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x. -v-r. '- r DRUGGIST. Robinson's Prepared Bar ley, Imperial Granum. ii YiiiBinTii'tiL'srW I I Under Opera House. ' ' ' " ' - - . 1 : I V i Vol. XVII. A SILVER MAN'S VIEWS. Charlotte Observer. Washington, June 26. A North Carolina Democrat who has had a good deal to do in his long life in setting up pins, says Take this view of the situa tion, which I think is not often presented in the newspapers Suppose the national convention to assemble without a two-thirds majority for silver. There is no need to have two-thirds to carry the free coinage plank. But the convention will be in a fix when the nomination comes to be made. The silver men can't nominate because the gold peo ple oppose. Iso matter if they don't succeed in getting their man nominated, they are resolved not to let the silverites triumph. Neither side wins because nei ther yields an iota. The silver faction has a majority, but the rule of the party provides for large minorities the protection of the two-thirds vote, The rule can hardly be recinded without pro ducing a disruption of the party. No one can be nominated. The two wings refuse to flop to gether. Two parties are form ed, or rater the silver Democ rats will coalesce with the silver men of other parties, and as there is less likelihood that either of these parties will accept a silver Democratic nominee as such than there is that a new silver party will be formed in which tbey will all nave an equal chance, the lat ter policy, in my judgment, will prevail- Then Cameron or some one else will be named as the presidential candidate on whom all can agree who advocate sil ver." "But." said a North Carolina Democrat present, "do you sup pose that the party which is to furnish the silver part of the votes will, when it is in a major ity of its own party organization, repudiate its other principle, and take the uncertain chances of a party run on one idea? Not at all never. I would not do it for sil ver or any other one thing, and I am as gooa a silver man as you are or any other man, living or dead. - There are hundreds of thousands who feel just as I do. Your scheme is an ignus fatuis it leads to no good result, and if it were practicable would de stroy the best party ever known in the history of the country, blight thehopeof millions of in telligent patriots and end in wild despair." It is well to say that no other Democrat here has ever, to my knowledge, made any such pro position. Except for peculiar personal reasons I think he would not. The silver party is universally regarded by Demo crats as a fiasco. It has been learned, in spite of the efforts of the Postoftice De partment to keep it quiet, that thirtythree secret detectives are watching the various special de livery offices. It is said that the investigation began in Philadel phia and has extended to Pitts -burg, and other offices. The publication, while it may put some employes on guard, will doubtless increase the efficiency of such as are disposed to be slack in duty. There is some talk just now of the fact ascertained by pri vate examination, that the sec ret American Protection Asso ciation is making great headway here and in several of the States, i hear there are 25,000 members in this city and between 35,000 and 40,000 in Kentucky. The re velation annoys Democratic lead ers, as the organization, based on prejudice againstCatholics, hurts " the Democratic party to the ex tent of the influence secretly ex erted upon Protestant Democrats who may join the society. American Tourists Imprisoned in Havana. New Orleans, June 27-A cable gram has been received from Havana from Mr. W. A, Gordon, saying that the well known cruising yacht, Nepthina, of this place, was overhauled yesterday evening by a Spanish warship and was towed into Havana and the party aboard of the boat is now in Spanish limbo in Havana. The Nepthina is well known to all members of the Southern yacht clubs. The boat left a few weeks ago for an extended cruise, having taken on board the owners, Messrs. Agar and Dudley, together with a small party of kindred spirits, recruit ing from, the cotton exchange members. The object of the trip was distinctly pleasure and the suspicion of action with any filibustering expedition is con sidered too ridiculous by the friends of the party to be worth a single moment's serious con templation. The presence of the yacht about Spanish territory has been made the ground work for what undoubtedly will be exposed to be a most , unwarrantable seizure and a gross outrage upon a party of American citizens. , Fire at San Francisco San Francisco, Cal., June 27 The largest fire here since the early fifties is now raging. It has been beyond control for an hour and a half. Oakland and Alameda have sent assistance. Tn: ii .r uenien are now uiowmg up Duuaings to cnecK the name which threaten the southside of the city from Fourth street to Bay. Many lives lost. At 9.45 fire was gotten under control. The high brick walls of tbe.Southern Pacific offices at 4th and Townseud streets acted as a barrier over which the flames could not work. The water from the bav from the Oakland engines and the Southern Pacific pumps soon had the outer edge of the flames subdued. D uring the progress of the fire all sor.s of rumors were current. It was reported that when the powder exploded several persons had been killed, but this is hardly true. About ii o clock it was reported that several tramps who had been seen to enter one of the big lumber yards early in the evening had been cremated. Several firemen were injured by falling timbers, but none are re ported killed. San Francisco, June 23 The hre which started at 6 o'clock last night destroyed four blocks in the heart of the manufactur ing district of the city, involviug a loss of $1,500,000 in property and sacrificing one life. It raged unchecked for over four hours, feeding on a succession of wood en buildings, and might have been beyond control for many hour's longer, but for a lucky change in the wind. The burned area is bounded by Townseud, Bryant, Third and Fifth streets. The flames made occasional in vasion outside these limits, but only to the extent of a few houses. A Miss Gilroy was burned Vto death. This was the only fata lity reported. She was attempt ing to save some of her belong ings and was covered with burn ing oil. The people who lived in this district inhabited the wooden houses scattered among the man ufacturing plants. They are mostly of the poorer classes. They worked heroically to sa e tneir household, goods, but were successful in few instances. Dur ing the progress of the fire, a steam boiler exploded in a French laundry. The force of the ex plosion sent about half a ton of boiler flying through the build ing. A piece lodged in Shirlev's hotel. So great was the shock that all the windows not des troyed by heat wTere blown into the street. There was a thrilling scene while the convent and parochial school attached to St Rose's church were in flames. A few moments before the roof fell in a boy was seen in one of the win dows. A cry of horror went up from the crowd and the firemen yelled to the boy to jump. A blanket was held out, but iust then the flames and smoke envel oped the building and the next moment tne root tell m with a crash. Everybody thought the boy was lost, but he jumped into the blanket held by the hre men and. escaped uniniured. Suicide on a Pullman Sleeper. Richmond, Va., June 27. A Charlottesville, Va., special to the Dispatch says: Soon after train No. 38 left Lynchburg this morning, the porter of one of the Pullman cars discovered the dead body of one of the passen gers, who had fallen from his berth into the aisle. The man was in his night clothes, and had tied very tightly around his throat a large silk hankerchief, with the knot at the back of his neck. His face was very much distorted and apparently his death was caused by strangula tion. After the arrival of the train here the body was turned over to the coroner. From papers and cards on the person of the dead man, it was found that his name was Julius Ruffino, of the firm of Ruffino & Biahchi, marble and granite dealers, Bryant street. SauFran cisco, Cal. From the same source it was also learned that Ruffino had purchased a ticket from New Orleans to Baltime and had left his home in California on June 3rd on a tour of pleasure and had been to New Orleans, Tennessee, Georgia and elsewhere, and ex pected to go to Canada and re turn to his home, August 23rd. His last stopping place was the Kimball house. Atlanta. Ga. On his person was a letter of credit for $1,000. and $18.10 in cash. His clothing and baggagn were of the best quality, and it is evi dent that he was a man of means. Apparently he was about 45 years of age, of Italian paren tage, and. weighed perhaps 225 pounds. i THE ACTS OF THE RECENT LEG ISLATURE. The Rival of Puck. The West Virginia Bar for May thus deals with the ques tion of prompt publication of State laws: "The Emperor Caligula has come down to us through the pages of history as an unmitigat ed tyrant When a bill of parti cuiars is called for of his ty ranny, it is specified that he en acted laws, engraved them m small characters upon brass plates, and fastened them high upon a column where they could not be read by the citizens with tne naked eye; yet the tryant punished, disobedience to these laws with the same severity as thoug the people had been ac quainted with their contents. - now much oeiter are our legislatures? They enact laws, they usually accommod ate the patron of a bill by per mitting it to go into effect from its passage, and then they hang their laws up for an indefinite period, and expect the people to ooey them before trev have the opportunity of reading them, and to be punished for disobed ience to the laws of whose ex istence they are unconscious. The legislature should provide that their laws should not go in to effect until the end of the three or six months which the public printer takes to publish his little book, or else they should provide for the more ex peditious publication of their acts. In these days, when it is not unusual for daily a news paper to publish in one edition more matter than is contained in the ordinary volume of the acts of the legislature, the latter aU ternative might well be adopted. Butit is nothing less than out rageous to have a considerable body of laws go into effect months before it is possible for the people to know what they are. This, is an evil under the sun upon which we have often thought; and, is one that should be remedied. No law should be in force un til the laws shall have been in the hands of the public for at least three months. The last legislature, passed a law requir ing lawyers, doctors, dentists,! and hotel keepers to take out a! license. The effect of this law was not known until a few days since, yet, every person of either description is indictable if they have not had license since the 12th of March. This is mon strous, and would be tolerated nowhere, except in a republic. If this is true of the acts of all legislatures how much more is it true of the acts of the late fu sion legislature. It is now the last of June and the laws are just getting into the hands of the Clerks, Judges &c. Then the laws are couched, some of them, in such strange and meaningless jargon, and contain such new and marvelous provisions, that an old but heretofore practicall ob solete, rule will have to be in voked in their interpretation, to wit; that, when a law is against reason it is void. From a hasty and necessarily imperfect re view of the acts of the recent legislature,, we have concluded that, if they were appropriately illustrated they would rival Puck as a humorous publication. Let no such men be trusted with the destinies of a great State; pu none but Democrats in charge next time He Must Go to the Penitentiary. New Orleans, June 27 T'he State Supreme court to-day an nounced that a re-hearing in the Desforges case is refused. Louis Octave Desforges, it will be re membered, is one of the boodle councilmen and was convicted of offering to accept a bribe from the Louisville and Nashville railroad for certain concessions to be made to that road in the way of facilities. Desforges ap pealed from the finding of the criminal court and the Supreme court affirmed the action of the lower court. Then Desforges asked the Supreme court for 'a re-hearing of the case which is refused, all the Judges concur ring. This finally knocks out the boodle councilman and he must go to the penitentiary. As he is well-to-do it is believed bis lawyers will carry his case to the United States courts. The Standard says bloomers have appeared in Concord. They are worn by a "little" girl Doubtless the "big"" girls will take to them by and by. This Argus o'er the people's rights, ' Doth an eternal vigil keep GOLDSBORO, X. C, THURSDAY, JULY Killed By Constables Charleston, S. C, June 28 A special to the News and Courier from Spartanburg, S. C, says juast nignt a ngnt tooK place on the Howard Gap road, about five miles from here. The constable had heard that a load of whiskey was coming from the direction of Polk conuty. Constable Eichelberger sent out Constables Pettigrew of Fairfield, Tolaud and Byars of this country, and a man by the name of Stevens, to interdept the wagon. They met it in the road not far from the scene of the recent Pisgah fight, Ihe constables divided their forces and made the attack in front and rear. One of them in front ordered a halt and surren der, stating that they were State officers. Some one in the wagon said: "All right." but before they had time to dismount and deliver the wagon and contents, a pistol was fired and Pettigrew fell. The fighting then became general. When the smoke cleared away, it was ascertained that Jack Fisher and Bill Durham, of Try on, N. C. were killed. Pettigrew was yery severely wounded with little chance of recovery. Toland was shot in the breast, but the ball ranged round and the wound is sugni. it is aiso said that a. youth by the name of Brown, a driver of the wagon, was wound ed. One of the mules, drawins- the wagon was shot and it is be lieved that he will die. Stevens was lett m charge of the wajron and whiskey. Toland came on to town last night, Mark Dur ham, a brother of Bill Durham, is in town this morning. He was in the neighborhood vesterdav. Fisher and Durham were shot in the wagon and fell back with their heads on a whiskev barrel. The Fisher family is rather no torious about rrpon. Physically they are fine specimens of moun taineers, Durham was a close friend of the Fishers, and they could always count on him when needed. They had two barrels of whiskey and perhaps more in the wagon. It is known what the destination of the whiskey was- JNo one Irom this citv was mixed up with it in anyway. It is said that Pettierrew cannot ive. The coroner held an inquest and the verdict was that Fisher and Durham came to their death by gunshot wounds at the hands of parties unknown to the jury. The constables refused to give testimony and there were no other witnesses. It is believed that Fisber and Durham did not fire at all. ' Their iiuns were all loaded and tti3 testimony wTas that they were shot while lying down in the wagon. It was a pitiful sight. Fisher was killed instantly, but Durham lived for several hours and died from loss of blood. Bradstreets' Report. New York. June 28. Bradstreet's to-morrow will say: The denominating business conditions of the week are the continued large demand for and further increases in prices for iron and steel, which have sur prised even the trade. The jump in rail prices, and the scarcity of an higher quotations for plates and nails, have tended to produce temporary scarcity, With the further advances in prices of iron and steel should be coupled the gain of 1 cent per pound for wool, which appar antly began its journey to a higher level about a fortnight ago. Better quotation have also been made for cheaper grade woolen goods 2cper yard for prints, Bessemer pig" billets, wheat, pork, lard, hog, shoes and copper, while declines in prices are recorded for flour, corn, oats, coffee, cotton, naval stores and. cattle. Lumber is practically unchanged- Total bank clearings. 1,011,000.000, while smaller for all cities for more than a week ago by 6,5 per cent., are 32 per cent, larger than in the last week of June, 1894, 6 per cent larger than in that in 1893, a month after the panic had gotten full underway, way, but 2 per cent, smaller than in the. corresponding week in 1892. Business failures in the United States for six months as report ed to Bradstreet's show a marked falling off in the second quarter of the past six months, as was to be expected, bnt not so great a decline relatively as in the second quarter of 1894, which results in a total for six months of 6,597, or 1 per cent more than last year, 6 per cent, more than in 1893, and nine per cent, more than in the first half of 1891, af ter the Baring crash. But the total liabilities have shrunk more than $3,000,000 from last year and more than one-half within two years, pointing to the excess in the number of fail ures being due rather to contin ued effects of the recent busi ness disturbance on smaller en terprises than to new and unfa- No soothing- strains of Maia's vttu luii its nunarea eyes to "1 i..n ; 1 t -, , vorable conditions. Ai JNew York there is nearly the usual volume of midsummer trade in staple goods. At Phil adelphia the improvement in de , -e i i i LUduu xui staples ana tor iron and steel as well as at Pittsburg, is again conspicuous. There IS relatively less gain at Buffalo but at Baltimore the outlook for tall business is regarded as ex cellent. There are a few evidences of a revival of gene-sl trade at-the fcouth, but merchants at almost all leadmsr cities in that n report that demand continues very moderate and collections are slow. Cotton and fruit crops in the bouth Atlantic States promise well, aud the business outlook is reported encouraging. incessant rains in Texas have hurt the crops. Increased ship Lucius, ui Galveston loooers are reported due rather more to railway freight rate war than to increased demand. A Very Young Rogue. Washington, June 28 A mes senger in the State Department nas oeen detected roobimr the mails directed to the passnnrt, oureau, ana although the invest igation is still being conducted secretly, enough has leaked out to prove a case of prococious rascality which will affect hund reds of persons in various parts of the country. Just at this time of the year, when so many peo- aie are going abroad, the pass port bureau does a thriving busi ness in furnishing documentary evidence of nationality. Appli cations tor passports must be accompanied by $1, and knowl edge of the fact has led to sys tematic robbery of incoming let ters by a la-year-old boy named Kirk McMurtrie, employed in the State Department to distri bute the mail. This youth, it appears, has not only secured 400 or 500 within the past few weeks, but to cover up his thefts has destroyed all the applications that came into his hands, to gether with their enclosures, in cluding the naturalization pa pers, so priceless to citizens of foreign birth. Secretary Herbert has desig nated Capt. Royal B. Bradford and Lieut, Richard C Mulligan, a board to conduct a speed trial of the America steamer, St. Louis, in accordance with the provisions of the ocean mail subsidy act. The officers, who were selected because of their familiarity with such matters, will leave New York on board the St. Louis, August 7th. Ar riving at Southampton the ship xvVl be docked and cleaned ready for the trial which will take place in the English channel be tween August 14th and 24th, the St. Louis being scheduled to sail for hQme on the latter date. The two naval officers will lay of a course measuring about 100 miles in the channel and St. Louis will be speeded repeatedly over this course to determine whether she complies with the requirements of the postal law, calling for a maintained speed of 2.0 knots per hour for four hours. No doubt is expressed that the St. Louis will show her ability to fill these conditions with re lative ease. Officials of the Treasury De partrnent who have been in tele graphic communication with Sec retary Carlisle and, incidentally, with the President, stated to night that there was no founda tion whatever for any disquiet ing rumor as to the treasury situation or the continued inte grity of the gold reserve, but that everything was resting on a firm and satisfactory basis. The Wage Scale Settled. Youngstown, Ohio, June 28 Early this morning the confer ence committees of the Amal gamated association and the manufacturers agreed upon a wage scale for the coming year and signed it, a committee being appointed to arrange the details. The scale is practically the same as the one in operation now, which expires August 1st, mak ing a $4 rate for puddling, ex cept that the card rate of iron an which wage is computed is made 1 1-10 instead of 1 5-10. Mills are crowded with orders, and this caused the manufactur ers to affirm the scale as pre sented. Tfce Atlanta Sails for Cuban Waters NewYork,June 28 TheUnited States cruiser, Atlanta, sails at daybreak for the West Indies and Cuban waters It is expected the Atlanta, will relieve the Ral eigh of the duty of trying to pre vent illegal expedition in aid of Cuban insurgents as it is deemed that one war vessel, in addition to the revenue cutters now engaged in patrol work, will be sufficient. The Ralmgh will probably come North soon for minor overhaul ing, after which Capt. Miller will report to Admiral Bunco. ' sleep" 4, 1895, Thousands See a Hanging-. Jackson, Ky., June 28. "Bad Tom" Smith, horse thief, incendiary, and wholesale mur derer, was hanged here at 1 p. m. to-day in the presence of 5, 000 people, who had come from miles around. He made a speech from the gallows. ' Smith broke down completely just before noon, and confessed to the murder of Dr. Rader, for which he was convicted. He asked for time to make peace with God for his crime, for which he felt he had not been forsriven. and the execution was postponed until afternoon. Smith confessed on the scaf fold to the murder of Rader and five others, and said he was the hireling of B. F. French, of the French faction, in every murder except that of Rader. "Bad Tom" was baptized in the Kentucky riyer at 8 o'clock this morning, m the presence of an immense throng. People were capped along the river bank all night awaiting the event. -Hixcursion trains were run t- Jackson this morning, and hun dreds of mountaineers arrived on foot and on horse back. The execution was public, the scaf- roid being erected in a hollow near the jail amd the view from the surrounding hills was almost unobstructed. No mountain desperado has killed more men in KentunW than "Bad Tom" Smith, He mvrdered Joe Hurtt in 1883, Combs brothers and Eversol ill 1888, Ambrose Ambu-sr. Cornett, Jacob McKnighi. and d Campbell in 1889. In September. 1894. he TPsi sl ed arrest in Jackson, where to day he paid the life penalty Town Marshal H. C. Hurst, jr., and Deputy Samuel Mans at tempted to arrest Smith and a number of his cohorts, and a, fight followed, in which Smith was shot in the left arm, break ing the bone and severing an artery, from which he came near bleading to death. After gettinsr from under thp clutches of the law he went tn ive with Mrs. Catherine Mr Quinn, a well-to-do woman of bad repute. At her house Dr. ader was killed one nisrht bv Smith, who was captured and tried. Smith tried to charge ttie muraer or ur. Kader to Mrs. Mc- ssuinn, nis paramour, but the court round him sruiltv. H wnc jealous of Rader, A Town Wrecked by a Cyclone. Waynesboro, Ga.. June 28 A cyclone struck Keysville yester day, The place is small and all the houses were either demolish ed or badly wrecked. Professor Bradshaw's institute, where a number of children were attend ing school, was demolished. The Professor knocked uncon scious and badly hurt, but all of the children escaped. It is re ported here that Professor Brad shaw's injuries will prove fatal. A Snpposed Victim of the Mafia. Knoxville, Tenn., June 28 Julius Ruffino, who was found dead in aPullman car near Lynch burg Thursday was well known in Knoxville and spent several days here last week. He had a number of warm friends among marble producers, of whom he bought largely, and to-night one of them who knew Ruffino inti mately advanced the theory that he was murdered by a member of the Mafia. The fact that the knot of the handkerchief that stran gled the man to death was at the back, looks suspicious, said the gentleman, and Rufi&no claimed to have enemies in this county. Express Company Uefrauiled ijy a Bank. Philadelphia, June 28. The Adams ExpressCompany,brought suit in the United States Circuit court against the Fourth Na tional bank, of Philadelphia, to recover additional commission on shipments of money. The plaintiffs claim that the contents of money transported by the ex press company for the bank have been undervalued to the extent of "many hundreds of thousands of dollars," and that the amount of uniform and customary and reasonable charges of which the Adams Express company has been deprived and defrauded, with interest thereon, will, upon accounting, be largely in excess of.$2.000." The Fourth Street National bank is one of the most prominent institutions in this city. Asheville Citizen: Alexander Thomas, a colored man in the employ of the Southern Rail way as a laborer, was struck by an incoming freight from Salis bury at 2 o'clock Sunday morn ing, and received fatal injuries. Thomas was lyiug on the ties of the track near the coal chute and was seen by the fireman of she engine about the same in ttant that he was hit. Highest of all in Leavening READ THIS ! WE WILL SELL FOR THE NEXT TEN DAYS; o 50 Ladies' Trimmed Hats marked down to 50 c was 1 and $1.50. An d 5, TlmedHats gn at $1 was $2 and $2,50. iu f arasois and bun Umbrella in R1m-1t half the regular price. 15c wash Drews Goods go now at 8 c. Best line Ladies' and Childrens' Oxford Ties in the city. M. B. Castex & Co. SPEAKING OFf CORRECT WEAR. We want to impress on our readers that we don't sell cheap stuff. But when you want anything in our line, that is correct in Wear, Stock aid Quality, We will guarantee that our-profit shall be correct for you. New Line of DERBYS. AND THE Scengalle Hats IN. EINSTEIN CLOTHING GO, JUST If for next week's washing You are doubious as to the best Soap to use hesitate not, but buy smitn & oettinoer 60s. PERFECT BORAX SOAP And a simple trial will convince eyou Gthat it is the most durable manufactured. Save the wrappers for condemption by your grocer or send them to your favorite charity for use by them, as explained on inside. Here are some of your merchants who handle it and no stronger recommendation than theirs is needed. -O- J J Robinson L B Bass; Creech Bros, J D Daniels, Giles Hinson, J B Ham. J T Ginn, Howell. Lang-ston & Co, Crow and Pittman, John Pike. flnd First - Glass AS) Baby Garria Baby Carriages. We are still receiving cneaper inan they have been sold. NOW IS THE TIME YOU NEED ONE FOR YOUR BABY. Call and see our Splendid Stock -(o)- Rouall & Borden, GOLDSBORO tT ust 'Tliink About it ! That the Times are Hard, But at the same time it does not always pay to stick too tight to business. We all need some recreation, t least one day in the year, where we can cast aside the burdens of life and enjoy ourselves. Go on the :curoion to Silminqton, ff une 21. SI Rolled You can also visit Carolina Beach, Ocean View and Wrightsville for 25 c ditional. Besure and go. You need rest and you couldn't iarest a dollar in a better way. Train leaves here promptly at 6 .45 a. m., and returning leaves Wilming- ( ton the same day at 8.30 p. m. Strictly white excursion. O. FV GRIFFIN, Manaoer. For Kelley. LbftiS '& Co 51 13 1 - NO. 18 Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report II Weil &BroDeans, Pate, & Co, Bizzell Bros. & Co IB PonvielU. B M Privett, R E Pipkin E Li Edmundson & Bro, Jos. Isaacs, Erastus Edwards Dealers Generally 231 e s .PURE NEW CARRIAGES and are sellinf? th- Trip SI. ad ' I ? . .5
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