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VOLUME 24.
HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1893
NUMBER 21-
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WASHINGTON NEWS.
lMTi:i) STATE! PRESIDENTS NEVER
RETURN CA LL.S.
Mrs. Cleveland Ketlred Aunt of the Ha by.
Kint; of Spain GoTerntncnt Iiareaa
Clerk Relag Regulated.
Wasiiixotox, May 22, 1893. Presi
dent Cleveland ardently believes in
maintaining the dignity which he
thinks belongs to the President of the
United States, and in accordance with
that belief be declined "most positively
to agree to the suggestion of the Span
ish minister that he should-follow
European etiquette and return in per
son the official, visit which the Spanish
Infanta paid him on Saturday.
American etiquette is good enough for
him. and also for the Infanta Eulalie, if
her smiling and handsome face is an
'Index of her feelings. The Infanta
was met at the depot by Secretary
i resham, who as the President's per
sonal representative welcomed the na
tion's guest and her party and conduc
ted them under escort of two troops of
I J. S. Caval ry to the elegant quarters
which had been - prepared for them.
Mrs. Cleveland and the Cabinet ladies
returned the will which the Infanta
and her party .paid to the White
House, and tomorrow evening the
President and Mrs. Cleveland will
give a state dinner at the White House
in her honor, which will probably be
Mrs. Cleveland's last public appearance
until after the interesting event which
is expected in July. This week Prin
cess Eulalie will go to New York, and
from t litre direct to the World's Fair.
The Infanta comes to America as the
personal and official representative of
the Queen Regent of Spain, who was
invited by Congress to visit the United
States during the Columbian Exposi
tion. The Infanta apparently has
none of the top-loftical notions which
the Spanish minister has so indus
triously been trying for several weeks to
make Washington people believe were
inseparable from Spanish royalty. On
the contrary she appears to be a very
sensible little woman, and she distinct
ly says that she Wishes to be entertain
ed in American style. She met many
old friends here, among them Reverend
Dr. Curry, who was Minister to Spain
during the first Cleveland administra
tion, and his estimable wife whom the
Princess met with an alTectionate kiss
on each cheek, as is the .custom in
Spain among relatives and close
friends.
lklt seems a little queer," said one of
a group of democrats who were discus
sing the appointment of a new public
printer, which is now daily looked for
"that the South has only put forward
one candidate for this position, which
is, in my estimation, the most impor
tant place below the Cabinet under
the government, and -which has never,
I believe.' been tilled by a southern
man." It is queer, but it is the fact,
and if Mr. John P. Murphy of Knox
ville, Teim., the sole .southern candi
date, was as strongly backed by Con
gressmen from the other southern
States as he is by those from his own
State lie would probably secure the
prize. There are a score of candidates
from other sections, but it has leaked
out that President Cleveland has been
making inquiries about men who are
not candidates at all, and that has
prevented the friends of any of them
feeling over-eohfidenti The term of
the present public printer expired on
the loth instant.
If there are any sinecures attached to
the .Washington Navy Yard, which is
in realitv.no longer a 'avv Yard but a
gun shop, they have got to go. Secre
tary Herbert has requested the com
mandant to report at once whether
any position or positions now tilled
can be dispensed with, and whether
any person now employed is incom
petent or inefficient, from' any ' cause
whatever.- A similar request will
probably be made of the commandant
at all the government navy yards.
There is to be a big discharge at the
end of the present lueal year from the
General band Office, owing to the cut
made in the appropriation by Congress
Sixty-eight clerks in the classified
service and thirty-nine special agents
will sever their connection, wit li Uncle
Sam's business on the 30th of June,
unless they can before that time get
transferred to some other branch of
the service. In order to avoid the
pressure by the friends of the clerks in
that bureau it has been decided that
the dismissals shall be made solely on
the records or the clerks.
Secretary Herbert has deprived the
Nicaragua Canal Co. Of its chief engi
neer by ordering Civil Engineer Meno
eal, who has been working for the
Canal Co. for about four years, to re
turn to duty.
The demand for gold for export has
again brought the gold reserve fund
very near to the $100,000-000 mark,
but no uneasiness is felt by Sec. Car
lisle as offers of gold are still freely
coming in.
After considering the matter from
every point of view the Cabinet came
to the conclusion that the best thing
the government could do in connec
tion with the vexed Chinese question
is to devote the money now on hand
and that to become available July 1,
to strictly enforcing the provisions of
the act of 1884, leaving Congress to say
what shall be done with the Geary
act.
EUBOPEAN AVAR CLOUDS.
Hut Two Countries in All Europe Switzer
land and Kuasia Are Free from Serious
Complication.
The Paris representative of the New
York Herald, who has demonstrated
his ability, cables that paper last Sun
day the following exceedingly interest
ing information:
While I would not have the readers
of the Herald consider me a pessimist
or a bird of bad omen, I am again com
pelled to say the situation of European
affairs is far from reassuring.
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Signs of coming storms may be seen1
on all sides of the political horizon.
There is not a single country in
Europe actually without interior or
external turmoil.
GERMANY'S ARMY BILL.
In Germany the situation is partic
ularly bad. The conflict between the
Crow n and the people is assuming an
aggravated form, and it can be brought
to an end only by some unconstitu
tional iact on the part of the Emperior,
who wishes an increase in the army,
which the people have refused to
sanction. New Deputies, hostile to
the imperial plan, will be elected.
Grave news comes from Austria.
There is an internal crisis, resulting
from the constantly increasing ill feel
ing between the Czechs, the Magyars
and the Germans.
ENGLAND'S TURMOIL.
In England the home rule troubles
are increasing, not to mention certain
recent happenings in the royal family,
on which it were better not to dwell.
France, hardly out of the Panama
crisis, is to have next September gen
eral elections, which will upset public
life.
French statesmen also have to deal
wtih several troublesome colonial mat
ters, including the Siamese incident,
which may result seriously, not to
mention many complications with
England.
ITALY'S CRUSHING LOAD.
Italy is passing through a financial
crisis and also has a Ministerial crisis
since yesterday. The internal situa
tion is not auspicious and her foreign
relations are weighted down by the
amount of the military expenses.
Spain and Portugal have financial
crises which are leading them surely
and quickly to bankruptcy.
Belgium has not come to the end of
its constitutional crisis.
NORWAY MAY SKCKDK.
Sweden and Norway are in open
conflict, that may result in forcible
division.
Servia's coup d'etat and little King
have brought no quiet.
Bulgaria is in the throes of a long
standing crisis and there exists a tacit
hostility between the people and
General Stambouloff.
TWO COUNTRIES SERENE.
In all Europe only Switzerland and
Russia are in their normal condition.
It is fortunate that Russia is regu
larly developing at home, which is
the best guarantee of peace.
But in any event 1 can boldly de
clare that if war were fought as it
formerly was, with armies conqKed
of professional soldiers, we should have
already had a war to get rid of all
these internal troubles.
DARK NOT TAKE THE STEP.
With obligatory personal service no
country dares to take the initiative.
This leads to the conclusion that, in
politics, only extremes result in the
happiness of the people.
GENERAL NEWS.
Not one of the crowned beads of Eu
rope or the Continent or. i Orient will
visit the World's Fair at Chicago.
They have been interviewed on the
subject and each gives some excuse,
except the Sultan of Turkey, who
would not give any answer.
Stock and bond securities of the
United States have shrunk in market
value since the 1st of January to the
extent of five hundred million dollars.
It is said that the stocks and bonds
held by the Goulds, heirs of the late
Jay Gould, have shrunk to the extent
of fifty-three millions. -
A three-year-old daughter of Mr.
W. S. Turner of Statesville North
Carolina had followed her father tip
stairs May 17th where h.2 kir
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He went down stairs, not knowing she
had followed 4iim, and she was so bad
ly burned that she died in two hours.
She was an only child. I
At Brunswick, Ga., last Thursday
morning, the presidents of the Ogle
thorpe and Eirst National Banks were
consulting about their condition, when
Mr. Max Ullman, president of the for
mer and a director in the latter bank,
stepped aside and shot himself dead.
Both banks immediately closed.
Prince George, of England, the Duke
of York, who will, if he lives, be King
of England, is to be wedded to Prin
cess May of Teck, the first xveek in Ju
ly. The wedding ring is being made
of gold from the Welsh mines. Prin
cess May was betrothed to George's el
der brother, the Duke of Clarence,
who died, leaving George the suc
cessor. ,
The two record-breaking steamships,
the Paris, of the American line from
New York to Southampton, which
formerly held the championship, and
the Campania, of the Cunard line,
which, on its first voyage week before
last from New York to Liverpool beat
the Paris, left England last Saturday,
and both are making a race for Newr
York. May the American win.
Mrs. Marie Nevins Blaine, the di
vorced wife of the young escapade,
Jas. G. Blaine, Jr., is to be married to
Dr. Win. Tillinghast Bull, of New
York, the physician who attended her
during a long attack of inflammatory
rheumatism. Dr. Bull is a gentleman
of wealth. It will be remembered that
Mrs. J. G. Blaine, Jr., was separated
from her husband on account of her
mother-in-law, Mrs. Blaine.
Looking To Immigration.
The following is from a special from
Raleigh to the Charlotte Observer of
Sunday.
Friday afternoon there was an im
portant meeting at the executive office.
It was a conference of Gov. Carr and
a number of representative railroad
officials on the question of immigra
tion. Mr. Turk, general passenger
agent of the Richmond & Danville;
Maj. Winder, general manager of the
Seaboard Air Line, Mr. King, of the
Norfolk & Southern; Mr. Martinez, of
the Wilmington, Onslow and East
Carolina; Mr. Tripp, of the 3 C's; Col.
John D. Whitford, of the Atlantic &
North Carolina; Mr. A. F. Page, of
the Aberdeen &: West End; and Mr.
W. C. Petty, of the Carthage railroad,
were present. Gov. Carr presided and
spoke with much-force of the impor
tance of the meeting and explained
the meeting of the Governors at Rich
mond last month. There was a wide
discussion lasting two hours, in which
Messrs. Winder, Turk, King and
Whitford participated. The railroad
men pledged their hearty support. It
was decided to devise the lest means
of securing desirable immigrants for
North Carolina. It was stated that
they would in all probability be'froni
the Northwestern States. Gov. Can
was requested to appoint a committee
tc formulate the best plan for secur
ing immigrants and report it to an
adjourned meeting. The Governor
appointed Col. -Whitford chairman of
this committee. There are reasons
for the belief that -effective work can
le' done in the Northwot to i large
degree throughout the World s Fair.
The i robltriu fiend is loose again.
This one i.- a corker. It runs like this:
1 have a sum of money. Give me half
as much as 1 have and I will give you
three cent. Then give me half as
much as 1 have left and I will give you
three cents. For the third time give
me half as much as I have and I will
give you three cents, and I will then
have'no money left. How much nicm
ev did I have at first.
THE NEW SOUTH.
The Ila.lt! more New Indues a Special Num.
"fcer and Show the South and its Ke
. source.
The eyes of the ieople of intelli
gence and keen business foresight all
over the world are Jeing centered
upon the Southern States. Whole
special editions of newspapers (daily)
and magazines are being devoted to
the advantages, and the actual prog
ress being made in the South. Sev
eral days ago we received a siecial
edition of the reliable Baltimore News
comprising G4 pages and from it we
make the following summary of Balti
more and the South. Tins edition,
especially of the South, was "gotten
up and edited by Mr. Richard Ih Ed
monds. This is the largest paper ever pub
lished south of New York, and its list
of contents is the most remarkable
ever seen in any one issue of any daily
paper. Ten Southern Governors write
of the resources and advantages of
their respective States. Hon. Robert
P. Porter, the Superintendent of the
Census, gives an official census review
of the South. Mr. Richard II. Ed
monds, under whose editorial charge
this issue was prepared, writes of the
conditions of the South prior to the
war, and of its progress since then, and
editorially discusses every phase of
Southern advancement. Many spe
cial writers contribute special articles
on the South and its varied resources.
The News shows that Baltimore has
entered upon a new era of progress,
in fact, that the whole city is being
revolutionized; that $00,000,000 are
going into new development enter
prises and municipal improvements,
including 15,000,000 in the building
of over 200 miles of electric and cable
railways, $'0; 000, 000 in a belt line and
tunnel, millions in building opera
tions, half a million in the largest hog
and beef packing establishment east
of Chicagcj, etc. It also shows that
Baltimore's population is increasing
at the rate Of about 40,000 a year, and
that its' manufacturing capital has in
creased from $38,000, 000 in 1880 to over
$100,000,000 at present. The growth
of the South as shown bv the figures
has been simply marvelous, notwith
standing the temporary stringency
which has retarded business interests
since the Baring failure.
The South's gain in population from
1881 to 1801. says The News, was only
about 20 per cent. With, only this
increase in population, which should
be remembered in order to appreciate
what that section has accomplished,
the South increased its grain produc
tion from. 404,000.000 bushels in 1881,
to 072.000,000 bushels in 1891 a-gain
of 00 per cent.; its cotton crop in
creased from 5,000,000 bales to 0,000,
000 bales, or 04 per cent. It practi
cally created in that period its -early
vegetableand fruit business for North
ern markets, which now yields up
wards of $50,000,000 a year, and large
ly added to its cotton, rice and sugar
crops. Its pig-iron production, which
was 451,000 tons in 1881, was 1,000,000
tons in 1802: Its coal output rose from
0,000,000 tons to 25,000,000 tons; its
cotton spindle from 007,000 to 2,500,
000: its cotton seed oil industry from
an investment of $3,500,000 to about
$540.000.0"H); its railroad mileage from
23.811 miles to 45,800 miles; it largely
more than doubled its banking busi
ness, increasing the number Of its na
tional banks- from 223 to 077, and
their aggregate capital from $45,000,,
to sl02.0OO.0OO; it added to the as
sessed value of its property, nearly
$2i0OO.O00,0o0, or 05 ter cent" making
the average assessment per capita in.
iy.?2 $271, again
in 18S0.
The Infant a Epania.
Princess Eulalia, the sister
of the
Princess Regent of Spain, whoe
young baby loy is King, is in this
country as" the "guest of the Unite!
States She is accounjanied by her
husdand Prince Antonio and a large
suite.
She repaired to Washington im
mediately after landing and called
uioii the President and Mrs. Cleve
land. The latter returned the call.
The President of the United States
never returns a call, officially. The
Princess (called the Infanta) lias been
viewing the sights in Washington and
expresses herself as greatly pleased
with her reception. She has returned
to New York, where there is to be a
grand and select ball in her honor.
Then next week she goes to Chicago
to see the great Fair. When that is
over the will go West.
She will remain in this country about
three months, and may remain awhile
even after she- ceases to be a guest of
the government.
STATE NEWS.
There was a frost in
morning of Mav 18th.
Raleigh on the
The Postal Telegraph Co. has open
ed an office in Durham, N. C. "
The Clinton Democrat reiufetv be
cause the huckleberry crop promise?
to be large.
Another $100,000 cotton factory is to
be built in Raleigh, near the- State
Fairgrounds.
The Orphan Asylum at Oxford, N.
C, is crowded, and an extsianis
loudly called for.
Mica, of fine quality and Iarg iii
has been discovered on Lewis Pbrkv
in Wilkes count v.
In Eastern North Carolina the pam
pers propftesy abundant fruit but
scanty cotton crops.
Mr. Montgomery Folsom has estab
lished a factory for making Sally
Michael pipes in Salisbury North
Carolina. He gets the clay from Burke
county,and bakes about 2,000 a day.
After John Parsons, six miles froia
Wilkesboro, died, his wife found $500
in silver and $1,000 in greenbacks hid
den in the house. He had been a har
ness maker, and had saved this suim
without telling anybody about it
Foriega Nwu.
As the newspapers of America are
scattered from the Pacific to the At
lantic, and because of the difference of
time between the two continents,,
ranging from five hours between Lon
don and New York to eight hours be
tween London and San Francisco,,
there is scarcely an hour in the twenty
four when telegrams cannot reach some
edition of a morning or evening news
paper. Thus, when the Duke of Clar
ence died at nine o'clock in the morn
ing at Saudringham, it was but one
A. M. in San Francisco, so that the
news was in time for all morning pa
pers west of Chicago. Consequently
the regular editions of all American
morning papers can be reached as late:
as six and even seven A. M., London
time enables the correspondent to cull
from the great London dailies any
special news or editorial comment of
interest to America. And this is one
of the main reasons why London is the
centre of news-collecting for America;
the London dailies contain the largest
and best collection of European news,
which is all at the disposal of tho
Americiwi cable correspondents at tho
English capital. Theodore Stanton,
in June Lippincott's.
Good Results of National Prohibition-,
The outcome of a successful Na
tional Prohibition of the liquor traffic
will be:
1st. Our Government policy will be
more on the line of a protection of the-
rights of the people.
2d. Our finances and business rela
tions will be benefited by a greater
security and restored confidence.:
3d.-The wheels of our industria
machinery will not only run smoothly,
but with greatly increased activity.
4th. Money will be plenty, labor int.
demand, and general prosierity every
where. -
5th. Our judicial decisions will be
more in harmony with our profes
sions of justice, and loyalty to our
country.
0th. "Crime will be greatly dimin
ished, and the people more contented
and happy.
7th. The good name and fame of oar
country will hs greatly enhanced.
From ' Editorial Flashes," invDcnio
rets Family Magazine for June.
Anti-Trwst Cnration.
Chicago, Ma 20. Got. Nelson, of
Minnesota, whil in the city today, ap
pointed a Committee on Arrangement
for the anti-Trust convention, to be
held here June 5 and 0.
To an Associated Press reporter the
Governor said that he had received ac
ceptances from forty States and Terri
tories, and expected by the time he got:
home to hear from most of the remain
ing ones. The meeting, the Governor
says, is to be strictly non-partisan, and
for business only. Able lawyers wilL
review the; decisions of the State and!
Federal Courts, including the recent
decisions at Atlanta and New Orleans;,
in the organized labor caes, and the
decisions of Judge Jackson and Ricks
in the Whisky Trust cases in Ohio
The conference may result, and likelj
will, in a permanent organization ir
the interest of the people.