' VILHINQTOU. H. C .
Saturday Morhimo, Nov. 7, 1896
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
When CIomI Strong at a a Adranos
of
Four Centa Corn, Oats and Fork -.Frodooia
CI jeed Higher.
By Telegraph to the Morning Staf.
Chicago, November 6. Tbe ball
temper ot tbe wheat market wat un
controllable to da?. It was strong at
the start, it was stronger ia tbe middle
and it was strongest at the close. Yes
terday's weakness was forgotten and the
sentiment underwent a complete and
radical transformation. "Everything in
the way of news was called bullish, and
if it was not so literally it became so by
argument anyway.- A'l tbe professionals,
orominent recently, were conspicuous
buyers to-dav. Cudany, the admitted
leader, when D timber wheat advaocaeri
from 67c to 72c. was agaiautheliead
of tbe bull forces and tbjrTccoKnizsd
tatters were with hiru.-Ct 1 o'clock the
climax was reac&cd.'DecemDer touching
78c. an advance ol 4Jc from.yester-
iay seWse. D:cemoer wheat opened
from 75c to 75 Wc. sild bstveen 7iKc
and 78e. closing St 7378Va 3Jg
higher man yts'.erday. Cash wheat was
no 4c.
Corn was ur'eed" uoards by the
strength of the f peculattve tone of the
Jarifcr market. Taere was no inaepen
dcot motive for strength or firmness in
tbe situation, acd consequently there
was an utter absence of enthusiasm
to the buwiDg. May corn opened from
iSK&2SXc. said between 23U and
29J:. closing at 29S9C Mc
b'taer tha vesteid jv. - Casn corn was
cteidv to Ifc hiEher.
Oits Dattookof the firmness of wheat
bat were lacking in acuvi.y so that
D'ices moved in a sluggish manner. May
oats cls:d hgber than yester
day. Cash oais were firm to Jfc higher.
Tbe best that could be said of provi
sions was that tbey were steady. The
run of hogs was light and that market
strong. This, with the rising quality-0f
wheat, sufficed to sustain productsJan
uary pork clossd 5j higaerJanuaiy
lard unchanged and January ribs 2c
higher. . ;- .
.
SPOTS Atfb FU T UKES.
Hat Be3lDV at the Fcrrs-New Tcrk Sat,''
vtSeTtaw of the Cotton Market. . .
" Vy Ttiegraph to ths Morning Star.
New York.' November 6. The fol
lowing are the total net receipts at the
ports: Galveston. 603.275 bales; New
Orleans, 787,808, Mobile, 102 557; Sa
vannah, 836 614; Charleston, 193,577;
Wilmington. 121.551; Norfolk. 238 789;
Baltimore. 11284; Ne York. 83 639;
Boston. 87 562; Newport News. 2,792;
Philadelphia. 8 411: West Point, 50;
Brunswick, 23 766; Port Roya'. 20.638,
PensacoU, 7 816. Texas City, 23,795.
Total. 2 615.862 bales.
The New York Sun says: Spot cot
ton here was unchanged. Liverpool de
clined 1 163 on the spot, with sales of
12 000 bales. Futures there declined
three to three and a half points, but re
covered a part, closing steady at a net
decline of two to two and a half points,
The Liverpool sales for the week were
85.000 bales, including 70.000 American.
The exports approximated 70.000 bales.
New Orleans declined three points, but
recovered tbe loss and advanced four
points. Futures here opened two to
three points lower, recovered the loss
and advanced four to eight points, but
reacted, closing quiet and steady at a
net advance of .two to three points for
the day. with sales of 174,000 bales.
The "interior movement lor the week
showed a material diminution, and
thoneh many contended that the falling
,v, rmi n3 (in tn hpatv
rains at the .South during the week,
some nervous sljorts covered, putting
up prices. Repoft of heavy front at
Cairo. Memphis and Montgomery and
light frost at Vicksburg-aad Atlanta
also induced some heavy bufAAawbe?'
Southern spot markets were generally
hrm. with a fair business doing. The
quantity to come into sight for tbe week
was estimated at 878.G00 bales.. Before
the close part ok the improvement was
lost on realizing sales. The trading was
quiet and, in the main, ot a local
character. Silver was higher here and
in London.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT
Of Btocka.Booeipta and Bzporta of Cotton.
Br Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New York, Nov. 6. The follow
ing, is the comparative cotton state
ment for the vjeek ending this date:
1896 189?
Net receipts at all '
United States ports .
during the week .... 808,460 187,856
Total receipts to this
date 2 615,362 1,738 461
Exports for the week 232,745 163,188
Total exports to this
date .-... 1,493,457 871.297
Stock in all United
States ports 1,096,700 " 908.712
Stock at all interior
towns...... 447,904 899,409
Stock in Liverpool.. . 418.000 912.000
American afloat for
Great Britain "890.000 165,000
NAVAL STORES MARKETS.
- By Telegraph to the Moraine Stat.
New York. November 6 Rosin
firm: strained common to good 1 90
1 91. Spirits turpentine quiet and firm
at2828Ka ' :
Charleston, November 6. Spirits
turpentine firm at 25c bid; sales casks.
Rosin firms sales barrels: prices: B,
, C tl 40. D. E l 45. F. G $1 50 H 1 55. 1.
K $1 60. M fl 80 N $3 00, WG $3 20, W
W $3 40. -
Savannah, November 6.- Spirits
turpentine firm at 26c; sales 500 caaks;re
ceipts 799 casks. Rosin firm, unchanged;
sales of 8,000 barrels; receipts 8,157 bar
. rels. '. - V
For October tbe Noifjlk A Western
. ro?d earned $978,638 a decrease of
$39 781; Ohio River, $84,058; decrease,
$17 819.
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MR.- BRYAN'S ADDRESS
TO THE BIMETALLISTS' OF THE
UNITED STATES.
Ha Dees Not Intend w Abandon the fight
Urges Eveir Advocate of Free t
Silver to Continue ia the
Good Work. . .
Bt Telegraph to the Morning Star.
1 Lincoln, Nib . November 6. Wm.
J. Bryan this alterooon gave out the
following- to (be bimetallists of the
United States:
' Conscious . that millions ' of loyal
hearts are saddened by temporary de
feat, I beg to offer a word of hope and
encouragement. No cause ever bad
supporters more brave, earnest and de
voted than those who have espoused
the cause of bimeullisnuThev have
fought from convlctiojjfa'nd have fought
with all the zsaVaStfch conviction in
spires. Eveafs will prove whether they
are rigbror wrong. Having done their
HP
iy as they saw it, tbey have nothing
to r
regtet. -' - -.,
'Toe Republicans' candidate has been
heralded as the advance agent ol pros
perity. If his policies bring real pros
perity to' the American people, those
who opposed him will share in that
prosperity. If, on the other hand, bis
policies prove injurious. to the people
generally, those of bis supporters who
do not belong to the office-holding class
or to tbe privileged classes will suffer in
common with those who opposed him.
"The friends of bimetallism have not
been vanquished; they have simply been
overcome. They believe that tbe gold
standard is a conspiracy ot tbe, money
ctuogers against the weiiare ot tocl
hitman r,r, anil nnlil ,Anvinlj)il f,l tl:- I
error they will continue thejsarfare
against jt. Tbe contest has bffcn waged
this year under great em&rraasments
and against great oddfcFor the first
time during this geaeraUon public at
tention has be$j- centered upon the
money questjfnas the paramount issue,
and thishfs been done in spite of all
atterap T-upon the part of our opponents
touVvent it. The Republican Couven-
I vJn held out the delusive hope ol inter
im 1 .It: . 1 , n l ,
national Bimetallism, wane xiepuotican
leaders labored secretly tor gold mono
metallism. Gold standard Democrats
have publicly advocated tbe election of
the Indianapolis ticket while they
labored secretly for the election of the
Republican ticket. The trusts and cor
porations have tried to excite a fear
of lawlessness, while they themselves
have oeen defying the law, and Ameri
can financiers have boasted that tbey
were the custodians of National honor
while they were secretly bartering away
the nation's financial independence. But,
in spue of the efforts of the administra
tion and its supporters, in spite of the'
threats of the money tloaners at home
and abroad, in spite oi'tbe coercion prac
ticed by corporate employers in spite of
the trusts and syndicates, in spite of an
enormous Republican campaign fund,
and in. spite of the influence of a hostile
daily press, bimetallism has almost
triumphed in its first great figat. The
loss ol a few States,-and that, too. by
very small pluralities, has defeated bi
metallism fortbe present; but bimetal
lism emerges from the contest stronger
than it was four months ago.
"I desire to commend. tbe work of the
three national committees which have
joined in the management of this cam
paign. Co-operation between the mem
Den of distinct political organizations is
always difficult but it has been less so
this y ear than nsuaL Interest in a com
mon cause ot great importance has re
duced the friction to a minimum. I
hereby express my personal gratitude to
the individual members, as well as the
executive officers of the National Com
mittees of tbe National Democratic,
Populist and Silver parties for their effi
cient, untiring and unselfish labors. They
have laid the foundation for future suc
cess and will be remembered as pioneers
when victory is at last secured. '
"No personal or pjpluical friend need
grieve becauseofr-my defeat. My ambi
tion has beeaf to secure immediate legis
lationjxttler than to enjoy the honors of
office; and,rtherefore, defeat brings to me
feeling of personal loss. Speaking
for the wife who has shared my labors,
as well as for myself. I desire to say that
we have been amply repaid for all that
we have done. s. In the love of - millions
of our fellow citizens, so kindly ex
pressed. In personal contact with the
people, and in broadened sympathy, we
find full compensation for whatever ef
forts we have put forth. Our hearts have
been touched by the devotion of friends
and our lives shall prove our apprecia
tion of the affection of the plain people;
an affection which we prize as -the
richest reward which this campaign has
brought.-
"In the face of an enemy rejoicing in
its victory, let the roll be called for the
next engagement and urge all friends of
bimetallism to renew their- allegiance to
the cause; . If we are right, as I believe
we are, we shall yet triumph. Until
convinced of his error, let each advo
cate of bimetallism continue the work.
Let all silver clubs retain their organi
zation, hold regular meetings and circu
late literature. Our opponents have
succeeded in this campaign and mutt
now put their theories to tbe testJ In
stead of. talking mysteriously about
'sound money .and 'an honest dollar,'
they raast new elaborate and defend a
financial system. . Every step taken by
them should be publicly considered by
the silver cluts. ".
- "Our cause has prospered most where
the money question has been longest
discussed among ' the people. During
,the next four years it will be studied all
over this nation, even more than it has
been studied in the past.
"The year 1900 is not far off.Before that
year arrives international bimetallism
will cease to deceive; before that year
arrives these who have called - them
selves gold standard Democrats will be
come bimetallists and be with ns. or they
will become Republicans and be open
enemies; before that year, arrives trusts
will .have convinced still more people
that a trust is a menace to private wel
fare and to public safety; before that
year arrives the evil effects of a gold
standard will be even more evident than
they are now, and people then ready to
demand an American financial policy
for the American people will join with ns
in the remedial restoration .of, tbe free
and unlimited coinage of gold and silver
at the present legal rate of 16 to 1, with
out waiting for the aid or consent of any
other nation.
"(Signed) William J. Bryan."
MAJOR M'KINLEY
Acknowledge Beeeipt of Hon. Wm. J.
Brxan'a Congratulatory Meeaagr
By Telegraph to tbe Morning Buur.
Canton, O., November 0. At noon
to-day Major McKinley sent this tele
gram: - ' J:
Canton. C Not. . 1896.
Hon. Wm.. Bryan, Lincoln, Neb.
I acknowledge the receipt jot your
courteous message of congratulation
with thanks, and beg yon will receive
my btst wishes for your health and hap
piness. William McKinliy.
A Louisville, Ky., dispatch says Leslie,
the last of tbe missing counties, gives
McKinley 841 plurality. .This indicates
that tbe State is Republican by between
600 and 700. : V- r '
An Important XHflerenfca.
To make it apparent to thousands, who
-think themselves ill, that tber arenot
sfaictedr. with" any disease, buttbattbe
system simply needs Cleansing, is to
bring comfort home to their hearts' as a
costive condition is eaaily cured by using
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California Fig Syrup Company only, and
fold by all droggiftt.
KENTUCKY'S ELECTION.
Tba Elaotcral Votj Will Be Dlvlded-The
State Claimed by Both Demoorati
and fiapublloana.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Louisville, Ky.; November 0 A
the official returns come in to-night the
statement .is confirmed that the elec
toral vote of the State is going to stand
12 to 1. Ia same counties tbe head of
tbe electoral ticket leads tbe other
twelve bv more than 100 votes. - It will
take the official count to satisfvfeotlf
sides. The last newspaper figBfes place
MCKjniey s plurality in tue Mate at 033.
The official count by counties is about
complete, outside of this (Jefferson)
county. wbrCb will not be finished for
four -crnve days, owing to the large
vote. The State returning board will
meetthree weeks from Tuesday lo pass
on the count by counties..
Kisb and Smith, the first electors on
the Republican and Democratic tickets,
respectively, are running ahead of the
other electors on the official count and
no matter which way tbe State goes the
electoral vote is going to Be divided,
that is, if the Republicans carry the
State tbey will get twelve electors and
the Democrats one. and vice versa if the
Democrats win. This results from joe
fact that a large number of vo er spaced
tbe crors opposite the name .offie first
elector under tbe party device. The
canvassing board has 'cd in these
cases that the vote shftiid coant for one
elector, notwithstanding the evident in
tention of thetr. This raises an in.
teresiing quff j0n in regard to the votes.
-ChairmaRoberts, of the Republican
StateJommittee. to-nisht said:
e have received official returns
om all except 27 counties. We have
trustworthy returns from the musing
ones, however, and the 119 couaties ot
the State sboW'435 plurality for Mc
Kinley. We are perfectly satisfied that
we have carried the State. I am wait
ing on further official returns and ex
pect to tend Major McKinley a telegram
before midnight, I concede the Demo
crats one elector, owing to the failure cf
voters to stamp their ballots correctly."
Major H. P. (Johnson, chairman of
the Democratic State Central Commit
tee, said to night that from information
in his- possession be believed tbe State
had given Bryan 1.000 plurality.
Urey Woodson, member of the Dem
ocratic National Committee for Ken
tucky, made the foliowiog statement:
I am more confident to-night than I
have been at any time since tbe election
that the Democratic electoral ticket was
elected in Kentucky, but I have an
abuadance of evidence that the Repub
licans of the mountain counties, where
Democrats are exceedingly scarce, have
perpetrated the grossest frauds both
before and since the polls closed on
Tuesday. This information has come
to me from the most reputable men at
Middlcsboro, Pineville, Barbourville,
London, Somerset and other towns in
Eastern Kentucky. "
"The Republican Committee and the
press of Louisville have kept up a steady
claim the past three davs oi a plurality
of from 600 to 1.C0O. During this time
they have been forced to acknow
ledge errors which , reduced their claims
nearly 8,000 votes. Every time they
have been forced to acknowledge the
truth about one of these central and west
ern counties, which . with good tele
grpahic and good telephone facili
ties, were speedily covered by tbe
news agencies, tbey have been able to
draw on one of those remote mountain
counties for a msjority far surpassing
anything ever known in their history,
and still tbey claim tbe State bv 600. I
am entirely confident of the election of
tbe Bryan electors by a small but safe
plurality, which will be shown on the
final count. Our people are collecting
the evidence of these frauds."
Mr. Woodson declined to give out any
figures. . f - : ., ' -
""THE NEXT CONGRE&S.
The Gold Foresa Will Not' Conircl the
Senate Btpubllcasa Will Have a
M.j Hr tn the Honar.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star,
"New York, Nov. 6. The develop
ments of the past twelve hours in the
contested Congressional fields have
been few, but in one respect, important
they practically demonstrate that tbe
gold forces will fail to control the Sen
ate in the Fiftv-fifth Congress, which
control yesterday was deemed probable.
At that time the apparent division of
the forces was as foliows : . '
Gold Republicans, 88; gold Demo
crats, 8. Total, 46.
Silver Republicans, 9; silver Demo
crats, 25; Populists. 9. Total, 44.
One of tbe gold votes In that table
was credited to North Dakota, but it
now appears that the Legislature of that
State will elect a free silver advocate to
succeed Senator Hansbrough. To em
phasize tbe truth of this fact Represen
tative Pickler, who made the campaign
as a candidate for Senator, has an
nounced his withdrawal from the con
test. This will make the Senate a tie be
tween the gold and silver iorces, and
should Senator Dabois assertion of last
Spring that no financial or tariff legis
lation should be accomplished that did
not provide for free coinage of silver
remain in in force in tbe next Congress,
and there should be no individual
changes of attitude on the subject by
Senators, there is but little likelihood
that anything will be done in that direc
tion for another two years
According to to-dav's advices, the
House will stand: Republicans, 214;
sound money Democrats, 2: Democrats,
118; silver Republicans, Populists and
FusioMSts, S3. . - :
Tbe - delegations of tbe following
States, consisting of more than one
member, will be solid in tbe next House:
Democratic Arkansas. Florida, Gsor
gia, Louisiana. Mississippi, South Caro
lina, Washington. - ! ;
RepublicanConnecticut, Iowa.Maine,
Maryland, Minnesota. New Hampshire,
New Jerstv. Oregon. Rhode IsIand.Ver
mont, Wisconsin. j.
Fusion Colorado. ' i -
WEST, VIRGINIA OUT LAWS,
WHO Silled Three Men oa Eleotlon Day.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Huntington. W. Va.. November 6.
J H. Clark, a famous detective and
deputy sheriff of the Norfolk & Western
Railroad, accompanied by Daniel Chris
tian, arrived here at daybreak with Cap
tain Hatfield and his 14 year old son,
who were cap ured in the mountains of
Mingo county at duk last night. Tbey
are charged with tbe murder of John
Ruthetford, Elliot Rutherford and Hans
E. Chambers, on election day, at Mat-
tOWan. ' ; ,V ,
Hatfield and bis son were interviewed
at tbe jail to day, and they seem to be
not tbe least worried over tbe affair.
The lad smiled, and said: KI killed both
Elliot Rutherford and Mr. Chambers,"
while the father acknowledged to kill
ing John Rutherford. Hatfield and son
were asleep in the crevice of a large rock
cliff on Tug river when the officers dis
covered them. There were brought here
and placed in jail for fear of mob vio
lence. Hatfield had two Winchesters and
two large revolvers, while the son was
sleeping with a Winchester on each side
of bim. Thousands of persons were at
the j til' this morning trying to get a
peep at the notorious outlaws.
CASTOR I A
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Thirteen litres Lost in tba Collislos ot a
. Schooner With a Steams on ths
. Coast of HYwonadlasd- ' .
Br Cable to the Morning Star. -
, St. John, N. P., Nov. 8.7T&e
steamer Tiber,' Captain DeJisIe', bound
for Sydney, left hereat 7 o'clock to
night. Fifteen, mtnutes later, when jnst
beyondjhtTenuance to tbe harbor, she
collided with the schooner Maggie,
'bound from. Benavlst bay to StJohn'a
with a cargo of fish and lumber. - Thir
teen lives were, lost. The scboonef
carried a crew of nine and four
teen ; passengers, five ot whom were
women. The schooner had her lights
displayed and there was no justilcat:
uniac steamer a part iur iuc "Jflbtt,
because the night was. clearffiathe'
scnoouer quite near tne taojer in a part
of the entrance where stealers rarely go
The schooner wasjffuck amidship."
cut in two piecessrnd sank Instantly.
All aboard wejbn deckw They were
thrown intojJte water, and those saved
were onlyxrescued by the help of tbe
floatinoaeck load of lumber. Several
wetrcaucht under the sails and draooerl
wn with the sinking vessel. Others
wefe nnable to keep afloat until tbe
rescue boats arrived, . and dropped
off 'the planks. Two men climbed
up the steamer's side, and seven were
saved by her boats. One-woman was
also saved, making ten souls rescued.
The other thirteen, nine men and four
women drowned." Capt. Blnndon's wife,
who was bringing her consumptive 18
year old bo? to the ship at St. John's,
was drowned, though her husband had
her on a plank The boy was saved.
The captain's brother and nephew were
also lost. Seven widows and thirty-three
orphans is the result ot ibis catas
thropher CONSUL GENERAL L E
Vialtad the eta to Department at Wash
ington and Oalled on President
Cleveltnd. '
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Washington, November 6. Consul
General . Fitzhugh Lie called at the
State Department this morning after
Secretary OIney had gone to the Cabi
net meeting and saw Assistant Secre
tary Rockhill, who has direct charge of
the consular aeivice and therefore is the
Consul General's immediate superior.
Later. Gen, Lee spent an hour in con
versation with Secretary Olney. and
then called on the President, with
whom he staved over an hour. No
affirmation aa to bis alleged- statements
in respect to the duration of the war
could be obtained from him, and they
are accordingly set down as imaginary.
Gen. Lee says be hope to go to his home
at Staunton to-moi row or Sunday.
CAUGHT ON A BRIDGE.
A Woman and Two Children Btrnek by
an Saglnr, Thrown Into a Hirer
and Drowned. -Br
Telegraph to the Morning Star.
WiLkxsBARKE, Pa November 6.
Mrs. J. McCarthy, cf Scranton, with her
two grand-daughters, May and Mar
garet Clinch, aged 2 and 4 years respectively,-
were caught by a train on a
bridge of the Erie & Wyoming Valley
Railroad, which spans the Lackawanna
river. Tbey became frightened and in
trying to escape being struck by the
engine, they fell into the stream below
and were drowned. The river being
high at this point all efforts to find the
bodies up to 8 o'clock have been Un
available. NEGRO HIGHWAYMAN
Shot a Merohant of Borne, QecrgU, and
Steeped."
Br Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Atlanta November 6. A special to
the Constitution says Will Mason, a mer
chant of Rome, was shot to-night by
a negro highwayman and wilt die.
Mason was on his way to his home and
was aearing bis residence when a negro
stopped him and aiked for a match.
Mason handed him ore and started on.
The negro fired, shooting him through
the body just below the heart. The
negro attempted to rob but was fright
ened off and escaped. He is being pur
sued by bloodhounds. Mason will die.
WARM WIRELETS.
Treasury balances : Coin, $119,938,
084; currency, $58,109,792.
' A New York dispatch bays Mr. Wm.
H. Vanderbilt died at 4 o'clock yester
day afternoon.
A Key West dispatch says the steamer
Raleigh returned frcm a trip Op the
east p oast yesterday.
Returns from South Dakota, except
three counties, give the State to Mc
Kinley beyond doubt.
The River Spinning Company's fac
tory at Woonsocket, R. I., alter months
of alternate periods of idleness and sboit
time, started Wednesday morning on full
time. ' -
.Gustpv Hanauer, proprietor of the
Manhattan Clothing Company, Dayton,
Ohio, has filed chattel mottgages
amounting to $74,684 to secure bis prin
cipal creditors.
John M. Inman, a prominent business
man of New York city, died Thursday
last. The New York Cotton Exchange,
of which Mr. Ioman was a member,
met yesterday and took appropriate
action, v -
The U. S. Treasury gold ' reserve, at
the close of business yesterday, stood at
$118,414 514. The day's withdrawals of
gold at New York were $25,700 in coin
and $42,700 in bars for manufacturing
purposes.. :..
-The President has removed from
office R. M. Ridgeley, postmaster at
Springfield, 111. Ridgeley took an
active part in the recent campaign on
the Bryan side and his removal is due to
that cause. -
The lit. Joseph Grand Island Rail
road Company has ordered that two .of
tbe eleven sections on their road, or
dered closed on account ol light busi
ness, be reopened. It is said the others
will be opened soon.
Ths result ol the election in Virginia
on tbe national ticket seems to be that
the majority for Bryan is 20,000. The
First, Second, Third, - Fourth, Fifth,
Sixth. Seventh and Eighth districts re
turn Democrats to Congress.
The Galveston rope and twine fac
tory, which has been idle for some time,
will resume operations next Monday
and will run on full time. This will
give employment to one hundred Opera
tors who have been ont of work.
President A. E. Still well, of the Kan
sas City, Pittsburg & Gulf Railrcad, sa, s
that be will at once put 1,600 men at
work constructing portion ol their road
to a connection with the Gulf of Mex
ico, work on which has been delayed for
a longtime,
' The National Shoe and Leather Bank,
oi New York city, has filed suit nomi
nally for $50,000 against Wm. H.and J.
H. Moore, whose disastrous manipula
tion of Diamond Match stock resulted
in closing tbe Chicago Stock Exchange
for many weeks.
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" V CHINESE TELEGRAPHY. " '
jromemla An Flajjbftd'oTer the Wfaw and
Then Tfafitl by a Coda. .
All taCririncipal cities of China
connected with one another and
with -Peking, the capital, by tele
graph. Reoent visitors to China
However, mat telegraphing thgf0 is
a laborious and an expensive
and that the lines are
arge upon
the state treasury insfead of a source
of revenue. Jfr:;.. - ;;i:y;
, The dispatpJresare, of course, sent
In Cbinesf f0r not" one In many
thousjjsrjfa 0f the natives knows any
lftDsfiaflra axoarit his own. Bnt tha
inese have no ulphahet. .Their lit
erary characters, pari Jy ideographio,
partly phonetic, number many thou
sands. - It is simply impossible to
invent i ;' telegraphic signals that
would cover the written language.
Here was an obstacle in the way of
using the telegraph at all.
"The difficulty was obviated by in
venting a telegraphic signal for each
of the cardinal numbers, and so
numbers or figures might be tele
graphed to any extent. Then a code
dictionary was prepared, in which
each number from one up to several
thousands stood for a particular
Chinese letter or ideograph. It is,
in fact, a cipher system. The sender
of the message need not bother him
self about its meaning. He may tel
egraph all day without the slightest
idea of 'the information he is send
ing, for he transmits only numerals.
It is very different with his friend,
the receiver. ; He has the code dic
tionary at his elbow, and after each
message is received he must trans
late it, writing each literary charac
ter ' in place pi the humeral that
stands for it. Only about an eighth
of the words in the written language
appear in the code, bu$ there are
enough of them for all practical pur
poses. ,-; . ! . i 7 '
But the Chinese system has its
great disadvantages. Men of or
dinary education have not sufficient
acquaintance with the written lan
guage to be competent telegraph re
ceivers, and the literati are not seek
ing employment in the telegraph
offices any more than our oollege
prof essors are. So the government
recruits its employees-with much
difficulty. Besidea the patrons of
the telegraph are comparatively few
in number. There are almost no
Chinese who have business relations
all over the country, as is the case
with many thousands of our busi
ness men. The public is not invited
to buy stock ia the Chinese telegraph
lines, and if it was nobody at pres
ent would buy with a view to divi
dends. Tho receipts do not equal the
expensesand the government makes
up the deficit. - .
There is another great disadvan
tage of the Chinese telegraph sys
tem. All over the WGrld the move
jnents of railroad trains are regu
lated by telegraph. The orders re
ceived by the station agent are filed
in plain view of the employees, and
if need be the switchman may take
temporary charge and carry out the
instructions from the central office.
Railroads have been introduced into
China to a very small extent, and
there is talk of greatly extending
the service. But how about running
the trains? : ' - '
'A writer in Lo Mouvement Colo
nial of Paris says that if jrailroads
are introduced to any extent in Chi
na the personnel must be exclusive
ly European and American or re
cruited from the literary class. He
says the Chinese government will
not take foreigners into its service,
and that tbe educated men of China,
who alone among the people have
sufficient knowledge of the' written
language to be intrusted with the
actual running of trains, would re
fuse most emphatically to be either
trainbands or station agents.
This is one of the many small
stumbling blocks is' 'the way of Chi
na's progress, but it is quite effective
in1 its way. Statesman's Year Book.
BEGS STAMPS FOR A LIVING.
f Crafty Kaw Yorker Makes Two to Three
Cellars Daily a It.
Over on too east sldo there is an In
genious individual who lives by begging
postage stamps. A floorwalker in a Broad
way store discovered this new species of
beggar. He was standing by the door the
other day when a decently dressed, middle
aged man entered and, respectfully ap
proaching him, doffed his hat and said:
"Please pardon jne, sir, but I -am
stranded in this city and have just writ
ten a letter home asking for a remittance..
I haven't a cent to buy a stamp, and if you
would kindly give me one I will be under
great obligations."
At the same time he pulled an envelope
from his pocket as if ready to put the
stamp on it. The floorwalker would have
yielded at onco to tho request, had it not
suddenly struck him that the self same In
dividual had asked a like favor of him less
than a week ago in the down town estab
lishment of the firm.;. He therefore ques
tioned the man and by threatening to have
him arrested succeeded in eliciting the ac
knowledgment that he made a regular
business of begging postage stamps. Fur
thermore, be declared ho made a fair liv
ing, often getting as much as f 2 to S3 a
day. -r:-
At times he varied the programme by
asking for a five cent stamp, saying that
his people lived in some foreign country.
There was not one person out of a hun?
dred, ha said, who would refuse such a
simple request, and by working Industri
ously he oouid get togetbor from 75 to 100
two cent and from 10 to SO five cent
stamps In the course of a day. These he
had no trouble in disposing of by knocking
a few cents off of the market rate. -
"Why," he said, "J have been at this
business for over, a year right in Kew
York and have not yet 'worked' more than
one-half of the olty. I keep a list of the
streets I 'work,' and make it a rule to
pever go over the same ground twice. I
make as much every week as the average
store clerk and do not have to work one
tenth as bard. It's the best 'graft' I ever
struok. If you don't believe me, try it
yourself." New fork Press. ' .
Napoleon's Censorship of the freaa.
In religion the emperor's prinoiple
was that his subjects should hate
the English because they were her
etics, and the pope because he was a
fanatic The "idealogues" and "met
aphysicians" were anarohists, for
the jpublio order was endangered by
their teachings. The newspapers
were not only gagged, but metamor
phosed the Frenoh Citizen into the
French Courier, The Journal of De
bates into The Journal of the Em
pire. Their columns were filled with
laudations of the emperor; their po
litical articles were virtually oom
posed in the foreign office, and there
was not a symptom of anything like
the existence- of party feeling. A
luokless journalist, having been al
lowed to make statements concern
ing the luxury at court, the offend
ing paper was given to understand
that the : emperor . would . tolerate
nothing contrary to his interests.-,
''Life of Napoleon," by Professo?
gloana In Century.
rprooess.
i .
i zmj
RECTORIES GOt
Vanish Into Spaee When
Thel Day Is Done.
becomes of old directories? la a
tion that I have asked . myself many
mies," said an official of the postofnee to
a reporter. "I have tried many times to
solve the question, hut It is not as easy aa
it looks I am aware, of course, that a
number of the ancient directories go to the
corner drug stores to deceive the ' public
that may enter in the bone of consulting a
new edition of the annual, and it is just
as hard to get a new directory in the aver
age pharmacy ns it is to find the same use
ful work in the average telegraph offioe.
I know somo big houses In this city that
have used the same guide to the addresses
of residents for the last five years, and they
have not tired of it yet. ;
v "Many of tho large corporations send
their old annual to out of town branch
offices when the new one oomes around.
This is especially so of railroad companies.
I dare say many private firms would pur
chaso old directories at a low prioe if they
could get them, but they are not as obtain
able aa one would suppose. In all my ex
perience I bave never seen an old New
York city or Brooklyn directory for sale
on a secondhand book stand. ' Strange, Is
- it not? They may be exposed for sale for
all that,' but they must be gobbled up so
soon after being deposited on the stall that
tew see them. I bave heard that an np
town' book agent makes a business of buy
ing up antiquated directories and have
tried to locate him more for curiosity than
anything else, but thus far have failed to
find him. ; v.
"I know personally of a Wall street law
yer who a few years ago paid $250 for a
x cky directory of 1863. He wanted to put it
in evidence ns proof of the existence of a
certain firm whose heirs he represented.
He won tho case, and the directory is now
one of the heirlooms of his office." New
York Mail and Express. '
The Frog;, the Fish and the Dock.
Once upon a time "ft certain pond was
inhabited by a Frog, a Fish and a - Duck,
and they got along so well together that
they vowed eternal friendship and agreed
to always dwell together. That was in
6prng time. As the heat of summer came
on the pond kept 'growing smaller and
smaller and one day the Frog sharply re
marked: '
''See here, you Fish, you are taking up
altogether too much room 1"
"It's you who are playing the hog I"
promptly replied the Fish. , -
"Come now, but you both have bristles
on your back I" put in the Duck. "But for
your selfish spirits you would get out anTj
give me room,!"
Thereupon tbe Frog and the Fish both
.turned upon the Duck and Iterated her un
til her quacking summoned the owner of
the pond, who made inquiry as to the
trouble. .
"The duck's a hog!" shouted the Frog.
"The Frog's a liar!" shouted the Duck.
"Bounce 'em both out and give me the
puddle!" added the Fish.
"My friends," replied the owner, after
due reflection, "siuoe there is not enough
water for all and since I alone have rights
to the pond,' I will use what is left to
water my cabbages!"
Moral. Friendships last until one is
called upon ta sacrifice. Tramps who fight
for the softest bed in the farmer's barn de
serve to sleep in fence corners. Detroit
Free Press. . : "
. A Hallway Which Went Nowhere,
Lunatios often assume a superiority of
intellect to others which is quite amusing.
A gentleman, while walking along a road,
not far from the side of. which there ran a
railway, encountered a number of insane
people out for exercise. With a nod to
ward the railway lines be said to one of
the lunatics: " " . - :
"Where does this railway go tor
The lunatic looked at him scornfully for
a moment, and then replied r'
"It don't go anywhere. We keep it here
to run trains on." Pearson's Weekly.
The Critic She Feared. I
Mrs. Newricb Henry,, you gave your
self away badly at tbe dinner table to-,
night.. Do you know you were actually
eating with your knife? . :
Mr. Newrich No! was I tbonghf I
hope none of our guests noticed it.
. Mrs. Newrich Oh, I don't care so
much about them but our English butler
did. Wilmington Gazette.
Gladness Comes
With a better understanding of the
transient nature of the many phys
ical ills, which vanish, before proper ef
forts gentle efforts pleasant efforts
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge, that so. many forms of
Bickness are .not due to any actual dis-'
ease, bnt simply to a constipated condi
tion of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt
ly removes. That is why it is the only .
remedy with millionsof families, and is
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value' good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without debilitating the
organs on which it acts. It is therefore
all important, in order to get its bene
ficial effects, to note when you pur
chase, that you have the genuine arti
cle, which is manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by
all reputable druggists.
If in tho enjoyment of good health,
and the system-is regular, laxatives or
other remedies are then not needed. If
afflicted with; any actual disease, one
may be commended to the most skillful -physicians,
bnt if in need of a laxative,
one shonld have the best, and with the
well-informed everywhere, Syrup of
Figsstoncis highest end is most largely
rtvl trrrerl satisfaction.
BUSINESS LOCALS-
EaT" Noncaa For Kent or Sale, iLoac and Frand
Waats, and other short mrH-rlliiwooi adverdfemeats
Inserted ia this Department ,in leaded Nonpareil type,
oa am or foorth page, at FnUisber's opaoa, for 1
cent par. word each inertka: bat no aavcrtiseBteat
taken lot leas thaa SO oeata. Terms poaMaly cask
la advenes.
Notice I will tell one-half interest ia the Olive
Canning Factory ia Wflminjtoa, N. C. For infor
mation apply to H. G. Williamson, alt. Olive, H. C
'Wanted Capable, sua to manage branch office
for reliable firm. Salary f 1,2(0 year, 1600 cash and
reference! reqnired. Commercial reference furnished.
Mosey folly lecured. Address 628 Arch strict,
room S, Philadelphia, Fa. - novTlt
Do tob peculate? "Guids to Successful Sp ec
latum" mailed free. Wheat, rmxriia. raitm .i
stock specula tion oa Eraited margins thoroughly ex
plained. CnssripnnricDie solicited. Warren, Ford
Co., 11 Wall Street, New York.
my l71v. to th aa
Hay-Timothy Hay, mixed Clover bay. Prairie
Bay. St aw, Graia and all kinds of . mixed feed for
horses and cattle. " Jno. 8. afcEachern, 211 Mar
ket St. Telephone W. T octl7lf
I offer to Discount uv Price TJ.t. fa.
sent out by any other merchant by giving 5 cents
wortn mora oauetr dollar off. Uyoa don't believe
ItcaUonC. D. Jacobs, S19 North r root street.
The Dairy Restaurant He. Market street ia
aow open. Tabu first class. Open from 6 a. m.
ontfi lOp. m. Give naa call. . aoc IS tl
Hrem, P. Hm Baa ia stack becaW road
Cam and harness of all Unda. Repairiag done by
kmfBl workmea en short aodca. OpooslM sew
Special Hotice.
JTJST THINK QUAIL ON TOAST, COOTS,
New York Steaks and Chops. New River Oysters a
specialty. Fine lot received and will be served to day
at No. t Market street. Givame a catt. -
oct 4 tf , .WILL WSST, Maaager..
I ApparenUAfi,.-
I
"5at
m iKTDr.wr.i7D
win v vv aUiwii.
A WHOLE CAR LOAD. '
Unexampled Facilities for Handling. In Lots
for Immediate Delivery h
Oar magazine is on land and can he reached in any kind of weather, thus
insuring prompt handling. ,
, Country Merchants especially will find it to their interest to trade' here
as oar PRICES ARB AS LOW AS THE LOWEST.
' Also every kind of Honse and Field Hardware that yon may need:
Inspect Our Splendid Stock.
V r J. W. MDKCHISON,
nov 7 tf . - Orton Building, Wilmington, N. C
C. W. Polvogt & Co.,
Have now on sale the largest and most complete stock, of
Dress Goods, Silks, Carpels,
Cloaks," Capes, Underwear and Corsets
. ever shown in the city.
SOLEBAGENTS FOR TEE BDTTERICK PATTERNS AND N. B. CORSETS.
SAMPLES MAILED ON APPLICATION. .
C. W. Polvogt & Co.
P. S.-Friday Our Bargain Day.
oct 18 tf 1 s v
WE HAYE A' LINE OF THE ABOVE
OilXJSBIi.a?ED STOVES.
Will guarantee tbem to'be the finest goods on the market Only porce
lain lined ovens made that will stand. - - V
The Heating Stoves are just superb. All we ask is an examination of
the goods. ;
IE. S-pz?xi.g3? &c Co.,
- SOLE
"PURCELL" BUILDING,
J. H. Rehder & Co.,
oct 25 tf
nave i uciii nccp
' Read oars and see will we do it. Ia
Capet and Cloaks we have made a
special sale this week. Children's Cioakt
from 8 to 5 years old, with Angora Fur
Trimming, 4 inches long, at 98c each,
assorted colors. Eiderdown Cloaks, all
wocl, at $150. Children's Fine all wool
Reefers, from 8 to 5 years old, nicely
trimmed with Pearl Buttons and Braid
at 1.00 each. A job in Children's Cloak,
at 75 and' 88c. Women's Job Cloaks, all
wool, a little ont of style, at 65, 75 acd
98c each. Finer Cloaks at $3 50. Loose
front with large Pearl Buttons at $5.00
each. Same style, better goods in tan at
$8 60 and 7.50 each, trimmed with large
Pearl Buttons. Trimmed tn fine Worsted
Braid and Fur at $7,53. Beautiful
Jackets In Beaver Cloth at $1.25. Capes
all styles. Fine all wool Black Capes,
trimmed in Brown Fur. at $1.25. Bet
ter at $1.60 and S 00 in black Fur Trim
ming. Black Beaver Capes trimmed ia
Satin at $3.60 and 4 00 Finer, trimmed
in fine Braid, at $9 00 and 8X0. Plush
Capes with Fur. collars and Satin lining,
at $4 98. Better and finer, trimmed ia
Jet and For, at $7.60. 9.00 and 10 00
Beautiful Capes, the handsomest Kcods
in the city, at $13.60 and 15 00. If yon
need a fine Cape, Cloak or Wrap of any
kind, we have given you tbe very lowest
Braddy & Gaylord. Prop,
Of Wilmington's Big Racket Store.
BOVltf
UP TO DATE
Livery and Sales Stable,
Southerland & Cowan,
- 108, 110 Second Street, between
Princess aad Chesnnt.
t .. . " iV
QUR SIR.VICB IS TIRST.CLASS IN KVXKV
particular. Finest Ho saa la town. First-class equip.
para. Polite attention. Ail calls aad order?da;
aad aicht promptly atteaded to. 7
FSLIPHOIH HO; IS. -TILIPHOXI NO. 15
- - '."...
' Telephone caps answered any boar day or eight.
fcfi!??e2?Via 'o.Boajdinf Horses, fioi
Stalls aad Careful Grooming for Stalling Hones.
Hacks and Basgaa Line to all trains ewnc and
comma;, at usual prices. Carriage lor JUulnad Call
Prices Uniform to AH Comers.
Hosrae Exclusive' tor Whites $5.00. Carriage for
(noeral, SJ.M. Hearse for White aad Colore i.M 00.
Horse aad Baggy one hoar, Sl.oOf afternoon ff oo.
aad Driver one hoar. $1.00; afternoon
Hv1?' Korse and Surry ooe hour, $1 00; afternoon.
Saddle Horse one boor. 50 cents: afternoon.
WOFuTBiture Wagoa wita careful attention, $1 .00
Open 365 da'ys and $65 ? nights
In a year. mar go, ti
AGENTS,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
oct 21 tf
s, Capes,
Latest Styles
AT ,
SPECIAIr PBICES.
;-. ;:'. . - '
Plain Black 79c, with Fiir Trim
mings $1.15.
Fancy Brad Trimming $2.2u.
$7 50 Beaver Capes' $5.00.
Beautiful Plush $4.50, $6.00 up
to $12.50,
Infant's Cloaks 75c, $1 15 and
$1.50 -
Ladies' Tackets $1.50 aad up
wards at
Cape
NEAR FOURTH STREET BRIDGE.
i lieu uuiiuaui.
prices possible.: Look at ours before
you bay.
i CLOTHING for Men and Boys Job
In Bojs' Suits to close at 75c. from 3 to
years old. Special value, all wool,
Double-breasted, from 5 to 14 years old.
$3.50 a Suit, Boys' heavy Cheviot, all
wnnl Knit frnm O 11 u
' ww iw y r.dl s oiu, at
$3 25 and 3 50 a Suit. Youths 8 piece
Suits, from 14 to 19 years old. snecial
vhiuc, niceiy maoe, at $3 50. Better,
Squaie Cut Grey, heavy wool, at $5.00.
Men's Suits to heavy Giev. Black and
Blpe. at $3 60 and 3 75a Suit. 'Black
Cot kscrew Suits at $5.00. Fine heavy
Scotch Cheviot Square' Cut Suits at
$6 50. This Suit is a special and extra
value. Black all wool Worsted Suits at
t8 00. Better and beautifully made at
$10X0 ard 12.50. Nice heavy Rough
Suits, beautiful styles, at $7 60. Gentle
men's fine Business Suits at $5.50. We
would ask it you need a Suit cf Clothes
look at ours.
- Our fine Millinery Department is
worthy of a look. Hats trimmed by the
very best trimroeis in the city free of
- uii iiuic. vi c nave inc
larn.fl. T T . YT . . t-. . .
'"" ui nus, reamers, kiodoes,
Laces. Veilings, Frames and Flowers.
We are at 112 North Front street,
opposite the Oiton Hotel.
; Pabliahed Every Thursday.
L. A.JETME, Editor and Prop?-
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE:
One Year $1: Six Months 50c.
It pays business men to advertise
in it. Rates and sample copies fur
nished upon application.
-'.Address
The Sampson Democrat;
feblStf
CLINTON. N. C.
Roger Ho ore,
104 Berth Water Street,
TTAS FOR FARMERS
AGRICULTURAL
use end Land Plaster. For bu rning m"
raoa aad Face Brick; Lime, Cement. Plaster Pans
For ba ldmg iom-
Lai as. Hair, Shingles, Fence Ports, Fire Bncs, '
Clay, Paints, Oils, Roofing, Tarred felt Sheathing
Paper, Ac . - oct 151m