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CHARLOTTE. N. C, THURSDAY. AUG. 12, 1897
no: 45i
The Value of Constancy.
The constant drop of water
Wears away the hardest stone;
The constant gnaw of Towser
Masticates the toughest hone;
The constant cooing lover
Carries off the blushing maid;
And the constant advertiser
Is the one who gets the trade."
FARMERS' COLUMN
O i. ME QUICK I have left in stock a
ivw McCormick Mower Guards and
-..ctions. Also 4 mower knife grind-,-rs
which will close out at a sacri
fice. W. F. Dowd.
WANTED A hustling young man in
l.i.ng Creek, .Lemley's, - Huntersville
mid Mallard Creek to sell the Life of
Vance. Apply by letter to W. C.
Dowd. Charlotte, N. C.
WANTED Second hand wheat drill
Address J. R. Hutchison, Query's,
X. C. -
WANTED To buy good farm cheap.
-1 XT -"1
j. Arinur rienaerson.
WANTED To exchange or trade 169
acres of land for city property. Ad
dress "T. B. M." care of Singer Ma
chine Cj 10-d & w.
C(OTT()N Gin for sale at a great bargain.
Write for description and price to J. K.
Alexander. Charlotte. -0 d2t-w4t
rOK SALE Transportation from Norfolk to
r New York via Old Dominion line. If in
terested address "Cut Rate," care News.
20-d3t-w3t
DULUM, Sonth College street, principal
dealer in Hides. Furs, Wool, Sheep
skins. Beeswax, Bones, etc. ' la-2m
THE
Merchants and Farmers
National Bank,
OF CHARLOTTE.
Accounts both large and small solicited
Interest paid on time deposits.
We want your patronage.
J. H. McADEN, President.
JNO. M. MILLER, Jr., Cashier."
J. i. H ARRIS. D. G. MAXWELL.
HA lilt IS & MAXWELL,
REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
Solicit the purchase and sale of City
Property, Farming Lands, Water Power
aud Gold Mine?, in 30
Mr. Frank Bfcinner is now connected
with the Model Restaurant, 221 W.
Trade St., and he will be p'eased to see
you when you are in the city.
Give us a call.
MODEL RESTAURANT.
221 W. Trade St
H. 8. Hamilton, Prop.
Great Southern Detective
Agency,
CHARLOTTE - N.C.
All legitimate detective work done
well at reasonable rates. Best of refer
ences. 2-18-6m
OUR FLAVOING EXTRACTS.
Are in increasing- demand andhere is
a reason for it. They have strength,
purity and delicacy that ordinary ex
tracts wholly lack. The quality is
just what you should expect to get
here.
We are in the habit of selling the
.bf.st of everything. Our extracts go
farther, suit better and cost less than
the best that most other houses sup
ply. WOODALL & SHEPPARD,
Druggists.
A Clean Balance
I -tween Time and Cash Price?
goes in every one of our
Customers1 pockets.
Time vs Cash.
-Muctapha Plaid?, 7c 5c
Ltra Heavy Shec ting, G 5
IVerca's, 'S 6
'-'ottonades, 20 15
Hickory, best quality 10 9
1'est Denin-s, 20 17
i-'iue Bleaching, H 6
IstTick, 25 17
Vaibrella, 1.25 1.00
White Quilt, 1.25 1.00
This is not puffed time prices but
; ctly what we sold them at for years.
Does it Pay
T pay as you go? Ttie difference is
yours if you trade at
ALEXANDER'S
tSTCash to All House.
r Counter; Lawns, Percales,
rJ Ginghams, Foulards,
f Originally 7 and 8 cents.
tWool taken in exchange for goods.
SHERMAN SLY.
He Returns to Washington and Takes
Charge of the Department of State
-"flcKinley and Manna Notto Get
the Best of Him -Foster and Elliott
Disagree.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. There a"e
many opinions, as to why John Sher
man should have returned to Washing
ton and taken charge of the State De-
' partment at this time. Some say that
the old man intends to make a light to
knock out the Hanna-McKinley plan
of kicking him out of the cabinet after
the Ohio election; others that he has a
scheme of his own to get even with
the administration for the treatment
he has received by getting it into some
new foreign complication, but the gen
erally accepted idea is that he is .in
Washington solely to enjoy bossing the
State Department, a privilege that is
denied him when Mr. McKinley and
Assistant Secretary Day are in town.
Mr. Sherman's virtual acknowledgment
of his ignorance of. the nature of the
instructions given to Minister Sewall
concerning Hawaii is proof of how lit
tle he knows of tr A important part of
the foreign policy ol the administration.
Mr. Day has had exclusive charge of
all matters relating to Hawaii and
Cuba.
PROPHETIC MR. PRESTON.
Of course, every man has a right to
have and express an opinion upon sub
jects before the public, and yet opin
ions may be expressed in such a way as
to make a man appear to be gloating
over the misfortune of something that
he opposes, which causesthem to strike
most people as being in bad taste, or
ever, worse. To the latter class belongs
the publicly expressed opinion of Mr.
Preston, director of the United States
Mint, on the decline in the price of sil
ver. With the usual gall of the know-
it-all. Mr. Preston tells the public not
only that he knew the decline in price
was coming, but that he knows the de
cline is going to keep on until the price
gets down to 40 cents an ounce. The
belief is irresistible that Mr. Preston's
talk represents his wishes rather than
his knowledge on this subject.
FOSTER AND ELLIOTT DISAGREE.
Mr. John W. Foster, the gentleman
v ho is credited with having written
the instructions to Ambassador Hay
that were signed by Mr. Sherman, has
returned from his sealing mission to
Europe. He says it was successful
Prof. Elliott, of the Smithsonian insti
tution, says it was a Hat failure
Winch of them is right will not be
known until after the international
conference, which meets in Washing
ton neM October, shall have been held.
The Spanish minister has only to tip
the wirk to the Secretary of the Treas
ury to put all of the machinery of the
United States customs service to work
at filibuster hunting. His latest was
an allesration that arms were about to
be shipped. from Bridgeport. Conn., or
thereabouts, to the Cubans. Special
ordeis were at one3 sent to all the of
ficers of the customs service in that vi
cinity to turn themselves into detect
ives to please the Spanish minister.
Not a little joking ha.s followed the
naming of the new submarine torpedo
boat, which a small party of officials
went over to Baltimore to see launch
ed from the Columbian Iron Works
"Teddy" Roosevelt, who is always try
ing to do something out of the com
mon, christened the boat "Plunger."
DEATH OF MR. CARL R0EDI6ER.
He Was One of Charlotte's Oldest and
Host Respected Citizens The Fun
eral.
Mr. Carl Roediger, one of Charlotte's
joldest citizens, died quite suddenly yes
terday afternoon at his home on North
Church street at 4:30 o'clock of heart
failure.
Mr. Roediger had been unwell for
several weeks, and had made all ar
rangements to go on Irwin's excursion
as far as Baltimore to visit his daugh
ter, Mrs. Snider, thinking that the
change would prove beneficial to him.
Air. Roedigei came to Charlotte 'way
back in the fifties. He was a native of
Germany and landed with a number of
others at Charleston. He remained
there only a short time, coming to
Charlotte, where he has since lived.
The deceased leaves a wife and six
children. Mr. George Roedeger and
Mrs. Fischesser arrived to-day at noon
from Winston. Mrs. Snider, whose
home is in Baltimore, will arrive on the
10 o'clock train to-night.
Mr. Roedeger has a son in Wyoming,
but, being so far away, he canont get
here in time for the funeral.
CUTTING AT EACH OTHER.
The Southern and the Seaboard. Air
Line Bidding for Summer Travel,
ers.
The old-time rivalry over summer
rates between the Southern and the
Seaboard Air Line is now on. The Sea
board's excursions to New York and
other Northern points being so popular
with the merchants and business men
of this section, the Southern feels call
ed upon to offer some inducements
over their line. Today circulars have
been floating all over Charlotte an
nouncing reduced rates to Washing
ton, Norfolk, Richmond, via the South
ern. The cost of these tickets will be
one first class fare for round trip. The
Southern's rate from Charlotte to
Washington is $11.75; to Norfolk $10.55;
to Richmond $8.50.
The passenger rate-war between
these two general systems means
money in the pockets of the traveling
public and the people will never get
too much of it.
A LARGER MELON WANTED.
The News will give a years subscrip
tion to the Mecklenburg Times for a
larger watermelon than the one re
cently sent -to President McKinley
from Georgia, We will send It to Wm,
J. Bryan with the compliments pf the
grower and the News.
The melon sent to President McKin
ley weighed 7S pounds. We must have
a larger one than that, or we dont want
any, and we would like for some good,
farmer in Mecklenburg to furnish it.
GEORGIA LYNCHINGS.
Two Negro Brutes Given Swift Jus
tice at Albany and Glenwood Both
Were Guilty of Rape -There Was
no Rope But Plenty of Bullets.
By Telegraph to the News.
ALBANY, Ga., Aug. 9. News has
reached here of the lynching of Ben
jamin Mayfield, a negro with a hitherto
good reputation, at Edna, a small vill
age twelve miles south of Albany. He
committed h assault on the wife of a
man namedT)onald James, a railroad
conductor.
He was caught a short distance from
the scene of the crime, The mob dis
appeared with him in the woods and
returned without him some time later.
No doubt he has been lynched, but the
method employed is unknown.
FILLED WITH BULLETS.
GLENWOOD, Ga., Aug. 9. Nathan
iel Mason, a negro whp has been em
ployed for some time at the residence
of Dr. Charles A. Powell, of this place,
attempted an assault last night upon
Mrs. Howell in her bedroom. He was
captured after a Tierce struggle by her
husband. A posse of fifty neighbors
took the negro from Mr. Powell and
carried him some distance down the
road, where he- was placed against a
pile of iocks. At the signal of one of
the leaders every trigger was pulled
and a shower of lead found lodgment
in the negro's body. He was killed in
stantly. JAMES H BARNETf DEAD.
A Popular Citizen of flecklenburg
Breathed His La at This Morning.
Mr. James II. Barnett died at his
home two miles east of Pineville this
morning at 7 o'clock.
Mr. Barnett has for a number o
years been a great sufferer from indi
gestion. Coupled with this he had a
severe attack of rheumatism about a
year ago that caused him much suf
fering, and from the effects of which
he never fully recovered.
Mr. Barnett was one of the most pop
ular men of his section.. He has lot
a number of years been prominent in
the counsels of the Democratic pa:ty
of Mecklenburg. He loved Democracy
and its Drincinles. and there was no
stronsrer advocate of them than he,.
The deceased Avas oTie of the bert
hearted men we have ever known. His
kind and generous nature was always
prominent. He loved society and was
never happier than when he was the
promoter of others happiness.
1 Tn P'hurlntte where he was well
Fknown, he has many friends who were
shocked to hear of his death.
Mr. Barnett's father and mother are
both dead. His two sisters, Mrs. T. O.
Parks and Mrs. William Garrison
and one brother, Mr. W. C. Barnett,
survive him.
The funeral will take place from the
Presbyterian church in Pineville to
morrow morning at .9:30 o'clock. Rev.
Mr. McAlpin will officiate.
The pall-bearers will be Messrs. J. M.
Nivens. E. M. Blankenship. Richard
Elms. T. A. Sharpe, John McCullough
and J. M. Culp.
Pineville Lodge, K. of P., will con
clude the services at the grave.
Mr. Barnett was conscious up to the
very moment of his death. Just before
he breathed his last he asked his sis
ter if he was dying.
The def eased was about forty years
old.
FROM CENTRAL AMERICA.
The News Receives an Interesting
Letter From That Country -Good
Times Down There.
This morning the News received a
telegraph envelope that looked a little
peculiar. Instead of having the famil
iar "Western Union" imprint, it con
tained the following: "Telegrafos del
Ferrocarril del Norte." The message
within was from Puerto Barrios, Gua
temala, Central America, dated August
3. The message read as follows:
"My Dear Sir: If the promised gold
en wave of prosperity has not reached
North Carolina yet, extend Harma's
limits down here and We will send you
a cargo of free silver. Plenty of it
here. I received a small bundle of pa
pers from home last wreek. The best
ones among them were the Daily News
and Mecklenburg Times. I have read
them through and through, even to
the advertisements. I am very anxious
to get the Times every week. It you
will put me down for six months, in
clude extra postage and present the
bill, as soon as I can get to Port Liv
ingston T will buy a draft and send it.
That's the only way of sending money
to the United States, and as it is a twro
days' trip to Livingston, I can't make it
for several weeks yet.
Times are good over here; lots of
money and easy to get; everybody tak
ing it extremely easy. Farm products
bring wonderful prices and they make
two crops each year. With best wishes
for you, I remain yours respectfully,
WADE NICHOLSON,
CLOAKMAKERS STRIKE.
By Telegraph to The News.
NEW YORK, Aug. 12 The Ions
threatened strike of the organizd
cloakmakers began to-day, 55 workers
quitting their sewing machines in two
manufactories. Other strikes in other
manufactories are expected to follow in
quick succession, until 12,000 will be
out.
The strikers claim that starvation
wages is the cause of their discontent.
DEATH OF MR. B. H.
By Telephone to The News.
FITS.
BELMONT, Aug. 12. Mr. B. H. Fite,
one of the oldest and most highly re
spected citizens of Gaston county, died
at his home near Belmont this morn
ing at 6 o'clock. Some time ago Mr.
Fite was stricken with apoplexy and
never recovered from the effects. Hej
was 77 years old. j
The funeral will take place to-morrow
morning. . ,,.
GAGE AFTER HIM.
Collector Harkins Over-stepped His
Authority in Appoimments - Short
age of $10,000,000 in Revenues Un
der New Tariff. Dr. Ruff in Honor
ed - The News' Enterprise Com
mended. From the News' Special correspondent.
v AbiliNuTON, D. C. Aug. 6.
There is a grouing possibility of an
etuiy clash between Secretary Gage, of
Hie Treasury Department, and Collect
or Harkins, of tne Fifth North Caroli
na, district. LeUit be known first of all
mat ior the President's extension of tne
civil service rules of July 2$ last, See
reiaiy Gage is more responsible than
d.i ouier agencies combined. Collector
liarkins will, therefore, be called on
to show cause for his reckless disre
gard of the President's late order with
.eicieiice to the appointment of inter
nal revenue officials in open violation
ot the law, and unless he "retraces his
footsteps," as it were, he may wake up
one ot these fine mornings only to find
a pointed little not on his desK asking
ior his resignation. The news of Hay
Kins' iaie appointments in North Caro
lina has already reached Washington,
with which Secretary Gage displays lit
tle patience. In the conduct of his
oiike he is stern and resolute and will
never bite his tongue lor any one.
$10,000,000 SHORT.
A shortage ot over ten millions of
dollars in tne national revenues during
the first month of the life of tha new
tariff law is far from encouraging to
those who have looked upon that meas
ure as the panacea for the ills with
w hich the country is and has long been
attticted. Such, however, is the condi
tion with which the country finds it
self confronted to-day. In the mean
time the gold reserve keeps w-ell above
the high water mark.
THjS REAR GUARD RETIRES.
There were "farewell partings sad
and tender" here to-day as the rear
guard of the pie counter brigade filed
into the Sixth street depot and kissed
their hands at the goddess of liberty
perched upon the nation's capitol for
die last time and started on their jour
ney homewaid bound. They had an
ecprussion on their faces akin J.o that
"tired feeling," about which so much
has been said and written, and return
to their homes wiser if sadder men. So
much for experience.
Forty-five printers have just been
discharged from the government print
ing office, thirty-four of whom were
Republicans. These men, however,
were put on in an emergency and had
not served out the probationary term of
six months. They had, therefore, never
received their regular appointments,
hence there is no relief for them but to
ke their little medicine like tin sol
diers and hear it. Nevertheless they
swore a blue streak and used language
that had all the colors of the rainbow.
FREE MAIL DELIVERY.
Another step forward has been taken
in free mail delivery. Congress hav
ing appropriated for the fiscal year $50,
000 for the rural free mail delivery ser
vice, the Postoffice Department offi
cials are busy preparing to extend it ,
as rapidly as possible. It is already in
operation in twenty-eight States to a
limited extent, and those connected
with this branch of the postal business
are now positive that tree delivery in
the agricultural sections is not only a
success, but at the same time practical
and will eventually become general.
THE JAP. TROUBLE.
Things have about reached that stage
in the controversy now 'going on be
tween Japan and the United States
when it begins to look like somebody
must "shoot, Luke, or give up the gun."
Secretary Sherman will return to the
city about Saturday, and is said will
give Japan the ultimatum of playing
hands off Hawaii or pay the penalty for
walking around with a chip on her
shoulder. -NORTH
CAROLINA HONORED.
Coroner Glazebrook being absent
from the city for a few dajrs, Dr. Ster
ling Rumn, a North Carolinian of great
promise, is acting coroner in the ab
sence of Dr. Glazebrook. Dr. Ruffin
v;;s for six years a clerk in the Treas
ury Department, where he was esteem
ed and admired by all who knew him.
During that time he studied medicine,
got his license, resigned his place in
the Treasury and launched forth his
little bark to make his fortune, and
lie has succeeded most handsomely thus
far. lo-day he stands first and fore
most among the young physicians of
the great city of Washington.
W. W. Scott, of the land office divis
ion. Interior Department, and e-jr-.Turlo
Gudger leave to-night for their resnect-1
i-e hon es in North Carolina to spend
their annual vacations.
Ex-Governor C. TT. Tiroe-den nf
Goldsboro. is in the citv for a few davs
recounting the scenes and incidents of
bygone days in the city of magnificent
aisiances.
P. M. Pea.rsa.il and hridp frnm KTemr-
bern. are registered at the National on j
their return from a bridal tour through .
Canada
W. M. Little. Esq., of Charlotte, is
here on his return to his post of duty
as consul to one of the South Ameri
can ports. ?
NEW POSTMASTERS.
The following fourth-class postmas
ters have been appointed for North
Carolina: Guilford College, J. H. Stan
ley; Davison's River, J. B. Ledbetter;
Pine Level, W. C. Gurly; Siler City, N.
E. Cox: Snead's Ferry, S. E. Congle
ton; Stevenson, Y. A. Barbour;
Youngsville, P. R. Hatch; Albemarle,
G. M. Dry; Essex, N. L. Keen; Maxton,
W. J. Curry: Sand Bluff, George Atkin
son; Skyland, W. W. Lang; Turner's,
Janie Helton: University Station, Flora
Shoemaker; Big Ridge, H. M. Hooper;
Bushy Fork, A. L. Bradsher; Gibson
ville, J. N. Roney; Morlville, J. J. E.
Lucas; Cheeks, M. O. Laudermilk;
Roaring River, J. H. Foote.
Late North Carolina arrivals In the
city are G. O. Andrews, Raleigh; A. O.
Bauer, Asheville; P. M. Pearsall, New
bern; E. L. Hart, Wilmington; H.
Jones, North Carolina; A. B. Andrews,
Raleigh; J. C. Hart, Cherokee; J. D.
Shiply, Snerdls Ferry; J. D. Sasser,
Wrightsville; J. W. Mallard, Faisons;
C. H. Brogden, Goldsboro; B. L. We
denfeller, Charlotte; George R. French,
Wilmington; W. M. Little, Charlotte;
R. E.Plppen, F. M. Davis, J. S. Smith,
N. B. Sellers. A. T. Uzzell, Henry Will
iamson, W. T. Smith, Goldsboro; L. P.!
Hicks, Louisburg.
James Robinson, an insane man, cut
his wife's throat at their home in
.Fieldsborougb, N. J.
UNERS RESTLESS.
The March Fr m the Ohio Sid; to the
1 mm J 11 rl mf M - -X
mines near wneeiwg was nauc
This ilorning At Present There is
no Possibility of Amicable Settle,
ment.
By Telegraph to The News.
WTHEEL1NG, W. Va., Aug. 12. This
morning another invasion of the miners
from the Ohio side was made upon the
local mines. Three hundred miners
from Wheeling Creek and Bartin pass
ed through this city, and it is reported
that a hundred more from Maynard
would follow. It is expected that their
presence will have some effect on the
Riverside mine, but Secretary Lewis
stated that the march would not come
off to-day, as no answer had been re
ceived froi Ratchford. It is learned
that the march across the river to
Wheeling was without the endorsement
of the miners' officials. ' None of the
Riverside men have reported for wrork,
but the management announces that
the mine will be operated after the
Ohio men leave. The visitors may
make a demonstration at Elm Grove,"
where a small body of miners are now
working.
HEWS LYNCHED.
The Negro, Bob Brackett, Hanged by
a Mob YeterdayiEvening
The negro, Bob Brackett, who as
saulted Miss Henderson, a young white
girl, near Weaverville, about eight
miles from Asheville, Sunday after
noon, was lynched yesterday afternoon
near Hempftiil's schoolhouse, about five
miles from the scene of the crime.
Brackett was captured early yester
day morning near Ivey, and was taken
to Asheville and put m jail.
The negro was captured by the mob
at 4 o'clock yesterday morning, as the
officers and negro attempted to board
vestibule for Raleigh.
The negro was marched 25 miles to
ward the scene of his crime. The mili
tia was ordered out and the mob, hear
ing it, made quick work of it. The
young ladv who was assaulted was
present.
The negro made no protest not even
pleaded for mercy. . He was .hanged by
the neck till dead. No shots were fired.
The militia arrived forty, minutes af
ter the hanging. ; The body was taken
to Asheville last night. The lynchers
were from the northern part of Bun
combe, in the vicinity of the assault.
DEATH OF MRS. C. A.'SPRATT
She Died at Her Home in Berryhill
Yesterday Morning.
Mrs. C. A. Spratt died at her home in
Berryhill township yesterday morning
shortly after 11 o'clock.
Mrs. Spratt had been desperately ill
for several days. She was first taken
with fever and soon the typhoid symp
toms appeared. Having some heart
trouble the attending physicians could
not administer the kind of medicine
that would have reduced the fever.
Mrs. Spratt was about 40 years old
She -was a consistent member of the
Presbyterian church, holding her mem
bership at Steel Creek church.
The funeral took place from Steel
Creek church this morning at 11 o'clock
Rev. A. A. Little officiating.
The deceased leaves' a husband, five
children and a host of friends to mourn
their loss.
NEW YORK MERCHANTS HAPPY.
Dry Goods Merchants Say That Trade
is Better Than for Years.
By Telegraph to The News.-
NEW YORK, Aug. 11: A half dozen
men at the head of the dry goods trade
in this city said to-day that they were
certain prosperity had come at last.
The reason their faith in the return
of good times from the first of the cur
rent month until this morning. For the
Past eleven days the wholesale dry
goods trade has been stronger than it
v, , j
r .
of Prosperity.. It is necessary to go
back to August '92, the last great boom
year, to find anything like the present
volume of trade. Ninety-two was the
best year on record
Of equal impor-
tance with the month's activity in the)
dry goods trade is the steady character
of progress in every line of business.
A THREATENING CIRCULAR."
nPiriAfirfinp- a Change in. the Present
uemanaing a cnange in, tne resent .
System of Government in Turkey.
By Telegraph to The News.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 12. Plac
ards printed in Turkish characters are
to be found posted upon the walls of
all ministeries, demanding a change in
the system of government in the Tur
kish empire and threatening violence
unless it is affected., The circulars also
declare that blood will flow; as during
the Armenian massacres.
Minister of War Pisea Pasha has sent
a circular to all of the Turkish com
manders directing them to watch their
officers in the strictest manner. This
step is attributed to the increasing; dis
content that is visible in Turkey, against
the present government.
TOTAL VOTE ON SCHODE TAX.
The total vote of- the county for and
against the new school law was 1,746;
for, 661; against, 1,085. Providence,
box 2, was heard from this morning,
and it gave 85 for and 1 against.
This makes a . very small showing
compared to the number of votes poll
ed last fall, amounting to 8,765, , ..1
CAPITAL NEWS.
The President's Civil Service Views
Attacked Chargt s Against Post
master Foibis, of Greensboro -A
Large Number of Fourth Class Post
masters Appointed.
Special Correspondence of The News.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 8. Mc
Kinley and the "powers that be" are
catching it fore and aft. In addition to
Senator Cullom's open letter to his con
stituents in Illinois, denouncing the
President's appointments in that State
as "stupid, ill-advised and against ev
ery interest of the Republican, party,"
comeV the discharged government offi
cials of the Republican faith and or
der in Washington, who have organized
what they are pleased to term the anti
civil service league. P'or McKinley and
all in authority who sympathize with
civil service reform they have blood in
their eyes. In short, they are mad,
and don't care who knows it. As usu
al, North Carolina conies to the front
with her membership on the roll. At
the meeting Saturday night the league
adopted the following resolution with
a whoop and without a dissenting
voice :
"Brother Republicans: William Mc
Kinley, President of the United States,
by the grace of God and the efforts of
the workers and zealous friends" of the
Republican party, having succeeded to
the highest honors of this nation large
ly through your work and sacrifices,
and having, in payment of his obliga
tions to us, at the command- of our and
his political enemies, debarred us from
any reward or participation in the gov
ernment, so far as the right to hold of
fice is concerned, we do earnestly and
sincerely promise and obligate ourselves.
to devote our best efforts to the de
struction of the civil service law now
on the statute books of the United
States as repugnant to justice and the
obligations assumed toward us as Re
publicans and equal American citizens
by the leaders of our party, who have
shamelessly betrayed us into the hands
of our enemies after a hard-won vic
tory, and deprived us of any prospect
of recognition from our own adminis
tration, and this in return for favors
earnestly sought at our hands.
"This being the case, we voluntarily
pledge our sacred honor (unless the
civil service law is modified or repeal
ed) to advance by every means in our
power the interests of William J. Bry
an, simoly on the condition that if
elected he will honestly and thoroughly
root out from our political systern the
rotten Chinese idea now known asciv
ii service reform." .
From present indications Spencer.
Blackburn is at least a neck ahead in
the race for the position of assistant
district attorney for Western North
Carolina. '
CHARGES AGAINST MR. FORBIS.
In the matter of the charges against
Postmaster Foi bis, of Greensboro, there
are no new developments. Nothing will
be known till the investigation is com
pleted. If the charges are groundless
and had their inspiration in partisan
ship then Mr. Forbis wrill be exoner
ated and allowed to fill but his four
years'' term. From what I can learn
with my ear close to a knot-hole In the
wall, Mr. Forbis will most likely fill out
his four years.
All this talk about Senator Gorman's
retiring to private life at the end of his
senatorial term is premature. Such
however, is by no means a remote pos
sibility. . No man in that wing of the
capitol would be more universally
missed.
O. J. Spears. Esq., of Harnett coun
ty. N. C. is expected in Washington
next week incidentally to look after his
political fencesaround the eastern dis
trict attorneyship.
Mr. G. W. Smithdeal, of North Caro
lina, has taken. a position in the office
of the Southern railway at this point.
THE POLITICAL AX FALLS.
The Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General's guillotine got in its -bloody
work in the fourth-class postmasters
in North Carolina to-day, as the fol
lowing list of appointments will show:
Ashirs. V. D. Woodruff: Alfordsville,
A. L. Bullock; Arden, C. M. Sumner; .
Bisrrarok, L. E. Barber; Blowing Rock,
W. P. Laws; Blaine, J. F.' Russell;
Cogle's Mills, W. L. Cornelison; Cali
fornia Creek, A. F. Sprinkle; Cleveland.
.1. Ij. Barringar: Danville. A. A. Foust;
Fall Creek, E. C. Phillips; Fork Church,
A. jJ. Foster; Qladstone, A. K. Miller;
Ilaroer's- Cross Roads, Sam Cox; Har
risville, M. A. Ewing; Lisk, L. A. Mc
Allister; Lockville, J. A. Parham: Mer
ry Oaks. N. G. Gunter; Old Dock, M. C.
Morlosv; Ore Hill. E. C. Chek: Ridlor's
Peru. Alma Tendland: Rose Dale J.
F Jones; Sopona, M. W. Berber; Tur
ne'rsbuig, J. B. Hundren; Wadeville,
N. II. Hurly; Yokely, W. F.. Padgett .
Haddock, Council Mears; Jackson, B.
Roberts; Martindale, J. C Hutchi
son; ISashville. N. C. Cooner: -rins?
Hone, Mack Brantley.
WIDOW GETS $6,000 PER ANNUM"
.oy j fif giayu 10 x, lie f.ews. r
MADRID, Aug. 12. Golli, the mur
derer of Senor Cancsvas, will be tried,
Saturday. '
Owing to objections of Senora Cano-
vas, admission of the public to the
Chappelle Ardente, where the body ot
1 . - 1 x n- ,
her nusband is lying, has been stopped,
Th SPTlftro Win v,o mQo a crMT,
the first class, with a pension of $6,000
per annum.
TOWARDS THE DOLLAR MARK, f
By Telegraph to The News. r-
NEW YORK, Aug. 12. Wheat con
tinued its upward climb toward the
dollar mark to-day on the produce ex
change. September and December op
tions established a new high record for
the season. At noon September sold at
89 cents and December at 884 cents
Liverpool and Paris also show remark
able advances. - j
STARVE THEM INTO SUBMISSION
By Telegraph to The News.
PITTSBURG, Aug, 12.-A" widetf
sweep was given the nower of injunc
tion at Bunola yesterday than ever be
fore known, when a Judge enjoined thel ,
butchers from selling meat to strikers.,
xne owed is to starve them into sub-i
mission f .ftiA,:4id
GOLD SEEKERS RETURNING- t
By Telesranh to The News.
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 12. Many ot
the gold seekers who left for Klondike
are returning home for the winter on
account of the blockade at Dyea and
Skagaway, where there will be znucb
EUfferiBff dSZlPfi thft winter. h
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