kansas. Many of thm owned good
homes here and were making g- od liv
ings, but they sold all their ( lfects at a
great saciificj, fo delirious they had be
come with the emigration fever. Four
or live of a r-arty th.tt went to Arkansas
A Sharp School Teacher Defrauds the
Government for Ten Years And
3Jakes Eight Thousand Dollars.
By United Press.
Birmingham, Ala., March 24. A
country school teacher named Harrison
has been arrested in Walker county, Ala.,
for swindling the government out of
eight thousand dollars by fraudulent
pension claims. His claims were for fic
titious widows of Mexican veterans. The
names of the witnesses were forged.
eieciricirv ior transmission to cities ana . , i , . ,
towns as a motive power and for light- ' returned a few wetrf.s ago with "a tale
in-- purposes of woe 1 to tell, but it scorns that only
v Jl LIJ .. . I teeing can be believing with tho.-e who
CRUEL JEA LOUSY
have not gone an-d they t-oiijinue to
leave good homes tor th : sicklV" m
of the South and the cold regions ct
West.
Causes a Woman to Attempt Suicide
By Taking Carbolic Acid.
By United Press.
Chicago, March 24h. A Tribune
special from St. Louis says : Mrs. Nat.
C. Goodwin, in a fie of jealousy, at
tempted to commit suicide by taking ; Kimmon, Moaek-y & McGee'a.
carbolic acid last night m her room ut
the Southern Hotel. Fortunately, the
aeid was diluted so that but little diili-
SPECIAL NOTICES.
A case of new dress styles ginghams
at t cents per yaid ju.-r opened at Mc-
A Hard iietion.
Harrison's operations extend over a j culty was experioneed in removing the j w wp pa(j onc hundred ncoMe to
period of ten years.
e Ilects of the drug. Report has it that
Mr. Goodwin has not of late been con
ducting himself as he should.
Silver Bullion Circulation.
Washington, March 24 The Hou?e
hvn.aeiafa.nrn frnm tho li fa-oopinir etn. nnmniirtfift on Coinage, Weights and
tiou. She left her sails set and worked Measures to day authorized a favorable
nff hnf annir fiftv vrAa fm tha ho.rh rpnnrt nn the bill Drepared by ;ecre-
WUf WBW hJMUn AA.bV IIVIUO 1IUU1 V t-1 V W--tS W I W v a. w . m
three miles north of the cape, and will tary windom, autnonziug -
prove a total loss. The vessel and cargo terasury notes ou uepuoiw
were insured. lion.
Sudden Death ot a Prominent Rail
road 31 a ii.
THE WORK OF JUDGE LYNCH.
A Negro Charged with Mnriier Shot to
Death by a 31 ol).
By United Press.j
Augusta, Ga., March 24 -Sim Mar- - By United Tress.
tin, a negro charged with the murder Baltimore, March 24. John S.Har
of Mr. Robert Raiford last week, was den, treasurer of the Western Mary
taken from the jail at Wrightsville yes- j land Railroad, dropped dead in the
terday morning by a mob and shot to j Farmers and Merchant's National Bank
death. this afternoon.
ask us where in the world we intended
to put r.il those goods we are getting in.
We admit that it is a poser, but we are
going to stow thrm away somewhere for
just a short time, buj. we don't intend to
give the-m room long, for we are going
to move things with a hum this season,
and we have just got the good; and the
prices to do it with. Keep your eyes
open, and don't forget to come to see
how we do it. Special inducements
offered to merchants.
Big Racket Store.
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