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Se GALA WEEK is now in full blast, but if you want to buy $1 or $10 worth of Furnishing Goods or Clothing, or both, we will havetL'J write your name on a ticket for each $1 purchase. Each ticket entitles you to a chance at the Buggy. A f 017 moro Crash Suits at $1.40 to S5 50 pairs norsioil plaid Pants, $1.50; 20 pairs shopard plaid all-ijool Pants, $2 r it SUITS I N ALL SIZES. SUITS AT ALL PRICES. SU ITS IN ALL STYLES. SALESMEN: Will H. Matthews, Chas. W. Lindsay, Ohas. E. Brower, Harry Sqrgeant WASHINGTON LETTER. Spootal Correspondence. Washington, July 31, 1899. Republican wishes father the story sent out from Washington several days ago that a movement was on foot to put another gold Democratic presidential ticket in 7 the field next year. No such move ment is known among Democrats land no such action is expected to get the support of any considera ble number of Democrats, because they all know that it is not being instigated by Democrats, but by Republicans,-whose only objeot is to draw support away from the regular Democratic ticket. A number, of Democrats who took part in organizing the Palmer and Buokner movement have since ac knowledged their mistake and their regret and expressed their inten tion to stand by the regular nomi nations hereafter, because the Dem ocratic party as a whole stands for most of the things they believe in. . Although Republican money is likely to be freely used to bring about such a condition, there is absolutely nothing in sight at this time, to indicate the nomination of a gold Democratic ticket next year. There is much shaking and quak ing in the old Alger clique in the War Department, because of a ru mor which seems to have founda tion that Secretary Root, who is r now in Washington preparatory to being sworn in tomorrow and tak ing charge, intends to reorganize the War Department from bottom to top. Certainly no other depart ment of ths govornment needs a thorough reorganization more than the one over which Mr. Root has been chosen to preside, but the clique is powerful and Secretary Root may find himself unable to overthrow the Algerites. Attorney General Griggs, before going off. on his summer vacation, shattered the hopes of numerous persons who thought they had everything fixed to secure valuable Porto Rican concessions from the War Department by rendering opinions upon three specific con cessionsthe right to use the water power of the river Plata, the right to build and operate a tram way, and the right to build and control, for all time, piers -and wharves at Ponce. These opinions vtake the ground that all such con cessions were the crown property of Spain, and sums them all, and apparently all other public conces sions on the island, t up as fol- lows : "As crown property, they were, by the treaty of cession, transferred by Spain to the United States of America, and are now a part .of the public domain of that nation. I do not know of any right or power which the secretary of war or the president has to alien ate in perpetuity, any of the publio domain of the United States, ex cept in accordance with acts of congress, duly passed with refer ence thereto.'9 This is understood to be a hint to Alger of the power of the administration to make trouble for him and his business friends, who are heavily interested in some Cuban deals, if he attempts to antagonize the, administration. Representative Griffith, who rep resents the Indiana district which sent the late Judge Holman to con gress for so many years, said of politics in his state, and he knows : "Indiana will send to the Demo .cratio national convention a solid Bryan delegation. The men who were for Bryan and he Chicago platform in 1896 have not weak ened in their faith regarding either. I am one of those who be lieve in the indestructibility of the principles of Demooraoy, and though the party may suffer tem porary defeat, it is sure to regain ascendency, for it represents better than any other political organiza tion the true interests of the peo? pie. The , predominant issue in 1900 is very apt to be war upon the trusts, and upon this, the Demo crats will be in far better position than their Opponents. The voters of the country cannot be deluded by anti-trust declarations of the Republican convention ; they un derstand that there is no real an tagonism between the leading men of that party and the trusts, but that on the contrary, the closest intlmaoy exists, seeing that most of the influential Republicans are thoroughly Identified with com bines and monopolies. We had a great chance in 1896, and we came very near success, and we wiU'have just as good a chance in 1900. I see nothing in the situation that is discouraging to Democrats, but on the contrary much that betokens a winning campaign." One of the conundrums of the hour is why the sending of a cable gram to Gen. Otis, conveying an expression of Mr. McEinley's con fidence in him and satisfaction with all he has done, including his press censoring, should have been kept secret ten days after it was sent? Some say that Mr. "Mc Kin ley wanted to ascertain how far publio sentiment would go in sup- porting the demand for the recall of Otis, and that if that demand had been a little stronger, the cablegram would have been sup pressed entirely. It was evidently kept back fdr some purpose. And it wouldn't have been the first time that' official matters have been maee public or suppressed by this administration in deference to the state of publio opinion. Eleotion of Senators. Washington, July 28. Senator Stewart, of Nevada, said today that in order to obviate the. apparent necessity of an amendment to the constitution to insure at all times a full representation of states in the United States senate he would offer at the next session of Congress re lief by legislation which, the 'Sena tor says, may prove satisfactory. He proposeYthat the following par agraph be added at the end of Sec tion 15, Title 2, Chapter 1 of the Revised Statutes : "If, on the third Tuesday after the Organization of the legislature, no person has received such ma jority, then, on that day or on any succeeding day, the person receiv ing a plurality of the votes cast, a majority of all the members elect ed to both houses being present and veting, shall be declared elect ee"." j This, he believes, will meet the necessities of the case and insure the election of a United States sen ator in every state at the time spec ified by law. ! - A Big Ship CanaL Albany, N. Y., July 28. Engin eer Geo. W. Rafter, in charge of the survey for the proposed ship canal from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic ocean, has completed his preliminary work and drawn his report. "v'JY ? The projeot is to cut a canal 30 feet deep and 340 feet wide, which is three and i one-third times the depth and five times the width' of the Erie Canal. Its proposed route is from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario around Niagara Falls, leaving Lake Ontario at Oswego, through the Oswego- river to Oneida lake, thence through the Mohawk Val ley to the Hudson river. A single lock will be a thousand, feet-long, with walls over 50 feet high. I Diplomats in Washington do not credit the report that Russia and Japan are arming for war over Ko rea.. -The relations of each coun try toward Korea are . defined in a protocol. - Went to His Own Funeral. t. A curious incident is related by the Japanese papers. Mr. Kume kawa, of Kobe, like every other' in telligent Japanese, desired that his funeral should be attended by cere monies appropriate to his rank and social position, and in order that he might not be disappointed in this respect, having reached his 77th year, and feeling that his days were numbered, he determined to have his funeral in advance and make ' the arrangements j himself. Therefore, on the day appointed his relatives and friends were in- yited to his house and gathered around an empty ! coffin 1 with all the paraphernalia of mourning and engaged, in the most elaborate Buddhist ceremony that j could be devised. Mr. Kumekawa sat at the head of the casket and watohed with interest all that was going on. After the ceremonies at the house were concluded a procession was f ormed,which marched through the principal streets to the ceme tery. Mr. Kumekawa walked in front of his own coffin. The floral offerings were numerous and beau tiful. The Kobe city band led the procession and played modern airs, while at intervals were groups of danoing girls and members of the theatrical profession, who perform ed pantomine allegories to illus trate the nobility of Mr. Kume kawa's character and the loss that was suffered by the community at his death. Just before reaching the gates of the cemetery the pro cession was halted and! several photographs were taken.; After the coffin had been lowered into the grave and covered with floral offerj ings the funeral party proceeded to the Jinko Club, where an elabo rate feast was served and speeches eulogistic of Mr. Kumekawa were delivered by several of his: friends. Mr. Kumekawa was thoroughly Satisfied with the success of his funeral although It cost him a large sum of money, and he may now depart in peace, knowing that all the rights have been observed, land when he dies it is only neces sary for his family to place his body in the coffin that lies in the ground. W. E. Curtis in Chicago Record. The trial of Generals Toral and Bareja and others for the surren der of Santiago de Cuba to the American forces was begun at Madrid Monday. The trial is con ducted by a court-martial and is expected to occupy sittings of the court. six or seven Fiction is the leading feature of the August number of Harper's Magazine. Among the short stories which it contains are "Al lie Cannon's First and Last Duel," by Seumas MacManus ; "The Lady of the Garter," by s,Alice Duer; "The Tree of Knowledge," by Mary E. Wilkins; "The Angel Childr" by Stephen Crane; "The Sorrows of Don Tomas Pidal, Reconcentra do," by Frederio Remington ; "A jDuluth Tragedy," by Thomas A. Janvier ; and "When Mrs. Van Worcester Dines," by Anna Went worth Sears. The main story in "The Drawer" is "A Compounded Felony," by James Barnes. There are further installments of "Their Silver Wedding Journey"," by W. D. Howells, and "The Princess Xenia," by H. B. Marriott Watson. The mere serious features are Mr. Sandham's article on "Haiti the Unknown," another chapter of Dr. Wyeth's "Life of General Forrest." Admiral Beardslee's paper on "Ep isodes of the Taiping Rebellion," and Lieutenant Calkins' study of "The Filipino Insurrection of 1896." Bliss Carman and Thomas Dunn English are the verse writers of the number. The illustrations are throughout uncommonly attractive. Dismal Swamp CaniL in I officii! c d Die We understand that days there will be to nouncement that the 0 Swamp Canal will be open ton f gatlon for steamers and otbtr( eels carrying not oyer 10 ffttii'. and that the shoals and ottcrr structions in our sounds :J ti gable water courses will be dri-'r, out by the government to depth. We think the' prior;, beneficiaries of this great i1, Internal improvement willbiEij timore, in Maryland, and both City, in North Cml These two places will tsitlj points at the northern and -j ern terminal of the trade p , from the Carolina sounqs. beth City Economist; j , .Spain had" an export trais m nnn nno . vekr with the is whifth . ahii Inst bv Wl United States. t witi CASTOR W Var Infants and CMlirti m mam m l .If 1 1. 9 -Bears tha S ,JlSjtt Signature of lAofJf. f" 1E3L&T& ' Is- ttL& JE&ate61 - . - . - . - 7 ' .rrtSP JtT23 BE COiN : ' 1 Thfl nQRnnriF ennne ho A P. ME 0F" .w wwwWBaiSta UWWW Ul V IIW w AHltinds of Hardware at lowest vttU THE GREEIlSBORO HARDWARE cop1.
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