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i '. ji Gkkst ii am & Pittm Aif, Proprietors. " $1.00 Per Year Ira Advance PROVE ALL THINGS AND HOLD FA8T TO THAT WHICn 13 GOOD." . I i . i - - i - - I - i 1 " 0 y- - : DUNN, N.O., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1895. T - ' 1 . ' : ' N0-32' mmmmmmmmmammmmm mrmm,1mimmmaaammmamammnmMmmmmmnWmmwmmmUWmwmmmwm j AN ADDRESS ' TO THE PEOPLE, : I and rnEWASHINTON 11 KKKKNCK S: SILVER COX- SPEAKS. The Democratic Party is the Original Frifti'l f Silver and It Must 1$3 Drunslit Hack to Its Moorings." ('ii.f'Tnco whiehftssembled t , R ('., on Thursday. Issued the r,il..Tvj:i-r ; 'At a ' a i'i--': to tho people of theUnitod p.. u Terence 1 -el ween a number of - f-..m the different states who ai , ij. .n-.arTirn convention recently 1 .it Memphis, Tenn., for the pur . hi t ii: the cause of fiee silver h conference wis hId after nt of the convention), n eom- ;i.u1"' -ting of Senators Jones, of Ar- -.1-. I ;i r'1'. ,r Indiana, una Mams, or T.-ui... . i ; n jjoni-.ii arm authorised to ,r- -nUuive Democrats from tho ui "' Mo inert iiiern at W.li4r-;toii ion with a viw of ee;H?ing 'o- f.,r.,,f!-'!i'.l 1t..-M'l"JI '"11'' 'I l t"llOU RHIOIIS mose p.. tlinmghout the Union who bc in ;.!! rj'i lo the cardinal Democrat!' ' ... - ..f nn' bi-metallisrri and who h re o;- p,,... i - ..inmittmgme .party to tne piuto-!- !: I 'li-ii- nu doctrine of gold roono-ir-t i!; i . The present conference is the rc mlt f :h' -i '-'n t'fa talf!i Thiols purc-jvavh:t.;ir-. a-.- .-inblage. and therefore doe '' .! ,v' v- i-peak w:th pa:ly authority. hi. I Ii .U risrht t Med !iyjHh)a by ur t:-'T:t:j';.-i but profoundly conscious i:rt ih- 1 '?'! " : party t day cor, fronts fl.ri -!:'; "so1-! moirei'toiis in its history fln.l f-i w'lh far-r'-aciiing peril to the ,,;. ; I 'l. ; i-ountrv, we arer.ss,"idl;d 1.1 ! :i;.b:".i! D.-r.i'x'r.its to take eouns-i l pMrr .ii!'! !'r tuo unawK1!'?'-! purpose ot in.-n-.-i' in :nd promoting si thorough and v.--t''!ii-: ' ori.T-if .ition of j the. D'moer-.ti'; .; tii:it t hy may go j forward M ono m 1 1 w 'i a r.-. ih: put pose to r -SvMie tlio ! fmuiilfd by Thomas Jtffcrson from r;iti Ir.iiT'iation. I IKT-;' with tlii5 obje' !n view, this ciiivnti-wr'f American Dt-moerats, orn ,,f ri'j.r-vtaiive from iT2 of the lea 1 !i:.'S tt' - "f tli"' U.iion. make tlie following I'li l ir.i.'ioii i. a Uie monetary question, which i.rs. i ii fo'-d into tho lendi::. p!:;?eamo.'; i..-:,..-; .,: tin: ay: :. wHn'-l-v.b-id eonstitution names stiver and ,,M i'iVT as tho money metals of the ( I '.il 'i. The first eoi.'i ve law pa..s-tl v r.y . r ninb'r tho Constitution made the -iVt il.'ll ir tins unit ot value and admitted .-:.'. i t.. f-i-i' foiniiice atia ratio measured by a 'vr il'illar unitl From tho beginning i f ill'- tc'ivt iiiu-nt, followini? a poiiey fortn !:l.".t'l I'v Tii'is. JefTei'son, the Democratic i.riy ha- I .i-ii the party of bi-.meta'.lisin. f-iv-ri-v; free coina.w of both silver and ..l ! at tli-n itional mint?, and opposed to '.r.ii.;: out to banking' eorpora:.ou. the .,v . i" .it's poverl?n power of issuing m l ..iit.ri;iii!; the money of the people. ' ;i t f 1S73 deaeneti'i; silver was v,jrr'v:i-.i.-'ly parked, wilhout the approval r ki.:v'-oi the Amerh an people, BDd if..).; tl:" 'utiie when the efTeet of this net in ( .'u' upon th's country the single jfold , vt :-i I was understood, the Demoeratie j . b i i 'i.s:i'iillyand Tsistent ly ured ;hn ri.'voi:s wrng berightsl. Failure i i ;: ! th object haa resulted in the .! y aj.pr-eia'.ion of gold ami a eorrespond i' f'l ;n t!ii" prj-i' f eom:noditis produced iiy tli-- . !; iiheavy iuerea.se in the burden ! ! i;-.l!ie and private; the enrieh ii;' nt ..f - mom j-h-nding elass; paralysis i-f 5-i.l i! -t : y ami the impoverishment of the ,'.' and unexanipll dislr3 Jq a'l gold -tit.-ila-.l -oiini. i'". Experience has shown that. w!;i'i under the single gold staudard li; -rr ::.:: i a-i oeeasional revival of busi- ty. accompanied by enhanced " iiite.l number of commodities, I ri ..f a I iva! h r ,v:i! s ilue to artificial and tempora- rv i-aii. -s ;i;nl cantiot permanently alleviate tin- .-a'Tc.itii-s due to the falling or prices 1r n:rlit ;:loct by tl;- ajiprcclation of gold ; iti: "i..i i eijiri'e supply or pri'nary or re- l:ey. I s of the American people. !i! iv i:y !. !li,l r 1..1 -f Auieric.-m iatgr and tne prose -mericjin industry have a higher claim . ep-dderalion of the ieople"s law- - -1. i tV.o irntvl of foreign creditors ; :ic avari-'ioits demands made by 'idle l'-r of id'e capital.' Tho right to regu- ! it- il ;" r -;'.'V.-! Tow I-!. 1 !!':. ; 'n monetary system in the J ate rests a h people ;s a rU:!jt which no fr e :i:ie-it "an barter, sell or surrender, rei-rved. riht is a 1 part of every . f .-very contract and of cvery obllga No creditor or claimant en n set up a : Icit c;im fke receilenCe over a nation's) i.'.!:,-;;tio. i,..-i-m'. it', ;iis. uior t. promote the welfare of the is people. Th5" is a debt higher ci.d'fg than all other debts, ami n i o:'y dishouea: but treasonable !.' t !.lf 1 ; - i 1'ise S;j,d and i?.s produces re tho basis .ill development and prosperity. The I i.-l'i tic capacity of n country mest bo the l i-i-oil's e-clit. Jn opposing the policy i contraction, which must inevitably depre- ;it.-ilie value of land and its products, we i ',.!!. uppo ters of property rights and :-' j '; l . re Ht and stand between the homes : ! the states of the people) and the red flag "f ; !m- :i!!i-:.;iieer. 1 . I Ii.- policy of gold morio-metallism has 1 "i characterized? by repeated and disas ;r ..ii-, :'im -oici.i- panic.s. The farmers have l i I iheir p-c-pcrity wkd independence . .-r-.-t -ft ly waning under its bl'ghting influ-;!:-. M inufa turei i are linte-ir-ted to op- . 't. for liiey tlnd the pii -m . of s;i!e fall-ii- . l .v the ,-ot of production. Merchants -h..iil 1 ,.ppose it, for with falling prices tne are o.ten compelbnl to isell for les.s than t'.icy j aid for manufactured; goods. Neither ! " i:i.: 'a. -turer nor merchantlcan prosper un-1- - tl - mass of consumers realize such. ' i - for tiieir products ami labor as supply th. tiw-ives liU-ral'v with the necessities and 1 ixo rj. , of life, nor c;'u the wage-earner ir -.p. r. for under depressed conditions ;i.. re is !,vs PDd ios compe'ition for. h's i. !...r. " Ine De-.-.nc at'c paity lithe lraitotal i 1 a:ul champion of bi-metallism. , Its i 'i!i,-th snd power and popularity have -irl.ircjei v built rp on its jste.idfast oppo ti.n t. the demonetization oZ feiver and i'.s ord d' unwearied effo-t to restore it to its 't ric place as a full money rretal ejual 'i it"M. The effort at this late day'o I -. par excellence, thechamp'on orgo'd o.-.w!i-, t illistn. the enemy of thepo'i-:y it ui tieid arm d the defende- of the prime it to dishonor its .lenoeueed. nn effo. -. 1. i-r, proir i: cs and i'-s principle. The Cl the Democratic pa-iy is forced into - l - sition it hoaps t " tojuy on its own t '.Hid crown 5 i5 great adversary with r and honor. i ) sity to the people ie.oi:5 that the par- v .- "31 ! people continue the: battle for bi- :u wm until its enor a:ei crowaeu wiiu s;; therefore be it solvej. That the Democratic parry In .U31 convention aseob'ed- shedd dc- tr;.ad the free and unlimited! coinage of sib v-raudgold into primary lor redemption tuoijcy at the rat:o of 16 to 1 without wa iti og c r the action o.-ar.o'ovai olf av other n a- tion. -. 'vc.l. That it should deciarw it? i-re- i! le opposition to the substitution for a oi:i;o mocev of a panic-breeding, corpor-ti-o-eiit eurrencj-, based on a single ; ' e f i. pplv of which is so limited that i'i i. cornered nt any time by a few bank- iKtitiuions in Europe and America. ' -'solved, That it sboul declare its oppo- a to the policy and practice of surren ';g to the holders of the, obligations ol United States the option reserved by the ' '-" t a-i government of redeeming sue h -'a:i.;-s in either jilyer coin or gold mat jisnou:a ne'iare its op positRn tothe j?sniDg of interest-bearing 5OUd.- of th ITnito.l Mt .(DJ ti - "Krrf..i;ilir tr. nL..i.tL.nn -i- j - imm iuh me Areasury otino government under the control ot any cate oj bankers and the issuance of bondStJj I j u-iu ai, a u enormous pront ior J the purpose of supplying the Federal Trea sury with gold to maintain the policy of ''With a view to t,ftcuriag the adherence to a re-adoption of the Democratic financial policy above set forth bv the Democratic na tional convention to Le" assembled in 1896, and of the nomination of a candidate for the presidency, well-know a to be in hearty eym patby thei 'jwith, we hereby pledge our mu tual co-operation, and urgently recommend to our Di.noeratie bialbren in all the States to aet at once; leiu and vigorously and systematically prosecute the work of a thor ough organization, and Id thi.4 eud the adop tion of the plan bf I organisation herewith u 'omitted is recommended." The plan of organization recommended by tho committee was then outlined to thecon 1eri:ve as follows: j D"lieving that a lae majorty of the Democratic voters of tho United States are iu harmony with the sentiments expressed in the foregoing address, and knowing that a full and free expression of their views can le ascertained and effective through proper organized efforts, we recommend tho fol lowing as a plan of organizati ni "First. There shall bo a national com mitteo of Democrats, who are in favor ol both gold and silver asthe money of the con stitution, which shad be composed of on Democrat from each ittale and the ecrutiY committee hereinafter provided. "Second, That until ot herwise ordered b) the national committee. IIarris,of Tennessee, Jones of Arkansas, ad 'i arpie, of Intliana, and Hon. Y. J. Ktone. Missouri, and W. II llcnri' buf u, Illinois. bi and are herebj oDstituted tho exC'-utive committee ano ha I have full power and authority, r.nd h i!iall le their dutv. at as earlv a day as roF- rible, to appoint the members of the nationa. committer herein provided for and to HI vacancies in the same. "Third. That said national committee rlia!l Jiavc full control and direction of tho patriotic efforts of j tho bi -metallic Demo crats of th nation to secure in the next Democratic convention the maintenance of tho time-honored principles and policies of the Democratic party, and wheu the nation al committee herein provided for fs not in se.-ion tuo executive committee shall have all the authority and discharge all the duties hereby conferred upon the -national com mittee. I "Fourth. It shall bo the duty of the na tional committeeman from each State, im mediately after his appointment, to take steps as he may deem best to organize tho bi meladic forces in his State, and it is earnest ly recommended . that in each county and election preeiuct of ea- h State bi-inetallie Democratic clubs bo organized, and for the purpose lie may appoint sucn committees and canvassers as he may deem best. "Fifth. TiiRt fully iealizing tho fact that this nor any other plan of organization can be successful without tho hearty eo-opero tion of tho voters themselves, wo urge upon every voter in every State in tho union Who is in F vmpathy with this movement and who wishes to restore permanent prosperity to his home and countrv, to lend his aid and influence to pcrfe -l ing this organization, and that each of them shall enrol' himself in such clut.3." THE TREASURY COM PORTABLE. I Thn nolmnnf-Mnrfilli SvlldicatC Will Protect the' Gold Reserve. Evidence that the. Belmont-Morgan bond syndicate intends to! protect the g Id reserve of the Treasury against raid3 upon it for ex port to Europe was p-eeeived at the Treasury Aethi!? Secretary Curtis Tuesday afternoon. I A telegram fro u Acting Treasurer Mulhumaa reached him stating thatJ. P. Morgan & Co., had - deposited $1,340 000 in g Id coin in exchange J Uhited States Notes. A previous telegram to the Department contains the information that 900,030 gold coin had been withdrawn from the sub- trenaurer fnr xn rt Wednesday. AVith fthe dennsit of cold Tnes.lav by the syndicate their denotiit since trohl exports have been resumed on a largo scab reached ;a total of e3,34G,000. ! " Tt ioi'stimiitpil that with exchanso at tho high fiaure quoted. 49.0'. to . a net protlt of 63,000 on ea-h ?J, 000.000 gold exported is mmlH bv the whinners. Treasury officials aro much gratified at the action of tho syndicate as it is construed to mean that they will not permit the gold reserve to fall below $100 000,000. At tho close of business-Tuesday the reserve stood at 101,033,715. f ARTIST IIOVENDEN KILLED. Sacrifices Ills Life In an Attempt to Save a Child. Thomas Hovenden, the famous a.tist, was Instantly killed by a railroad train near Nor ristown, Pa., Wednesday. Ho saw a little child in front of a rapidly approaching en gine. The engineer blew his whistle freely when he saw the little figure standing be tween the rails. The child seemed to become confused and awaited her coming doom without attempting to avoid it. Mr. Hovenden rushed forward and snatch ed the child up in hisnrms. Before hecould make the leap that woultt have saved them both the pilot of the engine struck Mr. ITo venden and hurled him across the track with errible force. Both were killed. Mr. Hovenden was the painter of "Break ing Homo Ties," tho picture that attracted 60 much attention at the World's Fair. For Women ami Children. Tho Connecticut legislature, whic!i re cently adjourned, .passed several bills in the interest of'women and children. Tho ago limit for tho employment of children is raiaed from 13 to 14 years, and compulsory educa tion to the ago of 14 is prescribed! Children under lti must not; be admitted to dance houses, concert saloons, roller-skating rinks or varietv hails unless accompanied by parents or guardians. Tho interest of a sur viving husband or wife in the estate of the other (there being no children) is made $2, 000 absolutely and one-half the remainder. It is made unlawful for imbeciles or insane or feeble-minded persons to assume or main tain martial relations, but this does not ap ply to persons already married. An effort to extend woman suffrage to all local elec tions failed, as did the scheme to deprive women of the right to vote in school di- irict meetings. Mrs. Nobles Respited. Governor Atkinson Jof Georgia,has granted a respite for sixty days to Mrs. Nobles and Gus Fambles. who were sentenced to be hanged on Friday atJJeffersonvilie, Twiggr County. Ga. Judge Smith, who was asked to grant a new trial, declined to do so for lac't ot jurisdiction. The attorneys for Mrs. Nobles. Messrs. Harris and W. C.Glenn, thea asked the Govornor for a respite for the old woman. They want time to carry the case to the Supreme Court.; The attorneys had a petition signed by a great many ladies urg ing the Governor to commute the woman's sentence or respite be-. The negroes asked tho Governor to treat Fambles just as h treated Mrs. Nobles, as the negro was merely her tool. Governor lAtkinson granted a respite to both persons for sixty days. - Death of Or; Richardson. Rev. Dr. William T. Richardson, senior editor of the Central Presbyterian, died at his residenco in Richmond, Va., on Wednes nesdav night. He was 75 years of age and one of th best known ministers in the Southern Presbyterian Church, He was. a gaive of Charlotte county. LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF. GLEANINGS FK03I MANY POINTS. Important Happenings, Both noma and Foreign, Briefly old. Newsv Sotithern Notes. . The Maryland Republicans have nominat Id Hon. JJoyd Lowndes for Governor. Ex-United States Senator S. B. Maxey. of Texas, died Friday at Arkansas Springs, Ark. An ex-convlct in Georgia has sued the penitentiary authorities for damages for In human treatment. . The lax collector and the superintendent of schools In Jefferson county, Tenn., have been arrested on the charge of raising ecl4ol warrants. ' The furnaces of the Embreeville Iron Com pany, at Embreeville, Tenn., will go in blast September 15th. It has a capacTy oi zuu tons of metallic iron per day. : President Skelton Williams has appointed Cecil Gnbbett vice president of the Georgia Alabama Railway Co. This is the old Savannah & Montgomery Railway Co. , George Taylor, forger and buncoist. who swindled the Millersburp:, Ky.. bank out of $250, escaped from the Paris, Ky., ja'd Tues day night, taking two other prisoners with him. The persons who so brutally murdered E. R. Mears at his home at Suebelle.in Hampton county, S. C, Friday night have been capt ured and some of them confess the crime. iThename of the men are Prince Graham. ;Jason Blake, William Staser, William Blake end Cate Graham, all negroes. Governor Oaies, of Alabama, has ordered the impeachment of J. O. Prude, clerk of. the Circuit Court ot J usuaioosa county on the strength of affidavits of rat ions citizen? alleging in Eeveral coun's corruption in office. He has also ordered the impeach ment of 1 Wi Mahartj justice oi the peace in Tallapoosa county, on information allegiag incompetency, habitual drunkenness and carmpt ion in office. Disasters, Accidents, Fatalities. A boiler of a steam thresher at work near Oakland, I. T., exploded, killing three men and wounding ten others. The London Globe publishes a dispatch from Tunis stating that s me barges laden with iron erirders collided near Goletta, with a ferry boat that was crowded with passengers. Some oi tne passengers were killed ana many oi tnera arownea PolIMcaPDolngs. The Kew York Democratic State committee selected Syracu.se as the place for the Demo cratic convention to be neia eptemoer znu. The Kansas Republicans will not hold a convention this j'ear, as had been projected, to take action on the silver question. This decision was reached to-night at a meeting of the State Central Committee, which voted solidly against sueh a gathering. : Labor. : -The striking miners at Marquette, Mich. sought interviews with the com Mimes officers, but were tola mat none witu aciuai smploea would be given, - Miscellaneous Fugili3t Corbett was married Thursday at Asbury Park, N. Y., to Jesse Taylor, of Omaha. A French railroad company has ordered clocks to bo placed on the outside of every locomotive.' It is sa!d ihat sufficient money is at hand to keep ten thousand men employed on the Panama canal for two years. The report is currant in New Yo A. that o gigaitic combine has been formed to fight ilie Westiughouse-B ildwin combination. The New York World fenys that the salo bs in the city were w.de opeu on isnnaay, ana you cdnid buy beur iii nearly 5,000 saloons. The old and the new board of poli?e com- rrt iioners of Omaha, Neb., have asked the State Supreme Court to meet and decide be tweec them at once. A movement haT been started among col ored people of the District of Columbia in favor of having separate stories, where they mav nurohase itoods and in which their race may bo represented as clerks and other em ployes. Mrs. John P. St John, wife of tho famous Prohibition Ex-Goveruor, Is at present and has been for some time superintending the engineering and other work of constructing a tunnel in a gold mine at Cripple Creek, in which her husband has a controlling inter est. A meeting of newspaper publishers throughout the country at some centrally 'loenied citv is contemplated at an early day do consider the question of the Paper Manu facturers' Trust, which has beeu lately or ed. The movement for tho mee.ing has its origin which the American Newspaper rub?ishers' Association. - America's first female sheriff was appoint ed nt Rni-incrfleld. Mo., this week. A 11 vc- day deadlock ended in tho county court by the appointment of Mrs. Helen C. Siewarc io l sheriff of Greene county, ;o succeed her husband, who died a few weeks ago. As tho sheriff must preside at all executions for capital crimes, Mrs. Stewart may yet become the woria s ursi woman wuw.. To Settle Florida Lands. Tho firm, which is composed of Messrs, Clay & Hart, both of Iowa, have purchased about 200,000 acres of land in Florida, upon which they propose to loeato a desirable ?lass of settlers. Messrs. Clay & Hart have had a great deal of experience in this line, having recently brought from Holland 1,000 emigrants to isconsin. Col. J. W. Patton, the local agent at Jack sonville, Fla., says that the first settlers will arrive there about the latter part of Septem ber and would consist of a party of about thirty of the representative gentlemen who will form the colony and that they are the advance guard of a much larger number who will come in October. United States Indian Statistics. According to the latest statistics of the 247.000 Indians now left alive in this country S0,000 are today engaged in farming and' stock raising. During the past year the In-J dians raised 11,722,653 bushels of wheat. 1.373,230 bushels of corn and other grain, and I vegetables in like proportion. They mar-' keted 30,232.000 feet of lumber. They own 205.844 head of cattle, 1.283,633 sheep and goats. The value ot products of Indian labor sold by them is estimated at $1,220,517. Of the 247,000 Indians 189,000 are self-support Lng and 35,000 pay taxes, live outside the reservations and are counted in the gen eral population. At the last election about 22,000 Indians voted. About 30,000 . are church members. 10.000 Arrested Annually. There are. according to statistics, nearly 10.000 people arm-ted in the United States e-1-.-h year, charged with killing in some way, not always so as to constitute murder, but some form" of homicide. This does not mean, however, that there are 10.000 homi cides yearly, since it is very frequent for two or more persons to be arrested t r the same crime. Still it dos mean that with only a little more than double the population, wo have nearly lour tirncs as many homicides as Italy. RANS03I NO LONGER MINISTER., The Auditor Declines to Approve Gen. Ransom's Account. Hon. Matt W. Ransom, of North Carolina, is no longer minister of the United State to Mexico. That office was practically declared vacant Friday by a decision rendered by Mr. Holmes Conrad, Solicitor General of the United States and Acting Attorny General Mr. Ransom's Incumbency was declared to be contrary to the Federal constitution, and the acting Attorney General sustained the ac tion of Mr. Thomas Holcomb, Auditor of the Treasury for the Stato Department, in de clining to pass favorably upon Mr. Ransom's vouchers for salary and expenses. The decision of the acting Attorney Gen eral was based on a question raised by Auditor Holcomb as to to the legality of Mi . Ransom appointment to the Mexican mission, in view of the existence of section 2,article 6, of the constitution, which declares that "no Senator or Rep; tentative Shall, du ring the time for which he Was elected, be appointed to any clvd office tinder the authority of the United States which shall have been created, or the emoluments whereof shall have leen increased during such time." This .revision apparently fitted the case of Mr. R3nsom for he was nomi nated by President Cleveland and con firmed by the Senate before his terra of office as Senator of North Carolina had expired, and duriug that term the salary Of the Mexi can mission had been increased $5,000 a year; S. . AXS03I. floon after Stir. Ransom's anfiointmeut to the Mexican mission there was considerable discussion in the newspapers and among public men as to whether his incumbency of the Office was legal. The matter was con sidered informally by the President and members of the cabinet, but as no formal question on the subject was raised by any officer ot the government, tne status oi Mr. Ransom was not impaired. 80 far as can be ascertained Mr. Hansom continued to draw his salary of $1?,500 a yeaFi but it was only recently that Auditor Holcomb; when ne came td pass upon the accounts; found .him self unable to decide whether he could ap prove the payment of Mr. Ransom's salary, in view of the fact tUatbehad been A mem ber Of the Senate frhen it was increased, The matter was accordingly submrtted to the attorney general for an opinion. The decision rendered to-day by the acting Attorney Genera' also disposes of another matter in which Mr. Ransom was pecuniarily interested. Nearly three mouths ago he re turned to the United States quite ill, baring obtained sixty days leave of absence. He spent most of the time recuperating in the North Carolina mountains and then obtained an additional leave of thirty dafSi Under the regulations of the diplomatic service. Mr. Ransom was entitled td sixty days an nual leave and to thirty daj'3 sick leave ad ditional, a total of ninety days. Thee is no provision for a runner extension tor any reason and diplomatic or consular officers who have exceeded this quota, have not re ceived pay for the period they remained away from their posts. Mr. Ransom's nine ty days are nearly up and last week he eamo to Washington to ascertain if his continued ill health would secure for him a mrtner extension with pay. That question was not disposed of and there is now no necessity for an opinion on it, in Mr. Ransom's case, at least, as the acting Attorney General's decis ion disposes of everything relating to his emoluments. Mr. Ransom was elected to the Senate in 1872, and served continuously from April 24th of that year until -February 23rd. 1895, when his nomination to the Mexican mission was sent to the Senate and immediately con firmed by that body, and until the 4th of March, when his term expired and his com mission as minister to Mexico was s'gned by the President. He was a member of the Sen ate wheu the diplomatic and consular appro priatioe bill was passed, which contained a provision raising the post of minister to Mex ico from a mission Of the second class to a mission of the first class and increasing the salary of the office from $12,500 to $17,500 a year. It is due to Mr. Ransom's occupancy of a seat in the Senate chamber at that time that he is to-day without an office and that he is technically a debtor to the government for the amount of salary he has drawn since assuming his diplomatic post. Whether or not he voted in favor of the increase is of no consequence; the fact that he was a member of the Senate when it passed the diplomatic and consular bill as stated, operated against him in holding iu a legal manner any Federal civil office ''which sh.'dl have been created, or the emoluments whereof shall have been increased"' during the time for which ho was elected Senator. ; Mr. Ransom succeeded Hon. Isaac. P. Gray, e-Governor of Indiana, who had died a short time before. After a visit to North Caro'.ip.aretarning to Washington to receive instructions, Mr. Rmsom left here for the Citv of Mexico on March 30th. He arrived nt his destination uuite ill. The high alti- tcde of the Mexican capital ha4 affected his hea-t and accentuated a trouble from which he had been suffering for many years. Mr. Ransom was id most of the time he was in Mexico, and he was advised by his physician to return to the United States for treatment and recuperation. Following this counsel he came to North Caarolina in May, and has beeu at a hep'th reort in that State and at his home in Weld.m most ot the time since. He Ls now at Weldon. While in Washing ton last week the minister paid several visits to the Stare Department with reference to the question raised by Auditor Holcomb. Just befo re returning to North Carolina he said .hi3 health had improved sufliciently to per mit him to go back to the City of Mexico in about a month. The constitutional provision thromgh which Mr. Ransom has been deprived of office Joes not bar him from being re-appointed to the Mexican mission. He could have been appointed without violation ol the law or constitution at any time after, the hour of noon on March 4th, last, when his senatoriai term expired. It is believed that President Cleveland will, upon being official ly notified o' the condition of affairs, re-appoint 31 r. Ransom to the office which nearly every Senator united in asking the President to do last winter. THE DETI.1L 8A.TIS7AOTOBT. United States Minister Ransom's denial that he has made statements to a reporter reflectingjon Mexican officials in connection with the extradition treaty, is considered sat isfactory La the City of Mexico. Colonial Relics. i The department of Colonial Relics will be one cf the mast interesting of the Cotton tdc? ard International Exposition. SENATOR TILLUAN AT CONCORD. FREE SILVER HIS THEME ON THAT OCCASION. There Must Be a Free Silver Presi dent, and If He Cannot Get a Dem ocrat a Populist Will Do. Tillman and Marion Butler spoke to a crowd of about 3.000 Populist3 at Concord, N. C, on Tuesday. Tillman said he wanted a free silver President, from the Democratic party if be could get him, but if not, even from the ranks of Populism . in Spite Of Its crazy leaders and crazy notions. Butler said patriotism must be placed above partisan-, ship even above Populism in placing an honest free silver man in the White House. After an introduction by Mr. M. H. Cald well Tillman was greeted with loud cheer ing. Thb South Carolinian said he was glad to come from tho North, reeking with slavery and corruption to bo with his people in the South, poor but honest "We down here aro locally free, but nationally slaves;' The Democratic party so long held together in the South by tho fear of negro domina tion, was disintegrating, because there was no longer apprehension from that cause, but new issues wcro coming to the front. The great fight ahead is how to keep down pov erty and that oppression which consisted in making money for some other man to enjoy. Tho financial conditions Were such as to favor the Northeastern section of the coun try. The Democratic party stood pieageu to right "the crime of 1873," the demoneti zation of silver, and pledged to free 6ilver, but when we had a majority in both houses there was a President's veto in the way, and so the i rime of 1873 remains unrighted; The Republican party was the tool of the money power. The Democratic party had always been committed to bimetallism but when it did not fulfil its pledges the Alliance crime along and taught tliat we would no longer stand by Democracy unless it did some thing. , The speaker blamed tho free silver "re form" element in the other Southern States for not capturing the Democratic machinery in the State, as was done in South Carolina. The Alliance and Polk had the Democratic party in North Carolina in their breeches pocket, but you went out and lost. But the solid South was broken Up ifl the last elec tion. Jarvis and llausoni Went over the State trying to catch the Senatorship, but this voung man (pointing to Butler) cooned up a" tree, got the persimmon rtnd away he went. (Great applause.) But with the breaking of the solid South came the break ing of the solid North. I'll stand by the Democracy if it purifies itself, but I ii never follow thieves and rascals. It is tho duty of the people to consider carefully the linanciail issue and to follow where their interests lead them. Tho old Puritans and their descendants, acting on tfeo principle that the woill was created for the saints, and we are the saints, had gov erned this country long enough. Mr. Tillman then went into a long discus sion of what money is. (Jarlisle Says that law cannot affect the value of a metal. That statement is ab surd. Talk about flat money. Gold is as much fiat money as any other, and because the law makes it so, and silver bullion ?an"t- be i carried to the mint and coined as gold, simply because the law for bids it. j The old arguments of tho silver men were gone over, that prices fell because of striking down silver, that silver was demonetized by a sneaking legislation in 1873, that the panic of '73 was tho result. The national bank question was discussed. The speaker asked if Government bonds were so good, why was not a little flat paper good too? The bonds themselves were flat, he said nothing but a promise to pay. Paper is not a desirable in vestment, say tho gold bugs. Ahs that is n-here the shoe pinches. Cleveland and Carlisle came in for abuse for arranging the list- bond issue and letting England dictate the terms of it. There is not enough money Ih the country. Metallic money has been stricken down and until we get it back wo will suck the hind teat that has got he milk in it. (Laughter and ap plause.) Democratic politicians howled for a loug time about the tariff iniquity. Did Cleveland call Congress together to repeal the high tariff or to repeal the Sherman law? What is to be done? Can the Democrats of the South and the PopulLsts of the West get together? Will they let bygones De Dy gones'and fight together against Wall street? We have onlv eighteen months to work, and if desirable men of all parties don't come together in that time we will have our hands fastened in shackle. We will have gold bonds forced on us, and bo tied hand and foot for a generation. Ha would work to have his State put out an election ticket which would cast its vote for a dyed-in-the-wool'silver man. A man cast of the Missis sippi would do. Western Republicans hate the name of Democrats. Southern Demo crats hate the name of Republican. We can't join the Populist party because you have too manv cranks at your head. vi are hero to consider how to get to gether. If we in South Carolina can't get a silver man for President in the Democratic party w-j mav have to take one from the Populist pnrtv. I would rather have Popu lism with its" cranky leaders than to follow the false leaders in the old party, who have proved traitors. North Caroiina is over whelmingly for silver as South Carolina is. They must stand together. Their interests are identi -a'. Tillman sjke about two hours and was followed by Senator Butler, of North Car olina who made a froo silver speech of the same length. The Property of the Southern. The Board of Directors o liio North Caro iina Railroad met at BuriingtonJ N. C; on Friday, and leased the ToaU to ho Southern' Railway for 99 year? at ai annua1 real al of G4 per cent, for six yeaisaud 7 per ceat. for ninety-three years wbi-h meaus fo-evev. The North Caroiina road will in the fotce declare a dividend of C 1-2 per rent, per npuam. which subjects it to taxation which tax the Southern pays as well as the keeping up of the road Led, depot, etc., as in the old lease. Fore!--'! Population of Shanghai. f'or's -.i'-G"neral Jcrnigan.at Shanghai, has sent to the State Department at Washington extracts froti the North China News, giving t'i" population of sihaughai, according to th-3 ev.s : f June 24th last. At that time the total for-igis population was 4.64 of which l.Vo. wer- English. 731 Portugus, 328 Au: r;.m, 314 German. 260 Eurasian. Japanese and the remainder divided araoug other rationalities. A Tennessee Town Wiped Out. A s-veial savs the entire business part ot he village of Pikeville. Tenc, was destroyed by 3rd Wednesday night. - Only one store is left standing and the conflagraUoa is sup posed to have been of incendiary origin. The total losses foot up t $33,400, with only 600 insurance. The hotel was destroyed, but the court house was saved. One man was overcome fighting fire, but no ous else was hurt. Kill all the Cats. The British Medical Journal calls attention to the fact that diptheria is often spread by er.ts. During the last epidemic at Brighton, Eagland. it was found that several cats did of diptheria and that beyond doubt the dread dispose had. in a number of cases, been com inunictted by pusy pets to human beings. NORTH STATE CULLINGS. INTERESTING ITEMS FROM ALL. OYER THE STATE. To Save His Sweetheart. In Davulson conn j, Hamlet Swing lost his life! in his efforts to keep his sweetheart from drowning. Thd young conple -werej out driring when tho horse shied in crossing a bridge and ran the buggy off. Mr. Swing jumped from the vehicle, bnt the young lady, with the horse and buggy, went overboard, falling several feet. The young man ran to the bank and swam to the! rescue of Miss Gallimore, Iu the struggle and excitement the held him too heavily by the neck and he sank and was drowned. Just as she was sinking the last time M. Robert Young canie upon the scene in a batteau, and seeing her long hair in the water reached down and pulled her out and sue was; saved. The body of Mr. Swing was foqnd and taken from the water abont 10 (o'clock at night. He was about 20 years old. The horse was drowned also.. Railroad Project. The project of the Brunswick, West ern and Southern Railroad is in tho hands of the sheriff and it nffiiirs will be closed up on the 00th instant. The Brunswick,! Southern end Western Ilailroad Company was chartered in 1802, and its object was to bntld and operate a railroad from Sontli'pott to Wilmington and other poiut. Tho right of way Was pecured, nndj nix or seven miles of the road ld were gra ded, but the panic and other1 obstacles brought tho project to a standstill. Tho object in closing out the affairs of this company is to allow tho franchise and property to go into the bands of tho Carolina. Tennessee and! Ohio Railway, which was incorporated by the last Legislature, with the same object in viw as the other project. - Silver Convention In North Carol Inn. Tuesday the follow ing pamper iras cir culated among the Raleigh democrats for signatures: i "Recognizing the importance of an ftipression of the peoplo upon political questions before the meetingjof the 'national convention", which declares and settles the politics of parties, and believing that the piosperity arid hap piness of the great body of the people depend upon the re-establitshtnent of the unit of value whi6h existed prior to 1873 and the remonetization of Kil ter at tho ratio of J" 6 to 1, wc recom mend that al! persons opposed to a single gold standard be called togeth er for consultation at 6om early date." i 4- ittc'll fhospliate Deposit. The Messenger says 1hat for some days explorations for phospbatti depos its have been in progress at the Her mitage plantation, near Wilmington, under the direction aud supervision of Professor J. A. Holmes,, State Geologist. The trtict of land contains about 2OO0 acres and so far twenty- five acres have been explored by bor ings and diggings The result has been beyond expectations, as beneath the surface of the land explored is a deposit of phosphate i a a strata of three feet in thickness. . j . The State Farmers' Alliance has elected the! following - officers: Presi dent, Cyrus Thompson; Vico Presi dent, Jobn Graham; lecturer, J. T. B. Hoover; secretary, W. S. Barnes, of Raleigh; hieward, V. N. Sewell ; chap lairt. Rcv.i P. H. Massey; .business ogeet, T. Ivey, N. C. English and James M. Newbetne are made u embers of the executive coin mitt ee: J. E.. Pearson, delegate to ihe Nmoaal Alli ance; J. W. Denmark elietual e. Mr. W. K. Parker, of f'ne Cumber land Mills, who lately bought the AVftvue t ii ui v mill f t OoUbbdro, has arrncped with capitalists of New York. nad t.TO.ldsbnfo to enlarge tne latter plant. Aui entire equipment of new machinery! will be put in and a com- pany orgatnzfiu vain a capital ti ww, 000.' Mr. J'arkei has been anthot ized to receive bids on the machinery. The members of a chnrch in! David son ci mil tyj Monday notified a! whisky distiller named Tcoosrd that be must remove his etill from anywhere new their cbnreb. He declined io do so unless Uiew furnished tr.ir.sportation. They brov.ui :ine ieams and landed his outfiS. twenty miles away. The new Kestler Manufacturing Co., of Salisbury, N. C, has decided upon a idant of 5.000 spiodles. and is now receiving bids to erect Mime; building lobe two stories high, 75x200 feet, with steam heat, eleclric lights etc. Considerable excitement exists in Wilkes count over the appearance of i;rave robbers i a certain sections. Re sponsible citizens anoonnce the rob ber v oi sevesl graves in Unioi town ship. I .. The Bessemer Citv Cotton Mill was sold at Bessemer City, under a deed cf trust, Saturday and was bought by Mr. S. J. Durham, of Dallas. W. H. Rand has bee a elected stew- art to jo Listitution for ibo EJiad, at Raleigh, bacceeding Mr. Grimes. The Cotton Visible. In Ile-y York the lota! visible supbly ot CDttoa is 2.601,830 b?.!es, of which 1233.630 ba'es are A:aerWn,gaint 2,1 i 4,5S3ales and i 715 iVt foe.!e nective'.v Jast ye4r. Be- eir.t of faiiot last wet fit at! Interior towns. 3.33J bales. Receipts f'om iplanta- i r.a n-.i.e l!mn In nirht. 9.70J.53S oalcs. j A Libel Suit. Governor "Woodbury, of Vermont,- hroneht a 1 50.000 libel suit aeslnst The Rut land Herald for articles recently published filing him a rutnseller and owner of; a bufld- Jng In which liquor is sold contrary tO 14W. A WARNING SOUNDED. The President of the American Cotton Growers Association Says it Is i ,-, Time to Act. ' Hon. Hector D. Lane, of Alabama, president - of the American Cotton; Growers' Association issued the follown ing address to the cotton growers of the Sonth : I ! "As President of ! the American Cotton Growers Protective Association, cognizant; of the great wrong that has been perpetrated, upon the masses of my fellow farmers, the cotton growers ot the South, it becomes my", duty ad far as my limited ability extends to; warn you ot the dangers that environ you? and the devices and plans that are being laid by cunning and unscrupulous men to rob" you of our honest toil; to further impoverish you and to enhance the discord and dissatla- faction that is now dominant in the heart of agricultural classes in a knowledge of the fact that there Is something radically wrong! in our systems. No longer is the product of honest toll adequate to our subsistence and! no longer is the cost of the production of an article any standard ot its valuation; and" the law of supply and demand has boen, dis- placed and in its stead, intervenes the results attained by the 'commercial j mountobank; the most insidious and merciless of which Is he that with a tongue of an Ananias and thd heart of the Mafia, is murdering the material prosperity of our country and making pau-; pers of our people. I refer to that man who wears deservedly the namo f 'bear.' He that of false prophecy and wilful misrepre sentation, robs us ot our sulsistence, im perils our prosperity and leaves us nothing but poverty in our home aud hatred in our; hearts. ! ' ' , j "The warning note has been sounded, let forewarned be forearmed.' " j i "That there Is a powerful and systematized; movement to again depress the value ot our staple this season is patent to all intelligent; men. and it rests with the planter of thai bouth, individually as to whether he will; submit to thus be sheared again like a sheep as he was last season . The tiujie has arri ved ? for heroio action. Tho alternative is io either renounce growing of cotton entirely j as a profitable crop or to 'take up arms against a sea of troubles and tyr opposlDg end them." From these, runipr of tho im mensity ot the coming crop havo already teen widely Mid recklessly circulated to In timidate the farmers Into ruBhlng their erops upon the market hoping to receive j better prices before a decline. This action upon the part of the farmers will accomplish tho intention of the manipulators of the market and is to be deprecated as suicidal to their interest, Tho crop ought, to btlng fair values, should be judiciously distributed over tho selling season without allowing tho de liveries to be too great at any time. And I n,U-ie that nil farmers that can do so. with out violating a contract, should market tneiri crop as slowly as they can. orat a ratio of ( one-third less than last reason; the eriuili-j brium of prices will be thus mrly retained, and we will come much nearerj receiving the commercial value of our product. "It will be remembered by njany that pro-! vious to our civil war, on account of the lack ot transportation facilities, it Required from seven to nine month to market the common cotton crop. We now sell the bulk ot it,; which is throe or four times thri size,1n about; three months, thus congesting! tho market.' making competitors of ourselves in the mad rush to get rid ol our proauciL wnne upon; the other hand a judicious gradual distribu-i tion of the same over a greater period of, months would bo conducive tcj .competition' between the manufacturers who are obliged, to have our material and their (running alter? ns to buy out product instead ioi our raving la tttn after tbem to urll it to thpnl vi "And 1 decire to imj ress upon the cotton growers tho imperative necessity of organi zation for the accomplishment of this pur pose, and all instrumentalities Should bo eu ntred in th achievement of lhl consumtna- tion devoutiv to uo wisneu. iouoiiriw iuu endeavor will meet With strenuous opposi tion at the hands of those who recklessly speculate upon the. labor of the farmer of the Houth. He would Ihj ofTerejd a little moro. than the market price to bring in his cropJ The argument of risk of lire, lops in weights.! would follow With the usual denunciation of advice, but I implore you far the sake of your families rendered destitute by thea despoilers and for tho love you beur for ou Sunny Southland' for all that is sacred to OTir hearts and to our homes to resist thW eurrent that is insidiously, day by day, drawl Ing us into a vortex of poverty and shamS . ..... . - . i .i .e and depraving our maniiooa a,nu jacrcajuj5 crime. j i 'There never was a more cruel and relent j less war waged upon the people than upoit the South by England and ho" emissaries and tory allies, reducing- her people front affluence to the pittance of tojn cents a day for their labor, which cotton at live cents per pound meaijs. Too Much Crop. i t - ar actually deploring farmers in . rr .... 1 1,.. .he super-abundanco of theiri crops, for I h . wilt t o depressed by reason mai. " "' V u i,Liiikt that the tremendous surplus whichjwill exls MJJ thev will not get as much money out ol in .i'.Xhev would have done bad lighter lltUM J "crops been reaped, j The Lookout Press. The Lookout Press, of Chattanooga, Tenn., has just issued a special editiop of 50.000 copies that is of especial in terest. Cuts of ; Lookout Mountani, Chattanooga, National Ceijaetery and Chickamauga Park monument and ob servation tower, also a good map all the battlefields about jChattanooga appear. Short articles on Lookout Mountain, the Chickamauga and Chat tanooga National Militarjy Park and other interesting subjects are printed, i Our readers can get a fopy of thin special edition free by addressing tho publishers and mentioning this papejr. ; Address (enclosing stamp for postage), : The Lookout Tenn. ress, IT IS I The Best AND SAVE1 sEwma I KACHSG MONEY MADE WE OR OUR DEALERS tmn we Pr hld Afe Sewing Machines forlijOO ana up. TAnr trace. ... I hSI T ft. 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