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The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-04-01

Inc engine power of the Raleigh is
relatively larger than that of any othe,
vessel OF the U. S. navy except the Vesu.
vius and torpedo boats, and occurring. as
1t does, IN conjunction with larger bat
tery power, necessitates larger crew.
The complement will be about 800 "a
officers, 81 marines and a crew of 253
1t IS estimated that her cost com
pleted, including armament and equip
ment, will be 81 ,4SO,915. The actual
weight of the ship when launched was
l,loo tons. The Raleigh is the first
vessel of the new navy to be built,
complete, by the government, as the
machinery and boilers are under con-
struction and now nearly completed at
the navy yard in New York. In a
few days they will be shipped to Nor
folk to be placed on board.
The armament will be one six-incb
rife, ten five inch rapid fire guns.
eight 6-pounder rapid fire guns, four
l-pounder guns; and two Gatlings in
the 'tops' (Which are high up on the
masts.) Around some of the guns the
armor is four inches thick. The ship
will be lighted by electricity. 1t has
protective deck of steel, from two to
two and a half inches thick. The rio
is that OF two-masted schooner.
with 7,2OO square feet Of sail.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-04-01

der: Governor Holt and Commodore
Weaver. Mrs. Holt and Captain Of the
ard Cromwell, Mrs. A. w. Hay-
wood and Lieutenant Niles. Thesa
were followed by the rest of the visit.
ors from North Carolina, Lieu.
tenant Commander Burwell, with Gov
ernor Holt's staff. As the visitors
passed the marine guard drums rolled
and the band played "Hail to the
Chief" They were at once escorted
TO the launching stand, where the spe.
cial guests were introduced.
The shapely steel hull of the Raj
eigh sloped gently down until its stern
was at the water. The lower half to
what will be the water-line, was a
deep red, and the upper half was white.
this being the regulation color of Z. S.
war vessels. Very near, and also on
the ways, was the gigantic battle,
ship Texas, of over ten thousand d
tons, its deck and sides Gov
ereo with people. Across on the
Berkeley shore were thousands of spec-
tators. All the while the patrol boat
Kept at work clearing way for the
Raleigh in the river. The cruiser was
"ralnbowed," flags of all sizes being
displayed from stem to stern. Most Of
the North Carolinians saw the launch
ing from vessels lying out in the
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-04-01

Then tugs were fastened on and the
new ship was towed to the wharf and
the launching was over.
Mrs Haywood was dressed in a
black bengaline silk with Jet trim
mings' with diamond earrings and a
small jet hat with jacqueminot roses
In her hand she carried a bunch of ia
ponicas sent from Wilmington for the
occasion. She was also presented with
magnificent bouquet of roses by Com.
modore Weaver.
On the cruiser there were verv f. W
people, these being all naval officers
and employees in the navy yard. At
one side was suspended large anchor.
so arranged that by an axe stroke it
would fall into the water AS the bow
0! the cruiser slid off the ways the axe
fell and the anchor cable paid out.
The cruiser went just twice her
length. and having severed large
raft of logs which careless tug had
pulled into the way, stopped slowly and
gracefully. In fact, it appeared that the
Raleigh couldn't be anything else than
graceful. The balance of the cruiser in
the water was perfect. Constructor
Bowes is proud man, and has reason
to be for-his admirable work. He gave
lunch to the hundreds of emoloyees in
the avy'yard and received their hearty
congratulations on his success.
just before the vessel left the ways
there was little shower, but as she
shipped into the water the clouds grew
hight and the sun very nearly shone
out.
An interesting fact in relation to
the cause Of the selection of the name
OF the cruiser was to-day made known
for the first time by Secretary Tracey
himself. He told Governor Holt
while on the stand that he had Sc
lected "Raleigh" as the name of this
splendid vessel by reason of the fact
that North Carolina had been such a
staunch Whig State anu that he had
always had warm regard for the
State on this account. The names of
the other cruisers had been given at
the earnest and applica lion of States
and cities, but the honor in this case
was rendered to North Carolina and to
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w. III. DoDD.


Mr.. BrojIe Duke Of Durham. was
here yesterday morning.
Mr.. Sherwood Higgs arrived in the
city from Baltimore yesterday.
Mr.. II ]. Powell, Of Henderson,
req 'tered at the Yarboro yesterday.
Mr.. Marion Butler who has been
here for day or two, went TO Cn,ton
yesterday.
Miss Ida Montgomery, who has been
spending the winter with relatives
IN Alabama, has returned TO the
city.
Miss Maggie Reese, who has been
spending some time I'm the northern
fashionable :larts, returned TO the city
yesterday.
Mr. L. X. Bruner is off on a trip
for The purpose Of making full collec-
ton of North Carolina gems and pre-
cious stones.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-04-01

TARIFF TALK CONTINUES THE
HOUSE.
- Unexpected Silver Debate PrecIpf-
ented in the Senate-rndfan
Appropriation Bill.

AsHINGToN, March 3l.-An un.
expected silver debate was prtcipitat. d
IN the Nenate to-day by Mir Morgan.
Of Alabama, who introduced a series
OF seven long resolutions iAstructine
The committee on tinanc- to make y
report to the Senate. Mtssrs. Nor
gan, Sherman, Teller and tiawlev par
lclpated in the debate. The Indian
appropriation bill was consid and
after some amendments was completed
ana the Senate at 4:3D adjou...ed.
The House was in committee of The
whole on the Free Wool bill to-day.
Mr.. Brosius, of Pennsylvania, the first
speaker. opposing the measure. Mr..
Wheeler, of Alabama, concluded his
speech begun last week, in favor of
The bill. MIR. johnson, Of Ohio. made
brief but pointed speech in favor of
he bill. Mr.. Stockdale, of Mississ-
Ippi, favored the measure and inciden.
tally referred to the silver bill. Mr..
Norton, of Missouri, followed in favor
OF the measure; while Mr.. Grout. of
Vermont, opposed it, and Mr.
Herman, of Ore gon, spoke in similar
vein.
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What fsr. ktiand Says.

AsHIHGToN. March 3I.-Repre
sentative Bland, OF Missouri, speaking
OF the proposition advanced toy large
number Of d moc-at to bring in a
"ciotuTe' 10 erablr "A vote on the sill
yer bill to be had today. sad that
considerable Misunderstanding existed
throughout h. country regarding the
proposition he Z iliculty, he said.
we have with the silver bill is AN ap.
parent misunderstanding as to the
nature OF the rule that the Speaker
had intended to report to the House.
1t i not cloture rule, he said, further
than It is in aid Of the previous ques-
ton; and this. he said, had been the
c!oture rule Of the House for fifty
Years
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-04-01
Seven Babies at "A RirrI,

NEW YORK, March 3I.-Marie
Juneau, French woman living in the
outskirts of Guayaquil South America,
cable advices say, has given birth to
seven children in one day. The ag-
gregate weight of the septets was a
trl1e over fourteen pounds, and at last
accounts all were alive. This is said
by eminent doctors, who have consulted
statistics, to be the largest number of
children ever torn to civilized wo-
man at single birth.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-04-01

stream. The STATE CHRONICLE hac
a representative on the big steamer
Washington, which was loaded with
people,
AS the first gun of salute of seventeen
guns was fired by the receiving ship
Commodore Weaver uncovered his heaC
and said to Governor Holt, THAT is il
honor of you, sir" The Governor re-
piled pleasantly and remained uncovered
until the guns ceased firing.
Among the two hundred and fifty per
sons on the launching stand were Hon
b. b Tracy. Secretary of the Navy:
Commodore Farquhar, U. S. N; Lieu
tenant Cowles, I. S. N Congressman
Hoar, Andrews and Williams, Of Massa-
chusetts, and Cable, of Illinois; Gen.
j. w Gotten, Mayor Badger, all the staff
OF Governor Holt and the national re-
serve escort, in command of Mai. Ora
mer; Mrs, Holt, Mrs. A. w. HAYWOOD,
Mrs. William Smith, DR.. and Mrs. E.
Burke Haywood, Miss Sadie Tucker.
Mrs. c. b. Wright, Mrs. f. C. Laird.
Miss Bessie Tucker, Mrs. Stuart
Cramer, Mrs. John II. Winder, Miss
Rebecca Schenck. Miss Smell, Miss
Weaver, Miss Cromwell, Miss Mamie
Heartt, Mrs. julius Lewis, Capt. and
Mrs. William Smith.
The christening stand was at the
bow of the Raleigh and was slightly
above the launching stan1. Suspended
from the bow of the cruiser were
silken cords, to which was attached a
bottle OF Raleigh champagne, beauti-
fully decorated with ribbons of the
national colors, the bottle being held
in position by golden spear.
just few minutes before the launch
ing canvas tool-house near the Raj
eigh, ,on which were perched 100 people,
fell in with crash, causing great ex-
citement. A number of people were
hurt, among them two Virginia sol
diers. No North Carolinians were
injured.
Naval Constructor F. I. Bowles
was a man sought for by strangers
and home people, who were desirons of
seeing the man who had conducted the
building of the beautiful cruiser. But
he was under the vessel, where he
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-04-01
DEATH-kNELL SOUNDED.
THE RICHMOND TER RuuNaIpu,~
OF RE-ORGaNIZlT ALTON.
The Report Published by a New York
Journai.-l> That JouruaI..
Statement True,

New loRs, March 3i.-A morn.
ing paper says: The dcathnell of The
Richmond and West Point Terminal
plan OF reorganization was tolled YES.
ieFdty IN Wall Street A strong
moinaifon of American and Euro.
pean bond holders. il is said. head
ed by the frica- Thomas Marty
believed that by the terms of the pl,n
Est Tennessee, Virginia and Geory;a
~as 10 be swallowed up in what were
con-i lered unreasonab.e Terms and
war rs therefore been declared Tb,.
Brice- Thomas combination will with
draw form the Richmond Terminal
system aud from an .nt,re,v
new system. The admission
of the Georgia Central
INTO the new system has been discussed
at preliminary meeting OF The Brice-
Thomas faction and IL has been decided
TO dictate terms 10 this road. should
they be refused, the Georgia Central
Will be lett out of the new system"
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TIC Story Mas a SEake..

NEW YORK, Mar. 3l.-The publ
cation Of the entirely erroneous story
that the Richmond Terminal scheme
had positively collapsed raused an
early scare on the consolidated ex.
change to day, and sales of Richmond
Terminal We're made there before the
opening as low as %. As soon as the
quotations from the New York stock
excl 3nge were received, however, the
price jumped to IL This was th.
only effect the story had on the mar
ket.
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ANOTHER COUNT GONE WRONG.
count de Lessep~ Charged with
>WinGiing

NEW lo&", March 3l-Coua,
ferdinand de Le>>eps. thu great
rFehch tnH"eer' Is charged by the
courts OF France with s~indIing and
breach OF trust. As III transaction
upon which thu accusation j, b,s.d o..
CURED IN New Iork, the greater
portion q the testimony To be used in
NE tri"l must be taken here. and the
.ehrh consul general recently re-
cr''ed letters roga'ory for the exam
lnati"n of many of the most prominent
American tilanciers.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-04-01
The Woolly ManorGeorota

ATLANTA, Ga, MAJ ch 3l.--Peter
Patrick, a negro, 65 years old. living
near Rutledge, bears remarkable re-
semblance to a sheep. His skin rs
black, but his head, face and the rest
of his body are covered with long.
thick, white wool. The wool on his
body appeared when he was twelve
years old, and was perfectly white
then. He has special fondness for
sheep, and often sleeps with them.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-04-01
Senatorial Contestants Reimbursed

WASHINGTON, March 31.-The Sen.
ate committee on privileges and elec-
tlons today examined the accounts oi
Mr.. Claggett, the unsuccessful contest
ant for the Senate from Idaho, Mr..
Dubois, the successful contestee from
that State, and Mr.. Davidson, the un.
successful contestant from Florida for
Senator Calls seat, and decided to re-
commend to the Senate that Mr.. Clag
gett be allowed $4,000; Mr.. Dubois
$4,000 and Mr.. Davidson $l,250.
These amounts are expected to cover
the sums expended by the gentlemen
named in the contests.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-04-01

LorlshrRG, \. c., March, 3lst,
1852 Special. Your corre.pon.
dent picked up to day, on the streets a
circular signed MANY Citizens" cali
ing convention April l6:h for those
who wish to endorse the St. Louis
platform; but We do not think the Dem
ocracy OF old Franklin county will be
caught much running after strange gods.
Although last year was a disastrous
crop year farmers have gone to workand
will plant more tobacco and corn and
less cotton than heretofore. Much less
commercial fertil z-r will be used this
year than last. The tobacco ware.
honSes have done "a good business and
L"ulsburg market is well established.
We have some of the largest orders
and soLne OF the most liberal buyers
10 III State and the average price
PAID tor tobacco here cannot be- beaten
by ahy market. While we claim no
spasmodlc boom, there Is "A marked
improvement ia Lou!sburg. More
building has beer done in the last three
years than in The twenty-five preced
ing.
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Silver Mine Closing,

DsNvER, Col, March 3I.-Owins
to the present very low price of silver,
the Aspen mine at Aspen, Colorado,
has closed down and 900 men are
thrown out of employment, The Tel
luride miners i'll Marshall basin, have
also shut down to-day, throwing out
over 700 men. Two mines at Lead.
vile that formerly paid biz dividends,
closed yesterday. Silver men are dis
couraged at the outlook.
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A Negro Incites WOrkinrmen.

LONDON, March 3l.-A meeting of
unemployed workingmen was ad
dressed last evening by negro named
Wade, who made a violent speech
Wade put on a red cap and led the
men to the office of the London county
council to demand employment. The
police met the crowd at the entrance
to the office in Spring Garden and
forced them to retire. Wade and two
others were arrested.
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Raleigh, in honorable recognition OF
her glorious record and present high
position in the opinion of the govern.
ment officials.
Naval officers declared that thew
hai never seen more successful launch
and never SO large number of speeta-
tors. There was not the slightest de-
lay or cident in making the launch.
As the Raleigh rode proudly in the
stream she looked far larger than
when on the ways, and the red and
White OF her sides made bright pic
ture.
The Raleigh has length OF 800
feet on the load water line and an ex-
treme breath of y feet. At her mean
al draught OF l 8 feet of sea water
her displacement is about $3.50 tons.
the maximum draught then being
about ~ feet. She will have two sets
OF engines, working twin screws. 1t is
estimated that her engines will develop
10000 indicated horse power at full
power, with steam pressure of 100
pounds. This will drive the shinst
twenty knots. Her coal supply at
normal draught will be 400 tons, the
bunkers will hold 675 tons and with
this supply she can steam 800 miles
at full fower, or 10000 at 10 knots
her most economical speed.
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Yellow Jack Raging in Brazil.

New YORK., March 31.-Advices
received here to-day from Santos.
Brazil, under date OF March 18th. say
that the yellow fever epidemic in that
city is claiming from one to two hun
dred victims daily, and the Intendente
has bad to order the enlargement of
the cemetery.
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4 Wise and Conservative R.i.n
Edi' orial Stanly News.

A%N4 VI A'1aA - amy News.
,. Is. Alexander refuses to let his
name run before the State Convention
tor Governor. While J. 5 Carr, Audi
tor Sanderlin and others named.
would be competent men for the posi-
ton, yet, in the short but wise and
conservative reign of Gov. Holt. We
have seen what should give him a
hearty support from all true North
Carolina Democrats in the next guber-
Material contest.
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The Christening Of the
Splendid Cruiser
ldlLA DAY AT NORFOLK
lAD PORTSM0U I'll.
THOUSANDS OF NORTH CAROLINA
SPECTATORS WITNESS THE
INSPIRING SIGHT.
The Iauncbing n Marvellous Success
Honor upOn Honor Paid Governor
Holt. North Carolina and
Raleigh.

Honor upon Honor Paid Governor
Holt. North Carolina and
Raleigh.
HE cruiser Raleigh is launched
and never was there a more successful
launching, and never did man-of-war
6sa Is i more gracefully at its bap.
ii,u or have a fairer sponsor and more
p.alt and appreciative witnesses of a
notable e ent III naval annals. The
dd5 was ong looked for and with rea-
ou for aparI from the associations
vine. the name brings up to North
ro.mims, the Raleigh is the first
,t,l man. ot-war ever built at navy
yard il the South.
.erlay was hign holiday.in both
or.oIh and Portsm 9uth, and as early
AS ,oao !, people filled the streets.
lhar" vas liberal display of flags
ou All" y ,sels Of all kinds, and though
aa day vas cloudy the effect was
Nrg bright and attractive. Every.
1.0y talked Of the "Raleigh and even
.h. ming steamers were dressed in
Ii. honor. Th-re were excur ,ions
'rum all directions. Early in the day
Ih.r was little rain.
Alto 30 o'clock Governor Holt and
taft left the Atlantic hotel, escorted
.ac color guard of the n. c. naval re-
erye battalion, bearing the National and
o.ate coIors, the Fourth Virginia rpgi
n. two batteries Of. artillery and two
c.mpanie. Of cadets. Mayor b ldger and
the members Of the Raleigh board OF
aldermen, and the commi5t g from Raj
cga and other cities and towns, were in
the pr.ae ion, which moved to the
ferry and then went over to Ports
~ nth. All along the line of
march the Governor received cheers and
applause. being given three hearty
cheers the instant the procession
moved. The people Wed with each
oth,f in their efforts to show their re-
gard for him and his State.
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NOrtai1y Wounded His Sister.

SHELBY, n. C., March 81
[ Special. While fooling with a pis
tol, that was not supposed to be loaded,
young man named Stockton, living
eight miles from here, mortalIy
wounded bis younger sister. who vii
not live through The night. He is over,
whelmed with grief.
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Kece1vership of the Georgia Central.

s
NEW YORK March 81. The decision
of the court in Macon in the matter Of
the receivership of the Georgia Central
was much discussed to day, especially as
to It's bearing upon the plar Of re- -orga-
nization of the Richmond Terminal. AS
to the interest of the latter company in
the suit, Mr.. Edward Lauterbach its
counsel said: I'm the litigation before
Judge Pardee at Macon, the Terminal
company did not appear, L is made a
party defendant, but deemed it advisable
to await proper service of process instead
Of appearing in the litigation at this
period
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CieveIand's Strength.

lNDIANAPoLIs, Ind, March 8 -
The Indianapolis Sentinel, the most
influential Democratic newspaper in
iniiana, and which has warmly sup
ported Ex-Governor Cray for Presi-
dent, has declared for the re-nomina.
tion Of Grover Cleveland.
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WAsHINGTOS, March 3I.-The
Pre- sident to-day sentio the Senate tie
nomination Of Frank L. Coombs. of
California, to be envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary Of the
United States to Japan.
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4 Dynanniter Caught.

PARIS, March 3l.-The police to.
day succeeded in capturing the an
archist Ravachol, who is supposed to
have been guilty Of having caused the
explosion at No. "a, Rle C!ichv. on
Sunday last.
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N. &. State sunday school cony.n,io,
special Cor. STATE Chronicle.

speclal Cor STATE Chronicle.
NEwBERN, y. c., March 30. '92.-
The eleventh annual convention of the
North Carolina State Sunday.school
association convened at Newbern.
\. [, on the 18th inst. at 7:30 D. m.
In the absenc- of the president, Hon.
X. L. Dick, Of Greensboro, n. c..
NieePresident +. =. Blair. OF the third
district, called the convention to order.
Words of greeting were delivered
by pastors of Newb, rn and responses
made by delegates of the convention.
President Blair called Mr.. w. G.
Burkhead to preside. Mr. Burkhead
introduced Mr.. William Reynolds, of
Peoria, Illinois, international superin-
tendent of organization. Mr.. Rey
nolds made very able and interest
ing address on the aims and agencies
OF the State Sunday-school Association.
In the course of his remarks Mr. Rey-
nolds said that an erroneous statement
bad been made by some one, that the
purposes Of this association were to
form union Sunday Schools. He de-
clared very empLatically The; Ibis as
ISOLATION was organized simply for the
purpose of giving aid and encourage
ment 10 schools already organized and
lending aid and assistance in organi.
zins other schools whenever practica-
bic. Wednesday, March 3Oth, the
convention met at 3:lj a m. A
Bible lesson was taught the convention
by Prof. ii. NJ. Hamill, superintendent
81 Illinois sunday School normal
work. Pending reports from the field
by counties. the convention adjourned
at IL O'Clock. The convention met
again AT 2 O'Clock and Sunday School
institute vas conducted by Prof.
iiamill.' After receiving reports f. ON
executive committee and the secretary
the convention adjourned at ) o'clock
The enrolment Of delegates al time Of
mum bered l77.
w. III. DoDD.
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welcome, Governor HoI,

Norfolk Landmark.
Ii Is needless for US TO say ,b., ,h..
Governor OF North Carolina, and ALI
North Carolinians, are ever wei IN.
to Norfolk. TO whose prosperity they
have so largely contributed. Tb.rr
are many persons who contend. NOT
without plausibiiity and some rea
son, that Nosfulk-,hat this
port should be part of th, Old
North State. They argue tha, vir-
glnIa does not appreciate fuly her
sreat seaport, and that North Caro-.
INA would have concentrated her en-.
ergies and her enterprise upon this
point more steadily and enthusiastic
cally than Virginia has done. had
these cities been within the borders
OF Carolina. Without pursuing this
thought further, We lay again that
Norfolk and Portsmouth AR.
thoroughly identified with North
Carolina and her people They have
contributed to our population. TO our
business, TO our progress, and they are
thrice welcome 10 the freedom of our
clffes whenever they honor US, as they
do now, with their presence. Hurrah
Tor the Raleigh and Tor y Nurth Caro-
lima !. May victory crown the one. if
she ever Joins battle, and may prosper
iiy and greatness crown the ofner.