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WILMINGTON, N. C, SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 1891). PRICE 5 CENTS VOL. XII, No. 'i THEDOLLARDINNtR The Jefferson Banquet of the Chicago Plat " form Democrats in New York. A TRULY DEMOCRATIC AFFAIR People of all Nations and all Colors Thousand People at the Tables- to Decorations and Bill of FareAll Formality-Waived. Mr. Bryan the Chief Speaker-Enthusiastically ReceivedHe Talits of the Two Demo cratic Platforms, New York, April 15. The "Doilar" privilege to be permitted to attend this. -Jerfferson dinner of the Chicago plat- form democrats, at the Grand Central palace tonight in point of numbers was one of the biggest affairs 'ever held in this city. Nearly 3,000 men and women sat down at long tables in the various rooms of the big palace. There were all kinds of people there, dressed in all kinds of clothes. White men elbowed with colored men and white women with colored women. There were four Japanese and three Chinese present, but the Chinese were merely spectators and sat up in the second gallery. They said they had come'to see Bryan. - The main hall presented a different aspect from that of 'the Metropolitan opera house at the "Ten Dollar" din ner of the democratic club. There was oio flower embellishment, but just great long avenues of tables covered -with, plain white plates. The Only orna mentations were bunches of celery and granite ware coffee pots. The boxes about the hall were festooned with flags, with silken banners suspended between the flags. At the back of the stage were two American flags draped, one bearing the portrait of Jefferson .and! the other that of Bryan. Small "portraits of Bryan were interspersed between the flags on the balconies. On the stage was an immense floral liorseshoe of carnations, roses and he- liotrophe. It had, worked in flowers, the ; -wmrds ''Women's Bryan Leaerue." Be- ; low, in red carnations on white roses Was the name "Bryan;" surmounting ' ail the; numerals "16 to 1." Back" on one ; of the cane bottom chairs was a. mag- nificent bouquet of rOses, American i Beauties. But not even on the guests table was there a single flower Looking from the top tier the hall presented a scene such as is seen at western, barbecues or Rhode Island clambakes. A brass band of thirty-five pieces on the balcony discoursed music throughout the evening. The diners ibegan to arrive at the Grand Central palace at 5 o'clock. There were 150 policemen in and about the place. The women to the number of 475 din ed in the long hall just off the second gallery. They sat down to the tables at 5:30 o'clock. The first excitement of the evening occurred when the Russian-American democratic association, 250 strong, from the Eighth assembly district, marched in. They, were received with cheers. " There was no concerted attempt to seat 'the 3,000 diners simultaneously. All were told to go in and sit down. About 7 o'clock nearly every seat of the .men's tables was occupied, and the service began. Over 600 waiters started into the main hall with soup a few minutes before 7 o'clock, ' The menu included soup, roast beef, tur key, ice cream, coffee and cigars. Three thousand bottles of wine were gratu itously served by a wine company . "William -Jennings Bryan did not ar rive until shortly . after 7 o'clock. Crowds on the sidewalks signaled his appearance by tremendous cheering. He came in a caD ana, was escui-wu through a tremendous crowd to the waiting room outside the main hall. Here he shook hands with the com mittee. Then he was ' escorted to "the guests' table, a long table in front of the platform. Following came the speakers of the evening. The band played "Hail to xne umei, as Bryan was hurried down one of the main aisles,- There was tremendous cheering and waving" of napkins- Din ers stood on chairs and tables waving frantically. The demonstration lasted for five minutes. Among those who sat at the guests table were James R. Brown, presiding; on his right W. J. Bryan; on his left Charles A. Towne, of Minnesota; O. H. P. Belmont; Wm. S. McNary, secretary of the democratic state committee of Minnesota; Mayor J. , L. Rhimooks, of Covington, Ky.; Boston Hall, George Frederick Williams,' ex-Congressman "William E. Ryan, of Rochester; A. S. Townson, of Virginia; Colonel Thomas Smith, Virginia, and . John Clark Rid path. 1 - The crowd was a thoroughly repre sentative one, and before the dinner was concluded, hundreds of the diners left their seats and crowded about the guests' table and began to shaks hands with Colonel Bryan. This was topped ort'tTi -much difficulty. At q rkVinrv the rnmmitte and the speakers ascended to the platform. ' Bryan received a vociferous ovation, thft diners in many instances again standing on chairs and tables and the women waving napkins wildly. . James R. Brown called the meeting to' order and introduced George Fred Williams, of Massachusetts, who was HvAti a. fine reception. The crowd in the galleries meantime had increased and there were as least 5,000 people in h hail. The mention of Henry George's name evoked an extraordinary demonstration. O. H. P. Belmont was next introduc ed and read his speech from manu- Rorinf. John Clark Ridpath spoke on Thomas Jefferson. A tremendous amount of cheering and applause greeted Mr. Bryan, who said in part: , "Mr Chairman, Democrats, Ladies and Gentlemen: I esteem it a great and Both Sexes PresentThree Democratic Simplicity Rules as Pf obably the largest banquet ever given in the United States. I appreciate the kindness which has been mani fested by your action and by the words of those who have preceded me. I shall carry back tp my western home new courage from your meeting, and shall be glad to tell to the people in other states that in JNew York there be those who are true to the principles of democracy as written in democracy's latest creed. "The object of this banquet was to chance to celebrate the birthday of sivt? muiigo piatiorm democrats a Thomas N Jefferson. There was a ban quet given in honor of Thomas Jeffer son two nightjs ago, and the discus sion of the price-obscured to some ex tent the difference between that ban quet and this. A democrat has a right to pay whatever he pleases for a din ner if he has the money. The charac ter of a political banquet is determined not by the cost of it, but by the sen timents which are woven into the post prandial oratory. "We have not one word of hostility to utter toward those democrats who left the democratic party in 1896. Far be it from lis to criticize any man whose; judgment or conscience leads him out of the democratic party. "When the republicans met at St. Louis some of the republicans left the republican party rather than adapt themselves to the platform written out at St. Louis. j.They organized a distinct party and ! they took a name sufficiently different from the republican name so that no one would mistake the one for the other. They made a bold and earnest fight and the republicans who left the party in 1896 have neither gone back nor; standing outside, have they at- tempted to write the platform of the nartv whirh Ithw lfft ThOM -it democrats who loft ns" fn isqfi organized a. distinrt nnrtv thoxr nrml ! nated a ticket and perfected their na- ! tirtnnl rvrp-aniiatirvn R,ri incifoo li I ing themselves gold democrats, so that they could not be mistaken for the reg- ; ular democrats, they called themselves ' national democrats, although they did not expect to carry a precinct in the "United States. A party is an associa tion of the people for the purpose of giving force and effect to political opinions held in common. They talked to us about harmony. The only kind of harmony that is possible is harmony between those who think and act to gether, to give force to their common opinions. j "There can be no harmony between those whose opinions are as antago nistic as the opinions set forth in the Chicago platforjrw and in the Indianapo lis platform. All that we ask is that those who come into the democratic party shall bej a part of the demo cratic party. "We simply insist that a man cannot be a political bigamist. He cannot be wedded to the name of our party and to the principles of some other party. We simply ask that he shall get a formal divorce, either from our name or from their principles. "The democratic party has a plat-, form. It does not dismay those who stand upon it t: hear it denounced this year by those who denounced it two years ago. We got accustomed to it in 1896. The democratic platform is satis factory to those who supported it in 1896. The platform was written by the representatives of the democratic par ty in the most democratic convention that has been held in a quarter of a century. It is a compliment to receive a pres idential nomination from any national convention, but I am proud that my. . - nomination . came irom a con- vention, not of bosses, but of demo- j cratic citizens. It has vindicated that : platform and every plank of it is stronger today than it was when the ! platfoiyn was written. !. xnose wno Deiieve tnat we snouia : invite into the democratic party all those who cannot share in the purposes ! and the aspirations of that party I' cannot speak for others I speak for myself arev wrong, and I say that I would not abstract from it a single plank to get back every man who left it. Nor do I believe that we could draw people to us by cowardice. The day for ambiguity has passed. That platform "means something and if you ask why it , was in the campaign of .1896, the hearts of the people were stirred as they have not been lately stirred, I will tell you that it was because . the struggling masses found in that platform an in spiration and aggregated wealth found in it a menace to every man who robs his neighbor for his own benefit. It was those who have entrenched themselves behind abuses of government who ob - jected to that platform and well they might object, because that platform j Batteries Young and O'Connor; Sud was aimed at every abuse of govern- hoff and Clements. Umpires, O'Day and ment, ajid I was glad that I was sup- Brennan. Time, 1:50. ported by those who , could have only asked me for just laws. I am glad that the 6,500,000 who voted for ine simply wanted me to get other people's hands out of their pockets (applause) and not to get their hands into other peoples pockets." For frost bites, burns, indolent sores, eczema, skin diseases, and especially Piles, DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve stands first and best. Look out for dishonest people who try to imitate and counterfeit it. It's their endorse ment of a good article. Worthless goods are not imitated. Get DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. R. R. Bellamy. GEK3IAN EUPIBIS IS CHINA Fear of Intention to Place Prince Hefi ry at the Head of a German Kingdom in China i I Victoria, B. C, April 15. According to The Pekin and Tie Tsin Times,copies of which were receive', here by the steamer Glongle, it is generally believ ed among the foreign element at Pekin that the seidzure of Kiao Chou in No vember, 1897, by Germany, was a first step toward the realization of a scheme of Kaiser Wilhelm to place a German king on Chinese soil. Prince ' Henry, the Emperor's brother,-who is in the Orient in charge of the Asiatic squadron, it is alleged, will be king and the Chinese province of Shan Tung his kingdom. The occupa tion of the interior of the province, it is pointed out, is a direct move.7 toward the establishment of German sovereign ty over the whole of the 65,000 square miles of Shan Tung, instead of the 400 square miles around Kiao Chou, which was taken out of the Chinese domain by Admiral von Diedrichs after the na tive mob had killed missionaries Neise Hennie and Zeigler. Baron von Heiking, : the German minister, has gone to Kiao Chou to consult with Prince Henry. Chinese military officials in Shan Tung Wve asked permission from the Pekin gov ernment to proceed against the Ger man force of occupation, According to the Japanese papers, there is grave apprehension in' British-j vxcriiiaii. uijjiumaiiu lulics icgaiumg the situation in China, which is height ened by the fact that Russia is again making'overtures for control of affairs in Corea. In consequence of recent de velopments the'leave granted Sir Claude McDonald, British ambassador, has been withdrawn, and he will remain at the Chinese capital. Base Ball Brooklyn 0, ' Boston 1 .New York;, April Id, The opening game of the championship season in Brooklyn today brought out an attend ance of over 20,000. It was a gala day in the base ball annals of Greater New York. The game was a battle royal of eleven innings between two as perfect ly balanced teams as could te brought together. The pitching of Kennedy and Nichols was superb, the hitting, of course, being light in consequence. Both m-fields were veritable stone walls. Neither side could score for ten innings, and then Boston made the winning run on a wild throw by Jen nings that sent Bergen to second and L"e" came lenny s unve to aeep centre for three bags. Attendance 20,167. The SCOre: ' R. H. E Brooklyn .0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 4 BOStOn ...0 0 00000 000 1 1 7 1 0 Batteries Kennedy and Smith; Nich ols and Bergen. Umpires, Andrews and Gaffney. Philadelphia 6, Washington 5. Philadelphia, April 15. It looked like victory for Washington today until the seventh inning, when by opportune hit ting Philadelphia overcame the Sena tors lead, and won by a close mar gin. Attendance 8,814. The score: R. H. E Philadelphia .0 1 0 1 0.0 4 0 x 6 12 Washington ..0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 05 11 Batteries Donahue and McFarland; Mercer and, McGuire. Umpires, Hunt and Connolly. Time, 1.50. Baltimore 5, New York 3. Baltimore, April 15. The rejuvinated Orioles defeated the New Yorks today in a close and interesting game by a score of 5 to 3. Attendance 3,942. The score: R. H. E. Baltimore ., .K0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 x 5 6 New York . . ..1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 03 3 Batteries Kitsen and Robinson; Do heny and Warner. Umpires, Emslie and Betts. Time, 2:00. . Cincinnati 2, Pittsburg 5- Cincinnati, April 15. For the first time in three years the Reds lost the opening game of the season. Though the weather was not of the base bal variety, nearly 10,000 people witnessed the contest which, with the exception of the two final innings, was an excel lent exhibition. Pittsburg outplayed the Reds at every point and were also fa-: vored by Dame Fortune. The score: R. II. E i Cincinnati TliXJ 1 . .0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 02 11 ..0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 25 10 riusuurg Batteries-.-Hawley and Peitz ; Tanne hill and Schriver. Umpires, Swartwood and Warner. Time, 2:10. : Louisville 1, Chicago 2. Louisville, April 15. Both Calahan and Dowling pitched fine ball today and had the Colonels supported their pitcher, the score would have been a tie. Attendance 2,600, The score: ' .' R. H. E. Louisville ....0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 01 10 4 Chicago , 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 02 11 2 Batteries Dowling and Kittredge; Callahan and Chance. Umpires, f Burns and Smith. Time, 2.18. M St. Louis 10, Cleveland 1. St. .Louis, April 15. The base ball season opened here today with a game between the Cleveland and the St. Louis clubs, winch, since last year, have changed cities. Tebau's St. Louis boys won easily by heavy batting and good work in the field. Attendance 16, 000. The score: R.H.E. ; St. Louis ..0 0 5 0 4 1 0 Ox-IO 13 4 ..0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 4 i Cleveland New Spanlsn Ambassador at WaabingJI ton London, April 15. Special dispatches j from Madrid say, the duke of .Arcos, the . late Spanish minister to Mexico,, and ; who married Miss Virginia Lowery, of Washington,, nas Deen aesignaxea as Spanish ambassador at Washington. Not one child dies where ten former ly died from croup. People have lam ed the value of One Minute Cough Cur and use it for severe lUng and throat troubles. It immediately stops cough ?ng. It never fails. R. R. Bellamy. THE QtJAY INDICTMENT A SignailHetory lor the Prosecution. The "RedBook" admitted In Evi deuce Philadelphia, April 15. The prosecu- , lion today in the trial of ex-United States Senator Quay succeeded m hav ing admitted as evidence the j three books found in Cashier Hopkins' desk after the People's bank failure, and on the i-ages of which the commonwealth alleges will he found the evidencessof conspiracy between Mr. Quay, late State Treasurer Benjamin J. Haywood, and John S. Hopkins, the dead cashier. These books are the famous "red book", over which the legal battle as to its admissability has waged' since the early part of the week and which ended today in a completa victory for ! the prosecution; the "black book" and the "blue book." In the "red book,' it is charged by the prosecution, will be found calcula tions by Hopkins of interest on state funds, which interest was paid to the then State Treasurer Haywood and to Senator Quiy. The "black book" con tains records and entries pertaining .to stock transactions alleged to connect the defendant with Hopkins in using state funds for speculation.' The "blue book" is asserted to be a record of in dividual loans by Cashier Hopkins and, it is charged, will show that Senator Quay was loaned money wthout suffi cient security. - THE ALIBI WITNESSES In the Lake City Lynching; Case Get Their Testimony Jllxed Up Charleston, S. C, April 15 A great mass of testimony was given to the jury in the Lake City case here today. The defence devoted itself to proving alibis for various prisoners and incidentally to breaking down the character of Joseph P. Newham, the defendant who turned state's evidence and whose tes timony is the central feature of the: government's case. Witnesses were called to reinforce the claim already made that McKnight was at his home on the night of the lynching. Three witnesses testified to this fact today. , ' . The alibi set up for Rodgers is to the effect that he was fishing near his home when Baker was killed, and that for Martin Ward is to the effect that he was at the house of a neighbor named Collins nursing the latter's sick wife. Three witnesses testified to . each ijf these statesments. During the cross-examination the counsel for the prosecution brought to light more than one inconsistency "in, the testimony of witnesses for the de fence. A man named Whitlock, for In- stance, swore one minute that he was on good terrhs with Newham "and the next that he would not speak to him in the road or believe him on oath. Sauls, who swore he slept with Rod gers the night of the lynching admitted' that he had never stayed a night at the man's house before or since. He could not explain why Rodgers left his wife and his own room to sleep with him', and he did not recall the fact that the night was bitterly cold, notwithstand ing the circumstances that he fished until after midnight. These are fair samples of the evidence given on the cross-examinations. The case is not nearly concluded yet; all of next week will probably be required to finish it. The Dry Goods Market New York April 15. The week closed without material change in general conditions. The home demand for brown cottons is made, but there are better signs of material increase in the export demand,, inquiries on that ac count being more jnumerous. .Print cloths and other grey goods are quiet, with no change in prices. Prints are in good request and firm. Dark printed flannel effects are selling well for fall. Staple and dress; style ginghams are firm. Bleached cottons are steady. Demins, ticks and other coarse colored cottons are firm, Cotton yarns are dull and tend in favor of buyers. As the season of the year when pneumonia, la grippe, sore throat coughs, cold, catarrh, bronchitis and lung troubles are , to be guarded against, nothing "as a fine substitue," will "answer the purpose," or is "just as good" as One Minute Cough Cure. That is the one infallible remedy for all lung, throat or bronchial troubles. Insist vigorously upon having it if "something else" is offered you. R. R. Bellamy. Gigantic Whiskey Trust Chicago. April 15;- A special to The Daily News from Louisville, Ky., says: The most gigantic liquor combinatoni ever engineered an amalgamation of whifikev and distill erv internists - with a united capital of $200,000,000 will be practically completed to all but the smallest details tomorrow m Chicago, when the men now controlling the Ken- j tucky Distilleries and Warehouse Com- pany finishes , arrangements for the purchase and absorption of nearly, every distillery of whiskey in the United States. Lieutenant Curry Gives Ball Savannah fia Atml 15u Lieutenant TanTr c rrv. of the Third Georgia. who is charged with the killing of Pri- vate Leo Reed, of Battery I., Second artilley, at Savannah January 29th, was allowed bond in the sum of $2,500 in the superior court here today. Lieu tenant McDuffie, also' of the Third Georgia, will be the bondsman. The trial was set for June 19th. THE GERMAN I ! v, .. : - f HOStilG tO the Samoan ENGLAND AND ChargeclWith Hostility to German Reichstag on the Proposed American Meat Inspection Bill--The German Government More ConciliatoryRumor That the v - - - t United States Intends to Annex the Samoans-Our Provincial Government Successfully Estab lished in Guam. ? . (Copyright by Associated . Press.) Berlin, .April 15. The Samoan ques tion continued to overtop all others during the week, so much so that the interest in the subject has even seiz ed the masses. The most remarkaWe feature of the affair is the united dally onslaught made by the entire agrarian, anti-Semite and part of the conservative and national liberal press on the cabinet and especially on the minister of for eign affairs, Baron von Buelow, who is charged with following a vacillating policy and yielding too much to "Brit ish insoflence and Yankee impudence." A regullar campaign of abuse has been opened !against the leaders in foreign politics.j many of the utterances being of unusual vigor and venom, for the German press conditions. It is learned on good authority that the aim of this is to discredit Baron von Buelow with the emperor, thus force his retirement and prejudice pub lic opinion and the reichstag against the United States and thus defeat the meat inspection bill, which, is consider ed by the agrarians to be too favorable to America and too harmful to German interests. It is added that Friday's interpella tion of the government in the reichs tag on the Samoan question, and Ba ron von Buelow' s reply were intended as a test of strength between the two contending parties, as Baron von Bue low, as iwell as the caJbinet, which is more or less swayed by him, is consid ered by: the agrarians to foe distinctly hostile to their interests; 'but the great noise of the agrarian press and its al lies ought not to deceive people into the belief that they represent public opin ion. They are merely the Tlatant mi nority. Neither the emperor nor the government have allowed themselves to be influenced by these mischief -makers. The officials off the United States em bassy are welll satisfied with Baron von Buelow's speech which agreed with his previous statements to ! the United States ambassador, Andrew; D. White, who considers his 'speech to have been moderate and pacific, and;he so cabled to Washington. r' The correspondent of the Associated Press learns that both Great Britain and the United States expressed" the hope that the unanimity principle would not be carried to-an unreasonable extent, which might easily frustrate the whole j purpose of the commission and result in a dead-lock if one power stood out against the others, on every question. Germany gave conciliatory assurance. The German press comments on the occurrences in Samoa this week differ ed remarkably, according to the party standpoint of each paper, until Friday. while the fate of the high commission was trembling in the balance, the com ment, naturally, was more vivid and more bitter. The Deutche Zeitung headed a page editorial with "The Shame of 'Samoa,' and condemned the action of the gov ernment in toto. It declared the cabi net was; wholly devoid of national sen- timent and aspirations, and asked iron- ically: "What more do we want? The dreibund has fallen to pieces. Russia is allied with France, England with the united states, Austria is secretly al lied to France, and Italy is wholly de pendent! upon England, with the pos- ' sibility of her sliding over to France. Add to all this the "brutal treatment we have been subjected to by England , and the United States, by Count von ! Thun-Hohenstein (the Austrian pre- i mier), Mr. Maxse (the British Consul . at Apia), Mr. Chambers (the chief jus tice or samoa), and Admiral Kautz. Indeed, ;we ask, what more do we want?"! One agrarian -organ spoke of "the "impotent weakness shown in Samoa and concluded: "We stand aghast at the tombstone of German honor." The more reasonable part of the press also expressed itself most bitterly. The Kreuz Zeitung, often inspired, said: "It seems to be settled that 'we .were too optimistic in judging from the declara tions of Mr. Whfte (the United States ambassador), that England and Amer ica had not identified themselves in the Samoan j matter. This, indeed seems to be the case, not alone in Samoa, but generally in the White house and Downing street." - - " From inquiries made among leading ! members of the colonial party, the cor respondent of the Associated Press as certains that it is their belief that thp unuea siates wants the Samoan is- lands and is going to have them. T correspondent here of the Asso- wntL a an i.ntrvIi"' b7therfyh?omSf3 oheminyer- roneous statements finnt hv London j press regarding the Samoa ery instance these sctatements were ev- BSOJLUTEIY Makes the food more delicious and wholesome 4 M BOYAL BAKWQ POWPgR CO., NEW VORH. the Government's Attitude on Question. UNITED STATES Interests-Efforts to Influence the idently made for tbe purpose of cre ating unfriendliness against Germany in the American press or with the in tention of causing an anti-American, feeling here. The appointment of the Samoan com mission and the final acceptance by Great Britain of the German proposal as to its scope and methods is hailed with joy by the entire press and the belief , is expressed that something like order and harmony will now be,re-es-tablished in the islands, and thus re move) one of the main -disturbing fac tors in the way of an Understanding, between the three countries. OUR government' in gaum.. Washington, April 15. The following cablegram has just been received by the navy department from Admiral DeWey: ' - "Manila, April 15. . "Secretary of tnVNevy, Washington: "The Wheeling arrived, six days from Gaum. Quiet and order there. Most friendly to Americans. Native govern ment established by Tausig working well. Native soldiers fine body of men. Manshan (United States naval trans ports) in Gaum. DEWEY." The government of Gaum, referred ta by Admiral Dewey, as having been es tablished by Commander Tausig, was erected nearly three months ago, when the Bennington touched there on her- way to Manila. The commander pick ed out some of the afolest men in the community, and created a"small coun cil to .direct affairs after the relinquish ment I of Spanish sovereignty; When Captain Leary, who is to go out on the Tosemite, arrives at Gaum, he will as sume supreme command as naval gov ernor of the island, but he may, if he sees fit, continue the native council in operation, in pursuance of the policy oC developing the capacity of the natives for the administration of their own af fairs. Manila, April 15. The Fifty-fiiw New York regiment has relieved ie Tenth Pennsylvania at Maflolos and the latter proceeded to Cavite. Pursuant to instructions from Mad rid, . the Spanish officials and troops destined for tho famUno ilan?t Uo -w sma U11UV. lOl LA4 A jL 7 embarked from the steamer Porto Rico today.- ; Before the discovery of One Minute Cough Cure, ministers were greatly disturbed by coughing congregations No excuse for it now. H. R. Bellamy. - Lincoln and Jefl Davis Malcolm Townsend has pointed out coincidences of events in the lives of Lincoln and Jeff Davis. Both were born in Kentucky Lincoln in 1809, Da vis in 1808. Both removed from their native state in childhood, Davis going to the southwest, Lincoln to the north west. In the Black Hawk war Davis; was a second lieutenant of regulars,. Lincoln a captain of volunteers. Both, began their political careers at the same period, 1844, Davis being a presi dential elector for Polk, Lincoln a presidential eltctor for Henry Clay. Both were elected; to congress at about the same time, Davis in 1845, Lincoln in 1846. Lastly, in the same year and aimosx xne same day, they were called upon to preside over the destinies "or xneir respective governments. Davis; v.?!. r,? ,ine onrederate states 5SSU' Trta J??l?sir dent, of the United States, March ifioi. rfew York .Press. "Give me a liver regulator and I can ic6U'"c me wunu, saia a genius, xne druggist handed him a bittle of De Witt's Little Early Risers, the famous little Pills. R. R. Bellamy. Around tne World in Tlilrty-Tnree Daym London, April 15. The Russian min ister of railroads, it is announced in a special dispatch from St. Petersburg, says that when . the Trans-Siberian railroad is completed it will be possible to go around the1 world in tMrtv-thre I days, as follows: Bremen to St. Pe tersburg in one and one half davs. SL Petersburg to Vladivostok in ten days, .Vladivostock to Sp by steamer in ten days, San Francisco to New York in four and a half days, New York to Bremen in seven days'. Bids for Public Bnlldlnc Sites Washington, April 15 Bids were opened by the supervising architect of t.c ucoouiy luuuy lor vne sale oi eight sites for rmblio ferer.t parts of the country. For the Abilene (Texas) cite, there were nine teen bids, none for Beaumont (Texas); "ITtm rTtAwlw .1.1 . ... partment will visit ths cities as soon as possible and make a report and recommendation in each case. Until these reports are received and consid ered no selections will be made. r' C fcUBE
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