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DUNN, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1896
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NORTH- STATE
! GULLIM6S.
OCCFRKKNCICS WORTH NOTING"
J ROM ALL OVER THE STATE.
Can a Lease IJo a Sale'?
Some months ago the directors of
the North Carolina .Railway, which UnJ
Leon leased to the. Richmond r.ud Dan
ville Railroad for thirty years, leased
it to the Southern Railway for ninety
id ue years. Seven years of the former
lease were unexpired. Monday there
was argument before the Attorney
General l,v attorneys representing the
North Cor Im-4 " Parnvers Alliance to
induce the Attorney Geuerul to bring
.-.ui to annul the"Iea.se to the Southern
Railway and to revoke ths charter of
the North Carolina Railway on the
ground that the directors hid forfeited
its charter by making a lease which
was virtually '(nivnlent to a sale.
Attornqy General; Od6riio decided to
make application to the Supreme Court
for. leave to prosecute, lie says that,
while he is of "opinion that the lease is
valid, yet he considers it his duty to
institute this procei ding. The Supreme
Court has granted the request of the
Attorney General.
POISONED HER IIUSI1AND.
feiie Then Married Again and is Xotv'In
, Jail.
A special from Lenoir to the Char
lotte Observer says: Some six months
ngo Foy Green, who lived in Globe
township, this county, died tudvleuly
after having taken a filass of cider car
tried to him by his wife - while at work
.in the lield. Within a few weeks Mrs.
Green married ..one Franklin. Sas
)icion was aroused and the body of
( Irfr n wns tfilcon m F.t i?nnft lic
king removed and sent to the State
( brrmf"'frr nnnlrtK Tbis; bcrnm it
have resulted in the discovery of a
quantity of areenie in the stomach.
Sheriff Uoyd received instructions by
wire to arrest the parties thought to
u iaLii iun-iiv attu iu uiu
Albert Franklin, husband No. 2, had
just served a f-lx months tt-rm in the
county jail, and was arrested tho
charge being murder as he stepped
out the jail door. Mrs. Franklin was
also placed in jail, both to await their
trial at 'the spring term of court.
Not iu Conteiiipt.
Liast July the AsheviUe Citizen for
ciblv and earnc fiv-commentLd cm the
removol by Judge H. (!, .Fwart, of the
Criminal Circuit Court, of a murder
trial from Buncombe county to Hen
derson county. MThc Citizen said
among other things that "the removal
of the case to Henderson is unnecessa
ry, expensive and a reflection on the
intelligence of the people of L'mi
combe. "' Judge Fwart at once hauled
the editor of the Citizen into his Court
for contempt and sentenced him to pay
n (inp rif .45-Tn firiil lio iiiimiiifinoil in
the county jail for thirty days, though
the editor purged balf of the contempt.
An appeal was taken to the Supremo
Court of North Carolina and that
Court has just rendered its decision.
The opinion is favorable to tho Citizen,
the Supreme Court iinding that Judge
Kwart was in error and that there was
no contempt in the Citizen's editorial,
STATE" NEWS DOTS.
At Enfield a tire cracker set lire to
the cojtton platform and forty bales of
"cotton were burned.
S W. Grepr. ; Southern Exnrpss
Agent at Roseboro, was held up and
..i i c c r..,e :
which was ft iiackae containing$950.
According to a survey made by a
legislative committee Orango county
is given, a strip of Chatham county
territory two miles wide and will take
immediate steps to secure thi.
Messrs. Eccles and Bryan, who have
been conducting the Central Hotel at
Charlotte for a number of years, have
leased the Buford and serve their first
meal there on January 1st.
Albert Speaks, a j citizen of Iredell
county, near Everlin postoflice, was
found hanging to the rafters of an old
deserted school house, Christmas
"morning, with his hands crossed and
"tied in front of hiinj"
Hon. Matt W. Ransom, minister to
Mexico, spent Christmas at his home
iu Northampton county. -He says he
- ir. not as w ell as he would like to be
lut much better thau he had been
varlier'in the year.' Minister Ransom
has thirty day V leave. '
A team of mules' belonging to Kelly
Woods w ere drovrned Thursday at'W.
A. Bailey's ferry on the Yadkin river,
in Davie county, j The animals took
fright from the master hollowing for
the ferryman. They dashed in thn
river and were drowned in a few min
utes. Chief of Police Melton and City Ser
geant Sheehan, of Wilmington, have
been bound over to the January term
of court to answer for falsely arresting
ana imprisoning .Mr. Kobt. E. Dan
iels. 'They had received telegrams
from the Sheriff of Marion county, S.
C., and from Governor Evans to hold
one Bob Daniel.
Another Haul for the Southern.
A special from Macon, Ua., to the Const i-
iuuon says mat tne .Macon & Birmingham
load was sold Friday for SUoS.OOO. It was
zht ly C. H. Tyler; of Boston, represent
if- Edwards and B. C. Tarson's, of
Boston. It is suspected that the Southern is
the real-, purchaser. Tvler refuses to -say
who ho represents besides Edwards and
Parsons.- .
Shipments of ore by water from the LVi
Superior mining rj-ion for ttrj season iut
closed were 10,237,052 tons, the largest ever
A 3IAGAZINE EXPLODES.
Fifteen Hundred Pounds of Dynamite
and Much Powder Clows Cp.
The magazine of the Smithdeal
Hardware k Furniture Company, of
Salisbury, containing between 40 and
50 kegs of powder and 1,500 pounds
of dynamite, exploded. Tuesday after
noon with a terrific report. The maga
zine was located about half a lCtile out
of town, a short distance L'om tlie
Charlotte road, and was a wooden
Btiucture, being board with sheet iron
covering. A hole was blown in the
ground large enough to bury tho
building. Chimneys, stoves, clocks
and locks to residences in the vicinity
were torn down or brokem Window
glass were broken out of almost every
building near. Every glass in Chest
nut Hill chapel was broken out. At
Livingstone College, nearly hall mile
away, many glass were broken.
Up town the excitement was great.
Glass was broken in the court liousc
and the Catholic church.
The magazine was blown into atoms
and trees near were upi-otried. AVhat
caused the explosion will probably
neyer bo known. Two bcrys, George
and Ira Weaver, sons of Mr. M. A!
Weaver, aged about IS and 13 years
respectively, wero huntisg near the
magazine, their father biing with them,
and leaving them warni ag them not to
shoot around the magazine, and it is
supposed either by accident or on pur
pose a ball from the gun of one of the
boys struck the building, tho jar caus
ing the explosion. George was blown
to pieces, being killed instantly. Ira
was blown fiomo distance and is still
alive, but is thought can hardly re
cover. The noise was heard eight or ten
miles away, and it is reported that a
railroad lamp at Lin wood across tho
Yadkin at least eight miles off was
jarred down nd broken. The loss to
the firm is considerable.
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.
A powder magazine at Lockport,
111., blew up "Friday. The shock was
heard 30 miles.
Harry Menier, of Brooklyn, jumped
from the bridge at St. Paul into th,e
waters of the Mississippi Christmas
day, a leap of 125 feet. He came out
alive.
It is said that Russia has offered to
loan this country $100,000,000 in gold,
without interest.
A terrible fire occurred Baltimore on
Friday, corner of Charles and Balti
more streets, and before the flames
could be extinguished 350,000 had
gone up in smoke.
The Savannah, Ga., board of trade
and the city couucil of Savannah have
adopted resolutions endorsing the bill
introduced in Congress by Senator
Squire to provide for fortifying the
coast cities.
There was a cry of fire at Front
Street Theatre in Baltimore on Friday
night, and the large audience made a
mad rush for the exits. Thirty-three
persons were killed, and ten otheis,
more or less injured, are at the city
hospital.
Secretary Carlisle has been inter
viewed in regard to tho pending bond
bill and tariff measure. He says the
bond bill "falls short," and that there
is only one remedy for our financial
embarrassments, and that is to provide
for retiiing and cancelling the legal
tender notes.
The President has pardoned Peter
S. Davis, convicted in Georgia of rob
bing a postoflice and sentenced to 10
years imprisonment.
The first national congress of color
ed women in the- United States con
vened with the Cotton States and In
ternational Exposition Friday.
At a special meeting of tho Charles
ton, S. C, chamber of commerce held
Saturday resolutions were adopted
calling upon the South Carolina Con
gressmen and Senators to support the
Squire bill. Charleston endorses ,the
proposed measure as a unit.
A dispatch from Constantinople to
the Central News says that the United
States have demanded from tho Porto
the payment of an indemnity for the
loss sustained by American mission
aries through the action of the mobs
in Asia Minor.
Wesley Watson, a young man t!2
years of age was killed near Ararat,
Surry county, N. C, Saturday night
in his attempt to jump from a passen
ger train on the Cape Fear A' Yadkin
Valley road while it was running at
the rate of 25 miles per hour.
Commencing January 6th, the At
lantic Coast Line will again put in ser
vice for the season their world-renowned
New York and Florida special PulL
man vestibuled train, with many
special improuements in equipment
and 'quickened schedule.
Knoxville, Tenn., merchants have
received the contract, through a Balti
more merchant, to furnish a half
million pounds of dried apples for the
German arrny. ' ;
Secretary Herbert announces that
the twin sister of the battleship Kear
sarge has been named the Kentucky.
SEVENTEEN' DROWNED.
The Biltlsh Ship Moresby Goes Down
in a Gnle.
The British ship. Moresby, Captain Coom
ber, bound for Pisagua, Chili, from London,
went ashore in the bay of Dunsarvon, on the
south coast of Ireland. Her crew, number
ing 36 men, were for a long time lashed to
tho rigging and life fboat crews attempted to
rescue them. The weather was very wild.
The Moresby broke up. and 17 of the persons
onboard were drowned. Among those lost
were Captain Coomber, wife and son. The
remainder of the ship's company have been
saved but -some of them are in such a
condition as the result of their exposure to
the storm and injuries received after tha
vessel was stranded that no hope is enter
tained of their recovery.
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ECIill'SES FOB 1SSS.
Thero will ba four eclipses this year two
of th sua and two of tha moon as follows:
I. A.n Annular eolipsj of the sun, Febru.try
13th; visible on the east coast of South
America, Soutii Africa.' and the southern At
lantio and Antarctic regions. The eclipse
.will return February 2it, 1914, wu?n it will
still bo annular aud'visiblo in tho Antarctic
Oaan.
II. A partial eclipso of the moon, February
23th; invisible iu tha United States; visiblo
in Europe, Asia and Africa. Thiseclipse will
return March lOtn, 1S14, wh?n it will be
larger and visible in North and South
America.
III. A total eclipso of the sun, August 9th;
visible ia Europe and northern Asia. The
total phase will bu visible in Siberia and the
northern Japanese Island Ezo. This eclipse
will return" August 20th, 1914, being still
total, but visible in more northern regions.
IV. A partial eclipse of the moon, August
231; visible throughout North and South
Ameriea. The eclipse, will: be upon the
southern limb of the moon,' which passes
from west to east through the northern limb of
the earth's sha tow. This will cause theeclipse
tobegtnon the eastern limb of the moon whet
at 1. At 2 the first six dierits. or one half 0'
the moon, will bet eclipsed; at 3 the middle
or greatest eclipse occurs; at 4 the last six
digits; apd 5 shows the moon's position a
time of last contact with the earth's shadow.
This eclipse will return September 31, 1914
when it will ba larger and visible in Asia, . .
the rorn seasons.
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Winter begins 1895, Dec. 21, and lasts.89 0 45"
Spring " . 1893, Mar. 19, " .92 20 5
Summer" " Juno 20, ' " .93 14 35
Autumn " Sept. 22, " .89 18 26
Winter
Dec. 21,Trop.Year.36o 5 51
IMOSISO STABS.
Mercury, from Feb. 8
to April 18; June 10
to July 81, and Oct.
8 to Nov. 28.
Venus, until July 9.
Mars, until Sept. 1.
EVENING STABS.
Mercury, until Feb. 8
and from April 18 to
June 10; July 81 to
Oct. 8 and after Nor.
28.
Venus", after July 9.
Mars, after Sept. 1.
Jupiter, until Aucr. 12
and after Nov. 30. -Saturn,
from Feb. 7 to
Nov. 18.
Jupiter, from Aug. 12
to Nov. 30.
Saturn, until Feb. 7
and after Nov. 13.
Octting Beady For a Bond Issue.
There is a well-authendicated rumor in
circulation at the national capital that the
Treasury Department is now preparing a
contract, presumably with the Morgan-Drexel
syndicate, for the sale of thirty-year 4 per
cent, gold boid. It is believed that the con
tract will be signed within the next few days.
If this report be true, it presupposes a
knowledge on the part of the administration
that the bond bill passed by tho House will
fnil in the Senate. The administration is re
ported to be stronely inimical to the pending
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measure ana 11 is siaieu on uiu auiuoniy
that an intimation to that effect b. as been sent
from the Executive Mansion to all the sound
monev PenKrats both in the House and
fcenite.
Army Officers Rebuke .
Certain army officers' who have appeared
ia recent interviews in the newspapers "'in
discussions of the possibility of war and out
lining their ideas of what should be done in
such an event, have received personal
letters from Secretary of War Lamont se
verely deprecating such talk. Expressions
from such sources, he says, are not only
given undue significance, but they are also
Injurious to the good reputation of the dis
cipline of the army and harmful to this
country in contributing to an unwarranted
apprehension. .
PANIC IN A THEATRE.
A Terrible Scene in Baltimore, at the
Beginning of a Play.
Twenty-eight persons were crushed and
Irampled to death in a panic at Front Street
Theatre in Baltimore Friday night. Several
others were injured, some of whom will, it is
believed, die. The United Oriental. Opera
and Dramatic Company of Boston was billed
to present tho Jewish opera, "Alexander,"
find the theatre was filled with a motley
throng. About twenty-flvo hundred persons;
were in the house when the orchestra began
playing the introductory.
A strong odor of gas was noticed in the
second gallery of the theatre and one of the!
attaches of the place was seen hunting for
the leak with a lighted torch. Suddenly a,
jet of flame flashed out as the torch came in
contact with the punctured gas pipe. Cries
of "fire" were heard in the upper galleries
and ia an instant the excitement became in
tense. Some one rushed to the gas meter
and turned off the supply, plunging the main
Lody cf the house into darkness. The stage
jets" alono remained lighted, being fed
through another metre. . t
The audience arose !! masse "nd'soade
mad rush for the exit. 1 mo actors ran Jown
to the footlights and shouted, "Sit down ;
there's no danger," but the excited throng
paid no heed. The gas was quickly lighted
at the metre, and as the theatre again became
illuminated an indescribable scene of horror
was presented. Men, women and children,
crazed by fear, were struggling in the aisles
and the stairways in their efforts to reach the
open air. The" audience was mainly com
posed of Poles and Eussiau Jews. Strong
men from the rear climbed upon the should
ders of those in front, crushing the weaker
men, women and little children to the floor
to be trampled to death by these still further
in the rear. For several minutes the wild
fight continued. Then a few policemen
forced passage way to the main entrance
and began dragging forth those who were
jammed in the doors. A rushing stream of
humanity flowed out on Front street.
The excitement in the street was almost a9
great ns in the theatre, as relatives began
searching for those from whom they had be
come separated during the mad rush. The
hose had to be turned on to clear the en
trance. Meanwhile officers had entered the theatre
and enco j&tered a siekeninsr sight. In every
direction were found bodies out of which the
life had been crushed and trampled. A ma
jority of the victims were young men, girls
and children. They were tenderly carried to
the front of the house and. taken to the city
hospital and the morgue as fast as the am
bulances and patrol wagons could make the
trips. Great crowds followed the ambu
lances and patrol wagons and stormed the
entrances to tho hospital and morgue in
their anxiety to learn if their relatives 01
friends were among the injured or dead.
Twenty-three dead bodies were finally tak
en from the theatre. Ten persons, more ot
less injured are at the city hospital. Several
others were taken to their homes -in car
riages, suffering from contusion or broken
bones. The death list- will probably exceed
twenty-five.
WHEN A TEN CENT PIECE IS GOOD
Supreme Court of the United States
31adc an Important Decision.
One phase of tho silver queation came up
in the supremo court of the United States in
a case decided by Chief Justice Fuller.
James E. Morgan and wife were on a car
operated by the Jersey City and Bergen
Railroad Company. The conductor refused
to accept for their fare a ten-cent piece, be--
cause he thought it was not worth par, being
worn by abrasion while circulating as" a part
of the national currency.
Morgan was ejected and brought suit
against the railroad company for damages
therefor. He recovered judgment for $315
and costs, and the judgment was affirmed by
the supreme court.of the state. The railroad
company sued out a writ .of error and
brought the case to the supreme court of the
United States. In disposing of it -the chief
justice referred to the law .regulating the de
faced and abraded coins, and stated that
there was no provision agai st silver coins
which were abraded in circulation and that
they were a legal tender as long as they bore
the semblance of a coin.
The writ of error was dismissed, thus af
firming the judgment of the state supreme
court against the railroad company.
Schools in Alaska,
i The United States Commissioner of Educa
tion has issued a report oa education in
jAlaska. from which it appears that during
jtne last year there have been maintained
jthere sixteen day schools with twenty-'our
jteachers. They have a'.so been maintained
seven contract schools with forty-nine teach
ers an I employes. The Commissioner rec
ommends an appropriation of .50.000 for
ihe ensuing jeax for education in Alaska.
Effect of the Missouri Flood.
As the water recedes in the submerged
districts of Missouri the extent of the dam
age is becoming known. The valleys of the
Osage and Gasconade rivers suffered most
andt is not an 'exaggeration to place the
aggregate loss at ?5,000.000. Famine threat
ens in some localities. At Eldorado Springs
the supply of groceries is exhausted and not
a train has arrived for ten days. Great des
titution prevails at Linn Creek, Camdea
county.
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The Southern Republics Discus? the Mon
- j roe Doctrine.
A' cablegram from Caracas, Venezuela,
Eays: The annals of Venezuela do not contain
an- record of suc'a a pageant as has just oc
curred here. The whole city was en fete
and every house in it was decorated in hon
or jof the great event, the demonstration
organized to show Venezuela's appreciation
of fh.e attitude of the President of the United
States in the boundary dispute with Eag-
land as it affects America.
The procession was reviewed by President
Crespo aad his Cabinet. One of the most
ftrtking incidents in the programme was the
Eigiial honor paid by American residents
to t he statue of Bolivar, the liberator, whose
effigy was covered with flowers by a delega
ticm from the American colony.
A. reception was held in the evening and
many speeches were made. That delivered
byithe Minister of the Interior Department,
Dr. Francisco Castillo, attracted much at
tention. Dr. Castillo sail that not an inch
of (Venezuelan territory would ba surren
dered until the Republic had been conquered
byj armed force.
fir. Akers, the correspondent 0 the Lon
ddn Times, has left for La Guayra. The
press of Caraous insists that tho Government
should expel him for wrongly quoting Presi
dent Crespo, as is alleged, but Mr. Thomas,
t to United States .Minister, has advised tho
Government not to send him out of the
country. The Government has accented this
advice and Mr. Akera will not be forced to
leave.
iThe United States Minister received as
giits some beautifnl flags and many flowers.
. LATIN-AMERICA'S VIEWS.
ON-THE YUP.UAN RIVER, IN THE DISPUTED TERRITORY.
("At thi3 point it was that the arrests of British Guiana nolie officials wern maila bv
Ywziia'iw so'dlors. F,nrla-nl rp?ents these
They were sent by resideafs of Los Andes.
Several South American Republics are re
ported to have signified their desire to as
sist Venezuela. Jose Raphael Ricorti has
bjeen appointed Geueral-in-Oommand of tne
army on the west coast of Venezuela. The
Society for the Defease of Venezuelan Terri
tory has elected Cleveland and Crespo hon
orary Presidents. It offers Jthe Government
tp.OOO men ready for war.
Student3 of the university at Caracas have
forwarded to President Cleveland resolu-
IjoiiS thPV'rg him fr Ma vtf-fraffs In 13-
tiittu 01 Venezuela.
t They called upon Minister Thomas in the
United States Legation and. after a speech
-full of enthusiasm, presented him the ele
gantly engrossed resolutions and requested
that he send them to th9 President. Thi3
tpe Minister said he would do by, the first
6eamer.
I It is generally believed in official circles,
aaid by the people generally, tbat Colombia
will join Venezuel in resisting England
-fihould war result from the present trouble.
j Venezuela has sent Ministers fo all of ihe
South American Republics. All the Latin
American Republics, it is said. are in a secret
league and will join Venzuefa.jt isexpecteJ,
iji case of a war against England,
j Colombia has responded to Venezuela's
request, it is whispered, by promising to con
tribute 80.000 troops iul -agreeing to trive
tjie British Minister his passports unices En is
land consents to submit the Guian i question
to arbitration. Brazil is to send 100,003 men.
asrmedand equipped. Mexico is counted upon
tp aid with a fleet. By calling out her militia
"Venezuela can place 250.00 i men in the flebl.
Jjose Raphael Ricorti, President of the Yara
ouy Company, an American organization,
has been appoints i to have charge of tho de
fences of the northwest coast.
J President Zelaye, of Nicaragua, when
sked for the expression of his views upoa
President Cleve and's message to Congress
respecting England's dispute with Venezuela,
aid that the action of tha United States Gov
ernment was what was to be -'xpeetei from
the Executive of th s Nation ia' which the
Monroe doctrine was born,
j Irian interview concerning the Venezuelan
Question. President Barrios, of Guatemala,
aid that the United States deserve the ap-
Slause anc" respect cf all America for the
ttltude taken.
President Gutierrez, of Salvador, expressed
. imself forcibly upon tha Anglo-Veuezuelan
Question. ''From now on," hie said, "Cleve
land ceases to belong -exclusively to the
pnited States but will b3 considered
hereafter by all American Republics as the
paladin of their liberties, protecting them
from the aggressions of all European Powers
ivhich might try to dominate them as Na
poleon tried in Mexico."
SWITZERLAND'S NEW PRESIDENT.
I :
51. Adrian Lacbenal is an Able Lawyer
I 1 and a Splendid Orator.
I M. Adrian Laehenal, the new President ol
'he Swiss Republic, was born in Geneva, in
811. He was educated in the gymnasium,
and afterward graduate I from the university
pith high honors. He entered the profes
sion of law, and from the beginning achieved
Success, the proceeds of his prae ice afford
ing him a start in life. He is a splendid j
orator a good voice, classic features and
APBIAS tACHEXin.
jEplenlld figure contributing to 'his success in
fl his direction. He first became a member of
tiio Government ia 1832. when he was chosen
hy tae Federal Assembly to succed Kama
fcrcz, an illasdrious statesman, as Secretary
pi the D.'partmcnt of the Exterior.
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Venezuela in Paragraphs.
Eight States are ia the Union.
Population of Venezuela i3 2,121,993.
Venezuela contains 665,000 square miles.
Fifteen pr cet. ot the population are
pure blooded Indif.tis.
Tho territory in dispute is about the size
of our State of Maine.
British Guiana was aequ'red by England
(hrough treaty ia 1814.
Slavery in the Republic was abolished by
the decree of March 24, 1854.
Venezuela's export trade with New Tork
reaches $5,000,003 a year.
It is estimated that seventy-five revolutions
have occurred since the establishment of the
Republic. :' .'""..
Previously to 18S5 h?r public school sys
tem was very unimportant, only 1312 pupils
being In attendance at tho public- schools in
the year mentioned. Now the attendance
exceeds 100,000.
The Constitution makes Presidents In
eligible for re-election, and it . is the earnest
endeavor of Venrzuelan statesmen to estab
lish the politics of tho country on a Arm
rooting of peace and order.
' Ex-United Staffs Minis'er Pile, of Vir
ginia, once ventured to present himself to the
President, minus a necktie. ' President
Blanco very sharply reminded him of his
rorgetf ulness of etiquette, and shortly after
ward sent him about his business,
t Difficulties between Venezuela and Great
Britain first arose in 1836.
King Humbert, of Italy, has a pii
vate fortune of $30,000,000.
arrests as "h-ivin h-n on Tt-H'ob srvl.-"
THE DIPLOMATIC COP.RS.ON'PENCE-
Secretary Olnsj's 'te to. Amtussa'.lor
Uayarvl Coneer;iin tU ATiir.
Although tha matter '-submitted .to
C'0!1-
gress in connection with the foregoing
sage consist oi thre j diplomatic note.-
on '..,
3 note
thev are verv voluminous. Mr. Uinay
to Mr. Bayard concerning tho threatening
aspect of affairs between Great Britain, an t
Venezuela- is fir3t in the corr-?5poudnce. It
is dated July 20 last, and' deals .vithths ques
tion at great Imgth.
Beginning at the wry inception of the dis-
Mita which ha naw assumed so serou3 an
aspect, Mr. Olney carries his argument of
the American claim for arbitration ba?ed oi
tho Monroe doctrine down to the preseaq
'lime, and give emphasisto his statements by
quoting the sentiments o: President Monroe
in full-, and notes that "Its oronouuemantj
bv the Monroe administration at that par
ticular time was unQU-ti ma'oly due to tVH
insoiration of Great Britain. Who ar on--M
gave to it an ooeu and uucr.ialifled adhsionl
whca has never beea with drawn.
Mr, Olney give3 in h's note a firm indorse
meat to the principle enunciated by Monro
and defines Great Britain's position in thi
frank and unambiguous manner:
'She fGreat Britain) says to Venezuela
You can g?t none of taa debatable laud bjf
force, because vou ara not stroug eooughi
von can get none bv treaty, bae.vise I will
iiot agree, and vou can take your change o
twtlhv a noriion bv arbitration, only if'yoi
first agree to abandon to me such other por
tions as 1 may designate. '
Continuing. Mr. Oinav savs it is not pe
ceivad how such an attitude oaa.b'a defends 1
nor how it is reconcilable with that iOve c f
justice and fair play so eminently character
istic of the English race, and holds that if
such position be adhered to it should l o
regarded as amounting, ia substance, to aia
invasion and connu?3t of Venezuelan ter
ritory la conclusion, Mr. Omcy says that i,n
these cireumstancas ta3 duty of the Tre ;
iient aopnars to him unmistakab.o and
imperative. To ignore Great Britainfs
assertion of title and h;ir refusal to hafe
that title investiga ed aad not to protect
.and give warning against the substantial
appropriation by Great Britain of the
territory for her own use, which would be
to ismore an established policy. with wh:ah
the honor and welfare of this country are
closely identified He, therefore, instructed
Mr. Bavard' to lav the views given bafoi-e
(. Lord Salisbury, and said: "They (the vlewfe)
call for a definite decision upon tne po nt
whether Great Britain will coa33nt or wifl
decline to submit tho Venezuelan boundary
question ia its entirety to Imperial aroitra-
tion."
Expressing the President's hope that tma
conclusion will be on the side 01 aroitratjop,
Mr. Olnev concluded with tile pointed state
ment that if th3 President "is.to ba disap
pointed in that hope, however a result' not
to be anticipated in his judgment calculated
to greatlv embarrass tho future re ations 1
tween this country and Great Britain it lis
his wish to be made a-rauainte 1 with thn fact
at such an earlv date as will enable him to
lav the whole subie3t before Congress in Ms
'next annual message.
. ...
Salisbarj'8 Kpply
Lord Salisbury's two note3 in reply are a
d-
dressed to Sir Julian Fauncaiote,
Briifeh
Ambassador at Washington, under date
of
November 26 last. The British Premier
states that so far a? ho is aware the 3Ionrbe
doctrine has nevt'r been before advanced bn
behalf of the United States in any writt'
communication a Idressed to the Govern
ment of either Nation, He g.ves what he be
lieves is the British interpretation of the doc
trine, and maintains that the daigers whyeh
were apprehended by President ilonr.oe have
no relation to the state of things in which
we live at the present day and add.?, that
'it
is intelligible that 3Ir. Olney should invoke
in de'ence of the views on which he ia now
insisting an authority ( Monroe) wnieii in
joyssohigh a popularity with nis own : el
(Jow countryman." Toe dispute between
Great Britain and Venezu ela, avers L rd
aiis'ourv. is a controversy with whieh the
United States have no apparent practical
concern. Continuing, he savs it is uifEcinlt,
indeed, to see how th qastioa in contrc
versv can materially affect any State or com
munity ouiside those primtrily interests i;
that the llsruted frontier of Venezuela las
nothing to do with any. of the qu-tions dt
with by President Monroe; that it is not a !
question of the colonization of any .European ;
JPower of any ponionf America, nor of 4he j
imposition upon the communities of South
America of anv svfitem or Government ie
vi.ed ia Europe. "It is," he says, "simply
the determination of the frontier of a British
noaaocg-;on which belonged to the throne of
England ton g before the Republic of Vane-
zueia fiuir; iii.'j
Eleven yfars. after his escape from a
Georgia penitentiary Georg Kirlc, a mur
derer, was found serving a sentence in a
Brooklyn prison. -
i! TARIFF, BILL PASSED.
AdoD'ei in the
Hous3 of Representa
tives by 205 to 81.
NO AMENDMENT SUBMITTED.
hrne 3f ensure Prepared by tTje Majority of
j the Ways and kteaut Committee ATjeed
to by a Strict Tarty Tote-PopnlUts
Divided EqAally Between Eejmblicjan
V
and Democrats.
After three and a half L-Mrfi dt-batilt
th.
Mil.
House of Representatives passed a tariff j
pfprtof -nr erpiB AAbridnto ind aloosT every
articlo oa whioh customs taxation is lefiedA
with th exception of sugar.
As soon as Mr,
Dingley ha 1 reported
the
tariff bill from the "Ways and Means Commit
feo Mr. Crisp Tyas
recognized. He
aom-
plained that the minority of the comm
ittee
and
had
had bad no opportunity of preparing
submitting their views. Tho minority
asked for time to Obtam estimates from
the
the"
Tmisurv Department as to tho effect ofl
prono?3d measura and had been
refiised;
Then the minority' ha I asked for a reason
able time to prepare a minority reporr,
that was also refused.
Mr TTnfW'ori thef rerorted from
and
tho
for
in.
Committee on Rule-tithe rule providing for
the vote on the tariff bill at 5 c c occ n. m.
Mr. Crisn obiected tojtrorule as prevea;
fine'
the oon-dderatiori of what lie called "a gen
eral tariff bill." The rule was agreed tp by
n-
by
of
a vote of 213 to Fs. Messrs. Connouy, 01
Illinois; Heiner. :of ! r. nnsylva: ia: Llnhev,
rf -Kr.rtu Carolina, an 1 AYilber. of New York,
Ttenublicans. voting "no" wita the Dimo-
i , i i
cratf; .
In the debate which followed the reading
of the tariff bill 'Republicans argued from
hn standnoint that an increase of revenue
by an increase of customs, taxation wa4 the
one thing neeaea to cur-i inc. evus uw x
3pni-harl nointwri out. Democrats tool;
ground that the Treasury had plenty of
mfinwtn meet .all fXDcnditures, and
nonnced the proposal to ju -rease
Pany ppirit ran high at times, and eachj
side
tho
intuited in many; partisan
r.ih..r ' i i
The bill wis read a third time, and oi tho
question of i's passage the yeas and
were called, resulting Yeas, 213;
nays
nays,
81. It wal a strict partv
p-cewnt- th.it the I eight Populists
rvote,
vided evenlv. Messrs. B i'cer. Bull. Ke:n
aud
Ktrmid . votinsr inav with the
Demotrats,
TifAsora TTrtw.ird. Newlands. Shufford
and
Skinner voting yea with the Republic
icans.
No amendments of any sort were perm
tted.
althou
but;
rh an error in the bill was pointed
Exact Meaning pt the Hills.
' rKm'.m.n !minT. nf thn Wava and Means
Committee, made a statement as to thejexact.
meanings of the Revenue bill. He said:
"The Re.venuo.bill is not intended tj be a
tariff revision, but simply an exigency bill to
raise about 47,000.000 of revenue to meet
the de.b-ieney. I The main object is revenue,
although incidentally the increases wil i help
American industries to some ex
tent. The bill is limited o
two and a half i years the expectation
being that bv that time the Republicans will
be in full power and aMe to revise the tariff
on their own lines. Wools are taken, from
the free list, and clothing given a dijrty or
6 4-10 cents (sixty per cent; of the dutty pro
vided by the act of 1S90), and woolen goods
are given a specific compensatory duty,
sixty per cent.! of what they had undr the
act of 1300, in addition to the ad valorem
duty of the present law. Carpet wools are
placed where they were under th act of
1890, and the same rpeeiiie duty given to
carpets a" f under the act of
1890, in addition to the ad va'orena
duties of the present law. The arti!ls ot
lumber placed on the free list of the tariff of
1890 are transferred to the dutiable list, with
dxlv per cent, of the duty that they h id un
der the act of, 1890. Then a'l the other dutia-,.
bie schedules (except sugar, which ia not
touched) have all the duties raised fifteen
percent. The committee naa not mp uuio
to treat article Separately, and hjmce a
lmriTnrnl increase ecame necessary as to
all articles now on the free list.
"Tho P.on.l bill." ye-- '" - v 1" T i ves
the Secretary of th", '
issue a three per cent. M
maintain the redemption
to the authority hb now pos. ' "
vides that the proceeds of aln- v
der this act and under the Ri.vift
shall be used only for redemj-tio p.c-
"It also provides that all bondb
first offered to the peop'o of thi3 cp.w .
The bill also authorizes certificates oria"'j
edness, bearing three per cent, interest a?
payable within three ywars. to be is' tied to
meet any temporary deficiency of venue.
The only object of te bond bill is toj reduce
the rate of interest and the time they run, as
the bond3 which the Secretary 13 now au
thorized to issue bear four or five per cent,
interest. The bill practically separate.? the
redemption fund from the ca3h in tho Treas
ury, and is intended to put a stop to th
practical use of proceeds of bonds to meet
tha riodcipnv in the Treasury."
Whiskey Siurder.
John Lefiew, a
prominent farmer qf Roano
county, Tenn., was shot dead Wedne
sday by
ry Gap,
Lewis Suiith, in tho postoflice at Em
Tenn., conducted by Chas. Margra
The
men had been drinking together all day, and
the brawl was the r'ult of a flsht w itnessed
by Postmaster Margrave and William Leflew,
brother o the deceased. After the deed all
fled, but were catight and the two tyitnesses
were held as ac-?SBoric'S to the murui
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