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VOLDME 30, V j j . HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27! 1898J HPBU
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(Regular Correspondent.) .
Washington'. Jan. 24th, f. 1898.-
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President McKinley's Cuban policy
has not been changed one Iota by the
democratic hubbub in the; House, last
-week. He stands now just where he
lias stood from the beginning, "and
when he makes a mpve, it will be be
cause of happenings in Cuba and not
because of howling among democrats.
For weeks this government has been
ready to more at the proper time
-when it shall in the eyes of the civil
ized world ber justified ini moving to
bring about peace in Cuba. It will
not delay because of lying Spanish
newt from Cuba, any more than it will
hurry because of democratic ; ranting.
The republicans in Congress are sup
porting this policy . solidly and are
likely to continue to lo ko, notwith
standing democratic prophesy to the
contrary. . , . ' j ';.'( .
' The Republicans of the House are as
solidly behind the administration on
the Hawaiian question as upon the
Cuban question. This was shown
when Chairman Hitt, of the Commit
tee on Foreign A flairs, 'moved to tabie-
a resolution calling upon the President
ior nis aumoruy ior negotiating a
treaty for, the annexation. Hawaii in
which it is agreed to pay the Hawaiian
public debt of $ 1,000, 000 out of the U.
S4,' Treasury. The democrats tried
their best to prevent the resolution
being laid on the .table, but Mr.. Hilt's.
motion was supported by tke Itepubli
cans and was carried, mere are no
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new developments in connection with
ine consideration pt t her. annexation
treaty by the Senate.-'
Notwithstanding the honor pfdd to
the memory-of lbn, Benjamin Butter-
worth, lato Comiiiifsioner t of Patents,
by the . President, the Cabinet and
-other distinguished - public men, who
attended his funeral, last week, he is
to be further honored bv a public
'memorial meeting, if present plans are
carried out. -..The service that he ren
dered tlie country in pM'rijying the"
practice-of patent attorneys, though j
known by comparatively few, is ines
timable in value. It is expected that
Acting Commissioner Clreelev. wlio
'..was in accord witji Mr. Butterworth
and Ills able t-o-adjutor in tio recent
reforms, will succeed him as1 Commis
sioner of Patents. -
I It is Mr. Justice McKenilia now, the-
late Attorney Uenerar" nomination to
the bnoh of th Supremo Court ha v.-'
jng .betn' eouilrmed' by the fc?,enatrf
without a roll call. Gov. Griggs, of
IN'ew Jersey, who will, as oon as his
nomination is continued by ! the Sen
ate, asMime the portfolio pf: Attorney
dcneral m tlio ("abinet, has been ex
tending his already large acquaintance
among public men during a visit to
AVa 1 1 j-''t t oi i ; co 1 1 "0 1 ue n 1 1 y t 1 1 e Presi
dent is reiM'iving more praise than ever
for the selection ot so aide a man as
'Gov. Briggs to succeed Justice Me-
Henna. ; i
Representative I)alzl!, of PaM hit
'the Southern democrats who are try
iug to get a bill appropriating AC.. k
fo, covir, nllegetl damages in conse-
puence of the war to the. j Book Pub
lishing Companv of the Southern
MetlHKlist Church substituted for the
Benate bill-giving that Company the
rightto refer its claims to the Court of
Claims, a heavy blow when he recalled
to their memories that, an I unanswera
ble rejort had been made agaiust these
claims twenty-five years ago. when
f hey were before the House, by a sub
coinmitte composed of Secretary Wil-
ikni, of the Department of lApriculture,
Republican, and Hon. W. VL Morrison,
Democrat, both thenmembers of the
.Houst. Mri Dalzeil said the claim wns
nt that time thrown out as uuworthv
of the attention of iatriotic represen.
tatives, sent to Washington,- not to
Knit, but to guard the Treasury.
There is some misappreheniou even
in Congress, of the nature! Tof the old
Stanley Matthews resolution, express
ing the oinion that thV government
,ha the ciption of paying its bonds in
stiver, which was recently reoflertd by
Senator Teller, and whiclri is now un
der couslderetion, and Willi this week
In-readopttnl by the silver majority of
adopted by both Senate and. House.
In fact, such resolutions are nothing
more than an expression of the opin
ions of those w ho (vote for them. It
will be remembered that Mr. Cleve
land ignored one or two resolutions of
this nature, declaring the opinion of
Congress as to what he jBhould do on
the Cuban question. In this case the
resolution will not get far enough to
need ignoring, as, owing to its failure
to be acted upon by the House, it will
never be officially brought to the at
tention of President McKinley.
House Elections Committee No. 1
has reported in favor of seating Aid-
rich, the populist contestant! from the
fourth Alabama district. Plowman,
democrat, now. holdslhe seat.
It is understood that the President
has decided upon what modifications
of the civil service rules he will make,
SOUTHERN COTTON MILL
COMPETITION'.
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NEW YORK WORLD WIRES GOVERNOR
RUSSELL FOR INFORMATION.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORMERS WIN.
TRADE OUTLOOK BRIGHT.
L&br CoxnmUtioacr Hamrlck Replies Thmt
Oar Mill art la ExcefleBt Condition.
Governor Rnssell; received the fol
lowing telegram yesterday from the
New York World:
uIt is asserted by the New England
cotton mill owners that the great
strike now in progress is due to the
extraordinary extension of the South
ern competition in the cotton mill in
dustry. Will you kindly telegraph to
the New York World at our expense
a brief statement in regard to the
and the order may be issued any day. prospect for further extension of
oouinern cotton spinning in ine im
mediate future; also the number of
The modification, according to this
information, is along the lines of the
recommendations made in the recent
communications of members of the
Cabinet to the Senate.
ZEKE BILK1NS.
The Major is a ilodel Politician and is Get-
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f tine VVarmed Up.
11. t4IIello! Mr! Editor."
K. "Hello! Major. An news to-
day?' .
.15. "Not very much. Me and sum
ov my dymakrat nabors are thinkin1
ov goin1 ter Raleigh to ask the sanitary
ofn'cer- ter make a more rigid inspeck-
hhun ov the columns of the News and
Disturber. We tliink it iz calculated
to breed microbes an' cause a lot ov
sicRness in tins secKsnun. rney iz
likely ter be a yellow fever epidemick
started in this seckshun before the
season is over if the News and Distur
ber sewer pipes are not closed up. 1
think awl decent folks are gittin' mor
tfJIy sick oVsich business. I heard a
dymakrat remark'npt long ergo that
be. had burned five or six copies of the
News aud - '.Disturber durin' the past
month or two before he finished read-
in' them in order ter keep his family
frum read in it. Another one sed he'd
jist ez soon hev a pig pen in hiz parlor
az ter hev sum conies ovthe News and
Disturber . lyin around. He sed he
wanted a paper to condemn wrong an'
uphold. -right- but Jie didn't want it
tilled ip with the sickenin' details ov
volt hi scandals time, after time.. He
sed further that he didn't believe it
would help the 1 ytiiakrat party any,
an that; unfertunately, - sum .-dyma
krat si ii. as-low down in the moral scale
az anybody e.se, which, I reckon iz
true. Another tried an' true " .dvina-
krat-sed.he hadn't been able ter eat a
square neal fer six weeks on account
ov the daily batches ovlime prepared
an1 dished out by the News "an' Dis-
t irber so frequeatly. It is more dan
gerous than tuberculosis. That paper
must hev a mighty low estimate ov
the intelligenc3 an' morality ov its
readers. Well, the campaign is comin'
on slowly. It eeuis like an age ter
me since tno -last one. I am like an old
warhorse though, I kin scent the bat
tle from afar. Az it cuius on mv de
mocracy rises like mercury in a ther
mometer, an' I'm look in younger every
dayv I'm ready fer the fray an' will
run oh any sort ov a platform, low
tariff, high tariff, gold standard or
silver standard anything ter git in.
I'm vhut you call a model polithdiun.
I'm fer, anything an' everything frum
divorces up ter in junckshums. ude
bye?" Progressive' Farmer. '
spindles as compared with live years
ago, the comparative profits and per
capita earnings of laborers. The favor
of an early reply wijl be greatly ap
preciated."
The telegram was turned . over to
Mr. J. Y, Hamrick, the Commissioner
of Labor 'Statistics, who made the fol
lowing reply to the World:
In 1800 this State had 80 cotton mills
with 4,071 looms and 199,433 spindles-
In 1891 this had increased to 156 mills
with 14,903 looms and 700,497 spindles.
The year 1897 has witnessed a won
derful increase in cotton manufactu
ring over these former years, for there
are now in this State 210 cotton mills
with 1,410 knitting machines, 24,517
looms and 1,044,385 spindles.
Forty-four per cent of our mills run
at. night and the average hours of
labor are Hi, for this State has no law
regulating the hours of labor.
The average daily wiges paid skilled
men (exclusive of r.Schinist, engineer,
firemen and superintendent) was $111
unskilled men GGJ, skilled women 67,
unskilled 46, and children 34, or a
general average of 65 cents per. day.
During last year twelve cotton mills
were erected and ehven mills .com
menced the year before completed.
S i n ce D ecem be r plan s h a vel been ma
tured for the erection of three new
mills.
Tb Uout Coaaltt Dd4M to Ht Kr-
1 lSsBfore Paa'alnr m thm AnUa Bni.
WAsniQTO Janl 21.--A lively ses
sion of the House Committee on j Re
form in the Civil Service Was held' to
day. Republican members of : the
committee, who favor the. passage .of
the bill agreed upon in tne holiday re
cess and approved by the conference
of Republican Representatives, wanted
that measure reported promptly to the
House, but the original j civil service
reformers on the coinmitte, Messrs,
Brosius, Alexander and Sprague,
tnougnt the committee should bear
what persons interested had to say on
the subject before passing upon the
bill. The Democratic members united
with them, and by a jrote of 7 to A it
was decided to begin the hearings next
Thursday. I i
Among those who will appear before
the committee are members of the
National Civil Service League, the
Civil Service Association i of Philadel-
phia, and Mr. Sherman Rodgers.
These hearings will be j private, and it
was decided that the witnesses should
be questioned on "specific points, and
not be permitted to indulge in indefi.
nite statements. I ' I
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It was stated .after Itlie committee
adjourned that if the! sub committee
A. t . j"l m - ! i"
to wnom ine conierenco Dill was re-
ierrea jasj, weeK aia not! raaKe some
Large Heisnro of Actiyity in
Nearly All Lines,
New York, Jan. Si. Braditreet's to
morrow will say: .
t4A large measure of activity in bos
In ess and industrial lines, with, in
some instances, previous records sur
passed and very general steadiness In
prices of staples, is perhaps the most
notable feature of the trade f ituatioa
this week. Quotations of cereali show '
the most aggressive strength. While
those of some makes ot pig iron betray
rather more decided weakness than
they did a week ago. Mild weather is
frequently mentioned as an influence
tendindin to check retail distribution
of seasonable goods, chiefly because of
the effects on country roads. Spring
trade opens op slowly, as usual at this
tme of the year, but confi Jenco ii still
unimpaired- As already intimated.
the immense current production of pig
iron, amounting to fully 4,000,000 tons
per month, has begun to exercise an
influence upon the price of that staple,
but decreases repoJted are still only
fractional. The outlook in the steel
rail trade is reported as a veryl flatter
ing one. : - y: ' : ' ;
"Iarge orders for railroad account
disposition of it within a month a reso- already booked have been increased
lutioh will be introduced jn the com- within the week, an example of this
mittee to discharge the sub committee being furnished by sales of 15,000 tons
from its f tirther consideration, and dis
pose of it in the full cbinmittee.-New
York Sun- ( ! !
Advance Snmmary. j
Baltimore, Jan. 20.The Manu
facturers' Record of this week calls at-
tention to tho remarkable develop
ment of the South's export trade,
which is emphasized by a summary of
the statistics of breadstuff shipments
for the year 1897 as compared With
1896. The total shipments' of corn,
wheat, oats, andflour from five lead-
Southern ports aggregated 167,938,972
bushels, against 138,$01,847 bushels ' in
1896. The total. increase was 39,077,
125 bushels: The total value of tho
exports of all the breadstuff a" from all
the leading ports ofe.the country for
The prospect for a rapid extension I 1$97 was $243,121,103, a gain over 1896
of .$63,900,000. At these five Southern
of the cotton mill industry of the State
is most excellent, for . within her bor
ders are water courses with an aggre
gate of 3,500,000 horse power capable
of running 140,000,000 spindles.
Here the cotton is grown, and when
manufactured in the State, the cost of
its transportation to4 the Northern
mills is iaved.
j Our mills are in excellent condition
and are declaring from 5 per cent to 15 J all other ports.
per cent dividend on the capital in
vested. Raleigh Post.
ports the total for, j 180T7 89,0055,052,
against. $57,177,884, bein an. increase
of $31,8S7,16S. Tusa total gain from
the entire country of $06900,000! Near
ly one-half or $31,777,168,'was from five
Southern ports. Making a compari
son by percentages, "the increase from
these five Southern portsi was 55 7-10
per cents, against 23 5,10 per cent, from
GEN LONQSTREET AJsfD HIS BRIDE.
the
H'nate, and there is probably
much more throughout the country.
It is now, just as it w;is .twenty years
..ago, when it was adopted by both
brnuches of Congress, merely a con
.; rtirrent resolution, not requiring the
JVs-ident's signature and! not being
fading upon anybody, ' even when
A woman never ; really knows the
meaning of happiness and content un
til she is the mother of a healthy, hap
py child. The health of the child de
pends on the health of the mother,
both before and after birth. Most all
f woman's weakness and particularly
le weakness that most strongly in
fluency the health of children, comrs
from some derangement or disease of
the distinctly feminine organs. Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription will
cure troubles jot this nature. It should
be taken regularly uy every woman
during the entire period of gestation.
It gives strength to all the organs in
volved, lessens the pains of childbirth
and insures the health of bpth mother
hud child. j
t Send 21 one cent stamps to cover
f eost of mailing only, and receive free
a copy of Dr. Pierce's Medical AdviWr.
Address, World's Dispensary Medical
Waiting in Waihington for tho Oeneral's Con
i Urmatlon as Commissioner of Railroads.
Washington, Jam 21. The vener
able Gen Longstreet and his youthful
bride form an ' interesting picture as
they go about the streets and public
buildings of the capital. ; They are
sight seeing while svaiting for the Sen
ate to 'confirm the old soidter's nomi
nation to be Commissioner of Rail
roads in place of the onerlegged soldier
and statesman, Wade Hampton of
South ; Carolina. Gen. Longstreet
shows his age plainly. His tall form
is stooped, his face wrinkled, and his
hair and whiskers snow white. More
over, he is almost totally deaf, and
can hear what his young bride lias to
say only by the aid of an ear trumpet,
which he carries constantlv. When
ever the couple stop for a moment they
are immediately surrounded by a
group of curious citizens, who gaze at
this combination of; May and Decem
ber with undisguised pleasure and
amusement. New York San.
Of industrial enterprises reported
for the week the two mast important
ones look to tho development coexten
sive water powersone at Atlanta,Ga.,
with'a capital stock of , $1,000,000, and
one fct, Columbus,! Ga., with a capital
stock of $100,000. 1 Each company will
develop from 10,000 to 12,000 horse
power for electrical transsuission to be
used in manufacturing enterprises in
and around these e;tie.-. 1 The Atlanta
reported from Chicago at f nil prices.
Higher prices for wool abroad, based
partly on short yield reports, are re
flected in the firmness ot domestic
quotations, although demand, while
comparing well with most preceding
years, is smaller than; it was nt this
time in 1897, when tariff changes were
beins anticipated. The industrial sit
uation, with the single exception of
the cotton industry is one of excep
tional strength. As yet the strikes in
this branch of trade, however, aro
largely confined to Massachusetts.
Reports from South and West.
"Men's wear woolens are moving
fairly well. At the West, distributive
trade is slowly improving, while at the -South
a fair January trade is reported,
particularly in the Mississippi Valley.
Good returns from lastyears Louisia
na sugar crop find expression in- high
er prices for sugar lands. ' .The good
export demand for cotton precludes
too heavy accumulations at primary
points in spite of the crop, movement.
Mild weather in the Isorthwest affects
trade to some extent. A jK)int of in-r
terest , howerer, is the reiort that fur
goods manufacturers, who usually
shut down at this season, ar3 running
full time on Alaskan orders.
"Business is active on the Pacific
coast. California crop prospects have
beeu improved by the recent rains,
and ship and boat, bpilding r.re very '
active al jng Puget Sound and at Port
Ian i.
enterprise has f ecured the cooperation ous sicV
of some capital is in New York largely j Shaker
Don't boil your food, it irritates
your stomaeh. Choose digestible food
and chew it. . Indigestion is a danger-
kn-ss. Proier care prevents It,
Digestive Cordial cures it.
interested in municipal jundertakings ! That is the long and short of indiges
throughout the countrv.l t I tion. Now, the question is: Have
During the week there! was reported you got india-estion? Yes, if you have)
le organization of a $100,000 steam- piin or discomfort after eating, head-
the
ship company to operate a lin of
steamers rom Port Arthur, Texas, to
Mexican ports, large contracts for
freight to Mexico having been already
made. : ! ;. .
Anions the new indusUial enterpris?
es reported dqring the week were a
$00,000 cotton manufacturing compa
ny at Fayettville. i". C.; a 30t000 iron
foundray at Rome Gal; !$150,000 gold
mining company at Dahlonega, Ga.;
rJa.; large machine-tool works at Cov
ington, Ky.; $100,000 brewery at "Sew
Orleans. La.: $60,000 telephone compa
ny at New Orleans! $10a000 window-
A sanitarium. for colored people has 1 glass factory at Baltimore;, $250,000 co
rundum mining company to operate
in Clay county, North CoroUna; $100-
been opened at Southern Pines.
Brevard. Transylvania countyis to
have h private bank with a capital of
$io,oooJ.. :"
i The SlIsburW br lias endorsed
Capt. Cbas. Priea f tor the Federal
Court judgeship.
Is a
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WjO steamship line company at Port
Arthur, Texas; two f5,00d teWphoae
companies- at Lexington, Va., and a
I3.0t0 oil development! company at
Sisterville, W. Va.
Lamberton Eobeoniani: Jj F. Ward.
one of the best men ot the county, died
of heart failure Sunday night at his
home near 21t turn cburca. He was
ache, dizziness, iiau&ea, offentive
breath, heartburn,' langtior, weakness
feyer, jaundice, flatulence, loss of ap
petite, irritability, constipation, etc
Y'er, you have indigestion. Td cure it,
take Shaker Digestive Cordial The
medicinal herbs and plants of which
Shaker Digestive Cordial is composed
help to digest the food in your sto
mach: help to strengthen your sto
mach. When your stomach is strong.
care wilj keep it t o. Shaker Digestive
Cordial it for sale by druggists, price t
10 cents to $1,01 per bottle.
Capt. H. M. Ramseor, who was hero
from Henderson vllle . today, says It Im
reported there ; that there are three
cases of smallpox in Henderson coan
ty. one at Flat Ilock. the other on tha
road between Henderfbnvi!!e and
Fletcher s, and the third about two
miles from Hendersonville. The vic
tims were tramps Uozn South Carolina
Capt, Kamsear nudertoodi and they
have been Isolated and cared for by
the Henderson county coiniaisjloaers.
Association, BuHalo, N. Y.
sick but a few days, j .'
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Asheviiia Citizen, 23th. - -