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HAS A LARGE! CIRCULATION THAN ANY TWO WEEKLIES PUBLISHED IN THE STATED-
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UCASIAN,
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-.n't in the Stale. Itit
Esf arm met tnkt
aad ifee tWy alifn tWmv
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XIV.
RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1895.
NO. 1.
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HERS FROM
THE PEOPLE.
TV
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,v'8 Silver Article
ter Shot and Hit
,jbug8 Hard.
AND RELIGION.
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me When Thay
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h,.i. 1. 1 V our Anna."
S. '., Oct. 27. I
my household
landing com
..mtion from its
I a-t well as good
v.Hy fought the
. truth and justice
victory in North
. :. ion corruption,
.1 mr standard on
. ti Nation' Cap-
niiiiaiids "to arms
, ; y for 1896 is
. I' may God bless
i." ood work yon
, . cause of liberty,
. il justif-e to all, and
wii of the Htrong
. v opprt-sBors. Oo
ii your arms un-
i v i r i jr old and cannot
;i friend as The
V. Walker.
it..
A '.a. Oct. 'JO. Your
jHfiMin th best re
I ha yet read, and
. ,t innny
: .l.so. 15. IiARKIS.
i i th iool Work.
i )
i t JS.-YoHr paper is
i k m the interest of
rl VII
chime t
.'If I'1'
will tii'.nk of it and do their best
the I'iii" r- I read it every Week
1 the ini'i'c I r-:id it the better I
i it. I a in v-'omir to fjet up clubs
his I'ii k i I" cause I believe it is
dullest p uu t. I am your worker
veer fur THK f A ITALIAN.
Kokkkt A. Smith.
i i i
... i t.M'.ily is entitled to
,.: til reformers. May it
m utate ana uissemi
.i :m i(iles all over our
nti'l couutry until the
,u.' educated to their
ii. I trust all our peo-
"HEMRY OF THE HAMMER."
HmlhlDC A boot lb aiods Bauamor
Blovabo fttrock at Lonolr.
Moroantow, N. C, Not. 1.I had
the pleasure of hearing Hon. W. R.
Henry at Lenoir on Saturday, Octo
ber 12th. There was some misun
derstanding as to the data of his ap
pointment by the local committee
and many other things conspired
to eause confusion, yet there was a
good crowd. Mr. Henry held
his audience spell-bound by his
eloquence and masterful arguments.
He then took op the Democratic
platform of '92 and pointed out the
promises broken. Out of thirteen
only one had been partially kept
(the tariff plank). He scored the
leaders of the Democratic party,
Msaltingnd peppering' as he went
for them. It was the first time I
heard W. R. Henry on the hustings
I have heard all the able speakers of
North Carolina (of all political
creeds) Vance, Ransom, Dockery,
Pritchard and many others of the
old parties, and he strikes me as be
ing equal to any of North Carolina's
able sons, when he stands upon the
platform championing the cause of
the people his crisp hair bristling
with eagerness for the fray and his
dark eyes aglow with force of elo
quence and fine reasoning. As a
speaker he is forcible and' convinc
ing, sarcastic and eloquent as he
pleases. He has all the qualities
that go with a "sound mind in a
sound head."
Mr. Henry, after hearing you at
Lenoir in your sledge hammer blows
against political corruption in high
places, I dub you the Martel of the
People's Party in North Carolina;
and long may yon strike your telling
blows ("Henry of the Hammer") for
the good old party of the old North
State. Allow me in conclusion, to
extend an invitation to W. R. Henry,
at his convenience, to make ns a
speech iu Burke (Morganton) in No
vember. Frank McDowell.
A NEGRO TORTURED BY FIRE.
10 ENJOYS THAT
"PROSPERITY?"
Not the People Who Produce
Wealth, But Combines, Trusts
and Monopolies.
THE FACTS ABE ADMITTED.
Som Troth WfaJcb Ought to Fat The
Poo pi to Thinking- Artie! Controlled
by Treat Hold l'p Article Prod a rod
by Fanner Mot Is It.
"Bradatreetg" is the most promi
uent and influential commercial and
business journal published in this
country. For gome weeks past it
baa vainly tried to align itself with
the crowd that has been howling
aboat "returning prosperity:" but
it could not in the face of glaring
facts keep up the farce, and it has
at last decided to say something that
approximates the truth as the peo
ple see it It says:
When it comes to the enumeration
of articles of merchandise and produce
which showed decreasing quotations in
each of the two quarters under discus
sion, the unfavorable nature of the past
three months, so far as represented in
the course of prices, is still further em
phasized by there having been 43 de
creases in prices in the quarter ended
October 1 last, as compared with only
32 in the second quarter of the year,17
of which showed decrease in both quar
ters. The list of those which have ex
hibited continuous declines during the
period frequently characterized as one
of rising values is as follows:
V
SsMiir 1're i In r Miould .et Kellgion.
The i':i'i. ,is :ui.)
)vrh a m N. I'.ov. i. The JHews
liutserv r did not cive a tuu ac-
sat ot K- v,
iTlHlU.s
.en it was
AS hi'.. I ii
iem;t!;il
Mr. Tut tie's sermon on
m and the Church
.timed that The Cau
tull report tnee was
for it tban ever. A
! r. ad my copy. I then
ii minister of my church,
i.uld l'ta good idea for
nix r to do the rame.
"best" preachers have
t as far from the
tciictiins of Christ, as
Dfiiim r.-itic party has from the
. ... 1 T 1
:i;pu s (.; .i. tterson anu uacKson.
c ministers had preached the
A straight and had condemned
m iir mind them, this govern-
: wnii. il never have grown as
apt iunl oppressive as it has.
k-Mit H, it t. teachers7 must get le-
n. A Church Member.
n
. It !
i.nk it u
J Miti-'
be of .'ill
lueil nl in
:t of fie
A Mob at Tylor, Txaa, Take the Law Into
Their Own Hand and a Terrible Public
Execution Wa Deliberately Planned and
Fsoented,
Tyler, Tex., Oct. 29. Henry Hil
liard, a negro, who outraged and
murdered a Mrs. Bell four miles from
here yesterday, was burned to death
on a scaffold here this evening in
the presence of 7,00 people. The
negro confessed his crime.
Mrs. Bell who had been visiting
her mother a short distance from
home, was on her return and was
met by a negro named Jim King.
What occurred can only be told by
the negro himself and the evidence
given by the dead body of the wo
man. The ground hows that she
had struggled for her honor, and the
condition of the body told ol a cru
elty that has only been equalled by
"Jack the Kipper."
A posse was quickly organized,
led bv Deputr Smith, of Tyler, who,
with lanterns in hand and aided by
a hound, tracked the negro to with
in four miles of Kilgore, where they
found him, fast asleep, in a cotton
pen,. The negro's clothing was still
covered with blood, which he had at
ro.l temnted to wash out.
boon after the omcers naa nana
cuffed him a mob of some 200 men,
heavilv armed, arrived on the scene
and demanded the immediate sur
render of the prisoner, which was
readily given. The mob then left
for the scene of the murder, where
thv arrived this afternoon at 3
o'clock.
After his confession and the es
tabhshment of his identity, a vote
was taken as to the mode of punish
ment. It was unanimously agreed
to burn him, and it was ageed that
he should suffer the penalty on the
public square. The line of march
whs tAkn ud toward Tvler. and at
4 o'clock the head of the line entered
tter published in i he the mam piaza. whence no less man
In irivintr his reasons 7.000 people were assembled. Large
InJ.ivr.l Mr. M iCluminy' Strong Ar
-Itie llvr Contention I'or-
khnl (....,! Yur.l Stick.
fh I ';l'i .Isiuil.
SSANSVIU.E. N. C, Oct. -L 1
t to take this means of thanking
.L H. M. Clammy, of Pender, for
CASUS.
Ie!vit:' the Democratic party, crowds of women and children were
ave s.'iue of the strongest argu- congregated under the .awnings sur--t
I nive yet seen to show "why rounding the public plaza. Wagons,
Muv.r cannot be gotten through carnages, trees, and buildings were
Denim -vatic n.'irtv. T He ouirht to innrArtfld into errand-stands, ana
ipitulate these reasons and com- were thronged at 4:dU o'ciock.
orizes vou are A scaffold was erected in the cen
ter of the square, wagons iaaen
with kindling wood, coal, oil, and
straw were driven to the scene and
placed into position. The negro
bm then triven an opportunity to
t his words were inaudible
hnt when he offered up his last
prayer his words could be heard for
several blocks. He was then lashed
tn the coon rail that extended
I wrtiie cash prizes you are
l-nair. Tins writer knows Mr.
lammy. lie is a man of the very
pest ih i i;u ter and integrity. He
broMier t ex-Congressman Mc-
fumyati.l u:is more ability. He
"ttiw ut i ouvictions and we have
fa exper ti.MLT to see him take a
stan.i nuil repudiate the cor
5t IVuiii. ratif party for some
F. B"f ire tho nuTt pAmnaicrn is
rail of the men like Mel lammy
1'i'iuuoratK' party will be on
ide ef the people.
legate non-partisan free silver
petition i;;ive the people a good
Ktiik tu measure patriotism
Niw wli.. n a man sum he is
free sil vt r. we ask him if he will
(for it and vote against all geld-s-
It is t'hn richt tost.
Free Silver.
Indian corn, Mutton, Currants,
Oats, Beef, Turpentine,
Barley, Pork, Alcohol,
Beeves, Lard, Brick,
Hheep Beans, Lime,
Hogs, Apples,
With the exception of wheat, rye and
wheat flour the foregoing is a formida
ble list or cereal,
HEAT AND OTHER FOOD PRODUCTS,
quotations for which have been going
steadily downward through the year.
A further examination of the ac
companying exhibit shows that out of
more than 100 staple articles quoted
six months ago, 26 remained practically
unchanged in price during the second
quarter of the year, and eight of this
number during both the second ana
third quarters of the year, the total
number quoted as unchanged in price
during the third quarter being 14. The
falling off, in the third quarter, of the
number of items for which quotations
did not change naturally represents an
ncrease in activity, and mignt be con
strued favorably except for the fact
that during the third quarter there was
an increase of one-third in the number
of products quotations for which de
creased,
AND A FALLING OFF IN THE TOTAL
NCMBKB
prices for which have increased.
It is only on approaching quotations
for hides and leather, and for textiles
and metals, that one find?-Leg list
of increases in prices maintained with
any degree of regularity during both
quarters unaer uiscussion.
But a somewnat surprising ieature
is found in a comparison of quotations
on October 1, 188o, witn lowest prices
reached since the panic of 189d. There
are six instances in which the quota
tion three and one-half weeks ago was
as low as the lowest nitric acid, castor
oil, bicarbonate soda and opinm, alu
minium and hogs. Rather more sur
prising, perhaps, is the list of staples,
the orices for which on October 1 last
were
LOWER THAN PREVIOUS LOWEST QUOTATIONS
since the panic of 1893 Indian corn
oats, barley, peas, beans, potatoes, salt,
cranberries, beeves, sheep, prime nogs
and lard among the food staples, and
caustic soda, phosphate rock and lime.
Thus far, therefore, producers of
the country have in a measure
FAILED TO PARTICIPATE
in the revival in prices of products to
anything like the extent that manu
facturers of textiles and metals have.
A considerable number of staple chem-
Colonel Carrillo. The expedition
was landed at Poeo del Toto Oetober
21st. and consisted of forty-eight
men, seventeen pieces of artillery
and two gatling gun. This is a
part of the expedition which waa re
cently seized at Wilmington, X.
SOME TYPES OF
PENSIONERS.
The Most Clamorous and Greedy
Are Those Who Did the
Least Fighting.
speech, and b only needed mar
time to have made it tb freatett
speech that ever waa delivered in
Lincoln county.
After the speaking Mr. Henry held
a reception at the hotel until a late
hour, and hundreds of the beat peo
ple in Lincoln county grasped his
hand and welcomed him to the ranks
of the patriots and bid him God
speed on bis mission of re-establishing
American Independence.
The most singular thing about the
reception was that all parties met
him in the same spirit and promised
to standby silver, live or die.
K. H. W. Barker.
LIGHT IS
TbtCklef W tat Bar Cfcarrc That Ua; Dnrreata-
kit aat lc artl Mm Arc Eagatei a
taraty aa 8tc in Tfcat Tkcyk
Ur Cliiar Arist Saarlil Ezaanacrs We Ban
CtOTk' Maay CrbaiaalB.
Commissioner William L Loch r en,
of the Pension Office, in his annual
report, makes several pointed sug
gestions. Under the head "Patriot-,
ism and pensions," he says:
"Those men who enlisted early
and fought the battles of the war
were not moved by mercenary con
siderations, and unless actually dis
abled did not show the haste in. ap
plying for pensions manifested by
those who enlisted near the close of
the war for large, bounties, and did
little actual service, and who are
now the noisest in clamoring for
more pensions- As compared with
this latter class the real soldiers of
the war have been modest in pre
ferring claims for pensions."
Th Commissioner says that many
disreputable and incompetent men
are engaged as pension attorneys,
and suggests that none but reputa
ble members of the bar be allowed
to practice in pension cases. Dis
honest attorneys have given much
trouble by systematic criminal and
fraudulent practices.
Pension payments, the Commis
sioner says, bring, large amounts or
money into communities, and the
fear that the conviction of these at
torneys would lessen the influx of
money has manifested itself in pop
ular rancor against the special ex
aminers wnose investigations se
cured the conviction of criminals.
The special examination division
will not require as much money as in
the past for the reason that vigor
ous prosecution of frauds and crimes
has discouraged and measurably
stopped frauds.
The report shows that the number
of pensioners June 30, 1894, was
969,544; new pensioners added during
the year. 39,18o; dropped pensioners
restored, 4.205; deaths duiing the
year, 27,816; dropped for other caus
es. 14,575; making a net increase of
pensioners during the year of 860;
pension claims allowed during the
year, 30,185; rejected, 103,355; cases
pending, ooi.JlO
The appropriation for the year
was $150,000,000, and there was paid
dnrmirthe vear $138,807,337. The
estimate for pensions for 1897 is
$140,000,000 for pension payments,
$S00,000 for surgeons' fees, and
$450,000 for clerk hire at pension
agencies, and about $200,000 for
other expenses."
A GREAT DAY AT
BREAKING
Our Principles Are Gaining.
Long Closed Brains
Opening.
are
PROFITS FOR
THE BAI1RERS.
Twelve, UiUioni Made Bj Hem
ben of the Great Bond .
Syndicate.
$6,000,000 TO ONE 0AH0.
LINC0LNTCN.
Pritchard, Linner and Henry Break Down
the Sand Breastworks of Democracy
About the Greatest Speech Ever Heard
In Lincoln Henry Hold a Reception
Men of all Parties Declare for Silver.
There was an interesting and en
thusiastic meeting of the people at
Lincolnton on the 15th of October.
Senator Pritchard, Congressman Lin-
ney and Mr. Henry were the speak- 2 as now
ers.
Senator Pritchard was the first
speaker. Being qmte unwell be cut
his speech short, but it was effective.
His arguments were unanswerable
and he left a good impression. The
house and yard were full of people,
anxious to catch every word. He
told the old farmers who voted for
The Clrvelaaa WarU. Blf Daily Paaer Declare
Gaweraaeat OnrrsUa l tailra Ta
Part; Party Ptattora is Galefa.f Oreaa.
The Cleveland World, one of the larg
est daily papers in Ohio, comes out
strongly for the government owner
ship of railroads. This paper at first
opposed it. This is one of the many
proofs daily that the great economic
principles advocated by the People's
party are tatting ueep root id me minus
of the American people. We copy the
editorial in full as it appeared in last
Sunday's Cleveland World.
"It has been aptly remarked that the
railway system of this country is a
sphinx whose problems must be solved
by the nation or all true national life
will be swallowed up. While the con
solidation of all railways into one cor
poration, managed by the State, may
at this moment look like a radical
proposition, it is bound to come some
day. It should be borne in mind that
such a change could be made and all
the rights of private inventors as well
as those of the public be reserved. In
deed, in some respects it would be far
better for those who have legitimately
invested their money in railway stocks.
Such a 'course would remove all the
dangerous con Acts and all the elements
of irritation and enmity between the
railways and employees and the pub
lic. But above all, it would do away
with the greatest source of waste and
loss of our modern civilization.
It would unite the several States of
the Republic and coustitue a force for
cohesion and union of almost incon
ceivable power. The enormous in
vestments, no longer used for stock
jobbing and gambling purposes, would
be a magnificent background for the
safest and most permanent banking
system the world has ever seen. Rail
ways would then be out of politics,
the corrupting influence in the state
legislation would be at an end, and
dangers that threaten our whole sys
tem of government averted. The bene
fit of consolidation to labor would be
incalculable. It would elevate the
750,000 people employed, giving them
uniform wages, an eight-hour day and
increase their self-respect.
It is easy to decry the tendency and
describe the dangers of this consolida
tion, but the public know the best and
cheapest service is given by the larg
est companies. To-day seventy-five
companies represent over 80 per cent,
of the eross revenue of our railway
system, carry 83 per cent, of the
passengers, and haul over 85 per cent
of the freight. This property, repre
senting nearly $10,000,000,000 of capi
tal and annual gross earnings of
over 11.000.000.000 could be man
aged just as well if not better
by a body of railway experts
at Washington acting for the
government and in the interest bf the
people by a body or men as unim
Deachable as the Supreme Court. The
amount saved by consolidation would
enable the eovernment to pay at least
3 per cent on the investment instead of
, it woum give employment
to more bands because of the eignt
hour law and give the public a better,
cheaper and more equitable service. It
would lessen the chance .of labor
troubles on the one hand and remove
the danger of the concentration of
wealth in the hands of the few by the
enormous and fraudulent fortunes
made by railway speculation
In England it is safe to assume mat
icals and drugs are also as low as at
any time previously during the past tow L J ? a majority of people have about made
, so tnac, on tne wnose,u re- uveiiiuuUwu0 Txu " up their minds that the railroads
two years.
mains trus that about 20 per cent. 01
the total number of articles of merch
andise and produce quoted, largely
food products, chemicals and drugs,
were either lower on October 1 than
they had been since the panic of 1893,
or as low as at any previous nine
during the past two years.
would be mucn more economically
managed and the public more satis
factorily served if the State, instead of
a nandfulof railway magnates, aamm-
istered this enormous trust. There we
find far-sighted, conservative states
men and business men strongly advo-
farmer now commences to shear at L" T Ptm h.aintr
UJ 1LIC UiatC JS.UIO vua w
manufacturers and took the tariff off
of wool. These old farmers have
now changed their way of shearing
sheep. It has always been the cus
tom to commence to shear at the
head, but the government has fallen
so short of its promises that the
I the other end, from the fact that he
fit will be seen that it is acknowl
edged that only leather and textiles has Hot the conscience to look a sheep
have held np and advanced in prices, 8quarely in the face,
and it is well known that leather is n happened that there were a few
controlled bv a trust, and that the one-horse lawyers present who called
prices of textiles and most other pro- out "coon, coon, coon." Now a coon
Hnnts nf factories are controlled bv in this section is a 4,varmint" which
through the platform. combines and monopolies the plaid is gray color and has rings around J gJJJJ
Mr. Bell, husband of the murdered inatAnceXEd 1 F his tail which indicate, we suppose, fytbe motl
Ed
FIGHTING IN CUBA.
I'onMn't aiue One.
Fth Ci;ii-f- anI
3SaAVvii.r.v.. X. (. Oct. 30.
!Pople m this section are on an
national lumm. Thev are taking
P interest in the financial prob-
P- The uu. re thev read your val-
paper the plainer they see
Dositum justified. The Popu
'r stronger in faith in this sec
11 ti'an evrr before, although I
ar . ' .
Mtt
trclay.-ville sfatintr that the
masts.
AuS .chTon trust, tor iosU-ce.
flames shot upward, enveloping me
negro in 'sheets of fire. He begged
for mercy, but without avail.
It was decided to burn him at
once, and as fast as the wood
thrown around him was consumeu,
it was quickly replenished. From
t"n time the match was applied un
til he was incinerated was exactly
fifty minutes.
World Without End!
ir.T.r,overnor. ex etc.. and Captain Asne
Pmm the silver dish wouldn t take any
hash;
IniorrenU Trap the Spandards and Cut
Them to Piece The Greatest Battle of
the War Is Won by the Rebels.
Nw York, Oct.26. The Times
rjrints the following dispatch from
Rev West:
"News received here yesterday
states that General Maceo has by
forced marches reached the province
of Matanzas and that last Monday
with three thousand Cubans he en
the variableness of his nature. The
coon lives entirely off the labor of
the people, and it is while
the farmer sleeps that the coon gets
its meal. Some mention was made
in the house about an o'possum dog
and the "coon crowd" suddenly van
ished.
Next came Hon. R. Z. Linney. As
he arose his face lit np with patriot
ic fire. Some one in the crowd yelled
out "Bull of the Brushes," to which
Mr. Linney replied: "The bull had
but one enemy and that was the
gaged a cavalry force of twenty- tick." The people said "yes, in the
Dassed out of the hands of extremists
and cranks, and is receiving the best
thought of those most deeply interest
ed in internal commerce, tne ooarus
of trade and commerce, and ag
ricultural organizations. In short,
the idea of - national railways
has crystalized, and will proba-
an accompnsnea iact
in tne motner country mis gener
ation. The idea is, in fact, to-day in
the realm of constructive legislation.
A question involving the profits of
hundreds of thousands of investors
three-quarters of a million employes
and every trader and manufacturer in
the United States, will never be settled
until the eovernment takes hold of it
in the interests of all the people.
Pile TJp the National Debt.
New York Recorder!
If Mr. Cleveland and his Secretary
of the Treasury can carry out their
financial policy, the national debt at
the end of their Administration will
The ml aVa.344.4tS DttHato4 By
Mar. Morg-aa A CW.. tho Wall Mat
Me Wa Oat Pratoctlaa to tao Traa
ary K r Haadeoaaa Pro la la
Addition Bat DMhUa Maaa MV
taod Coa tn mim off tao Boatda.
Special to the Washington Post-
Niw York, Oct. 29.Th great
gold syndicate which undertook to
preserve the integrity of the treas
ury of the United States has dis
solved, and the profits have been di
vided by Messrs. J. P. Morgan St. Co.
Each of the twenty-seven banker
and banks participating in the syr
dicate has received a cheek repre
senting its share of the profit with a
note of explanation and a statement
of the transaction. But perfect se
crecy has been preserved regarding
the allotment of bonds, and no mem
ber of the syndicate knows what oth
er members received.
It will be remembered that daring
the desperate emergency that con-
i routed the Treasury last spring,
leasrs. Morgan and Belmont entered
into a contiact with Secretary Carl
isle under which they agreed to fur
nish the government 3.500,000 ounces
of gold, and as much more as might
be necessary at the rate of $17.90 1-2
per ounce, taking in payment there-
or 4 per cent, thirty year bonds to
the amount of $62,317,500. As the
government price for gold is $18.60
per ounce, the difference of 80
cents amounted to $2,400,000, which
was the premium paid by the syndi
cate for the bonds, so that the total
proceeds of the loan to the govern
ment were $65,117,500.
In other words the syndicate pur
chased bonds to that amonnt at the
rate of $104 48 although the price of
the same in the open market at that
time was about $119. and a similar
amount might have been sold to the
public at that rate if they had been
offered by the Treasury. But this
sacrifice was made by the President,
and the bonds were furnished to the
syndicate at a price nearly 15 per
cent below the market rate.
Under the terms of their contract
the bankers were required to import
at least one half of the 3,500,000
ounces of gold from Europe. Asa
matter of fact, however, only $lo.
750,000 in gold was actually imported.
and that came through the Koths-
childs from the bank of England.
As has been stated, the bonds,
amounting in valne to $65,117,500,
were purchased from the govern
ment at $104,48, or a premium of
$4.48 above par. They were sold to
the syndicate at $112;2a. an advance
of $7.77 on each bond of $100. At
that rate they yielded Messrs. Mor
gan and Belmont $69,949,075, or a
profit of $4,931,5o. This profit.
however, was not retained by those
gentlemen They simply retained
three-fourths of 1 per cent, as com
mission for their trouble, or the sum
of $488,372; and divided the remain
der, which amounted to $4,344 428,
among their associates in the syndi
cate, which is equal to a profit of
672 per cent. They also received
1 3-4 per cent, interest which ac
crued upon the bonds before they
were finally distributed. That makes
a total profit of 8.422 per cent, upon
every dollar they furnished. As
their money was tied up for about
six months, the transaction netted
them at the rate of 16.84 per cent:
per year.
It was this amonnt, namely, $4,-
344,428, that Messrs. Morgan & Co
distributed among the members of
the syndicate the other day. The
principal houses participating were
J. P. Morgan & Co., Belmont & Co.
Morton, Buss &Co.,Kuhn, Loeba
Co., Lazard Freres, Heidleback &
Co., Jekelheimer & Co., and the
Chase, First, Fourth, Hanover. City,
Commerce, and Gallatin national
banks.
But the members of the syndicate
were enabled to double their profits
by selling the bonds thus acquired,
and many of them have already done
ao fnavtaa.
aj aaasBaaiBBaBB
it r su
Frara Inform at wop
Th re 11 loo of capital to labor, ao
far a (bey apply to stria sad lock
ota, during the la at a4 -.
half J ear, are xhaastitrly Irratrd ia
the an o ol rrport of CJod! Carrvtl Ik
VTrigbt, tb Caaaieiooor ef Labor,
which was made peblic 00 Oeu Su.
The report bot that daring the fore
going periwd 1 11 loot a bad tbe large
nomber 01 rata bua'itDruts affected, botb
by strike and kvke.it, tbere bating
been 10.UX) of r rte former and 1.1HS f
th latter. New York ram. second on
tbelUt, witbAii establUbmeets In.
tolled in strike and 713 la lockout.
and Pennsylvania third, with sx!
strike and lockout. Tb Indus
trie not effected by trike during
tbe seven and one-balf year ncloded
la the report were tb building trade
itb 26,7 eatabliabmenu in.
volved, coal and coke with aJOv. cloth
ing with a.041, tobacco with food
pre par lion wilb JJT stone ouarrie
and rutting with lO, metal and met
allic good 134, transportation; with
1,327, printing and publishing ithot
Dool and boo wilb BUT. furniture
with 45, wooden good with tut, aud
brick with 400 establishment: while
those moat affected by lockout were the
building trade with !.'., stone quar
rying and rutting with clothing
with 431, brewing with ISO, boot and
hoe with 13U, metal and metallic
good with I2H,and transportation with
113 establishment involved. Tb total
number of employee Involved or
thrown out of employment during the
period covered by the report wa 2S,-
aoa.
The number of lockout aa compared
ith the strike for tbe same period
was small in tne aggregate, but tbe
losses incurred were enormously in
creased. The total wa til lockout.
with a Iom A wages to the employee
of 912.000,000, while tbe los to employ
er wa nearly half that sum. For tbe
period covered by tne report, out of
the 46.HC3 establishment affected by
strike, success in their drmtDoi u
gained by tbe employee In 7;
partial succes wa gained in 4.. .a es
tablishments, anu failure followed in
21.GH7 establishments. Out of theS,
tvVJ establishments having lockout.
183 succeeded in gaining their de
mands; 391 partially succeeded, and
15&failed. Tbe leading cause of strikes
was for an increase of w ages, and tbe
represent SO per cent, of the whole
number. Thirteen per cent, were for
reduction of hours; k per cent, were
against reduction of wages; 7 percent,
were sympathetic; 6 per cent, were for
increase of wages and reduction of
hours; 4 per rent, were againt em
ployment of non-union men, and t per
cent, for a recognition of tbe union.
HUNTING IN DISMAL SWAMP.
ibThkh
so. There is always an active de
mand for government securities, and
the market rate at the present writ
ing tor this issue is xney se
cured the bonds at $104,48, with the
commission of Messrs. , Morgan &
Belmont, which was three-fourths of
A Party la a Region Where
Item 1
Some time ago, a tall, thin eron,
who announced himself as a ''Southern
f entleman, sub, offered to sell some
'hiladelphians a deposit of iuanganee
in Virginia that would make all hands
rich beyond tbe dreams of avarice, and
with tbe pleasing expectation of hav
ing money to burn, a Philadelphia par
ty paid tbe El Itorado a visit. The man
ganese was there, but will coat about
tour times as much to get it to tidewa
ter ts it would sell for at Johnstown
The voice was the voice of Jacob, but
the hands were tbe hands of Ksau. The
Southern gentleman was a boom Yan
kee from Chicago, wbo after borrowing
all the money the 1'hiladelpbian bad,
took a genial leave of the guileless
Quakers eight mile west of the lis
mal Swamp, a location in perfect ac
cord with their feelings.
It was at once resolved to improve
the opportunity to pay the swamp a
visit. So four of the party left Kail
Tavern, in N'ansemond county, with
two negro guides, and two dugouts.
bound for Lake Drummond.
On the outskirts of tbe swamp the
water is about six inches deep, and tbe
black alder grows low and buncby.
Here is woodcock de luxe" and tbere
is not abetter snipe ground in the Uni
ted States. Two double guns were
available and one of the guides had a
weapon that looked like an arquebus.
Iuside of two hours nineteen wood
cock fell to two not extra killed shots.
The birds had evidently not been hun
ted this season, and made short flight.
Lake Drummond is surrounded by a
belt of cypress five miles wide, and on
ly penetrable by roads cut by the log-
Sers. Tbe dugouts used here are 13 ft.
ong, neatly hewed out of a cypres log.
They are very narrow and about as
steady as a washtub. Tbe negroe be
gan to paddle; and in half an hour tbe
road was like an open ditch between two
walls of green cypres. ot only do
these trees make tbe air spicy, but give
an aromatic taste to the swamp water.
which is tbe color of coffee, but very
sweet and palatable.
About three o clock In the afternoon
tbe party came to the lake. Anything
v hldsaid that they liked it, but when eight hundred Spaniards in the San same proportion as the bull is to the be largei than it was when the war
Alley . . . j j I -r 11 I tinV in ta cnia M r Linno-p in in-1 -c u AKllivn ani lna
not
staVmHnt in th North Carohn-
nbuted to Mr. W. A. Deal.
are
tion u they
stating
not near so
riioa 11
C" "e ha.
strong m
last elec-
leveawttaa K 1 VtTr)
IWeaVB 1mvi . . v
Their grinders had not been sumaenuy
Some said 'twas the waiters they objected to,
Others, 'twas a nair irom a uumi; '
Of which they were airaia ana wuum
it- . tmm th Banner, or took a back
We don't know now what the worthies
will do. ..
afar on wnen unanuciwr
Jn&n vallev.
- . .. . I.. 1 A A 1 II 1
'Early in the morning the msur- teuect ana nonesiy to tne ieiiow wno
gent outposts Drougat news 01 tneitnea to oesmsru - iueu ur. uiuucy
annroach of the Spanish cavalry. I proceeded with his speech. . As he
1 . . , , . n 3 .1 i ; 1 : j
General JMaceo at once placed nis pourea ionn mo i trams x 1010 uiu
rmv in nositon to receive the en- eloauence, the sand breastworKs 01
j emy. A hollow square was formed
and a force of one thousand men
I placed in ambush. The Spanish j
of the rebellion came to a close,
thirty years ago.
They propose to retire the green
backs. amounting1 to nearly $350,-
000,000, and if that is accomplished
thev will follow it up by seeking to
the Cleveland Democracy fell and ev- have the $500,000,000 of other lega
ery thing was swept away as the wa- notes canceled by the same process.
ters of Johnstown swept the V alley, if they can succeed in this undertak-
11 - they were last eiec- Following f" out of them find final I forces, unaware of the presence of By evidence and statistics he de- ing they wil have ereated the most
1 l . . , " v - 1 - 1 tne enemv. marciieu 111 10 muvi muuaucu ciwi aiiuuou.ui v. ooioss&i uaaucisi vuueu oci im-
on-. 0 I stamp that down
Is worse than the
1 . -
f?Plj 'hyperbolical.":
Prominent Democrat of this 86C-
Wd: -That Mr. E. C. Smith
Mo the non-partisan free sil-onvt-ntion
on nnrnnae to iret
tfa K'bulist narrv " Poor fel-
Wh en thev atiolr to nriricinlfl
PWdpe tlit-mflrf a to snnDOrt
.honest convictions they are
At -
ot tnei
17 va
rho hi. i.i
oai?n
elected he
dav's work.
r party by the parti- the result stated
Or return to the house so lately it left? I jg-th. anj were only apprised of the gold standard and made it clear I posed on any people in time of peace
If the latter, then tne "Jf.j their perilous posiUon when the m- to all present that iree silver was tne This proposition is one of two
nHl-mmiiiu... - , c .L I l.lnfA,r).l ImAnnn nu.nl. xL! 1 1 . .j:-
UATO. I SUrgentS opeucu UIC upuu lueui.ivuij uvp i iqiukb muac; i j;iouictiimhcu
The Spaniards made a brave fight, I that America had but one enemy j pi0t to plunder the people.
a Bad vw. I Dut owing to the thickness of the I and that was tne "money power,'
. .. in in Indi. nH IhA hntrcrv condition of I hnt ne DOlievea ulal mere Was DaUT
. 'i Amn or a I n u .o.titr I rvtiam onrmtrh in thia cftnntrv tn mta I New York Recorder.!
...r vhn swore durinsr tbe cam-K0j:A.nrUMi. After a Rtrnlfl of I the nation. The Washington Post questioned
"'f"". .v.. If TSXU . UBU" rr- , . I x . TXT T TT .L. XV l r-wo . I.
m lBDu mn u liiuwiiu "Mv .n hAnn th MULDisn Troona . tata i abii came jar. n , a. aeury uiu me iuoiuuci vi vudkicss saw uvw
- . i li.u. uvu r i ....
fwl tn retreat leaving eiurnt nun- "lion of the desert," ana as ne roarea tney stana upon me unxa-ierm que
w- o 1 , ... . I . - J A. . 4.1
HO;, ana uui ui me auowers iroiu
Tbe Third Term Id
were
would never do another
He stuck to his vow, witn
in
Ob:
:th
party above prinei-
Je patriots, come out from
Bight!
Senator Allison said-the other day
iji. rw l. .
w partisans, and fall in line :"-l"n th-t there is no difference
k Ul Ko., 1 . J iL. I 1U A . . n ...
ni;..i ouu OI patriots unaer . - tne Democrats ana aepuuu-
,Mli Danner. shoutinir for indus- Tn on the money question.
Bight you are, and he mign nave
,irv little on any other. Why
put off the wedding? Record,
Vernnn, Waahington.
V acciriation. and vote as VOU
Mr l. li.- Tn. n . TT-
u J '"c Viivv VI Ana vv-
c - - - nil
W. . Gardnxs.
Mt.
ia nn th field. Th msnr-1 the wolves that were present
gents secured all the arms and mu- sheeps' clothing Degan to tremoie, i iuu 01 mem seveuiwea nave expreasea
nirions of the dead Spaniards. This and as he proceeded you could seel themselves as not opposed to it.
. . . . ..a iJii r-11 ll. J I T..l,ki,M Vawa -
since the" breaking out of the revo-1 left. He held np the Democratic I This fact means only that the man
Th r.nhan colon v here is I nlatform before the People and pro- Ito whom these seventeen eongress-
tuuwu. j I ' . .... - wwr. , I mi: i- i
wild with joy. I eroded to venmaie uemoeracy. none i men are wuiiug w aecoru a, miruis
the
Printa advices confirm the re- he exposed the false promises of the 1 now President of the United
nnvt ne thn unamir or an eueai' igiuucnuo uuiy,
I tion in Cuba under the leadership of j as still as death. It
States.
house was 1 There ouarht not to be seventeen
master third-termers in the whole conn try.
more beautiful cannot be imagined.
Fringed with a ringof green, the water
lies without a ripple, a perfect grove of
magnolias in bloom make the air frag
rant, and save for the chatter of the
squirrels every sound is hushed. It is
a veritable land of tbe lotus eater.
Here were tbe ruins of an old shingle
per cent, added, or $105,23 gross; j camp, and it was resolved to encamp
DEUOCRACY YS.
FREE SILYER
Wkj Ftm feijuct of Silter Cia
not B Swcsrwi Threat) &
Dtaocrmtit Faxtj.
RECORDS, FACTS, OHMOXS.
Wt a, i rMi
"a Tito Vleo mt a is
OaaMtoa 1st Uat-hal tst Ummm
mm4 Jmmf Tblah.
(Under this had wiU He .reeat4
com aaa teat ions conpetirg for tb
cash prise aaaoaaeed el bet for
th best art icl oa "W hy the Vr
and Uahmtted Coiba vf Silver
Cannot B Obtained Tbrottrh tL
Democratie Party."
HasaaorcK HiJ.ami., N J , Nov. 1.
Because th iemcratic party,
like th hepabUraa tr1y. ta asrt ta
riddeo; hont member ptlhr party
hav sunk their independence and
individuality in th machin.
Th history ot all parti prove a
they grow older, that leadisg peopl
pat at their beads centralis th con
tending faction, bee a ur it ta fobd
that by soch mean only is th arty
eattable of earrying out its object.
It is not a qaewtmn bore whether
centralisation in party ia Wtter or
wor. Th fart is. centralisation
gives control to th party when in
power or when it intends to grt ia
power, which it never has in a stat
of divided organisation. This is th
ABC of politic the A 11 C of
the present position of th liemo
rratic party, as opposed to other -o-litical
faction.
Tbe next question is, wLat is tb
character of the force governing th
centralization of th present demo
cratic party? Ordinanally it is sap
posed to be tbe platform mad at th
National convention. Bat the pre
ent Democratic administration at
Washington prove that each is not
necessarily tbe cas. For th plat
form upon which that administration
wa elected has, a is, well known,
been
rxAkrt'LLv cm r m aiita(.
Therefore, there is 4.m thing els
besides a platform that govern lb
conduct of the present leadicg ac
tors in the Itetnocratie party. The
only way to find out d finitely what
this something else is, and prove it,
is by noting what tLes actor Lav
been doing since in power, and what
they are doing to-dy.
Tbe story to be read on this bead,
is ao clear and unquestionable tLat
no particular examination of th
matter is necessary to learn distinctly
what it is. The President's roars
in bis financial recommendation a, is
the course of all tbe principal officer
of the administration. There is re
markable unanimity among them
all. And in' several 'roLsinent ea
ses, officer wbo were previopsly sup
posed to act in behalf of free) silver,
have turned about and acted against
it, as conforms with tbe President'
marked-out line of conduct:
So far, it is clear that the Demo
cratic platform upon which th pres
ent administration was elected, is
quite a seconds ryinflaenc in the pres
ent control of the party. What then
controls the administration at Wash
ington f
The Bankers' convention, recently
held at Atlanta, Oa., ant the Bank
ers' convention held some time sgo
in Baltimore, and tbe Bankers con
ventions held in other parts of this
country
EXfOSE THE WHOLE KTOkT.
These conventions are practically
unanimous in their recommendation
against free silver, and the immedi
ate adoption of a policy that wili de
stroy $828,000,000 of government pa
per money now in existence which
they- these bankers say should be
replaced
BT MOXET lSXtTED BT BAKKft.
These banks differ slightly in tb
matter of detail, bat the main line of
their argument is as described. Any
one following the doings of tbe. con
ventions can easily see that there is a
concerted action upon their part to
demand the concent o! tbe govern
ment to the policy they recommend.
These bankers aaythat bonds should
te issued by tbe government to re
place the government paper money,
bonds which will afford these banks a
basis for tbe issue of what bank pa
per money
TBET FIXP IT rROriTABLE TO IMCE.
and have sold them at $122, an ad
vance of $16,77 on each bond of $100.
so that, assuming that all of the
bonds are sold, the total profit en
joyed by the members of the syndi
cate is $1Z,4U4,3S4. This, divided
among twenty-seven participants,
gives an average of about $460,000
to each.
But the bonds were not evenly ap
portioned. While the facts are not
known outside the immediate circle
in which the managers move, it
generally understood that J. P. Mor
gan uo. and xseimont a uo. re
served for themselves about one-
half, or $30,000,000 of the total. If
this is true, their reward amounts to
something like $6,000,000,
The above shows just how the
gold standard system is manipulated
for the nigbt. rnank tne gods not a
mosquito s bugle was beard. All tbe
woodcock and a summer dock were
picked, and Jeff, the youngest negro,
went fishing, returning in an hour
with black baas, pickerel and a very
large sun fish. The birds were cooked
first, then tbe fish. Tbe birds were
very good. Just think of our extrava
gance. One of oar city caU-rers charg
es three dollars for a feast of two cocks,
and here were cooked two dozen at
once. Lake Drummond bass were voted
dry and tasteless, while tbe sen fish
was excellent. Despite all contradic
tion, all Southern fish are Inferior in
flavor to those in Northern waters.
Cypress boughs were now cot for a
bed, and after a smoke all went to bed
save the youngest guide, wbo sat by
tbe fire picking tbe banjo, which was
answered by a loon across tbe lake.
Next morning the fog was so thick
that nothing was visible three feet
Banks wish to issue the taoneyof
the nation a form of money which
after the destruction of tbe govern
ment paper money, would be redeem
able into nothing. Lave no gold or
any other basis, ana be non-iegai
tender in the payment of any kind of
indebtedness, in order to control tbe
volume of money is ns. and pat np
or down the rata of interest asked for
it. Besides this, there is the itn
mediate profit they receive in get
ting interest upon the bonds at its
base, coupled with tbe profit or in-,
terett in loaning this money to bor
rowers. Th administration at Washington
which is to-day the dominating force
in the Democratic party,
rypoasEs this rww ba x u ,
which, aa all mast see. is solely in bo-
by the Bankers to make the govern-1 away. All at once a hoarse b How was I half of usury as a business, as op
ment give them immense fortunes. I heard near at hand. Both negroes I posed to the general interest of the
Every cent of this money is paid by I jumped, and Jen dropped tbe coffee I people.
the people vtwrl: who produce pot. He hastily explained that there I Freo silver in this eonntry. would
ealth. If they want to, they ean "?jntXJw,,a""1',"wIBP' uka away the proposed power of
pay out some more in the same way, Z ..ll TT banker, to control this nation, bus-
andtney will have it to do if they waUr gored his gun, and one "ess affair, in their control of the
keep on voUngjor Clevelands, and of tD party put two back shells into bis money in use, therefore
Cailisles and Shermans and Mortons doable-barrel, and all waited. I batkebj bipictxethe idea
and the like.
HAD A GOOD THING.
Two Old Xcr Weasea EVrawd tb Got.
MSBMSt.
Nashvtixk, Tenn-Oct. 25. Charity
Malone and Rebecca Polk, two old ne
gro women, were to-day given two sen
tences of fifteen month each in the U.
S. prison, District Judge Clark pro
nouncing tne sentence, rnese women
have defrauded the United States gov
ernment of twenty t boo sand dollars,
which they drew as widow, of federal
soldiers. They had been living with
two nesro men and one woman would
swear for the other when pension mon
ey wasaae.
Again a oeuow, not ten iee away, i . . .-i i. n,M
apparently.. Tbe fog was lifting. Jefl 2SEL Z ". ZT'
lay flat on tne ground, quickly raised uuwm w - r
hi piece and fired. A tremendous ex- out upon its merits. It is not a
plosion as if a nail mill bad blow np, question with these banker, whether
and then a great splash In tbe water. A it ia best to oppose free silver, and
resolute China merchant rushed for- for the country to adopt ft bank pv-
waro, oure euougu, a uo.i aouui. i the place of government pa
big as a donkey was .trngglmg in the but it is Question of exclusive
and immediate profit to tbem. That,
they openly confess, is what they are
in business for.
Tbere is s greater power behind
these American bankers than they
water, and be got two loads of bock
fair in tbe bead.
What an excitement. rery one
yelled and fell over every one else, Tbe
boll lay half in tbe water, dad. It was
a very dark red In color. Jeffs blun
der buss bad "done basted," and the
bairej, lock and ramrod are no doubt
in North Carolina ere this. Except fori
J bis sprained thnmb no harm was done, I
themselves axe; sot a real power but
a power that ts saen because tne
I