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A ST0EY WITH A M0BALA .. i i . - i i , , ' Weblip the following from the Bal timore a gold standard paper: . -. j . i i According to the Boston Herald twenty-two savings banks! in New Hampshire have failed in the past eighteen months, with deposits of $17,- 603,000. The depositors will lose f. SOO.OOCl, all of wh.ch was sank in West ern lanp investments, uaring tnc cam paign the Western press, which sup ported jte silver candidates and the rators- flro procuimea tneir virtues -cm. xfle nustines, ; venementiy ae- nouncecnthe East because it loaned its capital ina basjness .way on Western iarms or to western tana companies, securing the investments, of course, by mortgages, just as the Western capital ist would do if he placed bis Invest ments in the 'cruel East,' The boot is now on the-other leg. however, so far as 'cruelty is concerned, for, while the land - is still in the West, the unfortunate sav ings banks which have been compelled to close their doors have been unable to weaver the . good money with which they sought to 'work the destruction.' as Weiler puts it, of the Western borrow ers, i If the proportion of losses in the West holds pood in the case of other Eastern bankingjnstkuttons which have failed, the Western I borrower has no cause to complain of Emern 'cruelty.' for none of the profit have bien absorb ed by the lenders." ' ; ;. I " Taking it for granted . that this . statement is correct as to the num ber of bank failures, the losses afad -mmmy9C cause, we reproduce this articfe from .the. Sun because it is a story with a moral and an object lesson combined, i Here, we have twenty two savings banks in an Eastern State, i and not a very pretentious State either, seeking investment for their money, or rather the money ot their toiling depositors nearly - all poor people who put it in dollar by dollar' if notj in smaller sums. ' Why was this money of these toiling people sent West for investment? Because money was scarce in the section to which it was sent and the interest rates higher than; could be commanded in the East. This fact atteststhe unequal distribution, and the higher price the. West has to pay forj the use borrows. of the money which it We do not know what rates of in terest i were charged for the' New Hampshire money sent out there and sunk, but it is evident that the rates were higher than the Eastern rates, or the money would have remained in the East; and never gone West. Where is the equity in a financial system shaped I and controlled by ; national legislation which makes the borrower in one section pay for the use of money a higher rate of in terest than j is paidj by the borrowers of another section? The answer of course will be that the fault is not in the financial system, but in the fact that there: is more money in the low rate section and the abundance of tbe money to loan makes the cheap rates, r This is true, but under this system the "great banks of the , East have gotten control of the money of the country, and pref er, if they can, to lend it near home where they can keep their eye on it, as it , were, and see how it Is getting along. The result of this is that the Eastern borrower gets his money at a small .. -cost while the Western borrower pays a high price, giving the Eastern man a decided advantage as a competitor in business iwith " the Western man. Suppose, for instance, that a Western or a Southern man wanted to build a mill or other manufacturing estab lishment, an Eastern man wanted to do likewise and each tiad to borrow the money to do iL The, Eastern man could borrow his for -about three per ceijit., while the Southern ; or Western ban would have to pay at least double as mucbif not more. Isn't it apparent at a glance the ad vantage the Eastern man has in this and how much easier It Is to estab lish manufacturing plants in the East than it is in th South or West ? The moral in this is that the Gov ernment should not, 'even indirectly, discriminate against the people of - one section i n favor of the people of - another section, and that it should ..- not handicap one and -remove in as far as it can the impediments to sue- cess from the path of the .other.7 But why did these banks' Jose the money they bad r invested in the West ? ; The security they held was .ands, improved and unimproved, most oflt no doubt improved more or less. As business concerns, of coarse they took reasonable precau tion to ascertain the value of the lands upon which they lent so much money. They found the tax valua tions and - governed their loans ac cordingly. The money they lost, four and a half million dollars, would not have been lost if the lands had not depreciated to that extent; proof conclusive that ' lands in the secf tion In which , these " investments were made are not , worth as much to-day as they were eighteen months ago. ;f .;t:V- -1 : ; Why this depreciation in the value of land ? ; Some will say it Is over prodnction, bat that is not It. It is the scarcity of money, jwblclvjmakes money high7 and land.lpw. The moral, again, is that if the money lenders of the East want to get their money back they ' should not insist on a money "system which impover ishes their borrowers and ; makes them unable to pay their debts. Un der the present monetary system, which is controlled bt the East, the South and the West4 are compelled to depend on the East for the main portion of the borrowed money they have use for.. It costs them, as we have stated,'a good deal to get this money; and if they fail in their vent ures the' security is sacrificed, sacri ficed because of the scarcity of money which makes the sacrifice necessary. With a reasonable amonnt of money in circulation in the West and South there would be no such depreciation of lands, and consequently no such sacrifices. Neither the South nor the West can have all the national banks they need, but if they had State banks under goodsystems they would have all the money they had any use for and a kind of money that would be kept " constantly io circulation, because it would not be hoarded nor sent to the Eastern money centers. The Eastern banks would not find so much demand for their money in the South and West then, but they could take their sur plus money and banking capital and start State banks in those sections, thus find investment for . much more of it, and do a safer business at shorter range, and at the same time help to build up" these sections, which would require more money as the capacity t,o use more increased. Bnt before we can have State banks that arbitrary bank tax must be re pealed: ' ;' -- - i" - - HIB0& MEHTIOH. NotwithsUnding the frequent as sertions of the gold organs that the Democratic party was disintegrated by the platform adopted at Chicago, Wm. J. Bryan polled a larger vote than Grover Cleveland did four years ago by nearly 700,000 votes. The following stable shows how the vote for Bryan stands In the South ern States as compared with the vote for Cleveland four years ago. Cleveland. 1893. 188.188 87.834 80.143 129.861 175,461 87,628 40.288 268.898 132,951 J-: 54,692 189.874 239.148 163.977 Bryan. 1895. 131214 110.103 82 213 94.282 217.829 77,098 63253 859.114 174,488 57.963 168.176 839.582 155.988 Alabama. ........ Arkansans Florida... Georgia Kentucky........ Louisiana. ...... . Mississippi ....... Missouri......... Nortb Carolina.. . South Carolina... Tennessee ....... Texas. ........ i . Virginia '..... " Total. ... 1.625.907 i 1,977,251 This shows a gain of 350,344 votes over the vote for Cleveland, notwith standing the systematic and organ ized fight made and supported by the administration in several of the Southern States, notably Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida, which resulted in giving Palmer 28,789 votes in the South; and McKinley a good many, how many is not definitely known. But with , ail this the Democratic party cast 350,344 votes ; more than it did four years ago. In view of these facts and these votes it is amusing - to listen to talk of reorganizing the Democratic party on Indianapolis lines, and to ask 1,977,251 voters to gather around the.' 28,789 "nucleus" and let the nucleus frame the' plat forms and run the' party, which would be a grotesque illustration of the self-amputated tall wagging the big dog. The following table gives the to tal official vote for the respective can didates for State officers as cast at the last election : I ; :;- Watson,...;.;....., Russell,...'......... Guthrie, Mason, . . ... . . . . Reynolds,.. . . Dockery,. . . ......... ,145,416 .154.052 80.932 144 930 ,...152,915 .... 82.940 ....145.109 .V. 184.085 ....183 581 145.087 .V.U44.666 . . . .184,948 Cooke,. . . Thompson r:-, AVer,. ........ . . . v arm an.. . ....... .... . . . Aycock,.... Worth...... Taking the votes cast for the re- spective candidates these figures do not show much scratching in such a large votei Treasurer Worth leads, Thompson' and ; Ayer follow, these three receiving the full fusion vote. There ii one 1 thing pretty wellies monstrate by this election, and that is . that ; the Populist - vote was cast ;by- ; men : - who : were formerly , Democrats, ; and . that the only effect that this party has had or can have on our politics has been to build up .the Republican party and to giye;a,tew';PpallstJppiiti; clans the offices they were striving for." Having demonstrated that they can elect candidates without Popu list assistance, the Republican leaders will henceforth carer: less for fusion, throw. the Populists overboard as soon as they can and go for all there is in sight. .This is about what we expected when the "fusion , business began," and we have said as much more than once. As far as Populism in our State Is concerned it is an ut ter failure, and the same might be said of it from a national standpoint. We take it that the big meeting of Cuban sympathizers which was held in New York, Friday night, addressed by "Hon. Bourke Cockran, Chas. A Dana and others, is the first of simi lar meetines that will be held to in fluence the actiotTof Congress on the Cuban question Mr.: Dana has been one of the most vigorous -and persistent advocates of recognition of Cuban Independence, and has doubtless done much to mould pub l'c sentiment.' Some" of his most trenchant excoriations of Mr. Cleve land have been inspired by the tardi ness shown by the administration In taking a more emphatic and aggres sive position in favor of the Cuban stragglers. We do not know what Mr. Cockran's position has been hereto fore, bat in this speech,! which is pronounced an "impassioned" one, he declared unequivocally for recog nition not simply of belligerency but of independence, with annexation as a question to be decided in tne in ture, a sentiment which was heartily and vociferously responded to by the audience. We believe . that this meeting fairly represents American sentiment, and that by the time that Congress gets down to work there will not be much doubt as to what that sentiment really Is. If Gen. Weyler 13 going to do anything to change the situation' he must do it speedily. I,' ' .'- The latest from Cleveland, Ohio, is that Hanna is to be made U. S. Senator to succeed Sherman and that Sherman will go into the Cabi net to make room for Hanna. We are no admirer of Mark, but we hope this programme will be carried out if that is the only way to get John Sherman out of the Senate. When he comes out the people of this country may be congratulated. If this thing goes on Mr. McKinley I mav soon start a menagerie. Since the election he has been presented with three eagles, four ; coons, two roosters, a jack rabbit and a lamb. The lamb is supposed to represent those confiding ''sound money" Democrats who voted for him as the representative of sound money. ; Tbe Cleveland, Ohio, Republicans are bound to do something to show their high appreciation of Hon. Mark Hanna. t There is a movement on foot to send him td the" Senate. This mav make it interesting for Hon. John Sherman, who thinks he has a pre-emption right on the seat which he holds. ;) Charles T. Crisp, eldest son of the late ex-Speaker Crisp, of Georgia, will be sent to Congress, without op position, to fill out his father's unex pired term. We do not know much about the ability of young Mr. Crisp, who is 26 years old, but , if there be anything in ears he will achieve dis tinction. ' . Mexico is -becoming La tobacco growing and exporting country. In i RRQ 90 the exDorts amounted to $948,332, this year to $1,700,000. It is said that the soil in . tbe tobacco growing region is practically inex haustible, and the area a hundred times as great as the tobacco area of Cuba. ' " There are said to be 400 deserted, wives in the city of Topeka, Kansas, which indicates that Kansas women make f very . poor wives or Kansas men very poor husbands,' but we incline to think the latter, as he is at least a cowardly husband who runs awayfrom a wife.' Ambassador . Bayard i was "com manded" to dine with Queen Vic toria on Thanksgiving day, I: and therefore gavehe American colony in London the cold shoulder, after he had accepted;: an invitation to butcher the turkey for them. For some time electricians have been working to produce electricity from coal without- the employment of fire as an agency. Dr. Jacques, of New York, claims to , have solyed the problem, which means much, If It be true. - . - . 'Queer kind of pilgrims who visited Canton daring the campaign. They actually stole and carried away the fences around McKlnley's lot, which have now to be replaced. They thus demonstrated their orthodox Repub licanism." ',-.' r World remarks 'I represents the that 'Mr.- Hanna skeleton in the t Republican party's closet." A pretty healthy looking skeleton, by the .way.'. :;. . - A county judge in Kentucky is re ceiving anonymous letters notifying him that if he'puts any of the toll. gate regulators in jail they will regu late the jail and him too.-. " ' A good many foreigners who set tled in Missouri have ' moved from that State to Maryland, and still that movement goes on. MYSTERIOUS ! DISAPPEARANCE. U '-: ' "-' i -1 - Mr. ObMlMlBonnam Traek Farmaf , UU Ing Frara of Wi'vl Way A BTetro Womu and a White Mux At- raated on Buapteion. ' y ,- ; " Mr; Chas. Bonham, who lives on a track farm about . four miles from the city, has mysteriously disappeared Mr. Bonham is about 76 years of age. Fri day last he came to towo, aod between v ana xv q uuia juiat j uiub ua uuus and cart were found oear the foot of Nua street and taken to the City Hall. Search was made for Mr. Bonham yes terday, but it proved fruitless. It was learned that Mr. Bonham, who was un der the influence fit liquor, had last been ssen i in company fJ with a col ored ' woman, : Rose- Hill, - near Capt Skinner's ship-yard. A warrant was issued for the arrest of ; the woman, and special policeman Todd,who arrested ber, landed her in the guard house. She denied knowing anything about Mr. Bonham's mysterious disappearance, but is held to await further developments. It is feared that Mr. Bonham. in the dark, fell off the wharf into the river and was drowned. j .. Li .-;.;" Later in the day a white man named Bob Kendnck, a sailor, was also arrested and lodged is the guard house, upon in formation given by the woman, who said that Kendrick was in company with Bon ham. . ' Bafora nd Artr. la the first estimate of the probable vote for Governor made by the Star a short time before the election we gave Guthrie 30.000 votes. His actual Vote, as officially returned, was 80,933. K In our last estimate, made the day be fore the election we gave Watson 143, 000 votes. His actual vote, as officially returned, was 145,416. - In our estimate of the probable vote for Russell we were wide of the mark,, the colored gentleman in the woodpile being of much .larger proportions than we had supposed. (All will agree, how ever, that it was more difficult to esti mate Russell's vote than that of the other candidates for Governor. ENGINEER KILLED. Bear-End Collision on tne Carolina Central Hailrcad. I . ..- ,'''.. An accident occurred 'last Thursday morning on the Carolina Central rail road, near Laurel Hill, in! which en gineer Will Clayton was instantly killed and several train hands Were slightly in jured. J.'-''-:lr :- At 6 30 Wednesday evening a freight train.with sleeping car attached, left Wil-- mington for Hamlet and was followed two hours later by a freight train in charge of eneineer Qaytont At i Laurel Hill, when tbe combination car arrived, some freight cars had to be shifted to a siding, and the sleeper' with two or three box cars were detached and left; on the main track while tbe shifting ' was being done. Mr. E. L. Martin was in the sleeper. There was a heavy fog and through jb's the extra freight train came at full: speed and dashed into the cars standing on the main line. Eagiueer Qayton reversed! bis engine ; and at tempted to j amp from the cab, bat was caught by tbe tender and crashed to death. Mr. Martin, the lone occupant of the sleeper Into which : the engine dashed, was thrown from his berth but escaped injury. Engineer Clayton's body was taken to Hamlet, where be re sided with bis wife and two children. He had been In the-service of the Caro lina Central for twelve years. Hew HnoTerTrneket.j - ,f A meeting of the Truckers' Associa tion of New Hanover county was held tn this city yesterday. Capt. Ed. Wilson Manning, President and Mr. Sol. J. Jones. Secretary, were 'in their accus tomed places. After routine proceed ings, Messrs. G. jW. Westbrook, F. T. Kline and Sol. I. Jones jwere appointed delegates to a meeting of the Eastern Truck and Fruit j Growers Association, to be held at Warsaw December 2d, ' '. A Qtlet Homcv Wedding, r Miss Comfort Walton, daughter of Mr. I. G. Walton, of Masonboro. and Mr. Asa W. Allen, of Wilmington, were married yesterday afternoon at 5 80 o'clock, at the residence of the parents of the -bride. "The ceremony was per formed by Rev. M. C. Walton, uncle of the bride. Many invited guests, relatives and friends of tbe bride and groom were in attendance and the young couple were tbe recipients of many: handsome pres sents. After the ceremony tbe bridal party came to the city; where Mr. and Mrs. Allen will reside, at No. 125 South Eighth street. I ' ; - , Marine Bepor . .;. j " - j : ... Capt. Mitchell Of the schooner Cora Jl., reports': OA. 23i in latitude 87.55, longitude 64 86, spoke the British steam ship Wesley Haiti firing signals of dis tress. The cargo supposed to be cotton, was on fire. The master of the steamer wanted no atslsunce, but asked to be re ported.- - I J Bellabls Almanao. - . "Branson's Agricultural Almanac" for 1897 has been received at . tbe Star office. It is full of valuable information. Published : at Raleigh. : N. C by Levi Branson.' '.-, - Tamer's North Carolina Almanac for 1897 is also issued. It has been regu larly published for fifty-nine years, and Ihe older it gets the" better it is. 7 . At Charleston, yesterday, cot ton was quoted steady at 7 cents; at Sa vannah, quiet at 6 15 16; at. Wilmington, firm at 1U. Moral : Ship your cotton to .WilmmgtQn;;fe The New -York SENATORIAL QUESTION. A DEAD-LOCK . LIKELY TO RESULT IN . ; . - THE ELECTION. ;. Hpablloana Do Nct Picpste to Lst Batlet Do tha BaU-Dcuns Kany Candldah i to the Field Th City ChUrot i , Chanced Republicans Ptlay- -:- - . las: Xisate of the A. & BT. - " .V . .. . -- ..... - . - - .' - -I- . . - v ' -C. BailroAd. " x . - Special Star Correspondence ; Raleigh. N. CX. Nov. 2&I i r A. member of the Republican' Execa tive Committee, nd a leadioj; member of that party in the State, : said tody that it was possible" that a dead-lock might result in the election of a Sen ator. He said that If Butler pursued his present policy, the possibility of an elec tion wonld be remote.,, "The; Repub licans," he . stated, 'would support rno one cave Pritchard. , .We do. not pro pose to let Mr. Butler bulldoze the Re publican party in this" State. Butler wants Pritchard to divide the patron age of the Senate, as well as the Federal patronage, but this will never be done.. Not a Democrat will be removed from office Until the. Senatorial question is settled, and if the Populists . defeat Pritchard we will see that they do not get a thing. There will never be an other Populist Congressman ! from North Carolina . if ' Pritchard is de feated. We want this understood at thei starL : I speak the sentiment of every true Republican." ' f The -above statement,' coming from the source it does, pats a new phase on the situation. Can this be the .lever to break the backbone ot Marion Butlerr" A gang of wild Populists clamoring for office wilt go to most any extreme. - ': " I made the rounds among tbe politi cians to-day, including two of the State chairmen, with the purpose of obtaining a complete list ot Senatorial candidates to date. While some few boomleta may have been overlooked, the maianty of them were spotted. The Republicans only have one candidate and . he Is Jeter Pritchard. As to the1 Populists, why they are all in the race. But the more avowed candidates are Cy, Thompson, L. C Caldwell, Maj. W. A. Guthrie. Walter R. Henry, S. Otho Wilson. J.W. Ramsey. Harry Skinner and. Oliver Dockery. - Dr. J. J. Mott was put down as a free silver Populist. " V- 1 Republicans declare that Dr. Mott carried Rowan county for the Demo crats..;- i ' 1 ir'X;'- ; 'f. Special Star Tekzrqsm Notice is given in a Republican paper that application will be made to the General Asssmbly to change the city charter. Republicans desire .to gerry mander tbe wards. : It is asserted that Republicans are de laying the lease of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad until Russell takes office, so that the road can be Dlaced under Republican management. There is talk of the Methodist - Con ference. which meets at Klnston, estab lishing a paper for the East. - ' It is generally understood that the new administration will take the oath ot office Wednesday, January 18th, the day after the returns are canvassed by the Legislature. . . -. y;. - AT KENANSVILLE. Marriate or HIM Winnie Dayia Bowdea and . j - j t Xfr. Jo. C Shepard, Jr. Special to the Star. ' j Kenansville, N. C Nov. 25. f "Happy is the bride . the sun shines on. And it was such a glorious day. Not warmer than the many hearts that beat in unison for the fair young girl that was married to day. At an early hour we were all on the qui vive, from old mammy "Jinsey," oi days ante bellum, who came to do the last "good turn" for her young mistress, to the young mis tress herself, who felt that her quiet old home was so dear. 1 -1 A beautiful and delicious luncheon was served soon after the bridegroom came for his bride, at 12 85 p.m., after which- relatives and friends., who are legion, assembled at the Presbyterian church,7 which bad been exquisitely decorated with" evergreens, chrysan themums and ribbons by Misses Annie Kenan and ' Carrie Archer, who also presided at the organ. Accompanied on the violin by Mr. Lee, Miss Archer sweetly sang "I Love Thee," and played the wedding march, when immediately the four ushers Dr. E. W. Ward and Messrs. Robert Bowden and Lon Grady, of Kenansville, and - H. L. Fentress, of Wilmington, N. C preceded the bridal party. t- :L -';: - - . - r- First came the eroom.'Mr. Jos. C. Shepard. Jr of Wilmington, N. C, with his best man. Mr. D. Davis Hankins, also of Wilmington, N. C Then the Maid ot Honor, Miss Henrietta Shep ard, sister of the groom, followed by little Miss Ella Cooper and Master James Middleton, who strewed flowers before the bride. Miss Winnie Davis Bowden, who came last, leaning on the arm of her brother, Mr. James . Bow den. who eave her away. K The ceremony was performed very im pressively by the Rev. Peter Mctntyre. The bride wore a tailor-made French gown oj blue boude clotfr trimmed in braid, satin and exquisite lace; a hat of b'ue silk beaver velvet and red roses, The bride and croom. accompanied by Dr. J. C. Shepard, the Misses Snepard, Miss Bessie Hankins, Messrs. L. Tate Bowden and D. Davis Hankins, ail ot Wilmington, and Mr. M. D, Clarke, of Manchester. N. C a cousin of tbe bride, returned to Wilmington on the 4.15 train, where the bride will be at home to her friends at the residence of Dr. J. C. Shepard, South Fourth street. ;;-':';... ' BON AML . HAVANA DVICES. " Weyler Asaln In the Vleld-Iusufgents - Waiting to Give Him Battle Po-" .' litioal Piiaonera Deported. ' By Telegraph te the Morning Star. Key West, Fla., Nov. 28. Passen gersby the steamer Olivette to-night report that Weyler left Havana last niaht far M Ariel, ffolnsr bv steamer. It is reported that . 18,000insurgents are waitins on the roaa to Manet to inter- rent and rive him battle. . ' -7 N One hundred and forty-three prisoners were deported ; to-day. Seventy-nine were naniffoea and the balance suspects Fourteen were arrested yesterday, tried bvdrnmhead court martial, convictea and sentenced to-day. Coloma, while being led to execution on tbe 26th, was slapped in the face by a Spanish official for a trivial remarx. He died crame. - His last words were rnha T-ihrel" ; Passengers also report that Ornn Mol- ton is verv sick, and very in treatea. Eight hundred wounded Spanish sol diers were nrongnt into nnoa jcsk- y C. B, Pendleton arrived in the city to- nloht. . He claims there was notntng ir reenlar in his passports. The Spanish officials aim dIv wanted to detain him on account of; his bringing Important dis patches to this (f?,: THE OFFICIAL RETURNS FOX ALL THE CANDIDATES TOR STATE -A '' OFFICERS Shew That tn PopaUita Had Hot Ore 31,000 Vcta in the : State T Hanks-' , glrtnc Pay in Baletith Claude Sock ivrj Candidate For SptalMC ot ;:. ; h Honaa ' root BaU. '-. f v;& ;: Special Star Correspondence j. ' Raleigh. N. C. Nov; 27 Thanksgiving was more generally ob- setvsd in Kalelgh . than ever before. Basiaess places were closed and all, the s'ores took holiday in the afternoon. The day was an ideal one. 1 , i ;;' Mr. Claude Dockery, representative' from Richmond county, is very favor ably spoken of as a candidate for speaker of the House. Mr.' Dockery, it is said, already has the active support of a num ber of Republican members of the lower branch of the Legislature. . The official returns for all the candi dates for State offices was completed in the Secretary of State's office' yesterday. The returns show that the total vote cast ta in the neighborhood ot 831,000. Watson received 145 416 votes; Russell, 154.052. Guthrie, 80,932; Mason, 144 930; Reynolds. 152,915; Dockery. 32.940; Cooke. 145,109; 1 Thompson, 184.085; Ayer, 183.521; Furman, 145,087; Aycock, 144.686; Worth, 184,948. , s As a Republican remarked this morn ing, the Populists have at last been made to show their bands and their claims are found i wanting. Months ago the an nouncement ; was made officially by Chairman Aver that the Populists had 65.000 voters in the State and possibly more. 1 Atl the Populist shouters hol lered louder, some claiming as many as 90.000 votes. , r -iThe: vote shows that the Populists have not over 81,000 votes in the State. Maj. Guthrie came within 1,000 of poll ing the full Populist strength.' It was only in Wake and one or two other counties that the Populists scratched their candidate for Governor. Guthrie's vote of 80.932 and Russell's majority of 8,636 gives 31,568. which is the total fusion' vote. These figures show, the exact Populist vote. V Horner's school foot ball eleven de feated ; the eleven of the Raleigh Male Academy at Oxford yesterday in an ex citing contest. The score was 4 to 0. . '"'.-: j By Southern Associated Press. "(. r Raleigh, Nov. 27. North Carolina's vote for Congressmen was officially can vassed to-day and is as follows: i First District Harry Skinner," Popu list. 20,875; Wilson H. Lncas, Democrat, 14 831.) - -'!-. - - -.Second Distrc:-M3eorge H. White, (colored) Reoublican. 19 838; F. I A. Woodward, Democrat, 15,868; D. S. Moss. Populist, 2,738. r I Third District JobiLE, Fowler, Popu list, 17,989;. . Frank Thompson. Demo- t-erat. 12.536. , '. . -1 Fourth Dtrict-W. F.Stroud, Popu list. 20.947; E. W. Pou. Democrat, 16.450. Fifth District W. H. Kitchin, Demo crat, 19088; Thomas Settle, Republican, 18.639; A. J- Dalbn Populist, 507. c Sixths District C! H. Martn, Popu list. 21,051; J. A. Lockhart, Democrat, 17 235 j ' '-,!'"-:'.; '. Seventh District A. C Shuford, Populist. 17,669; S.J Pemberton, Demo crat. 14.291 " ; ! : I' Eietath District R. Z. Linney, Re publican, 19.419, R. A Doughton, Demo crat. 18.006. , ! Ninth District Richmond Pearson, Reoublican. 20.495: S I Adams. Demo-. cat. 19 899: Miss Helen Lewis, 5 This una for a woman. t - I RAILE0AB MATTERS. Editor Morning Star: T The following Is from a recent issue of tbe Atlanta Journal: "The recent effort of Mr. Ryan and others to obtain control pf the Seaboard Air Line road emphasizes the import ance of this line to NorttfGeorgia and, indeed, to the entire State. It is the only route connecting this region with tbe East which is entirely inaepenuem of the Southern Railway, Its officers have claimed J that . freights can; be successfully and ; profitably-., trans- oorted from tbe East into Geor gia at rates much less than those now charged. Shall this line be allowed to fall into the possession of competing lines or shall it be permanently preserved as an independent line? This is a most important question. If it should fall in to tbe bands of competing lines the plain provisions of the constitution of the State of Georgia would be violated. The char ter of this road was granted under the constitution of 1877. Is It not possible for the Legislature to enact laws to en force tne provisions of the constitution of the State so as to prevent the Sea board Air-Line from ever being absorb ed by one of its competitors? U any thing is to be done on this line, now is the time to do il" , : Apropos of the above, we think it well to call the attention of our readers to a scheme which has been quietly at work to strangle one of tbe enterprises which everv Citizen in this State has looked forward to lor many years as necessary to place this portion of the South At lantic states in airect communication with the - great West and NorthwesL We refer to the struggle for the posses sion of the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley R. R. for the purpose ot dismembering iL Those who undertook this enter prise believed that great benents wouia accrue to North Carolina as soon as the road was completed to the Virginia i line, and to ' aid In its completion, the cities of Wilmington, Fayetteville ana otner municipalities made liberal subscriptions to tbe capital stock, i But for tbe pressure of hard times and financial disturbance incident to the banic of 1898, which caused this property to be placed in tne nanas oi a receiver, tbe object of its- promoters would have been realized an Indepen dent . through line to the West, wQich wonld give oar citizens competitive rates of freight would have been secured, and cheaper coat ;- for manufacturing and Other purposes coma oe aenverea at our very doors. Is, it not time for our Leg islature to consider wnetner avenues oi commerce shall be choked and- placed at the mercy of rival jroads because of the possible interference with otner lans of operation? . Ioj tbe neighboring tate of South CaroIBua legislation has prevented one railroadlsystem trom mo nopolizing all other lines, and we do not see why tne same rma oi jcgisiauun would not be beneficial to onr citizens. We want the Cape Fear & Yadkin Val ley Railroad preserved as a whole, sold in its entirety and operated in the inter ests of citizens along its entire Ime. v i; Wilmington. ' At the Reformatory, a few miles above Richmond. Va.. Friday. Edward Tins- lefra guard, had several of the boys ouf Hipping lUga, WUBU wmv .wm., w . Fonrshee. strncx i msiey wiut an xc. inflicting a wound that proved : lataL Fonrshee admits mat tne mow was mr THE OFFICIAL RETURNS RALEIGH NEWS, LETTER. 'rf . RALEIGH NEWSLETTER. POPULISTS UNABLE TO GiVE AN ES - -TiMAJE OF 'THEIR STRENGTH 0; lH ' LEGISLATURE. ." Bfpablloan Hcadauxtom Permanently 4 Closed Popullate Will Caneus Alone -S: and Nominate a Caodidata for Senator, "v...1 . Star Correspondence. ; i Raleigh, N;-.Ch Nov. 28. t Secretary Hyams, of the Republican .Executive Committee, left ' for Wash ington, D. C In order to be present at the opening of Congress. : Republican headquarters were permanently" closed to-day. The big banner has been taken down and will be stored away until the next campaign opens.. : E. D. Stanford, who received the en dorsement of the lm Legislature, for State Librarian, announces that he will not be a candidate for the 'position this Tear. 'rHF'"---: K':'" The pavilion at - Brookside Park was destroyed by fire last evening. Tramps had been quartering there since the close of the Summer season. Chairman Ayer says he is still unable to give an estimate of the strength of the Populists in the Legislature. It is a singular fact, but no one has been able so far to give an accurate estimate. He was asked how many Populist members, of the Legislature bad gone on record as opposing Senator Pmchard's re-election, and he replied that he did not know. : The Populist chairman did say. however, that there were enough silver men in tbe Legislature to elect a silver benator. v; . y .-- ' "Is Pritchard regarded as favorable to silver by Populists." Mr. Ayer was ask ed. "Read the Caucasian," he said. From another source it Is learned that tbe Populists have virtually agreed to go in caucus by themselves and nom inate a candidate whom they will sup port throughout the session, if neces sary. The Populist leaders do not hesi tate to say that they will elect one of their number. Col. Dockery is said to have a stronger support than" any other one candidate in the Populist party. a asa a ' CLEVELAND TALKS. Gives His Viw at Xungth TJoan the Fu ture of the Dtfmoocatte Party.' i By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Washington, November 28. An evening paper hereprints an ace int of a conversation between Preslden Cleve land and a prominent Democratic politi cian,' in which the former expressed at length his views upon the future of the Democratic party. The President be lieves, according to tbe story, that while a blunder was made by the leaders who controlled the convention at Chicago last July, he is hopeful that many of the men responsible for that action will be convinced of their tolly in the near future; He expects to see the organiza tion brought back into the true Demo cratic path and he is , confident that the party, by repudiating at tbe first oppor tunity the doctrines proclaimed at Chi cago, can quickly recover mucu of tbe ground lost in the late campaign. It it to those Democrats who followed Bryan solely on the ground of "regularity" and. to their brethren who organized the movement - leading to the "Indian apolis convention that Mr. Cleveland looks for the reorganization and tbe rehabilitation of the Democratic party. , .: ' I JI. ..T vw tist uauip, uui wiit giauij tuuie uc.& iuiv the Democratic fold when the "parting of the ways" is reieiied, as it will be very shortly, in hit opinion. The num ber of these Democrats is much greater, Mr. Cleveland believes, than most per sons suspect. It is bis estimate that in many of the Southern States particu larly, probably a third of the votes given Mr. Bryan were cast by Democrats who were mnuencea in , registering meir ballots exclusively by the idea ot Vregu larity." -- - ' ' i ; - : . Mr. Cleveland it said to expect that the radical ' element of. the party, com posed as it is of men who enthusiastically indorse all the dangerous doctrines pro claimed at Chicago, will shortly be swal lowed np in the Populist organization. It is the Pesident's idea that tbe sooner they go the better it will be for tbe Dem ocratic partv. He wants the reorganiza tion to be effected along the lines laid down in the Indianapolis platform.which he regards as the embodiment of essen tial Democratic principles. I The President insists that it is only to the Democratic party, purified and reju vesated as he hopes it will be by the strengthening off process and by acces sions from the , Republicans and inde pendent voters,' that the people can look with any degree of hope of confidence for relief from their burdens.; He thinks the greatest dangers which now menace the country are the greed of : organized wealth and the rapacity of corporations. He sees in tbe return of the Republican partv to power no prospect of the abate ment of these evils. . i ' ' OLD FORT RALEIGH. Monument B reefed on Boanoke Island to i Commemorate the Ftrat Engllih - -: Settlement . In Ameries. . . . . By Telegraph to the Morning Star, Raleigh, N. C, November 28. Toi day a memorial was erected on the site of old Fort Raleigh, on Roanoke Island, in Dare county, to commemorate the first English settlement in America. It was erected under the auspices ' of the Roanoke Colony Memorial Association. Tbe base is of North .Carolina, granite and tbe tablet of Virginia granite. -The tablet bears the following inscription: . -On this site, in August, 1585, tbe colonists sent from England by Sir Walter Raleigh built the fort called the New Fort in Virginia.? f V Tbe colonists were the first settlers ot the English race in America. ' They re turned, to England In July, 1586, with Sir Francis Drake. Here was born on the 18th of August, 1587, Virginia Dare, the first child of English parents born in America, the daughter of Ananias Dare and Eleanor White, his wife, mem bers of another -body of colonists sent out by Sir falter Raleigh In 1587. Two days after her birth she was baptized. Mantee, a friendly chief of the Hatteras Indians, bad been baptized on tbe Sun day preceding. These baptisms were the first celebrations of the Christian sacrament in the territory of the thirteen original United States. , " The monument was dedicated with appropriate religious exercises; and an address was delivered by Graham Daves, president of the Association. The out lines of Fort Raleigh are distinctly visible, and the angles are now perma nently marked by granite pillars. At Jackson, Miss,, the weather last night was about forty degrees colder than twenty-four hours before, and was getting worse. A freeze was connaent ly predicted, the first of the seasonal j liclMI . Absolutcl Pure. ; ;: A Cream of 'tartar baking powderf Highest of all in leavening strength. Latest United States Government ': Food Report. r". '-..'y "O?, ROYAL BAKING POWDER Co., .New York. ' A' STARTLING STORY 'Br TOLD THE CUBA- JUNTA AT NEW 1 - ' YORK CITY. Three Thousand Spaniards Killed In an iogagement with Maeao'e Poroee Before J Weyler: Took the Field Bessrta of Op rations ot the Cuban Government. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Nxw York. November 28 Lieut, Jose Felix Rios, a special messenger from the Cuban Government ; to the Jttnta in this city, arrived here last night on the Clyde steamer Algonquin; from Jacksonville. This afternoon be told a startling story ,in the headquarters of. the Cubans in ibis city, which would go to show almost beyond doubt that a battle which took place in the -Rnbl hills in October last, and in which 8 000 Spaniards are said to have been killecf, naa Deen construed into an engagement with Weyler's troops in the same terri tory about a week ago The details of the October battle are strikingly similar to the details of , the story of Weyler's alleged engagement, which was attrib uted to Lieutenant Rios, although he how denies that be ever gave out such, an interview. He declares, instead, that what he said about the alleged engage ment with Weyler was simply common talk in Tacksonville while he was there. - ; . His story is as follows: I r "lam a Gallcian and went to Cuba when eleven years of age. For a long time I have been In the commission busi ness ib Havana. Havingworked hard for the Cuban cause, I was some time ago appointed a lieutenant in the Gomez , army. Oa October 23d last I was given r documents by Gee. Gomez and by the " Cuban Government, represented by Gen. -Cisneros, at a town called Arancana and encampment -near Camaguay. With eight men I left a certain part ot the Island in a small boat and set a course for Nassau. We arrived there In five -days. A Spanish gunboat, which had been hunting for us, got into port two hours later, but she was quarantined and we were safe. From Nassau, after some delay, we went to Jacksonville, thence to . . this city" - ' $ -. Some shrewd questioning at this point led' Lieut. Rios off the subject of his story and into the details of a Wif filial that he said occurred in the Rubi hills jas: where - Gen. Maceo's enrigement with .Weyler's troops is said to have , " taken place.-- He declared that he knew it to be an absolute fact that tbe Span ish General Melqano, with 15,000 men, - the exct number that Maceo il said. . ' to k have engaged . a f ew weeks mfp. came suddenly apon Gen.! Maceo vyth 5,000 Cuban patriots behind h'm. As ,. usual the Cubans got to work firsthand before Me:quizo could get his line in shape he was greeted, with a,8hower of leaden hail that mowed, great gaps in his - j . line : i ne name iccntinuea tor some a time bt fjre Maceof who had evidently been waiting for Spain's soldiery, began to slowly retreat. At this point as in the . ' story of the alleged Weyler engagement, the dynamite incident comes in, Hun- i dreds of Spanish soldiers were killed in- .: stantly by the discharge of the deadly " substance almost under - their feet. The carnage r was terrible. Ma ceo still retreated and was followed slowly bytbe broken lines of the Spanish forces. - Then, from this eminence this same emitience is mentioned in the al leged Weyler . engagement Maceo . brought a dynamite gun to bear on the Spanish troops and killed off several hundred soldiers before darkness ended the fighting. Maceo and his victorious troops got away. Lieut. Rios declared here that the Cuban loss was only thirty. . The Spanish force, , he declared, lost nearly 2,000 men. 1 LieuL Rids was then asked if the story , . dated November 26th, from Jackson ville. Fla.. and purporting to be an inter view with him, was true. He replied, . through an interpreter, that the Weyler story he knew nothing about, but explained when he was told its pur port that he had heat d the same thing before leaving on the Algos quin for this . Uy . :t 5 :-: . "Do you know whether it was true?'! be was asked., His reply was that he knew nothing at all about It. . This seems to settle tbe story of Gen Weyler's engagement with Maceo's men in the Rubi hills district, which be has declared was an untruth and which the Cubans have said was a fact, v Lieut. Rios says, regarding the occu pancy of the province of Camaguay by the Cubans: "The Cuban Government is in healthy operation in this district. Tbe Spaniards have given it np. In the mountains, under the roofs of old farm houses,; the new Government Of Cuba Libre conducts schools for the children of the patriots. The pupils range In age from 7 to 18 years, all the boys of a greater age than that being engaged in tbe fight for the island's liberty, " In tbe provinces of Camaguay : and Orienti, they have shoemakers' shops for the shoeing of the Cuban soldiers and blacksmith shops for the shoeing of tbe patriots' horses. A sort of tax is levied there by the Government, but it is not compulsory. These provinces tbe Civil Governors Mendosa and Manuel Ces pedes are in charge of. A very small force of men is all to protect the people there," : - - . . '.- -i " He was accompanied to .this city on the Algonquin by Captain Dupier and another Cuban. Tbe documents sent by Gomez and Cisneros are in the hands of the Cuban Janta. . 'J: . . J I N TE RN AL R EVEN U E Colleetlons for Ootober tthow a Deortaie as 4. Oompeted wltn taeSame aContli ' ; r 7- By Telegraph to the Morning Star.1 j ' Washington, November 28. The . collections of internal revenue for the v month of October were $18275.205. a 4;v decrease from those of October, 1895, of $475,008. The amounU credited to the severs! sources are: Spirits. $7,903,945; tobacco, $2,683,167; fermented liquors. 22.597.599: oleomargarine. $97,874,-filled cheese, $818; miscellaneous, $35,805. The only increase was $22,087 from fer mented liquors, ror ..tne lour montns ended Oaober 81st,' there was a de crease of $424,600 in the total receipts from those ot the same period in 1895. The official vote for Oregon gives Mc Kinley electors iSJIU Bryan p,m. i-M J.':, ' V. t ;0
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