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-romtiHn at- WILMINGTON, N. C, qo A YEA R. I N AD V A N C E. rfr g888888888888888S ssssssiisSillisss 8S888SS8S8siiiiIs tll,now8 ssaSSS55S22S8g$S8 rr-" 88888888888888888 ononis 2sasgss8?l5S:SSSS8g : Z- S3SS8S8S282S838S3 pmoiv i ?osgs38a8SS;g?8S8 rH " fS8S8SS8888888883 : 4 .58S3S88888888S88 - ..? "sssssasg i " r ' - " ' '--V-. '- U' I" "'J. - -i-.:-;-0' U I i A ' J :... 1 ; .' ' 33 s i t - s s ;". si:!:- Entered i the Post Office at . , ilmtg Second Clan Ma itr.l .C, M SUBSCRIPTION P 'CE. The subscription price of the Wevly Staff Ii l Sinele Copy 1 yeat.poitage paid .........Sl 00 follows: 60 80 " 3 monthf We art again sending bills to our J subscribers, In the aggregate they amount to a very large sam. j.; any 0f our subscribers are respon og promptly. jOthers pay no attenti n to the bills!." These latter do not seem to understand that they arc tinder any legal or moral obligation to pay tor a newspaper.' ' . ,; Yesterday we made an extract from Ir. McKinley's letter of ac- i-ceptence, wi suggested,' thatextrac! h such comment as it In the conclusion of be says : Ii the freealad unlimited -coinage silver at a rati? of sixteen ounces of of silver to one ounce of sold would, at 59me o( its ad rocates assert, make 53 cents m silver worth 100 cents, and the silver dollar fee nal to the gold dollar, then we wouldlbave no cheaper money than now. and it -would be no easier to ' : iJ. ' : Ji' This Ts a, "yirtual admission that silver, which he says would be de preciated iryalue, will be "easier to rge? " and lfj so there will be more of in circulation than there is now, . notwithstanding that, according., to the gold men, the people do not . want it, and will not have it, and it - can't, therefore, be kept in circnla-. tion, although every dollar of it is worth 100 cents, and It . is at a parity with gold. . Ac cording to' that kind of rea soning the, depreciated silver will be in more! demand than the silver of iulj value, imeasujed by gold. Bat let us apply" Mr. '-McKinley s remark to. gold.: He; will not admit that the free coinage of gold would depre- Vate that,! but if the gold, dollars weremuitipnea ana we naa tnree or (our times as many gold dollars in circulation, (not. locked up' in bank vaults as now, 'but in actual circula tion, as silver would be under freie coinage,) will Mr. McKinley assert that it wouldn't be "easier to get" than it is jiow ? Admitting- that they would hold their present value, with the number' .multiplied wouldn't they seek investment in prop erty, .enterprises, and industries thus'go more freely inUr circu lation and be "easier to get?" And so will the multiplied silver dollars, retaining their full value as'money, seek investment in various ways and thus be easier to get. " Isn't it non-! seBse toj assert that money isn't easier to get when It is abundant than when it' is scarce and that it . sn t easier to get a dollar when there '.are many dollars in circulation than when there are few? Mr. McKinley knew better .when he was writing mat gauzy stuff.. . Much of his reasoning, like much of the reasoning, of other gold men, oased, on asssumption pure and ipie.. He assumes that we can't do some things and therefore we should noj attempt them. He savs: Bimetallism cannot be secured by in Dependent action on our part. It cannot k obtained by opening our mints to the "limited, coinage cf the silver of the "Ona, at a ratio hf aixtn minora nf ail. yer to onfc ounce of gold, when the com . "J"cial ritio is more than thirty ounces w silver to one ounce of gold. -Mexico "J nina have tried the experiment. nas (ree coinage of silver and w at a :ratio slightly in excess of six- , anal ounces cf silver to one t-uiro,o. and while her i mints are sm PC-n in t0 h mcta, at that I rati0' .---.apic 09,af , gold bullion ir -.uea and circulated as money, i tin ' becn driven out. of circnla .iiiitbesc countries and they are on a Z;:DaBls a'ens, jUntil international th. TTm?nt.is hal. it is the plain dnty of stanH Ji b!atcs to maintain the gold 'itanni'St .Ic is the recognized and sole ii::.u:.l ine great commercial na- ' nne world, with which we trade fa :,aWelvthan any other. ' Eighty-, fir4ir teot- noar toreign trade for the " coon., I 0X0 wai w,lhi Rold standara - trio. A ? aa our tfade with other conn "'e was settled on a gold bas s. ) How does he know ihat we can- ot secure bimetallism! by1 indepeni action ? Does it follow because mna or Mexico Wouldn't do it, we ? Doesn't everybody know .Uttl as ar as China is concerned she unaer the financial influence of . us'and,? at,d doesn't everybody Bw that China has to buy both the - u ana silver she coins, haying no o stiver rrilnes of her own ? To about free coinage and the f ail- J? io maintain bimetallism in China were England insisted on pay in 8 10 evervthinw Lch. enH hr I fa l?s drained her gold, reads like f.?ce: Aa illustration from one we-Fiji islands' would be quite as nucnt. i i Fr the same reason, to a ereat eent, Mexico was drained of her Pay interest on debts due t - VOL. XXVII. abroad, and for imports from gold standard countries; but Mexico has no exports worth speaking of, and hence no way to bring back the gold paid out But she does not care aboutthat nor suffer from it, for she is doing well and 'making great progress with . silver, which answers all her' purposes save meeting obli gations contracted with gold stand ard countries. . , ;: But does It follow that, because China and Mexico couldn't maintain bimetallism this country, with her immense wealth,' her; unbounded re sources; her $800,000,000 Of exports and her 70,000,000 of the most ener getic and enterprising people in the world, couldn't do it? In 1878 it was predicted that the coinage of $2,000,000 of silver 'a month would prove mote than than the country could carry, but accord-, ing to Mr. McKinley since then we have put in circulation more than $624,000,000 of silver or its repre sentative, and every dollar of it is, on parity with gold. "But then it was asserted that the amount .of coinage proposed would bring wreck and ruin as the inevitable consequence, and the predictions were made with quite as much emphasis as those pre dictions of disaster, are now. We believe, and we feel . sure that. Mr. McKinley believes, if he dared be candid, that this country is better able to maintain bimetallism, or a financial system of her own than China or Mexico; and quite as able as Great Britain, with only half her population and $13,000,000,000 less of national wealth. " f- li - Mr. McKinley virtually claims that the country Is indebted to the friend ship of the Republican party and to the Republican policy for .these $624,000,000 of .silver coin i pr its representative, when the fact is that we have it In spite of the efforts 6t the Republican statesmea to defeat the bill for the coinage of ! silver in 1878, when we would have had. free coinage if it had not been for Re publican opposition. To get the consent of . the Republican Senate tor tne coinage of silver it had to. yield free coinage and accept limited coinage as provided in the; Bland- Allison act. This the Republicans repealed the first good chance they got, and yet they have the cheek to claim credit for the silver ! that was coined under it. j. ! :", - J . . The Republican party is a party ot false pretence and in the role of its champion and advocate Mr. McKin ley acquits himself with zeal, inten sified by the personal interest he has at stake. : ' THEIR ALLIES. 2 The engineers of the so-called Democratic "sound money", move ment who were soliciting the Mc Kinley campaign managers to, sing low on the tariff so that they might have an excuse for voting. for Mc Kinley are doubtless sorely "disap pointed at the cavalier way in which their overtures have been met and they themselves snubbed.! Their overtures have not only been con temptuously ignored, but they have in some instances been insultingly sat upon. It may be their own fault that they have put themselves In a position to be thus rebuffed and per haps they have no right to complain, but the New York Sun doubtless voices their sentiments when it pro tests against Democrats who thought of taking the advice of the Sun and voting for McKinley being insulted as they were by the Republican can didate for Governor of New York when In his speech in the State con vention he said: , i' i Aman who for the past ten years has voted the Democratic ticket in the Stale of New York is beyond prayers, it ne votes with the Republicans this fall it is nnt because he has become petter. one hftpanaa he has become alarmed. If he labors for the success of the Republican party now it is because he fears ineysac cesj of his own. :.. The esteemed Sua, which now shines- for Hanna and McKinley, rhinlra this is roueb. and it is rough. Candidate Black' 'evidently doesn't set a very high value on the services that the Sun is rendering, the Republican party. In his speech in New York, Thurs day night, ex-President tiarnson was not quite as blunt or rude as Candidate Black, but he was not less nointed when he said, as we find the speech reported in the Philadelphia Ltdger: I never had so much respect for so man uemocraii aa i nave nuw. iu oartv has exhibited its capacity to rnp rnr. ana a iuilv liui lid w - ug M - a . V ..lit ia a onblic menace, A bolt now and then is o raflinrinff incident and never more r!iaanrinr than now. He touched the party spirit witn entnusiasm wnen us airi that the Sound Money Democrats . . -. , , t. mast not expect the Republicans to pat aside any of the great glides it advo mm and mmt not expect that the Re publican party shall be reorganized be cause the Democratic party has been disdrganlzed. The epigrammatic force raotnred the crowd, and . man in. thn trallerv Shouted: . "Isn't that a beaat?" These extracts taken in connec- tion with Mr. McKinley's making h tariff ieano. the leadinST issue in the campaign, in bis letter of accept' ance, should give the McKinley as sistant Democrats a realizing sense nf thn restoration in which tbev are held by the HannaltesC; ,:-- .; MM i Thefailure of Hilton, Hng'hes & Co., of New York.ls held up by the gold organs .as another , bugaboo '.object lesson,", but the New York Journal of Commerce' and Commercial ulletin gold paper,- says the col- lapsecreated no surprise, for that firm "was known to be weak for some 11 l, ma r .. iimc. x ne tact is the i concern never, had any head since A. T. Stewart died. Mr. Piatt, of. New York, has .the satisfaction of still remaining, as he desired, a "plain boss." He would rather own the Governor and run him than sit in the chair and assume the responsibilities of the position. THE CITY MARKETS. roll Supplies ot Meat, Jiab, Fowl. Itults . r. and Veitetablet. -'. ; The city markets yesterday were sup plied with all the fruits, meats, fish and vegetables in season. In quantity suffi cient to meet the requirements of house- holdrs. Prices were quoted by dealers as follows: Vegetables-Cabbage, 8 to 12c per head; beans, la Jc per quart field peas. oc per qaart; sweet poutoes, 80c per peck; Irish potatoes, 25c; egg plant, 5c; onions, 5c per quart; corn, 15c pir dozen ears; okra, Ccrper qaart ; f TI ir . Fruits-watermelons. 10 - to 20c; pears, 40c per peck t apples, 25 to 40c per peck; scuppernong grapes, 4 to 5c- per quart ; figs, 10c per quart ; peaches. 15c per dozen. -; :.: ,""! fish Mallets. 5 to 10c per string; pig fish, 10 to 15c ; oysters. to- 15c per quart ; clams, 12 to 15c r shrimp, 5c per quart; soft shell crabs. 40c per dozen ; channel crabs, 10c 'per dozen ; rock crabs, 5: apiece, ' i Poultry Grown fowls, -:25 to 80c apiece ; chickens. 12 W to 20c. Eggs. .15c per dozen. f" : ' i, Rice birds. 80 to 40c per dozen. 1 -.: : 1 iho Doekerj Salcnuu " ; 'S. Here is the Star's solutHSh ; of the Oockery enigma. He is to be a candi date against Pritchard for the United States Senate. He has been promised the support of the Populists. He calcu lates that neither of the three parties will have a majority in the Legislature, and that the Democrats will support him, as he is lor free silver, against Pitchard, who has become a gold bag. He believes that the Democrats and Populists com bined will have a maiority off joint ballot in the Legislature. Now, watch Dockery and see if the 'scheme outlined by the Star is not fully developed ' before the Legislature meets, and, possibly, before the campaign closes. The position taken by Dockery atWadesboro yesterday un covers the colored citizen in the wood pile beyond a doubt. Death or Mis. VanBckkelan. ' Mrs. Evelina VanBokkelen, relict of the late Hon. A. H. VanBokkelen, of this city, died early yesterday j morning at her residence on Sonth Second street in the 78th year of her age, The deceased was a lady of high Christian character! universally esteemed and re spected, and greatly beloved by . her more intimate friends and acquaintances. She was a native of Newbern but- had been a resident of Wilmington nearly fifty years. She leaves one daughter, Mrs . E. B. Wiggins, who has the sym pathy ot the community in her sad be reavement The funeral will take place this afternoon at 4.80. o clock, from St James' Ephopalhnrch. ; Xiaraa BaoaixMa of Cottoti. . Cotton is coming in freely, the receipts increasing each day. Yesterday, 925 bales were received, .making the total tor the week ended Saturday "2,878 bales, against receipts of 7 bales the cor responding week last year. The market here was dull at a decline of one-eighth, middling being quoted at 7Kc per pound.- '; " , -i f Three British steamers are on the way here to load cotton! for Europe; the Carlton. . capacity 10.000 ; bales; the Ormsiv. 10,000: and the Thurston, 6.000. The Carlton sailed from j Port Natal, Africa. August 6th j ; Doatb of Mr. Henry M. Cowan. A telegram was received in the aty yesterday conveying the sad news that Mr. Henry M. Cowan, of Raleigh, died in that city at 12 m. l The deceased was a brother of Mrs. John C James, of this city, and a sou of the late Thos. Cowan of Brunswick. Mrs. Tames and Mr. Jno. C. James. Jr., left yesterday afternoon to attend the funeral, which will be held at Pittsboro to-dav. ACCUSED OF. INTIMIDATION. Beoelva Cowen'a Work Among Ballroad . Kmployea Bererelr Crltlolaed. The following special is from the Washington Post, a gold-standard but independent paper: Hagerstown, Md August 27. The silver leaders of Hagerstown are up in arms against the: four railroad compa nies centering here for distributing amons their employes and others what the silverites term "misleading, mall licious and threatening gold arguments. A freight car loaded with printed docu ments arrived over the Baltimore ana Ohio to-day, and vast quantities of them were left with the employes, it is said, at the request of John K. Cowen. one of the receivers of the road. Silver lawyers have collected copies ot the documents, one of which they claim will be sufficient to have the railway of ficials indicted under the new elections law of Maryland for intimidating voters. The silver men aver that judge Mc- Sherry s notable charge to the Frederick county grand jury recently is so ciear as to the orovisions oi tne new elections law that there is no doubt that the rail roads who send out intimidating litera ture will come under its provisions. . Several silver employes ot tne railroad have filed with the silver lawyers copies ot the alleeed threats, and an investiga tion is now going on. The railroad com panies claim they are simpiy aistnouting SOUnQ-iOglC UU tug ujuu, ijuiiiuwy. The silver men also accuse Mr. Cowen ot using his Congressional frank to send out through tne unuea oukcs mans campaign literature that tends to serve his personal ends. - WEE , WILMINGTON, N.'O.V FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1896. DEFIANT DOCKERY. HIS SPEECH AT. WADESB0R3 CAUSES CONSTERNATION AMONQ t RE- ' PUBUCANS. . ' ' Seelares For Bryan and Wation and Se- nounoea MoEtnley Frhebatd and - . Boaaell-Saya It- Will be Iiato .. Dy When He Jfcsoepti Bom- . - - . ination B"rom the lit- . " ' pablteaa Tatty. . ' " Special Star .Telegram ,, Charlotte, August 29. Guthrie and Dockery spoke to a crowd estimated at 600 at Wadesboro to-day. Guthrie spoke first, making a free silver speech. The greatest interest however, centred in Dockery, who cut his speech; short be cause he had a chilL He said be was not a Populitbut a free silver Republi can, acting with the Populists from principle. ' He was chairman of the con vention in Raleigh two years ago, whose committee on resolutions reported free silver' resolutions' on' his recommenda tion. The convention ratified them and they bind the Republican party to-day. Russell 1 swindled ;; him out of the gubernatorial nomination this year, but he was glad, because he would , have resigned when McKinley ' was nomi nated on a gold platform. He ardently advocated tree silver. ; He weuld .-ftot vote for the McKinley bill now. bnt was for reasonable protection. His cardinal principles were - free silver, , present county government and honest elections. He beat Russell twenty votes in the State Convention, but by the chairman was beaten out of the . nomination. Dockery boasted of his part in securing recent ; Populist-Republican co-operation. Russell, he said, hooted at it and now yells for it. Dockery stirred . the .negroes up to a :- high pitch by telling them that Russell has recently been writing to' Republicans North, telling them negroes should be disfranchised. He intimated that Russell was a Mc Kinley man for "pie.": If Republicans can swallow him. all right. If Russell tries it he will have more brains in his belly than his head. ; :. i ; - - Raleigh, August $9. Dockery de clared himself a free, silver Republican, and came out flatfooted for William J.' Bryan for President and Thos. E. Wat son lor vice President He sua it wonld be a late day when he .accepted any nomination from - the. Republican party, denounced Pritchard and young Mott, and' referred to Russell as the bogus candidate. These men, he said, had swindled him lout of the nomina tion -He .burned all the bridges behind him against gold and the Russell crowd.1 There were 500 in the crowd, 90 per cent, negroes. . -'"' . . i Republicans here assert that Dockery must be taken off their ticket since his speech at Wadesboro to-day. Others say that the. Executive Committee should " meet at once, take dawn all Populist nominees, and put out a straight Republican ticket. Ed jJobn son is one of these. He says Dockery cannot carry any Republicans to the Populist party. -r' LBy Sonthetn Associated Pretft.1 Ralxigh. N. C, August 29. The Populist campaign in North Carolina opened to-day at; Wadesboro. W. A. Guthrie, the nominee for Governorand Oliver Dockery,: the nominee for Lieutenant Governor, were the speakers,' Since August 15th there has been in tense interest in the State regarding the position Mr. Dockerv would take. He has been a life-long Republican, and was Minister to Brazil under President Harrison. He was beaten for - the Re publican nomination for Governor in July. The Populists nominated htm for Lieutenant Governor in order to divide the Republican vote, and two -days later the Republicans endorsed him. They expected that to-day be would stand by bis old party, but he declared against it and McKinley,-!tooK position lor Bryan and Watson, and defied the Republi cans, saying that although they might keep him on their ticket, it would be a late day before be accepted their nomi nation. ' - German at Waiaaw, N- O. . A correspondent of the Star, writing from Warsaw, says: "A very pleasant german was given here last night com olimentary to the visiting ladies. Those who participated were. Mr. Albert Wil liama of Kenansville with Miss Danie Shepatd of, Wilmington. Mr. Frayar with Miss Gertrude Moore, Mr. W.G. Hnssey of Atlanta, Ga., with. Miss Winnie Fat son of Faison, N. C; Mr. James Mann with Miss Hattie Bryan; Mr. H. F. Peircewith Miss Lillle Belle Newbury, of Magnolia; Mr. Faisoa Hicks, of Fai son, with Miss Julia Hill, of Wilming ton; Mr. Joe Williams with Mrs. A. J Flanner, - of Wilmington; Mt. Nick ; Hnssey with Miss: Lyde Williams; Mr. John N. Johnson with Miss Katie Maye .Williams, and Mr. F. L. Faison with Miss Sallie Hill. The stags were Capt J. S. Hartsell and Mr. J. E. Johnson. Mr. A. F. Williams led with much credit to himself." - - j : - - .v--: --..r A Btrsnser in' the' City. ;; ';-; ;i ',. il Mr. A. M. Petre, a Scotchman, age about 40 years, died yesterday morning f la grippe at the Rock Spring hotel where he was boarding. He was travel ling for H. A. Tucker & Bros granite mntbm. and was a faithful employe, l ne funeral took place at 2.80 o'clock y ester dav. conducted by Rev. R. A. Willis, of Grace M. E. Church. A brother of the deceased, Ur. Charles Petre, of Norfplk, Va was present The interment was in Bellevue cemetery and the pall-bearers were Messrs Frank Meier, John Tyner, Charles Shire, Jeff. Sellars. Walter YateS and P. GiUila. "' W ' --'',' aaaaa tbmmm aa "' l don't want free silver. Free silver is just a little dodge tnai tne Democratic party has iut up to save it elf from annihilation." Thus spoke Daniel L. Russell, Republican candidate tor Governor, when he opened his cam paign at Hendersonville, N. " - x. . An encouraging feature oi the Democratic campaign in this State is the great interest shown by the people. The crowds that assemble to bear tne speaker are largerand more enthusiastic than in any previous canvass since 1876. it A Wilminstoaiaa Honrr.d. - Mr. Thos. D. Meares. of Stonewall Lodge No. 1, Knights of Pythias, of Wilmington, was yesterday elected Su preme Master, or Excbtqaer of the Knights in the United States by the Supreme Lodge, in session at Cleve land, Ohio, The pesition is one of great importance and responsibility in the ; Order. M rr Meares bavin 7 the handling of some $50,000 or more of its funds. It pays twelve to fifteen hun dred dollars per annum. : ' ; ' Mr; Meares is in attendance at the Supreme Lodge as representative from the .Grand Lodcre oi North Carolina- He telegraphed the announcement of his appointment to Col. Walker Taylor, no wired the 'followinfir : messace in repiv;: - ' i our trtends '- here tender - sincere congratulations, ' The Order through out this State will be delighted at the receipt of this news. , , - Walxxr Taylor A VineyMd Balded. Mr. T.A. Price, watchman . far the Coast Line, had warrants issued bv lus- tice R, H. Banting yesterday, for about Jwepty boys; and. young: men who went out to ma vineyard about a mile from the city (widow Rush's old place) Tues- oay evening: tore down the fence and. destroyed some of his grape arbors He said this crowd of boys, who live' in the eastern part of the city, . had repeatedly been caught in his vineyard, and had lelt when ordered Out; but on this par ticular afternoon they were very noisy, and when-told to leave, cursed him, his wife and daughters, and were only in duced to leave when r he produced his shotgun and threatening to shoot A constable was with Mr. Price yesterday In pursuit of the depredators. i -aa- n TJaanlmonalr For Gold. The News gives the following account of the large and enthusiastic Charlotte delegation to the gold convention at Greensboro: The special train bearing the Char lotte delegation to the gold convention at Greensboro to day, pulled out at 8.46 last night. The delegation was enthusi astic, but not a very large one. weighing only about 185 pounds and consisting of Mr. i. Wtttxowsky. ' On the way to Greensboro, a caucus of the delegation was held. Mr. Sam Wittkowsky was elected chairman and Mr. S. Wittkowsky secretary. Mf. Wittkowsky moved that in the convention the vote of the Char lotte delegation bs castas a unit and the motion was unanimously carried. M URpERERjCAPTURED. Nathaniel Moore Who Killed His Wife Near Fremont Arretted by a Sheriff Posse.: . j 4 Special Star Telezram f Goldsboro, August 27. Nathaniel Moore, white, who murdered his wife near Fremont , a month ago by cutting her throat, and for whose arrest a reward of 1200 was offered by the Governor, was "captured this afternoon at his mother's home, near the scene of the murder, locked up in an old kitchen. A snerin s posse oi six, beaded by ex Sheriff D. A. Grantham, made the cap-r tnre and brought Moore to this city and jailed Jam. Bellamy in OosIgw.V By request of the ' State' Democratic Executive Committee, Mr. John D. Bel' la my, jr., will address the people of On slow - county, at I acKsonville. Monday, September 7th. Every voter of Onslow who can possibly attend should do so. Mr. Bellamy' has familiarized himssll with the great political issues of the day. notably the silver question, and is one of the strongest speakers- in the state. McKinley aa Soldier. That any southern Democrat can reach the point of- -voting .for McKinley is one of the ways that are "past finding oat This man was with Sheridan when be rode through the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, ; the sword of the murderer in one hand and the torch of the incendiary in the other, and was an active participant in the hellish work of laying waste one of the most beautiful valleys in the South. With .fire and sword this Major McKinley aided his chief in his. barbarous warfare. Sheri dan said that after he had completed his work "a crow flying over the Shenan doah Valley would have to carry his rations on his back. j SAYS DOCKERY IS A POP, The Wadesboro Messenger says of the Hon. Options Hallelujah Dockery : "Since the fopuiists nominated Oliver H. Dockerv for Lieutenant Gov ernor, there nas oeen a great aeai oi speculation as to bis political . attitude The Republicans, who have also placed him on their ticket for the same posi tion, say tnat be will support McKinley for President, while the Populists just as confidently assert that he will use his influence in behalf of Bryan and Wat son. The truth of the matter is, the Old War Horse has gone over horse, foot, and dragoons to the !Pops. There can be no doubt about this, if his word is to be relied upon in the least for he has practically admitted as much to a number of citizens of WadtsDoro. Fire at Boaeboro. ' -fA1 fire occurred last night at Rose- boro, N. Con the Cape Fear & Yadkin Vallev Railroad, in the lumber mill and drv kilns of McCiure & Grenamyer. It consumed about $1,500 worth of lumber and about 250 feet of the railroad track. It is not known whether there was any insurance. ". Cotton Beoelpts at Wilmington."' i The receipts of cotton yesterday were 582 .bales. Receipts for the week ended yesterday, 1,948 bales; same week last year, 7 bales. Receipts for the crop year to August 28. 173,245, against 831, 218 bales to same date last year. The stock of cotton at this port is 2,548 bales; against 768 at same date last season. A Gold Bos Dally. ; The gold men who were in the recent convention at Greensboro, says - the Charlotte News, are conferring with two editors, one on the caast and the other in a c aunty not far from Charlotte, looking to the starting of a daily paper to boom. their cause, - .They have one or two weeklies, bat what - they want is a moraine daily. It is proposed to publish it either in Charlotte or Raleigh, and it will be started, if the arrangements do not fall through, in September. A DEMOCRATIC OPINION. ; Columbia Stale. 'Candidate McKinley's letter of accept ance does not demand reply. We take it that any man of ' average intelligence who is a tariff reformer and a bimetal list will need no assistance in detecting its labored sophistries. We do not speak as a partisan when we say -that it is a very commonplace production an d distinctly parrot-like and tiresome. The political news regarding the position taken bv the defiant Dock erv at Wadesboro - yesterday will be found ' highly interesting. Read : the Star's special telegrams this morning. mm!m BRYAN'S CAMPAIGN. SPEECHES AT HORN ELLESVI LLE AND JAMESTOWN, NEW, YORK. inonaanoa or People Assembled, to Hear . the DemooraMo Nominee tor the , 'Preaideney Diaouaa the 8ihre . - ;; aeatton and Other ' - : , Iieadlnaj Iaanea. . ; . -- By Telearaph to the Morning Star. Hqknklls villi,' N, Y.rAugust 29. There were few- stops made by Mr; Bryan's train between Buffalo and Hor- nellsville. A tremendous crowd was gathered at ' the ' Hornellsville station; reached at 11.15 a, m. T Mr. Brya-a was loudly cheered as he descended from the train. - On the platform he was greeted by a reception committee and bv mem bers of the Bryan and Sewall club. A procession of carriages was ' formed, headed by a band, and the candidate and housewife were conveyed to the house ot Alderman uoison, where a re ception was held until noon. HORNXLLSVXLLE. N. Y Aueust 29. Before a gigantic gathering of farmers at Maple City Park, near Hornellsville. this afternoon.WiUtam J. Bryan severely criticised the third ticxet movement and those who are taking part in it. Mr. Bryan was at his best and spoke with an earnestness approaching lervor. He paid his compliments to those Democrat who want to nominate .new candidates and worked his audience .up to a high state of enthusiasm by his remarks. People from ail over Steuben and neigh boring counties gathered at the park to hear Mr. Bryan speak. - :i 'f The candidate teached Hornellsville at 11.10 o clock this morning from Niagara Falls where he spent the night. At the station a great crowd cheered him in a hearty manner. . Mr. and Mrs. Bryan were entertained at luncheon by Alderman Charles A. Dolson, where a reception was also beld for an hour. The grand stand in the fair grounds (Maple City Park) has a capacity of 8,000. To day it was packed and jammed,' and stretching in a solid mass on the racing 'track and enclosure, were thousands more. It is certain that there were at least 7 000 people present, and the man ner in which they showed their approval of Mr. Bryan's remarks gave them the title of being one ot the most entbusi tic audiences the candidate has ad dressed since be started out from Chi cazo alter his nomination. - From the time his carriage: entered the gate until after he had taken his seat on the speaker's stand the cheering was continuous. The stand was mounted on a big truck and -horses drew it down the track to a point " directly in front of the grand stand, on the race track. The cheers that greeted tne candidate when he was presented ' by Alderman Dolson were of. the heartiest, and con tinued for some time.. Mr. Bryan's voice was husky when he began, but it soon gained strength and came strong and clear before his discourse was nnisneo. Mr. Bryan spoke as follows: . v- Fellow citizens I have not time to enter into an elaborate discussion of the issues presented to the people In this campaign, out i desire to. can attention -to a few things which may assist yon In deciding on which side you should cast your influence. - There are certain things which you have aright to consider, it is the obu-ct (or at least it should be) of the public -speakers to hslp their audiences to understand the merits of disputed questions, and it is one of the evidences of sincerity of purpose that the person discussing the public issues shall discuss . them plainly and clearly. so that every one can understand just what is said and just what is meant. When ambiguous language is nsed, when obscure expressions are . em ployed, it is an assured fact . that the person using them has something to conceal rather tnan to make piaii. ine Good Book speaks of certain persons who love darkness rather than light, and the Good Book gives a reason for that peculiar affection. Do you remember what it is ? They love darkness rather than light because their deeds are evil. Whenever Ifiud darkness employed in the discussion of a question, or in the statement of a position, I am irresistibly reminded of that Bible passage and conclude that the person who attempts to obscure it does it because he is not willing that the people shall know what he believes and what be desires to ac complish. When I bear a man talking about sound money, without - telling what he means by it, I think he loves datkness rather than light because his deeds are evil applause, and when I find that our opponents are taking their arguments from people who have not names I am afraid that there is a purpose in the obscurity. Let me call your atten tion to an article which you will find at the too of the first comma ot the first oace of the Buttaio courier, unoer great big head lines, 'Read to Unload,' 'Indian , ii. .v- r rr ;ii ur:. .DiWBXrs nope luau uj yau t lit ii iu, Great Hoards of Sliver 'Are eager to dump it bv the shipload on United States mints and to douuie its present prices. Under these head lines 1 nod this spe cial cable message from that great city whence comes most of the arguments of our enemies, London, - feogland. Hisses 'In the course of an interview to-day a leading Indian merchant just returned from Calcutta, saia to me: (A leading Indian merchant, name un known) laughter American politics jast now is of absorbing interest to nin 4oo and Parsee bankers and finan ciers as well as to native potent ates.' Yes, my friends, for Our American politics is of absorbing interest to all the nations of Europe, because we are going to decide to govern ourselves.' Cheers J Therefore, they are becoming interested Continuing the newspaper quotation, 'Alt of them, possessing enormous hoards of silver; eagerly desire Bryan's election, and the chance thereby afforded them to dump shiploads of silver bullion into the United States mint at. double the present price. ' So eager are they that I have heard a well founded rumor an unknown person has heard a well founded rumor that a friend has been found to aid the free silver party by sup plying campaign literature. That, Mr. Bryan resumed, "is the end of the quotation from the unknown Indian merchant and the- cablegram adds: "My Informant is a man of such high commercial standing that I attach much importance to tnis iniormation. "There," said Mr; Bryan, commenting in a tone of bitter sarcasm, is 'a cor respondent, who does not sign his name,' telling about a man ot high commercial standing whose name be does not give, who quotes what a leading merchant says whose name is unknown and who says that there is a 'well founded rn mor' and connects things that are going to happen, i Laughter. What . my friends, is the soit of argument that is being spread before the American peo pie ? Why don't these men who are giving opinions gives their names, so that we can-find out who the men are and what their opinion is worth ? But I am afraid that they love darkness rather than light because their deeds are evil, and they dare not come out in the open light Laughter. . l call attention to this because we can see by it what an unsubstantial foun dation is laid for the fears which - they attempt to excite in the breasts of Ameri can citizens. ' a NO. 45 "Let me give you adother evidence of the lack of candor and directness - that characterizes our opponents. Ex-Secre tary fairchlld is quoted in. this same paper as saying :'I do not see how we can do anything else than put ' a third ticket in the Presidential arena. - We have practically committed ourselves to such a source. We want to see the de f eat of the Chicago ticket and we shall try to draw away as many votes as we can from it, iWe feel that this defeat may best be accomplished by a third ticket Of course we shall find no fault with.' those , of our trends , who cast a straight vote for McKinley.' - As to who the . nominee .will be, I have not the . slightest idea.' -y' "i Now. there, my friends " aaid Mr. Bryan, "is a party that claims to be in favor of honest money advocating the putting pp of "a ticket, not for the pur pose of electing the ticket, not for the purpose of voting for the ticket, but for the purpose of electing : another man whom they are not willing to endorse. "I simply call your attention to. the methods which we have to meet in this campaign; And I ask you whether these methods characterize a political party that is so devoted to honesty in every thing that it wants honest monev and jound dollars ? Derisive laughter , Now, as against a -party that without daring to advocate a gold standard yet declares in favor of its maintenance until other cations come to bur relief, and as against another so-called party that ad vocates the nomination of a ticket not forthe purpose of electing it but for the purpose- of electing another ticket we present a straightforward, emphatic declaration, which is so clear that one who runs may "read. ' We s demand the immediate restoration of the free and ; unlimited coinage of 1 eold and silver at the present ratio of 16 to 1. without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation on earth. I believe you have a right to consider the frank ness, the candor, with which these posi tions are stated, when : you come to de cide which side is honestly striving to do that -which is best for the American people. ::- j -.j U p"-V: "Now, it the gold standard is a eood thing, the Republicans ought to have declared in favor cf its; perpetual main tenance. Jf the gold standard is a rood thing, then the United. States ought to have it and if the gold standard is a bad thing, then no foreign nation should be permitted to force a gold standard upon the people of the United States. Cheers. 1 j - P.; : ; . V "There is not in that; monev platform of the Republican party a single ray of nope. Are you satisfied with your con dition? If so, then why do you not want to keep up a gold standard? If you. are not satisfied with the condition, are you willing to tubmit to present i conditions until other people take pity upon Us and come to our rescue? Apolause.1 - That, my friends, is the position in wnicn we are placed in this campaign; no party depending on a gold standard and yet a great party willing to surren der the right of self-govern mtnt, willing to vest its legislative powers in other lands andlet tbem legislate for . the Unitedr States. Hisses andlshouts of "never, neyer." ' m , . . 1 do not believe that the American people will ever consent to receive their. mandates from over the ocean (a voice; with a strong Hibernian accent) "Johnny Bull will never do it.")- 1 Anotner thing, my mends, our oppo nents do nor attack one of the strong planks in our platform. We declare against the issue of bonds in times ot peace and against the i trafficking with syndicates who hire themselves for a high price to look after our Government, I liaugnier.j ...... . . . we denounce that policy. . Does the Republican platform denounce it? - No, no, not a word in their platform de pouncing it. If the Republican party succeeds, will it stop that policy? fVoice. 'No. no.1 i i because every man who is interested in these syndicates, every man who profits out of the Government's' extremities, is declaring that the Republican ticket must be elected this year to save the country, These people would not go to the polls ahd try to elect the Republican party if they thought that that party was going to stop the trafficking with syndi cates. Applause And yet when our Opponents come before the people to whom do they appeal for votes? Do any Of these Republican speakers turn to the money-changers and appeal to them to vote the Republican- ticket? - It is not necessary to waste time on them. 'To whom do tbey 1 appeal ? To the ones they think the least likely to vote the Republican ticket They appeal to the ones who think it will; require the most persuasion to get them Out. They appeal to the laboring men of the united States. Just now their appeal is especially to the laboring men. Tbey tell the laboring man that tbey are afraid that something is going to happen to him. Laughter. -! "Now bow can you tell whether these men who stand at the head of the gold crusade, and yet do; not have the cour age to say gold when .they talk how do you tell whether tbey are going to help the laboring man or not? Judge the future by the pist We have good scrip tural authority for the assurance that a tree is known by its fruit. : These trees have been bearing for twenty years and there has not . been a thing on a single tree which a laboring man would have in his house if he could. a Iamkstown, N, Y.i Aug. 29. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan were conveyed from the fair grounds to the railroad station; receiv ing a most enthusiastic ovation all along the route, and at once started for lames town. ;;;y-f :."-,"!-'; ;- There were few stops. A big crowd had gathered at Wellsville, but the train whirled past so rapidly that ' all the can didate heard was the echo cf cheers and the faint strains; ot abacd. (uba was the first stop. A big crowd was there and Mr. Bryan shook hands with many. The train reached Olean at 6.80 and the candidate was given a big reception. Mr. cryan spoke from the rear platform of his car. Three thousand people were in the crowd and they cheered- with vigor. " ' - '- 'I Mr. Bryan arrived at the lamestown station at 7.40 p. m and was greeted with cheers by a . thousand people crowded there and along an embank ment overlooking the tracks. He and Mrs; Bryan were taken to the Sherman House, where, after a auick suDDer. thev were conveyed to Celoron. on Chautau qua Lake, on a special trolley car. ;' The convention hall at Celoron has i seating capacity of 8,000,' but fully 10, 000 people were jammed in it long be tore the Bryan party came1 at 9 o'clock. Outside there were thousands struggling to get to the doors. 1 The party was en tirely witboat police protection and had to fight hard to I keep t from being crushed by the crowd which swarmed around them. i When': Mr. Bryan j stepped upon the platlorm he was greeted with a fierce shrill cheer, which ins its intensity sue gested the Chicago Convention. Every one stood on their chairs, waving hand kerchiefs, and the cheer was kept up for several minutes. I After this began trouble which came almost to being panic, and under the conditions there panic wonld have surely resulted in loss of life. Mr. Frank! H. Mott introduced Mr. Bryan, and the Presidential candi date stepped forward and after the cheer toodwaitlng for quiet , The people' kjeprxrowding in at the doors' -and press- " ' ing. to the front. .: Mr. Bryan begged those In the' aisles j to : go out" lest a panic should "i result and by - word and gestures implored - them for order, but be could not get it. Members of the committee, Mr. Mott and Mr. Sibley, took turns at ex-- borting the. people to keep back, but . . they were not heeded. ; One excited -man in the gallery got a hearing and - v cried: ' Go. out . for heaven's sake; " there will be a panic and people: will be killed." Others made simi- '' lar . appeals. : Mr. Bryan declared that . he would .' not speak . under t such dangerous conditions. Mr. Sibley announced that Mr. Bryan would leave the hall and talk. In the open -air if the ' people would go out Finally the Intel- Ugence was conveyed to the people that Mr. Bryan would talk. I ouuide after the in-door : meeting and Mr. Sib- - ' ley would talk outside immediately Several hundred people were induced to leave, and after a few minutes of strug- ' gling against the determination of more ' people than the ball would bold to hear him. Mr. Bryan was able to begin his speech. - -;. . V f .. .. .... ' . The . address delivered by Mr. Bryan ' was largely on the lines of his speech at Hornellsville to-day. ' : . ., DEMOCRATIC CLT7BS. Orcaniains in Xvery Ssodon of the Conn u i try For Free. Bllver.l I h Waskinzton fost '",' ' j The reports to the headquarters of the National 'Association of Democratic Clubs continue to show new organiza tions in every section and the accession of Republicans. For instance, James F. ' Graham, Fourth Vice President of the ' , Bryan and Sewall Club, No. 1, of Kings county, writes : ,- "The outlook grows brighter, every day, and it is simply mar- velous tne number of Republicans who " are coming into bur organization." Y A. J. Kersbner. a- merchant of Mer- cersburg. Pa ; writes : "We have organ ized a bimetallic (silver league. Our or ganization is for the purpose of unifying the Democratic vdte. and, tor securing as many Republican silver men as we can. We have now on our list some cf , the most prominent leaders of the Republi can party in this section, and we . expect -to get a great many more before the 4th of November." ' ''. :--' William Ranch, Secretary of the Thirty-second Ward Bimetallic League,of Pittsburg, Pa., says : 'One-third of eur . members are Republicans, or rather were Republicans." j . f " Charles Warner, secretary of the Free Silver Club of Dowagiac. Mich., writes: " We want literature, we have a club membership of over 400, one-third of which are Republicans, land no liters- , ture. Send ns plenty. We consider Michigan no longer a j dcubtful State but safe in the arms of Bryan." . . I. C. Clark, secretary of the ' Bryan and Sewall Silver Legion of Bridgeport, Conn., in making application to have his club enrolled, sends very encourag ing reports.- He says his club numbers 800 - members, many Republican work- ingmen, with promise that he will send i in. a list of 500 on his rolls before Sep tember 1. , CY. WATSON'S CANVASS. ? Make Great, Speech at parbam-Beaids """ tbe Tobaeoo Trutt la Its Den.1 I' A correspondent of the News and Observer says of Cyclone Davis: .1!'.. Mr. watson s reception at uutnam; was as great or greater than at an: place he has visited during the cam-r' paigo. At 2 80 o'clock he was escorted ' to the court house to ; the strains ,of music and followed by a procession of- two hundred or more. The -court house was packed with people; every inch of sitting or standing room was occupied, the biggest crowd, several said; that had ., attended a politico speaking in Durham far vears. ' were business men and mechani manufacturers, workingmen and a I nomber ol farmers, and tbey cheerfQ to the echo every sentence of the lifted speaker, Mr. Watson wasenticery him self. He had rested for to-day and in voice and vim was ready for the fray. He discussed the money question at length to eager and, in the main, friendly ears, and with telling effect tore the veil from trusts, combines and monopolies and showed them up in their ghoulish hideonsnecs. He alluded to Mark Hanna and Whitney and Rockefeller, alt trust magnates, conspiring to defeat that champion of the people, Wm. f, Bryan. tie scored the American Tobacco Com- pady and declared that leaf dealers and tobacco raisers all over the State bad declared to him that the price of the tobacco this company ! bought went down from 20 to 40 per. cent within six months alter its organization. He poured volley after volley into the Mark Hanna- McKinley combine and declared that the ndianapolis convention was gotten up bv gold bugs and monopoly Democrats to aid in the election of McKinley. Mr. Watson concluded by quoting the last i public utterances of; the immortal Vance, "The money changers are pollut ing the temple, to your tents, Oh, Israel." , V. B. ARENDXLL. y , TOLEDO, OHIO. i'. Gold Bug Opposition to Bryan Demon-1 ' t ttration. j. '. ;-. . Br Telegraph to the Morning Star. . i f Toledo,, Ohio; August; 29. The deal Executive Committee, Which has ' charge of the arrangements for the Bryan demonstration j here on next Wednesday, bat so Jar been unable to secure a ball in wbicu jibe nominee could speak. Propositions to rent Me morial Hall and the Ai mory were de clined. Then it ws decided to have Mr, Bryan speak in the open in front of the High School. A platform had just been completed when the. superintend- -ent notified . the committee that Mr. Bryan could not speak i there and the platform must come down. Just what the committee will do now is not ap parent, ..j"; '.;! . '. ' ' J '..,- an a i Governor. Carr has been notified that twenty cattle have died at a dairy near Charlotte of a disease believed to bean thrax.and that the local veterinarians are unable to stop the disease. The Gov ernor has requested Dr. Salmon, Chief , of the United States Bureau of Animal Industry, to send experts there imme- diateiy. Absolutely Pure. A cream of tartar baking powder. Highest of all in leavening strength. Latest United States Government ' Food Report. 1 ROYAL BAKING POWDER Co., : , - . '. ': . I New York. J SI ' - - '-" :i is. 1 - J mm M'MI r r
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