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VOL. IX.
RALEIGH, N. C., SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1807-
NO. 15.
fit SUITE PENITENIIftRK
• —
Has Existed Since 1868, and Pre-
sents a Most Difficult Problem.
WHO THE FIRST CONVICT WAS.
History of the Pen—Counties, Under
„ New I.aw, May Have the Use of
t oiiviets.
There is no problem in North Caro-
greater tlian the penitentiary; that
is its maintenance without cost to the
State. The incubus is the central
jn-bon with the life-time prisoners,
the dregs of the State's criminal class,
the a-i'<l prisoners, the sick and the in-
curables. The problem grows greater
annually and less than 125 convicts are
the prime cause. There are 80 "life"
criminals, ami of these only 60 can do
heavy work.
The penitentiary maintains fiive
farms: three on the Roanoke, one in
Anson anil two at Gastle Hayne. Only
four i an in the broail sense be termed
farms, and all are on lease land. There
are today 153 convicts in the penitenti-
ary. itself. 30 at Castle Hayne, 153 at
the Anson farm, 055 on the farms on
Koauoke river. The total is 997. Of
these f : ar? women.
The penitentiary was established by
the Legislature of 1868. Before that
the u; .lies of punishment were death,
the jail, the whipping post and the
bratniing iron. It was at first proposed
that the location of the prison should
be iu Chatham county, on Deep river.
But KaltigU was finally selected after
laml-sharks and carpet-baggers had
made some money out of the State in
the matter of land for the site in Chat-
ham.
l lie penitentiary as first built here
was primitive. Two long houses were
built of logs as quarters. These were
low and were like a set of houses fac-
ing each other with a roof covering all
and the corridor between. In each one
of the rooms there were ten or twelve
convict \ The stockade was of pine
poles or small logs. Part of the origi-
nal penitentiary yet remains, and is
used for stables.
.!atttuiry <!, 1870, the penitentiary was
opened and forty convicts were placed
iu it. i he first one was Charles Lewis,
sentenced lrom .Johnston county, for
four years, for robbery. The oldest
prisoner now within the walls is Andy
Winecott, who was received June 18,
;. for hurglaily, for life. The total
unlabel- of convicts received is 11,990.
The p nitjafiary building is of brick
and granite, all made or quarried on the
premises, in fact the granite for the
foundation • amn from under the build-
ing. l h.it from the immense wall came
from a quarry within the stockade.
First ami last, the cost of construction
approximates §'15,000. The main build-
ing has a front of 750 feet. It is a great
shell, enclosing in the east wing ""cell-
blocks,'1 which nra simply masses of
brick and cement in which are the
ceils, riving four tiers high, like bur-
rows in a mountain. The west wing
has no cell blocks, but is a vast open
space, available for manufacturing or
other purposes.
At eio Lwend is a building, higher and
divided by a ?o!id wall. One of these
is a hospital and contains cells for the
criminal insane (females) while in the
west wing will be the criminal insane
t males;" In front is the administra-
tion building and in the rear the bakery,
kitchen, laundry, etc., and in rear of
these a separate building for the female
prisoners. There are in ail sixty female
convicts, but most are on the farms.
One of the long time female prisoners is
Maria Hall, colored of Wilmington,
who got twenty years for manslaughter.
She has by uniform good conduct gain-
ed three years, and will leave next
month with §1)5 she has earned. The
females from the farms will probably
all be brought to the central prison.
l"e women make all the clothing. In
one year they make6,000 pairs of trous-
ers. as manj- suits of underclothing and
* oats. The goods are all purchased
in Georgia.
In the criminal insane ward there is
as yet only one inmate, Abe Hinson, a
murderer, who is kent chained and has
been so kept for ten years. His desire
is to strangle. His striped clothing is
removed now, and neither he nor any
ot the d initial insane will wear the
pn on garb.
in former years the Legislature used
to appropriate §125,000 annually for the
Penitentiary. During the past four
years, it (',,st the State only §74,000 for
the entn e period. This was the excess
°ver earnings. Last year there was no
expense. This year there is a contin-
ent appropriation of §25,000, of which
-lie new superintendent says not a dol-
lar wil! he needed if there is no damag-
ing freshet in the Roanoke. Last year
a freshet swept a away 1,000 acres of
corn there. _ He says the best farm in
the State is the "Caledonia," there,
iuv. 18 °^ered at §9 per acre if or its 7,-
' i acres. The State has an option at
that figure.
'year the new superintendent has
o (1 s.'o)i.i)i') 0{ jast year's cotton crop.
«e expects to make 2,000,000 brick
the penitentiary
There
penitentiary.
are many calls for convicts. In
^ rv W1" build a. ten-mile exten-
sion ot the ( arthage Railroad. The leg-
yro'.-nie ~ave 50, without expense, to*he
:uul Asheville turnpike, but
" v\1'j u,Jt be furnished unless they
' Under the new law the
arf avaf able for road work to
1'ihi! I'.';1 "ay f°r them, from the
\l ,nin1*le following spring,
law* oi be thus used. It is a good
id will lighten the State's burden
{ '■e good roads. — Raleigh Corres-
enoe Charlotte Observer.
ate
poinl
«;hi, ii is llow
Proving;
1 ^position
i Success.
of the Carolines.
opened at Charlotte, X
proving a decided success ii
and the largest at
®yer-v I'articular,
eon's"1" 'l 11 one was 2,000, and i
f"<»t tf!'! i n"'reasing, owing to' the
leorsii" attend find so much
aiivis "Vi" y* expect and go away to
friends to attend. £ast
a> v, as Children's Day and was
success.
a great
Tt
l&vt
Matters.
have i *''tm'P'8tration at Washington
in0'u.'5ternuned to go slow as to Cuban
THEWEKK OKTltAOtSi
Slight Improvement—A General In-
crease in Loans is Noted.
Messrs. R. G. Dun & Co. s Weekly
Review of Trade for the week ending
on the 21st, says: Unmistakable evi-
dence of improvement comes in the
general increase of commercial loans,
mostly for eastern merchants or com-
panies, though some well-known
houses iu the middle west appear with
considerable rediscounts from the
South,
Not for a long time have commercial
loans been fully half the whole. The
distinct change gives proof that new
business has been larger than many
have supposed. Receipts of money
from the interior exceed shipments 81,-
500,000, mostly from the mid-
dle west. Exports of gold have
no influence, and only signify
the willingness of Bussia to pay a price
for the gold needed. The excess of
merchandise imports to answer de-
mands for half a year to come involves
the greater excess of exports when the
anticipatory movement ends and crops
begin to move, which fact renders
large outgoes of gold less likely, and
gives the country a stronger position
in international market. Meanwhile
there is a continuing increase, distinct
though gradual, in the volume of busi-
ness in demand for products of manu-
facture and considering the time of
year, in movement of grain and pro-
duce.
Western wheat receipts exceed last
year's for the week 2,304,189 bushels
egainst 1,738,98(5, and Atlantic exports
were 1,670,813 bushels, flour included
against 1,302,491 last year, and for three
weeks 4,7 78,722 against 3,385,910, for
the same period last year. Western
receipts of corn were 1,055.677 bushels,
a gain of 1,425,671, aud Atlantic exports
2,188,825 against 1,608,825 last year,
notwithstanding the enormous increase
hitherto. Wheat again cheated hopeful
buyers and fell nearly 4 cents, closing
lih lower for the week. Corn was a shade
weaker. Cotton once more hopefully
advanced to 7jc., but fell back to 7\'
with poor support here or abroad. Roth
the volume of stocks and the condition
of domestic and foreign markets for
goods hinder advance, and later acreage
reports are better.
The iron industry has had an increase
in new business, though not in ail
branches. Part was due to the rupture
of the steel beam pool, and the fall in
price from §1.55 to §1.25, nominally
quoted, and some good structural con-
tracts were at once secured. Part is
due to a better demand for plates aud
for pipe, of which one large contract
for Indiana fields was placed, and part
to growing needs for cars and vessels.
There is also some increase iu rods
though the season for wire and nails is
nearing an end, because ot an expected
pool of frod mills. Lower Southern
freight rates marketed a little
more iron at the North and Eastern
foundry is slightly lower with grey
forge only §8.25 at Pittsburg. 1 he
Carnegie works are now turning out -
000 tons of rails daily, nearly all on old
orders, and exports of finished pro-
ducts increase. Sales of copper, said
to be nearly 60,000 pounds, have stif-
fened the price to 11£ for lake, aiul tin
13i cents, in spite of large arrivals,
though lead was weaker at §3.25 aud
tin plates at §3.30. Coke is also a
shade lower. Sales of wool decrease,
though still greater than when all
the mills were busj-, but manu-
factures are doing scarcely anything,
most of their possible demand for
months ahead having been supplied.
Western holders begin to oiler at 1 to
1 1-2 cent lower than of late. Woolen
goods are dull, but prices are firm.
The strike of clothing hands somewhat
restricts the new demand. Cotton
goods are without change in prices,
print cloths still at the lowest on
record, and the demand is still indif-
ferent, with talk of temporary closing
of mills at the South.
Failures for the week have been 248
in the United States against 227 last
year, and 37 in Canada against 28 last
year.
BIG STRIKE ENDS.
After Four Years' Struggle the Flint
CJIass Workers Give Up.
At Pittsburg, Pa., the strike of the
American Flint Glass Workers' Union,
which was inaugurated four years ago,
has been declared off. The dispute was
over working the unlimited turn," and
of the 7,500 men connected with the
American Flint Glass Workers' Union,
1,900 struck.
The strike cost the Glass Workers'
Union over §1,000,000, and during the
four years 400 strikers died.
Now that the strike is over it is
thought the United States Glass Com
pany will reinstate a large number ol
men.
M'LAURIN FOIt SENATOR.
The Youngest Syuth Carolina Con-
gressman. Looming Up.
There is little doubt as to the suc-
cessor of Senator Earle, of South Caro-
lina, and as Governor Ellerbe thinks
the Democrats should have their full
strength in the United States Senate at
once, he will probably make the ap-
pointment before many days.
.Congressman John L. McLaurin is
looked upon as practically certain to
receive the appointment. If appointed,
he will be elected, whether there is a
primary next fall or not, for it is left
entirely to the Legislature.
McLaurin is the youngest man in the
South Carolina delegation. He was
attorney general for four years ana was
elected to Congress for his second
term last fall. He is a member of
the Ways and Means commit teee
and recently spoke in favor of a duty
on cotton-
More Trouble at Homestead.
Italians at Homestead. Pa., liav«
twice been attacked by idle men, who
believe thev should have been given
the work the Italians received (build-
ing a street railway). Officers are pro
tecting the Italians and lurther trouble
is feared.
The Rouss Monument Dedicated.
The monument given by C ha vie
Broadway Rouss, the millionaire Aew
York merchant, to the Confederate \ ct
erans' cami>has been dedicated in A t
Hope cemetery, in Westchester cou:t._,
New York.
INST
A Column of North Carolina Squibs
Picked Up Here and There.
HE !S A VERY POOR PROPHET.
Many Damage Suits — Toe-Nails
Dropping Ofl — May Crop Bulle-
tin.
The Charlotte Observer's Concord
correspondent of the 17th, says: "In
the Presbyterian cemetery at this place
there is a lone grave with the following
inscription on the plain white slab:
"George Yeaman, Equestrian, Born
in Edinburgh, Scotland, January 13th
1801, and departed this life November
<th, 1827." He was a showman and in-
jured while performing a feat in Robin-
son's great country circus, which was
making its first tour through the
South. Yesterday afternoon members
of Cooper's circus assembled at the St.
Cloud Hotel and marched to the grave,
which was profusely decorated with
beautiful flowers. At tho grave Mr.
Hennessey, tho business manager of
the show made an impressive talk, and
asked the divine blessing aud guidance
for the fallen and for those yet alive in
the profession. The band rendered
several choice selections on the r.arch
aud at the cemetery, while tho flowers
were being placed on the tomb, it play-
ed "Nearer, My God, to Thee." The
memorial ecrvice was an impressive one
and was witnessed by nearly all the
city's populace."
Eli Marshall, the negro who shot
Constable Neyin, at Pineville, and who
was in turn shot when beintr captured,
just over the line in South Carolina from
Monroe, is furnishing a strange case for
medical science. He was shot, it will
be remembered, in the leg. The toe-
nails on the foot of the leg he was shot
iu are dropping off. This, Dr. Wilder
says, is caused by injuries to the scia-
tic nerve. It is the only case of the
kind he has ever known. Marshall
complains of his foot feeling like he was
on fire. He keeps it in water constant-
ly.—Charlotte Observer.
It is said that the attendance at the
meeting of the State Teachers' Assmbly
at Moorehead City. June irth will be
the largest iu many years. The opening
of the summer school at Wake Forest
College will be postponed in order not
to conflict with the assembly. Among
the eminent educators who are to ad-
dress the assembly are Dr. Curry, Dr.
McMurrav, president of the University
of Chicago, and President George J.
Ramsey, of the Southern Educational
Association.
The State crop report for May, based
on returns from 1,000 correspondents,
has been completed. It is as follows:
Average condition of farm work 94 per
cent.; amount of cotton planted c la-
pared with average years 102, corn 101,
condition of wheat compared with aver-
age years 110, oats 104, prospects for
peaches 07, apples 75, small fruits 87,
grapes 84. Number of hogs as com pared
with average years 97 per csnt.
The appointment of ex-Judge Tourgee
to the consulate at Bordeaux, France,
brings to mind his career in this State.
He left North Carolina nineteen rears
ago. He held a lot of the "special tax"
bonds and one of his statements just
before he left was that the United States
Supreme Court would declare them
valid and require their payment He
proved to be a very poor prophet.—Wil-
mington Messenger.
At the convention of the Brother-
hood of St. Andrew held in Raleigh
last week the following officers were re-
elected: S. S. Nash, president; T. W.
Fatten and Benjamin R. Huske, vice
presidents; John C. Drewry, secre-
tary and treasurer; executive commit-
tee, W. L. Wall, R. A. Evans and E.
G. Marshall, the latter of Charleston,
S. C. The strength of the chapter is
COO..
The Episcopal Diocesan Convention
at Raleigh last week adopted resolutions
deciding to purchase St. Mary's school
in that city for §50, OOO, §10,000 in cash,
the remainder in twenty years. The
school property belongs to the Cameron
estate and is in the western suburbs of
Raleigh. For over half a century it has
been a church school, but under private
auspices, They also decided that women
cannot vete on parochial matters.
At Ralgigh last week the following
were granted licenses as pharmacists
by the State Board after examination:
I. R. Graham, of Raleigh; Moody B.
Mintz, of South port; John B. Manly
and J. B. Isenhour, o'f Salisbury; Nor
man C. Hunter and W. B. Whitaker,
of Enfield; C. H. Yick, of Wilson; T.
G. Moore, of Danville, Va.; J. A. Scat-
terwhite, of Newberry, S. C.
The Governor has pardoned Ernest
Turner, convicted of illegal registration
at the last term of Alamance Superioi
Court, and sentenced to three years'
jail imprisonment, with leave to the
commissioners to hire out the prisoner.
He also pardons Clingman Iving, con-
victed of assault with intent to commit
rape, at the October term, 1895, of the
Hendersoi' Criminal Court and sen-
tenced to five years.
The number of damage suits againsl
railways for loss of employes' lives is
now larger than ever before. Heavj
damages are being given.—Wilming-
ton Messenger.
The centennial anniversary of tl.«
North Carolina Lutheran Synod occurs
in 1903, it having been organized at
Salisbury May 8, 1803. A suitable ob-
servance of this notable event is in pre
paration. ^
Bishop Key will hold the Westeri
North Carolina Conference, M. E.
Church, South, which meets at Ashe-
ville November 17th.
The department for the criminal in
sane at the penitentiary will be finished
by the 1st of June.
A SPANISH DUEL,.
It Will He Kouglit as a Result of a
Discussion of tile American Belift-
erency Resolution in the Spanish
Senate.
Madrid, May 21. — (By Cable)—The
exciting incident in the Spanish Senate,
which culminated in a free fight today
was provoked by the statement of the
Duke of Tetuan that Senator Sagasta's
speech the other day to the Liberals
had contributed to bring about the vote
ill the American Senate.
Gen. Lius Pando, said: "The thing
now happening is due to the cowardice
aud feebleness of the government."
Senator Comas said: "You will dis-
cuss that tomorrow."
"We will discuss it," replied the
Duke of Tetuan, "but I will accept
dictation from nobody."
"Nor I, either," retorted Senor Co-
mas, at the top of his voice.
At this j)oint the Duke of Tetuan,
pale with excitement, boxed both ears
of Senor Comas and felled him to the
floor. The son of Comas threw him-
self upon the 1 >uke and struck him a
blow with his fist. Several Senators
intervened and a general scuffle ensued.
The Senate adjourned in confusion.
The I hike immediaiely tendered his
resignation. It is believed that he mis-
understood the reply of Senor Comas,
who is a professor in the University of
Madrid.
Madrid, May 22, 1 a. m. —(By Cable)—
The Duke of I'eutau and Senor Comas
have selected seconds as a preliminary
to a duel.
Madrid, Mav22, 2 a. m. —(By Cable)—
The seconds of the Duke of Teutan and
Senor Gomas have decided that as the
aggressions were reciprocal, a duel is
not necessary.
A NEGRO PLOWS UI* §10,000.
The Money the Proceeds of the Sale of
His Ancestors.
Just before tho emancipation procla-
mation was issued John Howard, of
Louden county, Tenn., sold four slaves
for §10,000. He buried the cash ill his
horse pasture. Howard died without
telling anybody about the buried treas-
ure.
Pob Banks, a relative of one of the
slaves, recently rented the farm on
which Howard lived, and in plowing up
the horse pasture unearthed the treas-
ure.
Internal Revenue Receipts.
The monthly statement of the collec-
tion of internal revenue shows that the
total receipts for tho month of April
were §11,384,539, a decrease of $)(', 7 V.
as compared with April, 1896. For tlie
last ten months the receipts aggregated
§122,350,403, an increase as compared
with the same period of last year of
$690,0.83. The receipts for April last
from the several sources of revem'a are
given as follows: Spirits, §6,079,610, a
decrease as compared with April, 1890,
of §t>4,205. Tobacco; §2,570,146, in-
crease §197.451. Fermented liquors,
§2,620,932, decrease, §230,741. Filled
cheese, §3,035. Miscellaneous, §25,192.
Hanks Should lie Encouraged.
Comptroller of the Currencv James
H. Eckels delivered an address before
the Bankers Association, in session at
Nashville, Tenn., and a large number
of promiueut citizens. He said in his
opinion the South should be as rich and
prosperous as any other section of the
republic. The way to bring, this about
was to assure the capitalists of the
North that investments would be safe
in the South and returns would be re-
ceived. Mr. Eckels dwelt especially
upon the necessity- of a sound system
of banking, aud insisted that beaks
should be encouraged in every com-
munity, as they gave efficiency to idle
money.
A'isited Monticello.
A congressional party from Washing-
ton. numbering about sixty persons,
made a pilgrimage on the 21st to Mon-
ticello, Va , the home of Thomas .Jeffer-
son, going via the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad. The trip was planned
by Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, at
the invitation of Mr. Jefferson M. Levy.
Speaker Reed was among the represent-
atives of the House.
Virginia Democrats. .
The State .Democratic committee have
decided to hold the State convention in
Roanoke, Aug. 1.!. The basis of repre-
sentation was made one delegate to ev-
ery one hundred voters or fraction of
fifty east for the Democratic candidate
iu the last Presidential election. This
will make a body of some 1,600.
McKiiitey Will Clo to Nashville.
The President has finally decided to
go io the Naslieville Exposition next
U-'oiith. He has fixed upou the 12th as
the ' ate and will doubtless be accompa-
nied by some members of his cabinet.
He v iil travel over the Southern road
via. Asheville, Knoxville and Chatta-
nooga.
Horses Are Numerous.
Hcrses are so numerous in the State
of W ashington that they can be bought
for from 50 cents to §1 a head. They
run at large and nobody seems to care
for them. Complaint is made that they
eat the grass that cattle i.nd sheep
might feed on. ,
To (Jive $1,000,000 to Charity.
Andrew Carnegie, who usually pre-
faces his annual trip to Europe by a
charitable or educational donation, has
decided to give §1,000,OOOto charity this
spring; the exact object of the donation
is not known.
Odds and Ends.
Hon. Wm. J. Bi'yan has accepted an
invitation to speak in New York Labor
Day, Sept. 6th.
The Locomotive Engineers in session
at Toronto, Canada, decided to meet
next year in Peoria, 111.
It is reported in Baltimore, Md., that
the Catholic University has received, a
legacy of §150,000 from the estate of Mr.
O'Brien, of New Orleans. The money
will be used to endow three chairs, to
be selected by the authorities of the
university.
I
He Succumbs to Bright's Disease
After Weeks of Suffering.
A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE.
He Was Conscious to the Last — As
to His Successor Gov, Ellerbe Will
Act at the Proper Time.
A dispatch from Greenville, South
Carolina, last Thursday heralded the
sad news that Senator Joseph H. Earle
had succumbed to Bright's disease after
weeks of suffering, but was conscious
to the last aud bid farewell to a devoted
family which had gathered around his
bedside.
When Senator Earle went to Wash-
ington in March he was in his usual
good health. About two months ago
ho made his first public utterance iu
the Senate, supporting a resolution
which he offered, looking to the organ-
ization of the Senate committees. The
strenghth of his position in that mat-
ter brought him at once into national
prominence. But he was almost imme-
diately attacked by what proved to be
his last illness, and, failing to rally,
his physician advised his returning to
Greenville.
Below is a short sketch of his life:
JOSEPH H. EARLE
was born at Greenville, S. C., April 30,
1847. He lost his parents early in life
and went to reside with an uncle at
Sumter, S. C., where he attended the
common schools until the breaking out
of the war in 1861. He entered the Con-
federate army while a mere boy and
stayed the whole four vears. At the
close of it he was a member of Charles'
Battery of Light Artillery, Johnson's
army. Soou after the war he returned
to Greenville and entered Furman Uni-
versity and completed his education.
He then taught school in Greenville
county foi three years, leading law at
the same time. About this time he was
happily married to Miss Annie Earle,
daughter of Mr. Ba\-hss Earle, of An-
derson, she being a distant relative of
his. He next moved to Sumter aud
was admitted to the bar in 1870. Eight
years after he was elected to the legis-
lature from Sumter county and in
i <2 iv as elected State Senator
f.om this county; he Mas a del-
egate to the national Democratic
convention in 1880 and lss-1; in 1886
he was elected attorney general of the
fctate and re-elected to tli's office in
1888. In 18f>0 Senator Earle opposed
B. R. Tillman for Governor at the time
when Tillnianism was at bloo.l heat; he
was defeated. Just four years l <ter he
was elected c:rcuit judge, which office
he held at the time he was elected over
John Gary Evans to succeed J. L. M.
Irby in the United States Senate in
November, 1896. He took his seat
January 27, 1897. He has held his posi-
tion as Senator about five months and
stayed at his post manfully until the
yery last.
A I'l-RI.IO CALAMITY.
Governor Ellerbe, of South Carolina,
was much shocked to hear of Senator
Earle's death As a matter of course he
is having nothing to say at this time
of the possibility of his successor, al-
though he fully realizes that it is a mat-
ter of great moment to the Democratic
party to fill the place thus made vacant
by the hand of death at the very earliest
possible moment. The power of ap-
pointment is vested in him, and in him
alone, and he will act when the proper
time has elapsed in accordance with the
power invested in him and for the best
interests of the State.
CONGRESSIONAL ACTION.
At Washington, on receipt of the
news of the death of Senator Earle,
Senator Tillman called on the Yice-
President in regard to the appointment
of a committee to represent the Senate
at the funeral. Mr. Hobart named the
following us a committee: Messrs.
1 illman, Clay of Georgia, Chandler of
New Hampshire, McKnery of Louisi-
ana, and Harris of Kansas. Speaker
Reed appointed a committee to repre-
sent the House.
RICE PLANTERS RETURN.
Have Hopes of a Tariff Duty—Matter
Rests With Finance Committee.
The Charleston, S. C., delegation
consisting of Major Theodore G. Bar-
ker, S. G. Stonev and Christopher Fitz
Simmons, who have been in Washing-
ton in the interest of the tariff' duty on
rice, has returned to that city. Major
Barker expressed himself as pleased
with the audiences given the South
Carolina delegation He said that he
could not speak definitely about the
result of the delegation's visit, but he
was hopeful. The Senatorial Commit-
tee, ho said, seemed to b^ impressed
with the fairness of the demands of the
rice planters and seemed disposed to
lend a kindly ear to their pleadings.
Major Barker stated however, that in
his opinion, the matter rested with the
finance committee entirely, as to
whether they can see their way clear
to amend the Dingley tariff bill in the
direction requested.
Terms of Peace Arranged.
London, May 21. —(By Cable.)—A
dispatch from Constantinople to the
Daily Mail says: "The ambassadors
will present a note to the Porte tomor-
row embodying the terms of peace to
which they will agree. The note will
refuse to permit the abolition of the ca-
pitulation in the case of Greek subjects
or the annexation of Thessaly, but will
consent to a strategic rearragement of
the frontier, and indemnity not to ex-
seed 115,000,000 francs.
Officers Elected.
The twenty-sixth session of the Grand
Division of the Order of Railway Con-
ductors, held in Los Angeles, Cab,
closed Tuesday evening after a nine
days' session, the following officers for
the ensuing year being chosen: Gra id
chief conductor, F. E. Clark, re-elect
ed; assistant grand conductor, C. H.
Wilkins, re-elected; grand secretary
and treasurer, Martin Clanev, re-elect-
ed, grand senior . conductor, A. B.
Garrettson, re-elected; grand junior
conductor, W. B. Perkins, of Los An- '
geles.
AFRO-AMERICAN NOTES.
Negroes iu it Xuittlug Miil-^Opposed
to the Jim Crow Cars.
Mr. Johnnie Patterson, a bright
young colored man of Topeka, Kan.,
has been appointed stenographer u the
office of the probate judge in that city.
—The Elevator".
William Ramsey, a Negro janitor,
residing at Grand Rapids, Mich., has
just fallen heir lo §80«000 by the death
of his father's brothers.
Mrs. Emma Clark, colored, died re-
cently at Winchester, Ivy., aged 117
years. She was the oldest colored i»or-
son in that State, and was, perhaps, the
oldest member of the Baptist church in
the United States, having joined that
organization when but lti years of age,
just 101 years ago.—The Race Stan-
dard.
Lieut. Chas. Young, a graduate of
West l'oint, now stationed at Wiiber-
foree University, Xeuia, O., has been
promoted to troop H of the Seventh
Cavalry. This is a white regiment, and
is known as Custer's old regiment, with
a rei-utation for successful I ndian light-
ing. This is the first time in the his-
tory of this country that a Negro has
been placed in such a position. Week-
ly Guider.
The Annapolis cadets who are about
to have a "conniption fit" because a
colored lad has been appointed to the
school w ould do well to take a dose of
nerve tonic for they are liable to have
more trouble for their weary souls.
Congressman White, the only colored
man in the present House of Brepreseht-
atives at Washington, has an appoint-
ment due him for September and he
says he will give it to a colored boy.
The cadets will do well to brace up in
a hurry. The Conservator.
At last the color line is to be abolished
in fraternal protective societies. A cir-
cular is before us issued by a fraternal
society, one of the paragraphs of which
reads: "Let-us ask you to lie cautious
in the selection of members. Do not
take any person iu as a member of tue
lodge that you would not be willing to
take to your house on terms of social
equality. Any acceptable persvn,
white or colored, admitted to member-
ship." Strange as it may appear this
society[originatedjin Mississippi. Surely
"the world do move."—Appeal.
The leading Afro-Americans of Nash-
ville seem to be opposed not only to the
"Jim Crow" annex of the "centennial
exposition," but also to its manage-
ment. One thing is clear even at this
distance and that is, our people would-
en't be connected with it in any but a
oienial capacity, were it not for the
itot that the exposition management
it teds badly the money they hope to get
from Afro-Americans who visit it. V> ith
"Jim Crow" cars in Tennessee, and ex-
position and other color lines to con-
tend with after you get to Nashville,
there is very little likelihood of many
Ohioans of Color attending.—The Ga-
zette.
Negro representatives from the
ten Congressional Districts of Vir-
ginia met at Richmond and oiganized
the Negro Protective Association
of Virginia. There were present
about one hundred of the rare.
The plan of organization adopted
provides for a State chairman, an
executive committee, a State committee
and district, city, county and precinct
committees. A. W. Harris was elect-
ed chairman of the association. Reso-
lutions were adopted looking to better
educational facilities for the race, con-
demning lynching; the solidifying of
the Republican party so far as the Negro
is concerned, but placing the race in-
terests first and party interests second.
The visit of Miss Ida B. Wells, two
years ago and her addresses in the in-
terest of the colored race, have borne
practical and very material fruit. As a
result of her agitation there has been
established in this city a society for
charitable work among the eolored"peo-
ple of New Bedford and still more re-
cently a Home for the Aged, which is
not confined in its ministration to the
African race, though its promoters are
colored people. Three weeks ago the
Home for the Aged was established by
the ladies of the Loyal Union, but its
public opening did hot occur till today.
The home is located at the northwest
corner of Cedar and Mill streets, and al-
ready has three inmates and three more
applications. At this rate, since the
capacity of the home is only eleven, it
will soon reach its limit and need addi-
tional accommodation.—New Bedford
(Mass.) Standard.
The colored women who are now
running the knitting machines in the
Charleston (S. C.) knitting factory are
reported by W. Gregg Chisholm, the
manager, to be doing well. When the
mill first started (savs the Textile Ex-
celsior of the 14th, ult.) onlv white
labor was employed, the employes be-
ing young white girls of respected fam-
ilies. These were paid by the piece,
and having to operate the machines,
they couldn't make much at first, so be-
came indifferent, and did not work
steady. Furthermore, the manage-
ment claim they couldn't, get enough of
white hands, therefore the change was
made to Negro help, which was abun-
dant and eager for the chance. Mana-
ger Chisholm said the girls employed
were all recommended by the colored
ministers of the city and that the
change was made not to get the work
done cheaper, but to secure enough
hands.—S. A. L. Maguncli
Tree Ages.
Gericke, the great German forester,
writes that the greatest ages to which
trees In Germany are positively known
to have lived are from 500 to 570 yea rs.
For Instance, the iiine in Bohemia and
the pine in Norway and Sweden have
lived to the latter age. Next comes the
silver fir, which in the Bohemian for-
ests has stood and thrived for upward
of 400 years. In Bavaria the larch has
reached the age of 275 years. Of foli-
age trees the oak appears to have sur-
vived the longest. The best example
Is the evergreen oak at Aschoffenburg,
which reached the age of 410 years.
Other oaks in Germany have lived to
be from 315 to 320 years old/ At Asch-
offenburg the red beech has lived to the
age of 245 years, and at other points
to the age of 225. Of other trees, the
highest known are ash, 170 years; birch.
160 to 200 years; aspen, 220 years;
mountain maple, 225 years: elm, 130
years; and red alder, 1-15 years.—Pub-
lic Opinion.
DiPimiS JjfflJ WORK.
The Graeco-Turkish Controversy
Reaches This Stage. -H
NEGOTIATIONS EXPECTED TO
Last for Some Time—The Sultan's
Policy in Acceding to the Czar's Re-
quest for an Armistice.
London, May 22.— (By Cable.)—The
Graeeo-Turk trouble has now fairly en-
tered upon its diplomatic bargaining
stage and the negotiations are expected
to last for some time. Many imi>ortant
lifferences have to be settled, and tho
Sultan of Turkey may be counted upon
to drag the affair along as much as
possible, with tho view of bringing
-"-it the latent jealousies of the pow-
ers. His prompt comjiliai.ce with
-he Czar s request to arrange for an
armistice is not attributed entirely to
:he dcire to please the Czar, but it is
ooktd upon as. a stroke of diplomacy
intended to excite the resentment of
«»ie other power and thus weaken the
'•<'■ 11• 'ei t. I lius far, everything tends to
show that the powers remain in entire
agreement on the question. An Euro-
pean conference is discussed but it is
uot thought likely to take place until
:he preliminaries of peace are arranged,
lheu the ambassadors at Constanti-
nople, with the delegates of Turkey
mil G recce, may meet to settle upon
ike treaty of peace. There is a strong
:eeling iu favor of international control
jf the Greek finances, without which
:he payment of the indemnity to Tur-
key and the interest on the Greek debt
is declared to l>e impossible.
The Greeks insist that if an indem-
nity is imposed upon them there will be-
i general col.apse and serious internal
:roubles will occur. They estimate the
Janiage done to Thessaly at 25,000,00(1
Irachtjisaud they say another 10,000,000
Irachms will be needed to supply the
peasants with food and tools. Moreover,
they add, the revenue will be greatlyre-
flnced, owing to the immediate damage
lone to culti at: m throughout the coun-
try, due to the absence of thousands of
workers. This year's budget will proba-
bly leave a deficit of 60,000,000 drach-
mas. The Greek statements, however,
ire now received with a certain sceptic-
sm. It is pointed out that by the ad-
missions of the Greeks themselves 70
per cent, of the interest of the debt,
which they have not paid, has beeu set
iside in order that they may have mon-
ey for the war and that consequently
i recce is certainly in a position to con-
tinue paying 30 per cent, interest and-
probably considerably more if her
ii nances are placed under international
control.
Advices from the scenes of the recent
aghting mention the possibility of a
serious epidemic of disesse when the
aeat increases, owing to the putrifying
carcases and hcrses left rotting in every
litch.
The popular feeling at Athens against
the royal family of Greece does not di-
minish. The stories of the "excessive
prudence" of Crown Prince Constan-
:ine at the front have done
iveaken the dvnasty.
much to
DEMOCRATS CAUCUS
\ii<l Decide to Fight Tariff Bill-
Down on Dear Beer.
The Democratic Senators held a cau-
cus last Saturday atul decided to in-
ingurate their right upon the tariff bill
is soon as the bill is taken up in the
-'enate by a motion to strike out the in-
rernal revenue features of the bill relat-
ing to beer and tobacco. This result
was reached after a discussion in which
practically all the Senators present par-
ticipated. The talk was based largely
apon the proposition to increase the
ax upon beer, which was generally
."i iticised lis an effort to increase the
price of. "the poor man's beverage,"
which was pronounced wholly unjusti-
fiable in time of peace and with § 120, -
'.'00,000 of idle money in the treasury.
Senator Earle's Funeral.
At Greenville, S. C., Saturday, the
Krave closed over all that was mortal of
Joseph Haynswortli Earle, South Car-
olina's late junior Senator. All the
stores in the city were closed during
the progress of the exercises. The
whole of Greenville mourned and the
people made no attempt to conceal
their feelings. Rich and poor alike at-
tended the obsequies, and prominent,
men from all over the State, as well as
the Congressional committee, paid
their last tribute to South Carolina's
honored and worthy son: Handsome
floral tributes were sent from Washing-
ton, as well as from the townspeople.
Governor Eilerbe did not attend, owing
to illness in his family. The services
were conducted at the First Baptist
churchh by Dr. C. S. Gardner, the pas-
tor.
Cuban-Americans Needing Relief.
A telegram received at the State De-
partment at Washington from Consul-
General Lee indicates that the number
of Americans in need of relief in Cuba
is much larger than was supposed at
first. The Consul-General says that
the number may reach 1,200. The
consul at Matanzas reports 250 there
and the consul at Sagua 450.
A Rust of Raleigh.
A memorial bust of Sir Walter Ral-
eigh has been unveiled at Westminster
Abbey, in London, England, by the
Duke' of Buocleuch, in the presence of
a distinguished assemblage. Among
the eulogies delivered was one by Col.
Tohn Hay, embassador of the United
States. _
Their First Woman Gfafluate.
The first woman to be graduated by
the faculty of Union Theological Sem-
inary, New York, received her diploma
Tuesday at the Sixty-first annual anni-
versary and commencement of that in-
stitution. The interest in the event
was doubled by the graduate being
Emily Grace Briggs, daughter of Prof.
C. A. Briggs, who was suspened by the
general assembly after atrial for heresy
Til 1894. Dr. Briggs is still a member
of the faculty of the seminary, although
he cannot take active part in its work-
ings before the ban of suspicion has
been removed.
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