2
BILL FIXES THE
GOLD STANDARD
Provides for Selling Bonds to
Maintain Reserve,
NO TAX ON CIRCULATION
THAT ON ISSFE OF NATIONAL
HANKS HOP FA LEI).
WAY ISSUE TO PAR WITH BONDS HELD
Naf'onal Banks May Be Creranized With a
Capital of Twenty-five Thousand Dol
lars in Towns of Two Thous
and Inhabitants.
Washington. Nov. 28.—Copies of the
bill and report prepared by the Republi
ean canons committee, met at
Atlantic City last spring, were mailed
this evening to the Republican members
of the House. The purpose of the bill
is to remove any doubt that may exist
as to the character of the standard. It
contains a number of distinct proposi
tions.
1. The standard unit of value shall be
the gold dollar.
2. United States bonds. United
States notes ami Treasury notes, shall
lie paid in gold, and all other public and
private obligations shall be paid in con
formity with the standard.
* 3. The establishment of a division of
issues and redemption in the Treasury
to separate the note issue from the fis
cal operations of the department and
the creation of a gold reserve equal to
twenty-five per cent, of the outstanding
United States notes and Treasury notes.
4. The sale of 2 per cent, gold bonds
to maintain the gold reserve.
A. Hold coin may be exchanged for
any other money, when necessary to
maintain the parity, and United States
notes and Treasury notes redeemed in
gold shall not be disbursed except in ex
change for gold.
0. Subsidiary silver may be coined
from any silver bullion purchased under
the act of July 14th, 18!MI, and Treasury
notes equal to the cost of the bullion
contained in such coin shall he win
celled.
7. All worn and uncurrent subsidiary
silver coin may be re-coined.
8. Silver certificates shall he limited
in denominations to .sl. .$2. and $5.
0. National hanks may issue circula
tion to the value of the bonds deposit
ed by them.
10. The tax on national bank circu
lation is repealed and a tax of one
fifth of one per cent, per annum is placed
upon the franchise of the banks as
measured by their capital, surplus and
undivided profits.
11. National banks may lie organised
tilth a capital of twenty-five thousand
dollars in towns of two thousand in
habitants.
The fact is pointed out that the Treas
ury tat the beginning of October had a
aaet gold reserve of more than $250,-
000,000, that there <is more gold in the
United States now than ever 'before and
that the present comMtions are most fa
vorable, and the time most opportune,
for the clear and l unequivocal adoption of
the gold standard. If under all existing
conditions the United States shall dear
ly. by law. adopt the gold’standard, it
will pass to the new condition with even
les« friction than was experienced by
the redemption of specie payments.
The medhanism of the new division of
issues and redemption is explained and
it is declared that the different funds
referred to such a division, as they stood
on September last, 'are as follows:
1— Gold coin and bullion, (represented
bv outstanding gold c< rtifie.t'es. $133,-
501,119.
2 United States notes, represented by
outstanding currency certificates $1(5,-
100,000.
3 Silver dollars, represented by out
standing silver certificates, $405,197,504.
4 Silver bullion, represented by out
standing Treasury notes, $91,107,280.
5 Gold coin and bunion, equal to one
fourth of the United cites notes <840.-
081.010) 'and Treasury notes ($91,107.-
280) outstanding, $109,402,074.
The first four items enumerate the spe
cial deposits dedicated to specific pay
ments. As these obligations aTe met,
the deposits are correspondingly reduced.
The scope and purposes of the provi
skms for maintaining the standard by
the sale of bands and the exchange of
money are thus set forth by Mr. Over
street :
“Ira the absence of a law providing
protection to tin* gold reserve, it is al
ways subject to encroachment in expen
ditures to meet the general expenses of
the Government. Whenever such en
croachment appears probable, a fear lias
arisen that the Government may not be
able to meet its demand obligations, and
* a run upon the reserve for the redemp
tion of the demand notes has followed.
This situation is responsible for the so
called endless’chain.” By separating the
reserve fund from the general fund and
prohibiting its use except for redemption
of United States notes and Treasury
notes, the dangers to which it has been
so greatly subjected will lie removed.
These demand notes are being redeemed
in gold now, and always ihiave been, and
no additional burden is imposed upon the
Government. It is sought to simplify
and legalize the practice, and create a
division in five treasury where the whole
business of issuing apd redeeming notes
may be transacted, and to establish corai'-
plcte confidence in the redemption of our
demand obligations.
Section 4 of the bill seeks to provide
a complete safeguard to guarantee the
ivormanlent maintenance of the gold
■standard, by 'authorizing the Secretary
of the Treasury whenever if is necessary
for such maintenance to issue and sell
Imnds of the United States, payable in
gold coin, and for the exchange of gold
<-ovn for any other money issued or coin
ed b.v # the United States, should the Sec
retary of the Treasury deem such ex
change necessary in order to maintain the
parity and eon cl value of all the money
pf tlic United States.
VICTORY DEARLY BOUGHT.
British losses at Gras Pan One Hun
dred and Ninety-eight.
London, Nov. 28. —A dispatch has
been received here from General Haller,
giving a list of the casualties among
the troops engaged in what was hither
to known here as the battle of Gras
Pan, but which is now officially desig
nated the Battle of Enslin. It proves,
as anticipated that the British success
was heavily bought. The losses an
nounced today added to the naval brig
ade casualties, previously notified, make
a grand total of 198 as the cost of
General* Methuen's second battle. The
Yorkshires, aparently. bore with the
naval brigade the brunt of the fighting,
as there were, in addition to three offi
cers. forty-eight of the rank and file
killed, wounded and missing. The fact
that the list contains tin* casualties of
the Ninth Lancers seems to dispose of
the fears that the cavalry was surround
ed and captured, especially as one of the
lancers is reported missing.
General Buller’s list of the casualties
shows among the wounded of the Sec
ond Yorkshire light infantry were Cap
tain C. A. Young. Lieutenant 11. C.
Fernyhough and Lieutenant C. H. Ack
royd. The casualties among the non
missioned officers and men Os the va
rious regiments engaged were:
Killed. 10: wounded. 71: missing. 9.
The War Office has received the fol
lowing dispatch from General Buller
dated Pietermaritzburg, Natal, Novem
ber 28tli:
“Our last news from Ladysmith, No
vember 24th. said all well. An old
message dated November 19th, just ar
rived. begins:
" '.Toubert lias explained firing on one
(Red Cross?) flag, previously reported.
Have accepted explanation as satisfac
tory. ’
"Lieutenant Lethbridge, rifle brigade,
died of wounds. Others wounded gener
ally doing well. Health of troops good.
‘“Six wounded Dublin Fusiliers captur
ed on armored train south of Colenso
sent here today.”
A BRILLIANT VICTORY.
Orange River, Novemiber 27th —{Mon-
day)—The British arms have achieved
a brilliant victory. The enemy strong
ly entrenched, held a range of hills com
manding both sides of the railway at
Rooi Laagte. near Gras Fan. The
Lnncashires, under Lewis, reeonnoifeml
in an armored train on Friday. The
Boers shelled the train, killing Lewis
and a private.
General Methuen then advanced. His
column made a detour and bivouacked
for the night at Swinks Pan. three miles
from the Boer position.
At dawn the advance began, the guards
forming tin* reserve. The column de
bouched on the plain eastward of the
Boer kopjes. The Boer guns opened
fire. Two batteries of British artillery,
posted on /-each side, shelled the Boers,
practice being good on both sides.
The Boers stuck tenaciously to their
positions, firing steadily and accurately.
The duel, which constantly became hot
ter, lasted three hours. The Boer shells
wounded several fen of tin* naval brig
ade.
Finding it iniposslible to displace tin*
Roers by artillery. General Methft?n re
solved upon an infantry attack. A brig
ade of infantry, including the York
shires, the Northampton*, the Norili
um her lands and tin* Lancashire.*, with
the naval brigade on the right gallantly
stormed the Boer positions, in the face
of a withering fire, and carried hill after
bill, the bi igade -md *r eoh nel Money
capturing the main .position against a
terrific fin* and suffering severely.
Many of the Boors voluntarily sur
rendered.
"The Boers were shelled during the
final retreat and must have lost heavily,
hut they succeeded in getting away
northward with their six guns.
The British were badly in need of
more cavalry.
The bulk of the fighting was on Free
State territory and the engagement was
admirably planned. Thirty Boer wound
ed are under treatment here.
CRONJE MARCHES SOUTH.
London, Nov. 28.—General Forestier-
Walker has sent the following dispatch
dated Cape Town today, to the \i ar
Office:
“Native reports to Kekewieh state
that the enemy’s camps to the south or
Kitnberley have been vacated and that
Cronje with 3,000 Boers, is marching to
the south. The Boers are congregating
in the vicinity of Kimberley. The enemy
seems restless.
"Later—Gataere occupied Bushman’s
hook yesterday with a battalion of in
fantry. His main body is at Putter's
Kraal. The enemy retired toward Mol
teno.”
TO STRIKE VIGOROUS BLOWS.
Berlin, Nov. 28.—The Deutsche Zeit
ung publishes the following dispatch
dated Pretoria. November 27th. receiv
ing it through Boer diplomatic channels:
“President Kruger and President
Steyn have instructed General .Toubert
and General Grange not to split their
forces into small detachments*, but to
strike vigorous blows. General Joubert
has three corps, one holding Ladysmith,
the second commanding the Tugela', and
the third east of Estcourt, in order to
cut off the British retreat. General
Cronje’s forces arc* divided into three
contingents, one at Kimberley, another
at Modeler River and the third in the
rear of General Methuen.”
Schooner in Distress.
Savannah, Ga., Nov. 28. —Ten miles
off Tybee Island this morning the tug
Cambria sighted the schooner Rilley S.
Durhey flying signals of distress. The
vessel was towed into .the roads. 1 lie
Durbey, Captain Naylor, left Jackson
ville Thursday for Philadelphia with
lumber for the Pennsylvania railroad.
On Friday off the Georgia coast a heavy
storm struck her which was continued
through Saturday. Five thousand feet
of the deckload washed away. There
is six feet of water in the hold. A sur
vey will In* held tomorrow.
A Case for the Senate.
Washington, Nov. 28.—The proposition
of ejt-Senator Call for an investigation
into the charges he has made relating
to the manner in which Senator-elect
Taliaferro, of Florida was elected, is
net apt to lie favorably considered by
the Industrial Commission. He lias re
ceived little encouragement from the
commission that that matter would be
considered by them, as there is a gen
eral feeling that such a case can proper
-Ily be considered only by the Senate.
THB NEWS AND OBSERVER. AVEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 20. 1809.
Views and Interviews.
Capl. J. W. Todd, of Ashe county,
who has frequently been in Raleigh as
State Senator and representative from
Ashe, is attending’ the Supreme court.
* - I live in the finest county in the State.”
he said, “though you folks down east do
not seem to know it. We have the finest
grass and cattle, the host climate, and
the best folks, and county is going for
ward in every way. Important mineral
trades that mean wealth have been made
find we are politically alright, too. In
1898 avc redeemed the county electing
Dr. It. E. Reeves, one of our ltest men.
to (he House. He took his place among
the safest legislators and Ashe county .is
proud of his record. The white people
of Ashe are tired of having a horde of
unfit, negroes killing their votes, and
will give a majority for the Constitu
tional Amendment. They have a keen
recollection of the methods of voting un
der C'anby when the negro was given the
ballot, and are ready to undo that work
its far as they legally can do so.” (’apt.
Todd, then it young man, was in Raleigh
to get his license to practice law. when
the Constitutional Convention of 18(18
was organized, and he recollects some
incidents of that occasion that show the
rottenness that then prevailed. He has
promised to write his recollections for
early publication in this paper.
“Marion is growing right along, said
E. .1. Justice, Esq., member of tin* House
from McDowell, who is attending the
Supreme court. “If you could separate
the town 1 as it. was before 1894 —put that
on one side of fin avenue and put tne
part built since IBit4 on the other side
you would have the biggest part of the
town Oil the side built since 1894. The
growth has been steady and solid, and
we believe is but fin earnest of the
growth that the next few years will wit
ness.”
“Ours is a cattle country you know,”
said Governor Rufus A v Doughton. of
Alleghany, last night, “and the high
price of cattle has been of great bene
fit to our section. Lust week a gentle
man living six miles from Sparta sold
ft mine to outside capitalists for slj,ooo.
There is much activity in all lines in
Alleghany and our county is going for
ward as well as any like county in the
State.” Governor Doughton is looking
well. He bit s many warm friends in
Raleigh, having as representative from
Alleghany. Speaker of the House and
President of the Senate been much in
the city. He is one of the State’s wisest
men and a Democrat of Democrats. He
says Alleghany is Safe for the Constitu
tional Amendment by the usual major
ity and says the Democrats in North
western North Carolina are in fine fight
ing trim for 1900. He also says that
the Republican officeholders have been
particularly active since the Statesville
blow-out and are Avorking desperately
to organize their forces against the
amendment. He thinks there are many
Republicans who are in favor of the
amendment but looks to spe most of
them fall in line and vote with their
party against it when tin* time comes.
As to national polities he believes thar
with Democratic unity the victory over
McKinley will be certain. He added:
“The people whopi I have seen almost
to a matt are opposed to the new policy
of -imperialism.’''
Sparks from the Wire.
Two jurors were secured yesterday for
the trial of Molineux.
General Leonard Wood has arrived
in Washington and called on McKinley.
Announcement was made yesterday
that libel suits amounting to $450,000
were about to he begun against the De
troit Free Press by Governor Pingree
and several others. .
The Franklin Syndicate safe, which
was locked up by Miller the last thing
before he fled was opened by ft locksmith
yesterday in it Brooklyn police station.
In it was-found 190 shares of Brooklyn
Rapid Transit stock and a few worth
less scraps of paper. Postmaster Wil
son. of Brooklyn, hits received fin order
from the Postmaster General directing
him to return, as far as possible to the
senders all letters addressed to the syn
dicate. About fifteen hundred pieces of
mail, including over $12,000 worth of
money orders have accumulated since
Saturday.
Iyouis A. Gourdain, who has a hank
ing office in the Metropolitan Life In
surance Building, at No. 1 Madison Ave
nue. and is alleged to have a scheme
similar to that of the Franklin Syndi
cate. with which William F. Miller was
connected, was arrested in New York
yesterday. Gourdain is said to be a
well known lottery man from New Or
leans. He vats afterward arraigned in
the court on a charge of swindling .and
violating the banking code. The magis
trate fixed the bail at SIO,OOO and re
manded Gourdain.
A Letter to Mrs. Pinkham Brought
Health to Mrs. Archambo.
[LETTER TO MRS. PINKHAM NO. 4*.395]
“ Dear Mrs. Pinkham— For two
years I felt tired and so weak and dizzy
that some days I could hardly go
around the house. Backache and head
ache all tho time and my food would
not digest and had such pains in the
womb and troubled with leucorrhcea
and kidneys were affected.
“After birth of each child I grew
weaker, and hearing so much of the
good you had done, I wrote to you and
have taken six bottles of Lydia S.
Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, one
box of Lozenges, one box of Liver Pills,
one package of Sanative Wash, and to
day I am feeling as well as I ever did.
When I get up in the morning I feel as
fresh as I did when a girl and eat and
sleep well and do all of my work. If
ever I feel weak again shall know
where to get my strength. I know
yourmedicine cured me.” — Mrs. Sauna
Archambo, Ciiareemont, Mass.
The present Mrs. Pinkham’s experi
ence in treuting female ills is unparal
leled; for j T ears she worked side by
side with Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham, and
for sometime past has had sole charge
of the correspondence department of
her great business, treating by letter
as many as a hundred thousand ailing
women a year. All women who suffer
are invited to write to Mrs. Pinkham
at Lynn, Mrss., for advice, which will
be promptly given without charge.
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perfect health.
Bad Stomach — 1 " Headaches and
tired feeling, bad condition of stomach,
caused me to take Hood's Sarsaparilla.
It stopped all faint trouble Charles
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ATWATER AGAINST ROBERTS.
Our Congressman Says He Will Op
pose His Being Seated.
Congressman-elect John W. Atwater
was here yesterday. lie left on the af
ternoon train for his home in Chatham
county to spend Thanksgiving. On Fri
day he will start to Washington to be
present at the opening of Congress.
“And when it does open.” lie said. “1
shall protest, if Congressman-elect Rob
erts, of Utah comes there, to his taking
his seat.
“In fact,” he added. “I shall protest
sooner than that. 1 shall object to his
taking the oath.”
“On what ground?” I asked.
"Oh. on general principles. He's a
polygamist. That’s enough. From my
youth up I’ve been a believer in the
principle laid down by Jefferson: Equal
rights to all and special privileges to
none. Roberts is enjoying some special
privileges in tin* way of having more
than one wife, and I'm like the Irishman
was by thi‘ government. ‘l’m agi'n ’ini-’ ”
Congressman Atwater, though he once
was ft middle-of-the-road Populist an
nounced immediately after his election
that he would go into the Democralic
caucus and affiliate with that party.
As to Congressman. Roberts, it is sairt
that the procedure will he against the
State ol‘ Utah instead of against Rob
erts personally, and that the question
to be decided will lie whether Utah has
by the violation of her compact with
the United States not to permit polyg
amy forfeited her right to representa
tion in Congress. The enabling act
through which Utah was admitted as a
State made a condition precedent that
polygamy should forever be prohibited
in tlte State. The. intention is to have
the judiciary committee make an in
vestigation of the matter.
No Uprising Feared.
Washington. Nov. 28.—Nothing is
known here in official circles to warrant
the published j>redietions to the effect
that an uprising on a large scale is set
for Thanksgiving day in Cuba, directed
against the Americans. On the contrary,
all advices from official sources to tin*
War Department go to show that gener
ally conditions in Culm are most satis
factory. The story is ascribed here to
discontented members of the late Cuban
war party.
USED BY BRITISH SOLDIERS IN
AFRICA.
Capt. C. G. Dennison Is well known all
over Africa as commander of the forces
that captured the famous rebel Galishe.
Under date of November 4, 1897, from
Vryburg, Beehuanaland, he writes: “Be
fore starting on the last campaign I
bought a quantity of Chamberlain’s
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy,
which I used myself when troubled with
bowel complaint, and had given to my
men, and in every case it proved most
beneficial.” For sale everywhere. Bob
bitt-Wynne Drug Co., and H. T. Hicks,
Druggists, Raleigh.
W. T. Channell Respited.
Savannah. Ga., Nov. 28.—W. T. Chan
nel (white), the convicted murderer of
Post nun st Thompson of Glenwood,
Montgomery county, who is now con
fined in the Savannah jail, will not bang
on Friday at Mount Vernon. Governor
Candler bins signed a respite for thirty
days so that the board of pardon com
missioners will have time to review the
case.
“One Minute Cough Cure is the best
remedy I ever used for coughs and
colds. It is unequalled for whooping
cough. Children all like it.” writes 11.
N. Williams, Gentryville, Ind. Never
fails. It is the only harmless remedy
that gives immediate results. Cures
coughs, colds, hoarseness, croup, pneu
monia, bronchitis and sill throat and lung
troubles. Its early use prevents con
sumption. Bobbitt He Wynne Drug
Company, W. 11. King, Adams iN Moye,
William Simps in
Fleming Tried and Discharge d
Norfolk, Va„ Nov. 28.—Oscar I. Flem
ing, the Princess Anne county magis
trate. who is charged with having killed
two men recently on his place, was
given a trial 'in the police court this
morning on the charge of threatening
to shoot into a oroAvd while in this 1 city
two weeks ago. He was discharged.
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers purify
the blood, clean the liver, invigorate the
system. Famous little pills for consti
pation and liver Bobbitt &
Wynne Drug Co., W. H. King, Adams
& Moye, William Simpson
The Emperor ami Empress of Ger
many arrived at Port Victoria yester
day. The Hohenzollcrn sails for Flush
ing today, where they will be welcomed
by Queen Wilhelmina and her mother.
Victoria has promised to visit Germany
in the latter part of April.
For Whcoping Cough ups
CHENEY’S EXPECTORANT.
TUG SINKS A ROW BOAT.
Two of the Occupants of the Row Boat
Were Drowned.
Savannah. Ga.,' Nov. 28. Lns-t night
the tug Weymouth freon Warsaw
Savannah while in Wilmington River,
ran into titl'd sank a row boat eonlaining
four persons, one a woman. Ihe "'<lllllll
and one man were picked tip. Two men.
Isaac Butler and George Brown were
drowned. The row boat which had no
light was smashed almost into kindling
wood. The bodies have not been reeov
(»rod.
ROBBED THE GRAVE.
A startling incident, of which Mr.
John Oliver of Philadelphia, was (lie
subject, is narrated by him as follows:
“I was in a most dreadful condition.
My skin was almost yellow, eyes sunk
en, tongue coated, pain continually in
back and sides, no appetite—gradually
growing weaker day by day. Three
physicians had given me up. Fortunate
ly. a friend advised trying * Electric Bit
ters:’ and to my great joy and surprise,
the first bottle made a decided improve
ment. I continued their use for three
weeks, and am now a well man. 1
know they saved my life, and robbed
the grave of another victim.” No one
shotiild fail to try them. Only 59 cfs..
guaranteed, at all drug stores.
With a cargo of dying horses and
mules amt empty stalls, in which the
ani mails had lieen pounded to death in a
storm, the Fnit<ed States transport Vic
toria returned to Seattle, Wash., having
been forced by an unprecedented stress
of weather off ('aqve Flattery, to turn
back from her voyage to tlx* Philippines.
CHAMBERLAIN’S PAIN BALM
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Pain Balm, with good results, for a lame
shoulder that has pained her continu
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kinds of medicines and doctors without
receiving any benefit from any of them.
One day we saw an advertisement of this
medicine and thought of trying it, which
we did with the best of satisfaction:
She has used only one bottle and her
shoulder is almost well —Adolph L. Mil
lett, Manchester, N. H. For sale every
where. Bobbitt-Wynne Drug Co., and
H. T. Hicks, Druggists, Raleigh.
LITTLE BABYS
SCALY BLEEDING SORES
No Rest Day or Night. Sufferings Be
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Skeleton. All Thought would Die.
Mother Reads of Wonderful Cure by
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Complete Cure in Nine Weeks, and
Not a Sign Left to Tell of His.
Awful Sufferings.
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bleeding sore. A physician gave me a prescrip
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and suffered beyond description. The pain be
came so intense that he had to be put under
opiates. We could get no rest, night or day. He
dwindled down to a mere skeleton. Everybody
who saw him said he would surely die. As a
last resort a trip to the country was suggested,
that the change of air might do him good. As
soon as my mother saw the child she got a copy
of an Atlanta paper, in which there was an ac
count of a wonderful cure Cctici'ra Remedies
had wrought on a two-year-old child. My father
started to the nearest drug store, which was five
miles, and purchased Cuticuka (ointment), CtJ
ticuka Soap, and Cuticuba Resolvent. Wo
applied as per directions putting plenty of tho
Cuticuka on his head, face, arm, and back.
The child slept for over two hours that night,
improved daily, and in nine weeks from, the time
he started on the Cuticuka Remedies we were
able to discontinue their use, and not a sign is
ieft to tell of his awful sufferings.
Mrs. ROBERTA DAVIS,
Aug. 29,1898. South Atlanta, Ga.
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