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The news & observer., 1897-03-12
NEW YORK IN TROUBLE AGAIN.
Her Sheil1room Took Fire and There
Came Near Being an Explosion.

New York, March t1.-Accora.ne 10 a
story published here to-day, the she'll
room of the cruiser New York received
severe scorching yesterday in this hartog
but hy the timely discovery Of the dan
ger disaster was ayerted The cruiser
was making her way from Tompkins-
vile to the navy yard when smoke was
discovered issuing from the shell-room
Men sent down to investigate found that
the steel partition separating the shell
room from the cOal bunkers had become
heated from coal that had taken fire and
the wood work about the partition had
begun to glow. Attempts to put out the
fire with the aid ofthe water bucket
created so much steam that the men had
To- get out Of the shell room. Water was
then pumped into the banker and shell
room and the fire extinguished The
shell room was filed with shells, but the
heat had not become 50 intense as TO
explode them. by the time the New
York came off Governors Island the wa
ter pumped into her had lowered her
three feet and navigation had to be very
careful to avoid striking Instructions.
There is no explanation as to how the
coal took fire. The damage to the cruiser
is said to be very slight.
TILE PURITAN IN DISTRESS.
Washington, March 1.-THE Navy de-
partmcnt has heard nothing to-day from
the monitor Puritan which was reported
in distress off Hatteras yesterday This
is construed by the department to mean
that the monitor is safe. The Columbia
which was sent to her assistance yester-
day, probably reached Hatteras Cove,
where the Puritan was anchored, early
this morning and the department looks
for no further news till the cruiser re
turns with her tow to Hampton Roads
which she probably will reach tonight
MOST DANGER FROM OUR OWN
NAVY.
Washington, March 1.-THE Navy de-
partment to-day received a cablegram
from Captain Stirling, in charge of the
South Atlantic squadron, dated at Mon
tevideo, Uruguay, announcing a fatal
accident on board the Yantic Cox
swain =. Murphy, was killed and Sea
man o. GermundersOn dangerously injur-
ed Captain Stirling says there are
hopes OF the latter's recovery. The acci-
dent was the result Of a premature gun
discharge on March eighth during target
practice with the heavy guns.
The news & observer., 1897-03-12
PARKHURsTs BOLD STATEMENT
Would Rather Have Tammany Back
Than a Police Machine Controlled by
platt
(New York World ,

The Rev. DR. Parkhurst is resting at
Babylon, l.. l. He was seen yesterday
concerning the proposed police bill. He
is aggressively hostile to Platt and Com
missioner Parker. He said:
'Our State legislature is concentrated
in Mr. Platt, and if he wants the pres
ent Board OF Police Commissioners leg
islated out they will probably be legis-
lated out It's a question In my mind
whether the rascally behavior of Com
missioner Parker has not had its pace
set for it by Mr.. Platt or by his aids,
and whether it has not been the distinct
purpose in such way to block, bemuddle
and nulify the work of the Board Of
Police Commissioners, and thus to pre-
pare the way in the public mind for the
replacement of the present Police Com
mission by a commission of Plat dunn
mics sent from Albany.
81 think that the truth of what / said
two years ago is fairly well understood
by this time, that one Platt is worse
than FIVE Crokers, and If it is to be be-
tween the Plattites and the Crokerites
to determine the character OF the first
municipal administration Of the Greater
New York, / hope with n hope that is
unqualified and intense that the Croker
ties and the Sbeehanites and the Diver
ties will win, and that say not because
/ loathe less the filthiness Of the latter
gang, but because / fear more the con-
scicncelessness OF Mr.. Platt and the ma
chinations OF the shrewd but diScredita-
bic accompIices who bend TO his nod and
IN shame-faced servility do his bidding"
The news & observer., 1897-03-12
IS THIS STATE sIMoNToN's SAT
RsAPY2

While some lawyers decline 30 express
themselves for publication in reference
to the Threatened injunction against the
Governor and Attorney General, mainly
becanse lit grows out OF the disputed
lease controversy, we have yet failed to
find a learned attorney who, in private
ronyersat ton, does not declare that the
annlicotion for q permanent injunction
il a dangerous stretch of authority, sub
yersive of the doctrine that the three
IN rtnrents of government ought to be Sc
narate and apart. II Judge Simonton
grants a permanent injunction, he there
by denies the independence of the legis-
lafive and executive departments of gov
ernnent. and merges their functions into
that of the judicial department of gov
ernment.
The question of the lease Is thing
apart from the danger threatened in the
Injunction, and is insignificant IN COM
harrison to the destruction Of the sover-
eighty OF the State. There was room
for difference of opinion as to the legal
ity of the lease 1t affected the fiscal
policy of the State and its dealings with
railroads, and affected every citizen.
But it aimed no blow Mt the fundamental
principle of local self government as
does the injunction proceeding.
- yNlo.,I J,,4tro no,, COW a 4ho ~ nv,
ernor of a sovereign State: 'You shall
be subject to me. You shall obey my or
ders. Your acts are not legal unless au-
thorized by me. Leave your office and
appear before me ON a given date and get
vour instructionsh-if Judge Simonton
saws this. as he will do if he makes the
injunction permanent, then so far as
North Carolina is concerned it is no long
er a sovereign State, but province ruled
over by a Federal Judge. Not only
would the legislative and executive
functions be absorbed by the Judiciary,
but the State department of justice would
also be swallowed up in the capacious,
corporation-loving maw of the Federal
judiciary, and State lines and State
rights would be completely obliterated.
The threatened injunction is no less an
invasion of the rights of this common
wealth than would be the presence of
Federal troops brought here, unasked and
unneeded, to overawe the citizen in his
exercise of the franchise. We are not
claiming any right for the State that
the war settled, but only that the war
did not utterly obliterate the State lines
and destroy the three separate and dis
tinct departments of government.
In the olden times it was the lawyer
who, despising to make fees when the
liberties of the people were in jeopardy,
stood in the forefront of the battles when
kings and pariaments and presidents
psurped the powers that gave the peo-
pie liberty. There are many evidences
that the bar will now come TO the lead
ership in the great conflicts that are to
wage in the future, which are:
I. Whether the three functions of gov
ernment, State and Federal, shall re-
main independent and separate, or all
be absorbed by the Federal judiciary;
2. Whether this is u government in
which the people have any rights which
corporate greed must respect;
g. Whether the people or the corpor-
atoms shall select the Federal Judges.
The news & observer., 1897-03-12
MOST DANGER FROM OUR OWN
NAVY
THE VIRGINIA PoPULIsTs.
They Demand Reduction in Taxation
and Free and Fair Elections.

They Demand Reduction in Taxation
and Free and Fair Elections.
Lynchburg, Va. March 1.-THE con
ference Of representative Populists OF the
Static. which had been announced to
take place in this city to-day, was called
to order tonight at the Arlington Hotel
by the State chairman, j. Haskins Hob
son, Of Powhatan county. On motion
Mr.. Hobson was made permanent chair
man and II, 4. Muller of Richmond,
secretary.
The following committees We're APP
pointed:
On State Convention and Legislative
Ticket-C0l j. r. c. Lewis, Hon. w. II.
II. Cooke and w a. Tinsley
On State Issues-Dr 7. w. Evans. w
III. Graveley and 0. X Lapham.
On Organization-G. w Crumpecker
w. A. Barrow and II Harry Potter.
On motion Of Mr.. Graveley, the follow
ing resolution, after considerable discus
sion, was adopted by an unanimous vote:
Resolved, That we favor the holding
of constitutional convention for the
purpose Of reducing the heavy burden
Of taxation, State, county and municipal,
but we further demand that "a non-parti-
san election election law shall be enacted
that will secure free and fair expression
of all the voters of the State in the selec-
tion of delegates to such constitutional
convention"
Between siXty--fve and seventy dele
gates from all parts of the State are
present. The conference is being held
with closed doors and will not adjourn
until tomorrow.
The news & observer., 1897-03-12
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.

Aberdeen, S. D., March ia blizzard
Of remarkable fine and light snow started
about midnight and has held full sway
over this entire section to-day. There
is d probability that the storm and ac-
campanying blockade win tie up the roads
for another week.
Washington, March 1f.-The comp
troller of the currency mas made "a call
ON national banks for a report ON their
condition with the close Of business Tues
day. March ..
The news & observer., 1897-03-12
STATE NEWS.

Mr.. Duncan NJ. Farley was married
to Miss Mary Irene Davis in the Fayette-
vile Presbyterian church Wednesday.
Mrs. Mahala Weir was run oven
by a shifting train at Greensboro, and
her leg had to be amputated, says the
Record
Sunday School and Epworth League
Conference of the Western North Caro-
lima Conference will be held at Concord
on the 9th of May.
Concord will hold an election, Monday,
April 10Th, to decide whether to issue
$4,000 of bonds to purchase and improve
water works, improve the streets, and
pay off outstanding debts.
Rev. DIR. w. L. Wright, pastor Of
Leigh-Street Baptist church, who has
been i'll for some time past, is gradually
improving. Mr. Wright is now at South
ern Pines, n c.. whittier he went for
the benefit of his health.-R Richmond Dis
patch
A meeting Of editors of afternoon
papers of the State will be held in
Greensboro next week for the purpose
OF arranging for the complete afternoon
press ulSRdtSitS. 2Adlis VI tHe udAiS pa
pers that do not now take the press dis
patches, may take them at an early day,
says the Concord Standard.
The Laurinburg Exchange says that the
S. A. l.. agent at that place has been
authorized to arrange a large grass plot
and flower garden in front of the depot.
The design, when carried out, will be
beautiful and there will be such an ar
rangement in the garden that the letters
s. A. L., viii appear. The garden is to
be n permanent thing.
The news & observer., 1897-03-12
STATE COLLEGES AND FREE
TUITION.

There are forty State colleges in the
United States, some States having more
than one, and the number Of students in
1896 was $4,000, which is about one fifth
of the total number of students in all the
colleges in the country. Minnesota edu-
Gates the largest number, 3,014, at State
expense, Michigan being next, with 2,575,
then California with 2,400, followed by
Wisconsin with 1000, Nebraska with
1 1,500 Iowa with 1900, and Illinois with
G100. Tuition fees are charged in only
six States, the fee in North Carolina be-
ing $50, in South Carolina $40, in Iowa
500, in Missouri 500, in Oregon $40, and
in South Dakota 50.
The news & observer., 1897-03-12
HATyTERAS.

Norfolk, Va, March 1t-I1x- President
Cleveland and his friends, Capt Robley
-. Evans, Capt. Lamberton, Of the
Lighthouse R0ard and DR. Wood, who are
cunning in the Carolina sounds, arrived
ut flatteras last night, where they viii
spend some time shooting from Che blinds
there. The game is very abundant. and
= CLEVELAND is reported as having great
lqck lie wired Mrs. Cleveland today
that he is quite well.
The news & observer., 1897-03-12
NORTHERN PARTIES PURCHASE
FRANCHISE.

The city council of Petersburg last
night accepted the proposition of Mr.. De
Witt Smith, under WHICH Northern capi-
talists will be purchasers of the franchise
of the Virginia and North Carolina Rail
road, which is owned by the city. Part
Of the projected line has been graded.
The line extends from Petersburg to
Ridgeway, N. O.
The news & observer., 1897-03-12

Bombay, March 1.-THE total num-
Der of cases of bubonic plague in this
city, up to date, is 9,032, of which 1916
proved fatal In the whole presidency,
to date, there have been IA, ,S56 cases of
the plague and 12,204 deaths recorded.
The news & observer., 1897-03-12

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was Child she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
hen she had Children, she gave them Castoria
The news & observer., 1897-03-12

Senator Hoar's cloture resolution is not
likely to be adopted by the Senate. That
body viii not stop talking till it chooses
to 10 so, though the people get awful
tired at times There are big sides to the
question
The news & observer., 1897-03-12

In answer to question: The Reform
tory bill died in the House, having pass
ed the Senate Two years ago it passed
ore house and died in the other just as
Il did this time
The news & observer., 1897-03-12

The power of money and the lust for
power are now making towards of all the
great nations of Europe.-Salt Lake
Tribune
The news & observer., 1897-03-12
BRYAN IN TENNESSEE.
He is Introduced as the First President
in the 2Oth Century.


Nashville, Tenn, March 11.-To-day a
IL O'Clock, by invitation, Hon VIM. !.
Bryan addressed both houses OF the
Legislature and a large number Of cih-
zens in the hall Of the House of Repre-
sentatves. Governor Taylor introduced
Mr.. Bryan, saying he INTRODUCED the
man who would be the first President in
the twentieth century"
Mr.. Bryan spoke for an hour upon the
basic principles Of government, and dur
ing his speech criticized railroads and
corporations and corporate influences at
length This afternoon. Mr.. Bryan
visited the Peabody Normal school and
made Il short speech to the pupils During
the day and tonight many social atten-
tions have been extended him and he
departs tomorrow morning.
R0Op'5 PILLS cure GIVeP IisS, BIZ
BUSINESS indigestion headache
Easy rp take easy 70 opGF@ra CSC,
The news & observer., 1897-03-12

To reporter in New York, ex-senator
Pat. Walsh said: Il have abandoned the
idea of giving a series of lectures on
Our Country, as Cleveland Found it,
and as He Lost it.
The news & observer., 1897-03-12

The people of North Carolina bid good
by 10 their Legislature with snriek OF
elight.-Nolfolk Lapdmark.
The news & observer., 1897-03-12

How on earth did you come to marry
such woman-haterp
Il suppose he was converted. l guess
he was only consistent. Detroit Journ-
al
The news & observer., 1897-03-12

rangier, Morocco, March 11.-By the
collapse of part of the old walls Of the
town of Fez, $50 workmen have been
killed.
The news & observer., 1897-03-12

Entered at the postofllee at Raleigh,
n. c., as sec0nd-class matter.
The news & observer., 1897-03-12
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The news & observer., 1897-03-12

The hermit crab exploded with rage
However, his course was but natural.
He found that the home he had chosen
for his future abode was indeed bum
shell--Cineinnat Enquirer.
The news & observer., 1897-03-12

II saw a lovely fur boa downtown"
said he, ''and | had half notion to get
it for YOU
'Oh, how good of your'
.'But the price was so high that / fur
boa ar-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The news & observer., 1897-03-12

Now, when you ask papa for me, be
sure to face him like man."
You bet / will. He dosn't get any
chance at my back if | can help il. -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The news & observer., 1897-03-12

The old West Virginia nome of ex-
Postmaster General Wilson gave a Re
publican majority of 500 hast November,
but on Monday it faced about and elected
the entire Democratic ticket. Mr.. Will
son is probably glad he moved.
The news & observer., 1897-03-12

''Cheer up, old man; Spring is on the
way"
That's what saddens me; the people
next door who borrowed our snow shovel
all winter have moved and taken their
lawn mower along" g."-Chicago Record.
The news & observer., 1897-03-12

Young Shymann- Does it-aw-Seem
possible to You that-lw- people can-aw
-aw-kiss on tandem?'
Daisy Flirter (sighing)-"Yes, it seems
possible, but not-not probable. New
York Sunday Journal.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-04-22
Jim Bludso, of the Prairie Belle.

Wall, no! can't tell whar he lives,
Because he don't live, you see;
Leastways, he's got out of the habit
OF livin' like you and me.
Whar have you been for the last three
year,
That you haven't heard folks tell
How Jimmy Bludso passed in his checks
The night of the Prairie Belle?
He weren't no saint-them engineers
Is all pretty much alike
One wife in Natchez-under-the-h
And another one here in Pike.
a keerless man in his talk was Jim,
And an awkward hand in a row;
But he never flunked and he never lied
| reckon he never knowed how.
And this was all the religion he had
To treat his engine well;
Never be passed on the river;
To mind the pilots bell;
And if ever the Prairie Belle took fire
a thousand times he swore
He'd hold her nozzle agin the bank
Till the last soul got ashore.
All boats has their day on the Mississip,
And her day come at last;
The Movasfar was a better boat,
But the Belle she wouldn't be passed.
And so she came tearin' along that night
The Oldest craft on the line
With a niger squat on her safety valve
And her furnace crammed-rosn and
pine.
The fire burst out as she cleared the bar,
And burnt hole in the night,
And quick as Il flash she turned and made
For that willer bank on the right.
There was runnin' and cussin', but Jim
yelled out,
Over all the Internal roar:
"I'll hold her nozzle agin' the bank
Till the last galoot's shore
Through the hot black breath of the
burnin' boat
jim BludSo'S voice was heard,
And they all had trust in hiscuSsedness,
And knowed he would keep his word.
And, sure's you're born, they all got off
Afore the smokestack fell;
And Bludsos ghost went up alone
In the smokeof the Prairie Belle.
He weren' / no saint. but at Judgment
I'd run my chance with Jim
'LongSide of some piouS gentlemen
That wouldn't shook hands with him.
He seen his duty-a dead sure thing
And went for it thar and then;
And Christ ain't a-going to be too hard
On man that died for men.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-04-22
Little Breeches.

| don't 90 much on religion,
never amt had no show;
But I've got middlin' tight grip, sir,
On the handful o things | know.
| don't pan out on the profits
And free will and that sort Of thing
But believe in God and the angels
Ever since one night last Spring.
come into town with some turnipS,
And my little Gabc come along
No four-year-old in the county
Could beat him for pretty and strong,
Peart and clipper and sassy,
Always ready to swear and fight
And larnt him to chaw terbacker
Jest to keep his milk teeth white.
The snow came down like a blanket
As passed by Taggart's store;
| went in for jug of molasSes
And left the team al the door.
They scared at something and started
heard one little squall,
And hcll-tU-split over the prairie
Went team. Little Brcechcs and all.
Hen-to-split over the prairie!
was almost froze with skeer:
But we rousted up some torches,
And sarched for 'em far and near.
At last we struck horses and wagon,
showed under soft, white mound,
Upset.. dead beat-but of little Gabe
No hide or hair was found.
And here all hope soured on me,
OF my feller critters aid
| Jest topped down on my marrowbones,
Crotch-deep in the snow, and prayed.
BY this the torches was played out.
And me an ISrul Parr
Went off for some firewood to sheepfold
That he said was somewhar thar.
We found it at last and little shed
Where they shut up the lambs at.night,
We looked in an seen them huddIed thar,
So warm and sleepy and white;
And there sot Little BreecheS, and
chirped,
As peart as ever you see,
Il want a chaw of terbacker.
And that's what the matter Of me.
How did he get thar? Angels.
He could never have walked in that
storm.
They Jest scooped down and toted him
To whar ii was safe and warm.
And think that saving little child
And fetching him to his own
Is derned sight better business
Than loafing around the Throne.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-04-22
The Grant sarcophagus.


The sarcophagus in which Gen.
Grants body will rest in Riverside
Park, New York, is a magnificent work
of art, and is probably the finest thing
of It's kind in existence. Six years
ago the Grant monument committee
asked for specimens of granite, suita-
bic for tomb for General Grant, and
specimens came from all over the civ
ilized world. Four continents sent
contributions, and out Of this assort-
ment the finest specimens were selected.
So handsome were these that the COM
mittee deliberated in doubt for long
time before making its final selection.
Finally, last May, after long discus
sion, the contract was awarded TO j.
II. Anderson. lie was at once placed
under heavy bonds to have the sar-
cophagus completed by certain date,
and as result of his efforts, the sar-
cophagus was delivered on time.
The principal idea IN the construc-
ton of the sarcophagus was to make
it massive and imposing receptacle
for the remains of nations hero, and
this the architect and builder spared
no effort to accomplish. The die for
the sarcophagus was cut from a single
massive block Of granite. It is pom
derous affair, weighing ten tons, and
is ten feet four inches long, five feet
SIX inches wide and four feet eight
inches high. In It's finished state it
is triumph of the sculptor's chisel.
The granite is Of apeculiarly fine
grain and is polished so perfectly
that it shines and reflects like the
most powerful mirror Almost di-
rectly over the spot where the great
soldiers head will rest and near the
top of the cap, Is cut the name,
Ulysses S. Grant.
The granite is of deep red color,
rich in tone, and deeply lustrous
when polished. The color effect ia
riob and l--r, "'.l h.- "noie impress
sion is one of maguitcence.
On April y the sarcoPhagus will
receive to keep as long as 1t endures
the body of the dead hero and Prcsi-
dent. The ceremonies attending the
moving of the body from the little
brick tomb on the hillside to the mag
nidcent mausolcum will be Of extraor-
dinary spleudor and magnidcence.
The committee on plan and scope Of
the Grant monument committee has
the matter in charge, and has in7Ited
many men prominent in the worlds
affairs to be present and take part IN
the ceremonies at Riverside Park.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-04-22
Down at Washington.

"And you say YOU can't give me
this Office 2'
"No, sir; cannot
"Not even after ! worked three
months for the party and walked
moren fifty miles carryin' torches
and getGn my clothes ruined and
shoutin my throat sore2'
"No sir; not even after that.
Not even after ! worked all day
electiou-day and stayed up all night
and had four fights with a lrec-slyer
luuatic and raised money on a cbattel
mortgage 10 como all the way 70 tlis
old city, where it costs dollar to
look at a sandwich p
mo, sir; not even then.
"Now look here, mister | walked
all over the country to get these
names to this petition, saying am a
good party man and the appointment
would give good satisfaction to every
body. Don't that go?"
1T does not.
"And you're goin to see all these
good voters disappointed-goin to
throw away a chance to make whole
country happy
I've cannot help it, sir and we
are very busy. The civil service
rule" "-
That's what you run up against
everywhere. Now, say, mister; just
tell me where ] can find cheap law
yer. want 10 sue the government.
The constitution forbids that.
"The thunder it does Then what's
a free born American citizen to do2
can't git an Office on account Of
civil seryice-can't git his expenses
back on account Of eonstitution--eant
do nothin' but
Go back home"
"AIl right, sir. All night. III 90;
but if this administration amt sue
cess it won't be my fault. / done my
duty. / come all the way here, and
every time ! eat one Of your old sand
wiches can hear that mortgage
drawin interest 30 hard that ! git
shortness Of breath" "