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SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION. - LANCASTER, S. C.. JULY 21,1891. ESTABLISHED 1842.
? There has recently heen some dinute
as to tho authorship of the song
The Vacant Chair," which haa been
tug all over the worhl for nearly
i lirty years. The Watchman, of B >v
>n, saya it was written by the Hon.
ienry S. Washburn, in memory of
ieutenant J. William Grout, who
as shot iu the retreat from Ball's
luff. Tho song was flrat printed in
u? Worcester (Mass.) Spy.
Within a few mouths Pekin will be
nited by wire with St. Petersburg,
ad, in cousequencc, with the teleraph
eyatem of tho entire civilized
orld. According to the latest issue
f the Turkoatau Gazette, tho telegraph
ne from Pekin has been brought a*
tr WPul au lwi AUM Is* 1 ,ni
.. unj ui i\??n^?r. 1118
uropenn one! of the lino is at Osh,
3)1 n small stretch of about 14') miles
ow alone breaks the direct telegraphic
>mrati mention from the Atlantic to
te Pacific.
Professor Itiohanl !j. Darner is oer
only an enthusiast in his invostigaon
of the language <>f the simians,
peaking of his recent visit to Afrier,
e said: "The world at largo expects
>o much. People seem to insist ipon
. as their right that I shouUl go t.<> the |
orilla country, spend a few mouths
lore, an 1 return with a complete
lcnonary to srio Rorillu lnni;ii?(e.
Ifhy, if 1 were sure of learning
venthree words a year, L wouM
smake Irion Is and family, |p> to
frica anil devote the rest of mj life to
study that yiol led such rich results
i tho present and promise I aiioli iiunose
possibilities for tho future."
ft is not only in Japan thai inoomstent
doctors are punishol for pronnioual
failure resulting in the loss
f life of their patients, but in Russia
lao, whore physicians are held simiirly
responsible. A well-known raedisi
practitioner at St. Petersburg has
ist been sentenced to sjvon days' imrisonment,
to a tino of 1030 rubles
l I to the payment of an annuity of
1) rubles to a lady who was injure l
y his unskilful trostnunt. Russia i? I
Irtjtv ly lamentably deficient as far as
is mi'nbar of its mo lical men is oonrratiJ,
met
umsftnKSTU is scarcely of a character
3 increase th? popularity of the pro saioo.
The Secretary of th j Interior has
riven up the experiments which the
lovernnteut ha-< been miking for eotn j
ears past to indioe rain over arid
racts. Therailroa I companies opera*
I ; v* _ ??
in .Mexico an i Arizona will,
lowever, continue oipnritu oils along
hia line. dotting blood out of a
nruip would not by ? difficult operaion
if the plnhittu vegetable contained
)oo<l, and no artificial methods might
reaipitate moisture in the form of
?in if there were any iu thy atmoshere,
but there nre plsoos where the
ir is as moiHturolcas as a live fish in a
una basket, and neither powder nor
ynamitecan shake out of it what it
oe? not hold.
Captain Moore, of the nailing ahlp
fary dibits, tells a suggestive story of
in last voyage. He w.? from Boston
o the gold coast of Africa, an l his
irgo consisted of Now Buglan 1 rum.
iaiT enoagu, no also took out as passngers
two women missionaries, who
?d been sent oat to sxert n civilizing
nd Christianizing influenco on thn?o
enigted people. Tho brigantine
toppe 1 at thirteen ports to unload the
ttrgo of rum, which was received with
hid enthusiasm by the natives, while
bbody seemed to went the mission*
ries. The latter seemed discouraged,
nt nevertheless went stoutly to work
o counteract the oftects of the rum.
leforc he could tell what success they
rero having the Oibba sailed for
tome.
i
Tho halanee sheet of the Suez Oanal
nt issued csnuot fail iu the opinion
f tho New York Tribune to bo most
atisfactory to the English nation,
,Ui-L Al I A _ * * -L 1 ' 0 r ~ *
-ran, IIIHUKI v? > 1119 lUrOAIglHOI HOrU
leaoonatield, Hooured a controlling
oioe in th? mtntjiiiniat of the proprty.
Th3 of nearly 8,00),M)
tone of shipping that hare panted
')rough the canal during the tteoal
ear that hue jimt oloaod exaeedM even
he moat aaagnine ottimttee of Fordiand
do Losteps, and in view of the
aot that the vaat majority of tho vosela
peniug through the oenel were of
inglieh regiator, there being nearly
tOOO British ahipa am compared with
70 French, the Rritieh directors hare
lone the right and graceful thing in
noving for and necuring a vote making
adequate and generous provision
or the wife ant family of the noar
noribund and completely mined orif*
nator of this megniAoont enterprise.
' rdinand d? I#mndi |
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THE STRIKE.
OESS' PROPOSITION REJECTED BY THE
MANAGERS
California Strikers Attack U. S. Troops
Who Fire at Them With Fatal Effect.
Chicago, Inn.? The kenorid mnimKers
refused to entertain the proposition
from Dohs, in which lie offered to
.l?..lur.. II... .(rib.. ,.(V nrnvi.l.,.1 41... ?
would re instate their former employes.
Thin action of tho strike lenders was
taken, they claim, not because of impending
defeat, but in order tluit they
should l?e in harmony with the suggestion
President Cleveland made in
announcing that he would appoint a
commission of arbitration.
The refusal of the general managers
to even consider the proposition which
would necessitate tho dismissal of all
men engaged to fill the strikers' places
and would place them again in the
power of the organization which had
paralyzed their lines for days, was a
decided set back to the union. Following
it came the result of the two
days deliberations of the conference of
labor leaders called by Hnmuel Oompers,
of tho American Federation of
Labor. The leaders of sll the big organizations
outside of the American
Railway Union and the Knights of
Labor decided not to involve the men
they represent in anv local strike.
They expressed sympathy with tho
Pullman nmployvB liutdoclnred h strike
nt thin time of general business depression
nn act of folly.
Tho action of President Cleveland in
promising to appoint a committee to
investigate tho labor trouhlca na booh
as the strike ia ended ia having its effect
in quieting the Mit??ti?n.
Tho railways operated their prinei
i>al paaaenger trains aa they have been
doing for a week, and are moving
freight. No change was made in the
national and State troops guarding the
lines, but United Statea Marshal Arnold
began reducing Ina force of deputies.
The strike ia completely over at
Cleveland, Memphis, New Orleans,
Detroit, and Cincinnati, and at nil
these places freight and passenger
trains are moving quietly and regularly.
A dosk ok coli) i<rap.
Sacramp.nto, Cal.?A bloody battle
occurred between strikers and regulars.
Va far as can be ascertained, two
strikers were killed and six wounded.
Division Hupt. Wright ordered an
ngine and two flat cars to clear the
track along Front street contiguous to
the headquarters of the strikers. Fearing
that un attempt would be blade to
shoot the engineer and firemen, ?j >hmuI'.m'
vi oiioet. ,,lo ..? V, ,
r ua|)Tain Roberts was
ompany the train. Asthe train rwtched
I street, a number of strikeri, who
were concealed on the roof of a big
building in the vicinity of the cit v jail,
pencd tire on the engine. The regulars
returned the tire and two strikers
were killed and six others were wound
t*d. None of the soldiers were injured.
The tiring attracted hundreds of angry
strikers to the scene and it was
with difficulty they were persuaded l?y
cooler heads not to attack the soldiers.
United States Marshal Italdwin frantically
raised his hand and ordered the
crowd to disperse. He called upon
them in the name of the United States
to return to their homes and prevent
further bloodshed.
GOOD ROADS FOR THF SOUTH
We ate Going to Have Them and Be Up With
the Times.
Hai.kimh, N. f\ ? In an interview
with State (ii>oli>Kint !. A. Holmea.who
waa >i ili'lr^ate to the national ro<m|
ronilN conference Inhi nt Anbury I'nik,
N. J., Ihn! wci'k hi*hiivh "It Iiiiharoiiaed
a connii'o ul>ln amount internet ami
*ltnwr?*<l a wide awakening to the need
of hetter high way a over the entire
country. There were delegatea prea
ent from 40 Statex, and from each of
tliexc Statea encouraging iiii'hhh^' H mh
to the movement nil over the country.
Many of theae delegate* were fnrtnera;
other.! were State otheiala, merchanta,
editor p., Inwyera, engineera, preaehera,
hornemcn, wheelmen, Ac. New Jeracy
had, naturally, the largeat delegation
and, it liaa been the pioneer in the
movement for good roada. During the
few dava I remained in New .l?ruet I
?' ? " " " " ' " " "" "t' "
pasted nvi'r nearly 100 mile* of Kplen?11
< 11 y macadamized road*. Somo of
them were Imilt hy the State, some hy
the toenail!p* ami town*. i iiey *er?
nil good road*, properly laid ntxl graded,
and Imilt under intelligent engineering
supervision. A few of
them r? 'seialdo the aplendid highway*
of Kugluud or Franco. I have wen
hauled over these romla with teatna of
two horses loada varying from two to
five Ion* in weight and I was informed
hy a riti/en of Klizalieth, N. .1., that
he haula to I'lninOeld, a distance of l'i
milea, regularly and racily with two
large horaea a load of aoven tona. Contract
that with the load* hauled over
our North Carolina dirt roada. It ia
encouraging to are how actively th?j
New .Teraey farmer* have taken holh
of the road movement. Home of them
aay they innat have pood rosdsor abandon
their farm* They cannot compete
with Western grain crop* and stee!
transportation if they u*e the old dirt
road*. Many of onr North Carolina
farmer* are reaching a similar eonelu*ion.
Good road* may lie regarded a*
aa a luxury for the rich man, hut they
aro a necessity for the jioor man. Our
M.trll. /la?IU I- i a
*u > nai'lllir* |n-?ijnr I?r?^ !???! |MH?T f*?
Ho without them and we ar? alowljr
awakening to that fact."
Mod en a Cotton Mills.
A inofting of the xtookhohlora of tha
above mill wiu hehl in (Uxtonia. N
\VY?lno*<1ay, July 4tl?, 1804. They decided
to |>ut in 70 looum (LuWcllj and
3,000 apiudlc?.
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RIVERS AND HA1BJRS.
Increased Appropriations for North and So i'I
Carolina Rerommendei t>r the Senate
Committee.
XVAStltNOTON, I?. C.?South Cftl'U
lina's slico of the river and harbor sp
propriation ban i)eeii increased by th
Senate commerce committee. Char
leston harbor is no longer a port of th
river and harbor bill, for at tho in
stance of Judge Braw ley, while a inem
| ber of the House, Charleston wns pu'
in the class with the great cities of th
country and provided for in theannun)
sundry civil appropriation bill.
While the Senate has been tinkering
with the tarifT bill the committeo on
ommerce has been preparing th
river and harbor bill for report to th
Senate. Their labors have just con
lniled and the various increases ovei
the amounts proposed bv tho Hous<
indicate that Senator Rnntom looked
faithfully nftcr tho interest a of North
uid South Carolina The House pro
poae to give WinvahBay 8100,000 an
the Senate committee recommend*
$130,000. Sun tee River ia increased
from8-10,000 t?. $10,000,and Wuccamna
River from $0,000 to $10^00. Th
other South Carolina appropriation*
emaiii as they came from the House
As an evidence of the influence i
memher of the committee liaa in pro
tiding for hi i own State Senator Ran
torn secured an increase of $'231,000
for North Carolina. As the hill cami
from the House (ho aggregate appro
priatiou for North Carolina was $113,
000. It la now swelled to $113,000
Two new projects. Roanoke and Trent
rivers, are to have $50,000 each
Xoitheast Cape Fear River received an
increase of S t 500 (* ?> P.mr ?).......
Wilmington. In Increased to ft*20,000
him! placed iimler the contract system,
which insures an nniiunl appropriation
in tlic sundry civil lull. Pamlico and
Par livorn increased to $0,500; Con
tentnea Hi rot increased to $10,000;
Neuao River increased to SI 0,000;
fjookwood and Tolly $10,000, and
$5,000 for a survey of tliocaiial through
the Dismal Swamp.
In Georgia the appropriation for
Cuinherland Sound is deoreaaod from
170,000 to $100,000, I.lit placed undei
the contract system, which assures it
an aiiuiial appropriation. Brunswick
bar. $110,000 to tie paid to 0. I*. Xlood
year for dynamite operationa. The
bill is now ready for consideration by
the Senate, as arc moat of the money
Inlla which have come over from the
HoiiNe.
DOUBLE HANGING AT L0UISBURG
Two Men Who Killed a Jewnh Peddler Pay
the Penalty.
LoVMRCBO, N. f.?Tyo brothers,
ageJt and ^1,'were 'uihgeiVYiere, the
execution being private. The rope
used to hnng Calvin had been lined on
aeveu prior occaaioua during the last
ten years. The condemned men were
unable to read or write, had neve been
to school, nor inside any church. Tlicy
refused to make any statement, hut intitrated
that they hail not iutetnled to
commit murder. Two miniaters visited
them in the jail, and they expressed
the hope of being forgiven for their
una. In June, lftit'2, these men an?l
Charles Tucker, a Jewish pedler, met
ot the house of two negro women in
Franklin county, ami all drank. Calvin
Coley incited his brother and they
killed Tucker with an axe and carried
Ihh body into a neighboring thicket
ami covered it with brush. Finding
in his pack #H>9, they all weut to Norfolk.
A year afterwards t\ie crime was
discovered, the entire party was arrested,
the woman turned Htate's evidence
and the men were convicted.
An immense crowd gathered around
tho jail to see the execution, which,
however, waa strictly private. The
nii'ii met their fate without emotion.
The neck of Tom was broken by the
fall. Calvin died in 1ft minutes o!
strangulation.
THE WEEK IN THE SOUTH
Condition of Business and the Latest Features
of Southern Progress Summametl
The reorganization plans of the Itichmoml
Terminal are making good progress,
and this great system will soon
| become a powerful factor in tho development
of the South. A number of
short lines, connecting links between
other roada, and several logging roada
are reported for tho week. Among
I the new imiuatrial enterprises reported
i are h $10,000 rice mill in Loiuaiana;
a $!f,OOfl lumlwr plant. ?>)? >M)i|?nt*i
plant*, $20,000 printing company, etc.,
ill Florida; n $HH),IHtO meat-packing
company, $10,000 machine company,
$100,000f.bor-manufacturing company,
dry-ilocka, etc., in Maryland; a $00,<hio
furniture company, $100,000 mining
company, cotton mill proponed,
etc., in Georgia; an ice factory, water
* or kit, ?tc., in Alaliama; a ImnUr mill,
ateel bridge, etc., in Miaaiaaippi; tobacco
factories, iron work*, quarries,
teloph one ayftcm, etc., in North Carolina;
a $40,ooo mercantile company,
gold mil.c, $5,000 clothing company,
$25,000 in II company, $100,000 cotton mill
company, etc., in Month Carolina;
| a large ahoo factory, pencil worka,
qnarrica, etc , in Tenneaace; a $80,000
brick plant, $'25,0(H) plumbing com pa
ny, cannery, etc., in Texan; a $150,000
chemical company, coal mine, tobacco
worn*. e.->ii,immi mercantile company,
etc., in Virginia; #100,000 l?n<l company,
water work a coal mine, etc., in
Went Virginia. The new building*
repotted included a $11,000 achool in
Georgia. $100,(MM) teraplo in Tennee<we,
$30,000 court limine in Florida.
$llir>,000 nehool ami a $10,000 chureli
in Maryland, $30,000 dwelling in Went
Virginia, and many nthera.
Mr. McLatirin, ot Routh Carolina,
introduced in the Honae a bill appropriating
$100,000 for a public building
t Florence, 8. 0.
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PITHY NEWS ITEMS.
Tho Marlboro Mill Co capital ?25,
00O linn boon incorporated to opcrab
at Ben net tav ilia, K. O.
George M. Trenholm bts purchase*
tho Royal Fertilizer C< 's plant al
Charleston, S. C., for $1 3,100.
V?
Another arteaian well jp being aunl
at Florence, 8. C. ?
Abbeville, N. O., partita have lease*
the Monroe (N. C.) Foundry and Ma
chine Worka and will operate snino.
The college buildings of tho Rich
mond (Va.) Female Institute will b
remodeled and enlarged.
A new 30 room hotel has been finish
cd at Edgefield, S. C.
Tho Monbo (N. C.) >itg. Co. hnv
put in another Foster cone winder.
Prof. Collins Penny, of Virginia, ha
refused the | residency of Trinity Col
lege, Durham, N. C.
Nearly 30,000 Christian EnJeavo
delegates met in Cleveland, O., in spit
of the strike.
Cobb Bros, have commenced th
enlargement of their ho'^ery mill s
Suffolk. Vo
The Eoekhnrt Shoals (S. C.) Coi
ton Mills, now erecting, will put in th
wonderful new Draper looms.
The Bessemer City (N. C.) Cot to
Mills, erected last winte , willbefille
by machinery this fall and give en
idoymeut to 500 hands.
Ststesville, N. C., has its first colore
physician. Dr. Bryant, of Tarborr
lias located thero for tho praetice i
memento.
At Edgnwntor, Vn.. the Hilto
Woolen Mtlin, owiit'il t>v Wnttgh, Pet
kin* .V Co., t>f Hilton, N. C., wet
Inu nr.I. Loo* uninauret
I'lity will probnlily be rebuilt.
The Altamahaw- Cotton Mtlla, Bui
lington, N. nre r ? ini nr; thei
(bun "1 feet higher. When they get
.'oiupleted they will add home tie
looms.
The Buenn Viata (Vn ) Caaaiiner
Mill ban secured an <-fyler from tli
United States government for 10,(HJ
yarda of blue navy gootV
The Oil ell Mfg. Co., Conoorc
N. C., have contracted with the I). /
Tonipkina Co., Charlotte, for electri
pumping machinery. The water wi
be brought otie-foui th uile.
II. I). Whent, of the <laffney (S. C
Mfg. Co., haa been IVeted trraaim
and general manager oi the Tuacapa
Cotton Milla, now budding at Wei
for?l, Spartanburg i.otV'V.
Imp eaiiinaxaa made by i"v mo
careful tobacco men im that there i
lion un-1 IUIV -I'Miriiis III till HVITHK
tohaeco crop at must in Virginia, Nort
iiml South Carolina.
The Pineville, N. (!., Cotton Mill i
now to lie pnt into opcrntion.
IIyilrnnlic engineers Fmvv made sui
vevs for water supply at the new Ii
diiHtriul School for (iirln at Hock Hil
S O ; also at AgrienHnral Ar Merhat
ical College, ltaleigh, N. C.
Victor Taylor shot and killed Chin
ley Stuart near Catawlia Station, N. C
Saturday night. It appears to he
case of aelf-defeticv; hoth were full <
?liiakcy.
One hundred and ninety six frcs
rases of cholera wero reported at X
IVternbnrg Tuesday and TJ mot
deaths have heel! reeorded.
A special from Hurhngton, Poor
county, O , says a inoh of 20 maske
men took liOitiM laiferdette from ja
.? ii.. .a - - -- i- - -i-i "
nm/i11jr hh't iiiimiii^ni mommy nigi
rim I hung him. Ijofenlett wkm k train
nn<i IiikI murdered u farmer name
William Wheeler.
The umbrella trust. with headqua
tern in New York and capitalized i
fx,MOO,000 has gene into the bandr. <
rcceivera.
A boiler at the lipcklexou A Par mi
leo Lumber Association Mills, Jacl
snnville, N. exploded Haturdn
night, killing three colored inen it
stantly ami fatally injuring a fourth.
Pays to Pack With Caro.
J. A. Weatbrook, of Mi. Olive, N. 0
aenda us a sample package of atrawhei
rice as they are sent to the New Yor
market, four ';cvsa of fruit. narked i
a light open rack with a wooden bai
or handle. The berriea were fine, eve
size -if anything, the Inrgeat on#
were at the bottom. Between eac
layer of berriea were green atrawberr
leaves, with other leaven spread ov?
the top of the tray. Of conrae, a
this took time and required skill an
care. Did it pay? The comniisaio
man who handlea tlieae berriea state
that while other Honthern fruit w*
aelling at five to eight cents a qnarl
not a quart of these berries has sol
for less than 20 rents. There ia "pay
ia. ... i? i v v 1
iui jv?wi ? jturiii tin* iuncr.
Diana of De Funiak.
pi Fl'imi Smimoi, Fla.? Thor
*?* ? viaitor here alio created Horn
talk NniotiK the dtin iM. She in a we
man of about 45 yoara of a^e, an<l any
aha haa ?h<>t ami killed over 100 dee
since she ha* been married. She ha
hna hIho killed numeronn other game
auch aa atjnirrela, turkev*, etc. He
name ih Woodham, and *h? reaidca ii
about four in ilea of l>e Funiak Spring*
Govt nor Carr Dan coo.
The Oovornor of North Carolina I*
at ilia military ball at Mor?h>*ad Cdty
Apron in honor of the State Ouard, h
the eneaiopmeut tbare.
A MURDEROUS MILL HAND
Killed the Su/>ei inlendent and Assaulted His
Son Beca me He Had Been Discharged.
Dallas, Tex., July 17.- Tuesday
morning a few minutes utter the eotton
I factory in South Dallas had been
I started tip for the day, P. P. Barnes,
the boss weaver of the mills, entered
c the office of Superintendent A. H.
Nickless, on the south side of the building,
and with a long bladed knife aa'
Faulted him, indicting deep wounds
I under and over the left arm, in the
I left side, in the left groin, ami then
. I driving the blade into the heart, sever
0 nig the lower lobe of that organ. Mr.
Nicklev staggered to the door, fell on
the steps and died in a few minutes,
without speaking. About the time
pf HnrnpH got through with the supcrinc
tendent John W. Niekless, son of the
superintendent and engineer of the
mills, entered the office, when Barnes
* assaulted him with the same murderon
r weapon, inflicting a number of
deep wounds, two of which reached
r the luuga. Barnes eame out of the
e fight badly used up himself, lie was
arrested and locked up. Superintendent
Niekless discharged Barnes that
' morning and the latter immediately
1 assaulted him. Ntekleas was originally
from Boston, but lived a number of
t years in Atlanta Purees eame from
e Columbus.<In , ?vh?i his father ami
brothers reside
SOUTHERN INVENTIONS
Wakhinoton, 1>. Patents have
been granted to the following nierid
torioua Southern inventions:
' Clamp, Alt a M. Cole, Ashovilh , N. C'.
>f Process of and apparatus for anal
vzing gases. R A lh hling and A.
_ Steinbart, Birmingham, Ala.
Air blast uttaehmept for thrashing
.0 machines, \V L. dohnson and NV. R.
I imy. rraiiKiin, enn.
Car fender, Ij. <,h Ijiintnr,Oxford,
Minn.
r Hmiipiet li??lder, Ahhie I>. Mnraton,
'r Bedford, 1/H.
't Watchman's time detector, Johnnr
,v Mutuach, L>Miiville, Vh.
e ^ New Ten tile Fabric.
According to the Momtenr Tnduatriel,
nn invention depending: 011 the
direct extraction of ? Hhroua material
1, from the hark off the mulberry treehaa
i. recently been patented. Without layio
in^ claim exclnaively to any special
II process, the inventor.Mnna K. Khourl,
KiveaHomedetaila of the proceaaea which
v appear to him to uupply the l?i*at practical
nolution. "A quantity of thehaik
|t is placed in a twain of aoft water. At
about twenty-one day a it becomea ma
ture: it ia tbcti taken nut ami >ln<>.l f?.?
. '* * - Tin 1X11*1 ? |c-*ll?ll 111
" ?M" io ??'? -rei,i<>val of .
Is substancea it is snaked tor twenty-four
p houra in a basin containing chloride ??f
" lime ( *? per cent mi the quantity ol
bark.) It is then boile<l in water for
from five to six houra, then immeraeil
in a basin of soft water for twenty
houra ami dried in the nun. Thin treatment
given a produet hitherto entirely
unknown, and which ia suitable for the
i" manufacture of eiirtaina, silk, paper,
cardboard, etc " It doea not seem to
t" be Worth while to take so much troiibh
to get a little "fibre" when there an
r_ no many sheep and Angora goats anil
such things in the world, and when
(t cotton is Helling at 7 cents a pound
,f However, if the mulberry product u
valuable, it ia anoth *r bonanza for thf
South Home varieties of the tree grow
^ like weeds in tins part of the world.
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Two Like Vim Items.
IUi-Kkui, N. C. Sheriff MeThail
j of Columbus county, has nnived fron
-. Wheeling, W. Va., bringing with Inn
^ George Arklc, who two yea's ago
found on a train hi North Cniolina th<
pocket book of ex-Treasurer Join
Harralaon, of Columbus containing
#2,800 and valuable papera. Aikle re
r- rnscMi to remra them. Governor Can
?t made h for Arkle. Sheritl
r?f Mcl'hiiil ksvh the Wheeling people re
joice ?t his arr-*t, an lir is not 11 k
( there. Arkle's wife accompanied bun
k nud in nt ft hotel while he is in jail.
iv Democratic conventions held in
j Craven nod Jonea eonntieft endorae
Jarvia for United States Senator na
agn'nat Hansom mid inatruet their
nomineea for the legislature to vote for
him. These counties and others demand
a primary r'eetion for senatora
to be held at the November election.
r. This is w new departure in North ('aro
k lina and the movement is significant.
Storm and Lightning Fire.
?? Ooi.dbboro, N. C. |)tiring thfl
j, heavy thunder shower Sunday, lighty
ning struck the immense warehouse of
_ 11.. osu-imm. hi ' ?'
,r .... ..w.mo.mmw n t m if nil ||il||n?
|| Company, igniting it and about 340
d bait-* of cotton. Klflricnt work of the
n Hre department prevented an extenaive
conflagration, but not before n portion
M of the budding and content* were bodl(
ly injured. T I) Gully and K C.
(| Beach, propriefora of the North State
" Cotton Mill* here, who owned '240
balea, anft'er a loas of nearly $.r>,000; no
inaurance Tin* Murage coinpany'n
100 balea foot* up a lose of ?'2,000; inaurod.
1 he damage to the warehmiaa
amounts to $1,000, covered by iu.rua
ranee.
A Young Woman's Suicide.
r Marion, N. C.?Mra. Denton, wife
m of Klbert Denton, of Dyaartsvillc, in
, tbia county, comnntt d auieide by
,! hanging herxelf in her hnnbaitd'n barn
, Monday night. Mra. Denton run a
L daughter of the late William Tate, and
waa a young woman of exemplary
character and excellent family connection*.
No cauae, ho far, haa been hkaigned
for the unfortunate ooourrance.
d Mr*. Denton leaven n hualiand, two
Hinall amall children and n large circle
j i of relative* and friend* to mourn her
J untimely death,
IN PRISON.
PR LSI DENT DEBS NOW BEHIND IRON
BARS.
Adjudged in Conlempt of Court Because
They Had Violated the Injunction Reslr tin ing
Them from Interference With
the Transmission of Mails and
With Inter-State Commerce.
Chicago, InL.?The report that ml
< 111i<>11m) proceedings were likely to be
taken by the Federal authorities against
President Debs and his associate ofli
(tin of the American Railway Union
had the effect of bringing a big crowd
to the United States Circuit Couit
loom in the government building
Judge Senmans, of Milwaukee, presided
in the absence of Judge Gross
cup.
There were lengthy arguments, bin ?
finally the court cut the disc nasi on
short by ordering the issuance of at
tachmcnts for contempt against I)ehs ;
Hownrd, Ksliher and linger*, rnd in
st meted the United States marshal to
waive service on the understanding
that the defendant* would voluntarily
surrender at the bar of the court.
Judge Besnisns fixed the additional
hail nt each and ordered the
four men held in custody of the United
States marshal until the sureties
had l?eeii approved. l>ebs announced
for himself and the three other defendants
that they would go to Jutland
refuse to give additional hail on the
ground that their bondsmen in the
other cases had ltceu so bittt-rly attacked
by the press that they felt a
great deal of hesitancy in asking any
more citizens to go additional bail for
t hplll
I A score or more ??f friends clustered
around tlirm, urging them to reconsider
tHV* determination. One of the
number said flint he whs worth a half
million ilollnrn and would go hail for
the entire ijuartette. Others offered
to iM'come individual surety for the
several defendants. Debs, however,
was obdurate, end in his determination
was supported by his assoi-mteH
On their arrival nt the jhiI tho prisoners
were eourteously received by
Tailor Morris and Tail Clerk White.
The maishiil did the introductory honors
and the prisoners shook hands cordiallv
with their new custodian. At
the demand of the turnkeys they Indd
up their hands and submitted to a
seareh. They were deprived of all
valuables ami then led to the spacious
and roomy cells in the debtors' depatlinent.
President Debs and Vice President
Howard were assigned to No. 5,
and Rogers and Heliher to No. (i. It
was arranged with the jail officials
that meals should be served Iroin a
neighboring restaurant, and the prisoneis
weiethen left alone.
Hurts a South Carolina Seaport.
Prior to the opening of the Sue#
Canal 1,000 ships stopped at Jamestown,
the port of St. Helena, every
year, and the 5,000 inhabitants of the
island were kept employed. Now
thrtt the canal has side-tracked the
, island the young men are leaving to
find work elsewhere, efforts are being
made in London t?> start fisheries which
will afford occupation for the inland
, crs. This effect of the building of the
I c-wml do s not H)>penr remarkable, hut
it will surprise ninny people to hear
that the 8ueZ Canal had very much to
do with dect easing t he trade of <leorgo(
town, S. C. An eminent citizen of
that port explains that much of the
timber used by the ship-builders of
Maine and New Brunswick was unpolled
from Oeorfptown, hut that the
construction of the Sue/. ('Htinl made
, the use of iron steamers practicable
i for commerce with China and India
i and thns dealt a heaxy blow to A men
, ean shif builders.
Mississippi's Paper Curreacy.
Jacihon, Miss.?Tlif State auditor
p ropeivt'd another batch of $28,000 ?if
[ special warrants, and the ottice force
has been busy all day issuing them.
[ So far SI 25,000 have been issued, and
, it is the intention of officials to keep on
till the $200,000 provided by lew is in
i circulation. They do not ace in at all
, disturbed by Mr. Ha/.en'a demand,
i They fed certain when the Treasurer
of the United Statea fully iiuderHtandH
the queatinn that he will not say any
law wan violated by their issue. What
means the Governor ami auditor will
take to lay the question before the
United Statea Treasurer hna not yet
been determined. They have positively
decided, however, to ignore Mr.
ffsyen'* demand The Attorney (tenera!
says he doca not think the bonds
i are in violation of law.
Coming to Cod's Co-intry.
(Durham, N. Sou.)
On the east bound train passing
here there was alsiard a citizen of
Pennsylvania who was leaving that
State time* were getting too hard for
him and he was going to locate in Newberno.
He seemed to bean intelligent
looking farmer. The train moved off
before we covld ppt bis nam*', bill lio
had on th<> freight train with him ?ll
111 h personal property? two horses,
several cows, a lot of pig* and ?>mn
log*. b^aiden bin bed - clot bee end other
effects. Hi* wanted to try his luck on
North Ceroline noil end by working as
herd here en he did in Pennsylvania he
believed a brighter future was before
him.
Two Men Killed.
Kmoitit.t.b. Tun*. - On July 4th
there was a slide of slate in Cumberland
(lap tunnel. A gang of inen were
put to work and since that time two
other alidea have occurred, in one of
which (leoeral HupcMutendent Wynne
neaily loat his life, snd the other men
escaped just in the nick of time. Monday
night slate tell and two meo wire
killed and another had Uia leg broken.
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THE PLATFORM COLLAPSED.
Carolinians Crowded on It to Keep Out of the
Ram.
H ampton, 8. (5.?Six hundred pco
pie heard the campaign speakers here.
Before the speaking was half over rain
eotmnenced to pour iri torrents and
neither Butler nor Tillman had a
< hanee to niuk" a connect* d speech at
ouo time. Men crowded on the stand
to escape the rain until the flooring
collapsed, hut nohodv was injured.
Butler defended the turifl' and insisted
that the national democratic administration
should not ho condemned
when two years stdl remained for the
redemption of the platform pledged.
Tillman, discussing the dispensary,
said that within two or three weeks
constables would he hunt'ng hlind
tigers again. 'This is taken as a clear
declination that the dispensaries
wi'l be reopened ?h soon hh ?mi? ?>- .
elect {Jury tnk?M his sent on Hie
supicmo lienrh .IiiIy 20th instant. Tlie
govci nor asset ted Hint 11? dispensary
not of 1S00 iviih ctill intact and tlint
when tlie not of 1 H<?2 was declared iineoiistitntional
lie and Attorney (it netal
Buchanan lind 'taken to the woods
with it to prevent ? test cnae from being
brought before the court " The
majority of the ciowd cheered for
Tillman
Takes Them Back Under a Cast-Iron Pledge.
San Francisco, CaTj. ? A cast-iron
pledge in required by the Southern
l'acitte Railway Company from every
striker who desires to re-enter its service.
Much applicant for re-engagement
iH required t?? sign a promise t hat
he will never his connection with tho
American Railway fTnion; that he will
not join any labor organization duriug
his cmitlovment bv the coinnnnv. and
that he will rot hpconu' a iiii'IiiIkt of
nnv brotherhood or union for livo
yeara.
Alabama Politics.
Tlie People's Party, of Alabama,
claim tin- accession to their ranks of
('ongfesaman \V. II. (tenant! of llio
7th district. The Democratic chairman
saya "he'a gone." Prominent
Populist. leaders boast of Denson'a
accession and intimate that if
they control the Legislature this
winter they will put him 111 Senator
Morgan a acat.
4 Prominent Man Dead.
Mount Jackson, Va.? Robert T.
Harris, a veteran journalist ami
prominent association organizer of the
Populist party in Virginia, fell from
his carriage and died in a few minutes
i -? #..i?
sfi t .nn..it-, rmiRiu I iy t tlO
oi'iior;& ' v.'i,1, \"!r
papei connection wns with (lie Virginia
Sun. the Populist organ
Raleigh's Daily Bought In.
Kai.rioii, N. C.?The News and Observer
was Hold at auction by tin' reeeivera.
.T. N. Molding was the buyer
and the price paid was 86,810. The paper
will lie (*ont i n lied, and it in an id mail v
iniprovementa will lie miide. Nuiiiliera
of persons at once offered to take stock
if given the opportunity.
Crisp Renominated and Cleveland Endorsed.
Speaker Crisp wan renominated for
Congress by the Demoeratsof tic third
district at Haw kinsville, (la. The resolutions
endorsed l'residentCleveland.
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
The Senate.
j40th Hat.?The House joint resolution
to enat.lo the Meeretnn- r?f lh.. V.,...- ... ? -
ry out th< work of Increasing tho navy w ts
adopted. Mr. Allen offered a resolution
for tho appointment of a committee of live
Honators, no mor? than t wo fo t>e of the s unt
political party, to Investigate nnd roport on
tho ? Ivlsahllit y or necessity of O >vorn'n?nt
ownership of railroads an 1 telegraph", and
especially on tho existing trouble between
employer* and nmplovM.
147th Day.?Tho Honato passed tho Naval
Supply bill.?^-Tho Legislative Itill w >e reported
with amendments Increasing tho
House appropriations hy 2'l!t.2?>2.
141th Day. ? Tho Honato passe I without
discussion tho House hill to admit Utah Into
tho Union.?Tho Honato passe I also the
Post office Appropriation bill, and took up
tho Diplomatic Appropriation hill. - ?Mr.
Poffor's resolution as to Government control
of railroads was taken up, and Messrs.
Davis and Gordon sco.red tho Kansas Populist
for his uttoranoos.'
149th Day.?Mr. Daniel's resolution Indorsing
the action of the President In regard
to the groat strike was unanimously
adopted. ??The Honato passed with amenumonts
the Diplomatic Appropriation hill, tho
Pension Appropriation hill and the Military
Aoadomv Annronrlatlon tillt . Th.. IIi ?<?
an I Harbor with the total appropriation
made by the House, Increased by :I,0S7,4!*>,
was reported.
ISOtb Day.?Mr. Hale introduced a resolution
asking for Information concern I tig ttio
mooting* of the Tariff Conference Committee.
The Army an J Fortification* Appropriation
bills were passed.
The House.
IMtii dat.?The Gorman compromise
Tariff Mil was sent to conference by the
House after a short but sharp debate and
then the bo ty adjourned.
lfWrit Day.?"To regulate railroads engaged
In Inter-Htate commerce," Is the title of
a long bill Introduced by Mr. Straus, of New
York. Mr. Baldwin, of Minnesota, introduced
a bill for a survey of the most practlcableroute
for a ship canal to connect the
Croat T.mVm with th? ?? "- "
170th Dat.?The House passed a hill providing
for the opening to settlement of 3,000,000
acres of the UncomphagreandUintah
Heaenratlon In Utah. It a lopt ?1 n r?*ioItitlnn
declaring Mr. Enloe, of Tonnes* ?ntitled
to hla seat. which wan oontoetel hy
B. E. Trashor. The root of the day wti?
spent In debate of the hill forfeiting 8H.OOO,000
acres ot railroad landa oppoalte an t coterminous
with Itnea not constructed within
the perlo t of time fixed by the grant*.
171?t Day.?Mr. Rlohardaon. of Tennessee,
waa chosen Hpeaker pro tem. In the at>?M>n"<j
offlpoaker Urlsp. The Land Forfeiture
hill waa taken up. debated and paaael and
the Ifouae adjourned.
172i> Dat.?The Ifouae agreed to tl.a
amendments made hy theflenateto the Utah
fttatehool hill.?A numhsr ot bills ot Q
1 general character wars passed,