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A PLAYED WT HUMBUG, j
The New York Tribune' is one of
the leading lights jof the extreme
high tariff protectionists! It' affirms
that old humbug about the high tariff
being beneficial :o the farmers, anjd
in spite of statistical facts and fig
ures to the contrary, endeavors to
.make the farmers believe that they
are actually getting
rich. A sample
of tbifrkind oftdlk
is given in the
following extract from a leading edi
torial: -
"The obviousproof is
tha
at a laree
proportion, indeed, of the
farmers are
steadily accumulating profits, either in
the form of more land owned and paid
for or in money invested. Only a minority
fail to accumulate wealth, either through
their own incapacity or fr6m all other
causes. Yet it is this class of men who
are asked to organize against the nation
al policy of protection. " This is the
class of persons who demand that rail
roads shall be forced to charge lass for
their services, although much more than
half the railroads in this country are at
present unprofitable."
This paragraph is somewhat ob-
iscure because it is not plain whether
it refers to the farmers of the whole
country or the farmers of New York;
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but from the fact that the alleged
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prosperity which they are enjoy
ing is attributed to the protective
pojicyof the Republican party we
take it that the paragraph refers to
the farmers of the' United States
and is as far from the truth as any
thing that has been written and print
ed in ,the nineteenth century..
That there are farmers in the
country who have accumulated mo
ney and some of them handsome
caUlcs is unquestionably true, as we
stated in our editorial yesterday dis
cussing the question, "Does farming
pay?" 'But they are the exceptions,
There are, doubtless,- many wealthy
farmers in the State of New York,
but New York is an exceptional
State. It is the most populous State
in the Union, in which is situated the
largest city and the greatest com
mercial -mart in the Union. In ad
dition to this it has more large towns
within its borders than any other
State, and has railroads penetrating
in all directions, with markets
w'.thin a few hours travel of nearly
every farm. With this the protective
policy of the Republican party has
nothing to do, for it had this great
metropolis, ail these towns, and these
railroads before the Republican party
' and its tariff policy came into exist
ence. In an old State, densely pop
ulated, with many cities and towns,
with numerous railroads,' of course
the value of farms runs high,, and a
man with even a moderately sized
farm may be considered in comforta
ble circumstances, although, he may
not have a dollar in his pocket. But
unless he wants to dfepose of
that farm or to borrow money on it
to invest V, other enterprises, the
enhanced value of his land 'is rather
a disadvantage than an advantage
to him, for the taxes are increased
without increasing the productive
capacity of the land. - Many of the
farms in New York are, owing to
their froximity to large towns,
worth from $100 to $200 an acre or
more, but that high priced land will
not produce'any more per acre, un
s less it hat been brought up to a high
state of cultivation, than it did when
, jt was valued at $10 an acre, so that
I the farmer is. bettered by the en
l hanced value of the land, which the
; Tribune represents as an evidence of
prosperity growing out of the pro
tective policy, only in the event he
wants to sell or to borrow money.
The farmer with the high priced
and is in about the same fix the
drayman would be who would hitch
a thousand dollar horse to his dray
to do the 'work that a hundred
dollar horse, would do as well.
He wouldn't make a cent more out
f his thousand dollar horse 'than he
would out of his hundred dollar
horse, but would have nine hundred
i dollars buried in horse flesh which
j Was making nor return, and upon
wWch he was paying taxes. He
simply has the satisfaction of own
,ng a nice thousand dollar horse,
' that's all. ' . f 1 j. v:
Hut this is the way the high pro
tection organs and chamDions trv to
"'ake the farmers I believe' ihev are
accumulating wealth, when six out of
f'ghtof them couldn't find
ten dol
all their
lars i
m cash if they turned
Pockets inside out. and thnneanHo
f them, even in jie! State1 of New
'ork, have all they can do p keep
,m unler the sheriff's hammer, f
0 people who are accumulating.
VOL. XXI.
wealth, people Who are proverbially
conservative and ' non-assertive as
the farmers are, become restive, ag
gressive and clamerous as the far
mers are now becoming throughout
the country, and band together; for
mutual; protection for redress of
grievances and relief ! from oppres
sion ? v pM-v '
j Idiocy or bald-faced assurance
must hold a front seat in the tall
tower, when the1 Tribune utters such
exploded bumbuggery as the park
graph quoted above. j.
THE STATE C0NVEHTI03T '
The harmony and nnanimity which
characterized trie proceedings of the
Democratic State Convention which
met , in Raleigh Wednesday, a full
report of which appeared in The
Star, yesterday, are a harbinger of
victory , for the Democracy in the.
coming election. ! It will not be as
serted that the Farmers' Alliance
didn't have a fait showing in the
convention, for j judging from the
series of resolutions adopted the Al
liance men were evidently there in
force, as these resolutions embrace
, i
almost every thing demanded by the
Alliance save the sub-treasury bill.
This removes all grounds of pos
sible contention between the Dem
ocratic party and Alliance Demo
crats and makes them solid. " .
It was solid on Senator Vance, too,
whom it strongly: endorsed and
whose re-election it heartily recom
mended. This! ought to. quiet the
fears and allay the japprehensions of
those friends of the Senator who
thought they discovered an under
current against him and advised the
forcing of the Vance issue in nomi
nating candidates for the Legisla
ture, j . ' '.:; ' j:! -:
There is nothing for the Demo
crats now to do but to get into ranks,
shoulder to shoulder, each vieing
with the other not jonly for victory
but for such a victory as will demo
ralize the opposition and forever dis
courage all attempts to wheel North
Carolina into the Radical column, ,
WITHOUT A! LEADER.
While in some respects the Repub
lican party has been the best organ
ized party this country has ever seen
it is to-day far from: being a well or
ganizedj party. . As for leadership in
the strict sense . of the word it has
none, and it k dodging around here
and there without any well defined
party policy. H j
I "Heretofore the party has stood
solid for a protective tariff, but the
bosses kept piling it; on so high that
thousands of the people who for
years bore it patiently began to
question; the necessity of these fre
quent increases, of 1 duties, then to
protest and then I to demand a revi
sion of the tariff laws and a reduc
tion of taxation. i I
Through the caucus the bosses
who are committed to the manufac
turers, who furnish ; much of the
boodle so necessary j in campaigns
and elections, have held the Repre
sentatives; and Senators almost sol
idly in line for the j manufacturers
tariff bill, j)ut the extraordinary spec
tacle is presented of one Republican
Senator, backed by several others,
standing in line with the. Democrat
ic Senators', and fighting tenaciously
and courageously for a reduction .of
duties, for a modification of the bill
constructed and supported in the in
terest of a few manufacturers who
are mighty because they talk with
money. j U' ;-. ;
The extraordinary spectacle is
also presented of some of the ablest
Republican journals in the country
taking strong position against and
vigorously denouncing the proposed
tariff laws as an imposition upon the
people and a gross abuse of public
confidence reposed in the party when
Mr. Harrison j was elected. The St.
Louis Globe-Democrat, one of the
ablest Republican papers in the
country, declares that if they had
hinted at anything like the McKin
Iey bill in 1888, Mr. Harrison would
now be practicing law in Indiana
polis and Grower Cleveland would
be managing the business of the
people in Washington: ! .
i The Chicago Tribune, which is to
the , Republicans of the West what
the New York Tribune in its better
days was to thej Republicans of the
East, is equally emphatic in its de
nunciation, while many more able
and influential journals m the West
are in full sympathy with the St.
Louis and Chicago papers, and une
quivocally endorse the position they
take in opposition to the bill. ;
Then we see the most brilliant,
active and undoubtedly the most
popular man in the party, Mr. Blaine,
taking a. new departure, and al
though a member of the Cabinet,
announcing a policy for the party in
direct antagonism to the j McKinley
bill which had, under whip and spur,
passed the Republican House. Not
satisfied with criticizing the bill, he
issued a couple of letters addressed
to Senator Prye, but really intended
for the people, showing the defects
of the tariff : bill in the special fea
tures where they were "most opposed
to having them exposed, and thus
has made his policy an issue and a
powerful one in the party. So that
as the party stands : to-day it em
braces three. . classes of peo
ple, each endeavoring to- con
trol it high tariff protectionists,
low tariff protectionists with Demo
cratic Drbclivities. and the recipro
city protectionists, a sort of hybrid
cross between the protectionist and
the free trader,1
each of these strug-
gling for leadership : in the
party
which is without a leader. , . ..
In the question of leaders the man
who presides
does not enter
iin tnc wnite tiouse
las a quantity for he is
simply a combination of negatives
without any of the positive qualities
of leadership and is absolutely with
out a following. He follows and
flatters himself that he . ig lead
ing. With
Reed on one side,
and . Blaine; '
poor man is
on 1 the ? other,1 the
taxing his energies
and his talents
to keep in with all,
while he don't 'succeed in keeping in
with any. They consider him really"
of no more importance in shaping,
party policies than they do "his
private secretary,, and if they, confer
with him it is simply because as the
dispenser of patronage j they jthink
they can make him serve their pur
pose in carrying out their schemes,
although they jlook upon him as the
negative cipher which he is: ; j jj;
The force bill is another elephant
which they hajre undertaken to man
age and which, has caused a world of
trouble in the big tent, where a half
dozen of them'are trying! to manage
it and none of them seem able.
KTN0S MENTION.
The Democratic Senators did
succeed in getting through
not
any
amendments to the tariff bill Friday
all the amendments the offered bet
ing rejected by the "usual partjj
vote, but thev had a pic nic'in ithe
debate and had the protection boost
ers on the defensive from the jump.
As an illustration of the wav the oro4
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tective tariff is used tq bleed thej
home purchaser, Mr. Carlisle pro-j
duced a bill of sale for la gross of!
knives to a foreign purchaser,! in
which it was stipulated the t the goods
should not be sold in i.he United
States. When Mr.i Piatt remarked,
after examining the bill o ' sale and
being satisfied that it was genuine,
that the case was hot made out un
less it could be shown tha the goods
were sold at a higher pride at home,
Mr. Carlisle replied that if. Mr. Piatt
denied it he j (Mr. I Carlisle) would
furnish proof; of it. As Mr. Piatt
wasn't anxious to have it proved he
didn't deny itJ But it carried its
own proof on its face in ti e stipula
tion that the goods should not be
sold in the United States, for there
could be no other reason for such a
stipulation. In addition ;o this" it
has been well established that goods
of this kind are sold in South and
Central American countries' at a very
much cheaper j rate; than jthey are
sold to home purchasers, and proof
furnished during this debatle by the
production of the foreign price lists.
It is too late in the day to deny that
now, and it is useless for the high
tariff advocates to try to account for
it by giving reasons' which are false
on their face. iThis tariff business
as now managed is . jsjmply legalized
plunder of the people, in which there
is neither right nor consistency.
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William E. Mason is a Republican
Congressman from the Third Illinois
district. He is not in favor lof the
Conger lard bill. Friday he brought
a serious .charge against the Post
Office Department, reciting how par
ties interested in the passage of that
bill were controlling the Post Office
Department to aid them. This charge
has been made, and notwithstanding
the fact that a resolution had passed
calling for information on the subject
no attention had been paid to itl He
himself had called 'at the Depart
ment three or four times to enquire
why the papers asked for in the reso
lution had not been sent, and was
informed that they would probably
not be sent until Saturday night af
ter the debate had been closed jand
the bill voted upon. The chief clerk
denied him access to the papers or
the privilege of making copies to use
in the debate, j He j reiterated the
charge that improper political or so
cial influence had been used to se
cure the withholding of these papers,
essential to the proper discussion of
this question. He asked that a com
sKea mat a corn
appointed to call
General and ask
mittee of three be a
on the Postmaster
that the papers be furnished. If Mr.
Mason was a Democrat, it would be
alleged that this charge was inspired
by partisanship, to make it appear
that the postoffice can be used in the
interests of favored persons,, but as
he is a straight out ; Republican, in
good standing, this 'cannot be al
leged. That such a charge is thus
boldly made on the floors of Con
gress by a man of Mr. Wanamaker's
own party, is a serious reflection on
the administration of this good, pious
trousers maker, and shows that there
must be something rotten within the
P. O. precincts, j J
The Farmers' Alliance of . Missou
ri at its recent meeting declared
against the' sub-treasury plan and
adopted . the Democratic - policy on
the tariff question.
EEKLiY
WILMINGTON, N. C.; .FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1890.
HERE .YOU HAVE IT.
Official Eeturna of the Census of Wil-
mington. Fayettavllla and the Coun
ties In the Sixth. Congressional Diatriot.
A press dispatch from Washington
D. C, last night says : The population
of the Third Supervisor's district of
North Carolina was given out to-day by
the census officials as 253,577. , This is
an increase during the last census pe
riod of 3,367, or 15.35 percent, v'v "..
The present population of this dis
trict and the! increase during the Jast ten
years is given by counties as follows :
Counties.
Pop. 1890.
.16,729..
Increase.
v 571
Brunswick, !. . .
!:k::;:::
10.883.. TX-ii: 1,494
Columbus,
17.818...
....8,379
3.458
Cumberland,. .
.27,294...
Duplin.. .
Harnett, : ;
Moore. ; ,
..18.654 ....... 119
..13.672...: .1.1.2.810
. .20,470.-; '.1.3.649
New Hanover. ..... 23.927 . , . , vi ,!. 2.551
Onslow. .:.,.. ......10,271 442
Pender, ..L... ...12,475. ....J. v
Robeson, L
81,429.. 1. 7,549
23,882: .. : . 15,637
.... 25,073.. 2,179
Richmond,
Sampson,1. .
The present population and increase
of the following North Carolina, cities
is also given: ?
Wilmington, 20.008, Increase, 2.658;
or 15,38 percent, ;
Fayetteviile, 4,323. Increase, 735; or
21.09 per cent. . ' . " - ;
The ?bove may be taken with a great
many allowances for errors, some of
which are palpable. But it is given as
received from Washington
AVAL STORES.
Comparative
atement of Beoeiptg and
Stocks at this Port. j ' j
Receipts jf naval stores at this port
for the crop year from April 1st to
August 25 l-bas compared with receipts
for the same period in 1889, are as fol
lows: .
Spirits jttirpentine, 36,170 casks; last
year. 03.643.1 Rosin. 140,050 barrels; last
year, 89.141 Tar, 19,237 barrels; last
year, 19,984. Crude turpentine, 8,907
barrels; last year, 8,892.
The stoc ks at this port, August 22, as
compared With stocks at same date last
year, are as follows . '
Spirits turpentine, 5,890 casks; last
year, 6,1 09. Rosin, 59,994 barrels; last year
41.050. Ta, 8,801 barrels; last year,
1,689. Crude turpentine, 966 barrels;
last year, 996.
Death of Bey. Luclan Holmes.
Rev. Lucian Holmes died in Char
lotte, N. d Thursday, after a long ill
ness, aged about sixty-lour years.; The
Chronicle si.ys: "Rev.! Mr. Holmes was
born in Bladen county in the year 1825.
He cnterce the University of North
Carolina in 1842, but left before gradua
ting. He taught school for many years
in various parts of North Carolina and
Tennessee He was ordained a deacon
by Bishop Atkinson on May 18th, 1858,
and was ordained to the priesthood of
the Episcopal Church by the same
bishop in April. 1873. j He was at differ
ent periods connected with the dioceses
of North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky
and Texas.! Rev Mr. Holmes was twice
married first to Miss Mitchell, of Hills
boro, his second wife being Miss Swann,
of Willmington." i
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The A. C. To. Extension to Augusta, Qa.
A meeting of the representative citi
zens of Augusta was held Wednesday
last, at which committees were ap
pointed to confer with the city govern
ment and General -Manager Walters of
the railroad company, in regard to a site
that the latter had selected for a depot
and which the city is about to sell to
another road. A dispatch says ; There
is hardly any doubt that the extension
will be built, as General Manager Wal
ters has already expressed a desire to
come to Augusta so that the road may
get direct communication with the West
in connection; with the lines of the Louis
ville and Nashville Railroad.
Sadden Death of Mr, A. Q. McGirt.
Mr. A. G. j McGirt, a member of the
auction firm of W. H. Kirkham & Co.,
died suddenly at his residence in this
icity about half-past five o'clock yester
day morniner. !of heart disease, as'erava-
ked by congestion of the liver. He was
ill only a few hours, although he had
oeen complaining of feeling unwell for a
day or two. j " j -
Mr. McGirt was about fifty years of
ige. He seryed during the war as a
piember ofj Company D, Forty-sixth
N- C. Regiment, and was at the tithe of
his death a member of Orion Lodge No.
j7. I. O. O. F Stonewall Lodge No. 1,
K. of P and! Wilmington Lodge No.
819, A. F". and! A. M. He leaves a wife
and four children.
J The funeral services over his remains
took place yesterday afternoon from his
Residence No! 110 South Sixth street,
he interment being in Oakdale Ceme
tery.
uto Bagging.
Nearly all the cotton that has come to
this market thus far this season is wrap
ped in jute bagging, and it is probable
that the greater part of the cotton going
to other markets is also wrapped in that
material. The price of cotton bagging
is much higher than it was last year, on
account of the high price of cotton, and,
besides, cotton bagging does not protect
cotton nearly so well as jute bagging.
There is anotherthingwhich the farmers
take into consideration, and that is that
under the present system of selling cot
tOn, viz., by gross weight, they get about
80 cents more for a bale of cotton cov-ej-ed
with jute 'bagging than one covered
with cotton bagging. Taking into ac
count, therefore, the greater cost of cot
ton bagging and the wastage which that
kind of bagging permits, it may be safely
estimated that those who wrap their cot
ton in jute bagging get fully $1.25 a bale
more for it than those who wrap it in
cOtton bagging. It is not to be won
dered at, therefore, that many Alliance
men are using jute bagging. ." ;i
The Governor paid $200 for
the capture of! Steve Jacobs, the; Robe
son county murderer who passed ihrough
Wilmingto a few days ago. He Excel
lency will now have to appoint a day for
Jacobs execution. ;
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
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Komineea for County Officers in New Han-vr-
: ' , : j
The j Republican County Convention
for New Hanover met yesterday! in the
Court House. There was only one coo-
testing delegation that from the Sec
ond Ward, headed by Dk Bill Moore, t
and this was promptly sat down upon by
the committee on credentials and the
Van Amringe delegation from that ward
was giyen the cake, . - j , !
fi Mr. ,!F.rB. Rice was made permanent
chairman, and J. W. Mosely permanent
secretary. , ' . ; :' r j
The following ticket was nomi
nated: :'. ':; .
Clerk of Superior Court S. Van Arn-
"nge.f : ;,.;: - -
- 3neriii-w. H. Chadbourn. ! ' i
Register of Deeds J. B. Dudley (col
ored).!,
. Treasurer Elijah Hewlett.
Coroner B. Bellols.
Constable, Wilmington township R.
F. Holmes.
Legislature -Ben Williams (Colored)
and Luke'Grady;'""--''J '''-':;xT
Four delegates ' for each ; township
were appointed to the State, Congress
ional and Senatorial Convent.kns : -t
WASHINGTON- NEVV$,
Speculations ' as to the -Failure; of the
Senate to Hesume Debate on the Quay
Besoiution Investigation ' of " J Charges
Against Pension Commissioner Baum. ;
Washington August 21. The fail;
ure of the Senate this morning to re
sume the . debate of yesterdaylon the
Quay resolution was a great surprise
not only to the public generallyj but to
many Senators. Mr. Quay, when ques
tioned as to the cause of postponement,:
would only say: "Some of our friends
thought it best not to take it upj to-day;
I shall however call it u to-morrow.
Senator Mandcrson said it was lelt to
be the! best, if there wa$ any fighting to
be done among the Republicans to do
it in private and not in public.
'That means thecaucus, then?" was
suggested.
"Not necessarily," he responded. "But
a conference may be held."
Immediately after the Tariff bill was
taken up and Mr. Coke began the read
ing of speech, the Republican Senators1
deserted their seats and gathered in
knots to discuss the situation. What,
if anything will be done, is a matter of
mere conjecture, but it is evident: that an
earnest effort is making to agree upon
an order of business that can be sup
ported by the whole Republican vote. .
Washington, August 21. A special
House committee this morning began
an investigation of the charges made
against Pension Commissioner Raum,
by placing the Commissioner upon the
stand. '
, Representative Cooper, of Indiana,
who brought the charges and introduced
the resolution of inquiry, appeared as
counsel for the government. He called
for the; production of the books of the
Universal Refrigerating Company, but
Mr. Raum refused to' produce- them,
upon the ground that they had nothing
to do with the charges of official corrup
tion. !
Mr. Cooper endeavored to induce the
committee to compel the production of
the books, but failed. Mr. Cooper soon
found himself at odds with the commit
tee, and announced that he was sq bound
by the committee's .action asjto be
estopped from proceeding properly; he
would retire, and thereupon he picked
up his papers and left the room. !
The committee then proceeded with
the examination of the Commissioner.
He said that he had borrowed $12,000
upon endorsement of Pension Attorney
Lenon, andhad renewed the notes from
time to time, and the amount now due
was $9,000; but that Mr. Lenon held col
lateral j for twice that amount! . He
(Raum).however, had never given priori
ty to any claims for Mr. Lenon pr any
other .attorney. Attorneys had ) never
secured priority at all. Members of
Congress sometimes did, '.
Lenon's letter asking for action upon
a list of claims which he presented, was
read to the committee. Raum said that
no action had .been taken on it. fin re
ply to a question by Mr. Sawyer, j Com
missioner Raum emphatically declared
that he did not issue certain specified
orders at the request of Mr. Lenoh, and
had not; advanced any of Mr. Lenon s
cases over those of ethers on completed
hies. He bad urged upon chiets pt di
visions in the office to show no favorit
ism in consideration of cases. j
i t
i vv ASiiuNuiuw, Aug. f. oenaiors
Hoar, Allison, Evarts, Plumb. Spooner,
Hale and Allen, the committee appoint
ed at the Republican Senatorial Confer
ence last night to arrange an order of
business to take the place of theiQuay
resolution, has reached a conclusion
upon the order of business, but some de
tails remain to be settled. The tariff
bill, after a date to be fixed, is to be con
sidered under the five-minute rule until
a vote is taken. The date of this has not
been decided, and will be subject to ar
rangement with the Democrats., It is
expected that a vote will be reached
about the 5th of September. Aftr the
Tariff bill is out ol the way, then the
other measures named in Senator Quay's
resolution are to be taken up anal dis
posed of. - j
The Election bill, as stated last night,
will come up the first thing after the
reassembling of Congress in Decefnber,
but the time at which a vote shall be
taken is reserved for future considera
tion. Arrangements for the disposition
of this bill, it is said, does not depend
upon consent of the minority, but is
wholly a Republican scheme, and in
cludes a change of rules by which the
previous question may be ordered.!
i The plan by which the Republicans
expect to; secure passage of the Election
bill next session is to secure a written
pledge of a majority of the Senators to
be in attendance early in December and
to vote in favor-of a change of rules, so
as to permit a majority to fix the j time
for taking a vote upon any measure un
der consideration. This pledge was gen
erally signed by the Republicans "pres
ent to-day, and it is said that the pledges
will be signed by all members of the ma
jority, u is not asserted, however! that
Senators will be a unit in favor of the
Election bill.
. -a negative relation to innsinas
always ended in his crucifixion. Pdate
said: "I find no fault in him"; Herod
said : "I find no fault in him"; but they
gave him up to the .murderers! From
the Spiritual necessity of the case that
was Inevitable. This is the irresistible
sequence.. Beware of it. There is no
security to negativeness. If you merely
find no fault in him, you will assuredly
give up Christ under external pressure.
Christ asks us for no good conduct cer
tificate, i He asks us for the loyalty of
the heart's whole trust. He claims the
throne of our undivided love. "Joseph
Farker.
TAR
THE FINANCIAL STRINGENCY.
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A Circular from Secretary "Windom in Be-
,. gard to the Purchase and Payment of In
terest on Bondfl. -....-.'.. .i . J .
1 Washington; August 21. Assistant
Nettleton was in telegraphic communi
cation to-day with Secretary Windom,
who is at Williamston, Mass., in regard
to the best method of relieving the pres
ent financial stringency, and as the re
sult issued the following circular this
evening: j : '" Cf! S'.-V :: "vJ-''"v '!'
Treasury Dejartmsnt. Office of the
Secretary, Washington, D. C, August
2T, 1890. In pursuance of " authorfty
contained in sections 3,694 and 3,699 of
the Revised Statutes of the! United
States, public notice is hereby given
that at any time before September-1,
1890, the Secretary of the Treasury
will receiye at the Treasury Department,
in the city of Washington, D. C,t or at
the office of any Assistant Treasurer of
the United States, and will redeem at
far per cent, bonds of the acts of
uly 14, 1870, and January 20, j 1871, to
an amount not exceeding $20,000,000,
and on or immediately after September
1st, 1890, will prepay to owners of bonds
so received all interest on said bonds to
and including August 81, 1891, without
rebate of interest. -The circhlar of
August 19, 1890, is hereby rescinded, - :
WiluaM Windom, Secr'y." I
It is explained at the Treasury De
partment ! that slight delay in making
prepayment of interest on- twenty mil
lions of bonds is made necessary by the
fact that the law does not permit antici
pation of-more than one year's interest.
i The director of the mint to-dayi au
thorized the Superintendent of the mmt
at Philadelphia to make advances on
silver bars as soon as received, in order
to relieve the stingency in the New
York money market. This action will
result in immediate : release of Over a
million dollars on account of silver pur
chases already made.fwhich otherwise
would be withheld until after the bullion
had been melted and assayed, a process
usually takjng two or three days.!! :
LATE FOREIGN NEWS.
The Strike of Miners in Belgium Emperor
William's Conference "With the CBaiv-'
Another European Congress Probable, :
By Telespaph to the Meaning Star. !
Brussels, August 23. Strikers at
Mons and in the vicinity now number
1,225. The miners have appointed four
delegates to confer with the Provincial
Council and to urge the establishment
of an Industrial Council and the with
drawal of rules recently issued by So
ciate Des Products, j-
Melbourne, August 23. The trades
Unions here are voting large sums in
support of the strikers in the shipping
trade. As a result of the strike twenty
steamers are now lying idle in the har
bor. ; ,: I
Copyright 1890 by the N. Y. Associated Press.
Berlin, August 23.-To-night's news
from Peterhoff .conveys the distinct im
pression that the Imperial meetings held
have had a highly satisfactory result.
Emperor William and Chancellor Von
Caprivi had a conference with the Czar
to-day which lasted over an hour. Af
terwards he had a long interview with
Foreign Minister De Giers. !
Officials of the Foreigne Offices here
maintain absolute retjeence regarding
the nature of the German Emperor's pro
posals, but admit that there was immense
political significance in the interview.
Advices from various ' reliable services
all confirm the announcement made in
these dispatches that Emperor William
desires that another European Congress
be held with preliminary cessation of
further armament. Whatever the na
ture of inducements offered the Czar, fit
is certain that he has met the Emperor's
overtures favorably. Since De i Giers'
first conference with Chancellor Von
Caprivi, communications have been pass
ing f, between the authorities!! here
and i at Vienna, with a view to expedi
ting; a meeting between Emperors
William and Francis Joseph. i f
Austrian official circles regard the im
pending change in the position with in
tense distrust. Hence the semi-official
press of Vienna throw doubt on the pro
bability of the holding of another Euro
pean Congress, and profess incredulity
as to the Emperor's presence at Peter
hoff causing great political transition.
At the same time there comes from Vi
enna a report that Emperor William has
asked the Emperor of Austria for a con
ference within a fortnight, preparatory to
a projected reception of the Czar in Ber
lin in October, i ! J
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Berlin, Aug.; 23. The Neuste Na
chrichten, of Munich, states that the
Czar and Emperor William and Francis
Joseph will meet on Austrian soil be
fore definitely agreeing to the hold
ing of Congress. This statement,
though unconfirmed, has the basis of
probability.
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
The Election Bill Discussed and a Com
'' mittee Appointed to Prepare a Subati-
; tute for the Quay Besoiution.
Washington, Aug. 21. Every Re
publican Senator now in the city was re
presented at the conference ; heldj this
evening at the residence of Senator! Mc
Millan, either in person or by proxy.
: More than two hours were spent in an
exchange bt views, there being, in the
language of one of the Senators, as
many plans proposed for the j Set
tlement of the difficulties ! con
fronting the Republican i majority
as there were Senators present.; Friends
of the Election bill of course presented
the claims of that measure for consid
eration and action at this session of
Congress. A proposition that was made
by Mr. Teller some time ago to take up
the bill and discuss it for- a time, and
then lay it aside until next session, met
with some favor. - j
; Mr, Moody made a speech advocating
the adoption, of the previous, question
rule, which was received with applause.
: After presentation of these various
views the duty of arranging an order of
business, to be substituted for the ! Quay
resolution and other pending proposi
tions, was assigned to a committee, with
Senator Hoar as chairman, and com
prising in its membership Senators Al
lison, Spooner and Hale. 1 : ! !
;This committee, it is understood, will
prepare a resolution, if possible, by to
morrow morning to be offered: in the
place of the Quay resolution. The order
it is said, is to include a vote on the
Tariff bill and upon certain other meas
ures named in the Quay resolution.! The
Election bill will go over until next: ses
sion, and will be the first measure con
sidered when Congress re-assembles in
December. i I
, The ' whole Christ seeks after
sinner; and when the Lord finds it, He
gives Himself to that soul as if He had
but that one soul to bless. How my
heart admires the concentration of all
the Godhead and manhood of Christ in
His search after each sheep of, His flock.
bpurgeon.
NO; 41
CURRENT COMMENT
I 1 ,
- Governor Gordon, in an ad
dress tothe Alliance in Atlanta last
nightj flatly refused to support the
sutetreasury bill, even if it cost him
forty elections to the I U. S. Senate.
Augusta Chronicle, Dent. i
! ' - f- There is a well authenticated
report in Washington that the mem
bers of the Republican National
Committee are quarreling over the
Force bill. When these persons fall
out in politics honest men mav rnmc
by their own. Philadelphia Record,
Iron Caere Davenport secretlv
at work in the Census Bureau ! What
mischief is he up to now? Is he try
ing to fix the Congressional appor
tionment so as to throw on Demo
ocratic localities the j loss from the
false and fraudulent census,? JVeiel
York Star, Dem. . '
p The platform; promulgated
by President Barbee, of the Virginia
State Alliance, is good enough for
any man or body of ;men to stand
on. And who should not this be so ?
The farmers re the bone and sinew
of the land in point of fact. They
are the great observatory force of
every landf They should be and are
the last to advocate or assent to any
variation from the rulji of the "great
est good to the greatest number."
Richmond Dispatth, Dent.
ASBESTOS AND ITS USES.
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A Queer Mineral That Serves -Not a Few
1 Vegetable Uses. ?
Washington Star,
"Here is a towel that is never
washed and yet is always kept clean, "
said a chemist to a reporter, handing
to him at the same ime what ap
peared to the eye and touch to be
nothing more nor lessj than an ordi
nary piece of coarse cotton towelling.
"What sort of laundry do you send
it to?'j' was the natural query.
'SThis kind," replied the man of
science, going over tq the corner of
his laboratory and staffing the towel
into a small stove that was burning
i ; a i , i .aw
ongnuy mere ior cnemicai purposes.
"1 understand, said the visitor.
".You never use such
than once."
a towel-more
" v ou are very m:
juch mistaken
there," responded the
use such towels almos
chemist. " I
forever and
they almost never weair out."
With that he lifted off the lid of
the stove and took out the towel
with the tongs, dipping it in cold
water, and then handir g it once more
to the newspaper man.
'Why," exclaimed tne latter, "it is
not even injured! What is it made
of?" :
"It is made of rock," answered the
chemist; "but a very peculiar kind of
rock so peculiar, indeed, that the
ancients supposed the stuff of which
this towel is woven to : se of a vege
table nature. They used to wrap
bodies that were to ie burned in
cloths made of the siame flax like
substance in order to keep the ashes
from'being lost among the charred
wood of the funeral py e."
"But what is it called?"
"You have often heard of it under
the name of 'asbestos1 though very
few people apparently have any no
tion as to ; what it really is. Enor
mous deposits of it exist, in Canada
and elsewhere. It is i form of a
very hard rock called hornblende,
and is found in strata bf a fibrous
consistency, readily divisible into
silky strands resembling flax. This
likeness has given it the. name of
earth flax.' ! You can se for your
self from, this towel how much it
looks like a vegetable fabric When
woven, An asbestos towel may be
used for pfetty nearly th same pur
poses ; as an ordinary tpwel, and,
when it is dirty, all you have to do
is to throw it into the fir and rake
it out after ! a little while, perfectly
clean."
"Is' asbestos used for any other
purposes in these days?" j
"Oh, yes. It is employed for roof
ing material, Doner teitmg, paper
stock and in the mixing ofj fireproof
paints tor stage scenery. Also
clothes for" firemen and gloves to
handle red hot iron with are made of
it. Sometimes the mineral'i is found
in thin sheets of interlaced fibres,
known as "mountain leather.' Else
where it is not infrequently if ound in
thick sheets, and in that condition is
called 'mountain cork.' i
A COLD HELL.
This Wouldn't Suit the Colored Brother.
Popular Science Monthly.
According to the Scandinavian
mythology, all who die bravely in
battle are snatched away to Valhalla,
Odin's magnificent banquet Shall in
the sky. Those who, after ljves of
ignoble labor or inglorious ekse, die
of sickness, descend to a cofd and
dismal cavern beneath the ground,
called Niflheim . e., the misti worlds
This abode isj-uled by the gbddess
of death," whose, name is! Hel.
The place of torment fpr re
probates is Nastrond, deeper
underground than Nifiheimj and
far ' toward the frigid North.
This grim prison is described in the
following passage from, the jprose
"Edda." written in Iceland in the
thirteenth century: "In Nastrond
there is a vast and direful structure
with doors that face the North. It
is is formed entirely ot the bacjes of
serpents, wattled together like Wicker-work.
But the serpents's heads
are turned toward the inside of the
hall, and, continually vomit (forth
floods of venom, in which wade all
those who commit murder or who
forswear themselves." . According to
the "Volupsa," a poem of earlier date,
tne evu-aoers in im ostrand are
gnawed! by the dragon Nidhogg.
also
Statesville Landmark: Tobacco
cutting will begin next week. The crop
is very fine. From about nine acres Mr.
H. T. Johnston, of Chambersburg town
ship, is expecting to realize $1,500.
Mr. W. T. Watts, better known as
"Billy" Watts, : died at his home two
miles south of town Tuesday morning,
aged about 65 years. He was for many
years a deputy under ex-Sheriff Wason
and magnified . his office. The job of
whipping convicted felons at the whip
ping post in old times was generally as
signed to him; and he set much store
by it. t - 1 .
SPIRITS TURPENTINE
Raleigh News and Observer:
We regret to announce to-day the death
of Mr. George Fentress, formerly of this
city, who died in San Francisco on the
20th inst. I -j .
: Asheville Journal: A Republi
can organ, to be published weekly in
Asheville, will! make its appearance
within a couple of days. The name
chosen is the Farmer and Mechanic.
.Oxford Way: Grand Master
of Masons S. H. Smith has postponed
the meeting of the directors of the Ox
ford Orphan Asylum, for the election of
a outtessor to ur. uixon, until Septem-
Morgantn Herald-. Mr. Rufus
Duckworth says that he j saw on the
lands of David HennesseeJ near Cham
bers, the other day, four stalks of com
that sprung from one grain, and that
there nineteen ars of corn on the four
stalks. " . j j!
-Salisbury 'Watchman-: jOfficer
Pool went up to Winston last week and
brouerht back with him lim
who is charged yith being implicated in
iue j uao roDDery. j im claims that he
is not implicated more than Graves and
Perkinson gave him. $80.! This, how
ever, will be decided at this term of
Court,
Winston
.fiailv: A whitp man
named John Dickson, of Tarboro, was
arrested here yesterday upon the charge
of receiving goods under false pretense
at Tarboro a few weeks aeo. Chief-of-
Police Bradford left with; the accused
man no last night's train to turn him
over to the proper authorities at that
place.'. . J,
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Raleigh fisitor: At the recent
meeting of the State Farmers' Alliance
in Asheville, some gentlemen that were
1resent say that it was one of the finest
coking bodies! of men they had seen
together in years; that it was an intelli
gent body, and they believed that two
thirds of the rhembers would average
200 pounds apiece in weight fine look
ing, and quite a number of very intelli
gent men were jin attendance. ,
Carolina fianner: There is some
complaint of rust in cotton, No very
great damage is expected, as the crop is
early. Old cottdn is said to have no top
crop, but that the first crop is as much
again as ever j before. Cotton planted
after the hail, is full of forms, and with a
late fall, will make a tremendous crop.
All crops are said to be, at least two
weeks earlier than usual. ) A gray
mare belonging tq John Carr, near Kil
quick, gave birth to two colts, one gray,
the other bay, last week. Both died.
Goldsboto Dispatch : About an
hour after breakfast this' morning, the
entire family of Mr. Samuel Cohn was
taken violently! sick with vomitings and
other symptoms that clearly indicated
poisoning. Drj Kirby was at once sum
moned, and has been kept busy with
them all day, The whole number affect
ed is twelve, including every member of
the family, a young lady visitor and the
cook. Some are. violently sick, but it is
probable that hone are in immediate
danger. The ladies are worst off. Dr,
Kirby is at a loss to account for the at
tack as indeed !is every one else. The
symptoms dp not indicate mineral poison
but rather impure or diseased food such
as tyrotoxicbn in milk, The breakfast
of the family consisted of coffee, bread,
beefsteak, etc.; aud about the only thine
that could have! caused the trouble was
either in the coffee or water. There is
no thought of fOul play as the servant is
also sick, but the case will be thoroughly
investigated,! ?
Charlotte News: Roy Shan
non house, who! was injured by a mow
ing machine last Monday,! is doing well,
and will soon be out again, but minus a
hand. On the day the accident occur
red, he had his (trunk packed preparato
ry to his leaving for Blacksburg, Va., to
enter, school, ! j Derrick Alexander,
who was a slave of Mr. John R. Alex
ander, father pfjT. L. Alexander, was in
town from Cabarrus cOunty to-day.
Derrick is 73 years old, and is the father
of 23 children, 1 14 of whom are living.
He has been married twice. He had 17
children by his (first wife and 6 by his
last. ' There ! were 8 twins born to
him. His youngest child is 11 months
old. His oldest twin daughter is
the mother jof C. set of twinsj
: The surveyors of thej Roanoke &
Southern road are now within a few
miles of Charlotte. The road is now all
right from Salisbury to Charlotte. The
company 'only.asks the right of way, and
this has been giyen freely. Mr. Robert :
Wallace, through whose farm the road
passes, was in the city to-day, and he
says that the survey between Salisbury
and Charlotte is eminently satisfactory.
He does not seem to think that there is
any doubt about the road coming to
Charlotte, and he has the inside track
on Roanoke & Southern information.
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Greensboro Patriot ; Mr. P. R
Hines, of East Greensboro, exhibited at
this office, this morning.tomatoes weigh
ing one pound and seven ounces, of, his
own raising, and he has plenty of them.
The work of investigating the oil
discovery is being pushed forward, a
well is being" sunk at the rate of from
four to six feet per day, and by Satur
day next, the owner of the well informs
us he will be ready to make the results
known to the public. The signs are
very encouragingi Newt Troxleri.
the young man who the police have been
wanting for being implicated in a fight
in a "dive" near! the eastern limits of
the city,, several! yreeks ago, was cap
tured here Monday night and jailed to
await trial at the next term of the court.
George May, a white man, broke
into the house of Mr. J. Ej Corsbie, a
prominent citizen I of Green township,
this county, last Sunday night. The
family was awakened by the noise, and
he sprang through a window and fled
into the darkness, but not before he was
recognized. Mr.j Corsbie gathered a
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party ui neignuors ana at once proceed
ed in hot pursuit jof the burglar. After
a long chase they came upon him in the
woods, and he was arrested by deputy
sheriff Starr, who "was one of the puo
suing party. He was securely tied,
placed in a buggy and brought to this
city, well guarded ;by men. on horse
back, and jailed tb await his trial! It is
said May is a desperate fellow.
Raleigh Chronicle: An escaped
convict named William Heffner was
returned to the penitentiary yesterday.
and brought back at an expense to the
State of forty dollars.) It costs a lot to
get the jail birds; into, their cage, even
after they, are convicted, j One was
brought from a distant county the other
day at an expense of $107. W. G.
McGune and A. Spain, agents for Gate
ley & Conroy, a large commercial house
of Cincinnati, were arrested ! in this city
last Saturday. They were here selling
goods, and the city authorities thought
they were subject to the license imposed
on peddlers, and j demanded the
payment of license tax. The agents
declined to Jpay the tax claim-,
ing that they were I drummers, and
that the business; they carried on was
exactly the same as that done by dnimt
mers for commercial houses. ! One agen
had been through the city selling the
goods, and another agent followed, de
livering such goods as were sold. The
case was carried jbefore J. W.- Marcom,
J. P., who after a! hearing decided that
the agents were subject to the tax im
posed on peddlers. They refused to pay
it and were committed to jail. Yester
day Mr. J. C L. Harris, who is of coun
sel for the agents, left fqr Baltimore
VVUIC Will AV " V. MUluw
corpus before Judge Bond. - In case this
is granted the agents will be sent there
for a hearinerT The parties who are cus
tody have been selling clocks, silver-.
ware. etc. ! - f .
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