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WILSON BEFORE
THE COMMISSION.
The Ex-Commissioner on the
Stand and Answers Under
Protest Questions Pro
nonnded. FOR A REDUCTION OF RATES-
lh Yarlou llallrosd ar tltl to A p
lar II for I be CommUilta to Shoo
Can Why KeUS Mheetcl Sot be K-lurml-rrtlllr
IlltM Cut Ons-9lth-SUoCotloe
KaUa-A WorhlK Mode U
th allrBl Commlaaloa.
The Kailroad Commission met last
Thursday in pursuance to the call
of Chairman Caldwell.
The Commission continued the in
ventigation of discriminations by
railroads and express companies. Mr.
H. Otbo Wilson was the first witness
to be examined. Chairman Cald
well propounded the following ques
tion: "Mr. Wilson, state whether or not,
since the 1st day of January, lS'JS,
you hare used a pass oyer any rail
road within the State."
Dy your permission I would like to
state, with due deference to the
CommisHion and court, that owing
to the litigation between yourself
and myself, I shall answer this ques
tion, but under protest.
"1 want to assure you that it is not
the purpose of the Court to use any
of this testimony against you," said
Chairman Caldwell.
If you will pardon me, it might be
so, but I shall proceed to answer
the question." replied Mr. Wilson.
As far as this court is concerned
we shall not take any advantage of
any answer given.
I wculd state, however, that r.s a
newspaper publisher, publishing
schedules, I get transportation in
exchange for advertising in my pa
per, some of which I have had oc
casion to use, some I have not.
State then whether since the first
day of January, 1808, you have used
free transportation over the South
ern Kail way or any other line within
the State because of the fact that
you advertise for themT
I have.
Will you please designate the
lines?
The only one I have received up
to date is over the Southern. The
Seaboard Air Line has not been re
ceived. I have tiled application
through the local agent and he
stated that it would be sent. I have
only published two schedules, the
Southern and the Seaboard Air Line.
State whether or not during 1897
or 1808, you have enjoyed a tele
graphic frank?
1 have not, or prior to that time,
or at any time.
State whether during the time
mentioned "(1S97 or 189S) the South
ern Express Company dead-headed
any articles of any kind for you or
Mrs. WilsonT
There was a package dead-headed
from Richmond, Va., to Raleigh
from myself to Mrs. Wilson on Christ
mas eve or the Thursday before
Christmas. The package, 1 sutpose,
would weigh four ounces, and a ship
ment of a box of about sixty pounds
at the same time, freight on which
was paid.
During the summer of 1S97 did
you enjoy any favors, you or Mrs.
Wilson, from the Southern
Company, at Round Knob
eigh dead-head?
Ex press
or Ral
Not to my knowledge. I have
had no intimation of such. There
was one shipment of watermelons
that might be called a discrimina
tion, but not dead-head. I went to
the express office here and asked
the rate of watermelons. They told
me. I bought the melons, 15 or '20
ana snipped them. When l came
back, they stated that they were
mistaken in the rate; tnat it was
higher than the rate given. I stated
that I could not afford to pay that
rate, and that I had already bought
the melons. The clerk said: "Well,
I will have to take them, but it will
have to come out of me.'
Was there any shipment dead
headed or for less than regular rates
from the city of Asaevule to Round
Knob by yourself or your mother f
No, sir, there was not.
State, if at any time the Southern
Railway transported a horse for you
from Raleigh to Round Knob or from
any other point in the State to Round
Knob"
They shipped a pair of horses, wag
on and carriage, bat not a horse sep
arate from any other.
At regular charges!
I suppose so. Gave one fare for
the round trip. There was a car
load of furniture. I applied, when
going to Round Knob to the South
ern for rates upon that shipment of
my stuff for the summer to Round
Knob and return, and they gave me
the rate of one fare for the iound
trip. That included everything
shipped.
Commissioner Pearsor: "What of
ficial of the Southern Railway did
you make your application to?''
"My recolection is that it was Mr.
Munson, Division Freight Agent."
"You then got the shipment for
half the regular rates!"
"I do not know that, sir; whether
that is their regular rate I do not
know. I know that it is done for
summer tourists. I suppose it is. for
any person wanting to move their
houshold goods for the summer.'
llT 1 lAl A - .
x unaersiana u mere is some
thing of the kind for passenger rates.
I did not know it was for freight?"
"I would like to state that all these
round trip rates are made by the
roads themselves under the genera'
terms or tne law, and so far as my
recollection goes, the Commission
usually allowed thai round trin rules
i were not discrimination."
'Was that the case with freigh
nipmenUT '
"I suppose so. That
pre&sion at the time."
was my lm
Chairman Caldwell: "Darin anv
time last summer did you have a ear
load of fertilizer or something ship-
ped to Ron. '. Knob !"
"No, sir, 1 had one ton of fertilizer
pent."
What rates were charged?"
oy tee I
. I
fertilizer uompany."
State whether or not the Pullman I
Palace Car Company earned you at
reduced rates or free traneportion? I
i wm say to the Commission in
mis connection tnat from tne time 1
was elected Commissioner passes
were tendered me. I declined them
until the first of April last, when the
additional duties of the Board of
Equalization were given, with a six
hundred dollar appropriation to pay
the expenses of the Board, with a
thousand dollar clerk. The Com
mission has two thousand dollars al
lowed for expenses. In a consulta
tion with Governor Russell, I asked
him how we would meet expenses,
lie advised me to use a p&sa. He
said he used one himself, and all his
family including the guests at the
Mansion. I never used a pass except
at the earnest request of Governor
Russell, in order to save expenses.
My total expenses charged t the
State have been $9.05, with ten cents
due me yet.
I always opposed the free pass
system, and when at the solicitation
of Governor Russell I did do so, I
did it in order to save expenses. He
said he did it, got express dead-bead,
etc., and at his earnest request I ac
cepted passes from that time, against
my judgment to save money.
Mr. Wilson then gave a list of
passes famished by the railroads.
lbese are passes for 189 1 7
Yes, sir.
Will you furnish me with a list
you nave received for 1898. Have
you one for this year from the Pull
man Company 1
No, sir, I have none from the
Pullman Company for 1898. I do
not ride on a pass as a Railroad Com
missioner but as the Hayseeder
publisher. I have received but one
pass this year as the editor of that
paper. I have received one as Rail
road Commissioner about the time
the matter was before the Court,
and that has not been used. A
etter received at the same time
stated that, owing to the muddle in
which the Commission was. they
did not know to whom the pass
shoullbesent, stating also that a pass
was sent to you gentlemen.
Commissioner Abbott: In speaking
of those tourist rates on household
goods, do yon know whether the
railroads, since you have been a
member of the Commission, have
granted any special rates where
hotels were being opened as a ' sum
mer resort.
I have been told by railroad men
they did. That did not apply to my
furniture. I understand that they
transport goods free in such cases,
but it was not done in the case of my
goods, l nave been so informed by
railroad men.
I have been infomed that it had
been done ?
I understand it is done on all
roads wnero a notei is opened on
a a -a
their lines or stop for meals are
made, but it was not done for the
Round Knob hotel.
Free supplies ?
Yes, sir. That was never done to
my knowledge at Round Knob hotel.
While 1 was there 1 did what 1 could
to help my mother, and 1 think I am
in a position to know something
about what was done there.
Mr. v ilsoc: I would like to ask
(if it is a pertinent question) wheth
er or not this Commission considers
the use of a pass for advertising
schedules in a newspaper contrary
to the act?
Chairman Caldwell: v e have not
considered the act yet. It is under
advisement now, right on that
point. There is some difference be
tween the Commissioners as to that.
In regard to the illegality of using
passes, 1 nave taken a very active
part in trying to get an anti-f ree pass
bill passed, and a good part of the
session was spent in trying to pass
an anti-free pass bill. On February
last I told George Batler that if the
case was brought np I should at
least take the stand that they were
under the act of Railroad Commis
sion, not legal.
Mr. Wilson asked that his state
ment at the beginning be amended
to read as follows:
I give evidence in these matters
under protest, as there is litigation
over the omce of Railroad Commis
sioners pending in the courts, and I
am denying your rights to seats you
now hold; and further, testimony I
give might prejudice my case now in
the courts.
At the afternoon session Governor
Russell appeared before Board and
asked to be sworn that he might
make a statement touching Mr.'
Wilson's testimony during the
morning. He said:
"I want to state to the Commission
that I understand that Mr. S. Otho
Wilson has stated that he consulted
with the Governor, as to taking
passes from the railroads him
self and other Commissioners, and
that the Governor advised him to
take the passes. This statement is
true. He stated to me that the rail
roads had been in the habit of giv
ing passes to the Commissioners,
and tnat they were willing to do so
in the future, and that by their tak
ing passes tne State would saye
about $2,000, that is, that there was
an appropriation of su.uuu to pay
the expenses of the Railroad Com
mission, and tnat these expenses
were mostly in traveling Over the
railroads, and to accept passes the
State was saved the bulk of this ex
penses. I told him that if the rail
roads were willing to bear this ex
pense by granting passes, I saw no
objection to their accepting them.
That is all.
Arte this Mr. wnson com
pleted his testimony, and the Com
mission proceeded with it routine
work.
After reading the report of Mr.
Wilson's testimony Gov. Russell
again came before the Commission
and dictated the following state
ment supplementing thejone made
an hour before:
"Since the above was testified to,
I haye read the evidence of ex-Commissioner
Otho Wilson, and I see
that he says that he would not have
taken passes except for 'my earnest
request.' I made 'no earnest,' re
quest,' but simply told him that I
a. a O. a .
thought it would do as wen to save
the State .the money. Again; he
says tnat laaiatnat a was getting
passes for guest at the Governor'
.a. -a e m . a -a . .
Manaion. This is false. He did
"The freight was prepaid
.a. at -W
any time for trneats and far nrettv
much anvthino- els that I wanted.
land that if I could take all that the
railroads offered, it would probably
be worth Sl.iXX) a vear to me.
I :ti u. . t -a-:.lA
him to take passes and took them
myself, it was not understood, nor
UU UtAk M mUTAWU
indeed, contended by anybody, so
far as I know, that our railroad law
prohibited free pisses.
Bad action ef rMtr Kate
Notiee was served on' all roads of the
State to show cause why the, present
passenger rates on them should not
be red need. This is to be done cn
the 2Tith, 2Gth and 27th.
It was on motion of Chairman
Caldwell that this was ordered, the
following resolution being intro
duced by him and voted for by the
other Commissioners:
"Resolved. That notice be served
upon the Rsleigh and Gaston rail-!
road, ibe Raleigh nd Augusta rail
road, the Seaboard and Roanoke
railroad, and the Georgia, Carolina
and Northern railroad, from Monroe,
N. C, to the South Carolina line, to
show cause before the Railroad Com
mission, at its office in Raleigh, N.
C, on the 25th day of January. '93.
why the fares for the transportation
of passengers over said roads should
not be reduced.
"Resolved, That notice bo served
upon the Wilmington and Weldon
railroad, the Petersburg ' ailroad,
the Norfolk and Carolina railroad,
the Wilson and Fayette ville railroad,
the Tarboro branch, to show cause
before the R. R. Commission, at
its office in Raleigh, N. C, on the
20 th day of January, 1S98, why the
fares for the transportation of pass
engers over said roads shall not be
reduced.
"Resolved, That notice be served
upon tne Western .north Carolina
railroad, the Atlantic. Tennessee and
Ohio railroad, the North Carolina
railroad, the Piedmont railroad, the
Atlantic and Charlotte Air Line, the
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
railroad, the North Western North
Carolina railroad, to show cause be
fore the Railroad Commission, at its
office in Raleigh, N. C, on the 27th
day of January, 1898, why the fares
for the transportation of passengers
over said roads should not be re
duced. "In the heating, if not concluded
upon the day appointed, the same
will be continued from day to day
until disposed of.
"Notice of similar import will be
served upon others at such time as
the Commission may designate."
Rates of Fertili.srg.
Mr. Caldwell also introduced the
following resolution reducing the
rate on fertilizers, when shipped in
carload lots, if it is loaded and un
loaded by shipper and consignee, the
railroad only having to transport the
loaded car:
"Resolved, That on and after the
20th day of January, 1S9S, - tho
freight rates now in effect, and
known as the fertilizer rates or tariff,
be reduced sixteen and two-thirds
per cent, upon all railroads within
the State. This to apply only to car
load lots.''
Though this resolution was finally
passed unanimously, there was some
discussion of it before the vote was
taken.
Dr. Abbott favored a 15 per cent.
reduction, saying he was convinced
that this would be reasonable and
just, and such a reduction would
put fertilizers in class "O" of
freights.
Mr. Pearson, on the other hand,
thought 16 per cent, the proper re
daction; that this was the rate in
Georgia; that shipments were always
made in car-load lots, and the rail
roads had only to haul and not
handle as in other freights. Besides
this such a reduction would enable
the fertilizer factories in the State
to compete with foreign ones. A
16 per cent, reduction being just
one-sixth, would be more easily cal
culated by the clerks and shippers.
The cotton rates recently estab
lished by the old Commission was
partly broken into. This was done
by restoring the old rate on the
Western North Carolina and the At
lantic, Tennessee and Ohio railroads.
The old rate is about 25 per cent
lower than the uniform rate. The
people of Statemyille, Morganton
and perhaps one or two other points
asked its restoration
State New.
The following fourth class post
masters have been appointed in
North Carolina : Bayboro, Sheldon
Sawyer :Middleburg, Brutus Young:
Pantego, Major J. v mtley ; Patter
son. J. M. Sherul ; Spear, S. 13. Bras
well.
The Senate last week confirmed
the nomination of E. C. Duncan to
be Collector ef Internal Revenue
for the fourth district of North
Carolina.
The Sparger Tobacco Company
was incorrorated at Mt. Airy last
week with a capital of $90,000. The
corporators are : W. S. Forbes and
J. D. Patton,of Richmond, a.,wno
hold $68,400 of the stock; U. B. Kee-
see, of Martinsville, Va $15,000; L.
D. SDareer. $6,000 : J. II. and S. W
Sparger, SfOO each.
Are You Going; Weal?
The Iron MountairaAnd Texas Pa
cific Ry's from Memphis run elegant
reclining chair cars, also' day coaches
through to prominent Arkansas ana
Texas points without change.
If you expect to make a trip to any
of tbe Western States it will be to
your interest to drop me a line.
For maps, books and pamphlets on
Arkansas and Texas address,
I. E. Bkhxasdsk,
Traveling Passsenger Agent, 103 Read
House, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Presidential Postmasters.
Washlxgtox. D. C , Jan. 13.
The President to-day appointed Jo
seph J. Martin postmaster at lar-
boro, JS . C
A Mammoath farm.
Think of a farm containing 1,500,-
000 acres. Such an one is in Louis
iana. It has thirty-six miles of rail
way and 300 miles of navigable
streams, and $50,000 of fencing. It
- , .
lis owned ny nortntrn men ana
I steam ploughs are used. Cattle rais-
I ing is the chief business.
near me cay mat l could get passes
RALEIGH, N. 0., THURSDAY, JANUARY
LATEST REPORTS
FROII CUBA.
Cables are Starring and Immedi
ate Belief Needed Hundreds
Join the Insurgents.
A BOLD BRIBERY SCHEME.
Capitalists Hatch a Scam to Secare
Donalaaat laterest la Cuba by Bribery.
Oeaeral New Hot sad War Reports.
The insurgents of Pinar del Rio
have destroyed 100,000 tobacco
plants, tbe property of the mayor of
Artemisa.
In the district of Camajuani. prov
ince of Santa Clara, the insurgents
have destroyed 500,000 tobacco
plants and have burned about 4,000
tons of cane.
At Matanzas seventy-one persons
died, of whom twenty-two were
starved to death.
In Holguin, a town of 5,000 inhab
itants, last year 1.26S persons died,
many of them losing their lives
through starvation.
Hnndrtdt Join Insurgent.
In Santiago de Cuba and Guanta
namo hundreds of men have joined
the insurgents from the undefended
towns. The insurgents are obliging
all men to join them.
During the last ten days in various
skirmishes the insurgents, according
to the Spanish reports, lost 87 men
killed, while the troops captured ten
prisoners and 47 rifles. In addition,
97 insurgents surrendered. The
troops in these skirmishes lost 23
privates killed, and had six officers
and OS privates wounded.
The insurgents have burned about
1,500 tons of cane on the plantation
of Toledo, near Habarfa.
The Captain-General of Porto Rico
resigned because he considered au
tonomy to be disastrous to Spanish
sovereignty.
One hundred and eighty-five per
sons who had been exiled to the Isl
and of Pines and were supposed to
be conspirators, have been released,
bat they are really men of bad char
acter and "nanigos."
Important Engagement.
At the moment 'this dispatch is
filed it is reported that an important
engagement has taken place between
the Spaniards and the insurgents un
der General Rabi in the District of
Manzanillo. It is further reported
that the insurgents lose three hun
dred men killed, while the Spaniards
are said to have lost one hundred
and forty men killed or wounded. No
farther details have yet been re
ceived.
An account of the concentration of
the insurgent forces a few -lea-enes
distant from Habana, General Val
darama left here with 800 troops, to
engage the enemy.
As several chiefs of the Spanish
columns have burned farms and cane
fields, and have shot prisoners of
war, including sick and wounded
men, ueneral Blanco has issued a
new decree prohibiting the destruc
tion of all kinds of property, and for
bidding the shooting of prisoners
who are sick or wounded. The lat
ter in the future must be well cared
for, and sent to the military hospit
als. The Captain-General has also
issued decrees supplying the plant
ers and farmers, for their defence,
with the rifles which belonged to the
invalided soldiers sent back to Spain.
The Cabana are Still Starving.
Ni:w York, Jan. 13. The tele
grams sent by the Central Commit
tee for the relief of the starving Cu
bans to the governors of all the states
and territories, asking for the ap
pointment of committees to collect
money and supplies, have been re
sponded to favorably by fourteen
governors to-day.
They announced that actiye relief
measures had begun or was about to
be started. The Governors of Vir
ginia and Texas, among the South
ern governors who announced to the
people of their states, have been ap
pealed to for help. Replies from oth
ers are expected at an early date.
A Syndicate' Conspiracy.
Madrid, Jan. 13. "Correspond-
encia de Espana" to-day prints a let
ter from a "Prominent Member of
the Spanish colony in New York"
giving details of a conspiracy by a
syndicate of American capitalists to
secure a dominant interest in Cnba
by a wholesale bribery.
The writer affirms the intention of
the syndicate to distribute $1,000,000
in bribes.
Fifty thousand he says, were of
fered certain statesmen the other
day, and the support of a New York
newspaper secured for $100,000. ben
ators and Congressmen quoted at
lower figures. Among others ap
proached is a certain Cnban General
who was offered $250,000. -
Klondlkers
Have Troubles
Own."
of Their
The real difficulty in connection
with prospecting at Klondike, is not
so much the trouble of staking out
good paying claims, as it is to get
into the country at all, or to keep
from starving to death if you do get
in. The narrow mountain passes
leading into British Columbia are so
completely glutted with human
traffic that the overflow at the foot
hills of hundreds of thousands of
men, women, horses, and dogs, and
the melee of carts, sleds, and pro
visions in the utmost possible con
fusion, form a scene absolutely
unique m the history of gold dis
coveries, a scene apt ailing in its
combination of misery, pathos, of
human ambition and consequent
suffering. From "Great Gold Dis -
coveries," in Demorest's Family
Magazine for January.
The folly and prejudice is fre
quently shown by people who pre-
ler to saner ior years ratner try an
advertised remedy. The millions
who have no such notions, take
Ayer's Sarsaparilla for blood dis
ease, and are cured. So much for
common sense.
Kd arete Your Bowels With Caseareta.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
iua.s3c. juulu.u. rau. arogKistsreiona money.
THAT FACTI011AL
FACTIOll.
Resolutions Paued,bj tbe Mem
phis Conference Faction-
THEY DECLINE CHAIRMAN
BUTLER'S PROPOSITION-
Thay lie Not Agrea to Abide br the At
Horn of th Katlaaal Commllf Do
They Waat Ilamoay? Thay are Hrlag.
Ia DUcradtt oa the nrroadaa.
The faction claiming to represent
the Nashville conference have held
their meeting in St. Louli. Up to
the hour of going to press all we
know about their doings is the Asso
ciated Press dispatches. Of course
we don't know whether this is correct
or not. It is as follows:
St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 13. With
but two exceptions the conference of
Populists who came here yesterday
from twenty different States at the
call of the national organization
committee appointed at the Nash
ville convention, is made np of rep
resentatives of the middle-of-the-road
wing of the party. These exceptions
are George F. Washburn, of Boston,
and Editor Farrish, of Joliet, III.,
both members of the national execu
tive committee, of which Senator
Marion Batler, of North Carolina, is
chairman. Although they both pro
fess fealty to the policy of non
fusion, they are looked upon with
suspicion by the out-and-out middle-of-the-roaders,
and are being
watched closely to see what their
intentions in coming to the confer
ence are.
Thus far Chairman Batler has
failed to in any way recognize the
organization committee. This action
on the part of Chairman Batler, who
was a strong advocate of fusion with
the Democrats at the last flection,
will, so Chairman Park declares,
compel the organization committee
to take independent action as to the
future policy of the party, irrespec
tive of the national committee.
St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 14. The Or
ganization Committee appointed by
the Nashville Conference faction of
the Peoples Party, which met here
yesterday, has issued an address to
the people of .the United States, in
part as follows:
THE ADDRESS.
"The fusion movement consum
mated at St Louis in July, 1S9G, and
the inexcusable treatment, of our
candidate for vice-President in the
campaign that followed, gave rise
to sue a dissatisfaction among the
Tank ari file of tbe Peoples Party
as to threaten the absolute dismem
berment of the only political organ
ization honestly contending for the
social and political rights of the la
boring and producing classas of the
country.
"It has been the purpose always
of the Committee to be courteous to
the National Committee and our. su
preme desire has been at all times
to promote a harmonious co-operation
with said Committee that fac
tional differences might be obliter
ated, our party prestige regained
to its!
and our organization restored
once splendid estate, lhs com
mittee feels confident of its ability
to show that it is no fault of ours
that the National Committee is not
present as a body to-day, bnt it does
not choose to waste valuable time
in wrangling over questions of offi
cial etiquette. We avow it to be our
Vital wii'vvs w wv wn m sive w w us
sincere purpose, now as ever hereto-
fnro in nrnmntA Anrr hnnnrihlA I
movement on the trnePopnlist lines.
w Aaam th ieona tnn mnmont.
aUU nu uvwaa. s w uMaw vw sssvissvus
ous and the dangers threatening
free government too imminent to
allow us to pause to consider per
sonal grievances or affronts, or to
permit wounded dignity, real or im
aginary, to overshadow patriotic
duty.
"Under present conditions our be
loved organization is slowly but
surely disintegrating and our com
rades are clamoring tor aggressive
action.
''Having in vain importuned
those who assumed to be our supe
riors to permit us to aid them in the
grand work of reorganizing tne .Peo
ples Party, that it may accomplish
itsjrlorious mission, we now appeal
to the people, the source of all polit-
cal power."
THEIR RIFERKXDUM PLASf.
They propose to take a referendum
vote of all the voters of the party on
the following questions:
"What date is your choice for
holding a National Convention for
the nomination a presidential can
didate, Monday, July 4, 1898; Friday,
May 2G, lSOU, or Thursday, Feb. 'S2,
1900.''
i A committee of fire was appointed
to take this referendum vote com-
posea oi i. u. uixon oi juibsouti, u.
D. Reynold's of Illinois, Harry Tra
Tra
cy of Texas Motsinger of Indiana and
McGregor of Georgia.
The address further requests that
on the second Wednesday in June,
1898, a national committee of the
People's party convene and carry
out the instructions of the referen
dum vote.
A number of rules were adopted
for the government of tbe National
organization, among them a rule
that the National Organization Com
mittee shall submit to a vote of the
People's party any proposition when
petitioned to do ao by not less than
10,000 members of tne party.
On the adjournment of the Organ
ization Committee of the People1
party the members of the National
1 Committee present met at
tbe L.a
I Clede hotel and adopted the follow
I ing resolution:
"Resolved, That we, the members
of the National Committee present,
endorse the action taken by the Or-
gamzanon Committee and recom
manri that it nmviftum nA earn
into effect, believing tnat such action
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will harmonize all differences in the
par-." -
Ti re were 74 members oi tne com
mu t e represented Dy memoers pres -
ent or proxies and V era who favor
ed a joint meeting' -of the National
20, 189S.
M en mitt W the itriar. Forty
Stat rrreBtd at tfaUmavt
IU view ef ibe eorrrdB
that had paaaad UttMD Chairaaa
Batler and thftae rrpraaesUar law
taction, lb a bora action la mat r
ana what tbey did sot dU as attaer
aawnat may did do.-En. Cat ca
UK
Th N. II. K. C MinltMr mb.
StatcarUW Hmtcjt.
m Miu Kali road ('umtoiMioa ha
tartea La ttartrd out well. It J
cmon 10 etoD tbe fre mm hue.
inmioa lorflttif rart fur ilf U
i . .
commendable and writ. Its action to
make tbe railroads submit report a
to their earning ao thai the ooiehi.
ion can reduce freight and passenger
rate ia a step In tbe right directum.
rmgui ana paenrr rate are ia
many instances big tier iban the
Were nrue twenty jeare ago, oot
withstanding the Isrreli mcrra.
ed trarel and the tre.ttendous depre
ciation in the prices of farm products.
i.ei Dot n paaaenger and freight rates
come down and come down hartlr.
The old commission proved itself
thoroughly under the influence of the
railroads, and the new commission
can Justify Governor Kassell's action
in suspending twoof the old commis
sion and appointing two new men by
radical action in favor of tbe people.
A boss from a aeieto'e Ctab,"
Peoples' Advocate, ( X. V.)
Hon. Marion Batler is censured br
the Middle-of-the-roaders for not
calling a People' party convention
tor tbe purpose of nominating a
President and a Vice-President two
years prior to the date of election.
Chairman Batler has never even been
requested by these people to call a
meeting of. the national committee
to consider their crazy scheme. If
Coxey andafew others of his nar
row minded associates had the good
of the party at heart as has Chair
man Uatler and would devote one-
quarter as much time in the interest
of his party and the common people
in general be would find less time fcr
mutual admiration gathering's and
this calling of conventions for the
destruction of the grand young par
ty he claims to adhere to. A suicide
clab would be a more appropriate
name.
Tinker Farmtri.
Civil Review.
There are 1,'JuO iHW acres of abtnd-
oned farm lands in the New Eng
land States and a corporation has
been formed for the purpose of buy
ing or leasing these deserted farms,
restocking them and colonizing
from the overcrowded cities.
The projectors claim that the plan
is philanthropic and will be profita
ble, but the latter proposition is ex
tremely doubtful. These lands, orig
inally sterile, have been ntterly ex
nausted, and it they could not be
profitably farmed by those who were
familiar with tbe local conditions
and.bred to the business, it is ex
tremely improbable that they will
yield rich harvests or even a bare
support to the untrained efforts of
the superfluous tinkers and tailors of
the cities.
The experiment will be a dismal
failure as to profits and when this is
demonstrated the philanthropy will
vanish. Philanthropy does not ex
ist in the millionaire circles where
this scheme was hatched unless
there is a vision of profits in the
background- They are always
redy t0 8&ve t16 peopl for a per
cent., and as the miihare not opening
as promised, and thecu.es are fall
of idle money, they have concocted
this scheme to set both men and
money to workv They know, that
they ought to do something for the
relief of suffering humanity; they
are aware that tbey must do
some-
. - , -
tninf before the masses become des-
fwiaw ouu mor oco m iuu uian a
meinoa. 01 aepieting b dangerous
I congestion of the slums and scatter
I . oisconteniea in separate ana
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remote localities.
It is a plausible effort of capital to
shirk its responsibilities and post
pone the inevitable, but it will fail.
The Bex (IfTtprleg.
According to tne v lenna corres
pondent of the United Daily Chron
icle, Dr. Schneick, professor at the
L niversity of tenna, and president
of the Embryological Institute.
claims that after twenty years of ex
penments he has discovered the
secret of exercising an it.n,ance
over animals and men so as to fix
the sex of their offspring. Dr.
Schneick dec'iaes to reveal it until
he has placed his discovery before
the Academy of Sciences, but he
says the influence depends upon tbe
nature of tbe food consumed by tbe
female.
Important
Bate and Facta
tbe Kew Tear.
Ceeceralea
The year 1S93 will begin and end
on Saturday. It will have six eclipses,
of which only January th and Deo
ember 2th will be visible to
North America. Of the former it
came to band on due time. It was
a nartial ecliDse of the moon. I.in.
coin's birthday will fail on Saturday,
i aad Washington birthday on Taes
- 1 day. Decoration Day and Fourth of
July on .Monaiy ana Christmas on
Sunday. Labor Day will be Sept
ember 5. Thanksgiving should be
November 24. First Sunday in Lent,
Febuary 27. Palm Sunday. April 3
Easter Sunday. April 10. The Jew
ish year 5059 will begin at sunset of
Friday, September 1G. Oa July 4:h
the 1231 year of American indepen
dence will begin, xne tour seasons
ill begin on these days in 1893:
Spring, March 20; summer, Jane 21;
autumn, September SI; winter Dee
ember 22.
While waiting for some Democrat
to explain tne difference in tne re
ceipts now and formerly in tho office
of Secretary ot State tbe Winston
Republican intimates that the whis
key bill may help to explain it
that office used to be a private bar-
room. What, thirty thousand dol
I lars a year for whiskey for one office!
Why John R. Smith's $100 for pem-
- 1 tentiary whiskey would not have
An 1 1sta1 a Hit and a hair at that ra tot
I Chatham Citizen.
I Baldness is either hereditary
- 1 caused Dy sicKness, mental exnaos -
1 tion. wearing iizni ntting nate, and
- 1 by over-work and trouble. Hall's
Renewer will prevent it.'
Al AJim&STCtaABO
s swe-e rt
0ua4 MUMBliiaM .
iot Smith. Ark.. Ja. 12 -Tw
eeroor basaaa live and toward of
9 millien dollar worth f prrty
were destroyed by a tortaU vkkk
barsl epos thi city few Blast
past 11 o'clock last a gkt. The
storm strata tear th National Cas
taiy and Ur it way tsroogh th
entire city, leaving its path saarked
by dtata and desviation.
Men. wouta and ctUdrn were
awakened witfcont a uos&eat wars
ing to tuet J-aln by falling wall
or ia the fame witch tngnlted
nay ct th wrecked b Sliding.
Th seen following th first tor
ritit crash of th storm was on cf
aw fa! rraodnr. liana kui.
handsom enactions, hotels. ad
bombU cottage rr raiaod and
scattered ia aha PeleM nsae K.
"al of th wreck caes-ht fir k.j
th inflammable timber bnraed fa I
rionsly.
Tb city was crowded with rnral
visitors, many of whom were Un-
ieirt boarding bouses unregistered
ror tnis reason tb bomber of via
tim who perished in Part Smith last
aigbt may never b deflaitaly knows.
a storm airaea lb cite near the
national cemetery and swept through
tb heart of th town.
New from outside Points is tot
yet at hand, bat rumors of rret
damage a far soath as Alma bar
reached here, it beiog reported that
a number of rrrsons wer killed
near that place.
Abe citizens' relief eomm'.tteo has
110,000 in hand for assisting suffer
ers. Ilasinea is practically aband
oned all over the city and men of
all classes are assisting in clearin
the debris.
MIDDLE CF TNE-ROAO FOLLY,
War Mr- ha uum
"aee a4 Vmur.
Hie National Itepublican edited h
Major W. .. Ilotchkiss, who La been
a reformer for thirty year and who
voted for l'eter ooper for President
on the Greenback ticket, in an edit.
rial ais :
"The disorranicrrs In the NahilU
Conference steering committee uro-
prose holding a meeting at M. Iul
January 12,1-vh, tocubsidrr and plan
for the nomination of a Presidential
lictet In JKs. Iftbeimn engaged In
this move are honest tbey rould do
no more foolish thing for the final de
feat ci the reforms tbey pretend to de
sire,. Kit weed romeroy, a member of
their committee at Newark N. J re
fuses to participate in the suicidal
work. After giving Lis reasons for op
posing a nomination two years before
the election lie sat : "I have alwajs
railed myself a middle-of-the-road
i'opulist, and worked and voted that
way last year att. Ixui, but so much
abufte and denunciation has come from
so-called middle-of-the-roaders that I
think that I shall have to drop that
name.- All earnest I'opulUt ar
coming to see as does Mr. 1'omeroy
They are refusing to support discord.'
NEWSPAPERS ATTACKED.
Attn j Officer l-m4 the Met Trees
eer the Prlatleg OBBrea.
Havana, Jan. 12 At 10 o'clock
this morning, about a hundred army
officers, incejaed by the violent at
tacks made by some of the lcal pa
person the General in Chief, and
principal oflicers of tbe Spanish ar
my in Cuba, went to th f rinting of-
nceotthe daily jsarnaJs ..a Discus
sion and hi Iteeoncentrado and Lo
gan smashing the windows and de
stroying the printing outfit, a well
as cuffing tbe employees.
tien. Ino will deal most severe
ly with tbe leaders of tb outbreak.
To-night troops are guarding the
printing cilices.
W AsurxTo.v, I. C.. Jan. 13. Lite
this afternoon tbe first news of the
day came to the State Department
from United State Consul-Gen Le.
who telegraphed that everything wa
very quiet in Habana to-day. and
that there was no cause for appre
hension of trouble.
MOODY ON SUNDAY LABOR.
Thare are Certaia Thlaas That Mast he
Uae the Lr'a Iter.
"There are one or two principles
which apply directly to the frtnaent
difficulties which meet th Christian
young man' writes Dwight L. Moo
dy of A Yonng Man' Religious
Life"1 in the Ladies' Home Journal.
In Sunday labor there is a certain
amount of work that must bo don
on Sunday, both for the needs aad
health of a commcnity. Bat in nec
essary work it should be ditpaUhed
asqaickiy a possible, and not be
used as an exense for nnneceasry
work.
"When the Lord ordained a day of
ret it was for man's best interests.
pnysicaiiT, uvnuuiy ana npintuail
.... ... . . .
ana any man wno oarters id day of
rest to grainy tne aeinsrt interests of
another is always th loser. Man
need for the welfare of hi soul, as
well as his body, at least On 1 Jay ml
seven to devote to its special Btoda.
1 know, from personal experience.!
that no man can work seven days I
in tbe week, not even religions work,
a . a a 1
ana to ao toe oesi wor h is coa-l
ble of, eitnr for God or man. And
i nave no ngnt to laae irotn any
neighbor what 1 pr zi myself.
Lara Cerae ef Ceteo.
The British steamer Ranxa cleared
bavanab, Ga., with 18.200 tales of
cotton, weighinr 8.973,S-j5 pounds
and valued at &4.9o2. This is the
largest cargo of cotton ever ship
ped from an Atlantic port, and is
over 7,000 bales mora than was aver
shipped from this port on any other
vessel.
Toe administration a appeal to
help Cuban did not meet with a hear
. a At a
i j response iron me American peo -
pie. It ean only win their endorse -
ment when they help tho Cabana
help themselves to win their inde-
pendenee. Atlanta Journal Uea.
The sugar-coating, which makes
Ayer's l'ills so easy to take, dla -
UMMh ae4
solves Immediately on entering the! "oncanioa.
or j stomach, and so permits tbe full
1 strength and benefit of the medt-
I cine to be promptly co mm nnlctjwl.
I Ask your draggisbfor Ayer's Aims)-
I nac, Just out.
A
NO.S.
VHAT CONGRESS
IS D01I1G.
TntlHosw CosdaiM Ci til Set
tle DfbaU.
THE SEUATE OK HAWAIIAN
ANNEXATION-
The ( Bun
I taxi .. ana
WaisTvx. n. C. J, n.
Tb rveaat ha givea meat it
tim) to th eaa4ftk f the Ha
aaa aaaatMj trea'ydattag th
week It r-Wy -
Umtm let hfaew a vc: n had
Th tiieads of th treat claim th
rstsit tve-tbird fa latitcatsoa
Tb II oa UetTday
th Ltfta!auv Jadieta) atd Ci
Uv a p propria tioa till, which had
boon ncder oaai4rtsoa alaeo aoeae
time before the holiday, aad
paragraph of wbwb, that reJaUaf to
appropriation for Civil heme Com.
miaaioa. provoked aeh a least die
caseioa. AfUr all th talk ibdalfe-J
ia however by th aati eittl rie
CoBgTma, ot a Mafia oa wv4
to strtk out th paragraph, oe to
amend it ia any way. It vtdat
that thy wr t alkiaf for th ba
fit and coasBBpuoa aioa of tir
ofSeo okiag roastitaecta, and after
their den aactatorv speeches eoaatd
rod that they bad don their dnty
and cleared their eoascieaee.
Th wV roAliD ia both Hoaso
is aa follows:
as arm.
Monday (10th). Th Wo r resi
dent laid be for th fecnal comma
aication from th Pot master Ilea
era, th 8oertary of th Navy aad
Secretary of th Interior ia ree pons
to Ken at rolntiont of lecemlor
18th, alating what cfiiee ia their re
spective departmeaU ahoald, la tair
opinion, be exempted from Civil Ser
vice. After a short tim c-oasamed ia
introduction of minor bills, ote., of
local import., Mr. Davit, of Com
mttUe of Fo. ri-n UeJatvoa. moved
aa secntiv ftcaaton for considera
tion of Hawaiian anaetatioa.
Tb following semination for
post office ia North Carolina wer
today received by thhaate: I. H.
Ly brook, 'A'lcsto; J. J. Martin,
Tarboro; William I. Ormsby, Hales.
The Senate ronnrmd tb ccmiaa
tion of Alfred K. Holtoa to be Attor
ney for Western i'istnet of orta
Cat ol in a, aad Tho. C. I'aller to to
Associate Justice of Conrtof 1'rtvat
Land Claims.
Tuesday 11th). Ther wa a till
reported today from Committee oa
Pensions adversely, Lowver, bnt
which went to th calendar for fa
tar consideration, which, if paaaod,
will t a very dangeron proeedeat.
It is to pension th two da u finer of -Maj.-General
Goorg (Jordan Head
at the rat of f 1J per month oath.
It the ar pensioned of oonrao th
th daughters of every other t'aioa
soldier will hav a right to ask for a
pension.
Mr. Fairbanks, of Indiana, mad
a lDffthy pooch ia sapprt of Mea
nt Dill to amend tb immigration
laws of the United Ktatea, ia which
ha included om very inUrsticg
statistics. Ho mad tb point that
until recently (si sea about IS)) the
larger per cent, of immigrant wet
from the L'aitod Kingdom, Germany.
Sweden, Norway and Denmark, who
were in the main ioUllifftnt, indus
trious aad liberty-loving, but that
beginning with tho last dcad a
cbacg had occurred la both nation
ality and quality of oar immigra
tion, and aubmitud a table abowtng
that whereas th per cent, of immi
grants from th eoaotrie abov re
ferred to had dwiadled down from M
per cent, in lbM) to 30 per cent, ia
1&J7, tbo percent g from H angary,
Italy, Poland and Kuacia bad in
creaaed from 8 per cent, ia l&jQ to
:1 per cent, ia 1807.
Th Benat went into eaecutiv
aeaaion to consider Hawaii a qao
tion. Wednesday (Kith). A jwat ro
1 a tion wa passed authorizing tho di
rector of tho aroologieal aurvey to
prepare a map of Alaska showing all
knows topographic aad gologie
faaiores, including what i kaowa of
th s-old-boariaf roeka, th beat
method of reaching th gold fields,
ate.
Moat of the time waa spent ia er
ecutiv neat ion.
Edward C. Duncan waa today con
firmed to bo Collector of lateraal
Ravenna for th Fourth district of
North Caroliaa.
V.I ThnraAav f 13 Ll. I f vi.sr it,.
reertt attacks oa certain newspaper
I Anoa aad thm aarei ru it..
I .,- l rr. nVrwi
tion lookiag to tb protoctioa of
Amrien nrone-rle snJ eiliUM. i.
I fjaba.
Mr r.ff.r r I.
speech favoring lmaigratioa.
Tb Haw&iiaa qntioa was than
taken np ia oxecativ aeaeica.
Friday 14tb). The Hawaiian
question ia esosstive ioa con
sumed most of tho time.
A joint reoolation to amend eon-
ttltuuon was iatrodaeod saakiar ex
piration of term of offi of Presi
dent aad senators. et, April 30 Jh,
instead of March 4th, which wa re
ferred to Coamitto oa Privilege
aad Election.
Senator Batler, of North Caroliaa.
eeeared th pasaasr of a joiat reo-
lotion yestc.ay to carry into effect
two resolutions of the Continental
Congress directiag monaaaeats to bo
erected to the taoaaonr of (ion. Fraa-
- 1 eia Kaak and William Lao Davidaoa.
I ... ... i - -1
i oi aorta Carolina, tne cost of oaca
1 to bo $5,000.
I Confirmations of North Carolina
post oCeo appointments were: John
I W. XX alien, CharloUr; J oh a F. Dob-
aon, Ooldaboro; J. D. Martin. Tar.
l0- ? Ornuby, Balam; P. H.
tvunwi' M,MWBi u. rrarsoo.
TalBBOCSK
Monday and Tuesday
er given
to
of cavil
aemee para
Ihi.ik-o a.
ei tmm avtte
laiiln fJelS
1
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