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IN PAYOR OF BRYAH: Drift of Sentiment in New York. , Bryan's Chances Brighten. Mil ' llonaire Keene Now Favors Bry an and Beta $10,000 on Bis Eleo-tlon. Special to Washington PosU. . . , t New York City, May 20. This state, Democratically, la pa the. brink of , that convention which selects delegates to the national convention at Kansas City. The local convention is to be held in this city June 5 at the Academy of Music, within a step or two of Tammany Hall. The sentiment is all Bryan Bryan, without one hesitating blush. The del egation to journey Kansas Cityward from New York in July will be for Bryan, and not a doubtful streak; among the leaders, as well as with the rank and file of the Democracy, the Nebraskan is with out opposition. There will doubtless come stories from here to contradict this. TYitfv nrill 9tn t.Vta vnnAf. nai4 Ha tnanlra. Hons of th Rftnnhlimnn. Thrflfnri ' h sot misled, New York will be for Bryan's nomination. , Democracy's chances are stiffening into ositive strength in this state. Repub ican prophecy is a bit pale in the face at November's prospects Recently, ' The World was abroad with a well-considered editorial, based on facts indomitable, which displayed the certainty of this au tumn's triumph for the state Democracy. And there be other signs and . portents of Republican disaster on its way. Democracy has seldom presented a front more free of flaw, - and seam, and crack. The leaders are all agreed. They divide on Bryan whom they, regard as Inevitable into two classes. They all "want'' him; one band for that they cant help themselves, and .the other because he's their fair and honest choice. Decid edly Bryan's New York stock is looking up. Bichard Croker is abont to return, he's for Bryan. Hill has bowed the head and bent the surly knee to' "the western choice. . Bourke .Cochran is already phraseforging and beating English into shape to be ready for use on the Bryan stump. It's understood, too, that he'll speak for , the Democracy without money and without price; a rare concession' on the frugal Irishman'rpart.' . Perhaps the most striking figure to take the . Democratic-Bryan end of the argument, In an aggressive and militant way, is James R. Keene, the czar of Wall street, the unchallenged king of specula tion. Mr. Keene was for McKinley in 1896; gave $40,000 toward his cam paign. Today he's for Bryan; and had a long interview with the Nebraskan on the occasion of a recent visit. . New York is shallow, and there's no voice to be so potent with New York , as the jingling voice of money. Therefore the story to follow made a deal of un easy stir among McKinley folk;. It was just prior to Mr. Keene's recent sail for England. He and a party of gentle men were at dinner in Delmonico's. One of them, an adherent of McKinley's, and somewhat oversteeped in that - form of eastern ignorance that makes no account of any west or south, was vociferously confident of coming Republican success. This sage closed his Republican declama tion with a mad desire to bet. He was eager for a wager. Mr." Keene bent on him his steel gray eye, that eye which for 20 years has looked farther and more profitably into Wall street futures than any other, and asked: ..... "What odds do you want to' offer on McKinley? I infer from your, exhuber- ance that you've something more $ tartl-j ing to propose than even money?" . ;.. "Call It two to one in thousands," ex claimed the McKinley adherent. "Contrary to the belief of many," re torted Mr. Keene, "I seldom make a bet. But I'll depart from my rale on this occa sion and wager a trifle with you. More over. I won't take the odds yon proffer; they're unfair. I'll do better, by you. I'll wager you 7,ooo against f 10,000 that Bryan defeats McKinley." . ' The McKinley champion hesitated. Oratory was one thing; a cold proposal to jeopardise 1 10,000 on his Republican hopes .and fears another. Again, his opponent's well-known genius to foresee events a genins which makes him the magician of the bourse daunted him. But he had gone too far. Taking two other gentlemen in as equal partners, he - . if. t - i r f,i accepted ir. iveene b oner, ana jiu,uw against $7,500 that McKinley defeats Bryan was watered. This transaction has done not a little to wet blanket those forward anticipations of local Republi cans that their party Is to hare a walk over. Mr. Keene has never, within their experience, failed to have reasons for any faith within him, and his prompt wager puzzles, while it dismays them. "The people of this country," said Mr. Keene to me in a recent conversation, 'mut arouse themselves. The coming election is of more importance, from the standpoint of a pure and tree Anericaa iam, than any that Lb trar.; ;ri eioe the second fiction of Lincoln. Money is ia the fiii; it is riding down the insti tutions cf this country, with a cor.. .nt insolence thit t '.'.3 of its firm U f ia its own invi". 1 ;:.. It i rz--!r- V ipt e ram "nt to-1. -? n i: -v.-r t- - li e 1 firm. If tno:,-y's r-wfr n r, jr-i- I ; izy.n r-'s lurwarj i.-r I r.-.ere ts it las for four jf-.ra :r ji name of American liberty . will only be worth a recollection as a matter of his tory. , Money is pressing the people back ward step by step. What is to be the end? If it goes on there are, as matters trend, but two solutions. One is social ism, and the second is revolution. The American people must defend themselves from money, just as, they , once guarded their forest frontiers from., the savage. Unless they come solidly Bhoulder to shoulder for their rights, and come at once, Bunker Hill wilj have been a blunder, Yorkto wn a mistake." i . When a man worth 120,000,000, and one who for a quarter , of a century has stood in the very heart and war-center of money, conquering fortune for "himself; when such a man begins to talk like that he's apt to prove impressive. Also, : he's not apt to be alone.. The thoughts voiced by Mr. Keene have occurred to hundreds of others, in corners of existence little dreamed of, and it all points to a movement and an effect in November not flattering to the hopes of the present ad ministration. WELLINGTON'S DECISION. I When th Moment ti Strike Had r Come, He Did Not Hesitate. . Badajos lies in Spafn fire miles' from the Portuguese frontier. It was the key of a . situation. Wellington's chance was to strike at Badajos before the French marshals could combine' and crush bfm.: His task was both in front of him and behind him. : He lacked transport; he lacked food for the men; the soldiers were eating cassava root instead of bread; the bullocks were weak and emaciated ; All this was the doing of the parliament at borne. -.' X But' Wellington 'knew that the mo ment to strike bad come, and he seema to have hesitated very little. , Placing bo faith in the tongues of the Portu guese, he made hla. plans with all pos sible secrecy. The guns for the siege were loaded on board the transport at Lisbon and consigned to a fictitious ad dress. ; But in the" river Sadhao thej; were placed upon smaller vessels, and finally - they were.: again landed and drawn by bullocks to Eloas, a post in the i possession of . the allies. : Having stationed two-thirds' of bis force under General Graham and General Hill to prevent a most probable. interference by Sonlt and Marmont, Wellington ad vanced, reaching Eloas an the 11th of March, 1812. He bad made the most incredible exertions. ' - .' The stupidity of the Portuguese had vied with the stupidity ofthe govern ment at home. Wellington had been carrying the preparation for the cam paign upon his own shoulders. If he was to win Badajos, he was to win It with no help save that from gallant and trustworthy subordinates. He was in withal Even his strangely steel like nature had bent beneath the trou ble of preparation amid such Indiffer ence. But on March 10 Beresford, with three divisions, crossed the Guardian on pontoons and flying bridges, drove the enemy's .outposts and . Invested Badajos. Stephen Crane In New.LIp plncotfs, , v '.. Hertlee Man'. . x. Dear," said the dying 'man,' ;MI 'don't want you to' go Into mourning for. me when 1 am gone." MOh, George!" she sobbed. "Don't be so hard tipon me." ' ": "Hard? Why, love. 1 simply want you to be happy. .You are young yet Why should you deck yourself with widow's weeds T" ' "It's mean or you. George! You know Ma'': Is so becoming to me!"-Catbollt- S:audard nnd Times. Consolation. Indiscreetly pressed upon us when we are suffering under afflic tion, only serves to increase" our pain and to render our grief more poignant. We know of no worse sensation than to be in a hurry and find our path ob structed by some one who is very slow. Atchison Globe. , Loes yourt.eal ache f i'aia taclcf vcureyes? tii tsst- in yourrouth? It's your l.verl Ayer's Tills are liver fills. Tfcev cure constistion, headache, dyjrepsia, and all liver c-'ilr'. 25c. All drr-:srs. 1 ' ... ,u Li.. . ' - rs a GENERAL ".NEWS; Blatters of Interest Condensed Into Brief Paragraph. -. The American sheet steel trust has been formed, capitalited at 149,000,000. . On Monday the house passed a bill to prevent inter-state traffic in convict-made goods.; The Republicans refused to ac cept an amendment to include trust-made goods, v , " , . - : t The British war office has received from Lord Roberts confirmation of the report ed relief of Mafeking. The relief column of 2,300 men,'' under Mahon, entered there on May 18th. - While trying to shoot the rapids in a canoe at Kingston Dam; about two miles from Princeton; N.J., Philip K. Hay, of Nutley, N. J. and Christopher c. Augur, of Evanston, 111., members of the sopho more class, were drowned Sunday. . Harry Fuller, agei 14 years, a brake man on the Newport News & Old Point railway, was fatally . injured at Fort Monroe, Va., Sunday afternoon. ; There is .outspoken indignation against the company, which had, been warned not to employ minors as brfrkemen. - i. i - The official statement of the final result of the French municipal elections shows that out of 83,942 communes the Repub licans won 24,832, the Reactionaries 8,519, the Nationalists 153, and candi dates whose policy is in doubt488. Thus outside of Paris the Republicans have se cured an enormous majority. -J A dispatch from Manila says that 500 insurgents, half of whom were armed with rifles, ambushed ' 80 scouts of the Fortieth volunteer infantry in; the bills near Aquasan, in the; northern part of Mindanao. The Americans routed the natives, killing 51. The American cas ualties were only two killed and three wounded. , Rev. a M. Sheldon, of Topeka, Kans., received f 5,000 from the profits of The Christian Daily Capital, of which be has given $1,000 to the India famine suffer ers, and the balance has been distributed as follows: City Detention hospital of Topeka, f 1,000; for the contagious dis ease ward," Christ's hospital, fl,000; Washburn College, f 600; Topeka Y.M.C. A., $500; for a public driakinSrfouutain, $300; -Kindergarten association, $100: Y. M. C. A., $150; W. C. T. U , $100; In gleside Home, $100: State Temperance Union, $100; Anti-Cigar League, $50. ; The three peaceenvoys representing the South African republic and the Orange Free State, were given a reception at the Grand opera house in Washington City Sunday night, such as few foreigners in America have have ever recei red. Men prominent in the affairs of the govern ment of . the United States championed their cause. The envoys told the people of the capital of their mission and their hopes, and a large fund was subscribed for the widows and orphans of the bur ghers who have fallen in battle. Resolu tions were unanimously adopted calling on congress to pass resolutions of svm pathy with the Boers, and that the U. S. government use. its friendly , offices to bring the war to a speedy close. . ; - ! Further investigation into the Cuban postal frauds will be directed by Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow, with the cooperation of Gov. Gen. Wood, The evidence now in hand, as the press dispatches from Havana have shown, furnishes overwhelming proof of the guilt of C F. W. Neely, the defaulting treas urer of posts. There is only surmise in Washington as to the nature of the con fession of W, H. Reeves, the deputy audi tor. The Associated Press reported that his confession was startling in character, so startling that the governor general hesitated to proceed without complete corroboration of Reeves' statements. That he has implicated others besides Neely in the fraudulent postal transac tions is taken for granted. Gen. Wood, it is believed, is in possession of full infor mation regarding Neely's operations and the collusion connected therewith. A re port in detail will probably be made to Washington shortly by Mr. Bristow. This Does Up Ewart. " . Washington, May 21'. The senate judiciary committee at its meeting this morning by a unanimous vote decided not to report the nomination of Judge Ewart to the senate. In taking this action the committee deferred to the wishes of the president in not returning Judge Ewart'a name to the senate with an adverse report..- As a condition pre cedent to its action, friends of the presi dent semi-offlcially assured the' com mittee that the president, when congress adjourned, would not again appoint Judge Ewart during the recess of con gress. EiuoupDs is a condition characterized by a disturbance of the detire onrans. The stomach is debilitate j, the liver tor- ria, the bowels constipated. There is a bathing of food, pains ia the bowels, dlizine-, coatd torjrue end vornitir?, first of the tnd!rted or r m!y liirested food and then of bi. t hamberiaia's Ftornach and Liver Tal'-ts allay the disturbances of the stems.-h and create a healthy errt.:. TLryE' . tone tp the tow:. Iry them ar.l yea are cert i;a to te h j '--liw-i with t a res-;, pcr ivatrJ.L 1: ood, err ; t. DEMOCRATIC 8PEAKINO. Hon. R. D. Gilmer and Gen. Thoa F, Toon Spoke on the Amend xnent and White Supremaoy. , Hon. R. D. Gilmer and Gen. Thos. F. Toon spoke last night at the court bouse on the constitutional amendment to an audience that filled every seat in the hall. Many ladies were present and seemed much interested in the discussion. ' Gen. Thos. F. Toon was introduced by Mr. Plato Collins, president of the White Supremacy club of Kinston, with a fit ting tribute to the Confederate soldier. Gen. Toon's peroration in praise of the women of the south, who were lending their presence and their prayers to this great struggle for a new declaration of independence, was applauded to the echo. His speech was almost wholly confined to a discussion of the educational side of the question and he made it evident to Ms hearers that no . provision of the amendment would be more productive of good results than the educational qualification. Hon. R. D. Gilmer was introduced by Mr. E. B. Lewis, vice-president of the White Supremacy club. Mr. Gilmer's speech was unusually eloquent," and was well received, notwithstanding that it was a discussion of the legal view of the question. His references to the formation of the State constitution, adopted in 1866, and the manner in which it was made .operative, were new to us and ex tremely interesting. He showed conclu sively that the Republican party fixed upon the State its first experience in ne gro domination by letting 80.000 negroes vote on the question of whether they should be allowed to vote at all. His speech abounded , with unstudied but beautiful descriptions of the mountain scenery around his home and he drew from his native mountains many and apt illustrations,' which won the undivided attention of all those present. . , ; Altogether the White Supremacy club is to be congratulated on its good ' for tune in having secured these gentlemen so unexpectedly. - They are doing emi nent service, for their party and State Chairman Simmons can be assured that they ate doing their full share of the duty laid upon our candidates. - A beautiful tray of flowers was presented to the speakers by Dr. B. H. Lewis; in behalf -oj the ladies of Kinston, which was much appreciated by the gentlemen, y ' ; After the speaking a committee Of the White Supremacy dub and the speakers found their way to Skinner's ice cream parlor, where they spent an hour in lis tening to Gen. Toon talk about the "Hu morous Side of the War," to an ice-cream accompaniment. He is finished racon teur and kept the company in a roar of laughter. -., , Mess. Gilmer and Toon did not have a regular appointment in Lenoir but were passing through Kinston on their way toPittcount and . were persuaded to speak to our people. LaGRANGB ITEMS. ' Fbeb Pbpss Bukbau, s LaGranoe, May 21, 1900. Prof. Joseph Kinsey, of Wilson, is in town today. Miss Louisa James, of Elizabeth City, is visiting Miss Helen Newbold. Mess. Ivey and Ray Smith, of Fields- boro, visited friends here Sunday. Bean shipping will begin this week. We had the first of the season from our patch to day. . . , , ? The High School exercises will embrace Wednesday night and Thursday night, May 23rd and 24tb. There will be do day exercises, as no speaker has been secured for the occasion. A beautiful marriage, to take place In the Disciple church Wednesday afternoon at 8 o'clock. May 80th, is formally 'an nounced by the -sending out of wedding cards, Dr. O. L. Wilson and Miss Almeta Kennedy being the contracting parties. . - Miss Nannie Burgess, who had been spending some time visiting at Mr. W. A. Newbold's, was called home (Eliza beth City) by a telegram announcing the death oi a relative, and left today. Miss Burgess has made many friends during her stay here. The public school exercises Friday night were, despite the threatening weather, witnessed by a full house. Prof. Deb nam, with his assistants, Misses Lula Whitfield and Lola Peel, gave entire satisfaction the past school year, and closed with a concert alike creditable to teachers and pupils. Superintendent of Public Instruction Mebane failed to put in his appearance to deliver the address Thursday night. , . s Does it Pay to Buy Cheap? A cheap remedy for coughs and colds is all right, but you want something that will relieve and - cure the more severe and dangerous results of throat and lung troubles, 'What shall you do? Go to a warmer and more regular climate? . Yes, if possible; if not possible for you, then in either case take the oxly remedy that has been introduced in all civilized coun tries with success ia severe throat and lung trouble, "Boschee's German S jru p." It not only heals and stimulates the tis rns to destroy the germ, disease, but allays infiammation, cans easy expec toration, gives a good night's re?, and cure the patent, Ttjoke bottle. LVcohj men.!ed r aey jears by all drc - rlst ia the wcrla. 1 or ea.a ty the leci .e-JJ&rstoa L rzj to. BEGKHALI IH TO STAY. The Supreme Court Decides in His Favor. States Have Exclusive Authority to Regulate Election Of Their Own Officers and Deter mine Contests Eelating Thereto. . Taylor Says He Expected It. The Democrats in Full Charge. Washington, May 21. The Kentucky governorship case was today decided by the United States supreme court in the Interest of Beckham, Democrat, affirming the decision of . the Kentucky court of appeals. The ppiuiou was handed down by Chief J ustice Fuller, and the case was dismissed for want of jurisdiction. The opinion of the court was not unan imous. Justices Kenna and Brewer dis-v seuted on certain points, and Justice Harlan entirely. Chief Justice Fuller said that the court should be the last to overstep the bounds limiting its own jurisdiction, and' that the determination of cases of this charac ter, contests for state offices, must neces sarily be settled by the political branch of the government. That branch bad acted in the Kentucky case when the gen eral assembly took jurisdiction.- There was no appeal from the assembly's ac tion, which was favorable to Goebel and Beckham, except tol the tribunal of the people, which tribunal, the chief justice said, was always in session. He also said the case was purely a state case; that Kentucky was in full possession of. its faculties as a member of the union, and that there was no emergency at this time calling for interference. After reviewing the facta in the case, Chief Justice Fuller said: , "It is obviously essential to the inde pendence of the states and to their peace and tranquility, and their power, to pre scribe the qualifications of their own af fairs, the tenure of their offices, the man ner of their election, and the grounds on which, the tribunals before which, and the mode in which such elections may be contested, should be exclusive and free from external -interference, except so far as? is plainly provided by the constitution of the United States; and where contro versies over -the election of state officers have reached the state courts in the man ner provided and have been determined in accordance with state constitutions and laws, the cases must necessarily be rare in which the interference of this court can be properly invoked." . 4 Taylor Expected It. Louisville, Ky., May 21. W. S. Taylor arrived here today from Frankfort.' He says be rather expected an adverse ruling. Regarding his renomination he said it will depend on the will of the people. . Beckham People Celebrate. . Frankfort, May 2L J. C. W.Beckham, of Nelson county, is governor of Ken tucky, at the age of 31. His right and title to the, office is uncontested, and his friends are celebrating the decision of the supreme court. The Taylor government has completely abandoned the state house square, and a motion will tomor row be made to dismiss the cases of con test in the minor state offices, thus turn ing the whole state government over to the Democratic government, which has been in existence at the Capital Hotel since the action of the state board of elec tion commissioners. W. S. Taylor left Frankfort on an early morning train, and a warrant for his ar rest, charging complicity in the Goebel murder case, Is said to have been issued on the indictment found and held up since the meeting of the April grand jury. The Taylor soldiers left Frankfort on a special train, which they boarded in front of the state house square. The departure of the Taylor soldiers was accompanied Vy bitter disappointment to them. 3-vv Pwtb-hom was rka Kowa 9 f ViahAti and was driven through the streets in company with a procession of ladies in carnages. . During the afternoon a large crowd of ladies rode in procession to the cemetery, where they decorated the grave of Goebel with flowers. , The Beckham soldiers will encamp in the state house square for a dav or so and will be sent home. The Taylors will abandon the governor's mansion at once. Base BalL SCXDAY. Cincinnati 5, Brooklyn 4. Chicago 6, Pittsburg 3. ' St. Louis 9, New York 4. . ' ' " Monday. -Pittsburg 5, Brooklyn 7. St. Louis 11, Boston 2. Philadelphia 2, Chicago 1. New York 4, Cincinnati 3. , Hath.bone Suspected 6f Crime. Havana, May 21. The Investigations so tar made by Gen. Bristow point very strongly to criminal culpability by Director of Poets IUthbone. He was Jractirally suspended Saturday, and ormally suspended today. - Try the new remedy tor costivers. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab lets. Every box guaranteed. Priv-j'23 ccuta. For sale ty J. E. Hood, drc "t. 1
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