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THE TABIFF THE
CHINESE QUESTION.
By Telegraph to the News and Observer. :.' '
Ibdiaiiapolis, Sept 11. The follow
ing U Harrison's letter accepting the
Republican Presidential nomination:
Iwdianapolis, Ind., Sept. Ill
Hon. 21. M. Estee and others, Cdtn
mittee. ;
GehtIemeh: When your commit
tee visited me on the fourth of Jiily
last and presented official announce
ment of my nomination for Presi
dent of the United States by the Be
pablican convention I promised jas
soon as practicable to communicate
to you a more formal acceptance 'of
the nomination. . Since that time the
work of receiving and addressing al
most daily large delegations bf
my fellow citizens I has nbt
only occupied all of my time but has
in some measure rendered it unnec
essary for me to use this letter as a
medium of communicating to? tie
publio my views on the questions in
volved in the campaign. I appreciate
very highly the confidence and; re
spect manifested by the convention
and accept the nomination wih fa
feeling of gratitude and full sense
of the responsibility which accorh-
!any it. ' It is a matter of cODgfatu
ation that the declarations; of
the Chicago convention upon the
questions mat now attract th in
terest of oar people are so eleir
and emphatic There is farther cause
of congratulation in the fact thai the
convention utterances of the Demo
cratio party, if in any degree uncertain
or contradictory "can now be judged
and interpreted by executive acta and
messages and by definite propositions
in legislation. This is especially true
of What is popularly known as (the
tariff question. The issue cannot
now be obscured. It is not a couteat
between schedules, but between wide
apart principles. The foreign $om
petitiona of our market have, witli
quick instinct, seen how one issuer of
this contest may bring them advan
age, and our own people are ;not
bo dall as to neglect the
grate interests that are invoked,
for their, assault upon oar protective
Tstem is open ana defiant. Projec
tion is assaulted as unconstitutional
in law of as vicious in principal and
those who hold such views sincerely
cannot, stop short of an absolute
elimination from our tariff, laws; df
tne principle oi protection. ? f
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aos auiis dui is oniy a step, dui if
U toward an object thai the leadew
of .Democratic thought and legials
tton hate clearly in mind. The ; im
portant qaeetion is not so ' mtfcht .thjp
length Of the step as the direofeion
f it. I Judging by , the Exec
utive messacre of Deoembei
laser by: the "Mills till, by debate!
in Uongress and by the at. Liouis
platform, the Democratic party ill
if supported by the country, place
the tariff laws upon a purely revenue
basis. This is practical free trsde
in the English sense The legend
upon the banner may not be "free
trade, fit may be a more obscure
motto "Hariff reform"--but neither
the banner nor the inscription ar
very important. j ;C J
Those who teach that the import
duty upon foreign goods sold in our
market ia paid by the consumer;
and that the price j of domecti
competing articles is enhanced to the
amoont oz duty on imported artiofes:
that every million of dollars collected
from customs duties representing
many millions more which do pot
reach tha Treasury ribut are paid:by
our ciuzens as the increased cost ot
domestic troductiocs resulting frbm
the tariff laws, may not intend to. dis
credit in the minds of others oar tys
tern of levying duties on compein
foreign products, but! it is cleajly
already discredited in tneir own.
we cannot douDt, i witnont un?
pugning their integrity, that u Ijee
to act upon their convictions ttiet
would so. revise oar laws as to lay
burden of customs revenue on articles
that are not produced in this country
and to place upon the free list all
competing . foreign products. I :,dd
not stop: to refute this theory as td
the effect of our tariff duties. Those!
who advance it are students of mainf
and not of markets. They may be
allowed to call their project "tariff
reform" if the people understand that
In the end the argument compels free
trade in all eomDetins? products. This
end may not do reacnea aorupuy, apa
its approach may be accompanied with'
some expressions of sympathy for oar
protected industries and our working
people, but it will certainly eome . if
thM aarlv mtona An nnt sroou llifl1
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pMP w effective resistance. The
I Republican party holds that a pfo
tective tariff is constitutional, whole
some and necessary. We do not offer!
a fixed sohedule to modify the ratfs,'.
but always with ah intelligent proys4:
ion as to the effect upon the domes-!
tio Droductions and the waves of onr
working people. We believe it to be.
one of. the worthy objects, of tariff,
legislation to preserve the American
market for American producers audi
to maintain the American scale pf.
wages, by adequate discriminating:
duties upon xoreign competing pro
ducts. The effect of lower rates
and larger importations upon public
revenue is continge-i and doubtful,'
but not so effectiv J npon American;
production and American wages. Less
work and lower wages must be ac
cepted as the inevitable result of the
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our marxeta. isy way oi recompense
for this redaction in his wages and
loss of the American market,' it is bur
gested that the diminished wages of
tne wor Kingman smi nave an undi
minished purchasing power, and that
he will be able to make up for the .loss
oi home market by.fsn enlarged foreign
market. . Our workingmen have4:
the settlement of the question
in their own hands. They now;
oDiain njgner wages and live mora
comfortably than those of any other
country. They will make a choice
between the substantial advantagst
they have in hand and the deceptive;
promises and forecast of those tho4
rizing reformers. They will declare
for themselves and for the country
whether the protective system shall;
be continued or destroyed. '
The' fact of the Treasury surplus,;
the amount of which is va-!
riously stated, has directed:
public attention to the consid
eration of the methods by which the:
national income may best be reduced"
to the level of necessary expenses. This
condition has been seized upon by:
those who are hostile to protective;
custom duties as an advantageous
base of, attack upon our tariff laws..
They have magnified and nursed the
surplus which they affect to depre
cate Beemingly for the purpose of ex
aggerating the evil in order to recon
cile the people to the extreme:
remedy they propose proper re
duction of the revenue does not lie-'
cessitate, and shld not suggest, an
abandonment or impairment of the.
protective system. The methods su'g-
cested by our convention will not
need to be exhausted in order to
effect the necessary reduction. We
are hot likely to be called upon,I think,
to make the present choice between
a sui render of our protective system
and an entire repeal of the internal
taxes. ! Such a contingency, in view
of the present relation of expendi
tures to revenue, is remote. : !;
The inspection and regulation of
the manufacture and Bale of oleomar
garine is important, and the revenue;
derived from it in not bo great that
the repeal of the law need enter into
any plan of revenue reduction.
The surplus now in the Treasury";
should ' be used I in the purchase of
bonds. The law' authorizes this ue
of it, and if it ia not needed for cur
rent or deficiency appropriations, the
people 1 and not the banks in which
ic has been deposited should have;
the advantage of its use by stop
ping the interest on the publio deUb-
At least those who needlessly hoard;
it should not be allowed to use the fear;
of the momentary stringency thus
produced to coerce public sentiment-
Another question closely connected
with the subject of the tariff is that of
the importation of foreign laborers
under contracts oi service to be peri
formed here. The law now in forca
prohibiting such contracts received
mv cord al sapport in the benate, ana
such amendments as may be found
necessary effectively to deliver oa
workingmen and women from this
most inequitable form of competition,
will hare my sincere advocacy. Leg?
uiauon pruuiuiuug hue liuyuimnuu
of laborers, under contracts to serf q
here will, however, afford "very inadei
quate relief fo our working people if
the system of protective duties is
broken down. If the products Of
American shops : must compete in
American markets without favoring
the duties with the products of cheap
foreign labor, the effect will be difftt
ent if at all, D'nly in degree, whether
the Cheap laborer is across tr.e street
or oyer the sea. j Such competitis
will iooh reduce wages here to a leva
of those! abroad and when that con
dition is reached we will not need
any laws forbidding the importation
of laborers under contract. They will
have: no inducement to come and the
emolover no inducement to send for
them.
In the earlier tears of our history
nnblic acrencdes to promote immigra
tion were CommOa.The pioneer wanted
other neighbors than the Indian, ljaoor
was scarce and fully employed. , nut
the 'day ! of the immigration bureau
has gone by, while our doors will con
tinue onen to nrooer immicrratioa.
We do not need to issue special invi
tations to the inhabitants of other
countries to come to our shores or to
share our citizenship. Indeed, the
necessity of Borne inspection and limi
tation is obvious. We should reso
lutely refasa to permit foreign got
ernments to send their paupers and
criminals to our ports. We are also
clearly under duty to defend our civ
ilizationby excluding alien races whose
nlf imal.A naHtmilatinn with Our neODle
is neither Dossible nor desirable. The
family has been a nucleus of our beat
immigration and home the moat
natent aaaimiilatinfir force in our civili
zation. Objections to Chinese immi
gration are distinctive and conclusive
and are now so generally accepted b
such that the question has passed
entirely beyond the stage of argu
ment. Laws relating to this subject
would, if I should be charged, with
their enforcement, be faithfully exe
cuted. Such amendments or further
legislation as may be necessary and
orober to prevent evasions of
the ! law and to stop further
Chinese, immigration would
meet my approval, lbe expres
sion of the convention upon this sub
ject ia in entire harmony with ny
views.
Our civil compact
ia a government
the law loses
the magistrate
this compact ia
by majorities, and
its sanction and
our : respect when
broken. The evil results of election
frauds do not expend themselves on
the voters who are robbed oi tnetr
rightful influence in publio affairs
The individual or community or party
that practices or connives at election
frauds has suffered an irreparable
injury and will sooner or later realize
that to exahange tne American sis
tern of majority rule for minority
control, is not only unlawful
and unpatriotic, but very unsafe for
those who promote it. The disfran
chisement of a single legal elector by
fraud or intimidation is a crime too
grave to be regarded lightly. The
right of every qualified elector to cast
one free .ballot and to nave it noneBiiy
eonnted must not be questioned.
Constitutional power should be used
to make this right secure and punish
irauds on the ballot. Our colored
people do not ask special legislation
in their interest, but only to be made
secure in the common rights of
American citizenship. They will,
however, naturally mistrust the sin
nAiHtv rtf those nartv leaders who ap
peal to their race for support only
in those localities where suffrage, is
free and election results doubtful and
compass their disarrangement, where
their votes would be controlling and
their choice cannot be coerced. The
nation no less than the States is depen
dent for prosperity and security oh
I the Intelligence and morality of the
people. This common interest very
early suggested national aid in the
establishment and endowment of
schools and colleges in new States.
There is, I believe, a present exi-
gency that calls for a still more lib
eral and direct appropriation in aid
of common school education in the
States. A territorial form of govern- i
ment is temporarily expedient to the
civil conditions. It is adapted to the
exigency that suggested it, but be-;
comes inadequate and even oppressive
when appliea to nxed and populous
communl'iee. Several Territories are
well able to bear the burdens prad
discharge th duties of free Couiui- n-
wealtbs in tne American Uwn. J
exclude them ;h to d-n tie just
rights of their people and m y
well excite their ludiynnut p o
No q.'iehtiou of poiitii al puf nee
of the pnoile of ihn t-:ii;iT n'tf uui
close against them the hoop table d i
which has been opened to two thirds
of the existing States. Bui aim.
aion should be resolutely r.f .tid tu
any territory a majority of alius
people cherish the institutions that
are repugnant to our civilization or
inconsistent with a Republican form
of government.
I'be declaration oi tne convention
against "all combinations or capital,
organized in trusts or otherwise, to
control arbitrarily the condition of
trade among our citizens," ia in har
mony with the views entertained and
publicly expressed by me long before
the assembling of the con
vention. Ordinarily, capital
shares the losses of idleness with
labor, but in the operation of the trust
in some of its forms, wage-workers
alone suffer loss, while idle capital
receives its dividend from the trust
fund. Producers who refuse to join
the; combination are destroyed, and
competition as an element of prices
is elininated. It cannot be doubted
that legislative authority should and
will find a method of dealing fairly
and effectively with these and other
abuses connected with this subject.
It can hardly be necessary for me
to Bay that I am heartily
in sympathy with the declaration
of the convention upon the subject
of pensions to our soldiers and Bail
ors. What they gave and what
they suffered, 1 had some "pportuni
ty to observe, and in a email measure
to experience. Ihey gave ungrudg
ingly. It wrs not a trade but an of
fering. The measure was heaped up,
running over. What theyachieved only
a distant generation can adequately
tell without attempting tOjdiscuss the
particulrr propositions. I may add
that the measures in behalf of the
surviving vetrans of the war and of
the fanilies of their dead comrades
shouKfbe conceived and executed in
)he spirit of justice and of
the most grateful liberality and
that in competition for civil
appointment to honorable military ser
vice should have appropriate recogni
tion. The law regulating appoint
ments 10 classified civil service re
oeived my .support in the Sen
ate in the belief that it opened the way
to make needed reform. I still think so.
and therefore cordially approve the
clear and forcible expression of the
convention upon this subject. The
law should have the aid of the friend
ly interpretation and be faithfully
and vigorously enforced. All ap
pointments under it should be abso
lutely free from partisan considera
tions and influence. Some extensions
of the classified list are practicable
and desirable, and further legislation
extending reform to other branches
of service . to which it is
applicable would receive my approval'
In appointments to every grade and
department, fitness, and not party
service, should be the essential and
discriminating test, and fidelity and
efficiency only insure tenure of office
UnJy tne interest of tbe public ser
vice should suggest removals from
office. I know the practical difficul
ties attending an attempt to apply
the spirit of civil service rules to all
appointments and removals It wi'l,
however, be mv sincere purpose, if
elected, to advance the reform.
I notice with pleasure that the
convention did not omit to express
its solicitude for the promotion of
virtue and temperance among our
people. : The Republican party has
always been friendly to everything
that tended to make the home life of
our people free, pure and prosperous
and will in future be true to its his
tory in this rebpect. -
Our relations with foreign powers
should be characterized by a friendly
policy, and the right of our people
and of our ships to hospitable treat
ment should be insisted upon with
dignity and firmness. Our nation is
too great, both in material s'rength
and in moral power to indulge in
bluster Or to bo suspected of timor
ousness. Vasculation and inconsist
ency are a incompatible with suc
cessful diplomacy as they are with
national: dignity.
We should especially cultivate and
extend our diplomatic and commer
cial relations with Central and South
America: Our fisheries should be
fostered and protected. The hard
ships and risks that are nec
essary incidents of the business
should not be increased by
an inhospitable exclusion from near
lying ports. The resources of a firm,
dignified and consistent diplomacy,
are undoubtedly equal to a peaceful
solution of the difficulties that now
exist. Our neighbors will surely not
expect in our ports a commercial hos
pitality which they deny to us in
theirs.
I can't extend this letter by special
reference to other subject upon
which the convention gave an expres
sion, in reBpect to them, as wen as
to those I have noticed, I
am in ntire agreement with
the declaration of the convention.
Tbe resolutions relating to coinage
and rebuilding of the navy, to coast
defenses, and to publio lands express
conclusions to all of which I gave
my support in the Senate. Inviting
calm and thoughtful conbid-
eration of these public ques
tions we submit them to
the people. Their intelligent pstri
otism and good providence that made
and 'has kept the, the nation will lead
them to a wise and safe conclusion.
i lixaJAHix BananoN.
; YELLOWEEYER
A FREE TRAIK FOR REFUGEES
TO HENDERSON YILLE.
A FAX.LI5Q OFF IS THE 5TJMBIB OF KEW
' CASE8 - SUPPOSED TQ BE DUE TO
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A STOBM OTHE8 MEWS.
Bf Telegraph to the Jtew and Observer.
i Jacksonville, Fla , Sept. 11. The
official bulletin for yesterday reports
only thirty-two new cises of yellow
fever for the twenty -fofar hours end
ing at 6 p. m , and six deaths Mrs.
Laura Jenkins, J. L. McKinnon, E.
Davidson, brother of Congressman
Davidson; Mrs. Christopher, of Camp
bell's Hill; J. 0. Wiight aud Mrs. J.
H- H. Bourse. Total number of cases
to date 636; total number of deaths
77. Some regard the reduction in
new cases as the effects of the storm,
but the physicians see no reason to
hope for any abatement of the disease
on that account. Mrs. J. H. Bourse
died last night. Her son James R.
Bourse is very critically ill. Hon. H.
A. L'Eogle was reported quite ill yes
terday. CoL J. J. Daniel was in town
yesterday and attended the executive
committee meeting, though still quite
weak. There is still a! great want of
physicians and nurses.: One hundred
more nurses are needed. The mor
tality is still very light where the
esses are promptly : and properly
treated and nursed. Several persons
have died from want of proper nurs
ing, being in charge; of held bands
who professed to ba nurses. The
Board of Health have issued a circu
lar giving a formula of self -treatment
that will be the occasion of much
gbpd.
It is estimated that there have been
thirty per cent more ; cases, princi
pally very mild, than have been re
ported to tbe Board of; Health. The
order of the Board that yellow fever
flags be placed only at houses where
relief is required has eaused several
physicians who have heretofore con
cealed cases to report. Probably
there have been nearly 900 cases in
tbe city. Ihree or four hundred are
under treatment.
Liberal contributions are coming in
from all parts of the Union. The
wOrk of relief will jrobably not be
hampered for lack of funds in the fu
ture. 1). 0. H. Mallett, Eminent
Commander of the Knights Templar
cf this city, has conceived the idea of
opening a charity hospital under the
auspices bf his order for the general
admission oi yellow fever patients.
He had the matter brought before
the Board of Health yesterday ami
secured the official sanction of that
body in case he and his association
should decide to do so.! Later he re
ceived a telegram front J. F. Thomp
son, of Chicago, one of the leadin
Knights Templar in the Unite
States, asking the needs of the order
in Jacksonville and offering general
assistance. Dr. Mallett will at
once see ii proper i quarters can
be secured for such a hospital.
If he is successful an appeal will at
once be made to Knights Templar
throughout the country. The sub
urban villa of Mrs. Harriet Hubbard
Ayer, of xuverside, rf been sug
gested and may be taken for this pur
pose if it can be secured.
Dr. J. Li. rosey, U. p. Marine Hos
pital Service, assigned i to inspection
duty, arrived last night. He will re
port at Camp Ferry today. He has
wired the result of his investigation
to Surgeon-General Hamilton. It is
understood be found thirty-fave cases
of fever there in a population of one
thourand in the town! and vicinity
There have been seven; deaths. The
place is built on a pine level, but
there are numerous cypress bogs.
filled with sawdust, which was the
case at Plant City, nearTampa, where
the fever hibernated. lhe fever is
most prevalent -in this city in sections
near saw mills, where sawdust is used
for filling low-grounds.!
The chairman of the executive com
mittee of the Citizens' Association
went to Camp Perry j yesterday to
confer with Surgeon General Hamil
ton.
Dr. J. Porter also went
to Camp
Perry at the request of
the Surgeon
General. It is supposed he will be
made disbursing agent of the Marine
Hospital Service. A free government
train for Hendersonville, N. O, is
expected to leave here this morning
with three or four hundred refugees.
REFUGEIS COMING TO HENDEBS05VILLE
Jackboxvillb, Sept. j 11. Twelve
new cases of fever were 'reported for
the eighteen hours ending at noon
No deaths reported as yet. There
were rumors of several deaths. 240
refugees left here on the government
train for Hendersonville, N. C, this
morning. They will be quarantined
there ten days. The weather is very
muggy and unfavorable
DeatractiV F1U fat 8 palm.
By Cable to the News and Observer.
Madrid, September 11. The rivers
Xenil, Guadalfo and Granada have
overflowed their banks, causing great
destruction to rjroDertvlin the adia-
cent country. Villages have been de
j 1 r : t
stroyed and bridges swept away. The
people have become panic stricken
and have taken refuge in the moun
tains. Many people have been
drowned. Twelve corpses havo al
ready been recovered, j
Bond Offerings.
By Telegraph to the News s,n1 Observer.
WASHisoroN, D. C, Sept. 11. The
bond offeriiigs at the Treasury today
aggregated $276,000. ; Accepted
700 registered fours at 129.
Mala fla Laus;er Drec,
From the Philadelphia Record, i
lu 1880 the Democrats carried
Maine in the September election, and
Gen. Hancock was beaten for Presi
dent in November.' In 1884 the Re
publicans carried Maine by a plural-
uy oi nearly twenty tnousana, ana
. i il 5 m
Bla.ne was beaten in November of
the same year. It is quite evident
that Maine is out of the main current
of political opinion in this country
and exerts no influence upon its elec
tions. i
Senator Ranaom am the President's Letter.
"It is like all of President Cleve
land's official acts, manly and straight
forward. The letter is an admirable
statement of the Democratic position,
ana i nave not one word; of criticism
to pass npon it."
Om-r. Cu well's Portrait.
The following letter is printed by
permission of the gentleman to whom
it is addressed:
(COPT.)
Cbxscist City, CaI., Aug. 28, 1888.
Dr. Ii. II. Levis, Kinston, N. C:
Dea3 Sir : I fee by the Raleigh
News and Obsxbveb that there is a
call for a picture of Gov. Caswell for
the Umversity of North Carolina.
I do not think he left a likeness of
himself, unless it may be an engrav
ing, which was lost, among other val
uables, in the ocean. You know in
his day there were few artists in this
country and- those generally verv
poor.
We are very much gratified to
know that the Old North State is
making an effort to perpetuate the
memory of her distinguished sons.
No State can boast of more noble,
brave and self-denying men than were
found in North Carolina in the Revo
lution and in the Civil War.
My brother, Gen. R- C. Oatlin, and
myself, I believe, are all the grand-
Vlil Mn i9 iXnw faa w.l 1
ana e are very old. lie may see
9 . m
the same notice in the paper that at
tracted me, as he is now traveling in
the western part of North Carolina.
excuse me for scribbling what can
not interest you; but pleasant memo
ries are awakened whenever .1 speak
of North Carolina, particularly of
Kinston, my native place.
Yours, &o ,
(Mrs.) M. M. Knox.
TUB DEMOCRATS Of CVRRITU6K
PREPARING FOB A MAS8 MEETING.
At a meeting of the Democrats of
Currituck county, held at the Court
House September 5th, 1888, on mo
tion A. 0. Dey was elected chairman
and Wiley ilhams, secretary.
Un motion, it was agreed that tbe
Democracy of Currituck oounty hold
a mass meeting at the (irove near
Currituck Court House at some time
in October, the same to be designated
by tbe committee of arrangements.
On motion J. E. C. Bell and
others were elected a committee of
arrangements.
Un motion, A.. U. Uey was ap
pointed to correspond with the State
Executive and District Executive
Committees for speakers.
On motion it was resolved that tbe
proceedings of this meeting should
be Bent to tbe Elizabeth City papers
and to the Nxws ard Obskbvkb for
publication. A. O. Dey,
Chairman.
Weblet Williams, Secretary. .
Ijoeometive Firemen.
By Telegraph to the News and Observer.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 11. While tbe
question of federation has not been
discussed by the .Brotherhood of Lo
oomotive x iremen, everything seems
to indicate hearty endorsement of
the amalgamation cf the Brother
hoods of Engineers, Firemen, Switch
men and Brakemen. The public exer
cises laBt night were a grand success.
Addresses were made by Mayor Col
lier, Gov. Gordon, Grand Master Sar
gent and Grand Chief Arthur of the
Engineers, Hon. Hoke Smith and
Grand Master Welsh of the Brake-
men, uov. uordons welcome, was
received with a wonderful demonstra
tion of applause. He began, "Ladies
and gentlemen, fellow citizens and
brothers." As the last words dropped
from his lips the 1,500 people present
rose and cheered for five minutes.
Chief Arthur's speech was full of
friendship for other organizations.
The Haias BUeetiaa.
Br Telegraph to the News and Observer.
Pobtlahd, Sept. 11. Returns from
yesterday's election show that the
Rpublicans have gained one Senator
in Knox county, one in Waldo county,
and two in York county. This makes
the senate unanimous, unless possi
bly one or both of the nominees in
Knox county may have escaped the
general slaughter. These two nomi
nees were Stephen S. Gushee, of Ap-
pleton, member of the present Sen
ate, and Randall J. Conden, of
r riendship. In the House the Demo
crats gain a seat in Cumberland and
another in Lincoln so far, and lose
two in York county. If the gains
and losses continue to offset in this
manner, the House will divide as now
- -122 Republicans and 27 Democrats.
Fir lit Yancey vll'c.
Cor. ot the News and Observer.
Yancey vrxxx, N. CL, Sept. 9.
Our village was startled at 12
o'clock by the cry of fire. It was
soon found that the storehouse of Mr.
J. W. Vaughan was beyond saving.
This house was one of a group of
three, all stores, Florence, Harrelson
& Co. and George O. Wilson & Co.
having their stocks in the other two.
The last building of this group was
the old Masonic Lodge. All three
were burned, only the walls of two
remaining, it was at one time reared
that tbe residences of Mr. Julius
Johnstone and Capt. Jamse Poteat
would go. The furniture in the first
was moved and some was made ready
for moving in the second. These
precautions proved unnecessary. A
crowd of men, women and children
are watching the conflagration it is
nothing less for thisc village as I
write, lbe losses are estimated at
$18,000. Insurance, $7,900. It is
tainiDg heavily and has been all night.
There are scraps of evidence for be
lieving that Yaughan's store was Bet
on fire. P.
A Railroad Man Tcstlfiles.
Mr. Ransom Montgomery states the
following: For twelve long weary
months I was afflicted with diarrhoea. I
tried several physicians and various rem
dies all to no effect. I was reduced to
a mere skeleton and gradually sinking
very day; ine'evd I was upon the brink
of the g ave. 1 heard of Dr. luggers1
uucBieoerry cordial, and l used one
bottla and at once felt tht improvement.
The second made a final cure.
Wall Pap eb is cheaper just now
than ever before. Will paper rooms
complete (owing to size) as follows :
$6, $8 and 910 each, $12.50, $15 and
$20 each. Prices named are one-half
former prices. Special care taken to
do good work. Satisfaction guar
anteed. Have on hand a large stock
and ean suit almost any taste. Fred.
A. Watson art dealer and manufac
turer ox picture frames, orders so
licited sod promptly executed.
CONGRESS.
PROCEEDINGS YESTERDAY
IN
SENATE AND HOUSE.
MB BLAIft ISDCLOES IK A LITTLE "AK-
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CHASM !R. BLOUST OS PCBLIO
EXPENDITURES AND ECON
OMY OTHER NEWS.
By TelErabh to the News and Observer.
WabhiKotoh, Sept- 11 Senate.-
The Hodse amendment to the Senate
bill for pensioning the widow of Gen.
Ueintzelman (reducing the amount
from $100 to $75 a month) was non-
concurred in and a conference was
ordered.:
Mr. Sherman, from the committee
on finance, reported the Senate bill
to declaie unlawful trusts and combi-1
nations in restraint of trade and pro
duction. Ualendar.
The bill for the allowance of cer
tain claims reported by the account
ing officer of the Treasury (known as
the Fourth of J uly claims) was taken
from the; calendar and pasned.
Air. Ulair made a formal motion to
reconsider the vote- passing the bill,
and commented, in a satirical manner,
upon the rapidity with which 686
claims (amounting to $180,000) had
been passed by the Senate, occupying
only fiftjeen minutes by the clock.
lie alluded to it as an instance of
'nefarious disregard of duty on the
part of I Congress", which had been
stigmatised by another department I
of the government.
In the course of tbe debate which
followed Mr. Harris inquired of the
chairman of the committee on claims
(Mr. Spooner) as to another of those
claims bills passed by the House
many months ago and referred to that I
committee
Mr. Spooner replied that the bill
in question, as it came from tbe
House, (appropriated $155,000, bat
amendments had been offered to it
by Senators until now it aggregated
$446,000. The committee on claims
had referred the bill to himself, and
he had jlooked into several of the
i'
claims as passed upon by the Court
of Claims and found that the findings
of the curt were not sustained by
the testimony.
He coiuld not therefore report such
claims to thn Senate. He bad found
that over 45,000 claims for army
supplies had been rejected by the
quartermaster's department, and over
10,000 by the .commissary depart
ment and a vast number by the South
ern Claims Commission and many .of
these rejected claims had gone be
fore thef Court of claims, had been
reported on favorably, and were
embraced in the bill before the com
mittee, j He informed the Senate that
this was; the first of the omnibus bill
The avhnt coureur of similar bills
that would involve from fif
teen to twenty million dol
lars. He understood that four
teen of these omnibus bills had been
favorabjy reported in the House and
were now on the calendar. So that
it behocjved the Senate and its com
mittees fto act witn great care on sucn
bills. Kearly all of the rejected
claims iiad found their way or would
find their way under the Bowman act
to the court of claims. He desired to
say thai unless otherwise ordered by
the Senate he would proceed as he
had been proceeding to examine each
case onats men's, and, if that exam
ination fwere not finished until the
next session the bill would not be re
ported ilfnext session.
The Senate then at 3 o clock re
sumed consideration of the Chinese
exclusion bill and was addressed by
Mr. Stewart in advocacy of it. i
Messrs. Teller, Hoar and George
also spoke upon the bill and then it
went oyer till tomorrow without
action.
Mr. Plumb offered a resolution
(which was adopted) requesting the
President to transmit to ' he Senate
all correspondence or comm unications
concerning the recent Chinese treaty
between; the State department and
the American minister to China or
any other representative or agent of
the United States in China or else
where. IThe Senate then at 5 15 ad
journed
j HOUSE. i.
Immediately after the reading of
the journal the House resumed con
sideration of the sundry civil appro
priation! bill.
Mr. l?lount, of ueorgia, made an
earnest appeal for economy in publio
expenditures, declaring that waste of
the publio money and reduction of
taxation were utterly inconsistent.
The only way to reduce the expendi
tures w4s to reduce them, and unless
the Democratic House made its ex
penditures on a moderate scale the
judgment of the country would be
one of scorn and contempt.
Finally after a long debate on the
motion of Mr. Bland, of Missouri, the
approprjation in the Senate amend
ment was reduced from $250,000 to
$100,000.
Mr. Ifolman, of Indiana, then of
fered a substitute for the Senate
amendment providing that the neces
sary expenses for carrying on the
work of ihe survey shall be paid from
the appropriation for tbe topographs
survey of the United States, and sus
pending1 the operatipn of the deBert
land la during the pendency in Con
gress of legislation looking to its re
peal. The vote resulted yeas 61,
nays 73 no quorum, and the House
at 4:35 tdjoufned,
.. f - r ..
rucHMPND jriARBON has gone clesn
over. Well, that is all right. He
has beeij wanting to go a long time
and we are rather relieved at his de
parture. We prefer an opeu enemy
to a doubtful friend at all times.
I ADVICK TO MOTHERS.
Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Bvrun nhnnl.l l .v.
be ued when children are cutting teeth. It rV
nevea tne utue sunerer at once, it produces nat
nral, quietsleep by relieving the children from
pain, aud tne little cherub awakes as "bright as
s button."! It is Tery pleasant to taste: tenth
the child, softens the sums, allays all pains, re
lieves wind, regulates the bowels and Is the best
auuwu rciaouj lur uuutui
ly for diarrhoea, Ttietber rUlnc from
other cause. Twenty-ove cents a
teeming
bottle.
A servant girl at Nyack is to be
rewarded for her gallant struggle
with and defeat of a burglar.
A handsome complexion Is one of
the
greatest jenarms a woman can dqskss.
Pesaonifi Complexion Powder gives It,
The Fajetteville Messengers sajflj
"Cleveland loaned the national banks!
$64,000,000 of the peoples money!
without any Fecurity and charges!
them no iuttrcet." Oar couiempo
raryd.d net iU(an to mis state the!
matter, and we do not question itil
motive. But the statement is untrue
we do not mean to be "perBonalT
with our contemporary, but Oleve-i
land the present Democratic adinin-i
istrat cn has not lent a cent of!
money to any bank, or to any per
son. J r
The stafceu ent is false. The fact
is, that where mcney has been coin
lecJedLfroP &e people in any section,!
and the money is not needed, Cleve-.
land, pursuing the ver noli. ;h
the News ad Obsebvxb has advocated
has let that money stay in the banks
where tbe collecting officers deposited
it Tkna Ik. . la.
it
- uxvuvj is leit among the
banks to be lent out by them to Iha
people. No collecting officer can deposit-money
in any banks except de- .
pository banke, which keep .more
bonds in the United States Treasury
as security than the money deposited
The money is not lent. It is un
necessarily collected from the people
and
deposited in the depository
banks in the places it is collected by
the collecting officers. It is simply
left there, being fully secured by gov
ernment bonds iu the United States
Treasury, so aa to keep the business
of the communitv from hmirnr Hi.J
mbed by withdrawing it from wren
lation and locking it up in the Treas
ury, vaults. Is not that right! There
is no excuse for the Messenger stating
this wrongly, for any bank officer inj
Fayetteville can tell him the troth
about it in; two minutes. The Mea-i
"enger has simply reprinted a Repub
lican falsehood. We would
be glad
to see the Messenger make
the cor-
rection.
The Republicans in Maine send out
their dispatches making comparison
with the vote of 1886, that being an
"off year," when they habitually poll
a small vote, in Presidential years)
their normal majority is 20,000. Wei
do not expect any change from thatJ
' a -
He Powell Organised and Harmonised
Cor. of tbe News and Observer.
; Mabion, N. O., Sept. 8.
Old McDowell is organized,and har
. .' J J .-11 , I T
mwmieu, aiiu wui genu a Asemoorati
to the Legislature in place of Craw
ford, Republican, who went last term
N.
True to the undeviating course of the!
Democratic party, we will not forget the
interests of labor and our workingmen.!
In all efforts to remedy existing evils we -will
furnish no excuse for the loss off
employment or the reduction' of the
wage of honest toil. On the contrary .
we propose in the adjustment of our
revenue uwa mj uuuit-us suun encoari
agement and advantage ti the employers
of domestic labor as will easily compen-f
sate for any difference tnat may exist
between the standard of wages which
should be paid to our laboring men andj
the rate allowed in other countries. We
propose, too, by extending the markets
for our manufactures, to promote the
steady employment of -labor, while by
cheapening the cost of the necessaries oi
life we increase the purchasing power of
the workingman's wages and add to the
comforts of his home. President CUvsk
land's Letter of Acceptance. j
. A Warnlnsj. 1
The modes of death's approach are va
rious, and - statistics show conclusively
that more persons die from diseases of
the Throat and Lungs than any other. It
is probable that every one, without ex-
ception, receives vast numbers of Tuber
cle Germs into the system and where
these germs fall upon suitable soil they
start into life and develop, at first slowly
and is shown by a slight tickling sensa
tion in the throat and if allowed to con
tinue their ravages they extend to the
lungs producing consumption and to the
head, causing catarrh. Now all this is
dangerous and if allowed to proceed will
in time cause death. At the onset yoa
mast act with promptness', allowing a
cold to go without attention is dangerous
and may lose you your life. As soon as
you feel that something is wrong with
your Throat, Lungs or Nostrils, obtain a
bottle of Boecheea German Syrup. It
will give yoa immediate relief. 1 j
A prominent Philadelphien has
sued his wife in Maine for divorce,
serving the papers in the former city.
Is Consumption Incurable I
Read the following: Mr. C. H. Morris,
Newark, Ark., says: "Was down with
Abscess of Lungs,' and friends and physi
cians pronounced me an incurable con
sumptive. Began taking Dr. King's New
Discovery for consumption, am now on
my third bottle, and able to oversee the
work on my farm. It is the finest medi
cine ever made."
Jesse Middleware Decatur, Ohio, says.'
"Had it not been for Dr. King's New
Discovery for consumption I would have
died of lung troubles. Was given up by
doctors. Am now in best of health."
Try it. Samples bottles free at Lee,
Johnson & Co's jirug store. j
Picxxin Ovstebs: Pickled Oyster
pint jars, choice, 40c per jar; Xark'i
Island Salt for freezing" Flavoring
Extracts, Sauces, &c, at E. J. ',
Hardin's.
A nnolntment as Oanaer.
Miles A Royall has been appointed
a gauger an Hamptonville, N. O.
PU Fl E
lu superior excellence proven lo mil
lions of homes for more than a quaKts .
of a century. It is used by the united
States Government. Endorsed by the
heads of the Great Universities as the
the Strongest, Purest and most Health
ful. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powdev
does not contain Ammonia, Limef ec
lam. Sold only taOans.
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