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v5 t- 7 'Li, 'v Grantham & Pittmaw, Proprietors. $1.C3 Per Year; In. Advance. Vol. v. DtJNN, N. C WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1895; NO. 8. r i - " Pnnv'E AT.T., fttrffrla Attn nnt.ft Viat fn !rrtA'r witrnrt ta n.nrtr w J . T Hi- II I THE Sip oil Four. BY COXAK DOTLK. ? Thc had slipped unseen through the yard entrance and, passed behind two Tr three small craft, so that she had fairly pot her speed up before we saw her. Now she was flying down, the stream, near in to the shore, going at a tremendous rate. Jones Rooked gravely at her and shook hir head. "She is very fast,? he said. "I doubt if wt shall catch her." ; ' Wc must catch her!" cried Holmes, "between his teeth. "Heap it on, Ftokers! Make her do all she can! If we burn the boat we must Have them!t Wc were fairly after her .now. The furnaces roared, and the . powerful en pines whizzed and clanked, like a great metallic heart. Her sharp, steep prow cut through the still river water and sent two rolling waves to right and to left of us. With every throb of the en plneswe sprang and quivered like a .living thing. " One great yellow lan tern in our bows threw a long, flicker- 1 ing funnel of light in front of us. llight ahead a dark" blur upon the wa ter showed where the Aurora lay, and the swirl of white foam behind her spoke of the pace at which she was go in ft- We flashed past barges, steamers, merchant-vessels in and out, behind this one and round the other.. Voices . hailed us out of the darkness, but still the Aurora thundered on, and still we followed close upon" her track. 'Tile it on, men, pile it on P cried Holmes, looking down into the engine room, while the fierce glow from Ise low leat upon his eager, aquiline faee. "(let every pound of steam yon ran." ! VI think we gain a little," said Jones, with his eyes on the Aurora. "I am sure of it," said I. "We ahall be up with her! in a very few min utes." J At that moment, however, as our evil fate would have it, a tug with three barges in tow blundered In letween us. It' wus only by putting our helm hard down that we avoid ed a collision, and before we could round them and recover our way the Aurora had gained a good 'two huh- 'ANDTHKRE 13 THE AtJKOKAF EXCLAIMED " . HOLMES. t ' - tired 'yards. She was still, however, well in view, and the murky uncertain twilight was settling into "a clear star lit nig-ht. Our boilers were strained " to their utmost, and the frail shell vi brated and creaked with the fierce en ergy which was driving us along. We h;;d shot through the pool past the U'cst India docks, down the long Dept ford Kench, and up agtrin after round ing the Isle of Dogs. The dull blur in fnmf of us resolved itself now clearly enough into the dainty Aurora. Jones turned our searchlight upon her, so . that we could plainly sec the figures upon her rtcck.j One man sat by the stern, with something black between his knees over which he stooped. Dcside him lay a dark mass which looked like a Newfoundland dog. The boy held the tiller, while against the red glare of the furnace I could see old Smith, stripped to the : waist, and shoveling coals for dear life. They may have had nunc doubt at first as to whether wo were really pursuing them, but now as we followed every winding and turn-in-,' which they took there ; could nq lm;rcr ho any question about it.' Al (reenwieh wc were about three hundred Faces behind them. At Dlackwall we re.vild not have been more than two hnn.rt-d and fifty. I have coursed tnany creatures in many countries dur- lng- my checkered career, but never did sport give me such a wild thrill as this mad, flying - man hunt down the Thames. Steadily we drew in upon them, yard by yard. In the silence f the night we could hear the panting and clanking of their ma chinery. The man in the stern Mill crouched upon the deck, and his arms were moving as though he were busy, while every now and then he would look up anj measure with a glance the . distance which still separated us. Nearer we came and nearer. Jones yelled to them to stop. We were not more tha-n four boats' lengths behind them, both boats flying at a tremen dous pace. It was a clear reach of the river, with Barking level upon ne side and the melancholy Plum tead marshes j upon the other. At ur hail the man in the stern sprang UP from the . deck and shook' his two pinched lists at us, cursing the while ln a high, cracked voice. . He Was a good-sized, powerful man, and -as he stood poising himself ,th ls astride I could see that from le thigh downwards there was but a "odcn stump upon the right side.- At the sound of his strident, angry cries there was movement in the- huddled candle upon the deck. It straightened ,Hlif into a little black man the "ullest I have ever seen with a great, i-'.'iapen head and a shock of tangled,, uishevelvd hair. ; Holmes had already "r.awn ,lis revolver, and I whipped out -Je at the Eight, Qf this gg dis iorte.d creature He was wrapped in some sori of dafk nister or blanket, which left only his face exposed; but HJC SIIOOK BIS TWO CLUTCHED FISTS AT us. that face was enough to give a man a sleepless night. Never have I seen features so deeply marked with all bes tiality and cruelty. His small eyes glowed and burned with a somber light, and his thick lips were writhed back from his teeth, which grinned and chat tered at us with a half animal fury.- "Fire if he raises his hand," said Holmes, quietly. We were within a boat's length by this time, and almost within touch qf our quarry. I can . see the two of them now as they stood, the white man with his legs far apart, shrieking out curses, and the unhal lowed dwarf, with his hideous face, and his strong yellow teeth gnashing at us in the light of our lantern. It was well that we had so clear a view of him. Even as we looked he plucked out from under his covering a short, round piece of wood, like a school ruler, and clapped it to his lips. Our pistols j rang out together. He whirled round, threw up his arms, and with a kind of 'chok ing cough fell- sideways into the stream. I caught one glimpse of his venomous, menacing eyes amid the white'swirl of the waters. At the same moment the wooden-legged man threw himself upon the rudder and put -it hard down, so that his boat made -straight in for the southern bank, while we shot past her stern, only clearing her by a' few feet. - We were round after her in ' an instant, but she was already nearly at the bank. It was a wild and desolate place, where the moon glimmered upon a wide ex panse of marsh ' land, with pools of stagnant water and beds of decaying vegetation. The launch, with a dull thud, ran np on the mud bank, with her bow in the air and her stern flush with" the water. The fugitive sprang out, but his stump instantly sank its whole length into the sodden soil. In vain he struggled and writhed. Not one step could he possibly take either forwards or backwards. He yelled in impotent rage, and kicked frantically into the mud with his other foot, but his struggles only bored his wooden pin the deeper into the sticky bank. When we brought our launch alongside he was so -firmly anchored that it ; was only by throwing the end of a rope over his shoulders that we were able to haul him out, and to drag him, like some evil fish, over our side. The two Smiths, father and son, sat sullenly in their launch, but came aboard - meekly enough when com manded. The Aurora herself we hauled off and made fasi to our stern. A solid iron chest of Indian workman ship stood upon the deck. This, there could be no question, was the same that had contained the ill-omened treasure of the Sholtos. There was no key, but it was of considerable weight, so we transferred it carefully to our own little cabin. As we steamed slowly upstream again, we flashed our search-light in every direction, but there was no sign of the islander. Somewhere In the dark ooze at the bottom of the Thames lie the bones of that strange visitor to our shores. "See here," said" Holmes, pointing to the wooden hatchway. "We were hardly quick enough with our pistols." There, sure enough, just behind where we had been standing, stuck one of those murderous darts which we knew so weU. . It must have whizzed between us at the instant that we fired. Holmes smiled at it, and shrugged his shoulders in his easy fashion, but I confess that it turned me rick to think of the horrible death which had passed so close to us that night. : . , CHAPTER XL " THE GREAT AGRA TREASURE. , Our captive sat in the cabin opposite to the iron box which he had done sa much and waited so long to gain. He was a sunburned, reckless-eyed fellow, with a network of lines and wrinkles all over his mahogany features, which told of a hard, open-air life. There was a singular prominence about his bearded chin which marked a man who was not to be easily turned from his purpose. His age may have been fifty or thereabouts, for his black, curly hair was thickly shot with gray. His face in repose was not an nn pleasing one, though his heavy brows and aggressive hin gave him, as I had lately seen, a terrible "expression when moved to anger. He sat now with his handcuffed hands upon his lap and his head sunk upon his breast, while he looked with" his keen, twinkling eyes at the box which had been the cause of his ill-doing's. It seemed to me that there was more sorrow than anger in his rigid and contained countenance. Once he looked up at' me with a gleam of something like humor in his eyes. "Well, Jonathan Small," said Holmes, lighting a cigar, "lam sorry that it has come to this." (To be ; "tir.u d ) aam riffcea of the forty-five pensioners Y !ioVr of 1S12 are over 100 year Slutton retails at thirlv-eighj cents n poand ia Paris, THE LATEST Mm. GLKAJtLXGS FROM XXAXT POEfTS. Important Ilappentnr, Doth TJ mad Forelfa, Drlefly Told. Flaaaetal The Appalachian Bank at tiig Stone Gp. Va., bu cioed lta Joora. .ft u stated that all claim will be paid ta fttU According to tha Flnaadal Review, twenty-fire million dollars wore lost durlas 1891 through bank embenJements, defalcations and other forms of swindling. This has de creased the visible wealth et the banks In ex actly that amount. At Charlottesville the reassessment of real estate, just completed, shows an iaereaae ovet last year's values of $98,f40. 8inee 1890 the increase of values has boea $884,774. The Standard Oil Co., at Pittsburg-,, Pa., has further depressed the market by naming $1.80 as Satarday's price. In, OH City the oil market opened at $1.85 and then dropped to 91.80 offered. Pittsburg oil market opener1 at 1.80. . f Labor. The Norwalk (Conn.) If ills, manufacturer! of woollens, employing two hundred handv, put in force the old scale of wages from which a reduction waa made during the buslnesf depression. In the '.'sweat shop" investigations in New York, a woman has lust testified that aht works 19 hours a day for 80 cents. She is at her toll from 6 a. m. till midnight, and last week earned $1.50. 11. Oreary, of the Oil City (Pa.) Tabs Jflllt and Oil City Boiler Works, has notified hk employees that after this week wage will b advanced 10 per cent. Big demands for pipe, machinery and boilers following the advance in oil and drilling operation have eaused the increase. The two concerns pay from $45, 000 to $50,000 monthly and employ 1,000 men. At St. Louis," the strike of the Oar men! workers is at an end. The strike was for bet ter quarters, not for the increase of. wage and a satisfactory agreement has been drawn up and signed by the clothing manufacturer! and workers. The employers agree to fur nish quarters for the workers which Will be approved by the State factory Inspector. . . , , - . Crime. , . Jas. Young, janitor at the court bouse, shot and killed his wife at HssslervlUe, Iftd. Ht then drove to Brazil, Ind., went to thocourl house and shot himself dead. Mrs. Martha Wallen. of Black water, Le county, Ta., stabbed Mrs. Lane Wallace tc death with a pitchfork. The murder was th outcome of Jealousy. The bondsmen of ex-City Treasurer Crizek. of Mount Clemens, Mich., have been notified that there is a defalcation of funds amount ing to about $10,000 and they are requested to make the shortage good. A trial was in progress before Justic Mayes, Claiborne county, Tenn., in which Grant Poo re, a tough character, was defend ant. Bill Carroll was a witness, 'and Poor accused him of swearing to a lie. A quarrel ensued, in which -Poor shot CarrottV rou the effects of which he died. Poo re was ar rested. : Legislative. - , In the New York Assembly at Albany, Mr. Atnsworth Introduced a resolution bitterlj condemning the administration at Washing ton for not enforcing the Monroe doctrine ic the English-Nicaragua complication. Tht resolution pawed 91 to 45. After a lengthy dlrcussioD, the Tennessee Senate, by a vote of 14 ares to 17 noes, re jected the Jeffries fee -Dill, limiting tht fees of all State and -county officials paid bj fees to $3,000 per annum. A powerful lobbj of oounty officials have been working againsl the bill. The House passed the bill requiring the teaching ln the public schools of the ef fects on the human system of alcoholic drinks and narcotics; also a bill appropriat ing $20,000 to build a negro department e) the East Tennessee Insane asylum. Miscellaneous. In New York the consumption of beef has fallen off 80 per cent, since the advance in price. At the session of the Alabama State Sunday School Convention at Mobile the secretary'! annual report showed that there were 226,711 scholars in the Sunday schools of Alabamt and there are 470,000 children between the ages of five and twenty who are not In these schools. Foreign. The price of flour in London advanced three shillings per sack, the extreme quota . tion being twenty-seven shilling per quarter. A dispatch from Ostrog, Russia, says thai half of the town of Dubno in the Government of Yolhyns has been destroyed by fire. The village of Sommerseig, near Frankfort Germany, has been destroyed by fire. Sixty five dwellings were burned and many per sons injured. The Chinese.Emperor has ratified the peace treaty with Japan. The Bauzy, France, dam disaster was du to the carelessness of State engineers, whe should have condemned it. Legal. The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals re fused a writ of error in the ease of Chaa. Morgansfleid, alias Morgan, the Aquia Creek train robber, and the judgment of the Staf ford county court stands. Morgansfleid must now to go to the penitentiary. . . Cottoa. The total sales of cotton for the past weel as reported at New York were 78,000 bales American. 68,000; trade takings, including forwarded from ship-side, 75,000; actual ex port. 8.000: total import, 44.000; American, 88,000; total stock, 1,676.000; American, 1,. 565,000; total afloat, 147,000; American, 140.. 000. Speculators took 3,900, and exporter took 21,000. Washington. The whole attention of the Internal Reven ue Bureau is now centred on the income tax, and it is very evident tbat the returns from the districts already heard from are both un satisfactory and disappointing. Instead ol there being a delinquency of twenty per cent, which the department thought ten days age would be a liberal estimate, it looks now a if it would reach twenty-n'e per cent., oi one-fourth Oi the entire revenue expected to be realized from the law. Powder. BIUls Dlow Up. At South Acton, Mass.; Friday morning, one of the powder mills of the American Pow der Company blew up. A few minutes later a second mill situated a -hundred yards away also exploded. Fire caused by the ex plosion spread to the third mill known as the Corning mill, and ln a few minutes it blew up and was also destroyed. Five persons are believed to have been killed. The mills were ten in number, separated from each other and enclosed by high board fenees. The explosion of the first mill set fire to the surrounding fence, and the flames soon spread to the second mill. In fifteen minutes after tho find explosion three of the mills had been destroyed. The list of dead is as follows: Chas. O'Neill, Jr.,' of Maynard, Mass., unmarried; Nelson Morton, of Acton leaves a widow and several children; Fred K. Winslow, of South Acton, married; Chas. Estes, of South Acton, un married; A. Ester, of South Acton, leaves a widow and six children. IXCOMl? TAX ILLEGALLY PAID. Jaatlee White's View About the II on- dreda of Millions. The dissenting opinions of Justices Harlan and White, of the Supreme Bench, in the income-tax decision, were distributed at Washington on Monday. That of Justice White cofnpiiseaneariy 20,000 words. After concluding that a tax on tents is not a tax oh real es tate, he says this on. the - necessity of strictly preserving the continuity and consistency of judicial decision i The injustice and harm which must a!- ways result from overthrowing a long and settled practice, sanctioned ay the decisions of this court, could not be - better illustrated than by the example which this ease affords. Under the Income-tax laws which prevailed In the past for- many years, and which cov ered every conceivable source of income, rentals from real estate, and everything else, vast sums Were collected from the people of the United States. The decision here ren dered announces that those sums Were wrong fully taken, and thereby, it seems to me, cre ates a claim in equity and good conscience against the government for an enormous amount of money. - "Thus, from the change of view by this court, it happens that an act of Congress, passed for the purpose of raising revenue in strict' conformity with t the practice of the government from the earliest time, and in accordance with tho oft-repeated decisions of this court, furnishes the occasion for creating a claim against the government tor hundreds of millions of dollars. I say creating a claim, because if the government be in good con science bound to refund that which has been taken from the citizens in violation of the Constitution, although that technical. right ,may have disappeared by lapse of time, or because the decisions of this court have mis led the citizen to hts grievous injury,'' the equity endures, and will present itself to the conscience of the government This conse quence shows how necessary it fa. that the court should not overthrow Its past decisions." DEATH N THK WINDS. School Children Among the Cyclone's i Victims. At least fifty people are believed to have been killed in the terrible cyclone that passed over Sioux City, Iowa, and vicinity, last Frl day. No one as yet can tell how much the loss of life is, or how extensive the damage until reports from the outlying districts have been received. The telegraph wires In the devastated section are all down and authen tic information is hard to get. Three school houses are known to have been demolished, and two teachers and several pupils killed. The names ofJhose known to be killed or missing are: Mamie S. H aggie and five brothers killed uear Sioux Centre; Mrs. John Kerster, near 81oux Centre. Her child was blown away and is not yot found; Anna Mars den, teacher in the Coombs school, near Iron town; Geo. Marsden, brother to Anna, teach er in another school, near Iron town; Chas, Marsden, killed near Siouk Centre; Mrsi Post, killed near Sioux Centre; Rudolph Schwudefeger, aged 21, killed, by lightning, near Southland; Peec Stiramer, 'killed in his house, near Lawrence by lightning; two children of L. T. Coombs, killed near Sioux Centre; Mrs. John Waterman, killed near Sibley; child of A. VerhofT, killed, at Sioux Centre, John Patterson, VYm. Radiches, Mrs. B. A. Smith, G. F. Balling, Mrs. Herman Bel ktm, H. G. Neider, Frank M. F. Hayt,J. Jameson killed. The towns of Sioux Centre, Irontown, Orange, Perkins, Dean, " Hull, Sheldon, Alton, Ashton, Sibley aud Lemars were almost directly in the path of the cy clone. A pitiful feature of the disaster is the num ber of youthful lives lost by the cruel winds. Three schoolhouses near Sioux Centre were destroyed while school was in progress and at each one from th ree to ten children were carried from a quarter to half a mile before they alighted. Two little daughters of Jno. Keister, a farmer near the Sioux Centre, were Cleked up as they were leaving the school ouse and dashed in a wire fence whore both were killed. One house was carried over the tops of trees), across the Sioux river and set down without the stoves being upset. Trees .fourteen inches in diameter were twisted off or torn up by the roots. The damage to property will reach nearly $100,000. THE CHRONICLE'S FIGURES. Comparative Cotton Statement as Set Forth By At wood, Violet & Co. The New York Financial Chronicle Satur day morning shows as follows : In ware houses at United States ports, 517,553 (of which New Orleans bad 209,000 and New York 213,000); stocks at 31 interior Southern points, 165.000, against 170,000 last year. In other words the visible supply In warehouses in this country at the interior and at ports Is only 98.000 more than last year, but 651,000 less than two years rro, when the crop was 6.700,000. Total exports since September 1st, 6,195 686, against 4.781,142 last year, but the visible supply of American in Europe and afloat for Great Britian and the continent is only 224,000 more than last year, whereas we have exported 1.414.000 more ; consequently European spinners nnve taken the difference in excess of last year's amount that came In to sijrht for the week ending Friday. 45, 000 against 48,000, and the total in sight sinco September 1st, 9,423,000 asainst 7.126.000 last year; whereas all that is left of in sight more than a year ago in this f ountry is, as we show above, 99.000. There is 51,000 less of visible ln America than two years ago," whereas tho amount that has come into sight in excess of that season is 3,ir5,000 bales. The world's total visible of American is 495.000 larger than last year, but there has been brought Into sisrbt of American more than Inst year 2,207,000. The world's spinners have ab sorbed the difference or 1,802,000 more than a year ajro. Mill News. O. H. Sampson & Co., of Boston, have com pleted a new 10,000-spindle mill at Green jville. 8. C. The F. W. Poe Mfg. Company, at same place has laid off the ground for a new 20,000-splndie mm, ana let tne contract tor 10,000 spindles to begin on. Lancaster, K. C, is to have a $200,000 cot ton factory. Col. Leroy Springs is engineer ing the enterprise. The Carolines will raise $100,000. and the rest will be secured North. Mr. H. S. Chadwick addressed the pople of Lancaster several days ago on the : subject and awakened considerable interest in the matter. He recommended the building ot large mills and the manufacturing of a fine quality of goods. j TELEGRAPHIC TICKS. Several eases of small pox have been dis covered in the negro aires on r ranklin street. New Orleans, resulting in a good deal of excitement. Blixt, Miss Ging's Murder, Get a Life Sentence. At Minneapolis, Minn., on Saturday, Claus Blixt. who was awaiting trial for the murder of Catharine Ging, pleaded "guilty' before Judge Pond, changing his plea of "cot guilty." But a short time was taken for the proceeding, as Blixt had evinced his desire to change nis piea. and his willingness to do so berore 4Uy 14tn. trie aate regularly set lor his trial. Biixt was then sentenced to im prisonment for life. - 1 The farmers and stock raisers of ihis country hare lire stock valued at $2,- 208,767,573, . ; ! SILVER - THE ISSUE. HON. HOKE SMITH ON HONEY. The Issue In the Next Campaign Will He Silver Mono-MetallUm. Secretary Hoke Smith, of the Interior De partment, was interviewed at Macon, Oa., by a reporter oi we l eiegrspn oa tne nnanciai !uestion and defined the differences of o pin on on the currency question existing in the country at present. He thought that during the next twelve months a thorough discus sion of the money, question would be pre sented all over the country. This discussion will be limited, he thought, to the proposi tion for the unlimited coinage of silver at a ratio of 1 to 1. The Secretary divided the people into three classes gold mono-metal-lists, silver mono-metallista and bi-metallists. He did mot think that the gold mono-metallista were strong enough to become a factor in the campaign; but that the issue would be for ana against sliver mono-metallism. He thought that the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the present ratio by this country alone would mean nothing more or less than VU tUVUV 1U VMHUCUi y AW J g "TJI " " 1HH1 System, the price of silver bullion did not materially advance, no other metal would be presented at the mints for coinage. The real question, the Secretary thought. Was whether or not the free and unlimited coinage of silver at a ratio of 16 to 1 would advance the price of silver bullion so that it would bear the relative value of gold of 16 to 1, which is the proposed ratio. If it would not. then the country would not have a bi- The Secretary reviewed the history of the Country's currency and said that both Jeffer son and Hamilton recognized the fact that the ratio of coinage must be fixed upon the commercial value of the metals in the mar ket. In 187S, when free coinage was sus pended in the United States, the silver in a dollar was worth more than the sold In a gold dollar, but since that time, the demone tization of silver by other countries has al lowed its value to drop to the price whicn It will bring for manufacturing purposes. . The value of an article must be controlled by the demand for its use and the supply to be consumed. The facts' show that tne de mand has practically ceased while the supply has almost trebled. This Is true in spite of the fact that since 1879 the United States has coined more silver than in the eighty, years prior to that time. - "Can any one," asked the Secretary, "study these facts without concluding that if this enormous issue by the United States was insufficient to steady the fall of silver during the past twenty years, unlimited coin age oy tne uniteo states aione woiua not be sufficient to restore Its DuJnon value now7 It is. therefore, not offensive criticism, but only a statement1 of a logical conclusion. when I insist that unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio ef 16 to 1 means silver mono metallism. Under such a law, all the silver product of the world would turn to our mints, and then would come the silver heretofore manufactured into cheap wares. Again, sil ver mining would Increase and the exhaus tion of resources would be threatened by the exchange of silver dollars for the bullion. "With free coinage we would virtually change our standard to one worth only one half the present standard and the commer cial value of a dollar the world over would bs only 50 cents. While commodities might sell for twice u many dollars, their real val ue would remain unchanged. The entire country would be confused, until by accur ate test the true value ef the new standard was ascertained. The result would be a ces sation of trade and the cautious business man would involve himself in no contracts. This uncertainty would create serious busi ness troubles and tne practical suspension oi all enterprises." He could see no benefit from the change and none especially to those who worked for wages because they were always the last to be recognized in increased wages under the use of a depreciated currency. The proprie tor of an enterprise . would insist tnat em- I)loyes should take the risk. He did not be ieve the change would benefit the debtor class, because so many loans have been made on the gold basis and the debtor would be obliged to go into tne market ana purcnase gold with which to meet his obligations. As to other debts, if there were any danger of silver mono-metauism tnere wouia ne no ex tension possible. Seasoning on these lines, he could see no benefit even if the change were brought about. One class insisted that the benefit would be in the inability of the employes to exact double wages. To these selfish em nlovers some benefit mieht come but it would be found that after Ihe final adjustment to the new conditions prices would be nominal ly increased all around with no real benefit to anybody. He doubted the proposition that other countries would fall into line, following the action of this country. If that were true the standard would depreciate and debts con tracted during the depreciation would In crease as the value of silver increased and the class sought to be benefitted would again be burdened. The Secretary thought the agitation of the question was checking the return of prosper ity but he hoDed the confidence that the question would be defeated would prevent serious Injury. In conclusion Secretary Smithsaid: have no doubt tbat the next President of the United States will be .op posed to the unlimi ted coinage of silver at 16 to 1." SILVER IN TEXAS. An Address Issued to the Democrats CaUlng a State Convention. An Austin, Tex., dispatch says : The 16 to 1 silverites th the present legislature, led by Railroad Commissioner fteagan, issued an address to the people of Texas, which places the monetary question before the people and will cause the drawing of the line as between the gold standard men and the silverites In Texas. The proclamation which is the work of Commissioner Bearan, reviews the history of silver specie from the earliest date down to the present date. Great stress is laid on the fact that it is money which the people are clamoring for and demanding at the bands of the government. A convention was called to meet in Fort Worth on August 6th, and in the meantime precinct meetings are called for July 20th to elect delegates to the Fort Worth convention. The proclamation sets forth that inasmuch' as the issue is to be one to a nnisn tnat an 16 to 1 silverites must follow their leader and enter the fight and stay in it until the final Waterloo, in 1896. which settles as to who shall be the victor. They take occasion to score Cleveland and the national Democracy very severelv and point out tbat the time is now ripe for actiou if the silverites in Texas ever want to sccui t tlieit rights. Prices of Shoes to be Advanced. At a meeting of the shoe manufacturers ot Haverhill, Mass., it was decided, in view of the recent advance in leather, to make the prices of shoes for the next sales to accord with the new order of things. No definite agreement was reached, but the meeting ad journed with the understanding that each manufacturer was at once to take measures to advance his prices. Pending more defl site action at an adjourned meeting. It is un derstood that tne new prices wouia oe iu or 12 cents per pair higher tnan tne present ngures. Captain and Five Sailors Drowned. Tha RtfrwiiaVi snJIin? vessel Eva. Cantain I Krutenberfr, which plies letween Europe and Boutn American pons, sanx a ner iuicuui . ... 1. - ... 9 U A at i&osaro wim au ner cargo. - jhiuw w h crew were saved. Among the six drowned was tne captain. ILLINOIS FOR EILTCIt. Free Silver Prevails as an Csldemle Throughout the State. ' A dispatch from Chicago, says: The coun ties are beginning to act on the call of the state executive committee for a state conven tion to decide the party's policy oa the finan cial question. Everything so far is for silver. The goldbugs do not display any strength at au. The Clay County flU.-) Democrats held a convention to elect five delegates to the State Monetary Convention. Every township w fully represented. . BeeCIutions were unani mously adopted instructing the delegates to vote lor the unlimited tree coinage -oi silver at the ratio of 18 to 1. Enthusiastic speeches were delivered by the chosen delegates. 1 The Democratic central committee ox Put nam County has issued a call for a conven tion to be held May 13. The committee op posed free coinage. The indications are tnat the County Convention will favor it. -The Bond County Democratic central com mittee ordered a primary to be held May 11 to elect delegates to a convention on May 18. The .committee , unanimously favored free coinage at 16 to L The Democrats el Morgan County met in convention and selected twelve delegates to the monetary convention to be held at Springfield on 'June fi. Desolations were adopted strongly advocating the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1.' The Democrats of Effingham County met Saturday and selected delegates to the 8tte Convention at 8pringfleld on June 6 The following resolutions were unanimously adopted: ;-...-;--r ,.-;'-. "Resolved. That this Convention is In favor of the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, and that the del egates to the State Convention be instructed to vote accordingly, first, last ana au tne time. "Resolved. That thls-Coriventlon approves of and commends the action of the State Democratic committee in calling the Conven tion at Hprineneld. Jane 6, tor the purpose of getting an expression of the party on the financial question." Hinety-nve percent oi the Democrats ot this county are in favor oi free silver. - - The democrats of Jasper county have se lected delegates to the silver convention at Springfield on June 5th and gave them the following instructions: . . "Resolved, That the democracy of Jasper county favors the use and coinage of both gold and silver without -discrimination against either metal, and demands that the mints oi tne united states oe openea o tne full and unlimited coinage of silver at a ra tio of 16 to 1, Independent of the action of any other nation; . "Resolved, That tne delegates irom jas per count v to the state - convention be, and they are hereby instructed, to vote as a unit and in favor of adopting in said state aemo cratic convention a resolution similar to tne foregoing, in expressing the sense of the democracy of the state of Illinois." The democratic county central committee met at Marshall to take action in regard to the silver convention to be held in Spring field in June. The democracy oi tnis county are ten to one tor silver asamoneyBtandard, and it is safe to predict that a silver delega tion will be sent to tne state convention. June 6th was fixed for the date for this coun ty to act. . , inssocBiairs also roa sn,vra. Wednesday nhrht thirty of the democratic members of the Bfissouri house met In cau cus and adopted the following resolution: : "Resolved, That we, the democratic mem bers of the house or representatives, thirty- eighth general assemby, favor the free coin acre of silver at a ration of 16 to 1." The vote on the resolution stood yeas 22, ayes 9, notvotlnfifi. The caucus was intensely ex citing and much bitter feeling was shown by the participants, ' : : . - AN EXPEEl FORGER. S. C. Dickson, of Greenville, S. C, Has Deen at It For Years. At ftreenville. 8. C. astounding develop ments resulted on Wednesday by the arrest of 8. C. Dickson on three warrents charging him with forgery. The warrents were sworn out by George "A. Norwood, president ot the Greenville Savings bank. Dickson Is the leading real estate dealer of the city and has been doing a large business j It is learned that for twenty years he has been carrying on an elaborate system of for geries, his forgeries being confined to the character of ttaners used in the real estate business. He would make deeds to himself of imaginary lands as well as of real tracts, signing fictitious names to the same. He then used them as securities in borrowing moncv. He forced mortrasres on real estate to secure forged notes payable to himself and deposited these with bankers and mon ey lenders as security ior loans. The number of forged aud false deeds will never be known, as he kited, taking up old forgeries with new ones, using new names and new lands for each transaction, w nen pressed by the holders of his paper he could always produee- new deeds and new mort gages to renew the old. Xiie tosses oi noia ers of his forged papers will amount to from 12,000 to 20,0O0. Dickson did not give the 43,000 bond required for bis appearance at court and pleading guilty to the indictment, he was jailed. ; , THE DKBT STATEMENT. A Net Increase ln the Public Debt ot Over Nine Millions. The debt statement issued at Washington shows a net increase in the public debt less cash in the Treasury during April of t,109, 857. The interest bearing debt increased 2,349,950; the non Interest bearing debt de creased $339,439 and cash in the Treasury decreased 7,099,S45. Tbe balance of the several classes of debt at tne close oi Dull ness. April 30th. were: Interest bearing debt J716.201.910-, debt on which Interest has ceased since maturity tl, 754,660; debt bearing no Interest 340,701,249; total ai,098,657,si. The certificates and Treasury notes offset by an equal amount of cash in the Treasury outstanding at tbe end of the month were: (566,688,624, a decrease of 1,255,818. The total cash in the Treasury was 787,442,335. The gold reserve was 691.247,144. Net cash balance 1 89.570.772. In the month there was an increase in gold coin and bars of $511,- 657, tbe total at the close peing i39,ys,iw. Of silver there was aa increase of 553,695. Of the surplus there was In national bank depositories si6,7y,oz7 against ie,c,jioe at tbe end oi tne preceding montn. THE CUBAN REVOLT 8kinnish with Insurgents In which The Leaders are Iladly Worsted. The staff correspondent of the United Press at Quant snamo, Cuba says: A force of Government troops, under command ot Maj. Teeeriso. made an attack upou a oand oi in solvents at Ramon de Las Yaguas. A des- oarate flsrht ensued, which resulted in the -total route of tbe rebels, with a loss of seven ty-two killed and a large numoer wounaea. The Government force lost six killed and three wounded. Gomez lauded at La Mar, a point about thirty miles east of Guantana- mo, on the south coast. The Conde de Tena dito failed to intercept tbe party at sea, and one thousand Spanish troops failed to head them off on land. Gomes It now in the inte rior, and a party ot insurgents under Pere- guito Perez, moving arouna uuantanamo, came upon the column of Limancas under Lieut. CoL Boch at Palmerito GuyabeL The Insurgents attacked the Government troops," and reports or tne encounter vary, umciat Government reports state that ten rebels were killed or wounded, and a quantity of arms, powder, camp utensils, clotbiDg and food captured. ? Death From Licklnjr an Envelope. - 8.Friehelmer, formerly a millionaire mer chant ot New York, died at Chicago from blood-poisoning as a result ot cutting his tongue, while ucung an envelope. SECREST SEIITE1IGED IIB GETS I TWENTY YEAC3. Celebrated Harder CaseA Crime Committed SO Years Ago. ' AtRatherfordton.N.C. on Friday .the ease ot Scruggs for the killing of Goods was given to the jury, and the judgment ot the -court was that he be given 29 years Imprisonment at bard labor in the Sate penitentiary. ? nax Is virtually a life term, for Becrest . is now quite well advanced in years. This ; Is tho conclusion oi one of the most remarkable' cases ln the criminal record of that Slate. It was 20 vears atro. when Secrest's wife and child were murdered at Secrest's home. In Burke county. Suspicion at once pointed to Seerest as the murderer, ana ne was ar- TKo trimi vaa nnTltm1 tnT Tinrka court, but on petition by Secrest's lawyers, it was movea to aicuoweu coun.j. uw was eaiioa ana inea. At was Kren ixtu flglit, but it went against eeree ana ne was convicted and sentenced to be hanged. Aa appeal was taxen to tne supreme cuuxv, iww ever, and a new trial was granted. ; . wnen tne case next came on, vuo usicjukj set up a plea of Insanity. :8ecrestwa ad- i luagea vo oe insane uu wos cumumwu w lh. anilnnl - 1 (f Mrjl.lllln tilKM 1fT (IvA. UV J .V B) ...v. w mvm - . or six years, he made his escape, and was. Iieara irom no more uuiu uinr . . ffiaA wnuM aft SiMMct Awjirwu1. m. whitjl man was arrested in South Carolina for cow stealing, was tried, convicted ana sentencea to a term IB tne penitentiary, as u was. dentally, a disclosure of a startling nature. in tne ordinary cow miei, tne boum iatou na authorities had no other than noks Se erest, the murderer and escaped lunatic v- XI is luenmj was luuroujjiiijr uuiw, u was brought back to North Carolina and his 4.1.1 flnllholrt a TnthArfnivlti-.n with th TW suit just stated. During all these 20 years, - . i . . .. i i i .. . -. w 1 1 .1 tne Dones o. ius muruonu - wu u vuuu, with fragments of the dresses they I. wore, have been in the keeping ot the clerk of the court oi aicjjoweiJ. Aney win now w re turned to the grave, Seerest will go to the A......ta A llua Ant Kla riavtt And the - last chapter of a famous murder case Is Ciosea. -v - ;. BALTIMORE GREAT TUNNEL. It Took Nearly Five Years to Build and Cost 98,000,000. r; The Belt Line Railroad Tunnel, one of the most remarkable engineering feats ot mod ern times, wtlch has been built under! Balti more from Camden station to Bay View Junc tion on the Philadelphia division of the Bal timore and Ohio Railroad, a distance, of sev- en and a half miles, was formerly opened for business Friday morning. The first train to make the trip under tne new scneame wm the royal blue express, No. 614. Hereafter there will be no transferring of passenger trains across the Potomac River. ' It was in tended to have the -electrical" equipment ot the tunnel completed in time for the lnaugu- . . . . . . . . 1 A 1 1 a. . J n rai vrain, out me tnree eiectno- iutoiuuu5 h.va nnt vat a.rrtvnd And finke bumlnff lOCO- motlves will be used to propel trains for the present. By the use of electric locomotives (whieh weigh ninety-five tons each) 1 which will probably be in readiness by June; 1, the tnnnAi Ann h kent free from smoke and brilliantly lighted; The conveyance of the . . a . i a. 1 . M oi a S current to eiectnc locomouves oi euuu power has never before been attempted or Avon anni-nanhas! tLTA TTlTlf-h Interest.! therC- f ore, attach s to this part of the plant. In WKUUOH W UUUift .n.I wm.i - lence and oasequent loss of time ln making transfers by steamer at Canton, the belt line will provide other facilities, for which the Baltimore and Ohio Company has greatly felt the need and will figure largely in reduc ing the annual expenses. There will also be a great saving of time ln passenger train schedules between Washington, Philadelphia and New York. The Baltimore and Ohio summer schedule, which will go Into effect on May 12, will undertake to run royel blue trains between rnuaaoipma mm num8m i. half hours. The tunnel baa au v wiw . - lwiAn in eoutse of construction nearly nve years, and cost 8,000,000. The China-Japanese War Is Over. Important advices Indicating the termina tion of tho war between China and Japan have been received at Washington, j While the details of negotiations are in no1! respect complete, tne miormauon leous w impressions tnat tne war is prm.-wc-n.AJT and enousrh is riven in them to clearly pre sent a situation in thorough concurrence with the reports of an early settlement oi ne war In the East, John W. Foster. Ex-Secre tary of State, whoso diplomatic Junctions nave, It is said, naa appreciate wmsui. wu both sides in the settlement ot the all-impor tant disputes, ten renin x nunj mm u ex pected to arrive in Washington about the latter part oi June, coming vj wy v foo and Tien Tain. i' " i IT IS ABSOLUTELY SAVE MACKIKZ MADE MONEY wt? Ati Attn nvaff.trna m eell too machines cheaper than yon can get eisewnero -ane . , VUK mftf wilt m ' aela aa tne CLIMAX, IDEAL a4 other III h Arm Full If lettel Plated Sewing maelilmee for $15.00 and nr. Call an our aeeat ww want your trade, cad If trices t'Tm ava J .iAvre eieaiing will win, we will nave It. TTe challenge tna world to prodaesa BFITEB $50.00 Sewlcjs Itlavenlne for $50.00, or a better 20. Sewing nacnlne for SSO.OO t&an yoa THE KIT EOME SETOG MCH1ES CO. AunmViM. CTC.5UBS. M 5CrS. 3. U lijIaWUIVVWAi a f) FOR SALE CY GAINEY & JORDAN Danny 5. a- . . m A W a m N. C. "A 4.PA.Cg Btfoglf BEE. " ' AkIMm a a In PatrRt9MlltV- - All business treated as sacraUy coniidentiAi. twenty years experience. Highest refer ntees. Send for Book. Address 17. T. rTTZCHnCLD. " tTASUIJIGTOaf, 1. C. ATTOKXET AT LAW, J A 4-PA0E rtOCKTHtr. and mrtk i fet a-aw , a ia ata - nw MM Tradaaarta. Careats. Labelf aad- CepT rights promptly procured. A 40-rags ITS i - i i i i- ; i i'.-.
The Democratic Banner (Dunn, N.C.)
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May 8, 1895, edition 1
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