WASHniQTON LETTER.
Special Correspondence.
7 v Washington, Jan. 23, 1899.
f I The speech of Representative
i James Hamilton Lewis, of Wash
j ingtonj Jn which he pilloried . Rep
resentative Grosvenor, of Ohio, un
mercifully, just after Representa
tives Bailey, of Texas, Carmack, of
Tennessee; and Simpson, of Kan
ea8, had peppered him with short
retorts, was as fine an example of
I the proper use of sarcasm in a
floor df trie house for years. No
! -extract can give a correct idea of
i 2lfr. Tjwlfi? Rneieeh. hut th fnllnw.
incr. which came after his charg
ing Grosvenor with posing as the
exclusive 'custodian 01 tne patriot
ism of the country, ana with ring
ing the changes on one speech,
always enaing oy pointing aramai
ically to the stars and stripes be-
tiinrl tYit ariAnlrAr'a riAfltr will crirA
spme lidea of his style:: "When
all these arrows were shot from the
quiver of my friend from Ohio, it
( occurred to me that there was
something on .his mind besides- an
bGmble representative from Wash
ington and a distinguished gentle
man from Kansas. There was a
United States senate, which had
not received from the gentleman
' the baetinading that it deserved
And iheri it was that we witnessed
this Fidus Achates of the adminis
tration, this sole deputized execu
tor ofj its-eagtigating power this
eminent and worthy representative,
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honorable branch of the executive
power the Senate of the United
KtatAR. that if it did not nrneeed to
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be some doubt in my friend's mind
whether they will do it or not, they
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The river and harbor; bill carries
direct appropriations for $12,505,
138, .besides continuing contracts,
aggregating $16,791,538, as report
ed to the house, and it is the in
variable frule of the i senate to in
jjfease itjby a few millions; -
; Senator White says he will not
-ohfiv'the inHtrnfltiona of the Cali
fornia legislature to vote for the
ratification of the treaty of peace,
'because be is unalterably; opposed
to its ratification, and does not re
ard; the instruction? as binding
unon him., asaindt his conscience
and convictions. Senator Perkins
says !that in deference to the legis
lature he will swallow hft convic
tions' ani) vote for the treaty.
OnWmissarv General Easran has
been! relieved of all official duties
pending bis trial by the court-mar-
tiai WUlcn uaa ucou uiuoicu w
nacpmhlW in Washington this week.
That the court-martial will find
Eagan guilty of the charge of con
diict' unbecoming an! officer and a
; orAntleman. is regarded as certain.
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The punishment is dismissal irom
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the tfrmy,
but inasmuch as the
president has authority to set
aside or lessen the punishment, it
is regarded 8,8 doubtful wnetner
that! penalty ; will be imposed
upon Egan. War Department
, offlctalei have allowed it to become
Vknown that they do not expect
Eagan to resume the duties of
commissary general. Mr. McKin
ley's T actionem the Eagan verdict
may! determine whether Secretary
Altrer will?remain in the cabinet,
although1 spme think .that Alger!
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kicked out in order to try. to get
even with General Miles. He is
known to be pulling all the politi
cal wires within his reach for the
purpose of trying to mako trouble
for Miles, and the beef contractors
are helping him. There is a rumor
in Washington that both Alger and
Miles will be dismissed as a result
of the report of the war. investiga
ting commission, but that the re
port will be held by Mr. McKinley
until after Congress adjourns, as
he fears its effect upon -that body.
Dr.. Daly, who was chief surgeon
on the staff of Gen, Miles, demon
strated ' for the war investigating
commission,' by actual tests made
by government chemists, that the
refrigerated beef issued to the
troops of General Miles in Porto
Ri;o was . treated with boracic and
salicylio acids, was, in fact "em
balmed." -
At Mr. McKinley's request an
amendment will be offered to the
sundry civil appropriation bill to
provide the money to begin the
work of caring for Confederate
graves located outside of private
cemeteries. ".. ')
The Morgan. Nicaragua canal
bill, with amendments, passed the
senate Saturday by a vote of 48
to o. r-:
La Grippe Is again epidemic. Every
precaution should be taken to avoid it.
Its specific care is One Minute Cough
Cure. A. J. Shepherd, Publisher Agri
cultural Journal and, Advertiser,
Elden, Mo says : No one will be dis
appointed in using one Minute Cough
Cure for La Grippe.! . Pleasant to
take, quick to act. Howard Gardner.
TO CURE A GOLD IX ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Oumine Tablets. All
Druggists refund money if it fails to Cure. 25e
The genuine has L. B. Q. on eaeh tablet.
established in its
door to Matthews,
handsomest arid
F.vr hnfinpd in
factured specially to our order and we know exactly hat we are
giving our customers, f! We want
To Reorganizo the Penitentiary.
It is proposed to reorganize the
penitentiary. '
The plan of reorganization pro
vides that the legislature shall elect
a body of nine or twelve men of
affairs to be called the board of
directors or perhaps the peniten
tiary commission. Under the new
regime the whole responsibility for
the proper conduct of the peniten
tiary would "be thrown upon the
commissioners instead of being
divided, as at present, between the
superintendent and the board of
directors with the result that both
shirk or abuse it as during the
fusion incumbency. ' - "
The commission will have power
to select the superintendent or
superintendents for there may be
more than, one and to the com
mission the superintendent will be
responsible. It is possible that a
superintendent may be selected for
the central prison and one for all
the farms, or for each branch of
.them as the necessities of the case
may seem to demand. The salary
of the superintendent will be fixed
by the-board which elects him.
To rid it of its recent past the
committee propose that the state
shall issue bonds to the amount of
$100,000 and apply the proceeds to
paying off the indebtedness of the
institution. The debts have been
made and must be met and some of
the committee think no better way
can be found, since the state has
not the ready cash to spare at thi8
time. Baleigb News and Observer.
To insure a happy new year, keep
the liver clear and the body vigorous
hv nslnf Da Witt's Little Earlv Klsers.
.the famous little pills for constipation
and liver trouoies. uowara uaraner.
To Bring Homo Our Dead.
SAVANWAn Ga., Jan. 21. -Word
was received by Colonel Bellinger
yesterday that the transport Rou
manian would not come back to
Savannah from her present trip to
IIatanza8. Instead she is to go to
New York. There she will be
equipped' as a transport for the
dead. Taking with "her a; large
force of undertakers and helpers
and a large supply of coffins and
other supplies for the dead, the
Roumanian 'will go to Santiago.
There the bodies of the American
soldiers who died from fever or
who fell in' the battles that pre
ceded the capitulation of the city,
will be r disinterred and prepared
for -removal on the transport to
their homes in this country. There
were many hundreds who died from
disease or wounds or were , shot
dead in the struggles between the
contending forces. The work ot
removing and preparing the bodies
will take some . time. The Rou
manian is a large vessel and can
bring all of the heroio dead back
to their country. The vessel, it is
understood, will go to New York
from Santiago, the bodies being
distributed from there to the rela
tives and friends of the dead
throughout the country.
General Jiminez Castellanos, for
mer Captain General of Cuba, has
complained to Governor General
Brooke that j the Cubans in the
Province of Santa Clara, ace mur
dering Spanish exvolunteers. He
says that eight have been killed in
one week.
For coughs and colds take Gardner's
Tar and Wild Cherry Cough Cure.
Cor. opp. post office.
handsome and
Chisholm, Stroud & Rankin's clothing store, and
most complete line of
Tvnrtli Carolina.
, Protest of Veterans.
Wilmington, Jan 21. At a meet
ing of Cape Fear Camp, United,
Confederate Veterans, held in the
city last night, resolutions were
adopted which were offered as a
protest against the bill proposed
recently by Senator Butler, to the
effect that Confederate soldiers
should receive pensions from the
government. The resolutions are
as follows:
' Resolved;, 1st. That it is the
sense of the camp that the graves
of tho Confederate dead should re
main in the loving care of the wo
men of the South.
2d. That Confederate veterans
ought not to occupy the homes pro
vided for Union soldiers, and could
not -ask or receive pensions from
the United States government.
A resolution was also offered and
carried that all public and private
schools of this state should close
January 19th (Robert E. Lee's
birthday) in order to impress upon
the rising! generation what the day
commemorates. ,
Use Gardner's U. S. Liniment for all
aches and pains. Cor. opp. postoffice.
T Battle Between Families."
Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 21.
Yesterday on the line between Lee
county, Va., and Hancock county,
Tenn., a section remote from the
telegraph; a battle occurred be
tween 20 members of the Eddy
family, of Virginia, and the Ram
sey family, of Tennessee, lasting
several hours, during which a num
ber of men on both sides were kill
ed and injured. A quarrel of long
Standing resulted in the fight.
Fresh Garden Seed at Gardner's, cor.
opp. postoffice.
GOLD DOLLAR THE BTA1TDARD.
Retirement of Greenbacks Provided
Per ITo Silver Dollars to Be Coin
ed Except from Bullion in -the
Treasury.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 21. The
House coinage, weights and meas
ures .committee today, by a strict
party vote, ordered a favorable re
port on the substitute for Repre
sentative Hill's bill to fix the stan
dard of value in the United States
and for other purposes. ;
- The bill provides in substance
that the standard of . value in the
United States shall be the gold
dollar; that all contracts existing
and in the future shall be com
puted In reference to that stan
dard; that there shall be estab
lished in the Treasury a depart
ment of issue and redemption;
that the greenbacks shall be retired
and upon retirement that gold bills
shall be submitted therefor.
No silver dollars are to be here-,
after coined, except from bullion
in the Treasury, the Secretary of
the Treasury, in his discretion, to
coin subsidiary coin as public ur
gency demands, and the recoinage
of old, worn, uncurrcnt subsidiary
coin without special appropriation
therefor; such coinage of bullion
to be concurrent with the retire
ment of Treasury notes the same
as if coined into silver dollars and
the coinage of such subsidiary coin
not to be limited to $50,000,000.
There is to, be a separation of
Treasury accounts between issue
and financial transactions; a gold
reserve of 25 per cent, of outstand
ing notes and Treasury notes is to
be maintained; also 5 per cent.
is
n
commodious new quarters, 302
All s-oods in Our
your trade.
gold reserve of the aggregate sil
ver dollars'; a common fund for
the redemption of all notes.
The retirement of the greenbacks
provision is for the first five years
an amount equal to the increase of
national bank notes issued subse
quent to the taking effect of the
act; 20 per cent, to be retired an
nually during the next five years,
and breenbacks to cease to be legal
tender at the end of ten years,
Gold and currency certificates are
to be cancelled as paid and not re
issued; no national bank notes1 un
der $10, and no silver certificates
over $5 are to be issued.
The tax on national banks is to
be changed from the circulation to
one-tenth of 1 per cent, on capital,
surplus and undivided profits.
The bill repeals all existing rer
striction on the withdrawal' and
issue of national bank notes at
will; banks may issue notes to the
full value of bonds deposited. Na
tional banks with a capital of $25,
000 and in cities of 3,000 popula
tion may be established; branch
banks may be provided under reg
ulation of the Comptroller of the
Currency.
Air-Motor. Pire Engines.
New York, Janr 23. Richard
Croker's Autotruck Company ; is
planning now to do business not
only with New York city, but also
with the nation.
It will try to put compressed air
motors on all the fire engines in
Greater New York ; also it has
sent to the Secretary of the Treas
ury a bid for carrying all bonded
goods from steamships that arrive
here to the various bonded warehouses.
Why 50,000 Are Heeded. ,
Wash ik qtojt, Jan. 23. General
continued his testi
mony before the Senate committee
on military affairs, dealing espe
cially with the requirement as to
troops in the Island of. Cuba. He
explained at sonie length-his esti
mate off 50,000 as the number of
soldiers necessary to be kept in the
entire island, saying thi he had
placed, the number so highJbecause
the effect of jthe jelimate is such as
to render a large percentage of
American soldiers there ineffective
for aggressive afction. Malaria is
the prevailing disease, and as a
rule while not more than 20 per
cent, may be on the actual sick
list, not more than 35 or 40 per
cent, will be found capable of ef
fective action. A day's active ex
ercise would cause half of the men
to drop out of any military 'force.
Of his present force he did not be
lieve more than one-half are now
fit for active service.
Weylerjls Willing. -
Madrid, Jan. 23. General' Wey.
ler here made an! important declara
tion. He says he is willing to ac
cept the war office portfolio in a
liberal j cabinet Ion two conditions:
First-j-That the liberal party, be
reconstructed with his assistance
and that of his military and politi
cal friends and allies, Senors Re
mero y Robledo and Jose Canalejas.
Second That the liberal policy
be aimed chiefly at a prompt reor
ganization of the army and navy,
giving satisfaction to the legitimate
aspirations of j both, besides being
inspired by such Democratic prin
ciples as would win the support of
moderate Republicans.'
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store are manu-
Porto Hicans Astonished.
Washington, Jan. 23. Members
of the Porto Rican commission bad
a satisfactory conference with Sec
retary Alger today. Their appre
hension' that the revenues of the
island were to be forwarded to the
United States, and that Porto Rico
would not receive benefit of its own
income, were quickly removed.1
The practice of the Spanish gov
ernment ofj requiring its colonies
to pay for support of troops quar
tered on them had led the Porto
Rican delegates to believe the
United States would continue that
practice, and the suggestion was
made to Secretary Alger that, the
present military force in the island
be reduced. Considerable relief
and astonishment were expressed
when' the assurance was given them
that the United States and not
Porto Rical would pay the troops
and for their keeping.
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-The smallest things may exert the
greatest influence. De Witt's Little
Early Risers are unequalled for over
coming constipation aod liver troubles.
Small pill, pest pill, safe pill. Howard
uaraner.
A Big
Deal. -
23 Largest busi
Knoxville, Jan.
ness transaction in the South in ten
years has just been announced here.
It involves; fifteen .millions. The Vir
ginia Coal Jron and Railway Company
has bought the blast furnaces at Max
Meadows, Pa laaki, Roanoke, Va., and
Bristol, Tenn. Also the Bristol and
Elizabeth ton and South Atlantic and
Ohio R. Ri Company becomes owner
ui a.4.s,vw dues ui cuai iauua auu utf
000 acres of ore lands and two railroads
and nine furnaces.
For coughs and colds take Gardntr's
Tar and Vild Cherry Congh Cure.
t;or. opp. postomce.
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THE WORK OP THE FOTTE3X3.
As Clay in the Potter's Hand is tho
Anti-Trcit Lar.
The potters of the United States, ,
says The Chicago Chronicle, have
formed a trust. There is good
Republican autborityfor the state
ment that this trust, under the pro.
tecting name of an incorporated
company, has a capital of $27,000,
000; that it embraces all but four
of the pottery concerns of the -United
States; that there will be
"selling arrangements' with the
outside four such companies so
that they will not be objectionable
competitors; that the announced
object of the combine is economy
in freight rates and in the cost of
marketing products ; that the ter
ritory is to be parceled out, etc.
There is nothing in the least
surprising in all this. The news
of the formation of this latest com
bine is no more out of the usual
course than the morning statement
that it is cold at Medicine Hat or
that there isk a strong sentiment
against -nigger supremacy" inj
Alabama. If the potteries have
not been organized as a corpora
tion or corporations before, it is
because they have vpluntarily
taken the full benefit of the tariff
without organizing for the pur- i
pose. As for the announcement
that the combine has been formed
to secure economy In freight rates
and in the cost of marketing
products implying that it has not
been formed for the purpose of I
practicing extortion, we can easily -decide
a to its credibility. Wo
have only to recall the fact that
the pottery industry is one of the
most highly protected of all our
South Elm
is prepared
tough infants, and that the pott ear
assembled in convention,' eome
years ago boldly declared that they
had a right to the American ymar4
ket. Men who boldit to bo their
inalienable right to extort from'
American consumers 50 or CO pej:
cent, more than their (warr
worth bv the absolute exclur'
!
competing foreign wares a
the kind of men to combine
much to secure economy as U
tice extortion. , f
For coughs and colds take Gr
Tar and Wild Cherry Cougt
Cor. opp. postofUce.
Blind Following.
A writer on social questiot
that there is little to be fearc
popular movements, if th
carefully directed. The da!
that men are prone to follov
men, not knowing whither t'
lead.
One is reminded of a
teacher abroad who fouf
mutiny was at his very
portion of the school attf
miniature rebellion, and t
ers came up to state their gi
in the name of the rest.'
But the master would 1
words with thee t
locked them up in hi
went down to parley'
and file. V
"Well," said he a
you want?"
We want the sam
boys up-stairs 1" ;
"What is that?"
-We do not knor.
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