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VOLUME XXXVII.
DAY IN THE SENATE
LIVELY DISCISSION OF SEN VTOR
LODOE’S IIA'V HI AN RES
OLUTION.
HAWAIIA AND NICARAGUA CANAL
Mr. Lodge Sp«*aks in Favor ot His
Resolution Calling on the I* evident
lor lutorm it>on m to the Withdrawal
ol American Vessel* of War from t e
Hawaiian lslanil*--Seiiaior Butler
Wanted the Resoluti >n Referred to
a I'owmit ee and C arefii 1 1 y Exam
ined Into—Only One Democrat, Mr.
Call, Favored the Resolution.
Washington, D C., J*n. 4. —There
was a very lively and interesting discus
sion in the Senate to day over Senator
Lodge’s resolution calling on the Prtsi
dent for information as to withdrawal of
American vessels of war from the Haw
aiian Islands. All of the Republican
Senators who participated in the disctes
sion—Lodge, Sherman, Hawley, Hale,
Aldrich and Teller—favored the adoption
of the resolution, while the Dem >eratic
Senators who spoke—Butler, Morgan
and Gray—arg ed in favor of
ence upon Butler’s motion, to the com
mittee on foreign relations.
Senator Lodge Defends his Bill.
In opening the debate Mr. Lodge said
that Admiral Walker’s last letter
brought out strongly a highly imp vrtant
point which had thus far not been ap
preciated. “It was kuown to us through
the press,” said Mr. Lodge, “that all our
war ships had been withdrawn trom
Hawaii, and that although several were
lying idle at Mare Island, none had been
sent hack to Honolulu. The letter of
Admiral Walker, to which I have re
ferred, discloses in a striking way the
danger and impolicy of this c >ur.-e, and
also proves that our government had
been warned in regard to it by an officer
entitled to speak on such a point wi h
the authority of an expert. Admiral
Walker says with great frankness that
if the British men-of-war, as well as
our own, had been withdrawn, it might
have been a good thing—certainly it
would have done no harm to the stabil
ity of the government in the islands.
But it appears that at the momen’ when
it was kuown that our vessel was to be
taken away, the British orders were
changer! and II M. S. Champion, which
has subsequently been r* placed by the
Hyacinth, was ordered to remain at |
Houolulu.
Great Britain’* Action.
“It is not necessary to impute any im
proper motive to Great Britaiu or her
repiesentatives for this action, or even
to suppose that it is the intention of
Great Britain to seiz-3 Hawaii; hut it
must not be forgotten that while our
government hasteus to recall a mau !
like Mr. Steveus, who is in earnest
in the promotion of American j
interests, Gr at B ittin takes pains
to retain and up old her r.prtsen
tative for his devotion to Bruish inrer- ;
ests. The sympathy of Great B itain, if !
nothing more, has certainly been with j
the royalists The presence of a Briti-h
war.-hip and the withdrawal odours'
would be believed by ihe supporters of |
the Queen and by the natives generally, j i
whether righi )y or wrongly,itmai te*B not, j
to mean that our opposition wasfavomt’l - ]
for a royalists uprising. To leave affairs j
there in such a condition was enc mr ge- I
ment to a counter revolution and to the j
renewal of disorder and possibly blood- ;,
shed in the islands. Ir should be remain
bered als > that Japan has retailed a ves
sel th re, and that there are mtny Japa
uese in Hawaii who form a strong and
somewhat threatening element in the
population. Uider such conditions'to
withdraw our ship* and leave our ships
at Honolulu appears a blunder of the
very first magnitude.
Importance of the Hawaiian Islands.
“The importance of the Hawaiian Is
lands to the United States cannot bo
ovei -estimated, and that importance is |
being grea’ly increased by the approach
of the t me wheu we shall build the Nica
ragua (. anal—action which the Senator
from Alabama is pressing in such a
broad and patriotic spirit, and with such
distinguished ability. It cannot in any
event be long delayed. When that canal
is built the Hawaiian Islands will be even
more absolutely es-eutia! to our safety
in tbe Pacific than they are now. Com
mercially, and still more, from a rnili
tary print of view, they are of the ut
mos value. We do not pro[>bse to allow
any other country to interfere with us,
there, and the American people int> nd
to take these islands just as soou as they
have an administration which will not
thwart their wishes ”
Mr. Butler Wauled the Bill Relerred.
“Mr. Butler said that he did not c*re
to open up a discussion in reference to
the policy of the government toward the
Sandwich Islands. He did not see how
the pending resolution was going to aid
the Senate or ihe country, or the Presi
dent, or the Sotretary of State, or the
Secretary of the N*vy, in regard to that
policy. His object in muting the refer
ence of the resolution to the committee
on foreign relations was not for the pur
pose of dtT ating it but for tne purpose
of examining into the pros riety of the
adoption of such a resolution. The whole
matter was ba-ed upon the opinion of a
□aval officer who had simply given his
opinion as to wbat Great Britain would
do iu certain contingencies and under
certain circumstances; and he dd
not think that this was of
- satiskttrfcQi'y consequence to justify the
Senate mbi- pting the resolution wit hout
giving an opportunity to the appropriate
committee b* inquire iuto tne circurn
stances aud facts bs stated by Admiral
Walker. He (M r. Butler,) undertook to
say that Great Britain would do no such
thing as Admiral Walker thought it
would; and uo o’her foreign government
wou d attempt to do it. There was not
the slightest apprehension in his mind
on that subject. He did not see what
tbe government of the United States had
to do with the internal affairs of the
Sandwich Islands If theie was aeon
spiracy against the existing government
iu the Sandwich Islands, that govern
meat should be able to suppress it; and
certainly the United Stall s gover ment
should not interfere in a purely domestic
controversy. He should therefore insist
upen his motion to refer the resolution
to the committee on foreign relations.
Mr. Call Favored the Resolution.
One Dem » ra'ie Senator. Mr. Ca 1, op
posed the reference and favored the re
solution. The morning hour expired
before any vote could be taken, and the
resolution lost its place on the table, aud
went to the calendar, wbeie it will be
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m News gj Observer
heard of no more. Then Mr. Morgan
finished his speech in support of the
Ni< araguau Canal bill. No action was
taken a d the bill still remains the un
finished business. Mr. Mitchell, o’Ore
gon, has the floor when it next comes up.
The military academy appropriation
bill was passed, with a few amendments,
occupying no more time than wa* nec,.B
sary for the clerk to read it. The pen
sion appropriation bill was taken up. but
went over w ithout final action, aud at
3:55 the Senate adjourned till Monday.
SO IMPROVEMENT IS TRADE.
Cotton Factories Are Taking Large
Contracts.
New York, Jan. 4—Bradstreets to
morrow will say : There has been no
material improvement in the genera
trade. At large eastern cities only a
moderate volume of business is reported,
Buffalo aud Boston inclining to regard
the near outlook the more hopefully
Philadelpnia and Pittsburg are natur
ally a'L eted somewhat by lower quota
tions for iron and steel, and Baltimore
prefers awai’ing orders from commer
cial travelers before expressing opinions
on the outlook.
General trade is reported quiet at
Charleston, Nashville and Memphis, with
meicantile collections fair only. A'
Chattanooga and Atlanta very little is
doing in wholesale line*, the former re
porting manufactures quiet as a result of
prolonged holiday influences and the
weather. At Savannah trade is quiei
but improving, and collections are only
fair. Cotton manufactu.ers are taking
some new contracts, but merchants will
act with extreme couservativeuess. Au
gusta cotton factories report a fairly good
demand and improved collections, though
general trade shows no gain. City aud
country trade is reported fairly satisfac
tory by Jacksonville. Damage from ex
treme cold weather in Florida to frui:
aud vegetables is quite heavy, orange
growers being affected seriously. At
Birmingham, manufacturers report or
ders scattered, general trade quiet aud
collections only fair. There is only a
small volume of business at NewOrleang
aud collections are slow. At Galveston
trade is very quiet and orders are for
needs only.
All Western cities announce practi
cally unchanged trade conditions and
light or moderate volumes of business,
conopicuously Cleveland, Cincinnati
Detroit aud Louisville, although tht
strait city reports cold weather has stirn
ulated orders, and Louisville that mer
chants are more hopeful. At Ch'cago
orders are mostly of the filling-in va
riety, and St. Louis merchants ugp still
working on inventories, and sra frog out
commercial travellers. Business is con
fined mostly to mail orders.
END OF A POLITICAL FEUD.
A defeated Sheriff Shoot* the man who
he Think* Caused hi* Deleat.
Harrodsbubg, Ky . Jan 4 —At lt:s'»
this morning Sheriff John I. Van Arw
dale shot ami killed Dr. F. L. Hu rod
in Lawyers’ Row, The physician lad
just returned fr >m the postoffice, when
he was intercepted by the Sheriff, wh
opened fire on him at close quarters,
firing three shots.
The killing is attributed to the recent
election in this county. Van Ar-dale
was a candidate for re-election and wa.-
opposed by the Doctor. An anonymous
circular in which Van An-dale was
raked fore and aft, in his dome-tie rela
tions, whs sent out. Van wa.*
defeated for re election and charged Dr.
Harrod with the authorship of the circu
lar.
The dead mau graduated at Louisville
four years ago and located here. He
was a native of Ohio and leaves a widow
He hid built up a large and remunera
tive practice, and it is no’ unlikely that
trouble will follow the killing, as he had
many friends.
Arre*ted tor Robbing the Mail*.
Pittsburg, Pa, Jan 4.—M. P. Stay
her, United States mail carrier, was ar
rested in the postoffice this morning by
Inspee’ors Hooten and Gorman, while
preparing the mail for distribution along
his route.
Suspicion was aroused six months ago
by the reported failure of letters to ar
rive at their destination. It is thought
that Stay her has purloined several hun
dred letters while in the service of the
department. He was caught in the act
of opening decoy envelopes containing
marked money, and the money was
afterwards found on his person.
Stayher’s method w r as to steal mail
from the boxes of other carriers, and for
months every carrier in the office was
under suspicion. Stayher admits hav
ing taken small sums of money at var
ions times in all, he says, about sl3.
Georgia Granite to be Used.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 4.—The pub
lic building at Kansas City is to be built
of granite. Numerous bids have beeu
sent in from different parts of the coun
try.
It is understood that the bid of tbe
Georgia Granite Company is nearly
$50.6 ( »0 Itelow bids made by quarries in
NewgEngland States. A special test of
the granite accompanying the bids is to
be made in a few days. Georgia is mak
ing rapid progress in developing her
granite quarries.
She is shipping Belgian blocks to pave
streets in Baltimore, Chicago, New Or
ica' s and other large cities.
Eight Negroes Burned to Death.
Savannah, Ga , Jan. 4.— News has
just reached here that on last Friday
night, at. An out-of-the way place near
Willaeoocbe, iu Coffee county, the house
of a colored man named Peter Vickers
wasdesroyel by fire. Tom Vickers, a
brother of Peter, three of Peter’s chil
dren, and four children of another col
ored mau, making eight in all, were
burned to death It is believed the fire
was of incendiary origin.
Half Rate on Orange*.
New York, January 4. —Owing to the
damage to the or otge crop by the recent
cold snap, the Plant Railway system and
its connection, the Oc-an Steamship
Company, in order to aid orange growers
in realizing upon such portions of their
crop as may be iu a marketable condi
tion, have agreed to make half rate on
oranges between Florida and eastern
ports.
Snow 7 in Italy.
Nice, Jan. 4.—Snow has fallen here
to the unparallelled depth of five inches.
THE CURRENCY DEBATE
THE MOSTNOTABLE AND INTER
ESTING PISt US'*ION Til NT HAS
I ET Oi CURBED.
MR. HENDRIX MAKES A SPEECH.
Other Speeches are Mad- iuTavorot
'he Bill— Messrs. Dingley anil Hep
burn Express the Purpose of Repub
lican* in the Next Cong ess to l*ro
cced at Once to the Preparation of a
Revenue Measure—Caucus of Demo
crats Called lor Monday Afternoon
to Consider the Currency Bill.
Washington, D. C., Jam 4.—Speaker
Crisp iaul before the House the resigna
tion of Representative Tnomas H. Payn
ter, of the 9th district of Kentucky, to
take effect to-morrow. Mr. Paynter
takes a place on the bench of the Ken
tucky Court of Appeals on Monday next.
Tbe committees having been called
for reports, Mr. Springer moved that the
House proceed to the cousiderat ion of
the currency bill in committee of the
whole. Agreed to and Mr. Richardson,
of Tennessee, resumed the chair.
Interesting Debate on Currency Bill.
The debate on the currency bill which
followed was, in some respects, the most
notable aud interesting that has occur
red. The speeches of Messrs Dingley.
of Maine, aud Hepburn, of lowa, were
significant in that they were taken to
expr< 88 th * purpose of the Republican
majority in the next Congress to pro
ceed at once upon its assembling, to the
preparation of a revenue measure which
will, in their opinion, provide enough
money to meet tbe expenditures of tht
government. Nothing short of that, ac
cording to their statements, wilt be sat
isfactory to remedy or remove the evils
from which the treasury and the whole
country is suffering. Mr. Hepburn would
also go further and proceed to legislate
for a more general use and coinage ol
siher, but Mr. Diugley wa3 silent on
that point.
Representative Hendrix, of New York,
ilso made a notable speech. He said the
bill would be a failure as far as tbe pur
poses which it was sought to effect were
concerned.
The Gold Reserve.
The new year opened, he said, with a
fear generally prevailing among the
people of the country that the govern
meat could not maintain on a parity
with gold the volume of the other cur
rency circulating among them He was
of the opinion that he could do so, how
ever, aud the best proof that it could
was found in the fact that it had done
so. But this largely depended upon
the answer whe<her or not the govern
ment proposed to retire from the bust
iie-s or issuing circulating noies.
Mr. Hendrix referred to the aggros
<ions upon tbe gold reserve througn the
medium of demand notes, and said that
so long as there was a margin of one
of oue per Cent to business men
in conducing the transfer of gold from
this country to Eur>*p\ so long would
th* y engage in it. He was glad to k ow
t at it had been made a part of D mo
eratio p iltcy from ifce highest sources of
leadership to take the government out oi
ihe business of issuing circulating notes
is it bad been taken out of tbe silver
business. But was there a
suece-sful application of this
principle, as set out m the pending bill,
asked Mr. Hendrix. He thought not.
Defect* in tbe Bill.
The bill would not relieve tbe treasury
of the aggressions upon the gold reserve
And it would fail as a banking measure
b cause it seeks to superimpose upon the
government credit cu rency a volume ot
bank credit currency, with no satisfac
tory redeemer in sight. Debt hiding is
not debt paying. Tne wisest, cheapest
and practically aim >st the only thing le t
for the government to do is to retire and
dispose of the demand notes through
which the gold reserve is open to the ag
gression of any one who is inclined to
attack it. Upon commerce should l»e
thrown the buiden of providing tbe gold
with which to settle its balances in inter
national business.
The bill pending before the House,
said Mr. Hendrix, although t was a great
improvement in its present condition
over the measure originally introduced,
would not relieve the treasury, nor
would it provide such a currency as ibe
country ought to have. If the principle
laid down by the President and Secretary
of the Treasury and which is feebly and
apologetically expressed in the ninth sec
tion of the bill, can be carried out, Con
gress ought to do it
Uther Speeches.
Other speeches were made by Messrs.
Caruth (Democrat of Ky) and Gresham,
(Democrat of Texas) in favor of the bill.
Mr. Sperry ’ (Democrat of Conn) gave
notice of a substitute he intended to
offer, and Mr. Walker (Republican of
Mass,) presented two additional sections
to his substitute in requiring the paying
of the custom duties in part iu gold for
a certain period, and authorizing the
Secretary of the Treasury to sell three
per cent, bonds to cover defMenci* s in
the Treasury and to maintain the gold
reserve
Mr. Sperry’s substitute authorizes the
issue of three per cent, bonds to run ten
or thirty years, to au amount Dot ex
oeeding the aggregate of all United
States notes outstanding and w 7 ith the
gold obtained from the sale of the bonds
to withdraw the United States notes.
At 5 o’clock the House took a recess
until 8 o’clock, tbe night session to be
for the consideration of private pension
bil s
Caucn* ou the Currency Bill.
The Democrats of the House will hold
their caucus at 3 o’clock on Monday af
ternoon next. The call was written to
day by Mr. Springer, of Illinois, who
has tbe Carlisle bill in charge, and it
states that the caucus is called for the
purpose of considering the pending cur
rency bill.
At 4 o’clock after the call for the can
cus had been circulated an hour, 55 rep
resentatives had signed it. The first
gentleman to attach his autograph was
Speaker Crisp. Following his uatne were
those of the other Democratic members
of the committee on rules and the mem
bers of the banking and currency com
mittee from which it was report* d.
Mr. Holman to night issued the formal
notice for the caucus.
Mr. Springer stated this afternoon that
general debate on the banking bill will
continue until the hour of holding the
caucus M nday. On Tuesday the com
mittee on rules will bring in an order
fixing debate under the five minute rule.
It is not probable, however tbat a vote
on the bill will be taken before Friday
next.
RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA. SATURDAY. JANUARY 5. ’895.
j FOR CAPTURING CRIMINALS.
A Burlington Man t.jl Two Blood
-11 omul* From Indiana.
Special to the News and Observer.
Greensboro, N. C Jan. 4.
Mr W. B. Hartsoe, of Burlington,
has just rece ved a couple of magnificent
bl"od-hounds for running down crim
inals The dogs came from Indiana.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the National Bank of Greens
boro all the old direct rs and officeis
were re elec*ed, and the usual s un-an
nual dividend of ti e per cent, was de
clared. The Bank of Guilford recent!)
declared a semi-annual dividend of three
per cent.
A Mr. J M. Boyd, of Tennessee, af
forded the crow*l of spectators gtthered
a* ihe dipot a great deal of merriment
r»y a display of ventriloquism. A man
would suddenly hear his name called iu
a p issenger car, and on going into th*
car the voice would come from some
other quarter, causing the “sucker” to
rush around like a wild man, to tht
great amusement of the spectators
This same gen l lernan bad one'of our po
licemen tearing up the platform at the
depot, looking for an imaginary man.
The oolored youths of this city and th*
colored Agricultural and M chanical
College boys have organized foot ball
teams and will play match games during
the year.
The best elemen* of the white people
of Greensboro, both t'em<>crats aud Re
publicans, earnestly hope that Uol. J E.
Boyd may get one of the Senatorial
plums. He is a broad-minded, able gen
tleman.
Onairman A. E. Holton was in the
city last night.
Ernest’s Daily Cotton Letter.
Special to the News and Observer.
New York, Jan. 4.
The speculation in cotton to day wa*
more active, and prices advanced sharply.
At one time they were ten points higher,
hut the pressure to realize profi's on the
advauce was so great that half of the
improvement was lest, the market leav
ing off at a net advance of five points
from yesterday’s closing. The market
had been over sold, and this fact, to
gether with continued falling off in th*
m ivement of the crop, aud fresh outside
buying, contributed to the advance.
Tbe receipts at the ports to-day aggre
gated 48,600 bales, making the total for
ihe week 246,000 against 303,712 last
week, 35.698 the previous week aud 360.
136 tite week before. The receipts at tb<
p >rts this week last year were 190,598
and 230,205 iu 1892.
The receipts at the interior towns dur
ing the week were 100.764 bales, against
187,807 last week, 60,472 last year and
118,845 in 1893
E. B. Cutubeut & Co.
Death of Mrs. W. A. Blair.
. 'S*
ijircial to uLts Ncwami vtsi .
Asheville. N. 0 , Jan. 4. |
Mrs. Eva Blair wife of alderman W.
A. Biair, died last night after an illness j
of sever *1 months. The deceased was | 1
Miss Eva Fulkeison, of Rogersville j
Tenn., and married Mr Blair only six
montns ago. She was 31 years "Id.
The funeral was held hrre to-day. The 1
remains were taken to Asheville for in
terment.
Trying to Reorgauize Their s’arty.
Columbia. S C., Jan. 4.—A call wa*
is*n* d to d *y by a nuudier of prominent
Republicans for a convention to be held I
February 16th, to re organize the Re- 1
publican party in this State. State Chair
man Webster did not call the usual con
vention for this purpose last summer and
holds over as chairman.
The pm pose of the signers of the call 1
is to give vitality to the parry in South
Carolina and enable it, to take au active 1
part in the election of delegates to the
constitutional convention which is adver
ti.*ed by the Tillman element to disfran- ’
chise the negroes Should Chairman Wil
liams iusi*t upon retaining his office
there will be a split in the party and two
Republican organization*.
Col. Breckinridge’s Flan*.
Atlanta, Ga., J an. 4.—C01. W. C. P.
Breckinridge read with much interest
this morning the account of the fight
between his law partner Shelby and edi
tor Moore, of Lexington
“Do you exp* ct to put on war paint
and feathers when you go back to Ken- .
tucky and take a hand in the political
fight that is now going on,” w T as asked
“I have no such intentions at present,” '
he said. “I am on my way to Washington,
where I ex**ect to resume my legislative
duties. I have no political aspiration of
which I care to speak, and my move- ,
merits after the Ist of March, beyond the
practice of my profession, are not even
known to my self. ,
Large Tobacco Stemmery Burned.
Richmond, Va., Jan. 4.--The large
brick building used by E. T. Crump &
Co. as a tobacco stemmery, aud in w 7 hich
was stored all tbe manufactured stock of
Hargrove & Company, tabasco manufact
urers, was burned this morning. Il*r
grnve and Company place th* ir loss at
$14,000, fully covered by insurance. The
loss on the building is estimated at $ t,-
000. Crump and Company’s loss will
hardly reach SIO,OOO and is fully cov
eied by insurance Their force has al
ready been transferred to another fac
tory.
A Horrible Suicide.
Little Rock, Auk., Jan. 4 —Pedes
trians ou the lower Arkansas river bridge
this morning were horrified to see tbe
head of a man rising above the water.
The body was removed and identified as
that of John WVinberg.
The cause of the suicide was his in
ability to secure employment, During
the night be had jumped off the bridge
into the shallow water, the mud holding
his feet and the water reaching only t<>
his eyes. His watch was still running
when tbe body was found. ,
Mi** Stevenson’s Condition Serious.
ASHEVILLE, N. C., Jan. 4.—Miss Ste
venson is weaker to day than she has
been for some days, and her condition is
regarded by her physicians as extremely
serious.
Rome 200 Fisaermen Drowned.
London, Jan. 4.—lt is estimated that
200 tisberm n, belonging in Hull and
Grimsby, were drowned during the re
cent gales.
GERMANY’S t’ARI FF W \R.
The New Minister of Au*t ia-ilun-
l*r* sent* a Formal Frotest.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 4—B.ron
Von Hetigelmuel er, the new Minister of
Au->ttia-Hungary to-day presented t<»
Secretary Gresham a formal protest from
his government similar to that present- d
t>y Hie German Ambassador August 28i It
asv, p ot* s ing against the d iso rim n a
it g du y ot one tenth ot one p r cent
per p »uud on sugar coming fr< m coun
ties paying an export bounty thereon as
provided by the Wilson tariff act.
The protest, as tn the case of Germa
uy, Is based on the fact tbat the action
of Congress canuot be rtc moiled with
ht m >si favored nation c ause which
goßrus the eeonom e relations of the
wo countries, ib s clause in our exist
tug treaty with Austria is iu alums’
dentical terms with that Itetween the
United States aud Prussia upon which
the German protest w.*s based.
President Cleveland iu his last annual
message recommended the repeal ol
hat clause of the tariff act which im
posed the discrimiu ting duty, aud sub
-i* quentiy transmitted to Congress a re
port from Secretary Gresham strongly
stating the injustice of the law aud urg
ing its repeal.
It is probable that Congress will be
notified of Austria’s protest, and atten
ion will again be called officially to tbe
matter. From the similarity between
the latest protest and that of theGermau
Ambassador it is evident that the two
eouutries are acting i t c >neert in the
matter and it seems probable that Aus
tria will still further follow Germany's
ead by inaugurating a policy of retain*
tion agaiust the food products of the
Uu ted states.
FIVE YOUNG HIGHWAYMEN.
They Attempt to Rob Two Men and
Shoot One of Them.
Philadelphia, Pa, Jm 4.—Five
young men, all rough looking charac
ters, were taken into custody this after
noon at their boarding house, No. 203
Gasktll street, charged with attempted
highway robbery aud an aggravated as
sault upon two men in the suburbs of
Baltimore ou the night of December
;2ud last, which may termmate in the
death of oue of the latter. The five men
zave their names aud residences as
George Derr, Baltimore; John Sweeney,
living anywhere; Wm. Tobin, New York;
Vitehael Mi Kenny, Baltimore, and Tims.
Nolan.
When arraigned for a hearing, Detec
tive Humphrey testified that ou the
light of December 22nd last, Richard
Waters and his sou Dorari, both of
whom are well known butchers iu Balti
more, were returning from tbe mar*et
<or their home on tne Frederick road,
when they were set upon by party of men
tud in the struggle tbat ensued the
vouuger Waters was shot in the breast
probably fatally hurt.
“f ie Waters w re t, row** to wu—y «*>»*
siderab'e money with them, and rot*
b» ry was prooabiy the motive for tlre at
a*.k, although the thieves were not sue
ce-.-ful in their object
From the description of the men sum
shel by the Waters, itissupposed Tobin
s tbe man who shot young Wa’ers. The
prisoners had no defend to make and
were c mmitted to pris >u to await a re
quisition from the Maryland authorities.
Minnesota’s Senatorial Con est Warm
Bt. Paul, Minn., .Tan 4.—The Sena
»onal contest was sufficiently exciting to
please the most fastidious politicians to
day. Nelson opened h a«tq tarters at the
Vierchants and Windsor hotels and Wash
hurne, Comstock aud McUieary at the
Windsor.
The Nelson men claim they will have |
thirty six votes on the first ballot and
will secure enough from McOleary aud
Comstock on tbe second to win.
The Washburne tn- n profess to be jub
il nt. They insist that the open can
didacy of Nel-on has closed up the
ranks ot the Washburne supporters in a
wonderful way and there is more friendly
talk of the Minneapolis mau in an hour
now than there w 7 as in a day a week ago.
They say at least two votes have been
made for him already.
One Second district man, friendly to
MeCleary, and one First district man,
unpledged, have to-day come out for
Washburne.
Killed the Betrayer ol hi* Daughter.
Pine Bluff, Ark , Jan. 4 — Yesterday
afternoon, on the main stre t of this city,
J. S. Reap shot, and killed E. C. Lamp
kin as the latter stepped out of a store
on the street. Both were merchants
here.
A year ago the trouble began. Reap
went home oue day and found Lgmpkiu
occupying his daughter’s room. Lampkin
plead for his life, saying the intimacy
was of long standing H s life was
spared and tbe trouble seemed over.
Recently Reap published a card an
nouncing he would not be responsible
for his wife’s debts, thus intimating
that she also had fallen a victim tn
Lampkin. The tragedy resulted.
Italy aud Sicily Shaken.
Rome. Jan. 4 —Etrthquakes have been
felt rep atedly to-day in Ii guio Di Cala
bria and Northern Sicily. The Under
Secretary of the Interior will rank -a
tour of ihe provinces affected and will
provide for the distribution of money,
food and clothes among the homeless.
The charity b *ll held here last even
ing for the benefit of the sufferers was
attended by many Americans.
Jealousy Made Him Crazy.
Savannah, Ga., Jan 4.—George Jor
dan, color* d, shot his wife, six year old
son an I three year old daughter and
then shot and killed himself to-night.
The boy was killed instantly. The
woman and girl are expected to recover.
The shooting was done in a fit of anger,
caused by jealousy.
Will Investigate Thoroughly.
New York, Jan. 4. — ln an interview
to-day Mayor Strong said that it is his
intentiou to investigate every depart
ment of the city government from top to
bottom. If there is any corruption he
proposes to find it out.
A Steamer Probably Lost.
London, Jan. 4 —Much anxiety is felt
for the steam*hip Prescott, which s ited
from Sunderland, December 20, for
Marseilles Life buoys bearing her name
h ive beeu found on the Yorkshire coast.
She carried a crew of 25.
DURHAM'S TOBACCO |
HE AV Y SIIIPME VTS OF SMOKING
TOBACCO Dlf'tlYG TIIE
fast week.
OVER 533.033 POUNDS SOLD.
But the Sale* of Leaf Tobacco are Very
Ligat lnstallation of Rev. Mr.
Doiih, the New M**h<uli*t Preacher
—I in |iu-taut Railroad Change* Prob
able—Manor Link’* Court Boycotted
br the Law-Breaker*—Reveuue Men
Still Cha*iug the Festive Moon-
*hiner.
*pecial to New* aud Observer.
Durham, N. C., Jan. 4th.
Rev. W. B. Doub, the new pastor o'
the Main Street Methodist Episcopal
Church reached here with his family
fits evening over the Seaboard Air Lb e
Railroad. We ought to feel proud of ibe
r* e ptton given hun. The u--w parson
age which is located on Chapel Hill
street is one of the most elegaut home*
m Durham. It has every nextem co
vent* nee iu the way of electric lights,
bath rooms, closets, electric bells, etc.
Hie congregation has furnished ii
throughout iu a very handsome way at
an expense of more than SSOO. A com
mittee of ladies had charge of the houst
aud upon his arrival Mr. Doub found
every thing warm and comfortable and
a hot supper ready for the whole house
hold, no doubt he fe* ls that his lot has
fallen iu pleasant places.
We have noticed considerable activity
abour, the shipping department of th*
Bull Tobacco factory, and dropped in on
Gapt. U. M. Wahab, who presides ovei
i hat department, ai d asked for some
figures. He very courteously examined
some files, made a few a'ditions, and
then stated that he had shipped duriug
the last week of December, 1894, more
than (535,000) five hundred and thirty
five thousand pounds of smoking to
baceo. Where were your la’ge6t ship
ments going, was asked, “i an’t say,’
be replied, “we have made heavy ship
ments North and East and West and
South, to Texas, Utah, California, and
all around.
Major W. A. Guthrie, who is just back
from Raleigh, was asked what *»as going
oudoAU there. His reply was, “It is
hard to say. Everybody seems to be on
the alert to find how the ground lies.”
He says it will be hard t > guess who will
come out ou top iu the figut for the short
term Senatoranip.
Mayor Link had no court again
this morning. In reply to a sugg*s
tion that his court was being boy
otted, he replied, “The boys areal
broke; wait till they are paid off again ”
Another batch of revenue officers
came in town this morning It is learue*!
hat the raid yesterday was without re
suits
It is whispered about here that the
Noi-folk <k VV. ruilriu.it iu nnmklwr.
mg some changes iu the lo atiou of some
of its most imttortant offices arid that
tln-re is a probability of one prominent
official being located at Durham.
The big new tank of tbe South* ru
Railroad, located near the passenger di
cot, has ju*t been completed and was
filled witn water for the first time this
morning. It has a capacity of 40,000
gallons.
One of our business men received thi
morning a shipment of lUO barrels ot
granulated sugar.
The weather is such that the ware
h*>us -s for the sale of leaf tobacco ate
having very little to do.
TENNESSEE’S LEGISL ATTIRE.
It Meet* Monday and Will Trv to Solve
the Folitictl Muddle in That state.
Nashville, Tenn , Jan. 4.—The ses
sion o' the legislature which convenes
next Monday has added interest to the
political muddle in this >tate and the
city tonight is lull of politicians. Am >ng
them is Senator Ha-'is, who is st-ekii.g
re election. While there is no op-m op
position to him, a quiet boom has been
started by the friends of General W. H.
Jackson, a brother of U. S. Supreme
Court Justice Howell E. Jackson.
The State Democratic Executive Com
mittee met today in special s-s*ion and
prepared an address to the Democracy
of the State, in which they recognize
that fraud has been committed in the
gubernatorial election and recommend
that the candidate securing the largest
number of legal votes be seated, a care
ful investig-tion to ascertain the facts
A caucus of Democrats will be held to
morrow evening to select officers and
ontiin -a policy.
BOUGHT BItXSS BRICKS.
A Bold Bunco Game Played Upon a
Virginia Man.
Richmond, Va , J an. 4 —A. W With
ers, of Glouc -ster county, was swindled
out of $5,000 in money here t-xlay by
two men claiming to be John Williams,
of Arizona, and Thomas H. Parker, an
a*sayer of the United States mint at
Philudulpbix The men worked a bunco
game up *n Withers to get him to mcn
mond, and the ca*h was paid to Williams
by W thers upon a couple of bricks of
“go’d,” which, after a test by a jeweler,
proved to lie brass.
Both the men escaped and all that they
left behind them was a couple of valises
containing a mask and a wig and a lot of
circulars exposing a gold brick swindle.
A part of the seb- me was that William*
claimed to be in Virginia looking for an
uncle named Alfred Withers, which ap
pe lation his victim bears.
Three lioi*e Thieves Lynched.
Guthrie, O T , Jan. 4. —Now cQig'Jk.
from (Janlonment, a trading point in the
Cheyenne and Arapahoe country that a
fight occurred near there >esterday be-i
tween vigilantsand horse thieves Gus.
Gaskall andSyl Cimnell, two of the vigi
lauts, were wounded, and three horse
thieves captured.
The i-risonets were promptly ruu up
to the nearest tree aud their bodies filled
with lead. The farmers have been rob j
bi dos cattle and horses to such an ex
t- nt that they have determined to put a
stop to it, aud formed vigilant commit
tees.
After Senator Cullom’s Place.
Chicago, 111., Jan 4.—Ex Congress
man George E. Adam*, of this city,,
announced to day that he was acandi
date for the United States Senate to
succeed Mr. CuUnm.
Wm E Mason and Jos. Mcdill are the,
other candidate although Mr. Medill is
not seeking election.
| NO STRIKE \T HOMtSI EAO.
j And Everythin: i* now Quiet at Brad
duck.
Homestead, Pa , Jan. 4 —At II min
stead this morning there was little or no
excitement. The streets were thronged
only with the usual numb r of people
ittd in the vicinity of the Carnegie Steel
Works there was not ihe slightest sign
if trouble. Several depar'menrs of the
nig m 11 were off and but few men stood
tbout the yards. Tips morning a final
conference was held between Manager
Schwab and the striking shearmen and a
settlement was reached. The likelihood
<>w of a strike of any proportion at
Homestead wasentirely removed.
A* Bradd >c.k everthing wastin'- 4
of att OU liuulr «nhO«<tl
precautions are being taken against any
tnergenev that may ari-e. The strikers
iavc called a meeting for next Monday,
tt which they wall t ike action on the
ultimatum issued (>y the Carnegie Com
•any. The latter are engaging m nto
rake the places of the strikers, aud a
lumber of colored men were at work
'big morning iu the ore yards, which tbe
-trike's had d* s-rted. Several furnaces
veTe blown in yesterday an t this morn
mg, and tbe company is determined to
break the strike at au early d ty. About
200 men employed in the foundry de
partment were thrown i ile to <*ay on
tclount of lack of material with wnich
to work.
[ IN*ANE ASYLUM BURNED.
Oiieof the Female Attendants Proba
bly Perished in the Flames.
&nna, 111, Jtn. 4 —The Centre section
*nii the South wing of the Illinois South
ern hospital for tbe insane comprising
over half of the entire building, were
destroyed by fire atari early hour this
morning. The north wing, machiner>,
laundry and kitchen departments were
*a red. The south wing contained th*'
quarters of the female patients, the male
patients being quartered in the north
wing.
Ail the patients to the number of 500
w< re, it is thought, safely removed to
th i other buildings. Some difficulty was
ex perienced in making the transfer, but
th -re was no great panic. It w T as report
ed that a female attendant named Ittda
Ai tderson has been burned, as no trace
her can be found.
The lots will amount to $350,000. The
ph\si* ians, officers and employes iu tbe
*>i rn* d building lose nearly all their per-
Sj :tal tffeets.
TUR>e7) ON THE G\S.
Cl lief Justice Marshall’s Grand Nephew
Su cities.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 4.—John
M irshal, grand nephew 7 of Chi-f Ju.*tic*
M srshal, who w 7 as for many years em
pi >yed in the law offices of Dickinson,
fI itirber & Co., (Don M Dickinson and
Pi ivate .-ecretary Thurber) of Detroit,
w *s found dead in a b >ardtng house thi
m t>* i)ht|j|-«iHrg**r Ocinj- <m htU
at i*l the doors aud windows closed.
The mau had beeu unfortunate in at
t« mpiing to secure a g *od position und* t
tt e government, all hough he was a
e< pyist in tbe recorder's * ffioe. Mr
T miber had taken personal interest i
tt « mau ami when inf >r*ued < f his death
gi tve instructions that Ids remains should
rt cetve proper care and that his par*, at
b > nutifi* d
Cotton Factories Fay iu the South.
Chareeston, S C., Jan. 4.—Cotton
ft,dories app*ar to be the bst pari g
p operty iu tbe South and the mills I
ii i this State are nearly all making I
money. The Spartanburg Herald pnn'eo
a iev d *ys ago a Hst of eight mauufac
Hiring concerns in Spartanburg count)
w hicb pay $12,000 tn dividends every
si x mouths. The G eenville News p inie
a list of seven c >tton factories iu Spar
tunburg and Greenville counties alott*
which pay out $183,500 iu dividend
semi annually.
Sending Aid to Nebra*ka.
Charleston, S. C., Jan. 4. —A special
committee has been appointed by th*
Young Men’s League, of Charleston, to
cbllect and forward to the suffering peo
pde of Nebraska corn and other provis
ions. Tbe committee would include eon
tributioi s from all parts of the State for
ibis purpose anil will undertake to for
ward them to the proper destination.
The plans of the committee for currying
out its charitab e intentions will be an
nounced in a few days, ami in the meau
time contributions may bo forwarded to
Kobt. R. Evans, ebairmau, iu this city.
Guld Reserve Reduced t 0581,000,000.
Washington, D. 0 , Jan. 4 —Unoffi
cial advices received at the Treasury De
partment to day state that up to noon
$3,300,000 in gold bad been withdrawn
from the sub-Tteasury for export Satur
<1 *y. This reduces the gold reserve to
$81,000,0n0 in round figures The with
drawals for the day are expected to ex
ceed $3,500,000.
l> nt u CrmniuiMit Confederate.
Richmond, Va., Jan. 4.—Captain Al
bert Gallatin Hudgins, of Culpeper
county, formerly of tbe United States
aud Confederate States navies, died
her** to-dav aged 55 years. His m* st
important service was with Admiral
|Semines. He was twice taken prisoner
duriug the war and at one time w 7 as
confined in the Tombs in Now York,
under sentence to be hanged as a pirate.
Extension ol Civil Service.
Washington, D. C , Jan. 4.—The
President to-day i-sued an order to Su
/(eiiutcudents of postoffice stations
throughout the country under the class!
tied service. There are about 200 of
these officials, and vacancies in the ser
vice will now be filled by promotion from
the ranks instead of from outside sources
as formerly.
Schooner in Di»tre>*.
Wilmington, N. C, Jan. 4.—The
* schooner Anuie Ainsley, McAndrews,
Savannah for Philadelphia, was towed
iuto port in distress, water logged.
C. II Heine’s Residence Burned.
Last night at 9:15 o'clock an alarm
was sent in from fire box 29 The de
1 partment responded, but the fire was far *
out of tbe city limits.
The residence of Mr. C. H. Beine had
caught tire and was burning rapidly. It
wm impossible to throw water ou the
buidit g aud it is a total loss. The house
wassiiuated just beyond Jhe Soldiers’
Hone.
WEATHER PREDICTION.
For North Carolina:
Fair: northerly winds
For Raleigh and Its Vicinity:
Saturday: Fair; colder.
NUMBER
CHANGES IN THE LAW
WH VT ATTORNEY G EVER VI.
OSBORNE It KC»M MENDS TO
TDK GOVERNOR.
THE INCREASE IN LYNCHINGS.
| Yet Our People Have not Lost Couli.
deace in their Conns ol Justice—Re-
I commend* < bailees ifi Law Regard
tug Lynching—The Present Law
Should He Made T.lfici* nt--Case of
State v*. Hall and Duckery--The
Law *ti<" % ‘ * ” ' ‘
Attorney General Oso >rue has s- nt his
biennial report to tbe Governor. It is
ably written and is full of good sugges
11* >TIS.
In bis letter to the Governor be says:
“It is usual to ascribe the increase-of
or tne to the f til ure **f the courts to eon
vie,’; and administer punishments in eases
•f guilt. There has beeu no such failure
ou the part of the courts of this State
fr, is universally admitted that we have
bail able and efficient S tlicitors, learned
and upright Judges, and couscieutiou*
juries. We must look to other causes to
explain this result. Considering the
nature ot the offeuces in which it ap-
I pears that. It is greatest, it seems
to mo this increase must be due
| to the unusual business depression of tbe
j last two years, bringing with it idleness
j and poverty, its necessary consequences.
! In North Carolina there are no proses
sional criminals. Our people have a due
respect for the property of others, and
it is want, and want alone, which gener
ally makes the thief and forger iu this
State When prosperity returns to us I
confideu ly predict that our criminal sta
tistics will show as large au anntnl de
crease of crime as they have heretofore
shown.
“I regret very much to call attention
to the fact that our criminal statistics
show that there have been more lynch
ings within the two years embraced by
this report than within the two years
immediately precedent thereto* Consult
Statement D (comparative statement),
and your Excellency will find that there
ire two mentioned in the last report arid
eight in this. Ido uot draw the couolu
si >n from such meagre data, embracing
only four years of the State’s
tii-torr, that this crime is on the in
crease. It is impossible to state with
accuracy that it is or isnot.uuless we have
information concerning a more extensive
period of time. Th*t information it is
dmost impossible to obtain. Icm only
tall attention to tbe facts as they ap
pear, and suggest some remedy for the
evil, whe her it is a growing one or uot.
That, there will be lynehiegs in this
State, in spite of any aud all legislation
on the subject, as long as capital offences
>f a certain nature are committed with
in its borders, I suppose anyone \« ii J ad
mit. The wisest lawgiver cannot suggest
my law which will absolutely prevent this
or any other crime and the best
that c tn be dime is to check its growth.
Hie c*use of lynching* in our State, in
nearly every case, is tbe desire ou the
art of cit zens, in other matters 1 tw
• biding, to see immediate punishment
i fl cted upon criminals clearly guilty of
the most tl igrant crimes. Our people
h*ve not 1* st confide' ce in the efficiency
•f titeir courts to enforce the law. All
igrt e with Att rn y General Davidson,
iu hi* report of 1888, that ‘in no Btate
in the Union are the property,
peace and lives of people better
I guarded than in North Carolina ’
! It is the law’* delay which emscs the
outraged feelings of society to outrun
he proceeding* of Courts of Justice Iu
proportion as that delay is unnecessary,
the evil of lynching can be rem died
easily by legislation. In the language
*f one of our Supreme Court Judg. s,
■Let the trial be speedy and tbe puuish
m -nt, if there is a conviction, l>o prompt
xml certain. Remove the technicalities
which render so many trials a travesty.
Aoolish the delays and con
tinuances which baffi) justice,
md which make punishment at
the ettd of a long chase take on the
inpeatance of revenge rather than jus
tice.” To ace miplish this end 1 suggest
to your Excellency that you recommend
to the Legislature to pass an act per
mitting the State to file counter affida
vits iu all cases where application is
made upon affidavit by a defendant for
a continuance of his cause. Such a law
now exists with reference to civil cases
(ch. 394, Laws of 1885), and its efficiency
to stc re promptness in trial caunot be
denied. This statute should be made
applicable to criminal cases. As the law
now stands, even in a capital case, at the
first term of the court, the State is de
ttendeut for a trial upon the conscience
of the defend uu himself. The provision
of section 402 of The Code, except that
part of it which relates to the terms upon
which continuances can be grauted,
ought to be made to include State cases.”
lie then recommends that, the Suite
and the d feudaut be put ou equal terms
regarding the right to challenge jurors.
lifSnß iimfdt can \ ptuess
ou trial and to place the State on an
■ quality with the defendant, should theu
pas* more effective laws against lynch
ing itself. There has been uo indictment
prosecuted to conviction against lynch
ers in North Carolina for years p *t as
far as I have been able to learn. There
have been frequent pa'ient aud thorough
investigations of the crime before grand
juries, bills sent by Solicitors, but few
true bills retured. The reason for this
is too plain for discussion, and the
same result will follow as long as
a Solicitor is compelled to begin pro
ceeding* against defendants tn the
county where the crime has been com
mitted. Your Excellency wott’d do well
to recommend to tbe Legislature the en
actment of a law givinganolic.tor of the
Superior Court the right to send a bill
of indictment for tl is offence before the
grand jury of any county in his district
which he mav desire, with necessary pro
visions to summon witnesses in that be
half and c infer u [ion the Superior Court
Judge the right to try the case iu any
county which he may diem proper iu his
discretion.”
Reforriug to the mvut decision of the
Supreme Court iu the ease of the State
against Hall and Dockery, lie says: “It
is perhaps not improper for me to state
that in the present c mditiou of the law.
this decision is based upon reason and
the universal com urrence of theauth*>ri
ties. But there should be legislation on
the subject. A htauite should be passed
to the * ffect that if auv one, bring in this
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