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State Library J;. T W E N T Y-T HREE YEARS OLD ! Our subscribers renw because they apareei ate tri3 pip3r. Ojr ad vertisers renew be cause it PAYS them !, 1 HE LE ADINGq It V 14 fa," PAPZR OF W.V.C. VOLUME ; 24. HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1893. NUilBER 14 ft! ii'lPO fiV?n- W ' f-31 r i -vit I ft 1 1 ft f 114 i ia sx M II J u Till: HK II ICING SEA SEALS. Point that Will 1e Submitted to the Ar bitrators in Pari. W ashixgtox, Th cases and coun ter rases of the United States and. (heat Britain, under the treaty to arbitrate the Behring Sea difficulties between the two countries, were simultaneously sent to the Senate and to the Houses o,f Parliament in Lon don. The summary of the claims made for the United States is as follows: 4 'That prior and up to the time of the cession of Alaska to the United -States Russia asserted and exercised an exclusive right to the seal fisheries in the waters of Behring Sea, and also asserted and exercised throughout that sea the right to prevent, by the employment," when necessary, of rea sonable force, any invasion of such ex clusive rights. "That Great Britain, not having at any time resisted or objected to such assertions of exclusive right, or the exercise of such power, is to be deemed as having recognized and assented to the same. , "That the body of water now known as the Behring Sea was not included in the phrasePacific Ocean,' as used in the treaty of 1822 between Great 'Britain and Russia, and that after said treaty, and down to the time of the cession to the United States, Russia continued' to .assert the same exclusive rights and to exercise the same exclusive power, and 'authority as above mentioned. "That all rights of Russia in respect to the seal fisheries in Behring Sea, east of the water boundary established by the treaty of March 30,1807. be tween that nation and the " United States, and all the power and author ity possessed and asserted by Russia to protect said rights, passed unim paired to the United States under that treaty. "That the United States have such a property and interest in the Alaskan seal herd as to justify the employment by that nation, upon the high seas, of such means as are reasonably necessary to prevent the destruction of such herd, and to secure the possession and 'benefit of the same to the United States:and that all the acts and pro ceedings of the United States done and had for the purpose of protecting such property and interest, were justifiable and stand justified: and that compen sation should be made to the United States by Great Britain by the pay ment of the amount of the losses of the United States,' or such other sum as may be deemed to be just: or "That should it be considered that the United States have not the prop erty or interest -asserted' by them, it be thendecreed to be the international '.'duty of Great Britain to concur with the United States in the adoption and enforcement against, the citizens of eithernation of such regulations, to be designed and prescribed by the ar bitrators, as will effectually prohibit and prevent the capture anywhere upon the said (Alaska seal) herd." The case for Great Britain, as set forth by Sir Charles Tupper, the British agent, was. as "follows: "That Behring Sea, as to which the questions arise, is an open sea in which all nations- of the world have the right to navigate and fish, and that the rights of navigation and fish ing cannot be taken away or restricted bv the mere declaration or claim of any one or more nations: they are natural rights, and exist to their full extent unless specifically modified controlled, or .limited by treaty. "That no mere non-use or absence i exercise nas anv eiiect tiipon, nor can it in any way impair or limit, such righfs of nations in the open seas. 1 hey are common rights of all man kind. I hat in . accordance ' with these principles, and in the exercise of these rights, the subjects and vessels of various nations did from the earliest times visit, explore, navigate, and trade in the sea in question, and that t he exercise of t hese nat ural rights continued without any attempted in terference or control by Russia down to the year 1821. "That in 1821, when Russia did at tempt by ukase, i. e., by formal de claration, to close to other nations the waters of a great part of the Pacific Ocean (including Behring Sea.) Great Britain and the United States imme diately protested against any such at tempted interference, maintaining the sibsolute Tight of nations to navigate and fish in the" non-territorial waters of Behring Seaandothernonterritorial waters of n the Facile Ocean. . Both countries asserted that these rights were common national rights, and could not be taken awav. or limited bv ukase, proclamation, or declaration, or otherwise than by treaty. "That in the years 1824-25, in con sequence of these protests, Russia un conditionally withdrew' her pretensions and concluded treaties with Great Britain and the United States which recognized the rights common to the subjects of those countries to navigate and fish in the non-territorial waters of the seas over which Russia had at tempted to assert such pretensions. "That from the date of such treaties. down to the year 1867 (in which year a portion of the territory w hich had been referred to in and affected by the ukase of Russia in the year 1821 was purchased by and ceded to the United States) the vessels of several nations continued, year by year, in largely in creasing numbers, to navigate, trade, and fish in the waters of Behring Sea, and that during the whole of that period of nearly fifty years there is no J trace of any attempt on the part of Russia to reassert or claim any domm- ion or ; jurisdiction over the non territorial waters of that sea, but, on the contrary, the title of all nations to navigate, fish, and exercise all com mon rights therein was fully recog nized. . , ' "That on the purchase and acquisi tion of Alaska bv the United States in the yeau of 1867 the United States were fully aware and., recognized that the rights of other nations to navigate and fish in the non-territorial waters ad jacent to theirhewly acquired territory existed in their full natural state, unimpaired and unlimited by any treaty or bargain what ever. "That from the year 1SG7 down to the year 1S80 the United States, while they lawfully and properly controlled and legislated for the shores and terri torial waters of their newly acquired territory, did not attempt to restrict or interfere with the-rights of other na tions to navigate and fish in the non territorial waters of Behring Sea or other parts of the Pacific Ocean. "That:, under changed conditions of territorial ownership, and in view of certain new circumstances which had arisen in consequence of the industry of pelagic sealing in" non-territorial wa ters, the United States reverted, in the first instance, to certain claims based upon those of the Russian ukase of 1821, which the United States, together with Great Britain, had . successfully contested at the time of their promulga tion; but in the course of the discus sions which haye arisen these excep tional claims to the control of non territorial waters were dropped and in their place various unprece dented and indefinite claims have been put for ward, which appear to be based upon an alleged property in fur seals as such. . "Finally, that while Great Britain has from the first strenuously and consistently opposed all the foregoing exceptional pretensions and claims, she has throughout been favorably disposed to the adoption of general measures of control of the fur seal fishery, should these be found to be necessary or desirable, with a view to the protection of the fur seals, pro vided that such measures be equitable and framed on just grounds of com mon interest, and that the adhesions of other powers be secured as a guar antee of their continuance and im partial execution." In the counter case the counsel of Great Britain treat of the property claim set up by - the4 ..United States, and. say that "the laws ol natural history ami the common interests of mankind have no bearing uion or 'relevance in connection with the ques tion as to the right of protection of property claimed by the United States to the exclusion of the other 11a lions. Adjourn on the lfllh. It was repewted at -theAVhitt House last Saturday that Senator Gorman had stated thai the present extraor dinary session of the Senate would end April 10th.. Senator Gorman is also given as authority for the statement that the President will call an extra session of Congress, to begin about September 15th. . Full Stock of Artist Material Royster's Drugstore. 13-3t at WASHINGTON WHITTLINGS. OFFICIAL. SCANDALS " . THE SUltFA-K. COMING TO Money Squandered Ulon Fostr Favor itesOne Hundred Postmaster Per lay FavetionUta "Will Not Be Ilefcognized. , Washington. April 3, Scandals involving the officials of the late ad- j ministration are coming to the surface with alarming frequency. One is that unearthed by Secretaries Gresham and Carlisle, relating to the. manner in which ex-Secretary of State Foster, is squandering the' government's inoney upon a lot of favorite, all on govern ment payrolls, that he lias taken on a junketing trip $0 Pat-is, ostensibly to aid him in the Behring Sea arbitration. As specimens of this pleasure Thirty these two will suffice, giving fair idea of the whole business: Major Halford was made paymaster in the army at a salary of $3,500 a year as a reward for his services as Mr. Harrison's private Secretary, and was ordered to Paris to remain during the arbitration, al though no one could see the , necessity for an army paymaster there. Mr. Foster, who is U. S. agent at a com pensation named by himself while Secretary of ' State, ordered that he should be allowed from the State de partment funds 15 a day for expenses. J. Stanley Brown, who was Garfield's private secretary, draws $10, a day as regular employe of the State depart ment, but having ordered hhn to Paris Mr. Foster directed that he, also, should receive $15, a day for expenses, in addition to his regular salary. Another scandal exists in the weather bureau, and Secretary Morton is now investigating charges against some of its most prominent officials that are almost certain to result in a number of dismissals. According to these charges the crookedness began from the time the bureau was transferred to the de partment of Agriculture, and never stopped, , Unless some sort of a compromise can be reached the republicans holding federal offices in Kansas "are safe to en joy their snaps for some time to come, as" President Cleveland has directed that no appointments be made in that state until it can be, satisfactorily ar ranged whether the fusionists or the straight-outs are to be given control, or a division made between them. While Mr. Cleveland wants to do the square tiling uy uotn sides it is an open secret that his personal feelings are all on the side of the straight outs. No time is being wasted by fourth assistant Postmaster General Maxwell. The task .of putting democrats in charge of all the fourth class post offices is gigantic, but it will in time be accomplished. The average of new democratic appointments is already well over one , hundred a day, the highest number yet appointed m a MirifiA d:i v Dv Mr. Mnxwpu opine lb")'. The administration and democrats generallv are delighted with the March statement of the condition of the Treasurv. It was, of course known before hand that the payments for the month would necessarily be large, but it was not even guessed at bv ex-Sec retarv Foster that the March receipts would be some millions in excess of his estimates. As a result, instead of the hole in the available cash antici pated, $1,500,000, was added to the surplus, and the free gold, now near the $8,000,000 mark, continues to ac cumulate. Secretary Carlisle has re ceived many congratulations upon his first month's showing, which but tends to confirm the general belief thatfhe would make a successful Secretary of the"Treasury. Mr. E. Eilery Anderson, of New York, credited with being the principal author of the taritl bill recently, made public by the Reform Club, is in Wash ington. "He says: The reform Club, which has played such a prominent part in the present situation, has pro mulgated its tariff refonji bill, not with the unucrstaudinsr that jit is to be accepted, but mainly for tile heal thy and widespread discussion which witi hillnW." The i --illy f.tiht which has been made 0.1 A.: .J.Kiu E. Itisley. thj minister to i)e-uaik, has had u effect here. :is Mr. ll.sloy has revived his commiMonand taken the oath of office. Htf proba bly receives nis imal .instructions this week. a:.d rain.u says a pvrtiou of 1 ik-.it v i!i b o ojkmi negotiations for lit 'i a rebate 01 a Naval station on the i. Ii.u; o; S.. Thomas, West indies. ! iro: i t:e Danish government. PiesHieni ?. ien land told Senator j 11--:.cli. of N: a Dakota, that no j i.i;t;on or th? !;-!;.- in any State will receive nv:j.r::il.-.u to the (llscriitiins 1 1 I4i of a;.;,:, ei i:tenon, but that the j ability ar: !i:uveTer of the applicant j v. lit divide ::H apiom:ments. By the ( way, seaki:.g of Senator Roach'' the j impression sec:::s to le genera! that j nothing more will lx? heard in the j Senate .of Mr. Hoar's resolution to investigate licwsjiaper charges against ! him. 1 TWENTY DOLLAR GOLD riKl"LS. g, A .Sung Littln Fortane Dug up by an i Alabama Farmer. Carrollton, Ga., April 1, An inter esting case of "treasure trove'" has been j tried in the Circuit Court in a near bv j county in Alabama. In' 1890 Robert A Wjlson, a well-to-do farmer of Clay; county, was plowing in his field and turned up $6,000 in twenty-dollar gold pieces. The box which contained the gold crumbled into dust, which showed that the money had been buried for years. John L. Wilson, a relative of Robert, brought suit for the money on behalf of Wilson Harkins, who had been, dead for ten years, he being Har kins1 administrator. Lawyers were em ployed and the qase was highly exciting. Wilson L. Harkins owned the farm on which the money Was found. In 18G5 he was a prosperous farmer, and had an elegant mansion on the farm. On March 27, 18G5, Wilson's raid was made near this part of Alabama, and an old negro, who was a slave of Har kins, and who was the principal wit ness for the plaintiff, swore1 th,vt on the day Wilson's command was near by he saw his master run out of the door with a box under one arm, and a bag that looked as though it contained money under the other. The negro said his master called to him to catch the horses and carry them to a certain thick woods and tie them. He said his old master ran to a plum orchard with his box and bag.' The box of money was found between the roots of an old pear stump, near the --plum nursery. The money found was all in twenty dollar gold pieces, and they bore date all the way from 1848 "to 1805, there be ing only three pieces that bore the lat ter date. It was proved that ho one had lived on the premises since Harkins died who would have had the amount of mon ey. . . The theory of the ilaintilT was that Harkins buried the money at the time the old neyrro saw him run out of the houswith the box and bag, and that he told no one of the spot, and that when he died the secret died with him. ' lhe defendant contended that, as the monev was dated from 1848 to 18G5, and as there was such a blockade during the last days of 1805, as the war was going on, it would have been next to impossible for a $20 gold piece to have gone from the mint at Phila delphia to Alabama, from January 1 to March 27; hence, Harkins could not have buried the monev at the time the negro saw him leave the house. The decision, which was in favor of the defendant, Robert Wilson, is the talk of the communitv. AN EXTKA SUSSION. The Committees of Congress to lie Filled Out Uy tlte Speaker. Washington, April 1. The .Wash ington Post this morning savs that Speaker Crisp has had a consultation with President Cleveland in reference to the question of an extra session. The President, it is understood, ex acted assurance from Speaker Crisp that the latter would support the Presidents tariff reform policies. He was then informed that the extra session would be surely called in Sep tember and that the vacant committee chairmanships would be given imme diate attention. " Owing to the determination to re tire Mr. Springer the Ways and Means Committee will need a new chairman. Representative McMillan is the next member of that committee in line of promotion. Mr. Wilson is also talke' of. Representative Sayres, it is thought will succeed Mr. H oh nan as chairman of the Committee on Appropriations. Mr. Blount's retirement from Congress leaves a vancancy in the chairmanship of the Foreign Affairs Committee. Judge Chipman many receive that place. Mr. Herlxrt's elevation to the Cabinet leaves the Naval Affairs Com mittee without a head. Amos Cum niings is thought, to liave the best chance for that place. Mr Outhwait, it is said, wishes tj be relieved of the chairmanship of the Committee on Military All airs. Mr. Tarsney. of Missouri, may take the chairmanship of the Committee 011 Pensions. It was offered him by Sieak- r Ci-iT iil-!neiif tu bitter" inter view with President Cleveland. Mr. Tarsney will take it under certain con ditions chief among which are a mes sage from President Cleveland out lining the ioiicy to le pursued, find a committee m which the G. A. R- , clement is not dominant. The retire 1 ment of Representatve Stump from ! Congress leaves the important Com l mittee on lmiiugration to be -provided with a head. NV N3STH CAROLINA LAW&L Cp!ians of the Uws Passed by the Last Ufiisia tare. YVUh a Ketie of Some ol iti Uosl Important Enactments. Taiatloa ancV Appropriations. We shall publish under this heading; from week to week the new: laws -as.; enacted by. the recent legislature untiL" the list is complete, and as compiled and printed in the Raleigh Nortlt Carolinian. Ed. - ! appropriations:. The principal appropriations for thcr various public institutions, and other appropriations were as follow k. Insane. Asylum, , Western, $900;000 Rtleigh,. $80,000; Eastern, $42,000, .totaf: tSJ. - 000; State University, $20,000 "regular; ; $10, 000 for repairs and hnprovcinettte: -Deaf and Dumb institution. $40,000 1 regular; institution for the blind, $40;- 000 and $5,000 for improvements; , Agricultural and Mechanical College, $17,500; colored, $7,500; Greensboro . Norma! and Ipdustrial School, $12,500 regular; $4,500 to pay half the debt; , colored normal schools, $0,000; normal-:, school at Cullowee, white, $1,500; color ed normal school at Durham, $1,200; to establish a quarantine station at the mouth of the Cape Fear, $20,00; Con federate monument, $10,000; to pay for the purchase of the steamer Lillie, $0, , 500, to put vault in treasurer's office, , $2,500; colored orphan asylum at Ox- -ford, $2j000; for finishing and furnish- -ing the Governor s -mansion, $4,000. . . The act of the General Assembly of 1801 appropriating $25,000 to the World's Fair was ratified, but no jlew appropriation was made. THE RKVKXL'K ACT KATK dF TAXAr TION. The exx?nditures for the year are r? estimated at $000,000. This includes : not only all appropriations made by General Assembly, but all itsexpenses the salaries and expenses of all state -officers and Judges and over $i:JO,000 interest on all public debt. The re ceipts on $202,000,000 of property are figured at $875,000. Included in these are the receipts for back taxes on the Wilmington and Weldon railway and the $82,00 in the treasury. June 1st a new assessment of proierty is to be made and this will make up an appar ent deficit of $15,000. The taxes for pensions will be over $120,000 under the present revenue act. The school'tax will le $&):),000 special. The general tax will be $05,000. The special taxes are-estimated at $200, 000. This reduction of taxation, at the same time that the amount allowed for schools and pensions is increased,, evidences a session of patient " care,, investigation and economy in husband ing the funds and resources of the-, state. Many believed that with the -steady growth of population.' and in creased demands upon the public treas ury from all quarters the tax -would neccesarily le at the lowest 48 instead' of 4o cents. There is a graduated in come tax of one-fifth of one per cent, on incomes -bet ween $1,000 and $2,000, . thence rising gradually on each addi tional thousand. ' v , The .taxes on building and- loan associations as fixed by the revenue bill are as follows: On $100,000 and over paid up capital, $100; between ,$50,000 and $100,000, $50; letween $25,- 000 and $50,000, $25; Ixtween $23,000 , and $5,000, $10; under $5,000, $5. The tax on bank stcck has Ixhu; slightly increased and provisions made to secure the taxation on all tock of banks doing business in the rtate, even though the stock le held by non-. residents. rrntiiASK tax. The section imiosing the tax is as follows: Every merchant. Jeweller, grocery:, druggist ar other dealer who shall buy and sell goods, wares and mercliandise of whatever name or description not specially taxed elsewhere in this , act shall, in addition to his ad valorem tax on his stfck, pay as a license on the total amount of purchase in ot oat of the state (except purchase of farm product from the prodim r) for cash s or on credit, whether such tersons herein .mentioned shall purchase as prineiial or through an agent or com- -mission merchant, the following tax ; on his purchase for the preceding. Ix ! month, to wit: Those -whse pineliases are 1 JJ or less. 50 cents; between $1,000 and $.(XJ0, $1; Ietween $2,000 and $.5,0ou $2; between $-5,000 and $10,000, $5; be tween $10,000 and $20Ji00, $8; betwee $20,000 and $40,000 $12; between $40 000 ami $r0,000. $1G; between $00.00 arid $V0, $20; on A,000 and above $14. .
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