North Carolina Newspapers

1 ie proceeds fanl aftPr irlpnliiAt J 7 exnses at the" end of the yeaif i divided anioner tthe nrodueers irt itiontothe 'amount of cotton sold jeh .man. Thei railrad comnris (esterday had t "before 'It Colonel ws, H. W. Miller, , j. P. Munsor rent Potts, of 'the Southern rail md questioned them as to. giving 1 freight' rates tb Otho Wilson at 3 Knob and - as to '-? issi'ingr free f "tui6 i Tiie past ttnree y years j pi , declined to answer and "were P'-"contempt 4f court,! , which 2 is- to be heard Thursday; tfte issloriers pretended that they by vestigation were trying to get' at tstice of ."-making' a reduction of y rates; Governor Russell visits :mmissioji after, the case Is ad , .-Waiter t Murphy is elect- " isident of therrM.CarolHTia So r ' in. Washington D. C Judsre yv .writes a lotteries. sweeping opinion -The frail way .com- n; orders completiort of the depot iicolnton.- rThe iadutni generr Iport shows. '22$T members of the reserves. ' "(-. .:..; . v. -- ; " .treasury department receives three "h.ere much pf this spurious coin ;sen put in ' circulation there; the jias hen captured 'but the coun ts have not.- Last night Senator was , sure 5f his Selec tion; there jeen one defection from the, com !but the latter slay they will. have h to beat Haft n a and to spare. lannaites have put , up several even .hets oh the knd dollar for. b n, ;but there are no takers. plkrans of Ohio fall over the state folding Indignation meetings, and ; mense crowd will he in Columbus jcmday, Inaugxiration day:; special Jitions have been taken to. protect tovernor from personal yiolepee, jajor Mosfes P. -Handy, commis- to the) Paris' exposition died yes y at A.ugusta, a., -where h had tfor, his health.-tf-At the Jackson banquet at-i2hk?agO i ast hjglit, Vv J. Bryan was the chief ispeak j's speech was cotinned Chiefly to a b arraign'ment of Secretary Gage, fie Hanna on en last night claimed ( Griffith had joined . their forces Jhaftjthey had the requisite seven-feewtesf-the' opposition still mainr that Hanna will i be defeated. 7 Vee silver leaders hold conferences Ishington city.-; An auegea murr is taken from j jail inj Colfax, V f I and hanged.-: The president ?h Secretary snerman, issues a for aid for the starving Cubans. Sandbririk shot 1 Br. Rogers at ihis because lie had won her affec- and would not marry her. Between England and Franpe Pr- dieted -' . rU righted by the Associated Press.) . In, January 8.t-The diplomats of expect serious' trouble between e land Great Britain as the outcome race to Khartoum. They, say that I hncc arrives mere ursi tiieic I to he war. Great Britain could ibmit to It as lower Egypt: is value Without the "key! of inner! Africa.l i learned from a member of the ex-Jellor-S' household that Prince Bis was much- shocked and annoyed Tecent rep' ,ts of his- death. I Kreuz Ze .13 reproduces alleged Ve articles rrom tthe American pa (and remarks: !"It is not. wise to e these' .overbearinig yankees too Continuing I iThe Zeitimg calls the government to fight the United i tariff, "'tooth for tooth," and to Mt- the importation of American J and. cereal '- j- ! - . ; . - -!kv;v . "V.-i I ' GoldBboro': Rice MK1 ; i Carolina rice mill, of. Gildsboro, N. I still receiving over the "different Ids. very large quantities; of rough urchased. through heir; representa- here, Messrs. IV. A. Whitehead & Sixty-seven cars alone. will . be ship W Wilmington. J: r"'; j ;; - 4" Goldsbof o tnlll has purchased so 45 season abotjt; 5,000,000 founds of - t ricei 'which will give some idea of larmous . amount of business this Velng. Th jmill Is turning out as Jjme heLd rice as we have ever - , understand these people have xoa very large cootracts on clean 'tj .. :; r 1 1 gj injglces the food pure, '- -wholesome aad 4Hdoa5. t Absolutely Puro ggyAL DAIUNO POVrtJta CO., NEW YORK. lhgeaph Nummary, att "STATE. 1 i, ttotT1ey general stih i maintains J" railrad commission has no 'lon. over the matter: of rentals n ""p3kis- Emma Lancas-' l z-bo student at Guilford i and Mrj D. F.j Scott, of Wilson f -fawrled'-in! -the office of reg ! t s of fV7ake county. Mr. j formerly 1 of .Bridgeport, jow engaged in extensive farm-! (this state; yesterday addressed a gathering 0( farmers at Charlotte; 3 a piiatn. for-aiT cotton growers -J uh to form 4 an . association , officers shall control the sale of tton crop; .the gales' lo be made ! h a system of state banks which idYaace tQ the producers a cer t ..fiQCtiOBr of the purchase1 money. r I MM I . RUSSELL'S STAR CHAMBER INQUISITION ESTABLISHED BY RAILWAY COMMISSION 'Colonel Andrews, Private Secretary Miller, and Messrs. Bfunson i and Petts, of tbe Southern Call road Interrogated as to Granting Free Passes They, Relying Up on Their Rights, Ketase to Acswer, and are Adjudged la Contempt of the Com . mission i. ' . if i H ( Special to" The Messenger.) .. Raleigh, JN. C, January 8. The sen saJtron toiday wal3 the? , examination at the --railway commission office, which "began at 10 o'clock. I ijolm B. Qiunson was the flrs't i Witness, Ckmm!Jssion!etr Caldwell Whose face; wore a stereo typed., senile, VS the! Jgfamd inquiisiitor. HlCs totiuiry of IMumson aa sto i any spe dial frelg!hfe raltes ling itven OtSio Wilson ;was m'0t tby;ta formal refusal! to reply i (given ibelow;5 i " ' ! i ; f F. H. lusbee, of iooainscl or ; the SooitQijernv KJowttendjeil !t!hat under;- he constitution 'it cotpam'Zssiom. to was i !npt permaCfced. the ask any man whether he "is guiUty of a. misdemeanor, thatt Its province Ss merely . to negcltia'te rates. CommissiionieT: 'Pearson; said: 'HVe con template nmking a change . of rtes.' Mr. Busbee inlslsittedi Lthat the" commas 6 ion could not ask a question for one piirpose anfi make 'it iieoesary fcr t'he. grauid jury to mvestgate. the; evidence. Cha'irmian Caswell said !tihis Jnvesiti-ga-tion was leinigi pressfed. un'der s'wtiion S of t'he railway commission " act ; th'is gjives' thei cmmSssdon 'the right too visit railway offices' arid see if, i the raltes 'are 'kept thalt hare is no preju dicte ' to ' any w'tniesjpklr. ; Busbe'e; said it was singular , that this particuTiair miaJtter, which borniej ori Otho f Wilson's case, was' thus ifcaken'up. thait case being now ibef ore ftjie icourts and , he made ; a starSkej at the , commiission ohfd at the state suprem4 court by saying; ""The supreme! i, court; xf the United Sitates is' yet, I thank God, the guard r ian and profcecftor. ofi the liibertleis S of the citizenls of Norith Cgirollna." The commissioners! after a few mo- miehts, maJde i their decision. : Br. A:b- hoitlt said . he did ntati ckns?d!eir tha!t th'e clommissrom hiad . thq lautHoTiity it . was a&siuming. 7 'Cailp well ' sard the majority of the "court cpmrnffesibn) he did not uls-e the word h'eld thaie it 'had tthe r'glht 'Under. tije 'act son's; hoofes and to examine Mun- have ;; Inttornoatioh, lan'd that if Munsron decline'd to an'srwier he would he1Iia'ble for contempt. He added tfha't it was th'e :videi5t in'ten- 5t'i!oh to evade givingi informaition I- and that if MaiSibn would not answer he wouM" be aJtJtached for contempt ; and held until the' matter was passed upon 5Mr. BiuSbee asked if ' 'Muhson! would i " I . . '- i ' ! i . , : .i . no t he, as is customary,: placed in j cus iColdy of the counsel " until he conferred with him. Com m ILsoner .. Abbott ' said he was enit'ireQy ignorajn't of the: object of this investig1a"tkn .nd . was- nojfc : in formed of it, though fte asked for infor matron. ! ' j ' I i. --i ' ' : Colohel Andrews, Who I arrived at 7 : 3,0 "dock thjsi. m'oirniingi was served w3th sufbpelna7 and ait 10 6' ' clock was ; 'before ithe commission, as Was aisolhis sec rotary, ,;Henry tiller. I; i s i 1 Totts was examined1 after M unison and said he had not tinie to find- his books, a!s "he was sutopeonaed " f lalte last evening, CMifler gave the - (same answer as 'Munson! to the question whether free passes : were .; Issued jdur ing the past three years and whether there was, a record of hem, 'but .that since January" 1 no. free' passas j had Ijeten- issued over the "North Oanoltala railway. Save roads. There, tio : directors5 of hranch was a declination t an j. swer the quetfon whletlher passes were Issued tx the last 1 tusre or to Judge "Simontori. Miller was then" ruled 1 in contempt byjCalMwell. ; 1 ;KZ5sIonel Andrews was , the next wit ness and in reply ttx"?a question . saJd ie record Of passes, issued during the t 'three years was .kept, but that hie ditd no"t know where it was; that ' the records were uswl.ly seft.t tx Washing ton at - the , first of the I year; . thafb nb - ' .'. ' i . 1 ' : passes iad (been issued' since tthe end of the year pave 'to' directors and edi- tttors, attorneysi and employes. He said he did not know whether J'udge Simon ton rode ,ont a pass. He gave ; the same answer! !as Munson to the ques ticn whe'ther ' he had senlt: a private car for Judge ShnoMtlon. He' added that hSs company .was complying witfli the law as to 'paSses .and trjhat ins!tmc 'tionS had heen given to' issue no pass es- Colonel 'Amdrewaj declined Jto'Vlfur- ' I ' i -.- - i ! 1 ' ndsh a list of passes! issued last year and was then declared to 'be in con tempt,.: - :) - '. r-: i '!- ! Potts was t:he last witness He de- dined to produce ithe record as re quested. ; j V;;;;' 1.; -;';i ;;, ?: "h"".. - ,fThe commission aninounced that it wonM not, act tioday, bit cited An drews, MHler, Mtmsort i iand Pottbjto appear at ' .10 o'clock next Tharrsdiay morning and show causa1 why they should not be attached (for contempt '. ( i i ' Commissioners Pearson and? OaM- well tnfrm'ed Colonel 'Andrews1 that shnlTar action 'as 'to the inquiry ahout free passes had '"been taken against, all Vther .railways and declared thei 00m missison had ho hostfflity towalrds th iSouthern.. Cotone'l ' 'Andrewa repliod: "I am very" glad Mx hear you say that." ' ' .; ; x'-f ' - ' hi' ' . f Follow'hTg fg thb amsu-er maide hy Munson and the other .eoxstihern raSl way. 'officials kind eohpTioyies 'to all the leading questions of the irailway! ooro Txfiss'van. today: i ' 1 "I respeCffully decline Jto answer the question (because my answer mlay tend to criminate me or to disclose circum stances or sources from which, or means by which, evidence of the com- missHon of an act cr my connlecJtion wifth an act which 'the commission 'be lieves 'to , be' unlawful may ;be db- In course of an in'terviiew this af- temcon BaiilWay Commisssioner ! Calif-" well said: . ! - v. 1 -1' i .. . . "We iSay the evidence -Andrews, "Mil der, (Munson and Po'ttis may give' will not .criminate ithem. JThare is no tin- ten'tion to prosecute 'them. It r is to test the vi'taUty of the commission act as -to their company, r IThey are simply (agerJtia and! can't be indicted. The purpcise is rto indidt the i pilncipal and 'nolt (the agent We ! are investTaratinsr : i 1 ' - 1 to: see "if we AVould do injulstice in 'look ing into tine reduction- of rates. The step, we have taken: puts the railway commission! ;sitatu'ter tb'' Its , severest strain. iWe will see Whether it'Sis vital or not." ; . '..'.. j -h- I ' ; ; ir . -:,f Go vemori ''RusiseTi was at riilway commtission office ithis afiternoor.- after conclusion j of its seiss'ion land, talked with the new commissioners. . ''j i 'Juidg'e .Purnell Writes an' opinion for the circuit coArrt of appeals that all lot'teire's areaoluft'ely deibarred from the mails.; ' It ia "blanket opinion" and a sweepinig on'e. , IM f Otho - Wilson says; "It is dear the railvyay commissjion! is no longer a body of men using 'their Cwn discre tion, but simply 'D. L: iRnsSeil." ;-i The railway commdssd'on Crders the . depot; - lat j Lum!berton comple'ted, in compliance with a previous order. . i ' )The; report of -j the . adjaitant general 'tk .the governor tto) strength of (the five dniisions of naval, reserves to tbe twenty-four . commis sioned and. five pet't y '. officers and 223 enliS ted ' me n. ' ' tri ; K Attoroy General r tbe SamblplnInnS til ' ("Special to The Messenger.) " fT Pjaleigh,.,N: C., Januiary 8. Attorney General. WaTsier writes me: fin " my -i i ! .' I t'. decision- oh ' the telephone question sent to the railway .commissions pecem- her 27th, I said that the act did mot" intend to and kibes not conifer oipon the conim'issi'on authority to- fix rates of rental of telephone' appliances ' or boxes.! If the questjonhall evi come before .the; courts -for d'etermination, I '-.? I'- - ' -:T i : I. -..i ' . - am confident they .will take .the same view of it." . ' 1 ' ; .a - A Marriage Under Peculiar Circumstances CSpeciai to The Messenger.) -Jlaletigh. iN. C.,. January 8. (Miss Em ma Dancaster, daughter of P. -B. Iian oajsiter, iof 'Greensboro, was married iby the-clerk i'n the register of .deeds - of fice here, this afternoon to D. (Scott, of Wilson! county. She wais at Guil ford college when she ; f e 11 sick' and sent for Scofit and 'they decided to he married.' J ; ; '''.- t':';" President of tbe Worth Carolina; Society (Special .to The Messenger.) 1 Washington, D. C January 8. Dr. Walter C. ' Murphy has- been unan imously elepted president of the North Carolina Society, of this city, succeed ing Hon. William R. 'Cox, secretary of the United States senate, who declined a re-election. ' ' . 1 When a! man is suffering with an aching , head, a sluggish body, when his muscles are lax and lazy, his hrain dull,"; and his stomach disdaining food,5 he will, if wise, heed these warnings and resort to the right remedy; - before it is too late Parker3 Sarsaparilla" the "King of Blood Purifiers" ; : makes, the appetite keen and hearty-invlgo-rates the liver purifies the blood and fills it with the life-giving elements of the food, i It is a wonderful "blood maker and flesh fcuilder. Sold toy J. C, Shepard, J. H. Hardin and XX. L. Fen-i trisa, ' - ,j :. . - - if: - . l-.;.v-: :: r The Chicago Market ; ! Chicago,- January 8. Wheat ' averw aged easier today,' over a moderate range. Trading, though not especially heavy, was of a nervous character and caused many quick changes. May closed at c decline. Fjrm cash mar-, kets and a good export demand salved the market from a more severe hreak. Corn lost c. . Oats closed unchmged and provisions 2 to 7c higher. t A Coademed Murderer , Respited . Richmond, " Va., Ja1nuary, 8. John Jacksonv who wast -to have heeh' harnsgeid at Ahdngdon today; for the murder of his toaisinv has heen respited for nine ty days.' Public seotment. In that sec tion is largely against carrying out thefdeaSJi eenUence. - .! Mrs. M. B. Ford, Ruddeil's, HU suf fered! for eight years from dyspepsia and chronic constipation and was final ly cured by using DeWitt's Little Ear ly Risers, the famous little pills for all stomach and liver troubles. Bel lamy. HAIHIPOPEP AS INDICATIONS POINTIKG - TO . HIS ELECTION ?1 " Two of the Opposition JotjF tbe Hanna . Party, Which, They Clatro.OiTes Them a Majority The "Combine" jStiU ClaimtBg His Defeat Certain Trouble In the Dsm- ocratlc Banks Serf ons D(tarbances on . Monday Feared Precautns Taken to ; Protect Governor jBnftbJeli : i Columbus, O., January 8. Senator Hanna thinks -tonight that) . his election is sure. His managers sayithey see the necessary 73 . votes for hn that the tide of popular sentimeflfc will make his vote larger than is nepessary next Tuesday. i . One week ago tonight, the Hanna tickets for the organizatitm of the 'leg islation' were "defeated .irijithe republi can caucus. On last "Monday the sen ate was organized by. a vlste of 19: to 17 and the house hy 56 to 5 against him, a total of 75 to 70 againsrIa-nna. i ,The opposition concedeUhe lossfthe 1 representative from 4Montoniery, only, and claim that they stillhave votes to spare in defeating Hanna. Touring the day - hets wre posted at the Neil house rangingffrom $500 to $5,000 or any parts therofJ even m6ney, on the election -of Hanna. :and other private wagers were off ed, hut none were taken. There "was $1,000 deposited at the CXeil house offrceifor even bets on Hanna and it remained there , Reports from indignation meetings in the counties today j ande tonight are pouring into the. Hanna' -headquarters. .These i meetings,, of -the? clubs; county committees- and other or;anization;s, at which speeches are ma$e and resolu tions. adopted against Governor Bush nell, the 'bolting . republican, in embers and .others, will not tie continued unless there is a dead lock nexq week. Those who have heen' holding meetings .at their-homes this week will he. here Mon day for the general nias meeting that has been called hy the nepublican state committee. . .-.s".;' vV - I- ' j .- .The ceremonies for th ' inauguration of Governor .Bushneir 'Soccur at noon Monday next and the, mass meeting is announced for 2:30 o'clock p. m. I i '. '.The state - committee' explains that many who will .he. here $n Monday ex pect to leave on the evening trains and that no later hour could be .fixed for the meeting, at which strong resolu tions will v,no. doubt, Ibe fLopted against the newly inaugurated S governor, r V the 'bolting" republican mer'Vers of the leg islature and others. Thei clubs that re fused to participate in th e ' i naugrurat ion will attend the mass meeting in bodies and there are , fears of serious collisions kmUt he 'reeWfe'WihUeJt ! is japcrehend ed that there may; he hisses and "all sorts of insults to the governor during the inauguration paradi, it is .known .55' that there have, been special arrange- 'ments made to . protect his : excellency from personal violence.? fserious trouble is' feared during the inauguration and again' "during ,the, mass? meeting, ; and especially Monday nighit after hoth of these occasions are ovel- The. attend ance will he much greater than ever 'be fore, on an . inaugurate oc'day. The rail ways I'report'their. .' incapacity in I some places to furnish sufficfeht cars for all who want to come. Te reports indi cate that, the excursionists are mostly the members of republican clubs and indignant citizens who ant to attend the mass meeting : j."! It is now urged by. th .resolutions of many, indignation ! meetings that Mr. Kurtz resign as Ohio memher of the republican' national committee. The indagrnatibn goes t& the extent of resolutions insisting that Henry C, Ma son resign as speaker and that all other repuhlicans elected to. legislative Jotnces. by the bolting , republieans comhining. with the democratic members,, give up their places or get oui f- the republi can party. Speaker JMasoft i called on Senator Hanna today and spent two. hours in conference. .This call was fol lowed hy all sorts of rumors, hut. it is not believed there washny agreemeht reached hetween ,theft. There h were those" who had noauthority to speak for Hanna, insisting that Mason would yet be ousted; and that the house would he completely re-organizednext week. While the doubtful republicans seem to be drifting toward ?the Hanna col umns there is still trouble with some of the democratic " members who do "? not want, to vote for a republican for sen ator. It is -believed thaf the democratic members will hold - a spirit senatorial caucus Monday " night "as to try . to enforce the unit rule o the' senatorial vote. ! Unless this Is dte it seems cer tain that no one excerHannacan he elected on the first haflpt. It was 'announced veeks ago 'that there; would !be a conff ence here this afternoon of represen ta tive democrats from all parts of the stte on a proposed plan for a new depart ftrre or re-organi zation of the party. There were over one hundred present, feut the confers ence adjourned withoutr definite action because ; or a contest njver the resolu tlons as to who was entitled to vote at primaries. , The Hanna managesa . gave out a .signed statement tonight from ' Repre sentative Griflith to thg. effect that he will support Hanna. i.As this state ment gives the : Hann men. on their claims seventy three votes on record in '- writing there', is. great rejoicing at their headquarters .toriight over , hav ing the necessary mority. At the headquarters of the opposition they say they still have a majority; over all and that they will yet haye Griffith and Manuel ' back :before th ballotfng be gins next Tuesday. . ' - ' .. .?!' ' " 'J.". .fell -'tfc? f ; - Why allow yourself ttbe slowly tor-, tured at the stake of disease? Chills and Fever will undermine; and event-, ually break down the slrongest consti tution. Febri-Cura (Seet Chill Tonic with Iron) is more effective than quin nie, and being combined .with iron'' is an excellent Tonic and Cerve medicine.. It is pleasant to take, aid is sold under positive guarantee to; cure or . money "just as good" kind doftt't effect cures. Sold i by J. C. Shepard, , J. H. Hardin and H. Fentresa. A SEVERE ARRAIGNMENT i At the Andrew .Jackson Day Banquet In Chicago Hon. William J. Bryan ia the Chief Speaker He Makes a Vigorous At tack Upon thie Financial Policy of Secre tary Gage H :;r":r:'y'-, -"flf . Chicago, Jahuy 8. A host of .demo crats, quite a numher of them from Iqwa, Indiana iandv Wisconsin, celebrated Jack son Day by. a banquet at the Tremont. house this evening. Hon. William J Bryan was the principal guest. I He reaefhed Chicago from 'Lincoln this morn ing, being met at the depot by National Committeeman Gahan, and others select ed to welcome him. ' - - For an hquror so prior, 'to the feast? Mr. Bryan held a reception in the hotel parlors: and -shook hands with a. large number 01 callers. Nearly 500 were seat ed at the banquet. Mayor Harrison pre sided and acted as toastmaster. j Mr. Bryan was received with cheers when introduced, and spoke in part as .follows: , ' "It is ; especially fitting that at this time , the American -people, should recall the name of Andrew Jackson and gather inspiration and encouragement fromi- his public career. We are engaged in a Icon test very "similar to that in - which he played so conspicuous and honorable fa ; TVitw ry or Vi i - arm rT rffl ra the! Na tional ; Bank attempted to overawe' - the the government. He grappled 'with it! and overthrew it. Arrayed against him were the very classes Which have forced a con tinuance of ; the gold standard in (. the .United States in spite of the almost unanimous protest of the people the same .classes which are now trying to coerce the government into surrender Of the sovereign right to control the money of" the country.- Tt seems that every gen eration presents a comioat netween tne producers of wealth and' the money chancers. ,;! r ' . ''"' ,"' . "The present secretary of the treasury, Mr.. Gage. 13 eminently fit to be thp in- strum ent of the financiers in their effort tr fnmnlpt thf shcrtifi commenced twenty-four years ago and-,, continued without interruption until ie prjesent day. He possesses ;a sublimes faith in the supetiorityj of money over man and ;a supreme contempt 10 r. tne rignts, tne in terests ana tne opinion 01 tne people at large He knows that the gold standard was adopted in the United States' with out any party ' ever asking ; tor it. He knows that for twenty-three ' years . after its adoption, no party ever dared to com mend it; he knows that in the campaign or l89t the; party composed or- Doitmg democrats "was the - only party . which dared to declare the gold standard ; a blessing; he knows that at the polls 99 per cent, of the voters registered their opposition to a single gold standard!, dif- me'tallism; he knoWs that the president to Whose partiality he owes his position, sent, a commissibn. to Ehirope to beg other nations to , neip us get rm or tne goia standard; he knows that the senate and n. 1 i t ' T ii i. ; i : nouse 'wiin scarcely a tussemrug; uice, appropriated $100,000 of . the people's money to pay tne expenses of the com mission while it. was seeking relief from the gold standard; he knows that France. oy joining in the uenmna tor. interna tional . bimetallism, condemns the gold standard i he knows that the farmers,: the laborers, ' and, to a large extent, the manufacturers of England, desire tinter- natianal bimetallism ; he knows that: the maintenance'of the gold standard' means unmerited advantage to the; money own ing and the bond holding classes and undeserved punishment to the -vast ma- I - 1A I . 1 X 1 ' A J . Jl jority of 'the . people of this countrV and of : the civilized World, and' yet, in spite of this -knowledge Of all tnese facts, he is deliberately planning, to fasten the gold! standard permanently upon the peo ple- (of the United! States. Not content with advocating a policy, which places the destinies of 70,000,000 of free men in the 1 hand of the foreign financiers. which permits a few London bankers' to control our standard of money, he now proposes to! giveftd ; the national banks full j and complete control or the paper money of the nation. In November, 1896, 6,500,000 of electors voted against the retirement of the greenbacks, and 7,000,- 000 supported a platform f which was silent upon i the subject. -The republican candidate for president, in -his letter-, of acceptance, ; pledged the republican1 .' par ty to keep in circulation (and as good as gold) ; all the silver and paper monies now included in, the currency of the country While onlr ofte oartv advocated the retirement of Ithe greenbacks and that party polled less than 1, perl cent. of: the total vote. r f .:f 'Mr. Gage knows these fact and yet, m to spite or; that Knowledge he is seeking organize': a money trus t more danger- ous, not only to-the industries, but to the liberties, of ' the people, than all the other trusts combined. Mr. Bryarj: then spoke of the reduction of wages in. -New England cotton mills. This, he claimed, was an indication of the failure of republican policies to bring relief, to the ;people. Death of Major Moses P. Handy ;Angusta, Ga., January. 8. JMajor Moses P. . Hahdy clied at noon today. The remains will he -taken to Berlin, Md, j for "burial. ; Major Handy was stricken with the inness which ended wfth his death while he was preparing v leave f-er Ameriijay-. after completing Paris has work as commissioner to the' exposl-.tiai.f-'Neyielr vipy.'Btwi'TOaii,:.. 'the strain: of his position. Ihad tk,. heavily a -tuts mjustiLuuMjiu aaa ne was aayraeu by Ms physician to give up the more trying rwork " of the msfon. iBut he . persisted -ntil two diays before :v; the date set 4lo Qauing when We waaf over come (by, wha'fc appeared tp be j tem porary weapeness which caused him. to pofejtone has, departure. 'When he got . to !New Tokhe sncoumhed again' but pnaied hnnseif' together and came to Chocago. In Chicago he appeared, to regain vf baiity but ihis prfde and - In terest fei Ihfs ml3SfOn fled. !hhh to plunge liito the work x& preparmg hi report. Ii; waj3 nc-urprise to 'hSs friends i to hear : thalf he haid sticcumheid while on Hfs way tolWashshTg the dtmgs iiind lkidneys gravity of (the attack. He was re moved to Georgia, -where ; . ibel f lost. Strength gradually. His -wife accom panied -him? 0 5fhe souftJh and his,, son, Mr. W.; M. (Handy, deft for Georgia Thursday,. afternoon., . itr:f ' ; ' Major Mbses P. Handy was horn at Warsaw, enton county, ; -Mo., ; m- 1847. Eesrrtce. and Sserved. with gallantry dxrr- Lwas enrployed by The ew Tork Tri- f bune as epcial xxrrespondent doiring She Cuban tfonrtides and won ditSndtion Jby his report of the .Virginius roassacre Laiter. he became mainaging editor of The Philadepphia rrhnes an5d; subse-querntly- ed-itioT df The PhilaVielpMa vynen a cna tne-nanuiy reraorea to i xxnDS, from Cardiff for fMa-rapCT trf Virginia, 4nwhich state aiajor'andy j coal, fe wreckea bn Jamsary was rearel land encatjWh her crew: can&i3i5nr- aj,&&211&3 JOHH BOLL'S COHSOLATIO; il E SAYS KI AO CHOU IS f A VEUTT UNDESIRABLE JLOCATION i Effbris tQ Draw the United States lafotBMs-V . Eaaternjj Qaarrel England: to Allow So : Exclusive Concessions by China-Kassiav : and France Fearing an Anglo-Jap-amass ' Alliance Activity In Britlab Advauce T3j? Otbe Nil To Beopen the Majbilck Case I (Copyrighted - by the Associated Press ' I Xiondon, January. The disclosure oS, ;the details and ' terms of the .acqtusi . tion of Kiao-Chou bay by Germany mo mentarily scared the'" British : publkv ' which, ; however, " how. regards Germany .-. move with all the more equanimity as It. : the opinion of persons : intimately -ae quainted with China. Kiao-Chou bar ' i or iitue; commercial .yaiue ana wiii-omy be a series of hugeexpense for ttieGer man Jamesoners., If the ; harbprj had. been commercially valuable,1 it la pointed, out, it . would long ; ago have been made . a treaty. port, buJt is to be complete ly overshadowed by the close.- proximitjr of "flourishing Che Foo. The prdvince of Shan-Tung, it is added, is, entirely agri cultural j and hardly Mle to support Its; population, while the strategic' value o? Kiao-Chou bay; can be inferred by-' the fact: of Jlussia, lr spite of the Cassinl treaty;v allowing Germany to occupy it. - " - . -t i -1 - '-.- . ' , .Altogether, Kiao-Chou bay is not- likcljr to. prove a bed of roses. , A (conclusive illustration of the atlf S tude of the British? governnient is fur nisfhed by the presence of warships of iArthur, and it is likely to be further de monstrated jyy the sending of chips to Kiao-Chou boy. ., .;. " , . Ltt weiirantormed circlesvit is asserted!, that it- is not Hikely Great Britain will .formally protestN against, the v lease r R Kiao-ChovJ .bay to Germany,; but will con nne "nerseir to xne signincant runt givetv in the movements of her fleet: that she- intends, to:, claim, an equal sharo of all China's concessions in regard to all sea ports, "leased or, looted," as heing addi tional treaty ports. , As a leading diplomat remarked to a. representative of the. Assocfated Pressr; -"line statesmen of Berlin and St. Peterat burg must ', be strangely unobservant if they imagine that either Great Britain..: the United! i States' or Japan ' will aJlowr- tnem te monopoly of . the plums. The Spectator ' revels in the! statement that thfe United States is inclined to sua- - port thfe British demand that no exclu- Bivtj "privileges dc, gij.niea to any indt vidual power: in Chmyt and says: "NotJh ing' short of a direct menace of. aggres sioh would tempt any combination of 2 x 1 1 ., 1 . a continental powers to face the whole Angio-saxon race united and resolved. It is amusing to notice Russia and Frdaica i courting japan. Both of them are in deadly fear of her forming an offensrvcy and : defensive alliance . with Great Bri ' tain. As ia matter of fact, -there arev. things ;mucfh more unlikp-Iv t'han i.h eventual, alliance of Great Britain, -China. ana j apan, and the contingency would acquire 1; still more probability should, . guaranteed a Chinese loan.;' A suggestive piece of hews-is that -ucijsau aula uuiuuasstHi xwu. cruisers ot U.UL1 t'tonseach, which have been building in. jjingiand tor unina. . It is not believed the Chinese loan, if' completed, will effect the market for sU- ' ver. As the, money is required to pay the Japanese warindemnity and would not be sent to China, silver could not .be - The officfal statement' that the military -tactics In Egypt are purely defensive as -." not,; credited. The greatest activity is-. manifested in all quarters. Immense sup plies of ammunition' and food are being; forwarded to the front and it is whisper- that the ministers desire to meet par-' liament. with Khartoum in their handa so that a triumph in!Africa may offset; 'the blunders' in India. Even with tb liveliest effort, however the time inter- ' veningfwill .'hardly suffice for a coup in the Soudan. ' ' . , r A letter has been received from a Brit ish officer serving in thei Soudan, who says since July the Peyerishes have kill ed oyer 2,000 of the JaaLin tribe and adds'-that whe women and Children home less and starving number 5,000. iThey have dragged themselves? to ' Berber, h& continues. "where we .have Boarwlv smf. ficient 'food for our own people." Con tinuing,1 the officer writes: "A charity committee of the officers has beeh form ed and is doing good work with the 3Tjr subscribed. "But tihe refugees are in creasing in number. ; i j ' The Statist expresses ;the jopinlon that: the f acJt that a resolution has been Ja troduced in congress to pay the interest, on th6 United States idebt either In gota or: silver , indicates that, there is Uttle chance, of any reform of thecurrency by the present congress,, "in ispite of Secre tary Gage's confidence," and regrets that under thecircumstances,: it ia obliged to continue cautioning Britishers against Investing in America until the 1 currency question is settled. ' . The foreign trade of Great Britain dur ing 1897 was the largest in historv. Ttw exports, Imports and re-exports amount ed to, 7,423,000. The increase was ex tirelys on Imports and re-exports, the dine in exports amounting : to S.79a00O. Thj case of Mrs. Florence Maybriclc will perhaps be re-opened shortly in an other form. i - , .The ' Swedes seem inclined to take ad vantage of 'Russian pre-occhpation in th far east to re-operf hostilities with Nor way. When the relations between tbe two countries were strained, in 1S96. it . --.. k..w xwoouj. was lUCUliod. to aid Norway, In exchange for tessiozx. - uf"ua, lutiuuiuj .tijtr port oi itamv roerfest. . . : ,.t . ; ' . .;,.. The: appointment .of ex-Klrig Milan sv. commander-in-chief of the I Servian army -has caused a sensation. In. weU-inform ed circles the opinion is expressed that, the appointment was necessary ' as th& -Servian army, which has great admira tion fort ithe former king. Is assumitur an . Independent; attitude. The course of affairs in Servia "indicates that King Al-H exander may ere long retire in favor oti--his father. ' - , - -A i.r . Agteamer and Crtw Lost Marseilles, January 8.JThte ftlaxapv reported have fonhdered wltb 'rxi hands, Km Thursday Tast, ioff BaodilciC. bw: neny--fLve mites wedt of 3Bt por urns out to the Prench Btefearwr -" or niaeen men, ;weire ; aTfc Iot?t. 3nrr- bodies bave already f been f (reooveraa fibeen km Hart's Emulsion of Cod, ' Uver 02 with' Creasote and the Hypophosbites if faithfully used, is a specific in tbe treatment of weak lungs, Consumptioa Bronchitis, etc- Leading physicians re cemmend It. Sold bv J. C Rhrrv? t H. Hardin and Hi Ir Fentress. " - ;'l " ! -X : ....