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VOLUME 21
HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER '23, 1893.
NDMBBfl. 47-
WASHINGTON LETTER.
MOUNT AIRY.
STATE NEWS.
KRUPP'S MONSTER GUN.
PLIGHTS HER TROTH.
WasHXo rox, Nov. 20., The com
placent smiles of President Cleveland
and Secretary Gresham since the last
news from Hawaii was received indi
cates that, it contained nothing dis
pleasing or disappointing to them.
Jhit.no smiles are seen on the faces of
those who had previously worked
themselves into a frenzy over the policy
of the administration of the queen, by
U. S. marines and sailors under com
mand of Minister Willis, and hoped
that it wouldliave been accompanied
by bloodshed. Therefore when the
dispatches which reached Washington
Saturday afternoon contained nothing
jore sensational than the formal
speeches of minister Willis and Presi
dent Pole, delivered when the former
presented his credentials as minister to
the Provisional government, the sen
sat ion mongers found t hemselves with
out a leg to stand on.
The administration has never been
more dignified -than during all of the
senseless excitement -and' criticism
which followed the publication of Sec
tary Greshani's recommendation con
cerning Hawaii. It had mapped out
its programme before Minister Willis
left Washington and notwithstanding
numerous contrary statements it has
not made th''"slighte.-t change in that
programme or in its instructions to
Minister Willis.- J t has from the first
been convinced that its course would
be fully endorsed by the unprejudiced
public, when the facts upon which ac
tion was taken become known, and it
has declined to'allow public clamor to
cause it to change its plans as to when
these facts -should be made public.
That feeling is as strong today as it
ever was, and when the proper time
comes the people will be taken into
the confidence of Mr. Cleveland and
they will endorse what he has done, as
they have so often done before, and
then, his. would-be critics will be sorry"
theydid not wait awhile.
The sub-committees which have been
preparing the various schedules of the
new tariff bills have finished their
work and the completed bill is now be
ing considered by the full Democratic
membership of the. committee on Ways
and Means. While, some minor changes
may be 'made in the bin before it is
made pubiie it is practically finished
and the Republican .members of the
eommittee will probably be furnished
with printed copfes of it within ten
days, so that it will be ready to report
to the. House during the first week of
the session. The bill has been approved
by the President -and his 1 cabinet and
by the executive committee of the
National Democratic committee, and
will not be submitted to a caucus be
fore being reported to the House. I
am not at liberty to give any details of
the bill at this time but can say with
out violating confidence that it is from
beginning to end a thoroughlv Demo-era-tic
measure. It is the present in
tention of the party leaders to push
the bill through tlie House before the
nnstmas recess.
It is probable that the National
IVmoeratie committee will open head
quarters in Washington in time to take
a more active part in the preliminary
work of the Congressional canqiain of
next year than it has been customary
for the National committee to take. It
is not intended that it shalin any sense
supercede the Congressional campaign
committee, but that it shall act in con
junction therewith.
In all of the departmental annual re
ports which have been com pleted there
is one noticeable feature that is essen
tially Democratic reccommendations
looking towards economy in public ex-
iHndi tares. Wherever reductions are
Ksible under existing laws they will
1h made, but it will take time to undo
the results of a lout; series of extrava
gant republican legislation, but it will
In done, and at the earliest possible
moment,
' Provision! Government .Stands.
Sax FuAXCisto,. Nov. 2o. Henry
W. Severance, formerly Consul Gener
al to Hawaii, say he expects Queen
Lilioukalani will, be deported.. The
provisional government is sound and
popular'. President Dele and his Cahi
net are popular men. President Cleve
land will not 1k permitted to restore
tlie monarch v. .
Now for an in?bme tax. Every Dem
ocrat in the Congress should favor it,
and the President to boot. Wilming
ton Messenger.
, But Not too High She Begins to
Swell Up.
The following letter from Mount
Airy in the Charlotte Observer is in
teresting reading: ''',.
The caution in the old adage, "nev
er put all your eggs in one basket," is
not less wise because of its age. Just
now, while business in all its branches
is dull, that town or community feels
the depression upon activity in only
one or two lines of industrial enter
prise and those places are fortunate
which,. by natural or acquired advant
ages, have a variety of industries and
varied sources of income. And during
these hard times Mt. Airv is to be con-
gratulated that the financial stringen
cy has been less trying because of her
favorable location and the varety ot
her resources.
The leading industry of our town is
the sale of leaf and manufacture of
plug tobacco, and it is a fact that "to
bacco11 towns felt the effects of the
panic, more quickly and more severely
than any 'other class Of towns in North
Carolina. Hut with the business of
our cotton factories, woolen nulls,
granite quarries and many other small
er industries, supplemented by our
large merchant ile interests, we have
weathered the storm in a most satis
factory manner, and the town has
again assumed its accustomed busy
appearanee.
Among those who are now enjoying
t he-pleasures of the field and gun are
(fen. and Mrs. Starring, Mr. and Mrs.
K. Bradley. Mr. James ITryar and Mr.
W. L. Height, of New York,, and
Messrs. W. C. Carnegie, F. M. Carnegie
W. N. Murray and W! Y. Humphrey,
of 'Pittsburg, Pa. Gen. Starring owns
the controlling interest in the Starring
Steamship company; the Carnegies
are nephews of Andrew Carnegie; and
all these gentlemen are men. of wealth
and inllnence.
Col. M. Muldoon, of Louisville,- Ky.,
who has the contract for building the
Confederate monument at Raleigh, N.
C, is here, and the fact that Messrs.
It P. Gray, Thomas Woodroffe and
George Woodroffe, of the Mt. Airy
Granite company, are also here, leads
us to hope that Mt. Airy may furnish
the stone for the monument..
JOE JEFFERSON'S ESCAPE.
He Came Near Being Killed by a Crank, Who
'Shot into Delmonico's.
New York, November 17. -It has
been learned that Joseph Jefferson,
the actor, came very near being killed
by a bullet -of the crank who shot into
Delmonico's last night.
Jefferson had just left the seat over
which the bullet coursed to the wall,
where it struck, and was thus provi
dentially saved.
THK CRANK IX COl'ItT.
Nkw Youi, November 17. George
A. Roeth, the crank who last evening
bombarded Delmonico's with a revolv
er, saying "the rich must die," was
himself scared badly this morning
when arraigned in court.
He said if he hadn't been intoxicated
last evening he would nevr have done
it. Roeth is a stonecutter, earning
good wages, an ordinarily 'decent fel
low in appearance and manner,exeept,
as his own folks said, queer at times.
That was attributed to drinking. He
was remanded to Hellevue hospital for
examination regarding his sanity.
NO CABINET DISAOREEnENT,
Tnere Will Be No Resignations if the Court
Knows Its If.
Washington, Nov. 17th. A story
was spread Imuideast 1 ist night which
seems to have had its origin in gossip
at the Metropolitan Club, in this city.
that there were dissensions in the Cab
inet on the Hawaiian situation. The
rumor was definite as to the Cabinet
officers who were not in accord.' with
the Administration, and named Secre
taries Hoke Smith and Morton. It
stated that they hail tendered; their
resignations at a past Cabinet meeting
or would do so at the next one. Sec
retary Morton was seen last night at
the Portland and he gave an 'absolute
denial to tlie rumor, stating that he
had not resigned, and that he liad nevj
er thought of doing o. It can be fur
ther said - that Secretary Morton is in
accord with the President on his Ha
waiian policy and that Secretary Hoke
Smith has not in any manner given
pubiie expression to a ili. -agreement or
given reason to suppose that he enter
tains opinions differing from those of
the President on the matter.
Among the importortant business
failure in the State last week were; T.
B. Wayett, Salisbury; liabilities about
$11,000; J. Stephanny, Statesvile; lia
bilitiesabout $16,000; Sheriff Allsbrook;
Halifax county liabilities about $",
500. Some of the State papers printed an
item last week saying that lion. W.
H. Bower was to be married on the
16th. Well, we suppose that this will
be news to Hort, who is at' home on
the Yadkin. We guess it is a mis
take. Lenoir Topic.
The Asheville Citizen says: Col J.
D. Cameron is slowly improving, but
as yet is able to sit up only for a little
while at a time. Col. Cameron's ill
ness has been the cause of a general
expression of regret on tlie part of the
newspapers and his many friends in
all parts of Nort It Carolina.
The death of Rev. Dr. Deems will be
greatly deplored by his many friends
and admirers in North Carolina, where
he spent so many useful days before the
war and during its continuance. One
of the most beautiful prayers ve ever
heard he offered at Fort Caswell in the
spring of 1861, and that he was a man
of unusual gifts all will agree who en
joyed much intercourse with him.
Raleigh Observer.
Work on the Caldwell and Northern
Railroad and on the plant of the Cald
well Land and Lumber. Company has
been stopped by Col. Wire, general
manager. The reason for his action
as given to several of our citizens by
him is that he is not willing to put
another dollar into an enterprise that
meets with so much opposition from
the people in the way of damages,
right of way, etc. Lenoir Topic.
BANK OF ENGLAND RUMORS.
Alleged Discovery of Irregularities and Talk
of a Panic.
London, Nov. 16. 3 A. M. The
city has been filled for several days
with remors of impending financial
failures, but nothing definite can be
ascertained.. The Stock Exchange
settlement has been concluded without
a default.
In its financial article today the
Times savs:
"Alarming rumors prevailed in the
city yesterday. Reports have been
current for days affecting the man
agement of the Bank pi England, also
concerning the losses of the bank sup
posed to have been incurred owing to
certain irregularities in regard to ad
vances. These irregularities have nor
been denied. The inquiry is proceed
ing, but enough is known to prove
that the losses are much less than al
leged by reckless scandal mongers."
The Time believes the rumors that
certain di rectos of the bank are about
to retire are without foundation in
fact. The financial editor says in con
clusion: "There must be some fault
in a system under which tha irregular
ities in question occurred. The bank
ought to make known at once the facts
concerning the public."
MADE A PRISONER.
American Consular Agent at Desterro, Brazil,
Arrested By the Rebels.
Nkw Yoiik. Nov. 17. The Herald's
Monte video cable says their correspond
ent in Rio Grande sends word that
Robert Grant, United States Consular
Agent at Desterro. has leen made a
prisoner of tlie revolutionists. He
was arrested, during, a skirmish be
tween the Government troops and
jiv u. Sara via, ami is now confined on
board the revolutionary steamer Iris,
li;.-h is oil Dctcrn.
. Tlie only cria:e of which lie is ac
CvW'I. sor far as can be learned, is that
he.di.i nor avor nie .evolutionists.
Admiral a'.d m a i t -.Gamu ha as
sumed command of the relel fleet. He
has assured Admiral Mel I that hi will
direct the operate f ' the revolution
ary' force in Rio -t ..-- 1 -le-do-SuI.
The tulh . 1 tat." '.iVe a lower
p-r eapita d th m any otaer States."
In a list oi twenty-two Starts, includ
ing ail s.-i t::is o: ih country, the fa
voruble showing : me south U mani
fest. In N vr iLti.iau 1, Connecticut
shows a jxT inlehtedncxs of
$107; in the W i. Colorado 20i; in
the East, Nw York while Flor
ida's per c p:t.t u.ortgage debt is only
$40.
It May be Purchased for Use in the New York
Harbor Defences.
Washington. Nov. 17. Krupp's
monster gunv which attracted so much
attention at the Worlds Fair in Chica
go, may be mounted in one of the mod
ern fortifications now being construct
ed for the defence of New York har
bor. It is understood an intimation
will be made to the War Deiartment
at an early date that the gun is forsale
if this government wants it.
The Krupps did not send the gun
over to this country with an idea of
selling it, but they would be glad to
dispose of it and save the cost of ship
ping it back to their establishment.
The ordnance authorities of the army
are not much in favor of its purchase,
as they prefer guns built on their own
designs to those turned out by. the
Krupps.
The ordnance officers have prepared
plans for building sixteen inch guns in
this country, and the projects for the
defense of the principal harbors of the
Atlantic and Pacific coasts contemplate
the use of several of them.i To build
these guns will require considerable
time, even if Congress should make
the m-cessary appropriations, and an
argument that will be made in favor
of the purchase of the Krupp weapon
is that it would make an immediate
and effective addition to the defensive
armament of the most important har
bor on the Atlantic. It will "require a
special appropriation from Congress
to secure the gun. '
WORLD'S FAIR ASSETS DWINDLING.
The $2,250,000 in Bank Has Been Slirrn
Away at the Rate of $10,000 a Day.
Chicago, 111., Nov. J7. 180:J. The
assets of the World's Fair are dwin
dling to an extent that alarms the
managers." When the exposition closed
on October SO Treasurer Seeberger had
in round numbers, 2,250,000 in cash
in bank. This has been slipping
away, in spite of what the managers
claim is the most economical manage
ment, at the rate of 10,000 a day.
But in addition to that the assets
have been shrinking in the most un
expected manner. Discoveries have
lately been made, it is said, which in
any enterprise but the World's Fair
would be regarded as sensational in
the extreme.
It transpires that a large amount of
property that the exposition managers
expected to sell ami with the funds
pay back to the stockholders a small
percentage of their contributions, does
not belong to the fair at all, but is
owned by contractors.
The contractors are moving their
projerty away. They are literally
stripping the exposition grounds.
How much will be left when they get
through can only be "surmised. In
some cases they own the roofs of the
buildings.
"Halt! Who Ooes There?"
Chicago, Nov. 17. Commencing to
night Chicago will be between the
hours of 1 and C a. m. practically tin
der martial law with the police as a
garrison. Every person found on the
streets, outside the few streets where
business is carried on all night, will be
halted by officers in plain clothes and
requested to give an account of him
self. He will be asked his name, resi
dence and the cause of his being in the
streets at so late an hour. Every per
son so accosted who will give the re
quired information w ill be allowed to
proceed. Persons who refuse to an
swer the questions or who shall act in
a suspicious manner or have weapons
or tools that miht be used in burglary
in their Mtssesiori will Ik placed un
der arrest. By this riid met ho 1 it is
hoped that many of the midnight
prowlers who have committed so many
murder and burglaries recently will
le captured or frightened away from
the city. "
J in Fisk's Old FrienJ.
Mr. and Mrs. Kotiert L. Reade have
agree, I to dixigree. They have jihrtcd
company on anything but amicable
terms, Mrs. Reade remaining in Paris,
while her husband ha returned to
New York with the intention of set
tling down in his native laud and al
lowing th? Atlantic to mil between
himself and Ids wife. Mrs. Read- ua
prolfctbly the subject of more gow-ip
twenty years a 40 than any woman
who ever lived in this hcmp3iere.
That was Ioug lefore the met the nuin
from whom she lias parted. It was on
her account that Edward S. Stokes
killed James Ftk Jr., on the stairs of
the Grand Central Hotel. She was
then known a Jomc MunsSeld. Cin-
r . . . : : 1 ' . . . .
rtiss Helen Gould, Heiress to $10,000,000,
Will Wed a Boy Actor.
Chicago, Nov. 17. A special to. the
Post from New York says: Helen
Gould, the twenty-one-year-old daugh
ter of the Wizard of Wall Street and
heiress of 10,00,000, has followed in
the footsteps of her brother George
and chosen a life partner from the
stage. The fortunate man is Harry
Woodruff, a young actor, known in
the profession as tho boy ingenue,'1
and now playing in the "Charley's
Aunt". Company at the Standard The
ater. This will be Actoj- Woodruff's
last season on the stage, at least for
sometime. He has - handed in his
resignation, to take efTect next Satur
day night, and upon his retirement
will go to Yale College to study law,
preliminary to espousing Miss Helen
in wedlock. The courtship of Actor
Woodruff and Miss Gould has been
going on fora long tin e, and George
Gould until lately. has bitterly opposed
it. It is only recently, after leaving
no stone unturned to break-off tlie af
fair, that he has given his consent on
condition that Woodruff retire from
the stage and take a two-year course
at Yale. George Gould has consented
to pay all his college expenses and is
said to have given the young man $10,
000 to keep his mouth, closed about
the matter until the expiration of the
two years of probation. If at the end
of that time the young couple are still
in love George Gould has agreed that
they shall get married.
', "- ninin Industry.
The mining industry has taken a
spurt in this section, and is in a fair
way to rival manufactu ring in being
the chief factor, in building up the city
and vicinity., Charlotte is the centre
of the mining interests of this section, ,
and tither the miners come to discuss
vfays and means, operations and
machinery, with each other, and those
of the citizens who are taking hold of
this subject. The organization of the
Charlotte Mining Company is the nu
cleus around which the mining interest v
w ill crystalize, and the Observer fore
sees and predicts a great future for
Charlotte if this industry is pursued
with sufficient persistence, skill aud
capital.
Few mines around, Charlotte are ly-.
ing idle, At nearly every one machin
ery is either in 'otieratiori or about to
be. The Means Mine, several miles
from here which was worked informer
years, will soon again be in operation.
Mr. J. A. Coleman, who is to be assis
tant .superintendent, arrived here yes
terday on his way to the mine. The
machinery, he says, is being built at
the Mecklenburg Iron Works, and in
a month's time will be in operation.
" Another big thing in the mining line
will be the establishment of a plant for
the treating of sulphurettes. This
plant is to be placed on Chincapiii
Hill, near the mine, and will le opera
ted by Mr. F. W. Carnahan, of Knox
ville, Tenn. Mr Carnahan lias but
lately returned from Colorado, where
he has leen working in the mines, and
he understands the business thorough
lv.
Mr; C. H. Taylor, of theOphir Jline.
Montgomery county, came in on tlie
noon train yesterday. The machinery
Mr. Taylor gays, has been placed, and
it is exjected to have it running this
week.
Prof. G. H. Hauna, assistant assayur
at the mint, went to Thomasville yes
terday morning to fook over the smel
ting works, w hich there is talk of ruow
ing.
it is stated that several Baltimore
capitalists are contemplating buying
the Surface Hill Mine. The owners,
Messrs.' II inson and 31ung, would sell
if they cah get their price. This, hi
far, has provided the richest mine in
this region. Charlotte 01serrer.
L'nitetl Stat ft &md
Aifording to the cenus of lMHlier? '
were held abroad 22 1, f JO, 000 of eou
IKin United State lionds.
During the last thirteen yearn there
has ten a remarkable reduction of
the amount of our national debt in tlu '
hands of foreigners. The register of
the tre.-i.-ury e.tiiuut' that the total
amount '-of regi-tered United Stat-
bonds now hld abroad isonly $l,KiO
0on. "The total aiuount of coupon
bonds' outstanding i only $7,000,000,
and it is Inhered tliat only a small
part of the"are held by foreighers.
The national debt of the United
States i nor very small, ami the bulk
of it is In the liand of our own peo
ple, Atlanta Journal.
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