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i l- / /. ' . " / ^ / ?) / . ' ?<te 3?antasfcr Hedger* THL RLOW 8 CARTFft, Editor and Manairer a r m n ? ., .. * *~ ??? ^ i A I"*""'I'C" f?r""i "Tl'h? PoU,,c*l-.8ucl*1. Agricultur.1 Md CmmorcW law*. Term, ? M . w p,Jabl, Adr,rce. C12A4I Wdmr.v i5r>irpi/\i^ _ ~r" ' ? . - ?? - kANOAHTKK, S. t\. MAY 5,1804, ESTABLISHED 1842. SISAL HEMP IN FLORIDA. A NEW FIBRE MORE LUSTROUS THAN SILK. An Important Industry for the South.?A Syndicate Organized to Develop this Business. Fort Tikrc*, Fla.?'Much has been said and written during tho past two yenrs concerning the present development and the great possibilities of tho sisal-hemp industry in Florida, especially upon the east coast. It is, therefore, extremely gratifying to know that a practical step toward the establishment of Bisal culture in Florida, both as a permanent and profit-yielding business, is to be undertaken. With the exception of the plantation at New lliver, in tho Ray Biscayne country, this is the first step in the praetieal development of what bids fair to be the greatest industry on the east coast-, if not in all Florida. 01 W. Parsons, who has been study11) IT f hp HlKfil Itnmn ulnnt in -n - 1? |"??? " ' '"'I"0 for the past hix years, and who hiu? prosecuted a system of thorough investigation into the possibilities of the industv, Iihs just organized a sydicate of capitalists for raising sisal hemp and marketing it for profit. Prom advance reports of the plnns of this company ?h furnished to the Jacksonville Citizen the following points ara gleaned: SYNDICATE OHO AN IZ ATION. The organization at present contains only seven men. most of them residents of Chicago, New York and the East, and some of them ore already engaged in the manufacture of cordage, etc. They have already put up a large amount of money for the nreliininnrv I J expenses, and have pledged ,?;>00,0(>0 for (lu* enterprise, at which figures iho subscribe will capitalize the stock company to he organized within the next two or three mouths. The syndicate linn jiiBt purchased n tract of nhont .*>000 nereaof lan<l lying a little Koutliwent of theSt. Lucie river in the extreme southwest part of Brevard county, of which 2000 acres will lie cleared and placed under cultivation at the earliest possible date, and aa aoon aa the organization of the company ia perfected all the necessary buildiuga will ho put up on tho property and n tirat clans decorticating plant will he eatahliahed. Later on a tramway will ho constructed either to the 8t. Lucie river or to the tracka of tho Jacksonville, 8t. Augustine k. Indian Itiver Hail way for the cheap and oaay *? I ?UC IH'III J >. The plantations will l?e set ont with the einnl plants upon an Average of about 700 to the acre, in rows about eight feet apart and with a space about eight feet between the plants in each row. At intervals of fifty or sixty feet wide will cross the plantations for convenience in gathering and hauling the leaves to the mill. TRI YUCATAN PliANT. In Yucatan it is not nncommon to find sisal plants cultivated as high as 1200 or 1500 to the acre, but the plants attain a much larger aire on the Florida east coast, and in consequence greater space has to be allowed for thein to grow iu. There is considerable room for improvement in all the fibre machines now iu nse, but experimentation haa succeeded in productug two which are particularly adapted to the leaves of the sisal plant, being far superior to that employed by Charles Richard* Dodge, of the United States Depart- I ment of Agriculture in *??? at? ? l u ..m ... *<m ui'iu ?eriim?nt* on the lower rust coast ol 'lorida. These improved decorticating macbineH arc manufactured by .1. C. Todd, of Paterae<), N. J., and by T. Albee Bmith, of Baltimore. riir mourn* rmnf ok ooot? qpamtt. In recent years the price cf Yucatan ainnl hemp Iihh averaged a!>out 8H>0 per ton, or th e cents per pound. At pres- I ent, however, the price in somewhat I depressed, the average price being at>out four cents per pound. It ia everywhere admitted that the > fibre of the Florida east eoast ia finer, stronger, more durable and better in j every way than the Yueatan product, ana tnn manufacturers of hemp products in general agree that in open market it will, undonhtedlj, bring at least two cents more pa. pound than the Yucatan. Ho Mr. Parson's syndicate ^nfldently expe-t? folly six per pound for it* ninal product when, three yearn or no from now, it nhall market its first crop. The wante, or : 'short flbro," in also marketable, bringing from two to three centa per pound. Of the auceeaaof the enterpriae there in not the slightest doubt, the promotern of it looking with confidence for profit# of at leant $HM) per acre after the plantn begin to yield, at tho aga of three and a-ha|f or four yearn. Of thin feature of the induntry Mr. Paraotm nnyn: "An in well know n, the niaal plant, when cultivated for market, ia nerer allowed to come to maturity. It would 'pole' and blonaom at tho age of * aeren yearn and then die. But it ia cut down every year, no that all ita strength goon into itn leaven, and they I may be cut for fibre aa noon an the y plant in in itn fourth yoar. When the plantation in of that ego the crop ia eontinuoiin, and large quantities of the leaven can bo cut every day in the NO INSBOT NKMIM. "The plant haa no enemies. There ^ ia no auimal or vegrtnbl? pnraaito that , preyn upon it. The land require? no fcrtilixing, and a crop in alwayn aaaured under all eonditionn of weather below the line of injurionn fronts. The ninal plant will atand droughts and inundations, bnt neither of these conditions in ever likely to occur on the lower east coaat. The advantages which thw section baa over Yucatan and the i Bahama* ate aa follow; V "Bettor nml cheaper lands, larger and better plants, better and cheaper transportation, no frost*, tloodH or droughts, more intelligent and cheaper labor. The improved decorticating machines referred to have a capacity of 60,000 green leaves per day, which represents an average fibre product of about two tons. They cost about $1800 to $2000 each, and in nil probability our company will put in three or four of them at any rnte tlint number of the best machines made at the time when we shall need them not earlier than 1897. If the conditions warrant u nt iriHt linif we shall be prepared to handle 1??* leaves <>f any other plants tions which may havo been developed in the interim. Some of the mori sanguine iu our syndicate look for r profit of ?200 per acre nt the outset.' In cxticrimentn by Mr. Parsons with five different lota of sinnl leaven it wiw noticed that the average weight per leaf in the first foitr lota wan only about one and a-lialf pounda, the highest percentage of fibre yield being onU 4.08. Tlieae leaves were from two t? three weeka old when treated in tin machine, and had, of course, lost con siderable in weight. iieAVltS WEIGHING thpef. rOl'NPS. On the east const one frequently on counters sisal loaves weighing from two to two and a half pounds when cut, and a few days ago George W. Gill, of Washington, 1). ('., cut one at random in a garden nt Titunville which three days afterward in Jacksonville weighed three pounds, The most striking features of the Florida plant are the enormous size and weight of the leaves and their immense yield of fibre. There in annually imported into the United States over tfcTi 11011 Ollll " O. of till kind* of film1*, of which $7,000, 'K)0 or $-<,000,000 worth ih leaf fibre* Hicae hitler tipurea represent probably about 90,000 tons of leaf fibre* ini ported, every pound of which could easily be produced here in Florida ami he aold at a hip profit by the prower* The indientiona are also that during the national administration succeeding tlx- preaent one a protective duty will he placed upon sisal hemp,thou pivinp American growers an opportunity to develop their industry. KNontan capttai, in sisal. English capital proverbially quick to diacover and improve every opportunity for profitable investment, and in this connection it ia a very sipni fioant fact that the Hight Hon. Joseph Cliamherlin, of Kughuid, has in recent Years purchased ami |>lacc<l under sue ccaaful cultivation in sisal hemp ovei r>00() acrca of land in the Hahamna, inoat <jf it upon the Inland of Andrea, the largest of the group, and he and hia sous are now preparing to take up and cultivate 50(10 acrea more. The Florida cant coaat ia anperior to any portion of the fhihamas for the cultivation of sisal hemp,and its trans portation and other marketing facilitiea far auperier to thoae of the coloniata. The prediction of your correnpondent ia, therefore, that within the next llfteen yeara we will aee Florida supplying not only the United States with all its sisal hemp at a considerably increased annual consumption, but also exporting the product to foreign countries. Mr. Parsoua aaya that there is s strong probability that, alter th" success hi growing and marketing hemp upon the cast coast shall have been demonstrated, bis company will erect and operate one or more cordage factories on the Indian river, where the product of the sisnl plantations will be worked up into twines, ropes and bagging of commerce. Tins will make a great saving in transpoi tation charges, just ss tlm manufacture of cotton fabrics near th" plantations in the South is destined to cheapen this class of goods slid to make tins section a strong competitor of the New Fugland sml Middle States. PROHIBITIONISTS I It IT. Thoy at to Tako a Hand in tho Opposition to Proa Whiskoy. Oom'mima, B. C.?The Prohibition ists of this State have at last officially taken a hand in the tight that is on between free whiskey snd prohibition. L. I). Chibls, chairinun of the State evecutive committee of tho Prohibitionist*. to day scst a columnnicatio. to Mayor Sloan, of this place, asking Ll_ i- 1 ?*? ' * 1 nun vii urc ni^niunicr 01 mo iaci mat saloons arc running hero without molimitation or restriction. lie Ii>1Ih the mayor that he lien hern advised liy eminent counsel that the recent decision of the Hupreiue Court means prohilii tion. The communication contains no threats hut is a distinct warning that the Prohibitionnts are now prepared for war and will fight to the hitter end the free system of aaloous or even the licensing of Saloons hy cities. Mr. Childs claims that the law is expressly against the licensing of saloons. It is believed that the Prohibitionists are ready for hot contests on all sides and that they will not give or ask ?pinrter from the whiskey element. Hiitar ical. The remains of the illustrious William Hooper, signer of the Declaration of Inde|?endeiiee, from North Carolina, will rest in the future under s monument on Onilford battle ground near Grsenstvoro, N. C. They were removed from the graveyard at Hillaboro a few days ago by Dr. I). K. Helienek. actincr ' r? aaagent for tbeOnilford llattlo Ground Company. Mm. Jul in Hooj>??r <li *vc?, of ('hajiel Hill, a lino I docondnnt of thia diatinRniabcd mm, wan prraent at (he time. Tin* b'tt^ra on the ni l aandatone *lab were very much worn by tin e, and will Iw de?-|.en?*d The re main* will real near liioaf of General / thro Sumner. PITHY NEWS ITEMS Ex-Governor Berry, of Now Hampshire, (lied at Bristol, Va., Friday. The Baptists will erect an $11,000 edifice at Rexiugten, Va. Ben White and -Tim Robinson, colored, were hanged at Manassas, Va., Friday, convicted of criminal nssault. .fudge Simon ton has decreed the sale of the Columbia & Greenville and Charlotte, Columbia ft Augusta roads. No bids will be received for less than 9100,000. The sale is to take place in Columbia, S. C. The Aurora Cotton Mills, at Burlington, N. ('., intends to enlarge its buildings very shortly. Arrangements are now being made for an extension of 202 feet. The Abbeville (8. C.) Cotton Mill Co., which was incorporated last month, it-> | i<'|iiiiiuk i" tuiuuieui/C wotk on lis ' cotton factory. ' Tho inorcMcd favor with which Xerth Carolina kiln-dried yellow pine , :s looked upon in the Kurnprnn market . has ii mnrkod evidence in the weekly shipment* by tho various liuos of : -teamera. , The financial diffienltiesof the Leaks i ville (N. C.) Woolen Mills have been <o arranged that operations will shortly i resume. < .T. S. Wynne, secretary and treasurer f the Raleigh (N. O.) Cotton Mills, in,,' i letter published in the News-Observer, >f Raleigh, last week, advocates the building of another cotton mill, nnd proposes the organization of a $100,000 tock company for the purpose. The noiitldy instalment plan is suggested. Lumberton, N. 0., has voted a subscription of 82(1.0t)0 to the* capital toek of the Lumberton ?V Lumber 'liver Railroad, a project designing to onneet Lumberton with tho Capo Fear Yadkin Valley Railroad. I The Maiden Cotton Mill. Maiden, "f. C., was built 12 years ago, and the rroTiaonm ram, n?m<< place, was rected ami filled with inachinary from i lie profits drawn from the Maiden. < The Hamburg Cotton Mill, Mt \iry, N. C., wan sold Thursday by orler of the court. It wna bought bv 0. D. Benbow for $8,300. Mr. H ouk, Republican, of Tcnnoa- I ! ?ee, introduced in the House a bill appropriating $100,000 for the construction of an addition to the Knoxville, Penu , public buildings. I Major B. B. McCreery, of McCret ry ! v Bro., Columbia, 8. C., and one of he most prominent mcrchnnta iu the ttnto died at his home in Columbia. .Ie was one of the most prominent merchants iv. the Month. A report was made in the Senate oostponiag indefinitely the bill making i mi appropriation for the establishment 1 ?f a national park near Florence, M. C. The contract for lathing, plastering, tc., for the public building at Charlesion, H. C., was awarded to Lenox A Haldeman, of Chicago, at#*. 730. Cajit. Phoenix of the steam yacht Intrepid, is at?Chnrleston, 8. C. He was recently in the neighborhood of Roncador Reef, where the old warship Kearaarge went down, and has a number of souvenirs of the vesael, aOtOttg them being the brass plate commemorative of the encounter with the Alabams. fleorgc W lb II, owner of the Baltimore Sun, died Tuesday nfternoon. A family of seven negroes were poisoned at breakfast Tuesday near Riehardaville, 8. C. They cannot live. The origin of the poison is a mystery. William Moiicure has resigned as superintendent of the Carolina Central and Raleigh .V Augusta division of the Menlmard Air Line. Frank Hatton, etlitor of the Washington, 1). ()., Post, died in that city Monday at 430 p. m. He was Assistant Postmaster Oeneral under President Oarticld, and l?ecanie Postmaster (ieneral under President Arthur. Having successfully passed his examinntiou at Washington, D. 0., ex ludge .1. O. L. Oudger, of Waynesville, N. wuh appointed a chief ol division iu the office of thn Commissioner of Customs, Treasury Department. Ho was endorsed by Menator Ransom and Repreaentative Crawford. At Charlotte, N. C., the tiro alarm was sent 111 at 4 o'clock Sunday morning lor h tir?* altogether out of the or diuary. A lamp in the chicken in* ciihntor on George Howell's premises exploded, nml the bfaxe win disastrous to Mr. Howell'a prospects oh a chicken raia**r. There were 200 newly hatched chickens in the machine,ami they were Imrued up. I DECIDE TO SELL IT. Th0 Liq /of Traffic Will ta Strictly Da g ilataJ at Oraanvilh. Grkkntim.k, N. O.?Tha liqnor .,^1 i ... 4. ? 4 - - |M. > ** ?" nil IM1UV1 HI n meeting of the city council, called to (like action na to the right of the city to issue licensee, the discussion vm long and ??t times animated. A teat vote wm taken, which reunited in a vote of ft t<> % in favor of leaning liqnor licensee. The city attorney wan in atructed to prepare an ordinance to license the aale of liqnor. The aenae of the council waa for atringent regulatioiia to urevent the aale of any intoxicants to minora, inebriatea and men under the influence of whiskey, and to limit the honra when liqnor* can lie sold. This action of the Greenville council may leed to e legel eolation of the miestion hy ^eeort to inI junction and appeal to the supreme oouri ? , ?^ ? The "Tf>re? C?" Railronc 0? tfoek. The Philadelphia Timea states that he "Three Ca Railroad," the aeeuri,ies of which are largely held iu Philtdclphia, "is now on a rdf supporting main. During the pnataix monthathe ^orth and South Carolina divisions iav.- not only earned >pcrating exicnacs, hut something in addition, an igainst a deficit for the corresponding >eriod of last year. The Tennessee ind Kentucky divisious nre alao aaid 4i have made a good allowing. The i ii.. . - i 1 M.ntin-nn Ul lllll TUIMI H8 H WIION 18 d-adily improving and will continue o increase, as r number of now inlustrien, including nn ore-reduction limit Riid phosphate worko fit Blacks org, cotton mill at Can-den end other -nterpi-isos, nre being established." Hie Tim"H says that con , _ient judges "(lcclarr tbnt tho y.&iri 'im; is at least in n condition where any new money expended in the wny of construction >r extension will not only easily earn ts interest, but will also produce snfll ient additional revenue to cover in art interest on money already inzested. 11 is estimated that $5,500,)00 new money would complete the oad as projected,including extensions nto territory rich in trathe. An announcement in this connection will be, t is understood, noon made." If this road can succeed in sustaining tself during the present times and tinier the present circumstances,this fart night to l?e accepted ns a proof of the <reat possibilities of thy line. Few people understanding railroad matters Have ever imagined that this road ctOuld |?ay its expenses in the shape in which it now is, xvhercas if completed as irigiiially projected across the motiulains and made a complete Hne itoould pen up 0110 of the moat remarkable mineral and timber regious of America With tlie extension acrops tho mono tains made and a revival of trade throughout the country there would be no lark of business for the Three Cs Railroads. A Good Mixtjro 1or Tobacco. Arid pbcsnhate, cotton seed meal, nitrate aoda and sulphate of potash an be mix id to make a high grade fertilizer suitable for yellow tobacco, rs follows: Acid phosphate 13 per cent. - 1200 llm. Cotton seed meal .... 675 " Nitrate of Hoda .... 100 " Sulphate of Potash - 125 " Total 2000 " Thia mixture will analyze approxiU 'I ........ ..I I..1.1.. -1 "'"" V I" 1 " "* " itintipn; phorie acid, '2 1 percent. Ammonia, ami 3.0 |? r cent. of pc>U?li. T^bcse ingredients should ix t cunt more than $23.00 for the ton as above mixed, and the mixing can be done at a nominal cost at home. Its value in a great degree depemla on careful mixing. The materials should be made Hue by mashing and mixed n short while before nee. The ammonia is from two sources, cotton need meal and nitrate of aoda, and the latter is of special value for a quirk growing plant as tobacco. The potash is in its best form for yellow tobacco as considered by long usage. The advantage of home mixing is that you can alter the proportions to suit your individual needs. ? II. II. Battle, l'ircctor, N. 0. Experiment Station. CAN THIS BE TRUE 9 Mrs. Jtfftison Paris 0i op fed by the trans acca /se ilie Lives m New York. A Birmingham, Ala., special hhvn: One r?f the sensations of the great Confederate re-union heing held here imthe eohl shoulder which Iiuh been Riven to the widow of Jefferaon Davis. One of >he purposes of the hkmoi -iation wmm to see that each Southern Stale contributed a pension of SfilHt for her support. The committee in charge of the subject, >u reporting that the movement I mi dropped, stated that as Mra. Davis had selected New York State for her residence, she thereby lost her identity with the Southern States. This report was adopted and Mrs. Davis' name will be stricken from all future consideration. Wilton Honored uI Baton Ho /go. Baton Kouor, La. Hon. William L. Wilson and party arrived hero at 4:H0 Wednesday afternoon by invitation of Governor Fostor, the mayor and citiriina Tlwv <tin.nl III III" ? ? ' ? - J .? ? % tHV I AVI IlUfU mansion and n reception was tendered the distinguished pueet ut the State hotiHO nt 7:30 p. m. Two Stat .ea of Vance. Kai.kioii, N. C.? It is proposed by some persons that twertntnesof Senator Vance bo cast, one |o tie placed in tho capital tupiuie here, the other in "Statuary Mull" at Washington. The tw o HtntucH would rout but n trifle more than one. The plan appears to be feasible. Died in the Co jrt Ho me ahiikvit.mc, n. t\- Silo* Nicholson, n .Faokw>n county farmer, several month* ago wan implicated in the killing of hia hon in h drunken row. The triul w?h net for A|?rff-Mth. At Webnter Tuesday, whilo Nicholson wan in tho court house, he had hii Httnek of henrt disease nn?l died almost instantly. He wbh sixty yearn oh!. One of hi* hoiih is yet to la* tried for complicity in tho killing. Two Ware. Two Wire* and forty Children Ahram Currant, who lived in Char! ton county, (1* , just ovor the line front Florida, died Thursday at the agn of 01 Ho was a veteinn of th* Mexican nnd Indian warn. Mr. Corraut Imd t>oen married twiije and waa tin father of forty children. Chowchow. [Petersburg I>aily Index-Appeal. ] WaMhington papers note themnrriagi thereof Edward M. Mix and Katharine FAMILIES BURIED ALIVE. An Awful Canadian Disaster on the Rive' St. Anne, Quebec, Canada.?About R :H0 o'clock Friday night tho inhabitant* i of the village of Ht. Alban, Hi tainted I tome 50 mile* from here in Port Nenf county, henrd n terrible noiae, reRenitding the roll of thunder, in tho distaucc. The soil commencing to vibrate, i panic enaiied. Fni inern ran out of their dwelling* to avoid being burned under the ruin* a? they believed the ground was going to give way beneath them. At the upper end of the village, some three miles from the pariah church i? i curve formed by the river Kt.. Anne ind clone to the curve ia a water fall 150 feet hiidl. The oninnil -- ? ?d? ~ n* iw iuiii^ the right hand side of the full gave way, Jurying the fm 1 j? wo??l mill, which vrh situated ripht underneath niul blocking the course of the stream, rhe stream which was very rapid on recount of the melting snow over the nountaina and adjacent valley, spread over the adjoining farms and caused lite undermined embankment to slide into the river, tilling it up. Hcveral houses along the river bank were carried into the river. One of them was occupied by a family named fuuthier, numbering four persons, all of whom perished. Smoke was seen to ascend from under the ruins showing what an awful death the occupants must have met. The ground which did into the river measured about six square miles. Whole farms have been lestroved and their stocks and farm produce. The old bed of the St Anne river is now levelled and the river runs miles from where it eonrsod before. Three bridges were carried, namely the St. \lbnn, St. Cosinier bridge, and the St. \iin?* bridge. People in the neighborhood of the scene of the disaster are terror stricken. Progress of a North Corolma Town The growth of many Houthcrn towns, oven of the smaller ones, during tic last few years is a good indication o' the steady advance of the whole Month dcnpitctlic general business depression North Wilkeslioro, N ('., is a good il lustration of thin. The Winston Ijnnd V Improvement Co , which started Noith Wilkeslioro, has issued a circular which aaya: "North Wilkeslioro, which is seven ty-ftvo rtiiles of Winston, is the centre of the upper Yadkin valley, surround cd by a rich agricultural, timber and fruit country. Stalled three years ago -;*i. ?;.i.1 ? ... unia vi^uvcru a linn i-'iiiiuin, It nun UUP II population of 600 people, with twenty four stores, a good hank, n 813,000 hnnk huilding, a $3000 Presbyterian church, a $3000 Baptist church, a high school with 125 students, a $-1000 school huilding, twenty-six store buildings that coat over 820,000, over 8100,000 worth of residences, three sash and blind factoriea, two wagon ahopa, harneaa chop, two, foundriea, Hhoe ahopv, meat market, two $5000 bridges, ten milen of splendidly graded streets, a good hotel, livery stable, a regular town government with mayor, board of town commiaaioners and policeman, town, State and county taxes only 81.25 on the 8100 worth of property. The aggregate amount of buaineaa exceed* that of any other town in the county of Wilkes or that of any place in the State west of Winaton. Wilkes in the largest county in this section of North Carolina, w ith a population of nearly 25,000 people. North Wilkealioro geta nearly all of the trade of Wilkes, most of Ashe and Alleghany, part of Alexander, Caldwell, Watauga and Yadkin comities, nnd, with all mene urn ninny ouicr iki\nmngea, it would be exceedingly strnngr if North Wilkesboro did not build up rapidly, an it is now doing." That is a very ?^ook showing for n healthy, steady prowth of three years. The Number of Miners 0 it. Cohmbith, Ohio. The following re \ ised estimate of the number of coal miners now out in the atrike, given otil by President McBride, shown that tin minora are gaining strength: Alnbnmn, H.rtOO; Teunesseo and Kentucky, 6,000. Indiana, ft,000; Ohio, '20,000; West Vir ginia, 4,600; Illinois, 28,000; Iowa, I,300; Indian Territory, '2.000; Missouri, 4,600; Pennsylvania, 05,000; Colo rado, 500; Michigan, 3,000?total 15'2, 000. Tennessee or Carolina. TIai.kioh, N. 0.?The Hnpreme Court decided what may Ihj termed n knotty ease. A man in one of the border counties shot nt a gentleman 111 Tennessee And killed tlie* Utter extremely dead. Now the point was, must the gentleman who tired the gun be tried in thin State or in Teiinesaee? The eonrt says in Tennessee, for it says there the felony was committed. The shooter in named Hall and it whs his desire, of course, to be tried in North Carolina. Methodist Deaconesses. At a recent meeting of the Methodist preachers of the North and South Atlanta districts of Georgia Kev. Howard Crumley created a sensation by declaring that he thought there should In deaconesses in the Church. He said women did a good deal of good, and deserved the title. The more conservative brethren were shocked and dissented. Safolh Orders the Use of English in Mil Cathedral Churches. Lachoshr, Wis.?The Itev. Dean William White of the Catholic diocese said tlint Mgr. Hatolli has ordered that Kngliah Ire the language of all Catholic cathedral churches in America hereafter. The order applies particularly to IjU Crosse, nearly all other cathedral churches having ouo English service. IT STORMS WASHINGTON. THE COMMONWEAL ARMY THRONGS THE 1 CAPITAL CITY Coxey and His Followers Rep ilsed From in , Front of the Capitol. I Wabhinoton, I). C.?All WashingIon turned out Sunday <> r^c Coxey ( and his Commonwealers. It irestimated thnt fully ten thousand people went out to the Commonweal camp during the afternoon. Congressman, diplomats,Cabinet officers and plain citizens fairly tumbled over each other to get a look at the army. Late iu the day Coxoy spoke. At the gates to the park stood a brawny representative of the "cause of good roads andnon-interest bearinsr bonds." who explained to tin1 visitors as thoy passed through that no admission war charged, hut that nil contributions would ho thankfully received. The result was a liberal dropping of dimes and quarters, and in some instances dollars in the Commonweal coffers. The collections were 8700. the climax. Washington, 1>. C. ? May day wne a bright one ami Coxey and his "Commonweal of Christ" army of 000 men marched up Capital hill to the steps of the Capitol. The police there dispersed them. The lenders Browne and Coxev pushed into the crowd in the direction of the big white building. They walked nlong beaido the low stone parapets surrounding tie* grounds, as if seeking an entrance, followed by athousand people. "Jump over the wall," suggested some one. Coxey was quick to take the suggestion and he leaped quickly over the parapet and made his way like an eel through the dense thickness of human ity to the steps of the capitol there to receive his dramatic repulse as elsewhere recorded. Browne followed, evidently with the intention of backing Coxey up, but he became separated from his chief. The mounted policemen, a dozen or more, who had been directed to attend Browne through the day, hesitated a moment as the two leaders disappeared amid the shrubbery. Then a bluecoated officer whipped up his horse, dashed across the pavement, over the low linranct and llitntlic itoiiihIh Him comrades followed, and into the crowd went this platoon, trampling flowers and shrubs in their rush. People j Hcattered right and left, and the foremoat officer sodn reached the chief marshal, easily distinguished by hia leather coat and white aombrcro. The horae of the officer struck Browne,and the shock threw hun to one side. He dodged behind a tree, and the officers lost sight of hiin for an instant. People in the crowd in danger of being trampled by fhe officers' horses seized them by the bridles. The police seemed to think that this was an attnck on them and responded with their batons. Browne became wedged in between a line of mounted police and a number of officers on foot and w hen one of these tried to size him he resisted. A shower of blows descended on his shoulders. Browne fought like .. i: ?i a: A il-I ? II I l^i'i , n III III VI11^ UIIV lllllt Il?* WHS an American citizeu and ltn<l constitutional rights. He was seized by several officers and pushed through the crowd. All tliin happened on the edge of the grnss lawn adjoining the Hoiiho Hide of the asphalt plaza and within plain sight >f thojerowds on the Capitol steps. Old Christopher Columhna Jones, leader of the Philadelphia contingent, attempted to rescue Browne from the officers, and it is said that a number of Ooxeyites assisted hint. The old man's silk hat was jammed over his ears in a jiffy and he too was placed in custody. With a mounted'ofheer on each side of him, their handa grasping Ins leather collar, and followed by more officers with Jones, the sensational leader of the Commonweal forces was dragged off to a cell in tha police station. Coxey gives his version of his failure at the 'Canitol steos ?* fnllmv?> "I prcieecdeil to the centro portico, and had juat atarted to walk up wlu>n aeveral police officer* Htoj>pe?l mo and told tne to go hack. 'I want to apeak here,' I aaid. 'You can't,' Raid on? of tho policemen. 'I have a right to apeak aa an Aniericrn citizen it ia my conatitutional right,* I aaid. They refuacd to let me proceed, and then I drew a written proteat from my pocket, handed it to the principal officer, telling him what it wna. He refuaed to receive it, and then I aaid I would read it. The officera rcfuacd to let me read my proteii They would not lot mo speak, tboy would not let me protest; so 1 went l>*ok to my carriage." About r? o'clock nt night Chief Mnrshnl Browne w?h relchhed from the fifth precinct station house on h bond of $MH>, furnished by Mrs. Elizabeth A. Haines, a dry good* dealer in Southeast Washington. Muttitippi CoMpyitei. A special from Oxford, Mi**., aaya: A detachment of Coxey'a army, claiming to be on their way to join Coxey, passed through Oxford. They were on the topa of trama. The trains wor.v delayed here sonic tune, during which time aome of the slipped over to the University of Mississippi, entered the rooms of some of t'uo young men while they were absent and stoh- their clothing. This is the second cmnpnny that lias passed through here. fifty Clerka Jobfaat. WAsniHuTON, 1). C. ? Fifty clerks were dropped from the Records and Pension Bureaus of the War Department, and of the ISO employes remaining probably not one will remain the first of next month. The discharges are dne to the practical completion of the work of the office. LICENSES FOR LIQUOR. Columbia's Council Decides to Legalize the Traffic. Coli'MDIA, S. C.?Tho city council )f Columbia held a special meeting this afternoon and unanimously determined to issue licenwB for the sale >f Ihpmrs. The point was raised that Iho city is at present without a whisky license ordinance, and the license committee, acting with the city attorney, was instructed to prepare an ordinance to be presented at the regular meeting of tho council. The committee wna instructed to incorporate in the ordinance regulations for the early eloaingof Baloonsnnd pro hihiting sules to inebriates and minors and requiring saloon keepers to give bond, to be forfeited on proof of violation of any of those regulations. The city council also grauted by a vote of 7 to 4 a petition for a license from n member of the American Ticket Brokers' Association. This is the first tunc in the history of the city that a cut rate ticket broker has been licensed. THE ELECTIONS The Political Tidy Ebbs and Flows Continuously. At municipal elections throughout Indiana Tuesday, the Republicans were generally triumphant, being victorious in many Democratic strongholds. Coiji'Mni's, O.? The third Ohio congressional district in the special election held Tuesday has gone Democrat ic by about the usual majority of 3,000 votes, electing Paul .1. Sorg over E. (1. Bathbone, Republican. Sorg's home, Middleton, strongly Republican. gave him 108 plurality, while Hamilton, ex - Governor t'amnhell's home, carried by the Republican* tit ho last municipal election, gave him 1.18:$ plurality, ami Dayton, carried by McKinlcy by 5H5 votes last fall, wont Democratic to-day by 11X5. The Democrats here are jubilant over the apparent turn in politics in their favor. Alabama Iron Shipped to California. Bihminoiiam, Ai,a.? The Alabama Rolling Mill Company of this city, have sliij ed a train of ears loaded with merchanta bar iron manufactured by them to San Francisco. This shipment sold in competition with Knstern mills that have the advantageof water, freight rates, etc., marks on important era in Southern finished iron manufacturing. Alay Day Labor Parade. Nf.w York ?The May day labor parade in this city was not <piite as successful as expected. The Central Labor Union was out of it and it was confined altogether to the Central Labor Federation, the socialists and the United Hebrew trades. It is a liberal estimate to say 0,000 people took part in it all, but more than three times [ that number looked on. Their wages Restored Roanokk, Va.?Tho threatened trouble liutwopn tho Norfolk and Weatern railroad ami it.s employes haa boon averted. The company linn restored the 10 per cent wngos to conductors, engineers, firemen, hrakcmen and telegraph operators. The salary of tho men in the otliees and at the machine works will remain nt the present figures for a while. Receiver for Cctton Millt Chammcston, 8. C. ? In the United States Court .TamesIj. Orr was appointed temporary receiver for the Camperdown Cotton Mill, at Greenville. Tho hill was also for a foreclosure of mortgage. Cothrun, Wells aud Ansel were the attorneys for the complainant. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. The Senate. 'Itii Pat.?Mr. Hawley denounced Mr. Allen's speech on the Peffer "Coxey" resolution. -Severnl tariff speeches were made. Wt* Pat. ?Mr. Quay read a memorlnl from a pirtv of Philadelphia worklngrnen 4 protesting against tho passage of the Wilson bill. "Hie Tariff hill was then taken ur?, and Mr. Dolpli conttnuol his speech In opposition to the hill. The discussion for the day ended without Mr. Dolpb finishing bis speech. Wts Pat.?The Senate refusal by a vote ef 17 to 26 to appoint a special committee to hear Coxcy's representatives. Tho Senate spent tho afternoon hearing Mr. Wnshburn msWe a speech against the Tariff bill. P7rn Pav.?Immediately after the reading of the journal the Heoato proceeded to the consideration of executive business. A'ter half an hour spent in executive session and another half hour given to morning tusliiees of uo particular Importance tne Tariff bill whs taken up an I Mr. Mills addressed the Senate tn support of the bill by way of closing what la designate t "'general debate. Mt? Pat.?The day was devoted to a discussion as to the date on whloh the Wilson bill should go Into effect. H9m Pat. ?Speeches were made by Messrs. Vest, Polph and Woleott denouncing Mr. Allen's Coxey resolution. Mr. Hlggins spoke against the Tariff hill, devoting his speech almost entirely to a review of the Hawaiian question. Thomas Jordon Jarvls was sworn In as Senator from North Carolina to succeed the late Senator Vanes. The House. 106tb Pat.?The dar was devoted to the private business calendar. 107rw Pat.?The House continue 1 the consideration In Committee of the Whole of the Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation bill. All amendments as reported by tho committor ware voted down. Without i?mnietlng the consideration of the hill, the House listened to eulogies on the late Henntor ttlheon, of Louisiana, adopts l the usual resolutions of respect, an I adjourns I. IOAth Day. ?Arter a struggle over the approving of the Journal the members settle 1 down to local htisln?es pertaining to tho District of ColnmWa, which oonsumelthe day. 101?tii Day.?The TosfofBoe Appropriation hill was passed. 110th Day.?The Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation bill was considered In Committee of tho Whole. 111th Day.? Mr. Cooper offered a hill to provide for the free coinage of sliver dollars of value equal to gold dollars. The question of fining absentee* caused a lively debate, which consumed the remainder o! the MMlom. > . _ -a.