North Carolina Newspapers

- .'"....','....'.'": t p-t bj i ,,, P.TTM, Proprieto I y PKOVE ALL TH1XQ3 AND H0d FAST TO THAT . WUICH 13 GOOD." ' f 1.00 I'n Year 'It Ad"'w- L - .. . VOL. V. . I THE, SILVER CONFERENCE. no. ri;i,I( A.?, 1'UFULISTS AND DOMOt-KATS COME TO GETHER. Dull (l s Amendment Adopted. Ck5l . Introduced ho Amendment winch was Lost. ':,.--. Uy last, at Raleigh; the sil ?.:" r'-n-: was held: It was com , t lu liub.ieans, Populist and ,;,c):s with many free silvet ! . !. C'lviimoeni Smith called' the :f;-n to order, and named Mac- t. .'".jMirary chairman. '.Xu-' the chair Judge Macltae i '-Mnith for the compliment in .; i.itii temporary chairman of 80 t: 1 representative a body.. He -,s not the first timothe people : ;i ( i'.rulina hud Inet resrardless :t tho face of some great . ; . v. t consult for the common !! t -.declared there is only one the management of tho : ' ufiairs of the government. .1 -r l'.ath r, made a motion that ' ; ! Mtade the permanent chair was unanimously adopted. V-'. Ayor, ( Jreek O. Andrews and " A . He-.idrick were made secro hi..1. J. Mott and . Harry r. t a ere elected vice presidents. '.- nominated by Spier . . Y. .1. Peelo nominated at ;:iittec on platformi 1$. P.. h.: i'-. T. tlav, Spier Whitaker, : Ciii'iT, W. A. Guthrie, John .1. J. Mott anl V. S. Lusk. v.: IJutk-r said the causes com . nine had agreed on certain i : which thfi causes had ap- I Me suid the caucus had de ! i'i it tiic-se le presented direct to !tioii, as the caucus "held it ; . i-- higher than the committee on :. i hey were as follows: i.'l. That this convention, ! of iamlers of all political i i North Carolina, send greet ! v, nr.ls of encouragement to the a-i; the great cause or tree t ! silver throughout the Uiii- j J : ; t. s n'.id urges them to renewed i'.T :i- to eeure the full and perfect : ; ition of silver. -olv.-d. That the plain and only .; ; put mi end to the evils of gold i: , - t t ilMsnv is to open the mints of I .' c.cydry to the free and uulimited . silver, as they are now open , . '. tud we demand that this shall i ' ut the long established ratio of i ! I :;-id th-it this country tdiall act i: independently of all other ' ; Ived, That we hail with eatis i; i the indisputable evidence of re-t-."-i:i: reason among business men i i , 1 m 1 the ilemands hich en .'.: in 1 mil patriotic men are mak i : ;i it t he -selfish policy inaugurated U r.j-j.iit'y aud avarice 20 years ago v !e reversed in the interest tv and fair-dealiucr. and in or- M-r ;:, t coinmerce una t coinmerce and agriculture r.-torea to normal ana pros- -tored to normal 1 ! p n.-.- conditions. j ' '.1 - lye-l. Iliat ardently attached t-tlse -,'reat cause of free coinage, w-e 1 t.ij i m to ailvauce it by all means in re. u, r mid we call on all bi-metal- i l.i strenuously opo60 gold mono- i -in an d exert all their influence j n -: silver to its former uses as a j r:tv ; mo! u-y mt tal, as it was before j To this end we earnestly re- ini.n ml totlie vt)ters of this State t: i tli y t-lect hereafter only such v': ;ti t- anl lleiiresentatives in the ! 1 '.al-1 States Congress as are sincere- ! :i f:vor of the jmuciples hereinbe- pressed and only 6nch preBiden- U't: Hi el i ters as will publicly declare on 5'"' sti.inp that they will vote for no" ii t r Tresidcnt or Vice President h'i- ii .t in favor of such irinciples aud wi (.M recerd and platform are a !-r:i:;t -e that they will bo faithfully 'VYiitril. . : ! i'lo-olvoJ, That we do earnestly re-'lt-t !iU the friends and advocates of tU' r st iration of the coinage laws as v iite(hprior to 1873, to call non-I-arti;i-- conventions similar to this iu ;:"ir sewral States to take similar ao--'ii.- . j Mr. . M. Cvoke off ered the follow-' aineiulment:- "That for the pur T h1 i t the next election the demands '"r'!;.tiH:.eial reform shall be confined ''the rvtoration of silver for coinage the int.- of 10 to 1." On a vote the s2.fii.lmvnt was lost, and the resolu-t'-'-as as jreviously reported were s'. It, ,!. - . Mr. . H. Cowan offered a resolu- ;; -a. It was not read, but was as fol- ',. ' Wi.- it us, We, Democrats, Popu pf-'.d'n 1 r.hlieans, Prohibitionists and fi':,'r men, have met in convention .t.wiuy for the honest purpose of ki'cg means of financial relief by torii. silver to the position as a y mttal that the framers of the -sutntioa, and our farmers gave it; ''"L- r, as, The next President of the l:e i states can only be a Democrat Cl 8 Pit l.-.ililifnn : nnil. "V! I j " - J Ttas, The last national Demo- or ;e 1 iatform declared for thecomaga (". : ILi aad silver, free; even to :id. . ; 'Wt reas. The Stati Democratic .f 1832 and 1894 de- 1 the free and unlimited coinage y-l - i 4 l"-r, .i. The Itepublican prtv is u t i iicalteriil'ly comniitted to '"; I inlai-d;u.)w, therefore, be it -'-vie. I, That we call rrpon all Ivocates of silver to join the tcratic partv, the party of aud the only hope for re- 'lir'.l I'm niipi.liin i'v lil'icted J. .a;i ua-Deavjcratic Tresident ia Wastnngton, this party of the people, dominated by the greatSouth and Weet, is determined to send to Washington a silver Democratic President and a sil ver Democratic Congress to carrv out the will of the people. We, therefore, go on record as nrging this course to all the real friends of wlver." A moment later Harry Skinner ro?e and Biid that the busineKS of the con vention appeared to him to be at an end and moved that it adjourn. The motion was put aud in a minate thv convention a 1 jour nod sine die. ". K3llIrtK Sl'ATE DE510CRACY. The Ticket Nominated Harmoniously; A Powerfully Drawn Platform; The New York State Democratic conven tion met at Syracuse on Wednesday last. A resolution wa3 adopted making the fiv pointed star as the emblem of the.Democratii party of New York State for use en ballots. William Sultr, of New York, asked for the a loption of the following resolution: "Resolved, That we extend odr sympathy to tho Cuban patriots and to all people stiug glin against oppression and endeavoring to achieve tfieir freeiiom and injiependence." The following nominations were made: S e .-tary of tate. Horatio C. King; At-torn-y rnral, Norton Chase; Comptroller, John P. Jailson; fctate Treasurer, D. C. Dow: Kngiix-er. hussM R. Start; Judge Court of Apioa!s, John I. Keller. Following is the full platform: "The Democratic arty of New York, in convention assembled, makes the following declaration of its piineiiles and policy. "1 . JlomiruUj the tirst essential condi tion of good municipal government, local j d- ris ln tion and control over purely local af fairs; no legislative meddling. "2. lv'onomy in public expense; no pub lic money fur private purposes or politicAl jobs; stri-t audit of official expenditures; A low tax rat' "3. Honesty ih public office no tainted Legislature; no corrupt traffbi in legislation; clean men and free agents; no hypocrites. "4. . iial and honest enforcement of all the laws; a proper observance of a day of rest and an orderly Hunday; modification or re peal of laws unsupported by public opinions; no unjust sumptuary laws; no blue laws; re cognition of the fundamental American prin ciple of freedom of conscience; home rule in excise as well as in other matters within rea sonable limitations established to protect the interests of temperance and morality and an amendment of the excise and other laws by the Legislature (f the State which shall per mit e.-K-h municipality expressing its seati ments by a popular vote of a majority of its (;ti.!'ii.sto determine, within such proper leg bdative restrictions as shall he required by the interests of the entire State, what may best suit its special necessities aud condi tions. "5. The attempts of prominent Republican politicians in the large cities of the Htate to repudiate their own platform are renewed evidence of their hypoeracy and dishonesty on the excise question and their desire to de ceive the in-iple. L (vial taxation; no unjust discrimina tion; no favored interests; no partial legisla tion. 7. Individual liberty; the right ot all citizens to equal opportunities, before the law; equal and exa-t justice to men. "S. Honest elections; compulsory official a-eounting f expenditures by political com mitters a- well as" candidates; personal regis -trat:.n ...I voters as a safeguard against frail. ;. Pra -tieal and honest reform in the civil s rvi " "10. Intelligent and liberal promotion of agriculture. ... "11. Improved highwas of travel through out th' State iu the interest of our eitizim and parti 'ul irly of the, farmers and bicycle riders. . "12. Ren'-nVial and needed legislation in the interests of labor. "13. IVleial taxation for revenue only; no government partnership with protected monom-iti-; no meddling with the present reformed tariff, to the injury ami unsettling of business and industries. "14. Sunn 1 money: gold and silver the onlv b gal l-n-ler; no currency inconvertible with coin: gradual retirement and extinction of the Krf aback currency; no free and un limited -iiohiage of silver. , "15. Strict construction of the Federal constitution; rigid maintenance of the re served rights of th Si tus; no fore b;lls. "lfi X entangling alliance with foreign na'i :i-: tiio vigorous enforcement of the Monroe dr el i re. n jingoism, -W- reaffirm th Democratic national id iffor n oJ WM. an 1 co.-igr.ittit.ilo lac pci- pb' th it bro i 'lit t! '-oentrv out ot me hi.jmiouj fi.,anc:.i n i l in Uistdal eou.litio.i i ;t wak-h it was pla'.td by the ili-con -ei ve 1 acts ol th - i: !!.. I '-iu pavty. "W -.1 i .seethe a 1 ministration of Presi dent I'jevclai 1. -I' i ' it -p;'.:..icAn record: -We inv.if. ;:ie attention of electors to the humiliating partv in U this i the St ite g! t.l. .. ii.tuer Lcord made by the li-'punucan vvcent restoration to power in .vrnment. equipped with com- i. . . . . ; ... 1 -..(". .i-in it full control ol all uraaencs ox - a vom piisii jnoiiiiit it ha- lTo.li:;3. iv wasiea io ....... . i i 1 f .-.Xt -a ds - c an 1 a-; . a ac i disre. of th .',ird of ire public welfare. As a result less tL au one year oi powei. ot.ut- ihj.uou; eouvuittees if searclnug iiirou-,ii ic oi."" denartni.-nts r?r Democratic iai-nsities which were not found because they did not exift; th- principle of home rule has been dehter atelv and '-ontinually violated; the civi ser vice reform laws have been flagrantly disre garded, especially in -reference to the de serving veterans; and the entire legislative record has one of scandal, incompe- tene; an 1 extravagancy. "- 'Upon such a record 'of faitnlessness to public trust th Kepublican party deserves he condemnation of the people at the polls and the Democratic party invites the co operation of all citizens in restoring good government to the Empire fctate r. Tammanv failed to shut out the Grace r .irehild Democrats from all recognition; bu when t heses of th Tiger found that the convention would graot them only one-fifth of the New York delegation JJf- hall and Tammany is happy tonight. Their opponents took the first train for New ork J$ sharpened knives and -1 tne way r ..,- failrt, ln his v.,v.mber 5. Senator attempt to heal. the breach. He to keep his slate iuta-t. f r the showed that it had a nuud of lU He also failed convention own. Sen- t.r Muri.hv and Kt-Lieiuenaui Sheehan revived a decide t set oaet om theonvention.and the wise boss who staved Ifhome was Richard Croker. for he escaped the fate of the others. FROZEN TO DEATH. A Gray-Haired prospector Overtakeu by a BUzzard. i Williaai' T. Cheny was frozen to death Id j the mountains oi me .a.i.ui " , district, three miles e4st ot Livingston, Mont., last Friday. He was a gray-haired proretor, and with three companions was overtaken bv a howling blizzard. The party tried to cross the divide on foot and reach e-imp liKeen miles distant, but they became -e-.urutt-d in the blinding snow storm and i'i'i. uv lot uis way. His body was found in t::re.eet of t&o'.v, within nve hundred yards t of tae can p. ia, mi t.f-en inereasfM ever th tax rate "'.as been raised from 2.1 to i.ii. .....iv- Biwanil espensive Sraie eom- ' "7 .' '. " i ...... I hundreds of thousand: of dollars have been fruitlessly .....i ,..,,.rt.....ij;rilv expended by legislative DUNN, N. C, WEDNESDAY; OCTOBER 2; 1895 NORTH STATE GULLIN6S. occi:rkm;ks hoktiI Jiotino fku3i all t)veu the state. Cotson .8 l--ic at Concord. A Concord correspondent I of the Charlotte Observer says: It was both gratifying aril amusing to see the pleasant faces of the good old farmers oa the btreets Thursday, nearly all of whom hd cotton which brought good pn-- s, reaching as high asHl-l.j. In conversation witliFevrral sellers of the fctnj.le.1 learr.ed that 8 cents was really more tlnii th -y expected t get, and that they were pleased and grt fitly en couraged by the advance; Some peo ple will hold their cotton for 10 cents, a3 that notch is expected to be reached before many we ks. oi;:m:i as ijy majiu Such Kapld Mitturliig of Coiton Nevci IJeforc Known. The drought continues all over the State, and all reports received are to the efiect that the cotton crop is in jured 33 per cent, this month. Such rapid opening was never before known. At the State farms on the lloanokc river bottoms where ten days ago only ten bales were op-n,7;0 baits are now open. The superintendents of the State's farms declare that in three wetks all the cotton worth picking will '. be open. Picking is going on rapidly. .Shedding of bolls and leaves continues and tho estitnate'is that there will be only half an average crop in the State Late fodder is literally cooked. In the woods there is the emell ol wither ed leaves and the ground is covered with them. Many streams, are lower than in years. t . 4. TOLD IX A DREAM. How a Baby was Found In the Fields Near Asheville. Thursday afternoon the 17 months girl baby of James Green, living five miles south of Asheville, suddenly dis appeared. By dark hundreds of per Eons were searching for tho little tod dler. One of the searchers was Jacob Morris, employed on the Vanderbilt estate. He searched till midnight and then went home and to bed, w here he had a vivid dream to the effect that the child was lying asleep is an old field three quarters of a mile from her home. . Morris stirted for work next morning, but soon felt compelled to turn back and visit the location indi cated in this dream. There he found the baby sleeping soundly, where it had wandered, rag doll in hand, head pillowed on a stone. She was unharm ed except that her legs were torn by briars. - A North Carolina Farmer. The News and Observer says: There is a farmer in North Carolina who has a re&sonable prospect of gathering on his crop for 1895, 225,000 pounds to bacco, 150,000 pounds lint cotton, 25, 000 bushels of corn. It required over 500 bags fertilizer to plant this tobacco crop. The cotton, being on rich.fresh land, requires no fertilizer. To have this crop produced is not very difficult. To have it produced so as to leave a clear profit to the principal producer, "Hie labor, hoc opus, est. This farm er made his first cotton in the year 867. There Avas a severe panic in the fallof 1867. Cotton fell to 7 cents per pound and many farmers were ruined. j This man had slept on a bunk and patched his own clothes during the : vear and owed nothing on his crop. Ho sold in the spring at 28 cents and had money. At that timo he did not own one acre of land. He now owns very many acres, some very valuable acres, made principally by farming with close economy. Any young man with good health,' plenty of energy and close economy ;an ac complish as much or more than he has. The tax assessment for the present vear has increased ovC-r that of last year $100,000 in Cherokee county. A watermelon seed lodged in the windpipe of a year-old child of Thos. Bobbitt, of Wilkes, and caused its death. The prospects for the Alliance shoe factory, which is to be open in Cary, arc very encouraging. The lady mem bers of the Alliance have begun to take hold. Rav. Jas. M. Kawhngs retires from the isortn tnroiiu irtnujmmu, i which he has been part owner and one of the editors. His partner, Mr. John McLaurio, boys him out. . The Charlotte Observer says that Mrs. Hedrick, who for twenty years has rnn the Tiedmont Hotel at Tay lorsvilU, w8 found dead in bed Wed nesday morning. She retired in her usual health. Collector Rogers announced the ap pointment of R. J. Bryant, of Iredell, as deputy collector for the division composed of Iredell and Alexander counties, to" tuceeed J. A. Kipgi re Mgnned. The Builincton News is told that Mr. -To! in Harder, of Via Fi lls, Alamance cannty, ,a a Il -I-t-m cow which ives te-i niV:. . : iHIk ?,r day, requiring e lc n.ilKe-i thrct tii;e a dav. BIG COTTON DKAI. The Visible Supply of New York City Bought "Spot" on Thursday. Mr. E B. Barbee had telegraphic advices to nis firm In Raleigh on Thursday stating that the whole stock of cotton In sight in New York city, namely, 174,000 bales,' had been sold there for spot cash at 8 3-4 cents. Mr. Barbee said that this was the biggest sale ever heard of in this country. Also the biggest business that ever was done in futures in one day was then done, ti-e transactions mounting up t i 434,000 bales. WE ATI! KB CROP BULLETIN. Issued by The Torth Carolina State Weather Serried. The reports of correspondents of the Weekly Weather Crop Bulletin, issaed by the North Carolina State Weather Service, for the past week, are very favorable. The first two days trere eool, with a few scattered showers, but the last firo days ere characterized by extreme heat, unusual dryness, and excessive glaring sunshine. It has unquestionably been the most abnormal week on record fot September. The maximum temperature varied front 90 in the nionntain section td i00- id the east, and for five days the meaii temperature averaged 15 degrees pet , day above normal. Serious drought prevuils,the deficiency in precipitation since September Is being over 2.50 inches. All growing erops ate suffering; cotton is opening prematurely and fall plowing aud seeding are impossible. A decided fall in temperature will Bet in on Tuesday and the present week will be much cooler; with light showers daring the middle portiori. Although the fall will be only to the normal, or slightly below, it will appear decided by contrast with the excessive heat ol this week. K asterx District. The first Hv days of tho week were cool, but tii temperature rose during the following live days to a tery unusual point for September; There was no rain during the week. Cotton is reported to have huffered from the dry, hot weather; it is opening very rapidly and premature ly ; young bolls are falling off in Some places. It was too hot and dry for all growing crops, such as turnips, pota toes, peas, etc. Rice is needing rain. Tho harvesting of rice is in progress with fine yield. The weather has been very good for finishing fodder pulling in the north and for cutting hay. Peas are being picked. New cotton coming iuto market. Central District. The first two days of the week were cool, and some scattered light showers fell, but since Tuesday the weather has been ex tremely hot and dry, and drought is seriously affecting everything. Tur nips and potatoes are needing rain badly, and some very late corn will be cut short. Tobacco is about housed; cures are generally bright, but some correspondents say light and papery. Cotton is being much damaged by the drought and intense heat; top blos soms are falling off, and it is opening too rapidly. The crop is being pick ed out and gius ar0 starting np; crop about twelve days late . The weather has been excellent for fodder-pulliog and making pea-vine hay, but no plow ing could be done, as the ground is too hard and dry. Streams are extremely low. Western District. The week open ed cool with a few light showers, but the last portion was very hot and dry, and the drought is seriously injuring growing crops and delaying fall plow ing and planting. Some oats sown in August are perishing. Corn in gener al is a fine crop, but some late coru is cut short by drought . The cotton crop has already been much damaged by drought. It is opening too fast. The late crop has not sufficient moisture to develop the bolls, hence it is feared seeds will not be well enough matured to grow, except from crop first opened. Fodder and hay are nearly all made in eastern counties, but still in full blast in the west. Sweet potatoes, turnips and celery are being much injured by dry weather. No fall plowing or seed ing can be done. Bain is ycry badly needed. TIIK KFFI5CT OF THE DROUGHT. Cotton Picking Progresses Well. Dam age to Corn and Fall Crops Small. The weekly weather crop bulletin of the Department of Agriculture embraces the fol lowing summaries from the various State weather services: Virginia Excessively hot, dry weather, making crop conditions critical.: ground baked; pastures burning up; no fall plowing or seeding done; fodder mostly saved, but some of it poor from tiring; tobacco cutting aud curing progressing; crop generally in ?air condition; many farmers feeding and watering stock. North Carolina Very abnormal unfavor able week, with intense heat, glaring sun shine, unbroken drought, cotton opening prematurely, late blossoms and small bolls shedding; turnips, potatoes and peanuts suffering from drought, and fall plowingaad seeding impossible; rice harvest under way South Carolina lixcessive neat ana no rain favor cotton picking, but young bolls are opening prematurely, growth having Mopped; good harvest weather for all crops, :oo dry for growing crops or ran seeding. Georgia A hot and dry week, favorable or farm work; cotton opening rapidly an I in some cases prej-.aturely, an occasional eomulaint of rust, but no shedding; picking general; corn still uninjured and being gath ered in southern counties; fodder-pulling over in southern and nearly finished in northern aud central counties. Tennessee Except showers on the 16th, damaging drought has prevailed, seriously affecting cotton, peanuts and late potatoes and delaying plowing and fall seedings; to-ba-?co mostly housed, but considerably dam aged by worms; cotton opening rapidly, and pii'kin l -.-trnn; sorghum-making, fruit-drying and saving late hay progressing favor ably. T ACCKlTANtK iii Prcacli Uis First Sermon ln Washington October 27th. 'i aiir.age's formal acceptance of the I)r ii t.-;.-i-r".l by the First I'resbyterian CI: ir;li of Washington his been received, dr. i he Wiii preach his first sermon as co ; at r on Sunday evening, October 27th. lhe text' i Dr. Talinage's letter of accept ance is as follows: The call signed by the elders, deacons, tn;- and members of the congregation f me First Presbyterian Church of Wash i bton is be .'ore me. The statement con tained in that call that you 'definitely, tmtol mously, harmoniously and heartily, not one voice aissenting,' desire me o become co pastor in your great and historical church qua distinctly impressed me. With the sain heartiness I now declare my acceptance ol the call. All of the energies of my body, mind aud soul shall, be enlisted in your Christian service. I will preach my first jetmon Sunday evening. October 27th. -Mt. . th -.-Id ?..! kT LATEST NEWS . IN BRIEF. GLEANINGS FROM MANY POINTS Important Happenings, Hoth Home and Foreign, Hrlelly Told. Newsy Southern Notes About 1C5 negroes; who tried to colonize Southern Mexico; hate landed in Alabama. biptheria is practically epidural' in St. LouL,- 170 cased having been reported this month; John Humphreys of S ia Antonio; in A fit of aner at his sister, tired n revolver at fcef side, inflicting a fatal wound. An explosion occurred in the coal mines tt Winterpock, Chesterlield county, Vc. on Thursday,- in which two mn were killed and eteral others injured; The bodies of ths dead have been recovered. Jackson, Miss., farmers enjoyed the litety' way buyers bid lor their cotton. The crop thereabouts is at least one-third short and receipts not more than 100 bales per day. fiales on Friday were at prices ranging from 8 1-4 to 8.60, bein?: one cent higher than" the first bal) sold on August SC'th. Capt. R. S. Bunker; aged ninety-Are year?, died Friday night at Mobile, Ala. He was rtn old ante-bellum steamboat man and latef merchant and shipping agent at Mobile. In the first ipsue of the New York Sun, Septem ber 3; 1833, he is advertised as master of the New York and Newport and Providence steamer, President. At Leadville, Col., a terrific explosion of giant powder occurred in the Belgium minej killing probably twenty men. Seven dead bodies have already been taken out. Thir teen are known to have been killed.- Six bodies were brought to the morgue and werd identified as follows: Clark McGinnis. John Hammill, James II. Gray, Ed Kuhen, Chris rhillips, John Baggs. Political Doings. The New Jersey Democratic State Conven tion met at Trenton and chose as their uominee the ( hancellor of the State, Alex ander T; McGill, of Hudson county; The" platform adopted is very long but is devoted mainly to the question of pure water supply for cities; which is just now attracting much attention in New Jersey. President Clever land's ctirrency ideas are endorsed; The Turf. Alix the Great made a game effort to beat her record ot 2.04 3-4 at the Springfield State fair grounds track Friday afternoon. She got oft well at 3:30 and the first tnree quar ters were made in a 2:08 gait, but coming into the stretch she went lame aDd the best that she could do was 2:13 3-4, official time. Over 20,000 people witnessed the attempt. MlsceUaneous. A decree has gone forth that hereafter nd cattle or hogs shall be imported into Germa ny from any counsry without being quaran tined. The snowfall In Denver, CoL, last Saturday night measured 11.4 inches. The heaviest previous fail in September was two and one- half Inches in 1875. At Cambridge. Mass.. Harvard University began its 259th year on Thursday with in- reased attendance in an aepartments ana the prospect ot another prosperous year. MAIL OF TIIK MILLIONS. Annual Rcnort of Fourth Assistant Postmaster General. The annual report of the Fourth Assistant Fostmaster General shows that the number of post-offices in operation in the United States on June 30, 1895, waa 70,001. Of these 66.560 were fourth class offices and 3,504 presidential, being an increase over the last fiscal year of 251). During the year 2,422 post-offices were established and 2,163 discontinued. The total Dumber of appointments for the year was is 312 and the total number of cases acted upon 17,688. The number of changes made on account ol deaths of postmasters was 769. 1 I a. R9 546 comrdaiuts affectim? the ordinary mail were received during the year; 31,849 referring to letters and 27.637 to packages. ri hi shows an increase of 2.663 over last year. Of the total of complaints received, ia 491 have been investigated. No loss oc curred in 7,561 of these causes. Some special classes of cases to which tho inspectors are giving much attention are those ot rob beries of post-offices, burning of post-offices, Wrecks of postal cars, and highway robbery of mail messengers, mail stages and railway postal cars; and the figures submitted in the rennrt show that the depredations and casualties in these classes of case ; are gradu ally on the increase, although the increase is not so uniform as during tho preceding year. A gratifying decrease in the number of postofflee burglaries is noted, but high way robhery of the mails has increased some what. ' Train robbers have grown more bold and now do not hesitate tiy their voca tions in the older States and near large citi s, one of the most daring of last years train robberies, the Aquia Creek case, having been committed within a few miles of the City of Washington. ' Under the head of foreign cases the report emphasizes the superiority of the registry system of the United States over that t-f most foreign countries. During the year there were 2.240 arresu for offenses against the postal laws of which 175 were postmasters, forty assistant post masters, fifty clerks in postofflces, twelve railway postofflee clerks, thirty-seven letter carries, fi ty-two mail carriers, and thirty eight were employed in minor positions in the postal service. The concluding pages of the report are de, ot d to a series of sketches of important cases. OOI FOP. THE SOUTH. Furnaces Blowing In nd 31111s Paying iood - Dividends. Eeports to the Manufacturers Becord show that the list of new enterpises projected in the South during the past week waaome what less than for several proceeding weeks, but this does not indicate any slackening in the general industrial advancement of this section. The fertilizer combination which has been formed to - include tne rights of j leading fertilizer manufacturers in Virginia i and North Carolina, will have a capital stock 1 ot f 6,500,000. It is intended by this combi nation to operate all ot the plants which are j included in it, but it is hoped to reduce the j cost of production very materially. Cotton mill enterprises include a 15.000 ' spindle mill at LaGrange, Ga., for which j bids are being invited, and the decision of ft mill at Anderson, S. C. to double its capacity 1 by adding 13,000 spindles the increase to be made largely out ot eurplus earnings alter having declared good dividends. A WI1 xnington mill will add 300 looms. ! Among other enterprises reported for thfi week were a knittiag mill and woodwork ing plant ia Georgia: tB proposed develop ment by western capitalist of 100,000 aerw of timber, coal and oil lands ln Kentuoky and Tennessee; a thirty-ton cotton seed oil nj- and GOO barrel oii refinery and an left i lan: in Louisiana: architectural iron loan- dary. water works and 1500,000, irrigation -onIi;anv in Texas, and miscellaneous enter prises in other States. I Texas has the greatest Tiur;'-ti i working oxea 98,284. Good' Prlees for C'ottort Good, With the r'rlcf for Raw Materials Cent- etantlj" HUIn. B. G. Dan A Co. in t!i?ir wsfelly review of trade say: The fall statement ot iV?wt 2,800 commercial failures tor the third quar ter ot 1895 will Imj published nest wee'-, and will show liabilities of abouX $0.003,0i, of which about tl 1.000,000 hsve b ea erf rtmC. fucturing and il7.GO0,O03 of tralin? co eeras. In the name quarter of l.vt yatu9 failures were 2,86. and tha liabilities $23. 411,106, of Which tl2.3 Jl.SJ2 ware of m :iu fcturing and fl5,141,2& oftrtliu;? con cerns. The week's reports are hidil e-Jouri;iusc as to monetary matters, although ei rH of gold ftill continue, aud also as to th : eo'.toa manufacture?, but nota satisfa-'tj y reiird ing iron, Woolen, leather or siU m i if i -. tnres.- The speciilitioa in cotin:i hli;"tl t.M prhse ft ve-aigljts during tiiJ pt-t !;, ail quotations here are so maoH liig'.ir' h"ie than at Liverpool that frei exports - A ui rt t-, expected. It seems no longer psibltf to hope for a good cr ;. aa I N,-ill Bv. h iv.j issued a circular pre.ln-tiu i ic:.l of oal 7.003.000" bales, 'fa" a ;u:.3f iajiranl loss grow more' disni ti r.i -h w', a ! '. wiiil they ma v be somewhat exaTa-.e !. at look is decidedly uifavor.i iie. Dn f n- th? extraordinary supplies car.-.e I o. u- from last year, the maunfa'tuiei-. h'.; and abroad, Would b in trouble. B it pri :-; of goods rise each week, a Mm-rto tii- or.irl. of millf, Which, on both sidej of t'u o - in, a use1 for some time to come, old cotton i'on? it it low prices; It is not clear how f r tm consumption will upport tho nrt au'a -turjr Bt the present rate and at the preent prico Tor goods, though tha demand fro:n dealer. is naturally urgent, while the market for ths raw material is constantly rising. Th "r i i3 still somd cbAued cf a strike in Fait U.v.-r mills, though the rise in prices will make it easier for the mills to grant some advance in The exports of gold, though not as larga S's they were some weens ago, c;iu ,n ' disquiet in ; view of the disbanding of the bond syndicate. Money has gone t the In terior rather largely and there is considera ble increase in the voiumo of commercial Failures for the week have been 2lfi in the United States against 235 last year, and 50 In Canada against 59 last tear. KIBGOLDRESKRVE UXDER993, , j OOO.OOO. Treasury Officials However Are Not Apprehensive The Treasury gold reserve has been re- ducedto $92,705,067, at which figures it stood when the Treasury closed its doors Fridav. These figures were reached by a withdrawal at New York for export of f 1,- 600,000. Since the present export gold movement began on July 13th, last, there have been withdrawn from the United States Treasury $32,450,000 in gold, all of which, with the exception of less than a million dollars, has been sent t . Europe, The total gold export ed exceeds these figures, as some go.i. especially the gold bullion exported; waa furnished by the banks of New York. tuT ing the same period gold was furnished by the syndicate and by the New York national banks and others to the amount of $ 15,325,000. The figures to which the Treasury gold re serve have now been reduced by incessant exports are lower than since April 30th last, on which date they are stated at $91,217,144. Under the syndicate agreement gold was then being paid into the Treasury and froai that date the reserve increased up, to Juno 29th when it attained its maximum height this year, standing at $107,512,362. From that time tho gold reserve has gradually de clined until the present figures were reached. No Uneasiness and no anticipations of any emergency arising sufficient to niako neces sary another bo .d issue were entertained in well-informed Treasury circles. Govern ment officials are encouraged to balieve that within a month the number of commercial bills that will be on the market as a result of the export of American cereals and cotton, will turn the tide of exchange aad stop gold exports for tome time to come. VALKYRIE WILL RACE AGAIN. Dunraven Will Show That He Is Hot Afraid to Bleet Defender. A special from New York says: Lord Dun raven's object in having the Valkyrie IIL spend the winter on this side of the Atlantic Is t have her race again, and incidentally, it is said, to silence those of his critics who have asserted that he was afraid to have his yacht meet Defender again. The fact that the Tatkyrio is to race here next year, if opportunity offers, was mide public only a day or so ago by II. Maitland Kersey, who has acted as Lord Dirraven's eookesmau. -1 v "mere nas oeen great, uwi ui win auuui special races between the two vesrMs," he said, "and if anybody wants Valkyrie to f , i - 1 f u,. race, she win ne on nano. n -icui.et oce to the Mediterranean, Valkyrie will go there also." . i It is now known that Lord Dnn raven still believes that Valkyrie is faster than Defen der, and that with a clar cour&e he thinks that he coma iwin mine Kin'i oi winner whi-h prevailed on the last two days of thi vear's race. He, wants to race Defender again and for the America's Cup, and prob ably will be accommodated. The Good Roads Movement. Col. Albert A. Tope, who has done such grand work tor the national good-roalsi use, write3:-f ortwm.u hAUffnadthian if the Govern -,,m Ttinil the flrood-road work in the Department of Agriculture and build th great national highways. Then, if the stated would follow the example of New Jersey and Massachusetts and build State roads, lea vm 71 3 to towns and cities the etreeis. we woun, the course ot time, develop a ,sim W 4 V. w n va r Tltl i1 hv an v in tho wori It has got to come. Perhaps we may noj see it, though I hope to. Horses have seeni .i...:. k H-a F.leftricitv and bicycles have partially done away with their use, and before this century expires practical moto .. :. . . - will ha In ti ili Then the demand viil ts fcr still better roads and good roaM ii all. directions, and the poor old horse willj ,e P-it-gated to the country, wnere u ones."' i ' Town Wiped Out by Fire. The business part of the town of Belle Fourcbe, S. D. was wiped out by fire Tha rs ASj last. Loss 80,000; partly insured. Thirty busings bouses were destroyed. In ctsndiarism is supposed to be the cause. One Hundred Lives Lost. Advices reoeive-1 at Constantinople from il-yi. ia the Aratiaa Province of Yemen fl li:t lunI:vo, h.,i r.-a Jt t-y i . . j a o-. r: - L-J.lie l lb viilige ol Texas and Prize FJshtiojr. . A dispatch from Austin, Texas, says: Til' Governor has just called a special session of the Legislature to take action on prize Cghting. j ; A Pultfeiiian 5hut and Killed. v AKTampa. YU., Ja -k McCormack, a pclice-:.a-i, was shot a:ii instantly killed Friday tt.tt i-y a n-gro whose mistress the oflcex Lad arrested. NO. 38. WASHINGTON tKTTKK. More About Ex-Senator i:ou' rjuy us Minister to 31exU oV Other Matters. iB.r Out RptuIrCon-eiinrf-nt. It begins t" look as though the admiuisl i on i.-.r mifht compel!! by public oiuui !to sho its intentions iowro . tuw ntorti. The ouci-tion is being con err ss constantly agitated j and a very large rnaUr itvofthoso who express opinions pubtibly Ur ?tiongly in sympathy with the Cubans and thi? the time has come for this govern ment to exuQl its taoral, If not its matejial annnort. to the m.-" who are struggling for freedom. Washlngtou.'is r as a rule iu- ,tin.i t,, trimmers oa m'ost , import 4nt questions, tmt they are a-tually taking holding a Mg mass peeting to pass res !rna in favor at free Cuba. ot lu- Mr. Bvron E. Shear, a Colorado capitalist, who has just returned fro a visit; to New York has some very emphatw opinions the silver question. He '.says: "Any rtan think that the sentiment for free HlVcr, ia .i.-i tonlv fools himself. I have bjeeu in NewYork for a (wu I of weeks, and eVen in that center of Gpldbugs ondbloateil bond holdera I found the leaven working in fajror of both metals. N?w York has felt the pibch of the hard times, and her moneyed men hre About for a remedy Sev- eral of them confessed to me that they lievcl.it lay in the liberation of silver, timeia coming when wo will tee the be- fhe big. financial centers tho mott earnest a3TOcites of bimetallism." ' There is verv little doubt that Congress will earlv in the coming session pas a prescribing the-duties ot the Comptroller of the Treasury and confining them to com mon sense ideas of what they ought to be It will not be nu rn rising if this action shd ukl be specifically asked for by the Soeretarjy of the Trca3iirv. The authority assumed by th Comptroller in the Sugar bounty cases is by no mean" the only. instance. There is a lit u..itr in; nn hnml that mav result ln llltlL.V . ..V .. v. .- - J Secretary Carlisle j asking the President to remove Comptroller Bowler. It hm grown hr rather tho fftilurb to Uvii ui tuv i' j : j ..v- th aala'rv of ex-Senator Ransom a Minister to Mexico,! from the date ot bisi last appointment to the; position it will membered that first nppoinimens confirmation by the Senate were declared illegal. Just beford Comptroller iowie i. r lef Ban for iiis vacation he decided that Mr, som could not draw his salary until his last appointment has been confirmed by the afe. After Bowler bad gone Secretary Sen-iCar- th.it. I decision and directed linir uciiuv ... - - . that a check be; forwarded to Minister Jttn fi.A "jhni rtrtmntroller didn t do SUIU . Alio uvuij yvu. j thins but refuse to send that check f without Bowler's order to dp so. 1 " Comparative Cotton Figures. - Secretary Hester's cotton exchange state ment from September I, to September 27, in clusive: i Port receipts 298,676, against 411,613 last vear, 289,730 vear before last and 333.944 tor the same time in 1892; overland to mills jand Canada 7,493 against 22,542, 13,877 and 24, 839: Interior stocks in exca-s of September 1. 54,761 against 49,906, 51,649 and 46,640; BOUinern nun innus" -r 55,026 nd 55,026; crop brought into Bight during the first 27 days of September 433,025 against 578,969, 410,822 and 460,455; Jrop brought into sight for the week- 193,746 against 243,726 for the seven days ended September 27. last year, 195,829 year More last and 177,791 tor the same time in 1892. Comparisons In these reports are made up to the corresponding date last year, yeai! be-, fore last and 1892 and not to the close of I the corresponding week. Comparisons by weeks vMii,t tate in 28 davs of the season last Vear. 29 days year before last and 30 days in 1393, against onlv aavs una vew. A Railroad Accident t,oS,. v-n 1 nUsenarcr. on the Baltimore Ohio Railroad. atTunneton, W. Va., early Friday morning;pi'Je-wiped No. 4, passenger train, lying on the switch. A sleeper w. 1 , , wU. totallv demolished j.t- ,,f v. 1 wrecked. Lnitea i.i Ionian nf WheelinlT. W.iia. ... u,.rnrv of State Wtu. A. Ohie Charleston, who were on the sleeper, were terribly scalded by escaping steam and both ... , i i .ia.. xfiua T.nia. Tiowntaifll Ll- v i rirdi i;li ii v i . i . . ..j ; . brarian of mate', i.n via nlan a member oi party, is probably fatallv Injured Bv. other passengers were injured sligny ,.i,i..,t rrriia inn to the mtdneer ot im tho eral The west-bound train overlooking tn signsL. Turn a1 the Water on the Lire iTirA A Beaver Italia bor. uil PlaJfi illy irrigating a trolley wiie, receive ehockand a lesson that he will forget. Other Lboys, and some not kneu with boyish instincts, should- re; ber that when ft stream of water, remem ir j jected from a hose nozzle held iu the hand strikes a! "live" wire, a 'short the circuit" is made for the electric cur rent. Water is a good j conductor, whether it is in motion or at rest,, and the subtle fluid will find its way tjtht, ground in a way to startle and flossv bly injure severely the noiuer oi hose. Pittsburg (Penn.) Bulletin, the Tbfl larorpRt woodenware works in the world! are located ! in Bay City, Mich. The present outpnt everj tea hours is 1800 tubs and Sow pau IT IS ABSOLUTELY The Best MADE MONEY ORIOVR DEALEUSxanj you machines etenpr than TJ t r ,t, .hrr. 'I fi KCV Eons l lOUU DEsLEUStaa fcDd other IIlf Ana Fall Rlekel lMat4 hewln- nachlr.en for $15.00 and n-. Call oa cur aent or wn.o -rent your traer zil !frr!c5-ij Wo kv!:l uu x tare at: uas win tuai v, are It Wo rhtlUns tlietfo:1 I : pi-cduee ti liETTZK. 50.00 8c". riaeblee tor S 59.02, or n tetter Se ca ya THE HI fOn SALE CY GAJNEY & JOUPAN Dunn. N. R!.-.",?A wing mraclits.e tor w id L ; Ji ljUiu J 4 r1 f"