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The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1891-09-26
PETER BAKER WHIPS A MASHER
Mr.. Jenkins Had Written Notes to the
Comedians Daughter.
Special to the New York World

Special to the New York World.
DAYTON, O., Sept. Is. Peter
Baker, the we]l-known comedian of
the old-time sketch team of Baker
and Farron, has pretty daughter,
who is also on the stage, under the
name of Miss Viva Walters. H.
I. Jenkins, Of Henderson, n. c.,
who travels for the w. B. Lewis
Tobacco Company, sought to'smash''
the young lady, and to that end
wrote her notes that she and her
father considered insulting. Baker
encountered the masher at the Coop
er Hotel this afternoon and gave
him sound thrashing, jenkins be-
ing knocked through a plate-glass
window during the operation. The
scene was rendered additionally ex-
citing by the screams of a number
of ladies who were present. They
all sympathized with the actor.
They berated the travelling gentle
man and brandished parasols at
him while Mr.. Baker pummelled
him. The episode ended with the
arrival of the police patrol wagon,
in which Jenkins was hustled off to
the lookup. He is twenty-eig hit
years Of age, good looking and of
gentlemanlv bearing. He says that
when he discovered his mistake he
apologized to Mr.. Baker, but it was
not accepted, and instead he was at
tackled. He threatens to prosecute
Baker.
Mr.. JENKINS is one Of the par
ties to the celebrated suit at Hen
derson betwetn the jenkins To-
bacco company and Col. W. II. S.
. BURGwYN.-ED.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1891-09-26
GREAT FIRES
Devastate Wide Districts on the Upper
Mississippi.
By United Press.

-
ASHLAND, Wis, Sept. 25. Re-
ports from along the line Of the
Omaha road are that forest fires are
rapidly advancing and eating up
everything before them. Home
steaders, surrounded by a wilder
ness of woods, are being burned out
and arriving in town tell of narrow
escapes from being burned to death.
The high winds have been effective
in spreading the fires. To add to
the discomfort of the excessive heat
Ashland is filled with smoke, and
navigation is impeded owing to the
heavy smoke.
ST.. PAUL, Sept. 25. j. E.
Westby, who has large contracts
for government surveying came in
last nigh. from the upper Missis-
sippi by way of theDuluth road, and
reports terrible devastation along
the line. He says hundreds of cat
tie are burned and many homesteads
destroyed. The train on which he
came down stopped at one place and
took on seventeen men, women and
children settlers who barely escaped
with their lives. Unless heavy
rains fall at once all the little vii
lagos and the homesteads along St.
Paul and Duluth for 60 miles will
be burned. There is no doubt that
many human lives we're lost and
expensive logging outfits burned
The country along the lake divis
ion of the eastern Minnesota, partic
ularly south of Hinckley, is suffer
ing heavily. The country is sparsely
settled generally, but the railroad
: company has large forces of mel
5 at various points at work in an eff
fort to save their property an'
check the flames. The colony o
the Mile Lacs Lumber compan,
has been fighting fire for two day
:. and still the danger is not averted
D Oak Park, on the St. Cloud an,
q Hinckley branch of the Grea
Northern, is reported in grea
danger and it will be miraculous
e it escapes obstruction.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1891-09-26
EXPOSITION NOTES.
The County Exhibits Come in Slowly
The States are Mainly in Place.

The County Exhibits Come in Slowly
The States are Mainly in Place.
One hour spent at the Exposition
grounds yesterday afternoon showed
good many things. One was that
not single county has it's exhibits
in place; that in Wakes space there
are several boxes, not unpacked,
and that if the counties do not make
great haste their part of the show
will certainly not beready by Octo-
ber 1st. That is certainty.
The State exhibits are much
further advanced. Florida is nearly
ready and so is South Carolina
Florida is in a fine position, and
has large space. There are many
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1891-09-26
Baseball at Winston,

h.. special to State chrooic,e.
rl rrl1,5"S, ~ao !, \. c., Sept. 25. Rich
'rnoon sg.. = ~ ball game here this
a ,cor. N + errors ,o ofthe winstons,
h. run, y !, 10 ), to 8. Richmond
; III. MI .bi,5 a ,sy the second inning,
Third. '''aS ; ;a !, in the first, 2 in
F.. Rop,t ta.a ,9d NINTH. ''''I iaa B"l,s,s;sl sieh
|Hon, J""a.L a.'a Luck for Richmond:
|c1noad 10. o'''''l's' Winston Il
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1891-09-26
30 LINCHED ...,,,,,
| At ASHEVIL[E'
terrible Rssult0t an
|svation Between
/ Two Men.
kurrE NAN WILL mr.
Iuyrg NAN WILL DE-
>, sr,ng to a Tree By the
r1D Mans Aagry
| Friends.
: state Chronicle.

[,,iol to state Chronicle =
frllr, VII \. c. Sept 70.
H., lwhite), an engineer
Western y. c. R. r. and
l. Rankin (colored) became
\ in an alteration at the
l,r;e here last night, during
Tyler struck Rankin with a
/ coal. Rankin ran off to
a physician, and, coming
kred at Tyler, the bullet strik'
in the abdomen. A Grove
men caught Rankin
kking him across the river
kim to a tree. His body wa'
Mi, morning. Tyler will die
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1891-09-26
kyDERSON's ACTIVITY.
| Breaks Of Tobacco Weekly
tovn Bright and Prosperous

Breaks Of Tobacco Weekly
Tovl Bright and Prosperous
Epeca, to state Chronicle,
kDrR,os, y. G. September
sol. Henderson as usual is
large breaks Of tobacco.
!, Oh sale here to-day over
lo, from every section of the
oacco growing country.
tige is more Of the new crop
ret in Cooper's warehouse
were several large lots of the
Old tobacco offered from the
d 1880. The sales here al
consist mo:e Of tobacco sold
armer than any other mar
P North Carolina. Our four
| warehouses have their repre-
|Iyes through he Eastern coun.
|nd farmers from that section
lsFe every week in large mum.
lae sales yesterday and to.
were the largest since the
tobacco year, September lst
latter will hardly be finished
y.
\ iaII term of the Superio,
Will convene on October 5th
/ Connor will preside.
'aR Robinson's circus will sbov
october II, and the small bow
larger ones too, as for that
ana look admiringly upon tn
''"O''s IN the long lines bar
,''Fa' which have been erecte
Ne pretty coIored papers.
manager of the Burwell Ha
| ~ ''Fangements for a speci;
b, " ,gaVe =. here after the lectu,
h. mos Dixon next Frida
p''''e' living in Oxford ca
over and hear him.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1891-09-26
ON THE DIAMOND.
(By the United Press)

LEAGUE.
At Boston: Boston 6, Philadel-
phia 3.
At Brooklyn: New York 7,
Brooklyn 6.
At Cleveland (called owing to
darkness): Cleveland 16, Cincin-
natl s.
At Chicago (broke up in row.:
Pittsburg 4, Chicago 2. The Pitts
burg refused to abide by a decision
of the umpire and the game was
awarded to the Chicago by score
ASSOCIATION.
AT Philadelphia (called owing to
darkness): Athletic 13, Washing
ton 4.
At Baltimore: Baltimore 2, Bos-
ton 6.
At Louisville (called owing to
darkness): Louisville z, St. Louis 4
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1891-09-26
RUSH INTO THE
PROMISED LAND,
The Great Excitement
Existing in Indian Ter
ritory Free Lands.
GENERAL NE US.
THE Forest Fires Over-We Weeks
Business FuSIatreS-BOaZer Er-
pLosiom-&atesvsUe Public
Building.
(By the United Press.)
INTO THE PROMISED LAND.

GUTHRIE, O. T., Sept. 25. We'd
nesday night when the survey Of
Tecumseh was completed 5000 peo-
pie made a rush into the town and
three men on horseback were thrown
under the feet of hundred rushing
horses. One man killed instantly
and two have since died. Four or
five others were badly hurt in the
rush.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1891-09-26
BUSINESS FAILURES.

New YORK, Sept. 25. The bus
mess failures during the past seven
days number for the United States
21O, and for Canada "a, or total
of 244 failures, as compared Will
239 last week, and PA the week
previous. Same week last year the
figures were 2l9, representing 1872
failures in the United States, and
27 in the Dominion of Canada.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1891-09-26
President Winston's Inauguration.

Yesterday beautiful engraved
card was received having the fol-
lowing invitation:
"Ihe Trustees and Faculty of
the University Of North Carolina
desire your presence at the Inaugu-
ratlen of George Tayloe Winston
as President on the fourteenth day
OF October, 1891, at Chapel HILL"
bradycrotine, the only infallible
headache cure.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1891-09-26
BOILER EXPLOSION.

TIoNEsTA, Pa, Sept. 25. J. f.
Lavabertin, Charles Grove and Jas.
D. Conger were instantly killed here
yesterday by the explosion of a
boiler in Berlin's saw mill.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1891-09-26
STATESVILLE PUBLIC BUILDING.

STATESVILLE PUBLIC BUILDING.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 25.
Bids were opened at the Treasury
Department to-day for completing
the approaches of the Statesville,
N. c., public building. P. A. De-
mems, of Asheville, n. c., was the
lowest bidder at $2,275.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-05-09
Weather for MAY

May will come in a little coolish. ac-
cording to the weather prophets.
From the I'd to 9Th is a storm period,
and rains will probably prevail. The
disturbing auses will be the conjunc-
tons of Mercury on April %. Vulcan
on Nav Sd and Mars on 4th. Look
out for reactionary storms from Sth to
10th. The 18th. says Ira Hicks, will
be the center Ofthe next regular storm
period, cool nights will follow; frosts
farther north. Also look out for
storms about the 21st or 22'd. Fair
weather will follow these to be broken
25th.to 30th, by showers. The month
will close fair. May promises to be a
much better month for the farmers
than was April, and there will prob
ably be enough fine weather to per-
nit the breaking Of ground and seed
ing. There will be a partial eclipse of
TIE moon on the Esd.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-05-09
RCDINI

Italy's Premier has Withdrawn from
the hitherto futile and fruitless con
~troversial contest between Italy and
the United States In reference to the
unfortunate New Orleans fiasco.
In his last contribution on the sub
ject, addressed to the Marquis Imper-
iali, the Marquis di Rudini refers to
the diplomatic discussion as a "boot-
less controversy" and says that lit is
time to break off,
This has been the opinion of all
diplomatic circles, outside of Italy. for
some time past; and, indeed, all Italy,
with the exception of the more excit-
able people and the sensational press
and lingo politicians. has been heartily
sick of the controversy almost from
the beginning.
The Italian Premier, in his last Of
fetal communication TO this country.
through the Marquis Imperial, sub
stantially surrenders every point con-
tested in the controversy by the fol-
lowing two significant admissions:
First. that '.the words punishment
of the guilty actually signitied only
that prosecution ought to be COM
menced, in order that the individuals
recognized as the guilty should not
escape punishment and, second, that
mir. Blaine is right when he makes
the payment of indemnity 10 the FAM
lilies of the victims dependent upon
proof of the violation of the treaty"
Now, these two important admis-
sions are equivalent to a complete con-
cession of every point involved IN the
dispute.
In regard to these admissions it is
found by n careful perusal of the
numerous dispatches and communica-
tons that constitute the official dOcu-
ments in the case, that the Italian Pre-
mier has persistently demanded "the
punishment of the lynchers" on the
one hand and 1.-The payment of an in
demnity to the families of the victims
Oh the other.
Secretary Blaine, from the very be-
ginning, responded to these demands
by a clear and comprehensive dctini-
ton of the powers of the Federal
Government in the premises.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-05-09
BUY n Lot Young Man.

Buy a piece OF ground, No matter
how small. Own it. Get interested
in the politics of your city. See that
your interests are well guarded by the
representatives whom you have Sc
lected TO take care of your govern
mcnt. The ownership of a lot directs
your mind into channels of sober
thought. You will hesitate to go out
and have "a roaring good time be-
you will want TO beautify your
lot. And to build a neat fence will
take money which you would spend
in your elbow out" The day it is
known you have a deed to a lot men
will begin to notice you. Old men
will say, .that young fellow is trying
to get along" After you own a lot
your best girl will give YOU a decided
preference.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-05-09
THE WOMAN AND MCKINLEY
PRICES.

The New York Press: at was the
women who did it." was one of the
free trade explanations of last falls
elections. The storekeepcrs who put
up their prices without cause for the
sake of making a few dollars of extra
profit on the cry that "the Mckinley
bill did it," certainly created a diver
sion in the rear of the protection
column. which was for a time a dis
astrous surprise. But the women have
not been any longer than the men of
the country in discovering The misrep-
RESERVATIONS and downright false
hoods with which the Mckinley bill
was assailed. A striking instance of
how a woman's eyes have been opened
comes from Illinois. The New York
Times recently said:
When a woman pays fifty cents
more Il yard for stuff TO make a dress
of than she would have paid if the
Mckinley bill had not become Il law
she should keep it to herself. So
doing she will confer a great favor on
President Harrison. who thinks that
he may get another term in the White
House if people will quit making
"maleYolcnt' remarks about the tariff.
This paragraph, copied into the
Chicago Herald, has drawn out from
Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt of Bloomington.
lll.-who says she lis a Democrats
wife," but is sick OF seeing such lies
as these in newspapers whose editors
claim not TO be fools"-a sarcastic,
cutting and wholly confuting reply, in
which she says:
Now. don't this fool Democrat who
edits the Herald know, Or can't his
wife tell him, that everything a woman
wears costs less than it did before the
Mckinley bill passed? Calico is 4 1-2
cents per yard; a good summer silk
costs from % to So cents a yard. 1t
used to cost ST. Black silk can be
bought for from 60 cents to 81 that
used TO cost from So to $3.50. Sugar
5 cents that used to cost 8 cents.
Ribbons are half the old price, stock
ingS the same, and Jerseys, since they
are making them in this country, cost
half as much as the imported. Ladies'
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-05-09

Perhaps II of the most entcrpris-
ing newspaper reporters hat this
country ever produced lives at Cleve-
land, Ohio. News items being very
scarce one day he determined to fur
nish his paper with something in the
way of news. so he took a dose OfpOi-
son and tclcphoncd the fact to his
paper. The enterprising scribe, how
ever was pumped out in time to save
his life. and he is no doubt now hatch
ing up another sensation which will
enable him to scoop The rival sheets.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-05-09
BLAINE IN THE SADDLE.
Secretary Blaine Orders the Seizure
of GILLIAN Vessels on the Pacific
coast.

UNI
SAN DAEGO, Cal, May 6.-Last
night United States Marshal Gard
seized the CHILEAN steamer Itata, now
receiving supplies in the harbor, and
placed Capt. Mauscum under arrest.
kilograms have been passing between
this city aud the department at WASH
ingtOn, which brought about this
result.
Tugboats have left TO seize two
vessels seen outside, one supposed to
be the schooner Robert and Minnie,
and the other a warship, belonging
to the insurgents, which has been
lowering around the harbor to receive
supplies taken on board the ltata.
The warship was first sighted about
noon yesterday, passing north. Ten
hours later she repassed the harbor
gong south. laying to just north OF
the Coronado Islands. Customs Officer
Berry sent a party out to investigate.
and reported seeing the vessel under
steam. which they could not approach
nearer than two miles on account OF
her steaming away from them. Orders
were received from Secretary Blaine
to seize both vessels if found within
the three mile limit, and Marshal
Gard and Collector Berry went out
last night in different tugs for that
purpose. Up to l o'clock this morn,
ing no word had been received from
either of the parties who went out to
seize the vessel Robert and Minnie,
and the supposed warship.
The Captain of the Itata was al
lowed to return to his ship, now in
charge Of Deputy United States
Marshal,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-05-09
TO ADVANCE EDUCATION.
state superintendent wOlfe's Efforts
I'm thai BehaIf.

The County Court appoints between
June % and July l, 1891, two persons
who together with the County Com
missioner constitute the County In
stitute Board. The County Institute
Board employs the conductor and the
instructors of the Institute, and fixes
their salaries. The conductor is the
Superintendent of the Institute; the
instructors are his assistants. No one
can be n conductor or instructor I'M
less licensed by the State Training
School. This Board. composed of the
conductor and the instructors, and of
which the County Commissioner is a
member, grants three grades of GER
titicatcs in the common branches.
The second and third grades are good
for one year IN the county for which
issued; the first, for three years in any
county of the State. The County Com
missioner may examine a teacher who
for good and sufficient reasons did not
attend the examination held by the
Institute Board. The County Con
missioner receives no examination
fees, but a salary as conductor if IL
censed by the State Training School
All certificates now in existence are
valid until they expire.
The State Teachers Association will
be held at Pertle Springs, (Warrens.
burg) Mo-, June %. n and %. 1891,
and the State Training School. June
&c to July 9. 1891. This will be one
of the most memorable educational
gatherings ever held in the Mississippi
valley. 1t will demonstrate beyond q
doubt that Missouri as well as New
England can have an educational
school of methods and make it a great
success. 1t is the policy of State Su'
pe%rintendent Wolfe to build up these
educational institutions Tor Missouri
and attract from other States rather
than TO encourage Missourians TO &C
abroad for such advantages. During
the session of the General Assembly
he worked early and late to secure
this State Training School for Mis-
souri,, and, all in all, it will be the
greatest educational meeting ever held
in the west. The principal element OF
importance is that the 400 able edu'
Gators who will attend it will go out
to train and license Missouri's 1900
teachers in ia County Institutes. and
these $4,000 teachers will go out &c
instruct our 100000 children in the
common schools.
Arrangements have already beer
made with the principal railroads fol
one fare for the round trip, good fol
going June 1S TO 25 and for returning
until July II.
The State Teachers Association viii
be the best ever held i'll the State
Probably at least a thousand teachers
will be present.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-05-09

things are down. We ladies know
that Democratic husbands can lie to
each other, but they can't lie 10 us.
We women are not fools. Let the
Herald liar stick to mems things when
he lies. and not try to lie about wo-
mems things. We won't stand it.
Pm a Democratic woman, but | don't
want any lying to keep the party up.
1t is pretty evident that there is one
woman who has gotten over the scare
of mckinley prices" and who real
ICES that Mckinley prices are reduced
prices instead Of increased prices.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-05-09
FARMERS AND FACTORIES.

The new York Press SAYS:
The free traders, and notably the
New York Erening Post and Provi-
dence journal, have been trying to
make a point against the protection of
American industry from the fact that
there has been and is a tendency in
New England to desert the farms for
the factories. They may be interested
to learn that exactly the same process
is going on in free trade in England.
4 leading English newspaper says that
"a number of facts relating TO the re-
cent census are leaking out and among
them are many which show that the
agricultural population in these islands
has very seriously decreased during
the past decade, while that of the
manufacturing districts has increased
OF course, it is too early to speak with
either accuracy or authority, but such
figures as have leaked out in district,
so distant as Aberdeenshire. Ayrshire
Banffshire, in Scotland, and in the
West Riding of Yorkshire. South
Lincolnshire, Norfolk. Suffolk. North.
hampton and Gloucester, in England
all point in this direction"
The evident fact is that, in Europe As
in America. the earnings of factory
labor and the rewards of business EN-
ployment usually exceed the income
from agriculture. and the result is that
Young men desert the farms tor the
towns. And the more prosperous the
town industries, as in New England
the greater the temptation the offer tc
youth and enterprise.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-05-09

A touching incident was noted at
the funeral CT the late Judge Nelson,
at Poughkcepsie, when his old coach
man, who had been in the Judges
employ for over twenty years, insisted
on driving the hearse. lie had driven
for his employer during all his years
OF life and happiness, and was detir-
mined TO perform this last service.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-05-09
Sheriff'S Sale.

10y virtue and authority of a special execu-
ID ton issued by the clerk Of the Cape Girar-
dean court of Common Pleas, in and for.Lape
Girardeau county, Missouri, in favor of the
State of Missouri at the relation and To the use
of Henry Kerstner, collector of the revenue of
Cape Girardeau county, Missouri. and against
the unknown heirs of j. Dol Morrison bearing
date the 18th day Of April, l>9l, and return
able to the May term lo9l. OF the Cape Girar-
deau court OF Common Pleas of said county,
which said special execution issued to enforce
n judgment declared by said court to be a special
lien On the real estate hereinafter described, |
have levied upon and seized the following dies.
real estate. lying AID being in the county cf
Cape Giraricau, State Of Missouri, as t, Z
property of the unknown heirs of j. boa Nor
risou, tO-wit;
Eighty tSD acres west half 60 of nOr;hwc: t
quarter Cd. section thirteen us, township
tnIrty-one C5D, range thirteen.
One hundred and t~Orty-siN aud sevcTty-six
one hundred ths U4f d i6-loo) acres northca t
fractional quarter "a, section four cen %
township thirty one t3l), range fourt 'en ~,
both situated In Cape Girarieau county, Mis-
Sopri and | will. on
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-05-09

There are 6O3,06S dealers in manu-.
featured tobacco in the United States
who, since May l. are relieved from
the duty OF registering with the Inter,
nal Revenue Bureau and paying s3.4C
tax. On the same day all special
taxes imposed upon dealers in leaf
tobacco, dealers in manufactured to-
bacco. manufacturers of tobacco and
cigars and upon peddlers of tobacco
were repealed. These are among the
provisions of that awful" Mckinley
bill. The internal evenu tax on
dealers was a war taX-what the
founders of the republic termed an
emergency tax,"a burden never to
be imposed except in case of emer-
gency. The Republican party took it
off in spite of strenuous Democratic
opposition. 1t makes a difference of
$16,00O,000 annually TO the men who
paid it. We venture TO say that they
are all Mckinley men.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-05-09

What has become of O'Donovan
Rossa2 Some people are Of the opin-
ion that he is in Italy, since there has
been two serious explosions there in
side of a few days, first at Roma and
then at Geneva.