North Carolina Newspapers

rTvK- &'" Cl 1 f mfiW ft M1, mil WEATHER FORECAST: The Post . 6 " Raleigh and Vicinity Clearing, followed by colder weather to $ day. Prints all the telegraphic news of the vorld, by the Laffan News Bureau of New York. LAST EDITION, 4:00 A. M. Vol.. 1 RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, .DECEMBER 1. 1897. No ih BANKERS Sfl movement .by the Atlanta Clearing House. HOLD FIUST SESSION TODAY. Atti0n .ob, TiMn a, a Convention o, Ut.nB,nK,rs Which Meets at At ,,! Today What the Objects, and ()Uns oi the relegates Are-, t.tt.r organidti n and Co- operation other Items. .. M 1 1 1 1 1 Post. 1 1 T morrow there A i will. :!i i'n lis, ill response to l he A t i:i 1 1 1 ;i Clear i I. linkers from all ml a convention A A'' ! I III I I 1 1 ! I A it , purpose ol or in a uniteil llit American i,. I .such other ,i- are seeking ,n. a reailjilst - -I em of t he A - l! ., -1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' basis. Atlanta Clearing w hu h is: iieil t he n ri ins ist s of !eo. . U Ki.L-lisli; T. B. ;,,!.i it .1. I.owry. pi. - of u hieh have !.. inker- ami clear In com m il t ee say: A- .ii . 'A Objects l the Convention, I, tl.' P ts ill the low ,t : .ill :i i the lillslliess i! I hat it is now u t irtaiit t hat 'impress n,i. r th sllili.i -v-t'-oi '.i In r, -NK ' -1 l in ii'n .in ni - rii mil r . m ,..Miii!t; ! m -HI of a Us to alita'j banking use our i It is in. i -1 . i , I hat Congress w ill n something at the the reliel ol the . l ei ii e t hat t he op .i i -ent ing our w ants to il I; ,.!. ami that we should ; i.i.i Mi: i ,e I a nla gi- oj n . i n l.il-iii. ti ril.ll:' III-' I ' " ;IP' ! I l'..r l!i llHIlj.rh .In . 'M iicti. hi tut ion will ie to ic means to be llsci H n! ..I t tils purpose. tor We w ell two :iisi- 1 1 a i nii a hi Ml I hat 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 full it will be tu appoint informed nlil e.ii h Male 1 1 1 go I o W'asll-pl'e-i lit our ea-e to ( 'ollgl'eSS. I -1 u ne. I iih in I i rs of the asso- I !: n.i! !.! ' i ' a ! ! " .i ii i eil a committee to (At- Ii'! IMIill Hi" I .1111111.11 ia I tla ' : i invitation ami lua ke a I' ll - ! i . I the i i ni (II I ii HI. Th is e i .11 lit -I l requests that you uiki i- o oiir State and city i in tin- 1 1 1 1 i mi n t at once, and illli'H-li -i i:ir..riii tl in at oiir earliest, conven iii -an i s-. het her you can enin ent inn yourself or not iciicf if annul tin tiny w o h I 1 In pi" a-e. tu hear from you, ;uiiltlie lake tin- liberty of urging upon vi.it tin :ii. -el ni e 1 1 eees-it v lor action ami r .it rim,,. :l N jer Tii. ..! l!i. Ill be inactivity and in iee t hat t he f ill lire i; h largely depends i : . tin a 1 1 j I Ii I : j h I he ( 'oligress of -J . 1 1 - -m h leiii.-lat ion as v '.:::.! 1 -mi-I State banks ' i ! i mam nt equality as i' : ! i an only be had 'a' l i-kit ion. You will i i -'nit i Ii is is a inn vi1-'".i-'i'i" - mi n in t he interest . IV" i-i have your clcar- - V : tcl "ii t his invita ' ' "pp. .rt unity . I 'test ,H lu-S. I1' - 11 The Southern 1 :.' which eon rues !:. l !" l-e a lively :-- Ih. m e.l of a lar- ' ; nm ami plans for I h:ii will leave "I .Noil hern -lire, t he ol igb lieei 1'L.WSYl LVANGELIST A-'uf M.li-ntl-, It." ,s . S iin'-.tT of Uh.-. ls In I'S II. .Ml. ! -1 ;' I), c. I I. Rev. i i i "in Lincoln h.'l-ling ri-v iv;il " 1 1 at eil :i s--li-' mil ralli es. He " and vK-iir-' ;" led dire pun ' ' - w "iil.l thus of "i : In- condemt -'i - a ml so work 1 l.ii' w omen in 'I in-iii tore t he : - m l ull sight - Sunn . "i-ih t.au-s. out West. 'in, 11 I! Miow and 'Ifiisiint in aster from ' llflill ' A b . ' I:,. one in i..ard, Ua and The daui 1'lcntv of i wheat Is" a Suspect. -.-. i',t. ' ' ! Tl C "-'"!'. N. ' -in-ter o 'w r Heels" Hector I'., tele the in had ex- " " Kcrnuidas sent to de- "'''llM- of 1I.-1W....1. An oe.Uy ,J I - V.V1 1 t'-riniiud i - - need bp i lilies, and no j ' 1 ! . 1 I" 'jes. - fax ill s ' ' ' ' ' ' 5 " 1 5a iik system, ' .mi giving Slate - 'I' i n I I elie -equal ' X ' : lb- Hunks the ! " - I he 'profits of ' ' e vv ho con t 'n j i ' M hers iln mil ' A ; hi much ui i. ni is i 1 " 1 ' - ni ion. j i CONGRESSIONAL OUTLOOK. What the Two Houses May Do During the Next Foii Days. Hy Telegraph to The Morning Post V ashinoton, Dec. 1 4TiTis very like ly Unit the Congress will adjourn over the holidays, beginning on next Satur day, 18th instant. It-looks very much that way today, and if the psesent pro gramme is carried out Congress will cer tainly adjourn next Saturday. In the House the next few days prom ises to be made memorable by the form al inauguration of the war against the Civil Service law. The legislative, executive and judicial annronriation bill, which will be taken up, contains the regular appropriations for the Civil Service Commission, and whether or not all the members who favor the repeal or modification of the law unite to strike down the provision for its maintenance as the quickest and most direct method of crippling its op eration, undoubtedly some will advo cate this course, and the whole civil ser vice question will be dragged into the arena of de-Wate. How long the debate w ill last it is impossible to predict, but as this is the only item in the bill which will attract much of a contest, Chairman Cannon hopes and believes the bill can be passed before Saturday. This latter day, under an order,made on Thursday, has been set aside for paying tribute to the memory of the late Represcntati vJe ( 'link, of Illinois. Chairman II itt, of the Foreign Affairs Committee, will again attempt to secure t he passage of the bill to prohibit pe lagic scaling by citizens of the United States. There is some 'very strong op position to the passage of this measure in its present form, and the whole ques tion ol the isehring Sea negotiations may be precipitated w hen it is called up. The Immigration Bill. The work of the Senate so far as it has been mapped out includes the consid eration of the immigration bill, which stands on the calendar as the un finished business, the probable debate of t he census bill and the pronouncing of eulogies upon the late Representative Holinan. of Indiana. The yeneral ,,;, !lm,)n,, friends of the measure is ; that there will be no very strenuous op i position to the immigration bill, and that it may be passed after a brief debate. While its friends are hopeful of the speedy and favorable consideration of the bill, they realize the possibility of delay on account of oppos ing speeches. There appears to be no reason to doubt that when the vote shall Tie reached the bill w ill pass. Hy special arrangement be tween Senators Carter and Lodge, in charge, respectively, of the two bills, the immigration bill will be temporarily dis placed. In order to give Senator Harris an opportunity to call up the bill pro viding for the next census. Question of Annexation. The friends of annexation on the Com mittee on Foreign Relations are now ex pecting to ask the Senate to take up the treaty during the week, though quite quite well aw are -of the impossibility of securing action before the holidays. They are decided also upon taking the treaty up as such, instead of attempting to obtain legislation on a joint resolu tion. They may. perhaps, postpone their request for consideration until January. The fi liate leader express themselves as agreeable totthc House programme of adjournment for the holidays on Satur day. The Senate eulogies upon the late Representative Holinan will be deliver ed on Friday. I RNTl CIVil SERVICE REFORMERS MR. RICHMOND PEARSON WANTS SOMETHING UNDERSTOOD And that Is that He nor any Other Member of Congiess Who Participated In Con ference Desire Absolute Repeal of Law--Sub-Committees Appointed. liv Telegraph to The Morning Post. V suinoton, Dec. 14. The work of the committee appointed at a conference of Republicans win) are anxious to se cure a modification of the. civil service law, is to be conducted by two siib-com-inittees, which were appointed today. One will prepare a bill making such changes in the law ;!s in the opinion of the committee will bring opera.t ions with in the scope originally intended for it. The other w ill secure evidences of per version and defects -of law. with which to . support the demand for the pro nosed change. Representative Pear- .son (Rep., N. C), who is on the first j committees of representatives who par ticipated in the conference, desires it un derstood that only a very few of their number advocate or desire the actual re peal of the law. An overwhelming ma jority is in favor ol' the modification of the law, bv which 'the hriv- can be ,.. ! st rictcd t t he c lerical force in the de partments at Washington, postal ser vice and custom houses at each of w hich over ."( employees are engaged. f : A Southern. Baseball League. lly TeU graph to The Monng Post. Atlanta, .Ga., Dec. 14. Representa tives of the baseball interests of the Southern League from New Orleans, Mobile, Birmingham, Savannah andVt- lanta met in this city yesterday after- ( noon, and organized the League for the . season of 1S)S. . j ! The situation was discussed, and it j was hiiiini mat in eacn cny mat nas asked admission into the League the : outlook is very good. It is intended that the League be composed of New Or i leans. Mobile, Montgomery, Birming ham, Atlanta, Savannah, Augusta and Charleston. The season will open on April list, of next year, and continue for four months. I The salary limit has been placed at j $1,000, w hich includes manager. The ! next meeting of the manager will be j "eld in Birmingham, Ala., on March Gth, 1898, CABAL AGAINST i Anti-Hanna People Claim National Chairman Must COME IT ON FIRST BALLOT Or He Will Be Defeated For Re-election as Senator The Opposition to His. Elec tion and What It Consists Of It Is Said that Twenty-five Republi cans Will Desert Him After the First Ballot Is Over. Hy Telegraph fro The Morning Post. Washington, Dec. 14. A special from Columbus, Ohio, printed in the Post to day says : Members of the Legislature are gathering, and it is believed from in terviews that Senator Hanna may be the victim of a surprise. Matters had set tled down to such an extent within the past two weeks that it was supposed all opposition to his election had disap peared. It now seems that the opposi tion has been working in the dark, and it is announced tonight that if Hanna is not elected on the first ballot his defeat is certain. The problem of electing Mr. Hanna has resolved itself into a question of po litical. duamics. It is a conflict of forces, and the side able to exert the greatest pressure will win. The anti Hauna forci s it is hardly fair to call them the Foraker forces in view of the fact that Mr. Foraker has refused to yield them aid and comfort, except of the most negative character, since the close of the campaign claim twelve votes against Hanna upon the first bal lot. If Mr. Hanna is not elected on the first ballot they have the promise of 25 votes for the second ballot. The efforts of both sides will, from now on, be confined to one subject. On the Hanna side a valiant struggle will be made, first, to find out who the pos sible secessionists are, and, secondly, to bring them back into the ranks. The anti-Hanna men will oppose; su"ch action by the Hanna men. Every man who has been pledged to vote against Hanna will be either non-committal or else declare himself for Hanna, in order to avojd the pressure which would otherwise be brought to bear upon him. The mana gers of Mr. llanna's campaign are block ed, because of this fact. They dare not attack any man who may be doubtful for by so doing, they may drive him into the ranks of the opposition. There is a possibility thai two caucuses will be held by the Republicans. One will be the regular Hanna clique, at which only Hanna and llanna's men will be endorsed. The other will be the opposition. TO ENFORCE THEJTAX LAW Judge Sutton Orders the Sheriff of Meck lenburg to Furnish List of Delinquents. From the Charlotte News. .bulge Thomas II . Sutton to-day made Uic following statement : "I instructed the sheriff from the bench t li is. morning to prepare a list of all parties not hav ing paid their taxes by Saturday night, the ISth inst., and to furnish the same to this court The list will then be handed to the Solicitor to be dealt with accord ing to Uiw. The sheriff has no voice in this matter." . The new ievenue law provides the penalty of imprisonment for failure to pay taxes. This step shows that Judge Sutton means to enforce the law. His order takes the matter out of the sheriff and puts it in the courts. Judge Sutton was a member of tin last fusion legislature that enacted this law, and evidently knows what the law was made for, and proposes to carry it out. Fo. Post. MOTHER M KINLEY AT REST. Interment at Canton, Ohio, Yesterday Marked Respect Shown. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Canton, Ohio, Dec. 14. The body of Mrs. Nancy Allison McKinley was buried beside that of her husband in the family lot, in Westlawn cemetery, this after noon. The funeral was the largest ever held in Canton. Some of the most distinguished men of the nation were present. Thousands of the residents of Stark county and Ohio,' gathered to pay their respects to the memory of the President's mother. Brief services were conducted at the house at 12!0. The body was then re moved to the First Methodist Church. The streets were filled about -the build- i'1 Thousands formed in line to take a last look at the body, and "all business houses were closed. The Cabinet party arrived this morning on a special train. Dr. Manchester, pastor of the church, reached the funeral sermon. Thou- sands lined the sidewalks along the en tire route to the cemetery. MISER HUSSEY'S $70,000 Rescued From His Ragged Pockets Seven I Months Ago Goes to Relatives. ' Bv Telegraph to The Morning Post. Biiooki.YN, is. l., Dec. 14. Surrogate Abbott today upheld the will of the Ala bama miser, Thomas Hussey, giving $70,000 of his emtate to his grand nieces. Hussey was found starving in the streets j in 1S!:. At the time of his appointment j By Telegraph to The Morning Post, about seven months ago, with !?:JO,000 in ! he was editor of the Lynchburg Vir j Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 14. Lewis securities in his clothes He afterwards 1 ttinian, with which journal he had been ; amj j,)Un Bonner, nivgro brothers, resid went to live with his" grand niece;, in ir, iTwas apttd ! ing near Kennedy. Lamar county, were this city, and made a will in. their favor master of Lynchburg by President Lin- ! murdered last night by white caps. They four days before his death The other ! coin, to succeed the late Maj. R. H. j lived together, and the place was broken relative's unsuccessfully contested on tle ! lass' )dutre appointment went j into ancl a1)()Ut mi,1ni;rllt the negroes . - , . ' I into effect trginia seceded from the ! . . T . . gr.mnd of undue influence. ! Uuion and President Davis' continued ' were shot- Lcwis was a government Maj. Glass in office. At the Cutset of ! witness against certain parties, and a Nebraska Covered With Snow. Bv Telegraph to The Morning Post. Omaha, Neb., Dec. 14. Ten inches of! snow is today covering the entire State of Nebraska. Cattle and winter w heat were never in better condition. Mr. Wr. J. Crawford, of Waynesville, is here attending the Supreme Court, as U his law partner, George H. Smatbesrs, B. WATSON She Was 93 Years Old. and Greatly Beloved by Her Distinguished Son. Special Despatch to The Morning Post. Winston, K. C, Dec. 14. " Mother E. N. Watson, the greatly beloved mother of Hon. Cyrus B. Watson, of this city, late Democratic candidate for Governor of this State, died at her home at Ker nersville, this county, late last night. Mrs. Watson lacked only 7 years of being 100 years old, she being a little over 1)3 years of age at the time death came. The degree of affection which her dis tinguished son bore for her, was as beau tiful as it was to a great extent unusual a fact which was as feelingly shown when Mr. Watson, after delivering his speech of acceptance in the Academy of Music of Raleigh last summer, concluded by saying he was going straight to his dear old mother not his own home at Winston but to the ancestral home of the old mother whom he loved above all others on earth, and tell her that his party had selected "her son" to rill the highest office within its gift. J The arrangements had not been per fected this evening. But the interment will probably be at Kernersville, the old home of the family. NEW ENGLAND MILL OPERATIVES. Notices of Reduction of Wages Employes Posted Yesterday. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Fai'i. Rivkk, Mass., Dec. 14. Notices were posted today in all the cotjon mills of this city announcing a reduction of wages beginning January ;id. The rate is not stated, )mt it is known that the price for weaving will (hop from 18 to Hi cents per cut. Others have been re duced 10 per cent., excepting those whose wages are now low enough. They will be graded. The reduction ap plies to Treasurers also and is the second cut given them' in the history of the trade. The first w as 22 years ago, when the average salary was $2,000. Today 3d treasurers receive $230,000. Superintendents and agents will be cut also. This move will lessen the chances of the threatened strike, for it shows that the manufacturers arc in earnest in their belief that a reduction is the only meSus of putting a stop to depression, now the worst on record. The Troops Called Out. Hy Telegraph to The Morning Post. Fkankkokt, Ky., Dec. 14. Gov. Brad ley ordered the State troops to-night to protect the turnpike property at Dan ville, Ky., where the raiders threaten to blow up the gate. Col. Gaither, ojf Har rodsburg, ordered the troops to the scene, going there himself, on complaint made by J. T. Beasley, president of the Danville and Ilarrodsburg Turnpike Co., who said that the county judge had refused to extend protection. South- c4vs 174.i By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Nkw YntiR, Dec. 14. Currency tran fcrs aggregating $270,000 was made to the sub-Treasury today to Southern cities. I MAY BE DEAD BY THIS TIME Fatal Disease a Bronchial Trouble Con tracted Abroad While Minister of the United States Sketch of HI Long and Useful and Honorable Career In the Service of the Coun try Which He Represented, liv Telegraph to The Morning Post. Lynch isr it:, Va., Dec. 14. Hon, Alex ander McDonald, Minister to Persia. un der President Cleveland, is critically ill with pneumonia at St. Andrew's Home, this citv. and may die at any moment. For more than a year Mr. McDonaJd has-been in feeble health, but until Very recently his "condition was not regarded as very strious. While in Persia he contracted a bronchial trouble, which.-, despite the efforts of the best physicians, became aggravated w ith tinic, and when he arrived in this country several weeks ago his friends became alarmed at his condition. Ater a few days' sojourn in New York lie went to Washington, where he closed his relations with the State Department, bringing to an end a service honorable alike to himself and his country. On reaching Lynchburg last Tuesday the bronchial trouble de- I . veloped into pneumonia, and today physicians gave up all hope of his re- co very. Mr. McDonald was born in Lynchburg about twenty years ago, where lie spent nearly his entire life. His father was I Rev. James McDonald, for m any years! e Baptist j ;)onald. a I a well know n minister of the ciiuicii. riom i in- iiiii'i .in ioiiiiiu, ii man of forc e and ability, the son inherit- , .:..: i.:.c, i . i ii i"i a . .i . ,' . ... : i ;n il ? il "iiini.11 ill i I il il- inn. me, ano cnauieu mm to win me esteem j and respect of his fellow-citizens. Few j men were more generally known m Vir-i ginia than Mr. McDonald, a fact due to : his prominence in all public movements i and to the positions of trust and honor! to which he was appointed or elected at various stages ot ms career, vi an cany ; j age he engaged in the newspaper' busi- ; ness, and continued in that profes- j ; sion until selected by President ! I Cleveland as Minister to Persia, I . .. . . ..e i.: . 4 a l.. fi,Vi'l-ind as Minister" to Persi i i the Civil War, Mr. McDonald enlisted in l"e artiuerv urancn oi me uonieueraie rvice and served with gallantry j he reentered the field of iournalism. and many of his writings on political and conomic subjects made' profound im pressions, and were widely quoted. In politics Mr. McDonald before the War was a Whig, but after the war became an earnest advocate of the principlee of Democracy. MOTHER OF HON- C. DEAD. SOUTHERH 6011 HERS Mostly Talk and Convention "Still InSessiOB. THE MEETING AT ATLANTA I Yesterday The Plans of Originator and Othersrlnted In Yesterday's Morning Post-Now Comes the Actual Pro ceedings the Convention. I!y Telegraph to The Morning Post. Atlakta, Ga., 'Dec. 14. As ' The Moknino Post was notified yesterday, the contention of Southern Cotton Growers! assembled in this city this morning! All diy long the assembled cotton grow ers Jhave talked. The discussion began a noon and adjournment was then taken until the dinner hour came. The convention reassembled at 3 p. m. and talked until 6. The convention met again at :30, without practical results. The btrrden of all the discussion is to Reduce the cotton acreage, in such a way as to make '.'the other felow" do the reducing. A bomb was thrown into the body this ev ening by Hon. 4. B. Ilunnicut, of Georgia, in the shape of a resolution binding every body to Jcurtail the acreage next year 20 per dient. He said, "We may talk here untd doomsday, but it will do no good, if we go home and increase our acreage fom year to year, as we have been doirlg. The way to reduce is to reduce, afid I put this resolution in order to test the sense of this assemblage." The resolution went to the Committee on Resolutions. It will be up for dis cussion ufctil midnight, if not later.- When t&e Convention met this morning J. C. Wel!born,President of the State Al liance of j South Carolina, was. elected President The Committee on Resolutions is com posed of Dr. J. W. Stokes and J. H. Mc Call, of South Carolina; J. E. Johnson and W. A. Broughton, of Georgia; A. J. P. Sossaman and W. T. Bachellor, of Nortli Carolina; I. S. Culver and Hector I). Lane, of Alabama; R. Cheatham; of Mississippi, and S. E. Watson, of Texas. Anong the general resolutions, all spoke of 5 cent! cotton as "starvation prices," and suggested many modes of relief, some of them strange ones. i Strange Schemes Elucidated. There Vas one which called upon farmers to burn all their low grade cot ton, as ts existence w as made use of to batter down prices; that it encouraged buyers to, sample it low and they, in turn, would raise its grade when sent to the mill; that by collusion betw een mill men and buyers they sampled down cot ton so that to the seller it was worth no more than four (cents. by this example : "Take a 10,000,000 bale crop, as at present, and suppose we wisli to destroy 2,000,000 bales of low-grade cotton, which at present prices w ould be w orth about 4 cents per pound or $20 per bale, or $40,000,000. Then if supply and demand control juice, shortage of American crop hav ing been created, there will be a rush of till mills to trike in supply, and the re sult would be the immediate and con siderable advance in juices, no doubt to double the present value. Then, to pay for 2,000,00(1 bales destroyed, would be an easy matter. Say if middling cotton will net 10 cents in Liverpool, let our Southern Cotton Exchanges assess that price amount per pound equal to $." per bale, to be paid by every dealer in cotton into some safe deposit, to be used in paying for cotton destroyed, amount per pound, or $.- per bale on 0,000,000 bales left, would equal $40,000,(J)0 value of 2,000,000 bales destroyed, and greatly increase, the price of the remainder, and would thus j to the profit of the farmer and dealer." j At tllis hor Jt d's nt appear likely I that the convention will take-more than advisory action now, as there is a strong feeling to unite forces at Memphis. Fire at Dover. P.y Cable to tilt- Mprning Post. J- Dovku, England, Dec. 1 I. A tire was discovered in the precincts of Dover ! c;lstle this morning. A strong wind was blowing, and the efforts of the entire garrison could not prevent the flames from spreading. The officers' quarters w ere gutted, and another block of build ings, a nunured varus m extent, are ablaze. There is no hope of saving it. i The flames have reac hed the castle, and it is feared doomed. that the structure Federation of Labor Oppose Ar.ncxatior. i!v Telegraph to The Morning I'ost- Nashvim.k, Tenn., Dee. 14.-At the American Federation of Labor session here todav an important resolution, dis- i nere ie(iav an important rcsoiut ion, ms- j ap,,rovig annexation with the Hawaiian 1 Islands, ami urirmir the Senate to meet - - . -' . i..i'nl ..I : .,,..1 n -.. mc .uiin-Aaunn, aim i wit surh other steps as may be necessary to luaintain ami(.a,)k. relations with Ha - .. . wan, was adopted, and the Convention voted to send a committee before the Senate and urge the rejection of the treaty. The government postal savings scheme was endorsed. i The Alabama Way j State Witness against alleged white caps who shot another negro to death some months ago. To Suppress Newspapers. By Cable to The Morning Post. Paris, Dec. 14.The government con templates the suppression of the news papers which are alleged to be systemat ically inventing Dreyfus stories. SOME WASHINGTON NOTES." 1 1 The Tar Heel Pie-Hunters at the Capitol Harry Skinner. Et Al. Special to the Charlotte Observer. WAsmsGTON.Dec.U. Senator Priteh- a'rd makes the statement today upon the authority of the Civil Service Commis sion that Assistant United States Dis trict Attornies are not subject to the civil service regulations and may be re moved without cause. The appointment of an assistant at torney for the Western District lies be tween Eugene Carter, of Asheville, and Spencer Blackburn. The impression is that Carter will get the appointment. There are three new entries in the race for the Eastern District attorney ship. Ex-Congressman Joe Martin, Capt. Bill Day and J. L. Chapin, of Harnett,' are now mentioned as possi bilities. The impression grows that the opposition to Cook cannot be over come. The arrival here today of G. Z. French makes it certain that the appointment of postmaster at Wilmington will not be settled without a vigorous contest. He is endorsed by the Chamber of Com merce, Board of Trade, Merchants' As sociation, all the bank and railroad presidents in Wilmington and 15 out of 19 of the Republican County Commit tee. It is understood that he is Gov ernor Russell's candidate and that may hurt him, but other wise he seems to have a clear swing. It seems to be settled that it is Judge Dick's intention to retire from the bench next March, and all the Republican talk points to Assistant Attorney General Boyd as his successor. Something About "Harry Skinner. Con gressman." From Washington "News-Letter. "This notable Populist is on hand as bright as a dollar. He says that North Carolina occupies rather an exceptional position in favor of prosperity, as there are. a great many truck farms .which have been fairly remunerative in results, and that there is a good deal of tobacco raised in his State, but upon the whole he believes that the cry of returning prosperity is much overestimated. "Mr. Skiuner will be remembered as the gentleman who did the 1eagle:eyed. Butler to a 'dun brown' in the elec tion of Senator Pritchard. Butler staked his entire political fortune upon two questions: the first defeating Pritch ard; and second, showing the Populists of the United States that Skinner was a fraud Skinner having a tendency to walk in the middle-of-the-road. The result vindicated Skinner in the path in which he had concluded to travel. But ler in the meantime has hardly political substance enough left out of which to manufacture a very poor article of soap." This contains some things interesting and some things amusing to North Caro linians. , The Louisiana Method. By Telegraph to The Morning Post,. New Orleans, La., Dec. 14. A mob murderers of George Babin, last night lynched three men James Thomas, Joseph and Charles Alexander. Thomas Made a confession before death, in which he implicated ahe two Alexanders. Wat son Carter, Frank Osborne and Laurence Dominick, who took .minor parts in the murder, were whipped by the mob, and Carter was ordered to leave the parish. Weather For All North Carolina. j By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Washington, D. C, Dec. 14. Weath er for North Carolina : Partly cloudy weather; westerly winds; colder in eastern portions. HE HOUSE OEMS IN CftUGUS DECLARE THEY SHOULD RESIST RETIREMENT GREENBACKS,. They Ought Also to Resist Further E, tension of National Bank Privileges Also Declare the Senate Cubad Bel" llgerancy Bill Shouldbe Passed. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Washington, Dec. 14. At a caucus of the Democratic members of the House tonight it unanimously .adopted the fol lowing, offered by Mr. Bailey, leader of the minority: Resolved, That it is the sense of this cauc us that the Democratic members of the House of Representatives ought to resist all efforts, direct and indirect, to retire greenbacks and Treasury notes. Resolved, That we are opposed to, and vv ill resist, all attempts to extend I tue privileges of National banks, or to ri'duce the taxes w hich they now pay. Resolved, That we favor the early ; consideration and -passage; of the Senate resolution recognizing that a condition of war exists in Cuba, between the gov- 1 crnment of Spain and the Cuban people. -Resolved, That we favor the e:iry ,...tnw.nt. of a wise and iust bank - t enact ment ot a wise ruit(.v aw." The Hawaiian mnexation question - -.rtt.-L.-,.! i,-ir -illi tli Kniriri.iitinn nas t'o-1" ....... j that, when necessary, to take action at j another caucus to be held. ! Democratic Con "ressional Commit . A Democratic tou.u. lonai V""1 j tee, to manage the campaign of 1S..S, to ; consist or nine senators ami one, ivipre scntative from each State and Territory, was appointed. To Colonize Mormon Converts. Ilv Telegraph to The Morning Post. Chihuahua, Mexico, Dec. 14 Re tire sentatives of the Mormon Church at slit,1)uV jnjured. The cc-mi tary attached Utah have contracte-d with the Mexican 0 tiie"t-hurch' was badly wrecked. Lug Government for the purchase of :5,0O0,- ! California capsized and a sailor was 000 ac res of land in this State. It is the jrowne intention of the church to locate 40,(100 I Mormon colonists w ithin two years, Mr. Pearson Refuses Extra Pay- many from Utah, but the greatest lium- . By Telegraph to the Morning i st. ber will be new converts to the Mormon f.-!f-l frfktTfc ri i fTtrnt n-irlu rf tin iuiui iivui viiii c v,iii iuv win.! States. Virginia's Football Bill Up Tomorrow By Telagraph to The Morning Pose. Richmond. Va.. Dec. 14. Senator Barksdale's football bill came up in Senate todaVi but was postponed until i . ... . ... . Thursday, wn it will be made Bpecial order. 1 NATIONAL LEGISLATURE Telegraphic Account Yester day's Deliberations. REPUBLICANS ARE AT ODDS Over the Civil Service Laws and the At tacks Being Made Upon It By Men Like Llnnev and Pearson Kyles Immi gration Bill Up In Senate. After Which Adjourned In Respect to the President's Mother. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Washington, Dec. 14. Among the bills introduced in the Senate today was one by Kyle (Pop., South Dakota), es tablishing additional regulations con cerning immigration. , Mr. Kyle explained that his bill differ ed from that now pending, py requirine education test to be made before the United States Consuls in foreign coun tries, instead of in United States ports, where the immigrants might be a,ffectcd by a species of "stage fright." The usual routine morning business having been disposed of, Senator Hoar arose and said: "All the Senators are aware that a great calamity has overtaken the house hold of the Chief Magistrate of the na tion, and that the funeral of his mother takes place about this time. As a token of sympathy and respect for him, I move that the Senate do now adjourn." The Senate adjourned at 12:20 o'clock until tomorrow. House. Washington, Dec. 14. There is ap parently an irreconcilable difference in the ranks of the Republican members of the House, sharply shown in course of the brief debate today on Civil Service question. It came up on consideration of the bill making appropriations for legislative, executive and judicial de partments of the government, which contains provision for carrying "on the work of the commission. Barrett, (Mass.) responding to the challenge given out today by his Demo cratic colleagues, announced the pur pose of the Massachusetts Republicans to stand by the principles of Civil Ser vice Reform, and support the President in his administration of the law. He recalled circumstances surrounding the passage of the bill in the House, in 1883, which he witnessed, and said that of 47 Representatives who voted against the bill, but three w ere now members of the House.- That Bland (Mo.), -McMillan (Tenn.), Steele Rep., Ind.), affirmative voters, included among thef ten still in the House, whom he named; and President McKinley, Messrs. Brumm (Penn.) and Marsh (Ills.), Republicans, called Mr. Barrett's attention to the fact that he had overlooked them among -the neglCT tive votes on the bill, and announced, (while being applaudedby their asso ciates) that they were proud of their votes. Steele stated that he had never felt compelled to apologize for his vote; while Messrs. Bingham and Cannon in formed Barrett and the House that if they had imagined the law would ever be carried to the extent it has been, they should not have voted for it. The debate wont no further than this today, for the House adjourned shortly before 2 o'clock, out of sympathy for the President. - - Zk i after the Christmas holidays it is thought. Din Kiev irave notice of the intention of the Committee on AVays and Means to report the resolution providing for a recess, to begin after the adjournment on Saturday next, the 18th inst. THE WHEAT CROP. Indications Point to a Yield of 530,000,000 Bushels. Bv Telegraph to The Morning Post. "Washington, Dec. 14. The Agricul tural Department has issued the follow ing: The special wheat investigation insti tuted by the Department of Agriculture, indicates a crop of 5:i0,00n,000 bushels. These figures are subject to slight mod ification in the final report. The yield ih the whole country for is').-) the latest statistics available was -!07;10:;,000 bushel's. Yak Post. SENATORS ELECTED BY PEOPLE. The Congressional House Committee Re ports Bill Favorably. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. 'Washington, D. C, Dec. 14. The House Committee on the election ol I trident Vice-President and Repre S(.ntativt.8 has reported favorably on th. 1 . . . .... a morted favorably on the joint resolution proposing an amend ment to the Constitution, providing for the elec tion of Senators by -people in- stead of by State legislature. ; ' " j 6reat and Fatal Storm In Far Soi , Bv Telegraph to The Morning Post, , Qklkans La. Dec, 14 The - , T'ointe H Hac he yesterday de strove.! houses in and around that tm,-n inHiielinirthe St. I nomas cauio i. ti,;. i-iinrr-h was destroyed llCL-IlUILU. ou. - . 1803 bv a similar gre at storm, ana - 1 , , . . ,,,. ri.i,iit. Father Cole was in Wshinoton Dec. 14. . 1 : i - t . -i u t if ill ide on yesteruaj in" a. !'j i i ers , Komi ..:'!-.-!..': ' r: .:,, sion opene 1, said he '"ul" ' , ' . irnf til . i. a tin nil - lie- n'- the j the mono , when lie iu- ! tauen in i , niC!Vi,ern ! i .,.r1 tiVinir ot ii"'" j tue uenuumw of tb House. THE PEST COMMISSION. San Jose Scale Wiped Out In Nurser les Mr. Fix Elec ted Secretary. There was a meeting of the Commis sion for the extermination of pests in this State Monday -evening. There was present the Chairman, Prof. W. A. Withers, Mr. J. Van Lindley and J. F. Mewborne. Chairman Withers submitted his an nual report. Among other things he reported that the San Jose scale, which was found in three nurseries in the State last spring had been exterminated! There were no evidences of the scale in the nurseries during the fall. This shows that with proper care "and treatment of trees, the people of the State can keep the scale out; The Chairman also noted the fact that the railroads had been very careful in ob servance of regulations relative to the shipment of trees. Mr. J. 31. Fix, of the Experiment Sta tion, was elected Secretary of the Com mission. Prof. Massey's resignation as botanist and entomologist of tjie Experiment Station was read. No action was taken and an election will not be held until th next meeting in January. Mr. D. p. F. Cameron, of Southern Pines, was made local inspector of orch ards in the Southern Pines vicinity. There the scale has been very bad. A new form of tag, for the shipment of trees, was adopted. The new tag will be card-size instead of a . large sheet. ! ' The chairman was authorized to ap point local inspectors wherever the necessity arises. ENGINEER BLOWN TO PIECES. Three Negroes Killed at a Charleston Explosion. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Chaulkston, S. C, Dec! 14. A steam engine in Townsend's wood-yard ex ploded this afternoon,, wrecking the building and killing two negroes and fatally injuring the third. The boiler was thrown a block away, and all the windows in the neighborhood broken. Engineer Dallas was blown to the top of a three-story building, and mangled be yond recognition. t - PITIFUL TALE FROM CUBA. Over 500,000 People Said to Have Died of Starvation and by War, Etc. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Havana, Dec. 14: The Bishop of Ha vana, and the priests of all the parishes report to him a number of persons who have died in their districts from famine, epidemics, or war during the last year up to this time. According to trust worthy information the figures show that 500,000 persons have -died in Cuba in this short time. The largest estimate of the population of the Island be fore the Pacificos war was 1,600,000. The assassinated by the Spanish troops, Spanish and Cuban soldiers I i , i a ..I , . . . 3 i j . i i C" 'i ,,.,, LUC WUUlf J - VTA. dlllUlipU A , UJ OCUllCl J , beri-bcri and starvation, not included in the starvation statistics, and with the 100,000 persons who have emigrated from the island, it can be seen that the Bisjiop's statistics confirm the estimate before made that 800,000 persons have either died or left Cuba. The situation has not in the least improved under Blanco, but, on the contrary, is growing worse. In the insane asjTum at Havana the inmates are dying of hunger. ABOUT CUBAN INDEPENDENCE. Various Items Bearing On the Question and Outlook. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Washington, Dec. 14. ..There is a suspicion in official circles which is gradually becoming a conviction to some of the most credulous, that Spain is preparing to turn Cuba over to the Cubans. There is no doubt that the Spanish government and people are sick of the war. Some of the officials here suspect that Spain would be glad to get rid of Cuba if she can do it gracefully and without seeming to acknowledge she had been whipped. Minister De Lome received today a cablegram from Blanco, saying that am nesty had been granted to all political exiles rrom Cuba. This includes all the Americans whom Weyler expelled from the island. Everybody now who con spired against -Spain, except common criminals, can go back. MR. BRYAN TnIwEXICO, He and Celebrated Bull Fighter Become Great Friends, etc. By Tele graph to The Morning Post. City ok Mkxico, Dec. 14. Mr. W. J. Bryan spent a busy day here, visiting points of interest about the city. He is the recipient of great attention at the hands of high government officials and American colony. lie has a magnificent suite of rooms at the Hotel Sans, which adjoin those, of Luis Mazzantina, a ce le brated Spanish bull fighter, who has just arrived he re from Spain, ami who r..,.ivf.n tive thousand ehdlars for each ! performance. He and Mr. Bryan have j become warm friends, and the free- silve r j orator will 'occupy "f honor at !Mazzantini s great full fight ne xt Sun- - day. j ofthe two great men at wjc 1 ll... Ilotii - bans, tue i.uu ..- - r .narked attention at the hands of the . ..... ., r liron u Mexican peop.e OLD BONNER-KING FEUD AGAIN. Breaks Out and More Lives 6lten Up In a 'Duel" Wltlt Knives. v Telegraph to The Mining P Du.i..Tex., Dec . 14 -March Lon ,Hr and Frank King yesterday after noon fought a duel with knives in a .trce-t in Crockett, Te xas. King was mortallv wounded. Bonner is slashed manv places an-I may die. in was the revival of a . ieuo -, years' standing in which at least a nan dozen men had been killed, niram Woods a member of the Bonner fac tion, was waylaid last night ten miles frenn Crockett, and shot to death. i i r : . t.1 it