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. 1 i ' - .... . . I-"'.. ' " State Uteary ESS (-HAW rfl Ml w l p&7 . l II IW.JNC' lOwy 111 If I J'ROX EO'l ION ' INDUSTRY! ENTERPRISE! PROSPERITY' HUME 29. HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 4,1897. HDHEEH9 WASHINGTON LETTER. From our fibular Correspondent Washi.vgtox, March 1, 19.-Sena-ir Sherman has said enough to let all The world know what the Cuban pol i"v of President McKinV-v will be. To boil it down, Piesident McKinley pur poses to let the Spaniards and Cubans f'.irht it out without taking sides, and to let both understand that American citizenship ha got to be respected, something th;it has not been done tin ker the Cleveland Olney Cubjn pol icy. Such a policy would have pre vented the exciting scenes in Congress caused by the treatment which Spain has been allowed to give American citizens in Cuba. If Congress fails to dispose of all the appropriation bills, it will not be the fault of th House, which passed the last of them several days ago. The Seriate has been in an ugly mood since the Cuban excitement last week, which was so suddenly brought to a close by a deal between Secretary Ol ney and Spa'n, wb'ch resulted in the pardon of Julio Sanguily just as the Senate was about to adopt a resolu tion demanding his unconditional re lease. Senator Sherman's announce ment that American citizens, every where would be protected by' Presi dent McKinley's administration also had a quieting effect, but the ugly temper of the Senate has come to the surface m a number of personal wran gles over unimportant matters. Washington begins inauguration week full of Visitors and with every arriving train bringing more, and the decorations already in place make' it certain that it will present a much handsomer and more artistic appear ance than it has ever done before The stands along Pennsylvania avenue, from which the parade will be viewed, are much handsomer than usual, just as the prices for seats are much higher than usual, ranging from 5.00 for the best to $1.00 for the rear seats in the stands. There are seats for about $50,000 in all the stands and the present demand indicates that they willall be occupied, but those who see the parade from . seats will hardly be one-tenth of the total num ber of spectators. Many prominent men, including Chairman Hanna, and four members of President McKinley's Cabinet are already in Washington, and the corri dors of the principal hotels remind one of scenes at a National Conven tion, John Wedderburn, who figured in the Courts as the defendant in a suit brought by W. R. Hearst, in connec tion with the Examiner Claims Bu reau, and the Press Claims Company, both of which Wedderburn originated and both of which are now dead, has run up against an official snag in the conduct of the business of John Wed derburn & Co. Fifty-five Tr..v.?r.r,f X - i patent lawye s of Washington, includ ing four ex Cpiumissioners of Patents, nave signed charges against the firm of Wedderburn & Co., and that the National Recorder, a paper published by them, be shut out of the mails for fraud. T T 1 ; 1 now mucn tnose wno were saying a lew days ago how strong the opposi tion in the House was to the bill au thorizing President McKinley to call a monetary conference or to appoint delegates to one called by any other country, knew about the state of feel ing towards the bill, may be inferred from the vote by which it was passed, 279 to 8. Senator Burrows believes, notwith standing the address issued by the sil ver republicans last week, aud the positive assertion of Senator DuBois to the contrary, that they will vote with the republicans for the tariff bill. Speaking on the subject Mr, . . . . w narrows said: "i nave every reason to believe that while these gentlemen Have announced themselves as silver republicans, they will cooperate with their colleagues of the republican party on this line, and when we have secured such legislation as will supply the Treasury with necessary revenue tor Government support, it will be time enough to take up the silver question. I suppose this proclamation of the silver party has reference more particularly to the campaign of 1900 and I confidently believe that before that time the country will be in such a state of prosperity that the silver quesnon win not be able to engage to any extent the attention of the pub- lie.' There was a general feeling of relief when it was announced that the Sen ate Committee on Public Iantls. had. after investigating the matter; re ported that the land patent issued to Mr. Perrine, the step father of Mrs. Cleveland was issued in accordance with the law and precedents controll ing such matters Representative Murray's "request for an investigation of the last elation in South Carolina has been referred to the next House as an important mat ter demand:,ig the consideration of Congress. THE HIIRDER OF DR. RUIZ. The Spanish Government to Make Rigid In vestigationThe Doctor a Regularly Naturalized American Citizen. Washington, February 2G. Offici al cablegrams from Madrid received at the. Spanish legation regarding the death of Ruiz, show that the govern ment is aroused to most energetic ac tion and that orders have gone for ward to Cuba to have a most thorough investigation into the affair. This is resrardless of the question of Ruiz's nationality; for whether he is an Amer ican or not, the government has de termined that if a crime has been com mitted those guilty shall be punished. In the meantime no efforts are being snarpH rn dpterniine whether R1117 wna TeriZl uTLTZ both the state department and the le gation authorities, the records are be ing searched. So far, it can only be found that Ruiz, then a dental student. took out his first papers declaring his intention in Philadelphia, December 19. 1877. This was near the close of the last revolution. He soon gradua ted as a dentist and returned to Guan abaco in 1680, where he has practiced ever since. It cannot be learned that he ever returned to the United States nor does it appear that he lived here long enough to acquire naturalization. However, the Madrid government will push the investigation of his death iust as forcibly as possible and if the charges are correct that the doctor was killed or driven to suicide by his jail ers, the severest punishment of mali tarv law will be executed on tuose re sponsible. Philadelphia, February 26. Ricardo Ruiz de Ugarrio, or Ricardo Ruiz, as he was lately known and who is said to have been beaten to neatn in a Spanish prison in Cuba, was an Amer ican citizen. He was naturalized in this citv. The fact was alleged some time ago and today a record of his naturalization was found in the pro thonotary's office. Under his full name Ruiz declared his intention of becom me a citizen of the United fetates on December 19,1877, and the final uatu raiization papers were granted Jauu I s - rssx tTTl 1 A 1L arvzi. ukmj. w nen ne came to x-nis - country the man called himself simply Ruiz. He was . naturalized iu open court by Judge Thomas K. Finletter The papers were regularly indexed un der the name Ugarrio and when th6 controversy was begun over his na tionality, the name Ruiz could not be found. The discovery, however, re in oves all doubts on the subject. A SOUTHERN TRAIN KILLS NINE. Dreadful Accident Near Chattanooga Of io People in a Wagon, Only One Escaped. Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. 24. About 4 o'clock this afternoon, on the Southern Railway, four miles from this city, incoming passenger train No. 7, traveling at a high speed, struck a covered wasron which was trying to clear the tracks ahead of the train at Avondale crossiug. The wagon was hit squarely, in the center and with its ten occupants hurled high into .the air. The occupants were Mrs. W. J. Woodward, her eight children and one grand child, all of whom, with one exception, were killed. The ground for some distance presented a gory sight. The bodies were gathered up after much search ing, and taken to the morgue, whete the nine members of the same family made a gruesome spectacle. The in fant which was undoubtedly shocked to death, there lay like a wax figure in its mother's arms. Every window in the passenger coaches was broken and the engine's pilot demolished. The engineer is absolved from blame for the accident. The father and one child remain of a family of twelve. ENGLAND AND RUSSIA. RCLATION5 BETWEEN THESE NATIONS 5TAINED. Uti.isia'A Language Toward England Regard ing the Cretan Situation Decidedly Threat enlng England Unable to Agree to Turkish Rule in Crete on Account of Popular Sentiment Agaicst It Turkey Wr Footing Taking Insurance Against War. London, Feb. 27. The Graeco Cre tan situation is in its larger aspect less hopeful. The announcement of the agreement of the powers for its final settlement was. to say the least, pre mature. There exists at the present moment serious irritation between Russia and great Britain, which has provoked the former power to adopt an attitude that can hardly be de scribed in a milder term than threaten ing. I do not ' pretend to know the exact cause of the trouble. It was dis cussed at hastily summoned meeting of the British cabinet this afternoon, with what result it, of coarse, is im possible to say. A singular semi-official communique from St. Petersburg is published today, in which it is set forth "in the event of Greece, with a. w blind "'hW"; ages, ouenug mnuer uppusmuu iu the well-meant advice of Russia and of I the powers in alliance with her, of I creating aimcumes, or in me event; 01 her allowing herself to be encouraged I in her present attitude by self-seeking friends, perhaps on the false sup position of lack of unanimity among the great powers because one or the other' powers did not support at the outset the proposals of Russia, who is in perfect agreement with Germany and France. Russia in such an emer- gency Is determined upon her course of action. Conscious of her unity with France and of her absolute agreement with Germany and also with Austria, 1 even if isolated powers should not associate themselves in the steps she is resolved to take, Russia will be in a I position, at any rate, not to allow the peace of Europe to be endangered by events in Crete." This is the tone which Russia has not adopted towards any power within living memory. England, or course, is the country meant, and the words em- ployed suggestsome exceedingly grave suspicions. It may be, however, that this language was used in the interval letweeu the reception of Lord Sahs- bury's note, saying in effect that England would do nothing in regard to Greece until the fate of Crete was decided and before England had noti fied her acceptance of Russia's proposal for solving the difficulty. That proposal, although agreed to in principle by the six powers, will not be enforced in the form interpreted by Lord Salisbury in the house of lords on Thursday. Neither England nor Italy nor France, will fire a gun to drive the Greeks from Crete in order that the islands be delivered to Turkish troops for "police"' purposes. Public opinion n all-three countries would put an absolute veto upon that proposition. Every dispatch received from Greece and Crete makes it perfectly clear that such an arrangement would never be submitted to. In fact, the reply of Greece to Lord Salisbury's discourag ing speech Thursday night has been a summons to two more divisions of reserves to mobilize. Nothing but absolute autonomy for Crete will be accented bv public opinion in this country, and Lord Salisbury is fully aware of this fact by this time. His unfortunate allusion to the use of Turkish troops as police in Crete has added much to the popular indignation. Public anger fs slow to kindle in Eng land. Caue and effect in this, a in all things else, are separated by a wider interval than in almost any other country. Public opinion Is folly aroused now. - It did not need another of William Watson's lyrics and series of Gladstone notes to inflame it. Wat son's lyrics are sufficiently savage. This is one of his verses addressed to Greece: Who are those would bind thy hands Knaves and dastards none beside. All the just in all the lands. Hailthee blest and sanctified. Curst who would thy triumph mar Be he Kaiser, be he Czar. No new ha jet !eu revived of the ! reception of the note or ultimatum from the owers. to Greer, hut it generally expec ted that it will -ent today. It terms and the uumUr of signatures it has will dignify iM,rh. There is no real r'nsu, hownvr, for thinking the Greek government will change its attitude or its purpose in response to a demand on the lines of Lord Salisbury's speech. All accounts agree that it U not within the power of the king or government of Greece to chance it jolicy at Mich bidding. (uite aside, therefore, from the ques tion of the unanimity of the powers, the situation is still one of the greatest difficulty. The financial nide of the situation just now is interesting. It is possible to insure almost anything in London, ami a great many erson to whose ventures war would be dan gerous have been taking out licies against such a contingency at Lloyd's during the past few days. These are the latest rates to pay in the event of wpr between England, France, Ger many or Russia: Within one year 4 per cent of the amount of the amount or me insured; a policy against a war between any of the six great powers before August 20th, costs 81 per cent and against a war between England I and anv huropean country except Turkey r$ per cent. It is significant that a policy against a war between England and the Transvaal republic ' .v-w. witb.n the next year co,t. 5 per cent, aq .ugiisuuian wno passeu inrougn i Salonica at the beginning of this week writes that nobody seeing the Turkish reciuits arntoj mere would suppose they would be able to make much of a fight against the well fed and well- clothed Greek soldiers. The newly mobilized redifs in particular who have been called from their homes and families for one-third time within twelve months are ragged hungry-look ing and depressed. Many 'of them have served since the beginning of last year in Armenia and Crete, bat they have not received a single piastre of the pay due them, and are not likely to get anything but bard knocks in the coming campaign if, indeed, there I is to be a war. The porte has announced blithely its Intention to put 110,000 men on the Thessalian frontier, but so far it has been able to obtain only funds enouch to equip and transport about 15,000 for J that purpose. It looks as though non Mussulman financiers and contractors have arrived at the conclusion that the beginning of the end is near; for the former have tightly closed their purse strings and the latter have had the I audacity to press for a settlement of tneir long standing accounts, a pro ceeding which is very like crying for the moon. The iorte has got no mon ey, but he would be oblivious of histo ry who would lightly assume that that fact indicates that Turkey is not in a position to wage war. The troops who lately passed tnrougn alonica were without ambulance equipment or Mir gical appliances of any kind, but their arms were evidently all right and the ammunition trains appeared to l am ple. The artillery, too, was iu ;ood condition and the batterie were well horsed. Copyrighted by New York Sun. LYNCMINO IN TENNESSEE. A Negro Rapist and Murderer Mw-4 by a Mob. Chattasomja. Tenn.. IV I. Corrected detail of the lynching -f the negro Charley Brown tit Sddv last night were received to day. Yester day afternoon Mies Ellen Walker, the pretty 2 year-old stepdaughter of li. I). Varner. a highly respected farmer living near Soddy, was going home, having twen to a neighbor's houi-e. She was grabbed at a' lonely spot by Brown, a negro, who told her not to screaxn ana drew a pistoL J ne girl. after a fearful struggle, freed herself from his gnup and ran screaming down the road. The negro Ced and hid In a barn. He was soon surrounded by a poase of .officers. Deputy John Sadler went up in the loft, and when his head projected above the ladder be was fatally sbotby Brown. The negro was finally arrrsted.and a mob quickly formed and took the trembling wretch rrom tne omcers nanas ana swung him to a tree. The negro miners are a . a am highly incensed over the lynching of Brown, and have formed a mob and threaten vengeance on the lynchers. A serious trouble is expected. STATK NK.VS. li!lird. wife of tl lat Judge Pilliard, died at her iMnne at Green- loro Thurdav. Geo. S. Powell, of the firm of Pow ell A: Snyder, of Asheville, ha been elected cu.hier of the Western Caro lina Bank of that city. The pecal committer of the State Senate apointed to Investigate the lease of the North Carolina Railroad haw utmtrmously signed a report ex onerating the board of directors of the North Carolina Railroad from any and all charges which were made regard ing their action in leasing the road to the .Southern. C C. Campbell, a white man, com-' pleted a two years' term in the peni tentiary Thursday, bat as soon as bo was released he was arrested for horse stealing in Meckleuhurg and taken to Charlotte for trial. Campbell esenied from the penitentiary some time ago and it was dur'ng his e-ipe that he stole the horse. Afcheville Citizen, 20th: Last night about 10 o'clock three white boys got on a cattle-car in a freight train on the Asheville & Spartanburg road and rode from Asheville to Spartanburg Junction. There it was found that one of the boys of the name of Mur tlJ uau ucu mmw.. iiu comrade, adm.tted doing th. .boot!nS phy had been shot and killed. Ills out Claimed tt was accidental. Yadkin Ripple. SUh: On last Son- day afternoon about 5 o'clock, Mr. G. G. Nestal, who is on the Statesville mail line, was seen to drive out of town as fast as his horse could run. This aroused an inquiry which de veloped the fact that he was going to carry off snd marry Miss Mary Hatchens. There was objection to the match on both sides, hence his rapid departure. We suppose be was married in Iredell Monday. Fire at Wilmington Friday night destroyed the large dry goods estab lishment of Polvogt & Co. Stock valued at $30,000 with $20,000 ins or- ance;. oaiiding ax fi.uw, partially A A. A AAA insured, w hile this ere was in prog ress another was started in a different portion of the town and $5,000 damage done. The Messenger office was threatened but the fire was gotten un der control and it was saved. Dispatches from Athens and Crete report that Greece has declared that if the bombardment of the insurgent position in the Island of Crete is re peated she will break off diplomatic relations with the powers. Turkey Is reported to have threatened that Turkey will break off diplomatic re lations with the powers unless the Greek troopi are withdrawn from Crete, In the meantime a war of ex termination Is being waged between the Christ! Crete. kns and Mohammedans in CONSIDLRINQ THE REVENUE ACT. Rrfat'd ta Take mtt Ta o Lawyers Doctors-Haatlar Bill Paasd Today. ilALKKtu. N. C, March 1. A reso lution wan wued this morning exclud ing lobbyist from thj floor of the House. This i to do away with the lobby evil, which has become quite a nuisance. The bill making It unlawful to bunt on the lands of others without per rnikaioti, wa taken np in th" house today and pa-ed. It will likely b come a law. CONJIPKni!Cf REVKSVX ACT. The revenue act was taken up, the houM" going into committee of the whole on the bilL The section levy ing the tax ou doctors, lawyers and dentists was dlscusM-d. The House refused to repeal this section. TO BRIDGE THE CATAWBA. A bill was introduced this morning to provide for a bridge across the Catawba between Mecklenburg and Gaston counties. A bill was introduced to provide for the payment of all attorney' fees when the prosecution is adjudged frivolous or malicious. BAR 3 5 U PUBLIC PRISTS R. The bill frfvin the public printing to Guy V. Barnes, of Raleigh, passed the Senate by yi large majority this afternoon. Th sections of the reve nue act imposing taxes on Inheritance and taxing drummers $3) each were stricken out to-day. Charlotte News
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