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PLANT YOUR AD —IN THK — NEWS AND OBSERVER —AND SEE— THE DOLLARS GROW. VOLUME XXXVII. AN EXTRA SESSION 'HE PRESIDENT MAY CALL ONE IF THE CARLISLE HILL DOES NOT PASS. ONDS WILL NOT BRING RELIEF. he Carlisle Bill or SonicU-ing Better Shonld Be Passed, and the Demo crats are Working to That End— The Currency Problem Cannot Be Settled Till the State’s Right to Issue Money is Returned to Them few Year’s in Washington. »cial to the News and Observer. , ■Washington, D. C., Dec. 31. tt is common t »lk here that if this hgress does not pass the Carlisle bill, provide some other financial legisla- . h, the President will call an extra ses »n of Congress. The President has not, , coarse, made any such declaration, : it there is ground for believing be , nuld take this course. The leading lemocrats here, or some of them, art lard at work trying to get an agreement fe- which the Carlisle plan, or ‘‘some hing better,” can get through before; k>xt session. An extra session, or a itgular session for that matter, would | Mtave to the Republicans the passage of j ! apßLancial measure to relieve the coun v. They would issue two or three hun ■pd million dollars worth of bonds, and that would remedy the Treasury 1 difficulty. Some of them Plight kick, but the Republicans have away of compelling the minority to suboAt. To be sure such a settlement j would be no settlement at all—only an opiate of ala ger dose than Mr. Cleve land has been forced to give, but the | odds are that the very men who clamor most against bonds wou'd be found helping to fight the battles of the Re publicans in the next eampaigu as they did in the last. Ronds will not bring relief. Nothing but a system of cur rency that secures or admi s proper dis- ' tribution will meet the money problem I never expect to see the money question settled until the right of the States to issue money is restored to them. Other things will help, but nothing else will decentralize the money power. New Y'ear’sin Washington. New Year's is the great day iu Wash j iugton. In order to get ready for it ail the departments close at noon on the j previous day. The same rule that was i observed when Adams was President is j observed in the year of our Lord, 1895. Times change, but here in Washington social official customs take no do'h of time. The Vice President and Mrs. Stevenson are detained at Asheville at the bedsideof their sick daughter. They will be missed here on 1 uesdav. Every body, rich and, poor, high and low. will cal on the President. It is the only time that everybody can shake Lands with him and Mrs Cleveland His gout is better, but s.u ud ing and shaking hands half a day will j not help it any. The Dress of the Occasion. Last ye.r it was intimated by Mrs Cleveland tb it the ladies invited to re- I ceive at the White House should wear high necked dres-es, and they did j There will be no need to repeat the ad monition this time, as it is well under stood. No matter how elaborate tae gown may be fashion stricly ordains that fair shoulders or shoulders that may not be fair must be covered in the day time The fact that the reception is usually held in gas-lighted rooms has nothing to do with the ci se, and can not be con sidered as having any bearing on it, as some misguided folks imagine It is not very far back, though, since an entirely different idea prevailed, but we are con vineed now that it was all wrong and the last opinion rules. An authority then which was greatly respected - announced that as the foreign ministers came in their full dress or military uni forms, the same as they would wear at a foreign court, full dress was demand ed from everyone else. It used to tie common enough to see low-necked tulle ball gowns at the New Year receptions at the White House, and there was not any criticism about it until one lady pointed a moral by wearing in sharp con trast, a silk dress and white linen col lars and cuffs. Last year the ladies wore a high collar mark and it w ill be the same on the coming occasion. The ladies of the diplomatic corps wear their most elegant visiting cos tumes and the r prettiest bonnets —as do all other ladies who attend the reception in the capacity of callers. Every year in the crowd there is bound to be a wo man or two who has forgotten her bon net or hat, and a stray man who is seven hoars ahead of the real time, and comes in smilling with an expanse or shiny linen and a spike-tailed coat; and won ders why the people take him for a waiter. Indignation Meetings. An indignation meeting is of almost weekly occurrence here. The city au thorities desire to erect a hospital for parties having contagious diseases. They have the money, but whenever they select a site the people in that neighbor hood hold an indignation meeting. Naturally nobody wants a contagious hospital near their homes. There are now fourteen small pox patients in the small and poorly adapted hospital, and a modern hospital is a crying need. The difficulty is in securing a location in view of the great opposition to every site chosen. Bad Ontlook for Financial Legislation. Representative Tom Johnson, of Ohio does not believe there is much hope of [tinmio.ial legislation at this session of Congress. “There are no two men in either house,” he said, ‘-who will agree upon a plan. It reminds me of the Crank Club in Cleveland. lam a mem ber iu good Standing. The rules require I that no man shall agree with any other jw»n. There were two fellows who did Bgree one time. Both agreed that they Hfcd not like Cleveland's policy. Me Burned one of them out, and there is Blow striking harmony.” Mr. Johnson Binnks that all members of the House be admitted to his club on the question alone. jp| Pleased With tlie South. Bl met a citizen ot Connecticut yester- who was returning from South where he had gone to make investigations with a view to locat- He was well pleased, and will Hove down in January. All that is to double the population <>f Non* l as well as every other South Hn State, is to let the world know the vantages we have. the NT;w s ObczPvVer FOR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. Eight More Lames to be Played Be tween McNair and Murdock. Special to the News anil Observer. Asheville. N. C., Dec. 81. Murdock six, McNair three, drawn thirteen, is the score in the contest for the checker championship, with eight games to play. I). O. Noland had his arm broken while coasting on North Main street Saturday night. Rear Admiral George Brown, of U. S Navy, is at the Battery Park. A. S. Whitman, wanted here on a charge of false pretense, and who made such a hard fight against extradition in ihe Chicago courts was brought here yesterday and committed to jail to await a hearing. Wilmington, N. C., Dec. 31. —A special to the Star from Asheville, N, C., says, a series of thirty games for the checker championship of North Carolina finished to-night with the following re sult: J. A. Murdock, of Asheville, 8; H. C. McNair, of Robeson county, 4; Drawn 18. ASSIGNMENT AT KEKNERSVILLE Moravians Hold their Annual Watch Meeting in Salem. Special to the News and Observer. Winston, N. C., Dec. 31. B. A. Brown, a merchant and tobacco manufacturer of Kernersville, has assign ed to W. C. Boren of Guildford county. Mr. Brown turns over all of his property including factory, fixtures, tobacco ou hand, lands, stock of goods, etc., but retains homestead exemption. The amounts due preferred creditors aggre gate over fifteen thousand dollars. Moravians in Salem held their annual watch meeting to-night. The first ser vice will be opened at eight o'clock when Bishop Rondthaler will read the Memo rabilia, giving a review of important happenings in Winston-Salem, and in the State and nation, also statis'icsof the Moravian Churches in the Southern proviuce. At twelve o'clock the church band announces the birth of the new year. The Winston-Salem Y. M. C. A., will give an “open house” reception to mor row. PLEAD FOR HIS LIFE. A Kentucky Negro Asks the Court to Protect Him from the Lynchers. Cincinnati, Dec. 31.— The remarkable scene of a man begging and pleading for his life, claiming fear of lynching, was witnessed in Judge Buck waiters’ court to-day. The prisoner was A. H. Hamp ton, alias Jackson, a tall colored man, indicted in Marion county, Kentucky, for shooting and wounding a farmer who accused him of robbing his orchard. Hampton fled to this city, and was ar rested this morning. W W. Penn pre sented himself in court with extradition papers in which there was not a (law. When Hampton was brought into court he trembled so violently he could hardly assume a standing jiositiou. stretching out his long gaunt arms to the Judge he raoaued: “Oh Massa J udge. don ’sent me to Kaintucky. I aint no coward, but dey wants to lynch me. Dat’s de way dey do down dah Ise seed em do it. Ise got letters sum my friends telling me dey would string me up suah. Doan’ send me back Judge, I'll have no chance.” Judge Buekwalter asked Mr. Penn, if he had heard of such threa’s. “Yes sir,” was the answer. Then the court with his fingers pointed at the deputy sheriff said: “Four months ago I sent on extradi tion papers a fugitive from justice into Kentucky. He was lynched soon after he left the train. The authorities broke their word with this court. The State of Kentucky broke faith with her sister State of Ohio in the protection of human life. I will not send this man away from these courts until I have a letter from your Governor and from the pre siding judge of your district that Hamp ton’s life will not be placed in jeopardy, and that he will be given a fair and im partial trial.” A murmur of applause issued from the large crowd present. Hampton was returned to jail. COAL MINERS W ILL LOSE. They Demand a Better Scale Than that Awarded by the Board. Massillon, 0., Dec. 31.—The minere are thought to be bound to lose their de mand for a better scale than that awarded them by the board of arbitra tion. The operators would never have left the issue to a disinterested committee had not public opinion seemed to demand it, and now with public opinion to sustain them in insisting that the men shall make good th*-ir word, they are unlikely to yield. They are tired of conferences, they declare now that a few days wil see the committee preparing to import new men to take the places of these who refuse to work. They regard this as the only way to break the strike and they fully compre hend that it means anxiety and possibly tumult. Previous to the arbitration pro ceedings they had contracted for new men, armed guards, tents and stockades, and they will simply pick up the thread where they dropped it. They might be willing to wait till spring, but they can not afford it. Racing and Prize Fighting to be Pro hibited. Valparaiso, Inil., Dec. 31. -Judge Gillet, Deputy Attorney General, has prepared three bills which Governor Matthews will preewnt to the Indiana legislature next vMfk to suppress the Roby race track, prevent prize fightiDg and to enlarge the Governor’s power in such cases. Dreyfus to be Confined for Lile. Paris, Dee. 31.—The council of re vision has confirmed the sentence of confinement in a fortress for life which was imposed upon Capt. Albert Dreyfus by the court martial ou December 22d. Capt. Dreyfus did not appear in per son before the council His demand for a new trial was rejected, the council de claring that the first trial was conducted on all points in conformity with the law. A Socialist Demonstration. I — 1 " —" Milan, Dec. 31.—The Socialist leader Turatti and six of his comrades were i sentenced to day for sedition to five i month’s imprisonment each. Their friends in the court room hooted the ! judges and shouted: “Down with the government.” Seven arrests were made. NEW YORK’S MAYOR COLONEL STRONG WILL TAKE CHARGE OF THE OFFICE AT NOON TO-DAY. PRESIDENT MARTIN RESIGNS. He Rays He Does So Voluntarily and Not Under Fire From the Lexow Committee—Mayor Gilroy Will Either Come South or Go to Europe jFor a Tune, After That He Will Probably Go Into Business— Supt Byrnes Comes Out ol the Investiga tion With Flying Colors New York, Dec. 31.—President James J. Martin, of the police department, will resign his office within a few days. Mr Martin himself made the announcement shortly before 12:30 to-day at po lice headquarters. Whn he an nounced his intention to day to resign from the police board. President Martin said : “My friends know' that I have been anxious to retire from the police depart ment for some time. Tnis place has never been congenial to me, and now that the investigation of the department by the I.exow Committee has been con cluded, I intend to resign. I did not re sign under fire. My resignation will be in the hands of Mayor Strong within a few days. “Concerning the testimony given by Mr. Byrnes before the Lexow Commit tee, I have this to say : As President of this department, I do not wish to enter into a controversy with the Superinten dent or any one else, but I emphatically deny that the board or I personally have ever done anything to interfere with or hamper the Superintendent in the proper discharge of his duties.” Mayor Gilroy Packing Up. Tammany officials whose terms expire to morrow were preparing to move to day. Mayor Gilroy packed up his pri vate papers in the mayor's office this morning and was ready to go after the meeting of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, which took final action on the departmental estimate for 1895. The Mayor said that he had not yet com pleted his plans for the future. He might go to Europe or to Florida in a few weeks for a vacation. After that he will probably go into business. He de clared to day that Tammany still had a bright future, and that he would always be ready to work for the organization. Willis Holly, the mayor's secretary, has already gone to Albany, where he will be the correspondent of a New York newspaper. Mayor Strong Goes in To-Day. Other Tammany officials who were making ready to move this morning were Darnel Eoglehardt, the Mayor’s marshal; George B McClellan, President of the Board of Aldermen; Sheriff John B. Sexton, Corouers Shea and Scbultze, Re corder Smythe, and Judge Truax of the Superior Court Mayor-elect Strong will take posses sion of the Mayor's office at noon to morrow. There will probably be a littla. speech making, and Col. Strong will be introduced to the heads of departments who will serve under him nntil aMayor’s power of removal bill is passed. Senator Lexow this morning just before he left for Albany, was asked what he thought of some of the more recent criticisms of the committee, and more particularly with reference to some of the sharp things which have been said regarding the examination of Superin tendent Byrnes. “Well,” said he, “we expected that we would be criticised whether we had Byrnes on the stand or not, and if we are criticised adversely it will not be unfair, but unjust. Byrnes was asked to account for his wealth and he did so. Byrnes Comes out With Flying Colors. “There was not a bit of evidence to show that he was guilty of corruption. And now, as a matter of fact, this city, this State, almost every Btate in the Union, was scraped as with a fine tooth comb in order to get some evidence against him, but it could not be found Mr. Byrnes was questioned on all the lines upon which the committee or its counsel had any information. “If anyone knew anything concerning the official career of Superintendent Byrnes, they shonld have informed us of it. Why didn’t they come forward with it. Byrnes, as a matter of fact, chal lenged anyone inside or outside the de partment to show that he was ever guilty of a single wrong act.” “It baa been said.” remarked one of those who had heard the Senators words, “that the committee and the Superin tendent understood each other perfectly well before he went on the stand, and that there had been an agreement or understanding of some sort by which Byrnes was to be let down easy.” “Any one who says that, or anything like it,” was the response to that, “is simply manufacturing a lie out of whole cloth ” “Then there is no truth in that re port ? ” “Not a word.” Charleston’s New City Park. Charleston, S. C., Dec. 31.—The city government has just completed the pur chase of a tract of 500 a<‘res of land on the Cooper river about five miles from the city for the purpose of establishing a public park The land lies in one body and borders on the river bank. It has a vigorous natural growth of pine and oaks, and the typographical advantages and the estuaries that abound, make it an ideal spot for the landscape architect who will be put to work on it at once to convert it into a model modern park. An avenue one hundred feet wide will be constructed leading from the city to the park. This avenue will be free from the railroad tracks leading into the city. With the aid of electricity the park will be under a half hours drive from the battery. The Sun’s Colton Review. New York, Dec. 31 —The San’s cot ton review says: The port receipts this week are estimated hy some at 260,000 bales, against 804,000 last week, 191,000 last year, and 203,000 in 1891, the big crop year. The exchange was closed to day. The East Indian government has imposed a duty of 5 per cent, on cotton yarn and fabrics, ana an excise duty of 5 per cent, on cottou goods and yarns manufactured in India. One firm said: “It would not surprise us to see crop guesses increase next month.” The weather was quite unfavorable. RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA. TUESDAY, JANUARY 1. 1895. THIRTEEN PERISHED. Three men and ten Women Burned In The Delevan House Fire. Albany, N. Y., Dec. 31.—The latest estimate is that 13 persons, all employes of the hotel, perished in the Delevan House fire last night. Three of the mis sing people are men and ten are wome^. A conservative estimate of the loss i'- ll 50,000 on the building, which is in sured for |160,000, and $50,000 on the furniture, which is insured for $37,500. The rents of the hotel are insured for $>6,000. Heiser and Mnlfelder, dealers in whole-ale notions, who occupied a store under the annex, suffered a loss by fire and water of $40,000. Fully insured. Slight losses were incurred by several merchants on the opposite side of Broad way, caused by falling walls and intense heat. They had rooms on the fifth story of the building and their deaths could not have been the result of anything but fright. One of the porters who went up to warn them said to-day that it wa< impossible to lead them to a safe exit. They simply went wild when they learn ed of the fire. Streams were kept playing on the ruins all day. No attempt will be made until tomorrow to search for the bodies. The thick fire wall which divided the main building from the additions was all that kept the flames from sweeping the entire block The south wall is all that remains standing of the main structure. The escape of surrounding property was miraculous, as the streets about the hotel are narrow. It was thought at one time that the American Express building, and the New York Central station were doomed, but they were but slightly damaged The guests and employes did not have time to save anything, not even wearing apparel. Many guests had hairbreadth escapes in endeavoring to secure their effects. PeiserAMunfclder, dealers in notions, occupying a store in the annex, suffered a loss of about $35,000 by fire and water, fully insured. A commercial traveler who had a trunk full of jewelry in his room, which he said was valued at $50,000, offered a reward of half the contents to any one who would get it out. John Donahue and John Baker, of the Rogers’ volunteers, and J W. Lane, of Bath, entered the building and succeeded in .getting the trunk out, and they brought it to the Ken more where they were handsomely re warded It was s’ated to-day that the Central people were thinking of purchasing the Delevan site on which to erect a great railway station TREASURY BALANCE. A Historic Old Mansion Being Demol ished at Washington. Washington, D. 0., Dec. 81.—The general treasury balance at the close of *he calendar year. 1894, is stated at $153,022,892, of which $84,379,145 is in gold. After this balance was struck the treasury was notified of the with drawal from the New York sub-treasury of SBO *,OOO gold for export, and the, above balances are reduced by that amount. The work of demolishing the oky^H nil '■jilare, i > p.- * - •'■;.<■’'■! ; attempted. A theatre is to be constructed site. Articles which were in the room where Mr. Blaine died are being care fully removed, and it is understood that they will be appropriately displayed in rooms set apart for that purpose in the I new theatre. The actual work of demoli- j tion will commence when the in terior of the mansion has beeu r dis- j mantled. Some of the rooms or thej house are found to have mantels of rare j and beautiful black marble, painted over. Senator Fair’s Will May be Contested. San Francisco, Dec. 31.—Statements! have been made since the publication of Senator Fair’s will that there will be con test unles «uch action should be construed as dangerous to the contestant by reason | of the forfeiture claim of the will. The attorneys interested have not yet eon- j eluded whether the clause is absolute j and binding. Charles L. Fair says he has not given • a thought to a contest so far as he is concerned. Mrs. Charles T. Fair says she has no reason to be dissatisfied with her father-in-laws provision for her hus band. She says sbe did not marry young Fair for his money, and that they have been very happy without wealth. The funeral will take place next Sun day from Grace Church. It was learned this evening through reliable sources that at least one of the children will most likely contest the will and this contest will be sanctioned by the other two. The will is wholly un satisfactory to the son and daughters, and will be vigorously assaulted. A Populist llnltot Bights League. Washington, D. C., Dec. 31.—Hon. J. C. Manning, of Montgomery, Ala., a member of the committee appointed at St. Louis by the National Committee of the Populist party to submit evidence to Congress in substantiation of the charges of election frauds in the Southern Btates, has received communications from people throughout the South urging him to call together representatives from all of the Southern States for the purpose of orga nizing Ballot Rights Leagues. Mr. Man ning will soon issue a call for a confer ence of those favoring the movement to meet at New Orleans, January 18th and 19th, 1895. Capt. Howgate on Trial. Washington, D. C., Dec. 31.—Judge McComes to-day over-ruled the demer rere filed by the attorneys of Captain Howgate. He was then arra gned and pleaded not guilty but appended a further plea that the indictments were not found within three years after the alleged of fenses therein charged were committed. The question as to whether the indict ments were barred by the statute of lim itations was thereupon argued. Fearful Ravages ol Diptheria. Reading, Pa., Dec. 31.—Paul, aged five; Charles, aged 12; Lat.,* aged 10; and Lizzie, aged 2, children of Jacob K. Levad, of this county, died within the past twenty-four hours of diphtheria. Ada, aged 6, was buried on Sunday. Two other children are seriously ill, and their death is expected. JOHN BURNS LECTURES THE GREAT ENGLISH LABOR LE V OKU SPEAKS TO AMERI CAN WAGE EARNERS. MUNICIPAL MONOPOLIES. ’ lie Lays the Responsibility of Many of the Ills of the Laborer at ilisOwn Door— Advocates Municipal Owner ship of a 14 Monopolies—Favors T rade Unions, and Thinks They Ought to be Encour <ged—Compares the Con dition of the English and American Workingman. Special to News and Observer. Washington, D. C , Dec 31. At Convention Hall, in Washington City Saturday night, John Burns, the best an greatest living exponent, perhaps of the aspirations of labor, spoke to 1,500 people. The seating capacity of the ball is 6,000, and its packed standing capacity 10,000. After being introduced by Mr. Tracy. President of the Typographical Union of; the District of Columbia, he began by j saying that he had rather address four ; men who stand square to all the winds : that blow, than to waste words on an immense audience who assembled out of simple curiosity to see and hear the speaker. Ilis Personality. Mr. Burns is a member of the County Council of London, and represents the same constituency iu the Imperial Par liament of Great Britain. Ho is thirty six years old, slightly gray, wearing his beard trimmed to a point, a short sacque coat, and a slouch hat. He is about five feet, nine inches ; has a florid complexion, restless, pierc ing brown eyes, a pleasant, though uot powerful voice. He is fairly fluent, and gesticulates all the time. He has few of the graces or tricks of the orator, but he wins you by his intense earnestness. He is dead in earnest from start to finish. He is a frank, plain-spoken, beef eating, fiat-fo >ted,straight-forward Englishman. He is a fraction bypqcrirical in regard to some of our institutions, but in each in stance he very nearly, if not quite proves h's case, even whenyou don’t agree with him. He said that Washington City, was the most beautiful of our cities, and showed a structural, natural and artistic har mony rarely if ever seen on eaith. At the toot of our capitol he bought a news paper and the first heading which caught his eye was: “The suffering of the p >or in Washington City,” »hich convinced him that this was not the best possible world for the poor man. Trades Union*. He wanted to speak to Trade Unionists, to encourage them: 2nd, to all American ci'izeus to invoke their aid to improve ! existing conditions, and 3rd„of the poll-! tical, municipal and parliamentary side of allltbor reforms. He di-covered in Chicago and New York, the premonitory sym »ioms of social anarchy which may lead*lo political disintegration. He asked what wvr* charac of our common disorder, and made but little dilb ivnce Mhivr. m> far as h > c •nditi-m was whet !n 1m i:\ed it* a <> 'idea HJPbm or a Silver State, and that poverty was chronic iu the old world, and acute in the new. He declared that the chief characteristic of American mechanics was adoption of ways to means, but that we were going through all the evils of | the factory system; that steam, elec tricity, &3., had not been man’s servant so much as we had hoped, but that rather man was their slave. Referring to temperance as a cure for poverty, he said that poverty was as often the cause of drink as drink of poverty. He praised our statistical methods and said by the best American authorities capital in Ohio and other States was getting 35 per cent, more of the products of labor than form erly; that the condition of American workingmen, therefore, showed signs of degredation, and that Amer ican Trades Union do not en joy the same legal and press recognition as in England. He defined a trades union as a “collative medium of exchange on the part of its constituents,” and said they necessarily sprung up the day after the factory system. Strikes in America. He declared that everything in Amer ica, even strikes, are on a big scale; called America the Future Industrial Belgium of the world; said anyone who thought that strikes would lie lessened by shoot ing down strikers and imprisoning strike leaders was mistaken. They will in crease in size and frequency. Riot acts will not reduce their number, education will but stimulate them and imprison ment will multiply them. He claims that imprisonmentof strike leaders would not be permitted or practiced in England. Laborer’s Duty in Municipal Matters. He said a trust would go to hell if it could get a larger dividend. Said work ingmen should assert their rights in all towns and cities; that in the last euht years in England 1,200 workingmen had sat on 800 municipal Councils; that the municipalities in his country owued all the monopolies—street car lines, gas and eleetrict light companies, etc. He said we should divorce national, State and municipal government, and remove the “middle men.” That we must be careful, that municipal corruption, as recently proven in New York, d d not reach our State and Federal government. He said workingmen were to blame more than Tammany Hall. That they made Tammany Halls and Commonwealths. He claimed that the municipaliza tion of monopolies rendered jobbery and thievery next to impossible. Showed how in Lodon on a $46 per capita in debtedness had been tranferred to the asset side of the balance sheet. The same was true of Glascow, Scotland, and none of the cities who had tried owner ship and control of monopolies, had gone back to private ownership or manage ment of corporations. He was opposed to all Eutopian plans like that General Booth proposes. He believes the problem of the unemployed could be solved not by building more work shops, but by utilizing present work shops and by distributing the work over a wider field, and the municipality is the place to start. He said this was better than Coxey marches. He said the first, main and most im portant thing was Regularity ol Employment. Public works should be done always at a depressed time when private work is slack. Eight hours a day work the year around is better than all plans of a de grading charity. He holds that if the wage-worker did not go into politics, that politics would go into him; that labor men should be sent to Sute Legislatures and to Con gress, that they needed an Employer’s Liability Bill. Americans should emulate the example of 40 members of the German Parliament who laughed at the Emperor and informed him that he was a popinjay. Workingmen must gain the confidence of the middle classes and inaugurate a sympathetic campaign. America should follow England’s ex ample when she requires, by law, every millionaire's estate, at his death, to pay the State four hundred and fifty thou sand dollars as a re imbursement, for having robbed the State and society of the vast amount of one million dollars. (Under a law like this our government w M ...v’o just gotten almost two mil lions from the estate of ex-Senator Fair, just dead ) Ruled by the Money Power. Mr. Burns said that our continent was ! blessed as never a nation was; that the bulk of our people were better off than in the old world, but why talk of liberty when we are ruled by trusts, monopo lios, syndicates. He said Lincoln said : “ As a result of of the war the money power will seek to perpetuate itself over the people.” “I see this vast Continent iu the hands of the money king.” Mr. Burns said Lincoln proved to be prophetic, and added “if you d'ui’t want a condition of things compared with which the French Revolution will roll into insignificance, aud when, compared with existing condition*, Cromwell’s war will be cited as an evidence of politi oa> health, then I ask the working men, by the memory of Washington and Lin coln to do their whole duty.” You may like or dislike Mr. Burns; agree or disagree with him, but he is a great man, an earnest soul. J. M. Leach. TIIE HORSE PLAY. The Usual BoGterous fun Indulged iu on the Hoards of Trade Yesterday. Chicago, 111., Dec. 31.— There was the usual boisterous horse play on the board of trade to day. For years this has been a feature of the do ing of .the tear, and the gallery was crowded in anticipation of it. It was understoood that the directors had taken measures to squelch any movement of a disorderly character in its inciptency, and for a long time there was more than the usual quiet and strict attention to business. Suddenly, as if bv previous arrange ment, at 11:30 o’clock, a howl went up from all the pits. At the same instant a. bombardment of bags of flour and sample graiii commenced. Everybody scattered at the first volley and the busi ness of the day came to an abrupt end. Men sought shelter under tables, in secluded corners and in the wa«h room Bat the fire from the inereiless skirmish era was kepi up, ami the Accinf; ttowd was followed and pelted without mercy. F r half an hour the fun was kept up, and only ceased when the ammunition was exhausted. DIED FOR THOSE SHE LOVED. A Mother and Her Five Children Perish in the Flames. Ellsworih, Wis., Dec. 31.--Yester day morning at an early hour, the resi dence of Michael O’Connell, of Elpaso, was consumed by fire, and Mrs. O'Con nell and five children perished in the flames. Mr. O’Connell was the only member of the family who slept below. About two o’clock he was awakened by the fire, and barely escaped from the building in his night clothes. As he rushed out his wife appeared at an upper window and dropped the youngest child into his arms. Returning into the room for the others she was undoubtedly overcome by the heat, for she never returned. Another child jumped from a window and was saved. Mr. O’Connell himself was fatally burned in his attempts to save his family. Killed In a Saloon Brawl. Fort Worth, Texas, Deo. 31 —At midnight last night Martin McGrath shot and instantly killed James Rushing in the saloon of the former. Grath is alderman from the third ward and an ex-member of the city fire department. The trouble originated in a free for all brawl in which a brother of McGrath was in close quarters, and it is alleged McGrath shot Rushing to pro tect his brother. The Norfolk and Western Earnings. Philadelphia, Pa., Dec 81.—The net earnings of the Norfolk and Western Railroad for November were $288,785, an increase of si,2o? over the same month last year. For the eleven months from January Ist to November 30th the net earnings of the company aggregate $2,445,452, a decrease of $189,838; from the amount earned in the corresponding months in 1893. Wrecked in a Dense Fog. St. Johns, N. F., Dec. 31.—The Brit ish steamer Benbaf, Captain Gundry, when a few hours out from Pilleys Is lapd, for New York with a cargo of iron pyrites, struck on the rocks near Cape Bonavista last Saturday morning aud became a total wreck. The crew saved themselves in the bqpts but lost all their effects. The accident was caused by a dense fog. A Detective Killed. Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 31. Sils Bayse, for several years in the employ of various railroad companies as a detec tive, was killed in Coekman saloon here to-night by J. M. Phillips, a justice of the peace of one of the county districts The men were engaged in a quarrel over a game of cards when Bayse attacked Phillips with a knife. The German-Amerlcau Tariff War. Berlin, Dec. 31 —The Hamburger correspondent, usually inspired from the Wilhelmstrasse, speak-t of the prohibi tion of German wine by the Washington government as the first step in a tariff war between Germany and the United ; States. The Vossische Zeitung remarks | that Germany can win no laurels in a I tariff war with America. BROCKWELL STABBED CUT IN THE H Eli ION OF THE HE iRT 8V NOME SHARP INSTRUMENT. - HAPPENED IN HIS GUN-SHOP. The Dispute Oceured Over «* Pair ot Ballet-Molds, Not Worth a Dollar— Brockwell Struck one of the Moores and a Fight Ensued in which He was Cut—At Last Accounts He was Rest ing Easily—Hearing of the Case this Morning. Thomas f. Brockwell lies at hia home on McDowell street with a wound in his left side, near the heart. The wound is nearly an inch long; how deep cannot now be told. He was stabbed in his shop yesterday nf'ernoon as live o’clock 1 called at his home last night and asked for an interview, but was told that Mr. Brockwell was suffering too much to talk. Oue of the yonng men in the room told me that Brockwell said two young men named Moore came to hia gun shop yesterday afternoou and the three be came involved in a dispute over some little gun attachments, and that after some words, one of them, which oue no oue seemed to kuow, stabbed Brockwell with some sharp in strument. They db not even know with what he was stabbed. I was told that Mr. Will Wynne was in the shop at the time and witnessed the whole affair. At the police station they said two young men, one about eighteen and the other probably twenty-two years old, David and Walter Moore, had been ar rested and wore in the station bouse. The Chief of Police would not allow a reporter to interview them. An officer said they were the sons of Mr D. T Moore, the much esteemed chief clerk in the office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. One of them s’ays in Thomas k Maxwell’s furniture store, while the other is with S. V. House, the painter. Mr. Will Wyune was seen iu the lobby of the Yarborough. He was the only disinterested witness of the affair He says he was iu the shop yesterday afternoon at five o’clock. The two Moore boys came in and inquired about some bullet-moulds Brockwell had or dered for them. Brass moulds had been ordered; the dealer sent iron ones. Brockwell told them the kiud of moulds he had received, and said: “If I can I will return the moulds and get your money back.” ‘ You’ve got to do it,” said otie of the Moores. Beferal words passed between the parties. Brockwell said: “You’ve said enough in my shop; go out now.” They refused, and the stout, one said: “I’ll give fifty cents to find you out any how. ’ Br>ckwell struck him in the mouth, | knoc ting him over the door step. The othei Moore pus led Brockwell over a box jnd fell on top of him. Then a free fight ensued . * Tfl * crttttli tßiv Wliiitl Ucu;K iu auU pickrti up t h e barrel of a Flohert rifl.* and started towa - d Brockwell. Wynne took it from him, and threw him cut of the door. Bo h of the Moore boys then went for Brockwell, and Wynne pulled them off. Wi h a few more hot words, the Moores left the shop. After they had gone Brockwell found that he had been stab bed. T A Carriage was called aud he was car ried home. This is the statement of the affair made ; by Will Wynne. Dr. Fab. Haywood dressed the wound. Examination was put off until this! morning. Brockwell is not in any immediate danger; but the extent of the cut is not known. It is a flesh wound At last accounts the stabbed man was resting as well as could be expected. Las|t night an effort was made to have Mayor Badger release the young men on bail. He could not do this without a statement from the attending physician, and tjhis, I am told. Dr. Haywood re fused to give. Mayor Badger will hear the case this morn ug. CARVEGIE'B NEW WAGE SCALE. Thou;b There Is Much DissatUluction Employes Will Resume Work. Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 81.—The Carne gie mils at -Braddock, Homestead, kaw rensville, Duquesno and Beaver Falls will nsume work Wednesday morning. The tine allowed for the acceptance of the tew wage scale expired Saturday eveniig. The new rates were generally accepted by the employes, aud 12,000 men will returc to work Wednesday at the differ ent nills. The average reduction in wagesamounts to probably 15 or 20 per cent fom last year's scale. The rollers and Knelt era in the open hearth and bessener mills received a cut of from 25 to 45 jer cent, while the wages of many low-piced workers were not changed. Mars of the Homestead steel woikers who s-e dissatisfied with the cut by the new jage scale will remove to Ashtabula county Ohio. They will exchange their Hometead property for farms there. This ns been done by about twenty Homecead families in the past two month. To Extend Catholicism. Lonon. Dec. 31.—The Central News in Home says: It is under stood hat after Cardinal s ar rive te Pope- W .’V.T president an initia tory conference to consider means of ex tending Roman Catholicism iu Protest ant countries. Several American and colonial bishops will attend the confer ence. Breckinridge in Bad Luck Still. Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. 31.—C01. W. C. P. Breckinridge, who sued Gustavus A Meyer to recover the receipts levied upon at his lecture Thursday night, lost his case to day. A court sustained the claim for services in taking deposition in the Pollard case a year ago. More Earthquakes in Italy. Rome, Dec. 31.—Earthquakes wore felt to day in Southern Italy and North ern Sicily. Although not violent enough to damage property, they increased the panic. The whole population of several towns camp in the fields to-night. WEATHER PREDICTION. For North Carolina: Fair, northerly winds For Raleigh and Its Vicinity: Tuesday: fair, colder. NUMBER 137. HAN CAUSED A SENSATION. New York’s Police Department In a Turmoil Over Kupt. Byrne’s Offer to Retire. New York, Dec. 3k—The one topic of discussion in |mlice circles to-day was Supt Byrne’s action in placing his ap plication for retirement from Ihe force in the hands of Mayor elect Strong. Mr. Byrnes’ denouncement of the police board and the charges that he was hampered in the performance of his du ties by the commissioners also caused considerable talk. Everybody is wondering now what will be the outcome of the pnsent state of affairs in this department. He de dined to say to day whether or not as is understood, his letter to the mayor contained a formal application for re tirement to the police board, to bo for warded to that body <r not, as Mr. Strong . pleases The superintendent came down to his office at his usual h"tir to-day Pe received during the forenoon many callers who came to ex tend their good wishes, aud all express ed the hope that he would continue to la* the superintendent of the force when it is reorganized Among those who calleti were 001. Murphy and ex-Captain Groer, under whom Mr. Byrnes performed his first duly as patrolmau in 1864 Capt. Grier was retired in 1870. He said he wanted to see Mr Byrues continued at the head of the department. The Superintendent was asked whether he had anything more to say coneerniug his letter to the Mayor elect, and bis reasons for wishing to retiie. He would not further dismiss the matter, Hestated: “I have said all concerning this matter that I intend to sav for the present My letter is in Mr. Strong’s haods and I have given my reasons for the ac tson I have taken. When the proper time comes I may have something more to add to what I have already stated. But for the present 1 have nothing more t > '•ay. ” In police circles the universal impres sion is that Mr. Byrnes will be at the head of the re organized police force. The question has been raised as to whether or not the police board would retire Mr. Byrnes in the event that Mayor elect Strong should decide to forward his application to the commissioners. The board has re fused to retire able bodied offi cers. Under the twenty year law Mr. Byrnes is entitled to a pension of $3,000 per annum. It is believed there will be no change in the heads of the department until May Ist. None of the inspectors who were at headquarters this morning cared to discuss the step taken by their chief. The department at present is in a state of turmoil over the exposures before the 1.6X0W Committee and the sensation caused by By rnes’ offer to retire. Street Commissioner Andrews Resign*. New York, Dec. Hi. —Mayor-elect | Strong has r»c* ived a letter from Smet | Commissioner Andrews, in Which the i latter teuders bis resignation to take ef fect January 15. Commissioner Andrews was accused before the Lexow committee of havi- g acc-cjAcsl u bril>e wb a* <»ifcu«*o onmmia. sioner iu connection with ih; granting of a license to the Hotel Tortoni. Mr. Andrews denied this accusation while a w.tness before the committee. SECRET SOCIETIES. Monsiguor Satolli’s Statement iu Re gard to the Pope’s Decree. Washington, D. C , Dec. 31.—Owing to misapprehension caused by the publi cation of statements that the decree concerning secret societies was not final, and wtis submitted to the Bishops in order to secure from them their opinions thereon,*Mousiguor Satolli authorizes the following brief statement of facts, to set at rest misapprehension and possible misrepresentation: “The archbishops of the United States have taken council with respect to three societies, namely, the Odd Fellows, the Sons of Temperance and the Knights of Pythias. The archbishops decided that the whole question should be submitted to the apostolic see. In a communica tion from his eminence, R. Cardinal Monace, to Monsignor Satolli, the action of the general congregation of Cardi nals, to whom his holiness committed the question, is made known. The congregation, after considering carefully the matter, made a decree. This decree his holiness fully confirmed and gave it complete The decree is, there fore, transmitted to all archbishops, bishops and other ordinaries of the United States, to be by them carried in to effect. Manager Satolli has acted merely as the medium of transmission. But in view of contradictory and confus ing reports emanating from various parts of the country, the facts are thus briefly stated.” A CHANCE IN THE 8. A. L. Mr. J. M. Turner Succeed* Mr. W. F. Williaiii* a* Train Master. To-day the following circular will be issued by Superintendent of Transjtorta tion V. E. Mcßee : “Atlanta, January Ist, 1895. “Mr. J. M. Turner is hereby appointed Train Master, with office at Raleigh, N. 0., vice Mr. W, F. Williams, resigned, and will be charged with the Transpor tation Department of the line between Rutherfordton and Portsmouth, Wil mington and Hamlet, Monoureand Pitts boro, Durham and Henderson, Frank linton and Louisburg, Boykins and Lew iston, and Pendleton and Murfrees boro.” ‘'MTl'Ttufle'i is an experienced and un usually successful railroad man. He has been in every branch of the service from messenger boy to superintendent. For eleven years he was Superintendent of Transportation on the New Orleans divi sion of the Illinois Centra', leaving this for the position of Superintendent of the South Carolina, where he has been for the past three years. He comes with the highest recommendation and will, no doubt, succeed well in his new and responsible position. He takes charge to-day. Will Write Up the Btute. Mr. G. F. Reid, a gentleman from Kansas, will be here this week to inves tigate the advantages North Carolina offers to intending immigrants. 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