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THE GOLD DRAIN.
It may be, and doubtless is, true
that the Sherman act is partly re
sponsible tor the heavy drain of gold
from this country, but there are
two other causes which have ope
rated even more than that, very
much more, for one of which the Re
publican party is directly, responsi
ble. The other is chargeable to fash
ion, the fashion which every Sum
mer draws a hundred thousand
Americans to Europe to spend their
money there instead of in their own
country.
Under the operation of the high
protective tariff, which was devised
ostensibly for the purpose of encour
aging and fostering American indus
tries, our export business hasbeccjme
so contracted that it is onlyin jthe
years in which there is. an extraordi
nary demand for American food
stuffs that our, merchants are not
debtors to the European nations
they buy from. If it" were not for
the high tariff there would be a
greater demand for our farm pro
ducts,, for they could be paid for in
European products for which there
might be a demand and a market in
this country, but with the high tariff
this kind oL barter is impossible, and
the consequence is the tradings is
done on a cash basis. ,
Europe uses very tew 01 tne ar
ticles manufactured in this . country,
while we, notwithstanding .the pro
tective tariff which was intended to
be prohibitory, use. an enormous
amount of articles manufactured
abroad, an amount usually aggrega
ting more by millions than the value
ot-the products we sell abroad. This
year it nets abbat 50,000,000. Ias
this difference cannot be liquidated
in trade it must be liquidated I in
' money, in the money which the Eu
ropean creditors demand, which is
gold. When the time comes or pay
ment the American importers, if tjiey
have not the gold, have to hump
themselves, to get it, and have sojne-
times to pay a premium on it to get it,
' This was one of the reasons
the big and pressing draws on
-for
the
U. S. Treasury a couple months ago,
and one Of the causes, too, which pre
cipitated the monetary trouble from
which the country is now suffering
by forcing the Secretary to cross the
imaginary danger line and invade
the tenderly but foolishly nursea so
called gold reserve.
As long as we .buy more than we
sell, import more than we export! the
balance of trade will be against us,
we will be in debt to other nations,
, and will have to pay that -debt in the
kind of money demanded. When we
sell more than we buy, export more
than we import, then the case is re
versed and the gold comes this way,
as it isjdoing now, since we have be
gun, to make large shipments of grain
and hay. Some of that same J gold
that was saueezed out of the-y.
S.
Trpaciiru a four nroptra arm for
ment to pay debts in Europe is now
coming back, to make anotherj trip
across again next year, unless the
tariff be so modified as to encourage
trade with Europe, encourage ex
ports, and keep our gold at horie.
- We have not the statistics ot the
exports and imports since :the high
tariff era began, but they would show
that in the , meantime we have paid
an enormous amount of gold to make
up the difference between our im
ports and exports. ,-.T
While this has been going on there
has been an annual and an annually
increasing flow of American tourists
to Europe, who .now number ibout
100,000, who spend the summer
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lounging In European capitals, oi
touring, as they call it,., and who
spend -iri the aggregate about $100,
000,000, every dollar of which stays
over there, and all they have to show
for it is some time worse: than
wasted for most of them, and some
clothes which ought to have been
made by our own tailors and dress
makers, which are bought over there
because most of them,'1 except; the
dresses, are ' bought cheaper V than
they could be bought in this country,
and are yanked : in. without paying
duty. . . , ; .v;';';' ' .::
'. Considering ; the amount of ; gold
that goes out of this country annual
ly from these two causes, and which
has been going out in greater or less
amounts for- thirty 'years, it is not
surprising that the -stock of gold
should be small with us and that
when there is anything above an or
dinary demand for it, there must be
hustling to get it. - .
A great deal, the greater part of
our embarrassment and financial
troubles, is the result of our own
bungling legislation and our slavish
following of ! what has become a,
fashion, which annually sends an
army of "tourists" to ! Europe, who
see little, learn-'less, the large major
ity of whom could spend their time
much more beneficially and profita
bly seeing and becoming acquainted
with their own country, which Is
more of a terra incognita to many of
.them, than the lands on the other
side of the sea. , - ,
AFRAID OF i THE SOLDIER VOTE.
It is reported that there is a move
ment on- foot," supported by some
Northern and Western Congressmen,
to put, a "stop to further investiga
ttons'of the pensions, because, it is
said, they are' afraid of the effect
these investigations will have upon
the soldier vote. Tbi. may be only
a rumor without foundation, or pos
sibly, it miy be true. If so, it is the
veriest cowardice and the veriest
treachery to -the people. ; -
Ever since the work ot pension in
vestigation and reform was begun
the pension agents have been active
in the endeavor to arouse the soldiers
and their friends against it by mis
repiesenting the action and the mo
tives of Secretary Smith and-of Com
missioner Lochren. They have se
cured the-passage of denunciatory
resolutions by Grand Army Posts
and some excited people in an Ohio
town couldn't find language strong
enough to express their pent up in
dignation, so they made a Secretary
of the Interior out of straw, called it
Secretary Smith, set fire to it and
burned it up. This was for the al
leged dropping of the name of a vet
eran of that town from the rorb be
cause it got there irregularly, but
there are some of the cremation
ists who have since discovered that
their fiery indignation and pyrotech
nics were both too previous, as the
man's name had not been dropped
from the rolls at all.
It is the howling of the pension
agents, the resolutions of Army
Posts, the scolding by Republican
editors, and effigy incidents such as
this to which we have just referred,
which are scaring these Congress
men, who are more concerned in
holding their seats than in standipg
by tTie peopfe, and making them pro
pose to take water and play the
sneak game,:.
But, if true, it will not do, even if
they could carry it out,-for it is too-
late to crawfish now and go into a
hole. The investigations have al
ready gone too far for that. They;
have gone fax enough to show the
people and - honest soldiers that co
lossal frauds have been perpetrated,
millions of moneyaken from the
United States Yreasury which should
never have . been taken; arid
to which those who received it had
no more legal right than they have
to the ground upon which , Washing
ton stands, ; This was . frequently
charged in political campaigns, and
many people believed it, but now it
has been proven and. the people
knoxo it. ' i j
Even if the movement succeeded
and the further investigation were
stopped it would fail in the object
aimed at, for it would be justly con
strued as cowardice, and the inspira
tion attributed to fear and politics,
and it would meet with the con
tempt it would deserve. Not a sol
ier's vote would be saved by it, for
the pensioners would say the Demo
cratic party was whipped into the re
treat, and halted not from the inter
est it took in the pensioner, but from
fear of the pensioner.
Democratic politicians, following
the example of . Republican politi
cians, played with this pension busi
ness. and not one in a score had the
courage of his convictions to "con
demn it. and when President Cleve
land rebuked Congressmen for rail
roadlng pension bills .through by the
gross, by vetoing a lot of them, he
surprised them, and stirred up a hor
net's nest in the camp of the enemy.'
Groverv Cleveland had the courage of
his convictions and a proper sense of
the duty he owed to the people, as a
trusted agent, a' duty which ranked
higher than the- cowardly .political
expediency to which these Congress
men propose to resort.' ; -
The- Democratic party can . afford
to take no backward steps, and if it
does it will forfeit the respect; and
the support of thousands who' have
lately come into,it because they be
lieved it honest and sincere. ; , It can
not stultify itself by - ignoring the
record it has made in the matter of
pension reform. - It found a den reek
ing with corruption, and it has begun
the work of cleaning, out and purify
ing... lhe hith. has been stirred, and
no amount , of crawfishing" by timid
politicians,: anxious for their . own
seatSj'will stop the stench, and noth
ing will. stop the people from demand
ing that the work go on until .the
rottenness be removed and that de
partment of the Government become
clean and respectable.' In doing this
no honest soldier will be permitted
to suffer and ho fraud has . a right to
complain."- - L -
i MINOR MENTION.
As illustrating the productive capa
city of the soil the Charleston News
and Courier - cites a case where 250
bushels of corn were grown upon one
acre in South Carolina, and on land
which was classed as poory It was
done in a" contest "for apremium
offered for the largest yield on an
acre and the South Carolinian won.
It was done by thorough culture and
the free use of fertilizers. The cost
somewhat exceeded the value of the
product, but nevertheless the result
shows the possibilities of land under
thorough culture, liberal fertilizing
and favoring seasons. There are
portions of Alabama where it is said
one hundred bushels to the acre are
not uncommon. In South Dakota's ex
hibit of grain at the World's Fair is
some wheat the yield of which was
117 bushels to the acre, which is
more remarkable than a yield of 250
bushels of : corn, although much
larger yields of wheat than this are
on record. -These yields are very
extraordinary, so much so as to be
doubted by many, but they are the
result Nof work and a liberal expendi
ture of money for fertilizers. The
lesson they teach" is that the secret
of success in production is to culti
vate only so much as can - be
thoroughly cultivated, and to feed
the land that "you expect to reap'
largely from. Of course this must
be done with judgment, and not so
lavishly as to make the cost of pro-!
duction more than the value of the
crop. i
The St. Louis Globe -Democrat says
the. notion that the volume of cur
rency is insufficient to meet the busi-;
ness needs of the country , is one oi
the strongest hallucinations that ever
seized the minds of sensible men,'
which, with i all due respect to the
esteemed G.-D.. is blue-ribbon non
sense. What we suppose the writer
means is that much of the business
of the country is done by checks,1
that very" little money actually
changes hands and that therefore
very little money is necessary to
transact business. But every dollar
of these checks has a representative
dollar ' in the banks, or representa
tive credit, behind it,-pr it wouldn't
be worth more than that much waste
paper. This 1 assertion by the Globe
Democrat would have been as true
thirty years ago as it is now, ' when
checks were used in business as they-
are now, and the logical deduction
from it is that as there is money
enough now so was there then and
that there never has been any necesj
sity for an increase in the volume.
How is it that when money is with-f
drawn from circulation and beco mes
. . , . :.. t
scarce prices cumDie, industries sus
pend and working men are thrown
out of employment? The check the
ory is all good enough ; for large
transactions, and in a generalway',
but when it comes to the buying and
selling, the paying wages, etc.
among the mass of people, money is
necessary and plenty of it. .What
the Per capita amount should be is a
question which has never been. de:
termined and probably never will be,
for that depends upon .conditions
which may exist some times and not
at others. . - - .
A case of misplaced 'confidence
comes from Litchfield, Illinois. A
farmer fearing that the "town bank
might be shaky drew the three hun
dred dollars he had m,it, took it
home, put it into an old rubber boot
and buried . it in .; his orchard. He
took no one into his confidence ex
cept a negro employe who helped
him dig the hole and bury the trea
sure. A few days later he visited his
bank in the orchard and to his amaze
ment found that it had been bur
glarized. He didn't like to suspect
his trusted colored friend, but as
there was no one else to suspect he
had him arrested, when the colored
friend 'fessed up that so much money,
with nothing but a few inches of dirt
between it and him, was too much of
a strain on his virtue and he caved.
- John Stevenson, the inventor and
builder of the first street car, died in
New York a few days ago.- And by
the invention of the street car John
Stevenson did more to extend- the
growth of- American cities than any
other man between the two oceans.
Weekly 8
WILMINGTON, N. 0., FRIDAY, AUGUST. Il, l893t:
A woman well known and respeci
tably connected, in Atlanta fell intcj
the clutches of the police" the other
day on account of : an unfortunate
habit she had '"ofTpurloining iewelry
from the stores. 7 She had made heij
husband some ' very'! nice 'presents,'
which she told him! she purchased
with her, own money; "and the pool
man. was dumbfounded -when lye dis
covered that she ?had been for some
time robbing the jewellers. - She surf
rendered the articles stolen from
several stores, and there. -was nd
prosecution because she, as well as
the jewellers,; was regarded as a vic-j
tim of kleptomania. . i : ? i : 11
The Chatham ; Record : says - that
Nathan Toomer, the wealthy negro
of Georgia, js a native of Chatham
jcounty, and . was" sold about forty
years-ago, ; when a. boy of thirteen",!
and carried ' to Georgia. He -was'
bought by Mr. Henry Toomer and
became hfs body servant. He stuck
to his master throughout the war and
for some time a.fter it. He accumu
lated some property by fortunate
investmentsand married the colored
daughter who inherited the fortune!
of the wealthy farmer Dixon, and
became rich. His wife died a short!
while ago. - -p..
Dr. Shakespeare, of Philadelphia,
thinks the chief danger of cholera;
being brought to this country lies!
in the importation -of rags from
Vrpnrh and Tralian rinrte - Mani nF
tne rags picKea up in j&urope tor
shipment to this country are from,
disease infected localities and!
among tbem are cast-off garments of,
people who have died of contagious
diseases. There is little or no effort
made to disinfect them before ship-!
ment. ; . ; ;
THE STAR'S BOOK OFFERS.
Two
Great Offers Standard - Books at
One-Third Theuf Value. '9 V 1
The following are among the. authors
of books in the lists given in the two
advertisements to be found elsewhere in
the Star: ,v
Ik. Marvel (Donald C Mitchell),
Lord Macaulay. J. M. Barrie, Mrs.
Gaskell, Mrs. Shelley, C. M. Yonge,
Charles Lamb, W. M. Thack
eray, Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins,
Charles Reade, George Eliot, Bulwer Lyt
ton, Rosa Nouchette Cary, Alexander
Dumas, Miss Mulock, Jules Verne, Char
lotte Braeme, Nathaniel Hawthorne,
Walter Scott, Miss Braddon, Rider Hag'
gard, Mrs. Henry Wood, "The Duchess,'
Captain Marryat. ? ; 1.
There are two series of books, de-
scribed in separate advertisements. Of
the first series, one coupon and ten cents
will pay for three books; and of the
second series, one coupon and ten cents
will secure one book. Kead the adver
tisements for full explanations.
Highway Bobbery.'
Silas Thomas, a ten-year-old boy, son
of Mr. John Thomas, living on Fifth
street between Queen and Wooster
streets, was "held up" yesterday rnorn-
ing in broad daylight and robbed by a
colored youth nearly grown, while pass
ing through -an alley extending from
Second to Third streets, between Dock
and Orange. The robber went through
young i nomas pockets and took from
him $3.50 in silver and then ran off.
More Good Books.
Special attention is called to the new
book offer (second series) made by the
Star. These books are by the best
authors, and are from large clean type
bound in strong paper : covers, and are
supplied at little more than one-third
-the retail price. Send one coupon
and ten cents lor each 1 book or
dered of this series, and give full titleof
book in every case. See advertisement
or fuller particulars. "'' j
District Conference. I -
The Wilmington District Conference
will meet at Providence Church, near
Rose Hill station on the Wilmington &
Weldon R. R, next Thursday morning,
August 10, at 10 o'clock. Tickets at re
duced rates will be sold to delegates and
visitors by the Atlantic Coast Line at all
stations between Fair Bluff and Golds-
boro. ' " '. '
The Monitor Nantucket.
The latest information in regard to the
U. S. Monitor Nantucket, expected here
for some time past for. the use of the
North Carolina Naval Reserves, is that
she will leave New York for Wilmington
in tow of hzJCearsage the'latter part of
this month. ' T - -
Eight New Novels. i
It will be observed by reference to the
advertisement of. the Star coupon
novels of the first series that eight new
books have been added to the list. Nos.
33, 34, 85,36, 87, 38. 39 and 40. Those
who have read the other' books of this
series with so much interest, will no
doubt order the eight new books. :
A Itlost Wonderful .Opportunity.
The great bankrupt dealer who' buys
so many bankrupt stocks throughout the
State of North Carolina at 40c, 50c ana
6631c on the dollar, will be in our city a
few days, and offer the people some of
the most wonderful bargains mortal man
ever heard of. It is a fact and not dis
puted that the stock assigned to Henry
bavaze. by Messrs. rluske & uraper, is
the finest in aualitv and best selected
not only in the city but the State of
North Carolina. Then would it not be
more than cruel for Big Ike, the great'
bankrupt dealer, who has purchased tne
stock, to move it at -once to Newbern,
and not eive the ladies of his sister city.
Wilmineton. an opportunity to make
their necessary purchases ? Hence he
feels it his dutv. as well as ereat pleasure,
to give them this opportunity for a few
days only.
Thirty days means thirty years..
- And thirty years means never.
' Save your wife and children tears
By paying cash forever.
- Newbern ournal, Raleigh North
Carolinian and Beaufort Herald '.please
copy. 'k:C;V'4j.:;"- K.
YOUNG CORBETT" DEFEATED,
Champion JtaCCoxbett's Protege Makes
Game Fight, bnt 8mith Knocked Hun
Out. ,
; Roby.Ind .Aug."!. -The light-weight
finish, fight -between Paddy - Smith,
brother of "Denver" (Ed Smith, and
George Green,- otherwise J known as
"Young Corbett," at the Columbian Ath
letic Club, attracted about 5,000 persons I
Monday night. The fight was for $3,500
and 8500 to the Joser. This was Green's I
first finish fight. . . :
It ; was nearly ;11 o'clock when time !
was called. The first-two roundwere
good exhibitions of cautious sparring,
Green being very shifty. In the third
round he started rushing tactics, landing
on Smith's forehead, but Paddy returned (
a hard one oh the'neck, knocking Green j
to the ropes. Green led again, landing
on Smith's head, and ' just at this junc
ture the electric lights went out and the
referee parted the men. . j
After a. delay : of half an hour oil lamps
were brought into use. The1 men came ;
up fresh for the fourth round, which was j
another exhibition ot cautious sparring.
To the close Smith used his elbow on
Green's neck, and loud cries of "foul"
were heard. Both landed heavily just
as the gong sounded. -
In the huh round Smith rushed Green i
around the ring,, but suddenly Green
landed with the left-with good effect.
Smith did some dirty in-fighting in a
clinch, and the referee warned him.
In the sixth, after sharp exchanges.
Smith again tried unfair work, and was
once more warned by the referee. In
the seventh, after exchanges and hard
in-fighting. Green uppercut with good
effect, but Paddy came back with a
swing on the neck which staggered
Green. , r
In the eighth Smith landed on Green's
stomach, but Green returned with the
right, knocking Smith to the ropes.
From the ninth to the twenty-sixth
round it was give and take, both men
doing hard work, Green having the best
of the exchanges and cutting Smith up
pretty badly.
In the twenty -seventh the aspect of
affairs changed. Green ' was knocked
down by a swing on the jaw. He got
up before counted out, but Smith
knocked him down five times in succes
sion. Oreen finally clinched to avoid
punishment. This was the hottest
round of the fight. In the twenty-
eighth round Green came up apparently
tresh, but bmith landed ana knocked
him down. Delaney threw up the
sponge, but Green would not quit until
Unampion Jim Corbett went into the
ring and made him stop.
TWO HUNDRED MILLIONS.
What the Cotton Crop Will Do for the
South There Will Be Plenty of Money
to More It. . -y -
It does one good tp read an article
like the annexed from the Augusta
Chronicle: I -
The cotton crop of the South will
bring into the United States, during the
season beginning September, two hun
dred ramion dollars in gold.
"i. There will be pl&aty oL money, too, to
move the cotton crop. Wall street un
derstands the situation. As soon as
cotton begins to move actively the bal
ance of trade, as between this country
and Europe, will rapidly turn in our
favor. Gold will pour in for our cotton
and the financial situation will be greatly
improved. : ;
We make the prediction that there
will be no scarcity of currency to move
the cotfon crop this season as soon as it
is ready to market.'
The cotton crop saved this country.
principally the North, from a financial
panic when the Barings were embar
rassed on account of their "South sea
bubbles" in South America. It will
come to the rescue of the country again
before the year is Out.
The bouth stands up admirably under
the pressure that has produced appre
hension and panics in other sections.
The South will weather the storm and
will come out of it with flying colors.
She will make the growing crop with less
borrowed money than any since the
war. Cotton is one cent a pound higher
than one year ago, and it will not be
worth any less than it is to-day for somi
time to come. It ought to be worth a
great deal more.
Msj. W. A. Johnson.
The Clinton Democrat has the follow-
mg: "
"Maj. W. A. Johnson was in Wilming
ton last week. It is quite probable that
Maj. Johnson will go into business in
that city early in the fall. Clinton will
regret to lose him. He has long been
identified with the business interests of
Clinton and Sampson county,; and has
enjoyed the highest confidence and re
gard of all who know him. Mai. John
son is a gentleman ot exceptional busi
ness qualifications and will prove a valu
able acquisition to the business commu
nity of Wilmington." s
The Star and the people oF Wil
mington generally, will extend a cordial
welcome to Maj. Johnson. Socially and
commercially, he would be an acquisi
tion that any community "might feel
proud to receive. . .. v .'?'--
The Case of Yellow Fever Beported in
- Savannah. ; ' ;
Concerning the report ofyellow lever
being in Savannah, Ga Mr. Thos. Har-
riss in a letter to his iather. Dr. W. W.
Harriss, says : ."The facts are that a
British brig from Havana, Cuba, for Fer
nandina, Fla came into Tybee Roads,
off the bar, with a yellow flag and colors
union down. . The quarantine tug went
to her and found that the captain of the
brig died,a few days after the vessel left
Havana with yellow fever, and the crew
were sick. The vessel was towed to ba-
pelo, the . National quarantine station.
We have no fear of fever hee at all." '
Taxing Bicycles. '
The cyclists in Charleston are a little
kickish over the decision of the County
Commissioners taxing bicycles. The
News says: ' . --'. " ---"i"
"At the meeting of the county com
missioners ' yesterday,- it was', unani
mously decided to have all owners , of
bicycles to return them for taxation.
There are a great many bicycles in the
city and they will probably yield $10,000
or $15,000 of taxable property. Some
lively kickine is being done already, out
the commissioners say it is no use, and
so the boys will just scratch aown tneir
wheels on the tax list." :-,' " - : : 5 i
Mrs.1 E. R. Dagget announces
that she will continue the business for
merly conducted by the'late W. T. Dag
gett, under the same name" and at the
old stand,4: i"";-!:.::,'. .5$.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND'S RETURN TO
' r -! THE CAPITAL. I ? l"
A Bough Draft of the Message Submitted
- 'Tariff anjjl Finanoe the leading Topics
of .Discussion Hawaiian Affairs Minis-
, , tor Blount Expected Shortly Cholera
Beports from : Naples Democratio Cau
cusSpeaker Crisp Benomtnated. ,
By Telegraph to the Moraine Star. -5; '
Washington.- Aug. 5. President
Cleveland, accompanied by Secretaries
Carlisle and Lamont and Attorney Gen
eral Olne!?, arrived in Washington at
1.46 this eveningover the Pennsylvania
Railway-They were all met by their re
spective private secretaries. The Presi
dent was driven directly to the White
House. Just as the party-reached the
railway station at Sixth street, the fire
engines from all parts of the city were
on their way to a fire which had broken
out in the Mount Vernon hotel, a small
hotel on Pennsylvania avenue, near the
depot. Thetengine horses were going at
full speed, and the President's carriage
was compelled to stop until they had
passed. There was some momentary
danger of the rush and danger of the
swiftly passing fire engines causing a
stampede of the team attached to the .
carriage of the President and his Cabi
net advisers. Mr. Carlisle opened the
door of his carriage to be ready for em
ergencies, but remained calm, as also did
the President. Fortunately no accident
happened.
Among the numerous wild stories put
afloat as to the organization ; of com
mittees in the coming House, was one
that Speaker Crisp, in advance of his
re-election," had been consulted by
leaders of his party, and had agreed to
consolidate the committees on banking
and coinagejmder the title of "The
Coinage and Currency Committee."
"What you have told mer is the first in
timation I ever heard of such a thing; it
is ' news to me," said. Speaker Crisp,
when a United Press reporter this
morning asked him about the proposi
tion. Mr. Crisp's ignorance of this sub
ject is shared by the leaders of his party.
- Messrs. Catchings and McGill, of -the
Committee on Rules, stated they had
not heard of it, and in all the talks the
committee had had concerning pro
posed improvement in the management
of the House or changes in the rules,
this, particular subject had not been
mentioned.
, The special meeting of the Cabinet
called for 4 o'clock this afternoon con
vened promptly atthat hour. All the
members were present. The session
lasted until half-past 5 o'clock without
interruption of any kind.. Secretary
Carlisle was the first to leave the Ex
ecutive Mansion. He drove directly to
his home. The other members lingered
some time in the library comparing notes
respecting their summer vacation. Sec
retary. Gresham remained with the
President after the Cabinet meeting
adjourned, discussing matters pertaining
to the Department ol State. All of the
Cabinet were , tanned and improved by
their summer vacation, i i
' Secretary Thurber couldn't say what
the Cabinet discussed, .but it is under
stood that the President gave his ad
visors a rough draft of his forthcoming
message to Congress. It is believed
that the. message will treat solely of the
financial and tariff questions. Shortly
after the Cabinet meeting the President
drove out to his country home, where he
will spend the night. ! i
. Acting Secretary Curtis has ordered
the force of the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing to work an extra hour
each day until further orders, beginning
Monday next, in printing National bank
notes, for which the demand just now is
very great. 1 his demand was occa
sioned by the fact that National banks
are extending their circulation. " .
' Assistant Surgeon Young, at Naples,
cables the Marine ' Hospital Service that
cholera is spreading in the suburbs of
Naples, and that the Italian Government
has consented to the adoption of
measures for complete isolation for five
days of emigrants on board vessels be
fore sailing tor the. United States, which
includes the ordering off of all bumboats
and other modes of communicating in-,
lection irom the shore.
It is stated that the President will
send a special message to Congress at
its extra session in regard to the Hawaiian
question. Mr. Blount's voluminous , re
ports, including his. latest and most
volumnious of all, . are being carefully
prepared at, the State Department in the
form of abstracts and extracts for the
President's personal consideration. The
situation in the islands is admitted .criti
cal and a prompt indication of some defi
nite line of policy on the part of the
United States is called for. The Presi
dent, it is said, will wait Minister
Blount's expected arrival in Washington
on or about August 20th, and" his
verbal report of the condition of affairs,
before definitely making up his mind
what course to recommend to Congress,
It is probable that one -of the first reso
lutions introduced in the Senate will be
a call for the submission to Congress of
the correspondence on Hawaiian mat
ters if not incompatible with the;: public
interests. ,
Inspector Faison left Washington to
day for his home in Raleigh, N. C,
where he will remain a few days and
then return to Muskogee, -Indian Tern
tory. It is stated that Mr. Faison's con
duct in relation to the recent Choctow
troubles meets with the entire approval
of Secretary Hoke Smith.
- democratic caucus. ''.:
The hall of the House of Representa
tives was well filled with Democratic
members to-night when at 8.80. Hoi
man, chairman of the committee, called
it to order. It was known before this
hour, however, that Crisp's renomination
as Speaker was assured, and that there
would be no contest over the doorkeep
ership, Mr. Turner; of New York, after
the action of the New York caucus, de
claring that he was not a candidate, and
Mr. Smith, of Texas, seeing the land'
slides in Harter's direction withdrawing
from the race. After a short speech by
Mr.Holman, Mr.Turner.of Georgia,nom
inated Mr. Crisp for re-election in a brief
but well-timed speech. The nomination
was seconded in short, pithy speeches by
Messrs. Coombs of New York; Hatch of
Missouri,, and Wifson of West Virginia,
alter which Mr. Cnsp was nominated, by
acclamation ana araiu applause. Messrs.
Springer, natch and Wilson were
selected as a committee to notify the
Speaker, and a few - minutes - later
brought him into the hall, when he was
introduced by Mr. Hatch.
v Mr. Crisp spoke as follows: "The
extraordinary condition of affairs
throughout the country has necessitated
our meeting in extraordinary session.
In so far as that condition is atributable
to existing law we are in no wise respon
sible therefor. Now, for the nrst time
in more than thirty years, we are in full
power. We . can repeal, ' bad " ; laws
and we can make good ones. The
people have vested us . with that power
and expect us to exercise it lor their
benefit. Our financial system should be
revised and reformed. The strictest
economy in public expenditures should
be observed, and taxation should be
equalized and greatly reduced. To these
purposes are we thoroughly committed
We must redeem our pledges. - Let us
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begin the work at once; let us lay aside
every; other- consideration 1 than "the
public good, and. endeavor to so dis
charge the duties assigned to us as
to restore confidence, promote prosperity
and advance the general welfare of all
classes of our people. Sincerely grateful
for yourconndence and esteem. I pledge
myself to devote to the discharge ot the
duties of the responsible position you
have assigned me all the energy and abil
ity I possess." !"--"":-'-." .
At the close of Speaker Crisp s speech.
Mr. Kerr, of Pennsylvania, was re-nomi
nated Clerk by acclamation, and the cau
cus then proceeded to the election of a
Sergeant-at-Arms. The leading candi-,
dates were the present incumbent, YoderK
of Ohio, and Snow, of Illinois The ac
tion of the New York delegation in re
gard to the Doorkeepership, that threw
1 urner out ot the race, was an agreement
to support Felix Clarkson, of Brooklyn
It was generally understood at . this
stage of the proceedings that whatever
was to be expected in the shape of a
contest in the caucus would develop in
the struggle for the office -of the Ser
geant-at-Arms. The Ohio t delegation
.was known to be divided this afternoon.
but rumors to the effect that a peace
had been effected later on rendered i the
outcome interesting and I uncertain.
Lighton, of Ohio, put Mr. Yoder in nom
ination and Mr. Jno. C Block, of Illi
nois, did a like office for Mr. Herman
Hr Snow. In a few ' minutes it was
apparent that Mr. Yoder could not hold
his own delegation, for Mr.l Outwalte,
without naming another candidate beean
a spirited attack upon' his fellow states
man. He said that six of the Ohio Dem
ocrats . who had stood last Congress
through thick and thin by Mr. Yoder,
were now unaltrably opposed to his nom
ination. The reason were easily stated,
and should appeal to every I Democrat.
Mr. Yoder s first act after taking the
oath of office hadjbeen to appoint a Re
publican as his chief clerk. . Then he
had endorsed a Republican for captain
of the watch, and the appointee had put
in his time around the Capitol in lobby
ing tor a bill in bis own interest.
On the vote for Sergeant-at-Arms.
Mr. Snow received 90 and Mr. Yoder 95,
which elected him in the caucus.
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
The room of the Committee on Judi
ciary was none too large to hold the Re
publican members of Congress who
gathered there to-night to nominate
their, candidates for offices of the Fifty
third Congress. Mr. Henderson, of Il
linois, presided, and Mr. Hooker, of
New York, acted as secretary, and each
was subsequently re-elected in the same
position in tbe.caucus for the ensuing
Congress. When it came to nominating
the ticket that is to be defeated Monday,
uen. Henderson nominated Ex-Speaker
Keea, saying that he would name a man
whose record and whose hold on the
popular heart would make a more elo-
oquent appeal than anything he .might
De aDie to say. lhe nomination was
made by acclamation and after pro
longed applause, Mr. Reed responded in
one of his characteristic speeches, Ms
sarcastic drawl having lost none of its
pungency during the summer recess.
four months ago, he said, they had left
Congress and returned to their homes
with the country in a prosperous con
dition, all the mills were running,
the spindles playing, furnaces roaring,
labor employed everywhere, and the
people happy. Now, he continued, we
re Called back to ad- an extraordinary
business depression, distrust in "all cir
cles, a general demoralization of the
finances of the country a condition, of
course, he said, precipitated by Demo
cratic failure tolegistate. In this emer
gency the Democrats call upon the Re
publicans to lay aside all partisanship;
forget everything that has been done in
the past, and join with the Democrats
to get them out of their present trouble.
lhere was no attempt on the part of Mr.
Reed to outline party policy, and he
concluded by saying that the Republi
can party would be found discharging
its duty in a way to ht with the broad
measure of its past record 'when it was in
the majority, and if it did this ircould
be asked to do no more; - L
WASHINGTON NEWS.
The TJ. 8. Treasury Beady to Supply All
the Small Currency That May Be Wanted
No Issue of Gold Certificates at Fresen
Appeal From the Decision; of Judge
Davis on the Chinese Exclusion Lsw.
Ey Telegraph to the Morning Star. j
Washington, August 4. Treasury
officials state that the Treasury is pre
pared to supply all the small currency
wanted, and the lack of such currency in
certain sections of the country is ac
counted for by the supposition that all
money is Scarce or that the banks have
failed to procure of the Treasury the
small notes needed for home consump
tion. At no time in recent years has so
much small money been sent to New
York, and the lack of small notes there
cannot be accounted for except on the
theory that much of it is being boarded
by those who receive it, thus withdraw
ing it from active circulation., ft is also
stated at the Treasury Department that
there is no likelihood of the resumption
of the issue of gold certificates until the
free gold stands from seven to ten mil
lions above the reserve. The free gold
is now nearly $900,000. '- j ;;
The Department of Justice " has .or
dered an appeal from the decision of
Judge Davis, in Southern California, that
the deporting section of the Geary act is
unconstitutional. Acting Attorney-Gen
eral Maxwell has directed United States
Attorney Davis at Los Angeles to rep
resent the Government when the case on
appeal comes up for argument. -JThis
appeal may cause the whole : matter to
be again brought before the Supreme
Court, with a full bench. " ( . l
Representative Thos. J. Henderson,
chairman of the Republican caucus, has
issued a call for a caucus to meet In the
roqnas of the Committee on Judiciary,
baturdav at 8 o clock o. m. 1 - A
ine xreasury Department 10-aay pur-i
chased 160,000 ounces of silver at 72
cents an ounce an advance of 1 1-10
cents an ounce over the ' price paid
Wednesday. The offers to-day amouted
to 312,000 ounces. The .purchases thus
far this month aggregate 809,000 ounces.
The Ohio Democratic delegation held
a caucus to-night to attempt 19-come to
an agreement upon their candidate for
Sergeant-at-arms. No definite conclu
sion was reached, but six members are
reported as being for Yoder, Sergeat-at-
'arms of the last House, and three for S.
E. Johnson,- with two members absent
and paired. The Tennessee delegation
met also to define, if possible their posi
tion on the doorkeepership. Six de
clared for Mr. Hunt and , two against
him. . : . mm"mi'i' - A-' :' h
Smithfield Heralds Sunday j af
ternoon about 4 "o'clock, near Bentons
ville, this county, Mr. - John Holley and
his wife were struck by lightning and in
stantly killed. s From all parts of
the county come reports of good rains
this week The drought was rather bad
in some sections, but these rains will
make wonderful improvement , in the
crops. "Although cotton i small it is
well fruitedand with present, prospects
oids tair .to make nearly an average crop
Corn is pretty fair all through the coun-
"!
-SPIRITS i TURPENTINE.
Rocky Mo&mt Argonaut :
It is
with regret that we chronicle the death . -
ot Miss Josephine ! Jenkins, which Sad
event occurred atUhe residence of hetk . "
brother. Dr, L tD., Jenkins, at Nobte's
Mill, in Edgecombe county. ' - -
Maxton Scottish Chief: Deputy '
Collector W. G, Hall captured and des
troyed a blockade still on Wednesday, 26
July, with nineteen stands, four hundred
gallons of beer. One pump. The still was
located in Cumberland county, about
eight miles from? Fayetteville, on east
side of Cape Fear? River. - - -
Greenville Reflectorv Cotton is
fruiting well, and ,if the ' seasons are fa
vorable from nowj 6n and the fall is late
the yield is going to be large. Sat
urday night Coroner W. E. Warren re
ceived a telegrarri from Ayden that J".
W. Harrington had killed Will McLaw
horn with a pistol, and asking him to go
down and hold I ah inauest. The coro
ner went down and the inquest was held
aunaajr morning jin bavage a barroom, .
where the shooting . occurred. From
th evidence before the inquest the jury'
returned a verdict that the killing was
accidental. ;,' . j ii : ;;';'-' ---.--v .
:". "Clinton Democrat'. Just .over in
Bladen county a folored lad named Wm.
Melvin was bitten by a small' rattlesnake
last week. He; bruised the serpent's
head, then .cut it off, and cut the body .
into pieces a number of which he applied
as a poultice to the bite. He then walked
home. His mother had him to take of!
the snake plaster Sri order that another
remedy might be; appliedThe house
cat seized a piecejof the rattler and ate
it. In a few. moments his catshipgave
ur every one of ,hJsj nine lives. The boy
experienced no
urtner inconvenience
from the bite and;
went about mourning
the untimely fate
Charlotte1 '
now so many k
or nis cat. ; .
News: - There are
rids of fruits in such
quantities on the
market that it does
not pay to haul
it1 to town, Chas.
McLaughlin, I the;
notorious burglar,
again broke orisdn last -nicht. At nre-
cisely one o'clock .Deputy Sheriff John-,
son heard a : clanking of irons, and
rushed, pistol in hand, to the entrance
door of the prison. He was startled to
see the black, burly form of McLaughlin
on top of thelcage.1 The officer per
ceived that a white prisoner, Mr. Har
gett, had fastened! McLaughlin firmly in
his, grasp. The Officer quickly leveled
his pistol on McLaughlin, and he as
quickly dropped back into his cell
through the same! hole he had gone out
through.-. 1, j .p ,
Charlotte :News: A railroad
man named George Hall, who formerly
lived in Charlotte, met with an awful
death in the railroad yard in Atlanta
yesterday. He did as so many railroad
men do stood In, tha. middle of the
track and waited for the approach of a
switch engine, which he .wanted to ride
on. When the engine got near enough
Mr. Hall attempted to step upon the
front step, but missed his footing, and
fell with his neck across the rail. The
engine could not be stopped,' and passed
over him, cutting his bead clear on his ,
body. It is said by railroaders who saw
the horrible spectacle that Hall's head
rolled down an
embankment several
feet, and his body jumped up and ran
about fifteen feetfj, -'K I j j .
Fayetteville Gazeeie: Dr.W. F.
Faison, we regret to learn, has decided
to leave us and will start in , a few days
for Jersey City, his former home, to, ac- : ;
cept his old position as assistant surgeon
of the city hospital, i I -i - The mortuary
report for Fayetteville. as shown by Dr. "
J. H. Marsh, County j Superintendent ot
Health, places the! number of deaths in
the city during the month of July at
eight four white and I four colored, two
oj whom died of malarial fever. -Despite
the hard times we can name over j
buildings and improvements v around -
town today, contracted for and in course r
of construction, amounting to no ls
than between thirty; and forty thousand I
dollars. While j other cotton mills
through the country are shutting down,
or running on half time, the Fayetteville . i
Cotton Mills are revefsing the order of
things and running hjght and day. r :
Goldsbofol Eteadlightv We learn
that Mr. , Nathan Holmes, aged 77. !
years. 01 inaian springs townsmp, leu
out of the door pf his dwelling; - Thurs
day, and came vefy near killing himself.
His injuries -are yet considered serious.
The negro, jickson Palmer, who at
tempted to rob i peddler on the pub
lic highway in jSaulston township a
few months agoL jand - made his es
cape jusTas he was about' to be placed in
jail here, was recaptured In this city
Monday evening, tried 'yesterday morn
ing, and a3 he admitted his guilt, -was
sent to jail till the next term of court. I,
After suffering untold agony, Elder '
John Scott, of the Primitive Baptist .
falth.-died Sunday1 night of hydrophobia '
at his home in Wilson countv. A few
months ago he w&s bitten by a rabid .
dog. and although! he had' the madstone
applied to his wound, the disease broke
upon him in all its fuar a few days ago,
making his sufferings heartrending to
witness. i f j - '
Chatham Record: We regret to
hear of the deattj, jof ; our former "coun- -tryman,
Mr. George W. Farrell, who
died at Graham I last Saturday. . By a
singular coincidence the day of his death s
was the fiftieth anniversary of his birth.
He was born anij Raised in this county. '
and removed to j Graham about six
years ago. He was one of the best and
bravest soldiers in the Confederate army.
Several weeks ago it was stated
that Grant Poe and the wife of Eli Seal,
of Hickory 'Mountain township, : had
eloped. , Week before last Grant's wife
went in search of them, and in a few
days the Beal woman was seen passing
through here on her; way home, and in a .
day or two was iojiowed by Mrs. roe :
and her truant husband.. A reccncilia
tion has taken place, the deserted wife -and
the forsaken husbaud" have forgot- .
ten their erring spouses, the happiness 1
of both families restored and the course
of true love will n
run smooth, it is
hoped.
Charlotte
if News'. A terrible
bnl the road between '
crime occurred
Monroe, N. C and Lancaster, S.C and
near the State line, pn Tuesday evening. :
A man named Plyler had cider to sell. .
and another man, named Parks stopped,
in passing, to buy a; drink. After drink- '
ing a glass, he remarked to Plyler that
the cider had .water in it. Plyler re- -"
plied; "You are a d -liar; and you
shall not have! another drop CI Cur-'
sing each otherl, followed, and; Plyler
ordered Parks f ! to leave , his place.
This Parks attempted to do - un
der a fuSilade j of cuss - words from
Plyler. -Parks had mounted his horse
and ridden down the road for a consid
erable distance! when he noticed' that
Plyler was following him with a double '
barrel shot gun.fi Noticing his danger.
Parks dropped c4 his horse just as Ply
lear raised the gun to shoot; putting the
animal between them. Then Plyler ran
around In front jof the horse and had'
raised his gun j to 1 shoot, when Parks
whizzed a rock at him, striking him in
the head and knocking him aown. 1 nis
done he wrenched the gun from Plyler's "
grasp and literally carved . him
to ; pieces ' with H his pocket ' knife.:
Plyler expired 1 1 in a few.; minutes. ,
Miss Mina Ray lives on the Ait
Line road, threemiies 'from the city, .
with her daughters Mrs. Wiley Suggs, '
and children, f Sometime after midnight
last night, Mrs. Ray was aroused to find
herself in the clutches of a negro. She
raised an alarm and Mrs. Suggs went to
her assistance. ; The negro released his
hold upon Mrk I Ray : and sprang upon
Mrs. Suggs. The two women : and the
negro had a severe tussle, and the negro
escaped. . The ) scjreams of the women
aroused a neighbor, and he got there
aftortVi riMfm hail fled: '.The women
give a good description of the negro and
la (Mrrh ia Koinry m nil for him. . . . r
a search is being maae ior aim.
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