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time limit which had been fixed for the receipt of 

 an answer. Incensed at the destruction of the 

 newspaper office, a large number of negroes as- 

 sembled, and a bloody clash between whites and 

 blacks ensued. Twelve negroes were killed during 

 the day, and three white men were wounded. In 

 the afternoon the Republican mayor, the board of 

 aldermen, and the chief of police resigned their 

 offices, and they were superseded by white Demo- 

 crats, ex-Congressman Alfred Moore Waddell, who 

 led the assault on the newspaper office^ being chosen 

 mayor. The first act of the new city government 

 was to swear in 250 special policemen, chosen from 

 the body of white citizens. Troops were ordered 

 out, and the city was placed under martial law. 



On the evening of the 10th a crowd formed to 

 take from the jail and lynch two negroes. Mayor 

 Waddell prohibited the assembling of the crowd at 

 the jail, himself heading a guard of men with Win- 

 chesters to protect the prisoners. He subsequently 

 issued a proclamation, saying : 



" The undersigned, upon whom has been placed 

 the great responsibility by the action of his fellow- 

 citizens, takes this method of assuring the good 

 people of this city that all the power with which he 

 is invested will be exerted to preserve order and 

 peace in this community, and that power is amply 

 sufficient for the purpose. All well-disposed per- 

 sons are earnestly requested to co-operate with the 

 municipal authorities in every way possible to se- 

 cure the permanent establishment of good govern- 

 ment. The law will be rigidly enforced and impar- 

 tially administered to white and black people alike." 

 The expulsion of objectionable characters from 

 Wilmington was thus described by a correspondent 

 of the Raleigh " Farmer and Mechanic," under date 

 of Nov. 11 : 



'' The good work began last night with G. Z. 

 French, a white carpet-bagger. He was waited on 

 at his room at the Orton House by a committee, 

 escorted to the train by a squad of militia with 

 fixed bayonets, and put on the train with the injunc- 

 tion to leave North Carolina and never return 

 again upon peril of his life. It is believed he has 

 gone to Washington. So intense was the bitter 

 feeling against French that after he reached the 

 station a rope was thrown over his head, and several 

 strong men were in the act of swinging him to an 

 overhanging beam, when influential citizens inter- 

 fered and with difficulty prevented the lynching. 

 French has been acting sheriff here for some time, 

 Hewlett being only a figurehead. Early this morn- 

 ing the work of banishment was resumed, when a 

 squad of soldiers, under command of Lieut.-Com- 

 mander George L. Morton, escorted the negro lead- 

 ers, Tom Miller, Pickens, Bell, Aaron Bryant, and 

 Rev. I. J. Bell to the station, put them on board the 

 north-bound train with instructions to leave North 

 Carolina and never return. They had tickets to 

 Richmond. These negroes were among those ar- 

 rested and put in jail Thursday for firing on white 

 men and for urging other negroes to deeds of 

 violence. The next exit were Trial Justice R. H. 

 Bunting, ex-Chief of Police John R. Melton, 

 Charles McAlister, Isaac Loftin, colored, and ex- 

 Policeman C. H. Gilbert. They, like French and 

 the negro leaders, were drummed out of town under 

 an escort of soldiers." 



Democratic jubilees were held in Raleigh and 

 other cities of the State to celebrate redemption 

 from negro rule. 



NORTH DAKOTA, a Northwestern State, ad- 

 mitted to the Union Nov. 3, 1889 ; area, 70,795 

 square miles. The population in 1890 was 182,719. 

 Capital, Bismarck. 



Crovernment. The State officers during the year 

 were as follow : Governor, F. B. Fancher ; Lieu- 

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tenant Governor, J. M. Devine ; Secretary of State, 

 Frederick Falley ; Treasurer, D. W. Driscoll ; Audi- 

 tor, A. N. Carlblom ; Attorney-General, John F. 

 Cowan; Adjutant General, Elliott S. Miller: Su- 

 perintendent of Public Instruction, John G.Hal- 

 land ; Commissioner of Insurance. G. W. Harrison ; 

 Commissioner of Agriculture, H. U. Thomas; Bank 

 Examiner, H. A. Langlie ; Railroad Commissioners, 

 John Simons, Henry Erickson, Luke L. Walton; 

 Justice of the Supreme Court, N. C. Young ; Asso- 

 ciate Justice, J. 

 M. Bartholomew ; 

 Board of Dental 

 Examiners, Presi- 

 dent, R. B. Foster ; 

 Land Commission- 

 er, Hugh J. Watt- 

 all Republicans. 



Finances. The 

 Treasurer's report 

 for the six months 

 ending June 30 

 showed that the bal- 

 ance in all funds 

 at the beginning of 

 the year was $370,- 

 209.60 ; total re- 

 ceipts from Dec. 

 31, 1897, to June 

 30, 1898, $1,112,- 

 407.80; total dis- 



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587.11 ; valuation 



of personal property, $22,929,831 ; number of per- 

 sons assessed, exclusive of firms, 36,910 ; valuation 

 of real estate, $65,458,290 : number of acres taxed, 

 17,223,634; valuation of railroad property, $12.869,- 

 350 ; total redemption of school district bonds held 

 by permanent school fund, $23,858.72; cash on 

 hand June 30, $245,820.69 ; amount of bonded in- 

 debtedness at close of fiscal year, $199.492.54, or 

 within $507.46 of the debt limit provided for by 

 the State Constitution. Refunding bonds to the 

 amount of $112,000, dated May 1, 1897, to run 

 thirty years without option at 4" per cent, interest, 

 were advertised and sold Feb. 24, 1897, to refund 

 Capitol-building warrants to the amount of $63,000, 

 bearing 5 per cent, interest ; Penitentiary bonds to 

 the amount of $29,000, bearing 4 per cent. ; and 

 $20,000 university bonds, bearing 4 pdl cent, in- 

 terest, the issue being sold at a premium of $1,340. 



Banks. On May 5 there were 87 State banks, 

 with total resources of $5,700,198.37, of which $512,- 

 688.45 was cash. Two applications for charters were 

 waiting the action of the Secretary of State on Dec. 

 9. 1898. In the 25 national banks the total deposits 

 from Dec. 9, 1897, to Feb. 15. 1898, was $5,493,911; 

 total loans and discounts, $4,297,239 ; average re- 

 serve, 32.46 per cent. ; holdings of gold coin, $227,- 

 390, an increase of $5,000 in three months. The 

 First National Bank at Larimore closed its doors 

 in January because of slow collections and being 

 unable to meet the demands of withdrawal. Bonds 

 to secure the deposits in the 5 banks that suspended 

 in 1896 and 1897 were filed according to law, and 

 were amply sufficient to cover any loss ; amount on 

 deposit at time of suspending, $78,483.16 ; received 

 in "dividends, $14,968.04; total balance due, $63,- 

 515.12. 



The increase of business during the last two fiscal 

 years by the 7 building and loan and savings asso- 

 ciations of the State was $70,345.54 ; total increase 

 of assets, $45,758.51. 



Railroads. The number of miles of main line, 

 Aug. 2, was 1,244,153 ; of branch line, 1,278,241 ; of 

 side track. 295.706; total mileage, 2,866,987; valua- 

 tion, $12,869,350, against $8,619,450 in 1897; aver- 





