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VOLUME 24.
HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1893.
NUMBER 31-
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VANCE WRITES AGAIN.
ii is ovsnacTioN of the Chicago
l'LATFOI!3I.
He I'ro;(oss to Iit Free Coinage, fr One
Thln, In the I'lace ef the Shrnnan
Silver Law.
Gombroon, i
In Hlack Mocxtaix, X. C, -July
27, 180:. )
F. P. ( LilWKLL, ES2,
DfMr .Sir: I take no exception to
vour 'comment on my recent letter to
the-Mecklenburg County Alliance, be
yond th fact that you authoritatively
h-H..rnate me as differing from my par
te mi id -misrepresent my words with
-he I'Me.r jefore-you. The charge that
a 'iVniocrat is at variance with his pa r
tv. who refuses to favor the uneondi
TitHiiI repeal of "the Sherman law, de
t '-n!s for its truth on what the partv
laid down in its platform at Chicago,
it promises and pledges amount to any
thin r. Let us see: The Chicago plat
f . . ii 1 1 4 1 : -m: t in Is Ur alios, the repeal of
jli-' Si rinan law, as a cowardly make
diiit ! ;i 11 obstruction to the free coinage
of silver, etc. The obvious meaning
of this is. if that law was out of the
wiiy wo eoiild have free coinage (1.
quote from memory, having no copy
of the platform before me) That is one
of th' things I propose -to put in place
of rh Sherman law; and 1 propose to
vote against repeal unless that be done.
If my party is opposed to. that,-then its
ui i era nce's at (Chicago were insincDre
and intruded, to deceive; if it was sin
( !. t h":i I am. trying to .stand on the
platform.- Again, it pledges the party
to t lie use of both gold and silver, on
equal terms, without discrimination
against either as to coinage, et cetera.
Now. if we cease to coin one and re-'
fiiM to tender it in payment even of
obligations which by the contract are
payable therein, we do discriminate'
nirain -! that metal in coinage and vir
tn.'dly cease to use it. In opposing the
'repeal .'of. the Sherman law without
'some- substitute preserving the use
and' coinage of silver, I am squarely
with 1 1 ; e pa rt y a . id 1 1 lose who - favor
unconditional repeal are not with it
but are violating its .solemn pledges.
Aga'n, the platform pledges the par
ty to -such legislation as shall main
tain the parity between gold and sil
ver, so that a gold dollar and a silver
do".u" shall be Interchangeable and
one a good as the olher. Xow, in ob
jv'cting to the repeal of the only law on
our statue books which binds us to the
u- of ilver at all, without some sub
stitute or-condition tending1 to make
good. the promises of the platform, no
honest man can doiibt that I am with
and against the party which made
those, promises. The only possible
way to 'avoid this conclusion is to as
sume either that those promises were
fraudulent and not binding, or that
the party, has sime changed its posi
tion and now favors abandoniag siher
-
altogether, and of neither of these
propositions is there any proof accept
able to me. The pledges of the plat
form are joint and not seperable on
the subject -of silver money. You can
not select one, the repeal of the Sher
man law for example, and propose to
redeem it alone and denounce those
who insist on the fulfillment of all, as
untrue to the party or differing from it.
Nor will men of common sense who
are loyal to the purposes they profess
' surrender the advantages of their po
Mton. -The law now in existence can be
kept thus by the non-concurrence of
cith r the House, the Senate or the
President to its repeal; whereas, that
Sherman law once repealed, the meas
ure (whatever they may be) which are
t take its place to continue the use
of both gold and silver, maintain their
parity, remove the tax on State bank
circulation and the like would have
T; be passed by affirmative legislation
requiring the concurrence of all three
branches of the law-making depart
ment. Xo sensible man acquainted
with the situation van believe for a mo
ment that thete measures could be
passed under. such circumstances. The
power of that combined capital which
lias forced the calling of the extra ses
sion and is threatening to destroy
gain, and finally, the use of silver
money, would certainly be able to in
fluence at least one branch of the leg
islative department, which would be
sufficient for their purposes. Be not
deceived; evil communications corrupt
good politics as well as good manners.
The.professed friend of silver money
who will favor the unconditional re
peal of the Sherman law, trusting to
the justice of capital or the chapter of
accidents to get favorable legislation
thereafter, is either a traitor or a fool.
I cannot conclude mv letter witkout
expressing lxth my surprise and sin
cere regret at other statements in your
editorial. Hints that my letter gives
aid to Republicans and Third party
men I was prepared to see, as alro the
coupling of my name with that of "Ma
ryannv Butler, br such a lying money
today as your "able" eorresiondent,
"Gold-Bug," but I know of nothing in
your past life or' my own which led me
to expect, such things from you.
In the closing paragragh you speak
of my letter as containing 4ia public
and deliberate avowal of sympathy
with the financial policy of the Farm
ers' Alliance." Now, s:r, unless you
assume what no intelligent man will
grant, that the maintenance of silver
as money-is exclusively the "financial
policy" of that organization, a re-reading
of my letter would at once have
shown you that there was not one word
of truth in the statement, not -OXK.
Read the letter over and see if you are
not compelled to confess that you spoke
too soon.
I am squarely on the Democratic
platform: I want all its pledges "kept,
those which favor the people as well as
those desired by the bankers and bro
kers. If the refusal to serve them first
without some guaranty that the peo
ple shall participate also, puts me out
of the Democratic party, you will, my
dear sir, if you live a few months long
er, see the greater part of that party
deliberated walk out of itself leaving
nothing behind but a smell of brim
stone and Wall street.
Yours respectfully,
Z. 15. Vaxck.
IM MKNsKNEsjS of tiii: FAIR.
The r.emarkable Coiirjesy Which, is Un
versally Displayed.
The following is "correspondence"
from Chicago, of the Charlotte obser
ver. The statements and conclusions
are so accurate that -we reproduce them
with our endorsement to our readers.
Chicago, July 20. The World's'
Fair is not only a mighty educator; it
is a great industrial and economic
training school. To see how a vast
population of nearly a million and a
half (with suburbs) ever changing and
often overflowing with mixed crowds
of no less than 200,000 daily arrivals
and departures jostling each other at
all points, and yet all moving like
clock work, is in itself a wonderful
achievement! -
Then go to the railroad and other
transportation stations and follow the
immense masses of human beings all
through the widespread grounds and
watch the intense interest with Avhich
each and all seek to see and to learn!
Then study the regulated airwithwhich
every man, woman and child "drops
into line" and obeys the prescribed'
rules, and yields to the promptings of
courtesy and kindness. However
rough the exterior at home and however
angular the corners of self-will and self
interest may be at other times and
places here all is serene. Whatever
may be, too, your own notions of the
best way to see the fair and take it in,
you soon realize the utter impossibili
ty of the job, and you earnestly wish
for counsel. The niost conceited fool
tones down and moves in grooves.
Then still again: See not only all the
wonders of all the progressive nations
and races of. the-world, but group, if
you can, all the most remarkable in
ventions and discoveries of all the ages!
At every turn you see some object of
art, beauty or wonder,. or you realize
some contrivance to economize time
and labor, or to furnish comfort, con
venience, pleasure or joy.
But not only this: In the assembly
rooms, in the congresses and the lec
ture halls you hear strains of thought
never before uttered in popular gath
erings. And all for good! -
Those who have not been here will
never be able to realize the age in
which we live nor the world in which
our destiny has been cast. Again I
sav" Come and see." It. B.
Wixstox, July 27. Mr. William I).
Moore, one of Winston's best citizens
and an exemplary young man, died at
3 o'clock this morning, aged 32 'years.
The deceased was a native of Caldwell
county and held the position ef book
keeper with the R. J. Reynolds To
bacco Company. On the 2Cth day of
January last Mr. Moore was united in
marriage to Miss Helen Bryan of Dur
ham. Charlotte Observer.
ONE MORE TURKISH OUTKAUK.
Missionary Anna Melton Beaten Nearly to
Dea.h in Daree.
New York, July 2. Letters .which
were received yesterday by the Presby
terian board of foreign missions con
tain news of an unprovoked attack up
on Miss Anna Melton, an American
missionary, who was stationed at the
time of the outrage in a little village
among the Xestorian Mountains, in
Turkey. Miss Melton escaped with
her life, but was mercilessly beaten by
her assailants. The letters are dated
from Amadia, Turkey, and were writ
ten June 14th last.
A little more than a week before
that date, the Rev. E. W. 3IcDowell,
with his family, in company of Miss
Melton, left Mosul, a missionary sta
tion West. Persia, to go to A:: h'a,
Turkey, a journey of five days'duration.
Having reached their destination in
safety, Miss Melton proposed to con
tinue on to the mountain village Bu
ret1, some miles away. Although the
route was a somewhat dangerous one,
Miss Melton went unattended save by
her servant and a native preacher, who
was considered to be fully trust
worthy. On the night of her arrival Miss
Melton pitched her tent on the roof of
a house in the village, as is the custom
in that country. The preacher slept
on the roof, about ten feot from her
tent and the member of the family
o wning the house also occupied places
not far away.
In the middle of the night she was
awakened from a sound sleep by the
appearanca of a man in her tent. The
intruder was armed with a heavy
stick. With this 'weapon he began to
strike the defenceless woman who
screamed loudly for help. Xo one
came to her aid, however, and she
was compelled to defend herself single
handed. In some way she was able to
break away from her a'ssailant,and ran
bleeding from the tent. The man fol
lowed, but in the darkness nrssed his
footing and fell to the ground.
trace could Miss Melton find of
the preacher or of the others who oc
cupied the roof with her. They had
all fled in terror. She was brutally
cut up about the head and body. Miss
Melton managed to dress her injuries
herself, and next day was carried
away.
A 'subsequent examintion of her tent
showed that a few of her effects had
beun stolen, but robbery was evidently
not the purpose of the attack upon
her. Mr. McDowell laid the case be
fore the authorities, but was able U
obtain but a small measure of satisfac
tion: They said that Miss Melton
should not have gone there compara
tively unprotected. They claimed
that the outrage was perpetrated by
the Keords, a tribe of Indians.
It is believed that the men engaged
in the attack were not the robber Ke
ords, but citizens of the place who had
been incited to the deed.
The matter has been called to the
attention of the State Department at
Washington, and a rigid investigation
is likely to ensue.
Miss Anna Melton, the victim of the
outrage, has been a missionary of the
Presbyterian Church for many years.
She was appointed from Bardolph,
Iowa.
Amadia is in Tin key in Asia, in the
government of Bagdad, about 2 Co miles
a little west of -North of Bagdad, and
Co miles North of Mosul, the site of the
aneient Nineveh. It is in one of the
most ortkodox Turkish provinces,
where the mountaineers are peculiarly
attached to their faith and customs.
The Turks are by no means barbari
ans, but it is barely possible that some
thing in the lady missionary's manner
or mode of preaching her doctrines
may have excited a rude mahpmetan
to try to drive her away.
Wo should remember that Turkish
women are not accustomed to be seen
on the streets or at large, nor are
they allowed to take part in public
worship. The fact that a woman, un
veiled, was going: about teaching
strange doctrines in the villages, was
probably something which the man
with the club had never seen nor heard
of befor?, and might have believed
it to Ik his religious duty to drive her
away.- - '' - " -
Ctiildok ad CLaad.
St. Louis, July 20. Congressman
Bland told a St. Louis reporter this
morning that he surely would fight for
the Chairmanship of the Coinage Committee.
KOYAL ItOSS OF ItANGKOK.
He Capitulates to France's Terms j and Peace
Reigns.
London, July 29. The Siamese lega
tion in this city has received a dispatch
from Bangkok stating, in effect, that
the Siamese Government, learning
that France regards its reply to ulti
matum as a refusal to grant the French
demands, and being most desirous of
maintaining peace, has telegraphed
instructions to the Siamese Minister at
Paris to inform M. Develle, "the French
Foreign Minister, that Siam accepts
the ultimatum in its entirety. The
dispatch adds that the Siamese Govern
ment hopes that the blockade will
cease; that diplomatic negotiations
will be resumed, and that an early set
tlement of the troubles will be effec
ted. This information has boen verified,
and there will be no war between
France and Siam.
ULTIMATUM AX1 CORIlKsrOXPKNCK.
Bangkok, July 29. The Siamese
Government has accepted the full
terms of the French ultimatum.
The substance of the ultimatum was
as follows:
First A recognition of the rights of
Annum and Cambodia on the left or
eastern bank of the Mekong river as
far north as the twenty-third parallel
of latitude.
Second The evacuation within a
month of the forts held by the Siamese
on the east bank of the river.
Third Full satisfaction for various
Siamese aggressions against French
ships and French sailors on the Menam
river.
Fourth The punishment of the cul
prits and provision for the pecuniary
indemnity of the victims.
Fifth An indemnity of 3,000,000
francs for various damages sustained
by French subjects.
Sixth The immediate deposit of 3,
000,000 francs to guarantee the pay
ment of the fourth and filth claims, or
the assignment of the taxes in certain
districts in lieu of the deposit of 3,000,
000 francs.
This ultimatum was sent on July 10,
and forty-eight hours were allowed for
Siam to make answer to the French
demands. On July 21 M. Pa vie, the
French Minister at Bangkok, presen
ted the ultimatum to Prince Deva-
wolgse, the Siamese Foreign Min
ister. On July 23 iam. replied, stating that
the King was at a loss to understand
what-the rights of Annamr and Cambodia-
were on the left bank of the
Mekong river. The king expressed his
willingness to abandon all the terri
tories over which the existence of these
rights could be proved, and called at
tention to the fact that five mimths
previously he had proposed to, submit
the contested territory to arbitration.
In the interest of peace, however, the
King agreed to surrender the territory
as far north as the eighteenth degree
of latitude, but no further, and pro
posed that the islands in the Mekong
river be used in common by Siam and
France. All the other points of the
ultimatum were conceded.
This answer was not satisfactory to
France, and subsequently M. Pavie
withdrew from Bangkok on a gun
boat, and the French warships in the
Menam river went to Koh Si Chang,
an island near the head of the Gulf of
Siam, where they joined the French
fleet under the command of Admiral
Human u. France then determined to
blockade the Siamese coast. There is
serious doubt as to the time the block
ade was to Ix1 made effective. The
French Government informed the
British Government that the blockade
would begin July 31, but the British
Minister at Bangkok later informed
the British Foreign Office that it had
commenced on July 20. Lord Kose
berry, the British Foreign Minister,
on 2sth asked the French: Government
for a prompt explanation of this con
flict in dates, but the answer lias not
yet been made public. BuJ with the
acceptance of the ultimatum by the
Siamese Government this matter ends.
Raleigh, July 24. -Today the rail
road commission, in its capacity as a
board of arsessors, made the following
return of property for State taxes:
Railroad property, $23,G44,34o,7T; Pull
man cars, $S2,5G8 07; Western Union
Telegragh Company, $104,270 22; Pos
tal Telegragh Company, C7,OS2 GG:
st earn boat companies, $213, GZt$. There
is $9,000 of Western Union property in
towns: There is $50,000 of steamboat
property in dispute. The latter mat
ter the commission refers to the At
torneys General for decision. Char
lotte) 'Observer.
GENERAL NEWS.
There is no State Board 'of Health
in Georgia, and as a consequence the
government has to take charge of
all quarantine regulations in that
State.
The largest gold nugget ever found.
in Colorado weighed 13pounds;largest
in the United States weighed 151 pounds
C ounces; largest in the world 223pounds
4 ounces. v
Speaker Charles F. Crisp arrived in
Washington Monday. II e is supposed
to have prepared his committee lists,
and there will be no need for delay in
Congress getting actively to work.
Senator Zeb Vance calls it a rich
man's panic, but the Senator was ah-,
ways a humorist. When ieople with
money are panicky, what shall we say
of us poor folks? Augusta News.
The boy who disobeys his parents
and runs away to sea, seldom comes to
any good end. George C. Perkins, of
Maine, did it fifty years ago, and next
week he will turn up in the Senate
from California.
j
James T. Kilbrcth and W. II.Bunn,
appointed. Friday, collector and ap
praiser respectively, for the port of
Xew York, are both members of the
Cleveland or anti-snapper wing of the
Xew York Democracy.
The Comptroller of the Currency
states that instead of 200 only 105 na
tional banks have clqsed their doors
since the 1st of January, and that of
these 14 have already resumed busi
ness and others will do so.
GROSS CARELESSNESS.
OX THlj PART OF LOCAL AUTHORI
TIES AT IlltUXSWICK, GA.
Nearly Caud an Epidemic f Yellw
Fever The Marine Hospital Service
Assume Control.
Washington, July 25. In conse
quence of gross carelessness on the
part of .the local authorities which
nearly caused an epidemic of yellow
fever, the marine hospital service has
assumed control of the quarantine ser
vice at Brunswick, Ga.
ffurgeon General Wymaiu:' official
report to Secretary Carlisle is as fol
lows: l4iave the honor to state that on
June 27th I received the following dis
patch irom the health authorities at
Savannah, Ga: 'Master of vessel died
on shore on the Satilla river of yellow
fever. Vessel ordered to Sapelo. No
health organization will co-operate
with Carter. Let lis have him. Sani
tary board exjects the service to act
quicklv.'
-'1 will add that the State of Georgia
hasjio State Board of Health and that
the-quarantine at Brunswick is of a
local character altogether. I have
therefore to recommend that Assistant
Surgeon John W. Branham United
States Marine Hospital service, be de
tailed immediately by the President
to enforce the rules and regulations.1
Dr. Vy man's recommendations were
approved by Secretary Carlisle and
President Cleveland, and he received
his letter with their written endorse
ments. .
Revenue Appointments.
Asheville X. C. Aug. 1st. Hon.
Kopc Elias, Collector of Internal Reve
nue has" made the .following appoint
ments: S. J. PexmVrton, of Stanly
county, private secretary to the collector;-
Frank McClure, Clay county,
messenger, in the Asheville offict?; Clias.
W. West, Stanly county, brandly gan
ger; Sidney L. -Yount, Catawba coun
ty, storekeeper and gauger; Jos. " A.
Witherspoon, Catawba county, tore
keeier and gauger; John II . Coulter,
Catawba county, storekeeierand gau
ger; F. J. Dellinger, Catawba county,
storekeeiier and gauger; F. L. Little,
Catawba county, storekeejK-r and
gauger; James T. Byrd, Yancey coun
ty, deputy collector!
Lizzie Eorden in Jail.
Tauxtox, Mass., July 31,-A simpk
friendly visit on the jjart of Miss Liz
zie Borden of Fall River, to the family
of Sheriff Wright, at the jail here, led
to the sending of sensational telegrams
all over the country. An observer,
without "stopping to investigate, had
seen Miss Borden go to the jail, and he
at one announced that ehe had con
fessed the murder of her parents and
surrendered to the SherhT. Ac
companied by her sister Kmtym, Miss
Borden was simply making a visit to
those who had been to kind to her in
I prison.
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