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S Library V"- 1 mm PROTECTION ! INDUSTRY ! ENTERPRISE ! PROSPERITY ! VOLUME 29. HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1897. KUHBER 21 4s 1nfl H I WASHINGTON LETTER. From our Resralar Correspondent. Washington, May 24th, 1807. When it comes to expressing their sympathy for Cuba, or showing their confidence in President McKinley, the republicans of the House stand with the President. They know that it is not necessary 10 pass the Senate reso- lution declaring that the belligerency of the Cubanh should be recognized, in order to convince the country of their sympathy for Cuba. They also know that the adoption of that reso- lution at this time would unnecessar ily embarass the President, Who is working out a policy that will be of some practical benefit to the Cubans, which it .is tar from certain that the recognition jjf belligerency would be. Tins beiiiu the situation, it is not like- ly that tbe'House will act upon the belligerency resolution or take any- other act ion relating "to Cuba, until President McKinley has had time enough to formulate and announce his policy. The real friends of Cuba want more than a recognition of bel ligereiicy; they want to see the island independent; ana to that end they are steadfastly working, meanwhile, the money appropriated by Congress for the relief of destitute Americans ir Cuba, is being used for that purpose by the U. S. Consuls. There is no .good reason or any undue haste in taking the next st p, especially when haste might defeat the very object sought the ending of bloodshed in Cuba. President McKinley has prom ised to act ill a short time, aud repub licans are willing to accept that prom ise and wait. Republican Senators held a caucus today, in order to smooth down little differences as to procedure during the tariff debate, now open. There was a general interchange of opinion, and, while there' was no attempt to bind anybody, a general understanding wa reached that no time should be de voted to lengthy speeches by republi cans. At the caucus cf democratic Senators, it was decided to open their fight on the tariff bill by moving to strike out the entire internal 1 revenue section of the bill, in order to try to curry favor with the brewing interests. Republicans do not believe the motion will cai ry. The Brvanites are constantly talk ing about the increase 01 free silver sentiment in the country and saying that the result of last November would " be reversed if there were a National election held now;. Of course every body knows that sort of talk to be mere bluff and bluster. If proof was needed, it is furnished by the fact that the democratic leader of the House Bailey, of Texas and other promin ent democrats have gone into the first Congressional district of Missouri to speak Mid work for the election of a democratic successor to the late Rep resentative R. P. (iiles. The silver sentiment is growing so fast in the silver state of Missouri, that stump speakers of National prominence are needed to, make sure that the republi- cans do not carry a district that last November elected a silver democrat Facts like this are more convincing than loud talk, just as a man is al ways judged t6 a larger extent by his actions than by his words. President McKinley has been so oc cupied with other matters that he has not had time to decide what to do about revoking the extensions of the civil service rules, made by Mr. Cleve land, but he has heard the complaints of many prominent republicans con cerning the injustice of the most of those extensions and there is very lit tle doubt that wheu he takes the question up, some, if not all, of these extensions will have to co. Some idea of how some of these extensions are regarded by prominent officials, who know by experience just how they are working, may be had from the follow ing vigorous language used by Assis tant Secretary Ryan of the Interior Department: "The civil service law has been perverted and dragged into mire to serve partisan ends: but cu that is not the worst of it. A new ad ministration has come iuto power, pledged to carry out policies which iu many important respects are directly contrary to those of the last adminis tration, and it finds itself confronted on the very threshold by an" army of official incumbent hostile, or at the very least, indifferent, aud its aims and purposes an army intrenched behind newly devised rules and regu lations which were never contem plated or dreamed of by the framer and supporters of the civil service law. whose design was to elevate and im prove the efficiency of the clerical ser vice n the executive departments of the Government. Mr. Ryan whs a member of the House when the civil service bill was passed and he voted 'or it, and still believes iu it, but he thinks the partisan barnacles but upn it oy Mr. Cleveland will have to be scraped off or the country will be come disgusted with the entire law More evidence of the partisan work ing of the rule9 under the last admin istrarion has been submitted to the Senate Investigating Committee, and a number 5f bureau chiefs, includiifg Commissioner of Patents Butterworth. have added their recommendation that the present rules be modified GEORGIA'S marrying JUDGE. He Has Cotton Field, Coon Dog, Water melon Formula That is Popular. Madison, Ga., May 23. Judge Reuben S. Saffold of this circuit is be ing kept so busy marrying couples from the surrounding country that his business on the bench is delayed. This is the result of the adoption by Hnu of a new marriage ceremony a few weeks ago, by which he has won so much prominence that the country folks, and especially the colored peo pie, look upon him as the only man in the State competent to join them to gether. A young colored couple came to his house one evening when he was sipping mint juleps with some of his friends on his broad front porch and asked him to marry them. He went through the usual ceremony, and then, raising both hands, said impres sively: "By the authority vested in me ; a an, officer of the State of Georgia, which is sometimes called the Empire State of the South; by the fields of cottou that spread about in snowy whiteness around us; by the howl of the coon dog and the gourd vine whose clinging tendrils will shade the entrance to your humble dwelling place: by the red and luscious heart of the watermelon, whose sweetness fills the heart with joy; by the heavens and earth in the presence of these wit nesses, 1 pronounce you i an and wife." Since then the kind of people in this section of the State who marry often est, do not believe that any ceremony will hold good unless performed by Judge Saffold. Qov. Lowndes to Withdraw. Baltimore, May 22. A report was current today among Republican politicians that Gov. Lowndes in a few davs would issue a statement with (ttawing from the contest forgthe nueu oiaies oenare. i ne announce meut that he would be a candidate to succeed Senator Gorman was made several weeks ago. It is now reported I hat it was made public simply to test public opinion, and that the Governor has decided that he made a mistake and will 'withdraw, so that his can didacv mav not enter into the legisla tive election next fall. A Whole Family Murdered. Denvkl. Col., May 18. Advices reached here today to the effect that Wm. H. Hamilton, a contractor; his wife, Mrs. Catharine Hamilton; his son, Lee Hamilton, aged 19; aud his daughter, Elizabeth Hague Hamilton aged IS, who lived in Denver until recently, were murdered near Helena, Mont., three weeks ago, and the sup pressed in order to enable the Montana authorities to trace the murderers. Mr. aud Mrs. Hamilton were found dead in bed with their throats cut; Ms Hamilton was also dead in bed with her throat cut and man) bruises ou her body. Mr. Hamilton had evi dently made a desperate right. His bodv was litera'lv covered with wuuuib. Ail lue r.uers o' tne right hand were severed. how.ng that he had grasped a rozor knife. His throat was also cut. Footpriu's near the house showed thtt two men were con cerned in the murders. The house had been ransacked, ami it is believed that the murderers secured about $500. M'KINLi Y TALKS OF CUBA. LEKISG INFORMATION BEFORE DECID ING ON MIS POLICY. Ho Discusses The Cubsu Qtilstioo with CaMrrs and Is Consulting with Political Friend on the Washington, May 22. The Presi dent is still devoting most of his time to Cuban affairs, but there i nothing to indicate that he ha decided on the details of his policy. It is pretty cer tain, however, that he will not take positive action until the report of Special Commissioner Calhoun is be tore him. Nothing has been heard from Mr. Calhoun up to this time, and it is not expected that he will write his views on the situation until after his return from Havana. He will probably be back in three weeks. Meanwhile Mr. McKinley is reading ing consular aud diplomatic corres KHidenee bearing on the subject and consulting with joliticaI friends, ap parently with a view to forming con elusions as to the best course to pursue. He had a long talk this afternoou with Assistant Secretary Day of the State Department, who ha direct charge of all matters relating to Cuba, and they went over some official papers together. Is is very apparent that Mr. McKin ley is using the present agitation of the Cuban question to thwart the office seekers, whose importunities have be come a source of something akin to annoyance. Ont Western Represents live in Congress said he wanted to speak with the President about the distribution of patronage in Ills district but as "kissed off," to use his own expression, with a question as to what the people of the West thought of recognizing the independence of the Cubans. Another Congressman said he was treated iu the same dipomatic maimer. Senator Burrows of .Michigan was I one of those who had n chat with the President. He told the reporters that I they had discussed Cuba. Senator Deboe, who is anxious to fix up the belated Kentucky-appointments, was also a caller. He said he asked the President how he felt about recogniz ing the belligerency of the insurgents, but wouldn't tell anything else except that he believed Mr. McKinley would do the right thing at the right time. Senator Proctor and Representative (irout of Vermont held a short eouver sation with the President. They said they talked alout Cuba. And so it was with nearly everybody else who called. One of the visitors was Repre sentative Mills of Chicago. There is no doubt that he had something to say to the President on the Cuban situation. He tola Mr. McKinley that the people of Illinois were heartily in sympathy with the cause of the in surgents. Mr. Mills said that the President replied that "something would soon be done for Cuba.'1 lntormatiou was received from Con- sul General Lee to day that showed the President and thf. State Depart meut that the appropriation of l-'iO.iKX) for the relief of distressed Americans in Cuba would be inadequate to serve that purpose, except for a brief ieriod. Gen. Lee telegraphed that Consul B rice at Matauzas had reported 2-T Americans destitute there, and Consul Barker at Sag ua 450 at his post, and the Consul General estimated that the reports from other places will swell the number to 1.200. This is great I in excess of the figure anticipated by the Presideut wheu he sent his mes sage to Congreb recommending the relief appropriation. Teu thousand dollars ha already been placed at the diop-jsal of Gen. Lee to purchase medi cine aud to furuih, transportation to the United States of Americans who want to leave, and the remaining 40, 000 will not go very far toward giving acistance to the regiment of unfortu nates who are suffering from theeffects of the war. Forty thousand dollars or even $."0,0u0 divided by 1,200 gives a ery mall atuouut for each sufferer, i i-n. Lee's first reKrta atxmt the nutu ber of people iu need oi assistance were conservative in pared with hh esti mate of to day, the State Deftartment thought that :?J0 or uOO would be about the full number of Americans iu need of aid. The appropriation, it is be- lieved, will not lait more than a fort night. No decision has leen ranched a to how the provision to be purchased shall ! distributed. Gen. L- lia already drwn on the State Depart mem for part of the 10.000 pineal at hi diposal. and the medicine and other supplies tought with this will be given out by consular officer, but the Urger amoutit, still undrawn, will probably le eiperule and I he ration distributed by officer aligned to help the CotiMiU Mi the work. JUIks Clara Ha rtoti. MCromjmiiied l Georgia H. Pullman, Financial Score tary of the Red Cros called at the State Department, but she said her visit had nothing to do with distribute ing supplies to suffering Americans In show the Christian lowers that Tur Cuba. Miss Barton told the Sun re key i- no longer willing to p ay the porter that the Red Crosa had not leen part of dunce in the Euroean school, invited to aid in the matter, and had "Turkey has seen little Greece sue not offered its service because she cefully defy the concert and tage believed they were not necessary, war without permission, and she The Red Cross, she said wan impartial means to profit by the example. She iu giving aid. and could hardly le fee! her jower ani strength, and im ueeded to look after the interests of agines that her farmer docility was a suffering Amercans only. It knew grand mistake. She mean to hold neither American nor foreigner. friend nor foe, when it exercised its functions in time of distress. Something authentic about the call of the Spanish Minister yesterday on Assistant Secretary Day wm learned I to day. Seuor Dupuy De Lome had I seen in some newspapers that the United States Consuls in Cuba were apprehensive of their safety; he came to assure Judge Day that Spain would give the fullest protection to them. The force of State Department clerks detailed to make copies of reports from Consul General Lee and other officials about the state of affairs in Cuba has nearly comleted the work, and It is expected that the big mass of matter will be sent to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations early next week. If the papers that the committee will receive were printed they would make a volume of about a thousand pages. Some of the documents that might cause trouble to the writers if they be come public will not be included in the batch. IN CAMP WITH THE TURK. FEATURES OF THE WAR AS SEEN FROM THE TURKISH 5IDE. A Returned Correspondent Who Thinks tb War Was a 5mall A' air Turkey Still Artnlnjt Has joo.ooo .Ten at Command A Menace to All Europe Mar Readiness tor Another War Loot I bj the Troops. London, May 22. The war corres pondents are beginning to return. One of them just arrived wr on the Turkish side. Although he enjoyed the eccentricity of going to the war in I a landau, the vehicle was seized by the I Government for an ambulance. He describes che trip as the moMt interest iug, hazardous, and uncomfortable in his varied exierience. He says ih- truth concerning the Turkish part ( the war will not In? known until tiir corresjondeiit leave the country He adds: "The war was a small affair. If not an opera bouffe war. the Greek Imrt-. at least, made it Urly het ru-a'. The battles resulted in few primmer- fewer wounded, and still fewer killed If the Turk had permitted the com pondents to send the f-Kure. th tnvial character of the war would loiig ago have been apparent, "The Greeks early lost all apiiit. it they ever ioeseed any. Thy held magnificent defences at Milouna Pa and Vele-tino, and at the Latter place they actually repulsed the Turks, yet they abandoned their stronghold an) also ran like rabbits from Pharala "The Turk had a walkover, yet they bungled the bus tim from the start. Ed hem Pasha is a tall. are nervous man. He sutrgets Lincoln and Jav Gould at once, if our rn imagine such n couiriuatiou. He given the impression that when h 1 bundles he does so for a puriowe. He might have cut off and bagged the inaiu part of the Greek army at Phar sala. and long ago could have chased the Greek army into Athens. Yet he rested a week or more between battles. clearly for a purpose. My idea is that he made a lazy campaign in order to gain time tomove a colossal army into Greece. "The whole war has been used by Turkey a a medium to at?rt new position (on h European nations. Long after it apparent that the (reeks had no sand. Turkey contin ued to pour men Into Macedonia and Thesaly. She added 00.000 troop after it a evident that her army could whip th Greeks hand down. To-day the whole route from Salon ica to Dhomoko is bine with the enor prxrioii of reinforcements that will iiiimIht nvi no,) en when all reach thefbM. Two hundred thousand re-serves- re in readiness to proceed to the frout. "This mobilization completely thrown the war into the shade. It uieau Turkey' readlnees for a greater war. I: m am het determination to InMi of (irek territorv trained in the war. and intends to throw down the glove and challenge the powers to take it up. "This is the most seriou situation Europe, has seen in nearly thirty years, It may pas off harmlessly If the timid Sultan dismisses his present advisers. but it seemed to me that the temper of most of the men of the ruling class was altogether in sympathy with this newly developed spirit of indejwn- deuce and pugnacity on the part of their country. "On every side 1 heard Turkish offl- Cers lioast that Turkey meant to keep the land bought with Turkish blood: and those Europeans who hold rela tions with the Turkish Government told me that Turkey haa been crazed by the new power she feels thrilling in ber veins, and laeaus to aert a new relation toward the rest of Euroe. "The Turkish army is the most ad mirable ieasantry I ever saw. The soldeiers are the most docile, tractable, and easily governed men imaginable. They are brave to the last degree, love to fight, are indifferent to death, and carry fearful wounds without a groan. It is a hal' clad, half-fed army of calm but fanatical heroes. "Hut the Turkish side has its grave faults, and these will be told when the correiondenti escape the censor's hands. Then we shall hear how the Turk disgraced the Greek dead on the field of battle; the Turkish Gov ernment has emptied every captured Greek town of its valuable, and how inhuman eren the patient Turkish private become when then i a chance to loot for himself. "I know that looting Is priMently denied, yet I saw it with my owu eyes. When I was at Ijirisa my servants J aud friend were continually buying 1 loot ot the soldiers, and I saw enough to believe that practically every sol dier hid loot uudr his coat. An at tempt was made to rob my own house, given me by Seyfullat Pasha. Two hoiifes, one occupit-d by a foreign military attache, aud the other by a correionlent. were rob!ed while I was there. I saw with my un eye mile of packliwtda of the contents of houe iu the raptured towns and Til lage, seized by the Turkish Govern ment. What" the Government left th soldiers Uok "1 saw the Gr-ek ded stripd of their trouwt nod turned fr ui mr cording to the Turkish custom, to put them to shame. The present dentil, therefore, merely delay exposure." He added, however, that when the rude character of the Turkish soldiers and Turkish eiihzjtiori are taken into account It must be confel that the good conduct of the troop wa trulv remarkable, and Turkey showed tienlf extra deirtou o get credit lor good behavior. New York Sun. v . . i a asfKsai tscrxiss. j Cpl Mill. N. C. 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