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HVe are agaiq sending bills Jo our;
ntscnbers.-. In the aggregate tneyj
boaldo't the United States discard it
and again take up sliver ?',fv:
The Kepublicaa party confessed no
tOCh . thine. This international aoree.
njent plank was never 'of practical im
portance, nor was it intended to be. All
that was meant by it was that, jont -of
deference to a decaying bat still wide
spread ' superstition, the Republican
party was willing to hear again what
could be said for silver, and- to dlscuis
the currency .question with - other na
tions: but sense.and experience forbade
and forbid the idea that anything could
come 01 ii. .r; 1
V " Bimetallism is a dream.' and always
has been a dream. The .delusion that
gold and 'silver were ever coupled in
veritable bimetallism must come tp- an
end-like: the ancient couDline of brats
and iron. There, isn't going to be any
bimetallism, because there can't be; and
that s the whole of it. Gald; alone, is,
the standard, as a simp'e and predes
tined feature of progressive civilization,
to be superseded by some other metal
when one -more convenient becomes
available. ' Bimetallic talk can only
make mischief; it cannot make bimet
allism." . .t. -.,--r' '
' The Sun may not be authorized to
speak for the Kepublicaa paity, we
do not think ; it ' is, for ' we do not
think' it fought to be authorized to
speak for any party, but it can and
does speak for the men 'who control
the' financial: policies ; of .that party,
and dictated the financial plank ot
amount to a very large sum. J r.any
of out subscribers arje resppn. og
promptly. Others pay no attentVn1
to the bills. These latter do nX1
seem to understand that they ars
nftder any legal or moiral obligation the platform adopted 1 at -: SC Louis,
to oav for a' newspaper. Vv. ; , :' ' and now we find it" si
substantially
confessing, fifteen - days - after t the
election, that this plank jw'as a fraud,
inserted r"in deference , to a decay
insr but widesDread : suDerstltion'
the Republican party j that is to humbug theyoters who other nation Which had a grieyahce
mignt shu dc nnaer las lnnucuce or
did
ACKNOWLEDGING A FRAUD.
There are very few persons who
knW anything about; -the freedom
with wbich
platform builder make - pledges
whic'a they have no idea of carrying
out, who attached . any importance to
their declarations of friendship for
silver in the platform adopted at St.
Louis; It was pretty well understood
by those who could see through the
trickery '"that the motive behind the
declaration for the free and unlimited
-coinage of silver on "international
igreemeat" was to deceive people
who believe in bimetallism and , thus
secure' their support for the. party
which professed to be in favor of the
only bimetallism which it held to be
practicable and effective.
Thiswas really the plank which
saved the Republican party, for there
are
bim
safer thing, and preferable " to . inde
pendent action by this country on a
J6 to 1, or any other ratio; who would
not have voted for it if it had repu
diated btmetallis'm and declared for
gold monometallism. '.'- 4
nTj Republican organ or speaker
in tte campaigti from Mr. McKinleyt
down d ares to bint at gold monqmet
allismjor to confess thajt the party
was not in earnest and didn't mean
We suppose General Miles, of the
U. S. Army, understands his business,
but it : seems to us that for com
mander of - the army-he. shows re
markableffreedom in discussing with
the newspaper reporters the weak
ness of this country from a military
standpoint, especially in view ot the
war talk that is now being indulged
In, as the possible outcome of the
situation in Cuba: Gen. Miles is re
ported as saying'' to a reporter in
Cincinnati that our regular army was
too smalt by one-half: for emer
gencies, that in the event of war the
Government would be compelled to
rely upon the militia (which, by the
way, it always does), and that while
the personnel of our army is supe
rior to that of any . country in
the world, we have no guns to fight
with and It takes two years to make
a high power gun, -all of which may
be so, but all of which, in bur, opin
ion, is not' just thekindof informa-.
tion ; that should be ' given to the"
world at ' a time when it might do a
good deal of : jbarm and encourage
some foot power like Spain to buck
up against us and take advantage of
our supposed weakness. -We do not
think there is anyrprobability.of a
serious brush'. with;spain,i but this
continued talk about bur defenceless
condition,"- especially when coming
from men high . in authority, would
be well calculated to encourage an-
u Mr. John Wanamaker, of Phila
delphia, says he is willing to serve
as U. S. Senator "if the people want
him." But he, isn't going around
asking ' the people whether they
'iwant him" very bad. He is in the
ring and is going to take his chances
on that. ' b
this "superstition." at didn't mean
anything more, wasn't intended' to
mean anything more, simply a fraud
deliberately uttered, that's alL" : . :
' The'Sun and other "sound money"
gold monometallists, who' made good
use of this frand in the campaign np
to the dav of. the . election, now see
sizns'of a disposition to take, the
party ;at its word-to construe this
platform as meaning what it said.
Bimetallists are beginning to urge
ithat when the "Republican party
takes the reins of Government it
proceed to carry put its pledge by
endeavbrine to secure an Interna
tional Congress, with a view to do-
against us to show its teeth.
" The newspapers and stumpers and
"financiers." who opposed the elec
tion of Wm. J. Bryan and the free
and unlimited coinage'of silver, have
boasted much of the "grand verdict :
of; the people -which relegateq M .
Bryan, called the Canton statesman
to the front and "settled the silver
question." ; They won : the victory;
there is no doubt of that but it was
a "verdict" which cost a good deal
of: money. The following table,
published by the New York Journal
gives the amount of contributions
by States and sections : ; : .
New York;
' Hon. Bourke ' Cockran, of New
'York, advises the Democrats in Con
gress to "pass the Revenue bill."
We hardly think that, under the cir
cumstances, Bourke's advice will
pass 'among the Democrats in Con
gress. r'- ' & -'y-f ::. '-
"There will be eleven j colored
Solons in . the next North Carolina
Legislature, nine in the House and
two in the Senate. I Who says there
is no chance for colored genius to
sprout in this State? . ; '
The New Y otkiJVoTjct &j,tb
largest Contributor jto the Republican
campaign in the past election was W.
K. VanderbUt, who' chipped in $150,-
000.' Cornelius threw. 10 $50,000.,
It ' Is iMr. Wanamaker's opinion
that "no one has a patent; right on a
Seaatorshlp from Pennsylvania," bat
there are some gentlemen who have
a pretty tight grip on it all the same.
Palmer, the veteran theater man
ager of New York, jwentrjnnder a few
days ago. . Palmer; the! veteran de
coy of Illinois, went under a short
The city of Brooklyn; has an ele
phant on hand, in the shape of a big
safe which it bought and found too
large to get into the house without
taking a wall out otthe root off.
The "era of prpsperity, of which
Wm. McKinley was the -"advance
agent,"- may have set in, but we no
tice a good many failures, daily, all
the same. - j
MoB3oh'n-Dukej.- , f " 1
- A correspondent of the Star -.writes:
"At Laorinburg. in the Baptist Church
Wednesday - night, Mr. John' T. Mc
Eachin, one of that town's- vonne mer
chants, and Miss Hannah Dukes were
united in matrimony. Ths decorations
were charming -and the ceremony beau
titullv performed by the pastor. Rev. Mr.
Jones, After the ceremony an elaborate
recfp'.ion was tendered the bridal pattr.
"Before the entrance of the wedding
party the sweet voice of Miss Mary Mc
Call rose in clearest tones from behind
an . embankment .of ferns concealing
organ and singer.-antf ac thexlose of the
song. "Oh. Promise Me there came trom
tbe Organ a burst of melodv under the
touch of Mrs. W. DeB McEtchin. ?itu
violin strains drawn forth Dy Mr.Hmtoo
limes, and the party marched to Men
delsohn's melody. .
"The attendants were Mr. T. C Mc
Eachin and Miss .Mary Staunton, Mr.
Maxcv L.J lohn and Miss lanie . Mc-
Eachin. Mr. Frank L. Bundy and Miss
Janie Napier. Mr. Rod McRae and Miss
Lydie Gul, Dr. E J. Gill and Miss Bue
lah Cameron, Mr., W. D. McLaurin and
Miss Roberta Everett." . . ,x
Vpnorl 61 UioiiMt Btawm'i Bon. ; : :.
United. States Minister - Ransom ar
rived at Weldon Monday from Mexico
and proceeded straight to rbis home, in
Northampton county. He was in time
for tbe funeral of his son.: Mr. Thomas
Ransom; Rev. Mr. Pilard, of Jackson,
conducted the funeral service at tbe resi
dence Monday afternoon at 8 o'clock. A
large crowd of people was present, esti
mated at five hundred. The floral offer-;
ings were profuse and ; beautiful The
interment was at tbe old homestead, and
tbe remains were reverently laid to rest
bf the side of a loving sister, who died
some jreats ago. - i;:;;-!vV::V
RALEIGH NEWS BUDGET. SEABOARD ; AIR LINE.
Li - Hung Chang is getting dis
gusted and wants to retire. Secre
tary Carlisle is not the only disap
pointed statesman.! '
:u iae .riepuuucau patiy, iui lucic r- new iuu,
thousands upon thousands of ing something to restore silver and Pennsylvania
etallists who voted for it as tbe give us the bimetallic instead of the ZZ:
1
what it said when it incorporated
that plank in its platform."". In ac
counting for the change of sentiment
in the West .ahd the vote of the farm
ers, which was so much larger than
expected, for IcKinley, Mark Hanna
said the farmers were" won by the
assurance that the Republican party
meant what it said in its platform,
.that it was for bimetallism and not
for gold monometallism, which was
virtually saying that if-the Republi
can party bad been believed to be for
gold alone it 'would have been
beaten, as it undoubtedly would have
been, in spue of Hanna's "pilgrims,".
his meandering generals, his eclesl
astical circulars and1 his millions of
dollars. They didn't dare to hint at
gold monometallism' then, and it is
only since the election that any of
them has ventured to-confess the
fraud that was perpetrated on the
People, deliberately perpetrated with
the intention of holding tbe votes of
Republicans and winning the votes
of "sound money" Democrats which
otherwise might have been cast for
Wm. J. Bryan. ! ! '
. The New. York Sun, which claims
to be a Democratic paper, is a better
Republican paper than nine-tenths
f the Republican organs in this
country. In. the past campaign it
was one of McKinley's ; most vigor
ous 'supporters and supported him
mainly on account of the financial
'Plank, which declared for bitnetal
l'sra( and for the free and unlimited
I coiaage of , stiver on International
agreement, with the supplemental
Ple3?e to use its best endeavors, if
entrusted with -power, to "promote"
such 'agreement.. ' ,f .
f The (Sun professes to be a sincere,
'onestJjcmrnal, which , despises and
abhorlfrauds. It I supported Mc
Kiniejr) and. advised Democrats to
vote lor him on this very plank,and
jet bit a Tew days ago it gave utter
'. ace to the following : ';' '" -:
-'A. Rood many Democrats, some Re
?h vcan8, 01 more of less eminence, and
e British Bimetallic Laague are still
"Iking about himta11im aril th OrOS-
Peof some change or other from onr
;ol1. monometallism, of sixtv vears'.
landing.to bimetallism. A circular of
am resai(1 Bimetallic League, of which
'afDham,' that Is Lord Aldenham, is
i '"'esideatr, informs us that the recent
!mPaign in th s country resulted in a
' ... 0ry fof international as opposed to
"onal bimetallum.' Of course the
"V10"! bimetallism which failed was
I mooometalliim ; bur that slip
I "'"n t be discussed. Then the circular
jaotes this passaged the St. Louis
"Py plank and builds more hopes
single gold standard.
To offset this movement; and de-
eat it, it it can,: the . bun, con
tends that' there was nothing
in that ' Dlatform: . that r it - was
merely impracticable talk, by which
the party is not bound and by which
no sensible man would suppose it to
be bound, It goes f urther; now than
it would, with all its claims its claims
to honesty, dare to. have j gone be
fore the election: goes further than
even the Indianapolis decoy conven
tion went, which did not declare, for
irold monometallism. They . are
afraid now that the" fraud may react
on them and that the party will be
asked to do what It promised so pos
itively and solemnly to dp if given
the opportunity to do it. - j
- We; are waiting to see how many
of the : McKinley supporters will
follow tbe: Sun in confessing this
frand. ' - ' -
Mains. New Hampshire and ;
, Vermont
New Jersey . . . i
Illinois ................ -i.
Ohio ........ .i...... .
Southern States.
Western States ........
$3,000,000
: 2.500.000
1.000.000
1,500.000
600 000
1,000.000
1.000,000
1.000 000
2 000,000
S 500.000
v Mr. McKinley is said to be a tee
totaler, and will! allow vnothing
stronger in the White House on fes
tive occasions than! teaV
ltTilO& 1EBJITI05.
Immediately after! the election
there was a grand flourish by the
papers . thatsuppprted McKinley
over the increased activity among
the manufactories,; and the indica
ted revival of business j generally.
This was heralded as a verification
of the predictions that th,e election
of McKinley would result in a return
of prosperity and good times. Com
menting on these rejoicings we took,
occasion to say that we thought
-Total. ............ ......tlG.000.000
This looks like a very large sum
for election nurDOses. to help , the
- - - .i -
people render a ."verdict," and it isv
but the Tournal savs it has been
well ascertained that this sum was
contributed It was openly boasted
by the .McKinley organs 'jduring the
campaign that Mr. Hanna's money
resources 1 were - practically un
limited; that he had ail the money
he could use, and could get as much
more as he asked for.:" -This money
was used (it conld not have " been
honestly used) in one of the most
original and remarkable; campaigns
vir witnessed in this country, and
yet they talk about "the verdict of
the people." " ; - ., . t;-
The Baltimore students who
showed their esteem for Rip by
unhitching Joe Jefferson's 4 horses,
i nd pulling the carriage around town
themselves,were conferring a marked
distinction on Mr. Jefferson. They
also distinguished - themselves : as
asses much in need of a keeper. A
Lman never nonors anwiuci u up
grading, himself,; Joe was doubtless
disgusted, but couldn't help himself,
as the young men ' had .unhitched the
horses and started - off before be be-
The Republican National Commit
tee spent $2,509,000 and has about
$90,000 - to start business on next
time. . - J' j-
DEATH OF MR. JOHN M'EVOY.
Btpoyis Foieiga. - - : . " -
. Messrs! Alex Sprunt 8c Son : deared
yesterday the British steamer Wirazzoe
for Bremen, Gsr with cargo consisting
of 8.960 bales" cotton, weighing 4,800,-
655 pounds and valned at $360,000. i
Messrs. Paterson. Downing. & Co.
cleared the Norwegian barque -Ararat
for Manchester; Eng., with cargo of 4.118
barrels rosin, valued at $7,060. i
Oouon Becalm. :- 'rl;Ji'--
The receipts of cotton at this port
continue largely in excess . of recei pts .
last season; the total np to yesterday
since September 1st being 156.431 bales;
against 05,938 bales for the same time
last year, showing an increase of 60,493
bales. ' The receipts for tbe week ended
! yesterday are 17,017 bales, against 7,688
received the corresponding week last
year-;
The stock at this port is 29,975 bales;
at same date last year, 19.006.
" The schooner Xdntkicum
cleared yesterday for Port Mane. Ja
maica, with 159,225 feet lumber and 30.
000 shingles, valued at 92.198.73. "Vessel
by Geo. Harriss, Son & Co.; cargo by
Cbadbourn i.nmoer vxmpany.
POPULISTS 'OPPOSED TO PRITCH
, ARD'S RETURN TO THE SENATE. I
Will OpdoWb pnbliokn Attemxu to Be
- orsnlB State Charlteble Ioatltatlone
- The Arsnment A nine t Leuing
the A.i 4 BT- C. Bellraed '
Ficixht Train oa Soatbeco -"
, ' , f Betlw.y Wreek'd. - ;
Special Star Correspondence
7 - - Ralkigh. N. C, Nov. 20.
li Dr. A. S. Peace, a member of the Pop-
'nlist S ate Executive Committee, is in
tbe - c ty.t Mr Peace: expressed the
opinon that Pritchard would not be re
turned 'to the Senate.- He "does not
think that the Republican Senator will
be able to poll any Populist votes. ' . '
.Tuesday next, at Halifax the tempo
rary injunction restraining the stock
holders" ot the Atlantic & North Caro
lina railroad from- leasing -the road will
be argued before Jndge Boykin. Attor
ney Parnell, who instituted the inunc
tion proceedings, declined to-day to cut-
line his arguments .
When the Republicans attempt to re
organize the charitable institutions they
will find a great deal of opposition. Two
of tjbe leading Populists in tbe State tell
me that they will - fight, any attempt to
remove -Prof. John E. Ray from the
pnncipalsblp of the Deal. Dumb & Blind
Institution. ,; Uncle John Nichols if han
kering alter this place.
Bailey of North Carolina went around
to the Agricultural building- a few days
since and took; an: Inventory. He re
ports that there are fourteen officials and
clerks
Populists are saying that they will be
awarded the t peakership of the House
this time: Republicans fail to confirm
the statement.:- ' fez-: ;,.,;- ':. 1
"A Southern Railway freight train was
wrecked just outside the city limits this
morning by a part of the coupling falling
on tbe track, Six cars were pried npon
top of one another. The track' was
blccked for six hours and all trains de
layed.
STATEMENT OF THE POCJUNQ COM
, '. MJTTEE OF THE STOCK- "
; HOLOER& i . 7-
THE WAR IN CUBA.
WEYLER
FAILED IN HIS CAMPAIGN
AGAINST MACEO.
Detpaadeoej in Hren The Oatlook,
OloomTBpinUrd Iodignant et Wey-
le' I VeUore Den, Fendo WlU
Probbly Jb9 Bis guooeeeor-Iu-ereeeed
AatiTltr of the Io- 7-''
eurgente Qom s' Toroee .
they were premature, and that while I came aware of what they were doing.
an increase of business and some im:
lim-, j;c are PPoed to the free and nn
'ited coinage of silver, except by in-
. QatQnal &orimn Hrtmrn the lead
IDg
we pledge ourselves to ' promote.
hich
ulS Vai a , Rrvan'a
d!k "' A lne Republican ; party
eoy confess.' said - that smart young
itM VeiT ffeqaenilr, ,'that the gold
andard ii not a good .- thiD2, hy
provement might reasonably . be
looked for," no . boom need be ex
pected, for there was nothing in the
conditions to create a boom. -These.
rose colored annouhcements id
much to.excite expectations which
have-not been realized, and the re
sult is the disappointment of many
who had based calculations on
speedy, material and permanent Im
provement, The commercial reports
have not justified the exaggerated
statements made as ; to the revival
that had taken place and the preaic
tions i of the continued growth. Brad
street's for the past week says:
Jobber! and other wholesale dealer
fa general merchandise do not report
the anticipated increases lab..vain
of goods distributed thto,.weet.There
are increased purchases of .hohdT.
goods, and the tone of the mar ket lor
staple is one ot encouragement. Res
tively the heaviest demand bai been tor
.hni and groceries, but even
in tbe.e .lines, particularly; dry .g yoAu
the volume has been smaller than ex
pected and disappointment is a result.
The many industrial enterprises which
have started np continue a feature o
each day's ? news bnlletln. bnt there is
reason to . believe uo
these exhibits has been over-empha-
s.ed In some instances.
In addition to the failure in the
anticipated increase of bnsiness.every
day brings reports oMbe closing up
Of Industrial establishments and fail
ures that would have been charged
to the "silver ; agitation"if they had
occurred before tbe election,- we oo
not believe in looking on the dark
side, that's not our habit, but It isnt
well to excite expectations that can
not be realized, and must result in
disappointrrpt that nay prove Very
,The frog industry, which, has for
some time been hopping lively in New
Jersey, isl spreading into Maryland
and promises to be a flourishing one.
These frogs are shipped to the large
Cities where they are in great demand
and bring good prices. , They do not
serve only the hind pedals as for-,
merly but barbecue the vocalist and
serve him whole. ;
Hon. Henry Watterson sees danger
ahead for this country in the sec
tional spirit between the : Bast and
the West; In the meantime he is
trvlnff to make himself comfortable
and get as much fun out of life as he.
can in a country where the wine is as
thin as" it is over there in Switzer
land. '- ' ' v -
It is said that some of the Georgia
statesmen, who voted for Alexander j
Stephens Clay for' Senator, thought j
they were; vbtlngor Alec Stephens,
of whose demise they hadn't heard.
But as this story comes from South
Carolina, its accuracy 4nay be ques
tioned.' " '
If the ray restores the sight of
the blind as it UJ. now preaictea ii
will, there will be hope for some ot
those people who voted at the last
election for the perpetuation of the
British money standard in this coun
try. ' : ' '"'
" Gen Pettus, who "has been elected
n th U. S. Senate from Alabama
tosucceed Senator Pugb, is seventy
four vears old. and resident' of the
same town Selma--m
tor Morgan resides.;
A Confederate Veteran aod Much Xeteened
- Oitiaan of Wllmlnston.
A death occurred in Wilmington yes
terday which was beard of with sincere
sorrow by every working man in the
city. It was. the-passing away of Maj.
John McEVoy, who has .been a machin
ist and carpenter at the Atlantic Coast
LW shops for the past thirty years, and
was a true, honorable and upright man
In every walk of life and highly: re
spected by his fellow employes. He was
74 years old at the) time of his death
which occurred at 10 o'clock yesterday
at his residence. No. 810 North Second
, street. - ; ':.J'-J' : -- r
' Mr. McEvoy was a native of Ireland
and served in the British armyJ. Coming
to this country, when . the war between
the States began he volunteered in the
Confederate service and was promoted
to a lieutenancy In a company 'in the
Second regiment, N. State Trbops.
and served withcredft and distinction
throughout the war.! He was a member
of the Hibecnian. Benevolent' Society
ever since its organization in tbis city
.thirty years ago. ;; His face was always,
'familiar in the ranks of the Confederate
Veterans and the Hibernian Benevolent
Society. He leaves a wife and one
daughter, Mrs. Jao.C. Rowan.
The funeral will take place to-morrow
at 10 o'clock from St.; Thomas"; Pro-Ca-f
thedral. , The Hibernian Society will at
tend in a body; alsoj Cape Fear Camp
Confederate Veterans, v: - 0
Wo Cpaet Defence. j '';.T;'t;-i-'
' Sealed proposals for i oastrncting gun
emplacements-near tbe mouth of Cape
Fear tiver were opened yesterday in
the office of " Lieut CoL D, P. Heap;
corps o' engineers U. S. A., in this city.
There were six bidders, J. J. Sbipman,
Washington. D. Ct J. L Grim, Phlladel-
nhia- Lonla H. Skinner. Wilmington, N.
C:J. Friday, Pittsburg. Pa.; Stewart
Contracting Company, Columbia, S. C
and A;B. Cook, Petersburg Va The
bids were for labor and material. . It was
recommended that the award be made
to J. L. Grim. Philadelphia,' whose bids,
aggregating $66 613 45. were the lowest.
Gotten tot Xtaccpa. .
Met srs. Alex. Sprunt & Son : cleared
vesterdav evening the British steamship
faneta for Liverpool, Eogi with cargo of
li.898 bales of cotton, valued at 4i8.
000. The Janeta: is a vessel of. 8.179
tons. She receiveq ner cargo . ai ; iuo
Champion compress, 1 '. . ' .
Mr, J. H. Sloan, cleared the British
steamship -Sheemess ' : for Ghent," with
cargo of --i!,980 bales cotton, valued
at $2!0.000i -The Skeerness' registered
tonnage is 1,414. She received cargo at
the Wilmington compress.-". . J .
, NORTH CAROLINA METHODISTS.
AaheVUle the Next .Meeting Tlaoa .of the
- - ; ' Wei urn Conference.7 V
v ,Saiisbtjry N. C, Nov. 47 The
second day's session of the Western
North Carolina Conference was called
to order tbis morning by Bishop Gallo
way. ' " 1
. Rev. G. A. 0lesiy, missionary secre
tary of the North Carolina Conference,
and Rev. George G. Smith.' of the North
Georgia Conference, were introduced to
the conference. The special order for
bearing the report of the commissioners
from tbe North Carolina Conference in
regard to the Church paper was Uken
up. The whole matter was on motion,
referred to the Book and Periodical
Committee, with instructions to appoint
a like commission from this conference
If they deemed such a course expedient.
NJ M. Lawrence, "superintendent of
the Oxford Orphan Asylum, was intro
duced to the conference, and spoke,
briefly Of the needs of his large family of
212 children. He asked the convention
to take up a collection for the asylum on
Thanksgiving Day. t;v i . t; v "
Nine more preachers passed the ex
amination' of character and blameless
ness of official administration and made
tbeir reports. . v-:- ; '-'- '
Asbeville was selected unanimously as
the place for- holding the next confer
ence, ; : -fft:f:' - .;',; CJ- "
- it .-. ' - .a--e :
GEN. MILES TALKS OF -THE ARMY
to
PlantT of Voluntoere. But So Guns
; Visht with in Svent of Way. -
Cincinnati, Ohio, November 19.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles arrived to-night
to attend the Commercial Club banquet,
previous to which he said to a reporter :
"In the event of a war-the United
States woald have to call on the Sute
.militia. Our army is the '.only- depart
ment of tbe Government that has not
grown with tbe country." It has been
reduced from 51.000 in 1886 to 25,000
now. It should be at least 81.000. cap
able of being Increased to 62.000 in case
of threatened war. : Outnayy i half as
strong numerically as the army. No
civilized nation on earth ever tried to
maintain such, a "proportion i between
armv and navv except China, and 'she
was whipped by a nation one-twelfth her
size with a loss to the conqueror of but
640 men killed. . . . .' '.
Oar army Is, in its personality, far
superior to that of any other nation. In
the event of war we conld get any num
ber of volunteers, but we lack the guns
to fight with, and it ukes two years to
make a high power gun -one year to
make the tools and one, year to make
tbe gun. A war now ; would be fought
at long distance. It would be brief, and
tbe loss of life less than in former
years. The improvement of engines of
destruction, instead of jeopardizing the
lives of soldiers, saves them," -
I Marching Wetward
By Telegraph to the Morning Star. '
Key Wist, Fla' 'November 21.
Passengets who arrived from Havana to
night report that it Is currently admitted
that Weyler has failed in his campaign
against 1 Maceo. Though' no accurate
.date, is obtainable as ; to the : latter's
movements, all reports agree be has di
vided his forces intd small bands who
harass Spanish troops bnt present no
chance for pitched battle or decisive re
sults. ' .:-i -; - : r
Weyler's marches have been painful
and his soldiers have suffered great
hardships. In consequence 1,800 sol
diers have been sent to Candelana sick.
Most of Weyler's staff are ill and are re
turning to Havana. He also is falling
back and - will:. establish headquarters
near Artemisa, at the esute Pilar, which
he claims is a better base of operations.
The Spaniards in Havana are indig
nant at Weyler's inability to crush the'
insurrection in Pmar del Rio, and mut
terings are heard. Gen.; Pando, who is
coming with new reinforcements, is in
dicated as Weyler's probable successor.
All are despondent in Havana, and con
sider the outlook gloomy. ' ' rv
At the meeting to take part in . the
popular loan of . Spain no spirit was
shown. All hcld hack,: and only through
the pressure of the Civil Governor, who
was present, was fifty-five, thousand
dollars raised as a free gift to Spain.
Not - a cent . has : been added - since.
Luciano Ruiaz, a prominent banker, and
Quesada.f mayor of the city, left the
meeting without contrlonting to the
fund. rr--'.': 'v,
Rebels in other sections of the island
continue active. It is said' that tbe im
portant town of Victoria de Las Tunas,
in Santiago province.. Is besieged by a
stronz force of insurgents. ;
- The train starting from Cardenas yes
terday was- obliged to return on account
of targe masses of rebels- crossing the
line. They are said to be the vanguard
of Gomez, who is reported already in
Santa Clara province, marching west.
Madrid, Nov. 81. Senor'Castellano,
Minister! ot the. Colonies, denies the
truth of the story ctfbled that there is
probability of a rising in Porto Rico,
despite the tact that the story was based
npon official advices from that visland,
but ElDta affirms the accuracy of the
story and declares that the Government
has received advices showing the exist
ence of a conspiracy to raisean insur
rection, r ; -V - :
El Serroe gives expression to the gen
eral feeling of dissatisfaction with Gen.
Weyler and asks when' Gen. Azcarraga,
Minister ot War. is going to take com
mand of things into his own bands.' ..
Advices from Havana announce the
arrival there of Gen. Munoz from Pinar
Terms t of ' the Agreement "Whloh Xeea
; ' Then Half the Stoekholdert :;
. . Voted to Confirm.' .' Ky .'V'.; ; :
. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. " ; :
Norfolk," Nov. 21. Messrs. Louis
McLane, of Baltimore, Moncure Robin
son, of Philadelphia and Judge. Leigh
R.' Watts,' of Portsmouth, the pooling
committee of the Seaboard & Roanoke
Railroad stock, to-day gave out the fol
lowing statement regarding the commit
tee's recent negotiations with Thomas
F, Ryan for the sale-of the road : ' .-
"Early in October it. was ascertained
that General. John Gill. President of the
Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company
of Baltimore, the finaec al agent of the
Seaboard Air Line,: (Uen. uul being a
director in the Carolina Central R. R.,one
of the roads comprising that system, and
also a member ot the Seaboard Air Line
committee.) was endeavoring to obtain
options -on stock of the Seaboard &
Roanoke Railroad Company which
company controls the Seaboard system.
;.' "The management, apprehending that
stockholders knowing General Gill's re-"
latioh to the president and tne position
held by him; might suppose that be was
buying the stock at their suggestion, or.
at least with their knowledge and ap
proval, Mr. R. C Hoffman, president,
after a consultation, issued a circular
letter addressed to the stockholders, ad
vising them of the" real facts and dis
claiming any connection with Mr. Gill's
efforts. This was followed by a letter
from General Gill attacking Mr. Hoff
man's management and : charging that
tbe property of the stockholders was be
ing impaired in value by what was called
the fate war. It was then for the first
timet . realized that General Gill; was
hostile to the management, of which he'
bad been a prominent supporter, and it
was determined to form a pool for the.
mutual protection of the stockholders
who should become 'parties thereto. -
"A pooling agreement was. prepared
October 2nd, and parties owing stock to
the aggregate amount, of 1.879 shares
signed tbe same before the annual
meeting of the Seaboard & Roanoke
Railroad Company, held at Portsmouth,
Va.. October 6th.1' ; - L
"The committee named in the pool
ing jagreement of October 2d, to-wit:
Louis McLane: (chairman). Leigh R.
.Watts and . Moncure R. Robinson, held
'a conference October 5th on tbe ' Bay
Line steamer with Col. Harvey, of New
York, who stated that he represented a
number of gentlemen who desired to
purchase a controlling interest in tbe
Seaboard & " Roanoke Railroad. - This
conference, at which, in addition to the
committee and Col. Harvey, there were
present R. C Hoffman (president) and
C. D. Fisher, of Baltimore, was without
result. . ' iA:-v-V ''.''Z:7.:'.V-.
"On the morning "of October 6th, be
fore! the annual meeting of the stock
holders called for that day convened,
the pooling committee had a conference
with Thomas F. Ryan and Col. Harvey,
the result of which, was a contract be-"
tween said pooling committee and the
said, Thomas F.. Ryan. Type-written
copies of the pooling contract were in
possession of the members of the com
mittee, but to facilitate matters it was
agreed to have said agreement printed
and a copy mailed on the afternoon of
that day : to every stockholder of the
Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad Com
pany, accompanied by a circular letter,
requesting them it they approved of tbe
arrangement and were willing to become
panics to the agreement, to sign tne
same and return it to Louis McLane,
chairman, prior to October 18th. '
"The terms of - this agreement were
well known to Mr. Ryan and his friends
when they treated with the committee,
and he fully understood that the three
gentlemen were, treating with . him
as a committee, and on the afternoon of
the: etb.vafter the conference had ad-'
journed. . he telegraphed a member of
the committee, requesting that a copy
of the agreement be mailed to him that
night, at bis office, No. 82 Liberty street
New York. In compliance with his re
quest a copy was mailed him, and on the
8ih of October he acknowledged its re
ceipt. J .;.--:.'-:.fcU ;; 4. '- 1 :''P
'fThe pooling agreement expressly
provided that ho sale could be made of
the pooled stock unless at least three
fourths of the aggregate number of
shares signed agreed to such sale, ana
Mr. Rvan understood at the
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DELEGATES APPOINTED BY GOV.CARR
TO THE TAMPA CONGRESS- r
The Canoaalaa Nwpipet TrouWe He-" "
pnblloan Claim A. Xi'o.ncr Dealie ;
Vallate The Comoook Klne Troa- ;-: :
blei Ooi fliet of State and Fed-
. eralljawi In Begard to Meeting !
of Freaideaiel ffleetore. . ;
Special Star- Correspondence j ;
1 Ralkigh, N. C. No v.. 23
Governor Carr has. at the request of
the Governor of Florida, appointed the
following delegates to attend a Congress -to
be held at Tampa, Fla.,-January 20th,
for the purpose of discussing methods
for the proper, defence of the Gulf and
South Atlantic seaports, and to devise
means, for ' tbeir betterment, viz. :
Messrs. James Sprunt. Wilmington; Dr.
W. G. Curtis, Southports jas. L, Fowle,
Washington;. Mai. A. I. Galloway, Golds
boro; Col. R. B. Creecy. Elizabeth City;
WS. Battle, Rocky Mount; J. E.Pogue,
Raleigh; Peter TX Price, Greensboro: Dr.;
J. H. McAden. Charlottes Wm. M.Cooke
and Wm, E. Breese, Asbeville.
, Mr. R. C. Rivers, foreman and busi
ness manager of the Caucasian, has re
turned from Elliott City, whither he
went to see Senator Butler relative to
the recent trouble of that paper. Sena
tor Butler was unaware that tbe Cauca-
sian had been levied npon. He -made -'
arrangements to have the paper taken
out of the sheriff's bands, and this will
be done to-day. Editor Ayer's course in
regard to the paper's difficulty, . is '
strange; to say the least. He could have
settled tbe matter tbe first day, but Hat--
ly declined to do so.
.. The Republicans now assert that they -'
will have seventy-one members of the
Legislature on , joint' ballot, with the
prospect of an additional member from
Jackson county. ' -ry. i ;
D. C. Mangum, a local liquor dealer,
made an assignment to-day, naming J.
C L Harriss as assignee. Tbe Southern '
Distillery Company, of Wilmington, N. ;
C. is a creditor to tbe extent of 275.
The - LanRdon-Hinszeyr-Waites suits
will bardlv come to trial at the Dec
ber term of Federal Court AU- the
papers have not been served aset. --:-'
The Stare and Federal law seem to"
conflict as to the time when the electors .
shall meet in this city and cast; their
vote. The Federal law says that. the
electors shall meet in Raleigh on tt
secoad Monday in January, while tl
State law says they must meet"
noon on tbe Tuesday preceding tne first
Wednesday of December. :
' Governor Carr holds that the
meet here in December ,Jn compliance
with the State law. srf..-'.- ;
Rev. Charles Utley, the Populist
Senator-elect from Wake, declines to
state whether he will vote for Pritcharov
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A bTRANGE SUICIDE.
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RAILROAD
HON. WM. J.-BRYAN - .
Oraeted on Axrival at BprlnsflMd, Mo,, cy
an Eoormoue Crowd of People
-; Two Addreaaee by : the .. 1
' - Silver Champion- ,
- ' By Telegraph to the Morning Star. 1. "'
Springfixld, Mb.? Nov,21 The W
Bryan" hunting party was greeted
which Sena-
, -
a, 27 ew Steamahip Iitne to Connect Boston
' - with WUmlngton. ' '
.The STAR is enabled to state, on
trustworthy authority, that a direct line
of steamships from: Boston, Mass.,' to
Wilmington and other - Southern porta
will soon be established, nndef : control
of the Clvde Line. The first steamer of
the ne line will sail from Boston on
or about the 10th-of December. The
service will probably be weekly.
.The road from the second toll
house to Masonbora' .Sonnd is being
covered with shellf by the county, under
thesupervision of Mr. JlD. Walton.
T.
npon arrival nere-tnis evening , uy
enormons crowd. NotwithsUndmg
the adverse - weather, excursion
trains brought in hundreds from neigh
boring towns and farmers assembled
from every direction. There were
two addresses made by Mr. Bryan this
evening, one in North and one in South
Springfield, and the ante-election enthu
siasm was fully equalled by to-night's
demonstrations. Mr. Bryan reviewed
briefly the recent campaign and coun
selled continued' agitation of the silver
nfnnacanda. He exoresslv desired that
bis identity as the leader of the faithful
should be sunk, ; -i
- At 11 a0 o.m.:r Mr. Brvan left on a
reoular train for Kansas Citv. where he
will be joined to-m6rrbw by Mrs. Bryan
and proceed at once to uncoin.
& Y. V
Sen. John QUI Will Bemalo Sola Beoeiver
r ' I " tor the Company. ; ' I- Z'J
'; .;;'. ' By Teiegrapa to the Mamlag Star. ;
Richmond, November 21. Gen.John
Gill, of Baltimore, will remain sole re
ceiver of the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley
Railroad. The application of the Far
mer's Loan & Ttust Company," of New
York, in which C Adolph Lane, Wm. E.
Strong and Geo. F. Baker appitea ror
the appointment of a co-iecetver with
Gen. Gill of the Cape Fear & Yadkin
Valley property, came up before J udge
Simonton, of the United States Circuit
Court, In chambers to-day and "was
argued by Mr. Charles Steele, of New
York, attorney for the applicants, juage
Ed. J. Cross, of" Baltimore: Judge G. H.
Hudson, of South Carolina; R. O. Bur
ton, of Raleigh; Mr. Geo. Ronntree. of
Wilmington, and H. B. Turner, of New
York, argued against the appointment of
another receiver, and when they had
finished Jndge .Simonton promptly an
nounced that be would dismiss the peti
tion, and an order to that effect was
.entered -'''! &
Pennel C Higgins, a brother' of ex
United States , Senator Anthony Hig-
gns. ot Delaware, also a brother of J no.
, Higgins. the regular Republican can
didate for Governor in Delaware at the
late election, committed suicide yester
day In Philadelphia by inhaling illumi
nating ga. '::?&PfiCi:Z ' !;
i The weekly" sutement of the asso
ciated banks, shows, the -following
changes! Reserve, increase,' t!801.650;
loans; Increase, 19.653.400; : specie, in
crease, t4 208 500; legal tenders., in
crease. $7,078,600; deposits, Increase,
t21.937.800i Circulation, decrease.1 $187.
200. The banks now bold (29,805,675
in excesi of legal requirements. v
at the time tbe
agreement with bim was made that tbe
committee had no . authority over the
pooled stock except, that conferred by
the pooling agreement, and he knew, or
certainly should have known, that un
less three-fourths of the. stock pooled
voted for a sale no sale could be made.
The committee positively declined to
sell a single share of the stock unless
every stockholder; bad the privilege ot
selling his or her. holding at the same
price. Mr.VRyao, insisted that the
committee should take no active steps
to induce stockholders to sign the pool
ing agreement and requested that the
price he agreed to pav be Tegarded as
confidential. ; It was his avowed object
tn have General Gill purchase as much
of the stock as he could secure at $100
per share. . On tbe 18th ol October, he
was promptly advised of the number of
shares of stock pooled and after some'
; correspondence with "him ipie commit
i tee submitted to the signers of the pool
the question whetber they wouio accept
or refuse Mr. Ryan's offer of $125 per
share. With very few exceptions every
stockholder signing tbe pool voted, and
instead of three-fourths voting in favor
of the sale less than one-hall were re
corded in the affirmative. Mr. . Ryan
was at once notified ot the result of
the ballot, and that the stockholders
declined to sell at the price named.
His $00,000, the amount deposited, was
returned to him. ; No representations of
any kind were made by the committee
to Mr. Ryan, nor did they obligate them
selves to deliver any stock at the time
the contract of October 6th was made, as
before stated, very lew stoctnoiaers naa
signed he pooling: agreement. . Tbe
stockholders were unknown : personally
to the committee and the committee
bad no knowledge of how many shares
General Gill had secured, and hence it
was simply impossible for them to give
any assurance ol any una in tne
premises. The committee -t held the
pooled stock as agents, and their au
thority over the same was limited and
defined with the agreement creating tbe
pool, ; The proposition of Mr. Ryan
was : submitted . to every stockholder
fairly and the committee did not seek to
influence or control ineir voter, -: -''The
action of the committee in the
connection will bear the closest scrutiny,
and it:, is deemed, unnecessary .tor the
gentlemen 61 that committee to say any
thing in reference to any personal rejec
tions made by Mr. Ryan. Whether Mr.
Ryan represented the Southern Railway
Company in the proposed purchase is a
matter with' which the. committee had
no concern, and they are not responsible
for" what seems to vbe the universal
oofnion of an intelligent public, that the
real object of the proposed purchase was
to destroy andabsorb the only competi
tor of that great monopoly and leave the
South with its vast . business interests
completely at its mercyv; '
A Man Worth a Half a Million XT. till
i self Without Apparent Cause.
'By Telegraph to the Morning Star. ',
' New York. Nov. 21. Helmas Row
uiaine, ex-Commissioner ot Agriculture'
of tie State of New Jersey under Secre
tary Rusk, committed suicide last night
at the Romaine homestead on Saddle
river, in Bergen county, New Jersey, un
der somewhat peculiar circumstances.
Mr, Romaine's residence has been in
Paterson, with his family. Yesterday
morning he called at the place, visiting
his cousin, John Romaine, who runs tbe
old family mill, and then spent the rest
of the day with Frank Post, who is
keeper of the homestead, living in a
small house near the mill. After tea
Mr. Romaine having learned that Post
and his wife were going; to accompany
John Romaine and wife to a party
urged them to drive the horse with
which be had come trom raterson De
cause it was better than the farm ani
mals.' This was done. ; : c
Mr. Romaine remained at Post's house
with a lad named Cornelius Newell who
helped on the farm. When -the Ro
maine and Posts ' returned from the
party at 5 o'clock this morning, they,
lound Helmas Romaine lyiog on a
lounge in Post's house dead. His legs
were crossed, one hand' holding a revol
ver across his breast and there was a t
hole In the head above the right,ear. -' -.
The relatives of the dead snan can
think of no cause for tbe act. t Mr. Ro
maine has always been, considered a '
wealthy man. his possessions being put
as high as $500,000. He was a very suo
ceStfut farmer and made an excellent
reputatioo as Commissioner of Agrlcul- '
tare.- The place where tbe suicide oc
curred is one of the oldest mills In Ber
gen county, and is widely known under
tbe family name, it having been con
ducted by the Rbmatnes lor several gen
eration!. . . . ' - ...??'. .v -. : ,
U. 5 REVENUE CUTTERS '-V:..
Ordered to . OrnUs Along the Atlsntlo ; ;
l-v;'. Coeet to Aid Veaaelg tn Xtfatreas.. U
-;. 2 By Telegraph to the Mamlag Star. ' --,
- Washington; November SI. Upon ' ;
the recommendation of the Secretary of ';
the Treasury, this afternoon, tbe Presi--. V
dent ordered the revenue Cutters Wood-.' -x,
bury, Dallas, Dexter, Hamilton, Windom 1
and Morrill to cruise along the Atlantic :
coast from December 1st. to April 1st ,
for the purpose ot affording such aid as ..."
may be . iavorable to vessels in. distress. ' '
The assignments are as follows: - The
Woodbury, from St. Croix river, Me to. ; Vt
Cape Ann; the Dallas, from Portsmouth, ;
N. H., to Vineyard Haven, Mass.; the;, i ' i
Dexter, from Nantucket Shoals to Sandy
Hook, both inside and outside' tbe
sound; the Morrill, from Cape-Lookout )
to Charleston; tbe -Windom in Cbesa- .
peake Bay and from tbe Capes of Vir
ginia to Hatieras, and tbe Hamilton,
from Norfolk and the Capes of Virginia ;: ,
to New York. .;-." '
By the bursting . of a large emery -wheel
in the works of the Blacklock ' :
Iron Foundry,- at South Pittsburg, , ,
Tenn.. George Howk was , insuntly
killed and George Welsh was strnca:
by a flying fragment and so badly hurt
that he wiH die. The shop was badly
torn up. . .; 4 ; '' ; j4 ''V
T. S. Tones, the defaulting city sheriS i
of Augusta. Ga.. arrived there last night - . ,
and was delivered ever to his Donaimen, -
lis refused to talk. ' ! - -" " "