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I Raleigh and VidnTTireat- b 0 J 'D ' ? ' jrf Jj ' ' J ' ' " "'?! 1 jy THE POST f ' rjg- LAST EDITION, 4:00 A. M RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1897. - -; NO. l8 - COMMISSIONER tie Civil servlce-Llmlt Tei m Of Reformlnfl ."clerks Departments to 10 Years ,u T-!' KI)Mo Th" Mr,""B u-1s,!N..r..N, Pec. 2o.-Comniissioi Fn of the Pension Bureau told the .' ,,i..r.,inmittee on Civil Service . . .. ttntthc result of his experience itll"tl. wrkin-s of Civil Service in con . u it h 1 hoo clerks in hi Bureau, tii;it tliefloverninent money was be-Tn.i'i.-in'l-n-fl 'n l'M t-lt-rks whom the " j.on. r unable to .liM harge owing ! to tbc i Illilf n ' " reilinir aim iiipiv Hi; also saio that he had Service reformer, but that 'Vl'IMtiVfS. ii. I not a!" m vh. work out right; that ,,. i -t m-n liv! often come in through tl, "spoils system in nrarlv all tin He sHid there were lei):irtmnt clerks Wh)fustfu!ncss lia.l become Unpaired, but that t he v eii not lie removed on ACR'HlMt "f th fiirt li r Miitti-l Ciril Service mw. lie th.tt he could drop 100 rlcrk" vwthut nii.:tiring uie euiineiicy f t. for.-.-, if li-' were not trammelled !,'n,l intliii-iin-J by Srnators, Kepre- fiii fl,- j-.-i j . 1 tliiit lie could rt-fin-'ly c,vi!i'' MX evil lv placing under H,.rviii-, rlniiu omcu, laborerH rlci k h" r n-'-.'ivrd up to 1,1000 per an :i!.(iw that could take cnance. ntmi Sn far j" b 'ii- litio it clerks are concerned. clerk- can change politics . I ..r t imii Mil: iiiluiiniMiiiiinn. ins ,.r refnriiiiML' tlm fvstein was to lH'it tlieitcnn of .illicH to eight or tgn ear. THE MAD-DUG S VICTIMS. Wobwrtson In Baltimore. Shows signs" ot Hydrephobla. vr- ,al Ip. ,;uMi T'J (!e- MurniiiK i'o-t. (iitkiNMioiio, fee. 20 A letter re rrived here from IJ;ilt itnore says that Dr. Kutii-ii-'in. if (oiilfonl ( 'allege, now in ii )-j.it;il there has ileveloiied symptoms ,,f iy.lri.h"!ia. the ell'ccts of being bit li m hv the m.'t'i cat as announced in Tiik at the tune. Stockton a m 1 Fraier, two of the men h:tlen hv the mail dog here left Satur day niirhl fur New York to tuke the pas-tun- treat meiit. I.i.ss hy lire lure this morning aiiiKiinls to f.out', insurance iSOO. II tit i o.s tli.-it the safe was. cracked, but tin-re is no cine to the criminals. Tin- ahUnnen tonight passed an ordi natii e nnlyiiiir all dogs on the streets af ter tomorrow to he shot. WM EMI IN PROTEST AGAINST NEGRO POSTMASTER AND COLLECTOR OF PORT. " THey Demand of Mr. McKlnley. a Show of iwcency If Ills Expressions Are to 'Have Any 'Weight Very Much In ' Earnest, the Business Are. Hv' T li'Ht ipli to The Moi niiij; l'ost. Savannah, (la., Dec. JO. A largely attended mcetiug of bus'iuesH men was hchl here today to enter formal protest airaiiist the appointment of a ncpro pimi' master or collector at Savannah. ' Hesolut ions were adopted in which t J 1 1 In i) iru:i lt occurs: '"The war ended :t2. vmrv "ago! If there's any sincerity in the fto.ipient pit itestat ions that we are ' n'.N ' coiiNiih-red an integral part- of tin- e. unit i y aiid not a,s subjugated prov-iiiee- t. I 'e ruled at caprice of conqueror, -in iL-'ii jmijI of our, wishes anl senti ti.oiU an l I'tcjudices, then the President . :itiil Sin:te have no niortil- right, what- u i Mo ir power .urn ,be, to iinjwi"so itjy-ii i lii- ''off i ni unity, wflicers to wh-oiu it.r::i--.( -i itlel- afid- abiding objection."' ,. .1 k' v aii aimed at t lie' candidacy of J. U IJ-M l;ni", rl llCiiT.o, for lllO Coll.cVt'or- -Jiin' .lit Miluf iojts were also adojited -ilhi: 1 1' u . 1 1 the "Mayor" and .Aldermen' t" iii.iki' in dVu-iut protest "'agaiiisU the' j; i"i!ii mi nt "of negroes, to suclr imT' a .t lo se. A tt.vteh Snatcher Caught. Ninri.iax , ;iUi;.ht William 'Whitaker, i -Mali hed avatch from Mr. t'lil.ill r,uev. liit-.iki r m:ide awiiy at the' time; but iptiiied later. When arrested he tt,ru to slip the watch to a pal. II" - ii probity was recovered. !'i-!ne 1 in, .in ImuiihI the defendant ' '"'! 'tlo in t term of Court under a "" ': ! The case was first brought IV,, Ku-s. but was sworn from ! 1 "" 'he .plea that the defendaut ' " ! i.-t et justice. The Mayor ! i-ent to a dismissal of the V.'antsa I'.oy Aurderer Pardoned. MJ 1 A II, , h icks,- of Marshall, N. "'-'"'i.iu t he city , yesterday to see :.'l.chalfof W. H.Pait.the ',' t' '''' w ho, w hile under the in '' ' 'j'l'i'T. killed a youthful coin ! ''-" 1 1 ' '" a-e. Mr. Hendricks '.!' I Jill . '-" !" "'nail for his age, is not "' i ll.pior was tin sole cause of Ill tli II- eh.llf ias a jHtition signed of Yancev count v in Trinity's Auditorium. !; oc !.,., accepted for the audi 111 " I'i'itiity C.dlego to seat 1,200 ' ': "ill be naini'd Cmv... fm. 11 ! honor of the late Rev. Dr. ( ' n. tii st president of the I i.e plans of a Charlotte nrclii- it i r. ' accepted. """am Lodge Elects Officers. ' o .1 1 . . V li.i.! ' -e . to, A. F. and A. M.. "i;iul election of ollicers last nl" h resulted ;,s follows: Flap- . m Nine's - s W I ( 1- r v I'.ui-h .1. W. 'lake Treas. ''"ilia: Sec. lc L'nder n, m,, s-ii niaiiauciiiciiL. ;,"!, the corner of Blount A;;',.n l,?'u formerly occupied by ai. Mj r" ' ,,,:lllKed hands yesterdav ii, ,, " 'M7' W" F 151:lck and G. M. Har- M,-.r ",,;ur conduct the business. !ass , ;u,,i "arden will run a first "un -"ml OKI SalH Stal.lu Tl.ar. "U'n ur two of 1 1, of the best know n -v u i r , ... mi n ib-t....i . Mau" ftnd will cnidnctf EVAIO WAT lllinnrnn inn iahiM.k.m - i ", . t- IlIIUllLUV HUH lillllllllnl.il I TfiDFFNQRrtnrt naiitftMic STARVED ROnV IAV "IN CTXTP" liirmnm ! ueu uiuncumc CtllC IN IINF r inni ra mill niiiu iiip i i -wnw wi..iawnv? l - - - nun huh iiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiii nil l n i u iinnii'jiiiiiti ' ... -. iiiuiiukuu imu llUIHIUIULIIt - I HMrKII.Uil Mil Ilia UwlltlrVA i t . J- Now the 6th Commandment Is Violated In S. C. SIXTEEN HUNDRED DEATHS eten Year By "Vlolenc"-Ltat Taken from Court Records ! Cor rectSome Few Due to Selctee e4 Accident. But Not Many-A startllno fteconi ef Cilme i te Old Palmetto state. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. CHARLESTON, . C, Dec. 20. The Ne ws and Courier today prints a full first page exposition of the horrible re cord of life-taking in South Carolina, during the last few yeare, aaent -which i. . i i . . tuc luuai courts ana newspapers have had so much to say of late, and for the slamping out of which the Leglsla ture at its next session vill be asked to devote much of its attention. A brief resume of the News and Cou rier!s lengthy story shows that over six teen hundred (1,600) lives hate been taken, due to murder, homicide and other "violent methods," in the State of South Carolina within the last eleveu years. An Awful Record. The News and Courier opens as fol lows : "Considerably over 200 human lives have been sacrificed by their fellowraen during the year 1897, in South Carolina! It is a frightful record! It is, however, a sad, glaring fact. Life ia getting to be less valuable every day, it would appear. Crime is on tbe increase. This is no gess work, but the result of painstaking, careful and expensive research in the hope of proving to the contrary. True, a great many of the homicides credited to this year are the result of accident, or are justifiable, but that does not mate rially detract from the number of lives that have been put out by a fellow man. Had the record been one of accidents it would not have provoked from Bishop Ellison Capers the epigrammatic state ment that" "The sign of murder is upon us." Neither the press nor the pulpit Is inclined to do the fair name of the State an injustice, but the records and the patent facts call for action and the emphasis .of the conditions. The pulpit and the press can work together in the crusade against crime. The Episcopal and Methodist churches have, as Organi zations, takentup the matter to show the wrong of taking human life and the necessity of obedience to constituted au thorities. In his serman at Orange bhrg J3ishop Capers attributes the high homicide rate to the promiscu ous carrying of concealed weapons, and no doubt others will have their explanations. The majorities of South Carolina's population is -colored, aryl to- that raoe is. . plainly due " the major part of the killings during the! year ley.. As a part of the cOroperation Between , the pulpit and press in. this crusade the News and Courier has un dertaken to set . up a statement o; the homicides connitfi,J ilx Ovui iroii duiiMgthe year 1897. It has been a most tedious and vexatious task, because of the-lack of records and the apparent, in difference to requests for information. I have written and telegraphed for data and the tables given as a result -are as correct, and complete as they ean be gotten at this time." The Official Records, Then follows- the stat'ement (taking the court records, and reports of prose cuting attorneys) for the ten years, from 1MS7 to and inclu'iling 189fi, in full, and which consumes- several ..columns of spuccV the. names of persons being given, etc. , ; ' ' .'' . Mostly Jegroes, It Appears. . It. is believed that mst of the crimi' nals were negroes, and in Union county this. year, when ,live homicides are-reported, so far, all the' parties, both living and killed, w.ere negroes. But it was found impossible to definitely, make this statement today on account of the So licitors in several counties failing to fill in that important item.' The report,-theu, sent in by the News and Courier's Columbia" .correspondent .concludes as folLows, (giving a table for tlii3homicides by counties for the pres ent year of 897): With 200 cases of homicides in H'Mi and 2.10 the year before, one might have expected a decrease as a result of public sentiment. Not so, for look at the re- . cord as derived f rom the Solicitors'-re turns of cases actually brought to the courts during 1897: Comparative statement of cases of homicide actually presented: Circuit. First . Second.. Third ... Fourth . Fifth.... Sixth Seventh Eighth . . 1S95. 44 189 30 40 24 i 17 2ti 25 33 U 31 17 39 31 Total: 176 302 ' It will be"noted that there is no re cord given from the 2d and 3d circuits. The solicitors for these circuits were asked by wire to telegraph the figures, but did not do so. Leaving the numbtr in these two circuits at exactly what they were last year the total, number of cases for 1897 would run up to 240; the figures from all . the other circuits are directly from the solicitors, and are be yond question. Of course cases of acci dent, justifiable homicides and the like are included in these reports of solicitors. Records of Homicides tor 1897. Now for the actual record of 1897. It is staitling. Think of it, single counties, with 20,000 population at most, have as many killings as States with two or three million people. There are natu rally a great many who are dubious about these statements, and so with a great deal of trouble the actual records have been gotten wherever possible and they tell the story with more emphasis than columns of argument or oratory. THE YOUNG MAN DID NOT PAN OUT. President Wlthd'taws Name of Bryan Min ister China Experienced Man Needed. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Washington, Dec. 20. The President has withdrawn the appointment of Charles Page Bryan, of Chicago, as Min ister to China, owing to protests that Bryan, has not sufficient diplomatic ex perience and knowledge. No ner can didate for the mission ha developed, A Damaola Fire and the Perennial mi. Ryan Again.. Special Cor to The Moral n Post. Greensbobo, N. C, Dec. 30. At half past 8 this morning an alarm of fire was turned in from the southern part of the city, and soon all the bells and steam whistles in town were raising a din The glare of fire on the clouds gave the appearance of an extensive conflagration. The large storage warehouse of the Southern Varnish. Company containing atxut f 5,000 worth of the fine varnish made by this company together -with a large supply of raw materials, were in flames. The materials being very in flammable the fire made rapid progress. The fire department respondedprompt ly but the building wae beyond the Are limit and nothing could be done. For tunately there were no other buildings near enough to be injured. The mana ger of the plant being absent the total loss and the insurance cannot be learned but the insurance was comparatively small. Your correspondent called on Ryan, the wife murderer, this morning to de liver a letter by request. He has recov ered his former stolid composure com pletely and does not seem to mind the near approach of his end in the least. He is a puzzle to all who have seen him. The hanging will be private, and the de cision meets with the approval of the community generally. BATTLE ROYAL IN KANSAS. Mary Yellln Lease will Run Against Book less Jerry Simpson for Congress. Great Bund, Kan., Dec. 50. In a let ter to friends here Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Lease stateB that her lecture engage ments arc not proving as profitable as she expected, and she announces that she expects to retura to Kansas and be gin an active canvas for the Populist nomination in the Seventh, District. The fight against Jerry Simpson, she says, will prevent his nomination, and it is her hope to eventually secure a majority of votes in the convention. Mrs. Lease xpects to be opposed by the Democrats, but she says that if nominated she will hold meetings in every precinct in the district and give the people of the Sev enth a repetition of the campaign, of 1890, when they first elected Jerry. BUT DID NOT PUT A HIGH ESTI MATE ON HIS OWN. ' J. Ritchie Smith. Son of PostotAster Smith of Petersburg. Commits Suicide at Wil sonLow Spirited and Recently , ' Very, ill insurance Man. ByJet..TorntnosbMa r-KTETisBtTRo, Va., Dec. 20. Intelli gence was received here this afternoon of a-suicide, which occurred today near "Wilson, N. C, the victim being Mr. J. Ritchie Srnith, the eldest son of post master Hugh IV .Smith, of thi&city,, who shot himself through the head with a pistol. - ThS shooting occurred about 12 o'clock, and the young ntan lingered 'un til 8 o'clock this afternoon, when he died. Ife was found just beyond' -Wil son, lying on tlic side of the road vvitli his brains oozing from a w ound, the fa tal bullet hayiing passed entirx(ly through hjs head. There-was nothing fotind ifn his person to shsvc-why the young mar shot himself ' Last night Mr. Smith came" to the tele graph .office at Wilson tdVsend olf some messages, and at.that time he is said to have been looking very 'melancholy:, and dejected. This' inorning, just before the shooting, Mr. Smith was seen-by a friend walking downthe street in a rather hur ried manner, and when asked by tbe lat ter where' he was going, lie replied that he was only walking out to get- some fresh air: The news -of the aHair was, of course, a great shock to his parents and friends here in Petersburg. II is body will be brought here for interment. Was In the Insurance Business. Mr. Smith at the time of his death was the traveling representative "of the Nor wich Union Fire Insurance Company, of England, "with headquarters in New York. IKs territory was the States of Virginia and , North Carolina. Mr. Smith was ill here a short while ago with fever, and it was jonly recently that he left here for North Carolina on business for his company. Mr. Smith accepted his position with the Norwich Union last June, but for a great mauyyears prior to that time he had been connected with the Petersburg Savings and Insurance Com pany. He was first bookkeeper in the banking department of this company but was subsequently transferred to the insurance department. Mr. Smith, during his residence in Pe tersburg, was one of the most popular young men in the 'community, and was one of the leaders in society circles here. He was about thirty-five years of age and unmarried. ONE MORE FOR THE MURDER LIST A Fourteen-Year-Old Kills a FIve-Year-Old i Urchin. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Columbia, S. C, Dec. 20. At Cheraw today Jack Mcintosh, aged 14, made a threat of shooting Willie Jackson, a boy untler five years of age. Mcintosh had an old pistol which h'e flourished. By standers made him put it away. Later, when tere was no one to interfere, he shot the Jackson boy through the head, killing, him instantly. Mcintosh was jailed. The Winston Postmastershlp, Special Despatch to The Morning Post. Winston, N. C. Dec. 20. A private telegram received here this evening from Washington, states that the fight over the Winston postoffice was settled today, by Senator Pritchard and Congressman Linney going to the Postmaster General and requesting the appointment of P. H. Lybrook. .The appointment is not ex pected to be made, however, bfor the reasaombling f Congrea, Misapplied Honor Paid lo Original of Mrs Stowe's "Uncle Torn.' By Telegraph to The Morning Port. LexisqTon, Ky., Dec. 20. Geo. Clark colored; distinguished as being the orig inal of the character George Harris, in airs, oiowe s "uncie Tom a Cabin, was given a notable funeral here to-day. His body lay in state for five hours, and was viewed by hundreds. It will.be buried beside his wife's grave at Oberlih, Ohio The Kentucky papers stated, however; that justo prior to his death Clark, lived in thesgreatest of destitution and want without the admirers of the mythical "Uncle Tom, as "embodied" in Clark so much as seeing to it that the starving negro got a square meal or a glass of milk, or other nourishment daring his last illness. But his body "lay in state all right, and many false and sentimental crockodile tears were apparently shed over the past-want body whom Beecher's sister made famous in name only! Night hditor Post. "THOU CHILD OF THE DEVIL!" That Is What a New York Preacher Terms Tammany In Referring to Its Money. By Telegraph to The Morning Post.- New York, Dec. 20 Mr. Victor J Dowling," the Xammany leader, and chairman of Tammany Hall Committee, appointed to distribute $20,000 appro priated by Tammany Hall for the relief of the poor, sent a check for $50 to Rev. James W." Putnam, pastor of Trinity Baptist Church, for the poor of his church. Putnam, in reply to Dowling, stated that "although there is nothing along the human side of our understanding we so much need as money, yet I cannot accept your proffered check. "I dare not touch it with so much as the tips of my fingers. Coming, as it does, from a society which represents much which is to be deplored hy all well-disposed persons, it would seem to be little less than a crime to take your Ill-gotten gains, even for such a deserv ing object. "Ih closing, I am prompted to com mend the following Scriptures to" the thoughtful consideration of the organi zation you represent : 'O ! full of all sub tility and all mischief, thou child of the det U, thou enemy of all righteousness, Wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord V Acts xiii, 10. 'Thy money perish with thee.' Acts viii, 20. "Now, my dear Mr. Dowling, I shall read the above to my congregation." The check for $50 was returned j w ith the letter of refusal to accept it. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR Resolutions Against Gage BUI and Favoring Use of Individual Ballot by Members. By Telegraph-to The Morning Post. Nashville, Tfcnn., Dec. .20: At the session of the American Federation of Labor today resolutions were ' adopted ispringiueindfcpcat uof jUjtitliat home markets may be built up for by trades unionists and" workingmen' united, regardless of party. They favor "an impartial judiciary that -will not. govern us by -arbitary injunctions of courts, nor act -as pliant tools of corpo rate wealth." ! - Absolution regarding Gage's finan cial bill was denounced, it .declaims that the Convention was positively-Opposed to it as a "measure that, if adopted as law, will only more firmly rivet the gold standard on thepeople of this coun try, and ijerpetuate its disastrous effects. in:' every, form. '" ' : It was" further-resolved, that the -bill is aii undisguised effort to retire greeu back currency and all government paper money,-with the view to substitution of National Bank-notes in their stead, and thus fiistc'n -tire National Bank svsteni for years upon the American people.'1" This last resolution vyas ..passed as a substitute for the-declaration of the last, annual Convention -w hich fovored free silver, and which the delegates this y ear foutrht very shv of . - - THE SPANISH-CUBAN WAR. ttepoit of the Latest Engagement' Reads Pretty Much as UsuaJ. - By Telegraph to The Morning Post. H-rvNA, Dec. 20. A hard battle has been fought, at Canto River, which had been expected several days 'as the result of .-Ge.n. Pando's campaign against the insurgent's. Gen. Garcia, in his official report says that General Pando won entrance to the river after the tight, in which the Spanish losses were 119. Twcnty-tme soldiers and 2 captains were killed and. ninety-two sol diers, one surgeon, one captain and two lieutenants were severely wounded.. The Insurgent losses, says the official report, were also heavy. The Spanish' gunboats '"Luisa," "Centinela" and "Di ego Velazquez," took a prominent part in the battle, and saved several smaller vessels, which capsized after the explo sion of the torpedoes by the Insurgents. These gunboats captured three large Cuban torpedoes. Pando reports the capture of arms and ammunition from the Insurgents. A Skating Party-Four Drowned. By Telegraph fo The Morning Post. Tonawanpa, N. Y., Dec. 20. While a j party of young people were skating on I Ellicott Creek this evening the ice gave , way and a party of four fell into I the water. Three of these were drowned. The dead are William Newman, 19; Rose Newman, 10; Michael Coleman, 20. The fourth one was Miss Lizzie Coleman, a sister of Michael, who was rescued just in time. She clung to the edge of the ice. Adolph Klinger, a German, shoved a ladder out on the ice, and walking on it to the nearly uncon scious girl, dragged her out. The ice was thin, but the skaters disregarded the repeated warnings of their danger. Prince Henry on the Way to China. By Cable to the Morning Post. Osborne, Isle of .Wight, Dec. 20. Prince nenry, of Prussia, slept at Os borne after visiting the Queen. He re turned aboard the Deutschland this morning. If the weather permits coal ing, the Prince will resume his journey to China tomorrow. The customary aalutea were exchanged this morning. . IIIIIILUIUUII UUIIUII UIIUIILIIU Protective AssociationMeet ing Yesterday PRESIDENT LANE'S ADDRESS sensible Resolutions Adooted Polntinn the Way In Whch the Cotton Growers of the South Should Combine Them ' selves Into One Strong National ; Organization with State As sociations In Every State. By Telegraph to The Morning" Post. Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 20. The Araer ican Cotton Growers' Protective Asso ciation met here today. Delegates were resent from nearly every cotton State $ector D. Lane, of Athens, Ala., the President of t he Association, presided 1 In his annual address Mr. . Lane took rather discouraging view of the pres- nt condition of the cotton .industry He declared that the rea.1 cotton farmer, the man with a hoe and plow, got only ten cents per day wvages when raising five cent cotton. He recommended cot ton farmers to raise more food crops and less cotton in order to get rid of an annual 3,000,000-bale surplus that ac tive coadjutor of the cotton "bear." The resolutions adopted provide as follows: We adopt the principles announced py the Association at its 'meeting in Jackson, Miss., January 9th and 10th, 1895, and at Memphis, Tenn., in Janu ary, 1890. "In order to carry them out, we shall strive, by thorough organization of all the cotton-growing States, counties and districts, to unite all cotton growers in an earnest effort to reduce the acreage planted in cotton each year, to such a point as will insure a fair average price to every grower. This organization shall take no part in National, State or local politics, and will permit no persons to use it for per sonal advancement or purely political purpose. This Association shall aim, above all things, to teach American cotton grow ers: First, to reduce the cost of pro duction of cotton. Second, to practice the principles of thrift" and economy which shall enable him to escape debt and make his cotton crop a real "money crop." Third, to make all his own sup plies at home, to the end that the crop when produced may be all his own. ourth, to hold his crop each year until he can sell it to the best advantage. Fifth, to build factories for manufactur ing cotton near the cotton fields, so that the South may receive the largest re turns from each annual cotton crop, and arro'tnerrarmiyipcts'--ft . The resolutions ah?o provide for the election of a Vice-President from each of the' cotton States, w ho shall be Presi dent of his State orgajiiztronT"Their cluty will bje to organize cotton growers by counties and districts, inviting co operation with"-the Departments of Ag riculture and farmers' organizations. , The Presidents of State Associations shall constitute the executive committee of the-Association, the President of the Association to be- ex-ollicio Chairman. The Association suggests the ad visa-., bility of making a levy of one cent for each. acre "of cotton put in each year by each member, the funds, so raised to be expended for promoting the objects of the Association within the State and county' where it is raised, as shall be determined by the local Association. Other resolutions asked that fanners in each county meet the first Monday in February and organize, and that Con gress pass Stokes' anti-option bill. The convention then adjourned sine die TEXAS CUT OFF FROM THE WORLD Ouery: Is It a Good or a Bad Thing for the Woild? By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Dallas, Texas, Dee. 20. Texas has been isolated by telegraph from the out side world for three days and nights. A sleet storm that started on last Thurs day night was. the most destructive and widespread ever known in this section. The sleet belt is 200 mile wide and more than 300 miles long. Superintendent Felton, of the Western Union, says the storm eclipses in severity and destructiveness anything he has ever known during his quarter of a cen tury of service in the State. The pros tration of wires and poles has been practically general all over the sleet belt. Telephone companies have suffer ed equally with the telegraph companies. Railroads are also badly damaged. The loss to telegraph, telephone and railroad property is estimated at a'full quarter of a million dollars. Tlfr- storm abated last night, but as yet only two direct wires to East are reported workingout of Dal las tonight. A PROBABLE GEORGIA DUEL. Too Strong Language in Couit t!e Cause . of the Trouble. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 20. Today's de velopments in the Stein-O'Neil trouble means one and possibly two duels. The trial of Stein and O'Neill occurred this afternoon, the charge being breach of the peace. O'Neill was fined heavily, while Stein was discharged. O'Neill defended Harvey Johnson, who in a speech denounced Stein as a , liar, an ex-convict and a murderer Stein replied in like fashion and only the fact that he was hemmed in on all sides by oflicers, prevented his shooting his ac cuser. Fearful of trouble the. official de tained Stein after the Johnson party had left, and he was not permitted to go un til it was known they were well on, their way. Preliminary arrangement are tiow progressing towards a dueL j It i. believed, however, that it will rot tk plnce within 24 houra, . - j. And Reduces Wages ef Cotton Mill Opera tlves Come Soath, Gentlemen. Bt Telesrraph to The Morning Post Manchester, N. H., Dec. 20. The cotton manufacturers operating two- thirds of the spindles of the State, have decided to reduce the wages of employes about 10 per cent. January 1st. At least 2,000 will he affected. It ia believed that the cut will be accepted. Tlie Amoskeag corporation, employing 9,000 bands, an&JJhe sub-Committee of the House Civi the China; Pembroke and Webster mills Suncock, employing 1,50, have already posted notices of reduction. It is ex pected that the Stark and Amory nulls here will follow suit. The Nashau and and Jackson mills have practically de cided to reduce wages, and the mills at Great Falls, and Dover will undoubtedly take similar action MOBILE'S PLUCKY POSTMASTER. Mr. Rapier Will Not Be Bulldozed by Any One. By Telegraph to The Morning Post Mobile, Ala.. Dec. 20. Second As sistant Fostmaster General Shallenber ger was here today to get Postmaster Rapier to surrender office to the ap pointee, Mr. Barker. Rapier answered that he is standing as an American citi zen for the enforcement of the law of the land, and that if Mr. Barker has any rights he has his legal recourse for en forcement. Mr. Rapier said that under the law Mr. Barker is not postmaster until confirmed by the Senate, Rapier's removal not having been effected in due form as per Statute 3,830. NORTH CAROLINA WEATHER. Rain, But No Santa-Claus Snow as Yet Pre dicted.. Washington, Dec. 20. Weather pre dictions : North Carolina, rain, clear ing in early morning; southerly winds, becoming northwesterly. Sounds Very Much Like a Fake. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Piiildelphia, Dec. 20 The "Record" this morning publishes the astounding news that Germany has taken the initial steps towards a wer with the United States. The article is printed on the au thority of prominent Kerman financiers, who are now visiting here. Germany's mysterious fleet .command ed by Prince Henry is said to be now en route to threaten tha Ametican territory instead of the Chinese possessions. OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION OF FACT RECEIVED IN WASHINGTON. By the Spanish Legation Guamo Besieged for Over a Month General Pando's Op erations and other Foreign News of Interest. By Telegraph to The Morning ost-:w Washington, Dec. 20. The Spanish Legation in Washington yesterday re ceived the following cable message from Secretary General Congost'o, dated Ha vana, December 19th: "News just received permits us to af firm that Ruiz was shot with Arangur on, the rebel General. They. were both shot by order of Alexander Roderiguez. Ruiz left Havana on Monday to meet Aranguron without official mission and only as a friend, and after several let ters had been exchanged betwTeeu them. It is not known how Roderiguez arrived, but it is a fact that he ordered the exe cution of both.. The ferocity of such an act in the face of autonomy demonstrates better than anything else that the in transigeants are obliged to resort to ter ror to prevent the disbanding of forces. Such is the opinion of the public, which qualifies such conduct as unworthy of savages." Paris, Dec. 12. A dispatch from Ha vana says that while the insurgents re port the execution of Lieut. Col. Ruiz after court martial, rumors are also cur rent that he is still living. Guamo Besieged for a Month. Havana, Dec. 19. A Spanish detach ment at Guamo, on the Cauto river, north of Manzanillo, in the province of Santiago de Cuba, was besieged, accord ing to the official account, from Novem ber 8 to 12 inst, and valiantly repelled the insurgents. On November 27 a fierce attack was. made on the fort byT a large body of insurgents with two cannon. More than 150 cannon shots made a sieve of the forts and destroyed a factory. Finally the insurgents got inside the w ire fence around the fort and called on the garrison to surrender. The garri son still, according to the official ac- count, refused to listen to the demand, ! and "with heroic pride continued the ; defense" until December 10 last. -s The insurgents left 20 killed inside the wire fence and a quantity of arms and ammunition, which the garrison used, according to the official account, to pro long its desperate defense. Gen. Aldaye, while reconnoiterinjr in the neighbor hood, found the bodies of three other insurgents and many graves. During the siege and the attack on the fort the insurgents lost, it is officially asserted, 200 killed and wounded. The garrison had only six killed and 31 wounded. But the fort was completely destroyed and the garrison was without water, with pestilence all around and only a little pork for food. Blanco will recom pense the members of the garrison for their losses. Gen. Pando's Operations. Gen. Pando and the column under Col. Bruna, assisted by the gunboats Depen diente, Luisa, Centinala and Velazquez, Sound in the river Cauto three large tor pedoes and also many small sunken ves sels . They destroyed with dynamite a ntity of the effects of the 1 insurgents .Menaga del Buey and Caraman. quantity at C Gen. Airfare who teft Cirito del Em boscadero "about the same time,' had an engagement on December 8 at Laguna de Ytabo. losino- twentv killed, among , 0 - J ' w these two Captains and nine-five wounded, among them a doctor and two officers. The insurgents were compelled to abandon theiir trenches, and retired with targe loss, THEY'RE AFTER HIM. Bat the President Refuses Absolutely te vniB ibi civil service Rules. By Telegraph to The Mornia's Post. Washington, Dec. 20. The waltlnc room outside the President's door was packed with office-seekers today. Rp- reseniauves ana senators got the Presi dent's ear easily, but place-hunters re ceived a cold reception 1 D..AA.-t.l! i- . icpcseui,aiive iirosius, Chairman of bervice Committee, to consider the trues tion of repeal of that law, talked with the President about the contemplated modifications in the Civil Service rules, etc, urging that they be made speedily He said after the conference that tbe President does not expect to make any cnanges m t&e Civil Service rules at this time. CIVIL SERVICE A-WORKIJMS. And Right In Pritchard And Pearson's Dis trict. Tool By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Washington, Dec, 20. Samnel A. Saunders, formerly a storekeeper and gaugerm tbe Fifth District of North Carolina, but recently bounced by Col lector Harkins, was reinstated in the In ternal Revenue Service today, by having hie old position restored to him through the enforcement of the Civil Service law. It is understood that Mr. Saunders is one of the several storekeepers and gaugers whom the Collector (in Senator Pritchard's and Congressman Pearson's district), removed some time ago, in de fiance of the Civil Service laws, because they were Democrats, and whose restora tion to office was ordered by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue after he and the Presi dent had their attention especially called to the case. Several discharged Democrats who have been "fired" by the new Republican collector because of their politics have been restored to duty, and our information from. Washington is that the Civil Service advocates will hereafter keep a sharper eye on Hawkins,and also on the Raleigh district, because of the active efforts of Pearson and Pritchard to., have the law "modi fied" or repealed, so as to get soup for and support from the mountaineers at the next election. Mr: Pritchard, it will be remembered, is the Chairman of the Sen ate Committee-on Civil Service Reform. BETWEEN THE SOUTHERN AND SEABOARD PEOPLE. If Anything Was Needed to Cliach the Report First Officially Confirmed In The Post, This Does It Seaboard's Differential Will Not be Distuibed. By Telegraph to The Morning Post. Ats awtav Dec.-: 20.The basis of the important agreement consummated, be. tween the Southern and the Seaboard by which an end is brought to the disas- rous rate war that has raged for years between these two roads, has been an- ounced. The Executive Board of the Southeast- Passenger Association will meet here next Thursday to ratify the agreement between the two roads. The Southern as agreed to submit to a reduction of 3 in the Seaboard rates going to East- rn points. This means tnat tlie Sea oard will sell tickets to Norfolk, Wil mington, Baltimore and New York just $3 cheaper than the Southern. The Southern will not attempt to cut down so as to meet the Seaboard's rates, but will allow that road to enjoy the bene fits of the differential rate. The rate war between the Southern nd the Seaboard is a matter of history- xtending several years back up to the present time. 1 he Seaboard nas always claimed the right of a differential rate from Atlanta to the east, on the plea that it has no connections with New Or leans and none east of Norfolk. The Southern, instead of allowing this claim, has always met the Seaboard's reduc tions, but this has continued so long and has brought the rates to such a low ebb that the roads have entered into a mutual agreement whereby there will be no more rate slashing. The South ern acknowledges that because of the Seaboard's lack of connections it has a ri"ht to make the differential rate. After months of wrangling and conference, the officials of the roads met this week and closed the agreement. The basis upon which the two big Southern lines had agreed was not known until yesterday. It was then learned that the difference in the rates of the two roads to the cast would be $3. The Southern, being a member of the Southeastern Passenger Association, has to secure the consent of that body before putting the rates into effect. The Executive Board has been called to meet beie next Thursday to ratify the agree ment. The meeting will bring many of the big railway magnates here. The Baltimore Steam Packet Company and the York River and Norfolk line of steamers, which are controlled respect ively by the Seaboard Air Line and Southern Companies, will restore the old rates that w ere reduced during the big war. It is undersioou inai iue raten in force prior to the reduction in 1890 will again be placed in force on the Chesapeake Bay and upon the lines of the two roads. The agreement relating to the lines between Atlanta and Wash innon reads. as follows: ndthis adjustment carries with it . i: T I,., rml.lll' and CO-Ot- an agreed p " - ; Vt,,e eraiiou oi w-r ------- ,.. -,... anA ti. r i iii?iiiiti-.i- - t lines oi i im - i j A,M,ani Air Line South of j toB Norfolk and 1;;fft j to both freigl - , lhe lines of the - ! The import ! roads mean that the rate between At- East will be materially in- lanta and tne The rates now in effect are 1 creased ..,.i. wer than they were iwojc..., Aro before the last big redwtbm was f made If the passenger ami ireigm then in effect are restored U will an a very Urge rafe. . ' ; . ' ill II COST Lost Over a Million In the Leiter Wheat Deal. LEITER ROT A CREEK ONE As the Old Operators Tegat !! Beaa In a Legitimate Way Make a Prefix Out t Export Trad. i Old) Oobblers Tried t Pluck l!s, d ot pom taetr Own Med Ictae Letter Big alns. By Telegraph to The Moraine Post. CoicaOo, Dee. 20. Tbe talk of ChU cago during the past week has centered about the clever wheat deal engineered by youag Joseph Letter, which has cost Philip Armour and bis crowd a oool million. Early in tbe summer young Letter thought be saw bis way clear to making a big profit in wheat, which was then selling at 84 cents. He tooYhis former college mate, Geo. B. French, then connected with tbe firm of Allen Crier, as his broker, and began to deal in the September option. It was not Mr. Letter's purpose to ran a corner or squeeze shorts into settling their mar gin losses. He had satisfied himself there was a big shortage in foreign crops, and that the legitimate demand from' abroad would of itself advance prices sharply, provided the grain was moved promptly and the filling of export or der made a specialty. - In this his methods differed materially from those of other operators, and gave to his venture a business character which tended to insure success. Brainy men had attempted to win fortunes' in the Chicago grain pit before Joe Letter's day, bat their efforts were simply those of bold speculation. Letter relied solely upon handling the actual grain, and making his profit in the difference be- ween tbe buying price here and the elling price abroad. He bad abundant capital in ready cash and was in shape to pay for every bushel of wheat his. agent could buy. . These were the conditions when he pat French into the pit with instruc- ' tions to take all the September wheat, offered. Men like Armour, Cucahy, the Weares, and others knew of the crop shortage, but were not advised asto Letter's plans. -r. ! Arnteur Clique's Sales Wind. As fast as French and his aids bid for wheat the Armour clique sold.it, most of their sale being merely -wind. They had no wheat, but expected that before the end of the month they could ' settle at a profit. Bub instead of this prices went up Bmartly day after day, until," to the consternation of the shorts," it touched 1j03J. All this time Leiter kept saying through his broker to the Armour fallowing: don't want'youry money; this is not a gambling transac tion. I want the grain for. legitimate export." The shorts were unable to un derstand the transaction, but they had to deliver the goods. Those who got the Vy;heat turned it over, while those who could not make good their Contracts in this Way prevailed upon Mr.' Leiter to acceipt certified checks for their losses. Just how much money Leiter made in September wheat nobody but Leiter knows and he won't tell, at least not def initely. He admits having paid all the expenses of the deal, recovered his en tire investment, bought a $400,000 piece , of real estate, and having cash enough i left to carry on a similar trade in the . December option. Asked how he did it in the face of such strong opposition, Mr. Leiter says; "Merely by taking full advantage of natural conditions, I knew wheat was cheap here and that it would be eagerly taken by foreign consumers at higher prices. I bought here and sold abroad through agents upon whom 1 could depend, first having perfected ar rangements for shipment which could not be interfered with." Actual ly sold the Grain, It was the thoroughness of the export movement, the immediate shipping out of the actual grain, clearing the eleva tors , and leaving sellers without stocks to fall back upon, which staggered the shorts. Armour and the rest of them hustled hard to get grain here to deliver on their sales, and in some instances they did so by paying higher prices in Duluth and Minneapolis than they bad sold at in vuieagu. tuu uuuc rather than admit the humility of defeat, and because Leiter insisted upon having the wheat. What the September deal cost Armour is mere conjecture. Good judges say $1,000,000, and these figures are not unreasonable. Believing that Leiter had satiated himself with his first operation, the shorts sold themselves into a similar trap for December deliv ery. Mr, Armour was again prominent in the selling. Prices dragged for days, and it began to look as if the bull end had been abandoned, when they sudden ly took a jump to $1.09. Then Armour .and bis crowd brought in large quanti ties of wheat from the Northwest, where special agents had been hustling to se cure it. "The price is too high," said Leiter, and it was let down to a dollar and un der, at which figure there was a good profit in the export trade. 'We've got 'em now," yelled the shorts, and they sold more valorousiy than ever. But even with their Septem ber experience they failed in makirfg an accurate diagnosis of the nerve and re sourceful nature of Joseph Leiter. It ..... :tr Lake naviiration closed i " . . -. j insnrance rai together seei 1 insurance rates high, and conditions al- seemingly against any further movement. . Weather Favored Leiter. Still the wheat kept going out. By some unknown influence railway rates were slashed, and this gave Leiter op portunity to move bis grain at small cost at a time of year when it was sup posed to b safely locked up in Chicago elevators,- r ,:. , ." 4 . i J - i i i i 'A 0n I) -
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