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THE CAUCASIAN I'lTBI.HHEtJ VKHY TMUIUIaJaT H TUB t)4lJ)-l rilMLl4MIH CO. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. iMK BIX MONTHS DIUKK MOMTllH 15 Kr.leTe.1 iti the 1'iwt oitW-r t Kaleitfb. N- as MmcoihI L'lawi Matter We earnestly ask each Subscriber to look at the label on his paper, and if the date is behind the date of this issue, 7th JULY 1898 to send us $1.00 and get the date moved up for another year. We cannot continue subscnp lions that have expired. Please attend to this at once Tin; n. ri i.k ok h imhi.ii. The llr-t larul buttle of tin war again! Spain hef(an on lat Friday morriinif at Santiago le Cuba. It waa a desperate light wild great Ion on both Milieu. At the name time the beat wait intei.re, the thermometer regis tering about l:!i degree. The loan on our sii'ewa, in the II rut day'd battle, about two hundred killed and aeven or right hundred wounded, while many bund red nana to the earth under the withering heat. The loan on the .Span iihnide m reported to be about two thomand. There were about eighteen thou -and soldier in each army, but .the Spanish had the advantage of a fortified town and atrong entrench meat, while our noldiera bad to charge in tb open against thene terrible odds At the name time the Spamali Meet wan lying In the harbor and throwing sheila from their battleships into the ranks of the army, while our lleet was lying outside the harbor, but too far otf to be of much advantage. It now deems clear th it the sinking of the Merrimac in the mouth of the channel to the hay was not onlj a mistake but a failure; but it is fortu nate that it was a failure. It was sunk at a spot in the channel that is wide enough for two battleships to pass around the wreck. It seems cer tain that our lleet must go into the harbor and attack the Spanish Heet and destroy it before we can take San tiago and occupy it. Why this has not been done before it is hard to tell. There wai little lighting on Satur day, for the Spaniards withdrew within their fortifications and awaited further attack. Our army is scarcely able to take their fortitlcationa with out reinforcements. On last Sundaj Oeneral Sbafter wired the Secretary of War admitting bis inability to storm the city without more force. The War Department is exerting every effort to send reinforcements at once, but it will take five or six days for the reinforcements to reach Gen eral Shaffer's army ; and, besides, it is doubtful if the reinforcements can be properly armed to attack the city on even terms. The fact is we have but few more soldiers who are equipped for service with modern guns. The Spanish soldiers are armed with the Mauser ritle, one of the finest mod ern rilles, which will kill at the dis tance of a mile. The only other rifle known that is equal to the Mauser rifle is the Krag-Jorgensen rifle. But there is but one small factory in the United States making these rifles. At the beginniug of the war it seems that none or very few of our soldiers were furnished with this modern ritle. The factory is working day and night mak Ing these rifles, but their greatest pos sible capacity is only one hundred and fifty per day. So up to this time Gen. Sbafter' army, which is now in Cuba are about all the soldiers that have been furnished with this modern rifle, which ia equal tothe Spanish rifle. The remainder of our two hundred thou sand soldiers now in camp are equip ped with the old Springfield rifle, which is a very good rifle of its kind, but will not kill at a greater distance than four hundred yards. Therefore, it is almost criminal folly to send our soldiers with such guns to face an ene my armed with a rifle that will kill at more than twice the distance. Whether Gen. Sbafter will be able to proceed on the aggressive, or whether be will be forced to stand on the de fensive until recruits can be equipped and sent to him is not yet known. Of course ultimately our army will tri umph and we will drive the last Span ish soldier from the Western Hemis phere. No braver and mere gallant fighting was ever done by any soldiers than was done by ours on last Friday, when tbey charged In the open against the Spaniards behind their strong fortifi cations and armed with their deadly rifles. If our soldiers htd met the Spaniards in the open field tbey would have whipped double their number. r. S. On last Sunday (since the above was written,) a naval engage ment occurred between our fleet and the Spanish fleet at Santiago, outside of the harbor. Every vessel of the Spanish fleet was captured or destroy ed. Admiral Sampson will now go in to the harbor and assist our army un der Gen. Sbafter to take the city. This will enable Sbafter to capture the city without further re inforceraents. SHAFTKR REPORTS TO. WASHINGTON. From the beat and carnage of the battlefield of Santiago, where for the last three days the American forces have pressed forward against an in trenched enemy, General Shaffer sent tbe following dispatch summarizing the situation: Camp Nra-.Kavit.LA, Cuba, July. To Secretary War, Washington. v We have the town well invested on tbe north tod east, but with a very tbin line. Upon approaching; it we Bod it of such a character and the de fenses so strong (bat it will be impos sible to carry it by storm with my pres ent force. Our losses op to date will aggregate a thousand, bat list has not yet foen made. But little sickness out side of exhaustion from intense heat and rihaustion'of tbe battle day be fore yeTerdsy. and toe almost con stant fire which is kept up on the trenches. Wagon road to rear Is kept open with nome difficulty oo account of rains, but I will be able to ue it for tbe present. General Wheeler is eriotialjr ill, and will probably have to go to the rear to dsv. Genersl loung auo very ill; confined to his bed. ;nrral Hawkins was slightly ounded in the foot during sortie ot enemy made last night, which was handsomely repulsed. The behavior of the troop was magnificent. General Garcia reported he holds tbe railroad from Santiago to Sao Luis, and has burned a bridge and removed some rails alo that General l'ando has ar rived st Palms, and tbst the French Consul, with about four hundred French citizens, came into bis line yesterday from Santiago. Have di rected him to treat them with rvery couriey possible. SHsrrxa, Mijoa Gcnbral. Geiieral Sbafter on Monday de manded the surrender of Santiago and that unless his demand was complied with he would bombard tbe city, awaiting until noon Tuesday to en able the women and children and also tbe citizens of foreign countries to move to a place of safety. The Spanish Commander refused to accede to the demand. However, a de sire to observe prudence in the cam pai(p against Santiago led the Presi dent and his advisers Tuesday to sug gest to General Sbafter tbe postpone merit of an assault until the arrival of reinforcements. Shafter's belief, expressed in his message Sunday that be could not take the city without reinforcements is be lieved to hold good now, despite Cer vera's destruction. A more potent fac tor in arriving at a decision to post pone the bombardment was tbe infor mation from Sbafter today that Pando had joined the Spaniards in Santiago, bringing the total force in the city up to 1 !,(!( M). 1 1 is regretted somewhat that Sbafter sent an ultimatum for surrender under penalty of bombardment at noon to day, although tbe arrival of tbe en emy's reinforcements excuses him from fulfilling the threat. The government is now more than ever resolved to lose no time in send ing reinforcements, and it is expected that additional troops will have left the camps tonight and embark Wed nesday or Thursday. SIMMONS TDK KIOHT MAN. 'I be so-called Democratic State Ex ecutive Committee has elected for its State Chairman one F. M. Simmons, of "secret circular" fame. With all the wholesale election frauds and ballot box stu fling that has occurred in North Carolina, it is safe to say that tbe bal lot box has never been prostituted as badly as it was when Mr. Simmons was Cb&irman before. One of the reasons why the Demo cratic State Convention refused to co operate with tbe People's Party was because tbe People's Party demanded as one condition, that there should be a free ballot and a fair count, and to this end each party should not only have representation on all election boards, but representation of their own selec tion. Simmons is opposed to this fair and honest method. Indeed this is the only means by which a fair election can be assured. The gang of railroad at torneys who composed the convention are opposed to honest elections; and one of tbeir reasons for selecting Sim mons for State Chairman was on ac count of bis reputation as a successful ballot box stu tier and manipulator. Again Simmons is known to be one of tbe leading lieutenants in tbe old Ransom machine and a rank Cleveland ite. Probably no man could have been selected who is more offensive to the real friends of W. J.Bryan and Zebu Ion B. Vance than Mr. Simmons. We must say, however, that we are a little surprised at Mr. Simmons being selected. We had thought that tbe machine, having refused co-operation and repudiated Bryan's suggestion would then as a matter of good politics select a chairman in whom tbe hon est masses had some confidence. In deed, it would have been better for the machine in tbe coming campaign to have selected such a man, but tbeir ac tion in selecting Mr. Simmons shows that they are looking forward to tbe campaign of 1900, and that they are determined to have a Ransom and Cleveland delegation to go to tbe next National Democratic Convention. Besides, the machine has probably decided that it is better to depend upon ballot box stuffing in this coming cam paign than to depend upon appealing to tbe honest masses of the voters. Af ter tbe action of the Democratio State Convention, composed as it was of gold bugs and railroad attorneys, there was nothing more logical, fitting or proper that tbey could have done than to se lect Mr. Simmons for their State Chair man. He is the typical representative of the monopoly machine that ran the Convention. WILL STAND MY THE ORGANIZATION. One of the prominent Texas editors of a People's Party paper is Mr. O. P. Pyle, of Mineola Courier. He is Presi dent of the Reform Press of Texas. He held a proxy and bad a seat in tbe meeting of the National Committee at Omaha. While he voted all the way through with the minority element of the middle-of-the-roaders who were fighting tbe national organization of tbe party, yet we were much pleased with his manly bearing. When the extreme middle-of-the-road element bolted the action of the committee, after everything possible had been dune by tbe majority for harmony, he refused to bolt with them. In the last issne of his paper, commenting on the meet ing of the committee and the action of the bolters, he says : The Courier will support the nation al organization of the party headed by Senator Butler sod we believe every Populist paper in Texas will do it. As we view it, tbe Peoples party of the natiou is in better shape now than It has ever been before. There will oow be harmony and we will present a solid front to tbe enemy. There are now no middle of tbe roaders, or fusion Populists. We are all Populists, a united party that will march on to victory. It was well for ns to meet from all parts of the nation and talk these matters over. We have been oear together and learned much of the peculiar conditions of the, various sections of tbe United States. V "Now, that tbe party differences have been healed every Populist should go to work lo earnest and see that his neighbor is converted to oar nrio- clples" Ths Caucasus most heartily coo- curs io tbe above sentiments. The editor of the Peoples Cause, another middle-of-the-roader, who was at Omaha, in bit report of the meeting and commeots oo the action of tbe bolters headed by Barker. Par s and Vandervoort, says : Our ImnrMtlnn ia that If will h. I h. bttr rwil ii- tnr Lh. nMitla In at a nA hf tbe action of tbe constituted authori ties, while pursuing a manly and con sistent course, tbao to undertake to organize a new party with all its at tendant difficulties. This is gratifying. It shows that many good men and true Populists have been foiled by tbe disorganizes, but will follow them no longer. Tbe Peoples Party is now in better shape tbao ever, and is to be congratu lated upon getting rid of tbe radical element of disorganize. Tbe honest middle-of-the-roaders have had their eyes opened. Tbey will not follow further Mark Hanna's agents io their efforts to disorganize tbe People's Party. THE RKASONS WHY. Why did the Democrats refuse to co operate with the People's Party as- re quested by Bryan and tbe national or ganization of tbe party? Because tne party io .North is con trolled by men opposed to Bryan and bis principles. Because tbe Cievelandites and tbe Ransomites who controlled tbe Demo cratic State Convention are opposed to the election of nine free silver and anti-monopoly congressmen from North Carolina. Because tbe gold-bug monopolists and railroad attorneys who controlled the Democratic State Convention are opposed to a reduction of freight and passenger rates. Because tbey are opposed to putting a curb on monopoly by preventing the removal of cases to federal courts which should be tried in our State courts. Because they are opposed to electing such an honest official as John Pear son, Railroad Commissioner. Because tbey are oppesed to setting aside tbe infamous midnight-ninety- nine year lease. Because tbey are opposed to electing a legislature that would stand equare ly by tbe people and against monopo lies and trusts in all their forms. Mr. Bryan described tbeir condition exactly when he said that where such gold men and monopolists controlled tbe machinery against the will of tbe people that they would profess to be for tbe princinles that the nennlA favor while at the same time tbey would do everything in their power to prevent a victory for such principles. We notice that several of the Demo cratic papers of this State have been publishing the resolutions passed by the Democratic State Conventions of South Dakota, Kansas. and Michigan, and calling attention with iim.-i, grat ification to tbe fact i hat all ' these conventions passed resolutions endors ing Bryan and free silver. We notice, however, that these Democratic papers are careful not to state that the Demo cratic conventions of South Dakota, Kansas and Michigan went further: They not only endorsed Bryan and silver in words, but they did it in ac tions. They accepted in each State tbe proposition of the People's Party for co-operation on tbe lines pointed out by Bryan as the only practicable and feasible way to win a victory against monopoly and the gold standard. A goldbng and monopoly convention of Democrats will at any time pass reso lutions endorsing Bryan and free sil ver if it is necessary to do so to fool tbe people, and then refuse to take the oourse necessary to win a victory for free silver. Bryan foresaw this dan ger when he made the following im portant utterance : "Where tbe sold Democrat. r nn merically strong they will insist upon " mo vmuagu piatiorm; out where tbey are numerical) u,abr will profess to accept tbe platform, but win uppoee every pian mat is oalcula ted to bring success to the platform." 1 ins is exactly what the goldbugs ana monopoly Democrats who con trolled the North Carolina Democratic Convention did; and if the goldbugs ana monopolists had controlled tbe Democratio Conventions of South Da kota, Kansas and Michigan, they would have dope just like the North Carolina Democrats did. The Democratic machine politicians who did tbe bidding of Cleveland, itansom, and Col. Andrews at their re cent State Convention of railroad lawyers, are raising quite a howl about the nomination of Col. Dockery for congress in the 6tb District. They are raising a bowl because tbey realize that they cannot defeat him. The Ransom machine had hoped to. elejct some man like John D. Bellamy for Congress in that district. Bellamy would prefer to see Cleveland Presi dent rather than Bryan. It is such men that tbe machine wants to send to Congress. Col. Dockery stands nowl wnere ne did in the last campaign. He bad the courage to repudiate the gold platform of bis party and to sup port Bryan for President. How many of those who are abusing him Would have tbe courage to repudiate Grover Cleveland if be should be nominated and support a Populist candidate for President who stands for tbe principles of good government ! Dockery will be elected, and he can be depended on to stand by the people after be is elected. They Did Wrong That's All. Hickory Mercury. 1 It seems that Brother Ramsay and Garrett, national committeemen did wrong in tbeir votes in the committee meeting recently. It seems to us that if tbey were consistent in their middle-of-the-road views expressed there, tbey can not fuse with any one. They did wrong that's all. Senator alien's Son a Private. Reform Advocate. Senator Allen has excited tbe won der and admiration of all tbe country by requesting Governor Holcomb not to appoint his son to an officer's posi tion in the militia. He expressed a belief that merit alone should win such cases rather than heredity. A rathir severe alap for some of the '-Soos of Fathers" recently promoted to exalted military positions when they are arrossl isrnorant nf the rudi ments of military tactics. TKZ XRJFTCY LAW. Us arm im BUateMttM f In Bill - A Vmttmlif rnsaM Mate ! ty AalBtstr ef it rsri aad KftWtIl Will frmtUm a lilf.rM -tern ml Baafcrwntc-jr. Pen din a- the nsaur nf th. eoce renort on the henkrantov hi n h. the Senate, Mr. Nelson, in explsaatioo 01 im diii. saia : At the last session of Conrreaa th Senate passed a bankruptcy bill. It was In its chief provisions a voluntary bill. It contained provisions for in voluntary bankruptcy in two cla of casescases where a man mad- a transfer of bis property with intent to defraud his creditors and cases where ajnan transferred his property with intent to prefer some of his creditors. Those two grounds were stated in gen- S a a- . . erai terms, ous were ample to cover those two classes of cases. When tbe bill went over to the House, thev adonted as a auhatitut. f- it substantially, with some modifica tions, wnat nas been known for years as tbe Torrey bill. Tbe bill came back in that condition and went into conference on the 3rd of March last. and we have been wrestling with it in conference from that time until about a week ago. 1 may say, inasmuch as I was to some extent tbe author of tbe Senate bill.tbat I always felt that in tbe matter of procedure it was not as complete a bill as it ought to be. It left a good deal to be supplied by rules of court. The House bill, on the other hand, contain ed elaborate provisions as to adminis tration and procedure. A good deal of it perhaps might have been well left to rules of court. Tbe conferees, however, concluded that it was per haps best to adopt what are known as me aaminisiraiive ana procedure fea tures of the House hill. Tbe main contention between tbe two Houses and between tbe conferees or tne respective Houses was in re spect to three questions : First, as to tne grounas oi involuntary bank ruptcy; next, as to tbe offenses for which a bankrupt could be Imprison ed; and, thirdly, what limitation and restrictions should be placed upon dis charge. The House bill contained nine dif ferent classes of grounds for bank ruptcy, put under eight distinct heads, one of them, tbe fourth, containing two grounds. Four of those grounds nave oeen entirety eliminated by the conference, and the other five have been greatly modified. Tbe five grounds for involuntary bankruptcy agreed upon by the conferees are these : First, a transfer or concealment of property with intent to defraud one's creditors; Second, a transfer of property while insolvent with intent to prefer one or more creditors over the other; Third, a preference through legal proceedings, coupled with the fact that the alleged bankrupt must be insol vent and that he has failed to remove the embargo or preference that has occurred through legal proceedings five days before a sale of his property in the proceedings; Fourth, where a man has made a general assignment to his creditors; and, Fifth, where a man has admitted in writing his insolvency and his willingness to be put into bankruptcy on that ground. It will be perceived that in respect of the last two grounds tbey are prac tically voluntary. If a man makes no general assignment to his creditors, be can not be put into bankruptcy ; and if a man is in an insolvent condition, be has one of two options. He can either go into voluntary bankruptcy or bec-nmakea general assignment for liie b nefit of his creditors; in either case his estate is administered in bank ruptcy and he gets his discbarge. 'I be fifth ground, of course, is purely within his control. It is admitting bis insolvency and nij willingness to go into bankruptcy on that ground. In other words, it amounts to this : The man says, "I do rot care about being put to tbe trouble of going into bank ruptcy. I admit I am insolvent. If my creditors care about it, they can put me into bankruptcy." Practically, then, there are only three grounds of involuntary bank ruptcy, and two of those a transfer of property to defraud creditors and a transfer to preferred creditors are substantially included in the Senate bill, though in more general terms. These two grounds are, moreover, wholly at tbe the option and under tbe control of tbe bankrupt. The only otb ground is what is termed pre f err .ce by legal proceed ings: that is. if a man is ir.nlu.nt .ni his creditors proceed against him by attachment, and through such process seek to take bis property, in that case, if he is not able to discharge those pro ceedings before a final sale on execu tion, he can be put into bankruptcy. It is to be observed in respect to this ground, considered in connection with other provisions of the bill, that the at taching creditor can easily be deprived of his preference. If bankruptcy pro ceedings are instituted within four months, his attachment is set aside and the property that he has attached goes into the general estate of ths bankrupt for distribution among tbe creditors. Hence, while there may seem to be an apparent hardship in tbe eyes of those who are opposed to involuntary bank ruptcy in this case, yet there is, on the other hand, a protection in it against tbe attaching creditor, for he will be slow to move when he knows that the other creditor can put the man into bankruptcy and vacate the attachment, and he will have nothing left but the expense of paying costs and attorneys' IOCS . Mow, coupled with these grounds for involuntary bankruptcy which I have described is another thing that gives color to the whole matter and takes away the harshest features of those grounds. Under the House bill if a man had Committor! nrta nt !.. V. UQ UIUC classes of acts of bankruptcy, he could uauarupscy on tne petition Of his creditora. vn thnnh - - solvent. In tbe conference bill we have maue is a condition that no man, no matter what act of bankmntn h V.. committed, can be put into bankruptcy aeEO uB ID 1U9U1 VCUU Then we have adopted a new rule a new definition of inani the old bankruptcy law and 'at com mon law a man was deemed insolvent When he did not nav him iak. .1 ordinary course of business when they r w,u rna oner citation from Bump on Bankruptcy, which is familiar to most lawTara. it am ... take a moment : b rBlf ' to the ordinary alr anna aan n x- ,. , ' - F - -"w1"! una usuauy uo. That Was the definition ...4 1- which were applied under the old banr rnptcy law. That is the definition and rule which is substantially applied in most cases under State insolvency laws. In tbst conference bill we have adopt- -a7T- 1 wuu,,"on or insol vency laws. HSWetH.?7 in ,this conference bill that a man is not insolvent CUIE AIL TOUR PAIRS WITH Pain-Killer. Baeslteina Chest la Itaatf. sad Oaiak Oar fer CRAHPS. DIARRHOEA, COUGHS. COLDS, RHEUaATlia. REURAUIA. . ' 25 and SO cent B3e. BEWARE OF IMITATION S BUY ONLY THI. OCNUINt. PERRY DAVItjr If all his property, exclusive of what he has disposed of or eoe!d to defraud his creditors, at a fair valu ation, ts equal to his debts. We do mo make it th criterion that a saaa can oot pay his debts. He aaaj be ia e fault 00 his notes aod his eosasaoreial paper, or his other does, still if h eaa come into court aod show that his pro perty at a' fair valaatioo, exclusive of what he has attempted to dispose of to defraud his creditors, is equal in value to nis aeoca, toea ne is not insolvent aod cannot be put into bankruptcy. But on account of adopting this new role of insolvency we have ia coo amo tion with it from the bmmiIii vf ik case, adopted a different order of proof. ne require toe aiiegea oanarupt to assume tbe burden of proving bis sol vency. L'oder tbe old role and defini tion of Insolvency it was very eay for the creditor to show that tbe bankrupt bad not paid bis Daper when it u doe. It was a simple tbiosr. and heaco it was fair to (barge him with the dutv of Drovins? such innln Rni under this new rule of insolvency it Is more aimcuu, Bna me matter is to a large extent witbio tbe peculiar and special knowledge of the alleged bank rupt. (COSCLVDSU MBIT BKK ) PUILIC OPINION. Th Initiate l Artlaa; as In I'l.laal. Our Home. We have always boon a lover and admirer of independence. Without iodeptndent thought tbtre can be no pn gress. Our friends of the De mocracy who are loyal to the prin ciples that Bryan advocates and who are talking independently, are getting in a position to think and act for themselves. A man ean't learn much as long aa he is blinded by prt jadice, blinded by 'loyalty,' to the machine. When a man closes his eyes and stops his ears to every thing that does not have a certain label on it, be is not a progressive man. A voter that swallows every thing that is given him with a cer tain label on it, is an impediment to political progress and ia not a Dem ocrat in the tue meaning of the word. We hope ro see more inde pendence and leaa party slavery in politics and the signs of the times indicate that we will see it. The Omaha Meeting. Winston Republican. The National Executive Committee of the People's Party met at Omaha Nebraska, on June the 15tb. It is un derstood that tbe meeting was not called for the purpose of transacting any pressing business but it was to give tbe "middle-of-the-roaders" an op portunity to tell of tbeir grievances and to devise plans to harmonize the leaders of tbe party. Practically nothing, however, was accomplished. Tbe Committee after remaining in session all day and tbe following night until five o'clock in tbe morning rea lized that their efforts were in vain, it being found that some of the "middle-of-the-roaders," headed by Wharton Marker, Milton Park, W. S. Morgan and 0 hers had bolted tbe action of the ucmmictee, and at the same time bolt ed the national party organization. Tie majority of tbe committeemen, however, sustained Butler in his posi tion with reference to the war which is being waged in the ranks of the Ponnliat nartv. and it A ar ar af - at aw that no national nominating conven tion of the Ponnliat: nartv called until 1900; and with reference to tuts co-operation questions, it wss decided that each State should decide for itself what act inn it ihnniH tik in the matter. It is said that the bolters' iaction win arrange for a national convention to be held in tbe fall of mis year. .Cleveland Gang in Control. Webster's Weekly. Far from the Weekly's feeling hu miliated bv the defeat of it nnliov sustained in the State convention, never in its life has it bad a more cheering sense of duty faithfully per formed. We are not tbe keeper of other men's consciences, but ours is clear. We did what our eonlsiua and judgment dictated, and what Mr. Bryan anu me national Democratic or ganization approved and requested Tbe odds were against us party prej udice, ambition, the lust of office, the old Cleveland element, all working togetuer, out tne pain ot duty was plain and we would tread ltasrain with me- taio defeat awaiting us. If the pre vailing policy proves the winning ivu;,uui prut.iHcs are viuuicateu; if tbe contrary, our hands are free of tbe party blood. Conflicting Precepts. From the Indianpolis Journal. "Haven't I told yon," aked the iatner, "to always tell the truth? ' Yes, you told me that," the young man admitted, "and at another tim you told me never to become the siave ot anabit. RAILROAD COMMISSION. The Matter or Passenger Rate Redaction Deferred Until Jaly 12th Ost. Rasaell Asks for Increased AaMaantaat or Rail road Property. At the recent session of th Rail. road Commission was the petition nf citizens of Mt. Airy, asking that the western union reiegraph omce be compelled to move their office up town. It is now situated at the de pot, three-f ourths of a mile from the business center of the town. The Commission ordered that the relief aaked for in the petition be granted, and that the company comply with the order by August 1st. Petition of citizens of Lexington for an up town express office was read and the relief asked for was granted by the Commission. In the matter of extension of time to the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad to file their answer why passenger rates should not be reduced, the road waa given further time to file their answer and exceptions. Chairman Caldwell gave notiee that he expected to dispose of the matter of reduction of passenger faresfin North Carolina at that meet ing, and no further time or exten sion wculd be granted. The annual assessment of the railway was taken up. - Colonel Hinsdale appeared as counsel for Governor Russell for the purpose of getting assessed val ue of railways increased, which he claimed waa much too low. The as sessed valuation of the roads will hardly be given out before the next meeting of the Commission. PeanayWaala Dei aoerata Woatlaate Qa or. Altooka, Pa June 29. The Demo cratic State Convention today, nomi nated George A. Jenks, of Jefferson county, for Governor, and a State tick et. The eonvention was nominated t y the friends of Wm. J. .Bryan, led by Colonel James M. Guffey, of Pittsburg. Notwithstanding the fact, an effort to insert a plank reaffirming the Chicago platform was defeated, the controlling influence in the convention preferring that the platform should relate only to S:ate issues. IcXUlla tm Dean tte State Ttoket. CHATAVOOoa,Teon Jone 29. Hon. Benton McMillin waa nominated for Governor of Tenneaaee tonight by the Democratic State Convention. The nomination waa made by aoolamatioa amid great eathnsiaam. r cc:riss c:::s uttie uc.o. ctscutttsa cr navaii rc-mssts OUT BAY tt tSSUSMT TO A CUSC THIS tff CK- laaaaartaaee aa4 later ta late t atteal Maea BtaiM L Mearaaa C'aaaJ -Herrta a VaHafaJ Aira' ( It C anaatraM I U-Weaac1 OteWatea) tmm raartk mm a UraavS Harata. Special to Tan Csrcasux 1 Wasaia-oroB, D. Jaly 4. Vi. The pasC week la Coarrasa haa bean uaeventfMaad without particular ia tereat. 14 debates oat ism aaia- tioa of llawali continue IsT the Sea- ete. Many of the oppooeote have pre sented their views on the subject, aad u is now very generally bellated that Congress wilt ad joorn this week. Ia ract sudclent progress) has been made with tbe disoussioo aad the passage of appropriation bills aad other Import aut measures to justify the prediction that adjournment will be reached iunog tne week. Ifitis.it will eer taiuij b gratifying to tbe members f tn House particularly and sot a 'w Scuatura who stand for re-elec- lion. t ue Fourth rw.riately of July was most ap celebrated here. In a "red-letter" day 11 a as lt-.-d io tl in g the patriotic observances great event which iu our country "Old Clo- r" greeted the eye 00 every ire-l. while oatriotie national aire greeted tbe ear of tbe citizens aa they luarcnea orrooe inrougb the swelter iog streets. This was the most ob served and most eventful Fourth of July that has been celebrated lo many years. Our country finds Itaatf anna-ed in war with a foreign foe the last viat- age 01 sectionalism is wiped out forev er, and the sons of "Dixie" march with high hopes and proud steps to the tone of "Yankee Doodle." The country is re-unitcu sow ana 1 or ever more. Owing to an earnest desire to com Olete the diaonsaion on Hawaii the Senate showed its patriotism by having a session on the Fourth. Ooe of the greatest projects for tbe future extension and development of ma iraue sua commerce ot toe united States is the building of tbe Nicaragua r.nnnL Thinl " flta I war haa a will increase tbe trading interests of this country in a most wonderful de gree bv onenina un Hirar rw communication with Japan and other "neuwi countries mat win oontriDute greatly to our commercial develop ment. It will mark a new era in our country's history. The Nicaragua ca- uai cuujumtee oi tne senate has re ported a bill which provides for tbe cuuatrucuon 01 tne canal oy our gov ernment under tbe proposed bill, toe u nitea states nave nine directors, iosta itica one, ana Nicaragua one to represent their respective govern ments and supervise tbe construction ot the canal. Senator Harris (Pop 1 . . . nau.j wuu is a mem dc r 01 tne flic arsgua Canal Committee has mani lesud a deep interest in tbe project, mil uii cuDirmutea very valuable In- f a . a B 4 1 a-m aatil aa...A ! . - A. a a wi iuu auu suggestions to tue com 011 1 m;. Thirty-eight years agoSena tor Harris was engaged in surveying iu Nicaragua, ana ne is, therefore, ooroi goiy iamuiar with the country tuo Itiesrrand Doaaibilitiea nfTaraif tn U- United States by the building of . a : m. " wa ma canai. ine present bill, with certain modifications, adopting a prop osition of tbe Maritime Canal Com- peoy the owner of these concessions eliminated from the corporation an private ownership of stock, leaving tne tnree Republics as sole tocauoiuers 01 tne company. In ac- compusniog this result, which many esteem as being very desirable, com pensation is made to the bolders for their expenditures and lib- aS 1 if-1 aaa InAiiMAjl L aVA a- . have done. They are to be given five million dollars to reimburse them. Senator Harris is a very earnest and enthusiastic advocate of tbe building of this canal by the government, and be takes a great interest in the scheme. ne oeueves wnen sne canal is comple ted the establishment of itrit communication with oriental countries win wonaeriuuy advance and promote ue vuuiuierciai interests 01 our coun The Pullman Company. Chicago Journal. It will be ohrervMl that fh i.,ii - -' WNaww aaV aV tail man Palace Cnmninv urhioti re pealed with feverish anxitcy for uo iuiwuun 01 1 niieu states troops in 1894, is one of the first companies ;to protest against pay ing just taxes for the support of kmc Kuvciuuieut m a ioreign war. Whntl tha Pullman om arte and its allies were in difficulties, Chicago was turned Into an armed camp, and the peaceful people of usvvu. were treated 10 toe most imposing military spectacle they had seen since the rivil Vol play would seem to demand that k D..1 1 . . . bu7 x uiiiubu company snouia n TAO T a a. v At -Lit kj pa vi mo omigaiion tnere- K.. I n a Isn't it time the "patriotism wuicn exnausts itself In the "pro- a, a.t . m . . trcuon.oi vestea interests" were as signed to its true place as a cloak vi uieaiiiietM, auu semsnness and PROTECTING SHALL SUBSCRIBERS. Tr"rj on Lookoat for Attempts te get Lara-e Bond Alletaneata. Among the many thousand sub- Bvnptions ior tne smaller amounts of $500 or leas, dailv mMiwmA K th. Treasury Department, there appear muiubi uauy remittances xrom banks and smaller -institutions covering a long list 01 suDscrioers in uniform amounts of $500 oanh. Tn th ..... one large draft or check is ineloaed for payment for all the anheaint;nn. The fact that there is a small pre mium onerea by large would-be in vestors has stimulated sons to secure pro-forma subserin H.vm 1 . t " uvua xiuiu peupie woo nave no Dona fide intention of investing in the bonds. The pro-forma subscrip tions thus obtained are then for warded by the agency gathering them in with a draft in a round sum for payment. It is easy to be seen that the fair purpose of the law which favors an Lonaat mhunafia. by the citizens of humbler means may be thus eireomvented. The Treasury has a watchful eye ontforsueh abuses, and where the case ia clear enonarh caeh mkMnn. tions are un ceremoniously returned w un ocuuci. is outer eases where doubt exiait the &wratarv haa n pared and will send a letter rtqueat- "8 am va,pjaUemon Blood -Cleaning. HonsA e1 Ann In v la a lan 1 e - - j iueyiT well-regulated household. People don't wait until the filth becomes painfully apparent, but it stands a" WaafaeBSa"Bm 4 Vk a. 4 t aa w itMkovu mat tu every aay oae more or less dust or dirt accumu late. It is so with the human blood. From th. of eatables takn Into the ttomach,a a quauuiy oi useless material is llAHMil a n m nmm 1 i . . . wuuia hi iw uiiimam m 100 DlOOu and ClOCT thA frWA Siul nknl. o " a nuviaanoB flow in the vessels. Every person , wmmv uuie, uavcj a a blol:ceaiis!ng,'' and the best cleanser and blood purifier to Cka. vanay uauuaruc. We re wiuuwua tueiu 10 au. our reacare. Clark-Kilgo Controversy. iroatiaaed from t re.) leg, Jed re Claik aeat the following lettet : KaLTluH. N. C. Jane 3. IM. II. Soathgatr, K i , rr.tidcat Board TrastaM : DtaR ik: Tae day ot miracles has returned: "The dumb are made tospeak.' laformatioa abruptly de nied to me has been (tn parti con ceded to an outraged public opin ion, but with s little clearness that the miracle was hardly worth work ing. Your theory of defence that it was Dr. Kilao. and not narself who was on trial does credit to your iagenoity and aanll K. av.niant it eorreet. The vetdiet and judgment show who as intended to be tried and con demned. Read your resolution-: "We the committee, to whom was referred the matter of correspond ence between Dr. John C Kilgo and Jndre Walter Clark. ret iect fully submit the following: "Resolved "2. That we deprecate and condemn the uncharitable aad unfair spirit manifested by JuJre Clark in his correspondence with 'id charges against Dr. Kilgo. "RESOLVED 4. That it ia the aenae of the Board of Trustees that Judge waiter Clark ought to restirn as Trustee of Trinity College." It I waa not on trial, then without a trial you deprecate and "condemn me, one of yoor associates, and find that I have been guilty of being "unfair" and "uncharitable If you did not find me guilty upon what was it that you baaed yoor resolu tlon that I "ought to resien." I would like to be informed. If only Dr. Kilgo was on trial, the resolu tions expressing your satisfaction with him would have ended the mat ter. But when you go further and condemn me you either did so by trial without notice ( as I complain ed) or without any trial, as you now aasert, which is making tbe matter worse. I notice that you deny none of the material points ot my complaint. (1) Though the telephone in the building in which your committee sat is immediately connected with the telephone in the court room in Raleigh,, where I was, and three trains a day went from Raleigh to Durham, no summons, nor even a whisper ever came to me, in that or any other way, during your sessions of three or four days, that I was be ing investigated and condemned. It will not do to say that because I knew the Board would be in session that I was "constructively fixed with no tice that Dr. Kilgo's threat to lay the matter before the Board would be followed by my trial and con demnation. As well as say that be cause every citizen of the county knows when court will meet, that when one man says to another "I will lay the matter before the grand jury,'' that the latter can be tried by the jury and sentenced by the Judge without notice and without chance te offer evidence or argument. (2) You give no excuse why, on my application, after judgment, you refused used me even the limited in formation you now give the public. (3) You have shown no jurisdic tion in yonr Board to sit in judg ment on me. And if your only ob ject was to endorse Dr. Kilgo, did he want a "whitewashing' only, for it is nothing more when no one is given a chance to be heard in op position. (4) If your Board is empowered to sit in judgment on tbe views of it members, you do not answer why it did not try your views on the mat ters of public importance as well as my private views as to Dr. Kilgo. (5) You aay nothing ae to the laudatory declarations of Dr. Kilgo that the possessor of wealth, who gives money to the college whieh pays his salary, the greatest possi- oie oDjct oz respect. These degrad ing views are not proper to be taught couege students in iNotth Carolina without rebuke and I know the Board by its silence would not be taken as endorsing them. These things you do not answer As to the new matter, that after Dr. Kilgo introduced the recom mendation for a four years term, that in reply to my objection be Stated TOrballT thai it AlA tint am brace himself, I solemnly aver that I never heard it. "The written word abides and proves the fact i asserted. The recommendation in his report, is broad enough to em brace the President, and if he did not wish to inelude himself, why did he not exclude himself. If ho marl. a verbal exclusion of himself why uia ne mace no rererence to it in all his correspondence with me and leave it unasserted till now. In my first letter to him I stated that the conversation was miscon ceived for DT remark- wan not a tn his motive, but noon the fact that it Little Pimples Turn to Cancer. Cancer often reanlta fnrity in the blood, inherited from rations back. Few people are en f tree from some taint in the blood. it is tanimaalhla tr t.11 a.K.n .-. tweak oot in the form of dreaded cn. ear. WW haa - . Ptaiple or seraeeh haa developed into tne moat malfmsnt Canaan I Kaf a - ... ""J ntwtchaa, thai I tnonxht ria .way. trd by newa! able pfcrHelaaa.bat In atie of their efforts tae (jea eeranrtadnatU an 700a dlttoa beraaiealarnUnaj. After anaa? anoatbs of treatmsut and arowlac t radii It . n. 1 VZ r a- s. a. TVa 41 aaa Sou pfodaeed aa lav - . . aconunnea anedletna. aad la ins u last lit- aad all mZ-JL .L eUaaed. nam awt atfa of Unv dleaaaw aaa returned GUIs banj. aUaa. wpos to experiment with -2 - mmmu ia tTWU 1110 Sslll ofphysicW 8.8.8.isthcOTlvcure! JJ1 is the only remedy which deep enough to reach Cancer. (Swift's Specific) is the only blood 7 guaranteed Purely Vegetable. All othera em tain ina.h m2t Tttbe most dangerous of minerals. tailed flna K Rmtt t Poor and Weak Catarrrt mrx Brcm.! -. Med e0 Apptte H9n :, . Cvrry Wv - A rHr. t "Wwraa im, a - 1 i , , end eoeW t prt r i toeetsrrfc ar t .1 . -. terrMJ-. I I t w. 1 t. r ar4 snt , work. I lrD uu ; ii . rila. In a n-rt I im f- jawml, I er n4, Um i , and I letter i retnc I aa atut !ra-i a( . w4lte and to atrtrts 1 llotaj'e rraaatrilU at. 1 . likenork. Mylnirt., rot rnlkl and L.4 feoi . tied tttm au t r.M.14 t. t II bMUl'Q t tr U'Ci.. art!U and r !. b. s ad U al4 1 0 ai, M . Mood's S3 1 tbe t-Inw lii.kl uf t Hood's Pills i. a 1 would hve given him a : . term, and that we were his suggestion down. TuM( query I had said I "JiJu't -intended to leave hime!! a desire to avoid a ijui him I wrote him it conversation and that a t , have it reporud to him eia ; . It is his own folly that Le u stocd my repognanre to ..; .., as a are tor his Importacre. I o reference to the i.- ,., of the matter by tbe CLa: server, information did w , me. it must have gone f rum . ..:r cognizant of the artioo o! t mitteevbo was it 1 re;: , attention a statement in tit ration which tLrjws a :I mh! . on tbe "true inwsrdaett." -matter. Says th Cbarl -n.- ,? ver article, "!. Kiipo ! respondenre before the w !, L, j for an inrestigtion of tt . . v es brought by JuJjre stated that if they n re u : , . his resignation ouM l.e t..n.. . x ing. The inveatigation - :i..r tbe result beinr that Ir. K . . .u sustained and that the ren-i: -. , Judge Clark was n tucr.ted." . look, without prejud of 11th July, lb'.7, which v. ..: , letter which can b cumi...1 u make any charges. What at. Bead it again. I pray you. i 7: t Dr. Kilgo seemed to think it fenso for me not to Lav as j an opinion of bim aa Le ha 1 ..' .. a. self. 1. I admitted I had - 1 w. "owing to Dr. Kilgo'a ub..j : it was cause of tuankfulut -. v..w Trustees had deleated his r . t, . . dation which would hare, tu ! i -j; irremovable for fouryeaia" U lawyer looking at the rejrt . n would have been ita Iep.il 1 h 1 that I inferred that he iut uI l t what bis recommendation -u.i have accomplished, if it Lad i-a-.l. 3. That his quarrels with Dr. Kii. bury, Kev. Mr. Tae and otLets a:, 1 his reportc d Fpeicbcs aKsailic ti. honesty of silver men wuM ahort 1. bis stay unless he wss ptoteeted by four years' term or mu itilaeno other than public esteem, and tht if he progressed further lnir that line, wealthy syndicates miLt r" him money but the public would bt send him Lt vs. Kead tie letter r and that is all you ran liud in 1.. t that is the letter whose charp f 1:. committee find on "amj.le evil b'-' was not sustained under I'r. K 1 threat to resign if they did wise, and for writing ahich 'iti:. Kilgo's inaiatenee) I am convi t. 1 . ! hi pa treason and riaeatel tu r There are many more men on the Board. They J;.l i, ,t scrutini. this matter. Your J.r.r shows that you did not. Dr. K has satitfied tbe Bjard that Le j, v only man who can get big dotav i from the cigarette trust, that 1- the only man who can -un'.k it ccwand when the awful threat a made that if he was not 'aueu.t. J ' they would lose tbeir milker, I a "sustainedn and 1 doubt if one , a i u of tbe trustees ever noticed the, er part of tbe resolutions "con J ing' me or that it occurred t t:- m that they were committing the it , -it-tice of passing in judgment -l as absent man, without a bearing r au opportunity to be beard. It 1 tre there is wide complaint amur ue public that the cow makes her u.. k by eating up the colls rd pt L ! other people and that it is at' 1-1 the law for her to run at lart? r both 8tate and national law d- in trusts illegal) but then the ai.k i good and you have kept your miliar. It was unjust to condemn me witL- a hearing, but then barbarian tU: 1 am, I ought to have said notLiLr t' irritate the feelings of this arti-t ;o milking, whose touch is so t.oth.i: and irresistible and whose f-rv.' are so indispensable. In the days of gloriocx l U:. Braxton Craven the college -li.1 vt find an employee of that kind sary or desirable. It stood lr.nl baaed on popular snppoit, ! though it was remote in the of Handolpb, his numWr of ita-2 t v ran up to a higher figure tLa' can now boast, with all our mau : cent "plant and endowment. He turned out atnrdy, self-refp t ir young graduates who have a au bonor. a blcssinar and an r.rnaL-it to our church a ;d State, t u L --i.- timents as we nosr hear did rittL'-n echo from the President's cLa r I would that we coull look ui-i. L.t 1:1. - iac again. Yours truly, Walttk Cl7 IWTtiM Itaak CWrfca. From tbe I'biladelphia KecorJ. Mr. Thomas G. Sherman, io a c -j-mnnication to the S'i 'Mk llr.A ventures the prediction iLat it the trifling Ux of 2 cents each ms bank checks, whieh has been 1- -posed by the new re venae la. speedily result in stopping tbe A districts, will lead to almct r.ii versaj payment f sums under fJ" in iaony instead of by check, au-i will thus increaaa the demand f r actual money io stead ot checki to " Teui or tmi.wu vw every Jaf r. fihann a a.i:a:.M vil! no doubt, be in great measure rerifi' J The payment of money by checks is aereat convenieac; butifatai b put upon tne convenience tbe ux will be lara?elv aradd. The i-er eapiu of money in use would have tn be largely increased if money panwd from hand to hand ia every tranr actior. The habit ef paying in resdj aflOOey obtains ia FniM. and this accounts for the bearv per cpit drealatu a in that conchy. Err aaa ia eon palled to nake a bask
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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