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ASiUNGTON XETTKIt.
1HF pivflK AND HARBOR BILL WILL BE
.AI"I OVER THF. PRESIDENT'S VETO.
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W.v-Hi.NuiON? June 1st, 181'j.-
1J(j republican in Congress con
r ;;4t thvIiver and Harbor I? 2 II-wiii'-h
Mr. Cleveland has vetoed and
.wiic A iii this week almost certainly
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t'.'C, or iti.z any previous
;,;tvi v.iv.3, every republican p both
Lc ul Congress will vote
I '.I! .. . VlJ A 1 ill A n ,
to pass
they
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uijef it is, lUKtii as a wiiuie, n goou
and that the impro demerits
,,,f..' -.1 Coc v i I mostly, --if not all, be
i 1
I commercial, investments which
tae republican party liiis always fos
; ; r"i and believed in. Besides these
uajioas, the failure of, the bill to be-Kvin-
a law would result in large losses
!,v' reason of the stoppage of many iai
jui taiii improvement now under way.
U is now 'regarded as certain that
ijjji t s.- will not be in session later
ui i Monday or Tuesday, and
.h i a-drong probability that ad
will take place during the
;.:! -r part of the present week.
Although the President, Yice-Presi-..c:;t.
and every member of the Cab
.aet -cepc Secretary Morton were in
ustiiiiglou Lne oniy memoei 01
the
administration on who attended any
f the memorial day exercises was Sc
;etary Herbert, who is an cx-Confed-Th:
ht.s been commented
lV v.!i t j a considerable extent, as there
uj lcu:;c other than want cf in-
.iuation why these -officials should not
paid their respects to the uioiu-
ry ef the ?ir"ii who gnv.up theiriives
:o it possible for them to hold
their present offices.
-A majority of Congress feel reluc
tant to adjourn without doing some
thiag h Unite for Cuba, but any at-
Uipt to do anything would start an
;:alefm;te-debai which might do more
iiarm than good, with no certainty
that anything could be done, anyway.
Senator.- Spiier, as the first step
towards the erection of a suitable
.'.a-morial to Gen: Grant, has intro-
!.ut d a bill providing for the creation
" the Commission, composed of the
Secretary of War. the Chainaan of
t!u. Ifoiisf and Senate joint Coiumitte
'i tw Library, anl the Architect of
! Caitl. The dtities of this com-:!-''
n will be to ?cVur' from leading
: -n-t :uh1 architects, plans and esti
' for a monument, each artist or
rohitect eing at liberty to make .his
,rn. and the' estimated cost of the
- aie. All of these plans are to be re
; vu-. t Congress. After considera
T'. 'Se'iator Scpiier c'oneluded that
This was a better plan than that of his
original bill, providing out-right for a
monument to Gen. Grant. He wishes
th" monument t be the best that can
V suggested, and believes the creation
"f this' commission is the best way to
r'' it. .. '
The silver democrats are considera
l'y stirrMl- up over a consultation
vhichMr. Harrity, the Chairman of
'Ue democratic--. National Committee,
had with Mr. Cleveland and Secretary.
- a 1 1 ile w hile he w as iii Washington.
The consultation would not have Avor
ricd the Silver uiexi much, as they
I now that all the parties present had
Utn doing all they kuew how to do to
'down them for many months, had it
iot been for Karrity's announcement
tueans that some trick has been con
tooted by which Harrity feels certain
of defeating the silver men at the Con
vention. The Treasury deficit for the month
f May exeeMts $:i.tXXXUK). and for the
eleven months of the fiscal year is
pushing 27,000,000, and these figures
re made as favorable as possible by
democratic Treasury ofticials.
To make Senator lirice mad you
aveonly to mention Mr. Crioveland's
alia- ti him. He thinks of C. what
'ie late Win. H. Yauderbilt once said
-1 one of his sou's-iu lav,. The trouble
k all caiue about through the fight be
Vween the silver nrd anti-si!t-cr demo-
I 'riJ has bad no love lor ilr. Clcv-
in the substitution of the Gor
WifT bill for the original Wilson
q sometime ago called on him
!d him that he would help to
PROTECTION !
HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1896.
pevent the silver men getting the
Ohio delegation to the Chicago con
vention. According to his friend,
Mr. Cleveland gladly welcomed his
ofTered assistance. If wag not long,
however before Senator 15 rice found
out that the "'sound money" demo
crats were expected to become a mere
Cleveland machine, to vote for him or
for any man he might name, iu cas?
they got to Chicago. He also found
out that instead 6f his being credited
for what he was trying to do, the
Clev eland men were steadily trying to
break down his influence in the party.
He threw up in disgust, and now says
he doesn't care what the Convention
does. ' I " :
The political gossips are all busy
trying to figure out- what was talked
about at a conference between Sena
tor Quay and ex-Senator Piatt. These
gentlemen met Saturday night, and it.
is fair to infer that their tnk was in
teresting. A DAY OF FUNERALS.
And the Burial of Many Dead Had to be
PostjMiued for Lack of Facilities.
! St. Louis, May 30. One hundred
and twenty-eight victims of Wednes
day's horror were laid to rest to-day
in the cemeteries in East St. Louis.
The total; of interments would have
been1 larger but for the fact that the
facilities of the undertaking establish
ments were inadequate to the sudden
and pressing requirements of the situ
ation. Quite a number of these establish
ments were in one or another of the
numerous paths made by the tornado,
and carriages, hearses and coffins by
the jscore were reduced to kindling.
Hence the demand upon those of the
mortuarians whose plants w ere in or
der, were doubled and as a result
there was more or less confusion and
painful annoyance. No pretense was
made of observing a time schedule and
in many cases the bereaved relatives
and mourners at fiom early morning
until late in the day awaiting the
the coming of the funeral equipages.
Hearses did treble and quadruple du
ty, the hearses being driven at break.
neck speel from the cemeteries to the
devastated districts as rapidly as their
loads had been deposited at the door
of the vault or by the side of the grave.
In several instances a single hearse
bore three caskets, one eontatuimr the
t
remains of an adult and the others
those'of the little ones. At the graves
the services were abbreviated and the
address of eulogy or condolence was
dispensed with. The interments in
this city were divided between Calva
ry, Hellefontain, St. Peter and Paul,
Pick Hnd Hebrew cemeteries, the first
named two receiving the greatest
nuniber. Between the hours of S
o'clock this morning and S:5 this af
ternoon the processions continually
passed over G ever avenue thorough
fare leading to the grave yard -of St.
Peter and Paul. Ex.
ACROSS THE CONTINENT.
C. L. Glover to Wik from AshvlH to
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! I San Francisco.
C. L. Glover of Asheville set out at 7
o'eloek this morning for a tramp across
the continent, to carry out his decision
to walk from Asheville to San Francis
co without a cent for expenses, except
such money as he shall realize ' from
the sale of certificates of membership
in "The Footman" club of Asheville.
On the route Mr, Glover will sell
these certificates, the subscriber being
given receipts showing the number of
shares to which he is entitled in the
club. When he has completed his
long journey Mr. Glover will write his
experiences and publish a book, The
Footman," a copy of which will be
furnished to subscribers for each share
held. Asheville Citizen, May ?S.
Starved Himiclf U Death.
' About a moutn ago Mr. John A.
Rdens, who lives at Holly Ridge,
thirty-five miles from Wilmington, on
the Wilmington, Newberu & Norfolk
Railway, was seized with the halluci
nation that his family and friends had
entered into u conspiracy to iniou
him. He, therefore, stopped eating
and no amount of inducement could
be held out to him to take even a
uw:th'ul of food. He also refused to
allow a doctor to give attention, and
the result was that he died of sheer
starvation last Thursday. For twenty
five days he had not eaten a bite-
Wilmington Messenger.
INDUSTRY ! i ENTERPRISE !
DIFFICULT
rVi k U I' I!!)!1 t 1)1 Li i 1."' k f n v
For the Warships of the United
til A .
maies.
ALTHOUGH WAGES ARE HIGHER THAN IN
1 ANY OTHER COUNTRIES.
Anrurlcan .Nary, Mostly Made
rcr7j-ner-- -Detects That Hi
quire Unci Sard's
Attention.
UP
The possibility of a war between this
country and Spain over the recognition
of Cuban patriots as belligerents
brings' the quest -on of the United
States navy prominently before the
American public. Any war that might
arise between this country and a Euro
pean pover would be fought mainly
on the sea. Even the small nation of
Spain ranks with the United States in
naval ships and armament.
England, during, this- fiscal year,
will spend ailo.000.000. on her navy,
and she has always a sufficient number
of men to man her ships when they are
launched and ready for commission.
Hut it is vastly different here. It is
with the grealest difficultv that a crew
can be secured for the various Ameri
can warships when ready for commis
sion. -
It is a remarkable. fact that. about GO
per cent of the sef mn in the Ameri
can navy are foreigners. When the
Ch'cpgo w?s the flabin of the White
Squadron, in 1801, only 10 per cent of
the crew were American, according to
the private diary of Commodore
Joseph! N. Miller, There is something
wrong with the present system of
securing Unifed States seamen. No
other contry has the trouble and diffi
culty that is experienced by the naval
officers of this country and this ia
spite of the f. -ret that the United States
pays a higher rate of wages to the
sailors than any other Government.
Not only do they receive higher wages
but they are also given better rations
ami greater liberty. The abl? seamen
in the English navy receive $12 13 and
ordinary seamen 8 SO a month. A
small rate in addition is given' for
badges and length of service, generally
amounting to about two cents a day
for each badge ami four cents a day
for renewed enlistment. An English
ma.i -of wars-man enlists for ten years,
but they go into the service as ordi
nary seamen., and are thoroughly
trained before they are sent on a com
missioned man-of.-war. There are no
landsmen in the Briton navy of any
country outside oi the United States.
The following table gives the pay per
month, with rations, of the seamen in
the American navy:
Seamen, first-class
Able seamen, gunners 2G
Able Seamen 24
Apprentices 21
Seamen, second class
Ordinary Seamen
Apprentices, second class 15
Seamen, third-class-Landsmen
16
-Apprentices '
Five dollars i?r month m addition
to their regular pay is allowed to sea
men in charge of holds and to lands
men assigned to duty as Jacksof-the-Dust
oras Lamp-lighters.
Any person who, after having en
listed in the navy for a term of three
years and received an honorable
discharge or a recommendation for re
enlistment, upon the expiration of his
term of service, re-enlists for three
years within three months from the
date of his discharge, receives an in
crease of $1 per month to the pay
prescribed tor the rating in which he
serves for each cousecutive re-enlistment.
Twenty cents. Hr month is deducted
from the iiy due each officer, seaman
and marine in the navy, to be applied
to the f : n l 'or naval hospitals.
Th pay in the United States Navy
not only xchh!s that of any European
country, but aL-o that of the Atlantic
liners, "which is $W 0 a month for
able seamen.
Wbeu the Olympia was cornmis
frioneU for the Asiatic station last yir
the officers at Mare Island, San Fran
cisco, had the utmost difficulty in get
PROSPERITY !
ting a full crew. The executive officers
of the warship wrre on the shore at
San Francisco. Wggintr men to join
the United States service. 'The same
difficulty was found in securing a crew
for the battle ship Texas.
The men been red for the Olympia
could not be designated men-of-wars-men.
They were simply common
every-day merchant seamen who had
no knowledge of the use of guns or
arms. In the event of war a crew of
thi kind on board 'of a warship might
lie the means of losing an important
battle. Theold times when seaiueimhip
won the day have gone by. The
modern wrrr vessels" have neither sails
nor yard?, nnd in many instances they
fre equipped with only two short
masts for electric light purposes and
carrying of small guns in fore and
main tops. The -man -of -wars-roan of
to-day and the crews in general of the
navy o? every country must be
thoroughly drilled in guns and accu
rate use of small irms.
If three cruisers or battle ships were
put into commission this week, they
might probably be in some of the
Eastern harbors for three or four
weeks before the naval officers could
fit them out with a crew.
The whole fault lies with the present
system of securing apprentices for the
navy. ; In England, boys ranging from
10 to 10 years of age who are brought
up before.' a Magistrate for general
misdemeanors are pent to a naval train
ing ship, and not to be reformatory
prison, Tas in this country. The hoys
receive an education on these training
ships, and are taught all kinds of
modern gunnery practice and seamen
ship. Boy under 15 years remain on
board one year, and thoe who are
in ypr of flcrp remain two yers. A
a result of this system there is a con
tinnal nnrly of ord'nary seamen for
the Rritishnavy.
The United States Navy Depart
ment has the following training ships
where Ikvk may enter: Richmond,
harbor coaster, Newport,' R. I.; Min
nesota. New York City: Wabash',
Boston:. St. Louis, navy yard. League
Island, Philadelphia: Hale, navy yard,
Washington, D. C; Michigan. Erie,
Pehn.
A Ikv to enter any of these training
ships must be from 14 to 17 years of
ge, and must have the consent of
either his parents or guardian; He
must be able to read and write the
English- language and must be not
less than 1 feet 0 inches tall, TO pounds
in -'weight and measure 2G inches
around the chest. A boy of. Ifi must
be' .i feet l inch ral!, weigh M) ;jounds
and have a chest measurement pf 2$
inches. All boys must "remain in the
service until. they are 21 years-of age
and they are paid a month at the
commencement and -a free outfit of
c.iothing not exceeding in value the
sun of 4-.
There. Is a naval Reserve body in
several of the states.
ASSISTANCE FOR ST." LOUIS'.
The Houk Provider for Temporary Seven
ties of ibe Sufferer.
Washington, May 28. All interest
in t he Houe proceedings to day wj
ovcrshatlowed by the St. Louis h'orror.
A resolution was passed directing the
Secretary of War to place at the di. -Iosal
of the mayors of the stricken
cities a sufficient number of tents to
provide for the temorary ne-essities
of the homeless, and to render such
a!d as might be in his power. Mr.
Hartholdt, of St. Louis, who Saw Sec
retary Laiuont to-day. said there were
eight or ten bjats usel in the Misiss
ippi river improvement which might le
able to render assistance, and these
will le ortlere! to the scene of the dis
aster if necessary.
Free Siler Win In Orecva. Tcx.
Portland, re., Jane 1. -10 i.m.
Owing to the exceedingly slow count
it is difficult to forecast the result of
today's elections, but returns up to
this hour tudicat that ex-Govemor
Pennoyer -will le e!ectel mayor cf
Portland. For Congres. Ellis, Re
publiean, ' the freti silver candidate,
leads Northmp. ond money, by
atout 3,000 in the second congre,ional
district. In the firt dUtrict. Vander
burg, frve silver Populist, holds a
plurality of 0 over Tongue, Republi
can, o
lndicatioruiare tbatthe free silver
candidates will triumph and that
Senator Mitchell will succeed himself
in the Senate.
NUMBER 23
JOHN LOWLGW.
Tfce O-rat C1c n Djlag at LU isuur Ham
la ClvUnU. Obw.
Less than a year ago, says the Win
ston Republican, old John Ixwlow,
the greatest of clowns, made his re
appearance in Winston-Salem with
Sells Brothers' circus. From there he
went to Greensboro aud in conversa
tion with editor Joe Recce, of the
Record, he told of his prospects thii
year. Lowlow did not like the mod
ern three-ring show, and said he was
going to start up this year and bo
around next fall with the M Robin
son style of circus. Alas! for all his
ureams! To-day ho lies dying at hi
sister s home in Cleveland, Ohio. No
man in the ring was ever treated with
the social courtesy that Lowlow was.
His mother wit took him' where ir.en
of his station were ieldom aduiltUiL
John Lowlow was born in Savannah,
Georgia, in 1641, and is therefore, ft5
years of age. He was left an orphan
early in life, and begun to sculfie for
himself. .His uncle bent him to the
University of North Carolina, but af
ter gettinga little learning ho ran away
and oon after attached himself to old
John Robinson's circus in. Savannah'
as lemonade seller. From, that he was
promoted to the and finally began
his life-long engagement with tho
Robinson's in 1850. He never left the
the Robinson's but once, drawing al
ways a salary of 150 jer week. Last
yeu -he wu with Sellf, but intended
next fall to revive the Robins-ou circus
and make a tour -throughout tho
South. .'Lowlow name was : Law low,,
but the firt thiie It appeared In print
it wrrs spelled "XowIot", so he let it
go at that. There hr; r ever been a
clown to equal Lowlow. He had no
rival. His family consists c f a wife
and one son, a lawyer, who lives iu
Cincinnati.
Two Graceful Acknowledgment.
Salisihjjs N. C, April 2l"d, 1K5.
The indirect benefit which results to
the public from patronizing home
institutions has been brought' homo to
us recently in such a way that we desire-to
calf attention to "a special in
stance of it.
The Southern Stock-Mutual Insur
ance Company of Greensboro, N. C.,
has been doing business here a little
more than a year, ami the money
which our people have fiaid this com
pany for fire insurance has come back
to us multiplied several times. This
company has just male a loan of
4,0o0 to the Central Land Com pay, of
Salisbury, of which' tlu uudersigned
are directors, aud with the proceeds of
this loan many homes are Ix-ing built
on the Central Land Company prop
erty to accomodate Salisbury's increas
ing iopulation.
Here-is a very practical demonstra
tion of the advantage of fostering
home institutions. The money w hich
tlie people of Salisbury jiaid last ywr
to the Southern Stock-Jutual Insur
ance ComiKiuy has not 1ecn carrieJ
to New lork or Liverjxol; but has
come back to our doors increased four
fold. SignedJ John S. H kmik.ksox.
President;
N. B. McCaxlxs.-,
Vice President;'
P. H. TnoMroy,.
Manager.
Asiikvillk, N. C, May 2Cth, leDC.
We desire to cite below an instance of
the benefit which North Carolina en
terprises, it encouraged and fostered,
can be to our public institutions.
The Asheville Library Association
has just secured a loan of $2,000 on its
building and lot on Church street, and
it happens that the lender of this
amount is the Southern Stock-Mutual
Insurance Co npany of G roeujboro, N.
C. This company has been writing
fnfuranee in Asheville for something
more than a year, and .now brings
back In the form of this loan every
dollar that has been paid to it by
Asheville prorty-holdera.
Such institutions that tend to keep
among us the money that we pay out
cannot t too well supported
Signed GeoimikS.Pow-ell,
President;
Haywood Patikkr,
Vice President;
, W. B. WiLLiAi.v;i',
Treasurer.
J. G. Hall & Sox, Agents,
Hickory. N. C.
Nwrth CrvUa 77 Cilrd.
The new blanks prei4fti by the
1 tail road Commission idiowt that tlicre
are seventy-seven raProfu
State. These range from the Hilton
and Sotberlin road, which has a quar
ter of mile in the State, to the Caro
lina Central 2&4 mile long.
The Chatham Record fay that work
will begin at Cumnock coal mine more
extensively than ever.
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